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NEWS FROM THE CD!iTH.
WUEUEACOIJTS OF BEUJItEliARD.
Bebel Accounts of the Eeeonaoissance of Gen.
Pope's Cavnlry.
Reported Massacre oa and Abandon
ment of Roanoke Island.
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS STOPPED.
Gen. Johnston's Sleoort of tho Sat tie
of Seven Fines.
Trial and Acquittal of Com. Tatnall by
a Rebel Naval Couit Martial.
THE "VICTORY" AT VICSS3URQ.
Rebel Sentiments Towards
England.
An Outbreak in Kentucky
Hinted at,
4c, &C-, 4e.
Rlchtnou i and ^eter-' ? u.iperaof the 23d, 24th and
25th have b? -a rwcived. Wo .str ict fr >m tho Din
patch, B*quier an 1 Kz .of the former, and the
/izuiess, o. tho la.tt?r city
The Destruction <>f the .Merrimac?Tat
nstll Araui.teit.
jFrofcn the bin... " . i- at. h, July 23 ?
CBAROK* Ml -pKi F?CATIONS m' t'HAKUKS AGAINST
CAPTAIN J WAU 1ATNALL, OF TliK CONiilOEUATK
STATUS NAVV.
Cuaki 1?? n pa!/ -true;. n of an armed steamer
of tho C'Uifedera ?? st.i : navy
yprci/ ' a; r? 1.?In lis, that the said Captain Jial ih
Tatnall on the UtU taj Ma> , 1S6.', culpably, and
with t f. 1 reason for so doi did destroy by
lire, tli-" Cuiiiul ru e ste amor Virginia, in iIum,.iou
Ron s, near Norf- ik, Virginia.
SpecijUnlf.t! -?In tills, that the ea d Captain Jo-iah
Tatnail, on the sai l 11th day of May, 1802, at Hampton
Roads, n-ar Norfolk, Vs., did cnlpably destroy the said
steamer V: .. lien, w r.i; the drau.ikt to which .-he La I
?yocn th n a I th -re. or might have b en r.'iu .od. she
could have b len irned up tho James river to a j ..ice of
usefulness, free fr m immediate danger.
Charuk i.?Nes igeuQS.
3p$sifisat1on 1.?In tin-, that tho said Cap'ain Jo-i<h
Tatnall. on the sa d lltb day of May, 1862, at said.
Hainptou R Us, did proceed to li r.tuu the said
-learner Virginia, for the purpose of taking
he.* up Jan -s river, retaining, however, her ar
mament . ordnance store-, necessary coal, water
and provision, without first haviug ascertained from
sources of iufo: mmtion within his reach to wliat extent
tho draught of said steamer would be reduced by such
lightening.
Sjieaficition 2?In this, that the said Captain Josiah
TaUiall, after hiving lightened the said Steamer Virginia
to a certain draught, on the sai i lltu day of M iy,186d. at
?a.d Hampton Reals, then and thee", and before raid
titno. negiectod.au 1 fadod to ascertain from source- of
i.ifo:m?ii"ii within his reach, tbe lact that the said st.am
er, at Bail draft, could have been Arricd about forty
in th* above ilie mouth of James river, to Hog Island.
Cb-.k x HI.?lm"rovi'leut conduct.
Spa i/tcato n.?In thi-, that the said Captain Jos,ah Tat"
nail, on or about the llik day of May. IS62, when oil
Sew all's l'oint, in Hampton Roads, intending to lake the
said steamer Virginia up James river, did then and there
proceed to lighten rant steamer, instead of taking her up
guid Jaiues river, and th ire h,rht rung lior. when the no
cee-ity for so doing arose, and to the extent of that ne
ces-itv.
1 lie statement of the parties being thus in possession of
the court, the court was cleared lor dciiburati n. and hav
ing maturely considered the evidence adduced, find as
follows.?
That the first specification of the first charge is not
proved.
Thai the second specification of the flrut charge it hot
proved.
That the second specification of the second charge is not
proved
And that the accrued t- not guilty of the first charge.
That the first specification of the scooud charge is not
provat!.
And that the accused Is not guilty of the second charge.
That tae specification of the ihj'd charge is not pruvd.
And that the accused is not guilty of the third charge.
Tho t-ourt do further tlnd that the accused had, while
to command of the Virginia, and previous to the ovacun
tion of Norfolk, thrown down ti e gage of bat le to the
enemy's fleet tn Hampton R ads,and that the enemy
had declined to take it up that the day before Norfolk
was evacuated, a cuBultaumi, at the imstauce of the Se
cretary of the Navy, war* held by a jointc m mission of
navy and army "tlScera, as to the best diS|ioeill<>n to be
made of the snip that the accused was in favor of pass
ing for trees M nroe, and taking tae ship into York river,
or of running down before savannah with her; that in
thi3 ho was 'overruled by tho council, who advised th it
?he should rom iiii on th s side of fortress Monroe, tor
the protection of Norfolk and Richmond, and that, in ac
cordance with this advice, he proceeded to regulate ber
movements; that, after tho evacuation of N'orlolk, West
over, on James river, became the mo-t suit tb.e position
for her to occupy; that, while in the act of lightening
her tor the pur;>oe i of taking her up to that point, the
pilots for the first timo declared their inability to talc
bor up, aven though her draught should be reduc.-i to its
mmunum of sight eu feet, that, by the evacuation of
Norlotlc and tho abandonment of our f-rts below West
over, both banks of the Jstner river below that point
were virtually given up to the enemy that the ship
beiug thus cut oif from Norfolk and Richmond, was
deprived of all outward sources of supply, save tli-so
of the most precarious and uncertain character; that
her stcra of provisi u? would not last for more
than three ^tekn; that ? hem lightened she was made
vulnerable to the attacks oftita.fu?iny, a id that after
havinjg been lightened tu,k" avail .No means of
bringing ber J wn to her pn^WOTS'ight and iiglittat trim,
and thai sho had but twn small boats, each capable of
landing not mora than fifteen or eighteen men nt a tune,
even in smooth water S cb being the facts and uircum
slaucan under the influence of w hich the Virginia found
herself after the evacuation of Norfolk, it wus, m the
opinion of the Court, only necessary for the enemy to
Continue to refuse battle as no had done -ince it was first
offered by Captain Tatnal!, early m April, and thencefor
ward to keep ?tri* watch abo t th? Virginia, in order,
wnen her provi-iona were exhausted, to niche bar his
prlte and Hie crew his prisoners. Beiny thus situated,
the only alternative, in the opinion of tho < ourt, war to
Abandon nud burn the ship, then and there, which, in the
Judgment of the Court, was deliberately and wisely don-',
by order of the accused. Wherefore, the < ourt do awai d
to the said Captain josiah Tatnall an nonurahie acqu.tuJ.
L KO^'KAf', Captniu.
FRANK BUCHANAN, Captain.
G. N. HOLLiN'A, Captain
RUBER! G. RGBB. O mtnander.
M. M AS1 iN. Com it ander.
r'.BKN FARRANI), Commander.
A B. r Al.tr\X, Commander.
>1 F Ma'i'KY, Commander.
UE-fRUG Ml NGR, Commander.
MM. I,. MAURY, l.i uteennt.
R. E PWJRAM, Lieutenant.
ROBERT flL'Lli, Judge Anvoc ite
The Cburt then adjourned uuttl morning at ten o'elo< k.
L. R004IAI', Captain and President.
Roasn OCU>, Jndge Advocate.
Otncral Joe. E. Juhnttnn's OITlrial Re
port of the Battle of Seven l*li;e?.
Rii iiauxu, June 2-t, l-.fi'i.
General S. Coorxn, Adjutant and Inspector General ?
jit Before the nth May I had aar?rta:ned from trusty
ecouta that Keyas'corps was encamped on this tide of
the Chiokahomiuy, near the WtMlatusburg road. <m that
day Major General I>. H. iliil reported a strong body
Immediately in hie front. On receiving tbia r?i>ort I d#
term load to attack them next morning hop'ng to be able
to defeat Keyes' c rps eompieteiv. in Ha mure advai -d
position, betora it Could be reinforced. VVutten orders
were deapatched to Major Generals Hi'-l, Huger snd G W.
Smith, General Longatie?t being near my headquarters
received verbal ui.trixtlone. To* receipt ef the orders
wee acknowledged.
General Hill, supported by the division or General
Longatreet (who had ths direction of operations ou the
rightjwaato advance by the Williamsburg road, to at
tw k the enemv in front General Ilugor.with hlsdlvt
aion waa to move down the < harlot ? ity road, in order
to attack to flank the troops who might be eugaged wil.u
Hill end I/Ongstreet, unless he found in his front foreu
enough to occupy the div-sion General Smith was ;u
march to the inaction et the New Bridge road end the
Nine M.le road to be in read:noes euhar to tall on
Ksvae' right 11 ink er to over l.ei?g*tr<et s left.
They were to move st 'laybrook. Heavy and
protracted ralua during the afternoon au i night, by
swelling tba stream or the Chirkahominy Increased the
Probability of our having tort-ml with no otlief troupe
than th use ef Keyes. lhe pern# cause prifeuted the
pi iTnot and punctual movi tneut of the troope. Those of
Hunth Hill snd Lnngstroot wort in po. itlon early enough,
however, loeommance opemtitiua i y enpit o clock A. 11
M uor General Ia?ngrtreet. unwllii. g tu hiake a partial
O-t'ai k. insiead of ilia combined uiuvemtOt which had
b en planned, watted from hour t hour for General II .
go a u/. Sinn. At length, el twooclock R.H., lie de
termined to attack without th? o troops He accord
lug y cotnmen-ed hie advance at tbul hour, opening the
Oi agemetil with artillery end tvirm.ahers By three
tiVio' k it became Cl so end heavy
In ihe tn-'at. roe I had placed myself on the left of
j fitce empi >o'l m itda attack, with the division of
?,< rr'ral Ml 'hat 1 mi/ht b" on a part ef the field
Other* 1 mu-d i > , e and ka r?*dy to incut any ceuuior
niuvaireut ch the enemy's General ikikIii make
outahifj kviawe Of iefv. Gaiu| w sum pecnliar gun
dition of tli* atmosphere, tlio sound of the uoi?kotry did
cot roach us. I i xnsoqueutly dotui red giving the .-;gu il
f, f General Smtlh'a advim? till four o'cloo.,. . ?t wmch
lime M- or .tueoor Whttlug, of General Stnilb'* Stau,
win ai I ? i'l sent o Icuru U.?- sutibol aU'airs w ill General
J,, n -'reel's column, returned. reporting that 't was
pre?.n. on with vig.r. fciuith s troops ?<-reatouca
moved forwar?.
'i'b ? prim ipn attack was made b? Major General l.>n?
etree'., ''li hi# owe and Miyor Ge.erai 1). IL Hill's
division th? lai.ar nm t y in alvauoe. Hill's brave
troops, admirably ioiiuiuun'1 and gallantly l*d, forced
thru wav through the abatis, which formed theoueraj'a
external dstoare , and st nusd Uieir h.treucl men:? by ?
determined and irresistible rush. Such w ? Hie man:!
in win n the sueaiy 'a first line was carried. The o j#r
ti.iu Was repealed with the same gillantry and e .o o.-? .
our triors pursue! their victorious career through the
enemy's successive camps ai d iiitrsnciuneuts. At each
new isit:< a t; ey en ountored f.e.-h troops belonging
It, aii. reinforcements brought OO Irom the rear Thus
thej hid to repoi repeated efforts to retake works which
they I, d earned, but thmr advance woe never success
tulU rs-isted.
!? c,r onward movement w is only stayed hv the com
Ingot night Hy u.gbtiall they had lorceU their way to
thi Sevii; Pines," having driven the enemy back more
than tw> miles, through their owu camps, and from a
srr'rs of inireuchmouts. sad levelled evcry'atteruot to
recapture thorn witn ..rent saiughter. Tho skill, vigor
and decit-1 ? with which these operuti <ns were conducted
by General Ismstreet, are worthy of the highest praise
Ho was worthily soco.ideit by Mi^or General Hill, of
whose conduct and courage he speaks in the highest
term;.
Msiur General Smith's division moved forward at four
o'clock, Whiting's three brigades leading. Tliei" progress
was impeded by the ?nomy's skirmishers, which, w.th
their support.-', were driven back to the railroad. At this
l>oint Whiting sowd ami I'ettigrew'g bri,ad?s engaged a
superior for. o of the enemy Hood's, by my order,
moved on to co-operate with I.ongstroet. General Sunib
was desired to hasten up wi h all the troops wilhm roach.
He brought up Hampton's and Uattou's brigades in a fow
mmutes.
'lire strength of the enemy's position, howover, enabled
him to hold it until dark.
About sunset, being struck f-nm my horse, severely
wounded oy a fragment of a sheK. 1 w its carried irom the
field, itud ila or Geuer tl g W Smith succeeded to the
c nuuand.
He was prevented from resuming Ins attack on the
enemy's position next ntoruiug by tho discovery of strong
intr-'uehenents, nut seon on tho orevious uveuing. His
division bivauacked, on tho night of ttie 31st. within
tr.n. km sled of tho mireuchraeuts which they were at
tacking, when darknecs staved the conflict. Tho skill,
energy and resolution with which M^jor General -m.th
directed the attack would have secured sue ess if it
could hav o be.-:i made an hour earlier.
Tho troops oi I. ny tre.-' and Hill imaged tho night of
the bistou the ground which they bad w u. Tho enemy
w ore rt "ongly i .in i. ed from th > north side of tho Chick
uhootiny on ,tho evening and night of the 31st. Tho
i roups c '.yayod by t; 'uerrd (smith were uuduubtedly from
til* other side of tiie river
0 i th - m uniUL' of the 1st of JBM 'he enemy attacked
the brigade' t General Pickett, which was supported by
that of General Pry or. The attack wa vigorously ro
pe d?.- . by the.-e two brigades, the brunt of tho fighting
ta ling eu Genera! Pick 'U. This was the last d m >n.-,tra
lion ma ie by the enemy.
Our t' ops em; Iny.M the residue of the day in securing
and bearing off the captured artillery, small arms ami
other property; and iu tho evening qu.etty returned to
their i.urn camps.
We tui ? ten piecesof artiilerj , six thousand (6,'100)
muskets, one garrison flag and tour regimental colors,
besides t large nutnbor of ten1 - and camp equipage.
Major General I.ongstreet reports the Io.-,k in hi?
command as being abou*. 3,000
Major General G. VV. Smith ropoits his Ions at 1,333
T->ta! 4,233
That of tho enemy is stated in their own newspapers
to have exceeded ton thousand?.n ?,-timate which is, no
doubt, sbo: t of tie truth.
Had Major General Hugcr's divisiou been in inxition
and ready for notion wheu those of cinith, Lngstrcet
and Hill moved,I am satisfied that Keyes'corps would
'have b en destroyed, instead of being merely defeated.
Had it gone int > action even at four o clock the victory
would have boeu much more complete.
Major Generals Smith and Lone street speak in high
terms os the conduct o, th ir superior and stall' ofliccrs.
1 beg leave to a?k tho attention of the government
especially to the manner iu which Brigadier Generals
Whiting ahd R. H. Anderson, and Colonels Jenkins ana
Keuijier and Hatnpion, exerci?iug commandB ubove their
grades, an I Brigadier General Rh'.des, are mentioned.
This, and the captured colors, will be delivered by
Ma;or A. H Cole.oi my stalf.
I have been preveuted by feebleness from making this
re;iort sooner, and am still too weak to make any but a
very imperfect one. ?
Several hundred prisoners were taken, but I have re
ceived no rep >rt of the number.
Your obydicnt servant,
J. E. JOHNSTON*, General.
From Virkulmr^-ihe Late IVaval En
^ngtmrnl.
[From the Jnck.-uii Missistppian, July 19.]
Tlio Arkansas moved down the avenue "of death as
quietly a. ever plcasuro boat floated ou the bosom of a
plr.cid lake Her entrance was signalized by a more furious
tempest of terrible missiles tiiau ever descended uiun a
singo vessel. From thirty to forty of tbo most powerful
gunboats and ram.- including the famous Denton, the
pride and ths beast of the federal navy, exliuusted their
magnziues and ordnance of immense calibre in the vein
ait .mpt to engulith her. But "forward, still forward,'
she went, pourh.it into this one a broad: ,do. and rushing
furiously agaiust that one. until two struck their flags and
rushed ashore to e.--oai>e the murderous tiro. Turning sud
denly, amid the leude-i storm which was descending upon
her louder than the bolts of heaven, sha dashed impetu
ously, and with ail the power she could commaud, against
the benf.n, giving her a thrust in the side which is be
fisved to have broken several of her ribs, if uot to have
inflicted a mortal wound. The battle continued to rage
wuli unabated violence, the Arkansas still moving forward
m.gest oal,y. amidst dealh shots failing thick and last,
and yet, with tne exception of her smoke stack be.ng
riddled, not a casually hud occurred on board. Had not
the smoke and heat become so stilling us to compel the
opening of one of the portholes, we should have been
snare 1 recording a single misfortune That circumstance.
however, enabled the enemy to effect au entruhee, and
the loi-sea noted in our despatch of yesterday were pro
duced by a bail isumuig through the port hols. And now
the gauntlet was run, the torrible ordeal escaped, and the
nobis Arkansas, having passed through the avenue o.
death, nothing remained but to wave her adieua, which
she did in the most gallant, feeling manner, from the two
sous o; Mars who preside in the rear of her court. And
then the red held was won, and Neptune crowned her
queen of his realm.
As she took leave of the formidable fleet and rouhded
the point above the city, turning her bow to port, Uer
noblu ting ocemed Instinct with me as tbe gentlo breeze
displayed its glitteriug folds. Had nothing else been
done curing the war this single feat would have written
immortality, in characters of living light, all over those
bro id and ample folds.
The scene which followed tbe landing of the Arkansas
was of the most turilling character. The crowd rushed
to the wha.f frantic with joy. As the immortal hero,
Commodore Brown, presented himself to view, tbo warm,
fresh blood still trickling down bis furrowed cheeks lrcm
his wounded Lc ad, the enthttsi-ism became irrepressible.
All felt that a debt ef grant' de a us due to him. nu brave
oCic?rs and crew, whi h could uevor be repaid.
When the circumstances are considered is it loo much
to say that the victory is more signal and glorious than
any on# recorded in naval history. In the cuae of the
ilerrimar (Virginia) there were these points of difference:
she was a vessel of vastly greater dimensions, ah
probably cost live times as much as tbe Arkansas.
Every lacilliy was en;oyed in her construction which
money or material could furnish. She was at lauded by
several other sui-etlor vessels. She engaged cnly s.,m'e
eight or ten of tbe eucmy's licet. In tbs case of tbo
A kai,ou she went unattended. No aid could reach
her Failing in her expedition, esou|ie wag ho;?!ess.
?<he met in deadly combat about lorty of the best caunou
proof vessels belonging to the enemy 'e navy.
The world will accord ber tbe greatest victory over
ach -ved -n the watery realm, bub officer und each
? dor has linked bis name with immortality. Let them
be published ?t once for the admiration of mankind
1 ait a grateful country transmit them to an admiring pos
terity , to be remembered forever as tht champions of
human freedom.
Ail hail, glorious Arkansas'.
The Mobi e Advertiner Biakes tue following extract from
s private letter, received from Vlcksburg. ft is sugges
tive of some important matters, of which we are in igno
rance here. If half of what is suggested by the writer
be confirmed, the Vankeee are certainly m a bad Qx on
the Mississippi.?
Vintssr no, July 13, lf?2.
We have just received exciting news from our batte
ries. A Yankee Hag of truce has arrived to requnu per
mcotton for their gui.lmu hi pan our bdtUriot at I ukd/urg
anil HaJn/n Range unmoleelej, and Out' thru will <->??< uote
Sew Oi l am ami the rierr. It is said that General Van
Dorn hae refuted the rrfuetr for ho says that before too
mrmthn he eMail hmt the whole of tA? l'anktr fleet brhotm
Vvkthurg and Union Ji>wny
General Breckinridge has command of the troops on
the opi>osito side of the river, at Monroe, l-ouisiant, end
it marching torni*urr Utr J'anlrrr Isidrriai oecr there, and
to pre- nt iipfilnj reaching the I'arkrr fleet. The whole Of
the Yankee l!"et w-nt down tbe river yesterday, for the
purpose of securing our batteries at itaPm iiouge, but I
am happy to ear they have a jioor chance of doing so, as
we have reoccupied the batteries on both sides oi tbe
river and are mounting more guns and electing new for
tlflcatlons. Tliere is no doubt that we made a brilliant
strategic stroke in the recapture of that town. Mean
while a large light artillery Torr.o has beui stationed on
the bunks of the river, with orders to attack nil trans
port.; and Yankee boats that alt* mpt to pass So you see
the Yankee* have "got thedr pa^ in the wrong j of tins
time.
Fivr V M ? Newe has just arrived that Van Dorn sent
? be following answer to Khrrsgut. commanding United
Sfci'-.i fl -ot nbors and below Vick.-nnrg ?
Sin?Your communication, under ting of truce, hug
been received In answer, 1 beg to say, that the only
way you sbsll pase iny batierms is at the mould of me
cannon. K. VAN DORN.
The troops era looking for orders every minute to cross
the rivet md attack lb* Yankees.
Nwrtffirrn ami Confulrralt Feeling To
vv arils England.
[From the Richmond Enquirer. July 25.]
W* have been equally surprised and pleased with the
sccura- y end ability shown by the British press in their
di iiuss; ns of tho American war. Considering that they
recelv little but Yankee newspaisrs, and have heard
only ( e -t le, we wonder at th- success w tth whii b they
have hit upon the real merits of llit contest, and the
acuteneis with which they have, in tbe main, eliminated
the truth ol bistoi y fr-m a ma.-a of falsehood. .Nottlie
least euccvasfiil and prominent in this work has been tlie
London Timet. In a r-cent issue of this journal, however,
wo discover an exception to it* usual astuteness An
article te oopied trotn tfie New York Journal </ Mourner r,
in which It is ra.c ?" There is, to duy, no# scnlimcnt in
which the whole Amarlcsn people, North and South. Him
to agree, and that is a Mnliu.eat -A hostility to England,
lbs South Is full of it, md fieroe in its etpresaieus IN
North 18 equally lull of It. but Si'ent. *'# State this ?S a
u. ill and we regret it profoundly ' The Ames Cl. "--ee
loauxq.tth^ee icn ctHU' oie.it no; only *f North
err. but *!??? of SoutUon. fce.n.g t wards l.n 1 .nd .nd is
modi J enough to e-y that Eng.and has done noUii-.g lo
it-s rve 6?< t .eru favor
No falsehood which r i2h" bo nweeibv aNur Peru
journalist could now air. us We t o. no surpi .-??>,
tliercf-re, ut tuo combined mendacity am. iupc-te..>?i
Willi which the Journal <V f- "?"ie M uUd.'ClauoS to 1-e
oome t'ue moutUti.ee* of our feud gs foe lh ' Ri itiBh i ^<>
i e. Hut we do wonder it did not occi: to tho kngli. b
editor that our eueu ie* have unobvio. s interest in i-di
rcprcsenting us ftbrouil. and tbut i uo I. eiinj . I ic.Clonal
uulipa'hy or regird might b? much bo'u-r aso u-iaim-d
t? tuioli the m .rut..u s of our . wu press ?n.l pubU
officials, the test mi :.y of'Ir.lish citi/ons and naval ofli
cere who visit r shcro;. and la..I, not least, tbrm-gh
that ot the iut -Higent consula who represent hriti-h u e
reels in the < onlcdi : ate iMUN, end who m. M Ml 1
b y presumed to know tho state and toc.,1 uc.os of
senitin nt AH these s u oe* ' I' l:.f?rniati? u v? u.d g.ve
bro id and uunuaiilled contradiction to the Yank-.-jour
nal.st, who assumes to 8;>o..k equally lor the Northern
mob and fo- the people- who have shaken nU the rulu or
that mob forever.
There is not, on the part or our people or our gov ern
ineut. a 7 feeling of Imet-.ty towards It.. an,, but, on
tho contrary, a sincere do-t o to cu.nvate roi ion- of
amity end good will. Wo have sent theui a Minister,
cltar.ed with tho d itjr of representing the f ieudly -anti
meutsofour people for Kngliud, and Mr. M?--nUn t
the man to speak a false and hjipocmic d ire- sage, even
if we were base enough to send one. Wc aro ready to
form a treaty of aunty aud friendship with Lagand
whenever she shall be sufficiently alive to h-r ow u ri.o
rests to entor into 6uch relations. We des.re to sen be
tween lhem and us a geuornl inteichange of ihu products
or their iudusfy and ours.
We have cotton, rice, sugar, tobacco, tar, pilch, Ac.,
in larho surplus to send abroad. Lag-land has to iuu.uC
lures of wool, cotton, glass, iron, steel, loathe:, sc., lor
all of which we otfor such a uwiket as she will not lintl
elsewh re on tho l.tco ol the earth. We are sensible lltot
it 1* cr?atly for our mutual advantage that this inter
change of products shall take place. It Is not our fault
that it does not new ox.at, but we know tbut it will one
day be established, whoa I.iucoln shall have fully learned
the policy or his present endeavor, and Until have
made up his tnind to devour his chagrin, f that delay
Inc., be-on postponed by tho strange delay ot the br.tub
government in recognizing our independence. it is not
our fault, but may boa subject for hhiglLh statesmen to
C?Nor have we any unkind feelings for tho peopia or the
rjritish Isles, apart from meroly public reunions. We
know their virtues and iheir faults, in spite oi the latter
ther ai e a bravo, manly and a truth loving people. I h.-y
have a high sense ot h-uor and u.h-uly iu their pob.i
aud private en'airemont.-1. We s.n-uld luvve .itt.e lea.
being cheated either by the British ruler or tuelintiHti
tradesman. We do not torget that wo aro inamlj sprung
trom British loins, and that the er-ent.a! leatures and
bulwarks of our liberty wero derived from thorn, and
wrested, by tho valor of their ancestors and oi s, iron,
the grasp of urbitrary power We claim an equal ri lit
lo boast of Shaaspere and Milton. Our literature is tho |
S lWc have no officious auggo-tiou-; to make in regardto I
thoir institutions. For ourselves we have ch-.s. n rcpua .
beau institutions, but from the wild and briilu: li< ease
by wlncti the mob dominates, as ut the North over rea |
sou and individual right, and in tho name of freedom, |
enforces the worst of Asiatic b-.adage we trust wo are .
secure as well by our co: ,tituuoli by the tempo: o. -
ou;- jHjon'o. Wliile cherishing ->ur own torm oi K"**?1:
mens we do not seek to force It upon oth ra, or catund
that it is tho best that can be devi. cd tor all
Nearly eighty years ago wc chose to sever our c > Jicctmu
'with the British crown. We behove Doth Lnglandand
vmerica now sustain tho act: but not a few of v.< would
now admit thai our Southm forrfalhen-diu not irwnd
t&i s hiuch by (X'i with 1 , 1
It is pruper to say .however, that the course of England
in the present war has given rise to just complaint, lue
refusal to aliuvv the privateers of both beihgeroato o sel,
their prizes in Hritish ports bore hard.) i-u Us, and did
the North not a |.article of harm, lhe declaration of
no tralliy, however, honestly meant,has in the opiuion
oven of c indid Uriton.", proved a 'diesided bu.-iiiess.
Th i c >iiseiit uf our government to cei tatu ^ the pri > i
biiins ol tlie treaty of Paris was askod aud obtained: but
the very rower winch sought that oon^cnt ^'oc^n,^J
a blockade which, tried by its rule*, w..-vudik io
cognition of independence has boon deU.ved hty ? d a
ins: nrccedcnt or sound rea.s ?u, alUmugh u?> u.?t
to las! British pajiers and British statesmen havese--h and
d vlare-l thai subjugation was inqiossible, .ud our ulti
u ia t o in -1 c pen den ce co r taiu. Why did they not officially
am upon their convict,mis' Tried by their -, -k. Uic
ti -us thev were straugely inconsistent, lu the reason of
thing" it was not to be expected that me Norih would
Lhandon the struggle so long a- tho Luro^an i'owerd by
thru- delay in rec -c-iiizing us, s ignitied a gi ive^douh- as t"
ihd fluairresult. All this has chafed oi.i iHwHe, but it bis
noL nr the spuiiuieni of animotity. e kno\% tnat
Uie Northcu.ldLi'd suhd-eus: we
Yankee crodit would burst; and we kucw that neogni
tion though slow, was sure become, be could a turd t
be puiicnv. and there was a gratidcatwa in the thought
lX7knt?ZW^Ueh,ari* o/tk, Bn.li hand Fremh
?IT A t tne very outset they protested
ae/inst the threat to m-irder prisoners taken ou our pri
vateers lite barbarities ot the North, the imprisonment
of lame* and con cimbat mts, the spoliation m ?
oertv the act3 ot attaiudor and confiscation, the brutal
nroieet to consign the women or a great city to the
iusts or Northern soldiery, the great crime of a'^t,i|U
iue to reduce fourluea large bUte?. to slavery,
have heon denouur.ed by the l-.uglish Poop'1
and press m ton.-s which show tltly their hatredland;?bs
iust for tho wroug doer. This protest may not be meant
to be!?us but it does help us; tor ours is the cause o.
tree government aud hum vuity, and 1'1v'1;/-iU'^ .udJ I'
r.-uev m we I as of Conindernto liid- p-udecc-., une words
m"behalf of these aie words oi go--d cheer J"41"1?""'
rsgement to us in our perilous struggle n' ,?ij vve
lufand brutal enemy who set8 them all at naught. We
Lre" lv eigh millions to twenty. W. have no navy and
m? ?, 12 Our enemies have the arsenals and work
shops oi 1-agland and the world to recruit ^oni- ,)u>' ^
dav the ungual light goes on. Thus tar tho unconquer
abfe spirit ol our people, their noble sacrificas aud en
deavors their houorable and Christian bearing, and their
just cause,have baen blessed
Inva-ler stands discomUitcd and repulsed. The be? b oed
or our people has. indeed, been sn.d. bu. It will coctinu_
to tlow- if uee-i be, for twenty years, until the groat work
oi our deliverance is accomplished, in comparison with
Cus end we lioid all other earthly things vi e and con
Umntible and most of all the emoors of old leuds with
thOM who wisli tis well m our struggle for liberty ?d
whS" in reference t- th, brutal practices of our enemy,
ory from the uoart, may God defend the right.
Tlie Galled Jade Winces.
[From the Richmond Knquirer, July 24.]
It 1* perf'-clly evident Unit our enemies iateud to ac
company their lurther prosecution of the war with evory
element of ba baiity which a ferocious hate can inspire,
and upon which they may dare to venture. We must
prepare to thwart their etl.rts and punish their atroci
ties.
Lincoln and his advisers must be made t? choose be
tween the two modes m which they have undertaken to
trespass against us. 'they call us rebels and they uuil us
enemies .Stunner, of Massachusetts, assumed, iu a is to
speech, that I -cause of -his alleged double relation, Lin
coln's government is authorized to proceed against us in
both aspects at one and the same tune. We migba, with
ue'.ter logic, maintain that while Lincoln charges against
us the double character, be is not allowed to proceed
against ue as to either, save to the extent that the treat
meul might be the same, if we are I'tuled .States citi
Zeus wo are as much entitled to the privileges as liable
to the respousibilltii? of such citizenship, and we must
be proceeded against iu the courts and according to law,
and must not lie warred upon. A pretty government it is
Ui.il wages war ii|siu whole comtnunili ?* of tt* own jieo
pie. If we are Mil* we must be proceeded against
according to the rules n| war, and we are entitled to all
those ameliorations of the severities of war which a
Cbriatiuiized civilization has established.
Lincoln and h s t ongres*, however, have been acting
on SumDer'a theory; and they have lately given add!
tional evidence of thoir pwrimsn. Treating us as ene
mies, Ilia) hurl large armies against us. Treating us a*
rebels they pass laws to conthcate our property and
make our children beggars. And. with a detnouiera bor
rowed from their dutibio hate, but .(untitled neither by
the rules of war nor of legal proceedings, thev bave bid
den their armies to prey upon our quiet people and to
desolate our homes?to rob the aged and the children,
seizing their progeny by the liand of violence, and leav
ing them to struggle with destitution. The torch of a
vanuai ?? ldiery oiten completer the scene by the glare
and the blaze of burning home-u-a ls.
Our unnatural enemy must make big choice and regu
late hm conduct accordingly, lie cannot bo allowed te
act upon both theort's. if he insists that they are har
monious, we insist that they are mutually destructive of
each other. If he claims tlie right of directing against ua
the annoyance* or both, we paralyze htm by claiming
the restrictions <>t both
But to persons who are willing to deal truly with facta,
the relation now existing between the I'nited Mutes aud
the Confederate States is one of imjdo war?that and no
more However the war may have originated, it la
nevertheless war. Whether by rausetoss rebellion, a*
our on cm ie- assert, or whether, aa we claim, by the legi
11mate ezerciae for tnJuponsuhle purposes, of wbal ought
to have been, and but for the violence of our enemies
would have been a peaceful proceeding, sheets the merits
of the parties to the war, but does not altect the fact of
the war. It will be time enough lor Lincoln and his Con
gress to talk about rebellion when they can rnauage it as
such. They have no right to call It rebellion until It
ceases to be a war.
Indeed, our enemies themselves being witnesses, the
uauristtioua of the government that sits at Washing
ton have been so grest and radical as totally to du o/'-* any
l ondt that way Aa< > bten wppn: na to bind H.< to the Northern
Mot't.
Never did coward sad feructous liger quit his prey
mote reluctantly than did Llucoln, v.lien wo forced bun
to relinquish hi* base purpose of hanging our brave pri
valuer*, lb-and lii- t'ongress have, within a few days
past, poured new fury Into the war The direction has
one out to iheir arm e? to plunder and ravage. A con
Iteration bill has become a law, for "uzmg the property
of cverr man guli'y c. th* crime of hemg a true man I
tine i" inclined to smile a' th :ie exhibition* n| hii| silent
r gs. it was thesilng of Meridian's delist that lurried
the \t'a?hi gl ?n sages Into such criminal folly. They
s> em to be c sane At the vury ti.ne w inn their Mucosa
is least tholi threats are loudest and m< <t malignant. It
in II ? gnashing and ibe rap of the wll i bsast as ha sees
tha e;, ap- of ins intended victim.
Had we not enough belora to aroma every energy that
may inspire i> free at d ii brava man, to r. ist to the tleai li
and i"i ever, the attempted domlm n ->f tlie North* Wiw
not their desi*at,,m suillciantly I?? in-cme. aud ihoir uu
frlendly pur. os*- towards us sutl.i n-ntly Manifest, to In
fame our zeal to the utmost to tho work of resistance?
We had thought so, but Line lu, it si eius, thinks other
wise He has added a new stimulus 11 our activity. He
takes the p.sim to tell us,and hi* obsequious Congress
joins him, that when lie has conquered us ho nitemis to
strip u* of all the earning* of our honest toll. He In
b ids to take our lasds and our homes; and they will he
bestowed on the greedy crew living down "tu hum." ua
the rswnrds of their murders snd rapine in our midst
iltr/.etitol tho t onrcderate Mates, if Mr. I.iflco.n in
deed deigned this to Intiamo your seal, you will not dts
appoint li u' The ui>st aged or tho utosl latlrm wiik
buttle for tits home and for the roof that shelter* big
wife *ntl > it tie oneH. To the xt> ? bodied man it will now
bo a double disgrace to shun the tight. Our people, ae
m o hihu and l the lust 111 in, must i etiiatsuelrciu .be
j villainy and so trrible u fate But If, as we suppose,
l.in o.:i .1 d li.a supporters designed to ad.it e a yoi r
. le.is. i ill yen notabow th- in h w little they know youf
Kri, hum you uuo -ubinissiou bv Oireets whirl) he cannot
execute, except u;i>>u the iinpoi>.-,jble supposition tb.it you
prove cravens aud cowards! Avenge the i- suit, and at
the snmo tune vindicate your country and us cause, by
redoubling your ztai mid ynur el! ts,aud by holding
yourselves reedy to endure the most ex tram discom
fort, and to luuke any sacrifice,even of life itself, sooner
than yield to a toe so di gustmg aud so (indignant.
The Rfbrl (iovcriimen t Ifccoir ni/.ee One
rillu Wari'arc~Tbc Lux Tuiiouis to lie
Applied.
ColUUkSKOMiENOK EETWUKN HON. JOHN B. 0LA11KE AND
T1I1S BKBItb MiCllHTAKY OK WAK.
tsiKXTTswoon Bontn, IdcmiojiD, July 15, isfii
Hon. Gsosue W. K .Nnnnra, secretary oi War :?
eia?I respectfully desire to know from you whether
the several Partisan Corps of Rangers, now orgatilz -d or
thM in ly tie organized in the eoveral Matea ol thec u
ft'deraoy, are to bo regarded as part of the army of tho
confederacy, and protected bv the governuv nt as such ;
aud w uet her, if any of so id corps arc captured in buttle,
or otherwise while in the linn ol their duty, by the eno
my, Ibis government will claim for them the sarna treat
ment, us prisoneie of war, winch is now exacted lor pri
soners belonging to our provisional army.
Are not all Partisan Bangorj, organized by your autho
rity, emphatically, a purl of the Conledor ite ariny, auj
will I liny nut bo i awarded and treated as such ?
I consider that it is not only the right, but the duty
of every loyal citizen of tha Confederate 6>tales, to
resist, by all means in his power, evon to the death,
if necessary, the attempt oi the enemy in a body or
singly to invade his domicile or to capture his per
son, or that of his wne, child, ward, or servant, or to
take from him against his will any of his prujierty, and
il, m making such resistance, whether armed or not, oar
citizens are captured by such invading omuuy, have they
not the ri ,lit to demand to bo treated by the enemy as
other prisoners of war; and will not this government
exert all iis power, ii necessary, to thu end that its citi
zens are thus protected and treated?
This is a war waged against the sovereignty of the
sevural States of the conledoracy, and against ill a liven,
liberty and pro|sirty of every citizen yie.dmg ailogi itice
(o the .-states and government oi their choic, in which
they reside Such a war has no parallel tu the h.story ot
CUristian nations.
I respectfully request you to give mo your opinion.-,in
the sovoru! points in this letter, in a f. rui to ho submit
ted to my con tituents, to eulighton them in regard to
the extent of their rights and powers as viewed by llr.s
government, and bow far their government will protect
them in the e.vuicise ol tuosu i ignis, winch, to au intelli
gent freeman, arc dearer than liio itself. Your early
aus.ver is respect fully requested. With great rospoct,
JOHN B. (T.AKKM.
fONPKDCRATE SIATKS O? AMl.KMA.l
Wak Piuaktmknt. Ill' umond, Va., July 10, J J
lion J mux B.''LAKita, Coniederato Slates fSetxtte;-?
bin?I li ive the honor to acknowledge the rec opt of your
letter of tho loth instant, and to reply, th.it t'artisau
liangors are a i art of tlie provisional army ol the Confe
derate btucs, Sobiuct to ali tho regulations adopted for its
government, and entitled to tiio same protection as prison
ers of war. Partisan Rangers are in no respect dhleront
from troop-' of the hue, except liiiii they are not brig uled,
and are employed ofteaer eu d -Inched s-rvioe. They re
quire stridor discipline than othei troops to maico them
offlciout, anil without discipline they become a terror
to thou friouds and are c utomptiblo in tho cyus of the
enemy.
Wnh reference to your inquiry as to the protection
which the government will extend to private citizens
taken in hostile act- against the enemy, it is not oasv to
lay dewn a general rule.
War, as con due tod by oivUi/ad nations, is usually aeon
test iietween tho re-isjctive governments ot the bellige
rents, aud private individuals, reinaiuingquietly at h n #,
are respected in their rignts of person and property, lu
return mr this privilege they aro expected to take uo part
iu hostilities, unless called on by their government.
If,however, in violation of this usage, private citi
zens of Missouri should be oppressed and mal
treated by the public onemv, they have unquestionably
a right to take up arms in their own de.euce; and if cap
tured and confined by the enemy, under such circum
stances, ttmy arc entitled, as citizens of the Confederate
ntaies, to ail the protection which that government can
afford; and among tbo measures to which it may be use
ful to resort is that of tile lex ta if/nit.
We shall deplete tho necessity of retaliation, as adding
greatly to the miseries of the war, without advancing its
objects; and, therefore, we shall act with g cat cireum
spectiuu, and only upon tacts clearly ascertained But
if it is our only means of compelling tne observance of
the usages of civilized warfare, we cannot hesitate to re
sort to it when the proper time arrives. Very respect
fully, your obo limit servant,
UhuRlrh W. KANUOI.PH, Secretary of War.
Exchunxc of Prisoners.
[From tiiu Richmond I n toiror, July 23 ]
Tin basis of the pending nogoti ttions for the exchange
of prisoners has been made "the cartel of 1812." litis
instrument '.vaa between rec gnized nations, .uni stipe
iateu tor " Aaieri( an ugonts at Halifax and other places,
and fur British agents to the United States; and stipu
lated not only for mi exchange of prisoners of the same
rank, but lor equivalents in men, where they were of
dtlieront ranks," and lor the parole of the surplus.
This cartel has no refercnro to a moa*. Important clr
cumstance connected with prisoners,and that is the arrest
and sio /.ure of private individuals by the enemy. It is to bu
hoped mat tiiu governmout has givuu positive instruo.
lions to the Confederate Commissioner to insist upon the
cessation of these illegal acts, and that unless positive y
disavowed and ahanaoned tliat no exchange will be per
inittod to be made. Private citizens are a.- much under
(he protection of the government, as Confederate soldiers;
they are the fathers, mothers, re.ativcs of the soldiers,
and* to abandon them to the cruelties of the enemy, with
out the power of retaliation, of which we will have do
privod ourselves whun we have paroled I heir prisoners,
would be an act of injustice and cruelty which the public
ought not to tolerate in the government.
We understand that at the last interview between
General Hill and General Dix, the Commissioners, that the
latter objected to a clause lorbidding the arrest of citi
zens, and that the negotiations were suspended to aliuw
General Dtx to visit his government for instructions.
Upon this matter the country will rejoice to know that
General Hill s llrmuess and determination wou'.d bavp
broken oil all negotiation rather than not haste secures
this important stipulation.
lie justly considered the rights of citizens within the
enemy's lines as entitled to the fostering care of the gov
ernment; and that to deprive ourselves o! all means of re
taliatiun, without stipulating against the repetition of
such outrages, was to throw open tbe homes of our peo
ple within the enemy's lines to the unchecked rapine and
iust of a brutal soldiery. As long as we bold in jeopardy
the lives of federal prisoners, we have some guarantoo
against such conduce but whan once we have hound our
selves to parole their surplus prisoners we have no means
of retaliation left, und our countrymen within the enemy's
lines arc liable to every act of brutality, without even the
power of restraint on the part of our government.
It it doubtless desirable to get rid of the large. number of
primmer* now in our hands; but their possession is a lever
that will upturn the policy of tb>> federal government, I"'
rightfully used by our authorities Once let it be made
kuowu that an exchange of prisoners was broken oil' be
cause the federal government would not stipulato against
arresting private citizens, and that federal prisoners were
to be carried down South to spend the months of August
and September in the awumpe of South Carolina und
Georgia, the public voice of the North would cry out m
such tunes that no more private citizens would ever be
arrested.
This is a matter of the greatest importance, and oue
that the government doubtless duly appreciates. If we
are overreached iu this matter, and the government fails
to protect our'citl/.eus within the enemy 's lines, a voice
of indignation will be heard in trumpet tones against the
government.
The policy that has delivered up so much territory to
tho enemy has already caused no little dissatisfaction;
but to su]ieraddio this the manifest injustice of not pro
tecting our exposed people in the present cartel, will
very properly diffuse indignation throughout our country.
Tno arrest of private citizens is unauthorized by every
law ol'war among civilized nations. We cannot retali
ate as long as our army remains within our territory.
Ketaimtiou upon prisoners is the only mode of preventing
this enrage. k
Tho country had rutber see no e change thau one that
docs not prevent this outrage iu the future It is a mat
ter thnt has been brought to our attention in the earnest
letters from our unfortunate people, und one that neces
sarily excites tho liveliest interest among the soldiers
from those States who-e territories have been abandoned
to the enemy. There are soldiers in our army whose fa
thers and brothers are prisoners in Washington and the
North, and tbey most naturally feel deeply solicitous
upon this subject.
This cartel marks an important era in the war. It is
the acknowledgment of our quasi nationality. We ure
by it made belligerents, and the government of the
I'nlted Stairs treats with the government of the Confede
rate States through commissioners. They nave lea acd
something at last. Mid In tnis respect the federal govern
moiit havo improvod upon the Bourbuns, who never
l*arn<-d aaythmg. Uno more victory, and commtashsicra
lor a truce, an armistice, will meet?those necessary pre
ludes to peace.
More About the AfTalr at Braver Dam.
[From the Kichmund Dr patch. July 23.J
We have received a lull and correct account oi the raid
made by the Harris cavaly, of New Yoi k, up ?? the depot
at Beaver Dam, ilauuver county.ou Sunday morning last.
From the best information it appears that they left F'rede
rloksburg on Saturday evening about tour o'cl ok, and
came some fourteen miles of ibe way that night, early
Sunday morning they came on to Beaver Dotn.wbor'e
lit* y arrived about eight o'clock Here they found
nothing to oppose thetn, and they at once set to work to
d'Atroy, by burning the depot olllce, water tank, and
Cord wood. In ths detiot there were about one hundred
and seventy burro.- of Hour belonging to the army, a few
bushols of oata, a case of shoes, a small lot oi ammunition
ucd a few arms, some tents, and perhaps a few other
things of little value, nearly all of which were consumed.
lliuy also tore up the railway In several places, and
cut down ab'ut. hall a dozen telegraph poles. Tho ops
rator.Mr. Hinitli, was nrreitOd for refusing to give them
infoi:nation, but succeed ui m making bis escape. Tbey
also obstructed the railroad track, extracting to throw
the train oif. hut luckily failed m their attempt Tbe up
t uln was ignaii/.ud nud induced to turn to Kichmond by
a servant named Dick, tho projtorty of Dr. Terrill, of
Hanover Their stay et Beaver i)um was limited to some
Uiii tjr minutes: at the end of which time the whistle of
the up train sounded, and some one bavii g told thom
that there would probably be some four or live hundred
soldiers aboard, they hurriedly dcamped
At Beaver (Nutfe end on tue route to and from, they
captured s ane six or eight prisooora of war, sick s idlers
ami stragglers. Whilst returning they wore pursuod by
tine* members of the llauovur cavalry, wtio wore at
home on a furlough. These succeeded in mortally wound
lug oue of the Yunkoo-, who bus siuce died Their love
oi horse flesh was fully exhibited by their tnkiug "if
s-rno ix or eight animal*, "without the consent of their
owner - first bad nud obtained *' Thoy bad along wiih
them any quantity of counterfeit Confederate money, be.
sides bogu- city of Richmond an l other uutes in one
instance they Kara a man $45 in counterfeit Confederal#
biligfor i ba ket of chickens. lu another esse they cava
their bond ,$;'?& in cuutciieit money, uud an old waiuh,
for a bo:kb At every private house they demanded food,
mi k and the latest na:?ira from Kiclim n '
fheOloue! (ihtvias) saol he r(fretted 'bo war thai it
waa Qua- only a light tor boundanes. that li or could not
a Bold to I. so till rioutbwoat. Tlwy numbered between
live and six hundred, and were well equipped, but indif
ferently mounted,save liere and there u good horse,
which looked very much as if stolen. They were con
v jiil on tlias trip by several buck negroes, wlio wore
moil. :od, uni.oruied and arm d. 'Ihe principal of mam
seemed to i>e a negro wall know 11 as " iiabney," the mil
ler of J. C. Jerrold, at Tiioittsburf, in Spottsylvama.
Their general bahavi?r was good. Tory interfered teiiA
?eprimitepnje ty, Mae hor$u, and, cu far at ?>? can he ir,
carried nff no venues. At one place,on their loluru.thuy
b; i<: ad und gave a gentleman a bottle of whiskey, mane
m 1-31 which-the lucky recipient acknowledge* to have
been excellent.
Aildieaa of General Smith to the Troopa
ttt Vii lt-.lJMi g.
Urs.i'.Kiis xvd SoLiiiKRH nr Ann. i.Bh / *in> or thr Tan. o
Hkiuai>k:?ihe ap|iaroi.t imiiisu m the operations lit the
enemy against tins place affords an opportunity to pub
Iirly acknowledge the Hteudy courage and admirable c in
duct exhibited by one and ull during the bouibaidmeut of
the jiast fow weeks.
From b low tbaenemy (lrat appeared against you, de
manding au unconditional surrender; an enemy who bud
successfully passed tho lorts guarding the approaches to
New Orleans, and forced the submission the city itself;
an euomy having a naval force of soruo thirty-live vea
sels, armed with all the appliances of modern warfare,
tucludiug the most formidable war stoamurs tu the ledo
r i navy, besides numorous transports, liavtug a Urge
infantry force. I'rom the other direction soon came the
uuniei oua 4lf.it of gunboats that had successively passed
Columbus, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow and Mom lus. Be
leaguered as she bus boon, Vlcksburg and bur defences?
the liihraitar oi tho Mississippi ?yet stand intact and un
injured. and we believo they will remain so.
To face, undaunted, so numerous a foe: to endure, un
flinchingly, so li rce a bombardment, to return boldly and
successlully so vorriUc a lire, lias required that cool, de
ter in moil courugo, that cheerful facing < f danger, cbarac
tei istic of the ( onfederate soldier on every field. Most of
tbeir gutiboats have been much Inju-ed," two sloops of
war ci ipplod and driven out of fire, < uc in a smiting con
dition, and a mortar boat now lies before you a wreck.
While 1 am happy in being able to speak thus of all,
botii ollicers and soldiers, in the brigade, thorn occurred
imlivi ual instances of heroism worthy oi imitation, and
deserving of special nonce. The two most prominent
are Sergeant William Boyd, Company 1, and private John
Murray, Caper's battery, First Louisiana artillery. The
U.st, aotiug as gunner during the ilcrco action of the 28th
of June, had his right hand crushed by the fragment of
a shell, u title stopping the vent of his piece, yet faith
fully maintained his position, not raising his wounded
h md until all danger of a premature discharge had pass
od, thus preserving, by his coolness und bravery, the
lives of his companions at the rmu.
The second, on the morning of tho 28th day ul Juno,
when a ball became lodged in a rule gun, aud the can
uouiers wore ditveu from the parapet by a shower of
schr.ipno:, mounted the parapet alone, and worked man
fully to rum it li line, regardless oi tho d mger to which
he was mom ntai liy exposed.
Of others who are entitled to honorable mention for
coolness in dan ?r, conspicuous courago uudur the same
hear y lire, aud constancy m ihc performance of duty, lite
following names have been liaudod iu by tbeir commaud
tng oiticers, viz :?
Acti. g sergeant Major James M. Goddin, Eighth i/v>ui
siana iftl.lery.
i> Irst 8ergt-aat I). W. Leach. First Louisiana artillery.
First Sergeant Erne, First Louisiana art.Uory.
Sergeant Harrison. First Louisiana artillery.
Sergeant Luonysious, Twonty-Third rcgniicnt Louisiana
Volunteers.
Corjiorul Adams, Eighth Louisiana artillery.
Aclmg Corporal Shropshire, Eighth Louis,ana artillery.
1'rivate McSwoegan, Eighth Louisiana artillery.
Private iloriaity, Eighth Louiataua artillery.
Private Dowdell, Eighth Louisiana artillery.
Private MoN'eal, Eighth Louisiana artillery.
Private liihm, Eighth Ixruisiana artillery.
The vigilant activity of the oiticers and men of Starke's
cavalry, led by the.r Colonel, is also acknowledged. To
thein belongs ihe distinction of ilrsl successfully engag
ing the eneuiy.
The ofheers. one and all,of the entire command, in
cluding ihe members of my stulf, and Dr. Blanfon, Vo
lunteer Surgeon, (laservo and have my warmo.-t thanks.
M L. SMITH, Brigadier Geuoral commanding.
Vicksiiuku, July 12,1802.
Rebel Opinion of Northern Enlistments.
(From the Bichmond Enquirer, July 25 ]
Private' accounts, by persons lately from the North,
concur with the information obtained from tin- Nortlie 11
pies , tiiat voluntary enlistments arc there virtually al
an end, or at least m a state of suspeusiou. Premium is
beiug piled on premium, and bounty on bounty, totemnt
the needy and the meic nary; but thus far with very
little client. The opinion is generally obtaining at the
.xorih, that nothing but a compulsory draft will enable
tho Yankee Governors to meet Lincoln's last requisition.
Whether the temper of the people would endure that
would remain to be seen. It is not likely" tbut it would.
Meu will submit to anything, und will honor the most
extreme c ill of their government, when necessary to do
fend iheir liberties and their homes, lint when they are
violently commanded to po on an aggressive war against
a peoplo who only ask to be let alone, but who may not
be attacked with impunity?nay, in the fruitless and
inglorious attempt to colt pier whom a quarter of a millif n
of the invaders have died in camp or hospital, or have
been maimed for'life?the question becomes u very grave
uie, aud Jonathan, accordingly, shakes lus head, auo
may perhaps rebel.
We mi st not, however,on our part, presume anything
again.-t the eneitiy. We may, very properly, encourage
or selves with all rational hopes, but these hopee are
traitors if they cause us to relax our zeal, cm tha con
trary, they should animate our endeavors and energize
our operations and add to our means. Let our brave
men rally ia full force ouder the lead of our generals, and
let these last press operations with reuowed and sleep
ess activity. This is our opportunity?not for sleep,
but for euergetic and effective operations. Let us im
prove it.
The Yankees at Suffolk?Intensity of
the Heat.
[From the Petersburg Kxpiess, July 23.]
From two ladt's who hero recently reached here,at)'',
through other reliable sources, we have obtained somo
interesting information from Buflblk, Va.
Tho number of Yankee forces 110^ there ie estimated
at 8,000. but their efficiency is not regarded as being at
all valuable, either by their own officers or persona who
have recently inai>ected thorn.
On Wednesday alternoon last, during what purported to
be a drt>a parade, tho boat was so intense that nearly
three hundred of the patriots fell from sheer exhaustn ti,
and hud to be borno from the drill ground to the shade.
Coup df. nlul occurs almost daily, and one of the Yankee
officers remarked to our informant that, if this was a fair
specimen of the "sunny South," he thought the sooner
the Union patriots got out of Dixie's land the l<etter.
Genoruls MansQeld and Van Webber are both at Suf
folk?the formsr in supreme command There arc two
military governors or provost marshals?viz: Paul De Kay,
and a Dutchman named Van Wobber, a brother of the
general. They are both much disposed to use their au
thority, and in many instances are not slow in abusing ii.
The Kpiscopal church has been so /e l by the Yankees,
and a member of the Dutch Reformed persuasion, from
MtMMiraMttt, officiates in the pulpit every Sabbath. ? ?
The Yankee generals at Rulfoik have appropriated the
handsome residence of Nathaniel Kiddick, Esq., and now
use the building and furniture exclu-lvely for their own
accommodation. The farm of Mr Kiddick. near Sullolk,
lias also been visited by tho vandals, and everything d
value, even to the bacog left for tho subsistence of Mr.
Kiddick's servants by himself, stolen and consumed.
Another Scare on the Central Road.
S from the Richmond Kxaminer. July 24]
When the tram from the West, on the Central Railroad,
reached Frederick's Ball, a station fifty miles from this
city, it was mot by a rumor that the Ya '-"d cavalry had
made unot her raid from Fredericksbuig, and had pos
session of the track at Anderson turnout, ten in ties be
low Heaver Dam, and thirty miles from Richmond. Tho
telegraph wire not being in working order, there was no
means at hand of ascertaining the truth of this report.
Under the circumstances, tho conductor, not choosing to
risk the passengers and train, took an extra locoui live
and ran down to Anderson's on a reconuoissance. When
hs reached this place he round the report of the Yankee*
at that psitt correct: but tbey bad left sevrai hours
previous to his arrival. He learned the following par
ticulars:?
At a quarter past nine A. M., Just a quarter of an hour
after the passage of the train from Richmond, the Yankee
cavalry, several huudred in number, mado tlieir api>ear
ance at the turnout. Having missed the train, they
??anted to liav* uo particular object in view, but loitered
about tho neighborhood for a couple of hours, l'bay,
however, before taking leave, searched the house of Mr.
John T. Anderson, which Is near the railroad, and took
prisoner bis sou. wbo is in the Confederate service, but
at home on sick furlough. Tbey also took possession at four
*f Mr. Anderson's horses. They mad* no attempt to tear
up tho railroad, having no doubt bad enough of lhal busi
ness at Beaver Dam last Sunday. They did not inter.
Tere with the telegrapn wire through prudential motives,
shrewdly guessing thai any meddling with that would give
notice of their presence
Of the movements of our troops occasioned by this
second impudent foray, it is unnecessary to say aayrhing.
Tho t'antral trsIn reached this city at eight o'clock,
three hours bohinu Its usual time.
Reported Maimers on Roanoke Island.
[From the Richmond Examiner. Julv 2*1.J
It is believed in Eastern North < arolina that an insur
rection bus taken place among thesoverai thousand run
away negroes on Roanoke Island. It Is said that, be
coming rlis-ittsfled with the harsh usage expt rienood at
the hands oi their new master-, they t<sik ail vantage of
an opportunity presented while the Yankees were at din
ner, and n-itivn the tUtckni armn, Jlrtii into them and killed
g'lvrat. The Yankee*, recovering from the panto into
which they wore at Hist thrown, retook their guns and
llawihiered almo.il e> o j negro on the round
Front the |>ostma-ter ai (foldshoro we learn Ural heavy
tiring was board In the direction of Newhern on Monday
evening, beginning at threo and continuing until seven
o'clock P. M
The Fn'fuirer, of tbo same day .contains the following:?
We learn by a gentleman from North Carolina that the
Yankee ton'es on Roanoke island, having became very
oppressive iu their measures toward the negroes in liieir
employ, the hitter, a few days ago, roso upon the Yan
kn s and killed a large number of thorn. Subsequently
the Yankees arme l themselves with revolvers and mas.
acred about S00 or Ine negfo laboreid, Tu# next day
tho Yatikoes evacuated the Island
Destruction or Nashville.
(From the Macon (Ho.) Telegraph July 21.]
Tho federals, it seems, say tlioy will destroy Nashville
It forced to abandon It. Wo think it very possible they
will carry out their threat, A gentleman of the highest
respectability, a fugitive from Tennessee, reports that
Andy Johnson has mined the splendid Capitol or Tennes
see, the finest building of tbu kind in nil th I rtatos, and
swore he would blow it up It there was auj* s"rlons dau
, get that the Ooufgderatea would recapture tho town.
From tit* Rappaknnnork Valley? Men*
tineity or the lli'beU.
[From the Petersburg Kx press, July 23 J
From the most direct information wu lmve from til*
valley. we ini.-r tK.it matter* or. bn.ht for the CemjtdtrmU
cot.tr. We pub I ?lu<d aftw day* ngo wmio sliHMslil*
b'titotl upon intelligence t"eeived from u geutl. mou who
c .iiio through frm Winchester lubt week. We hav*
since been permitted lo u?tract from a letter received by
u ontleinnn m this cltv from a member ol tbe cavalry
c rp* now commanded by Gen rai B. il. Robert- n. 'ibi*
letter eonflrtns all ihat lias previously boon stated with
reference to tbe frwiueut desertions from the federal
army of the valley, and the disinclination of the Yankee
trout* thorn to engage our forces. The statements of the
writer may be r?garduJ as reliable, as he sustains th#
cluiraettr of a man of integrity and intelligence. He
Says.?
th The Yankees at (leaning the valley rapidly. They have
a coi sidcrable am mi t of supplies at Winchester yet, and
we will cither rapture or destroy some of them. Our
/ t'Sihi t, h o, indif . many to de<ert,and 'hey jlock.tn us rap
vilv. Fifteen in one gang came up to Powell's Fort day be
fore ye isrdav, and live in auother. Four hundred de
se ted lrum one regiment at Front Royal the f ast week,
leaving nothing but oflit urn. 'there is great dissatisfac
tion and dmwil .cation in the Yankee army here, and 11
iheir iuoii at home have uo greater inclination to tight
'bis war through than their hirelings here old Abe will
have a sorry litnu of it in getting his bOO.OUO additional
troops. General Robertson psroles all a bo vomutarily
conm into our lines.
'1 he a. ;ny ol the valley were turned from their march
through Man as-, as Gap by a few gusrillas. Tliey then
went up the l'ago valley. Thoro was great panic in th*
whole aruiy. 'luirty men turned th* course of more than
2,6(10.
Whereabouts of Urnersl Beauregard*
l/roin liio Riciimoud Examiner, July 24. J
As in "'V idle stories have been going the ronud of th*
p iixirs relative to General Bcauregattre wh reabnuta and
the cause ol ins absence front the army, wo think it well
to state that he is at prusont with his family at Bliulea
Springs, South Alabama. It will be recollected ilia*
General Beauregard took tho field in the Southwest when
our fortunes ill that quarter were at tn.Jr darkest period.
In the active campaign which ensued, and m the perfect
organization of the immense army at Curinlli, lie per
formed labors which seriously alluded his be..lib, and
rendered a period of lest uud recuperation absolutely
necessary. That he might enjoy the much needed rest,
he procured a reliei f rom bis command for a few months.
Wo are pleased lo add that Mm General's health is
rapidly improving, and that ho will vo y susn be able to
return to his pist. With bis return to nctivo service the
country will fall renewed conlldenoo in its fortunes.
Our Nuttoual Cr??lit and Cnrreitcy at
Koine.
[From the Richmond Enquirer, July 2.V]
The depreciation of Northern paper money continue*
and in trims h. Kulce of gold were ma le at the slock
hoard i:: Baltimore, on Monday, at 20 per cent premium,
cl ?;ing at 121 ashed, 120 bid. At ti e Now York market
inilge sales w era made at 20 per cent. The sales at the
first board,Now York,were mad# at 119X; United Stan*
sixes, Inst, at Jd '<
Fo? gn exchange in Now York rated a few days ago at
130 a 131, which is 21 a'22 percent above the p:u value.
Perhaps tho most significant feature m ihe above
figures is that United States sixes should bo below par
Not many weeks ago they commanded a handsome pre
mium. Now tlicy rate lowor tbtin ovon Linooln's paper
money, although that rates twenty per coat below its
face.
Northern men thus value the present cr' dit of thetr
government higher than its futuro credit. Thoy prefer*
promise to pay which they can sw iftly get rid of, above
one which, though bearing interest, yet awaits future re
demption. Th'4'have lost confidence in the future abt
lily or honc-ty of thoir government, and thoy say so in
that mode iu which a Yankee most certainly speaks his
true opinion?tucy say so in dollars and cents.
Drnitkru GtnrrnU.
Throni the Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist, July 1IM
When the full history of this war is written, if II
should ever lie, a bUxvfy lift yf hlun/lert and disasters
growing out of the drunkenness of Csnteieral? office's, will
see 'he light. Tnis will prove true, cstoaullg of the late
butlkt.ni/tr llichv.ond, which, though they wort a series
of brilliant victories fur Southern arms, wore, in sum*
parts of those well-fought Melds, purchased at an un
necessary cost of blood. Tho victories w ere won, nut by
the cool and self possessed intellect* of the generals, ho
much as by the indomitable p uck of the soldiers. They
were won, not in cooseqi once of the sober skill and good
.judgment of division and brigade commanded 8, but in
the absence of these qualities in some ca. es. We hear th*
n.unos of more than one prominent general otll. ar men ?
lionsd in ouune'lio: with the undue um of liquor in that
eventful week. We forbear to publish now what is quit*
rife iu the community ou this pomt, hoping thai au
thorilalive action tnay bo taken to bring the facts t*
light.
Wc simply refer to tbe subject without calling names.
We would not even do this on vague rumor. We or*
constrained to speak from the testimony ot letters from
the army from and to resiioiuoble parties.
What Returned Surgeon* Say of Ken
tucky.
[From the Richmond i uquirer, July 25 ]
We had the pleasure yesterday of an interview with
burgeon .1. Onlliu, of Kentucky, attached to the Fiftieth
egiment \ irginia volunteers, and K'Pgeon C. T Wulnoy,
ol tue Cumberland, Kentucky, artiliory, who have lust
i i.turnod from captivity on Johnson's islaud, lvike Erie,
near .Sandusky, Ohio. These olliccrs, captured at Fort
iionolson, am both well, and delighted at being once raor*
restored to their country and her service. They speak
well of the treatin.uit received while North, with the ex
caption of beiug robbed of their servants, horses and
side arms, burgeon GriiUn returned via \jo iisvtiie, hts
homo, and gire< most encouraging accoutre of the state ofjiute
?'.c'teelirg in Kmtirlei/. HtjeipUs arc ripe for the oanleet,
and iL outbreak cannot tie long postponed. A popular
louder, with a roai>eetable torce, would cause Kentucky
to make the desperate effort to rid herself from th*
shucklos that now degrade her.
McOlcllan'a Reinforcement#.
[From the Richmond Examiner, July 23.]
For Some time past a great deal has neon said and
written, both North and Boulh,about the reinforcements
ihat have been, or are about to he, roemve i by McClel
Ian. But from a source emitted to our coiilldeiice, huh
which we do not reel at liberty to mention, we learn that
up to Friday night, the 18lb lust., MoCleliau's army, now
at Westover and Berkeley, had, ainco the buttles, received
not one man by way of reinforcement. Burimde, with
hie army, was at tliat date at N'ewuori'e News, evid utly
awaiting the development ot our plans, holding himself
iu a p sition to reinforce either l'ops or MuCleilan, as our
mos'emeuU should render expedient. Had our army
pressed McCielian after the battle of Mai rem Hill, Burs
side would have hastened to his relief. On the other
liaud, should Pope be menaced by a superior force, the
Buruside fleet will sail up the Rappahannock or Potomac.
Goods from Englund?Tlxefr Safe Arrlrmt.
[From the .tllauu (Ga.) Coulederary]
A gentleman recently from Nassau brings the welcome
information that very large amounts of goods from Kng
1 <nd have lately arrived iu the Confederate Biases, through
Southern por.s. No lees than tlve vessels hare rua the
blockade within a few days, laden with arms, mumtionc
of war, end stores of various kinds for the Confederate
-dates. The government has now on band an abundant
supply oi guns, snous, blankets, clothing, he., for tho ar
my next w mior. itie gentleman says that toe supply of
these articles for tho army during the coming winter M
abundant.
Then a very large amount ot' goods haa late y run the
blockade, our own city is sitting to ho full of Knglish
goods. and the village and even the country stores, arc
c mmeneing to ropl- uish Soon goods will be cboaper an
they become more abundant.
The gentleman alluded to says the greatest excitement
prcratia In England In relation to trade with the South,
and numbers of iroi *ctud ships are now llttlng out for the
purpose oi running the blockade with gooda.
A l'nnker General Eclipsed.
[F rom iir..* Hicb.noad hmjunar. july 26 j
The astronomer Mltciicl, wlnwe brilliant achievementa
over the unarmed population of HuntsvUle rival the glory
of his discoveries iu the Urtuanisnt, bus been sent home
in disgrace The cause astigned is that he,has beea
using the l.mcoin government fuuda in cotton spicula
t ions, and Is a defaulter to a largo amount I become
culate Butler himself, whoso praisos till all Taukeedom,
is in imrtnership with his brother, daily making a for
tune by speculation. At New Orleans Pic and bis brotlior,
by an ingonious system of annoyance, at one time com
pelled several vessels to soil their ca. goes of Hour to him
at the Belize ut twelve dollars per barrel, and these same
cargoes were then brought up to the city and doled out
to the psopie, under the active supervision of this ad
venturous, patriotic end loyal pair, at forty dollars per
barrel.
Conscripts.
Among the advertisements in ths Petersburg
of duly 26 we And the following:?
l ax Thousand Dou.ak* row Belurrm-m*. ?The subsoriber
is authorized to pay $1,000 apiuce for ten substitutes,
who are non conscript, and who are willing to go into the
infantry service. He also coutinues to supply substi
tutes for a tlrst class cor]M of Held artillery, now sta
tioned in4ne city of Petersburg.
SAMCEJ, II. PROSISK.
Attxvtiox,CoxscRtfrs.?You are commanded to meet
me in Petersburg, on the 24th tost, (next Thursday), at
the Centre Warehouse, to answer roll' call, at tlve o'clock
P. II., end receive further orders. By authority.
THUS. K. IfAKWKAVE,
Enrolling Oilioer for Conscripts, Dinwiddle Co., Va.
Effect* of General Pope's Orders.
[From the Blclimoud Examiner, July 23 j
The efleet on the Yankee soldiers of General Pope's ro
coat orders to the " Aruiy of the Kappiihannock " le
already being felt by the citizens of Culpepper The
party who burned the bridge over the Kapldan on the
13th took trreakfaul thai morning at ike koine ot Alexander
<} Tiltnferro, Colonel of the Twenty-fir* Virginia regiment.
On their approach tho Colonel was at home, and was very
near being captured ; but, by good management, con
trived to escape Alter they had breakfasted, the Van
keo rullbins searched the bouse, took possession of lite
family silver, broke up th ? tableware and knives and
forks. &c.. and actually wrenched from Mrs. Taliaferro's
dug or s splesdid diamond ring of greet value.
The H?ppitliimnnck Lines.
[From Die Kiobtnoud IJtapatch, July 23.1
The rtporla froin the iine of the Rappnh in nock pousess
no material interest, It is understood ths federal forces
have all retired from tho county of Orange Into Culpep
per aud Madison Their forco In Orange has rover been
large, not exceeding some live or six hundred cavalry.
Some eight or ton thousand of the enemy ore said to he
at l.lberty Mills, on the north bank of the Rapluau, ua
Madison. Their movements are vigilantly watched.
Their main army Is In Cul|>epper, scattered along the
r.id road (rota the Rapidan as far haok aa the Court
House.
Malt.
The Richmond Kxaminor of the 2Sth says tlai eighty,
tlve saok .of salt (two buehrls to the sack) were sold In
that city on Thursday, et auction, nt prices vai ring from
thirty-two te forty oeuts per pound