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fUPPLIES FOB THE ARMY
Wo ijvite attention to an article on this sub
ject, from tbe Savannah Republican, which we
publish this morning. It has been suggested
by one of our citizens that carpets are a lux
ury which can well be dispensed with by our
people; and should be cut up into pieces of
about G by 7 feet, properly lined, aud donated
to the soldiers to be used as blankets. He
says that in Germany the people do not use 1
carpets as a general thing, not as a measure of
economy, but for the reason that they gather
dirt on the floors, and are, therefore, considered
objectionable. In this country, they could,
also, be discarded for the present, and for pa
triotic purposes. How much better it will bo
to know that some poor soldier is kept warm
and comfortable by this self-sacrifice on the
part of tho Horae Guard, than that, for the sake
of udorning a room, or making it look more
comfortable, we should retain our carpets aud
tho soldiers should freeze to death! The sub
ject is one worthy of consideration, and should
be attended to. Those who prefer to contri
bute blankets could, of course, do so, as the
carpets aro to bo used only as substitutes for
blankets.
The same considerate gentleman also suggests
that every bachelor, whose income eiceeds |BOO
per annum, should contribute one pair of shoes
to the army. We are afraid that thi* would n»t
furnish a very large amount, as the bachelor fra><
ternity is exceedingly reduced in numbers since
the commencement of the war; but if tho married
men are included in the shoe conscription, w<*
can see no objection to it. Let tbe subscription
be confined to no particular class of individuals,
but extended to ull classes, and with what the
Government furnishes, the array may soon be
properly supplied.
U is absolutely necessary that the soldiers must
be clothed, shoi, and ted —and no time should he
lost m securing this object. In Savannah, a public
meeting his be n held on the subject, and
taken to carry out the object of the meeting
Would it not be well to follow the example o'
Savannah ro this respect, in all our cities and
country towna, and thus, by some united action,
l .ocure end forward the supplies more promptly
aud efficaciously? We suggest the adoption of
the plan generally.
AN ENGLIcH OPINION OF A SLAVEHOLDING
NATION
Prom the London News, (Abolition,) S>pt. 17.
The friend* of secession in ilns country are jus
tified in celebrating ihe m.litary exploits of tne
Southern army. Their praise is very huh. the
acbievements of the Confederates being found to
be almost without a parallel. It is, moreover, we
observe, judiciously heightened by a tribute to
the courage and tenacity of the Federal*, such as
they would probably not have received had they
been successful. Far from wishing to extenuate
or disparage the exploits of the Confederate nr*
my, we desire that they should receive the fullest
justice, and be considered in all their signify
cance. We do not know of any political object,
not of consequence immediately practical, to
which the attention of Englishmen can be more
usefully directed than to the remarkable teats of
arms by which the Confederates assert their pre*
tension t i the mastery of the New World. Cer
tain we are that such a siudy will overthrow mauy
wide spread delusions which have been artfully
propagated in this country.
The picture of Southern success which we are
now invoed to admire must destroy the notion that
a people whose social sjstem is founded on
"■»*** ’• u .S,,tbat fact condemned military
weakness. When :nia war hr»ke out, the ehsjrts
of the North to keep the slave power within the
pale and under the restraints of the Union where
ascribed to the pass*. n for empire, and our sym
puthies were linked for a people greatly mituum*
bered, utid feeble tn all but their indomitable pa
triotism, who desired nothing more than to be let
alone. Thousands of well-intentioned persons m
this coun'ry accented these representations. A
slavehuld'ng nation, they thought, might very
be allowed to achieve its independence; by
very frame-work of its society it was con
demned to feebleness, and in a stave of isolation
it would learn the necessity of conforming its in
stitutu u» to the moral opinion of the woild.
We shall rot now repeat the considemtions we
have urged to show that slavety, far from unfit
ting a Male for war, is nseit a nursery for sol
diers, We have to-day what is more convincing
than any arguments —a great fact. Here is a
potter wh*cb bus lor eighty years had unbounded
liberty to spread itself over the Southern portion
of the Union ; nobody has until now dared to
oppose its extension ; its character has been de
veloped with a freedom unknown, since the time
of the Greek republics; its liberty in this respect
is absolutely incapable of addition, it canuot
point the world to a single c.rcumstance in its
condition and say, "This is that which warped
my course— this has hindered ne in the path of
civil’Eition.” We know as much of the character
of ti e South as we could know after it had pro
cured the ; ©cognition of its independence, and
this is the siiHi; It is at this moment tne most
barbarous Ango-Saxon community under the
son, the» ne w hich pursues the lowest ends tn the
present and takes least thought for the future—
but it can fight. Its system ol agriculture, pre
eluding the intelligence which only attends free
dom. turns the most ft rule portions of the earth
into wilderness- bui it ear fight.
FROM MCLELLAN’sTrMY -THE REBELS
VERY TIMID ABOUT AN ADVANCE THE
ARMY TO TAKE A REST.
A letter dated Frederick, Mary’and, Oct. Ist’
says a large Federal cavalry force, with artillery,
crossed the river and went within four miles of
Martinsburg but they met the Confederates and
were driven back;
Another column, under Capt. Farnsworth, went
across the country to where the Harper’s Fairy
and Martinsburg road is crossed by the Sbep
herdstowD and Winchester tut roike, whence they
took the pike t«» the crossing f the railroad bridge
at Opequan creea. They also came upon some of
the rebel cavalry and drove them back. It was
ascertained conclusively that the enemy had left
Martinsburg.
A messenger, arrived to-nigbt, brings reliable
intelligence from Winchester, which represents
that the rebel armv is not there tu much force.
They are in a most demoralized condition, and
suffering for every comfort in life. They are said
to be constantly on the alert, aud excessively
timid, apprehending an attack from McClellan
everyday. The news of the advanced the re
con noissance of Monday threw them into a panic,
as they thought it tbe advance guard of our mam
body.
A d’spatch from Washington, of the same date,
announces the arrival ol lion. John Cochrane
there from the right wing of the armv, and who
reports the army in “good condition
He thinksthai they and expect rest after
havirg passed without intermission through ihe
campaigns of the peninsula and ot Virginia, under
Pope, and of Maryland, the last having beta brii
liamly accomplished in tbe spaee ot ten dav-.
But rest is noi to be confounded with injuiious
dtlay. The army sbou dbe reinforced by ihe in
traduction of recruits into the old regimen**,
which Gen. Cochrane deems the only true rtins
foTcement. He thinks two weeks of earnest wetk
would this, and that afterwards the armv
con id move triumphantly through Virjiuiaaud on
to Richmond. He represents the rebels io have
fled panic stricken, and ts satisfied that the old
rebel army is entirely broken He believes
tbeir new iorces to be composed of raw con*
scripts.
[communicated I
THE UN CON BTIT UTIOH ALIT Y OF MARTIAL
LAW.
Mr. Editor: In order to be convinced that there
is no power in any department of the Confederate
Government, or in all of them combined, to es
tablish martial law, it seems to me that nothing
is necessary b • t to understand what martial law
is. It may not be amiss to remind your readers
of what was so lucidly explained by Gen. Wayne
in a recent artie'e in the press -that martial law
is a very different taing from military law. Mili*
tarv law is a code for tbe government of soldiers
in service, and m iy be es ablished, as it has been
by Congress, under the enumerated power “To
make rules for the government and regulation of
the land and naval forces.” Martial law is simply
the will of a military chief, and the establishment
of it means tho abrogation of all laws, civil and
military, Confederate and State, and the govern*
ment of the people by the unlimited will of a
military head Fronf what clause or clauses of the
Constitution, can any department or all the de*
partments of the Confederate G ivernment derive
the power to put thiscountry, or any district of it,
under the arbitrary will of one man, as a substia
fate for that carefully limited law making power
which was established by the Constitution itself*
This is, confessedly, not an enumerated power. It
must be derived ihen, if at all, from that clause
which gives Congress the power to pass ull laws
wh eb shall be necessa-y and proper for carrying
into execution s »me enumerated power, that iscou- i
f :rred either upon Congress or the Confederate
Government, or some department or officer there
of. Now, it can not he derived fr«.m this clause,
for, without going into any c! cu sum of the
uiu :h discussed phrase "neces. y aud proper,”
it is sufficient »o remark that the p.»w«r conferred
by ibis clause is a power to pass laws by Con
gress, and not a power to abdicate the law mak
ing (iiuctiou and transfer it to somebody else—
La<, more, not only to transfer it, but to free !», in
ibiiKi.idsol theasugoee, fr-m ad the ‘imita
tivuis -> which it is expressly fcuojVctnd wneu ex
e wise-I by Congress itself “ Aco-unt vms tn
tund
Oua of the remark able pun's in which theC »o
siim nos our mmv Confederacy d tT-rs from that
of the old Umted States, consists in changing ttie
phiattolog/ by which power* are con eried, from
* grufi'ed” to ‘delegated ”- a change made with
au evident inteu'lou to subj ct all Ibe powers cm
ferred to the plain application of me universally
r.Cog us*d rule, that the i.o dend a “delegated'
power ohd not transfer it to anybody else without
an express authority to do s ». ’Now, Congress has
uu express uiithontyto transfer its pjwer to pass
laws, "ill, therefore, it can om ao so. Much it s*
can ft enurge that power by iransfernag it —in
ether word*, it cua u.»t establish martiai law, S»
lar liom Congress having power to transfer its
law making function and free it fiouo all restr c
tions, the exercise of sued a power ol transfer
would b) in plain violation of iht* very lirat sec
tion of the tint article ol the C.iustitutioo, which
declare* that “All legislative powers herein dele
gated shall be vested in a Congre.-s of the Con
federate Slates, which tLall c«ms st of a Senate
and House of Representative*.’' Oongiea* must
consist ol two Houses, each to opt rat as a check
upon the other, in pas-in* laws, and the power t >
pass laws is vested and must abide, ia this cboseo
repository. The erection of any other law mak
ing power, that is to bay, the establishment of
inarin'.l law, by clothing the President, or any
body else, with legislative power over the lives,
liberty and property of the pei pie, must be based
upon some other toundatiou than the Constitution
ol ibe Confederate States, lor that expressly de
clares that ail legislative power conferred by it
is vested lu Cougress.
1 will dismiss th.s subject, Mr. Editor, with a
few comments upon a vague idea which 1 find
floating about in the minds < f some, that, some
how or other, the power to establish manial law
is derived lrorn the constitutional prohibition
against the suspension of the writ of habeas cor*
pus, “unless when in Cases of rebellion or invasion
tne public safety may require li.“
It is enough to say that ihe writ of hob as cor
pus relates only to personal libetty, ttU d that a
power to suspeud it, even t granted, does not
embrace the power to estabnsu martial law
v\hieh extends to life and property, as well as to
the mere power of locomotion. Hut Igo further,
and siy tuat there i*» no power in any, nor in all
ol the departments of the Ctnfedeiae Govern
ment to suspend the writ of A nb as c rpus in such
a manner, or to such au extent, as shall destioy or
impair the great personal righ.s which are secured
by ihe express constitutional declarations—that
•*uo wan ant snail issue but upon piobuble Cau-e,
supported by oath or affirmation”— that “no per
son shall 1)3 deprived of Ire, liberty, or propelry,
without due process of law;” and that “in nil
criminal prosecutions ihe accu-ed shall enjoy me
light to a speedy and public trial, by au impartial
jury of ihe Mate audVitstrict a hereiu the cr i.i esoah
have been commuted.'’ Nor am l reduced to me
uecess.ty of reconci! ng these noble deciara ions
I with a power to suspend the hub aserpus lu soub
! degree or 10 owe extent; lor while 1 Snow these.
1 declaration* to be express, 1 do not find thit the
j power to suspend the writ, to any the least tx
I tent, or under way the most imperative circutrw
i stances, is anywhere conferred by euumeration.
! It is a clear principle of construing ail instru
ments, that, in case of conflict, all mere inferences
must yield to contrary declarations. But can the
power to suspend be safely interred from an ex
c<-p ional prohibition against the suspension? Toe
old Constitution presents a parallel case lu ihe
clause which prohibits any prohibition of the im
portatioo of Africans prior to the year ISC'S. Did
that provision confer upon Congress ih • power to
prohibit the importation after 1808? L apprehend
n >t. C >ugre&s did exercise the power to proaibit
after ISOB, but did not base it on ihe previous pro
hib’tion upon that power. They derived it froth
the exprers power w to define and punish pirac.es
and fe’onies commuted on the high seas,” and
claimed that they could haveexercistd it from the
beginning, but for the prohibition up to 1803.
Now, it is perfectly fair to conclude that an ex*
pressed prohibition is founded upon an apprehen
sion, it not an opiuiOD, that, without the prohibi
tum, the power mtght bt exercised. These pio
hib-tio is, there ore, like all other constitutional
prohibitions, do serve to show the view which
the framers of the instrument took of its possible
reach, <f unrestrained by prohibiting words. To
this extent they may, perhaps, be safely consulted;
but it would be dangerous and inaduiiss.ble to
construe the prohibition of a power up to acer
tarn time or under certaiu circuu.s:uuces, into a
graut < f the power after that time, or und> r other
circumstances. But a conclusive reply t> the in
feience which is sought to be druwu rom ibis
partial prohibition against a suspension of the
habeas corpus, is deiived from the histoiy ol the
old Constitution and ns amt ad:u» n s.
The prohibition was in the original Const;* u>
tion, while the great declarations in favor of life,
liberty,and property, which I have quoted as bm
ittug the power to suspend the habeas corpus, are
:«m* • ; ihe amendments proposed by the first
Cm • e-8 and adopted by the States.’ Ihe pre
ambi to those amendments, ts in these retnaika
be wiids.' “The CoQVeutious of a number of
the Mu es, having at ihe time of tbeir adopting
the Cor solution, expressed a desire, iu orcer to
prevent misconstruction or abuse or its powers,
that fuiiber declaratory and restrictive clauses
should be added : And as extending the ground
of public confidence iu the Government, wi.l
b»-$t m-uie iLe ben« ficeut ends ol its institution ;
Ac.
Here we have the express declaration of the
Congress which fianted and proposed these
umeudmeats, that they uert- inuooed as restne
tioba upon the p »wtrs conferred by the original
instrument. To whatever extent, mere ore. Con
gress might have suspend *d tne habeas corpus be
iore the adoption ol these aaieudoicnis it isc ear
tout, alter wards, that is to say, uow.anv such sus
pets on must be subject to fhtse feet ictiuos, w.:
iba. no person shali be deprived o» life, liberty, or
ptoperty, but by due process of iaw, :hai this due
process of law shall be a warrant which cm be
ls-ued only oo probable cause .shown by oath or
ufhrmauon; ard that the accused shall have the
right to a speedy and public trial by an » partial
jury. It is very true that these reitrictim *■ leave
but little, it any. scope ior the exercise ot t power
to suspend the habeas corpus under ante: turn
sances whatever; but they are plain restr ;> ona.
declared to be intended as such, and they 't od
to-*da?, lik** the shore to the ocean, a boa ary
bey« nd which power cannot go.
Constitution. (
! THE LATEST 15'itOM EUROPE, j
|
COXMFNTS OF THE ENGLISH PSTSS ON
POPES DEFEAT CALLS FOR INTERVENE
TION- THE BRAVERY OF THE SOUIH AN
OBJECT OF ALMIRATIAN- THE EMANCI
PATION POLICY CONDLMNID, SC., AC
From the Richmond Diepatvh, Oct. 3.
The news by the Anglo Haxon, fro to Liverpool
I on the 18th, is highly inlerisung. The Liverpool
j Telegraph says that besides the commissions corn
l milled to other ship builders by 'he rebel Govern
ment, wL cti are being pushed forward with ail
i possible dispatch, a large iron-plated ram is being
constructed on the river Mersey, without any at
tempt being made at concealment Thisn&m wiT
be ot toe most formidable character, uDd will at- !
tempt to rui the blockade at Charleston. The
same journal says that a vessel is lying at Liver
pool, taking in a cargo of iron plates, destined tor
plating a Souioern vessel, which is wailing their
arrival a; Charleston. It :s reported that three ot
the finest steamers on the Uyde— the Tiona, the
Giraffe, aud ihe Clydesdale— have been sold »o (he
Con ©derate Government. The Parts cotrrgpon*
dent of the York Herald, writing c n the Ititfa,
says :
Since the arrival of the news of trie first battle
at Bull Run, thore has not beeu so much excite* j
ojent caused by dispatches from the Uaitrd Siaies |
u- was the result ot those which reached here on j
Saturday evening, up so ti e 4:h of I
We weie in hopes at first that as has usually bten
the c ise for the past year, the firat dispatches
might have been of an exaggerated ct»arac>er, lo
be very much medihed by subsequent ones and
by the cx facts from the journals.
NVe have had, rb’s time, news that our troops
have been driven in no Washington, confirmed bv
tue j juruals wh’ch have sinci arrived. Upon te
c tvmg it Mr. Siidetl immediately sought acdob j
tain-'d an interview with M. Tbouvem-l, in winch
he egain uiged upon bun immediate recognition j
o( the touth, aud probably took occaa.ou to 1
eouiu-uuica e to him the snbstauc-*of the propo- j
sals ot which Mr. George N. Handers is said to he
the bearer. The news has raised the »u
cry ag ttu in the secession semi-official goverunieut
orgaus, which, for some time past, kept very quit!
ou tue sot j cl.
Tbe I airie looks upon t e war as abont over—
upon the capture of Washtugton as vnaiu. And
it express-M ihe hope that when ibis is oCCuui
pltsbed "Prebident Davis Will a t with niagna.
niroiiy.”
The Constitutiounel, of this morning, iu it.s
bulletin, after summing up the news, which it
considers an eviuence of ihe « efeat. ot the North
ern force*, closes with the following paragraph:
“From the point of view of European mteiests,
should the present situation be prolonged* We
think not. The separate existence ot the Con
federate S ates is a fact as well as a necessity; the
impossibility of reducing them is de nonet rated
Gan Europe wait auy lunger betoie recognizing
lhem? Will she require ttiai they slutl have taken
Washington i Thai Will be ask>ng of them what
was not asked of the Greeks, th,* Help ans. the
Italians. It sufficed for the recognuion of ihe*
independence of these peoples «hat they were
masters oi Athens, Brussels, and Milan. We did
nut wait till they had taken Constantinople, the
Hageu, and Vienna. They had driven away the
enemy. That was enough.”-
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Liverpool Srpt. 18. —Cotton.—The pales of
Monday, T uesday aud Wednesday were 5 OOu
miles, including 54,500t0 speculators aid exporters,
the laurket closing with a decline on all qualities
The sales io*dav are estimated at 2,009 bales, aud
pi ices are slightly firmer at tbe close.
Hiate of Trade.—Tbe advices (pom Manchester
leu *r* *h*i m«i Ret lor tfoodtfHhid yarns f! at.
Brea ;sioff.*—The inaiket iss etdyand generally
unchanged. Wakefield, Nash A C and Big and,
Athvt< A Co., report Fiourquiei but steady. Wpeat
steady red Western and Southern, 9*. to 10s 6d;
while Western and Southern, 1 Is. to 12s Corn
firm—mixed, 29*. ,
Londou Maikets, Sept. 17. Breadstuffis still
declining. Sugar buoyant. Coffee firm.
American Securities.—lllim is Cenf al Shares,
sls. io sus dtscuuni; Er«e shares, 20s. to 3us.
Console c ored to-day at to fur money.
LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY.
L'vsrpool, >rpt. 19.—The Brokers’ Circular re*
poris the Sales of the week 21 009 bale*, including
12 000 to spe u'aiors and 4.000 to exporters. The
market has been and prices are ! ovtr.
The dec me is called t£d. on American on
Surats, and 2d on other d--scriptions. Tht* sales
t<«*day (Friday ) are e>'iruaied at 2 o**o bales, and
tbe at rkt-’ closes qu et at the decline above no**
lea. The author-zed quotations are:
Fur. Middling
Orleans 3od. Sfi^d
Muhd.s 2d
Uplands. .29 2d
The stock in port is estimated at 91,000 bales,
of which 18 OoQ are American.
B.eadstuffs ar< qu.et and irregular. Flour has
a declining tendency.
Provisions are quiet, firm and unchanged.
Ln d-so, Spt. 19.—Consols ci sed a. a
tor money. American securities are quiet
but steady
The bullion in Bauk of Eng'ani has decreased
£247,000.
FROM THE ARMY-GENERAL LEE ADVAKC
ING.
Fr.-m the Richmond Enquirer, 4.
Passengers bv the Central cars, last evening,
gives<»me additional tn’ormation in regard to tne
' move men is of our army anu those of enemy.
Ihe stragglers had nearly all returned to their
d ffereot command*, and tne army is n«iw report
ed in excellent condition and sp'rits. The enemy
in force, wa-at Martinsburg, wuh his left extend
ing to Hatper’s Ferty. with a strong
force, was rapidly moving lowirds
and there was every probabiliiy that a cesperute
ba tle was about to be fought.
Persons of intelligence from Winchester state
hut McClellan cannot avoid at engagement, un
less he withdraws his army across :h* ttver—-a
move which it is next to impossible tor him to
make, as be was evidently be'Xg urged forward
bv ihe Yankee Administration znd the clamors ot
the Ab llt’i >mgt*. F*r bun to retreat now, in the
>ace ft an enemy, who had thrown down ».bt
gauntlet to him, would tend almost as much to
demoralize his army as wo”!d a defeat.
It is evidently (he design ol MiCleM m to land a
large force—probably raw recruits-at Fredericks
burg, wuh a view of retarding or operating ag-iust
the movements of General Lee in that direction,
and thus open tte road for himself to advance
down the Valley. We are couhteut, however,
, tha; ample pret'aration has been made for him
. even m ihat quarter.
! G*-n. Lee ha*> alreadygiren too many assuran*
| cesot his ability, aidtd by his gallant army, to
I thn.sb ihe invaders of our borne’* on any and
| evt ry field, lor us to entertain fears or doubts
; now. and we therefote ferl waft an ted in saying
j that, when Le strikes, McClellan and bis ‘g: tnd
| a*mv” will :-g no be beaten back in uiwr dt&c< m
! ti.ure acd confus’on. •
| From Mr&FBRRSBoao 9 .—'We n ase the following
. exuact from a letter dated Oct. Ist, rece.ved bv
• us from Murfreesboro’:
! “I was wirhin five miles of the City cf Rocks
I last evening, and saw a geuth niMn frr'm the ci:y.
, Us thinks the impression in Nashville is that
[ Louisville Las falitn :nio the Lands of the tetels.
j Oar pickets sleep at night within bearing of the
| town bells. The Yunkees are evidently much
| straightened for sopp teg. B’xrvation and want
j :a staring them in »he face ”
C\at 4 anoooa iTsTtti.) Rtbtl, Oct.Z.
THE LATEST HEWS ERON THE NORTH.
From the Richmond. (Fa.) Di\ Rch, Oct . 8.
New York papers of the 30th J*lt. contain the
particulars of the murder,at Louisvl.’e. Kentucky,
on ihe 29ta, of Major General Hull Neivoo, by
Brigadier General Jeff. C. Davis, of Indiana. It
appears that Davis had been ceprived of his com
mand by Nelson, and ordered
gone to Cincinnati, and upon laying his cafif be*
lore General Wright had bio reinstated. A dts
paich from L *uisv.He says:
There are many to;..fl.erirg accounts of *-he
shooting ol »jen. Nelson by Gen. Davis. About a
week ego Nelson placed Du vis in command of the
dome Guard forces of the city. At uight Da v s
i ©ported to Nelson the number of m-n working
•u the entnnchnnents and errolbd tor service.
N uson cursed h.m ior net having oore. D.iVis
replied that h« was a genera! < fficer, an ! de*
uiauded the treatment ot a gentleman. Nelson,
m an insuring mauner, ordered him to tepori Ui
Cincinnati,aud told h:m he would older the Pro
ves Marshal to eject f tm from the city.
mi rn ng, Gov. Moron, ot Indiana, and
General Nelson were s'andmg ne»r the desk in
the Galt House, when General Davis approached
and requested (Jov. Morton to witness a conversa
tion between himself urd Gen. Ne son. He de
manded of Nfcls> u au apology lor ;he rude treat
ment ne baa received last week. Ne son, b* ing
a lute deaf, a.-keJ him to speak h uder. Davis
ag:*io demanded an apolrgy. Ne B»'Q denounced
him and slapped him in the fare. D~vis stepped
buck, clenched his fist, and again demanded hu
apt logy. Nelson stepped him in the face, end
aga*L den-uffr a him as a coward. Davis turned
away, procured a pis ol from a friend, and fo’-
owed Nelson, who was gong upstairs. Davis
tola Nelson to defend himself, immediately thereon i
firing.
The kail peneiruteG his left breast, and General ;
Nelson died m< about twenty minutna Gen Nelson 1
requested to see his old friend, Rev. Mr. Talbot,
rtc.or ol Calvarv Episcopal Church, who was
then at the Galt House Mr. Talbot administered
the siciam.ni according to the forma ot bis
church. Toe General repeated the service after
the tumbler and refused to talk on any other .-.iib
j-ct ; he regretted that be had not long ago Uiiu-d
his attention to religion
Another account says : ,
A tew minutes before 9 o’clock Gen. Jefferson '
C. Dav s, of Indiana, met (K*u. Nelson in the hall j
ot the Ga t House, and a’tempted to speak to him
Gen Nelson refused to pv n, and ’uiq. d away
D. fol o'cl him to the "-I t- end of Lie n.t I, !
aud agaiu uddies-ed him. Nelson now turned t» ■
hm, saying; “Do you wbh to insult me, you !
cowardly puppy ?” and struck httn at the same
me on the head. Davis did not retaliate on ihe ■■
spot, but made through the crowd ot guests un'il ■
Ur- met -an officer oi bis acquaintance, borrowed
a pistol ol birr, and then pushed to the west door j
oi the hall where Nt-l on was conversing with '
some Keniltmen. When within a few feet, of him
he coekiJ ihe revolver ana tired i» stant'y. The
Mali enur*d Nelson’s left breast, ii dicing a m »r»
iai w. und. He managed ♦<» walk up Niairs to
Gen Buell’s room, where he fell on the floor.
Surgical atteudan e was lmmediate'y called, but
the Geutral died about thirty inmates aMer he !
was sho' lie was conscious unui three mi notes
before his death. Among his lest word* were, 1
“I am murdered.”
Toe New York World, noticing the afTai", say-:
The deceased was a brave man and a good mb
ordinati G< nrral, bu». he tailed to pay any respect
to those courtesies, not to say decencies of ’if©, j
without which abiMv and bravery are useless in !
a military leader. He was blasphemous, indecent j
ar,d abusive beyond ail precedent in his conver
sation and deportment toward his tqttals and in- i
ertors in rank If one halt that is teportrd oi him
is true, it is a marvel he was not shot months
s nee. Huch a man, no matter what hia chums,
should uot have been permitted to remain in the
army a mouth. He was perpetually violating ih.it
most essential ol the army regulations which in
sists on conduct becoming a gentleman. Had he
bteu displaced for this cause it would have been
worth a Victory to our armies in tbe warning it
would have bet-.u to the mass of our officers, whose
discipline in this respect is very defective.
Tne New York Herald says .
Muj »r Grneral Nelson was a Kentuckian, end
was formerly a Lieutenant in tbe navy. He was !
one ot the officers df the Mississippi, which cou
veyed tbe suite of Kossuth to our shores. Upon
tbe breaking »>ut of the rebellion be espoused the
cause ot the Union. Brtg»<Jier-G«»n«*..l J*-fT C
Davis hails from ludiana, and was a Lieutenant at
Fott Sumter when u was bombarded and captured,
and from his talent and gallantry was assigned a
higher position in the arm'. Hisconduc* in the
Missouri campaign was brilliant, particularly at
Pea R'dge. Geu. Nelson also distinguished him*
self on u»aoy a hard-fought field, but more par.iuw
larjy at Shibh, where he fought with preat hero
ism. He was recently wounded at ihe bait e of
Richmond, Ky. t and had n<»t wholly recovered
when he w-s killed. Both officers were admira*
bie fighters aud bighstrung gentlemen.
DEMOCRATIC MBITTING IN NEW Y< K LINCOLN * PRO
CLAMATION DENOt .-ccn.
A meeting was held at the Democratic head
quarters in New Yoik, Monday night, at which
about 1,00) persons were present. Hon. James
Bro. ks, of the New York Express, first aoaresstd
the meeting. After deuouocmg the emancipation
proclamation;
He then spoke of the second proclamation, say
ing to the people, if you agitate this subject you
shall be pu* in Fort Lafayette (“Let them try
it—Laughter.”) It was a proper corollary to the
.irst. The provost marshal • hisses) ot the State
or city ot New York is made the judge ot our
lovaHy, and any personal enemy may obtain he
incirceration of any of us. There are two points
in the-proclamatien. The Sr-t is, the suspension
of civil and the establishni *nt of manial uw, and
toe second is ihe suspension of tbe hab ax corpus.
I'bat right which our English fathers have had
since the dark ages is annulled by a proclamanon,
and citizens are arrested without knowing why or
where for*). (“Infamous ”) Never, never did the
revolutionary fathers, who s*ruck bright and free
'he spnrks of liberty, delegate such powe r to the
Executive. Could thev tell that for bis speech he
should not betn Fort La ayette to-morrow . (“No,
n<».”) If it was not a period of wai we should
have no hesiiancy in saying. stance to ty*
iants is obedience to God.” (Trem<. ndous ap
plause ) The oallot box is the remedy. Form
huge processions, bearing tbe red cap ot libertv,
and protest, beg, and implore a return of our lib
cr ies. (“You’re right.”; Read the Constitution
ot the United State.-, securing t» every uian free
dom ot speech, trial by jury, and protection in
bis person and property. (Cheers.)
He d-d not propose ever to g;re up ihe Consti
tution or surrender to the rebels. (Applause.) But
he pr ’r»osed to carry on the war on a different
principle, and taking a sword in ihe right hand
and the Coustwutton in the left, and save h-coun
try through the Constitution. (Cheers.) ri.-wmld
surround the rebels, and leave ir-as-n to stiog it
self to deah. This geographical idea of over
running the Southern territory with unacclimated
Northern men is a theory ’hat must fail. He ab*
huir* d secession snd abolition equally. Jtff' Da*
v:s is a rebel only two years old, Weudeti Hhil
lips is, by his own confession, a rebel twenty vears
old. (Applause.) With the exception of the lit»
tie Republic of £an Marino, on a peak of the Aps
pennies, we are the oniy Republic now in exist
ence, and we are out »he grand problem.
Ivraots sn Eurojeare usiqg all their power to sub
vert our principles. More than even now is it
necessary to impress upon the Northern mind that
‘‘Liberty, liberty, i-beity, ano Union, now and
forever, ate one end inseparable ” (Cherrs.;
Mr. Bchnable, wbf. was iirpri&oued in Fott La*
fzyettv, then uddress-.d tbe meeting.
jlr. L'nct.ic, Le said, will be supported bv ail
When he acts (Applause.) ' We
have already buried 4(.'C,000’ men. or mure, and
saddled the country w;th a dabt nearly equal to
Gieai Br tain’s There was a time wh*-c, if a
few men had beeu treateG ‘or their attempts at de
stroying ihe labor and pence of this country us
loyal m«<u have since betn trea'ed by iuiprisoua
uitnt. this might have been prevented. (Apr
plause.) Tne clup-trap knuvery ot the Stcretaiy
of^ State is donble-'tongued, like the serpent.—
Wtien he utters anvtbmg, he shapes it in such a
way that, it the party he belongs to turns a back
somerset to-morrow he can swear as well by his
interpretation as he can by the position of the
party to-day. When imprisoned in Fori Lafu\*
( ette he wes offered his freedom on condition of
taking a ceruuo ouio, huicq cum us follow,;
“And you au further »wcur that you will never, by
writing or public speaking, throw any obsbict*
in the way of whatever measore this auminiauaa
uon may Bev ill to adopt.” (Laughter >.nd bis.
ses.) lie relused to take the .lain. (Great an.
pkiliSe.) *
The time is coming wheu be would rereads
himself. (Cheers.) Reoo-mber that Ires speech
will not be crushed. ( ‘Xu, uevcr.”) Iniprisoae
' client may begin again, and at last we mi! ce
i tnutnptnar. Men rnu-it depend upon public ora.
! :ars and the public press, and tney must-judge
[ how near Ibev ere tight. God Almignty bitnse f,
t when amid rue daiknoss o, chaos £Je laid ;he
! stagnant watets in order, sari, "Let there be
I light." fSpplahse.) And now, amidst the moral*
civil, and po.i’ieal chaos of our coun'rv lert .c
bati'e c - y ot the Democtacy be, "Let there be
j light.” (Cluers) It the tree hid thorn white
i man is to lose his liberty in the atrocious '-if ,rj to
make the de-tc-ndant ft Ham bts equal, then : .
j high time that tve begin to investigate whether
the teachings ot the party which is bunging ah.. „t
' this damnable tesul- are right or wrung.—
; The doctrine announced by Simon Cam .- n,
j the gteat Wiorebag plunderer, wno has rob
i bed the Government cotiers more than any
j criminal that ever disgraced the annals of a court
of justice, as tne only plan by which he cou.d
i .are his iil gotttn gam.-, was the obliteration of
; S'ate lines and the elevation of a man ot perpetn
| ill power, hue the arbitrary Louis Napoleon, or
J some one backed up by ihe Abolitionists, lire
i that monstrous jr-.'kass, John Charles Fteutonl.
• cLai’.gh cr and applause.) The experience of his
tory teaches us ib.t wtunevtr, 1 rum generation
to generation, you bmd the knee ot the labor,ng
classes of a country to a power beyond their
; reach, in a little while toe cbi 14. followicg *:ie
paternal example, adopts the geoufluction, and
j submits utiul at !-natb the cfca»ns *re bmnd up.
oa it without any chance or breaking. It id al*
i most the history of poor Ireland. It i a the natu
ral rlf'.ct o the opera l .i ns of ly.iU ,y.
! Mi McMa*te ; s m idea ;»-w remarks at the close,
and the audience separated qn c-tiy. At the next
j meeting Richard OGiraian will speak.
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NSW YORK MONEY MARKET.
Toe New York Herald, of the Sdib, says;
| YiSL.rday was uno her Very aj’ireand txci‘v. g
■lay in Wills sfr ei. T<e i a'ive lever acvms
j iu oe deo.d diy ou the me.'east among ihe public
; The brokers' offices are thronged wi h operators,
j The advance ot the d„y was equal to per
i cent, on ihe leading speculafive railways, uni
, 6 o per cent ou the cheaper classes of bona*.
Goto rose to 1 -'-'lv' d uiaa A notes to 119%, and
I bills od L 'iidon 10 135. Money was active a
p» r cent. The bank statcoieL't shows an mere* e
lo* *;>.?<>, 4*s in specie, and an increase ot $4,611-
| BP9 in deposits, and $1,861,759 in loaes. Every
j b 'dy is buying g »id iu order to insure ag .iua tne
• depreciation oi the currency. It mau who is
worth t-’O 000 is atru'd trial by the depreciation of
the pspt-r money now afloat he may had himself
only worth iu tea!tty $25,000 ut the end ot the
war, he can protect himself by buying $5.),000 '.a
gold, taking it to the Sub-TnSaaurv, d pOdinng it
| at four per cent., and, if be needs the money,
. borrowing on the iSubtTreasurer’s cernhcate of
! deposit, This is the secret ol the recent enor*
mour purchases ot gold.
OPIXTON OF THE COTTON DISTRICTS OT RE
COGNITION OF THIS SOUTH—A STRONG
1 VOICE FROM LIVERPOOL.
From the Liverpool Courier. Sept 17.
The sum aud substance of the startling intelli
gence brought by the Europa .s included in a few
biief words—" The remains ot the three Federal
armies are hemmed up in tfceir besieged capital.
That is ihe eod ot eighteen months incessant and
sanguinary warfare. * * * *
Ih'S dtfeai of the Federals is equal to the loss
of half a million of men. Mr. Lincoln may order
a conscr’p ion, but mea are justified in resisting
the orders ot statesmen wbo>e iLcuaipeteney
leu as but to death and disgrace. The'ow Irish,
undisciplined and caring litti * tor the Union, will
| not replace the troops slaughtered at Centr*vile
J aud Du l Run. The Guion has n<» fresh fields to
fall back upon; there are no new States to pro*
i nounce iu tav->r of the Federals, and to send
iSO 000 men to die. The Confederates are d flfer-*
laotl j |*l.*o<-J.
Hut there :s matter of still more iace.
( How can England aud ..'ranee now gently reject
; *he demaud for rec gnuion made by ihe HnaUi >
| 0:i what plaa ci*n w ;efuse to ack -owledge that
| independence which is a fact *? Ii U u->i low the
capital ot the Confederacy which is bcle.igur f *d,
but of the Uo-onists. Ii is that :s in
; peril, sot Richmond. Every conquest nude by
the Federals early in the year has been g;v r .n up,
|oris od the point ot being surrendered. Tae
j Con'ederafe States are free from ihe presence of
au enemy, except at New OrL-ans and a Ji w uaim
poi taui points aiong the coast. Three invasions
nave been tutti-d or rep lied; three invading
I a-rntes have been shattered both separately aud
together.
What do we wait for, or what do we require *
GuLb-ats, indeed, may s eal up rivers and tre
I i cnnmercul towns, but the spiteful vengeance of
ama ignaot enemy is r.ot t» oe a bar to justice.
| The siege of Wasmngtou places the Confederates
, in a position to demand their recognition. They
. j etc no linger on 'he defensive, but ihe assailants.
They have won tne admiration of the civ>l;xed
, nations fur their constancy, fortitude, endurance
| and bravery. They have managed to cr-a:e re
sources when shut cut from the commerce of the
( earth; they have beaten an insolent and bullying
; people three times ibeir number; and are we to
i imitate the cuuduct of New York journahsts, and
, ignore facts in hopes of other facia at s'one ua
mentioiidb e period ? The siege of is
; the death blow of the Union as it was Five dif
ferent confederacies, each larger than Austria aod
; Franoe together, wiil be formed out of the frag
, mencs. Is it necessary, is it just, that a million
mere men should be slain before we allow our
s hes to pronounce an i cxuowledgeuieut of an
; independence so nobly deleaded and so brilliant#
; lyachieveJ?
MANCHESTER JOINS IN THE CRY KOR THE REBELS,
From the ManUieeier Guardian. Sept. IS.
Meanwhile, the Confederates must be congratu
lated on baviug fully vmdicaied the confident pre
dictions with which, from the beginning ot the
i contest, they have appealed to the sympathies cf
Europe. They have given a complete answer to
[ all those persons who doubted whe'her they
could cope successfully with the superior
sources of tue North, and whether, therefore,
L they were justified in seeking independence by
: lorce of arms. All doubts ot that kind are set at
i r si by ibe recent tiiumphs in Virginia. The
South, both by their military qualities »n the held
[ and by their statesmanship iu the council, have
cliarly established their title to a separa e natioll
, ality, and ihe sooner that title is by
i the North, the less cause will ihe latter have t,J *
, regret. it delay the concession much
, longer, the result humorously foreshadowed ty a
New Yci k writer may actually occur in the
. radon of the Union by conquest on the part o*
. the South. Already Pre.-ideut Lincoln Las lest
, much of his advantage in treating for a frontier.
. and a few more defeats like those sustained by
Gen. Pope may almost leave h'm without a
[ tier for which to treat,
i .
a Change Hill.—Oi late, “Shinpiasters’ seem to
i be o.ult plying like the frogs ot Egypt. There :i
uow scrticelv a man, bi»y or "nigger* who baa
» not m< re or less ot these bills which were issued
: with the intention o' c< mmittmg a fraud, and
1 ' mo»e wurth'ess than so much blank paper.
?• Ye«»et day we were shown a package of tbiD"
1 ' j liters c.f the denomination ot sl, which r-ai n
> ! follows :
i | *‘J. P Dale will pay t«> the beare* - , on deoten^
- On*- Dollar in current Rattle Notes, wheu the sunt
5 ' of $5 or upwards is presented.
- ' Augusta, Ga.. August, lSt-2.
f J. f». Dali ”
7 | Tlie printing was done and tbe job delivered in
- Atlanta to a gentleman who protested to beast*
' x i ing tor J. 1 Dale.
3 I o’ Augusta know nothing ot the man “J.P. Date/’
e j and tha* his shins will not be redeemed this side
*j of the meetu;g of the next Legislature,
f i Atlanta f Oa.) ik’Uthern (Jonfederacy , Oct. 4.