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• II ( H - ( A>, EDITOR.
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PBRMATffIJIVT
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T COXF£DER,Ui: STATESiOF .i.VERICA.
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• IEO PILE’S TICKET.
•*. FOft* PRESIDENT, . .
•* J efFerson Davis,*
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SOR VICE PRESIDENT
‘Jf£. iSte^pSckoxAs?-
, * , OF GEORGIA.
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* SS* Tii m tin life Soldiers’Aid £o*
•eietv, of*Thomas county.will be hokleu at the
court’. * . T On the first Thugs* f
day of evpry mqnth ;.t three o’C-lqpk. T\ M..
MT* . * jnefttin'gS of the Officers of the So- I
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and *ty. for the purpose of cutting out the wotk.
will b * held week t. e house’of the Rev.
A. W. Ch ■*
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m‘\lE Ktiu ATTIW|TIOJr! *
‘•This Cosn *
Tbomjsville, on *>;• nejtt it 10 o cloA for the
re-election of officer.-?. Tho*e who expectno partici
’ pnte in • ‘ •* * 1 *at f
th roll * esj tcted to adhere faithful
ly to th | * thereafter. Let every member I
be present, ’ * * . . .
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x coMnapoNrvßiwi.
\\*e Have no tune to pommunica
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tions. and very seldom, if ever attempt it. .‘lf
therefore you*find your’ oOrn errors hud buln
ders published don’t he surprised, fur if. the
ooadition of pnblicati rs depended upon cor*-*
rection by they* would* never t>£ publish
ed. *lf /on..cannot icritt you should not.pub
•lish, and vou cu6ht*to bn* sun *you write, cor
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rectlp before you attempt it. . TUis is our apol
egy* for sometimes publishing* bndly. written
commmiifation*. * ’ * . • ’ ,
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. SPEECH OF IIO.V, JCHV WARD.
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According u > nreviuus aitpeintment this gen
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tie-man addressed a large assembly of the cid
zen&of Thomas, on Thursday last, on .the “cot
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ton loan,” and other tdpics of general'lnterest.
The opening of his speech was a glowing eulo
•gy upon the death of the lamented l’artow,
pronounced in pathetic language that -touched
th’e hearts of his audience. * Xe:*t fbtloiveii a
brief elimination of the Causes, wifich .led to
the dissolution of ihc Bnion-*-the character
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cud condition of the two sections and the spea
ker's opyiioii of the f robe’ 15 action of Kng
-!a.ml and I’ranee in reference to American “at
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fairs. Finally the “cott*>n loan” Tvas discussed,
approved and recouftnended to the people. We
need not ;tdd that iWr. Ward handled these
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subjects with ability, „ r he is too well .known ’
■to stand in need of our laudatiogs. His speech
had a pleasing effect upon his Inge audi
ence who listened” with breathless attention, a*nd
>U wbnt away favorably impressed by his elo
quence aiuf ability. 0
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Ol K TROOPS V°T BIiISSWH K.
bineg our last issue, in which we announced
the election of Regimental O nice vs,* we luarn
that much dissatisfaction exists among the com
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pani os if! cotisequcncc of the choice made for
Oolenel of the Regiment. Several oemjamies.
*it seems, did i*of jaurticipatc in the election,
and, under the Circumstances.*are averse to
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nerving in the Regiment. * we lfuve no direct
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account of their difficult-. and cannot, there
•tore, sjiy to is lip; extent the disaffection prevails.
\Ve however, thaudfscord mj’ll be of short
Jufation in f!u> Ropim Tit and that Igrmonv ‘
will soon be restated. The Thoma^companies,
ve flu i.v retaud ate „ 4i l. * Wo.
.would suggest, if the Regiment cannot be bar- ‘
’snonixed, the di • • be,
transferred and* their places filled with fifcw
lejics. * • * ’ * ■
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. ’ M7CCK**.<>F TiU .. *. .
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We are happy to announce flie*success of the*
ladies .in their* Tableau enterprise • lay
night, which hat? cost theta so luucl? toil and
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anxiety. Being.the*first attempt at anything
,of the kind by our young ladies, they wera |
very naturally in doubt as .to the result: but 1
their energy, perseverance and good taste has !
■triumphed, and they,arj? now better acquainted
with the extent.of their s ; ’ The piecesJ
were admirahly perforate i„l ith Tableaux aod
music*, in the sightrand hearing of a crowded
.audience,*who, if* \ve may . *by their ifrpTo- .
rious applause, wore peVfecth 1 witb-J
performances 11 e must be permitted to
bragg a little, pod -ay tiia’t ere do, not bed.it. e
the ladies who acted could be dseciled jn thair
. pieces. IWuna who would not pay fifty cents*
i.o see the beayty .and * loveliness of tfomin
there say'nythrug of the object of
the oollecteon, ought to T fua vw cut u# from
the sunshine of her smiles, and rendered i’:ca-
of b'enefit from l*:r association.
. .* ‘EDJTOF.UO VMF.
We had the pleasure on*Friday of Tig-Vein-. ‘
,*in our saDCtum and having a # goo4 chat with
J R. Sneed, the shrewd**and skillful efiitof’of
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the Savannah Rtj, ‘• . W
his first visit to Thomasville, having,, withs Dr
,M. ,S. Tb:mrs t. of! i ihm/AAh, ac*
nompaniecithe Hon JrAnlo. \Vai*d. who came
•by invitation to address dhr citizens on the sub
ject of the Cotton Loan * We. got no glimpse
■jz the Doctor, but saw his spesiaefa once.,
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’at home but a few hours du:\ ourn*iTw
■ oar rural Jmrg. Beth those g.-otlencn arc w;’l
•patronized in this secti m’ai 3 we*a in debt i
to their dailies for the latest telegraph?c nows
bv the Main Trunk* * * .
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• nPftHTIAT mfITARV OROFK.*
e i uiiibh to day an. order by
Adjutant General WaynS to all officei4tr
ogt State, requiring them immediately to
enr.jl all the >li*i?:a within thlir •swenl di&®
tricts. ‘Every able buried manrsubject,t<rmil
itary duty required to do service umh.r pen
adty of the tailitaiy*iaWs of she StatA and none
are*allowed*to belong to HTyne whp
are subject Cos enlistment or enrolment- among,
•the MilitTa. * * .*•,.*
• l*f any v, *uM escape this*service, nov,is the*
time to. join # the.Volunteei* Companies—4et
them join “before, thSir pames are enroll'd
• a thong ihc Militia. * ... * .*
TSS” BLOCKADE TO BE AB ( IADII\ED.
Articles teo* lengthy Tor *t>ur publication,
:Ti the Xew V-.o k II AloL 7'tv bun*. I'hila*
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derphia Enquirer, ajid other papers,,
firtf going the reands, which acknowledge hin
c >fn’s bl cbadc*to be h.failure and a farce. —
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•These papers lead the van ,*of Northern Abolp
tl \s\ in the present unholy *war upon the
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South iftid r.re driven to acknowledge the incß
ficiefficy of* the blockade to avoid* a bfcacb with
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France and England, wliich>*powers it is d’uliv
believed arc ibont to* acknowledge* the *inde-*
per. 1 Confederate States and. dist^,-
gard the blfiekftde. • Tee French and* British
M'a hijmton lve already shjjwn
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1 the faflure of* the blockade by •furftishitfg to
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.Lincoln’s Government, as well as their own,
•the nuitiber and cluactefer of* fQgsols that have
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run the blockade, and thoyi ;ye so numerous
that even the most bitter w*ar journals of the
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•North art? forced to acknowlotlge # tlie total fafl
urc of the blockade. We are informed that
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Knglarid has instructed Admiral of her
now in Amcricaij waters to°protcqt Brit
i.h vessels.in entering Southern ports, and Pm-
Icss Lincoln immediately abandons his block*,
adfc, as Ms to indicate we shall
‘soon hear of a collision bettrfien John Bull and
what is left of f*i.s perverse and degenerate son
Jonathan. * * • •*
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• hlllA PLAST.ERB.
At S avahjKui, we are toil,, no change c*ui he.
übtained’but •/<in plaster’ of the’meanest de
nomination. \1 hereveT yju draw you! ,purse
and tondcr bills—at the hotels, rail rtfad ih:pts
mercantile house.-?, falcons* bake shops, whiskey
shops, barber shops, And in fact every other
.place,'your hands # are fillitl in return with these
annoying little shin plasters. We hope our
people Avill not bring them to Tliotnasville. It
is difficult enough already to get silver to pay
postage, hut introduce these shin and
the Lust quarter will spee ily take iM flight
It is useless to tell us they are “necessary” to
make change if thay were not introduced sil
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/cr would take their place. Those who issue
them know the advantage gained by them from
a.very different source. They are generally
struck off.on ave A’ pour quality tis and
as they, arc so .vepy insignificant in wilue as
soon as badly worn great numbers of them are
dcstroye 1 and thus* past all* redemption .to
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the great advantage of the p;tfty wlm issues
them. *A temporary scarcity, of silver coin is
no excus*e for flooding the country with such’
worth Tess trash, and it* Bught to be ‘prohibited
by law. • i heir*“<orgi/ewio” cm*never coun
terbalanec flic great evil tjiey eiltafl Tipou the
country by bani.-hing the silver (ioin. .*
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E!UiJM>AO IfIOIVKV.
borne oi, our.patrons in ajijofnnyg comities
-■till cnciuse us money**>f the übovp dcgcriptkin
in payment ob their dues. Again we inform*
theiii that.it is utterly worthless and jannotJoe
received by .us ;ri payincftf of tt h*s
*i t been current here since last slimmer and
jia- lately tidied at home. ‘lt is a loss to all
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who lm!d ?t, as .we prophesied twelve months
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ago wlwu w advised our pcopl# to get rid of it
aS soon a,s possible. * Forljiyrately most of them
.did .•LricV.d very 1U tTo of it now remain.-* on ban-1.
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Reliable reports from Fast Tennessee .spq?ik
favprably.of thaloyalty of that people to .the
■ Soutlk* Gen. Zollikofies has been Mice cssful
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1 in his elKuts to restore hartaony aud*no distur
bance is no\y apple 1/emled in that quarter.
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The Southern army has not ‘advanced
beyond .t'airlax court house-. The ( oilfdc- *
rat-'s now have batfories*bn the J’oHimac nyer
and ar< greatly hlarmins the Jtidcolnltes *for
the i.avigatiu*!] of th t river. They were fired
into*the othef day ifitlt a riflefl cannon* aud a
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ball sj nt threftigh 9bo pf their Wfels. *
GEOROU STATE *. OXVEAVFIO.V
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The time soy holding the State t'onventjoji
Lhas b*een changed fronj t!i* 4th to the• 1 Ith of
■ September* This • Convention wiU nominate
candidates forGiovcrnorand*State Electors for’
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President anchVice Irtesiijent. *. .*•
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THE VJRJ JEFF OAVIJi.
Uhis little privateer, so king*he t-6rrerof the
LYink.ee ships in the Atlantic, l*as been* wreck..
ed and lost.* She struck the Bar in attemy
ting'.to'gefiuto St. Augustine and foundered.
her crew and armatnent are safb. . .
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Some of the Northern papers still in
s': that Ly<>n was killed by Jiis own men. The.
■'t. Louis republican, alsj). in speaking, of tl.e
•"[ ringfiekl fight, sqys J ifas superceded in
;! ■’ retreat alter his defeat, and being mistaken
tur an enem v. wag sho\ by some of his Ger
man troops
Mr. A amt, ot thift county* cxhfbited in
town on Monday a very &rge which
hts two httly sons had captured, in ihe..ehtse
shat morning after a six hour’s h’eat.
A d i # cannon, a 6,pounder, has
I•- n e list in Borne,JGa., .which the Rome ‘Sou
°. . *thi -w a 9lb. conical ball s
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*r: ilea The gnu was patented by thft Confede
rate* States to*Sergeant J. 11. Tcohoulpii, of
•the lei company of the Savaunah Republicaa
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• nOßi:° TABLEAUX. •
M e are.fefpuested by the ladies to iqjbrnt the
•public that ‘•their upxt Tableau exhibitions. io
thgX’ourt? House Vill come off otr n&st Tues
day night, the 3d* %{’ SeptcjjAer. The liberal
patronage th§y received in their firt, attfinpfr
them t > persevere and hopp for its <
• continuation so long as tliof are.(jngnL:vd in the
gOttlworkpf raising funds for )he Support *O/
•tb soldiers in the an*y. Next Tuesday eight,
• then. atSufof past T o'clock the public will.be**
* entertained . with another ‘exhibition at* the’
• court house. • * *\ • •.
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. The Baltimore .press Infs beeh .'.umxzlcd, au*l
th (i Daily F, ews.and Day 15cok arc ordered t<3
*he suppressed. .Alas fbr the liberty fog*
• pr<res ! There can no longer be any cUubt What
. libtrt>i *n tlie North is* <bai/. To what end was
the oid Constitution framed, an.] to what* pin-’
pose did its framers poor out their blood * •* .*
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0 ’lc( OiNpaZch.
•Springfield, Mo., via Litde.Rock, Ark.. ) .
. . ‘August* 13, 18.61.* J
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•1 he battle of Oak Hill has*bccn*fougl?t, and
we hare gained*! great* victory ewer the eneuiy
commanded by Gen. Lyon. ‘ Tlj6 battle was
foil Hit ton miles lroiu*(?pfin..fi?!d. Tli£ encrey
wt?re nine or ten thousand, sprung; our force
was about thy same, ‘i he batl]e.iasted six and a
rbnlf hours. *1 he cdfiaiy* were repulsed* and
drived trom tne*fie!d with a loss rtf six pieoes of
artillery—several hand reel stand of arms —eight
hundred killed. one thousand wounded and 1
three hundred prisoners, lien. Tyon was’killed
an,! nfany of their prdm’flient officers. Our
loss*wS two hundred and sixty-five, killed,
eight hundreß*wounded*and’thirty missing.- •
W& have possession bf Springfield. .Th'a enej
my are in full retirea t towards Kolia. . •
(§ign§d) * I|en. McCullough, .• .1
; * Bvijradter (General Commanding.
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Voyilitinii of .81. .1.011 is.
Tim LqpisvilU (founder, of Friday last, Says ?
A reliable grtitlejnan, “jyho left ‘Ft? Louis
M cTlinrsday afternoon, informs us ’that’tllc peo.-
ple therc 3rc greatly terrified, and thousands:
arc leaving the city. The .Germans Especially j
ifoo packingoup and leaving in great numbers.
..Soldiers with lmiskcis are stationed rit every |
corner inVlic city.* ‘i’Jie Federalists arc jndei
great apprehenswms Os an aUacf, and it is the
general impression that St. Lfiuis will* witji
in a few days, be in possession of the iMate”
troops. Communication frojn St. Louis on tlij
railroads was. irregular anti uncertain, and
constant.” fears‘were entertained “that the trains
would.be stopped by the rascally 4‘rebels.” A
number of Germans belonging to Scigel’s com
niand, who weve in the light at; Springfield,
came into St. Louis Wednesday, morning wijh
onjt arms, tyid generally without hats* and in a ‘
deplorable condition.
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9° 0 0 Comity
At the call of a portion of the* citizens of \
Tlfomas county a mooting was held at the
court house,Vm tfi o 23d inst., to devise means
for aiding the volunteer companies from this
, county. . . I
On motion, James T. Ilayes was requested
to net as Chaipnan and J. jVI. Dyson as Seere- |
’ tal 7’
The meeting having been called to order,
lion. I*. E. Lftvc, alter stating the object of it, ,
introduced the following resolutions, which wore
adopted : • 0
. Whereat*, the Thoiviasvillc Guards and Oe
!okncc “Light Infantry have been equipped, at
coasi lerable bya smuU portion of
.tlyi people of this county,’ and it beinrf certain
that other volunteer companies from this coun
ty will be catled*into.active service; 0
Rewired Ist, That the Accessary expense oi’
(•[nipping Audi companies, # amj taking care of
their families, should /all equally jipon every
citizen. • # • •
Kr.<olced 2d, That the Inferior Court be no
quested k> look diligently and carefully iutoo
this matter, and determine what sum 4 will he
pi'opsr to lfrise foUtliis purposy, and *,hen they
have so determined,.tffat th3y be and are here
°l>y respectfully requested to iTsses’s cclv tax up
,, the 41s mfiy he neccssaiy to raise
amount.
• Rciorc and -mt, Tlyit sucl* tax, when assessed,
be collected, after proper nottce*‘in the vsual
way, eitfmr by the Tax Collackir of the county,
• or such other special iAegit as the Count* maw
employ. °* , .
Hon. Seward then introduced the
’ following resolution, vvliich wag adopted ; ’ •
r lliat the D.ifciiyr Court remit the
county tax if it*?an be do ye without dwtrimcyl
the public interest. • . .
On.motion of E. Lowe,* it* wrfS oi*-
dsrt'fl that these proceedings be .published in
the Thouyjsvillc payers, ar*d that i*- copy of tlfc
sanlo be furnisdred .the Inferior Court.
On the meeting adjourned sin'e die.
• * JAS. *T. HAYES,.Chairman.. .
J. M. Hyson, Secretary.• • •
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liitita(iGiis*to GiiiiMuiitliMt • •
•* *. EXECUTIVE 1
.Ad*j*ltant Genera C’s Office, . -
. Atlanfa* Ga., Aug.* K3, # l<%j. \
The Gunsmiths and manufacturers oT Staiall
Arms Georgia, are Respectfully requested to
meet the Governoir and t*!ie Adjutant General
. pf thy State, at tilt temporary office* of the j.lov
• cruor, at Atlanta, <sn Tliursday, the 29tli iyst*
for the pwrpese cduceriing vigorous* meas
ures for repairing and making efficient the:old
lyii.-kets, riqjes anti guus in the*state, anti es-*
. tablishing uniform prices * therefor; and, also,
j to‘compare notes as to our resources f§r the
ftiiinufucturc’vifvmall arms, and. of adopting,
il possible, f*omo*plan for r fabrication, in
sutticiyut quantities. .* *
Ihe struggle in which wc arc engaged calls,
j our best energies? and the fullest development
of (wur resource's, ospeciafly* how, those for ia
.kintr arms. *And the governor hopes tlurt by*
‘bringing together the Gunsmiths and*Small
„Aitn of.muih<*tur£rs in tin! State he may. ynw
mote liyt.-t efficieutly tiny cause t)£ ouj Cqnfed
erasy. Ito Tlifrefort?learne.-fily invites all enga
ged in the buriifess to nftet him as above
/ catcd. . Henry C*. WAVne,
Adjutant anfo Inspector General.
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It is said that*tiae* portly member of.Con-*
[•gross*‘described by Mr. iTaymoyl, as* foiling
from bis home, turning pale, Ac., was iw> lother
(Tan live redoubtable Senator Gen.. \\ r ilqn, of
Massachusetts. He went to see the baltle ift
Ges. Scott's carriage, but got.scared, abandpos.
cd it and took to honte.* This explains Ilie*(lis
patcli saying that*tlfe*Confederates took a egr
ria-e bearing the Ctesf, Ac ,of Gen. Scott. —*
i yldjaiiy Argus, 0 • * .
. LATEST WAft/NEWS. •’
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Atran- m Kentucky.’ .
* J.'-tf'ivlf* Aug.*24.—The crisis *in Kentucky” is
reached. Eighty smedUitn fei'fthis man •
tiing. n8 a posse fqr t.he Collector, by a special train
•to capture nine Vag*ns *ot contraband goods on
Jtockt Fort. They lei’t the nuiin’lioe of rdad at
* Lebanon Junction and captured the train. At the
latest advices, the. captured train vas cut off* anS
yerjonJ* in tinv adventure are sai*f.
to tongider the jragotaa kna property safo. Tile
Lebanon branch trajh did not jwnctitA j it
is* th track au dcstroyejl. * •
* . Later. —’Jhe'Collector’s > —? have* raturnod with
the* plunder. . *. .
Peace ISebHlion i:i 4'oiSin'clicnt. *
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•Diinburin Ag. 21.—At the raisinggif a peacc*flag
at Fairfield to day, about 4#o persons were present,
•an attempt to* wise the vars anfo was
sffccessfully resisted. A tight ensued, which two
peactf men. named foildmau and Gorham, were se
riously injured. *Shß\*els. jo k as?; and
were*used, no fire-arms. The peace dag is dying
*0 the breesa*and theosyntement is great. 0 • I
• * from the West. * **
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■VI nan City, Mo., Aug. 20. A soldier train was ,
tirel into near Lwkoat Sxati >n, and oiys killed*and 1
*mx wounded. Guerrilla pai*ic3*are scouting
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leaving for the Coutblrn aj-tmv. Col. Sfa*p!S will
be :T>le t'f concentrate fiwee thousand m-n tv aid .
the State Government agaitiat the 1-VdenJ invaders.
3,500 Federttls arg°at City* *.
Ambrose.L. Kimball, editor of tl e Sussex Demo- :
•crat, was forcibly taken tYom.liis hoTtslfe yesterday i
and tarroa,’ featjiere i add rfdd ;n upon a rail* Af
ter suHVrin*g l.rom*l lu;*inaliguity of tl*e mob
for.a lo*g time, Ki*nb;ifl, on liis knees. to*k tli*> fol
lowing bath: “€ an#asrry that L have pqblisbtfd
what 1 have, vir, 1 1 promise ihat 1 will never*agnin
publish articles against.the Mirth or in layor of Se
cession. So help me God.” * • .*
LoitisrUlei An"-. 20.—'l*ho cinAilatiofi of the I*in :
.istille*Courier h;is he.cn snipped at St. Louis.
. At Commerce, between Si* Lmw* and Cairo, the*
Feiierel steamboift Hannibal was so us ly Gc*n. pil
low's guns, and 400 prisoners taken. .
Froiu.Texas. .
. The following ks from, the Sun autqnio TLedger of
••the stl> inst : * • . •
lil I\tno, July 28, 1841.—Jifessrs Street La
* cc'ste.: Gentlemen*- A fight occurred’at XJ(•-ilia oi? the
i iv=t.,.between Cot. Baylor’s command and the
Federal 4roop*s tvt.Fort Fillmore, in which the die do-’
ratists are reported to havtvlost two lieutenants kilf
j cd,.and thirty privates hilled and wounded; loss*on
I our side*one and none wounded. ‘l'iu'y abatlrloffed
Filhyore in the nigsd liiul tied towards Ft. fftauidon.
oiq- troops are ku j ursyit, And we expect to night to
hear *f capture. Th Lincoln fercoe’almost
doilbled our own. Another mail parly has iicfli
killed, consisting of sev*en men, sixA miles west of
s!csilla. . Tlie troops arc m*w all withdrawn from’
Arizonia, very much cxpcJßcd. *
* .. Yours tjuly, .Mckxiuty & llmtt.finisox. •
* I’. S.--.\n express fias just arrival, refiorujsg the
: cajiturc of mo. A, if not all, the FederaJ troops, flee
ing fwm FMlinore. They surrenerctl without resis
tance. The killc;d*aml wounded a? the fog lit. at ,M*c
, .sslla, were only three pijvates—nft Officers filled. .
The following.is an extract of a letter
agent of the S. A. and S. JJ. Maxi Line, at Ifo l’aJb,
Texas, (fated July 2D: *
Our troops I'ougltj 500 Eedjrals cirTlnirsJaj’; loss
on out side none; th Fedeimls, Lieut. Me*
Jicalfv, dangerously wounded, aijd Lieut. 15rniks,°
slightly, tTTree killed and fitc or six woended pri
vates. Saturday they evacuated Fillmore and lied
mi the way to Staitfiion; yesterday they were pur- ,
“sued and the wjiole command taken prisonal s oT war.,
j Our mail °to Tucson was cleaned out by Apaches,
and all hands killed. Thomas’ party* seven in u-
I her, and nine mule# killed, and the coach entirely ‘
! desftoyed. .If;occurred at Cook’s Springs,
j* o “15h 1119iiig tin’ Sloccunle.
0 Charleston, Aug. 28.—The i-liip Alliance, from St,
Johns, N,'. 8., with lyi flssoiKcd cargo,*ai l ived ;n a
Oontijricrate ]iorl tliis afternoon. °
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. . Aiinllirr Fi-izr, * •
The St. Clair, capuqcd otf Alvarado by the Jeff.
\ Davis, lias arrived safety, v’itb ni prize crew? in a
| southern port. °
Coiif4,!crntc Congress.
Richmond, Aug. 21.—,'i’he President approved to-,
o day, the Act empowering tli President to appoint
two other Commissioners to Europe. Tlfe act also
empowers the President to determine to whatsiations
Commissioners now in Europe shall be accredited,
•and to pi escribe their duties. The two additional
Commissioners will receive tlie sany; pay t* tho.-i?
now in Europe. , * * •
Tl’ President has als* approved an Act tcvryd the
Stataof Missouri in repelling invasions, and author
izes her admission int; the .Confederacy. Hie pre
amble sets forth that the people of .Missouri luyve
ffleen prevented, by unconstitutional interference by
“the Federal C!itvcrnment,.frog) expressing their jvifl
in regard to hes union wit!; the i.!on°federtrtcs, and
that as Missouri \;as nort engaged in repelling the
j lawless invasion of her territory, by a mind forces,
the donfe.deyatc Government considers it their,right
Tind duty t*o aid: the Government and people fit* iMis
eoyli, in arresting tl*; invasion and securing the
means and <;ppi?rtunity of expressing their will upon
all,iuestions affecting their lights irtid liberties.
Tn *Prffsijent is authorized to co-opwate, tlifough
the military power of 3his government, witlWhc an
thorHies ol Missouri in diTending iliak State against
lawless ifivafdon by tiie Cnited'tStates. andmaintain
itfg tli*i Rbfrty and independence of Missourt,,with
the power to accept the services of troops sufficient
to suit tie purpose,
‘Qie Jet pfovules Cir,thc a*iUV,->*i,n (;f Misscyiri
intai tlu; Confederacy ( u t''|iipl footing* witji the oth
er States, wtion the ProvisiSua4 Constitution shall be
ratified by the legally constituted auflioritiss ofodis
sofui. find an authenticated copy cwmntunicatcd to
the President. The PrcsWeftJ is tlten directed to
announce* l,f proclamation, tin# admission otVMis
souri into tlie Cvifedcraay. • • * •
The xfet recognizes the Government
•f which Claiborn F. Jackson is Cl;ic;f Magistrate.
Gen. ufchiltree, of T(f-:as, introduced a resolution,
which was unammfiuslji ad # opted,‘complimenting the
.sflcudid victory obtaineiT by G;n. McCulloch anTl
‘ his l*r;;ve army at Dak Hill, near Springfieki, Mo*
Confederate I'ax Kill. . •
He of**the Gonfederate .States*.of
Araerkta have uininimoiwly passed an aft enti
tled “an act to the issue ol’ Treasury
nt)tes, an and to provide a war tax lor their redemp
tion.” * , * .
The act authorizes the issue of* Treasury
‘nuteS to the amount of §100,000,000, redeeiwa
blc six montlft trt’tei*a*li , caty of peace with the
l*uitcd • (States. The holders those notes
have tiig p?ivileg;e of funding thenfl in the*
bonds oif mo Conjfederatl Government. To
the principal nd interest upon # tji(? debt
tlius’iuaujretk, there shall .be a war* tax of 50.
. cent# 04i every §IOO value of reafoestntc, slaves
merchandize,’bank and other* stocks (except
.CtAifederate IjprvJs,) cash on‘hand, cattle, gold
watfhes, gold and silver pjato, pianos and pleiv*
lifre carriages. 1 Toper/y cftvircd*by the head of
a # fanwly, valued at less than to be ex-*,
euipt from taxation. A4l ‘coljegp “and school
properly is likewise exempt. The (* hies Col
tettor is to beappyin,ted* by*the Presidenf, aijd
to receive a salary of §2,000 pc; - annum. Hach
State is to Ue laid Off fntoweoHection districts,-*—
The penalty for*forgiyg;'JTeß.3ury notes is JleatJi;
for forgengibonas, imprisonment for hot than
five nor more than len # years*au4 a linw not e*x
ceedink §,'>,ooo. f She C(;llee#ors are to receive
a eon;pej)?:itiol <jf 5 per cent on foe fi#st* §lO,-
,0t)0, andf24 on all
The bill is a long one, and consists yrincApafly
of the details for cerryinj.intcrteffect the above,
• #\ new ;* sesseuent *f. prbpeiffy is to be mads
—cash vlue*on the lst.*of October* next to bc
toe basisdof taxtition—an<l th(? t;rx # 4o be col
lectedly the ?st of Mav, 18G2.— Richmond
* *%• • „ ‘*.:.:*.* V
, ... . ‘'* * 8
l\.h:• a married*mjn like*tV candle ?. Be
* cause; he pomp times g#cs out ;tt eight *wben he
oughn’t t*. * . • •
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* Important 4Bwro|ti*. #
R\*w York, Aug. 10. —The ]%henyan has
arrived at this post aruf theweity of asliington
at Farther Point, wifli later dates fro.m Murope.
’The Lotidhn .Tirqps is bitterly*sarcastic over foe
Bull llun affair. It says* it is a southern ryit
that is*vcry hard to (*rak, aji l expresses its
fears that*the blockade of soutifern port# ivill
involve ];lnglad in.difficult, compfications.—
• Lord Valmersoii says*the entrance of any duty
paling fi;sv 1 intd it blockaded p >rt wipe* qjtit
the blockade. Beltigefents may seal all ports
of tifo eiynny, tit rvhen asiugu: tcssel is let in
tlye right of blocked*, is gone.* Tin? *lJbmlon
Herald says tht on receipt of the nrtws by’Na
poleon, lfe resolved to regognizg the Setuhcm
Gonfedt-’raffy. The l*ondon e Timos, in an edito
tial leader on foe l>sttlcof says :-V L
‘•'ißie vtctoo’y is complete. ‘1 he l niffn afmy*lost*
all their mil it ary fom- rs.” All tire ,journ:d% of I
Lo*n;lon*say the battle has Certainly closed the
I doer to compromise. A Paris letter says the
victory w’ill povferfully. iiT favor tis the f
• Secessionists. The Quean’s speech says her so- *
rof-n, rul'Ttioos are npw*frie6diy, and she traits
’ there is*no danger ty thh peaeft of fiurope.—r
;he has determined, in connection with othe’r
•Powers, on strict. neutr;riit\ Amenytm af
• • • .* •
lairs. * ;
• • No lAol'C ; : on Fk'kl !<•
A,correstoOtuient of • the New York Times
•• 1 • * •
writes : • • • o
Col. McCunn’s brig’xde is stationed Itt Bai
i I/’s Crop* Goads, eixAniles from # Alexandria, ■
And his pickets are* so near ihi, lleJaels’ th;,t
they can easily converse wih each ’other. A
few days space, Uvo oi Cpl.*Kenjgaii’s ;egiment
were shot*by*tfie enemy’s pickets and killed. —
’ imnsediatefy after, a body of our troops made
a charge iipon*th*e rebel pickets and carried off ,
three men and brought them into’eaffip 0 1 hey
were members 41 f Capt. Jones’ company, of.the
First'Keginß’ut of CVvalry. Capt. J.o’nes tocn
proposed that both sides avoid the tooHiii” of
oae andlKer’s pickets, on the syound tffat it
was a barbarous • practice, not consistent* jtith #
givili*. and warfare.. Col. jNlcCunn had inter
vn;w wit]; Capt. Jones on the 4>ntpo>3s, ani£ this
proposition w,t* ‘agreed to; g’nd alinuSt vhtily
;incc, the piekots of rhe twt) camps ! have .beSn <
•vvithinrttalking distance of one miotticr. * •
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• The Pi-cccdnil INlablishcd.
. The Southern Bccorder,*of Milled Seville, in
notjc.ijig the rcei;t lgtter of Gov.. Brown, says:
• 111 arguing the question of pfeeedent,• Gov
ernor Brown has referred to Goa. Irwin, wlift,
he says, “was called to The Executive Chair.the
third time.” The recoAl does not foljy sustain..
. the quotatinn in the tight perlmps which tbe.
reader will imag’inc.. c lnrfe U.irne3 to the
autoority, a°nd twid thajyrr*January, 1 TOG, Grtti
Jared Irwin was elected Goveiliot by the
islatftre fqr the t?nn of two years, and was sue-.
> ceeded by Gen. .James JaSkson. TVc hear*
nothing more of him in the until
fram §efit.
“President of tbe Senate? be filled the vacancy
caused by the election of Gov* Millc’dge to the
’ Senate of the United States. Then Gov. Ir
win was continued in the 6ffice*by a fresh elec
tion by the “Legislaturf, and this waatlre third
term relied upon by Gov. Brown to ’justify his
adaption of o wiythy an example “as that of
the grandfather of his correspondent. 0
This fully and conclusively establishes the
fact that no Governor htfe ever been elected 5
for three successive terms. ° .
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Sliws-nilisi;; i:i IDiifiidcijilifii.
. It seems that bifo little progress is making in
recruiting at I biladclpbfa at present. The In
quirer, of rciyarks :
The whole system of recruiting volunteers
is haiQ Mutiv thousand cnlisfed nicu are wan
'dering about the city, and*cannot be mustered
in because “tbe regiment is not full;” mean
while they get no pay, lui*vh no work, are not
drilled, and are learning habits of idleness and
intoxication. When the unhappy Colonels in
embryo arc*lvinting fin-•more, men to* ifiake* up
the still number, th# others fail off', join, other
regiments which seem njorc* 1 ikcly*to fill up, and
the Colonel perhaps f3i!s at last, after spending
time, labor and myney.
I>f*frat tSie Rf]>yM:cnip< i:i Si. I,<oni*.
On Monday, the 12th, aft election was held
*ifSt. Louis, for a Clerk of tjic Law Commisi
sioners*Cou;t* and resulted, sJysJhe Missouri
an*, in the success oT -Mr. Win. C. Hoffman—
the qut-spol?en, anti-subjugation, atftf-abolition,
ant.i.coercion,*fair and’squarc Statc*Bights ca*n
•didate —by in tire city’of
St. J.pu’fs; which will be very largely *in?reased
as the voje’ofthe county prcjincts iiroceived # .”
T'ouqting the votes throfn fo.other candidates
holding viftwS*siaiilar to Mr. Ifo, tire Missoirti
an saysrthe cleiy majority in thc.cTty oygf the,
Republican eaij/folute is 2,840. o •
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Tiwiiilc*vith l-’or‘ I’onor.x. •
• * I telegraplieii to you last “night tUat Lord
Lyons had laid* f>cforc*tlic President a written
statement pf the number an 4 uanfes* of the
vessels that had paesd the blockade of*.the
,Soutifern port*, with the declaration, that Eh
gland c<juld*not regard as Effectual a blockade
condutc4l in sue*h manner. °I now learn tTiat
the French Minister joined with *Lortl Lyons
‘jn the conwnunication and that if was, indeed,!
a joint papur, in the naturgof a protest*on the
],art ol’ the representatives of I’nance pnd ling
lay] , against such an ineffectual attempt to
bjockade th Southort> fof'ts. — -.Rhlluo+dplua
Enquiry . * ,_. . *■”
, ‘flic .llormo’id Oan-I atHifii Old Abe.
Buighahi Vutig has tlirowp atlcgi- <
ance ti; the Lnited Statts.Governmeut, and nle
clared tfoe independence (;f* the Territory* The;
Mormons* were, at kiss aeeounfs, armiim in c*ve
*y direction to mail Jain their “independence
all hazands. ..***• • ,
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Pen#c rayci’M. • * 0
The Joauntil of that the Day
. Ifook’s J*;t of *1 fiapers, wibh his own addi
tions, make n<iless than ®nc hundred ai:d,fifty
tw# journals**n the N#irth tire war.—-.
4t is all folly for the *Bepublican ptpers to “in
sist tJi*t thjs isjiot evidence of y.ublip opinion.
These joumtfjs iianre /cafofs ai?d ’stibscnbers
that of Uiejr sentiment*, o and .their
off in be r*i n the‘aggregate would larger 0
ifj-iyy than ..Lincoln will ever get
A* if J or/;. D<nj Brwk. •
**
Ivyssell after the battle of Mhnassw reads as
. * u . WH : “ JiTe degd’ed ys it wt!B,
rtiight liawe bad no soriduS effect but for the
’disgraceful conduct of # foe troops. * The retreat’
• enfoed in a aewafdly* rout —a miserable * cause-,
less pan ice fouch* scandalous .conduct on the
{ttirt of soldiers I ‘considered *inipossible. 1
liave neter.oeveff anmyg *cajhp follofi’ers, “seen
•the like. The North inust.pfit Jier best fiicn
# iu or she wiH.incvitaljfo* ftul*befofe
the #neygy anj superior fighting powefof’her
; antagonists.” # * • . . *
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• • .V PrivnCe Hi inf*
9 • ,
• The Xw .Xork Journal of Couftncrc# pub
lishes the*blowing extract* from * letter to a
New York merchant •from a leading linn* in
London: *
• Tjdnqon, Aug. 2.*
• “Osborne f Donegal, No. 10.1 ) is, Ordered to*
‘American station. •We are prepar
ing.endrox us Reinforcement® to protect British .
<J , ouitncv ) pc*against a blockade, which js*l>oPl; it”
legal and inefficient.
‘ r rherc are only ft* Peeks’ AmsumptioQ of .
gotto* in the country. * <
Vliven it you Tiuuhl whip T3cauroLgird, ,l*e^
has only*to retire and cvci4ts # . ~’
• “There is jio possibility* of* getting a loan
here, s<; Mi*..('base musk depend on. .what* Ije
cwn ue!*#lt hull.' 1 .” . •
•*• • •
•, . •
SSciCira i4 Acini*. •
A northern th# actofc are go
ing abroad, despairing ify homi*°
dufiug’the war. Miss Cushman,aJuscphus Jef
yfersoi?, Chin’e, She* Pomcdian, the KloAnegs,
Sam Cowell,*Miss.Bara*h Stcvens„Sml Mr. SotTi
ern are annojinced as hating already l*,ft, for
.Europe, of as being*en the point o[ departure.
Sav.Rnml* ‘ • * * .
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■ iaiisciilu'* *•'<>’■' .■: < S>i*l-. al.
• 1 Yamington, couymttee*ro
ported twelve di.-!*val and many *disifl<*ct*iM iiy
tlie War Department; lifty-cii* ifi.-loj’al au<4 ten
suspected in tbc Trsasiiry...l)epaeuTient; twen
ty disloyal and seven suspeejed in, the Di^iart
yjnnt of t>he Interior. • * *
• *••
• 0 “*%* ‘ , # •
The “fasti’ poachers of .New A ork held a
meeting, last week, for the purpbse of*protest
ing against Jjght*ijg battles on Sunday*. * Key: *
l)r. Tyng was eoijspieyoas in it. They Took
tjic.groiyid that a battle begin* <*u that day .is
i sur*c to*be l#st to tlte side beginning it. J'hi/i.
is me iff tin’ last if not^hc,Tu tof wasows for
the defeat at
0 _ 4 4 • —*** #
Eiuzzn ! .
•. The T ew York IleraWl* of
’•sa\*s that thel4oe!rtule is # no blockade at all j
that the Sflutlmrn privatiwrs ha\e already (jap
.tused tyor? .ban <§2(J,UOO,OO0 o worlJi * of Norfli
ern favpertv, llftit. “vt*ry s<w>n trtoro tjian a*
i Sloo,ooo # uuo will be lu< to the Xorjl? by the
same caus-.” • .. • °
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Ocorsii* Taxes Corl^lilc
.Our trt’xcs for the* support <Tf the( lovernment
.last yfcar amounted to 8400,0W0. In order so 1
I meet ihc*cx t isrofd i nary .ex pcuses of tpe present
year, thfi Legislator;: authorized a lCvy of 8000-
000 instead of §400,000, a*nd in i*der to raise
tlfat sum the.assessmont determined on is ten
ijfid a half.cents on the hundred dollars.
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Brins isi uOiUJOI'c Reports.
, The New York Express, in an article on the
official reports*of the baTtlp of Manukas, re-,
marks: . •
The mftre we .hear af the eoqdjict of sonic of
our officers and men at Dull Hun, the more vfe
are to let the curtain drop on “the
•whole affair, and cry 91K with ..tlie Thane, t>f
Cawdor,*‘•llring in no moreweports.” * * * *
W ith disclosures of this discreditable char
acter crowding upon us, w<s think °the reader
will with the wish we have alerady
expressed, tli.rt Dull, Kan should drop into ob
livion* The country lias heard of it.—
•Bring i no more reports.” *
O __ 0
Gen. Ziillicoffer, at Cumberland Gap, has ta
ken b(JS stand of arms intended for tin* Cnioi*
men of [vast Tennessee, * has captured
eighteen ui tjic ring leaders of the A'bellion in
that quarter. * * . *
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’McDowell’s official report of the battle of
Manassas staffs the losses oT t?ie LincoJn ai*my
as follows: Aiticfj/ officers and four hwi'lretl*
aii<L
eers.and ante hundnd and Jorty-secc a “private*
lie asserts that the actual number*
of men engaged on*his side was eijhta.m thoic
sand!! . , •
• B . .V .
The M of Ancient Times.
AVp tlirnk it will have a good influence tufa
uyTiai’ize ouV ofiicers*aud men with the pudish- .
tycnt which brave troops lire*really capable of
standing, and which tile *egular armies of Ivn-*
rope do stand-in mfls4’important engagements.
At.the battle of Blenheim, fought in 1704,
betwten the English and Confederates, *com
mandetLby tJieiUikepf Mailborougfi, anil the*
French and Bavarians, under Marshall Tallards
and the elector of Bavaria, the Lytct* lost ’ll^
(TOO in killed and wounded/and 13,000 pripou
ersT *. * • •*’ ... “*. * *
. At the battle of Malpl iquet, in 17Q9,*whbro
Marlborough and* Eugen.e were “out.
of * 130,00 U m'eni they hist 18,000. *. •
, Atr Prague, sher<? Frederick oT Prussia beat
II the Austrians, he lost himsplf 10,000 iu kMted *
.and wotindcij, oTiUof *?0,000. .
At.Lcitthcn, the Atfstrian*,. out jf .L0,00(3,
•mem, Hardly preserved..more* than as
mapy as 30,000 being taken.prisoners.
, At Aifcferlilz the Frc/icli had* 80,000* the ■
AlMes*los,opo.* The former lost*abouk rO,OOO
met* and the lattejc 40,000,. ( w>any. 0 T whom
were drowsed,) be*deS prisoners” AtMpnfi*
each party ‘had about lT)0,000*m. n. . The
b reach lost’in and \\ounded .l”,O0b, tlu*
i riKsians 40,000 in killed and* wounded, and
.20,0c*) prisoners. At. Eylau Napoleon lost 15-
000 toeo,.and the Russians2o,ooo.. At Erted- ’
Jand the.Kwsshms lust o*a,ooo in killed* nyoun-*
(i ded, drowned and*prisoners. At Essling whetb
Napoleon was defeated *J>y* AVcJuluke Charles, ‘
the French.lusi 6,00(T killed, 18. WOO wounded,
, 0,000 prisoners. Marshall tlircp
geneials Slid one hfiudred and twentj*eight ofli
, cere were among the killed. , Th < Irteen ( geßerals
and seven hundred .pfficers were woundc*i. —
• by no means so groat?
At BorotUnd, on tlc 7th o's•• September, -IM2,
the bpencliTind* Kussiafls strtigglcd all day —ttie.
loraier, Tvith 127,000.*nen* and fiVO. *:;iuig, th*e
lat.ter with ijo,o(W inen and OfO guns. Napo
leon carried the day, but lost about 1(T.000 men;
fhd Russians 16ft aboiU tbc^saifieaumbcs* ffii Uie
’ field. . • :* * . *
• . We* conic to ficipsig. Nypftleon’s afnCy nmn
bered*l7s,ooo. The ajlied monavchs had 000- •
Ooy. Tht battle; continued t\To da}:?. The
a lies paol for tlfeir .victory .with the los?of 80,>
00W men. r ErtfncH* killed reachedd7**ooo
# —their efitirc
A*t Y\ aterloo, the l<;ss allies (exclu
sive of the Prussians,*) was ’ ‘U ,f)00 o*;t of 7S -
000# Thc.Erench lost 00,000. *
#\t Inkermao, the Russians had ls,ooo*kille<l
and wounded oflt of 50,0CQ. *-The Jlis lost
* abftuk 5,000. * * * •
■ At Ma"gcnta, the French had* men—*
the Austrians 75,000? the Termer had 4,600
killed and* wtunded-*-the latter 13M00 and
7000 prisoners.. * * . .
the aUies numbeiUck 140,000, of ‘
Ntihicdi they lost 10,000. . The Au.?trkins ktxl *
IW,ooo;and lost 21,00(Jjiil!ed and wyuTidcS,
1 < ,OX4O prisohersand 30 canuoy. ~