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FBIDAY, AUQUST.IS,IB62.
FROM fOBTRESS MONROE.
Unioi* Officers from Richmond-
J!ct> ,r,i jhc(!ull a'** l others—Colonel
(Jr# c ”! ot arrived—Recent Bat
l<rCVrtmßbie luformatton.
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i 3pK j-ortress Mosros, Aug. 13,1862.
Ariel, Ciiptain John Daly, Moentiy
Philadelphia and Wilmington lino, went up
morning, u dor a flag of truoe, to
«» p% flve miles above Harrison's Landing,
CW r Ol confederate prisoners, in charge of
f'lt Darling, designing, according to ap
yeuten tJ)e rß bet authorities, to bring book
'mto officers captured daring Gen. MoOlel
u l 0 retreat. On arrival Lieutenant Darling
lj ffle d by an officer who appeared that or
b'd been sent the night before not to allow an
there, but that it would be effected at
• '-Lauding. Fortifications have been ereoting
a fortnight past, and, doubtless, const-,
'"hk reinforcements bad arrived that evening,
!,a . jt n ot desirable for our returned officers
k' o f, The ongineor of the Ariel, while at
*. (0 gome work on the roof,'saw behind the
V through an a, erture in the trees, about half
I’crB 1 ’ cr8 0 f closely-paoked men, who evidently
me il put of a large; number, The Ariel re
ed to Gsn. McClellan's camp for orders, and
"L jailed, in company with Gen. Thomas’ flag-,
truoe boat, the Henry Burden, to , Aiken’s
mins On passing City Point, to the surprise
,11 the dock was in flames. The motive of this
ret to appear. At about eight .on Tuesday
, i„g the returned Union officers, arrived at
ten’s Landing, the majority having walked from
•hmond, a distance ot 13 miles, Their exchange
)uI(! bjtvo been effeotod a week ago, but no satis
,torj reason was given for their Unwarrantable
•ntlon They report having been politely treat.
• the rebel officers in oharge of them, but were
, t d the scanty fare ef a pound of bread and ;a
i of fresh meat daily, without vegetables, and ’
wally without salt. Their drink was exolusive-i
isler. They were, however,-allowed to pur
, delioaoies at the enormous prices current in
iirond. Their quarters were most disgracefully
avemeßt, crowded, and badly, attended to.
jol. Corcoran, with theotber Salisbury prisoners,
;t expected daily in Richmond, but at the last
Kj bad not arrived, Wo officers among the uu
rtded taken had died, though several had suf
id from flioknesa, dysentery being the obief
ilaiot, . ’
®. McCall and Gen Reynolds have returned,
the former complains muoh of the indignity to
tih, as a general officer, and a man advanced in
irs,'he was subjected, in being oonfined, with
others, in one room, whereno convenience
ttwer for comfort existed. He was; at first pa
id, and lived with Gen. Reynolds, for three
;i, at the Spots wood House; but on hearing that
Fattigrew was not paroled, bat confined at
Dtlaware, the rebel Government, as an offset,
t them to prison. Gen. Pettigrew, however,
.a room to himself, and had much batter aocom- '
VJons than they. Gen, JMoOall repeatedly
t« to Gen. Winder respecting his condition, bat
led no satisfaction. While ait the Spotswood
ise he was called on by several old army ao
tanoes, among whom- were Generals Magruder, j
Is, and Hill, bat after changing his quarters |
tno more of them. Gen. McCall is debili- -
bat otherwise well. He does not conftm
-Isiting Philadelphia till the war is ever, and
Jstely went on shore, as the steamer touched
rlson's Landing, to visit the Reserves, of whom
, vary proud. He says their fighting was rasg
icent, and anxiously inquired if, in the absence
his official report, justice had bean done them by
nubile press. Oo being told thatoommendationa
them were great, he appeared satisfied. He
me Ms official report ere long,
ATTJSHFTSD BSCAPJS.
(suing captivity iatoleraljto, ’. five officers’ at-,
ted an escape Three succeeded, via f Capt.
ley, Ist Excelsior, Lieut Murphy, Ist Long
id, and Lieut. Riddle, tot Pennsylvania. Two
rs, Lieut. Gohsnel Hatch, of the dth New Jet*
»nd Lieut, Mas ers, 55th New York, were
tred. At daybreak on the 2d of August, after
, the sentries, they started - for Mechanics
» d then struck for the Pamunkey river,
s they crossed the next day. They reached
lata pony river the same evening, and after
jg. were arrested at Walkersbnrg, by a force
had learned from Richmond of thehf flight;
pursued them. They were looked In a store at
: place, but jumped from a window twenty feet
i, and continued their course through fields,
copß, woods and ravines, for a distance of 75
sb, till reaching the small village of Millers,
ih was nine miles from the Union gunboats,
mtinuing, they unfortunately atrnek a road
by smugglers of tea, medicines, stud other
waroß from Bal imor'e, which was strongly
led by guerillas, or in rebel language, “armed
sns," and were recaptured and confined till
ith inst., when they were taken back to Rich
1, arriving on the 7th inst. They were then
ited for twelve hours during the day, with va
futlors, teamsters, laborers and ethers, in a
! room, where the stench was intolerable.
this room were two apartments, one of which
astsblo, and the other a dead-house. Prom
latter, thß putrid exhalations added to their'
ress At night thev were incarcerated for
l?e hours in a tobaoco “ Bweat vault,” seven feet
ire and four and a half high, without'any ven
tionsavo a small aperture used as an entranob,
:h was guarded by four sentinels. To this foul
damp locality they were nightly confined,
. their exchange on the morning of the 12th
■ant.
PKISOSKBS TAKKN *BOM OKS. POPE.
may here be remarked, that the officers taken
j tteterat Pope’s army, including Gen. Prinos,
vbom a list 1b given among the ample and varied
’ c - Richmond papers accompanying this latter,
be held as hostages for the suitable treatment
"•Bushwhackers” tak-.n by General Pope,
are confined In precis ly the same room used
te day time by Colon 1 Hatch and , Lieutenant
,r8 > after their capture, fed only on bread and
t, allowed no mattress or blankets, and; sub
id to the same sickening atmosphere. If the
*h ckers are treated as other prisoners ef war,
iral Prince and companions will be likewise
id; if any are shot, precisely the same number
‘0 boatagis will suffr den h. As, unfortunate
»o oan play at the game of sbootiug, or of ill
lisg. it remains to b < seen wheher fl-en. Pope’s
rs will be modified, ratber than that our noble
sis should undergo martyrdom. It is said,
hy the rebels, that the same description of im
lent will be undergone by hostages, while
nn4Ut from the lines is inflioted upon all who
io take the oath of- allegiance to the Union.
/ «f these people, setting aside their poli.ios,
honorable, court ous, and highly estimable,
•requite willing to take an oath not to impart
imationto, or aid th' enemy, butboth their
Jiplej atd their pride forbid doing-more. Be
•S they, ii.the oath of allegiance is, taken,
t certainly of protection exists ? At one mo*
‘ th?y are within onr lines, dt another out; of
i «d, in case of loyalty, subjected to the
aßoeof the rebels, as was the case at-Win*
Until we oao hold territory we conquer,
tacts should be pondered- '
Z.AOIE3 arrested.
‘teea ladies and two men were arrested for
'■city with the escape of 001. Hatch and Ideal.,
raw, but, after several days’Confinement, were -
™d In contradistinction to the brutal treat- *
of these two officers, may be oited the case of
prisoners, eonfined atPortDelaware, after
who were simply placed, for a dayjor
'. n | 6 B u »rd-houao,*and i whose aot was hu
y looked upon as one to be sympathised with;;
UOCTORB OP BIVIRITT. . . '
mi w **’ riai ted in Eiohmond by the Sa-
81 Dr. Wilmer, of ample baggage notoriety,'
*«s lately minister at St. Mark’s Ohureh,
4,|e iphia. Other hffioers ,were at times visited
“* Mr. Burroughs, onee pastor in Philadelphia,'
’“s charged there with* being concerned in a
' er ? creditable affair of the fiesrt. This person
' er j loud-mouthed rebel, and talks with great
a g*lnst the North.. . f,si'
xasbuder akb nuauß. '
‘jcr O’Neill, of the sth New York Battery, was
f| y sergeant to Magruder in the Mextaan war,;
? de * n the Eiohmond .prison, was visited by
' J|, ttcr commanding offiopr. ..Magruder. pon-,
•Mly assured the r Major , he, had not
iIU a drop of liquor* since he fad besmn the
.i v* 5 ' °h? Witness the ruins of Hampton,
a t his <irunken order! JWJtness his r«:
, Eaat Tennessee, a week after - the battle
■l Vern Hill, for being drunk dn that fight and
LA. 1 number of our forces to esoape him !
m a ° lB nn P bar-bills at Newport in good old
fiah/ 8! Huger has been reiieyed from fur
les ’®®’ ow t D S to mismanagemont in the late
Jto a oonudand of
- ■ V: , r: 1
rt ®il as in good health, ’ ‘. ’
&«, W u l dottbUeM ho informed to day by
[!y., Stonewall Jaoksdh’s'xnen and
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VQE 6.-7 NO. 13.
'aad SSfrids, aid another, of wliictf tho’oomiiandor
tras nof named..
was announced, with the capture of four hundred
pr isoners. The was learned by Col, Gallagher,
of New York, who was in the office attached to the
prison when an officer attached to the War Departs
ment announced the fact to the one in charge of
the prisoners. On seeing Col. Gallagher, ho closed
his communication.
INFORMATION.
Through means of t umorous Union sympathisers,
onr officers .in Richmond were kept thoroughly
versed? in all facts known to.the public there, and
through casual remarks of rebel officers oould f.rm
satisfactory conclusions. Jaokson’s army has been
immensely reinforced lately, and now numbers
probably 150,000 men. ' A demolition of Pope is?
confidently counted on; and a subsequent attack on
Washington and a march into "Maryland are con
sidered' a certainty. ‘ Troops have lately poured
through Biohmond in surprising numbers. Oyer
forty thousand men passed through there, towards
Gordonsville, stnoe .the. .sth instant, from Georgia
and Mississippi alone, One
pieces of artillery were -sent in that direction on
Monday night. About 150,000 men are now around
and in Richmond; 350,000 men, at least, are in
Virginia alone, with from 2 to 300,000 in other por
tions of the South. An additional draft of 150,-
? 000 is soon expected to be raised. These men are
by no means all disciplined, but are splendid and
hardy fighting material., ' Tsey do not qlways
make an attaek in good order, but come plunging.
along in: enormous masses upon batteries, regard
less of gaps opened in their ranks by storms of shot,
and often gain their point through sheer, force of
numbers and dead weight. '
Jackson left the Peninsula for the Shenandoah
Valley on the night of 10th July. .The returned
offioers, from their, windows in the liibbey prison,
bed good opportunities for. seeing all troops that
went in Jaokson’s direction; and also for noticing
the materials sent for the construction of the new
Merrimab. Her deck plating is nearly all in posi
tion, and she is to be ready in ten days for opera-;
Rons, with her armament on board. The other
two Iron-plated vessels are small,"and in a state of
great incipience. They need net excite -present
apprehension. ...-
Confederate soldiers, as has been hitherto repre
sented are. without almost invariably found either
without uniforms or very completely equipped.-
They arrive in Biohmond from conscription, with'
their ordinary clothes, and a blanket. If they have
a musket,"they bring it;' if not, one of some kind
is found for them,' together with a cartridge bos,
and they are ready. Discipline is slaok in many
regiments, and soldiers often do not salnto officers.
This, however, is not exacted. They will fight ;
when needed, and obey orderswlth docility in bat
tle. They are banded together firmly in a common'
cause, that.of gaining a separation from the North,
and perpetuating slavery. They know what they
fight for, and are determined. We fight merely to
retain them in our grasp, and not against their ini
quitous traiiio in human beings. We have bat half
a cause, and onr arms will be paralyzed,,tiU we
have a whole one. Thus it has been, and thus it
will be, till the North has the nobleness, yet merely
to fight for itself, but' for others, for the degraded,
the humble, and ‘the oppressed. Longstreet, D. Hi
Hill, Ewell, and Branch, are' witH Jackson. It is
to be hoped that Pope will be a matoh for them, ;
and that onr soldiers will bo nerved with the doable
ory of Union and Freedom for all !.....
Richmond fafrrs.
Oar Imprisoned officers engaged In MoClellan’s
late retreat, bare been repeatedly surprised by the.
truthful description in the Richmond papers, of the
notions In which they •were'seyerally concerned, and
give the rebels eredij for a candor which their
past gasoonadlng'haß not warranted.
, . fobt hAKtwu. y , ;
This powerful fortification is known In the rebel
army as “Drury’s Bluff,” so called from a Major
Drury, who was in command of it while attached
by the Monitor and Galena. Thei rebels are puislod
to knotr why wehave given it the above name.
THB FOURTH HEW JERSEY.
Certain officers of this regiment criticise severely
the’ judgment and ability of Col. .Simpson, their
commander; and both they, and many of the men,
are highly indignant at the hasty and needless sur
render of the regiment. Colonel Simpson was a
captain in the topographical engineer corps at the
opening of the war, and was;, totally .unaccustomed
to manoeuvring men; .and, moreover, though .his
bravery is undoubted, his want of presence of mind
and ether qualities of a : leader are glaring. Having,
been in the, regular army, it was,thought necessary
to give huh l a command, and his men were oonse
quently ' sufferers.'jgThe Due de Chartres, as aid Ito
General McClellan, Informed him that the enemy
were fl&nkißg our forces on the left. Instead of
charging, he ordered his men to lie down, till the
enemy surrounded and took them. By awkward
conduct he is said, also, to hare caused 'the loss of
the 11th Pen nsylvania Regiment. I give these
atatemeats as delivered to mo.
SECESSION AFFAIRS.
In addition to several pro-slavery “ I.ain’t fight
ln’ for niggers” individuals among the lateprison
ers, were two avowed Secessionists; a major and a
captain, both of-the regular army. Both thought
the South could never be aonquered, both thought
the North had better let her go, and one, the major,
said that if the President had enforced General
Hunter’s late proclamation, he would have re
signed, and raised a regiment among Northern men,
to aid the South. The great majority of the pri
soners had become anti-slavery men, and on the
delivery of an anti-slavery speeoh one day by Ma
jor Birney, of the 4th New Jersey; received him
with immense applause. ' The two Secession prison
ers left the room during the discourse. The Seces
sionist major, moreover, one day on being asked
why he fought in the ■Pnlpn',service with his prin
ciples, replied that if he had enough'to live on,
without his commission, he would not be,in “the
thing.”
NORTHERN MONEY
brings BO to 100 per eent. premium at times over
Confederate money in Riohmond. Notwithstand
ing the “ perfeot confidence” <sf the Confederates
in their future Buccess,; they in thirprop'ertipn ap
preciate money of the United States over their ewn,
and usually pass off Confederate'money as soon as
they set it, in order to aequire something tangible
in exchange. Another motive for acquiring North
ern money in Richmond is its necessity for making
purchases in Baltimore, and carrying on the exten
sive contraband trade wellknowntobe conducted
with that city. A fantastic assurance .was recently
given me by a/Virginia gentleman, that the varions
slave Stateß would assume the payment of this Con
,federate money after the war, as a matter of honor,
even if the Union were again consolidated. .
ASPECT OX, RICHMOND
The streets are comparatively quiet and.dull -
Many stores are closed, and many houses to rent.
These latter are often filled with wounded and siok.
Little bnainess is done that is not on army account,
and all edibles and wearing apparel are enormously
high. Prices of these have often been recapitula
ted. The public are well versed in .them. A pain
ful deprivation for the ladies Is that of hoop-skirts,
which are not to be had, and Southern oivilization
not being equal to the manufacture of these articles
of luxury, the sex content themselves with their
former multiplicity of cotton skirls, coffee bags, &a.
Yonr correspondent has to acknowledge the
oourtesy of Captain John Daly, of the pretty and
rapid steamer Ariel, and of his purser, Mr. Wm,
W, Ruddle, of Philadelphia, during the late trip
under a flag of truce for the returned prisoners,, as
also obligations to Lieut. Darling, of Philadelphia,:
the officer in charge of the expedition. ' To Capt.
Calmer and Purser Joseph A. Stewart," of the John
Tucker, the regular packet to Harrison’s Landing,
his thanks arc also due. Both these boats are well
known on the Delaw;«re, as also their efficient offi.
cers. :
AN ACT OP REVERENCE
■ Among the passengers taken tip by the Ariel was
Dr. Carter Vi. Wormley, of King William county,
a political prisoner,,and high-toned Virginia gen
tleman, who, as he touched Confederate ground at
Aiken’s Landing, reverentiy knelt and kissed it, a
true man, fervent in his faith. But why not have
MsseiVirginia ground at Old Point?, Would the
beauty of his deed been less?
festu-emce.
Stories of pestilence in, Riohmond are bosh,
There is considerable Sickness in the army, but
nothing of the kind is feared. ,
COACH 8188.
Among .the passengers down the James river by
the Ariel were an English family, of four persons,
who paid $5O for the hire of a .hackney ooaeh to
bring them 13 miles below Biohmond. There
was also a ‘ Mr. Carl Zander,. a Prussian, from
.Charleston, who had been detainod three months
in Biohmond on his way Northward,
i He gives 652 houses as the number burned in the
freat fire of the former oity, whioh have thus far
sen replaced by only ten small brick-storeß. One-*
tbird of the city was burned—one-third deserted—
and the remainder inhabited by the poorer classes,
•who could not get away.,, Besidents, .with means,,
hqye departed for Aiken,- Abbeville. .Columbia,.
and variops upper localities of South Carolina, and
all the .houses of that sparsely-settled region are
well flUed. Excopt coffee and sugar, provisions are
plentiful there,, and moderately oheap, Many of
the German population of Charleston are despe
rately desirous of leaving, and shortly expeot a
vessel to enable'"them to do so, under protection of
.'their consuls.'" Among those the Ariel took towards -1
Biobmond i wefe ! ex-&OT. i: R«noher and family^of 1
, North Carolina, for the past year residing i n Phila
delphia,and|for five years previously in Santa Pe,
'New Mexico.. _ ■ '• ,
Captain Moses, of. New York, assistant, adjutant,
general to General Heintzleman. haa.been relieved
:at his own request, and goes to Washington .to re-.
port for other .duty.. ..... , ... <vi
Captain Hills; of New; York, recently of the 71st
Pehnsylvanii Regimefit #, (Californ'ia),"'has”aTso
signed,"Mid"hiti joined General Bihks’ l staffi" "Capt.'‘
Bills was formerly dbnnedted with the New 'York
J?o«e.»rHe,treports Jhis.'late,’regimentfi
whioh passed itbroughtPhiladelphla-last«.year,» 1 jSOQ.
!*trong,.as<nomniißiwri D 8i but;, 50.0»qff«Wiy i e men.;
FROM BURNSIDE’S DIVISION.
[Special Correspondence of The Press. J
>■'<’! Burnside* #rK Army Corps,
Near FREDBEieKSBURG, Va., Aug. 12,1862.
’ “Move on! My mq», Move on ” Well, we
move'd on. We expeot to keep moving, ourselves,
and tohelpto remove ; some of the obstacles that
lie between this and Richmond. The entlr 6-Corps
dLAryiee are now in light marching order, the sur
plus baggage has been stored or expressed North,
and hereafter not army tents Are to be transported.
The men will carry with'them an oil-cloth blanket,
which forms a shelter tent, and four of these joined
together, made an excellent cover for four men.
To oap the olimax, the division is under orders to
march at three hours! notice. Short, quick, heavy
blows, by appearances, are to be struck, and when
once commenced, will be Continued, until , the Old
Dominion is forever.freed from the footsteps of the
oppressor.
If tho loyal men of the North hasten the enlist
ments!,* fill up the regiments, and send thereinforoe
ments speedily, the end of.the rebellion is not as far
distant’ as some would suppose it to be. Leave the
old regiments to be filled up to their full standard.
Leave tbo new ones to do the garrison duty until
properly disciplined, and the, result will ba’inafew ,
words, “ Crush them to the wall.’! The means are
at hand, supply them —“ reinforcements.” ' One
great source of hindrance to recruiting is, that al
most every man who enlists, or speaks of enlisting,
must be promised a position before he will be mus
tered in. All want to be offioers, and it’s a little, as
the boy said’, “ There’s where the devil lays,” when
daddy Was under jbe load of hay." You askaman
to enlist, and the answer is, “What position will,
you givo mo?” This state of affairs; must :cease,
and that very shortly, or some who are now expect
ing to sport the bars will be directed by President
Lincoln to' step up to the' captain’s office, and,"
thenceforth, they will rank as high privates in the
rear rank. . i'i.'i
To prevent accidents, a system-of signals is in
use in all of the regiments of this division; The.
flag is. used by day and the, signal? cartridge by
night., Should the weather be foggy, other means
are used to discern friend from foe, and, in the.
hands of experienced operators, no: mistake';can
possibly occnr. The repeated firing into regiments
by troops friendly will hereafter he avoided; >
The city of Fredericksburg is a very antiquated
affair, and the ladies, of the “ manor born,” have a;
habit of; giving the soldiers, the«entire sidewalk?
when passing them They are somewhat similar to;
Bntler’SvWomen, who tnrned.np their noses, at-onr
troops; if yon do not notice them they endeavor to
attract your attention.. In passing up Main street,
wo wore greeted with; a;Btrain of mnsio emanating
from a piano, but the air was the Marseilles by am.
The Seflesh feeling here is very apparent,-and one
half the; citizens, expect to see Jackson occupy the
town at an early day.
Business is exceedingly dull, caused by the sut
lers obtaining, goods.froia the North and shipping
tbem to several ppintssorae distance farther South'
than our lines extend, and the result is, that their
goods are shipped[ from the North to, Washington,
and there held under advisement- Of the-two places,
we think Newbero, N. 61,..m0re preferable- as
an abiding .place than Fredericksburg. Though-the
streets of Fredericksburg are better paved, those’
of Newborn are well shaded, and are lighted' by
gas. TheJMr sex are also-different. . In Nhwhera
there were hut few. ’ They mostly. favored the
Union cause. Here there are any quantity of them,,
but they are to a,woman rebel, Seeesh, or anything
else but Union. y , y‘
Tcesbat, A. M,—Heavy cannonading has
been, in progress She .laat three hour* in- a- north
westerly direction, and Some-ten miles- distant;
Den. King’s division has probably joined Pope’S
column ere this, and it ie quite, likely a battle is In
progress hot many'miles distant. ‘ Should-our force
engaged be unable to holdtheirown, “Moveon,
my men, move on; ”, trill )je the order, and; we- will'
‘tawaytetfie rescue.’”'", _ , V; -
We arehouriy expecting the orders to march),
audit isnotuhlikely that this will be-our- last cor
respondence from'this point. We - are si- sort of'
.floating population, at present, the overbalance, tof
turn the advantage upon our aide.’ When we move
we move to win. Bumside’sboys know- ho such
word as retreat; it hah been - blotted out of his
pbrasos,; and when he changes position it’s to- the
front. .o; £:■■ s-vr’ "" r
The firing still grows heavier,.and it sounds like
warm,- work. It’s boom,’boom; boom, in qpiote
succession. We can bear nothing but the-heavy
guns, but the solo, of musketry is, no doubt; in the
aocompaniinent. Happy for ■ those engaged warm
there nothing worse; - -
y Ageferal muster of all the troops is ordered-for
the 18tk of this month. A new reorganization is to;
hi effeoted;
We will finish this 'correspondence by calling on.
the young men of the “ Keystone State 1 ’ to' come,
nobly to the rescue. Enlist rapidly; and?do-nol let
yourselves be drafted. New York has resources;/
but New York is behind Pennsylvania thus far.
Stand up to the work* and keep- her so. 'Wo.
want no conscripts in this division. If you wait to
be drafted, you pan take up your lodgings some
where else. Thera is ho sympathy here for draftod
men, and not much prospeot of it. The weather is
fine, but warm.
. /. Where your correspondent bails-from next, our
next correspondence will probabiy reveal. We are
expecting to leave within the next three hours.
’ - J. P., Jr.
LETTER FROM NASHVILLE.
A 'Salutary Change.iu the .Condition of
Affairs—Unionists Mo Longer Intimi
. dated—Strong Measures of the Govern
ment —Treason Made Odious—The Oath
of Allegiance to .be Administered—Ne
groes Confiscated—A State Draft for
Horses—Secessionf .Women—A Faithlut
'.Officer. -'.’S
[SptcisV Correspondence of The Press.] >
Nabitvim.e, Tenn., August 10, 3862.
Regardless of hie enemies, Go.yernor'Johnson has
pursued a course', necessarily resulting in’ the
triumph of a sentiment which will produce the
most intense gratification among all who love, the
country and cherish institutions. , At' pre
sent, the Union people of Shis oity' may well feel
proud. . A great change has taken place, in Nash
ville'since the first of July. Loyal people now
hold up their heads, while disloyal citizens antici
pate, if not absolutely'.realize, a sneaking ex
istence! ■. " , ,■
For four months the Governor endeavored'to
create a reunion by acts of a'semi.-conciliatijig :
nature! Hi was moat lenient, indeed', toward’a ~
certain class, consisting .of professional, men and
mechanics, who had in momtn'e of delusion en
listed in the rebel cause, while suohleading, wicked
men as Harding, Overton,' and others, he made feel
the judgment ef an outraged Government.
But a large number of the people ef'Nashville,
who, it was supposed, would immediately renounce
their bad faith and return to their allegiance, took
advantage of the leniency and oharity of the mili
tary Governor of Tennessee,-and committed, if pos
sible, baser acts than ever, and diligently toiled to
prevent the co-operation of a few good men with.the
military authorities . In this 'category i may name
newspaper men; doctarSjof .divinity, law, and me-.
dicine; merchants, manufacturers, and mechanics;
and a: dirty crowd of dotostable politicians, who
were, filling their pockets by pressing young men.;
into the ranks of the rebel army. This crowd, as I
remarked above, for four months empioyed all
means to thwart any anticipated success of the
State officers. ..
But suddenly they have been- brought up with a
round turn. All of the prominent ministers of the
gospel, who have preached treason from the pulpit,
have been placed in confinement; many, of the'me
dical fraternity hare been imprisoned for tho same
crime; no lawyer is permitted to practice unless he
subscribes to. the. oath of allegianoe; merchants,
manufacturers, andmechanics must, to eDjoy un
conditioned facilities' for trade,- acknowledge their
allegiance, and give bonds for the faithful perform
anee of their duties as honest citizens, and the small'
fry traders about town, who are utterly worthless—
financially, socially, < morally,; intellectually, and.,
religiously—areabmpelled to abstain from uttering'
sentiments of treasonable construction; while mostof
the newspaper phalanx who werein the employ of the
traitors have sunk into a* miserable ‘obscurity. 1 I
have faithfully, watched the acts of the Governor
and their-infiuencetupon the people, and it Is with
unbounded pleasure I am enabled to inform you
that tb e Union cause in Davidsoh county Is approxi
mating a right standard Of things, and Governor
Johnson cannot , bo too highly appreciated for this
brilliant.state of affairs. * ...
To-morrow, a call will be made upon the mer
chants and others doing business here, to uncondi
tionally 3 take the oath to support the Constitution
'of the' United ‘ States, or close .their concerns! . Al
ready Colonel Miller; at the suggestion of the Go
: verttor, baa “ confiscated” temporarily, 1 .nearly a
i thoufand : '“.oontrabands,” wbo arei.engaged m.asT.
| sisting in fortifying the city, which. wiUbc’donain
an elaborate, stylo, embracing thp,' ! sbrricos of tw?!
who have just arrived'"irom General*
Bneil’s ! Asanot^er'prp’of F of
mode of transaotingbusiaess in these terrible times!,.
I quote. the^fpllowlng'doonmefit. 1 - I think'*, it will
superinduce agr eat, in cr 0 ase of “loyalty:” |
-|*A*E OF TjBHSBSSEEjSiEXECDTIVB.'DEP'AUTiIBNT,
i ; - . • Nashvim.e, August 2dp1862.
I 6m: — _—. has been authorized, hyinoto;
call upon.you for ——;horses; auitable for.cavalry,
to be; employed in tho service oftbeState of Ten
n'essee andthe Goyernment ofttha Umted StateSi-iu
:* jiutting dbwn the existingiebellibii^r 4 ' I ®*! -V w*, ! I
i«omply,iD'£”w{tW:,ttisj6^nlsstf6a\‘fsr^sop%ipac,^
.'.purpose; and that,’ too, without'delay.' '
Tab terms and conditions upon whioh thd horses ‘
PHILADELPHIA,' FKTDAY, AUGUST 15. 1«
will be received in the service of the Government,
will be set forth in a certificate of indebtedness,
which will be given as evidenen that the horses
have been received'by a! properly amthorized agent
of the Government.. Respectfully, Ac.,
Andrew Johnson, Military Governor.
State op Tennessee, ——County.
This lit to [certify that'l have this— day of ——,
A. D. 1862, under au hority of the Government of
the United-States And of the State of Tennessee, as
a regularly constituted ‘ agent thereof, reoeived of
the property,desoribed and valued as
above. Payment for,said property will be mads
by the United States,-at some lime hereafter indi
cated, provided the ' presentation of’ this certificate
of indebtedness shall be accompanied with' satisfac
tory evidence of the loyalty of the claimant from
the date hereof. ... ■',
The women of Nashvillo often cause the Govern
or considerable trouble: They generally desire to
gat their husbands or sons released from prison l , or'
wish to convey to political prisonersluxuriea in the'
way of drink , and meat. But Governor Johnson
grants ino such favors. Some of his female visitors*
leave him in a very 'indignant manner, and are*
foolish ehohgh. tnthmk‘he Is hurt by it.' ,As re--
gards their disfoyalty, itis chiefly confined to brain
less young ladies, just commencing to wear'long'
dresses, who think they are fully developed in'all
; particulars in consequence; and who know no more
about the antecedents of the rebellion than a jaok
ass does about the reciprocity treaty. This Class of
demireps, however, give the Governor no trouble.
'He, like all men ©f sense, knows that ribbons and
nonsense are woman’s prerogative. :
As an assistantin the performance of the onerous
duties of the; Governor, Col. William A. Browning,
military secretary, gives great satisfaction. He is
always at his post; to aid the Governor, or officiate
for him, and is patriotic and exemplary in his asso
ciations. It is a notorious fact that .many of our.
officers take great . pleasure in running around'
.with noted Seoeseionists. Upon many occasions’,
have T heard Colonel Browning! remonstrate with
gentlemen gUilty ef such misdemeanors. He is
outspok en upon the j subject of secession, and. ad
ministers Bound rebnke to all wbo attaek tho Union 1
in his presence. Yesterday a gentleman called. at
the Capitol and remarked that be bad. just received
a letter from New York, and that they were draft
ing there. , CoI. Browning dropped his pen, saying,
“ If youhave been the recipient of any such news,
the writerstates that whishisfafee.” The gentleman
examined his letter and found that it read, “ I be
lieve they cannot get the full, complement of men
without a draft!’” Col. Browning addod, “Mr.
F— —I am sorry to say that yon are like many
more of the peopleof Nashville; who resort to the
most picayune: ways: to depreeiate the honor of our
Country,!*! The rebnke was severe, but deservedly
so, as the person to whom he addressed his remarks.
had lately taken the oath to support the Constitu
tional his country, and jet, in the. moat cowardly
manner, hi was; indirectly i sllMid«i , ihg the Govern
ment,;; There are a number- of. people .here who
have.taken the oath, who are-baser than
ever, but possess enough of the Wariness" of'the
serpent to keep "themselves but of harm's way. '
B. C. T.
VERY LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
B ichmond? pates of tbe 13th.
Full Account of the; "Battle of
Cedar Mountain.
A GLORIOUS VICTORY CLAIMED.
* LAUDATIONS OF STONEWALL JACKSON.
NAMES OF FEDERAL PRISONERS- TAKEN.
Their Arrival in Ricbnvonct
THKY A-RE NOT PRISONERS ,OF ' WAR.
F “ —f • ' :•
Telegramsto the Rlcbnso/d Papers,
HOK-eowseaiPTß' pbtoiok to thbkkbeb
COHGBESft.
“\Are tbe Ffeeple Free, dr S» the Executive
: Supreme
Continue* Assaults Upon Seueral Pope.
... From the: James River.
BTJHQBEDCHAKGE OFJBASE BY McCLEILAK.
Federal Sautoats at West Paint.
THB m.'m.B QV' y CBDAR MOTWTAIH—IaPOBUAKT
■■ ! ” WIGTOB* AT OOEDOKSVILIB.
[Kromthe Examiner, lltli.]
At the Meadow Bridges, live miles north s Richmond,
between Hie boors ot 4 and 6 P. M. en Saturday, a heavy
and continuous cannonade was heardin the direction of -
' Orange Court House. ’We hare since learned from a
trustworthy eounoe that about the time indicated an on- ’
' gegement between the advanced forces of Pope and Gen. . ■
Jackion was (ought, resoling in a decided victor? for oe»
, at a paint on the Orange and Alexandria Baflread, near
Orange Court House. - .
' : We have as yet been unable to learn the parttodara. ’
, <p; 8 —Since the above was written* wo have received:
the glorionsneweof acomplete victor? over, Pope’eforces,
: in which we have taken as prisoner* one oi his brigadier
generals, and twenty-nine commissioned officers, all’ of
whom arrived at Gordonsville last night, ftandciejfed. - ■
rßOlt aAeKSON’A ABM?—ORBBABATIOMS COM
-4 , • ■ XBNCSD. '■ ' .
[From the Blchmond Inquirer, Iltb.j
The ball was opened on Satncdayimorning, at Mitch
ell's. station, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad,
by a spirited engagement between a small portion of
Jackson's army and a similar force of the enemy, which
remlted in the utter rout of the latter, with severe loss
in killed; wounded, and prisoners.' Among the prisoners t
were Brigadier . General Prince and some twenty-nine
minor commisedohed officers j the privates,'captured hum.
ber Borne three hundred-and thirty. The particulars of
tbe engagement have hot transpired, intelligence from '
Gordonsville, on yesterday, informs us that fighting had.:
: commenced in earnest above that point, at an early hour,
and; that Jackson was making the attack, advancing
upon tbe enemy from three’differeht bases The ar
rangements for the ccnflictwere considered admirable;
-and inspiring; us with entire confidence as to the one
cere of tbe Confederate arms. The name of Jackson is
already ; wreathed vith nndyii>g laurels j.andwe wait
> with impatient anticipations of‘again uniting in the
popular i exultation which his: deeds heretofore havo al
ways produced- , . - . - ■
- THE BATTI.B OP SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN.
[Frpm the Bichmond Biapatch,<litth.]•
- The prelude to the battle, of .Saturday evening occurred
on IfiidayV in: Culpeper county, beyond the-Bapidan
river, ih a‘; skirmish’between tie advance of onr army
and a larger force of tho enemy. ' The latter retreated’
with some loss in killed andwoundedfandtvven ty-one
prisoners fell into ourhaads, including three commissioned.'
officers,’who arrived’ here, by way .of Lynchburg, on
Sunday night The pnrauit’was continued for some dis
tance, and the Yankee forces mado n Stand at Southwest
mountain, near Mitchell’a'Mation, about six miles beyond
i ib,e-Bspidan. Slight skirmishing was kept up on Batur
.dey, morning, anfcin the afternoon of that day, about 4,
■ o’clock, an attaclrwas'made upon the enemy by a portion
| s of The division‘ of General Swell; and a" brigade nrider
.Generate. 8: Winder; - Over 300 prisoners'were captured *
' in this engagement, Inclosing 38 commissioneddffiders: s
■ One of the latter.admita that a Federal division was cut
to-pieces while’ endeavoring to surround the Stonewall
brigade, and the general belief is that the enemy’s loss in
killed and wounded. iB 'at least fourtimeß greater than
ours. It was whilo bravely .leading .on the men udder I
hiß. command that Gen; Winder was,shot through the l
' breast, and almost instantly kitied. :At one moment the
afaie of bis brigade'seemod in dotibt, When Ms supports
came up, and the enemy was driven back nhder an irn
petoow onset. On .Saturday night the division of Gen.
A. P. Hili .was engaged, and the. whole Federal force re;
. treated, the pursuit being kept rip for a distance of some
five miles. : Heavy and rapid firing’was heard after mid
night, and t»e Bupporition is that a battle took place im
mediately, on,tbe Rappahannock riyer, near the line of
C Fauquier county. . - , . ■ .
, , Theprisonere were ssht backito Gordonsville. wbonoe
they were transferred By railroid to Blchmond, guarded
by a detachment of the Ist Maryland Beglment, under •
, Capt. Wm,,Goldsborough. .
Accor ding. .to. the statements of. prisoners, the force
under Pope amounts to 40,C00 mien' ■
Gen, 0 S.Winder was a nephew’ of Gen; John H.
Winder, the commander of the Dcparlmoot of Henrico,
and was probably , the youngest brigadier in tbe Con
federate army.
ThecHy was full of rumors yesterday of a battle bn ]
Sunday, but after the most diligent inquiry we could
learn nettling definite,concerning, it, Oertaiuit is, that
heavy firing wasbeard in the. direction of the Bsppa
bannock after midnight, (Saturday,) and ' again for a
brief period on Sunday morning. No train had arrived
- from Gordonsville up to a late hour last night, and no in
telligence had been recelved at the' War,Office to confirm ’
the rumors so industriously circulated throughout the
day. . -- ■
: The enemy had 6,000 troops engaged in the battle on
Saturday afternoon.
‘ BRIGADIBR-CENBRAL PltlBCB.
This officer, who was captured by our forces In the
fight at; Boatirwesteni Mountain, on Saturday last, is an
; officer of the old United States army. In the Mexican
,war, he acted as adjutant general of> the, brigade com
manded by ’Gen.’ "Sterling Price, whose confidence and
:.esteemhe possessed. - When the-preseht war broke out,
:■ Prince was.a.captain,of dragoons, at Fort Leavenworth,
and»afterwards became, commandant, of, that posh; in
- .his inteeppurse.with .the people of Missouri and Kansas,
he is represented to have acted with gentlemanly courtesy,
end had the re&pect of’ those’ who opposed the policy of
, his Government,: Such,was his leniency towards till
Confederates in Missouri that be incurred the snipicion
..and ill-will. of. such tyrants as Stgel, Lane, &o. These,
facts we obtain from an officer connected'with General
..Price’s staff dnring’his celebratedMisßoori campaign,
~ ARRIVAL OP PRISONERS FROM POPH’S ARJIT.
[From the Bichmond Dispatch, 12th ] ’
The Central Train that arrived at four o’clock yester
day morning, brought to this city three hundred and
three of Pope’B Hessians, captured: on Saturday, I near
Southwest Mountain, by the advance forces of. Gen. Jack
son’s army Accompanying the Above were Brigadier-
General H. Prince, a TankSe general, and fwenty-’sevon
ccmmissioned officers, who, together with tbe men, were
‘ lodged In sthe 1 Libby PrUon. Prince, for a few hours;
WBS lodged at tbejExchange,Hotel. .The recent proclama
tion'declared Pope and his commissioned satellites to be
without the usages of Warfare, and not entitled to the
' privileges of ordinary prisoners of war. Orders were is-
Eocd’to place nil of-the capturedroffloers in close confine
.’merit. At tbe Libby, Prison they, were pnt with the de-’
i' sorters and other persons,to.whom infamy.attaches., An!
examination was made Into the condition of the county
jailj'wlih sa'view to* their Incarceration there, bht’the
. .Birncinre.wss:deemed unsafe.. They havo r.ot boon per
milteo to assoclate.with the Federal officers, and appear
very' downcast at the prospect before them. We append
a list of the officers captnrceTat Southwest Mountain, as
follows:,
Cspt. G.B. Halstead,.adjutant- general Augur’s divi
sion. .5. . .... ....
■ 2dLient. Vealor Moses, 109th Pennsylvania.
' .. 'Col Geo. I). Ghspman,>sth’Connecticut. _
Itt Lieut. 8. J. Witfrey; 3d Wisconsfh', ■-' -■ - - ’
Capt. W. U. WllkiHs, assistant adjutant' genecrali Wil-
Hams’ division. „ , r n .
Capt. H. S Busiell, H, 2d Massachusetts. ,
■ Capt J. H. Vandcrmsn, K, Bfith Ohio;
* 2d Lieut.; Wm. v AUster, H, 28th New York.
‘ ,"2d' Lieut. J. Long, 11, fifitU Now York.
‘' 'lst Lieut.; J. D. Bd|9iexley,7l>ijHkh Maine.
Ist Lieut. H. N Greatrake. B, 4Sth Pennsylvania.
41 latLUiit.'M 'Pf'Whitney; B','S th Oonnecttcut.
• G'apt. P.'Grifflih, A,'46th'Pennßylvanla. '
. 2d Lienfc Ohaa. Ss'dnor, D, Bth U. S. fnfantry.'
u Ist Liyut.-H O. Igbert.G, ,12th U. B. Infantry.
. 2d Limit.i,-D; Wopfli, B, 28th HewJTork.j ,
I,t Lieut. A. A. Qbliiery, F,' fi th' Conncctlcnt.
.IstLlentiTiß'-'-Gorinan.- H', 48th ! Pebnsylvania.
,2d Lienf>AV-W.'Seifffdge;iHv,46thPonnayiTania.,
;2d Lieut.,o>ia.Fiaher, B, *th,C. d,;lnfantry. ;
Si) Lieut. Wm,"M. Green, A, 1024 Hew Xqrfe
2d.Lleut. H. Walker, 1,3 d Maryland.
Capt. EA. Bowen, Pi 38th New York.' ‘ ’
Major B W. Oanfce; 2@th New York.
Ist Licnt. Wm; H, Kenyon, G,-SBtb New York.
Sd Lieut, A S. Ames, K. 28th Hew York.
2d Llent. Ghas. Doyle, D, 6th Connecticut.
[From; the Bichmond. Knauirer, Nthf
‘ [Accident to the telegraphiowireson yeeterday pre
vents.us fromgiving our readprscany satisfactory lufor
nwtionfromtbe lines* of the army- above G-ordonsYUle.'
At tut early hour in the day, tho lino from. GordonsvUle
to Bichmond, via Lynchburg, became disordered, and,
the only resoit was then to the direct Mh6„.but'the ope
ratpr at Gorfonaville, fe9rtul of Imeirhpltbn'fly Yankee
operators, as on a former occasion: declined to tranenlt
lotelligence, immediately, through .that medinm : . Soon
after'this jbe direct,line iteelf.became .disordered 1 , and
nothing more was bear'd uirto lastbight n-om'that' cumr
ter: Tbe; only intelligence which’was'received at all by
telegraph during the daf was that ll the movements their
in progress were very ivipvrta’nt " It l Waa owingito'thi*
fact, that the operator on tbo direct line deemed it prat
dent to withhold information until c'Crtain that 1 the'line
was riear. " ■ -: 4
POPE’S captured OFFICERS*.
[iFrom the Bichmond Dispatch.]. . ,
We nnderetand that'the officers of Pope’s cOiuraand',-
lately fallen prisoners by flmuowall Jackson, professod'
never to hare heard of Presidett Davis’ laterproclama-
Hon with reference to the commissioned brigaadsof that
army,'and declared that,they ,had aupposed'they were'
engaged In cirili-/.ed warfare! They bnrn down out'
houfSsfdestroy our property; insult our wonen,-arni'tb<r
oonhabande against ns, bang and ehoot our patriotic
guoriliasy throw, whole communities of peacefal citizens'
Intojiil to ber-gibhefed in base onr guerillas kilt anymore
of their bauds of cut-throats and, robbers, and'consider
all this » civilized mode ofjwarfare ! It is only when "the”
seme kind of.cirilizatlonfis applied to'themselves that'
they discover th’eir mistake. The truth is, we • have'
berne these .horrible outrages so long and so quietly
that oar moderation and . forbearance have been '
attributed to fear, and to at) inward "convicdon that
we i ; are' wrong-doers : and deserve all > the i-panishmen t
we are receiving at Yenkee hands. They will now dis
cover ibeir mistake: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a
tooth, and a’ -life for a life, wiii'be' hcDCGtorth moled oat
to these robßen and murderers with the most scrnpulons
accuracy. Ft is true that ten thonsanddives of each de
[ prnvtd ‘wretches-, eortd nfct atone for the life,of one pure, t
*bigh.m|nded ..patriot j but. aa ’each* of values ihiS:
existihee :as highly as honest men, the wjiolesome lesson
of rebibution wfll not be without its influence. All the
atrbcitiei. and horrors that imaf characterizefthe [war,:
hereafter rest?npon the beads of the invaders, who have
inaugurated tbe system of hanging prisoners, and who
have iDOinfi sled in their whole conduct of.tho war ade- '
gree of iohnniacity and barbarity which has shocked the
moral sense ot the world.
We trust mosbdevontiy that Old Stonewall may suc
ceed in capturing the arch Solid and savage? Popo him
self. If he were not as fleet of foot as black in heart, we
might anticipate a luxury, compared; with,which the
captnre of a .thonsaud'other Yankee generals, would be
dull and Insipid. Pope and Butler! If tfroee two pre
cious miscreants cohlfl only fall into Southern hands!
NOV PRISONER ft 69 WAR.
[From the Bichmond Dispatch, 12th.}
The officers who'arrivtd yesterday from Gordonsville,
twenty-sevi ii in immber, and who -were captured by -
General Jackson-au Saturday, wiilnotbe coneidered.pri
sonerit of war, soTong as the reoßßt effenslre and uncivi
lized order of General Pope remains anrepealed. They
have all, General Flince included, been placed In the
Libby prieonv and will lui si few days be separately con-.
fined, to be,tried, and finally pneisbed as felons, should
the Government of the Horth periislinctabtdng the right
to murder and pillage. -
: ! BROW CtJhMIPHIt.
[From the ExßTnlner,.l2th.l
From tbe best information we bare been able to obtain,'
the rattle on Saturday occurred:*, Culpeper connty, at a
point on lie Orange andiAU-xantbitßailwai six mile*
beyond the Bapidanriver. The force*, engaged were a
portion, on our -ido, of Xweil'a division, ansi on the part
of the. enemy three or more brig&eai'aihbnatiQg io be
tween eight and ten thousand men. The daughter of the
* Yankees is ,said to. bane been frightful—oat of , all pro
portion to the number taken prisoners. An .eatire.regU,
I dent, whilst charging, one oPour batteries, was ambus
caded Bndliteraliy annihilated,! •_
-The prisoners who havo already reacbed Richmond
•peak freely of the determined* ferocity of .the combat-,
ants Among the horrors they tellofwa hflnd-ti>-h»mi
encounter »f a Coufidorate and a > anfeee regiment The
two regiments, they. Bay.metriafnll career at a charge
bayonet, crossed their weapons, and fought furiously for
ten or fifteen minutes, .when the Yankees, giving way be
tel e the terrible valor of- ouk troops, were slaughtered to
j a man. Wo might credit this story bat for the source
through which it comee.■ It is universally acknowledged
that a Yankee'cannot tell the* truth where a bayonet:
charge is the subjeot. ; -
We-lisd expected thatbefore goiug to press we should
have been in possession of the authentic particulars of
thie battle,- andiperhaps, of subsequent inrportahtmove
ments. Eat at noon-y esterday all telegraphic comranni
cation Gordonaville and tlUs city, was cut off by :
‘ the colncidencecf thebreakageof thewiresalcmg the
Central road, and between fcynchburg'and! Richmond,
. and up to a late hour last night the linee'remaiued closed.
l- the absence of authentic information-, the city was
yesterday a. prey to a thousand rqmors, all too extrava
gant of absurd for repetition '
6FEBATIONB lit Tam WHAWONT CO*NT*T.
(From tbe Bicbmond Buauinr. 12tb.J,,
The :news from Jackson'S army, which appeared in
yesterday's tesue, diffused -a' lively pleasure throoghont
our,city, and well it might, fbrittoidofavery hand
some and -.most cheering victory,.and, in the right (lOer
ter E All honor to the laurelcrowned hero, and hle gio
. tiensartny !
,5 Although Stonewali Jackson was,ln tie front of our
jew linsß, and notwithstanding bewae never known to
lose time, or to Idle away a . singte heor, yet the amateur
generals had already begwn to indulge in heavy oeasarea .
atr tle.delay Folly, stupidity, weakuts*,,erimJnal tri.
fling, Ac., -were the ferae that wefe ceniing freely into
•uiejdthougb they fell on: Jackson and his foot'.cavalry,
whosS'tame fillsthe wboleCottfederaoy f - The result,
shows that Jackson has not been idle., Those prepare.
tkißß'and plans, 5 necessary toyidtpry as are
skill and courage iu the hatlle itself bad to be completed.'
• To theimpatient, the time seemedto-be tosti-huf asthe
' ploughman reaps there corapense, of his tofl tn the harvest
' wbichfollowß, so Jackeottianow.tewKdedh': success.
, v-Atthe tfme’of writing tbie, we hare not received any
additional particulate of the battle of Saturday. Such
as may reach-us-beforeroiKspaper goes to press, will ap
pear in our. news column. The',battle must have been a
bet one, as the heavy roar of the artillery was heard
,:evm in this vicinity tor three hours commencing at three
O’clock, Saturday afternoon. j
The capture ef General Prince and the other eosa
missionedi officers will tend to bring the two i warring,
i powers to a speedy understanding as to the fnture policy ~
ot the war. lincoln .will either relieve the hostages we
Bow hold, bv revokieg hls new war policy as set forth in
Me own general orders-and in those of Rope," or he will
regpbhd by counter-retaliation. This will require; fur
ther action, on. onr part, and the: speedy result must be
the discarding of all restraints oh both sides and a war of
ei’ermiDation. IV shope, however, that onr enemies are
not f 0 demented and demoniac as to have seriously re
eelved to force this upon us and upon themselves.
THE RAPPAHANNOCK LINES.
[From the Biehmond Dispatch, 11th 1
A report reached the city yesterday'of a heavy Bkir
misb near, Orange Court House bn Saturaay evening,
commencing at 4 o’clock and lasting some two or three
Jurors, between a portion of onr forces and a body of the
enemy, who-bad crossed the Bhh!dan : from Cnipeper
county, i The firing is said to have 'been very rapid, and
’-was'Ksard for a long distance on, the line ; of the Central
Bailroad Nodetaits of casualties onoithersidehave
yet reached na beyond the fact that three hundred of the
enemy were captured, including one of'Pope’s 1 brigadier
generals by the name of Prince. Thera Is a report that
other commissioned officers ; were taken, but of this we
have heard nothing definite. The enemy, were 1 driven
back across the river, or. in other words, “ changed tho.r
laeeof operations” from Orange to Culpeper county.*
Direct communication between- Bichmond* and Cor
■ donsvllie has been,suspended,for some.days past,.and it
-Was impossible to learn - anything, of operations .on the
- jjappaharmoch:-lines - until y esterday.- Of the general
movemehts- of-the'two armies'nothing is now known
'with accnyficy, except that the-Yankees are. becoming
bolder daily , and continue their sy stem of oppression and
robbery wi|n untiring persevorance. Brents are rapidly
. tending towards a great battle in that direction, and the
enemy is "concentrating, a heavy force to carry out the
" details of the new programme.
LATER—THE VICTORY "COMPLETE.
The following telegraphic despatch, giying further de
tails of tbe victory, was received last night:
u GofIEOKSViLLB, Aug. 10.—A battle was fought, poster-,
-day at Southwestern Mountain, resulting in a complete
victory over the 'enemy." Stonewall' Jackson repulsed
Pope, and'drove him severed-miles from- bis position.
Three himdred pyisbners have arrived, including Briga
dier General Prince and twenty nine commissioned offi
cers. ■ General’ Charles S was killed.
RITTER ONBT.AITGHT O* GRN. FOI-8..
[From the Richmond DispatchvAug. 9.]
It la the nature of all men to Jove distinction. The good
seek it by doinggood to their country, and their species.
The bad are willing to obtain it—as thejr'are willing to
obtain money—at all hazards. The former desire pare *
fame." The latter-are willing to jot up with' notoriety.
«*' The snbjeetjof this notioe was born of,respectable, pa-v -
rentage.' He is’the son, we believe, of the late Warden
Pope, ef Louisville/ andis related to the highly-respect
able family of the same name in Virginia/ He was_ed’a
cotcd’at West Point, wherelre graduated about twenty
yehrstago. . Boygalways givesome evidence of what they
are destihed to be while at'school. A good boy—a boy
of whom his schoolmates are fond—is almost sore to torn
out agood man, and the reverse." “ The boy,’! It has been? •:
trniy laid, “ is,father to the man.” Pope was distin-. >
gnished at the academy.as the most shameless liar and the i
■ moßt inordtoafe braggart that. had . ever darkened the
doors of that Institution.' '
His lies were of the most*offensive character.- They •
were all about himself and htsown exploits He was the
Bobadil of the school, with all ,the Insolence, all the .
swagger, all the lying, and a double share ofthecoward
ice, attached’! to that respectable character. Ho had
every disposition In tbe world : to be atyrant/arid wonld '
have been had it not been for his timidity. He/gradu-. :
ated by some means or other, and .became notations at
ail the posts where be was stationed .To his school-boy
accomplishments of lying and bullying, he now added the
' graver character ef a.fintsbed swindler. > Few-.were the .
tradesmen wilhiif reach of ! at'whioh he
was Btationed v who had npt goodfreason to iaoknowledge,
his snperior genihs in ibis' last-named avocation." That
trait which we have mentioned as Having been suppressed
by fear a> the -academy i s began now to appear in full
"vigor; He durst not attempt to play the tyrant at school,
because he was among his equals/ and they might call
, Jilin to account. , r ■ -, r .
But the soldier had? no’defence against him, and upon
him’ he wreaked'all- the ! mslice of a vindictive heart.
Other men become cruel by long indulgence of the pas-
Bions. Robespierre wa« not naturally bad/ -He /might
even have lived and died a harmless and respectable J -
man, had be never tasted of power, whichseemsto be'to
the hitman heart what the taste of blood, is to/theUger. > ’•
Pope was cruel by nature. He waa not led on gradually,
step by step. Be plunged at once into tbe-ver y vortex of
...Crime, i His; proceedings ; in -Missouri win challenge a!
comparison with the most infernal record ever bequeathed : -
by the licensed murderer to the'abhorrence ofahhkind.
And yet, it was Bis firßt atep .iri.blood—the flrßf opportu
nity he had ever bad to feast bis eyes upon slaughter, and
regale his ears with the cries ef human aidnyl
How: Pope blaßtered himself into the notieo of the
Administration/whichlgavo'bim thecommand of the ex- ,
pediiion for sinking artesian wells through the desert, we
do not know; but we dolknow, andevorybody known,
; tbe'iisue ofthat expedition. It was like its/commander,;
a signal failure. We weregoiug to say it .was a water- ~,
haul: bntdt wasipot exactly thatj/for hodidnotgeta; ;
"drop! of water. How he got his present -oommand is ,
; better understood, . Lincoln wanted a tiger to.suck ,
blood, and be got him. -He wanted a man to gain victo- ,
Meson paper, and Pope baß just .proved himself to.be
that man. His report to Haileck, that he had captured
15,000 of ■Beauregard;s : .army, andiSOjpOO.stadd of ,arns,
.when he had .not taken amen pr/a musket, stands alone,
in the history , of lying. It left him without arivalin;
that respectable art,, ~He distaaeed.Mjihohausen aud.all
other professors.*' It was “ Eclipse drst, and therest no
; where.”/ According, to -the caustic observation of the
London Times, Secretary Stahtonhas nonepdof armies 1
to gain victories.: He pan, annihilate wholel hosts/and ;
capture hundreds of gone, hy.a; singls daah of his pen..
Pope was the right nisn, and ,he; jut;biin‘.ln t|ie right
place. Be man eo, thoroughly,? unuerstandß/tbe apt of
gaining fjetprles/onipapef,; not .even McOlellanor'Stan;-
ton himself. ‘,of this ho lias already given a striking
proof, {A band of hto t ,borpeßMjn,,ea®e., to, t ß‘,ayer, J>am
Depot—where there'was'uo force—and hnrhflt, il: They
■i “skedaddled”'U; Boon as they, heard-that? Smart -was t
after them. Pope announced a great vio ory,*ln terms,
BtiHicienOy »welling forAusterlltzor,Jena.'i The Bobadil:
of the old armyrhe. prodaimß thathechaa seen nothing
of bis enemies bnttbeir backs..{We .wonder if the gentle-’
man who cowhided him for offering.ah Indignity-to,a lady,
waa .Btandingi with:his back’ to him’when -be inflicted -
chastisement-teM ss’ b - . . .... -
, Pope has oatue toitremble for his laurels.! Helsin. a
fairway-tplose.tis claim to.be callpd;tho moat execrable,
Scoundrel inHorth America, He seeauf tot have come ,
•- suspi cion.of this,, and, hence hislprociamation announcing;-
,*his,intention,.,loa«ltbdraw .alUprotecttomfromiproPerty,
and persons in the conntry .his isoidiors, .overrun., -{This ,
proclamation is withontipspalleb .-It is.-an ppen invita-;,',
Hondo plunder,?, Itioffers a-premlum .ror.-marder—the,,.
; premium of impunity,rWe yet hqpe io eeeihls execrable;
villain'and his lieutenant expiate their hrimea on the gal-
lwir,- iff jfHftTtoßcS of the jrnrident’g proclamatibii; Tho
latUt wS'flad with HM doetiftsent is 1 that it‘ i» dbt iraffl
cifenfly codrjrebensiver. Why should tne mongrel’crew
who march under, the boomers of Ain coin , be exempted
from punishment T . .. 1 •
A J‘liSASAftt r 'HtTBRVnSW aE'rWKBN OKSBBASSt
[From the Bicbmoad Eoqtihrer,-12tli] < ■).. -ji
ISrlgadierQenerad H. Prints had the honor of an. in
ter riew'with Gonered Winder, *® yesterday, who inforsrt
*d him ffiatj ae soon ar atran gements could be mads, ®* 1
should hand more appropriate' accommodations than ha’
hadenjoytd ! at the' " J j -t * »■'
General Prince was inslined'. to remonstrate when the
idea of V dungeon was suggested, hot.era allusion to the
Pope programme nttimately BUcceeded in quieting, if it
did. not eonfodbd the Sopor general.-
abeivauoW FBisoHmta 1 .
[From the Bictenend Whig, 18th.], .
r Three hundrofd 'and two prisoners,-inetadSngoffioer*,'
captured by Jiurkson'ir army, arrivod hero, yesterday
morning, in a special train, on Oenttal railroad, and
were lodged in ; the Libby prison: Oemiral Prince, the
Yankee'brigadier, when taken kefhrte General* Winder,
mhested to be treated asu“prteoner'6f war, 111 Gan.
Winder, informed, btetci&v emphatic'• tertas, that,be
would be Ireated in accordance with' the .terms' of the
orders recently issued by antharity of President Ifavis.
Prince'demurred,'and* said, he hadnot'seeti-the orders,
but General" W. replied' that they were imporatirb; and
should be carried out. Thb HlnstriotM'Pfloce was traen
Conveyed to prison, whore',■with ll hie brother , oMbertit-he
wilt enjoy ■< close conffhenfent,” until the vUlkiubas
onler bof the land-pirate Pope are revoked'by competent
authority.
REBEL TELEG-RARHIC NEWS'.-
_ . FROM THE SOtrtHWBSTI Y, ,;.
Mojmle, Aug/11 —A special despatch to the ASter-
Jfsbr and Register, from KooaviUe, dated flih inet, says’
that' the enemy’s loss in the battle at Tazewell isnstl
mated'at 36 billed, 120 wounded,' and 50: prisoners': Ottr:
loss was 8 billed and 30 wounded, which fell mostly upon'.
"VWghsra’a 3d Tennessee Begiment, who behavedhbro-■
icslly. ■ . .. ...
General Forrest arrived here bn Wednesday. T wa
in; mlrad of the 3d Kentucky Begimant f Federal) ,'leff'-
Beck Island, Tenn, and came over'toour line*. Deser
tions ftbm the Federal army are 'cd'ntlhaaUy 'taking*
place. The Federate have no confidence.in the troops id"
MidaicTfenne'seae. Bull Nelson’s forces are’at McMinn
ville; •« Ail-tbe turnpikes between Murfreesboro’ and Mi'
SUzinvitle'are stiopgly barric tded., :, ; ;
Jacitisosi Aug 10-Twenty-Bevea Federal prisoners
.arrived hbro to day from Baton'Bouge.- The Yankees
are visiting the plantations on the Mississippi river ."and |
plundering- generally.. Several‘of the thloveß have Been >
captured'.'; Confederate guerillas are very, active and sue-',■
ceiislcl in' Arkansas.
■C'APkßjtß' OF.THK STBAMKR MBMPIIIS.
•OHAELBsib»i AugustlO Private intelligence received"
here announces the capture, by a,Yankee cruiser, of the
large andsplendid iron screw steamship Memphis, which 1
leitherea fortnight ago,' heavily laden with cotton.
Til* WAR'imrß* SOtTTIIWBST—TH* IbECAFTTTIIBOF"
MXMPBIS THHEATSHKD. ..
Mobile, August 0 —Memphis despatches of the 30th
state,-that General Bragg haa a force of 80:000 men in
motion, and Memphis is threatened. It is expected, that:
obstruction to navigation will be establishes above Mem--
phis. ,A gunboat fleet will patrol to’keep the river open. l ,
Curtis rcfused'to go to Vicksburg whhont a direct or
der from Lincoln. Gurtia and Commodore Davis passed
Memphis Saturday for. Cairo.
A rumor prevails that Curtis’ whole army was about
te,start on an important expedition to some unarmed '
. point.,-;. ■; * , -■ ■■
, O ver six hundred stores and private dwellings in Mem--
pliis have been taken possession of by Yankee authority
—the’owners In some casts being expelled.
SKCOND DESPATCH.
LyxCijbukg, Ansust 9. —Nothing has been received
by telegraph from Knoxville; and no papers from'that-'
pl ace later than the 6th instant: - . ; '
Heavy skirmishes were rtported at Tazewell on Mon
day and Tuesday " - - , ' •• • i"
Pa* eorgere by the Western train last night confirm the
reportof the fight and victory" at Taaewell, but say ho
tliiDg of the reported capture of the Federal army, and do*
not credit the report.:. . .-.v t
-A* skirmish took place'Wedhesday at Pack’s Ferry be
tween Boring’s command and tbe enemy. It is reported
that a number,of the Federate were killed and wounded,
, without any 1 loss oh onr side The fight was altogether
vrith artillery Tbe.enemy evacuated their, position after,
burning their boats and destroying their Btores.
Cen. Loring crosasd the river iu pursuit A fight*was
anticipated tin Thursday or Friday,. - y
, Momi.g. Augnet 10.—A special detpateh to tbe Adver
tiser and Register, dated Knoxville, Bth, says no'official
report ot the particulars of .the battle of Ta*ewpli has
yet been received. It is ascertained, however, that tea
■ enemy .occupied a strong phsißon on a Wgn ridge,-which
vfbb carried by assault. The enemy’s force engaged com
prised three brigades, amounting to 6,000 men. Onr loss
turns out hot toibe as heavy as reported. Other move
;£«ent* are shortly expectedr,
THE-WAR IN THE NORTHWEST—WAB.,HBSTIRO SIN
"WISOOHSIH—bBAFTINO RECOMMENDED, Ag.
■' Hobils, August 9.-A,- speoial despatch to the Adver
tiser and Register, dated Tupelo, Bth Inßt., gives ex
tracts from Chicago papers of the 24,
An immense war meetiug had been .held at Milwaukee.
Fifty thousand people were in attendance. Tbe railroads
in rbe btate passed ml free forthe Wcasibn: ‘ All buriness
.was suspended. Resolutions were passed recommendiug
the di atting of a million of men
' Kumbers arelearing Sti lionla for the Southern army,
to avoid tbe northern draft., Arrests are being made
there on the chergeof disloyally. ■■ •
FROM, ARK AXS AS.
Mobile, August 10.—A special dispatch to,the Tri
bune, from Grenada, Bays theHemphte Bulletin of the
7th, states that the Confederates-,have inaugurated,gue
rilla'warfare in Arkansas, on an exteueive scale, and
iDen ions several brilliant exploits. On> Sunday theysM-
Yankee regiments, dispetoing them completely,
capturing sixty wagons of provisional and over 300 stolen
negroes, i Twenty-seven of the latter escaped tie same
(ley. They bagged another party from JaoksonporE, kill
ing seventeen, : and capturing twenty wagons of provtw
sioDB. Hlnety men were attacked near/Helena, and
nearly, annihilated, only two moapihg. 1 “ : ' “
A serious rebellion is expected among the Mormons,
which, it is feared, will result in war with the Federal
Government. ■ ' •
FROM MISSOURI.
Mobile, August 9.—Aspeclal despatch totha Tribune
of :this,cicy,-dated Grenada, to*day, says: Ths Bt. JLouis
.Republican of the dth says that .the rebel guerillas . have
taken complete possession of Mtesonri, and are daily
growlßg into a' vast army. Hearty 30.000 of them have
crossed the'Misaouri river under Porter and Joe Thorap
son, elearing ont the Home Goardß aud militia as they
progress. They are raising numSerleßß.recruits.for the
lioutbem army., Six hundred have turned up. at t-ird’s
Point, throatoning Cairo, where there is bnt a smalt gar
lißon. -‘ Goversor” Gamble finds it impossible, under
the circumstances, to get the militia to respond to his
call, and has, issued another appeal to them. ,
i A YANKEE REOIHENT SURROUNDED IN HI3SOURI-
Oaibo, August B—Back of Cape'Girardeau the Con
federate hav% a-Wisconsin regiment surrounded.-.
Tbe fighting at Bloomfield, Mb , continued for
three days.' An additional-force had been sent from Cairo
to the assistance of the Yankees.
REMONSTRANCE AOAIEST THE CONSCRIPT LAW.
The Petition op Certain Hon-Oonscriptb, respect,
-fully Pbksbntbd to tub Confederate; States
CONOBESS. - ,‘ 1 -:-' 5
. To Me Speaker and Members of Concrete ofMe
Confederate Slates of America i Your petitioners re
spectfully represent .thet: they lire all over the age of
thirty-five years, or under the age of eighteen years.
They were all “enrolled in the military 'service of ithe
Oorifedirate States,” .precious to the lath day of April,
1862, the date of the Uonsoript Act. Some of your peti
tioners belong to companies mustered: and received into
service for'twelve months,tome 1 of whom re-enlisted for
the war previous to the 18th day‘ of 1 April, 1862,' and
others, who have not re-enlisted; some who have received
tbe bounty money,-and others ,who have not received it.
Most of yoitir,petiti<>nerß had, under, the call of their re
spective: States, and the President ol the Confederate
States, enlisted for “ three years or the-war,” previous
tothe.l6th.ofApril, 1862. •’ s' ; > j
Your petitioners, are from the different States of the
Confederacy—some of them over fifty years old, others
nnder'soyenteen years of age. At the different periods
of their enlistment the prospectß of the army of the Con
federacy were darkened and being overshadowed by a
aeries of mishaps, blunders, and military misadventures.
The cause so dear to every true andbrave Southron was,
to all outwsrxl appearances, waning, and needed renewed
energies'and unmistakable popular manifestations of per
sonal bravery and individual sacrifices.
The Cali for fresh troops, increased energies, and re
doubled exertions, was promptly responded to by yonr
petitioners, as volunteers in the army, of the Confederate
‘States. At that critical juncture of the affsira-of the
country, neither ypur petitioners nor the public had any
idea.of the passage of Act. If was then
believed that it was the'setUed policy of the Confederate
Government to rest its sustaining relienee-on the untram
melled free will aiid high spirit of the Sbuthern'people Vo
bo called iorth.organized, anti put into action under their
respective State organizations'. Your : petitioners could
not have anticipated the passage ol the Con-crlpt-Act, or
the adoption, and "sanction of any* system of military or
: ganization by the Confederate States Goverhineht, which
would claim to rest: as a basis on the abnegation of the
cherished . principle of State sovereignty and; individual
freedom of, will.' They, as did their. States,, regarded the
cardinal principle;'of individual,' personabllberty and
unquestioned State sovereignty as the key-note te the’ ex
isting revolution; ’ &•
Underimpulses pf..np-ordinary character, your peH
tiohers, in thehour of their country’s danger, left horns,
family, all, to fight as freemen to the army' of freemen.
.To preserve sacred their birth-right—individual per
; sonal liberty, under tlieir respective State Governments—
they were, and me now,.prepared to sacrifice,everything
lut their honor and. maubood. They , believed,; as they
had every right to believe, that the agreed'status of the
arroy .woiild rsm ain oh the basis which had been adopted
oml sanctioned by the responsive-legislation of the Con
federate Government. Had that ascertained_ policy and
accredited system of military organization been-sustained
and carriedpnt; not one ofvyour petitioners’.would;ham,
complained.' ... ' _* , , , 7'"'
Under the conviction‘ that no! snch charge would or
could be made, your petitioners volunteered freely and
re-enlisted willingly. They thus entered into a contraot
with the Confederate States whi ch they liad no-right to
. enepectjwould ever be violated by.tbat high-contracting
"party. In this they were over-confident. On the 18th
day of April; 1862, the cohsoript act hecaine a law? The
will of yonr honorable body, as made known is, that law,,
byftefuis too plain to be mistaken, and too imperious to.,
•be- lightly disreßarded^ahnulledall previous 'contracts
made by volunteers, and,'by expllcrf'fenns of 'coercive
legislation, mads'monundertheage of thirty, five, years
‘ and’ over eighteen yoarsaoldiors ’forMe tbar; or until’
they attained the age of thirty-five years—thus drawing
as with! <tho.oks.of steel,” every.male; citizen within the
prescribed ages (with a; few; excepted cateb) immediately
.‘and entirely from the control of State’action, and placed:
< them at thedisposal ofthe President during the war..
This law, had it been unqualified andunaccompanied
i by a reciprocating return, to the bsdy iff society, and
under the control of the different States, (that class then
in lhe aimy, represented, by your petitioners,) could
never have been sanotipned by. the States. Aa,a ■ bonus
. to society; and a concurrent guarantee to the States, your
honorable bedy inserted certain qualifications, festrio
lions, and conditions precedent tothe main body ofthe
act. .They werefn the following words:
“Provided further,- Thafall persons under the age of
18. year» cr,oyer the age. 0f.85. years, who are now ,en
, rolled in the military ‘service of the Confederate States, in
• the. regiments, sqnedrons, battalions, and companies
hereafter to be reorganised,'shall be required to remain
, Intheir respective, companies, squadronvbattalions, and
.regiments for ninety daysjUnless their, places ,sha!l be,
sooner supplied by other Ve&ulfo, not now in the service,
who .'aye between the aijes of 18 and 35 years. 1 And all
lawßjatid parts of laws providing for the reorganization
, of. volunteers,-and the organization'thereof,-into campa
hies,’ 1 squadrons, battalions,“andregimentsj Bhall be,-and
the same are’ hertby, repeated ” ' " * * ’ *
Oh the promulgation of the law, with-thia qualification,
(without whicb.your petitionersaver the law could never.
hhve been passed,Jthere waß but ono.constructton placed
on it in the army and throughout the country, bo, far as,
your petitioners araadvis'ed and belteve f and that ‘was. 1
that’ all -persons over*-the age’ of SByears orunder-18-
i years, who were, on the date of the law, M enrolled'in the
; military service of<tbo,Confederate,,States,?? thwldtjbe t
discharged on ike 16fft day of. July, 1862*; and this with
out -restriction; qualificatioh, or peradvehture. u ‘TA’eee'
were the terms of Vie law. < They were plain; unequivo- *
cal, and, mandatory;-, Oommon.aense—universal‘ public,
'opinion, con euiTlngjnJJltary,,popular, and, offloial-BCnti
" meht, thhs’uSderetmjajcacoeptei T and adopted' the law..
Hor was it anywhere, by any one, or under any eircuui*
. stances, otherwise spoken off considered, or regarded,‘'so':
vfsras your petitioners .are,adyißed,i».oJ!Cui of, the armyia
untt) General 46. rescinding General Order No.
’.44, was issued‘by",the Adjutant General.urider andby
authority* or the- Secretary l at'-War.” 1 *? ‘ **-'!
That order- took the country and the armybysurprise./
.It fell as a death-knell upon the assured expectations of
your petitioners.,, It strnekr the. popular,ear with coless
; astoniibment. 'lt disclosed a new,'sedfet, ahd dangerous ;
;spriDg ; of Executive and ministerial power, as unlocked’
: for as it wawnovel and petHoni:to~ttßr*p!ritrand genius
.ofthe revblutldninahgaratedyn thS'daciafediprihoiclobf-’
’ eternal opposition and uny leldlCgncllstAhco to Executive
f oEvgitflSfjflegislative x enorcachments^on >l ;thB,, chartered
. rights i and oonstitutional.-fPriyUeges oft,the -people, jit
menifMted.a’wiUto J aMOTfl«RMer£wheje7nono>M 1 be- a)
. stowed, or intended to bo bestowiHl,,and. to oxercise.higti..
’ VetfcacUc? apd ennulllog prerogatives where att exetclss
©7 Executive w 8? at minfatarlal discretion was positively
aai distinctly inhibited. It presented a painful instance
otapluln.-palpaßlefaUd'dangerettr infraction of the con
,B ti lotions] gtiarantecfr and Tested rijghfs- of your. petition*
ere, as declared By yofif fibhofabfe body, and uomistaka
blyaneeaneed in thecaoscript act. •
Your- petitioners, reeling that this interpolating order
of the' Adjutant General was a cloaty palpatio, and un
authorized .ifiyiHe &w)i infractionof ifhbir rights; con
sulted counsel, and procured Mb written oplnibn,which
waa published, and will be laid before your hontU’a'bte-
Body. -Id ihori&t&ibg conbstfl/youV p&tifcfeDeFa weiv&D?.
actuated by'any other spirit than that of a disposition »■'
ascertain their legal rights, as defined and enumerated by
( your honorable body. They had volunteered! wither*
titetefwt idea of theyaßsagOof anysufch law. TKaflhwr
without their solicltat&ni, not only reTbked and annulled
the eat of their voluHteering,.buV In distinct terms;
released them from all aSlitary service after' the ldchday
of July, 1862, as d to sccielj/and (kb dif
ferent Stales for the Unconditional, peremptory, and'
mandatory draft,'which* the same law*made indiscrimi
nately an the community:’ It in express terms releat/bd'
all ever 35* years or tinderllpyears, that M mtght clktrti
demand, emd impress all betrrten thoeo agea. It diis
carded those over 35 years ofogefthat It nsJght OOEKCB
those hndea that age. ‘ -
: This wa« » severe tax on the cosrimunlty a* large; and ’
not less severe on your petitioners as a class. It took the
manhood an'£ youth cf the country, with or wSbonf their*"
consent; but it undertook and guarantied that all: over
thirty-five or under eighteen yesrs'sKSnld be discharged.
This-was, in term, a solemn legislative compact with the
States and society. .As such, severe'and harsh aslt was, -
it was ratified by acanlescence, and mrsettledoppsßition'
WBsmade. ■■
Tour petitioners oven now, would: gtvatlp prefer that *
matters should haws remained ss they were ; but they
were disposed of by the law, aud respectfully insist 1 that*
what the. law did - the Secretary;,at , War' cannot undo;
The compact made by your honorable body, if gobd in
one patt, must'staißd unaltered in: every part.• ' The'
etense releasing your petitioners was in'a* proviso, and
was and is paramount to the enactments hi the maia.
body of the act. ■ It was the codicil to the legislative'will,
and wss enperiorinitsissctive powers to any and all parts
of the act which might happen to conflict witlhit. If the
retroar,tiro interpolation entered by authority oftbo
SPemtary at War repealed that proviso, according to aU
law and every rule of sound construction, the- Bsmcr'ry
pealiug order would annul and destroy the main 1 : body of
; IBs act. On this subject, yonr petitioners are advißOd,
; the authorities are most satisfactory.
Bat the: Secretary of War; has - repealed the-,provißo,
recalled the warrant of discharge, and placed hie own
conetrartion on the whole law, and directed that yonr
petitioners should not be discharged—the twelve-month’s
men—until the expiration of ninety days after their term,
of'.servise, and claims to retain all persons enlisted! for
itbe war preriousto the 16th of April, 1862, for the war.
1 : Tonr petitioners are advised that the rights, privileges,
and immunities vested in them by virtue of the proviso
to the said aet are full andv complete, attended by no
conditions, aad. restrained by i» qualifications, and that
. those rights admit, of no intermediate. and counteracting
;pf Btriottoßs) either from the Executive or ministerial <te
partment of.the Government. They aver, most respect
ffitly, that any Interpolating-. "or ,retroactive orders,
whelher By the Chief Magistrate, or any one or, more,
of his subordinate functionaries, ism law (however they
may temporarily act on your petitioners), unavailing,
null and void JButtbey are advised that, as there is in
operation no judicial process by which-they.’could'test
ibis matter as a chats, their : only legitimate means of re r
drets teihrongh your honorable body.,
There can Be no question that dll laws passed by Con
gress are Atpreme, and challenge the obedient acqui
escence- of tbo .President and every department of the
Government until they are repealed or pronounced un
constitutional: by, a competent judidal tribuoal. And
; any violation of any one or intro of such laws by any
department of the Government is not less culpable than'
a sitnilao violation by .any other member of society, ~ .
ThCToason, spirit, and intention of the law in question,
asweil astts words context, and subject-matter. are plain
and’unmistakable. There is no point, no word, no ob
ject, do purpose 'winch is not fairly and plainly ret forth. : ’
The question then presents, itself, painful, serious, and
vital, shall the law prevail, or shallthe intervening, un
authorized interpolati in of the Secretary at Warprevali ?
Shall ah army order revoke, a solemn act of Congress 1 ;
Shall Congress or the Executive' irate the people,'control
the army, .Mid legislate for the country ? Have we-'a
constitutional Government, with specific powers granted,
beyondwhich hi) department of the Government shall
pass, or have we an unlimited Government, dependent *
only on Exeontive will or mlnlaterial caprice ? Are the
people >ffe&, or i» (he Bouteutive supreme ? " •
■ These are no idle qmssti ouh. They are solemnly, pro
pounded, and merit atolemn response- It was legislative
encroschinontß and Executive usurpations which de
stroyed the Union, never.,to be restored, Shall the
Southern States, eonfiderated, yield the same destroying
element of seir-destructlon ? • The answer which yonr
honorable body may see fit to give will descend with Its
weighty consequences to posterity. The voice of history ,
is not less, potent in its warnings against Executive as
sumption or ministerial abuse of power than the hopes of
tbs future are dependent on your response. --
In vlew-of the dangers which beset the country, your :
petitioners cannot better conclude their appeal than by -
adoptiogthe' significant 'language uttered by Patrick
Henry, In theVirginta Convention, on the7th January,
1788, whin he exclaimed, “The real rock of political
salvation is self- lave—perpetuated from age- to age—ln
every human: breast, ; and manifested in every human,
action. When the Commons of England,in tae manly
language which became freemen,, said'totheir king,
‘Ton iSEi onu BSBVAST,’ then was tho .temple of
liberty complete.” •
It is with no view of avoiding danger, or shunning re-
sponeibillties, that your petitioners ask thsir discharge.
Their hearts, hopes, energies are all enlisted in this war.
They had rather lose all and perish themselves,' than fail
to maintain: the cardinal principle on . which this war
turns. They will never yield to sin insolent foreign foe,
or succumb to any power which seeks to; subvert the inhe
rent rights of the States, or to destroy the, individual
liberty of the free-born citizen Peeling that in this
order of revocation, (General Order, No 40,) not only
their rights, bnt the rights of the people, and the legiti
mate powers and iunctiona of Congress, are'invaded and
endangered, they seek, the proper remedyshould their
-services he needed, they, and all they have, w|ll be freely
offered up on the altar of constitutional liberty. But they
are not prepared, to yield a silent submission to the viola
tion of thetr tights, or the subversion or the veßted .immu
nilies, when their tills ooijsm ore dtrivsdfr'om your
honorable bod#:
Yonr petitioners respectfully ask, that they may, be
fully heard before your honorable' body, through their
counsel. . THE PETITIONER!?,
• By their counsel, JOHN H. GILMEB.
Richmond, Aug. Bth, 1382; IS
FROH THE JAMES RIVER.
PROM THE SOUTH SIDE.
[From the Bichuiond DiapatobJ 9tb.
We have received 'no further intelligence of the ene
my '8 movements in. Prince George county. On Thursday
our pickets were' advanced as far as Cox’s Mill, but ho
Yankees were discovered. On. the same day a number of
Federal steamers went np Bailey’s Creek, in Prince
George, twoor three miles below City Point; for what
purpose has not been ascertained, though it is conjectured,
.that they are landing troops:
. The.two gunboats aground in the Appomattox were got
afloat oniWednesday night, after having been lightened
by the removal of their loads of shot and Bhell, and pro
ceeded down the'river in companyiwlth eight other boats
that had been, hovering around for tho previous forty
eight hours. The Yankees have doubtless arrived at the
conclusion lhat the Appomattox is a hard strrmrn'tc navi
gate. : On,Thursday morning the Galena was anchored
in a position to command .the channel of James Biver,
from which it was supposed there were some apprehen
sions of the appearance of a famous “ rebel ram,” about
which the Northern newspapers havo lately had much to
say—the “ Merrimac No; 2.R - .
THE AFFAIR AT MALVERN HILL
An officer who participated in the affair at, Malvern
Hill has fnrhiahhd nr with the following particulars with
reference to the occupancy of that, point by the enemy,
and its subsequent recovery by our forces under General
Longetreet: i > > '- = ; >.• ‘
1 On Tuesday morning the Bth .Georgia Regiment, Oapt.
lawsbnoqmraabdibg, was moved' up from New Market
Btights to relieve the 17th, then on picket on Malvern
Hill.; On the march they were met by several couriers,
stating that" theenemy wereinlarge force advancing
upon the hill, and in its immediate vicinity. ' The reports
of artillery paveevidence that a brisk, engagement was
going oh. When the Sih'Qeergia reached the base of the
hill, the announcement was made byseveral couriers to
Oapt Dawson that the ammunition of our pieces was
exhausted; and that the 'artillery sit the -post; and the
17th, were surrounded.?; Captfß. immediately despatched
a courier to the commandantof the 17th, that■ he had
formed his regiment in line of battlo at the base o) the
hill' and would protect their;retreat, and to come off at
atihazardß. With artillery playing upon one flank and
a.cavalry charge upon the ether, they! left the hill, and
succeeded in making good their,retreat, bringing off-aU:
their pieces, and only losing one caisson, that was torn
to pieces in the fight: Some eight or nineof the 17th
hsd previously, been captured wbilepioketing. : >;
Three members of the artillery’were killed and two
wounded,- (Between seventy and eighty of the enemy are
supposed to have been killed., About one mile from the
base of the bill'the Bth Georgia’was overtaken by the
enemy’s cavalry and: artillery. :So soon as it was dis
covered, (he regiment was drawn up in line of battle,,
which checked the advance- ef the foe! The regiment
then moved hack into a" cornfield, and, under cover of the
corn and intervening hills, the retreat was effected.with
the toss of one man of the regiment, who was Captured.
The regiment continued to fall back till it camo within a
short distance of New Market heights. About 3 o’clock
the same' regiment received orders to -advance ftfeain
through a tbick woods ontheleft ol;the river road, with
a view to feel the enemy. They 'advanced about two
miles, when tbeir skirmish) rs were fired upon by the
(enemy, simultaneously with a charge of the enemy’sea
- valry uponbur cavalry- Our. cavatryi fallback, but the
regiment continued to respond to the fire of the enemy for
some ten minutes, when the firing ceased: Falling back,
the cavalry and infantry took position at an eligible po
sition about 400 yards in rear of the wdods. The enemy
made, no further demonstration bn that day; having foil
possession of the hill. - , , . . ;
On Wednesday mornfbg, at daylight, the 1 corps of Goa.
Lohgßtreet was moved forward, and encamped that night'
within hall a mile of the hill, the da? haying been spent
in reconnoitring. r On 1 Thursday, abbnt 12 o’clock, the
: corps’advanced and of the. hifl‘without
firing a gun, the enemy having evacuated the night be
fore, about 12 o’clock. ; The number of the enemy was:
estimated at-from 15,000 to 30,000. Several, prisoners
.were taken, among.them two sentinels, who were oh the
top of the bduse on the summit'of the hill.' Considerable
supplies of coffee, meat, crackers, &c., were left: by the
enemy, indicating that they had evacuated under evident
slam. " ' , . -
. FROM THU SOOTHiSIOB.
[From the Examiner, 12th.]
The news from the South side Is unimp irtaut. There
are no reported movements of the enemy in • force.. The
fifteen .thousand Yankecswlio were said, on Saturday, to
be marching on Petersburg, have not yet made their. ap
pearance before tbatcity. ‘ -
i t Yankee-cav»lry,\ operating, from Coggin’s Point as a
.basoj'are .committing daily depredations on the citizeoß of
'Prince George, and'stealing their negroes. There seems
just now no remedy for this evil. Since tbe. brush, at
Cox’s Creek, a fortnight ago, our cavalry are no more
heard of - ‘
CHANGING. MS PASS.
. It was confidently asserted on the Btreet corners yes
terday, that McClellan was ovacua.ing his encampment
on James fiver. ' -
THE SOUTH SIDE.
[From iho Dispatch, 12th.] ~ .11; , '
There is nothing hew in regard to the operations of the
enemy on the south fide of fames river, though the re
port that they were,, advancing towards Petersburg was
revived oh Saturday: ‘Pntelligehce'was received from
Drory’s Bluff .yesterday morning that everything was:
quiet below. . - ■ . . ,
[From the Examiner, 13th.]
The news ' from the South side is unimportant. The
enemy in Frlnce Georgohas returned to the banks of: the
"river, snd, it is said, entrenching at Coggins’ Point and
Bfajcockh;'' Small bodies of cavalry daily make their ap
pearance "at a pointla .mile or two from the.river, but
, again retire without attempting any aggressive move
; ment. These parties are’probably employed looking af- -
j ter their own pickets. : • .. : .'
; “ During Friday, as we learn from the Petersburg Ate
, press, a number of idle rumors agitated the Cockade city.-
; One-iieport. was that;.the enemy in- Prince Georgo had
-been, attacked andirouted by'our forces. usd to
. flecito ’the' cover of his gunboats. l Another i'atory,was
afloat to tbe effect that an admirable scheme/or entrap
ping the' whole Yankee force, oh Thursday, bad only
-'failed through 1 the perfidy of A’. negro! Bnti tbs grand!
iSensation: of the day-.was.caused by. the.announcement,
about 6 P.' M.j'that the ehemy;Ts;ooo stroog,l»ddo
,Barked;at Tar.rlver; and were marching on Eetersbtwg.g!
o J-”?; FEDERAL : GUNBOATS,, ATWBST POINT. ■ • J, , ,
,[Fromthe;l)iepatsh,.ATigi.l2.is..< f. -,v hi
,Vfe learn,that tbree Federal gunboats came up York
river to West Poihtoh;Suhday_ morninglast, and,’ after'-
’iemslningthere awhile, took .theircßparture.:,, On: the
same day tbe Yankees, landed a force at Oorr’a farm, in -
-King and Queen country <Tbe object of these movements’
lit a mattor of cocjocture, though it is possible that troops,
'areTpaming by that,route from,McClellan’s army to the
.Bappabaonock. ■‘ - t. ~ t ■ •
“ • r iM’OLELLAS," ■ 1 f..
, [Prom|the Bicliuipnd Whlg, ; Ahg.[l3.],• . . .*$ t
’’ ",7 be 'report -yeas current,'yoBtc.rday, that .McOtellan’s
,i army badcvaonatedßerkeleyi* atiefigone downttie river t
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' ' - UiFRESS.;;
[Vtitc the Richmond Whig, Aug. 18. J
IB* maiMG FORCE or MSB COIfFE DEBATH
' ‘ ' STA*K»; ■
A vrrfJir in the MobHe iiegtsier furnishes data l row
which d tblersbly correct Idea,, may be obtained of the.
fighting foyce of the Confederate'Stateß. His-figures are
derivedfroa-the United States,cenßtur taffies cf 1840;ani
’SO, and upon* the assumption that the ratio of increase
from lBso_to 1890'ls as great as that ftom 1840 to 1850.
. .The census taWer show that, in 1850, the slave States
(Mj had a white male population between tho ages of'
nfteen and fifty ad ihtlows, in round numbers f :
Maryland had.tiv.vloo,ooo Loaftiana. 90.000 1
Virgin la.. .210,40,000*
Hor® Car01ina.....128,0b0 Arktasas 40,000’*
Sou® Carolina (8)800 Tehnessee; .iv ......170,000*
«korgi»;.... .;i;;..;l2KOfiS Kontnc7».... ..«i.;180,000'
rt0rida„,.i,...... 10,000 bfltsouri . ... .160,000
Aiaßama„,ii.... i ..loo;«»:i • -sr
Miiwritaippi ..,‘7o,OM','! -V’ 1,470,000
If thsse&tates’increased asrrapldiy betvteen’lB6o and
IB6o' as- they did bhtween M and 18505'they have a’
White mate population, between the’igel of iS’knd 60, a 2 ‘
follows*-
Man land has*iiiiil3o;ooo I,ossfaiana. ; ;-.i.:.^.-145,000 4
Tirgihid.i k w.. 260:000 Tex0e.....-,-..;.-.,.,., 80,000.*
aorlh Carolina 145:000 Arkißtsas....-;;.70.008'
Couth CaroliaftM..*. 70J000 fennmSee......... ..200,000 ’
Georgia”.... JSO!WO Kentucky .^30,000
I'iyrida — * 20 000 ’Slißs6urS , .‘.„v.-.-.- . 280 000’
Alat»tea......iwSvvl3o;ooo i V :
3ffisifiBßi6pi..,i.-...,v.137,000 ’ , . . 2,030 000'
Assuaiißg the census tatiles td be correct' -we now -
have, in the fourteen Southern States; upwards of two
millions of white males, between the ages of 15 and 50,
and itls. idlb to talk about conquering thathi' They 'are
not ebapSSepers; taSiord,' factory- men,' 1 bafton-mikers,
Ac., turaed: loose upon tbs wrnki,' add fercCKi to enlist'
from want ;--bh( they,are ated.to’habdlin'g the Shot-gun' '
ahd'rifl6ftoia ,, twelvfe. ' ‘ '
Grant, however,-thaCCKiaeslimato ib extravagant * Let
us suppose that'the ages of 18 And .40'should govern, as'
the limit. : BttlFtWs wOuld notreducb'tis td deijp&ir : for;
by. no.rtile ef calcMatlon, could' our' fighting forces' be ’
reduced to one mtilidn of men. • ’
This'fdrce can be kept-in the field'as long’ as the North
may asßaii ns, and* will not interfere with oubprodubing c
or agrlcohuraf population. Wbeif the preseht'ia'ops'are
gathered, the South will not again feei any: want of food #
lor man or horse. lifsttl><iriliha.tion among' her'black ■
population;upon which the North'counted so largely,:
does net exist; our;slaves' can be safely trusted to tho
management of ®e boys under eighteen and the oli'men,'
an d abundant crops; be tiros- secured • while our fighting s
mvn are in the field.
Not so with tho North. Whenever-Bhe - puts anything '
libe'yr'mintary.strength-'in-the fieM she tveakens her ;
power to' feed her people;. and though her white p-ipula- *
lion, in 1860, was39 ! oeo;ooOi , 'ag®iJiat B,7oo;ooo'whitds«T r
the South, and teongh she ought), therefore, to be Vie to
send; out two soldiers where we can send one, yet wo -
oneethmmuch if ehe; can send- out her ono millidn'aa "
readily as the South can. •- .* .*■"
The prolongation of, this struggle will develojp more of
the retonrees of the South than of tho North
xiiismn --to omt’-Hnniis is tJEuiMy >to omt r
_ . ; --- FflnMTOs.’-
(Tfom fheKichmond Whig,lB® ]
The recent prsolamation, by President DaVis. or his •
purpose, to visit upon ®e ojiesrs ef Pope’s command're- -
taxation for the outrages committed upon our'people by
Wsbrutal Soldiery, has inspired- confidence throughout '
the Confederacy,'and stricken with fear thodhaterda whO’ •
dresd retribution for their atrocities. Whether this pro* -
elauation is mere “ Jmttutoi'-fvhxen,” or the expres
sion of a real determination to protect our people, awaits *
practical demonssration. The President has an oppor
tunity afforded him already. Twenty teine commissioned *
officers of the rnffian .corps have been captnred. What
will beidone with' them 1 The hlood of non-combatant
citizens: butchered, the prayers pf' women wronged,' 1 ©! *'
age iueulted. of plundered communities aud de»-
lated dktricte,, appeal to M# ! Davis now.>‘ ir' he -hn *
the nerve to do his duty, and throw the arm of the Gov
: erument around the helpless men and women within tha
er emy’s tines who cry to him for mercy and redress, the -
wavering loyalty of those deserted'places wilT be re- -
animated, and their-devotion to our Confederacy in
vigorated anew., The - enemy; convinced that we ara
resolute and earnest, will destet from his infernal par- -
pose, or witness the -disorganization and desertion of hi* ■
forces. . But, if a timid and misapplied clemencyls ex- -
tended to these-instruments of’Pope’s policy, then the
inhabitants: of all the. region overrun by the Yankees
will, curse the Imbecility of a Government which lacks
the spirit to punish Its! enemies or to protect ito friends.
The whole Yankee army is watching with intense sollci- -
tude the course which President Davis pursues''and, as
it'is weak or.wfee, will, continue their outrages, or cry
• for quarter. We invoke the prayers of the people that
the Almighty may impart Jicksonian nerve and eitergy
to our‘Ohief Magistrate In this 'momentous hour, may
strengthen bis faith if if falters, and holdjup Mshands and ’
steady his knees if they are feeble, for the duty before
hini. .. .. ‘
FROM YORK
[Frum theßicbmond Dispatch, 12th.j
Our advices from the country bordering on York river
are as late as Satnrday last. Up'to that’ period a small
force of the. enemy continued, to occupy a-point in New
Kent county known as the “ Brick House,” but not on*
had visited-West Pointrineb the grand flight of the gnn
hoats and transports immediately .after Gen. McOlellan
“ changed his base.”" They donbtle«rs'fiq4 more' scop*
for their thh vish propensities on the Peninsula between
James and York.rivers, where a direct communication
-with : Fortress Monroe affords them -greater security. :
Two prominent citizens of Gloucester have lately been
arrested by the Confederate authorities for trading with
the Yankees, though it is believed,that their transactions
(were prompted rather by cupidity than by any design of
returning to ”their aUegianceunder the old flag.”
SIX; HUNDRED THOUSAN® MEN ,
[From the Bichmond Whig, 13th.] .
, Lincoln’s Secretary of War has ordered a draft of
800,000 militia to serve for nine months. This la in addi
tion to the 300,000 volunteers previously called, for, and,
as the latter do not ceme. forward as fast as they cure
needed, it is ordered that the deficiency among them after
the 15th tost, shall also be made np by draft. This addi
tion of: 800,000 men to the -Yankee armies trill-give them,
according to the New York Hera&Z, a force.of over on*
million. It will be for Congress to determine what legis
lation is rendered necessary by this fact:
-V THE NORTHERN DRAFT,
[From * “Bichmond Examiner, 12th.]
We receivedlast night advices fifbm the North, which,
though not so late as that we publish In another column,
brings news of sn important character. The North hag
at last settled ittre: question of immediate drafting, arid
. the Secretary of War has issued an Order for six hundred
thousand more ’men “to crush therebellion”--three
hundred thousand to be raised under the recent call of
Lincoln: and three hundred thousand more by a draft of
tbe militia. The order appears officially in the Northern
papers,’ but the circumstances under which we issue
morning’s paper forbid Its publication. -
This action of the Government at Washington had
created the wildest excitement in the North, and the war
feeling had’greatiy subsided in its enthusiasm. The op
position to the order was not to be disguised. This order
for adraftwill .cause an immense reaction in the popular
mind oftho North, and we shall await the next news from
the North and Northwest with much interest. "
' DESTRUCTION OF THB ARKANSAS.
[From the Dispatch, Ang. 9 ]
('No little sensation was yesterday created by the an
nouncement on the streets that the Navy Department
had received intelligence; of the destruction of the Con
federate ram “Arkansas.” Witbont.any direct informa
tion to confirm the announcement; we are sorry to state
that lit tle doubt exists of its correctness. Itheems that
she left Vickßhurg to co-ope. ate with the land force
under General Breckinridge in the attack on Baton
Bouse. When within five miles of the latter place, she
unluckily grounded, and all efforts to get her off were
unavailing. But two alternatives were left;—to blow her
up, or suffer her fo be captured by the Federal gunboats.
The former, wqs resorted ,to, and this proud achievement
of'naval architecture is now a wreck, in tho Mi-eisaippi
■ river..; '■ >•' V ”• ■*
.P, S.—-Official despatches, have been received at the
Nevy'Depariment confirming the diaaetor. The Ar
kansas left Yick'sbure last Monday, to co-operate in the
attack it non Baton Bongo.' After passing Bayea 9&r&
Bir msebinery became dmanged, or disabled, While en
gsgedfn repairing, a .'fleet'or gunboats from below at
tacked her. Galltrot 'resistance was made, but the
•vessel bed to beAhandoned and blown up: The officers
and crew reached shore in safety. Lieutenant .■Stevens,
of South Carolina, commanded (he Arkansas, Commodore
Brown beingdetained at Vicksburg, not having recovered
from his wounds.;
IMPRESSHEST "OF SLAVES—NO.. AUTHORITYePBOIt
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.,
SotnedOTß ago,says the^ Macon Telegraph, the citi
zens of Lee county held a public meeting in reference to
the negro impressment, at which they;'appointed Mr. G-,
M: Irvin to correspond with the Wat Department by
telegraph, and ascertain if the impressment had been
authorized and required by the Secretary of War. If-it
bad, they resolved, like gocd citizens.to -acquiesce in
the rednieitton; if not, they determined not to surrender
their negroes. In pursuance of his mission. Mr: Irriu
came to Macon, and the correspondence ensued which is
published below:'
To the Stcretory of War , Richmond, Va::
Brigadier Geuertil Mercer has issued: am order inn
presringlwenty per cent of the male slaves, throughout
the State. Is that order authorized by the Department?
If so, we apqniesce; Otherwise we resist. ■ ;
O M. IBVIN,
For tho citizens of Lee.county.
; Richmond,' sth.— Mr. C. M. Irvin j .General Mercer
has hot communicated with" this Department in reference
to impressment, nor has-any authority to make. impresa
ment been asked for or granted.
■ : *: Gl' W BANliOtPfitj l Secretary of W-». .
" ’ THEMURDSR OF GEN. CASWELL.!
[From the Enquirer ]
The Knoxville “ Register,” of the 7th inst, gives, but
few, additional particulars In .regard to tbe .murder of
‘General: Wm. B. Caswell, which, took place oh the 6th
instaijt, near his residence; some, six miles east of,Knox*
ville. Bis servants report that they, paw him struggling
with some one in the road, but before they could reach
him life was extinct and the murderer fled. ’ Immediately
npoh;the receiptofjthe, intelligenceinsKnoxviilaa' party
of citizens mounted, horte. and started out to scour tha
country in if arch of theasesaain. ’ "S' '' ‘ ;
The General was in Knoxville-on the morning of the
Hi'nrder, and interchanged greetings with numerous
friends. /' ,
General Caswell was a' distinguished soldier, having
served through the Mexican campaign. :; He, was one -of
the earliest in Knoxville, to.emhrace,the cause.of the
South on the breaking out of the war. He was ap
pointed, by Gov.,Harris, a brigadier generatin'the State
service, and commanded, the forces, rendezvoused at
Knoxville untilthey were turned over to the Confederate
GovernmestyWhen he retired to,privatelifs--; .
. , FROM. BAST TENNESSEE.-
The reported “ heavy bagging’Un East Tennessee has
dwindled'down to rattier la Isihall* affair
she latestaccounts are-publishod under the, telegraphic
heed. 1 The Knoxville Refitter of ihe Bth contains the
following official despatch:- • : - -- -
;. ~ ;Nbar Txz.ewsm., August 6,.l o’clock P. M..
Major B; L. Clay, A. A. G. : I shall not need the ser
vices of General Deadhette’r: After a i
of four honrpwe have ropted the,enemy, and they are,in
full retreat to their strongholds
t; . o-L; STEVENSON, Brigadior General.
, -HORTH CABOMNA ERECTION-' '
The people of North Oarohna voted- pu -Thursday test"
for Gbvtrhor, members of the Legislahire, and sheriff— , ,
the soldiers In comp having .voted on Thursday preceding.. . i
It will be a week or ten days before all the camps jrfjire-*.-
cincts can he heard from; hut' the returns thus far, wc-,
• are glad to aunbiinCe," indicate a majority for,Col. Eißt ,
\ uuce, for Governor, of over, twenty thousand. -Wmj .
county afene gave him one thbosand seven hundred and,
fifty-onemajority. ' -* u■ fi -
.i . - rmfiA n cor.i.isioNS. , , ~ ~ s
A "serious collision.ocourred. on laßt;Friday morning,,
"on Ihe Alabama and Florida Railroad','beloW GreeGville,
by wliich-two were Silled and forty-twolwoundedyttaraav;,
of whom have since died. f On the game day, a collision
‘occurred on the Mobile and'Ohio 'Ballroad, abora’Enter
prise, Miss.; damage. s ijott ; k'p([wn;iapd;.on.Mondhyyan-^
1 other collision took'place on the Mobile and Ohio Kail
ro«d.- Tiie last'waa very ,
. geritins, ope. ; train running into tho-rear end>of .another,.
' cutting in .two a cay filled with soldiers,.a number of.
u'whote were Killed andiwoundea.,'-' ' 1
:;CkBa . s ;-t , JACEsoN?SjFRIgpirERS s .' -I V
' Among theprißOtiers whorcached tbe.city.on Saturday...
' ahd'dunday was Brigadier; General firince,'and thirty
cfonrlofßc'4rs,-;inclnaiijglohe''majoiK' one-oolonelv ana, .
..otfieyconjndssipßßl.ofilceM., They .we, all at ge Jitbby, f .
;ifc The'officers from. Gen. -Dope’s eommajrf mm keptin sor ’
i.litarx confinement, in conformity with instructions, anu..
1 the rale, as enforced; will not fca departed.from,nnde_r any
■j consideration whatever. •- -G • ' ; . '
About threo lmndred Blllsoncra have amyocl. at th°. .
.-'Libby prison from Pope’s'army. -toa
j The inhabitants of the. island npw.numher^)put L
trwo’from Lynchburg and Salisbury, N. O. ’ ••
•JAn officer whn aepompanied Kijdiwtiol^.
Pope’s .command who .».
- Friday, says tbaPhd inquired of ond of ftto Yankeaoß-- : .
, cers of the.partmhether read $a jpdAptatton
'ol Prcßldent Dafls and the older of the adjiutant general ■
Jwitfi?refMfenceStof the tfeatftent.they wswi telreoelvei. ec
They promptly replied that thedr, > bu9lqesB-waa. to, obey <