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Fiom tin- E.'c! raor.J Enquirer, July 7.
The Brmr»«! t «iift‘*Irralp Frir.?ntn, Tlcir
Trrnl:ii< uI :m<l Kijitrirucr in VunUt iictn
The arrival 01 Confederate prisoners,
under the recent arrangement between
the two Governments, commenced on
Tuesday, since which time to the
present they have continued to coim
into the city—nearly all on foot, some
lame, some sick, some penniless, hungry
and ill dad, others with purses of golo
and silver, and a few with wallets
well supplied, and garments deceut
and comfortable. I hey arrived at
Veiiner, twelve miles below the city,
better known as Aiken’s Landing, on
James river, in six transports specially
detached for the purpose by the Fed
eral Government.
As they approached the landing,
few were aware that here they would
once more touch the soil of their coun
try and when the Confederacy senti
nel cried out from the shore the words
“Halt! You cannot go any farthei
up,” a thrill of jov ran through them
all.
They comprised Confederate soldiers
taken in various battles since the com
peer of cutting off tlieir retreat to thej men, and once more Pope rose with | Jndic believed in the Favinr, assisted and .
O-r- I rUd*l l,ft satfrfowll .*.(», >»>-1 I
oiuce writing the following, we ing “your religion protects you.” “Oh, ; vl *j ct , J 1;t; tept in avaseofakh-I
have ‘been permitted to coj-py th< never mind my religion,” said 31 r. G., j t " ( ’j i, e dinner anointed Lis feet with
idllovving dispatch to these beaeiquar- strike ahead,” but no blow was struck, J p ei f UinC( j ;UK i wiped them wrh her
ters f rom Brig, Gen. Stevenson, com- j and Pope took the boat for the North ; elitist mi Lis part extended mercy
j that night, in debt a thousand dollars j lo t h e Jewesses
(5—l o’ 1 lor borrowed money-s-a debt which has
Clay, A. t not been paid to this hour.
As a proof of the utter want of
manding the Divission
N EA i£ TaZWELL, August
clock, p. m. Mayor H. L.
a. a
cl |»IUU1 Ul II1U ULLCI Vtoiu, i , .1.1 tlio
I shall not need the service of Gen.j principle of this poor wretch, it need j '] .''tiie'saiiaritai
Ltadbetter. After a gallant engage-1 only be mentioned that lie had been
ment of four hours, we have routed tin ! detailed, in company with Lieut, (now
enemy, and they are in lull retreat to j Brigadier General; M L. Smith, to
Action or.rllcpe.
Nothing will in our judgment, pre
vent the United *"tates from raising
i he sinner anointed Lis feet with i tiie 300,000 troops called tor, but rap
id and signal victories on the part 01
the Confederate States. And there
never has been any other way of en
ding the war, since it began. 1 hen
never has been any other way of rais-
inga peace party at the North, or of
in women lie wa.* j obtaining the raising of the blockade.
he raised from the dead the son of the
widow ol Naiu .Martha’s brother. Lazarus.
11c cured pinion’s brother in-law. and the
Lem of fiis gar-
tHeir strongholds.
Knoxville Correspondence.
Fron ibe Atlanta Intel geneer.
Kxokyille,, Tkxx.,
Saturdav, August V
I sG2 )
M. L. Smith, to
■ draw maps for the Coast Survey,
but did not work one hour during
j the six months of his sojourn in Sa-
I valutali.
’ Surgeon Cuvier, of the Federal ar-
■nv, and hundreds of officers in thatser-
i vice as well as in the Confederate, art
.-.pices, ana, weepn
>epulcbi#. •‘Vvoni
Hi.s fitst appeavuwe after
was to Maiy Ma'glalent
me
a spring of living '
ne judge to tli
ILe daughters
over liitn; the 1 >ly woman acc< mpa-
,ieii hi at to Calvin}; brought him balm and
sought him in tlie
u. why w. epest thou?
the resurrection
-He said to her.
Sfw» from Price—Some rtooil suggestion* j i}, e power to pitnisll Snell a flagrant nnj
ntioas the \Vcy%. 1 ihgeaiul m.-ult to the American flair, p ut
A Macon, Mississippi, August 5th, cor- • there is no end to assmance of tlie°>ash-
respondent of the Savannah Republican riile secessionists; and although tbey ate
gives some news from Gen. Price and J more quiet than they were two months
me sensible suggestions about the west ago, yet the gall anil wormwood m t
in the following :
sy stems can lie plainly seen oozing though
We heard that Piice’s atmy was raov j the pores ot their ieatuies whenever they
» nni.il, « 1. I . 1 !.l. n trim T tilntl timn *
iter, and a compassion iTiie exhibition of military power,, sul-
wotnaii in adultery, j fieient to disisipate, both at the North
if J.eiiisalem • wept a ud in Europe, the idea of our redue-
ly woman accempa- tion, is alone adequate, i tecisive victo
ries on our part, followed by their le-j
giiimatefruits and materialadvaiitagcs
would expel the invader from the pos
ing north, hut of this 1 cannot say with
certainty. He would, with his command
gladly meet the whole h’edeial force now
scattered from Tcscumhia to Memphis
He would not fight unless he knew that
there were at least two ’l ankecs fur every'
{Southern soldier under his orders* You
meet a tine Union man.
A Sentiment from the Northwest—\y e
tiim the follow ing article in a Lie number
of the Indianapolis Sentinel, the central
organ of the Indiana Democracy:
tion. Morton's Pledge— i j0 v. Morton
may vest assured of one fact. General j „„ bis recent visit to Washington, pledged
I't ll'U ciii Tin litnro l.n Iraiit vt ill than . . i I . . . <»i.l 1 I f /inn . ®
session oi .States overrun, and open the i news
Pi ice can no more be, kept still than {*tnne
wall Jackson. He moves, too, without
ents or wagons and hence will march
twenty-five miles each day. Within a
week von will begin to receive startling
the now exclusive domains
Mi
eyes
The collision of our army with the t perfectly well acquainted with these j -Master.” The ijtflcetion of some bcauti-
Yankee and renegade Tennesseans near j facts. ful ray must have/rested od. the brow of
l’azwell was a heavy skirmish, but can j Proclamation Pope is one of the most
hardly be called a battle. On Tuesday,| beustial of men. Every officer of the
ol. Rains acting as Brigadier General^
in command of three or tour regiments j
came in sight ol the enemy three or j
four miles this side of Tazewell. Tin !
old army knows of his enormous licen
tiousness uni of his half breeds in New
Mex ieo.—Petersburg Express.
mencement of the war—on the Poto- j enemy’s advance it is saiu consisted of
mac, Hatteras, and other points in
North Carolina, at sea. and elsewhere,
making in all about 3,000. A largi
number yet remain behind, eithei
locked up in Northern prisons or on
their way to be exchanged.
Among those who arrived in the city
on yesterday, were the crews of tin
privateers, Petrel, Savannah, Dixie
Beauregard, Jeff. Davis and Sumter,
most of whom h ve been confined
for twelve months in the Tombs at
New York, Fort L 'aware and otliet
dealt
as “pirates,
two Ohio ami one Indiana regiment,-
The Tennessee renegades being in the
rear because, as it is supposed, tin
Commanding General does not repose
much confidence in their valor.
An attack was made upon the enemy
principally by the :3d Tennessee, com
manded by Col. Vaughn, and a Geor
gia regiment. When these two regi-
McCi.ellan’s Army*—Prisoners who
i have been captured and brought in bv
1 our scouts, state that McClellan has
| not more than -5-5,000 men, and that
; sickness isalanningly thinning the Fed-
| oral ranks. They represent the health of
i tlii ir army at Berkely and Westover as
j terribly bad, and the disposition to des
ert universal. They say that notwith
standing a strong guard is posted to
At the hiBincl of hi* voice Mary’* j path of invasion to the territory and
were opt-mp. and she answered, j t iwns.of the foe. This would remove
doubts about our, strength, and
lest the tolly of the war of conquest.
It would bring home to the people of
the North the hopelessness of their un
dertaking, and teach them, at the same
of the Jewesses.
From t e Siuthern Presbyterian.
Chimiirfl of tbr War.
While thg war fasts the people should
from a noblf patriotism, abstain from all
party strife land political jealousy
is no time for the harboring or
meets arrived within two hundred j keep the men from the river banks,
scarcely a steamer or schooner leaves for
the North without carrying Haifa dozen
or more deserters.
yards of the enemy they broke aud
ran like scared dogs. They retreated
through Tazewell at a rapid pace and
lid not stop until they reached Cum
berland Gap. As they retreated, :n
tnd
threw up barricades across the road to
prevent our cavalry from pursuing
them.
The result of the encounter was, tin
id Tennessee lost six killed and somt
prisons, all originally intended to bt
with by the Yankee Government 1)crla11 ' 1 Gap. As they retieatei!,
irates.” They were eightv-two av01 a hle points they built fences r
in number. Their privations in pris
on had been extreme, and in many cases
extending to cruelty. An incident oi
the most palpable robbery and mean
ness was related us by one of the crew
of the Petrel:
Previous to the departure of the
crew, a number of noble-hearted la
dies in Baltimore, made up a supply o1
excellent clothing, and sent it to them
at New York, in the care of First
Lieut. Harvey, of the Petrel. When
the crew reached “Pea Patch Island,” ^
off the Delaware coast, where the\ • .
were to be shipped for home, the cloth
ing was handed over to the charge of
Capt. Gibson, the Yankee command
ant of the post, who, upon the appli
cation of the men to whom it belong
ed, refused to give if to them, saying
that they all had enough clothing
without wanting an}* more, and inform
ing them that he should distribute it
among his own men, or those who
had taken or would take the oath o; j ,
allegiance. One of the crew, Hefln I
A. Rowan, of Charleston, S. C., re
monstrated with the Commandant, and 1
boldly stated to him that the clothing i
did not belong to him nor to the Fed-1
eral Government, but was bought and i
Thr IVay to War ami Ihr Way to K’cncc.
This
jxhibition
of such feelings. Those who have in their
hands the distribution of offices should
take the most sacred care to avoid nil dis
criminations founded upon old party pre
judices or partialities. Men should he se
lected lot important trusts, not for the ar
dor of tlieir political partisanship, not be
cause they have heretofore been distiti-
gttishsd af original ami ultra secessionists
or as |t;yincli unionists, but because the}
are capable, honest, and efficient—the rigiit
men in tin right place. And whenever an
opposite course is pursued by those in au
thor!}’. lei them be hissed with contempt
from the it age.
Muchharm may be done, also, and has
by a silly
A ()ld Price.
The late order issued by the Yankee
mani- i General in Memphis requiring every citi
zen between 1$ & 45 years of age, to ‘take
; the oath’ or leave the city, has filled this
: region with fugitives from their homes—
| most of them seek West Tennessee Regi
ments in which to enlist. The cruelty ol
time its terrible cost to themselves. 0 ur foes does not operate disastrously up-
our army.
It would show European trimmers m
diplomacy what they are too ignorant Bishman, went before ‘Yer
to see without—the PTpnt. nnwer of the ’ demanded a ‘pass’ for ‘lies
There were two delusions at tho North : I 5 ' 1 ’ 1 . 0 ' •]'
which occasioned the war upon the South. | tho snldters ot different States. V here
. T - • r . • .1 ;i 11 have done wen; and.?® ireu, why raise
st. 1 hat there was a Union party m the , . ' . , , , J
. . 1 J ,c tr> iv.ifi '.n*; <nnl>. till*
South, which prefered the Union to the
v'onth; and fid, that the slaves of tin*
South would paralize or destroy the South
their infidelity to their masters. In
F icl for by private parties lor Ibe i thjg ’ Ile will deserve.aud iviib'
/•rou* nt th<i“Pptrp . TOnprpnnnn (;ant i * , x . ...
twelve or fifteen wounded. HieGeor-j the estimation of the northern statesmen,
giti regiment lost two killed and four
or five wounded,. The enemy left
some fifteen or twenty dead on the
field, andithe citizens of Tazewell re
port they carried several wagon load*
of dead and wounded through that
place in their retreat. We also cap-
about sixty prisoners among
hem several officers. This is as near
a correct account of the encounter with
the enemy, as I could
from the accounts ol various person
who were present during the engage- j
ment. The official report of the on- I
gagement it is said will be published |
hi the Register of this place to-morrow j
or next day.
The enemy’s force at the Gap is I
aid by some to be ten thousand, but J {
lo not think it amounts to more titan j
seven thousand effective men.
I presume it is the policy of Gen.
Smith to send a force in their rear-—
cut off their supplies—starve them our
and capture the whole of Them.—
in accomplishing
crew of tire “Petrel,” whereupon Capt. j
Gibson placed him under arrest, in
irons, aud so ordered him to be kept
until his arrival at Verina. Upon
reaching Verina, Rowan refused to be
released from his bracelets, until be
left the vessel, when he coolly kept
possession of the “jewels” to retain as
a souvenir of Yankee villainy.
Amidst the more distinguished pris
oners, were
Mitchell, and Captain Beverly Kennon
of the C. S. Navy, Lieutenants Wil
kinson, Warley, Ward, W Lite. Averert,
and others; Brig. Gens. Tilghman,
Buckner, and Pettigrew, Col. Roger
Hanson, arid Lieut. Washington, Aid-
de-Camp to Gen. Johnston.
The accounts given by the privates
of tlieir treatment vary considerably ;
some, through the influence of svm-
ont doubt, will receive the cordis
thanks of the country. But if he should
be compelled to fight a bloody battle
to regain the strong position
at tin
Gap, which he evacuated two month
ago, or shall suffer the enemy to escap.
without capture, he will take position
as a bad strategist. He now has a
force under him, not only sufficient to
whip any enemy that is likely to op
Commodores Barron and j ?OS(t him, but which if actively and
skillfully wielded, should be brought
into a position that in a few weeks
would strike the enemy a blow which
would make all Yaukeedom reel under
its weight. His army is large in num
bers and composed of the very besr ma
terial in every respect. Upon his activi
ty and skill will not only depend the
capture of the army at Cumberland
Gap, but upon his movements will al-
pathizers, having been kept in good
trim, inwardly aud outwardly, while of a much larger force,
others were treated like dogs. The We hope be will meet with great
steamers upon which they arrived success—refute the charge of want ol
were crowded, and some of $hem con- euterprize and activity that some havi
tained the sick mixed up with the made against him, and win
sound, fed them all upon miserable will never fade,
rations, aud paid scarcely any attention
to their other creature comforts.
But, worn out . a great many are,
fatigued, sick, frop:
onment and ill usage, we have never
seen more rejoiced Dnd lively men.—
Once more upon ’southern soil, and |
free to take up arms again to fight a
foe they have learned to hate with
tenfold energy, they
these, two delusions would pi event a se-
oi-.sj.ioii <>f‘ the Border states from the
Union of the United States, and ensure
, !ie subjection of the seceding States.
Virginia refused at first to join tlte South
ern States. When an ordnance of seces- j
• ion was offered in her Convention, it was ,
voted down by a vote of two thirds. I’res- j
ident Lincoln and the North consul* red :
this vote as ensuring them Virginia, anti j
other Frontier States. They considered 1
olivet ami dissect j 1 bis vote as ensuring that two-thirds of;
i. i Virginia preferred the Union with them to .
a Confederation with tne Southern States,
flits was not its meaning, but in the po- j
sition of the Northern statesmen, it was a j
very natural inference.
The other cause of the war—the pre-j
sinned hostility of our slaves—was the re- j
j-nlt of preconceived false notions, engen j
| ilered by their fanaticism and tlieir hate. |
Since the revolution of 177G not a sin- |
| gleseiious insuriection of slaves had taken t
j place in the Smith. The institution or j
j African slavery, as it existed in the South \
j vas open to all desirous of undertaking ii
It plea ed the fanaticism and mobocra-
cy of the North, however to suppose that
Southern society and institutions, in spite
f its peaceful exhibition, established a
stale of war: and it justified their hate to
imagine that they could destroy us by in
stigating set vile insurrections.
The war has shown that neither of the j
| delusions which were potent in producing
I •*:, had any foundation in the. actual state ;
• of tilings. Virginia, and other Frontier)
■'tates. have conclusively shown that they
jo efer a Confederacy with the Southern!
.'•tales to a Union with the Nortiier.n States
ami our servile population has caused If ile
embarrassment, while furnishing produc
tive labor. The delusions are exploded
by facts. Why does not the war, there
fore. cease?
There are many answers to this ques
tion; but we will propose but one. The
men and the party in power in the l niteil
.States can never coluntarihj make a peace
with the Confederate States. They have
not only foolishly severed a lucrative con
nection and plunged the Northern States
into a war, hut to carry it on in the way
they deem expedient, they have overturn
the idle question as to who lias done
| heat or the most. Aud yet there are men
i u*ii.) will claim for themselves and iot thoii j Ier;ite that changt
! State the gb*ry of every victory in which j
j they have participated, i bis is not onlj
I foolish and unjust, it is criminal. '1 h<
men of every Southern Stale have distill
J themselves by a noble, self sacri- | publican party will 1 riumpb-the 300,
to see without—the great power of the
South subtracted from the feared Un
ited States. Her importance to com
merce and manufactures they tire learn
ing otherwise.
But neither the elements of peace
at the North, nor the commercial and
industrial interest of Europe, can rise
to potency or exercise any command
ing influence in this struggle, until tlui
the Confederate States satisfy the work]
of military power competent to inde
pendence. We should not deceive
ourselves by laying too much stress
upon the party talk and opposition at
the North. The opposition must get
strong enough to defeat at the polls
the party in power, and before that
can be done a great change will have
to take place. We are the people to
and it can be
done only by a vigorous and successful
I conduct of the war. The elections at
! the North come off this fall. The re-
jrnis
living patriotism
so depend to a great extent the captun j ed the Constitution of the United State
*.*. i111 the liberties it guaranties* They
bale setupii* the United States as abso
lute a despotism as exists in Russia or
Turkey. Now for these enormous injuries
win*, then draw distinctions, which serve
no other purpose than to provoke bittei
and even hostile feeling.**? Nor should a
whole State suffer because of the incapac
ity of an officer or the misconduct of a
regiment.
The people of the South should assid
uously seek out, and hold up to public
scorn and reprobation, those miserable and
soulless extortioners—and their name is
legion—who are swelling their coffers by
a heartless speculation on the necessities
of the people. Many of these persons
“take .in” money until it almost ceases
to have value even in their eyes—they
make it so easily! I Lev are loud in tin ii
protestations of disinterestedness; “the}
would rather have their goods than you:
money—for money is plentiful, but goods
are scarce.” They will even attempt t<
depreciate, the money you offer, in ordet
to make you the more willing to part with
it and to pay their extravagant prices; but
they take care to bold on to that sami
money when once in their posession. The}
take advantage of your necessity; ane
, when they find} on are willingto pay five
| dollars for an article because you are cam-
J polled to have it. they will not scruple t<
ask you ten. They seem to proceed ot
tlit* presumption that money is as ahnn
dant with even body as with themselves
These wretches ate. a disgrace and a dam
age to tiie country, i’heir seihsiinpss ami
i dishonest v begets selfishness and distrust
in others; and, as a consequence, men
cease to be neighborly, geneious, or even
humane They fear to help others, lest
they should cotne to want themselves
They hoard up what they neither want
tier need because they have seen so main
apparently worthless tilings suddenly as
sume a fictitious value Now this should
not he so. The people—the whole peo
ple—are engaged in a great contest. They
must stand or fall together. Surely, then
it is a time when they should support and
help each other, not stand coldly and dis-
trnstfuljy aloof; and should feet t hat in
aiding each other they are helping forward
the erraiul cause itself.
titi-
the
i indomitable valor; 000 niPn will be put in the field
less we achieve signal victories in
! campaign running to its close.
Jackson has again struck, and if the
telegraph does not exaggerate there is
cause for eongratulatiion. We hope
to see the foe driven from Virginia.
\Ve trust Bragg will not tarry much
longer in his onward, movements.
[Mercury.
Suit Gconi'ocs f>< iiic Cotitederacy.
Reading the Field and Fireside of last
Saturday, we find in an editorial talk of
Dr. Lee the following about a salt mine,
at Saltville, Virginia—a statement which
if true, would seem to leave the Southern
Confederacy without excuse if the peo
ple suffer for salt. Here is enough, ready
made, in one mine, for a dozen such coun
tries, if they would only dig it up:
Our people at this time lack salt, not
because they have not good salt mines, for
they* have the richest in the world, hut
because tiiev will not work and raise di v
One Murphev, a Memphis
“ II<#i or’ and
pass' for ‘heself and one
hundred and twenty ithers ;’ ‘and why do
you ask for a pcimit for so many ?’ quotii
the Post Commandant. ‘An’ if it plazi*
yer Honor, we beeze goin to *list midei
Jeff Davis, to be som e.’ This was too
much for Lincoln’s satrap. He held the
case under advisement at our last advices.
The refugees from Memphis state that
the Western men in the Yankee army
complain bitterly that none but Abolition
ists are assigned to office, while Western
Conservatives fill the ranks. They say
that if the} could have the Mississippi
open, they would *let the Union slide.’ • he>
are already discussing tlieir future pros
pects under improved Morrill Tariff sys
tetns, and denounce bitterly the injustice
thus inflicted on the West. They* onl}
love the Union to the extent that it w.v
advantageous to them, aud it was only ad
vantageous to the extent that it gave then
free trade ami the best maiketin the-woib.
for their products on the Southern Missis
sip/n.
Why should not our next Congress de
elat e for absolute free trade, to take effect
with Illinoi*, Indiana and Iowa, at tin
very moment the troops of these State*
are withdrawn from the awny of our ene
mies ? Until the Mississippi is dammed
up, the Middle States will trade with eac!
other; and with a perfect knowledge <*:
this fact, we might even now act will
reference to the inevitable future. W<
can neither dam up the Mississippi no>
erect a Chinese wall between the .North
ern and Southern Sta'es. There thouh
lie, however, an imaginary line, to eras-
which would he death to an Eastern Yan
kee.- Any man should be hanged win
would live or be born in the same Stati
Butler. Still, should a famine occur ii
Kentucky, Tennessee or Missouri, tin
day nil! not dawn in time of peace wlnii
the Missourian will not buy from lit
neighbor of Illinois or Iowa. Politicians
amt our preset t hates and prejudices migln
have it otherwise,' but man’s'passions art
ephcnneral, Iris wants and interest etcr
uni.
If we may judge of the sentiments of tin
Northwest by the declarations of the Chi
cago Times, there is even now a strong an
ti-war sentiment and party being devei
salt from 200 feet under the sutface or j oped. Whenever such a patty ii organ
ground at this place. The stratum ot \ ized it at once becomes antagonistic to tin
otracted impris-; lamation Popeforthe last twenty years.
and knows him to be one of the ntos!
vulgar, coarse, obscene, and licentious
poltroons on the face of the earth. An
admitted coward, the grossest of de
bauchees, the most reckless spendthrif t
tenfold energy, they experit'tice **re j 0 j borrowt-tl money ; tiio most n«>t 0 rio«i.*
freshment in the very ttir they breathe, ; of Iiars, the most inflate*! of braggarts,
which inspires them with I ile, vigor | j s j JOW playing the tyrant upon tlnrs«iil
and determination. ; of Virginia. This only proves what tii
— J world has long known, that tyranny i-
ever associated with Cowardice un<i
in
laurels that
E.
Mijor General Jtha Pope.
The writer of this has known Proc
j ami ciur.es they are accountable, i lie
1 .ay (.f peace will he a day of reckoning
frviih them. \\ hiist the war la-ts,' the
mighty armies they control, and the wi
£ 2 ;?5il info Sii
The Large stun
to iState Treasury
7th hist., by Col.T
v. Xintr Trraanrj*.
>f 8250,000 was paid in
at Miiledgeviile on the
ared 1. Whitaker, the
Commissary General of Georgia. This
j handsome sum was realized to the State
I by the sale to the Confederate States ol
J Army Stores of great value, when Ru
mor Brown to the Confederate Author!
ties at Savannah last Spring. I liese
stores having beeti purchased for their use
it was deemed pmper to turn them ovei
tor their benefit when the change from
State to Confederate service took place.
I’he Stores turned over by Col. Whitaker
consisted of laisce quantities of Bacon.
Rice Flour.
Lard, Dried
ht
pi.it they have evoked,tend to keep down j States Troops were turned over by Gov-
.til questioning of the folly of tlieir states
manship and of the abuse and usurpation
f power. Nothing can save them from a
powerful reaction in the Northern States,
which will sweep them from power, and
ppibable bring them to the gallows, but
.-access in the war. If they conquer the
•South, they may be able to sustain them
selves by the prospect <>f lucre and dominion ! Sugar, Molasses, Candles,
The Battle at TazuuU, in East Ten
ncuee—Further Particulars.—From the debauchery. Proclamation Pope,
Knoxville Register of August Sth, we
get the followingadditional particulars
in regard to the battle in Claiborne
county, Tenn., near Tazwell
the winter of JS43-’5, addressed a Mt>-
Mary G
lief that she would inherit the property
other aunt, Mrs. T—. He asked for tlii
which our conquest will afford. But to | Soap, (Vffee, Pilot Bread,
begin the war, and to end it witB failure j Fruit. Ac., which with prudent forethot;
and the debt and ruin which this failure
:uu-t hiing to the Northern States, is
in oi e than they dare accomplish. Not only
the love of power—but respectability—
life itself, compels, them to go on as long
as they can.
It commenced g early on Wednesday hand of Miss G., and when interrogated
morning, and lasted several hours, re- by tho father as to his prospects in life,
suiting iii the defeat of the enemy, who he replied that lie was the son of a man
are rapidly retreating towards Cum-(offortune, but that in addition to his
berland Gap. Heavy artillery firing share of the paternal estate, he owned
on both sides continued from S to 10 o’! a sugar plantation in Louisiana. Our he-
clock. The enemy had three brigades i ro learning, however, that Miss G.
engaged in the fig’nt, Resides ariilh rv, i would not bean heiress, became exem d
supposed to be tin-ii whole effective ingly desirous to break off the match,
force at Cumberland Gap. Our forces He therefore wrote Imran insulting iei-
the town of ter, asking to be released from his en
gagement. The letter she gave to her
now have possession of
Tazewell.
During the flight, the 3d Tennessee father, who had received one about tl
regiment, under the lead of the gallant
Vaughn, captured a battery of four
guns, after being twice repulsed. The
loss in Col. Vaughn’s regiment in
same time from Pope’s father, saving
that he was poorand his son penniless
and he regreted to add, thoroughly un
principled. Mr.G.took these two letter-
killed and wounded is reported to be with him to the barracks where the gai
209. The enemies loss was much heavi
er. but has not been ascertained—the
killed and wounded strewing the
ant Lieutenant was quartered. He call
ed in witnesses to the interview be
tween him and Pope, and thendenoune-
had been purchased by Colonel Whitaker
when these articles were low. The arti
cle of Sugar afeve, which was turned ovei
to the Confedeiate Government, would
now command in this niniket, had it not
’1 heir destruction is certain, j followed tie Georgia f*Uafo Troops into
the Confederate service, four times its
he safe to value the
mitted, ttiey will carry o.i the war; and stores in tlie aggregate at 8400.0.00 had
ihey will carry it on to our utter destrue-
lion, rather than face a failure, which
must produce tlieir own.
So far as the meq and party, now in
power, in Washington, therefore, are con
cerned, we may as well make up our mind
,in Savannah, Ga., in the be- j j* l!,e 9 °" th is not f uh J >c,ed ' II . encP ’ as j
1 long as they can raise troops, and ate per-1 cost, and it would
they remained in posession of tho Commis
sary General of the State, so largely have
they all appreciated in theinaikets of the
Confederacy. We refer to this simply to
show that the Military Department of our
State Government did not move slowly
to the stern fact, that no peace will be 1 along to provide for the State Army, hut
made by the.-a criminals wit!» the Cnnfeii
i rate States. We^niust bring home, trim- | supplies wl
i le to the northern abates, and by tlieii
fii-ses and sufi'eiiugs, iwyasion a party to
arise which shall have the power and the
Tsposiriun to arrest the. vani struggle for
mir Mihji^Uii, and give us peace. Fucli
i paity^Bp^ktrise at tin ir approaching
Ltress, if our armies, North
press on in an active and
Will they press on?
[ Charleston Mercury.
“took time by the fm clock,” and laid in
they could be procured at
I low and reasonable prices, and before the
'-- 1 * : - the
-alt is known to lie over our hundred and
fiftyfeet in thickness, and there is an open
well to ir hut not a bushel raised.
The whole blame of scarcity of salt
rests with the people; for there are tin-
j known millions of bushels here, on a good
railroad, within two hundred feet of the
surface of the ground to be had for a lit-
tfe manual labor. It seems to ns that
the people do not care to be independent
of the North for hay, salt, leather, shoes
ind boots and other articles. If they do
want to be independent why do they not
-econd the efforts' of thosa who have la
bored tor years through good and evil re
port, to produce these necessaries in tin
Confederate States? If European powers do
not raise the blockade for us we shall not
have one-fourth salt enough to save our meat
this fall and winter. Let no man be de
ceived in this matter, for speculators rub
the land, and are likely *o crush oat all
opposition. Vampires fatten while our
country bleeds at every pore. No one
will aid us in cheeking this insane thirst to
make money out of the public calamities.
All we can do is to point to the monster
evils of the day.
VnnhreTIiscikcM in n^ard to tfio
The following communication, dated
New.Orleans, July 19th, appears in the
Boston Courier:
We have been laboring under certain
grave errors in respect to this rebellion,
which it is hightime were corrected.
We have supposed there was a Union
party in the South. There is none.
We have supposed the rebellion could
be quelled in this campaign
for* years.
We have supposed half a million of
troops were sufficient to subjugate the le-
volted States It will require at least a
million and a half.
This is tiie most serious of all our er
rors—this constantly undervaluing the
strength of the enemy end over estima
ting our own strength—The time has-ar
rived when we must come np to the strength
of our endeavor. Not a man loss than a
million and a half will be necessary. We
must at once take measures to iaise this
number of troop^, os* the contest will'be
prolonged indefinitely.
Lincoln Administration, and two pnrtie.-
thns formed will soon drive each other t;
f extremes. The Northeast will go overt■
Beecher and Garrisots and the North we*
i will become pro-slavery and thorough!;
j ’Democratic ’ I hen we shall have a fur
I tiler disintegration of the oId Union, am
then we shall have pence. I have ev* i
looked with infinitely mord confidence foi
i diversion in our fa'*or to .lie Northwes
, than to England. In very truth, the in'
j tervention of a foreign power Would co'n
j soiidate Northern sentiment, and impe'
| the whole people to desperate exertions
1 would prefer to fight through this wai
without such assistance, and if you will
think about the matter as constantly as I
have amid the idleness of life in camp, you
will soon become a convert to my opin-
! ions.
1 have just learned that Old Price has
! made oie day’s march from Tupelo, were
Bragg left him. lie has already found
: the en«my’s pickets, arid hence we mat
i have Ijut work at rnv time.
i Confrdrrate 4'r!r!rnjion at thr Slrrmi*
. t»sr.
Gen. Forrest, in his late tour through
Tennessee, passed in three miles of Nash
1 ville. A letter gives an interesting inci-
| dent of iiis trip:
Onthe way Gen. Forrest.and Col. I.aw-
! ton stopped at the Hermitage, who, with
several of our officers, were most cordially
: leceived lip Mrs. Andrew Jakson, Jr.,
j and her sister Mrs. Adams. A large par
ty of ladies-iud gentlemen had comedown
* to celebrate the battle of
t .fnly) at the Heimitage.
it must last j from NashyiH
Manassas (Til :
w hich is <>ilv twelve miles from Nashville
and, thenrfival of Gen. Foirest, increased
the enthusiasm and delight of the party,
tho ladies evincing the wildest joy and
patriotism and a “good time” prevailed
generally. Mrs. Jackson, who has two of
her sonsiu the Confederate army, express
ed tlie strongest hope of the early inde
pendfrtne of our country * and hade God
speed oir men and our cause on the ofli-
j cers faking their leave. The whole brig-
j ade Inii now come up within live miles of
Naskvfile, and encamped in a beautiful
1 grove to refresh themselves ami horses.
M e have supposed that after subduing | After a brief rest thev weie in the saddle
•*Honest Old Abe” 1G,000 iiion* volunteers
! from Indiana, if lie would adopt a coer
cive policy toward the Confederate .States
I'bis pledge was made for the purpose of
stffemiig the limber back of -the President
and to induce him to abandon the nacific
policy announced by Mr. Seward * The
Governor will find it more easy to pronii e
than to redeem I:is pledges. The people
of Indiana do dot intend to engage in a
crusade against the South for party purpo
ses—to advance the schemes of the Aboli
tionists and protectionists of New Ei."-
land Pennsylvania. The Southern States
have not trespassed upon the rights of the
people of Indiana, nor do they propose to
do so.
The legislation of the Confederate States
is not. inimical to the interests of the
Northwest, but in harmony therewith,
while that of the Black Republican Gon-
gress does discriminate against them. Gov.
Morton’s sympathies a:e not with the peo
ple of Indiana, hut with the sectional par
ty in the Eastern States who propose to
to make the labor of the people of the
\Yest tributary to the advancement of its
interests—meie hewers of wood and draw
ers of water for the cotton nabobs ot New
England and tho iron masters of Peusylva-
uia. .•&*;-
])tt f . to Gov. Morton’s pledge. Ilrnr
-oon Joes he propose to open his recruiting
iffice? Will he head the iti.OOQ voluntlm
be has pledged from Indiana to engage in
he butchery of the men, women and chil
dren of the South—of the people
if the States who fought our bat-
les and defended our hearthstones when
unable to resist the foe. ?
X blast from NewardN Organ—I.fr-sson for
Ihc U nr
r l Iif* Albany Evening Journal (Seward’s
organ) thinks‘the war has been astern
-clioolmasfer to the people of the loyal
States.’ It says:
We have learned (lie folly of underra-
ing our enemies. We have learned that
hey are equally brave, equally hardy,
equally quick witted, equally endowed
•frith martial qualities with ourselves. We
rive learned that they are torliblv in
•iimest in tlieir efforts to achieve tlieir
•nds; that they are desperate in their re-
odve to divorce themselves from ns : that
hey are determined to resist our efforts to
•onquerthem to the hitler end. We have
earned that they are as wary as they are
itiscrupulotis ; that they are as cunning as
hey are depraved ; that they are as quick
o take advantage of our weakness, our
'danders a,nd our indecision. We have
icarued that they aie fully our peeTs in
nilitary capacity, and that as soldiers,
hey make up in dash what they lack in
-.olid hardihood. W have learned that
lie very despotism that exists among them
gives them a compactness and unity which
ve d<> not and cannot possess.
We have learned how little active eo-
meration we are to expect from the Union
dement of the extreme {south. We have
earned that that element, even rvliere
nost prevalent, is timid, torpid, doubtful,
icgative ; that it needs watchers to sit
*} and nuise it; that it is often tieacher-
*us and couir.erieit; that in many instin-
•es it is rather a stumbling block in our
ray than a prop aud auxiliary. \\ e have
earned that, little by little, the poison of
ecession has spread among the people—
hat lirtle hy little it has possessed and
■razed them, until public sentiment has in
many sections become almost a unit.
Wc have learned the folly of expecting
-ympathy from foreign Governments and
roreign people. We have learned that wo
ire iiated most cordially where we had
reason to look for moral support ; that we
stand to-day apart and. isolated. We
lave learned that we must not only fight
he good fight unassisted, but under the
shadow of the frowns of Europe.
We have learned that slavery, instead
of being an element of weakness, is an ele
ment of strength to the reluds. We have
learned that it is one of their chief props
a fid staffs of support; that the four million
i>f blacks held in bondage are used as ef
fective weapons with which to light and
oppose us. vv e have learned that we can
not successfully fight the enemy and pro
tect the ‘the institution’ at the saute time;
and that if we ever hope to succeed we
must leave the latter to its fate.
We have learned that the contest be
tween us and the Confederates is reduced
to a question of pure brute force. We
have learned that the arm that can strike
hardest, and the foot that can stand firm
est. and the brain that can plot surest, "ill
win the day. We have learned that it
'■.ill no longer do to ‘play war;’ that it
"ill no longer do to administer emolients;
that the uisoa-e is of that virulent nature,
that it demands the most active remedies.
We have learned that there is no middle
ground—no half-way* house between ab-
solute triumph and absolute vassalage.
Howto Si i.i:ct Poultry.—A young
turkey has a smooth dark leg, feet sup
ple and moist, and the end of the breast
Gone piiable like gristle. It the head is
on, the eyes will he full and bright if
fresh killed. Fowls, when young, have
smooth combs and legs. In other re
spects they are like young turkeys.
the rebels, a small force would suffice to ,ga» and leaving the Lebanon turnpike I , r / k ,
enforce obedience to the law, Such may ) to the left, took a circuitous road, and pass- ' = S*' vSe U l11 , l,u f > ellou bdls uin
ground in every direction. It is be- ed him as a villain, a liar, a cheat and
Jieved that our toll force in that region
xvas engaged in the fight., and that
Bartow’s brigade began it. Col.
Vaughn’s regiment is in Taylor’s brig-
imposter. Pope sprung uptn strike him,
but thevtern eye arid athletic frame of the
old man f rightened him. He sat down,
saying ‘ your age protects you.” “Oh,
ade. A large force is supposed to j never mind my age,” replied Mr. G.
be iu the enemy’s rear, with a pros-j Another torrent of abuse from the olu
IVhj- Jrwrxnr* nrr ISr:iutiful.
Chateaubriand gives a fanaciful but an
agreeable reason for the fact that Jewi.-h
"i men aie so much handsomer then the
men ,f their nation. He says Jewesses
have escaped the curse which alighted
upon the fathers, husbands and sons. Not
* Jewess was to be Keen among the crowd
of priests and rabble who insulted the Sv>n
of God, scourged him, crowned him with
i ho.ns, and snt jetted him to infamy and*
the agony of the cross. The women of
engrossers
d time to monopolize
supplies in market. By this single trans
action "itii the Gummis.sar- Department
of Georgia, it will be seen that tlie Con
federate Government has been largely
lieto'lirted in dollars and cents—.11 owing
to tiie eiit'jgy which characterizes the ap
pointees of Gov. Biowri in the military
.‘ervice; of the State to whom was entrus
ted the responsible duty of providing
for State Troops.
We take occasion hire to add, that pre
vious and subsequent to the sale of the
hefore-meiitionefrt stoics to the Confeder
ate Authorities at Savannah, Col. Wliita-
be the case twenty years hence, but for the
present, say for the next ten years, we
shall want a standing army of not less
than three hundred thousand men to pre-
**rve order in the South. The people lit
erally hate us. The women t*aeli hajied
to their children. The cletgv preach ha
tred from the pulpit. ! he growing/gen
eration will he even more, embittered
against us than the present* Nothing but
force can keep the country. For fhispur-
ed the Minerva Institute, three miles *:* *’ <l11 ' a P 111 may be forced
frorji Nashville. As our men rode by, the through the skin ot tiie breast. (It re-
1 a dies tilled the corridors, porch and bal- quires considerable pressure to thrust a
| pin through the breast of an old, tough
; goose.) If fresh the feet will be pliable.
The same rules apply to the selection
of ducks. Asa general rule,all old birds
have bony claws, that are not easily
j straightened. Young birds have pliant
. • and easily yielding claws. The sputs
cones, and waved tlieir handkerchiefs
ail i tl a.perfect storm of joy and excite
ment crying, “God bless Forrest aud his
tneill”
A letter from Nashville to the New
5 oik Herald, contains tin* following:
The rebels who celebrated the anniver
[lose my estimate of three hundred thous-1 *ary of the battle of Manassas at the Her- ‘d old turkeys and toosters are hard,
and men is moderate.
One
rnitage. vn the 21st nit., aie likely to get loug and sharp. Of young ones but the
One great source of the fatal errors wi themselves into trouble. It appears that i first development is seen,
nave committed, is the delusive statements Forest was not only on the ground and in i
furnished to the press. Here we are com
pelled to suppress the truth, to prevent
i f s injurious influence on our trooys.
At home it is otherwise. *
It the people were apprised of all /lie
aker has on »il occasions u hen applied to I facts in the care, their patriotism weuiJ he
piomprly furnished supplies needed by
t.’onfederate. officersfo' tlieir troops, both the field next fall with the million a/d
at Savaiiiiali and at other points. A pa
triotic desire to accommodate them has
been manifested by him on all ocjiasi* ns.
[ Intelligencer,
equal to tin,* emergency, and we could fake
half, without which we cannot expecj
CeSS*
It is most important they should know
the truth, and the whole truth.
tec/ suc-
their company, but that he joined a fail-
rebel as a partner in one of the dan;es. It
is proposed to arrest the entire party, la
dies included and place them in some pri
vate house under gnaid, as was done in
Washington City when ceitain lebe! wo
men there became so loud mouthed and
trnitmous. it was certainly ahold thing
to leave, the city at such n Uune, engage
with the enemy in a ciancirg fndic, know
ing that the Federal forces occupied Nash
ville, aud that the Federal authorities had
HIDES! HIDES!!
T HE highest CASH, pn’ee will he p*i4 for
Dry liitRs SCOTT ,V CAR AKER
AjilledjreviJIe, Ang 12, L't'2. 12 tt
1 j 'WO MONTHS after date application will be
a 'made to the Court of Orlinary of Jasper
county for have to sell the land belonging lo the
Estate of George Dawkins, deceased
B.
'July *2d, 18(12.
EP* Constitutionalist please copy
I'. DIG BY, Adm’r.
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