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General mas, bp proclamation, announce: rates or postage. Single letters, not "exceeding a half ounee in weight, to anv part of the Confederate States, shall bo each 10 cents. An additional single rate for eaca additional half ounce or less.Drop letters 2 cents each. In the foregoing cases, thepostage to be prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. ?. < .. Advertised letters 2 cents each. on newspapers. Setit to regular and dbna fide fhbserlbers from the office of jwbH?KiOi^anil not exceeding three otmcca In wolght Weekly paper, 13 cento per quarter. Semi-Wwkly paper, 28 cents per quarter. i Tri-Wcekly paper, 39 cents pertpiarter. Four times a week, 56 ?ents per quarter. FPre timeca week, 65 cents per quarter. , Six tiina%a week, 78 cents per quarter. ' ? '*5, ' _ v " on perfodicala# Periodicals published aftener thsn semi-monthly shall be y, not exceeding IX ounces In weight, ! cent on each number, and one cent additional on each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. on transient printed matter. . The Inland postagfc on (very other newspaper, and on each circntar not sealed, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical, igaguxlhe or other paper, which shall bcuncon nected with any manuscript or written matter, and not exceeding I ounce In weight, shall be 1 cent, and for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, 1 cent-additional ; and hooks, bound and unbound, not weighing over fouipoundb, shall be deemed mailable matter, and the inland postage on them Shall belt the rate of 2 cents an ounce or fraction of an ounce,- and the postage ou all such transient matter and boofcs, shall be prepaid in all cases ex cept when sent by officers, magicians or-privates of the army. -* . 1 - prarrtna privilege. The following persons only are entitled to the franking privilege, and in til cases juicily confined to official hagl hese. . ""? Postmaster General. His Chief Clerk.. Auditor of the Trensury for the Post Office Department. Deputy Postmasters." 1 " XM5ADQITARTERS, " CONSCRIPT DEPARTMENT,* ColcmbU) August 17, 1864. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 9. I THE atte^ticsrof persons exemptKed or detailed for agricultural purposes, and who have given bond to the Government, IS directed to thq. following paragraph from Circular No.. 24, Bureau of Conscription S * "2, The sale to the Government, or to tho-familics of soldiers, at prices fixed by the Commissioner of the State un der the Impressment Act, of the marketable supplies remaining after furnishing the Government with the stipulated quantity of provisions, and which he may raise from year to year while bis exemption continues, is made, by the Act of Congress, approved February 17,186*, .one of the conditions Of exemption allowed to an overseer or agriculturist. A claim fa asserted by some of those exempted as agriculturists, to exchange such pah of the aforesaid surplus as they mayplease for supplies of provisions, clothing and thedike, to be consumed in family use, and to sell to the Government or the families of soldiers only what may tomain of such surplus after making such exchanges. This claim is in violation of lawrand of their contract with- the Government, and cannot be allowed. "Upon satisfactory evidence being furnished that persons exempted as overseers or agriculturists have or arc thus disposing of their surplus production* by exchange as aforesaid, Enrolling Officers will arrest all such persons, forward them to their nearest Camps of Instmettou, to be retained : there-until final action shall be taken and announced In their cases, and forward through the. proper channels of communication to this Bureau a report of all the facts and chcummacespf each "case. "Every agriculturist or overseer, upon receiving bis cer- j tlfiiate ? exemption, should be Informed that the action lndicaterTabove will oe taken in the event of his nfit dlspo . sing of Mb marketable surplus in accordance with the re-, qulrementa ot law." II. Officers and agents .of the Subsistence and .Quartermasters' Departments are requested to commufiicate information to Enrolling Officers of all instanees coming to their knowledge, in which persons exempted or detailed for aglieultural purposes have violated the stipulations'of their bond* to the Government in the sale or other disposition of their marketable surplus. C. D. MELTON, Major, Commandant Conscripts. August 24 - 34 ? TAJL MX JKXSJD NOTICET I attend at the following times and pfac&v for fhe purpose of receiving the returns of, TAX IN KIND, on Wheat, Oats, Bye, Cured Hay and Wool, for the year 18G4. ? At Yorkvtlle, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of September. At Bethany Church, on Monday. Sib of September. At Whltoaant'a, on Tuesday, 6th of September. At McCoah'a, on Wednesday, 7th of September. At Boycion, on ioursoay, oui 01 rjeucemoer. y A* Hickory Grove. on'Frlday, 9th ot September. At Jdha McGill's, pit Saturday, 10th of September. At Clay Hill, on Monday, 12th of September. At BboaeMr, on Tuesday, 13th of September. At Port Mills, on Wednesday, 14th ot September. At Coated Taoern, on Thursday, 15ttf of September. At Westbrobka, on Friday, 16th of September. - ? At Hock Hill, on Sctyrclay?17th of September. At Betoes^ Church, on Monday, 10th of September. At SfeCedhaUrylllO, oa Tuesday, 90tb of September. At BeVtiwhtStpre, on Wednesday, 2lit ot Septtanbcr. "At Wa>. "White's, on Thursday, 22d of September. At Oentre Phuroh, on Friday, 23dof September. At jfotitt Ctyircb.on Saturday, 24th of September. At Yoxkviilef on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,26th Boons-open from 10 o'clock, A. M., at each of the above named places, and doaed at 3 o'clock, P. M. All defaulters will be dealt with an the law directs. I am required to advise producers that the regular- Tax Afetrts, Commissaries and daarternjiuten, and such-ptber . officer* as may have special authority from the office of ( nets) Charge, Ore the only persons whose receipts forTAX IN KINO, Ate validwd where the tithe is Impressed that the receipt of the Impressing officer must show his Company and Regiment, and mttst explicitly Mate that the impressettaroperty is Tax in Kind; otherwise 1 twill not be *0 retarded. W. H. McCORKLE, Assessor, T. I. K., York District.. TATE OF SOUTiyp CABOLWA, yosk district. Roddoy k Co., vs W. B. Donlsp.?arracHiiaKT. #. \\fHEERBAS, the plaintiff's did on IT the 13th day of October 18B3, file their declaration dgSbtrt tltft defendant, who (as it la said) Is absent from and without the limits or this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration might be served. * It Is therefore ordered, that the said defendant do appear and plead to the said dttdaratfon. on or before the 16th day of October, which will be In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, otherwise Una! and absolute judgment will then be awarded against him. (#16) S. E. MOORE, Clerk. October 13th, 1863. November 4 . 44 ?, qly. " DR. ALFRED CRAVEN drc8 ist a\d apothecary, - ' TMttTICLE, SO. CA. p IT RE. DRUGS, CHEMICALS,JL MEDICINES, Ac,^constantly kept on band. ** Pbyslelens? Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately September 30 32 ~ SlOO REWARD. I HE Jail in York District was broken on the njgbt of the lltn instant, and NATHAN DO, a prisoner, escaped therefrom. Said DOVER is about 36 years of age, about 6 feet hifb, dark complexion, black heiresd eyea.tbas loot 4b e thumb of his left hand, bis Awe Auger on same bend stttT and crooked. * 1 will give the above reward for bio arrest and delivery to rae*in YofltvUle, or 8BVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS for his imprisonment in any other jail within one hundred miles. JAMES MASON, s. v. ?. August 17 33 4t TYENTAL NOTICE ?D URING XJ my absence from Yorkvtlle, I have made arrangements wtthJDr. LESLIEO'W EN, formerly of Charleston, Jx> take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the EXqcirer building,, where he will be pleased to wait on my ciujoipeiv, ag usual. He is a gentleman of much experience in my line of business, ana will, doubtless, give general satisfac tion. " W. M. WALKER, Dentist. . February 25 ^ * 8 . tf 0 TAX IN KI.VD XOTICE. "DLANTERjS and others who have JL OATS and WHEAT of-the TITHE?of 1864. ready for delivery, are urged to do so immediately. Also, those who have CORN to spare can deliver and get credit fbrit on the crop of 1864. All arc requested to deliver their tithes as promptly as possible, as the Army of Virginia are ueediDg supplier J. H. FAYSSOUX, . Agent Depot No. l,ffC. D., S- C. August 10 32 >' tf EITV^LOPES-! FOR SALE, j AT THE " * PRIXTIXG OFFICE. ' July 6 " 27 tf . NOTICE TO TAX PATERS, TN compliance with requisitions from JL the*Comptroller General, It is ordered by resolution of the BOARD OF SOLDIERS RELIEF, that the TAX ON MANUFACTURES as also all balances of the TAX ON UKAIN, must BOW OS paia, ?ua iu?vv/??.ui?iuire.i. UI iuo respective Divisions are ready, to receive the same. R. 8. MOORE,Sec. apd Treas. S. R. B. August 31 " ? ~t'- 1L_ _t7xecut0r's notice.?a l l JLJ persons having demands against EDWARD MOORE, deceased, are hereby notified to present them within the time prescribed by law, and all indebted to him will make payment to me. ALFRED MOORE, Executor. Tkuguaf%l v 3-1 3t Notice .?sugar to exORANGE for BACON on Government account.? Apply to T. J. BELL, Agent. 9 August 10 22 . '- * fit* . ' ?-> t. ;.* Late Peace Interview in Richmond. 1 CIRCULAR FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT, t The following circular from the State Department will explain itself: Department of State, ' - Riohmond, Va., August 25, 1864. Sir: Numerous publications which'have 1 recently appeared in the journals of the ,< United States on the subject of informal overtures for peace between two Federations < of State# now at war on this oontfnent, ren- '< der it desii$ble that you should be fully ad; t 'vised of the views and polioy of this Gov- * eminent on a matter *of- such paramount i importance. It is likewise proper that you < shnnld be aoonratelv informed of what has t occurred in the several occasions mentioned ' ! in the published statements. Yon have heretofore been furnished with copies of the manifesto issued bj the Congress of the Confederate States, with the approval of thePrpsictont, on the 14th June last, and hafeu, doubtless, aoted in conformity with the resolution Ithich requested that copies of this manifesto should he laid before foreign governments.* ''The principles, sentiments and purposes, by which these States have been, and are still actuated," are set forth in that paper with all the authority due to the solemn deolaration of the Legislative and Executive Departments of this Government, and with a clearness which leaves no room for comment or explanation. In a few sentences it is pointed oat that all 96 ask is immunity from interference with our internal peace and prosperity, "and to be left in the undisturbed enjoyment of those inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, whioh oar coibmoa ancestors declared to be the equal heritage of all parties to the social compaot.? Let them forbear aggressions upon us, and the war is at an end. If there be questions whioh require adjustment by negotiation, vie have ever been willing and are still wilding to' enter into communication with our adversaries, in a spirit of peace, of equity and manly frankness." ' The manifesto closed with the deolaration that "we commit our oaose to the enlightened judgment of the world, to the sober reflections of our adversaries themselves, and the solemn and righteous arbitrament of Heaven." . Within a very few weeks after the publication of this manifesto, it seemed to have k ' I met with a response from President Lincoln. In the early part of last month a let- ^ ter was received by Gen. Lee, from Lieut. Gen. Grant, in the following words : "Headquarters Armies os the U. S., ^ - . City JPoint,.Va,, July 8,1864. v ' "General R AT. Lcc} commanding Con- t federate forces, near Petersburg, Vd. : . [ "General: I would request that Colonel t James F. Jacquess, Seventh-third Illinois volunteer infantry, and J.R. Gilmore, Esq., .. be allowed to meet. Colonel Robert Ould, Commissioner for the Exohauge-of Prisoners, at suoh place between the lines of the f two armies as you may designate. The ob- ^ jeot of the meeting is legitimate with the duties of Colonel Ould as Commissioner. ^ "If not.consistent for you to grant the ^ request here asked, I would beg that this be referred to President Davis for his action. ( "Requesting as early an answer to this communication as you may find it convenient to mjke, I subscribe myself, j "Very respectfully, ' "Your obedient servant, v "U. S. GRANT, -r a "Lieutenant General U. S. A." 1 On the reference of this letter to the ? President, he authorized Col. Ould to meet the persons named in Gen. Grant's letter, 4 and.Col. Ould, after seeing them, returned r to Richmond and reported to the President, v in the presence of the Seoretary of War ^ and myself, that Messrs. Jacquess and Gilmore had not said anything to him about bis duties as Commissioners for Exchange f of prisoners, but that they asked permission c to come to Richmond for the purpose of c seeing the President; that they came with b the knowledge and approval of President t Lincoln and under his pass; that they were i informal messengers sent with a view of h paving the way for a meeting of formal t Commissioners authorized to negotiate for ti peace, oyl desired to oommunioate to Pres- C ident Davis the views of Ulr.-'Lincofn and p to obtain the President's views in return, so 11 as to arrange for a meeting of Commission- * ere. Col. Ould stated that .he had told t them repeatedly that it was useless to come t to Richmond to talk of peace on any other ( terms than the recqgnizcd independence of E the Confederacy, to which they said that t they were aware of that, 3nd that they were b nevertheless confident that their, interview F would result in peace. The President, on F this report of Col. Ould, determined ^to t permit them to come to Richmond under his charge. ' c On the evening of the 16th July, Col. 8 Ould conducted these gentlemen to a hotel 8 in Riohmond, where a room, was provided 4 for them, in which they were to remain 8 under surveillance during their stay here, ' and the next morning I received tho'follow- J; ing letter: , Spotswood House, v t>- 1 ? j t..l_ it 10c.i .lviuuluuuU) v a.; vuiy xif j.outfc. ^ Hon. J. P? Benjamin, Secretary of State, t 0. S. A. ;y. b Dear Sib: The andereigned, Jhuaes F.. i Jacquess, of Illinois,?nd Jas. R. Gilmore, p of Massachusetts, .most respectfully. d&licit I an interview \?ith President Davig. They g visit Richmond as private citizens, aiid have S no official character or authority; but they a are fullyrpossessed of the views of the Uni- p ted States Government relative to an. ad- o justment of the differences now existing be-, a tween the North and-South, and have little t doubt that a free interchange of views be- o tween President Davis and themselves s would open the way to such official negotia- I tions as would ultimate in restoring peace b to the two sections of our distracted coun- p toy- U Xx -v X" . fa r * tated to be; Mr. Lincoln ?-.views. The j. Resident answered, that as these proposals ^ tad been prefaoed by the remark that the leople of the North were a majority, _and i hat a majority ought to govern; .the offer : ^ ^ *.-? . - . j .* - - - They, therefore, ask an interview with ,ho President, And awaiting your reply, are Most truly and.respectfully, :> *, Your ohedient servants, ; JAMES P. JACQUESS, JAMES R. GILMORE. The wprd "official" is underscored, and he word peace doubly underscored in the )riginal.v ? ' * ' After perusing, the letter, I invited Coir Duld to oonduot the writers to my office, ind, on'their arrival,'stated to them that hey-mnst be conscious they oo'uld not -be idmitted to an'interview with the President vithodfc informing me more fully of the' )bjeot of their mission, and,satisfying me hat they eame by request of Mr. Linooln.' VIr. Gil more.replied that- they came unoffitially, but with the knowledge and at the lesire of Mr. Lino.oln; that-: they thought he*war had gonepfar enough; that it could onld never end.-exeeDt bv some sort.of. a r " " \ rr * - ^ ^ ;reement;. that -the agreement might as veil be made npw aa after, farther bloodhed; .that they knew by the recent address >f the Confederate Congress that we.wefe rilling to make peace; that, they, admitted bat proposals oqght to oome. from the North ind that they were prepared-to make these jroposals, by Mr. Lincoln's authority; that t was necessary to have a. sort of informal inderstandipg in advance of regular iegoiations, for, if Commissioners- .'were appoint* id withoutxsome such understanding, they vould meet, quarrel and separate, leaving he parlies more bitter against each other ban before; that tbey knew Mr. Lincoln's riews, and would state them, if pressed by he President to do bo)' and desired to learn lis, in return. I again insisted on a^me evidence that bey came from Mr. Lincoln, and in order o satisfy me, Mr. Gilmore referred to the act that permission for their ooming through >or lines had been asked officially by Gen. J rant in a letter to Gen. Lee, and that Jen. Grant, in that letter, had asked that his request should be referred to President Davis. Mr. Gilmore then' showed me a lard, written and signed by Mr. Linoolg, equesting "Geo. Grant to aid Mr. Gilmore md friend in passing through his Hues into he Coufederaoy. Col. Jacques* then-said hat .his name was not put on; the card for he reason that it was .earnestly desired that heir visit should be .kept secretthat he iad come into the Confederacy about a year igo, and had visited Petersburg on a flimiar errand, and that it was feared if his -i.in i. -i ? lame snouui necome Known in^c some 01 boso who bad formerly met bim in Peters>urg would coDjectnre the purpose for rhioh he. now oame. He said that the . erms of peace which they would "offer to he President' would be"honorable to the Confederacy, that they did not desire that he Confederacy should accept any other efms, but would be glad to have my prom3e, as they gave theirs, that their visit hould' be kept a profound secret if it failed o result in peace; that it would not be just hat either party should seek an advantage ' iy divulging the fact of their overture for leaoe, if unsuccessful. I assented to this equest, and then, rising, said : "Do I unlerstand you to state distinctly that you ome as messengers from Mr. Lincoln for he purpose of agreeing with the President, s to the proper mode of inaugurating a foraal negotiation for peach, charged by Mr.' jincolu with authority for stating his own iews 'and receiving those of President Dais?" - Both abswered in the affirmative, nd I then said that thefPresident would see hem at my office^ the same evening, at 9 i. m., that at least, I presumed he would,,. utrif he objected after hearing my report, hey should be informed. They were then ecommitted to the charge of Colonel Ould, pith the understanding that "they were to ie reconducted to my office at the appointed lour, unless otherwise directed. This'interview, conneotod with the report ireviously made by Col. Ould, left on my aind the deoided impression that Mr. Linoln was averse to sending formal commisioners to" open negotiations, Jest he might hereby be deemed to have recognized the udependence of the Confederacy, and that ie was anxious to learn whether the oondiions on which alone he would be Willing to ake such a step, would* be yielded by the mi U V* i o *11 nm Via h n rl /vuicuciaujr y uuau r*itu bum nun uo uau ilaced bis messengers in a condition to sat-, sfy us that ttey really came from him, , rithont committing himself to anything in he event of a disagreement, to such oondiions as he considered to be indispensable. )n informing the President, therefore, of ay conclusions, he determined thatnoquesion of form or etiquette should be an obtacle to his receiving, any' osertnres that_ . iromised, however remotely, to result >n tutting an end to the oarnage which marked he continuance of hostilities. The President came to my office at 9 o'lock in the evening, and Col. Ould came few moments later, with Messrs. Jaoquefe nd Gilmore. The President said to them -( hat he had .beard, from me, that they came* ( s messengers of peace from Mr. Lincoln; hat as such they were weloonje j that the Jopfederaoy had never concealed its desire , J iL.i I 1 i ? J or peace, auu luuc oa was reaay to near ?hatqver they had to offer on that subject. Mr. Gilmore then addressed the Presilent, and in a few mioutos had conveyed he information that* theso two gentlemen iad come to Richmond, impressed, with the den that this Government wonld?aoocpt a iqace on the basis of a reoonstraction of the Jnion, the abolition, of slavery, and the ;rant of an amnesty to the people of the States as repentant criminals. In order to opomplish the abolition of slavery, it was iroposed that there should be a general vote if all the people of both Federations, in aass, and the majority of the vote thus ta:en was to determine that, as well as all ther disputed questions. These were " irwas, in effect, ^'proposal - that the Confederate States Bhoald surrender at discretion, i admit that they had been wrong front the beginning of the contest, submit to thb meroy of their enemies, and avow themselves, to be in need of'pardon for crimes.^ , that extermination .was preferable to' such dishonor. , ^ ~ He stated $at if they were* themselves so unacquainted with the form of their own government as to make*such propositions, Mr. Lincoln ought to'have known when * giving* them his views that it was oat of the power of the .Confederate O.overnment to*. aot on the snbjeot of the domestic institutions of the several'Btates," eaah-State having exclusive jurisdiction on that ppint, Still less to commit; to commit the decision of rach. a-question to thowte of a.foreigu . peoplej that the separation of tfo States was an aooomplished fact) that he had no uurviiviiiy wj icuuivo prvpuattio.-IUI uc^uuation except by vi rt ue of bis office B8 President of an independent Confederacy, and on tbis basis alone mpst proposals be made to him. . . * At one period of the conversation, Sir. Giknord made use of some language refer- i ring to these States as^'rebela," while rendering an aooOnnt of Mr. Lincoln's views, and. apologized for the word. The President d&ired him to proceed, thafcno offence was taket^, and that hr wiBhnd Mr. Lincoln's language to be repeated to him as exactly aa possible. Some farther con versa- ; tion took plaoe, substantially to the same effect as the foregoing,: when the Presfdent , ro8evto indicate.'that the interview was at 1 an end. The two gentlemen-wero then recommitted! to the oharge. of-Colonel Onld, . and left Jfiobmond the next day. This aocoopt of the visit of Messrs. Gil- , more and Jacqness to Richmond has been . rendered necessary by publications made by < one oijJjoth/ of-.them sinoe. their return to , tha-United States, notwithstanding the-a- 1 greement that their visit WW to^be kept secret. .They have, perhaps, concluded that as the" promise of seo^eoy-was made at their { request, it was permissible to disregard it , We had no reason for' desiring to oonoeal < what occnrred, and htt?e,|heref6re, no com- j plaints to majta of the pnblioity given, to the fact of the visit The extreme inaconraoy of Mr. Gilipore's narrative will be apparent to yon from the foregoing statement. . Yon have no jlonbt geQD, in the Northern , papers, an account of another conference on , the aabjeot. of peace, which took place in , Canada,, at about the same date; between Messrs.-C. C. .Clay hod-J. P. Holoombe, Confederate citizens of the highest ^character and position, and Mr. Qoraee Greeley, of Nejpi. York,* acting with authority of President Lincoln. It is deemed -not im- , proper to inform yon that Messrs. Clay and Holcombe, although enjoying, in an eminent degree, the confidence and esteem of the President, were striotly accurate in their statement that they were without any authority from this Government to treat with ( that of the United States on tmy subjeot whatever. We had no kuowledge of their j conference with Mr. Greeley, nor of their . proposed visit to Washington, till we saw the newspaper publications. A significant confirmation of the truth of the statement ! of Messrs. Gilmore and, Jacquess, that they . came as' messengers, from Mr. Lincoln, is . to be found in the fact that the views of Mr. , Linpoln, as stated by them to the President, are in exact conformity with the .offensive paper addressed to **whom it may ootfcern" j which jras-Sent by Mr. Lincoln to Messrs. Clay aim Qoloombe by the hjaads of hie "] private secretary, Mr. Hay,-and which was- ; properly regarded-by these gentlemen fts an . intimation that Mr. Linooin wee unwilling that this ^ar should cease while in his pow- ( er to oontmae hostilities. ^ I am, very respectfally, j Your obedient seruant, J. P. BENJAMIN, , / Secretary of State. j Hon. James M. 'Mason, Commissioner to t the Continent, &o., &o., &o., Paris. , , v Signs of Peace. f lu disoossiDg the propitious signs or tne f day, - says the South Carolinian, it must i never be fofgotten that the disposition for peaoe which begins to be apparent at the { North, proceeds entirely from the faot'that ( the gfeat'camp'aign of which was to have finished the rebellion, has so far been | a complete failure. There is not a single c Yankee of them all who is desirous of put^ g ting an end to the war beoause htf is really j. persuaded of the justice of our cause, or j sincerelv willinc ?rtknoi#ledee the inde- . :v _0 __ J pendeooe of (he 'Confederate States. No ; the advocates of peace ia the United'States v are pergOBTWllo wimld yh??HyB?bjogfttB-iha- South if they could?who would pocket its spoils without a'single qualm of conscience; but having been bwten into a .conviction that, in spite of their twenty millions of J population?they are not strong enough to s do these things, they maiTe a virtue of their ( disappointment, and preaoh peace with the e enthusiasm of the peace society "itself. It li has taken us three years of hard fighting to b bring them to this conclusion, and even now b that conclusion is not so firmly fixed in their fi minds but that it may be upset *by one or b two material successes upon their part.? tl The capture of Richmond, the evaouation t! or fall of Atlanta, would convert them upon ui the spot into rabid partisans of the bloody bi polioy of Lincoln; and thereupon wonld go o up such a universal shriek for war from one h end of the North to ?he other, that the g Spund thereof would be like those outoriesi a of rage and woe, which in one vast hubuh, t< arose out of ft certain gulf in Dante's vis- tl ionary hell. This fact with regard to-the b utter untrustworthine8s of-the Federal peace a party, ought not to dishearten us. On the t< contrary, it ought rather to encourage, by ? the proof which it affords-of the argumen- b tatiyts force whipb lies in Confederate steel, li What we have to do is to continue plying p cur enemies with the same metalio logic' * whioh has hitherto proven so potent, until a the whole Yankee patloo, shall be compelled 1< to admit, without the ahadew of,a qoalifi* d v" ? vj * # ! . _ w?. 9* .:&&{* K <r ; cationr," the fatuity of their attempt to enslave up. On mo account, should we permit any promise of peace to draw oar attention away from the chain of practical reasoning which we are engaged in* constructing; every blow that we* infljft?is a step, it?. the demonstration of the theory he woold establish; and that |heory, it should be remembered, so far as our debate with the Yankees is concerned, is not so much our right to independence, which a Yankee might acknowledge and laugh at, bat the utter impossibility of oar .being subdued, whioh, when once completely proved, a Yankee could not laugh at by any means.? If, at'the end of the next two months, ho link shall be found wanting in thar chain, ae would J}** the case should Richmond or Atlanta be lost at .the last moment, and if to the repulse of the. armies. before those cities, we should add the impressive argument of another "irruption into the enemy's country .and the burning of a few Pennsylvania towns, onr life nggp it, that ^ie peace jterty will then be as large, and its aooeptance of onr proposition as complete and lasting, as we oould possibly desire it to be. s?' . ***** t Gten.-Forresfc?Western Affairs.We bqgin tft nnderstand the' late . earnDai en in North Mississiwi and West Ten nessee, and now propose to give a short review of:it. . c Four-or five week* ago, the Federal oom'mander at Meffiphis oolleeted all his available strength, andjnoved out of the city with 20,000 men.'Taking the Memphis itiddCharlestyn Railroad and-dirt roads parallel with it, he marohpd to. Lagrange, Tennessee, and doe east of Memphis, and from thenoe south to Holly Springs, where he massed his army. Gen. Eorrest with 6,QP0 cavalry was at Qkalona, bat when the enemy reached Holly Springs/-he moved to the r&llahafcohie river, 65 miles northwest and there commenced diapnting the advance of fbe enemy. What the designs of the enemy were we know not now, but it Was certainly something more?han going to. Holly Springs. We heard that ^.e intended going t# Aberdeen and Colambas and from thence to Mobile. Bat we rather hold to the opinion th%t his j$le objeotwas to destroy Gen. Forre^. v . Forrest fought them with.his skirmish line for several days on the Tallahatchie without any material advantage to either aide. < Becoming disguBtecLwith this mode of fighting, andjinding the Yankees slowly advancing and digging?making Gibraltar works every one hundred yards?hV determined to -end the campaign by a masterly movement. Leaving a brigade-trades Chalmers in front of the enemy, ho took his main force -and madeitne of the most extraordinary and brilliifht movements of the war. From his headquarters at Oxford to Memphis is a distance of G3. mills on the most direct road, and in a northwest direction?the enemy being'then a little east of north. Forrest therefore seized the interior line, and ran right into the city?the headquarters, the starting point, the rallying place, the depot of supplies, the rendezvous'of all the vile scam and offal of the Yankee people and-tbeir military leader. IJtWashburne, the General commanding, was asleep at tbe Gayoso Hotel when Forrest's men charged through the city. Not a man there supposed ^hat there was a rebel soldier in one hundred miles of the city.? [t was at bight .when this extraordinary surprise was made, and there does not appear to have been any great resistance. General Forrest-did not attaokJthe fortifications, but dashing in on other streets he l&nded in the beart of the city before Washbarae awoke f$m his slomber at the Gayoso.*The enemy's garrison was three times,his strength, and wi$ ?0,000 more men in North Mississippi who oonld out off bis retreat there was no nee in thinking of holding the city. He therefore out his way out bringing off a large number of prisoners and mmense booty. But why he did'not. lay ;be oity in ashes, is a mystery. It was nothing bnt a Yankee bonded watohhonse, tnd it wonld have been impossible to burn i single house in it, without destroying lomething either belonging to Lincoln or STankee interlopers. As soon as the Yankee army, whiob had hen orossed the Tallahatchie and advanced o Oxford, heard of the captnre of Mem)his, they set fire to that little town and iommenced a disorderly flight. Completely iutgener31ed, baffled and defeated by a oavJry officer with a handful of men, they a* tandoned the campaign and Went towards ' Memphis as fast as their legs oould carry hem. ; Forrest'is now reposing in oamp, having ron the campaign by the boldest movement iveFheard oftn this or any other war. We lever read of anything Kke this. The Peace'MresroN xo Richmond.? "aoques and Gilmore, the late peae'e misionaries to Richmond, were as silly as 1 3-reely and Colorado Jewett. They display- 1 d none of the diplomatic ability of Napoeon and the Chevalier Wikoff. They umbugged President Linooln badly enough at Jeff. Davis wound them around his ngers. _ Two sohool boys could have cut a etter figure in the presence of the chief ban Jacques and Gilmore did, judging by i tieir own story. Jeff. Davis beat them < pon every point, and Anally cornered them j e cruelly that they were very glad (a sneak i at of any farther discussion. According | j their own acooants, their ignorance is as i reat as their impudence. They, were not | uthorizedfto offer any terms, and had no ? jrms to offer. JaoqueB evidently set about j be business in order to get a furlough and 1 e relieved of working and fighting in our t rmy. Gilmore's objeot was to collect ma- f ;rial for a penny a lino article in a maga- j ino, and to seduce newspapers into puffing ( isetopicl book indireotly. Wejlu h6t be- j evBfcthat the slighteat reliance oan be \ laced upon the statement 01 me romance f 'hioh Jacques anchGttlmore have written j boat their visit. Their aooount will, doubt- ] iss, be immediately disclaimed and coqtia- < icted by Jeff. Cavis.-^Vew iwrh ijmrid. j > ... The Professions of Yankees. ; Oar Yankee enemies are certainly the \ most charming people I Althongh despised, and hfted, they have the art of deception in a-most surprising degree. The i whole world knows-ihem to be the greatest liars disgracing it; and yet, by some'unaccountable infatuation, whenever they wish i it, they worm themselves iqto the confidence 1 of those they intend to deoeiye. The Yankee thoroughly understands the higher as j i well as the lowest jmnpples of our nature, j Praotioing on the lowest?-he is always ready ,j to prof-eaStbe highest. When he wants i trading stations in,the South Sea Islands or i in Pliinn Kn i^aao . nnf lilrn rriliAi* nn/mla *? VM??Mi| Vfywu UVVJ ilHV ; VVUWft JJVV|/4WJ see^to pnrchnse or conquer them. Not he. ' He wants them not for himself, bat for the 1 good of the heathen. He is seeking the glory of God 5 whilst he obtains, by his missionaries," interpreters to. carry (fa his trade, and ^rings custom and customers into', His commercial net. So whei^he would subject the Southern States to his control ?be pttradesont'fa&i philanthropy. It is not his greed.for money, or love ofpower? bat bis dove for the negro*?bis disinterested regard for the rights of humanity, which fires his officious and incendiary intervention with the institntions of the Southern States; Europe stands aghast at his lies; and yet, with every battle, he deceives them.. They, think,, nipc.at last, we most suppose,, they for this time,- tell the truth. And even we, of the Confederate Ssates, who. for ei?hty years have witnessed their perfidy, and been the^viotims of their de?. t oeits and frauds?who since the war began, have .experienced their. otter destitution of j all truth or honor?eveu^ we, are the easy ] dupes of their falsehood and hypocrisy. It seems impossible for na to realize that, the' avowed, are ..never the real objects* they j seek to aooomplisfy. The emissaries of their Government profess t$ ^e seeking *. peace. The way to peaoe is so easy, if they really desire it, that failing to pursue it, it might be supposed impossible that they oan, . by professions j deceive anyone. Humanity and peaoe 1 These are the holy purposes J which actuate them iu Sfeeking Conference with others.** The real mbtive is to get a- ' vowals which may-defeat all effiJrts for peace, and roll on the bloody tide of war. If they propose a suspension of hostilities, it will ' not be to end,the war, but to unite their 1 people, and be the better prepared' to cafry 1 it 00^ So adroit and Unsornpulous are they in tbeir masterly-efficiency in lying,'that : we frankly, confess we fear all propositions 1 ?all adv|pces for a settlement of oqfcdifferences. We'^donbt if they ought to be < admitted to any conference for peace, whilst 1 they 4re in our country. They will Seek to ,} extort*terms, by the wrongful possession of portions of our territory. Get out of.our country first, and then we will listen to terms of accommodation. This, it appears 1 to us, should be the preliminary to any trea- 1 ty of peace; and the" reason is, tbat do re- 1 liance can be placed on their profession* or < faith.? Charleston Mercury. p. . An Appeal tar Gen. Lee. The following appeal to'absentees from the Army of Northern Virginia has been | published by Gen. Lee : . " *? Hd'rs. Army Northern Virginia,. ? August 10, 1864. General Orders No. 54. ' ^ All persons oonnected with this army ] who are absent without proper. authority, * are enjoibed to ' return to their respective commands without delay. 1 This order'is intended to embrace* those 1 who have remained Absent bejond the time * limited for their return/ oHtftfor the cause of their absence' has ceased. ' All suoh per- sons are admonished, tbat every day they * remain away from their posts adds to the 4 dangers and labors of their comrades, while * it increases their own responsibility to the ( laws they are violating. K r i The Commanding General deems it only * necessary to remind those who have erred J through thoughtlessness or negligence, of 1 the shame and disgrace they will bring up- * on: themselves and their families, if they a shrink from the manful discharge of duty, 0 in the hour of their country's need, and 11 leave their homes to be defended, and their 1 independence to be.secured, by the unaided ' Courage of others. ' To those whose absenoe has been pro- * longed until they have Jnodrred the guilt ? of deserters, he oan only say, that a prompt v and voluntary return to duty alonucan pal- 4 lmte their offence, and entitle them to ex- 8 pect any clemency. ' If arrested and brought back/ justice to- e the faithful and true, as well as the inter- tl ests and safety of the oountry, requires that g they shall suffer'the extreme penalty of the ? law. "R. E. LEE, General. tl - _ * ? ii General Hood has ordered every man ab- I sent from his army,to return immediately, o and prd&ises to use his influence to procure g forgiveness for' fhose absent without leave tl who return voluntarily. ? " v The Peace Rumors.?A telegram froih Washington, dated Angnst 25th, says: "It has been ascertained, upon undoubted b authority, that all idea of sending peace it mmmissioners, or attempting negotiations ft tor the suspension of hostilities, has been oi abandoned by the Administration. It is oi feared that any suoh action would be taken C is an indication of weakness'on the part-of It the Government, and would only tend to- u itill further strengthen the rebel authorities oi n their resistance, and would be rejected 1c jyjhem. Asa political movement, it is ja thought that-it would strengthen the oppo- ei lition, who would point to its rejection as p m evidence that no settlement of the diffi- .* mltiAa AAnM kft ko/1 nn/lar M*P T.1 nnnln'b "ftl jUlUOO UUU1U ug uuvt uuuy? ?- ? M?uvv*u fc*< ? ' Administration. At the same time there is u id doubt but that duly accredited oommis- g doners from the rebel authorities, or any propositions for an armistice from them; ta AAlri'nn fn O Dflff.lflmftnfc /\f OV1of(nrr fcC uuaiug KV V* UAIOViWg I snoee by a Convention of tbe States, would a ??reoeiyed and duly ooaHtUrtd." I An Appeal from the Poles to the .Con federates, j* quest oar exchanges to copy; the stdgdiaSj^jl^' appeal. We can voaoh for' the- hot that it is made by a delegation^ Poles of high standing and character, who arrived last week at this port; ami hare gone on to Rioh- w mood. 'That the appeal is genuine,-aiws ' that the credentials of the gentlei&as i?u? ing it are satisfactory,we feel ifollv anthd^ / ized to say. ' We trust that, aa a matte* of courtesy, as well as of humanity,the prj^,, of the Confederate States,wflhif#$gtip+ ml circulation. ,The language of the ap*. ~ peal bears the impress of a foreign: l<fto*h, ' b'dt that we* hare not thonghjT ii proper % ' .-"V-v alter. It i? the utterance"of a ^ and crushed people, and will net heeded hj those thcasolyea strnggfaft to./ their right and nationality/ -wilmington, n. C,,'Aag 26,7tt; .APPEAL . ? . ? - . * ._ _ ' ' mi?1- ? **vSi iff the Delegation of rol?$f-ut raonesftf4eei^ for atylum with the^ CorfederaQt1 States of Arpericaf to, thar feUoio cowp? trymen established therein. Brothers: Oar nation, ejected by violence unexampled in the annals of'the world, oat of the paternal bomea-vhioh t^e Almighty has allotted to her?driyen*by tfof rufhless invaders info the ioy deserts of Liberia, consequently 'to unavoidable destruction *pHP . seeds, in this ovet1l^ltnki9<wii^hQ^^ beg of the Ct^federate States oLAaaerjea, in the voice of injared mankind, for a friendly asylum to herself. . * The honorable States on Jsbioh Providence, in the diatribntion ^'heriipfimtb - V bounties h? lavished softfiany goods, hag bestowed so much land, assuredly wjll not, ? iojheir humane feelings^ rafbfifc a m?sel* of it to us, the only refuge no* left ** Oar desire Is to settle in Texas. Theai^jfc , are several thousand of us, to transfer whjjdF renftins of our mangled nationality, pinjjfc * +-* families not yet extinguished, onr religion, our bodies saved from'the clutches' of thd foe, our destinies in manldmd. % Our eudeaVbr most strenuous will be to 3onform in aH to the gfener&i legislation^ "*? ** :he Confederatiou,.bat in oar actual tniserable plight ire are met, for wiuitjQjf.meaQi wrenched from us by our Muscovite foo, by innumerable obstacles' to acconxnl^ onr first step of transportation. * * Fellow Countrymen: You who%ave*mii tled in this hospitable country la6g> before ife, when we are gasping this only saving plank left to us, aid as with e?<?Q^oas<fUpyour interest antlyour social ^ relates ? Gr uided by the brotherly l(rve,^rba^^Mw of yon would endeavor to dfWct our effiM^ . to fill oar hearts with solace, to teooJatnt to know the new land and the new skies, all of which would"be to as af At the present moment we invite you to jo-opferate with us, and to do all ihaf w&trld be requisite to be qetie. ^ Cooler,'therefore, with us in all what at first is J^beprovided for. Address to ?he" ^ / Pi 0. Richmond,-"?^ * -1? "?*C&r Baebakity.? A few days ago, the Yantee blockadere shelled with slaod of MasonbtnTOgtyln. the vicinity of (VilmiQgtOQ. This place' is used as a sumner resort by a few families of the abdiw nentioofid city,, and* although it hft beofef* 'or some time within refceh of tire ggrif;# he blockading fleet, yet, .as hitherto the Yankees did not 6eem disposed to molest hem, the families resident there had do? hought it Deoessary to remove to tolrn.? )o a sudden,-however, one of the blockslers, without any warning whatever, opext? id a heavy fire upon .the place* doing no artber damage, hhwever," so far as we have leard, than frightening in a most dhrffeasng manner a few innocent nonH00$bat*at3. leveral of the largest missiles fell immedir itely about a house which was occupied nly by two ladies, one of whom was. a J?ipfi% oother with two small ohildren. If became leoessary for them to fleefortfeeir safety, phich they did no& find until after an ex- lauating flight that ended, at a distance foif wo miles from their homes. A shell ex doded over the head of one of iheffij^H. ruile she was running, a fragmfnt sthking he ground not more than five Feet from the pot which she was passing at the moment. 8 The barbarity of this -proceeding of the aemy requires no cotnmen^v It. istrue, hat there were soldiers on the ialaDd, aainst [whom they mfght aQjage^betibeir re was directed; but the wide range of he shells showed that their object vrawto ojure everybody and everything they coufd. B Jy such deeds as this, the Federal naval 9 fficereltre winning'what th?yseem tore. 9 ard as glory, bat whet they will find in S he end to be a degree' of TDfiimy beneath 9 rbiob even a Tankee will sink with shame. . 9 -South Carolinian. ' " 9 Consolation.?A captain in tfee army aving half bis coat tail burnt off, by stand* ig in a raeditatiye position too neaf alpg re, bad to ou!tsil;its fai* proportions until sly about six inohes were left of what wm ooe bis coat tail* Having to ride through olquitt's brigade the other day, ho was salted with various remarks, suOh aa,'^I, 'lay, lister, rise in your stirrup^ yoin'i* sitting i your coat-tail." "Look there, gd fel- ! iw, What do you aak for that long tailed loket" Tho captain waa not at all pleas* i at these and similar remaafct upon his ereonai appearance, do* ruue mrm gueuoe, sm itb hie face flashed* and hi** eyre darting jgg Qgry glances. .Suddenly a soldier stepped |? i the middle of the road and respectfully gM iving the military 8alate, eahi: ffiS "I hope, Cajftum, you won't mind the SB ilk of there heredwya X'fe tfied jBy best 8B atop 'em, bat it's do use. Every time . I G-d d-+ /ooipftm, iff m iMr at Mm." ' H : %(* i - 9| I