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Hnnt, and Major p| Gaoo's Texas Squadron, to which was at- tj. tached two companies of Tennessee cavalry, tv in the direction of Glasgow, which place I C( reached at 12 o'clook that night. ^ There were but few troops in the town, a, who fled at ourapproach. The commissary tj. stores, clothing, &c , together with a large 8t supply of medical stores, found in Glasgow, a were burned, and the guns were distributed e( among my oemmanU~--aboat two hundred ^ of which were unarmed when 1 left bLaox- n ?:tu 5 ' ..-r, u VliW* . -i , ; 't-V: ' ; Ill From Glasgow, I proceeded along, the ^ main Lexington Road to Barren River, q } halting for a time near Cave City?my ob* aj * jeot being to induoe the belief that Iio- m tended destroying the railroad bridge be- jtween Bowling Green and" Woodsooville. I caused wires, connecting with a portable battery that I carried with me, to be at- ^ tached to the telegraph line near Horse te Cave, and intercepted a number of despatches. . At Barren River, I detached three com- Vl % w panies, under Capt. Jack Allen, to move forward rapidly and destroy the Salt River a' Bridge, that the troops along the line of 01 railroad might be prevented from, returning w to Louisville. " On the following morning, I moved off towards Lebanon, distant thirty five miles ^ tc from Barren River. At eleven o'clock at ^ i night, I reached the bridge 'over Rolling f..?t O? * mi Ilia fmm nnn Th? PftPmv ^ bad received information of my approach 1 < from their spies, aod my advanoe gourd was ^ fired upoo at the bridged After a- short ^ fight, the foroe at the bridge waff dispersed aod the planks which bad been torn op . } having been replaced, the command moved ^ forward to Lebanon. About two miles from -v ^ the town, a skirmish commenced between ^ two companies that I caused to dismount ^ I and deploy and a force of the enemy posted ' on the road, which was sooo ended by its ^ dispersion and capture. Lieht. Col. A. Y. Johnson, commanding the troops in the ^ town, surrendered, and I entered the place. ^ The prisoners taken, in number about 65, were paroled. 1 took immediate possession of the tele- ~ graph and intercepted a despatch to Col. > Johnson, informicg him that Col. Owens, al with the 60th Indiana Regiment, bad been ? sent to his assistance; so I at once-despatch j* ed a company of Texan Rangers, under ^ Major Gano, to destroy the railroad bridge ^ oo the Lebanon Branch, which be success- ^ fully accomplished in time to prevent the arrival of the troops. I burned two long r buildings full of commissary Btores, con- p sistiog of upwards of five hundred sacks of coffee aod a large amount of all other sup- 111 i plies in bulk, marked for the army at Cum- ^ m bei land Gap. I also destroyed a very large L. arnouut of clothing, boots, &c. I burned ^ the hospital buildings, which appeared to p have been recently erected and fitted up, ^ together with about thirty five wagons and fifty-three new ambulances. I found ia the place a large store of medicines, five thous- ai and stand of arms with accoutrements, ? about two thousand sabres, and an immense 31 quantity of ammunition, shell, &o.> I dis- ^ tribnted the best arms among my command, sl and loaded one wagon with them to begiv- en to the recruits that I expected to join 0 i me. I also loaded one wagon with ammo- ^ nition. The remainder of the arms, am- ^ ! munition and the hospital aad medical u stores I destroyed. . ^ While in Lebanon, I ascertained from telegraph despatches that I intercepted, u that the fjrce which bad been started from H Lebanon Junction to reinforce Lieut. Col * Jobuson, bad met and driven back tbe 0 force under Capt. Jack Allen, killing one e of his men, and preventing him from ao w complishiuu tbe purpose for whiob be had a been attached. 1 proceeded from Lebanon on tbe follow- n iDg day through Springfield to JVJacksville, p at which point I was attacked by the Home h Guards. Two of my men were taken pris u ODers, aod oDe severely wounded. I re- ? ' muioed at Maoksville that night to recover ji tbe prisoners, which I did the next morning 1< 1 then left for Harrodsburg, capturing a S Federal Captain aod Lieoteuanton^e road, A reached Harrodsburg at 12i o'clock, and si found tnat tbe Home Guard of all thai t< ft portion of country bad fled to Lexington, p A force was also stationed on the bridge f ft where the Lexington road crossed the Ken t ft tqeky River. My reception at this "place a jvas very encouraging. ' The whole population appeared to turn out and vie with each |a ft^ other as to who should show us tbe most t ft_ attention 1 ft I jeft Jfarrodsburg at 6 o'clock tbe saofe {[ ft evening, and moved to Lawrenceburg, 20 H ailes distant, threatening Franfefbrt in or- i ier to draw off the troops from Georgetown, lemained there until the return of my < ourier from Frankfort, who brought the aformatioo that there was a foroe in Frank- i ort of two or three thonsand men, consist- ! og of Home Guards collected froru the ad- i icent oouoties, and a few regular troops. From Lawreoceburg I proceeded to Ibrykes' Ferry, on the Kentucky River, aised the boat which:had been sunken, and tossed that evening, reaching Versailles at o'clock. I fonnd this place abandoned I y its defenders, who Aad fled to Lezing- i on ; remained there that night, and on the ext morning marched towards Georgetown. Vhile at Versailles, I took three hundred ! lovernmeot^horses and mules. I passed through Midway on the road to i fcorgetown, and was informed, just before caching the place, that a train from Frank- : urt was nearly due, with two regiments .of i 'ederals. I tore up the track and posted ie howitzers to command it, and-formed i >y command aJoog the line of the road; < u.fc the train way* vraraed of oar presence, ' Dd returned to Frankfort. Having taken ossession of the telegraph office, I inter?pted a despatch asking if the road was j tear and. if it would be safe to start the ( ain from Lexington. I replied to send < le train, and.made preparations to receive t y bat it was also, taraed back and esiped. < I reached Georgetown, twelve miles from I exington, that evening. Jost before en- ' tring the town, I was informed that a t nail force of Home Guards bad mustered < > oppose us. I sent them word.to sorreu- j ar their arms, and they should not be mo- < sted j but thev fled. The people of this i lace also welcomed us with gladness, and 1 rovided my troops with every thing that | iey needed. I remained at Georgetown t ro days, during which time I sent out a ? >mp&ny under Capt: McMillan to destroy ? ie track between Midway and Lexington, id Midway and Frankfort, and to blow up ie stone bridge on that road, which be tccesstully accomplished. Hearing that company of Home Guards were enoampi at "Stamping Ground/' thirteen miles { istant, I despatched a company under J apt. Hamilton to break op the encarapent, born the tents and stores, and de- 1 roy the guns. This wa? accomplished^- ' apt. Hamilton taking fifteen prisoners and 1 their gons, and destroying a large a OQot of medical and commissary supplies, also, while at Georgetown, seat Capin Castelman with bis company to de- 1 roy the railroad bridges between Paris and ? exingtoo, and report to me at Winches? This was done. Determining to more on Paris, with a [ Lew of returning, and hearing that the place " as being rapidly reinforced from Cyothi- j aa, I deemed it of great importance to it off the communication from that place, ( bile I drew off the troops that were al- j :ady there by a feint on Lexington 1 lerefore despatched a portion of two com- t inies towards Lexington, with instructions ( ? drive the pickets to the very entrance of g <e city, while I moved the command to ( ard Cyothiana. When I arrived withio ( tree miles of the place, I learned that it ^ as defended by a considerable force of inmtry, cavalry and artillery. I despatched le Texas squadron, under Major Gsno, to ( iter the town on the right, and the Georia Regiment to cross the river and get into le rear, while I moved my own regiment, ith the artillery under the oommuod of g ieut J. E. Harris, down the . Georgetown ^ tke. A severe engagement took place, hich lasted about au hour and a half, be- r ire the enemy was driven into the town ad compelled to surrender. I took four QDdred and tweDty prisoners, including r bout seventy Home Gnards. I regret to nrtA f a tvi nnti An v* e% 1 ado r\? nifwvtf rtf m t) avg bv UIDUUV/U iug IUM UI bigiib ui UJJ ieo in killed anci twenty nine wounded.? he enemy's loss was ninety four killed ad wouuded, according to their <?wo ac mot. Tbir excess in killed and wounded remarkable, as they fought us from be ind stone fences, and fired at us from oildiogs as we charged through the town. ire captured a very fine twelve pounder rass piece of artillery, together with a large amber of small arms and about three bnored Government horses The arms and ovcrnment Btores were burned, and as any of the horses as we could bring with 3 were kept. I found a very large supply ' commissary and medioal stores, tents, uns and ammunition at this plaoe, which destroyed The paroled prisoners were nt under an escort to Falmouth, where ley took the train for Cincinnati. I proceeded next morning towards Paris, nd was met on the road by a bearer of a ag of truce, offering the unconditional irreoder of the plaoe. I reached Paris at J o'clock, remained there that night, and :arted towards Winchester next morning, t l8 my oommand was Sling out of Paris, f o the Winchester Pike I discovered a large ; >rce of Federals ooming towards the town, . *om the direotion of Lexington. They im- ] lediately countermarched, supposing, uo!( oubt, that my intention was to ^etiotoj a?ir rear. This enabled me to bring off| ly entire command without molestation, dth the exception of two of my pickets, who ( rere probably surprised. I reached Wiu- | heater that day, at 1&o'clock, and remain- | d UDtil 4 o'clock, when I proceeded to lards Richmond. At Winchester I found | number of arms, which were destroyed. , I arrived at Richmond at 12o'cloob that | ight, and remained uotil the next after- I oon, when I proceed to Crab Orchard. I I iad determined to make a stand at Rich i uond, and await reinforcements, as the I rbole people appeared ready to rise and ^in me, but I received information that 1 lrge btdies of cavalry, uoder Geo. C ay imith and Oolouels Woolford, Metcalf, luody and Wynkoop, were endeavoring to urrouud me at this place. So 1 moved oo i j Crab Orchard. There I attached my * ortable battery to the telegraph leading rom Stanford to Louisville, and learned ; he exact position of the enemy's forces, od directed my movements accordingly. Leaving Crab Qrobarcj at lj. o'clock, I rr.ved at Somerset, distant twenty eight ailes, at sup down. I took possesion of he telegraph, and countermanded all the irevious orderg that had bssB given by General Boyle to intercept me, and remain # ed in perfect security all night. I found a very large supply of oommissary stores, slothing, blankets, shoes, hats, &c., at this place, which were destroyed. I -also tocnd the arms that had been taken from General Zollieoffer, together with large quantities of Shetl and ammunition, all of which were destroyed. I also burned at this place, and Crab Orchard, abont one hundred and thirty Government wagons. From Somerset I proceeded to Monticello, and from thence to between Livingston and: Sparta, where my command is now encamped. I left Knoxville on the 4th day of this month with abont nine hundred men, and returned to Livingston on the 28th inst., with nearly two hundred, having been absent just twenty fonr days, during which time I traveled over a thousand mites, captured seventeen towns, destroyed all the government supplies and arms in them, dispersed about fifteen hundred Home Guards, and paroled nearly twelve bondred regular troops. I lost in killed, wounded and mieiing, of the number that T carried into Kentucky, about ninety. T fair a rvvflof rtlooaai ro in faoftfointv f n fKo 4 wau giwuv |/ivhouiu iu vvovujtug vv ?uw gallant bravery and efficiency of my whole command. There were individual instances, if daring so conspicuous that 1 mast beg the privilege of referring to them. Private Moore of Louisiana, a member Company A, if my regiment, particularly distinguished bimself in leading a charge at Cynthiana, which had an important effect in winning the battle. The reports of the regimental jommanders, which are enclosed, are res. pectfully referred to for farther instances )f individual bravery and efficiency. I feel ndebted to all mjr aids for the promptness wtth which my orders were executed, &Dd particularly to Col. St. Leger Greofel for ;be assistance which bis experience afford: id me. All of which is respeotfully subuitted. JOBflkH. MORGAN, Acting Brig. Geo, C. S. A. R. A. Alston, A- A. G. Morgan's Telegraphic Feats. Geo. Morgan, in bis recent tour through Kentucky, took with him a telegraphic ^erator, Mr. G. A. Ellsworth, whose offirial report of bis proceedings we find in he Atlanta Confederacy of the 5th ibst.? 3e commences his report as follows : Knoxville, July 30, 1862. rJapt. R. A. Ahton, A. A. G. :. On the 10th Jnly, Geo. Morgan, with nyself and a body guard of fifteen men, trrived at a point one half a mile below Sorse Cave, oo the Louisville and JNashrille railroad, where I took down the telegraph wire and connected my pocket initromeot for the purpose of taking off all lisp&tohes as they passed through. Ow ng to a heavy storm prevailing South the itmospherio electricity preveoted me from sommunicating with Bowling Green. I m mediately put on my ground wire southward, noticing particularly at the same ime what change it would make in the sircuit. It did make it stronger, but the itorm mentioned affeotiog telegraphs more ?r less, Louisville did not suspicion anyhing wrong, and I answered for Bowling jlreen, when I reoeived the following rnes ?ge: . ; Louisville, July 10. lTo S- D. Brown, Bowling Green: "You and Col. Houghton move togethsr. I fear the force of Col.'H. is too small o venture to Glasgow. The whole force ihould move together, as the eoemy are nouoted. We cannot venture to Teave the oad too far, as they may pass rooud and uin it. J. T. Boyle, "Brigadier General commanding." I returned the usual signal, "0. K." ifter receiving the message. Louisville immediately called Nashvilje, tod I answered for Nashville, receiving lusiness for two Lours. This busioess was mostly wf a private nature, and I took 10 copies. It co;uld be plainly perceived rom the tenor of the messages that 1Morgan was in the country, and all orders to o send money and valuables by railroad vere countermanded, as they supposed.? Little did the operator at Louisville think ill his work woold have to be repeated the i iext day. Loaisville also seat the news >f the day, and thus wo were furnished tfew York and Washington dates of that iay. Duriog the whole of this time it was aining heavily, and my situation was anyhing but cu agreeable one?sitting in the nud with my feet in the water up to my tnees. At eleven o'clook, p. m , the geniral being satisfied that we had drained uouisville of News, concluded to close'for he night, and gave me the following mestagc to send, dating and signing as below : "Nashville, July 10. Henry Dent, Ptovost Marshal, Louisville: ' General Forrest, commanding a brigade, attacked Murfreesboro, routing our orces, and is now moving on Nashville ? Morgan reported to be between Scottsville ind Gallatin, and will act in concert with! Forrest it is believed. Inform the general ;ommanding, "Stanley Mathews, Provost Marshal." I am not aware that General Morgan jlaims to be a prophet, or the son of a prophet, but Forrest did attack Murfreesjoro, and rout the enemy. He then proceeded to Lebanon, and took possession of that office, and for some time receked all the dispatches of the Yankee generals. At other stations he carried on ;he same game, until Morgan's forces and he reached Somerset, the last town on ttie route. Gen. Morgan rlien requested him to transmit the following messages : "Someubet, July 22. "George D. Prentice, Louisville: n n r ..... "Vjruuu ujuxuiug, vjiuui^u x/, x aiu vjuictij watching the complete destruction of ail of Uncle Sam's property in this little burg I regret^exceedingly that this is the last that comes under my supervision on this route. I expect in a short time to pay you a visit, und wish to know if you will be at home. "All well in I)ixie.' JOJIN H- Morgan, { Commanding IJrigade." "General J. T- Boyle, Louisville ; "Good morning, Jerry. This telegraph is a great institqtipp. You should destroy it, as it keeps you too well posted. My friend Ellsworth has all of your dispatches ? since thelOth of Jbfy ' bo file. 0o yob wish copies? "John H Morgan, "Commanding Brigade/' Bon. Gr. W. Durilap, Wathington City: Just completed my tour through Kentucky?captured seventeen cities, destroyed millions of dollars worth of Omted States property?passed through your county, bat regret not seeing yoa. We parpled fifteen hundred prisoners.;' * :,: i *? r \ Your old friend, John H. Morgan, Commanding Brigade. (The foregoing dispatches were well calculated to dumfound these Yankee dignitaries?who no doubt were half inclined to proncunoe them some spiritual freak. Bbt for concentrated audacity the following is aoeqaaffed.?-Eds.'Conped) Headers. Telegraph D'pm't Ky., confederate 8tate8 op america, L' Georgetown, Ky., July 16, 1862. General Order, No. f. When an operator is positively informed that the enemy is marching on bis station, he will immediately proceed to destroy the telegraph instruments and all material to his charge. Such instances' of carelessness as were exhibited on the part of the opera* tors at Lebanon, Midway and Georgetown, will be severely dealt with. By order of G. A. Ellsworth, General' Military Superintendent Confederate States Telegraph Department. Federal Depredations, etc. The RicWhond Dispatch $ays: -1 The depredations committed by Pope's army in Calpe'perare without parallel, even in-this war of unheard of atrocities. The infamous order of the Yankee commandant of that department has beeo pat into practical operation, and, as a result, large num bers of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, &c.,bave been stolen from their rightful owners, and the stock of wheat, corn and other necessaries of life, oonBtitotibg the sustenance of the people, bsve been appropriated tb'fhe use of the invaders. Ih. some instances, families have been left upon thdv verge of starvation. Acts of the most'infamous character enacted upon the negro women of the oouDty are reported in the presence of white ladies,, and io some instances deeds of violence have been perpetrated upon respec tablo ladies themselves: - Citizens are daily arrested and sent of to Washington, there to be incarcerated. Among others, the Rev. John Cole, an aged minister of the Episcopal Church, was arrested on Sonday last, and taken from his pulpit; for praying for the Confederacy. They stole from Capt. John Taylor, an officer iu the Confederate army, twenty-eight negroes, burnt bis house and all the out-buildings, carried off bis stook aod everything else, of value, and desolated his entire farm, one of the finest in the county. A gentleman direct from the neighborhood, informs ns tbaYtbe Yankee Vandals are roaming the counties of Nansemond, and Isle of Wight, stealing negroes, baoon, and horses, and arrestiug every citizen whose loyalty to the Confederate States is known. A correspondent of the Lynohburg Republican, gives the particulars of the treatment of Major S. Roberts, a veteran of 1812, at his farm in the vicinity of Baton Rouge. The enemy learned that his two sons, one captain of a guerilla oompany, and the other a regular Confederate soldier, were at their father's house. The letter sajs: Collecting a body of his men, Col. MoMilton, of the 21st Indiana Rcgimeot, proceeded, under negro guidance, to the house of Major S. Roberts. Surrounding the house, they demanded the surrender of Josiah and G. W. Roberts. Knowing too well what would be their fate, they determined to die rather than surrender. - Seizing a gun, Josiah was aboat to make the best defence, when be fell at his father's door, pierced by several balls. Major S. Roberts, a veteran of 1812 and 1815, and upwards of four-score years, grasped the gun from the hands of his dyiog.son, and shot down Col. McMilton. The officer next in command thea ordered his men to charge bayonets upon and murder the "d?d old scoundrel." The old Major stopped baok a pace or two, and told them that? be was lord and master ot his own honse. that he had done the deed, and that, if the; advanced one step, he would fire again. Taken aback by such coolness and bravery, the commanding officer told bis men not to hurt the old man under any consideration, | but to take him prisoner, for he was too brave to kill. . But numbers prevailed, and the old man and son were taken prisoners. Then commenced high handed pillage and devastation. The house was set on fire, as were likewise barns, the gin and sugar houses, and burnt to the ground. The mules, horses and stock were driven off; negroes taken away; carts, wagons and farming utensils were seized, and the growing crops des troyed. Not a building was left to tell where lately flourished a prosperous farm 1 he wife of G. W. Roberts, scarcely strong enough to rise from a bed of. confinement, was driven out and forced to fly from a house that was burning over her head, and obliged to walk several miles to seek shelter for herself and tender babe in the house of a neighbor, and to procure assistance to j e J rcujijvt; vug uuujr ui tug ucau. xunv uia*o old man, borne down by a wrecked constitution and the weight of oppressive years, was compelled to walk twelve miles, over a miserably muddy road, and to oap the olimax of brutality, father and son were handcuffed together and driven through the streets of Baton Rouge. Iu the words of the narrator, "An old man and son could nut be guarded by a regiment of men without binding the prisoners in irons." Hard Bodies.?A few days ago, while the friends of some of the brave men wbo recently fell victims to the insane fury of Linoo'n's myrmidons, tycre searching in the neighborhood of Qaines' Mill for their bodies, they struck on something which had such a bard feeling, that, thongh duly labelled as a Pennsylvania Colonel, they were induced to e*bqrae the body, whioh proved to be a splendid 24 pounder brass howitzer. Several other "Colonels" of a similar kind were afterwards dug np. Richmond Dispatch. ? ? \ '' President- B&vit G& Hetaliatioti;,n V Richmond, Adgast' 4.?The General Orders in regard to retaliation npon pris > oners of War.' ptxSlished in the city papers i <jf thin mbrcnog,'.ate. ^companied by the following letter'irom'"the"President Co Geo. i Lee: SVk: ;On the 223 of thismonth, a car- i tel for d'general exchange " of prisoners of } war agreed tQ b&ween^'Maj. Gen;' D H.> Hill, on behalf of tbfc: Confederate States, < aodMaj. Gen., J.' A Dir, on behalf * of < the United States. By f^tenns of that 1 cartel, it is stipulated that all prisoners of I war hereafter taken should be discharged i oo parole until exchanged. Scarcefy;"Md j that cartel been signed, tfheoth'e military^ j authorities of the United States commenced < s , practice, changing the character of the 1 war from such as beddhaes omtized nations, J into a campaign of indiscriminate robbery j aDd murder. A General Order haS.jiefeti . iwtfecl by ^he-iSeoretary of War of.th^United States to take the private property of t our people for the convenience and use of ( theirirmles, without compensation. 'The ^ General Order iSsbed by ifaj! Gen. Bope on 23 of July, the day after the'signing Vf je the cartel, directs the murder of our peace- e ful inhabitants as spies, if found unarmed, t tilling the farms'in his rear, even outside . of bis: lines; and one of bis Brigadier-Gene- c rals,' 8teinwehr, has seized upon innocent s and peaceful inhabitants, to'be fceldas hos- s tages, to,the cud that they may he.mnrder- s ed in oold blood if any of hia soldiers are \ killed by someunknowo persons, whom. he., designates as Bush-whackers. 1 Under this state o| facts, this Govern- t ment has issued the enclosed..General Or- I der, recognizing Gci- Pope and bis officers t to be in the pqsitiou which they have cho- j sen for themseiyesr-tbat of- robbers and tpqrderers-r-aod notthatof public enemies, j entitled, if captured, to' bp considered as i prisoners of war. We.fiod ourselves driven ( by oar enemies, by. a steady progress,- -to I wards a practice which we abhor, and t which we are vaioly striving to avoid. Some r of the military, authorities of-the United 1 States seem to suppose that better sacoess t will attend a savage war, in which no quar- a ter is to be given, and no age or sex to be spared, than has hitherto been secured by s suoh hostilities as are alone recognized to \ be lawful by civilized man io modern times, s , Pgr the present, we teoounce oup right 1 of retaliation -on the innocent, and shall poo- t tinne to treat.the private enlisted soldiers v of Gen. Pope*s army as prisoners of war ; c but if, after notice haa been given to the \ Government at Washington of our eon fid- t iog in the represaivA),meausure of punish- ] ment onlyv.of the commissioned officers, c who are willing participants in these crimes, v these savage practioes are continued,': we a shall reluctantly be forced to the- last re- f sort of acoeptiog the war on the terms cho f sen.by ouV foes, until the outraged , voice r of a common humanity forces a respect for ' the recognized rules of warJV-. : ? >.r While these facts would "justify our refusal to exeoute the generous cartel, by ifbiob we: have consented to liberate aQ e*- 1 cess of:thou8ands held by os, beyond, the s onmber held by-the enemy,-a sacred re- -1 gard for our plighted faith, springing from the mere semblance of breaking a promise, ( prevents our resort to this extremity. Nor i do we desire to extend to any other forces _ of the enemy the . punishment merited a- . lone by Gen. Pope and such commissioned c officers a? choose to participate in the exe- 1 cation of bis infamous orders. : - ' w 4 You are; therefore, instructed to com- 1 rounicate to the Commander in-Chief of the a Armies of the United States' the eon tents 3 of this letter, and the enclosed General * Order, to the end that he may be notified of our intention not to consider any officers 1 hereafter captured from Gen. Fope's army 1 aa riricnnora' nf Bar Vflru TPRnPrttfllllv' ^ f " ? "V ?I J ' youra, &c., JEFFERSON DAVIS. J To Geo. R. E. Lee, Commanding, &of . ? :? 1 From Baltimore. 1 A gentleman direct from Maryland in- v forms os that reoroitrag for the United 6 States army is "an up hill business" in 1 Maryland. With all -the efforts that had been made, and pathetio appeals through fthe war newspaper, not more than twenty 1 men had enlisted in Baltimore up to the t 26th of July. Already 'large numbers of a young men are preparing to leave should-' * the alternative be adopted, aod?of those who remain there will be found, but few J who oan be depended on to fight on the 1 side of the -North. Deserters from the * Federal army daily pass through the South- 1 ern counties of Maryland, going home, and * the people help them along their way very ^ wtlliogly. Some of these men say that they 1 have been deceived?that they didn't en- 1 list to fight for niggers; but the majority J declare that they have seen .enough of the 1 elephant and are tired of the war. They ^ occasionally offer their revolvers for sale to 6 the citizens at a low price, and our informant purchased a very fine Colt's pistol of one of them for three dollars. An incident occurred recently in Calvert county | which is worth relating. Two deserters from the 1st Massachusetts regiment visi- ^ ted the house of a gentleman and begged t for food, which bo readily gave tbem, and while they were eating be recalled to miud , the fact that on a previous' occasion bis dwelling had been plundered and many ^ valuable artioles, including his wife's watch, , stolen by the Yankees; and he now recog- * oiaed in his guests two of the party who were engaged in that nefarious transaction, j He mentioned jhe circumstance, but they j. stoutly deniftd all knowledge of it; they I 1 I .L.J' It 11 L I' " naa never Deen in tnai neigiiDornooa oeiore. ( The gent ernen then called bis Irish over- t seer and asked him if be had ever seen , these individuals, and could remember any incident in connection with them Patrick j gazed at them for a moment and exolaiwcd t ?"Faith, they are the same bloody thaves t that stole the only pair uv shirts !" Two j negro^men were then quietly sent for, and ^ the hapless Jfankees, having Deen strippod f and tied, were subjected to an indefinite ( number of stripes, well laid on by the willing hands of the "contrabands." "Now," said the gentleman, when he turned theui loose, "go and tell your master, Lincoln, t that two negroes have flogged you from your heads to your heels."?Richmond,} Dispatch, 1th inst. - | j Gen. D. H. Sill. A correspondent of the Riofimood'?7/! juirer farnishea the following interestin sketch of Gen. Daniel fl.. Hill, t-.tr.;- v:,j Gen.'D. H. Hill is the descendantj distinguished revolutionary ancestors. Hi grandfather, Coh Hill, commanded a ri^i ment at the1 battle of Hanging Rook, an arts severely wounded/there. (See Lot dog's Field J3ook. of the Revolntion.) H tras afterwards preset at King's Moontait which battle he is said to have planned anfcWaa incapacitated by his wound frot making part in it. ? So formidable.'was hi aflaencg in Ktbe re]^ e&ase, that the Beit ah .madehira, an object of Special ven ^earice. His residence, with its namerou >utbuli~Iags, they destrdyed' by fire, an its large 'iron works ia'j which Col Isaa Hayne (the martyred patriot) was bis pari ler, were also horned by the tones,-anti landred. negroes carried off. For thes ;reat losses' the two families never receive ;he: slightest ire th One ration.!> Two sons c Colonel Hill were school-fellowff of Geoerr lo^raw. Jpokson. -s?, Gen.: Hill's tnaterna}) grand father m Jsq a Revolutionary patriot, and pronouoc idby Gen. Sntoter the bravest man in hi iriny. rjB.ril. Hill is .not ionwoftby r;of bisat ;estry. As a youog lieutenant Ire woo .hi pars in Mexico. His native State, eve ipprepiative of the meiit of her sons, pre lenfced him with a beautiful wrought sword tearing: tbi* loheriptioo : " *' ' 1 'South Carolina to Major Daniel H. Bill ate" of , the United States Army, now Pre essor of Mathematics, a memorial of. gal ant:-conduct in service at Monterey, Con terila, Cerro Gordo, Tera cCraz and 'Chi mltepec,Mexi(?." . > =*='. . After leaving the array he was, for son) rearae Professor of Mathematics in Wash pgton College, Va., and at the time Nortl Carolina Seceded was Superintendent ofVb North Carolina Military Institute. He i he author of a _ very 'able work of Mathe outics, called Hill's Elements of Algebra 3e has also written several highly prize* looks on religious topics?the "Crucifixion' nd ?'Sermon;Oji the Mount," &c. . r. He, is about} thirty^..gine -years of age light ip figure', and. rather delicate pi lealth ; but he shrinks from 00 hardships pares himself 00 fatigiie, and exposes hi ife with a coolness which, were it not tba le considers his lite but a secondary object vhen Compared with the interests of hi ouo'tfy'whold be suicidaT.. As to what fa 1 as accomplished lb the pre&ent war, froc he time he was first appointed by Governo iJHi?-to take measures for arming the Stat if North Carolina to the present moment re leave for the future'historian to tell. A i Christian, a gentleman, a scholar and istriot, hest'aads i.c*art$ pcur ft' tans fx trochoid ifyj; 'iPlie Alliance of the Cherokee Indian . i: with the Confederate States. <* ft'Xhe following- letter, from John Boat principal Chief of the Cherokee nation, i >uWished in the Northern papers. Thi ettles the qnesiion as to the alliance of the lation with the 'Confederates r * 1 ! 1/ 4.vExecutive Depabtment,V ' Park Hillj 0. N>, July 8, .1882. ,+ ?; To Col. Ww. tyeer,. U. S. A.y Cam manning : Sir : Your communication of yesterda'j lated from Headquarters, Indian Expedi ion, camp on Wolfe Creek,-under a flag c ruoe per Doo. Gilpatriok, has been; del, eceived, and in reply, I have state tba i treaty of alliance, under the sanction am tothority of the :whbJe Cherokee people vas entered into'on the 7tb day of Ootobei 1861, between the Confederate States am he Cherokee nation, and published befor he world. And you cannot but be ,tO veil informed on the subject to make it ne sessary for me to recapitulate the reason md circumstances node^whiob it wag done [bus the destiny of the people becam den tified with that of the Southern Con ederacy. . There is no nation of Indians, renture to say, that has ever been mor crapulous in the faithful observance o heir treaty obligations than the Cberokeee Ailove me to further appeal to the histor ?f my long public and;private life to sus ain the assertion that my policy has eve >eeo to preserve peace and good feeling tmong my people, and the obserdfcce o aw and order. ; The horrors of oivilwar, with which tbi >eautiful country is threatened, are great! D be deprecated, and I trust that it ma, >e averted by the observance of the stric irinciples of civilized and honorable war are by the army now invading our country indcr your command. I cauoot, under ex sting circumstances, entertain the proposi ioo for an official interview between us a rour camp. I have, therefore, respeotfull; u decline to comply with your-request. ; uve the honor to be, sir, your most obedi at servant. # JOHN. ROSS, Principal Chief Cherokee Nation. . One; op Morgan's Tricks.?Parolei irisonera recently returned to Kuoxvill rom Cumberland Gap tell the fuliowioj tory of Colonel Morgan, furnished to th jolumbus JSuquirer by a correspondent o hat paper. It seems that the Federals a he Gap had no news whatever of Morgai teing between them and their brethren md kicking up old Harry generally. . A ome point between them, and Lexington Horgao seoured the telegraph line an< elegraphed theru the capture of Vioksburg ncludiog 10,000 prisoners; that McClel an had made a sortie from Berkeley witl lis whole army, rooting the Confederates ind capturing 70,000 prisoners. The tel graphing was Kept up tor some time ue ween himself and the operator and Geu Hor^an (Yankee) until the famous Jaol lad elicited all the information he wanted o the meantime the Yaokeos were makin< he cliffs of old Cumberland resonnd witl heir three times three for the Union.? dorgan then ?ery quietly telegraphed thi fankce General over his own proper sig latnre, that having obtained from him al he information he desired, he would not >id him good morniog. Their joy wa nddenly turned to rage and mortification mrses deep and bitter were uttered agains he noted rebel cWeftaiQ, fig* The people of the South, says th diohmond Examiner, have made up thei minds that Confederate money shall be sas i- uined. They are gradually arriving at thi g resolution that it shall be the only pape money which they will coanteoaoce at all )f The efforts of the banks todiscredit thi is money are, therefore, as futile aa impolitic f. They cannot discredit it without shutting d up their doors and discontinuing the busi d ness of dealing in money altogether. ^ J^" The Richmond Examiner^ speak I ing of the recent attack on McClellan'a flee i and encattpment, sayi ~'yl I -*?Of the damage done the enemy, W< are yet witboat the means of;- makings.at estimate. His loss of life and pro^ert] ;8 most, however, have been terribly* large ? j Our guus threw at the least between)wclvi g a&d fiftecn faufidredsbotamf shell, ahd't&< s. remotest object atwhichwe firedwas with 8 tn .point-blank range of oar. "smallest go^fl e The. moat otjthe vessels were bat frop j hundred yards to a half mile distant .Dar ,f ia^ the en^gemenVtbe^^tf^of aar shoi ,1 t hrough the brooded sides of tile! vessels anc steamers coaId be distinguished .hbtrife the s roar of the guns, and our sbells were seen tc explode over and within the vessels, and i s number of them within McClellan's en earbpnieht on the opposite shore. "On Saturday tnorniDg, Capt. Macoi M rode from Petersburg in the direction o if the scene of the previous day's engage meat. The gun-boats htd renewed tb< | shelling of the shore. Near City-Point, hi ' met one of our videttes, who tad just beet I driven irom the river bank by the enemy ') I projectiles, and whohad^beeftjgesent dur I ing our attack, and remained after; our ar cillery had retired/'. !fhis picket 'aBsur& n Capt. Macon that thirty-one of the eheini/i transports had been sunk where they lay ai anchor, and t^at? number of oti^ -hat . been towed down,the stream Priday morn lj log in a,shattered condition, lie also sta c ted tbaVthe fine-'steamer to which we hav< 8 alluded to Wthep&oers'?quarters was lite ,1 rally torn, to piew# ;One wbeel-bQUSc w?i shot away, and there seemed 1 to; be.sciw 4 iy a whole plank ott her sides and uppei ideckr ' ^i J?-.- A good story is ^fowled" of Capt J Atkins, of,Wheat's celebrated battalion.? - Atkins, who is well known as the ,?Wi!c ' Irishman," being sir feet two inches'it ^ height, and of the Charley O'Malley school teas for me I y of the&itiflb Legion, i n th< g army of Italy, where, meeting Col.- Wheat 'X ne Deoame so attacded to. dim tdtt.jio ^at terwards came over to this country to jou " biio. It wasCa^t.Atkins whoIeadWheat'i 0 battalion at Manassas,' after the'oobfe Wheal . fell wounded, leading the' celebrats<tnbarg< ^ of the Louisiana Tigers with a bareahjlle la! In the late battle, io/whiohtjie gio rijiis Wbeat fell, Atkins sajB, on calling the rollof bia company next morning, tmi one man answered to bis name ! "8toulw^ s saysAtkihs,. (for thus the story wa^tolc me,) ? that was a sorry report! DiviUm# i, left bat meaelf and.the one! Howiyer, j s immediately proceeded to an election oroffi s cent, and the obJyrolitnfylodrtfdttaf idfitx it ranks was unanimously elected 1st Licnten ; aot. The next day, Gen. Dick Taylor, tb< chip of 'old Zaeh,'; sea to me boy, Loo ; tioed yees yesterday; jer mpn did splendid - ly!' "Didn't they,' ses; I 'The did,'so: he, ^and deserve promotion.' 'JVell, then, \ ses I, .'they've got it, for every mother*) !- son of.'em have boon pot on the staff o if Col! Wheat in heaven, and the only mat y left was boahimonsly elected a Lieutenab 1 this'morning !' Wid that, the Genera! or i ders ma to-Richmond to' 'fill up me ootn i, pany with conscript)*;!*), .calling me Lieu tenant, I gave him strict orders as to th< i discipline to i>e obsarved rn me'absence, e and left him in charge of the company un or tilmeTetarn !"'' ' ' 'M': . ...... r-jx-r, i | Sixty Days' Notice Give* to Dis t LOYAL Citizens.?President 'ETncoln hai 0 issaed the following' important proclama - lion: , -r iftW* | j By the President of- the United States oj 9 America. . Jv f. A Proclamation.?In pursuance oi ftm Birth RAAttnn of flip Ant of flonPTOaa ' entitled,: "An Act to suppress insurrection t to punish treason and rebellion, to seise r and confiscate the property of rebels, ami s for o tber purposes,"approved J ulyl7,18?2 I tad which Act and the joint resolution explanatory thereof, are herewith published, [ Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim to and warn all persoos within the contemplation of said t sixth section,to cease participating in, aid ./ ing, countenancing .orabetting the existing rebellion, or any rebellion, against the ' Government of the United States, and i< retorn to their: proper allegiaoce.lo the U t uited States, on pain of the forfeitures and ? seizures as within and by said section pro [ vided. , In testimony whereof I have hereout* set my hand and caused the seat of the U ' uited States to be affixed. ; Done at the city of Washington, this twe.o 1 ty fifth day of July, io the *ar of oui e Lord one thousand eight hundred and * sixty two, and of the independence ol e the Uoited States the eighty seventh, f ABRAHAM LINCOLN, t By the President: i W. H. Sewabd, Secretary of State. Jjf ' >i?.. 1'.-r- ,> '> . up The Confederate Arsenal > and Armory at Fayetteville, N. C., may now be j said to be in full blast; at least there is nothing pertaining to the Miote rifle and [. jsabre bayonet that capoot be madnfaotnred j there. A good deal of the machinery, and many of the tools ^are new, mannfaotured ' on the spot, and equal to toy io the world. A few days since a large lot of rifles, manufactured at the Armory, was sent to the { Chief of Ordoanoe, Richmond, Va. ,! ? Besides making new and altering old I arms, the force at the Army has been en< J gaged lately in restoring and putting in order several thousand Eofield and Belgiaa rifloa Rtrnrdn. nnhrea and havnnats. 'and 9 also several boxes of pistole received from I the Modern Greece, considerably damaged. They will soon be restored to their origis nal appearance and condition by the industry and skill of the mechanics engaged*' | Mr. C. P. Bo lies has receive u from the War Department the commission of Captain of Artillery, P. A. C. S., and has been e assigned to duty to assist Captain Booth, riwho is still QQoSoed to hia bouse. 9 having.. safely arrived with, old Abe-J? J ing no; deecriptioa ?f Cfeo. deott-t ^P?r WfrnStt rolIipW a : heavy, tram pin soon; I thot hither a Irish* - man a fetchin cohte, arireri &e dore'fla open? andlia ltwn afpeacoclrti feather,''diSt foot long, with all the fnzz atriptoff, sept ' and more gold leaf and ahioy buttOM^wft. 1 then the forratd eadrttp > 8woilrd, oatn Inipp6r^i fromtbe a,wheel ee<big-eraJrasb pao, ttrkeep^P ~ acahto^lw* *a*iqg out* I derhi ehefe Wi? yea^aad^ iHtf* 1 afar, when ittaigbtabe^io^ repeted-.o^B . ) the oalin. about ?barteea.foteu?fc i.? . w w si-si'' ' t~3rf BEtJTitirr;-^gndeafo ft proceediagsroT tbeYankroa In,. 0?MpW > county aecamalate-daily; The* latest ca?t , ?? f reported^ that of Miss Ella Slaughter, aa . accomplished yotufefedy, wife ?. ! anTa0 file oTra^wto^ : ted Mia* ^ l*Bk* . 1 0000^j?i, -wMwfhe Tcmain^J^^ I oJh&l . sriH hatdljrbo&rooitfpstTisbo withths a?k : oim . 1 - tf . ; IjLOCK^B ~ ; {jOverntDent^ to place in the field A | The vessel oathe in boldfjr, wjis not at att 1 interfered with by the 'bfoo&ticn, and etf ' ablea on? of peterehnrg's MtbeiHilldaft ; home agaio after along absence. We hsar t pleasant ne^Trom t&tbtfl . . - <rfreasonsn^WoWB?^^^IrtUfcr* 1 Anth be of good cheer. The worst of Oar 1 troubles are numbered with'tifejti*.^ J& . rid?nAiiis .r flbflf hu B?d^.p(lli5.W?4ofl?4MSgjO ! who, rtJrc.iiiiy ie&c>m& faoll [ have been engaged in Tipkting those atat* - otes of that mate onainai tor 5 punishable such aots asiactfang wave* tg * rebellion, enticing them to leave their maa, Hair*** * counterfeit-money,' A?oiq ; 'SraAOGLEas^A bomber r?fl?4gg#te | from the ennyjiavebeen Hissed jfihrffc . A.reward.-of^irtj^^^^l^^a^ 1 theirpay: - of this, the impression - being entertained t th&t.there are esse*iar*hift& *h?#jbftXW sent themselves are is aqpcm >a?jfr captors, to divide the.<xeward, u K well * that they shooI5$aAS^MB?66i is the awe. MSrW r * tocoonunnNew Orleans 4^9 anced by his Government, ?ot having been t responded tfi, another, coi I ipg I ilJWj j|f been, , notice tfiat an explicit .answer will be. ex* f pccted io a gfnd time, and abseooe of WtdH'^Um ntttm ?F ?8?thC I coin Government -will be cbnstrnetedtuutft ; ?ffira?^8!P1Jr o- ig* , How raxeYaaffiweB Itoryra^feBim r Fiqhtjxo MAxxwj^.-jyln ,j*f 4p?yi Massachusetts .the other dav t bounty fifod ' wa. iobaoribad^aal to thn^S^ thirty-three dollarifor each man of the qao[ sa called for fromihaiWXfl;^ lifcwaidt&t I Urgep b()nntifl?aref gwemfpppmfc moad& I men in r France for, a'substitute for seven years ser* r vice under the ajhscriptiOn aetei ' "liosr.^Gen. Stonewall JaetiqoJaifigl" r again. He Yeeps jumping aboat frdm ooie : place to another, and, like the "Irishman's 1 flea," when yoaput yoot fingeropoa him; * 1 Ilk. ainU tliana 1 Tka TJ/wJrinnkttla J2jk/H .iwaiuji Willi. ; tto^.h?Gea.iP?r if? ' search of nioj. We hope he may sucoeeq in fibdinghim, as his frfbnds amnd'fcsw are anxious to hear from bfiaaJ*"* ?***? : k ;. ? -' ; _ / cszii* 'Michmwd Whip*. [ Cottoh Seed Soap.?Put cotton seed I into a toge andnttoag iron , pot, in rantt quantities at a time,, mash them well with^ wooden pestle, and. then poor in a certain qnaotity of common ley,'aod boil thorottgnly; strain io an ordinary 9etre, and'pfoe^Hi in' the osoal way, in dryiag and nnttiflg - into oaken jL^g | Soldiers' Pos^gbrr^The change effected in rates of postage, which went into effect oh the 1st instant, does not apply to our tjcwjj&"privilege gi ven"them : rehiifina the same as wm the postage on single letters was fhje .e?nts?-ij ; nchodfti * Charlottesville, Ya., August 4.4The National Intelligencer and. Baltimggp Sun, of a late date, have be$p receifed in Staunton. They aonoanoe that Wilnaa R ftot?a rA Van MiiitnJ thm "WM IVWl^UVM VUU I^VVIVWIJ DUA|T of State under the Lincoln Adminfetratfep. Con federate Bonds.?'There is a great demand for Confederate bonds in Cofett* bos, 0*. Over $40,000 was investeieln them last week. At Maoon Ga., a feWidngs since, one gentlemen purchased $140,0$) of the Confederate 8 per oent. loan.. 19* The official aoconnt of the the Yankee armies in the Western D^^tment since the war began, is given nW New York Tribune at 68,906. WfgP 00