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THE Itottji-Cattttat $Mxfo WILLIAM W. H OLDEN, EDITOE ARB PbOPBIWOB. TERMS OP THE WEEKLY-Ito Dollars per wumhr invariably id advance. -,. r, .' TERMS OF THE SEJ11-W.tir.tt.in .riur imuws per .HMahlv in advance. All papers art ditoonltnued at the expiration of Vie time for which they have been paid- Terms of Advertising in Semi-Weekly Standard: Our regular rates of advertising are as follows : . One square, (14 lines or less) first insertion, - $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, ------- 2 Longer advertisements in proportion. Contracts will be made with advertisers, at tie abort reqvlar ratet, for six or twelve months, and at the close of the contract 83 per cent, will be deducted from the gross amount. Professional or business "Cards, not exceeding five lines will be inserted in either the Weekly or Semi-Weekly, for f6 for six months, or (10 for twelve months ; or in both papers for f 10 fir six months, or $15 for twelve months. Terms or Advertising in Weekly Standard. 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Obituary notices and "Tributes of Re spect" designed for the Standard must be materially abridged, or they cannot be published with the present pressure upon our columns. Twelve lines of our small type are sufficient for obituaries in all ordinanr cases. In special cases, where our friends desire more space, they will be charged (or at advertising rates. Movements of the Armies. The impression appears to gain credence that El Gen. Lee does not contemplate an early movement pj against Washington City or Baltimore. Portions of our army are advancing into Pennsylvania, and pos sibly by this time, are in possession of Harrisburg. Many Marylanders are flocking to our standard Gen. Jackson moved from Frederick to Uagers town, and thence crossed the Potomac and took Mar tinsburg, where he doubtless captured stores and prisoners and secured the Rail Road. Both Northern and Southern rumors speak of a battle at Harper's Ferry, on Sunday and Monday last The Yankee accounts place Gen. Loring in command of our forces there, and claim a victory, when it is known that Gen. Loring was not within j zuu luues ut me (iiakc The most probable story is, that Gen. Jackson moved from Martinsburg and attacked the Yankees at Harper's Ferry. It is reported that he captured the entire Federal force there, numbering between 6 and 8000 men. We shall probably learn the truth of this rumor before we go to press. We have clorious tidings from Gen. Loriner. in Ii3 Western Virginia. He seemed slow to move, but la having started, he is sweeping every thing before him. Early in the month, Gen. Jenkins, attached to Loring's command, captuied Buchanan, Upsher C. H., and took 5000 stand of arms and immense stores. He then took Weston, then a Yankee regi ment at Roane C. H., thence he drove the enemy from Ravenswood, and then crossed over into Ohio, marching about 20 miles into the State, and, at last accounts, was on the Kanawha. Gen. Loring reached Fayette Court House with his main army, and attacked the enemy in his for tifications fiercely. During the night, the enemy escaped. On the 14th inst, he drove the enemy after two severe fights from Cotton Hill and Gau ley, taking their trains and stores and 700 barrels of salt On the 16th, he attacked him at Charles town, which the enemy evacuated after destroying a part of the town. The enemy's loss was heavy, and at last accounts was in full rotreat From Kentucky the news is cheering. Thou sands of Kentuckians have espoused the Southern cause. Lexington, Frankfort and other towns are la in our possession, and it is supposed that ere this Gen. Kirby Smith has attacked the enemy at Cov ington. He has requested of the government 20,000 i t r ,. 41. A Vnntu"trtnnc Blana oi arms iui me u.c..vuv...u. k Uen. BUell was at nasuviue, uiu it. io p. has been hemmed in by Gen. Bragg. Roscncranz 11 was in full retreat for Athens, Tenn., harrassed-by euerillas. Gen. Price is moving Northward into g Kentucky, driving the enemy before him. E3 j, o . 31 . . r. i 1 A l, V..I- nnncanM IfJ as being in a starving condition. Our forces are, therefore, in the full tide of success at all points. May Heaven continue to prosper our cause I The Latest News. The rumor of the capture of Harper's Ferry, by our troops on Monday last, has been confirmed. It is stated that our forces, under Gens. Jackson, Walk er and McLaws completely invested it, so that there was no chance of escape to the enemy. , In connec tion with the capture of 8,000 Yankees, is also men tioned the capture of 1000 runaway negroes. Gen. Loring took possession of the Kanawha Sa- r) lines on Saturday last Salt-works not much in jured, and a large quantity of salt on hand. It was Belling at 85 cents per bushel, and Gen. Loring had sent orders to the surrounding farmers to send in their wagons with forage, 4c., and get salt in return. By the latest telegraphic dispatch in our columns to day, it will be seen that a severe fight is reported to have taken place in Maryland on Sunday last, be tween McClellan's forces and Gen. D. H. Hill, who being reinforced by Gen. Longstreet on Monday, drove the enemy back. If there be any truth in the rumored fight, which can hardly be doubted, it is certain, that McClellan must have attacked Hill with 80,000 instead of 8,000. We fear our North Carolina troops have again suffered severely. The Confederate Congress. The proceedings of this body for several days past have been of little interest, except the action on the new Conscription bill The House on Wed nesday passed the bill which came from the Milita ry Committee of that body by a tote of 49 to 39. A vote to reconsider failed. ' This bill adonts the eeneral principles of the for mer Conscription bill as to exemptions and subiti- tutes, places every citizen of the Confederate States between the ages of 35 and 45 in the hands of the President to be called into service at his discretion, but provides that he shall make such call by requi sition upon the Governors of the States for any por tion he may choose of persons between those ages. The bill and the voting upon it will be given in our next The bill will no doubt be adopted by the Senate. lit . v : -.BaBeH. .... .'. ...... L . ' f SHM-MB ' Vol. XXVIII. No. 39. M Death, of Henry Watkins Miller. "We have never recorded any event with more sor sow than we do that oi the death of Hehry W. Miv ler, of this City. He expired at his residence, in this City, on Wednesday night last, in the 49th year of his sge. Henry W. Miller was born in Goochland County, Virginia, and would have been 49 years old if he had lived until February next. He removed to this place when about twelve years of age. He received hero the rudiments of his education, and at the prop er age entered the University of this State, where he graduated in 1834, with high honors. Soon af terwards he studied law and commenced the prac tice of the profession. The eminence he has since attained, as a lawyer, orator, and statesman, is known to all our people. The writer of this formed his ac quaintance in 1838. He had just made his appear ance in the Courts as a practitioner. He was re markably laborious, and found time frequently to write for the press. His productions, even at that time, were marked by unusual force, clearness, and ability. Subsequently, and indeed up to the period of his death, he took an active part in politics, al ways making a profound impression on the people by his writings and his speeches. Through all the mutations and heats of parties, whether with the minority or the majority, he uniformly commanded the respect of his opponents ; and not only this, but the enthusiastic admiration and confidence of his immediate neighbors and friends. It is a fact, lor example, that he never addressed an audience here, where he was best known, without rousing an en thusiasm which carried his friends irresistably with him, while his opponents regretted that they were compelled to differ with such a man and to range themselves against him. The vote which he recent- ly received for the House of Commons in Wake, and especially his vote in Raleigh, show the estimate caj.raiuiijr 10 yo.o in xuiieigu, snow me estimate placed upon him by those who knew him best. We happen to know that he was very proud of this ex pression of confidence in him by his immediate fel low-citizens; and, if his life had been spared, he would have eiven abundant evidence, in hi? nlace as a legislator, that this confidence was not; in any r respect, misplaced. With all his varied gifts, and with his deservedly high reputation as a scholar, jurist and orator, he was one of the most modest men wo ever knew. He was never known to thrust himself forward for offices or honors. He had no taste for contests for place, and no turn for intrigue. Sincere, straight forward, determined in his character, and scorning every thing ignoble or base, he stood forth as if their modeled after the best of the Romans, or equals, the Pinckneys, and Knoxes, and Shermans of our Revolutionary days. He would have filled and araned anv tinsition in these Confederate States? and yet such was his instinctive modesty, and such his deference for the claims and attainments of others, that a suggestion of this kind, even from an intimate friend, would have "O'ersprcad his manly check with maiden tint." And yet this modesty of disposition; was no imped iment to the displays of his master mind. It rather helped than hindered these displays. He was, in deed, an orator. We have often thought, when listening to him, of those lines of Shakespeare, de scribing Coriolanus, in which he says: " I have seen The dumb men throng to see him, and the blind Tu bear him speak : the matrons Sung their gloves, Ladies and maids their scarfs and handkerchiefs, Upon him as be passed : the nobles bended As to Jove's statue : and the commons mad A shower, and thunder, with their caps and shouts." It may be truly said of him that he was a kind neighbor and devoted friend. His hand was open as the day in works of charity. Many of his most attached friends were among the poor and humble, 13 whose necessities he had relieved, or for whom, fQ . i . i i. r i.a .niowl lle wunout rewaru or iuc uupe vi it, i voice in our Courts of Justice. In the throng of those who pressed up to look for the last time upon his noble face, were some of these ; and the warm tears that fell from their eyesattested their affection for their departed friend. But the orator, the scholar, the friend, and the statesman is no more! lhe heart, whose out- gushings filled others with its noble sentiments, and the tongue which gave to those sentiments so .. . . , i l.il J u nmsned ana so ncn an usance are uu.uu ... j . U rm.... Bur. nan. rtnA Hnar fA him rp. Ileum. xiiuoe " " " " not alone depressed and sorrowful at this event Our whole people will mourn the untimely depar ture of a great spirit from our midst. He had his faults, as all others have ; but he was possessed of g many, many virtues, ine iormer win oe ourieu with him in his grave, but the recollection of the latter will survive him, and be kept fresh and green by his family and friends. He has gone down to the grave in the meridian of his usefulness, and with the measure of his fame unfilled. What he would have been, if his life bad been. prolonged, what greater intellectual heights he would have scaled, and what new fields would have been opened before him for the exercise of bis constantly improving faculties, is left only to con jecture. But, judging his future by his past, his career would have more than realized the expecta tions of his most ardent friends. But this could not be; yet " Death makes no conquest of this conqueror, For now he lives in tame, though not in life." The funeral of Mr. Miller will take place from his late residence this afternoon, (Friday,) at 4 o'clock. His friends and the citizens generally are respect fully invited to attend. He will be buried with Ma sonic honors. Death of Hon. Wm. S. Ashe. Hon. Wm. S. Ashe died on Sunday night last, in Wilmington, of the wounds received on Friday eve ning from the collision of the mail train with the hand-car which he' was in. He had represented New Hanover County in the Senate, the Wilming ton District m Congress, and was President of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company at the time of his death. He was in his 60th year. He was a genial, kind-hearted gentleman, and his death is deplored by a large circle of friends. Col. S. J. Wheeler's Rangers. This Regiment of Bangers is designed to operate especially in East ern Carolina. It is commanded by good officers. Tbat section has suffered vastly from the enemy. He must be checked. ,This regiment still affords an opportunity for volunteering. . Rangers have special privileges, and where they are active and enterpris ing, can do much for themselves and the country. LEIGH. N. C. WEDNES , . . A Bnpreme Court. .; , It Is a little remarkable that although the perma nent government of the Confederate States has been in operation some six months, we have no Supreme Court, and no movement in the Congress to estab 1 to one. The Constitution expressly provides " The indicia! ; 17 i - " ira vAiuwcniic GWtw email wo Tfv. 008 8uPrenvs Court, and in such Inferior Courts i;.iT from toe to time ord-.in and estab- i. SNuff68-both of the Supreme and Inferior Courts, tatid I f offioe during good behavior, and shall, at r. r , 'v"0 r neir services a compensation, which shall not ho rf,m:;k j j...: .i . .! : ' Office. "'""UIJUCU U1UU1 .UCU IWUklUUMHW III The judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under this Constitution, the laws of the Confederate States, and treaties made or wWh h.n h. ..,,.. ..:. .i 'J , an cases affecUn , to an cases affecting ambassadors, other public minis i and consuls- in all n...r.jn;ui. -j :.: iers jurisdiction ; to controversies to which the Confederate . 1e a P,rtT to controversies between two or S !t 5. .een Stte and citizen of another State where the State is plaintiff; between citi-ns claiming ands iinder grants of different States: and hotmwn . atate or toe citizens thereof, and fnnira st.tM unhurt.. k. .7J; I v ,,' r ofinv1jrXstoi,to8Ub'a In all cases affectiog ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, and those in which a State shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and bet, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make." Mark the laneuaee of thn Onnstit j v uuiicucruw outlet tnaii, 06 tested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior J Courts as the Congress may from time to time or dain and establish." It was evidently the intention of the framers of the instrument that the Supreme Court should be first established, and that the in ferior Courts should be provided for, from time to time, thereafter. But. we have the inferior Courts, and no Supreme Court The Constitution expressly provides for three departments of the government: M but in realty we nave but two, for the inferior Courts possess no appellate jurisdiction, and their power is not final either in "cases arising Under a 1 " " m wwca arisiug unuer jl'the Constilut,on" or in other respects. We have, Kg therefore, the executive and legislative departments, 3 but no judicial department as contemplated and fl expressly provided for in the Constitution. The tS 6ravest r.d most important questions of Constitu rj. . ... "u" exposition ana construction, aUecting the lib erty and the life of the citizen, as well as the rights of property, are theretore not even raised in a Su preme tribunal, much less argued and determined. 1 The legislative and executive branches of the govl M ernment may violate the Constitution itself, and H U ke the most dangerous strides towards consolida tionmay set at naught the rights of the States and the personal freedom of the citizen, and there is no tribunal provided before which KiiMi Avils mow ll be brouSht for examination and remedy. In this estate, lor example, the writ of habeas corpus is sus pended, in at least one locality, and citizens sus pected of crime are confined so as not to be reached II b t.his writ of ri8ht This has n done by pa me iiiiurior vouri; ana tne decision of that Court, even if these suspected citizens should be able to obtain a trial, would be final as to them, for the plain reason that there is no higher Court in exis tence to whom they could appeal The decision of an inferior Judge, sitting alone, and probably a po litical partizan, and appointed because of his political sentiments, is final in all cases affecting property and life. And what is more than this, there arc no inferior Courts under the permanent government, the Judges who are now acting having been ap pointed under the provisional government We earnestly appeal to the Coneress to nut the k whole Constitution in this respect in operation, by csiaousnir.g a supreme L'ourt The people of the H Confederate States are entitled to, and expect to see r esiaonsnea, a government oi checks and balances a government with three branches, one to enact laws, another to expound them, and another to enforce them. And there is no good reason why this should not be done at once. The government is certainly permanent Its existence is a fixed fact, and it will continue to exist, we trust, for all time. An act of Congress establishing such a Court and putting it in operation, would not only complete the machine ry of the government, but it would give assurance to our own people and to Europe that the President and Congress regard the government of the Confed erate States as no longer merely provisional or ex perimental, but as durable and permanent Appointments by the Governor. Gov. Vance has appointed Dr. Edward Warren, of Chowan, Surgeon General of the State, in place of Dr. Chas. E. Johnson, resigned. He has also appointed as his Aids, David A. Barnes, Esq., of Northampton, and" George Little, Esq., of Raleigh, each with the rank of Colonel. Proclamation bt toe Governor. Complaints having been made to tho Governor that, in one or two localities, organized opposition has been mani fested to the conscript law, he has issued his pro clamation, requiring those who are thus seeking to evade the law to desist from such conduct and re turn to their duty. The life of all governments is, obedience to the law. The law referred to should be equally enforced. This is due not only to the cause itself, but to those conscripts who are already in the ranks. The Governor has no other object than to perform his duty, and this he will do at all hazards. We commend him for his firmness, and for bis sense of justice towards those conscripts who are already in service. Let those who are seeking to evade the law at once return to their duty. As they are, and where they are, they are suffering much more in body and mind, than they would if they were in the ranks fighting for their country. A Soldibr's Outfit. The Confederate govern menthas hitherto allowed 'only $50 a year for a. soldier's clothing. ' The following items have been furnished the Richmond Enquirer by asoldier, which are indispensable to each soldier the coming winter. We hope the government will furnish tho articles and stop the commutation pay. It is as. follows: . One cap, I 5 00 One jacket, 2on 2n One pair pants, 80 00 One " shoes, 18 00 Two " ancles. ( wooU 3 50 Twa nriirta. fwool.1 10 00 Two pair drawers, 8 00 $98 50 It is said that Lincoln has authorized " Governor" Stanly to order an election lor Representatives tev the Federal Congress from the 1st and 10th Dis tricts in this State. DAY, SEPT. 24, TfcirtyFourth N. C. Regiment. The losses of the 34th N. CL Regiment in the late battles around Manassas will be found reported in another column. This is the first official news we have received from a North-Carolina regiment since the battle. It will be seen that our friend, CoL Riddick, is again severely wounded, having but a short time recovered from his wound received in the Richmond battles. The officers of that regi ment, we have observed, is one of the most prompt among the North-Carolina troops in reporting the condition of bis regiment We should like to see his course imitated by all the rest For the Standard. : THE CLERKSHIP. Mr. Holden; I perceive that two excellent gen tlemen have announced themselves as candidates for the Principal Clerkship of the next House of Com mons. Either of those gentlemen would fill the of- 1 r .r i ,.j t. , n nr. muure uas aireaav proven uimseii Butthey irl genUemen of generous soul and would no doubt, were they fully advised, readily give place to the gentleman whose name i wiu suggest lor tbat office. I would respectfully suggest the name of Jobs A. Stanlt, Esq., of Beaufort County. He is a refugee from Beaufort, having felt compelled to leave Wash ington with his family as soon as he could after its capture, not being willing to remain in the enemy's lines." This he had to do at the risk of cutting him self off from all means of support for his family, and I am not aware that he has been able yet, to enter upon any business which promises a support I have thought, Mr. Editor, that our refugee friends from the Eastern Counties, unless wealthy or entirely independent, have the first claim upon the consideration and sympathy of the people of the State, next to our brave soldiers and their families. Other things being equal, I suggest that that class of our fellow-citizens should be preferred for offices of emolument, to those who remain undisturbed at home, and who have the means of support within their reach. Mr. Stanly possesses in a pre-eminent degree th qualifications for principal Clerk of the House o' Commons. He Is a business and an industrious man, of quick perceptions, is a neat, quick and ready penman, and has but few superiors as a read er tn the State. I know no one who could more promptly or more satisfactorily dispatch the busi ness of the Clerkship than Mr. Stanly, and no one who has higher claims. I have said th,us much, Mr. Editor, wholly with out Mr. Stanly's knowledge. I do not know thtt he would accept the office or that he will even thank me for suggesting his name.' ' But without any sort of disparagement to the other gentlemen named, I thought it due to a worthy man fully competent for the otlice, under the circumstances thus to bring his name before the members of the House of Com mons. BEAUFORT. For the Standard. Wilmington, N. C, Sept 15, 1862. Mr. Editor : There has been quite a panic in town for several days past, arising from two or three unmistakable cases of yellow fever. The symptoms are said to be the same as those that carried so many to their graves in 1821 viz: a pain- in the back and head, together with scorching fever, end ing with black vomit The greatest fear now is of! its spreading. Families aro rapidly leaving town, and if it converts itsell into an epidemic, Wilming ton will in a short time' be deserted of most of its inhabitants. There is much alarm of its spreading, principally from one thing, the steam-mills and dis tilleries having stopped operations. The health of the City heretofore has been chiifly attributed to. them. To day, the whole place and entire heavens around are blacky with smoke. 'Every one must, of course,' feel a perfect horror of the fever, but the idea of one's "imagining" himself as having it, is rather ludicrous. There is great excitement exist ing ; all the troops have been moved out of town. Your correspondent has an idea of leaving, if it con tinues to develop itself. Hon. W. S. Ashe, President of the W. & W. Rail road will be buried to-day. The accident which caused his death'is unfortunate in the extreme.' It would seem that he was starting home in the evening on a hand-car, intending to- get to the North-east turn-out and wait there until the down mail train passed, before proceeding farther. For some reason the hand-car did aot get there in time. When within about a quarter of a mile of the turn out, the train met and struck it, picking it up on. the cow-catcher. The others, young Mr. Moore, or this place, and three negroes, miraculously escaped by jumping or falling off. Mr. Ashe alone was hurt When discovered, he could not for some time be recognized. He was brought to town, and re ceived all the attention that friendship- and medical skill could suggest He died last night a little after eight Every one, of course, knew him either in every day life, or in- the capacity of Senator and President of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. WOliRELL. For the Standard. INTERESTING INCIDENT. Kinston, Sept 11, 1862. Truth is said to be sometimes stranger than fic tion. I found on a recent visit to Richmond a beau-' tiful verification of this remark, illustrated in the person and fortunes of the accomplished daughter of Sir John if usgrave, of England. A few years, ago, Sir John Musgrave and his beautiful daughter visited the City of New York, bringing with them the prestige of a good name, and wearing tho livery of exceeding gracefulness and refinement of man- L ners they were courted, feted and caressed by tho T t r .1 x i . mercnani princes ui me great cuuiuierciai uicuuyv- lis. The daughter won the heart of the gallant son -of Henry Grinnell, the generous and noble-hearted merchant of New York, who hath been, and ever has been, and is now, the unflinching and dauntless friend of the South, and who has defied the Lincoln government in the expression of j bold and manly opinion in our behalf, and in the manifestation of the most substantial aid and comfort" to our cause. Sir John and his daughter returned to England, and soon thereafter bis daughter accompanied Florence Nightingale to the Crimea, and was the constant companion day and night of that angel of mercy, in her ministrations to the dying and wounded sol diers in the Crimean war. On her return to Eng land, young Grinnell met her in London, and they were married, where they settled, enjoying all the luxuries and elegancies of life, which the princely wealth- of their fathers could so well afford them. Col. , of Virginia, had often met Miss Musgrave in New York, and whilst passing down the street in Richmond, suddenly and unexpectedly met her, wearing that bland and joyous smile and expression of recognition which imparts such a beautiful benev olence to her countenance. " Mercy I" exclaimed CoL ; " I would as soon have expected to see an angel from Heaven 1 Pray, Miss Musgrave, how came you here T Her story was soon told, with most unaffected simplicity. "After leaving New York," said she, "I returned to England and went with Florence Nightingale to the Crimea. On my return home, I married Mr. Grinnell, and on the breaking out of the war in America, my husband avowed his determination to link his fortunes with the South, and I accompanied him. He soon raised a company fitted them out at an expense to him self of fifteen thousand dollarspreferred that some one of more experience than himself should be Cap tain, taking for himself a .Lieutenancy, and he has gone to fight for the South, and I am here in one af the hospitals df Richmond, caring the best I can for the wounded and dying soldiers of the Confederacy." And she passed on if not an angel from Heaven, certainly an angel of earth tha Florence Nightin gale of America 1 J. W. B. Whole Number Latest Telecrapfcie News. The following telegraphic despatches contain items of interest j, ' . otra cAosa nr ntmicKr. mIWTA' 8ePt "tb. The Charleston tWwr.'of this "S1 S Pedal deaPteh, dated KnoxvUle, Utn, !LS"T8'h' orier, who left Lexington on Jhe 6th, report, that Gen. Kirby Smith was moving forward with Tin l5onD.'1 recruited in twenty-foor hours. Buford. J reKunel,ts kNf sed undetGen. A. h triumphant entry into Lexington on the 1st amidst extensive and satisfactory popular de monstrations of gratification. """Jry""- ' rlLn!,TiT,e1 ?. the 4th, and was also gladly welcomed, fort nT ,5 J"'1" cavalry took possession of Frank e'.u d' wh?n Confederate flag floated over the dome of the camtol. H a imn... :.u . great ovation. The enemv evacuated tha nlas on th. utk h.u tttparfue? them, acd captured several prisoners and three hundred mules. f .aV1 Le.xio8on Statetman, of the 6th, contains stirring ddresi from Gens. Smith and BufordT ? Ben. Humphrey Marshall was expected to reach Paris on the night of the th, and would encamp on his own farm. TAMUB 0DKB0ATS AOAUt WHIPFXD. AoonsTA,8ept. lfc-The Savannah Republican ot this morning has a letter from Lake City, Fla, dated the 12th, which says tbat the Confederate battery at St John's Bluff near the mouth or St. John's river, on the llth.tepnlaed two federal gunboats, badly riddling and crippling- them. Our loss was one man killed and foar slightly wounded. BUELT. VnBtTPTIVfl Vlamrtr v n Chattahoooa, Sept 15 Intelligence received by th Sebd, says that Buell has returned in force to Nashville. ae oas stolen between ten and twelve thousand negroes, NashviFle.rp0Se of "workiD tuem 011 fortifications around 1 be negroes are in a starving condition sad many of iu.ui iMi. cwaivu hi uteirowDers ; We meetings have been held by Tennesseeans, in Mid dle Tennessee. The country is aroused,- and the people are resolved never to allow the enemy again to ontrof, their state. v OKJC. PRICE Ot THH FIELD. 7 jbobii, sept. 1. A special dispatch to the Mobile Jitenma New: dated - Topslo, Sept 15 Gen. Price's army moved from Bald win, , uu r nuay last, on a lorced march. n A passenger just arrived reports tbat on Saturday after noon the advance guard, under General Armstrong, sur prised and attacked the Yankees, who were six thousand strong, at Iuka, driving them outiind taking two hundred Snsouers. Gen. Price with the main body came np on UOdaV morninir. when the enemv flwt in tha riirertinn nf Easlport, leaving in our bands a hundred thousand dollars worm oi stores, principally flour and salt ueu. i-nce gave enase ana when last beard Irons was seven miles behind the enemy. Diimiunm Cnl 1 fTh reP.rt of the fignt at Harper's Ferry and' the capture .. . "fi1"" T" tnai uen. v. H. Hill was attacked in Maryland, by McClellan, with eight thousand men. The fight continued all day with heavy loss on both sides. On nonaay, benjliu was re-m forced by Gen. Longstreet, a tne Battle was renewed and the enemy was driven back inree mii-s. un. Garland, of V... was killed in the San- fl.v:u K,.til ' Olm t...A.. : I . 1 c. "v h uwij i i iieu nere inn aiiernoon. GENERAL ITEMS. The Camp of Instruction for conscripts at StaUsville has been broken np, and the officers ordered to report at t Camp Uolmas, near Raleigh. j A duel was fought near Charleston on the Stb inst, be- tween Col. W. R. Calhonn and Maj. Rhett, in which Col. f Calhoun was killed. , j A Tankee gunboat visited Smithfield, Va., on the Stb I inst, from which the Captain and 19 men landed and seach ed the private houses for arms, seizing all they could find. The report of the Secretarv of the Treasurv ahowa that the amount invested by the people in Confederate bonds ia i yet eomparativeiv small. Thv bear s ner cent. inUnaL . and yet many money holders prefer to speculate upon the necessities of the people. Tho Governor of Alabama calls apon the ladies of that Slate to make sorts for the 50,000 soldiers of that State in I the army. We hope the ladies of Xorth-Carolina are al ready at work. A letter from Tangipahoa slates tbat the crew of the Ar kansas, commanded by Lieut L. N. Brown, C. S. N., pass ed through that place en route for Baton Bouge. They are to man the batteries there. A memorial to Congress is in circulation at Charlotte, praying that body to amend the law for establishing assay offices, and for the coining of gold, Ac, at the several mints in the Confederacy. ' At a recent Rail Road Convention, held at Columbia, 5. j u., tne price oi transportation for troops, soldiers, dis- 4 charged, or on furlough, was fixed at S cents per mile, and I freight of first class, at 65 cents per hundred pounds for j 100 miles. The Rail Road companies of Virginia, North i and South Carolina, it was agreed, should unite in estab- I lishing foundries, tfcc, on Deep River, to mann factors rail f road iron, Ac The Convention resolved to afford every facility possible to the government, and request President i Davis to issue orders preventing Government officers from ! interfering with the loading or running of trains, Ac. 1 The New York Herald states that the Confederate war j steamer Florida, Lieut Murrah, had succeeded in destroy- i ing several United States vessels near Nassau. 1 Gov. Letcher, in his recent message to the Virginia Le- ' gislature, berates the extortioners pretty soundly. He says there is no remedy for it, but to increase the quantity of the articles upon which extortion prises are exacted. The Governor will prove himself a bene&ctor by pointing out how this can be done, while the war demands three fourths of the white males of the oonntry. It is reported that Gen. Buell and Andy Johnston got into a quarrel at Nashville, Tenn., and tbat Buell whipped htm. It is said that Andy left the city. The Yankees have a rumor that Gens. Van Dora and Breckenridge, with a large force, are threatening to attack New Orleans. Gen. Beverly Robertson, the successor of the lamented Ashby, we are glad to learn, has been ordered to this State to form a Brigade of Cavalry. We hope our Cavalry will be rendered more efficient The Trustees of Davidson College purpose te keep ap the exercises of that institution, however small the number of students. The large bequest of the late Mr. Chambers, of Salisbury, enables the Trustees to pay expenses indepen dently of the tuition. "Which wat abb You Going." A sweet little girl named Sarah had been to church, and went home full of what she had seen and heard. 6itting at the table with the family, she asked her father, who bad been to church, but who was a very wick ed man, whether he ever prayed. , He did not like the question, and in a very angry manner replied: " It is your mother or your aunty, Sail, that put you up to that, my little girl." " Ob, Papa," said the little creature, " the preach er said all good people pray, and those who don't pray can't go to heaven. Pa, do you pray?" This was more than her father could stand, and in a rough way, he said : " Well, you and your mother and annt Sally may go your own way, and I will go mine." " Pa," said the little creature, with sweet Sim plicity, "which way are you going T ' .This question pierced his heart It flashed upon him that he was in the way to death. He started from his chair, burst into tears, and immediately began to cry for mercy. Within a few days he was a haDDV convert and I believe he will appear in heaven as a star in' his little daughter's crown of rejoicing. The Havana correspondent of the Herald writes on the 16th of August: The rebel steamer Matagorda leaves Havana for some port to-morrow, and in two or three days the Rusk and California leaves here, all with valuable miscellaneous cargos. They will, it is said by parties " who know," make for either Mobile, Alabama, or Charleston. South-Carolina, most likely the former port, as the Cuba, which sailed from here some time since, ran in all right Anns, ammunition and medicines form the bulk of the cargo. They will make fine prizes lor whoever may eaten them, 1435. VtlAW " - VII 1 . number of cases of teal yellow fever in that town, nave been greatly exaggerated by rumor. : The . cards ot the Mayor and of Dr. Dickson only speak of five cases. The sanitary, arrangements adopted will likely check the progress of tha disease entire ly. We hear it stated that a Captain Jennings, of Chapel Hill, who left Wilmington some days ago " sjightly unwell, died on the train near this City on his way homeward. The impression Is he died of yellow fever, but it is hy no means certain. Yel low fever is considered we believe, purely infectious. " Contact with a person having yellow fever by bo means renders one liable to the disease.' unless they are in the infected district , ' Increase of the Soldier's Pay. We are glad to see' that the House of Representa tives, on Saturday last, passed a bill to increase the pay of each non-commissioned officer and private in ' the army of the Confederate States four dollars per month. We trust the Senate will at once concur with the House, and thus make the bill a law. The vote in the House is as follows : . A,T;Mesa, A,h. Atkins, Aver, Baldwin, Bateau, Bell, Bonham Boyce, BridgesT H. W. Brace, KM. Brace. Chambliss, Chisman, Clapp, Clopton, Collier, Cook, Crock ett, Curvin, Curry, Dargon, Davia, Dawkins, Dejarnett, Kwing, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Freeman, Gardenbetr, Gart. rell, Gentry, Graham, Gray.Hanly. Hartridge, Heiakstl, Herbert, Hilton, Hoge. Holcomb, Holt, Johnson, Kenan of e.?n of N- G? Kenner, Lander, Lyon, Maehen, Mar shall, McDowell. McLean. Menees, Miles, Moore, Perkins, Pugh, Koystoii, Russell, Sexton, Smith of Ala., 8mlth of W. U, Strickland, Swann, Tibbs, Tripp, Vest, Villere. Welch, Wilcox, Wright of Texas, Wright of Tenn- and Mr. Speaker M. Now. Messrs. Breckinridge, Conrad, Conrow, Dupre. Harris and Lyons 6. . U Absent, or not voting Messrs. Arrngton. Barksdale, fqteler, Burnett, Chambers, Chilton, Clarke; Davidson, KUioU, Gaither Garland. Garnett, Goode, Hyer, Jones, .Lewis, McRae, McQueen, Mumerlyn, Prestoa, Ralls, Bout, bingleton, Smith of Va, Staples, and Wright of Ga. The following communication has been presented to the Senate -from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution requesting certain information from the President in relation to the pay and appoint ment of Provost Marshals : . . His Excellency, Jefferson Davrs, President C. S. A: xSiiy I have the honor to acknowledge the re ceipt of the enclosed resolution of the Senate, re questing you to give them information concerning the pay and appointment of Provost Marshals. The army regulations provide for the employment, by a Commanding General of a General of Division, of Provost Marshals, who are charged with the cus tody of prisoners, and the performance of police du ties. In garrisons, non-commissioned officers are usually assigned to these duties, but, with armies in the field, deprived as they are of the assistance of the civil authorities, and often incumbered with large numbers of prisoners, the duties become more difficult and important, and commissioned officers are detailed for their discbarge. 'It will be observed that Provost Marshals are employed, not appointed; otherwise officers of the army, already holding commissions, could not be assigned to such duty without holding two distinct appointments from the Government It having been found that large amounts of pub lic property at our principal depots, and the peace 'and good order of many of our towns were endan gered by the numerous stragglers, from the army, anM camp-followers hanging about them, and that desertion from the army was encouraged by the want of persons at those points authorized to make arrests, the Department employed Provost Marshals, ana vestea them witn authority over all persons in. the army found within their respective limits.- - They hate no authority whatever oner persons not in the army, except where martial law. is in force, in. which localities their police powers-are extended to citizens as well as soldiers. Whether martial law exists or not, they are ex pressly prohibited by a general order from exercis ing civil jurisdiction, and the Department has check ed them in all-cases in which the exercise ot such jurisdiction has been made the Bubject of complaint Marry of the Provost Marshals of posts where martial law is not in force have fallen into the error of supposing themselves to be clothed with general police powers, but the Department has invariably irformed them when such cases were brought to its attention, that they could derive the power to arrest citizens from the eivil magistrates only. Their compensation is usually fixed at that of a Captain of infantry, but in some few cafes they have been allowed the pay of field officers. The reference to the army grade is merely for the pur pose of fixing their rate of compensation, and does not confer on them grade or commission. The employment of Provost' Marshals and provost guards is essential to the preservation of public property, to the peace and good order of our chief towns, and to the very existence of the army. They are paid by the Quartermaster's Department because the rmy regulations require tbat depart ment to iay the incidental expenses of the army, including generally all proper and authorized ex penses for the movements and operations of the army, not expressly assigned to other departments. Provost Marshals being essential to the operations of the army and not being chargeable to any other department, seem properly to be assigned for their pay and allowances to the Quartermaster General's Department Very respectfully, . Your obedient servant, GEORGE W. RANDOLPH, Sec. of War. I FREDERICK CITY. Frederick City, where General Lee had his head quarters as late as to the 7tb, is the third city in Maryland. It is situated on Carroll's Creek, a branch; of the Monocacy, from which latter it is only three miles distant On its Western side. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passes a little South of Frederick City, but a branch railroad, three miles long, places them in connection. The great turnpike from Baltimore to Wheeling passes through Frederick. The distance to Baltimore is 62 miles ; to Annapolis 75 miles; to Washington City 43. The country around Frederick is exceedingly fer tile and well cultivated. .The population in 1850 was 6,028. From Frederick City the road to Harrisburg is nearly north-east through Emmetsburg, Maryland, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; distance about 65 miles. Emmetsburg is 75 miles from Frederick ; Gettysburg is 10 miles from Emmetsburg, and 85 miles from Harrisburg. Frederick county, Maryland, has an area of C60 square miles; soil fertile. In 1850, its livestock was valued at $813,585. Wheat, 731,684 bushels ; rye, 49,878 bushels; Indian corn, 782,603 bushels ; oats, 180,923 bushels; potatoes, 63,004 bushels; tobacco, 175,894 pounds ; wool, 82,232 pounds. It has 72 flouring mills, 13 saw-mills. Population, 40,987. i Adams county, Pennsylvania, on the road to Har risburg; area; 628 square miles fertile soil ; capi tal, Gettysburg. In 1850 live stock valued at $C59, 996. Wheat, .818,842 bushels ; Indian corn, 293, 979 bushels; oats, 261,779 bushels; potatoes, 37, 689 bushels ; wool, 23,697 pounds. Forty-two flouring mills, 18 saw mills, 2 wool factories and 28 tanneries. . York county, Penn., is contiguous to the road to Harrisburg area, 864 square miles. The live stock in 1850, was valued at $1,186,715 ; wheat 78,828 bushels; Indian corn, 707,151 ; oats, 589,817 ; wool 13,193 pounds ; 29 flour and grist mills ; 87 tanne ries. ' " Cumberland county, Penn., capital, Carlisle area, 544 square miles. In 1860, live stock, 8721, 813. Wheat 487,182 bushels; Indian corn, 861, 166 ; oats, 422,100 V potatoes, 48,546 ; wool, 26,868 pounds ; 40 flouring and grist mills. "YocTHTitf-SoiirsB. We met on Saturday with two youths who bad been honorably discharged from the army, having seen more in a brief period than most men in a lifetime. One of tha litti fellows, Henry Woods, of Georgia, is just fifteemand a half years old ; the other, Jesse Scott, of & C.f barely fifteen. These two mere children, for such they are in appearance as in age, fought in all tha battles round Richmond ! What other country can produce such examples of infant heroism and patri otism ? A happy journey home to them, and may every one who meets them on their way give them substantial Godspeed Rkhmenl Dispmteh. A ouvn iim u OTiMUIBSMni. . We learn from the Wilmington Journal that tha
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