I '3BA!fT’8 VIBaiNll OAMPAION
P. W. A. writfa to tho Savannah Republican
from Ghaffltt^s BluflF, on the 5th inst:-
TEB WA'i A30U5P EICHMOIW.
On ThurqJaT evehidg last, some of our field
ba*terie5 shclh^d, with cffeot, » negro camp near
S!i n-dsv th/’cncmy wcrediecoTercdlandiog ^ yesterday. Grant oroMcd the Rapidan with an ar-
t >1-it D ifcn our gunbcata and » , c^'V of 125,000 veterans. He h«s sinoc e?n
i joM lu i i.. . , « which I reioforccd by 50.000 additional troops, tuakicK
A NOBTHBKN VIBW OF THB SItU4tfOS.
The very ytatib "by • OongMwioniJ mwifeato ixued against
followiDg extracts ftom the Baltinsore oorre*pon , y , ^. *k.t
•Jenue of the New Ifork World, of the 24th ult.,
Oa 5 I .rr»l *o .ttenti™ of th.
Eat, if thi r-?b-.'l th«ofy o'’ J?n GvA«.t8 pwUi.-n
c.>r»YOt, «r.( Ffri d b ;s now Rrrived Wnat tb*y bt-
huTO »bout hH i» ibi«: ibftf it haa now done »•»
1 •ftf'rv n 'S'* Huoened upon them, . ,tiu»vnuv— — . — — - — , .
rolled to hy the yankfe ruonitora. and the hjg total force 175,000 men. 5-h and , jj abl^ t-acoonplfsfc; thu it
..no. t/rf u'i until af'cr nic-ht. Our gth of Moy he fought the battle of tho VViId jr-| jb pro^'nt porinoa for w.uVa f.» ooao.butihatasy fw
c innor-iUinc until arer -w», h^^rrrr ln«, b^ Lee. th J cflfaneiva «-p^’!«'jon8 beyond tJje Bh^Wat asdd®-
;r bat., ries on this sjdo ot the rivor shelled | and ww repulsed with p.trr.borg, ia
tV.o c..!i.v\- ponuwn bridge, oelow t^e Gap, at; 0,000 Coutcderatos. On the 8th, 10 , b, *
t; e Miue tiuie. 12th and 18th, the battles of Spottsylvama were ^
U 0 }i:»ve ' enemy fought, and here again he waa repukcd with a
Wtffe aiv4noin^* npon New Market hill, about l^i Io-h that can be only justly described as fright-
m'ihs below tUo city,. yefiterday morning; but f^j b>om the 20th to the 30th a aerios of skir-
troii file that nothing had been Kcurd trom oiishe^ and engagements, ii’ore or less bloody, cn-
ibat qaartcr, at o’clook'last evening, it is pro-! sued, the Federals invariably getting the worst
exuyxcd the m ivcaccc.: was Dot -f a soriauj charau- j of tvheii thev were the atta«*king party, as they
1 usually were; for it waa Loe's policy to act on the
It "i Graut i? atteuipfi»g to cut a ca-! defensive acd save hi» men. On the 3d of Jane
nai tl roiieli the bend nt Dutch G ip, which is not ! jijg bloody battle of Cold Harbor took place, and
more thku tVrr ^ hundred yards across. The cut | resulted in the disaetrous repulse of the Northern
off, if lE.'i'i ' v; I’l i F^'orti t) the disfjRce “^jvural | army, whose loss wa", without exaggeration, ten
mitfs.
errant hns (•on'.ract#'1 his lines oti our right,
but EC: ras frotij the ahr>ve to be threatening our
l it It iD'-.y b^' :i picm lent intended
xo^o^^'v Ar .'.ther irvcTna operation,or mere likely
to .eoaro th
' ffr‘b.'"
liT. t*w
. ti navt) s- en n. ott r from Marylau'3, written ; Rifive. From the 20th ot June to tho 3 Ha
cat of the quretion: and as
.hj^ot can bo aoionipliab'id by t**# dcBtrne-
rion of that pKoe, t\jpy »re Vrep^redto aeo Udaatrojed
Thr poBition of B«‘aureja'd’8 an»T, in their work* at
retfrrthar*. lho» regard %8 absolutely lmpregn«b}«, and
tooy roftard the r«oen‘ ccntr««tion of Gou Qraal’« lines.
asd h'.» abandcBiflsnt to them of the Weldon Rallraad
ai a virtual oonfasplon evtn of his nun’erioal weakno ’•
1 nfs-y add tUat ‘herkniw preoisely, not onfy that t’ao
e'fioicuoy ot (hint’s array la Rieatly impaired by t.ho
loss of 6 > tmoy of the most valaablo of aor officiru, but
sldo thst they know the verv names of Si»ey of th{»>o
cffio«rs, the dates when they wor« killed aad disabled.
a::d the aofual condition cf »be diviBicns. brigacJea, and
ri'g'mrnta whi'^b they ooenmwided.
Ever aince t!se 1st of Jal?, therefore, the eoergfes of
Ges. Lee and Jtff Dsvis have been bent to Jhe task of
c*Tyi' g I’Ut the main features of the original plan cf
tbe Rumo^^r camr^iga. which I described bafor-! it h;vj
b?pt\ opeutd. It is r8mark*t'lo how aoourattl/ t*:eir
eaisalation^ r.bjut it bsYO b.'^n fulflUf l uo to thi'i tirao
I‘. i-i on reocrd, and the>'efore o>nnot be denied, tiat
times as heavy as that of their wary antagonist’s
On the 14th Grant crossed the James river, and
ru.iled upon l^ctcrsbnrg, encountering there, from
tho 15th to the 19th, only a handful of men un-
Jer Beauregard, and though gaining some advan- _ _ ^
r.r> -^vi.1 ci hi^ troop:^ undisturbed to . tige in ground, by reason of his great superiority ; tUey txjM’cUd Qto Grant to da exactly what he h>s
A d tj or two will iisci&se ; in nunibers, was held io check until Loe's annj, dono at every step of his cBmpaiga, »nd that they were
' rhicii had to march by a circuitous route, I ir^ps-reJ Sor b-n a» "Vfry }>o:ct
- , j even in :ho Eiil3t c'th'C o» rRnJ caaiT»a ga. toey Knew
' tiiatht*ir.i;8ttTcnlu»l!y eb^ndcu it andadopUfcp routeof
July he kept up an irregular artillery fire npon j MoniflilaTi a-j tJ-c splsfd and ri^jffcleO rUas of
Confederate lines, varied by
at the cL- 0 of weei;, conGrming the sfar.*-
K'’ ri;l.uivc to the lat;;e number of transports
p•l^5l^’^r vp vhc i\.:, aiao to Washington, loaded
lit'ops.
‘foavv cjlutnna of Goioke were seen aao'udiug
in Oil .'i' fV3^ aa early tiour in the mora
ine' }es^e>’lay -'’atil riirht—3::nHne% 15^A.
The t Jtnd men cf oar James river fleet
on Ffidj.- exopin:: huiicd with a barrah the or-
de-3 tN vvciirh ar.chor ;>.nd procced iC'S’a tho river
for olfeT'-r-e op. r vtious airain^t YaTk*'v3 land bat-
te?j'
d#-.
Jo.
th
I>v .
__ auv‘hi»g else tl.at Liigh turn I’p It
;t • a; r tbe rccc' t’oa of tiie abv>va or-
ro 1 ; k* d .-A, as 'uch things usoxlly
‘ „!j .•> f t';o cxfe-. :oti was fo .sbell
. V.,. bri; rtbiK'h had lantied at
G-p '••ju’'r.«necd throwing up fortitica-
ticus u’ad L'Poti«iir tfftvj guns, it not, as rumored,
dip:ring a cmal scr5f>« the g»p.
At one o’clock Saturday morning, the Rich
mond, Oapt Maury, the Fredericksburg, Capt
Ro?*», (boih irou-cla'is) and tho gunboats Hamp-
tor. 1.1 ur .Hut'iatiih Xitiscaioud, Lieut Elays,
am; Prr rrv. Li'^uf Wall, lelt ihtir moofint??
be!. If ‘ ? ,.ud prooeedod dowu tbe river.
TL cici Vir^^icia, llapt. atlcotcd
by 'he 1 \ ui a part ot tiie exni'duion,
snt rtun».t y £.,.juudeJ. r,od did not get off undl
Crm'j o’clock. S;.w imn*cdiately joined ^ er oom-
rad-’S bflow, whjo'u were already briskly engag
ing '.he enemy.
Thoe of our vessels which preceded tho Vir-
gin?a, took posiuou bvlow rlie 1> shop house,
whrr^ tL»>.y wor-* iti oajiy .^hoHintr distaiice lior.rts
the fla'ji •'!' Datoh Gap. Just b*^fore scve'i o'clock
tbt. B.iluted the un>u3p»;0ticg jajke.-s vith a
voU.'T ol . hell ar.d bhot Thn yankee batteries
at ‘-Friena'i ’ iaimciijuly opened, and Iroiu the
Urst ccEJfctiatcd their ectire fira upon the Haiop-
lon, the Drewry and the Ns.aiomond, thus giving
our '.nvulnera'c^ie iron-cluds the cold shoulder.
Our batterif3 at Howlett's, thinking that it wa.'i
a lrv.3 fight, let iutu the yankees with a vim, and
•oon convinced them that the Confederatca, too,
have hod battflies along the Jamt^. The yan-
kee gunboats di«ooverirg that brisk work was
goicg on above, c?>::'• e up s»nd aiichored off Dutch
Gap. atsd endea^orid to attiaot our fire, ani
thus relieve tb«ir brethren on shore from the
uncomfortaole poeition in which they unexpect
edly iound them?elvcfl placerV
The firing, n.A is usually the case, beuamo hotter
and hotter as iho morning advanced, and Com-
moJor.; Mitchcll p^'rceivin^^ that the entire yan-
kee ;irc waj directed at tht three gunboats—the
she!'-, burstin i over and ill sround them, yrt,
«!tr?r_a to e-.y. c^oi.;g thcai no d.\mage—wisely
or-Jer • • *!i r i’ the irc’.-ciad.s an i procecJ
to t' rcur As th *y rc’fircd the yankees vrove
then a parang salat-;-, hat dii '.bey co-.iso uali!
they TT^'rc eniiro’y out of range of their guns la
tbe :i!f moon, whet wo !"ft the point a', which
wcbaib «*n s*’'»tijnvd durinz the morniuir, and
procc'jdcd to the B.:iuVorr, bekw Gbalhj’s, we
found that the Hamptoa had letarned to the
scene of opeicitionsi.
At t^c time of our return—7 o’clock—firing
was sfiP au hide at Grave yard Bend, thouga not
as hravy a.-t during the toreuoon. Up tj that time
we had driven tho yaoko.is from that portion of
Dutch Gap near the riv r. A Lieutenant who
came trom Hewlett’s as we left, stated that we
lost, at our land batteries, one killed and five
wounded A telc2r.iTn ro Chaffia’s Blufi, received
jast before, c' Lhoatcd our loss at the same pl;iC3
at n^n*i kilbd i*;d .»ix wounded In our fleet
there wf'rc no ca'ua'ties. It wa^ thousjht from
every in l'c+tion ;h it the yankoes at Friend’s w^re
less f‘ t'lnafc -winle the fact tha' a r>art of t’re
land i . n i > r’-; J ipi j-iii.l ’ Sre too vTirit#
for th : I •'! \ vrer-i 1 ro;1 to 'a!l back, wa'iavits
the cniclu^N^n tlint th^-y too “uff '■ed—and it i??
hardly u .oh rist.-ii) to hope—severely
Fr- ia*«. .°a>l ir p?ho p->rricipated in tii,'; cngoge-
ment un i i»fi, at. S o’c! sck, nfttr the firing had
ceas’o. rro i.?:.,rc ti .»* t•^'o^hct5 through the smoke
stack 0* tiie 1 r'iderieki',or^ coe.stiioted the en(>'rc
damase f'oim our vessels Il»> informs us that
wo ha i none kilUd or wounded.
^ Hew wi.=! plainly heard in the city du
ring j'^'srer liy aft Tpnoa, and wota’».e it for grant
ed that tvom. .ditchcll has resumed the j'ood work.
\5th.
RlonMO'^D. Au? 16—Tho yankces are un
usually dm on the N«w Market road
bol iw ;li.‘ •‘•fy, to d -.y D in rep^^ted that tbtjy
t;.; a;!'n.i>tlr - to flink o>jr iiiOvc?i)''nts, which
willprbibly luaJ to active oper,itIoai iu that
quarter
T.^e cavaliy aJviuc»»d on the Charles
Oity T'’ i» (hi3 uj »riiing to \V bite’s tavorn, seven
^j'e« I ,'?ow 'h- city. A foroe of Coufedviate
cavalry engi^ed them and a severe skirmish con
tinued upt)l this afternoon, when they drove the
yaakees b'»ck hcveral miles.
A S'ramje Frenh.—.Several years ago wc knew
a little fellow in Crawford, Ala, who was E>ome
24 or L’.j years of age, but a perfect boy in appear
ance, si/3 and weigiit—not weighing mora thi.'i
about ) or bO pouads. Ho was the most cadav
erous iojkipg individual we ever saw, and bis
voic** W9 ? effeminate as that of a girl of 12 years.
A few days ago we were accosted on the road by
a large man, weighing l?iO pounds, and finding
that we did not remember him, he asked us if we
did not recollect little Jim , stating that he
was that individual. He said he oommenccd
growin;r «gii'» at the »frs of 30 v.-?ara, aua erew
a!o.l,
the arn.^^ ^-rr w n.orc ‘he Uiit year of tho war
than h:: i-.i. i ,r.,. whrle cf hi.^ life
before, li.- iz r-jt years uf asfe, and in a srouf,
robust ~uin _ *«3 never ‘rad a sign ot h-Ir vn
hisfact nnt;] w.rti.n th- Ust xnonths, and
“f wiA-
k re in .. Wi^iiC. Hav*' is this frork
Ot nVvU'e to bj .no ocnt d for? If at the at?^ of
36 year • he lardy renhcd manboou’s es
tate, V3 fihiiiild judge that Jim would v ,e
Father i>lcthu£' ?ah a .-aao for old age before ha
» VM7 oM outt.—CbMnM
the town and the
raids agsicet tho railroads aud ocoasioually Dy a
feeble assault. On the last named day ha sprung
a mino ucJcr a salient in Loc'a lines, killed,
wouuded, and captured 1,200 men, and lost, by,
ihn confession of the euemv, fully 5,000.
During these three months, in which he has
been wrestling with Lee for the Confederate
capital and the great State of Virginia, hin losses
from all causes, including deserters, prisoners,
those slain and disabled in battle, and his casu
.>.ltic4 ia the^V'allsy cf the Shen«»nd,>ah and
Maryland, are admitted by Northern wti^erj to
have been quite 100,000 men! Over 1,000 men
a day, and over 1,000 men for every mile he has
advanced! If these men were placed Lead to
toot they would make a line, allowing six feet
to each man, one hundred and eleven miles in
length! What a bloody path that waa over which
the Federal army marched! For yeaM to come
the traveller may be able to trace it by the graven
aud bleaching bones which mark every fool of
its progress To tbesa frightful figures there re
mains to be added the large number of men
whose ternm of enlistment have expired, and al!,
or nearly all, of whom have retired permanently
Irom the service Lee’s losses, on the oon;rary,
including those of Beauregard around Peters
burg, and those of Karly in Northern V irginia
and Maryland, iVom aU causes, do not reach 30,-
OUO men.
It may bo well to add, in correction of aa error
which seems to prevail in Europe, thit in all
this furiou-> campaign, in all this gigiotic milita
ry waltz around the Oonfedorate capital, Lf^e has
never retrtatei^ one step. He ha.** moved from the
llapidau to the Appomattox, but in dong so he
baa always followed or moved parallel to Gr^ut,
who, taking advantage ot the topography of the
theatre of operations, has thrown his army first be
hind one river aaA then another, advancing all the
time upon Lee’s flanko, and thus compelling him
to change his position in order to protect Rich
mond But at no timo can It be said that he re
U’eated, or lost a battle. He has slept upon »very
battle field of the campaign, and has not lA«eo
driven from one foot o! ground.
There does not appear to be auy indicttion of
aa early m">vcment by (}ract
f^xfnu'fa f'rom t!u I'ankee /Vtwt.—The New
Vork W'orl l says; "The recent disaster at Fetcrs-
burtr is having a most depressing etfect upou the
country, inxifcd, no deieat of the whole war
has crewed so mujb dismay." A c»:irr«>spoiident
•of the sajae paper puts down the yankse Iohs on
that occasion at “over eight thousand men.'’
From tho same journal we co y the following:
The B jstoa Traveller gives currency to some
very extraordinary statements respecting the
arnty of the Fotomac. It says that the private sol
diers have given their otficcrs ijuietly to undcrsand
tba‘ they mu-*t »»ot expect them tj assault im
preijoable earthworks hereafter; that the cam
p^i^n so far has been oue of useless butchery, in
which no regard has been paid to the lives of the
troops. This same paper hints, as did tho Tri
bune the other day, that the reason the colored
soldierh were given the post of honor at Peters
burg was because the white troops were indispos
ed t-j make the assault.
The liochfster Democrat, another Republican
journal, states that there is a great deal ot dissat
isfaction in the army, and that an unusual num
ber of resignations of offijers has been tendered,
among wh >m are five Generals The Boston Ad-
V( rtiser also alludes to rumors it has heard to the
saiao fff jft, AH this is calculated to add to the
dc.spond^'.(ty of the countryj but wa sincerely
hope (says the Advertiser) matters are not so bad
aa t*'cy aro represented to be.
^umh^r nj Men ih. >in Ffif-.mf Army.—
The uumber of laen in the Federal army has locg
been a matter of epocuiatioa. V; c ar.i able »*
"ivc thi«i morning a wel* '•onsidercd estimate vf
tho force®, with tlieir distribution over the coua-
trj. It is founded on good military authority:
120,000
40.000
30.000
20.000
20,000
20,000
120,000
50.000
40.000
40.000
20.000
15.000
25.000
10.000
20,000
20,000
50,000
660,000
G'jn. Grant’s Army,
Wa.shington and vicinity,
Maryland and Delaware,
Gen. Hunter’s foroe,
vShenardoih Valley and Wc.?t Virginia,
Fortro?s Monroe, Norfolk, Yorktcwn, «&c.,
Gen. Shermsa’s army,
K'’ntucky and Tennessee,
V ickaburg, Memphis, Port Hudson, &c.,
Missouri and Memphis,
Geo. Ba’»kb’8 army,
In North Carolina,
la SoutK Carolina,
Florida and Mobile,
On the Pacific Coast,
Indian Territory, Minnesota, &o.,
In tho North in various places.
Total,
Of this number nearly one hundred thousand
arc in the hospitals Fifty thousand at least are
prisoners or under parole.
The negro troops at preaeat number j»bout one
hundred and fifty thousand.—PAt7a/e//'"ua A(je.
A Yankee Brigade Ditbtnded.—The “Phila
delphia Brigade,” originally organized by Sena
tor Baker, of Oregon, having been greatly redu-
ced, h»a been disband«d, and the remnants of its
-regiments attached to other brigades. Its origi
niil otrongth was forty-eight hundred xuen, the
large tnsjority of whom have been killed or maim
ed for life. This brigade suffered ^evorolv at
“Ball’s Bluff,” and subsequejtly at Sharpsburg
And Fredcricksburg. It “got fits’' at 0-jld Har
bor on the 3d of June, and waa efiectaally “iwcd
up” on the 221 of tho same naon^h n^ar Peters
burg, “whm and where the brigado was sarpriEcd
by tho enemy and so nearly destroyed that it was
deemed expedient to break it up.'* May a like
^te speedily attend all YaoVee brigades eaiploy-
^ pw»eviti» ol iniuuitotu war.
iMmm4
‘hBt g-ucral B-?t i* w*9 the delays that ware'oroj'’ upon
bid by * '0 c'niluct of the admi*^I^lratioa which gave
tho rebel leaders li-n® to frusiralo e^e« t’aoie plana
It i3 oD r:ccrd th«t they expected, asi ev n d«a!red,
bis operaf'tna agaiust Pi'tcraburg, knowliig »iill thi*t
ho would be delayed (here, as he has b>ra, aad that
tha^ thoy would be enabled to oarr/ oat their plans in
tho We.it
Tho morat reauTlo ihat attended the late ei^-editian of
Gen £« ij i'to M*rylaad have som»wktt Biodilsd the
plans of tne reb**! loa lera, but thf,t iaod!fic»tipa h»«
only made (hem the mere i&aJaoIous Thejr «>ill po
Vnjccr be cor;(er>*el wit’-- tb:* defeat of Oo'’. Grant’s
■ rriv, »rd hio fcTcid rotrCiit thtir ctp'tal T'.i-j
rcs'Jii thry cxp^ct to bri'g aS u; by a oonoertration
of lA'ir ro-ifi a.’ K'i; ’m>ud aft*r Ailaara has bc*»n re
llov.^d Fa’ tui'v wii': u,.‘. hd T;ith ttat They
';aow lio ' ih^t. VtAshiKgton vai iu totlr pswfr oa the
llth nnJ 1;!!h 'f ’uty. Tlioy koo«r now, ihat A Con
f derate Atmj ciU L« brought without ditDcaHy from
Kicho’oad to Maryland, and ihkt it is ia th» puwer of
snoh au army cither to iav.ide Penn9ylv,»aia or to
itic -at- n Washingtca .■Vad this they are detcrmiaeJ to
U. eithtr this Bummer or eerly iu tbe fnll
Hitharto, here h»s a’.^raya b;cn a 8.-c*;i bu; iifliiu
ii.il at ibe Houth, cf w!ioiu btm^eU was
ttta ani the oh who wers oppjsel lo »ay
tnuvoCPesta V?3s*i'rir oa oppoje.1. *n » word, to
firtro cf »a? ii.id. aad advioaiej af « 5y«.
fa.tiOl liefcufi ve 77.a» ^ari^ tu:» no
Ijnjftr Toe rcaaiii cf » expeditrou Ut>'n i-tatTnj
cd all ihPir tbejries. i'n y are now a^ Htriig advi
Okies of warfini *8 0>ii Lt« and in
£Ji8?qu«>ii04, i; ia uad>-iitoad »» R'cb-joi»i hat iu a
f.-w moQiba, cr per ps Liuoa leai iimo. if ‘ue piaaa of
tac rcb**. tead'rt; aro ftdh**rcd «r, ihs s*%t of Trar xtiU
ba t. aajtcrrcd t-Qfn the 8 uia tc tnc Nona; ^ne rebel
army will ia'ade FecaNjifAnia, aa.'tber *iU inv»^?e
'Jhi.> cr I'iJiHD* Waib‘a^"u rir, Oi* tireatcaed;
and this liae by an artuy o' 100 OOO troof beui upoa
its c'p'ure
U Bi*y lean' t‘'»t it will rcqu're l^rg* ariaiui tc
•jairy tbes-* piMis iaio tf o It W)!! rrqui.-e n.'ong ar
mic'; bu'l atiliiiry duc3e-d depoQdj d jciplije and
s;9od g>beralship, and a.'t upon ncmbirj. we q«vo
learor l to our bitter oc^- i ^upoosa (he re«d&rs of'he
World were never d«]uJed 67 tiie oft repeated fable
tiiat ihu rrbeUlongagt had oons^ripted every mao.
aad that wheo the araie.s now iu tbe field w-jre d*feat
ed their miiitary p.wer wculd b- gone. Tho fact is.
tbe recruiting of operation at tbe (}outh, baaad
apon Fr a")! rac^ui iag «yBtem. ii so perfjoi that i
aei pa the r*uk4 cf the old rcgim^tiu LcaztkuUy full
A Freoch rsgimeni always has at hom«» a rec uititg ota-
iion and a r«rcraitiiig ot&r.nr, and tae u«w r>oruiia, afier
ijoae prwparucry dfil.ing, are deal at «iv«d tiised,
toonthly or quarterly, to join Lheir rogimrnlsi It ia eo
the ciouth There are 10 day taouetaia of y uiix m.n
of froci t) 26 in the r>>rel army, vLo have ihas joia-
ed ’.hsir regiiaenie duriait the Ufi eix duoh a
thing ae a aim regimeut la tha ttbcl ar.:iy 19 a rar'ty.
fuagiQs for a uoiaent wh%t a stale of di:«ai;.i.as utiui
prevail in an army thU'4 oonjiiiu'ed, .a:x 9c.*«0it°d by
throe :;ear8 c* ooas’Jui seiviot; in ar«;/, lo-', Fseie
u^rlt in au aad o.erii alcr.*, 'u the load to fro
skouoa.
So far a> n>’ra cambcn •r« oonojrnfd the i iliel nr
•aic’ ate t%'‘fe enough t> farry tnto rz. tbe *bove
d Tuoy aianual U"#' 10 a*'out 376,tK>-J m»o—1
ir;,‘fcp etf-e'.'Tti—psr'.ars ratoer more tb*n 'ii** If
tiie abov.- plane ^re attempted, :iOO,(‘UU f «iU he
to the lav»4iag f.,ro?B, 6U.0UU v 11 6s Ijfi to
d:f«ui K'.coimouci, an ) '.e reiniiiniog w.ii bs
d.etributed ad oceaaiii > m»r require.
Tbere are th'jee at K cautond, m?n :n h gh peeiuoos
and of ^ood jad^rne&t, wao gofattuar, aud wooisy that
tiie capture of Wastiiugion oefj^e nsit NbTrujer may
i>i regarded ch almja* ocrcaiD Thsie m^a are am^^aj
iQe fuiT woo oig y any drxn*^ ot iu.toia.v Ocn
Lrc, and It is puBaii>.e tual ihcy deri>e t eir .'mrtcsaioafl
fuoiu wuat u«y kiow of loe views of 'ax'. Lifijir AU
4ne rebel-eaders. laoludiajj ff Uivis tiod L;e,
arc now nnitcd in tbe u. sriaiaattua to conquer ti^eir
i.ideoeadeuoe on nortaern soil, and tg dictate :hs lerau
0/pe>Me from Wa^biaftou—tbose l.-rm-i to 1)6 biaed oa
iha rec 'guition of tae South a« an iciepeadeal cation
—and t£ey bavo com^ 10 thi9 determiaation keoaaso
they believe toat that will bd the most speed/, ta well
as the cioU e?eata^l manner of tfcruicatiag tee war.
Tue t)outheru people, although tboy are oy nom'fians
di^CTora^ed or dup.rit«d, are Urtd ot tlie w%r Tboy
wact it K> bo toriDinatj f bocans- ihey risn tc bo ai
iit er y to cultivate taeir (otton, au^ar, rioe, aud tobacco,
and to m»Dufaoture tbeir tar, tnrpentiue a d ro.iin ia
l-eaco lae uatioui ®f £jrope are i.uffer.jg for the
tfaat of tkts? oooinoJitiert, wiioa tne djut;. «!), o e«n
cappiy che*} ly liat. in order lo produce theai pro£t
ably, ttie Soutu must hav2, and will have, her o.a es-
la •itched i^ysteS ofdocio'tic !*^bor
i a-j peopl3 of tha Scuth Ceiiovo that they have amply
I- noa^trated toev ability to maiu.»in tfccir iadepen-
d..«03 Bat tijoy will c^atinue t!ie w»r for tea ye rs
- >o!!er than abandon wb%t *hev oonsoientiously believe
-7 are fi^hiJpg for. namely, the neht of selfgovern-
.i::at, tad the ri|{iit cf rcgalaiing their domest.o insti-
mtiona in 'heir own w*y subj ot on'y to tiia provisions
«f ihe Ocnstitalion of lb's Uaited fltaieo, w»ich taey
bave aduptad rubstanually, as boir own Tney ar
dently dcaire paaos Bat izej iriii make no poaoe taat
does njt reooguiza th*se prinoiples. Aa rcgird* re
unioil. the action of Mr. Lineoln towards the South
hia pol'ioy of en’aaoipation and oonfijcation, anl of
arming the slave? againai their masi«id—tsas renJared
ths.i icopossiDie, as Ioua; as h«>, or tae Republican party,
oonticnetj ia power I’ha only terms of pears xaich
the South w}uld acoapt now are, u*p .ration and icde-
rcndenoe In happier times, nuder ■* Uemooraiio ad-
ministration, and after bni years of mutual oonol!ia
vion and good offiiss on both sides, ro uuicn under the
old Consittotion may be po“piblo. But of ail tho 0 imes
I hat rest upon ihe eonl of Mr. Liaoola tai« in the
greatest, that he has made any present or speedy re
storation of tae Un on utterly impose'-b!:
It is mcrr thvi iike;y that some ink.ing of the real
lailitary power of the rebels, aad of ta« -^bova piacs
and viaw9, has reached Mr. Liaooin, and may ba at the
bottom of his half hesita* ing oour-se in i^gard to the
next draft, and in revard to the t'a)f-way prop.?%ls for
peace which ho has authoriaed to be made Tt«. tey-
note to all th»t be eays or docs, a d lu &!l that he h»«
»aid or drne fur tbe last six muuihs, 11 his abav*. biag
iixtercBt ia s-ouricg his ra eleeiioti, aad of rciajving
frota his path all possibh rivals It vas lor ihta that
Jen Grant, was graattsd a iieuLeaaat-Qca^ral U was
for this that Mr Liao^ln ro urgcatiy disoLumed -11 re-
pofisibili.’/ for 'he ri^Ruit of the cviapaign arj,iist
Richmond, and dj ocrf?iatea ly fio^e-.tfd taiit rsbp.)n4i-
oility npoa Qraat Mr. Licnjja Uaa plsnty o' laat low
cuna nr vhioa 'iid'inguidiies men of uis 6>mp, who, by
aooideut or luo l»,roe if uirouoisiaaoetj, bave bs iu r*is
-id '0 ptsi'ionc lUn dutiia ot »aiou they are unable to
camprthead. But h' is aa icoayablo'of uegj-iuisg an
uo;»orabli peace cm iio ia af a Euocossi'ai war.
I/aOis
Vote of the liitkN. !. Troops^ Lane^Briyjdt,
—For Vauoa 77, for HoJden 7.
PKMIDKRT LIHOOLN niffOUlfOID ax bis PARTT.
Thft North ia in • blsM of ezoitement bronght
EquivocaL—1 hope, my friand, if ©vcr you
oouic within five milea of mj hooue agaia you will
thc’c ail night.
T aacaurch is tiae epitaph: “Here lieu the bjdy
0^ Jai'-.d Robinson and Ruth, his wife;” and
UD this text; **!Efentr wuive a Moam-
Luiooln by \h '•mt pnriyl It appears that
Moator Wade, of Ohio, and RepreMOtative Henry
Winter Davis, of Maryland, chairmen of the Sen
ate and Hoase “Committees on the Rebellious
States,*' have prepared and presented, in their
official oapaoity, an indictment against Lincoln.
The N. 5T. Herald says of the document:
“This manifesto charges Mr. Lincoln with arro
gance, ignorance, usupation, knavery and a host
of other deadly sins, including that of hostility
to tbe rights of humanity and to the principles of
republican government. Nothing that Vallandig-
bam or.the most venomous of the copperhead tribe
of politicians have uttered in derogation uf Mt
Lincoln has approched in bitterness nnd force the
dennnciatiooH which Messrs. Wade and Davis,
shining lights of the Republican party, have piled
up in this manifesto.
The ostensible motive for the address which
these gentlemen have seen fit to issue ^‘to t.hc
supporters of the government" is to show that
the design which the President had in not ap
proving and signing tbe bill passed by both
Houses at the last session “to guarantee to cer
tain States, whose govarnmeats have been usurp
ed, a republican governmant,” whil' he did not
asAume the responsibility of vetoing it, was that
he might, by pursuing his own plan of readmit
ting rebel States on the pretended return to loy
alty of one-tenth of their inhabitants, hold in his
hands the control of the next Presidential elec
tion. The reasoning on this point is brief, but
fraught with significance- Hero it ia:
The President, by preventing this bill frciri be
coming ft law, bolds tbe electoral votes of tho
rebel States at the dictation of his personal ambi
tion.
If thote rote* t«m the halanc* in hi^ fav'r {$
i* to be $uppoted that hit competitor, defeated bt/
tuch meant, teili ncquietcef
If the rebel majority assert their suppem»cy in
these States, and send votct> which elect an ene
my of the Government, will we not repel his
claims?
Ajyt M Tiot that civil war for the Pr^tidancyf
inaugurated by the votes of rebel States?
The President is told, in sf» many words, that if
ho dare to carry out tho scheme foreibad >wed,
his election wtY/ be retis'td and cinH tear for the
Fresidencg vnauyurated
The Herald treats the subject as a mutter of
Kteat importance, in a double leaded editorial.
In olosine it gives Lincoln tho following gocd rap:
“Ah a President of tho L’^nited States, Mr. Lin
coln muit have sen^e enough to see and acknowl
edge he hat Letn au eynyioux failure The btst
thing he can now Jo for himself, hi^ party and
his country, is to retire from the high position to
which, in an evil hoar, he was exalted, and it any
military ardor possesses him, join the raaVs of the
army. Od^* thing must be self evident to hin,
and that i>>, that nnder no circumstances oau he
hope to be th's next President of the United
States, 'fhe dissatisfaction with his administra
tion, which has long been felt by the great body
of Americaa citizens, has spread even to his own
supporters, and now if he will not make a viitue
of necessity, and withdraw trom the Prcsidental
contest, “the supporters of the government” will
be very apt to act upon the advice given them by
M^»8r8. Wade and Davb—♦■to“consider the remedy
for these a«urpations, and having found it, fear
lessly execute it.'’ That remedy, need wc say
what it is? Mr Lincoln cannot need to be told
that it is tho same of which tbe winds have been
whispering for some weeks past—the aa»embling
of a new national convention at Bu^alo, to put
in nomination tor the Presidency a man in whom
ail the {Jboplo of the Caited States will repose
trust and confidence—some such man as Grant,
MoClellan, Hancock, Sherman or Hooker.”
TKe Ck-cago CVnp^nfio" —The Democratic
Providential Convention will meet ai Chicago on
the 2y;b inst. A New Voik letter wntor sutes
that, as the time for the meeting of tho Conven
tion approaches, “there are other names than
ot General McClellan beginning to b^ whisn''-t i
about as candidates. One of those is Ei-Prcsi-
dent Fillmore. This g.7nt!eman, to use a vi'lear
p^’rase, has been laying low during the war. and
hcncc he is not obnoxious to the ultra-peaco I'ac-
tion, while his recent efforts on behall of thn
Sanitary Commission, are supposed to have given
Him some claim to tbe kindly consideration of the
war wing of the Democracy. Fernando Wood
it is said, will support him; but the McOcIlanitcs
insist that only their man—the young Napoleon
—shall bo trotted out. Some think th> job might
bo compromised by putting Millard ap for Presi
dent, and Ma*^ for Vice-President.”
Town Burning —Yankees have made tho
use of the torch legitimate against them by tbe
burning of the following towns: Germantown and
Madison Court House, in V^irginiaj Washington,
N. C-, Bluflton, S C-; Darien and St. Mary’s, Ga.;
Jacksonville aad Tampa Bay, Fla.; Jackson,
•Miss ; Greenville and other towns in Arkansas;
Alexandria and New Iberia. La.; Hickman, Ran-
doipli. Lake Providence, Bayou Sara, Piaquemine
Donaldsonville, and every other town on the Mis
sissippi river, from the month of the Ohij to
Now Oriesins, cxcept Memphis, Nat«hei, Vicks
burg and Baton Rouge.—Richmond Sentr d.
Outrajes in Prince George.—Wo have riosi-
tivc information that the unfortunate citizv us of
Prince George county, now within the yarkce
lines, have been visited with a treattnen; wor^e,
if possible, than that whieh has befallen others
who have been thrown nnder similar circumstan
ces. They have not only been subjected to per
sonal insults and abuses, but have had their pro
perty destroyed and provisions stolen, and have
consequently been left in an almost starving con
dition. The yankees first strip a farm of all its
poultry, hogs, cattle and every thing edible; then
steal the provender, horses and negroes, and
finally strip the residence of its furniture—ap
propriating certain articles to tent uses and shin-
ping the more costly to the North They ma£c
cooks and washer women of the negro women
and place tho men in the ranks to fight for their
ireedom. Wo learn that numbers h.;ve thus
been forced into the yankce army aud now con
front our tro:)p3 with moskots in their hands.
Pet. Express, Ibth.
Exchange of Fritonert —We learn that there
is a prospect of the exchange of prisoners oi war
being resumed. We hope nothing may interpose
to prevent the consummation of an object which
tbe Confederate authorities have labored to ac
complish. The number of prisoners held by the
two Governments is about equal, and their ex
change will carry joy and happiness to thousands
of homes in the Confederate States, as well as in
the enemy’s country.—iZi'Vd Sentinel, 15^^.
Shelling Di*co.itinnf>d.—Various conjocturen
are indulged as to tho reason :rhy tho enemy
have ccaaod to sbell Peterabarg. Many think
that ho has removed bis heavy gans. Tfie most
plauiiblo solution ot the afi'air is that the invaders
have become ashamed of the unmanly and un-
miiitary proceeding —Petersburg Exprert, 13tA.
There are now 9000 Confederate prisoners in
the barracks at Rock Island, Illinois, and 5,377
at Camp Douglas, Chicago. There aro also 700
at Alton. Thaili % tonlidiniljile Oonfad*
Items Jrom Yankee Paper* of the lOfA.—The
people of New York are dreading a Confederate
raid on Buffalo, from Canada
A dispatch, dated Fort Kearney, Aug 8th, says:
“Eight hundred Indians attacked an emigrant
train of nine wagons one mile Eas* of Plumb Creek
this morning, killed all the men with the train,
burned the wagons, and drove off tbe stock They
made numerous attacks on other places, burned
wag JDS. aad whipned the Yankoejj sent after t^em.
A dispatch from Cairo, dated the 5tb, says the
Confederates have captured &11 the cavalry sent
out from He’ena, Arkansas, by General Buford,
a-d a large number ot negroes and fbcir white
officers; that they killed all th« offic«rfi ia command
of the blacks and niuubers of ibe tic.gr jes The
negro soldiers al Helena had mu*in'e-* and com
mencsd sacking the town nad hr Hthing dire Veu-
gean«e against the few wf-tle sol'Jien stationed
in the place. At last accounts the whites were
organizing for defence. The rir.terti bad do.stroy-
ed most of the town, inaluding the elegant r-?si-
donee of Senator Sebastian, which was piliaajed
and burnt, the Senator and his /amily escaping
to Memphis.
The London News s«»y.^ that vessels have just
arrived at Liverpool with 15,000, bales of «ot on,
the proceedj o' which are to go towards tho girk-
ing fund for redeeming Conf‘'deratc bonds a"d
paying the dividends of the coming April accouatfi,
provision having already been made for tho Sep
tember account.
Yankee Itemx —Baltiriiore papers of the 13th
inst. have been vco«.ivei. They coutaia nothing
definite from the Shenandoah V'alley. It is be
lieved Early i? retiring before superior forces,
■vho are advanciug against bim.
A telegram from New V'ork reports the cap
ture aad destruction of 7 vessels, about 00 miles
southeast of Sandy Hook, by a new Confederate
steamer called the Tallahassee.
An arrival from New Orleans brings the report
that the Confederates are in stron? I'orc” Oilside
of Algiers, and were fortifying the po ^tion with
the intention of tuaking it a base of opt-Jatitjne
Guerillas continue very active in Kentucky.
Stanton has not resigned, and s!‘ys, having
been solicited to accept of tht office he will not
voluntarily relinquish it.
Petitions are being circulated iu Oblu and
other States, requesting the postponement of the
draft until an attempt oau be made by negotia
tion to .secure peac**, based on tbe Conntitution
aud Union
'The New Vork Herald think.>« that th-- time
has arrived when the AJrainistration, un behuif
ot peace and re-union, may advantageousU open
the door to nn armistice, and a eoivj-ention ol all
tbe Stati's. The Herald advises Lincoln to send
three commis.-jioners to Richmond
The pAfis Presse atmcunees the couciu-sion ol
peace between Germany and Denmark. 'I’ermo
unknown
l?sfA y (J. Troupa —The lollowicg are tbe
casualties in the engagement near Deep bottom,
July 28, l.'it)4:—
«'o A—Viiamg U WilUaxaa
b—Mi»aing avd snppos'^d woua4ed: Cor^I I W S
gletary, J M Ho.v>e and J ' Rickmau
0—Wouede*. Oolor Serg;' H Kick."
iu he hand .Missing axd vuprc:^?.' -.r^ft J
Q Faa'a A bausiio au i Ii V L-tf*--
D—Missiu^ asl sup: L wo;;-
C—Mia ing and supp ^ ’ ■ C Lbwie
—Wouatted: l> V.cK;;;. on. :a '
U—Miaaioi; a’ld Huppogid n > la ii :3pefcr
H—Killed: Lieut F I aitijpssa .'•ir^4.,r tt. I eup
poflei wouaaed: Color I’crpl D .M B?i j'ooi, T J tirjira
and J Jolley.
1—Miasinf. Wm Hollingsworth
K.—Woo&ded aad mi«B>nt tiergt 1' F l‘ridg«n, l^m
T Koteion. Misbing: J V Dunaam sad M Mci>3i:alj
VOB IHK OBiiBaVXE
Lt LaliDisr ..i V*'t ite cf Sazp en coanty, N C. waa aa
ioteMig?nt, ool'.ivatid young msn; mcdee', gentla, un-
cbtroaive. Entered ihe arn y a« a private ari foi
loflj; litnc f era>fiteu in refujaiug to hold oHicea wji(± h*s
comrades viaaod lo conf^ upon ai:a Al last they in-
iiuo9'.‘ biia lO aocept a Lieutenai>toy aad be was hiai
L:cute!.znt at tho 'ime ho waa kt led He bad p&8d,d
ibroufh many hard fights and w^s hilled the bbf Jy
field of 8po:t';lvaaia, May !2 No doub‘ tais
) ouag wan, like niauy otitrra rrho have fallen curing
thif d»‘e«dfiil irar, weald ha»e btea Urgely uretu if hs
bad livrd, bu: lira sacJd-n Jcati; .«oiiiisu^ of the unc r
•a.Ety of our future ia loii world and aimjijisbej tjh to
prapr.r: f>r ucxt Lt Wsite h^d not c rvJe auy pu
do prefer-.oja cf lelig'on A few days before t.a was
kiUfd, I bpproched him aui tcid Lim I bad been pray
iDg for Mm i3me tim3 Wi:ii (rood de»l cf emotion he
ihsnked soe for iha ioterest 1 hcd Teh in ij;a aad told
mj he waa iniereai.ed f-r h’.e cwa lau j.oaiure in
which Ilia oomrades fouud bim thieo da^j afttir a« fell
ihiiJ hind und r hei»J.) ied tie>a ;o ti^iuk (li*t te may
utt have died jaa:aa;!y Tho v«'i.jt»r ajMU-.r long ao
cuatom'^d to the soaud of rouabei-y aui a.titlery may
have coUeeled hia ihou'h*^ ani prayed, aad c^lirJy and
Ims'ingly given up hiH apirit tc Him who faid; ‘•Come
unto m« all ye that labor an l t.ra heavy Udea and I
will ^sve you reat.” Among ho maay fri^aia that 1
have lest by this crnel war, f.'w *v*ri dearer to me
than Lai White A. D Bktts,
_ _ Chaplain 30.h NOT.
roa THi oBcixavss.
Fell mcrtally wounded at Gaioee’ Mills, tat .tano last,
vhil- gil'a: liy ohargint the enemy, and died on ISta,
H E Ji,r>ian, only sod of Capt B J Jotdan, for>^crly of
Va, now K ri>5id-nt vf Ala The fatal bail entcriog the
left 8.hculdpr “ud paastog out at ihs righ^ making a
dreadfil w.uad Poor Hal filia a aoldier’s grave.
None knew him hat to love him A Fbikmd
i-oa THE 0B6EBVX&
Kided t.'jo battle near Kinston, N 0 , Dao. 14th.
1802. private 1 >-oy Cvaaf. rd of Mallett'a B&tialion, r.t
the age of so veare end 7 months Ivey leaves a wife
and toreo little sods, tea’dea a father, mata.n'. brothers
and Giaters, to mourn hia nutimely daub Ivey rras a
fo d aad pioue mar>; he sought and fouai the poarl e'
grca' p'?Cfl and joined t>3e c'lnrch »i tho»ge of 18 yearq,
%Ed .‘'is >ra!k ever »f.er-ard9 t»o th^t of a fsi»tfal fol
lor c.fO; 'i--i A kio ler husbaud or a more g’-cerous
aever ii-.ed t'*0 Le M E 1>
:.liy
■ the
sur-
wab 'Sewh
From Mobilb, August 15.—Thi.i
evening two monitors and seven gOf;b a s >a-.
ef Dog river bar, c. ming no wiih •. ir t'"' f
the obsruotioD8 and opened fire tur 't n L v ■
on onr*t>atter;es end gnnb'.au--, doing j d- g'.
Our gunb*>at>» ir; ;i d iban ’foasely j
hauled off
From }1Usin'pjii Mobil*;. Au) '5 -A
special the Rfiji^ter, onu d Oxfo-u, , ", j
14th, says that OhalnxTS diifhed into
end whipp’d the *t. niv, e^pruring TO
After r*?tre»»ti' g 5 lui'i' the pnijR-'V uo^-elf-d > vr
forces, but W'rj Tt^pui.'- i. Our h ss 5 k'U- d ; - ■
'2:y wound-il '1 :.e tn tuv ivbt GO killc-i a --i
Wounded iM'l 40 urisjutiM
Mor.bjf t n >r.v — ItlOIf.MOM*, Av'/ Ifi (’ !
J^Iosby rip rt« cfBoia'iy t’".'jt hr- stta^ted fie t-M*.
my’s supply fr-iu. Pc-rryv.iV, on rb.; l:j
insr, capturing and ticstroying 75 loi'l :d wago.n.'i,
taking orer 200 prismir-rs, it?c^udirg' ge'^rral o*?--
cers, between 4 j»nd OoO horses and mnltn, i^’>-
wards of 2it0 head uf cattle, and many other
vaiuabie stores A considerable nnmrer ot the
eaenjy were kiiied and wounded. Mcsbv L>gt '1
killed and ;> wounded.
Ft’in —The following cEcisl d’ rRti^h
w.-ii rec ivod nt the V*a? Dcpni’t'Gcn?^ Scturdvf,;
MoiitLE, August II.—Nothing late 1ti,u Fojt
Morgia Tf.p vires t-rt' broken. Gen lYrrirfl
drove tc3 enemy’s advareo eu* ^'f Osfi'rO l::t
eight
Ali the particttJ irs of ihe F*3rt Gai''/ s pvrr- '•'* r
known arc that tho torn trt an ding » ffiior c Uitoyni-
c:tt. d with the fDcmy, and matie terms, wi ’^out
f^uthority. H;s ftTt v's ia gced crrditif"i—
S'if ipcn having suffered lit'^e.
Ife made no r^^ply to repeated or.krs and
j nals fro?Ti Gen. Page lo hold his fnr», Jind
j read'‘red upon conditions not known here,
j D. II. Maury, M3j''T Gonr.rol
! The r;r; is very hop ful of a ?ucr*^n-i\;’. Jp-
i fencc of tho city f-f Mobil-’, notvrit. sMudint' Hjp
strang(f c'lnduct, if rot tre;i.sor*, of Co.onel Ar ucr-
SO''. Ii ■tJiTW. I’d S^'ritill'^ I'j-h
Frvin O'^ri/ia—Gen. ^\hl■'!fr nr:■ /■!-,
cavalry corrs near Co"ington, c - '' ■ .'U'
Railroad, and on Monday n:oInin^^^'. -■ ■
aleade of gay ci*.vali»>is ?tart»'d h r a Ivn ’r •. i
Sherman’s rear. It wa.s ranioivd ic v r 'I ■' -
had capt’ired Marietta sod ht>rn-.'’ :>.• ’ h!
Rtires there, and haJ tak' n un irr-n.. r ^ ;
of prijoncrs Us i’. n-' i". i’ i ‘ c- t'.; ' i *• p*
the long esp'’c»cd to cur ’■■A, v* v
launicati ns is now about t-* i> t-i
Federal cavalry nr'^rly nil 1. co'
stoyed, aud CJeii Whetl.r iy i;o-.v 0.
right time.
Night b-fore lu.st the e:;.‘-.j y rja.lj
(••suit upon our wnris or* the icfi,
tended for i» s’jrprL.e The a ^
by a sheet of and I ail.-tt rni .* buii- .-,
acd canister, which laid .1 thousand yanko'-s iow
;a deah in f'on’^ of oiir worlds,* and thr.'i- tt
man; muro were .se:rt l■mpi.^g to the -eai und u!.'
ol tbe service with wounds To say thfet t- c
pau’ticg column was deleated,'hardly conveys' ...
idea—it NVci.s deuiolie-hcd
We are assured by gentlemen direct frnni head
quarters that there is not the slightest intenf.on
entertained there of a retrovrrade leovc ov the
evacuation of AtUota. Uu the other hind, it is
expected tLat .Sherman will be furceJ to letreat
Mile It I'ovjc.'trot'^^ ]'2th.
Tlkt Kxplvttion at * Poiitt.—The cc.'idetjtal
explof-ion of tha enemy’s Ordaan"*? •.
City Point, on Tue.sday, is represented ^o Ltve
been r much more “magnificent” itfHir, :u use
the enemy’s own term, than the tuine ejplo^ioa
cn the 3u:h ult. 1 ho earth was jarreJ for ti-iles
around, and vessels on the w&tcr reeked to and
fro from tho effects of the concussion. Over one
hundred yankees, white and blacky were killed
and wounded, and several thousand oi tbe aame
species were very badly frighten'd.
f\fer$^ urg Ej^refg, 13th.
The Washington ('ihronicie of the 12th insi
c^ntaios a fall account of the recent esplopion at
City p. int^ It s iys the explosion was th-; most
terrific of the kind sincc the H«tory of gun
powder Two b.irtrea loaded with aaimuaitioa of
various kiod.>;, moored r.ff City Point, were blown
to atoms, with a;l their contants, con' 'sting of
aboa^, ill balk, 3000 barrels of .shot, shell and
caalster, were hurled in all directions, amid vcl-
umes of black smoke, and an avalanche of brc-ien
timbers A new warehouse 500 feet long and o'J
feet wide, on the wharf, filled with commissary
stores, was shattered into fragments. Adams'
Express office, adjoining the govcrnmett build
ings, also a train of oars, were destroyed. 54
persons were killed, and 108 wounded, principal
ly blacks
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FOR THR OBSRKTKR.
FaTsrTiiV i.LB. Aug 17, 1864
Iteeeipts for Army and Domestis Mitsiona
B«!a.i, tiampaoB oounly, j«2 70
boT^kir’ff Chanel, do, '*0 • t>o
Grj»y’d Creek, 0 mtor.rad, 1» LO
The «bove rooeipta d.j nu^ include thciubic.ijtinaf
that r,ir:» u unptii oaa b« forwarat-i Ly'mtiil
Tbe exp*Baee of the bo*.r i »re #1 ',000 r.er •^ontu Tha
Treisary is empty aad Kjme nf our -M'isaioaarlas Ciua,
c80herg0d unlc‘j8 ti; 1 r--fa>pta jus ify lieir tonftu-
u«no3. Will this be allowed? Few aad toe reflsotioo
that aujh a thiag io even pcadbhT It is mroB^ibJe for
me to visit every oh'-.rch I h*d rather praaoh to the
B^ldiern than co kot moaey. hut uolesj ur hoard is re
lieved I BbK no ohanoa of doin* so soon. I l^jave to d*y
for t^c A-icy cf Virgloia May I not hope on my re
turn t» find many letteni ooutaioing don4fons to on* of
tbe uool^9t ttorks that «j«cr demanded tho support of a
chrisUaa and patriot c people J B Uabdwi-'k,
Agent Army and Uoma'tlio Miaaions.
C^a TUK OESBRVCR.
Sahdt Cxmx, Bandolnh. Aug. 12
La«t evening wh(>B the ann '.as about*li houra hi«-h,
I aaw » aemioircle with ita oontre at the ajoit j, ahcTw-
ing aU the colors «f the Rainbow, ••plain as I ever saw
in the Rainbow
The eirela »ppei.rfd to be by the eye some 20 or 26°
em'itned for the ap&ea oi an hoar
When QMt d!anov?rcd it was aomewbat »?arv wh're the
DOW Wirfi: but 13 t short lijse it bssam
ud too oirde or bjw ahone beaiiMfo!
raaa'it account f^r it, and -cb’ i -
a^lf.r *cc>tzal (?‘.ven by som« Met-* ■ io
Mo*t reapo'tt'ally yoar arr’Tt, - i’
The Q'leen’s Specch.—On the afternoon cf tie
20th ult. the British Parliament was prorogued.
The Q leen’s speech w»s delivered by the Lord
Chancellor. In regard to America the speech
.says:
“Her Majesty deeply laments that tho cWil war
iu Norfh America has not been brought to a cirse.
Her Majesty will continue to obsWve a strict
neutrality between the bellige’-ei.ts, and would
rejoice at a friendly rcccnciliiti »i between the
contcEdirg p^.rfirs ' Her .Majeny has eh.scrve 1
with ea*i.sfac'i.';n that tho distrcps ■'7hich the civil
war ir> North America has crcated in some of tho
manufacturirisj distrioti? has to a :^rertt eztet’t
ahsted, f\nd her Msjesty truita that increased bup-
plies (-1 the raw^ materials of indnsi; ry may be ex-
tractel from countries by which it baa hitherto
bccRtointily furnished.”
l H*,j /o Emijyinn.—G«n. Wade Ila’i’p-
hcn .'ippointod commnndcr in-chief of
6’. r,'
tot' Vaa
thecavilry of th 'armyof Northern VirgiiUR. ThLs
•''ppoiI).n!‘^^'_t Tf'H >^ivc s'tidfaction to tiie army
and people G "'a Hsmp*on has on manv fields
I provo i himself a bold, able and succcseful chief-
lain lli3 L-iurcphs oTir Sheridan, the greatest
of all tr;o yf.nkec ravalry commanders, o.t Tre-
villian's acd subs-'quently ia Charles City, hcth
of wiach ai'iicv. uients elicited the public cot'i-
mendation oi Gea Lc5, fixed his rcpuUition ca
a firm basis. In Ie.sser **n?agementH our cav?Jry
under his command have been everywhere su'J-
ocssful.—Kichm^nd E.^am 'ner.
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WILL give quick dospatcli u - .,. ^
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The hdifor oj the Ex tmint-r /Shot. -Riou"
Mond, Aug 16.—A duel was fought this nK rn-
ins'near th» city between J. M. Daniel, edi;or
M the FiXammer, and Mr. Elmore of the Trearury
Depaitment. Daniel received a flesh won .id
above the atiklo. The cofrrespondenca grew out
of a publication in the local columns of the Exami
ner of the 1st inst, injurious to the reputa
tion of a high ofiicial in the Treasury Deptrt-
mcnt.
f fom fh'‘. Vi/lhy —We understand tha* one of
the brij'adc'9 uttaciied to Qen. 13radley Joi*TjK:*u’9
oommar d was surprised last Sunday, ani jutlVr-u
•* loss of two or three hundred men and
and some cannon.—Hichmond Sentinel, li5fA.
A ‘’unfiower evaporates one and a quarter pinru
of water in a day, and a cabbasrc about the same
quantity. A wheat plant exha'.'*s, in a huad/ed
and seventy-twc days, about one hundred thon-
sand grains of water. An aere of growing wheat,
Hi tliia oaleulation, dn^wi Md mONi 9Hl eboH
IB iii i^ilB yr ii|»
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