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GRIGG. & VAN GIINTEN'S, N 0.704 MARKET Street. (IRMO & VAN GITNTEDPS, N 0.704 MARKET Street. m1,14-Am . ARMY GOODS. 1776. • 1863. If' Jr, A Cr SU! SILK . . FLAGS BUNTING FLAGS! BURGEES. PENANTS• UNION SAOC.S. STREAMERS• BUNTING! BED, WHITE, AND BLUE. EVANS & HASSALL• MILITARY FURNISHERS, bl7-tf No. 418 ARCH STREET. Philadelphia. ARMY HATS, ARMY HATS. ADOLPH 63 , 11.E:E Ni 62 North SECOND Street, Philadelphia, ,: , , NenufclOtzweri of all kinds of ALT NATS„ kin on hand a lane assortment of all the ♦arions and most approyed styles of A Rl/1:1 7 H TS. Orders by. mall. from antleri or Jobbem, promptly filled at the lowest rates. " 3e30-3xa - GENT'S FURNISHING' GOODS. NOS. 1 AND 3 N.. SIXTH STREET, ,PHILILDELPHL%. JOIN 0.431E150j 00InItiT Btrli M 0031.) niogßaps. AND !music GENTLEMEN'S FIIRNiSHThT GOODS, MAP AgrIIRER OP THE IMPROVED PATTERN BBIRT. WIAPPERS. OOLLAICE6 BATISFACTIOX my22-tosi VINE SHIRT MA_NITP.A.OTORY. 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M727-tan2t . _ . G. RUSSELL, FINE . AMERICAN and Imported WATCHES. Fine Jewelry, Silver 4,PPlated Ware. itra. is 27 -- 22 North SIXTH Street. ' j e C."FULLER'S FINE GOLD PENS; THE BEST PEN IN USE, TOE sAIN II ALL SIZE& inyM-Ssa FINE' SILT OOMBS EM svasz viarErr IMITATIONS OF . PEARL AND ERMA/4w J. C. FULLER! No. OHESTNI7T Street. laY/2-21at VULCANITE RINGS. 1 fall assortment, all sizes and styles: .3'. O. FULLER, No. !1t CHESTNUT Street. n733-Sa MUSICAL BOXES. IN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES, Owing from 1 to 12 tunes, eborreAbora ' and Amer!. a E n Malodlok. FARR & ROTHRH. ImFo mr4 tri4 CHESTNUT Street. below Ma. W O. 0„ L 10.000 pounds light !elected Ohio Fleece. Full Blood. WOOLEN YARNS.. 10.000 pounds, 20 to 30 outs, fine, Well-known makes. COTTON YARN. 111, 000 pottodo Nos. 6to 20's, of Ilret-class raakos. In Warp; Bundle and Cop N. B. All numbers and descriptions procured at ons on orders. ALEX.' WHILLDIN da SONS, 76194mdmitf CHAS. MAGARGE & CO. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN PAPER. WAREHOUSE, NO. 80 SOUTH SIXTH ST., Offer to the Trade a FRESH SUPPLY OF PAPERS, received direct from the Mills,' since the fire on the 6th July last (their damaged stock being mostly disposed of), and can supply all the varieties of WRITING PA PERS at the foivest mill prices: also, Printing, Plate, Map, Colored, Tissue, Hardware, and Manilla Papers: Binders, Trunk, and Press Boards: Alum, Bleaching Powders, Ultramirine, Feltings, Twine, dm., dm. an3-12t • JOSEPH B. SHEWELL, 2O6NIARTIET STREET, DRIED APPLES AND PEACHES PACKED FOR EXPORT OR GOVERNMENT USE. aul4 AMERICAN'R •O'F I N SLATES, FULLY EQUAL TO THE BEST WELSH SLAM T. THOMAS, WNW- - : ; 11l WA lin 8400... tINDICEOLOTHING. atik Noith FRONT'Street PHILADELPHIA, Clje Vress. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1868. CHARLESTON. Foreign S,teamers Off oharieston—Flag of Truce to Fort Wagner—The Fluid Assault. [Correspondence of the Baltimore American.) Ora CHARLESTON BAR, August 11.—Admiral Dahlgren has organized a most efficient naval picket; it consists of eight immense launches, each carrying abont twenty armed men, and a boat howitzer, to act in conjunction with two of the monitors. They gd up sufficiently in the advance towards Sumpter to prevent any communication with Cummings Point, and also to guard the moor ing buOys which have been laid for the monitors to make fast to in the approaching' attack. In con junction with these naval pickets General Gilmore's scouts ecooperate, and being supplied with rockets, notify them of the movements of the rebels by means of signal rockets. The signal corps onshore, and on the flag-ship also keep up momentary com munication night and day between Admiral Dahl gren and General Gilmore, evincing the moat the. rough co-operation. There are two foreign men-of-war, one English and the other French, now lying at anchor near the Wabash, outside the harbor. They have been re fused permission by Admiral Dahlgren to come in aide of the bar. This has been caused by the disco very of, some attempt .on the part of the rebels to communicate with them by signals froni the shore. The commander of the English steamer Plover visited the Admiral to-day, and expressed E desire to send a boat into Charleston with despatches to the British consul. This was readily granted, and a boat, with an English officer and four seamen, im mediately set sail for Sumpter,, orders being tele graphed to the Shore batteries and to ,at low them to pass.. The manner in which . the armor of the Ironsides has, thrown off the rebel shot causes general sat's-. faction, though she harnot been closer than eighteen hundred yards to the rebel batteries. Most of the heavy shot - have crumbled topieces on her solid , sides, and 'the rifled shot have only made indenta tions, without doing the slightest damage; She has received two ten-inch shot on her port-stoppers, and even there they made only indentations, without doing any harm to them. The steel-pointed shots have'made cuts about an inch deep. She will, how ever, be tested within eight hundred yards when the great assault is made. The monitors bear many honorable scars, buthave, not been injured in their effectiveness by the heavy cannonading they have undergone. They have yet heavy work to do, and Admiral Dahlgren is reserv ing their guns forhetter purposes than sheffing'sand hills. A 16-inch gun is not considered safe from ex plosion after five hundred - discharges, and, as they have each fired about two hundred projectiles, he is reserving the remaining three hundred of their effect . iveness for Sumpter. The ability of the vessels to stands cannonading for an indefinite period is, however, now a settled question.' Their defensive powers are unlimited, and the safety of thOse on board assured. In all the month's heavy fighting but two persons Were in jured, one by the fragment of a flying shell, and the, other by concussion, from , eaning against the turret at the moment a heavy shot struck outeide, _ . _ . Zdmiral Dahlgren sent a flag-of-truce to Fort Wagner td. dig, in charge of Fleet Captairk Geo. W. Rogers, accompanied, by Ensign_ Larne P. Adams. The? proceeded in one of the elegant ten.oared cut. tern of the Wabash, the crew being dressed in white, with white capi - and - collarsttrimmed with blue. The Captain and his lieutenant were accompanied by a tug, and proceeded on slowly to the front of the fort, when they were stopped by a solid shot passing about ninety feet above their lido's. Captain Rogers then anchored his boat and sent the tug back, when another shot was fired across the bows of the cutter. There had been no signal given or any other indica tion of a desire for them to stop. - nAfter waiting about twenty . minutes, Colonel Tra cy, with four or five , officers, came to the beach and invited our party. aehore. Colonel Tracy was the spokes Man. and adValeed and shook heads, but the others held beck,, All of them seemed morose and gloomy. Captain ROgers, after delivering the let tere with whichhe Wall intrusted, prepared to depart, asking no questions nor entering into any general conversation. The letters delivered were supposed to be a copy of the . .President's proclaination with regard to negro troops, and a letter from Admiral Dahlgren in relation to the fate of the Wabash's The English boat that went into Charleston yes terday also came. out ,this morning, bringing the English consul along, who is:now. on board of the Ploiier, doubtless intending.tU remain onboard until the fight is over. There has been considerable sharnshooting. Pias • tice betwee.n our pickets and the, garrison at Port Wagner. The-naval battery is within five hundred yards of W . agßor,. and . they have made_ great • eier. tom; 40 „interrupt our working parties by these meaus. General Gilniore accordingly organized a company of sharpshooter!, selecting .the beat shots from the different regiments, who have been doing efficient service. The rebels had one man, said to be a Texan, who was a dead shot, and who was kept constantly in the riflopits, and had wounded several of our men. A member of the 4th New Hampshire, who is said to be the best shot on hlorriaisland, had been watching for this man for four days, and on Friday managed to get a bead on him, and put his ball through his foroead, killing him instantly. •• There has been considerable change in the com mand of theiron•clads since the fight in April. The following will be their organization in the coining fight: • New Ireinsides--Commanded by Captain Stephen C. Rowan, who distinguished himself akNewbern. Patapsco=Commanded by Lieut. Comniander 0. C. Badger, whole also acting as captain of ordnance on the staff of Admiral Dahlgren. Cattskill—Commanded by Lieut. Commander C. C. _ • Carpenter. Weehawken Commanded by Commander Cal houn. Montauk—Commanded by Captain Fairfax. rassaie.--CoMmanded by Lieut. Com. Simpson Nahant—pommander John Downo; Nantucket—Commander Beaumont OFF FORT STIMPTER, FLAGSHIP. DINSMORE, Au gust 10.—The fine weather of the past fortnight con tinues unbroken. There has been Scarcely .a cloud VI darken the sun, or a ripple to mar , the serenity of the ocean. The sun is hot, but a fine sea breeze in the, morning and evening and at night-enables us to live very pleasantly. The troops on the shore appeir to enjoy themselves very much with their morning bath'on as fine a beach as the ctuntry can preiduce. After the cannonade of yesterday morning all was quiet up to sundown, when the rebel batteries opened with considerable energy and threw shot and - Shell to all parts of the compass. ' This continued throughout most of the night, and some vigorous blows were given in return from our batteries. At daylight this morning, as a con sequence of the night's work, a- large number of rebels, with ladders and ropes, were working on the land side of Sumpter. The wall appeared broken, and has doubtless received some rough handling during - the night. _ After - daylight this (Monday) morning the only firing has been some practicefrom Port Moultrie, the effort being to get the range of the channel about thre&fourths of a mile from the fort, through which our monitors must pass to get to Sumpter. The final arrangements for the grand assault are now making both on land and water, and all is con fidence and congratulation. It will be a glorious sight and a glorious privilege to witness the . raising of the old flag on the ruins of Sumpter. On the eve ning of the • 13th this grand result ' iss - confidently ex pected. Admiral Dahlgren is in readiness, and. G eneral Gilmore reports that he will beready to open at daylight on Thursday. MONDAY EVENING, "August 10-7 P. M.—The Cummings Point battery and one of General Gil more's batteries•have been exchanging : compliments all this afternoon, throwing up bodies of sand thirty feet high. The picket monitors went up under the walls of Sumpter last night and exchanged'a few shots inthe darkness, Yours, &c., O. aF. _ . • MORRIS ISLAND. - [Correspondence of the Boston Traveller. ] Gen. Gilmore has captured three rebel flags, two of the new Ityle and one of the old stars and bare. On the latter is n paper with the folloWIng: "HEADQUARTRAS 6TH CONNECTICUT VOLS., • ' MORRIS ISLANDi S. 0., July 16,18 a "This rebel flag, inscribed Pocataligo, October 22,..1862,' was captured on Morris Island, S. 0:, July 10, 1863, by the advance line of skirmishers of the 6th Connecticut Volunteers, near the second battery, while advancing on the battery. " "The flag was taken by Private Roper Counslow, of 00: D, sth Connecticut Volunteers, after, shooting the color bearer through the head while he was at tempting to escape with it. - - "The stain upon, the flag was caused by the blood of the color. bearer, who fell upon the flee when shot. "JOHN" L. CEIA.TFIELD, "Commanding 6th Connecticut Volunteers." That splendid regiment, the 6th Connecticut, has been very unfortunate, and is now quite small in number, yet the few remaining now at Hilton Head are as full of the right stun' as those who have spilled their blood so bravely on the battle•tleld. The remnant band are under the command of Captain S. N. Tracy, Colonel Chatfield having died of wounds received in the assault of July 18th. Lieutenant Colonel John Spiedel has been transferred to the' Invalid Corps. He lost his right arm at the battle of Pocataligo, in October last. .Captain Tracy has been presented with.an elegant sword by the mein• hers of his company for the coolness, intrepidity, &c., he exhibited on the lath ultimo. After the terrible havoc among our troops on that night he was seen on the fort encouraghig hie men, and by his military skill, he, after his seniors had been killed or wounded, brought the remainder of that gallant regiment out of range of the rebel fire. The.lamented Colonel H. S. PutnaM, early, in the engagement'of the 18th ultimo, received a bayonet wound in the foot. An officer observing it, asked Colonel Putnam if he was not badly hurt. This no ble man replied : "It is a very painful wound, but it will not disable me,” and, regardless of the pain, he kept on fighting until a bullet through his head deprived the country of one of its best officers. It is reported that a vessel is to be sent htre, in order that the crews ofthe iron•clads may go on board to sleep, where they can breathe fresh air. If this be true, it will greatly conduce to their health and comfort, and theofficers will be relieved of one great inconvenience—that of breaking in new Merl everyday Fk• PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1863. THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST. General Gardner on the Surrender of Port Hudson—Later from New Orleans. NEW Yonx, August 15.---The steamship Evening Star, from New Orleans on the 9thinstanl, arrived here this morning. She brings later news. The New Chicane Era of the Bth says : "A New Orleans correspondent of a New York paper, writing in evident ignorance of the tants,. states that Port }Pigeon was given up because of the fall of Vicksburg. “General Gardner, when a prisoner in our hands, stated distinctly,.in the hearing of a number of gen tlemen, that the surrender of Vicksburg made no difference ; or,' he added, € none of any consequence. Brad already determined to surrender, and the fall of Vicksburg may have made such a difference as there is between taday and to•morrow. , "He also stated that the men were totally worn out, and that it was a physical impossibility to hold the place any longer. In short, Port Hudson was untenable, and was surrendered for no other reason.” The Era's market report of August Ith says of cotton and sugar : OOTTON.—The week's sales are confined to 54 bales ordinary, by auction, on Saturday, at 43X.c cash. half in Treasury notes, and half in currency. On Wednesday, 3 bales middling sold, by auction, at 51%c, and 46 bales strictly low tniddling, privately,. at 48%0, and 5 bales strictly middling at 63c Yes terday, 3 and 25 bales middling sold, privately, at 53c. 711111„leaving none on sale. Next Tuesday, 400 bales will be. 'sold at auction. Stook on hand Sept 1, 1862, 2.100 bales. Suonni.—To-day's sales are confined to 40 hhds. new fully fair, in store, not refilled, at 11c ifY it,. The week's sales embrace about 655 hhds. and 140 bble., in • store, at 0 ea.9, 1 ,, , c for good common, 10,,k0 for new fair, not refilled, 1.024010,1‘a for new fair refilled, tic for new fully fair, not refilled, and 11611,P 4 's for old fair and prime. Prime, in barrels, sold at 11.x@t1.3ic, and cistern bottoms at 6c - NEW YORK, August 16.—The United States std'am transport Thomas A. Scott, from New Orleans on. the Bth inst., arrived here to-night She has on board the 26th regiment ponneotioutvolunteers, who are homeward bound. *. The steaniship Looust rPoint, frora New Orleans on' the Bth inst., also arrived. She brings no news' . of importance. - TDB CONDITION OP LOIII4IANA. The New Orleans Delta,' of the 9th inst, says, in an aiticle suggesting changes in the civil adrninistra- We can well understand the unwillingness of Gen. Banks hitherto to have his mind burdened and his attention distracted by the never-ending - complaints, charges, disagreements, and "misunderstandings ne cessarily.connected with civil administration. This leintelligible enough when we consider the immense military labor he found confronting him on his ar rival, and which might well-have appalled 'an older soldier ; now, however, all this is changed ; one tri nniph after another has signalized his operations until it can with truth be affirmed that to•day no se. rious opposition, indeed,'no opposition worthy of the least consideration, ellists in any part of Lou isiana to the re-establishment of order and the en forcement of_the national authority. THE NAVIGATION OF THE MITSSISSIPPI. The correspondent of the New York Times, . writing from New Orleans, after accompanying General Banks' recent trip to Yieksburg, gives ad ditional evidence of the freedom Of the Mississippi from guerilla disturbances_ By the way, since find the; local papers have made some mention of the fact, may as well tell you,.what I otherwise might not, have thought ne cessery even to allude to, that in going up the river' we were reported 'to have been fired into. It was on Friday, the list, about ten o'clock at night, a Short distance above Natchez, and while, passing Dick Taylor's plantation. Melt were such conflicting'Opinions about' this little event, that, alehough.on board myself, I real y know hardly anything about it. I was seated below with General Weitzel and Mr. Hills, the editor of the New Orleans Era, discussing the affairs of the nation and things in general, when somebody put his head at the gangway above us, and said: "The guerillas are firing at us I" But "old birds are not to be . caught with chaff," and as joking had been pretty much in vogue ever since we left New Orleans, we puffed our cigars very unconcernedly, while General Weitzel went on telling us "how fields were won." Presently the cry was repeated, and then. think= ing there might he "something in it," the General lose, and we followed him on deck, where General Banks already was with all the other generals and officers. We three had not heard - a shot—none-were r& peated from the snore after we got on deck-and on inquiring of those who did hear firing, P - Could not get them to agree nearer than from • tWo to Six musket shots ; and the next morning there was not the remotest symptom of any marks abont the vessel. Now, whether there were , murderous gue rillas or merely darkeYs shootin coon - and' possum• in the woods (just the time, by the way, being a foie moonlight night), I have no means of judging. If the former, however, we thought it beat to let them know we were not quite asleep, and sent two replies from a howitzer we had on board. I-really should not have thought this 'incident weitio.mentioning, if it were not more 'than likely thatYltwlfl be comingto you, some day, from-Rich mond Eflt":“.great ,Confederate yictory," orif the correspondents -here of Secesh New York, papers would not be sureof-making it a test to prove that the rebels are in undisputed possessioirof the"entire GENERAL 41711811+15P14.7.0,V1CX58T1103. [From the New Orleans Era. kugust4 J. On Wednesday evening, July 29, the'steamer Cres cent left. New Orleans, with Major Genikal Banks and a number of othera, on an excursion to Visite! ? burg, It would - seem that a pilot is, a greater matt than a majorgeneral, for the inability to obtain the services of,one useful,of.those, persons detained,two major generals and a number f brigadiers for, seve ral hours ; irtiVwhereas ive were to have._ started. at five o!clock,lt was nine before the vessel - swung, off into, theatream. Everybody was in the beat of spi rits, however, and the delay did not in the least mar the plea Sure of the occasion. Many of us had never seen Vicksburg—a place hericeforth as historical as Bunker Hill or Yorktown—and great were our anti cipations. • THE PASSENGERS. The following is a list of the gentlemen composing thetparty. Major General N. P. Banks, commandineDepart ment of the Gulf; Major General W. B. Franklin, formerly commanding a corps in the Army -of the Potomac, and now assigned to duty in this 'depart ment ; Brigadier General Charles P. Stone ; Briga dier General. Godfrey ; Brigadier General James G. Bowen,'Provost Marshal": General of this department; 'Colonel Regan, of ' General Grants staff; Colonel Gooding, commanding 3d brigade of 3d division'; , Colonel.Markland and_wife ; Captain- Marabeaux, commanding French war vessel Mai phone ; Colonel S B. Holabird, Chief Quartermas ter, Department of the Gulf; Colonel E. G. Beck with, Chief Commissary; Mr. Coronet', H. B. M.'s Consul in Reif Orleans 3 Lieutenant Colonel.Pineo, Medical Inspector ;'Major Houston, Chief of Engi neer Corps.;_Major B. Rush Plumley, of the Reve nue Department; Captain Dunham. A. D. C., General Banks> staff; Captain James G. Bowles, of General Shepley's staff; Captain Woodruff', of General Banks' staff; Captain Dwight, Captain Franklin, Captain Hoyt, Captain Long. of, the En gineers; Captain Hassler, of General Woodburv's staff; Lieutenant W. H. Hale, lJnited States Ma rine Corps, on slooli•of-war 'Portsmouth; Hon. Michael Hahn, Alfred Shaw, 'Esq., Clerk of the United States District Court ; .Tacob Barker, Messrs. Richardson, Bogart, and Brennan. AT EATON ROUGE We arrived at Baton Rouge on Thursday morning, Without special incident, and the party here halted and _went ashore. The garrison is commanded by Colonel Drew, of the 4th .Louisiana Native Guards. Colonel Drew was formerly an officer in the 76th New York, and the good order of his camp and.the soldierly bearing of his men show plainly that he has assiduously labored to, bring , his regiment to a proper state of discipline. General Banks and the board of engineers made a hasty survey of the forti fications, after which - a .company of negro soldiers gave _ ;a drill with a section of light artillery. It was witnessed by a number of -the officers of the regular army, including some of the best in the service, who spoke highly in praise of the manner in which the blacks.went through their drill. The party then resumed their journey, and the company fired a salute for the general as , we steamed offi AT PORT HUDSON About 'noon we arrived at Port 'Hudson, that historic spot where the valor of our army forced the gateway of the Mississippi, and opened to the coun - - try ,once more that magnificent pathway of com merce. High, precipitous bluffs and earth worksibut recently black with 'hostile cannon, an "abrupt turn in the river and points commanding it for miles, attest the splendid bravery of our fleet ' on that anxious night when the Hartford and Albatross run this fearful gauntlet, and the noble old' Mississippi was lost. Having examined the place from the out side, while the parapets were closely invested•by oar troops, it was with no little interest that .we im proved . this opportunity to inspect the inaide, and examine those points where, but a few weeks since, it was death to show one's head; and where our men worked their way up in ditches dug in the nighttime until they could easily carryon a conversation with their mortal foes do the inside of the parapet. Ascending' a very steep hill from the landing, one reaches a plain on the_bluffs, stretching away to the rear, but soon broken by ravines,. and ; irt . places covered, with primeval woods. It doea not require the practised eye of an engineer to see, ata glance, that the place is one of great natural advantages and extraordinary strength. It is one of the wonders of war that theie seemingly-impregnable_ places, de fended by brave men, can ever be taken. But, a glance over the parapet shows you how engineering skill and soldierly perseverance overcome, gradually but surely, these. seemingly insurmountable. obsta cles. Here .is a point which one would say com manded = the position so. perfectly that a few men could hold it against all that Could be crowded upon it ; and so, undoubtedly, they could, were the assail ing party to rush up unprotected. But in front we fee, a deep ditch, dug by patient and dangerous labor, supplying the want of a natural ravine, and in:which our men approached, slowly working-their way, perhaps but a .few feet of, a night, until they are secure under =the the enemy's parapet, andaoan pick. off Any imprudent rebel who dares lift his head in view, or, agreeing to a temporary truce, can talk_with the enemy as easily as _though they were in the same room, or throw over a'newspaper to let-him know what the Yankees have to say of themselves; It is astonishing to see now close the .two hostile lines-were to each other. • - Not only is this true of the points in which our stealthy approaches had _brought the men within speaking distance, but of the entire line. General Weitzel's frOnt was but a few yai ds from the parapet. His: parallel skirts the wood, and the mostunpractised hand could, without labor, hurl a stone from one to the other. The trees ,on both sides are completely ciat up with the bullets •of the sharpshooters, showing how dangerous it was for a head-to be shown on ,either side.. From the parapet I could see that the barn at which General 'Banks had established his headquarters on the dAy .of the- second assault (July 14), was 'within easy 'range ; and the wonder is, not that one_ shell went clean over the building in the morning, but that it was not followed by fifty more. In front of every strong position you can see how the Yankees built counter works,:and had obtained such advantages as rendered the case of the rebels entirely hopeless un less aided' from without. On the leftwas the rebel citadel, which, at the time of the surrender, had -teen mined, and would have been blown into the air within a few hours had not the place been given up. GerierarAndrews is now in command of the forces at Tort Hudson. He has a considerable number of negro troops under his command; and black sentinels patroled the parapets at nearly every point. The party having, made ` a pretty thorough exam', nation of the works in Port Hudson—a task that re quired, a ride of several miles -in the .hot sun—ro. ,turned to the vessel-and started- up the river, about six o'clock in the evening. >The scene Wite one of indescribable loveliness, as the sun sank from view and :the shadows crept-out from the overhanging foliage that clothes the Idississippi in,perpetual ver dure ; while the full moon came up, and the stars looked down from the cloudless sky. There was, indeed, no trace of that fratricidal hostility which has made the -banks of the ,great river a theatre of, bloodshed, and closed its waters fdr more than two years. The scene was one of peace, beauty, and in.: - We arrived at Hatches on Friday , morning. Gen.' Ransom is in command of the Federal forces at this point. He - is, ewe believe "the youngest brigadier general in the,service, but has distinguished himself in various encounters with the enemy by his dastV, , . ing and impetuous valor. The General was out " when we arrived, and his errand was to try and get a fight out of a considerable cavalry force - of rebels, who had that very morning approached within three miles of that city. burning a bridge on the Wood ville road, and destroying private property. This cavalry force numbered about fifteen hundred men, and is made up of the scum of the earth ; a band of thieves and robbers ; a rabble of undisciplined vaga bonds, whb plunder friend and foe alike. It is com manded by one Harrison, a man with negro blood in his veifis. What have the Secessionists and Cop perheads to say to this'? They go crazy with wrath because the Government employs negroes as private soldiers to fight for the Union. What have they to say for the Confederacy," that puts "a man with negro blood in command of a brigade of white men to tight against itl There seemed to he no fight in these 'rascals. Ge neral Ransom did his best to get it out of them, but that was impossible, seeing it was not there. He succeeded, however, in capturing about a hundred of thembefore we left, and his men were constantly bringing in more. Some of them were quite willing to be taken by the Yankees, as is proved by the fact that five of our ineritorik fifteen rebels at one haul, and brofight them safely in. The prisoners were a ' very hard, very ragged, and very dirty-looking set Of men ;. but this is not to be wondered at when we considerithe present dilapidated condition of the so called Confederacy. • Among other depredations these fellows destroyed A rnostvaluable and expensive mill belonging to Hr. Marshall, "a wealthy and highly respectable planter of Natchez. The act was one of wanton destruction, and SheiVra the character of. those by whom it was Committed. The party passed a most delightful day at Natchez, visiting several beautiful plantation re sidences, and receiving, the• hospitality of the pro prietors. These places surpass anything it has been our fortune to see in the, South, and are much like the elegant residences on Staten Island, Extensive grolin - ds, rich and dense foliage, flowers of unsur passed loveliness, commanding'. views, from which one, sees the grand and tortuous river for miles, place these residences among the moat delightful in the land.' ' The business places' 'of Natchez were generally closed, the reason being, as we were assured, the eclircity of goods. The place, we- believe, had not beeii-occuple.d .by any military force previous to its occupation by General Ransom, who captured ten thousaiul head of cattle -and a large quantity of ammunition when he took possession. • ...General" Ransom's headquarters is at the residence ordlrs. W., a lady who had a rebel sewing society in her house the very day the Yankees arrived. The 'quiets] took as much of the house as he needed, leaving the balance to the lady, who had still an abundance of room; but we believe the sewing so ciety has not met there since. After a day. of most genuine pleasure, the party proceeded up the river late in the afternoon. ' VICKSBURG On Saturday morning we arrived at Vicksburg. Every eye was strained with intense interest and curiosity as the spires of that homely town of bluffs ltiomed up before us. Col. Regan, of-Gen. Grant's staff, who has'recently visited - this department, and who returned with our party, and Capt. R. nr, hare', Of Gen.'Eanks' staff, proceeded to the head. quarters of Gen. Grant to inform him of the arrival of Gen. Banks. Gen. Grant, with some members of his Staff, immediately came on board our vessel, and thoSe of us who had never seen the hero of 'Picks. bury now had an opportunity to do 50... He is a quiet; unostentatious man, who looks no more like theyenerality of published portraits than dldjupue Cmear. ' Itwas a eight of historical- interest, and one that dgserved to be perpetuated, in the most enduring colors of art, when Gen. Grant and Gen. Banks, the tWa liberators of the Mississippi, shook hands on the-decit of the Crescent, at the foot of those bluffa that were but recently frowning with deadly guns, ,reedy to hurl their deadly destructive missiles at „any, vessel bearing the atars and stripes that should - venture within their range, What greater victories for,Deatelul commerce, for national unity, for human freedom and the rights of man, were ever achieved than those which enabled the Crescent to steam up to the wharf of Vicksburg 7 ' , After a brief interview between the generals, the Party mounted their horses and rode out to examine the works of Vicksburg. They are more extensive than those of Port Hudson, but (we were assured by good judges, and so it appeared to us) not eo well constructed. Beyond is a rangeof hills along which avline of earth marked the position of our troops. Often we found high positions which enabled our artillery to sweep the enemy's works. The approach es were, in several instances, particularly on Gen. Pdacpberson's part of the - line, brought up to the very parapet, as at Port Hudson. SUBTERRANEAN HIDING PLACES A curious feature in Vicksburg, as it is now seen, is the subterranean hiding places, and even places of business, formed by excavations in the precipi tous bluffs that rise so abruptly on all sides as you pass along the streets.' These have been dug out with narrow and low entrances, leading into narrow streets, passages, and rooms, reminding one of the catacombs of Rome, where. the relics of many gene rations ate united in the repose of the dead. Quite different, however, was the use of these excavations, for.' they were places of safety for the inhabitants during those many fearful hours and days when our fleetwas hurling , its missiles of death and destruc 7 ton into the doonfed city. You can still trace busi zees. signs over Some of these - entrances; Over one we could distinctly read - "barber shop" cut in rude letters -in - the- earth, and .not yet washed away by the rains. How many frightened Women and chil dren' and'old men have hurried to these subterranean abodes while the furious shell hissed through the air, and there listened with terror to the fearful din of battle I . MIIBBTBSTP,PI, GIVEN UP Mississippi seems to have been virtually abandoned by The rebels, except a few guerilla bands, who commit de predations and burn cotton from' " patriotic , ' mo tives.. There is, it is said, a strong peace party, and a general disposition to take the oath of allegiance and'come back into the Union on Uncle Sam's own terms but we are inclined to think that this dispo sition is not as general as some suppose. There is no doubt, however, but the people are heartily tired, HOUEWARD BOUND . . . _ • Lite; ip the afternoon General Banks and party :again went on board the Crescent. General Grant 'lubsequently.came on board and conversed for some _time - with General Banks. There is a good oppor• tunny for speculative people to -guess what they talked about, and to form magnificent plane for fu tule operations. - We 'modestly confess our entire ignorance, and shat} not even indulge in any attempt to fathom the object of the General's visit. It may have had reference to future military operations ; it may have been dictated'solely,hy a desire to'ride up the river he has done so - Much to open, and take a little recreation from the labors of the office. What. ever the object, if the General enjoyed •it half as much as the writer, he can feel no dissatisfaction or regrets for misspent time. ' - At half-past seven' o'clock the Crescent swung off into the stream, and started homeward. Just before this, however, we received a welcome accession to _ our number, in the person of Captain James Alden, of the sloop:of war Richmond, who has been spend ing a few days in the North, and left New York - on the 27th-ultimo. Re brought the latest papers, and to. him the readers of the Era are indebted for no small portion of the news in our columns this morn ing The Crescent stopped at Port Hudson about an hour, and arrived at her wharf in New Orleans at eleven o'clock, thus making the trip from Vicksburg • in. twenty- seven and a half hours, including a atop at Port 13 udson. The following is a list of her officers : D. D. Latham, commander; James F. Dodge, first officer;; John A. Brown, second officer;George A. Dubois, chief engineer; F. P. Root, first assist ant engineer; G. Brown, second assistant engineer; M. Francis, purser John Bieslen, steward. The whole excursion passed off in the most agree able manner; there was no incident to mar the un interrupted pleasure of the occasion. Everybody was satisfied with everybody else, the fare was good, the weather fine, the company jolly, and the jokes good enough for the tolerant frame of mind in which every one found himself. The Mississippi is open; let the people rejoice: - ADMIRAL FARRA6IIT'S SIICCRSSOR. • (From the New Orleans True Delta, August 4.] The United States steamer Albatross arrived here last night from Galveston, bringing as passenger Commodore Bell,"who relieves Admiral Farragut in this department. The Commodore enters at once upon the discharge of his duties. 'Admiral Farragut .was relieved at his own request THE WAR IN THE WEST. A Fight in illissouri—Guerilins Robbing the Mail ST. Loins, August 10.—Colonel Catherwood, com manding the 6th Cavalry of Missouri State Militia, telegraphs to headquarters as follows PINEVILLE, August 13.—Colonel Coffee attacked me to.,day, and Was completely routed, with over 30 killed and Wounded. We have a large number of prisoner's, all his ammunition wagons, commissary stores, arms, horses, cattle, &C. His command is all scattered except about two hundred, who stand ,by him. A force isfollowing him close. My'horses are so worn that they cannot move further until Captain Hirsh has jpst arrived, and reports that he killed thirty-five' of The enemy and wounded a numbered' them. KANSAS Orrv, August 15.—The female prison at this place fell on Thursday morning, burying eleven women in the ruins, six of whomwere taken out slightly injured, one mortally, and four killed. The, maitcoach passengers were robbed by the guerillas, this morning,Mear the Big BlUe, between here and Independence. a DISLOYALTY IN ILLINOIS CHIOAGO, August 15.—The Tritiune has the follow ing special despatch: PEORIA ' August 14.—Last night 'Provost Marshal Westlake, of the Ninth!district, with a de tachment of-cavalry, made a descent on a nest of some two hundred Copperheads e and deserters, in Isabel toWnehip, ; Fulton county, capturing ten or a dozen; and, as report says,lrilling several. - Great excitement in that section in.'consequence of the affair, and it is ..reported that the Copper heads are, running to arms to drive the cavalry out of the`county. - - - - From ' other sources we learn: The enrol ment in. Illinois is, completed,and, so far as re ported,, one ,hundred and twenty-three thousand one hundred. and thirty-three names have been en relied. In the Ninth district,' every possible ob struction was thrown in: the way;.and in Fulton county a military force was employed to protect the provostmarshal and his deputies. The Copperheads and Knights of the Golden Circle in different parts of Illinois, especially in the Southeastern, Western,, and Central counties, are • evidently preparing for mischief.: In.. Lawrence county they hold, nightly :meetings 'for drilling'. At Laomi they-have gone into camp, and last week a furloughed, soldier, passing, by on horseback, was seized by.,their pickets, disarmed, and severely beaten.'" GOvernor Yates has been informed of these proceedings, and is taking precautions against out- PRACTICAL JOKES AT SARATOGA.—,BIIrieigh, the New York correspondent of the' Boston Journal, is at Saratoga,:and gives the, following specimen of the, practical J o king with which the visitors there amuse themselves : _ "We have some wide.awake men here; and they are disposed torsomelen. As a specimen, a soldier had a horse thatte proposed to sell in a rafile. Quite willing to Wyllie gentlemen here took shares in the horse till all were Sold. Among the number was a Mr. White, of New York. It was proposed to make - - Mr. White think he had drawn the prize, though he did not Come within a'rifle:shot of it. A plan -was laid. Mr. White, was : called °tit of the dancing room and his good fortune was .told him. Ten dollars' worth of chamPagne was drank at his expense, and he was congratulated on his luck. The next day he found a bill in-his box for $lB, for halter, blanket, and attendance, which he paid with reluctancy, say ing the old horse,,would eat himself up. In the ; 'meantime,' fir` horse—one of the most forlorn a ! male ever seen—was hired at the cost of $4 to repro- sent the horse 'that was drawn. rope halter, -about the size of a cable, and a bit .of ragged carpet stood, instead of the blanket and halterfor which $lB had been' paid: A. photograph Of the animal was taken and circulated among the lucky man's- - and when hewentle view-the prize quite a crowd of New. York merchants went as an esoort. The animal was led .out, and the.• consternation, - rage, indignation of the"drawer t the roar and shouts from his friends can't be +be written. The bill was pre ' sentectand paid.. Retried-to. give • the horse:away, and no one would take him ;.and finally, by, a gene.' . . ious donation to the hostler, theanimal was taken ' Oft his hands. That night Mr. White left for New; York,' -ignorant "of the hoax', played .upon him, re-: solved that before he would pay one dollar in a rattle for a horse he•wouldliee:what sort- of - an animal he is going to Army. The photograph time' beeraent to -,4oxpers',4 .• exci : . , PORT HUDSON. An Interior View from the Diary of a Re. .bel Officer. In our files of the New Orleans Delta ie piblizhed a long diary of a rebel officer in Port Hudson, from which we quote the following : ARTILLERY PRACTICE The, enemy , a artillery-fire was very severe from the commencement, and many of their guns, globe sighted, bred with the accuracy of a rifle, Ammu nition appeared to be as plentiful with them as air, while with us it had to be husbanded with the great est discretion. They fired from morning till night, and from night till morning, only giving time for their pieces to 'cool, and any object, however trivial,. was aimed at. A pet dog, belonging to some of our men, which jumped up on our ramparts, one day, to take a quiet survey, became the object of attraction' tor so many shot, shell, and spherical ease, that he wisely concluded, after getting up and wagging his tail, as much as to insinuate that he wee not afraid, to jump down into the ditch and resume the protec tion of our parapet. That our fire was not without effect was evident to us from the manner in which their batteries kept shifting position. On one occasion this change of quarters was brought about by themselves in rather an unusual manner. Captain Coffin, having re ceived instructions to be very economical in the use of his ammunition, had loaded • and aimed his 24pounder gun and then leaving it to wait for the enemy to show themselves, he sat down behind the parapet, and became engaged in conversation with some other officers. Suddenly he heard the report of his gun's discharge, and looking up with - some, anger, called out to know who had fired that gun, supposing that his gunner had touched her oft' without waiting for orders. He saw, from the recoil of the gun, and from the smoke hovering over the vent, that the gun had been fired, and yet the slow match' was quietly burning in its position and not a man was standing in the battery. Just then an officer of light artillery, who had observed the whole affair from a short distance, called out to Capt. Waller that the enemy had tired his gun.. On examination it proved to be so. A. Parrott shot or shell had come right over the gun and grazed it on the upper part of the breech, making a slight scratch. The friction which this produced had been sufficient to ignite the priming powder at the, vent and had discharged the piece. It now ap peared that the projectile could not have been thro can truer than it was, making its way directly into the' battery from which the shot had come, and the Fe deral gunners, probably supposing that we had got their exact range, and intended opening upon them, limbered up and speedily changed their locality. .*FFECTILO:II . iiur. FIRTH°, . Shot and shell flew through the enclosure of our 'works in every direction, coming from all. sides. Trunks of trees were, pierced through and through or shivered into splinters, their limbs lopped off and the leaves scattered over the ground; houses were ventilated in the most unexpeeted fashion, balls going in and out without the slightest excuse or even asking "by your leave;" the earth was ploughed up and the roads were raked, wagons were smashed, and beeves, horses, and mules were butchered while grazing in the fields or woods. The riot of destruc tionff raged rthroughout the whole`pia,* and had there, been any wealonerved people there they might have searched in vain for an abiding place. Gen. Bean and Gen.. Gardner's houses, being in sight of the 'Federal artillerists, soon became unte •nable, and Col. de Gournay's — headquarters were re duced almost to a pile of ruins. Gen. Gardner, while sitting outside of his house undergoing some tonsorial operation by one of , his colored servants, was covered with dirt by a shell, which struck near his feet, and fortunately made a lateral riccochet, just escaping him. He jumped up, shook the dust off and then reseating himself told thee barber to continue, but the negro was so troubled with agi tated nerves that he could not handle!the scissors again. Every day shells and shot which pastel over our breastworks would go clear over the 'whole enclo sure, leap the river batteries, and 'strike the surface Of the water close to the Pointe Coupde shore. Shells sometimes cleared the river entirely, and burst in the woods on the other aide. It was truly astonishing the small amount of damage they did to our men, very few lives being lost by them. The fact that our force was , scattered over such a long extent of defence was, probably, their main element of safety. Two friends who were standing one morning on the road, engaged in a jovial conversation, were in stantly beheaded by a single Parrott shell. Some members of the Tennessee artillery were returning om the burial of, Captain Waller, when a missile flew among them, killing one and mortally wounding another. The shells fired at us were principally per cussion, intended to burst on striking any hard sub stance ; but not one-tenth of them exploded. .Per. cussion shells May be very effective when fired against wooden vessels, but in the field or at such 'a place as Port S Hudson they are not worth mint, as they hardly ever explode, and do not obtain - the mo mentum of a eolid shot. The whole place became strewn with iron missiles, so that a person could not travel the road, go through the woods; or even pick his way through the thick blackberry bushes without stumbling over them at almost every step. FEDERAL CHARGE, ArAY 27 On the next charke they made we waited until they had got within forty yards before we fired the first volley.- They wavered, but with a . cheer they rallied and charged again, and were now so near that moat of them reached our ditch and jumped in. Du ring all this time their sharpshooters and artillery had been sweeping our- parapet, causing severe loss among its defenders. Expecting an immediate as sault, our men crouched down behind the breast works' with their guns at a "ready," prepared each one to kill Ms man among the foremost of those who should come over, and then club hiremusket for the balance, while those who had . bayonets were ready to7do havoc with the cold steel. . . . Meanwhile the enemy were preparing for the as sault, appealing to and inspiring their men with the belief that'it was quite a simple affair to climb over, jump down on theinside, and take the place. "Are you ready 1" a voice called out. "Ready,": was an swered and repeated along the line of men in the ditch. Then came the long-expected and momen tous word, "Charge!" One officer was instantlyon top of the parapet, and four of his men were on either side. Their time had come, for as quickly they staggered back and rolled down among their comrades. These were the only ones who had obeyed. the order , to charge, and the certain death they had met doubtless cast a damper upon the cou rage of the rest. Up and down the line their officers strode in our ditch; preparing the men, by their eloquence .and patriotic appeals, to make one quick and decisive dash and take the placer Again, the responses ,of "all ready" were heard, but they were not "all ready," for when the order to charge was given, not one of them showed himself over the parapet. Only a few yards of earth divided the two hostile lines, and a lively conversation was now struck up. " Why don't you come over 1" asked our boys, in a tantali zing manner. ." Why dont -you come out and fight us'!" they inquired in response. "If you only had two to one, instead of ten to one, we would do it," was the reply. Occasionally clods of earth would be thrown from one side over upon the other, and if they had then had hand grenades they could have been used with good effect. It was now evident that the enemy was caught in a trap. -They were in our ditch, and it was nearly equally fatal for them to charge over or, to get up and run away. If we had had enough troops we might have sallied out and taken them all prisoners, but we had barely enough to man our line. Under these circumstances, a ruse had to be employed. A flag of truce was shown from the woods, and Col. Steadman sent out a white flag to meet it. While the white flag was thus flying on the field, their troops got out of our ditch and coollywalked away. Gen. Banks, in correspondence next day with Gen. Gardner, disclaimed all responsibility for this affair, and expressed much regret that any of his officers should have made an improper use of a flag which is respected on the battle-field by all Christian nit.. ti on a. • THE NEGRO 'TROOPS It is unnecessary to say that the following state ment is directly opposed to all the established facts and the official reports of the Beige - - This was the battle of the 27th of May. A demon stration had, indeed, been , made upon our extreme left, but it did not amount to a charge. A couple of negro regiments ' with a line of white troops behind them, came up through a growth of young willow trees to the edge of the clearing; a distance of between six and seven hundred feet from a rifle-pit we had dug along the bluff which came out at that place. They were fired into by a small party of skirmishers in the woods on their flank and from the thinly-lined rifie-pit in their front, with a couple of small moun tain howitzers which we had there. They broke at our fire, and clustered behind the willow trees, ap parently too panic-stricken either to advance or run. Our shots tore the fragile willows' into frag ments, and the splinters were probably as dangerous as our fire, so that they were stricken, down with On account of the line of white troops behind them, they probably had some difficulty in getting away; but m fifteen minutes after they first ap• peared, none of them were to be seen except the dead, and those who were too badly , wounded•to crawl off;.and these.iome two hundred and fifty in number, could be plainly seen through a spy-glass among the willows. The nearest of their dead to our rifle pits were two hundred yards distant: This wag the last we saw of negro troops at Port Hudson. Captlired Correspondence of Jell Davis. The Indianapolis Journal continues its selections from Jeff Davis , captured correspondence. The journal says: "The following letters, found among the private papers of Jeff Davis,. with several others of less' in tercet, were placed in our hands by Captain G. W.:', Friedley, formerly of the Sixty-seventh. Indiana re giment, but now of General Burbridge , a state As an inside view of the rebellion while yet in course of development; an exhibition of the real 'feelings and opinions of those who were among the most ao. tive in urging or warm, in sympathizing with it, they are very interesting. They show us that the confidence of the South - in their own strength and in the pusillanimity of theltorth, their fantastic and almost insane exultation in the prospect that Se eession opened to them, was no. mere assumption to awe "opposition or: encourage lukewarm adhe rence. s Those who'directed as well as those who fed the rebellion, those on the hill-tops who surveyed the whole field,•and those down in the valleys and ditches, were alike Mad and mistaken: 'Only, stand firm and all will be. well ; no compromise, no con cession,' was the feeling of all who did not remain loyal to thelinion. '-How much chance Of pease there was in the Crittenden Compromise, or any compromise that did not allow the South the absolute control of the nation, may be seen in the letters of .J. D. McPher son and Price Williams. • The first says, ' What guaranties shall be demanded 1 Ist. A veto by the Souih on every act of Congress. 2d. A right to ex clude any candidate from the Presidency.' The other says, The old terms upon which a compro mise proposition should be entertained are to let `the Southern States go into secession; let Lincoln and Hamlin resign ; repeal the liberty bills, and amend the Constitution so as to disfranchise any State that fails to surrender fugitive slaves.' The Copperheads who have lied till' they were black in the face about the refusal of Republicans to accept the Crittenden Compromise causing the war, may restore their color by digesting thoroughly the con tents of these letters. "The letters of Northern sympathizers with the rebellion, which we publish, are no less worthy of attention than those of the Southern men. Ex- Governor Reynolds, of Illinois, who avows himself a rebel in heart, hope, and action ; Professor Hack ley, of Columbia College, New York; William An derson, of Michigan, and ex-Senator Brodhead, of Pennsylvania, all declare that sympathy and con nection with the rebellion which we should expect to yield just the riots, resistance to law, and hostili ty to the Government, which make up the creed and conduct of the party of which these gentlemen are honored leaders or members. The letters are pub lished precisely as written." McPherson's letter to Jeff Davisjis as follows: COUNSEL TO JEFF. DAVIS 'WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 1860. DEAR Sin: The Soutlkseems to be thoroughlyin earnest this time. reay seems, for we cannot tell .what the real' spirit•of the people is. If they are in earnest—and they ought...to be—they, can obtain important guaranties from the North. Those who lead just now ;in" South Carolina I doubt are the right men to lead the South; but:no doubt the right men will come when there is real danger. If the cotton States only manage rightly, they can. and will be joined by Virginia and Mary land, and undoubtedly by_Kentucky. These States "will not secede on account of LinoOle'a election - merely, but they will join in obtaining 'guaranties, - and if, these :guaranties be refused; them they:may make that a eauseof secession. What guaranties shall be demandedl 1. A veto 'by the' South upon every hot of Conte. 2. A rightlo exclude any candidate frOm the Pre. Sidency. THREE CENTS. There are many ways in which this could be ef fected, in Substance: 1. By increasing the representation from' the South, either according to actual population, which would be temporary, or 2. By increasing the representation according to area, which would be permanent. By making a two-third vote necessary to pass laws in Senate or Rouse, or both. So far as I gather the sentiment in this region, it is as above expressed, that we have a right and it is expedient te demand additional guarantees against the ante of a mere majority of the North, and not a. majority .of the whole country; but that the accidental victory of a piirty which is so largely in the minority does net afford ground of itself and alone for our seceesion. In Maryland the indignation at the election of Mr. Lincoln is greater than I expected, and I am sure the State wil) be with you in every step to se cure guaranties in the Union,' and the concession by the North to us of a sufficient political power to protect unrselves (not to he protected) in the Union. Yours, respectfully, .TNCi. bIoPEEERSON. Pray do not resign, and thus give up - a position which may give essential advantage hereafter.- Just the same demonstration can be made, if yon please; by refusing to sit after March 3d; that Toombs and others make byresigning, to take effect then. If you resign, you leave the way open for some one by some intrigue to get into the Senate. By holding on, you are master of the situation. No one wants a resignation of you as a proof of your devotion, Weaker men . may have to give a sign. None is required from you. PROFSSOR HACKLICY, OF COLUMBIA COL LLBOZ. - - - COLUMBIA COLLEGE - , NEW YORIE, December 26", 1860. My-DEAR SIR : My sympathies are entirely with the South. This declaration will, I trust, lead you to listen, without prejudice to a suggestion in favor of one mode of compromise to which I think the Republicans would, accede, and which would secure. in effect everything which the Southern States de; sire. Let the Territories remain free from slavery whilst Territories. This would satisfy literally the dogma on which Mr. Lincoln's election was based. When the Territories become States, let them then, or at any future time, have the privilege of intro ducing slavery at their own - election. Those regions whose climate and productions require it would in evitably become- slave States, and afford abundant room for the necessary expansion of your domestic in stitution. The objection to this le the intrigues which, Aboli tionists would practice when a Territory has to be admitted a State. But the whole energy of the South, backed by the conservatism of the North, would counteract this. It would. be troublesome and expensive, but n ot so much so as a civil war. ----- - - - • . These considerations may have already been pre sented, but I have not seen them. Very sincerely yours, CHARLES W. HACKLEY RX-00V. REYNOLDS, OF ILLINOIS BELLEVILLE, 111., Dee. 28, 1660. DEAR FRIENDS : I write to you because I cannot well avoid it. I am, in heart and soul, for the South, as they are tight in the principles, and possess the Constitution. If the public mind will bear it, the seat of Govern ment, the Government itself, and the army and navy, ought to remain with the South and the Con stitution.- I have been promulgating the above sea tixuent, although it is rather revolutionary. A Provisional Government should be established at Washington to receive the power of the out-going President, and for the President elect to take the oath of office out of slave territory. Now I come to the point. All the slave States must separate from the North and come together. The free States will not concede an atom, but are bent on the destruction of slavery. Why, in God , s name, cannot the Northern slave States see this fact. as clear as noonday before their eyes? The general secession ought to be accomplished before the 4th of March. Mr. Buchanan deserves immortal honor for keeping ildavn bloodshed. in one hour, by telegraph, he could order Fort Moultrie to fire on Charleston; and the war would rage over the Union. I am, hi heart and soul, against war; but the best way to keep peace is -to be able to defend yourselves. ' If the slave States. would unite and form a Con vention, they might have the power to coerce the North into terms to amend the Constitution so as to protect slavery more efficiently. You will pardon this letter, as it proceeds from friendly motives. From your friend, [Signed] JOH:N REYNOLDS. To the Hon. Jeff. Davie and Ex-Gc4ernor Wm. Smith.'- MIS.SISSIPPTANS BIRM TO THE LAST Under date of Hernando, Mississippi, December 3, 1860, Simon Oliver writes a letter, which must have given Jeff Davis cold comfort. He says : "On my return home I learned that the whole militia of -the country were ordered to parade at this place. On this day I thought it the best opportu nity that would occur, between now and the 20th (the day fixed for the election of delegates to the convention), to inform them of the proceedings of the Legislature at the extra session just closed. At my request the colonel drew up the regiment, six or eight hundred strong, in solid column. I took posi tion in the centre of the column, and gave them the information I proposed to give, accompanied by _some remarks urging the right of secession, and the duty of Mississippi and the other Southern States to secede, as the only sure means of escape from )ruin and degradation. I was listened to with great attention and perfect silence to the close of my address, at which time some one in the ranks pro posed,' All in favor of secession hold up your hands.' Scarcely more than one-third done so. General Boone then proposed, 'All those who are for the Union will raise their hands,' and a large majorityclone so, whirl ing their hats in the air, and giving three hearty cheers for General Boone; upon which he announced a Union meeting, to take place here on the 15th, to nominate Union candidates for the approaching Convention: The General was a Douglas man at the 161El:election; in 'lB5l a States' Rights Democrat He has a large connection---most, if not all of whom, will go with him. For Myself, I think the true resistance men herb will share our fate in '51." a:B~i YYYM.A~LJ