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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. CCNVKDEEATB STATES WILMINGTON, N. C OK ABEBIUCA. THUBSDAT, JULY 9, 1863. MOST XJLORIOUS NEWS-GEN. LEE VICTOBIOUS FOETY THOUSAND YANKEE PRISONERS CAP TUBED. We received tie following dispatch at half past ten 'lock thia moraisg. It Is worthy of a epedal place nn dr oar Editorial head. It contain tie most glorious news Mceived from any quarter aiace the breaking oat of the war. Gen. Lxm has Immortalized himself and hia army of crave veterans. All praJae to a noble commander- The whole Confederacy will render Gen. Lm and "my un bounded gratitude. He has given the enemy battle on their own ground, and; he ha proved himself VICTO RIOUS. All praiw to Lm and hia forces. Richmond, Vam Jaly 7th, 1863. The latest dispatcher from Martinsburg report that the enemy wereronted and forty thousand prisoners taken on Sunday. I will tend full dispatches this forenoon. REPORTER. For farther particulars, the reader is referred to our tel egraphio column. Daily Journal, th. The Bane and Antidote. Yesterday alternoon we were up the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, and saw and beard a mingling of good and bad news that produced strange effects upon these who received it. The passengers from Wilmington were Jubilant over Lxx's repoited victory in Pennsylvania, while those from Kincrsville were depressed by the idea that Vickibure had fallen. Our own first impulse in presence cf any verv startling news is to pause acd c6asider.--IIad Vic bs burg surety fallen? Somehow we did not think so, although we had the word of the "reliable gentleman" lor we cadg ed) fact ; for the reliable gentleman was on board and we ..w him with onr two eves, both wide open. The reliable gentleman knew that it had been telegraphed to the press, end he farther graciously added that Ueneral Jqhkston's Adjutant General had vouched for the statement. Now this waa not so, and the reliable gentleman was somehow mis taken ormisinformed reliable gentlemen on c ars aie apt to be so. There is nothing impossible. Yicksburg may have fallen, but wedo not think it has. The account was aent North on Friday, for some purpose. . Gentlemen who left Jackson on Friday, heard nothing of it. Jt oomea in a questionable shape. Still there may be somethirg in it. We fear that there is. The news from that vicinity may be unfavourable, and pro bably ia unfavourable, but we have every reason to hope and trust that it is nothing like so bad as the fall of Yicks burg would amount to. The glorious newB from Pennsylvania waa an antidote to the depressing rumours from Yicksburg. It is true, we have so official information from General Lke, and some differ ence may be made in the details ; but the fact seems to be unquestionable that there haa been a battle, or rather a series of battle between the Confederate army under Gen eral Lee, and the Federal army under General Mea.dk, and that the struggle tas resulted in a victory for the Confed erate side, exceeding in its decisiveness and its fruits any battle of the war. Our own lo3s in killed and wounded has been heavy that of the enemy enormous, while the number of prisoners taken by us must have been somethiug more than coruroonly Burprisicg,since report persists in call ing it forty thousand. Why the prisoners refused to be paroled, as the reports state, must, for the present, re main a mystery, and is the only thing that appears to throw a doubt upon the oft-repeated statement of the sur render of forty thousand Federals. Why forty thousand men should throw down their arms, unless they were tired cf the war and wanted to go home, eeenB to ua inexplica ble, and yet their refusal to be paroled puts the only rea sonable explanation out of the way. The capture of forty thousand men in battle, or, indeed, in any way, is something almost inconceivable. Napoleon never took that many men at once. At the famous capitu lation of Ulm In 1605 General Mice, with nearly thirty thausand men surrendered to Napoleon, being completely bemmed in by the enormous forces of the great Emperor; and this capture of Mack's army is looked upon as amorg the greatest achievements of Napolson's whole lifs. He neve? elsewhere took as many prisoners. Gettysburg, in the vicinity of which place the recent great battles are said to have taken place is the capital fof JLdamB County, Pennsylvania, Is ten to fifteen mile 3 from the Mar land line, and has heretofore only been known as the Beat of an obscure college. The county, which is about half the area of New Hanover, contained in 1350 gome twenty-six thousand inhabitants; the land is fertile and largely under cultivation. About Gettysburg the country is rolling and generally cleared, in this respect difiarirg from almost all the other battle-fields of the war, givicc the commanding General a chance to sur vey the whole field and work out great combinations under his own eye. The impossibility of doing thia Jias accounted in some measure for the indecisiveness of previous Confederate victories. This victory appears not to belong to the former category cf barren triumphs; and, it so much has been done, we may be sure that Btill more will yet be accomplished. The end is not jet, General Lie's calculation ia not yet worked cut. What it may include in its resulting consequences we know not ; but thia much we do know, that if the accounts we have received are true, Mjade is played out even Booner than LTcokee, crPoP, or Bcenside ; and not only Meade, but Meade's army, leav ing actually no army to stand between Leb and his objects, for we need hardly say that there is no number of raw Penn sylvania or New York militia that could arrest the march of the never-defeated veterans of the army of Northern Vir ginia. We await news from the.North and from the West with almost equal anxiety. P. S. Yicksburg fell on the 4th and Joseph E. Johk bton is a great General to do nothing. Daily Journal, ilh. The Haiders Again. We yesterday afternoon conversed with a gentleman wto was at Kenansville when the Yankee raiders made their appearance in that village on Saturday night. The gentle man alluded to left Kenansville yesterday morning. We gather from him the followirg information, which disproves many reports brought to this town, some of which appear ed in our paper yesterday, we believing at the time that they were, in the main, correct : It appears, in the first place, that neither the Court House nor Jail waa burned. The records of the County were not disturbed , nor the Female Institute molested. Neither the Clerk of the Court, Col. Whitehead, nor any other citizen waa taken prisoner. Col. Whitehead waa at Kenansville yesterday morning. From the best information cur Informant could obtain the enemy numbered nine hundred and sixteen men, having with them four Mountain Howitzers, and one large gun. They took Borne 20 hows from citizens, and 24 cavalry horses belonging to Captain Lank's company. They burnt the Sword factory as here tofore stated, and two other small buildings adjacent; took about $100,000 in Confederate money that had been de posited In A. EorrnEELAKD's tafe, by different parties I20.0C0 of which belonged to the Sheriff, cr had been col lectedbyhin Icr taxes, &c. They also gutted the stores, throwing their contents cut to negroes, and took all the money, jewelry and watches they could anywhere find. It ia supposed they carried out of the county about 200 aegroea, 10 xf them lrom the- village. They, of course did aome carnage to the growing cropa by turning their horses into the fields. It is believed that Capt. Lane's men, abont thirty in number, who were in the Tillage at the time the yankeea entered it, made their escape. Four of them who were on picket duty on the road below Kenansville, had not been heard from and one other had been found killed. There were no negro troops wna me yankeea, as haa heretofore been reported. There were however, some negroes aa grides etc. The raid waa made Dy tne Third N. y. cavalry. The mill belonging to Mr. W. B. ITiddlxton, soma few M IT ? 1 muea irom ji-enansvuie waa burned by the enemy. Of their doings at Warsaw depot our feadera are already aware. We learn they arrived at KenanavCle on Saturday night in a gallop, and left in a like manner on Sunday, apparent ly badly frightened. They camped at Mr. Armstrong's on Sunday tight, at or near Limeatone, where they turned their horses into his corn fields. Of course Mr. Abmstbonq'b loss must be heavy. They robbed the people of Hallsville of everything they vwuiu uuu, bucji bs money, watches, jewelry, horses, ne ..,.1u,mu lurucu uieir corses into the corn-flelda mining, or greatly Injuring the growing cropa. Among other things they stole or took burglariously a gold watch belonging to a gentleman of this town who was then on a Yiait to HallaviUe. on a It will be seen by onr telegram from Gcldsboro', that the Tandala have made their escape entirely, and have arrived TrttWo their own lines. r.nr' TnnBBrRW w learn mntnred two or three ol ihem on Monday. Be aleo recaptured some hormt , ana pumoea them with b's infantry as far b Bandy Fouuditioo, -Lnoir county, but of course they were too fleet for hiro. Daily Journal, fth. The Gettysburg Fight. The Virginia par-ers by this morning'a mail hrivK us some a e tails oopicd from the Northern journal?,' relative to the battle of the first and second inst , jat Gettysburg, Pa. We copy in another column the Yackee report of the 2 d day 'a fight. There is evidently great straioing on the part cf the Jne Federals to produce the impression that topy were vioton ous. "Wo are used to ach boasting, anl prefer Jo wjit the reception of Gen. l.ee's (-fFnial rcprrt of te result. We find no me otion in the printed reports of the wounding of Gen. Meade, the commatder of the Federal forces. This report was brought by the officers of the flig of truce boat, to City Point, and may cr may not prove correct.- Th Eichmond Whig, has the followirg summary of the news ' When we remember how uniformly and how e®ions'y they bave lied in tbeir accounts of former battles, especi ally in the first bulletins from the field how they claimed a victory in nearly every fight ia Virginia, not excepting each of the several combats before this ci.y we miy read ily infer from the subuaed tone ia which tbey report tufa engagement, that they were very seriously worsted. Tbey furnish, indeed, pctitive evideLce cf Ibis when they tell is that the fight was brought on l y their pushing through Gettysburg from the eaet t-ide cf the tovn to the West, but towards the close " no other altercative was kit us (them) bnt to-retire to the East of the town." True they pre tend after this, aid upon being re nforced, to have driven us gut o tin town, back into tLe position we occupied early in the morn in,", but th; y coefnte thr own statement by confessing that at tLe end of the action onr cavalry dashed into th town capturhg and cnttiDg them off from their hospitals. " Our appio-oh to many hospitals being cut til," they toy, 14 it is impossi ble to obtain a correct 'ht of casualties." Now, we hfive only to remember that hospitals are alwayn ia rear of the battle-field to know that if an array ia cut ofi Irom them, it can only be because they bave been driven from the f)!d, bask beyond the safe ground they had selected fr their hospitals. The only officer quoted in the ac uLta wh publish admits that the fi.tfht cf tbe fSrtt diy ' wa rather unfavorable to onr '.Yankee) arms, aid state that tbe enemy (Confederates) held the fiVd at 'In close of the day, our (anl-ee) orces having f'.iln hack." And the Governor ot Pennsylvania sends a Macedonian cry to the Governor of New York lor be'p " send all the troops you can raise, without delay, as the need for them is press ing." This, and the confession th.t their losses a:e " enor mously heavy," we take to be the giat cf The Yankee ac counts. The r?Bt is mere surplusage and fiction. Their own labored efl'jrt to prove that they were not b a'en (tor, strangely enough, they do net claim to havo been vicari ous,) when scrutinized aud silled, must Battel' any inteiii gent mind that they were defeated", perhaps bdy. VVe have not the slightest doubt that Gen. I ee't despatch, when it come; will coifirm thia conclusion. Allk&il, then, to cur first victory on the soil of the enTny. Hie K We bave been shown a letter Ircm Charleston, dated yea ttrday, (the 6th,) which states it is officially known tl a, the enemy have placed a light ship off Battle Snake Gliosis off Charleston bar, showjng two lights. Of course the ob ject is to decoy and deceive the blockade ruDuers. It ie probable similar lights will be exhibited off our Inlets, aud perhaps others. Those interested had aa we'l keep an eje to the windward. Tlrs w us fully developed in JackaoD's great ii n ?be Valley, where he was assigned to the For the Journal. Fort Fjshsr, N. C, July the fcth, 1S63. Messr3. Enirons : Please allow me to say a few words in the Journal with regard to the young men of Wilasirgton. I have visited the place several ti&es lately, aud I have al ways found a plenty of young men there who look aa able to be in tbe service aa lor any other man, though they claim to be under age. They ar like the jockey's horso. I never knew a horBe trader to have a nag more than ei.qht years old, end I presume it will be j ist 6f. with the lioya. None of them will be over seventeen while the war will last. If they were seventeen at the outbreak cf the w they purport to be not moro than sixteen now. Tha of swearing the Boja was suggested to me.the other day by i a patriotic young lady of Wilmington. I heartily concur with her. I don't think any youg man of Wilmington, or any other place, woa'd think any ways hard of swearing to his age if he waa willing to serve his country when he fhall have become subject to military service. What do you think of it Messrs. Editors ' Come out yourg nier. ! come out! don't bavo the ladies calling yon OorM-rijjts. Conic out and serve ycur country, now, ia this her hour cf peril. She ii now strurgl ng for If j, will you not assist hr .' If not, you ocght not to 1 3 allowed ta er joy the blessing of a free country. It U trae that tho Camp h not the place fir fine pants, starched thiita, blacked boots, shiniiiVr like a mirror, curled hair and a standing collir. But we lire cheaper than that. Uncle Jill gives ua homespun pants, homespun shiita, brogan shoes, and aonietirnea we comb our hair when we start up to town, orou seme other expe-. dltion. We don't have auy Theatre here either, but we get along without it very well, though we like the per formances of a Theatre very well. I think yon young Wil. miDgronian3 can live in Camp cs well as the rett of ua with out blacked boots, curled hair, theatrical performances, &c. What do you think cf it? I bad rather never fee another fice suit of clothirgthan to be Fpurued and treated with contempt, called a Conscript, iind.aH thoHe ugly names that are applied to those who are shiiking out of service. Messrs. Editors, I hope that the pecpi of Wilmiueton will not feel angry with me for speaking of that place en tirely, aa thia ia written by reiest of a citizen of Wilniipg- 1 . From the lUcr mond WhWr. 1 General Kwetl. Earl J in the war. when a companj ol Yankee caval ry, beaded by a renegade VirginiaD, dashed at night in to Faiifax Ooart House, a sicgular scene occurred. Tbe g ll-sr t Marr was kilted, and bis men bean to pive back btfore the cavalry At that monpent a gentleman rnfchcd cut of a hoii5. called on Marr'a men to stand firm, ami w ith the aid cf Ex-Governor, now General Smith, rallied them th; gentleman was scantily at tired, having intfee -1 but 4me garment on his person, sou wis unarnixi. m-us QtienBtiess, ne siooa id middle of th'? ptrn-t. while tbe balls were falling tbJck and fast atoood Mm, dtfid tbe Yankees, find rtind down np'i'thm a torrent of itnpncatiotis snub as w.re n.'ver liard.b?fpr3 His fury aud bis intrepid ity struck uiorti teiror into their craven sools than all the bu'.icv ef r irtlantry. 'I hey fled, and the much fnraprod tenl'-nii went qiittly to bed.' IJi name wasEwtll. When t est heard from; bis gentleman was command ing a bi-iiaie cf Beauregaid's army at M ananas. After the ba'ilpof Manassas, we heard ot Ewell's modesty aiid nnse-ifishness. . When the commission of MfJ r j'.,ufTal was tendered him "he hesitated many days to f.cof-pt it, saying that Jabal Early was a fitter man thus bim3uf to receive it. Fire, modesty, intripid ity, wcie lib chan-cteristies ; his capacity was yet to be t s'ed. camrai most a rd si-'.-tfi ac-1 important duties, all ot which he dia- chargfd vrifh energy and daring worthy of the indomi table 13; o- ewull hinselJ. 'I he glorious victory a Cross Keys waa won by Eweil alone ; Jackson, f we mistake not, fak'iLg lo part in it. In th battles arouud Richmond he took a promi i,eut pitr. At Odar Rnn, Bri.tje Station anei M.an Ddssas No. 2, hi- fought 1 ke a Han At Maonasas he was so s'vertly wounded that his leg bad to be ampu- j taKd an peration always dangenus, but particu ur- iy so lu ; e. eas ol a man like Ewell, whose health was not rebuff. But his lUimantine will triumphed over the daii.:rs inctient to a feeble constitution, and brought ti.m on e more to the field, maimed, indeed, but wiHirvr us tvtr to peril his life in behall of the cause. fi: aiwajs txpr.-Pffcd his d.:tei mica: ion to ..e j in the to-my at the curliest moment, not because he loved wu.fure f-r us own Fake, but b-jcause he ftlt it to be his duty. This, we lave been nssa.td was his own larjjruau'v E-vtii bed r ported .'or eiuty b.lore Jackson hll at (jhwieeli -rsviilr The km ot that gieut Chieftain, bis e-xprtwe1 prehience for Ee!l ns his successi r, and, the gei erai eh tire ot the soldrtrs to have him back again, Jell tho War Department no choice but to pro n oiehini. lie was made Lieut. General. Lee showed his co!iirv":ee in him by placin? him in the van of the gn at tot wan! iiioverucut nov bjing executed, and he in turn s!iow d Irs unhuken appreciation of Early by faseig;n: sr lo biin the task of storming WiiiCl.es ttr. How we'll eji.wd the cor.fiilence ot both, was the telegra,- ii upatcLei attest, Ewell, fkrly and John ston th:ee Vitgioians, all e f wliora have beeu severely wcunded h:tv liiUen up Valley campaign where the h-ro ihat gleep? at L g'on left it. 'I'heir achieve ments at Winchester give promise that they will carry it on in StorswhH's Jackson's way. Bat Jet it not be forgotten that these Virginians owe their newly worn laurels to the '-valor" tbat is Gen. Lee's own word, of troops fn.m oth r States beside the Old Domiuioa. The victoiies ut Winchester and Berry vil!e have paid in pin fr 'he lost limb of the tierce General there command lug. VVe may consider that the accouut to the extent, ot one j.jint of the PtnaUcit pedal digit has beeu s ifi.-fac'orily audited. The remainder of the debt will, we tnijl, be adjusted by similar inta-lneuts. It is s id that an urufi.'iul leg, bnlrrtd s ne months ugo, awaits Gs;n. E well's arrival in thocity.of I'hikdelphia, wa.. ; and thai : he object ot the forward movement of Lee's Hub ! artr,J obtain the f . . . . 23,817 bales. .....2,595 bales. ! same. A ii Krittor In Link. '1 he .six fi et of original humanity that controls the columns -f the i;!evr land Banner tt.us de-scribes a streak t luck he lately encountered : An A;kkk aiu.k SuitrjfusE Tbe other day we were standing ut "these pf emits," tjitchirg into our comr cs ing stick brevier," at the rate of 2:40 had the blues as only editors have I hem not caring a continental d n for tbe worid nor the 4 balauee ot mankiud" without red in e.nr "wens 4 skin," considering wheth er we wculd commit snici 'c or Le a eandidu'e for Con-jrrei-s. Whiiht thus rumirjatiLir. a tiiexd anoroarhed f ton. WILLIE. The Prograiam of tleiicrHl I ; n lltlntt el hy a Confederate Oificer. A Council of War In XtKli moncl. Ilia Comse Lulil Out. The New York Tribune puts" forth the followirg very prominently as the programme of General Lse, as commanicated by a Confederate cfiiccr. We copy the Tribune's story, which is Sent cil by its corrtFj OLdcnt at Washington : A Louisiana cflL-er of French exiractkn, who is amoDg the prisoners made by Gtn. ieasanton in his fight against Stuart, as cemmunicated to ote of his re latives in Washington, certain details concerning Gen. Lee's plan, which are calculated to throw ecme addi tional light upon the movements of the rebel leader. According to this statement, the aggicssive po&ition assumed by Gen. Lse was resolved upon in a Cabinet Council at Eichmond as far back is the middle of May. At that time it was unanimously decided that the araiy snouid move irom t reeiencKsourg lor tbe vaney of the Shenandoah, avoiding in his march any contact with Hooker's right wiDg, then tco strongly lortifkd to be attacked with success. Hooker's position wes such that 1 ad he been de feated on the spot he then occupied, on the right back of the Rappahannock, the proximity of the Potomac river, where he might have been supported by gun boats, afcel the vicinity of the fortifications of Wash ington, where he might have intrenched himself, would have rendered a victory useless to to the Confederate arms. It was then resolved to attrdct him from the neigh borhood of these two shelters, and to muke him accept a battle in some distant region where the advantages ol the position he then occupied could be of no use to him. It was, therefore, decided that the Confederate ermy should be divided into three divisions, inarching within supporting distance of each other, and operating all along the line of the Potomac, frcm "WircLrettr to Alartmstc.rg, and ircm aiarticrburg to the opposite side of Hagerstown. If by thia movement Geu. Hooker was hot Jrawu out from his position, then (Jen. Lee was to give orders to one of his Lieut's to crosB the Potomac and to make a descent upon Maryland and Pennsylvania. Before, however, moving ia that direction, General Lee was to send several detachments of cavalry across the river to clear the roads and to ascertain if the amount of provisions and means of traepport to te found in the country were adequate to the iequircments of his army. AlMbeee operations, rt3 may be seen, h. ve teen de pendent one upon the other. Had the means of trans portation been found deficient, or what is mote proba ble, had Gen. Hooker changed his position, pursued the enemy, or done anythicg tendirg- to thwart the signs of the rebel General, there is good reason to be lieve that the rebels would not have crossed the Poto mac, and that their depredations on this side of the river, would have been confined to a few cavalry raids. V hen, alter a lapse of ten daj8, General Lee crave the order to Ewell to cross the Potomac in the vicinitv of Hagerstown, he at the sama time gave orders to Gee. Long8treet to march Irom Y mchester to Martin3bursr, and sent word to Hill, who is commanding the rear guard, to move upon Winchester. As soon as Esvell had crossed the Potomac, and should ba fairly on h's march into the interior of the country, either ia the di rection of Frederick, Maryland or Harrisburg, Penn.. (the true destination of the rebel army being still a mystery,) then Longstrett and Hill were to fJiow ia hia track. If this statement may ba relied udod. then the plan of General Lee included Jwo eventualities ; either a bat tle with Hooker or an invasion of the North. Victo rious in the first caa3 his object was to dictate terms of peace under the walls of Washington ; defeated, he would have retreated upon Eichmond. But Hooker having refused to accept a battle upon the eoil ei Vir ginia, Lee, desirous, perhaps, to draw him by a feint of inactivity as far as possible from his base of operations, was in consequence.; compelled to resort to his second echeaes, that of inyadicg the North. our wit elow Tel poktd FOinethirii m our ntcket we supple ! it was an internal machine, and as we were in d : tiered t :. out i-cing blowed up, we just let it stay there. A fur the gentleman had retired, ua tie thing tad not exploded, we concluded to examine it more mi nutely. We w ry ciufiously slipped iu our hand, drew it out, and unrolled it. Cocsckuce! what pretiy pic tures tour o! ttieui wecju'd not divine what sort ef scenery they r presented never had sten the 1 ke be' fere. VVe rali d in the "ohl woman," who prete-nda to be of ; l:t rary turn ot mLd, somewhat acquainted with hyt-rogliphics and the dead languages to tell m what sort oi Mpb ma" they were. She fiist lked at the "pic lurs"anl into uoon thin "Ixuutii'ul bov." and at last exehiimi : ' Why, o'd ma'!, that ii money four $20 bills !:' " That can't Ik;, because they never make but $1, $2 and $3 b;i!? or at lean thia is cur experience." " 'I l ey are $20 bills ; at-d, old man, you bave been bushwhacking somebv dy, because that is too much mon e f r au editor to hive, to cum.1 by it honestly." " Nary time, old woman a Iritud gave it te m." " Who wa it?1' " Mighty e'ever man, and it is none wf your business, nor noU-ely eh-e, what his name is we are not obiiged to tell e ve: yti.iLir. if we do orint the ne-wa. (io nff. ni 't like to talk to poor folks." All riht'as railroad men say. don Correspondence er the C'harltstou C'tmrker. Nassau, June 24, 1863. The nveot dcfeitiui ot the blockade-ruuDers in Charhtio;!, pjoduced a corresponding collapse of busi ness on this y..6 . We had no arrival from the Con federacy lr ten days, except one Wilmington boat, which eeulJ yive us no news, lou may perhaps imagine tne suspense that pervaded the community Conjectures ol the caue of the phenomenon were as plenty a? bimberrics, and finally every one seemed lo bave settled u..-W'i to the conclusion that the Govern ment had appropriated the boats for purposes ot its own. Happily the Sirius, Captain Moore, caTne in on the 20lh, and relieved our anxiety &Dd curies ty. JJaring tli-3 lull, ISafsau koked as if it was about to stagnate , but we are zgiin all bustle and business I he AntoMca h.;s just reached her anchorage, and brings the glorious news from the Penusylvi nia border co cnee r us. r rotn my i,o'i;ur iiica l oLceive tnat some ot your coriesponoentw ;.re grurnbliDg about the exportation of Cotton fn m t;e Confederacy,. and one of them seems to think that the 1 ankees get the lion's share. Instead of wiring you this morning the letter I proposed, I passed the timrin the oflke of the Receiver of Customs, throuh whose kindness 1 am enabled to give you the following statisticts of tbe movements ol Cotton in Nassau for the Lst six montha. The infoimation is copied from tie books in the Custom House, and may be relied upon. It will be seen that a very small portion of the Cbarlesion end Wiiaicgton Cotton is exported to tbe North. This is due to the tllorts of the gentlemen controlling the several lints of steamers trading from Nassau, who sbars with the Southern people in the de sire to see none of cur staple go into the hands of our enemies. The lollowius is a statement of the receipt of Cotton in Nasjau by steamers from Charleston, Wilmington aod Savannah from January 1 to June 24th, 1863 : Bales. 321 Jaa. 1. Nir. . . . . leopard 847 2o, (.irafia 5i ol, Antonica lit Feb. 9, Calypso 642 ia, Flora 3i4 iS Margaret aud Jes sie :.. .326 21, linbv 167 Tl, Bcr 1715 22, Ft. Johns 114 btoaewaii Jack eoa S84 March 5, Uiraflj 567 10, Kuby 27 1, Victory 1183 14, Margaret sneT Jes sie 861 Id, GraDile City 515 15, Eagle 207 ih, bmtna 360 2J, Ruby 300 24, Flora 354 27, CJertrude , 49- 27. Charleston 250 April 5, Eagle ....135 III. M a'Oirof" ar A Tab. .8201 Bales. Aprii It!, Emma 400 i'0, Hritacnia 44 22, Ella aud AnEie..l?51 V4 An tonic a 33 24, Taljpao 794 27, Pet 419 Hay 9, Ella and Annie.. . 1277 11, Beauregard 1012 1 1, Margaret and Jea- fiie . 684 13, Flora :-3S 13, Eagle 200 18, Britannia 432 21, Banshee 637 24, Pet 372 20, Antonica 674 26, Calypso.... 846 June 3, Margaret a' i Jes sie 756 7, Banshee 472 10, Flora 357 17, Charleston 284 18, Lizzie 25 20, Fanny (Sirius). . .850 21, Baccoou 434 22, Alice (Orion)... 1000 22, Kate.. 720 Exported to.Turopean ports.' .. Exported to ports ia tbe Doited S:tes. . . Total e xport ..I ... 26,412 bales. On hand. . -5.663 bales. It will ba seen frrm the statemeut of receipts of Cotton in Nassau that 2,704 bale cape fiord Ma tarn or as in Mexi co l his Cotton is all transhipped to New York by the firms who are- engaged ia the Hatamoras trade. Since January 1st, 2,381 bates of this Mat am or as Cotton lias been hinnftd to the North, and 313 bales a late arrival -re main cn hand. By subtracting the exports ol Hatamoras Cot en from the general Cotton exports, we shall arrive at the following Statement of th destination of Chaileston and W timing ton Cotton, exported from Nassau from January lst to JuneUth, 1S63: n , Exported to lioxopeaB poita 23,817 bales. Kxported to ports in the United hiates .204 bales. I presume that none of the Cotton sent to'Bermuda fiods its way to the United States, unless it is tran shipped lrom England, which is not likely now, as it commands a better price in Liverpool than in New York. The only s'.eamers laden with Cotton captured by the Yankees this year were the Duoro and Cherokee. The eailing vessels captured have been much moro numer ous. In a subsequent letter I will touch more fully upon tbe trade through the blockade, as seen from mj point of view. Some of your local correspondents are in se rious want of light. Capt. Carlic ha3 s!cam up, pre paratory for departure, and I will reserve the continua tion of thi3 topic for the next boat. -SUMTKK. 1l,e &r Buttle utar Oel ysbuifc Ltl fiom lle Uatil.Htld. . The Philadelphia Enquirer of the 3d, has the follow ing intt liieeece from the battle field : Os Battlf. Field near Gettyc buhg, TburEdy Alornicg,8 a. m. ) To day, and on Pennsylvania soil has been fought one of tbe mcst dcspeiate und bloody battles cf this ac cursed rebellion. We hnvp aitackul a force honestly our superior in numbers a force not. worn down with nineteen days of rapid marching in teat and ram, dust and mud and one Splendidly positioned and entrenched. Against all these advantagts and disadvantages i as a poriion of our war-worn, battle scam d vebrans struggled, never flinching or stu king lrom any duty a3signed them, but makii.g desperate bayonet charges, rushing into the very j ws ot death and although sufleriog severely, yet have they managed to seriously cripple tfce eoemy, and at the same tin.a ntain pi;seessien oi the town of Get tvsburi?. which tv sought to repossess. In our let ters written ytsterday we told of the gallant charge of Bu'ord s division ol cavalry, when tney Eucceeoia in drivimr fcom the Town a hirjre number ol Rebels of the "... same arm of service. -This morniue: early, tbe First and Eleventh Corps, whirth had been durinir-tbe nieht eucamned near Em- mettBbare. mlrunced, ths First Corps marching in the following ordtr : First division, under General Wads- worth ; Third division, Gen. loub;eday ; these foiiow ed by five lull batteries under Col. Wainswright, bring ing up the rear w&s the really splendid division of Geo Robinson : this corps having been in the advance du ring the whole time of our march from Falmouth, were the first force of iulantrv to reach GcmbburT. and to come fcp with, and fight the enemy. During the day this corps had been Uiider the direc tion of Major Geneial Doubleday, General Reynolds being in command of the right wing, comprisii g the First, Third, hileventn and 1 welltn cores When three miles from town, while quietly marching along, tbe sound of heavy and rapid carinon firing was heard coming from the direction beyond Gettysburg. Almost ar the eaiue instant Capt. Alitchell, a gallant aid upon General Reynold's Stafia, came dashing down the road, with orders to the various dt visum comman de-rs to push forward tbeir divisions as rapidly as pos sible. The order was given to double quick, which was instantly obeud, and kept up until the intervening space where cur butteries were engaged was passed over. These batteries, two in number, were a part of the artillery b longing to General Buford's division, and were f tai ium d some half a mile to the south of Get tysburg J helo;iea1 fc'emicary, while the opposing force were stationed acd stugly intrenched upon the east side of Maisii ere k, and about the some distance woui the Seminary as w vie our owutorces. The latter waa the first to open lire, and weie for time compelling our batteries to retire from their posi- ti. n. ibis they were quietly domg and in good order, when the div'sion ofGeri. Wadsworth cjme to their support, tbetrVO able regiments, the '2d Wisconsin and 24th Michigan rpgiments rushicg up and driviDg from in front of trnrn the infantry force who were making desperate efLiia to capture the piecis. When ttese supports arrived the batteries again took up a com manding position, which they were enabled to hold lu riDg tbe day. in sear cf ::.. position so taken up, ai d to the right, the division ol Gc i. Robinson holding the second line. At the ir.otneut tbatr thesv formations were completed, the nbels, emboldened oy their partial success in driv ing from position the batteries, attempted another charge, with the object ol seizing th pieces, when tte brigades of tbe Second division, with fixed bayonets, hmado a cla-se uooa thjm, and such as were not killed weie taken prisoners. Two entire regiments a Tennessee ted a Mississippi regiment were then ' bag ged" Immediately alter the arrival ai d going into position of the first corps, tbe eleventh under the amiable otid brave General Howard who hod been ia the rear and marchitg on tbe fame road cs the first, made their ap pearance, marched directly througu tbe town and at once formed a line ot battle ein the right cf the Cham bers! urg road, and some half a mile west of the college, which is located at the extreme end cf the town. Af ter some three hours cf artillery duelling the Rebels commenced to retire. There were massed tie two in fantry corps, and in this formation a pursuit of their retreuting column was commenced. After driving them back towards the mountain, something over a mile, soon after 4 o'clock, it was discovered that with an executive force of infantry and cavalry thev were en deavcring to turn our left flank, with a view, probably to get between us and our eupply trains. Uoon this being no'ieed, and it being evident that our reinforce ments, the 1 bud and Iweifth Corps, who had been anxiously icqu red after during the entire day, were not yet np, no other alternative was offered us than to retire to tbe east of the town and take up a better po sition upon tne i op or a mil, aud along the line of road leading to Eumettsburg. This was done, but in ad mirabfe order, no unusual haste bting apparept, while at the same time, all ammunition and supply wagons as were up to the front were sent to the rear. A little after 4 o'clock, the Third Corps, under com matd ot Gen. Siekhs, cime upon the field, and went into position upon the left of that held tnrly in the morning by the t irst Corps : th? Twelfth, under Gen Slocnm, as well, arrirodj abcut the same time, and were stationed upon the right ef the Eleventh Corps. After those t o corps, &s well as those who " herd borne the heat and burden of the day " were formed in " battle array," they made ar. advance, and with but little re sisrance succeeded m driving tfce rebels lrom tha town and back into the positions they first occupied early in the morning. In this manner and in those locations both armies are resting lor the night The Second, Fifth and Sixth Corps are moving this way, and by meaning will be up and ready to do battle with ua. THE REBELS MAKE A DASH THROUGH THE TOWN While the latter mentioned movement was beimr made, the enemy kept up a continual rain of shot and shell upon the town, and when ceasing, their cavalry dashed through the town capturing all stray parties there congregated, together with the wounded who were occupants of, and the surgeons and nurses who were in attendance in the many hastily organized hospitals there located. v hue the firing was in progress some few bnildiDgs were set on hre, but the town not being com pactiy built, only sucn Duiidings as were struck by the sh'JIs were consumed. Among those captured are. the names of Dr. Nord- quist, Medical Director of ueneral Robinson s division, and Captain Fred Gerker, of yocr city, tbe amiable and pleasant Commissary of same division. In the confusion and excitement '.occasioned b; the charge of cavalry, and cur approach $o the many hos pitals being cut off, it is impossible at the present writ ing to obtain' anything like a1 correct list ot ' casualties. Our losses, though, are enormously heavy, especially among field and lineofficers : neither are we warranted in guessing now Eeriousiy tne Iteoeis nave sunerea. Or THB REBELS Nothing definite as to their numerical strength is here positively known, at least it known is not stated, some placing their entire strength in Pennsylvania at nn inn .Y.. n . q: Ain uTa J : -. 1 ou.uvui iMAicao at ij,uuu o met in uay waa a resi dent of Middletown, in your State, who while being a gocd Union man, has managed, to become considerably well ' posted " in reference to their situation and strength. He tells us that stretched along the base of the South Mountain, to the east of it, they have some fifteen thou sand men, while the balance cf the forces are to the west of the same -mountain. Oar scouts report that to night Hill is reinforcing those who were opposed to us, and that tbey are mov ing down the mountain by three different roads. Their position to-day was one of unusual excellence, and selected with the same eye to natural defence and strength which bus ever characterized themupon the side of a broad, running stream, and with a high moun tain back of them, their artillery upon the hill side, in a positicn one above the other, like seats in the par quette of a theatre. A WHOLE REBEL BRIGADE CAPTURED. They also made an effort to capture the wagon train on the left and rear,. and in attempting this movement nearly a whole brigade of rebels weie captured, among them Brig. Gen. Archer, of the rebel army, formerly of the United States Army. THfC GALLANT DOINGS CF TUB FIRST CORPS. Upon teaching the scene of the engaeement, this corpsfouid the cavalry division under Gen. Bufoid, drawn up in line on the Chambersburg road, about three miles from Gettysburg, with their batteries in the pe si tion as before stated. Gen. Reynolds, then being in command of the entire right wicg immediately rode to the front fur the pur pesis of making a recennoisanee, aai learning fhe po sition 5f the opposing force, when'he was struck with the missile that ended his life. The command cf tbe corps then devolved upon General Doubkday, who im mediately hurried up to the front. In the meantime the cavalry kept the enemy's infantry fu Jy employed until the corps was well in position. The First aud Third Divisions first reached the Iront, and after -teine placed in position, the Second still keeping up its double quick, coming up immediately to the right of the line. Soon after the rebels advanced and opened fire along the entire line. Meredith's bri gade, all Western troops, dashed forward, and with fixtd bayonets ai d a good solid nion cheer, succeeded in capturicg near Bix hundred prisoner. The First and Third Divisions holding their own, and finding no impression cou'd be made upon t hem, the enemy turned their attention to the splendid division under command of Gen. Robinson. This division being situated upon a ridge, and having no support, was obliged not only to fijht tbe front but protect his flank. Suddenly, and as if by magic, a strong column of re bels come suddenly upon this division's front. Volley after volley was poured into them, but steadily they ad vanced. Finding tbe rifia balls bad.no effect upon them, a recourse was htd to cold steel. The brigade under the gallant Baxter, was ordered to charge bayo nets upon them, and so well did they obey this order that the rebels were compelled to retire with a loss in prisoners taken alone, of some four hundred and eighty men. At this juncture ths rebels were seen advancing in force on the right flank of the division. But finding himself hard pushed in that direction, he sent for the excellent brigade under command cf Gen. Paii', who immediately came up, but not a moment too soon, as the rebels were found to be coming out of the dense woods on both flanks, as well as in front, and in im mense force ; again did the Second repel them. It was while bravely leading the latter charge that the noble Gen. Paul received the fatal wound. At this time the First and 1 bird divisions were be ing hard pushed, but still held their ground, the Second division doirg the bard work, requiring irequent changes and prompt decisions in its commanding officer. So rapid and frequent bad they .been firing that at this time they were completely out of ammunition, and were compelled to get ttat then very useful artie'e from the cartridge boxes of tbeir dead and weucded comrades. When the fight was progressing and the firing tbe hottest, a Lieutenant of the 88th Pennsylvania came up to Gen. Robinson, after saluting, in an impromtu speech presented tbe flag of the lfitb Alabama. Another flag was captured by the 97th New York. So rapidly were the rebels reinforced with fresh troops in these attempts to turn the First's left that it obliged tbe order to be -given to fall back a distance of perhaps a mile, fighting the whole time. The Second division went into the fight at 11 o'clock, a. m., and there remained all tbe time, subject to a gall- hre, without support or reinforcements, until 5 ment. The army evinced a determination to w hny.anla anil hail hniln et.Annl. 1 . , U K 8 "j uv "-v" wwvuSijr impressed by their rir eu-48 with the dreadlnlconscoupiirtpn ff.o ... w" .them and the country if a disaster should occur to n i" ue coming coDuici. The enemy was rapidly concentrating his troon v terday, from the Cumberland Valley towards Chamh r burg, and Gen. Meade's whole army had reached n field of battle If General Couch presses on him down thrt llf tj with hia trnn. e tt uua " J " wvjya jroia xiarnsourir, wh nK : wuuucu"; iAri-,1-ui iay iook ror glorious resnl ihk rKiBONKRS. Among the prisoners who arrived in Rdtimrt tu or u omcers. utig. tien. ArchPr h?m.0ir ; 1 dent of Maryland, was also brought in. Another n of 1,200 was expected on Friday. p rt' THE LATEST. The following is the latest from Gettvahur n..: ed in the American : There have been no arrivals thia mornin" from t! vicinity of Gettysburg, and we are . without any dirm intelligence relative to the doings of yesterday W learn, howtver, that there must have been a great batth fought yesterday afternoon and evening, &s heavy can nonading was heard at Par kt on, Frederick and llarr , burg, from noon to 9 o'clock ut night, when it capd A gentlemaa who came down this morning from I'ark ton savs that thf oannnnnrl inor Tiro a oo r ,1 daylight this morninz with such fnrr-n a L!n at - vuiuin.. 102 o'clock. rd, Bie ,., Total by steamers from Charleston, Wilmins: ton And SAvannati flo Vfti Received by ailine yesse'la from Atlantic PnrtM WW 66T Received from Matamoras .2,704 Grand Total... 1'... ..32.D75 The following ia a statement of the evnorta "of r.nttnn froa January 1 to June 21, J863 : OUR CASUALTIES QEX. REYNOLDS KILLED. VVbi'e personally, gallantly leading the first bayonet charge made by Gen. Wadsworth 's division, tfce able, popular and gallant Major General John F. Reynolds received a wound wnicu m ices than an hour s time, re suited in death. The missile which robbed us of one of tbe brightest ornaments of our army, as well as one of its bravest and most useful members, was the sharp. - . 1 1- l l II A 1 X S . . . poioiea jumuie riui uau, u naving eniereu in me oacs ot his neck, coming out at tbe temple. Thus died a gallant soldier, bravely upholding the nonor or his country, upon the sou ef bis native State, and within less than thirty miles of his own beloved home. Among"other prominent; officers killed is found the name of General Paul. Genl Wads worth is severely wounded. Gen. Robinson, for the . third time had a horse shot from under him, -while among the names of officers of less rank who are more or less wounded, are found the names of Col. Bates, of the 12 th Massachu setts ; Col. Leonard, of the 13th Massachusetts ; Col. Fairchild. of the 2nd Wisconsin: CoL Root, of the 94th New York: Cant. Robt. Williams, of the 12th Man. Chusetts. The Battle on Wlnelay. The Baltimore American of the afternoon of the says : The account of the battle of Wednesday are very conflicting, but there is no doubt that the Federal loss in both officers and men were very heavy. Two thirds of tha entire Rebel army the corps of Hill and Long street were engaged with but little over ten thousand Federal troops ia the early part of the day, who were of course driven from their position. When reinforced by Sickles and Slocum they regained the ground lost and again occupied Gettysburg up to the time the bat tle closed for the day. The battle yesterday and to day will doubtless be decisive. One of Adams' Espres s messengers who brought despatches from Gettysburg, having left that place yes terday afternoon, reported the battle progressing arid that everything looked favorable : UNFAVORABLE ACCOUNTS. . There is a dark side to every picture. The northern papers, after giving the mortal wound to Gen. Lee's ar my ; alter gaining every advantage, and driving us from every position, still let out some inklings of truth about the battle. The American says : From one ol tbe officers who came down in charge of tbe prisoners who arrived last night, and who left Get tysburg on Wednesday afternoon, we have accounts not so favorable es those given by other parties, lie de scribes the fight on that day as rather unfavorable to our arms, and states that tbe enemy held the field at the close of the day, our force having fallen back after the fall of General Reynolds ; that tbe attack of tbe enemy was so sudden and unexpected -that both the corps of it in and ix)ng8treet were for a- long time engaged with General Reynolds corps, and that the 11th corps took bat little part in the battle. We will doubtless have reliable intelligence to-day. THE FIGHTING ON THURSDAY LARGE NUMBER OF PRISON ERS CAPTURED 80O ARRIVED IN BALTIMORE OUR ARMS STILL SUCCESSFUL. The battle was renewed on Thursday. The Ameri can has thfc following particulars : We learn from parties who left Gettysburg at noon yesterday, that everything was progressing favorably for the ultimate success of our arms. Up to that time they assert that over six thousand prisoners had been captuied and sent to Union Bridge for transportation to Baltimore. At 9 o'clock last nieht a train with eight hundred prisoners, the first instalment of those captured, arrivid at Baltimore Depot, and shortly after Gen. Scbenck announced from his headquarters at tbe HiUtaw iiouse thav these then in Baltimore and at the Relay House, which would soon be in his do? session. amounted to twenty-three hundred. We learn that nearly one thousand of theaa nrisoners were captured on Wednesday evenine: by the lltbarmv corps in their gallant charge on ;Longstreet's corps. They are said to have at first slightly faltered, but their officers cried to them to remember Chancellorsville, when tbey rushed into the fight with a furv that was ir resistible, and the whole line of the enemy gave way bo- icre mem. During the early part of the day yesterdav. ud to noon, at which hour our informant left, there had been no general battle, though heavy skirmishincr had been fvniniv Art mII vms.m..I.. , i ; t . .La 6u,u6 vu " w uiviutuK, rtuuiMDir iu neavv IOSS lO iuc enemy and the capture of nearly five thousand prison ers, in au mese skirmishes, which were condactea un der the direction of Gen. Meade, our anna were entire- y successful but the enemy studiously avoided a general engagement, and it waa thought there would be none before to-day, when it was said to be the intention of General Meade to press tbe enemy edong the whole ine. The Dradence and skill displayed by General Meade in the management of his army, and tbe strategy evin ced by. him in coping with Lee; bad already won the confidence of bis troops, and bis presence alone the lines drew forth tbe strongest dttaonatr&tio&a of attach- Its. wore dayligl as to almost make the earth tremble. Th s Vry Latest. The American, in its evening edition of ti e 3rd ic gives the following despatches : A special despatch to the New York Herald di- i Hamburg, 2J, says : ' I he battle at Gettysburg to-day was fijrcwind blu and lrom all I can gather, the rebel army has recmt;i its mojrtal wound.- Cacnon, small arms and the ti-U are among the trophies. A column of rebels, 2o m mi strong, passed through Dillabury yesterday iu the direr tion of Gettysburg. Albany, July 2. A despatch from Gov. Curtia to Gov. Seymour was received to-day, stating that tll( battle at Gettysburg had not been decisive, and aikm" him to send all the troops he could raise without del as the need for them teas pasting. Philadelphia, July 3 Parties arriving here from Gettysburg say that on Wednesday 10,000 of our trourb were engaged with 30,000 of the enemy. During Wul nesday night 75,000 men of Gen. Meade's troops came up and took favorable positions, while 25,000 other Union troops wtre near at hand. The rebels had main ly concentrated near Gettysburg on Wednesday nitit, and there is little doubt but the great battle ot vesttr day would involve every available man in both arnjic.j Tli Habeas Corpua. We see from the letters of Gen. Fowle abd Ch;, Justice Pearson, that the Chief Justice has backed down from the position, that Militia efficers have im right to arrest deserters and conscripts. It id uniortu nate that he should ever have started fhe issue, if m, by official decisions, by declarations made to various is. divid-als that such action was unwarranted and with out the sanction of law, which became public tn.l amounted in tfltCt to a decision itself. At all events, tbe very idea, no doubt, created many desertior.s f.-oin the army ; and we know that it virtually, in all thi section ot country, suspended the execution cf the Law, and in feveral instances, men have been killed m,d r the impression that Militia c facers had no right to arreat forcibly deserters and conssrips. Iu a! dition to this crroneocs snap judgement decii ou, we have another, conflictirg with Confederate an thority, that, a person who employed a substitute over 35 years of age did not become liable when a call was made for all persons above that age up to 40 years These two decisions token together, which wc believe were made, one of them at least, tot only in our State, but in some others, the people have to thank fjr the call for seven thousaLd troops for State defence. The government will get no more troops in this way than it wculd have secured had the Conscript law been duly and faithfully executed. The difference will be simplj this, the producing interest of the State will sailer doubly what it would have suffered otherwise. Thi h clear from the fact that the deserters and conscript who now lay in the woods, lost to the caus2 of tlu country both as producers and as soldiers, would haw supplied the places of those good men and active farm ers who will now be drafted and taken from their mjst useful and essential 'employments. This is Conferv.i tism, doing ts little for the cause of the country possible, fighting the Yankees at the .greatest popsih!. disadvantage lo ourselves, and in that way which will damage us most. This in addition to grumbling, i'nr relmg and picking issues with the government up, u every imaginable point, constitutes a fair definition e! Comervatum. Western Sentind. fM. C. lirglslat urc.j The Legislature on Thursday iast, pasted the curren cy bill reported by the committee on that subject, uti abstract of which we subjoin as we find it in thsSbt Journal : All taxes are to be received in Confederate treasury notes without regard to their date of issue. ShcriflU u:,d tax-collectors are to proceed forthwith to the collecii. n of taxes, State and ccunty, nnd are repuired to ruy them into the treasury or such other depocitaiy ti3 Public Treasurer may establish at Asaeville oreli -where, on or before the 28th of July instant ; alno, tit pay over all sums collected on account of counties by the said 28 th July. As an inducement to sheriflj and collectors, an ac tional commissioner one per cent, is to be naid en i.Il sums collected up to the 18th of July. All Confederate Treasury notes issued prior t the 6th of April, 18G3, which may be paid into the Treas ury for taxep,,or be in the Treasury, on the31st of'J uly next, are required to be funded by the Public Treupvir er in 7 per cent bonds of the Confederate States, ex cept such sums as may be necessary and available for current expenses. 4 County Trustees or other" fiscal agents of counties and Chairmen of Boards of County Superintendents ot Common Schools, are authorized to invest their tru.jt funds in 7 per cent. Confederate bond3. The bonds porchased by the Public Treasurer may be sold by him at any time when the exigencies of tbe State require it, at par cr at a premium. After the 28th of July next,' sheriffs and collectors are to go on and collect the residue of the taxes thin unpaid in Treasury Notes of any issue tendered, anl make a final settlement with the Treasurer by the I -t of October, as norr required by law. The abstracts of tax lists must be returned by Conn ty Court Clerks to the Comptroller on or bc-lore the 27th of July instead of the lst of August. These are the material points of the law pu??ed by the IIou8e,and it will be seen that the miech'itvcu- movemeuts ai.d recommendation of the lloldcnitcs, het-l ed by Mr. Treasurer Worth, have been snubixd mo-t awfully, and that the Confederate Government wi;l he stood by at all b&zirds. . But this is not all. The House also passed a bill au thorizing the several Banks of the State, by. order ( I their several Boards of Directors, to invest in any Stocks or Bonds in which they can now invest by la', (which indicates, of course, Confederate Bonds,) vti'i out limit as to amount, up to lst July, 1804. The House also passed another bill of important. v:z : A bill authorizing ageots, trustees and other per sons holding trust funds, lo invest them in bonda ol thia State or the Confederate States. Til lrg1Iatur. Little of importance was done in open session yea terday. Tbe Currency bill passed and wa3 ordered t an enrolment as we reported yesterday, the House coj curring in the amendment of the Senate which were ol a mere verbal character. Tbe provisions of the bh'l are as given by us yesterday. In tbe House the only other matter oi imporiaii was the concurrence with the Senate in a resolution t ) adjourn on Tuesday next, to meet ajnm on the fourth Monday of November. In the Senate the onfv maUer of iuterest was, th.'i agreeing on the question of extending the operation el tbe militia law 60 as to embrace all those within the ages between sixteen to sixty. I his, we learn, was u pursuance of the recommenaauou oi Air. Aojataui General Fowle. We learn that the Committee on the militia w.n re port today- It is feared there is a radical disagrecmeiit between the members of that body, and that they art? about equally divided. One of the parties to tbis lit tle quarrel are in favor of standing by the rcTommca dation of the Governor, the other are for going their own way. In the course of time tbe people shall kao how this matter stands. In tbe meantime, if we arc not very much mistaken, the Legislature will not ad jura on Tuesday next State Journal, 4ft inst. Our first Friend. It may not be generally koowa that at last one Government has recognized the Con federate States. In a recent letter of Mr. Benjamin, our Secretary of State, we perceive that Ernest Kaven, Esq., who was appointed Consul for the State of Texa?, by Hia Highness, the Duke of Saxo Coburg cnd Gotha, aDd who applied to this Government for an exequatur on the 30th of July, 1861, had one issued to him cu thO 21it of Augait, 1851.
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