Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Our Battle Flag-The Black Flag. i The history of all the wars which over mrg^d maukiud furnishes no example of such toleration as has been exhibited by tbe > Confederate Government to its internal and external foe. *.f y , . _ Invaded by the most crnel and rapacious enemy, actuated solely by the lust of power srul of avarice, their country laid waste, as l.ir as it has oome into their possession, their [ ci ;7 os seized and incarcerated, their propf appropriated, their slaves armed, aud iosurrectioo openly encouraged, the most brutal assaults committed upon innocent W'i'iieu, and condign punishment has been visited upon tbem in scarcely an instance. We havo laws imposing the severest penalties upon our citizens who are guilty of stealing their neighbor's slaves, or inciting them to insurrection, or who are convicted of burning their neighbor's houses. If these offences ere of such heinous E character as when committed in seasons of profound peace, to o&ll for the infliction of I 'the .severest punishment, how much the C more should that punishment be visited upon a hostile army invading the country, I and everywhere arming and inciting our slaves to rebellion and insurrection 1 * Our Govern moot should at once proclaim I that every tfegro found in the ranks of the enemy and captured by us will be instantly -hot. And not stopping at that, the same i . punishment should be inflicted upot) every officer connected with companies to which they belong. , We greatly admire the prompt act of Oro. Forrest in ordering the immediate | < >: tuition of two negroes who were captu r-<l by him in his attack a few days ago on Murfreesboro, a ad who wore the Federal uniform. They had been taught to claim the protection accorded to prisoners of war 1 . by rhe law of oatioDS. The only response he .miado to their demands, was an order, which was promptly obeyed, that they be instantly shot, i They have outraged every law, human an<l divine, by the maimer in which they a have conducted the war. Self-preservation ' j-Mjuifes ns to retaliate upon them, and iu iiting so, to avail ourselves of every means of defence which the God of nature has piaecd in our reach. I The thousands of precious lives which have been sacrificed to the cruelty and rapacity of our hellish foes?the mourning .uarts of fathers and mothers, wives and srers which have been wrung with anguish ?appeal iu us iur vcu^ckuuo. The recent approval which the Federal Government has given the seizure and armiwr of our slaves for our destruction, would justify us in proclaiming that herev.iter no quarters would be asked or given, : ud do prisoners taken. . If we must need meet our very negroes in battle array, let us meet them and their [barbarous allies beneath the folds of the i ... -k flag, with the single word 'vengeance' l ; scribed upon its folds, f llaving themselves set at defianoe all the j f civilized warfare, they should ex ' : et, and should receive, no mercy at our . hands. * The adoption of the policy we recomk mend would not only be just as a retaliatory measure, but would contribute, more than anything else, if not to a speedy ter minariou of the wer, at least in restraining it within the pale of civilization and humanity. We earnestly invoke the attention of the :.p;; aching session of Congress to this all important subject. Whatever considerations of public policy ;-ud regard for the moral sentimentof mankind, may have heretofore operated upou the Government, the time has passed wheu onr enemies have any claim upon our forbearance. They have proclaimed themselves outlaws against the civilization of the | V'-rT?they have trampled upon that Con<r:ration, io the name of whioh they pro ; ro be waging this unholy war?they i. ive set at defiance the laws of nations? an ! we would be false to ourselves, traitors] fo our country and to our families, if we; f ! r:_tt recognized them, except as thieves,; murderers and robbers. We tru t that Congress will speedilj pro::j rho determination of the Government ; -r. :.t. them as such, and enact laws visit's. g condign punishment upon all such as I v the chances of war may fall into our "us. They declare us 'rebels' for de : ling our homes, our families, against ir unholy invasion. They denounce the i penalty against those who enlist in :-riila parties, within their own States,-for r lit? defence of those whom the laws of God ::s w :1 as of their country, command them to defend They scruple not to insinuate ti.i r iwue into the minds of the slaves who rt.it.ister to our families, and encourage them r : --inate and to poison our wives aud f <-. ti.oi?and yet are horrified at privuf ' :."n and y iter Mas. \\ : shall await with impatient anxiety L action of Congress in the premises.? r ? i m-public seutiment of the whole country tic:.- :ds prompt and decisive measures.? U ir is to become a war of extermination, it will be made so by our demon foes. If I to that complexion it must be reduced, we a have only to say, '-Lay on, Macduff, and c damned be he who first cries hold, enough." c Jackson Mississippian 1 Hints for the Hospitals. I have been asked so frequently by friends of the soldier, "what do you need most?" that I adopt this general mode of reply: 0 1 Money.?The necessity of keeping up * our hospitals to an indefinite period, and *of enlarging them to meet* the demands of ^ the additional regiments who have come on * to Virginia, call for constant outlay of fund; ? and the present prices of the necessaries, 11 as well as luxuries, requires double the 0 amount of an ordinary donation. For se- * ourityxsake money should always be sent to ^ Dr. M. Laborde. Columbia, for the bospit- ^ als in Virginia, who will transmit it to me ? without risk. 11 2. Nurses.?Persons of age and experi- 9 ence, who love the sick room, and are in u their neighborhood loved by the sick, are ranch needed J" also faithful servants would e be highly prized. ^JVe will give liberal ^ wages for all such, Apply io this case to ^ me by naaiL 3 Red-Clothing for the Winter.?The ^ time is near at hand when the sick need a warm bed-clothing. AH the blankets in ^ the Confederacy will be needed for the u field. Within doors a warm tbiok cotton ^ or wool comfort answers every purpose. It 11 matters little what cloth Is used, new or e old, so that it will make a good envelope * for the thick layers of ootton or wool. Let our people prepare these, bale them up, and ^ sead them to Columbia to Dr. M. LaBorde's 8 care. (2,500 comforts will be less than we need.) - ' 1 b 4. -Soap.?Withoat this cleanliness is 0 impossible, and withoat cleanliness we seek in vain to restore or preserve he.alth. Ashes and grease are on every farm. Why can fcl we not have a plenty of this scarce and now P costly article ? ^ 5. Dried Fruits and Vegetables.?This c !* 11 ? BAAOnn fr\T fa ^ IS HU UQQSUUIJjr IttVUlttuic ocaouu <u< uuiw and vegetables. They can be easily gath- * ered, dried, aDd pot away for use. Peaches 11 should be peeled always. They are admi- a ruble for the convalescing. The dried appie makes a wholesome and refreshing drink. * Nothing can surpass for soups the tomato. There are various modes of preparing this ^ for winter use. The mode of boiling down 81 with a little salt and drying in oakes is ^ preferable for transportation. Any skilful ^ desiccation of soup vegetables would be a most welcome present to us. u .21 6. Flannels and socks given to the sick j favor his recovery, and when restored keeps him so. Our stock of these, ? though husbanded with care, is wholly inadequate tor our wants. j 7. 1 have enumerated our chief wants, but any thing that adds to the comfort of a sick man is only the more important in a ^ hospital. Cologne, cordials, braadies, teas, wines, spices, it matters not how small the . parcel?put them io a box atyl send them j ou. S Packing and Transportation of box ^ es.?Pack carefully, aDd in such a way that the breaking of a bottle will not damage the loose articles and clothing. Mark 0 the bale or box, Rev. R. W. Barnwell, hospital stores, care of Dr. M. LaBorde, Columbia; from A. B , district. ^ Never omit this last, as it is the only way ^ of ascertaining the safe arrival of boxes whose shipment is announced by letter , weeks in advance. Sometimes our boxes . are months in reaching us. If the articles are of a perishable nature seDd them by express, furnishing us the receipt, should we fail to acknowledge toe reoeipt of the box. j Tho donor must not suppose it lost or that we are nesliseut. It is often impossible ? in u number of boxes to know where each o came from, and frequently the person who p receives the box and opens it knows noth- v iDg of the letter which another received c months before announcing its coming. r In this great cbairty we must ofteu oast p our bread upon the waters, not knowing t whither it is drifted. t 9. Fresh vegetables, tomatos picked green, c Irish potatoes, o/cra, peppers, and even a fruits, arc cheap to us if sent to us at this a season by express Pack in open latticed ? boxes or champaign baskets and forward a receipt. There is an unspeakable charm to a sick iuao in a peach, or tomato, px bunch p of grapes plucked in Carolina. He forgets ^ on that day that he is in hospital in Rich- t mond. ? Asking that the papers will publish this, c or as much of it as they think proper. I ^ feel confident of the result to the sick sol- t dier. R. W. BARNWELL, Jr. j So. Ca. Hosp. Ass. Richmond, August 7, 1862. t ? .? ?. ? 1 From the "West. Chattanooga, August 12.?Four Fed- * eral couriers, with despatches from General t Nelson, at McMinnville, to Buell, have been captured. The despatches have been handed to the military authorities here.?^ Nelson complains that his pickets habitually desert, to be paroled by the Confederates, g and represeot affairs in his department as deplorable. 6 Mobile, August 13 A special despatch to the Tribune, dated Grenada, 12th, says that Capt. Maxwell, with 40 guerrillas, at tacked one hundred Federals, near Friar's Point, yesterday, killing 17 and capturing ( 6. Our loss was one killed, and Captain I Maxwell wounded. Alexandria, Missouri, five miles from ( Keokuk, was taken by our guerillas on the | Sd instant. . . A special dispatch to the Advertiser and Riyister, dated Jackson, 12th, says the federal troops have taken possession of ( Bayou Sara. Gen. Breckinridge has issued a congrat- ( ulatory address to his army. He claims to have gained a oomplete victory by land at .Baton Kouge ; the most essential fruits of ; which, however, are lost by the failure of J the Arkansas to co-operate. All acoounts | agree in saying that the Yankees were beatI en to and into the river. Our wounded are J doing well. Federal prisoners are contin! ually arriving here. Chattanooga, August 13.?Three of I the guerillas that killed McCook arrived | here to day. They say. he was killed in a i dash of 75 guerillas on 4,000 Federals, near > Salem. Their appearance was so sadden od uolooked for that the Yankees fled in onfusion. They state that Bueli huDg five itizens of Lincoln County in retaliation.? ^he Federals cannot move but in large odies, gherillas killing them daily. Latest from the North. . .< Richmond, August 12.?Northern dates f the 9th have been received. The War )epartment has issued an order vesting .U. States Marshals . and ohiefs of police with ull power to arrest and imprison any person rho, by act, speech or writing, shall dieoarage volunteering or enlistments, orgivDg aid and comfort to the enemy. Also rder that every oitizen liable to be drafted rho shall attempt to leave the country shall e arrested Since the order calling for a ira^t of the militia, volunteering is reportd to have rapidly improved. A telegraph3 despatch from Harrisbnrg says that the uota from Pennsylvania is nearly made PGold in New York opened higher, influnoed by the loss of treasure on board the irolden Age, and sales were made at 114i, at afterwards there were sales at 114?. The London Herald's Paris correspondent says an artiole in the Constitutionnel, dvocating the recognition of tho Sontb, as created a great sensation. It is looked pon as confirming the report that, Lord 'almerston having declined to join France a tendering mediation between the belligrents, the step has been taken jointly by Prance and Russia. The Paris correspondent of the Independence Beige says that the Emperor of Rus!o Koo nrnmiaofl tn ninlra a narflnnal anneal id WHO Y" V/J/UUWVI UWMMW w- -J.J 3 President Lincoln, in order to induce im to accept od principle the negotiation f a compromise between the North and he South. New York papers of the 9th contain letsrs from Port Royal, expressing great aprehension of an attack on the fleet at Hiljn Head^y the rebel ram Georgia. The orrefipondent of. the Times says that many f the most intelligent army officers at Hil)n Head agree in regarding as hazardous 3 the extreme their position at that poiot nd Beaufort, should the Yankee navy once jse its present absolute supremacy over the 'ater, and in those islands great preparations are making to resist the expected stick. At last accounts the excitement bad jmewha.t abated, in consequence of its aving been reported that the floating batjry is a complete failure. _ i A correspondent of the New York Tribne says that the number of McClellan's rmy who crossed the James river is about 5,000. V Lincoln is reported to haveLdeolined to eoeive armed negroes into service. A letter from Cameron to the Missouri iepublican says Northern Missouri is literlly full of organized bands of rebels, and itizens are flocking to these bands by hunireds daily, and they will soon have the rhole country in their hands. He says all 3 dark and obscure, and every move the federal Government takes makes matters till worse. Without a Military Governor. ie adds, we will be completely overrun by ebels in two months. Porter has raised ver 2,600 men, and they are hourly increaing, as they move from place to place The London Times anticipates a general iprising of the Border States, since McJlellan's defeat, and says the- Yankees are !aily receiving the conviction that the Conederates can never be subjugated. The rimes attacks the New York press for echoog the mendaoious bulletins of Governaent and McClellan's address. From the Monticelio (Fla.) Famtly Friend.' ?henomenoii?Sword in the Heavens. We are informed by gentlemen- whose eracity cannot be questioned, that on the !3d instant, near Grooversvillc, Georgia, a ihenomenon of remarkable significance pas witnessed in the heavens at about 4 o'lock in the evening. It was a perfect repesentation of a sword?handle, blade and mint all visible. The blade was red and he handle silver color. The blade pointed 0 u.e Northeast and the handle to the iou.hwest. It was high up in the heavens, ,p rearing to the eye about twenty feet loop nd two feet broad. Soon after it was wit lessed, a wind springing np, heavy cloudt ppeared and screened it from view. We are not one of those who attach a jeculiar significance to remarkable dreams, >elievc in witchcraft, or view every celes. ial phenomenon as an omen of good 01 (vil. But no similar phenomenon to the me in question has been witnessed for man) ;enerations, and we are, therefore, owing tc he peculiar circumstances surrounding us, nclined to regard it as significant. Flavius Josephus, in bis history of the Tews, refers to a similar appearance in the leavens just previous to the destruction ol Jerusalem. He says that a star, resembling 1 sword, stood over the city, and a cornel hat contiuued a whole year. Anothei vriter, we are informed, describes the iword as hanging over the oity, with the joint down. After the destruction of Jerusalem the itar disappeared. This phenomenon has ilways, by learned Divinos, been describee is the "Sword of the Lord." From the lestructiou of Jerusalem to the present pe iod no such representation has been behelc n the Hfcavens. The mysterious workings of the "Got jf Hosts and of Battles" are as difficult t< >omnrehend in our dav and generation ai ;hey were in the days when Jerusalem wa: Jestroyed by fire and sword. And it maj t>e possible that this second appearance o ;he "Sword of the Lord" (as the reverent ^entlemaD who had the pleasure of seeinj it styled it,) was an omen to the people o the South that they should speedily carr; the sword of justice and of liberty beyont the bounds of the Confederacy, and dye it blade crimson in the blood of our enemies who have uot only disregarded the princi pies of civil and religious liberty, but havi mocked Deity, by the practice of their lr religious and degrading isms. The hand! of the sword being in the South and it blood red blade in the North, may be token to our hosts to commence the journe of invasion, and this the assurance that th "God of Battles" will uphold and sustai the arms of the Southrons. Not Prisoners op War.?The officei who arrived on yesterday from Gorcfonsville twenty-eight in number, and wbo were captured by Gen. Jackson on Saturday, will not be considered prisoners of war so long as the recent offensive and uncivilized orders of Gen. Pope remain unrepealed.? Tbey have all, Gen. Priooe included, been placed io the Libby prison, and will ic a | few days be separately confided, to be treated,and finally punished as felons, should the brute government of the North persist io claiming the right to murder and pillage. Richmond Enquirer. Another Arrival of Prisoners of 'I War.?Saturday afternoon there arrived, by tbe Charleston train a portion of the Montgomery Guards, prisoners of war, taken at Port Polaski, several non-commissioned officers of the German Volunteers, also of the Fort Polaski garrison, together with Capt. Walter W. Smith of the C."S. private armed vessel Jeff Davis, and Edward Rotchlord, one of the crew. Capt. Smith has furnished ns with tbe following particulars of his capture, &c. On tbe 22d of July, 1861, the U. S. war steamer Albatross fell in with and re captured, 25 miles South of Hatteras, theschr. Jj)nobantrees, pri^e vessel, Cspt. ?cn th, prise master, He was taken on board the Albatross, placed in irons, aud thrown alongside of tbe boiler of the Bteamer, there to live, if possible, or die- Be was kept in thi? place until the 2d of August, and then confined iu Moyamensing prison, in a felon's cell, until the 5th of Feb., 1862, when he was removed to Fort I^afayette, and on the 81st May to City Point, Va., to be exchanged for Col. Ooohrane. The exchange, as will be reoolleoted, was not effected, as the governmeut would not accept the Yankee terms. Capt. Smith was then remanded to Fort Lafayette, where he was ordered to sweep and keep clean the fort, which he refused to do. He was then, as were all other prisoners of war who refused to work, placed iD iroDS, and there kept for three weeks, when he was removed to Fort Dela CaptaiD Smith was tried and convicted of piracy in' Philadelphia. The coftipany colors of the Montgomery Guards, made by the Sisters of Meroy at . the Academy of St. Vincent of Paul, in this city was saved from the hands of the enemy and brought home with them in good order. - ? Thomas Waters died in Fort Palasbi. An interesting incident is related to as by one of the prisoners : An attempt was made by the Yankee officers at Fort Columbus to make them work They first took private L. Frendenthal, of the German Volunteers, and commanded him to take hold; Frendenthal protested, and said he was willing to work for the Southern Confederacy, to which he owed his allegiance, but as a prisoner of war his enemies oonld uot make bim work. The Captain thereupon drew his revolver from his case, placed its muzzle on Frtndenthal'g forehead and said be could choose between working and having his brains blown out. Frendenthal jumped aside and told bim, opening his shirt in front, don't shoot me like a coward; here is my breast if you want to shoot. The Cap.tain backed down but had F. "put in irons for two da)s, after which the matter ended and no more attempts were made to make them work at Governor's Island, N. Y. Savannah Republican, August 11. Pope and His Assistant Adjutant General. City Point, Va., July 26. Popo told a flattering tale, Which proved to be bravado, About the streams tvhieh spout like ale, Upon the Llanc Estacado' [Author T Lee, 5th U. S. Infantry. The prominence assumed by the subject of the poem of which the above is a sample, for the encoura^pient of the South, needs but a few strokes'of the pen to dissipate all terror which might be conceived of him by old women and ohildren wfib read the pom. pous bombastic, ogre-like orders issued by 11 /~i?? A rn A n r? flrmti aC I III1S WUUiUU IjUClICl. xllUUU^ vuo ailuj VI| ficers, Pope of the* U. S. Topographical Engineers was not considered a gentleman, and never introduced by gentlemen into ' society. His reputation for courage was excessively low, and the only instance on record of his ever manifesting a disposition to fight was when Lee exposed his great well-boring swindle in the little poem a1 bove sampled. In consequence of a water party of six men being killed, Pope became so much stampeded that he pulled up all ' stakes on the Pecos and retreated to Dona Ana, where he remained for six months, professing to winter his party, but in reali1 ty liviug in a state of 3Iormonism with a couple of half Indian, quarter-negro and quarter-Mexican strumpets well known on P the Rio Grande as the Gracchi. There are several naked yellow legged Popes now in [ Dona Ana to prove that he stayed there to * some purpose. As a liar, Daddy Lynde, Fred Dent and Dixon S. Miles, although [ great in their profession, all had to hide their diminished heads before Pope falsified the very geography of the continent?and his false statement. i "About tlic streams which spout like ale." led by many a weary emigrant upon the Liana Estacado to perish miserably. I Destitute of honor, or decency, an unbounded liar?a cheat and a miser, destiI tute of the first spark of oourage, and bold enough to lead ragamuffins where they will ^ get well peppered while he changes his base with railroad speed, we consign to the care of Stonewall, and pay our respects to his A. A. (x., known at West Point and in the j urrny as TUB RUQGLES, f a member of the great Ruggles family, who used to carry a written pedigree in hispock] et to show that the tory Governor of New s Jersey, Cadwallader Colden, was his grandfather. Amiable to softness, his manner . and style are of the uiost terrible fierceness e ?and, although he would not harm a fly, one would suppose that he fed on human gore. e The boys at West Point used to amuse s themselves by slapping his jaws and pinoha ing him, to hear him blubber. Owing to y his white eye lashes he cannot see until 4 e p. m. His name Tub, is an abbreviated 0 one, as he formerly rejoiced in a more extensive one? "tur of a?s," '8 applied to him by Captain Charles Larned, s, U. S. A. Ye old women of the Piedmont and of the Rapidan, if ye have no more terrible foes than the husband of the Gracchi and his flnnky "Tab Haggles," spare Stonewall the trouble of catching them, and band yourselves together with broomsticks and sweep them into the Potomac. They won't fightand each are welt aware of the oiraoamstanoes. - ... " - Georqey. P. S ?MoClellan has taken to immoderate driok?being always pretty good at it. Connt de Paris and the Duke of Orleans quit McCleltan's staff because McClellan's f.Al I I- J .L;a_ ' j ..3 ?> raiaer-in-iaw ciearea mem out at "araw. ? A- V. Colburn, a, red-headed Vermootcr, AssistanfcAdjutant-General, has gone home in consequence of varicose veins, ruptured on the retreat. Gen. Averell is very sick in consequence of "enlargement of the head " ' G.Corr. Petersburg Express. Maior General John Pope. The writer of tbia has known Proclamation Pope for the last twenty years, and knows him to be one of the most vulgar, coarse, obscene and licentious poltroons on the face of the earth.? An admitted coward, the grossest of debauchees, the most reckless spendthrift of borrowed money, the most inflated of braggarts, is now playing the tyrant upon the soil of Virginia. This only proves what the world has long known, that tyranny is ever associated with cowardice and debauchery. Proclamation Pope, in the winter, of 1844, ?5, addressed a Miss Mary G?, ip Savannah, Georgia, in the belief that she would inherit the property of her aunt, Mrs. T. He asked for the hand of MiSs G., and when interroagated by the father as to his prospects in life, he ronlied that, he. was the son of a man of fortune, but that in addition to his share of the paternal estate^he owned a sugar plantation in Louisiana. Our hero learning, however, that Miss G., would not be an heiress, became exceedingly desirous to break off the match. lie therefore wrote her an insulting letter, asking to be released from his engagement. The letter she gave to her father, who had received one about the same time from Pope's father, saying that he was poor and his son penniless, and he regretted to add, thoroughly unprincipled. Mr. G. took these two letters with him to the barracks where the gallant lieutenant was quartered.? He called in witnesses ty) the interview between him and Pope, and then denounced him as a villian, a liar, a cheat and imposter. Pope sprang up to strike him, but the stern eye and athletic frame of the old man frightened him. He sat down, saying "age protects you." "Oh never mind my age," replied Mr. G. Another torrent of abuse from the old man, and once more Pope rose with clenched fists, but sat down again, saying "your religion protects you." "Oh, never mind my religion," said Mr. G., "strike ahead," but no blow was struck, and Pope took the boat for the North that night, in debt a thousand dollars for borrowed money?a debt which has not been paid to this hour. As a nroof of the utter want of nrin ciple of this poor wretch, it need only be mentioned that he had been detailed in company with Lieut, (now Brigadier General) M. L. Smith to draw maps of the coast survey, but did not work one hour during the six months of his sourjourn in Savannah. Surgeon Cuyler, of the Federal army, and hundreds of officers in the service, as well as in the Confederate, are perfectly well acquainted'with these facts. ?Petersburg Express. Yankee Mistakes in Regard to the South?The following communication, dated New Orleans, July 19, appears in the Boston Courier : , We have been laboring under eAtain grave errors in respect to this rebellion, which it is high time were corrected. We have supposed there was a Union party in the South. There is none; We have supposed the rebellion could be quelled in this campaign. It must last for years. We have supposed half a million of troops were sufficient to subjugate the revolted States. It will require at least a million and a half. I This is the most serious of all our errors ?this constantly under-valuing the strength of the enemy and over-estimating our own strength. The time'has arrived when we must come up to the strength of our endeavor. Not a man less than a million and a half will be neoessary. We must at once take measures to raise this number of troops or the contest will be prolonged iudeti nitely We have supposed that after subduiuir the rebels, a small force would suffice to enforce obedience of the law. Sach may be the case twenty years hence, but for the present, say for the next ten years, we shall want a etanding army of not less than three hundred thousand men to preserve order in c...ik m? ?i:? ii.. 111 u uuuiu. JL lie pcuptu iiLuiaiiv Nate ur?. The women teach hatred to their children The clergy preach hatred from the pulpit. The growing generation will be even more embittered againat us than the present.? Nothing but forco can keep the country.? For this purpose my estimate of three hundred thousand men is moderate. One great source of the fatal errors we have committed, is the delusive statements furnished to the press. Here we are com pelled to suppress the truth, to prevent iN injurious influence on our troops. At home it is otherwise. If the people were apprised of all facts in the oase, their patriotism would be equal to the emergency, and we could takc^ho field next fall with the million and a half, without which we cannot expect success. It is most important they should krrow the truth, and the whole truth. 4??|? - No Use for Quinine :?Mr. Editor: ?I beg to make public the mcdiam of your paper, the following certain and thoroughly tried cure, for ague and fever: I pint of Cotton Seed, 2 pints of water boiled down to one of tea, taken warm one hour before the expected attack. Many persons will $ doub'tles laugh at this simple remedy, bo I have tried it effectually apd unhesitating ly say it is better than Quinine, and coulc I obtain the latter article at a dime a bot tje, I would infinitely prefer the Cotton seec tea. It will not only cure invariably, but permanently, and is not at all unpleasant t< the taste. Yours truly, &c., H. 6. D. BROWJf, Copiah County, Miss. An Interesting and Instructive Dia loguo. Schoolmaster?Whiah is the hardest anc longest road to travel ? Pert Boy?The "On to Ricmond" road in course. S'choolmaster?What similarity is then in the career of Napoleon the 1st and thai of Napoleon the 2d ? Pert Boy?Napoleon the 1st "skedaddied" from Russia and Napoleon the 2d ditto from Richmond? Schoolmaster?ff an army can travel 20 miles a day, and McClellau and his armj were 485 days on the road between Washington and Richmond, what is the approximate distance from one place to the other 1 Pert Boy?9,700 miles! Schoolmaster?Why doesn't the "ana conda" crush the "rebellion" in its coils? Pert Boy?Kase he's kinder "let dowr in the lines" around Richmond, and hit "pucke'rin strings" have sorter gin in aboui .Yicksburg. % Schoolmaster?What is the reason th< "wall of fire" hasn't consumed the rebellior before this? Pert Boy?Kase it's been stopped by the Hills and Stonewalls in old Virginny, and the Forrests in Tennessee. Schoolmaster?Give, me an example ol the relative position of man and animals ic the scale of being? Pert Boy?White Manflngun^Darbey Monkey, Dog, Hog, and Bntle^the Beast ! ..Shoolmaster?What do the Yankees saj they arc fighting for ? ? Pert Boy?For the cpnstertution and the reconstruction of the Union. Schoolmaster?What are they fighting for? Fert JtSoy?For "rjce, cotton, turnaeKer niters, shugar, Fort Sumter, and 11 dol lars a month ! Schoolmaster?Who are the two mosi prominent men jnst now before the ooun try?' Pert Boy?Uucle Abe the Gorilla, ant Morgan, the Guerilla. Schoolmaster?What were McClellan'i orders to his army when retreating fron UiciiaioDd ?' Pert Boy?"Go it ye cripples, woodei legs is cheap." Schoolmaster?All right, yon can sub side when the other b<ff comes in you cai go up next to head. ' Pert Boy?Thankee, sir, and if you wan to know anything else call on*me. \Augnsta Constitutionalist. .A Bold Protest from Maryland ? The Annapolis (Md.) Gazette, heretofor the ore/an of the Administration party i he Sixth Congressional Diatriot, speakinj of the late pronuneiamento of Presiden Lincoln to the Border States Congressmen delivers itself as follows : But the most singular feature of the ad dress is, a vague and timid allusion to th Abolition pressure brought to bear upoi the President, and his evident oonwictioi that the destruction of slavery" in the Boi der States would be a sufficient.stop to tff Abolition Cerberus Give the dogs tha bone and they will readily furnish men t push further South, doubtless in the hop of freeing more negros. Conversely, w suppose, if they do not get what they de mand. no more means'will be furnished fq the prosecutibn of the war. This is our interpretation of the Presi dent's meaning. If it be correct, we woiil like to know if such a humiliating speed has ever before come from the White House 1 A*>d is it Dot an absolute and positive dec Juration that-the war is for the negro, ani and not for the restoration of the Union that the President is opposed to sach a po! icy, but is obliged to adopt it ? We ca read the seeming riddle in no other waj And, if our reading be correct, we have o hesitation in expressing the hope that th days of the Republic are numbered. W wish to hear of no more slaughtered thous ands as an offering to the Molooh of a pett and coutemptiblo fanaticism. We wish n longer to hear vain boasting of thestrengt of our institutions. Let them perish, an let the vast ruins be a perpetual proof tha men are little better than beasts. * ' Our language may be deemed too stroDg j but wo have expressed our convictions i j the premises. And those convictions ar i none the less firm because of the fact tha we uncompromisingly advocate emaocipa tion in Maryland. We advocate it becaus we believe it will be of immense advantag to our State But we are not prepared t do that or any other act at the nod of craz fanatics, who profess to prefer the destruc tion of the country to the existence of sit very. McOlellan's Personnel.?A misaj prehension exists as to the personal appeal ance of the "Juveuile INapoleon," amon the many who have never had an opportu nity of looking at him, oxcept on paperInstead of black hair, moustache and goa tee, those copious appendages are of th sandy order, the hair of the head being* shade darker than that over the lip. H is unblessed with whiskers, oxcept of patch work order, which he usually keep out of existence for "strategical purposes,1 being always inclined to cultivate the sci ence of "making an impression." Hi forehead is not high and commanding, bu rather inclined to be low, yet full and in dicative of a strong mind. Nor are hi eyes dark and piercing, but blue and hu morous, emitting the expression of a goo naturcd fellow, fond oT his toddy and good joke. His face i9 inclined to fullness complexion light; the lower part of th face expressing firmness. His form tend to fullness, but has been hardened souk what by service: In height, he is abou 5 feet. 8 inches, giving him a proportio which, ou horseback especially, may, at i\libitum, be rendered showy and command ing. In habits he keeps up the dignity c t his profession with scrupulous propriety hating always at oommand an abandan 1 supply of the best Honors and segars, witl which he treats his fribnds, and occasion all; I bis foes. In the latter case, he is disposet , to be satirical in his remarks, but the ex ) pression of quiet, careless good humor tba accompanies the "rub," satisfies the Victio that "he don't mean anything by it."? Such *is the Dortrait riven bv. a returne< Confederate prisoner. 1 ' ' ! Official Despatch from Gen. Jackson j Richmond, August 12.?The followio{ official despatch ^ts received to-day fron Gen. Jackson: * Headquarters Valley District , August 11?61 p. m.?Colonel : On th< t evening of the 9th instant, God blessed oui army with another victory. The battle wai . near Cedar Run, abont six miles from Cul [ peper Conrt House. The enemy according to the statements of prisoWrs, consisted o I Banks', McDowell's, and Seigle's com r inands. We have four hundred prisoners , including Brigadier General Prince. Oa . list of killed is less than that of the enemy > We have to mourn the loss of some of on: best officers and men. Brigadier Genera . C. 8. Winder was mortally wtmnded whils ably discharging- his duty at the head.of hi i command, which was the advance of tb< } left wing of the army. We have colleo'fet t about 1,500 small arms and other ordnanci stores: I am, Colonel, your obedient ser 5 vant, . T. J. JACKSON, t Major General Commanding. To Col. R. H. Chilton, A. Ar G. j - , [ . An Incident.?About the time Gqpe ral Banks left the Valley to evade the ho p pursuit of "Stonewall" Jackson, three Yan ( kees went to the farm of Mr. Crane, Sber iff of Jefferson County, and demanded i favorite horse. Mt. Crane refused to com > dIv with the demand, when the thieve f went Co the stable and took the horse out but that gentioman, determined not to sur , render his horse without a straggle, sho one of the marauders, wounding him se , verely. The other two left the premise hurriedly, but soon returned, strongly rein foroed, and, atter capturing Mr. C. fire< bis Darn, containing about 1,200 bushels o wheat, and bis corn-crib, with *200 barrel t of corn. Mr. C. was taken first to Hai per's Ferry, where he was closely, impris oned in the engine-house of John Brow: j notoriety, and from thenoe sent to Baiti more for trial before General Dix. Afte 3 hearing the testimony, that officer said j "Mr. Crane, I ought to hang you." "Wha for?" asked Mr. C. "Why, for notkillin: j them all, if you could," was the General' reply, and Mr. Crane was released and sec y home. 1 . The Battle of Baton Bouge. t Tangipahoa, (Camp Moore,) Aug. 7. The battle at Baton Rouge c.ommence on Tuesday at half.past four o'clock, A M., aud ended at ten o'clock, A. M. It was a glorious day for the Confederal arms. The fight raged with great fnry.e We drove the enemy to their guDboats wit Q terrible slaughter, destroying their tenl and commissary stores. 1 Geo. Williams, the commander of th '' Federal troops, was among the enemy killed. -. y ' *.>. -.. We lost heavily in . our field officers.e General Breckinridge and Geo. ^Ruggh Q are unhurt. Q Gen. Clark was badly, I hear mortall ;* wounded. He fell at his post, gallant! 0 and nobly. Our loss in killed and wourn ^ cd will not exceed two hundred" and fifty. 0 mt . *.? a .'i ? ?t. a ; JL lie ram Jirtiuiuius was uuii cugagcu e the fight; e Our boys are in excellent spirits and ei ger for a renewal of the combat. [V Important from Arkansas. '* Cairo, Friday Aug. 7. 1862.?Therai d Mingo, from Helena, reports that on Sa a nrday a scouting party of 75 Unionists wei ? surprised by 500 of Hindman's Rebels, an '* badly cut np, only 20 having saved then d selveb and escaping. ; Forty of Jeff. Thompson's men were caj tured while attempting to cross the rive n near the town of'Austin. ' The recent publication of Gen. Pillow1 0 letter to his brother, in regard to the slat e of the former, renders interesting the fat e that General Curtis has freed all the n< groes in question, 25 in number. 7 Pillow has three plantations near Helen 0 on which all his moveable property w; k confiscated. ^ ' Gen. Curtis has freed at Helena abot 1 3,000 slaves, chiefly those who worked o Forts Pillow and Donelson !> d Instructions Sent Abroad by th e Representatives of Foreign Nation t in Reference to the Battle Befob i- RrcHMOND.?The U. S. State Departmei e has been informed, through the channels < e our legations abroad, that nearly all th 0 representatives of European nations i y Washington had 6ent despatches to the: ' respective Governments in reference to th i* seven days' battle before Richmond, whic they describe as a defeat for the North, an a blow from whioh it will not sooh recove: >- Some of these despatches represent th "* army on the James river as being in a cou g plete state of demoralization, out of servic 1 for the present, and state that it will likel - take months and months before it become as efficient as it was before the battle too e place.?New York Herald. a ? ?? e Is It a Comet??We understand tht a several persons residing within a few*mile s of this city have seen for the past night c two a large star, which has excited their ct i- riosity. It was first observed on Saturda 8 night last, and rose in the East a little al t ter nine o'clock p. m., rising rather fastc i- than the moon ; and those who saw 8 thought, at first, that it was a balloon ; be i- it continued to ascend, and was seen to si d in the West shortly before day break, a On Sunday night last, the samephenon i, enon was observed. The question natura e ly arises, is this strange visitor a comet ? is We may add to the above, that some < !* our exchanges have alluded to a comet i it the Northeast. Perhaps this is the sate o one.?Augusta Constitutionalist. d ' ? 1- An Incident.?A box of hats, shippe if by Capt. Bomar, Quartermaster at Calhoui \ ' r . . " - , " ? . v *" -i , Ga., to Chattanooga about a month ago, t was opened in the office of Maj. B.F.Jones, i Chief Quartermaster at Chattanooga, on the p 4th inst. The box contained a live cat and 1 several dead kittens. The -eat bad.demol* - ished several hats, and was "very thin in t order."?-Atlanta Confederacy. 1 B big adi e p. Ge n e al Pbi noe .?This offij cer, who was oaptnred by onr foroea in th^ fight at Southwestern mountain, on Satuirday last, is an offiaer of the old U. States' army. In the Mexican war he acted as^ ' adjutant general of the brigade commanded . by General Sterling Price, whose confidence j i t__ _* % rrrn. _ aocr esteem ne^possessecu.: w aen xne present war broke oat Prince was a captain of ^ dragoons at Fort iLeavenVortb, and afterr wards became commandant of thai post? 3 In hfs intercourse with the people of Misaonri and Kansas be is represented to have r acted with gentlemanly oourtesy, ami had f the respect of those who opposed the policy of the government. Such was his lenienqy towards tha Confederates in Missouri thai ' 'r he incurred the suspicion and ill will of such tyrants as Siegtoj Lane, &c. These r facts we obtain from an officer connected j with Gen. Price's staff during his oefcbrat ted campaign.?Richmond Dispatch. : 1 tSL Mr. G. M. Hoogh, Assistant at the a Dudley Observatory in Albany, reports the 1 discovery of a comet io the Northern hea3 vens, about fourteen degrees to the North* east of the pole-star. On examining it with the. large -equatorial, it had the appearance of a bright nebula, slightly condensed at the centre, There was no evidence of any tail whatever?Xbe envelope. * being nearly round and equally distributed t on alLsides. In the absence of the" moon" light it can be seen with -the naked eys.*^ * It. will-undoubtedly attain considerable a brilliaocy in a few days. The apparent ' motion in tbeheavena is exceedingly rapid; 9 the right asceusiou. diminishing at the rate ? of 16 minutes 80 seconds fiburiy, and ifih '* declination increasing 23 mioutes houriy. t I?* Col. McLane, of the 82d Penosji8 vania Regiment, who waskilled, in the hat. fin PaM Ua*La* Yiao konn lafnlo Atilnortk - UO Ul UUIU UIIVUlj USD VBBU. <wvvaj uiuvga1 zed by the Northern papers for courage and ? f brilliant daring. From a General in the s Confederate States army, who saw the Col-; - onel op the field after bis- death,:die Biofe*3. i. mond Enquirer learns that he was loaded J a down with armor?having not only a breast> plate, but Steel' harness for Tiia arms and r the' lower part of his body.-'Thebulkt, I, which gave his heroic soul its quietus, ,t entered in the.-rear of bis Jeft-s boulder, ct and came, out on the right side of the abdoe men. He was apparently shot when fyipjf it on the ground. A Hazaedous Expoit.?We learn from the NewYork Wdrfd that a nfcvtJ officer, with the sanction of the navy department^ ^ on Friday last, went on, board the receiving ship, ^orth Carolina, at the Brooklyn navy, yard, and selected from a whole batch of volunteers, eighteen men, who are bound J A on a hazardous exploit, the nature of which ~ it wonld be eontraband to publish. To be - forewarned is to . be forearmed, and W* wound advise our authorities-at. .Fort Drew. . ry, Wilmington, -Charleston, Savannah, ,e Mobile and Vicksburg, to be on the alert; These eighteen men'may be intended ^ some'.dashing exploit, which.a little watch;g fulness oa our part might cheek.?ihfcr<*; burg Express. y . Ait OmcEa iN DiaauiSE.?The officers y of Pope's army of Sapoys are trying the b only dodge they can invent', in order te Cs cape the retaliation promised them od ao-' n count of the late murderous decrees issued by their unprincipled master. Instead yfr u wearing their proper uniform,. they enter a skirmish or raid habited in piain privates' clothiher. and if captured, claim fo belong to the file. One of the fellows wa^woettfc ^ ly detected in the dodge, and is now safety t- looked up as a hostage in the Confederalo. e States military prison in this place.?Rich d mond Enquirer.'- ~ - fx v ^ Attention, Soldiees.?Fill your pock, r j. ets with dried Blippery elm bark when a >r bout to talre up the line of march for tfie: battle-field or for a new encampment Ton >s will find that chewing it freely will greatly ,e allay both thirst and hunger. ;t The slippery elm grows in abundance io 3. Virginia, North and South Carolina and io Georgia. I see that our surgeons call for i3 it as a substitute for Gum Arabic. It is 15 to be hoped our patriotic and philanthropio friends in the oountry will procure an .abundanT supply for our army?Savannah n News. Wilful Ignorance.?An offioer who occompauied to this city the soldiers of E Pope's command, who were captured in the s skirmish on Friday, says that he inquired E of one of the Yankee officers of the party whether he had read the proclamation of ) Pffisident Davis And the order of the adjn>e tant general with reference to the treat. .D ment they were to receive. They prompt* lr ly replied that their business was to obey ? orders, and'not to read the proclamations of Jeff. Davis.?Richmond Dispatch. d r. Yankee Outrages in Rappahane nock.?The Yankee vassals in Rappahan* ?- nock County, Va., released from the rule* le of army decorum by the late order of Wen. y Pope, have been indulging their cruelty and 9 wantonness with a high hand. Amidst k other villainies reoently perpetrated by them is an act which most stigmatize them forever. They first deprived a highly reit spectable citizen, (Mr. Charles Green,) who !S is sixty-five years of age, of all his negroes, ir and then horsewhipped him for proclaiming i- Southern sentiments. J North Carolina Railroad.?-We learn that the Board of Directors of the !r North Carolina Railroad have offered T. J. lt Snmnor, Esq., the Superiotendency of the Road, at a salary of $4,000 per annnm.? ? Mr. Sumner is now the Superintendent of the Charlotte and Sooth Carolina Railroad. !' Mr. Somner intends to accept the position on the North Carolina Road or not. If he does, the pnblio may expect the road to be 3 well managed. Gis superior in the manD agement of railroads would be bard to find. e [ Charlotte Democrat. Muscogee county, Georgia, reports in d CottoD 2335 acres, and in oorn and grain i, 34,000 acres. "