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gipntde & Srffarati. COftFKDKRATE mllfeKKH AM) IHLIK PBIXEA Captain Semmes has addressed the ,o.\ov?, to the London Time, as a reply “to numerous assaults upon him by the English Press, on me Bubject of bis destroying prizes at sea without adjudication by a Prize Court : TIIE MUMS WITT CONFEDERATE CBUMEBS BCBN THJCIE FRIZES, AND TDK REMEDV. Co v rn>t'RAT* States Steamer Alabama, ' Os tub Hi oh Seas. April,* 1 '<l. j t had the honor to command the fir: t vess-.I of war (the steamer Sumt-r) conunissi-jiieu ■»> the Confederate 'tales in the present war. and, having successfully run the ot Orleans and got to sea, it emit bet, l iff' " ry for me to adopt some mode o. au>go~H.,, m my prizes. A blockade of tnc eo ue Coae >■ * the Confederate btat s bad a.ready ’*f" dared, and the enemy was .'.my m Of-leclti g and arming ships to enforce “ - , ed that in the course of a1 -w rnn ..n in n.ou; ode would be at least sufficient to he* -q o.k •».. vessels, and of this class, with rare e>.crp..Ou-, it was probable my prizes would be. it was clear, therefore, that I should be effectually prevented from sending my prizes into rue Confederate ports. Cp to the time of my running tne blockade (June 30, Jenl) i hid not seen Her lint ::.:dc Majesty's Orders in Council prohibit.ogHic belligerents from bringingt icir prizes mro i*.n ish ports; and looking to the unequal “ tiou of such or<i■ •, i had strong hope none such would be L ii. i made toy u prizes on the coast of Cutr..; and. w..a :t v. -to test the disposi ion of ; uin t v, . I sent them—sevf-i; in nurubf—into the por. of Cienfuegos. 1 h ir .-m a ■ - to the Cap: tin General at liay.utr u-p --tain General was without ia»tni«t'< * t.io ordars of neutrality oi the fjut cti ot ': :un yet haying beta received, i'he pr;z Ma ri permitted to remain until these orders shau . arrive. Tire crdi-rs came, and the rr.ze.; v.-re afterwards ill* gaily handed over to the enemy, instead of being warned to depart, irpaai, as well as France, bad followed the lead of Great Britain, and in due time all the smaller c .-n- merclal nations did tie same. To show the objects I bad in view in sending in these priz es, i quote b* low an extract from my letter to tiie Governor of < licufuegos: The cargor sos several-4 these vessels are rbr.'. -■ the papei i, at ( ini pr not, ofcouise.be ve«• tied o-vc.-pt by t: ju.;.c:-..l bate States. But while this fact is de termined, whatfls lo be dene with the ptonsr ty ? I have flit; right to <!--.l:oy th : v- -i but not the cargo, ii ciso tho latter sihiukl be, its claimed, Spanish properly; but how can I destroy the former and not the latter ? 1 cannot hefoie sentence unlade the cargoes ami •deliver them to tire claimants, for Ido not know that will lie euii.riae-J, earl i cannot destroy the caw-es, for 1 do not know that the claims will not be su lainedl i ieed, one of the motives which induced me i:i seeking a Spanish poit wa3 the tact that tboro car.;..;:; were claimed by Spa!::, h subj *s, >, r! .. desirous of putting to as little incr.nvt-- i nc sb possible in the unlading ad re: T »ti :h ci their property at’lr-r seoteu ■, in ca.-j >„ should•! be restored lo them. It will thus be seen L; '.t I was not only anx- i ious to condemn my prizes, but to put :.cu!r i to as little iueonvts.i nco ■p >. :■-■>• -. Ii n- j prizes had been received into neutral ni>i I and permitted to r-maia there until they c id 1 i be adjudicated by our 1: ize (J urts, sUil:-;r ia j our own territory, no po ibie itieonv' riencu j that I can perceive could have resulted to n. it- j tral natii ins, and have been secured —the ri ;!it ol the ci;r -r t > j the full benefit of his prize, and the r;. :! .. ■ the neutral olaitnitnt to n ijudic.-.tioti. U'ffiu inconvenience to Great Brie iu, for could possibly have . .-own out of if . . ;.t a captured ver-iel lyd g quiet!’,' :11 - doc!; • the port of Liverpool ip charge of a or,lp- j keeper and prize itgep/, until I- could h•• n.S iudicatod. HU d if she pL;>_ .t ho condemned, j why could not si.,, :• we b a sold bz quxily at : public auction as if she fov.l been seized and i sold undo* an execution for deb ■’ it w-.t my , Intention to follow the precedent set in th-,- j Cienfugos car..-—of scnl'iv.;; ail my pi-zes into tiie most convenient ports for the parties non- ; cerued ; as, where there w.-. o i-.ngii. j nnts, into English por‘;; ' I'oiuh '--n-s, ; into French ports, Ac.; butt V-i .‘.teefion was frustrated, as has be.cn . c-. :-., by -.fi • a u-rs oi the Qu ien s Go\ rnmeht li ay Government, beeau-f f t >.lo\eminent , the cue which was toll wed by all the other nations. By th. s-J er.le; -i was deprived fit the sum.- time of the right < of my prizes, and of the power of iv ijii i..- ; tion. What course was ex pool oil of mo under iii'-e • circumstances? Was it expcciod th:>. I w -u.d abandon the right of captur ; ultegodier ? or that'l would be guilt y.of the child’s ph*y of cap- j turing the enemy's ships with the one iu-d a--’ ; releasing them with the other ! that, in short, ' 1 Wl ,uld retire fr< m the high , id ' tho enemy to ptir 'te his cotumcrce, hi- “in- i accent and peacosble commerce, as Mr. i Adams plaintively and naively culls if. without : molestation. If y.-u did not suppose this and I 1 will not imnute such folly to a people v : -> not only know the value of commerce lo a b t ligerent , but who have always anudnlut* , ib commerce us their enenu- s u ffit'i' own ...i, -. —you must have kimwrt tout 1 d-. -froy the en - my’s ships in every ci.se wheiv was p i !••. Why, then, do you * lUpia-u *u 1 : c arse ). pursue ? Was it just to >ne, and then exci-im i:--. . it in . e- iiov ror ? is this the kind oi “iuir ’ 'ay'’ upon which Knglishre * i pi .de tire n-v. lv-'r ! But your neutrality, y:-,: : .-,y, c piled you . to this course. Let ti-- see how luat i . Wlrit is neutrality ? Impin'iality. Imp: .alily in ' form or appearance merely, or i: ;•>xvtiality in , substance ? When a pr. ion is c i:-*-J upou in good.faiih to p*irfonu that mi -t sol.-mn act of declaring her impai rin'.:: y hetweefi two 1> ill-; emits, is a mere jugglery of wor.l.i all that • necessary, or mushe look at the p::e cons* quenccs of th«> mio slit* adopts / To rice query there would seem in bo but one aaevrer. The rule must not only qn-ak ia the bin irn of justice, but if must work out the end of jus - lice. Otherwise it is n -ii • n and r-’ Gut us test the orders of i ri. • ;i nee I ! v 11. . canon. Outheivf. cc i -.hi ;c r ihe i.-.e-re fair. W ligerent is ore! •••<?,!. .io h . ’ .-. "ii .. , of both'.i)i:i .-tils av c-M'-!. -:1 - : , log British waters. But v.-ii i tb o oroe:-t wore penned what . ts end v,>:.-, , :vut\.i were in the nnttd of I .- : o: 1>; i !.e c • did he not know that he was c-.ubmg ~ ing Mow at the Confederate :- .at tie' uno time that he vr s ■ r- - , dir. - : % into the U..,. 1 of the Federal States ? Let us see. It will be admitted that tiietwo b. Bh'-ronts • had the right to use ii-.tainst each cth -r tho ' modes cf warlave n.u by i: - ur tionftl code, and that .to rnUou to prohibit to eith* rcl m m .r.r u.-r ■ •• . t those modes, l’riv - v-. c-ue c-t > modes, an*lthecivmtiii. 'K't - et t'" v» to the war were sue!', e- •* - ■ •* oi e • wias peculiar!y \a u;e to i- c . :r. States. Th* Federal Bt.r. . .. c merce and a very r. ; ry. t: log retained perse* - ... of the old serf jeo, wb had little . > no cocrmt'i ginning toimprov.se n >'...>y._ A.n > ii r .y not be outot place to meir.ion a : ct F • creditable to the parties coiicvrned Every ship of war in the oommand of a 5 .übern val officer at the date of the seccr-ca r State was duly handed over to t Government before the ole errt.--gc.ed I*. mission and returned to his ' proportion of the v.'ea'.th ol t,:e ’ • . . - consisted in ihcir i, nc..e, «> ... ... bo destroyed an impeu u'.nt blow ' .. . be struck in the war. The 'Volunteer Corps' o. tl:r * "•—c mate as tho‘Volunteer Corps'of t: the most effective weapon ■. h wh-rt t this blow, and accor.lnig y. in .he .. f the war several pr.voice: - v.\ c. and others were being v.q By i . a the Queen's orders appt» red a. Isnoe... .t! whole scheme on tl e head As : . by : . . rise privateers which had elready U e:v c ' •ddissp] was suspended on tho.-e me r . tiou. and the little Sumter a;.. . . . by two or three other sm . -, .. v -. obliged to unuenafet the H L , destroying a commerce sec-c: ... •. Great Brittain, and which 1 , -• The mason oi he disappearance vate armed ships is o‘>v ■ q. -, . .'.'l. pawd at the cost ot mdividna!-"'a v* wnnly upon their captures su ,’,. these cannot be made avai .shi.? t;;.-'cv becomes abortive, and the capital i;.v V* “j it is sunk; and t .ey could iot be made rr i|. able l>y reason of the queen’s cod. - "■ ' to. denying t em the rieht of a?-, lum - • ports, the I mg that they could not be made at; ... ; n the Confoderatd port* because <.* the l : ok l i - blocka*le having been proeltdui* . uii April IS. lt>6l. end tho order Ei cm . .1* not having been issued nntill June 1 folkwing. far as re»ulj« wae coacferued tire* Briusli Government might as well have said to the Cotifvi'-rat States', in the words of the “Declara . * • t j jj.jj.ii_ -Brivateering is and remains ■S." 1 :»hed '. although the said States were not v i j'V. \ At! eu ;d declaration, the United . , ,V. a ’"the Fedaral mouthpiece, having | • hereto before the war. •j -e- wo. - V occasion for Mr. Seward to en !, . rOT j,, ...’ Into this “declaration,” af j „ war . j n the ):one that, by becoming a -,rtv “j i Great Britian would illogical ly hold hat'the Confederate States, now acknowledged ! ;e .;j ..rents, would be bound by the act cf • heir enemv. To- ifiithh Foreign Secretary r. bushies- better than this. With "the most commen.fable sagacity he took care of Lis : - . a; i of his friend Mr. Seward at the same • " .’ and accomplished the object of the Fed ; • n Council, with ; -rmitfiug its Minister to humiliate him This was one result of the declaration of neu r,r ty —An slice partiality—put forth by Great Briti.m. Bit the mkchittf did not end here.— : Cons deiat© States being compelled to re -rrlct their opera'ions upon the high seas to ibeir shipsbf war, those ships were alto serious* rva : this declaration. Their ina . ' to a.iiadicate their prizes already ;ri ret* rrc-d to. Asa consequence of this in ability ' . y could .cake no bcneficral use oi hem. Not only so. they were compelled in : ny instances to release them on ransom bond .or ue Inment of neutrals —that in to say, to -. ivc neutral claimants of cargoes an opportn* ,riiv after the war, when the bonds should ba . ’ I anon, to vindicate their claim in a court of jnsric with which opportunity their own (j i e-niaenu had denied to them duiiug the , r !:•; t - .'iM-ing it impossible for them to go be.'..-re a Confederate Prize Court. ... .. aof these vessels operated strong : .. . the enemy. Foritamount- I, - ; : to. !,j:a of so much property, of I- h h i been rightfully deprived, with A’hich 1 rry on the war ; his bonds, in the to tl Iv, lo c ■ ■ them until after the j : . mfechiaf, therefore, burned in t!i*-'.j bond c-aoo —the enemy continued to ~ , , j co. . .ace. and commerce to a bol ;r ; v.hi a tho captor’s means, ... not in - eased by his cap : ura. The reader will now see why so few of Close s'.-iiri a-i possible were raleasea on bond, the rein.'.- e b-ci.-'.g confined to those cases in, neutral claim was 1 pers. Neverthe! -s to show the good faith with will* h tiiociiptor must have acted towards neu iu ii; . r, <vt ry ship destroyed by i mucii property destroyed again: t i. ~ t ; :• .;> I'.-! s destroyed, no p. : ::-< coui.l be realized, whereas the I ml i-t.i bo valuable to him at the end cl 11 ..: v.**r. Au 1 ul.ii >u-:h it was to bo presumed t P, i v-.ry i deer -would, from n sense of duty, p izes as possible, y< , - i-- ...j i t ;-ist he had no private interest • .i to: a-oy them when there Was a if n nt.al tights, Uis leaning being, in fact, the other way. in:-j in, it the working of these British e ; thin and mi parailt that the won | s! -i.i: . •.! it should have been resorted to at till ! o-amlK orders co-TdnoThave I bi* i If tl pra it: eal elf. : of th;so I ‘ \ ' ng them? Can it be : it no other < ’ , a.o] !n to the Brlti h Gove ■ . ? : scoi damages .of its a ft mi ht bo sidw th tintli, in reply to conoplaints, “We woi-l; iK.li >.j u;. rthe!aw.-: r.f nations, rcgulat i.it*, i our ncutn.'.ity, to exclude '’■Ctrl !, Ecu-naval so:: co, and the consequent hloe'.ii-io ofjottr ictts, tiie rule operate more ici-.51., equally ut: open to Groat Britain to ad - • «•• F- iuio our piizoSy ito i will hot/ pro coo'l i-ha*/. Mil l -.-H.co of nr,lions has been various on ■ the. ;la exclude ihqm, as it may think fit. Tins ••• ! he i"o gene-rid uitilers.and'ing of the ri ;:i t-tiiu ■ v- - i.en, p.Uhouqh the.’, e ir, very : .v do t*..i!i. .Icy lire tl.-- opin .on that a | nation eanne y ex iludo the priz s 1 tio: .* tu that eff.-ct. I jscenivs <’e Jure *N:ri | tituo, 1. 2, c. •!, s. 7. Asa general rule, btl :i ici-jii! uatkois have not favored’tbe carrying l of thcii prizes ioto neutral pot'.s, and the vea ■ - .1 more convenient for , Prize Coin:n that they should h..ve the j-- i.- cu.: •of iho priz-' ‘o be atljudicatod. |Anl th ' ln .: ging in of prizes to tire homo . p;-: s v. cubj-'cts of the captor an. op- j : p :ti: Ely of dea'intr in prize property, an oh j 1 m !■•> small imcortanco in a maritime war 1 I >•. :.• mxny valuable captures are made. It | ::i v >:io .Uovr. c.s.cut.. too, the advantage of ji. y.i: >• iniuicii r-liir.s as it may wish to equip | for t’.io purpose of w:.-, nu advantage of which | the v.-diral States hove frequently availed ! b: nr- ives dir.-bjg the present war. Ih-nce, belii|;.-;-.'iit naiions have gen* rally required [ the'i niis< to bring their prizes into the i.lioi.m j. rts. Still, in casos where the contra :.y jiruriice was convenien t, nations have free* i : .-v:. ;.1 t'n’i-:- '!v ; of it, ' without let or co ft mi neutrals unlffis there was a . ti-.-ii-y iu .'it? way. tu i'onnri*.ars in which < - hi' in has been concerned, Leghorn i were l- «quc-ntly made use of for ! ■ . •• Gie priz- a being condemned nod I Ritiicuv ever reaching the home ports at all. f t ( viijo; the modem practice to be for the n -in- : !.->>> or i x-: i io prizes at pleasure, tho .mvotaption al-.v is, {nevious to the ;- b\ nrtitral of nay order on tho sub j' .'i. Liver of the -s-on—this having .... •?. -- 1 • cvt-mion practice. On this point ii ~ E'l-int-uls (Lawrence), p. 498; * • •!tin:--re’s International Lvw, p. 407, •; her-.vecn nations on tliis snb ’ .I. . -.-ii j.:i variou r,s the practice. In ':* a tr.- iy was entered into between France ';> • iuri.-d .-dales, whore!ly no ship of the ; cr. :-ny of * ther party was allowed to sell her a- Large her cargo, or buy more ■ ■ n- G: i immediately indispensable,'in iN' j povv.u f;! t>'G other. :■ inuH.tr treaty was entered into k!, then otie of ; . ■> 1. n: n. • v .-: i- v 'party into the • 17 12 : v. ir io between 'Spam | i at'-’, nenm:'.• av.t : - ri:d"g t!:e reception and . j)- ! vs p ii . ' uvc. , and so late as 1829 i :•* 'rr yv . • ! :-■• mi fioUat'-d and the j v7i.:ngthoiecenticn i ■ • i '.-1 c-'uh -■ e-’s J i . ... . .“ -- - a i o U». . | • «-i" :•?$ beUvoe i Great Britkiu i in, exf 11 lu'.i' Grea t 3 -ritfan v nld be i* U . tr. oncf, tc nly the. rule v.. ; Coined erate S irks; bin it , v e ivu -.-bered t:. t a war ooeuned be •. : vO tlie format* on of those Uwkcs, - - • • •c e . iii,: rin Ghent, winch, put- aa e . u io that w&r, or in k -r*v subsequent i *.v ‘y. ‘1 r.o ignoring ot such a : on :-iba, after it h 1 h: on mrUe the subject of ’ ■ 1 . the in n . h ; -.'co •>. ! ‘tor theTq cure. Grom o ';- no c;: -ibrilifr unjust and * : ; ' - c ' ■'*■? l. n p m r.<d. She can 1 - nm ».• : - .10 )i i.y-f native v.n- 1 . j 3 . v Ov.iy obligation. _ <•’ \ v.MKi has s>lr« :vij- been sed of. • t • ' ' ’• - th<j entry of 1 "ii- “ ; '>■!' ~! this Slav-3 enabie; 1 . ‘ . \ 'io .... ‘.i thi iu so as tc>s;we r.n i. : o ■■■ e i ... '• . i-.' Without a. ii'.'t. . .-t Lord dtowt >ll. in tin? case t : ■' (1 Roh.,pp.MS»-142),de . .•; th . ■ - -■ -- ■ st.atit g oa the • civneli v.v:', a«..t t-rvry )..'.v ..r knows> the vim ' v .'ih which his LerJ.-Ibp a;-ai!ed e rw.ihiug . ' . •: h-c .ris n. well; ottkd il.a- a btllk ei ent pdao i. . . i ! cm. a p lying in neva-.al -witter-. provided i.M ' *-«;on oi the co.ptor rendns. Ami i•• -•-• ; •A 'io in : - v tis I sett . 'v. w : *e- SThe i ] ■ u> , •: iu a iiii.33 c -e is in rer.A, and, to j«: -v the cr. ju.iiuii - '-.a. it is oal? ner-essary it;... ic sL-.-ut i . .v. p section of tS e prize.— i But this:, t-d not it; ugaial possession by the <•■• i m.-s comt. as It the maiss al and bis : x - - 4 su- , <.k'r.i if tue car.tor, or bis duly, rip* i c in*® ‘,Jsent, has because' bie pos . Sl -v ca . ' of t-lis Gotweamcat nndcr w.bose . 1 ■' *-»- c.a.rt kits, a» efleet.uailv aa . ernment has no right to interfere with the captor's possession of his prize—the only easo excepted of the enpture having been made within tho waters of the neutral territory. So th..t if the prize be admitted into the neutral port at all—and the argument proceeds upon that bypothe*'*— the captor's possession remains as tirmlv established as if he and his priza were in his own country. In support of this juris diction of the Prize Court 1 quote the following authorities : In 111 Philtimore’s International Law p.4»2 it is said : ‘An attentive review of all the cases decided in all the Courts of Eng land and the North American United States during the last war (1812) leads to the conclu sion that the condom .ation of capture by a re gular Pri*2 Curt, sitting in the country of th-? belligerent, of a prize lying at the time of the sentence in a neutral port that is irregular but clearly valid. I:appears to he the inclination of the Eng lish Prize Court, during the present war (Rus sian) to limit to cases of necessity the con demnation ol' vessels lying in a neutral port. It is scarcely necessary to add, alter what has beeu said as to the former French law on ccn dsmnut.on by judges of the belligerent In neu tral ports (that is, the judge, and-the prize both being in the neutral) port that such con denotations of vessels lying in neutral ports are Leiden valid by the French Prize Courts.'' Again, in the volume already quoted, p.’ 426, it is said: The courts of the North American United States allow that property may be con demned in the courts of the captor whilelyiny ia a neutral country, but still thfiy rightly hold that it can only be so adjudicated upon while the possession of the captor remains, for if it be divested, either in tact or by opera'ioa of law, that possession is gone which can alone sustain the jurisdiction. And it is to be ob served ii.at. a fortiori, where the property is already in the custody of a neutral tribunal, aaj the title is there subjudice, no oil; -r foreign court con by any adjudication of its own right fully take away, forestall, or defeat tire jtitis diOtmnof Ibis neutral tribunal; and the author quote s 7, Wheaton’s Reports, 356. It th is appears that, unless the captor di vests himself of the possession of tho prize (as by sale without waiting l'-.>r condemnation), or his possession is divested by operation of law (ag by bis bringing a prize captured within nen ;ral waters within neutral jurisdiction), tho bel ligerent Prize Court, sitting in Its own country, has ample power to adjudicate. There would seem, then, to be no difficulty in the way of Great Britain’s revoking her un just and u until tral orders iuCnt :cil and return ing to a sense of justice. If individuals are bound in conscience to retract their errors when once discovered, how mhch more are nations boun i to do so. the-consequences of whose er rors arc so much more widely spread? By do ing justice to the CSufedcrate States Great Brit ain w r iil not bo doing injustice to the Federal Biiites. If she gives an asylum in her ports to I'.eformer, site will c-qua ly give it to the lat- I r ; and if this should work an incidental E-d --vanlnge to the Confederate States, why shcirid l; is he objected to more than the opposite rule, which has worked them so many disadvanta ges ? And it will be less graceful in Great Britain to peri'..r"i this act of justice because one of the parties in the forum- iu struggling against odds, while the other has become uv r bearing. nay truculent and defiant, from a lan ded excess of brute strength ? It is never sate-for a nation, any* more than an individual, to temporise especially with a bu.jj, rind at the < .vt of injustice to a weak er party. Great Brittain innocently lan ck: ri.it she is “laying up against a rainy c. —that is to say that she is conciliating the ‘•a Yankee cation” by her present one ri 1 course, and establishing wise and - safe ; rcci-denfs to be followed by that people here after >. ' -u aha hull herself become a belliger ent. But I war l hot that it'is r.il fancy, and that silo will reap the reward of her timidity in the usual way—timidity on, the part of na f i; always inviting further iaault and oirt i lee. A people who have become so lunatic a.* to destroy a constitutional Government and v<>' iut- . iiy submit their necks to the yoke of. •i course and illiterate tytant for the sake of vli.-iii c. in gratification of tlu-ir revenge, el-.lrt iniiiiors ot their former‘feiiowdtizens, v- i:l luiidiy permit themselves to bo.ruled by English precedents, to be calmly quoted to tliun by some future, peace-loving Euri Russell, from po’ndrous blue books. CAPTUAE OP IRtOWriLOW'S KAiriELS AT A'EU'AAA. Avery handsome offair occurred atNewnan, on ti.o Atlanta nud West Point RailrooJ. r-v ;U, iu which tne larger portion of the mavau di-rs— Brov/nlow’s command—was captured by tin opportune a:rival of General Reddy’s c un* nr.v'A at that place. Gen. Roddy’s Brigade hud arrived at Nowuan on ihe night before, and tiie t whs stopped there during the night in c-o:*’quence of the-fact that tho raiders were probably iu the vicinity, or had torn up a por tion*-. th:- track ta Atlanta. AIW daylight Gun. Roddy hearing that the Yankee cavalry wore advancing upon the town, deployed his brigade outside the limits of the town, in the direction that ihe enemy were supposed to be coming. After awaiting for score hours, Gen. Roddy, b Mittveing that it was a fa'se alarm, had the wriistlj of the locomotive sounded, that being the agreed signal, for Ids troops to assemble at. tiie train. At that "*time about fifteen Yankee <•-, .volry came galloping up to him and demand ing his surrend-.r He replied that he had not c.-rie there to surrender and called on his escort, who were not far off, to lire into them: The e. uort rushed to their guns, which were stack ed, when the cavalry fired into (hem, without dm nape, and immediately galloped off. Gen. Rondy's command coming up now, and seeing that the main body of the Yankees were ad vumciDg from the opposite side of 'the town, on which his men had been posted, lie' went out to engage tbefit, lie here had quite a heavy •skirmish with Un m, liekl them iu check until a body of Con federate cavalry under Gen. Wheeler, who had been p>. ir suing them, came up in thcii rear, and bliving the Yankees surrounded, alter a t ia -tif3Ctn.il effort to move out by-the right Hank, about six hundred of them were taken prison ers, Among these is Col. Brofirtilow, who was iu command of party, and who is also reported wounded. These are the same raiders who veto on Fri pay last engaged in the work of tearing up the railroad between this c-Uy and Atlanta, -mlxif plundering the' citizens in the vicinity of Lov.-joy- station. The confidence we have espresso-. that tho raiders in Georgia would he chnslisod by our cavalry hss not been mjs pavce.l. In a day or two more we expect to chronicle a similar fate having befallen the bold robbsrs who have playing their '•'.rnnliS « ■. « )fui * 'All of the enemy’s artillery (six pieces) wits crq;'.tired, and it is believed that many more j j-.-.- •/tiers iviii ho secured, i The oris'h’.al force of the raiders is not c*ti j meicil at Headquarters at more than twelve. ! ii’ii'.di’.'d in. u. l: iv;!l be seen, therefore, that in ore - y prisonei;. . caving been taken at Love-joy's.—Orif ■ ■ from tub Treasury Defaetment. — ! The re.v Secretary of the Treasury Las Lsuc-d. ttjjhe folicwing orders : j Jn onKr io promote as far as practicable the c-ari Lqoi-iaLon by the Treasury of tiie oui i;; -Ati-^rro-1 noU-s the Treasurer, Assistaat | -v; ;;; -. rs ar-.l Pay Depositaries in the .. itoient i y*.; r .e ! -.i i v oDthorizad to receive the i noi ls excc.-c Fro f ICO notes, at sixty-six | and tv»o-t'iir<l por centnm on deposit, issuing 1 • <>.- . . ..-.te o! ioc.-n upon hypothecation !of non-t.'.xa: i . The said certificates tq :c iv on d'-mand, after the expiration df ! ninety da -s. ' I Aiul mi uj.ent:-' fur the sale of the above j :.i are hci-.-by authorized to n eive the : iax.ri notes v.ith the exception of the above i miuied a rui meat of bonds, when sold, at the | rate ol' sixiy-eix and two-third per centum. . Loons on the security of the five hundred I mil lion, six per cent, non taxable Bonds under I s-.-v*? .ta section of tho currency law. Pcq.oshs on cad will bo received by t-he : Trt'as...-.r i.. lins city, tho A. Treasurers Lat'( ■ n and Mobile, and the Depori tries jut i . dug ten, Raleigh, Columbia, Savaunah, |Ar cn io. and Montgomery; and ! writ be issued for the same, bearing interest at j the rate of four per cent, per annum, end se cured by ihe hyp k cation of au amount of jt . • above b and, equal to the sura of these : 1< m. be bonds to be set ajrait by the TreaS j urer, and the proceeds when sold, applied ex , cl-Cfiveiy to .ue payment of tue said Ccrun- I LiltvS. | L.e seeurity and convenience afforded to j banks and other corperations, and to the public •.-ncruLy. by this mede of temporary mvest i me : ; and the el-u of the measure, if gen j vi:.'.:y -t in keeping the currency within ! moderate b utnds, it is hoped will ceminetid: it : i ■ to. ; .vorable coiisl-Jeßitimi of the cuminu* j airy ar-i .-ccttrc- ket prompt co-operation in f carrying it into effect ——-gtlw The New York Vvorlu publishes a cemmuni cahion, < ..-ck ;tl the letters of dor. - y-. | motxc to District Ait ney Haii, cf New York, ,auu-Gt=n. McClellan';. Gen. Fremont's, Mrs. Fremont's, and the letters of other prominent -indn idwals, are regularly opened by Lincoln’s ytgjmts. -’ Gs JTt excitement exiis in Paimsyivaaia on ! —f>uf«dnntu jaiimifcmL XORTHERA' .\E\Y)S. Silver has been discovered in the pineries in Wisconsin. Hanging, robberies and burnings continue to render Kansas as cheerful a territory as ever. During the investigations into the immorali ties of the Tieasury Department the depositions of ten women employed in the department were read, and some of them pronounced wholly un fit for publication. The Washington Era declines that Lincoln and Halleck dictated the Red River campaign, and that Banks oniy followed their orders. New Orleans papers state that three Confed erate cruisers have been seen off this coast. It is rumored in New Orleans that Maximil ian will send commissioners to Richmond, A board of Yankee navy officers have de cided that the officers and men of the Confede rate steamer Alabama, Carried off by the* British yacht Deerhound are rightfully prison ers of war. Their deciding and getting posses sion of these men are two things. A large body of Confederate cavalry nre said to be crossing the Cumberland, and making their way into Kentucky. The name of their commander is not given. Yankee vftsels report seeing a suspicious locking steamer off Capo Hatteras. Northern papers state that the Confederate force now advancing into Pennsylvania, num bers forty thousand. Chase is being urged as a candidate for Con gress from the Ist district in Ohio, which Is now re, resented by lion. Alexander Long. The New Y’ork News reaffirms its statement, that Grant crossed the Ilapidan with 240,000 men. The wife of Mr. Abraham Louderback, of Hickory township in this county, says the tjeuy ler, 111., Citizen, gave birth a lew weeks since to twin daughters. Mrs. Louderback is seven ty-eight years of age. _ Ilcsencrans is calling upon the citizens of Missouri to volunteer to defend the State. A Confederate battery situated fifteen miles above Skipworth Landing, on the Missis-ippi river, is-doing a great deal of damage to Yan kee steamers. From all accounts it appears that Banks is not able to run Linclon plantations in Louisi ana to much advantage. Tiie N. Y. Commercial Adveriisar is of the opinion that the man in prision for writing the bogus proclamation for more troops should be released at once—because the troops have now been called for. Tiie - Advertiser thinks that the bogus proclamation reads better, mid would have raised more troops had it not been exposed than the genuine one now will. •‘A diver went to the cabin of the wrecked Bo hemian, at Portland, recently, and recovered the purser's drawer, containing live hundred sovereigns valued at four thousand dollars. He also brought up other valuable articles. The Rhode Island miscegenation partisans are urging the abolition of schools exclusively for colored children, and requiring the admis sion of negroes into all .the schools of the State. Tho question is before the Legislature. One man, twelve miles south of L-t, Crosse, Wisconsin, ba3 taken with a net tftis season lit)'000 pigeons. Another man at Sparta has taken $1,300 worth-, at four cents each. General O. Howard has been appointed to the command of the Army and Department of tho Tennessee, the position made vacant by the recent death of General McPherson. Gen. Payne is ruling Kentucky with an iron rod. Ho has confiscated fifteen stores in J?iidu cah. Large numbers have beeu driven from their homes and their property confiscated. A frightful accident occurred at Goat’s .Isl and, Niagara Falls, near Biddle’s staircase, on tho 22d July. A carriage, containing the wife of Capt. Webster and the wife-of Capt. Hunt, of the Quartermaster’s Department, were thrown over the precipice by the horses taking fright. Fortunately, a shelfin the; rock, some thirty feet down, broke their fall, and the ladies lodged in the trees. Ouo was seriously and tiie other slightly injured. Northern papers, state-that many counties in Missouri are overrun with guerrillas, and. a war of retaliation has commenced which has led tiie most fearful, atrocities. The Paw Taw nwvlitia oi.riatte county, organized and armed by Gen. Rosecranz for the defend of that sec tion of the State against gnerrilles, have for •the most part made common cause with the latter. Gen. Rnsecrfihz, by authority of the V X'*.-'Tryo»ri3r6oai>,-T.rtrW CcStluil iUL’ 111 116 regiments of six.montlia’ volunteers, for the protection of Missouri against guerrillas. The National Intelligencer states that Lincoln’ cabinet embrogito still continues. While a ’change in the Yfar Department is decided up on, be is [serplexed’as to the properindividuals to succeed Mr. Stanton, and tho delay in a change has beencaused by t-he difficulty ho has experiemflsd in finding tho right man. .Some curious developments in regard to this matter’ will scon be furnished to the public. A large quantity cf valuable furniture seized at Fredericksburg, has beeu taken to Wash ington, and’ sold under tho confiscation act. * The Lincolnite Governor of Louisiana bas removed a judge for a decision in a cause to tiie effect that the institution of slavery still exis ted iu the parish of Orleans and State of Louis iana. Subsequently the question was brought up in the Negro State Convention, now in ses sion at New Orleans, by the Bee Hunter, Thorpe, who introduced a resolution declaring that all decisions, holding that slavery still exists in this State, are contrary to the fundamental law of the State, and a contempt upon the ordinance of emancipation. The resolution was adopted. Dan Sickle*lately visited Helena, Ark., end made a speech to the colored regiments there, in whic h he told them that the war is for eman cipation, and they are nobly achieving the fu ture destiny c-f their race. ' Quite a large Confederate cavalry force was at last accounts doiugas they pleased in Penn sylvania. The Confederate steamer Florida still con timics to do good work among the l'anLee shipping. A military commission sitting at Washing ton recently tried and sentenced to lie shot two citizens of Virginia, lor carrying cn a guer ' villa warfare. One cf them lias also broken his oath of allegiance and violated his parole. The sentences of both have been commuted to imprisonment in the Albany penitentiary for , fen years, and a citizen of Maryland is to be sent thither for one year and pay a fine of $250 tor aiding soldiers to desert. The New York Herald pays Lincoln’s view of the} Monroe doctrine is like that of the Yankee candidate for Governor of Maine. He favored the temperance law, but was opposed to its enforcement. General Ward has been mustered out of the. United Ltates Service. He demands a com tof inquiry, and insists that he has not been fairly treated. Tho Department clerks and niggers in Wash ington, have ail been mastered" into one bat talion- The N. Y'. Evening Post says Lincoln’s call for mors troops will discourage the North be cause “its tone is not that of "the chief of a re public calling upon his fellow citizens lo sup port a cause ia’ which all are alike interested, but rather it is the tone of an European sover eign tolling his subjects what hfe requires of them.” The Yankee ffeet- off Mobile consists of the Hartford (ffag-.sh'p.) 20 gun?; Richmond; 18 guns; Brooklyn, - 24 guns; Manougaliela, 12 guns; Oneida. 10 guns; Matacomb, 10 guns; Genessc, 8 gun*; Sebago, 10 guns; Port Royal, 10 guns; Kennebec, 5-guus; Pindc-la; 4 guns; Imisca, 4 guns; Pembina, 8 guns; Penguin, 7 guns; Tennessee; s.guns; Concmagh, 9 gung; Otsipee, 13 guns; Galena, 14 gnus; Cowslip. Pliiilipi, Gkissan, Jasmine, Buckthorn—tugs. The Yankee papers say that the Confeder ates obtained enough, plunder at Martlnsburg to furnish their. army fora period of eight months. Northern papers state that all the operatives of the Sweetwater cotton Factory have been sent North, with.their families. The New Y'ork Tribune says : “The rebel lion is visibly on its last legs and tottering at that.’’ To which the Boston Courier replies: 1 hough .not much of an entomologist, we venture to "suggest, that the rebellion, in ex tremities. resembles tho lobster more than the centipede, inosmueh.tts when it loses its 1 last legs’ new cues A Moxtrf.a*. . Dkj-aclter Absconded. —Mr. Johnston, a mcqey and exchange broker of St. Francis Xavier street, has decamped with funds of dt positois to the amount of $60,000. The defaulter is from Vermont, but on the strength of two montbs’s residence in Alabama he parsed hirur-df offas a Southern man, and managed to fill the capacity of banker to a number of Southern residents, who were foolish enough to trust him. Having become the de i pcsitory of some '560,000 of his victims’ money, i he concluded to shift- his base oi' operations, j and left for New York. Thence he wrote that i he had been arrested' and sent to Fort Lafay ette; But it seems he took the Havana steamer, probably bound for Cuba. Oae party loses •slu, u 6b by his fraud ; the other sufferers small er amounts : but the loss to- some of the latter is more severe, as the vagabond has taken all tuey had, and left stem destitifte io a foreign I.wwtw. V -fl ■I, ■■ I FOREIGN ITEMS. Au ocean telegraph, with a capital of sl,- 250 000. has been started in England, on anew plan. This company prop- as “to provide and anchor ships near the ordinary track ot vessels, such ships I o serve as electric telegraph and signal stations in communication with existing systems in Europe and America, and also safe ty beacons -for navigation.” Tho ships are to befitted up complete, as telegraph stations, and are to be provided with steam power. Steam-tenders, capable of acting as tugs, are also to be at hand, with a view to render as sistance to disabled and derelict vessels. Tho first stations selected are off the Sicily Islands and off Cape Race. Newfoundland. The com pany leeks for its revenue to the couveyance of telegrams, salvage, in sale of stores, towage, and the embarking and disembarking ot mails, parcels and passengers. ■ The London News says that the bonds of the Loan are beiug absorb.-J by blockade runners for the purchase of cstton. It was s*id thtft the Sacramento may have engaged a privateer, but the different reports need confirmation. A judgment for debt has been issued against ihe Rappahannock by the Boulogne Chamber of Commerce, but the officers of the vessel r.t Calais prevented its execution. A verbal pro cess was then delivered to them by the civil officers. Captain Semmes was rusticating in Ireland incognito. It is confirmed that the King of Denmark has proposed an armistice, with a view to peace ne gotiations, to the Germans. It was generally Tho returns cf the French Customs for the believed that peace would soon be concluded. In the meat-, rime the Prussian troops were ad vancing in Jutir.nd. It is alleged that the King of Denmark offered to surrender his fleet to the Germans, provided his crown was protected by the German Confederation. The new Danish Ministry had sent a non-committal message to the Parliament, saying, in fact, that they bad not yet decided on any fixed line of policy, first live months of the year present some in teresting features. While imports have been nearly stationary of late, exports have gone on progressively increasing, and' have now reached an amount hitherto unknown in France. For the first five months of 1861 French exports amounted to 803.000,000 ; for the same period of 1864 they amount to 1,280,- 000,0.00! The principal items of increase have been silks, raid next to them woolens, which have increased in three years from 70,000,000 to 136,000,000. Turnery ware and mercery have ic-ciT:'i.-'-.‘d from 36,000,000, and miliuery and artificial flowers from 3,000,000 to 6,000,- 000. In this-connection. I may mention that Era United States appear to have had a large share i r the augmentation of French exports,,— TLo exports of French silks alone to Ameri ca during the past year It ivo reached tho amount of SII,OOO 000, and that the shipment •if other articles of export and luxury to the ' United States has been in the same vast pro portion. The Independence Beige says that tho King of Denmark has “obtained and invoked” the in'te.vention of the Emperor Napoleon. . The conduct of England in the late Confer ence is still the prevailing topic of the Parisi an journals, and their retnai ks are as severe as ever. The Sieo’e thinks England “double guilty,’’ and says lhat “neither liev fear of France or America is sufficient to absolve her.’’ The same Journal accuses her oi' having caused Ihe renewal of the Holy Alliance at Kisseugcn, and says that eke stands'“isolated and alone and has compromised the liberties of all Eu rope.” In the. district's of China, ravaged by tiie ■ rebels, the surviving population feed on the emaciated bodies of the dead for want of other food. Among other relicts of antiquity recently dis covered at Col’evilk- in France, is mentioned “.u coin hearing the head of Faustiana, to.pay Charon for the passage across the Styx.’’ Bishop Spaulding, of Louisville*. Ky., hat been appointed Archbishop ot Baltirn ire, in tho place of the late Archbishop Kenrick. Penmater, the couccrlist, ia giving concerts iu England. Lizat, the composes and pianist, ins written to a German paper to deny that he is about to enter a monastery. John Van Tukcn, of Geneva, New York, who has suffered for bix ve .rs from stone in the bladder; was relieved the other day ny me ■ituu,..i oi,siu2.u tv oil incites in circumfer ence and weighing three ounces, the largest ever removed - from a living subject., Tiie pa tient is expected to recover. It is stated that at the taking of Alsen the Prussians massacred four hundred vanquished and wounded Swiss volunteers. An Odessa lady, called Tambo, has just ha“ a nap c-f sixteen days, to the astonishment id her doctors. She received no sustenance dur* ing t-he time. The Porto is said to be about to send five thousand Circassians into the 'Holy Land to form a colony in the large and magnificent jdian of Sh'aroa, between Mount Carmel and Gaza. A subscritioii -opened in Denmark for the widows, orphans aad wounded of tho war, pro duced in a single day at Copenhagen alone up wards of 300,000f. Tuo King put his name dowu .fur 12,030, a year during a period of twelve years. The Prince Del Drage recently found some beautiful ancient mosi-'C pavement on one of his estates iu the country, and he has just now exhumed from the cellar of his palace, in Romo, an exquisite statuettee of Venus, minus the head arid arms, unfortunately, hut perfectly beautiful as to the body and lower limbs. It is about three feet high. The Corriere Mercantile states from Jesi, that when Cardinal Morichini, on being iei at liberty, returned to that town, the Yeat of his diocese, the. people received him with kisses and threw stones -at him, aa well as at the Episcopal place and at certain houses belong ing to hi? partisans-, who Lad iilumicated on the occasion of his return. The Realm, an English paper, describes a singular scene. Some cotton has lately been imported into Farrington, where the mills have been closed for a considerable time. • The peo ple who were previously in the deepest dis iross, went out to meet the cotton, the women wept over the bates and kissed the-u, and final ly sung the doxology over the welcome impor tation. A convention has been.rigned between the French, Portugese, Italian, Brazilian, and Hay den Governments, for the establishment of telegraphic communication between the coa lmen U* of Europe and Amelina. A total sub vention of abuai: £480,000 will be given jointly* by the Governments, who guarantee the ueu rtiralily of the line. Oa tiie 17 th instant the Emperor inspected iu tiie garden of ibe Tuiierks under the trees along the grand avc-uue, the three regiments of the G reload tors of tho Guard the regiment of the Empress* Drao;ov>»-e»d two batteries of tho Artillery of the Guard. Before the filing off his Majesty distributed decorations arid medals to several sub officers and soldiers. The Prince Imperial was present, dressed in the uniform o the Imperial Guard, and v, cut through the ranks tiding on Lis pony. During the inspection the whole os-ths gates, including those of the re served garden were thrown ripen lo the public. The Japanese Ambassadors witnessed the right iroui the Pavilion de i’Horiogc, and seened geeply interested. - The last steamer from Europe brings us ac counts c-f the death and serious loss to literature of the famous Geiman Professor, Dr. Rudolph Wagner, of Gottingen. J-r. Wagner was the successor of Binmeubach in the Chair of Medi cine in that university. He had beeu an invalid for some years. Moms of tub Clabbxdok Fight.— The Memphis Bulletin gives some farther particulars of the fight Bhelby had with the gunboats aft!laren don oil White river, It appears that before dayiight of t e momiu,: of the 24, while the gunboat was lying fft anchor in the river di rec-Iy opposite Clarendon, Shelby quietly moved up, and planting a battesy on tho bank, opened tire noon them. The gunboat returned the fire briskly, but, the range being too short, without effect, arid in a few minutes she was sunk, nearly ail cf the officers and -crew being taken prisoners. The negroes so und on the gun boat were immediately put to death. Only a few of the crew escaped. The Arkansas fleet of gunboats ordered down the river on the game date in charge* of tne gunboat Tyler, was met and warned oi net danger by those who escaped. The Tyler resolved, however, to try the bat teries, and in a short, time was seriously dam aged »nd lost her thief pilot. Then the gun boat 30 came up atui met the same fate. Ihe gunboat. Kate Harris is reported to have been' cap tured.— Clarion. —a®. -»ssic- ■ Since the commencements tu the blockade business one hundred and thirty -three steamers have been engager! in the business. Out of these fifty have been captured, fifty four lost or burned, Six returned-to England, cue worn out, one gone to England for repairs, and thirty-one are still running. During the fifteen | and a half months the business has been going j on;'out of five hundred and ninety attempied 1' trips, four hundred and ninety-eight were sue- ■ cessful—in other words, as nearly as possible, of every six vessels ihat dared the blockade, tip*. a..pnl-, through, • TO THE MILITIA. lleadq’rs Atlanta, Geoecia, j August 4,1504. ) To the Militia of the Counties of Campbell, Carroll, Paulding, Ilarralson, Cobb, Bartow, Floyd, Chattooga, Walker, Dade, Catoosa, Wkiifield, Murray, Gordon, Gilmer, P.cke&s, Cherokee, Milton, Forsyth and Dawson: You who are between sixteen and fifty-five years of age, are hereby ordered into the mili tary service ol the Stale of Georgia, and are directed to report to and obey till further or ders from these headquarters, such officers as Gen. J. B. Hood, commanding the Army ot Tennessee, now at Atlanta, may send into your respective count,:cs to direct the service you ars to render. You wii! not be kept con stantly under arms, nor removed from the Cherokee country, but you will respond in stantly to each ca'l made by an officer sent by Gen Hood. • It i3 very desirable that as large a number as possible from these and other counties jn North-Eastern Georgia, mount themselves, on horses and form iuto cavalry companies, and use shot-guns, pistols, and such other weapons as thev can command. ‘'ll who cannot got horses, and who prefer it, can volunteer and form themsc-lves into companies under officers of their own selection, and will report, With their officers, to the officer appointed by Gen. Hood. All who refuse to join volunteer companies are required to report as militia under the laws of this State. The statute of the State declares that every man who refuses lo respond to this or any sim ilar order, shall be treated a* a deserter. It will be but a short time till courts martial can bo ordered in the respective counties for the trial of all such. All are expected to use their own arms when they have them. Those without arms will be susplied when they are required to i er.der ser vice. when in service or on active duty under an officer having a commission from this State, or having an order from Gen. Hood to as-itme such command, they will bo entitled to all tho protection of prisoners of war, in case of cap ture by the enemy. We have enough of Fed era! prisoners to ehnble us, by prompt retalia tion, if necessary to compel the Federal author ities to respect y ur lights as prisoners in case ot capture. Gen. Hood’s array is now being rapidly re inforced* The militia of the whole’ Slate not within the lines of tiie enemy, at-e responding with a unanimity, promptness and cheerful ness seldom equalled in the history of the world. It is hoped that Gen. G. W. Sroilli s com mand, composed of State militia, who have thus far done the service of veterans in every fight and have never once flinched, will soon amount to about thirty thousand effective men. Georgia, is determined at all hazards and at ev ery sacrifice to drive the. invader from her sa cred soil. In this important consummation you are expected at the proper moment, “to act a use ft:', part in freeing your homes of tiro pre sence ot the hated tco. It is expected that patriotism, a-sense ot duty, and a desire to drive the enemy from your hemes, will ba the only incentives neces sary to induce prompt action. Col. Dobbs and Col. Rogers, my Aids-fle- Cump, are charged -specially with the execu tion of these orders. They will communicate witii an.l give orders to such officers as may remain in or be sent to the counties, if you arc determined to be freemen,'act promptly and vigorously, ns your brethren in other parts of the State arc doing, and the day of deliver ance is near .at baud. Jusei’h E. Brown. GE*. JUHASTOA. [From Columbus Enquirer ] When we find Gen. Johnston gratuitously and reproachfully branded with indecision and ineompeteney, wa cannot repress the sugges tion Chat some rankling animosity of a person al nature has dictated a course towards him, after removal, so unusual and improper—has singled hint out, of all others, for the official brand of disgrace and dishonor. The stigma is uncalled for, and calculated to rankle wounds that would otherwise have sooner healed. [From Columbus Sun,] The removal of Gon Johnston from the com mand of the array of Tennessee verifies the pre diction long since made by those acquainted with the true character and peculiar . mental constitution of the President,.' The army, we arc told, regard it ue au act of personal hosliii fj; an ili-t ptwi til Mr. Dftria. 1 lie irxavr? HIGH who were spoken of disparagingly at Mission llidge in order to save the reputation of a pet officer, cannot conceive it the result of a proper respect for the interest of the country at large, and of the department of Georgia.- D'ssatis faetiou is noted on all sides. No General in the Confederate service possessed the confi dence of his troops lo a greater degree than did Gen. Johnston. No military leader iu the western department ever succeeded in winning the confidence and respect of the citizens to tho extent Johnston, did. Gen. Johnston had importuned the war de partment, time and again, for reinforcemeliis' He asked only that a small fores of cavalry led by“an experienced and successful officer, might be sent in Sherman’s rear. This he con sidered necessary to ensure success in a general engagement, and to avoid a useless expendi ture of human life. His importunities, so repeatedly made, were not heeded. Hence a retreat upon Atlanta or the destruction of his army in an engagement which could promise no deceisive results, were the only alternatives presented. He wisely chose the former, and for-which we are told he lias been relieved of his command. It is not our purpose to enquire into Mr. Da vis’true reasons for not complying with Gen. Johnston’s request. This is a matter for spec ulation merely. Nor do we know that it would do any good to state what those reasons'are were they even known beyond peradventure. The people were ortlj*awato of the President’s personal hostility to Johnston, and that that which was denied Johnston, bas, in part at least, been granted his successor. Notwithstanding the general dissatisfaction created by this change, the spirit of tiie army is still firm, and we have reason lo hope that with the aid and co operation which General Hood will receive from tiie Government, be will be able to bring' Sherman to a halt, and perhaps reclaim the Northern districts of Geor gia. However apparent may bo the umvorthi ness-of tho spirit to which he owes his position, the present commander should recoivc-the co operation and sympathy of botli soldiers and chizens in view of the groat issues at stake. A Raid in’ Mclxtgsii County, Ga. — Sapeluo Bunion Burnt.—About a week ago, a body ol Yankees, supposed to number fifty, visited tho burnt town of Darien, Ga. Oil Wednesday, the 26th, there was to have been a meeting of the citizens of Mcfutosh co., at Ebeueuer Chnrcb, for the purpose of organizing the .militia of the county in accordance with the proclamation of Gov. Brown. The Yankees, no doubt hearing cf the intended meeting, through spies, ambus caded Sapelio bridge, which is twelve miles Horn D.ypea. Here they lay ip wait, and it is reported captured several citizens who were on their way to the meeting, among whom the names of Messrs. Nelson, Durant, Wm. Lacier, an/; William and Charles Thorpe are named. The enemy burnt the bridge, and pro ceeded to Ebenezer Church, whore they cap tured some fifteen others, who had assembled to attend the meeting for the purpose of or ganzing the militia. Sapelio bridge is on tho old stage road leading from Darien to Rice boro’. As soon as the raid became known, troops were sent in pursuit, but it is doubtful if they have been oversaken. as they had ample ime to make their escape.— Sav. FHO.vl MISSISSIPPI. It-is rumored that the Yankee force in North Mississippi have teen reinforced, and are now advancing again. Vicksburg papers state that ..Confederate guerillas have again stopped navigation on the river from above. COMMERCiALf Wilmington, IV. V. Market—Au#. 3 Mgney Malklt—There has born but little doing for the past we« k V» e ffive the f Howie-? quaiati ns for bonds, specie, <yc.. vr-icb the K'OHf-r • arc. now paving: Cons r. crate’bonds, l.Kc,rJo ; do. 1577, do. 1831, *lls Cold $lB silver sl7 for or.e. Exchange sl7 to $lB. Bank Notes—ln'orth Carolina $->; Georgia $2 50 ; V rgir.ia and booth Carolina $ 50 fur cns. In. O. Trcft-'iry Notes $1 15. Four per cent. Certificates $/C. 7.30 Notes $ •>. *'ottox.—h>vcral parcels have changed hand* during tlje w/'k ,”.t $L 50 for un-compreased, and s’7s per lb for com pr- ssed. and holders genera ,y are asking higher figures. Lac nsi 5 > per lb ; beeswax $3.50; corn S2O per bushel; com meal $25 per bush : copperas per lb; flour $-75 for superfine; grlen hide $2 per ib ; <3 ry hid.-?, $..50 per ib; sole - ‘nather S2O ;er i >; upper lea:her $25 per lb; naiis $2.5-J per lb : ric - fiO c per ib by ihe ca3* ; salt $ 5 per bush for .'•ouad Hritds ; Fay-tiv’, i.le sheeting $3 per yard ; spirits turpentine $C P r gal; sy-up per ga! . tallow 's-3. 0 per lb ; >ara svo a $32.50 per bunch— Journal. IVa sbu Markets. Bunness generally in rep-.rted at a stand, and money scarce, s'e.iing arid gold had slightly advanced. There Las been quite an active fo-.,t-her-; for ihe neat two weeks, tteme nartit* 1 , dc * fiiTig to cioi’e out inviices bn hand pushed oi the ma k. ’ and h. vc m-"t wit i some “*krew<\ o ■*, vruo ) i ’. G availed th-niieiv c of ihe c-pnovta*ityof iapp yiufr theui- Brivcs won mr-TCLa!;I:7.j all-Spires an*J p.t.qffily &w«it the ow iug cf the /all Iradg lo re iiz. h a ds:me profits. '1 e tendencyeftov m:uk-f gen'i&by is Uj-worus, and as Dr "*o'rati ns are makitur ch toe fliitol the ta for a lavs amount • f tto. ni tonnage to be p-:l in. the t-.-rie f :ir.y In the foil and the etock of k-mkls on band is com;.a/ativ.;l/ s.lgbt, taking into consideraUon the mert-ao -d auaine.-. .of our city, ualrfJtnoimporaHon of goods r. much larger than is annoi ...iild it, Droh-.tility is that pne-ees w.ll range high on the re sumoiion ofira-le with the Confederacy. f:.e neaukof ,Naa ... - i . - great.y Improved, and in a very short time the croakers will have no foundation on Which to circulate r-Mrte to the detriment of tiw httuinaeof Uie «ty— Aatbiu UertM, July *7. CITATIONS ■ ?03; i-SATioa ■ i'A t: of g::o'U'l.\. ju.’Hmom) coum'y. Cos V* Ihtu.l*, c ..r it i iroyui'j:;; .•» t > lac »..r Letters hh on itu ii.-ULi oi KL-hanl Filey, late of county, deceased. TtiC'O iu’. efor.\ to c lo and a 'monish, a!l and the kuriur.u and cteu.' r • *>: fgul .■ .s, to oe and appeg^^Hf my office, «•-. or Ik ft*. .* t !'o -my in September 1 - • t. .i'.u . i.v, v.i.y M-id Lett or* .should bo granted. C.iv •• : rmv hmvl ini l'.,lmature, at office In gust a. this 30Ui day of July, irfvt. . julyrO *ivY-‘l nAVID ft. TvO\T4T. SPA Trfo ri GMiAi:!-.. : "l" Ha, > \ v • m il. Viiere-m. , T .::n ,* H ’ Ijl'„ y-’v-'-.lap;me< to me far t.-rs '•!' a •:!. g; 11. Chaffee, of said eou'tv, deceased. Those vr.\ I’iC-vf'"*’ lo fci'oar.u r. H-ionuffi all,' : ml th. • v-'.ur. '.. :.t> . . '.,50 Inland appear mv Gffitp oiM f b”:mo •ti 't ,- "'.V»y in ej-T. moot Lext,^H Ei'ii l xv «• iu:o, if ui.v ihe/ h.-.ve, vi.v raid Let:*rs should not granted. & H (liven uTidm mv kiv.J an’. o uciat signal office in gasta. day of July, 18<U julySl 4xv _ I»aVID L. Ordica y. J >4 i’ATv: r ; y7r~i ~T"V I' M; r i' V'ri TfTi*. '*S h. re;.s, Antoine Scbmi.t npF'*it3 t** me for Lctteif Adr.vr...t»a :mi •. n ilm Let ,:to of JaiutsL. Id:yvr, late of county, dece*a and. H 'ilu\se nro UTo-ofcio, to cile aud admoulsn ill, and tiie bin -red -.r and r-x-Wo's of doe.afe.t, to !•* and appear sH iny office on <>.- hei-.re the tl*d Moiulay in September next, snow e ins.:, if any th-.y have, a*;!i / &.ud Letters should not bfl granted. ■ (''ven vn let my Kr.| end cffi.ia! signature, at office in Aufl gusta, U»ls Bjtu day of July, ib 4. H iv Hi 4-VMI pa VJD Tl. HOATH. Ordinaly. ■ OF GEO-. 01 A WJLKi:; tL lrnTL I 1/ .; *" «L J it". -; m pj.Ucs to mo for letters oil •.ul-.aiuL ra. m.i \irl t tht v.\ 1 .u-r n. . . on the Estate T. Burns, late : sdn com-ty, cec I iheietore, toeim ...i. > r.nmsh all, andsingu’ar .ippi ar at my ctacc WiMiui u e time pa. riW y law, to show lauso, if any tla-y have, why said U Uc > . PouU I( .t l»e granted. Given urdev niy i ,t l mui official at office ta Washington, this Ist u. y of Aurusu, 1 ; G. G. NORMAN, nug t> 4v-’33 Ordinary. S’ TA SK OF OI.OIi'; l..t’Li Ni tUA COt ISTY . AVr.crcna, (.A-'A p ~l s to me for loiters of ad* mi' ish at ion on the J'.s.atc ci Vv. > Leonard, deet'oped. These are ther.‘t, vo to j-i.-p.-.-id . Imoomh all and singular the • n.y office vv o' l.ie t ai*' i-res.” ri iJ vv law, to show cause. If aw tl > y have, why . a..i Ln*; ■ Ut i. i s K*gmr.ted. Give" under ny m- i;i djnUare vA effi.- mAf* pliug, tliis 2d day ol Augnit, ict’l. auaO 4v/u-T V. . -. FHIRLDS^CrdIiuuT. . Q-f.vr T ANARUS: it ohA i;;T la. v■ ■ i .Tiodui. gouisiy. k) Wavre.’A r-ft’.i.i A. • p.- : ; \* t* me for litters of A« l ”iinMr’t:."n ou t • tl ..ueof Ih;v:d C. Christopher, lale us • •! ’.county, deceas’d : a 1 singnlar, the l.d'dred and erc'diii'.’• 1 .■ id, to be and appear at r.iy <--1 e vvllhiii lie th:ie !’!• - y kvv, to sh- w cause, If any they Lave, why said k?u . • sUduld not be granted. Give . i ..der myluud and official t iliis 4!h day of July, ’.Set L. O. SHACKELFORD, jy 7 -1 ♦ 23 Ordinaiy, TaTF. OF d-FORGI CG:.i’L .;U iOIK iY. Cos V. 'ur: s, Steven Jir. := : . • fbv ’etters of guardianship of the irieiG-. and jro . rty <■. I.'uita V., Oeornia C, and Kfcther E. Lanlrkk, m.nor children of JVloscs Hamrick, de* ceased. ThCoO arc therefore, to c;t: and adp o’ ish all,ard singular the k! n.rxd and triea U of t:-.'.*, iai.mrs, to be and appear ut my office wii .in'liotini? p;es . ‘kll " lav/, to i-how cause, if any they have, why sai i: vUei.*.’!. -ibe nut be granted. •viven v. t v ray m.ml n: .i ■ ?■'»: .atare, al office in An p-im: this v-tth uay of June, cc: t. jujo \/. T V STIIFLDB, Ordinary TY. V ) Y*le - Mr- ;•! ... ... x.* a pe;»t for letters of •adnunl u\Utn t »ithetK-;u‘. c : h enact And* rson, late of said county, deceased. . • ’t r.ro therelo/o, to cite and r Ini'* re Hi nit, and smgular the kindre:! a.i-.l cruditoi.i of it <'•-.• ".-cd, to show •-au?e, f any liey stave, v.; > *.: ; ii 1 . .i.i no*) ou grant,c»J, at the (ionnei ii£u. ary, robe h. il . • . fee baud county', on Th« yioncs.v inls:T'temh r ft --:t. ■ Given under my hand, at office in (’re?f»?sboTo\ July lltb, lc** L JE UG LIST u» L. K 1 jylPiv.vJi) Ordimuyf^B is} T\ f i’. GF GEOivL IA, Oi u '.ii? IA OOUKTY . V3 YViiC u -s, s’. fJ. Fr ,: er : for 1. 1 ew of Guardian* stop es tic pi-.Boasi;iiu propci ty of the minora of F. M. Full r Tt--He iiM, llu‘re f ' ’o to olio and admorlt h all, and singular Up k:ii* r tl-. -i i.i. y\:-,0-:‘ ■ ■■ :■ -•• t.) bo aiulappear ut my office. - b in trie'ii'.'’ !-.• .. “■.! v to show cause, if any the’) h:.v.-, v.-hv »..• L. ;‘ : - .. 1 iu.: be.granted. <•ff.ee in Ap- • pling, tb i*’. iClh cay of J uly, lilt*'!. • . iyiti iiw9o ~* r STTTFI DS. Ordinary. ci TAT'if OF GEORG '.),♦ •i-- N’ L OOUJSJTY. Whej-:. •• i :•• ii t.ir. ‘i t a fee person of color, !a e < f ri.t-d count}-, do i8 uniepre.K-nied : Tacvc are t.-v • T.-i .*, t cue an : i oaieli al persons concern ef, to si.’ v.- «• -5.‘. *. ■ wg> :h. :tv- i . ioi said estate should not l;e w-'te.'i ia the i’L.L cf l / iio.- Couit, or in some cthoi ii‘ ai.*l :r- ; i*r j'-ci ~ 5 (f -urf of Ordin.-vry to be held in and for ri.fdcjuAy < n the *’ - •’.•.y in Sej ten.her next Given uiulcr my hand atohke i.i G, :• nushtuo, Jmu'2B, iBC4 JktJGuiATUb L. lvluG, juTvfiP.wCo Oidsnary. \TY. O\VtH Lli 7.1 . Gu.’ri'l .11 ol '-V li.’iani il. Nhiock, «il ii :i-, 0i.../ i .tu- ) lie•: to in. f c LolteiSOi Dhtmhjfon i i ;• ■ . j.ji. ,<• ,i- • r n ‘luo-jisb all anti singular or, to be and appear al i I.eXt, to llio ./ c aUA 1 , if any they hi-v C, ;/hy c.tnl letteia should net ke granted. ( • under my hand and offi ji.il signature, at office in Au* custa. tliis 7th day ol J uly, If 1 jv 7 6WJS « AVI!) L. HO A TIT. Ordinary. NOTICE 1 ‘ F . * a. 7-TOT a.-. DifiDTOKS. J. s Gctuyffi.i, i-v -i »'iiiy.— ‘ '•;’<■<■ if. Ii; ruby giv»n to *Ol persons lu vra;? deisumd u • M. Al ?:a-Kirg, deceased t-o render in :m •• u < -c : .rue t the v. uio.-igDed, ace. rd* ing to law, aud :i 1 • ctsohs iu .levied to u.-.U d-v .tuci v/i-l n.aku imaiodialc payment- - H- i». KING, Executor of Alexander King, deceased. jy 15 Ow-IO *p| OTfOE TO D'liliTo; - A ’ G F’.iA/l i'OKS. \% st-.te of ( i. i I-: -\«tue is hereby gtveft "j tin pjrjGTT r.r.'J'v.g •: ~ n :; * I’iu.lltp J)UI, iate ( f s.V'd/ou!«: ,« a- "ur tU-ji ;•< !■. picperly made ouf., wiL:i:i: tho time jiL .-;!••• ; *o as .o show their charaoi: .i . and am-.'. ■. j. .••*.* ;ul u ..s ind*.bted to Sf»id de ceased are hereby jv .ul; j. Lo n.... ■ immediate payment, to me, .). /<*. E»lLlj. A-TnV, r+i>onis non with the will aduexed ol Lhillip Dili. -V.-29 Iffii AMdi-idion v.'ri! b.3 iru-d • i ■ t-i:i? Ft.-srt of Ordinary of * Lipcnlnc ii !'•>•! rt .*('«! r terra alter the ck* plr tii u oi Two >1 r*n b.s fn ni i!.:.s n t:c , for ) ;.vc to sell the bind *ii In TGL- bi : ..ri: L. : ‘ ’.f i '.Trip I ill. late ot s;«i'c ui’.ty Hu ...Ad, tor the Kiri ill oi the hoi sand ere- it. rs of s.Jd dec and. T. T. DILL, A dm*.' du bonis r.on with the will aim :v?d u Thliiip Dill. jnlylC 8w29 'i' V--* $ } rA. it ‘s'i: • kS • jVO'HOJS. X* T'.vo month i afterdate appliu.illcn will be trade to the Honorable. thc(J<?u*l of nr.'b.:-;;. ■ ft A huuud county, for leave to sell a negro in n .slave nmuM J lil, bel nging to the estate ol John it. Crocker, late of ia id ” u, decea. us. liEJUAMIiN' f. hall, julySl ftw3l Administrator. WOTirE. 1 M Two months after d;.tp appt n will be made to Ihe HonoraMctlie 'ouit us Or: ; yof Kii.Linor.d cou- ty, for leave i<» stili tv/enty-fivu- acre ofL\ A ' rt, or I- - , in said coun ty oelorg.ng t-j tijc c:L.tcol' Kui'ui oor.t r, ccc .tl jy3' Bw3l JaCOa GOODWIN, Executor. ({ \EOK(iIA, Gi;F <. >rl * < l ii. \X Two niort::*: rtfler tiu , »>.• .vie: at the next October term ot the Court of Oi lit.: , y o: . id • unty, apiiUcal’on will be made t > said Gourt,J > icavc to .-.*!l a iot of hml containing lour .’iCi’e 4 , mure or less, u tiie c-rj-ora'C limits of Gr<ein*s b -i’o, be! -uriMßr !o-be ; :tu.f . o '.John I'. Scott, deceased, for the beuent bt ihe h.i...: 1• • oi i’d t'eceasci. IriAAC 11. iLxniL, At'm’r. of John i*. JScott, dec. » jy I t BwW 4 1 LO- / *A, GUI.' -..- COU> 'Y. \~W Two mo ,tii»:... • dal-, to \-a : At ttie next August Term of the Court oi Orel, -ry of raid county, application will be mane to s:!id court f < ]c:u»e to c*ul a tnic cl land in said coui:;y, oriiuinnig SO r.<: a u.o:.' .ricos, belonging to the es tate oi .- OKuK(i:.,l. KOUTIIERLANft, june 2 Bw2-i Aiim’r of hu„. .th fccutheriand.deceased. i V.—To th fl 11 on 01 able, the Superior < • uri i .aid county: 'J he po iir;>nos ,J n !V\ il.-g-n, ,Fo! r* :i bt0».;.1, t tephen Draue b.*r,ju.j Hhi: -y, James U Wilson, Peter Jones and William A Collins, ofColuffibm county, Jlenry .Moore, German T Uortlo, Au/lUok Lktte. Wild Tii and Gor itrich, James Brown, John Bernes, William E Jackson, Andrew M Jackson, Robert F IJignri art, 'Enemas W Chichester. William G Jesup, Charle F McGay. Benjamin II Warren, Charles A Rowland, Porter JFiemiuing, isaaore. I' Girardy, William S K iberts. James M Roberts. George M Thew, iiamikon it Rickman, Thomas P Stovall, Adrian t;, lees, Josiah Sibley, ltobert A Reid ami James M j’-ye, of J k b rend county, Vince, t il Tommy, of Kcw on (■■ only, and , iltiamV/ Everett, of Oglethorpe county, and Mar ball it V. 'born <•/ r.rrer, county, r»*pi ctfuily uhew eth, im-.t v/i Ji*,he object of b. ;.:g created a body p Jtic, with out incurring an individual li.v. ility, they Lavea^oeiatedthem selves tog. rfor ihe, purpose ofmanniacturing evtton Cards , and if..>>r.ii g fr.m for* in .coun rcs al the • materials, ma ebinery and o; her artlcb. i aec t<• ■ for car-ying on si-id busl n .s-’, g ;i ail other business bimin.r in character or incidental there o. Th derdd >u Joe-", is to be carried rn in the county of Co l;m ; a, and L.iou.on- a'd, ».:.'Jcr tr-a name ; :d style of “The ii i.c-viili ’■ an jfactu g J.mp.tsy,” and thv th; amountef ( f r „ It• be employed i. live .us T thousand dollar-, to be ds. .and ir.to rharcs of <>r.u t : and dollars :.ch, of which capital the re has been paid inj-c sum of u..e hundred thou s.m! do-ja..*. V. i.er, •> yni pC tior pry t:.t to enable them to carry on theif bufi.-.e:«i sui a.orcsa'.d, an order may be ]■ s-x*d at the next term of j-ai.t Uour, in pursua ;a to the stutute in such cases made and provided, defclvr '; .urpci'.tlc-n ra appication :i ■cl cor-idn'r .1 ilivir : ccCt..sors a body politic n.d curpo.aie for Ihe purp afortsJu, under the name .i.y’iortlie ter .. oft'.bty yen.-, Irom the iii\=t day of June, eighteen Lua« d.xd and -ixly-tbur, Juo ii -oil.-' n Cba>r F? f c.Cay J.isiah Sto.v.t l lionj: min Ji Warrrn Stephen D;ane < in.rjcs A jcov/iand S oau a W iiaiicy Pm I<T rnmT.g Jao.es ii Wilson l.adr >o, i' c-irurny i’e'er Jones v ii-iam S Konerta Wiblsin A Collins Jit:i . - M Kobe.ts Henry lCKire ( corye si i)■■■'// (). Us Tj ■ rtic ioa It Kickmtn J.dsv.jrd Vv'iiSam 11 Coodrlch Jc Sibb-y Juincs lirov/n Robert -ti. id John ih.-iM i J \ •- M Dye Wiiiiam K Jcchson Vmcent R 'i -iroju-y V -,i,c:, r Urg :.aW V/i.. .m VV Ji ;tph.lt Tikmas W Ehc-ster K-rshallJl Wolborn W ifl.am C Je-sup Tho’caa P Stovall Adrew {>l Jackson, OTATEOFGEORGIA.COLUMBIA O ally appeared, Job- It. •' i 1 n, v/i jo bcbig duly sworn, aayc t.Tit ne is tlie I'rcsd.jat of “'l'Jjo Bone.-vnie Manufactur ing Company;” 100 -.ted in the coumy and State aforesaid and engaged in inaouiac uriug Cob on Cards and importing from foreign countries the necr - ary matvnal s machinery and othei articivs That 'he amount of cap aa! actually puld in and employed by such Company at this time is one hundred UiOnsit.d iJolhire, wuich has b e i invested in machinery, stock and real estate worth the sum ol one hundred and twenty-flvt 'thousanddollars. . * J2IO. R. WILSON. Sworn to and subscribe! before me June 2Jd, 18t4. I). I*. rsTAJN FOKL), N. P. ' - _ A true est r -';t from the record of Columbia Superior Court, June 27 th. ISG4. . jy 2 j w 27 <_ MIG. W. CRAY, Clerk. ADMIM THAI OH S BALB. By Virfu. of n <*rd »fr m to;. -rabk Court of Ordlna ry ofCoiua.oi^ county, v/.. :./£o;d cn the first lUEB -»Yin S pt.'Tn • rtir.xt, b .*'> t. » urt ii uh; dor at apr Cf-H nU d'e^h 1 UftJ l i;- 5 S?f/tUhelrs1nd a i Admr. book bihdinq IN’ ANY STYLE, NEATLY A: II I*aO’.li*TLY EXECCTEdT at the office of the CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. ORNAMENTAL 13INiTNy7'^ ES.ECLT EO IN A 61T*E.Toil .MANNER AT THE OFFCE r ’ THE CHRONICLE Art ansl. Ctliurt AM. Quart**)- iiMcnptiOT. neatlyha' terms it thd . cfßce of the CIL ( as*y »... r