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Mr. R 8117141, Will receive , subscriptions for THEC Prtess in Washington, pee that subscribers are regularly Served at their residences, and attend to advertising, Welcome,..Louislana. We must again welcome Louisiana. into our union of States. She ha's been.trans formed and regenerated, and is now a free member of the Republican federation. Once scarlet with the sin of slavery, she is new as white as snow with the purifying hyssop of war. Those familiar with the laws and enactments of the Southern State& and especially with the State of Louisiana, will remember the emphasis and detail with which the laws in regard to slavery were 'recorded in the local sta tute books. These laws seemed to be based on the principle that all black men were -.to be kept in slavery, and that all white men were to have no other duty than to perpetuate slavery. Evdry. sentiment of consanguinity and every relation of life was thrown aside. • There 'was within; of love or kindred permitted to these poor creatures. Marriage, maternity, brother hood, were all forgotten or dientlasedaroin Southern legislation. A syseenf sit ag gressive could not fail to end in war, and, by the blessing of God, the war that was to establich its Might-has calmed its over throw. The people of Louisiana under the libe-, =al and enlightened statesmanship of Gen. BANKS, have Adopted anew Constitution. .Every provision referring to slavery has been destroyed, and hereafter involuntary servitude, except for crimes, will be un known. This is not altogether, the work of what our Copperhead people call' "'the Northern invaders." Many of the men Who sat in the recent, ConstitUtional Con vention were among the oldest and most respected slave-holding citizens of Louisi ana, who had been driven from their homes by the violence of the war, and who recog nized the great lesson that treason had de stroyed slavery, and entirely removed it beyond the pale of the Constitution. Lou- isinna has always been an odd State. She , may be called an adapted sister. Most of our family have been born under the flag, passing from a territorial to a confederate dignity by the care and help of the Udion. Louisiana was civilized, however, long be fore DANIEL 800 heard the echo of his rifle in the woods of Kentucky; before WILLIAM PENN left his Pennsylvania plantations, to lament at the court of a Hanover the gracious days when the royal smiles of a Stuart gladdened his heart. Natchitoches and Herville and New Or- leans are among our oldest towns, and the descendants of the men who settled them are a distinct, haughty, indepen dent class. They never particularly loved the Union—all their memories were of a great empire. Such as the Union vas, however, it pleased them better than any contrivance of a " Confede racy " based upon slavery, and aiming to destroy the gathering greatness of their new country. Their reluctant affection for the Union became an earnest love when secession was preached, and no people of the revolted South have given stronger proofs of devotion than these same descend-- ants of the Frenchmen who settled on the banks of the Red river. These are the men who have revolutionized Louisiana. They gladly part, with slavery, for in other days it was their, curse. IL set- slight or a mildew, and from the daY that bondage supplanted labor Louisiana began to drag at.the heels of South Caro lina, In 'vain all her 'vast advantages, her metropolis with the great Mississippi as a .tributary, the Gulf making easy access to all the world, the equatorial counties with their• boundless capacity and wealth, anxious to contribute their riches to her greatness. In vain the unsurpassed fertility Of soil, and a climate so gentle that nature seemed to revel in one long summer's day. Slavery had cursed Louisiana, and to gather an illustration .from our own rude superstitions, no sooner had the spell been pronounced than the members of the body politic began'to lose sap and vigor, to shrivel up and decay. The great empire of the Southwest became a mere cotton State, a hewer of wood and drawer of wa ter to the lords of Virginia. They dragged her into Secession sorely against her will, and when the old flag was unfurled again In New Orleans, the day o 1 her regenera tion commenced. We have had two policies in Louisiana : The grand, inexorable, self-willed genius of BUTLER, and the more persuasive, far seeing, and practical genius of BA.rms. BUTLER tore down Secession; BANES built up loyalty. BUTLER prepared the way, and BANErs has completed the duty. There are some who prefer one policy to the other, but we believe that Providence ruled wisely In this case as he doth in all things. Bum- lEn Was necessary in the past as Moms is necessary now. It is not fashionable to praise Gen. 13.kmEs, nor to find anything in his administration but the unfortunate Red river expedition. That campaign is, per haps, the only circumstance in his career that we care to forget. He has made . . Louisiana a free state ; he has grasped and solved the embarrassing free-labor problem, and notwithstanding the pertinacity with which our friends persist in rnisunderstand ing his course, he has elevated and freed the negro, 'made him a useful freeman, and saved him from the consequences of his own ignorance and misfortunes. "His`rule," says Oen. SICKLES, " typifies the vigor, the justice, the magnanimity, and the genet:l icence of his Government." This opinion we repeat; and in welcoming our 'dear sister of the Gulf back again to free of and republicanism, we pay our tribute Of' respect and admiration to the " ioldier aria statesman to whom so much of the hohor Is due. General Couch, If General Covell is guilty of all the crimes that are...laid to his charge, the sooner he is hanged the better. ' We find ourselves on the point of believing, after a hasty reading of some of our 'contempora ries, that he was the commander of the rebel invading party, and not the much abused Id oCArrmar.'n. It is delicious to' have somebody to blame for , any misfor-' tune, for a scapegoat relieves us from half of our sorrow. General Conon is just now made to occupy that self-denying and uncle *Arable position. We are glad of this, for General Couon has many friends, a good name, and the record of a soldier. This is splendid ; the better the scapegoat the sweeter the consolation. If General Covell bad been a suspected man, or an inefficient commander, we should be as bad as 'we were before. Therefore let him be execut ed, and speedily, in full uniform. , Do not let us be dissuaded from this purpose by the statements of interested men like Col. MCOLIFRE. "I speak from personal know ltdge," says that gentleman, "as to the diaposition of our people to defend them selves, had it been possible, and Ge nera l Coven would have called on them, could he have hoped to save the town." This is all very well, but what does Colonel Mc- Ovular know about the matter ? True, he livea ,Cbarnbershurg, and had his pro perty burned ; but we all know that peo ple who are near_the scene of action—who See with their own eyes, and understand accordingly, are not halt' as capable of judging as the tea-and-toast strategists who fight our battles in their morning- lippers. Colonel McCLuitE evidentlywants to shield General Corral by telling what he knows. - Who cares for his :knowledge ? We want somebody to abuse, and General Coven will suit us as well as anybody else. Friends, our homes have been burned ; misery has been brought to our door. The rebels have gone, bnt may they not re turn, and that. speediy ? Would not the energy we spend in denouncingagallant soldier be more appropriately employed in preparing for a second invasion? Napoleon's Congresses..' The little Irishman in Carleton's amus ing story, who was "blue -moulded for want of a bating," is nothing to NA.no- LEON the Third, who is very much bent on, having a grand Convention or Congress at .Paris, but has not yet succeeded in getting one. .Those who think that he desires a Congress 'merely for the-purpose of exhibit ing the imperial pomp which so much charms the Parisians, and of lording it, as host, among the assembled European rulers, his guests, tnis.understand the man. However fond of display, he generally in-. dulges in it for a purpose. The nations re jected his invitation to hold a Congress at Paris, last November, but if they had con sented, the condition of Europe would have been much different from what it now is. He saw the dark cloud in the sky, not larger than a man's hand, that threatened Denmark, and his plan would have ad justed the difficulty about the Duchies, without an appeal to arms. His proposi tion was rejected. Perhaps the sovereigns thought that he was taking too much upon' himself; and dee,lined figuring in Paris, as secondary personage& Perhaps they remembered the last Congress which had there been held under his auspices ! It was opened on the 25th of February, and it cOneluded the treatry of peace on the 2fith of April, etidad — the Cri- mean war. It did more It gave VICTOIt EN3rANUEL the opportunity of protesting ;before the world, through Count °AYOUB., against the misgovernment which had 'placed Italy in a state of serfdom. It pre pared the public mind for the Italian war, which was commenced three years later, and no doubt it led to the placing of Aus trian MAxatuatat upon the throne, resting solely on. French bayonets, whiCh NA POLEON has erected in Mexico. The entente cordiale between France and : England was destroyed by Lord RUSSELL'S rather insolent rejection of the Emperor's proposed European Congress. It may safely be predicted that never again will Queen VICTORIA stand at the foot, of the great staircase in Windsor Castle to re ceive the third NAponnoiv, that remark able soldier of fortune, and greet his bronzed cheek with a sisterly kiss. Never again, we suspect, will VICTORIA ride through Paris, side by side with_ that great oity's master and reconstructor, - wondered at by the French on account of of the singular simplicity--some called it dowdness—of her travelling costume. These pleasant historical episodes maype looked upon as most unlikely ever againtio occur. England wounded the imperial amour propre, and the alliance with France, so much thought of by both 'countries, ap pears to have evanished into a mere nomi nal form. NeroLEox startled Europe by the decla ration of his reasons for convening a Con gress of Sovereigns. He said that the State system of Europe rested on a decayed foure dition, and the whole monarchical ele mente, represented in that system, must fall into ruins Unless a new and more du rable edifice were constructed, upon a firmer basis. He, Emperor as he is, thus gave words to what the Progress party of Europe have been slandered, tried, con victed, fined, fettered, imprisoned, exiled, and sometimes even been judiciallynaur dered for asserting. From their lips it was a vile political heresy, from his it was a significant and startling warning—a new Move on the chess-board. • The European rulers are strong And cnearly unanimous in their resistance to the encroachments of Progress. They lir ,tually deny the ithts of the • - • B atop up for certain rights which they say were conferred upon themselves by the treaties of 1815. Many changes . have gradually been Made since these treaties were signed, which Europe has been compelled to ac cept. The establishment of Belgium and Greece as independent monarchies, the de stination of the so-ealled " Kingdom of . Poland," the surrender of the lonian. Islands to Greece; the independence of Italy, and, above all, the successive revo lutions 4 France, which drove 13017REON and OR from the throne, and restored the Empire, at the head or which is the nephew of the great soldier statesman wh6m the treaties of 1815 most • directly placed under ban of Europe by a solemn declaration that none of his family should ever reign in France. No doubt the. fifteen sovereigns whom NAPOLEON 111. specially invited to assist him in recon structing the map of Europe, felt that the very fact . of Ms being in a position to do so showed, as well as any thing else, what waste paper the Treaties of 1815 had be come. England, sturdy in adhering to old tra ditions, curtly responded that, notwith standing the changes which had occurred, it considered the main provisions of the treaty of Vienna to be still in force. Aus tria expressed a similar opinion, but asked for a full programme before joining in the performances. Russia approved of the pro posed Congress, but did not exactly con sent to join it, probably because her rela tions -with Poland would inevitably be brought on. the • eapis. Prussia assented, but declared that, happen what might, the treaties of 1815 were sure to continue the foundation of the political edifice of Eu rope. Italy heartily approved of the pro posal, probably expecting that one result would be the transfer of Venetia by Aus tria. Portugal; Belgium, Switzerland, and Greece, also approved ; so did Denmark ; frankly declaring that she looked to NA.Po- Lnorr to help her against Germany. From the German Confederation came a quali fied assent, and Bavaria, Saxony, Hano ver and Wurtemberg assented also, conditionally, that the Federal Diet did. The Pope approved 7 -stipulating for "..the re-establishinent in Catholic coun tries of the real pre-eminence naturally ap pertaining to , the Catholic religion, as,. -being the true faith." The Sultan assented, "without= reservation, and pro mised to attend the Congress in person if the othersovereigns did the same. Lastly, Spain actually acceded—putting rather strongly, however, her claim to have the fortrese of. Gibraltar, now held by England, immediately restored, and throwing a hint that the congress ought to look after the maintenance of peace in the new world as well as -in the old : Spain, it is evident, has not forgotten nor forgiven certain an: nexation ex - Ploits - against Cuba, some twelve years ago, but does not appear to have arrived at the fact that these filibus- _ tering manifestations were got up by "the • stmay South The whole affair fell through—for the Eurcipean 'rulers were. Afraid that NA?O - would be too - much for them. One result is, his standing aloof in the war upon Denmark, which his interference could have prevented. So much for a great man 'being in the sulks ! . He has a new idea, now, having Invited the different European Powers to join in an International Congress, to be held next autumn, (of course, at Paris,) to regulate telegraphic comnumication in Europe. He re the play of "Hamlet" will be performed ;with " the character of Hamlet omitted by particular desire," for Mr. LAYAItD stated in the House of Commons that no suchin vitation had' reached England; *here the telegraph lines were owned by private com-, panes and,not by,the Government. ln all: other parts of Europe,lthe telegraph lines either belong. fo or are wholly under control of the Government In time of War it my become necessary to exercise some surveilia'ace over these media of commuai cation, but this is always exercised in Con tinental Europe. Every suspicious mes sage handed to the' telegraph office in Paris is delayed until it has been submitted Wit private bureau of censorship, and• it is utterly impossible to send a message in Cipher over the wires. There is neither freedom of, speech, freedom of printing, or freedom of telegraphing in the principal countries of Europe. England and Bel gium are the only exceptions. The Telegraphic Congress will probably be held, and NAPOLEON will charm all en gaged in it by his splendid hospitality and gracious suavity.. All the time, however, he will look` out for contingencies. - He plays a safe, and usually a winning game, for he rarely leaveS a blot in bis own tables, and invariably hits one when: left by his adversary... • • The Metroliolks- of Death. It is a great pity, and a great absurdity, that modern philanthropy is so much in the style of Bcairioboola Gha. The only weak element' - Cynics have ever been able to discover about the divine virtue Charity is this, that it seldom begins at home. It pines for the sunlight intl. the open air, for the highways and market places of the busy world. . Soon after the war commenced, a number of humane And public-spirited gea tlemen, mostly front New York, obtained authority from Mr. Secretary CAMERON for the establishment of that now powerful and world-famed organization;the United States Sanitary Commission. The movement had for its object mainly the means of preser ving and resforing the - health, and ofsecuring the general comfoitand efficiency of: troops, an object as laudable as its accomplish ment has been successful. But no one ever thought of. noticing the necessity then ex isting, and still existing, for the formation of such an institution for home service. If the Sardtary. Commigsion had been created, for Uzi eitypft.New. York , instead of the armies of the - Union, it would have -found just as-wide a field for the exercise Of its beneficial. capacities. The mortality statistics;of the. " metropolis"" are it tern-' his exhibit of. pestilential courts, over crowded tenement-houses, sickening slaugh ter-house stenches, exhalations of boiling bones, putrescent market garbage, noisome sewers and gutters, negligent Street-Com missioners, crime, miseryund death; all Within gun-shot of Fifth avane, but as far removed as heaven is frometioth, so far as any practical syrUpathy or effort to ame liorate affairs is concerned. Last year '25,196 persons died in NeW York, an average of 69 daily, and an increase of 3,952 over the previous year. Since 1850 the annual average has been 22,000 but for this year, it .will hardly fall short of 26,000. To'estimate how high a rate of mortality this is, it need only be recollected that in 1854, when the cholera was raging, the number- of deaths did not greatly ex ceed this number, being 26,953. The press of . New York assigns a'varietY of causes to account for this frightful swelling of mor tuary statistics, such as the increase of im migration, 150,000 foreigners having arrived at that port last year, and 200,000. being ex pected this year, and the mortality is doubt less heavier among this class of residents.- It is also alleged, with much truth, that the increased nuMber of inmates in th 6 mili tary hospitals has much to do with the matter; but the same cause operates as adv.ersely for Boston and' Philadelphia Leaving aside the number - of deaths 'at hospitals, it will still be found that the E mpire City can claim the unenviable distinc tion of being the unhealthiest in the Union. New York ought to be the: metropolis of health, as we know it to be the metropolis of patriotism, wisdom, menageries, and newspaper charlatanism ; in place of which the figures show it to be the Gomorrah of filth, - disease, and wicked ness. The last two characteristics, of course, necessarily ensue from the first ; for when cleanliness is lacking among a people they cannot have a superabundance of godliness, though they :Support half a dozen religious newspapers, and can boast of a BEECHER and a Cnaryitu. What they chiefly need :"among them now, Is a little of our much ridiculed;: Quaker clean i-say tolerably clean) rectangular 'streets; they have need of our handsome, cool, sweet scented market- houses, smelling'of herbs and fresh berries and: ild flowers, and not of putrescent meats;; they have need of our attentive Board 'of Health, and of our worthy Mayor, and of our well-disciplined police force. How WeLi our jealous neighbors are aware of our advantages ! The New York Post comes out. with the voluntary achnis- Sion that "Philadelphia is the paradise of workingmen; there., are seen long rows after rows of - neat small brick houses, each with its little garden, its box of a bath-house perched upon the back of the main building like a ,peddler's pack, and each house renting Tor a sum less than is paid by 'workingmen in . New York for two or three rooms in a filthy and rickety tenement." One of consequences of these "rickety tenements" is painfully exhibited in the fact that last year no less than 3,488 persons died of consumption and 1,47 . 9 of marasmus. 'Without light, without ventilation, as many as forty fami lies sometimes huddled together in a single " barracks," and forced to live upon un wholesome food, is it any wonder that suffering and death are so pfevalent ? And the worst of it is that these barracks not only engender disease and crime, but they likewise breed turbulence and revolutions. The draft riots of last year were the ofr- spring of tenement-houses and bad whisky. Paris, wiser than New York, has provided comfortable limes for her mechanics and artisans, and it is said the Emperor first conceived the design of such a reforrn. Whether as a measure of safety, or as a measure of - beneficence, can make no diffe- rence _to any • one. To some it. may seem - a mystery that the capitalists of New York, to whom the necessity for small, cheap, and comfortable dwellings must be apparent, have not invested their money in buildings of this description: Bo they would have done, but most of, them prefer to build tenement houses which (ac cording to Mr: 'HALLIDAY, who published a book about New York five years. ago) pay thirty per cent, profit, rather than erect substantial housesyielding a profit,of eight or ten per cent. But it>is Jnystery that the benighted poor of ., Nevi Yank will con tinue to dwell in the ndast such wretch-. _ . edness and priv'ation.whfin`,they could live more cheaply and comfortably in a city like Philadelphia, and with a better prospect of reaching the appointed "three score years and ten." If they prefer New York, with its rearastnus and noisome atmos. phere, to Philadelphia, with its pure air and water, and clear sunshine, it .Is, of. course, no one's business but their own, and the . gentlemen who collect the mortuary statistics; but it seems to show how la- mentable an ignorance and folly possesses Tab 0111.01TLA,11 OP GEN. COMM—The circular of Gen. Conon, whichwe publish to-day in our tel egraphic columns, is important enough to com mand the serious attention of the people, of the southern counties of the State, _to whom it is addressed. Surely the broad hints involved in it should increase the force of the 'lessons learned from four, invasions of, robbers and incendiaries. Chambersburg might have been saved had its citizens after the first invasion organized them selvea for home defence. As General Couch asserts, brave men and trusty, rifles in thir thousands of covers afforded by the woods and hills of our beauti ful border country, could do much to protect their homes from violation, sad their fields from pillage. They could stave off disaster 'until assistance suffi cient reached them to drive back the marauders. Geneial Couch's. circular .is eminently prudent, and if lnstant assent is given to its propositons, some other disaster, perhaps] even now impending, may be averted. Information that we have re ceived from reliable sources gives each word in the circular, in our eyes, an additional value And weight. Perhaps it may be predicated on that very Information. It is stated; but of course we do not know with Howtench' truth; that a' force of from 2,000 to 4,000 reteli crossed the Potomao yesterday at Hancock, and that Reding was going on at the same time at New Creek, Ya. This maybe merely sensational, but past experience should teach us to prepare. ' ' .•• • • •Ir Garibaldi is Balt° hays, received slather propo-. to goto America fight -- tuidfr t i ne ago guil DET,PITT FRTDA Y. A TTOTTST 5. 1864, A New Phase of the Rebel bvaslOn IMPORTANT CIRCULAR OF GEL COUCH. THE CITIZENS NOTIFIED TO BE 888 FARED FOB EMEROENCIES. A Rebel Foree Reported . at Springfield, re AFFAIRS NEAR PETERSBURG The Luton Less in the Late Amnialt A WERT OF mom IN REGARD TO TM PULER& Important Movements 41 the SouthweSt: REBEL OPERATIONS IN ARKANSAS, MARMADURE REPORTED .1510v.iNii A SUCCESOFIIL HIPEDITION IN NORTH CAROLINA, Over $lOO,OOO worth of Tobasto and Gotten Captured. THE- ST-E-AMER ARROW RETA.KEN Our Gunboats off Plymouth Waiting„ s OiRCULAR OP GENERAL 001J08-TO OF TEE 111011711q01N BORDEIt-PESPAiII inn% °TEM RAID! PITTSBURG, Angus 4.—The followlnK oftroidscr has just been Issued by General Couch: • , . , • _ ~.,,.,.*„....4.,ii, ' aBADQUARTICES Dger or ierria smsoolevreappe,- , ~ .. PITTSBURG, -Pa., Axtgoatt.4:isof.. To the People of the Soulliern. tier of -Couratevf. . . „.. . Pennsylvania: - , Your situation is Nu& that a.riticl.by the enenly fe not impossible at any tiros , during the summer/ 41a coming fall. . therefore, call upon you to_put your, ,ridal and that -guns in good order, also supplying yourselves with plenty of ammunition. • Your Corn-fields, mountains, forests, thialiets, buildings, acc., &e., furnish favorable places for cover, and at the same time enable you to kill 'the marauders. • Recollect that if they come, it is to plunder; de . 'strop, and:burn. your property. TRIO REBELS NOT AT. ESAGIiESTOWNA. I :I6NSID:iL; ItABLIC Polloi AT EiPII.I7;4II.IBLD, VA. • HARRISBURG, August 4.—There le no truth In the report that a large rebel force entered Hagerstown bist night. A telegraphic despatch.received at headquarteni in this city, from that place at 3 o'atocir this artef-,;!: noon, makes no mention of the enemy being thhi side of the Potomac, It Is positively known, however, that a Oonsidera, bie force of rebels occupy the town of Springfield, who are evidently waiting to form a junction *lth another body, said to be marching northward. ALDVICES PROM 0171d1ISRLAND VALLEY--,ANOTHR WASHINGTON, August 4.—A geotleman who has just returned from Cumberland Valley represents the people in that 'section of Pennsylvania as . BULL fearful of an extension of the rebel raid. The met% chants and bankers in various towns have isei# their goods and treasury to distant plaoes for safety, and even as far as Carlisle scarcely any necessary supplies can bk. obtained, nearly all the stores being olosed. ' Some of the families in Carlisle were to-day pack ing for transportation their most valuable effects. Several military companies have just been organized, and the feeling of the people seems to be snob that a general plan only is required to rally large numbers of the people for defensive purposes. Alarming rumors from time, to time prevail as to the intention of the rebels, bat there is nothing to establish their truth. The telegraph line, to-day, was working from Oar lisle to Hagerstown, and there was no partionier information from the latter point. Many farmers, with their teams, who, daring last Saturday and Sunday, lied panic-strieken, are now cautiously returning to their homes. The continued alarms regarding, the rebel move. monte have nearly stagnated all business, and a general organization for defence seems actually no- citu3ary to restore Confidence in the public mind. THE 'SIEGE OF PETERSOTJUG. UNION LOSS IN TAB LATE ASSAULT 5,840 . mi:1T-e3 INQUIRY TO BB MAUB INTO THU 04LUBBB OP THIS PAILURE. 0 • • T. • 1 • , " 7: ' 'the past 24 hours. _Picket tiring in trout of the 9th Corps has been kept up almost unceasingly, with some shelling at Intervals. The enemy have been busy in repairing their works, and our skirmishers annoy them as much as possible. Little damage, however, can be done, as they do most of their work at night, and cannot be seen on account of the darkness. Considerable discussion Is Indulged In among both officers and men as to who 18 responsible for the late fiasco, and when the court of inquiry which I learn is to convene to Inquire into the matter has per formed its duty we shall probably learn the reason why a plan that promised so well resulted so dims teronsly. The exact amount of our loss in the ac tion ie•now aseestained to be 5,840. Pew would be lieve that our loss was so heavy, and my Punt esti• mate, 4 ; o00, was thought much too large. But to one who has had eiperfenee on the field, and knows how to get at such data, it is not very difficult to approximate pretty near the number. The hospitals are being rapidly cleared of sick and wounded, there being four or five boats engaged In their transportation from City Point. APPEAB+IVCR OJT THE CORTTRY IN BRANT Or • • - A correspondent says :—A. day or two ago I took a ride along our lines to see how matters !wilted. -The general appearance of the country is that of a plain, but In reality It is very lunch broken by ravines awl small hills, making it admirably fitted for defensive purposes, and, of course, as unfitted for offensive operations. In riding over the field, one would think that the whole Surface had been dug over, so numerous are the breastworks, rifle-pits, traverses, &c., and judging from appearances, every foot has been swept by shot and shell, the• leaden rain and iron hail of war, In one place I passed a pine wood, directly In front of which the rebels bad several batteries in position, upon which our fire had been concentrated, and I believe it would be but a very slight exturgeration to say that not a tree remains unmarked by shot or shell. Some are out down--I have seen several trees a foot in diameter cut down by a shot— others are cut half off; some have their branches cut off and SO on. On another part of the field, on a small knoll which was occupied In succession by both sloes, is an orchard of. peach trees, the trees being from four to eight inches in diameter, and affording a striking - illustration of the fierceness orate conflict; they are almost out to pieces. In the trunks, within, six feet of the ground, I counted the marks of from five to a dosen-balls, and, In some of the trees, al together from twenty to twenty-five bullet marks,. the trees looking as if pelted by a hall storm. In another place I noticed where a shell had passed skrecay through a pine tree snore than two feet in diameter, hiving struck It some three or four feet from the ground, and at a distance, too, of at least a half mile. Prom our observatory—in the top of a large pine tree, nearly eighty feet from the ground—the spires of Petersburg and the position et the enemy can be clearly seen, and by noticing the striking ofoat shells, the artillery is enabled to train their guns on poilte which are invisible from the batteries them selves.'As I passed around I called upon the "seven sisters," as a battery of rifled thirty-two poundera are facetiously termed, whose business It is to pay their respects to Petersburg, and one of which, from • the terrine and peculiar shriek of its messengers, Is familiarly known as thd " Petersburg Express) , As I write it is favoring them with a few. mes sages, which it can be truly said are " more blessed" (pismint, at least) "to give than to receive:" Our own and the rebel lines are in close proximity, and not the least interesting part of our ride was the reflection that wo were within range of the rebel sharpshooters, who might fancy trying their skill on us, while our progress was enlivened by tae music of a shell passing - over our heads. wherethe. war is over it with be.well worth a trip. to see •whet' TAVIIISCB.WAr WO multi of this once beautifut.. ntry, THE WAB IIV THE SOUTTIWEBE. IMPORTANT ESILITART XOiMMENTB IN TIPB 80IITH WX8T-IYORREST'B TORORB OTOPPLED -ARRAN- CUMEEX! Alasimais, August 2.—lmportant military move. ments are being made by General Washburne, which will soon be developed. Smith is again, on. the war-path. Unquestionable information received at headquarters shows that Forrest and Leo-were terribly crippled at Tupelo, having five colonels killed, and other field officers badly wounded. Over 2,55 e men were killed and wounded. The official report shows that Smith had 100 killed and about 500 wounded. Had Smith's supply of provisions and ammunition been greater, he would. have totally routed the rebels, and would have 'coin= pletely broken up their organization. Advices from Arkansas report that Shelby is near Jacksonport, with 900 rebels. Mari:oaflake to at Saline. All Is quiet at Little Flock. Adjutant General Thomas had arrived there. A report has just come in that General N. F. Forrest died on the 22d of July, at Columbus, Miss., of look jaw. GLINMLLLAG IR ARMANB2I.B-MAHMADUEM RRPORT MD - MOVING ON ST. OKAMLICI3-71111 16/111 PRIG Z 4811713 131n1'Z2iDED °into, 111., August 4.—The steamer °owner. cia3, from Duvall's Bluff, arrived hers to-day from Memphis. She reports that all is quiet. along the White river. The boats are running without con voy, but the country several miles bank froin the river, and vicinity of Mount Adams, is swarming with buahwackers. Preparations are being made at St. Charles to meetan anticipated attack from Marmaduke, who was reported to be advancing on that place in force. An ollicer from Days.ll.4l Bluff reports that Pa-. gon's entire force bad gone to Camden. The publication of the Memphis -News had boon saspended by Gen. Rtiekland, fbr an article against mtlltia organliation, and inaineating the acceptance of,bribas by the officers in command of the surgeons' inspecting board in another article. NORTH CAROLINA. RZTURE Or A SUOCBABDUL . EXPEDITION-.LARGE • AND VALUABLE OAF TWO& NEW Tons, August 4.—The steamer Dadley Book,lrom Newborn, N. 0., on the let hob., arri ve d here to•day. The expedition sent by Cohere' Palmer to the THE WAR, ON ST. CHARLES. a New Bebel Ram. THE REBEL INVASION. B. N. Cows,:, . Major General Clomniaiding.• nem APP BACHXNDICD Obewan river, under Lieutenant Wild, had I . & turned with a hundred bales of cotton.and : a large amount of tobacco, captured from the. enemy, from' which the. Treasury Department will realise over $lOO,OOO. The expedition also recaptured , the• desistch ateamer Arrow and some prisoners, besides deitroy leg a large amount of rebel commissary stores. It appears that the rebel ram Albemarle, in the en gagement off Plymouth, would have raised the white Beg, bad our gunboats given her commander en opportunity to open her port-holes, as he expected that she would go down betel reaching Plymouth. The enemy have another ram on the Roanoke river nearly finished. Our gunboats are off Ply- - mouth awaiting her appearance. • -. The agent of Vie Treasury Department has just cleared a schooner containing STO barrels . of turpqn-. tine, 100 barrels of-tar, and several thousands/Ow ales, and some cotton, -valued, at $30,000, being the first instalment of the products belonging to the Treasury Departs eat coming from abandoned plan. Cations. • The rebel ram at' Kingston is reported to.be on the way to Newbern,.but•has not yet been seen'in. that She will get.a proper reception. . The, two rebel rams at Wilmington are complete fellares,.amd their tosoblnery.has been removed.' FORTRESS 'AtiIiNROE. FO4TP.irga Moulton, Aug; 3.—The steamer Gee. Leery sailed yesterday afternoon for Philadelphia, Boston, and New York,` with two:hundred colored women and children, under the care of the emporia. iendent of negro affairs in this department. - It: is the Intention to distribute them among the different benmiolent societies in the above cities. The steamer state of Maine arrived here last evening from the front, bringing three hundred wounded soldiers, the victims of the late battle, and left immediately , for Washington. RLYANA. Arrlval'of Cotton from Mobilo--Capture of 'a Blockade Runner. ' • Haw YORK, August 4,—The steamer Liberty from Havana on the 3nth ult. has,Arrived. ' The blockade-runner Denbigh, from-Mobile, with four ;hundred and seventy bales of cotton, has ar. .rived at Havens: A large steamer, believed to be the Virgin, from Havana, was captured by the "blockaders off. Mo bile.• • 'Tbe steamer Ivanhee was•ren , ashore and burned below Mobile, but the rebels saved her cargo and. machinery. 'Aare is no news from Havana. . , Riptrqttidinlytirjr - Aceittr on the,-714eadinit Rat'mond. . . NORRTEMSW7 I , August 4.—A singular railroad ao cidedt, but fortenately not attended with any loss ,o 1 life coCniTo4 9t l 41i@ Reading Ra11f4 11 4.; PfbONlt k% wife .belOw this place, WS ftftertioOn. rive coal trains were following each other, moving north. The leading _train stopped suddenly, and Its rear end was almost Immediately atm* by Its , suc cessor, at least ,a dozen empty coal cars being broken and thrown In all directions by the concus sion. Some_of these cars pbstructed the adjacent track, down which the Express passenger tratufrom Pottsville and Harrisburg came, within one minute of the collision of the coat trains. The engine of the passenger cars dashed through theobstruotions with the loss only of its ornaments, but the succeed- ; , Ingluiggage and expresscars were not to fortunate, but were thrown from 'the track, oierset, and brOken into fragments, with all their Contents. The neigh; boring telegraph poles and wires were all destroy ed. The ; breaking of the coupling, between the express and emigrant cars, alone, saved the entire train, with fbree hundred passengers, from destruc tion. The accident was one against which no 'fore sight Could have provided, and the manner- in which it occurred was extraordinary. - The, passion gem froin the express train reached the city by way of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad. . Secretary Fessenden at Portland. Pourisan, Me., August 4.—Secretary Fetwenden bas arrived in this city, and will remain here a fort night. - Movements of General Hooker. BALTIMORE, August 4.-General Hooker pupil through this city this morning for Washington. WASHINGTON. WASHINGTOW. THE FAST-DAY IN WABHINOTON. The day was generallt , observed in this city. Divine service was held In nearly all the churches, and the public offices and stores were closed. NEW YORK CITY. Medal Correspondence of The Press.) . • NEW Yorix, August 4,1884. THE 21111i0EJ3 OF REVOLT Tuesday was characterized by the prevalence of insane rumors. It was related' upon the streets, with considerable unction, how the rebel prisoners confined at Elmira, after many weeks of defiant threatenings and premonitions, had risen upon the guard, armed themselves, and were marching di reetly for Canada, en masse. Per contra, it was alleged that . the revolt was as yet in its inoipient stages, but that the authorities having • them in charge wore convinced that a general rising was Intended. Upon whatever grounds these panic re. ports were based, it is very certain that General: Dix approved of precautionary measures. Three regiments—the 102(1,97th, and 99th—were ordered to Elmira. The two latter were forwarded on the eVeningitrain, but the 1024 had Its marching orders countermanded, and returned to Governor's Island. END OF TH/C Fity.lnt 81E0/TEMBNT. . . - Thrillent7ltrlr - aIaIIOUTICS. `77,lenta of yellow fever in thit uk•rt, which were made several days ago, - has died away. Dr. SwinbarUa, .the health officer, has reported that no new oases' have occurred since the limit meeting of the Board. It appears that the health officer at 'Nassau, N. P., has been in the habit of giving false bills of health to vessels sailing thence, certifying that no Maass° of a malignant or contagious character is existing upon the island of New Providence ; whereas our own officials declare that shipmasters now arriving testify to the existence of yellow fever as an epi demic at Nassau. In accordance with these facts a statement has been served on the British Consul In this city, setting forth that., "If it Is the desire of her 'Britannic majesty's government that we shOuld continue to respect bills of health granted by her agents and officers, I would respectfully suggest that the misrepresentations of this Joseph Black be corrected, and the sanitary condition of the port be fairly and truly represented byofficlal documents from that port." The Joseph Black referred to is the health officer at Nassau. SICOESSION tOOrETY The city at present Is overcrowded with Seces sionists and their iulniirers: Boarding houses et a marked character are plentiful ; houses whose re putatione as nests for the traitorous are so well esta blished, that no loyal man would care to trust his trunks and valuables within their precincts.. At the head. of all, stands a certain hotel, now the re- Sort of diemitsed or relieved army officers, who find pleasant affiliation in its saloons, and of the more .well-to-do "refugees" and Southerners. These people form among themselves a sort of exclusive society, wherein the unsympathising are not adinit ted, of course, for prudential reasons. By and by all these beings will 'commence to vote the straight Copperhead -ticket, and will doubtless show them selves In the next Copperhead riot. At _present they seldoni give any marked publicity to their sen timents. If a cenrus of all these traitors could be taken, the grand aggregate vronld probably surprise those of our good people who imagine that treason holds its meetings nowhere north of the Potomac, So far all the East is concerned. • MISOELLANBOVEI The Brooklyn Horticultural Society has concluded to omit its usual fall exhibition, on the, ground that . Vae recent drought has so seriously Interfered with the fruit crop as to preclude the possibility of ob- taining the proper specimens. IA new patriotic and charitable movement, havitig fonts object :a donation of .pipes and tobacco to the iirmy of the• Potomac, has been inaugurated by some of our publio-apirlted citizens. A colored woman, having entered a snit for da mages against her late employee, charging him mitt stabbinglter between the eyes becartie she de sired to leave his service, has been awarded the sum of $250. (By Telegraph.] PROM PORTO RICO Advices from Porto Rico to July 25th, reports the Rospoot of a bountiful crop of sugar and molasses. preat deal of rain had fallen 'and the cane was Witty. ATIRIVAL OP A PrOAMER. he steamer Virginia arrived to-day from Liver pool. Her advices are' anticipated, being only to thb 21st of July. xA Rm . ?. . ~ . . rrived,-.Shipa Ettropi4 from Bremen; Germs, jitfrom Rotterdam ; Winslow, from Havre; brig J la, from Para; Sohn. Aymer, from St. Marys; Saladin; from Aroyo ; Sceptre, from Trinidad; str. Merrimac, from Rey. West for Portland. Below—Brig Chimberazo, from Trinidad. FIORTIEG QUAKERS IN MARYLAWD.—Another case of heroism was related to ns a day or two ago, which deserves a place in our columns beside those oftaeqrge Blessing and Ishmael Day: • A member of the Society of Friends, who resides in. Frederick 'county, Va., named William Brown, was called upon one evening at his residence by a t ueril s ta i who s h o lig in p o ts T e s m aess an i c e ie n d a a hor s s a e d y t h e ich a hl bridle. a Brown informed him that he had n none ler him, but be would take no denial, and the old man seeing that the case was one which would admit of no parleying, turned quietly into his house, took up, his gun, and returned to the door and shot the fellow In the mouth slid face. On re ceiiing the contents of the gun he fell, and re mained there until removed by a Union man by the name of Baker, who removed him to some place where he has been taken care of, and, where he Is likely to recover. Soon atter this occurrence, a band of the same class of men, fifteen In number, headed by a well known rebel , by the name of Hunter ,determined to avenge the wounding of the horse - th ief, and accord ingly started for the houseof Mr. Brown. The old man, however, was advised of their approach, and • he and his two sons stationed themselves up stake. The party, on their arrival, rushed: into the houie and Inquired for the men , when they were told by the female portion or the family that they were up stairs, and endeavored to dimuade them fromgo ing up, but to no purpose, Two of them, befng ; more test:kite than the rest, rushed for the stairs, when the foremost was_firadt upon by one of itie_ Browns,. the ball taking effect is his chin, passing ; into ads, breast, and killing hint Instantly. The hindmost man lell wounded i i the leg. The bring now became general, both inside and out of. the house. One of the Browne, osi looking onlof the window, saw one or the - rebels in the yard, with- a United States flag whit* ballad stolen at lie discharged his faun at him, when the fellow fell,. and died in a few moments. A fourth wasiwounded, and was unable to =kakis escape. This party now seeing low matters steed, beat a hasty retreat, leaving the Browns in, undisturbed Possession of the field, with the enemy's dead and wounded in their hands, and two of choir horses as trep phics. After their retreat 'Hunter fleet two sympathi zers tbr their dead and wounded, but old Mr. lirowu refused to let him have them, telling them that'll' Bunter would oome alone and unarmed, that he would he permitted to move them without molests, tie's. He went, but was so frightened that he loft without them. A' short time alter this about sixty of the Marauders resolved on killing. or capturing the a ld roan, and accordingly started 101 r - the houm it WAS on A Sunday, and tdi eoni wire at °Mira, about a retie and a 1141 f distatit. Some frigiq'entered the chuoti mad apprized thus at tto approach.of'the band. They immediately mounted t r h a e p i i r di f y et a t a te p r o s o s f ib h l Etriiceit:l. eTbstirezld'filfd:e..; home 812e° I t then iargY yard at the time, bareheided, andwise forced to leave withal's his hat, and striliefor the woods, which he reached un harmed, amid ashower abullete: 'Soma of his prir suers were within .a few yards of him when he en tered, but did npt follow him, fearing that some of them might Welts bedlY ea did some of Einatees men .--Bagerstolco Herald. THE REBEL ROBBERS Di EVLA.RD.—A. letter from a lady, a rerident of Frederick, to the Boston Journal, exemplifies. the ordinary (*minet of the rebel invaders, which . is now and.then chequered by such filets as the boring of defenceiess towns like Clianthersburg. Her house was at one time in the very centre otthe rebel lines, and when the fighting commenced between them and our - forces the place was too hot, and she was - compelled to vacate. When oar men were compelled to retire to Pilono .eocY Bridge the rebels followed, and she returned Mime to witness a scene which Is thus deScribed : The/house was raCked•from floor to garret.ln the dining-room were cut-glass tumblers and decanters, bottles of wine, dishes, chuirs—eierything ;. the table just as they had lefilt, everything in wild confusion. Every lock was broken, my pantry was destitute of everything, preserves •gone c lat least &200 worth , of groceries gone, besides meat, wines, cigars, pistols, gun, $3OO worth.of clothing, a watch, sheeting - , napkins, towels, new linen, cotton, table cloths, all my shoes, the children's winter hats, work lmses,my cloak, riding:skirt, even tomy comb and brush,.. ['powder caswl had as an ornament, needles, scissers, rnyfyrs out up for an o ffi cer's saddle trim- Ming. Every lock in the house but one was broken, and after all my fixing, justlmagine my feelings to have to right. things after such is. set of thieves, lily clothes were ,smeared with'preserves. They poured ink, ketchup, and preserves about the floors; in fact, . no pen can do justice to their doings.; and then they Left me a note thanking me for the eats tiles, and 'hoping Jr the Yankees ever got to Vir ginia again, they would emulate their exan3ple, , &n. She ascribed thp,.conduct of.the rebels to the fact that they were determined to avenge the conduct of Gen. Hunter in Virainia. Whatever their reason, . this isolated'act oughtto be'warning enough to our own people on the southern border who are always In danger of.sueh Incursions. Attention to the cir cular' of Gen. - ooueh, printed elsewhere, will save much inortilicationrdletrese, and peouniary lose. ' An Editor to Trouble. All our readers know that the Constitutional Con ventien. has been for a long time in session, in New Orleans, ng debati upon - sections said clattses for the . public weal . It seema,to have, excited the ire or disgust of the editor f or the New Orleans Times, and in the issue ends journal for the 21st he thus speaks of the President aid the grave seignors "Tea. though I die, the scandal will survive, And be an eye• core in MY golden coat. " It has been our, fortune irr our day to have wit nessed many an amusing scene, many a most ludi crous occurrence, bathe events, of yesterday in.the Constitutional Statetlen - vention exceeded anything . for- downright legitimate fun we- can remember. Tie .Presidentilvas In the chair, in a reclining pus: ' ture evidently muchiever9pme the- heat and an . ~excessive, degree, pa. spirits. QuestlonS were motions were mat), and decisions rendered. Some of these ;decided's. appeared to most of the members as entirely unparilamentary—titat is, with out sense, reason, or precedent. Murmurs of Ws nenreni increased, and nriaiiy goi tent in boisteroue and uncomplimentary expressions, such as "the like was nover heard," "lie is drank,', "he iv a (1-1) fool," eta. Amid all this confusion some member made a mo. , tion to adjourn. The motion Was put and declared carried, and the President graoefully (1) retired from;.the chair and the hail into committee room. Members Insisted the motion for adjourn ment was not carried!" One of the members, a gen tleman, was declared elected temporary President. lie Siepp'ed forward to the chair and declared an adjournment in a sober• manner. The uproar,how ever, did not subside. Indignation generally pie *ailed, for there were men In that Convention who looked upon the whole proceedings with unuttera ble disgust. _During the excitement, railings were leaped over, nd the most ridiculous scenes enacted that it "is poselble to conceive of. One man struck another with a chair, still another received a black eye, and yet another had the toe of a boot applied to his extremities. The Convention, we understand, Is to adjourn to morrow and this would seem a fitting finale to. a legislative body which has shown a total disregard for the State, the people, and the public treasury. Up to last Saturday, we 'are assured, the warrants upon the Treasury tor expenses of this Convention bad amounted to over a quarter of's million of dol lars, and will reach, itda said, fully three hundred thousand dollars. The contingent expenses alone, which enumerated whisky as the most important Item, by far, bad swelled to tho prodigious sum of over forty thousand dollars. These proceedings will "pass into history" in French and English, at $1 per square, and $5 per page, in book form. Eeader we pause. This detail, although in seem ing levity made, sickens and disgusts us. This in return' excited the ire of the Convention, and on the last day of the session they cited him before their tribunal for contempt. He was accordingly arrested by the sergeant. at-arms, his paper sap pressed and himself imprisoned. He was, howeier, released by. military authority. There the case stand's at present. Northern Prisons for,Behellt. [Enna the Army and Navy Journal./ At .Elmria„N Y., the* Is a large' and well-con ducted place of confinement for rebel prisoners, which recently contained about two thousant, but it is stated that this number its to bo increased to ten thousand by a transfer thither of prisoners from the camp at Lookout Point, on the Chesapeake. The management of the prison at Elmira is of a cha• rector that rifleots the highest credit upob Northern humanity. So far from any measures of retaliation being adopted for the aulieringe which our men are obliged to endure at Belle isle, every arrangement for the, comfort and health of the captives possible under the circumstances, Is devised and applied. It is proper that the public at home, and especially foreign exponents of opinion, should be informed of the di ff erence between the lenient kindness with whichrebel captives at the North are treated, and the . brutality, the oppression; and the deprivation which are the lot of Northern soldiers untortuuate enough to experience the miseries inflicted by the chivalry of the South on those who fall within their power, by the fortunes of war. The place of confinement at Elmira Is an enclo sure, surrounded •by a simple board fence some twelve feet In height, guards being stationed on platforms at the top of the fence, every twenty or thirtfieet. The business of guarding the prisoners is, however, a sinecure. The officers on duty state that the captives :evince no. disposition to escape. They have no desire to return to the felicities of Southern soldiera. Undoubtedly, should single in dividuals attempt_ to burrow under - the fence, or • • trid - cvl...n - - -mniite a rash against it, their chance for escape wou..)d b. _ twnyavpa ren tly; the pi iNners would not 'leave if the fence and guards were entirely removed. The plot constituting the prison is finely situated on an excellent, piece,of ground about a mile from Elmira, and, though-entirely closed, as stated, the prisoners are not deprived of a view of external na-• tore ; ' for, on one ; Bide rise pino-olad hills, high up Into the air, viable from all parts of the prison. The prisoners are all provided with books in the same kind of rough barracks as are used for sheltering our own men at the .various pieties of rendezvous, before going into the fold. A large bulb:line . is appropriated to the culinary department, and is fixed up like, the kitchen. of a great hotel, with about a dozen 'lunges, containing. Dollen, dto., and there. Is, also, a large oven, where /sufficient bread, from . good flour, la baked daily. The cooks' and bakers are, of course, prisoners. Clothing is furnished to the prisoners by the Go, vernment when their own becomes too much worn to be serviceable. The whole appearance of the camp Is very neat, working parties-from among the prisoners being 'constantly employed in policing the grounds: The daily ration is as follows: ' Pork or bacon, 10 oa. in lieu of fresh beef; or fresh beef, 14 oz.; flour or soft bread, 1G or; hard bread,- 14 oz.; or corn meal, 18 oz. To the 100 rations: Beans or peas, 12K, lbs.; or rice or• hominy, 8 lbs.; soap, 4 lbs.; vinegar, 3 quarts; salt, 3,?,‘ lbs.; pota toes, 15 lbs. Sugar, coffee and tea are issued to the sick and wounded, on the recommendation of the surgeon, at the ra to 0112 poun de of sugar, b of ground coffee, or 7 green, or 1 pound of tea to every 100 rations, every other day. To working parties of the prisoners, nearly the same ration is given in all...respects as to our soldiers in the field. Notwithstanding the ration for the prisoners is somewhat less than that issued to our own soldiers— and very appropriately so, since they, do no hard . work—yot,ln reality, they get the benefit of the en.. tire ration. For the difference betiveen the prison ration and that of the United States soldiers h credited on the books' of the commissary of prison ers, and expended for the benefit of the prisoners in - ench ways as the commanding oMeer may direct. This fund, It will be seen, grows rapidly to a large 611 M." These arrangements apply not only to the prison at Elmira, - but to all others. The Elmira - prison is for private soldiers, and if they live so comfortably, it can be imagined that the officers on Johnson's Island, and at other places, who have money.of their own for the purelnswof little luxuries, must pass their time as agreeably as the conditions of prison existence will permit. How utterly false,. therefore, are the statements made from time to time by Jeff Davis to the world, that Southern pri soners are badly treated. Enough has beet published, foudded on the stater numbs of• returned prisoners, to exhibit the state of matters in Southern prisons; but lest these reports should be considered exaggerated we refer to a very readable book by Colonel °evade, giving an aeootint of its life in tho Libby Prison. This place, it will be recollected, ls used for confining officers only, and consequently the brutalities exoperieneed by private ,soldiers at their particularpd. sons, are not here pacticed. But notice .the petty annoyances, the absence of provisions for oleanlinese and comfort, the pillaging of boxes sent from the North, the heartless Insults of the guards, which are detailed by the writer of this book! Hear does the management of a southern prison contrast with that of a Northern 1 In the one the unhappy inmates are treated as brutes—lu the other as mon. The peculiarly-distinguishing charecteristic_be tween the Northern and Southern feeling., manifest, ed pot • only in .prison arm:igen:lents, but hi .every other manner lathe presence in the hearts of South erners of an intense animosity, while In those of Northerners there is an entire absence of, all bitter ness, all desire to insult or oppress. The North, erner 'feels kindly toward hie _erring Southern brother, and after the battle is done, all 41esire to do him injury vanishes. But hatred of the Yankees, continmes, on the part of the Southerner, unappeas able under - all eitetinietiinealt;iTo this- distinguish ing obaractelistie of- thWidilvieity are to be ascribed the petty oppressions,. and cowardly brutalities ex hibited towards ens prisoners. Northern officers in charge of-prisons, who should attempt to imitate the Richmond examples, would be scornedas•unlit to associate with gentlemen: ATTltairr. te.,IIAW6 A MAW—Hos Summate Rasctrr.:—The Ottumwa (Iowa) Courier of July 28th Rives detais df an attempt of a mob at °dame's to break open the jail and hang B. A. IlicOomb, con victed of thamurder of Leura Haley.. A - .crowd•had turned out to witness IffoCtitrib , e execution, which was to he,ve taken place, and were infurietrd on learning that it had been stayed by order of the Su preme Court. .A woman made a speech, urging the mob to hang the prisoner at once, and declared that the women would do It If they had the opportunity. A vote was taken and decided in favor of imme diately executing McComb. They entered the jail in the rear, broke open the cell, and dragged out the prisoner. An.bour was given him toprepare for death ; and he wits taken to the Roman Catholic Church to be baptised: Ho was thou. Ted, out, placed in. a., wagon, and it was given out that/be would be • taken whera the body of his victim had been found. On driving .a mile the mob :stepped and made arrangements for the exe cution: • IMICComb was permitted. tot say &fent words, and declared. his innocence. Re. otfored,to.prove that George Lawrence was Bring, and that he did not take.the life of Laura Haley. Al. thle deolaration part of the mob relented and a tight-was the result. The rope was cut ; McComb was. driven back and lodged in jail. Several of, the. loaders have, been arrested. • AN EM-BANG °AWL — Vi r tu:re. the war first broke out, a young married , man o Steubenville, ' Ohio, volunteered. He was renorted killed at. Perry viile, and subsequently his wife. roeelved a mastic polan which purpertud to be the body of her hu hand. She burgled it with all: due ceremony aril affection, and, atter more. than a year elapsed { she, married again. A few days essee, au exchanged prisoner .passed prom,* Steubenville and 10), a. message fronkthe husbstid•aupe d to be dead, that be would probably be noon.exahanwed and would.bh home again, Her present-husband is a worthyman,' and the chap beconamB somewhat ernbarrawdag„ Roen:arr- or ArsraToses.-.—The rebbery of Ad miral iliazoVis despitahea to the Spanish Govern re.en,t. id their transit OR board the Ohne steamer from Pine to Panama, ContiALM to lisenveloped in greet mystery. Suspicion rem upon 80 , 434) ,_ the passengers, who are thour&V, to have been sent out aropies by the Peruvian Government;. br.t at Pre- seat the tiOetileelate,lehiett P.25111%0P01304 have hid reference to the aelsnrooi tett °gnaw, Ithudis, have not been traced. On the game vessel the dek. SPOPII bag from a Frt'Aoli man-of-war at Valparaiso was. also opened, ail the deipatehes for the GovernMallit and. the. EtlMob. Admiral weep fa, i. , . GUERILLA MAIL Their 00er/diens in lirieseell•LSSientek:s Arkawsaw, sod r of - - .Atteltliee, Robberies,- hind - e—A rec .- of Guerillas 'Mooted at Platte Coy,Battle at Big Creek, near f•- Helens, Ark.-The Ottiored Troops Let 11 A Reported Uprising in Nonage =very County, 111. The St. Joseph Herald, of the 29th, thus speaks . of a fight with guerillas in Platte county,'Wlassouris .Last Thursday, Major Clox started out of Breekin ridge withithout three hundred men, tram Damien and Livingston counties, bent on pu t s: enela.te the carnival being held by ThrailkM and 'Thornton in the counties south and • west of t hem .. Nobler; of Caldwell county, jol lied his : _ ze wit o e cinns - one company of citizens. Meanwhile the - ' Caldwell, Clinton, and Clay rallied at Cameron, and hastily formed about four companies of men and boys, retiring from fifteen to sixty-thin years of age. Captains Jones end poe, with two companies of.pd litia Captains Johnson's and Crouse's companies . of citizens, and about twenty - eight of Captain Mc- Donald's boys were Soon on the war path with each . arms as they could obtain. They followed after - and overtook Major (lox's command at -Plattsbarg on - Friday. They now numbered about ASO men, with about 2500 r 300 effective arms, Saturday-morn ing they moved south to. Gosneville, where they struck the trail of the guerillas. and pursued them across the country to Carpenter's store, in Clinton county. They next followed on to Union Malls, -Platte - county, and six miles • Sonthwest Of Union NUM they overtook them, after riding trout sunrise -tin 2 o'clock P. M. They came, up with the bushwhackers in a very singular manner. As they-were riding up a ravine, leading - into a piece of brush where some Union sol diers were once bushwhacked by ggerillas, to their left wee a high ridge, and on an emlbencenearstowl a woman, who fired a pistol the moment our soldiers came insight. That pistol-shot was thought to be a signal to the rebel*, and quick as lightning about 120 of our men gal to the high ground, dismounted, Tell on. their knees; and crawled to the top of the ridge,where they saw the rebels. under Thrailkli I. ad vancing • to gain the ground they occupied... They came up to within twenty-five paces, when. a volley of Union bullets sent them back. They were at once re-formecf and came up to the work, bat were driven back. Three times was this reneated, but each time it failed. 'An eye-witness infoims Us that Thrailkill handled his men with great skill, and was cool and courageous. Our boys acted like veterans. Not knowing the numbers they were engaging, but believing the enemy outnumbered them two to one, they went in and fought with determina tion and bravery. Our men formed into two parties on the fianke, and on foot pund- t nehe enemy about two miles, when they came upon hate, coats, pistols, boots, and all the other evi dences of a complete rout. Two dead rebels were .found, five were wounded, and one taken prisoner. In the first charge the rebels killed one of oar men and wounded four, two mortally. Hid not that woman been seen, as she fired the signal shot, that little party of brave farmers and laboring_ men -would-have been ambushed and terribly blangh tered.-- Had the guerilla's obtained the mound they sought it would • have gone hard with the loyal soldiers. As it was, they completely :routed the bushwhackers, and sent them flying back in dia.. grace. . A gentleman who saw them, and has been near them, says these guerillas were mounted on the best horses in the country, and were the best armed and equipped beds , of men that ever marched in the State of IYlketntri. When the Priw•Paws went over to them, they rejected almost all of their guns bel cause Of their inferiority to their own, destroying all Which they did not accept. Every rebel carried two of Colt's army-revolvers and one improved. Sharias rifle. It turned out that Thrallkill had about 250 men, and our informant, who was in the fight, says those men werecapable M delivering over two lion land,fire hundred shots before loading. When they charged upon our' en, they rained a perfect shower of bullets over their beads, which tell harmlessly .beyond them, as our boys fell back behind the ridge. 'The Paris Mercury, published in Monroe county, says in its lane of the 29th: While in Huntsville fast Tuesday we gathered about the followthg particulars of the fight south of that place, on Sunday last. It was understood that Anderson, with his gang of guerillas, numbering from twenty-tive to thirty men, were some three miles' from town—whereupon a body of some sixty men, composed of militia and citizens, started out to give them fight. After getting about three miles out of Lowe, Anderson being aware of their ..approach, started' to meet them—when. the forces had got within a few hundred yards of each other, Anderson gave a whistle, and his men darted forward at the. topmost speed of their. horses, and almost before the opposing forces were aware of it, and jest as they were ordered to dismount—and-before they had time to form in line of battle—the guerillas dropped flat upon their horses, and rushed upon them • with a tremendous yell and a volley -from their pistols, causing a stampede among the horses, and threw the.whole force into confuslop. Scatter ing shot were -kept up for a short time, when the Militia were dispersed and made their way back to them. Out of fifty or sixty horses that went into the fight not a dozen got back to tetra; they having neattered,around through the woods, were, after the fight; hunted doWn and shot by Anderson's men. The only casualties known were two militia and one guerilla killed, and Anderson 'slightly wounded la the shoulder by small shot, • nue:lnns BY nnertwiteoriabB. A letter from Perry county, 1110, to the St. Lout Demoiral, says "Armed villains, ranging here, have killed seve ral of. our best loyal citizens, and stolen extend vele in horses, money, &c., from -peaceable men. Thy main crew is beaded by James (Salyer, always a rebel, spared by those he is now robbing, and thrice sworn to allegiande. could not do half the mis chief unless helped by those at peace at home, who, when honest men sleep, inform him who h as the best horses, who are Unionists, &c." Another letter from Dillon, dated 24th, says : • Two men have been murdoredin thts Vicinity since Sunday; Mr. Phillips, living at' Big Piney, thirty miles from Rolla, was one ; a German citizen living three miles north of Rolla was another. Seven miles from Rolla, on Spring Creek, the entire plan tation of Mr. Orrlesse was burned - direr' by these night assassins. The country is alive with these miscreants.. If something is not soon done for pro tection, the enconditional .Unionists- will have to leave, or else bide in the bras/tat:night. In Miller county Captain Long was murdered in cold blood. Be was a young man noted for hostility to. secession since its outbreak. He was among the first to go to the defence of the flag, anti contin ued in the service till death. He was then commanding a company of .enrolled Missouri-militia, but the company not being in - active service, he was et home. Early the 18th - ult..seVen villains 'ammo , to his father's honse and - Inquired forlitni. Hie mother told them. he ;,was not at . home.. ;Thertold.her she need nettle b ho . AQlnetimnight before :-that heaaesenoisiefrouelberla artereight. This was all true, and he was then up stairs in bed, - asleep. They then calledonlinm to sur retder, promising that if he would, they not hurt hint. The Captain was awakened;`andreplled that he, ,would die before he would.. surrendet to buthwhackere They then conimenced'p e tting fire-- to -the house, a.nd shooting on **ere tide. The - Cap. - ' lain shot one of the men, but having to shoot from a window at a scoundrel beneath; the - Shot only wounded-him. When .they had fired the I:mussed/- around they took a straw bed and set it on tire - at - the foot of the stairs. The Captain then jumped from a high window to the ground,' and as .he reached the ground they shot him, the ball enter ing his mouth.. HO rose to his feet and started - around the house,where they met him and shot him seven times. He- fell and - dlekralmost instantly, in' his mother's arms, Mr. James Long, the Cap-, tain's father, escaped and collected a squad - of men in a short time, but too late. The son was already a corpse, and the dwelling and contents in flames. • GUERILLAS IN NENTnatta". • - The Kentucky papers furnish as with the follow= 'ins items: Con. lito-FIEBBYAMONOG-traltlLLAS.—ThOOwens bore monitor states that, a few days since, as Col. J: H. McHenry was returning to that place from Hart- . ford,- he fell into the handa of the " Knights of. the Bush," one- of .whom styled himself Lieut. Yates:. The latter gentleman "coerced " a saddle trade with ' the Colonel, giving him a citilen's saddle fora fine cavalry on e,,whiett had, we presume, seen service in • the Federal - mum. Yates asked elo difference; belt the Colonel declined, whereupon they "Serapped "even'.Yates affected to be a high-toned gentleman, and assured Col. McHenry , that he had great re spect for him as a gentleman. He conveyed the idea that he considered himself and the Colonel as gentlemen of the first order. He inked the Colonel if he carried money_ Mout bimaand was answered in the negative. Have you a revolvers Another negative response. Then give us a chew of tobacco, said the valiant knight. But the Colonel not`beltig a consumer of the " fi lthy weed," had to deelhie, and was then permitted to depart, Without - even 'taking the oath. - AtirerErlnt.ol7BßELLi OnTBA.GB. ' The Evansville Journal states that the reeldenee Of Major 'Kinney, at Henderson, was entirely con sumed by fire on Friday morning, being the act, no doubt, of the .guerillas prowling In that vicinity. Major Kinney was absent from-h ome, and - hie - wife and family were staying at a neighbor's... The fire occurred-about 4..ir0100k, and nothingavas saved but a few articles of parlor g furniture,neis nin ecaarnnding Mre.KannewasptanatiMejonthe n Fe y er a larm e sMao n of the 12th Kentucky cavalry, and is a member of the present State, Leg - Water°. - - ...s.trauter OR TWO GIIBBILLAS. The Louisville Demerol of the let says.: Yester day Major Longsdorfsucceeded in making two very important arrests, in the persons of Robert Scarlett and W. Shield& These men for a long time had :belonged to the rebel army, and were the leadeni of severe] small guerilla bands. Being cut- off from their command they came to this city in disguise, wearing citizens' clothing. They enlisted in-the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry for -the bounty, after receiv ing which they deserted that regiment. They were placed -in prison, where they will be confined until their case can be Investigated, 9xamiLiAB AGAIN VISIT IfiLWBSVILLE. Hawesville, like, other border towns, is often. visited by the prowling . bands which now infest the borders of Kentucky. On the evening of the 25th, a company of !smartness':lade their appearance just back or the town, and moving around the place wentup the river some threeatuarters of a tulle to the house of Mr. Tim Smith, from which they eat lied off four guns, a small amount of money, and - some clothing. They then proceeded to the houseor a .Msra,ps,easont - A German, half a mile further p the river, from which -WAlL—Yesterday afternoon a deputation of T" they stole a gun and some . clothing . After leaving operatives,representing Manchester, ....Stocraerns4l-1": this house, they met with a mr..Mhsto, ofCannelton,_ -Ereston, Onabank Maneltefield lnd., and took - from him a small. amount of malted li g , .p l2O - 4e rneo t upon- -aiiparteße ste enatrefti:Orttesabishin Tley then moved off in the direction of Clover:port, ;, --- -sesoreferri. ce, for the purpose of which place - they said they Intended to visit. Thie - Tordsbip a memorial, signed by upwards] lll",egaa gunboat No. 22, which is stationed near Hawesville, persons engagelain the cotton mannfactursor.:99l as soon as her officers were notified that the gee- 'The tleputatleiCwas hared ed v 'lade An. rlllas were near the place, at ono° commenced pinata Turner, 011',P Sit Tar b---Nrx' ' Ts throwing shells into the hills back or the city . aa- ema.ae a w. I ' l ' ol Reliketim - Beat a Some ten or twelve . shells were th rown, one of mn e " p ira y - • • eramf, M. P. - er of the Ilse:tn.:Tied n Wee top which _passed through the house of a Mr. /fend- kat, the xp r imapj a llo s rune, Just grazing ,the head of Mni. -H: - Another M. the Anserican War witheo' cotta it t bee of 4 th ß e it fe l uarity le4" ‘ti'dt' lese r t shell Struck the house of Judge Meßrorcia, paalling adanted Int:heir manta,' through the wiridonainto the front room . Forte- piflywoifstichi.woniehthaetond- headnurianil-sanntoleltplteure4fatitetilecirisnitip .. nately na one was hart. ADVICES FROM BA.T4NA^A BA.'rrLa AT ma meow. that since, the beginning ofYtlanePtultoBnlr la.ifssatercursdtherYir' A letter from Helena to O. St. Loule.paper says, number -hid p h a e rpel n e dre or rlecy diperlentsvatfo..erhee. wc iihy rjr7 . tilk ld e le that since the ratataampaign of the early spring by by„becominar Banks end Steele-tebel troops have been accumix- a -Larne paupers of the remainnea, eonsaelad w hile so tiny between White river and the alleslesippl, under use infinite cotton,' bade been. and 4411 n;vik Shelby and Dobbins. They have °coupled theta - Ink. atent ,tWo-thirds of_.their; for ea selves in committing d epredations upon White river, .And - thiedhj„ considering;ttey lia ttpathsetaar w collecting, Count:pm and menacinw r the 'out-posta . the r ' privationsaowinge o a oese e p ti Z a t t g ., so &bent Helena. the 24th.our - forma, under coin. 'a state of things could nokslastEthey r mama of Benks, 'notched to Whlllassme Ferry, - idinuottd9,phiyttthieresthviedentirt Asecofwethtinait, sow :hi:rain . about twenty.. miles west of Helena, hearing that the. enemy had concentrated at tint point; but on !StateP, to repreient to lie l e ortlmiehl nerativ:oo2Polatke . fit tros P able e erics igalm i s er or t lt : • arriving no cenasy were discovezed. Cur keep, 'factory therefore Mao - racked: . ;of her Majesty'SG-overnment and - a little.aften six o'clock, while arrangemente , .Majesty might be advklied Le kri ae lr on Y t t e b rt at w h it e tt r were in progress for breakfast,,we were attacked Uthea European Pewee Wfth.h.naurta' te.aestora peace -• simultaneously en two tildes, - and With greatdury, 'On tke American c hatinentais Enowingthainseperiority of nyphers, they charged , - sure basis, the- aP • - rs r .V atablish • on of.the Manus with 'tbs.:utmost confidence of Overwhelmtzigais.,_ :featuring 'district& terms the 132•70. yelling netlics Came, . In Keno es Fort Pillo - ar,etyle, - Earl Missell; afite r "No quotient No quarters '. The. first 'valley on interns], was ad dreled'aisseseve ' our right' flank C Ispealters. dwelt upon the. brought dowicap,: . ar of our arrainaeasens, deputation. In ;no_ Of th wt elr eu Pe e zark ot e ail thet c . and three of our artillery' apnea. Six... k distinct charges, wave made with intent to captele tam Sr. !of the cotton teade, Present • ilneettled etatO, tallery. One f these wess',Well. nigh successfall. I keg hoW largely th Ror y t statistics s4ews, Lieutenant Ch a p pel lost hie 'galena. anti only sac s l drained of thietoeywn: t"):1B had ' t " 474 eeeded .Laretaitung his risco by moving , ta.a..pect, owing to the,„. 7w.. f the - - best elass,, tion of. bass peril. . indneemen obem, by „ ts held out to. - For mote than four - Mat the dreadful cestfiteb . things whi ch-Inediaa 9lll l 7 .-..— abban agehts ' a °a t *. °W i raged. A ntimber-Of Masa the most terrific velleys poor to ,akaa., a,„ -- tr° eamber of tissarviner wereides eharged.hrthefeaMitenditig Elms. tio4,into, .9;. _ _ aerates and hazardoms thaistertparJ etas forces t more t wentesas• nnttne nerasyntous as to the meaner f I eatthi eth . sane Teo. tatingfteiwaliredfamintess Apart, thirty paces distance, The rebels w ere confidant, . sideratiolsetif their ona materi I Wra , emaltant, and IMpatteent of delay ir e t helr..aittickpat-, fatten bagaska.ae. a .welforee.(Wan :en triumph and s. , ..ghter.. Our. ciffanera, abdomen lhateast e 6 iffior allidik th to the ForeatestSsonitary . ware cool - and determined nPea r ealttaienebe - the Pie Of : t h e:°Orton dieteietr altn inalMVY:'9"" Pei>. last moment and the last man. learly blabs. action superior lo of - S"tiwtuStilites' (Mi.:Burks fell was 5UCC0N44,14.,. Aden& tion, of - the-ISO t artnn as by timansetafeeta ' 'Reid, of thee ttaVer. S. Coloredsktfaistree am:lgo,' tlie > aee r ealesetty for self-iptearatemst. Lad. - The near paiintatity of the rebeL linee-wendered pliantr. eestortmegnitlonasaitihdepesedent .lmrcticableeta employ effielentlYaniteut of ms- After Bsteninf to the depute:tie - silo s y the artillery, except weismettnia her. Yaut terest, e t i v i mak ip ex . nreimeeu flop evident tee. one chest of ammunition being saved wie anneiration of 'she conduct, of the operatten hie on the; Aigili t .tkis. was 817";6Xbiimeloltd• cond uct tinaVeld , tits= a et aufTelinge complaint of the lack of sansinunitkm, an. °niter sireihat the timassresaa - earnnea do. wakned. with, squad of floor ,; and Made a ,"Government mighttit -aPetzlil*stfrive wbssa the tour through a corn-field a quarter of a main to the - a te-bee the offer t s e wade. flank and rear of the enemy, iseeptuirea.. th 1 and The de - nta °°- e 0 p tient-hut eakeen s -- and brought it through - three.. %aces cornice - reeenti As a ' rak e d `,,e.far kie across fie ploughed field, meshing Ont:tinea-witn Men' a cury, Julott, loss of one man. The.lnellenaent Nag , off ed i d under , - cross - fire from - - the enemy, and ai Pertain of the • TV. time under a. direct fi re from a:aq ua e o r one own Library.of, al u .„ we , %roam to._ a... 44,1. apps • ec:ie'ir,__dred .onwainetey - th011141114. VOienlee. rt. : tea ;add Yearlsl--.llo4ltbL 4 1 1 9 i ramisp sal t w iry bielOCk Major - Carmi chael arrived his Camoiry. Jun in "'PO" to intercep 'wry charge from the t,eeerve fo rce a npon our lines. The assault am.. , oaliree of o ._ II anal was meet timely and apllOtelbily i " ;; 41 1; rebel line gave Way in the wil&eet eenfoaha. uacj the concentrated charge, eed a . 920 ''t terfifi q mom our Infantry, with act 161111 . 1° , 1 7 chorus f..!r Chapiel- Major Carmichael having asc-rtt..l during the morning that Shelby ek'tire ea vt , ll9 l was near us , and noncentniting fora „,innetil i „ 1 . 14 b vlr lo ut Dobbins, Colonel Reid decided to fail Helena. Our great lose of - mules and artiilery is compelled the abandonment and deetruie'l , l et por tftil of our train and one caisson 0.0. little army returned from the bloody flrt. • the moot perfect order. Major Oarrninkrer• l, i , mantling the cavalry, and Lieutenant Reid, chief in command, showed themvelves competent and reliable officers. Indeed. an .1; n. bly. We skirmished with the enemy for n . iles% then, upon the .crmct of a hill, the 7e force m for h a lest test of skill. and proaretgy up,' „ 4 , heavy force assaulted our rear, the cait w hile tlry /i en . gaged in front and on each flank. Our n,. formed, and orders for the artillery to „ • and then take position being given. CMorel R c moved forward with thn InfAntry to tile thence on double quick the entire line splendid style, training the hill ruaddeivimr force before them for half a mile, When the' and Bed, to return no more. J br,. Th u g in twenty-four hours we marched Milq fought two distinct entre memento. each time .114%1'1; the enemy, more then double our number, and .. a into Helena without the slightest dem , ralir if . 4. so. and in high spirits. Respecting the Integrity, pluck and elltivlite or the colored troops at Helena, recruited chiefly is Missouri, we challenge criticism and comp trisao Alf NPRISENO TN TLLITTOTR--AN EITOAnnSTENT RAID TO Rays TATNN PLACE. Some of the Nitsoonrl and Illinois papers titre rumors that there is an uprising in I'lliorruorc,,,„ There are no means of verifying them, as we hu t , received no announcements of such a ch.tr,, t ,, either by telegraph or from oar COrreßonnTie 9t3 i t the West. It is asserted that in the mahhorheqd Hillsboro, the rebels have seven hnrl , T4l their encampment, and it Is stated that the unt o , men, to the nnmberof two thousand, with two piy z , of cannon,' from Mattoon, have taken the seed against them. It is reported, also, that an emvto. went had taken place, and two Union men 1111 been killed, and their bodies brought into Hillsbus. Waifs from Atlanta. A correSpondent of the Mobile Advertirer thus comments on "whisky drinking" in the rebel army at Atlanta "One thing is very evident, however. We're too close to Atlanta, and there are far too many er n . shops there. Ido not mean to say that a pilep a cocktail 111 not a good thing to have sorneti.ee,, oe but the mean' liquor there is very hard to swdlow, and. very bard to navigate under after it is swat. lowed.. Understand me, I speak from nbservati ma, not from experiende. True. I have tried one toddy here, and only one, and Ido not think I will ever try another till "this cruel war ds over." Bat you Would be eel rmished _e.t.Ute" number-of bars and th e .atemsist of drinktng going on in Atlanta. lam sure the 'general commanding the poet has very little idea of the extent of it., though drunken men are daily brought to him, I learn, and sent to the quard house. It ought to be stopped entirely while the armies are so near, and ills hoped that it will be, and twat speedily." . . WANT THEIR PAY The rebels are not PO intensely patriotic but that, like our own troops, they growl about their pay, even though it be entirely worthless. The same correspondent says : "I hear. up in this region the Home old cry that I have hesrd elsewhere for tke past three or four months—' .money.' It seems that the Army of Tennessee has been Dettloff; or p Iv so, atleast, while the Arthy of hitesteetppi (fienemai Pollee old corps) is eight months behind. It is not understood by what hocus pocue one portion of tke army in the Went is paid and the other not, and, as the men need their money very Iteatly, .you may imagine there is some grumbitng.'. GETTING OUT . OP ATLANTA. The - Atlanta editor of the Mobile News Isom "I can give you no Idea of the excitement in Atlanta% Everybody seems to be hurrying off, and espeoially the Women. Weems loaded with household furn tare and everything else that can be packed upon them crowd every street, and women, old and young, and children innumerable, are hurrying to and fro, leading pet lambs, deer, and other little housetield objects of affection, as though they Intended to save all they could. Every train of cars is loaded to its utmost capacity, and there is-no grumbling about seats, for even the fair ones are but too glad to got even a standing place in a box can The excitement beats anything lever saw, and I hope I may never witness such again. But in the midst of all this the soldier!, are cool, and cheerfhl; and sanguine." PRILIIIIISTIMENT. . • The following is a copy of a note, dated July 19, written by a rebel soldier,,picked up on the battle field in front of Atlanta: This may be my lest breakfast- • I'm going back to the front. Beshrew my evil luck—the front has oome to me. Worse men than 1 are getting hurt there daily. Who knows 1 Order me a metallic coffin and an iced julip A SalealtutAe Broker Rejuvenates an Old . - . On Saturday last, an enteiprising "substitute broker," In St. Louis, having been rather unsucceSS fal in his search of stock-to till thenumerous orders of his customers, and tweeting with an . old etay. headed man who answered his purpose la every re spect, except the trifling matter of over-age, hit upon the happy expedient .of restoring the old man to youth. To. do this it was -not necessary to and the "fountain of youth," vainly sought by Ponce do Leon, nor, like - ld lEsop, blear in tlib services of Medea. t o renew his of life by enchantment. Our substitute broker had a more expeditions way of transtnetrrifyintr an old 'man Into a young one. lie first ad ministered to hitepatient illiberal dose-of-the essence of rye, then took him to a barber shop, had hie neck and face washed and powdered, his hair and whiskers neatly dyed, and the wrinkles in his cheeks smoothed over by a process known to the tonsorial profession.- Another snifter of rye was poured down the patient's throat to straighten his spine, oiear tha rheum from his eyes - -and make his- breast swell oat in martial style. The inner man being arranged in mustering condition, it was deemed necessary, in order to make "a sure thing" of the job, to bestow some attention upon the outer covering. A pair of Substantial breirrans was purchased, and a nfoe yel low linen duster added, and the old man of sixty presented the appearance of . a biped of not more than thirty. Starting to the recruiting office with. his substitute in .bliarge, the indefatigable broker, figuring In hie mind that he had made two hundred • dollars and forty4ive cents by the operaticrt.and not Wishing to be troubled with the extra forty five, took his newly-made patriot into a saloon to driokarp this bOthersome odd cents.remitted a fatal, -.error; getilertmltir do, and-Ake. frttide ail ids labor, enterprise, and ingenuity allp ped from las grasp—for the third dose of rye put so mach starcb in the old man's backbone that he positively reftdied to enlist! In vain 'the; broker Ihreatened, elitted, and offered - a large sera to induce Ids substitute to come up to the scratch. The old man felt aX independent , as a newly-s.p. pointed corporal, and Swore he'd bedmi- squelched Jibe was' going - to fighilfor any hloddy coward in America." The broker then demanded the return of the brogans and the linen duster, but the alien - flatirrefused to give them up., The broker was in ite:palr. He had spent *19.35- in' clear oath in king - a•yormg,.substltute nut - of an bid eupernts rnerary,hrtd-now was cheated tint of his inves tment. He gave vent to a volley of oaths that would have done honor to an ex -driver. "My young friend," said the recusant substitute, "Pll ten you how yon can make it all right ; just bavelny death ebtered to the credit of my principal, and that will square accounts." - "You infernal old swindler what do you moans" "Why, did , nt Idye ler the coward who hired yea to got me as his substitute ; and when a substitute dies, dobro es ken't that relieve the prinelpall" The r seized'a tumbler and hurled that the imbstitade's head, but that individual - being rejuve nated by the elixir' of life, evaded" the blow, and skedaddled at the rate of nine knots an hour. Mrssiorrairr Coronas.—The last number of the North British Review contains a good discussion of Christian missions. After a very patient reyiew of the history of modern missionary effert, commeno ing with the labors 'oPPrancis Xavier, taking in the work of the Iliforaviters,' the labonf of Mr. Ellis in the islands of the Pacific, and of various societies In India, the writer makes some points worthy the attention of philanthropists : 1. Tbat in orderto a succestiftd. prosecution of ratg. 510118,1 l Is not money BO much as mein that are need ed. There will, of - course, be always.plonty of com mon•place men in every sort' of iforlilbotti at home and abroad, but nowhere is thereAtuch scope for great energies and all the highest results of *Udine., of training and culture ; as in those men who go out to establish new and dithcult foreign missions. The sort of training that best fits for the home pastoral. Work is by no means the best for the foreign labor ; BO that all *Protestant foreign missions need to bor• rows leaf, of Wisdom- from the Church of Rome, which has Its college de Propaganda Fide. He who goes out to convert ItEohammedans, Bromine, and Bonzes, should tiiiitcquaintod with the history, lan guage. the e,- literatur and, above all, the theological literature of untry to which they are to go. The second point to which public attention is called, is that though at first the missionary may do some good t yet it le the Chriatlan community which must become itself the itatrument for ex tensively disseminating the Ckarpel. is work to raise up s elf - supporting, fre It e, Inte their lligent- . communities in heathen lands, keying. all the - vantages of Christian training in morals and i ad n-- telligent faith,. The efforts should be to let Chris- Man ideas work themselves out, into their own proper and natural form, rectifying what is bad, but conserving what Is good and useful in the customs plant andfl andowe habi ts has, bof each nation. As every : r y and de. grecs, to become acclimated ea inrefel a newnurture set of circuits-- stances or country, and thereby becomes a new va riety in some respect, so Christianity In each nation will develops new !mantles and excellencies as it. becomes Indigenous Ineach new variety of the man character and race. In order to effect this:. Christian inissioriars colonies are needed. The.hlsr-. ravians have thus done a noble work to the worlds, by their various educational and indmitrial .0610,- nies. Dien want on to see Ohrhstlanity PraVsgslir -at work to realire.its superiority, and it is ohlrwlap thus at work that its power of doing good to kaandia realized..