jiitcil'tDcnccr.
lit:
J Z:2'Zi'-S. Y, .tb J
niozi,at T.tt'j.l;- j, uiin. ;.e.
TULSUAY, AUOCS"
AO,
cfiaks ur.chuucri, ar.d states thst there
uc undoubted eviaences of the duniou
tion of Grant' & arni", near Petersburg, by
the recent withdrawal offerees. The great
er portion,"! f not a1.! of these withdfuvals,
v ent down Jatnes river. It it supposed
th:it they have Leen ent to the Upper
Prstori-.vi- 'JUt of this there is no positive
eidYiCC.
Ftein the Upper Potcrnac we Icam that
Gcrt.-.p.rly. txpi Ud cilleiaily on the 8ih
instant, truit Gen. McOausiand h;.d" ar
rived in Hardy coun'y, having sustained
very little less: The ttuteaicnt iu the
Yankee papeis of his deft at, on which the
rumors of Wednesdya were based-, is un
title. The Sentinel says disr-fitd.es. received
i.i Iliehtiipnd t daesd.-y freti: General
I'ivadU'y "Johntou's tennnand, lepoit his
s.. t"e return .
'iV.K.Cihlintl thiaks ti...ro. is nc doubt
ihit,erythiii te. pingrt-ssing favorably
to the CoiUeduraletSsin Hie Valley. !
Of the affairs in Georgia the papers-;
?peak very hopefully. The Chronicle and
Sentinel of the 12th, says that Sherman
lias been brought 16 a stand before Atlan
ta. His inability to yhip us in battle, or
' carry our entrenchments, has been de
monstrated in five engagements since he
reached the environs of the Gate City.
His flanking strategy is exhausted. Ilisj
raiding experimo nt has proved an igno
minious failure. Our glorious army, coin,
ifiandcd by. the iutienid and invincible
Hood, o '.pose-s a living wall of defiant
valor to his further advance. lie has
le-aehcd the termination of his campaign.
- though net the gcul of his ambition.
An official dispatch to Secretary Mal
lory, Iroin Mobile, shows that our little
fleet there covered itself with glory, in
the recent naval engagement with the en
emy. That a fleet of 28 first class war
vessels, includit g-ftur pov.fifu! monitt r
mounting 212 guns, after a de; pcru'.e cn-
agcmenl, in which the Tecumsth, one
fc"o
of their (ii.et vessels, was funk with ncai
ly :tll on beaid, and the gunboat Powell
Vun.-b st:cc-eded in dispersing and
I. 4
1 aitially uist'n -ymg our nUle hv-t ot Jour rajjs 0f the campaign. Instead of sus
vei sels, :th t j-m : -, is not a matter forjtainirg reverses, "as reported by the enc-
.1 i!: . ,(.... ill.
li. UC 11 t'l.l '
1, cca ia'i. h.l (o t e tnemv. iiul.0 'V'ri'W v. as uncaucu
ibr'the t
iiiK.er '
t l i i ; C O i
, .. . .
h;.in( ('ul and i-naccountalit; sur
f foil G:;ii.er-, v. e ecu hi point
: n 1 i
tro(-p
he proj.?-.
;re 10 go
beiivVe th"
nod v f :j
conlidentlj be;n-ve W-.- t the-emuiv will
U ultimately defeated and the city f-aved.
rI he follov. il g is the d;. patch clluvcd
to above : Z "
aw
-Me;,;"; i 1;, An- f.
. I ... !.-. I. 1
'i cniseh. Cotr.matideT Ciaven was sunk,
with ii' aily all her cn w, and also auoth-i
er gunboat, the Phillips, which J suhsc-
cnientiy imrnt-M. j.ne iiicnnionu, iiiiii-i.
klyn, in line of batt'o, fob
and Un oklyn,
by tin; 11 m linder of ti e licet,
it II ST
un ier luui
headway, where th
ey were encountered ;
by the Tennessee, Morgan, Games and
Sehna. The Tennessee and the other
vessels steamed in close range of the a l
vaneing force-, and toured a heavy fire
into t Ve leadir.g ships. After a desper
ate engagement between the fleets the
(Jaines retired to t ort Morgan in a sink
ing condition ; the Scima, cut oif, sunen
iercd, wad the Morgan escaped to Fort
M--;;an. The Tennessee, so far unin
jured, steamed towards the whole fleet,
and, after an obstinate fight, surrender
ed ; her rudder disabled, her smoke stack
ennied away, and, as we suppose, her
crew in an exhausted and smothciing
condition.
On the Tennessee, Admiral Buchanan
was severely wounded by a splinter in the
Ictr two killed and several 'wounded
among her crew. On the Gaines, two kil
b.d and two wounded. On the Morgan,
one wounded. On the Selina, eight, woun
ded, (including heiexccutive officer, Lieut.
J il- Co:ntoek.) and seven wounded.
The. enemy mtfered sevenjy, and here
cjucsted pe: mission to bury his dead .
llespcct fully,
G. W. IlAnmsoN. C. S. N.
The Wokk Goes Bkavely On. Let
no one be disheartened, says the Sentinel,
by occasional and partial successes of the
enemy. The work of exhaustion is go
ing en, whether they succeed in battle or
are defeated. Victories cost them a great
many men and a great deal of money, and
they are already very short of both men
and money. Whc.n notjigh tin g the X JLFjd.
exhausted at the rate of three millions ol
money a day, anel probably lose a thous
and men a dry by natural death, hy
desertion, aud by the expiration of
terms of service. When they fight and
get advantages, or even victories, the loss
in men and money is doubled or quadru
pled, and the process of exhaustion goes
on twice or four limea as fast- as when
there is' no fighting. When they fight,
and are defeated as they usually. are
the loss in money, or money's worth,
ranges from ten to a hundred millions
t diem, and the loss in men from three
or four to fifteen or twenty thousand. :
Time is victory to us and defeat to
them ; for every day weakens and exhausts
them, whether, they fee idle, defeated, or
victorious. Nobody now apprehends sub-
i,,e; enemy i.enine.i i" .moo-!! T..ei A Xcgt of TiTiKV.nhe- police have
In enr.iu ce w it If. icur inonitors and; , . . . . .
, . , . . ...,. 'j 1 , ;suc ( ceded in making mute a - discovery
about siit-vti !i-avv ve:-se;s t war. ihe,- J
jugution in tho South, and no one hopes! for peace, for an 'immediate cessation of
fitin the North. - The war is reduced ! h.cstll'rtic d the instant inaugura
.... . 1 tion di netrotmtKJns ir ( ihIhil' the nres-
....... w 'jvu.-i.uii mi luuu. jiuv, 8
ce.i. iiiv .-v.rin no ii out I - 'lima tn
4-1 mo rights'
'T1
Idc, e.rsd time conn tiers all thini? -
x C'
-l,s o'.
palie-nt and happy, too, in ano
tielpauon ol Ihe uany xryVlynients that
surely coming' peace wiil tiring alongwiib
.Fan l'tJAca. Ibe A ljii,;uon Virgh.i.in 'ram
l'ion prseri8 just in'l'j nn K c r.tuck.v, that ulrte
rili .ti'n.'fti;mlti.-; oi lt: Ys.ikeV Cri;rre?
ft-.tj- ,tt.5!t f n t ? r vit si:l it pc uii-ii.
" I l.e jptSL-t that Tetgus from Mobile to Ges. Pillow Rsmevk-o?. H-f Coil- lfiwa UwJLitvrittrg Itsgviter, A.ug 1 I . j LpFLtt' o?-iiiLvXtwwsf Aoaww- FROit THE UNITED STATED I
JUucrttMJi iscertaiuly surprising. Gcme ;:.vxd. Tlu Greensbro' (AH.) Bsae&n MATL AHOtTT THE FP.027T. th-W". 0. of the y. ibers ot h ; .
, forces aio wcakcr.tliai.va have any i.dcater recev by Pr O Vr;Vviv';,,!ng Jaus yeAerdfcy ; jfc.t -"c r . "'Vng -slip "? d -the Nevr j 6th, . wa' . clip the fallowing, additional
. v-v-v i v. -j uvii.t; vi Ajt.livi.u 1 n 1 , 1. Mj: t la .1 ' nr AvtfoAf n Ii. f 1 - S a H. n Ul .J'! ill 'lf rTV'V i Sit! !? f "- w- --.. , . , . . . . , . . .-, v - . i.ii inn j. . . ,
up to Washington thatUtlanta is to1h,R.SOU V01 -Pdl dets atid.ov . a:iittitopa. - II0 " r eontrastod ,wltTi rense ; mcceat tfcaa tl'-Ut newspapers ru-
601 (W w.k. Slca-'teWapW vnttett tow-MoafgottWriV Uasr dtrtcof. centre; TJflit Ua.Ua very latent -ccount of .he present day. $K i coived byu, still it wiUbe seen the new
the satre coi:cerr.icgJRtcLrsond in- 1862,
and so did Graut in but Ricbracnl
is not cajtured yct , , WtlL-inay Graat
iy with llichard III:
"I thiuli there be tix Tiichuicuds in the
Celd." . . ' .,- '
Grant has tatttcd long with Eichriond,
and, ere loV.g, Richmond will -slay him
as it did lIoDowtrHrMeOeHan, Pope,
Lul'tside and Eookeri The tone of con
fidence assumed by Grant, and. . re-echoed
by the Sooutkero press, wkoh he took
command of the army cf - the : Potomac,
has cooled down amazingly, tie has be
gun to learn that it is easier., to, capture
that city in General Orders, thau.-iii the
fae of Lee's army."1 -Giant ' 'iaJaot now
figh'ing foi Richmond ; -he is -fighting for
Grant. If ItieLir.cud . -falls t:otr Grant
must fall. L;Dcola knows also, that
with the fall of Grant fails the Illinois
Ape. . - .
. We like the news, however, from "Wash
ington. It indicates thatthere is a nice
'family quarrel in the household. Lin
coln has had vto. give way to the pressure,
e resignation cf Stan-
ton ss EecretarjspfWar. .This',:s a ife-
Clellan triumplv alfcviiU ycse Linvthi
the scpt ort GfjOvrn''pvtxijf)pTep
while it will add 12ht litilestrengta to" his
administration from the opposition
. Later reports represent heavy firing at
Port Morgan on Tuesday and Wednesday
Fiiom the Valley. Alluding to the
late affair- at Moorefield, the Kichmond
Enquirer of the 11th 333-5, that the War
Department rcceiyed official information
on yesterday that nearly all of McCaus
land's men who had escaped to the moun
tains by scattering, had returned, and al
so many who were supposed ta have been
captured. The command, though smart
ing under the surprise, were in good spir
its, and anxious to obliterate the blerh
ish upon their vigilance and gallantry.
We will soon hear from them.
The Northern" papers reported a few
days ago that McCausland had been tout
ed at evv Creek. This was false, as will
bq,sccn' fiora the following, taken from
the Charlottesville "Chronicle" of yester-
tcrday :
We saw an officer on yesterday direct
from Gen. McCausiand's command. He
left it at Jvomney, in Hampshire, where it
had retired after one of the mostsuccess-
1 intei rupted success. In numerous en
rra;rMiH iits hcienulsed aiid vuiitetl the-
1 in m y
i nrves.
At one point on the Ual
v, ith pride anditimoi'e and Ohio li'iilroad, he captured a
k, h .i-i e w-.tn o00 prisoners, who were
.'. :! v i('ilil 11 -r 1n Ino (("'UK fit f:i('!f
;iir.i i'r!i v.
This otn
L now nothinjr of
;iC .tj'.(;r mentioned b the. eticmy, with
: Gen. lveik-y, at Cumberlan'!. ilc aus-
i ii's foices are in thv saddle again, en
j Tout e for n section richly sttred with spoils,
j Wnich to our i my and cause wi.l inval-
uable
W" await dtixuinsly further in
ftCli igcnrc'fro&r this bold youi.leauer,
YT
i m
tiwn within tbe past tew days.
They have arrested three re
:roes, who
haJ ' joui,tiegs w-lln uiders aud abetters,
, , . . .4.
becn plundering the citizens to an alarm
wq extent-uunng
A 1 "
the past winter and
spring.
Un the first of this week ihe house of
G. W. Williams was entered by three ne
groes, aud a quantity of clothing, bacon
and, in fact, everything they could lay
their hands on was" taken. This lead to
a search and the search to the exposing
of the guilty parties. They confess to
tho robbery of not only Mr. Williams,
but Messrs. Buxton, Blake, Hajl, McRac,
anel a number of others. They have, sto
len thousands of dollars worth of meat,
&e. The trial will doubtless reveal many
facts and implicate many others. We
expect to give the full testimony when it
occurs. - The principal negroes engaged
are a boy of Mr. Huske's, one of Mr. C.
McMillan's, a boy belonging to Dr.
llaigh, ar.d one to Mr. Glover. -
Tnn Tiikatkk. Last night the play of
" Peifection5' was given with much suc
cess. The Hall was well filled and the
audience seemed delighted with the per
formance. The ladies, always delighted
whenone of the "fairest sex succeeds in
bringing down the pride of a coxcomb
and humbling him at her feet, seemed
particularly pleased with the successful
trap laiel by theN 44 Maid of Munster"
which caught 41 Charles Paragan," who
would have nothing but a 44 model wife."
The laughable farce of 44 liaising the
Wind " was most excellent ; ami, although
xtaTcY,"ttTleirof
. - v. ' .
tues and tomes, were displayed: . Miss
4Laurilla" iTarf as ugly as an old maid
could well be, and 44 Peggy " had all the
romantic notions of our young ladies.
She fell in love, with k' Mortimer ' and
seemed to rue her bargain when she found
his name was 44 Jeremy Diddler." Mor
timer was certainly possessed of a capa
cious stomach.
To-night the pity of Toodles," so
much admired, will be given. See adver
tisement. .
TnE Peace Pariv in the NoitTn.
Amcisg the resolutions adopted at a meet
ing of the Mozart Democracy, in New
York, was the following :
. lieaolrtd, That the masses o f the Dm-
.ociaiic purry 01 tins cit' anu fetate are
- cut war
and that wc demand a nlat Nn' in
tavonnir an armistice and a convention of
sJ' - t's from the Oh:
i-o Presidential Con -
t--nuuu. . . .
' "
owiiv vii.iii, sun a v irjrima iaciv to
one of Ii outer's myrmidons, when passing
in-rough Ben toTd. County, "yon cannot
blockade eternity. That door of escape is
:il ways open. That haven of repose and
t-afctv u abvnv;. accessible ''
. " - . J- : " " . . . ' ,-.T . . J in i ii . i . i
line xxa utuino : v . w&ras uie.&aoa . ncoie w.itntujiigiur , -- . -p r . . . " w is mrn&tin
Gen. Pi'low l:;i3 been suspended froqj
the couituand ct this .brigiide. Ho,was
relieved upu the ground that Bals and
Artiiistead'b regiiiients were illegally. rais
ed, ard that the Secretary of War had.de
cidtd that they prcperlj belong, to the
infantry, an d that to tb;:t Irandicfthe
service, th- v must go. Gen. Pillow agked
the privilege of resigning; Gen. Bragg
would not consent to his doinjfso, saying
that he would give him another command.
Geh Pillow then asked the privilege of
takirg his staff and escort with him,
Bragg granted his request in par "He
permitted kins to take his staff only.
Capt. Shoc-kley was prdered to report to
Geiu Lee. He di issr. The Pillow Or
dots!' aTre her.cefirv?:-.d an escort to
Lieut. Ge. Stephen D. Lee.
T. ..,1- , , .
It wul be seen by ia3 anncur.cmeni m
cur advertising columns, that tne Diarnattc
Cempany ' will remain here but three
nights longe". We advise our readers not
to lose the opportunity of witnessing the
performances of this orps during their
stay here, as it is seldom our town is
visited by m much talent. The perform
ances are equal and cf the Saihe calibre
as played iu Orleans, .Mobile, atJctj
otherl?.rge ctue .intowns. v;jlir.'ii5
Davis beings the; I recognized - leader "and
stage manager of Theatres in those cities
and the performances being under his di
rection, we trust the lovers pf the Drama
in this city willHurn outrand give them a
good house.
' Vvre have before us.savs t'io"Chattanoo
rrA TIpIirI n rnnv of a hitft nnmber of the,'
Danville (KyO " Tribuxe, in which thePPving if hi expedition to New Or-
conJition of ihings is represented in most i, d reftging the reinforcements he
. te,, 1 ,.. t, Acahed for for that expedition. 1 he most
trloomv colors. The editor snys that
w . ,
"Kentucky is to-day iu an infinitely
worse condition than she has been . since
the inauguration of the present unhappy
civil strife. The future ap'pears move
daik and foreboding than the present.''
After indulging in some severe crimi
nations of the administration, aud a some
what extended examination of the cause
by which this state of things was brought
about, the editor proceeds as follows :
'The free-born white men of Kentucky
have been refused for the defence of their
own State and negroes have bee:: accep
ted in. their stead. The authority of our
Governor -loyal, brave and patriotic
has been virtually set aside by the dec
laration of martial law in our State, aud
the unlimited eontrol of matters given
into the hands of the military. We are
treated as though we were a State in rc
bellionand are cramped and restrained
in the exercise of those rights and privil
eges our unqueslione'd loyalty to the G v-
; vrnmen
t should jrnarranteo us.
.nl
1 wane we
are
smarting iMt.lvr the
r.f l,n:n T-r.lnnc l.f
us ronieiu oet
who have brought them upon -ns who :
are the rcnonsible part!'.'.-.1'
If the editor hid candidly ioriewed th
conduct of the men ot" Kentucky
...j.,.!
j
have failed to take part in. the glorious 1
ttrugg.e for maependen against be leml
oppression, he could not long have been
nt a loss to fix the res p. tkrsibility for the
degradation to which that noble Common-
wealth is now reduced. Had they flock- !
ed to our standards, as they should have!
nW tl-Pv w-onbl nnt. now" be snbieetod !
to the humiliation of obe) ing negro mas-j
ters.
Excitement in Maryland. Great cx
citcment is reported to exist in Maryland,
although the 44 latest" rumor placed our
army in a hasty retreat across the Poto
mac. Of the excitement a correspond-
ent writes to a late xaukee paper, iron;
Frederick ;
my wagons, aim as mey
anel fro, heavy clouds of dust hang oyer
the town, almost choking one' by thvir
ilensity.. The hotels are tilled w ith olh
cers, busily discussing the campaign now
in progress. These sunburnt und dusty
gentlemen evince considerable feeling re
garding tthe peculiar "pillar to post"
style of manceuvering which has charac
terized some of the movements in this
quarter. '
Pkom Locisiana.-A late letter from
New- Orleans to otie,of the Northern j mr-
nals contains the following paragraph:
A large portion of the rebel archives
of the State of Louisiana arrived in New
Orleans on the 21st ult., -from Baton
Rouge, where they w ere discovered.buried
in the earth. Many of the boka and pa
pers were rotted through, and fell to
pieces on being opened. Between two
and three hundred thousand dollar of
cancelled b'lls on the Crescent City Bank
f New Orleans were brcught to light, '
many of them being dated but two- or
three days before the arrival of General
Butler. It is supposed that startling dc-
to other items of importance is a list of
those who have .entered the rebel army
from Louisiana, as well as the names of
a large number ot prominent men who
have business' with the rebel authorities,
and who have done all in their powir to
bolster up the Southern Confederacy.
North Carolina Elections.- The
Raleigh Progress says :
"We hope that all the bitterness ngen
dered by the contest has been buried with
the election and that we sha'I hear no
more of it." .
Amen and amen I We hope, further,
that the funeral obsequies of all 'such
"bitterness" as we have seen in the col
umns of our North Carolina cotempora
ries, will ever be attended by as noble a
throng of good men and true, as marched
to the polls and redeemed the old Norfh
State from damnation. "
Without Be-nii it of 'Clert. If is
not a iaot "generally known, that Chailes
Sumuei-j Fcsscuden and Wilson, tho three
arch-devils of the Abulition'st iartv. were
! iUejrltiuiato ci.ilvl r-.1!!.
:'iir.e
not re-j
cognized by tbe
: ;ud Wilson do s
!iieu:Oer ol h
wear his true uam
.tubTTit i-v.-inonf
As is gencrf-ly the case in troubles ofl,Jten' .do ' g f
this kind" rumors of. tho -ildest aud most 1 cfa !m of Tiostiliues which a ll classes
insane description are th ing- about, andw,th ihi exception of those v. ho fear the
. .1 A. - ..T. 1.:.-. '-.i. I sonscouences of their acts, and those who
everyoouy seeius 10 vie wmi ui oeiiiu-i - - , . , .
borin creating the greatest exeitcment. rf'e enriching themse.yes in various ways
khe streets are crowded by immense trains) hX tl,1e tfnn0;.pmcno?,
I of army wagons, and as they move to ! ron with the hope that something
mont IS 1 rt S-in-fif A Frr.r...hi.O ... J - 1. ,i t
tidier, was burn ki Charleston, and unsanc
tioned by marria-e. ..Uamlia, the Yankee
Vice Prcsident'is a Timlatto. Lincoln is
in the same catibvgne.' South C-a.-'Ai-
man.
good . peo
the last few days,- as therebss ben .but
one shell thrown into tkacitysmco Su.n-
lUay evening.. and t.iat came -from a batte
ry- IccateusoiBewUere near tiives farm on
the Jerusal-ern Plunk Road, and fell in the
r.e:chborhood --of -the Lawn. We lea. n
froia
a gentleman who had been in a ro-'cf
i aie informed on the subject, that
jS!tlon
those troublefoau' uns whit h weie mount
ed cn. battxifcs 2Cv 2 and p have been re
moved and sent to the rear This accounts
for the fuel of the shelling having so near
ly ceased, and we Lope soon to be able to
state that' the campaign around Peters
burg has.closed, and the' great Ulysses,
with lui-grand, aftfvy f vagabohds, has
agaia cuairgc-d hlsiase.
In rsrt.J to tne ep'oiion w hicn took
been -.seeT tamed. " The'?tupression Ls that
'it mcst have bsen a magazine or perhaps
unlkSvih:it blew up. -Tbe. ex-plosion
must have etartltd tha Btatd of Enquiry
ww ui session at cuy roms ana presiueu
over by General Hancock', called to inves
tigate the causa. Of tue late disaster, it was
heard for several miles around the city,
and many werelhe inquiries, yesterday as
to the cause. Will not General Grant
send h a flflg''of truce and explai j the
matter)is we il: assure hinvthata great
daaf of cftacecn is felt here - in tesard-to
LEHEV
Thcreho beea i fftaivy s'lrntises ahd sriec
uhitiofta in regard to the relieving of Gen.
DickTaykr. The Motitgomery Adver
tiser explains the matter thus :
Several eaaies bay been assigned for
Gen. Taylors being relieved of his com
taand, -miaunderstandinof with . Kirby
$mith, imprudently publishing that he
was about to start for New Orleans, be
coming miffed with Gon. Smith for.dis
;xpedi
probable,-and loubtle-is the true reason,
has come? to onj; knowledge,
It eeems th4 he fought the battle of
Pleasant Hill cnitrary to orders, whereby
he failed to liavfe in the fight about ten
thousandof his ormy. He was ordered
to fall back and loll on Banks till he got
to a range of hhts about sixteen miles in
the rear of Pleasant Hill, a most adruira-r-!c
position. Ifcre he could have had
the additional tti thousand men alluded
to in the action j and woulii almost cer
tain'y been able, from position and num
bers to have annihilated the Yankee ar
my. He gave battle too soon, and with
out his strength, and although a great!
Tictory was aciieyed, tlv large bulk of
Banks armv Scaped baek toAlex indria
ami ourmg 1114 lcircai utvasiaieu tue
counfjy.
Again, Gen Smith's plans were laid
not only to-uJtcrly destroy the army, but
to capture thn I'ankec. gunboats and
transports niiove the Falls near Alexan
dria, whidi oUuId have been done it the
brittle !n! ceme off in the admirable ro
sition selected. With tha. r.r:ny desfr
c-d and tW'po-sserion of ihosr"gnnbo-.t- j
l! e Misis:iVpi river coul l have been re
stored to oiy control, including ew Or
- K.al
leans
liatonlRouge, .Port 1 Iudson, Nutc"
e?, tek
burg and Xietnpbi. It
onvi-
on hi
".is to everv-'one vvlmt a change
have been wrought by carrying out tin
fump.-Hgu planned by den. Kir by binitn
1. J , ' .i..r..
W;r MlHWt 1 over estimated; it would
have prrl thegnmdcip de clal of the
wnr-nt&ft) ev' XHpimon, wouhiliavo done
nnrtt VjTifgTiT. out an early peace ttian
an t hin thai h?-s occurred. Jt is not
fnh xvi!e to c'iminaU.for its important
util,nnor patent to all.
o -
-The Peace Movf.mknt. Whether the
rumor concerning ihe peace movement be
true or false, or whether it be partly true
Or partly false, rheie is a moral to be
drawn from it which no thoughtful per
son can ii-I to. understand and appreciate.
It miy be accepted as an indication of a
change of tho norm hi r feelinor. TIit-sp blind
j movements in the . direction of peace, ir-
responsible as they may be, and wholly
unauthorized as thev are said to have
may be done to put a step, to thar diead
ful slaughter which has blackened all the
land with mourning garments.
We have spoken-lightly of these self
constituted negotiators and their do'ngs ;
but the mere announcement of peace con
ferences, whether there have been any
such or not, without drawing down upon
the alleged actcts in them the denuncia
tion's so unsparingly meted out to even
hintstif the kind at an earlier day is more
than a step towards a pacific adjustment
of the quarrel. It may be accepted as an
augury that the minds of men arc turn
ing that way, and that these whispers of
peace are but the forerunners of peace in
earnest, as the first warm airs that follow
March viuds are the harbingers of the
coming spring. Baltimore Gazette.
Th Examiner thinks that the failure
of the: igrand pyrotechnical exhibition at
Petersburg -winds up the Yankee' cam-
paign for the capture of Kichmond. It
seems to have' produced a conviction of
that kiud on the Northern reople them
selves hot;.Ae?ause it was in itself rjaore
"fSssTiT!" t""'lfKJ ufKerons nocATy re
pulses which Q rant had previously suffer
ed, but bcCattse it exhausteel tho repertory
of Yankee expedients. It ' was the last
card the ace of spades but did not
turn out to be a trump. Hence Grant,
so oufrcotcmporary supposes, has yielde!
to Lincoln's call ana is packing up basr
and baggage, with the inteution if aban
doning that beautiful line ori which he
was going to 8ght it .out all summer.-
The finest army on the plannet" has
ccme. for thch present, to the' end of its
iuvasivecareer, and henceforth will do
guard duty on the Atomac, whither ihe
scene of the campaign is about to be
traesferred. . . ti .
'
Lorenio Dow, the itinerant preacher,
o famous inTiis lifetime for his eccentri
city, commenced his sermon on one occa
sion by reading ftom St. Paul, " I can do
a'l thing.' The preacher here took off
his spectacles1, laid them on the open
Bible, and .aid : "No, Paul, you
are mistaken for once;' I'll bet you five
dollars you Can't, ar.d stake the money"
at tho sir.ie' 11 m pu'ting'lds hand in!
.:his noekeA ho took out a fiv
J .li irl iil
laid-it n "fl ttibie thok on ) fs
! - - ... j v ...
Christ our Lore!. "Ah Pnl,T "exclaim
ed the nreachar. na.ihiu2 ub the five
dollar bill sad returning, it 'to his pocket
"that's Sbfferent matleT ; the bet's
withdrawn'''.
1
i'uteu up iue expenses ot ine uovern- i i
aent under Mr. Pierce, atd empliasised
his alarm w ith platoons of curiam ition ;
points, as is seen in the extract referred j
to ; L
Liberal Expesditcrf.s.1 The esneie
the Government of the Uhited States,
undr the present administration, ate as
ioiiows :
$75,Sft.-100 a yenr ! -
6,3'J7,200 a month 1 1 - -1,4."2,920
a week ! ! ! " . :
207,500 a day !! H
8, Gut) ;m hour,! ! 1 1,
144 a minute 1 ! ! !'f
2.4U a second !!!!!! I
"Two dollars and forty cent, at every
tick of the clock ! That wi'l do.for Young
America.! Hut where does the money
gr ? For w!at is it applied? Under Mr.
Polk's administration, during the Mexican
war," when e had a hundred- thousand
men under arms, and large armies and
numerous garrisons in Mexico, the a nnua
expense of. the Government were a little
over forty-four millions a year."
After producing this the Farmer shows
the 'other aide of the picti'r" as follows:
Lo-k on this pieture. The expenses
of the Government of the United States
unler Mr. Lincoln's administration areas
follows : V
1 :000,00a.000 a year ' -,
; 2(J.3as,333'a week ! !T ;
TJ,t)00,UOO a tray ! V. ! - ' -
v" 125,000 a dayH ! ! ! --"
' - -2,082 a minute ! ! ! ! !
35 a second! ! ! ! ! ! !
Thirty-five dollars every tick of the
clock 1. There is no use of asking where
the mo.rwnr goes to, for what is it applied.
Some of it is used for making war-lik im
plements, vessels and missiles millions
of it to enrich contractors and olfi-e hold-
all of it-worse ; It,
than Wasted.
From N. Orleans. New Fork, Aug
3. The steamer Yazoo, from New Or
leans on the 27, has arrived. - A.. letter
received by her states that a raiding par-,
ty e'f Texans, on the 23rd. weta whipped
opposite Natchez, losing reverah memAnd
all thesr horses. -Some three hundred
mounteel Rebels were also badly defeated
a few days since thirty miles from Baton
Rouge. Twenty were killed and 150
stand of arms and four rebels captured,
and all their ammunition.
The new Constitution of Louisiana is
to be submitted to the people on the first
Monday of September.
All the troops here started up the riv
er ori the 28th inst, it being rumored
that the Rebels are advancing on Mor-
ganzas.
Thomas R. May, editor f the times,
and Sub Treasurer, has been arrested and
sentenced to imprisonment for ten days
in the Parish prison, for villifying the
convention- and posting Union reverses on
h"? bulletin board to operate. on the gold
The convention passed a resolution
e'eomnicrhlihg tlie I'residcnt to remove
,im. lb has been released from prison.
All the troojts- hTc st il ted up the riv-J
er on the 28th imt., it bein;j rumored i ,i
that the Itebels are advancing on Mor-g-thzrt.
The K.m-kiio? f Dhis?. AVoprsert
are more like dowers than we think. In
their dress and adornment the- express
their natures, as the'flowcrs do in their
pot:ls and colors. -Some women arc like
the modest daises and violets they
never look or feel better than when dres
sed in a morning wrapper. Others are
not themselves unless they can come cut
in gorgeous dyes, like the tulip or the
bush rose. Who has not seen women
just like white lilies ? We know several
double msngokls and poppies. I hcre aie
women fit only for velvets, like the dah
lias ; others are graceful and -airy, like
azaleas. Now and then you see hoh--
hochs and sun flowers. When women
are free to dress as they like, uncontrolled
by others and not limited by thc4r n. r
cumstances, they do not fail to express
their true characters, and dress becomes
it form of expression very genuine and
u-rcful.
A Characteristic Yankee Trick. Jt
appears from the annexed note that a
quantity of forged Confederate bonds o
i-20 each, have been put in circulation
in this country:
I have discovered that a large amount
of counterfeit Confederate J00 bonds
have been sent here from New York and
sold. I know of one batch of $72,000
sold here to go to Holland. I have no
doubt an enormous amount has ben put
in circulation. Of course, .the.tride will
continue. It certainly is the dutyT of
somebody to make this thing known, ard
to caution the public to avo d all bonds
coming from doubtful sources. I have
now before me five $100 counterfeits, pur
porting to be of July, 18C1, per Act of
Congress, Aug. 19, 1861, and dated 7th
and 8th of May, 1862. The engraver of
the genuine (B. Duncan) is here and pro
nounces them counterfeit beyond ques
tion. London Times (Gity Article,)
June 15.
. i
"Ths TnrvDERER" os Americas SotWEr.e.
The London Times says :
It is "one of the most astonishing incidents
in the remarkabl straggle, tin battles which
befouirbtby armies and ircmrals extenipor-
ized for the occasion. It a lewon which
should be carefully noted-' "There is bardty a
regular battalion ia the whole of the enormous
hosts which-are coutending with t-iich unparal
led 'ferocity and resolution. The veterans who
ar occasionallv spoken of are nut more than
thr e years' standipg-. ' Our mvo to! Hteers
re el e1 ii-oop s thau those under Grant or
Lee. The wholp of.the dreadful, lighting haa
been donfc by volunteers, and volunteers
without as much training as our ov u liflemoni.
Yet these raw companies, without p oteitoi
al spirit or regimental tracitions, with cap
tains enatehed from tbe counter or the store,
a ltd with Gen rata -who were attorneys a f-v
months ao, are lighting with as much obsti
nacy and neroism as Napoleon' Old Uuara of
Germany's bravest wa-rriorg. Tffere may le
little scienc in the business, but ef ail tkat
makes soldiers there is as much as io auy war
of which we read".
What is Astbakak. Many women the
past winter have worn Astrakad " without
thinking what it is. Astrakan as its
name indicates, is an Asiat.c invention.
They couple a black ewe with a black
ram. Before the dam has given birth to
the young she is killed, ami the lambs
are taken from her womb. 'Their wotd
is jet black and of an extreme fineness.
ft costs very 'de.i- ; there arc Parisians
' whose Asttraann - bonne Ls rrft worth fofj
.
' , v . , ' ' V, "
u-i,!il,v 1". iwll'i'i' in- .1, hh rrlui hai-n o
- -- .- j " v-
i Aft rat
Irakan. tti woof-of --which
:S bin:
i
aiul dy a 1 . AV T" Tribune.
rived in Chajlrstou. ' General Eiueo is
Js. in the city. . '
FSOSI GKAJIT 6 ABUT.
Ileaduarters army of the Potomac, 1
Auo'. 3 1864.
Jrr. f i
The enemy appear to have been, rein
forced to some extent since the engage
ment on Saturday, their lines in our front
haviug been considerably strengthened
t is hardly probable, however, that the
secessionists include any other troops
than those which had been sent away to
resist our threatened advance-on Richmond
from Deep Bottbm.
There is reason to believe that at cer
tain portions of our line the Rebels are
attempting to undermine our works, but
there is little cause to apprehend that
they "w ill be able to carry out the desigu
indicated.
FliOir PENNSYLVANIA.
Speaking of the fight at New , Cree
t-
near Cumberland on thy 4th, the corres
pondent of the Inquirer states :
The whole rebel force occupying Hag
crstown and Mkddleburg, it is said, does
not amount to over five thousand.
It is regarded as a feint to cover more
important movements jn the rear of Ilag
eRtown. - -661. McCJtu,fCwjTp is here from Chatt)
bcnpbttrg, tfs1 it .?tnctj!y regained
therGL.as,a f3jnt to draw Xneral Hirnter
up the. river, wr.ile a larger force pounces
upon Washington. .
A gentleman who has arrived at Cham
ber, burg, telegraphs that he vas at Sep
erdstown when the rebels crossed the Po-
tornnr. on tboir niltrnnrfl and t.baf fbv
had not more than eight thousand cavaL
ry and infantry, but it was said more were
coming. . .
Many refugees from the valley arrived
in the train this evening.
Col. McCIure denies that he paid five;
thousand dollars to the rebels to save his
house, as reported in the Xew York
Times.
Special dim pat eh to fhe Inquirer.
Monocacy, Aug. 5- Late yesterday
afternoon, the enemy appeared in some
force at Charlestown, apparently menac
ing our position, but upon the appearance
of our cavalry in force the enemy retired
precipitously, and his movement ap
peared to be nothing but a recon m tisance.
This is vexatious iu this seel ion. Get
the enemy where 3 011 want him and at
tempt to put your hand on him to whip
him, and he is not there.
Aside from this little episode, which
for a few hours gave a sort of excitement
to military affairs, I must again reiterate
my telegrams of the past three days -'all
quiet.'
General Wallace gave orders to" make
prisoners of no more " men found within
his lines making hostile demonstrations,
orcngagelin any kind of plundering,'
who are clothed in Federal uniform or j
citizens' elross
U inter tins omer iMoshy s men,
who
!av0 -been'stc.iling over the river in these
ni.-es to rl and murder, wi'l stand
a very gratifying ch.iuce of being shot on
sight, and it will, to a great extent, stop
Mosby's operations."
ger accord highwaymen tho dignities and
immunities of soldiers.
A Harrisburg dispatch of the 5th
states :
The rebels have entered Middletown,
eleven miles north of Hagerstown. In
what force they entereel Middletown is
not known.
It is presumed that they have moved
the five regiment which entered Hagers
town this morning.
The movements of, the rebels are entire
ly inexplicable,' and they seem determin
ed to invest their operations with as much
mystery as possible, both as to their num
bers and the columns in which thev are
advancing, as well as the point at which
they design to deliver their blows. As
an evidence of this fact, at the same time
that the five regiments are advancing to-
wards Chalmersburg, another column is
i t , i mn ,; , n ., .
reported to be moving up the Potomac
in the direction of Chambcrsburg.
None of our officials have been able to
obtain the strength of this column.
report lias just rcachet I these head-
quarters to the effect that passenger
by stage, represent that a fight had
taken place at Cumberland on Thurs
day, resulting in a loss of 20 killed and
30 wounded of the United States forces.
No other particulars are given. '
The Married Life of Jchn WrsLEV.
When Wesley settled, he said "It would
be more useful to marry" He married
a widow, who, through her jealousy, led
him a lifa of wretchedness and misery.
At last his spirit was up, and he wrote
to her : Know me and know yourstlf. -Suspect
me more j do not any longer
contend for . mistery, for power, money
or praise 5 be- content to be a private, in
significant person, known and' loved by
God and roe." 5 Ii was not likelv that a
. .T-.- r rTT b
ommendeL to be an insiguiffcant person.
After twenty years of disquietude she
one day left hirm He bore it philosophically,-
- He went' even beyond it he
took Ins' diary and put the most pithy
entry in to it I ever met with in a diary.
"Non earn reliquijnon demisi, non revoca
bo," which miy be translated thus : 44 1
did not leave her ; I did not send her
away ; I shan't send for her back." And
so ended the married life of John Wes
levn Mrs. Ex-Pke?ident Polk. A Nashville
letter savs that the ' widow of the late
PresidentPolk has continued at her home
in ashville during all the troubles of tho
times, and is one of the quietest and most
respected ciUzens. She is neither excul
sive nor inaccessable. Intelligent, culti
vated, courtly, dignified, she is yet unas
suming and affable, with a charm about
tier conversation which the' visitor is sure
to, confess. The pleasant grounds of her
place ttf residence tastefully arranged, and
fresh and blooming in this early Summer
time, are open to all who wish to enter
them, attracted chiefly by her late h:.s
.hand's nifinmritnt. a prinnlriimi. fim
1 . 1 r. t ,
,zi"oiiu leaiure. t was mucn L'ranneu to
i " l ucr praise 01 our orave sol-
' .1 r.-' ... nt v ,. Vl. tm I... l
. v-. , hmv.. nriitmus
a lu.nnv ot them constant lr d.
JtSr We'have "at our ofiioe a i,Ulk
ji. . i . 1 ft 1-. - .... it r ,i c t -
fcimbf. Cel. "Char:-A. Simmons, on the'
Neck. Chk?:" Mercury.
AUiS.1t CC itttEtf PON DEN 42E. -
any Trrrscwts bteAx Peteksburc, )
Au3ut 11, 1604 - I
Grant has added aiiother clement to bis
amphibious ta tare. U.ithtrto his opera
tions have chiefly bci"onlandi4d water;
but he is now sought in the earth. Tho
Kcbs have bcn boring for at Jna,,y
points on the line, and bo is frcnncntjy
reported to be found. "If our men n pvfgi,
iug down their instrument, liappcr, u
strike a rock they often ' conclude that
they hat e foand the'timbcr which bracen
up; the tunnels' of Grant. We are busily
engaged in fortifying and preparing for "
any explosion w hich the enemy may make
in our lines.
The rerth Carolina election is over,
ana things wiH ndove 'on in their accus
iomiil channeh tl0wever: much some of
our people may be dissatisfied with- the
present state of trCSilrs. it is'bel:eved that
. . "
at least an acquiesence iu the faithful ad
ministration cf tha laws will be observed
bv them.
It has not bcn the business of your
correspondent to sound the feelings or
opinions of men on the charnctcr of the
government, which they prefer Yet at
the same time he has ;iot shut hia ears to
vt luntary declrat,ion$ ,of several mdoiu
his presence, to the1 elfect that they are in
favor of a; 4trong;,v consolidated" or
Ventraliedn grtvrtwht4 - Thi feeling
absolute strength, wecafiHot forni nn es
timate. We are ii.formcd a yiii aro
aware, by a member gross, that thia
feeling prevails in ever' State. As to the
particular form of a "song' governncn.
il 9eetn8 "ottobe agreed what precise one
vould be best some preferring a limited
rnriarehy -others nr aristooancy, while
wme prefer to see those with a dctno
cratlc branch united, it may not be out bS
p'acc to state tht thatef EugTand appears
io b the "moiM government," theewn
n which all tfic theories of this class of
governmental admirers concentrate.
There is a leading editorial in the Rich
mond Sentihil X to-diiy, which, if we do
not misconstrue; may be a adjudg'-d in ac
cordance with the v)eiv a'ovc presented;
j nd 11 so n,;' 00! be without signifivaticc;
especially when ,ve consider lh-relation
which, ith understood, that paper sus
tains to one of ihe branches of our gov
ernment. After this war shall have end
ed, the people will want repose, and many
will be in favor of that form of govern
ment which will best focure them that
blessing. On the other hand, there are
perhaps a majority of the people in the
ConfederacjT who do not for a ne-ment en
tertain the idea of giving up a Republican
form of government. Should our inde
pendence be achieved, it is not at all itu
possiJ,je that political parties w ill arrange
lh m?ie,ves ax.oni n. Xo lhc ubove princi-
plea and lhui'.Mions.
ALKX XDEB.
Correspondence of the Carolinian
Wll.MlNOToN, N. C;., -August
11, lJStil.
Mil. Klitou t It is passing strange th t
it now takes two days for the mails to
make the trip from Fayeltcville here.-
This change has taken place during the
last ten days. We do not know whether
the Post Office Department is cognizant
of the fact, or whether the contractor or
his carrier is stopping by the way-sid
quafiing some of the goo 1 oi l hospitable
farmer's cider or not. This much we do
know ; it now tokos two days instead of
one, as heretofore. "We sincerely kope it
may be remedied ere long.
The great political contest for Governor
is now over, and quiet reigns supreme in
political circles. Iloldcn is now dead nnd
buried, wo believe, but as Jie has the pow
er to 4,kill and make alive," we expect to
- . i,.
lover as fresh and lair as ever, those who
j
I,,ave walc such a hue and cry about nolh-
jin2, apPcar somewhat embarrassed at the
fuss they kept; up during the late canv-
paign.
It is a glorious victory a full demon-
stration . that the escutcheon of the old
North State is yet fair, without ppot or.
blemih, and the bright star of her repu
tation is eclipsed by none.
Ad eyes are new turned to Mobile. Her
fate is tremblinR in the balance. From
-all accounts, wc have traitors or great
Lrmrrle ih-o "If.ii l i wit fo fult
particulars before we pass an opinion or
condemn any or.e. "
The "Reliable Gentleman" and "Mad
ame Rumour," wiirjbe here in a day or
two with the very latest news from, the
"front," and will give us a full and irapar.
tial account ofiatters in general. They
hove sent 'usu8evjlggrain by thit
1 i ne,v the "Grape V)iief ifiich lias just been
completed between Atlanta and Mobile at
a vast expense to the parties. '
In the meantime, we will always hope
for the best and i .1 j t ly await the fi
nal result.
G- . Mc.
Anotuek St urmsr. is thr Vailet. Of
ficial inteliigenee was received on Taeaday
saya the Petersburg KipYa; announcing
a disastrous' surprise to apportion of. our
troops in the Vrfley, at any early hour
on Sunday morning last. U appears that
McCausiand's and Bradley Johnson cav -airy
were at Moorefield, in Hardy county,
where they -were reatintj after their hard
work of .the previous two vtki , On
Sunday mornuig, while tiiey were sleep
ing, and it would sppear while their pick
ets, if they had any. were enjoying the
same luxury. . Averill's command made
desccut upon them,, capturing four hun
dred horses, and four pieces of artillery. :-
N remainder of our two command acat
tered among the mountains.
;
A Wish. The Boston Commercial
Vnlletin after announcing the purchase
of the Mersey rams by the British 'Gov
ernment, adds : "Tor our.owir Navy rl)o
prtment this wilhbe a great- relief, for
they are as unprepared to meet the ram.
ofu' lky a?a to,ptuire'the Alabam and
'; . " V, " T" government to pur
j the other t auu in Charleston and Mobile.