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: ? The Savannah Republican ol' the 24th ult., i says : "The enemy can never occupy Rum-! ter; that is a fixed fact. It will be destroyed before it shall fall into their hands, and if not, Battery Bee, on Sullivan's Island, could level it to the foundation in twenty-four hours." And again: "Neither torrid heat above, or burning sands beneath, seem sufficient to deter the innfnfi rptiKln Vrtnbnaa f?r\ ?v> f Vi <11 ? frt til /tfina A f uvian^auic x ani\gca 1l \jui inv^n laiuiuc iav/iivo vi . digging. ' Soldier's Bounty. St. Augustine, Fla. ( August 22d, 1863. J To the Editor of The New South, Sir :?When a non-commissioned officer is mustered out of the service bv reason of promotion, does he receive the $ 100 bounty on his final statement at the same time that he gets his back pay ? By answe.ing in your next edition, you will settle an argument and oblige A Reader. Asswer.?He should receive the $ 100 bounty at the time he receives his back pay, provided he Ins been in the service two jcars and has never received any part of his bounty. Twenty-five dollars of bounty money, is due each enlisted man at the time of his first payment after being mustered into the service. Care must be taken to state the exact facts on his discharge papers. This rule also applies to those who have joined the regular array since the commencement of the war and have served two full years. The following from a late number of the Ohio State Journal is to the point. Decision of the War Department in Relation to Bounty.?James C. Wetinore, Esq., the very faiihful and attentive officer in chargeof the Ohio State Military Agency at Washington City, has procured the opinion of the War Department in relation to soldier s bounty, which will be found of great importance to the soldier. Heretofore the decisions of the officers conn, oted with the paymaster's de- j partment have been against the allowance of the I $100 bounty to discharged soldiers. In this Major Taylor had been guided by former decisions. But as the decisions did not seem just, Mr. Wetmore i very properly carried the case of Sergt. Edward S. Quinton, of the 5th Ohio regiment, before the War Department for decision. And there, upon critical examination of the **XCT of Congress of July, 1801. it was held by Mr. Stanton that Sergt. Quinton, "is entitled to bounty for his services as an enlisted man.'" The following is the correspondence with the Department on the subject and which more fully sets forth the whole case: Ohio State Military Aoexcy, i w.?nninm* n I'-.Tiilv7- 1803. 4 II ^.7 ?J . 7 7 Gen. /. P. Andrews, Paymaster Gen., U. S. ji.? Sir:?The undersigned would respectfully represent to the Paymaster General that Sergt. Edward S. Quinton, Co. K, 5th Ohio, was discharged the service of the United States for promotion, the 2uth of May last. On presenting his final discharge and final statement papers to Major D. 'J avlor, Assistant Paymaster lor settlement, was refused the bounty of One Hundred Dollars, for the reason that he hid been discharged for promotion. It appears to the undersigned that the decision of Major D. Taylor is not according to the spirit and letter of the Act of July 22, 1$>1, granting bounty to soldiers^who have served two years and haveb-ien honoraufy disehaiged. The act referred to expressly states that any non-commissioned officer or private who has served two years and been honorably discharged shi.ll receive one hundred dollars. This does not lea\e it optional with the Paymaster to pay or not pay, h cause the soldier has been thought by his supe riors worthy of promotion. On tne contrary it appears to the undersigned, that being discharged for promotion is anSidditional reason why the bounty should bo paid. The undersigned hold1* that Sergeant Quintos lias fuliiled his part of the contract with the-Government, and is entiled to ail the pay and emolument arising. Trusting that you will so view it, and order that he be paid the One Hundred Dollars, and referring you to his final statement papers accompanying, I am with much respect, Your Obedient Servant. James 0. Wktmore. O. S. M. Agent. Piv?i9TKR.nKXERAi'i Office, f Wasiiinotos, I). P., July 15, 18G 5. f J. C. Wet more, 0. S. A., Washington, D. C:?fcir. ? Votir letter, covering papery of Sergeaut E. L. Quinton, late 5th Ohio Volunteers, having been re, erred to the Secretary of War, has been returnee with the decision that said Quinton "is entitled to Dounty for his service as an enlisted man." '1 he final statements of Quinton are herewith returned. Very respectfully your obd't servt. T. l\ Andrews, Fayuiaster-'Jencial ? A commission was issued on the loth, in Boston, appointing Lieutenant-Colonel Edward N. J Hallowcll as Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, in the place of Col. Shaw, recently killed in action in the last assault on Fort Wagner. Colonel Hallowell was wounded in the assault where Colonel Shaw fell, but, it is stated, has nearly recovered from his injuries. This appointment is a deserved compliment to a brave and accomplished gentleman. Colonel Hallowel is a Pennsylvania!!, and one of the fighting Quakers. DEATHS. Poleman D. Heston, Coporal, Co. G, 62d Ohio Vols., Aug. 21. Frederick Schuiner, Private, Co. F, N. Y. Ind. Bat., Aug. 22, typhoid fever. Rufus A. Lenfest, Private Co. II, 8th Maine Vols., Aug. 22, typhoid fever. Chas. W. Moore, Private, Co. H, 8th Maine Vols., Aug. 24. remittenkfever. (jeorge B. Peet, Private, Co. I, 6th Conn. Vols., August 16. Aaron U. Vamey, Private, Co. C, 9th Maine Vols., Aug. 21. Chas. Laraberdy, Private, Co. C, 6th Conn. Vols., Aug. 18. Wm. E. Moore, Private, 1st Conn. Light Bat., August 2-3. * o 1 r?i:? r., ir r.v. auiuuci 171193) I lllilltj \J\J, Ai., IIU V/VI1U.) aug! 22. NEWS FROM THE NORTH. The Fulton arrived here at noon yesterday bringing dates to the 24th inst. Purser McManus will please accept our thanks for an early supply of papers. "The attack on Charleston " is still the prominent theme with the journals and all are expecting an early occupation of this brooding nest of se cession. "* I The New York Herald says : 1 " The desperate tenacity and endurance of the ' rebels at V icksburg and Port Hudson admonish ns ( not to be too sanguine of an easy conquest of Charleston. Wo must remember, too, that our . laud and naval forces are operating against Cbarlea- > ton only from the front, and for the very good rea- < son that, from its extremely difficult land and i water approaches in the rear, it would require a ' larger army than that of General Grant to cut off' ] all the communications of Beauregard with the in- ( terior, assuming that his defensive forces do not i exceed in number twenty-five thousand men- But, I even if we had a hundred and fifty thousand men ! 1 to throw into the rear of Charleston, the deadly ] malaria of those fearful swamps at this season of 1 tlio voar would be sufficient to induce a wise een- t I eral to avoid them. The sand hills of Morris Isl- ] i and, like those of Coney Island, lying fully expos- 1 I ed to the salubrious winds from the sea, are, on < I the other hand, comparatively, if not perfectly, < healthy, even in August. Moreover, if Charleston ( j can be taken from the front, it matters little in the I present condition of the " Southern confederacy " i whether we shut the back door against Beauregard I or leave it open for his escape, because with the 1 loss of the city Beauregard's " occupation is gone.'* From the Army of the Potomac the news is that ' i General Lee is receiving large reinforcements, and 1 ! is supposed to be preparing for another raid into 1 I Maryland similar to the movement of last August, j which preceded the battle of Antietam. Refugees j from Richmond state that the conscription is being i rigidly enforced. All classes, between the ages of six:een and sixty, are taken wherever found, ex- i ccpt those employed by the government or who are exempted from having heretofore furnished : substitutes under previous calls. Captains Sawyer and Flynn were not executed on the day ordered. There is no probability that | I thov will suffer while Gen. "W. H. Lee and Capt? ; Winder are held by us as hostages for them. Three iron-clad gunboats are completed and i three more are being built on the James river by the rebels. Gen. Hurlbnt has made a most successful raid : into Central Mississippi to seize upon some valuable railroad material which the rebels were running off South from Granada. The expedition started from Lagrange, Tennessee, on the 13th, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Phillips, of Nineteenth J | Illinois, mouuted infantry, and reached Granada 1 on the 17th, driving General Slimmer, with two 1 thousand men and three pieces of artillery, from the place. They then destroyed fifty-seven loco- ; motives, upwards of four hundred cars, the depot buildings, machine and blacksmith shops, and a large quantity of ordnance and commissary stores. Thcv captured about fifty railroad men and a number of other prisoners, i II / # The city of Lawrence, Kansas, has been burned iy that notorious highbinder and guerrilla?Quantrell, and the scenes of pillage, arson and murder . jnacted by that ruffian are thrillingly horrible. The inhabitants, taken by surprise, made no resistance, rod yet the killed and wounded number nearly two hundred, the most of whom were killed. In one case the guerrillas drove twelve men into i house, shot them, and burned the building, and the friends of these twelve men, while standing on the banks of the river, "were fired into by guerillas rod a number killed and wounded. HSronftr tiarhiA vnovtiifo \imvn oVk/ti A Tho X TV VIIVJ -11 I V V 1 WWA U1WJ FT l/i V# OUVk UVOUi A UV guerrillas took all the money that could be fouud in the pockets or houses of the citizens. They stole all the jewelry of the ladies, even to the rings on their fingers. They spared nothing that was at all valuable. Gen. Jim Lane managed to escape on horseback, and rallied about twenty men, fully armed and equipped, and followed and overtook Quantrell when 12 miles from Lawrence. 'The result of this tight is not as yet ascertained. Quantrell is now retreating towards Missouri, burning and laying waste everything on his route. It is not expected that he will be intercepted by our forces- He will probably get away wilhout loss. No resistance was made at Lawrence to the guerillas. The people were shot down as they ran through the streets in their night clothes, and their bodies thrown into wells and cisterns. The citizens of Lawrence have been expecting this raid tor some time from the threats made by Quantrell, and had organized military companies for the defence of the place, and these companies were for some time, constantly kept under arms; but from assurances being given that Quantrell would never invade Kansas again, these military organizations were abandoned, and Quantrell and his guerillas learning this, made the raid when the people were entirely defenceless. The draft in New York recommenced on the 19th inst.. after being suspended for about five weeks. Over twenty thousand infantry and artillery with two thousand cavaln, are in and iround the city, ample guarantees for the maintenance of order. New York roughs and rowdies, is well as Wood and Seymour rebels, will yet learn that our government and flag are still a living fact and power which cannot be trifled with. The news from Kentncky and Tennessee indicates that important movements are oh foot pointing, it would seem, to the liberation of Eastern rennessee and the capture of Chattanooga. Gen. Burnside is said to be moving on Knoxville, whilo 3en. ltosecrans will probably make a flan'c movenent by Northern Georgia, that will compel Bragg to retire from his position. These movements, if successful, will virtually end the rebellion in the Border and Cotton States. They should have i)cen made long since. In place of moving our troops against Columbus and Forts Henry and Donelson in the Spring of 1862, they should have been advanced on Chattanooga, which is the key nf the Southern States. The failure to do this was one of the greatest blunders of the war, and has cost us many battles and thousands r?f lives. Our movements in Kentucky and Tennessee at that time drove the enemy back on this strong central position, where he has been able to keep the Army of the Cumberland at b .y ever since. To capture Chattanooga now is an arduous and difficult undertaking. It is located on the Tennes- see river, in the South-eastern corner of the State, on the confines of Georgia, Alabima and North and South Carolina. It is imbedded in a range of hills that form the spur of the Cumberland or great Alleghany range, and has been fortified l^y the rebels to the utmost perfection. The chief roads approaching it hswrc been destroyed, and the f. w that remain intact are defensible by a small forc<'. A direct attack seems out of the question, and Gen. Rosecrans will | robably endeavor to turn it by way of Palton, Georgia, while Burnside will oc cupy East Tennessee, and prevent Davis from sending re-inforcements to Bragg from Virginia. The latest reports from Bragg locates him at Chattanooga, in command of only 25,000 meu? he having lost some 10,000 by desertion during and succeeding his recent retreat. Joe Johnson is still reported at Enterprise and Brando", Mississipi, also with 25,00 men. One-third of his forces is said to have deserted. West Tennessee is now reported clear of guerillas. Late despatches from the Southwest state that Governor Foster of Alabama has issued an address to the citizens of that State, urging the impressment of s'aves into the rcuci Dcrvtcc. The radical secessionists?Shorter for Governor and Curry for Congress, have bcth been beaten by the conservatives in Alabama. DR. W. M. WALCH. Office No. 13, Sutler's Row. A lull supply ot' Drugs, Chemicals and Patent Medicines. August 29, 1863.-ti ? ' _ -M