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.SAXtJKDAY MOKNINU, JUIjT 6i ISG1.
-tOB. GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE,
-fgHAM G. HARRIS,
OP SHELBY.
.7&6te" " FOR THE PERMANENT
Constitution," at tho August
- Election.
BAOKTIiE NEAR MARTINS BURG!
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- i v - Gen. Patterson three times llcpulscd.
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-.h-v'-M 4HIS 'FORGE SDEROUNDED BY GENERAL
JOHNSON. '
, JEatters.on's Force 18 lo 20,000.
1 Special IHipatcb. to the 'Union and American.
'Richmond, July 5. Passengers just arrived at
'StP.M,, from Winchester, contradict the "report of
'Gen. Patterson's retreat.
' Gen. Johnston repulsed them yesterday, aear
'Martinabarg, three times, frith heavy loss on their
side and had them surrounded last night at Martins
burg. Patterson's force is said to be from 18 to 20,000.
D.
j Inthe, very midst of war and invasion, when we
are threatened with a raid from Lincoln's hirelings
Jn the. eastern portion of the State, to be commanded
-by Col. Anderson and Andrew Johnson, when the'
Virginia border is blazing with the enthusiasm of
battle, why is it that the people's will is sought to
,be. defeated by superseding a faithful, patriotic, and
able Executive ! Why should wo change our jfronfr,
in the very hour of battle! Why should wc select a
new man, whom no public meeting has endorsed,
. .no. masses of citizens have requested to become a
candidate ! Why should we weaken ourselves by
. dividing, canvassing and changing our leader at
such a perilous hour, unless it can be 6hownthat
the one who is hoped to supersede Gov. Harris is
a sounder and truer Southern man, a wiser states
man, a bolder and better leader, a firmer friend of
the cause, a more ardent and persistent opponent of
. , the usurpations of Lincoln and the dogmas of his
parry,- and a safer depositary of Executive power?
Can this be done ?
It is certain that Lincoln and his Cabinet would
.rejoice to see the tried friend of Southern Rights,
Iinuf. G. Harris, struck down, to conciliate.those
who upheld the Black Republican authority in East
Tennessee, in the late election.
It is certain that Andrew Johnson and Tnos. A.
E. Nelson and ther lollowers would be pleased to he
eoncilialed by having any man in Harris' place,
whose declared aim, in becoming a candidate, is to
conciliate the Unoin party.
It is certain that Col. Robert Anderson, with his
ten thousand Kentuekians, who are to invade East
Tennessee, would rather be gratified to find some
novice inthe executive chair, who is perhaps not so
well acquainted with their designs, and would
manifest a greater willingness to conciliate their
allies in the mountains.
"llic Cnmpalsn In Tcnne,ee.
It seems that the redoubtable Anderson, the "hero
of Fort 'Sumter,'1 is to command the troops who
are expected to niake the raid into East Tennessee.
He is to be assisted by Andrew Johnson, the traitor
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Journal cf Commerce gives the following programme
of the campaign :
The coming campaign in Tennessee is a matter of
great political and military interest. It has, no
doubt, been fully arranged here between Senator
Johnson, of East Tennessee, and the Government
Mr. Johnson is, in a few days, to leave for the
theatre of operations. This plan is to test the
question of the Bttength of the Union sentiment in
Tennessee. He believes, that if East Tennessee be
supplied with arms, she will not only be able to
restore hjr own independence, but relieve from
the oppression of the Secession powers, the whole of
middle Tennessee. He is to raise a very large corps of
mounted riflemen in Tennessee, while CoL Robert
Anderson, of Sumter memory, will raise ten thou
sand volunteer troops in Kentucky. Col. Anderson
is to be commissioned as Brigadier General, but is
to have the command of tho whole expedition, with
an army of fifteen thousand, Kentuckians and Ten
Messeans. The Government is to furnish the arms,
equipments, &z , for this army. Taking possession
'ot Eastern Tennessee, this army of liberation will
jiixicui supplies ui iruujrs ur provisions irorn oeing
sent through that region to Virginia.
Gen, Robert Anderson and his Lieutenant An
drew JonxsoN, will Had their campaign somewhat
rougher than they imagine. Let our brave Tennes
see boys prepare themselves to give them such a
warm reception as should be meted out to two such
traitors.
X Pirn for Llvcolnites to Smoke. The Concor
dia Rides, who have arrived here, eays the New
Orleans Delta, are commanded by Zeis York a man,
who it is said, is able to buy the Washington ad
ministration. Capt. York and Mr. Hoover, of Con
cordia, raised the company at their own expense.
They pay their men $15 a month, give $20 a month
to the support of each man's wife in necessitous
circumstances, and S5 to each soldier's child. If
any individual or corporation can beat this, we
would like to know it.
Providential. So many wonderful escapes and
preservations seem to be vouchafed to our people,
that to describe them seems like romance. Can
any three cargoes be more acceptable just now
than coffee, ice and coal? As for the latter, so much
was it needed that the Captain of the St. Nicholas
was very fearful of getting to the end of his run
for want of it, and already a good deal of wood
work was torn away to keep up the fire, when lo .'
a ship lull of coal arrives in time of need. And
can anything be more Providential than that all
down the Potomac ami up and down the llippahan- :
nock not a trace of Yankee ships was to be seen V j
U here arc all these overpowering oiocKaacrs just
now 1 Richmond Dispatch July 3.
Escape or Three of Lincoln's Prisoners. On
Friday night during the heavy storm which was
prevailing, Capt Balance, of the schooner Sarah
and Mary, with a man and a boy made their escape
from thoir vessel which was anchored at the mouth
of Mill Creek, and arrived here on Saturday morn
ing. His vessel was captured last May, by one of
ADe's abolition neet, ana was loaded with coal lor
Samuel II. Hodge V Co., of this city.
He reports 23,000 troops at Fortrcag Monroe and
Newport News, and that many of them aro discon
tented, and wdl return home at the termination of
their three months service JioifoUc ( Va.) Argus,
July 1.
The Anderson Artillery, Capt. St. Clair M. Mor
gan, left for the camp at Dover yesterday. As they
passed our office they gave three cheers for the
Union and Ambrican.
Etpclsion of Traitors. The Virginia Conv.ntion,
on the 29th ult.. placed the mark of Cain on the
forheads of a dozsn members of their body by ex
pelling them as traitors to the State.
Important n ocr Commissioners. We are re
liably informed, says the Montgomery rost. that a
letter has been rcpeived In this city from the Hon.
Wm. L. Yancey, in which he states that our inde
pendence will certainly be recognized by England
durinz the month of Augustand that he expects to
be at homo in September.
S"onos3e s MtwtMeri i the CoHEcacratc
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PHOCLAJIATION.
BX THE rXESlDEXT OP THE C0NTEDK2AT2 STATES 0?
AHERICA.
Whereas, by -nn act of tho Congre
Confederate States of America, approved May
17, 18G1, it is provided that the State of Ten
nessee shall be admitted a member of tlie Con
federate States of America, upon an equal foolibg
-with the, other States,, under the Constitution for
the Provisional- Government of the same, upon tho,
condition that the said Constitution for the Prom
ional Government of tho Confederate States shall
be adopted and ratified .by the properly and legally
constituted authorities of said State ; and the Gov
ernor of said State shall transmit to the President
of the. Confederate States, before the re-assembling
of Congress, an authentic copy of the proceedings
"touching said adoption and ratification by said State
of said Provisional Constitution, upon tho receipt
whereof tho President, by proclamation, shall an
nounce the fact :
Now, therefore, I, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President
of the Confederate States of America, do is.uc this
my proclamation, .making known to. all whom it
may concern that authentic information has been re
ceived by me of the adoption and ratification, by the
properly and legally constituted authorities of the
State of Tennessee of the Constitution for the Pro
visional Government of the Confederate S'ates, and
that a certified copy has been transmitted to me by
the Governor of said State of the proceedings touch
ing said adoption and ratification by said State of
said Provisional Constitution, to the end that the ad
mission of the said State of Tennessee into tho Con
federacy;bo considered as complete, and tho laws
of the Confederacy thereby extended over said State
as fully and oompletely as over the other States
now composing the same.
In testimony w hereof ,1 have hereunto sub-
- scribed my name, and caused the seal of
the Confederate State to be affirmed, at the
city of Richmond, the 2d day of July, A. D.
1861. JEFFESON DAVIS.
i- s.
By the President :
S. Tooubs, Secretary of State.
Louisville and. Nasuvillc Railroad.
We understand that no arrangement had been
effected up to a late hour yesterday afternoon for
running through trains on the Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad. Our noon dispatch from Louisville
states that trains would be run to Bowling Green,
but in no event would they come further-than the
State line. Since that dispatch was received here
we have conversed with the agent of the road here,
-and he informs us thathe received from Gov. Harris
an additional guarantee, similar to that cf Gen. Ay;
derson, that in no event will the trains on tho road
be interfered with if the Directors shall order the
resumption of regular trains again) which he tele
graphed to the Directors. Tho rolling stock now
here is-sufficient for our purpose, and for tho pre
sent, that is all that will be required to be kept here!
Wc claim a larger proportion of the rolling stock,
but until the proportion to which we era entitled
is definitely settled, the Governor has given ample
assurance that the trains shall have free ingress and
egress. This assurance should be satisfactory to
the Directors, if they can be satisfied with what is
just and right.
The agent here seemed to think the assurances
already given by the civil and military authorities
of this State would be satisfactory to the Directors
and that the resumption of regular through trips
would bo ordered in a day or two. We sincerely
trust this will be the case. In the present condi-,
tioa of the country the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad is a thoroughfare of the greatest impor
tance to both Confederacies, and nothing like a nar
row, selfish spirit should actuate its managers in
its conduct. They have every assurance that they
could ask that their trains will bo permitted to
come hence and return unmolested, and the busi
ness and trading communities should demand that
the facilities for intercommunication shall be re
stored. In the meantime, until some arrangement is effect
ed, passengers going in the direction of Louisville
will meet with no detention here, as they can make
the connection by the Edgefield and Kentucky and
the Louisville and Clarksvillc Branch Roads.
In our notice yesterJay we committed an error
a3 to the number of cars to which this end of the
road is entitled. We are informed that the whole
number of serviceable cars owned by tho road is
only about three hundred and fifty, ineluJing
"flats'" and "racks."
Since the foregoing was prepared , we have pro
cured a copy of a letter addressed yesterday to the
Hon. Jahes Grnrp.iE, President of the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad Company, by Maj. Gen. An
derson, which we subjoin:
GEN. ANDERSON TO MR. GCTURIE.
Division Head Qcarters, I
Nashville. Tenn., July 5, 1SC1, j
James Gothrie, President of Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad Sir: Upon the 3rd imtant I issued
an order to Gen. XollicofiVr, directing him to ar
rest the passage of the Nashville, and also the Lou
isville morning trains of the -1th, and transfer them
to Nashville, which order was promptly executed
by him.
At the time I was placed in command of this Di
vison, I learned that the.due poportion of locomo
tive power and rolling stock, to which this end of
the read was entitled, was not in Tennessee. I re
gretted this. The action of the Federal Govern
ment in the removal of Mr. H&ldeman and the ap
pointment of Mr. Cotton and Mr. Miller with the de
clared purpose of controlling the freight of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and the fact that
subsequently it was advertised that a permit from
these gentlemen was necessary to the transporta
tion thereof, even to the extent of articles demanded
by Kentucky for her own defense.taken in connection
with the further fact that an agent of your company
asumed the right to stop merchandise and determine
not in the name of his State, but of his company,
their character.all were acts ofjunequivocal import,
showing beyond all question that ic was necessary
that Tennessee should look to the management of
this road, or elae the authorities of the State
might be surprised with movements ruinous to the
interests of their people, and when upon that day I
learned from a gentleman whom I had charged with
me amy oi reporting to me any cnange in tne num
ber and running of the engines and rolling stock of
the road, that the regular freight engines had been
removed and a -'dinkey" engine substituted, which
had been in the service of the company ever since
one was run upon the road, and that tho passenger
trains were so run as to have but one at any given
hour in Tenncseee.and tin t e vi n that one by at y mo ve
ments at Louisville, with t iai view, could be pastel
out of the State, before another one woull rcich
it regularly, leaving only the aforesaid "dinkey"
engine as the locomotive power within the State of
Tcnncs&cc, to be used on the road, and that there
had been a gradual diminution of the rolling stock.
Without determining upon t!ie motives that induced
this state of lacts, I resolved to prevent a contin
gency that might seriously embarrass the encamp
ment at Camp Trousdale, and impose great incon
veniences upon the Sute, and accordingly gave the
order of the 3rd instant.
With the agents of the road here, I had made
studied efforts to have a cordial understanding n
relation to these matters. I desired one winch,
whilst it would have insured justice and protection
to the interests ot this btate, would have m no re
gard discommoded your road, or injured its in
terests; and deplore that for failure thereof, it be
came my duty to actively interfere in the manage
ment of the road: yet I could not silently permit a
state of aflUirs that, beiog taken advantage of by
the Federal Government, would have prejudiced my 1
State and her people.
I have no wish to interfere with the peaceful
travel and tcansportation on the road and so in
formed the agent of the road at Nashville upon the
arrival of the trains upon the 4th instant, whom 1
instructed to miorm you that any trains, passen
ger or freight, that you might see proper to run,
should pass through without .molestation or inter
ference, simply retaining the engines and cars now
here until it was determined what was the due
proportion to whijh the Tennesssee end of the road
was entitled. I am informed that thi? fnd cf the
road is entitled to five, If not seven engines, and
largely over the present number of rolling etock.
The assurance given to your agent that any train
that you may choose to run through shall not be
molested or interfered with, I beg leave here agin
to repeat to you. Respectfully,
Saml. R. An dsrson, Maj. Gen.
2d Division Tenn. Yolumeers.
Fire Arms. Messrs. A. B. Barrett &, Co., proprie
tors of the Southwestern Foundry, at this place have
recently commenced the manufacture of fire-arms.
They have about twenty hands row employed, and
are turning out at tins time ten rMts a day. When
they get their machinery in complete order, which
wo are assured will be in a few diys, they will hi
able to turn out lrom 25 to 30 guns per day. The
guns manufactured by these gentlemen have been
inspected and approved by comnetent iudces. So
far as we ourselves are capable ot judging, wo have,
no hesitancy in saying that they are as good rifles
as can be made anywhere. We understand that it
is the intention of Gen. Floyd to supply his brigade
with the Barrett rifle, WithivUle Va., Telegraph.
ScoatlBff m Harbour OoHiity,
A correspondent of the Lcwisburg- Qironide,
writing from Camp Garrett, Barbour county, Va.,
Juno 29, gires an interesting, account of scouting
expeditions in that neighborhood. It appears that
,Capt.Moosujr,with twenty of his command, went
close to the enemy's camp On the night of the 18th,
and met with some exciting adventures. Says the
letter:
We passed ,he enemy's scouts all along the road,
but they had not oven the courage to fira upon us
from the roadside, though they vrere conecafed by
tho darkness and the bushes, which were aa thick
as jhe hairs on a. dog's bapi. Wo camo back in -a
walk," after firing a saints of twenty guns immsdi
ately by tha cowardly devils. On the next day, the
19th,' equade of four ot our company took possesj
sionof tho pike, within four miles of Phillippi, and
waitCd patiently, in ambush, for the enemy's scouts
and spies, Calvin Renick, Cyrus Chreigh, Charles
McClung, Lewis Peyton and-Addison Bell composed
the advanced guard.
About 11 o'clock three scouts came along. They
-were halted by young Peyton. Ono of them drew
a pistol and fired five shots atour young friend P.,
the distance being only about fifteen or twenty
paces. Young P. fired upon him and broka the fel
low'ji arm. Just as young Peyton Hred, Calyin
Renick let loose upon tho rascals, and killed one
of them instantly. This caused the sentinels sta
tioned along the road to give the alarm, and in one
hour's time our whola Cavalry corps was
almost in gunshot f Phillippi. Our com
pany was then divided into squads of four, six
and eight, and we concealed ourselves in the
brushwood. About six o'clock in the even
ing a footman camo walking along tho road,
very deliberately. Mr. Burkhart our buglcman
.-thin whom a braver man does not live on his
horse, halted him in the road. In an instant, the
scoundrel leveled his Minnie musket at Mr. B., but
it failed to go off. He then drew a five-shooter and
snapped it five times at Mr. B. By this timo Capt.
Moorman, M. B. White, John Gilkeson, Dr. Camp
bell, oursclf. and a citizen of the neighborhood camo
up, and commanded the belligerent rascal to sur
render. He refused, and started to run when Capt.
Moorman discharged one of his horse-ustols at him,
which only took effect upon the two buttons on the
back ol his coat. He then ran like tho devil, Mr.
Burkhart on horseback, and we on foot in pursuit.
After a somewhat exciting race, he stopped and
gave himself up. Mr. B. got several severe blows,
but is not seriously hurt. The prisoner (fought
bravely. He is a German by birth and educatian,
and belonged to the Oth regiment of Indiana volun
teers. We brought him to the camp last night, and
ho is now in the Guard House. He gave us much
valuable information relative to matters at Phillippi.
The only excuse he gives for volunteering to invade
Virginia, is that he was thrown out of employment
and had to fight or starve. He says that tho prin
cipal portion of the Northern army is composed of
persons thus situated.
Our scouts, numbering about twenty, anc the
enemy's scouts, numbering about forty, hi d a
little brush last night. None of our men were
hurt. Several of the enemy were killed and
wounded.
Sklrmisli Near Alexandria.
Higgison Hancock, Esq., an honoary member of
the Governor's Guard, returned to this city jester
day from Manassi3 Juactioa. We regret to say he
confirms the reported death of Sergeant Henry
Hanes, of that company, in a conflict with the ene
my, near Alexandria, on Sunday night last, From
Mr. Hancock, and others who arrived yesterday, w.e'
have received statements of the affair, which canjbe
relied upon.
It appears that Mr. Hanes, in company with a de
tachment of twenty nine and two guides, started
from their camp on Friday evening last, in the di
rection of Alexandria. They continued their ob
servations for a day or two, gradually drawing
nearer to the Federal outposts. We are informed
that by some means they obtained the countersign
,of"the enemy, and, on Sunday night, actually passed
three of his pickets, and got within a mile and a
half of Alexandria. Here our detachment separa
ted, three or four only going in company. Mr.
Hanes and his companions came upon some three
of the enemy's scouts, and ho at ouce rode up and
ordered them to surrender. They fired upon him,
and we regret to say one shot struck him in the
head and proved fatal. Our scouts then fired upon
the enemy and killed two of those who had fired
upOn Mr. Hanes. At this time a large party, prob
ably fifty, uf the enemy were seen advancing. Our
sccuts 'fired upon them, and (it is believed) killed
six. The whole detachment of the Governor's
Guard had by this time got together; but the supe
rior numbers of the enemy, and their yells as they
retreated towards Alexandria, made it prudent for
them to re tiro without being able to secure the body
of their dead comrade.
None except Mr. Hanes were injured on our side,
and none captured. Richmond Dispatch, July 3.
Texas News.
The Galveston dvUian. of the 2Cth ult., says :
Col. Van Dorn, of the Confederate array, is, we
undvrstand, to be charged with the control of meas
ures for the defence, of Galveston. It is understood
that he will place three companies of artillery in
the regular service, and add considerable to the
present stock of cannon and small arms. A full
battery of flying artillery is to be' added to the pre
sent defence of the island, besides increasing the
fortifications.
The Hempstead Courier, of the 22J ult .' has the
following:
We learn from a private source ihat two men
were arrested at Chappel Hill, on Monday, who
were Abolitionists, and wno said they were from
Illinois. They were oent hero as secret agents
for the purpose of lindmg out whether the
"strong Union party," of which the Lin-
colnitea have heard so much, as still exist
ing in Texas, was really so. They were detected
conversing with a negro woman, by a gentleman,
who, after they had lett. questioned her regarding
the conversation, when she told him that they were
trying to induce her to leavo her master ana go to
the North. They were arrested, but vigorously de
nied the charge or being Abolitionists and ever
holding any conversation with the negro. Their
trunks were searched, however, and lo what a
sight! They were filled with 'Helper's Impending
Crisis."
Seeing it useless to make a further denial of their
true character, they made a clean breast of it. and
acknowledged the facts as above stated. Thcv were
asked if they had met any Union men in their trav
els through Texas, to which they answered in the
negative said that ihoy had been considerably dis
appointed. Their object was to get up a rebellion
among the slaves. They were escorted to the woods
but we do not know what became of them, though
we more than suspect that the Helper doctrine, in
their case at least, has reached "its crisis."
Secretary Walker has issued the fallowing
timely and appropriate notice to newspaper cor
respondents :
Confederate States ok Ameri. i, )
War Dri'ARTVKvr.
Richmond. July 1. lfCl. )
To Xticspaptr brrespondenis :
Gentaemen : While I have not withheld permis
sion from any of the representatives Df the press to
visit the camps in Virginia, and while I am as much
the uncompromising advocate of an unshackled
press as I am of the freedom of speech and of the
independence of the Confederate States, yet I have
thought it proper, under existing circumstances, to
make an appeal to you to forbear from the trans
mission and publication of such intelligence as
might be detrimental to the great cause in which
we all feel so deep an interest.
You are aware of the great amount of valuable
information obtained by us through the medium of
the enterprising journals of the North: and we may
derive profit from tluir example by unremitting an!
judicious reserve in communications for the South
ern journals.
It must be obvious that statements of strength or
of weakness, at any of the points in the vicinity of
the enemy, when -eprodr.ced in the North, as they
would be ia spits of all the vigilcnce in our power,
would warn them of dinger to themselves, or in
vite an attack upon us, and. in like manner, any
statement of the nngnitudo of batteries, of the
nuan'iity and quality of armsor of ammunition, or
movements in progress or in supposed contempla
tion, of the condition of troops of the Commissa
riat, &., might be fraught with e&scntial injury to
tbesir?ice.
To centlemen of intelligence and of unquestion
able loyalty to the cause of the Confederate States,
1 do not deem it necessary to be more explicit; nor
can I doubt for a moment that you will appreciate
my motives in making this trank appeal to your pa
triotism and discretion. u. 1'. walker.
Secretary of War,
England and the American Itcvolutlon.
Fron lie Lot Jon Ticei, June H
The partisans of the Federal Government in the
United Mates, are just now sutlering one ol the bit
terest, and yet one of the commonest of all human
trials. With the keenest sense of injustice, the mcst
loyal resentment of a manifest treason, and the most
honest consciousness of integrity, they see all the
world regarding the rebellion simply as a quarrel.
Neither England nor France, nor any other State
goes into the rights of the questisn, or supposes
there to be any rights or any wrongs in the matter.
It sees a civil war; it knows there are arm La in
the field, that forts have been attacked and tat en,
and that blood has been shed; and it concludts this
to be war, without inquiring into the cause, or the
immediate authors.
The quarrel is a noisy and obvious fact, which we
are obliged to recognize, and which is, indeed, very
much in our waj As to the causes and provoca
tions, they do hqt'obtrude themselves so forcibly on
our senses as to" compel a judgment upon them. So
our Government takes note that there is a civil war
in the United States, blockading, privateering and
all the rest of it, and gives notice that it means to
take no part in the war, and oilers no encourage
ment to British subjects to take part in it. If they
do, it is at their peril, and they will have to take
care of themselves.
All this is" intensely disagreeable to the zealiu
citizens of the Northern States, who think GeaTen
and earth bound to avenge their cause, Kev
was there such a case of ill-treatment nevar was
confidence so abused ; never wasj goodness so ill-requited
; but the stupid world takes the affair in the
gross, and calls it eimply a civil war. Great is tho
indignation of the. Northerners at the promptitude
with which Lord John Russel has pledged us to a
perfect neutrality, and recognized tho Southerners
as actual belligerent?. Eelligerentsl There is no
word too hard for them, ia tho Northern vocabula
ry. North of the Potomac they are Rebels, Trait
ors, Sopoys, Blacks, Conspirators, and everything
that is bad. England, describes them by tho term
it would apply to an independent nation defending
its territory from invasion "belligerents.?' Tho
American lawyers and writers admit that wo must
have como lo this at last, and that the samo'policy
which obliges the States themselves to accord to the
rebels in arms equal rights of war, does even more"
cogently bligc U3 to regard them a3 "belligerents."
But they canuot bear to seo this done, and dono so
readily, and in such a cold blooded manner, a if
thero waa, really no right or wrong in tho matter.
It must be admitted to bo very provoking, but
it is the way of the world, and there is no help for
it Tho world has not leisure or authority, or oven
the power to entertain thouestion of right ; and
it can" only take rough external views of the actual
disturbance. When the world learns that two part
ners have quarrelled and set up rival shops, or that
father and son, or husband and wife, or two broth
ers, or parson and 'squire, or any other neighbors,
have quarrelled, they simply obaervo that it is a
pity people cannot keep from quarrelling, as they
suppose there must be faults on both sides, and
think no more about it. When they fall in with one
of the parties in the feud, ho disburdens himself of
his accumulated wrongs, and " if they cannot run
away or stop their earsthey remark listlessly they
cannot give an opinion until they have heard the
other side, which, however, they havo no wish to
hear. What they are concerned with is the breach
of peace and the public scandal, which interferes
with their comfort, and solicits a troublesome exer
cise of their judicial powers.
They shut up both sides with the ono summary
reply. They are tsorry people cannot bo quiet,
and will take care to keep out of tho scrape them
selves. In private life this occurs continually, as
the imaginary possessor of "tho strongest case" in
tho world has known ere this. As a nation wo have
had to go through this trial several times. When
the Canadians rebelled, the Americans looked on it
simply as the quarrel of a harsh father with a for
ward sou, rather too like himself, and they bestow
ed their sympathy more on tho younger than on
the elder. So, toordid they regard the Repeal agi
tation; so, too, the Indian mutiny. Both they set
down as the natural reaction of indepjndent natures
against legal oppression and social contempt No
storr of outrages made any difference. It was
our duty to satisfy our dependents, and make
them more interested in peace and Union than in
war and revolt,
"Here is that old tyrannical mother countrv
again," they exclaimed, "always driving her sub
jects to rebellion, and then grimacing as if she were
the most ill-used of mortals!" Certainly we never
got any sympathy," and when the- result seemed to
show that the right was on our side for we brought
things around again tho Americans were tho last
to congratulate us on the triumph of right. We
had to do all the work, bear all the odium, and
supply all the consolation to ourselres. They saw
nothing in the matter but a domostic wrangle, very
disgraceful to both parties concerned, and were
glad,lor tho peace of the world and their own com
fort, when the disturbance was over.
In point of fact, the British public has given much
more of its sympathy to the Federal cause than the
States ever gave to the cause of British sovereignty
and union in any of its trials. Wo were almost
ready to treat Secession as a gratuitous breach of
the peace, brought about by a treacherous, conspi
racy, but the British Government had to consider
what to do, and tho matter pressed for immediate
decision. Ships were fast leaving our ports for the
Unien. and, if belonging to the Northern States,
were liable to be captured by the piirateetaof the
South, or, if British, were liable to be warned off
the port of their destination by the cruisers of the
North, and captured in case of their neglecting the.
warning. In the former case the prizes were liable
to be brought into our ports and sold.
Every packet is now bringing us the tidings of
hot war on the whole Southern coast of the Union.
Charleston has long been blockaded, and on the 28th.
the blockade of Now Orleans commenced. Up
to the 24th seven valuable prizes had been ta
ken by the Confederacy ships which but the
otlio day sailed from Liverpool or Harve. Of
course the Federal Government may treat tho
privateers as pirates if it please, and if it is prepar
ed to see a few hundred of his own people hung by
way of reprisal ; but our concern is with ourselves,
and the question is whether we are to consider these
as lawful blockades, and these- armed vessels- as
currying a recognized flag. Are we ready to take
up the cause of any British clipper that chooses to
set at naught a warning of blockade and push for a
port.
If we are not, then it becomes necessary to warn
our people of the danger they incur by telling them
our view of the quarrel. But this the Americans
call "Southern sympathy," as if we could have
done otherwise, and it was hinted that we might go
so far as to give to the Confederates the use of our
ports. This point is now cleared, and can no longer
be made the ground of ridiculous insinuation ; but
still we are liable to the charge of not feeling for
the North quite so lively an interest as we ought.
The truth is, all that we can do is to keep out of the
quarrel, which will right itself much better without
us than with us. turen it the federalists threaten
revenge, that cannot possibly make their cause any
better in our eyes. We do our own duty, and we
leave them to do theirs, knowing well that wc
could not do them a greater mischief than by taking
their part.
Tne St. Nicholas Affair.
The daring and brilliant feat, mentioned yester
day, of the capture of the steamer St. Nicholas and
three valuable prizes was connected with purposes
and participated in by parties that deserve fuller
mention than we could make in our last issue.
The plan wa, after taking the St. Nicholas, as re
ported yesterday, to hunt up the Pawnee, draw up
alongside of her, and suddenly board her, overpow
er those aboard and capture her after which the
same operation might have bees performed on
others of Lincoln's piratical craft prowling about
the shores of Virginia. To this end, five hundred
Tennesseans left r redericskburg last Monday mora
ine for Cole River, which empties into the Potomac
in Northumberland county. This force was accom
panied by Lieut. Henry Lewis, commanding twenty
sailors, and under him, Lieuts. C. C. Sims, Webb,
Robert Minor, Cbas. Thorburn, (of Virginia Navy,)
Capt. Maury, Lt. Maury. Dr. A. S. Garnett, of the
Confederate Navy, and Capt Harrow, a volunteer
from Fredericksburg.
The force composing the expedition arrived at
Cole River at 8 o'clock Saturday morning, and there
met Capt. Uollins with CoLZirvona, (wrongly pub
lished yesterday as Col Thomis ) and tho Zouaves
aboard tie St. Nicholaswhich had been seii d as pre
vious'y stated. It was here ascertained that tha Paw-,
nee andFreeborn had gone up the Potomac, in conse
quence of the death of Capt Ward, of the latter, in an
egat.sjient with the Ccnfederate tioops. Itappear
ed moreover, that the St, Nicholas was short of
coal. Lieuta. Sims, Minor, Thorburn and Capt. Jack
Maury, with 1 8 of the sailors went aboard the steam
er, accompanied by Capt. Harrow, of Fredericks
burg, and Lieut. Yancey, of the Tennessee Regi
ment. They steamed around the mouth of the Rap
pahannock to ascertain if the blockade was main
tained. Finding it was not, they returned and
overhauled and captured the three vessels hereto
fore mentioned. The first vessel taken was the
Monticello, from Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore, with
a cargo of coffee. Lieut. Sims and Dr. Garnett,
with nine soldiers, went aboard and took charge of
the prize. The crew numbered eight or ten per
sons, but offered no resistance. The captain's wife
was greatly alarmed at first, but was soon pacified
by the assuran-M of tho officers. The schooner
with a cargo of ice was "brought in" by Captain
Maury and Lieut. Robert Minor, and the schoonrr
with a cargo of coal was towed in with Lieutenants
Thorburn and Richard Maury aboird. The Tennes
seans with JCol. Bates and Lieutenaat B. Lewis re
mained at Cone River to await any emergency that
might arise during the cruise of the steamer.
We do not know certainly with whom this scheme
for the capture of the Pawnee originated, but we
have heaid the name of Gaptain Hollins, of the
Navy, (of Greytown fame) Lieutenant Lewis, and
Col. Zirvona prominently mentioned in connection
with it. The whole affair shows that wo have the
men to plan as well as execute daring anl profita
ble adventures, and that unless Lincoln, Scott & Co.
keep wide awake, there is danger that "soi
will yet be "hurt." liichmond Whig, July '.
somebody"
Hessian Villainy
A Yankee, named Stephens, Adjutant of one cf
the Vermont regiments, in a letter sent home, thu3
speaks of his exploits while on the road to Great
Bethel :
On reaching the bend of the road I took a survey
of the rear, to "see what I might see,' and discov
ered a sinde soldier coming towards me, and wait
ed for him to come up. I found it was Clark, of the
Bradford company. Before he reached me, I ob
served a horseman coming at full speed towa rds
me. On reaching the house ho turned in, which
induced me to think him a Secessionist. I ordered
Clark to cover him with his rifle, and, revolver In
hand, ordered him to dismount and surrender. He
cried out, "Who aro ou?" answer, "Vermont!"
"Then raise your piece, Vermont ; I am Col. Dur
yca, of the Zsuaves," and so it was. His gay
lookiDg red boys just appeared turning the corner
of tho road, coming towards us. He asked me the
cause of the firing in the rear, and whose premises
we-wereon. I told him he knew the first as well
as I did, but as to tho last could give full informa
tion : that the house belonged to one Adjutant Whit
ing, whe, just before, had sent a bullet whizzing by
me, and shot ono of my boys, and that my greatest
pleasure" would be to burn the rascal's house in
payment, "four wish will be gratified at ence,"
said the Colonel. "I am ordered by Gen. Butler to
burn every home whose occupant or owner fires
upon our troops. Burn it." lie leaped from his
horse, and I upon the steps, and by that time three
Zouaves were with me. I ordered them to try the
1 door with the bats of their guns : down went the
door, and -Srj wo went. A well packed traveling-bag
lay upon a mahogany table. I tore it open with
the hopes of finding a revolver, bnt did not. The
first thing T'took out was a white linen coat ;
I laid it on the table, and Cdlonel Daryea put s
lighted match to it. Other clothing was added to
the pile, and soon we had a- rousiog fire. Before
leating I went into tho largo parlor In the right
wing of the house;, it was perfectly splendid. A
large room with a tapestry carpet, a nice piano,
a fine library of miscellaneous books, rich sofas,
elegant chairs with superior ncedlc-work wrought
bottoms, what-nots in the corners, loaded with arti
cles of luxury, taste and refinement, and upon a
mahogany centre-table lay a Bible and a lady'apor
trait. The last two articles I took, and have them
now in my possession. I also took a decanter df
most excellent old braudy 'from tho .sideboard, and
left the burning house.
Tho last number of tho Winchester Virjinian con
tains the following :
When Lincoln's thieves crossed the Potomac river,
at Williamsport, they visited thehouse of a wealthy
gentleman, of Berkeley county, named Cunningham,,
who, with his family, (except a large number of
negroes,) left the premises. The rouges ransacked
tne nous lrom top to bottom, taking everything
that suited their fancy. In the eating line, they went
so far as to take Old hen turkeys off their nests
(poor as Job's) and cooked tho eggs which had been
set on for weeks. A large tub of sour milk, in
which ftbe ladies had been soaking petticoats,
for whitening purposes, tho starved puppies drank
up as voraciously as ever famished hounds lapped
butter-milk.
Tbey endeavored to persuade the negraes to leavo
their. master) but the Africans were so disgusted
with their conduct and filthy appearance, that they
scorned to have anything to do with such trash. One
of the blacks stole off some valuable papers belong
ing to his master and bjd them, to save them from
spoliation, by the wretched vandals.
Another Heroine
A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch com
municates tbe following detailed account of the tri
als of a Baltimore lady in making her way to her
husband. How war brings out the noblest traits of
human nature 1 Constancy, fidelity, integrity, how
they shine amidst the disturbances and troubles of
hostilities ! If we got nothing elso out of it but these
proofs of the life and vitality of the better part of
our nature, war would go far in them to compensate
for all its discomforts and afflictions :
A lady who accompanied the party of Baltimore
ans to this place in order to join her husband who
is now in Richmond, has had a journey of as many
adventures and hairbreadth escapes as any of those
our ancestors encountered in days of yore.
She left Baltimore in the steamer for Patuxent
river, where she landed, and traveled 25 miles in a
carriage to a farm house near the shores of the Po
tomac, where, being joined by her friends, who had
arrived by another route, they hoped to find means
to cross the river. A small boat was engaged, with
two fret negroes to row it across. Just as they
were about to embark, three Yankee ships hove in
eight, and away scampered the party up the beach,
and breathlessly watched the enemy from their
hiding places. But it was too late to start that
night, and the farm house again received them. Be
ing but a small tenement, it could not accommodate
the party of five ; nevertheless, the good hostess
used every persuasion to induce our heroine to re
pose on her bed ; the latter, however, had happened
to find out that for three nights the kind lady bad
patriotically given up her room to travelers, and she
firmly declined, sitting up and resting h erself as
well as might be upon chairs.
The next morning the negroes could not be per
suaded to cross the Potomac for any inducement.
The poor foolish fellows had been so "scared" at
tha Yankee guns, that the highest bribe could not
tempt them across to run the second risk of return
ing alone. "Cross we mast,'.' said the party; "yon
must sell us the boat and let u3 row ourselves." But
thy were unwilling to part with their boat. A raft
was then thought of, but the. slowness of passage
and immense risk was too great to be temptedl "We
will cross on a plank rather than turn back now,"
exclaimed our heroine. What was to be done, they
were-at a loss to conceive. At last, however, by
dint of urging, bribing and threatening, the two ne
groes consented to sell their boat, and were told to
name their prica. when the poor cowards positively
n imed a sum far beneath that which they could have
obtained for rowing the party over, when-with a
little caution, and courage, they would have realized
a handsome sum and kept their boat into the bar
gain Therefore the four gentlemen, (whose names
prudence forbids to make ptb.ic) egreed to take
iurc3, two at a time, and pull tor dear lives. Just
one hour were tbey on those devoted waters, and
five miles across I The perspiration poured from
thoir bro W3 and rolled do watheir faces, their hands
were blistered and bleeding, for they were unac
customed to the work: never was such energy put
into force, with straining eyes gazing in every di
rection, thinkmg every mfoute might be their last.
This little craft dashed over those dangerous wa
ters, and the five were safely landed ! With what
feeling of gratituc they stepped on shore, may be
better imagined than described. And oh, what a
lifetime of alarm had happened in that hour.
It was but a retired nook where they landed; no
public conveyance was at hand no vehicle could
be obtained. Another hospitable farmer again re
ceived them. Their tale was told, and an ox-cart
provided, and in this light and luxurious vehicle
tney were to De jolted and tumbled over twenty
eight miles of rough country road. Another night
was passed in the woods. A log for a seat, their
poor wearied frames found but little repose, reclin
ing against the side of an old school-house. By day
dawn they were on their way again, and when the
ox-cart had pitched and rolled them to its destina
tion, a farm-wagon toon up. the march for eighteen
more miles, this mode of conveyance being little, if
at all, superior to the ox team. It, iowever, brought
them safely to the banks of the Rappahannock, over
which they were ferried in danger scarcely less
than that on the Potamac; but Providence again fa
vored them, and not a Yankee ship appeared. Yet, on
reaching the Essex shore they were in greater jeop
ardy from true friends than .they had hitherto been
from their acknowledged enemies. Bullets and
bayonets were in threatening array to receive them.
They had forgotten the pass-word or were igno
rant that lt had been changed; but after repeating
virions names and signs they were permitted to
land, yet not without suspicion, and were marched
up the street through ranks of armed men, conduct
ed under guard to their hotel, and even to their
rooms. Soon Captain Thomas arrived with his
train of prizes. All was now clear and promisin g
and under the Confederate flg they sailed up the
Rappahannock to Fredericksburg, whence they ar
rived on Monday, per train.
On leaving Baltimore the lady had scarcely dared
to take leave of her father, who is a known Se
cessionist, and her party traveled in twos and
threes, meeting at various points as strangers to
avoid suspicion. Our heroine could hear no tidings
of her husband, therefore she came to visit him.
Two sweet Infants are left in Baltimore, to whom
this brave and noble woman intends shortly to re
turn. Such a heart sees no danror. and raav Goi
speed her on her mission and avert calamities from
her devoted head.
For the Union and American.
Common Sense Viewo of the Crisis In Cast
Tennessee.
TO TfiE COOD rEOItE OF EAST TEXNSESSEE.
A crisis is now upon us that behooves everv man.
who feels an interest in the future prospecta and
welfare of our seition of the State, to use every
laudable and honorable effort, so far as is in his
power to restore peace and quiet among our people,
and to avert, If possib!e, even a worse state of
affairs, now threatening our beloved countiy.
it is wen Knuivn mat, ny tne vote o: tue people
of the whole State, she dissolved her connexion
with the Federal Government on the Sth of June.
and joined the Southern Confederacy. It is not my
purpose to arguo tho causes that brought about
that result, whether they were justifiable or not.
It sufficient for me to know (however much I
might deplore the result, or however much I may
have beeu attached to the Union as it was,) that the
free people of my native State, believing they were
right, have so expressed themselves at the ballot-
box by an overwhelming majority and there can
scarcely be a doubt tha: all good citizens will sub
mit to that majority, relying on said majority to
right their State ia the same manner, if it be found
necessary and for the good of the people of the
whole State, after a fair trial.
My countrymen, no one deplores the condition of
our country more than the humble writer of this ;
no one would give more to have the whole Union
restored to its primitive purity and equality of
rights, in all the States, and that we coul.i have
certain assurances of it's being perpetuated. But
al is ! the Union is gone, and in the wreck Tennes J
see, in her sovereign capacity, has taken her posi
tionand the important question now is i Should
that position be sustained by the people of tbe
whole State f State prido and State loyalty answer
yes the minority should, as they always have
heretofore, acquiesce in the majority. Does not
the very loundation ot Republicanism rest Lpon
the popular will m their sovereign State capacity
expressed by a majority at the ballot-box ? Then
is it not a fact that a minority, refusing to abido the
decision of the majority, is taking steps to destroy
the last vestige of a Republican form of govern
ment, the consequences ol which would be to creat
confusion and establish instead arbitrary and de
spotic governments ?
Then, fellowcitizens, what will East Tennessee
do in this emergency ? Will the people of East Ten
nessee abide tha vote of the State, or will they re
sist, by separation or otherwise, as indicated and
recommended by the Grccreville Convention ?
Before we go too far in committing ourselves to
the action of the Grcecnvillc Convention, let us pause
and look to tbe results in separating from Middle
and West Tennessee.
Separating from Middle and West Tennestee is
separating from all the seceded Southern States and
placing ourselves in a hostile attitude to those States
and what would be -the consequences T Docs not
every intelligent man in East Tennessee know that
we have no other market than the South for all our
surplus products, horses, mules, wheat, corn, bacon,
nisasrsRnesBa
hogs, Jbc, &c. Z Could My ane- wan suppoja that,
under such Circumstances, these Southern neonie-
would purchase any v,f our surplus a long a tfiey '
could avoid it? and rveniflhey could not a void it, t
as it not certain they would impose heavy discrim
inating tariff duties on all the product- of East Ten
nessee? This ther would certainlv do. and this thev
could do. with Impunity, ami w would brobliged to
submit tfl It frnm th furt flint tc lmin tin Mho
market and the supplies they make and get from
North Georgia, North Alabama. Middle Tennessee,
and other more friendly s ctions, would enable them
.to imposo upon, our products high tariff duties,
which we would be obliged to submit' to. 25e. on
every bushel of surplus wheat and 20 to 25 percent,
orrour surplus mules, horses, hogs, bacon, Ac, Ac.
would soon be seriously felt-fli our section, and
would be ruinous to our country. And this . is not
ail but to- organize, build up and sustain a State
Government here in East Ifenneseee, would create
the heaviest burthen of direcrtaxtion This woukl
surely be so, from the fact that Hast Tcuhesseo does
not now pay the expenses of her Government by
many thousand dolLirs, and the rosn't would be that
a . tax, large enough, wouftl necessarily have to be
levied to make up- what we uow lack of payyjg for
our Government. But an additional tax, 'nearly
equal to an amount sufficient to yield as mncluas is
now collected for the whole State, wouk bat re
quired. Don't let us be deceived, and supposfe wa
can have a separate State Government, wjth'p-t
nearly the same expense that our State Government
costs. '
The same men, otBee-seekera and disappointed
office-holders, are the very men who are trviog io
lead u3 into these troubles, for the chance uf office
and high salaries in tbe new State Gov eminent; and
if they can accomplish it, will get the oltlees, and,
of course, must have as large silarits as ofBeers in
other States. Are we prepared for such commer
cial and monetary oppression? Can any sane man
fail to seo that simdar results would soon overcome
us; high tariffs on a'l our surplus products, and
high and ruinous direct taxation, a great reduction
in the price of land and other property, and most
ruinous reduction in the price of labor would also
be the inevitable result. And, fellow-citizens, this
is not all, but the larger portion of our banking
capital was obtained from Middle Tennessee, and
possibly, or even probably, that .capitil would be
withdrawn, which would create another burthen of
oppression upon us. With all these certain results,
we would be the mo3t oppressed people on earth
a poor, picayune, pent-up concern, without money,
without credit, and without friend3, and looked
upon with contempt by tho balance of the world.
And even this, my fellow-countrymen, is not all.
But to follow these noie insane men in their wild
and ruinous scheme of separating, to say nothing
of the glaring inconsistency of the thing, might lead
to civil strife and war in our midst, when neighbor
would be agaiast neighbor, brother against brother,
father against son, and son against father. Who
can contemplate such a state of affairs, without
shuddering at tho horrors of such! God, in his
mercy, forbid such a horrible state of affairs!
My dear countrymen, let me implore you, in the
name of high Heaven, and in the name of all that
is near and dear to us on this earth, to avert these
ruinous and terrible evils. Let us forget and for
give all past difficulties; let us extend the same
charity of conscientious honesty of purpose to
those who have differed with us, that we assume to
ourselves; let ns, as good and loyal citizens, act out
the principles of Republicanism, and abide the de
cision of our great State; let us confide in the pa
triotism of the majority, knowing if our present
position tends to eul the majority will suffer. most
and be most ready to correct it.
Let us say te those office-seeking leaders We
can go no further with you; let us bay to thmr
"you told us we ought to" submit to the majority,
unless the Legislature enacted laws takiog our lib
erty of speech from 'us. disfranchising us, Ac.'
Let us say to them, our Legislature on the contra
ry have passed the most patriotic laws and rojmlu
tions. that could possibly be expected by a free
people.
Let us say to those leaders, that we will do unto
others as we would that they should do unto us;
that we will abide now, as we alwajs have done,
and always will hereafter, bytbe will of so- large"
a majority of the. people of 6ur State, trusting m
tho wisdom, goodness, patriotism and self interest
of the-majority, Wright the position of our State,
whenever its position i wron?. Let us do all this.
and avert a terrible evil, and we will be respected
and honored at home and abroad, for our goodness,
patriotism and philanthropy.
xour ooeaient serveant,
A CmzEN of East Tsnnbssee.
How One rtZan Chased a Thousand.
Proa ttta Eidmocd Eaijolnr, Jaly
The following extract from a letter written by
Capt. Wm. H.Wiktu to a friend in this city, gives a
graphic account ef bis daring onslaught on the ec
cmy near Newport News some weeks since; and as
it is the first authorized version of a remarkable
incident of tbe war, which has been variously re
ported, we give the statement in full in Captain
Wehth's own words, deeming it well worth a place
in our columns :
"I left our encampment at Bethel ia command of
20 dragoons, selected from the .Hampton Dragoons.
Capt. Philips himself making one of the party.
My object was a close reconnoisanee of the enemy's
position at Newport News.
'Having reached a point about 3J miles from this
pot, I observed, with the aid of my glass, clghtmen
clustered together on the shore, above the enemy's
works, and in a moment afterwards saw them in
full run towards their encampment. At the time
of making this observation I was accompanied by
Captain Philips and three privates, the remainder
ot the detachment being in the rear. It being in
dispensable to the attainment of my object that
this picket should be intercepted in order to pre
vent alarm at the post, we dashed down the road,
(running parallel with the river and leading
to Newport News.) for some 'three miles in
pursuit, when I detached Captain Philips and
his three men to the right to cut off their
retreat, while J pressed on still further toward tbe
fortification to make sure of intercepting them if
they escaped Capt. P. When within about three
hundred yards of Newpo. t News, and having turn
ed towards the river, 1 found mysalf within 5U yards
of a party of the enemy, engaged in cuttine wood,
their muskets stacked around a pine tree. Not hav
ing been observed by them, I drew up under cover
of a thicket, and found the party to consist of twon-ty-seven
privates, one commissioned cfti :er and ono
non-commissioned officer.
" Just then the picket guard, which Captain'
Philips' party had failed to cut oil, ruthrd into tbe
camp of a Massachusetts regiment encamped out
side of the works and not more than ISO yards from
where I was. and sounded the alarm. Isiw that
whatever I had to do must be done quickly; sol
drew my revolver, gave a real Camanche war whoop
and dashed into the party of twenty-nine all told.
My first shot was at the officer in command, who
fell dead ; my second at a private, with tho same re
sult ; my th.rd missed its aim, in consequence of my
horse becoming very restive under the shouting and
tiring, and I killed a mule perhaps the most re
spectable individual of the whole pirty.
"My shout being answered by Capt Philips and
hi3 party, the enemy conceived themselves attacked
by a formidable force, and yelling, -look out ! look
out ! these Virginia horsemen are upon us ."' they
rushed in con ite -nation toward their encamp
m nt, cot stopping even to seize their arms.
"The Massachusetts regiment started two compa
nies down to protect their parly, bat upon meeting
them flying in all direction;-, and hearing the tiring
and shouting, caught the panic, and raising the cry
of "Virginia Horsemen! Virginia Horsemen!" took
the double quick aiso for c.imp. Jn less than two
minutes after my shout and firing, my whole de
tachment came up at the top of tneir speed, when
we swept up tti. activity on the left flank of the
Massachustts regiment, gave three cheer?, within
150 yards of a battery of two twelve pound
pieces, and retired at a walk until we reached tho
woods.
'It seems, from tlie report ot a prisoner taken at
the battle cf Bethel, that im slitnrptdul the whole
regiment; a tliey all took retuge from "the Virginia
Horsermm" within the fortifies tioog as fast as their
legs could carry them. We suspected as much at
the time.
"This is a correct sUtemsnt of an incident that
has been so variously stated in tlie papers. Alto
gether it was tbe richest scene 1 ever witnessed,
and to hear the Hessians screaming, "Virginia
Horsemen! look out! look oat!'' with on'y one man
after them, was worth a whole week ol ene's life.
"Capt. Phillip and his meu provsil themselves en
thi3 occasion to be ef the very best material for ary
emergency."
Tus OcTgioaj or thk ABJu-rrosms Acksoowl
edqed. We clip tlie feltewing extract from the
Fortress Monroe correspondence of the New York.
Tribune, as an evidence of the attroeious manner in
which tlie troops real'y do behave:
The outrages committed by our soldiers on the
property, and not unfretiuently on the persens abo,
of Virginians conceived to be Secessionists, are a
disgrace to our arm r. A prepor degree of discip
line would insure the shooting of platoons of scoun
drels, not aH privates, who seem to havo imbibed
the idea that they came here to pillage and destroy.
The outrages that I could detail are calculated to
cmse every decent man to blush. A wound lm been
inflicted that will not heal so long as recollection
remains. It is in the hope that some good may be
done thereby that 1 nnke this disgraceful confes
sion. Acceitani-e or G ex. Atklvs. Gen. J. D.'C. Atkins,
in response to the almost unanimously expressed
wish of tbe volunteors from tlie Ninth District, a
well as the civilians of the same, has consented to
become a candidate for a seat in tho Confederate
Congress. We are assured, from the enthusiasm
manifested by the people since ht3 acceptance be
came known, that he will be elected by an over
whelming vote. V.'e hope that he may
have the field to him-elf; if he d ea not, wft-fscl
confident that he will have the inside track over
all competitors. Paris SentlnllVTuly 3.
Statement of the KOrthern Batitc ot 3Tea
nefzee, ClarUsvllle, Time 20, lgrj.
AS3PTS I
Pili aad Jfotu Djoontia 73,16 45 1
Tcnaearw Ix pr cant Bond JejxKi-
-j Basfcifcctnru.
.r mm -npinnier
Sr.eco eo
. a no
" ISC! 6a
I -J"ff
Doa from Buif in Stnthttn State..
Cub on Umf,Tlt:
Ooldaaa SHrer
Current Bank Wnt.J. , .,
137,953 M
64.093 DO
101,95 S3
359.60! 4-'
G0 0T0 U
it, mo o
tIA3JXITIB3s
f
Capital Sleek-.
leis meant cnjti.nl.-
Attaal IClreaUU-n.-
Purplsj rand- ..
Due to Btpt.
Indh!3aal' Sepc-Ken-
jlMsr co
13C0ti on
3H Bl
K37d 81
D. W. KX.VEDT, Pre.'!.
Srt-n or TwiMrz, JfEtrratr7 Ceanly:
nd Ji I QluB.
iunia
CHA3 BAILEY. J P.
State or tho Planters' Jttan&ofTenneaace,
ana EKrancliea, June 29 1SCI.
ASSETS.
.I,H98?S o;
93
. TSfiSt lu H
- . 1,3 S93 5T ,
DlicouateJ Metes
I Notes ml Dilli in Suit..
MU U3U ..
Dsautle Mill,.
Pliater"! Euk Stefk
Oorporation cf NutuUIe EonJi.
Prsteit i.
Ciih Item:
Das from tolmit nca-tefeptj
S3, Ore ca
7,160
set
Dg MUU
sU,na oo
"Ho'tt at olrtatDen-tpcfe paying
&387 00
Spcefe nd fpecie Fatd
;iere,iK c7 1.311, oca cr
I.MWUTlEg.
Dividend.
2.7317
71,431 53
3S93 4S
1.NMS80 40
Dae to Cnii.
Snspcse
Dae to DepoiJton.
CircnUtion
1 lSlfiSR TO 5,192,803 14 ,
Xzetn ot lleanj orer LiaiiHL'fi
CoDlillicC Of-
131l 78
capital Btoet all Mid fa-
1.-S7.0O0 C
Prottt aod Lou, aarplas after rjtrlut
IS 932 go
lS7.33.ie9
Xet profit! for Lutiixxontis-
V1TKJCOU
1,931,501 78
D.WX17IB, C&i&ter.
jaljC-dtwlt
.Statement or Back's Bank from lt Jan.
uary, ism, to tut July, isot.
ASSETS;
Billi and NoUa BbcomlM l.,...,, ,
Sute Bondi depotfttvlwtth. Corajtroller .
SUte Bonds held by thii Hmw
Interest daa n tbe above Botdi
S33,7f2 74
33,000 00
SSeOQ CO
iroo ai
5,970 at
co ca
a 81
one iroo Banxi
Bask F lit ort,
Protot Account-.
XprAr ;
Bnk Bil Is . i.
Lusrunss.
Capital Stock ,
IctliTidiul Dynntltin.
Certificitfc nf-nipa.M.
Due to , ,, .. .
rircnl.Mrn
$128,904 It
jxyxo 00
27,460 3S
1,877 C9
1,346 3
Leu amount oabasd.
Si5 00
Actual drcoliUen-
3.7IS uo
44,741 C3
133,904 19
AjjKj ve LiaMfltiea-
vesraLr-SBreaTi
4
32;
3-S
(
a
la'
a
?3
Jasca-y.
Rl.WJSSi 11,941 00171,744 31 78 CIS C7
rebrtury .
ZSS3-3 XU 9.440 00 1 74 .712 GO TSXCd 2
Jiuca-
StrVa 7U 7.W5 0tl769Zl 74 73342 42
ADril
May
Jan?-
,IZ,m W 7,335 00170,430 66,89 159 30
13 S73 53 811! CO ra-7K 14 ttSAl 3
10,7!8 05i $,t5J 00(603 48 90188 S3
tfir. WHITE,Prcldent.
Wm White l entire owner of &ii Bank.
State ofTennkssek; Warren County:
This day, personally appeared Wa Hum, Prtaiilint ef
Bntk'i Btnk. MeMinBTlHe, lean.. aid made oath that the aWr j
ilatenUBtla tin;. Sworn to beUue me thla 4tb July, 161.
atr-rcavi3,;.p.
JsIjG-d&wlt - foftWirrea cocnty.
JLoni&vitlc and Nashville Railroad
30
CA.JP T R 0 SD4 L E .
OK and after the GJi hutiat, a Piuesra and 7.t!:M trala
on thij road will leave XashTHPe at 9tf A, fi.,retaDln,
leave uampirooHaie.aiirji. jj.h mIl&s,
JoljG-tf Snperistradent.
AD3II.MSTl:.lTOU'S NOTICE.
TTAVINO this doy qualified ai the Aimlnlitrator of Wei-
sn"Jey nneieai.deceaKi.aii peneoi indented te nueitate
by note-or otherwise, a e reqniated to stake Immediate ray-
aent IThoie havinf claims will pretest ihcsa fo payment
(properly anisenucaieaj lo myseiier By rsiher, xn n iiocs:n.
wh) is folly aatherii ed to recelpt'tor any Indebtedsees and to I
pay ail dexasnaiaeainii saM estate.
SCjlN AWHXLT.S3. AfmtniJtrator ef
JnljG la a Wesley Wheteis. deoM'
XEW JSIXZI. ACCOMMODATION.
PKI VAXE LETIZK HAIL
and from the Federal States
To
4 LL LXTTZRS for Hie Northern States enclosed in aa oat
t side envelcpe (both ecvelopfi bicf prepaid) an I address- j
ed to me at PuhviUe. Tennessee, with teiicacti enclosed la the j
online envelope, win be- carried acro'J ,to trranklin, &7; .ana
there mailed fcr their proper destination in tie old Stun.
In like manner a 1 letters fro a the old Stales msy te directed
to me at Frankliir, Kt., and I will eirry thea across to Jf ash
vine, Tenn-, anl mail ttea Jor their proper drsUnatlan Benin.
If foani incanenCent u prepay Inside eanlopes for want of
the preperstaspa, E1en cents may oe enelMed la poataie
stamps of either Confederacy, or cash, and. I wlU prepay and
forward as above. This amazement to eontlnse dnrinz the
war. . B- WnlTX31Dk3-
Bnncd:-Any of thaelthtnsof Memphis or NaatiTl U, I
.ieun. jBiycain.
Notlccto Bond Holders.
Ornci Xiimucua Cavrrixocqt Ra.jri.oiD Coxtasv,
KashvUle, Ienn.,Jaly4. 1E61.
TTi: interest dee litjnlv, tSfit, on the Bonds of tte Nsh
ville and Chattanooga Railroad Coapuy will he paid at
theoSceof the Company, In !?uhvilIe.Tenn., on presentation
or the Concern, seeempinled by tht certificate of the Comptrol
ler of the State, thattheparaent roar lawfully be made.
The Lezitlature of the State, by recent enactment, aavinsl
prohibited the payment or interest ia nch of the Bonds as war 4
ojrteaonue iota day or April, lisi, or may now be owned .y
citlzers or corporation! of the non s'avabuldins; States of tiaj
unit d sutts or America; and constituted tsa State Comptrol
ler the aolejudjre of the tjseition, as ta who a p armest en law
fnl'yiemai. M. Q Li A Vis, Treasurer.
jail 6 In nar
Covrraouxn's Orncz. I
Kusviux, Tenn., Jaly 3d, 19SL j
BY virtue of in act of.the L-tf iletctrr. passed tha 1st Inst., I
hrreby live cotfcei that the Interest npoa all BUta bands.
or itondi npoa whlek the SUte .may be liable be paid at this I
piaor; oroTiiej aau Bonds are not ownei now. or were Ml own
ed on or asbseqaentlr t the lith of April, ISSI, by eltlrrat cr
corporations or the non slareholilnz Stiles of the Unltad Bta'ea
of Amsrlia. Bitkf tet sry proof of ownership on and alter
15th of April wilt be required by the affidavit or the helder and
other proof where the party is not personally well knowg.ttben
before a Notary Pnbite.or other person sntlorixed to administer
aaoatn in trie county wnere uses, utiieae ana carporauonsi
or friendly rcreign powers win be rata ir. sterling; oreuerea
chant;. J. T. DCNLAP, Comptroller,
ja 5 d&wlw
Dividend Notice.
4 DIVIDIND 0 ONE AND AULf Pitt CIS Til if-!
f cUreJ by he Nashville, Marfreeebora and Bheibyvllieu
Turnpike, payable at the Chancery can in rfasbrille. cnl
Toejdij.S'.h Jaly. axd Zaun's store In Bheibyville, on Wed
nesday, the 17th IstU
jalj53: D.B.X.SPXXCZ, Secretory,
Shoe Makers "Wanted.
TEX or FIFTEKX Shoe makers wanted to make Sip aai
Uiisk work. Constant employment and prompt pay. n-
qoieef It B.UOtLINSfc Ct .
j ljS-lm 4. Inn Block. Nathv Jle.
Wheat. Wheat ICocX City IHillh.
TSTeareba;in; Vlet and Corn, for which we aie
v prepared le pay ean. rarmessBu Keesivers nar.n
either f jr sate, will please fire u a call. Office at the ili.li
G JRDaN, D ACM AN & CO .
jalj4 Ira Rock City JI.Us.
Peace or War A Permanent Block
ade Impossible.
GREAT DAEGAIN8 IS SUP8RI0R REAEY-MiDE CLOTH
ING, BTC, XTC.
ItEJfJ. F. SIIICLUS & CO,
rTT AVISO bo canaienee In Mr Lincoln's ability ta (attain
SJL his poHey, bteckadiftg Southern ports, are anxioca U
etoie the large steek in aeaeioatiea of FUi importation from
Eo'ejH.
We tnve juit received asd will open to-morrow an ex'enaive
eoisi(nmei.tot BiiseelhiaecHj merebaad. se. which wSU be suit
without an advance in ratts. Te. ma Invariably cash.
Central notion Booms,
jij4-t No. as and gT Collf-ee street
SACKS'!
XT'S arescpftfo wri
SACKS!
For Wheat and Flour,
andcnluv; them Printed to ray deilrtd itjle-
CALL, AT.D LEAVE YOUR ORDSR1.
Jalyi-i&r ARitlSTEAD fc CO ,
SEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE !
jys IlOSEMFZELXlha) just opened zew
ROOT AND SHOE STORE,
No 40 Sooth Market street- Be keeps eonstasUy on tacd alt
articles in his llae, and arils his gotds cheap far cash. La.l
and exnmlne fjr jourtclTt.
JaljO dim
LOST.
OS 3atarday even Is last, assail eeral Bracelet, fcr
wb.ieb.thn finder will te. icUably rerarled t-yleavlsfa:
lh!i office. juc&e-tt
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