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AUGUSTA SOLDIER'S WATHDI HOME.
Thi« hospital if located on Reynolds Streep
just opposite the Sooth Cfrelioe Railroad Depot.
It is under the enspieef of the Georgia Hospital
and Relief Association, which has the supervi
sion and control of it But its successful estab
lishment is, in a large degree, due to the zeal and
energy of the ladies, who appropriated a consid
erable portion of what they realized from the
Fair instituted by them to raise funds for the
relief of sick and wounded soldiers. Many ladies
hare since giren the Soldier's Wayside Home
tzAch of their personal attention, and are daily
contributing, by their sympathizing presence and
exertions, to carryout the benerolent purposes of
the projectors.
The Wayside Home Is designed to minister to
the comfort of the sick and wounded soldiers
passing through our city. It furnishes shelter
and refreshment to those who arrive prostrated
by sickness and painful wounds, and exhausted
by loss of sleep and fatigue of travel- Ice water
to drink, a basin of cool water, a towel and a
clean übirt await each sick, or wounded and toil
worn soldier, and a surgeon to dress his wound;
after which a comfortable meal 19 provided, and
he is then conveyed carefully back to the Rail
road car. Au omnibus is always in waiting, at
the command of the Association, to run between
the door and the different depots. If the soldier
prefers to layover for a day and night to rest, or if
his condition requires it, a clean and comfortable
cot, and physicians and servants to|wait on him, are
provided for him. In tact, this wsyside hospital is
what its name imports, “the Soldiers Wayside
Home.” A visit to it any day, about the time of
the arrival of the South Carolina train, could
not fail to interest the feelings of a benevolent
man or woman. It would teach a lesson of prac
tical charity, and open the heart to increased
liberality in bebaif of our brave and patriotic
soldiers. Thore would be seen in the mute elo
quence of pale faces and agonizing wounds, what
our soldiers are sthfering* The crutch, the band
age, the sling, the stretcher on which is borne
theemaoiated sufferer, all tell sorrowful tales of
the baitle held and the oamp, and remind us of
the price at which our rights and oar homes are
defended.
A.visit to this hospital will show the pleasing
(act that benevolent and liberal men, and teus
iler-hearted aud grateful women, are doing all
that money and kindness can provide, to alle
viate the passing soldier’s painful journey home.
Prominent among the ladies in this work of love
and charily is Mrs- Anthony, aister of Georgia’s
far-famed orator aid poet, the late Richard
Henry Wilde, It is hoped she will be induced
to take the chief direction and supervision of the
establishment.
•ne word to the liberal and patriolio. This hos
pital requires a full supply of vegetables and fruits.
These conduce mach to the health of the Botdier
just from a loug tour of service, where they hud
bread and meat alone, and often a scant supply
of thsse. They are especially needed for the
sick aud wounded, who crave them as luxuries.
They are in many cases the best medicine. Send
in, therefore, Ireely, donations of vegetables and
fruit—send in fresh butter, and eggs aud milk.
Farmers and gardeners, send in a part of your
abundance of these stores.
The funds by which the Soldier’s Wayside
Home is sustained are dispensed by the Georgia
Hospital and Relisf Association. But they are
not drawn from the by Iba
Legislature of the State of Georgia. That appro
priation was for the establishment of hospitals
for the beaetit of sick and wounded Georgians
alone. The fund is dispensed strictly in confor
mity to this restriction. But the Association
has, in addition, funds contributed by individual
donors from time to time, not hampered by this
restriction, and these funds are used to relieve
the Southern soldier iu distress, from whatever
State he may bait. Immense good has been
done in this way. Not a day transpires but a
soldier from some sister 3tate, struggling in the
same great and holy cause, is ministered to by
those almoners of a noble charity. This Is es
pecially the case since the late severe and glori
ous battles uear Richmond, from which many
soldiers, from .Slates west of us, are daily re- ’
turning home to be nursed and recuperated.
We, therefore, commend the Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association as a tit recipient of dona
tions, whether in money or in “the kindly fruits
of the earth.” They will be wisely, justly and
kindly dispensed, and the Augusta Soldier’s
Wayside Home will be pleasantly remembered
by many a seldier, from the banks of the Savan
nah all along to the plains of Texas.
OHIO POLITICS.
Parties are beginning to draw their lines close
in Ohio, and as usual (he Enquirer and Commers
cial of Cincinnati! are at loggerheads. The
former recently published the following para
graph :
Now, we deny that the conductors of the
Democratic press of Ohio are “a gang of scoun
drels,” or that they are in the habit of publishing
“atrocious sentiments.' As one of that Demo
cratic press, we demand the evidence. If there
is any, it can be easny produced.
To which the Commercial responds :
We have not charged thai all the Democratic
papers in Ohio are conducted by a gang ofscouns
drels. We have staled that there is a gang of
scoundrels conducting so called Demacratic pa
pers in Ohio, who are probably meaner tones
than can be found elsewhere in the Untied States.
The evidence can easily be procured. The Ash
land Union says:
"Hired Hessians” going to the sunny Southern
soH to butcher, by wholesale, not foreigners, but
good men, as exemplary Christians as any of
our men, who believe they are fighting for God
given rights.
* * * * * *
This is a damned Abolition war. We believe
Abe Lincoln is as much of a traitor as Jefferson
Davis.
The Ashland county Democracy, at their late
Convection, passed the following resolution:
Rttalrfd, That the late attack s npon the Ash
land Union by me abolitionists, the old enemies
of the Constitution and the Union, are evidence
that that paper is on the right track, and worthy
the support of the democracy of Ashland oonnty.
The Circlevtlle Watchman, speaking of Gen.
Botler, aays:
Why don’t the men of New Orleans shoot the
infamous wretch tike they would a reptile or a
dog!
The Crawford county Forum says of the pres
ent Administration:
It has pat arms m the hands of outlaws,
thieves, murderers, and traitors
And the Cincinnati Enquirer, the successor of
the Louisville Courier in the affections of the
traitors of the West, is si poor spirited—so sat*
orated with the essential cowardice of a mean,
malignant and consciously guilty thing—that it
will not have the courage to say whether it ap«
proves or disapproves the sentiments of the
ehoifie extracts we have given.
The British astronomical staff who went to
Spaio in 1860, to observe the total solar eclipse,
have not yet completed their report.
THE TYRANT OF NEW ORLEAKS.
I Our telegraphic dispatches, of yesterday, al
luded to a letter from Picayune Butler, explan
atory of hia order, No. 28, concerning the ladiee
of New Orleans. The explanation ia equally
as gross aud offensive us the order itself and
will only add to the infamy of its author. fbe
noble women of New Orleans must bear their
sufferings as patiently as they can. We trust
that their day of deliverance is not far distant.
In llio meantime, let their fate be an incen
tive to the patriot soldiers of the South to
greater deeds of valor, to more vigorous aDd
prompt efforts, at every point threatened by
the invader, and, if possible, to stronger blows
in behalf of Southern Independence. Remem
ber Butler I Remember the women of New
Orleans, of Memphis, of Nashville I
Here is the Picayune’s letter ;
LBTTKB raou GBNHKAL BUrLIS IN EXPLANATION Or
BIS OKIISK REGARDING THE LADIES Us NEW OR
LSANS ,
The most curious and interesting piece of
news we gel Irum our Northern papers is the
following letter, written home by Builer, ex
plaining bis reasons for issuing his infamous
order regarding the ladies of New Orleans :
HeaIoQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OP THE GULP, 1
New Orleans, July 2,1862. j
Mr Dear Sta—l am as jealous of ibe good
opinion of my friends as 1 am careless of the
slanders ol my enemies, and your kind expres
sions in regard 10 Order No. 28 leads me to say a
ward to you on the subject.
That it ever could hare been so misconceired
as it has been by some portions of the Northern
press is wonderlul, and would lead one to ex
claim with the Jew, ”0 ! Father Abraham, wbat
these Christians are, whose own hard dealings
teach them to suspect the very thoughts o,
others. ”
What was the state of things to which ths
winner. order applied ?
We were two thousand five hundred men in a
city seven miles long, by two to four wide, of a
hundred aud fifty thousand inhabitants, all hos
tile,bitler.defiant, explosive, standing literally on
a magazine; a spark only needed for destruction.
Tbe devil bad entered the beans ot the women
ol this town (yon know seven ot them ohose
Mary Magdalen that residence) to stir up strife
111 every way possible. Every opprobrious epi
thet, every insulting gesture, was made by these
bejeweied, becrioolined, aud laced creaturee
calling themselves ladies, towards my soldiers
and officers, from tbe windows ot houses and in
the streets. Uuw long do you suppose our flesh
aud blood could have stood this without retori)'
That would lead to disturbances aud riot, from
which we must clear the streets with artillery;
and then a bowl that we had murdered these
tine women. I had arrested tbe men who had
hurrahed for Beauregard. Could 1 arrest the
women? No. What was to be done? No or
der oould be made save one that would execute
itself. With aoxious, careful thought, I bit upon
this: “Women who insult my soldiers are to 1
be regarded und treated as common women ply
ing their vocation.”
rray how do you treat a common woman
plying her vocation in the streets? You pass 1
her by unheeded. Bbe cannot insult you I As a
gentleman you can and will hike no notice ol <
her. If she speaks, her words are not oppro
bious.* It is only when she becomes a contin- 1
uous and positive nuisance that you call a watch
maif and give her in charge to him. But some 1
ol the Northern editors seem to think that when
ever one meets such a woman, one must stop <
her, talk with ber, insult her. or hold dalliance '
with her; and so, from their conduct, they con- 1
strued my order. 1
Tbe editor of the Boston Courier may so deal '
with common women, and out of tbe abundance 1
of tha heart his mouth may speak—but so do not
l. Why, these sAe aider* of New Orleans them* I
selves were at once shamed into} propriety of <
conduct by the order, aud from that day no woman 1
had either tusulted or auuoyed -UJ, lire aoldtev er ;
officer, and of a certainty no soldier has insulted
any woman. When l passed through Baltimore 1
on the twenty-third of February last members ot
my staff were iusulled by tbe gestures ot the
ladies (?) there. Not so in New Orleans.
One of tbe worst possible ut all these women
showed disr-spect to ihe remains of the gallant
young DeKay, and you will see her punish
ment ; a copy of the order, which 1 enclose, is
at once a vindication and a construction of my
order.
I can only say that I would issue it again, under
like circumstances. Again thanking you for your
kind interest, I am, truly vour friend,
Benjamin F. Butler,
Major General Commanding.
from the Jaekron MUeie* pt’ian. July 17-
MORE OF THE ARKANSAS
We received, last evening, a private letter
from ono of the officers of the glorious Arkan
sas, giving a brief but thrillingly interesting
account of the grand engagement with the Fe
deral fleet.
It is a strictly private letter, written hast%,
aud without any thought of publication. As
the subject is one of such absorbing interest,
we have presumed upon our iutimacy with the
writer to break the seal of privacy, aud furnish
the public with the substance of the description
of tbe engagement:
“The Lord has preserved us through a most
terrific fight. We reached the mouth of tbe
Yazoo River, where it empties into Old River,
at 6 A. M, to-day (15th inst). We met four
iron clad gunboats—of which the Benton, flag 1
ship, was one. We disabled her, and she ran 1
ashore, in a sinking condition, aud hauled down
her flag. We passed so close that we touched
her, giving three rousing cheers as we passed,
having no time to accept surrenders. Ido not
know what damage the others sustained. They
ran before us all the way down to the upper
fleet, we giving them 8-inch shot astern every
time. We did not use our Tam at all. We
whipped them with our guns. When we
reached the upper fleet, at 7, a. m., we had to
run the gauutlct of the tire ol two sloops of
war. seven gunboats, six mortar boats, with a
rifled gun on each, I believe, aud also to receive
the respects of six rams. I had a shot at one
not fifty feet distant. I depressed my rifle gun,
and bored two boles through her, and feel per
fectly confident she must have sunk. We had
to run tbe gauntlet of fifty heavy guns—the
vessels ranged in line, up aud down the river,
opening one tight after the other. It was ter
rific—especially when the sloops of war would
pour their whole broadsides into us at once.
We came through it all, hewever, firing at
each as we passed with our heavy metal. We
blew up oue ram.
Our loss, at present, is eight killed and abon t
twelve wounded.
Capt. Brown was knocked down twice, and
slightly wounded. He behaved most gallantly.”
Does not this private and unostentatious des
cription, furnished by one who participated in
tbe glorious exploit which is recorded, prove
the trutQ of what we said in our article of yes
terday—that naval history furnishes no parallel,
in daring and brilliancy, to this feat of the Ar
kansas.
Promoted.—We are dleased to learn that A. B.
Seals, Esq, formerly Editor of the Atlanta Lo
comotive and lately Editor of the Americas
Weekly Post, and Professor in Furlow Female
College has been appointed Quartermaster in
the amry with tbe rank ol Captain. His heads
quarters will be at Eufacla. Aia. Captain Seals
is well known in Georgia and Alabama as a
polished writer, an accomplished scholar, and a
clever gentleman. We like to see our brethreu
of tbe quill rise in the world. May brother Seals
wear his honors well.—J foam Tikgrapli.
From the Jaekton Misriteippi an, July 17.
PROM VICKSBURG—THE ARKANSAS THE
FIGHT.
Now that the smoke has cleared away from
the ensanguined battle fields near Richmond,
and we are enabled lo arrive at some idea of
tbe situation in that bloody region', all eyes in
this part of the Conlederacy, at least, are turned
upon Vicksburg, and her heroic defences. Ap
preciating tbe lively interest that everybody feels
, in the recent demonstrations about this belea
gured little city, we make eo apology for tbe
space given this evening to the subjoined de l
scnptioos by correspondents who were present,
, and acquainted with all the circumstances sur
rounding the brilliant debut of rhe Arkansas,
and tbe subsequent bombardment by tbe enes
, LFTTfcRt FROM VICKSBURG.
Camp 22xd Mississippi Kao meter, I
Near Vicksburg, July 14, 1862. f
We have beard “the distant random gun sul
lenly booming” all day, but at tbe hour of writ
ing, 2 P, M., we can only conjecture that the gun
boats have engaged batteries recently planted
near Warrenton, twelve miles below Vicksburg.
It is rumored in camp that the enemy tried 'o
effect a landing there yesterday and were re
i pulsed with the loss of fifteen or twenty killed
> and wounded upon our side. I hope I w.ll know
more concerning events in that quarter before
1 the mail Closes.
Citizens and “contrabands'' from tbe other side
ot the river report that the canal which the Yan
kees have been digging has been finished, bnt
1 that tne amount of water in it will noi float even
1 tbe smallest sized steamboat. They have also
completed a railroad from bend to bend, by
1 means of material taken from the Vicksburg,
Nbreveport A Trias Railroad. Tbe river is fall
[ ing ao last, and is now too low for their canal to
be at all efficient belore nezt Spring; and unless
they can dislodge our batteries planted below its
lower mouth, it will be utterly useless to them,
and, in tbe event that those batteries are forced
to withdraw from tbeir present location, they can
be easily transferred to some ot er point, from
whence they will be turned upon any transport
passing by, unless conveyed by iron clad gun
boats, It is suggested that if will take at least
three gunboats to accompany one steamboat in
“tbe free navigation of the Mississippi."
Thera are no indications of another general at
tempt to take the city of Vicksburg. It is
claimdfi that.our batteries totally ruined two of
their men-of. war in the great fight two weeks
ago, and that they now lie moored near tbe
month of tbe Yazoo, in a helpless condition.
There will be no land fight at Vicksburg. The
pressing demands made upOD Lincoln elsewhere
will keep al'. bis available lorce engaged, and al* '
low no lorce to come to Vicksburg. Their shells, I
thrown in irregularly and semi-occaaionally, j
nearly every day and night, hurt no ene, and
damage the bouses but little. * * * j
BRILLIANT VICTORY AT VICKSBURG-THE ;
RAM “ARKANSAS” WHIPS THE WHOLE *
FEDERAL FLHKT.
V icxaattne, July 15, 1862. ,
It affords me the greatest pleasure to give vou j
tbe particulats of oue of me most eztraordinary
and brilliant naval engagements of the present !
war, resulting id a complete victory for tbe Cone 1
lederate cause. My statement is from eye-wns
otases of the whole affair, aa well as trom.officers
and men on board of our Ram.
Tour readers all know that, for several months
oast, we have hud a gunboat building up the
Y’azoo river. She was completed five or six days
ago, and her commander, Captain Brown, C. S.
JL, dinpatched a courier through the country to
announce to Major General Vau If .ro that be
would be at Vicksburg this morning, at four
o’clock. The courier rode seven y miles by twelve
o'clock last night, and made his communication
to the General. Immediately tbe drums along
our batteries aroused the cannoneers who stood
to-their posts, while the inianiry baezed them,
ready to lead any assistance necessary.
In order to get under the guns of our batteries,
the. Arkansas had to pass me whole upper fleet
of tbe enemy, consisting of twenty gunboats and
men of war. Soon after daylight sbe placidly
SUdad fleam the mouth ot the Vacuo into Old
lver—which is an old channel ot the Missis
sippi. The moment of rounding out of tbs
Yuzoo the Arkansas came iu view ot three of the
enemy’s gunboats, stationed there on tucket j
duty, and supposed to be ou the look.out for her.
A fierce canuonade at once opened, the Arkansas
returning the Ire id the most spirited cuaoner.
Paaaiug rapidly two of them, she rau alongside
tbe Benton, and giving her a broadside, she
suak immediately. When last seen by the crew
ot the Arkansas ihe Benton was on tb- bottom
of the r.ver near tbe shore, careened to one side,
and tier career ended forever I
liavinggotten rid of the enemy's “pickets,”
the Arkaneas ran into the Mississippi, an came
in full view of no less than seveuieen sloops-of
war, gunboats and rams. They were drawn up
in Hue of battle, stretcumg irorn oue aide of the
river to the other. In tne center three rams
were posted, the center oae of the three with her
prow up itream, wdtle the prows of the other
two weretnverted from the shore.
The whole of this powerful fleet instantly
brought isl guns to bear upon the Arkrnsas.—
Nulling taunted, the Arkansas crowded os all
steam,aui made lor theceoter. When within
fifty yardiof tbe line she fired into the center
n o (the Eastport), penetrating lo her boilers,
when she blew up with a tremendous crash ! It
is though; that not a soul on board the Eastport
escaped. Tuns breaking tbe line, the Arkansas
dashed through over the wreck and debris ot the
Eastport.
The entmy's fleet then broke their line of bat
tle and nude chase, furiously pelting the Arkan.
sas all tht while, but she outran them alf, ana at
ten minutes before nine came around tbe point
above the city, and there ran under the guns of
our batterfeson tbe shore. The pursuit was kept
up until our guns from shore opened, whea the
enemy turned and fled.
As soon as the Arkansas came around the
Joint, a great commotion was noticed in the
ower fleet; and presently flames burs' out of oue
of the mortar boats, supposed to have been i
aground. In thirty minutes nothing of it was
visioie above the water’s edge. All of the ves-els
of that fleet, by this time, was nearly out of sight
below, aid at’last accounts were seen heading
towards New Orleans and ihe Gulf as fast as
steam could carry them.
Hut to return to the Arkansas She is a perfect
iron-cladram steamer, one hundred feet lyrg,
mounting ten Parrot guns, with a crew of over
one bundled men Ido not know how many leet
of water |be draws, but as she came down the
Yazoo at this season ol the year ot course she can
run anywhere in the Mississippi.
She was strock this morning hundreds of times!
by balts from the Deaviest guns in tbe United
States navy, and yet, only one shot penetrated
her and that was in this way: * * *
While passing immediately under the guns of
that slqop she depressed a gun so as to throw a
eleven inch solid shot down upon her. It pene
trated tithe gunroom and killed eight white men
and one negro, and slightly wounding twelve oth
ers. This shot, save ten or twelve holes through
ber “smoke-stack," was tbe only injury received
by thenow immortal Arkansas. Her injuries will
all be repaired by to-morrow, when she will
commtnce the process of “cearing out” the Mis
sissippi right and left of Vicksburg.
Tbe Yankees of the upper fleet, maddened by
their etter and signal defeat by one Confederate
naval ressel, have been vigorously bombarding
Vicksknrg all day without doing any in lory save
to buildings.
And than did we gain on this, the 15th day of
July, 1862, one of tbe most brilliant victories
knowt in the aanals of tbe history of the world.
We dt not of course know the loss of the enemy
in iivei, but is tupposed to have been not less
thmn M.
Cap:, Brown is one of Mississippi’s most gallant
sons. His home is in Issaquena county. Be was
in tbe U. S. nary 27 rears ago, and commanded
tbe Niagara op to the disruption of the Union.
I should have mentioned in the details that the
enemy piled np and burned immense piles of
stores on tb e other side of the river, and trans
ferred all their troops to the transports and sent
them down stream. Sobaltzrn.
VicieaoßO. July 16, 1862.
Editors MississigpiA*: I telegraphed yon
yesterday tbe arrival of the ram Arkansas. This
morning I »m enabled to give you a few particu
lars.
It appears that she sunk a large class gunboat
f supposed to be the "Benton,”; near the mouth
of Yazoo river, which, with the rams bad pro
ceeded up the Mississippi to interrupt her. A
lucky shot from the Arkansas struck the boiler
of one of the rams, which instantly caused an ex
plosion, when abnot one hnndred men jumped
overboard, many of them finding a watery g-are.
Tbe ether ram was thoroughly disabled and left
in a sinking condition. All this occurred some
miles up tbe river. Through the large fleet im
mediately above the city, she had no special dif
ficulty in passing; she gallantly fought her way
through, though at one time completely hemmed
in. Bfie did much damage to some of tbe boats,
and killed more or less Yankees. It seems that
the total number killed on the Arkansas is ten,
and about fifteen wounded.
This morning there is a report, which I think
reliable, that her pilot and engineer were killed
during tbe shelling last night. She lay in a
very exposed position, and the enemv took ad
vantage ot it. Boon after tbe arrival of the
Arkansas, the enemy commenced shelling tbe
city, and kept up a steady fire until ten o’clock
last night.
! The elegant mansion of Mr. Crutber, and the !
I adjoining residence of Reynold Clark, were both
] destroyed by Are from their shells last night.
| The enemy yesterday blew up one of their j
' lower mortar boats, which they apprehended j
j was about being captured by the Arkansas.
Captain Wofford’s company of Col. Withers’
artillery, behaved most gallantly yesterday morn
ing— throwing some fifteen shell from their how
itzers at a large gunboat which had tht audaciiy
to come as far as the bend near Fort Hill. The
battery was, at the time, under command of Lieu
tenant Ostia—a gallant and daring officer. The
guns at Fort Hill so completely disabled the said
boat that she had to be dragged off by tugs. It
is difficult to ascertain the fall extent of damage
inflicted on tbe Yankee fleet, but it is eertainiy
Very large, and will still be increased by early
visits from our noble craft. Some thirty or forty
men, yesterday, volunteered lo take the place of
her disabled heroes.
Three large fri/ales, two gunboats, and two
other vessels passed down last night, under a
murderous Are Imm our batteries and the ram
It was the shells from the vessel that killed the
men on the‘•Arkansas.”
We are having a splendid rain this morning,
which was much needed.
lo great haste t Lott as. (
LINCOLN’S CALLFORMOREMEN~-THX HEN
WILL NOI COKE DRAFTING AT ONCE
NECESSARY AND MUST BE DONE THE
ALARM OF THE NORTH AT THE FBEBENT i
SITUATION
i The Noun is disappointed and alarmed at the .
failure of Lincoln's call tor more men. rearing
and trembling she urges immediate drafting.—
Tbe follow!! g exiraeis are tbe most significant
signs of tbe times, and need no comment troni
us
JVofn IV Nit York World, June 11.
What is the situauouf Tbe (act stares us in
the lace that the people believe iheir blood and
treasure to have been wasted. They believe that
the mismanagement of the Treasury Department
has cost the nation as much as the expenses of
the war, and that it will cost us more. They
believe that the feebleness of the Nrvy Depart
ment not only crippled our navy and our com
merer, but, by leaving Charleston to the b-adsol
tbe Confederates, reinforced their armies with
money and the munitions of war, which have
augmented tbeir victories and lightened their
deteats, and sustained to this hour an otherwise
almost hopeless cause. They believe that the
blunders ol the War Department have crippled
our Generals, botcued their campaigns, and in
sured us disaster. They see to day such danger
of foreign intervention as bus never belore dared
to menace us, and (ear they may be asked to rally
to arms against a foreign foe, powerful on the
sea and laud—against perhaps foreign alliance
which might defy the world beside in arms, fiv
the men who have been unable to couauer our
feebler foe at home. In the faceef these facts, in
face of the need lor men to reap the peaceful
barvesis of oar fields, in face of tbe need for
workmen to supply the places ot those who hare
gone to wie d in the battle field the scythe of
wax. the country ts asked for three hundred thou
sand more volunteers.
The three hundred thousand may be called,but
thev will not come At leaal enlistmen's will
not be sufficiently numerous or prompt io insure
the nation’s success or sateiy. The result thus
lar proves it. The result of the next ten days
reciumng will mike it so palpable 'hat none r an
tail to see it. Tills lact must be looked at. It is
ot no use to blind our eyes. The people mar con
sent to a.-quiesce in ihe decision ot ibe President.
Toev will nut consent to shut tbe:r eves to us
results. It would be sheer tolly not ro foresee
what is inevitable. Tbeir determination that ihe
rebellion shall be put down is as unalterable to
day as it was one year ago. What, then, ts to be
do.ie ’ Witbi u reinforcing o»r a mies promptly
without mak og a speedy conquest of ihe Con
federate capital (io say nothing of the prolonga
tion ot the war, its miseries and its expense;, we
shall, in sll those objects which we hope to ac
Comp tsn by the war, tail. Tbe failure otour
army to take Richmond must be retrieved bv its
prompt capture, or the danger of foreign inter,
venuon doubles daily The failure to hold the
sea-Cosst which we have takeu and oocupi.d- ifie
•allure to poasess and occupy, ihe channels
through which 'ree communication and valuable
supplies from abroad are aull had by the Con
federates ; ihe (allure to occupy every Southern
seaport will give to intervention us sharpest
ating and its most disastrous practical effect
We can checkmate the plans of «ur enemies
abroad and conquer tbe enemy at boms only bv
an immediate and generous reinforcement Jt
our armies.
The call 'or volunteers under present circum
stances will not accomplish this end But ibe
eud mast be reached—it not io one way then in
another. Th' re i« no other way bnt 'o re-sort io
drailing, and ihe sooner ibis la done the bet.er.
Let the government not hesitate a single week.
Let it not cons der the question whether we can
afford to let things remain m *Latu quo t il the
warm weather is over. Let the President believe
that even though foreign powers tolerate the de
lay ihe American people will not
There rnu-t be n > in'errupti m id the pro-eca
tiooo! tbe war. We cannot wage it at Rich- i
mond against an army which more than doubles
ourowß. W,. must retn f orce, and there is no
way to reinforce with sufficient promptitude ex.
Cept by drafting. The President does not need
the Gorernots ro tell him this. He need not
aggravate big v ice in tetliog tt to the people.—
Let him rely upor. the people They will sus
tain him if be deals with them honestly and tells
.them the whole troth. This is 'be peoples* war.
Their hearts are m tt. And although six mouths
ago a million of volunteers might have been had
they will not to-day complain if three bundled
thousand are se'-eted bv draft.
y om the Niu York Btepreet, June i 1.
“To Arms!'' “To Arms!* "Ts Arm-1” is to
day the almost unbroken cryof tbecitv journals.
“McClellan musi have reintorcementa,” »avsone;
“not two or three months hence, but now." An
other: “If the men are not forthcoming within
a given space of time, we most have a conscrip
tion;’’ a third urges public meetings in town aud
country to atir up tbe people, and to burry np en
listments. This is no wolf cry. There is reason
in it. There in occasion for it. Tbe emergen
cy is, indeed, pressing. Look over tne latest
telegrams. Bee Curtis, in Arkansas, in full
retreat, and calling for rein orerments in
vain, whilt “the whole country bordering on the
White river is in (Confederate) arms ” See
Burnside compelled to withdraw his little scat
tered army on the seacoasi ot North Carolina in
order to save McClellan. Look at the humilia
ting condition of affairs in Gen. Hun er’a depart
ment ; contrast the brilliant achievement of oor
famous Poit Rovsl expedition on last year with
the beggarly Iruitsit is eow bhogiog forth ; and
it all that is not enough, think of another name
at Front Royal (Gen. Pope’s d pertinent; last
Monday; then sav whether the demand for tbs
general arming of the loyal men of th ■ North in
not tbq tlemanu alike of duly and necessity.
1 BY TELEGRAPH.
LATE FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, Va., July 21.—Maj. Gen. Holmes
, ba« been assigned to the command of the depart
ment of the Trans-Mississippi. Brig. Gen. R.
H. Anderson has been promoted to the rank
of Major General, and assigned to the command
j of the Division recently commanded by Gen
Hager, who is assignedto the duties of Inspec
| tor of Ordnance.
Col. Jenkins, of South Carolina, has been pro
moted Brigadier General,>ice Armstrong, pro**
rooted. Col. Martin E. Green, of Missouri, baa
been promoted Brigadier General* The resigna
tion of Brigadier General Joseph R. Anderson
has been accepted.
A general exchange of prisoners has been
agreed to, the earplug on eitner side to be par
oled. The terms of the agreement are the cartel
of 1812 between the United States and Great
Britain.
LATE NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
Richmond, Va. f July 19th.—Northern dates of
the 18th instant hare been received here.
At the war meeting which was held in New
York city on the 15th instant, and which is said
to have been largely attended, there were five
stands for speakers, all of whom were vehement'
iy in favor of upholding the government in all
it* war measures until the last armed rebel
should surrender.
At six © clock P. M., when the gathering
seemed tpost dense, a violent shower came up,
and the meeting was summarily dismissed.
A letter from Pickayune Butler is published,
explaining his order regarding the ladies of
New Orleans. Hq says that a gentleman will
j tske no notice of a woman of the town ; she cao>
i Dot insult him. It is only when she becomes a
| continuous and positive nuisance that yon can
i * watchman and give her in charge to him.
LATER FROM THE NORTH.
( Richmond, Va., July 20th.-Northern papers
j of the 17th inst. have been received here.
The confiscation bill has been amended, so that 4
| the hill should not work a forfeiture of real eg- \
; tate beyond a natural life.
j Recruiting is very alow in New York. Gov
Morgan has offered a bounty of SSO to each fe
cruit, trusting that the next Legislature will en«
dorse his action.
Col. Forrest’s command has fallen back in the
direction of McMinnsville, 75 miles from N*sl\
ville. 1
The Federal House has passed a bill authoris*
ing the President to call out the Militia for a *
period not exceeding 9 months, and the employ
ment of negroes in the military service.
Exchange closed at 129 aod Gold at 117# ;
stocks were lower.
In New York, on the 16th inst, Middling Up
land Cotton was qnoted at 49@50c.
LATE FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP PERSIA
Richmond, Va., July 20th.—The steamship
Persia has arrived at New York with Liverpool
dates to July Bth.
It is reported that France and England are
negotiating to draw some of the other great
powers into the scheme of intervention.
The London Times protests against the prose
cution of this horrible war, and says that the
South should be allowed to depart peacefully.—
Unless the North can see ibis, it mast bring ua
told evils upon itself, on us, and every Earopean
people.
The Fourth of July wa* not celebrated ;a f
Paris. j
The Liverpool Cotton Market was firm and ex- m
cited. The official quotation for Middling Orv
leaas was 17d. ,
FROM VICKSBURG.
Mobile, Ala., July 19th.—A special dispatch to
tbe Mobile Tribune, dated at Jackson, Miss. i
July 19th, says:. *
The enemy have been leisurely shelling the
city to-day. Nothing was damaged, and nobody
hurt.
One of the enemy’s gunboats passed Natchei
yesterday, towed by another boat, which was
patched hugely. Six vessels hare gone beiow
Natchez in a damaged condition.
Frcrn the Savannah Republican .
FURTHER FROM TENNESSEE.
Chattanooga, July 19. — Tile enemy are con ■
centratiog to considerable force at Tullahoma,
about forty miles the other side of Stevenson. j
The position of Buell’s army, and the activity of f
our own forces in Eist Tennessee, indicate im- j
portaut movements at a very early day.
From Fredericksburg and Baltimore —From H
a gentleman attached to the cavalry service, H
who reached Richmond last night, w e have s'>me W
m eresting news from Fredericksburg. The
enemy has entirely evacuated that city, and re- Tl
tired Meyond the Rappahannock, on ihe north 1
bank ot which he has posted a cavalry picket. j
The joy of the citizens is unbounded at this sud* j
den departure ot their oppressors.
Ou* informant, before leaving Fredericksburg, 1
met with a gentleman just arrived from Bail.- tpj
i more, from whom he learned that the Yankees j
have withdrawn from Baltimore all their troops,
except three regiments of miluia. Aii their
available force has also been withdrawn from
Washington. The destination of these troops
was not positively knowo, but it was currently
believed yiey had been sent to General Pops, in
the Valley. —Richmond Azamiher,
We clip the following paragrapas from
the Savannah Morning News, of July 21st:
The crops throughout Southern Georgia are
most excellent—the average of cotton planted
caunot be two acres to the planter.
We learn that Capt. John C- Nicholls, of
Clinch, was elected ou the 7th inst. Brigadier
General of the Second Brigade, Sixth Division.
A Sc cce 8 —We have reliable information
that the steam eys Nashville and Kate succeeded
in running the blockade out of a Southern port,
a day or two ago.
No Hop* fob Me. Vak Bcben.—Tbe Kinder.'
Rough News says the health ofex.Presi.
dent Van Boren has not Improved within the
past week, and eery alight, if any, hopes are
entertained by his friends of his ultimate re
covery. _ Jf
The evening train on tbe State Road brougn
down the unpleasant report that the Yankee!
had made adash upon the W. T. ft G Railroad,
and burned 'be fine bridge across 'be river a
London, 2ft miles this side of Knoxville.
Atlanta Sootier* Confederacy , July 20. |
“ Ladies,’’ said an eccentric genius to
party cf pretty girls the other day—why d: M
you carry what yon call perfumes about youJS
j You may fascinate our eyes and ears as muclH
[as you like, but do let our noses alone." I