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PRESIDE VT LLWOLN’W LETTER.
it baa been f.eqoently assorted that nearly all
tie official documenta ias aud at Washington are
the work of the wily Abo ition Secietary of State,
but the precious letter in today’s p>per smacks
so strongly of Mr. Lincoln's peon liar style, that
its u’h . cannot be mistakes. 11 is characterise
tic of the man, lor it is neither learned, dignified
nor truthful. I’ne Constitution, he says, reeog„
nues slates as. property, ar.d notwithstanding
this declaration, whenever the lot-tunes of war
place ns in possession of what lawfully belongs i«
our people,' he threatens to retaliate upon their
masters, unless the nrgio our property be placed
on th. earns footing with ins miserable white
hirelings, and exchanged as priSMera of war, ata
though ho makes the adm ssion that negroes me
properiy. According to his sophistry, then, Le
uii{b*. with the same propriety, tad with equally
as much justness, demand ihe return of ihe spoils
wb.cb tall into the bauds of our me a on the bac“
,|le»li.’ld. Mr. Lincoln eousoles bis people with
the ides that the •‘rebellion*’ is almost crushed
and diat neats is near at hu d. Tue subjects < f
t?.» aiod<d Piestdent can have peace just so soou
as tos wicked Administration and Congress at *
knowledge eur independence, but uit before
L aeolu is peculiarly rich up«,u the perforniancse
of b»s naw and bis niggers. All in all, this dot
ument is one of the richest of Mr. Lincoln’.s sage
proJuc ione, sod must, of course, produce in the
minds of hie people, as well as throughout Eu
rope, the profoundest respect for the abilities of
tue great statesman and soldier, who wields the
scep'is ever the civilised and enlightened people
or
I’KOi'l. A MATIUN.
Executive Departss.st, |
September 5, 1818. j
T thsAhms Beakino People of Georgia:
f . is tar ySu have experienced but little of
the burim# of war, and while you l ave beau
oblige ’ I-- dispense wuh luxuries which you
m vu. vtuerwise Lave enjoyed, you have sutforea
comparatively little privation except the loss ot
friends on battle fields in other Slates. Now, a
powerful army, commanded by oue of the most
unscrupulous of the Generals of the enemy, is
>lviue:r.g upon yur North-western border,
tiiie.iteUmg to violate yoar homes, lay waste
y-tur tides, destroy your cities, desecrate the
grave* t your lalhuis and the aiiars where you
woren-p the Living God.
• i. the emmy is successful, yea must flee from
y >ur native cofinUy. and as otHcast paupers, wan
der tu tore.gn tand -;Oryon must labuiu to tyranny
m itn coauia oi oppression tue most gulling that
x -re ever w»rc by au enlightened oeople.
L I vo one hope to escape by mean abandon-
B>. i t til vu- cause in tbeiaidsi of our troubles, or
Lv -WA-ring atleg itcce to a government that has
w.ntonly ehed so much precious Southern blood,
fcuti laid ruM friends and relatives <a.ld in death.
Our n«»b'«, .~j utain b, the enemy would rebuke
su ti dastardly concucl from their bloody graves. ,
L-t n ih hope to sava th< ir properly by fuvori- g' i
- leoonstrrction of the old Union, or by any re- '
union anh our wicked end heartless invaders I :
Ad eucli oteurus sie w.-ree than delusions.J
’> :;r ee quarters of a century of experience bus j
pr.-ved that no cuvenent, agreement, or conatitu- i
tioita! compact will bind .the people of the North- i
ea Sisti-s as communities, longer than it is their i
iaseres: to obseivo ibe ofdigation. It would take |
all ths pr p--ii ? ot the S.iulii to pay the immense '
war debt cl .he North, and to satisfy Yankee cu- i
pidiiy in po?se >si<>ii of unrestrained power. Re
coihurucu o is uiihing but submission, and sub- |
<u sston piuages us into the di epeat degradation, i
aud <iie u o~: übje . p verty and misery. l! there (
Le any who tayvr such means to secure peace, let i
• luem remember the .leiitimant of the great Caro« ■
lin.i su»« >.an. It is peace which the ki e gives )
11 tue .•« re, th.- woli it> tha tamb, Russia to Po- i
tan-1, and drath to pta victim. It we prefer to •
die re-; rather than live staves, we must put tai th ■
cur wbuie energies iu tins ensra of our fate.
Georgia baa never tailed to respond to every !
c .? made by the Pr»-s dent for troops, from the !
£<eoe,-o;eni of the war to the present day,
tud sh? na., tn eveiy ease when a call baa been '
made tor volunteers, tendered Boons than tbe
nuinbir icqntred. Io response to the fata call,
L,r 8 O n, m-n for local defence, I shall have tbe
g'a-itic»i‘i>Q to . tender to tbe President ovei I
15 ">o without couotftg the drafted men. The’
«n i was only ueceraany in a few icealitiea to •’
compel each u >unty to do its just part, when some j
tut iboderej three votes the number required, .
and to compel a few m o Jo enter service who j
coaid not otherwise be influenced to do so. Tbe
eauit m»s a triumpbaut vic'd duliuu of the
character and volunteer spirit of the State. There i
yet temains tn our beloved Stale, including tbe i
organisations for tome defence, over forty thou- |
Fred men able to tear aims in an emergency, j
l! o it half this number will reinforce tbe Confed- ’
crate at my noon our bord-r, w» can drive tbe |
etnemy uP‘ of East Tmeessee aud free cup Slate j
frox threaiWted invasion.
Georgians, JOB who remain in the S ae, owe |
this to me gallant fiie/j who have left their homes ;
and gone to distant fields io wee I the foe. You |
ewe it m tbe orphans of the . jmmonai dead who j
have lost their Eves in year defease. You owg it j
v? the ucble women of Georgia who with hearts
lull of patriotism, have by their untiring energy
clothed (be naked and contributed millions of dol
lars to the support oi our cause ; and who line
guardian angels, have ministered to the comfiirt
and sootned the agony of the sick and wounded of
every State, who m ttieir‘passage over out teriT
toty have ecmo with their reach. Yon owe it to
your owe wives and children, to the families of our
eoidiers now io e< rvjce in other States, aud to nui
born posterity. Will you not rise in your might
aud put forth all your manliness fur thia glorious ,
conanmatfon?
Having oei.n asked by the authorities at Rich- ■
mood, to call out the Home Guards, lo assist in i
tins emergency, 1 iuvite thety attention to W>e i
accompanying order of the Adjutant and luspeo i
tor Genera! ut this stale, and direct that it be
promptly obeyed.
Men i,f Geoig-.e, who hare stout hearts and ;•
strong b'lfii, wnen you leave your farms and your .
merchandise to assist m driving the module from
« ur o .rders, the nmembrance at the :ate of Ne* I
Orteaus, Naeb Ville, and other places wbictl have !
surrendered to tbe enemy, must unalterably tie •
your de’ermination, that they shall not occupy i
Georgia territory, and tyrannize over Georgia’s,
•ri ’.zios, and nmit nerve your arms for the con- i
.st, aud impel you to stnku for' the prrservolior I
,1 y■ nr property tbe parity 4 your wives and
Ca»gbiers, aud thu iraosn.uaiun of your liberties i
l.» tue latest .celerity.
Mark clouds Lang around ua and we are passing '
through a trying ordeal, but troth and iu ? tiee are
ui our side, aud if every man will put bis trust
in God, and do hia wbafe duty, our cause will
tr.um, b, aud we shall pot only conquer a peac
but we shall vsublish Conktifuhonal Liberty’
without which our Struggfe will Lava been iu v-m’
JOSEPH K. BROWS,
Htatx or Gbohoia, i
Adj’t and l:,«p«oroa Gbn’b Oreicw,
z Atlanta, Sept. 5, 1668. j
Unital Ordtta No. 24
In couiormity to the foregoing proclamai.on
of His Excellency ibe Governor of tins State, 1
am directed to issue the following orders:
I. Ail volunteer . organizations tor home de
fence, whose preseribed limits embrace Allauti,
or any part ot the State between that point and
ibe "J earn ssee river, are hereby orders to report
immediately, al either Kingston, on tbe State
ffood, or at Atlanta, as may be most convenient'
to thecoinuianding « Bi ar of the Conterate Stales
army,-ui those points; except the Floyd 'Cfounty
Legion, which is now in camp on special service,
and tbe companion in Rabun, Uabersnaur, Towns,
LuiuU, Fannu, While, Lurnkiu, Gilmer, Wallftr,
Ctrut'i ogu and bide, which will await special
orders, as their services are considered indtepeu
sable al their homes, holding themselves in
readiness to obey orders nt u lucmont’s warning,
aa<t itiiihsg twice ti week until the present exis
geney is passed.
2. Every uiuu wjiu has a shot gun or rille, fit
tar use, will bnug it, and each mun will tmop
wiib him either a blanket or other covering,
and will leave home with provisions enough to
eariy Litu to the pliices ot lendexvous uampd
übore, nud to serru tnju one day after ins arrival.
8. I i counties where almost the entire popular
tii-u bnve volunteered, only a number us large as
the quota r,quned Iroin the outvuty will be called
i upon to respond to this order. More may come
u they cbißiae k» <h> gti. but those who
Wi I bold themselves IU readiness to assist in re
pelling any raid that miry approach their neigh
borhood. In ttu'Sc cabe« tue cormmnding odi*i
l vers wilt collect tbe whole force and select from
, issm lor thu present service the most able-bod-
I ied soldiers ot their commands.
4 Tbs .-emaiuiug companies iu the State whose
> bouudaru-a of service do not embrace the upper
; poi tioii of tbe Slate, arc invited to volunteer foi
this particular atJd other persoi.9 Lot
( members id ths companies, who tire able to bear
anus, ure ruvited to join them imd md in repel
ling tbe enemy. Uoder the taw, noita oi the
home organ satious can be compelled to go out ol
, the State, but if asked i o do so, Dis uo. doubled
! bul ihat they will promptly volunteer to cross
lue one it they can baiter defend Georgia on
lennessee soil, ’those who may volunteer to
uriws the line wdl l«.se ,i ma of their rights by s<>
•taiug, and will ba permuted to return as soon as
the exigency slisir permit
5. lutuniry companies wi 1 supply themselves
w.ih the best means oi transpo. ta ion they cun
procure to the nearest r.ulroitd depot, from which
point they wdt be transported to tbe ptace of ren
dezvous, us is lisuul in such cases, on tl.rf eeitiita
ca.e oi the comrnauding otheer. Cavalry will
march by the most dirce.i roads usnirilv'truvel-d.
6. Tbe cuptaitf ol each nuinpuuy is authorized
to uiuke dutails ot such n eu, who. m ei.nsidera
tioti id tae public interests, nod their etheieney
<n render-tog service to the eomuiuuitv, are moat
necessary at home ; provided, that the number
detailed to remain al tame shall not exceed, in
any case, oue-sixth-of the company.
7. Dratted men attached to cvinpHnies will be
required to go with tuem, unless prevented by
bodily infirmity absolutely diequalitying them for
■ i short term ot service. Drafted meli attached to
‘ companies who may reltiso, troni auyo-har cause
to Obey this Older, will be arrested by the coin’
mauder of their Ci.ujpi.nv and compelled to fiervo
8. Compatites orgauta-d tar ths local defense
of cities, factories, workshops, or non works will
remain at their positions and drill twice a week
awaiting orders. A:i such points are most likely
to be first aitacked by raids of the eoemy, the
companies al Ihem will, at all times Lota ttieina
sei ready for action at tbe shortest notice.
a. C inipuuies throughout the State not called
imo service by ibis Order, or volunteering under
it, will drill at least odea u week. Krom this
drill only Ordinaries will be exempted, on account
I of the butsiness in thtir otllces which is i.ecassary
j to the protection of tbe estates of deceased sole
idlers. Tney will be expected, however, l„turn
i out wb-n threatened by a raid in their vicinity.
; 10. While i j service under this order both otii-
I ceis and men must expect to endure some hard
;sh ps ihe Q-iartermaotei’s and Commissary’a
I Departmenw, however, will do all iu their power
I for their comfort and health, and contribute, as
1 f ur us io them Le.% to make the service agreeable
' and pleasant. It would be well, though, lorevtry
:i ati to look to bis own probable wants as much
aS tie can without needlessly burdening himself
>v ith baggage.
By order of the Coinmander-in Chief
HENRY C WYANE.
Adj’t <fc Insp’r Gen.
IB£ WAR AGAINST bi’KCL'LATORS A.VO KX
TOKTIOVRhb. -
We commend to the attention of our renders
the patriotic views expressed m the folk wing :
fbe noiss meeting called at Enterprizr, Mies.,
tar the -iTd, ot August, to dully inaugurate the
pitched .baUlei against speculators and extor.
itonera cameofl'as published.
Th ire were about two thousand present, com- 1
posed mostly of soldiers stationed here, about *
one hundred and fifty cittz-ns of the county 8
mostly substantial planters, with some fiom 1
Lauderdale, Jasper aud Way na. The ladies also
graced the oocaston, giving additional interest J
to the meeting. , - '
GoL Ward called the meeting to order, aud by
request Rev. 1.. B, Gaston addressed the Throne
of Grace by an appropriate prayer.
L. B. Moody, the permaneni President o’ tbe
Confederate Society, was then called to the chair,
and laid belere us the ol jeclasf the meeting. He
■ aid it was an earnest and practical > if rt to re
store Coafederaie currency by consent to a stand
ard basis ot gold and silv. r.' The design is hy
■he sovereign will of the people to make it the
standard value, instead of coin, which has be
come an article of comsperct-; to reduce by coni
mon consent the price of ail articles of produce
and consumption to u-spocte standard.
ii» ope word to reduce all necessary articles
to the lowest possible price at which they can be
produced, instead of eiactipg the highest price
that can be obtained.
'ihe time had come when something must be
done, aud d >t,o speedily, to counteract tbe demor
alising influence that was flooding tbe Imid, and
teding with fearful effect up iu thenr nay. •
Tne crying evil of specuiatiou and extortion,
more than anything else, was fast destroying tbe
wttaU ot our armies, through the constant repre
reutauons to them by ietteya from their suffering
wives and families, who are ceiling upon them io
b-i proteoied from the ravanoug clutches of the
sp culator and extortioner.
Many causes bare been assigned for desertion
and straggling from the army, bijt no one has yei
surmised, until it has become a lamentable fuc 1 ,
that it is based in many instances upon the calls
of a starving family at home, while cribs iu many
olaces arc pnt under lock and key, tbe heartless
extortioner hoid’ug up his corn for high prices.
He d,d not tear the slrangth of the eusmy, gieat
as ii was, but i:a did fear the effects growingvoui
of the operations of the speeijjato^mjd extortion
ers. Be did not fear the widi-spread'depreciaiioo
of our currency and the destructive influence of
high prices.
He argued most conclusively, that while Our
sodiers stood as a well of five between ustgnd onr
enemies, we had no right to avail ourselves of
oi this security, to speculate upon tbe necessities
of life und extort high prices from the soldier's
wife and family, nutir theuAvaiiing cries of dis
trees made lbs soldi rs egrrp the vile horde in
their hearts and desire to turn ibeir arms upon
these blwidsbckergas well as tits Yankees.
The tunc, therefore, had come to cease all effort
at accumutetioo, and devote all our energies to
equalize the burdens and push the war to a sue .
ceegftii termination. We have organized'for that
purpose, aad now call upon every lover of bis
country to enroll big in this holy crusade
The Hon. L>. U. Glenn then Hie au
dience in an effective ipeecb of an Lohr or more,
depu ting in eloquent, language Ibe many evils ot
the country, and the qtterruiu that would follow
tbe prostration of our currency.
lt> conclusion, he urged ipi to untiring exer
tions iu the good work before us.
The Rey. D. P. Bestor then entertained the uu
diencc about the sama length of time; and in tha
course of Lie sp'-ech depicted the trials end suf
fering,: of soldiers' wives, who could scarcely keep
soul and body together whne locked corn eiibs
w»re in striking dist inct, Ijeld by heartless extor
tioners, Peking live dollars a bushel for corn. Be
matte some pappy hits at diffurenl ciaHsen, and
then mged us to devotion and reams I ess energy in
all and every tffirt to save tpa country from ruin
and degradation.
Tbe address and resolutions of the sOC-ieiy Wore
read, and altogether we obtained about titty plan
ters, and in confieeljou with the leading merchant
of the place, the society commences its opera<
tions under ibe most favorable auspices.
You may set down the “Confederate Society,”
•>t this place, as a success. You muy look for cm n
at about one dollar a bushel; all other leading ar,
ticks will soon come down to living rates. W«
“ball triitnipb, Mr. Eliter,’ notwithstanding all
the rkepttclsm about our holy crusade; and if
every city, town and vijtago will but folfow our
exainci", we shall break lie power and h< ad ol
the extortioner. . Let the ball roll on. What say
nt* Guristian men of- Mobile, will iLey engitge in
Itos good work f We shall see.
’• >o »' ( ’tton, it W a g ord-red to publish in all pa
pers Ine tdly t<, the movement.
■ W. Hakmon, Secretary.
it l <,,9 P tttc bes wete received to day tfl
Mexico. UtpantueDt ,lom Minister Corwm in
AUGUSTA. GA., WEDNESDAY Mt,MINING, SEPTEMBER 1(>. J 863.
tTiARLhN'roY’S FATE READ.
I )l l , t . lbs ,P r “K | .imtne Os Gan. Hov<y fur reducing
all Lontederates to Herta and beggars, is tbeeen.
oral theory of this war inuougst our qucmics, then
the imagination lonex itself m attempting to con
reive the peculiar and cxcrpttonal exquisite tor
tures, they design to visit Cbarleatoii. Consider
the venomous malignity with which one of th.nr
cinet org.-t-s sums up tbe long account they have
run up ngaiust that devoted city, and gloats over
the revenge. No-»n..t revenge;”
that is a passion only tit tor barbarians, bit
righteous retribution. The doom of Magdeburg,
ot tamall, nay, of S >dotn and Gomortah, would
seem to those righteous dispensets of Heaven’s
justice t m light lor tbeorignai and inlonial wick
edness of South Carolinians.
Hut the more those miscreants gnash their
teeth and loam at the uiottth against our banner
city, Hie mote do good Co .federates love and
honor her, tbe more we cherish bet- lame und
tang to enitiliU? her valor. It is well, too’, that
South Carolinians should know how immeasura.
bly belter would be glorious dealh in battle than
the long deatb-in l.te which tbe poisonous malig
nity et Massachusetts destines tor them if they
tail alive into the hands ol the basest of all 'oes
ft'n copy<he following from ihe New York
Times:
Carlile some where speaks of Justice putting
on hyr terrible gat ments—“her robes of hell
fire. It ta tn just ihm aspect she is tusJay ap»
ptOae.itug Charleston. There is something fears.
(Ullv imposing iu the manner iu wb.ch that sheet
of tl nu« work-i its resistless way toward lite de
voted city. Yet men rejoice. Aud well may
they. Not tor revenge. Revenge is a passion fit
tor oarages only. But because there is’u dot-, in
stinct in the t umau- breast that finds pleasuie in
righteous retribution. This visitation upon the
chief city ot Sant|i Carolina causes peculiar saus
'acuon, for ti e reasonibat South Carolina is the
guiltiest ot all the rebel States. It gave birth to
thei master traitor Calhoun—iaohzed fam living
and canonized him when d«ad., It plotted dis,2
umou for thirty years; twice made a desperate
ettort to compass it by open resistance, and was
the head and lYou'. cd the present, yet more tar
taidab e, movement. It WIH South Carolina tout
first began the war ; iliat first shut up thu Eed>
eiul Court#; that firs*. _withdrevy her members
from Congress; ihat first passed an ordinance of
seeoAiion; thin first laid bunas upon the Federal
ptopeity; that tiist field upon the national flag
and opened the war. Had it not been for South
Carolina, in all earthly probability thia impious
rebellion would not have existed ai all. As it is
said of Satan that ie “drew” one third of .the
angels after him in foul revolt, so muv it.be said
ot this uteb-apostate tn tbuiawilv of American
States— she drew a'tliiid of them away by her
ow u original and Ie jrnai w ickedness.
el the punishment, though long deferred, w*ril
be all the more terrible, now that the full t.me
tor it Las come. Neither thu army nor tbe navy
at her gates is in a temper to palter or temporize
with her blackest t-cison. Noihiug Out the
promptest and completest submission will save
South Carolina h orn a loss of properly and sacri
fice of life, belore which all dirpensattous of jus
tice in the war thus tar wdi sink into insignifi
cance.
But the worst misery that will befall South
Carolina will ba her humiliation of spirit. Never
was there u community on the face ol the earth
that made such pretensions to invincibility; never
i.ua so habitually arrogant and domineering.
Iler children Lava been brought up to the notion
ot thuir superiority of blood ' ami condition, and
have learned to cherislj no other teeiiug than that
of sovereign contempt, for the “mudsills” at.d
“greasy mechanics’’ of the- North. They called
tiemselves the chivalry, and for a whole generas
non have been practicing the airs and the tones
if the tragic tyrant that s <lks his brief hour on
the stage. Such vaporing and bravado, such
■ nstilt aud contumely, such.superciliousness and
scornfulness uh have been put firth by these
Palmetto sprigs, have never b.eti excejded
among any people, either civilized or barbarous.
There is one Northern State lor which they
bivu otleuied peculiar dizdali., ta.ud which they
have trike, peouliar paius t> vituperate aud ag
grieve—tbe glorious old Bay S ate—whose r<»
splendent worth they are no more capable of ap
preciating Dian the dogs that bay the moon.—
Tn.rty-two years ago they attempted to deal out
their uumeauured scorn of Massachusetts through
"the lips of thejr Senator, Itayne, who'was tire se
lected inetrnment it. emit that long prepared exe
terminating.dtainbe, which, when it camo, drt w
forth from Ihe Senator of Ma-eacbusetts the re-.
sporse whose echoes have not yet done ringing
in the ears o! tnen. Seventeen years ago they
expelled Irom their I'mits, with the grossest inn
d gnity, Judgo Hour, whose errand, tu the name
of Ma’asachusetts, was to secure the rights of oiti
■z-ks of Massachusetts, by a legitimate appeal to
the Ft-detal Court.
Eight years ago, not satisfled with wha» abu
sivo language against the State at large bud ac
omplisbsd, or the abusive treatment of her
dsputy sent for a most just purpose,they, through
two of their representatives iu Gongre-s, made a
murderous assault upon a Senator of MaHsacbu
setts, in his er-at on the If >or ot the Senate—an
ici. the audacity ot' wh ch astonished the civilized
world, and them gloried in the outrage. Massa
ebusetts, indeed, h d goad cause to lay to heart
ibe treatment she m termer days has received
from the foremost rebel State, and there is a dra
matic jus! ice iu the fact that Massachusetts men
were the foremost to Jsad ppon flor traitorohs
shores with gleaming arms to force her mto hum
ble submission to. the flag she betrayed aud de
fied.
Never since history begun did arrogance re
ceive more huipiliation than is m store for South
CareLna, oi treasoq more condign punishment.
THE B ATTLE OF RK'HMOfti), LA.
Judging from tfle temper displayed by our
troops iu tha recent battle st Richmond, La., we
are justified iu the belief that our atithoi itiea at
the seat of government will'be troubl d no more
with negro prisoners or with white officers found
tn command of negro troops. Three thousand
sre said'to buve peitebed tn this engagement,
only one i'uukee captain making his esc.ipewtu
tell tho tale, this will apt as a warning and an
adaiouitkn in bath to the ntgrbea. who
engage in this warfare against us as wall as to
those while miscreants who undertake to dis
cipline and command them.-
Tbe revolt of J.hjs Pggroea at Port Hudson and
Baton Rouge was, “in ail probability, the
result, in some weuaiiie, pf this aHuir at Rich
mond. When made fully to understand the ex
treme peril of the pomtfon ibjy occupy, they
will naturally beponoe restive., aud seek the first
opportunity to escape front the service--u service
for which they have little bp no fame, and in
which there >8 for them neither emolument,
glory or renown. Tbe promise or freedom is an
empty boon, aad the poor ereaiurea, when too
late, find that they have only changed musters,
yielding up pebcefol homes for the military
camp. They veiy soon discover that soldiering
is no holiday etoploytpp’ l ! and more especially
when they meet With'the rage and fury of those
ngirimit whom they have been armed.
***»«»
We realiy confess wu Jiko the spirit ol our
traiis-Mississippi troops when this negro ques
tion is ipyoivpri. ••feo prisoners,” is their motto,
and clean work their polity.
\ Atlanta Appeal-
in the course of the kulish debate, Lord
Brougham addressed the House of Lords. While
speaking, hm upper ol ( B et.h became loose, Ho
stopped and tried to screw tnem in but tailed,
and was obliged to pull them out. plate and all,
and to walk out of the Hot:se with them in bls
hand. He was not able to speak a word that
<eouid be heard without them, and his face in
stantly assumed the appearance of a-mau twenty
years ■ Ider. Bo strange a trnnsforniatiou was
never witnessed in a human countenance, says a
teller writer. who saw jt wemefl to be struck
With astonihhmepl nnu with pity for ui e old man
-for hs was evidently very JWdly anuoved ul. the
mishap, and went «ut of tlte rlousis'in a tremen
dous pasaien.
Bshious AviAitt.--Tiie"Greensb >ro' (N. C ) Pa
triot u. iderstands that on Tn.-sduv last quite a se
rious aftair occurred near the bouse of (J<>l.
Coble, of ibe (i/ih regiment miljtiu, in the south
east part of Guilford county. The particukts
seem Io bo that a party ot deserters were passing
through the neighborhood, and tbe Colonel with
a pmali force of neighbors attempted to arrest
. them. The deserteis were armed, and regular
’ firing ensued. Two ol the deserters were kilted'
and three captured. The others made their es
cape. Colonel Coble was slightly wounded.
MR LINCOLN’S LKT’»W
The following letter from Mr. Linedu to the
Rpnngfleld (111) mass meeting is published.
Copies of it were to be fnrntahed Ibe other Abo
lition meetings hold in different parts ot thu
United Status on thetameday. jf anything oom •
ing trona him muv be dignified the term " omoial,
expressive of his views, then this paper may be
taken in that sense;
Exkcutivk M.issi n. I
Washington, August 28 J
Hon. Jambs B. Conklino;
iiy Dear Nir—Your letter inviting me to ata
tenJ a mass meeting of uncoud-tiimal Union
ineu, to be held at the Ciplial pt Illinois un ibe
3d day of September, has bat-n received. It
would be very agreeable to me to 1 bus meet my
old friends at my . own iiojpe, bit* I iniinot just
now be absent from this city so long ns a visit
there womd require;
The meeting is to bs of all those who main
tain unconditional devotion Io the Uuiou, and 1
am sure my old political Inendswill thank me fur
tendering, as I do, the nation’s gratitude to those
other noble men whuni no partisan multce or pai s
ÜBau hope can make false to tin nation’s lite.
Thev are Hjosu wbu are dissatisfied with me. To
such 1 would say: You desire poaue, aud you
blame ui« that w» do not have it, how can
we obtain it? There ure but tbrei'conceivable
ways. First, to supprers the reta'lltou by force
oi arms. This I am trying to do. Are you Im
it? If you are, so fur we are agree.; If von tire
uol for it, we are not agretd.
A second way is to give up the Union, lam
against this, if you are, you should say so plain
ly. If you are nut for force, uor )«■- tor du olu
uou, there only remains souiu tmaginary.com..
promises. Ido not believe that any compromises
embracing the maintenaic* of thu.Union is now
possible. All that 1 learn taadito d - reel ly the
opposite belief. The strength oi the rebellion is
Us mihl ry—its army. That aiiny.d.iintna'.cs all
the country and ali the people within Us range.
Any offer of terms made by any man or men with
in that range, in opposition to that'army is sim
ply nothing, lor the picsent,' because such man or
men have no power whatever, to enforce their
side ot the compromise, if one wets aiuduwith
them.
To illustrate: Suppose a refugee from the
South aud the peace men ol the North get togeth
er aud frame and proclaim a compromise embrac
ing the restoration of the Union, in wind way can
that compromise be used to keep Gen. Lee’s
army out of Pennsylvania * Gen. Meade’s army
can keep Leu’s army out of Pennsylvania, und I
think cun ultimately drive it out ot existence, but
no paper compromise to which thu contra Hurs of
ties. Lee’s i my are not agreed cun at all affect
that army. Iu an effort at such compromise we
would waste time which the enemy would improvu
io our disadvantage, and that would be ail.
A compromise, to be effective, must be made
either with those Who control the army or with
lit* people first liberated from the domination of
that army by tbe success ol our army. Now
allow me to that no word or intima
tion fr,om the rebel army, or from any of the
men controlling it, la relation to any peace com
promise has ever eoaie to toy, knowledge or be
lief. All chargee or intimations to the contrary
i are deceptive »nd gfeandless, and I promise you
Yhat if any such proposition shall hereafter
emtte it shall not be rejected and kept secret
Irotn you.
I freely acknowledge myself to be the servant
of the people according to the bond of service
the United States Constitution—aud that as such
I am responsible to them. But, to be plain,you
are dissatisfied with me about the negro. Quite
likely there is a differßnce of opinion between
you and myself upon that subject. 1 certainly
wish that all mon could be iree, while you, I
suppose, do not. Yet, I have neither adopted nor
proposed any measure which is not consistent
with even your views, provided you are fur the
Union.
I suggested compensated omancipr.tion, to
which you replied Wiat you wished nut to be
taxed to buy negroes. Ent I had not asked you
t-i be taxed to buy negroes, except tn such away
ai to save y -ti from greater taxation, to stive tbe
Union exclusively by other means. You dislike
the emaiicipatioh proclamation, and, pernaps, yon
Want t» have it retracted. You say it is unconsti
tutional. 1 think differently. 1 think tnu' ihe
Constitution invests its Commander. iu-Bhief with
the taw of war in time of v*ir. Tlc most that
can be Said—.f so much—is that staves are pr< p
erty. Is there, has there ever been, any question
that by the law of war the property both of ene
mies and friends may be taken when needed ?
And is it not needed whenever taken it helps us
or hurts the enemy f Armies, the wo Id over,
destroy the enemy’s property when they cannot
use it, and "even destroy their own to keep it from
the enemy. Civilized tfolligerunta do all in their
power to help themselves or hurt the enemy, *xi
oept a few things recorded as barbarous er cruel.
Among the exoeptioi s are the massacre of van
quished fees and non-combatants, male and fe
male.
But the preslamation as a law is valid or is not
valid. If it is nit valid it needs no retraction.
It' it is valid it cannot be rotraeted uny more than
the dead can be brought to life. Home of yon
profess to think that its retramion would operate
favorably for kfae Union. Why better after the
retraction than before tbe issue? their w.is
more than a year and a half for trial to suppress
the rebellion before the proclamation was issued,
tbe test axe huudiod .[ays of wliiub passed under
explicit notice it was coining unless averted by
thotre in revolt relining to their allegie -toe.
The war has certainly progressed as favorably
tor us since the issue of the proclamation as be
tore. I know, as fully as cue can know the opint
ions of others, that some ot the commanders ul
our armies in tflp fie|d who flive given us onr.
most important victories, fleliovg tlui the eman
cipation policy and the aid of tbe colored troops
eonatHtites the heaviest blows yet dealt t, the
rebellion: aud tiatut least one of those impor
tant successes could not have been achieved when
it was, but lor the aid of the black soldiers.
Among the commanders holding these views
are some who have uever had any affinny wii-h
what is called Abolitionism, or with Republican
party pehtitft, but who held them purely as wilf
lary opinions, t submit their opinions as being
entitled to some weight against the objections
olten urged that emancipation and the arming of
the blacks are unwise as mil iary measures, aud
were not rdopted as each in good faith.
You sty (flat you wih not light io tree negroee.
.Some of theta seeui to be willing to fight tor you
bitt in matter, tight you', then exclusively to save
the J issued the proclamation ou purpose
to aid you iu saving lhe Union. Whenever you
shall flaye tjl) res, stance to jhe Union,
if I shall Virgo you to continue fighting,, it iviil be
an iipl lime tbeii fop yoit tfl declare that yoq will
not fight to free uegioes,
I thought that in your struggle for the Union,
to whatever extent tbe negro atiou’.d cease helping
the enemy, to that extent it weakenn Ibe eiietß,
in Ins resistance to you. Doyon thiuk differently?
I thought that whatever negroes can be got lo do
us soldiers, teayes just so munb' less lor white
soldiers to qo iu saving j>he fJnioii,
Does it appear otherwise to you? But negroes,
like other people, act upon molt-;- Wuy stiould
iiiey do auy tiling Tor us if we will do nothing tor
them? It they stake their lives tup ua they must
be prompted Oy ttie eci ungesf motive, even the.
promise of freedom; und the promise being
made must be kepi.
Tbe signs look befit r. The Father of Wuteis
again goes iiuvexed to tbe sea, thanks to the
great Northwest for if - ftor yt>l wholly to them.
Tbyee hundred miles up they met New England,
the Empire, Keystou* und New Jersey, hewing
their wuy right and left. The Sunny Bouth, too,
iu more qplors thuu one, also lent a baud ou the
spot, Their part ol history was jotted down iu
in black aud white. The goal was a gieat na~
tiotal oue, and let none be banned who bore
an honest part in it, uhite those whq huye clear
ed the great riyer inuy WP u be proud.
Even thill is pot all. h is hard to say that
anything has been rao re bravely and belter
done than at Antietam, Murfreesboro’ '■'ettys
burg, and on many fields of less note ’
S>or must Uncle Sam’s noble fleet be forgotten.
At ull the waters they have been pres**
ont. Npt dtify on the deep tea, the bread buy,
the tapid river, but also up ibe narrow, muddy
bayou, and wherever the ground was a little
>■? bHeu an<l m ade their fracks.
1 hanks to all for the great Republic, lor the
priuci lea by which it lives aud keeps alive for
man s vast future ! Thanks io all!
Peace does dot appear so distant ns it did. I
hope H will come soon, come to stay, aud wo come
,n tb l he keeping iu all future tune. It
will then nave been proved that among Ireenieu
there can be no Bu«oe<efnl appeal from the ballot
to the bullet, and .that they who take such an ap
peal are sure to I<>so then case and pay the cost t
und then ther« will be some black men who can
remember that, with siluni tongues, and otanched
teem, aud a'eady eye, and wuh poised bayonet,
i' <’. bate helped mankind on to this gresl ctin
numniau while 1 tear that th ru will be some
Whiten a tmuLlo to target that with malignant
tieurt und ul spc'sch they buvo alnven to
hinder it. Hill, ; .-t ub not be over sanguine ol a
t-jrn. dy aud flual ti iumph. Lut UM be quite Sober,
let 'lB dillgeut'v apply the meabM, never doubting
tn;f a |.«,1 God, Hl bis own good time, will give
us the n. itiul loutiit. - B
Vmits, very a; Lixcoia.
V.® VIETIB.
A great Deui\. ratio meeutiiig wmi.JAta'iy held
at luJia.tapofi.j, Ind., in which
noble tetter (as the Yankee uewspapers style it)
«as lead amid great apptause. It is from one of
the Chief Generals m Ui»nt’s army, who is an
itifliiuiiti.il politician m tbs Nmibwest. Let the
I’oudu) note it carefully:
Mount Vernon, Aug. 16.
Gentlemen: I regretthu Aiy short leave oi ab
seuL'a irom the army ami ao veie illness iu my
tamil prevent am ho u uccepiiug your invitation
to aifiuKt-a the Dcmocrtuy on ihe 20th fust..
I should like t<> speak io tbe people of tbe State
and pruaaut to them U.e opimone aud feelings Ot
' e '.' * iu-T ' U ,n ‘‘l le army in which I
Sci ve. with those vyho «.re facing eneinie#, where
diseaa-j aud death arc around them, Uieru is but
title or no division of opinion, and they look
wu > wonder H-id Hd'orniihinent ut .lha reported
uiu xvneestt. home.
i-Le urtny ul the South weat ie determined upon
the of rebeldom, in the highest and*
Hlrougeel eenae us the word. No halb-way, tun
ptrmg patch-woik will satisfy them, and tbe
party that attempts it will be swept into a hour"
less minority like all other combinations of
parlies that have formerly opposed the wars of
our country.
Ihe Constitution as it was” cannot be re
stored in thu rebel States, until the people .of
.hose States sliall lulfy prove their love lor the
Government and devoted loyalty. Until this luip
pens the madman must wear his straight jacket.
A llitte nil ctiou will c.jnvineiWßhe tnostsymptto
lliettc that this must bt so. Suppose the Union
is restored, tbe Constitution guarantees the right
of trial by jury, in tbe district where the offense
Wus committed, but broad indeed would be the
tarce where aiebel should be presented tar trea
son and trial bv a rebel jury.
T e Constitution provides that the writ of Aa»
b-as aorpun shad remain inviolate, yet I need not
tel! yoy that s rebel judge would release ttie
piisoner, though charged wilt the blackest crimes
I muruer and treason. Tbe Constitution pro
claims liberty of speech and liberty of the press.
Ibis, with rebels, would include Hie right to de
nounce the Government, and keep up an undying
hatred of one section against tha other, until an
other revolution would inevitably follow. No,these
saeFed righfs cannot now be conferred upon the
imidmeu ot tbe South. They were given by our
lathers to men capable of self-government, and
cannot now fie entrusted to those who so shame
truly attempted to destroy the institutions under
which we live. A long day of probation must
await their re-admission.
A word in regai dto the property of rebels. In
my opinion they have forfel’ed all, nud their
wealth should be so used as’lo prevent a repetition
of their crime. Their personal property should
be used tn defraying the expenses of ihe revolu
tion, their slaves released and liberated, and their
lands as tar ns practicable, divided among our
soldiers who have nobly sustained the Government
iu the hour of its sorest trial. 1 have spoken
thus freely of the policy that t think should be
pursued, for these are the questions upon which
the people will soon be cal ed upon to act.
If yon stand in the loyal States fixed and deter
mined to carry out thia policy the days of the
rebellion are easily numbered, but if you tempor
ize and divide, ’he war has scarcely commenced,
end anarchy i.ua bloodshed will cover our unhap*
JV land. I conjure every one wife loves libertv
to forget party, and stand by onr country in this
hour of its trial. Your property, your lives, and
the Bappiness,of yonr family depend upon it. I
know not whether these views will meet the apa
probat ion of any party, but I cannot refrain
Isom giving them an open expression. In my
opinion, nine-tenths of the army will heartily
concu* - in the views I have presented.
Yours truly,
Alvin l». Hovkt.
fro.m Europe.
Ths steamship Aines, with dates from lover
pool to the 23 J, arrived at Halifax on the ist lust.
The following is a summary of the u u ws. The
Army and Navy Gazette says ;
It is with no wish’to flMtejyhe gieat republican
tyranny which is now raising ns head on the
North American continent that we again record
our conviction of the ultimate success of ‘he mil
itary means the North has set io work to crush
the heroid efforts of the South.
if Gen. Lee is now able to give one knock
<l*wn blow to the Federate and se'Ze Washington
or even it. tm should, rout the Army of the Poto
mac, tee eiiect will ba so great that another year
will be giMUcd, and wi.L it who knows what gam
may be obtained for the Conredetateu. Britshbu.d
G.-u. Lie remain inactive, or permit the Federal
armies to sweep around into his rear -to flood'
the Con edoracy and ove*lap aJI his communica
tions—Richmond may tecotne a mere caput mtr.
tutu, and tbe South and ail be lust.
the 1. udon Globa r;igards peace as still diss
taut, but the u.tiie not doubtful, ft >iya that
the South may be mangleo aud exhausted, buy
must wni in the end, temputury defeats lb the
contrary uotwithstanding.
The Cunfedv-raie loan on the 21st of August
rallied oue per cent., closing at 26a28.
The German Congress still uOuUn'ues in'Bas'.
si >n. The King of Prussia persists in refusing to
attend it. ' ’■**
The Waited, iftafes Uoubul at Frankfort had
the Mexican hag. The Europe, ot that
city, exphiins that it was >u pursuance ot an ar<
nugemetit oy which, in case of the overthrow oi
Republican authority in Mextc », Ptesidftpt bins
coin would allow Mexico to he represented in lor
eign countries ttf agents of the Wasbiuglon Gov
ern uieni,
The Europe refers to the fact that, in Al arch
last, Secretary Seward declared (but President
Lincoln and his Cabinet would never tolerate a
monarchical ifoverntu mt iu Mexico, and it an
ticiputen ai* immediate war if the E npercr of
Hance does not coniine himself ta the demand
lor indemnity ai;d leave Mexico a Republic.
Nothing is known of the movements of the
rebel pnvuteer Florida mnee she was i llßl Been ctf
I linear, on the evening* of the 20th ot Aliens,
Sperm lutions have been ..dost as io (be obiact «t
the Honda s visit to British waters, Gue 'report
is that it was lor the Of taking on board
Mr, woo in about returning to tfie South,
Mr. Mason, it is nuqouneed, hud gone to Ireland
on U Visit to VvUVUglunore,
It was announced by i lu last steamer that the
ship hig le had arrived at Liverpool, from Ber
rikuda, with the Hjlver bars taken out of the
American ship B. F. Hoxie by the Florida. The
"hipping Gazette says itjs reported that the siL
Vur burs will be restored to the original cons
signees. Ibe silver was saipoed by an English
house, jnsur„d in London to the full amount? It
is also stated that the commander of the Florida
on hearing o> this act, resolved to restore it to
the rightful owners.
The London Times, of the 22d of August, pub
liHhes lopg extracts from the correspondence'be.
tween the Governments 'of fcu land and Ameri
ca, touching restrictions on trade between the
Northern p.irie of the United Stated and tha u
hamas, * “'•*
Robmckanh Aiimy.— We underteaod, bv lute ar
rivals from Chkttauoogu, that the strength of
Roseerans army has oeen ascertained beyond
reasonable doubt, to be 06,000, his owu force be
ing estimated at 40,000, and Burnside’s at 20,000.
It we knew Gen. Bragg's force, it would be’im
prudent to state it, but we may say, we thinx
without impropriety—that we understand there
is less disparity between the two armies tbuu at
any former period. It may be encouraging to the
country to know Hint Bragg’s officers and troops
are in high spirits and sanguine ot victpiy
whenever the tight shall come off.
| Conf'f.dnraoq, \t)i.
Forty-eight o( Morgan’s men were sent to
Oarup Mm ton, Indianapolis, yesterday, over the
ioibiLsoavllle railroad. ¥hey went under strong
EVALUATION! OF MOHHib taLA.YD.
* ADornoNAL vabitlulab.i.
Tbo Mercury, of the «;b, contain# the following
additional particulars of the evacuation ofMurr.s
island :
ihe evacuation of Morris Island, the rnalo facts
of which were giv.m in our ia#t men *, was <oeuui
tea with precision, rapidity usd Sue.:caM. The
bulges coot iming the troops all left the ittatid in
atety, but it is now uncut tamed that three ol
tjbin wern cabtined. pf two.were arenv
barges aud contained about fifteen men each; tin
other wus a Largo belonging to the Uuicoru, and
contained no uoous, except'ug tbs bn»ta’ crew
Irom the Cbicoiu During the lust days of the
siege ot Baiiery Wagner, Clolonel L. Ai Keitt,
acting as*Brigadier Geni-raJ, commanded the
forces <;n the island, nnd the evacuation took place
tn accordance to instructions under Lis supervise
ion. His regiment, the 20th H. C. V.. wbi'cti had.
previously done noble service at Battei y Wagm-.r,
was not at the time on the isluud, Lieut. C<l. U.
M. Datuzier of thu satnu regiment, wiw specially
ordered over, merely to assist i.i conducting the
delicate movement ot tbe evacuation. Foe nearly
two hours after tbe last ot our barges bad pusbed
off (romYhe beach, tbe tiiemv kept op a heavy fiat
from the land batteries ugiuust Batteries Wagner
and Gregg ana alonfe the intervening beach At
the end of ttiat time it is snpp-.s.d llfoy beren f'<
suspect that they were she bag tabaiidoued works,
f>r their tire rapidly slackened, und ..mm ceased
altogether.
Sown after 4 o’clock they ertatsed the sand par
apet, which Lad so iong di fiud ttu.-i.' fleets and
artillery, and took possession of Battery Wagner.
.The “ 54th AiasßachnEetts ” (negro) Eegim&pt
'was placed there to garneou th f e post, and their
regimental colors—ihe Slaty flag of -Massachu,
Setiß---waß soon waving over me buttery. Tli«
enemy, however, were not sefimed long to hold
their newly acquired do iam ta q.ifet.' Be'tcie
day, Fort Moultriy hall opened upon them
thu opposite side of the harbor, aud the tudefan
gable gunners of Buttery Simkins bad turned
iheir pieces against ihe now hostile precincts of
Wagner. During the morning a party ol mounted
Yankee officers galloped along the bench towards
Battery Gregg and rode upon the parapet ol that
Work, gazing into the harbor and at tbe city,
which they doubtless have coma, to regard as a
“ promised land.” Their med.tatiomi were s x.ita
rudely interrupted Ly a shed irom Gapt,. Mitcbeil’H
Battery. As the shell burst oue <4 the number
was seen to fall from his horse, und tbeo.neis !
scampered irom their lookout with tbe most un
dignified haste.
The success of General Gilmore in having at
tasi gained possession of the whole of Monts
Island seems to nave stimulated Admiral D .bt.
gren to try, with his fleet, to accomplish some*
thing on hid own book. About 10 o’clock ru the
morning a flag of truce boat wqs seen approach
iug Fori Sumter, it wus quickly met by a boat
Irom the post and soon afterwards the tollowing
telegram was received ut headquarters:
Fort Scmtbu, Sept.-7.
A flag of truce from Admiral Dahlgren, de,
mandtug the surrender of this fort, has been re
ceived by Lieut. Brown, of the Palmetto State.
STKPBeN Elliott,
. Major .(lommanding.
To this, tbe following reply was imtnmliately
returned:
Hkai»quartbhß, Charleston, Sept. 7.
Inform Admitul Dahlgren •that i e may have
Fort Sumter when he can take mid t.o d it; that
such demands are puerile and unbecoming: utao
that no further flags oi truce will be received
from him or from General Gilmore, until they
satisfactorily explain their firing on Jligs of truce
from these headquarters on several ivo< ut. oceax
si on I.
(Signed) Thomas Jordan,
• ' Chief of Stall.
To Major Stephen Eluott,
Commanding Fort Sumter.
The curt answer having been lelurned to tbe
lunbttious Admiral, the day wine awe without
further incident worthy oi spccinl notice. The
enemy’s transports were noticed flying briskly to
and fro tn Front of Morris Island, an<j the lum >
sides, with some ol tho monitors, 'v >i- .. j. .
sition rather closer to Cummings’ Point than Was
their wont when confronted by the aylilkriatH of
Battery Gregg. The enemy turned one ot the
10'inch cohimbiads of G egg towards Fort Manta
tri, at which they fired three times, they then
dismounted tbe columbitid, as if they considered
ite range insufficient. ' .
At six P. M. the ironsides and- five monitors
stood in close to Fort Sumter, and began 'a very
rapid fire, partially against Sumter, but chiefly
against Moultrie. This-continued Im 1 about tin
hour and a half, Fort Moultrie and Battery Bee
replying heavily. The thunder of- olir guns con
tinued long after that of the enemy’s bail t eased
and as we j o to press the guns of Moultrie and
Battery Simkins can still be heurd'hammering
away at the sand bills of Moi ns Island.
In our last issue we erred in saying that Battery
Bee anqoyed the enemy by throwing shell and
ehot upon their working parlies m front of Bat.
tery Wagner. The battery engaged was Captain
Rivers’, Bat ery K, to the east of ft'c.rt Moultrie..
The guns werd commanded by trout. B-cot and
Lieut. Ma tin. Buttery Bea did not open until
ypsterJay morning.
THEAFFAHI 1A 'FHiTIUCAH OF FORT HL 0
isOY
Fromtha New Orleans Correspondence (Aug lit:., of it,a
Oinclniiail l tomn-eruia'.
The sgair in the reir of Port Hudson f which
I wrote you iu my last, turns out io have herjn
more serious than lat first thought. Os the hur
hundred negroes sent out as an escort im- tbe for
age train, about seventy er eighty mode th. ir
way back. The remainder Were reiuvrs.-lv snot
or hung by Logan’e men. The Eieiu.mmt in
command of Holcomb’s bat tery was wounded and
taken prisoner. The cavalry along with the ex
pedition are said tft have turned tail and fled at
the first ffigu ul a Light, leaving the negroes and
a.til.ery to their fate. General Andrews is In the
city ut the'present time, consulting with Gena,al
Banks as to the propnety ot retnimtmu i., kind,
on the persons of Oogfederate prisoners in his
possession at Pfir* Hudson, and you need not be
surprised if the next mail brings y<id news of an
I-Xteueive hanging at that place, ft is high time
that this question of the employment of negro
troops should be definitely settled, and there can
be no more («vor«bl« time tor itaaettiemeat than
thp pteseht, while we have so great a prepoudora
aucg of prisoners in our hands.
- TBS SBABHBAR -CITY DIBABTSR.
For some reasons or other, best known t.>
themselves, the correspondents of the Wot Id mid
Herald have persistently magnified every veveise
and underrated every success which has attended
our arms m this department, fu U o case is this
more miiuileet *,haa m their accounts of the dis
aster at Brashear Oily. The amount ot atwes
captured by the Conlederates wan neitbai- so large
nor so valuable, by half, ns represented by-them,
and as for tho prisoptua, you cau have some idea
of the nature ;>1 the garrison when ( toll you
tiicy were sick men and convalescents, repre
‘’•““‘.mg thirty-two regiments. A No* York r-. gi
meat, the number ot which 1 do not fseulircl,
but known as the *• Ironsides” regie, ent, Is Said
to have behaved in the most cowardly mannei,
not making even tbe shadow ut a tight This
regiment was sent out under the aiisp'ice.rol the
i otMig Men s ChriMiuu Association, and wah cor.-
Mdeied the very pink of perfection m morality,
they prayed and snug, and field persieteatiy.
Moot from asaociation with the common Holdier
and bis yieas, among which the sbeddmv of
blood may be enumerated. Tho World and Hn
ald correspondenta forgo; m al | tu m t „ lbr H
affaii aUOe,U lhlS rt ’ g ' uae,lt 111 tlieir •‘‘ports otate
The infantry forces.at Brashear bud h m render
ed more than an hour beforn the andierv in' •h.
works, if they cun he culled, caved )a -j
works mounted some heavy guns on the e t 7,.r
side, but hud but one gun which could be bro- -in
to bear upon tbe rear, and that wan d..mmnn l-d
at the first fire Uv its own recoil Wh-' ifio
works was ever built for 1 can not nnlwn io
hold the river against our gunboats.
Tbe infantry forces captured at Bnisheur have
been rusticating at Ship Island, but • have beeo
ordered by Gen. Banks, on account of some m
formality in their paroles.
RgtH ABOUT.
A force of rebels, number ami destination un
known, is reported about ten miles from
fo.v.Ua-prob.bl, . g ,°"'
Vol. Hi— no. 34.
BY TELEGRAPH.
REPORTS O '- THE PRKSH ASSOCIATION.
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Antlered according to act ot Oougress in the year 186 S, by
’ S. 1 uiubhkh. in the Ci< rk’»< slice or the District Court or
ae Coined urute Btau»for the N ■rtbeni District of Georgia,
THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON,
ALL QUIET YESTERDAY.
CAPTURE OF MAJ. ANDERSON'S FLAG.
Urarlbst.in, September 9,-—The enemy are at—
lent today. . •
Genera.l Beasiregard refused to bold any com.
innmcation with the Yankee dug of truce boats
hereafter, until an explanation is given of their
firing on -ur truce boats.
The Ynuxee officers captured, at Sumter arc
naval and marine officers.
We also toot the original flag O 1 FortHumter,
*hich ’Major Anderson was compelled to lower
and carried away with him, and which Dahlgren
toped to replace,
bl EGE OF
BOMBARDMENT OF FORT MOULTRIE.
BURNING OF MOULTRIEVILLE.
Chaslkston, Hept. 8-9 P. M.—The empny’s
fleet bite been firing at Moultrie and uccasionully
at Sumter all day long. The casuallice at Fort
Moultrie sie seventeen killed and nineteen
■wounded. Our works on Sulhvun’s island are
uninjured. . ; •
About noon the enemy fired the village <tf.
MiUltrievilfe, ou Suliivau’e Island,.-in
places by their incendiary shells, and the light
of the burning houses is still visible down the *
harbor.
Our batteries on Sullivan’s Island and Fort •
Moultrie have.been briskly replying to the ene
my’s fl?et. I'wo monitors that were very frew
qitently struck were ’towed off by a-woodOh
steamer. , ’ .
All quiet to night.
IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS.
AN ABUNDANT CROP.
OUR AFFAIRS HIGHLY FAVORABLE.
Mobilk, Sept. 9. ’Excellent wage.s are paid iu
'lexas for field hands, Negroes sell al from three' '
Io tour thousand dial's each, and upwards.
One hundred thousand slaves have arrived
licm Lonisisua and Mississippi planters.
speculators are going beyond Shreveport, La.,
t-> purchase or hire negroes.
Good beef, co foot, al s cents per pound. Vege*
tables are cheap. C .’.tie, sBo per head' Coftde,
85 cents per pound. Silver, $5 in currency.
* Brownsville ( 1 exas) planters cheerlully acoofa .
ding tithes to Government.
Thirty two of Lincoln’s Louisiana overseers
are at Hnnisville, and will be sent to Eagle Past
and ther« liberated, The counify in that region
is a desert. \
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I'oolish reports spread through Texas. It is
imported that President Davis and Ghu. Bragg
are bo-h dead, and that Gen. Lee has been su.
.eyceded.
<»ei. Luytcn is tn great repute, Pendleton
uas been elected Governor by u email majority.
Herbert, S.uvton and Branch have been elected to
Congress. Tbe.people and troops are prepared
to repel invasion. The health of the State it
-good. The Indians on the frontier are trouble
some.
An ayerage of 14 vessels are continually
blockading _ofi' Galvselon.
Great confidence is fell in Gen. Magruder. '
The crops in 'Texas ere unpreceednily large.
The wheat and corn supplyen the western bank,
of the Mississippi is'sufficient for. two years to
come, rven if not a grain is sown. The mid
r.nmraer hue been very dry; cotton picking com
menerd in August. Thorp are about 150.WD
bales old and new in the State.
FiiON RICHMOND.
Ricnauxo, feept. B.—The last flag of truce boat
brought no late papers from s ue United States.
.Nothing of interest has transpired here vo-day.
the situation of affairs at Charleston and ih Ten.
uessee is ! 'garded with deep interest in this com-
Otn.uiiy and at present monopolizes public atten
tion. ,
Quietude on the Kappahonnock is unbroken.
The Army of Northern Virginia is daily receiv
ing strength and active opcratuufti iu that quar.
ter ie anticipated at an early day. . . .
FROM TENNESSEE.
ANDY JOHNSON DTKNOXVILLK-
Atlanta, Sept. 8. —Reports from East Tennes
see state that Andy Johnsen is in Knoxville,
under the protection of the renegade, Sam Car
ter. .
They declafe that every citixee will be fmdem
nilied-for their losses Horn the property of thu
Rebels. Ail cattle, including milch - cows, have
been driven into the Yankee camps. Every pct
of Vandalism has been <?otn mi tied against the
farmers to deprive the country of the power of
providing food,
in consequence of Ibis policy several compa-s
nice of men have been driven from theirdeeoe
luted homes end crossed the Tennessee to p. iu
our army.
XV heeler’s Cavalry fronts the enemy near
Athens, skirmishes are frequent.
There is nothing of interest from Chattanoo.
ga to-day. B
FROM TEXAS. fl
DEATH OF GEN- HOUSTON. • A
Mvßiitt, September B.—Sam. Houston died
July.
-(!>-]• q uo! Toxas are'perfectly l<>i H lu U ddJH
v01,'.1 :■> the Confederacy. The old men and
iue g- mg into camp nt Boobum.
l-’v iy p.‘pu. l ttna is being made to rejfl
,t urLl u.oi.ib,
5 Bb’ITIONAL FROM TEX
bl u- i I So OF THE
out kmovu.
Fb'OM CHA RLESTr>fIMfIHBHI
• 5,. ( . 1. a . l), lriHg
■ • I H ~ilv 1. ,m aur butteries againatrTt
Fomt. y
Bite.y Wagner in UGW garrisoned •
Masi u< husetts negro regiment, . lU j .
el.u vim Slate flag Uoata over , u
llos uwituug the monitors und lro”<i*M^|’ .'tl
opened a severe lire oq Mouh re .