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THE 808 DEB STATES
The people of the border States rooet be an
•ousually oonfidicfc people, They have confided
in ib-s promises of Abraham Lincoln and tbeir
traitorona Representatives, until the prejeoititna,
when they tind themselves entangled in the
meshes of Abolitionism,and about to be chained,
hand* and feet, to the car of that great Moloch
The question naturally atißes, will the? consent
to be thus, unresistingly, bound, and dragged
from the proud position of freemen to be the
political slaves of a Yankee despot? wti! they,
can they, indulge, longer, tbeir blind confidence
, n that despot? Are they willing, henceforth
and forever, to renounce all the attributes of
manhood, and forego the proud privileges of
Republican liberty, for the sickly sent.mentaiity
of imagined devotion to an inanimate piece of
bunting, now yctept, in paroxysms of Yankee
enthusiasm, -the old flag?" Will they still ada
here to a Union which is now begome an engine
of appressoAi to those who dare to exercise a
privilege, guaranteed by the blood which: their
forefathers shed in the first American
Revolution, and by that immortal Declaration of
Independence which tho3e fore)others bequeathed
lo their descendants, now struggling for its vine
dicaiion eod re-establishment ? Will they still
orofess attachment to a Constitution which exi«ts
only in name tu the Northern division of this
country, an t uoder which the vilest excesses are
committed —murder, rapine, and robbery perpe,
iruterf— and private and public rights ruthlessly
and heartlessly trampled under fool ? st
MVe eanuot, fora moment, believe they will.
The announcement, brought by the telegraph,
that Gov. Magoffin has called the Legislature of
Kentucky to meet on the 14th ol tbe present
mouth, to consider the abolition action of ihe
Federal Congress, is, evidently, a step towards re
sistance. The numerous guerrilla bands which
are springing up in that, and other border States,
are indications, too, that this res stance wtll be
formidable in its character. The eyes of the peo
ple have been opened, at length. They begin to see
that the war is no longer a war lor tbe
preservation of their "glorious Union" and the
honor oi "the dear old dag;” but a war for the
abolition of Southern nstitutioos, and the subju
gation of the Southern Stales. They begin to
see, too. that there is no Union sentiment tu the
South, as they were formerly induced, by false
representations, to believe. And, above all, they
begin to Bee that Southern arms are triumphant
everywhere—that our Confederate banner has
been borne in triumph, not only upon the soil of
the Cotton Staves and Virginia, but across tbe
breadib of Kentucky, and even upon Yankee soil.
This is, indeed, alter all, the great ejo-opener,
aud the beet assurance to the people o! the border
States that tney have uothiog to fear from their
and our enemies, if they will but unite, heart and
Boul, with their brethren of the Confederate
States.
We believe that even now a majority of these
people, untramineled and unawed by Federal
bayouhts, would willingly cast their destinies
with those of this Confederacy; and, therefore, we
augur good reunite from tne meeting of the Legis
lature of Kentucky. If 10,0u0 Couledirate
soldiers count reach Frankfort on the day
•it meets, we thiult the result would be
by no myans doatjtlul. The ulovernor and the
Legislature coulfl then speak us they dared—and
if they cocc'uded to follow Ihe lortunes of iheir
sister Southern States, os wa hope they will, tbe
presence ot such an army would rally lo its
standard thousands of brave aud patriotic Ken
tuckians who are anxiously waiting for j ist such
an opportunity. We siuercly hope, then, that
Mien. Humphrey Marshall, and Cols. Morgan and
Forrest may a»d it COnve-.-eul %u ~ai v H IlllllCiy
at this opportune eeasoo.
GEN 8 BRUCKNER.
The people of tho Southern Confederacy will
read with pleasure tbe announcement that Gen.
Buckner has been exchanged, and that he has
returned to Richmond. He is one of our moat com
petent and experienced Wenerale, and bis pres
ence in the ermy will be gladly welcomed.
MVe hope that bis return will also have the ef
fect of clearing up the diflicoltiee sunounding
tiens Pillow and Floyd, and be the means of re
sioriug those gallant officers once more tchkhe
cortideuce of tho President .aud the service of
the country.
<sen. Pillow is at presentat Oxford, Miss., and
Gea. Floyd is in Western. Virginia, engaged in
raising an army, by authority of the State of Vir.
ennia.
From HonHc*Uo iFia.) Family Friend,
h PHENOMENON - SWOED IN THE HEAVENS
W e ure informed by gout le wen wtiose veracity
cannot be questioned, that on the 23d instant,
near Grooverfcville, Ueorgia, a phenomenon ot
remarkable significance was witnessed in the
heavens at about 4 o’clock in the evening. It
was a perfect representation of a sword—handle,
blade and point all visible. The blade was red
and the bundle silver color. The blade pointed
to the Northeast and the handle to the South*
west. It wan high up in the heavens, appearing
tc the eye about twenty feet long and two feet
broad. Soon after it was witnessed, a wind
springing up, heavy clouds appeared and screen*
ed it trom view.
We are not one of those who attach a peculiar
significance to remarkable dreams, believe in
witchcraft, or view every celestial phenomenon
as hu omen ot good or evil. But no similar phe*
nomenon to the one in qnestion has been wit
nessed for niauy generations, and we are, there
fore, owing to toe peculiar circumstances sur
rounding us, inclined to regard it as significant.
Flavius Ju.^epbus, in his history of the JeW9,
refers to a similar appearance m the heavens just
previous to the destruction -of Jerusalem. He
says that a star, rtß-mbUng a tword , stood over
the city, and a couiet that con.mued a whole
year. Another wilier, we are informed, describes
tie swurd as hanging over the city with the
point down.
After ibe destruction of Jerusalem the star
disappeared. This phenomenon has always, by
learned Divines, be-u described as ths '‘Sword of
t\*> Lo'-d.” From the destruction of Jerusalem
to the present period no such representation bsxs
been beheld in the heavens.
The mysterious workings of the “God of H<-sts
and of Battles" are an difficult to comprehend in
our day and genera'ion as lbe? were in the day
when Jciusaloui was destroyed bv hre and sword.
And it mav be possible that this aecond appear %
aooe of the “Sword of the Lord” tas the fever*
end gentleman wbu had the pleasure of seeing it
styled it,) whs so ouien to the people of the South
u»Ht they sh»qid carry the sword of
insure and of liberty beyond toe bounds of the
Uonfederacy, and dye its blade crimson in the
felo-'d of our .'UernifS, who have not only disre*
garded ibe principles o' civil and religions lib**
erty, but have mocked De>ty, by the practice of
their irreligu uaatid degrading isms. The handle
of this swoid being in the South and its blood rtd
blade in ibe S *rth, tony be \ token toour hosts to
commence the jom ney ot lurasion, and this the
assurance that the "God of Hallies * will uphold
and »u»t*m the ar>u* ohhr Southrons.
The steamer The«*dt*ra, which, \>n being stolen
bv the L uc«in pirates. Was cal ed w>ts
sold in New York on ths 26t0 July for f 21,400
barrels of rosin, part ofthe cargo, brought
£*o.ooo, and the tar SSO Ver barrel.
THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT OH THE
AMERICAN QUESTION.
We publish, this morning, the speech of Lord
Lindsey, in the British House of Commons, on
presenting his moti, n to offer British mediation
■u the American war. That speech will be read
wilh interest. It takes a broad and statesman
like view of the great question at issue, and
exhibits a profound and correct knowledge ot
American aifa.rs on the part of she distinguished
speaker. He recites facts which must be patent
to all candid and refi cting minds; be exhibits
the grasping tyranny of the North, and the suf
fering forbearance of the South; and declares
that the Utter has fairly and truly won her title
to recognition, as an independent nation.
This gentleman advocatd our cause before the
august body of which he is a member, with an
earnestness and ability that deserve our warmest
thanks; but why he should have withdrawn his
motion, upon bearing the remarks of Lord Palm
erston, we cannot understand.
Tbe noble Lord took issue With the gentlemen
who lavored Lord Lindsay’s motion, and boldly
asserted that tbe South had dot yet vindicated
her right to recognition as an independent na
tion; but that the Government would interfere at
the fi.st opportune moment, and endeavor, by its
good offices, to settle the fratricidal war on this
sided the Atlauti;. Upon this assurance, Mr.
Liudsay expressed himself satisfied, aud w ith
drew his motion.
This was a very remarkable assertion o! Lord
Palmerston’s, aud a very singular act on the part
ot Lord Lindsay's, If theSj ith haA not vindi
cated her rigot to be recognized as one of the
nations of the earth, then has no nation on th“
earth ever vied.cited such a right.
Sixteen mouths ago, Abraham Lincoln set out
with the firm determination to "crush out" tbe
little “rebellion" which hid sprung up in a few
of the "Cotton Bute?.” For this purpose, he
called out 75.000 men Finding this force insuf
ficient, be has kept on calliug out and adding tu
it, until his muster rolls show an aggregate force
of 750,00 ti ineo; and still he finds himself driven
to the necessity of adding 390,0u0 more to that
immense number. Instead of crushing out the
rebellion,'State after State has withdrawn from
his Government, nntil every slave State, except
Mirvland and Delaware, has now an honored
place upon the banner of our young Confederacy;
and Ihe work of snbjug uiou is no further ad
vanced than it was the day it was commenced.
Eighteen months ago, a new Government
was organized for this Con eder-icy, a Const!tn.
lion ais adopted, and, in an incredibly short
spice of time, the virions Governmental Depart
ments were fully org inizei and in active opera
tion. Since that tune an election has been held,
and the present Administration returned for the
first term of years authorized by the Constitution.
This Administration, luliy endorsed and sus
tained by tb« peopie, has conducted the affairs
of the young nation honorably, satisfactorily, and
i successfully up to the present timo. Thousands
; upon thou intis of patriotic freemen have filled
1 np the ranks of our armies; victory -tier victory
hes perched upon our banners; and wherever the
enemy has conquered b e has gained but a barren
triumph. Nowhere has "d -votioo to the Uoinn ”
or “love for the dear old fltg,’’ seduced any con
siderable body of the people from their allegiance
to the uen Government ot their adaption In no
one of our captured towns and cilirs has any im
portant result favorable to the Yankees followed
their occupation
Aud with all this, the admissions of Yankee
letter writers, and Mankee newspapers, and ihe
: policy of the Yankee Government, are prool
| enough that the stihjua*t»*>» -v -tie nouin is an
impossibility; while on the other hand, tbe re
sources of the South, the firmness and deter
mmation of her Government aud people, he:
numerous successes, and the present duration of
tbai Government, and its prospects for tbe future,
are ait so many indications of permanence, and
ability to maintain a national independence.
Why, then, did uot Lord Lindsay press his
raolion? He waa ably sustained by Lprd Tem
pest, Mr. Wmteside, Mr. Gregory, and Mr. Hop.
i wood and yet he saw proper, on the mere re-
II quest of L ird Palmerston, to withdraw his
motion, and leave the rights of this young Con
federacy, and his starving people, to the tender
mercies of the Abolition Ministry of Great
Britain.
But, perhaps, after all, it is best that it should
be so. It is the best evideuce to the people of
the South that they have nothing, absolutely
nothing, to hope for fri m European Intervention.
Upon themselves, alone, they mustroly for suc
cess. The war is but fairly commenced, and
there ij now, 10 the language of Patrick U-nrv,
“no escape from it but in chains and slavery."
We must look this great fact tn the luce, and act
accordingly. If will not do for G>veroment or
pe jplo to stop to listen to tbe sjren gouge of
peace. There can be no peace, for ns t until the
4boiinon Government of the North is whipped,
and thoroughly whipped. Then, the/ will ac*
knowledge our independence. Then, foreign Gov
ernments will recognise the Southern Confede
racy as an independent nation; and, then, owing
no favors to forei - n anions, we shall be really
and truly free.
But to accomplish thij, we must unite a* one
man , and, throwing all the energies and re
source# of the Contedtracy into the war, giving
our enemies a taste of ita hardships upon their
own soil, and following up our victories in quick
succession, we shall soon compel our brutal foe
to sue for peace, and *o give us that acknowledg
ment of national independence which we already
deserve and have a right to demand.
isr the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, of Aug. Stb, 1
says that tie dtv p ••jv:>as V> rat 3,000 Yankees !
were taken frsm that city to be exchanged ; there ;
were 1,700 yet to g>. 2,500 mure were expected
trim Lynchburg, Va., and 600 more from Sauls
bury, N. C.—making a total of 7,500 prisoners ;
and with about 2.500 already sent down, .we be
iteve, from Riohmond, making a grand total of
about 10,00 th Several thousand .Confederate
prisoners are on their w*y home, to be • ex»
changed. •
A Bio Job Ukdcxtaksn.—'The Hartford (Ct.)
Titne s has the following abt-u the ‘ big job” the
North ba>
The fatal pr*ci»ce of underrating, the enemy
seems at last to have been discarded. We hear
no roo-e of the desperate poverty, starvation,
raas latent Unionism, or even the gkciiaddlmg of
»he Confederate soidiers; the n >te is changed,
and those presses that were, onlv a few months
ago, peraisteutlv busy ia convincing their renders
that tbe squelching of the rebtla. sad the wtr
generally, was now a mere holiday amusement,
have now liken inotvr view. They now think
it is a serious hnainet-s. The Couraui, of ibis
city, nays : “We did undertake a serious job
when we uoderio k to hr og the South back info \
tbe Union, better ieai x * t*. at once, and realise
it now, if we have not real’ted it heretofore.”
I the United States Circuit Court site. The eri*
\ dence against him ie said to be “very strong."
! Several list: for subscriptions to a special
! bounty fund hurt been opened in New York—
j The Mayor has set the example by heading one
list with his donation of SI,OOO. Amongst the
| first to emulate him in his offer are Measrr.
! O’Brien, the stock brokers, who agre? to be one
I of a hundred firms to put down their names for a
j thousand apiece.
The ill feeling between the whites and blacks
; which bus lately been exhibited in Toledo, Co*
j lurnbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chicago, I III*
i nois, has also begun to ripen in Indiana. We find
j the following in the Louisville papers: “An
affray occurred in New Albany, Indiana, on
Monday, between a party of white men ard some
; negroes, in which John Locke was killed and
j Charles Lans’ord was wounded in the leg.
An inmate in the Baltimore penitentiary es«
j caped from that institution in the following
I manner; He was engaged in painting the cupola
| of one ot the buildings, the guard being in the
I yard. One of the guards, while passing near the j
wall, noticed a picture with Jeff- Davis Lunging
i from a gallows lying on the ground, and iiLin?- j
i diateiy called the others to look at it While
• ’hey were mtentently gazing upon the drawing,
j Lynch managed, by imams oi a rope, to slip
j down the roof and over the wall into the street,
j Pursuit was ion mediately made, but without
i success.
i THE NOETHERS STOCK AND MC>E¥ MARXIST.
The following are the quotations of the New
! York market, July 80th ;
I Virginia 6V&2; Missouri ft’s 4n; Tennessee ft ’3
j 50; North Carolina ft’s 65; American go’d 110.
I The maiket closed dull.
The New York Journal of Commerce thus
j tprhktt of the market in tbßt city ;
There has been lithe excitement or animation
in the market to-day, and we nonce a sullen apa
thy in business circles, which is somewhat ua
ui»unl jo thik atmosphere.
lioid opened at easier rates, being ac
cepted in the morning, but the price afierwurd
improved to at a later hour gold dropped
to 117, agam unproved to 117#, and at the
second board sold down to 110 V, fluctuating
w.tb every hour. Silver is quoted at 110 a, 112.
I Oid dem.nd notes are selling at 106& a ](j7.
t Foreign exchange is family held, but without
| much business Bills on London at ft*) days have 1
I sold at 128a129 tor commercial; 12Val)0 for
i bankers', the latter rate generally asked by lead”
! mg drawers.
The total receipts to«day at the sub-treasury
were $862,806 6ft ; total payments, $959,00 ftS ;
leaving a balance on hand in specie, and 1 demand
noWA ot $7,72T,087 58. The reciMpts for duties
to day at the custom house were $209,498 39, alt
of which were in demand notes.
The following is a comparative statement of the
condition of the banks in New York city for tb«
past week, compared with the previous week :
July 19. Julv 2ft.
Loans .. $148,827,426 $149 768,298 In $t?(J S7O
Specie . $1,926,609 88,0*4,575 In 1,187,966
Lir’n 9,155,801 9.244 9.'.8 In 89,652
Deposits.. 129,485,277 182,427,178 In 2,945,201
The weekly statement of the Philadelphia
banks, made up on Monday, presents the follow*
mg aggregates, as compared with those of the
previous week:
July 29. July 21.
Loans... $83,383 873 $33,096,808 In $296,565
Specie. .. 5,579.788 5,618.724 De 88,927
Deposits . 24,764 291 24,485 8-7 In 279,464
Cir’n 5,065,278 5,005,598 In 9,692
w We clip the following paragraphs from
*he Richmond (Vs.) Dispatch, August 6. *
Thr Lines Bklow Richmond.—A Lumber of
i conflicting reports were yesterday m circulation
I with reference w)an engagement which occurred
,at Malvern Hill early iu the morning. It ii
( a'&ted tbai at 2 o'clock A M. the eot mv attest*
i ed to advance a force into Carl's Neck, which was
I driven back with considerable loss by oui forces,
I comprising a porn on of Gen. Longatrcet e divi
i sion. Later in the morning, having been strongly
i reinforced, they attacked our forces at Malvern
Hill, and succeeded after a severe t-ngegemt ct m
obtaining possession of that point. Our lotces at
tnat place is represented to have embraced one
regiment of infantry, one of cavalry, and a field
battery. Early in »he engagement the am mom-*
lion of the battery was exhausted, io which is
mainly att ibuted the tossof the a h>u
rier who arrived iu the city in the afternoon,
states that we lost three pieces of ariiilery, and
hacf some six or eight men captured Our loss
in killed and wounded was not ascertained,
j Y iMRR Dbsert|crs.—A gentleman who was at
< Slrasburg, Shenandoah county, on Friday last,
pays that during bis stay there, three deserters
from the Yankee army reached that point, and
proceeded up the Valley t<» give themse-ves up to
our pickets. They staled, in the hearing of our
informant, that thirty others had deserted at the
tame time, but that a number oi them were pur
sued and captured by the Yankee cavalry. Two
of the three alluded to were from Ohio, and one
from Maryland. The Ohioans were anxious to be
paroled hs prisoners and allowed to go home by
way of Romney and Cumberland. They stated
that it was understood among the Federal troops
that our authorities were paroling all who gave
themselves up, aud as a consequence many
who were tired of the war would leave whenever
opportunity presented.
Escape ( pA)r. R.Buckbb, thk Renegade.—The
notorious refegade, Dr. Wed- P. Bucker. who was
captured at Nicholas Court House a few days
since, escaped irom the guard at Salt Sulphur
Spings on Friday night, and up to the latest m*
lor maiion from ihere had not. been re-captured.
The whole country was being scoured to secure
his re-arrest, and it was thought the efforts
being made to that end wouid ot sue ies>ful.
An Unclaimed Flag.—There was found on one
of the trains of the Petersburg and Weldon RaiK
road, some two >r three weeks ago, a large, rich
blue silk flag, which is in the possession of the
Treasurer ot the road, awaiting the call of the
owner. The flag is beautiful in make, and trim*
med around the eutire border with imitation gold
raveling*. On one side are the words :
‘ Mclntosh Guards.
19th January, 188 V
and it is, therefore, undoubtedly the property of
a company of that name. From what State 'the
company hails is not knows, nor are their wheres
about* known. Oa the opposite side of the flag
is a representai’OD of t hacd&orae pillared
portico, over which the wo*d—Constitution, and
through, the centre of which run the words—wis
dom, justice, AND M DKHATItiN. It IS tf.ry pros
bable ibat the company may be in need r f this
flag, though tbe route tbey travelled to this
Slate being so ioag. ard being to mariy
changes on the different reaps, it rany'be they are
at a Insa where to apply t»- tecover it Our Rich- i
mood eoteuapnrttriea wouldaid in bringing it to !
their notice if they would n*ke mention of this
paragraph, It is too valuable to be lost.
Petersburg ( Va.) itpnss, Aug. sth. j
Tbe Mclntosh Guards are, we believe, from j
Mclntosh County, Ga. The representation on tbe
banner is evidence enough of what State they!
belong to ; but we cannot understand how a
company can lose its flag, >hile, N traveling on a
railroad. The color bearcc and his guard should <
be more caretui oi their “sacred trust,”
Firsonal.—M.i;or Willis, tbe business like and '
energetic Quartermaster at Hardevilie, who for !
eight months past has won the good opinion of •
all by his obliging manners, has actually felt bis i
post, and is now m rr>uif for Virginia. From all '
we can learn, WiHisia imicb w mted in!
this military District ot South Carolina, aud we !
sincerely trust that he mar be remanded and at?* !
signed'to duty in Charleston. There is plenty j
o; wor£ for him ro do, and he is just the man to do !
it and do it well. W e rrust have the hLj >r m h
South Carolina.— CarUstov Cjurisr,A'-guBL 6 th. j
We bad the pleasure ot meeting Maj. Wtilis, j
in our city, yes*erd a y. His numerous friends
wtil be glad to Beetle reputation which be - xs I
earning in car sister State.
We clip the following paragraphs from
Richmond (Va.) Examiner, August 5 :
A Heirmish in Pbince George.—lt has already
been announced by telegraph that the enemy, on
Saturday night, landed a force variously estimated
at from six to ten thousand at Maycock s, and a
point lower down the river.
On Sunday morning, about 11 o'clock, a smart
skirmish took place between fi.-y of our men and
eighty of the enemy, at a creek near Cox’s mill,
id Prince George. Captain Mcllwaine, who was
in command or cur force, having received inform
mation of the advance of tbe enemy, posted
twenty-five of bis men at tbe crossing ol the creek
and twenty-five on a neighboring hill, with
orders to fire into the enemy on sight. Scarcely
had these dispositions been made wnen the enemy
dashed np the road. The carbine* of the party
on tbe bill missed tire, and they took to their
heels and left their comradesjto meet unaided the
«hock of the foe. The enemy plunged across the
creek and were resolutely met by our men. A
fight of a few minutes took place, when our
troops, being overwhelmed by numbers, were
forced to retreat. The Petersburg Express re*
ports the following casualties on onr side:
Tbe following casualties are reported :
Companv B, Capt, Mcllw:ne —Killed—James
j Phillips. Wounded— F’rst Lieutenant Craig Rid
dle, o! Petersburg, left arm broken by a ball near
j the shoulder; Thomas Gilliam, of Petersburg,
wounded in the thigh; private Thompson, of
j Dinwiddle, in the shoulder.
Company C.—One mac missing—supposed a
I prisoner.
Compady D.—Ooe man missing.
Company E.—None lost.
The citizens of Prince George are leaving the j
countv i.i large numbers, ar.d all yesterday after* I
noon wagons and olher vehicles, heavily loaded, i
were arriving in Petersburg.
Gunboat Aground.— We learn from the Peters- |
burg Express that, on Sunday evening, informs
tioo havmg been received in 'Petersburg, that a !
gunboat hud gotten aground in the mouth of the
Appomattox, tbe military authorities sent down
soma heavy guhs to tire upon tbe obnoxious craft.
From hall past six, P M , until dark, heavy can
noneding was beard in the direction of Ci f y Point.
An attack is supposed to have been made on the
boat by our artillerists, but the reshlt is not yet
i ka wn.
A Wonderful Mirror.—Among the curiow
ties exhibited at the late Pans Exposition was a
huge concave mirror, the instrument of a start
ling species of opticul magic.
“On standing cloae to the mirror, and looking
into it, it presents nothing but a magnificently
monstrous dissection of ycur own physiognomy.
On retiring a little, sav a couple of teet, it gives
1 your own face and figure m true proportions, but
; reversed, the head downwards. Most of the
j Hpectators, ignorant of anything else, observe
I these two effects and pass on. But retire stiil
j further, stamog at the distance ot five or six
teet from the mirror, and you see yourself, not a
reflection, but your veritable self, standing in the
middle part between you and the mirror.
“The effect is almost appalling, from the idea
< it suggests of something supernatural; bo start*
j iiDg, in fact, that men of the strongest neires
will sfannk unvoluntarily at the first view. If
j you raise your cane to thruat at your other self,
j you will see it pass clean through the body and
, appear on tbe other side, the figure thrusting at
| you at tbe same instant. The artist who first
: succeeded ia fashioning a mirror of this descrip
tion brought it to one of the French Kings—if
' we recollect aright it was L »uis XV—placed his
j Majesty «>n the right spot and bade him draw his
| sword and thrust it at the figure he saw. The
| King did so, but seeing the point of a sword di
i reded to Lis own breast, threw down the weapon
i and ran away. Tbe practical joke cost the mvefi
i tor the the King’s patronage and favor,hie Majesty
OeiDg afterwards so ashamed ot his own cowar
dice, that he could aover again lock at tbe mir*
ror or its owner."
tsr We c-iplhe following paragraphs from
the Petersburg i, Vaj Express, of Aug. 5 ;
The Movkmpnts or rvic Enemy.—From all we
could learn venter da*, our opinion is, that ibe
enemy have not advanced in force fruia the
Booth bank of James River. The cavalry which
pushed out u tew miles li om ihe protect.on of
meir gunboaig Sunday, retired tbe same after*
neon, and were not seen at all yesterday. We
' think ii very probable lhat tbe landing on ibe
] Hooth bank, at least for the present, is only to
I prevent ar» cum tee of such a hot fire in tbi
I rear as greeted McClellan’s fl*iet and camp od
Friday morning last.
He will doubtless fortify himself on the south
bank, occasionally sally out and steal provender
and provision*, and so continue to conduct him
self, until the movement of a grand forward
march on both sides begins, with P, rter’a mortar
fleet and ail tbe gunboats of th* Yankee na7y,
moving up the stream at the same time. Ai
present, this seems to be the programme. The
recent “couflab’’ in Washington, between b ;me
ten or fifteen Major Generals, among whom was
Burnside and also Commodore Porter, wouid
seem to indicate some such movement as the one
here indicated.
It will be seen by an extract from the N. T.
World, in another column, tha; Porter’s mortar
I fleet has arrived at Fortresa Monroe.
The “Grounded” Gunboat.—We stated jester*
day that a large Ftderai gunboat was aground in
| tbe vicinity of City Point, and near tbe month
jof the Appomattox nver. We also elated that
a battery ot field pieces had been sent down to
destroy her, and that from bait past six o’clock
untill dark Sunday evening, heavy firing wug
heard in the direction of City Point. We learned
yesterdav that the field pieces took position, ana
opened on the gunboat, but their calibre was too
small to destroy the vessel, although every sbo;
struck her. R*3e balls would hare done the
same thing, but the object was to destroy, and
not to perforate simply. Heuce the great folly
ot Beuding six'pounder smooth bore cannon to
accomplisn a work which cotVd have b«en only
rendered effective by the use ot 32-pounders.
After our battery opened on the gunboat, she.
succeeded in bo far righting herself as to reply,
which she did with some spirit, and succeeded
in killing two of our horsss, and sending sundry
balis through the cu?boo6es on the farm ol Mrs.
Mary C. Wray, on the Chesterfield shore. Cur
men finally diacoverad that they were expending
powder and ball to verT little purpo.e and
sisted. Soon after, two Federal tug * came up,
and making fast to the guub. at, succe. ded m
starting her, but had towed her only a short dis
tance, when she again grounded, acd stuck so
fast, that all efforts to remove her proved ua*
availing. Wbuc last beard irom yesterdav, &hr
was still agtound, t> ul other gunboats had
been sent to' her protection. It whs also *rev
ported, that heavy field pieces bad been sent
down to renew the attempt at destruction, but as
we Leard no firing m that direction, the rej ort
was probably witho it foundation.
The Slate Imprbssa&nt.—Under this
bead.ug the Macon (Ga.i Telegraph, of August
7th, says;
Some days ago tbe citizens of Lee county held
a public meeting in reference to the negro im
pressment, at which they appointed M-. C. M ;
Irvin to correspond with’the War Department
*by telegraph, and ascertain ir the impressment
bad been authorized and required by the Secie*
tary of War. If tt had K they resolved, like good
citizens, to acouiesc* in the requisition; if not.
they determined not to surrender their negroes.
In pursuance of bis mission, Mr. Irvin Caine to
,Maeon, and the correspondence ensued which is
?übdsbed below.
‘o the Secretary of War, Richmond, Va :
Brig. Gtn. Mercer has issued an order irrpre. 3 '
sing twenty per cent of the mule slaves thmegbou:
the State. Is that order authorized by the De
partment? If so, we acuiesce. Otherwise we re
sist. ‘ C. M. Irvin,
For tbe citizens or Lee coudy.
Richmond, sth.—Mr. C. M. IVvm; General
Mercer has not communicated w?th this Depart*
went with reference to impressment, nor any
authority to make impressment been asked for
or granted G W. Randolph,
Secretary of War.
BT TELEGRA PH.
GOOD NEWS FROM THE WEST AND SOUTH
WEST.
FEDERAIS ADVANCING ON SENATOR!*
MISSISSIPPI.
HTJMBOLDT, TENN., CAPTURED BY TEE
CONFEDERATES
GOV. MAGOFFIN, Os KENTUCKY, VS LIN*
COLN'S CONGRESS.
YANKEES DRIVEN FROM BATON ROUGE, LA
THE CITY OCCUPIED BY GEN BRECKIN
. BIDGE
Mobile, Ala., August B.—The following U &
special dispatch to ti e Mobile papers:
Grenada, Miss., August sth.—The enemy ip
reported to be advancing on Henatobia, Miss., id
three columns, from Memphis, Tenn., estimated
at from i,SCO to 2,Q00 strong. Reinforcements
p?e being sent from this place to Col. Jackson.
Curna' cavalry attacked a provision tra.n en
rente to Gen. Parsons, near Austin, Miss., a Jew
days ago, but were repulsed with considerable
loss.
A Cairo, 111., dispatch, of July 28fb, save:
‘‘The Rebels made a dash at Humboldt, Tenn.,
yesterday. Our cavalry fled without firing r.
gun. The Rebel cavalry attacked cur infantry,
killing 15, and taking some prisoners, and get*
ting possession of the town.
Gov. Magoffin, of Kentucky, has called a meet
ing of the Leg’slature of that State, on the 14th
of August, “to provide for the peace of the Com
monwealth’, and the safety cf the State institu
tions against the action of the Federal Congress."
Co!. Logan, Federal, bung Mr. Whipple, n
wealthy and influential citizen of Jackson, Teen ,
on the 29th u*t., for piloting the Confederate Par
tisans to a bridge, which they burned. Logan
also burnt the bouses of several rebel sympo.%
1 thisers
! Dr. Leftwiefa, a,Yankee cotton buyer, captured
! by oor Guerrillas, near Brownsville, Tenn., la*t
! week, with $25,000 in specie, has arrived here.
; Prisoners taken yesterday report from below
I that the Yankeep have evacuated Baton Rouge,
La.; and that Gen. Breckinridge is in possession
of the city. •
A special dispatch to the Mobile Advertiser A
Register, dated Jackson, Mississippi, August sth,
says :
Gen. Breckirridge, this morning, attacked Ba
ton Rouge, driving the Federals from their posi
tion. For one hour, the musketry firing was very
heavy. There was, also, heavy firing from the
direction of tbe river, which may have been from
! tbe guns of the Arkansas, aa she was to have co
operated in tbe attack. Tbe Federals were driven
through the city to the river bank.
FROM RICHMOND—EN -MY REPULSED
Richmond, Va., August sib. A sharp sk.r
toi»b look place this morning below Malvern
Hill. The report is that a body of Yankees an
tempted tA occupy a position near Curl's Neck, on
James River, but they ware attacked by a pof
uon of Cobb** Legion, and were driven back to
their entrenchmenti.
From the Havanncth Republican,
SKIRMISH IN VIRGINIA—NORTHERN NEWfiS.
Richmond. Avgust s.—Heavy skirmishing is re
ported to have occurred th;s mornmg, in which
Cobb's Georgia Leg on drove the enemy back to
their entrenchments. The enemy was moving up
the river bank towards Drury’s Bluff, when the
fight occurred.
There has been a great public meeting m Cia*
ciouati. Resolutions were adopted to support tbe
government, for granting bounties, and against
foreign intervention.
Gov. Curtain is stumping Pennsylvania to raise
recruits. A dra r t is to be resorted to after the
15th, if Lincoln's requisition is not filled.
Gold and Exchange in-New York are declining.
Nothing is said in the Northern papers about
Seward’s resigning. P. W. A.
ARRIVAL OF EXCHANGED PRISONERS.
Richmond, Va., Augnst 6th.—Gens. Buckner,
Tilghoian, .and Mackall, Com. Barron, Lieut
Bev. Keonoc, and other officers, and a large
number of privates, exchanged Confederate pr.*»
sAners, have arrived in this city. Gen. Petti»
grew, of Sooth Carolina, has also arrived within
our lines, and will reaoh this city to-day.
From the Charleston Courier, Avgust 6th.
FROM SAVANNAH —CAPTURE OF THE
STEAMSHIP LODONA-FEDERAL VES
SELS AT NASSAU-GREAT EXCITEMENT
THERE.
Savannah, August 5 —The steamship Lodona,
Captain Luckie, from Nassau, July 31st, after
enuring Osnabaw Sound on Monday morning,
grounded in eleven and a half feet water and was
captured by the Federal biockaders. George
Marshall, and two pilots, passengers, madelhetr
escape rn a small boat. They represent a large
number of Federal vessels about the port of
Nassau, causing great excitement at that glace.
The Lodona fir3f attempted to enter Tybee, but
was fired into from the Martello Tower, the shot
passing through her cabin.
Fkom Beyond th« Lin as —Captain Reading has
placed upon our table late copies of Bosiou, New
*or*. Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Memphis papers,
for which he has our tbaks. Capiaiu Reading
has recently teiumrd from Memphis whither be
had gone for bis family, on beanng of Central
Gram’» order expelling tbe families of Southern
uic 1 from the city. He managed io get into the
city without defection bui baa been there but a
short litre btfore be was arrested ard h«ld «« a
prisoner of war. Through the influence cf some
acquaintances he was released on parole and
suffered io leave the city with hm family.
L apt. Reading informs us lba« tbe cor duct of
the Yankees to the inhabitauis in the vtcioiry of
Memphis is brutal id the ex'teme They are lit
erally no respecters oi persons. H- relates an
in stance of a lady living about six mPes iritm
Memphis who was recently ca'leo ui on by a
gang of Yankee marauders. The j... beis took
posses.*: in of tbs bouse and brauii ul grounds,
and ordered the stivants to prepare dinner.
After having satisfied their appetites, they
amt.sed tb M mselves by disAguimg the grounds
and portions ot tbe bouse. Batumi' thm tbe
lady’s husband and tong were in tbe Coi f. derate
army, the officer m command mfoin ed her ibat
her pr •petty was ci nflscated, h n o spring a vals
nab!e cross suspended from her neck, he orcered
her to give it up. This she refused to’ do, when
he called to two of bis men to hold her while &
third took <-tf the cnisjs. Tney stole her wedding
ring and tb- miniature ot a’deed child, which
she had in her possession. TJjis is a sample ot
tbe maun r in which ihe Yankees are’ conduct*
iug tbems-elves. They are running op e. huge
debt of vengeance which wiU be repaid
•with interest by the people of tbe fcoti'h.
Montgomery (Ala,) Adi>eni<ttr t August 5.