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'' ' ‘ ”' ' "'' 1 ' ' —~~~— in BY N. S. MORSE & CO. |<i|i'flmde£ Sentinel. | ' TEiiMS. V TUB WEEKLY ( URO.TIC'LE A SEVTISEL • l* PUBLISHED EVEIIT WJCDNEbDAT THREE MONTH* 9t 00 SIX MON Hi* OO ALWAYS IIT ADYASCB. WEEKLY ADVERTISING BATES. Ot»tti*T A»rTOrii*m*r»pa:,!liheil la :h» Wtek’.y-wc b trte *.»«Bt7-tTec»at»aLn<! cach;a«ort!oii. SriciAi. VsTrce* wfllbcckarjcdtliinyccui* ahaeforaach XUltlOB. M A ii/'uai Noti-xbr Tortycantg p*-]tne far one Ir.ssrtioa B»llf»t W»»k!y. Whart Oa't'iary so'.c« no *uk Ivii-* In L>»l.y »».l Vo»k!r —S.xtTccnt* pafl'nt. AS ARMNHCH. Oar rndara ur» already apprised tiiat the 2Uw Yoik Hmald, lately received, ha* a letter from Niagai* Falla which saj* that Judga ilack. Attorney General und*r Buchanan, and -May, L'ncoln's privata Secretary, hare had an other interview with Messrs. CRy, Holcomb A ®0 ; and that Lincoln 1* abont to offer an ar snislioe, and propose a meeting of commission , «>» In Baltimore, or soma other ixorder city. Jt is also stated by tha ITasbiiigton corres pondent of the Herald, that tbs armistice ques tion is almost the only topic In Washington : that the Republican leaders inist upon its ne cessity as the only measure that can save their party from defeat; and that Lincoln : s warmly in favor of the experiment. He (Links that if It can do no good, it will do no harm to try it •a If the*B staUmonts he true, an armistice will probably lei concluded at an early day. The rapid growth of tha pcaoo sentiment at the North, and inoreas* of the peace party, threat ening tha de/atit of Liuooln in November, give ta air of probability to these representations of the Herald’s correspondents. igjwil Lincoln having been informed by Hesars. -toques and Uillmor# that President Davis will *at agree to a partial armistice, to be conclu ded between any of tbs General* in command, t**d will listen to bo prepoaitiea for psat;# *x #«pt cr tha basis of $ xuthern iedepemtence, he will hardly attempt to propose anything short •/ a universal truce, or expect to ettoqf a peace on any other condition than Ibo one so clearly mud poc'tivoiy indicated to him ai our ultima tum. It may therefore, be interesting and ap proy>t, at ibis time, to consider the nature and ■seal conditions of an armistice. An armistice U a temporary suspension of ticetiJitiis, of more or lees duration, copoluded by a compact between the commanding Gen erals of two hostile armiee, #r by a convention between the States at war. A universal ariri's tice, a general suspension of hostilities such as is proposed, can only be agreed upon the governments of the countries at war with each other. >So that in concluding the proposed truce Lincoln wilt have to recognise the Confederate Government, lie cannot direct his proposal “to whom it may concern,” but must send it to the administration at Richmond, either direct ly or through its authorised agents, theieby re cognising its existence, aad its right to make each a compact in behalf of the Southern Con federacy. Tbo effect'of a nnivcrsal armistice is to sus pend all active hostilities, both ou land and esa, during its continuance. lie object le to stay the unnecessary cfftision of blood and the hav •o of war whilw the belligerent* are engaged in an effort to sctllo their'disputes by negotiation, leaving them m tlaiu qua, and witii full liberty to resume hostilities, at tho conclusion of the period agreed upon, if peace bo not made. Vattel, in bis Law of Nations, lays down three general rules as peculiaily applicable to eonvontious for the suspension of hostilities. The first of (hose rules is, that each party way do withijl Ids own territory, or within tha limits prescribed'by the armistice, whatever he could do in time of peace. Thus either of the belligerent parties may levy and march troops, collect provisions and othor monitions of war, receive reinforcements from his allies, or repair the fortifications of a place not actually besieg- Tka second rule is, that neither party can take advantage of the tttco to axecuto, without lieril to himself, wbnt the continuance of hos tilities might have disabled him from doing.— finch an net would be a fraudulent violation of the armistice. For example—in the case of * truce between the commander of a fortified town and the army hesieginj it, neither party Is at liberty to continue works, constructed «I- Sber for attack or defence, or to erect new for tffloations for such purposes. Nor oan the gar efcnn avail itaolf of the trace to Introduce pro vleioa* or eucoors into tho town, through the paoeagee or In any other manner which the be sieging army would have been competent to •betruct and prevent bad hostilities not been Interrupted by the armistice. Undorthe oper ations of this rule, the blockade of our ports •would not, wo presume, bo raised by an armis tice. The third rule slated by Yiittel, Is rather a •orollary from the preceding rules than a dis tinct principle capable »f any separate applica tion. A* tho truce merely suspends hostilities without teiruinating the war, all things are to 1 oemaln in their antecedent state in tho places, tho possession of which was specially contested at the time of the conclusion of the armistice. The contracting parties may, however, by axpress compact, vary or derogate from in any and evei y respect these general conditions. Ah armistice would bo virtually an end of the war. It is very unlikely that hostilities would be resumed. Tho North, alter tasting fbr a period tho blowings of peace, would hard ly be disposed or willing to renew a contest, promising to be interminable and involving s«oh a frightful waste of life ami treasure. As has been suggested, Lincoln's object in proposing an armistice, may bo simply to get <«id of the prejudicial effect of the enforcement •f the draft before the Presidential election. tt«A to amusa and delude the Northern people with pretended offoits at negotiation, without any intention to conclude a peace on the only condition to which the Sauth will ever agree— •is unqualified recognition of liar independ mee—or to relinquish tho contest in the event •f his re-election. But we are satisfied that a •essation of hosiiliti.-s would give such an 1m pulse to the cause of peace that it would tri umph over even tho machinations of Lincoln and hU associates. We do not think the North •an be again dragged into a contest so guidons and hopeless, after it shall once be suspended. Tho evidences of the rapidly increasing dis position of the Northern people to terminate this war on any terms, are daily multiplying. It la under the pressure of this wide spread and increasing public sentiment in favor of peace that the Republican leaders are induced to urge an armistice. They plainly see that public •pinion it against the war, and that they have but little ohance for luceeu on a war platform AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 7, 1864. in the approaching Presidential election. To rave their party, therefore, they are convinced of the necessity of yielding to this overwhelm ing popular sentiment. The correspondent of the Herald says that, •‘a conference was held a:few days ago of New England leaders, in which it was concluded that the only saie’y of the administration par ty, under existing circumstances, is in propos ing negotiations for the termination of the war. These nccestori'y involved an armistice ” He also remarks, “it is the last card to be played to ccnfusc the Chicago Convention and take he wind out of the soils of the pe ice men That it will be done, and speedily, there is no doubt. Tho Republican leaders here are not only full of it, but they insist that without it they will be defeated.” Tbkxiblb Explosion at the Powubr Works —Nrxa Miur Killed —About two o’clock Sat urday afternoon, the gianulating mill, belong" fng to the Government Powder Works near this city, blew up with a terrific explosion There were nine person* in the mill at the time, ail of whom were, of eourKe, blown tc atoms, hardly a vestige of them remaining. Portions of the bodies were found hanging on the trees—a most shocking spectacle. Other portions of their remains were discovered about naif way between the mill and river bank. The concussion was terrible—the glass in nil the buildings in the vicinity were shattered, and even panes of glass were broken in the city. The leaves were also completely strip ped from the trees in the neighborhood. Per sons residing near the scene of the disaster say that when the explosion took place, a vast c damn of smoke, debris, Ac., shot a great distance into the air, and descended in a per’ feet shower cf fragments. There were about 18,1)30 pounds of powder in the building at the time of the explosion. The following are the names of the unfortu nate victims ol the accident : Thomas Ford, James Heath, James Shields, Thomas Reese, Benjamin Scarber, Brantley Kitchens, George Hayes, Andrew Key, James Atkins. The lat ter - wa* a detailed guard, and lived about ten minute* after the accident. There is ho way of ascertaining tho origin of th» accident—.whether the result of carelessness or otherwise. Several ot the persons killed leave families, doubtless in a dependent condition, to whom the generous sympathies of our citizens should be extended. » Tits BA'rrLK of Gaisksville, Fla. —A cor respondent of thß Lake City Colnmbian gives tho annexed a-'count of at Galnes-- rille, on Aug. 17; Tlie enemy’s cavalry, aliout tliree hundred and fifty strong, composed of detachments of ti e 75th Ohio and 4th Mass., and one twelve pounder I rass rifle cannon of a Rhode Island Battery, ail under command of Col. Harriss of the 71th Ohio, reached this piaco on Wednes day, the 17th, at 0 a. nr., with the view of sacking and burning the town. Upon their arrival, we had but one company of cavalry and a few citizens who had assem bled suddenly upon the emergency, under the cciomuud ot Capt. Thomas F. Iv’Rg, to repel them. Finding that limy were unable in con sequence of ibe largely Superior force of the enemy to successfully resist them, theyretired before them. The cnoray, or at least a majority,of them, we:e stationed at the railroad depot, while tiro remstoderbegan an indiscriminate robbery and plunder f:otn the citizens of the town. Just- In tlie mill'd of xheir thieving operations and conduct such as would have bsexr a disgrace even to the name and character of the Goths and Vandals, Capt. Dickerson, with his noble freemen dashed iu the town from nearly etery direction. When nearly Opp site the residence of Col. L. Dozier, Capt Dickson directed Lt. Brutotl, of the artillery, to ppen upon the enemy with the two pieces under his command. The ene my replied briskly with (lie piece of artillery which they bad, but with little or no effect. A portion of our cavalry then ctovged upon the enemy, and opened such a terrific tiro upon them that they scainfiered through"the town in every direction. The fighting between our troops and ibe enemy's then became iudis criminate and general. The Yankees endeav ored to secrete thnmselves in and- under tlie houses in towu, whilst many of them sought to remain near the ladies for protection, know ing full well our gallaut men would not aim their trusty riffles at them whilst thus situated Finding that were completely hemmed in by our brave boys, a targe number of them sur rendered. The result of the enagement can be summed up briefly tints: wo killed twenty-five wound ed Iwenty-five and captured tiro hundred and fit teen prisoners ell told. Amongst the cap tured are Lt. Col. Morgan, of the -ith Mass., seven Captains, one Surgeon and several other cmmiiissoned officers, one twelve pounder brass esnuon, two hundred horses, a large number of arms and ammunition, wagons, &c. We, lost in the entire engagement which lasted about one hour and a half, two men killed. Rut from the fact that our horses were so very much jaded, 1 do not doubt but that tho gallant Dickisou would have captured the en tire party. A number of the enemy after being routed at (Gainesville, started pell niell on the road lead ing to Newnansville, where they were met Uy a detachment of Cnpt. Williams’ .Company, who captured twenty-four of them—Lieut. Col. Morgan being amongst the number. NonTnwKSTKjf Commissioners pc have been aware for several days that Commissioners from some of the Northwestern States were sai l to be iu Ivichmon !, on business connected with the interests of those States as effected by the war, but what thc-prccise nature of that busi ness is we are not informed. Referring to the F visit of these commissioners, the Petersburg Ragister-of Tuesday says that “the rumor runs that Commissioners fr.am the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, have arrived in Richmond on the errand of ascertaining the possibility of making arrangements for the free navigation of the Mississippi—for the States which they claim to represent, and in connec tion- therewith, tho stor-psge of the war. A letter was received by a highly intelligent gen tleman in Lynchburg, on Saturday, from a correspondent, for |whose respectability he vouches, in Abingdon, who states that he had seen aud conversed with a gentleman fiom In diana, on his way to Richmond, who stated in the most unreserved manner that his errand to the Confederate capital was to ascertain what co operative measures ccuid be adopted for a cessation of hostilities, add an understanding that the navigation of the Mississippi should be opened to the Northwestern Stages. Such an arrangement as this would, of cour.-e, con template a secession of the Northwestern States from the Federal Union, and leaving the cen tre and the eastern North with the big to hold if they choose to carry it on. This rumor is afloat, and we give it with the remark that much more improbable reports have found cre dence among people not too much given to Credit sensational items of news. Lynchburg Republican. The Richmond correspondent of the Savan nah Republican says that there is a prospect of the early resumption of the exchange of prisoners The exchange will be conducted on the principle of giving man for man, and officer for officer, . any surplus of- either not to be paroled, but held for future exchange. It is not probable that ob jection will be made by the Confederate au thorities to including in the exchange such free negroes, inhabit urts of the Northern States, as may have fallen into their hands." Free blacks sre enlisted in the English and French armies, and are exchanged like white prisoners. Negroes who have been seduced or forced from their Southern homes by the emissaries and armies of the North, will rot of course, i-e ex changed. hut will be returned to their for mer owner*. LETTER FROM IPPKR EAST 1 JEWESSES. [srICIAL CORRESPONDENCE CtIRONICLB A SENTINEL ] Feeling of the inhaJAtantt—Description cf tfee country A scouting expedition , — lenriessee troops and the niggrr3—Parson Brmcnlovs— liiHroad repairing progressing — Movcmtn's cf Gen. M'/rgm Yankee force in Kentucky. . Dbpaetmist East Tennessee, ) Elitabbthtoh, Carter County, Tenn , - August 16th, 1564. ’ | Our brigade has changed States as you have doubtless perceived. YV'e are again in Tennes see. about twenty-five mitos below Bristol, at Eiizabetblon, Carter county. This county was so thoroughly Union at the commencement of the war. that a single company could hot be recruited lor the Confederate army. Thb is the home of Gen Samuel P. Carter o's tho Federal army His greatgrandfather, Landrum Car ter, settled this county in 1781. He emigrated from \ irginia,-and is said to be a desccnslant of Pocahontas, and a near relative of the Ran dolphs, The county was named for Landrum, and the io*n for his wife. Euzabethton is the shiie town of this county, and contains about fhree hundred inhabitants, and is situated on tho Watauga and Doe Rivers. The Doe emp ties into the Watauga River at Eiizabethton. “ Watauga” is the name given tho river by the Cherokee Indians, and means “rapid river.’’ 1* is not' deep cor very clear, but full of rug ged rocks. It rises In the North Carolina Mountains and empties into the Iloiston River some fifteen or-, twenty miles below the town. The bottom lands along the river are very fine and arable, and the people have raised and are rai.-i n g good crops. On a few plantations the whetK did not turn out well, but the prospect for corn could not be better. David H Carter, the half brother of Gen. Carter, is the only Southern man of the name in the county. He is a very sensible and clever gentleman It is said, but we do not vi uch for its truthfulness, that Gen. Carter took from his brother every thing he possessed at Knoxville, aDd rendered him almost penniless. We think it was very unnatural on tho part of the General; but no better treatment could be expected from a traitor. . Yesterday a remit was sent into the moun tain country, up Doe River, under the -com mand of Capt. Bradshaw, and we accompanied him. This country has been full of bush whackers and we expected to have been firej upqp, hut we were not molested. Along oiy route, five miles from Elizabeth ton, we fouq a very rugged and barren country, and not solitary man was seen going and coming ; l at every bouso some seroa <f eight were gathered and double /* r* —HisJw nearly ail “f stk*' women ra having a little at' many ofta* bran, laying the. three clays. , The Union people here ho; eless, and they believe tha* .. last year of the war. Koine three days ago two of our . a l East Tennessee renegade down, carrying letters from the Yankee army this country ami back, and captured a quan.- ty ot letteis. He was returning to the army when they went for him. One of these letters was written by a young lady of respectability, to a captain in the Yankee army from this place, to whom she is engaged. After speak ing of the doiciul condition of the Union cause, sho says : “ My dear, what will become of you and I ? We wilt have to abandon our country end cur homes.” The people here call them selves “ subjugated Union people.’’ They treat us very kindly, and our soldiers aro behaving as good soldiers should toward* them. From ait we can leer i there has been no ro inforoi-ments sent to Knoxville. The Yankees have been recruiting a few hundred Tennis ce mis aa “■ hundred days ipen,**arid they urtrgiv ing them much trouble, refusing the negroes tho right to soldier. At last accounts thc-co men had toiled some hundred and fifty negroes, averaging some fifteen or twenty every night. They ai=ert that they will kill every one they Catch dressed in soldier’s cioihcs. A few weeks since Browniow and Hon-Tlios. Nelson had a difficulty at a convention, which was broken up by Nelson and his paity.— Browniow gave him a severe castigation in iris paper, and they met a few days thereafter, whiiii Nelson pitched into Browniow and whip ped him with a cane. For this Browniow had liim thrown into prison. The old parson is hav ing a fine time in iris attempt to abolitionize Tennessee. Yesterday the railroad was finished to Jones boro, and the cars are running regular .trips from Abingdon to that place. \Ve are also in formed that tlie cars will run to Greenville iv xt week, as the road wi'l be repaired by that time—and we hope ere another moon shall wax and wane, thxt the cars will run to Knox ville and from thence to Chattanooga inside of our lines. Bro'her Sperry, of the Knoxville Register, wili, we hope, be ready to take pos session ot his old stand when that event is consummated. Yesterday Gen Morgan passed up the rosd to Abingdon, and we learned from one'of his men that news was received trom Knoxville that the Louisville Journal had been sui pressed for promulgating treasonable sentiments Mr. Prentice has quarrelled with Linciln because he has interfered with negro property in the State cf Kentucky. It is supposed that there are about ten thou sand Yankees in Kentucky. It is not known whether they intend to remain there or not. Our soldiers are living well just now. Green corn aud vegetables are plenty, and wo assure you a more buoyant set ot men cannot be found anywhere, outside the Confederacy. Sous Lieutenant. A PROCLAMATION BY 1113 EXCSLLEXCV U'JV. JOSKI'iI K. BKOW.Y- Executive Department, ) Aug. IDeh, 1804. )' To the Justices’of the Inferior Courts and Aids dii-Carnp: I am infuriat'd that the Policemen in some of the counties, who have born detailed under orders from these Headquarters, upon the ap plication of the Inferior Courts, to act as a po lice force for their respective counties, are neg lecting their duties and giving their attention exclusively to their own private affairs. This cannot he tolerated. .The details were not granted to them as matter of personal favor, but as matter of public-interest. They are required to give their whole time bo the business of traveling through the ooun ty from plantation to plantation, nndei such regulation as the Courts may prescribe, and in seeing that the negroes on aii plantations, left without overseers, are kept in subjection, and property protected. This duty is expected to be performed as promptly and faithfully as they would perform the duty of soldiers at the front. No Police man i3 dxcgpted to give aDy more of h’s time to his own plantation than he does to the plan tation of like size of eacli other person in the section of the county to which he nifey be as signed by the Court. It is also hereby made the duty of the Police men of each county, to arrest and send to Genera! Smith, all affhome who are embraced in my call upon the militia to go to the front. In e.l eh case of negiect to perform his du ty under the rules here laid down, the Court and the Aids-de-Camp a"€ charged and required to arrest such delinquent Policeman and send him immediately to Major den. G. W. -Smith, at Atlanta, that he may be compelled to do duty at the front. Joseph E. Brown. Gen. Ilood having determined to place all his able-bodied teanutejs, cooks, &c., in the army, and substitute blacks, has sent officers to dif ferent sections of Georgia to hire negroes for this purpose. We learn that an officer lately visited Putnam and some es the adjoining counties in Georgia for the purpose. In Pnt nam several of the planters proposed that the officer should try the sj>tem of volunteering. It was adopted, and in the course of a few days upwards cf three hundred of the primest slaves had volunteered for the purpose. A gentle man who saw them says they were in the high i est spirits and anxious to go to the front, j The Lexington, Ta . Gazette says that the destruction of the deposits of the Staunton : banks, by fire in the cars on the Danville rati \ road, will affect almost every family itv Staun ; ton. and will reduce many from comfortabl eircomaUncw to poverty. ! X FROM VIRGINIA. SICVIMBNTS IN THE VAELXT. The Lynchbhrg Republican furnishes the following further particulars of the recent j movements of our army in the Valley : An ofn, er of the Yaliey army who reached the city last night gives us th« gratifying in telligence that in the affair m -ntioned in Gen. Early's official despatch, published in the tel egraphic column, the rout of the enemy was complete, (.quailing, if it did not surpass the st impede from Kercslown a few weeks since. The enemy had iirthe ligliGabout eight thous and cavalry and some four or five thousand in-' fantry, whs the rear guard of their main army, the latter being ia full retreat towards the Po tomac Alter the affair at Front Royal our aimv pushed on, and coming up with tho rear guard at Winchester, were for a short time held at bay by their artillery, and suffered some litte loss, but nothing could withstand the valor of our troops, and with a yell they charge! the enemy, vzho broke and ran in the wildest confusion. They vtoie pursued for sev eral miles beyond Winchester when darkness compelled Gen. Early to caj&ff his men and allow them to rest. Thu next morning the pursuit was recommenc-d, but tho enemy had taken advantage ot the darkness and gotten too far in advance to be overtaken. Our informant sdys wo got about 250 prison ers and one piece of artillery, besides a num her of horses, and any quantity of small arms, • clothing, Ac., which the enemy in their fright threw away. But very few jjf *> # were killed or wounded, And Rties did not ex ceed fifteen. The affair ' - - >»d will be followed b \ktny having pk SSS& -~^***i The e; desolated the country . . - all ' the hay and wheat.' w much as * IMBfißla the hogs, fit ,/ithin their reach, an* v ieduoed to the point of atah'. ’ • It "* .y considerable bat -'"alley, unless Gen. inxmuered, sos the very ’“•ukees jerefer running -■y a«ai»plishffd in 'ave a wholesome / abal and his “rag * ' ’ - A ; "'of the. v -con-1 This . « of that valiey against tbo enemy. Tno'Ugn stripped of its agricultural labor and implements, by the inroads of the enemy, the wheat crop is said to be fine; and tlie country covered by miles ot' waving grass—without the scythe men to harvest it. an Incident ofoxe of tub riuriTS near rkysRS BERO. During the progress of the battle of Fri day afternoon, August H), two privates of the 11th V* , infaa(tji—Gehrgq-Ji^May, Coin puny A, M. Miles. Company- B- «pXro ed to be iu town, started out lo jfioifhjtfrregi ments. They had their ; ities with them, and, on nearing the scene of action were com pelled to advance through a thick skirt of woods, but rather to one side of the combat ants. They had gone some distance into the thicket, when to their "surprise they observed a party of Yankees advancing towards them To retreat would be death, and to stand would, to all appearances, be immediate capture. The two men concealed themselves behind trees, held hasty consultation and resolved to put a bold fate upon the matter. Private May acted tho spokesman, and private Miles played the part of a whole regiment. When the Yankees had arrived within short speaking distance, May stepped forward and boldly demanded a surrender, lie backed his demand with the statement that a regiment was in his rear, one) another on ikeir flank. Some of the men r-t once threw down their arms, but the commanding officer showed some hesita tion, wan soon silenced by the threat of over powering numbers being shortly upon him The who!e**party disarmed themsclved and marched in double fiie to tho spot where our bold privates were stationed, and May,, placing himself at Heir head, and Mik-a at the rear of the Column, carried them safely to a strong guard. The prisen.irs numbered twenty seven—one caplain, onolieutenentand twenty five privates. Their chagrin was indescriable when they discovered how they had been de ceived. VARIOUS ITLM3. Another raid on the Danville Railroad is feared. Wheat in Virginia is sellmg at thirty dollars per bushel. Bacon is selling at Danvile Ya., at. $0.50 per ib A more complete fiend incarnate never match ed an army than Hunter. His march through the Virginia Valley, for rapine and outrage has no parallel in the annals of civilized warfare. Upwards of four thousand bushels of rice have been received in Richmond purchased by the State, which is retailed to the citizens of (hat place atlitty cents per pound. Among the officers captured near Petersburg was a Federal Major, a brother to a gallant and most meritorious sergeant in one of our well known ariiliery corps. We understand that they bail confronted each other on the Penin sula, again in front of Petersburg, where ttioy once met, and lastly, after the battle on Friday, when the Seargeant recognized iris brother a prisoner. Such is the fortune of war. All Marylanders residing or sojourning in Richmond, h ,to been declared eligible to servo in the second regiment Reserve Forces of Vir ginia, employed for the local defence. For several days past the .enemy at Peters burg has shifted heavy bodies of troops from the right around to the left of his lines, as if in anticipation of some movement on the part of the Confederate forces, or to assume further offensive operations himseif. Bodies of troops have not only been transferred from the lines south of the Appomattox, but also from But ler's department in Chesterfield county. Grant has again commenced shelling the city from the river batteries. The V anliCes have resumed their old habit of burning privrte dwellings. The enemy, who lately evacuated Glouces ter Point, has again appeared there in consid erable force. The object of this movement is probably to rob the defenceless people of Gloucester, who have heretofore been subject ed to* all manner of outrage at the hands of the Yankcus. Measures have been taken to establish near Lynchburg a mill for re-rolling old railroad iron. This will supply a great wan*, and we, may hope in a few months ts see the speed and safety of our rodls greatly improved. The enemy’s cavalry on Thursday Aug 23, made an atrempt to raid it through Dinwiddie, but were encountered about ten miles from Petersburg, cn our extreme right, by our ca valry. and whipped back after a severe fight, in which our loss was seventy in killed and wound* and. _ A letter from Alexandria describes the situa tion of Southern people in that vicinity as very distressing. The have been robbed of horses, cows, chickens, provisions, rnd the Yankee troops stationed in the town arc cut daily for aging noon the country people for milk, but ter, aDd even the bread naked tor daily use.— The negroes who have gone eff with the Yan kees r-'m-ain with their (nomia.d) owners as spies upon them, and report recrularly what they do to the Federal authorities. The Eleventh Tennesceb District.—Army letter writers. state that Cluskey Adjutant General to Vaughn’s brigade, is elected to Congress over Sneed, in the 11th Tecaeseeee > District, VOL. LXXVI 11.~ NEW SEEIES VOL. XXVIII. NO. 3G I OHREfcPOSDEXt'E BETWEEN BISHOP * PIEBOE AND GOV. BROUN. Oclvelton, Ang. 22, l&U. | Got. Brown : _ | My dear Sir : When you have read this M - ; ter you will I trust excuse my intrusion on you time and attention. • Your recent order in relation to patrol duty is. in my judgement, sadly miseons ( rued. by some of our citizens, .and the proceedings they have instituted are well calculated to produce discontent and insubordination among the col ored people. It is proposed, and instructions bare been given to the Captains of Districts, to visit plantations, and search negro houses, trunks, chests and corners. This order is given in the absence of ail tkispicious circumstances, without afny theft supposed or any property stolen. Now this, for one, I regard p.s expletive, a gratuitous annoyance to whites and blacks, as tending to provoke and alienate a people whose loyalty at this, time demand and deserves a very different treatment. But worse stiii. these indiscreet interfering with the Sabbath wor-liip of the negroes, and if allowed will break up the mission work of churches. In my own neighborhood on yesterday, at a regular ■ preaching place, at a regular appointment of i an old well know preacher, at the close of the service the patrol appeared and whipped about all they could catch. The only plea for this was that many of them were without passes, i never have thought of giving a pa3S to one of mine tc go to preaching any mop* than of giving a pass to go to mill. At the place to which 1 refer there has been preaching for years, the negroes meet by eousent of their owners, are served by a white man regularly appointed and there has never been any disorder. “ Now that the poor unoffending creatures, Hog in obedience to their masters, should, a*, ihout warning, be whipped as criminals, 1 think an outrage on humanity aud religion. Snob iniquity unrebtjßed will bring the curse Os God upon the laud. This ungodly inter ference with.the religious meetings of the blacks ought to be stopped by authority.' Your sound judgment and chrisFan heart never au •thorized such proceeding I know, and it is be cause your order has been perverted and abused that I call your attention to it. In writing this letter I feel that I am dis charging a public duty, a duty to God and man. A word of explanation from you wiil cor rect the evil. You can use my name in any way in this matter if you wish. . Yours respectfully, G. F. Ptiincii. Executive Department, 1 Millbdokville, Aug. 25th 1864. f Ut. Rev. Bishop G. F. Fierce : Dsau Sir. —Your letter is now before me, and I feel extremely mortified that the police o of any county ia the St.ita should under pretex have assumed to commit such ages, upon the negroes as those mentioned you. The slaves of Georgia, not in the hands of the -enemy, were never more subordinate or loyal than they now are. While it is the duty of the policemen, when so large a proportion of the white male population are in the army, to be vigilant and active in yisiting plantations, left without white manages, and m correcting bad negroes who are stealing and committing other crimes, they should-be careful that those who act well their part receive just praise aud kind treatment as incentives to good, conduct in future. It should be distinctly understood that they ride through the country to correct only sucii as misbehave, and to protect ait who do their duty. Punishment should not be inflicted upon vague suspicions. There should be no un reasonable searches or seizures, and all unjust and unnecessary;causes of irritation should be carefully avoided. Oho qf tbo most important duties cf the po lice is the protection of negroes from the cor rupting influence of bad men, who as deserters from tlie army, or skulkers from duty, are at are at home a! tempting to mislead and use Hie negroes for their owq wicked purposes, while honest patriotic men are confronting the enemy in the field. One of the first duties of each policemen, is to arrest all such, witii all others who neglect or refuse lo go into service when legally prdered to do so, and to send them to" the front without delay. If this is done our army will not only he greatly strengthened, but I venture to say there will be very little dffkulity in control! - iug the negroes. In else the policeman neg lect this it ii made the duty, by my late order, of county officers and aids de camp to arrest them and send them to the froiff. The outrage mentioned iu your letter upon tha unoffending negroes in your neighbor hood where they jhad peaceably asrembied in accordance with a long established usage of Divine service meets my unqualified disappro val. The perpetrators have shown (bat Ihey lack either the common rense or tlie humanity which are necessary qualifications for their po sition. If you should think proper to i sport their names. I will, if they are subject to mili tia duty, order them arrested and sent to the trenches at- Atlanta, in the hope that their places may be filled at home by better men. Cordially thanking you for the information contained in your letter, and earnestly request ing it as a favor that von will cail my attentioq§ at all times to abuses which you may sue in any department over which I have control, Dam very truly, Your friend, Joseph E. Brown. FROM..MEXICO. Maximilian has provided tor the formation of an Austrian army for service in Mexico, which is to be composed of old officers and soldiers from the reserves. They are to enlist for six years, at the termination of which time they can either continue in service, or they will receive thirty six across of land apiece, with a house and ail the necessary tools for cultivation. It is said that the house of Loyd, at Trieste, has made, a contract to hirnish five steam transports to convey these recruits to Vera Cruz. Juan Antonia de la Fitento, recently rp pointed Governor of Chihuahua, is organizing all the loyal republicans to act against the usurpation of the new Emperor. The French troops have been driven cut of the town of Jounta, in Tabasco, and have re treated to the Island of Carmen. Juarez is still at Monterey, the headquarters of the Constitutionalists. Governor Cortinas, of Matamoras. has occu pied the city of Victoria, which bad been pre viously taken by the French under Col. Dupin. This officer left Tambico snme six weeks hinee with about five hundred men, and marched in to Tula. Governor Cortinas made a quick march to the central part of the State, which was mostly held by Dupin, who, on toe ap proach of the Mexican troops, fled. Gen. Cortinas is preparing to attack the port of Tompico. He has quite a respectable force, besides fifteen hundred good infantry left at Matamoras, under the acting Governor, brother to General Cortinas. The forces of Colonel Merida were attacked in Tutotepec by thejimpearialists, who were re pulsed repeatedly, and finally repulsed. Colonel Quiroga, of Vidaurr’s service, has crossed the Rio Grande from Texas—whither he had tied with Vidaurri—above Loredo, with one hundred men, said to have been fur nished him by the Confederate Colonel Beuevi des. He kilßd the Mexican collector opposite Lareilo, and took fourteen thousand dollars out of the custom house. He then took the road Villa Aleama. Four hundred of Juarez's troops are in pursuit of him. From Middle Georgia we learn flhat the corn, wheat and all the crops have been very abun dant this season. Indeed, the fields in that sec tion have never been known to yield so large a crop of grain. Corn, particularly, has been prolific,. and will fully make np for the de ficency in the seabord counties. Gen. Kirby Smith and Gov. Allen are visiting that poriion of Louisiana desolated by Banks and are supplying the wants of the people. Mr. Wilkinson, of Jackson, Miss, hae favor ed the. Mlseissippian with peaches reported eleven inches in circumference, and oi.excel lent quality and flavor. The Ogden habeas corpus case at .Richmond has been definitely settled. The petitioner was remanded tp the custody of the conscript officer. NORTHERN SEWS. The mew Confederate Privateer Tallahassee, j sLH continues her depredations. A te.R gram i Turn Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, reports the cup* i Sure of seven-.vessels on one day. Another • telegram from Thomaston, Blaine, announces ! the capture of twenty five vessels « ft Mactim- • cius Rock. All the latter were, most probably, fish i ng sc boon ers. Advices from Havana say that typhoid and yellow fever are pacvailing at place; . The Confederate steamer Denbigh arrived at Havana the 30tn Jffiy from Mobile the 24th, with 470 bales of cotton. Tee Denb'gh reports i large side-wheel steamer captured while at tempting to pa*s the fleet tiff Mobile, supposed to be the Virginia, from Havana. By a special order issued by Brigadier-Gen eral Buckland, commanding the District of Memphis, the publication of the Morning sews is tor the present, and until further orders, di.-comiaued. The cause for the suppression of the News is said to be the publication in its columns of an article auirn--.dveit;ng upon the militia organisations/ and iiisinuning accept ance of bribes by officers in comm mil. ami surgeons of inspecting boards.. The aut hqr of iho article, Mr. Syuott, was arrested and con fined in Irving prLon. The New York Herald lias dropped McClel land aud is now h -.iking high for Grant.' U tho Chicago Convention must nominate that Abolitionist cu go by the board. .The Herald is eager for a purchase in the present campai-n. Baltimore papers retort that Francis Key, the son of the author of the “Star Spangled, Banner,” has been arrested on a charge of dis loyalty, and locked up in the miiitavy prison to await trial. It is reported that Secretary Fessenden will resign as soon as he can do so without injury to the Government. He feels .that his strength is not adequate to the duties of tho finance de partment. It is sakl he will be a candidate next winter for the United States Senate. Ibe term of service ot twenty-six regiments in Sherman's army expires during the month of August. George D. Johnston, of I)ehs Brigade, has been made a Brigadier General. The Confederates in Kentucky under Colonel ■ J'hnson, estimated at 1.500 strong, captured near Khawneetown, iaiely,three stt amen- load ed with fat cattle, belongmg to the Govern ment. They were hurrying tho cattle across the Kentucky river, and it is thought that they'will not attempt a raid into Indirnaa Miss Annio E Jones, better known as “the pretty rebel spy,” and as “Majoi Jones,” an intelligent y-oung lady of only twenty years, who has been a prisoner of Slate' for the year, has been released by order of Secretary Stan ton. A telegram from Omaha City, svys that hostilo bands of marauding Indians infest, the whole line from Forr Kearney to South F.iss, a def iance of five hundred raiiea, and daily commit new outrages, making forays on stock and burn tog trains. A great number of travellers are now stopping at Fort Kearney for pn-'ceiiou, and are. waiting lor arms. Tho India s, in bands of ten to one hundred, move w’ih o ddi ty, and, possessing a thorough knowledge of the country elude, pursuit. Tho Yankee government is heralding its own shame by offipiail announcing the sale of stolen Southern property. At latest advices from Helena, Ark., the negro tioops had mutinied and were commit ting outrages on the whites. A correspondent of a Philadelphia paper writ ing from New York, states that the lew Ro man Catholic Archbishop of- this diocese, and Bishop Potter, have signed a petition., to the President, praying for an armistice. If Southerners do these things to Yankee mauraders they are treated as outlaws when caught. And yet this Yankee < fiber is advising his people to do, what he would shoot our send era for doing. A great deal is said,says the New York Free man's Journal, about the high prices cf evety article required in afamilyfor living. The con sumer is paying an enormous price for every thing. The Cincinnati Enquirer says the New Eng land and other Eastern States tore row their emissaries in the South,picking up with bounflo alt tha superannuated no:roes they cau'fiad, and getting credit with them on the Quotas of the draft lor September. Several steamers have sailed from New York., in search of the new Confederate lmvateer Tallahassee. - , Northern papers say that the Confederates nrc ja strong.force outside of Algiers, wi'biu six or seven miles of New Oilcans, fortifying the place aud constructing iniicuchmonls, ap parently faith the.intention of. making thqt » place of offensive operations. The Teche Dis trict is also occupied by the Confederates in large force, in order to prevent another ad vance of our troops through that legion to Texas. General Brooks has resigned li is command". This makes the fifth corps commander that Gen. Grant has lost since bo commenced his campaign; Setlgwidk was killed. Gilmore" was relieved, Bmitli am! Hancok withdrew tempo rarily and Brooks resigned. The Supreme Court of California lias i-ffinm ed tho constitutionality of the law providing fordhe enforcement of contracts for payment in gold. The decision gives great satisfaction in business circles. Newbern, North Carolina, is full of agents from the loyal States, recruiting tor the sev eral quotas, and Massachusetts, offering the largest, pile, is getting most of the colored re cruits. A substitute broker in Foughkeepsje, N. Y. •got rightly served a few days aime. in trying to get a countryman drank he took too much himself, aad was enlisted by ibe individual whom he hoped to sell. He did not find out his mistake Airitil the next morning The detectives in Baltimore arrcslcd a man named Abram J. Biddison, driving a two horse wagon loaded with boxes and barrels. On opening one box ft was found to contain brass screws, such as are used in'tbe manufacture of small arms, and one bag which contained a large number of letters directed *.o various per sons in the South. It was discovered that the goods had been shipped from the store ol Rich ard Thomson. No. Till Fayette street, who was arrested. The New York Advertiser, of a recent date, contains a veiy elaborate article concerning the price aad supply of cotton, 't he writer shows that there is a constantly diminishing decrease in tha supply of raw material, and after surveying all the cotton growing coun try on the globe, concludes that , the pros pect of the augmentation of the supply is poor indeed. More than one hundred Btea'll engines, in cluding two for London arid one for Russia, have been built by tlie Amoskeag Company of Manchester, New Hampshire. Charles L. Weller, ex-Rcstmaster of San • Frffhcisco, and chairman of the Democratic I S ate Central Committee, hits been arre-ted and imprisoned at Fort Alcatraz, on the charge of using treasonable language. It is shown by tho most reliable statistics that there are four million Germane iu the United States. _ A Yankee correspondent writing from Cbara bersburg, Pa., ray-: The scene can nevlr be, properly described Four squares in either direction, private hon es aud stores, have b“< a thrown into one block ruin. The order of the invaders bar- been to spare churobes, none |of these were destroyed. The tolar rosfl to i Chambereburg will reach three mjAHons of dollars, by actual count The peofife of Cha n bereburg arc now returning and tßmmencing to rebuild their dwellings. 2 Tha peace party of lowa hays hF- aCc voution, and among the resolutions adoptee <a one declaring, “If we ay.irft have a Luton Peace Party with cur former, political associate we must have it without them." The Philadelphia Ledger says : “It is the opinion of those woii* informed bote tb-.t the efforts to raise recruits to any extent at the South for servi i; in the Northern armv. will be a failure. I/Jias been calc “ -f possibiy from 100,0.0 to 150.000 dusky war riors could beobtaiffed in the next two mouth-, at the So uth, but the chances are, that not one-fifth..of even the smaller number will be o btained NORTHERN- NEW*. Tito Cincfcr.toi Enquirer says Texas dates; i;awo !-t cotton cs going into Mexico at a ‘! uJ f »»te s-noo the Federal abandonment of i o state cad the IJed river region. At - the p;es, ■ i ;tes of ihc article, one dollar and a :t P cr I” 'tod. it thinks the Confederates with a lewctuvihund bales, can procure any thing in a •.v .rn.;e or domestic way from across the wa ters. Our guerrillas, according to Northern p-„ per?, continue to do much damage on tho Mis sirsippi lo boats. i Tno statement of the Yankee national del % j for the week ending Aug. 10, shews an iu crease in tho sum total of no loss than $17,064,- | 720, making in all 51,849,714,555. The’bat iioce in the I u’asui y hrus uecliaed'two millions leaving $14,074,859, . • . Virginia 6's are qaoted ia New York at 564 - Missouri (i’e 68. 1 The Fours-, ivauia Militia MU has been report ■le to the two iloiri s Lorn the Committee of Conference and adopted in substance as fol lows. The Governor to call out fibeen regi 'nerds for iriia'? .service immediate y, and if not id rihccmiug by volunteering, to draft on tlie United States enrollment with no exemption* whatever, whether of persons who have* paid commutation to the United States or not ex cept n: Si us arc apparently abs dutely disa bled. Appoint meats of commissioned ofificere by iho Governor. Tho committee struck out the last section, mid recommended a supple ment ifqnuing certain day* of muster, nod a fine of five dollars on each .State guard whw dots not ftuuish his own uniform. Tho people o. Southern ludiania and lUfnoU are becoming 'frightened about Confederate r.i -a >.ud are cigauisiug local companies for home deft nee. The Democracy of Chester, Pa., resolved last week, in county meeting, “That thi only liopo of iscape fro u the < vps now pressing up on the couuuy is through peace.” The prices of .everything continue to ad vance at the North. Tile National Intelligencer at Washington bis quarrelled with Lincoln it Cos., is out against; Grant, and threatens to go tor McClellan. The New Y'ork Tim -s contradicts the report that an official demand had been made upon the English Government lor t-he surrender of Captain Sevmnes. Washington letter writers complain that Lincoln does not cave whether Pennsylvania ia laid, waste by the Confederates or not. , A dispatch from Indianapolis, states that as the time for the draft approaches, people aro becoming giore excited, aud there is great demand tor subi itutes of any and all oolms. , General Braymr.n has conthciced the Catho iie. Catheihal at Natchez and banished tha Bisi.op to Louisinann. This act oaused intoneo excitement among f ixe old settlers. The war ip the West with the Indians con tiu v to grow in interest and magnitude. Tha inhabitants ofth* country infested are promis cuously murdered, and the citizen troops aro put to va-4 amount of trouble, lor . which they get nothing hi return. Fort Kearney, Denver aad ot-iier places in the Kansas and Nebraska Department, are. points of rendezvous for Fed cta! citizen forces, wuito all.betwecn them tho savai’.es run riot. All the able bodied, negroes in tho District of Columbia are to be organized into military axdpanlM. ’ An Islino’e soldier afc Vicksburg describes tho country ihere as made with an-eye to econo my-—the ground itong set on edge, so that both sibes mieht be cultivated. ' M l -. J -hr. MuUnl/, i ditor of a weekly paper Sn New Yor’X called the Metropolitan Record, h-vj been arientsd by the United States Deputy Marshall l’ecl. on a w »• n,f issued by Conimis ri'if t Osborn°. Tlu warrant of arrest was is cuetl cn fi e rtftidavii, i*f United States District 'Attorney Si. dli, whieh-wammt sets.forth that. tb« said Siy, in issue Mekopoiltaa Record, of i h.- Cth of An; n-t last, caused to be printed, issued and published an article entitled ‘•Tlic Coming Droit’* end othe’ - article, in which he counsels do.: Seymour and other persons tw resist the draft old ned by tho President of the .United jjtatcs, to take pi ce in September rex to His examination was postponed and ho war hela to bail in the sum of $2,500. - „ The Luzerne-county Democrats of Pennsyl vania, resolved Ue.ut they demand, by petition to the President, a suspension of the draft un til the next meeting cf Congresu. Tin- Chicago Times advocates an immediate arm': lice and a National Convention of all tin* States, 'i Lv great pfass meeting held lately at Peoria. 11 , rv. lived that “tin immediate armistice anil a national convention for tha peaceful adjust ment of our Iron ole:-; are tho only means of: sav ing our nation from unlimited calamity and ruin.” The meeting of the Democrats of Chester county. Penn., call on their delegates to Chica go, to present to tha people a candidate and a platform, in accordance with their demand lor pi ace. The Michigan people have commenced to or ganize associations in favor of peace. These societies arc about to issue a “people’s address’ ’ to the President demanding an immediate sus pension of hostilities. Advices from Havana cay that typhoid and yellow lever arc prvuiling at that place. The folio ving Yankee verse's are reported in pursuit of the Tallahassee 'The Juniata, t Susequebannah, Eolus Pontoosuc, Dumbarton, Tr'ktinm Shandy, Mocassin, Aster. Yautjc, R/ R. Ciiyier, Ur.fid Gulf, Dicotab, Jacinto. Some of these .vessels are majority tire not so. s Mr. Edward A. Pollard, one of the editors of Richmond Examiner. cnptu>ed on the steamer Greyhound, has 1. on release If. om Fort War yen. It is S lid that lie has been exchanged. Us is now on parole and allowed to wander as he pleases in New York and Brooklyn. The National Intelligencer, in an extended criticism pronounces Gen. Grauy’s campaign the most unsucec; .-fnl so far undertaken. FO.iJLSU* HEDIS. The Paris Puy- pub!;ah-, san article, signed by its editotal tvcrctary, severely censuring A'-tria and Biu • v tor despoiling Denmark of the Du- hies of Schb'Bwig, Hehrtein and Lanen bu g, wabout regard to race, origin or nation ality. A small picture not larger than a plate, said to be painted by I ■ ai l when only twelve years of age, was s-.dat auction iu Paris to Boron do Rothscb H for £5700. The New Zeal *i •' Times gives a full account of the disastriohe < np>ge»>eot ot tho British troops with the rebel natives, and furnishes ev idence that several of the British soldiers were tomahawked and d-.a'pitalud by tho savages, aud their b dii s eaten by the cannibals. A Higniander named Huvb Maip, fjrmerly a lock k per on the Aberdeen aud fuvernry Canal, /Bed at Aberdeen letentiy at tho age of 103 years. He retained all his faculties nuiirpair -d to the lust, end ' as walking about within a few days of his death. • A widow, occupy ins- a large house in » fash ion able quarter nl Lend ur, sent for a wealthy solicitor to nioto* fccr-wi 1. by which she dis posed of between £50,000 and £OO,OOO. He proposed, soon alter, was accepted and found himi' it the happy husband of a penniless ad ▼en'un-i-s. The sfi ike of the edge-tool forgers of Shef field, widt h has extended ovor five weeks, has t,oyu brought fe> a termination^ by the uncon ditional submission of the men". . The fl.-btr-q for pearls in the Tay, Earn, Isla. Sir., fa now r. nvit closed, but it has not been : ,r!y i-o success! id as it was last year. Thai peatlij got have bw.-.i generally small, and th» color not ,-ucu a > to command a high price. Iri the House oi Lord a few days ago. Lord Brougham pre !i< -d Ih it eveata would takft plac • in America, within two months, which wou'd make it expe-ii- ot, and therefore di sira b'.o. that.the Gov ’•Liir.cnt should interfere ; and V the B. itish public puts l'aitb in the letters of Hr. M-.ck y, n.t N- w York ; Mr. Lawiay, at Rioh mon-l; and Mr -i:v, wherever he taav happen to be, it»e general opinion cannot differ much from that expressed by Lord Brougham. A litter written by General Washington,, acknowledging the freedom off the city of New Yoik, which was voted frx him, w*e (oiA-i^ ts»t city to ,