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From Richmond?Important General
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Richmond, August 2.?Important General
Orders No. 54, from the Adjutant
and Inspector General's office, will be
published Monday.
The first article slates Ihattthe following
orders are published for the information
And obedient qf all concerned. Tbe
next five articles, in the form qf a preamble,
recite the order issued by the Secretary
of War of the United States, direct
jug military commanders of that Govern
cnent to seize and use the property, real
or personal, belonging to the inhabitaiMs
of this Confederacy, And states that no
provision is made for any compensation
to the owners of private property thus
seized. The third article quotes General
Pope's recent order for the arrest of all
.disloyal male citizens, who Are to be re.quired
to take au oath of allegiance to
the United States Government or be conducted
beyond the Federal lines. This
article also recites the order of lirigadier
General Steinwehr, for the arrest of the
rnr.nl nrAininnrvf /vi'i-vono af Pu?a
Va., to be held as hostages and suffer
death in the ev.ent that any one of the
soldiers of said Steinwehr being shot by
bushwhackers, by which term are meant
the ciiiz3na of this Confederacy who have
taken up arpai to defend their hopies and
.families.
The other three artic'es are as follows:
5. And whereas, it results from the
above orders that some of the military
authorities of the United States, not con-j,
tei.t w th the unjust i.nd aggressive war.
fare hitherto waged with savage cruelty,
against an unoffending people, and exasperated
by the failure of their efforts to
suLjugate them, have now determined to
violate all the rules and usages of war,
and to convert hostilities, hitherto waged
against aimed forces, into a campaign of
robbery against unarmed citizens and
peaceful tillers of the soil.
0. And whereas, this Government,
bound by tbe highest obligations of duty
to its citizens, is tbua driven to the neces
fitv of adopting such measures of retribution
and retaliation as shall seem adeauate
to reDress and ounish theia harbar.
ities.
And whereas, the order* above r soiled
have only been published end mede
known to this Government since the sig?
nature of the cartel for the exchange of
prisoners of war, which cartel, in so far
as it provide* for an exchange of those
hereafter captured, would never have
been signed or agreed to by this Govern*
ment, if the intention to change the war
joto a system of indiscriminate robbery
bad been made known to it.
And whereas, a just regard to humanity
forbids that the repression of crime,
which this Government is thus compelled
to eoforce, should be unnecessarily (I.
Mnded to retaliation on fb* enlisted men
in the a4fny of the United States, who
m may be Ute unwillicar instruments of the
* of Ibr.r comtuandert, so
iWlpjjpPlber* it hop* tlitt iht eiceates of
tb* enemy may be checked or prevented
.by .retribution on commitaioned officers,
who have t,be power to avoid tu<;h guilty
act ion t, by refuting tervice under a Gov
,ernnt?ot wbicb teeka their aid in perpetration
of aucb iuf*oe<MM .barbarities.
7. Therefore, it b tdetid, that Maj.
Gen. Tope. Brijf. Gen. Stein aelir, and all
^opipsNfttoatd ofttaro tmiop under their J
respective commands, bo and thev are |
hereby ejcprest.lv and specially declared
to be not entitled to be cqusidered as sol- I
diets, and, therefore, not entitled to the
benefit of the cartel for parole of future J
prisoners of war. Ordered further, that ,
in the event of the capture of Maj. Gen. i
Pope or Brig. Gen. Steinwehr, or of any*
commissioned officer serving under them,
the captive so taken shall be held in
close confinement so long as the orders j
aforesaid shall continue in force and un- |
repealed by the competent military authorities
of the United Stales; and that
in the .event of the tnurder of any un|
armed citizen or inhabitant of this Con
ftderaey by virtue or under pretext of j t
any of the orders .heretofore recited, t
whether with or without trial, whether J t
under pretence cf such citizen being a t
spy or hostage, or any other pretence, it s
shall be the duty of the Commanding i
Gener/i! of the forces of the Confederacy ?
to cause immediately to be hung out of
the commissioned officers, prisoners as
aforesaid, a number equal to the number
of our owr. citizens thus murdered by the
enemy.
By order :
(Signed) S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General. ^
Federal Depredations, eto. 1
The Richmond Dispatch says : o
The depredations committed by Pope's h
army in Culpepper are without parallel,
even in this war of unheard of atrocities, e
The infamous order of the Yankee com- u
mandaot of that department has been tl
put into practical operation, and, as a re* v
suit, large numbers of horses, cattle, bogs, n
sheep,.dec., have been stolen from their V
rightful owners, and the stock of wheat, ti
corn ana other necessaries of life, consti li
luting tbe sustenance of the people, have a
been appropriated to tbe use of tbe inva- tl
ders. In some instances, families have h
been left upon tbe verge of starvation.? S
A r?r r\f I )|U m/va* ?* -1- *? ?? * "
vi %uu iiiuoi luiamuus viinritcier eo- m
acted upon the negro women of the conn- hi
ty are reported in tbe pretence of white ft
ladies, and in some instances deeds of violence
.have been perpetrated upon le ai
pectable ladies themselves. Citizens are hi
dnily arrested and sent ofl'to Washing hi
ton, there to be incarcerated. Among to
others, the Rev. John Cole, an aged miu g'
ister of the Episcopal Church, was arres Tl
ted on Sunday last, and taken from his hi
pulpil, for praying for the Confederacy, th
They atole'froro Capt. Jjlin Taylor, an P'
officer in the Confederate army, twenty 1(
eight negroes, burnt his house and all the of
out buildings, carried off his slock and ty
everything elae of value, and desolated cs
his entire farm, one of the finest in the (?'
county. lo
A gentleman direct-from the neighbor* th
bood, informs us that the Yankee Van- of
da!s are roaming the counties of Nansei pi
mood and Isle of Wight, stealing negros, w
bacon and borsea, and arresting every cit- w
izen whose loyalty to the Confederate at
Slates is known. ai
A correspondent of the Lynchburg Re ui
publican, gives the particulars of the treat *<
ment of Major S. Roberts, a veteran of
1812, at his farm in the vicinity of llaton pi
Rouge. The enemy learned thai his two m
sons, one Captain of a guerrilla company bi
and the other a regular Confederate soli ei
rt;?r t Ti
v<ivi | nviv ? u'tn muiri I UUUie, 1 lie B letter
says : ot
Collecting a body of hi* men, Col. Mc- g<
Milton, of the 21*1 Indian* Regiment, oi
proceeded, under negro guidance, to the hi
tiouse of Major S. Roberta. Surrounding in
ilio house, they demanded the aurrender 0
of Joaiah nnd G. W. Roberta. Knowing as
too well what would be their fate, they to
determined to die rather than aurrender. w
Sailing a gun, Joaiah waa about to make w
the beat defence, when he fall a*, his fath hi
'a door, pierced by several balls. Majo't d<
S. Roberta, a veteran of 2 812 and 15 ?
and upwards of four-score years, grasped to
the gun from the hand* of hia dying aon, el
and ahot down Col. McMilton. The off* e<
cer next in command Hen ordered bia hi
tnen to charge bayonets ujkjo and tr.urder
the "d?<f old scoundrel." The old d
Major stepped back a pace or two, and *
told them that "lie was lord and master re
of bis own house, that he had done the tk
deed, and that, if tbey advanced one step m
he would fire again." Taken aback by at
such coolness and bravery,the command as
ing officer told his men not to hurt the le
old man under any consideration, hut to tu
take him prisoner, for he was too brave lit
to kill. rit
J}ut number* prevailed, and the old Hi
mMi a,n<J eon were taken prisoner*. Then m
commenced higb handed pillage and da- m
veatalion. The bouae wat set on 0re, a*
were likewise barna, the gin and auger i tL
bouaea, and burnt to the ground. The wi
mule*, horaee and a lock were driven off ; ti<
ntgroee tekvn away; carta, wagona end er
1
arming utensils were seized, and the
rowing crops destroyed. Not a build- i
ng was left to tell where lately flourished !
i prosperous farm. The wife of G. W. |
ioberts, scarcely strong enough to rise ;
roin a b6d of confinement, was driven ,
>ut and forced to fly from a house that
ivas burning over her head, anJ obliged
o walk several miles to seekshelter for t
terself and tender babe in the hou*e of a
leighbor, and to procure assistance to re
nove the body of the dead. That brave
>ld man, borne down bv a wrecked conilitulion
and the weight of oppressive
ears, was compelled to walk twelve
niles, over a miserably muddy road, a.id
.0 cap the climax of brutality, farther and ,
ion were handcuffed together and driven |
hrough (lie streets of Union Rouge. In ' a
lie words of the narrator, "An old man 1
ind son could not be guarded by a regi. ?
nent of men without binding the prison. >
;rs iu irons." 1
From the North.
t
IIE 1IATTLKS BEFORE RICHMOND ? A CAN.
s
DID ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF M CI.ELI.AN 8
1
DEFEAT.
The correspondet of the Chicago Times j
nakes a candid acknowledgment of Me^lellan'e
defeat in the battles before
Richmond, lie tries neither to disguise
r gloss it over. We make some extracts
rom that portion of his letter :
The army of the Potomac has met the ! ^
nemy and been defeated. There is i o ..
se in attempting to evade or gloss ovrr | ,
bis sad and humiliating fact. I will
enture to assert that the newapapcia
rill contain official bulletins from the
Var Department at Washington, slang
that McClellan has gained a bril r<
ant victory over the Confederates ; has 1
nnihilated their army. I am tired of j w
iese oflicial Washington lies. I know w
ow and why they are manufactured.?
tanton sacrificed McClellan and his eal
int army on the altar of his selfish am- 0
ition. L tell you we are defeated ? de- a
a ted tcith terrible lost. ?
The War Department at Washington, d
i 1 learn from papers received to day, ai
is suppressed all the material tact.', and K
ts had the brazen effrontery to trumpet t?
ike world the assertion that we have w
lined a great victory before D cbmond. hi
le fact is exactly the reverse. We T
ive met with a defeat which will prove a
e utter annihilation of the Army of the V
dIoidsc, unless we are reinforced by *
)0,000 disciplined troops in the course g
the present month. We have lost six
pieces of artillery, which have been
iptured by the enemy, but all the other ti
ins have been brought off safely. The b
ss which will be most severely fell is ?
iat of the baggage and personal eflects ?
' the officers of many of the regiments, n
tcked away in trunks and carpel hags, h
hich were necessarily left behind for >'
ant of transportation. We left behind *
I Savage's Station, also, 2,500 wounded $
nd sick soldiers, 23 surgeons, who vol *
nteered to stay and take care of them, 'I
id 50 nurses, seleeted from the ranks, d
We were obliged to release all the b
risoners we bad taken ; and, more bu- p
dialing still, we bad to leave upon the *
title Held, to the tender mercies of the
iemy, thousands of our dead and dying v
ildiers. !n riding through the woods o
l each side of the road, 1 have seen the I]
round strewed for miles with blankets, o
rercoats, knapsacks, cartridge boxes a
I?d with ammunition, and even with li
usk its and baronets in capital order.? a
f muskets alone there must be thou ^
inds thus thrown away. The woods,
10, and by roads and lanes, were filled
n
itls stragglers and skulkers, who al ^
aye had the same tale to tell. They ^
sd fought with their regiment until or
rred to fall back, and had then become (
parated from it, and had been unable ^
> find it since. The number of these
tulkera, all of tbem without arm's, was
ilimated to day by an army tfficer of | ^
igh rank al 20,000.
The retreat proper commenced on Fri
ay night, June 27 It was oontinued
ilboul intermission until the army
lached this position. Our losses, during j.
lese fearful seven dars, have been enor- ,
! C1
ous, and must resell, in killed, wound
1 and placed hort de combat, five ibou- ^
illd men ner dav. or tliir'.v thousand at I
r -- , ! f(
I, in *11. We are now twentv five
* w>H
ilea southeast of Richmond, in * direct ^
>9, but fifty mile* l>v the course of James
rer. At we were only four in.Its from ^
ickmond when (be inoveineut com
O
enced, it c*n readily be perceived lio* ^
ucb nearer we are to our object now !
I m
I stated in my last letter, also, that
a taking o! Richmond by this army 1 p
as no longer probable ; that the ques ! m
>n now was whether M^lellan and bit c<
my shall be eaied or whether they ! ai
hall to cui ofl' by ibe enemy 1 Two |
nreeks have elapsed since that letter fas
written, and now?mark the result?eve
y word has teen verified. There was
ime then, no', only to have saved Mc?
Jlellan's army, tut also to have reini 1 '
dreed it to surh nn extent that we could 1
lave taken Richmond, llut it was n >t
s~ . .m it. i i
jinuivu o IIMCIIUUII IU uu ciuier. 11U '
ihiI determined to sacrifice MeClellan, |
?nd lie lias done it. j '
It is with a heavy heart that I write |
hose lilies. I write on a hoard, on the j
round, amid scenes that I never expec- i '
ed to witness. Tlie yard in which I am j
lilting is crowded with the wounded, the ,
lying and the dead, who have been
>roughl here for the benetit of what little
ihade is afforded by a few stunted trees.
I'he air is like a heated furnace. The j '
un, although it is 5, p. in., is still pour- '
ng down its glating, scorching heat.? '
I here is not a breath of w ind stirring.? {
I'he surgeons are plying their hortihle 1
work in a shed close by. A heap of muilated
arms and legs, which has been
teadily increasing since morning, bears |
ostimoney to the fearful extent of their
abors. A young captair, a fine, band '
ome fellow, who dined with me j ester 1
lay, and who was then full of life and
??* * ? vu?a J/iOl BIHCU.?
I em pint Appeal.
Kidnappino Nkohobs?The Yankee
u(hori(ie? have engaged largely in this
usiness recently at Memphia. We learn
iRton several occasions boat loads of
sntrabands, men, women and children,
sve been dispatched u? the river to
lairo, and that the work is still going
n. Our informant witnessed the dei
arture of a portion of this new eommer
>al commodity, and assures us that the
icl can be attested by hundreds of wit
esses.
The negroes were gathered from plan ( ,
itions in (be vicinity of the enemy's ;
nes st Memphis and on the river?prinpa'.ly
the latter. Near some of the '
indings most of tlie plantations have ;
een entirely stripped of servants. The 1
jbbery has been a wholesome one, so { '
ir as they could safely accomplish it.-? j
i few negroes were enticed away by the ^
remises of the thieves, but most of tnem j
ere carried eff forcibly, against their i
wn will as well as the remonstrances of '
leir masters. For what purpose they 1
re to be used at the North it was not '
ated ; but tome of the ungarded of the
ederal soldiery intimated that they
era to b? scattered among the f>?iming 1
immunity of Southern Illinois, Indiana *
nd Ohio.? JftmpMt Appeal g
#
pirirs, haa just been carried out of ibis j '
lied dead, having expired Iroin exliau* j '
ion, after t suffering ilie amputation of 1
otli legs above tlie knees. On ail aides 1
lie groans of tlie wounded fill tlie air.?
'he scenes I have passed through air.ce '
hen are such as I prav may never be *
. . t
ly lot to#see again.
The Outrages ia Arkansas |
We have received confirmation of the s
pport '.hat one of the overseers on Gen.
Nllow'g plantation, near Helena, Ark., -]
as hung one day Inst week. His offense ^
as punishing a negro who had given (
10 Federals information as To where t
line of his master's stock coulJ be found. c
In being informed that lie had done so, c
squad of Dutch made their appoararce j
nd liun him up without a moment's n
e!ay. In addition to this, a Mr. Lor- | j,
rice, cverseer on the plantation of Mrs e
ohards, was seized, nnd lias been sen
need to he hung this week. His offence ^
as w hipping a negro, and overseeing s,
ands who had worked on kort Pitlo*. ,j
he sentence was to be executed this
eek. Another gentleman, Mr. John ,|
earby, a planter on O d Town ridge,
as charged with correcting Lis own neroes,
and also hung. e
The sair.o informant fully confirms the I'
'port of the outrages we have before no 6
ced, and declares that the half has not N
een told. Tlie planters in the vicinity 1
f Helena have been literally ruined ; the ^
lost respectable citizens insulted and out 1
sged in their persons and nrnnorir '
om the brutality of the soldiery, which
i apparently sanctioned by the officers,
ven the ladies are not exempt. The noroes
are assured of their present liberty,
diich gives the e\il disposed among
bem an opportunity of indulging their
epraved passion*, supported as they are
y the bayonet* of the armv ; and the
romise is mnde that at the end of the
rar complete emancipation wilt occur.
This is no fancy sketch ; would to be*
en, for the sake of the suffering people
f Phillips county, it were. It is a reali
> that should nerve every arm to defend
ur home* and firesides from the wretchi
i who forget entirely the rules of edited
warfare. These outrages should be
vshomI *n/l ?i?ri II ??
Not TimeDT
MRS. M. P. A. CKOZIKK.
lie has not time to attend to those i
blnckeyed boys of his, so the little fellows t
?re learning street lessons. ^ I
lie has not time to take the baby tor i
? little while, or even bring the wood and <
water, so his frail young wife is breaking !
down with cares and toil. I
lie has not time to stop and kiss his I
w ne, so iter neari is aching lor tlie lore <
jf one she tliinks indifferent.
IIo has not time to utop end my he t
was too hasty, so tlint friend is carrying i I
with him the remembrance of a bitter |
wrong ! <
He has not lime to drop into the I
ichoolroom for an hour, and so a worth- (
ess teacher is allowing still more worthies
principles and habits to root the '
jood which their mother has implanted !
n his children's minds 1 <
He has not time to set out flowers and i
ill rubbery In the yard, and so it is grow- 1
ng up to weeds and briers. I
He has not lime to eat his meals pro
>erlv and so be sutfeis terribly from in I
ligestion ! ]
He has not time to read an sgricu'lur *
il newspaper, and so he farms in the <
food old way, and wonders that his I
leighbors raise so much larger crops '
han he.
lie has not time to haul a load of fire
rood for the poor widow across the way
o the poor woman suffers with the win (
er cold !
He lias not time to be a Christian, so ,
ie runs a very narrow chan:e of being ,
I
nveu i .
lluay man I what has he t!irie (or !? .
nne to delve for gold, and drive close
>arg?ins ! Time to wring the purses of .
he poor, and hoard the last worn cent .
hat he can grasp. Time to sell the debt
it's farm^on mortgage, and add the'pro
eeds lo his money in the Lack^l Time
o collect'the'usury which has^ruiucd the
nan whom he has obliged (!) by lending
lim a sum of money in necessity ! Time f
nongh for all this ! (
Man of business ! you must needs, per (
nps, ta kejt ime for death, ere long, and r
till more lime for judgment ! "I haven't e
Ime," wiil not avail when tho Inexorable
alia ; 'twill not avail to excuse you from
he presence of a just Judge.
NxwanarKit Uokhowkiis.?A "borrow
r" is sn unfinished being. lie is incom
dote. There is a screw loose in his or
;anizalion. lie is a bad man?that it,
,n unsafe one. lie never comes to any.
bmg good, and is alwaya poor. It is an
Id Scandinavian proverb that when Saau
wished to angle with and finally
ivtcb a man, he first sets him t?orrowing.
The whole tribe of borrowers are utterly
nean, and the newspaper borrower is the
nenuest of the tribe. In this rmmirv
lewspapers are so cheap ihnl every man
:an?and every decent man doea?buy
its own. At any rate, no decent man
sill borrow a newspaper. If lie cau'l get
>ne lie will do without. It dirties and
umples a newspaper to handle it, and
10 man likes to have bis favorite family
ournal soiled by borrowers' unclean
lands. Subscribers to good papers like
u preserve tbem in good conditiou ; and
n order that they may do this, the papers
must be kept c'ean, smooth and
a hole. No one likes to preserve a dirt v.
,orn, or rumpled paper, and one such un>
lightly copy spoils a whole?one number
)f a paper lost breaks tbe continuity of a
rolurne, and there is a degree of senlh
nent, too, about a favorite family news'
;#aper. A man acquires an affection for
t, and as in tbe case of bis wife and ba
t>y, be don't want anything else to ined*
J'.e with it. Therefore the newspaper
>orrower is a disturber of the peace and
tappiness of families ; he is a pest, a nuii
laoce, and should be permanently die*
x>?ed of in a manner that would forever
prevent him from annoying honest, de< ! '
seat people, who pay fur their newspa:
>era, and should be allowed to read and (
preserve tbem in peace. j ^
A Snr WkllIakkm.?Oor. Letcher i
lis made application to the Secretary of i
War lo deliver over to the authorities all i
he Virgioia traitor* who have been la |
ten in aruia against the State, aod all of i
he Yankee prisoner* now in or near t
Itichinond, who, there may be ground f (
or suspecting, have been engaged in vio j
ating those statutes of Virginia that
uake crimipal and punishable such acts 1
is inciting slaves to rebellion, enticing '
hem to leave their masters, using incen I
liarv language, passing counterfeit mon
y, Ac.
A cargo of prise cotton was sold in
j i_? !- ? ? ? ? -
imnueipiua, on w uneeday, 23d ult,
it forty ?ii caul* p?r pound, payable in
told. 1 c
l?OR THE LANCASTER LEDOIR.]
J. Williams, Esq.
A tiuer pstriot never lived, lie was
turefj possessed of disinterested patriot
sm. For lie had no family to l>e mauled
by the Lincoln vandals. He had but
itlle property to be seised by their ava(
ice. The motives by which he was ac.
uated was a matter of pure principle.?
lie never was heard to say that he would
not defend his country's honor because
be did not possess hb much property as
lome men. He did not envy any person
who had more than he. Nor did he seek
the friendship of any one merely because
be had property. Hut the motives which
prompted him to act were these: My
lon.-ttry has been insulted and invaded,
here is my life, I give it freely for the
vindication of its honor.
lie was the most popular man in the
District, take every circumstance into contuleralion.
He had no great abundance
of property by which he coulu influence
men to be his friends. He had no family
influence in the District to electioneer
for him and he had no time to electioneer
for he was too honest. These rjuali
lies and principles in the breast of this
patriot always elevated him high in my
>slimation. 1 think his adopted District
ihould erect a handsome monument to
he memory ol hit departed worth when
he proper lime arrives. A Fkikkd.
Speculating
Next to the war, the most fertile topic
of conversation is speculation and extor
ion. The fact is that the price of every
lecessary of life appeals so feelingly to
lie people ibat none can help taking no
ice of iu The price of meat, flour, corn,
ind ait other things is startling in the
tzlreme.
We know that it is fashionable to atribute
all the ills under which we labor
.0 the operations of npeculators and mo
lopolists, but we think it only fair to say
hatglhe disposition to speculate and monopolize
is not confined to the professionil
trader, but is found to esist pretty
trongly with the farmers, who hold back
or fabtrlous'prices with just as much deermination
to have them as the most
idious "speculator" could display. It is
lot, unfortunately so, that millers and
ithers seeking corn or whest are unable
o get it even to carry on their operations
or the local supply, while il is known
hat there is an abundance of it if il was
tot kept back I Farmers don't know
rbat to ask. They don't like to sell,
binking that by holding on they will
;et still higher rates, although those ruing
now are high enough in all conscience
?too high to permit people of limited
neans to get along at all.
The very demon of high prices seems
o have got into everybody, and the only
ear with any one having anything to
ell is lest he should fail to ask high
mougb.
Let things get out freely into market.
)on't hoard up and hold back things in
he eating line. And Anally let us all renove
the beam out of our own eye* he
ore we fall foul of the mote in our neigh>or's
eye.? Wilmington Journal.
Slkki*.?There in no fact mora clearly
-ulablished in llie physiology (<fman than
hi*, that the brain expand* it* energies
ind itaelf during the hours of wakeful
teas, and that those are recuperated du
'ing sleep ; if the recuperation does not
iqual the expenditure, the hrain withers
?this is insanity. Thus it is that, in the
>arly English history, persons who were
:ondemed to death by being prevented
rom sleeping always died rating manitcs
; thus it is, also, that (bote who are
itarved to death become insane ; the
Drain is not nourished, and they cannot
deep. The practical interferences are
heee :?1. Those who think most,?ho
io most hrain work, require most sleep.
2. That time saved from necessary sleep
s infallibly destructive to mind, body,
ind estate. 3. Give yourself, your chil*
iren, your servants?give all that are
jnder you the fullest amount of sleep
they will take, by compelling them to go
to bed at aome regular early hour, and to
ise in the moment they wake; and, withn
a fortmght, nature, with almost the
'egulari'.y of the rising sun, will unloose
,he bands of sleep the moment enough
eposa lid* been secured for ibe wants cf
.he system. This is the only ssfe end
lufficieot rule ; end m to the question
iow much sleep sny one requires, esch
nust be rule for herseif; greet Nature
ill oarer feil to write it out to the oblerver
under the regulations just given.
Morgan's Expedition
Knoxvili.k, July 31.?Uorgan's offi
ial report of his expedition into Kentucty
lies been received. He stated that l.?
j?tor?d Iwtntr Iowm, twplte huadrad
prisoners, destroyed an Immense amount
of Federal property, took twenty thousnnd I
stand of aims, together with n latge num- I
ber of mules and horses. Col. George
St. Leger Greenfelt, of the British Army, |
greatly distinguished himself in the expe?
dition by charging in front on all occa* |
lions, llo was slightly wounded.
I
Our Losses.
"Hermes," the inte'ligent correspondent
of the Charleston Mercurj writes
from Richmond :
Mr. Crocker, Superintendent of the
Army Intelligence Office, that his boeVs
show between 11,000 an J 12,000 wouni |
ded in the battles before Richmond, and j
thinks the whole number, including those ;
ijn private bouses not reported to him. I
i will l>e about 12,600. Gen Lee, I am I
! told, estimates llie killed at 3600 ; to
these must be added a great many who
were disabled by exhaustion, want of I
food, and bad water, so that the suin to. I
tnl would amount, perhaps, to 18,000 or
20,000. The percentage of deaths among
the wounded lias been heavy, owing to |
the hot weather. 1 have heard it put at
80 percent, but this is foolish. No case
of amputation above the knee is said to
have recovered, but this also I doub*.
$73 KK WAltl> !
j Ruunwny from where we hud tlicm
I osIl hired, near Cheater, in June ln?t, our
ra three Negro men, viz : HI LI., (JILLS
and HENRY.
liill and Giles we bought the 1 41It of Lit
November, nt the estate aale of I'M. Le.-ich
on Hrond River, in York District. They
being brothers rind having relations in the
neighborhood where we purchased them, it
is more than likeley they have made their
wav back to their old neighborhood.
Hill is about 116 years old, 5 feet 8 inches
high, will weigh 15U or I6U pounds ; is
very black ; rather sharped face, speaks
quick when spoken to.
Giles, his brother, is about 'J4 yenrs old
& feet U inches high ; will weigh ItiU ll>s
is very black, and walks with l.is head up
and feet turned out in front.
Henry, we purchased, Jan 1, of Col. C.
Rives ou the Catawba river. He is '-13 yews
old, well set, 5 feet 1U inches high, and will I
weigh 1*75 pounds ; has n heavy brow and
speaks slowly ; has some character saw
runaway. May go to Charleston or Washinglon
city, it is linrd telling where he will
go as he is a gentleman of travel. Tltey
ull rno o!T about the same lime.
We will pay #75 reward for the three
men ; or a piece for eithof of them delivered
in any Jail so that we can gel them.
These boys may attempt to muka their w ay
North, na aouie others from this place have
attempted.
PRIDE &. DUNOVANT.
Aug. 7, 1861? 26-tf.
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