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Army Corre*poudeuce
t'P THE UIILV EPOUST.I COXSTITUTtOHAUST.
Mr. finite*: Having la'etjr returned from Vir
ginia, I have concluded townte a few thingsaboul
what I saw aud heaid.
After tp end mg more than a week in Richmond,
Viaitiug the hospital*, aud attendiug to the special
business which carried me there, l went to Get*.
Lee's afmy, which then occupied Culpeper Cour
House and vicinity. A battle, at that Line, being
daily expected, a party of 11s proceeded to Cult
peper with hospital supplies lor the relief of the
Georgians that might bo wounded iu the expected
battle. The tight, however, did i.ot couie off.
Meade having beeu L.o badly used up at itellya
burg to press on the Confederates and bring on a
battle. We remained iu Culpeper Ore or six days,
until Gen. Lee began a movement to the south
side of the Kapiduu. While there we visited
many of our Georgia boys, and saw many old ac
quuiaifcocea, who received us gladly.'
We found the army iu splendid spirits, but
much fatigued by its hard campaign iu Pennsyl
vania,and its rapid retreattrom the Valley through
the iu the mountains to Gnlpeper. Its
* !l11 »** «ood as ever. Those veterans
uie unconquerable in spirit, bdDir teal lid of noth*
mg on eanh but the cowards aud croakers at
h-.me. ! ’. r themselves they have uo fear. They
do not he Io: re that the failure at Gettysburg has
at all diminished’ then efficiency, nor has the res
su't of the campaign lessened their cotlidtnce in
9 ts **» r great commander, lienee they ate nuxums
V, meet the eueuijr ugaiu, conhJeut of the same
success that attended their victorious arms iu the
battles around Richmond, at Cedar* Mmiusaiu
Manassas, Fredericksburg, aud Chancelloi>ville!
The timid and weak-kneed at home ought to
ysit Gru Lee’s urtny.aud witness Me cheerfulness
patriotism, pluck, aud heroic endurance «d the
brave uirii who are lighting our battles ou the
classic mo I of the Old Dominion. The feeling
is itiatil we sustain them, they will carry us smi«|«
through the revolution to independence urn] i
glorious peace. It m the tine fit urmv u> the world.
No 4p:**h army hue over been marshaled h»r the
deV nee of a people struggling fur their just lights
and lor all that freeman hold dear. The (laugers,
are theirs; the toils and piivafioneuretheirs; the
tu»lf«donial and sacrifice* tire theirs also, while
others reuiuin quietly at homo, either eug«ged m
legitimate busiuesM, or with u greed of cuia, and
a tusking haste to be ric h, arc bu yin spcculutious
with the neeessarieH of life, and enriehfng Un ni
sei.os at lbs expense ..f the tatrduu* of their
brave ccutiliymHu in tlic field. Thet bare theii < wa 1
boa *«is to the flying bullets und t-* the cold steei, i
while has** and inglorious carpeb-ktiiphta at Imam
hit down with cioxacd leys, in easy ctt&'.rs, putting !
Volumes of tobacco smoke, una lalkiug i<.r, ||> j
and oracularly about they know 1101 what -cnii*, 1 ,
slag generals, ami eoldieit*, aud bailies, whereas, j ,
they liietiiHftlvvi! are too Cowardly torxgo*c Umi
own preciiui persons to Ihe aacideutH <>f w.o ;
aqd, whereas, they have seeu uo more *>f t j
smoke of batt.e than what issues front their own
clay pipes, or fiom their own qwoi clnuinoys I:
unj one is wanting iu foutenipl for such mistr i > ,
blc creature*, a visit to the noble army oi North
era Virginia will intensity his abhorrence and ; 1
detestation of thorn t*. thousand fold. Th**y aiv
too mean and GO igu ble fur piety; th-y deserve ; 1
only the deepest Piaihing uud disgust, uud to
receive such pumth ntut us thu deimuuced |i
against ihe /.aodiceaus in thn Apo« alypse.
From whui. I could leurn fiom tiiauy ■•dicer* iu* 1
General Lh«*s army, the army of N u ih. r# V u> ’.
ginia is um large hm it was ul G tiyshurg. The 1 ,
return of turlouirbed and detailed men, end u. ,
the convaleecHlit iroui homo and the hcapitals. 1
barn tended I irgely to make up its louses. Added \
to this, conscripta under the new, n*. I conectip * ,
node; the old requisition, a >* being hurried * j
pidly to the cutup. Take the report of the 15ih i
Geoigis.a* l received *1 its popul .r and ,
gal-la tit commander, Got Dißo*e. The lid* we® 1
inm the tight at Gotiykbo.>/wiih f m• .» m
.000 day ii lost 75; on another, it out 125. Pm ,
when ! with this regiment it already num
bered ul< re tli .ii It numbered at g h,
tore the battle The same thing *3 said to he v
Ime of many other regiments. From these data, «
furnished by officer* of inv acquaintance, l nrn
persuaded that the army i- as strong ir numbers i
a* it was wr en it marched into Maryland.
Such i» the condition of this glorious &rmv as
to its moral* and ra numbers i wish 1 could 1
speak as favorably of its supply of clothing and ,
aho?H. Os these articles, the into eampai;;n h.u |
ii nde a sad wnate and destruction. There were i (
those who asMiired me that they had worn rut, ,
during the cauipalgo, tw*» pairs us good shoes. I
Thick of the long and rapid marches, und v• -n
w ,)» n -e what the condltiou of the urmv tuusl 1
have been when it arrived nt Culpeper. Uanug j
fallen back actoss the Potomac, a race b-g.-.n f<u
the gaps iu the m.i.intains. Meade had the id- ,
g ,<fy truck, "jUui tei by maay miles than the rt ute
bv which f*?.e had to conduct therv;Uear. The
~jj|r>rt of Meade seems to have been to arrive flru
ut these g»ps, cutoff Lees retreat, and »*tcp hi.ri
in luu VJh . Rut iu thii he wa» heap >oiui».J,
Loftgs’it.et aud Hill passed the luoaata-n* b-fore
the Vankees came up. This wus cficulfd by ;
lurced marches, such uo other army, perbap*.
but General !.*<•’« coni.! have made. It tnaiche*i
• \u>til 11 o'eh.ck at night, and, at u o'clock in the
moroiug, wa*i again iu motion. No wonder u.
to** many men pooily clad, and Koiuany wi-.h
< i( jt shoes. The cfohmel *>l oo»* of our G-*orgia
Regiotents paid Hint he hu<l j ;r.t u*u.d«r * rtquisi
tiou upon Governor Brown’s quartern*aster |
general, iu winch be hud repoite-d his euHYe
command as de3Uti;te •>{ everything.
Os course it must be admitied tbai we serve tb*
ar ,jj» i« very uutavorabla nioccstit. ’1 he Ooo»- ■
fed era le Guvernuieot had not uiiit t;* supply wlmi
WM u% i aeiibnr bail Wtato nofborrties not Re
l, e i a *.!»‘>cinnone time tn v< tuler uiM."h
TbeGovernmei*, 00 doubt, whs domg all that »'
r*.old. Wr were lutoruied that cioihiag and
shoe:: in large guautiUeH were b-iug a “ t l “ *b«
urill ,[ u h lAtudli a* possible. KTe th*a Hm con
du.oo of the soldiers must hkVd been vastly m. .
proved, yet there must be even iiow a great de- 1
hcieocy, nD*i a great need of State aud of lndi*
vidnal etf>»rt.
Now is ti e time, Mr. PMitor, fbr the Stale Ku
reaus uu l the Av*ici*liuna, aud the J.adies' rt.*.
cietiee and the fntnds and lamiiies «d the s- i«
il.n s it home to ba engaged, heart and soul, 11*
suoplyiug the present destitution, and iu pro,
lo ir ior ihe coming winter. The article mon!
needdd and Ibe must-difficult tu be procured in ,
shoes, and wiiUu.it great sacrifice, liber,ility, and ! ,
industry on ihepaitof all ttie people, and es
pecially of our loin.er a, learner dealer*, end menu- j
fftcliireit* ‘>l shoos, the Hi my must suiter iinrueusc j
I* Att.v „;i tluit the Confederate Government, :
Lulled by State Miitruus and Relief Associatim.-
cm do there will be a constant ao,l preaumg
,’eu.rnd for todield.nl rd irt. Prepare good win- i
ter shoes I,.ryour boys ; h-ate not Ibis wort to |,
bed.,no by tUe Govei muent, Slate or Cinlledera
net*tier treat It to the Associations. Ibe
Cl ..'iruia Relief and Hospital AHsnciaUou liasdonc.
and Kill continue to do ell in its power but H« ;.
resources, already greatly exhausted, ere Tar from ;
beiug ud.quate to supply a tdhe of demand.- .
But when you have «upf>lie«l your own acmu aa«»
brothers, don't step there help your poorer j
and more miforlmi.de neighbors to- supply !
>, r . 4n d brothers, and when the time conns,
mold th- Ur.cs, with prop* r direction*, to the rare f
o. tl.oO-.reiaßelief and Hospital Assocta ton t
ol Augusta, which trill seelhat they reach their;
intended destination. ... „ . ;
Just here allow me to nay a word al«** to flu*.-h I
as are entrusted by the rftatea wdh Hie work ..t;
relief for their own destitute soldiers. \
I| 1 understand the agency ol hlate Bureaus ,
and Kclicf Associations, it is too aitfip.eairet the
Confederate Government by doing what .hat;
Government may not he able, or what it d.ies not;
midertake to do, but wbfcli we think ought to hr
gone—it is to furnish our soldiers with clothing
and shoes when such us they hays been allowed .
by'the general Oorernmur h ,»s become worn o'li
and nntii lor use. Now lo do this work oppm- |
tun.lv and efficiently it must by done with a*
little delay as possible- Indeed, '“ *«
of auv service whatever there moat be oo del.t
St all. Agents of the States asd of the Associu
n „„ ,h<* t/r«-»iu«i. or near at hand,
*» “ .'I I^=;--^-
£* £ ‘n'eeded EhSft
through exoosure sickened; he has been soot to
«.e hospital, or it may he, he has died m tbe
ram r That relief, tberelors, which is the mn.t :
reitaul is the most efficient. Now, if under soch
ctrenmstancea, there be no agent on the ground ;
.1 the supplies ha far distant iron. , he place where
11 the sup, , . _ for instance, if a soldier ;u
Northers Virginia, having gone through a herd:
campaign remrns without proper clothing and ;
rt-ST while these articles, in great abundance. ;
»re*uwcked awav i» the s'ore rooms of some ;
* re pibCKttu tt Alicufl t tt or Atlanta-Wfa axk ,
Q iariermaster J ® wfeich have bet-u
? b UffireHty of the .-state, do to
nV'and'fligued by proper j
gn Qaasterinastar General Foster at Atlanta, we |
‘Jfck, wi.l not such aid, if it come at all, too Glen
251®*?® ,ata ; Quartermaster General
. .i te ara of thc many a poor fel
low, whose wants were lo be relieved, has be
come froet bitten, or he is down with pleurisy
orpneumona in some hospital, or he is quietly
sleeping the sleep that knows uo waking at Oak*
wood or at Greenwood. h
Now all this red tape formula may he law am)
a* a general thing ( may be wise and necessary to
secure tho. State against the frauds of unworthy
soldiers and dishonest Government officials. Bui
such a law regulating &s it does, a groat publio
c.uirUy i to be efficient, must not he strictly and
rigidly construed. Something must b;» left to the
discretion «.f the Executive, of the Qu&rt«rmaa
tors, and even of the subordinate agents. It one
these subordinates meets u soldier away from
ua command without shoes, and with hiesdiug or
j feet, must he wait before he can
1 eVt 11 u pftir ol sho.s until be receives a teqai
the proper officer? Wed** not believe
t iat any Slate Legislature will deinaud aav such
interpretation and application of a law appropria
ting money to such uses. Nor do we believe that
it will censure anywise tmd prueut Executive,
woo, departing from what may fit#ui to be the
strict lelter of th»* law, affords relief in such cased,
and at Mich limed, and in such ways as could not
b*; possibly provided for in thj act itself. For
wt*at is the sole object of the law, if it be a good
one* la it not to afford the beet and the most
speedy 1 elief to the most destitute ? But how can
this he done bv au uucompiomisiug adherence to
some exacting formula? Are these Mate appro
priations, whether eut 1 i.ated to the State uutbori
ties, or to societies and associationd, latluded for
he benefit of Qiuilenuestere and paid officials?
It not, then the most certain, the most speedy,
and the cheapest way ought to fie adopted for
supplying ihe soldiers wuli what the liberality of
thv State haa furnished.
l* 1 *rn what has been t*uid, two thtogs are ne
ccMiiary to*inwke all State appropriations for the
clothing of desMtine troops answer the purpose
designed by the Legislature. Fuat, agents uiuhl
strive to be 00 hand with ail necessary supplies
at Me lime and the place where they are most
need**.l Second, n large discretion must he al«
low*>d tlie.-e agents, indeed, if they be bonnet
and capable m«-ii and uo others ought to be
employed being eye witnesses of the destitu
turn and Bul]'>>rinirs which thov are to relieve,
tjor must !>#- d.s juJ B T-o, m»th n:i tu Me prep*
e. person* lobs. supplied, uud the articles lo be
tnruisl ri. This 13 the best way hi avoid fraud,
es|»octally if the ageots iu the employ of the
Slate, or (.1 the Association be not only possessed
*»f'the uec* baavy qualifications, hut are men who
engage, ,<m m the work before them, and
not fur the sake of then stipend or wages. The
u;d which the State gucs its soldiers iu ihe Cons
F*derate service 1* a benefaction ; for the work
of clothing the soldiers iii the service of the On-
I'derate .States does uol belong to the individual
States, but to the General Government. What
ever tin Smtesdoin this way lor their soldieis 13
•a yra»mtv tuteuded lor tho benefit of the usstix
tuu uud the s**HV:ing; and beiug a gratuity is
not ti» b»* buimd by tucti Mgid formula*, ami such
unvicld'ng rwnditious a* those which control a
governuicot 11 the iTgoUr clothing and rnaiute*
oance ol 100 troops enlisted in its service. The
tuore you hind and tin up ft charity, the more
>•> 1 uiuy impair it* iiseiuine*B.
Tho oorrt etnesn of Ihese views maybe se« u
iu iht; p!A«*lieul wol kings of the Georgia Relief
and liospit.’il Association, and the Stetu Clothing
Bureau at Atlanta. To the fi t d t the State up
I'r.-pi tult’d four hundred thousand dollars, leav-*
i the whole work of distribution to thejudg
ncut and di;scr,*lio» ol Hs ior.uug«rs. This Asso-»
•nation has been hinders I by non 3 of ihoso rad**
tape ru»*s about which we have bean writiug.
tieuce Its rlli- idicy. Its HCeUts aie to be found !
in Ihe field. Its supplies are there also, t>3 they j
are i*. eded. Ai d !h«fl«! agents see with their
own »vesthe sottarings of the soldiers aud have
o 1 need t 1 tit? told bv my one that such cm»6h ■
uccd reiki.
To the «-< •* /, (lie State has appropriated the
sum f "u*< luilfi 1 five hundred thousand do j
Inrs This ;qtat“ l»« par t? * u». has been »;o feftortd j
hy the law order wh ch it eels, nr, al least, by 1
«f ■,s urj.r* •.f 0100 of th law.ua greasy to dam*
its fit ucv. But bad a*- the law may he, I
*v»: t'cheve tint the iiHefulness of the State Bu
ir»o would be vastly increased, sf it would give
a more libetul interpretation t > tho law itself, J
1 it u should always cep its sgeuis in tho j
camps and at the bm pitafs, uud have depots of !
eoppliea tu 'birtn tha. scat of war Aaaio, ire •
.re eure Mat, with- ut auy addttmaal expense to j
the S ate tor salaries, transportation, As., and
without any notation of the law, however strict- 1
>y couatrued, th* :<c may i-s found who san great
-1 v i.NHiat Q iartcrmastei Foster in this work of j
distribution, and thereby do much more to re
ii.»7ft (Georgia’s dsstilnte soldierH, and tnus more
efficiently serve the purpose of the General As*
Mmblf GsosfiiA. j
or tßb AO or fix A C >PrST|TtTIONAL!BT.
Cbasleston, Augusl 20, IstfS.
WUeu Viekfbnrg fr-li, tbs blow was the more
to.i from ns boisg so unexpected. False
et.iLi men's h» i.ewfepapei correspondents the gens
era! c irotaln.n of rumors thut bad no foundation |
in 15t 1,., pultiicatKiu of n proclamation set-red. i
u.-d to Moo. Pemberton, gott. u tip entirely b. lbs j
inteiiliTo gcu.ns of a ewrespondent, gave birth
i i !n,,.t»'tb.t ivei,- never to be real:7)d, and UiK'l'l
tin. bk-w uii- u i. did tail cause grealvl despond
11,.,,, w.iiil.t l.av.i ivsuMt‘4 tueiefiom bad the |
truth b.. told bl along. Where is the policy of 1
liilis bl .-din- tii— eye-. •! the people 10 Irulhs
wLicli tiin-j must always bring to light. Let the .
~b n |,!e know what to expect, and when a reverse
cvmes they will better bear up against what they |
me in a cerluin degree, prepared for. Why eon* |
,-eai the fact it .at the wqlla of ffumter plainly shoe
■ the i Bed ■*! th- 1.1 tii.!-* balteriug lo which tnsy ;
are .tall,-.-4b|S«ted. Is there any dnugei ihulthe
i snkees wttl derive any iulo.iiiuiit-n floji the.
of a foci that Uley ibeiuselveu know i
tru observation t«u tb.-y am see ,
(,„■ thriueelves tbs dsmsgo done lo Nnoiter by
- l.eniy P.tllOll Shctl ' If Oiy It Unit ledge Via !
d. hive., l liotn any source but persnnul (ibssryation :
I witb a glass, t- o -old be tmpritdeal lo mrutico ;
! i.,- j.,i i I unv give you for publication, but of j
coin a hat 1 cau see vv ■ u coinmou opera glass -
I , in ilinn t.-siuti, ibe Vault see nan sea from their :
oe.ire: jitiailioo. uni truh th air good liald giaasea.
I he e.nlie ol ,'tunitei a:e out breached, but they
; „ re reriainly umcli battered, and the tall of the
I i . if, mi event likely Boon to be consummated,
led U. then be prepared lor the blow, and be uot
t«J despondent should i ; befall us Wbeu Suuiter
is ivdneed rharleston is still by no uieans dalauce-
Ims ■ ol Ibis, however, prudence lorblda me lo
-iv uiore ; 'its lor the foe to ascertain by expe
.•i. ace bow we can save Charleston even without i
I tile aid of Hmnter.
Mv fotnier letters In which hope predominated,
i iVele based on mv belief that Batteiy Wagner u
impregnable. I think so still, but since the Van- '
i have abandoned Ibeii original plan. Vi* : lo j
j Hist t their battel ios on (Jnniniiug's Point, (to do (
which it oas ufcssaaiy to rednee h’ort Wagner,)
! and have placed Iheui where they are at longer |
rang-, and since it appears (bet they are even ilien !
suflicicotly'uear toStiiulcr to bailer down its walls,
! ,f course l‘ I ear the worst, at least so far es Sum
concerned ; vet I still have hopes for the j
Safely of the city. Ido uot say that Sumter will
: iit I, but it may, and that ere long. So let us ell ;
■be joepaCvd |or tbo WOieh 1,1 SOI V.
j T. jk CnARI.S-.reN MERCtikT VS. THE Pn»s"iP*.NT.—
' -, 0 c |' ttl -,. = . t,,.-n more f- r.-.:4u-ntlv, and at (be
: , iiee lime more oujnatif, made against Ibe Presii
.lent than that he urevented an advance by our
-I lined alter ttie first battle of Manassas The
• ' urge bus been denied and abundantly dts
1 proved We thought If at no one would have the
* hardihood to repeat it, hut we find we were mis
taken. In a late number, the Charleston Mor-
I "eOur 5 readers are per ecliy aware that when
! .. ~ Oavih, after the first battle of Manassas,
j ,| to concentrate and advance on the enemy
La the commanders desired and advised, (n fact
, j'- t ieaivd then, but now indisputable from
! proofs in our p.;.»feesit|D,l we l"Bt all confidence
'n him at a statesman or strategist. 1 '
We again deuv this charge upon proofs in our
"oesePSion, which are •‘indisputable,' and we
,‘•,11 1111:111 Ibe Memory to make good its assertion
bvproducing the indisputable "proofs it claims
•opnsa-s, pledging ourselves Jo meet Us state
ment without delay.-jtetowW Sentmtl.
FeiixnAL MoVEIIKNrs os Tire Rivsr,—Gentlemen
who arrived in the citv last evening, direct from
me vicinity <>! Memphis, bring us intelligence
i-otn that ceclion of late proporaiions of the en-
They report that a large body of cavalry
j ~-p, being ftyeemtiled and organized at Mempbtn.
(irierson. wilh bis command, bad joined ine
i lorce The Memphis and Charleston railroad was
i i.elively employed in moving stores eastward,
i put iin to the Kth mst. they bad learned of no
i army movements. Our friends were iudulging
, , various conjectures as to the designs of the I
! enemy but, of Lt.urse, all was h eculalion, ex*
i c . ot the lur t that important operations were con* 1
t-mplated, tn our auttnritiss should givs
J e jrnest attention. —.fforsfu Ayptot- •
. -Among ibe traitorous citizens figuring in one,
j 0 f Carolina peace meetings is a man
; uumt d Black. He should meet a traitor's doom
■ j d tnen—“ Hnng be the Heaven g with Black.
ri llLir MKKTING IN JONESBORO’.
On Sunday last, the 15th lost., according to
nolioe giveu ou the Ist Tuesday inat., a public
meeting of the citizeus of Clayton county was
held at Jonesboro*.
The citizens assembled at the Court House at
10 o’clock, and organized by calling Rev, T.
Smith to the Chair, and requesting M. I*. Hying 1 *
ton to art p.s Secretary.
Ou motion, Col. J. V. Johnsou was requested
to explain the object of the meeting, to which
he respouded as follows.
Mb. Chairman anh F«i.L6w»Citi7.bi»s : The
©Meet of this meeting f understand to be to ex*»
press our views upon tho condition ol our coun
; try, our policy for the future, and our opinion of
i thi.se in power in relation t.» the deadly strite iu
which we are engaged with our tuemtesof the
North, ft Las beeu »xiensivaiy reported, I un
! derstand, that this was to be a peac» meeting ,
I “°d by some a reconstruction, and by others u
1 submission meeting.
“Now, sir, l apprehend that such au idea never
h r a moment entered the minds of the movers of
this Convention of our citizen**. Auv utan ac
quuiuted with Ciaytou County knows that it hui
i turuidhedas many aud as valiant soldiers Hi this
war iib any county In the * late in proportion to
j its mtpulaiton, having, out of nb«*ut s:x hundred
uud fifty voters, heoi four full companies to the
field. No, sir; we a « far fiotu sunuiiastan, far
from tdconslruction, lar from auvthiug coatrai y
to the honor aud welfare of the Southern Con
federacy, the sncce&a ol our cause and the lib. rty
of our people.’*
The committee which was appointed nu the first
Tuesday instant, to wit: M. r. Uyioqlon. U. L
Morrow, J. F JohnH.>u, John Ward, Q. t>’. Giice,
John M. time, Phillip Ffizgerald, J. T. Smith aud
J. A. Turner, being called on, presented the lot—
lowiug presuihlo and resolutions.
We have been engaged foi the last twentv*
eight mouths iu a most destructive War with the
Northern .States of ihe old Union; and notwith
standing the war has iu most iiifituucos been
prosecuted with energy on both sides, yet theie
is naappoaranr-e of u ieoly terimnatiou of In u
tilities. Peace aud quietude are much to be de
sired, and we are vitally interested in every
measure and policy adopted by tue Government.
As u part of the soveretgu people of onr Conled«
*ra«*y, we claim tho riah* *%r «*».i «hb*
uuwmg mi quesiioiiHof h public character and *»f
expressing our opinions upon the course ol thc
Atimiuiairation. We have, therefore, this day
assembled 111 convention, to give exprension to
our Kenlimeuts upon flic slate of our couulry.
Be it 1 here foie,
Ji* solved t Ist. That w« would hail with joy
any motion consistent with our uutiouai honor
to atop the effusion of hlood amt save u« from
the lamentable evils that would result from the
success end oppression of our enemies; ifud that
tin honorable adjustment of all th ditScullies
between our (ioveiuiuent ami the I‘odeial Gov*
eminent is much desired by us.
'2d. If our rulers are convinced by the result of
all past efforts to cooler with our eueiulei, that
hq hou< r*ble peace cannot be obtained by nego
tiation and diplomacy, then wo urge upou our
Confederate Government the policy of calling out
uud organizing a more powerful n my, uud put
ting the Bums in inich array as to drive from our
soil eveiy invader, aud give such force and etlect
to our cause as will succutsSfuily force them to
respect us tor all time p» come.
Bd. That we call upon the Confederate nus
th on ties to assign to duty in the h-11, every
officer iu the Con federate (doTenimout, (outside
of the arnfty,) whether civil or military, below
the Lxectitivo and Cabiuet, who is able to bear
arms, aud fill their places with those of equal
qualification* who have been discharged Iroin
the iirmy by leiison of wound* or other causes
Wor.Hk that all our nemptiou laws be repealed,
and every abl*»bodiod man, of every grade in
j life, rich or poor, bo required to bear nu equal
| portion of l ho burden* ol tho wur, in proportion
j to the. tutercst bo has hi state; and to assist in
: this, lot the Government pr«as into its service at
| least one able bodied negro to every mens in our
' army, !<» tufeeauin* of the fatigue and extra labor
1 off our soldiers* hand*.
j 4th. That we have all ooi.hienre in the ability
and judgment of our Confederate rulers, and will
; gtvs them our war meat support iu prosecuting
! ti e war to a speedy peace.
6th. That as a people professing Christian
principles, we ought to show to the world that
we practice what we protons ; and In expect the
protection of Divine Power, we should practice
toward all men Chi flan merny and justice, and
should mete out punishment to none but the
guilty.
On motion of Col. S. T. iioocher, the following
i resolution was adopted :
Rts'dvfd, That to the boat of our ability we
will continue to offnrd all necessary aid to our
, brave and gall *nt soldiers, and to their families
at home, so long as this terrible war tiha I call
ibc.ro to tbe held.
These res lotions ware adopted unanimously
(but one dissenting voice, aud that by a man
who Is not u citizen of the county )
It was also ou motion,
Res jived. That the Oonfederrey and lutelli*
gener r, and other pipers friendly, be requested
to publish tbe proceedings of this meeting.
The meeting then adjourned stue. d>4.
J. T. .Smia, Chairman.
M P. ilriNorors, Secretary.
Jonesboro, Ga , Aug. 1 ■>, 1863.
AVOiHKII I.KAt HIUM AV IFVI HiHI'ORV
That favorite author ol tho Baron of Brad*
| wardioe, " Titus l.iyitis,’’ gives tho following
: sccouut of the course followed'by the Romans in
ttie second yen after the d'.saelious battle us
i Cnilia- There is nut a single partini'ar lu the
nbolo account that is not Iraught with a lesson
1 particularly appropriate to the people ol the Con—
i federucy in thu present ciisis ;
The censors devt'led their attention to regulat
! tug the morals of the citizens, and checking those
vie- s which am generated by war, even a.-, tier
;I. untiles'd Hie body are piotueed by long Con*
‘ iinutd dlseuse. I del, they ii.uiiired couceraiog
' those who, after ibe baitle ol (Jam at, were said
| to have been disposed to desert the common
wealth and retire Iron) lluH, the most noted ol
i these being l.ileius r,e:iliiis Metellus, who was
l actually l'iortoi at Ibis tilde. Tbeae hiir,g called
! upon lor then defence, failed to cleat themselves,
S vvhc euptie the ceusors pion.iunced that thee
I cunsullalii.ns bail been disloyal lo the commou
wealili, as luvolving a conspiracy to desert the
country.
Tbt.se were next cited who bad ebowu them
eelv e over ingemoiiM casuists m the mailer of
••alba; when being seal to Home on parole they
bad secretly si tied back to Hannibal's camp, and
pretended that Ibvy liad thereby conformed to
their oath- that they would return. Both these
classes were struck from the roll of ilieir lube,
| their property forieited, and such as were an
! titled to horses wore deprived of theru. Neither
- did the censors limit their iuvestig ilious to those
I of senatorial or eitueshiuu rank, but they eliiict
i troiu the list of "juniors” (men not 4o years ol
i agsj alt who hud nnl served four years, except
| those who could claim exemption horn disability
!or otter just cause. Besi ige these, two thousand
i others were struck from the r. lls ol their tribes,
' with forfeiture (if Ibeir property. Concerning
j all these it was further decreed by Ibe Henule
! that they sbooid sei ve in therauks arid he sent
to Sicily with ttie remains of the army ol Can
! n<o. whose term of seryice was to continue so
long as the enemy remained in Italy.
().»mg to Ibe exhaustion ~| the Treasury, the
ceusnrs absluini d froii making contracts for the
repairs of Ibe public property, lurnisbing hornei,
aud ihe like; but those who had been in the habit
of taking such contracts, came forwaid iu large
numbers, uud urged them to proceed us when
the Treasury was full, pledging themselves not
to present thuii claims until ibe war whs over.
Tbeu the masters of the slaves drafted for milita
ly service, whom Tiberius Sniuprnuiun had mun
tiuiiUea at the battle of Beueveutuui, assembled,
having bevu notified by Ihe auditors) of public
accouuts to receive payment; but they declined
lo receive it uutil ibe war should oe brought lo a
close. . ~
! In furtherance ol this general disposilloa to
relieve the fiscal condition of the country, Ihe
loads of wards and widows were deposited m the
Treasury; the parties who ma.ib the deposits re*
gnrdiug no depository as more sale and inviolate
thau the faith of the Niate; what sums were re
quired for the necessilies of the depositors were
horn lime to time dispensed to tbsiu at the dis
cretion of tke Treasurer of the Htatc.
The generosity of the citizens extended to tbe
camp to aacb a degree that no horseman or offi
cer would receive pay, but nil who claimed Sit
were stigmatized as “ mercenaries."— tity,
xxiv: IS-
t IIH.IM
Form vhs Aaur.—The news from the line of
the {{appabaunqck would seem to indicate that
active movements may be expected at no distant
day. If jnir information is correct, the headquar
ters of tbe Vnnkae forces are at Warrenlon Junc
tion. on tbe Orange and Alexandria Railroad,
where the enemy is concentrated.
1 The news from Fredericksburg la that there
lias been skirmishing going on lor the past two
Ida vo. An account of this Will fie found under our
telegraphic head.
Mosby has again been wilhin the Federal lines
and mad? a rich haul trom Ihe Yankee sutlers
] About a Wf fk'ago tre captured eighteen wagons
j in the Diighbornood-of Aqße, in l.oudoiin county
j ail of which, we unders’and, he has eately worked
, | tbrouek. — Dttpatci-
VIRGINIA.
CoiißT Martial or Qkn. A. K. Wright.— A
correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer, writing
from Gen. Lee's army a*»vs r
There are several Courts Martial how in see*
aion in this army. Among them is one compos*
ed of Maj. Geu. Ueth, as President. Brigadier
Generals Kershaw. Rarnsenr, liayea, H. H. Walk
er, Wtloox, aud Col. Kirkenduli, of North Caro
lina, and Capt. Blni ter aa Judge Advocate. This
court ia convened tor the trial ot Brigadier Uen.
Wright, ot Georgia, who is charged with disobe
dience of officers, disrespect towards superior
officers, and for matters connected with publics*
tiona which appeared in the Augusta (Ga.) Con*
Btiiutioualist. (ten. Wright is mauagiug his own
defence.
Kuhl-tuus. The subjoined geueral order will
be received with great delight, uot only bv the
meu in the held, but by the home folks. Let us
hope that this privilege will bo properly uppre*
elated, aud uot abused ;
Bkadw'hs Army or Norther* Virginia, )
August lik 1863. $
General UrdKrs, l
No. 84. j
lu order to allow as many of our brave soldiers
to visit their families «nd friends us cm he aoue
consistently with the good ot the service, and at
the ft ain o time give some reward tor meritorious
conduct, a system of furloughs is hereby insti
tuted iu this army.
These furloughs will be granted, in the first
instance, at the rate ot two for every one ban>«
dred tueu present for duty ; subsequently, at the
rate of one lor every ouu* hui*lMJ men preseut
for duty.
This system will be continued as long as the
exigencies of the service will penni. Bbould
the effect not be found prejudicial, commanders
of regiments and battalion* w ill forward ou each
occasion the most urgr-ut and uieriturioua cases
from those recouimended by tho company officers,
for the approval of their superior commander.
The lime will be regulated according to the
following table:
Virgiuia, lf> days; North Carolina, 18 days;
South Carolina, *0 days ; Georgia aud Ten®*-*
a BJO , I,M *»da. Alabama. Mißai**’** l ' 4
East Louisiana, So days.
Furloughs will be grunted equally to soldiers
trom States aud"districts with which communi
cation is cut of!, but in no case will these fur
loughs curry permission to go withiu the enemy's
liues. or t*uSM through theta Tho time for such
cases will be regulated by the number of duys
allowed for the rttato in the above list which they
intend to visit.
The uicu furloughed will be authorized to bring
back stragglers aud recruits who may come iu
ilioir way.
By command of (fen. K. F. Lkk.
The « nnkees, who have been encamped on the
Culneptr side of the K;:ppah*uuock, struck
tents aud recroHscd into Fauquier on Sunday. It
is suld that they have evacuated Stafford county,
and that they are massing their troops in Fau
quier, uear Wurreuton Junction. The reports of
dissatisfaction aud d«iuorai:Aiti«>n in the Vunkcc
army coutiuueTo cornu iu.
A correspondent <>t the Enquirer, wilting from
the army, says:
*1 attended church on Saturday last, and lis' i
teued to h uioHt excellent discourse from the Ksv j
U ue.rul W. A. Pendleton, formerly of Lexniglou, .
V w Among his i.iidilorH were Generals ftobert t
l<J. I.ce, K S. ICwell and James Loiigalieet
Ufhsis»,ii‘ri
It will bo seen by our apec.al dispatcher that j
th-s raiding columns in Mississippi are going
north from Yazoo Oily via the Mississippi Cen
tral lailread, and the other moving south from
the line of the Charleston road, bate succeeded
in effecting a junction at Grounds, where, alter
dispersing a very small militia force, the usual
outrages in the way of tho destruction of private !
property were perpetrated. Grenada was a
bandsomo town of aoout. two thousand popular
non, situated ninety miles south of Memphis at
the junction of the Mississippi and Tnunesseo and
Mmiof aipf i Central radroads. It was at the head
ol navigation on the Vallabusha, and was built
on the south hank of that streom. The two rail*
road bridges burned were 6do structures, that it
will bo impossible to repair during the war.
In November !,» ,t & Federal force of three thou
sand infantry inarched to the vicinity of tho
place, aod fifteen hundred cavalry, with a battery
of artillery, camped a whole day liva miles north
of the railroad, where they burned a tram. At
the time ihtre were but three hundred State mi
litia In the vicinity, yet the enemy, from some
cause, made no attack and fell back. It was this
formidable dank movement from the river, under
(feu. Washburn, coupled with Grant's vigorous
movement in front from Umud Juuctluu, mat
caused the hasty and disastrous evacuation of
Abbeville by our troops, when they fell back to
Grenada, and were stationed there for some time,
until Vicksburg was threatened
In our sojourn of six months at Grenada, wo
lot Died many pleasant associations, and can
keenly appreciate the sufferings that have been
entailed upon our friends by an unrelenting
enemy.
This puccens of the enemy, of course, loses to
the South all* the lailroad stock of which the
press has muds such frequent roentron. Mn con
sequence of seven weeks being suffered to elapse
without replacing the bridge over the I\ url at
.l.tcksmi, (which could easily have been done.)
the stock could not be brought below, and ult
iha» has not bo o destroyed between Grenada and
Uckrion is above the Yailabitftha, and within
ilie control of the enemy. The amount ut ma
chinery whs very Inige.— Apptaf
A writer at Morton, in the Appeal, says ;
t here are some indications of action ou the
pari of iho Yankees iu front. What their object
may bo is unknown to the public, but siiiriug
news may bo conic in plated in a tew days. ** 'i he
Yankee** eio com log," la a cry Inal timber* the
general's eye brighten aud the soldier's tread
tii iner. No lunger flora anxiety for the fate of
V ickiburg crush out enthusiasm nor discourage
tndividu.il bravely. The Having of Vicksburg
wuu bo huge a thing, depending ou so many con
luigencien, aside from lighting, that, the iodlvi
dually of brigades, and even divisions, w»ie lint.
Nothing remains now hut to whip the Vaukeea
livery man in ihe aimv can have hie full share id
the work, every man's prowess will be lelt.
TBKNEHbKfc.
I.Aii ('okoressighai. Klbcyion.—The following,
Hays the Chattanooga Rebel are the majorities,
ho far as heard from, In Ihe late election for
members of Congress front this State, where
there were close contents. These returns oum
brace the army rote so far an reported, and the
vote of seventeen counties: Hwau's majority,
1i,30k: KtKite’s majority, 358 ; McCallum e ma
jority, 7G6; Murray's majority, 110.
The Chattanooga Rebel announces the death,
on Sunday last, of Hon. K. fc». Brabeon, of Tenn.
He was a prominent member of the old Whig
parly, and ha* beeu fur u number of years largely
known as a lawyer and politician of luttucuce iu
tiiH immediate secllou. He served both iu the
Legislature of the State and tfce Congress of the
(Jolted States, with fidelity aud credit, retiring
from the latter body on the outbreak of our pres
ent troubles, lie has been a consistent Southern
Rights man ever since the war began.
General J. C. Wights tulcgiaphn to Knoxville
from Richmond, under date of the ltith, that the
prison.,re fiom Haul Tennessee, paroled at Vicks*
huig aud elKtwhfre, will rendezvous at some
point iu Hast Tennessee, instead of Deiaopolie,
Ala.
(Jbn. Morgan— >Hig Command lnnumerable re
ports, without uuy foundation whatever,'bavo been
c-rculated by both the Federal aud Southern I
press coacoruiug General M rgan and bis coni'! :
uiand.
We learn from his Inspector General that his ;
command just before tbe late raid numbered übout
« obO. He crossed the Cumberland river with 2,«
350 men. Two- hundred aud titty or throe huav
dred were detailed for special Service iu Ken
tucky. More than one-naif of this number re*
turned to Tennessee. He crossed the Ohio with
2,076 men. Four hundred of this bodv recroased
into Virginia. Ho has nearly 4,000 effective men
now iu the Confederacy. Oue th>Histind of his
command are now at Morristown. la about two
weeks at least si,ooo of the command will be col
lec»ed together in this section.
Morgan aud bis imprisonment will only arouse
bia men to more daring ucts of deeperaiioo.
Knoxville (Jon into* u'e.
AUHIHV
KueRRSRKTATiVEs To Congress.—We ate at last
enabled to present a complete list of Representa
tives elect from Alabama to Congress •
Ist District, T*J Foster,
2d 44 Wm R Smith,
8d 44 W K W Cobb.
4tb 44 M H Cruikshunk,
6th 4 ‘ F H Lyon,
«tb 11 W P Chilton.
7th 44 David Clapton,
sib " JI. Pugh'
yth 44 4 S Diclmgoo.
, 11 » il ‘ *•“*» iiove Ib.t the delega
-olise of Kepissentatives stands as It
.rid before, with tbe exception of the Bepreseflta.
tivee for toe third, fourth, and ninth districts.
Mr. Pooh, who succeeds Mr. Ralls. will be re.
membered as a Representative at Washington tor
many years. Mr. Crmkshaok takea the place of
Mr. Curry, and Mr. Dickmson that of Judge Dar«
gau, who wa» not a candidate,— AdotrusSr.
TELEGRAPHIC
uErOAifi OF THE FKESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered r.cccrdin* to not of CongrfM !u the year 1861.b7
J. 8. 'J nn4oH*a. lu the Clerk’* ettc« of the District Court ci
the Coufederate Stale* lor ihe Northern District of Gcuirlh
FROM CHARLESTON
The Eueni) .Shelling the fity.
Charleston, August 22.—From 6 o'clock A. M.
until 7P.M, yesterday, the enemy's fire on Sum
ter waß heavy. Nine hundred and twenty-thiee
allots were Hied, seven hundred and four struck
the tort either outside or Inside. The eastern
tuca was badly battered. Borne guns ou the east
; ond and northern face were disabled. The tlag
was shot dowu four tunes.
Five privates and two negroes were wounded
iu Humler.
The enemy's fire ou Wagner caused five casual'
tifH, including Captain Robert Pringle, killed.
Our shatpshootsra are annoying the Yankees
considerably. It ia supposed that the enemy
burst one or their Parrott guns yesterday after*
noon.
At 11 o'clock last night a communication from
the enemy, unsigned, was sent *.o Gen Beaure*
gard, demanding the surrender of Burnter aud
Morris Island batteries, with a notification that
the city would be shelled in four hours it the de*
nmad was uot complied with.
Gen. BuMiirdgnrd was mi u i econnotsaaoce at the
time, aud Geu. Jordan rotm ned It for the signa
ture of the writer.
About 2 o'clock this morning the enemy begun
throwing shells into the city from a battery in (he
marsh between Morris and James Islands, which
tM ,lwu»» .Wo.i u.a in no* 11 mu me City.
'i'**l*» .»»ght inch Parrolt shell* tell in the city,
but no casualties have occurred.
Tho trauauctioti is regarded us an outrage ou
civillited warfare. The shelling hud a good effect
in hastening the exodus of non-combatants.
At daylight this morning the enemy opened
tire vigorously on Sumter. The lmushles has
since opened. Sumter is replying. Wagner ih
tiring briskly on the enemy’s advanced works,
located four huudied aud tifty yards from our
battery.
ADDITIONAL FROM CHARLESTON
GENERAL BEAUREGARD ft REPLY
BOMBARDMENT CONTI NUN D.
I'hahi.mton, Aug. *29.. -The fire ot the enemy's
land batteries is kept up on Sumter. Mae guus
have been disabled, and one casualty has taken
place. A heavy fire is kept up on Wagner from
tho fleet and land batteries. The tire Malso kept
up on Gregg. The casualties at Waguer ate one
officer and lour privates.
Gilmore's demand for the surrender of Sumter
and Morns island, accompanied with the threat
to shell Charleston iu four hours from the delive
ry of the paper at Wagner, was signed and re*,
turned at 7 o'clock thin morning. Gen. Bean
regard, iu his reply charges, inhumanity
sad violation of the laws of war, and affirms
that if the offence be reposted he will ern
ploy stringent measures of retaliation. Up to this
time the threat to shell the city has not been exc*
(cuted.
FROM RICHMOND.
MEETING OF COMMISSIONER* ON EX
CHANGE OF PRISONERS
STRIKE AMONG POST OFFICE CLERKS.
Richmond, Aug. 22 —Another stag of truce
boat was expected at Oity Point at noon. An in
terview will then take place, by appointment, be*
i tween the two Commissioners for the purpose oi
adjusting the difficulties in the wav of the regu*
tar vacbeuge of pn~ouors.
Twenty-1 bice clerks in the city Post Office re
signed lajt uight on account of insufficient pay.
They were only receiving seven hundred dollars
per annual—two hundred less than tho cost of
board. The office has consequently been closed
tosday.
An effort was made to effect an arrangement by
which clerks will be induced to resume work,
uod keep tho Post Office in operation until Con
gress reassembles. Hrveral clerks buve joined
tbe army. The rest p opase to do so unless their
salaiicH aio increased.
FROM THE UNITED STATES.
THE OKAFTOKINU EXECUTED
: SEYMOUR CUUNSfci.fi SUBMISSION
THE BOCHESTER PREEIDENT MiKEsS
MEXICAN AFT A IBS
RECOGNITION OF THE CONFEDERACY
PROBABLE.
GUERILLAS AT WORE.
ARREST OF MEXICAN LADIES.
Richmond, Aug. 21.—Tbe Herald, of tbe 14»th,
vays tbe draft commenced to-day, and iu alt
| probability it will be conducted without any dis<*
! play of violent resistauce. Prepaiat.ons are
! made to repress any such demonstrations by
overwhelming military and uavat force*
Hfeyomur’a proclamation counsels suboiissioii
to the law of Gongiess, winch calls for the draft,
lie reposts hie determination that 'he constitu
tionality of the law shall be tested in the Courts,
and. reminds the people that violence and dis~
| Order, of all things, are most desired by parties
i disposed to usurp the lights guaranteed by .State
governments.
Mayor Opdyke slit! refuses to sign the million
ordnance, unless certain auiendiiieuts ure made
Tho conclusion arrived at by the politicians at
the ltocht-ater meeting was that peace and the
restoration of the t/nion caa ouiy be brought
about by the organization of the consul rati vea of
the loyal States upon a platform similar to that
of the Democracy of Keulucky.
A telegram from Sail Francisco, on the lath,
brings news from the city of Mexico, via Acapul
co, to July 22(1. .holey was issuing decrees
daily, 't’lio French aud Mexican papers urge the
recognition of the .Southern Confederacy.
Tiro Government paper says tbe Northern
States are for Juartz ; the Confedtiraoy for a Mex
ican monarchy.
Everything looks to the immediate recognition
of the Confederacy by Mexico.
Uuerilloi are UghUug on tie roads lsedtug to
tbe city of Mexico. The Mexicaus make no
prisoners. They, wage a war of extermination.
Numerous assassinations had occurred m the
capital of persons sympithisi g with the trench..
The triumvirate government m daily imprison,
iog and shooting persons relusiog to take the
oath of allegiance to the empire.
A Mexicuu lady, named Rubio, received two
hundred lashes {dr refusing to receive french oft
cers into her house, ller husband ottered to pay,
as a line, her weight Iu silver. Forey insisted on
making an example ot her.
Tbs foreign ministers declined to r en’Sve to
San home, on the otter of J W r 7 . to protect their
transit.
FROM CHARLESTON.
t'n.vansTONrAug. 21.—The ore of the enemy's
land battelies has been heavier than ever to-day.
A new battery of Parrott guns opened on Sumter
this morning, and the fire has been concentrated
upon tbe east battery and its guns,
i The south wail of the fort is now a pile of
! rubbish. On the north the wall is also crumbling
■ into a heap.
Tbe flag has been shot away mice to-day. Six
times daring the attack the flagntUil'ie shot cff,
end the flag flies from the rnlaa of the south
wall.
.1 net bclore sunset Sumter fired several shots
at the Irousides, which wee engaging Battery
Wagner.
A monitor this morning tired at Sumter, malts
ing a reconnoisance, hut was not replied to.
No report of casnshtes.
The sappers are mating regular approaches on
Battery Wagner.
The .jflacer killed on Monday vrae a captain of
one of the monitors.
FURTHER FROsT THE UNITED
STATES
PROORE S OP THE SIEOfe OP CHARLESTON
THE DRAFT QUIETLY PROORKShfNu
FROM EUROPE.
THE PBTBRHOPF AFFAIR
maxi Mil. i.i an accepts the Mexican
crown
JLLIANCS B‘TWEEN MEXICO AND THE
CONFEDERACY.
Kicbmomd, August 22.—The Baltimore Atncri
nan of the 201 b kaa Charleston advicss to Sunday
It was generally understood that the grand
boinhardmant of Sumter would conimebCd on
Monday morning.
The rebels had removed mosl of the guns from
the parapet of the fort.
Oahlirrnn had a narrow escape from being
tilled by a 10 Inch «h*»t from Wagner* as he was
boarding one of the monitors.
The draft »«*«» ►wnmad iu New York on yester
day. A thonsuud naui«»M iu th* 6<b
district. No riotous demonstrations were made,
and uoue are now apprehended.
The Louisville Journal says in all gectioua ei
cept Southern Kentucky the drouth has out ofl
the tobacco crop about oue~balf.
The British Government has appealed to the
Supaeine Court of the United .States in case of th a
Petfood.
The HtUon has arrived from Liverpool with
dates to the 11th.
Thu Polish question wu . in it’itu quo.
It was rumored that reiuforceui«nla were to be
sent to the British uriuy id Caßadti
' It is gouarally asserted (but Nminiilltan will
uceept the Mexican crown.
The tendon Times save tt should not be sur*
prised If something arose out of the alleged
proposition of Jeli l>avit« to Napoleon for an of.
fensive and defensive alliance between Mexico
under french protection, and Ilia Confederates,
which would be quite consistent with the tale
french policy. The world might look with favor
on such contingencies, but aba lute neutrality
would be England's policy.
MOVEMESI'B IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND
ALABAMA.
REPULSE OF A YANKEE COLUMN
PROBABLE ENGAGEMENT NEAR OXFORD.
(Special Oomepiuden.e ul the Mobile Advertiser.)
OxthOKi, Auguat 17.—Two Yankee co'nnios
are on tbe move; one of them, 120 d stiong,
moving down the Mississippi Central Road to
Oxford, the other upon Besar, Alabama.
Tbs Hexar column turned back, and was pur
sued to within Iwelv* miles of Inks, bv Major
Davenport.
The Oxford column is accompanied by wagon
trains sad many pnclc males.
Cannonading was heard yesterday morning in
tbe direction of the Central road.
’ A body of our forces art in search of the enemy,
i The Memphis Bulletin, of Ihe 12th, contains
I little of interest.
The daily mail by the river, to New Oileaas, is
running, end an difficulty Is e.vuarieaced from
guerillas, they baying no artillery. Navigation
is uninterrupted.
Tbe ships Talisman, from Shanghai, and Con
rad from Montevideo, for New York, bare recent*.
| ly been destroyed by the Alabama.
The Confederate loan fell 2 per cent, on the
20th.
Sales of cotton for ins week were 40,000 bale»
American had advanced H V I.
The iuramous Cornyo, Colonel of the 10th
Missouri Cavahy, was recently killed a! Corinth
by Ids Lieut. Colonel, Bowen, who is juslibed.
Ue j. Prentiss and Cal. Hatch hive gone North
to recuperate.
Alllsqntel here. N Lupobts.
FROM MISSISSIPPI
Atlaxta, Aug. 21.- A special dispatch to the
Appeal from Cautou, on the 20ih, says that Gre»
nada has fallen into the bauds of the Federal*.
Their terra left ou the Yatoo and from the North
Junction, ou the rolling stock of the Jacks .o and
N. O railroad, at Grenada.
I*he enemy met no apposition -Chalmers la
absent, and Col Semmfus fell behind itu> Valla
bosha, end (ought the Yankee rsiders three;
hours, when having his wag iu.i »a e. and ih-> •
Yankees thi eatening too rear, evacuated Grenada [
‘i'he Yankees burned the roiling stock, and
ca,,tuied Major Cbaluisie and a patty ot men
One-quarter of the town was burned, when, Ga-i»-
tng that Oeneral Jackson was coming, the fan i
Sees retreated precipitately
B tb the largo tine railroad bridges ovar the
Ynbahiisha are burned.
Oeneral Ual. b Is reported dead.
FAST DAY IN HICHMOhC.
Kichmcito, Aug. 21.—Fast day was appropri
ately nbseived. All business wes suspended,—
The various places of worship were well aiteuded
in the forenoon, and prayer meetings were held
in the principal churches m the aftaruonu.
FROM CHARLESTON
INI EBE3TINU PAKIICOLAfiS
CaißLtsvoN, Aug. 20.—The bring ot (he Par
roll gillie upon Huuiter toeday was exceedingly
heavy, but not so acccurate as heretofore. About
noon the dig w«e sbi-t away, but was soon res
placed. No casualties reported,
CoL Alfred Kbett, commanding, and the gn--
uhoß eie stout hearted. The hsUopv Pf Parrott
guns IS distant from Fort Smpt&r two miles uuu
tiV6 eighths- The missiles used are 200 ponn
bolts, eight Indies in diameter and two feel long,
with But bead of chilled iron.
Shells of the same dimensions were also used
up to Wednesday night. Tbe.tbird day of lh<
attack, 1972 of these misailes struck Humtor; iu
eluding In-day, about 2,500 bays struck. Tu
damage is of course consulerabie, and for the
last two days all the guns of the south lace have
been disabled.
Oil yesterday, about 4 o'clock, the iron clads
formed in liue of battle to renew the attack os
Humter, but the tort opened at long leuge frptr
the east face, and they retired without gtte'okiug.
To-day the Ironsides and t<yo monitors kept
up a tire on Wagner a( intervale.
The Yaiijyt sappers have begun to make ap
prpachiaon that battery from their nearest work.
A shot In.Ul Wagner disabled one of Ibcii
Parrott guns, and tbs James Island batteries,
uader hieut. 001. Yates, exploded two of the
unemy'a annuiiuitioti chests.
Col. Jesse A (Jlenn, ot uie 36 th regiment, bas
received orders from Major General tttevenson to
remain in Atlanta to collect the men of his regia
ment, and be ready to repost at Demopolis on
future orders.
Bratus J. Clay hss been nominated to fill the
vacancy tn the Yankee Congress from Kentucky,
occasioned by tho death of John J, Quit*--’ _,
FROM JACESOH,
YANKEE OPPEE3BfuN IN VICKSBUBG.
RAIDS ON THE CENTRAL RAILROAD-
Jackson, Aug. 20.— Tbe Federal tyranny at
Vicksburg is daily growing’ mora oppressive.
Peace ble citizens are arrested and put in jail up*
on tbe leat euspicion of disloyalty. Some of tha
more outspoken ones are sent out of tbe lines on
pain of being treated as traitors to the United
States Government.
A tlaxta, August 30.—A special dispatch to _
the Appeal from Jackson. the 13th, saye a party
of Federal cavalry from Yazoo City reached Due
rant Statiou,on the Mississippi Central Railroad,
where- they captured a train, cut the telegraph
! wires. Serious destruction to property norths
ward on the road is apprehended.
A special to the Appeal Nom Canton, on the
l'Jth, says the Yankees captured Voldens. Neiiher
the rolling stock, or the track nro injured. The
Yankees, carrying two engines and trams, moved
Northward.
A heavy raid is reported coming southward
from (he Chat lesion road. r
F ROM THE UNITED STATES.
EXECUTION OF THE DRAFT
THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
EUROPEAN NEW!!.
Ricuaosi), August 20.—e flag of truce boat
artived at City Point last eight with 10 oflioera
an d 810 privates of the Conft derate army.
The Baltimore American, of tbe 18th, in its eves
mug edition, says that Seymour has prepared a
proclamation warning all citizens against dlsor
•i.riy conduct when tbe draft te made in' New
fork and Brooklyn.
The draft was completed in Buffalo district
without the least disturbance.
A telegram front Rochester, the 13th, says that
a number of influential gentlemen from this and
other Slates assembled here for consultation iu
regard to Ihe next Preiiidential campaign. Among j
those iu attendance are Leslie Coombs, Garrett -Jj
Davie, and other pre mutant distinguished gen- e
tienren are expected.
A telegram from New York, announcing tha
arrival of ihe City of Washington, from Liver
pool, on the 4th, says the change in the tone of
the Saturday Review, hitherto one of the strong
est advocates of tha rebels In England, exoites
much comment.
The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce held Its
hall yearly meeting on the 3d. .Speakers, includ
ing James Spence, expresaed the opinion that the
American war is not far from He close.
M dd iu Men York, on the ISIh, was quoted
125 V
o oSc rvrSSdiXiZ
AUGUSTA MARKET AUG. 34. 1883.-3 T . M.
COTTON’-lh* c has l«en do •hauge In the Cotton
m»rkct # noo .'.ar U*t report. The dein* nd continue* abou
tneaarae and sales are mads £%t prices ranging irom <5 *o
60 centa per pound .
B AGO XL—Bacon tescarce ani p lets tmebang' »t.
FL.oUK.-WM u»ve Yio q no* at tons to In F our.
The threatened M'rirts on to* pan of the Government have
probs»‘ ly driven the article from the market ;‘*nd although
we ire authoriz'd toquots t. at f-jOpcr barrel tor nil qua!is
ties, m-i are ccntdeht Ihat no *a!ex could bt eff .ted nt this
rate, or,prrh&pz,at double this price. It is to be hoped
that some arrangaaicntscan- e made by which the p-cplt*
will not be altogether deprived of the use c r this breadstuff
GRAIN -Grain la unchanged.
SUGAR ATI- 1 MoLAsSJCr:.— Tuts-.? articled art acarco
sod prices are unchanged.
OTHER Other artle-es arc unchanged.
DOMfiBTI'J rKODUOE.--Lwt- , \©r« n>. ac
cording t-*» quality ; giMMli v hixd; Pork, hue * ::
gto«> ; CHU-kcu 75c@6l Vi apiece 73c. f» dig* ;
Bu:t-r. fl&|l 25 f !!>.• Irish Po»at.?c *3 F b label: On’oiW,
V bushel;
1 $2 *> bushel.
AIRiI'STA TRICES LTIItREA
WHOLESALE PRICES.
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lun il . d.iUi.lidJ will Oteiyy. toe iaina Xe rtr. 1 fL MJ *. “i 1 . lbw ®
Willilu the time yreeallq-d t,y isw“ ito8 ’ fluly » u lhenUcated,
* JCHK 1,. BVVINT 1
K. It. BEoB. ’( Adminlateatots.
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rv eorgia.oulumbia couiiTr^f^rTSLTi
* k Dorsey applies to me for UettprN nr ntaZfi «
Him HusrUixnsklp of k.hi& jf DlKmUal ™ from
Ihoer ore tii- rctore lo cite ami aduionl%h nil .
Ih. kindred c,t said minor, lo ho and aiDear 4 ad m‘i n ‘« * r
within the time preecrthed hy law? to c*!
they h.,vi way Mid letters .n0,u,l not bn f JBV
Given 'ioder niy hand at office, m Xf,;
nnC3 „ WILLIaS? W *' s^L «-«M.
Ordinary.
Georgia. Columbia ooukty wyy
Brooks Tankerrc/ aDnll«M tnn.aT_!. &Prettß ' A
ministration on the rslate of Wm K Ad~
these are. tiMeton to dtalSi
tnskindred nn»crwit«.r,r ™STa!£!!?3*?M nan.AninUi
J-BHSSaSSSff 1
— Ordinary.
rj-EOHGIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY 3vv
yx ShjniwJ applies te' me for Letters nf B ‘ n| K
tbe estsietd Ssrrme] s-anford late oiras'' 40 —“fa l tlonon
Ttiw is to cite all and sinanUr *w» « county deceased
of said deceased, to be mu'* ' -*« creditors and nsxt 01 kin
time allowed by law * - appear at my office within the
s\ui letter* •*»— . aadshow cause, if any tnoy oan. why
Gl'*-* ...void not. be grant sd.
-a anaer my hand at office In AppUng, tixis 18th cm% of
, Aurusr, 1853. SHIELDS,
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