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£!)c lUcchln Constitutionalist.
BY JAMES GARDNER.
}*ro*n the Petersburg (TV/ Express, August 12.
LATEST FROM THE HOBTH. \
Through the kindness of friends we have been •
placed in possession of the -New York T’ribune j
and Herald of Friday lest, August 8. We copy j
the following extracts:
■ret ST*A¥SK!P SOLDBH GATE BCHXED AT SEA—TEE* |
BIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.
The Tnbcne, of Friday, contains the follow. I
kfhe steamship Golden Gate, which left .San '
Francisco, July 21, for Panama, with 280 pas« j
sengers, $1,114,000 in treasure lor New VorSt, and
$270,000 for England, was burnt at sea July 27, ,
tid iso DE«sengers and all the treasure loot.
The Golden Gate was a first-class steamship j
of 2.000 tuns burden, built in 1554, and was aj
gieter vessel of the steamer Illinois. The Golden ;
Gate belonged to the Pacific Mail Steamship j
Company, the President of which received the
lollowicg announcement ol her loss on Thursday
morning i
Sax Francisco, Aug. 7.
Allsw McLaxe, President; The Golden Gate
timed at sea, near Manzanilla. Two hundred
passengers and crew perished. Ship total loss;
Particulars soon as posssible.
Forbes A, Babcock.
The parties who sect lie above dispatch are the I
agents of the conspanyin San Francisco.
Mansaai.la is a port in Mexico, about l,f>oo |
mllee south of San Francisco. Among the pas- 1
S pgg, re on board the il! fated vessel, were Beuja- i
min Holiday and Kdw ; rd Flint, composing the ]
f rm of "Holladay A Flint," owners of theCalifor- j
r a and Oregon steamship line. Mr. Flint was!
lost; Mr. H dladay wa« saved. The facts are
g-veo in the olio wing dispatch received jester
morning :
San Francisco, Aug. 6,1962.
To Was. No. 88 Wall street : Was
«A*ed from the burning ship by lashing myself to
forces site ladder ano jumping overboard. Pass
ed binder port wheel while under way without
serious irjury ; was picked up by ship’s boat. Re
mained m it twenty Lour* before reaching Man** j
zaeills. Poor Fuel wai lost Wiii return over- 1
land. Bsnj. Holladay.
There i® ik- way of learn log who were on ibe
burned steamer, or what persons were lost other I
than Mr. Flint, till the telegraph is ir. operation, i
The ofreers of the company ueciioe, tor the;
present, to state the value o* the Golden Gate, or I
anything about her insurance.
Mr. Flmt, who is reported lost, was a man of j
middle age, and bad lived in San Francisco since !
February; 1861. He leaves a wife, who is now j
temporarily res dent near this city. He was lor- |
trerly an agent fer the Pacific Mail Steamship j
Company.
The following is a dispatch received by Messrs, J
itanobne, Ralston A Co., of this city:
San Francisco. Thursday, Aug. 7,1862
To 2roisi*« Kat.LT A Co.: Steamship Golden
Gate, wbiea sailed hence 21st July, took tire 12
miles t tT ManxiOills, and was burned to the wu«
te»*’s edge. About 2co pavseDgers lost.
Edward Funt gene. Ben Holliday and Capt.
Whitney saved. It is thought the treasure will
be saved aa the ship was beached.
Chicago, Thursday, Aug. 7, 1662.
There is no prospect oi getiing a reportx>f the
Golden Gate disaster to night. The line is down |
between Overland City ana Port Laramie.
DSeCRIPTJOft cr Til* LOST STEAMER GOLDEN GATE. )
The subj > oed is a lull and correct description j
of this ilUfated steamer ;
Length on deck, 265 feet; breadth of beam, 40 j
»f*t; depth of hold, 22 feet.. 6 uiCfces: dentt; nf~-
b'■'* spar deck,’3tt feet; drift of
1;ne,15 fefin.M.c„. tn image, 2,100 tuns; frame
< white ouk, live oak, locum <»ud cedar, and
square fastened with copper and tree-nails ; floors
aided 12 ioebes, aided 15 inches, aud her frames
were 30 niches apart at their centres. She was
tiued with an oscillating engine, having two
cylinders 65 inches in diameter, and a stroke of
p-gtoa of 0 feet. Her water-wheels were 32 Let
in diameter. She was a'so supplied with two
tabular boilers, located in her hold. This vessel
w*s built in the year 1850 by W-m. H. Webb, of
l this city. Her machinery w*es constructed by the
Novelty Iron Works.
GEN. UOPER? m’COGK SHOT.
Cincinnati, August 7, 1562. •
A d spa'ch to the Commercial from Deckerd,
| 'I ecu., says that Gen. Robert McCook was mur
dered wbi'e riding to his ambulance day before
I yesterday in advance of b:s brigade.
Nashville, Thursday, Aug. 7, 1662.
Gen. Hebert McCook was shot bv a party of
guerrillas, near I-alem, Ala., yesterday, while
rtdmg towards Winchester, Tenc., sick, in an am
biance. Hi« remains reached here this evering.
Capt Brooks was captured Our force burned
I the house of the Rebel who led them into this am
buscade.
I have iust left the body of Gee. Robert Me- I
| Cook, lie was killed yesterday near Salem, J
while riding in an ambulance, sick. The body!
will be taken to the Capita!, by order of Governor j
Johnson.
ARREST OF THI ROIf. A. O. P. NICHOLSON.
Col- mbia, Tens., Aug. 2,1662.
'■ nee the R cbmond battles and evacuation of j
j* CoriQtb. ttare baa been a great flutter here among ;
p the boldest if the Rebels, in which Ex-Senator A. I
4 O. P. Nicholson took an active part. The follcw
itg speaks for itself:
“ H’n Q’bsU. S. Force®, 1
Columbia, July 23, 1662. >
apt Hr inkier, Provost Marshal —Sir . Place in
c '*e confinement, on soldier’s fare, the Hon. A.
1). P. Nicholson, ar. avowed traitor to his coun-
I try, end for using the following language: That
he had Been a sympathiser with the S.uth, and
was still a sympathiser with the rebellion; that he
bad made op bis mind to take the consequence
t e*V -e he would take the oath
Jab. S. Nbullf, Brig, Gen.”
The arrest, which immediately took place, caus
ed great * xcitement. A large number of gentle
men called upon Gen. Negiey, mauv I regret to
say being lo\ at men, and importuned for his re
lease. But the Genera! informed them alt that be
would transgress his duty, should be release bo
vile a traitor, and that, as he bad deliberately an
nounced that he was prepared to take all the Cf ns
sequences before he would take the oath, he must
extricate himsef honorably, and secure liberty in
ro other way*
To the afernoon of the day of bis arrest, the
traitor’s wife called upon Gen. Negley, and asked
Hi permission to take her husband a pillow an J some
food.
The General informed her that he would permit
HI cc such thing—that her husband was prepared for
ibe consequences, and he must take them.
"But.” said the lady, where is he confined Y ’
• Tn lb? guard bouse, madam, with a soldier
who has been imprisoned for stealing,” was the
|1 General'e answer.
This enraged the lady and Bhe Vehemently in
qui red of the officer if be tncaDt to compare the
I c r ime of her husband to the petty transgressions
r of a low blackguard of a soldier ? “Madam,” re
j. red the General, ‘‘you ask me a direct question,
| x-cd lam not in the least inclined to evade an
acßwer; but you must not consider me indelicate
w hen I infirm you that your husband deserves
t inging; and that in my estimation there is no
crime so enormous as treason to the United Skates
i Govern meet ”
j Sb* immediately bestowed upon the General ,
the vife.et of abuse, and exhausted the vocabulary
.9 < f oppivbious epithets in her rage, Telling bun
J ili.- ter kti-band was willing to take the oaih
j with her eca'S at, but that be should rot in jail
mtire*
MCVEMS.' -fE ** QDAN'T&BLL S GSIhRTLLAS.
ft Joseph. Tuesday, Aug 1862.
8 gentleman fro.’n Leavenworth report* that
(the guerrilla leader Quantre!’ se’red a descend- !
ingsteamer on Sunday evening, and crossed 1,500 I
j this side of the river. The military au 3
i thorities of Fort Leav nworth, hearieg of the •
J capture, and not knowing Quantrell’s strength, i
; sent 100 men to intercept him—all of whom he *
j captmed, and marched on, capturing Liberty.
Col. Pemtick bad previously evacuated that j
! place, escaping with his command.
T An additional force of four companies, with a
battery of artillery, was despatched from Fort
! Leavenworth yesterday morning, to operate
1 against Quantre!!.
MORGAN IN KENTUCKY.
Louisville, Wednesday, Aug. 7.
j The Journal publishes a rumor of Morgan’:? ad
i ranee into Kentucky, and- his capture of Burks
• ville with aa increased force of cavalry. Ee ex- <
i presses the determination to march to the batffcs
of the Ohio river. Military circles here disbelieve :
the whole story.
fHStMISF AT POINT PLXASAKT, MO.
Cairo, Tbursd&r, Aug. 8?
A skirmih look place yesterday near Point
Pleasmt, lo , between the citizens and State
troops, is thich it is reported that several were *
killed on bDth sides. It seems that the cit.zeus
bound thepselves together to resist the Enroll
i ment Act were sec*, from New Madrid *.o
enforce tb4law, and hence the collision.
-it BE CUNT FIGHT NEAR MEM PUIS
j •* Memphis, Aug.
j Tht £g<t on Sunday afternoon between the
Union recinnoiteringparty and the Rebels, wa?
! a smart amir. About 150 of the latter were sur
prised in he v icinity of Mooney Creek and, .fled
at thefirstifire. Six or «even were killed and
several wtunded.
IMPORTANT PROM ARKANSAS.
Cairo, Aug. 9,1562.
The ran Mingo, from Halena, reports that on
Saturday a scouting party of 75 Unionists were
surprised by 500 cf Hindman’s Rebils, and badly
cut up, only 20 having »aved themselves tnd es«
j • forty of Jeff Thompson’s men were captured
! while attvmptmgto cro6B the river near the town i
1 of Austin.
I The recest publication of Gen. Pillow’s letter
Ito bta brother, in regard to the slaves of the j
I! former, renders interesting the tact that General
UurUfi hat freed all the negroes m question 225 !
in number.
Pillow has three plantations near Eelenn, on .
; which all his moveable property was confiscated,
i Q»*d. Cnrtts has freed at Helena about 3,( GO
j staves, chiefly those who worked on Forts Pillow
j and Jcnelson.
COMMERCIAL.
Gold and Foreign Exchange remain unchanged.
! Cotton, but little < ffering. Middling Uplands
quoted at 47c.
MI«CBLLA*ftOUB.
Richard Busteed, ot New Y'ork, has been Dp*
pointed a Brigadier-General.
Brig. Gen. Davidson has assumed command at j
B\. Louis. Col. Merrill, formerly Commandant ■
of that District, has been commissioned a Briga* j
ditr-Gsneral, uni gone to Northern Missouri, to j
look after the guerrillas.
Orß ABMY COttRiSPOKDKKCI
ICumiia CBHrmwm, (
_ Aoguist llio, 1562. ) j
Oxf at jiioß (lfl Georgia Battalion- Bbarp-
I I
to tho wharf, took past;
KMgeou board the beautiful aod excellent-tsamer I
Senator. The trip from Mobile to Mortgomery i
was very pieasant. The scenery on the river is ■
beautiful. Selma is a thr; ving’liule town, situated i
! opon the banks of this beautiful stream. The *
uK.st pleasiug sight to tkoso who participated :n ;
the retreat from Corinth was the limpid streams
oi water as they taaued forth from a thou>aud !
different pores in the rocky backs. Tne members 1
oi the Army of the Mississippi will never :orget i
how to appreciate goad water as wall us good
food. We arrived ’n Montgomery cn Tutsday,
sth inst., in the afterco n. We marched to the
Fair Grounds and remained there until Wednes '
i day morning, when we took our departure for
' Chattanooga, via Atlanta. We had travelled not
many miles when the traiu stopped at Ciyati's
B allon, until the passengei train ahonld pass by.
Here we found a large assemblage of the ludn-6
of Ciyati’s Station and Mount Meigs, with an
abundance cf the good tbing9 of this h e, such as
ptaciii s, upples, and provisions of a more substan
tial character.
We remlined at Ciyati’s Station for an hour
or so, and then took our departure for the next
station, woich is Cheehau. Here we were again
compelled to halt until another train passed.
The Bat'ilion does not regret being detained at
* this action, nor at any upo« the route from
I Montgomery tc West Fotnt. At Cheeh*n we were
greeted by the fair unes ol the place and Tus
i kegee, having with them all manner of fruits
and eatables— more than the Battalion could eon*
1‘ stuzie- These kind-hearted ladies had been wait
ing upon the soldiers daily for a week, and say
that trey will never tire in. waiting upon the
: brave decoders of their country.
The mtmbers of Cox's Georgia Battalion of
Sharpshooters will f.ver hold in grateful remem
brance tie kindness of the ladi a of Clyatt’s Sts
lion, Mount Meigs, Cheehanjand Tusk* gee, Ala.
The Batu Lon, \ doubt nbl, will join your cor
respondent in the w ®h that the lifts of these I
tair Alabamians may be as happy as they have •’
shown tbsmaelve3 kind. Cheehan,| Mount Meigs, j
and Tuicegee, shall be our watchword; w.th
these in 4ur minds we shall conquer or die.
The Battalion :e encamped in a prectey place a
few miM from Chattanooga. August* boys all
well. Vtry respectfully, yours, Ac., Buhls
jy VTeyesterday bad the pleasure of greeting,
with a cordial gjasp of the hand, Capt. Bruster,
of the Mounted Partieans, who
□as just returned from a little excursion t?p ,
the couctry. Captain Bi uster, with a portion of {
his company, not more than thirty, has been
‘‘cavorting” around MrMinnville in the most in
dependent style imaginable ever sinct the oc«*
cupation o' that place by Bull Nelson, and do
ing pretty much as he pleased. He had a lit
tle engagement with Nelson’s advance guard
when they first went into McMinnville, killing
two or three and taking several prisoners, and
on last Wednesday had another fight with his
pickets seven miles from McMinnville, in which
be lost one man mortally wounded, hut killed
several Yankees and captured the residue, mas
Kiug altogether twenty*tw> prisoners, nearly a
prisoner apiece for his mt nto guard, when he
concluded it was about time to quU that section,
in order to secure them. Thia conclusion was
somewhat hastened by the intelligence thatNeU
son had sent out some six hundred meu to bag
him. He accordingly beat a retreat, aod arrived
here day-before-yesterday.
The Captain assures us that it will take a smarter
man than Ball Nelson to bag him. He is deriious
of increasing his command to a battalion, and we
assure ottr young men about this section that no
better command can be toned than Capt Brys
ter’s in which to distinguish themselves ; he xs a
in&o that will k ep Ikem iu action and afT>rd all a
chance to meet the enemy; he is, too, familiar
j* - .th every acre of ground iu this section of the
Wtdte. We hope he will soon have his battalion
full. Mono! and join Linn.
Chattanooga (Tmn. ) Augnai 13.
f 47 OCO.—We learn iroin Col. Jones, State i
Tn-a- uer that be b«s reived from the Treasurer
of the W A A. ft R t*7,uoo, net profits of the
j imd ( «-r the month of July
MiUdgitiiU (9a.) >Sc. Fedtial Union, £
UGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING AUG. 20. (862.
Frohx iKe JaeiMi-r. "ilttfig: tppian.
THE “ ARKANSAS RELIABLE INFORMA
TION CONCIRNING HER
From Lieut. Reed, of the ram Arkansas, we i
learn the following particulars.
The Arkansas left Vicksburg at two o’clock i
Sunday morning, and steamed leisurely down :
| the river, having ample time fio reach Baton
. Rouge at the appointed hour. When the ar- j
rived within fifteen miles of Baton Rouge, her 1
starboard engine broke dowh Repairs were j
1 immediately commenced, and at eight <4clock .
were partially completed, the ugh she wps not j
in a.condition to engage many-of the Yankee :
vessels, on account of tbe injury received. i
At 4 o'clock, almost to s minute; Gen. Breek- I
' inridge opened tbe attack upon Baton Rouge. !
A messenger was dispatched, at 6 o'clock, to 1
ascertain the strength of the enemy’s fleet, and j
the Arkansas proceeded to a point five miles
above Baton Rouge, when she was cleared f(Sr
; action.
y We learned from the guerrillas on shifre that
: there were only three gunboats. On rounding
toe point, the starboard engine' again broke
doyn, and the ship drifted ashore in sign of
Baton Rouge, on the Arkansas side, fvejairs
were immediately commenced, and tbe snip got
afloat at 5 o’clock the same evening. Theen
gineers teported that the engines were unreli
able. It was determined to make a trial sup
•up the river to ascertain the strength of the
engines—proceeded some five hundred yardsup
the river, when her engine again broke more
seriously then ever The crew were engaged
all night in repairs.
Next morning, at 8 o'clock, the look-outs on |
j shore reported the Federal fiaet coming up. Tbe
ship was moored, head down stream, and clear
ed for action —and in this condition wss de
termined to fight to the last. At 6 o’clock the
Essex came round tbe point and opened Cre.
At this moment the engineers reported the«m
gines readv, and that they would last half a
1 day.
The lines were cut, and the Arkansas started
; for the Essex, with the intention of running
' her down; proceeded about three hundred
yardß in the direction of the Essex And the lar
board engine suddenly stopped Sbe then
makes for the bank, her stern down, the Essex
pouri ig a hot fire into her. In this condition
we open fire with the stern. The Essex con
tinued to advanoe, and, when within four hun
dred yards, the crew of tbe Arkansas were or
dered asbore, and the vessel fired. After all
hands were ashore t.be Essex fired upon the
, disabled vessel most furiously. In an hour af
j ter her abandonment tbe fire communicated to
her magazines, and all that remained of them*
! ble Arkansas wes blown up.
Lieut. Stevers wag in command of the Ar
j karsas, and displayed remarkable soolness ud
ler tbe most perilous and distressing misfor
: tunes. Our informant, Lt. 8., states that but
j for the misfortune to her engines, tbe Biped!
! tion against Baton Rouge would have been a
? nvt fcm
From the Savannah Morving August lTth.
RETURN OFTHEGKW. LEE -HER OFFICERS
AND CREW CAPTURED THEIR RELEASE
AND RETURN 10 SAVANNAH.
The steamer GeD. Lee, Captain H. B, Eraser
returned to the city about ten o’clock on Monday
night from her trip under a flag of truce to Port
Fu'aski. We are indebted to Capt. Fraser for tbe
following intelligence in relation Pi bis visit to
the tort ami bis trip to Hilton Head on a Yankee
steamer.
it has already been stated that the Gen. Lee,
with Cant. James Ktewart aud other officers, m
charge ot a lady, left the city on Snnday morning
last. When the steamer reached within two
milts of the tort, tbe Federate bred a gun, when
tbe Gen. Lee stopped. A Federal steamer wub
officers soon apprua-bed the Lee, and she was al
lowed to proceed within a mile ot tbe fort. Here
the lady was taken on bofrrd of the Federal steam
er, and ihe Lee remained there with the under
standing that if the lady was received at the fort
a gun would Le fi ed. it nil, she would be brought
back It we.s understood that tbe Lee should not
go nearer the fort, for iear of being fired into.
The orders were obeyed, ard Ihe Lee was slowly
headed up the river, in order that she should uot
drift any nearer to the fort. After remaining in
this position for half an hour or more, a gun from
the tort was fired at tbe Lee, the ball cod mg so
near that it threw water on the Captain, who was
standing on the guards at the time.
Supposing it to be tbe signal given, and that
the lady had benn received, the Gen. Lee was
| Leaded up the stream. As soon as she commenced
| to move the lort tired faster, and tbe ebot fell
very near her. The Kederals had placed a
gun and an armed ermpaoy of men on their boat,
I and went in pursuit of the Gen. Lee, firing two
guns at her As soon as this occurred the Gen.
j Lee was stopped, and shortly afterwards ordered
down opposite the Fort. The officers and crew'
; of the Gen, Lee was taken prisoners and a guard
| placed on hoard, where they remained unri; .Sun- |
I day night, when L’apt, Fraser, the -dicers and
i crew, were marched into the fort and confined in
| the rooms with a guard at the dorrs. There
, th' y remained until eight o'clock on Monday
I morning, when they were all placed on board of
i a Federal steamer and sent to Hiltoa Heud. They
[ remained at Hilton Head about threi hours, but
' did not go ashore, and then were sent back to
I Fort Pulaski, wilh permission to return to Sa*
> vannab.
i There were some 20 or 25 guns fired from the
i fort at the Gen. Lie, many ol th# abut striking
veiv near her. When asked wly the fort fired
on the Gen. Lee, the only excuse given was that
they saw tbe wheels of tbe Gen. Lee in motion
and thought she intended to return to the city
without tber permission.
The E’ederal guard placed on beard of the Gen.
Lee to protect her while her officers were im
prisoned. stole tverything they could carry off,
such as meat, sugar, spoons, knives and forks,
powder aDd shot, the doming of the crew, their
combs, brushes, remora, strops, Ac. One of the
guaid stole a pistol from Captain IJent, tut a
Federal officer, when made acquainted with the
fact, returned kirn anolber. When informed what
tbe guard had done, the officers pronised to me
vesiigatetbe mailer and punish the bleve*.
While the officers and crew of the 3#neral Lee
were at Fort Fuluski and on board be Federal
steamer at Billon Head, they were IKtfllv treated,
aud every stteaticn showed them by ihe Federal
officers.
I) corn as’ Cbbtifioates of ho Ata.’(—The Al
bany Evening Journal says:
We are requested by tile Burgeon General to
state "that doctors’ ceriifieitea of difibilitv will
he of no enrtbly avail except (or mereS'ate ier
vice. Under the order from the War benarTueDt
everybody, within co-tam ages—wit(out r-*er
ence to his physical condition—will he subject
draft. It, alter they have been defied, they
are found to be disabled, they will baex-mpied
People, therefore who rnn to iheir physicians to
gel certificates of physical unfitness U 'shnn'der
arms,’ waste their ume and breath invma "
■ ssr We clip the following paragraphs from
I the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, of Aug. 12;
j Th* Battli or Socthwsst Mocntaix- Skiri
j MISHINS PeKVIOOS TO THE FIGHT—THE Forces
Engaged on Satcrdat—Rout or th* Kvemy.—
i The prelude to the ba’tle of Saturday evening oc
! eurred on Friday, in Culpeper county, beyond the
Rapidan River, in a skirmish beiwetn the ad*
I vance of our army and & larger force of the ene
j my. The latter retreated with some loss in killed
and wounded, and 21 prisoners fell into our
' hands, including three commissioned officers
| who arrived here byway of Lynchburg on Suns
j day night. The pursuit was continued for some
i distauce, and tbe Yankee forces made a stand at
I Southwest Mountain, near Mitchell’s station, about
1 six miles beyond the Rapidan. Slight akirmish
| ng was kept up on Saturday morning, and in the
j afternoon of that day, about 4 o’clock, an attack
! was made upon the enemy by a portion of the
! division of Gen. Ewell, and a brigade under Gen.
C. S. Winder. Or.r 200 prisoners were captured
in this engagement, including thirty commission
ed officers.
One of the latter admits that a Federal division
was cut to pieces while endeavoring to surround
the Stonewall brigades, and the gen-tai bel es is
that the enemy’s less :c killed and wounded is at
lea-t four times g: eater than ours. It was while
bravely leading on the men under fcis command
that Gen. Winder wasabot through the breast end
almost icKtac.ly killed. At or.e moment the faie
of his brigade seemed in doubt, wb.-n his •’up ports
came up, and the enemy was driv-.-n back under
an Impetuous onset. Oa Saturday night the
division of Gen. A. P. Hil! w=s engaged, and the
whole Federal force retreated, the pursuit being
kept up for a distance of some five miles, heavy
and rapid -ring was heard after midnight, and
the supposition is that a battle look place imme-
I diatel; on the Rappahannock river, near th’ line
of Fauqqierconniv.
The prisoners were sect back to Gordonsville,
whence they were tiansferred by railroad to Rich
mond, guarded by a detachment of the Ist Mary
land regiment, under Oapt. Wm. Goldsboreug'h.
A' C >rding to the s alt meals of prisoners, the
twee under Pope amounts to 40,000 men.
1 Gen. C. S. Winder was a nephew of Gen. John
g. Winder, the commander of the Department of
l Henrico, and w,v probably the youngest Brifca
; dier in the Confederate arm v.
[ The city was foil of rumors yesterday of a bats
. tie oa Sunday, but after the most dilligent inquiry
we could leurn nothing definite concerning it.
Certain it is, that heavy firing was heard in the
1 direction of the Rappahannock after midnight,
i [(Saturday,) and again for a brief period on Suns
■ day morning. No train had arrived from Gors
- donaville up toa laie hour last night, and no m
. telligence had been received ot the War Office
I to confirm tbe rumors so industriously circulated
, throughout the day.
The enemy had 6,000 troops engaged in the
batt'c on Saturday afternoon.
> Finasai. Gunboats at West Point.— We learn
r that three Federal gunboats came up Yoik river
to West Point on Sunday morning la*t, and after
remaining there a while took their departure.
On the same day the Yankee*, landed a force at
Corr’s farm, in King and Queen county. Tne
object of tbrae movements is a matter of conjee
’ lure, though it la possible that troops are pausing
by that route from McClellan’s urmv to the Rap*
i pahanaock
i’ ’it a ■■ y. ■. t— Ao trf>ef!iy»»« n»gro, who
Tcf A Mia, gaW a iitily horrlju.' ASf tbu
■ i mrMhVtlts pewpkii-.-j b -. ,:V •wg v-4
| where upon our helpless people He mentions
one case which mikes the blood run coid. The
’ daughter of one o| the most piominent citizens,
1 (whose name has bveu g'veo us,; was se’zed, dis
robed, and then whipped by these worse than
swages ' Her alleged .ofleDse wis the expression
' ot some “rebel”sentiment that attended ibe mis.
cr-antd. .Such are ilie scenes which have been
1 inaugurated since the victories of the don't: near
Richmond. This it Iheir revenge for afair defeat
in an open field.
Tbe negro who br.ngs this Intelligence was
left behind by his coubter, a tr-tuber ot tbe 21st
Mississippi Kegi.ient, when o.r army letired
[ from Williatrisbvrg, being sick a: the time. A«
’ soon as. be bud recovered, and had worked long
1 enough to rep.»y those who look care of him, he
louud means of getting through the Yankee
lines, thooghheeevelaltiir.es na-rowly escaped
capture. lie says he never warns to dwell among
Yanke.s again—hebaßseen enough of their bru
ts.'ity towards while and black, to disgust him
with the race for ever
Wuroi Ignorance—Ad officer who accom
panied to this city the soldiers of Pope's com
mand, who were captured in ’be skirmish on
Friday, says that be inquired of one of the
Yankee officers of tbe party whether be had read
the proclamation of Prescient Davis and the or
ders of the Adjutant General with reference to the
treatment they were to receive. They promptly
replied that their businias was 'o obey orders,
and notread the pro Ir.mations ol Jett' Davis.
Bam G*n. J’rjncb,—This officer, who was cap
tured by our forces o the fight a: Southwestern
Mountain, on Saturday last, is ua officer of the
oldU. S army In the Mexican war he acted as
Adjutant-Genera! of tbe bi igude commanded by
Gen. Sterling Price, whose confidence and es
teem he possessed. When the present war broke
out Prince was a Captain of dragoons, at Fort
i Leavenworth, and a’ierwards become commandant
of that post. In his intercourse with the people
of Missouri and Kansas he .s represented to have
; ucted Wilh gentlemanly courtesy, and bad the
respect of those who opposed the policy of his
Government. Such was hie leniency towards
the Confederates ir Missouri that he incurred
the suspicion and ill-will r.f such tyrants as
Siegel, La do, Ac. These fact- we obtain from un
officer connected w ith Gen. Price’s staff during
his c.lebrated Missouri campaign
iKrone ant A rsis’ —Wila.u c Hewitt, pro*
prietor of the Hewiti House, at Liberty, Bedford
county, Va., was arrested in that place Inst
Thursday, charged with counterfeiting notes o'
IheCeDtra! Bank of Alabama and Ihe Merchants’
Bank of Baiohridge, Ga. The arrest was effected
mainly through the exertions ol Detec'ive Officer
Washington Goodrich, of Richmond, who was
employed-by an officer of one of the banka to
assist in ferreting oul ihe operator. The notes
were printed in Lynchburg, upon the order of
Roger L Martin, who stated 10 hi< letter that
no paper of * suitable kind couid be obtained in
Alabama or Georgia, and, as he had visited
Liberty to see a sick son, he concluded to have
the printing done in Virginia Os the Central
Bank notes *13,500 were printed, of the denom.
lcatiPD of |2, *3, f 5, signed C Eon. President
and P Cann, Cashier;' of the Merchants’ Dink’
$4,000, signed by J. Long, Cashier Hewitt’s’
son was agent of the Express Company, and tbe
packages ot cote* were thus received without
difficulty. A considerable amount of this bogus
m ney has been circulated in Pendleton county
audio rioir.hwesleni Virginia, and a good deal
passed npon soldiers traveling through Liberty.
Ii is probable, also, that some has found its wav
to Richmond, and the public are cautioned
acainst it. Hewitt was examined on Saturday
aud remanded to j ii! lor trial. Boon after be was
taken into custody he contrived to swallow some
thing which he took from Lie pocket, wbicriis
bM'ieved to have be-u a roll if counterfeit nnt»s
and the fact was anted at tbe time bv Ihe officer#)
D is supposed that Hewiii has '".w-ulmed from
$5 )00 *0 9l0,0* ! 0 of the Liberty •’'avinifs Ruck
aou*, which a ro scarcely Jeea fraudulent upon
iheir Lice than tbe others, as there is no such
institution in existence.
Ktchviond ( Va.) DlAptiUK, Aug: 2. 1
VOL. 14.—N0. 34
; v '- m **« •-*. Xvyt (Md.) Btacon
ANOTHER BOLD SPEOSH FROM MARYLAND
-Pepufi teg S, T .r, mq . fXt . Xobodv
opine la much surprises to discover, , n ,Ymes
like the present, tbs, mpn „ e I 0 be f( un<J wim ®“
and quick to support the most shamefu, and
arbitrary assumptions cf power. It aas been r,
since the world began, tod we have little boD»
that it will be otherwise until it ends "Take
, l b Hl ~f6UCh/ Ha - ,s : “if rLar baU
?» "* H h *i! r “ olners - »ould have done no
les.-. ffy thus lappn gofae dirt under the heel of
power, these natures piriabs, uol only obta c
immunity for themselv*, but they also' succeed
in putting money >4 then pockets. They
give welcome to th« tyrant that they may
safe.y trade with Us Sullen. The existence 01
such people does not at all astonish us nor eves
that they are to be found in our m’Ust Wa
were quite prepared to see men who had
abetted a tr. ib oil ti.e 19th of April US'
change sides and call lustily for'the blood
of that same mob on the 19th of May fo,-
lowing. W e expected nothing bettej cl them
and Were not disappointed. When law and Lb’-,
eriy are again ueperznoit they will, doubtless he
, found navigating in an opposite direction
When that time comes, Is come it will, we look
i to heboid them, with f*es innoceot of shame
I obtruding themselves-pon the company of hon«
! est men The r -irat inclination will he to
i hang them up to -'ie hritlamp post, but we den«
i recate all sach vhihi.ions of violence. We
shall rest conten' to see them kicked out of the
1 public highwty. and linited thereafter to local .
i ties set apart fo< prostitutes ol a different kind
; There is a clas.e nf men, however, found saps
porting the present Adoinistration, and uphchi
I mg its very worst aets »f tyranny, who arc justly
untenable to a higher tnd severer standard ot
i judgment than can be fully applied to those to
" horn self abasement B an easy because a natura.
, refuge. These reasi ners rest ihe defence of their
■ public conduct upon the supposed necess-tie* o;
. the country and the hour, and tain s p' f uii In
, euprrmu rat, istbe t war cry. This maxim they
i make to consecrate hot only the high-handed acts
of Lincoln and Fe-ard, but even the dirty Til
i lainyrof their military and police jubordioates.
i A little girl toddmg about the pavements, whose
stockings are guilty of the Coofedera'e color* i»
arrested and taken to the station-house that the
safety ot the |. pie may be assured! liut ou
present object is a > io quaiTe! with the prostitu
tion or to contest he truth of the maxim in cues
■ lion. We would mark, however, that it a a
. maxim which has much oftener been heard
. from the lips of tyrants than patriots.
, It is ag inst its application to our own times and
country, howevr; that we particularly obiect.
■ *' uat >s the plain .nglish of it when applied to our
l present condition f ft is io suspend the Constitu
tion tor an,indefinite period; to invest Mr. Lincom
) witn plenary power throughout the iand; in a
word, vr Beat despotism upon Cur shoui
l ders that the subjugation of tiie South
r mav he facilitated. Now, we do not ad»
r rmt that the subjug men ot the South is essentia
to our salvation ; but if it could be established to
I be before we invest Mr. Lincoln with absolute
e control over our lives, liberty and pioperlv
. are we not entitled to be shown why tins subjul
! gati .n could noth'- accomplished as well by obev
- ing as by overn g the Constitution. Beside
'rrbet . ■« that Mr. Lrocoio
„ w»l abdicate l. .mpertal power when the sne
a P'lHl d ‘ n l5 Kr l: y passed > But what rest y
.-•«,5fWN = «. our a-"
■ -i -c -c■ on '• '
e sane man can ignore if he would. Upon the
i, part of tbeSou.hlhe war is a war not of f..--
I- etgo invasion and conquest, but ol seii.d.fence
3 It is the Fede-al and not the Confederate State
i which are waging an offensive war. It is upon
. Southern and not upon Federal soil that the as.
3 is waging.
r It is h r subjugation that the Federal power is
t avowedly fighting, and for national existence
only that the .South is contending, and vet lb *
t cr > '» heard that it is ncr. iile which is eodan
t gered, and our su'e'y which is jmperi'ed. Upon
I the same principle, we suppose, it was the life
t au< * safety of the mother country that were tm«
r peiiled by the Revolution which accomplished
. our own independence, lie this as it may, to the
. honor of the sturdy English people of that gene-
I rati >n belt spoken, thev suffered no plea o! State
r or popular necessity, no mo.h or tyrant cry o‘
salus populi lex supreme est," to beguile them
oi to stand between them and their own freedom.
A BLAST FBDK SEWARDS ORGAN —I,LB6ON
FOB THE WAB.
The Albany Evening Journal (Seward's organ)
thinks "the war has been a stern schoolmaster t
the people of the loyal States.' It says
We have learned the folly of underrating our
enemies. We Lave learned that Ibey are equal v
brave, equally iiardv, equally quick-witted, equal
ly endowed with martial qualities with ourselves.
We h ive learned that they are terribly in earnest
in their efforts to achieve tbeir ends; that they are
desperate m their resolve to divorce themselves
from us; that they are determined to resist cu
efforts to conquer them to the bitter end. We have
h-arned that they are as wary as they are unscrus
pulous; tbai they are cunning as thev are deprav
ed ; that they are as quick to take advantage ofour
weakness, our blunder-and our indecision. We
have learned that they are fully our peers in mils
1 tary capacity, and that as soldiers, they make up
in dash what they lack in solid hardihood. We
have learned that the very despotism that exists
1 among them gives them a compaclness and unity
1 which we do not and cannot possess.
I We have learned how little active co-operation
1 we are to expect from the “Union element” of
1 the extreme South. We have learned that that
1 element, even where most prevalent, is timid,
torpid,doubtful, negatirb; that it ueeds watchers
to sit by and nurse it; that it is often treacherous
and counterfeit; that in many instances it is
rather a stumbling block in chi way than a prop
and auxiliary. We have learned that, little bV
, little, the poison of secession has spiead among
the people—that little by little it has possessed
and crazed them, until public sentiment has, to
muny sections, become almost a un t.
We have learned the felly of expecling sym
[ patby from foreign government and tore-go
' peoples. We have learned that we are hated most
cordially where we had reason to look for moral
support; that to-day we stand apart and isolated,
without a friend or backer in any power on earth.
We have learned that we must not only fight the
j good light unassisted, but tinder the shadow o
1 the frowns of Europe.
W e have learned that slavery, instead of being
uu element of weakness, is an element of strength
1 to the rebels. We have learned that il is one of
tbeir chief props and spiffs of support; that the
four million of blacks held in bondage are use( i
as affective weapons with which to tight and
oppose as. We have learned that we cannot euc
cesstullv tight the enemy and protect ‘ the insti*
tutmu” at the same time; an j that t! we ever
hope to succeed we must leave the latter to its
fate.
tt a have learned that the contest betwero us
and the Confederates is reduced to a question of
pure brute force. We have learned tout the arm
that con striae bsrdesr, and ihe torn that can
stall Urines!, and the brain that ceu plot «u-est,
will son the dav. We have learned tha: it will
no longer do to “play war, ” that it wilj no longer
d > is administer emollenls; that the disease is
of that virulent nature that it demands Ihe moat
active remedies. We have learned that mere is
,no meddle ground— do half-way house— betweer
I absolute triumph and absolute vassalage