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®hc lUcckin (Constitntionahst , BY JAMES GARDNER. FOREIGN AFFAIRS-INCREASING DISTRESS IN THE ENGLISH MANUFACTURING DIS TRICTS - TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND PAUPERS IN PREBTON ALONE. The London Times has been sending a special correspondent into the manufacturing districts to ascertain the truth in regard to the suffering and privation there, growing out of a stoppage of trade, consequent upon the American war, the loss of the cotton supply, &c. His first report appeared In the times ot the 26th ult. From him we learn that—* “In Preston alone there are 23,000 persons re ceiving parochial and charitable relief. The population is only 88,000, so that more than one fourth are steepe'd to the lips in misery. load* ditton to the 28,000, there are thousands endeavor ing to subsist on half wages or less than on half. Half time does not imply ba if*pay, for the use cf Surat cotton renders it impossible for the hands to earn their customary wages. The amount lost to the operatives by the failure of employment is calculated at £18,9u0 a week. The slight com pensation to the suffering amounts to little more than £1,900 a week ; so that, in point of fret, £1 is made to do the duty.of £l2. In one court, «tys the reporter, I found a poor woman with three children, whose husband had three days’ parish work and an extra relief ot 35., in all 6s. a week for the five. “Ail their furniture was gone but a table and two chairs, and all five slept in one bed, which was placed in a dark hole with not a ray of light finding its way into it—such as we should hardly think too good to store coals in. All their clothes had been pawned, and most bitterly of all did the poor woman lament a good black suit ot her husbands which was “in” for 10a. and which they could never hope to “redeem.” Another family of six people, in the same court, has to live on Bs. a week, th it is. Is. 2. per week, or 2%d. a day for each. "In another house," he says, “I saw a sight which wiU be before my eyes tor many a day to come ’’ “It was a little low stone-floored room, its only furniture a table, a stool and a bed. On the bed was a stretched object, I could not tell whether it was a man or a woman, worn to thebbonae —a very skeleton, in fact, her body covered wtth putrid sores, with not a rag on her—literally naked but for the coarse sheet which was spread over her. The bed on which she lay was a rough brown sacking stuffed with a handful of straw. She had lain there I don’t know how long, her busband bad lain there before her and died on the same bed. “ She was the mother of two girls, factory op erators, who earned or were relieved with a tew shillings—l forget how many, foe I own 1 was too much shocked at what I saw to listen to fig ures. Fven among a somewhat better class,” he continues, " the suffering is hardly less extreme, and sad were the tales to which I had to listen, of the gradual descent from comfort to utter des titution. In one little bouse, huddled all together, was a family of eleven, all of which had been twenty-eight weeks out of work, and for fifteen of these they bad existed on something less than Is. per head. The Relief Committee had just raised their pittance to h6s. for the eleven. Before the bad times the family earnings had been about £3 15»., and they had had to part with nearly all their turmtere. A man, his wife, three daugh* ters and two sons had only one bed among them, and only adirty blanket and a dirty quilt, one to be under and the other over them. Os course the Children slept on the bare boards.” There* porter illustrates the condition of a rather superior class as follows: “But perhaps the strongest illustrations of the distress actually chargeable on the present crisis are the cases'of respectable men who have hith erto kept themselves in comfort and endeavored to provide for old age and infirmity. There was do difficulty in finding plenty of these. At one bouse 1 visited a young couple, not long married, who between them had earned over £2 a wees. They had both been out of work for some time, and when their savings were exhausted they bad at last applied to the parish. Their present in come was exactly ss. 6d. a week, out of which their rent was 2s. 7d., leaving them Bs. a week for subsistence Another young couple had-2s. a week from the Relief Committee; but, living with their parents, they had no rent to pay. In the next bouse there Were four grownsvp people liv~ ing, whose united incomes amounted to 2s-, out of which ’Ley bad to pay 2s. rent Little further on I came on an overseer with a family of five children. His salary iiad been 395. a-w'eek, and though be had been out of work more than a twelvemonth, he had managed to struggle on until about a fortnight ago, when, all his resources being exhausted, be had been com pelled to apply for relief, and was now receiving, from one source or another, about 9s. a week. Ad old woman and two daughters, both es them over twenty-one years of age—one employed halt time, the other receiving relief—had among them 4s. 6d. a week. A highly respectable reed-hook maker—whose wife cned bitterly as-she told me herstoiy—is earning, with the aid of one of ner boys, 7s. a week, which has to keep four of them, by dredg ing stones from the bed of the river. They had pawned all their clothes and much of their fur nix ture before applying to the Relief Committee. The average amount derived from charity, the parish and half-time, when distributed amongst -all the claimants, amounts only to Is. 6d. a head per week. Many, of course, are living for less. The 1«. 6d. is not given in money, the Relief Committee distributing their boun y in bread, aoup and coffee.” The cotton question is dkcussed by the London Daily News in a desponding spirit. It says: The supply of American cotton is rapidly be coming extinguished, and these exports have consequently risen during the past week no less than 4d to 5d per pound. For the future Ameri can cotton, as being quite.a “fancy” article, will command a “fancy” price—indeed, just such a price as the limited number of holders may choose to demand for it. Accordingly an inter esting revolution is taking place in the manufac ture. American cotton passes out of consump tion, and the small quantity remaining will be husbanded and used only id those fine articles which are worn <by the wealthier classes of society. “ The cotton of Surat—the description now chiefly entering into consumption—cannot oe worked into the finer sorts of yhrns and goods before it will become available for them its quai • ity must begreac;y improved. It is very suit-” able, however, to coarse fabrics, and with course fabrics we must be contented until such time as America s-nds her produce here again, or the cotton of other countries improves in quality as well as iucreases in quantity.” * * * We have shown bow small is the present stock of cotton, and, looking to the immediate future, the prospect is gloomy tn the extreme. Chief reliance is placed upon the supply of £urat sorts, but it is not by any means encourag ing to fiod that the total quantity from this source now afloat and on the way to England is only 90,000 bales more than it was at this time last year, being 390,000 bales against 300. WW in 1861. .From no other source can the deficiency now in* cheated be made up, save with t>me. Aaeuming that the American crop is not released, and allow ing for the probable supplies from every other quarter, competent authorities estimate that during the next six months there will be only suf* ficient cotton to admit of the operatives having two days’ work a week, and this is upon the sup*, position that not a single bale wtH remain in Mock »t the enJ of tuat period. “The latter anticipation, of course, will not be literally fulfilled, but there is too much reason to apprehend, as we have already hinted, that the pressure on the cotton manufacturing districts will become yet more intense, A well known Manchester firn- have given public expression to an opinion that its severity will be the greatest during the autumn and winter months, from October to February next.” THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CON* FEDERACY. From the Richmond Examiner, Sept. 12. We are enabled from papers before Congress, to prepare a succinct and interesting statement of the financial condition of the country, and to enlighten the public as to the amount of our pub lic debt, its class, and receipts at the public Treasury up to the Ist August, and the probable demands that will be made upon ‘he resources of the South in view of the continuance of the war and the exigencies of the country arising there from. We distribute this information under ap propriate heads. THS PUBLIC DEBT OF THS CONFEDERACY. It is ascertained from official data, furnished by the Treasury Department, that the whole ex penditures of the Government from its com mencement to the Ist of August last, amount to <■347,272,958 S 5. It should be stated, however, that five millions of the amount charged as ex penditure, has been paid for the redemption of deposit certificates, and the aggregate above sta ted is subject to that abatement when considered in the light of actual expenses. The expenditures up to the Ist of August are as follows: War Department<l9B,376,s4o 41 Navy Department .14,605,777,86 Civil and Miscellaneousls,766,so3 43 <328,748,830'70 To which must be added outstanding requisi tions upon the Treasury, upon which warrants are not yet issued, to the amount of <18,524,- 128 15; making the aggregate, as stated above, <847,272,958 85. CLASSES OF THE PUBLIC DBBT. An examination of our funded debt account will show that a lamentably small portion of our public debt exists in this form. The whole amount of bonds and stocks issued is as fol- E-ght per cent, stock and b0nd5<41,577,250 Six “ call certificates 32,784,406 174,361,650 This statement indicates an evident indisposi* tion of our people to make investments in this form, and furnishes an explanation of much of that disturbance of the standard of value and enhancement of prices in the country, which have been the consequence of the large and dis. proportienrte issue of Treasury notes. The issue already made of Treasury notes amounts to <183.244,135; leaving authority to issue <16,755,865. RECEIPTS AT THE TREASURY. The receipts at the Treasury up to Ist of Au gust, from all the various sources of income, are as follows; From Customs <1,437 399 96 From Miscellaneous sources 1,974,76-1 33 From Loan, act of Februajy 28th, 1861. 15,000,000 00 From Loan, act of August 19tb, 1861 22,613,346 61 From call deposits under act of Dec. 24th, 1861 37,585,200 00 From Treasury Notes, act March 9 h, 1861..., 2,021,100 00 From Treasury Notes, act May 16th, 1861..... 17,347,955 00 From Treasury Notes, act August 19’h, 1861,... 167,764,615 00 From Int. Treasury Notes, act April 17tb, 1861 22,799,900 00 From fll and fl 2 Notes 846,000 00 From Temporary Loan from banks | I —balance 2,625,000 00 From War Tax.... 10,589 910 7o <302,555,196 60 This statement of receipts is short of the whole amount of the expenditures of the Govern ment by <44,717,762; on account of which the Government has authority to issue only balance cf Treasury Notes, <16,755,165, leaving <27,961,- 897 to be provided for by Congress in a further extension of the general currency, unless this balance can be paid by the bonds or otherwise. FUNDS ITO BB RAISED BY THE FIRST OF JANUARY. It is supposed that the authority to issue gen eral currency notes must also be extended by Congress to meet the appropriations already made by it and not yet paid, and also tbe further aps propriations to be made. The appropriations already made by Congress and not drawn on Ist of Aug., amount t0<164,687,389 93 The estrmates submitted by the various Depart ments of tbe additional supplies required to make good the deficiencies and to support tbe Govern ment to Ist of January next, are as follows: For the War Department..'fl 44,878.590 36 “ “ Civil list 386 M 39 “ Miscellaneous... 102,899 88 fl 44,863,097 13 So that the whole amount of sup- plies required to Ist of January presents a total of. <209,550,487 06 Congress is left to determine the best mode of raising this sum; and as there seems but little prospect of raising tbe money by a sale of bonds or stock, a resort to Treasury notes seems to be all that will ba left to its discretion. INTEREST BEA RINS NOTES. The experiment of diminishing the quantity of circulation by interest bearing notes and deposits on cal! is said to have been very successful, and Is likely to be encouraged as a relief from excess in the quantity of the national currency, which, as it exceeds tbe usual business wants of the community, must be productive of high prices without relation to the actual value of the cur rency. It is understood that the interest notes, al though current to a certain degree, have been generally withdrawn from circulation, on account of their value as temporary investments. Most of them have been taken under the belief that the interest would be paid like other interest, and the Secretary of the Treasury has encouraged this belief by a recommendation to Congress that the interest should be paid annually. PROSPECTS OF ANOTHER WAR TAX—PAYMENT BY THB STATES, ETC. It is supposed that Congress will be under the necessity of providing another war tax. From the war tax returns, and from estimates as to such States as h-”*e not yet made complete re turns, this fund may be set down at seven bun* dred millions. Tbe War Tax has been paid by the several States as follow: .North Car01ina......<1,400,000 00 Virginia 2 125,000 00 Louisiana«....' 2,5u0,000 00 Alabama 2,000.000 00 Georgia 434126 12 Florida 225,374 11 Mississippi~ 1,484,467'67 , <10,168 967 90 The State of Georgia bar* übstantially paid in the balance due by ner, ana the State of South Carolina has paid the whole amount due by her into the Treasury, in the form o>f six per cent. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. SFPT. 24, 1862. call certificates. But as the fbal settlement has not yet taken place, the certificates have not as yet been delivered up, and the account is not yet closed. The returns from the States nf Alabama. Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas have not yet been rendered in complete. The two former States have, nevertheless, paid their taxes in advance. PLEASING INCIDENTS. From the Atlanta [Ga.] Intelligencer, Sept. 17. As our readers have been imide aware by ex o tracts published in this has been, for some time past, a ’safe place of refuge for large numbers of Southerners "who have been compelled, by Lincoln tyranny, to fly from their homes in the border slave Siates, and for South ern prisoners who have escaped from their North ern captors. They are also aware that the Cana dians have sought every opportunity to show by aets of kindness and attention their sympathy with the cause of the Confederates. Chafing under a knowledge of the same facts, the Yankees at Niagara Falls, with a meanness characteristic of the race, determined to annoy and insult the Canadians and their guests as far as it was in their power to do- To this end they procured the hulk of an old vessel, painted tbe name of "Jeff Davis” on her Bide, hoisted a Con federate flag on her mast, and then with jeers and huzzas committed the boat to the mercies of the angry current, anticipating no doubt the largest degree of enjoyment at seeing tbe repre sentative of rebellion tush over the Fallsand be dashed to pieces. But the fates were against the Yankees. The vessel lodged on the rocks above the precipice, and with her noble flag flying proudly to the breeze, she became such an object of-annoyance to those who projected the experi ment, that they expressed the intention to send to Buffalo for a battery of artillery with which to dislodge her. Not to be behind their neighbors in Yankeedom, tbe Rebels and Canadians determined to show what they could do. They also procured a boat, dubbed her the "Abe Lincoln,” and raised at her mast head the "Stars and Stripes,” now the em-. _plem of cruelty, oppression, duplicity, and every* thing mean. She was taken to a proper p< sition, turned loose to the current, and without delay or obstruction reached the precipice, made tbe mad leap and was dashed into a thousand fragments. These facts we have from Confederate officers recently released from Yankee prisons, and who are again breathing the air of freedom. We hope and believe tbe incidents we have narrated are typical of the fate of tbe two Govern ments represented by tbe respective vessels. er* We take the subjoined extracts from the Richmond (Va.) Enquirer, Sept. 16 : Good News from the West—More Victories ! A telegraph received by the War Department on yesterday gave an account of very handsome sue* cesses by Gen. Loring over the enemy on the Kanawha. They were not only routed, but / depot containing five thousand stand of arms, and commissary stores, was captured by/mur forces! Gen. Jenkins crossed the Ohio river below Parkersburg; .and, penetrating twenty miles into the State of Ohio, captured a regiment of the enemy’s soldiers I Dispatches from Gen. Kirby Smith, ask that 20,000 stand of arms be sent him, to arm the Kentuckians that are rushing in crowds to his standard. This is really most gratifying news, as it gives our brilliant operations in K-mtucKy a tenfold brighter promise! Roll on the ball! 1 From Maryland.—We learn by a gentleman o high character, who arrived last evening from Staunton, that a courier had arrived in that place, from the lower end of the Valley, with informa tion that Gen. Jackson was at, or near Martinis burg, Virginia, in pursuit of the Yankees who were left in the Valley to protect the Railroad and Harper’s Ferry. Toe force of the enemy is variously estimated at from 4,000 to 18,000. When this force is diss posed ot, there will then be no enemy in our rear, and tbe line of communication by the Valley route will be open for our advancing army as they push Northward. It is supposed Jackson went from* Frederick to Hagerstown, and then turned back on Martins* burg and Harper’s Ferry. Pope’s Official Report.—We have received through our Northern files the official report of this unprincipled falsifier, describing bis operas tions in Virginia from the commencement of the retrogade movement from the banks of the Rapi* dan till its culmination on the banks of the Poto* mac. It has been all along given out by Pope’s trjends that but for tbe failure, or the alleged failure of tbe army of the Potomac to come up to his support, victory would have perched upon his standard instead of defeat. These charges do not take the form of mere insinuations in the official report; they are presented in the shape of sub stantial accusations, especially against Fitz John Porter, Franklin and Sumner. McClellan is not censured directly, but by implication. We will endeavor to lay the report before our readers to* morrow. Yankee Depredations.—The Yankees still continue their depredations in the lower counties of this State. A letter addressed to the editor of this paper, dated at Smithfield, Isle of Wight county, Sept. 11th, says that on Tuesday, the 9th inst., a Yankee gunboat, commanded by John C. Lee, visited that place for tbe second time. In the evening tbe captain of the boat and nineteen of bis men visited the private houses of the citi sens and seized all tbe arms that could be found. While at tbe above place they stole five dollars in money from a slave, hired by Gen. R. A. Pryor as a cook. Tbe reason assigned for the seizure of tbe arms was to prevent their pickets from being shot by guerillas. YARNS TO BB DISTRIBUTED TO THE NEEDY. Office Boswell Manufacturing Co., ( . Roswell, Ga., Sept. 18, 1862. j Editors Southern Confederacy: In view of the pressing want of Cotton Yarn in most sections of the country, the Roswell Mann factoring Company propose a gratuitous distribu tion, in October next, of one thousand bunches of Yarn to the needy poor of the counties of Cobb, Milton, Cherokee, Paulding, Pickens. Bartow, Ful ton, Forsyth, DeKalb, and Floyd. This will give to each county one hundred bunches. It is desired the Judges of the Inferior Court of each county should interest themselves in tbe ap pointment of a Committee, whose pleasure, doubt less, it will be, judiciusly to dispose of the Yarn, and as the amount is limited, not more than one bunch could be spared to each family. The Yarn will be delivered to the order of the Judges of the Inferior Court, any week day during the month of Octooer; and this early notice is given that those living remote from the Court House may have an opportunity to make timely application. If it were possible, the list of counties would be cheerfully increased, but other sections have mills near them, upon whose liberality they can doubtless depend tor supply. Geo. H. Camp, Agent Roswell Manufacturing Company. Reported Evacuation of Suffolk.—lntelli* gence is said to have reached Petersburg last evening, which is generally believed to be relia* hie, that ihe Yankees have evacuated Suffolk. It this information be correct, the people resid ing in Suffolk and vicinity, as loyal as any in the Confederate States, have been relieved from, a ty ranny more galling and oppressive than any that ever existed in Russia or Austria. We Sincerely trust that it may be fully confirmed at an early hour./— .Petersburg Excrete, Sept. 17. OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE-—LETTER FROM THE 481 H GEORGIA REGIMENT. Fredrick CiTy, Maryland, I ’ September, Bth, 1862. ) Mr. Editor : We are now in Maryland, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, having crossed tbe Potomac near Leesburg two days ago. If I had time I would like to give you an account of our trip to this point. We have now marched over one hundred and fifty miles, waded tbe Rapidan, Rappahannock, and Potomac, besides numerous streams of smaller size. We have been in two engagements with the enemr, one of which, I presume, was tbe severest battle of this revolution, and our victory was more conclusive and decisive for our arms. I mean the battle of Manassas No. 2. Our brigade had been ordered to tbe rear to prepare rations to move to and by Sud ley. When in the act of preparing, it appears tbe enemy were largely reinforced, and the tide of bat tle about to change. Our brigade, this critical moment, was ordered into the fight very unex pectedly to all of us ; yet, tbe men moved forward in line of battle like veteran troops for over a mile under a severe shower of grape, shell, and solid shot, with cheerfulness and determined courage. When in about 150 yards of the Yans kee batteries, a destructive fire of musketry was Opened upon us. The commands from the Yankee officers were distinctly heard: “F.re ! Fire low, boys I” Yet. nothing daunted, tnough many of their comrades fell wounded and dead, onward went the brigade with a steady fire, with om mus* kets and rifles, through the woods. When near enough to the Yankee infantry to see them plain ly, we found them behind a rail fence, which we charged,and soon drove them back tn double-quick, when their batteries limbered up and left the field too. Night coming on just at this time, and a slight wavering in one of our regiments, pre vented the capture of the Yankee batteries at this point. They, however, in their haste, left two of their pieces, and alongside of tbe fence, behind which they took protection, numerous dead and wounded were to be seen next morning. It would have been pleasing to the friends of this brigade to have seen them move forward under this fire, led on by their gallant commander, Gen. A. R. Wright; and I confess 1 never felt so proud of the 48th regiment, as occasionally you would hear him exclaim—“ Col. Gibson, the 48:h is too fast,” “not so fast there, 48th,” “a little slower 48’.h,” 4c., Ac. I would that I could speak of the personal brav ery and coolness of the command individually: but it is sufficient to say it met the highest expec tations of the General in command. I will say of Captain Kelly, however, that he seized the gun of the first man cf his company that tell, and used it until he fell himself wounded, from which he died early next morning, universally regretted by the* whole command. Tbe list of our casualties being published, I cannot speak of all, ana must close hy saying it was a fierce and hot battle and a glorious victory for the South. We have met with many friends here, and I learn a regiment or two of troops will be easily raised, besides, several cavalry companies, 1 hear, are in process of formation. Frederick has a population of twelve thousand inhabitants, and is a beautiful city. Supplies seem plentiful, and at living prices, and Confederate money will purchase anything, so far, in Maryland. Where or when we are to have the next fight, conjecture does not evefi suggest; but come when and where it may, our boys are determined to whip it. General Stuart is. in tbe direction of tbe Relay House, and in a few days our army will be in a position to open up to him the whole of Penn sylvania, as a field for his labors. God speed the day, as I do think it is time our enemies were being foraged on, and made to feel the fruits of war around tbeir own firesides. Lincoln’s enrolls ing officers were busy here getting names, and summoning the men»to appear on the 15th inst yet they have departed for parts unknown, e J the people feel relieved of a great j nh deed. i Green corn and apples suffered on o’ 4l . marc h, as rations, at times, were not to be obtained. No’ .one knows what our men have em’ jGre 4 t anc j wlt jj "what cheerfulness. To have be< xn a Confederate soldier, will be sufficient com>j en (j a ti on j n a y fu ture time, yet many will b<> claiming the honors won by their companions ln arms, whilst they were absent, and not a. few travel along at a con* venient distance in <ine rear, and are known in the army as “ stragglers.” Respectfully. Ac., ' - W. G. From the Army of Northern Virginia.—By arrivals yesterday from tstaunton, we learn it was reported there that General Jackson bad, on Sunday last, captured eight thousand Yankees at Harper’s Ferry, without firing a gun. We have been unable to derive from official sources any direct confirmation of this report, though we learn, upon good authority, that a combined movement upon Harper’s Ferry by the forces of Jackson, Walker, and McCall, had been ordered. It is said that by order of Gen. Lee, Gen. Jackson was to recross the Potomac at Williamsport, and Gen. Walker at Cheat Ford, and march upon Harper’s Ferry, while Gen. McCall approached that place from the north and took possession of the Maryland heights overlooking the town. If the report of the surrender of the Yankees be correct, the communications of our army are open to Winchester, and our generals are put in possession of eight thousand muskets wherewith to arm the Marylanders who are said to be flock ing to our standard. Richmond (Fa ) Examiner, Sept. 17. Thb People must not have Arms.—The New York World has an article denouncing the pres ent clamor among the people at the North for arms, from which it is quite evident that the Government stands in almost as much fear of the people as it does of the Confederates. It says: We regret to see the clamor which comes from every quarter for a general arming of our popula tion. It is occasioned by an unmanly fright’ and is calculated to do infinite damage in withdraw ing men from useful and productive occupations, to spend their time in trying to be poor soldiers. The Government has called for and will receive all the troops it needs or will know what to do with. What we really need is not more men, but competent Generals. This frantic calling for more soldiers, is a sign of real weakness of heart. What we want is not the legions of Xerxes, but the spirit of the Greeks who beat them. If we cinnot conquer the South with one million men, it is quite clear that with two millions we shall only conquer ourselves by exhausting the coun try’s resources. We take the following paragraphs from the Chattanooiza. (Tenn.) Rebel, of Sept. 18th: From Gbn Forrest’s Command.—Gen. Forrest, with a detachment of the 2d Georgia cavalry and Texas Rangers, attacked a strongly fortifiad force of Federals at Morrison’s depot, eight mues be low McMinnville, on the 9th, killing seventeen of the enemy who were outside their works, but doing no further damage. Finding it impossible to dislodge the Yankees, our forces withdrew after suffering a loss of twenty killed and wounded. The Yankees decamped next day. On Saturday last Gen. Forrest, with his whole cpmmand, was on the Cumberland river, twelve miles below Lebanon. Recently several odd Kentucky and Indiana soldiers deserted from the Federate and gave themselves up to Forrest. Gen Bragg's Army.—lnformation received by us indicates with certainty that General Bragg’s army arrived at Glasgow, Kentucky, on the 14lh instant. VOL. 14.—N0. 39 From the Knoxville (Tenn.) Register, Sept 1«. FROM OUR VICTORIOUS ARMY IN KEN TUCKY !-ITS ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPHON AT LEXINGTON-GEN- SMITH’S PROCLA MATiON-KkNTUCKIANS FLOCKING TO HIS STANDARD- We have received information (authentic) from our army m Kentucky. After leaving Richmond it encountered two Federal regiments at the Ken tucky river, and soon routed them, capturing many prisoners, and driving the balance to Lexington. The next morning, Sept. 2d, our victorious and advancing troops marched into Lexington, and were received with the most intense enthusiasm and expressions of joy, which did the hearts of our brave soldiers good. Substantial evidences of • gratitude on the part of the citizens were most abundant. Tbe whole people of Kentucky are . thoroughly stirred up and volunteering rapidly. Already 5,000 have organized, and we will very soon have 20,000 men. Our march has been marked by a perfect line of successes. The Federal stores, guns, ammu nition, horses, mules, Ac., Ac., captured are im* mense. Our glorious flag floats proudly over the Capi tol at Frankfort. Paris and many other towns arc in our possession. Cincinnati, Louisville, Ac., are greatly stirred up. Tbe reception given John H. Morgan, on his arrival at Lexington, was glo rious to witness. The following is the proclamation issued by Gen. Smith to the Kentuckians: Kentuckians! Tbe army of the Confederate States has again entered your territory, under my command. » . Let no one make you believe we come as in vaders, to coerce your will, or to exercise control over your soil—far from it. Tbe principles we maintain is, that Government derives its just powers from the consent cf the governed. I shall enforce the strictest discipline in order that the property of citizens and nonscombatants may be protected. I shall be compelled to procure subsistence for my troops among you, and this shall be paid for. Kentuckians! we come not as invaders, but as liberators! We come invoking the spirit of your resolutions of 1798. We come to arouse you from the lethargy which enshrouds your forethought and which forebodes the political death of your State. We come to test tbe truth of what we believe to be a foul aspersion—that Kentuckians willingly join in the attempt to subjugate us, and to deprive us of our property, our liberty, and our dearest rights. We come to strike off the chains which are being riveted upon you. We call upon you to unite your arms and join with us in burling back from cur fair and sunny plains, the Northern hordes who would deprive us of our liberty that they may enjoy our suba stances. Are we deceived ? Can you treat us as enemies? Our hearts answer—No. Kirby Smith, Major General C. 8. Army. From the letters of a volunteer in Gen. Smi’h’s army we have the following interesting details; THE BATTLE AT RICHMOND. “The fight commenced at 4 A. M.y August 30, near Bethel Church, on the Richmond pike—we started the enemy after several hours’ hard fighfa mg. They were reinforced from Richmond, and disputed every inch of ground till they reached the town, and about sundown they were c m* pletely routed, but we had a Starnes and a Scott in the rear of the town, who bagged them as .fast as they came. I can give you a few details of the fight, as I am at rest now, holding my horse, not knowing what movement we may make. 1 have just seen R , have seen, him since night before last. He is until, f t. One of our, batteries was nearly out of when he was ordered to have a to a d taken up to supply it. The enemy had th e range of it. A shell struck imme*. Under his horse, it did not explode, but r jaused his horse to jump over a fence, inflicting a slight scratch only. He is riding a mule to day, having all ot' the captured and scattered arms to gather up, which will keep him very busy to-day. As to the killed and wc” a{ l e< i 00 our P ar t it was slight. The Federal loss was mu? 11 heavier. More prisoners than you can count convenit?’ As to the sentiment of Kentucky I cannot yet ex press a correct opinion. I think it is highly ens conraging to tbe South.. STILL LATER—PROGRESS OF GENERAL SMITH’S ARMY. Lexington, Ky., Sept. 8,1862.—1 wrote to you on Sunday from Richmond. Mondav morning we started for this place. The enemy made a stand at the river'but we soon drove them away—fol* lowed after them, and encamped within seven mites of this place. After our encampment was made, Captains Owens .and Nelson called for fif teen men each, to accompany them to make a secret scout, we knew not where. L., 8., R., C., and myself volunteered on this service. We started with orders for each' to keep in our places and not to speak above a whisper. We went through fields and by*paths, and just as day dawned, after riding hard all night, we struck’ the pike leading from Lexington to Frank fort, ten miles from Lexington. Here the fun commenced. We charged on thirty or forty cav alry, who were in a house waiting for breakfast. We captured them all without firing a gun—took them ofl the road into a hollow—left them there under guard, aud started tor something else. We had not been long on tbe road until we saw some infamry, whom we captured, and kept on cap* tunng till we had taken 135 prisoners, when we thought we had better leave. We met some of our own men, who told us that Lexington had surrendered without a gun being fired, so we took the main road to that city—our army had not yet come in. Tbe ladies met us everywhere—old and young—with every description of eatables, all going round and shaking bands with us, and saying how glad they were to see us, and that we had driven the tyrants away, and that they were once more free. Since writing the above I have been up town, which is much crowded with citizens coming m to volunteer. Tbe general public sentiment is strongly for the South. R. JSF" We take the subjoined extracts from the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, of Sept. 17 ; Pennsylvanians Joining thb Confbdbrate Forcss—We are assured, upon the statement of an officer of the Confederate army, who arrived in this city yesterday, and who lett Frederick a few days ago, that a company of Pennsylvanians, from Adams county, numbering 115, arrived at Frederick last week, and tendered tbeir services to the Confederate Government. This company was regularly organized, with its own officers, before they left their own State, and declared that they were uawilling to stay at home to be drafted into tbe abolition service. Kentuckians Rallying.—The n. ws from Ken* tucky, though without those particulars necessary Id a full understanding of the real condition of affairs in that State, is nevertheless encouraging. The spirit of the people is aroused, and through* out the State they are throwing off the shackles that bound them, and asserting their determina tion to be free. A dispatch from General K rby Smith, dated Lexington Ky., Sept. stb> ap p eals for arms for the Kentuckians who ars flocking to his standard. He savs in his dispatch that the people are rising en uiaue, and that he could, at that time, add 20,uOO,men to his column if he had arms for them. A Court ot Inquiry has been asked for by Major Rhett, to inquire into his conduct and the w C n m ?,' a . n u Oeß atte “ d ’ D ß th e death of the late Col. ph n t ,h ? un ’ „ The Court win consist of CoL PrH.Cofouitt, Col. C. H. Stevens, and Col. H Campben aDaRr ’ Judge Ad?ocite i Major W.