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tfbf <i(i\f(l l lii ( ,r onstrtutioimlist. BY JAMES GARDNER. R4TKB OF SI'BsCRIPTIo.Y D4H.T. I TKMnKLT. I'na rear »J1 / Ona l'.»r rj l)U Mant1ia....r..... 10 ; Sir Month* . « Turta M00uu....t... 5 Three Momhe..!'"' < Une if 8T3... a I One Month 15e u*piea.Teu Oea*«. Ne»» Du.era .applied on liberal leans, fbeee wnoTave eubscribed at t'uMate ratre will be ered. t-. r W,th rneh siuomt aa to mare the terme to them con. n.trn to t:e above rated. TUB GOVERNORS CALL. the following answers to various inquiries m reference to the call for 8,000 troops f.r Stale defence: Stats or Giobgia, l Adj’t tnd Ins. General’. Office, V •SlilledgeviUe, July ij 188*. ) Col. W, H.Gstrris, Aiigitata, (fa.: ftiß : Bv direc.ion or the Adjutant General, I submit the following answers to the Governor’s recent proclamation for 8,000 volunteers for home defenqe, embracing several other points of public importance, incase of a draft in anv eonnty of the SU'e. I. P ■ rsona between the ages of 4d nod IS are mo: relieved fro® liability to conscnptioo by en listing for homo defence, under the Governor's pro. ooii slinn of 22J Jttue and 17ih July, IS6S. By « recent order nl the President they ere liable to tm-iedute enrollment, and their ntniee will not be depoai'cd for dralt. If. The exemptions allowed by the Governor's proclamation include only ministers ot the gospel, justice-! of the Inferior conrt, telegraphic operators and county agents, not exceeding two such county agents lor each county, charged with the doty at rdiexiitg IQe necessities ot soldiers’ families Also, persons disqualified lor service by physical d filmy, which must be so obvious to the officer eonrhii mg the draft us not to admit of donbt, or the (set be certified by a comp-lent physician, of ucuteess for us much ea two weeks active duty at ess time. Ceuiflca'es of discharge from Coaled* vntta service will notsof themselves discharge from draft, na the holders may be restored, or il nullt for general service, Competent for borne de force. 111. Companies formed of operatives in facto rtes, or of workmen in Slate and Confederate machine shops, or of railroad employees, or en* gaged in 'tie manufacture of iron, or of oily fire* m*n, will be mustered into Confederate service, be* not estimated in the quotas of the counties where the same may be located or reside. The services of such may he restricted in their muster rails 10 the counties where located, which will be observed ns ihe contract of service. Companies sccepled'br the -Ycretury of War and detailed for me prelection of Powder Mills, where tbs com panes lave betn organized from the counties wliere the mill or mills are lota’ed, wiil be leceiv td cs a part of Ibe quotas of tbosc- counties. iV In the case ot lactones, and State or Con* I .lera’o employees, where there are not men raongh to form a company of torly*four, a deficit in on i cstnhlisbmeot may be filled from the over plus in another, or bv receiving members not lies ale lod-alt or conscription. V. Tae nomes of civil oQiueis, not exempt by t e Governor’* oroelamaii m, will be deposited lor dr»:». Names of no Min officers and of justi ces of the peace and baiiiff-t will not be so depos ited bn. on proof that unv one of them between IS and 45 years of age has not volunteered bis sara- mil f;c nettled tor conscription. VI. Drsfied men will be attached to orga wed companies of -be same counties in which they re side, and in case there are no organized compan ies therein will lie attached to the uuor gan.ird volunteers thereof, and allewed to vote with them for officers. VII. When 44 volunteers l.i a county associate together, they may. lortn a company and elect nth cera without regard to the quota assigned to that eounty. And wbru there are oue or more or ganized companies in a county, any additional volunteer* or drafted men necessary >o make up the quota, but not enough to form a company, most attach to the company or compauie* already organiz 'd, if of the same arm of the service. It of a different arm, they will be attached to other volunteers similarly situated in adjacent counties. Respectfully, your ob*l eerv’t., L. H. Baiscoa. PHOtl IHK 1«TB UKORUIA. eiTtaa to Dixie— sccctissrui. kktreat— •aiutrsa at ruNKTott s—casuzltiss. Chip ICth fit. Kioimekt, j tin the Potomac, V July 14th, 1843. ) Me tiiivnit: Again are we on the Dixie side of Ike Potomac, hav mg loft our camp near Funk ■ town, Md., last evening at dusk, and arrived at this camp this day about noon, the distance being some live or six miles. You will do doubt think it.■'ry hours were consumed in this march, but all filings considered, it wan an expeditious and suc evetru ly managed affair. We have been visited with heavy rains foi several days past, which would have rendered ibe toads, under ordinary eucnmstancts, impassable - for almost any living creature. The toads for the entire distanev were ankle detp in mnd, the adbesivenesa of which to leather caused tuuuy a poor fellow to lose bie vines, hut beyond this, nothing was lost on our rditcit final this point. In consequncc of the swelling stream, at points which had to he forded, I understand two or three wagons and learns Were Io«t, but ‘ nary one” captured by the Yanks. This morning the enemy were close upon onr keels, aad m iJe their ..pi ea-ance on the Mary land side <f the river, hut were speedily driven i.ck, uud it is said with considerable loas, by Wright’s Brigade, who were left behind for the purpose of checking them at the proper time and place. id >tb our advance and retreat was conducted wirfi that ekill aad ability which ever character ize the movements of Geu. Dee, but I assure you that onr men are considerably jaded from tire am* marches and sleepless nights, but a few days in Unco and "Richard will be himself again.” On the 10th ins'., at FunkUiwn, we had quite a i spirited engagement, but was of short duration, tnttfiellaily loug, however, to m ke the Y’ankee aii ruiiahers, wuo were in pretty strong force, fly to the woods, where the main body ol their army were shattered. Oa this occasion the regiment wuraind-r the command of Adjutant R. G. Strick land, he being she senior officer present. In this hole affair, which was a complete success, the regimen*, sustained a loss of one man killed and wounded, as 'ollcws; In Co. G, Serg't S. W. Rid -1-v was koicd, and private B. F. Southall wound ed in the thigh , Co. 1), Serg’t James Hendricks wounded id hand, and private Frank Bell in face; Co, A. private H. R. Clem wounded in Co. h, pr.vste dames Waters leg amputated; Co. I, privs-e H. H. Luster in the breast; Co- £, Lieut. Joseph Hughes m thigh. There were one or two tlhurs whose names 1 have not learned. W- are now ooder marching orders and will probably move in the direction of Winchester. Tbs morning of the 15iii breaks dark and cloudy, sod another seUB disagreeable march is be fore as. ' ' 1 will write again in a few days, when 1 hope lofcave more leisure. „ Yonrs, Ac., J. W. z. U*l AI.TIKH IV COMPANY v, w««ssaiSiT SKOKGIA VOGL’.YTGKRS, At WdTU«IWU, >*A ,A\D Fr.AKbTOtV.V MD K i t d, Witremoo Rogers shot through the HCH Ragan shot through the body below hghi nip U. Thos t ixinson shot ihroogb tbe so iooen. Jseksuii H Giles Jr right thigh ‘° rn ha,f 'fail*. Veil!, Jao F Stephens shot through breast. Wuaadtd cevcie'y. A J McDonald thigh and left the bauds ij entoir, Ephraim Prtner mortally twaorh both thighs, broiieu, and left loShe hands . Jasper McGaughery legampataiedbe *" 'he ks ie, toft at Wi iliamsport W“ V “S. h “ io Winchester,Aaron Joseph hand sent V'nchevter, S M Still arm, sent to Winches er. Brewer arm, sent to Winchester, J BE*ley sent to Winchester. J B Harrisaabdo&en ?•'« Winchester, Thos Michael ahoulerseaito. •chaster. Won .ded slightly, S J McLeroy *lO slightly,.sen; to Wiaotiesisr, R A Upshur siighU'y, seal to Wipchester, Bittle on i-boulder, sea! t.» & O R* aad shoulder, seat to Winchester, J « » tll ‘ £*•. sent to Winchester, J U Gr.ffn h.p, sent to *»Me«e.-, R w Caspin head, sent to "inches- JJ- C McMjhoa leg, sent to Winchester, L w G ?“*‘w hand, sent W B Moore J*tiWita the company, Wm Prince leg, **•“ p'&May Prisoners, Wm 8 Brown and Juo B Missing, J W Woodruff lost during the I?®*. 8 Conner lost daring the battle —making ” loss #B. jr; EK ‘ K ov t,,k wa« - 'he 1 OSII ION or NEW .HAAIPtSHIIIK. ? fNew held a mass Efp"**.' Concord, in that Stale, on !he4!h Inst. » Plerce pretided and made a speeco append ? C °* Uoa > B * me «>r»ets from e bicU we « . u iB > lh *t a-7 Os you. that ! rrvae'f, la , be Ihe neat victim of unc. n.i tqiion* : trtesponsibie power. Hu « t , nevn u . ~ 4 ‘ u . tree men, and we resolve to live, or if u most he, ' i d ®’. I"?: F *:t«r who may, we will never cease to hold on high the Constitution of the f“r D ' torn to shreds by the sacrilegious hands of its enemies. How strikingly sigmScart how suggestive to us, on this occasion, is the con* lempktUoD of that august spectacle ol the tecent convention at Indianapolis, of seventy-live thou sand citnens calmly and bravely participation in the discussion of the great principles underlying their sacred rights as freemeu-tieither owed by cannon frowning upon their liberties nor pro voked by threats into retaliatory violence. I would say to you, lellow-ciiiuns, emulate that exhibition of wisdom and patriotism. Be patient but resolute. Yield nothing of your rights, Out bear and forbear. Let your action show to the worJd that with cm age to confront despotism you hayeslso the discretion toayoul inconsider ate action in resisting its adrances. • * 1 trust it may be s profttal>le on this occasiou, as the call of yonr meeting suggests, to rerive the memories ol that heroic epoch oi the republic, even though they come laden with regrets, and hold up that period of our history iu contrast with the present. Though they come to remind us of what wero our relations during the Kjyolui on, and In later years, prior to 18tU, to that great Commonwealth which we were accustomed to reler to by the name of “the Mother of .Statesmen and of States;” and of what those relations now are. Can it be that we are never to think again of the land where the dust of Washington and Fnrriok Henty, of Jefferson and Madison repose, with emoiions of gratitude, admiration and filial re« gard* Is hate lor all that Virginia has laugh', all that Virginia has done, and all that Virginia now is, tu take the pices of Bentiments nh ch wr hare cherished all our livesf Other men may be eased to do this, but it is in vatu to appeal to me. Bo far as my benrt is concerned it is not a subject of volition. * e » « s Mo matter wbst may have been done, North or South, to produce it, this terrible nrd. at of blood which has been visited upon ns ought to be suf ficient to bring us all bars to courciouaness of reaponsioililies and duties. The emotions ot all good m.*u ere those of sorrow and shame and sadues*, oust, over the condition of their country, whew they retire at night, and wheu they opeu their eyes upon the dawning day, struggle against them though they m iy. VViiy should they at tempt to disguise il * Solicitude which biogrs upon apprebensr n of personal danger or person al loss, and tbut alone, is coutempubie. Trifling men may indulge in trifling word sod thought, while the inundation laid by the lathers are crumbling beneath tboir feet; but thu artificers who laid iboee Inundations found no time lor trifling while engaged in thru- grand and serious work, nor can you. They could lilt up their souls in prayei; but Ihey had no heart for levity and mirth. My triends, you have had—most of you have bad—great sorrows, overwhelming personal sorrows. It may be; but none like these, none like these which come welling up, day by day from the great fountain ol national disaster, red wil l the best and braved blood of the country. North and Bouth—red with the blood of those in both socuoss of the Union whose lathers (ought the common battle of independence. Nor have these sorrows brought with them any compensation, whether of national pride or of victorious arms. For it is not vatu to appeal to you to raise a shout Qf joy because tbe men from the land of Wash ington, Marion, and Sumter are baring their breasts to tbs steel ol the men from tbe land of Warren, Stark and Stockton; or because, if this war is te crintlßue to be waged, one or tbe other most go to tbe wall—must be consigned to humil iating subjugation ’ Tbia fearful, fruitless, fatal civil war bas exhib ited our amazing resources and vast military power. Ituas shown that united, even iu carry ing it out, in its widest interp elation, the Mon roe doctrine, on this conl’ni n', we could, with snch protect! n as tho broad uoean which (lows between ouiselves and European powers affords, have stood agaiost the world in arms. I speak of the war as fruitless; for it is clear mat, pros ecuted upeu the bast a of the proclamations of September 22d and Sep ember 24. h, 1862, pros ecuted, as 1 must unaeistand louse proclama tions, to say nothing of the kindred btood which has lolluwed, upon the theory of emancipation, devastation, subjugation, it cannet tail to be ' fruitless in everytmng except the harvest of woe which it te rtpeutng for what was once the peerless republic. Now, fellow citizens, alter having said thus much, it is right that yon should ask me, what would you do in this fear ful extremity * 1 reply, from the beginning ot this sttuggle to tbe present moment, uiy hope has been in moral power. There it roposeth still. When, in ins spring of ISBI, I had occa sion to address my tellow citizens of this city from the balcony of the hotel before us, 1 then said I had not believed, and did not then believe, aggression by arms was either a suitable or pos sible remedy for existiog evil. All Ibat has occurred since then has but strengthened ana confirmed my convictions in Ibis regard. I repeat, then, my judgment impels me to rely upon moral force and not upon any ol the coer cive instrumentalities of military power. We have seen in the expert nee of the last two years how Intile arc wit our.eS.rts to man tarn the Osion by force ot arms ; hut even u w been carried on by us eucc mnfo! ► - « result would exhibit its utter uupraeucob.it'.y to>. the attainment ol tbe desired end. Through psooe lul agencies, aud through such agencies alone can we hope to “ form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for tbe common defence, promoto toe genera! welfare and a cure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our Dosterity," the great objict for which, and for which a.onc, the Constitution wes formed. If vou turn round and ask me, what if these agen cies fail; what if the passionals auger of noth sections lorbids ; what if the baltot-bux is sealed* Then all efforts, whether of war or peace, having failed, my reply is, you will take care of jonr selves • with or without arms, wi'.li or without leaders, we will at least, in the effort to defend our rights as a frea people, build up a great rnoue solemn of hearts to which men who yearn for li berty will in after years, with bowed heads end reverently, resort, as Christian pilgrims to the sa cred shrines of tbe Holy l*aud. BBBOLUTIOS3. Tbo resolutions affirm the right of free speerh and freedom of the press as guranleed by the Constitution, and nfer to recent occurrences in the following terms; Resolved, That the free and independent ex ercise ol the elective franchise is indispensable tor the existence of popular governtnen,. Any attempt to prevent such r xerdse of it is a bow aimod at the very foundations ol uiir political inslitulioDH. With these seutiineßt*; We denounce the diemiwai from the **rviC6, by the President, of Lieut. Edgerby, of W'a Mttte. lor having in the propt r exercise ol his unques tionable right ae a treeman and bis duty as a Citixens, ai our late election, cast a vote mac. S With his own sense of right, as a des ootic exercise of power and an outrage not only on personal rights but also on popular sovereigni ty. We have only contempt to *{j* insult offered to the Democracy ot this State by the terms ot the official order lor ibe that oiamis sal offensive alike to decency and truth. We denounce the srrest by military force, lor an alleged military offence, trial by a military tribn «ftl and military sentence, of Hon. Clem*ct L. Val I smL.ll of Ohio, while in the exercise of hie bred'right and high constitntii nal privi -hoese-bred ngo „ 0 Mnrpwi ,. n of power * g a in iha o' o * l sacred principles of apd in notation ot 4agnr6 the Democracy of oar J la | concurrence in ihe noble do Obio of our cord |*te State Conven nfender JSSShW^I* straggle, and £*^^“Jwn™M*he ■‘SS'ttSS - 'tSS » S^SHSSSr'**— 23g£5gSL-i'Esi;tt AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1863. | maolv and statesmanlike defence of personal rights, Stale sovereignty and constitutional gov* I erntaeof, ol hts official message and in his recent lot or relative to the arrest ot Mr. Vallandtgham. I Ibe Democracy of this State has giver ample | pr o of their true loyalty and patriotism, by the ; read'* response they have made to every require* | men' ol men and means for the defence ol the "*msm. In answer to the false charge j ttgaiaoi us, r.v - ditical opponents, of dtslovalty, ! We have only to point out to the Democratic sons of New Hampshire who have fallen on every battle field iu ibis contest, and to the thousands who are now in the service. But it is true that the corrupt rxpe* allures of ihe public moneys, the üßele.ss sacrifice of lives, the vacillating coun sels and the proscription for political opiuions of able and distinguished officers in whom the sol diers and people alike have confidence, which have characterized the conduct of the war by this Administration—its repeated violation of the Constitution and outrages upon personal rights und civil libertv, and, above all, its gross viola* tion of the solemnly plighted laitn ot the nation aa to the purposes for which the war was com* menced and to be carried on, and its perversion of the war by us measures and policy from its only rightlul and high purpose of maintain ; ng ihe supremacy of the law and the integrity of the Union, into u crusade against particular anstitu* lions of the States—have not abated our attach ment to the government or our readiness to make any sacrifices lor its defence, but destroyed our confidence in the ability of this adm uistratian to carry on the wur to the only su cess which patriot ism commends or we desire—the preservation of the Constitution as it is and the' restoration oi ih* Union as it was Our hope is in the quiet but effective power of the people through the ballot box. We tlecui r proper now luriber to declare that we, together wi>h the loyal people of the Biale, would hail with pleasure and delight any mam* (e.slationa ot a desire on the part ot the acceded Suites to return to their allegiance to tho Govern ment of the Onion; and, in such an event, we would cordially and earnestly co-operate with them in (ho restoration of peace und the procure ment of Mich proper gurraniees as would give He* curity to all their interests and rights. And w« tender to the brave soldiers in the held who have patriotically volunteered for the defence o| tbe Government our most grateful acknowledg inents. Their services and sacrifices will he held in lastiug remerobrauce. I UK ftIKUKSUKIi OF VICHtiOI UU Having presented our readers a reliable account of the siege and hui render of Vicksburg, and the causes which led to it, from a well knowu corres pondent, who was one of tho garrison, we pub* lish the following Yunkoo account of the inci dents of the surrender and the condition of Ihe city. 1 1 is from the New York Tribune: The tebi l soldiers, instead of lying close in Ibeir treuches, are rotiintng'abmu trie city unarm* ed, in unrestrained but amicable intercourse with thorn of our own army who have been permitted to eater ibe town. Guy uniforms of grey cloth, richly bedmened with gold lace, aud profusely decked with slurs aud bright trimmings, are iu close juxtaposition with the Holiday attneof our own sooulder-strapped friends—a strange morning sight for Vicksburg. Tbe women and children have had a quiet ingot's rest in their beds at home —a tbipg which has not occurred before for forty* eight d. ys. Guards in blue uniforms are stationed at the entrance of stores and other places where goods of any kind are deposited. -Near a hundred aieum boats are lying at the wharf—a sight which tbe people here rejoice at more than any other. Where, yesterday morning, starvation was atari mg men and worneu in the tace, plenty now reigns. TBS ABMIKS fUUTEILNISINU. To-dav both armies seem to hay* discarded evnry leafing of personal bitterness, and to have recogniz'd the quarrel in which they hare been fightiug as a purely public one, that ought not to interfere with friendly personal relations. Wher ever you two in Ihe streets of Vicksburg, and on whatever transput l you go, you wiil find Upioo officers end soWtere treating rebel officers and sol diers to the hen eatables and drinks our army can afford, as it lliey were old friends just met alter a loog separation. Cordiality and good feeling pre vails throughout tbe city 1 am confident that there bas not been to-day a single instance where any officer or soldier of our army has indulged in any unseemly exultation over the fallen fireman. We have even refrained from cheering, and nothing—absolutely nothing— has been done lo add humiliation to tbe oup of sorrow which ibe rebels have been oompelled to driok. Os course, this universal prevalence ol good feeling lias tempted (he men ot both armies to resort to moral suasion and argument for vin dication of their respective positions as billige rents. , I have listened attentively to many discussions ol ibe cause o S the war. had ou tire street corners and everywhere, expecting them to resalt iu high words ohdeflsnce and recrimination. Hut, to my surprise, 1 havo never elsewhere heard these con versloual controversies about the war aud its causes and ends ao calmly and mildly conducted since -be commencement of our National troubles. CONDITION or THIS CITY. What a oear view of Vicksburg would disclose, nll-.t being so long subjected to a ram of shot and sfcsi 1 , h,.s been a theme of much speculation in L .nr -rmy and elsewhere. Those wh» hare wit ni-9-ed '.be siege cannot lail to be surprised that toe e is anything left of, the town but rams. But w , ~»•/«, it seems, yet something to learn of the „ ... -ote o a town as well as of men. But few OJiioUiga in V.ck. burg ate totally demolished, jjoue have been completely rumen by the bom bardment. On ooe ot the principal streets near the river, andTUDDing parallel with it, there are remaine of a olnck ol buildings whioh were burn ed about the time of the fight at Champion Utils. In the block was a mill and a store house, in which were stored a considerable quantity of flour- 200 barrels and upward—which was burned at the earns time. The buildings were fired by a crowd of incensed rebel soldiers and citizens, as a nupishment due to soma heartless and extor tionate speculators who had bought up the flour to be enabled to get siege prices far It. There aie a few othsr houses scattered about that are but heaps of rubbish. The great major ity of the buildings, bo h public and private, can be by repairs mads “as good as new.” The streets aie barricaded to a limited extent, and have been ploughed up by Bhdls. In walk ing uloug the pavements ooe must be careful not to tumble into a pit dug Tor him by a projectile from a thirteen inch mortar or Ironi a Purrott gun The yards, gardens and open lots are als i ent up with shell boles. A profusion of beautiful shrubbery has heretofore rendered Vicssburg a very handsome town, but the broken find'torn deoo'Dg and havoc incident to the presence of an army anywhere, have greatly diminished the beauties of the place. Nearly dtery gate in the city is adorned with unexplodcd thirteen inch shells placed atop of each post. The porches and piazzas (nearly every Louse lias one) are also adorned with curious collections ol shot and shell tbat have fallen in the yards. It is said tbal there are some houses in the oity that have escaped no scathed; but in my rambles tbrongh the streets I could not find ihem. I entered, perhaps, twenty buildings m all, and found frightful looking boles in the wall* and flours of every one. The bouse occupied hy Gen. Pemberton as hie headquarters has a hole in the first toom you enter on the left side of the ball which a mule oould craw! through without diffi culty. The publisher of the Vicksburg Cit setL invited mo into his residence, and interspersed bis remark-, while showing me around, with frea quent cautious not to tread here and there, for fear a (shattered piece of fl >ormg would let me through into the cellar. And so it is all over the pl-ce. The northern portion of the city suffered most, and I cannot convey any idea of the damage sustained better than by saying it hat been smash- the evidence everywhere yis ib'e of the tetrible ordeal through which the peo ple und city have passed, the Vickeburgere per sistently assert that they hare not been much damaged- tbal Bhellt ere comparatively Innocent things— '"‘nothing when you get used to them ,’’ that they could have held out a year if they had •bad provisions, Ac. They also claim to have learned how h> dodge shells, and say that those Bred from tba mortars had become fsvorites With the peo-.le. Hbots from Parrott gun* were t D °The meat" noticeable feature of the oity is the group of caves oa every bill side. In these oaves 1 the women and children were sheltered^ during ! the night, aad eoe**oß»Uj in day time whan tha firing was very severe. The excavations branch out in various directions after passing the en** trance. 1 should not imagine them very desira* hie bed chambers, but they seem to have auswer* ed a very good purpose, in uneor two instances shell entered them and two women and a nun ber of children were thus tilled during the siege. CADSB or TUK SCPIKNDKR. There is but one reason given hy ihe rebels for their surrender. They say they discovered that ihey would be starved out before it would oe pos sible for Jobntson or anybody else to raise the siege; and although they could bavr held out six or seven days longer, they would have gained nothing thereby, the prospect being that at .he end of that time Johnuon would be as far off as he is now. They repel tbe suggestion that they were afiaid o( an assault iu column on l ie 4 b, aud say that they would have been able to repel uuy suoli as sault. However this may be, the U ct* that they were brought to desperate straits for something to eat is indisputable. All prejudices against mn!c meat was thoroughly conquered by hunger, and the army was using it freely, esteeming it belter fo<*d than the blue beet and rancid pork upon which they formally subsisted. The little lemtiant ot breudstuffs which they huvo on baud also at tests to the extremity to which they wero reduced, and their soldiers nre at t’lis moment praising the “hard tack,” or pilot broad, given the nby our tneu, as it It were the most delicious bread ever baked. A rebel staff officer iu termed me, w hile making inquiries on this subject, that they have frtquentlv communicated with Johnston, and that their last hope ot relief was destroyed b» a communication from him. Tno inference Is readily drawn that the army is scarcely prepared for hostilities, and most retire before Gen. Grant. FROM THK UNITED STATE** l roui several column* of s-msational narratives ih the late N n theru papers, about Morgan and the conquests on tbo Mississippi, we copy the following official cinards, being probable more likely to contain a modicum of truth than the mere tales of paid correspondents • TBK CAPTURE OF YAZOO CITY -OFFICIAL DISPATCH * FROM ADMIRAL PORTER. Washington, July 21.—Tbs Secretai ? of the Naff to.night received the following • U. 8. Mississippi Squadron, ) Flagship Black Hawk, off Vicksburg, > July 14, via Oaito, July 21. J Uuu. Gideon Welles, Secretary of (be Navy : Biu : Hearing that General Johnston wa* forli. fyiug Yazoo City with heavy guou, and gathering troops there, lor the purpose of obiamlug sup* phea for bis army lrom the Yazoo couutry ; a.ho that the remainder of toe enemy's heat transports were ihere, showiug u probability of his attempt to escape, Mujor General Grant and myself deui« mined to senu a naval and military expedition up there to capture them. “The Baron de Kalb, National, Reuyvood and Signal were dispatched, under command of Lieut. Com. John G. Walker, with a force ol troops numbering 5,000, under Maj. Gen. Frank J. He - ron. Pusijiug up to the city the Baron do Kuib engaged the batteries, which were all prepared to receive her, and after finding <>ut their strength, ahe dropped back to notffy Gen Herron, who immediately landed bis men, and tne army and navy made a cambmod attack on lha enemy’s woras. “The rebels soon lied, leaving everything iu our possession, aud sot tire to lour of their finest steamers that ran on the MU.-ussippi in times past. The army pursued the eucfny and Captured their rear guard of 2tJO men, aad at Mi accounts were taking more prisoners. B.x heatv guns and one vessel, formerly a gunboat, toll into our hands, and all the munitions of war.' “Unfortunately, while ttys Baton toe Kalb was «or»*g slowly told»g site a torpeoo which exploded and sunk her. There was no sign ol anything of the kind to be seen. While she was going down another exploded under her stern* The water is rising lust in tbo Yazoo, and we can do nothing more than to get the guns out of her, and then get her into the deep %water, where she wile be undisturbed until we are able to.raiee her. The officers and men lost uveryluiug. “1 have the honor to**be, very respectfully, ywur obedient servant, O. D. PORTBK, “Achug Hear Admiral, Commanding Mississippi Squadron." Cairo, [July 29.—'Vicksburg advices to the loth inst. say that Yazoo City, which was held by about 800 rebels, was captured by Gen. Herron, on the 18tb, and 250 of the rebels taken prisoners. The gunboat DeKalb ' was blown up by torpe* does and sunk in shallow water, but will ho rais ed. No lives were lost. The rebels burned three transports lying above the city, and seme eight or ten large steamers in the Yazoo river. CAPTURE OF ASO ARTILLERY. Cincinnati, July 20.—The following dispatches were received here to-day; Uead'qks. Gkigke’s Cheek., i v July 20, 186*3. \ We chased John Morgan’s command over fifty miles to-day, after heavy skirmishing for six or seven miles between the 45th Ohio, of Out. Wool* ford’s brigade, in the advance. We succeeded m bringing the enemy to a stand this afternoon, when a fight ensued, which lasted au hour, when the rebels fled, taking re* fuge upon a very high blufl. I sent a Hug of truce demanding, the immediate aud uncondi tional surrender of Morgun and his command. The llag was received by Col. Coleman and other officers, who came down and asked an hour for consultation. 1 granted forty minutes, in whichjime the command —exceptiog Morgan, who deserted, taking with him a very small surrendered. It was my understanding that Morgan himself had surrendered, and 1 learned that that was also the understanding of Morgan’s officers and men. “The number killed und wouuded is mcousid erahh*. The number ot prisoners is between 1,500 and 2,900, including a huge number of colo nels. majors and line officers. “1 captured between 000 and 700 prisoners yes terday, and I think I will capture Morgan himself to morrow." Shackelford, Brigadier General. Morgan’s artillery and about 2,600 prisoners, including Col. Basil Duke, are expected to arrive here to-day. DISPATCH FROM GeN. BuBXSIDS. •‘Washington, July 21.—Maj. Gan. Burnside, in transmitting Brig. Gen. Shackelford’s report, to Maj. Gen. Haileck, says : We have strong hopes of b«ug able to capture Morgan and the remaining portion of his forces, thus entirely wiping out this band. General # Shackelford says the conduct and bearing of bis* own officers and men, without an exception, evi denced the greatest gallantry und a h*gh degree of skill ana discipline. THB PART THE QUNBOAT9 PERFORMED. Washington, July 21.—T'oe following dispatch w&s received at the Navy Department this even ing : . * U. S. Stsambr Mooss, ) Above Buffington Island, Ohio River, V July 19, 1863. ) “Hon. Gids-in Welles, Secretary of tbo Navy ; “After chasing Morgan nearly6Bo miles. Ist last met him on the rivei at this point, and en gaged and drove him back, capturing two of bir. pieces of artillery. He abandoned the rest to General Judah. The enemy broke in confusion from the banks of the river, and left his wagon train, many horses and small arms in my posses sion. “Since writing the above, 1 followed further up the river aad met another portion of M organ’s force fording It fourteen miles above and shelled and drove most ot them back. I killed several, wounded twenty-five or thirty, and captured twenty more horses. “I have but two men wounded slightly. Our shell and shrapnel created great confusion in the rebel ranks, killing and wounding many. Lsrot Fitch, Lieutenant Commanding." The impression now prevails that the with drawal of Grant’s forces from Jackson means an attack on Mobile. Grant found it a bootless en terprise to follow Johnston across the State of Mississppi, thereby exposing hta long lioe-i to at tach, wear Dg out his men by tbiret and fatigue. I and pnttiogJohnston at a continual increasing ad vantage. Whether the enemy will find Mobile to a defensible conditio* by land or water remains to be tried. j PROCLAMATION BV THE PRESIDENT OF THE C ONFEDERATE STATES. Aguiu do 1 call opcu cd© people of tbe Confede racy--a people who believe that the Jjord reigoetb, 11 oil that hi* overruhug Providence ordereth alI thmga—to unite m prayer aud humble submission uuder Hih chastening hand, and to beseech Hi*, favor on our snfienng conutrv. It is meet that whc*u trials and reverses befai us wt* should seek to take home to our heat is and consciences the lessons which they teach, and proiit by tbe self examination for which they pre~ pore ns. Hid not our succeHue* on land and sea made us sell-confident and forgetful of our reli ance on Him? Had not ibe love of lucre eaten liKe a gangrene into tbe very heart of the land, converting too many among us into worshippers of gain and rendering them unmindful of their duty to their country, to their fellow-men, and to their God ? Who then will presume to complain that we have been chastened or to despair of-our just emso and tbe protection of oor Heavenly Father? Let uk rather receive in humble thankfulness the lesson which He has taught in oar recent r»> versts, devoutly acknowledging that to Him, and not to our own feebie amis, are due the honoi and the glory of victory; that from Him iu Hi* paternal providence, come the anguish and st»f icringe ot ibe detent, and that, whether in victory 'r d feet, our humble supplications are due at ills foot t tool. Now, therefore, I Jefferson Givis, President of tho Confederate Slates, do issue this, my p roc la. motion, sating apart Friday, the 2Ut day of Au gust etisuing, a» a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer; and I do hereby invite the people of the Confederate States to repair, on that day, to tl .Mr respective places of public worship, and to unite iu supplication for the favor and protection cl that God who han hitherto conducted us eafe'y through all thu dangers that environed tm. j ) lu latth whereof, 1 have hereunto act i BKAL hand and the seal of tho Ccnfed | J erate States, at Richmond, this twenty* nrgt day of July, in ibe year tff our Lord one thousand eight hundred (tttd sixty -time. ' _ , Jirr*MoN Davis. By tbe Pies;deni: J. P. BkNJAIfIX, Secretary ol State. TE.Y.\EB*»LK The cor respond* at of tbe Atiauta Appeal, writ i * II R from lirugg’s army, says ; Save the execution of two Yankee spied, by hanging, and u Confederate deserter by Bbooting, on Friday last, there are no items of local news. Parties < onlinne to arrive through the lines from* Middle Tounosae. A gentleman with his family rinched here yesterday from Winchester. The Rsbel learns from unquestionable authority that R inecrans’iroopa were being callei back tiwards Tull .home. A Yankee was captured ueai Bridgeport, on Saturday, and recoguixed as a commissioned offi- Ct:r in ForreaPfl command, wli.ihad deserted and joined the enemy. The prisoner was brought to Chattanooga. * Port Hudson—The Brandon Republican ol the *23d iitHi >iit, publishes some particulars of tne ca*» pi ulatlon of the forces at this poin?, derived from several of the garrison, it is stated there were but four thousand men within the entrenchments at the time of~iue investment, seven hundred and twenty-five of whom were killed, and quite a number in the hospitals. Theie was only two thousand seven hundred fit lor duty ut the lime of the surrender, and they had successfully resist ed every assault of General Banks’ army of twen ty-five thousand meu, or nearly tea to one, for lortysoight days, ou less than quarter rations, would *ot have surrendered at the time they 6 dJpkfoftufK hot have fallen first, and large By the terms of capitulation all offlceri*weri aU lowed to retain their side arms and servants, and private property was to be respected. The pri* vales were all paroled, and the officers sent to New Orleans. The Mobile Register of the 24th says : The y ' ow fever has broken out at Fort Pick* ens. tiarrancas ban been turned into a hospital. There are eighteen ships of war in Pensacola * burbot —plenty of food for Yellow Jack. Pflo.u lift fiitoitoim A correspondent of the Atlanta Appeal gives the folic wing interesting tesume of the state of things along the Mississippi; Prom Jacksou we have interesting news. Two lads just Horn there bring the intelligence that the whole ot Grant’s army, excepting one bri gade, had left Jackson, going towards Vicks burg. There were no pickets this side of Pearl river, und oar pickets had reached that stream.-- Six prisoners, taken not far from Pearl river, and our pickets had leeched that stream. Six print, oners, taken not far from Pearl river, having been taken tu the usual Yankee occupation of thieviug, were brought iu thin morning. Noth irg intelligible could be got out of them. In Jackson nearly all of Main street, the Governor’s mansion, arid many other houses, were burned to the ground. The railroad from Brandon to Jacks .a was effectually destroyed, uoi a rail re* puitod to have been left in its place, aud that portion of the road from the river io the site of the Confederate house, which we had rebuilt, was torn up, the rails, m many places, were car* vi*d to the rivnr and ibrown iu. When thqcitizens of Juc&son sent Grants fiag of truce, formally surrendering the city, ufter its evacua'ion bv our forces, he promised that private property would be respected. It was a Y*nk*«* prom: He, for his soldiers pillaged every house, and stole whatever they could lay their hands on. On the line ot their match from Jackson to Brandon, on the lSih, 19th aud 20th inst., they, in addition to the destruction of the railroad, laid j waste the whole country. In Brandon they burn- , e»l the whole of the south side of the public square, two large blocks of buildings, the rail- • road depot, and pillaged every house in town, stealing from, and robbing iu open day, even the poor negroes of the town. A well known negro barber shop of that town was robbed ol every aiiicle it contained by tnese representa tives of ‘ the best Government the world evti saw," and no article of domestic use was too insignificant for the pecculeol proclivities of low, mean, vulgar Tankers. If the harvest of their plunder were diamouds of the first water, solid gold and pearls instead of what they are, it would be but a poor compensation for the weight of infamy which they are laying up for tfieir character on the impartial page of his tory. The raiiioad from Jackson to Uantou is de* stroyed. They also burned a train train of forty cars and two engines between Canten and Jack* rod. We will ioso heavily io rolling stock by their depredations north of Jackson. There are from ninety to one hundred locomotives belong ing to tho New Orleans and Jackson Railroad and the Mississippi Central Railroad, which the de* Btruction of the bridge across Pearl river prevent ed us from bringing oil', which will fall into their bands, and of coarse nearly all the rolling stock will share the same fate. From everything we can learu the enemy don’t intend occupying Jackson, nor does be iutend leaving it in a position to be of any use to us.— He never would have destroyed the railroads it he contemplated permanent occupation. Jackson, he knows as well as Gen. Johnston knew, is no point of strategic importance, and he will simply j make it Impossible for its being of any service to ! oa. Mobile is now doubtless the next prize claim- j ing his attention, and his movements would in- j dioate an early approach to that city, byway of ! Madisonville, La., on the lake, landing at Biloxi, Ocean Springs, or Pascagoula, thence marching ' overland, and combining with a gunboat attaok on the city, with the ire n-clads, Faltered by the fall of Port Hudson and Vicksburg. He is too canning an old fox to follow this army op among the sterile bills ot Scott, wheh he would be at the mercy of the climate, the drouth, and the cavalry, bis communication constantly in dangor of being cut off and his supplies destroyed. But we mn*t waiuand sen. Gen. Banks is said te have gone after Gen. Tay* lor, who i 9 reported at Donalsonville, La , with six siese guns and a gallant little army, prepar ing to fight it out. Magruder is teporled march iDg to Taylor’s assistance. The Yankees recently made two raids up Wee* keeva Creek, in Levy county, Florida, plundering the plantations and committing alt manner of petty outrages. : ] L.ATKK FROM THK \ORTH. 1 Tha Richmond Dispatch has received, through i the Signal Corps, tiles ot New York paper# of the | 2Sd mriant. We make up the following summary of their contenis: THK LATH BIOTS f- TUB CONSCRIPTION. There is not much in tbe New York paper* about the draft, but what there is pretty clearly shows that the draft is not to be allowed to put men into the army. A good deal of exemption money will be paid, but no men furniahed. In the loth Now York District the Prorost Marshal has published a curd to the public, assuring them that the draft will not be proceeded with. In Westchester, N. V , u public meeting baa re* solred "that no man ahiili be permitted to teavo Westchester county for the seat of war, unless he shall go voluntarily, cheerfully, and with a heart for the woris.” Tha man who offored the resolu tion wae a prominent Republican. The Brooklyn (N. Y.) City Council has appropriated SBOO,OOO to exempt 1,006 men. The Goyarnor of New Jersey basso modified the ord<r for drafting, with tte U. S. Government, that volunteering will be cor tinued in that State, and no drati will be had. In Hartford, Connecticut, 1,127 men have been draft ed. A meeting of ibe eitisens is called for Thnra day next to consider the propriety of voting an appropriation sufficient to pay ior the exemption of all. Tile druftiug proceeded quietly in Philadel phia on the 21s', and 2,01*0 men were drulled. It was decid. d that a negro substitute may go in for a dratted negro, but not ior u white man.— Thirteen Roman. Catholic priests have betn drawn so far In Pennsylvania. Toei r cougregau tioua pa’d lor tbeir exempt: ns. In Boston two sens of Edward Ererett bare been drawn and .ntend to serre in person. The NenLidedlord Mercury says that their father will poitflpjbe same courre, if he isdi.iwn. 1W65.1i N w York regiment has arrived in N twrotk P> eneoTce lira draft, which, ii is said, wit tccommen t' d "a*. • ."—that is. says the Ncu York WVNd.'iu a ir two. ONE DAY LJ&ER. We fmve iteeived trout the office of Hou. Rohl. Ould, Couimiesioaer of Exchange, Now Yofk pa pers tl-lbo 24ib and previous dates. The news is very important. " A dispatch from Baliimore says that on Thniav day morning Gen. lore’s enure army was in mo tion, mo vine ranuiiy it, the dirccuou of Winches ter. Gen. fa ell. who had mad. a move in the direction ol Cumberland, Md tell bock, and fol lowed L-, Thnie wu. still a Isrge body of t’ona federate cavalry near Harper’s hurry. Morgan crto.se i tho Muskingum river, eighteen miles beluw Zintuvillo. Ohio, on Thursday morn, log last, with 1,000 m«n and three pieces us ar tillery. On the afternoon us flat dav he was In Guernsey couuiv, near tne Central Omu Railroad, making easiwaid for the Ohio river. Tha eiux-ne ofZinesvills turned out io ca'ch him. bm be caught them and .ooit 25 prisoners, mciudiug a Gol. Chandler. ThfbAboluionlsts are turning the drsft to politi cal account. In Auburn, N F„ the ura l-u men pnra i don Ihe 251 witli flags and music. They were addressed bv ''uistingoished politicians,” and cheered for "Tbe Union—Old Abe—The Draft—Our Recent Victories,“ iio. Os course tbe fSOu exemption- of I’ioh. cheerful decoy ducks ate paid by the Republican Union I,eagres. iu Maryland, on ill. seme day, the scene was not so pieman t. la lJui ford county the barn of ibe en rol'ing otficui was hnriicii i.nli bis residence per. toraled with bullets, la Harrisburg, Pa„ where tbe men would n.il enlist when the C iDledsrates Were st tnetr doors, the women turned uttt, beat tbe Frurost Marshal, destroyed Ihe tottery wheel, sod nearly killed a policemen. They were sab-, lined by a posse of 200 uitu called out by tbe Mayor. Tho Dehaib, which was blown up by a lorpe dhoti Yazoo city, Miss., was the brat Yankee on board. The torpedo was of the demijohn make. A lefter Irnm Cano, dated July 17. stales that Gen. Pillow hat appeared iu Ihe vicinity of Tort Herman, on the Tennessee river, with iptiie a largo force, and that ihe garrison entreated tbe post, and fr.ll back to Paducah. ’I be uropet *y of Di. Garnett, a s.iu.iu-luw of: kleu. 11. A. W’ise, lies just been coDtiscated hv the United Slaloß Government during the lifetime i of the owner. “Running Joe Bookei * has gone out Weal to take some command there--among the Indians, probably. Th»; trial of Dr. Wiigbf, ia Norfolk, Vu., for kilim)' Lieut. .Sanborn, commanding a negro company, in progressing. iiia tlemoaaor ut the bar id described by Yankee correspondents as “ cold, Bteru, defiant, and extremely repulsive." Lemuel Bowden ami L. 11. Chandler are his conns ael. * \ Gold was quoted in New York, on Thursday, at 195<gl2#>£. Gen. Sickle*, accmnpuuied by several mnnibera of his staff, left Washington ou Wednesday last 1 in a .special ear for New York city. He was thought sufficiently vigorous to bear the fatigues j ofthojourney. The Liijcou Government ret used to allow Val- ! landigbam's address to Ins constituency to be telegraphed from Canada. The New York Times has an editorial ou the "New Campaign m Virginia." The following is i an ( xtract: The information wnich wo. as yet, have, both ! as regards Lee's position and line of retreat, aud i Meade 'a lire of advance, ts too icioty to enable i one to forecaste Hie nature of the coning cam* ' paign. Tho character of tue great chess board is j ho well understood, however, that a tew moves | mint reveal the g<?ueral aspic of game. lu an advuuce ou uu enemy moving by the Shenandoah Valley, we have the choice of two 1 men, and only two. We can move either to Lhe right or to the left of the Biuo Ridge mountains. If wh move by the right the udvanca become** a mere following after lh« enemy. The chances of ovnrtakiug turn—he moving towards h:a base, we from ours—ur« slender; but should th« enemy determine to make a Htund, the lineoi tbo Open ' quon creek, from Charlestown to Winchester, will afford him three or tutu capital position*!. If on the other band it is determined to move • by the left, that is, List of the Blue Ridge moans ; tains, it becomes, on oar part, a strategic manoeuvre to seize the lower gap through which the rebel army must debouch to cover its commu nication byway ot Cnlpepe n and Gordonsville. If we take Culpeper and Uordonaviile. as what military writers call tho 41 objective point,' (and it is evideut Let# has to make this in order to cov i his line of retreat to Richmond,) it is ob vious that u force moving to the caAt of the Blue Ridge mountains, and bugging (hat range will be on ihe shorter line as compared with a force moving down the Shenandoah Valley. Lae's route must be byway of Winchester, Strasbnrg, and Front Royal,and debouching, to make Cul peper, through Chester Gap or Thornton Gap. We, on the other baud, marching byway of Ber lin, Wheatland, and Warrentoo, have a direct line. Lee has two sides of a great triangle to describe. Meade has but one. Previous to the inauguration of the campaign last autumn it was an auxios- inquiry with Gen. j McCieilou which of these two hues of operation he should take. He at first determined to move by the Shenandoah volley, and a leconn issaqce in force was even made as iar us Charlestown. This line, however, was abandoned and tfce other cho*«n. The movement was made rapidly and even brilliantly. McClellan reached Warren ton while Leu’s army was still stretched back to Win* | cheater. The delay of ten data which ensued i when the cbuuge of command was made gave Lee tho time required, and when at length Burnside ! got the head of his cola nan opposite Fredericks* burg be found the rebe*s occupying ibe line of the j Rappahannock. I This line, synonymous with three disastrous I failures, we presume, Gen. Meade will avoid aljo gather. It should never have been chosen. By j moving from Warrenton direct on Culpeper 0. H* he take* the Rappahannock where it ia an insig« nitioant rill, affording the rebels no position for deleace. Another Statcwzwt.—lt has been asserted a large amount of ammunition waa lost at Vicks* bnrg. A correspondent of the Mobile Register comradicts this, and says : *‘i hare the papers to prove the contrary, which 1 will show to any person who wishes to see them, and assert that there was not enough for twenty-four hours' bard fighting The ordnance department was engaged in making ammunition night and day to Bnpply the consumption for two weeks be-* fore the surrender, and the stock in Vicksburg from the time the first gun was planted has never been enough, certainly never immense." - VOL. 16—NO. 28. SPEEC HOF VICE PRESIDENT STCPHeN#. Vice President' , Stepheos, writlson-his the South, stopped at Charlotte. N. 0, sad wes serenaded by a large concourse of citizens. Iu reply he made them a speech about an hour tit length, He commenced by a!Uidu.< ?be inv, Sion of Maryland and Pennsylvania by den Lee’s army; said that it whipped the enemy on their own soil and obtained vast supplies tor our own men, and was now ready to ug.i-r. m-et the enemy on a new field. Whatever might be the mom* meets and objects of San. Lee, he had entire confidence in his ability to arc.> i.pl’sh what be undertook, for in ability and intellect he was a head and shoulders ahofe any uian in the T nkse H'tny. He commended Gen. Lw 'or keeping bis own secrets, and told the people not to bs’dta- C '.uraged because they did not hear trora Lee oTar hit own signature. He would come out all right in the end. Mr. Stephens next sooko of the surrender of Vicksburg, apd said that it was not an occur rence to can-s diacooregemsni or gloov. , :ha; the loss of Viczahurg was not e*severe a blmv'sa the loaa of Fort Pillow, [aland No 10, or New Or leans. The Confederacy had survived the los* of ihose points, and would survive the loss of Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and‘din plan 3. Sup pose said he, we were to lose M L ie, Charleston, and Richmond, it would not aS b heart of the Confederacy. W could and w a.irvire such losses, aud finally s vtiro our ioi. [, .aeru- He was not at ell discouraged at the pr; ba never had the '‘ blues ” him.' , 11. and had no res apect or sympathy lor “ cioaktrs." Tto rbrmy has already appropriated twnily-s vlu bundreil millions of dollars and one million of men lor our subjugation, and, after two years w.,i, had utterly failed, and if the war continued two years li oget they would fail to accomplish our subjoin non Bo far they bad not brokeu the shell et the Oot> federacy. In the Kevoluliouai y war the British si one time bud posseaaiuu ol North O-rolinSouth Carolina, and other States; they took Pniis-toi phis and dispersed Congress, and for a long time held almost complete sway in the Colonies—jet they did not conquer our forefather i. Io ibe war of 1812 the British captured tbe capital of tbe nation, Washington ettv, and burnt it, vet they did not conquer oe ; and if we nro true to ur selves now, true to our birth-rights, the Yankee nation will utterly fail to suhjugr'e us. Snbjn« gation would be utter min una tt rsr d-n'h to Southern people and all that they i, d «t dear. He exhorted tb» people to give tbe Gov ernment a cordial support, to (town down sll croakers and grumblers, and to r.maia -n:>ted and fight to.the bitter end for liberty and inde pendence. As for reconstruct! m said Mr. Stephens, Bitch a thing was impossible—such an ids. oust not be tolerated for no instant. lteccnsirnr'u.n would not end tbe war, but wouh ronuce » | more horrible war than that in wbt ch we er<j now engaged. The only term 4 *.n wl io ran ob tain permanent peace la ttna: and corn - e a sep aration from the North Kather than submit to anything short of that, let ns reroiy.i to o>o like men worthy of freedom. - In regard to foreign intervention. Mr. j>. ?pl on advised his bearer* to build no bop.- on ih .t vet awhile. He did not believe that the lending lor eigu powers ever intended that tbe Norm and South should be again united— 'fr y or»r rred that the separation should be ferula;. tit—out they consitieied both sides too strong . ... did uot deem It good policy on their , to ,<j . terfere and put an end to tbe war. Foreign na tions see that the rweuit of the war mil be to es tablish a despotism at tha.Nurth, an.l are iheies fora willing to allow it to continue a while ioogej. The whole tone of Mr. •Stephens’ specula-was very encouraging, and showed not ibe slightest sign of despondency. -He concluded by express ing, enttrsoonhdeoee its the übil'ty of the Cons federally V6.mkurr-—» owj —me anu achievu inda itfg**"**- FHOM MOHHIS ISUNIi l'Hr. BOMB iHßMfcft* RKWWKO-.KXCHkVik OF tVO l’Nit El> i*HIBO>KHO-trroi.\l>i FHO v| THE ENE MY’S LINES, ETC. The enemy’s toactiou ou Thursday vv..s suo coeded by warm walk ve-iaday ... .;u,'g. At ten urinates after five o’clock a cannonade tar heavier than anv that has been heard since Haw urday last, was upjaed from the enemy’s fleet and Morria Island ba.tenes, against Battery Wagner.' Tbe fleet, cou&isting ot the frigate Ironsides, live Monitors and nineteen other vessel*, cniefly gunboats and monar boats, steamed loside tba bar. The irod clada approached within about 1200 yards of our battery. Bca lde ; these twentys five vessels, there were during tbe day, some ten i f twelve sail outside tbo bar. Tbe bombard me ut, while it iasled, equalled in severity adj which the defenders‘of Battery WtLg ner hare thus tar so gallantly sustained. Between tlx and seven o'clock the reports averaged fully twenty per minute, and, a* the conflict proceeded, the haroof mists, dissipated by tbe rising un. were succeeded by the heavy clouds of white smoke which went drifting from the scene of bat tle uiong the eastern horizon. The return lire of Battery Wagner was suthcienrly regular to show tb&t the lion storm bad not unnerved flit* firms nor dismayed the hearts: of the resolute men who form the garrison. The bombardment continued with undiminislied vigor uatilubout cine o'clock, when a truce which had been pievious'v arranged, with a view to the exchange ot wounded prison ers, caused a suspension of further hostilities. Our loss during the terrible shelling to which ear i men bad been subjected for tour hour a, was tw • killed and eight wounueJ, About niue o'clock tbe steamer Altcg, Captain Egan, left her wharf, having m bocu'd iOZnoua' ea Vankeo prisoners. Sne proceetled to a posh* lion off Citmming’s Poiut, under flag of truce, and wuh there met by tbe Yankee side wheel ! steamer Cosmopolitan, which received' the prison ! era from the Alice. Two of them, we are in-» . formed, died on board the Alice. The Goamopoli* ! tan placed on board the Alice socne forrv of our wounded, who were brought to the city. Our returned prisoners being ihn gratifying iu telligeoco that Capt. M&obeth aed Lieut . bell, though in the enemy’s bands, are unhurt, i The former was stunned, though not Strunk, by i one of tbe enemy’s shells. The Yankees' lowest estimate ot their, loss the last assault upon Battery Wagner is 1,540 killed, wounded and missing. Sj Tar (her esr ihey have lost about 2,600 men by their opera tions on Morris Islsnd. Gen. Seymour was puiu fully wounded in tae foot, and Gen. Strong dan* geroasly in both hips. Bulb Generals bare gone North for treatment. During yesterday afternoon s Blow Are was kepi up by tbe enemy upon Battery WBgner. Tbs Yankee gunboats in Little FoHy rtrer were also ! shelling James Island promireuona'y. I Fort Sumter and Battery Gregg were 6ring.oo •casionally last night up to tbe boar at which this paper was put to press. They were probably an. {joying the Yankees on Morris Island. Char Uttan. ilac-try, I'M. Feom raa Islands. — A continuous fire was kept up on both sides Tuesday night—that of the me !my being mostly from his lard batteries. Wed- I uesday morning, tbe Ironsides and two Monitors, with the Yankee land batteries, ccnces'rateri s heavy Are on Battery Wegner, the ironsides, a* before, occasionally firing broadsides etsveral shots irom Fort Sumter and Battery Gregg - took e9 ot an tbe Ironsides, sne drew off t.bout 12 o’clock, the Monitors remaining .and contintitog I the bombardment until 6 o’cloca; when Owe also I left. Tbe firing between, the land batteriesroo tioued up to the hour of writing this—lo P. M ! Tbe casualties in Battery Wagner tbmugbowi ! tbe bombardment Wednesday were two killed and four or five aiigbtiy woendsd. We did not learn the names of the killed, hot they were re ported to be one Georgian und one North Caros linian.—Charter, 80fA. * CouroaT tor moss who hav* paocoßko Sca sTiTDTss. —In General Orders No. jf,- (Adjutant Wayne,) we find the following Sbo, 2. The fact tbat a person wi thin.the ages mentioned, (18 and 45,) is not from any cause subject to be taken int • service as a c-rtsoripr : does not exempt him from draft -fey the Bte v » for - defence. If be has purcbe-s-u atuia-itata or beApruOUrcdwn appointment under some Con federate officer having bnt hula duty to do, to keep him oat of eonseriolton, or if be is an us naturalised foreigner and is living under the pro-, taction of our Govern meat and U-vs, la thtwu an* all liseeaaea, b) is bound to defend his dam,cl), and liable to be drafted by tbe State is* com , palled to do so.