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Welcome,..Louislana.
We must again welcome Louisiana. into
our union of States. She ha's been.trans
formed and regenerated, and is now a free
member of the Republican federation.
Once scarlet with the sin of slavery, she is
new as white as snow with the purifying
hyssop of war. Those familiar with the
laws and enactments of the Southern
State& and especially with the State of
Louisiana, will remember the emphasis
and detail with which the laws in regard
to slavery were 'recorded in the local sta
tute books. These laws seemed to be based
on the principle that all black men were
-.to be kept in slavery, and that all white
men were to have no other duty than to
perpetuate slavery. Evdry. sentiment of
consanguinity and every relation of life
was thrown aside. • There 'was within; of
love or kindred permitted to these poor
creatures. Marriage, maternity, brother
hood, were all forgotten or dientlasedaroin
Southern legislation. A syseenf sit ag
gressive could not fail to end in war, and,
by the blessing of God, the war that was
to establich its Might-has calmed its over
throw.
The people of Louisiana under the libe-,
=al and enlightened statesmanship of Gen.
BANKS, have Adopted anew Constitution.
.Every provision referring to slavery has
been destroyed, and hereafter involuntary
servitude, except for crimes, will be un
known. This is not altogether, the work
of what our Copperhead people call' "'the
Northern invaders." Many of the men
Who sat in the recent, ConstitUtional Con
vention were among the oldest and most
respected slave-holding citizens of Louisi
ana, who had been driven from their homes
by the violence of the war, and who recog
nized the great lesson that treason had de
stroyed slavery, and entirely removed it
beyond the pale of the Constitution. Lou-
isinna has always been an odd State. She
, may be called an adapted sister. Most of
our family have been born under the flag,
passing from a territorial to a confederate
dignity by the care and help of the Udion.
Louisiana was civilized, however, long be
fore DANIEL 800 heard the echo of his
rifle in the woods of Kentucky; before
WILLIAM PENN left his Pennsylvania
plantations, to lament at the court of a
Hanover the gracious days when the royal
smiles of a Stuart gladdened his heart.
Natchitoches and Herville and New Or-
leans are among our oldest towns, and the
descendants of the men who settled
them are a distinct, haughty, indepen
dent class. They never particularly
loved the Union—all their memories
were of a great empire. Such as the Union
vas, however, it pleased them better
than any contrivance of a " Confede
racy " based upon slavery, and aiming
to destroy the gathering greatness of their
new country. Their reluctant affection for
the Union became an earnest love when
secession was preached, and no people of
the revolted South have given stronger
proofs of devotion than these same descend--
ants of the Frenchmen who settled on the
banks of the Red river. These are the
men who have revolutionized Louisiana.
They gladly part, with slavery, for in
other days it was their, curse. IL set-
slight or a mildew, and from the daY
that bondage supplanted labor Louisiana
began to drag at.the heels of South Caro
lina, In 'vain all her 'vast advantages, her
metropolis with the great Mississippi as a
.tributary, the Gulf making easy access to
all the world, the equatorial counties with
their• boundless capacity and wealth,
anxious to contribute their riches to her
greatness. In vain the unsurpassed fertility
Of soil, and a climate so gentle that nature
seemed to revel in one long summer's day.
Slavery had cursed Louisiana, and to
gather an illustration .from our own rude
superstitions, no sooner had the spell been
pronounced than the members of the body
politic began'to lose sap and vigor, to
shrivel up and decay. The great empire
of the Southwest became a mere cotton
State, a hewer of wood and drawer of wa
ter to the lords of Virginia. They dragged
her into Secession sorely against her will,
and when the old flag was unfurled again
In New Orleans, the day o 1 her regenera
tion commenced.
We have had two policies in Louisiana :
The grand, inexorable, self-willed genius
of BUTLER, and the more persuasive, far
seeing, and practical genius of BA.rms.
BUTLER tore down Secession; BANES built
up loyalty. BUTLER prepared the way,
and BANErs has completed the duty. There
are some who prefer one policy to the other,
but we believe that Providence ruled wisely
In this case as he doth in all things. Bum-
lEn Was necessary in the past as Moms is
necessary now. It is not fashionable to
praise Gen. 13.kmEs, nor to find anything in
his administration but the unfortunate Red
river expedition. That campaign is, per
haps, the only circumstance in his career
that we care to forget. He has made
. .
Louisiana a free state ; he has grasped and
solved the embarrassing free-labor problem,
and notwithstanding the pertinacity with
which our friends persist in rnisunderstand
ing his course, he has elevated and freed
the negro, 'made him a useful freeman, and
saved him from the consequences of his own
ignorance and misfortunes. "His`rule,"
says Oen. SICKLES, " typifies the vigor, the
justice, the magnanimity, and the genet:l
icence of his Government." This opinion
we repeat; and in welcoming our 'dear
sister of the Gulf back again to free of
and republicanism, we pay our tribute Of'
respect and admiration to the " ioldier aria
statesman to whom so much of the hohor
Is due.
General Couch,
If General Covell is guilty of all the
crimes that are...laid to his charge, the
sooner he is hanged the better. ' We find
ourselves on the point of believing, after a
hasty reading of some of our 'contempora
ries, that he was the commander of the
rebel invading party, and not the much
abused Id oCArrmar.'n. It is delicious to'
have somebody to blame for , any misfor-'
tune, for a scapegoat relieves us from half
of our sorrow. General Conon is just now
made to occupy that self-denying and uncle
*Arable position. We are glad of this, for
General Couon has many friends, a good
name, and the record of a soldier. This is
splendid ; the better the scapegoat the
sweeter the consolation. If General Covell
bad been a suspected man, or an inefficient
commander, we should be as bad as 'we
were before. Therefore let him be execut
ed, and speedily, in full uniform. , Do not
let us be dissuaded from this purpose by
the statements of interested men like Col.
MCOLIFRE. "I speak from personal know
ltdge," says that gentleman, "as to the
diaposition of our people to defend them
selves, had it been possible, and Ge nera l
Coven would have called on them, could
he have hoped to save the town." This is
all very well, but what does Colonel Mc-
Ovular know about the matter ? True, he
livea ,Cbarnbershurg, and had his pro
perty burned ; but we all know that peo
ple who are near_the scene of action—who
See with their own eyes, and understand
accordingly, are not halt' as capable of
judging as the tea-and-toast strategists who
fight our battles in their morning- lippers.
Colonel McCLuitE evidentlywants to shield
General Corral by telling what he knows. -
Who cares for his :knowledge ? We want
somebody to abuse, and General Coven
will suit us as well as anybody else.
Friends, our homes have been burned ;
misery has been brought to our door. The
rebels have gone, bnt may they not re
turn, and that. speediy ? Would not the
energy we spend in denouncingagallant
soldier be more appropriately employed in
preparing for a second invasion?
Napoleon's Congresses..'
The little Irishman in Carleton's amus
ing story, who was "blue -moulded for
want of a bating," is nothing to NA.no-
LEON the Third, who is very much bent on,
having a grand Convention or Congress at
.Paris, but has not yet succeeded in getting
one. .Those who think that he desires a
Congress 'merely for the-purpose of exhibit
ing the imperial pomp which so much
charms the Parisians, and of lording it, as
host, among the assembled European
rulers, his guests, tnis.understand the man.
However fond of display, he generally in-.
dulges in it for a purpose. The nations re
jected his invitation to hold a Congress at
Paris, last November, but if they had con
sented, the condition of Europe would
have been much different from what it now
is. He saw the dark cloud in the sky, not
larger than a man's hand, that threatened
Denmark, and his plan would have ad
justed the difficulty about the Duchies,
without an appeal to arms. His proposi
tion was rejected. Perhaps the sovereigns
thought that he was taking too much upon'
himself; and dee,lined figuring in Paris,
as secondary personage& Perhaps they
remembered the last Congress which
had there been held under his auspices !
It was opened on the 25th of February, and
it cOneluded the treatry of peace on the
2fith of April, etidad — the Cri-
mean war. It did more It gave VICTOIt
EN3rANUEL the opportunity of protesting
;before the world, through Count °AYOUB.,
against the misgovernment which had
'placed Italy in a state of serfdom. It pre
pared the public mind for the Italian war,
which was commenced three years later,
and no doubt it led to the placing of Aus
trian MAxatuatat upon the throne, resting
solely on. French bayonets, whiCh NA
POLEON has erected in Mexico.
The entente cordiale between France and
: England was destroyed by Lord RUSSELL'S
rather insolent rejection of the Emperor's
proposed European Congress. It may
safely be predicted that never again will
Queen VICTORIA stand at the foot, of the
great staircase in Windsor Castle to re
ceive the third NAponnoiv, that remark
able soldier of fortune, and greet his
bronzed cheek with a sisterly kiss.
Never again, we suspect, will VICTORIA
ride through Paris, side by side with_
that great oity's master and reconstructor, -
wondered at by the French on account of
of the singular simplicity--some called
it dowdness—of her travelling costume.
These pleasant historical episodes maype
looked upon as most unlikely ever againtio
occur. England wounded the imperial
amour propre, and the alliance with France,
so much thought of by both 'countries, ap
pears to have evanished into a mere nomi
nal form.
NeroLEox startled Europe by the decla
ration of his reasons for convening a Con
gress of Sovereigns. He said that the State
system of Europe rested on a decayed foure
dition, and the whole monarchical ele
mente, represented in that system, must
fall into ruins Unless a new and more du
rable edifice were constructed, upon a
firmer basis. He, Emperor as he is, thus
gave words to what the Progress party of
Europe have been slandered, tried, con
victed, fined, fettered, imprisoned, exiled,
and sometimes even been judiciallynaur
dered for asserting. From their lips it was
a vile political heresy, from his it was a
significant and startling warning—a new
Move on the chess-board. •
The European rulers are strong And
cnearly unanimous in their resistance to the
encroachments of Progress. They lir
,tually deny the ithts of the • -
• B atop
up for certain rights which they say were
conferred upon themselves by the treaties
of 1815. Many changes
. have gradually
been Made since these treaties were signed,
which Europe has been compelled to ac
cept. The establishment of Belgium and
Greece as independent monarchies, the de
stination of the so-ealled " Kingdom of
.
Poland," the surrender of the lonian.
Islands to Greece; the independence of
Italy, and, above all, the successive revo
lutions 4 France, which drove 13017REON
and OR from the throne, and restored
the Empire, at the head or which is the
nephew of the great soldier statesman
wh6m the treaties of 1815 most • directly
placed under ban of Europe by a solemn
declaration that none of his family should
ever reign in France. No doubt the.
fifteen sovereigns whom NAPOLEON 111.
specially invited to assist him in recon
structing the map of Europe, felt that the
very fact . of Ms being in a position to do
so showed, as well as any thing else, what
waste paper the Treaties of 1815 had be
come.
England, sturdy in adhering to old tra
ditions, curtly responded that, notwith
standing the changes which had occurred,
it considered the main provisions of the
treaty of Vienna to be still in force. Aus
tria expressed a similar opinion, but asked
for a full programme before joining in the
performances. Russia approved of the pro
posed Congress, but did not exactly con
sent to join it, probably because her rela
tions -with Poland would inevitably be
brought on. the • eapis. Prussia assented,
but declared that, happen what might, the
treaties of 1815 were sure to continue the
foundation of the political edifice of Eu
rope. Italy heartily approved of the pro
posal, probably expecting that one result
would be the transfer of Venetia by Aus
tria. Portugal; Belgium, Switzerland, and
Greece, also approved ; so did Denmark ;
frankly declaring that she looked to NA.Po-
Lnorr to help her against Germany. From
the German Confederation came a quali
fied assent, and Bavaria, Saxony, Hano
ver and Wurtemberg assented also,
conditionally, that the Federal Diet
did. The Pope approved 7 -stipulating for
"..the re-establishinent in Catholic coun
tries of the real pre-eminence naturally ap
pertaining to , the Catholic religion, as,.
-being the true faith." The Sultan
assented, "without= reservation, and pro
mised to attend the Congress in person if
the othersovereigns did the same. Lastly,
Spain actually acceded—putting rather
strongly, however, her claim to have the
fortrese of. Gibraltar, now held by England,
immediately restored, and throwing a hint
that the congress ought to look after the
maintenance of peace in the new world as
well as -in the old : Spain, it is evident,
has not forgotten nor forgiven certain an:
nexation ex - Ploits - against Cuba, some
twelve years ago, but does not appear to
have arrived at the fact that these filibus- _
tering manifestations were got up by "the
•
stmay South
The whole affair fell through—for the
Eurcipean 'rulers were. Afraid that NA?O
- would be too - much for them. One
result is, his standing aloof in the war upon
Denmark, which his interference could
have prevented. So much for a great man
'being in the sulks ! .
He has a new idea, now, having Invited
the different European Powers to join in
an International Congress, to be held next
autumn, (of course, at Paris,) to regulate
telegraphic comnumication in Europe. He re
the play of "Hamlet" will be performed
;with " the character of Hamlet omitted by
particular desire," for Mr. LAYAItD stated
in the House of Commons that no suchin
vitation had' reached England; *here the
telegraph lines were owned by private com-,
panes and,not by,the Government. ln all:
other parts of Europe,lthe telegraph lines
either belong. fo or are wholly under
control of the Government In time of War
it my become necessary to exercise some
surveilia'ace over these media of commuai
cation, but this is always exercised in Con
tinental Europe. Every suspicious mes
sage handed to the' telegraph office in
Paris is delayed until it has been submitted
Wit private bureau of censorship, and• it is
utterly impossible to send a message in
Cipher over the wires. There is neither
freedom of, speech, freedom of printing,
or freedom of telegraphing in the principal
countries of Europe. England and Bel
gium are the only exceptions.
The Telegraphic Congress will probably
be held, and NAPOLEON will charm all en
gaged in it by his splendid hospitality and
gracious suavity.. All the time, however,
he will look` out for contingencies. - He
plays a safe, and usually a winning game,
for he rarely leaveS a blot in bis own
tables, and invariably hits one when: left
by his adversary... • •
The Metroliolks- of Death.
It is a great pity, and a great absurdity,
that modern philanthropy is so much in
the style of Bcairioboola Gha. The only
weak element' - Cynics have ever been able
to discover about the divine virtue Charity
is this, that it seldom begins at home. It
pines for the sunlight intl. the open air, for
the highways and market places of the busy
world. . Soon after the war commenced, a
number of humane And public-spirited gea
tlemen, mostly front New York, obtained
authority from Mr. Secretary CAMERON for
the establishment of that now powerful and
world-famed organization;the United States
Sanitary Commission. The movement had
for its object mainly the means of preser
ving and resforing the - health, and ofsecuring
the general comfoitand efficiency of: troops,
an object as laudable as its accomplish
ment has been successful. But no one ever
thought of. noticing the necessity then ex
isting, and still existing, for the formation
of such an institution for home service.
If the Sardtary. Commigsion had been
created, for Uzi eitypft.New. York , instead
of the armies of the - Union, it would have
-found just as-wide a field for the exercise
Of its beneficial. capacities. The mortality
statistics;of the. " metropolis"" are it tern-'
his exhibit of. pestilential courts, over
crowded tenement-houses, sickening slaugh
ter-house stenches, exhalations of boiling
bones, putrescent market garbage, noisome
sewers and gutters, negligent Street-Com
missioners, crime, miseryund death; all
Within gun-shot of Fifth avane, but as far
removed as heaven is frometioth, so far as
any practical syrUpathy or effort to ame
liorate affairs is concerned.
Last year '25,196 persons died in NeW
York, an average of 69 daily, and an increase
of 3,952 over the previous year. Since
1850 the annual average has been 22,000
but for this year, it .will hardly fall short
of 26,000. To'estimate how high a rate of
mortality this is, it need only be recollected
that in 1854, when the cholera was raging,
the number- of deaths did not greatly ex
ceed this number, being 26,953. The press
of . New York assigns a'varietY of causes to
account for this frightful swelling of mor
tuary statistics, such as the increase of im
migration, 150,000 foreigners having arrived
at that port last year, and 200,000. being ex
pected this year, and the mortality is doubt
less heavier among this class of residents.-
It is also alleged, with much truth, that the
increased nuMber of inmates in th 6 mili
tary hospitals has much to do with the
matter; but the same cause operates as
adv.ersely for Boston and' Philadelphia
Leaving aside the number - of deaths 'at
hospitals, it will still be found that the E
mpire City can claim the unenviable distinc
tion of being the unhealthiest in the Union.
New York ought to be the: metropolis of
health, as we know it to be the metropolis
of patriotism, wisdom, menageries, and
newspaper charlatanism ; in place of
which the figures show it to be the
Gomorrah of filth, - disease, and wicked
ness. The last two characteristics, of
course, necessarily ensue from the first ;
for when cleanliness is lacking among a
people they cannot have a superabundance
of godliness, though they :Support half a
dozen religious newspapers, and can boast
of a BEECHER and a Cnaryitu. What they
chiefly need :"among them now, Is a little of
our much ridiculed;: Quaker clean
i-say
tolerably clean) rectangular 'streets; they
have need of our handsome, cool, sweet
scented market- houses, smelling'of herbs
and fresh berries and: ild flowers, and not
of putrescent meats;; they have need of our
attentive Board 'of Health, and of our
worthy Mayor, and of our well-disciplined
police force.
How WeLi our jealous neighbors are
aware of our advantages ! The New York
Post comes out. with the voluntary achnis-
Sion that "Philadelphia is the paradise
of workingmen; there., are seen long
rows after rows of - neat small brick
houses, each with its little garden, its box
of a bath-house perched upon the back
of the main building like a
,peddler's
pack, and each house renting Tor a sum
less than is paid by 'workingmen in
. New
York for two or three rooms in a filthy and
rickety tenement." One of consequences
of these "rickety tenements" is painfully
exhibited in the fact that last year no less
than 3,488 persons died of consumption
and 1,47 . 9 of marasmus. 'Without light,
without ventilation, as many as forty fami
lies sometimes huddled together in a single
" barracks," and forced to live upon un
wholesome food, is it any wonder that
suffering and death are so pfevalent ? And
the worst of it is that these barracks not
only engender disease and crime, but they
likewise breed turbulence and revolutions.
The draft riots of last year were the ofr-
spring of tenement-houses and bad whisky.
Paris, wiser than New York, has provided
comfortable limes for her mechanics and
artisans, and it is said the Emperor first
conceived the design of such a reforrn.
Whether as a measure of safety, or as a
measure of - beneficence, can make no diffe-
rence _to any • one. To some it. may
seem - a mystery that the capitalists
of New York, to whom the necessity for
small, cheap, and comfortable dwellings
must be apparent, have not invested their
money in buildings of this description: Bo
they would have done, but most of, them
prefer to build tenement houses which (ac
cording to Mr: 'HALLIDAY, who published
a book about New York five years. ago)
pay thirty per cent, profit, rather than erect
substantial housesyielding a profit,of eight
or ten per cent. But it>is Jnystery that
the benighted poor of ., Nevi Yank will con
tinue to dwell in the ndast such wretch-.
_ .
edness and priv'ation.whfin`,they could live
more cheaply and comfortably in a city like
Philadelphia, and with a better prospect
of reaching the appointed "three score
years and ten." If they prefer New York,
with its rearastnus and noisome atmos.
phere, to Philadelphia, with its pure air
and water, and clear sunshine, it .Is, of.
course, no one's business but their own,
and the . gentlemen who collect the mortuary
statistics; but it seems to show how la-
mentable an ignorance and folly possesses
Tab 0111.01TLA,11 OP GEN. COMM—The circular
of Gen. Conon, whichwe publish to-day in our tel
egraphic columns, is important enough to com
mand the serious attention of the people, of the
southern counties of the State, _to whom it is
addressed. Surely the broad hints involved in
it should increase the force of the 'lessons learned
from four, invasions of, robbers and incendiaries.
Chambersburg might have been saved had its
citizens after the first invasion organized them
selvea for home defence. As General Couch asserts,
brave men and trusty, rifles in thir thousands of
covers afforded by the woods and hills of our beauti
ful border country, could do much to protect their
homes from violation, sad their fields from pillage.
They could stave off disaster 'until assistance suffi
cient reached them to drive back the marauders.
Geneial Couch's. circular .is eminently prudent,
and if lnstant assent is given to its propositons,
some other disaster, perhaps] even now impending,
may be averted. Information that we have re
ceived from reliable sources gives each word in the
circular, in our eyes, an additional value And
weight. Perhaps it may be predicated on that very
Information. It is stated; but of course we do not
know with Howtench' truth; that a' force of from
2,000 to 4,000 reteli crossed the Potomao yesterday
at Hancock, and that Reding was going on at the
same time at New Creek, Ya. This maybe merely
sensational, but past experience should teach us to
prepare. ' ' .•• • • •Ir
Garibaldi is Balt° hays, received slather propo-.
to goto America fight -- tuidfr t i ne ago guil
DET,PITT FRTDA Y. A TTOTTST 5. 1864,
A New Phase of the Rebel bvaslOn
IMPORTANT CIRCULAR OF GEL COUCH.
THE CITIZENS NOTIFIED TO BE 888
FARED FOB EMEROENCIES.
A Rebel Foree Reported . at Springfield, re
AFFAIRS NEAR PETERSBURG
The Luton Less in the Late Amnialt
A WERT OF mom IN REGARD TO TM PULER&
Important Movements 41 the SouthweSt:
REBEL OPERATIONS IN ARKANSAS,
MARMADURE REPORTED .1510v.iNii
A SUCCESOFIIL HIPEDITION IN NORTH CAROLINA,
Over $lOO,OOO worth of Tobasto and Gotten Captured.
THE- ST-E-AMER ARROW RETA.KEN
Our Gunboats off Plymouth Waiting„ s
OiRCULAR OP GENERAL 001J08-TO
OF TEE 111011711q01N BORDEIt-PESPAiII inn%
°TEM RAID!
PITTSBURG, Angus 4.—The followlnK oftroidscr
has just been Issued by General Couch: • ,
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' aBADQUARTICES Dger or ierria smsoolevreappe,-
, ~ ..
PITTSBURG, -Pa., Axtgoatt.4:isof..
To the People of the Soulliern. tier of -Couratevf.
. . „.. .
Pennsylvania: -
,
Your situation is Nu& that a.riticl.by the enenly fe
not impossible at any tiros , during the summer/ 41a
coming fall.
.
therefore, call upon you to_put your, ,ridal and
that -guns in good order, also supplying yourselves
with plenty of ammunition. •
Your Corn-fields, mountains, forests, thialiets,
buildings, acc., &e., furnish favorable places for
cover, and at the same time enable you to kill 'the
marauders. •
Recollect that if they come, it is to plunder; de
.
'strop, and:burn. your property.
TRIO REBELS NOT AT. ESAGIiESTOWNA. I :I6NSID:iL;
ItABLIC Polloi AT EiPII.I7;4II.IBLD, VA.
• HARRISBURG, August 4.—There le no truth In the
report that a large rebel force entered Hagerstown
bist night.
A telegraphic despatch.received at headquarteni
in this city, from that place at 3 o'atocir this artef-,;!:
noon, makes no mention of the enemy being thhi
side of the Potomac,
It Is positively known, however, that a Oonsidera,
bie force of rebels occupy the town of Springfield,
who are evidently waiting to form a junction *lth
another body, said to be marching northward.
ALDVICES PROM 0171d1ISRLAND VALLEY--,ANOTHR
WASHINGTON, August 4.—A geotleman who has
just returned from Cumberland Valley represents
the people in that 'section of Pennsylvania as . BULL
fearful of an extension of the rebel raid. The met%
chants and bankers in various towns have isei#
their goods and treasury to distant plaoes for safety,
and even as far as Carlisle scarcely any necessary
supplies can bk. obtained, nearly all the stores
being olosed.
' Some of the families in Carlisle were to-day pack
ing for transportation their most valuable effects.
Several military companies have just been
organized, and the feeling of the people seems to be
snob that a general plan only is required to rally
large numbers of the people for defensive purposes.
Alarming rumors from time, to time prevail as to
the intention of the rebels, bat there is nothing to
establish their truth.
The telegraph line, to-day, was working from Oar
lisle to Hagerstown, and there was no partionier
information from the latter point.
Many farmers, with their teams, who, daring last
Saturday and Sunday, lied panic-strieken, are now
cautiously returning to their homes.
The continued alarms regarding, the rebel move.
monte have nearly stagnated all business, and a
general organization for defence seems actually no-
citu3ary to restore Confidence in the public mind.
THE 'SIEGE OF PETERSOTJUG.
UNION LOSS IN TAB LATE ASSAULT 5,840 . mi:1T-e3
INQUIRY TO BB MAUB INTO THU 04LUBBB OP THIS
PAILURE.
0 • • T. • 1 • , " 7: '
'the past 24 hours. _Picket tiring in trout of the 9th
Corps has been kept up almost unceasingly, with
some shelling at Intervals.
The enemy have been busy in repairing their
works, and our skirmishers annoy them as much as
possible. Little damage, however, can be done, as
they do most of their work at night, and cannot be
seen on account of the darkness.
Considerable discussion Is Indulged In among both
officers and men as to who 18 responsible for the late
fiasco, and when the court of inquiry which I learn
is to convene to Inquire into the matter has per
formed its duty we shall probably learn the reason
why a plan that promised so well resulted so dims
teronsly. The exact amount of our loss in the ac
tion ie•now aseestained to be 5,840. Pew would be
lieve that our loss was so heavy, and my Punt esti•
mate, 4 ; o00, was thought much too large.
But to one who has had eiperfenee on the field,
and knows how to get at such data, it is not very
difficult to approximate pretty near the number.
The hospitals are being rapidly cleared of sick
and wounded, there being four or five boats engaged
In their transportation from City Point.
APPEAB+IVCR OJT THE CORTTRY IN BRANT Or
• • -
A correspondent says :—A. day or two ago I took a
ride along our lines to see how matters !wilted. -The
general appearance of the country is that of a plain,
but In reality It is very lunch broken by ravines awl
small hills, making it admirably fitted for defensive
purposes, and, of course, as unfitted for offensive
operations. In riding over the field, one would
think that the whole Surface had been dug over,
so numerous are the breastworks, rifle-pits,
traverses, &c., and judging from appearances,
every foot has been swept by shot and shell, the•
leaden rain and iron hail of war, In one place I
passed a pine wood, directly In front of which the
rebels bad several batteries in position, upon which
our fire had been concentrated, and I believe it
would be but a very slight exturgeration to say
that not a tree remains unmarked by shot or
shell. Some are out down--I have seen several
trees a foot in diameter cut down by a shot—
others are cut half off; some have their branches
cut off and SO on. On another part of the field, on a
small knoll which was occupied In succession by both
sloes, is an orchard of. peach trees, the trees being
from four to eight inches in diameter, and affording
a striking - illustration of the fierceness orate conflict;
they are almost out to pieces. In the trunks, within,
six feet of the ground, I counted the marks of from
five to a dosen-balls, and, In some of the trees, al
together from twenty to twenty-five bullet marks,.
the trees looking as if pelted by a hall storm. In
another place I noticed where a shell had passed
skrecay through a pine tree snore than two feet in
diameter, hiving struck It some three or four feet
from the ground, and at a distance, too, of at least a
half mile.
Prom our observatory—in the top of a large pine
tree, nearly eighty feet from the ground—the spires
of Petersburg and the position et the enemy can be
clearly seen, and by noticing the striking ofoat
shells, the artillery is enabled to train their guns on
poilte which are invisible from the batteries them
selves.'As I passed around I called upon the "seven
sisters," as a battery of rifled thirty-two poundera
are facetiously termed, whose business It is to pay
their respects to Petersburg, and one of which, from •
the terrine and peculiar shriek of its messengers, Is
familiarly known as thd " Petersburg Express) ,
As I write it is favoring them with a few. mes
sages, which it can be truly said are " more blessed"
(pismint, at least) "to give than to receive:" Our
own and the rebel lines are in close proximity, and
not the least interesting part of our ride was the
reflection that wo were within range of the rebel
sharpshooters, who might fancy trying their skill
on us, while our progress was enlivened by tae
music of a shell passing - over our heads. wherethe.
war is over it with be.well worth a trip. to see •whet'
TAVIIISCB.WAr WO multi of this once beautifut.. ntry,
THE WAB IIV THE SOUTTIWEBE.
IMPORTANT ESILITART XOiMMENTB IN TIPB 80IITH
WX8T-IYORREST'B TORORB OTOPPLED -ARRAN-
CUMEEX!
Alasimais, August 2.—lmportant military move.
ments are being made by General Washburne,
which will soon be developed. Smith is again, on.
the war-path. Unquestionable information received
at headquarters shows that Forrest and Leo-were
terribly crippled at Tupelo, having five colonels
killed, and other field officers badly wounded. Over
2,55 e men were killed and wounded. The official
report shows that Smith had 100 killed and about
500 wounded. Had Smith's supply of provisions
and ammunition been greater, he would. have
totally routed the rebels, and would have 'coin=
pletely broken up their organization.
Advices from Arkansas report that Shelby is near
Jacksonport, with 900 rebels. Mari:oaflake to at
Saline. All Is quiet at Little Flock. Adjutant
General Thomas had arrived there. A report has
just come in that General N. F. Forrest died on the
22d of July, at Columbus, Miss., of look jaw.
GLINMLLLAG IR ARMANB2I.B-MAHMADUEM RRPORT
MD - MOVING ON ST. OKAMLICI3-71111 16/111 PRIG
Z 4811713 131n1'Z2iDED
°into, 111., August 4.—The steamer °owner.
cia3, from Duvall's Bluff, arrived hers to-day from
Memphis. She reports that all is quiet. along the
White river. The boats are running without con
voy, but the country several miles bank froin the
river, and vicinity of Mount Adams, is swarming
with buahwackers.
Preparations are being made at St. Charles to
meetan anticipated attack from Marmaduke, who
was reported to be advancing on that place in force.
An ollicer from Days.ll.4l Bluff reports that Pa-.
gon's entire force bad gone to Camden.
The publication of the Memphis -News had boon
saspended by Gen. Rtiekland, fbr an article against
mtlltia organliation, and inaineating the acceptance
of,bribas by the officers in command of the surgeons'
inspecting board in another article.
NORTH CAROLINA.
RZTURE Or A SUOCBABDUL . EXPEDITION-.LARGE
•
AND VALUABLE OAF TWO&
NEW Tons, August 4.—The steamer Dadley
Book,lrom Newborn, N. 0., on the let hob., arri ve d
here to•day.
The expedition sent by Cohere' Palmer to the
THE WAR,
ON ST. CHARLES.
a New Bebel Ram.
THE REBEL INVASION.
B. N. Cows,:, .
Major General Clomniaiding.•
nem APP BACHXNDICD
Obewan river, under Lieutenant Wild, had I . &
turned with a hundred bales of cotton.and : a large
amount of tobacco, captured from the. enemy, from'
which the. Treasury Department will realise over
$lOO,OOO.
The expedition also recaptured , the• desistch
ateamer Arrow and some prisoners, besides deitroy
leg a large amount of rebel commissary stores. It
appears that the rebel ram Albemarle, in the en
gagement off Plymouth, would have raised the
white Beg, bad our gunboats given her commander
en opportunity to open her port-holes, as he expected
that she would go down betel reaching Plymouth.
The enemy have another ram on the Roanoke
river nearly finished. Our gunboats are off Ply- -
mouth awaiting her appearance. • -.
The agent of Vie Treasury Department has just
cleared a schooner containing STO barrels . of turpqn-.
tine, 100 barrels of-tar, and several thousands/Ow
ales, and some cotton, -valued, at $30,000, being the
first instalment of the products belonging to the
Treasury Departs eat coming from abandoned plan.
Cations. •
The rebel ram at' Kingston is reported to.be on
the way to Newbern,.but•has not yet been seen'in.
that She will get.a proper reception.
. The, two rebel rams at Wilmington are complete
fellares,.amd their tosoblnery.has been removed.'
FORTRESS 'AtiIiNROE.
FO4TP.irga Moulton, Aug; 3.—The steamer Gee.
Leery sailed yesterday afternoon for Philadelphia,
Boston, and New York,` with two:hundred colored
women and children, under the care of the emporia.
iendent of negro affairs in this department. - It: is
the Intention to distribute them among the different
benmiolent societies in the above cities.
The steamer state of Maine arrived here last
evening from the front, bringing three hundred
wounded soldiers, the victims of the late battle, and
left immediately , for Washington.
RLYANA.
Arrlval'of Cotton from Mobilo--Capture
of 'a Blockade Runner. '
• Haw YORK, August 4,—The steamer Liberty
from Havana on the 3nth ult. has,Arrived. '
The blockade-runner Denbigh, from-Mobile, with
four ;hundred and seventy bales of cotton, has ar.
.rived at Havens:
A large steamer, believed to be the Virgin, from
Havana, was captured by the "blockaders off. Mo
bile.• •
'Tbe steamer Ivanhee was•ren , ashore and burned
below Mobile, but the rebels saved her cargo and.
machinery.
'Aare is no news from Havana. . ,
Riptrqttidinlytirjr - Aceittr on the,-714eadinit
Rat'mond.
. .
NORRTEMSW7 I , August 4.—A singular railroad
ao
cidedt, but fortenately not attended with any loss
,o 1 life coCniTo4 9t l 41i@ Reading Ra11f4 11 4.; PfbONlt k%
wife .belOw this place, WS ftftertioOn. rive coal
trains were following each other, moving north.
The leading _train stopped suddenly, and Its rear
end was almost Immediately atm* by Its , suc
cessor, at least ,a dozen empty coal cars being
broken and thrown In all directions by the concus
sion. Some_of these cars pbstructed the adjacent
track, down which the Express passenger tratufrom
Pottsville and Harrisburg came, within one minute
of the collision of the coat trains. The engine of
the passenger cars dashed through theobstruotions
with the loss only of its ornaments, but the succeed- ; ,
Ingluiggage and expresscars were not to fortunate,
but were thrown from 'the track, oierset, and brOken
into fragments, with all their Contents. The neigh;
boring telegraph poles and wires were all destroy
ed. The ; breaking of the coupling, between the
express and emigrant cars, alone, saved the entire
train, with fbree hundred passengers, from destruc
tion. The accident was one against which no 'fore
sight Could have provided, and the manner- in
which it occurred was extraordinary. - The, passion
gem froin the express train reached the city by way
of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown
Railroad. .
Secretary Fessenden at Portland.
Pourisan, Me., August 4.—Secretary Fetwenden
bas arrived in this city, and will remain here a fort
night. -
Movements of General Hooker.
BALTIMORE, August 4.-General Hooker pupil
through this city this morning for Washington.
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTOW.
THE FAST-DAY IN WABHINOTON.
The day was generallt , observed in this city.
Divine service was held In nearly all the churches,
and the public offices and stores were closed.
NEW YORK CITY.
Medal Correspondence of The Press.)
. • NEW Yorix, August 4,1884.
THE 21111i0EJ3 OF REVOLT
Tuesday was characterized by the prevalence of
insane rumors. It was related' upon the streets,
with considerable unction, how the rebel prisoners
confined at Elmira, after many weeks of defiant
threatenings and premonitions, had risen upon the
guard, armed themselves, and were marching di
reetly for Canada, en masse. Per contra, it was
alleged that
. the revolt was as yet in its inoipient
stages, but that the authorities having • them in
charge wore convinced that a general rising was
Intended. Upon whatever grounds these panic re.
ports were based, it is very certain that General:
Dix approved of precautionary measures. Three
regiments—the 102(1,97th, and 99th—were ordered to
Elmira. The two latter were forwarded on the
eVeningitrain, but the 1024 had Its marching orders
countermanded, and returned to Governor's Island.
END OF TH/C Fity.lnt 81E0/TEMBNT.
. .
- Thrillent7ltrlr - aIaIIOUTICS.
`77,lenta of yellow fever in thit uk•rt, which were made
several days ago, - has died away. Dr. SwinbarUa,
.the health officer, has reported that no new oases'
have occurred since the limit meeting of the Board.
It appears that the health officer at 'Nassau, N. P.,
has been in the habit of giving false bills of health
to vessels sailing thence, certifying that no Maass°
of a malignant or contagious character is existing
upon the island of New Providence ; whereas our
own officials declare that shipmasters now arriving
testify to the existence of yellow fever as an epi
demic at Nassau. In accordance with these facts a
statement has been served on the British Consul
In this city, setting forth that., "If it Is the desire of
her 'Britannic majesty's government that we shOuld
continue to respect bills of health granted by her
agents and officers, I would respectfully suggest
that the misrepresentations of this Joseph Black
be corrected, and the sanitary condition of the port
be fairly and truly represented byofficlal documents
from that port." The Joseph Black referred to is
the health officer at Nassau.
SICOESSION tOOrETY
The city at present Is overcrowded with Seces
sionists and their iulniirers: Boarding houses et a
marked character are plentiful ; houses whose re
putatione as nests for the traitorous are so well esta
blished, that no loyal man would care to trust his
trunks and valuables within their precincts.. At
the head. of all, stands a certain hotel, now the re-
Sort of diemitsed or relieved army officers, who find
pleasant affiliation in its saloons, and of the more
.well-to-do "refugees" and Southerners. These
people form among themselves a sort of exclusive
society, wherein the unsympathising are not adinit
ted, of course, for prudential reasons. By and by
all these beings will 'commence to vote the straight
Copperhead -ticket, and will doubtless show them
selves In the next Copperhead riot. At _present
they seldoni give any marked publicity to their sen
timents. If a cenrus of all these traitors could be
taken, the grand aggregate vronld probably surprise
those of our good people who imagine that treason
holds its meetings nowhere north of the Potomac,
So far all the East is concerned. •
MISOELLANBOVEI
The Brooklyn Horticultural Society has concluded
to omit its usual fall exhibition, on the, ground that .
Vae recent drought has so seriously Interfered with
the fruit crop as to preclude the possibility of ob-
taining the proper specimens.
IA new patriotic and charitable movement, havitig
fonts object :a donation of .pipes and tobacco to the
iirmy of the• Potomac, has been inaugurated by
some of our publio-apirlted citizens.
A colored woman, having entered a snit for da
mages against her late employee, charging him
mitt stabbinglter between the eyes becartie she de
sired to leave his service, has been awarded the sum
of $250.
(By Telegraph.]
PROM PORTO RICO
Advices from Porto Rico to July 25th, reports the
Rospoot of a bountiful crop of sugar and molasses.
preat deal of rain had fallen 'and the cane was
Witty.
ATIRIVAL OP A PrOAMER.
he steamer Virginia arrived to-day from Liver
pool. Her advices are' anticipated, being only to
thb 21st of July.
xA Rm . ?. .
~ . .
rrived,-.Shipa Ettropi4 from Bremen; Germs,
jitfrom Rotterdam ; Winslow, from Havre; brig
J la, from Para; Sohn. Aymer, from St. Marys;
Saladin; from Aroyo ; Sceptre, from Trinidad; str.
Merrimac, from Rey. West for Portland.
Below—Brig Chimberazo, from Trinidad.
FIORTIEG QUAKERS IN MARYLAWD.—Another
case of heroism was related to ns a day or two ago,
which deserves a place in our columns beside those
oftaeqrge Blessing and Ishmael Day: •
A member of the Society of Friends, who resides
in. Frederick 'county, Va., named William Brown,
was called upon one evening at his residence by a
t ueril s ta i who
s h o lig in p o ts T e s m aess an i c e ie n d a
a hor s s a e d y t h e ich a hl
bridle. a Brown informed him that he had n
none ler him, but be would take no denial, and the
old man seeing that the case was one which would
admit of no parleying, turned quietly into his
house, took up, his gun, and returned to the door
and shot the fellow In the mouth slid face. On re
ceiiing the contents of the gun he fell, and re
mained there until removed by a Union man by the
name of Baker, who removed him to some place
where he has been taken care of, and, where he Is
likely to recover.
Soon atter this occurrence, a band of the same
class of men, fifteen In number, headed by a well
known rebel , by the name of Hunter ,determined to
avenge the wounding of the horse - th ief, and accord
ingly started for the houseof Mr. Brown. The old
man, however, was advised of their approach, and •
he and his two sons stationed themselves up stake.
The party, on their arrival, rushed: into the houie
and Inquired for the men , when they were told by the
female portion or the family that they were up
stairs, and endeavored to dimuade them fromgo
ing up, but to no purpose, Two of them, befng ;
more test:kite than the rest, rushed for the stairs,
when the foremost was_firadt upon by one of itie_
Browns,. the ball taking effect is his chin, passing ;
into ads, breast, and killing hint Instantly. The
hindmost man lell wounded i i the leg. The bring
now became general, both inside and out of. the
house. One of the Browne, osi looking onlof the
window, saw one or the - rebels in the yard, with- a
United States flag whit* ballad stolen at
lie discharged his faun at him, when the fellow fell,.
and died in a few moments. A fourth wasiwounded,
and was unable to =kakis escape.
This party now seeing low matters steed, beat a
hasty retreat, leaving the Browns in, undisturbed
Possession of the field, with the enemy's dead and
wounded in their hands, and two of choir horses as trep
phics. After their retreat 'Hunter fleet two sympathi
zers tbr their dead and wounded, but old Mr. lirowu
refused to let him have them, telling them that'll'
Bunter would oome alone and unarmed, that he
would he permitted to move them without molests,
tie's. He went, but was so frightened that he loft
without them.
A' short time alter this about sixty of the
Marauders resolved on killing. or capturing
the
a ld roan, and accordingly started 101 r - the
houm it WAS on A Sunday, and tdi eoni wire at
°Mira, about a retie and a 1141 f distatit. Some
frigiq'entered the chuoti mad apprized thus at tto
approach.of'the band. They immediately mounted
t r h a e p i i r di f y et a t a te p r o s o s f ib h l
Etriiceit:l. eTbstirezld'filfd:e..; home 812e° I t then iargY yard at the time,
bareheided, andwise forced to leave withal's his
hat, and striliefor the woods, which he reached un
harmed, amid ashower abullete: 'Soma of his prir
suers were within .a few yards of him when he en
tered, but did npt follow him, fearing that some of
them might Welts bedlY ea did some of Einatees
men .--Bagerstolco Herald.
THE REBEL ROBBERS Di EVLA.RD.—A. letter
from a lady, a rerident of Frederick, to the Boston
Journal, exemplifies. the ordinary (*minet of the
rebel invaders, which . is now and.then chequered by
such filets as the boring of defenceiess towns like
Clianthersburg. Her house was at one time in the
very centre otthe rebel lines, and when the fighting
commenced between them and our - forces the place
was too hot, and she was - compelled to vacate.
When oar men were compelled to retire to Pilono
.eocY Bridge the rebels followed, and she returned
Mime to witness a scene which Is thus deScribed :
The/house was raCked•from floor to garret.ln the
dining-room were cut-glass tumblers and decanters,
bottles of wine, dishes, chuirs—eierything ;.
the table just as they had lefilt, everything in wild
confusion. Every lock was broken, my pantry was
destitute of everything, preserves •gone c lat least
&200 worth , of groceries gone, besides meat, wines,
cigars, pistols, gun, $3OO worth.of clothing, a watch,
sheeting - , napkins, towels, new linen, cotton, table
cloths, all my shoes, the children's winter hats, work
lmses,my cloak, riding:skirt, even tomy comb and
brush,.. ['powder caswl had as an ornament, needles,
scissers, rnyfyrs out up for an o ffi cer's saddle trim-
Ming. Every lock in the house but one was broken,
and after all my fixing, justlmagine my feelings to
have to right. things after such is. set of thieves,
lily clothes were ,smeared with'preserves. They
poured ink, ketchup, and preserves about the floors;
in fact, . no pen can do justice to their doings.; and
then they Left me a note thanking me for the eats
tiles, and 'hoping Jr the Yankees ever got to Vir
ginia again, they would emulate their exan3ple, , &n.
She ascribed thp,.conduct of.the rebels to the fact
that they were determined to avenge the conduct of
Gen. Hunter in Virainia. Whatever their reason, .
this isolated'act oughtto be'warning enough to our
own people on the southern border who are always
In danger of.sueh Incursions. Attention to the cir
cular' of Gen. - ooueh, printed elsewhere, will save
much inortilicationrdletrese, and peouniary lose. '
An Editor to Trouble.
All our readers know that the Constitutional Con
ventien. has been for a long time in session, in New
Orleans, ng debati upon - sections said clattses for the
.
public weal . It seema,to have, excited the ire or
disgust of the editor f or the New Orleans Times, and
in the issue ends journal for the 21st he thus speaks
of the President aid the grave seignors
"Tea. though I die, the scandal will survive,
And be an eye• core in MY golden coat. "
It has been our, fortune irr our day to have wit
nessed many an amusing scene, many a most ludi
crous occurrence, bathe events, of yesterday in.the
Constitutional Statetlen - vention exceeded anything
. for- downright legitimate fun we- can remember.
Tie .Presidentilvas In the chair, in a reclining pus: '
ture evidently muchiever9pme the- heat and an .
~excessive, degree, pa. spirits. QuestlonS were
motions were mat), and decisions rendered.
Some of these ;decided's. appeared to most of the
members as entirely unparilamentary—titat is, with
out sense, reason, or precedent. Murmurs of Ws
nenreni increased, and nriaiiy goi tent
in boisteroue and uncomplimentary expressions,
such as "the like was nover heard," "lie is drank,',
"he iv a (1-1) fool," eta.
Amid all this confusion some member made a mo. ,
tion to adjourn. The motion Was put and declared
carried, and the President graoefully (1) retired
from;.the chair and the hail into committee
room. Members Insisted the motion for adjourn
ment was not carried!" One of the members, a gen
tleman, was declared elected temporary President.
lie Siepp'ed forward to the chair and declared an
adjournment in a sober• manner. The uproar,how
ever, did not subside. Indignation generally pie
*ailed, for there were men In that Convention who
looked upon the whole proceedings with unuttera
ble disgust.
_During the excitement, railings were
leaped over, nd the most ridiculous scenes enacted
that it "is poselble to conceive of. One man struck
another with a chair, still another received a black
eye, and yet another had the toe of a boot applied
to his extremities.
The Convention, we understand, Is to adjourn to
morrow and this would seem a fitting finale to. a
legislative body which has shown a total disregard
for the State, the people, and the public treasury.
Up to last Saturday, we 'are assured, the warrants
upon the Treasury tor expenses of this Convention
bad amounted to over a quarter of's million of dol
lars, and will reach, itda said, fully three hundred
thousand dollars. The contingent expenses alone,
which enumerated whisky as the most important
Item, by far, bad swelled to tho prodigious sum of
over forty thousand dollars. These proceedings
will "pass into history" in French and English, at
$1 per square, and $5 per page, in book form.
Eeader we pause. This detail, although in seem
ing levity made, sickens and disgusts us.
This in return' excited the ire of the Convention,
and on the last day of the session they cited him before
their tribunal for contempt. He was accordingly
arrested by the sergeant. at-arms, his paper sap
pressed and himself imprisoned. He was, howeier,
released by. military authority. There the case
stand's at present.
Northern Prisons for,Behellt.
[Enna the Army and Navy Journal./
At .Elmria„N Y., the* Is a large' and well-con
ducted place of confinement for rebel prisoners,
which recently contained about two thousant, but
it is stated that this number its to bo increased to
ten thousand by a transfer thither of prisoners from
the camp at Lookout Point, on the Chesapeake.
The management of the prison at Elmira is of a cha•
rector that rifleots the highest credit upob Northern
humanity. So far from any measures of retaliation
being adopted for the aulieringe which our men are
obliged to endure at Belle isle, every arrangement
for the, comfort and health of the captives possible
under the circumstances, Is devised and applied. It
is proper that the public at home, and especially
foreign exponents of opinion, should be informed of
the di ff erence between the lenient kindness with
whichrebel captives at the North are treated, and
the . brutality, the oppression; and the deprivation
which are the lot of Northern soldiers untortuuate
enough to experience the miseries inflicted by the
chivalry of the South on those who fall within their
power, by the fortunes of war.
The place of confinement at Elmira Is an enclo
sure, surrounded •by a simple board fence some
twelve feet In height, guards being stationed on
platforms at the top of the fence, every twenty or
thirtfieet. The business of guarding the prisoners
is, however, a sinecure. The officers on duty state
that the captives :evince no. disposition to escape.
They have no desire to return to the felicities of
Southern soldiera. Undoubtedly, should single in
dividuals attempt_ to burrow under - the fence, or
• • trid - cvl...n - - -mniite a rash against it, their
chance for escape wou..)d b. _ twnyavpa
ren tly; the pi iNners would not 'leave if the fence
and guards were entirely removed.
The plot constituting the prison is finely situated
on an excellent, piece,of ground about a mile from
Elmira, and, though-entirely closed, as stated, the
prisoners are not deprived of a view of external na-•
tore ; ' for, on one ; Bide rise pino-olad hills, high up
Into the air, viable from all parts of the prison.
The prisoners are all provided with books in
the same kind of rough barracks as are used for
sheltering our own men at the .various pieties
of rendezvous, before going into the fold. A large
bulb:line . is appropriated to the culinary department,
and is fixed up like, the kitchen. of a great hotel,
with about a dozen 'lunges, containing. Dollen, dto.,
and there. Is, also, a large oven, where /sufficient
bread, from
. good flour, la baked daily. The cooks'
and bakers are, of course, prisoners.
Clothing is furnished to the prisoners by the Go,
vernment when their own becomes too much worn
to be serviceable.
The whole appearance of the camp Is very neat,
working parties-from among the prisoners being
'constantly employed in policing the grounds:
The daily ration is as follows: '
Pork or bacon, 10 oa. in lieu of fresh beef; or fresh
beef, 14 oz.; flour or soft bread, 1G or; hard bread,-
14 oz.; or corn meal, 18 oz. To the 100 rations:
Beans or peas, 12K, lbs.; or rice or• hominy, 8 lbs.;
soap, 4 lbs.; vinegar, 3 quarts; salt, 3,?,‘ lbs.; pota
toes, 15 lbs.
Sugar, coffee and tea are issued to the sick and
wounded, on the recommendation of the surgeon, at
the ra to 0112 poun de of sugar, b of ground coffee, or 7
green, or 1 pound of tea to every 100 rations, every
other day. To working parties of the prisoners,
nearly the same ration is given in all...respects as to
our soldiers in the field.
Notwithstanding the ration for the prisoners is
somewhat less than that issued to our own soldiers—
and very appropriately so, since they, do no hard
. work—yot,ln reality, they get the benefit of the en..
tire ration. For the difference betiveen the prison
ration and that of the United States soldiers h
credited on the books' of the commissary of prison
ers, and expended for the benefit of the prisoners
in - ench ways as the commanding oMeer may direct.
This fund, It will be seen, grows rapidly to a large
611 M."
These arrangements apply not only to the prison
at Elmira, - but to all others. The Elmira - prison is
for private soldiers, and if they live so comfortably,
it can be imagined that the officers on Johnson's
Island, and at other places, who have money.of
their own for the purelnswof little luxuries, must
pass their time as agreeably as the conditions of
prison existence will permit. How utterly false,.
therefore, are the statements made from time to
time by Jeff Davis to the world, that Southern pri
soners are badly treated.
Enough has beet published, foudded on the stater
numbs of• returned prisoners, to exhibit the state of
matters in Southern prisons; but lest these reports
should be considered exaggerated we refer to a very
readable book by Colonel °evade, giving an aeootint
of its life in tho Libby Prison. This place, it will
be recollected, ls used for confining officers only,
and consequently the brutalities exoperieneed
by private ,soldiers at their particularpd.
sons, are not here pacticed. But notice .the
petty annoyances, the absence of provisions for
oleanlinese and comfort, the pillaging of boxes sent
from the North, the heartless Insults of the guards,
which are detailed by the writer of this book! Hear
does the management of a southern prison contrast
with that of a Northern 1 In the one the unhappy
inmates are treated as brutes—lu the other as mon.
The peculiarly-distinguishing
charecteristic_be
tween the Northern and Southern feeling., manifest,
ed pot • only in .prison arm:igen:lents, but hi .every
other manner lathe presence in the hearts of South
erners of an intense animosity, while In those of
Northerners there is an entire absence of, all bitter
ness, all desire to insult or oppress. The North,
erner 'feels kindly toward hie
_erring Southern
brother, and after the battle is done, all 41esire to do
him injury vanishes. But hatred of the Yankees,
continmes, on the part of the Southerner, unappeas
able under - all eitetinietiinealt;iTo this- distinguish
ing obaractelistie of- thWidilvieity are to be ascribed
the petty oppressions,. and cowardly brutalities ex
hibited towards ens prisoners. Northern officers in
charge of-prisons, who should attempt to imitate
the Richmond examples, would be scornedas•unlit
to associate with gentlemen:
ATTltairr. te.,IIAW6 A MAW—Hos Summate
Rasctrr.:—The Ottumwa (Iowa) Courier of July 28th
Rives detais df an attempt of a mob at °dame's to
break open the jail and hang B. A. IlicOomb, con
victed of thamurder of Leura Haley.. A - .crowd•had
turned out to witness IffoCtitrib , e execution, which
was to he,ve taken place, and were infurietrd on
learning that it had been stayed by order of the Su
preme Court. .A woman made a speech, urging the
mob to hang the prisoner at once, and declared that
the women would do It If they had the opportunity.
A vote was taken and decided in favor of imme
diately executing McComb.
They entered the jail in the rear, broke open the
cell, and dragged out the prisoner. An.bour was
given him toprepare for death ; and he wits taken
to the Roman Catholic Church to be baptised: Ho
was thou. Ted, out, placed in. a., wagon, and it was
given out that/be would be • taken whera the body
of his victim had been found. On driving .a mile the
mob :stepped and made arrangements for the exe
cution: •
IMICComb was permitted. tot say &fent words, and
declared. his innocence. Re. otfored,to.prove that
George Lawrence was Bring, and that he did not
take.the life of Laura Haley. Al. thle deolaration
part of the mob relented and a tight-was the result.
The rope was cut ; McComb was. driven back and
lodged in jail. Several of, the. loaders have, been
arrested.
• AN EM-BANG °AWL — Vi r tu:re. the war first
broke out, a young married , man o Steubenville,
' Ohio, volunteered. He was renorted killed at. Perry
viile, and subsequently his wife. roeelved a mastic
polan which purpertud to be the body of her hu
hand. She burgled it with all: due ceremony aril
affection, and, atter more. than a year elapsed { she,
married again. A few days essee, au exchanged
prisoner .passed prom,* Steubenville and 10), a.
message fronkthe husbstid•aupe d to be dead, that
be would probably be noon.exahanwed and would.bh
home again, Her present-husband is a worthyman,'
and the chap beconamB somewhat ernbarrawdag„
Roen:arr- or ArsraToses.-.—The rebbery of Ad
miral iliazoVis despitahea to the Spanish Govern
re.en,t. id their transit OR board the Ohne steamer
from Pine to Panama, ContiALM to lisenveloped in
greet mystery. Suspicion rem upon 80 , 434) ,_ the
passengers, who are thour&V, to have been sent out
aropies by the Peruvian Government;. br.t at Pre-
seat the tiOetileelate,lehiett P.25111%0P01304 have hid
reference to the aelsnrooi tett °gnaw, Ithudis, have
not been traced. On the game vessel the dek.
SPOPII bag from a Frt'Aoli man-of-war at Valparaiso
was. also opened, ail the deipatehes for the
GovernMallit and. the. EtlMob. Admiral weep fa,
i.
, .
GUERILLA MAIL
Their 00er/diens in lirieseell•LSSientek:s
Arkawsaw, sod r of
- - .Atteltliee, Robberies,- hind - e—A
rec .- of Guerillas 'Mooted at Platte
Coy,Battle at Big Creek, near
f•- Helens, Ark.-The Ottiored Troops Let
11 A Reported Uprising in Nonage
=very County, 111.
The St. Joseph Herald, of the 29th, thus speaks . of
a fight with guerillas in Platte county,'Wlassouris
.Last Thursday, Major Clox started out of Breekin
ridge withithout three hundred men, tram Damien
and Livingston counties, bent on pu t s:
enela.te
the carnival being held by ThrailkM and 'Thornton
in the counties south and • west of t hem ..
Nobler; of Caldwell county, jol lied his :
_ ze wit o e
cinns
- one company of citizens. Meanwhile the -
' Caldwell, Clinton, and Clay rallied at Cameron, and
hastily formed about four companies of men and
boys, retiring from fifteen to sixty-thin years of age.
Captains Jones end poe, with two companies of.pd
litia Captains Johnson's and Crouse's companies . of
citizens, and about twenty - eight of Captain Mc-
Donald's boys were Soon on the war path with each
. arms as they could obtain. They followed after
- and overtook Major (lox's command at -Plattsbarg
on - Friday. They now numbered about ASO men,
with about 2500 r 300 effective arms, Saturday-morn
ing they moved south to. Gosneville, where they
struck the trail of the guerillas. and pursued them
across the country to Carpenter's store, in Clinton
county. They next followed on to Union Malls,
-Platte - county, and six miles • Sonthwest Of Union
NUM they overtook them, after riding trout sunrise
-tin 2 o'clock P. M.
They came, up with the bushwhackers in a very
singular manner. As they-were riding up a ravine,
leading - into a piece of brush where some Union sol
diers were once bushwhacked by ggerillas, to their
left wee a high ridge, and on an emlbencenearstowl
a woman, who fired a pistol the moment our soldiers
came insight. That pistol-shot was thought to be a
signal to the rebel*, and quick as lightning about 120
of our men gal to the high ground, dismounted,
Tell on. their knees; and crawled to the top of the
ridge,where they saw the rebels. under Thrailkli I. ad
vancing • to gain the ground they occupied... They
came up to within twenty-five paces, when. a volley
of Union bullets sent them back. They were at
once re-formecf and came up to the work, bat were
driven back. Three times was this reneated, but
each time it failed. 'An eye-witness infoims Us that
Thrailkill handled his men with great skill, and was
cool and courageous. Our boys acted like veterans.
Not knowing the numbers they were engaging,
but believing the enemy outnumbered them two
to one, they went in and fought with determina
tion and bravery. Our men formed into two
parties on the fianke, and on foot pund- t
nehe
enemy about two miles, when they came upon
hate, coats, pistols, boots, and all the other evi
dences of a complete rout. Two dead rebels were
.found, five were wounded, and one taken prisoner.
In the first charge the rebels killed one of oar men
and wounded four, two mortally. Hid not that
woman been seen, as she fired the signal shot, that
little party of brave farmers and laboring_ men
-would-have been ambushed and terribly blangh
tered.-- Had the guerilla's obtained the mound they
sought it would • have gone hard with the loyal
soldiers. As it was, they completely :routed the
bushwhackers, and sent them flying back in dia..
grace.
. A gentleman who saw them, and has been near
them, says these guerillas were mounted on the best
horses in the country, and were the best armed and
equipped beds , of men that ever marched in the
State of IYlketntri. When the Priw•Paws went over
to them, they rejected almost all of their guns bel
cause Of their inferiority to their own, destroying all
Which they did not accept. Every rebel carried two
of Colt's army-revolvers and one improved. Sharias
rifle. It turned out that Thrallkill had about 250
men, and our informant, who was in the fight, says
those men werecapable M delivering over two lion
land,fire hundred shots before loading. When they
charged upon our' en, they rained a perfect shower
of bullets over their beads, which tell harmlessly
.beyond them, as our boys fell back behind the ridge.
'The Paris Mercury, published in Monroe county,
says in its lane of the 29th:
While in Huntsville fast Tuesday we gathered
about the followthg particulars of the fight south of
that place, on Sunday last. It was understood that
Anderson, with his gang of guerillas, numbering
from twenty-tive to thirty men, were some three miles'
from town—whereupon a body of some sixty men,
composed of militia and citizens, started out
to give them fight. After getting about three
miles out of Lowe, Anderson being aware of their
..approach, started' to meet them—when. the forces
had got within a few hundred yards of each other,
Anderson gave a whistle, and his men darted forward
at the. topmost speed of their. horses, and almost
before the opposing forces were aware of it, and jest
as they were ordered to dismount—and-before they
had time to form in line of battle—the guerillas
dropped flat upon their horses, and rushed upon
them • with a tremendous yell and a volley -from
their pistols, causing a stampede among the horses,
and threw the.whole force into confuslop. Scatter
ing shot were -kept up for a short time, when the
Militia were dispersed and made their way back to
them. Out of fifty or sixty horses that went into the
fight not a dozen got back to tetra; they having
neattered,around through the woods, were, after the
fight; hunted doWn and shot by Anderson's men.
The only casualties known were two militia and one
guerilla killed, and Anderson 'slightly wounded la
the shoulder by small shot,
• nue:lnns BY nnertwiteoriabB.
A letter from Perry county, 1110, to the St. Lout
Demoiral, says
"Armed villains, ranging here, have killed seve
ral of. our best loyal citizens, and stolen extend vele
in horses, money, &c., from -peaceable men. Thy
main crew is beaded by James (Salyer, always a
rebel, spared by those he is now robbing, and thrice
sworn to allegiande. could not do half the mis
chief unless helped by those at peace at home, who,
when honest men sleep, inform him who h as the
best horses, who are Unionists, &c."
Another letter from Dillon, dated 24th, says :
• Two men have been murdoredin thts Vicinity since
Sunday; Mr. Phillips, living at' Big Piney, thirty
miles from Rolla, was one ; a German citizen living
three miles north of Rolla was another. Seven
miles from Rolla, on Spring Creek, the entire plan
tation of Mr. Orrlesse was burned - direr' by these
night assassins. The country is alive with these
miscreants.. If something is not soon done for pro
tection, the enconditional .Unionists- will have to
leave, or else bide in the bras/tat:night.
In Miller county Captain Long was murdered in
cold blood. Be was a young man noted for hostility
to. secession since its outbreak. He was among the
first to go to the defence of the flag, anti contin ued
in the service till death. He was then commanding
a company of .enrolled Missouri-militia, but the
company not being in - active service, he was et
home. Early the 18th - ult..seVen villains 'ammo , to
his father's honse and - Inquired forlitni. Hie mother
told them. he ;,was not at . home.. ;Thertold.her she
need nettle b ho .
AQlnetimnight before :-that heaaesenoisiefrouelberla
artereight. This was all true, and he was then up
stairs in bed, - asleep. They then calledonlinm to sur
retder, promising that if he would, they not
hurt hint. The Captain was awakened;`andreplled
that he,
,would die before he would.. surrendet to
buthwhackere They then conimenced'p e tting fire--
to -the house, a.nd shooting on **ere tide. The - Cap. -
' lain shot one of the men, but having to shoot from
a window at a scoundrel beneath; the - Shot only
wounded-him. When .they had fired the I:mussed/-
around they took a straw bed and set it on tire - at -
the foot of the stairs. The Captain then jumped
from a high window to the ground,' and as .he
reached the ground they shot him, the ball enter
ing his mouth.. HO rose to his feet and started -
around the house,where they met him and shot
him seven times. He- fell and - dlekralmost instantly,
in' his mother's arms, Mr. James Long, the Cap-,
tain's father, escaped and collected a squad - of men
in a short time, but too late. The son was already
a corpse, and the dwelling and contents in flames. •
GUERILLAS IN NENTnatta". • -
The Kentucky papers furnish as with the follow=
'ins items:
Con. lito-FIEBBYAMONOG-traltlLLAS.—ThOOwens
bore monitor states that, a few days since, as Col. J:
H. McHenry was returning to that place from Hart- .
ford,- he fell into the handa of the " Knights of. the
Bush," one- of .whom styled himself Lieut. Yates:.
The latter gentleman "coerced " a saddle trade with '
the Colonel, giving him a citilen's saddle fora fine
cavalry on e,,whiett had, we presume, seen service in •
the Federal - mum. Yates asked elo difference; belt
the Colonel declined, whereupon they "Serapped
"even'.Yates affected to be a high-toned gentleman,
and assured Col. McHenry , that he had great re
spect for him as a gentleman. He conveyed the
idea that he considered himself and the Colonel as
gentlemen of the first order. He inked the Colonel
if he carried money_ Mout bimaand was answered
in the negative. Have you a revolvers Another
negative response. Then give us a chew of tobacco,
said the valiant knight. But the Colonel not`beltig
a consumer of the " fi lthy weed," had to deelhie,
and was then permitted to depart, Without - even
'taking the oath. -
AtirerErlnt.ol7BßELLi OnTBA.GB. '
The Evansville Journal states that the reeldenee
Of Major 'Kinney, at Henderson, was entirely con
sumed by fire on Friday morning, being the act, no
doubt, of the .guerillas prowling In that vicinity.
Major Kinney was absent from-h ome, and - hie - wife
and family were staying at a neighbor's... The fire
occurred-about 4..ir0100k, and nothingavas saved but
a few articles of parlor
g furniture,neis nin ecaarnnding
Mre.KannewasptanatiMejonthe n Fe y er a larm e sMao n
of the 12th Kentucky cavalry, and is a member of
the present State, Leg - Water°. - -
...s.trauter OR TWO GIIBBILLAS.
The Louisville Demerol of the let says.: Yester
day Major Longsdorfsucceeded in making two very
important arrests, in the persons of Robert Scarlett
and W. Shield& These men for a long time had
:belonged to the rebel army, and were the leadeni of
severe] small guerilla bands. Being cut- off from
their command they came to this city in disguise,
wearing citizens' clothing. They enlisted in-the 9th
Pennsylvania Cavalry for -the bounty, after receiv
ing which they deserted that regiment. They were
placed -in prison, where they will be confined until
their case can be Investigated,
9xamiLiAB AGAIN VISIT IfiLWBSVILLE.
Hawesville, like, other border towns, is often.
visited by the prowling . bands which now infest
the borders of Kentucky. On the evening of the
25th, a company of !smartness':lade their appearance
just back or the town, and moving around the place
wentup the river some threeatuarters of a tulle to
the house of Mr. Tim Smith, from which they eat
lied off four guns, a small amount of money, and -
some clothing. They then proceeded to the houseor a .Msra,ps,easont - A
German, half a mile further p the river, from which -WAlL—Yesterday afternoon a deputation of T"
they stole a gun and some . clothing . After leaving operatives,representing Manchester,
....Stocraerns4l-1":
this house, they met with a mr..Mhsto, ofCannelton,_ -Ereston, Onabank Maneltefield
lnd., and took - from him a small. amount of malted li g ,
.p l2O - 4e rneo t upon- -aiiparteße ste
enatrefti:Orttesabishin
Tley then moved off in the direction of Clover:port, ;, --- -sesoreferri. ce, for the purpose of
which place - they said they Intended to visit. Thie - Tordsbip a memorial, signed by upwards] lll",egaa
gunboat No. 22, which is stationed near Hawesville, persons engagelain the cotton mannfactursor.:99l
as soon as her officers were notified that the gee- 'The tleputatleiCwas hared ed v 'lade An.
rlllas were near the place, at ono° commenced pinata Turner, 011',P Sit Tar b---Nrx' ' Ts
throwing shells into the hills back or the city . aa- ema.ae a w. I ' l ' ol Reliketim - Beat a
Some ten or twelve . shells were th rown, one of mn e " p ira y - • • eramf, M. P. -
er of the Ilse:tn.:Tied n Wee top which
_passed through the house of a Mr. /fend- kat, the xp r imapj a llo s
rune, Just grazing ,the head of Mni. -H: - Another M. the Anserican War witheo' cotta it t bee of 4 th ß e it fe l uarity le4" ‘ti'dt' lese r t
shell Struck the house of Judge Meßrorcia, paalling adanted Int:heir manta,'
through the wiridonainto the front room . Forte- piflywoifstichi.woniehthaetond- headnurianil-sanntoleltplteure4fatitetilecirisnitip
.. nately na one was hart.
ADVICES FROM BA.T4NA^A BA.'rrLa AT ma meow. that since, the beginning ofYtlanePtultoBnlr la.ifssatercursdtherYir'
A letter from Helena to O. St. Loule.paper says, number -hid
p h a e rpel n e dre or rlecy diperlentsvatfo..erhee. wc iihy rjr7 . tilk ld e le
that since the ratataampaign of the early spring by by„becominar
Banks end Steele-tebel troops have been accumix- a -Larne paupers
of the remainnea, eonsaelad w hile so
tiny between White river and the alleslesippl, under use infinite cotton,' bade been. and 4411 n;vik
Shelby and Dobbins. They have °coupled theta - Ink. atent ,tWo-thirds of_.their; for ea
selves in committing d epredations upon White river, .And - thiedhj„ considering;ttey lia ttpathsetaar w
collecting, Count:pm and menacinw r the 'out-posta . the r ' privationsaowinge o a oese e p ti Z a t t g ., so
&bent Helena. the 24th.our - forma, under coin. 'a state of things could nokslastEthey
r
mama of Benks, 'notched to Whlllassme Ferry, -
idinuottd9,phiyttthieresthviedentirt Asecofwethtinait, sow
:hi:rain
. about twenty.. miles west of Helena, hearing that
the. enemy had concentrated at tint point; but on !StateP, to repreient to lie l e
ortlmiehl
nerativ:oo2Polatke . fit tros P able e erics igalm i s er or t lt :
• arriving no cenasy were discovezed. Cur keep, 'factory
therefore Mao - racked: . ;of her Majesty'SG-overnment and
- a little.aften six o'clock, while arrangemente , .Majesty might be advklied Le kri ae lr on Y t t e b rt at w h it e tt r
were in progress for breakfast,,we were attacked Uthea European Pewee Wfth.h.naurta' te.aestora peace -•
simultaneously en two tildes, - and With greatdury, 'On tke American c hatinentais
Enowingthainseperiority of nyphers, they charged , - sure basis, the- aP • - rs r .V atablish • on
of.the Manus
with 'tbs.:utmost confidence of Overwhelmtzigais.,_ :featuring 'district&
terms the 132•70.
yelling netlics Came, . In Keno es Fort Pillo - ar,etyle, - Earl Missell; afite r
"No quotient No quarters '. The. first 'valley on interns], was ad dreled'aisseseve '
our right' flank
C
Ispealters. dwelt upon the.
brought dowicap,: . ar of our arrainaeasens, deputation. In ;no_
Of th wt elr eu Pe e zark ot e ail thet c .
and three of our artillery' apnea. Six... k distinct
charges, wave made with intent to captele tam Sr. !of the cotton teade, Present • ilneettled etatO,
tallery. One f these wess',Well. nigh successfall. I keg hoW largely th Ror y t statistics s4ews,
Lieutenant Ch a p pel lost hie 'galena. anti only sac s l drained of thietoeywn: t"):1B had ' t " 474
eeeded .Laretaitung his risco by moving , ta.a..pect, owing to the,„. 7w.. f the - - best elass,,
tion of. bass peril. .
indneemen
obem,
by „ ts held out to.
- For mote than four - Mat the dreadful cestfiteb . things whi ch-Inediaa 9lll l 7 .-..— abban agehts ' a °a t *. °W
i raged. A ntimber-Of Masa the most terrific velleys poor to
,akaa., a,„ -- tr° eamber of tissarviner
wereides eharged.hrthefeaMitenditig Elms. tio4,into,
.9;. _ _ aerates and hazardoms thaistertparJ
etas forces t more t wentesas• nnttne nerasyntous as to the meaner f
I eatthi eth . sane Teo. tatingfteiwaliredfamintess Apart,
thirty paces distance, The rebels w
ere confidant, . sideratiolsetif their ona materi I Wra
, emaltant, and IMpatteent of delay ir e t helr..aittickpat-, fatten bagaska.ae. a .welforee.(Wan
:en triumph and s. , ..ghter.. Our. ciffanera, abdomen lhateast e 6 iffior allidik
th to the ForeatestSsonitary
. ware cool - and determined nPea r ealttaienebe - the Pie Of : t h e:°Orton dieteietr altn inalMVY:'9"" Pei>.
last moment and the last man. learly blabs. action superior lo of - S"tiwtuStilites'
(Mi.:Burks fell was 5UCC0N44,14.,. Aden& tion, of - the-ISO t artnn as by timansetafeeta
' 'Reid, of thee ttaVer. S. Coloredsktfaistree am:lgo,' tlie > aee r ealesetty for self-iptearatemst. Lad.
- The near paiintatity of the rebeL linee-wendered pliantr. eestortmegnitlonasaitihdepesedent
.lmrcticableeta employ effielentlYaniteut of ms- After Bsteninf to the depute:tie -
silo s y the artillery, except weismettnia her.
Yaut terest, e t i v i mak ip ex . nreimeeu flop evident tee.
one chest of ammunition being saved wie anneiration of 'she
conduct, of the operatten hie on the; Aigili t .tkis. was 817";6Xbiimeloltd• cond uct
tinaVeld ,
tits=
a et aufTelinge
complaint of the lack of sansinunitkm, an. °niter sireihat the timassresaa - earnnea do.
wakned. with, squad of floor ,; and Made a
,"Government mighttit -aPetzlil*stfrive wbssa the
tour through a corn-field a quarter of a main to the - a te-bee the
offer t s e wade.
flank and rear of the enemy, iseeptuirea..
th 1
and
The de - nta °°-
e 0 p tient-hut
eakeen s -- and brought it through - three..
%aces cornice - reeenti As a ' rak e d `,,e.far kie
across fie ploughed field, meshing Ont:tinea-witn Men'
a cury, Julott,
loss of one man. The.lnellenaent Nag , off ed i d under , -
cross - fire from - - the enemy, and ai Pertain of the • TV.
time under a. direct fi re from a:aq ua e o r one own Library.of,
al u .„ we , %roam to._ a... 44,1. apps • ec:ie'ir,__dred .onwainetey - th011141114. VOienlee. rt.
: tea ;add Yearlsl--.llo4ltbL 4 1 1 9 i ramisp sal
t w iry bielOCk Major - Carmi chael arrived
his Camoiry. Jun in "'PO" to intercep
'wry charge from the t,eeerve fo rce a
npon our lines. The assault am.. , oaliree of o ._ II
anal was meet timely and apllOtelbily i " ;; 41 1;
rebel line gave Way in the wil&eet eenfoaha. uacj
the concentrated charge, eed a . 920 ''t terfifi q
mom our Infantry, with act 161111 . 1° , 1 7 chorus f..!r
Chapiel- Major Carmichael having asc-rtt..l
during the morning that Shelby ek'tire ea vt , ll9 l
was near us , and noncentniting fora „,innetil i „ 1 . 14
b vlr
lo ut
Dobbins, Colonel Reid decided to fail
Helena. Our great lose of - mules and artiilery is
compelled the abandonment and deetruie'l , l et
por tftil of our train and one caisson 0.0.
little army returned from the bloody flrt. •
the moot perfect order. Major Oarrninkrer• l, i ,
mantling the cavalry, and Lieutenant
Reid, chief in command, showed themvelves
competent and reliable officers. Indeed. an .1;
n. bly. We skirmished with the enemy for n .
iles% then, upon the .crmct of a hill, the 7e
force m for h a
lest test of skill. and proaretgy up,' „ 4 ,
heavy force assaulted our rear, the cait w hile
tlry
/i
en .
gaged in front and on each flank. Our n,.
formed, and orders for the artillery to
„ •
and then take position being given. CMorel R c
moved forward with thn InfAntry to tile
thence on double quick the entire line
splendid style, training the hill ruaddeivimr
force before them for half a mile, When the'
and Bed, to return no more. J br,.
Th u g in twenty-four hours we marched Milq
fought two distinct entre memento. each time .114%1'1;
the enemy, more then double our number, and .. a
into Helena without the slightest dem , ralir if .
4. so.
and in high spirits.
Respecting the Integrity, pluck and elltivlite or
the colored troops at Helena, recruited chiefly is
Missouri, we challenge criticism and comp trisao
Alf NPRISENO TN TLLITTOTR--AN EITOAnnSTENT RAID
TO Rays TATNN PLACE.
Some of the Nitsoonrl and Illinois papers titre
rumors that there is an uprising in I'lliorruorc,,,„
There are no means of verifying them, as we hu t ,
received no announcements of such a ch.tr,, t ,,
either by telegraph or from oar COrreßonnTie 9t3 i t
the West. It is asserted that in the mahhorheqd
Hillsboro, the rebels have seven hnrl , T4l
their encampment, and it Is stated that the unt o ,
men, to the nnmberof two thousand, with two piy z ,
of cannon,' from Mattoon, have taken the seed
against them. It is reported, also, that an emvto.
went had taken place, and two Union men 1111
been killed, and their bodies brought into Hillsbus.
Waifs from Atlanta.
A correSpondent of the Mobile Advertirer thus
comments on "whisky drinking" in the rebel army
at Atlanta
"One thing is very evident, however. We're too
close to Atlanta, and there are far too many er n .
shops there. Ido not mean to say that a pilep
a cocktail 111 not a good thing to have sorneti.ee,,
oe
but the mean' liquor there is very hard to swdlow,
and. very bard to navigate under after it is swat.
lowed.. Understand me, I speak from nbservati ma,
not from experiende. True. I have tried one toddy
here, and only one, and Ido not think I will ever
try another till "this cruel war ds over." Bat you
Would be eel rmished _e.t.Ute" number-of bars and th e
.atemsist of drinktng going on in Atlanta. lam sure
the 'general commanding the poet has very little
idea of the extent of it., though drunken men are
daily brought to him, I learn, and sent to the quard
house. It ought to be stopped entirely while the
armies are so near, and ills hoped that it will be,
and twat speedily." . .
WANT THEIR PAY
The rebels are not PO intensely patriotic but that,
like our own troops, they growl about their pay,
even though it be entirely worthless. The same
correspondent says : "I hear. up in this region the
Home old cry that I have hesrd elsewhere for tke
past three or four months—'
.money.' It seems that
the Army of Tennessee has been Dettloff; or p Iv
so, atleast, while the Arthy of hitesteetppi (fienemai
Pollee old corps) is eight months behind. It is not
understood by what hocus pocue one portion of tke
army in the Went is paid and the other not, and, as
the men need their money very Iteatly, .you may
imagine there is some grumbitng.'.
GETTING OUT . OP ATLANTA.
The - Atlanta editor of the Mobile News Isom "I
can give you no Idea of the excitement in Atlanta%
Everybody seems to be hurrying off, and espeoially
the Women. Weems loaded with household furn
tare and everything else that can be packed upon
them crowd every street, and women, old and young,
and children innumerable, are hurrying to and fro,
leading pet lambs, deer, and other little housetield
objects of affection, as though they Intended to save
all they could. Every train of cars is loaded to its
utmost capacity, and there is-no grumbling about
seats, for even the fair ones are but too glad to got
even a standing place in a box can The excitement
beats anything lever saw, and I hope I may never
witness such again. But in the midst of all this the
soldier!, are cool, and cheerfhl; and sanguine."
PRILIIIIISTIMENT. .
•
The following is a copy of a note, dated July 19,
written by a rebel soldier,,picked up on the battle
field in front of Atlanta:
This may be my lest breakfast- • I'm going back
to the front. Beshrew my evil luck—the front has
oome to me. Worse men than 1 are getting hurt
there daily. Who knows 1 Order me a metallic
coffin and an iced julip
A SalealtutAe Broker Rejuvenates an Old
. - .
On Saturday last, an enteiprising "substitute
broker," In St. Louis, having been rather unsucceSS
fal in his search of stock-to till thenumerous orders
of his customers, and tweeting with an . old etay.
headed man who answered his purpose la every re
spect, except the trifling matter of over-age, hit upon
the happy expedient .of restoring the old man to
youth. To. do this it was -not necessary to and
the "fountain of youth," vainly sought by
Ponce do Leon, nor, like - ld lEsop, blear in
tlib services of Medea. t o renew his of
life by enchantment. Our substitute broker had
a more expeditions way of transtnetrrifyintr
an old 'man Into a young one. lie first ad
ministered to hitepatient illiberal dose-of-the essence
of rye, then took him to a barber shop, had hie
neck and face washed and powdered, his hair and
whiskers neatly dyed, and the wrinkles in his cheeks
smoothed over by a process known to the tonsorial
profession.- Another snifter of rye was poured down
the patient's throat to straighten his spine, oiear tha
rheum from his eyes - -and make his- breast swell oat
in martial style. The inner man being arranged in
mustering condition, it was deemed necessary, in
order to make "a sure thing" of the job, to bestow
some attention upon the outer covering. A pair of
Substantial breirrans was purchased, and a nfoe yel
low linen duster added, and the old man of sixty
presented the appearance of . a biped of not more
than thirty. Starting to the recruiting office with.
his substitute in
.bliarge, the indefatigable broker,
figuring In hie mind that he had made two hundred
• dollars and forty4ive cents by the operaticrt.and not
Wishing to be troubled with the extra forty five, took
his newly-made patriot into a saloon to driokarp this
bOthersome odd cents.remitted a fatal,
-.error;
getilertmltir do, and-Ake.
frttide ail ids labor, enterprise, and ingenuity allp
ped from las grasp—for the third dose of rye put
so mach starcb in the old man's backbone that he
positively reftdied to enlist! In vain 'the; broker
Ihreatened, elitted, and offered - a large sera
to induce Ids substitute to come up to the scratch.
The old man felt aX independent , as a newly-s.p.
pointed corporal, and Swore he'd bedmi- squelched
Jibe was' going - to fighilfor any hloddy coward in
America." The broker then demanded the return
of the brogans and the linen duster, but the alien
- flatirrefused to give them up., The broker was in
ite:palr. He had spent *19.35- in' clear oath in
king - a•yormg,.substltute nut - of an bid eupernts
rnerary,hrtd-now was cheated tint of his inves tment.
He gave vent to a volley of oaths that would have
done honor to an ex -driver.
"My young friend," said the recusant substitute,
"Pll ten you how yon can make it all right ; just
bavelny death ebtered to the credit of my principal,
and that will square accounts."
-
"You infernal old swindler what do you moans"
"Why, did , nt Idye ler the coward who hired yea
to got me as his substitute ; and when a substitute
dies, dobro es
ken't that relieve the prinelpall"
The r seized'a tumbler and hurled that the
imbstitade's head, but that individual - being rejuve
nated by the elixir' of life, evaded" the blow, and
skedaddled at the rate of nine knots an hour.
Mrssiorrairr Coronas.—The last number of the
North British Review contains a good discussion of
Christian missions. After a very patient reyiew of
the history of modern missionary effert, commeno
ing with the labors 'oPPrancis Xavier, taking in the
work of the Iliforaviters,' the labonf of Mr. Ellis in
the islands of the Pacific, and of various societies
In India, the writer makes some points worthy the
attention of philanthropists :
1. Tbat in orderto a succestiftd. prosecution of ratg.
510118,1 l Is not money BO much as mein that are need
ed. There will, of - course, be always.plonty of com
mon•place men in every sort' of iforlilbotti at home
and abroad, but nowhere is thereAtuch scope for
great energies and all the highest results of *Udine.,
of training and culture ; as in those men who go out
to establish new and dithcult foreign missions. The
sort of training that best fits for the home pastoral.
Work is by no means the best for the foreign labor ;
BO that all *Protestant foreign missions need to bor•
rows leaf, of Wisdom- from the Church of Rome,
which has Its college de Propaganda Fide. He who
goes out to convert ItEohammedans, Bromine, and
Bonzes, should tiiiitcquaintod with the history, lan
guage.
the e,- literatur and, above all, the theological
literature of untry to which they are to go.
The second point to which public attention is
called, is that though at first the missionary may
do some good t yet it le the Chriatlan community
which must become itself the itatrument for ex
tensively disseminating the Ckarpel. is
work to raise up s elf - supporting, fre It
e, Inte their
lligent- .
communities in heathen lands, keying. all the -
vantages of Christian training in morals and i ad n--
telligent faith,. The efforts should be to let Chris-
Man ideas work themselves out, into their own
proper and natural form, rectifying what is bad,
but conserving what Is good and useful in the
customs
plant andfl andowe habi ts has, bof each nation. As every :
r y
and de.
grecs, to become acclimated ea
inrefel a
newnurture
set of circuits--
stances or country, and thereby becomes a new va
riety in some respect, so Christianity In each nation
will develops new !mantles and excellencies as it.
becomes Indigenous Ineach new variety of the
man character and race. In order to effect this:.
Christian inissioriars colonies are needed. The.hlsr-.
ravians have thus done a noble work to the worlds,
by their various educational and indmitrial .0610,-
nies. Dien want on to see Ohrhstlanity PraVsgslir
-at work to realire.its superiority, and it is ohlrwlap
thus at work that its power of doing good to kaandia
realized..