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WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUG- 13 1562
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THE OKKAT WEST ”
There is, very evidently, in the West, and j
particularly in Ohio, Indiana, and Illiuois, a j
strong opposition to the present war upon the
South. The lone of the press of those States,
the public meetings, and the Democratic con
ventions, all prove this, conclusively. This
feeling does not display itself as boldly opposed
to the war, per ae ; but assumes the form of op
position to Abolitionism, coercion, and subjuga
tion. It would not be safe to exhibit it other
wise ; for, in that event, the individuals giving
expression to it would soon find themselves in
carcerated within the walls of some Yankee
baslile, and their opposition thus speedily and
effectually crushed out. But by professing de
votion to the Union, the Constitution, and the
Administration of Abraham Lincoln, they can
organise thoroughly for work, and thus secure
away to triumph in the approaching Fall elec
tions. W nether, so far as we are concerned,
this amounts to anything or not, we will not J
pretend to say ; but of one thing there can be ;
no doubt: there is no longer a united North
but divided counsels everywhere prevail, and ;
“ Conservatism " now dares to raise its head,
where, a few short months ago, its expression
would have been followed with the severest
punishment.
This Conservatism, however, is pretty much
confined to the great West, where the light of
freedom has not yet entirely departed, and
where men still dare, sometimes, to speak, act,
and reason for themselves. In witness of this,
we refer to some recent extracts trom Western
papers, which we have published, aud to the
proceedings of the Indians Democratic . Con
vention, on the 30th of July last.
In that Convention, all tho speakers de
nounced the Abolitionists uuspsriogly, and cou
rt era n«i Lincoln’s emancipation policy severely .
Mr WyekliOfe, of Kentucky, is reported to have
said, that he was “for the Union, if the South
and slavery were not interfered with ; but if
the war was waged to free the slaves, not ano
ther drop of blood ought to be spilled. “Your
Covojoys, Phillips', aud Greoleys' say they
can’t fight this war any longer, unless you w ill
arm the niggers. Will you ever consent to
this?" [Cries of “Hi ! never I’’] “1 have al
ready said that slavery was not the cause of
the rebellion." “The Constitution, with its pro
hibitions, its guarantees, and its restrictions,
nas i’Oon no more regarded By tlie party now
n piwe- ttnn 110 a last year’s almanac.”
“I ain for a whi. 8 maQ ' 3 war a ß aiQ3t lhe Abol ‘-
Uonista.’ 1
Mr Carlisle, of Pennylvaim «id
' 4 No other war thaa such a* wa9 recognized
m the resolutions of the extra session, a year
ago. could be jueutiivi by the cmlizniioc and
Christianity of the ago—a war, not tor conquest
or subjugation, hat for restoration and peace.
The instant we divert it from such ends, then
we place oursetvea side by aide with the rebels.”
“The policy inaugurated by them will continue
the war for ever, and bring you under a oiili
f.ary despotism.
“Too subjugation or extermination of the
South was irnuossible. He said that the inter
ests ot the Western States were with the
South. There was their graiu market—you
have a uorthern market the same as ever ,* but
your corn is rotting in your granaries, and you
walk on* the ruius of your prospentv. Free
the niggers, exterminate the whites,
the land to the Yankee Norway rats, and you’ll
never have a market there. “ Indiana was more
interested than slave-ownera themselves in
perpetuating slavery tn tho South “To free
four millions blacks will be to keep up uxat.ou,
increase debt, ruin property, degrade our chil
dren, aud make this country a aeoohd Mexico’
Mr Richardsou, of Illinois, followed iu the
same st r am. He said :
“If the Republican party is retained in power
the Qoverumeot is goue forever. Only in con
servative men is there any safely. Re de
nounced Che President's emancipation scheme
ss calculated to enslave the white while free
mg the black, and insisting that New Knglaud
was making all the money, holding all the con
tracts. and escaping with fewer soldiers in the
field, and lighter burdens of taxation than the
West, “We are made their hewers of wood
and drawers ol wster, while they run the nig
ger cxe.usively for money.”
This is, certainly, very plain talk, and shows
clearly that the " great West’' is by no means
bouud to the car of the graspiug, earning Hast.
Her ieteresfs, says one of the speakers, are
with the South ; and, we may add, if she
would only act upon this idea, she might, by
cutting loose from her Ssstern masters, secure
her prosperity now an t forever.
Mr Vallandigham, in one of bisapeecbes in
Congress, said: ''There is a West! The _
words were, perhaps, ominous; and the ‘‘be—
ginning of the end,” which bo many hearts
are anxiously beating to witness, may have
commenced in the fact? and sentiments to
which websve just alluded.
A meeting in: Builercountr, Ohio, has also
declared that “The Federal Government ahould
be taught that the Great West will not per
mit itself to be utterly ruined and impover
ished by a partial Oongress I"
Her obvious policy then is, as we have al
ready intimated, to cut loose from the North
and Fast ; and, if she will not unite her des
tiny with that of the Southern ©rnfederacy, at
least establish a hood of peace and uuity with
it, by which meana she may be able to retain
ber trade with the South, aud become, really
sad truly, “the Crest W, at.’’
“Those dear eyes of ttiiue," as the old
geoiteinsn said whew lie buwgiil his wife aa
rther pair ol fifty shilbug a^tscles.
THE DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT
The following is the conclusion of the debate
in the British Parliament, on the 18th of July:
Mr, Taylor spoke in •opposition to the motion;
said the North had endeavored to postpone this
crisis by discreditable compromises, bat there
was at length a sacrifice they could not make;
and implored the House not to adopt the motion
Lord A. V. Tempest followed in favor of the
motion; acd thought that the interference of
Eogland was justified on the grounds of humanity
and its responsibilities and duties; mediation,
however, he thought, would be wonbless, unless
backed by ulterior measures
Mr. W. Forster was in favor of non intervene*
lion, and expressed the opinion that this civil
strife was a great revolution; that tariffs bad no*
thing to do with it, aod that slavery was the real
cause of the war.
Mr. Whiteside argued in favor of the motion ;
cited Northern authority to prove that slavery
was not the true cauie of the war; aod quoted
legal authority to show that England might n >w
recognise the South without giving umbrage to
the North.
Mr. Gregory contended that though the war
was, as Lord Russell had sr.id, for independence
on one side, it was not for empire, but for revenge
on the other, aud he thought Great Britain had
.-perfect right to put a stop to such a state of
things. He went on to argue that, for various rea
sons, the South had entitled itself to recognition'
aud that if Great Britain act'd in conjunction
with other nations, there would be no war.
Mr. S. Fitzgerald moved the adjournment of
the debate *
gftfECH OP LORD PALMHEWTON
Lord Palmerston—l should hope, after the
length to which the debate has gone, that the
House will be disposed to come to a division to*
night (cheers) on the motion of the honorable
member for The subject which we
have been debating is one of the highest impor
tance, and one also of the most delicate character
—(hear, hear)—aod I cann >t tJink that toe post
ponement of the conclusion of this debate t»lluext
week cau be attended with any beneficial result,
either one way or other. (Cheers) I confess I
regret very touch that tny honorable friend has
thought it his duty to bnug this subject under
discussion iu this House m the preseui state ot
things. (Cheers.) There can be but one wish on
the part ol every tnau in the country with respect
tins war in America, and that isthat H should e d.
(H*ar.) [ might d >ub whether any end which
can be aatinfuCtory, or which could lead to an
amicable settlement between the two parties,
likely to be aceeUraW by angry il-nates in the
Home (Cheers.) We have had to-night the
Atnerictti w »r waged hare, in words, bv ctiampts
ons oo buih sides. It is quite true that many
things have b on said which must be gratifying to
the feelings of both parties now sigh log in Ameri
ca,but, OQ.the other band, things have been said in
thcwarintn ot debate which must tend to irritate
aud wound the feelings of both sides, and it is
10 tiurnnu nature to think more of things that are
otf'-Ds ve than of ihtugs which are gratifying and
friendly, I confess tnereiore, that I regret that
the debate has been brought on, and I should
earnestly hope that the House would not agree
to the motion of mv honorable friend, but would
leave ?i tu the hands ot the government to deal
with the future, content, as I believe the country
is with the maou*r in which the past has been
cinducted by them. (Cheers.) I don’t ask
this upon the ground ot confidence in
the government of the day, because I think
that whatever party might have the rule in this
country —whoever might s»t on these benches, it
would be wise and expedient iu the House to
leave a matter ot such difficulty, of such delicacy,
and of each immense importance in the hands of
tne respousible government ot the day—[bear,
bearl—to de*l with it according to the varying
circumstances of the moment, aud not by a reso
lution ter dictate and point out a bpectfic course,
aud to lie up their hands, thus taking upon (he
House ot Commons the responsibility wh'ch
ought properly belong to toe govci ament.-
(Cneers.) lhe motion of my honorable friend
points to two courses— mediation aud acknowl
edgment. We have heard a very learned aud wetl
aigued speech iri ua the right hmofabie
gemleman oppos.te on the question of ac
auo*lodgment. 1 am uotgoiug to dispute that
if ibis couutry thought u right to take that
course we suouid be perfectly justified in aegoowi*
>dg>ug lb- ludepeudence ot the fSoutfiern
ri.aies, provided ouiy (bat that independence
tias ueen—in ihe words wnijh he us* a—
4‘bimiy mid permanently established.’* (Hear,
uear.; Moreover, 1 quite coucur with him thut
our aokU"WledgcU)eut ot that lndopeudeace, li
we thought rigat to make t>, would be tio just
cause of war, uu ju>t cause u( offeuce on the pai l
of'fie United dtate* a against this country.—
But Uie case winch the right honorable geotie
mau cued -more especially the case of me .South
Aujcitcao republic*— were totally dffoieut rorn
luai wbicu is uow presen.ed to our Consideration.
• v Hear, bear.) Tbe South American republics
were uol acknowledged lilt a gieal many yeuis
alter they had practically achieved and obtaioed
then ludepeudence. Thai was a war between
them and c*paio -seperated by the wide Atlantic
from her levott. d subjects —aud unable with any
deg.ee of power to ie*eßiaoliah her authority
over them, and, 1 believe, it was nearly fifteen
years—certainly a great many years —be
lore their independence was acknowledged.
But wnat was the state of affairs in ibis case
until the uncertain rumors we h .ve received ibis
day? A fortnight ago it wad doubtful whether
tne Cuntedeiaies or (he Federal* would be in pos~
session oi Richmond, it was bin a lew days ago
that we tmagiued that tbe whole course ot the
Mississippi was in tbe bands oi the Federais—we
knew that New (Menus, and possibly Charleston,
weie in their bands, and I Contend that up to the
present moment, whatever may be the opinion
which anybody may entertain of the resolution
of this great determined nation of the South to
fight to the last for the maintenance of its inde
pendence, practically tbe contest has not yet as*
burned that character which would justify this
country in assuming that that indepen
dence was perm .neutly and fully established.
(Cheettt) But, then many people who talk ot
acknowledgment seem to unpiy that that ac
knowledgment, if made, would establish some
o ff.rent relations between Una couuirj and the
cSouthern States. that is uot the case. Ac*
knowledge meat would not establish a nation no*
less it weie followed by some direc* active inter*
fereoce. (Hear ) Neutrality, as was well observed
by he right honorable gentleman opposite, is
perfectly compatible with acktowiedguieut. You
may be orU'rat in a war between two countries
whose »nd pendeuca you never called into ques*
non. Two long es'abtisbed countries go to war;
you acknowledge the independence of both, but
you a»e not on that account bound
to take part ia the contest. (Hear.)
The right honorable genii* argued that we
had taken a step towards acknowledgement
bv admitting that the S 'Utb had beltigerent
rights, out Vaitet aud ali the best aufborites on
the law ot nations Lola that when a civil war
breaks out in a cona'ry, and is firmly established
there, other nations have a right to deal with
those twoparttec as belligerent*, without aek now U*
edging the independence of the revoked per*
tion o? the country. (Hear, bear.) Admitting
that the war has been established on such a loot
ing that each party is entitled to be regarded by
other oounirtes as belligi reots, she mere fact of
our having acknowledged that those two parties
are belligerents tn the international sens • of the
word does not imply a step towards acknowledge
ing one or the other of them as an independent dio
lion. Nobody can be insensible tor a moment of
the vast impor aoce to this country of a speedy
termination'of that war. i H»-ar. bear.) We ail
know the privations* acd sufferings whichagrtat
portion of iuar population are enduring m conse
quence ot that uufoitunaie war; but on the other
b tr.fl it has been well put bv aa honorable gentle
mao, who spoke in ibis debate, ti nt an? attempt
to put att cod tu it by active interference, would
: only produce greater ctHj, greater sufferings and
, greater privations to those who interfered f Hear,
bear.) rbereis no instance, I believe, in the bis*»
i tory of ibe world of a contest such as tbat which is
; now going on in America—a contest of such mag
} nitnde between two different sections of the same
: oeople. The thirty years war in Germany was a
i joke lo it in point of amount aod magnitude. It
was brt the other day tbat I saw a mao sent by
| tbe Quartermaster General of tLe Federal forces
' on which were marked out the positions ot
> 729,000 Federal troops. We now hear that 300,-
I 000 snore men are to be called into the held
I making 1,000,000 on one side, and probably there
| is something not much less on the other. Inta
! tion aod ex operation on both sides are admitied
by all who have Taken part in the debate, and is
: that tbe moment when it can be thought that a
I successful offer of mediation could made to
! the two parlies ? [Hear, bear.] My honorable
i iritnd said, “I don’t cans lor that; we had hetier
otter mediation and let it be i(.fused, and, if that
were followed by acknowledgment, that acknowl
edgment would ultimately lead to a satisfactory
settlement between the two parties.” I wish
to guard myself against anything in
regard to the future* Th« events of this
war have been so contrary to all antici
pation, from time to time, tbat be would be a
bold man indeed who should attempt to prophesy
from month to month what character the war would
assume. (Hear.) I believe tbe country and this
House are of the opinion that the government up
to the present time pursu-.d a wise and prudent
course. (Cheers.) —We should be too happy if any
opportunity siieuld present itself which would af
ford usuf*:rand re-u.ooable prosoect that any effort
on out part might be conducive to establish peace
oetween those two parties, who are carrying on
a desolating aud sffftcung contest; but l think
that tbe House had belter leave it to the dtscre*
non of the Government to judge of the occasions
which ma/arise, and ot the opportunities which
may present themselves, j Hear, bear.] It is
upon tbat ground that, without going into an in
| vesligatiou of the t ighu on either side ai to which
I may be right and which wrong, without express
mg any judgment -because I think it is the duty
of the Government of this country to abstain
from expressing any judgment upon the two
parties—l ask the Ho«*e not to sanction this re
solution. If at any tine we should be able by
friendly offices to contribute to the establishment
of u can be only by presenting ourselves
in the shape of impartial persons, not tied by
opinious either one way or the other, anxious
only to promote that settlement between the two
which may be consistent with the reelings and
iniesesis of both. It n only in that way that we
can reuder any service, aud. in order to remain
m that position, to enj y that character, it is ne.
cessary that we should avoid prooouocii g any
judgment or opinion. I therefore do not follow
the example of those who have » xpress**d opinions
upon tbe merits ot the two panir*. I only en
treat tbe House not to adopt the resolution of my
honorable Tiend—(bear, hear)—but to leave«to
the responsible Got-roment tbe tusk of judging
wbat can be d >ne, woea it can be done, and how
itcaobedoue. (Uheers.)
Mr. fc. Futgerald supported the resolution, >n*
sisting that a friendly Pdwer was usiibed tn in*
ter fen og n oider to put a stop to such a sangui
nary coniest.
the motion for the adj inrnmcnt of the debate
was then withdrawn.
Mft. HOP WOOD’S SPSKCH.
Mr. Ropwood, m whose n ton- a notice stood on
the paper to the effect that it was his intention
to move “that it is the duty of her Majesty’s
G >vernment to use every coos stem with
the maintenance of peace, either in con*
cert with the great Powers of Europe,
or otherwise, as they may think it ex
pedient, to endeavor to terminate' the
civil war now raging in America,”' said he
dtd uot feel dispos 'd to tike tbe course suggested
for the adoption of the honorable member tor
Sunderland, and withdraw his motion. Very
httie bad been said, in tbe course of the discus
sion with respect to ibe d'Stressed operatives of
L incasbire and Cheshire, of whom 197,000 were
working, short time,Vhtie 58 990 were altogether
without (employment. (Cries of ‘‘Divide! du
vide'” from the benches below the gangway on
the ministerial wide.) He was sorry to perceive
the spoil ID whiefe those honorable member*
who professed to be the friends or the operatives
seemed inclined to deal with their case—(hear
hear)—but he should implore the government, in
the u<ime of justice and chanty, a* well as in the
interests of humanity, to take some steps to pat
an end to the misery which the uubdppy struggle
in America was creatiog, not only m that coitus
try, but our own (Hear.)
THK MOTION WITHDRAWN.
Mr. Lindsay then asked the permission of the
Hous* to withdraw h a motion, «»o-ervmg that
he would rest sat shed with the statement of ih*-
uoblc lord at the head of the g }veromeot and the
nope wnich it bed out that be would take tbe
earliest opportunity to himg about a termination
of ihe wa.\
The motion was then withdrawn.
We clip the following paragraphs from
♦he K'H-xvi .e fT* no ; Regti-u-r, «.♦ A'l^uaiTih:
Thk Rumored Fight in Powell’s Yallot We
learn ihat a letter was yesteiOay received by a
gentleman m this city irom his s««n, in the army
of ibe Clinch Station* that Col. Barton’s brigade
had crossed ihe river at Cap’s F»*rd, which is on
the Knoxville and Tar-well road, and attacked
the enemy, who jwmbered several regimems,
routing them, androat Gen, Rams was probably
in iheir rear, with a prospe :t of cutting them off.
A skirmish had previously occurrtd between the
same body of the enemy and Col Ashby’s caval
ry, in which the latter lost one man and several
horses.
Houriblb Murder.—This community was mex- j
pressibly shocked yesterday by intelligence |
of the murder ot Gen. Wm. R. Caswell by some 1
unknown tiend, near his residence, some six
miles East .of this cityi The only part.ctflars we
have of tbe affair, is that he was found about half
a mile from his own h«use with bis throat cut.
His servants report ihtt they saw him struggling
with some one in tbe mad, but before they could
reach him, life was extinct and tbe murderer fled.
Immediately upon the receipt of tbe intelligence
here, a party of our citizens, mounted horse and
started out to scour the country in search of the
assassin. The GenerM was in this city yesterday
morning, and.imerch&geJ greetings with nu
merous i r ends.
Gen. C. was about Hor 62 years of age. He
was one ot the most universally esteemed and
respected of our citizras. Perhaps no man, who
occupied as prominent a pcsitiou as a public man
ever ei»j >yed mure pehoual popularity. Affable
in bis demeanor to tvlry one, kind and generous,
and upright and just p all his transactions, it is
remarkable tbat he ibould have had an enemy
of so desperate a cbikacter as his slayer must
have been. Tbe affaf is as inexplicable as horri
ole.
Geo. Caswell was adutintjaished soidrer, hav
ing served through tie Mexican campaign. He
was one ot the earliest in iht* cuy to embrace the
oause of the South 00. t be break ng out' of the war.
He was appointed by, Gen. Homs a Brigadier
General in 'he Siate service, and commanded the
forces rendezvoused fcefe nntil they were turned
over toConfederate Government, when he
retired to private life.
I’. J 3. Passengers by the train last night from j
above state that thejeport at McMiliuin'a Station j
was that Gun Caswell had been assassinated by j
a party of men, who, f fired upon him from the i
woods, and after hehad fallen from his horse, \
rushed upon him aod mangled him with their
kuivea. A company or cavalry has been sea: out
to search for the perpetrators.
Return op Pulaski Pbisonebs.—Some fifty
seve i ot the gam sob taken by tbe Yankees at the
fail of Fort Pulaski, having been exchanged under
tbe recent arrangement between the Confederate
and the Lincoln Government, reached the citr
yesterday afiernoonby the Charleston train Over
forty of theni belonged to the Washington Vol
unteers, Capt. McMahon. We did not know to
what coutwtoy the others belonged.
A I,4r d§jpwd of citizens at the depr.t.to
meet theJfffi'Vned soldiers and to welcome them
back to home aud triends. We did not see them,
but learned that they looked wiy-wyn ard
weiry, Irom the hardships 'hey hav fl endured
and ihe Tong and fatrguiug i mroev to this sukry
w cither.—Astirta-xA iputl r:m , Aufi.ii Bti.
TEN MONTHS I* REBKLDOM ACCOUNT BT
A BRITISH SUBJECT —VISIT TO THJSHEH
BIHAC HO. 2. &C.
From, the Philadelphia Prtet, Auq. 1.
Mr. Peter D >lan, a refugee from the South,
reached this citron Wednesday afternoon, on
board the Commodore, accompanied by bin /ami**
tv. Mr. D >lan has been in the South for nearly
a year past, and. being a printer by trade, udU
employed on several of the prominent rebel jour
nals, has acquired a pretty thorough insight into
the “situation” in Dune. Yesterday he called
at this office, and gave us the subjoined narrative
of bis experience.
Ten months ago, in Charleston, I was called
up n at the Courier office, w here I was emplo?ed,
and informed that I must join a military com pas
ny. 1 protested against compulsory service, and
was told that I must then lrave the city. Bern*
an irishman bv birth (mv wife and two children
are natives of Boston, Massachusetts,) I called
upon the British consul for information as to how
I should proceed. An interminable senes of
questions was launched at me when I disclosed
the object of my visit
"H' W long was lin the country*** (with a
withering look.)
“Twenty years."
“Could f oring witnesses to prove that I had
never taken tue oath of allegiance to the United
| State*?*'
“I could not; but I could swear that I never
had taken such au oath.”
After pau«iog to drum on the table, he made
up his mind to gve me a passport.
I then started with ray family for Augusta.
Georgia, with the intention of proceeding thence
to Nashville. On reaching Augusta, however, 1
discovered to my chagrin that the passage to
Nashville would cost twenty dollars for mysel ,
twenty dollars for my wife, and ten dollars tor
each of my children— (three in number.) Not
being prepared tor such a steep financial trans
action, I procured a situation in the Augusta
Consti'uijopalist Alter a lew weeks the
j honor of bemg made foreman was conferred
I upon me.
i [ worked in Augusta, contiDually under a
i cloud of anxiety anu upprehenstoo, untill Jeff,
i Davis sent on a requisition to Georgia for 12 oou
I troops—nod to draft it necessary. 1 slid. With
my usual Hick, however, my passport that I had
obtained from Mr. Bunch, at Charleston, was
lost, stolen, or mislaid, and was compelled to
write to Mr. Molyneux, Conauiat Bavaooah, who
furnished me another.
I received it on the 4th of March last, and on
the following day I started for Norfolk, expect*
•ng that I might make my way thence to the
North, by cursing the Yankees pretty strongly,
reached Norfolk oc the loth. On our wav, at
We don, North Carolioa, four regiments of secesh
were ordered out to quell a Union not that hAd
broken out somewhere in the State.
AN INSOLENT CONSUL -r HOW BRITISH SUBJECT i ARE
DEALT WITH.
As soon an I reached Norfolk, i ca'led on Mrer
Myers, the British Consul, to have my passport
endorsed. He asked me a dollar and a nail for
the trouble. 1 offered him sec- eh money, wh>cb
he declined, and told me nothing would appease
hnn but b trd specie. More than that, he held
pos>eesioo of my pass until I ob'aicrd the specie,
for which l was compelled to pay one dollar pre*
unura. He then made us wat his pleasure three
m tour weeks, until we grew sick iud tired. In
the interval, to ptr-s the time, we made the ac
quatntauce of about 85;» or 4 JO bmi&h
who bad come from New Orleans and other south
ern cities to get North, bui who, like ourselves,
had got themselves in a precious fix.
Finally, wheu Mr. Myers’shilly-shally became
positively unendurable, an informal delegation of
us, consisting of a Mr. Builer, of Sivaunah, a
fnt-ndo! min’* named Dick Murphy, of New York,
myself, and several others, invested Mr. My era’
office. I was spokesman for the party. Isa.d.“
••Mr. Myers, we are sick and tired waiting
here' ’
Mark the reply :
“You d—d irishmen, you come to the South
to making ffllving heie, and then, when the
South warns you to fight for her, you take out
British protection papers from a Government
you bate, and go over to the enemy, and give ail
the information you can about us.
1 answered : "Mr. L did tb.s
• from you. i have always treated you as a gen
tleman. Il I should ever live to get through
the lines on tKe wav to Canida, I shall make u
my business to visit Lord Lvcnsund ask his lord*,
ship whether this is 'he language a smject ot
G reat Britain is to receive Loin one of Her Mayes
ty’s consuls.” '
“Leave my office, you d—d rascal,” replied Mr.
Myers , “you gut your hand out
lion’s mouth j et I”
OFF TO RICHMOND.
i left the office, and alter coining out, we held
a Cousultaiion. After talking the matter over,
we concluded that as we could not get North, we
had better go to Richmond. To Richmond w
went,and there I managed to secure a position in
the Exhumer office B ing a printer, I was tx.
empt trom drawing.
Alter much trouble, Mr. Dolan got a pass for
himself and family to go to Canada byway ot
Petersburg, and under a fl*g of truce from Cl tv
Point He gives the following account of the
Merrtmac No. 2 :
THE NEW MEBBXMAC.
Sunday three weeks, I was on board the Merri
mac, being anxious to ge: a louk at her before I
came away. She is a very formidable vessel,
constructed with much skill. Her wood work
wat* then fiaisbed. On the following dav, she wa.**
taken across the river to the Trsdegar Works to
have her plating put on. The plates are about
ten feet long, and ten inches to width. They are
punched euurely through with holes for the in
wrtiou of the bolts; and all overlap one another
wheu in position.
Like Merrimac No.«l, she is a form d*ble ram,
but is some* hat smaller than the great original]
which, in every other respect, she greatly resem
bles Her roof runs up to a peak, or such a
height that the sides r.se at a sharp angle. When
ironed, and her mach nery put in, her guards
will probably not be over one foot above the
water. Being much smal er, she will be far more
manageable than Mernmac the first. Her guards
wore about six feet above the water’s edge" The
ram was well beaked, reached about tour feet
above the deck, and extending out six or eight
feet,
HSR ARMAMENT.
Although her armament was of course not yet
on board, its character was do secret. The entire
public having access to the vessel, it was easy
to be seen what number ot gunsshe was to carry,
as well as their approximate character. From
other information, however, I can state that she
will carry one bow, one stern, and three side
guns. Thev are to be of the same description as
those which are mounted at Fort Darim*, their
ability to pierce our iron armored vessels, bav*.
ing, in the attack upon that fortress, been ex*tn
p ified—at least to the satisfaction- of secesa.
The balls te be used are steel pointed, and were
being made on the day of our departure, as well
as previously.
She is no doubt completed by this time, and
ready for offensive operations, as a very large
sang of workmen were employed upon her* She
:s the pride of the Richmonders, who rely upon
her for the defense of the city as much *3 upon
their armies. It is boastingly declared, and uni
versaliy believed by them, that “she will sweep
the James river.’’ While this is undoubtedly
bombast, it is certain she hasone feato r of for
midableoees not possessed by theMerrißMC No. 1
—her armor plating extends below the water
line.
-®R CREW—ITEMS
Singularly, enough her crew is to consist .on
ly of the old crew of Merrimac the StbL The
men were quartered on Thirteenth street, a tew
doors from the the Kxaminer office* a building
styled “The Sailor’s Home.’'
Richmond is one vast hospit&L Two hun
dred an'd twelve were buried from a siegte
hospital in one day, negroes being oompelled
to perform the work.
After the late battles, every man in Ru b
mond of three shirts was competed
to give one tc the army—such was the scarcity
of clothing
It was stated in the Klammer, office m my
bearing that Lee had 220.000 men in the late
battles, and 40,000 in Kicbmoud as a reserve.
Even the rebels accorded to McClellan the
areatest praise for bis masterly retreat. On
the 2d of July, the Examiner auoounoed, that
he sfcas surrounded, driven into a swamp, and
his stores, ammunition, artillery, and wagons
captured. Jack«on. it was said, was in bis rear.
Huger on his left, Hill and Longstreet on his
froot. and Magruder on his right, end the next
day it *«■* confidently expected he would be
escorted through the streets in a cage. Next
day, however, the tune had changed, and the
Examiner began its display head to the news
with this line,.‘ The Bird Has Flown.” The
rebels were outgeneraled and McClellan all
right. _
From the Richnta»>d [Fa ] Examiner, auguet T.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
Information from sources deemed trustworthy
have bee a, received in Petersburg ihat tbe eDerny*
meditate an attack upon that city m two columns
—one to approach by the river, ana tbe other by
Girysville. Tbe enemy’s force is said to be
fifteen thousand, ten thousand of whom wtre
.anded at May cock s Sunday and Monday last,
and five thousand at Cog gin’a Point on Tuesday.
On the udvauce of the enemy on Tuesday morn
ing our forces evacuated Malvern Heights.—
There was aU yesterday a prevalent disposition
to regard this evacuation as a disaster. But that
tbe movement was not onlv strategic, but pre
arranged, we think a little reflection will convince
every one. Malvern Hlii is, it is true, by nature,
a strong position, commanding, as it does, the
surrounding couutry lot mile j . During tbe re
cent battle, it was well for us to exp el the enemy
from it just as it was well for us to drive him
wherever we could and punish him in every way
that laid in our power. But these battles being
ended, a new disposition offices was to be made
by both armies, and these heights being within
easy rauge of the enemy’s gUQboat* it was c.early,
(or us, in uu desirable, and indeed au almost un
tenable position.
We will s a'-e ibe facta of the atfair of Tuesday
morning, as we have received them from what
we consider good authority ;
At an early Dour Tu-sday morning a division
of ibe enemy advanced on Malvern Hill, which,
at tbe tune, was occupied only by Toombs’
brigade. As the enemy came witnm range, one
of u«r batteries upturn upon them, ana a sharp
artillery skirmish at lu g rauge eLsued, and
lasted a tew mitutaJ, when ihe brigade (ell back
and tbe enemy occupied ibe hut. Our men re
■ired il good order, bringing off a), their guns.—
Two o! our artillerists weie killed and three
wounded. This is the sum of t-ur ci.-uaities.
if-Has been announced that nearly the whole
c •mpaiiy ol Oaskie Kau era we/e taken prisoners
on ihe occasion. We ieaiueu last evenu g tri m
g Kid authority thut they weie not iu ihe ueigb*
oorhood of Malvern Hill attlie tune of the attack
ot tbe *nemy. Toey were aoseei, ris said, 02 a
bOout, somewhere along tlie Smin Ikhlc of ibe
(Jbtckahommy. The iact of ibe enemy's advance
to b s present position beiog unknown 10 them
it was teared that <beir return would he tuter*
cepted. At the time we write notti/Dg definite
h is been learned as to their fate.
Bv some it is thought that ims demonstration
ta tore© is deMguea by the enemy to cover hi©
evacuation hi his James river his*-; bur, taken in
c mnec’i *u with the reported landing of fifteen
th. UMind men ou tbesuuih sine, and tue arrival
of Porter’s rnoFtur fleet in Hampton Roads, we
trunk this movement points directly to an ad
vance on R enn/ond by land and water.
The news from General S uari's force on the
line of the Central railroad is uusatistactory, and
by 0O means encouraging W hen the down train
reached Frederick’s Hal* \esterday, cnikens of
ihe neighborhood announced that the enemy
were oniy three miles distant. At HaDover
Court Houses man who jus« arrived there beiore
the tram brought the report that 8 uait had yes -
terday morning a hgbt with the enemy, five
thousand s rotg, whch had resulted in the loss
of two of his cavalry regimenis. Tms is an im*
{ roouole, but not au impossible, siorv. Fiom a
careful examination of all ihe nform'atiou wiihv
iu our reach, we believe that ihe lucis of the
movements ;n iba? quarter within the past forty*
eight touts are briefly as follows:
Oo Monday tne enemy made hi* appearance at
Jerro r’s mills, ten wiles Not tfiaeast of
sou’s Station. On Tuesday, General
Siuuri made a in foice, with the
des'gu of feeling his strength, a sharp
ektrumfj ensued, iu watch we kli.ed Sevttai of
toe enemy and took four prisoners. Having <i 3 -
ctnamed the enemy's force to con-isi of lour
regiruetiisof infantry, six huudred civairv, and
tea pieces of cannon, Muart tell back t -wnids
ihe railroad. During Hits sk*rm sh M>me of our
cavalry trade the entire circuit of th- enemy’s
lnes. A serious hght was expected to take place
\ esterday between toe oppoMng forces, cm t>o
h ng has been heard on U.e suujtci, « xcept tha
announcement m .de by the badly irtgbtencd
mao at Hanover Court Hous-.
W e have beard a -thing of moment from the
region about Gord insville. It is said that, on
ast mouday, a body of our c*valn fell into a
(ai&l ambuscade uear Maats«»n CourtNHou*e. A
scouting party of three hundred bad approached
wubin three miles ot the court-nou>e, when they
they had been ambuscaded and sur*
rounded by upwards of tty*ee thousand of the eoe«
my. Our nidi, with great gallantry, cut their
way through the ranks of the euemy and escaoed
with a loss of thirty men either killed or taken
prGoners.
A rumor reached this city last evening that
Malvern Hill had beeu re-taken by our troop*,
fror reasons given above we are unwilimg to credit
the opinion that an attempt tore-occupy it has
beeu made or is contemplated.
sr We clip ihe following paragraphs from
tbe Petersburg [Va.) Express, ot Aug. 7 :
'I hr Enkmt iw Prixcs Gsopor There were
various rumors irorn Prince George yesterday
Early in the day we were assured that ibe enemy
were advancing. Subsequent ibfoimatiun coq
tradrciea the rumors of ao advance movement,
aedthe latest beard from that section, which is
believed to be reliable, states positively ibat the
enemy’s pickets were driven in yesterday at sev»
eral po nts, and that the main body of his forces
retired some five or six miles. Tbe opinion still
prevails with many of our officers, that tbe re
cent demons tration of the enemy is not intended
as an advance on Petersburg, but a
auce to force, while at the same time they cover
operations on the bank ot tbe river
Ttiey are known to be entrenching at Coggio’s
; .int, and at May cock’s, and Lave been since
la t Suoday.
Mr. Ge.-rge N Hitch, a prominent cit J sen of
Prince George, was taken io custody on Tuesday,
ii his residence near GarysviPe, because he
would not give aid to the entmy. Ttiey desired
him to piiot them to the re«r of Disputant*, a
station on the Norfolk and Petersb«>g Railroad.
Thev Hoped to capture tbe tram whicfc b* fa
ruoGicg recently to’Wakefield id the couniy of
Sussex Mr. Hatch ioaigoan ly and peremptor
ily refused to aid tbe Yankees *u any m«nner
wh tever, and was immediate!* fceken prisoner
The invaders gave as a reason for restraining
Mr Hatch’s liberty, that he was disloyal ta Old
Abe. Th»s charge Mr. Hatch proudly confesses,
and savs he will linger the rounder of his l:f>
in Xortht ra dungeons, or swing from a Northern
scaffold, before be wY.I renounce his allegiance
to the Southern Confederacy.
Parties in the vicinity of Garvsvilie, PriDC*
George, who know tbe fellow intimately, aay that
a negro who has seved Captain E Imund Raff*,
Jr., for many yeo-'S past as driver, was
piloting the Yankee forces through the county on
Sunday last. He was bestride a fine looking
horse, and r-de by the side of the
tl in command, seeming to feel his ’mporai oe
vastly. We need not and that this black roscai.
if captured, will swing from tbe Im.fe <rf a
without trial, and »he ti f ot clergy
H. L. Clay, of Gooeral E. Kirby
Sm"h’s Stuff, is rapid y from areernt
Ifrac’are of oue of his legs, occasioned b\ bt*
horse fulUne on Liin against a fence fc rtsr Knox*
▼ille 4 Tennessee.