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BY JAMES GARDNER.
Charleston Correspondence
or THI AUGUSTA constxtCtiokaust.
Oharli&ton. Oct. 12,1868.
A slow but regular fire contiuues throughout
lie d»j and night to annoy the working parties
of the enemy on Morris Island, who are endear*
crlog with untiring energy to render batteries
Wagner and Gregg, together with other works,
sb formidable as their resources can possibly
make them. Our artillerists bare become so pro
ficient in the handling of their guns, that the
shells are projected with the utmost accuracy,
exploding among the hostile batteries at every
discharge. This fire has been kept up m turn by
the lortificaiionson James and Sullivan's Islands,
at intervals of from ten to fifteen minutes, for
many days past, but fails to elicit more than an
occasional response from the Yankees, acd then
only from his old batteries on Gadberry Hill, the
fire of which inflicts but ltJUe if any dan.age'on
ether our men or works. Toe casualties among
the enemy horn our artillery pract.ca is supposed
not to be heavy, from the fact ifcat, so sSou as
they see the flash of our guts, they gel into [heir
rat holes or bomb proofs, and there remain un
til the danger is over. With (he aid of a good
g.aee and a prominent position, they cau he
P'Siniy seen from the city labori-.g on their
works. Although our missiles retard their pro
grees, and render the enemy anything but com*
furtabie from their dangerous proximity, so soou
ss the hostile shell explodes and the danger is
over, they rise up from their hiding places, with
implements in hand, and work away until the
sentinels give the alarm, when they immediately
go to burrowing. In thin way, tho time is being
(•coopted on both sides—our men sending shell at
tie Yankees, retarding tWr operations and oc*
ccsionally maiming and killing a few of these de*
In led Abolitionists, and they, on their part, oc.
eupy their time in ditching and dodging, with
only a few shots in reply. ' .
This coDditon of affairs cinnnot, however be
of much loßger duration. The enemy's work’s if
not nearly completed already, will be ere the lapse
of many more days. The resumption of active
operations on the part of the foe may be looked
for at any time from the present week. Both par.
ties are preparing for a grand and terrib'e con
11.ct, upon the issue of which depends the desuny
ul s proud city, and the welfare of its inhabitants
the one aoluated by a lust of power, malice, avail
rice, and all the low and grovelling passions that
man in bis fallen condition It heir to, the other
by all those high aud ennobling qualities wtnen
dignify and cti.racterise an enlightened Christian
and libertyeloy-ng people.
A patrol boat belonging to the Yankees, con
taining two men, was captured between Ihe coy '
and Fort Hnmler, on Saturday, by a mail boat on
her way to Sumter. The prisoners state that they 1
lost their way iu the darkness, and ins'ead of ■
pulling for the light on Battery Gregg, they were
making their way for the sea-girt fortress, when
they were hailed by our men, gtre themselves
up, were taken to Sumter, brought to the ci'y on
yi sterday, and lodged in jail. The -iam,sof tbo
parties are John 11. Smith and John Wonsor—the
former a member of the 7th Connecticut, and the
U ter of the 4th New Hampshire. Wonson is a
nephew of Benjamin Thild, of Columbus, Ua., '
wnere he resided for six years. He atited that 1
k a grandmother and brother were bring in that
city—that he was sick and tired of the war, and
Would like to quit the Yankee service. Smith is .
an uscompreu-isiog Unionist and a genuine Yan
kee. In conversation with tho.ee men, both ol
whom are respectful and intelligent, some inlor
mation wss gleaued, which, lor the benefit ot
yonr roads*., I will narrate, but* will not, haw*
ever, vouch for Its reliability.
Parrott, the inventor of the famous Parrott gun,
with a number of workmen, airived on Morris
Island about a week since. He is giving ~is
personal attention to the mounting of ordnance
os their batteries and will qpperiniend the work
ing of the guns in action.
Twenty pieces of the heaviest calibre are to be
mounted on batteiy Wagoer, ten on Datiery
Uiegg and four on a small work in process ol
construction, located between those butteries.
Tuev state tbat four or five 300*poiiod Parrott
guns are bearing on the city, an-i that (Jilimore
las it m his power even now to sbeil us. Os
this, he is confident, ss he is nearer by a mile
sad a ball than when be opened with bis “Swamp
Aagel,” as the liankees term the gun with which
he shelled Charleston from a marsh between
Black and Morris Islands.
The shell* are to be filled with a liquid fluid
composed of ether and guaoo, the stench of
which is insufferable, and the composition so ir-
Uamable tbat it cannot be extinguished. As to
ns destructive qualities previous to igniiitu, one
of tbe Yankees illustrated it by staling that a
Frenchman, attached to one of he regiments,
desiring to test u, dipped oue of his Angers into
tne liquid compound, and lb* result was that tbe
flesh was entirely eaten off 1 ! 1
Five monitors and the Ironsides are at present
inside tbe bsr. Id addition to these, three moni
tors and the Dictator are expected to arrive next
Week. The Dictator draws twentjutwo feet of
water, but they purpose taking out her arms*
meot, and by this means get her across the bar,
aod replace her guns.
On the night ol the Ist, an English vessel
from Bermuda, with an assorted eirgo, attempt
lag to ion in, 101 l into ibi-ir hands. On tbe oight
of the 4th, two more blockade runners from
Nassau, were captuied off the bar. The prison
ers did not know the names of tbe vessels, but
stated that they were English.
The notorious Jim Montgomery is at H>llon
Head iu command ot tbe Ist Florida Kegunent.
They assert that the expedition to blow up the
Ironsides was an entire failure. Tbe torped >
r.rack the vessel near tbe bow, and did not in
fl.ct the slipbteat damage. Lt. Glassed and Mr.
bullivan of the David are prisoners.
They abuse tbe negroes in unmeasured terms.
Giilmore is not favorable to them. Some of tbe
isnkee negroes, they say, will tight, but it is
•possible to get our contrabands to fight, hav
ing a most wholesome dread of shot and shell, and
being frightened to death at tbe idea of confron -
mg their masters and falling into their hands.
Bo much for the Yankee prisoners and their in
formation, a part cf which may or may not be
correct. - ;j
A most distressing and fatal accident occurred
Ilia morning about 12 o’clock, on Southern
Wharf from the explosion of a loaded Yankee
fi.teen inch shell. It was one of a large number
thrown at Battery Wagner by the enemy while iu
our possession, which were picked np. The ex
plosion, it is said, was caused by tbe victims of the
B*d catastrophe—two little whi t* boys and s negro
were playing about tbe shell with heated wires
when the fatal misaile exploded, killing them in'-
iiantly. Another negro standing close by had bis
iegao frightfully shattered,tbat he died imrediate
iy sf-er the amputation of the limb. Tbe bodies of
the unfortunate victims were so disfigured that
up to the hour of writing they had not been
’.cognised. The many fatal accidents of this
kind that have occurred here and elsewhere,
Bhould'induce the military authorities to have the
powder extracted or place them beyond tbe reach
of children or others who have a desire lo gratify
w idle curiosity it examing such destructive end
fatal projectiles. •
"President Lincoln baa forwarded to the wife
of the lamented B'igadier General Strong, a May.
General’s commieston, bearing tie due of the
Saule on Moms island, in whioh.he received his
aortal wound ” , ,
T?b- .hor* is from a Yankee paper. Thu fel
low, Strong, was one of the thieves 'hat Bat er
tha Beast broueht in his train to New orle “"*'
In all resDeota, he was a most unmitigated thief
and Tiltam. He stole everything heoould lay his
hands on. He stole from white folks-be stole
from free negroes-be stole from
could steal from. He was killed during 'hf o'ght
attack upon Fort Wagner last summer, and bis
soul has'gone, no doubt, where the souls of low
Sung scoundrels always go, after their race of
rascality on thia earth is run. — Clarv)^.
Lincoln must hare a great many troops there,
or he would not commission dead men as stajor
Generals..
£ Lt. Col.iW. K. Beard, of General Bragg’s staff
arrived in Richmond on Thursday, of lest week
with 25 United States regimental colors, taken at
the late battle of Chicamauga. They were de<
posited in tbs Adjutant General’s office*
Army Corrf>|soiu!<‘nep
OF THB SAVANBUT! REPUBLICAN.
LOOX.IUT MotTNTIAN. TkNN, )
1 October 3, 1663. J
1 . ,^ or * ra * D > by frosty morning*, deep
i olue skies and * bra.i:»g Sitm*.sphere. Tho change
is acceptable 10 ih* two urmra*-, both of which
; bare re«umea the.r wurk of lur.ifring and
strengthen log their pinions wi‘L fre.-bi energv.
u tje posiuop ol Koaecraas is strong no is Gun.
Bragg d. The batteries of the Uu»r, irawev r
ao not command the works of the i. ruu r, u» ha.-
beca stated in several of the pub ic i *uu als.
11ns fu.ct was abundantly GeiiK/retruJeu u few
days ago when an effort v.as made to shell the
•o*my M lines. Neither our Fpicndid 2*.pounotr
Parrottd, nor our best 24 pounder nfle-gnus. pro
duced any appreciable rer.*!t, so fur as cuu ld be
aiscovereu, owfcg to the disruhcrat w.llfch they
were hied. It Hrugg were provided wit.i
guns of the requisite cahb e, he cs-.gtit drive ir.e
e-ism/ out of UhatUnooga, but field ar-atrarv is
unsuiied for such heavy work. Even ib.* latter
might bs moved forward in the plain which
dp;fads out before the town aud brsughl
within Guay range; but in that event tae ground
w.uiid be in favor of whose forts und
b*4eriea crown every eminence within the limits
< J anc * lts vicinity. It i 8 t«»
two miles from the base of Mission*
aiy the Ride Lookout Mountain, where
our batteries are placed, to the enemy o uiaiu
works. Our Parrott guns will carry mat ais
lance, but not with suiiicieni accuracy to accom
plish much.
Scouts just in from Tennessee report ffca;
one division only ot Burnside's forces had goat
to the relief of R *decrans, and ibal the remainder
—esiimated at 12,('00 muskets— was still at Kuo**
ville, and as actively engaged la fortifying that
place as Rosecrans is at Chattanooga. This, if
true, is an important aud significant tact.
If time be allowed Rosecruus ai.d Burnside, or
nis successor, to render their position itnprcg*
uab!e,and to accumulate &uppiks for the winter,
they will be enabled not only to bold us at bay!
but to *‘iaugh a siege to scorn.” I fear, wo but
timer ourfre.vej wm-ji we imagine that the condi
tion oi the roads in the winter will lead ti> the
evacuation of those strongholds. One railroad
was luuad Buflicient lor toe iransporUticfi of tin;
supplies for Juiinson’u array at Ceutrevilio and
for Lee’s army at Fiei.»nck-burg; aud the road
fiom Nashville to jUoMiatmhe aod Bridgeport
will probaoly be found cspible of p- rlormiug th>
same service for Rasecraus.
The aiouufamous eowulry between those point*
aud Chattanooga, und the condition o' the \v<fg >u
roads crossing it, inuy oppore eenou obst. c v
to the transportation of supplies; but uiosu ob
stacles hardly deacive to be »atn-<l in comparison
with thoae which Danuibai surmounted undei
lutiniU-ly more adverse circumstanc* s, ne.*.riy two
thou Hand years* ago, when he conduced bis array
over the Alps and ore v his supplies alter him.—
Wh.it tiuuuibai did for tbs ntib.sister.ca ot bis
army ia.ltaly, Rosecrans, though u pigmy by bis
side, may do in Tennessee—a conusry that pre
s iais no such difficulties as fliose which opposed
every step el the great Carihagjmau General.—
The Federal commander has uuother advantage
>u the vast resouices and meaus ot .ranspoi utioo
which tue goveram-nt po»G>fAS-8, and ot which ii
is low availing itself with all its ioimeas** wuergy.
I wra . in error iu sayiug that m the late batrie,
I*oU comoißAudcd on ibeiighr, Jbftiii in tbe centre,
and Lopg. ireet the left. There wore but two
grand divisions of tho army : the right wing,
commanded by Polk, aud the left wing couimauu
e> by Longatieel. Mill was under Polk, as Buck *
r,er was under Lougstreet; and it' in sud ihat
Mill is ibe othcer who lb really rt msible for
tne failure to attuck a 1 eunnsu on Sunday uioru
iag, and not who, it is aftiruaed, issued
orders for his cjujliaad to move ut that hour.
General Bragg, however, could Lot, it is si id,
too* beyond General Polk und bis subaltern!:,
%
dehnquen v nor pht *.n-tu ui s«r bocti,
President I) v;» arrived at Atlanta this evening,
and is expected to morrow P. W. A.
Th.WLnihEiC.
The correspondent of to* Ap,.tal, writing from |
Lo-Yout fllnhatain, says:
I believe tbatmTliiarv tmthoritics sro nniied to .
the opinion that the Federal General ts tn u crit* i
ical st ; iiuttou. He cannot abandon h>s position <
without being cut to pieces, tiniest inouetl, he has i
u greater nuioher ol hriuges tbau ths two fteb.e .
structures which now or si the Tenueesee; und i
be caunot supply his army with full lotions across i
a line ot comtnuatcaUou with htsreir sixty miles <
in rxtent by wagon ror.ds, aod a touch grea er
distance by railroads, ills whole base is open to i
assault, und at any moment is liable to be sun- :
dered and separated from tho front.
Notwithstanding these difficulties, it is thought i
that Bosecrans prefers to take the coances of re
otamug tu his present stronghold, aod awaiting
relnforoetnrnts, u» those wli ou would aitemi a
retreat to the- face ol a powerful autsgoii'St. He
is known to he expecting Burnside, and should
tha' General arrive, the Federal communder may
ha foolhardy enough I o essay au attack on eur <
iront, or an attempt *t? turn our fitni.sab .ve or
below. Either of thus: inatisivres would be
hailed with satisfaction by this army, for if ‘.here
ijsnytbing that Bragg c urta at tots moment it is
au allaek, cooue to what snaps it may. Marve's
Hill and tbe bln .dy heights of Fredetic i sfiurg,
would be miniature butties u« regards the de
struction of life, compared with that wfitch wouic
attend a Yankee undertaking against eu.- pteseui
la 'hitve aiso con.ersed with nYuuke.-, or rather
a Wisconsica L eut nunt just captnn u. lie re
presents that the strength oi tbe Federal army at
liuly about thirty or forty thouftkod—that K-i Se.
cratts has caned reintoieenieutsfrom evoty svuiw
bid point. Even co:npauies fr El Island s■>■' IC,
and that Burnside has not Come up, hu- is daily
cXpeett if. fie a’so corroboraies the tact above
meuttuned, that tbe army is on half rations, anu
that Wheeler has cut off one section, or about ooe
hundred aud fifty wagons. He adds tbat there is
little desira among b.s comrades to cross arms w: t r
its oh the pre-euL held unfoas we make tho attack
and storm their wurks, which, by the wav, ure
•toe most formidable that ever protected Yankee
troops. Iu an army experience, commencing with
.-he war, 1 have seeu nothing like them elsewhere.
The FederaU are confident of ultimate au-cess,
however, and have been taught tu believe that the
succor ot Burnside in to work wcndeia tu chnng
t iog the aspect of affiirs.and restoring the balance
id victory to their banners.
S.ace wtttiug the above, the enemy have fa
vored us with several iron compliments Iront a
battery on Aluccesm bend, und anoiher oc Cane
! iron's Hill, bthjud Chattanooga. The projec
tiles were directed mainly against Lookout moun
tain and the vicinity ol tne v.eil remembeted
' cottage, located on toe bald lace ot the eminence.
Some tweDty*five or thirty shots were fired by
. tbe Federate, asd lor a while the reverberations
or the bursted shell, and toe wh.z cl shot, added
to the pictures of aseendtug puffs of smoke,
loosened from thetr iron cells, font lo ’ v -t utoao
[ utn scenery ft subhmit? worth a ye»t .. hioit ae
to behold.
A correspondent of the Dispatch j
I says;
> A deserler, who a* am the rivtr y* v r.cd ,
t. delivered fiimself up to nor ptAots. says ton
r report prevailed iu their camps . ’toL can ty
I Duel destroyed hetwe-.-n four aud UureO ot
their wagons, with.their conteuig i. .says uls-i
that the Federals suffersd very ” 'or food tor
a week after the bailie of Cdtcff ga, but tt at
■ they were now receiving (nil rkons. . su:
' tram having arrived.
A correspondent ot the Oonfed, ace says : j
I learn from the surgeon in <■ oidc-'ro upon
fjen Hood that he is now out oi dauj -, and ex
pects ere many weeks to be aga. at tee head of
his gallant division. Although' a very sVr*
stomp is left, the doctor thinks sj rk leg can be
worn bv the General, and the j who almost
idolised th.-tr brave leader, no 80. tr learned this
(act then they set to work to retj a subscription
to luraish him a “substitute’’ wtl '-i wil. soon be
done for, as I before stlted, the ! veneration tor
r the “.Sergeant,” as he le famtlliar! sailed, is equgl
i t 0 that which Stonewall s men h&» or him.
• ! Midols Tbnkessss.— Yankee spatcheß sav
r that tear hundred guerillas, undy ,om Murrav,
hovering about Carthage, J.uV, threatening
r to attack that place In addition, the Rebel says
l a small force of Coulederates areotisting Bound
, sjashville, much to the annoyane-Vt the Fadera
£ garrison. Taeir headquarters art said to be at
Williamsport
AUGUST A3 GA. WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 21, 1863.
THE r.MTEI) e»TATEB Aa\D MKXIIX>.
Too Franco-*M’xican question is a Gordmn
kuot in the dtplouiacy ot tbe United States. Up
to ih:s moment, or ra h-?r up to the moment of
tee iat si mteruDCcs from Washington, we think
?t certain that Seward bes not dett-rrmned to cut
that knot with the sword. r ihe wights of
North are one iking,and '.hey are all in favor of
sustaining what they misname the •* Mexican Re
publ'C” under Juarez, nnd ot resisting F t *ench in-*
But ns policy, based upon a tear o!
a war with France and a batted of the Oonieder
a-e South, is another thing.
Se ward and his Minister Corwin in Mexico tried
Uurd to avert lire French invasion, winch ha* re
-6U led inaMexicAD Emperor under a Freucn P/o*
lector .te. To this eud a treaty was urranged by
wiitclr lbs United Stales were to furnish thcmeaLS
to fratisly the Europran creditors of Mexico, tbe
n;-n%payment ol which was the excuse lor the in
u rference ol France, Euglanu aud Spain. Butibe
tfe-Jy wud too late i ad failed of approval by the
um:ea Stales B.cute. On the failure of the
mortev pn j»ot, Mexico was left to her Ja’c, ana
Mr. SiW-i:d wrote u Mr. Corwin, April BJ, 1662:
Under fhotc ctrcumsupcjs the fhesidont in uu
iib.'e to suggest to you any other mode of contri
bu.mg to ihr do'iverunee of our sister republic
irora the e!r.oairassmeuts by which she ia sur
r >uudeu, w*. cu would bo acceptable to the Sen
The instructions given in that crisis, when tbe
foreign armaments were iookeu lot coLStantly,
a 1 a a simply th s (same dispatch):
Mean line I desire to dnect your meat earnest
lUramiou to the necessity of guarding, if possible,
against any pledge of »he resources of Mex«
icu to foreign affjirs ua might affect our cause in
j iriotiixy, »»r impair the ability of tho people of
Mexico to sustuiu the free Government establish
* d by 'their own choice.
Von will not leave (he Government of Moxioo
m doubt ior a moment thut the Government *ud
people of tbe United S are lud.fl’jrent con
cerning the perils by which they are menaced.
then, so far as the public know, Mr. rfew
ard hus taken no s ep to indicate that the United
SuteH will give io the Juarez Government any
material aid. Yet Mr, is profuse in hid
exoreflkion of sympathy.
During the Administration of Mr. Buchanan,
and while Mr. McLaUc was the U. 8. Minister lo
x co, Mr. La Keictrte uf' agent fur Mr. McLune,
na under iuatruciions o: the Miate Department,
sent a circular to all the members of ibe diplo«
uiatra bony then in Mexico. Iu that circular the
Untied o'uics Goveruuitnt is made to aiy ;
li In.;, determined to resist any forcible attempt
to iii.po.-e. a particular adjustment of the existing
O'Jlict, against lira w;li aud sanction of the peo-*
p.o i i Mexico, and also, any forcible intervention
ii*, pw\ver which looks to ibe control of the
political deainiy thereof.
.Til* circular was a pledge of the United States
to go to war to prevent European domination in
Mecico.
Wbeu .Lincoln sent Corwin lo Mexico, tbe latter
.ouad this circular cu the filet-, of tbe h-gstion, and i
be write to fNdW.trd to u.quire if he waa to bo gov
erned by its dfoclaiaitoaa. Mr. Seward replied on
the 24;1i ct August:
Although 1 am very Bare that ibis Governments
cherittlu;» the ac nal nco of Mexico, us
a card.pul object, tc tho exclusion ot all foreign,
political intervention, aod is willing to take de
cided meusurcs .'avonng toat independence, an is
seen m fcnuihcr disp ucn to you of this dale, yet
the present moment does not seem to me to be
an opportune oh , tor loruiai reasauiances of the
policy of the Government to ioreigu cations.
Prudence require.: that in order to surmount the
evils ol faction ai home, we should not unotoeg*
b&rily provoke debates with foreiga countries,
but rather repair, as epeedily ns possible the
prestige which those evi.s have imp tired.
Tho incauiug of this is plain The United
Suite* uiusi Ibifjg i its w.shes and keep its Mexi«
ci.n policy in a-jiyauce until the *\Soiitfe»n le
beiiuu” is ciushrd. if Mr. beward hag not
c« hiAiilind. I* IB quvU claar uuni
ol a Vf.nkee to ihe IliO GrafTtfe Is pie
ai-oure, und that Fiaucc can have her own wuy
iu M -Xico, eo long -ut the Aura, lean war lusie.
O : the other band, the iol owing item oj Mex.*
can iuteliu'.ence looks as it iip tu a itceMi date
itra Government hi Wustiington still recogn z d
lira Jiuuez Government, tor it has gone s<> flu- a
iw aibuiias one of its cousuis for seeking to evade
ill A recogniuou. Tue Bociedad, oi th Ciiy oi
Mexico, ways that h ider ‘he head ot *‘E -
1.i,” ibe UriHUHla that “ihe North Amen
c.u Cwueui at ibai port, Mr. John XkVius, had
made an agreement with the Conservative oilicer,
Jot/, z, by which the former went to tbe district
over which the latter exeicised authority ub agent*
of bin, excluding <xprensly the uece.syity of an
exequatur from Juarez. This act the Govern*
Lujiii a* Washington not only disapproved, but
djposei that functionary arfd and appointed
another. Also that the Ciomsi.a add, respecting
the United iSiates Minister:. “A ectempor ry
slates the iact that Mr. Corwm, as late as the 22d
of Ju ! v iast, n'.nwnlisukQding his residence in
Mexico, where there is an established National
Government, continue* his communications with
tbat ot Jaar* z-” This is alt true, and here is the
proof ot it;
la tbe lmiependeccia of S;n Lilia,of the Ist oi
of August, we find tbe following communication,
erased by the matter of the Consul Xmus above
referred to:
Legation or tiik U. 8. op Amkkica, I
Mexico, July 21,1868. J
Biat Enclosed i send you a copy ot a note di
a.cied by th« Department ot rotates in Mauzmitio.
By tins docutoeot y«.u uili see that Mr. Xavtus
has been removed from «lii:e lor the reason there*
in stated.
lam instructed by Mr. Seward to inform the
G Vi.rn*nent of Mexico ui the removal of Mr. X.
. . itmi n uaay wuhiiravr from him his exequatur.
I am al-o luHiruoted *o appoint a temporary con*
.*ni iu Mai zradio jui soou us i find a suitable per-
H/U. Isea.ain.&c , ihomas Corwin,
Envoy Extiaordinury and Minister Pieuipo
ti ntiary of ihe United States.
To his Excellencv, D. Juan Ade la Fuento, Al ois
ter ol Foreign Arturo, San Luis Potosi.
This accounts for the rumor that Mr. Corwin
has received hss pissports, but there is no men
tion of such a altp in our Mexican (lies.
We have never had a sight ol the United States
official document* from which we have quoted,
but find ih<-m collated in a late copy of the New
Orleans Picayune. The United State* thus aban
don* the Mex.car- ally its fate and knuckles to
French In’crvenUon * ui violation of the Monroe
doctrine ah't did Ij Bluish bullying in the uiau
of the Treat, because it cannot afford to take
* f reizn war on i»s L-nda until “the evils of fac
tion are surmounted at home/ 1 When it shall
have conquered South, its purpose is to send
toe Southerif veterans of Lee’s and Bragg's ar
ra.es tt» fight tbe French in Mexico, and extend
:be |>jwer and prtsUg* of the abolitioniz:d and j
J>a' auii.d Ur Bed S.a‘e* over the whole North
American continent. A pleasant prospect for our
soidters to bp subjected to a Yankee conscription
lor such a purpose. _
i.- -1 IT I
The Mobile Triounc of the 10th ways; A gen
»! -'t rf n Ifttely frr>m Shreveport informs us that
Geu. Price is failing back m the direction of tbat
town, end that c cele and Blount’s lorces in Ar
; kaps-t8 are Be; down at 30,000.
j He also states th?t General Richard Taylor is
j.uviv tv treating from Alexandria in tbe direct
j ti hi of Sbr#*vep«rt, Bankb’ army.
’ Banks advanced tr >m New Orleans in three
columns —•• -e by »ty of the Opeloagag railroad
.iifl Bi i.fur City; 1 ittood acoaa Lake Charles;
•be thir.i ty the tr .. t■ ft of tt;d rirer. Hts eatiro
lore, la eatiuukte a. §5,000.
Tbe enemy h.. fallen bacic from Monroe, and
otu- people are in possession.
The Yankee gnnbo -' Wittier, two weaeka ago,
.ei to Hi. Joseph, t ... i the Mississippi, and
| destroyed every boat add d it in the neighborhood
. -xcep! one belonging to endtt negroes, who were
i.-. tbe habit of tr-dtug with- the Yankees. Oar
pickets flre-j on tf&r from this side es the river,
h;; efie U; ed only one shell In reply,
Shreveport ts very s-ronly lortified—the ne
groes being still st work oo the defences.
Evervthiog is qvi’et in Texas. It is reported,
and currently beli=Ve:i, tuat thirty five thousand
Frisch troops ore now in Matan.oras.
Let no man delude huumtlt with the hope that
he utay e.capa by invastmoßisat high prices iu
re- estate or otherwise, the calamities which will
i .e -itably attend a 'ailure of the Soatn fiuencially
or tn the field. Eve-v c.tiXeo is necessarily aji
• entiorher uod 8up r »'-trer of tfie C.infedi-raie credit
i f.'d currettc , anu . nnot, if he would, evade or
i treulfer this respr .tbility.
1 tory Bryson .ad hi 3 gang of outlaws have
t b - .tafeated in Mo. u county, Tenn., and a
Huge' • ?mo*r of them “‘lieu,
I THE HITCH IN THU EXCHANGE OF PRWOfa
ESS.
Ac rrosjncdence letween Commissioners Ould
ana Meredith ia pubteh?d, in wh ch exception ia
taken to the decurutiox&f Exchange by tbe frr*
mer declaring two divkinna of.the Vicksburg
prisoners— a Texas regia-nt and* Waal’s legion
exchang'd. The Ftikal Commissioner say*
that, in view *;f that depiration, he has declared
19,409 Federal troops oa parole, as exchanged,
wh.ch tnil le ives a bafeihe m favor of the Yan
kees of 10,024 wh’ch baknee he now claims, or
that ;he sa re number ol Exchanged Confederates
bt returned to their pafde, He says:
Your deelatation was jrholly unwarranted un»
de- the c trial, and it mhfct with great propriety
be set aside, in it you Wiled to announce to me
the 6 h section, aa pubhttied in the Richmond
Enquire*, 0 * ihc 10th iuslj which covers 72 offi*
cera and 8,014 enlihted m-qj. You did not,‘ac
cording to'the terms V the ckrtel, furnish me
with any list, nr * vengiW me the number of men,
by wb.cn I could deoiarekquivalents, nor did yon
give mo uny time to my announcement,
i hete deem it inctHnoeD:lipon me to slate that 1
consider your courts m i£»s mi*t:or a deliberate
breach of good faith on il?)' of <he authcrities
unrir-r whom you act. Ttij- Jffi article of the Car*
lei (General Orders No. *42, 1862,) would have
authorized you to dischaprisoners of the Fed
eral forces, furnishing » }i-.t of them, and then
you could have discharged an equal number of
your own officers and mm ** from parole.” The
Cartel not omy contemplates a mutual exchange
of lists, (anic-e 5.) but expressly declares (arti
cle 4) mat no exchange w to be considered com
ulete until the officer or soldier exchanged * for
hug been actually ristored to the lines to which
he belongs.
As to the paroles givm at Gettysburg and
elsewhere. you made an ugroebient with my pre
decessor, Lieut. Col. Ludlow, to take effect from
May 22J, IS6B, that all jAroles given not in ac
cordance with the Cartel, should be considered
null and void, iimv, the*, can yon claim as valid
the Gettysburg paroles f
If you hare uny rolls of lists of any men whom
you have paroled that i tyye not given you credit
for, or if there should to any errors in my ac
count, I will oe happy tdTect fv the same.
You declared exchange I, before my prcdccess 1
sor was relieved, ceriayi officers captured at
Vicksburg, in which de I a rati on he refused to
unite. Tnere are but t?o officers, X believe,
(Generals B‘tveu.*on and jj;>wt:n,) who are cover*
ed by ycur declaration of the 12th inst. If the
olher officers named hast not been returned to
their paroles, us requested by Lieut. 001. Ludlow,
you are indebted to us lot their equivalents. The
chief ground of the to that declaration
is, that at that time therarwere no equivalents of
tbs same grade iu our possession, (the only con*
dittou which would hare i arranted your making
the declaration,) and if wo consented to it we
would be obliged to «fTsef them by officers of in
ferior rank.
Commi sioner Child, in bis reply, confutes the
statements of the Federal Commissioner, and
thus concludes :
1 know not whafjrou mean by your reference,
on your third page, to artio e 4 of the Oartrel,
All the officers aud men whom I declared ex
changed wero“ actually restored to our lines. *
Ail the officers and men a i.om 1 requested you to
nelect as equivalents for t'.yun iu tne exchange
“ hud been restored to yo|? lines.”
The parties whom I Lav# declared exchanged
have not been “ returned to their paroles, as re«
quested by Lieut-Col. Ludlow/’ Ido not under
stand b.y what sort of reading pf the exchange
notice of the 12:b of September, you make out
that only “ two offieera (Gens. Htevenson and
Bowen)’* were exchanged. My letters of July 18,
September 11, and September 26, will inform you
of all the Vtcksbug prisoners, officers and men,
whom I have declared exchanged.
Your ohj ctiou to the declaration of the ex«
change d itiu general oith paroled at. Vicks
h,,r **. Ic c>uao werW-H f-CUI VuU»*» u#
same grade, is exploded by tie provision of the
Cartel wine i declares that “ men aud officers ol
iower grant s may be exchanged for othoers of a
higher grade.**
I have thus answered all the items of your let
ter of ihe 24 h' of Sep .ember. X regret the ex
treme leugib of die rtpiy. I have, ti jwever, con
fined myself to the matter of that letter, and to
suen subj cis ust were directly connected with its
con tenth. Iu a future mmmim.u;,.tiou X win call
to your atieution '.he iostances of the violation of
the Cartel by the Federal authorities. Notwith
standing the expression of ttieir sudden regard
lor that instrument, I will show they have con
tinued those violations from its date to the pres
ent moment.
I now inform you, in view of the recent des
duration ol exchange made by you, eoupled with
your fai!ur< cither to sgree to or decline the
proposition made to you on the 24 b ol August
last, in relation to parole*, that the Confederate
authorities will coiiHiii.r themselves entirely at
liberty to pursue any course as to exchange or
paroles which they may deem right and proper
under all the circumstances of the case. At the
same time 1 am directed to express their entire
willingness to adopt any fair, just and reciprocal
rule in relation to those suojects without any
delay. Respectfully,
Your ob’t servant,
. Koubst Ould,
Agent of Exchange.
FROM BRAGG'* Alt MV.
The Rebel of Monday says :
Rumors have been in escalation here, since
our iastisaus, that Wheeler bad captured another
wagon train oT the Yankees, somewhere north
of the Tenncsst-e, and burned the wagons.
Positive lot .rrnaiion lias been received sinee,
ur we learn by private loiter, that Wheeler had
captured one entire regiment of the enemy at
Walker’s ('com Roads. It will be remembered
that the Yaukeo papers claim a victory at that
point.
Every thing is quiet In the region of Uleve*
land. The Federal* have evacuated Athens, and
fail m back m the direction of Knoxville. Re
jjorta from reliable sources have been received,
!is our correspondents inform us, that the Yan
kee force in East Tennessee are falling back to
ward Cumberland Gap. Our scouta were m Atha
ens on the 7th.
R >s -.crans ia evidently being heavily reinforced.
From a recent issue of the Nashville Union, we
H'-e that passenger travel is aanpended both on the
Nashville and Chattanooga and North Alabama
Railroad. From the laster piece of information,
it would in that a column >a being sect toward
to Huntsville.
The P t-sident mingles freely with the troops,
aud has made several speeches, which occasioned
loud enthusiasm. The appointment < f Colonel
Vaughn to a Brigade, and of Gen. Anderson to a
Division, which is rumored, meets universal an
neal. Another very important transfer is hinted,
which wiil set the Army of Tennessee right, and,
complete the object of the ITesideni’s visit. ’
Alluding to the charge contained in the Ba*
vanned Republican, that Gsa. Folk's staff were
the cause of the delay in the movement of Polk’s
corps at Chioamauga, the Rebel says •
The facts of the case are quite the reverse.
Gen. Polk’s Staff slept witk him on tho battle
field on Sunday morning. Seeing that one of the
most prominent of them wa* killed and another
cantured, and that all were constantly exposed,
affords but poor foundation for the insinuations
c ntained in this injurious paragraph. We trust
that injustice to qnte a lamily of gallant gentle*
men and soldiere, our friend of the Republican
will correct a piece of information, which we
can assure him, is most fictitious, as it is most
unfair.
The Appeal says that orders were received in
Atlanta on Tuesday, to permit no passenger travel
.on the Chattanooga road until further notice
This is significant.
How to Cloßb thb War.— President Davis, in
a speech to a portion of tbs soldiers of Bragg’s
army, is reported to have said that a signal vic
tory over Kosecrans would effectually bring the
-war to a close. Os the truth of this assertion
there can be no donbt. Made up as the present
army of Rosecrans is, by heavy detachments from
’ both Meade attd Grab*, it constitutes the chief
br.peot ihe Federal* for onr defeat and subjuga
tion. A disns er to It would be a dis- ster to the
unholy cause in whir it is engaged. Its de
s(ruction would leave .to other Federal army in
t‘ s flefd worthy of the name, and Lincoln wonld
; tind h.-iiseif utterly powerless to raise another to
I send against us.— Appeal.
I*i£Report say a ibat General Longstreet is about to
be placed in command of the army of Tennessee*
THE POLISH REVOLUTION—A LESSON FOR
THE SOUTH.
“The Polish insurrection is still raging. Tele
grvphic advices report a great victory at Kunow,
but on which side is not stated.”
The foregoing is an item of foreign news copied
from Northern papers es the 9th inst., which lop*
tarn European continental dates to the 24. h Au
gust. It reveals the fact that, after a sanguinary
contrst of six mouths’ duration, the Polish revo
lution sliil rears its form, erect and defiant,
against the gigant'c potter of Russia.
Let us, fora moment, glance at the relative
power and resources of the belligereutß. Poland
has an area of 48.000 square miles, or ten thou
sand fquiio miles Ibsb than the single State of
Georgia. Her population, in Tound numbers, is
fire millions, and the revolution found them
without military organisation, with lew arms,
and wuh pecuniary resources absolutely less than
those of tbe Htate of Georgia. Russia, on the
other hand, boasts an area, exclusive of Poland,
o over two million eqnare miles; a population of
over sixty millions, a regular army of seven him
dred thousand men, with military appointments
equal to those of any nation on the face ol tho
earth.
We, in the South, groan over the disparity in
mateual strength between ourselves and the Lin
coln despotism ; but what is* the disparity com
pared with that between Poland and Russia? The
North, we say, outnumbers us three to one. Rus
sia outnumbers Poland twelve to one! Liuoin,
with all hie absolutism, cannot avail Lmuelf ot
tho full military strength of the North. The
Russian autocrat can put half his million* in the
army. The North had a regular force of 15.000.
Russia has u regular force of 700,000. We have
jot a country of ttJO.OOO square miles, difficult of
access by an enemy—necessitating long and
hazardous lines of Communication—affording very
inadequate means of subsistence to the ice—
more or less unhealthy and impassible during a
great part of the year—abounding in positions ot
great natural aptitude for defense. • Poland, on
the other hand, is shut tip. in a territory nearly u
fifth smaller tbuu Georgia alone, densely popu
lated, and all the elements of supply as accessi*
bio to foe as to friend.
But perhaps yon may think Poland is an inac
cessible country—surrounded by high mountain
ranges, with a few and easily defcnrthle patties.
Not so. She has po natural barriers whatever,
and may he pronounced a compuiatively level
country. Fnriheimore, a g cat railway runs born
the capital of Russia directly through her terri
torv. llow, then, has she beeuablo bo long to
baffle the designs* or her gigantic oppressor? In
no other way, we brieve, than by the simple
heroism oi her people. Years of oppression,
under u grinding fore>gu tyranny, have wr, tighi
up her people to the unconquerable determina
tion to die or be tree. The iron has entered their
souls, aud made every man woman and child a
hero.
We may take it for granted there is no speru
iation—no hoarding lor higher prices—no sku k*
teg or desertion m that country. Every man una
woman is fighting and laboring for liberty a&
something dearer than life i tself. The conditions
ot the dreadful struggle seems to us impossible.
Polaud must again s*uk more hopelessly crushed
than ever uuder u foreign yoko. But as desperate
as are tbechuucca, we believe that there are very
few croakers and prophets of evil among the
Pole*. They have counted the cost and made up
I heir minds to the sacrifice.
In the face of buch a spectacle as this, do not
pur own conduct aod achievements appear almost
trifling? It the Poles do not despair, should we
ever doubt? It they have a possibility of success,
have a possibility of failure outside of a lack
of spirit and energy absolutely disgraceful to ua
as a people ? If we had been ground down by
oppression os the Poles have been, and as we shall
certainly be should the North bring us under its
yoke, the spirit ot tbe people wonld laugh to < corn
the possibility of failure—would show iu a month
that subjugation by the Nerth is a physical im
rrnisibi'-ir ry** l * and patriotism of the
Pules wo ebopld have bad peace and independ
ence two years ago.— TtUgrapk.
FOREIGN ITEM*.
Tbe Moscow journals publish an article by M.
Aksakuff, tbe Pansmvist, in which the following
remarkable passage occurs:
Wc have gained a complete diplomatic victory
over Europe. Austria, fortunately for ue, has re
pudiated all identity of feeling wuh Riir*(u. Wc
have, consequently, our hands free. The active
intts veution ot Europe in the affairs of Poland*
will hiSiea the solution of that question by per
mitting us hi lay aside all longanimity aud all
clemency with regard to the Poles. We must
decide whether Poland is to contiuue to be a slave
Btate, or whether she iR definitely to be drawn into
tbe sphere of the destinies of Western Europe-
Our victory over the West, and particularly ever
Austria, may settle the Polish question better
than any oilier plan that could be devised, or that
aDy diplomatic not could accomplish.
The Gazette de France, under date of the 10!h
ult., rays:
A piece of news has just arrived from England
which does not surprise us, and which v»o 6hou)d
not be sorry to see confirmed. It is published by
ihe International, a French j mrnal appearing ia
London, and is to the effect that a vast conspiracy
is now openly orgamziug in Ireland, against the
English combination of c urse The conspirators,
who cail tbemseiv*s “Fenians” end •* 8 -ns oi
St. Patrick,” are said to be eighty thousand in
number, all armed and only awaiting an oppor
tunity to shake off tbe Saxon yoke, and proclaim
the iode eudence of Ireland, if the English Gov
ernment were engaged in a war witn Frauce,
which is not probable, or with the United Spates,
whicn is less probable, they at once would raise
the standard of their country, and would be aided
by their countrymen who have emigrated to
America. TUie Irish would like to have Prance
on their side, but ha7e resolved to act without
her. The peoplo in all the counties long for tbe
day of deliverance, and do not make any secret
of their hopes. Wo indulge no illusions as to the
importance of this news. Ireland baa for centu
ries groaned under loglish tyranny, and it ia not
astonishing that she should always long for free
dom ; but that happy day is not so near, perhaps,
as we could wish. When it comes, we Bhall hail
it with joy.
A DESCRIPTION OF TDK EAST TENNESSEE
TORIES.
A correspondent of the Richmond Examiner,
writing from East Tennessee, gives the annexed
description of the toriea of that section and of tbe
country they reside in:
There are numerous ridges of mountains run
ning through East Tennessee, the soil of which is
tbiu and unproductive and mostly covered wuh
original forest. These r idges are inhabited by the
meanest and most depraved population on earth,
who subsist by hunting, gathering wild hooey,
killing the stock of the farmers of the rich valleyfc
which stray to the mountains, and, at present,
upon the stipend paid them by Lincoln's miDiuun.
These are the true Union meu of East Tenoesrf'e.
They are body and eont Lincoln’s, and valuable
tools he finds them. Tbe men are tbe beat bush*
whackers in the land, and both men and women
daring and accomplished scouts. No movement
of our troops can take place in all this country,
from the salt works in Virginia to Cumb&iiand
Gup or J»nesb<trough, accurate information of
which is not at once conveyed to the enemy by
these people. When the war broke out these
people were for sale and Lincoln bought them.
Savixs the Tskth.—Tne Staunton Vindicator
relates a story o's a farmer near that town, who
being destreus of payiu the Government the tenth
of some oa*s he was then banting in, told his ser
vant to ban! nine loads to the barn and bring the
tenth load to town to the Quartermaster, a* be
had to pay that load to the Government. Upon
returning to his plaee a few days a ter, be in
quired of the boy if he had delivered tbe tenth
load to the Quartermaster? “No massa,” said
the trusty fellow, with the air of a mau who had
accomplished a great feat, “the Government don’t
git nuffin—for dar war’nt no tens load. I dome
cram it all nine.”
Gin. Pori turns Up.—General Pope, whose
brief and inglorious campaign in Virginia is well
remembered, seems to take it easy in u fighting
the Indians.” A correspondent of the New York
Herald writes:
Gen. Pope’s headquarters are in Milwaukee, the
citv oeing considered tbe best point for overlook
ing the Northwest. Thu Indian war is over for
the season, and Gen. Pope’s tfforts are chiefly
oonfihed to keeping his department in order.
The wife of W. Gilmore Simms, Esq , died on
the l«th inst.
INFORMATION FOR THE FAMILIES OF DK
CEASED dbLDIKRS.
Claim Agency op Gsorgia. ( j
Richmond, Va., Hept. 12, 1868. J
, Tb the Executive Commute Ua. R. and H. Ass’n.
To you to complete your aunual report
to the Board of Superintendents, I submit the
following statement of the business of this Agen
cy:
Twelve hundred and nine (1,209) claims have
been examined, endorsed, registered and tiled in
the office of the 2d Auditor of the Treasury, ano
iiiteen (15) have been presented and collected at
the office of the Assistant Qiartermaster of the
Confederate States, for twfs, and discharged
and'de I utied soldiers.
The.total amount collect and disbursed, in
money end warrants, is tw# thousan i four hun
dred and twonty*tive dollars and eightyuthroe
cents.
Only four warrants have baea received in pay*
mentut claims of (iec. ased aoldiers; such claims
ere not promptly paid, chiefly for the following
reasons:
1. Belrre this agency was established, claim*
ants forwarded iheir papers directly to the Audi
tor, often without then* postufflee address. Hence,
he could not communicate with them, and to
many cases the papers were found detective, in
lorui or bnbstance, and laid aside.
2. Claims properly mode out were registered
by the Auditor, to be “attended to es early as pos
sible, having regard to the equal claims upon tbe
labors ot the office, of other business previously
on tile.”
8. Claims were forwarded daily, from every state
ot the Confederacy until -thy number reached
“ forty thousand,” and it became impossible to
diupose of them in a reasonable time.
4. Tbe Auditor alleges tout he has encountered
tntuy obstacles, and been hindered seriously by
circumstances beyond his control, whilst en
deavoring to dispatch the business of his office.--
At one time for example, (ia June 1862) ihe ene
my were before Richmoud, und his papers became
damaged by an order comm lading him to Dack .
■p and be ready to move them ut a moment’s
warning ; and at another time he was required
to suspend action upon business of this kiad for
three oiomhs, and bestow his attention upon mat
ters ol more importance to *he Government.
6 Claims could not be audited and paid, when
reached in their turn, unless accompanied by “sat
isfactory evidence of the amount uue,” and, in a
majority of the cases, such evidence was wanting,
amleould not be readily obtained.
0 Descriptive Lists, or final statements, prepared
by Captains ot Companies, and filed by claimants
to pruve the amounts due them, were seldom ap*
proved or ver.fied, and often erroneous Therefore
to uvoid mistakes and prevent fraud, such papers,
were held unsatisfactory unless approved by tbe
Colonel, or vonfied by the Reg.menial Quarter*
mi-dier.
This, and the omission by officers to mako the
“Returie” required by the “Army Regulations,’’
has caused, and is still producing, much of the
del ty which claimants buffer and must patiently
endure.
7. Toe Auditor’s rule, as expressed in bia cir
cular of November 1, 1862, was general. Ail
to be treated alike, and receive attention “ in the
order of presentation,” that is to say, “ in their
turn.” Yet, in divers cases, he has favored par
ties, by making their claims special, upon the call
of a Uemoer of Cougre»s, or to Borne other way.
This accounts for the fad, ofteu brought to my
nonce, that some in a particular neighborhood
had been paid, whilst others in the stme locality
we - e not even advised ox the reception ot their
claims. *
I can say without vanity, or scskirg an empty
newspaper compliment, that I have been “dilignet
in business,” and endeavored to do my whole duty,
with no promise or expectation of reward. The
Auditor says be also has labored hard to perform
his duty, und been mmoyed and perplexed be *
ycud measure. Vefccb*.maais are not satisfied,
aft‘£ p*‘ SuTir tbeii ddfea. J can only assure the n
—< ne and ail—l deeply i egret that it is not in
my power to pay them, and that as soon os their
wu’ rants are issued, they will be advised gladly
and promptly.
Your attention is respectfully asked to the
condensed vi«w of the expenses of the Agency
prt rtented below.
Your obedient servant,
Wu. A. Walton, Agent.
THE STRENGTH AND “POSITION OF THE Alls
MU*? OF KRAGG ANO LEE.
Washington*, October 4.—The latest Southern
intelligence c imes through private sources, which
are belitved to be reliable.
The moat important inioruatiou relates to the
grmies of Bragg aod Lee. According to the best
autherry irons tbe 8-»uth, Bragg’s original army
co’ißirttrtd of two corps, one uuder Gem D. ii.
Hill, the other under Gen. Leonidas Polk. There
were three divisions in each corps, and three
batterteam e ch division. Bragg had, in addi~
turn, one division of oava-ry, under Gen. Wheel
er embracing the brigades of Forrest, Pegram,
Waarlon, Martin and Roddy. His whole force
aoioumed to aboui forty thousand uivsii. Biagg’s
reinforcements consisted of four divisions tiom
Gen. Jue Johnston’s Crsmnii&d from MitHiestppi
and Alabama, ihe latter having been withdrawn
, fruin Mobile, one division from Charleston uns
t der command of Gen. Jos. Jenkins, and General
i Buckner's division of East Tennesseeans. Long
street relnforceu tw : of his divisions
i from Loo’s army, Hood's and McLiw's.
Governor Brown, of Georgia, strengthened
, Bragg with twelve Hta'.e Regiments, and asr.em
, bled at Rome, a convenient distance trom King*
i stoQ, Georgia, fifteen thousand Staie militia.
[ Breckinridge reinforced Bragg with ten thousand
> men.
i Gen. Joe Johnston held In reserve at Kingston,
» fifteen miles in ffie rear of the battle groued,
1 thirty thousand disciplined troops, together with
- five thousand cavalry, under command of Gene«
■ ral Piilow, and the fifteen thousand Georgia milt«*
• tiu to be brought into the field in case Burnside
> should form a junctioa with Kosecrans, come up
■ wi h heavy reinforcements, aud restore the pres*
, tige of victory to the army of the Cumberland.—
1 No', a gun wasiirea by Johnston’s reserves.
it m suggested that m consequence of the heavy
c reset ve force of tho wily Johnson, General Ro ©V
craLX had better look well to his flanks, and
that the position of General Burnside a. Kacx«
i vjlle is somewhat critical, since a rebel column
| may move upon him from the direction of Abing
don, Va, and another from the direction oi Dai*
ton, Ga.
Goa. Lee’s army is estimated at ninety thousand
‘ strong, the old regiments haviug beeii filled up
1 to the maximum by the conscription, and con
-1 sists of three divisions of E.veil’s corp 9, under
! He*h, Pickett and Andersuu; A. P. Hut’s enure
* corps, emoraciog Trimble’s, Mahon’s, Ransom's
• and Powder's old division, and Longstreet’s re
- miiD.Dg division, commanded by Gen.'Jubal A.
» Early, now occupying the heights of Fredericks*
* berg; fifteen thousand cavalry under Gen. Jerry
• E B Btuart, and three hundred and twenty pieces
of artillery.
f Lea Las aiso about 12.00(1 men in reserve at
1 Richmond, cornu aud d by Major Gen. Eizey, ol
1 Maryland. Besid.-s this there are 8100 infantry
» ia the vioinity of Abingdon, Va., holding (he line
1 of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad, uuder tho
command of Major Gen. Jones, 1600 cavalry tin
[ der Brig. Gen. imboden, about 6000 infantry,
3 cavalry and artillery at Charlottesville, under
' command of Brig. Geo. Garland, 7000 troop 3
r guarding theiailroad between Petersburg and
) Weldi.n. 4000 at Savannah, 6000 at Mobile, 18000
! at Charleston, 2500 at Pollard, Ala., guarding
. the approaches from Pensacola, and 2500 in
9 Mississippi, under Hardee and Loring.
3 __ • m
3 COTTON IN INDIA.
Mr. Samuel Smith, who was aeut out from Eng*
) land to India to investigate the subject of cotton
i culture, in a pamphlet thus Bums up the reasons
I why that country cannot compete with America
5 in the cultivation of cotton:
Ist. That India is not able, as a cotton growing
e country, to supply the place of America, 2d.
I That large bupfPies of cotton can be drawn from
India only by excessive prices, and whenever pri
* css return to a normal level, the production will
k recede correspondinglv; and 3i. That no hope
whatever exist* of India being able to fill the void
made by the stoppage of the American cotton
e trade etanything like remunerative juices to.the
" spinner, und very little hope of her being able to
provide a quality that would suitabLy till the place
' of American cotton.”
He bolds that Egypt is in many respects a bet
ter cotton growing country than India, and that
“ i a very considerable increase in the ordinary sup-
V ply of cotton may be obtained from that councry.
YOL. 16—NO. 39.
TO 1 HE WOMEN OF GEORGIA.
Atlanta, Ga , Oct. 9,1868.
I \ou responded &ob!j lo wy first appeal to you
for socks. But few antxiputed the measure of
our success. From my heart I thank you for what'
you have bo cheerfully und so promptly done.—
You hare enabled me to mate many a war-wera
soldier bless the dear at home, as he
placed your lore tokens oo his weary feet.
Women of Georgia, and such others as con«
tributed to my sock fund, in the Dame of over
10,000 soldiers- do I most cordially thank you.
But you must enlarge the circle of your benefao*
tions. God loves tbe cheerful giver and also the
liberal soul. Let us devise and execute liberal
things. It wili take, besides what I have on
hand, nearly 60,000 pair of socks to carry our
Georgia heroes comfortably through the coming
winter. Send in those already knit under my
late call. Ship to me at this place as before di
rected.
Organize at onco, thoroughout Georgia, into
.Societies, and lei your Seoretanes, with the ap
proval of your Presidents make requisitions on
me for the number of bunches of yarn which each
Society will undertake to work into socks. I hope
to male arrangements for ua ample supply of
yarns tor ihe purpose contemplated. Notify me
ot your neatest railroad point, und I will forward
the yuru required. (Joniiuuc to place the name on
each pair of socks knit and sent. lam keeping a
tan hi til record ol tho names oi my fair colleagues
in this good work, with an account ol the amount
o! work done by each one. May I not hope to put
upon every Georgian in the array needing them
a good a pair of sucks before spring. Me thinks
I bear a hundred thousand women, answering,
!’♦*«, send on your yarns; we will soon fill you tbe
bill.
By the gloom which his lately beeu over us,
lei me exhort yon to redoubled energies for those
who are your only preservers, under God, from a
afar deeper gloom and an intolerable destiny.
By the groans of onr wounded aud the deaths of
our noble irans on our battlefields all over the
South, whose deeds of imperishable glory have
illustrated names that mankind will not willing*
ly let die, let me exhort y-u to strain every nerve
to hold up the courage aud strengthen the arms
of those still surviving tho shock of battle! By
the brightness of the future, opeued up by the
glorious and God given victory upon the ban s
of tbat stream ot death, th»* now historic « hiea*
mauga, let us thank God, take courage and press
torward, till we conquer a peace. •
Let the loss of some dear father, husband eon,
brother or loved one, nerve you to tedoubled de«
termination to ce.rae struggling till we are
thoroughly and totally divorced from those whose
hands are red with the b» ut blood of the Confed
erate States. Che r our soldiers, discourage
desertions, hurry off able bodied fucioughed men
to the front and stimulate them to prefer houora*
ble deaths in the face of the eutmy to dishonored
lives prolonged by shrinking from duty. Women
of Gdargia, you have done much m our great f.nd
bloody struggle. Yvu cau and wilt do much
more, and your heroism will be admired wherever
and as long as true patriotism shall find a lodge
uient in the human heart. Let the example of
the three patriot* of Switzerland, headed by the
heroic William Tell, who took a solemn vow to
cease not in their efforts until Sw.tz- iland was
free from the hoirid tyranny of the infamous
Gesler ! fire our hearts to chooao annihilation
rather than subjugation.
lhe one will give us an honorable recoru, tbe
other as’ckly existence under the most abhorrent
of despotisms. The oue is the result of a noble
self-respect, the other the fruit of a degraded self*
abasement. Rather than yield when our men
tail us, let is have multiplied example/ of the
Maid of Orleans, who, when wounded by an
arrow, exclaiming, “It is glory, not blood which
flows from the sound.” But I uecd not write
about yielding, with an humble reliance upon the
God of battles, if we, men and women, will but
do our duty before another year shall roll over us,
the bloody sword will like* 7 he l-a earned, aud the
bright banner oi peece tfHI gloriously wave over
our ransomed Louies.
Ira R Foster,
Q M Gm. oi Georgia.
All papers in the Suite are requested to uive
tho above one or two iDseruous und much oblige
onr Georgia soldiers.
INQODL?
A bill now before the General Abso'lT'J °f
Virginia provides "that it shall be uniawlul for
any person producing or manutactnring any
artieic enumerated in the schedule of prices fixed
by the Commissioners of the Confederate Goes
eminent for the State of Virginia, to sell tbs
same at a higher rate than that filed by said
Commissioners, from time to time." This is the
essential part of the bill. From one of its sec*
tions we copy tbe following ;
Sic. 3. That al] merchants selling goods, wares
of merchandise, not manufactured or produced
in this State shall pay into the poor treasury all
profits on said goods, wares' aud merchandise ex
seeding the following per cemange ; wholesale
merchants fifteen per centum i n tbe prime cost
of said goods, wates and merchandise, when im
ported into this State ; auu [emit merchants
thirty per centum on the actual price paid by
them to the wholesale tnerejauts or elsewhere.
Said merchants should keep broke showing the
said prune coal, and the price at which they sell
said goods, wares aud merchandise, and ebatl
produce the same, verified' by affidavit, tor the
inspection of the Commissioners of the Revenue
of their respective counties, cities and towns,
when called upon ao to do by said commissioners.
Any person tailing to comply with any of the
provisions of this section, shall thereby forteit
bis license to sell, and shall be liable to fine not
exceeding dollars, uod to imprisonment not
to exceed months, at the discretion of a
lary-
There is a similar, although not identical, bill
before the Senate. One of them, perhaps, with
tririat modifications wit), it is expeoted bs
passed.
The schedule of prices fixed by tbs Confedrate
Commissioners of Virginia prescribes $5 for
wheat; lor family flour, which is the finest, fits,
bacon sl, beat fresh porx 45 oents, lard fl, sail
per bushei S 5, candles (tallow) per pound fl,
sugar(brown) fl, A:,
lu the Uicnuioud market on the Ist inst., fami
ly flour was selling at $43, bacon $2 50, lard
fl fidtfa, sat* 45 ;500. per pound, candles (tal
low) f 3 '2o.fr 50, sugar (broWo) f 2 80uf3.
fco tbe reader will see that there is a difference
to be rectified.
FROM OHM LKKS Alt4lV.
aparia! O' r espaedenoe of '.he tCnQUirir.
Akuy or A'oarnKßN Vibgi tv i
October 7,1815. J
Meade has been depleted to reinforce Rose
orans, certainly to the extent of the nitndrawal
ot the lllb, 12th and Ist corps, which ielt about
ten days ago. Aud uou- it is asserted, by the la
test report, that tbe third and six ih corps are
preparu-g to g-> to the same point. This would
leave Meade out four corps, or less than forty
thousand tngn. ff this be true, of course Meade
will make no forward more.
During yesterday, we received into our lines
two Englishmen and one Canadian, who had been
impressed into the Yankee service. They ask, in
c mmg rato our lines, to be permitted to sail for
Nassau, and by this way to reach Britih soil.
Capt. Kincheler, of tbe lfith Virginia cavalry,
yesterday, sent in four workmen, captured in re
pairing tbe railroad near Springfield, nine milea
from Alexandria. H
I have written you of the exploits of General
Stuart in going within two miles of Alexandria,
capturing Colonel Uulanv and burning tbe rail
road bridge over Cameron run. To show the
energy of tbe Yankees I will state what I have
since (earned, viz • that this bridge was burned
on the night of the 29th, and yet was repaired
and the ears running it'by 12 M., of theSOth.
The gallant Weite, with bis brave band, ia not
Idle, hut is continually harassing the en°my on
their rear. On the night of 25th he burned the
railroad bridge over tbe Pope's Head run.
1 am tcld by those wbu have been laboring for
tbe religious interest in this army that the state
of religion never was in a better condition than
uow. A noble work is in progress, and I believe
that the prayers of the bravo soldiers In camp
and their heroic exertions on tbe battlefield wilt
yet a hteve our independence, despite the croak -
tags of those who stay .at borne onlv to maka
monev out,of the necessities of their bleedinn
and afflicted country. *
Tbe report obtained credence yesterday arena
ing that tbe enemy were falling baek from oar
immediate front and were retreating beyond tbe
Rappahannock. 1 bare heard nothing tbia morn
ing confirmatory or contradictory of (t.