VOL. XXIL
:;SALISIJURYNC AUGUST 15,11864; U WBEU :I21
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J. J. imUNER,
kpiroa o reoratxToa.
TKtU r THIS PlPAXg-rir.
Le mi asoaih. NoVibosriativasreeeivod fee
Klt r time, preosat. .".
UIM9 0F tDfEtTIsisC-fJ parseaar
wr th 6m inaariMM sad $1 per seaare foroaeh
,nt -p--' f"M""';'"
Thus ssadjag aderu"a.inaoU.' wtN also seed
im iwwy 10 pay thai. Natiees of 75
mt4 or lr, will curt I tV ik irrt, as $1
V Mck additional pektieatk. rtetieS W
mrpr mm, in the saaia prapurti .
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TELEGRAPHIC.
Ricaisena, Ang 7UL.
Following war received dated Mobile,
i.g, stu. , -
Ho J A. Seddon ...
.SeDiec-i: ut clw faemj'a remeh, fourteen
tni and three imn cUil paaml Fort Mof
pn tb morning. Ycum9eh Viumtor wat
jnk y Frt if ordain.' The JiuMtaet tar
ifidrroJ after a UeaperaM cnagtiaoat w'th
u vie:ri' fljot, AUusiral Buchanan lool
a b and i4a'nriaonT. The Stlma was oap-
The lf-ut wat JWacbed near the'
hxpiul ot Fort iljrgai ai I W eaf, and will
try to run up to-oigtiL Thv fmujM fleet
ti approaciuti the pity. A monitof baa
ta enggiuj Fori Powell all day.
a;"1,) D.H.MAC&T,
liaj. Oeoerai
IJchmond, Aug. 7.
Tfie New York Times cl 5th receired,
It j iiitelfi-tice of iinjwrUuce frotq either of
inr mam rmiea, . Court of inquiry aboet lo
t oou .. iHtl to inquti (lie cause of the lata
fu;rr at tVtersOury. xact ouaiber ol
Sivral 'kjim asoertaiDed to be five 4kousaod
n ujudreJ and forty. No Quid quotations,
(? 4iii U-inj fust day. , Washington Cbroni
; Mys K'-lly rt-puiscil the rrbeU iHidcr Me
Cajlud am) Bradley Johnson at New Greek
n tho 4 -h. li. iKil lo- screre. Ours lighL
iuatber force of rebel occupied Uageretowa
u the 5ik Curttu call out (or thirty tboua
n. militia, anl soys, I eaiiaot too t-arweally
arge uoo the rol at this Stale thenectf
ty for imtuohAte prtyaee in force."
Telegram toys great consternation once
tore among the Cuiubvriand Valley popula
acn. raniti'trtckcn fanners are hurry iog
3 their suxk. . ,
. aropean aioas to 26th unimportant '
CLtjrroN, Auf. 5.
New Orleans papers state that the enemy
uave entirety erai uated Urownsrille, Texas,
remoriDg erery thing. Oar batteries in sink
tag the steamer CUra BvUe, killed three and
wounded thirteen yaokees, balance escaped
ki uie mud wan Unoi ui
Natiunai Negro Gouemioa to be held at
eir i oik ou iue iih (Alober.
i ester day at 8 o'clock CoL Scott captured
Stockade at Iougtas' plantation on 'the rirer
otww uatou liouee, without the loss of
oiao. W'e have-over one hundred prisoners
a large aniouut of n.iIiUry scores. -Mod'iuc.
Auff. (L
Special despatch to tUe AdTsrtiser, dated
f ort Morgan, Aug. Cth, says the enemy's
rjiiLoat with wounded lias letl for rensacola.
AJuiiral Buclianan's wound was doing well,
Md tliat his leg uiay be saved. The fennes
lost two kmcd Httd eight wounded. Toe
vliun l4t ti;ht kiHrJ, including Lieut Com-
anj Wren wounded- ihe Morgan
i.e 'lightly wounded. Ti:e gnrrtson t Fori
jrgan m ti-ie Fpinu, lo slight. uetny
ugmu iiy. , iue inCiL &lQ.xn, came
nvli!. al.- the crew of the Uauies.
my lutt
ot)..- monitor and one cunboat.
Ji ll'jbilo l'igiDes4 is
geut.-allr sujpeoed.
l.i.rce riiQxiu came w .thin a few milos of
- rj
i'o,' m ef tar etrdiy t-renlng though Uey
w-"i back, hucujy hive merely earned iLe
.i pJ?U4.
ItiiMoxn, Ang. 8th. .
-Additional from t'e Chronica! of the 6lh
iy ci ty cou'il of Plnladvlphia voted to pay
ff uui.dre. dallart b unty to each ' rolun-t-."r.
Must eyuiy've -j."n? "f counterfeiters
-T-r known in t!ie L'r.iUs I Hute were bro
ken -)p at Sc. Louin.. Large .amoanl of coon
f'.t Greenback's kto'ujd. (J. eat excitement
si .a Montgomery county m consequence
'-' 1 iUTrrrt to capti.ro a land ot girri'las
-t -.-rt. in that COHaty QiOy pi . HilhK.
fj-rf-y-fr-sf rebvls wSfif ec1ftof''tu iTireatTto"
-'-"T'th'- town. "Afsgimentcf infantry were
'J.;i'ir-d to ffin-ihoro' Srnrniy tifn.- mntitx-. .
Wju ,4 Ohio, and Davis of Mary-
v! i"r 'islitfi letter Lu tuc : r;tj iim,
letter Lu tu
i aiHIfclWtj Htfi "lk Tff t-al--ff
airtfvfUftff wtiae tv f -f i
'! hj'.n trt m -n lli liih f.,r i.vir.'Aii! il!..n ijf I
"At-t-state goreruuicnl.
rJCTKfcitKuto, Auj., 3tii.
ntbe expljahm on J'iiJ ' evcuiijA
"'jt'nntr ui inU-rw-it. .Some pickvk fu.uy and
'1 AwWnn W-day, but resulting iu uoth
' 0 1 ant w certainly snhng rnor troops
n i, command to the valley. Oran-t
V'cver, nt fw:hved to Ijavo abaudonod nun,
" n" T- if Will persevcriii in diggihg.
Mobile Aug. 7.
' TrTday nlghf, UentiCoClViltiams
comtiiandiug Fort Powell, evacua-
. .. " . ;." - i m-
M U k'nd -blew p: thr: frt. Tl,ci
eneinj jeatenl linj to-dj are
helling fort Onea. Tlie pojU
of Mobile r all ifitdj fnr the fraf
vxcai vwiuuenco prevsuia, llio eo
ele areaatUfied witk the ennduct of
tochanan, Morplj and Uarnett of
tbrNafj.' .,...;
1 ascoxo Diar'ATOai.v--It
is rtaiiifnilt hmniliatlnff to an-
nonncv llio aliMniefl lor render 'of
r on uouica ai iif U paal nlue o'clock
this iHyrninjr, by CtO. Charlea An
deraon of the Slat 'Ala. -iTIiia tw
ful.Wtk M-lfaPtffuialU
' mot.tls; arid 1iaf irifariaoii 1 of COO I
ueuiUe eoiniuqluicetedT witU. tl
ennj's fleet b Aa of troet with
out riisfitctiori tuUen.'Pe. Pae
enquired hjr signal what hia parpoee
wsu, bat rcceired rfu aiuwer. At
tention waa attracted bt aiiial
Pago repeatedly telegraphed,' Miuld I
An In . fidt'- - -t--- -.
Same night Pago eiiited Port Oainea
.& found Anderaon on board the Yan-
- j
kco ue arranging lertna or capita-
fof Anderaon on hia return not to ro
ta rn, aod relifrving him f hia com-
tnand. Althooh Fort Moriran .
excepfIioisttng the Yankee flag over
utviiniiar, xiw answer.
tne rauiparta. AndeMhu a conduct
otnctally pronounced in ex-plicalte
and ahainvfuL.
RaLatoa. Aatr. 10.
Vote for Goeerner thos far, t went relive
conaties Ut bear from. Vatic 43.176.
Isolde f.431.
Vaitca majority 3335.
ArLaVra, Aag 9.
Last iiglit and
this uomiar Dasaed
without say demonstration on tb tiavt of
tba ensmy. Soma lew shells were thrown
into the city wiihovt doing any damage.
im khi cTioce a aiaposiuoa to exieno
their right further which rests near the
Camphellton road. A Cap', and a Lieet,
fiom Uc Brooks rai jers who deserted froto
ar swmy were wptsed jeaterday.
' Moaitx. Aaf. 0.
Last night a soldier train ran into a land
slide between Pollards ard lioatgomery,
killed twelve and wounded fifty seeen,
of the first alms. Artillery. Lswt night two
whit men and one negro were arrested
for catling the wire. Sotn Faderal
sols crowing in the bar. The Garrison in
tort Morgan ar in fins spirits. Other
wis all quiet below.
PsTrhsscao, An. 10.
The explosion of yesterday it still one-1
plained. The enemy are contracting their
hoes on out right and left, and receding from
in airecuon of tne eWon railroad, ana
showing themselves in diminished fore.
Erery thing indicates th enemy throwing
themselves 00 the defensive
Lutle or tti sharp shooting, and pcareely
any mortar or artillery firing to-day.
KtCHMO, Aug. 10.
The flair of trice boat arrived at farina
last night bringing thirty Surgeons and two
Clisplains.
The Italtimore American ears advices from
the upper Potomac report that the rebels
have again left Maryland retreating in great
haste. The Federal forces' on the south side
of the Potomac are threatening their rear.
The main rebel force under Early is reported
retreating on i mencster.
Sheridan has been teoiporarilv placed in
command of the departnient of th Shenan
doah, Kelley reports that Arerill overtooK reb
els under McCaualsnd at lloorefiejd on Son-
lky and attaclmd them capturing all their
ariillvry and five hundred x prisoners. The
American is much elated by this nows. and
reports from Mobile. ' ' ' - -
Nothing tr!iiorUnt from Grant. Doth
armies arerengagod StrengtHcning their de-
TttetfSSS'lfSin Fortpiiiith claim a vic
tory ever the Coafolerstes unier Cooper, at
atsnawaite, pn tiic jln oit.
European advieea to tbe29th are unim
pwriaui. vunieurmio wan acuv ai Mil-
Powg raieav uow euotauons in Sew
lOtk
- . RiCHtfOffd. Aag. 11.
Oa Taesdsy last lbs Ordnance depart
went at City Point exploded killing a
large number of Yankee soldiers. -
Th New York Times says a largs
force is concentrating 00 the apper Poto
mao a'gsinst the rebels ia that section. -
Grant and Staff visited JIarper's Ferry
lasrSanday.
Privst ajvices from Keoloeky repre-
ek a " ' - ' aV' --
arat.aunMi itolMica fiat HtUie satl
neot progressing' U tkaf tat 8e
4ra proosiaent citiarav aewtoforv Ualoa
ro sow cm opcratias; jitb ike peace
party. . ' i tv .
naresMaaeaef lis wllew Uajor
John S4iloa, brother tOs lb 8etOsry jof
w ar, isj KUQor4 eaaat y. wa ; bamW-by
order ofiUf, isj retaliatio .for barai tiff
tmwnj vuar UUIK r . if asa
iagtosv,.. .: . ,v. :. ..
."1 ; t Aruara. Aug. 10.
Notbiitf oecorrsd alonff tbo ba jreaterda,
etorpt the awawl astiOery prsrtica and firiof
o ween aairwiisntiK Mat., wso. ltea re-.
terred a aught tVsfc wwand uvKe les No
Sawtona sfaWts s pii rssnilsdttsjTrorar da
roerny awsais on ear right, and adVotv
Ug 16 eiUkaad his Baec ia ihedirectiea ol the
Wcstera Railroad. A few shells fired i the
city yesterday Brisk aaeOaf commenced
ai eteve last irignt.
tarn.- kourt.
mpsrsoanl
seportod,
Anairra, Aaf. 11.
JTbera'waa brisk akirmiakios; , apoa the
ilreroe left.
I -: The baitenre apas ManeUa atreet aad
East SuteHoad opMcd apoa the city at
one o'clock tb'w snonMag and con tinned
ep lot ha preasat ttma, anag a ember
of boasea 00 UcDoaoajb atreet- No
casaalitirn rr ported.
The enemy it reported' to be still mas-
( oar at naking no effort to
I xtead their right
UoatLK, Aag. U.
Uesry firing at tbrt Morgaa TaesJay
aad WrdoesdJy. To-iday the telegraph
wire srss cat.
- To teasels off Dog rieer bay this teea
idif! The bay akores is cowed with
Uis cf federal Teacls. . . Large .qnsntities
of tar pitch and terpestise was bnraed to
I tret the ewerav Mia k. Troops are
daily arrieiag. A good ferfinr exitts.
' Cuto, Aag 1 lth, via Mobil If,
New Orleans papers of the 6th has
bees ftceired. They say the Teaoroseh
strack a torpedo opposite 'Fort Morgan and
went down immediately. AB on" board
perished, including the Captain, except 9
"prisoners. After passing the Port the Ten
nssse came bp. A teasel cam np amongst
lb fleet delivering broadsides aad making
tor the Mag Ship. 1 be r arragnt and Mo
noagahcta bor down and stmck th Ten
aessea amidships. Th Teaaess and
Uartford then got side by side, the former
pooring fall broadsides into the IIartfcrds
port boles, causing, as lU Tra Delu says,
fearful loss of life oa the latter. Th Sack
awaaa and others came op. Farrazai did
not com ap anui u leanesse sorrea-
derd. ' -
The -papers report that Admiral Duch
aaaa leg will be saved. lie said be would
baa been wilting to die two million
- . - M. W
deaths if ha con Id bars sank the II art ford
Lieut Comstock Confederate and Lieut,
Prentie (Yankee) ar both reported dead.
Paransaiao, Aug. 13.
Northern dates of I Oth unofficial dis-
K itches claim great victory for Averi.'l over
cCausland and Bradley Johnson on the
7th, near Uoorefield, Hardy. County.
Johnson and staff esptvred bat aseaped,
Also claims fiv or si hundred prisoners,
traia4, colors and small arms capturerl,
. Tbs Commercial Advertiser of th 9 th
says Sherman aad Thomas both telegraph
ed to Washington that Atlanta will fall
this week certaiely. '
. -A rebel wagon traia aumbertng thirty
five wagons wasJ captured in London ;
county.
Nothing from the array of (hV Poto-
Rise ; . '
Four expeditions entered ' Florida des
troying railroads, turning and committing
other depredations. t
Atlaxtx, Aco. 13.
Tlie enemy , yesterday ' evening,
advanced hia right about a mile, at
the same time extending u ia loft a
short distance, ni hurriedly with
drew both, this morning, from some
cause unknown, to their original
poeition.
Their liqe officers attempted fre
quently at different points jthog the
line to communicate with oars to
day. In several caaee they propos
ed a cessation of picket firing, which
was not entertained in consequence
Who
clianiftl' '" v" " "-' j
rr Tr ; -V
with the exception of alight artillery
firing. ' ; . ' r
r. Brig. Gen.' ajohn & Brown,"
Tennessee, haa been promoted, tern
porjirily, to the ank pf Major
General.
UeTitrPiiL-"J am errKenn ardVC.1
8. Af haa been . fMigncd . Qiief of
Ordeajnce ef the eyny of Tennanaae.
Majrar Carrol, agent for the ex
cltaago of pnsonera by the flag of
trace fleet, in the lower bay, haa
tffecte4 aft exchange at J)anpthire.
f arracat atatea inai pnsonera aie-
rw J ' m
poatkl of by Can by could do . noth
inir. Arranirementa' hare been
r - , sr ; 9
made to send package to prlaoncN
from friends. " . . "
Geo, Maury order oflfceri ' ftnd,
soldiers to remove their fatniliea
furthwTth. Kon-eombalanta are
again ordered to leire. the city.
-There are hear forces in north
Mississippi, their destination is sup
posed to be Mohije. '
Important Decision Detailed Men
-'not LiaUe to Duty in the Mill
tia, i
1
Jedire LTontTcaterday delivered
hia opinion in (fie ease of N. Tinsley
Pate,! wlm came beforo ilm under
writ of Habeas corpu claiming ex
cmpt? frommilitia, dufy-becanse
of-befnir a: detailed conaeriui. It
appears thatwbeo first called upon,
bv the militia authorities, he willing
ly agreed to do duty, but finding
that it interfered with him ; in the
transactionof his legitimate busi
ness, he refuted longer to aerwe at
militiaman. The military guard
then called at' his office, and vi et
anmit arrested and paroled him en
til twelv o'clock the following day,
when the cafe came before Judge
Lions.
The petitioner waq ably represen
ted by rrurAjmtrmna- iirr. xw-
non, wqrs., air. inciter appearing
m ram n
for tho militia -authorities. The
Judge, after taking; ample time to
examine all the authoritiea on the
subject, decided to discharge the pe
titioner, on tne groono tnat lie was
a detailed conscript in the Confeder
ate army, between the agea of 18
aod 45 that be wtrs a regularly en
rolled conscriDt under the -met of
Congress, ana had been detailed
from the army in the. field until the
Ut of November next, as lesseo and
owner of the cemout works in Rock
bridge county that as such, being
liable to doty in tire Confederate ar
my, the Secretary of War having
the power to revoke his detail at any
moment, he could not bo liable as a
militiaman. The Judge therefore
decided Hint the .said N. Tansley
Pate waa illegally held as a member
of CapL Win. A. Jenkinscompany,
19th regiment Virginia Militia. The
J udge also decided . that the .said
Pate was not liable to ' duty In tlio
Reserve Forces, under command ofj
(Jen. Kemper, as tne. law organizing
the reserves provides Hurt it shall be
composed of persons between the
ages of 16 to 18 and 45 to' 50, and
that the aforesaid Patobeing USr
t w eeff nb elllrer "of the above men tfeoT
cd ages, could not, therefore.be pro-
pcrly held to duty as a reserve
.The iftitioner.was also charged Ll
ith resisting tlio guard sent to ar-j -
witn resisuuir
rest him. -In-alulding to this, the
Judge decided that the court mar
tial, composed of the officers of the
19th Va,, rcgimeut of Militia, bad
no jurisdiction over the , petitioner,
and con Id not, therefore, try him for
said offense. , Mr. Pate was there
fore discharged frorrucnttody. , '
- The decision, though length!,
was characterized for its strength and
lucidity of expressioo.and the abili
ty and force of Its deductions. ' If
In review, all the acta ct&m?
trwaa in relation to conaciipuon, lo-;i;i
-.UoerMor and tlie Secretary 01 r, .
In ton 11 ect ion with Uie miiulvl givT. 0j
a ' fa.! I. . ,, . .
inir eacn an sppropriove, poauioo um sj
ita lift of rgoment,nd'raped -op
with conclusion whfth will doebr
less permanently set at reat tne ques
tion involved by the' fotare. iEV
-TKoir"f1iae-the.-ectIdit
ever we destrf to. aay that,. In our
opinion, the course penned by. 4he ,
lUlergb tajidardn and "ProgresVU
in tlie-eaavasa which Jrxrdoat tarmv-
UtZl 'li.i iu. Mt.4 tA A 1U1
8bntliern Confederacy . the greatest . '
harm end the Yankcea the greateit
amount of good. Tne Editors ol.
theso papers may not have designed
"giving the enemy aid and comfort,"
but that thev have done so. Ia be-
yond'all' qncation. Exery .vote 1
whether so tutendea or not cut for
Mr. Iloldert, U regarded at the North
as a vote In favor of Lincoln's cause.
For our own part we are aa jeal
ous of State Ririita free Govern ":
meht and civil Liberty aa either of
the two journals above mentioned.
But what avail State Rights and
State Govern men ta if the enemy
overrun us while we stand splitting
hairs about Uonstitutionar-etiqueti
In the desperate struggle now. rag
ging, we regard State Governments
as nothing without the arm to pro
tect and defend them. The great
desideratum, as it seems to oa, ia to
keep up thia army, even it requires
a temporary suspension ot btato
Rights, or of G"Vernmeota them-
selvea.. If wefaUbto the enemy
tands, our Government ia eone. not
onlv for;duringhe,war but forever;
and with It perishea State Gnstitu-
tiona State Rights, and Liberty.- '
But if we conquer, then each State
can resume its original Rights, and ;
guard them with an eyeae jealous as -she
chooses. Milton ChrmicoL
, THE NORTHERN DEMOC
RACY. The Alexandria Gazette of the 1st
Inst, saya: .
The difference of opinion between
the leading democrats of the North,
which have heretofore divided them
into "War" and "Pesce Democrats,"
seems to be vanished. The New
York IForW (war) says : "The new
President to be nominated at Chica
go and elected in November, must
be a man ready and willing to meet
any and every overture for peace a
man who shall represent truly the
dignity and power of the nation, end
who will not be unwilling even to
tender an armistice suggesting a
National Convention of all the'
States,? TheNT. N"ea (peace)
agrees to this saving : The peace
Democracy will indorse a nomina
tion that faithfully represents the
sentiment here stated. They are
willing to trust to the good sense and
patriotism of the people for the re
alization of as definite Peace as the
sequel of an Armistice and National
Convention." '
It thus seems likely that "an ar
mistice suggesting a National Con
vention of ail the States," will be the
main feature of the platform of prin
ciples to be put'forth by the De
mocratic Convention which ia to as
semble at Chicago on the 29th of
Augusts -.
General' Edward Joheson,-recently
exchanged at Charles ton, arrived in
Richmond on Tuesday, looking in
eslent BealtU and eondition, an4
. . '
apuarvuiiT icout w rcsuoio ua
valuable services in the field at ay
moment s notice. .
A few.das after Gen. llood as
sumed the command of the Army
of Tennessee he, with his staff,
visited all the hospitals at Atlanta,
and the result of his strict
tion-waj a return of fifteen hundreds
men to the front, . . r.
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