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mm the Richmond. Va-. DifotcK dufutl c
further no a the north.
We h&se files of New York and Philadelphia '
and Baltimore papers to the 2d inst. tetters from
McClellan’s army to ’he 80th, pe’/erally agree in i
ltating that there is a feeling throughout his camp (
that ••some decisive operations, are near at hand. (
Great anitety is felt about t*,e new Mernmac, No. (
2 which is expected from Kicbmond, and the f
fieet is kept in constant ’.Nadines* for her. The
removal ol General Vi„le, Military Governor of
Norfolk, is called for tin the ground that be is
100 lenient. Gen., pope is carrying out his “or
ders.” The W arrenton correspondent of the
Herald, telegraphing on the Ist, says;
Major-General Pope and staff and eßcort left
this villag a at ten o'clock yeeterday morning for
Washiou <bn, commooiy known a* “little Wash
ington ’* the county seat of Rappahannock, dis.
tent kwenty nine mileß. The General was attired
in (he habit of a citizen, and passed through the
idain street unostentatiously. He has been a
eource of mingled curiosity and dread to the die
’joyal residents. II his 1 nflexiblllty had enraged
them, his soldierly bearing and positive patriot
ism have exacted their respective admiration.—
"The publication of hia order banishing into Dixie
all males who reluse to take the oath Las wrought
them to a perlect pilch ol trenxy.
Dr. Bispham, of the village, waited upon Gen.
Pope, yeeterday, and asked if he would enlorce
the order. He painted, at the same time, the
agony of the women and children, and slated that
the effect would be to place six Dew regiments in
the rebel service. “We can’t take the oath of al
legiance,” said the Doctor, Vend we won’t-man,
woman or child, but we will give parole to at
tend to our own business, afford no communica
tion and quietly stay upon oar properties."
••I shall enforce the order to the letter,” said
•Oen. Pope, “f did not make it without deliber
ation, and if yon don’t take the oath you shall go
out of my line*.”
The villagers now intend to appoint a commit
tee of ladles to wait npon the General with a pe
tition. Failing in ih s, th-v had intended to se
lect a commillee to proceed to Washington city
and intercede with President Lincoln; but Gen
fope issued a sir ingout order ih t, none ol them
should have leave 10 go d a n m tha iraun, nor
would be pass ih-m thri ugb our guaros ou the
common roads He is a men ul hie word, and
the soldiers think, with lint, ibai the larce of
avowed dtnlovalty shoo d tie dropped trom the
kills Wb '('shall we think ol a community that
pleads for Fed rat protection and yet declares it
sell rebel :o the last and lo “. uian 1 Indeed, the
order onghl also to include the women, all ol
whom are blatant and uudtsg used iraitoreases.
They can be heard nigbtlv, on every ptaixa,
sneering at our failures and applauding rebel
successes. One would think that we were prison
ers here, rather than the garrison of the village.
lo despite ol munv adverse statements, I must
persist In the belie! Hist Geneial ritonewall Jack
son is now poeie’d alOordonJville.with a command
ol tilteen Ihousaod men. Our scouts agree to
this, and of them professes to have talked with
the renowned rebel in person. Jackson is said
t< be melancholy since so many of his old aod
tried Valley troops weresonunoned to Richmond
to be slain. “The General,” said one of the in
te-cepted letters, “nays that h" will not cross the
river with his new levies, but f Ihe Kederals
t'betn a lesson that will never be forgotten.” We
have, nevertlWleas, occupied Orange Court House
witu horse and foot, and are many milea luriher
toward R cbmond by this route than we have ever
been before.
A letter trnm Wsrrenton thus describes the
feeling and behavior of the oppressed people
there i
! have failed to meet the mao who knows a
Unionist in the place; the women invite our otb
cer* to their to lecture them upon the
enormity of loyalty, and the staid townsmen col
lected at the vVarrentnn or the Warren Green
hotels, talk of “the Government" so familiarly
that one is almost deceived into believing that
they meao the Government of the United Stairs.
They look stolidly upon the turning of their
churches into hospitals, and bear without the
remotest aiiittseineui * w ** -• •
UJ ifto UIP urowyua' «tT.H in IDMr lltW Court l V ►l‘o3-
inary. We raised aflig pole in the middle wt
the town yesterday, and the flth New York, Uol.
Httlee, saluted »t with three rousing cheers, when
the Sacred Quoting dotted to its top m blue and
scarlet lolds. Not u man or boy dung up their
hat, not a woman her handkeichief. Indeed,
they now avoid that part of the street, and re
fuse to pass under the shadow ol the flag.
The cavlry here is a very efficient arm of onr
seme *. Our horses and thone of the rebels are
often equally matched, and the chasing and
counter chasing upon the roads and lanes is of a
very nciitng description. The teoeis that scour
these neighborhoods are mainly guerrillas, aud
their warfare is conducted iu h dastardly wav.
||Frequently ihereb l horsemen had us upon long
pursuits, by their superior horsemanship, ch ttiug
and embittering us, now stopping to mock and
now scampering to escape us. The precipitous
character of the country makes the work d tficuit
(or steeds, many of whom die upon the way of
huuger and laugue.
The orders sf Gen. Pope, relative to the oaths
of allegiance and withholding jruard over private
property, is well received. Toose officers, it
there be any such, who cannot restrain the dep
redatory spirits in ihur command, are unworthy
the places they bold. Justice to the loyal ctti
lens and the Government require* that, no pro*
perty shall b * wauiorly rojed. as has fre
quently been done heretofore without detection
and punishment to the perpetrators. By p'acing
the responsibility on commanders, it is believed
the-« insiances will be much lessened
Another evil exists to a great ext nt in the
Army ot Virginia. I alhtde to the practice ol
procuring (through itinerant traders and city
hucksters) every denomination of spurious paper
and broken ban* note - , as well a* sac nmw U cotes
cf and passing th» m indis
criminately among me uasu-peciiug inhabitants
—poor as well as rich, old and young, male and
female. Your correspondent is cognisant of sev
eral instances where this has been perpetrated in
return f*“ kind pursing by poor, aged women
Unless this system is checked, will not the whole
oountry be overrun by hordes of counterfeiters
and swindlers on ihe close of the war T
W atsbloo, August 8. —lntelligence from Cnl
peper says hat scou ing patties go out Juiiy.und
occasionally bring in reoel scouts. N > em*iny »u
Iqrce has beeu discovered this side <>f Gordons
▼tile. Ills supposed strong Vntrerchm. o<s are
being constructed at that place. Oor troops are
in such high spirits and so cotfident of sncceas
that they say they can defeat whatever forces
, ac ay there be collected
Gen. Pope,on bis way hither, was received with
en’fcusiastic cheers l»v our trooju*. whom he re
viewed, highly Complimenting them on 'heir ap
pearance aod drill- Desert ods bsive been mucli
-checked within the i st ft w days bv the stringent
orders of (seo. Pope. Several dcseriers having
been »*bund gni'tv have b en sentenced to tu
branded and drummed out of the army. A
preseut everything is quiet in front of our ad
vance.
Three members of the Ninth New York regi
tnent hive issued a newspaper ca'led the New
’T**rk Ninth, devoted to the di.-jr miration ol
Union principles in tb»B benighted region.
the attack on vmb r dkral
IMUXNBNT-THB MaaaiMaC, so. 2, OUT
A dispatch Torn F rtres* Monroe, on the Ist
nistant, says me “rebel ram Mermnic, N». 2,”
hi w come down as far as Drury’s Bluff li ados :
The arrival ot the mail boat this aft*moon
brii xga aome particulars of the attack made by tb«
rebeNs 1 tones on Oen McCtel.un's p*osn ll<« n from
opp >sVte Harnnoo’s Landing. The attack w*f*
made midaßtgbt witn, it is said, lour batteries
ot flyio X artil'ery. some being above and some
below iLV point of *»lack. Toev threw six Twelve
pound sh etl. some round aud others conical, ttr
noi one of * them e*pli/ded. Their Bre wa9 in
teod* o bo doubt, far oar camps, but manv ot tt>e
•hotfell shun and thus d>d s* me little mischief
among the shipping whiO was laying at the 1
ending urfd aI a anchor in the river. Bevera c
vesKda and a earners w re struck wiih (ragmen'* 1
ot sb 0, hut nor,f was hurt io ih,m (
I' rareo rted that nine of our soldiers were l
kilied and only wounded. Theatiack be- t
*og oiaoe at such a late hour of the usgbt, and v
r.±*r d -Many
thrown over among our camps, batthesedidntH
explode. All those which exploded ell much
short of the camps, Bod this accounts lor so lew
be lns's D uppr d sed that the object of the rebels in •
this demonstration was todraw the Fed«r» gun
boats down the river, so as lo enable then boats,
including the new Merrimac, luge l out.
It is estimated that the rebels threw over bve
hundred shell, which lay this morning scattered
over the held. Some lodged in the masts of ves
self*. All that ih known of the effect of onr firing
is that the rebels retreated, and this morning the
trees where they had tbeii ba’tenes presented a
shattered appearance, and many were cot com
pletely dowo.
There was only one Federal gunboat near the
Landing, which opened lire immediately on the
enemy; but they did not appear lo notice it, as
they were bo intent on shelling our camps. It
the desire was, as supposed, to draw our guo
boats down the river, ihe attempt was most un
successful, as n"t one made its appearance save
the one previously there.
The New York Times’s Potomac army corres
pondent, uoder dale ol the 81st ult,.says;
Two HiiHj, ici*>B rebel crafts, probably tbe New
Mernmac aod Young America, cast anchor jess
terday off Turkey Bend. Several of our gun®
■male were Immediately Bent to that vanity. —
The Monitor made a reconnoisance, ft ter which
ihe gunboat fleet, including the Galena, Monitor,
and others, anchored in line ol bailie off Light
House Point.
A balloon and gnnboat reconnoisance above
and near Fort Powhatan discovered no rebels or
earthworks in that vicinity.
A branch railroad has been di«c»vere« from
Ihe bank ot Jair.ee Kiver opposite Rrkeley Land
ing to the Petersburg road. This is nothing but
an old railroad lor bringing wood down lo the
river.—Eos. Amkr J
Tbe correspond* nt doses his letter as follows t
9P. M. The position of 'he fleet is uoeba *ged.
The rebel isms are still off Turkey IL-nd How
near w« a e to a naval battle every one can judge
for themselves.
GENERAL CURTIS* MOVUMRNTS ArVAIRS CW THE
lower m-aistim.
Cairo, July 80 - The lollow.ng news was pub*
liahed in the Memphis Kvemug Bulletin, ol the
23’h ult.:
The reported crossing of tr.xjps and ammuni
tion by (inner*! Price, at som« po.nt betweea Na*
poleon and Vicksburg, induced General Curtis
to make a rigid personal examination. At Na
poleon there was a steam ferry-boat plying across
the river, but the owners on a* eing the steamboat
containing Oen. Curtis approach, ran off up tbe
Arkansas river. It was followed, overtaken, and
captured, together with fifteen other ferry and flat
boats.
The report was that the Confederates were
crossing forces up the Arkansas. H-no* General
Cnrtis went up the river to the White River Cut
Off about thirty-five m:.es, capturing boats at
every turn, and reluming by White river, when
he left a portion of bis captured booty, as he
UiigiM tx-ws. nr* opportunity to use it hereafter.
Jeff' Thompson was at Austin, fourteen miles
this side of Helena, on Friday m imng. He bad
about twenty five wagoa* of ammunition a sbon
Idi'taace off, and came in to see wbu tbe prospect
was nf crossing to the Arkansas si V He look
breakfast in tbe town, but shortly after a Federal
force surrounded tbe place, and Gen. Jeff.
Thompson only escaped by about five in inn tea.—
He managed lo gel h>a wngDO* « ff also.
A TRAITOR UHPOPULAR WITH TRAITORS.
The Union uieo ol Taylor count*, Va , held a
meeting oo the 22d of July, for encouraging en
lisimenis. Tne followiog resolution was
adopted :
H itivtd, That the coarse in Congress of our
Senator, John S. Uarlile, n vo'ing with Hecea
sioni'tN aori S c-.-sou ») Hipathi* ia, in all or a
Urge number ul_thcir M *olf3 ur W'niw
Stale, has neitbt r nj»*t our wi-bes nor n Acted
our sentiments, and we hereby request him to
resign :» position which he has sOuwu him sell
unworthy to till.
UKBKL ODNBOATS UP IHR TAROO RrVER.
Vicksbuuu July 25 -A geluieinan, recently
from me Yui»o river couo’i v, reper-a that tbe
steamer Siar of the Vest, captuied off Galveston
by the rebels, is up thu river and armed with
twenty-two guos. She is ironsplated to a con*
siderable extent.
The W. H Webb, a powerful ocean towboat, is
also up that river, and has been placed some.bmg
in the style of the roomier. ribe is constructed
as a rain
The rebels have rJso tbe Mobile, mounting one
gun.
The Star o' tbe West ani the Webb came up
from New Orleans when that city was captures,
briugiog, aLiong other rebelplunder, 108 guns.
Ai Liverpool, sixty five miles up tbe river, the
me rehe ! s b (Vo an ingeniously contrived rafi,
which is a perfect lock againat ascending boats.
ITiey have also a powerful battery on shore ot that
point.
In addition to the above named vessels there
;ire about thirty river steamers up tbe Y«* > river.
INSTRUCTIONS SENT ABROAD BT IWB KKPRBSE.STATITKS
or roKKiGN nati ns in r» vkkxnc* to the battle
RBfoKK RICHMOND
The U. S Slate Department has been informed,
through the channel ot our legations abroad, that
nearly all ihe representatives* ol European uauoui
at Wasb'tigion bad seut dispa'ches to thnr
respective Governments in reference to the sev.
en dav»* batiie before Richmond, winch they
describe as a defeat for tbe Moitb, und as a blow
from which it will not soon lecover. Home ol
these d'spaUrbes represent ihe army od ihe
James r>ver as being m s complete sta»e of de
moialiZAtton. ou* of seivice for tbe pr« sent, and
state that it will likely take m mtns and mm'hs
before it becomes as efficient as it was be'ore the
battle took pla*e.
Lnli>tmkntn at res North ctoone of the ex
change!] pneonettf Imm Fort W*mn (lii>stnn
harbor) slate that previous to their departuie l«*r
me ibey bad Koi-d oppoi ton nits if learn
ing ibe tacts >u regal d lo ewpaiments in ihe Fed
era! aiiuv, and they luity c«uhi tn »he acc« unis
herein lore received fro: va> iotas m uices. In thr
city of Boston siupeiidouN efioi :w have bet n maid**
10 stimulate roiunoenng. but thus >ar without
t-iacucal itruli. Mu tings of civ e-ls are h»-fn
almost daily, and mi<n*y is libeial y.* ob.-cnbeo
iii the bounty fund; yet even ib s h M u ail.* t.
teuipt ihe poorer classes, who fiequ ui y an*we
the appeals to-their pat noli ui tv asking the
wealthv men why lbe> do noi sei an examine b>
enlisting th-nise.ve* f In some instances'hes*«
tieeitngs have broken up in r« giil.tr row* Cnnii
nals have been released from prison o.i coo a tn*i
ol iheir joining thr auny. and t very po.-sibb
sublet lug- is resorfed to in the hope t»i avoidirg
agenei.i d .It; bui ibe *mprts.-i«>n is that ibe
qu-ita ol Mar sac ha-eits cannot be mrntsbed by
auy otlur means, aLci hence »he r.ewspapera are
laboring to convince the pubiKS mind of ihe pe
cuiiar advantages ot a measure which the masses
univeisaiiy condemn. A siatemeui hBB been pu’
.in nrcu ation that thirty ihousaod men hcvi- «)-
leady volunteertd in the Beverni Stair®, bui this
aa* no uiteriy at variance wiib 'he truth that a
New York j urnal re tast’d m give it currency,
and came out with a flai eo^tradtci.ou.
The guard over the prisoners at Fori Warren is
composed of paupers taiien from ibe poor bouses
in Boston und vicmiiv.
Kitkmond Aug 1
FROM HARDELVILLE, StVIH CAROLINA
We are kindly pei miiitd bv Major Wmm to
publish the following extract tri m a recent fetter
received by him, firm Hirdtevilfe, N C.:
My Dear Major; N ■ long Oetr 10-daj. Tbe
prison- rs were b» oghf up this tuornißp, cargtii
>y “Blokes' Haiallion of t'aValry, ,f aud.torw«iu. d
to Col. Walker. They ti l' al gmn,»ne Yanks,
in a fishing egrre, sod wl.en i.a'lea by p>* keis,.
ikß the Coon and J) vid Cimkett, dor*i J
ire, we’ll crnie R‘fcr>fe f sod were posit »i tv cNp- J (
uted by two men onJy. B. T. W. I ;
(y We clip the following paragraphs from
Richmond iVa.) Dispatch. August 7:
Baiamsßi>r, Below Richmond. -On Tuesday
last a body of the enemy, about 3,000 strong,
consisting of infantry, artillery and caeah,,
drove in our videttis to White Oak a ,cmp
bridge, where ihey were held in check du ,tng the
day by the 10th cavalry regiment, u com-,
mand of Lieut. Col. McGruder. So'ab i eo of our
virtues are musing, though it .» believed that
moatof them will return to ce,nsp. Two of the
enemy’s cavalry were ki'ltd *>y the pickets in
iheir retreat. Yesterday out 'scouts reported that
the enemy had lallen back-three miles beyond
the bridge. Seven prisoners were brought in by
the scoats, and one at them, who seems to be an
intelligent man, fitatea that McClellan Das not
more than 55, 0(1 men; that sickness is alarming*
|y thinning their ranks, and on Monday afternoon
last three divisions, under command.of Generals
Harney, Sedgwick and Hooker, with rations for
two days, feltlfariisoD’s Landing for the pur*
pose of taking Malvern Bill, which they sup*
posed was held by the Confedtraies with a
strong force. This may explain ahv our entire
picket line was kept in expectation of an attack
so thal no rein-oicements would be sent to Msl*
vern Hill. Tht Yankees, however, were some*
what disappouled in their anticipations of a
brilliant victory.
With retereoce to the fight at Malvern Ilill, on
Tuesday, we leirn that our Dotted ot yesterday
was in the mail correct, our forces having been
driven from ibatposition. It is not certain that
anv attempt was yesterday made to regain the
bill by our troops. One report sta'es that a force
was sent down, tnd after a brisk fight was re*
• pulsed, whilst another represents that 'be posi’iou
was recovered without serious opposition. It is j
more than probaole, from information received i
late last evening that our fbiceßare againf n poss
ession of me hij.
The Rafpaiialnock Lines —The Central train
from lhe Weal strived yesterday afternoon at its
usual hour. Past ngers on lhe -rain report no
thing new from be lines near Gurdonsville.
As the train paused Frederica’s Hall, a rumor
pi evaded that the enemy were between
that station and Waller’s Tavern, on
the road lealing to Fredericksburg. On
reaching Verdonstalion. they iearned mat a se
vere fight was inprogreas, between the enemy
and the forces olOen Stdart, ala poini some live
miles from the taiion, in Caroline county, and
lhe position of tie two forces was such as to
warrant llie bopt that the Federal troops en
gaged would be captured.
At Hanover Jmctiuo, an absurd report wa* in
circulation that Smart bad been repulsed with
the loss,of two regiments and three pieces of
artillery. Ashislorce con*tsted BOlelv ot cavalry
and artillery, these who understood the position
ot affairs gave or credit to this rumor-
Home seven or eight prisoners were brought
down from lhe iinclion by the train, who -were
captured to a ski mish on Tuesday afternoon.—
They say that thi Federal force in the neighbor*
hood consisted otlhree regiments of infantry, ten
pieces or artiller. and 6CO 'cavalry, and stule
also, that Burnsile islanding at Frtdtricltfburg
w iib 40,000 men. It is well known, however,
that this latter slttement, it not; wholly untrue,
is greatly exaggerated. It IS pretty well under*
stood that Burnsife sailed from Hamploo Roads
on Monday, withabnut 10,000, and that he in*
tended 1o rein'ore Pope.
Ysnxes Tils®afhic Thick.—About half past
three o’clock veserday afternoon the operator at
the Central Dep<» discovered by the constant in
terrootion of theworking of the telegraph, that
tb e fnemv bad cel the wire and pul in an instru
ment, with a view to intercept messagss over the
line. The operalir at B#aver Dam was immedi
ately oidered to put on his around wire, thus
cutting the line west of that point out of the
circuit, and prevmting an y message from pass
ing over the line rum this end beyond that sia
tir o. Soon af'er .bis was done an operator called
lhe office at this tnd, and inquired what was the
signal bv which Ibe office al Hanover Court
House was known and receiving no satifactory
answer, be inquire! where Gen.snuart was.
The operator here replied by asking jvho and
al replied that he was "U,” adding hat G was
the call for Gordonsville, and c ‘Orrnued by ask
ing where Gen. Jackson was. From the style ot
writing the operator at this ' ffi *e was sai-ti. d
thal the party making the tnquiiies was a Yan
kee, and desired in'orniatiou in regard to the
position of our forces, and w hatever else be con'd
get that might be of Bervice to the entmy His
name was again asked tor, when be replied 'hat
he was very anxious to ascertain who and where
I e was. As she down train passed Frederick's
Hall station the enemy were reported to be with
in a mile and a half of that place, and the pre*
sumption is that they fi-Powed ibe train below
Beaver Dam, and put in the instrument between
tbs Dam and Hsnorer Junction.
A Taavixanoos Scakk at WAt>Hi.NOTON\—The
feeling in Washington about Jackson » expected
raid in that city is intense. A tew uights since
a sentinel, tour mile* ;rom tbo city, bearing a
drove of mules approaching, tired his piece and
tan in, the mules at the same time running out.
A correspondent ol the New York Express save:
Their disorderly retreat, however, did not allay
the excitement, the impression had gone out'that
a cavalry raid, under the command of the ghost,
perhaps, of the departed Ashby, was the adv&oc*
tog party; the signal guu was tired, and the Jong
roil beat; "tbeie was hurrying to and fro of
brave men,"and * mounting in boi haste.’* As
da> light intervened, the horse which bad been
shot wa?> found, and one of the shoes taken from
the bom served to trace the source from whence
ibe stampede came. It was found to be the farm
of the widow lady btreinbeiore mentioned, and
i.(though it was soot made manifest, that the
Confederate cavalry raid waj nothing more than
an escape of animals from her pasturage, ex*
ire ait caution induced the authorities to cause
tbearrest ot all the parti* 8. white and colored,
on the premises, and report them to the office of
the Provost Maisb&t some intimation having
bern given out that a formidable scouting party
had been entertained by this lady, dubsiquenl
examination. lowev t r, has proved the scare to.
have been all occasioned from a horse scare. The
adventures of the ifght are nor such as would
embellish history, aid tbos*- badly scared would
have the matter “dn*d up;" but it bus leaked
on;, and these things always bear idling.
JdISC iILANEOfS NOR! HERN NEWS.
New Y< ifc i«shi»njtble s* cs*-sy h«s had a “sen
nation," i• i tut elopement of Mrs. Schoolcraft. n*
Geneva. N. Y., a »hck of Secretary Reward,
with L)r. Beattie, Ihe» physician and intimate
tneod.** Tue absconding :ady is a wid< w, and
the I>. ctor leaves behind him a wite and fumily.
I’hey 100 k passage it a late BTe*mer tor Eui ope
lbe w r»t ot me j»»tt is that Mrs Beattie gave
a grand entertainment in h* n« r ol Mis. JS.’s de
panuielor Europe little thinking that she was
aoou* to "come the grief ” through her friend's
chart*, s.
The correspondent of th»* New York Express
announce* that by the evacuate d or James lslan i
ali ihacce of apprt aching Charleston by mdv
bastble lund route has been aband* ned The
Eerier*! tri ops have also retired from Edtsto
i*!and, and bow only hold Hilton Head, Beau
tort, Pulaski, ana their immediate dependea*
ei e.
io a speech at Boston last week Hon. Charles
H Clark (son of the pteseni Governor of Texas,)
said he was with Gen. Houston in h:s last mo*,
meets, and be died with the "good old Big"
about him. K has not before been stated that
be was dead,
flt St. Stephens. New Brunswick, tbe Herald,
the only paper published in that province that
favored t*e f ederal cause, was mobbed on tbe
28 h, and thetipe ihrowo into the river.
The funeral of ex-President Van Buren was
largely at l end*d Gov Morgan, of New York;
Hon. GoveDeur Kemble, and others, were
mourners »t Ktodertiook oo tie occasion.
Gen. Sherri,an. at Memphis, has ordered that
n* it >re gold ►ha lbe paid for cotton, and ven
der* re us;ng current funds shall forfeit half
their tfttou.
Tbdnr.ag Comer, a well-known actor and musi
cian, died on Honda? ♦'Veoiog at the Broomfield
H -ust , Boston, aged 72 years.
rni 'xmarra kovihekts ok the james
RIVER- I
The Petersburg Fxpress, of Tuesday save:
We have information, which leaves no room
for doubt, that the enemy are advancing Irom the
soulh side of James river. One column is said to
be coming towards Petersburg, byway of Garys
ville, and the other on the river road. The latter >
was Dear Merchant’s Hope Church, Prince George
county, yesterday at mid-day, about fourteen
miles trurn Petersburg.
A letter Irom a well known citixen of burry
county, whose residence near the river lurnishes
hoe facilities ol obtaining information, gives it
as his opinion, that the enemy landed 10,000 on
Saturday and Sunday at "Mavcock’s,” and parties
irom Prince George state that a number estimated
at 5,000 was landed yesterday at Coggin’s Point.
Coggin’s Point is tbe name ot ibe farn of Edmund
Ruffin, jr., Esq., and is directly opposite Berkeley.
It is also stated that the enemy are throwing a
pontoon bridge across the river at.Coggin’s Point, j
Pickets of the enemy were captured by our vi- !
dettes on Monday nignt, and again yesterday, j
Tbe two captured yesterday are members of the |
Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and had dismount- j
ed, and gone into a gentleman’s orchard, near
Merchant s Hope Church, to gather pears. While
thus regaling themselves, they were surprised by
our pickets and captured without resistance.
They stale that they landed at Coggiu’s Point
Monday ntgbl. They expresaed no regret at their
capture, but seemed to be ratber gratified than
otherwise. They state that they have never been
to a battle, and never expected to be ; that they
are opposed to the war, and hope that it will soon
be brought to a termination.
Our opinion is, that the numbers of the enemy
have been gieatlv exaggerated, but there is no
doubt that they are on toe southern hank in lorce,
and may con-emplate a turward movement in
tbe hope of occupying Petersbuig. On the other
band, many tntnk" that they are only making a j
letDt towards Petersburg, while their real object i
is only to Earn time to secure a sale position on |
such portions ot the south bank of tbe river as j
will enable them to prevent another night attack
upon tbetr fleet sud camps.
Heavy filing is said to have been heard in the
dtrecitou of James river yesterday, above City
Point. It no doubt proceeded from the enemy’s
gunboats, tbe commandants of which practice
daily in shelling the shores.
BURNING OF A FBDRRAL GUNBOAT—TWO OTBRRS
AOBOUND.
From the same paper we get the following :
The Federal gunboat which got aground near
the mouth of the Appomattox, Sunday, and te’e
which a Confederate field battery threw twenty
one shot, was fired yeaterday afternoon by tbe
Federals, and, when odr mlormant left the vicin
ity, was in lull blaxe from stem to stern. Ail
day Monday and yesterday forenoon the enemy
were engaged in endeavoring to lighten her, vut
their etfiirls proved unavailing, and they were
compelled to consign her to tbe flames, lturng
Monday night two other gunboats, which had
been sent to the relief of the first, got agroukd,
and were stuck'ast vesterdav atlernoon at five
o’clock, when the tide was flood and unusually
high. The chances are that these two will have
to Oe disposed ot in the usual Yankee mode,
vix: by applying the torch. By tbe way, the
wreck ol the gunboat which got aground in thej
Appomattox, near tbe Point ot Rucks, about four I
weeks ago, and which 'he Yankees were com
pelled to burn, arter vainly endeavoring to get
her < ft. is still to he seen. A plan te now on toot
w bich will probably secure the w hole ot her val
uable machinery to the Confederate Government.
Thb Con f bob hath Privateersmen.—Among the
paroled prisoners that arrived here yesterday
were etgbty«»two men, composing the crews of
tne ships Dixie. Petrel, Beauregard, Savannah,
Sumter, Ac. We saw yesterday Johu Junnelli
and Chas, Forreatar. two of the crew of the Dixie;
Capt. Moore, and Henry A. Rowan, of the Petrel,
Capt. Percy. The D x>e was captured on the 3d
ot August, 1861, ofl Charleston, S. C., by the U.
S f'ngate W abash ; the Petr;»l by the St. Laws
rente, alter being out of Charleston, S C., but a
f» w hours, on the 28tti of Au««>«t. I*6l.
i ne crew were clwaely trot ed and sent to Hamp
ton Roads, where they remained three weeks,
and were convtytd to New York on the Minne
sota, thtnue to Fort Lafayette, where .tbeio was
no abatement in the severely of their treatment.
R *wan Siatts that the Baltimore ladies seat the
Petrels crew a Urge lot of clothing, whicii was
received by Limit. Harvey, of that Tisael, and
distributed. He turned over the surplus to Mr,
Gibson, commandant of Fort Lafayette, for dis
tribution among the oiher pnvateetsmtn. Gibson
distributed u to the chicken-beaded Conted?fatea
who had taken the oath of alleg'ance to the Yan
kee Government, and on one of the sailor’s aiking
him fur ciotr.efi t,m him in irons, and so kept
him till he was delivered up at Aiken’s farm, on
Tuesday, Rowan and the other men of the Pe
trel werecartied to Pbtlpdelphia, and
to .Moyamenstng prism, where they were ke>t m
irons for six months and twenty days, tbsnee
were carried to Fort Lafayette, where, after the
departure of most of iht able-bodied soldier* of
the garrison To reinforce McClellan, they were
required to do polije duty, and, retusing, were
pending destruction was kept before their eyee,
but *htn they found cut that the Southern Gov
ercuuDt would retaliate the minions of Yankes
tyranny contented themselves with simply
making pos.tion as disagreeable as they
could All of tbe men are unanimous in sayiog
that tbetr treatmmt has from tke
beginuing. Among those that came yesterdiv
was tbe piivateersman Wm. Sn ith, who was
condemned by a Phi adelphta jury to be hung as
a pirate.— Jivchmnr.d ( Fa.) Dupaick, August":.
A SENTIMENT FROM THE NORTHWEST.
We find the following article in a late number
of the Indianapolis Sentinel, the central organ of
the Indiana Democracy .
Gov. Mobton’s Pledge—Gov. Morton, os his
recent visit to Washington, pledged "Honest Old
Abe" 16 tOO more volunteer* from Indiana, if he
would a coercive policy tow ard tbeConfed«
erate States. This p edge was made fo»* the pur*
pose of st fleeing the limber back of the President,
and to induce him to abandon the pacific poliev
announced by Mr. Seward. The Governor wiil
tiDd it more eefcy to promise than to redeem his
pledges. The people of Indiana d*>"oot intend to
engage in a crusade v.gainwt the South for party
purposes—to advgtoce th« schemes'of the Aboil*
tiontsts and protectionists of New England and
Pennsylvania. The Southern Siates have not
trespassed upon the rights of ibe people o? In.
dtrtna,orr d<> th. y propose to do so.
Tre legisJatior of the Confederate S'ates is not
inimical to the iotmsts of the.n<v"tb west. but in
harmony therewith, while that of the Black Re
publican Cong Tess a.-setimtna'es arainst them.—
Gov. Morton’s sympathies are not with the people
ot Indiana, but with the sectional party in the
Eastern States, who propose. to make tbe labor of
the people of the West tributary to the advance
memos ns in’ercs-'S— mere bewers of wood and
nrswers o» water for the cotton nabobs ot New
England and the iron masters of Pennsylvania.
But to G< v. Morten’s pledge. How soon does
be propose to npe*/his recruiting office? Wil» he
bead the 15.000 volunteers he has pledged from
Indiana to engage in the butchery of the met),
women and children of the South—of the people
of the States who fought our battles and defended
our hearthstones when unable alone to resist the
foe?
The British schooner Mary Harris, from Nassau,
N. P., entered at this port this week, brings as
part cargo 74 bales Cotton and 100 barrels spirits
turpentine, and the British schooner Blanche,
from same port, 209 bales of Corton. It would
appear, from tbe peculiar cargoes continually ar
riving here from that port, that the regular
liner? between that port ard Charles ton still con
tinue to make their trips regularly.
Nhd Yak Herald , August 2.
It seems to us that this subject requires a little
lucking into. What is the difference between
sending cotton direct to New York, and sending
it there via., Nassau.
Captain Porter of the Tank js mortar fleet .has
one North forfcia health.
fclip the following paragraphs fro* •
the Richmond Dispatch, of Aug wt 8 :
The Lines bELow Richmond.— The pub lie seemj
desttued lo be left in blissful obscurity in regard
to affairs at Malvern Hill, tip to 7 o’clock In*,
evening no official account bad’reached the Wat
Cffice of i's capture or possession by the enemy
ai.d it is possible that all the statements to that
effect are premature. Ail the information re.
ceived from that quarter seems to nave been
brought by parties who left the field while
our troops occupied it, and beioreany indications
of evacuation were developed.
Stcast’s Cavalet again in the Ekemt’s
Rear.— The train which arrived at the Central
depot last evening from Hanover Court House
brought 96 Federal soldiers ar.d 1C negroes,cap
tured bv Stuart’s cavalry, on Wednesday, a!
MassapoßOi Church, eight mtlis this side ot
Fredericksburg. The prisoners are mostly from
Indiana, thoiign there are some from ibe 20th,
I 21st, 33d, aud 35th New York mlantry. There
' are no commissioned officers among them, which
■ is a subject of regret lo a people who desire to
! «ee the recent order from the War Department 1
i executed upon some of this class fiom Pope’s
command; but the priaoners say they ran away
with such speed that to catch tnem was an lm
possibility. We have received from a particle
pant a full account of this bold and successful
expedition, which we append ;
On last Mopday morning Maj. Gen. Stuart,
with a detachment of hig division, consisting o!
the 2d brigade, composed of the 3d, 4th, sth and
9th Virginia cavalry, under commnod of brig
Gen. Fite Lee, and the Stnari hoise artillery,
under command of Capt, Pelham, started on a
scout towards Fredereksburg. They marched
around by Port Royal, where a cavalry picket,
eleven strong, was captured,which had been post
ed ttiere to stop the smuggling trade across the
nTer reachioga point eight miles from towr,
ion Tuesday evening. Here information was res
I ceived that the enemy had come out the place in -p
1 lorce on the telegraph read leading down tc„
wards Hanover Junctiou. To ascertain the truth
lot the report, and uun.ask the enemy's design,
, the command was moved across the country tc
I esiike ibis road at Mussaponox Church, eight
| miles from Fredericksburg, wbub it reathid
about 12 o’clock Wednesday morning.
■ Here it wa9 ascertained that two brigades
! (Hutcbe’sand Gibbon’s,) two batteries ot artilles
ry, aud cavalry in proportion, had passed during
the night towards ihe Haaover Junction, evident
ly for the purpose of cutting off communication
with Jackson. It was also ascertained that a tram
oi Wagons with some sixty nr seventy soldiers
had just none bsck towards Fredericksburg Tht
column halted before reaching the road, and the
3d regiment, under command of Lieut. Colo Del
Thornton, which was in the advance that day,
was ordered to draw sabres—the Ist sqtiaidcn
I uuder Capt. Berkeley, to pursue the wagon train,
| and the rest of the regiment to charge the rear of
I the mam body. Most gallantly did they perlgrm
j their work, turning to the right and left as they \
! came to the church. Capt. Berkeley overtook end #
| captured the entire party of wagons and men,
after a gallop of a coupe of miles. Capt. Thorn, f
| mu overlook and charged the rear guard nen
Mrs. Standard’s, lour miles from the cburcb,cip
turing several wag ins and some prisoners. Ton |
9th, undercutnmand of Col. W. H. F. Lee, with |
two pieces of cannon, moved on alter the 3d, in
1 act as a reserve. The prisoners confirmed the
' larcounts received, and placed the strength if tho
'expedition at 6,000. They stated that Burniide
! irnved in Fredericksburg on Tuesday evening,
I kie command having preceded him, and Hat
| tveie were 20,000 men in the place.
After remainin'; at the church for four bturs
Gti. S uart proceeded down the road tor son*
j but tiodiDg the enemy making a bear/
j denoDstntion towards him he turned
tow.rds Howling Green, bringing off
eveftthing safely. These were V 6 prisonHS
of vur, 15 negroes, and 12 wagons, with superb
team, some with six horses Our loss was one
man nortally and two seriously wounded. Tb-i
Ist Yrginia cavalry was operating on the front
wbileWtuart was in the rear, communication be
tweeo/be two commauus being kept up by bold
horseien, who knew the Country thoroughly,
anc uho passed around from one to the other
■ repeatedly during the day
! at Mount Carmel Church.—We an
j dersund itai the lot Viiginia cavalry bad a Buo
cessul skirmish with the advance gi.aid onto
enenv at Mount Carmel Church in Cai oline Ccoc
tv i day or two since. Some prisoners and
hordes were captured, w ith no loss on our aide,
A report has reached us ol a fight near the frame
puce on Wednesday, which risuited n the cap*
ture of a large number of torses and mules and
% wagons loaded with am mu nit 10.
Another Foray upon this Central Railroad.-
On Wednesday, alter the train for Richmond had
jassed Frederick'sHall t a station ou the Central
iailrotfd titty milts Irom Richmond, a force of
ihe enemy made a descent upon the place, • and
set tire to the outbuildings ana water tanks. Tbo
depot building, which contained no stores ol
value, and was partly occupied by the agent and
his family, was not injured. It is presumed that
some damage was done to the track; but as bo
direct communication "was bad with the plac«
Yesterday, the extent cannot be stated. fb«
Yankees seem determined to break up this im*
portant avenue of communication wnh the West,
and lheiraudacity in iheir several attempts ha*
j been a matter ol some astonishment, though, up
! to this time, they have signally failed to accom*
| plish their purpose.
Movements of thb Enemy on th* South fidb o»
Jambs River.—Humors reached Peier»burg on
Wednesday, trom Prince Grorge county, that the
enemy were advancing; but the latest and mogi
reliable assurances are that their pickets were
driven in on that day at s-Teral points, and ihat
their main body retired some five or six miles.
There are various conjectures in regard to tb*
recent demonstrations in that quarter, seme be*
lieviog that an advance on Petersburg iscuniem- s
plated, while others adhere to the opinion that it
is a reconnoisance in force, covering operations
on the i nmedi'ate South bank of ihe river. It i®
positively asserted that the Federate have beeD en
trenching at C>ggin’s Point and at Maycock? Jj|
since Sunday last. ♦
DEPttBD\TIOS9 UPON PRIVATE PrOPBBTY.—Th
Column ol Yankee troops which left Fr* d?|Rki>
burg some two weeks ago stopped at Verdict*'
viifc*, iq.Orange county wbere toey stole
destroyed a cb»6’^f a vle t-ciount of property
Tnty demanded from Cation Rhoades all
corn’and bacon, refusing to make uny temunors
li-Vn. and then broke open the store dwellia?
ol 1. J Ha'Cb.pos master, demolished iißl* r Jjj'
niture, and'd-stroyed or earned off his gco&
Thev also stole a horse trom Henij Batch,
committed various other excesses. ScVt-ra: c> r
lzens were arrested and held in custody lor ty.r* l
lyitour hours, when ibev were released.
Private letters from Gloucester stale that D*
less than'three thousand negroes have been ru3
otf tr«m that county and Matthews since the iw
vasion by the enemy.
Another Rectal Order —The fol lowing is *a
order issued by the commandant of the poet tt
Fort Delaware, issued bv that official with *
view to arrest the attempts ctf our meh to ev*d»
the vigilance of his sentiueis. It was banded
us by one of the released prisoners who anive*
in this city on Wednesday. Comment upon *>uc&
an atrocious order is unnecessary :
Fort Delaware, Del., July 17, |
A guard, patrri, or other party, captaring *
prisoner of warm the act of escaping, will sbe° l
him. No attempt will be made to capture bio
alive. He mast be shot or bayonetted.
A. A. Gibson,
Capt. of 2d Artillery Commanding.
“Augusta Insurance Bane*’ £ rnrPLAST** 8 -*"
We canpon our renders against these ifr-o**'
A.number of them of the denomination of ,e *
cents were picked op or yesterday in a « ,or
in this citv. They were neither number®*
nor signed, but this can be easily done by |D
parties to the fraud, and in
to 9nit their purposes. There is no such ban* '
Augusta as the Augusta Insurance Baok. D
storekeepers and soldiers will odlj
this, the fellows issu ng these m 7
bd detected before loDg. .
Atlanta {Ga.)'l*U<ligtnctr, Angurt