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For a longtime the South clung to the con
viction that France anil England would Inter
pose to step aw. r, supposed to be so inimical
to their manufacturing interests tbat-they could
nottolerale jis continuance. Hut this hope hss
proven illusory as a dream. Like the mirage
<.f the d.sert, intervention lias cheated out
vision wiki its delusive promise, ever recedirg
uml vanishing os we fancied we approached it.
We wi re led into the error by not suit: ient
ly considering the reason* which rni-ht defer
tiio.e nations from meddling ut all, with a
quarrel so remote from them, and in which they
liaii only a paitial interest. .When we expect
ed anything from tlieir friendship, we failed to
appreciate the fa l that nations in their inter
coiirsn with each other, are usually governed
by an interne aipl exclusive selllshncss wliich
forbid* the indulgence of the nobler anJ loftier
tientlunnh of generosity and magnanimity. It
I.i attiil that to; I 'poiidioiir. have noaoui, and thid
is equally lino of g.ivornment'B.
Murojioau governments, and especially those
of Franpe and England, are accustomed to act
with exclusive referenco to their own Interest*;
and these are ho wide spread and complicated
that they arc forced to consider ail the possible
results and contingencies heforo adapting any
line of action i:t llrcir foreign relations. They
cannot often afford to uudertako «h<j chival
rous task of defending the lights or redressing
the wrongs of others. When they do so, as in
the case of Turkey when invaded by Russia, it
is because their own interests are involved, and
more is to be gained by intervention than
neutrality. Grocej was a rare exception. She
enlisted the active sympathies of Franco and
England la iter behalf, stirred by the classic
recollections and nssticiatiißi* which clustered
around her. Hut in that case there was no
fear cl rousing a formidable adversary whose
resentment might become dangerous. When
the French government sent aid to the Ameri
can colonics, in (heir struggle witji Ureal Ihi
tain, it was prompted by tire wish to injure au
ancient foe rather than by friendship for- the
colonists or sympathy with their cause.
The loss of the cotton crop ot the South has
been severely felt by both England and France,
in the depression of their manufacturing inter
ests. It has occasioned vrydo spread distress
to their manufacturing populations. And wo
fondly hoped, and avert confidently expected,
that they would he forced to interposo to stop
the war, in order to obtain a supply of cotton.
Hut this hop is bus been utterly disappointed.
Three years ol'-cornrnercial and manufacturing
embar rassment havo elapsed and yet they stand
aloof, declining even to offer tlieir mediation to
settle the quarrel.
Various reasons have concurred to influence
the course of these governments Whon our
war broke out, there was an uneasy and un
eettleii condition of affairs in Europe, threaten
ing a general war. There was tiro Danish im
broglio in which Europe generally, and Eng
land in particular, might become involved.—
'There was the Polish insurrection. 'I here was
a conference of the European powers proposed
which might unsettle their relations, and lead
to war. The revolutionary- spirit was rife on
the Continent, and ready to burst forth, the
moment an opportunity offered. A general
distrust and restlessness mc'.iaccd the peace of
Europe. Franco and England, especially, as
limy eVer have, regarded each other with
mutual jealousy. Besides, the former had un
dertaken the conquest ol Mexico. Ail llrese
circumstances combined to make tiro French
and English governments exlremely- cautious
about becoming involved in any way, in our
quarrel, however mud) they might desire to
see it ended, which indeed is questioned by
many.
Howard, too, lias very adroitly Work oil upon
tho fears of those goveiniuonls, aliemately
threatening anil conciliating them. TUore is no
doubt that the English government, especially,
has entertained a serious dread of a collision
with the Yankees, in view of tho dangers to
her extensive commerce from the depredations
of their cruisers; and, also, to her Canadian
possessions, in the event of a war. The present
timid ministry has manifested an extreme aver
sion to a rupture with this boastful nation,
preferring rather to pocket-insults and submit
tamely to indignities, than to risk the dread
ed encounter.
I,ouis Napoleon, on his part, has had a nice
little diplomatic game to play with Seward, to
which wo and our cause have been entirely
subordinate. lie wanted t >establish Maximil
ian, his protege, quietly on the throne ol
Mexico. But the Yankeo nation and its Monroe
doctrine were in his way, threatening to in
terfere with that scheme. To bring the Yan
kees to terms, lie pretended to espouse the
cause of tho South with chivalrous generosity
and zeal, and went the length of permitting a
formidable iron dad fleet to be built for us ill
French ship yards. This master stroke had tho
desired effect. Seward proposed to abandon
the Monroe doctrine, uud assent to tho estab
lishment of a monarchy in Mexico, if Louis
Napoleon would put his interdict on the deliv
ery of those ships of war to the Confederates.
Tho bargain was struck and has been carried
out. Tho construction of the iron clads has been
suspended, and tho Yankee government has
surrendered the Monroe doctrine, notwithstand
ing the resolution of its House of Representa
tivis, intended only for effect, in which the
Senate refused to concur.
This transaction explains much in the course
of Louis Napoleon towards the Southern Con
federacy, so fickle and variable, alternately ex
citing and crushing our hopes, which other
wise might bo inexplicable. Seward and Na
poleon have been playing a political game of
chess, in which the the South and Mexico have
been pawns. Napoleon has threatened Seward
with the Confederacy, and Seward has mena
csd Napoleon with Mexico ; and each has gain
ed the advantage for which he played, while
the tantalized and repudiated Confederacy has
been thrown overboard.
But we have reason to thank God, that the
i-jnusfatus of foreign intervention no longer
lures us into the bogs and morasses ot disap
pointment—that we no longer expect or desire
it—that wo scorn and spurn it as nu obsolete
and rejected idea—having discovered that we
can achieve our iudepeudeuee by our own ef
forts, without the help of any Prince or poten
tate beneath the sun. Wo will have this im-
portant advantage that when we emerge from
the fiery ordeal of war, a free and independent
people, we will be untrammelled l-y a single
obligation to any government or nation on
earth, lie will be free to adopt our own poli
cy, foreign and domestic ; free from all entang
ling alliances : and tree to work out our own
grtfflti and glorious destiny as a nation in our
pwu way, and according to our own ideas.
Aiwitrtt Rerouted Raid.—lt is rumor'l
that the enemy h..c.>' made another raid on
the an l Atlanta Railroad, tearing up
if hayrack near Joncikorot
CO.YFI’SIOJ AMO VO THE KWEMY.
of Ohio and Win'- r David of Mary,
fend ktve taker such aeftea in reference to
Liner#) as commits them taopposition to nis
re-election. They must surely be lost to ail
seif respect if they can give their impporS t- a
man whom they denounce as go utterly wan
tit.g in ail the qMpftlrations for a position of
risponitibiiiiy auutrust. Fhould the Conven
tion which they bars proposed at Buffalo be
held, and should another candidate of tee
abolition party he nominated there, this -with
those* already in the field will give us three
nominees from the same family. Botwer n
Fremont, Lincoln, and the new candidate
whoever be may be, we should have very
little to choose. Ea-h one of them must come
before the people pledg 'd to a prosecution of
the war against the Confederates. Jhe Chieve
laud nominee would be the exponent of the for
eign eh.-ment of the Republican party. Lincoln
would receive llic support cf the shoddy ccn
tmotors an ! these men m civil and military
Rfe who are indebted to the administration for
money- and office ; wliil-t the new nominee
would command the votes of that large class
of disaffected persons who have lensili'ity
enou.di left to bs disgusted by the selfishness
anil dishonesty of those whom they have once
supported.
We notice these quarrel? among the mem
bers of the same household with soiao satis
faction, because they promise such a distrac
tion of the bloody dynasty which lias ruled
the North for the past three years as may re
sult in its entire discoiu lUure. The greater <
tiio number of candidates of the war parly,
the stionger Ike probability that the Conven-
tion which is to meet at Chicago hi a few 'lays
will bring out au unconditional peace man for
the Presidential chair, and that ho will re
eeivo a majority in fho electoral college. Jf
all the anti Republican elements which are
found in the North can be made to coalesce,
we should have no doubt of their success.
There is danger lest a division occur among
the Conservatives. The recent demonstration
in favor of McClellan shows that he has many
friends. Should the Chicago Convention
promulgate a peace platform, and should Mc-
Clellan accepit it—an event not.altogether im
probable—he would sweep everything before
him. With a patriotism which could not be
impugned—us the Yankee:! count patriotism
with (he prestigo of having been one of the
most successful Uorfcral.i of the war, with the
sympathy of numerous classes in view of the
maltreatment which lie has received from a
jealous Commander-in-chief, his triumph
might lie predicted with confidence.
Amidst, all the confusion that prevails among
our enemies, it is manifest that peace principles
are constantly gaining ground. Three years
ago tho very journals who proclaimed tha!
•‘the man who says one .word about peace
before this wicked rebellion is crushed, is a
traitor, and deserves a traitor’s death,” are
scon speaking out in favor of peace. It has
become apperaht to every thinking man at
the North that the subjugation of the Squth,
if a possible event at all,, can oniy bo effected
by the rr,in of the North. Greenbacks are
worth at the presenTtimo only thirty-live cents
on the dollar—private accounts say less than
twenty cents on Ilia dollar—and at the enor
mous expenditure which Hie war involves,finan
cial ruin, if the slrife goes on, is as inevitable as
the death of Hie pali.-nt who lias received a
mortal wound. They see that the Southern
States aiu determined to hold out until all
means of resistance are exhausted, and I hat in
the event of their conquest the victors will ac
quire but a nation of paupers who can add
nothing to their wealth. Reason, we are pleased
to observe, begins to dawn where until lately
“madness ruled the hour.” Returning sanity
pere.-ives that the oniy wise, patriotic and just
course is to rail an armistice to take some earn
est and practical step for tho settlement of all
mattet sin controversy. If Gen. Lee Gan sus
tain his position in Virginia for die next
ninety days, itnd in his ability to do so wo have
every confidence, and if Gen. Hood can keep
tho enemy et bay for a like po-iod, even as
successfully os be has during ihe month in
which he has been in command of our forces,
wo shall witness a revolution at the North al
ready began, which will bring a speedy ter
mination to the bloody war which now desolates
our territory. Lot us’do all in our power to in
troduce this much desired result.
The Late Rumored Raid. —The Macon Con
federate says that the rumor that lheYankee a
were again on a raid through Central Georgia.,
grow out of a party in Jasper county having a
difficulty in tho road on Thursday night with
several mounted men. It is said that tho man
who had imbibed freely, met a squad of horse
men and demanded passports, papers, etc. of
them. Instead of accommodating him, th;
horsemen pitched in and gave him a sound
thrashing, lie made off and reported that Ivo
hl l been attacked and defeated hy twelve
thousand terrible Yankees ! Tho aiarrn spread
rap id 15', aud is perhaps still going ahead, and
ail without any other foundation than this ri
diculous circumstance.
A New Commander op this Post. —It will be
soeu by a special order in another column, that
Brig. Gen. A. R. Wright has been assigned to
the command of this post. Wo think this u
very excellent appointment. Gen. W. thorong-
Iv understands the duties of tho otlico he has
been selected to fill, and is every way quaifled
to discharge them. Besides, wbat is more, he
is an officer in whom the community has con
fidence, and the public know full well that Au
gusta will now be ably defen led-ia case an.at
tack is made by raiders. We think our citizens
have good reason to congratulate themselves —
both because a change has bc<-u made, and be
cause the place has been tilled by so popular
and efficient an officer.
Davidson’s Yankee Raiders.— The party Os
raiders which were captured near Atlienrand
sent to Macon on Tuesday last, it appears be
long to Maj. Davidson’s command. This is the
party that destroyed the Central Railroad from
Gordon to the Oconee brigdge, and which passed
in two miles of Milleilgevillo on their retreat to
wards Sherman's lines. The Miliedgeville Union
learns that the Quartermaster escaped. 110 had
with him $15,000 taken from the Government
at Gordon. Many individuals lost money and
other valuables by Davidson’s thieving baud.
A Retaliatory Measure.— Samuel Crook.
Twenty-Second New York cavalry, captured at
Ream's station on the 30th of June, has been
placed in irons and close confinement at Macon,
Georgia, in retaliation for the similar treat
ment of Col. Angus W. McDonald, captured
near Lexington, Virginia, by Col. Crook's
regiment during Hunter’s raid up the Valley.
Yellow Fever at Wilmington. —A gentle
man just from Wilmington informs us that all
the blockaders are now stopping about thirty
miles below tho city—at Fort Anderson—some
thirteen are now congregated there. All of
them have one or more eases of yellow fever
on board. Stevedores have been sent down and
tho vessels are unloading their cargoes
and reloading at that place.
The Alauama Militia. —Gov. Watts of Ala
bama,- is doing all he can to collect togesher
the Militia of that State for its defence. Some
Confederate officials are. howtver, doing what
they can to hinder him in his good work. Not
withstanding iho exertions of the latter, we
are gliul to learn that the citizens of Easter n
and Middle Alabama are flocking to Mobile to
in driving back the invading foe.
Yellow Fever at Nassau. —We are infoiin
ed that tk'm.iv fever is raging violently a t
Nassau.'Lurga. numbers are dying daily. —
From Ekar cf Suebmax’s A;:>it. —A scout
who has just returned from rear cf Sherman’s
array gives the Ath as Watchman the annexed
axe nut of the trip :
We started oiTt, five of- us in number, on the
morning of the 26th of July. We worked our
way around the army unmolested, and without
coming in Contact with the enemy until we came
to Frogtown. on Etowah river. We there
came- very near running into 460 Yankees and
tories before hearing of the danger we were in;
and being so close on them, we were fearful ft
would not do to turn back, and we took a cir
cle as near to them as we thought we dare go.
inquiring for forage for 1,500 or 2,000 horses,
and made the citizens belive that there was
that number of Wheeler’s Cavalry in the neigh
borhood, and would soon have the Yanks sur
rounded. Our plan had the desired effect.
Some tory gave them information of our being
in the neighborhood, and they took an aiarm
and crossed over the riv.ecin groat haste, butn
i :g the bridge behind them, which left us free
from danger.
Wo were in forme'! by citizens that we could
not proceed any further in that direction with
out coming in contact with the enemy. We
however, crossed the river into Dawson county,
-n 1 there learned that the fid Indiana cavalry,
'.’eiis'. i mg of about 400 men, bad been in Pick
ens and Dawson counties for some time, and
had organized one company of “home guards”
in Pickens county and one in Dawson, and
such a reign of terror and cold blooded murder
never existed ia any country.
A man by the name of Joba A. Darnal is
commander of the Post at Jasper, and the de
oiee has gone forth tli it every Confederate sol
dier caught north ot Etowah river must die.
On fiie 24th July, C.tpt. McEiroy—who had
some time ago been taken prisoners and made
iiD escape at Chattanooga, and had fallen in
with some of our scouts and was trying to work
his way back to our army—was* killed by the
lories and fil Indiana cavalry. On the same
day, John Connalfy, oi Capt. Wilson’s com
pany. from Murray county, was captured ; also,
Samuel Evelr, of Gordon county, and Win.
Capebart, of the 67th Ga., and one other On
the next day they were ail taken to a grave
yard near Jasper, together with an old citizen,
reported to be liussel Peek, from Murray coun
ty, who had “refugeed” from them and was
trying to get back home, and there placed
them with their backs to tho cowardly wretch
fces who wore lo execute them. But the prison
ers, disdaining the iTh-a of being shot in the
back, tore the blindfold from their eyes and
about faced, opened their breasts to them, and
in a few minutes were in eternity.
Gruel treatment to women and old men,
.robbing and burning houses, is oi frequent oc
currence. They pursued two ladles from Mur
ray couuty—Mrs. Peoples, after killing her
husband, D. M. Peeplos, and Thos. Eceples’
wife—-to Frogtown, took thorn prisoners, treat
ed them shamefully, and have sent them North
lo some filthy prison.
Some portions of the country in Sherman’s
rear they have been very kind to : the citizens
at Spring Pisco, for instanoe, they have never
injured materially, but one family, and that
was caused by tones in the place.
Elias Allred, of Pickens county, iia3sent hi:;
family North, joined in with the tories and
bushwhackers, and been appointed bv Jim
Brown, bogus Governor, Representative "for the
10th Congressional District of Georgia to Hie
Federal Congress, and it is said that he is the
grand cauce oi this reign.of terror in this couu
ty.
After resting a few days, I started back to
the army; and found the country full of strag
gling Yankees, and pursued a squad of -about
sixtyjfrom between Athens and Gainseville,pass
ing near the hiiter piaee, to the Shallow Ford,
on Chattahoochee. The citizens taking their
shot guns and failing jn with us, increased oar
numbers to about twenty. We came up with
them near Kellogg’s in, Forsyth county, and
about one half of our squad charged taem.—
Tho Yankees, most of them, abandoned their
horses and lied to the woods, every man taking
liis own course. Some three or four hours af
ter, a portion of Col. Young's Battallicn came
to our assistance, and did good service in help
ing pick up about fit) prisoners aal 50 horses
and mules.
After res' ing our horses we started for
headquarters, and on Sunday last near, Gaines
ville, we hoard of a squad of Yanks' being in
the neighborhood. Wo immediately divided
our squad. Lt. Friioiuia, of the fid Confeder
ate Cavalry, being in command, took one mi n
with bin;, leaving the others of us to guard our
horses, ;u;J went in pursuit of them, and soon
came up with them. 'The lieutenant ordered
them to surrender, having his pistol presented
at them. They were five in number, and im
mediately surrendered. They belonged to the
Bth Michagan.
I would, if it was prudent, speak of the gal
lantry of citizens of Halt and Forsyth counties;
buts say this, that a truer, braver set of men
never lived. Our friends generally in Sher
man’s rear are full of hope, and are many of
them singing that good old song, “There’s a
better day coming.”
Confederate: .Cotton- Loan. —Tho I r dec o
J aly says: The evident indications of tho failure
of Grant’s campaign ’n Virginia has given
more life to the transactions in this security;
tbo value has, moreover, advanced, and v.o
close firm at sixty-seven to sixty-eight.
To the Editor of the Index —Sir; Some slight
misappreuensions having lafeiv arisen about
the position ol holders of the Confederate 7 per
cent loan, wbo wish to convert their bonds into
cotton, permit me to reply through your col
umns to the inquiries which arc addressed io
me cn this subject.
The Confederate Government is bound by
the terms of the.contract v. itli Messrs. Erlauger
A Cos., to deliver the cotton in redemption of
tltt-so bonds, after peace “in tho ports of Char
leston, Savannah, Mobile, or New Orleans
during the war “at points in tho interior of the
country within ten miles of a railroad or stream
navigable to the ocean.” In practice tho Con
federate Government even exceeds its obliga
tions under this contract; and to facilitate tho
conversion of the bonds, it has provided that
ccit.un duly authenticated certificates of depos
it should have the same validity as the bond?
themselves ; and in exchange of these certifi
cates it Las in many cases delivered cotton,
when it was practicable, at Gunpoints of ship
ment, the londholdors defraying the additional
expense of inland transportation.
This has been extensively done at. the port
o( Wilmington, although that.port is not among
these specified in the top tract, until the stock
of Government cotton there has become ex
hausted. 'lhe proximity of that port to the
theatre of operations in Virginia and Georgia,
and the consequent strain upon the means of
transportation for military purposes, will ren
der it difficult, ter the present, to replenish the
stock, and it is therefore probable that tiie
Government will bo temporarily unable to ac
commodate bonduolders at that point. At
other points, notably Mobile, these reasoos do
not apply, and one vessel exclusively engaged
in exporting Loan Cotton, has just completed
her fifth round trip between Mobile and Ha
vana. Other vessels plying between neutral
ports and Texas, have also been eminently
successful.
I need scarcely repeat that the Government
is anxious, not merely to comply with the
strict letter of its contract, but to afford to the
bondholders in addition every facility and
convenience consistent with its military neces
sities. In consequence of this liberal policy,
over £300,000 have already been converted into
cotton, or exchanged lor certificates for that
purpose. The semi-annual interest, and the
dividend of the sinking fund, due September 1
upon tbe amount of the loan' remaining in
circulation, is now in the hands of the agents
of I,he contractors, Messr. J. Henry Schroder
Cos. • Yours Respectfully,
% C. J. Mcßae.
Agent for the Loan.
Seventeen Saville Row W.. July 0, 1801.
Deplorable Condition op Tennessee
The annexed extract from a private letter will
give our readers some idea of the present con
dition of East Tennessee:
“The country is in a most deplorable con
dition. Bushwhackers, consisting of deserters
fu’iu both armies, refugees from justice, Ate.,
arc robbing and murdering the people in
discriminately, having no regard for age, sex
or political opinions. Two cases have lately
been reported here. Mr. Waugh, an enrolling
officer of Carter county, Tennessee, was shot
in his own house and robbed of his watch aid
o’her property while dying in the arms of his
wife. Another man had been wounded and
was lying in bed having his wounds dressed,
when the notorious Kirk entered the house,
and after magnanimously -offering him a choice
of positions in which to be shot, coolly put a
pistol to his head and blew his brains out.
“Many houses of Both Union and Southern
nit n have been brant, and these outrages are
ot daily occurrence. All this is the legitimate
result of Brownlow’s teachings.’’
The Chops in Noktu Carolina. —From every
portion of the State we learn that the corn
crop is unusually promising. It was l eared
that a continuation of the dry weather would
cause seme itiji'.ry to crops, hut copious rains
which we suppose were general, fox the last
two days, have dissipated this fear, and we
may now reassuredly indulge the hope that
there will.be a large surplus of the staff of life,
and shit there will be no sufieiing for the want
of it. We fear, however, that the hog crop
will be smaller than usual, as we hear that the
cholera in some perilous of the State has killed
very Urge numbers,--AinnyA ioniefvativt.
Tun C: cf Bi ut ? Ei: u:.—We have had
the privi’cj-;- f i .-v of the protest
of 'the rk.'Rev. W.:. am 11. Eider, Catholic
Bishop or Natchez, acr vy* oi which has been
fc#w ird< d• o Bii hop Q HrrUu. Accompanying
tip document is a statviaect of ids present sit
uation, from which it appears that tie has been
even acre tyrannically treated than was at first
reported. V/ a copy:
••lie •. k dto be put bevond the Bnek, but
peremptorily refused, and was told
Urn: t-e v. uid be sent N >nh. lie is allowed
no ccmfpr'..-. no pen. ink, nor tabic; in a small
room, cioselv guarded. 1 think it but justice
to Bishsp Eider, to Catholics, and to ail other
religious dcncinlnuilen, that they should know
v. ha: they may expect from the arbbrary mil
iary p.ov. • r of the Lincoln dynasty, when that
ex at ise that power.”
Bishop Eller’s Rqirisonment, which is at
Vida-i.i, ro:-s the rW'.-r from Natchez, and out
side his dioeea.v. In consequence of his pro
test, to I oi. 1 ■ G. .'.rear, the Yankeo common
der at >'a(. kez, rg.qnst tho hitler's requirement
that special snppiication lor ihe President oi the
United States iin uid be in troduced into the
services at the Cathedral. The Bishop says :
•We rebite, ia Ex,fi n. the Litany of the
Saints wherein we make express supplication
for all Christian rulers, for peace and unitv
among ait Christian people, and for eternal
good tilings to o;:r benefactors, among whom
certainly, are chiefly to »•© reckoned those to
whom .we are indebted lor piotection.
Oi his refusal he says :
‘•lthas ne political signification. It is sim
ply an assertion of the liberty ol the 4 Church to
discharge her divine functions without inter
ference from other persons. And this, in a
country where ail religions are equal before the
Go\enim°nt, amount lo the same thing as the
Liberty of tire People (not against God but
against the BtatoJ ia peace and in war, to
choose for themselves their religion and their
religious guides.
We would gladly make further extracts from
this admirable document, in which with tha
utmost acumen and straightforwardness, not a
sp sos temper is exhibited, bui we hope it
will soon be given entire to our own public and
to tin; world 03 v. -n learn that copies have been
sent to Baltimore, to England and to Rome,
it 13 high time that the Yankees should be ex
hibited m tlieir true colors, as enemies not of
us Confederates alone, but of the human race
and of ov<v.-y pure institution human or di
viii'j.-—J labile Advertiser.
Tun Dutv of IJapratirs from Confederate
Service.-— On last Thursday his Honor Judge
Hook disposed of seven cases—coming up un
der Habeas Corpus—of prisons claiming to be
exempted from Confederate service and there
fore from Stite service. The decision in the
ease ot Jackson and others we publish and let
it speak for itself. The case of Wilson D. Walk
er pie,son led two grounds of exemption, to-wit:
that he had furnished a substitute under the
law of Congress allowing substitution, mid se
condly, lie was a Constable, and for both reasons
exempt. The Judge decided that the first
ground did not exempt him from Confederate
service though the second did. But that while
being a Constable did exempt him from Con
federate service, he wa3 nevertheless a part ot
the militia ot Georgia, and as such, hound to
obey the Commander in Chief of the State. The
case of Dr. Mills presented the fact that he was
a physician entitled under-the law of 17th Feb.
1864, to the-exemption from Confederate ser
vice. The Judge held that as he was thus out
of the actual seivice of the Confederate States,
and had shown no exemption from the State
service, he was subject to do duty in the mili
tia.
The case of L Hoover presented tho facts
that he was enrolled for re: vice in the Confed
erate army, but had lately given fils bond as
a planter under the act ot 17th Feb. ISC4, and
had not yet hoard from his application for
exemption ; and further that he ha i a furlough
from the Confederate Enrolling officer until
his papers should bo' returned. The Judge
held that when his papers were returned if his
application was accepted lie would be exempt
from Confederate and liable for State service.
Blit until Ms papers were heard from (n reason
able time being allowed for that purpose) he
was enrolled and subject to seivice in the
Confederate army, and could, not now be taken
by the Btato officer.- it will thus be seen that
all ihJsc cases rested upon the principle so
prominently s?t forth in the decision in tra
case of Jackson and others to which we invito
attention. —Sandersville Georgian.
■ r—■—CßßM3Bi*» ■ 1 -
Frightful .Affair at Niagara Falls.—Fa
lini, who I tow «.;■> V-C.3 a rival of, ntoiulin
on the fignt repi; at Niagara Falls, has been
making preparations to ford the rapids above
the American fall cn a pair of iron slilts, con
trived for the purpose. The exhibition was to
have.come oft ou the loth. Early yesterday
morning, wo learn, the fool-hardy man went.
out to rehearse the dangerous feat, lie suc
ceeded iu getting more titan half way across, at
a po.int between the falls anil Goat Island
bridge, when one of his stilts broke or gave
way, and lie was instantly in the rap'd;. For
tuV.ati-iy the place of this accident was directly
above Robinson’s Island, a small piece of wood
ed land which lies so the right of Luna Island,
and very near the brink of the American fail.
He succeeded in .struggling to the snore of this
island, and dragged himself from the water. —
Efforts'tu-e being made to get him oh' from his
perilous position. His brother walked out in
the rapids above the, island and reached a point
within a few rods of him with water up to his
waist, and by throwing him a rope with a stone
attached, lie managed to draw a paii of provis
ions towards him and finally grasped it. A
boat is being built by Mr. George II Robinson,
.whose name the island bears, and who piloted
t'.ie Maid of fho Md.;t down the rapids. Up to
seven o’clock, p. m., he had net been got off
the island, ami in ail probability will have to
remain over night and tho greatest part of to
morrow. lie seems to take his imprisonment
good humorediy and is practising some of his
gymnastic exercises, standing on his head,
hands, Ac.' lie is ia his rope walking costume
of tight fitting knitting, such as is worn by cir
cusmen, am? must sutler from the cold, as it is
blowing quite a breeze. Every effort is being
made to rescue the unfortunate man. —Albany
Allan, August 10.
The Mails and Pcs cofitcls. —The outrageous
mismanagement of tile mail system in this
quarter of tiie country demands the attention
of the post office authorities. Our subscribers
complaiif daily of tho manner in which their
papers arc neglecetd to be delivered, whilst we
ourselves are annoyed beyond all precedent- in
the slow delivery of our exchanges. Papers
are delayed two and three days on their way
to us, thereby placing ourselves and our readers
away behind the times.
Tiie very spirit of indolence seems to have
enervated every power connected with the
postal system. Carelessness and indifference
sits in tbe offices like owls with folded wings
and closed eyes. We cm only reiterate to our
scubscribers tha t our paper is regularly mated in
time for each mail and placed in the post
office here.
Wo are well aware that our postefficejiere, is
to blame for.the neglect, in many casrs, of
complaint; the cause however, is that there
is not sufficient force in the office to do the
work. We do hot look on this as sufficient ex
cuse, because there are many men now being
retired from army service who would make
good post office clerks and can be detailed for
■the purpose. Numbers of them too. are anxious
for the position and could do the duty as
efficiently as any person after a little experience.
We think there' is no excuse for want ot assist
ance and insist that the department make some
provision for the necessity.— Maoon Intel.
SEWS SL'JIM Alt Y.
Four white men and two negroes were ar
rested near Savannah on Fiiday morning ma
king their way to the enemy. Two of‘the
white men are deserters.
The sloop Hope, Captain Rober, bound from
Doboy to Nassau, laden with cotton —vessel
and cargo owned in Savannah—a pate oi the
ca ,,r.) biiing on Confederate account -»has been
captu'-ed by-the enemy.
A corps of medical officers has been estab
lished and is now running on the route from
Atlanta to Montgomery, and from Montgomery
to Meridian, to see that sick and wounded men
are*not neglect© 1. and that they may receive
dressings in transitu.
Corn is selling in Montgomery at five dollars
per bushel.
The net profits of the Atlantic & North Car
olina Railroad for the year ending 31st May
last, was S2ls.o(ffi 87 : being an increase in the
net earnings over the previous year ol SOO,OIO
- .
The small pox is prevailing in Fairfield Dis
trict, S. C.
Brig. Gen. Liddell has arrived at Clinton,
La from the traas Mississippi. He has been
assigned to the General command of ail the
territory lying between IVa:l river and the
Wfitesfippi. G moral Td -'d ll is- a native of
Concordia Parish, Louisiana.
Gen. Stephen D. L>© has is.-ned tjie following
order to his Provost Marshal at Meridian : All
pas-ports granted at Meridian, auii.-points south
and west of there, to paities going north or
west, must, after the first day of August, IfetH,
contain tho following oath, signed by tiie parlv
to whom they are granted. viz: “I do solemnly
swe-ai thal I will not go within lhe lines of the
enemy, nor attempt to do so, nor hold any
communication with the enemy whatever now,
BY TELEOBAFF.
NORTtf§RS-'XEVVii
The New York Herald of -ah contains
live columns ofa great mass meeting to favor
McClellan for President.
One hundred thousand’people ware present*
The Herald says Grant when he vis’ted
Washington, left the-army of the Potomrc
commanded by Butler, and intimates that
Grant wants Meade removed, and says if Stan
ton is removed Butler will bs Secretary of
War.
A telegram from New York reports.the cap
ture and destruction of seven vessels about 60
miles Southeast of Sandy Hook, by the new
Confederate Tallahassee. An arrival
at New Orleans firings the report that the Con
federates were in strong force outside Algiers,
and were forti fly ing their position witji the in
tention of making it a base of operations. [ Al
giers is opposite New Orleans, ou the Jlissis-
sippi river. ]
Guerrillas continue very active in Ken
tucky.
Stanton has not resigned, lie says having
been solicited to accept the office lie will not
voluntarily relinquish it. A petition is-in cir
culatfon in Ohio and other States requesting
the postponement of the draft until an attempt
to secure peace is made by negotiation, based
on a constitutional union.
Tho Herald thinks the time has arrived when
fho administration iu behalf of peace ami re
nniounnay advantageously open the door to
an armistice and a convention of all tiie States.
It advises Lincoln to send their commissioners
to Richmond.
A special dispatch to the Whig from Peters
burg says the Washington Chronicle of
the 12th contains full accounts of Ihe recent
explosion at City Point. It says the explosion
was the most terrific of the kind in the history
of gunpowder. Two barges loaded with am
munition of various kinds moored at City.
Point were blown to atoms and all their con
tents, consisting of about three thousand bar
rels of shot, shell and canister were hurled in
all directions.
Amidst ihe volume of black smoko an aval
anche broko the timbers of the new warehouse
500 feet long and 50 wide. One whaif follow
ed. with commissary stores, and was shattered
into fragments. Adam’s Exptess office, ad
joining the government building, and a train
of cars, were also destroyed. Fifty four per
sons were killed, and a hundred and eight
wounded. *
The Baltimore correspondent of the Now
York Post says that Winter Davis has written a
call for a National Convention to bo held at
Buffalo, for tho nomination ol a candidate for
the Presidency.
The New York Post says that the MoClellan
meeting did not express the sentiments or
meet the approbation of the lenders of the
Democratic party. Neither tho Democratic
leaders or masses were present.
Indian troubles in the Northwest ate in
creusing in magnitude.
The Baltimore Gazette received Tuesday
says that Burnside lias been relieved oT tho
command of the Eighteenth Corps, and has
arrived in Baltimore. Wilcox is temporarily in
command of tho Corps.
The Federal loss iu killed and wounded in
the action in Mobile Bay is estimated at two
hundred and forty men •
No particulars have been received of tha
surrender of Fort Gaines by the Northern
papers.
A Confederate force of two thousand men
arc menacing the border to wns ol Indiana -
Gen Carrriugton ha3 made a requisition on
Gen. Morton of Indiana for twenty-live thous
and teen.
Various other captures by the Tallahassee
arc reported—including ships Adriatic anil
Gillam Beil.
The N. Y. Ilerald of Aug Ifi renews (lie sug"
gestion that Lincoln sends peace commission
ers to Richmond. It says “we have arrived at.
that stage of exhausting war, when every con
sideration & wisdom, patriotism, and humanity
suggests the propriety of a magnanimous 'an 1
bona fide movement on the part of the Federal
Administration in behalf of peace.”
The Herald announces that its daily issue
hereafter will be four cents per copy. The
Herald says it expected Fessenden would re
form the financial affairs, but instead lie has
plunged deeper into the sea of paper money; and
the national finances are now more unsettled
than ever.
she Herald says it is evident that half the
newspapers in the country must soon stop pub
lication.
The rebels are increasing in Kentucky.
Over a thousand persons, mostly women and
children, have recently been banished from
the State by Burbridgo. * •
It is reported that 2500 Confederates under
Adam Johnson are in Union and the adjoining
counties, preparing to attack Mt. Yernon
'Burbridge says Kentucky is disloyal and
ready for an outbreak at any moment.
Confederates are shot down as guerrillas
wherever found.
The southern portion of the State is swarm
ing with recruits.
Public sentiment has undergone a wonder
ful change—many advocating Union a few
months since being no w ultra Southern.
Over ono hundred ladies have been arrested
to be sent South.
Lincoln’s friends arc desertiDg him rapidly.
4 fight is reported near Fort Smith, Ark., in
which the Yankees claim the victory.
Guerillas continue very tioublcsome in Mis
souii.
The forces now at Memphis, and operating
against Forrest, are nearly 50,000, half of them
veterans. Regiments of hundred day menjirg
arriving ajffnost daily at Memphis.
These new troops are composed almost exclu
sively of boys, foreigners and negroes.
Vvashburne has gone to the scene of action,
near tho Tallahatchie.
GOOD NEWS FROM FLORIDA.
An official dispatch from Gen. J. K. Jac&son,
dated Lake City, Fla., Aug. lffih, to General
Jones, received late last night, says:
Capt. Dickerson with his command, engaged
the enemy’s cavalry, 340 strong, at Gainesville
yesterday, and completely routed them.
He captured 150 prisoners, one -.piece of ar
tillery, besides recapturing 100 stolen negros.
Among the prisoners are a captain, two lieu
tenants and an ensign. s
The whole comm md would have been cap
tured if Capt. Dickcison’s horses had not been
worn out.
The enemy were scattered and pursued four
teen miles.
The enemy’s infantry, consisting of four
colored regiments, is at Starke. Col. McCon
nell is in pursuit with an additional force.
AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE NAJTAL
ENGAGEMENT.
Mobile, August 9, 1 SGI. .
lion. S. B. Mallory. Sec’y of the Navy :
The enemy steamed in through the main en
trance with four monitors and about sixteen
heavy vessels of war. The Tecumseb, Com
mander T. A. M. Craven, was sunk, with nearly
all her crew, and also another gunboat, the
Phillips, which I subsequently burned. The
Richmond, Hartford and Brooklyn, in line of
battie, followed by the remainder of the fleet,
pushed by Fort Morgan under full headway,
where they were encountered by the Tennes
see, Morgan, Gaines and Selma. The Tennes
see and the other vessels steamed in close
range of the advancing force, and poured a
heavy lire into the leading ship’;. Alter a
deaprate engagement between the fleets the
Gaiues retired to Fort Morgan in a sinking con
dition ; the Sc 1 mi, cut off, surrendered, and
the Morgan escaped to Fort. Morgan. The
Tennessee, so far uninjured, steamed towards
the whole fleet, and, after an obstinate fight,
surrendered j her rudder disabled, her smoke
stack carried away, and as we suppose, her
c-ew in an exhausted and smothering con
dition.
On. the Tennessee, Admiral. Buchanan was
severely wounded by a splinter in the leg ;
two killed and several wounded among her
crew. On the Gaines, two killed and two
wounded. Ou the Morgan, one wounded. On
the Seim?., eight killed, (including her ex
ecutive officer, Lieut. J. 11. Comstock,) and
seven wounded.
I he enemy suffered severely, and he reques
ted permission to bury his dead.
Respectluily,
G. W. Harrison, C. S. N.
FROM VIRGINIA.
Tho enemy are attempting to cut the canal
across Dutch Gap, or Turkey Bend, twenty
miles below Richmond, at a plaeo where the
rivor is r.eveu miles wide and llq'oe fourths of
a mile across..
The object of the enemy in cutting the eannl
is to flank some of our batteries near Chaffin’s
Bluff, on the north side of the James River.
Col. Mosby reports officially that, he attacked
the enemy’s supply train near Berryville, Au
gust 13th. lie captured and destroyed seven
ty-five loaded wagons, secured over two hun
dred prisoners including several officers, hi -
tween five and six hundred horses and mu'es,
upwards of two hundred beef cattle, and
many valuable stores.
A considerable number of the enemy were
killed and wounded. Mosby lost two killed and
three wounded.
An official dispatch Aug. 16, states that the
enemy made a determined attack on our line
between Daihytov/n and the Charles City Road,
and at ono time broke through, but were re
pulsed and our original position reoeenpied.
The Examiner of August 17 th, says’the ene
my made several flerco assaults, Burnside’s
negro troops leading ever? charge.
The slaughter of negroes exceeded the car
nage at Petersburg on the 30th July.
The enemy’s loss is reported lo he very
heavy.
Gens.-Girardey and Chamblis were killed.
FROM ATLANTA.
V.’e have handsomely repulsed the ouetny in
overy attack. Prisoners are continually ar
riving.
Deserters from the onemy are coming in
in large numbers. They say that the Yankees
are living on roasting ears.
No fears of holding Atlanta. Wheeler has
tourn up twenty miles of railroad track in
Sherman’s rear.
The enemy is busily engaged in tor living on
tiie North side ot the Chattahoochee, princi
pally along the Powder Springs and Camp
belton roads, and in the vicinity of Sweet
water.
The enemy have opened fire on tiie city from
another gun—supposed to he a sixty four
pounder—planted on the Marietta read.
Prisoners report that our cavalry captured a
large number of beeves at Kingston a few days
since.
Numerous reports aro in circulation in re
gard to their operations, but beyond the fact
that they had cut the toad at Acworth and
were destroying the track between the Etowah
and Oostanaula rivers, and thus far had been
entirely successful, nothing official has been
received.
The enemy seem to be ignorant of tho mag
nitude of the operations ia tlieir tear, and were
preparing another raiding expedition under
Kilpatrick, which had rendezvoused at Sweet
Water preparatory to starting, and which is b«*
lieved to have been recalled, and were going*
in pursuit of our cavalry.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Great excitement it is said existed in Con
stantinople last, month in cousequence of the
suppression of Potestant establishments by
armed force.
The Queen o! England, in proroguing P irlia
rnont, declares the purpose of htS - Government
to adhere to its neutrality policy. .
The Paris Press announces a conclusion of
peace between Germany and Denmark, terras
unknown.
• Tho Confederate loan is still advancing.
United States stocks on further depressed.
FURTHER FROM MOBILE.
Maj. Gen. Frank Gardner has assumed com
mand of the District ot the Gulf. Tho people
are pleased with tho appointment.
Maj. Currelle, agent of exchange, returned
from the fleet —having sent off letters and pack
ages for the Dauphin Island prisoners. Hopes
are entertained of tlieir early exchange. *.
A force of the enemy from Pensacola, esti
mated at two thousand, crossed the Perdido
river Tuesday, advancing Towards Mobile
Bay.
. FROM MISSISSIPPI.
Forrest still maintains his position near
Abbeville. There has been no further demon
strations of the enemy reported for several
days.
The Yankees are committing many depreda
tions on the people. Peaceable citizens are
being killed.
Gov. Clark lias called upon every able-bodied
man to assist in driving the enemy back.
A special 'dispatch to the Register, dated
Oxford 14, states that Chalmers dashed into Ab
beville and whipped the enemy, capturing 25
prisoners. Ho then fell hack four miles. The
enemy attacked him and wore repulsed. Our
loss was five killed and twenty-live wounded.
The enemy lost fifty killed, two hundred and
fifty wounded, and forty prisoners.
KOUTUEH.'n SEWS.
The President of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, arrived in Washington on Monday last.
He states that the damage done to tie- Canal
and to the boats by the late Confederate raid,
will keep back over a hundred thousand tons of
coal from the Washington market this season.
Workt;ien have been employed upou the badly
damaged section of the Canal at Antietam, but
tho rebel forces iu the vicinity have driven
them away.
There are 10,000 contrabands and refugees
in St. Louis. An immense wooden barracks’is
being put up for their accommodation.
The Supreme Court of Illinois has decided
that a married woman cau sue alone to recov
er her separate piopcrty.
The new Yankee Constitution of Louisiana is
published. It is included in one hundred and
fifty four articles, under fourteen titles, and
like other Western States provides for the elec
tion of a Governor once in four years only,
and representatives biennially. The judges are
to be appointed by thy Geveinor and Senate.
Tiie Constitution of 1*62 is superseded, and
all causes in litigation transferred to court
under tbe new Constitution. One title is spe
cially devoted to the government of tho city
of New Orleans. In case oi the insolvency of
a bank, its fcillhokiers shall have-prof race oi
other creditors. Ignorance of any language
other than the English is to be no disqualifica
tion for office. Taxation is to be equal ami
uniform, and an income tax so ant.*on.:.-a, ‘*[" J
an excise for professions A department ol jii-
Counterfeiters of postage currency and treas
ury notes have jute been caught m Inuianapciu
and their work stopped.
tem&l Improvement is created, under charge of
a State engineer; and the .State may be dis
tricted for Commissioners of Irnmovement.—
No appropriation can V-e granted for private
Schools but ali legislative aid mast be given
to the public schools. Tbe vote on the adop
tion of the Constitution will ho taken on tiie
first Monday of September next.
Northern papers state mat tho people of
,* Maine arc suffering terribly from the files mg
] ing in that State. A comspoinleni -ays, “the
State seems Hiiended in a ia-avy pall of smoke
j We are gut off from the light ol the suae'
FROM YOmil’s COMMA M).
ECTAL eoasrsr 'NTIZNCE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.]
Han! on Alhcr.f. Torn.—lts failure, &c.—Deith
°J (ft. Bo relay — Disloyally—Exploit of Col.
Young.
fii.AuisviLLE, Ga., August 5, liof.
(in it- r _■ 1. 1;.* #1 tK-fT.tv-tire well mounted men, under the
euu;: a!id We_t Lit ttis plttcefor tijfipurpoeeof epo
agALi'-t Uie enemy iu Allans, 'lean., amt at other pcii ts
.n 1... ii iy,'.;. n. They nu-t accord;;,- to p. -vious appointment
"L Ihe! Slaw .ns day. about thirty mounted men under tha
' ; 1 ■ 1:; i 1 J; -iol: hi. of Geu. ■}. G . Vaugi.n 3 command,
ths'uttia re ■ ■ util n.t Ritrsp as to who should tsiie the chief
; ..-.1 O.iss iiisu.i.- that ue should have it. »nd the olhic
IS:.'I I. WUI ..pud portia dtvafeat he shoehl take it—io
eoipp.iumse eou's. he mate, iladi determined to command I.s
, however, in taeir places of destinaU. a,
purposes, and aims.
- ■ -a ■ . ..Liu twelve or fifscen miles of Athens ou
'-'■a,: y eve.. G.cjuide, who was the only person It seeius
W.sh Us. Cs'ivua.ui't V '.-.I acquainted, with the geog’.aphy anil
lops'.er.tphy oi ihe a autcy, was permitted t ’ go to htß home 5 n
tae e.:.pus never be .:; heard from since. As it v J
i"e.s, :. I time Leal he Laitattempted to act asa pilot lotus
I ropert.v am! the lives of t un- of the best men Iu the
GotJe ier my .in. 1 may sreh lee Positional iu. tt may be well
;jn av known nis name, it is Jasper Stephens. He may ba
■! i'll--- m h. He is however, to »ny the lead, quite unsuccess
ful- 1 - luvfes-'es! to desire to see his lamily, that he might
procure trs-ia them important Informa leu
i . w. u; sf a suitable pilot was a severe blow. UttrihK Su I
day eiplii. tlr nun were lost and waudored about over ihe
. oriiitn and found themselves ou Monday ltionunfias lar trorn
-tuei - is they were the evenlue, before. Tie alarm iu the
meauli'i.e ha 1 been given a; and their numbers and destination
IT-eedei: them. About, nine o’clock ou Monday morning, in
stead ot tt ' ■. os' hey wished, they took p-rsessku of Attn ns
wnh but little diuiculty 'There were some twenty Vahkee
soldiers t ere who hastily assembling in the Court House,
i tnh.i '.nr r:.o", u of wrram wire on the square about
tner.ty niluuurs, and then retreated. Julius Alford, of Me -
n th.:' er-unty, Georgia, ‘To te" Khea, mount Khea and
Chit I’‘ 11, m’. s’d '.tihg men, ch ujted tue Court House, Gil
was 1 iihd and idlt ou lire, square. “Coote” Ulna's horse wu
k lied under him, aad Alforrts horse was so cisableu' with a
iiiiuuie brJUhst ire had to leave him on lire square. Tide ia
.■bout the loss we sustained there. Several oi the enemy a s
;i:e'Vh to have been killed and wounded. About the time tl a
enemy tt it it » am,', meed that ono hundred and liltv b ee.o
--• ■ - ivi' .i h: n we e udvaiio ng, atd would be lu the place Uk
a few minutes. Our men retreated hastily, doing uo tl-mags
■ petty, except cutting the telegraph wires by 'Oootrf
Rhea.
i u renebing Lone IFdgc, Cherokee comity, N. C., Hartt-oit
i: sisieu that itiev should eu,. .p torthe ti'gtit.; West objecteo.
but ;.i ni. t yieh.ed. G rsC.. mvvj tnomhig about 8 o’clock,when
ttie it ii w< re s.aitererl n>r half a iiilie aioug the road, in tliu
Gap ot iko ltlil.tc, they were suddenly and unexpectedly at
taened by the "tiuahv.-uackei'a” from ert'.eraide of tire road amt
in ltie nur by at least, one hundred Yankee cavalrymen, ertete
m u being arnitd with Hvo navy u-epeaters. A still targai-
Yankee force was in sigh:, it. Harrison anu some of ther
privates everted thenifinv. s to the utmost, lo Induce the tneu.
tolorm smi figlrt. Itway tiouse however. Fired on by an.
un-eetr foe on > ither side and by double thc-i.- numbora In this
"very mm s ugl.t s fety by f.ieht. 'lire contuslou and.
ai m;n can veil n iumgiuerl. The horse of l'r. bpeucer itaves.
of Rutherforu county, IS. 0., fell iu the road. The enemy
lire.i id him a number of times, but lie escaped without injury.
Hecoiiccuted Mmselftu a patch of busliea near th; road side,
ire hoard oue Os our men, whom they had captured, ask for
quarter,, but he was shot dead on the spot, with the exclama
tion, wl: h aa ruth before rhooting him, "why do ■ you want t*>
live.” They appeared to be highly elated at t eir success and.
said that t boy tvetilu give no qurtiler. Uur loss Is not yet.
Ini;ku. Os Wert’s squad, Alfonran : liysotr are missing. 1l
i i‘. at .i I at t.t fnrniti w.,s killed, lt so a braver man never
ie!l. .liis father and mother ntide, 1 believe, in Meriwether
eeiirt,. in this totate. TwentyTi/e or thirty-five horses were
Icai also.
'me r .uses or rather the cause of the failure of the .expetli-.
ft. nis it;ns plainly slab tl. Hail i hecn under oue quo's, reeo-.
lute and dotemruu-d mind, far rliiierent would have btou the
result.
.‘J his community has just heard, with much sorrow, of the
death of Gapt. Ju lus Ttarclay. His home was hero, lie was
the son of Mai. fcl is. Barclay. Ilefc l on the nod ult, while
gailaitily Maui g his men in a charge against the enemy, near
At l. nta 'i'o n friend a few minutes before he expired t e said,
1 ",r !l my mother r.ll is right.” lie died a patriot arid a Christian.
Troop.
I‘. f —kihce writing the above l team that a fevr days ago a
Yi.iik'.e I'.cguuent appeared in Pickens county, (Ja., and while
liar, a cofon Uiy oi atiout b o v/as lie mod out or Hie cilixeqs of
tr,e county to war againsttheir own homes and ib ilirs, an.l
th rt ng t: e e.s: who joined the compauy .vas one Allred,
who had formerly represented lire couuty in the House-of itcp
leseidativcs. Let such men bo held up to eternal infamy.
I also learn that Uol. Xotmg, a few days ago, with a part of
his command, attacked a laifing party ot ISO Yankees, cup
luring many diul uhout rfoity hetses. capt. Ciavenlord, of
Frouklio, was killed. The exploit was rrcar tiie line of For
syrlr ami HawsoU. T.
—— ■■naasgs TIHHau .
Corn'is selliagSu the vicinity of Columbus
Miss., at oue dollar and a quarter per bush
el.
COMMERCIAL
AUGUSTA MARKETS.
Weekly UsporY Aug. S3, P. Rf,
Financial -Gold 520&21 new currency; silver,
13 new currency; Sterling exchange sl9 to 2d
Bank notes '2a4; Confederate Bonds; 8 per
cent,, long date, 10 to 20; do. short date,
par; 7 per cent, bonds, 80a85; 6 per cent,
bonds, 80; Cotton loan bonds 1,75; 7 per cent
Georgia bonds oid 600 ; 7,450s 80a8il ; Stato
Brark stock 300; Columbia & Hamburg R K,
35. Marine Bank, Savannah,. 175.
Cotton.—Fair demand ; Middling to good
Middling 1.00a1.1.25.
Domestics. —Wo quote domestics as follows r
fskiriing 2,25 ; & sheeting 2,75 ; 4-4 sheet
ing, $3 50; osuabtiigs, $3 25; yarns, S3O to 4l>
per bunch. Brisk demaud with heavy sales.
• Flouit.—s2ooa26o per bbl.
Grain.—Wheat, 520a25 .per bushel ; Corn,
in the ear, from kvagofls,, Sx2;.peas, $15,-
00 ; rye, $12,00; barley, $10,00; oats s7aß.
Groceries, Provisions, Ac.—Bacon, S3SOa4U
coffee, 312 iff per pound; rice 40a50c ; sugar
6uS; salt, — coast 35; Ya., 40a60; Liverpool 60a
75c ; tobacco, dull; iard $3g350 ; Molasses,
N. Orleans, none; Florida $20a24,00; Sorghum
I6alß whisky $-1(.U65 pr gal; brandy SUSa7O pr
gal; bagging s9alo; bar soap $1.75a2 ; cotton
roposlas : nails $2,50; corn meal sllals per
bush; fodder sloal2 per cwt* shucks s6aßper
cwt; hay sloal2 per ewt ; tallow 4 60,5 per
lb; Candies 4,50a5 per Ib. by box; Terrebine oil.
$lO pe. gal retail; black pepper 10,00 per lb;
Tea 20a25 per lb.; Iron, Swedes, 4,00; bi
carb. soda, 4a5; starch 300 ; dry hides ssa6 pc
lb.
Country Produce.' —Good Beef, 75 per lb gross;
pork, s3o()a3,sopcr Ib, nelt; mutton, 300a350;
kid 2,a3 per lb; chickens, s4alo each r turkeys
none ; eggs, 5>3,00a3,5G per doz; butter, $6
to 6; Irish potatoes. sl6 per bushel. Apples.
15 per buah. Peaches 40 per bush. Oiiior.n
$ 15a20 per bush.
'Wilmington, IS. I'. Market—Aug. 17.
Monet Malkkt.— No chsnge«f coiireqrtence In this market;
during the rr'.ot we k. an.l no series worthy of report In stocks
oi bonds, fii'-k r-i rr.- buyirm at the fctliAvinrt quotationsx
GoilfelLmte Uontls, 1863, ; do. 1677, *113; rlo. JBBI, sll6*
Four per tent. Certificates red. 7.3 J Xvotes >r77. Gold slti-
Mlver $lB : Ste iing bills, if rS for one. Bank Notes—North,
Gaioiin; f: Georgia fc fit). Virginia and KouUi Carolina f 1 til
for one. N; c. Treasury Notea tl 10.
Cotton —The market has ruled quiet for t’.e week, and nn
trarrs-e.ion-. of consequence have taken place. Wt qu to a‘q
■i' CO for ffrieomprefsed and $1 76 per ib. for compressed.
Corn S3O per bus -; corn tnoa! 25 per bash; copperas fl pee
lb.; flojrjnu per b 1.; green hides, $2 per lb ; dry hides 54 per
il) ; sole ItLth r *>•! per lb; tipper leal her $25 per ib : nails $2 25
per lb; pci nuts 320 per bush ; rice 60c p r It; Sound made salt;
$25 per Dufh t brown sugar f7 per lb; Fayetteville sheeting,
2.7.5 a B.per yd; opts lurpaTitine Ki per g 1; syrup S3O per gal:
tallow 5.60 per lb ; yarn s3u a 32 per bunch.— Journal.
- PIEDMONT SPRINGS.
Piedmont ‘Springs, Burke co., N. U., I
/ July lltb, 1804. $
AS the sickly season of the year is con.ing on, I desire to calf
the attentr nos those reeking health and also ot refuge tv
f: tiin the cnemi to that delightful and healthful watering place, ,
‘•piedmont Pp r irigr,” situated amorg the Mountains of Buiko,
cuiity, seme l*') miles north of > orgunton. For romantic;
scenery, pure water and remotenc:-- fio.u danger, it. Is perhaps,
unsurpassed by anyplace in the .Southern Ouj federacy. Du
ring the late raid which was made into this county, this place
wa« 1* fi umlisturbul by the en<my, end i feel perfectly Bate In
saying that. 1 appreh* nd no danger in future, unles* the whole,
country shou’U be overrun. Piedmont Springs are located In &
very and I may Bay, in an untrequented (except by
visitors) part of the c.unty, and there ism thing abont or around,
to attract tbe enemy, unle s tliev are In search nf health good
water, a pure andliea'thy atmosphere and unsurpassed Moun
tain scenery. ’J here are no large or rich farms, wealthy plr.lit
ers or many staves in the neighborhood to invheth- Ir attention,
or attract their cupidity. If, theref.re, persons who are reek
ing he Ith or pleasure will be wife anywhere they must be n»
a’ Ihedmont Springs. The house is now open for the reception
of visitors, A triweekly Stage iupb bactc and forth from Mor
gan ton during the presei:'. month of July, and will run daily
thro* ghcut August aud September. TE 11Mb—Beard, Lodg
ing and ‘•igli's. &<-, excepting washing, $lB per day by t: e
m nth; sls p.r day by the week, aud S2O per dav for less thaix
a week. E. O. LINDSEY,
ii' g2 °.w. c 2 Brest, of the Board. _
NO CURE! NO PAY!!
MAHfeCHALIM SOUTHERN FEVER AM>
AGUE FILLS.
Pillß have been thoroughly ibis region or
fl_ the Confedeiii- and have been pronounced a
f..r the cure of Intennitt nt lever.
i hey are prepared without Quimne or Arsenic, end on be
taken by persons ol any ng\ with impunity. They are no
'i aukce Vegetable Hunbu ;, but are con.posed ol Minerals and
V * g stables.
he Subscriber has numerous ccr'incites from Physician* of
their eSicv y ; bu*. t cd'.esi-oi d-.ent it necessary to publish
tlr-ru bs < ut of the vicinity of the reddcnce of tbo person giv
ing the ce: ißc%H\ ih • ' ujnents arc useless. The Pill* CAN
and MUST make their t-v/r. ramc.
'lhe Smi hem IT nr WAttRAMTKD TO CUKE. If
th -y do not, tbe money WILL BE RETURNED.
In thedireeliont; .*o r t.v.u. ; - these J'aJn a Cathartic is preset!-
lied. Tne proprietor n ! . yen **:.-pc. imentlng with his cure in
tli i cllmftle that a mercurial uaU.i»:tic is ABSOLUTELY NE
OEtS/YRY. He. there i r nu-nd that ad -ee of “Trip*
1< x Pills,” or ' ills l "fir o- Blue M s ; and Rhubarb, equal
quantities, bv weight—c . n sized piils, Bay Bto 4 grain*—
sh uld i e admini; terc-...nt 14 hoursli fore the usual time for
having the Chill. „
The southern Pill* c n h found at the Drug Store of Me
vensoa A Shelton, a gi;*tr, Ca.; In Macon, Ga, by J. H.
jm pQ A. MARSCHALK,
aag!4 2d&tfw33 Proprietor, Miaqt
NOTICE,
BHGUGHT to Jail 11 A ?>l!ng, Columbia county. Ga., oo
the Bth insr.. avrc’o iG-y who say* hVaname IsAndrtw,
and bel'-nga to Ham; ‘on T c« r ci Sou'Carolina. The own
cr is requested tc con. .vard, pro« property, pay expense*
un i t'‘ke him from J. .. G. VV. MARTIN,
aug 13 4w38 Jailer O^C.Cta.
Gi EOKGIA, LINCOLN COUN . Y.
T I'.a lwt'; •■M.'-m. Charles Wallice, having
, i pr .p ; formapi •to ’ c for perr anent Letter* of /.a-
DU l-t'-ation on tae of 4m: us L. ilawes, late c 1 said
Cj 'l hi- .a to ci e all r:■ J * pinr the creditors and next of kin
of .la!ii‘-». L- Ha-vt-s . rd a poo :at rny ohice, within toe
tiir ■ a lowed :.y 1 . / • -v* a.* , i i.cy tli«-y cau. why
;• o.r \ , granted to Char!e*
WaHlce on James Ij. i .awea* estate.
V. j'r.e > t» y iu nd « .u ohlotal itoie.
U. F. TATOIC, Ordinary.
CTATfc Or GE< IA, tJGLK.THOKPE COUNTY, ’
kj MVi-’c, • lc: R. i an. L •/nard G. Youug, applet
to Hi'.’ so r; ■ Urß t edn a. raLor. od the estate of Mary Young,
late of * it! c-.u’.tv dec .-‘G.
Tl*’-l ore therei, : < he and admonish all and singular, the
k’ red aa«l cu*. -d -i, .jh and appear at my
(Ft j wuhia ;V * : •.. ; AW , to show cause; it uvg
ti ey have, why „ ‘ u'- •!.:* not be granted.
Given uj der my .au aad cff.. ?.l this 19»h day oC
A ✓ ! 1 L.C. foHACKELFOKD,
aug 2‘ 4 '> • 4 Ordinary.
BOOT .vj’ih •
UJ W. . . i. * i c - V) me for letters of Atfr
or, u.o flit* ...a n Nouh, late of haid jou’-s*
ty. deccaa and: ,
i : ’ ar :.r •: : ! - * aJ a^, t
th r h-: . • i appear ut
i., < r>i #|,ow rause, uC
;a.v t!.<:> ha'_•■(.*, v. i . • ttograute-L
1
A’-.'Hst lr.C4. Jt:. C MIAUELLFURD,
• * • A Ordlnnrv.
V r
Appi c-. ut; w!'n -o m ae to th* Court of Ordinary f
I I life lncjonii'.y, - .V. the li.-Lt r< :diar Lvm after the ex*
* .iioftwj toi.id.’ . «|Y».i b. i. • for le re to ««*li»
mgr > man b,;l ng /u> 1 h ■•.-(•ate of W iiliaui If. Norm n,
. aid Coi.r ty, and <»-• :</i th ; ixitcht of the heirs aul credit*
Or* Oi Diild drtkk’ vcd,
and A MBS 11. Me*M l> L LAN,
JO ;.. ii Aaiu’i r .f Vrm. li. NoiuilU,