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VHti WILMINGTON JOURNAL. .. - -A ... .ei)8&AT STATES fag AaiKItlCA. " w j jN-UTOi yr&TTUUB3D4Yf SKST. 32. 1PCA. Wa habdlt kmow what t? thin of -Ibe rcportf comics from 'Macon, thai Shaman had sent an inforT 0a! rcqiest to Governor Baows, Vke President Sts rHfKS&ud Senator II. V. Jonas? to meet Lira ia Atlanta and have a talk shout peace. 1 he thing cer tttinWianok'impossiU.?. It wcdld be ia tccurdance. with the nsw piojriamaw ?j set forth by Mr. Seward ia his speech mate recently at Auburn, New Ycik, as also indicated in Mc Clemen's letter of a'.cjptauce, as wdi as in the editorial coiairms ol ths Northera papers. Sswaed does n t profesj to lo:k for submission from the " conspirators " who c?hs.i.uty the Confederate au thorities. " Oa the otLer k.z," suys te, "I d) ex pect propositions of psace, with a restoratio-i o? the Union, to corns, not 'from the Confederates in authori ty, bat from citizens and States undjr and behind them." MoCltellan 6ys, " t-et mi add what I doubt not was, though unexpired, the sentiment of the Cor vsnlion, aa it is of th3 people ihey rerresr-nt, that -when ar-y o:;e State is ready to return to the Union it should bs re ceived at once, with a full gu irantee of all its co e'iiu tional rights.4' In a former isru2 we qu )ted the New York Herald of the 30ui alt. to slow th tt it propvs:d the plan of dividing tho South by icslituUn separate negotiations with any ct tEe several States. It wil! evidently be the policy to tauipor cr try'to tamper TUh State authorities and ieidlcg citizens, or c.3 Seward ex presses it, with citizens and Stat, 3 under and behind the Confedarate authorities. The feeling in Georgia ia an u ;c:tsy on. 3 h:re h, if not actual disi'J-ctloa, at leait a peivadit-g dissatis faction, and to the esis'.cnce ti this dissatisfaction to at least of the three gentlemen incited by Seisemas, are believed to have largely contributed. We do r.ot accuse thtm of infidelity to the Southern cause, bat truth re quires us to cay that they hve allowed their feelirgs of pergonal bitterne?3 against President Davis to h-ad them into a coursi of aenoa and expression web calcu lated to weaken the ra feet of ths people for th-:: Con federate government, aid even ks2:n their ccr.fi.knee in the ultimate success cf car c.iuju ia a straggle cooduat cd under the lendrchip of Mr. Davis. Ti;e two gen tlemen we allude to are Vice Piesident !-.T.:ri!i;;i cju Gorernor Brow. II is possible thut Shkhma aUiibatt-s t: these gen tlemen sentiments which they do not eaterlain, ir te Merely wiahca to eouui th.ca, or hi thinln to gala OiU3 advantage by creating dst ust bulween ihcrn and others. Many corj.'cturca night be mad?, all ? yi illy wide of the mitk, ucd pcri-ips eonlly usil3?, Eicce Shkrmas'b bavlog mado. proposiiioa at aU ii , Ricre jcatter cf report, thu making the thiag d.p;1: d xxy.y:: the double contingency fi's t, of the j:r;poition'd tav ing been made, aad e.ccdc1, ol i;& b-:irjg accepted. "We Lave mtds s'ight refete.ice to Senator IIhrsukll , V. Jousstok, for tt-c :TS9 n iLuj but little hi.-i lati ly , been heard feoin him", a id though -to u i not icard 1 in s a supporter oi the scailuis r vioz, ve cajnat b -lieve that he con'd bo ii.du.d 'o cceup ib p.i'i--)?: of a prjjuJiced cr eabi:ter-.' IV! ii-. Ths Ricbmu-u J Sentinel iL i-i'3. that so fe1. '5- ukr mxs is cencerd, th'? c-.op-vgu in G t-.v i. i, rvcr- thai Lis adv.T-c:? u-ii je.-.r ss a:-yeti :h-'. jia will bi the ttentrc of cotjecotrut.-d ca.:n ihv. xo tec wscka of the :uc-a y t :.-:.U f-:- ;i.;:i .:u .' pt.r3.:i-jr.s i. the field. JJ?sdu?ccs wi i U- ! i -ii fcttm all qiji uri reinforce the ariry -h.1 ?t,.oac ual'c M&ao., a sS tho army of the Va;h y kuLt tin euid an. h'j h.-a i. 'r. a-i j a iarge nuoicriei ' fo-.ci orst?-.-d of tie debt '? oi dry army .corps jror iv tr.-v-.a a lifftvy body cf c .v.!ry. U;:i iarry, it would ap pear, ia very dcS-.ient in twu.tc. a ,1 tiis e-va!vy tl- .ill the fightirg. T":i- it-y r.-w-rj; :? -,i Ciau '"i'li thp Confederate aryiy iiit. e Va:!ey ; ih-s inju ry iu fine coiiditioa, and Jul! oi s-pi.i- :-.xvl c:n,C Icv.c-.', -n-i have to do all thefi.-sli'ir. tho cava! y a; p.-a, i:;;: t he very much dior;:a:t3 .-il s'-uci thiir i:::o--n f : oi ci u-y-Jand. The leas: hborty of plunder, tv:-a waa net of righteous retaliation, is ia:n"'a3 to disjiolia?. SsERiDArr wou'd o-2 rapireJ co pmh up 'h i V..a:y and ttus flank .Lo ft Ijca's pcHiiior uhii? ('rAnt Laving drawu ill i'm n en poab'.t from Susujiav would naale the attempt to drive Lk3 out of Richmond und Petersburg, either by direct a5.t;?c!c, or maGreuvrhi to get possession cf the South eida ecd Dcnville Railroads There is not very a;u.:h lime left, b-ai (Jsast wiir hur ry up Ihirs.-sineo !.r has full p-v?rr arid imm.-r.s3 re sources. Dvi.va Li its a Gekthsman. A g:ntk-m in v.lo lianf been around the world iu ta old novy ia3ntior.ed to us lately a queer cus-om prevalent, cr sa.-j to be prevalent among the high nandiies in Chiu. They oeeaicn-. ally commit suiciJe. It ia pait of the etiquette ol the country. For instat-cv, if M?au Fua is charged wilh the defecco of th city cf Long-Tan.?, and fails in said defence, he is b ui .d, c s a gentleman , not oaly to till Llmseir, but to hid his grand-mother ar.d Lis wife's grand mother, and hi3 wife, and i is children, and his brcther-in law, and his brothers, and his father, and Lis mother, and his wife's father and mo'.h r, ai.d his ur.cles, and his aunts, and his i.ephews, an:' Lia ueiccs, ar.d his cousina, na a Icet of o!her people, to tave them bek-g killed by the c mo-i execnuoner. Bat the queer vinng is the way the high Mandarin takes to go oil himself. 1I5 Bv.ilIovj;j gold Ljaf; aad, eo the re port eays, be soon gets as dead as auy Chinesa gentle man conld desiro. Ve don't know how it wciks, acd we den't think it wili become popular in the Confeder acy. Dyinj in saoh a gc-rg;;OS3 Btyla is altogether be yondcur means at the exijtitg preadum. - We cannot rccoEiEer.d it on the score of eofno r y. , SriccLATiox. This wcrd is u?c2 ia vM sorts cf w.3, acd latterly would appear to have received a L?gn': catio hut shghtiy removed from U at attr-.chieg to the word extortion, Uitough ttrrc is rerd'y no neces?ary connection between tbuin. Without going ir. to cry long discus -ion of the pri mary cr secondary Tncanirg cl the word, we may sume that it mears properly a'i purchases cr o'hor commer cial o-eraUcns fcundtu, r.ot upon cxbtirg prices, br.t on the pro?pect cf tn auvanee, or m-.de with tho view of bringing about an advance- An advance may be brought hbvut by creating en artificial ccavcliy. Parties may m-jccpohz-3 certain ar ticles acd withhold ihem frcm r-arkct, thu3 creating an artilSoial scarcity which enables them to pbt3iu extor tionate piiceB. 1 Lis bird cf speculation all will admit to be wrong, CEpccul'.y so ucd.r tee circnmslances ia which the Confederacy is now plaoed. Bat surely to this charge these ergaged in import ing jroods through the blockade are not cweeeariiy amenable. Their operations certainly brieg goods in to the country and thus tend to relieve, they certalely cannot increase, the Ec:-rcify. There may be, and we suppose there ar eviis connected wiiu blockade running, but they are unavoidable. The blockade-runner who brings in g.ds, or ;h ; manufacturer who makes them, doe3 somothicg ct Icist to add to the common stock, which is uncommonly low. The mere non-producing trader who bujs up things and holds them back from market for a rise, adds nothing, produces nothicg, does nothing but barm. That sort cf thing is specula tion in its wcrst foi a. Of course the farmer, the man ufacturer cr the importer who hoId3 back actual ce ecssaries, so as to enforce undue prices, is, so far, equal ly bad with the monopolizing trader. Coaniy Ceurt. -We learn that the County Court I?st week granted licences to niDe persons to retail spirituous HqnOM in ths town of- Wilmington for the ensuing twelve month' ; We perhaps ought to have stated scoaer that Major R. B. McRak, chosen Sheriff of New Hacoier county at the election in August laat, was last week daly qaal itied, and entered upoa the duSies of hia office, an tffioe which, always,' wiihin our knowledge, has been filled by clever, bigh-micded acd competent gcntltmen, and which, wa feel,a.-sared; will Bufier no derogation whde ia the hands of its present incumbent. Atlanta, and Wilmington. We piace these two names of towns in jax!apositkn for tme reason. That reason we shall try to give. Atlanta has been taken. Wilmington is threatened Newspaper correspondents, with few exceptions, the most flippant and the most useless of men we mi-an tr e professionals and some editors also, say that it servce Atlanta right. They say it was a mere nest of speeu- Ltore, etc., etc These e&me gentry woald say the same thing aboat Wilmington, shoald Wilmington fall into the hands of the enemy, totally forgettul of the fact that the perm a ce:.t Wilaiingtonians, those whoe-e industry hss built up every touse in the place, are ia very few inctanc- poculators. If that thing 'hs been doao here, it has heca mainly by people who hardly own a domicile bere he sam3 thing, we sappose, wa th3 case ia Atlanta Bat suppose Wilmington w taken, or even serion3ly threatened, who are to ba tha losers ? The people who have eorae here simply for trade, wili sceat the battle "a'?ar eff, and they will say, ha 1 ha 1 They will be gone, for t!.e simple reason that they will no longer have an interest in staying. The permanent citizens of Wil mington, the people by whesa life labor this town, Bach as it is, has been built up aod mado a plac, they must bear the loss they must loave their homes. The wo men and tho children, the widows and the orphans, trae Confederates, true North Caroiiaians, they will be the people to suffer. Atknta tad good and tr3 men and- womt-p and children, jast as Wilmington has. They, we sappose, owrcd Atlanta as they own Wilmington. Is the good town to ba condemned for or cn account cf parties who do not own it ? Of men who, no matter how good they may be, and we have no doubt there are many clever and worthy men in their raaka still constitute mainly that speculative element against which so much has been said ? We know nothlr.g personally abaufc Atlanta. We think we know something about Wilmington, and the ?um cf that knowledge enables us to say this : If Wil rang ion ia takea, its temporary blockade running re- sidvuts will have h?en shrewd enough to save them s lvs, and we don't b1.ms them. What will ptss to th-; eoomy will be the inheritance of families, the ac cumalation of yca:s of labor, the support of old age, oj widowhood, or ot orphanage, and, we suppose, these fiippanr f caikaie-a-of the press, editors and correspond -cats will say "Served Wilmington right I" Ii:C;Pu.NB. -Somehow we can hardly avoid the im ptessioa that tie areas' (.jSferenca between the array of Vi.g:n;a nnd that of Tennessee is in its discipline. It is notorious that oar own army, while falling back from Dalio;.-, w;-e even more dreaded by the inhabitants than y?f s the array cf Seibrmaj.". The soldiers, and even the efii e.f?, took overything that come ia their way, giving .U: ex-G5e that, if they did not, the enemy would. Sahsfqaoiitly stragglers from our own army almost Sickid the sf ue'? in Atlanta. Now, complaints hud At.t u-ep come up from that "portion of Georgia in the neighborhood of our array, telling of outrages c:mmit ted -y nMapghcg squads of cavalry, and of insults of- feiva to i.he latv.ilks of the btst tnd moat patriotic citi z.:f,!. Ttiia etia'glicg not confined to oavalry this pillage, from which, if report f peaks truth, even officers are r.ot f;e?, besides its intrinsic wrong, is wholly eub- vi reive of discipline, and deEtructive of all hopes t ellici'Dcy. If rot checked by sume masterspirit, it presents a gloarny pro?pect of disasters to come. II 3 w ddlrrent from Lse's army, which, even in a hostile Sta'e, behaved itself with marked propriety. How d flhrcnt eveB from Shehmak's army, which pur sued its etcrn and rutb!e6spath from Chattanooga with out stragglii'g, ai d committed outrages ciroply as a matter of policy, and in cbodience to orders. License fathl to discipline and to efficiency. Even tha modi si d iicenie cf the Maryland campaign ruined the crv-j'-- of tho army of the Valley of Virginia, acd it has doti'O nothing worthy of its reputation or its real force since i!s return to Virginia. Without rigid. diecipline, we may have a large num ber of namo3 oa tbo roll of the army, but a compara tively small number of men actually " at the front." Without rigid-diacipline wa may have a collection of brave men, bat not an army of soldiers. The Yankees have rot as good man as the Confederates, but they have drilh.d thsm into soldiers and moulded them into armies which wc k:i ..w and feel to be formidable. We do cot reod either stricter rales or severer laws. We ccod ei;sp!y thoir eaforcoment. We need that efficcrs should do their fuil duty, and then the men will be apt to do theirs.. Valor ia the presence of the enemy i3 an indispensable part of what u required of offioers and soldiers, but it U oaly a part, and, to ba of value, re quires to he combioe'd with other qualities and acquire ments. It neods no military education to see and know all tthls. There is nothing professional about it it h tbe humblest sort of common sense, but for aU that, it might be worthy cf some more attention tban wca'.d appear to have beon paid to if, often as it has otea urged hfi:ore through numberltss channels, and by sanaiy p SOl Diatii tp Gbkesal Wocdbury. We learn uoon utdoubted authority, that a statement of the death of General D. P. Wood b cry has been recently published in the Northern papers. He died at Key Wtfit,)i Yellow Fever. He was stationed there iu charge ol the fornfieatioDS at that point, and at the Dry Tortugap. A? Captain "Woodbury, the deceesod was formerly v ell kaowa in AVdmington,, where he had a residence. V."ooD vis are ld to taara tfcat: a contract has been raadrt vi i a Daniel tic L'iarraid, Erq., for the delivery o! SCO (po?sio:y 700) oordi of wood, for distribatioa to th poor ol th a town darin.'; the comisg winter. Mr. ilcPtarmid bas takeu th coniruct at SJ per cord less taaa tne "lowest ctirrciit p:ico. l i tins acd otsr parpoies the Relief Coranakteo will hz-e to call apoa Ui3 ci:iz?E8 for about $30,000- Fayellevilie Observer, .15th insl Wc publish the above with the view of calling the attention of our townspeople to the propriety cf adopt ing a similar course towarc's furnishing fuel to our peo p e, wao muse satir daring tne coming .winter it no provision is mid-2 for their relief Whatever ia done, should to dooa as an early day, as the time ia rapidly' approaching when aid will b3 more urgently required aca more Lilncult to be obtained. It may be something short of petit treason for us to say eo, but sill we will eay it that we are Dot so sure tLat the Tallahassee expediJoo will pay a large divi- dond. fehd certainly kicked np a fuss, but we doubt very much whether she weakened tb.3 military resources of the Yankee government to any appreciable extent. Il ispietty c rtain that she has turned an unpleasant amount of attention upoa this port, and may be the cause of bringing down upon us the main force of the Yankee Navy. The blockade bere will be doubly striet, that is certain. At last W3 have had some rain and may have more. The dust is laid and possibly there cay be some water for the mill streams between now and Christmas. The sun wiil cross the line to-day or to morrow, and the weather ought to go on a breezo, which as yet it has not done. Old Equinox has kept qaiet A good blow would contribute to the general health. ' From tha Chattanooga Rebel A Pr.pol for Tchrg if Pilionm second corrbspondltkcl bktwsrn oixrrais hood asd suirmax. Hhadq'rs Army Tkjxr58s, ik thb Fild, September 8 h, 1864. f Major Gene al IV. T. Sherm w Command g U. S.Fotces in Georgia : Sir : I have the houor to propose an exchange of prisoners officers and men captured by both armies since tha commencement of the present campaio. The exchange to be made mas for mao.nd the equivalents to ba allowed as re-znrded by the stipulations of the Cartel. Should you accept this proposition, a me ting can take place between c ffier rs specially commissioned to make preliminary armrgements to envct tne exenanec. This fla? of truce is borne by my staff officers, Major J. B. Eusvs. A. A. G and Captain W. A Reid, ac companied by an escort of six mounted men and an ambulance. Very reap- ctfuliy, Your obedit nt servant, J. B. Hood. General. Official copy. J. B. Ectx. A. A. G. Headquartbrs, Military Division of thb Mississippi, Atlanta, Sept. 8, 1864. General J. B. Hood, Cornmarding Confederate A my : General: I have received your letter of this date and eccept your offer to exchange prisdners-of-war in band at this moment. I fear most bave already gone North, but have 8ent to ascertain what number atout are on hand, aod I mty a 'so stop such as have not t,oue beyond Chattanooga. The basis of exchange to be the old cartel. I will Bend an cffir with a more detailed account of prisoners oa hand to morrow, to Koagh and Ready, to corf'er with any ona you may name. Afcer prisoners reanh Nsshvi.'h aad beyond, tbey properly fill under the jurisdiction of the Commissioiier, Col. Hoffman. YouiS truly, (Signed W. T. Shkrmait, Msj G u. Camd'g. J"r? D RSBMKKT. I have just heard tbat thcie are about 1000 en route for Caattanooga and ftOO hir?, besides some squads not yet sent in by the various brigades. I will haveaa of ficer at Rough and R ra Jy to-morrow, at 1 P. M , with full details. (Signed) W. T. Shkrmait, , Official copy, Major General J. B Kesris, A. A G. Headqoartkrs, Military Division 1 of the Mississippi, v Atlania, Oa., Sept. 9, 1864. ) Ii Hood, Commanding Confederate A my : As I answered yes'crdey, I cons nt to an General J, General : actual exchange of pris): era, rrai for man, and equal for equal, diff rences or bahoces to be m-de up accord ing to the cartel of 1862. I have nppointed one of ray Inspectors Genera), Lieut. Col. W. Warner, to carry out this exchange', acd will empower him to call for the prisoners, and all such guard es he may -need to effect ths actual transfers. We fa.nva bere twenty-eight effi cers and seven hundred and eighty-two enlisted men, aod cu rente for Ccattanoogi 93 efSoors and 907 men, ma kitg 1.810 on hard, that I will nebanac for a like nnnjbr.r of iny own men. csp'urcd by you in this cam paio, wbo bekng to i Crimea's with me, and woo can re-tunu! their places at oiiCe, as I take it for granted ycu will do the saue with joats Iu o.htr words, for these men I sm rot willing to tki equivalents belonging to oihei arnii- s tb.p. m) or wno belong to regiments whoso thaes rue our, a;ni who have been discharged. Bv your laws ah mon eligibl.". for service are ipse facto scldiers, ai d a ve-y good one it ia, and if needed for civil duty, tdfy mc singly detailed soldiers VVe founi io Atianta ab u a tbou?nnd of these f hoa?s,and I &m &Ktibfied t! ey ur? fit snbj3cts of - xebange, and you vwili release an oqusl nuaiber.of oar poor fellows at Andtrson, I wiil ga ner these together and send th.m as prisoners. They 8;fra to have' been detailed lor rail road and shop duty, nnd I do not ask for them an equal Dumber of my :ra:ned oidiprs, but will take men oe longiDg to auy prt of the U. S. Army, subj ct to your control. We hold a goo-l mary of your nvn s'ylfd desert ers" who were rl.y ttrpgsler?, and wou'd he a g.iod offset to such of oi- fMr.jggltrs aid foragers as your cavalry picks up of. our men, but I am constrained to give itus" msu, ihongh portly agaii st the grain, the benefit of their character, pretended vr reA. As soon as Col Warrch agrees upon a few points with the effioer you name, I will send the prisoners to ibe places appointed and recall those not beyond Chat tanooga, and you may count on about 2000 in tbe ag gregate, i-nd get ready to give in? a like mmoer. I an wiiiitig to apjo-no Rough end Ready or Jon8 boro', as the psuce or exo)at;gw, es also for the place of daliveriug cf tht ci-izius, mile and femile, of Atlanta, who start to go Soum. I am, with rspec', jours truly (SigDed) W. r. Sherman, Mrj -r Oeneral Commanding. Brig. General Govan ia at Chattanooga, and cm be brought back. 1 wou d like to &avt Stooemaa and Captain Buel. Official copy : J. B. Eustis, A. A. G. HnQa'a Armt Tsnn , IU IIjC X' 1C1U, f September 18th, 1864. ) Rlojor-Genercl V. T. Sherman Commanding U. S force. e Sib: I bad the honor on the 9th inat., to propose to you an exchange of prisoners, offioers and ratn cap tured by both armies siaji.- the commen.-ement of the present campaign. Oa the same dy you nnswered ray commnnicliop, stating tbat you accepted my effjr " to exchange priso neis ot warn band at this moment." There being no condition attached to the nceptance on your part of my offer to ecfange pnsouers, I regarded it as obli gotory to the extent of the number ot prisoners repre sented by you to be within your jurisdiction. At tbe meeting on the 1st lost., between our rfspec tive Staff Officers, Maj. J. B. Eastis, A. A. G., and Lieut. Col. Warner, I. G , intended to arrange sach prelitainaiies, as th-j tira; and place of delivery, fcc , a communication wes received from you, reodering, I re gret to inform you, .n oxehang of prisoorrs im4jicsl ble. Your refusal :o rce: iu txcjauye your ' . . belonging to " regim.nta w i i . timrs are ou: t d .vho have been discharged, discloses a fixed purpose on the part of your Government to doom to hopeless captivi ty those prisoners whose term of service has expired or will soon expire. The new principle which ycu seek to interpolate upon the cartel of our respective Governments, as well as upon the laws and customs of war, will not be sanc tioned by met All captives taken in war who owe no obligations to the captors, must stand-upon the same equal footing. The duration of thcBe terms of service Can certainly impose no duties or obligations on tbe captors. The volunteer of a day and the conscript for the w a1, who may be captured in war, are equally sub ject to all of the burthens and equally entitled to all of tne rights secured by the Jaws ot nations. I his prin ciple is distinctly conceded in the cartel entered into by our respective Governments and is sanctioned by reason, justice and tbe public laws of all civdizid na tions. My offer to exchange the prisoners captured during the campaign precludes an intention on my part in the delivery to discriminate between your prisoners, as all would have been delivered ; and even bad it been in tended, this discrimination between your men, whose term of service bad aud bad not expired, would have been impossible, and could cot have been affected, as I bad no reliable means of ascertaining what proportion of your men were entitled to their discharge. Your avowal tbat this class of your soldiers will not be exchanged, but will be rewarded by the suffering and privations incident to military imprisonment, because their boldness aad courage subjected them to capture, although their term of servico had nearly expired, is deeply regretted by me, as 1 share the earnest desire of my Government to release from prolonged confinement the large numder of prisoners held by both parties. Permit me to hope thrt this declared policy of your government will be reconsidered, as it is unjustly op pressive to those whom tbe hazards of military service bas rendered prisoners, and is violative of the well un derstood obligations assumed by a government towards those who are enlisted ia its service. As was proper, I notified 'my Government cf my offer to you co effect an exchange of Dritoners captured during this campaign, and not omy was my aotion approved, bat my Government placed at my entire dis-1 iposal for immediate exchange, man for man, all the ' prisoners at AndersonTille. , , 1 have tne nonor to renew my cnr io ficuugo prisoners as proposed in my first communication, and remain, Your chd't lerv't, . J. B. Hood, General Official copy : J. B. Eustis, A. A. G. Prom the Bfchmond Whig, 12th ing. . Tb FXtliange of PrUmters. Butler, tbe Beast, who assumes to be " Commis sioner of Exchange," has thought it necessary to take public notice of the correspondence between Colonel Ould and Major Mulford, lately communicated to the Press. From that correspondence it appeared that, though tLe Confederate authorities hd abandoned their indisputable right to demand a fulfilment of the cartel, and bad accepted tbe proposal of tbe Yankee authrities to exchange man for man and offictr for officer, without parolirg the excess on either side, the latter bad permitted nearly a month to elapse without tbking any notica of Col. Oald's communication inform irg them of such acceptance. Ifc'was only .when this fact was officially laid before the people of the two Governments tbat tbe Yankees felt the nece sity of mekiog soy repponse, and therefore, Butler, the Beast, among tbe most astute acd artful as well as unprinci pled of their disputants, and one who beiDg outlawed by this Government, might safely calculate od cot being answered or noticed, was set to the work of mistify ieg the simp'e facta os they appear in the correspon dence referred to.jand breaking the force wi h which they would impress the Yankee mind. Batler, the Bast, therefore, frcm the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, writes a communication for ths New Yoik 1ime which with characteristic impuJe ce be addresses to Col. O dd. The gist ot the letter is the following in quiry made of Col. O : "To avo'd ail possible misap prehension or mistake hereafter cb to your tflVr now, will you now say whether you mean by 'prisoners held in captivity' colored men, duty enlisted nd mustered ioto tbe eervice of the United States, wbo have been captured by the Confederate forces; and if your au thorities are willing to exchange all soldiers so master ed into the United States army, whether colored or otherwise, and the officrs commaeding them, man for man, officer for officer ?" Further on he says : " If this be so, at;d you aie so willing to exchange these col ored meu claimed as slaves, and you will so officially in form the government of tbe United States, then, as 1 am instructed, a principal difficulty in effecting ex changes will be removed " Observe, the artful Beast does not sat that even then the exchange will be re sumed. He vety carefully leaves a peg to hang other objections upon. " Cue principal difficulty will be re moved," but how rnsny others will bs started ! What reason, oh, most cunning of Baasts, is not good emngh for not doing a tbing predetermined not to ;e done ? After a good deal of cant about the duty of protect ing th s who fight beneath the fold3 of " the national flag," Batler, the Beast, indulges in some lawyer's 1 arniDg as to tie status of property seized in war. The owneisbip, he saye, parses from the loser to the captor. " Therefore, if we " (Beast loquitor) " obtain possession of thit species cf property known to the Jaws of tie insurrectionary States as slaves, why should tbere be any dout that the property, like any other, rests in the United States ? The rtasm why there should be any doubt is, most logical B-rast, that you donot ob- tain possession of them in ary way recognized as law ful by the code of war, and therefore you do not ac quire the rights which that code confers. You steal them for the n.03t part, aod larcery never confers title. Moreover, if cur Jaws treat s ves property, yours do not, and then fore no ownership parses to you, for you bave co Jaw that coofers or protects sucb ownership. therefore, it is uou3ualiy.ab3urd iu yen, Beast though ytu be, and eu'itle l to be ahsurl, to eay as you do : 4 Slaves b ing captured h- us, and the right of property in them vested in us, that rignt of property has been dis posed of by c by manumitting them, as has always been the acknowi 'eJ right of the owner to do to Jus alave. Bui. you and yeur Government are no, and cannot be, the owners oi e'area, f.nd herefore yon are without the jus dispor.endi, ar.d have nothing to manumit. The alave lemaios tor the tim? beiDg simply cut ot the poe seision of bis htw'i! owner, and the resumption of pos session by theowLCT revives 11 his rights of ownership. You are the harborcr o! a runaway or the hider of sio leo property, both of which offences are provided for by the criminal code, but not recogniz d by the laws ot war as conferring any benefit. Your owu comparison of "a drove ot Confederate mules or a herd of cattle, which wander or ruh acro33 the Confrd;rate lines in to the iine3 of tin United States army," showa the fal lacy of your argument ; for if you were to undertake to rtmit tbe;e nm'ts cr cattle to ihs freedom of tho prai ries, to emancipate them and declare them forever ex-1 tmpt from the right of n e to assert any right of pro perly j,i them, iU you suppose that such " rn 5 on mis sion " weuU havo any effect if wa weie to recap ure them ? But enough of Butler th B ast 1 Gkn Early " Phax," who is lately from the Army of Virginia, contributes to tbe Rebel tr.e following sketch of the distinguished commander who is opposing Sherijau m the Villey : Old Jnbal Ejrly, or s G;.n. L e ca!U him, his bad o'd man," has won a name during bi3 sojourn iu the Valley of Virginia, ot which he is well worthy. Did you ever see him ? If not you have misspd one of .the greatest curiosities ol the war. Lie is a man of con siderable corporosity, with a tall face, which bas the sp pearance of the full moon when it is at Us height of red oes'. He is about six feet high, and of immense struc ture. His voice sounds like a cracked Chinese fid dle, aod comes from his mouth somewhat on the style cf a bard ehelriiaptist, wth a long drawl, accompanied eu tti'b an mterpolat 00 ot oaths. In the wiuter bis bead is encased in a net striped woollen skull cap drawn down over his ears, while bis body is contained within the embraces of a Virginia cloth overcoat striking bis Lee!s. JEIis legs are covered by leg- gins of the ?ame material, wrapped from the ieet upwards - es high as the knees with a White tape, lie is as brave ts be is bomclv, and as homely as arjyjmn you Brownlow,-who is said to rit ever saw, except Parson val hi Satanic Majesty in hia Dersontvl snnearfince. Th?re are man v anecdotes re lated of od Jubai, but 1 cannot at present call to mem ory but one. During the battles of the Wilderness on one occasion a regiment from South Carolina was or- dered to charge the enemy. l or some reason they tal- tered. Old Jubal hearing of it rode up to the head of the column, and in that peculiarity of tone for which he is noted, cried out at the top of his voice. " Boys, you got us into this d d scrape, and by i d you stall help uj out. Charge i" Tbe regiment were so cut by the rem .rk. that tbey ru?h?d nprn the fee, dri v.nj Lifli Ircm crerr pif!'ioa. On or thr ouv r,.,; S Jcin l: d. in?: -tOTHfciin.D i t e s a'i'e t v a i K i.s'i h.rs-es of the iate Buo.i de lio.: so i d, were sold at auction, in Paris, recently -a No wonder, says one of the Darters, that vounir man ! uiea oi a:sease or tne neart l Ma could not live with 1 - . . . . . .-l I. - v I out intense emotion, frequently renewed. GamiDsr on 'Change and at the card table, were bis favorite amusements, and it was to cure him of the fatal sports, mat nrs latner, Uaron James de Rothschild, sent him J to Ameiica some years ago. He had lost $240,000 in one speculation on 'Change. His father shipped him at six nours notice, and refused to allow him to leave America, unless he promised that he would not indulge again in such gambling. But the young man could uvjl rcoioii tut; itmpkauon oi ezcutmeDi, aca utspueDis rvHAn. !.. I M 1. 1 mt il J!4 1 r-v a a I a a a m t. a j j i r I piuuiioc. lio woum wrxDie. inis ereaiiy uibiresaea dis IftthpF an1 rrtAva than f9ir r-.9n-An nsA tnmnAAti I ne3s between them. Every day three carriages would I stand before the young man's door from three in the I arternoou , until one at nignt. if the weather was. fair mg .Lincoln s abolition proclamatiocs, wbicu are iu he rould go to tbe Bols de Bologne after ths opera manifest violation of both ihe State and Federal con and ride about there uotil twelve or one. o'clock at stitutions, and destructive ol all private rights. And, night. I may mention, to show the free use made of his purse, t hat be was so unexpectedly shipped to I America, his friends of the Jockev Clnh owpd him $20,000 ; and it is said that after bis death it was dis- covered they owed him $40,000. Liscols Threatens to Resigjt. It was rumored and stated in the North tbat Lincoln had agreed to re sign upon certain conditions, aud tbat certain radicals had assembled at Johet, Illinois, to consult about it. The Herald says of this story : These statements wete denied bv some papers and ridiculed by others ; but our correspondent now com- r t l : -a - - - it ai ?i i yic:ijr.cumui.ea uig cruica oy giving me uuiuoruy ior bis statement. In connection with the facts stated by our correspondent we have received a report, from, an- uiuer petiKctiy aumenuc source, lmormmg us mas one of the members ol tbe Cabinet had said positively that kj r- i . ir n i r T-v? I -:--a 4 nk;..i ri- k- I upshot of this business we are willing to vouch for the rhere mch atretcb of the imagtntion to behve that, truth of these reports ' by some descendental metempsychosis, I had become an experienced member of the sacred gnomides, rn "ruth Admiral Bachanaa bas so much recovered from his lessry from my sisterhood in Cerro de Frio on the cold wound tbat he ia able to move about on crutches. Moat. Adv. - - Atkosphbric Cocu8MO!f Trbory op Raim Bring, Produced by Firing Caknon. The learned secretary of the Smithsonian institution, in some meteorological observations, alludes to the current opinion that rain may be produced by the firing of cannon. He says : The notion tint rain is in some way connected with great batt'e3, was entertained by the ancients when no cannon were used. Plutarch, in his life of C. Marins, siys : It is observed, indeed, tbat extraordinary rains generally fall alter great battles, whether it be tbat some deity chooses to wash and purify the earth with water from above, or whether the blood aDd corrup tion, by the mo'st add heavy vapors they emit, thicken the air, which is liable to be altered by the smallest cause. Plutarch's explanation of the supposed fact is not very satisfactory to a physicist of this time. But bis own observatiocs contain a "cause tbat tha sec retary of the Smithsonian icsti ution says might possi bly connect a great battl8 with rain in physical se quence. "Jf, however, the air (says the secretary) is surcharged with moisture, and the atmosphere is in the unstable condition which immediately precedes rain, then a violent commotion or an upward current of air produced by a large fire may bring cn rain which might in some rare ir stances not otherwise bave fal len." I be shoots of ancient armies, and the clash and claDgor of their arms, produced nearly as great commo tion in tbe atmosphere as tbe firing of cannon in a modern battle. Plutarch, in his life of FJaminiu3, eajs: "The hyperbolical accouQts that have often been given of loud shouts were verified on that occ.TsieTn. For the crews, when tbey happened to be flying cv r their heads, fell into the tbe theatre. For the sound of maoy united voices beirg violently stroDg, the parts of the air are separated by it, and a void is left which affords no support. Or perhaps the force of the sound Btrikts the birds like an arrow, and kills them in an instant. Of po.-sib y fa circular motion is caused in the air, as a whirlpool ia pcdaced in the sei by the agitation of a storm. And in his life of Pompey, Plutarch says : 14 when birds fall on such occasions it is not becauss the air is so divi ded as to irave a vacutm, but rather because the sound strike them like a blow. If the shouts cf the multitude in the Roman Theater could produce such effects as here mentioned by Piutarcb, how much greatef must have beeo tae effect cf ihe r.oise. of an encient battle in disturbing the atmosphere ? In the case of Mr. Mullslly, editor ol the New York Metropolitan Record, the United States Comurssioner decided as follows : " A careful sndy cf the scc'.ions has led me to the concluiion thut before any person can reei3t any draft of men enrolled injo the service of thUnited States, or shall counsel another to resist any such draft, the draft must be pcfuiilyin operation, drawing the names from the wheel and yoing through the modus operandi of ihe prcceeding. It ia true the enrollment is com pleted, or being completed, aod tbe Provost Marshal is perhaps ready to draft a the expiration of the time allowed by tbe President uoder his proclamation for the respective districts to fi 1 the quota assigned. Still, until the order is actually eoforced, I cannot see how a person can ccmBiit the offence of resisting the draft, or counaelare3i3tat.ee to the draft. IS is an operation not of itself, and all the steps taken up to the 5th of September a e mere preliminaries to tbe draft, and I decide that the defendant id not properly pat on the complaint, and hereby order hi3 discharge." FKlM TKAN&-MI8SI5SIPFI. The Editor of the A tianta (Geo.) Register haa had the pleasure of cn iuteritw with an intelligent efficer from General Kirbj Smith's a my, who Rate au luierciiing &c couut of .the position West of the Wis tissipph Ttie Trans IlkaieaFjo" r.rmy 19 hotter equipped at present, tnan it has beeu durmq tl-e war, acd itu morale ia aplendid. Am-.vg tbe changes that sro takicg p'A'e it- may not be improper to u;eniijn th.i Uackuer rii-ves Washer in commaod of th Department t f Wf &t Louisiana. Wksr relieves Ma grader in Ti xas Mngrud r ieiiev6S Price ia Arkansas, and Price goes to Mi s turi, wi h s jfficisnt force, it ii believed, to free lb at State ttooxjbe invader. Tn?re are no yiikees in West L uiiian except a garrison ot about -6,000 at Horar)Zi. fend a h'w touting partifs. Backner will cer tainly cross the M'.HSiseippifiiyer ia time to have a hand in the present carupaia ia Georgia. Ntitwithstaiii. log car dttle reverse t Atlanta, tho sky 13 bright a'l aronod, and tbe reoellion, instead ot being on its-4la3t legs," presents to av a luore tornddablc fruut to ihe penevenrg YarjkeeB tban ever. Should Joon'ihan ever co:mplih the im possible feat of iQt'jogatu g ibe Confederate Mates on this Kide of the Sii sissippi, he will find the war jast commeno- "ed. He cannot sobune the Tiau3-Mie8issippi emuire in a thousand jeurti. He had better ii.niie peace peiore h3 be comes ut eilj bankrupt, if he la cut eu already. WHAT LJNCOLlf TttlJiRS ABOUT. M'CLELWN AHJJ TUB DEMOCRAT, The Grant (Wis ) Herald contains a very interpeting letter from Ho-.. John T. Miiis, Jue of tho 5h Judicial Circuit, giving an accouut ot a recent interview wlta Wr. Lire , In, with' a report of the rt marks of the latter in re gard U she cous' qufnet s which wou'd follow thcadiption 01 ti e war poiicj.ur ea ry tne rriend1? ol Oi n McCielian We g:va the Pfenid ni rf o:presea viefs, omitting the preliminary acco .ni ot me interview "I don't tLiuk it is personal vanitj or anribitiou, though I am not fr- e froai theae ii firmiLies, Ont I cannot but feel that the weai or woe ol this fcreat nation wiil be decided In November. There is no j rogrBme oflered by any wiEg ot te Democratic pa;ty but ihat any must result ia the permanent destrnct on of the union ' 'But, Mr. President, Gen. McClellaa ia ia favor of crashing out tbe iebe:ltoa by force. He will ba tha Chica go casemate " " 8ir," said the Prt-sidei t, " thq slixhtest koowtedgo of arrnmetio wi 1 pove.to any man that the renal armies can not be destroyed by ' emoeratic trat-y. It would sac unce ad the white men of the Koith to do it. There are now in the serv ce cf ihe United States nearly 200 003 able bodied colered men, moat of them nnder arrcs, detending u r.nm.tnn TTninn t...iUi.if '!"' I. I 1 . . . . . deuiaiius tbat these fi.rc 'S be disbanded, and that tbe masters be conciliated by rest? ring them to slery. The black man who row assist Union prisoners to escape, they are to be converted into our enemies in the vain hope ot gaining the good wil. ot toeir masters. -We shall havs to hgbt two cotioce lastead ot one Yu cannot conc;lite ih"5 South if you guaranty to tbem ual mted success ; acd the experience ot he present war proves ineir succf ss is luevitaoie it you flmg the compul sory labor of millions of black men into their side of the scale. Will you giro our mititarj enemies such a 1 vantages asiuiure fcacueaas. aua men aepena onprcosxiag. nattery ana coDcessi;n to gt tnem DaCK into the Union r Aban don all the pests now girrisoned by black men, take two hundred thonsacd men ir m our side and put them in the bauie nsia or corn ueid sgainst us, and we woald be com pelted to abandon the war m three weeks. . We bave to h ld territory in incieraent and sickly places W'hftre lrO the DpID ir.Mtt t An fliij ? It ii a 3 a I ran A.1,1 and the field was open to the War Democrats to pnt down this rebellion by fight ng against both master and clave iOEg Derore ine present policy waa inaugurated. return to slavery the black warriors of Port Hudson and inera navi Deen mei base-enough ro propose to me to ius ee, ana tnus win the respect of the masters they fonght. Should I di so, I shoald deserve to be damned in time end eternity. Come what wiil, 1 will keep my iaith wiia ineca ana kb. aiy enem.es pretend lam now carry lug on th'a war for the sole purpose of abolition. So long as 1 am President, it phall be carried on tor tbe sole pur pose of rfstoring the Union. But no humaa power can su one thi? reoeuion without the nae of the emancipation pohoy, ai.o evry other policy calculated to weaken the cr.o:.it ann i nieicil frcts oi the rebellion. rjefdrru hrs tiv'n ns two hundred thousand men raided ati c 5 ,i i w.,i give as more yet. Just bo much ii. i.isu rrttuu irom the enemy, and instead of aliena ting tii Buuth, there are now evidences of a fratsrnal fcedDg. growing up between our men and tbe rank and tile oi tne rebel soidieis. Let my enemies prove to the coun tr thftt tiiS destruction ot slavery is not necceasary to a roctAra 7 1 rn nf (ha ITnLm I nn aKirlA in, Tt Pespotism ix Kentucky. The Yankee nation is fast eliding into the most oppreesive despotism oa earth, ana n Lincoln snii oe re elected to the .Presidency, we predict that he will be proclaimed absolute Dictator in 'ess than another year. The most striking example of ine gaumg despotism oi which we speak, is presented in the news from Kentucky, wherein we are told that " Gen. Ewing has issued an order, dated at Louisville, irt4ucBuug tuo justigsa or aca county or ine ouie io ML1. r A J 1 1 a V T A- A. - .tZ i L. 1 i r e t , m i a . a tta.uiutt; m tvu uuyh. ena levv a tax eaiiicicat io arm, mnnnf an1 mtinfain fif wk 4 ?1 AiMttin nmAdnra " The -purpose of thi3 armed force is evidently to keep the people in subjection, and prevent them from resist- not coo tent with the msuit and outrage to a sovereign State, of placing an armed guard over them iu each count v. Lincoln (roes still further and orders them. without even the form or pretext of law, to be taxed to support the band which thus cruelly Bmites them ! If this is not the climax of humiliation we cannot imag ine what would be. Poor Kentucky I Gov. Bramblette has ordered the courts to disregard this military decree cf Ewing, but whether he bas tbe back-bone to stand up to his proclamation remains to be seen. We believe he baa not. acd that he will cowardly submit, as he bas heretofore submitted, to anything Lincoln.does. We hope the people of the Confederacy will read in the melancholy fate of Kentucky tbe dreadful despotism U;nU It- 4.1 , . . e tr - i 4.1 L wn,:cb awaita Jtbem fa thQ f fioaj ftf, nu.,rff R,7a;,- -y A P ass ag i Pbom Macabia. "Father, it would not dreary cavers of the Aeatnyrsi." JoUy. lofty, ajid lurninous, ina't it? TELEGRAPHIC Report of th Press Association. Entered according to the Act of Coogresa, in the vear 1863, by J. S. Thbabhb, in the Clerk's Office of tbe Dig. trict Court of th Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. HAMPTON'S CAVALBY CAPTURK Oif CATTLE," PBISONEBS, Ac. PlTEBSBcao, Sept. 17th, 186. Hampton's cavalry made a most successful dash into the ecemy'a liDes on Thursday near By earner Church, Prince tTeorgs county, seventeen m;les fjom the city, csptniing twenty five hundred head of fat beef cattle, three hundred prisoners, a number of hones acd ten wagons. I he.epoils are cow safe in the Confederate lines. Gregg's divifcinf Yankee cavalry aade an cfkrt to cut off Hampton, bat was handsomely flogged for his pains. Hampton and men m fall feather and eager for another chance at Grant's choice beef. SJiEBtfAN "WANTS A CONFERENCE EX1LEB FROM ATLANTA -EXCHANGE OP PRISONERS IN GFOB GIA. Maooh, Bcpt, 17th, 18G4. it is reported with a consideraUa show of truth that Sherman has sent an informal request to Gv. Brown, Vice President S-ephens' and Senator II. V. Johnston to meet him ia Atlanta acd have a talk about peace. Brig Gen. T. A. St roup has been relieved cf duty as chief of atari to Sen. Hood. Exiles from Atlanta continna to come into our lines Several haadred families heve arrived ia the most dctittue condition imaginable. Gen. Bood and Sherman hare agreed upon' a special ex change of 2, 009 prisoners. E-even hundred of the number will be sent forward to-night for that purpose. FltO MOBILE. Mobile, Sept. 16th, 18(54. A gunboat on jeitcriay came close on snore near the month of Dog river. A field battery opsnd on her, giving her five good shots, when the enemy retired. It is reported that the enemy have rspatred the gunboat Gaines, and put her ia commission. The Fih river expedition baa returned badly peppered by our cavalry. FROM TPAtPP-MlSStSSlPPI. Grbmada, Sept. 15 th. ) via Mobilc, fcept. 18th, 1861. I Memphis dates of the 13 :h inst. have been received. Gov. Flanagan, of Arkansas, has called a special section of tLe Legislature. C .mmucicatijn between Memphis aad Little Rock Is in terrupted. The Memphis Argus saya that an official bulletin frcm Secretary Stanton gives interesting faots relative to the call for five hundred thousand more men, Ths credits to States for previous excess will consume two -fifths of tto number, leaving three hundred thousand men actually to bo raised ; one-third cf the amount to meet ah the require ments cf Gen. Grant, and the remaining two third to sup ply the casualties of battle, loss by discharges, desertions, girrison forts, fhjht guerrillas, and keep open conimuni. cation. GEN. SHELBY'S VICTORY COTTON CD0P3 Dfe'- BTROYED ON THS MISSISSIPPI YELLOW FVB AT KEY WE3T, Ac. Ciinton, La., Sept. 16th, 18G1. holbj's victory in Arkansas ia complete. The Eail Boad waa torn cp for several miles, and one entire regi ment oi Yankees captured. The army worm baa destroyed all tho Cotton crops oa the river from Vicksbarg to New Orleans. The Yellow Fever is very violent at Key West and Tor tngas. FBOS1 GEOEG1A. MAtfur, Sept. 16th, 18il. The exiles from Atlanta report that Sherman's army is being rapidly depleted by men whose time of service has expired going home. Boms statement place the number already gone at 10.000. Yesterday was universally observed throughout the -State as a day cf fasting aad prayer, by the army a id tha peo ple. The Chattanooga Gazette of the 13th bas been received. It says that Wheeler had been dnvea from Middle Tennee see by Steadman. r Morgan's Staff bad arrived at Chattanooga. Sherman has issued a congratulatory address to his nrmy, saying that they bad completed a great campaign, and that the fall of At'anla must be attributed to a ra.'stako ia Hood in sending his cavalry to the rear. We must con- cede, he sajs, to our enemy, that he met n pationtly and skillfully, but at last he made tbe mhtafce we had maneu vered for bo long, and sent his cavalry to our rear, .far be yond the reach of recall instantly Onr cavalry was ou his only remaining road, and we followed quickly with the main army, and At'anta iell into our possesion. OFFICIAL FRO LI GEN. LEE. Richmond, Sept.-17th, 1SS4. The following waa received to-day : njEAEQUABTKBS, A. N. T. Sept. 17th, 1851. To the Hon. Secretary,of War, J. A. Skddkm : At daylight yesterday morning tha enemy's silrmiehers who were west of the Jarusalem Plank Road, were driven back on their entrenchments, along their whole extent At the same hour, Hampton attacked his position north of Norfolk. He.oaptured about three hundred prisoners, some arms .and wagons, a large number of horses and twenty-five hundred cattle. Ciegg attacked Hampton on his return ia the afternoon, at Barriir's Mill, on the Jeru salem Plank Road, but was repulsed and driven back. Everything was brought eft afely. Our entire l3s will not exceed fifty men. Signed, R. E. LEW, General. T3E PEACE MEN IN THE NORTH. Richmond, Sept. 17th, HM. The New York News of the 13th Inst., states that prelim inary steps have been taken by tbe friends of peaco to call a National Convention of the Deuocratio party to 'nomi nate candidates for President and Vise President. FROM RICHMOND. Richmohd, Bept. 19, 1864. The New York Herald of tho l$tt Inst, says despatches from the Southwest rebort that Price, with five thousand cavalry had crossed Arkansas river; halfway between LittleKock and Fort Smith enroute for Mirsouri. Geo. Howell command mr a bricada of the lOih cri.a t.f Grant's army has hem ti l-.d by a fail from his horse. uoia cios&a ae in, European advices of the 4th say that a Mexican envov to Italy bad beea received by the King. ine naur yearly drawing or the sinking fund o f the Con federate loan, took place on the first, nearlv one-sixth had already been redeemed; viz ; 310,000 pounds by cotton ; 138,000 by the sinking fund. The Liverpool Cotton Market was- Aim. American had advanced I i to Jd. FROM WINCH E3TEH. Intelligence from Winchester to the afternoon of the 16th, state that oar forcaa held the ground from Winches ter to Accqnaa. The e&my'a iclantry, estimated at thir ty thousand, remain behind their entrenchments their cavalry, ten thousand strong, display considerable enter prise and activity. Early's forces are in flee condition eci ivinsf an ahnn. dant supplies, iccluding vegetables. A raidingparty of YaLkeea bornt the rail road briJge over the Rappidaa yesterday alternoon. A conflict recently occurred on Main street, Norfolk, between so Jie sailors and negro soldiera. One sailor was killed and two badly wounded. One negro was mortally vrounuea. New Orleans dates to the 6th say that the vote for tha Constitution in New Orleans, was A 900 against it 508. Gold in New York on the I6ia opened at 'lid and closed at 228. J he Boston Herald, rormeny me organ or the JJougtas Democrats, ooooses the Chieago viatform. Medarv'i paper protests against JBtcClellan. FaOM MOBILE. MoBiLB. :5ept. 19th, 1864. Frcm six to eight blcckaders are constantly off this har bor. Last eveaing the engine of a passenger train on the Mo bile aod Ohio Railroad blew np, killing the Engineer and slightly damaging the track. Six vessels are off the bar. All qaiet. Rumor j ' are un reliable. i RE-CAPTURE OF ESCAPED PRISONERS. Camdkw, 8. C, Bept. 20th, 1864. Two Yankee prisoners, said to have escape i from Flor ence, were re-captured; at Major more pianiauon, on Lynch's Creek, by his negroes, guarded all night aad brought to town yesterday by said negroes and lodged ia ail. Two others were brought in this morning. of CltvOarriaon Hosnital tenders hia giaUfal acknowledgments, In behalf of the sick under hia charge, to H. May, Esq., through Mrs. Medway, foi twentj-flve pouads gffaa aad the same of sugar.
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