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Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements. Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length, will be charged for the overplus at regular advertising rates. *,'Personal Communications, when admissible; communicatijas of limited or individual interest, or recommendations of Candidates for officesof honor, prof it or trust, will be charged for at from 3 to 10 cents per line. For the Yorhvllle Enquirer. Messrs. Editors: I would congratulate you upon the late accession to your list of Army Correspondents, in the person of "Jasper." [t was well known, that he has the tongue of an orator. I have myself, with great delight listened to his words of impassioned, burning eloquence. In his late communication to the "Enquirer," he shows, that he can also wield a racy, graphic pen. I must confess, however, to no small measure of surprise, that one so shrewd, as I know the writer to be, should have so entirely misapprenenaea tne meauing and spirit of the author of the address to Capt. McCorkle's Company. lie insists, that the speaker, in saying, "the imaginations of many, no doubt, invested the camp with a romance a sort of gala-day attire, that made it attractive to many enthusiastic, youthful hearts," detracts somewhat from 1 the corps to which he belongs. To what) time, did the speaker refer? From the sentence immediately preceding the onei quoted, it is manifest, thac the reference was not to the 13th of April, when Fort Sumter was bombarded; nor to the first of June, when the 5th Regiment set out for Virginia, but to "the beginning of our con test," that is to the close of last and the first of the present year. Is it not true, that then, "the hope was very generally, (not universally) entertained, that our dif * -J ? !-l ?. Realties might De aajuscea wuuuut autuai bloodshed ?" " Jasper," may have felt otherwise. Is it Dot also true, that then, "the imaginations of many (not all) invested the camp with a romance, a sort of gala-day attire, that made it attractive to many enthusiastic, youthful hearts?" So that, for any thing that is said to the contrary, the entire company of "Jaspers" may have been an exception It is evident at least, that the remarks had no more allusion to the corps, to which my gallant young friend belongs, than to scores of other companies. In stead of being disposed to "lavish praise" upon the last Volunteers at the expense of the first, it was really believed, the speaker paid a very high compliment?not to tho Jaspers exclusively, it is true?but to the "York Volunteers" of the 5th Regiment,! by holding them up as an example for the imitation of Capt. McCorkle's Company ? ^heir ir inds aud hearts were not directed the heroism of our fathers at Kiug's ^^louutain, but they were reminded of the additional responsibility of sustaining the reputation achieved for "Old York" by her sons on the Plains of Manassas. They were exhorted "to Dlav the men, like those noble sons of York who have been already tried in the fires?(of the enemy and the Missis sippians too)?for our people and for the cities of our God " It is admitted, that love is jealous for the honor of' the loved object; but such praise as this, it would seem, ought to have satisfied the most sensitive, jealous spirit. In further viudication of the motives of the speaker, I might tell, why he hurried off to Virginia after the 21st of July. I might speak of all that it was in his heart ^ to do for the 5th Regimeut; and which, to the extent of his ability, he would have accomplished, had it not pleased a most holy and wise Providence to lay him aside by sickness. I might also appeal to the decided, enthusiastic testimony, which the speaker, in the presence of a large assembly at York C. II. bore to the cool, determined, sj^^r;chiug bravery of the gallant 5th in their dar'ng charge and terribly exposed position on the memorable 21st of July. I might also adu, that the author of the address in the presence of three Relief Associations said emphatically, that "f* * " o *./-? mnrfliTT nf flin our \ irgiuw tuiuiuccu ?iun?j highest estet m of their fellow citizens, and that the ladies especially, could not love them too much, nor do too much for them. It may well, therefore, be imagined that the author of the address was pained to see that he was charged with detracting aught from the honor due the gallant "Jaspers " If the speaker had been guilty of any injustice, I would most decidedly object to Jasper's making the last volunteers responsible for his wrong. They ..ave never, so far as I know, boasted of themselves, nor said anything in their own praise, hence it - 1 is a matter or sincere regrcn, mat travels out of the record to add : "I might adduce motives of a far different charactei (from those stated by the author of the address; "which might possibly have actuated them who volunteered last." We will all, however, cheerfully excuse Jasper for the little irritation, into which he suffered himself to be betrayed on the grounds, that his letter was written "hurriedlyj" and probably, before he had recovered from the effects of that long, wearisome, hazardous march of *0 mi'es to the 1'otomacand back again, "without sleep or rest," which must have been very trying to one who had so recently had measles. Hoping that Jasper may not suffer hi? easy, spirited pen to rust, but may employ it often for the interest aud instruction ol your readers, I am very truly yours, &c. J. M. A. For the Yorkvillo Enquirer. A Suggestion as to Mourning Apparel. From present indications, it is probable that many families will have occasion to drape themselves in the habiliment3 of mourning, if they conform to the customs of society. In view of this fact, it has occurred to the writer to offer a suggestion to the ladies of the country as to the propriety of dispensing with the usual mourning apparel where they may lose friends aud relatives by the disasters of the war, for whose successful prosecution icc are all interested and pledged. In favor of this departure from the uniform custom of the country, the following considerations arc presented: 1st. It is a period in which sacrifices arc /lAwon/ln/1 frnm OTTftrTT aIqQQ Tf. IS true it UCluauucu uvui vtvij vihuvi .? ?? __ may do violence to the sympathies and instincts of the tender sex, not to assume the outward garb of mourning for some loved one who may fall in the defence of our country. But at such a time as this the spirit of endurance, of inconvenience and privations, for the sake of the public good, ought to actuate all. A departure from ordinary customs in non essentials?and a restriction of our tastes and smypathies are necessities incident to such a time, where important interests can be thus promoted. 2nd. From the extensive demand, owing to the probable, very large numbers of bereavements by death, for materials for such vesture, it will be impracticable, if not impossible for all to procure them in the South. For some to be supplied and others not, | will be far more mortifying to those than | for all to abolish the custom during the war. Respect to the feelings of many, as 11 ? ? :~1 onom wen as, our commercial luucpcuucui/g ouvlu ihen to demand a sacrifice of the fashion. 3. Thus a vast expense will be saved to the country and families. Even if the goods, needed for mourning purposes, were procurable, yet, owing to their scarcity and demand, nothing less than enormous prices will secure them. The argument from i economy, at such a time as this, needs not j to be forced upou any thinkiug mind?all, must see its eminent application here. 4. The effect of the presence of dark or! black apparel on ladies is depressing and j saddening to all beholders, and hence, should all who may be mourners, bearrayed in this color?gloom, sadness and discouragement wiil gather over many minds?i Nothing that tends to dispirit or euervatej the people iu this sacred contest should bo practiced by a community on individuals. All should strive to be of good cheer, notwithstanding personal losses and bereave- j ments, and thus sustain the enthusiasm of our soldiery. 5. A substitute can be found for the usual mourning dress. A black ribbon, or k crape rosette worn upuu tuc uosuuj, vui<- ( net, or the Deck and cuffs of a white dress trimmed with black, would be a sufficient badge of bereavement. Some such substitutes as those alluded to were, to some extent, adopted by our women in previous wars in the country, and even already in ! the existing war, we are glad to know that, in some of our Southern cities, some simple symbol of mourning has beeu adopted by the ladies v 6. We forbear mentioning some other considerations, which apply not only now, but at all other times, against the custom in question : such as the lack of scriptural authority for mourning in the manner, aud for so long a period, as custom demands? the spirit of hypocrisy, which it sometimes rtArtAaoifofna *Ka /^nr?>?Qn tr% m K i AK 1 h l'mnJllM IJL'CtiOOltuvt/Oj WUU UbgiVU vu nwivu *v ^ health, and the heavy tax it inflicts upoo society, and especially the poor. All these points are waived, and attention is asked to the first five specified. Should this suggestion, with its supports, commend itself tu the ladies of York District, the writer would j further intimate that concert of action, and so, uniformity of custom, may be secured by the "aid and relief associations" of ladies, passing such resolutions on the subject, as meet their approbation. Should none sympathize with the views of this article, then only the consolation of having tried to be a benefactor, remains for A RUSTICUS CLERICUS. The Affair at Lewinsville. The Richmond Examiner of Thursday has official dispatches 01 the late action at Lewinsville : i Headquarters, Munson's Hill, September 11, 18G1. General : I started about 12 o'clock with Thirteenth Virginia Volunteers, commanded by Major Terrill, (305 men,) first .section of Hosier's battery, Washington Arjtillery, and a detachment of First Cavalry, under Capt. Patrick, for Lewinsvillc, where I learned from my cavalry pickets the enemy were posted with some force. My intention was to surprise them, and I succeed ed entirely, approaching Lewinsvillc Ly the j enemy's left and rear, taking care to keep I my small force an entire secret from their J observation. I at the same time carefully 'provided against the disaster to myself which I was striving to inflict upon the ; enemy, and felt sure that, if necessary, 1 j could fall back successfully before any force | the enemy might have, for the country was favorable to retreat and dffbuscade. At a point nicely screened by the woods from Lewinsville, and a few hundred yards from the place, I sent forward, under Major ] Terrill, a portion of his command, stealthij ly to reach the woods at a turn of the road, and reconnoitre beyond. This was admirably done, and the major soon reported to me that the enemy had a piece of artillery in position in the road just at Lewinsville, commanding our road. I directed him immediately to post his riflemen so as to render it impossible for the cannoneers to serve the piece, and, if possible, to capture it.? DuriDg subsequent operations, tbe cannoneers tried, ineffectually, to serve the piece; and, finally, after one was shot through the ! head, the piece was taken off. While this I was going on, a few shots from Rosser's -section, at a cluster of the enemy a quarter of a mile off, put the entire force of the i enemy in full retreat, exposing their entire ' column to flank fire from our pieces. Some [' wagons and a large body of cavalry first passed in hasty flight, the rifle piece and howitzer, firing as they passed, then came flying a battery, eight pieces of artillery, (Griffin's.) which soon took position about six hundred yards to our front and right, and rained shot and shell upon us during the entire engagement, but with harmless effect, although striking very near. Then passed three regiments of infantry, at double-quick, receiving, in succession, as they passed, Rosser's unerring salutation, ! his shells bursting directly over their heads, land creating the greatest havoc and confujsion in their ranks The last infantry regiment was followed by a column of cavalry, I which, at one time, rode over the rear of ;the infantry in great confusion. The field .general, and staff officers, were seen exertjing every effort to restore order in their broken ranks, and my cavalry videttes, observing their flight, reported that they fijually rallied a mile and a half below, and i took position up the road, where they sup! posed our columns would be pursuing them. Captain Rosser, having no enemy left to contend with, at bis own request, was permitted to view the ground of the enemy's flight, and found the road ploughed up by his solid shot, and strewn with fragments] of shells; two men left dead ou the road, lone mortally wounded arid one not. hurt, l taken prisoner. The prisoner said the I havoc in their ranks was fearful, justifying what I saw myself of the confusion. Major Terrill's sharp shooters were by no means idle, firing whenever a straggling Yankee showed his head, and capturing a lieuten-i ant, (captured by Major Terrill himself,) j one sergeant and one private, all belonging ; to the nineteenth Indiana (Col. Meredith's,) [The prisoners reported to me that Gen. McClellan himself was present, and the enemy gave it out publicly that the occupancy of Lewinsville was to be permanent (Alas for human expectations !) The officers and men behaved in a manner worthy of the general's highest commendation, and the firing by the section under the direction of Capt. Rosscr and Lieut. Slocum, all the time under fire from the euemy's battery, certainly, for accuracy aud effect, challenges comparison with any ever made. Valuable assistance was rendered ioc, as usual, by Chaplain Ball; and Messrs. Hairston and Burks, citizens attached to my staff, were conspicuous in daring. Corporal flagan and Bugler Weed are entitled to special mention for good conduct and valuable service. Oar loss was not a scratch to mau or horse. We have no means of knowing the enemy's, except that it must have been heavy, from the effects of the shots. We found, in all, four dead and mortally wounded, and captured four. Of course, they oarried off all they could. I returned here with my command, after re-establishing my Hue of pickets through Lewinsville. Piease forward this report to Gen. Johnston. Your obedient servant, J. E. B. STEWART, Colonel Commanding. Gen. J. Lonostrf.et. The Direct Tax?Increase of Officers. The act passed by the Confederate Congress for raising a direct tax of fifty oonts on the 8100 worth of property, makes every provision for the collection of the tax by Confederate officers, but at the same time [gives those States, which may chonse to do 190, an opportunity to assume the collection jof the amount due by each. The act proI vides that if any State shall pay into the Confederate treasury the amount of its assessed taxes, iu specie or treasury notes, on !or before the 1st of April next, a deduction of ten per cent, on the gross amount shall be made. In order to ascertain the quota of each State, an assessment is to be made : by assessors to be appointed by collectors in the various districts, on or before the 1st i of November next, or a cash valuation of | the property on the 1st of October. | We infer from indications in the Southjern papers that all the States south of us | will take charge of the collection of their j respective quotas. This course is recommended by the saving in the cost of collecjtion, and still more by getting rid of a rave1 nous troop of Confederate officers. The lonly difficulty that occurs to us to Virginiia's adoDtinsr the same policy, is that the | I w [collectors and assessors uiust be appointed, and the latter must act by the 1st of November?an earlier day than that on which the Legislature meets. There is some ob scurity iu the act as to what the duties of the collectors will be if the State assumes the collection. It is not expressly provided, as it should be that iu that contingency their function shall cease. Such, no doubt, was the desire of Congress, au a mendruent in that particular can yet be incorporated; otherwise, we shall present the disgraceful spectacle of launching our new Government with a whole batch of officers, performing no duties and receiving i full pay. This would be something quite as bad as anything to be found in the rot ! tea bureauocraey of the old Yankee conIcera at Washington. It seems necessary, j in order t)get the assess in e tit in time, that the cvllcc/ors must be appointed?for they have the appointment of the assessors, who 'have to act by the 1st of November. But j for this, we might hope that President |Dc7is, iu view of the probability of the State taiiing upon itself the responsibility of dodging the invidious and disagreeable task of appointing collectors, and thereby saving the new republic from the disgust ing spectacle of a wide-spread scramble foi office. ^Though we do not know how it may be done, we hope some expedient may be devised, by which this disagreeable task may be avoided. The rage for office contributed more than any one cause to the subversion of the Government which Madison and Washington established. The same prolific source ~e -3~1^r? frononlnnfnf] f n onr quc. | Ul UUIUUI ailftatlUU UUU0^4MUtVV4 WW WW. wjw Iteru will be attended by the same result.? Enough of the old stock have come from Washington to inoculate our system with the seven year itch and the fourteen year scurvy; and unless the wise and pure men, who have control of our Government, arrest the disorder at the start, we are on the I broad road to speedy destruction.?RichWhiy. ?? <? S&~ The Government has given an or, der for a small uumbcr of the newly invented breeeh-loading cannon, to be executed ! at one of the extensive iron shops at Atlan|ta, Ga. The Southern Agents in England. The London correspondent of the New York Times writes (August 24) as follows : The news of the battle of Bull Run fell like a spark of gunpowder among the secession agents here, and startled them into a supernatural activity. While our credit sinks like lead, these busy hands are wri-? ting money articles fjrthe Times, and pumping their ideas into the braiu of that journal's city oracle. They are in the markets all over the country, bidding furiously against our Government for arms, and, as seems to be thought, not without success. They have got money?ready money?of that there can be no doubt, though from whom, and at what awful discount, I do not undertake even to guess. They are sanguine as ever of recognition, and very likely have their reasons for being so. Nor is all this the worst. Within the last few days it is rumored that they have succeeded in equipping and sending off an armed steamer with a cargo of arms and ammunition for the Southern States, which has been for some time past quietly reoeiving its stores, under the direction of a Liverpool firm in the Americau trade. Of the particulars of this affair I am not informed ; but it is said, still further, that the British Government, when called upon to prevent the departure of the vessel, declined to interfere?on what grounds I have not heard. If these stories are true, and whether they are so or not, must soon be known, all * 11 ^ ''? -J ?~ taiK 01 die guuu wui ui luio uuvciuimuuu towards us, aDd talk of the English press about our ingratitude, will receive a quietus. ****** But even if the story were not true, it must soon become so, for there is more than one armed vessel fitting out in British ports, and intendod to be run under the British flag till they have escaped the blockade and landed their cargo. Then they will become ships-of-war, no doubt, and cruise as the Southern national fleet The English Government, true to its neutral ground, will not interfere to prevent the fitting out of these vessels until its owq interest begins to suffer. From the Hatteras Prisoners. The Washington (N. C.) Dispatch of | Tuesday says : Several of the prisoners have written to their relatives and frieuds. The following i .. extracts rrom a letter, written uy v>upuwu Sparrow to his wife, dated U. S. Fiag Ship Minnesota, September 1, and which she has kindly consented for us to lay before our readers, give information as to their treatment and the circumstances under whioh the letters were written. Also of a umber slightly wounded, of which we had not heard before, and of the kind of guns jour men had with which to defend the fort. We call the attention of the Raleigh Standard, who thinks there was "something irotten in Denmark," and the Wilmington Journal, who cannot understand things, to ! some of these cxtraots : | "Commodore Stringham has kindly notified us that he will forward from N. York via Norfolk, any letters that may be written to our friends, to be delivered unsealed.? One of the officers of the ship, the first Enjgincer, Loring, has also kindly conducted j me to his state room and furnished me with j materials for writing. And here let me |say that we have received from the officers jof this ship (one oP the finest in the Navy) j nothing but civility and kiudness since the i hour that we came on board. "Say to our friends in Washington and the country, that none of my company has | been killed nor seriously wounded. Seven received slight wounds, but no one ot the seven is in the hands ot the surgeon. All are well and in good spirits. "Id the engagement of the fort, I met ! with some narrow escapes, (as my sack coat will testify.) The two guns assigned to me could not be brought to bear on the fleet, and were not fired. Both of them, i were disabled, and had my men been required to remain at them, many of them must havo been killed "We had service on board ship this morning, and the familiar old tunes and hymns carried me home to our circle of eight, and to the church where we worship. God blsss you all and take care of you." Engagement near Columbus. The Columbus correspondent of the Memphis Appeal, in his letter of the 10th instant, says : "We have hau another engagement with ihc gun-boats to-day, which resulted as usual, in their retreat. The fight to day, howi ever, was a little more serious than the enjgageiuent at Hickman, and lasted much j longer. Gen. Jeff. Thompson, of the Misi L ?1_ I__J .t l: . ?u?i? < ??? SOUTl ongaue, uau iluowu uia wrnuie luiuc over the river on the Missouri side, and had planted a battery of four guns some six miles above here. The enemy discovered j his positiou somehow, and made an attack upon it, evidently with the design of diverting his atteution while they were busily engaged in landing four thousand of their troops at a point five or six miles above him, to cutoff reinforcements from us Their scheme is a failure, however, so far, as the gallant 4th, commanded by Col. Neely, and the 13th regiment, commanded by Col. Douglas, together with the field battery and a large force of cavalry have been ordered to cross the river immediately and give Geueral Thompson all the assis tance he may require. Our force, in conjunction with Gen. Thompson's, will prove more than a match for all the Hessians they may have, be that number small or great. If they remain until we reach them, you may expect a good report from us. As 1 am connected with the 4th regiment, I can give you no further account until our regiment returns, when I expect to give you full particulars of the expedition. Our army is already large and i3 rapidly increasing every day. Not a train comes _ *1.^ : ^ _:?u ar>/l i ill mat is uut iroiguieu witu auiuicm, jthe cry is "still they come." Where they all come from is the question; yet the supply seems far from being exhausted. Let them come, if they are all of the same material as those already here, and the hour of the KaDgaroo despot is at haud; Te/cel will be his fate and Ifpharsia his destiny. From tbc Memphis Appeal, September 12. gI Interesting from Missouri. se Headquarters 1st Military District, se Missouri State Guard, !re Camp Hunter, September 2, 1861. To all whom, it may concern : Whereas Major-General J. C. Fremont, commanding the minions of Abraham Lin- p coin in tho State of Missouri, has seen fit 62 to declare martial law throughout the whole State, and has threatened to shoot any citi- g zen-soldicr found in arms within certain ^ limits; also, to confiscate the property and free the negroes belonging to the members ^ of the Missouri State Guard. Therefore, know ye, that I, M. Jeff. ' Thompson, Brigadier-General of the First Military District of Missouri, having not ^ only the military authority of Brigadier- at General, but certain police powers, granted by Aoting Governor Thos. C. Reynolds, and j confirmed afterward by Governor Jackson, do most solemnly promise, that for every ^ member of the Missouri State Guard, or soldier of our allies, the armies of the Confede- . ID rate States, who shall be put to death in | pursuance of the said order of Gen. Fre- , mont, that I will "hang, draw and quarter" a minion of said Abraham Lincoln. While I am anxious that this unfortunate ^ war shall be conducted, if possible, upon j the most liberal principles of civilized war- ^ fare, and every order that I have issued has been with that object, yet if this rule is to be abandoned, (and it must first be done by our enemies,) I intend to exceed Gen. Fremont in his excesses, and will make all tories that come within uiy reach rue the ^ day that a different policy was adopted by ^ their leaders. ^ Already mills, barns, warehouses and other private property have been wastefully ^ destroyed by the enemy in this District, while we have taken nothing except arti- P1 cles strictly contraband or absolutely ne- , cessary. Should these things be repeated, lu I will retaliate tenfold, so help me God. M. JEFF. THOMPSON", Brigadier-General Commanding. God Reigns?The Masses Impressed ^ with it.?The Banner of Peace, a relig- ^ ious journal, contains the following truthful remark : ^ "Among the fierceness of human passion and the demoralizations of war, there is, to ^ the careful student of events, a striking fact ^ now exhibited throughout tho South. Nov or before, so far as we have observed, was , there so geueral ao impression ou all classes of men that there is a just God, who rules in the affairs of nations. There seems to ^ be a prevailing public faith, a uational faith, that God, who has signally blessed them ^ with victory thus far, will ultimate this war! in the complete establishment of the na- j ! W tionality of the South, and with it the es-i ^ tablishment of constitutional liberty, thej^ ritrht nf freemen tn povern themselves, and i *0 * ~# ' qj tho right of those free white tnen to govern . tr and direct a helpless, but useful, servile population. Tho masses feel that they aro in the right, and that God will defend them. Men feel this, and are overwhelmed with . the irapressioD, who never perhaps before ,c recnoroized the dominion or oversight of w God. When we have gained a victory the ^ ascription of honor and power are given to God by the aoclaim of the multitude. The secular press is unusually solemn and devout in its tone. Tho Bible tells us that _ 'All things shall work together for good to tj them that love God.' It is not too much (( for us to believe that this execrable war, forced on us by usurpers, may not only break their power, but humble and impress j -I CI .L n:.t, Clie OOUCCl la a wuuuuriui mauucr vyitii nit al power and goodness of God." Vl A Splendid Prize. An agent io this city of A. Belmont, of New York, has been purchasing for some ^ time past, a large quantity of tobacco for his principal, which is said now to be in a store j in this city, to the handsome amount of 3,- ^ 000 hogsheads, worth in round number# 3350,000. The agents of Lincoln have J been very active for some time past, inseiz- . ing the funds and property of Southern ? men in the Northern cities We arc re- g, joiced that the Confederate Government g(. have :n this magnificent lot of tobacco, a j fund sufficient to cover a very large portion of the recent Yankee confiscations at the North. . SiJ Auguste Belmont is a well known banker in Wall street?the same whom Secretary 3' Chase recently sent over to London to attempt a negotiation of the Federal war i, 1 j ? L j. ?;4.1 : i r_:i A loan, ana wno mat wiui u siguui ianuie. c\. Belmont is also the intimate friend and financial agent of Gon. Fremont, and is , doubtless a sympathizer in that officer's bru- j tal measures in Missouri. We have no doubt that the Confederate Receiver under the Sequestration Act, Mr. Giles, will ^ look promptly after this tobacco of Belmont. ' Belmont is the American agent of the p Rothchilds; but is tbe leading member and j probably one of the weatthiest men of that ^ house. He may attempt the device of .' pretending that the tobacco is really not his q own, but is the property of the European Rothehilds. Suoh a pretence, however, would be treated with great distrust and jealousy by our Courts.?Richmond Dis patch. C II1H A Plot Discovered ?We were inform- tl ed yesterday that a plot to overpower the tt guard and break out of Liggon's tobacco to factory had been discovered on the part of M the Yankee prisoners confined therein.? st The prisoners are kept separate?-the officers being confined in the first story of the building, and the men in the second and fo third stories. It is said that the captain of is one of the New York volunteer rcgimeuts contrived to make his way among the men, nc where his blandishments and representations g( procured their assent to the "rising," which ly ? ? ? ^ -1 a - ~ An T^n na/3o rr hi was nppuiuieu iu laau piouu vu ,,? night. It is further related that on the de- th tails being related to the occupants of the ar first story, it was opposed, but unsuccessful- th ly, when one of the officers, dreading the issue of the attempt, divulged the leading w features of the plan, which led to the re- V, moval of the chief conspirator to the county w jail. The latter plead hard to be allowed tu to remain wilh his comrades, even if in J] irons, but the indulgence was not allowed, ae A large portion of tho Hessians now con- w ied here are utterly destitute of every ntimeut of honor or decency, and if held I curely it must be done by drawing a tight n in over them .-?Richmond Examiner \ ?? ?? fi Plans and Designs of the Enemy. a -Wo have been informed by a gentleman ft ho has just arrived from New York and ti hiladelphia, that the most unprecedented a certions are being made in all the ship- Jj irds and dooks of those two cities, for the ? ting out of the largest naval expedition tl 'er known in this country. Every car- t] inter who can be obtained is employed, b id merchant ships are being altered into 0 ar ships, and all the foundries are hard at ^ t V It. C A orK matting ana altering engines ior steuw a opellers of the largest size, as well as for e all gun-boats. It was openly talked of u nong the mechanics that this immense c let of warships was destined for New Or- e ans. I It would seem that the present design of ( ie enemy is to effect a ruse, by alluring 0 i on to take Washington city, thus draw- t g all our main forces into Virginia, and 0 aving our Southern coast comparatively t ifensive, while they make a grand demistration on various portions of our coast, id force their way to New Orleans at all I izards. The enemy can esily afford to L t us take Washington city, which can 3 of no great service to us, and JIaryland, 1; they gain Louisiana, and thereby the mtrol of our cotton and the Mississippi i; last. fi It is time we opened our eyes to this I rand move on the chess board of war, and 3 prepared ourselves to resist and defeat b ie enemy's plans. Every vessel in our 3 urtinr ahmil.i nncp hf> nut. in nommission. r %-vwwww WW r-- / r id the chain of forts extended all the way h i the lialize. This is no time for swap- t iug horses, aud the Government at Rich- fc ond, as well as our authorities here, should >ok to it, and be up and doing. fi New Orleans Picai/une. t mn ?? - f Singular Prophecy. We translate the following from the 'carrier des Etats Unix of the 29th ult.: Although many of tho predictions made 1 j Nostracamus (especially those concern- ^ ig the Deaths of Henry IV and Louis WI) have been completely verified, tbey c e generally discredited iu our times ? ut in the 1 Proplicties r,t Validations,' of lat great man, vol. 2d, (edition of 1609,) ^ e find the following, which would seem to 4 jservo some attention : "About that time (1801) a great quarrel ^ id contest will arise in a country beyond c le seas?America. Many poor devil? ill be hung; and many poor wretches killed F p a punishment other than a cord. Upon 1 y faith you may believe me. The war 1 ill not cease for four years, at which none e lould be at all astonished or surprised, for a lere will be no want of hatred and obsti ^ icy in it. At the end of that time, prosate and almost ruined, the people will renbrace each other in great joy and love." Now, here is something very confirmatory ? the prophetic genius of Nostradamus, but g i no way consoling to us poor devils and j retches (pauves diabeh ct paiores hires') ^ ho will have to suffer under this war for j iur years. Let us hope that the astrologer as mistaken, at least on this point *" ^ TT T r SALE OF UAPTURED IANKEE VESSELS. -Yesterday forenoon a largo crowd of gen- a emen assembled near the Custom House r > witness the sale of several prize vessels ^ hich have been taken by our enterprising rivateers. The bark Roicena, of Philaelphia. Messrs A. J. White and Son, 1 uctioneers. was first put up. She is a new r essel, of 330 tons, built at Gloucester, few Jersey, in 1857, is in excellent conition, and was sold for 812.000. She was ( urchased by Messrs. John Fraser & Co. ] he bark Glen, of Portland, built at Free- c ort, Me., in 1848, and said to have been [ nco rebuilt, brought 83,700; purchased t y Messrs. John Fraser & Co. This ves- J ;1 now lies at Morehead city, N. C. The ( rig John Welch, of Philadelphia, 273 v ins, built at Philadelphia, in 1858, a good ^ eighting vessel, and in fine order, brought e },400, and was bought by Captain Fergu- ? in. The cargo of the bark Glen, consist- 1 ig of 341 tons of anthracite coal, was ? urchased by the Confederate States at the a lormous price of 818.50-100 per too. The ^ ilc was well attended, and the bidding '] )iritcd. Messrs H. Cobia & Co., will e ill this day the cargo of the bark Roicena, ( )osisting of 100 bags Laguayra coffee and 2 tons pig iron.?Mercury, lQth instant. ^ Lincoln Boats Here.?A steamboat ^ aded with cannon, uiuskcts and men, * nded at our wharf, at the foot of Third a reet, last evening. It was from Cincin- c iti, and is the flag boat of an extensive I 7 n L set of steamers and barges. Some ten oth- c steamers, each towing ten barges, are in ' te river above, and will reach here in a v w hours. The expedition was purchasing lain cable and anchors in the city yester- v ay, and all things combined, seemed to ^ idicatc the making of a bridge across the * hio or Mississippi as formidable as that on n hich Xerxes contemplated his marvelous c ceds. Some of the boats are loaded with r en, some wich cannon, and some with lain cable. In addition to those barges, t ime thirty or forty barges went througn r le canal yesterday, so that the whole of a le barges must number 150?quite enough j( bridge the Ohio, or to be sunk in the c [ississippi.?Louisville Courier, 15th inant. q b Kentucky Pluck.?We extract the g llowing spirited paragraphs from the Lou- n ville Courier of Tuesday: v "We presume there is not a Kcntuckian, a )t base enough to be a slave, who is not t] jtting his arms in readiness for the rapid- e approaching conflict. And when Kcnickians bear their red right arm in battle, ieir enemies may well call upon the hills id the mountains to fall upon and cover \ .em from their vengeance and fury." tl M ficrht. thft South A "llLUUlUtajf 1WIUOV/U WW u^..? _ liea called on by Lincoln's Secretary of h rar. She will also refuse to fight her now, s, hen called on by the Union (?) Legisla- 1 ire. When the Legislature requires Gov. t< iaGoffin to call for troops to fight Tenncs- p :an3, ten will go to their aid where one 1 ill enlist under the Lincoln banner." j Major General G. W. Smith.?The 'resident has confirmed the important com- si aission of Major General upon Major G. E V. Smith, late superintendent of streets J or the city of New York. Gen. Smith is ti native of Kentucky, and was one of the le astinguishod class of cadets that gradua- si ed at West Point in 1846. He graduated fi t the head of his class, and beat McClel- 8 in for the highest honors of the institution, ti le went into the corps of Engineers of o: he army, and in that capacity served a1 hroughout the Mexican war, winning a ci igher reputation in army circles than any si ther officer of his grade in the service, and ti ras brevected a major. By the universal ei ttestation of the old army, he is a man of xtraordinary abilities. Gen. Smith goes ,p to Manassas this morning, and will take j? ominand of the army heretofore command- , d by Geo. Joseph E. Johnson, Gen. ^ Beauregard retaining command of bis own. j J-eri Johnston will assume general command f the two columns. It may be safely said j hat these three generals present an array f talent and skill not to be equaled on ^ he continent.?Richmond Dispatch. North Carolina Legislature?The ^ laleigh correspondent of the Charlotte Bid- 1 itin writes: . The Senate is still getting on very slow- 1 f upon tho Revenue Bill. A bill has just passed the House author- I zing the Governor to build hve gun-boats I or the protection of the Albermarle and b ^mlico Sounds. ? A inint resolution this morning nassed n J - - O f oth Houses, fixing Friday, 4 o'clock, P. n rl., as the time for adjournment. It is t< irobable, however, that the resolution will d ie rescinded, as it will be impossible for h he table of the Senate to be cleared of the <i tusiness of that House by that time. 9 A bill for the issue of treasury notes from ive cents up to one hundred dollars, to he amount of eight hundred thousand dolars, has passed both Houses. ...? r Latest from Texas. S We have advices from Texas (Galveston) b 0 the 3d inst., from which we gather the b ollowing items: b Gov. Clark has issued a proclamation, o jailing for 2,000 men. f A letter in a morning paper says: ii "From a gentleman from San Antonio, d ! learn that Gen. Van Dorn has determined u o call into service three full regiments for he coast service, one to be stationed at >alveston, another near Indianola, and an ither on the lower Rio Grande." Great quantities of powder, lead and >ercussion caps are in transit from Mexico f o the interior of this State, and a very exensive purchase of arms, ammunition and e ?: :_r.l v. ?flp. quipmeuis lur miiiuiry uiu uucu cucbreu ? t Yera Cruz for tht Confederacy, on very j. iavorable terms. 1ST The London Post says : It is well a it last that the cotton manufacturers have c rot a pood fright. They have been warned rear after year, of the folly of trusting to fc ,ny one nation for a supply. All remedies n their power now were at their command f en years since, yet they neglected them.? j <]ven still there is a hope that either by s nmnrnmisf? nr ennnnest the civil war in A O erica will be ended so as to give as South- \ irn cotton yet a cheaper rate. Bat as day D .fter day closes in, the difficulties of adjustoeut increase. These are building houses in the sand while the floods are threatening. * Chat February next will see the end of our : American cotton, and that we are nearly ig- ? lorant of the quantity wo may expect to * each us from other countries, are announce- ' cents sufficiently alarming. Military.?The Abbeville troop, Capt. o )wens, which has been encamped near c jightwood Knot Springs, arrived here Sunlay afternoon by a special train from Colura>ia. They were received at the depot by j he South Carolina Rangers, Captain R. J. * leffords, and escorted to the steamer t 'Charleston, at the head of market wharf, ehere the company took passage for Sulli- t| Ws Island. They number about 62 troopirs, and are a fine, stalwart body of men, ?ith picked horses, all noble animals. The 8 lorses have been valued, as we learn, at >300 each. The men are also well armed h nd equipped. Their appearance on their &1 ?ay to the boat created general admiration. C Phe company, wo learn, has been muster- & d into service for the war.? Charleston Courier. ^ The Marion op the War.?General 0 Teff. Thompson, says the Memphis Ava- c anche, is by universal consent regarded as 0 he Marion of this war. Fie is followed by ^ ,n army without shoes or hats, and with c oats and pants curtailed of their fairpro>ortions, but who can whip with ease don- n tie the number of Hessians who may dare tl o encounter them. They are a breed of n rarriors, the like of which was never seen, c few hundred of them are holding South- it restern Missouri against Fremont and all q lis hosts. The response of Gen. Jeff, to Yemont's proclamation is a model docu- j, sent. Napoleon never excelled it. We n onfess a special admiration of the great gae- a ilia chief. j Biq Guns.?Eleven pieces of shooting 0 ools, of the kind called rifled cannon, S( eached this city yesterday. Some of them re very large, and all are designed for a tl Dng range, but we need not say more con- ti erning dimensions or destination. it Two new guns of very heavy calibre, e- ei ual in all respects to the Armstrong, have T een presented to the State by a patriotic tl rm of this city. Arrangements have been lade to give them a prominent position ^ there they will extend a cordial welcome p t any moment to visitors disposed to test i , Qeir power anci witness sume mbcicotiug ^ xperiments in gunnery practice. Charleston Courier, 21s< inst. ^ BSC When Arkansas seceded from the tf Jnion she came in possession of property to ei lie amount of 835,000,000 Her indebt- ti dness at that time was 83,000,000, leavig a balance of 832,000,000, acquired by g ecession in addition to her own resources. j 'he State has issued war bonds to the exjnt of 85,000,000, and every dollar of her n roperty is pledged for their redemption, 'hese facts we learn from the Thirty-Fifth d \ralkl. A Cotton prom the East Indies.?Ttis mm bated that the shipments of cotton from Wm !ombay to Europe for three weeks ending jfjiBi nly 10, were 75,000 bales, and twenty- |||S no ships were then loading for Earope at ||?j| !ss than half a cent per ponnd. The $gla aipments from Bombay to Earope for the ImB rst five months of the present year were |i?? oo coi : iotn icr e .1 SmiSC mo,U'JJ. uuiea, iiguiuai u I v.?, j.u J lur iuc ?aiue agggt me last year. Id Jane and July the rates llfij f shipment were increasing, and would W&B rerage 112,000 bales a month. The new flrafi rop would begin to arrive in October, and |g|j9 lould the present rate of shipment con- Wjj&k nue, the export to England for the presnt year will exceed 1,300,000 bales. , ; IjsB t&~ Arlington Heights are directly oposite Georgetown, nearly two miles back om the Potomac. Roach's Spring is a- j|afig out two miles distant, southwest of the pjfiS iong Bridge, a little off from the road to ji&fffg Fairfax Court House. Arlington House 4s |1k9 bout five mile9 northwest of Alexandria. ?I5jSE ''alls Church is a little village six miles lllra traight we9t of Georgetown. Bailey'a mSSt Jross Roads is a point five miles due west jjfflWwi f the Long Bridge, and the road from the IgHgl ridge which leads directly past Bailey's is he road to Fairfax Court House. The last tamed place is eighteen miles from Wash- Ushh ogton and fourteen from Alexandria. The Defence of the Coast.?While lipley is mounting his Columbiads and ||jnfl| )ahlgrens, Col. Trapier is making "masked atteries" for the reception of the valiant latler; Col. Hatch is getting the riflemen eady to salnte the new comers, as they ||jaH avigate the creeks and iolets on their way 3 Charleston. Judging from the energy isplayed by those who have the matter in g?g|B and, every bush and sand hill will be a (masked battery" on a small scale, with Pjjnra ome of the sharp yonng riflemen waiting. [ Charkufnn Mercury. i|s?8| Horrible Affair.?This commnnity fjgfiffl ?as startled, on Wednesday morning, by a cport that Mrs. John D. Withcrspoon, of Society Hill, was found murdered in her nnftM ed the night previous. We learn that ^^9 lood was found on a candlestick, and on a ed enver in the room, and also thai, markx f violence were fouud on her person. A riend gives as the verdict of the jury of jjfllH nqaest: "That the deceased came to her ||||h leath by violence at the hands of persons mknown."?Darlington Southerner. Very Un-Officer Lire.?A corresiondent says that Gen. MeCalloch never rears uniform or carries a sword, but a pow- |WES! rful rifle, which he uses with perfect ac- iSBHBj uracy. At the battle of Oak Hill he was iding round amid the dying balls as cool s if superintending the operations on a HffiHK arm, and every now and then would reresh himself with a bit of sport by jerking pwkMk tis rifle to his shoulder and upsetting one w&imi if the enemy. We suppose Liocolnites |J?9k re very much disgusted with this un-offi- |||HE er like department. ^?||?M Stopping the Supplies.?The Peters- I&BiB iurg Express, of Monday, says: ||||fflg "A letter received in this city Saturday pj&8Bo rom a son to his father, says our batteries |^jS9 n the vicinity of the Chain Bridge.bed EUdraSI ucceeded in so breaking and mutilating the IraRBfl rater pipe which supplies the city of Washpgton, as to effectually cut off from that iow wioked city, this very needful article." mBS* A Female Warrior? We find the ||agB| ollowing curious incident related in the demphis Avalanche, of Thursday : "One f the Louisiana companies in the battle of ||h^H danassas lost its captain. Tho company - .^EBB hen unanimously elected the wife of the WHffln deceased to fill his place, and the lady, in miform, passed through the oity yesterday |||n3| a her way to assume the command of her ||lgSBfi ompany." 5?" The Lincolnites in New York fired grand salute in honor of the action of the jaBliW Kentucky Legislature in ordering the Con- ?19jKH| sderates out of the State. They may need jajHapB he powder they have thus wasted to aid hp Kpntnnkv T.irtpnlnifpst in PTAmitincr l%*j9aS? ? ? j ?-ww ? ?WW--?j-, ra2fg?n| beir legislative order. l&fig&J Gamble, the bogus Governor of Mis- ?|S^H| oari, is now suspected of being disloyal to ff&jHUl he Northern Government. It is said that ggHHra e is as much opposed to the occupation of j^99B he State by the Yankee troops as by the Jonfederates. The Northerners are getting iwflB 0 they dare not trust any one. ^gSSH iQrThe Louisiana Chasseurs-a-pied, Captain Henry St. Paul, the first company ||h8B| f Zouaves ever formed in America, and omposed wholly of the dashing young Cre- 11161881 les of the Crescent City, passed through pjjgsMS Lugusta on Monday, en route from Pensaola to Virginia. The Graniteville Factory has com- Km lenced the manufacture of cotton yarn for ^HBj he making of socks and stockings?4he |?ot9nN machinery for the purpose having been rc- pffljfflffln cntly imported from England. The yarn iimSaj 1 said, by those who know, to be the best ^BstBS uality. Southern Made Brooms.?The Old forth State is famishing good brooms, the gMjBHp|j lanufacture of which has beea commenced t the Iostitate of the Deaf, Damb and ?|9HHj Mind, located at Raleigh. The brooms are f excellent quality, and can be sold at rea- jggfiWm jnable prices. g&- The Fort Smith Times says that |igijjJ|G icre are salt springs in the Cherokee Naon, where the water runs oat of the groand ggSftBIS ljafficfent quantities to manafactare salt ||mAK aoughuto supply all the Confederate States. 'here are other springs of like character in ||BRB le Choctaw and Chickasaw conntry. Fob the Coast.?We are reliably in- ||?fi? jrmed that Rev. J. S. Lamar, the esteemed ||lrafl9| 'astor of the Christian Charch in this oity, H98H i organizing a volunteer company for coast ifgsBH cfencc. Success to the enterprise.?Au- ||?raaSj iista Chronicle. H WoF The New Orleans Delta says that fjj?K&jl9j le fortifications at Ship Island mount ilMBfi ?. e - - j ??a Hem ignty-iour guns, auu are uuw uibuuou uj rjipoioKE vo thousand and four hundred men. mSgBn SSF'Two hundred negroes left Holly PrrllHi prings, Miss., a few days ago, to work on WgEg&a le fortifications near Randolph, seventy tiles above Memphis. W3r The forty days allowed by the Presient's Proclamation, issuedjHumtant to the ilien Act, will expire on the 23d instant. W%3&&