THE W ILM INGTQNJQtJRNAL..
W.r M.vOT; w. ?.. THDBSDAY. AUG. 11. IBM.
SHpprMcd Dfcptehti.
' For seme time fore sny dispatches to that cflsct
reached tbe press, street rumor stated that Yankee ves
gela had passed Aa cuter forts at Mobile, and inflic
ted a serious disaster upon ournaval forces in Mobile
Bay. Tms turns out to nave been correci. xuc Bme
street rumor, prevalent all day yesterday, states, that
Forts Morgan and Gaines at the main entrance to Mo
bile Bay, and Fort Powell at Grant's Pass, surrendered
oa the morning of the 8 th inst. Fort Morgan is about
30 mile s below Mobile and Fort Gaines about 32 miles
Fort Gaices was under the command of Col. Anderson,
of the 21st Alabama regiment, and is said to have been
provisiOLed fcr six months, with a garrison of six hun
dred men. It was considered a strong work well built.
The general impression is that Fort Gaines must have
been sacrificed by the cowardice or treachery of its com
mander We suppose the whole affair will come out alter a
while, but for tto present we can only give inmours,
believing at .the Eame time, that they are substantially
correct. We understand that dispatches relative to
the above circumstances have been sent to the press,
but have been suppressed for the present by the War
Deportment, though what useful purpose is to be sub
served by such course, we are wholly unable to see or
understand, and we do not thirjk anybody else docs.
But whether the rumcur i3 true or not, or whether
we have lest the forts or not, we feel assured that the
loss of the outer forta does not entail the loss of Mo
bile, if the general in charge has only the force, the will,
the rcrve ard the brairs to prevent its capture? Time
enough surely has been given by the enemy to admit
oi its effectual fortification, end if Mobile should unfor
tunately fall, the blame will rest oa the heat's of our
own commanders.
F. 8. Since the above w&a written, the despatches al
luded to have been received. Daily Journal, 10th.
Oub Navy. So far as the officers of our Navy
upon this or any otr.er station are concerned, we think
that all who know them will concede that they are far
taperior to their opportunities. No doubt they are as
gallant, as honorable, and as accomplished a body oi
men as can be f;nnd in or cct of the Confederacy. If,
any expressions of ours hive even appsared to convey
a different impression, then, of coarse, ih'.j failed to
convey our real meaning. But there i? something!
wanting in the organizition of the Navy, and, as a gen
eral thing, aa apparent absence of the necessary adapt
ability among the officers. Gentlemen who have sailed
for twenty five or thirty years in splendid vessels, do
not ft el at horns in the mike-ebift efhirs which the
Confederacy can alone aff ord ; and therefore, somehow
or other, tbey are occasionally sacrificed to the Eupposed
incompetency, tnd real want ot means at the disposal
of the teed of tbe department, or lose their opportuni
ty from a distrust cf themselves and of the means at
their disposal, especially the latter. This is all we have
got to s y aboat tbe matter, or mean to siy about if.
Our naval history, s far, has not ten a cheerful one
Wherever we have dme anything it bas been by dash.
It bee bten a m re chat.ee Ehot ts it were. We must
rot beV: i co much, ai d mast cot expect too much. "We
repeat it t3 a rnans even of harbor defence our navy
has not Ken able to comiaand euccesB, although it may
hive disvrv d it ; oat his uniformly met with disaster.
This rns been sim; ly a misfcr'une a thing unavoida
ble u;.der the circumstances. Oar navy Lai not paid,
but from no fault of its brave raoi.
Oae of the few gratifying successes of the Navy has
been achieved in the waters of cur own State, by a son
of our own S af.e, cn board the iroa-clad Albemarle.
That wa3 a gallant thing, as was also the capture of a
Yankee gunboat under the protection of the Yankee
forlificaticns at Newbern. The Navy wants only a
Bhovving, we believe.
Chambers burg, the capital of Franklin County,
Pennsylvania, a neat and (lately) flourishing town, ot
C,030 inhabitant?, situated in the rich acd populous
Cumberland Ybhcy, 45 miles Scuthwest of Harrisburg,
the capital of the Quaker State, has, within the last
few days, risen iuto notice, if it has at tbe same time
Bunk into ashes.
Frcm the extreme North to the extreme South it is
the theme of elabora'e editorialj and the topic of un
Eumbercd conversations, differing very much in tone and
character with tha latituda in which the first are pub
lished or the latter have taken place. Of coursa the North
ern papers regard its destruction as something barbarous
and improper, while clashing opinions are entertained
and expressed at the South as to ite policy and expe
diency fcw, if any, question its right, as an act of jus
tifiable retaliation.
As for the Northern opinions they are worthy of no
respect, though at the same time they may not be un
deserving of seme slight measure of attention. It is a
bare-faced mockery for people who calmly looked on'and
even applauded the burning cf Southern towns and
dwellings the plunder of Southern property the de
portati on of Southern men, women and children to
rais3 such a hue and cry when, for the first time, the
poisoned chalice is applied to their own lips. Twice
before had our forces crossed the. Potomac, and the pow.
erful armies of Lee so acted as to appear more like men
bringing peace than war more like commissioners to
erring brethren than hostile troops in an enemy's
country, and in each separate instance has this forbear
ance on our part been responded to by fresher and more
diabolical outrages on the part of the enemy. Such
acts as the burning of Washington, N. C, of Jackson
ville, Florida, of Alexandria, Louisiana, and a num
ber of other towes the etek of homesteads the
aimless shelling of citrs, show the return which
the Yankees are prepared to make for Southern gentle
ness and humanity, and indicate their notion of the mo
tives which prompted to the exercise of such gentleness
and humanity. Having Lried one plan having exhaust
ed patience and worn out forbearance, our military au
thorities have tried another plan, cor.fi Jent that matters
cannot be rendered worse and may possibly be improved.
This, so far as the conduct of tbe war is concerned,
Eeems to beutqae3tionabIy true. The plans of the en
emy evidently embrace an attempt to compel th9 sub
mission of the South by the destruction 0" the means o4
the people to live, and. extend to extermination as an
' alternative for subjugation. So fir then, as Likcolh
and those who eastain him at home, or carry out his
orders in the army are concerned, we think this pet of re
ta iation is as wise as it is warranted. The only ques
tion which arises has referenca to its effect upon those
who do cot Fustaia Lincoln, and who do not approve
of tbe war which he i3 waging npon the South. Will
it 3 rengihea their taada or will it weakea thenar This
is the real qieatioa, and not what effect it will produce
upon Abbaham Lincoln and his followers.
There-re to to th qoen.ioa a, there .re to
nearly all questions. O i tte one side it may be con-
fori .IcA tkM i -
.a.A Wat iue Durcsng ci unamoersburg and the de
vastation ot ih-4 Cumberland and Su qaehannah valiits
will bring brnae to tbe doors of tbe Yankees war w:th
all us borrore, and by giViug thea, ft foretaste oJ that
retaliation wbicn they may here.fier expect, will in
crease tbtir desire for pea and their growing repn
napwto a cootkuatiun of the struggle, while at the
time tin- it will enable them to form eome faint idea
of tbe kind of war which they and their goveremest
iave been waging against the people of the South.
In some cases this may be so bat, on the other hand,
the immediate effects of a partial retaliation may aim
ply be to irritate some and mbitter others, and for a
time at least, to strengthen the hands of Lincoln, by
enabling him to change the issue by misrepresenting the
facts. He and his organs may and will appeal to the
people cf the North by telliog them that, until the T
South is subjugated, their own homes and firesides and
S'ate governments are in danger. It may enable the
Lincolnites to raise a cry of aelf defence, and this cry
they will raise long and lustily.
There are evidently reasons to be adduced for and
against the- policy of retaliation upon the enemy's ter
ritory, in so far as such retaliation has reference to the
growth and success of a peace party among the people.
Bat we do not really think these things amount to
much. Lkb tried the kid glove policy and failed to
make friends. McCausland bas tried fire and sword,
and can hardly do more than fail, while he has execu
ted a righteous vengeance. Such is the general feeling,
we believe.
The policy pursued at Chambersburg, whether alto
gether the wisest and of that men may well doubt, (we.
confess we do; was certainly justified by the rules of a
righteous retaliation, and will be justified by the
sentiment of a whole people who hunger and thirst for
a day of reckoning to come whin unnumbered outrages
and injuries shall be atoned for. Chambersburg is not
the last of the Northern towns that will feel the weight
of Confederate vengeance, should the war long continue
and be waged by the North in the sama spirit that has
marked their previous operations.
.i
Tee news from Mobile, which we publish to-day
has been already rumoured around the streets, and might
as well have been communicated to tha press, and
through the 'press to the people. Why this useless and
foolish affectation of reticence has bsen employed we
cannot pretend to tay.
That the forts at the bar or entrance of Mobile Bay
have been parsed there appears to be little or no doubt.
From the first it has been conceded that some portion
of a steam fleet could pass forts, unless detained under
their fire by obstructions. These could not be perma
nently relied upon in tbe lower waters of Mobile Bay,
considering the depth of the water and the peculiarly
shifting nature of the bar.
We are not surprised that Iwift vessels of war may
have passed Fort Morgan, and Fort Gaines. .We al
ways regarded such an achievement as possible. But
the Forts are not taken. No supplies "can come in to
these adventurous vessels. The Yankees are still twenty-Sve
miles d's'ant from the city ; they cannot ap
proach the shore except in small boats. They have yet
twice the difficulties of Charleston- batbor to overcome,
and, if Mobile can only be favored with a defender hav
ing one he!f ot the genius ot Biau&zoard, the Yan
kees will never see even the steeples of its Churches. If,
on the contrary the cathartic qualities of an eminent
evacuator are allowed to have a free operation, Mobile
will run a risk of being given up evacuated, we think
is the word.
From a tolerably fair knowledge of the defences cf
Mobile, we feel no hesitation in saying that Mobile, il
resolutely and rationally defended, is as safe as ever i
was as sa e as Richmond or Wilmirgton. Mobile is
attacked, and our people ought to know how to defend
it. If they don't, then Charleston has taught them
nothing, and if it fal!s,,then they will surely be to blame.
At prtsent we Bee no cause for apprehension. We see
none in the fact that they, with their superior and core
numerous vessels crushed our inferior ones. We al
respect our navy. But, but the leading positions of
the navy want an infusion of young blood the depart
ment is brave but superannuated glorious and vete
rau, perhaps a trine too much veteran. At any rate as
a means of harbor defence it has so far amounted to
nothing. We regret this for the navy. We never de.
pended on it, we still respect it, if it had a chance, and
we don't give up Mobile. As throwing some light up
on the position of things at Mobile, we copy the fol
lowing list of the Yankee vessels off Mobile, which, we
suppose, have been largely increased :
TBI JLIST OFF X0BIL1.
A correspondent of the Baltimore American, attached
to tarragut'a neet, apeakiag or a possible engagement,
states that "it will no doubt be a welcome sight to many,
as the Tennessee, (rebel ram,) Admiral Buchanan's flag
ship, has, as if to tantal'xa the whole fleet, been anchored
in fall sight outside the fort, (Morgan,) bat protected by
me oDttraciions." xne neet sow consuls or the
Hartford flag ship 20 gans
Kicnmona is guns
uroosiyn 24 gans
HoBongahela
12 eons
Lackawanna..
Oneida
Metacomb....
Geneasee
bebacro
PoTtfcojal...,
.14 gans
.10 gans
.10 ganB
. 8 sans
.10 ganB
. 8 gans
tfenebec
Pindola
Lnsoo : . .
Prembina
Pengaio
Tennessee
Conemagb
Oasipee
. 5 gans
; 4 gans
. 4 gans
, 6 gans
, 7 guns
. 6 gaas
9 gaas
13 gans
Galana 14 gans
Cowslip, Pbillippi, Glassaa, Jasmine, Backhorn tag;
Peace
The wish for peace has long existed among the peo
ple of the South. Iudeed they have never wished for
anything else. They have labored for peace from the
first to last. But the power of making peace the choice
between peace and war, has rested with the North, and
the government of the North has rejected peace and
chosen war, and in doing so would appear to have been
largely supported by the people of that country. Cir
cumstances force as to regard the prosecution of th
war against the South as the act of the Northern peo
ple as well as of the government of Abraham Lik-
COLN-
Kecent events, however, lead us to entertain the hope
that a better spirit is abroad in many portions of tue
Northern country. We sea that the people of these
portions of that country are becoming familiarized with
the idea of peace. They are evidently getting tired of
a war wnicn aemanas so many saenhcea of blood and
treasurend which repays these sacrifices with little even
of military glory, and with less than noting of per
manent success, while it holds out no prospect of future
advantage.
Familiarity with the idea of peace will lead to a con
sideration of its advantages as contrasted with the sac
rifices and scfierings of a state of war and this aeain
we may reasonably trust, will bring about a desire to sel
cure the blessings of the former and escape the miseries
of the latter.
Symptoms of this desiremovements, slight in them
3lves, bnt significant as indications of existing feelings
and aspirations, are not wanting, and out of these slight
movements something of a more tangible nature may
perhaps spring. Where there is a will there is gener
ally a way, and that way will be discovered. If the
sign s ot the times point correctly to the growth ot a
strong peace sentiment at the Noitb, that sentiment
Ylll before Inner ronnUa ifnoll t i
tb.t action doe. not nt once .4n . fa tZ J
nice wur mcwb, it may at least affjrd a chaace for tbe
people of the contending it publics to come together
and consider what can be done, as well as what can nor
be done.
We must all be aware, since common sense will teach
us, that an armistice, an absolute cessation of hostili
ties for a certain period, would go far towards bringing
aiout pe.ice, by rendering men adrtrte to a re-com-meoceme-
it of hostilities, with their attendant horrors
and Woodshed. Either party, we may rest assured,
would api roach the subject with a deen) fence of the
responsibility of their position, and an earnest desire to
escape me reproaco or naving iaiui 10 ao au in ineir
power to convert a temporary armistice into a perma
nent peace.
The first steps would probably be taken on neutral
territory, since, until an armistice ia proclaimed no oth'
er course could be adept. d. And it is also likely that
these first steps would be informal and unofficial, mere
civil reconnoisssncts made to feel the position and esti
mate the spirit by which the paity of the other part "
js animated.
A struggle like that in which the United States and
the Confederate States have been'si long engaged, and
are still engaged, mast necessarily have given rise to
the bitterest feelings. Tha peopte of the two countries
hate each other, and were feelings aloae to b3 consult
ed, the voice of the people of the Confederate States as
addressed to the people and Government of the United
States, would be" Let cs be separate acd apart let
us never speak to you, ncr trade with you, nor have
anything to do with you." But this would b3 only pres
ent feeling. A treaty" of peace is, in terms at lea3t, a
treaty of amity a bond of friendship, and ' not of the
reverse, and therefore tbe subject of peace can only bo
approached in the spirit oi peace, if any successful result
is even to be hoped for. We mast all hope for peace,
and assure those at the North who wi3h for peace, that
we are willing to meet them in a proper spirit willing
to make all fair edvance3 and only tenacious of the horr
or and independence of our country.
It is only by a re-approachment of public opinion tbat
public sentiment can be influenced and the way paved
for peace. By yielding anything to Abraham Lin-co-n
by weakeniug the hands of our own government
we do nothing but harm. Bat by frankly assuring the
true friends of peace at the North tbat we are ready
and willing to meet them half-way, tenacious only of
honor and independancc, we may dispal illuaioaa indus
triously propagated ut the North, and, it may be ac.
calerate the growth of a state o.' feeliDg there which we
are anxious to see cultivated.
We have pietended to eketch no plan of peace. We
did not make the war, we ctonot make thepeac2. That
rests with the North. Let the North cease to make war
upon U3, and meet us oa equal texms to treat with U3 as
a separate and independent peoplJ, and we presume
much of acebrity would pa?3 away and a treaty of peace
and amity would not only be .possible, but
could, in fact, be easily arranged.
To this complexion mast things corns at last. Why
not now as well as way in 1 he fature, alter hundreds of
thousands have fallen, and thousands of millions of dol"
lars have been spent? The result of tbe election in this
State shOws tbe spirit of thu South to be unconquera
ble, and her determination never to submit to any terms
that do not secure her ir dependence, to be even fi mer
than ever. It would cf course be folly for any friend of
peace at the North to postpone hia efiorts for tbat, with
tbe hope of accomplishing it short of tbe reccgnitioa Of
Sou hern independence.
The elections are over in this Slate, and the gams
of electioneering iH about " played out."
Tbe collapse in the exciteoient manifested by some of
our cotemporarie, especially tho3e locate 1 in Ralrigh
is remarkable. They are brought up standing, and, for
the moment, appear wi'ling to Eay with Othello, tbat
their " occupation's gone." A'l who joined with
might and main in the grand scrimmage are now ear
neatly engaged in trying to find oat what all the
fuss was about, and some must look in each other'e
faces and laugh at the rid culous wind up ef the
great pother made over the bursting of a soap bub
ble, for to nothing else ttai the bursting of a bub
ble can the sudden evaniahmect of that model of unre
ality and humbug tbat bloated political pretension
which claimjd through the columns ot tha RaL;gh
Standard, the power to kill end make alive, ba compar
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The following additional rtnrcs have bsen rece.ved :
Vance. Holden.
Wak County, U97
Warren county, 269
Williamsboro', c5
Lexington, 203
Concord, 275
High Point, JOG
Wilson county, 395
Jamestown, 66
Derham'B.... 162
Kerneraviae, Forsyth count, 67
Browntown, Davidson county, 21
Mecklenburg county 1210
Bowan county 1301
Orange county 1252
Mt. Tirza, Person county 6
Boxboro', , 117
Milton .' 200
Yanoeyviile 200
Prospect Hill.. .. 73
Davidson county 854
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437
Cftbarrns county Vance 703 ; Holden 264. Ccnimcns
Harris, 326; 8mith'321; J. M. Long 45 all Vance men.
Brunswick County .Governor Vance 460 ; Holden 19.
Senate Pritchett 297; EUia 269. Commons D. L. Bus
ell, Jr., 321; Asa Ros 182; S. Lloyd 86 ; Jas. S. Melvia 8.
Sheriff Bofus Galloway 363; D. M. Allen 279.
Granville (3 preciacta to hear from) Vance 975 ; Hol
den 15G.
OFFICIAL VOTES OF WAYNE COUNTY.
GOLDSBOBO', Aug. 5.
Vance 850 ; Holden 134. SabMc Ajcock. Commons
Crawford and Caho all Vance men.
Lenoir (Greece to bear from.) Senate Speight ia cer
tainly elected. Commons. Wooten irelected.
CHATHAM COUNTY.
Faykttivxllk, Ang. 5.
Gulf. Oakland, Bear Creek, Grove, Haywood, Pittaboro'
and Law's, .ill ia Chatham, gave Vance 604 ; Holden 227.
The whole Vance ticket is thought to be elected.
VOTE OF HABNETT AND CUMBERLAND.
The offiof Al vote of Cumberland and Harnett, including
the army ve te, Is : Vance 1789 ; Holdea 231. Senate W.
B. Wright, l'e-eleoted. CommonB. Hon. J. G. Shepherd,
Gea. A. D. la'cLean and Dr. John XcCormick.
Cmp Edewton Bill Battkbt, )
Bald Head, Aug. 2d, 1864. f
Me ere. Fulton ft Price
Gentlemen: Please insert in your coiamns the vote of
Bad ham's Battery, stationed on Smith's Island.
For GTeri.pr--2i. b. Yaoce 61 ; Holdea none.
For House of CommonB (Chowan County) Wm. Bad
bam 29 ; L- C Benbury Done.
Ohblow -Couktt A letter from a frienjl in Onslow
county iaforms th that tbe vote in tbat county was for
Vance 520 ; Holden 1C8. Maj jrity for Vance 412.
Isaac Newton Banders (Holdeaite,) .as elected to the
Senate by a frmill majority. His election was effected by
two Administration candidates lunpiDg.
A. J . MurrMl, (VanceKe,) elected to the Commons.
E. Moirill, Jr., re-elrcted Sheriff.
We give below additional returns of the election cn
the 4th inst., eo far as received :
Co'.umbns County For Governor. Vtmce, 481; Holden,
116. Henate E lia, 326 ; Pritchett. 252. Commons For
nty George, 299; (Stephens, 264. SI101 iff-Gore, 232 ;
Richardson, 251 ; filcCal.om, 63 ; Baldwin, 21 ; Creach, 10.
San paon Coun'y For Governor. Vance, 869; Holden,
171. tenateKirby, 460; Fauon, 338 ; Ward. 225. Com
monsPowell, 25 ; Murphy, 468 ; Lassiter, 331 ; Cooper,
14; Gid dens, 105.
Commsndable. The Kaleigh Pro gt ess of the 8ih
of August, 1864, "hopes that all the bitterness engen
dered by the contest for Governor ha3 been buried, and
that we shall Lear no more of it." Now the Progress
should remember that no papers have caused any bit
terness," except the Raleigh " Progress " and the Kal
eigh "Standard." If those two papers are disposed to
op at vrhat they have accomplished, we have no earth-
idea that their names will ever egain be mentioned in
fny respectable jjurnal. They ought at least to be si-
nt aid die the death of their party, according aa the
people have prnouueed sentence at the ballot box.
Acknowledgments. We received, one day last
week, frc m Alfred Smith, Esq., Whitcville, a Beet,
which weighed nine pounds. It was cs sweet and ten
der as could be desired.
On Saturday last Megera. T. J. Johnson & Co.
presented us with some very superior Chewing Tobac
co. We presume they have some more of the same sort
left for ea!e. Tfcey are located on Market Street, be
tween Froat and Second, South side.
Blessed aie they that don't expect aDythirg, foi
they won't be disappointed.
IVarsey fl'isey, they that do expect anything, run
a big. risk cf being not quite so bless d. We know that,
for we tried it jcslerdjy , and we were disappointed
We tried to get out of town for cne day, but our writ
ing this at 3 p. uk oa Tuesday afternoon, shows that
we did not gt t cut. We bear it like a christian nmr
ty, as we are. Better luck next time perhaps.
Daily Journal, IQlh.
Some ucseasocable people thought it was hot yes
terday. Tbe fact. is that it did not at any time get
above 88, a cool and pleasant temperature in still
weather . Daily Journal, 10th.
The following is the vote ot the 3 J N. C. Cavalry:
Vance 311
Holden 4
Although late, tbe boya wish the vote of their regi
me nt published by itself, to thw that they are all
right.
We have ben reqieted io gjve the following law,
passed at the July Session, 1SG3 of the Legislature, an
insertion, in order that tht attention of the civil au
thorities may ba brought to it. We believe it is cot
generally known tbat Fuch n. law exists, it having been
" jvccidently omitted iu tic pub'.ishel law3 " of that
Session. It i? to bo found in Iront of the Index to the
laws of the acj . ained Session cf that year, (Dec , 1863) :
"dSTSIT.-TER!.
AN MCT TO PUr.'I?H AIDK81 AND ABETTO?8 OF D3SKE1 EHS.
pec. 1. Be ii enactrd by the General Assembly of the
Rale of Noth -ar Una, and it is hereby enacted by theou
tho i'y of th". xaine, 'itntaa? p.rso-iwiio b?j!! kouwiogy
aid, asait ha boi or miinain, under ahj pretence what
evsr. a'iy dseerter from the mi'liUr? Rervic of the Sa'e,
or of tbe Confederate BtateR. b&:l ba suilty of 1 ii f.h mis
demeanor, and ton conviction thereof hi tie Scp'mor
Oour, ebatl te 2aed, or iaar;s jnd, oc both, ia tha di--ere
1 ion of ihe Court, th fi.'ie no', to eice.l five Lu -dred
do'.Jarz, nor tbe impiisonmeat to exceed four
mouths.
Brc, 2. De it further enacted, That any pe,son who etif.ll
nner any proteiiCi whiever, Iraowicgly aid, aiBlst, Lar
tor ormaiatain any person enrolled and ordered to rep rt
for dnty as a cooFCjript, ia reiosuig to obey huch order,
shall be guilty of a hih roideTm-anor, and upon convict4 -t?
ia the Superior Court, hall be fined or iajprisoaed, or
boai in the discretion of the Court, the fiao cot to ex
ceed 1170 hundred doll-TP, nor the irnp-ison neut four
months.
Feo. 3. De it further enacted. That for the purpose of
erforciug tbo coaactipt law ot the Confederate BtateB a'.d
arresting deseriers and concripte, the Gove'nor ehall
have power to call oat the uiiliMa.
Fec. 4 Deii fwther enacted, Tbat th;g act shall have
force from ita ratifijatioa.
tilled the 7th day of July, 18o4..
Camp Wilmington Light .Abtillery,!
Keeur l'eterttburfr. Virginia,
August 4 h 1864.
MEdBiis Editor? : Please pnb'.isb for the information of
our relatives and friends, the following list of killed end
w u.jded of our Company since th lighting commenced
ar.'und Petersburg:
Kiled Bergt S Ii Galloway ; PAivitai G W if organ and
J 4i Conekiu.
Wounded Capt J O Miiler, blightly in Lead; Corpl J A
Karrow, severely in sMe; Privates PGodliey, (severely in
ehoutder;J W Beasiey. iu head; D Mathews, sljou!der,
fl9sh ; A Detlfi, leg, llesh, beverely ; A J "Holt, in band ;
Corpl U W McKeithen and Private W Uicslis, powder-burnt
severely in fice by esplo-iou oi fchell.
. " Verr rtBpoetfuLy,
B. G. LARSIS3,
Eergt. Major Sliaer'B Battery.
FItOM TliK OI'IKD STATES.
The following is condenEed from the oewa" summary
of the Baltimore Gaz.tte, of the 4ih instant :
The most important announcement this morning is
the probable charge in the chief comaiand of the army
of the Potomac. The Washington correspondents of
tbe New York " Tribune," the " World," aid the
" Herald," all concur in suiting thaJGen. Hooker has
been crdr-red to report to the Adjutant General at
Washington, for the purpose, it ia supposed, of suc
ceeding to the command now held by Gen. Meale.
It is Intimated that Gen. Early, whose forcas s till
occupy such portions West of Harper's Ferry as have
been selected by him to protect the Valley of tbe
Shenandoah against an advance of Federal troops in
tbat direction, hns probably been reinforced by the
troops that were, recently sc-nt Ircm Petersburg to tbe
North bank of James rivr to meet Hancock's
threatened attack.
A skirmish has taken place near Cumberland bc-
i tween the Federal forces under Gen. ILelly and a
bedy of Confederates, under Bradley T. J oheson and
McCausland. 1 ha latter are said to have been de
feated with the loss of several caissons, and a number
of wagons laden with the tpoils brought from Pennsyl
vania. A dispatch from Hagerstown, dated 33, states That
it was rumored there that the Confederates were again
crossing into Maryland at Dam No. 4.-
The following is from the Baltimore " American," of
the 4th :
The latest intelligence relative to the ritd is that the
ecemy attacked Cumberland, Md,in strong force on
Monday, and after a severe fiht of several houra's du
ration, he was repulsed, our forces capturing several
waLons and caissons and a vast amount of the plunder
stolen in Pennsylvania.
Another account states that Gen. Kelly, command
ing at Cumberland, did not wait for the enemy to at
tack him, but went out to meet him, and an. engagement
took place about two miles from the town.
A des&rter from Early repiesents his forces -as be
tween thirty five and forty thousand s'rong, and en
gaged in garneriDg the crops in the Shenandoah Val
ley. Tbe rebel force operating on this side of the Potomac
is said to be 8 0C0 cavalry.
The Wasbiogton " Star " has a report that tbe reb
els again visited Hagerstown on Friday last, to tbe
number cf three hundred, and after destroying some
gC7ernment property they decamped.
Pennsylvania dtcided, on Tuesday, to allow her sol
diers.in tbe field to vote, tdopiirg an amendment to
her cotsiitution to that effect
Advices om E rope, to the 20th ultimo, have been
received at New York, by the s earner Bremen. All
the islands on the west coast of Scbleswig are now in
posSi ssion of the Germans, and peace nf gotiations would
probably be comm-nctd at Vienna on tbe 19;h ult.
The Louisiana Constitutional Convention (Lincoln,)
adopted, on tbe 22 J ult., the new Constitution by
large majority and wiu lmmeaiateiy suDmu it 10 tne
geopla.
'1 he Washington Government has determined to re
lease Mr. Tim Rives, who was captured during the
Kautz raid on Petersburg.
TERMS OP PEACE.
We find the following in the Washington Chronicie,
the organ f Mr. Lincoln's Administration, of a late
date : "Throughout the entire North there is an un
doubted sentiment in favor of peace, unopposed except
by some mean army contractors or sordid army fellow
e:s " This is very well for a beginning. Iodeec, we thick
it rather oversteps the modBty of nature. But yeater
day this organ talked of nothirg but fire and sword and
subjugation, and all at once it begins eooirg as sooth
ingly as the turtle dove. Like all new converts, its new
born zeal hurries it too far. It denounces all who hold
to day what it held vesterday as mean and sordid men.
This is coine it rather stroccr, Mr. Forney. We
have no doubt that there are a great many honest
abolitionist, end levellers, and agrarians, and free
lovers, end nmalgamatiomsts, who would have the war
go on uotil their doctrines were carried into practical
effect, or, at lea3t, until the Jews sball return to Jerusa
lem. The prospects are not quite bo bright as Mr.
Forney paints thim; for, unfortunately, there are a
great many people North end South, besides army
contractors ana camp follower-', interested in the con
tinuance of the war. Yet we thank the Chronicle fcr
its admission, and accept it in the kind spirit in which
wp hnr,f and believe it was made. When both sicks de
sire pease, peace cannot be very far cff. "Whenlthere's
a will there's a way." In the meantime, we presume,
neither side will remit its execratson, nor lessen its vig
ilance in prosecuting the war. . We woald reepectfully
suggest, however, that it is a mue oui 01 ice oramary
rnnrefi nf neace negotiations to begin with -ultimata.
Tbey.cs tLeir names implies, come last acd shut the
nn fnrther cesotiatioo. Now. we want to trca
to bargain, to negotiate for peace, and Mr. Lincoln,
who, it stems, wants peace aigp, win not deign 10 eauw
hia face to us, much less talk tbe matter coolly over ;
but elama the dour rudely in our faces, just flmginsr
out at tha window, at tbe same time," a string ct vl
timata. which tnv rewsboy mwht pick up, and pro
perly appreciate as directed to hiniielf, for peace con
cerns everybody and anybody. Cold comtort win tte
advece'es cf peace, North and South derive from this
bitterly sarcastic paper. It closely resembles the lilt
ing of "the Silver Veil, and the disclosure to his debauch
ed end deluded followers of his horrid features, by the
proptiet of Khora-een. Lincoln seems to grin wnh the
testacy" cf gratified rc-vecge, and as good as says to his
deceived follower : " Ye have trusted me, and I have
betrayed you. Without j,uace ye are ruioed, aid peace
ye shall not have 1"
Are ye of the N)rtb loo weak aad feeble, too tarn-?,
submissive -r.d down trodden, to oppede the tyrant's
will? Hp, v.-iih his ultimata, stands in the way of
peace ; sajs there el all be no negotiations to bring
about a peace, tnd insist?, ia fact, on unconditional
surreLder on tur pait. We hope, however, that he
will soon be driven from his position, or, if neccessary,
(rem hia seat. We wont peace with tha North, and,
therefore, sball continue to make vat upoa those of
el
tber section who put tLeiiiSelres id tbe way ot a lair
id honorable neace a peace botwetn equals. Subju-
and honorable peace a peace
gation, submission, is not peace.
Let peace commissioners be appointed by either sec
tion, aLd invested with plenary poweis of negotiation,
meet on neutrtl territory acd discuss the terms of peace
Let nil snt jec's 'be open to free discussion and rjegoia;
ation. We ol the South consider independence as the
great and first cbj ct ot th-3 var, and that eeparation
is essentia! to L;d,-pt n'Jecce ; yet we ehall be willing to
listen to what you t ave to say and propose on tha oth
er side. Yen may Her us pomeihin that will secure
oar cquid rights wi bin the Uoion. You may propose
to give, the sUveolcijg acd free States tq-aaiity of
votts ia C!oogresG, utd iu the e'ec ion cf president ; and
partly to 1 fleet this, you may tbtow all New Engl id
into one StSfce, or; 'it England wont have her, Li ier
sect do. Noff, th:s v?Ould be a tem;tiiJ2 bait. We
don't s;y it wculd s -tisty us ; but. the subject is worthy
of consideration ! This war W13 brought aouut by New
England and New Ecglande;?, ond who Ik ows but tbat
the' balance f-f tfce States aiibt live in peace and har
mony, if b' e were out of Use way. Bat we dj not mean
io an'icipaie r prescribe the cemmissirners. Let them
enter into neotia lions untraameled by ultimata, oth
er then that any Urni3 of peace t'ocy may aree on shall
be eabjecc to be reeled or rat;fi.d by their resp.ctive
Governments.
Aa to the slavery question we would lea76 tbit to be
s ttied last. The question cf independence concerns
us ail. The bu; j ct of slavery b it part of os. Wh: n
all o"hr subjects are disposed of, the Ncrih will find
i'.Bclf etnb&rttis-ei by the po&sefs 0:1 of some half a mil
lion of Deg-i cs, who will immediately be murdered by
I mobs i? carriu North; wncai no c-aticn or people,
savage or cvvil.z.d, will receive ns ueemeu in tneir
midst, and wham the North cancot afford to send off, if
she could find a spot oa earh willing tc receive them.
TJu'ior these embarrassing circumstances the negroes
and the Northern Commis3ioaa would pray their former
masters to let by gones be by-genes, forgive them, and
let them go home again, happy &nd deiigoted to their
cabins, their corn and ottoa fields. Poor darkies, it
will be the happiest d ty of yenr life, the noblest tri
umph of practical humanity over narrow, fanatical prej
udicea.tbe world has ever witnetEeJ.
. The lessons of wisdom and true philanthropy taught
by tois war may jet compensate for all its cruelties, its
privations and rs'doaths. Richmond Ssntind 1st.
Ar lTt-fi-.ttreI Prrgst
Swinton of the New York limes, and Kent of the
'Iribune, have beeu expelled from and forbidden to re
turn within the Federal lines before Petersburg for the
alleged cause of "havicg abused tbe privileges conferred
upon them by forwarding for pui'ication incorrect
statements respecting the operation cf the troops."
Tbat is of course, for giving too nearly a truthful ver -sion
ol Gram's failu.ts iu hid recent conflicts with our
army. The immediate p round of effmee ii said to be
that they misrepresented or depreciated the resuite'
achieved by Burnaide and hia corps, from motives of
personal hostility to the notorious Federal General.
Of course, eucu an order involves a significant warning
to other correspondents aa to the character of the re
ports of operations expected of them bercalter.
Tbe correspondents of the Cincinnati press seem to
understand better what is required of them. They
write chiefly from Shernmn's ainiy, and their load and
continuous fanfares would lead the unsuspecting to con
clude that never tince arms were invented had there
been such a leader as Sherman, or such a campaign as
that of the Western army. Alexander, Cyrus, Hanni
bal and N apoleon were mere tyros compared with this
full grown son cf Mars. Even the beating that Hood
gave him the other day at Atlanta is claimed by them
to have been one of the most splendid victories cf the
war. No danger of such historiographers a3 these be
ing expelled frcm the Federal lints. Not the least.
Rich. Whig.
From the Richmond Wh-g.
Slt.nmiaii hhtl otber Vnlte Kalderf
The Yankee General Ston( man, captured near Macon,
is one of tbe veriest brutes of the eld regular army of
the United States. He was a tcftsman ou the Sasque
hannah river, from the interior of Pennsylvania, before
he went to West Point, and always remained a rough,
vulgar, coarse-feeling fellow, with a good deal of physi
cal vigor as an officer of Dragoons. About the out
burst of the Involution, he took occasion at Washing
ton to be insolent to Southern officers for resigning, as
he thought he could do so at the time with personal
impunity under the shado? of the Kepublican Reg1 me
ju3t inaugurated . He is, we believe, the Senior Mgor
General of the Cavalry of the Yankee army. H scap
tare with that of so many of bis command is important,
and with the severe loss kfiicied on Wiison and Spears.
Keutz and Sheridan in the last roids against Virginia
railroads, will be very apt to cure Yankee commanders-in-chiel
of suc'i operations. They have all come to
grief in qtick succession.
S .oneman, it will be remembered, wa3 the pioneer, at
least afur Grierson, of Yankee raider3. He is tbe man
who careered over a portion of Virginia during th
Chancellorsville campaign, breathing unachieved de
struction to railroads, and ncattempted capture to the
Confederate Capital. Richmond, for a moment, was
alarmed by the approach of unaccustomed assailants at
a moment when the destinies of our army on the Rap
pahannock were unsettled ; but only ridicale finally at
tended the insignificant performances which illustrated
Stoneman's tioculent demonstrations. At the North
the affair was considered a brilliant exploit. Ii . as as
aerted that Lee's communication bad been thoroughly
destroyed, and it was even announced by excitable
preachers to enthusiastic conventions tbat tbe fi- -"e
Y nkee horseman had captured this city .which would
indeed, buve been an ffiet to Hooker's defeats Bells
were rung, and blue lights burnt in honor of thetaccitd
victory ; but all tor nothing, as it turned out. Aad so
Stoneman subsided for a time, and gave place to tqual
ly unsaccessiui and more unfortunate successors. His
Georgia escapade, will prbablv put ao extinguisher on
him.
Nor does it seem that tho late Yankee operations in
that quarter nave hid any very deciued result. Per
haps not even at much as af tended similar en'erprises
iu this State. Since tbe tremendous blows received by
Sheridan and his ieilows, they no longer go about like
rearing lions. They have bzcoma aa docile as iambs ;
although they did actually accomplish something. Bat
in Gkorgia, the Yankee raiders seem to hive done lit
tle, except to burn a few cars and tear up somo miles
of railway ; all of which will hardly compensate for the
1088 incurred, oacn aamacre can De reDaired in
few davs : indeed, it is alreadv annonrc?rl thnt ti.o .,,
- , baia
are runnicg through from Macon to Atlanta ; and tc-1-
egrapmc communicauon is restored.
Thus far Sherman's raidiner enternriflCB hr.va rucj
totally and perhaps not lets disastrously than Grant's.
Prom the Pcternburg Exj-resB.
SHERMAN'S 1,083.
With tbat unblushing cflronfery characteristic of tho
man, Sherman bas added another falsehood of the Ion"
hat he has already made, since his militiuy career iu
A 1 1 FT 1 a . w- .
wis war commencea. xae reports 10 tne a eaeral tiov
ernment, that his loss in the late battle was only two
inousana, while ne estimate tnes uonredreate at seven
thousand. Over two thousand of his men were captur
ed by our forces and have been sent to Macon. Thid
alone would expose hia faleehood, but says the Macon
Telegraph, let us look into a few fac's. All aceoants
of general officers unite in saying that not lees than two
thousand hre Hundred f ederals were killed outright m
the engagement this would make his wounded num
ber taking th5 general ratio as correct over ten
thousand men. Unite tbe whole and wa have a total
of fully fifteen thousand a3 his loss in the battle of lust
Friday evening. So far as our Ioeb is concerned, it
may be sevan thousand altogether, and one thing we
are certain : the enemy's loss exceeded ours fully one
hundred per cent. We do not believe that Sherman's
lying report can deceive the Yankees, deluded as they
are by the war fanatics of the north.
Madelins Smith. Some, time ago I mentioned that
Madeline Smith, (who poisoned her former betrothed)"
bad got married, and occasionally attended ivine ser
vice along with her husband in a church not a hundrtd
miles from the town of Linlithgow. Alter the trial, her
father and mother, and the other members of the family,
left Blythswood square and took up a houas iu a rural
district near Linlithgow, where Madeline got married
to a teacher, who felt a tender paesion for herself and
pity for ber condition. lie got an appointment in ua
institution in one of the leadicg seaport towns in tha
south of Eogland. Thither Madeline and her busban j
proceeded, aad for a time seemed to be in the er joymeot
cf a connubial felicity. But it oczed out that s'ic was
no lees a personage than Madeline Smith, and the sc u
dal became so strong that her huabnnd was corajjelh d
to leave his situation, They then proceedt d to a e mail
er town in England, where, at a much reduced Silary,
Madeline's husband got another situatiou ; but hut-,
too, her sio fouod her out, and her husband Ml into a
melancholy m'xid and died. Madeline was not long iu
tollowing her spouse, and died rtcenty, it ia e?id cf a
broken beart Ldi-tburgh, Correspondent of Inveines
Scotland) Advertiser.
T9t Insecurity
of Washington Loo 1c out for U?i,
Johnston.
New York Herald bas the following et.itoa
The
al :
We find tbat among army officers, who oui'ht to
know something upon tha subjsct, the idea it enh Nam
ed that tbe late Maryland raid cf Eirly and Breckin
ridge was bat a reconnoiaance to ascertain the strength
and position of tbe Northern defences of WashiDatou,
and tbat having accomplishel this obj :ct to their aula
faction, a more formidable movement in thesume direc
tion may be anticipated, and that tbe administratioa
ought at once to prepare for it.
In support of this opinion wp have reason to believe
tblTt th- removal of Gen. Joe Johtstou fiora bis hte
command ia Georgia eipnifi d anything but hia dis
grace. We dare say that, aqaicst ilia superior a' my ot
Gen. Sherm'in, Johnston's generalship ia his la'e cani
pai.'n from Daltoa to A'laotc bas bren satiefac ory to
Jtfl Davis, ami ihat te has been remov d Jrc.ii the
rebel army ia that qaarter for more important service
elsewhere. He is tbe very man to lead tbe 'ebel m ve
meot on Wastiirgton, while Gen. L-e remains at It ch
mond o atter.d to Geo. Grant. I was maioly throu.h
Juh, s o's superior s'ratpgy in 18CL, cgaiost PaV-
eon ia the Shenandjah Valley, that we lost the u r
ba.'leat Bull Run. Johnson in that campaign be
came thoroughly conversant, in a military v;e, wi'h
the Scenandoah Valley, and the neighboring couutry
Ejsi of the Blue Ridge.
We expect, therefor?, soon to hear that thia niw
Johnston has been appointed to an important command
in Virgici i, and next be will piobably bo reported in
advancing upou the Maryland border with an army, ia
cludiLg his Georgia veterans, amounting to fifty or six
ty thousand men. Is the Administration prepared for
such a visit on tbe truck of E uly and BrecUinriJge.
This is a question which President Lincoln ougnt to
be able to answer, and yet, from all accounts, it appear
that Washington is as feebly garrisoned to-day us it
was a fortnight ago. Gen. McClellan, who has already
twice saved the national Capital, is tho proper man, in
tha absence of Gen. Grant, to be charged with its pro
tection. Why not T What possible objection at this
time could stand in the way ot uis appointment, we
should like to know ?
Two Rsmarkabls Letters.
'We copy the following from the (Wisconsin) Derao
crat," with every reason to believe there aie not a lew
who will read them, who, if they bad the courpgp, would
make known publicly, as has the to-be pitied "Dodger,"
their own experience :
LKTTER NO. ONE.
" Brick" Pomeroy, Eiitor Daily Democrat :
Argue eyed friend, I am in much trouble ; Will yoa
hear my prayer and give, vent to advice ? My Wie
the Sweet partner of my terrestrial joys and earthly hal
lucinations has joined the loyal female league. She ia
on tha benevolent altogether now for two mouths. Sha
is a good woman, the goodest of all her sex, and com
pared to her, all others of her sex arc but as inscc's. I
come home at noon, and nha is off to see Mrs. Ga l.y
on Laague business. I eat;old victuals for dinner, an I
shout aloud through the kitchen and things', but she
greets mc not ? I come home to tea, but there is do
tea I I grub it in the pantry ! That blessed wife ol
mine is off to see about the Laague. At midnight 1
coma home, end she is still absent ! I go to bed.
I leave tho door unlocked. 1 dream of robbers. The
children squall for the nourishment I have cot. ll '13
lonesome. Soon I hear a step. A pair of Bteps. Two
pair of steps. Tenor and base steps. I listen. Two"
pair of steps climb my one pair of steps. They linger
at the threshold there are distinct words one pat
come3 up one pair gocth hence my wife has return
ed Noble woman I .Kind neighbor! All for the
soldier?.
I go down the next day to my shop. I return at
dinner time my wife is out. I eat another lunch. I
return to my shop. At tea I go home. I want to nrk
my wi.'e something privately, but two hundred wonna
are there to get the measure of jny drawers lor the
Laague. Tnen my wife goes down town. I follow her.
She dodges in this store then in tbat then in anoth
er. Forty women dodge in and out. Thty rua ova
me. Tney take wife off. I love her. I look for her
diligently, but she is not to be found. .1 stand on the
Btreet. She goes by on the other side. I cross over,
and she vanishes. Noble woman. She does so much
good. She bas helped send two pair of miiteub uud ar.
embroidered shirt tail to the San. Com. I have not
seen her for five wetka that is to talk with her.
When will this war be over ? I want my wife to
be at home alone. If you see my wife teli her I want
fccr. Noble woman she loves the soldiers.
Yours truly, DODGER.
LITT&R no two (private)
My Dear "Brick :" Don't put thid ia thi " Demo-
c at," or I'll catch fits. My wile ia oa the loyal con
cern just now. She has joined a woman's society, w'jere
one makes flannel mittens for soldurs and tbe rtai tell
yarns about their neighbors. Egad 1 but aiu't I ia
luck, liat jou know I was brought up a pet. aiy
blood is that of a gtzalle. My wile is ol the Amtz ju
stamp. ! or siza sue a not ime airs. Atnaz m, out ia
spirit she is terrible. Sue is sewing lor the JLL-aae.
And what nice times I have. G-.me in acd take tup
per "with me anytime. No danger of finding her
at home. I bave the funniest kind of time now.
Hired girl ia very kind and attentive. Se baa pkuty
to do in ibe kitchen. All the rtst of the hcuss I 1 a r -To
be sure things look a little nasty and slovenly, ba.
what uf it ? I can do a3 I please. I go to thi sJooa ;
drink beer ; play draw poker ; romp wi h tbe servant
girl ; thrash the young ones , wear dirty shirts ; soioki
a pipe in the patior ; hang my hat on the fljor ; sjit
tobacco jaica on the bemb ; go to bed wiih my boot3
jC : go to dance and home with tbe gtrh ; play
up v:iin my. oldest ooy, ana ao juat aa 1 j4
up acd see me. My wife is ou the Loyal Leigae.--Deuced
glad of it. Hope the League will bo coartereJ
to ruo lorever. It's, a gocd thing.
If it comes in your way, give my wife a puL. .. re
I.kes it. It makes her more devoteJ to Mr. Loya', and
give ae a better chance to slosh around. Com; up and
aae me. Send all the fellows up. Thtsa L;agat8 r
big things. Atd bring up a p-ut of parigono for tte
babies, to keep them qaiet. Youre forever.