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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
PUBLISHED BT
JAMES GARDNER
AUG IJ .ST A, GA. /
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 30, 1862
UKKHiK ON HKOAD -jTRKKT,
-■ait i>oo«.-»«low m* oscaoxiEAicmoADHANE
TERMS.
Hally *2 2JJ
INVARIABLY IN ADV ANCE.
All S'AiiPm »i the ond of Che lime paid
f r, uni*** prevlou«dvr**newed.
NEGROPHOBIA AT THE NOBTH.
The seccsnoo ot moat of the slave States
from the Union doe* not appear to have as
suaged in the least the negrophobia of the
North. That disease is raging tbere with all its
wonted fury. In Congress and out of Congress,
the irrepressible negro is made to ring all the
changes of which he is cspable. One of the
principal features of .the irrepressible conflict
thus maintained is the straggle which is now
’ going on there between white and black labof.
The negroes who have been stolen or enticed
away trom their Southern owners, are there
thrown upon the cold charities of Abolitionism,
and left to shift for themselves as best they can-
Thus the unfortunate dupes of Yankee promises
are compelled 1 1 work for the merest pittances
in many daces, that will keep them alive. Af*
fording, thus, an exceedingly cheap form of la
bor, the whites are thrown out of employment
loft to starve and go as the aborigenes go, if
they choose—while the negroes take their places,
for mere nominal sums, which may feed, but
cannot olothe them -and thm an ‘•lrrepressible
conflict” is inaugurated between the whites and
blacks.
In Cincinnati, Ihe blacks having offered to
work on the steamboats for *3O per month, while
the white laborers were getting #4O and #SO per
month —the latter undertook to prevent the form*
er 1 from shipping on the boats; and the result
was a riot, or series of riots, in that city, on the
lfith inst. A town meeltog was held to obtain
volunteers for the defence of the city, but no one
responded ! A city volunteer company, however,
uttered its services, anl was accepted.
This is, evidently, only the beginning of a
gnat trouble which the North has brought upon
itself, and upon Ihe negro, by its wicked and
unjust war upon the South. Verily, the anaconda
is crushing itse'f in the very coils which it was
preparing for its intended victim—the South.
GENERAL B*iOREGARD
An Opinion. —The London Herald, referring to
the American situation, aud the discomfiture ot
Halleek, by Beauregard’s movement, .remarks :
Perhaps never was the commander of an
army in such a predicament before, and it is to
be hoped lhat President Lincoln will see the pro.,
priety of relieving Gen. ilaiieck from his com
manu. By the complete and bloodless discom
fiture of Ins adversary, Gen. Beauregard has dis
played skill and genius which entitle him to
rank with the great soldiera of the day.
And yet there are people in the Southern Cons
foderaey who have a perfect contempt for the
generalahip of Beauregard, and profess to be
lieve that he was greatly outgeneraled by Hal
leek. We believe, however, lhat with the mass
oC the Southern people his military reputation suf
fersno detumenu and by the following, from the
Richmond (Va.) Examiner, of July 24th, it will
be seen that he still enjoys the conbdence of the
Government, sad that the idle stories relative to
his removal from the comm tad of the army of
the West are false:
OasantL Bbasregikd —As many idle stories
have beeu going the rounds of the papers rela
tive to General Beauregard's whereabouts ' aud
the cause of his absence from the army, we think
it well to state that he is at present with his
family at Bladou Springs, South Alabama. It
will be recollected that General Beauregard took
the Held in the Southwest when our fortunes in
that quarter were at their darkest period. In
the active campaign which ensued, aud in the
perfect nrgan'ntion of the immense army at
Corinth, be performed labors which seriously
affected his health, and rendered a period of
vest and te-uperation absolutely necessary.
That he might eojoy the much-needed rest, he
procured a relief trom his command for a few
months.
We are pleased to add that the General's
health is rapt dly improving, and that he will
soon be able to return to his post. Wuh his
return to aelive service the country will feel re
uew“d confidence in its 'ortunes
Special VorreepotuU’u'e Jf It.r Conriitvtioat'.icl.
LETTER.FROM DB. LEE.
Baltviu.i, Va., July 13, 1a62.
Ha. Editor; The interest which the citizens of
Georgia take in the sappy of s&|# frwm this
place prompts me to write yon a few lines on the
subject. The furnace erected under tee patron
age o! Got, Brown will be boiling brine and
turning out some 230 or 300 bushels of salt iu
less than a week Messrs. Bignatn and Cox are
putting up tw for the La Grange Salt
Manufacturing Company, and pushing forward
their works »:ih equal skill, energy and economy.
Thai company was fortunate ,a finding business
men so welt adapted to atta i; satisfactory results.
Mr. Bigham, the President cf the Company,
early secured brine enough to make one thou
sand bushels ot sal; a nay. and has arranged to
let the Georgia Company share liberally iu the
advantages of hi# contract. Another Georgian
has bought brine, which will be transported by
railroad to Glade Spring and there boiled down,
for consumption in our btate. It is pleasant to
our Stale pride to bear Georgia enterprise con
stantly com meaded by intelligent citizens from
other States, two of which (North Carolina and
’Tennessee,) are following our example. Recent
events and more information on tbe subject, have
satisfied me that i have, through my pen, done
some injust oe'o tbe gentlemen who. as lessees
and proprietors, control these salt wells. Since
X first came here they have purchased the Preston
waste ai a cost ot #425,000; and they are making
improvements that wifi greatly enlarge the sup
ply of salt. Public interests of high moment
demand that mutual confidence sod good will
shall exist between alt the parties here, and I
see nothing to prevent the cordial co operation
of all to the extensive manufacture ot an article
of prime necessity. Our sait will cost us more
than some expect; for kettles, brick, stone, lum«
her and pinewood are very high. All obstacles,
however, will be surmounted, and the Confederate
States supplied with salt.
The weather is an alternation of sunshine and
showers, and not favorable to haying and hart
vesting, which are now ia progress, lor to any
•out door work. All the wheat is still in the Held,
and I fesr much of it will be sprouted, or other
wise damaged by rain and heat. Wheat ta the
stanle crop ot all this region, and the yield has
been abeve an average. I have rant with n citi
zen of Oglethorpe county who is buying for con
sumption In Georgia. To ere is a strong tendency
to speculate in wheat; yet a jadicioun buyer
m'.gu'. now do well near Abbingtomor Bristol.
Dayton Lea.
from the Pelcrtburg ( Va.) Exp,ue. July 53.
LATEST FROM THE NORTH
At a late hoar last night, our friend Mr. Wm.
R. Pepper, handed us a copy of the Philadelphia
Enquirer, ot Tuesday last, July 22. We nave
time «o make but au extract or two :
rao* Nashville—mi rebels is roses arolnd
THK CITY.
Nashville, July 2i. —Our pickets were_ cap
tured on ihe Lebanon road this evening 5 miles
from here, by the guerillas. Onu ot them es
caped.
Three bridges were burned to day within 3
miles of here, on the Chattanooga road.
Tbe enemy is in force, under Forreet, only
five miles from the city. Our troops are out, and
there is great excitement in the city.
r ROM LOI.'IsVILLE.
Lousville. July 2i Between Crab Orchard
and Loudon, John Morgan destroyed several
wagons of a Federal train destined tor Gen. More
gan’s command at Pound Gap.
THE REBEL JACKSON NEAR GORDONS VILLE.
Warrenton, July 21. —It is reported in Seces
sion circles this morning that Jackson is at or
near Gordonsville. They seem to have received
direct intelligence to that effect.
IHIORTANT DISPATCH KRO* GENERAL POPE.
Headuuauters A p.mv ok Virginia, I
Warrenton, July 21, 1862. C
7b the Hon. Edwin Sf. Stanton, Secretary of War :
TLe cavalry expedition I directed Gen. King
to send out on the ltttb inst. has teturned They
left Fredericksburg at seven o’clock, P. M., on
the 19ih, and, alter a forced march during the
night, made a deacent upon tbe Virginia Central
Railroad, at Bearer Darn Creek, twenty-flve
miles west of Hanover Junctioo, and tbirty.five
miles from Richmond.
They destroyed the trark for several mile*, to
gether with the telegraphic line, burned up the
railroad depot, which contained 4' ,000'rout.ds of
musket ammunition, 100 barrels of flour, and
much other valuable property, and brought in a
Captain, who was in charge as a prisoner.
The whole country arounnd was thrown irto a
great state of alarm One prtvate was wounded
on our side.
The cavalry marched eighty miles in thirty
hours. The affair was most successful, aud re
flects high credit upon the commanding officer
aud his troops.
Assoonos the full particulars are received 1
will transmit to you Ihe Dame of the commanding
officer of tbe troops engaged.
I am. sir, very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, John Pope,
Major General Commanding.
MISCELLANEOUS *ORTHERN NEWS
Wm. 11. Aspinwall, of New York, Las presented
his check for 125.29') to the U. M. Government,
that being bis share of the profits on purchasing
arms from Europe.
Gen. Viele. Military Governor of Norfolk, V».
is on a visit to West Point, N. V
i Tbe U. S. postage stamps, to be issued as a
I "circulating medium," are as follows: The five
j cent are chocolate color, with the bead of Jef
ferson ; the ten cent green, with the Lead of
Washington; the twelve cent black, with like
heud; the twenty four lilac, with same head ; the
thirty yellow, with Lead of Franklin ; the nine
ty blue, with portrait of Washington as a young
general. The stamps differ from the old ones
in ibo fact that the figures are in the upper
corners.
One hundred and seventy fire witnesses have
been examined by tbe committee on the Conduct
of the War. The teatimonv is very voluminous,
aud it i» estimated will cover eighteen hundred
pages.
Ed. Hughes, Aid to Gen. Boyle, 11. 8. A., who
distinguished himself at Shiloh, commitied
suicide at Louisville, Ky., on the 17th inst.
The Republican Slate Convention of Pennsyl
vania, after endorsing Lincoln's Administration,
nominated Thomas E. Cochrane for Auditor
General, and Wiliam H Ross for Surveyor Gens
eral.
Right Keverened Anderew Byrne, Catholic
Bishop of Aikatisas. died at little Rock on the
10th of June last, lie was well known in New
York, having been pastor of St. James’ Church,
James street.
A national Exhibition of Anglo-African Indus
try aud Art is to be held iu New Y’ork city in the
early part of the eusuing fall.
Tbe directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Kail
road Compuuv are preparing new iron bridges in
place of the wooden ones destroyed (about twenty
in number) by the rebels, in June, 1361. The
large bridge at Harper’s Ferry is nearly corns
ple'.ed.
An effort is being made in Philadelphia to
raise #IOO,OOO by voluntary subscriptions among
tbe merchants, fur the purpose of putting ten
new reg.meats into tbe field irom that city with
out delay. The design is to have one hundred
subscribers, each of whom will give #I,OOO to
wards this fund. Many hare already responded.
vinanciXl
New Yoita, July 18.—Money is much more
c.bundaut to dav, no loans are being made above
five per cent. Tbe money which was withdrawn
from the street for the July dividends, and which
was kept idle n consequence of the check at
Richmond, is finding its way back into its old
I channels. Certificates of indebtedness are quoted
j at 93; green back Treasury notes lOSigltWV*.
Gold advanced this morning from 119 at the
opening to 119Ja by mtddav. After sales at this
price, it then fell back to 119 V n«, lISJf. and
! finally closed ÜBJ-£ bid. Buis on London opened
at rose to 181)£, and were last quoted
lSOtjalDl, there being in many inatancee a very
wide difference between tbe views of buyers and
sellers. The importation of dry goods "tor tbe
week is over a million, nearly #200.000 of wbicb
wrs silks. The new tariff wilt have the effect of
reducing our imports of d.y goods very materi
ally, though persons engaged in the trade still
beiieve that many important and expensive class
es of goods will continue to cox > here ns usual.
They are slow to believe that American manu
facturers can compete with their rival*across the
water, even with the du'y. ,
The stock market was’ erra.tic and irregular,
bufgeueraliy lower, to-day. There is not much
active speculation going m, and ro genara! rule
governs the course of prices. At the first board
to-day the nature was the decline in Governments.
The sixes of 1831 fell %(&}%, 7 30 r.oles 3-j, and
tae s’s of 1374 I>£. Considering that we have
had no bad news in the ndorning papers, this
decline was a matter of surprise. It affected the
general market to some extent. Tenaessses fell
V, Missouri.! K Michigan Central Southern
old Illinois Central Toledo Jj. On the
other hand, Pacific had advanced N. Y. Cen
tral Jk’, Erie t i-
Alter the board, vague rumors of changes in
the army began to circulate, and under the infl
ence. United States S's sold down to 98 ; New
X ork Central to After a time it began to
be understood that the appointment cf General
Halleek to the general command of the armies
might be a guarantee for increased and not dimin
ished vigor and efficiency in the conduct of the
war,>nd the tone of the market improved. At the
second board, however, the market was verv dpll
iina the course of prices downward. United
States Treasury notes (7,30) Jell to —
The market closed weak, the following being the
last quotations : United States 6'a registered,
1881,
do. s’s, 1874, 85a863d ; Treasury notes, 3.10 per
cent, lClaloXjd 7 Tennessee 6's Vir
ginia 6’s, 51a54; North Carolina B’s, 85sdS; Mis
souri 6’s, 463da4*%; American gold, 118^81 1S>^.
Fuon Gxorqetowk. - From the following ex
tract as a letter it will be seen that the enemy
continues to make depredations on the planta
tions on the Waccamaw:
GcoactrowN, July 22,1862 —The enemy's gune
boats commenced throwiog shells to-day at the
piekets on shore at Pawley’s Island and neigh
borhood. It is reported they landed and de
stroyed Mr. Middiofon’s sait works, and it is
supposed other works along the shere. A con
traband from one of the plantations, who is with
the blockaders, knew the whereabouts of the
works and no doubt piloted tbe gunboats to the
place.— CKtrUtias Courier. JMy 24.
NEWS FROK FRANCE -RESULTS OF SLIs
SELL'S MISSION SLIDELL FELL OF HOPE
-THE PROSPECTS OF INTERVENTION
From a Letter in the New York Herald.
Mr. Slidell is quite satisfied with the results.
»r> far, of his mission to France. Although not
officially received, he still has frequent opportu
nities of holding internets with various mem*
bers of the Imperial Government, and hie eluci
dationa of matters relating to American affairs
are always listened to with attention. His social
position at Paris is ail that he coo’d desire. The
tai/n of his hotel is always filled with people
mowing in the most infieutiai circles, and, as
his entertainments are among the most elegant
in Paris, they are cons r ant!y resorted to. He has
been indefatigable in the dissemination of South
ern ideas in every conceivable way—by means
of books, pamphlets, engravings, articles in the
newspapers, ie.
On'y a few days before the steamer sailed Mr.
fttidell bad a long interview witna personage of i
\ery high raok—a member of the imperial govs
ernment. The new* of the French reverses in
Mexico had given the Emperor great concern. It
would seem that this official bad been instructed
i to ascertain from Mr. Slidell what probability
i there was that Richmond and Charleston would ;
i be successfully defended. Mr. Slidell demon** j
| strated that, in regard to Charleston, the Federal >
| forces Lad been there quite long enough to have i
i effected the conquest of that city, if they ever
, could; while, ou the other hand, the strength of
the Confederate forces there, and the defences of
the city, greatly strengthened during the last
year, ajd particularly dur.ng the last six months,
rendered the city impregnable.
in regard to Richmond, Mr. Slidell called the
attention of the French official to the facts that
the Union army had then beea for weeks in the
swamps and marshes of the Peninsula, w here
the deadly miasma, the cold dews of the nights
and the intense beats of the day must ha7e had '
the most deleterious effects on the health of the
troops; that the Confederate troops at Richmond
were being largely reinforced, and were already
greatly superior in numbers tj the Union troops,
and that ail tbe best generals ot the Confederacy
either were, or would be, at Richmond. Tbe
tone of the French official during the whole in
terview led Mr* Slideil to believe that tbe Em
peror’s policy towards the Southern Confeder
acy would depend entirely upon the results of
affairs at Richmond and Charleston, and that if
the Unionists were repulsed, and the Confeder
ates demonstrated their ability to defend their
capital successfully, the Emperor would no
longer hesitate m openly espousing- the cause
of the Confederates, and would even go the
length of active interference in the’r behalf.
It is tbe opinion of Mr. Slidell that the Kro*
per r wishes to make a treaty either with the
United States or with the Southern Confederal
cy, in pursuance of which he will not only be
permitted to carry on his designs against Mext.
co without interference from us, but will also be
assisted by our arms : that he hae sooadtd L>r
Dayton on the subject, aud ban found that
there is no hope of his even gaining the couseut
of the Cuited States, much less its aid, iu any such
project, which would, indeed re.-ult in the erec*
tiou of a monarchy in North America, and that
he is, therefore, exceedingly anxious to make
such a treaty with the Southern Confederacy.
It would seem that Mr. Slidell has been assured
of the active intervention of tbe French
Emperor in beha!( of the Southern
Confederacy, even to the extent of French
troops to serve in America,on condition of a treaty
being made to the effect that the Southern Con*
federacy will notouly not oppose bis designs m
Mexico, but wit!, on the other band, assist them,
after tbe present war is over with a force of
100,000 troops. Mr. Slidell can see no objection
to such a treaty being made, except thut at some
future time the Southern Confederacy will wish
to annex a part, at least, of Mexico, if not the
whole. If such a treaty, therefore, should be
presented to him, he would endeavor to have in
serted in it a clause by which the consent of the
Emperor will be stipulated to ihe annexation of
a portion of Mexico to the Confederacy Such is
the substance ot ihe news over which the South"
! ern sympathizers in Baltimore are now rejoicing.
According to tbetr interpretation of it, the Eat
peror will now certainly interefere, now that it
has been demonstrated that Richmond can be
successfully defended.
LATE NORTHERN N2WS
We take the fallowing extracts from the Rich
mond papers.
The Examiner contains selections from the
Cincinnati papers, relative to Morgan’s move
meats in Kentucki. The Gazette, Commercial, !
and Enquirer, ail *viuce great alarm, and call
upon the perpJe tojjrepare for resistance to ica '
vasion by the Rebtj chieftain. Ihe Evansville j
(lud ) J *uraal aUupfates that the Union meu of j
Henderson, K.y., fid fer safety. and that [
the Rebel gueril'.askyere threading the j !ac« 1
From the I'.x- Tori Foul, July 19,
188 FIRST BVASIOV OK THE NORTH.
The telegraph, t*§ morning, brings a report
that a party ot Coofjdciate guerrillas have crossed
tbe Ohio and occuted the little village of New'
burg, in Indiana, 'tie place has but five hundred
inhabitants, a churti. aud a half a dozen stores.
It is the post vitiate of Warrick county. Tbe
Confederate# took few stuads of arms.
04PTURR of fY.vTnraya by Morgan
The Cincinnati Caette furnishes some particu
lars et ihe recent capture of Cyntuiana, Ken«
tucky, bv Morgan - derived from a messenger of
Adams Express Co ipuay
Tbe train reache Cyntbiana at ten o’clock yes
terday morning, a i Was detained by order of
Colonel Laudram, 11 mm and in g that point, until
lour o'clock yesterd y afternoon. Captain Glass,
with his cannon, w» cn beard this t ain. About
j four o’clock three :attalions of cavalry were
! seen approaching fr m the east, west, and centre
of the town, and ouj of these parties fired on the
I' tiaiu. Seme sixtejn shots struck the express
car The laid d'wn on the flior and
prJtected himself brtird his safe.
, Captain Glass atbnee Lad hi* caaaou, ammu
| nition and horses disembarked, and he started
| ov e r to tfie west of the town, where Colonel
i Land ram bad his man try posted. The messen
ger dees not belifveCap«y to Glass was killed, aN
though it was so reported. The train was icq
mediately backed dlwn ani started for Coving
ton. Wka it reacted Bcijd s Station the conn
auctor telegraphed ter orders, and he was ice
siructed to retura b Cocingtoa. As the tram
left Bojd's tt wasflsd on ly a party :n ambush.
The following itmother rersion of the affair:
At 4 o’clock yeittrday afternoon. Mr. Fulton,
Superintendent.’ ot the Kmiuckv Centra! Itail
rcad, was advised bn a dispatch from Lieutenant
Colonel Laadram. cimtnaidlog at Cynthiaoa,
that Morgan, with ai force estimated at fifteen
hundred men, wae betweeathat place ani.Paris,
menacing both to»5B.
About an hour later me perator at Cyntbiana
teleirraDbed that Jtorgaa’s men had made a fu
rious attack upon tbe "lice, and that he was
ordered *° remove his instruments. Nothing
further was heard from hi::, the Confederates
having cut the w:te» a few minutes, afterwards.
At halt-past 6 o’ckek the down passenger train
passed Bov’s Htattm, wbiob is s.x miles this s’de
of Crnthiaaa Coaluctor V indue telegraphed to
Mr. Fulton that he remained at Cyntbiana as
long as safety would permi, when he moved off
amid a shower if bullet. He thonght the
chances were agimst the Union forces. The
bridge over Elkhon creel, about seven miles
north of Lexingtoi, was deitreyed by the Cons
federates yesterda.’ afternrxn.
At dark lasteveting inforaiation was received
in Covington that i force o' one hundred and
forty Confederates was etcamped at a place
called Verona, in Eoooe eojoty, within eighteen
miles of Coviagtoj. It wfs also rumored that
the enemy had invested F*mouth, which Is on
the railroad, thirty-nine niles from the city,
aud that they would probsolj bura the railroad
bridge at that poi»t last nght The Mayor, we
learn, received a dispatch last evening, which
reports the loss of tha camon and the capture of
the town, but does not nention the death of
Captain Glass. Osr renor.er left Covington at
midnight last night. The town was quiet and
was the telegraph office closed.
IHAMGSS IN THS CAB INST.
A special dilpateh from Washington to the
New York Herald says .
Some important movements ia on the tapis to
give unity and force to the military plans of the
Government for the speedy suppression of the
rebellion. I have authority for stating to you
that Gen. Haileck does not come here as Cum
mander-ia'chiefof the armiesofthe Union.—
He may be appointed Secretary of war, but it
is believed, in well informed 'circles, that Mr.
Stanton will retire to relieve the President of
all embarrassment, and thnt Mr Lincoln will
make Geo Banks Secretarv of War, with General
Haileck as military adviser.
GOLD ADVANCING.
The rates of American gold have again ad
vanced. Sales were made at the Stock Board in
Baltimore on Monday, at 2u percent premium,
closing at I£l asked, 120 bid. At the New York
market large sales were made at 20 percent.—
The sales at the First Board, New York, were
made at 119 K! US. S’s, ’SI, at 96}f
THS WAR ON TUB KISSISSIPPI.
j Letters from the Misissippi, flotilla, dated off
Vicksou.-g, would seem to justify the belief that
| the siege will have to be temporarily abandon.
I ed. iOne writer lells us :
I There are many rumors Ou tbe fleet to the ef
fect that Farragut and Porter's vessels are oa 1
the point of leaving tor Mobile and James river,
resigning the conduct of the obsession to Com
! mod ore Davis, That Porter's mortar sloops in
tend returning to New Orleans seems a positive
fact; but it is doubtful if Farragut's eight
vessels that ran the blockade cn the 2<3*h uit.
wilj repeat their experiment, though they could!
do sc at night with little apprehension of loss.
rimee the repulse of Gen. McClellan public at. I
tentiou i. and will be turned to Richmond, and \
every effort made by tbe government to reinforce
bis army and render the fall of the Virginia
capital certain. Under such circumstances, there
ia very little probability that we ahull receive
more laud forces, and without them nothing, it
appears, will be done. The peninsula canal will
be of no use to us for tbe preaeot, and for the
rem Ti. J «yr us the month we will do little more, I
opjpd'efau keep guard opposite Vicksburg, as
we 'did for two month* off Fort Pillow, broiling
in the heat, and contending desperately, though
unsuccessfully, with the myriads of secession
musquitoeg.
ARRIVAL of a prisoner
Acit'crn of Nsvannah, who has been a pris <ner
in the enemy's Country since February last, urr
rived home yesterday, via Baltimore, Wastieg
ton and Richmond. He complains of much ill
treatmeut while a prisoner; no clothing was
allowed him except blankets, the food was the
wnr3t kind, and his place of confinement most
uncomfortable.
There was considerable excitement at the
; North about the prospect of a draft, and the j
j lower classes, as a genera! rule, are oppjsed to a
continuance of the war. The politicians and
contractors were very uoisy and active, and in. ,
| sisted that the Rebels can and must be crushed '
! out. Gold, our informant says, was quoted in |
the papers at 19 and 20 per cent, premium, bn*
in ordinary tramactions among the people it I
could net he obtained for less than 45 ir Sv per
ceut. I
There were but few soldiers at Washington, '
apparently only sufficient to garrison the works I
around tbe city An immense number of ':;gt
tive slaves were collected in Washington. Hume
1,5u0 were in a building near the capital, and 1
several cargoes bad been shipped to Hayti, two I
of which, it was currently reported, had been
taken to Cuba by tbe Yauaee captains and
aold
The people of Maryland, he represents, are as
true as steel, and only kept in subjection by Fed
eral bayonets.
There were some 1,590 troops at Fredericks
burg, and immense quantities of armv stores were
being collected :at that point, the cava’ry I
scoured the country, np ana down the river, on 1
both sides daily.
One bund'ed Yankee prisoners, of Fopes
command, and captnued recently by Stonewall '
Jackson, arrived in Richmond Saturday last.— I
Two Yankee regiments crossed the Raptdan,
soon after which Jackson’s forces came upon!
them, when they fled in confusion back to the
river, leaving arms and everything else behind
them. A number were killed and wounded : n
attempting to cross.
Two attempts were made last spring to burn j
! tbe railroad bridge over the Savannah. The ex
i peditions were titled out at Tvbee, and the boats
igotas high up as Screven's Ferry, where they
left the boats, and proceeded overland, on the
j Carolina side, to within a few miles of the
bridge, but were lost among the creeks and were
jeompei'ed to return. —Amn RtpuUica*. -/.* C 5.
! isr We clip the following paragraphs front
■ tbe Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, of July 24th *
! Ths Enemy’s MorajisMTs —A party of the
enemy’s cavalry, on Monday last, made a 7isit
to New Kent Court House, twenty-eight tutles
below Ksehmona. The object was probably to j
reconnoitre the country, Is we bare not learned
that they committed any further depredations !
upon a people whom they tad prerloubly robbed 1
of a r&st amount of property. While McClellan
continues Lia preparations on James River for!
another advance towards Richmond, his cavalry 1
will scour the Peninsula in the direction of
Williamsburg for information respecting any J
apprehended movement of the Confederate
forces.
Tax Flag of Taucs.—The train which left !
Petersburg on Tuesday afternoon, conveying 325 j
wounded and sick prisoners of war, from this
city, arrived at City Point between five and six
o c ock. The IT.l T . S, steamer $. R. Spaulding and ;
two transports were waiting to receive the men, j
who were placed on board without untfeceftsary ‘
delay- A proposition was made by the Yankee j
officials to Dr. Cullen, the surgeon in charge of
the paroled prisoners, to send to Richmond a |
cargo of provisions for the benefit of their sick *
and wounded still remaining here, but he pro- j
perly declined to authorize any such proceeding, j
They ‘ben offered to send them with the under
stand’ng that they be distributed to Confederate
and Federal soldiers diike, and this proposition
has probably beeo submit tod through Dr. Cuiien
to the commanding General of onrarmy here.
CONKIOKNCB IN CONFEDERATE UtNZ>S.—I a the
darkest hours of our struggle for Southern in--
dependence, there has been no indication ot des
pondency on tbe part of the loyal citizens of
Maryland. Under all circumstances they have
maintained their devotion to tbe interests of the
South, and illustrated their confidence in cur ul
tima le success iq the most unmistakable manner.
A lew days ago a gentleman arrired \u this city
from Baltimore with $75,000 in Maryland funds,
which he brought over to invest in Confederate
bonds. We have heard of other instances where
smaller amounts hare been similarly invested.—
This is one 6f the truest indications of the sen
timent of the people, as weil as the confidence
they feel ot final recognition and independence of
the Confederacy.
Extract from old Abe’s speech to bis
“Union loviog friends,” at Jersey City, on his rea
turn from Wes: Point:
“When animals and birds are viewed through
a fog they cannot be seen to advantage.”
High authority for an universal rule to whioh
tbe Illinois Ape proves no exception. We know
not ideed, if he could be “seen to advantage,’
through anv medium.
“Old AW on his way to Washingtqn to "ad
minister the Government,” declared he would
“run tbe machine as he found it.” Instead, how
ever. of turning out a good engineer, he has only
proved himself a first rate Bbakmam.
yy The Lincoln illlinois)Sub, of June 27ib,
says : "A car load of contrabands passed through
Lincoln on Monday last, who were t 0
work for ten cents fer day and board. What
wnees have the poor of lllirois to make a living
abeo plaoed in competition with thieving, run*
way negroes, at ten cents per days”
HEAVY REINFORCEMENTS FOB NASHVILLE.
Tne Yankees at Nasftrille are terribly fright*
ened at the recent successes of Morgan, and
heavy reinforcements hare been sent there, as
seen by the following dispatch;
LoiisvitLs, July 19.—General Nelson arrived
at Nash rule on Thursday with heavy reinforce*
men's, and assumed command there. The town
of Henderson has been occupied by about forty
guerrillas, who were cheered and treated wits
the greatest consideration by many citizen* upon
their entering the town. Archv Dixon and others
were negotiating w.h the Confederate Colonel
(.Johnston to withdraw his gaerri!!a9 from Hea*
j derson. M.ny ot the inhabitants had gone to
j Evansville for safety.
j The steamer Ci/nuierce, Captain Archer, bound
| from Memphis and Louisville, stopped below
j Henderson, deeming it unsafe to past.
| General Greece Ciay Smith now commands
our forces at Lexington, vice Ward, and there is
a prospect of stopping the Confederate Colonel
M irgeo’s operations, which were rather brisk
daring his late raid.
j LATER—THE REBELS AOVANCINO ON NASHYILL*.
i Nashville, July Sl.—Our pickets were cap*
! lured on the Lebanon road this evening, Die
( mi.es from here, by the guerrillas. One of them
I escaped.
' Three bridges were bnrned to.day witb.n
i eight miles of here, on the Chattanooga road.
The enemy is in force, under Forrest, only tire
' miles from the city. Our troops are out, and
there is great excitement in the city.
MARTIAL LAW IN KBNTVCKT,
The following proclamation of J. T Boyle,
Brigadier General commanding, was circulated
through Louisville, by means ot handbills, im
mediately after phe receipt of the news of tie
capture of Murfreesboro, by Forrest
PROCLAMATION.
Louisville, Ky., Jnly 13, 1362
It is ordered that every able bodied man take
arms and aid in repelling the marauders. Every
man wbo does not join will remain m bis house
4-i hours, and be sh't dowo if be leaves it.
J. T. Botle,
brig. Gen. Commanding
The citizens of Lexington and vicinity are or
dered to strictly comply with the foregoing or.
dev, which will be rigidly enforced. Persons
uniting w.tb us will repair to the court-house,
where offic are will be stationed bo assign them
positions in companies. Those not so uniting
will confine tbemsetves i<s their houses from 2S’
o’clock P. -M F. P. Baselkt.
' Mayor and Provost Marshal.
K a'llS’S HO' EHKST9 IN LSNTOCXT.
I The txeitemect caused by Morgan’s move*
i meats in C-uirai Kentucky, had not calmed down
at the lest advices. The town of Paris being
threatened, it was abandoned by the Federal
troops that were stationed there, who fell back
upoo Lezingtcn. A detachment of £1 ,me Guards
was 'attacked between Mount Eden and Rough
aadj Ready; a few were killed and the remainder
taken prisoneu A report that Morgan was
marching on Shelby vdle created such a panic
among the Home Guards at tbat place, that “the*
left,” as the Cincinnati Commercig sarcastically
remarks, “in every direction exc»pt the one
in which the enemy were reported to be ai
vsnciug.”
At Lebauon, three days previous to the taking
of Cynthiana, Morgan captured a smalt body of
Kentucay troops m the Federal service, together
with a few home guards, destroyed the ordnance
stores, burned the wagons and hospitals, and dis
tributed the commissary stores among the poo
of the town. "In the Government depots,
writes a correspondent to the Louisville Journal
"were sugar, dour, bread, Ac., and the destruc*
tiou was immense. Guns were bent double b*
striking thetu across rooks; powder, cartridges,
and percussion caps,” we are told, "were thrown
into the creek.” it is estimated that the value
of the Government property lost at Lebanon
would reach one bundled thousadd dollars—per
haps exneed that sum.
tYom the Richmond Dispatch, Jui „ as.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Caps Rack. July 2!.—The steamer Asia passed
here at 10 o’clock this forenoon, tor New York
with Liverpool advices to the 13th.
The result ot the fighting before Richmond ,s
treated as a severe reverse to the Cntonist9 bv
the English press, and McClelian’s position a
regarded as precarious.
Lord Palmerston had stated in Parliament
that the British troops would not be withdrawn
from Canada
The recognition of ltaiy by Kus ia and Prus
sia had been announced in the- Italian Parl.a,
meni.
The London Herald treats the affair before
Richmond as a decisive defeat of Gen. McClel
lan, aud says the Confederate capital is safe. It
does n->t believe, however, that the campaign in
Virgiuia has ended, but supposes it will gu on
until Europe stays the uplifted swords, and n
the name of human.tv eaioroeg peace.
The London Morning Post argues that practi
cally the scheme against Richmond Das termi
nated. It then points out the dangerous position
ot McClellan’s army.
The Times says that these three davs of June
mean tbat the Confederate armv is strong enougn
to hold its position in Virginia for a time that
may b? indefinitely prolonged, and evidently the
Federate will have again and eg-ain the siege of
Richmond, with a much worse chance than at
first.
The new American tariff continues to excue
su-ong hostile comments Irom the press. The
Times bitterly denounces the spirit which re
gards the tariff with satisfaction, because of ns
injurious effects upon England in particular and
Europe in general. The Liverpool Post says the
tariff will be locked upon In Great Britain as a
measure amounting almost to a declaration of
war, and thus the unpopularity of the Northern
States will not only be terribly aggravated, but
it will impart sometfiiug mere than moral forfie
to the cause.
The fortification bill has again been defeated in
the House of Commons, and an ameoimeut'cal
culat-d to preserve to the Commonsa due con*
trol over the expenditure of public money was
carried by a majority of live against the Minis
ters.
The bill forcar-y'icg onl the siave trade treaty
had finally passed the House of Commons.
The Pans Patrie asserta that France will never
treat with Juarez When the French army has
entered Mexico the Mex.caas will be consulted,
and their wishes scrupu'ously respected: I ranee
will only quit Mexico after the complete execu*
tion ot the future treaty.
. The Presse says the late of Gen: Furris' de.
parture for Mexico is still doubtful.
ras latest.
London, July 13.—1 n the Hodge of Commons
last eight, Mr! Gregory made inquiries relative
to the proc-edings of United States cruisers off
the Bahamas. Fortescue said the letters on the
subject bad been received, but they could not
be produced, as tbe correspondence was in the
hands of the law officers-
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Liverpool, July 12. Cotton—Sales to-dsy of
6,000 bales. The market has fully recovered
from the depression with an upward tendency,
and closes with an advance of Id. on Surats since
yesterday.
Breadstuff's art firm, but quiet.
Provisions are flat.
Lokoon, July .12, P. M.—Consols closes »t
a 92% for money.
Gordonsvilie Taken.— The Washington Star
s»y* ;
*'We feel at liberty to state that yesterday a
portion of tbe army o' General Pope entered the
importantjown of GordoDsville, Va.-, unopposed,
and duly destroyed all tbe rail road parapher
nalia at’ that point, the junction of the Orange,
and Alexandria and Virginia Oentrel Rail
Roads.
of the troops, munitions and
supplies of every de-oription for the rebej army
at Rictsmond of necessity passed through Gore
donsvelle by rail road. The blow is, therefore,
a most important one.'j