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It acting um an obi «r 01 the Slate ami tr:al u..- j
tier and by virtue of proclamation* of h;s Lx
cellency the Governor ordering a.i man liable |
to do militia duty t o be sent forward to the front j
6t Atlanta, be held and claimed tb-right to send j
forward the petitioner. To this the petitioner j
replied that he was not subject.to enrolls nt ;
for State service, because he bad been enrol l-m •
for Confederate service, and submitted pi m:
to show this fact. Before no: i.;Hg tjiese proofs;
as they demand I remark that the case as thus
presented raises the important question, wheth
« r under the present state of tbs military 1 ge
lation in this country the Governor of our ."ate
may under any circumstance.: compel a < tix-a
enrolled lor duly in the' Confederate army to
do duty as a militiaman in the State service. 1
do not hesitate to bold that as a general pro
position he may not. Yet it is equally clear to |
jny mind that there are rases where he may.
The law of conscription when enforced and
put in practical operation in any given case,
takes the citizen for the time bein'.:, out ol the ,
military control of the State. Whatever way
have been heretofore the differing views as to
the policy and constitutional _ propriety of this
act, suffice it to say that it is now the law of
the’land; and that even its staunchest foes do
not believe that it deprives (he jState of every
■vestige of military control of its citizens in
time of war. While it is quite certain that its
. warmest friends and supporter ; claim that, it
leaves untouched and unharmed the great
doctrine of State sovereignty, lie this as it
may there is one great cardinal principle which
nil will at once admit and recognize a/ under
lying our complex system of government, and
-which when onco fully apprehended serves to
dbpel the mists engendered by’iklse views ami.
shows us how two independent sovereignties
may coexist and cooperate in the great func
tions ol gyv rumen t, That great principle is
• that the Slates are clothe^ with original sorer
oignty, and that as a necessary sequence the
sovereignty of the Confederate government is
a transferred sovereignity To hold any othei
doctrine than that the'Srates were and nor are
sovereign-would be to deny all sovereignty in
the Confederate Government, since, if, -tho
States wefe not sovereign they could not in the
slightest degree confer tlii.-r attribute upon a
mere otffilurc o‘. thqir own '•■in,. ..-1. ■ ,c
stream cannot • ■ •
But it matte. > not that tu. v r
the Confederate government : 1 , . ..
sovereignty—it is sovet eighty a’.... u. ■n , i cloth
ii all tho plenary pow« 1 .-. an.' c . ogles
attaching thereto. Then it follows tlif.t, ‘tire
Cbnfsderute and State governments are noth
sovereign in their respective r'pher . The
.a ws of Congress wheii in accordance wkh the
Constitution are lobe enforced-in ail tho St. tes
as tho paramount laws. The laws o, the State
wfc.u constitutional and notin conflict with
Com derate if...' .re to ha enforced by tl. j
Courts, ll follows that when atiy citizen (who
is no. legally and net, wearily;exempt) is by a
law of Congress, made subject, to du*y in the
Confederate army—the individual States may
not rightfully interfere with fbe legitimate con
trol thus acquired. This is a clear proposition
. > one which our Legislature at its. regular
i,. on in lSli3 fully recognized. Sue pamphlet
i.u« 1 Still and the Aid and -4 1 h .sees, of Act to
reorganize the militia. »The first cf these ECC
tom- declares who siiail be enrolled in tho
miii'ui .nnl expressly scys all lielwi.u the
age? til' lti and iii) “except those who shall act
u.Uly i> .lit- ■ uiy or navy of the Poured -
era. . .a Uij State service.” The
24 1 these words: “And be it
iii' < 'hat no person th:tll- becn
r v whole subject 16 con
hi' ..OUcCiipt apt of the Coif*
ft *,
. officer has doubt wheth
er . ■. - limits is subject to
> ....• . • ■ o.r, ho Khali report tlie
> . . , i'.Acßing officer of the
C 0.., dll it ■: if said Confederate
ollha . u. v -Di)> ... •• 'li person to lie enroll--
>'<i .. . :
eu ; the Slate Knurl in;-; oilirer shall enroll him
under this net; or if ho is found tq b exempt
after ho i.i cuidled by* ilio Uonteikiv.e old: ,-r,
lie shall then bo subject to enrollment \tnrii*i ,r
this net.” Now these two sections not only
establish the fact that the State may not, no
cording to its own judgment, rightfully enroll
in the militia a man who* is subject to cifrnll
menas a conrcript; but it. establishes some
other lac's w i by te be notice:' in m sing it
shows hi s. Ill'll, here in iu pur no- whatever
tho second p. .... t. a iii. ate. ; the Con
federate govern iu-.iJ., Is it; it t-verv
man who is not legally and ncc\ ■ -..■riiy exempt
shall do bis duly in litin great emergency, if
he do not serve in the Confederate auity then
ho must in tho ranks of the State militia, it
cannot and will not bo questioned (hat every
citizen owes this duty to his government. Now
in tho light* of these provisions of our own
{State law and the truth that every citizen ones
military service to his country unless in some
way specially exempted, let us 'for a few mo.
incuts consider tho facts of this case, and sec
if the petitioner bo exempt front sewing either
or both the sovereignties in question.' For if
not exempt lie clearly owes military duty some
where . Is it to tho Confederate States or to.
Georgia ? Tito petitioner answers the Confed
erate States, i local iso he says ho was enrolled
lor duty in that service.
But in going on to show this fact ho also show
ed that he had afterwards in his judgement re
lieved hiwseli from the effect of that enrollment
by putting in a substitute under the iaw of
Congress allowing that to be done, lie also
showed that when the act of 6th January, 1804.
known as the “anti-substitute law” was pass
ed, he applied for the writ of Habeas Corpus,
and at the trial thereon in February last, insis
ted that lie did not owe military service to the
Confederate States. He also showed that upon
being overruled in that view bv this Court he
tiled his HTU of Exceptions, which he insists now
operate as a Supersedeas, la this claim he is
►correct, for while the Bill of Exceptions is pend
iug, it is my duty to see to it that no Confed
erate officer place him in the Confederate army.
Thus by the operation of law he is exempt twin
the Confederate service at least until pext No
vember (in which time the crisis of this great
Struggle will have passed) for it is true, that al
though there were two other sessions of the
■ Supreme Court, one to occur in twenty or thirty
days alter the trial, and the other in three or
four months thereafter ; still, in the exercise of
the option accorded by our law to Plaintiffs in
Error, bo chose the session farthwt off and has
thus been permitted to remain at home in pur
suit of his usual avocations undisturbed by the
roar of cannon or tho rattle of musketry.
ilis assumption now, that he ewes military
dffty to the Confederate Government, in orde:
to avoid the call made by the Governor, look ;
very much like a public avow. 0 ’ T*’ ■> i I
cerity of this RIF. of F.y.eot. n 1
before the 8 ae C >rt. ; -
true, as admitted by his coum i ate.
ment that the very question n.-.•>•.*• <•
jf Exceptions was decided at Macon . .u 1
.a another case, just as 1 decided hi». As io"g
..s he insisted that he was not Sul jeci to 'uu'oii
meutasa conscript, there was at least the appear
ance of plausibility in keeping his I»K • i Ex
ce, ■ lions before the Supreme Court ntul awaiting .
its judgement. But now the whine device is
made bare and discloses a pu.pc eb n»:.aonvre
or otherwise to avoid service of any kind. I
might with propriety perhaps, in view of this j
state of facts, declare tnct **u signature to Vue
Bill of Exceptions shall ue long.:• lea protec
eiou to him, end thus turn hitu over to die
Confederate military authorities: V;’it as he
insists upon the Supersedeas I take him at his
word, and declare that he is by operation of
our State law exempt from service in the Con
federate army until the Supreme Court passes
upon his Bili of Exceptions.
In the meantime he is a citizen of Georgia,
not in the actual service of the Confederacy
of this Mate, and therefore *lsv the terms of
the act ut our Legislature already quoted
bound K s ne in the State militia, and must I
thoeioii* b V the Executive mandate and go I
to ib* ' .air,- i:is place in the ranks o'. |
cu> i-- • who have already covered I
-the: o.'.i -ciy. and aid them in driving ;
back ; •• ■ * that threatens'to deso
}at. ■ r ' * - , desecrate our altars. I
IV. on ’ 1 an emergency that il-> j
nta -.- civiy n.eu who can shall shoulder
hie iuu. 't- an webe to that man who
ohi rl f • : offense of his country in U.ia
he u- '■ - greatest need. "It were Ivtn-r
A that a mill etone were hanged about
hfe neck and ire cast into the-sca.”
But much alann is expressed, b there
be conflict between the Mare anil Confede
rate authorities. This alarm is needless. The
President said in his memorable controversy
with Governor Brown on tho conscript law
that all that part of the militia not in the actual
service of the Confederacy, were subject to
cUlo control. Thus it wilt be seen that there
i no posable cbance to: a conflict since the
it. iderf: views and the action of our State so
1 ■1 r hnimoidze. There can never beany
,U„ „‘,r ot eonUfct while both Confederate and
S t . lt ,. rnment* recognize the fact that each
... ic a with in its own sphere, and both
con tin i« to drape their action in accordance
with this-cardinal truth.
This rnrtv, then, though enrolled for serr
c i -jata army i-t liaftk- to serve in
~ c i, t |, .- t-ie simple reason that he
' by ti!- JKration of.k-w (for the time
■ ■; ft-»m the Confederate army and our law
>1 mwe have Heed, euzs that being thus
fc. • »!1 serve the State upon the sira
do that he is a citizen and owes duty
~-•• lo ti),. Confederate or 10 the State gov
erniccht. The applicant through his counsel
,-«!icd on the act of our Legislature, and there
fore cannot question its ffindiutt fierce. In obe
dience to that law, I order the writ dismissed
and that the Petitioner be lemauded into the
custody of Reuben Mayo and pay all costs.
Jas. S. Hock.
Judge S. C. M. Dist.
At Chambers. Aug. 11th. 1864.
LETTER FLOW TUB SECRETARY OF THE
TKEAMUY.
Treascrt Department, C. S. A., { .
lliCHMoio. Aug. 5, 1864. j
To Ii jE '-> 'kney Governor - Bonham:
- De.au Sip. : Your very kind and encouraging
letter ' f ■ • LO. ii ultimo was received yester
dav. If it shall prove to be my happy fortune,
through the Divine blessing, to contribute in
degree to. the welfare ot my country, I
hull be more than compensated for all the la
bors end ii-ijtieties to which 1 have been ap
pointed. Expressions of confidence and good
will on Ino put of mj fellow-citizens, such as
you have b.-« ugood enough to convey tome, are
mo,;t grateful atjd encouraging.
I regard tt.u Treasury of the Confederate
States as most pt«nliarly the Treasury of the
people, and there is nothing in the power of
of man tl..*.t would so soot' restore it to a con
uition of ease and prosperity as the universal
and geneyous support of our people. There is
nothing in its .present circnmstauoes to inspire
alarm, bitt. on' the contrary every motive for
confidence. An all pervading cause of embar
rassment and distress, has been the character
of pur legislation. Howover patriotically in
tended. it is not to be denied that the mea-
sures adopted by Congress lor the reforming
1 lie ctmr.n.-y, had the unhappy effect of in
spiring the public mind with feelings of
fear and distrust as to tho course that would
ultimately be pursued in relation to that part
of the public debt that is presented by the
Treasury Notes. Apprehensions of ultimate
repudiation crept like jai ail preceding poison
int > the minds of the people, and greatly cir-.
cun.-sr'f -1 and ilimmiriieu the purchasing
, power -1 s Note:,.
’ r. • . P,:;, i r-lied and patriotic
. Coe- who .earnestly believed that
•' 1, it not the- .sole, evil of the currency
... slob-)-.. ■ ldahcy aiorfe And
~ rou. ...... ' in f rred I'hat
a < t-iTco.-wuumg 1 eduction of this large volume
of the purchasing medium, would produce an
imnn diate reduc i, :i in tit' price, of all saleable
commodities. Others enteiia;:,! ... different
opinion, and, believing that the purchasing
power and value of l:ie.-o notes had a critical
ami sensitive dependence upon the confidence
and :. od will of those who were called upon
.0 exchange their suln-tance for them, mi-iso-d
that .1 teduclion of tuo q i.-otity, by any meas
ure that disturbed the cg, (lienee of the.people
in the good lath of the Gove ament, would lead
to universal distrust-laud still greater deprecia
tion. '
l i e majority was, unhappily,' found to be of
the first epic on, and it must -now berunivar
sally admitted, T'think, that tlie policy that
prevailed was erroneous, and the consequences
precisely such as had been predicted by those
who . ;loosed it. Toe immense reduction ef
fected by the tax of 3lit per cent levied -upon
the currency, and by tne process of corupul
fiory- funding, produced very little effect upon
the pricer, i-f commodities. Everybody regard
ed with distrust a tm-v issue- es notes of the
same character as the last, aud resting for their
'Support as a circulating medium upon the same
pled gos y/liieh had ended in disappointment
befo:e.
That lb is is the true difficulty we” have to en
e-Ttn ter, I think every candid person must now
allow, and I cannot refrain from, indulging the
hope that anew and sounder policy will gov
<* n<',r liitiH'o legislation. The patriotism of
Con;: not, to be called in question, nor arc
wo at liberty'to douiff their willingness to re-
V: : 11 :.< "a; v policy til r may be proven by ex
's ,iv 'o ip b.: ■ ■■> .•!■,■ and mischievous. Our
people, at the same time, should not be silent ;
Wul in this respec; the ; o'iotic citizen’s of tho
great and suffering Commonwealth of Virginia
•have set a noble'exampie.
On my arrival in Richmond I found that
tho CoMim-MOiiers' of prices had fixed the
I s«!ie<]>ilo rates ' r wheat and corn at S:>o and
'.I ; .■• 1 ~ ■! edite’:-, for tim months of
• ptihioer L'hi f elii gos disap
, ' iis 1 idartu with which J was inspir
ircua you can easily ,imag
i Liis iH'hiful feeling was, however, soon
ui inpv; it cue of renewed confidence and
ic.pc by the i umersol Virginia. Public meet
ings were held in. the iigticiiUu. il counties and
resolutions adopted Baldly avowing the impos
sibility <*l maintaining the public faith if the
Governmont were forced by the people to pay
such prices for supplies and patriotically in-,
sisting upon a reduction of the standard rates,
and their establishment upon a basissufficient
ly low to inspire coiifideafce in tho currency.
The result was that Ih# comm’ssionerh reas-
KOinbit and and redhead the schedule prices to S7J
for wheat for the month of August and So for
September. A wiser and more patriotic
course was never pursued by any' people, and
,1 would respectfully appeal to you, as the
Chief Magistrate of our gallant and patriotic
State, to suggest.and-encourage similar meet
ings and resolutions on the part of .our own
people. I have an abiding confidence that a
general and well established ■ belief in the in
tention of Congress under no circumstances of
temptation or trial; to shrink from the obser
vance of the most rigid good faith in the money
dealings of the Government will enable us to
overcome all our financial difficulties.
That such is their real intention I cannot
doubt ; but this determination should be en
ccuraged and supported by the public declaa
tior.s of our people, expressive of their otv n re
solute will to foster the credit of the Govern
ment by the establishment of low prices by
the patriotic support of its Treasury,-
Watever differences of opinion may have ex
isled in the past, or whatever errors maybe
supposed to have been committed, may now be
buried in a common grave. We are making a
new start in our finances, and under circum
stances by no means unfavorable or discourag
ing
The expenditures of the Government are of
two classes—those incurred abroad and those
incurred at home. In respect of the first,
there has hitherto bvea but Utile embarrass
m at nor is there any reason to expect greater
difficulty in the future. Our for ign supplies
will probably be procured without making any
audition to the debt. The malice of our foes
having raised the price of cotton to SOd per
pound in European markets. While the depre
ciation of our currency enables ns et the same
• i-.ie to buy ii at home at less actually than 4d,
in is pa. \y S '. .. that it can be no Offkult
• ■-'• I-- .-- ii'oa c si.eu»-cs. and lrom the
~-.tors of tins atrocious war,
■ . ie; applying .dl our foreign wants.
• ms V- •'•’»; ' ” only our domestic
, . %. -i. m.u VW.CU it .s considered
that all is as!ud of our people, and all
that the Government is'called upon to pay for.
is dm ply 'I-- ii’ e.u plus prou udions and their
so: - ic-o m transportation and mcoiia!'!:. I and
other labors, who can doubt lae ability of the
people to bear this burthen ? If they gave all
that is asly?d without cou pensation, they
v • 1 i -.sk at last no more than Pneir surplus
runijw ettid jbe no poo: ct lor the gift. How j
then, our their condition he made worse by
receiving tho money end me 1 -i. of the Gov
ernrnen jn wince of receiving nothing?
I hope! my dear sir. that you will agree with
me in the opinions and sentiments I have ex
pressed, and may join with me in the effort to
give anew and generous impulse to the pub
lic *stutiment upon this great topic of cur
national affairs.
1 do not thick that planters and farmers
should aionc be called upon to decline in favor
of lower prices. Manufacturers, railroad com
panies and every great interest of the country
should contribute to this reform. Let us con
tent ourselves with moderate prices and keep
down Pie public deb; ; and not. by extorting
the highest prices, swell the public burthen
ar.-i disturb our owu confidence in the virtue
and the resources of the Government.
1 remaiu, dear sir.
Yours, with great respect,
G. A. Trknholm.
FROM THE COAST.
A V mv of Yankee cavalry surprised and cap
tv.!. ti , .hole of Gay t. Stuarts company of S.
G. ) e'o.iri! Newport, Mclntosh county,
on V'-Vb . day night, but four men escaped.—
We learn that Cap!. Smart, the commander of
the comp my, and one ot ins Lieutenants, were
absent on account of sickness.
Commodore Ferre- 1 hits I. .en appointed Pre
sident of a very-liiijjortr.nt board oi naval otli
cere connected wi-fi ihe Navy department,
lUUKMJA ITEMS.
The Vienna correspondent of the -tLyndon
T im' S gives the alleged programme o( rtte pro
posed term of peace between Denmark and
Germany, w hich embrace the complete separ
ation of Schleswig-Holstein and Lunenburg
from Denmark, and their ultimate uniou under
a Prince whose «'aims may be recognized by
the Germanic Union
It is said the French Government wylics to
purchase tiie Great Eastern.
At a weddiugt'in Paris last week, Mddle. Fe
reire, the bride, wore a iace veil worth £I,OOO.
It is asserted in the London Army and Navy
Gazette th.it the sailing vessels in the British
navy will never be sent to sea again,
there being two hundred and forty steamers in
c.mmissiou, manned by forty-five thousand
AmoJb the recent aspirants for honors ia
chemistry has been a weil known Paris butch
er, who last week won the prize, and was to b*
crowned with a laurel wreath in presence of
the admiring multitude. Wbeu his tmn came
liieLe was a noise beard in the room, and it
was declared tjnt an unsuccessful candidate
had blown ha-trains out. Enquiry was going
to be made, when the butcher rose and said :
“Calm yourselves, ladies and gentlemen it
was I;-I sighed with delight. 1 am strong; I
am a butcher.”
Ihe consumption of ardent spirits i t Franca
is cn the increase—a sign that the manufactur
ing classes are suff ring.
A pair of shears, weighting twen'v four
tons, has been buiit at Birmingham, England,
for the Russian. Government, to be used in a
large iron works in the neighborhood of St.
Petersburg. It has a power 01 pressure equal
to 1,000 tons, and caa cut to pieces a bar of
cold iron half a foot square. The bia les are
of cast steel, and they are operated on by hy
drostatic pressure. These shears are said to
possess double the power of any set heretofore
constructed.
The Cork Herald says; “Wc understand that
the gallant commander of the,Alabama arrived
at Queenstown, in the bloceade runner Hope,
bound to Nassau, whence it is probable he will
take ship to the Southern Confederacy.”
The V.gie de Cherburg says ; Three vessels
belonging to the Federal Suites of America—
'.ho Niagara, the Sacramento and the Kearsage—
and four belonging to the Confederate—the
Georgia, the Florida, the Notice! Alabama, and
the General Lee—have recently been mot in
Channel py several merchantmen.
' French -journals continue to assert that a
fight will soon take place in Lie wafers of the
British Channel between Feder * and Confed
erate cruisers.
On the afternoon of the 29lit of July, Far-
Iv.uurfit was formally prorogued. The Queen's
speech was .delivered by tho Lord Chance!--
lor. ‘ In regard to America the speech. :
Her Majesty deeply laments that the civil war
in North America has not been brought to a
cl ;-e. Her Majesty will continue to'observe
a s'rict neutrality between the-belligerents,and
would rejoice at a Deadly reconciliation be
tween the contending parties. Her Msj .-sty
ha-- observed with satisfaction that tho disutss
winch the' civil war in North America has cre
ated in i.oftne of the manufacturing districts
has to a great extent abated, and her Majesty
trusts that increased supplies of the raw miy
teviais of industry may |»a extracted from e"
Irks by which it has hitherto been
furnished. The <>tbcr features o f
are an expression of regret at tb
Di.no Gcrman Contorence, and
new, negotiations may "lead to
enc-3 to the cession of the lot
the satfefK-j'ory progress of cc
India and in-China; and to ti
E'aiai’.d, &c., winding np with
tion of tire most important acts 1
and an expression of satisfaction
mcrcinl position of lire country.
On tlm ilWh Os July in the House
moiis, L-p’d Palmerston made some exp
tions as to tiro llasisli question, and st
that the .negotiations at Vienna would be
ried on solely between tho belligerents.
Etigli.-h geverrmteat had 110 intention ot in
firing further. . ..
It is considered probable the truth will U|
prolonged-lot a short time. No understand
iug relative to a basts of peace has yot beer
aVnvtil at. .
The friends of Foderaldom in France think
matters ate looking very unfivorablc for the
North., . ' -rH
it i reported that a severe fight has takfen
place off the Lie of Wright, between a Con
federate and Fefleial cruiser.
The “Kpoea,” of Madrid, announces that the
tenor of the despatches last received from the
Spanish Admiral iu the Faotlie gives ground to
hope for a satisfactory settlement of the differ
ence with Peru.
According to accounts from France, the Em
peror Mrxaiuiliau, on his arrival ct the city of
Mexico, was assured by the United States Gov
ernment of its readiness to recive a "minister
from the new Empire of Mexico and to accred
it one to the Emperor Maxaniiiian.
The Vienna journals mention that the Consu
lar agents of Mexico in Vienna were enrolling
famines 10 beetle in' that country. One person
alone had engaged two thousand families he
lci.ging mosily to the working classes.
A gnd in Paris lately happened to have her
.aUeution called to Some object behind her back,
and naturally turned her head round to observe
i!. The vivacity of the action was so great that
slio dislocated tire two first vertebue of her
spine ; in plain English, she broke her nock by
looking round too hard. A doctor was instant
ly summoned ; he examined the body, and
struck with a sudden inspiration,determined to
experiment on it. With tho aid of an assistant,
he gently twisted back the heart te its original
position ; the vcrteluae returned to their office,
the girl was alive again. Eight days after
wards she was able to resume her occupations.
The name of the Surgeon who performed this
wonderful operation was M. Muisonncuve, of
the Hotel Dion. A few more of such experi
ences will oblige us to look out for anew sys
tem of capital punishment.
A correspondent writing from Rome to the Ag
enee He. vac says: “Mgr.'Lyltch, Bishop of Char
leston, who has been sent out by the Confederate
ta a special diplomatic capacity<o the Com tof
the liol v dee, hasha'd au audience of the Pope.
He had already, on the 29th ult., had an in
terview with Cardinal Autouelii, and it is said
that Bishop Lynch, coming only in the charac
ter of a dignitary of the church, avoided all
allusion to politics iu this conversation, it is,
however, tveil known that the Holy See enter
tains a p.ofound sympathy for the Confederate
States. On a late occasion, the Holy Father,
when urged to consent to his photograph being
taken ou some cards which it was intended to
distribute at a charitable meeting at New. York,
'is said to have written ou the caids the follow
ing sentence with Ids own hand . “Jlilteyladi
um taum in vajiuam ct Veus pacis era tecum”
“Put up thy sword into its sheath and the God
of peace shall be with thee.”
The Paris Press says : “Our readers have not
forgotten that an artillery commissiou was ap
pointed after the engagement between the
Neat surge and the Alabama, to examine the
results of the engagement in connection with,
the armament of our vessels, “his commis
siou. tho presidency of Vice-Aurmral Uidelot
has just finished its report, which is said to be
a very rerdatkable one. It is asserted that cer
tain parts of this document will not be pub
litdied on account of their confidential charac
ter. It appears that the conclusions of the
commission will modify somewhat the system
before followed, by leading especially to airesli
armament of our armor plated frigates,' which
are to receive'it is said, guns of a much larger
calibre tbau those they are at present provided
with.”
DEBATE IX THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
In the house of Commons, on the 25th of
July, Mr. Lindsay, before pntting the question
to which he had given notice, said he desired
to have made a statement, containing impor
tant facts bearing upon the American war,
and tending to show how futile was the attempt
to restore the Uniou and coerce the South ; but
as he hatj no opportunity now of doiug so. he
begged simply to ask the First Lord of the
Treasury if. considering the great
life and property occasioned by the war still
raging between the United States and the Con fed
erate States are conidering the loss ofpeople of
this country have suffered by the war, it was the
teution of Her Majesty’s Government, in concert
with the other Powers of Europe, to use their
endeavors to bring about a suspension of hos
tilities.
Lord Palmerston—l can assure my honorable
friend that Her Majesty’s Government deeply
laments the great sacrifice of life and property
in America, and the distress which that war
has produced in this country. But we have
nst thought that iu the present state of things
there was any advantage to be gained by em
tering into concert with any other Powers for
the purpose of proposing or officering media
tion, or of negotiating with the Government of
the United States or of the Confederate States
to bring about a termination of this unhappy
war.
LONDON MONET MARKET.
'London. July 3u—Evening.—Consols this af
ternoon closed at 90 901.
Illinois Central shares 4CJ a 451. dis. Erie
shares, 41 &4;i.
Confcdeiate loan advanced to 78J a 791.
irVEEPOOL MARKETS.
Liverpool, July 30—Evening.—Cotton.—The
sales to-day have been about 6,000 bales, in
cluding 2.0 n to speculators and exporters.—
Prices unchanged.
. geneiaUy are quiet but steady.—
The weather continues hot to-day.
COUUittPJACEXttE liKTMEtO MIJOU WK.\-
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C. S. Ft.AU Steamer “Piuladsli-iiia,” )
Pout Hotai. Haubok, S. C., -
August 12th. ISG4. J
General S,tmttel Jooes, Contmauding ChaHes
ton, S. 0.:
Sir:—l am informal that there are i.ixtt-on
(16) naval officers confiued in prison in the cUy
of Charleston, who are dp.duutc o' rlo'.Uin
and many of the necersa-ic! of life, ttUcb ns
fionr, butter, coffee, sugar, soap, La . -v-
I have to request tb*t you willcith 1 luiuiah
them with these arltcb r or that you t Ii (*t|»i v
me to do so. .
I have to inform you that I it-it* ie-M |-'i«
oners, twenty five (2.‘»)<ln ns of it.-. 1,01 * 1
tured August 31, tit M- I ■' ■ 1
House, Georg!* Their ucmi-s «*- «» !••*» t« <1 I
them, will 1m- lotted in ft. ■ i 1M
If.you feel disj.i.c -it t»> any id
these persons for ttijy "I ibo naval nUliete,
capturetl in FeptenJ l ' ol . 1 •t, at (-'»•» |. taitulni
or eltwwhrm, at t»»y Hm-' ilitiu (tjc liiutta ut
Hilg cotntinU.nl, tit-il will i-tlt.-tui ttm ttinti-ul, 1
will submit tb l ;- q t -ttloti t l * 11* - ei-iiia.l-Oittlott
of Jim Navy Drp ittn - ut
Very iicpeetiully, ytiui "1“ to nt aervuiiC
(tffgUeiJ t 1 A. I) 1 ill ti 1 1 |r. X,
Rear Admit a!. CnttipiAtiflbi; I .
fiouth Atliititin bltit-kading . ■■|oitdruit.
Offloift! : !'. u. War k. A A. V. tb 11T.
KAMKB OK PRRRONS CAfTUSFTI A t M't,vn>.m COUN
tv t'oritr houss. m .»p*'i 3t>, IHti-l,
Win Donnelly, Wni D Roe, Qlinries r-’nnett,
Wm S-iltete, jam' s Flat t, f|p .r.qti Yonng,
John Cbiipmnn, John iiemlrii Is, O Vs Johnson,
Daniel Lane, Win Hntn’ii'M I o W.Towti -ond.|Wm
Thorpe, (Saiuttel it ,1 Thorp It L-aom r, ,J -seph
S Durant, James D McD mild, Conv -tve !’ar.'.-
hurt, Wm .1 Cannon, Mcllrcgor Bioiiut,
Nelson. John Blount, Cloi Jopher 1 tezvat, T
R Webber, Ish-im L John ..one.
Official: P. C. Warwick, A. A. A. General.
Headu’rtks Dep’t. S. C., Ga. aud Fla., 1
Charleston, August 10, 1804. \
Sir—l received last night your letter of -4! 10,
12th instant.
The offi M. S Navy, prisoners of
Avar, no’ N whom you refer, will
be pern 'hy clothing you may
send the. eseut wants.
Iu vierv ith wdiich the troops
of your Go, a sought for and sto
len or wanta ATfl manner of cloth
ing, even tht (women and children,
that they com it# country, and this
in many cases .. S the com
manding, it. ma> that I should
permit this itidulg %-des.re it. therefore,
to be distinctly uc /,d jhat I do it only
because 1 believv is allowed
our otlteun
1 cannot pt j - 1 from you
the other ar> ey receive
nov the f quantity
that our tes you
mentio.® v, it is
only Se ’miin
taiu^
-*7
iva «/)iiCCLB
..rins iu titjjiv hands,
j, Avilhout goTtig as far as
„ia, have captutodmen whim
- propriety -fia.vfe plfered in v£-
-yuurjtSffcors; but you Avould have
x. «imed, and would ltav4 been ob•
anti overcome before capturing
thc-tu.’ You need not trouble the Navy Dapart
tnent Avith the question, as 1 do not "feel dis
posed” to niff you to profit by your own wrong,
by exchanging otiicem captured iu battle Ai
private “citizens” captured so wantonly and
at so little risk to the captors. But, J Avill ex
change the officers' you ryfferjo for an equal
number of Confederate State officers, pritjonjrs
ol Avar, of like grades, rank tor rank, or their
equivalents, my Government .designating its
officers to be exchanged, If you think proper
to accede to this proposition, you have only to
notify me when you are prepared to make the
exchange. *
The clothing you may send in boxes easily
handled, in a small boat, to the ifsual point oi
meeting, off Battery Marshall. But as Major
General Foster has requested that communica
tion between us be only by tlm way of Fort
Royal Ferry, I have to request that in future
any communication you may desire to send to
me, which does not require immediate action,
ho seut.to Ibis point-
Very respectctfully your obedient servant,
(.Signed) Sam. Jones, Major General.
Official: P. C. Warwick, A. A. A. G.
Tub DanisiT Question —Tiik Peace CoNpjsa
ence of VrcxxA.—The London Conference #;r
settling the Danish question hiis been followed
by tlic Peace Conference Os Vienna, which Inqd
its first sitting on the 26th July. A New Voiv.
paper, the Tribune, after digesting the report
of its proceedings, thus speculates on iis pro
bable results.: i
The Peace Conference oi Vienna will show
an even greater hostility to liberal principles,
it will be a blot between three European mon
archies to curb the spirit of the Democracy of
Germany and Denmark. BUmark, the Pre
mier of Prussia and the leading spirit in this
whole war, has never cpuceakd his intention
to break the streugilr ottha Democratic party
of both Denmark and Prussia, and he has so
far shows by his conduct that lie has never for
a moment lost sightof his plan. As success,
exceeding probably his own expectations, has
thus far attended hi.-:, daring schemes, it is
reasonable to expect that ut a final treaty he
will not abandon them
It is not likely that tlie peace negotiations
will consume much time. The King of Den
mark lias alreacy fulfilled that condition to
which Prussia and Austria attach the great
est importance. Delias removed 'the Liberal
Ministry and replaced R by one consisting of
rc actionists. This* has reconcilttd to film*
Prussia and Austria, and lie will find them
ready to yield on many other points.. Jt is,
however, safe to predict that the entry of all
Denmark into tiie German Confederation will
not bo decided upon, and it is almost certain,
that Denmark will agree to the independence ]
ot the German duchies of Schleswig, Holstein
and Lauenburg.
It is a weli kown fact'th’at Bismark has made
the • ‘mo efforts to obtain, as one of the re
sultaof this war, the t-aritorial aggrandisement
of Prussia. These efforts have hither.o been
thwarted by the counter moves of other Euro
pean Powers, and it is very doubtful v. bother
in this particular point, he will he successful.
Perhaps, to revenge himself for this defeat, he
treats the authority of the Geiman Diet with
studied contempt.
The Duchy oi Holstein is mostly occupied
by Federal troops, and under the administra-'
tionof Federal Commissioners, Bismark has
just ordered the entry of Prussian troops into
the city of Randaburg, which was held by six
thousand Federal troops. The Federal Diet
has again contented itself with a cowardly pro
test against this new act of despotic violence,
but the Legislatures of some of the minor
States will undoubtedly take up the gauntlet,
which is so defiantly thrown down by Bismark.
Already the two Chambers of the Kingdom of
Wurtembcrg have unanimously requested their
Government, in conjunction with other Ger
man states, to oppose this violence with the
necessary means.
The feeling In all the minor States of Ger
manv against Prussia is intense. The moment
the Schleswig-Holstein question is definitely
settled, and no danger of a foreign 'war shall
longer repress the reformatory movements
among the German people, the agitation for
the establishment of a National Unity of Ger
many will recommence with greater vigor
than ever.
FROM TEXAS
A Confederate vessel which has just arrived
at Corpus Christi reports the Texas coaet as
clear from Mategorda to this place. Mustang
Island has been evacuated. Some of our boys
visited their camp and found many "stuffed |
men.” >
It is reported that our forces have whipped
the \ ankets at Morganza. Texas, and had taken
two thousand negro prisoners.
Gen. Limey, commandant of ther iornffi di?-
irict, has been 'relieved of that command and
directed to report at Wa-kiugtoil, He wiil be '
succeeded by General Hatch) j
F.tOAI AIUUI.M A v
T!I3 .-iI'UAXJ,qS OF ArKAtas.
The Kic htec n Enquirer dir courses thus cut
the position of ah ain Virginia:
A tu-suliar iiis- re-, t if b. b.g bieutilied with
the atiumi . a ot affair.- on the James and Appomat
lux, an inUT'-it rib as may nutdially imattate
fr-ttn any ar-ut p. obtetm, j bough apparot.tly
tips ititu,:; is ... 'I iktii ■d, all iiiti renct's iu
0 d t'i it Ui't hypofiu tuiii HLit iudistiuct
Wn know tb ,t Giaut hi) ruovpika.v.«y I-.rge
tolutans it troops frotu Lis front bef-jro Peters-
Mud ills, Ids mfiittri eoufiuiPidiug the
i'y t,« t .it lot i«u ilays; that a de-
IHUi,-tlatioli ill foicj lias bsea hi progress for
lltHqltesl-iun has 1 ■ tm-ed i frequently, ‘-Is
the 1. ... til m 1 t • . ~1,1 jto tie frltaitlori
.-I hy 11,-. i a.- i.... la-on- lor ponded
to |. t it,.; tcj -J.iii-m t i in. i> poitiol continued
•jt*|* I -1 .-t t:- ■ it. ' Lft.-y ol tqi.'i«, (O ItiUcli,
l|,ut 111- .11 Mi: til iilj -- 1. * beti-sVe. it.a:' t-.ut posi
litiii ia -oii.ituly 1., fit , 1 1 ba<k to it:. Great
Impe.'. a tv. ,'oitlti.d upon I.:tly and Ids ntove
tu> tils tn ,'ilst 1 land, ti.'alit ins rent ttsi tforce
li.o.itin |-, U ~-i,ii,,. 1..1. beyond doubt. Bui
ill,, a lie, in it lie. .ny to iilituulHu lVt-'TS
•l.iirg 1 1 pn V, • d-iiiylnti" To abandon
Pel, i.shurg , :•> .1 .inn ideltmulid, for, if the
in 1 1 1 v ef.,,1, m alt tin removal mustlelieve
ho 111 eit'iert.
't he , ~,«•!-. of vv< 11 i ~’lined cities is too clear
ly cr 1 aldis-hen ii.’- u..,- (It the-.- IWO joints,
to lead to the h. lie.l that the stuety of Wash
ington city*!-: (l-. s'ei.i!*ut. upon the whole or
I'VPn hall of Gut tit's iinmeiise army. Aud sure
ly Grant ha. tn •. or yet expressed a fear or
in tt,itemed a doubt a u> his ability to keep
Wasliitigton e. Je and hold hi prescut position
ut (hr- same time. It would seem also that the
Washington authorities are not at all frighten
ed ; on the the contrary, they arc abused for
not la jug scared. A correspondent of ti North
cm journal, writing from Washington on the.
■4th,says: "The President and Secretary of
Wat continue to mauife-t their usual apathy in
regard to tue nlato of. affairs ia Pennsylvania
and Maryland
"To judge by the way they talk and act,, one
would suppose Hint they had not heard of the
high handed manner in which General Early is
carrying on, cud the -Mails of which you have
no doubt received by telegraph. The most
urgent representations have been sent here by
Governor CirUa in regard to the alarming
condition of things ia the southern part ot
Pennsylvania, and urging instant action on
the part ot the National Government in order
to save that State from the horrors with which
it is threatened. But so far these representa
tions have been without avail.” One would
suppose that this magnificent indifference, or
apathy as it is called, hardly grew out of any
very spurring apprehensions about the 'inva
sions.
It is move than likeL that l-o'h Oraiit an-!
Lincoln think that so rich a t : la« . ..;; . . r;, w a
nig mid so wicked and semi-iebqllioUs.a KtatSi
as Maryland wit i-ilorii to suiiev sa.: e of the
korrois of war, csj-acially v.hunUie incalcula
ble sufferings of the South .may be joyously
held up hi comj.'ai son. Besides there is the
prestige of being a sufferer and the benefit, of
' plea of justi'icanon, however slight, ill what
1 :>w, anU by the twist of the ingcuious
'*)'■ pen, .'-1 all that has game before.—
Untie;- iff so'considerations, to with
''r a!'j>at the situation, based np
incuts of the en.caay.
' that they d«) not care
id to Pennsylvania so
s also lair to suppose,
the position at Peters
ortance, sull -red nay,
.nr;! it, and still hold it
mg to abandon it' nutil
nl cut of it.
,rg® or little, it appears
t' case it3-rlf for all that lias
ae to show tho contrary.
, will develop ) their stability
ooa v» Ml give us the solution of
TUB YANKEE 1-OiviIK)ATIONS.
The Petersburg Register says that the Yan
kees have exercised their best engineering
skill in the construction of their defensive
works in Prince George county. They have
erected line after line, of the most formidable
.breastworks lor protection Against the ‘-charg
ing” rebels, and built torts iff immense
I). spanned with ditches wide and deep,
and protected by almost impenetrable abatlls.
Jio thorough, indeed, have they made this
work, that from their front line of breastworks
below Petersburg their rtclffitci s extend TUmori
back to City Point. Every eligible point liaa
been turnul into a hri-: tiir;g ii.it,‘and every
conceivable avenue of approach is commanded
by earthworks.
Independent of the O.tyM’oii.t railroad which
the Yankees.soon put in running ofdor, and the
old county roads leading from Petersburg to
the river, numerous other 'roads have been cut
and are used for the transportation of supplies
for the army. .These ate abundantly protected
by elaborate defences.
'The Anny of the botomac has so 'often been
lifted from its fortifications in times past, that
the precautions here shown, against the repeti
tion of such a caliDitropbe, indicate a wise fore
thought in Mto Yankee commander
outrage: rx I'ittxcr.a e'os.gk.’ *
The unfortunate cHk. ms of Prince George
county, Va, now within the Yankee lines,
have been visited ■ with, a treatment woise ii
possible than tint!, which has befallen others
who have been thrown under similar circum
stances They have not only been subjected
to personal in snB:: and abui.qs, lut have had
•their property and provisions tJolcii, and have
consequently been left in almost starving con
dition. The Yankees first strip a farm of all
its poultry, hogs, cattle and every thing edible;
then steal the-provender, horses and negroes,
and finally strip the rc- iiience. of its furniture
appropriating certain articles to tent uses and
shipping the most costly to the North.
They make cooks aucUwasher women of the
negro women, and place, the men to the ranks
to light for their freedom. Vvo learn that
numbers have thus been to reed into tho Yan
kee army and now confront our troops w.tli
muskets in their hands.
ItSI'OKTED UARtUAQB OF EX-FF. ESI HUNT TTt.Elt’s
»AUUUTF,R lENIED,
1 Dating from Castle ton Hill, Staten Island,
August 10, Itt'i i, Mrs.. Fix-President Tyler
presents her compliments to the Editor of-the
New Y ark Herald,.and requests that he will
contradict the statement, made in his paper of
the 10th, that a daughter of Ex President
Tyler had been recently married to a Federal
soldier. He "I'as no unmarried marriageable
daughter, and the story recovdert-by the cor
respondent from James River is pure inven
iou. .
THE CORN ritOgFFOr. &‘J.
Wc learn from a very hjgliiy intelligent Roan
oke planter, says'the Petersburg Register, that
theje never was a better prospect for an abun
dant crop of coin than now exists in all tho
Roanoke region. The country has been blessed
with most propitious weather,and nothing'but
high water, produced by the rain's cf the latter
part of August aid the beginning of. Septem
ber, can prevent tho securing of a most abun
dant harvest of this invaluable grain. From
other quarters wo hear accounts equally favor
able.
COURTESIES TG >TIU ENEMY. .
Our pickets having become lather t.V.muive
with those of the enemy, Boiutreguid’s Adju
tant General republishes the annexed order ;
It having been reported to these headqu.-r
ters that our pickets and skirmishers have al
lowed those of the enem to advance within
a short distance cf our lines, and that the pick
ets of the two lines are becoming too fami.iar;
it is hereby ordered that no communication
whatever should be held between our
pickets and those of tho enemy. The latter
must be fired upon whenever seen within range
of our guns, due precaution, however, being ta
ken to prevent a waste of ammunition.
3*o 03.
This older is dictated by a stern military
necessity, as the forbidden practice affords advsn
tages to the enemy in procuring information
and directieg his force. But, even if this ne
cessity did not exist, the Commanding General
would still deeply deplore the moral disgrace
incurred by his troop.- m anything like volun
aor unnecessary association with the savage
who are not only waning against-iis, but
persecuting our women and children and des
troying private prop :r<y. ihe hands of such a
foe’ are unworthy the friendly ,or courteous
touch of a Confederate soldier.
BATTLE OF THE WHITE TAVEKX.
On the Charles City road,. :-ix mi’es from
Richmond and just beyond on- other works, is
a point known as the White Tavern. This
point, on Sunday and Monday, was the ex
treme left of our line The enemy V dismount
ed cavalry on Monday moved up this road in
heavy force. O.ir cavalry met the n below the
Wfait'e Tavern, arid, about ten o’clock, A. M.,
a fight begun, which lasted until lata in the
evening, lathe cou.se of the day we drove
tot-enemy back a m. two miles in the direc
tion of-D -p. L-.■.ffj;n i.ii'l C: rlcs" Neck. Late
in the. evening, p>- we ' • i .'“-dug the enemy's
eavairy, we came nppn his if.ffintry, who in.
turn forced us back about half a mile, when
night put an ra.d to iue fight.
Early iV.et-ffiy morning the enemy again
advanced up the N:w Market road, tins time
with eavairy, artillery and, infantry? His
cavalry foice w•: heavier than on-the pre
vious dav, and his infantry, so far as ascer
tained, consisted of tb • Second, Ninth and
• er.th tor | s, numbering logeiuer not le s than
tor y thousand men. About seven o’clock,
A. M., this immense force Struck our cavalry
and drove them buck into our earth.woiks
Hero our c .valry and a small force of our in
a-itiy held them iu chock for a considerable
i-.-ngth cf time, during which the enemy made
- OA' I>l tieree assaults in heavy' columns, the
devoted negro troops of Buroshte leading in
every charge. The (slaughter of tho negroes
in these assaults exceeded anything tliat oc
curved at Petersburg on the memorable 30th ot
July.
This waffan unequal contest. The enemy's line
uve'lapped us on.the left while they still en
::-»gcd all of our attention by hurling heavy
•masses on our front. We were at length flanked
on out left, and the enemy drove us from our
position, taking, it is said, about a mile of oui
wotks. The light was, however, kept up by
our retiring Jor-c.s until tho arrival ol leia
ii rccments, when after a desperate and bloody
light wj drove tho enemy (rota our entire line.
The enemy's less in this b.ut'.o ivas veiy
great, as we learn from a number of sotnees.
We have heard no estimate of our loss. Briga
dier-General Chambliss is- reported to have
bc-eu wounded and taken prisoner in the first,
onslaught of the enemy. There avuis also are
port that General Wade Hampton had been
killed, but this tt more than doubtful.
This was a serious and determined effort of
Grant to turn our left and force at once the
abandonment of New Market Hill, and perhaps
Onutfiu’s Bluff, its result ia highly salisfaeto
ry to us.
Goa. Early’s operations in the Valley are
getting to be very encouraging to the mechan
ical inten-'ts of the North. We learn from a
private letter, dated August 1, that Gen. Ear
ly's command made a sudden descent upon tho
magnificent railroad bridge at Martiusburg,
and, for the second time this season, complete
ly destroyed it. The enemy employed nearly
three thousand workmen to rebuild it, since
General Early’s first visit into Maryland, and
bad just completed ii three days, when Juba!
came along inquiring, “ Who’s ben here is ace
I ben gone.and .went to work to encourage
trade in that locality. The army are enjoying
themselves hugely on the abundant rations fur
nished from tho fat fields of Pennsylvania.
it is reported, 011 good authority, that exten
sive deposits of lead have been dflfeovered near
Willis’ Mountain and GurJsvilie, in Bucking
ham county, Virginia, and a detachment of Lt.
Cassell’s party ot engineers have been sent to
further the discovery. It ivill be worked by
Government if found in quantity sufficient to
warrant the undertaking.
John M. Daniel, Esq'., editor of the Richmond
Examiner, tv id J. Marshal Hanna, Esq., report
er for the same paper, were last Friday indict
ed hy the Grand Jury for libel.
SHE DISASTER ATMOOREFfI'I.T).
IVomUaj-ttmi F.mac’-:, of the First Maryland
cavalry, avo learn the particulars of the un
lcirtuaate affair lit Moorctield'on the 7th in
stant.
General Bradley T. Johnson, with ins bi ••
was vu tho west bank of the south brafeh _l
ib.e I’otoumc, opposite Mooi eficd. C diet SI
McC-ausland, with his forces, was on tho east
or MooreficM sulo of the river. General John
ston had several regiments of cavalry and
pieces of artillery ; General McCiiusiand also
had I aa-o pieces of cannon.
At three o’clock, A. M., Sunday, the 7fh,
General Johnston receiving icfoiination that
Averill was advancing upon him from the
direction of Romney, immediately sent out a
strong scouting party in that .direction. The
scouts passed beyond our pickets, aud having
gone some distance without meeting or hear
ing of tite*enemy, tied (their horses, laid down
in the woods and Avont to sleep. This was tho
cause of tho whole (ts our subsequent misfor
tunes. Averill came upon qnd captured these
scouts, and having dressed some of his men in
the uniforms of the scouts sent them, forward
towards our pickets. The pickets being de
ceived by the uniforms were surprised and
cap : ured withftul resistance. The main column
of the enemy keeping in their ffipnfc, those mdtt
dressed ill Confederate uniform then advanced,
without opposition, upon Genetal JohustoiFs
camp.
Our men were still iu bivouac, and were
completely surprised and scattered. McCaus
laud'a iorce, who wore on the other side of the
five), seems to have fared but little better.—-
Both forces retreated towards the valley, which
they reached without further misadventure.
.Our loss was four pieces of cannon. (Johnson
two and McCausland two,) three hundred pris-'
oiu-rs, four hundred horses and about the same
number <*l cattle. Thirty-eight'*of the enemy,
including three majors, were known to have
been killed. The whole blame of this disaster
must rest upon the head oi the officer who. was
in command e! tlie scouts.
VARIOUS ITEMS.
A Yankee deserter who has come into our
lines states that the loud exp lbs. on heard in
Grant’s rear a few days since, \vas the blowing
up of a Yankee ammunition boat tit City Point.
Fifty men and seventy five horses were killed.
Lee county in Western Virginia, is said to be
fearfully infested with bushwhackers: nut Yan
kc-es, but deserters from our army and skulkers
who have been biding out
The Court of Inquiry to investigate the
causes of the disaster to the Yankee arms in
front cf Petersburg, has been convened and is
in tJession at’Oity Point, Major Gen. Hancock—
the man whom Malione has so unmeioifully
drubbed on several occasions—presides.
An official despatch from General Early,
dated August Sib, has been received, which
stabs that our .cavalry, who bad been raiding
in Pennsylvania, had reached Hardy county ;
that the report of their defeat, as stated in the
Northern papers, was false.
The Yankees have burned Prince George
Court House.
The Petersburg papers say that it is evident
from movements that what is left of the Yan
koo army in is preparing to throw
itself on tlie defensive.
On Sunday Aug. 7, one of the cavalry brig
ades of Gen. Bradley Johnson’s command was
surrounded by the Yankees in Mooriieid, Vs.
We lost about three hundred prisoners and four
pieces of cannon.
The firing below Richmond on the Chester
field side, on Saturday morning, proceeded
from an engagement between our batteries at
Howlett’s ami the enemy’s gunboats, the re
sults were unimportant so far as transpired.
Tlie shelling ot Petersburg was almost en
tiroly suspenned last, week, and tee people
enjoyed an interval oi quiet to which they had
for a long time been strangc-rs.
Yankee papers state that Sheridan was
moving up the Shenandoah Valley, with quite
a force. The Richmond papers think an en
gagement has taken place between Ids forces
ami those of G:;n. Early.
The latest report we have front the Valley is
that the enemy is again withdrawing towards
the Potomac.
Ou Tuesday (lie Yankees made a fierce as
sault on our line between Darby town acd the
Charles city toad. They broke through, but
were repulsed.
Mira -sne
FROM KK VTt t liY.
Tho Macon Intelligencer has received a letter
from a gentlematj in Richmond Ky. dated July
26th. In speaking of the feeling existing there
he says:
Having an opportunity of writing you a line,
* f ’; -si. -rt ytjount in this portion of tlie
State, i have.c-nchi.iad t«Mio so, even at tho
risk of subjecting myself ot the surveilance of
the,Federal rnyrmkloas that lord it over this
oppressed and down-trodden people bf r peo
ple al’e thoroughly revolutionized in sentjm. ,
p.nd would now with almost unanimity !u i!
'with joy the advent of a Confederate Army.
They are completely dissatisfied and disgusted
with the Abolition Government, and would
now generally rally under our banner had they
an opportunity to do so. But the yoke is upon
them, and they need the assistance of our ar
mies to aid them in their deliverance from its
bondages.
FROM MOBILE A.M) \ ICI.VITY. *
The Mobile Tribune of the lGthhas reliable
information that a Yankee force has landed at
Navy Cove, about three miles and a half from
Fort Morgan. Their number is not known,
but it is supposed also that they were getting
mortars in position.
Saturday afternoon two vessels were seen
nearing the Eastern shore, iD the neighborhood
of the place where they landed the day before.
Tlie mail agent lrom Baldwin county re purls
that it was believed that a raid was preparing
at Pensacola to start fur Tensas. Their pur
pose, it is thought, is to destroy the machine
shop at thairplace.
It is stated that not an officer of Fort Gaines
nor a man was injured in the capture of that
place. Only a few casaalties in the trivial
picket shelling on Wednesday night betore
the capitulation. Five or six were killed and
wounded. Among them no officers. The men
and officers were surrendered as prisoners of
war, and they are now all in New Orleans.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
It is stated that a raiding party has entered
Wilkes countv. N. C., and that a cavalry force
sent forward to check them had been met and
defeated by the enemy.
Col. C. L. EdwarJs, of Granville, has been
appointed a member of the Literary Board of
North Carolina, in plage of. Rev. William E,
Pell, resigned,
FaO.AI THE FKO.YX.
A correspondent of the Rebel thinks that
the Yankee force at Atlanta has either been
overestimated or reduced by sickness and des
ertion. lie says our army is strong and hopeful
—our officers vigilant and (jetermineJ.
About midnight on the night o! August 13,
afire broke out, in the frame building on
Marietta street Atlanta, adjoining the brick
bud lormerly occupied by Gen. Wright as
headquarters. The brick building and three
frames adjoining wele burned before tho flames
were stayed. One or two ot the city engines
were cn the ground, and brought into play.
During the progress of the fire the enemy di
rected the fi- c -from ail his batteries iu the
direction of tho light, but none of the assem
bled crowd were injured. The threo frame
buildings belonged tqj. U. RiffgE-q., #nd the
one,: mnlding to Major Gunby. The tiro
* t liquated from a slu-ti failing among some
coU.m stored iu the rear of the house occupied
by Df- Biagets.
1 tic caiij to! the cnemv for some days jiast
has oviduiHy been directed to the extension
■ct ms lines to his right, iu the direction of the
Macon and West Point roads. Late Friday
even tig a considerable force bad approached
AAt.bn a mdo <>t tho Most Point road, a sboit
distance b.now i.asf I’oiut.but early Saturday
mo tiling tlvy fell back over a mile, to their
ro:mer position. Ti-e obstacles to a flank move
ment in that direction were Undoubtedly found'
mote formidable than expected, but !of their
nature we are net advised.
Tho Macon Telegraph learns indirectly from
official sources, that Wheeler struck the State
Road at Acworih ou Saturday night tore uji
the road, captured ami destroyed three trains
and the bridge over the Etowah. A courier
brought in this news to headquarters Monday.
Both G nerals arc bending their energies—
tba one to gain tho advantage of position and
the oile rto prevent it. When the engage
ment that is to decide the late of Atlanta is’to
come off cannot be surmised. It. in;iv bo to day,
or fo-moi I'oav, or it may be poMjfjit-1 a week
or a month.
On Wednesday tight the enemy made a
heavy assault upon our works on the left, no
doubt intended for a surprise. The assault was
received with a sbeel of (lame, and a hail stonu
of bullets and canister, which laid a thou
sand Yankees low in death in front of our
Avoiks, mid Un-joe as many more were sent Jimp •
ing to the rear and out, of the service with
Avonuds To say that she as.nulling column
was defeated, hardly conveys the idea—it was
demolished.
Since the death of McPherson Shorn an seems
to be sluggish in bis movements.
When tho Yark'-es entered Decatur, Geor
gia, an old gentleman, the Rev. Mr. Holmes,
met them with a gun in his hand. Tho fiends,
in order to wreak revenge on the old man for
his act, bound him in hi. house tin J then fired
the building, burning him ivith it.
Maj. Gen. Bates was sever’,y wounded a few
days since b.y a random shot.
Kiilpatrick- hat assumed tho command of
•the Vaukc: r,: -airy. He made .: Joint both on
<ur >■' 1 ami left a few days since—but tho
• in-- mem. Avars undoubtedly intended to
J. .r k'-Ul.
Otis of our scouts,*.Capt. Frank Southern,
v. .ill a company of duty eight men, catne upon
a pit! ty of tho enemy, a few day a since, seven
ty-live strong. Without giving them time to
ascertain- his force, he oin. rged aud routed
them, killing live and capturing four, among
them a captain-'f Brownlow’s regiment, with
the colors of the same. All were brought
salely in.
Alt rvpoits from Atlanta state that our troops
are in fine spirits, and eager for the enemy to
make an attack on our wot ks.
lull «sL—
'FIUIM FLOUIDA. .
On Tuesday, August, 9 Gen. Jackson and
stallmade a reeynnoissance in the direction of
Baldwin, and found tho Yankees engaged in
destroying the rail Toad near that place, cut
ting the rails so that they could not bo used
again. The next day Gen. J. sent a loft e for
the purpose .of capturing tho Yankees. They
went within two miles of Baldwin without
finding thtMsnemy, but shortly thereafter they
found'the enemy,-and a skirmish ensued.—.
Lieut. E; A. llari. and several others were
wounded. The skirmish was. going cn when
the dispatch containing this nervs was received
at Lake City. The railroad was torn Op be
tween Baldwin and Jacksonville by our pickets
aud a Yankee train o 'cars thrown off the truck.
Daiuage not sscer(aine.l.
The .Savannah Republican says General J. K.
Jackson met the enemy at Baldwin, and whip
p :<! them out of that place on Monday or Tues
d;y last. Tin; Yankees InVy torn up the
tracks for a considerable distance on the roads
leading to Lake City and the Florida Rail
road.
A raiding party av.is in the vicinity of Netv
nansville. and pursued by Capt. Rottx. Tho
raid is supposed to have been instigated by
Lemuel Wilson, who had previously
to the enemy from Newnansvill.o His son who
had been to Nc vansville, and hearing of Ilia
desertion of his father, expressed considerable
indignation at his conduct. When about eight
miles from NcAvansville, he led t.i.c stage and
stole two horses from a Mrs. l’iles, and lilts
a dutiful son, followed the example of his fa
ther.
Bc-sjdes these Wilsons, 8. B. McKlue and
Wm. D. Clark, all men of means, who had
previously stood above suspicion, having pro
jierty in Alachua county, have deserted to tho
enemy, the two letter when hearing ot Iho
enemy’s lauding at Middleburg a short time
since.
Another raiding party is being pursued by
Capt. Dickerson, from Waldo.
FROM WBhT TKISBiKhSEE.
A correspondent of the Meridian Clarion
gives extracts from a letter dated Jackson,
Tenji., July 15th, which shows that murders
and. robberies are frightfully audacious and
frequent 'throughout West Tennessee.
Two men in Yankee uniform, recognized as
murderers, were taken from jii 1 at, Jackson
and simii iriy treated, ill. L. Fisher and D.
B. Fundei'burg of Decatur county, A. L. While
of Paris, John Croora. a printer on (lie West
Tennessee Whig, and five others, are particu
larized as having been murdered bv lories;
and numerous other murders are declared to
have been committed all over the country.
Recently, on the line of tlie Memphis and
Charleston railroad, near Grand J unction, Miss.,
five of General Forrest’s scouts tell into the
hands of the Yankees and were brutally murder
ed. Tho atrocious deed was witnessed by a
number of citizens living neir the bloody scene,
who attest the. fact in a published letter to the
military an the Dries h- Mississippi.
We know of a commissioner from the States
of Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, arriving within
our lines not many days since, and immedi
ately started to consult President Davis at
Richmond.
Gen. Morgan, with a slrcng force, is now in
o,ir front. When last heard from he was near
Bull's Gap. liow far he is going is yet to bo
ascertained.
Bill McClelland, another distinguished bush
whacker of Greene county, was killed last
week accidentally by one of liis own men.
The ears upon the East Tennessee and Vir
ginia Railroad arc making regular trips every
other day from Bristol to Jonesboro’. Our
lines extend to Bull’s Gap.
A despatch from Rogersville, Tenn , on the
9th, says: '‘Our scouts have just returned
from a trip to Mavnardtsvillc. They brought
out 21 prisoners They did not make any at
tack on. the town. The Cincinnati “Times”
says that ad Lire Tennesseeans in Sltermau’a
army ;i.-.,ve been killed.
FROM Writer U.\ NORTH CAROLINA.
Major Charles 21. Roberts, the dauntless and
untiring, has just returned to Asheville from
another scout into the caves and mountains of
East Tennessee. In obedience to instructions
irorn Cub Palmer, with an ample force he pen
etrated far into the region of tories, encoun
tering several parties, killing eight or ten,
capturing about the same number, recovering
a considerable amount of stolen property, and
bringing off about twenty horses and as many
beef cattle, captured from tlie enemy. The
prisoners have reached Asheville, and among
them are Some notorious bushwhackers well
known to many officers and soldiers there.
Among tlie parties encountered was one under
a Lieut. Dove, recruiting officer lor Col. Kirk’s
commaud. la the light Dove was killed, and
on his person paper.; of importance were found>
From Mississippi.
A gentleman who has recently travelled in
various parts of the* State of Mississippi, re
ports that the people arc in high spirits as re
gards tlie present aspect and future prospects
of our military a (fail s.' Where the blighting
tread of the raider has not cursed the soil, ho
says the crops are luxuriant.
From preparations being made in Mississip
pi, it looks as if tlie Federals wero about to
start on another grand raid through that State.
The pa|>ers say that our guerrillas are fully
prepared to meet them, and will give them a
warm reception when they make their appear
ance.
I.iccoin has revoked Gen. Hunter's ordt»-
banishing Confederate sympathizers from Cen
tral Maryland.
Grant says there is no earthly reason whv
his late mine operations at Petersburg should
not have been an entire succesi U his order?
had been obeyed, , j