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S ATU !il.JAY MORNING. OCT. 8, 1864. hi?
Gene:*! Order >io. 7t3 contains on exception
v . :i: w i'car will greatly reduce the number
oi thet it u> t-spficted to bring t> the ?u
frar.t. 'i'bo <.iOv\<t:on in, ''that toon detailed
and now actually pwp'.oyrd in manufactoring, ro
providing. ooilootiiig a;.d Jr.rwurdirig muni- 00
t.- u: : atid other indispjeii&ahle supplies for the **
" r/. v ." i unry, t r ia work indispensable to Bu
mi.,j' nprt'at.of.u will bo continued in their ou
present en.pluyu.ciitii unt.l their detaiiu are ve- 01
vised " .
Ti - act to oj^r-.r.ir..) forces to serve du? *'
Tir. ii itic v..to - viding certain specific
ext.?i..iof.?. ci'.j-j tiiw billowing comprehensive,
bit : JiO'. [r- i .0 ciaU^o : *
"1 - addition : .? ibo foregoing exoaipt ions, to
the .VoreUiry of War, under the direction of S
the I'i ccidoiit, may exempt or detail such oth-l
s-fla-l ntii?hi to be r*
f'.T J'Prsoflrt OS lie W&J no phuouv- ---r,
exempted on account of publio n?06ssity, and ^
u> iarurs the production of grain and provi- e
sinus for tho anay and the families of soldiers. b
Us may aiao grant exemptions or details, on v
such terms au tie may prescribe, to audi over* ?
sear?, farmers or planters as he way bo eutii- (|
tied will bo more useful to the oountry In the tj
pursaita of agriculture than in the military S
nemee." 9
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Ti:o '.ietftils herein provided for are tlie very ^
cliv.w on.mpttKl by General Order No. 7t).? ^
"Fuijiic npnsreicy" and the "production of h
supplies" are the only 0AUE08 for vrhti'h details r
could be mr.de under tho law, and if the re- 0
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v. cation of snoh details'it excepted from the o
operation of General Order No. 7G, weoanuot r
63e that any eoldiera will be added to the t
urn.y by that order, oxcept those whose revl- ^
eion of exemption for physical disability may ^
send co the front. The second section of the \
order, calling upon "the heads of departments 1
and ebiets of bureaux," within twenty days. 1
to "forward to tho Gonerata of Reserves lists J
of all dctadod meu in their employment, in i
thv several States, specially ui^pguishing J
thiee who arc experts and those absolutely in- 1
dispensable for tbtf performance of the above j
mentioned government work and business," ]
may explain the litsi, section to mean that all i
dctai.s not rstnrnod as experts or as indispeneably
necessary, ere to be sent to the front.?
Uo: even this section loavos tho matter of
excepting details to tho very persona who
havo already certified that their detailed employee
were indispensably aooessary, and it
ia not fc? be suppe-ed that they wili now alter
tfcoir previous certificates.
Tho duty of enrolling men and recruiting
thc-nrmy was united by tho law wirh that of
detailing won?in other words, the sumo otfi0-T.t
were entrusted with the conflicting duties
of pufdng men in the urmy and keoping men
cm. If&xri Ittib boon opened wide the door of
corruption, through which have escaped many
thoU!>:;r. l mon who ought to have bc.n sent to
the oiiny. u n witters uot how houest, tuuu{ul
and capable tho heads of the Conscript Bureau
may be?bad the voll known character
u* the c-Ukcrs-of that Bureau at Richmond la
a Cites that tdi hatt been done wbioh thsy
rtoia -hie do?yet they zusEt 00c only op the
ev.'Jer.ce prt-ootod by district enrolling cfijonr.-,
it.r whose appointment they are nnt rof|"
nsdblc-, and of whose capa. ity and .honesty
they cannot, in r.11 cases, vouch. The Oene'
ml Order Xo. 70 requires u':l applications for
JiJails nr.d exemptions to l>o muoa op affidavit
to the enrolling r,nicer lor cLo county or
district: "Tho ruicdliiig officer will endorse
his opinion on eaoli and every uifpiicr.tion'.aad
Oi.e - orp.imAndrtni .f w.-naorinto
art. Under meh a Iriw and vegiuiwToiiiTTt is
eviicut Uiat corruption nan dn-1 i.idtmcot.
Tho duty of ouroliing aud that 4 d?luiJing
fibould be divided. The foi roer should belong
to too Bureau of Conscription, and tho latter
ohould pertain only to tho discharging power
of the government. Every man not physically
disabled should be F.ent to the army, and
his application for tail, with all the reasons,
< ai r.t up, like on application for discharge,
' through tho nsual channols to tho Secretary
j ot War. Tho enlisted soldier, present with
t the Hrmy. can.only be discharged tLe service
t f?T certain ctave and serions reasons. ifitherc
r any justice in a less strict rule for men who
r hire never seen service ? No reason should
> detail a ooneeript that would not be sufficient
< to diechurgo a eoldier.
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Sherman ia shot up in Atlanta by
Forrest, with bis lines of communication
so destroyed that his government
has cot hoard from him for severs]
days. He captured Atlanta, bat it may yet
prove hia ruin. We ler,rn from a reliable
k Bouree that in Washington oity there la great
rejoining over the reported movement of Hood
toward* the Alabama line. It id eald to hove
been jtsat the move that Sherman desired
lj Hood to moke. That pending off the cavalry
li towards Tennessee and marching his army to 1
words tbo rear of Sherman, waa playing into
tho latter's hand. Sherman is said to have
t accumulated from fifty to sixty days aappliep
j: in Atlanta during tho trnce; and us aeon
[? as Hood is far away to the right, end
r' Forrest and Wheeler deep into Tennessee,
j Sherman will start on hia really grand cam
r pa'gf ftr the sea coast at Savannah?the men
3 of Sherman's army carrying in their knap'
unoke ten days' rations, and ten days' rations
* in wagons. The army of Sherman, concentrated
into a solid raasa, is believed to be strong
e enough to overcome any force he may find in
f^hia frcnt, and hia start of Hood will cnablo 1
him to keep tar onougb ahead of him to pre- j
vent any delay or consumption of supplies bofore
reaching the eea coast. The country '
overrnn will be etript of all supplies, and the
mar eh through made in fifteen or twenty daya, (
This is said to be the oampaign. Will it auo*
L oeod?
4 Tho distanoe to Savannah i9 about two hnn'
dred and fifty miles, bad from twenty to twen*
^ tyfifivo days will be requirod to make the t
' march. If tbo pcoplo turn oat in Georgia as t
' they have done in Virginia, blocking up iho
roads in his front, hanging upon his flanks, "
' harassing liis rear, and capturing his foraging j
parties, this march will prove his ruin; but if v
tho penplo fly from bis path and do nothing to ^
retard his march, Sherman may reach the sea- J
coast. Such a inarch across Georgia would
destroy the railroads end dovastatc moob of t<
' the country, but otherwise would do no harm, li
Tennessee and Kentucky would be opou to our ri
i armies. ?i d the way to tie Ohio invite us to
enter 3nd re-occupy. The enemy would her- 0i
aid this flight of Sherman as his Tiotorioua bi
e inarch through tho Confederacy, and olaim ^
i that it was the ocinpletion of the original 06
: campaign. It may succeed, and it may fall; ^
s if it i? not sncccflfiful, Sherman is ruined and ih
his army captured. &i
t By some it is believed that Sherman will ?l:
keep within Atlanta and compel Forrest, for
want of supply?, to move off his linos of comi
municatioo, and that the accumulation of sapplies
was to enable him to stand an ordinary
a egf, But we are rather inclined to believe du
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t the bold dosperato effort to march to
ronnth will b? tbe eolation of the Atlanta
>bl*m. To aL,dsttftk? *> retreat to Ohattaiga
would be to' confess failure upon the
?li of admitted tri t^ph, ?Dd wwld make
I name a hyworJ c..* oonteixifit, us well ae
In the proepecM of Lincoln. To inaroh
rough Georgia, crushing" uuder the weight
his 9rifiy nil opposing for.ViS and capturing
trannab, with its depot of prisoners, und,
)m the seaooast, turning in e viy spring to
open a Northernward campaign, would be a
ilhary achievement'of no ordin-.vy oharuor.
'1 ha very difficulties that appe?v *'> besot
ioh an undertaking may contribute fo its
my.late success. If our authorities, b^oause
those difficulties, take no etep to prevent
is march, SWman will overcome the d'ffiilties
and reach Savannah. LetQoneral Beau*
igarj look uut loth front and rear.
the battle at saltville.
Tbe Abingdon "Virginiau" of Friday ooniins
the following particulars of the battle at
ait villa:
It had been pretty wall known in this Deartnient,
several days before, that Gtn6ral
'UrbriJge was approaching from Kentucky
ith a force foppoted to number from six to
ighl thousand, and every preparation?Jkpd
eeu niude by Geo. Echols to defend the fijflfoo
rith the enmll force at hand. This consisted
f the uomicands of Generals Williams' and
tiltnw's brigades, with the reserves and dealer!
m?n, and it f6w small bnt'eries of araillery.
The enemy reached the vioinity of the
alt Works on Sunday tnornfbg, between 6
nd 10 o'clock, whM tfc?figbc commonoed
ear the residence oFMr. founders,oommonly
nown as Governor Sounders. Prisoners capured
concur in the statement that Burbridge
md tbteo fall brigades, including ono negro
egira6nt, in ull about 4,000 men, about 2,600
f whom were in the fight. The number en:a?ed
on our side did not. probably exoeed
!,000. As has been the Yankee custom, the
lem-oas were put in front, and were held to
heir plaoea as long as it was pwBivio
e do no by tho boyoneks of their
irethren with whiter ekins, but blacker
1 carts. The reserve and detail battalions
vero under tic command of Colouels Robert
Preston of filotgemery, Smith of Tazewell,
md Ja9. T. Preston of Washington. The whole
mdcr the command of Gen. A. E. Jaokeoo.?
jon. Gilmer's men had disputed Burbrldgo's
idvaneo for several days, and added new laurels
to an already enviable reputation, lien
never fought with more bravery and determination,
as did also the oommand of Qen. Williams,
the latter having come in after (be fight
had commenced, bat before it had grown hit
and furious. Bat all oononr, both officers and
mr 11, in the mcod of praise to the Reserves
ami'detailed men, who nod be6u hastily drawn
together for the oooaslou. All the Generals eay
they fought with all the ooolncss, eelf-posses
sion and bravery of regulars, and it was mainly
to their gallantry and coolness that the victory
was so complete. This shows that tho blood
of King's Mourns in still flows in tho veins of
the yeomanry of Southwestern "Virginia.
General Breckinridge reached the field
about the close of the fight, and General
Vaughan, with hja own. as woll as General
Doke'e and General Cosby's brigades, reached
just in time to hear the shout of viotory and
to engage in the pursuit of the flying Yan>
keea. General Vaughan had been hastily ordered
from Tennessee, where he had been
fightiDg and driving back tbe enemy under
General Otilom for several days, and only
succeeded, after a forced march, in reaching
the soene of aotion after the battle had been
fought. Had he remained iu Tennessee, GilUltra
forces would have been gobbled up before
this time, and ae bis face is again in that
direction, we will be disappointed if he does
not do so before many days.
Our loss iu the ongagemsnt is variously estimated,
but the nearest we can get at the
truth is, about twenty kiiled and about si sty
wounded. The Iobs of the enemy is estimated
at from four to eiz hundred in killed and
wounded, and some -10 or oU prisoners. One
party of our men detailed to bury tho enomy's
dead buried 9K negroes and 4S whiles,
amongst them cue oolonel, twe majors and
three captains. Another narty buried fifty
whites, making a total ot 203. A large number
of the killed and woanded is reported to
have been removed by the enemy, and ibjowu
a '/>rlitn^-orrog tats
General Koger LlauHoii, of tho Confederate
tor f_'P.
Burl-ridge was gre;j!y deceived, as ho oxpee
r.ed to take the Works without >ouoh diltioolty.
Ue did'nt expect to enocunter any but
a force of some four or five hundred reserves,
and oleo expcoted the on-operation of Gillem
from Tennessee, but Vaughan had "flootohed
the snake." After ho found himself whipped,
he asked Mr. Saunders what troops those were
who fought oO desperately, and, on being told
that they were the reserves and detailed men,
he swore he didn't believe it. Wo also understand
that Col. Hanson is tomewhat ekoptical
on the subject.
Tho subjoined details are given in the
Lynchburg "Virginian" of Friday:
OA6CALTIXS.
Col. Robt. H. Smith's Battalion, oomposed
of Reserves from Smytb, Russell, Tazewell,
Washington and Scott counties:
Killed, 13
Woundod, SI
Missing, (prisonors) 21
Col. Robort T. Preston's Battalion, from
Montgomery, Pulaski, etc:
Killed, 2
Wounded, 5
Ool. Root's oonun&nd of Reserves and details,
from Wythe, Carroll, oto ;
Killed, 3
Wounded, 15
01 ftte 10th Kontucky, 5th Georgia and 8th
Tennessee cavalry, the number of wounded at
the hospital at Saltville were 39.
The Reserves and details from Roanoko,
Bedford, BctetOQrt and Craig wore Dot in tho
engagement, being sent to gnord passes in the
mountains.
All tho wounded were sent to Emory and
Henry College, excepting those allowed to go
to their homes.
A good many men, slightly wounded, were
sent home from the field and are not included
in the above. Smith's battalion of reserves,
being in an exposed position, suffered most.
The men fought like veterans, and were
highly complimented by Mie general commanding.
The odiam hitherto attaohed to
reserves and detail forcea ia removed cow,
einco all bavo aoted bo gallantly, and as one of
the Yankee wounded remarked in the hospital,
"if your militia fight bo well and stand so
staunohly, I do not want to meet your regular;."
This is oomplimeDt enough for our
brave men who acted ao nobly.
The enemy advacoed through Thompson's
dap, and retreated by the same route.
tarks1b k1llid amd woumses.
Tho Yankee?, in their retreat, left their
lead| and gwoundedjon the field,
lulled, (Yankee whites,) 106 Jxegroes,
150
Wnunded, (whites,) 60
Nefcroee, * 6
The above are all tho wounded that wore
?rought to tho lIoKpital at Saltville and were
ient* to Emory and Hemy Hospital. The
fonkeee carried off ell the wounded that would
>ear transportation.
Qen. Hanson, from Kentucky .who is severey
(mortally) wounded and in our bauds, said
re killed and wounded about one thousand.?
Icn. Hanson is a brother of Gon. Roger Han*
on, of tho Oanfedoiate army, killed in one of
bo Tennessee battles.
Tbo Yankee wounded tay thoir commanders
)ld them they would encounter only raw mitia,
who would run without offering any seeus
opposition.
Clkarbp Out.?There are no Yankees now
i Belle Isle?all sent South, where they can
j better fed than bore daring winter. The
ibby is also clear, all of its inmates (exiting
some one hundred and fifty naval
isoners) having al;>o brcn sent South. The
slle Isle prisoners numbered nearly seven
ousand, being all non-commissioned oScore
id privates. The Libby prisoners numbered
s hundred and odd commissioned officers of
1 grades.
Fib*.?On Saturday night, about 12 (r'olook,
email stable on Oounoil Chamber Hill, beagingto
Mr. John A. Belvln, was destroyed
r fire. The firs was the work of an incen- '
try.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PRESS.
The members of the "Pr?b" throaghoui
the Oonfedoraoy will find in toother oolumn ?
conjmunioatiori from tie President of tb<
"Mutual Benefit Prose Arecciatfn," eL.*,win(
that ariangemsnti bnvo r.ow been i.Mniplete.
b r supplying tho prowith m.H no 1 fc.rrtv
telegraphic news, u: pri;*h ?:m >nt = IJ
to meet the approbation ' ?'' cnt-d b
the matter. Nothing now ranulna but {
the press throughout the CoufcJmaojr in cnlr
fully into the arrangements now so auepiuicus
ly begun, and the whole system of forworjin
and rcoeivi^ptolographia u?vrs will be oarrio
forward in a manner truly creditable to tho>
engaged in it, and with important bonehoi:
results to tho public at large. Come fonvnrc
thenr gentlemen of (he press, and make tli
records of'the telegraph what they hLouIJ eve
be ?fresh, reliable, unambiguous.
THE NEWS.
from toe Richmond *&ont.
At an early hour yesterday morning an en
gageiueDt occurred on tho Darbytown rr,awhich
resulted in the recapture by our form
of all the poaitions.held by the enemy betweo
that and tho New Market roar!, fivo miles be
low tbc city; the capture of between four an
tivo hundred prisoners, nine pieces of artillery
and between two and three hundred horse
and the driving fifths eii6iny back within th
works immediately atom-d Fort Harrison.This
glorious achievement reduces tlie situ
tion of the enemy to Fort Harrison, fchiob,
is said, is now commanded in front, dank an
resr, by the guns of onr fortifloations and flee
Our losses in numbors were not heavy. V?
rogrot to learn that among tha killed was Get
Gregg, of Taxes, who led the gallant Text
, brigade into action.
atN. lie's official dispatch relative t:
tbi haiti.! or testbrbaf.
Late last night an official dispatch was r<
ceivcd from Gen. Lee, stating that yesterdn
morning Gen. Anderson attaoked the enrni
cu the Charles City road, and drove them froi
two lines of entrenchments, capturing te
piaoes of oannon, with their oaiesons an
horses, and a number of prieonerd.
The enemy were then driven to the No
Market road, when being foand strongly ei
trenched they were not pressed.
Our loss is small; the enemy's unknown.
The brave Oon. Gregg died at the Load
his brigade.
THE YANKKtS BORH RAPIDAN DEILQC.
An offioial diepatoh from Qcrdonsville la
night states that Yankee raiders burnt t;
railroad bridge over the Kapidun yesterday.
FltOM FETCRSIiFHO.
Tiitra is an iir.jirisision in Petersburg that
battle is impending. in tbnt qutr'or. There bA
been some mysterious movemertj of troops I
the enemy, upon which tbia impression is bssc
Soma cavalry skirmishing oecnrr.-d ou ye.sH
day, in which it is reported Hampton inflict
savere loss upon his adversiry. IJat ftw bea'
gnus were heard on the line* during yesteids
FROM THE MOUNTAIN'S.
NotLiug of iuterest Civtirrpd ycr.terduy i
either side of the Hltie Ridge. Tim miding p i
which visited ltupiJsu ftod.ioit, *n.l burned t
bridge there on Thursday, retnu.c: to fUpj
baonoelf, ns premised" on yesUiiJ.iy. Eatli
troops in Augiiftla are in lino sp-i.:* ar.d h.-ali
and are looking forward to t>n? spooky rever
of the fcrtuuks ol war ia tiisiv favor
Vnoa the VAi.ur,
A dispatch fioiii 'ioiieiul Early to Ucr.ej
l.io. dated the Till ir.ftt.. p?jO? " SheriJai
whole force commenced falling back down t!
Valley last night ulong tbo Pike."
TO THE PRESS OF THE SOUTH EH
CONFEDERACY.
1!iolimonh, "V*., October 0, i-'.!.
Qentleaie;< - Because ot the ilio-uitj^fut.?i
gonerally eiidting with tl?o lelegrnptii- ue'
of tbo "Southtr'J Press A^ooiBtion," ami t
1
"Dispatch"- -biwo dissolved their c-w.rtr.'H
with the tiHuic nod formed a "Mutual Ren;
Press Association," in which limy invite th<
brethren of the h">atiinrn pro."s to join these
The plan of this now organisation is <1
signed to be an eoonomi<>?| one; and a?
members are to bo tho Nawa Kefoh'i-bus,
roports arc o.vpected to bs not or.]y rnlittb
but unencumbered with ustdesa 7erbiagc a;
unimportant intelligence.
By the request of our l>irectory, i ha
opened t corrosponder.ca with Dr. W. S. Mo
bis, the President of tho Santhern Teleera
Company, as to what wili be tho cht.rp
mado against the members of this Assooiati
' for "news ovfr the wire.?;" ar<d with his use
promptness, as well r.? liberality to ?hn Pre
be responds, thai "ajar this monto I will so
I all Prtus communications, wherever they in
, emanate on our lines, (a unit Editor or I'eop,
etor of a Daily Paj'tr, intended for public
lion, on o)ir lines, ut half the uxuul lutes."
Thus it will bo bccd! that while the enti
press of tho South is put upen tbo Game foo
i ing by Dr. Morris, ad regards wire roil, I
"Mutual Asecciftuor," will bo enabled to s&
tho enormous eipenso of travelling a;??n
reporters, horses, circular printing, and otli
incidentals, whioh form part and parcel of t
oumbrnus tiiacbino which nil havo hcretofc
sustained.
The press of Richmond, as a contribution
the general cause, have appointed an intellign
enercetie and efficieut agent, at <Acir oicn ttpni
to ooliect official and other news for thein, an 1
telligible synopsis of which he will send reenli
ly to nil mt-iubtxj of this Association, withe
charge fcr his labors.
In cities, where two or more papers are pu
lahed, the editors can readily appoint one
their numbor to receive and fcrwarj news?hi
ho# the entire Association can work barmoi
onaly ?D(l economically. and at the same tic
relieve tbe telegraph wires (which are oiu
heavily pressed with Government work) of
avast quantity of superfluous labor.
Having thus brie fly stated the object of (J
new Asaoeiiition, and the reasons which actu
ted its organization, we now cordially invite o
brethren of i he Press throughout lhe Sonthc
Confederacy to join as, assuring them that v
will spare no effor# to uiake it what it purports
be, a ''Mutual Banifit Press Azsocialivn."
Very rupta'.fally,
J". W. Lkwei.LE*,
President Mutual benefit Press Association.
D*b?rticw.?Two members of Capfc. Wi
A. Jenkins' oompany, reserve forces, Colon
Evans' regiment, deserted on Friday last, ar
went over to the enoiuy. The rogiment wi
staboned iu Fort Gilmer at the timoof the ot
curreuoe. One of the deserters is the nop
rionsJohn Cunningham, recently tried befot
Judge Lyons for picking the pocket of Mr
Munsou.
MARRIED.
MiRaiHO, on the 5th lnnUM, by Rev. Adam Bledtoa,
the Broad Street Mettodlit Church, In kh-iuriond. Dr. 1
ni.nnSOR. Amihtaz.t Burseon C. 6. A., to kill JULIA
lUKBId, c'fHenrlce. " '
DIED.
Dixd, on tlip ilft July, "at his residence, near Mat
vllle, Tecs , of a long <-nl painful Hints;, Dr. M. 1
BKSRI.K, Jb , la the 34th year of his ageIt
had oily iiecn four weeks sIdcb he was pained to hm
of the death of his father, lie* M". M Hankie, D. D., i
Richmond, Va. 1 hua, In the shci 1 tt-ass of a nontti, hi
passed away a gifted and noted minister and bis nek aoi
It has occn traly said. dPRlh ioves a ihlnlng mailt; nc
while tbc father is too well known lo need aught from ot
pes, we can say, hating boon a witness at the death he
of the son, that death had no sting for him. Jie died pn
fcsnlog hts perfrCt pease with hi* sac-lour, and his wllllni
nesa to exohenge an earthly homo for a plans near tb
throne of God. May oar last end be tike bis.
t e. IC. W.
Baltimore papers please copy.
Charles jp. ClarkeTim,
on Friday, beptember 30th, at the reildenee r
hi* relative, Hogh L. Qallahcr. OHARI.M D. CLABITH
ol Washington Bounty, M4., cf a wound received In ;
cavalry fight near Waynesboro.
Tboagh Charlie was exempt from strvloj. he volants
rlly aided In driving the psllu ing tren-.y fntn the hearth
stones and homes of his many fnr.J and dear fiicnis li
Waynesboro He waa among the foremen la the charge
when he fell pisreed by a bail through 11-right long. N<
truer Wend and braver boy has fires I Is life la dt'etct
of oar homes. X.
Baltimore papers please ccpy.
t
PEACE IN AMERICA,
t The following document iv being extensive- 1
i ly oiroulated throughout Grewt Britain and
3 Ireland:
l The Pecpl? (>J 'he United Kingdom of Ortai
1 itritaia and Ireland, to the People oj the
i'itited Stutee, Greeting:
\ Wc. ii nf the eaine rate, and many of you
art* .uif brothers. Can wo not, therefore, ccnie
" Toii ii>: peace-makers, ai d address you bh
i fi-ii li'ls'if Wo wr.uld atk you, Ilaa there not
been of strife mid bloodshed, and misery and
_ * a tiering enough ? and is it not time t<i cease
' ibpoi unl tvar Id which yeuare engaged t We
** believe I hern i:, r.-.t a Christian muo or woman
d iiMongfi*' ue wlii't e heart Joes n.it ie.-por.il
f. affirmatively tn this question. With this contj
viotion wa.wibh to speak to you ae plain men,
using plain language. Wo have admired your
froo institutions, and hnvo gladly witnessed
0 your riso as a people to eminenoo in wealth
>r and political power. You arc of the Saxon
blood, and we hoped that you would rnako the
New World renowned for true greatness.?
You promised to become one mighty people
aod a groat nation, famed fur the liberties of
its citizens, ibe trinmpbs of ponoe, and the
conquests of its commerce. We felt that you
i- were doing honor to the ' Mother Country.'?
1 When, therefore, this unfortunato war began,
our hearts wero more inolined towards you
than towards your si?ter States, because we
n hoiieved with you that the action of tbo
i- South was but the work of a faction. Thed
events of the Btruggle, however, hove convinc
od us that a more united people than thoso of
1 the Southern SiateH never rose up in defence
s fit choir rights.
ie When you asserted that secession was the
_ work of disappointed ambition, and promised
to quell it within sixty days, we aooepted
l ?;n orind faith, and looked for
, yuui nnruiuuu^ ... fcww? ,
11 tho Hf.eody restoration of peace. We did not
d wish to see the Atnerioan Union broken up.
t But eo far from this promise being fulfilled,
' (and your efforts to accomplish it have been
great,) peace and the restoration of tho Union
' ore apparently mere remote than ever. Suroly
lfl there musL be many now among you who
share with ua the convfolion that it ie utterly
> impossible to subdue the South, or to restoro
tho American Union, as it was in the pist
j. days of die Republic. You have tried sufficiently,
and Jound the gulf between you and
'J the seceded States to widen with tba effort that
J is rorido to subdue them. Is it not time, then,
o, to pause, and, ttft -r calmly reviewing all that
you have Recnmnlirbod, the distance which
you have travelled from ^ourwell-known landmarks,
and the difficulties and dangers that |
aro yet before you?is it not time, we usk, that
vr you should take oouusol together as to the best
j. means of restoring peace 1 We oannct forget
thf.t tho ouestion of peace or war was never
submitted to you fir your 6eriuus consideration
before hostilities had actually oomrconoed;
of that they came upon you little by little; and
that both Government and people found themselves
plungod into this fearful contest almost
unawares; nor have you as yet had an oppor 3'
lunity of consulting together in general Coi.?
ie vontion for the purpose of raukiugknewn your
opinions ar.d wishes about the war or any of
the vast issues growing out of it.
Tho war has changed (for the present at
n least) tho character of your Government.?
What has become of the freed of speech,
?y you frcTO preps, and tba inestimable right of
d. nabcas corpus ? What, permit us to usk, are
r- tho Southern .people doing beyond following
od the precepts and. examplo taught and pracv7
tiued by your fathers and theirs, whon tboy
7- withdrew thoir allegiance from the mother
oouttry, and assorted their right to Mtablish
nu a Government of their own ? The Declaraty
tion of Independenoe, which you hallow and
ji0 celebrate every fourth day of July, asserts,
sclf-ovident, the right of tho Southern people
to set up a govornmeritof thoir own.
r,c But we would ask, suppose you should, at
'the end of another three years and a half,
'c' succeed in subduing iho South and restoring
tho f'r.ion by force ?f arms, might you not
then Ibnl out, when it was too late, that these
r.illar* upon wbioo r?-h>0 your form of governi's
incut Lad been violently torn down, und that
f,c your own liberties l>.-d bo6n buried in the
ru'.nu .' If you will run the parallel betweun
tho Sontli now and the colonics in ITT'l, ord
, v ?.'onipi.re the course pursued \>j the North now
' and ihe mother couotry then, we think you
will discover sutuo striking resemblance; and
among theui, that v?.di you now, as with the
... crown then, rests tin. juivilego ?t giving peace
u to the American eoitinm'.. rruy nuitucu,
I," without further delay, rccogniz.-? lite
? jwfcidi attaches to ffotir high privilegeT We
-j vrrr rrmTt no; trppgrg ? rrm./
flt) Pea. : lie tisit'j yon!
I'l tiOUUICHTti OP fIIK FkCNCU rUEs.S.
f:r The prinoipal ed" >r .j? "La France," M Cohen,
has written, Oi. thin address, uno of the
itd best artieles hitherto published relutive to the
its Atuciic&n queetiuii. The iollnwuig tiro donu?
'e> of its leading pass&gfs:
r'u Con it bo that light baa not yet dawned on
?e this grout nation of America?n natiou whose
ar.und judgment and practical intaUiganooha70
boon to a t a nonroe of admiration t Can it bo
^ 1 that tho last lour ye-ir* of contentions, of dia>
? ustorp, nf poworlosB tdforte, of niisorioH *ud of
, teerp, hate failed to convince lier oj the impos'*
nihility of there establishment of union bciwesn
nd ^tc ^nrt^1 ani^ South ? Is it not evident that
' , tho JjoocBsionifita arc resolved rather to buty
themselves beneath their rains than to sub'
* mit, and that to the original and fundament
u" caufOc of separation which for s) long beforohand
announced an inevitable rupture, to tho
divergonoo in mttnneru aud institutions, the
I antagonism of interests, even to the opposition
of tbo riioos, i%te now added feelings of haired
'? which tbo war has created between this hostile
brotherhood ?
It is not, thorofore, folly hi imagine that,
even supposing the armios of Loo and Beaurere
gyd woro vanquished, implacable feelings of
^ resentment, such as tlioae.conld likewise be sobQt
dued. and what blind infatuation could induce
st' the Northern States to create and maintain by
Qj force, subject to their rule, an American Pair.
land, whose inf.vitablo outbreaks would perut
petuate tbo horrors of oivil war ?
No 1 the Music* is no longer possible; the
b- idea oj reducing and gr.?eniin</ the South must
?f be at onesabandoned In thiH war of exterini*
a? nation, tbe Northern urmiea wasto and perish,
n* and the Government of Washington in oom
peiJed to acknowledge that thc>r heroic oppo"8
nentH are not rebels, but a people, a nationality,
boldly defending it? iridopendenco, and prel,0
pared, at any coat, to protect its threatened
a- antonnmy.
nr M. Cohen then expresses hia astonishment
that tho principle of modern right, which
to admitu the freedom of every Dation to choose
the form of Government lest alaptcd to itself,
ehonid he trampled or,dor foot by society,
whose duty, on the contrary, is to uphold and
respect such a principle. Theloss suffered by
n. the United States ia this war is not that of
el territory, neither in it eimply the lass of milid
lions of money nor ol1 thousands of oitisens; it
re is far more than this?it is the principle of
their moral and political greatness, lie thus
> continnes:
re They have lost thetiGtion of those great lib*
a. eral truths by whicll their republic has been
olovatod to so high i degree of power; tboy
haTe compromised forever the liberties of
which tboy wore eo justly proud. Oaca thoy
at were a free dtnitcraoy, now they are a bloodthirsty
dictatorship; onoe tbey wero a na
tion, they are now an ariny; once tbey were
a hive of remarkable industry, now they are a
oamp.
llow King is this statborn sen win to oon?
tinaa? How iong will they persist ia closing
their eyes against lbs evidence of actual
*r facta
11 The editor of "La Prance" speaks approved
iogl.y "f the address proposed by the English
j pcoplo, and is of opinion that if this eloquent
i- manifestation of public opinion were eup?
ported by the efforts of one of the great Earoe
pean Powers, prompted to its assistance by
feelings of laudable humanity, wn might thin
hopo to see tboso feelings of batTcd wnich n< w
fili the American breast removed, and mmeccdcd
by others of an altogether oppcsiio
,f and friendly ohnmcter.
' The "Temps" thinks otherwise; it notices 1
3 oertain rcmors aocording to which tho Emperor
is about again tc ?mploy his influenoo in
' the promotion of peace in America, and ctatee
that if a proposition of the kind were made,
? it would have little chance of being accepted.
> The "Preee6" has devoted a long aid inter- 1
csting artiole, from the able pen of if. Chat- i
ard, to an account of the battle of Petersburg. ]
This article oontainethe mo it c 'Tcplote rscitnl i
if Gritnpg loot defeat whioh Lite yotappoared
in the Parisian press. M. Chatard describes
this sanguinary battle with thus strict impartiality
which is always obsir-.ed by him; and
although Le expresses Li?f.?t,if swrnowhat severely
against Oraut, vchytu he ropfteenls afc
manning fur four meoth- fr\n disaster to
disaster, still ! doubt if the .vio-'t devoted j.-.trtir.'tR
ui the i.O:;h o;.u:-t It: d any st?t"nietit
in this aitiole tj which . bjection could be
The eic-ilriit writ ? of a s?'lct> on American
Elititalntfie C'eiuilitii'i." M. K. Mari*artiu,
has pubiishrd the pio^i mime adopted by
M'Clellaa's partisans at New York." M Murhn
iu not deceived as lo n& value of this de:ncns:rnlien,
and ia careful to state tin t those who took
part in it were hut a fraction the Democratic
per'y, who m i desiriaus of peace, ami who will
make known their j tonr?ii,ui ? to the Ubicugo
Convett'on.
'l'he "Pf-trie" publ'rheH au article explanatory
of the mtcbntiism of PrMtdeniinl elections, and
a munozrHph on the c'ty of Mobile.
The "Progres da l'sris" draws a sad picture of
tho mtiiil condition of tlio United States, and
shows how great bus be6it their downfall owing
to theirambitliD, which lias caused th<>m to fc<get
Ibras Deoiocratic principle* to vrl ish ihey
owed their extraordiREry prosperity.
ANOIUEft fHIVATERK ON THIt COAST.
Capt. Jlrown, of the aihoomr Hr/ah CI ice r>f
New London, reports tlrtouthe IHth innmt, off
Oapo Sable, site m?w "elo?e to" tt smart-lot'Sting
Englbh fcuht screw it:nxer, showing no col'rs,
steaming rapidly t J the westward, near Cape Sable.
Tt.o vMRNel was evidently a brivuU-r. She
was barkeutiite rigged, ptiinlo.l Mick, wi<k gilt
fashion boards on h^r quarter: her smnht-stack
standing between tho main and mutton nuts!*,
and bnata painted white. Abeut.en nubs astern
wait n United Sts?!63 scrow gnulmht in full cli*8?.
Tha gnnbofit sent Jowd bw foretopniHSt and topAHil
yn'd, but l?f: the 1'oreynrJ iiercsi. As tee
ves'el nemd Capo !Sable both vessels drew in
th re, and as soon as ths suppostd privateer
rounded the Cape she ronde all snih
Shortly afterwards the Gage spoke a schooner
from Liverpool, N. S.. which reported that the
day previous site had left port, where it who report,
d that a rebel privi.tger had pat into asdiaII
place, and was blockaded by two United States
gunboats, but aha escaped during tbo nigbt anil
went to aoa. This vessel had boon cruising in
the Bay of Chaleor, and had destroyed a number
of mackeielmeu.
TUX CRTfTAL PAI.AOI.
Last week soroo hundreds of prrsona from
Boulogne aod other places on toe north coast
of FrfiDoe, made an excursion to the Crystal
Palaco at Sydenham. On the niae day tome
thousands of the Foresters also visited the
Palaco, and the London Gymnastic Society's
fete took plaoe. The directors had made amplo
provision for tho entertainment of the excursionists.
&lr. C'oxwcll made an ascent in
his balloon, the great fountains played, and
the bands of the Coldstream Guards and of
the Sapeurs Pompiers de la Villc de St. Pierre
performed during the day. The visitors from
Franco appeared to dcrivo very groat pleusuro
from tho proceedings. A now marvel has
been new added to the Minicr.,us attractions
of the Palace, iu tho i-hapc cf a railway in
frhioh tho pneumalio principle in applied for
passenger traffic. The line is 60?.? 3 tinls long,
tiod runs throughout ix? a tunnel. The tunnel
is ten font high and nios f:-: t wide. A framework
art robed to t iO carriage fits the form of
the tunnel, the interval between the wood and
the arch being filled with a mass of bristles.
Two dices 22 feet ia diameter, revolving in an
iron case, constitute tho motive p:.wer, and
are iurned by a small steam engine.
TUK TfhlCCO TEAD?.
The quantity of unmanufactured tobacco
inipvitci into the United Kingdom in the six
ni.Vi ton ending Juno J?i', IriG-l, was 15,358, l(>5
lbs. The quantity imported during the name
psri-d it. th-. year 15Ci w-ts J2V23.S57 lba.,
and during tlin s:iteis period in 1?"5- only
T.AiO.ai-J .bs. The quantity of iraautactnred
touaoco imported is very greatly on tho incroise,
owing to the 10.lant1.11 of tho duty.?
lluriiicsix months t-nd.vij Jm c 3d, lid I, the
supplies were i-lfill lihs, s? compared
with 1,222.4'Jo llic. in IfiS, and 554,*64 lbs
in 18i/2 It is scarcely ne-K.-Pvy to point out
ihst the small in.p nt m" untusnnfaoturod t->
liei c j in 1 ?02 wtU oaute-i by the American
war.
iiHOOTAN.
The ir.lr.Vitt! etui.; of Itimotan h M-.i l to be
IUVS' Jepi' r.l?!c. ilitd a r'.-Vir* <;i t.fll Wn?> l-i CXpectcd.
r'.-vrnl eh'.ds are -invirg n. gain
tho chiaf powfci nt ll.c head >-f their respective
factions. Atnbarsn a id Folac it:. It had been
aoriCTOd t" tr>?i I'.riiir.Q liinjiirc, uoJ ilia tttiooGoneral
1 ,!,eitttnly rep:.i\?li.ui whs made
fur toe .-.prut'! c>t tho jlcngit!* .- .-.:.d the plunder
e ?n-,)iitcd.
t'ro?n O'si id it w,is reported tu>*.t Shcto Ali
naa vir.ieu Aistu. iv-ian unijer a nag k\ t?iico,
and bad boon treacherously mad'; a rrwncr.
TLj tiding-. however, required iionlhmatron.
*-?-??? -
FRANCS.
A horrible murder waa coimairriid a few
ff?k ago in the South of France. Tea victim
was M. de LassalJe; Ho Jived in a Tory penurions
manner at a house oi the high sounding
tirla of Chatean Baillard. Oni day be was
found lying dead in his hcuso, bis desk broken
in, and its contents stolen : and, to com
pleto tho horror, three of bis servants also
murdered. Two men, Li'our and Audouy,
were arrested on oospioion; their trinl has
been tha chief oVjeos of publio attention during
the paet week To outsiders there is no
point in it of roma; liable interest; tho speech
of the Prooureur General for the prn-c-jutiun
was, eingularly enough, not only vindictive,
but in bad tastS: by loaded the wretched
prisoners with avusatione of blasphemy and
bypooriay, in a manner which certainly reflected
tho charges back upon himself. The
prisoner Latour conducted his nwn defence;
ho said he had already boon in trouble for
ether accusations, and had always been found
guilty through the folly or knavery of bis
advocate. His own endeavors on this occasion
were not more euooeeslulj ho was condemned
to death, and Auduoy to penal service.
Prinoe Humbert, the Crown Prinoe of Italy,
has arrived in Paris after his visit to Denmark.
Ho has been received with due h<mr
by tho Emperor, and his br.t'ier-ia-law the
Prince Napoleon. There are rumors of a projected
marriage batween him and the Princess
Anna Mufat. They would have greater woight
were it not that tho lady is about six years hiB
senior, and has already been given by public
report to well nigh every available potentate
who hftH yet visited Franoe. Tho Prince is only
twenty years of age. A soldier by birth and
profeseion, he is likely to be popular among a
military people. As deooribed by acortjmpoI
rary, heis ot irregular features (to use tho very
mildest possible term,) bur of a frank, open,
and manly oountenanoe. It would bo a most
remarkable fusion of families were the heir
to the crown of Italy to marry a descendant of
the groat cavalry officer to whom wbb given
t no nf TCnWlrto nfl ir\;r? fTu nf Tr?n ?
At the inangnntlion of the Northern Spanish
Railway at Sun 8ebusUan.on the lfitlinlt..M Isaac
Pereire read an wldross to the Kin# of Spain after
the?b6ne<Jiclion of the lccomr.tiv?s, in which,
while oomtuentin# en the fuin tuent of Louis
IIV 'a exclama'ion, 'There aro now no Pyrenees''
hens. J the following oaprrisiocs: 'If we congivtalate
onret Ives upon tin se pucitlc conquests,
if we glorify ourielves, it is bececss they powsrfuhy
Httionil the r l'gions tendency of societies
to unite their fcrees towards a common end. On
kII sides the w?7 is opened by trearieg. whose
ti?t result will he the free exchange of the various
product! with which nature has giftod each
couutry; evory day, in fact, prepares the new order
of things clearly indicated by the Emperor
K7 I T TT l.? 1 .. T7
FIH^UIWU lilt WIICII HO piiJJM'CJil tJ Anrope 10
subrt tuto the judgment of Congresses for the
deeds of force and the const qnoncos that only a
blind impiety nan term tho judgments of God.
The establishment of railwsys is :ha tirst step in
this fruitful coarse of tha future.'
The venerable maestro Rossini held a fele on
the fifth nltitno.. ut his villa et Pasty. Several of
the greatest vocfclists of France. England, and
Italy aesemtflid to do honor to the festival.
Among them were Mrs. L-mranns-Sherriugton,
MM Fanre. Tamborini, and Vnnttartt.
Raman Captcrbd.? C'jpt. M.J. Ascb, Ass'tAdjutant
General of tho notorious Yankee
raidor, Riid1:, was brought to thi* City, yesterday,
as a prisoner of war. His horso, captured
at the pamo me, was also brought to
the city, but died from tho effect* of t '.round,
while standing in front of the Transit', nation
Office. A crowd gat'uorod around to see the
inimal kick bis last kick?just aa ha was taking
his last breath, a wag stepped forward
md exolain.ed, "L-t me kiaa him for his
Mother." The orowd immediately dispersed.
LATEST FBOM TUE UNITED STATED Ot
_ vii
United St&ka papers of the 6 th w ere reoeivod
last evening. From the New York Times ^
af that date, we extract the following items: in
The latoit intelligence from the Army of ?<j
the Potomac roporte no more fighting. Adisputoh
date! Sunday evening, says 'tho rebels of
fell beck this morning to their main line of ^
woike, which runs froaa the laud works to the
S.'Uiksiilti road, or uesr it. This position of ~
tiie rebel;.' is u. very strong one, and cannot *
easily bo carried. A division of the Second a!
OorpH advanced to the Boydton road, ever ?J
which the enemy wagon their supplies to PeCirslnrg.
Two linen of works were found un- *e
occupied, only a skirmish line opposing the
p.dvan e, and falling baok as our troopa went t0
forward. Near the Boydton road a very for- ^
roidable lino of works was found, behind ll
which tho rebels were posted in heavy force.
It was not deemed advisablo to attack, and
onr men fell back and occupy a safe position g
Tnoy lost a few wounded iu the adianoe. Our ^
luee on Friday was greater than at first statod. p
The total in killed, wounded and prisoners will w
foot np not far from 2,000?more than half of rj
whotu were taken prisoners. This occurred in ^
consequence of a gap boing left between a part *
of the Fifth and N'Uth Corps, through whioh
the enemy charged, and Hanked tho Second
Division of tho Ninth Corns.
The lutes' reliable accounts from Missouristate 0
that Price is moving nn Rolls in throe columns, ?i
the right uDder Shelby sod Marmsduke, the b,
centre nnder himself, and the l-fc under Cooper, it
the latter being mainly composed of half-breed
Indians.
Maj. (.)< ... Hooker has assumed command of
the Northern Department, with headquarters at ?
Cincinnati. 11
Maj. Gen. Heinlid.oniau is ordered to report at "
Wheel :ng. ' H
The ''Times" quitcs gH] ut 1!)0? a llh)<.
Till ATTACK OX UATTXBV IIA BUI "ON?XXXUT 3 p
ACOOUXT. C
We extract the following account (if the assault
on Buttery Harrison, from tho Baltimore
"American*
Tho troops selected for the task of carrying (;
these works were mainly those belonging to tt
General Butler's command, including the d
Tenth Corps, under General Birney, and ihe
Eighteenth Ocrpa, under General Ord. Under ^
cover of the darkness of Tuesday and Wedncs- c
day nights two poatoon bridges were constructed.
Aud when these were completed,
tbroo days' rations were issued to the troopB
detailed for tho assault,ard the order of march
was given. Every thing in the shape of en- ^
oumbranoo was left South of the river, inclu- j
ding waguns, so that the doublo purpose might
bo gained of making a quick advance and "
avoiding all unnecessary noUa. At daylight j
ijn Thursday tho whole body of the assailing
*!ouin was safely over the river.
Uen. Kautz, with a divisiou of cavalry, led ^
the advance on the extreme right. In the
space betwet u Deep Bottom and Dutch Gap ?
the infantry wo? formed into two columns, the j
Tenth Corps (Biruey'e) striking out in the
direction of New Market by our right, and ^
tho Eighteenth taking up its advance by the ,
left, on u line nearer to the river. Tho latter
column under Gen. Ord, bad to enoountcr j
heavy skirmishing u'm i-t from the outset ol
its marc,i. Toe roods, however, made no ofIhctivo
or resolute stand until they had fallen ^
hack to the linn of rillo pita on Chnflin's farm, j
Those pits extended near to tho river, on
which a well constructed fort terminated the ^
I ne. Tho pits were carried by our men after a
succession of gallant charges, but at a very
heavy loss. The fort was likewise carried, but
only after a series of most bloody encountors.
One eye witness says, that "the glacis of the t
lork after tho battlo presented a horrible g
sight." % t
The heavy guns told with deadly effect tn
ilic- storming party, and its glacis was covered j
with the dead aud dying who bad fallen in the ,
assault. The Itr-hel g&rrisou in this mker line
of works was small when the attack oonimer.oed,
"urly in tho day, but it had received heavy
reinfoicements fiotn lliohmond while tho light
was progoec iing. One division, we arc told, (
Gen. Stednmn's, t;-.k the a&liiiLtj of the main !
work, nod thence ewung round inside of, and 1
in tho rear of the enomy in the other works,
drovo ttseiii out before them. This division 1
lost every one of its brigade commanders, <
either Itilird or w.-undod. Ge*j. Burnham wits 1
killed, and C>.lenels Scevensend Dr.nohue were t
wounded. General Ord himself was tpJ?rt '
i wounded early in the light. Tho three divis- *
ions, w jiiyh made up the Eighteenth Corp^j,^
which tln.^ gr Gen"chxi.~S't au'uard, lleckmnu 1
, and bow they Tuugbt, may be gathered from 1
. the foots that tbjy lost five hundred in killed i
and wounded before they achieved possession '
Tim nnjfn frnnnn am I
pr?.i -id fur tbe steadiness and gallantry with
which they fought.
From this acoount it will bo seen that tho
enemy paii deuily for their saooesH.
tub riGHr cat th? niw mabkbt boad.
The Tenth Corps, meanwhilo. was not idle
on the right of our assaulting lines. General
Birney met the enemy almost immediately aftor
starting away from Beep Bottom, and a
Fr.cocBpion ofskirmishps was the order of advane.'1
until thn New Market road wa^reached.
To get possession of that road was the main
task fur which the Tonth was spaoially detailad.
The enemy wore found strongly intrenohed
on what are .railed New Ma kefc Heights ?
The strong natural position thus oooupiod was
made formidable by works of an important
character. To carry this, the oilored troops
of the Corps wero selected by Gen. Birney,
and tho ehargo they mado is described in tie
letters of various correspondents,as well a9 in
Gen. Butler's report, aB cm or the grand features
of the day. Thoy neither halted nor
labored, although tboy were mown down in
large numbers by the keen, sharp fire of the
onomy. Tho presence of Oen. Birney in the
vo;y heat and crisis of this assault doubtless
did a 7ftst deal to inspire his men with the
courage and da-;b so essential to tbe execution
of their task. Generals Grant and Butler weie
likewise nn tho ground at this point during
the day, and the presence of tbe Lieutenant
Genorai is said 'o havo oroated tho wildest enthusiasm
among the troops.
Gen. Birney did not tako a long breathing
spell at New Market Heights'. Ho at once
pushed forward in tbe direction of an old earthwork
three miles beyond Now Market, and it
was shortly taken possession of with barely a
iknMt />f wauiiikannA Ttrn milaa liowcntl tpKoha
UUT* yi 1 tClD?B?IUU? X nw UiHWO UOJUUU nUJIU
this old work stands, tho Vorina road crosses
tho New Market road, and along; that line the
Eighteenth Corps, having tiniehed its taek on J
the left towards the river, was marohing up to ,
form a junotion with the ToDth, At this point ,
a formidable series of Rebel works crosses the
New Market road, six miles from Riohmond. s
The?e works, after a sucoession of desporate 1
cbargcfl directed by Bimey himsolf.and which .
lasted from two o'clook on Thursday afternoon
till dark, still remain in the enemy's bands.? 1
We lost heavily in this struggle, but tho game 6
is net given up.
kagk'S CAVA LIT, *
during this eventful day, operated on the ex* ?
bi'cme right of our advauoe,and while the bat* ?
tie for possession of the works at the Varina j
road orosbing was in progress, Kautr sent r
word tliat be was within sight of Richmond, i
and a division of infantry was forwarded to _
his support. This division was Msj. General
Terras, and it pressed forward by the Central ;
road t"j within musket shot of the city. But .
it ?uj deemed perilous for it to enter us it c
might bavo done, without being ablo to hold
the place. What the grand gain of this i
inovemerit is, wo shall not know until the ope- 4
rations on the south bide oome to be iutelligi
fcly reported r
The loss of the enemy, an confedsed above. *
was very heavy. KuuU was "*it n sight of. j
Richmond," oat tho "musket shot" distance in e
entirely imaginative. Tho "Swamp Angel"
would not have thrown a shell into Riobmond from
tho nearest point that Kautz reached. s
OPERATIONS BEFORE P8TBBSBCK0.
Yesterday Grant Jot go his right, and in- 0
dieted considerable damago north of tho e
James. To-day he brought his left into play f(
and gavo the enemy severe punishment beyond
the Woldon Railroad. The engagjmoLt aj
to-day will undoubtedly receivo its name from b<
Poplar Spring Church? a little ruEtio house pj
of worship in the vicinity. West of Wamn'e
position the enemy had, duiingthe quiet of the
past month, thrown up a strong line of works, p
The capture of this was the object and result ;j,
of to-day's fighting. Warren commanded the tr
column of attack, which was .imposed of the bi
Fifth Corps and two dmai? the Ninth d<
9
rrpa, oupporte 1 ftn lb* by Gr;
aionof oawilrf. flp
f]~u? ofetalluni u? the *.-.?u\q ?,iv
mutenced with ekiitnishing in th, ioren0i B ;
which valuable uiJ was rendered by nj!
.valry, who mured up in litis wit!, UJjCj * fl'
,e left Sauk th? lfrt5i Uurpi. T.' s tro^ Hj
the Ninth Corps wore u? re-rto a. t},e ^
)on after roid-dsY the enemy's tir-t line B
loountcrod, whian, by u li-iiaut charge ] B|
riffle's division, anon t--:1 ?w . our hands.-! H
his was but a weak line in eon,}>uti?0Q wit)j B
(Other sr-aie Jist.in?wi in the rear, to wijj,v B1,
tr effort-were new directed. U7 bnotP fl
large and i: i:i-; wpletniid tijtht.ut thes?, too h
11 into our hc.niir, with cue picoa ofartil|e,j B
id about s.x'.y prisoners. A abort ;u;| D.* Bl
.,K. pjfrje ?t? the ti^hri^^r. The Fifth Cortj ?
cunied the works^ and t'-r-w out a itrc,n, H
ue about half a mile in 'ru.it. K.
inx ninth coxes ih tui: advance. f
In thia condition thinga reraaior-d until ne?? K
re o'olouk, when the troops of the Xitth H
orps were assigned tba advance. vienerai K
otter formed Ms division in iii-n ? i.tttle H
ith the brigade of Geuerul Gr.iKri ?n tfce fl
ght and that of Colonel Cortin ... the lsft, H
II in turn supported by Osuer&l llirttu-J'i
rigalo of Wilcox's dmsin.
flEK POTTEK Muvcs p.l!t\r .u::i B j
Passing the skirmish Ibis of tli- Fit l. C-.rpe, K
?n. Potter moved seidily l'iruui.i uotilihj K
tierny, whose ekirjslsh* rs tu 1 gradually u;'.,,, B
nek, came t > r. s nt.d atpt int which <>0u fl
ir now determined t > ? ?*.<ry l>y a cl fl j
a rmat'.m:. B,
This charge, hond-d by Griffin's '# ._ ??>!a wy R;
let by the enemy itt a innst d?l!#J ic-cnncr fl
0 addition to n heavily reinforced li.-vof icfi,c. Bl
y. tboy had ooucrntra'td a la'gn | *?.u i:y of fl(
rtillery. Tho course oi our troops * >.< up ^ HL
tjep hill, where, in rddiliou m thet-t?i:K tiirc.f B
ae enemy, h :y encounter? 1 a st- in tfr.'d i.-nce,
rbich broke the clung* aud do*:r } ?..! tV. ia> I'
etus sj necessary in an undi-iiak ug ki this B:
haracter.
COUNTf'RCfMKnGtlKTIlK kNKMV. fl'
The charge tailed, Mid, Pie troop* giving way, fl.
ere countsreharged by tboeireniy >ud dr'.vcu B
1 confusioD, losing a nambor r.f piisoaert fl'
eueial Wairen sent a poitiou of ihj T.fih C'crp? fl*
> thoir asibstMKv. nud the euutuy wis iigmu K
riven back. It
The 'number of prisoners* was a< / < ><Urn ku?. fl<:
rrd?but that is prudently wiihhtll ehead^B'
eived public might have huowu uietc thsu B '
roper.
lincoln fcts iv a slts'titl l'e
Tns Prssidemt's k*rii?skfit-.?tv* lUi'srij
Dibits Dim.?This m- riling .John S ,j,i^
'rcsidont Lincoln's ropre*e?.t:.:iv'? rvi ..i'.wjl
jrayed in the uniform of the Uoi-.pi
krmy, and, aecnmpuiiicd by O-iit..! Try
'rovost Marshal Geueia! ; Mr X i> Earner'
f tho Third Ward, and his (StapbVj ijbar)
ras taken to the Exeutive Mat:.--, u, where
i0 was roooivod by President Lice i;,|l3,
al Fry introduced him bv ray-rig: Mr Preidem,
this is the man who is to rej-rv: tt \ ,u
n the r.noy for 110 lies-, year."
Mr. Lincoln shook bands with Star!- _ri.
oarkod that ho was a go.d 1< c i.i
icalthy looking man, on i b*!n v-nl !-c w uid
lo his duty, lie avhr-1 Sta;!ra ii he Ui
>6nn mu-'erod in, un.l ho replied iL.tt J;.?
Mr. Lsrner then piocr.ted the I'riviicn:
vith a framed official notice of rh-j fact thy
le had put in a representative r.-rrnh..-.nd the
?reaident attain shook hands v. i n ,\ apisj.
md expressed the hope that he would } e ,.ce
if the fortunate ones, and the riM.og |.ajtj
hen retired.?Slur.
i.nt1hblv rxi.iaule.
General SckoSeld has received ir.i a maion
that General Burbricg-* Ins ,\t;, ir?| the
lalt works near Abingditi, Vu , with littlerelistonce.
Admiral F-irragut arrived a' F rt<ve- Menoe
on the ^J, on the United B.'atUB h-moi ire
;ate SukC|iiebauna, and proceeded u- the
fames river.
Oux Xoji*ncj.atubk.? Perhaps lb-r *> i-Hi
ine thing whioh gives more vip r at. t o teruib
nation ca *hs purt of our omauee im;u the
uisapplication wo make of works.
Rebellion?Thetirm rebellion made its upienrar.ee
in the New York "Tribune," e eti
ifter South Carolina had re-peelM t.vs < rdi?
nines ratifying the United l-Patc, C.;^
urton, ti?d_er,./? " it was a.tm-w.. n. ?e t.
by L'wooln in bis ft-1110:1-1 v:ur j 1 .*-1.?tnaRebel
then soon came into use,and u-1? w-'nra
iryrd of '-fond rscolltction," on acomntol, ur
''afuj/ in tftto'
ut'On, hi; ], a? Washington \va? In.1 of
rebels," it was easily adopted by a v p rion
of our population. Yet, h-.'w it.-it.l be
roconciled to common sense seems strange.?
Garly in some of the corne-'s between the
ritatns Rights party and tho I tiionit-bi it vnu
m oxiom tnutine nu-iifl wv.ro urn creator and
;bo Federal Government tlieerenture, i.u \ L *
i creator oould robed agait.et it,a .-lOaturs
iceniRa l.ttlo ludicrous.
Fodoral.?As soon as Lined a ig' or. d rucfc
dungs a- State lines, we should hr.u .lr [ pel
Lbo word Federals, m applied to hie (1 ?.rarne&t,
army, soldiers, .to.
Abolitionist is a word ttiat many of rU rn lilals
of the North are ptotid of.
Yankee?A French Indian name, and his
ittlo or no significance. *
Traitor is a word which tho North has njtpliod
t? the truu adboronts of liLertv
Usurper.?ff we could have :vj j:. ,1 at &d
Jarly d.?y tbiB gocd old lu-bi. ni:d KrgliA
word, and used it on all icoasinrs. ?u La- the
Usurper's government, the Usui per'a army,
Usurpsr'H soldiers, Jtu, wo might iii f?to?
measure drown out tho buo and cry < f n-lth
lion, rtbals, Ac. And certainly it is applicable
in our cause to call Lincoln a u-nrpsr, as
ever it was to call an illegitimate son ? { a Ling
i uaorper, for attempting to neoertd the throne
In the place of the lawful heir. Tho i;rr?i.lor:
)f the United States was nlweys cl tl "I with
lafticular specified authority--" i It gated
wwer." And tuy attempt to assume other
jower than that conferred by tho hutes, especially
to subvert the State power was n
rial act of m-urpation. And moreover ir might
lave been a go d word for ccurt lar-gucg.* ?
Dur etnbf.s>adors might hnvo claimed to i/?
:bo true representatives of the sovereign Statethat
had long born represented at'h-ire nil',
jnd warned foreign potentates cgnirvt giving
tountenanee to the iisurn?r'n itir;??;js Such
vould bs a good idea vet t > ?v?ljH}>?*r in tb?
sars of Maximilian tho First.
Tni Last Battle U/.orr ?r O^stkil A.
SrDxiy Johnston.?A oorroRpuisi t scuds
is a copy of ilii-i order, and requests .t- pub'
icatiofi. It wtt?ififjuel on tho bloody field of
dbilob, where icm noble author guvs his life to
lia country. Oar correspondent rogar I- it a;
ho most ncblo pieco of military literature lbs
var produced, and, like "Chevy Cfcftse," it
itir%the heart like a trumpet:
Soldicre of the Army of Misaiaaipr-i?1
iave put you in motion to offer battle : > tbe
nvaders of your country. With resolution
ind disciplined valor, bceoruiog rrjr'. righting,
is you ore, for all that in worth living ?,r -!yng
for, you can tut march ti decisive vistoy
over tbe agrarian mercenari?" *Th hart
>een sent tn despoil you of your hh'.rtiet,
rour property and yoor honor.
RemnmUlr the precious suha that ie ii.vjIvc-1
n tbie contest ; remember the depeuiiei.ee 0:
ronr mathrr^, your wives.your sisters, nu. 1 your
bildren, ie upon the resplt.
Kemembtr tbe fair, broad, ah-uu. l.'cz Sis:1 the
wppy homes, and the ties that would be J.?olvcd
and dmjUted by your defeat.
Tbe eyes and hopes of eigh* m Hi ns of | -rt *
ert upon yen Yen are eipioUd ?<> s v* year*
elves worthy of y?ur r.rc* and your liu'ir*
vor by of the ivomi u r.f th-? fiA.1'0, who?-1 ?;r>l?:a
levotlan iu this w?r bus never bueii elfed ?t
,ny time.
With such incentives n brave dr %! .. ?.tj
hoiiust thai Ord is with you. your r> >)*??
i-ill lev) yju eoiifi-Jenll/ 10 me oomo-t. muj "
ared of itj ailiroat) and ybrione smco:
Fijie is DiNw iurun.?Tin; sp*c;r.tn : si'enc*
n the farm of E Imun-j Osb r.iV, E q.. in tii-? v:ioi'y
of IVrd'p Depot. DiriH-Milie eonn'y wj*
jtnlly destroy*) by fire on tbn riiglt of Wed-8'Jny
lief. September '07 h The iitre-. wish
II :be furoi.'tir . tvw< ttjlly oorsnme'I. Woks'#
jen unable to learn the oi:;ia of the lit? fc-t
esomo it was accidental
It is estimated that the telegraphic ' -nii
ranee (exclusive of those o.?eJ hy mlwystsr
ifir own parDOse') itretch over 9-t-tr'j kilo?#*
es, or 61.F>2Jii miles ; th9 averrj>o annas! nttotr
of private telegrams ;e one million an i 8 balfi
ifpatched from 1.201 stations.