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y- ?- ,- \ / : " : - . &?n. Wr; .... uiiftun Wfekwiir * r fe\ :&BiCBAJXET, Wvu ?K_. >' X&U>f4aA Vropylajpr*. , j> rP PctA.MTO In Mvmw. '^SRb,sSi^fStfsx: -on M hn, ?rt? Mtt')hr^??oA?n? ?MNl Idbatubm, and c&TV9E?Ssi?*?&?. * %M|INS Mfcatbationa 7>r ?nao?iiona?nti D)r -ifbi?dtfw> ereelwlgid (ir thp mm M.^HV^rtlaa,1V* A(^r?Hi(nuriU Mil ip-WlUtOgt tj>* mimWr r toi?t{i??a pccifltrf. will'bo pnbtlalrikl until >c-W Mint oet and eh nrga<l for acor&ttjdy. ' ft&~Vn*o*v tiring tit diaUuco uii?y ontnJ bow ranch their lll'i will luuaot to, by -n n^otlng ?f*en word# to tlio lino. ?\ "v g~ ?"*/, HUoddr Uw Violet* honffanno cold, ker ftfoe I* w^ltc; . m?r? Wipdhmo ?Ma?--and gb ; j 'per ?y<* ?r? almt to lift ntid JigUt; Tola tho white veebtiro. nwv on prow, wrs Add Uy lior where tb? vlolola blow. >4 /I >? ;_. A ' Dot not bopniith V ,nA* To rtfhd br tton with kUm, er?o ; ' .4 A a]r?d?r orofcA.?f wood It ,rUut Bhnll ahy, th<? nftiMMt llf? . ,, , j" p?a? 1>?n??{fc the peeeeuiT jktbe. * And gray old trttd, arWi kfefteat llroh, * ' ! *T* ..felial iwh4?l-,tf>y f circling shadows round, 1 "To make tho *X>r?hing auuTlght ditn, / ' ' -f f:: TlUt drink* tkc gresniiMa^yjtn tin cr round? * Ami drop their dead IraveMon her 'hunt. mound. *"> tjT -UflTv _ - . * , ' - ' -*P" ' *' ' h -? Vhen'o ar their bongha the eqmrroU mn, I.ir ??An.t through tlnlr Irnvrq,the robblua call,' And, ripening in tli * a ufgrnn no, l it# u The aoortta and thar.ehotnitf* fhll,^ . . Doubt hoi that ah* WilHiead tbera >ffc ; t -W-- , ! - ? * ' : For her fhe^mornln* choir ehall oiog flt Ha maliui frOm tlie branch** high, Ar<l every tniui?ttwlv?oiei? of ?piiiig, .That trills Wninth an April sky, ? ' Shall gV?e\ nef ythh It* earlicat cry, ' * *Tl'lten, turning round their dlel-traek, ' ' 4 Kaetwnrd the lengthening shadow* raw, IJor little tnttiriierp, chxl iu black ' The rrick?t?>e*li(ilng through the graas, . bliall pipo for her ag ev. uSng muad. At la*t the roaflat* of the Mjff* Shall find the prison whore aha Ilea, ; ? And bear t ha "buried jflnet they aOlaa In lenvea^td bloaeoni* to U>? rkien-? So may thaaauk t^at warmed it r'wa! * If any, bora of hlaAler lu Should ark. What udfld*|t Mea below> flay only thie: A ~ II That trffd to blaaaMa Ml the allow, to.. -fcLiee wltharad where J&t.violoU blow. . flL +J0LI Ul I ) ' IJ 'ULj.lI li t . Oar Aflklr* la British Sqose of Comf" < ^aom.. / Tit? nttiliMnh tjnod* hf Ifr.jp^lnirk, ^n (lie lli iii-li t>f < .VnntiMt^, n l.i ? tivc lo cj>nvefH?lio*l wflb th* Emperor of the Freiidlt, open the jhject of re-" p? . ccpnumn, ? vmcinmtea. to ex cue uif profoundeei interest. tlw people of ' ? iho Confederate JHdtae^ it b appar jfl. ^ int, bitVe 0<^t been wrong >0 nUributing 5>f 10 the PtWAcfc BmpMwr dispositions the ytfoft and -* KeH RusvrTl and I' **'thenntisITvabfott depositions, the most * ItoetOh, bm?l| their eneeer-"t?t fWC J t thb,latter have bentr our great enemies and none tl^wieae so that Utehrhostility / . lias "been of'a negadte eharaeTer, in*. A- MedA of l>eblgppon Hid boldly expreeaied. .'fife statement of the Smperor of I> the fcVeoeh. that b<y **i ono oeenaioaf scnttUe Hrithh Cabinet A proportion [ to reeogltlxe the Conft-doiate Stales, I L and -that, .the paper,'e(j?r baring been stalk) Lord Lyons, was, by tbsl fnnw rti<ni ?w4iongr?bly banded oset r to Seesetanf Sewmd, cannot le doyb'.ce. He oonld hues no itWOoemept to hank* a fabo ^pon the 'Ufthjaot es b dfcf propo^ltnri-for a mediation, wlficl^ it if-erHl kiwwen^Hne mfde ptftffe bjr y ibejvewspnnora, rtfid Joes rot touch on tie piopodilon for rep/gnttion, >hf?b was eltogcUter. a dtfieeent Adair, exeept ..to tltsRy ffltrty thai k wee erer Made.-** . The Emperor oC&e Frefldfr'xxxfU not ' psweiUy have oehfooixbd the.two, and ' Mr it is now eMMiss of vereeit j be fc* tefofO'Wtn and Wmbpjk.we eboqee tq, - in tho ?coml ploot,aaaAt to*-tM*4x>it*d tbo MM to Lord RuMeM/ond'th* Utter U mE**** * fro? hi^oplfttoa?. Z Book*hmm(uato kApMMd ia (boBr*i*C?b^^e?d*rt*?otwmW two mMn. WD?o-ttro iq# ' If wortVy df t>eti?C ettd ^ue of the*. pMitivol* stotor (ImL bo did MOMUio B(M4> k ootkM to^tU, ootwitb; . atooApg uny dopkl of tb? other, oto, ' of eaSko, ton not know erervtbing itot tboWk ^wrbove done. Kp coo* eon H. .! *?v 'i. .' \ "" 1 ? '.*? - > ', ?.? .- . *iX ' -*-* :.: A.RE \l.^-f^4iwAbLfe' ' " -' ' "* .i, i'".? ; i . / considered and treated *" ft. KWotlemjn. I. The instinct* of thft Confederate -people have long note placed lh?M parties in the position which this stateirte.it of Ihft Fret^Sb Bmpevor ifhow* that they occupy.England hat claimed to be neutral in this contest. If that be neutrality wbieb, without actual violcaoe, ,| consists in doing all the Injury possible to one party and fpvorinf tha other la the full intent of everything short of , actually taking up arms in ite favor, ( 1 then England nee bean entirely neutral. We at* not sure that she could have done us much more injury by an actual declaration of wftr. On the other l}and, our people bevo resolutely stuck to their faith la-the Emperor,, and (hey , now find that itrey were not deceived. , It is the interest of England ? at least, , so think Lord Uuwell and the Cabinet i ?tlmWihi* struggle should continue to < the exhaustion of boils sides. Seas of , hlouj must (low sn the meantime ; bat what of that! What is the Wood of , half a million of fellow-creatures when , the-interest of England is involved", and , that interest ia reckoned in pounds, , shillings and pence t On the other t hand, the poople hare always had an , abiding confidence -that the Emperor , wu,V their friend, and they have not ( bees deceived, fleaey as havo been ( tljo charges agaiust .him, ambitious as , he is. said to be, and prona to wnr, he hns shown far more humanity than the | pacific llusscll, whose peace orinciplca | extend only to (lie point of keeping his , own carcass out of danger. That safe, , and the English nation trading upon j our blood mid making a profit' of our | misfortune*, he ia perfect It content.? ile Is unwilling to see the "war stopped \ because it \s profitable to England, ami, , therefore lie exerts himself everywhere t ttr^?r?vent olher Stales from rccognix- ( lag \w.?Jiichmomi J>UpatCh. J From If orris Island?The Bombard- i . ment Renewed?Exchange oi Woun- i ded Prisoners? Accounts from the Enemy's Line*. . The enemy's inaction on Thursday was succeeded by wnim work yesteulay tnorniug. M ten minute* after 5 o'clock a cannonade far heavier limn any that haa been bean) since Saturday last, was opened from the enemy's fleet and Mosri* Island batteries, against Battery Wagner. The fleet. consisting of 1 the frigate Ironsides, fire hlomfqrs and nineteen other vessels, chiefly g tin boats and mortar boats, steamed iiuido the bar. The ironclads approached within about 1209 yards of oar battery, Bosidoa thosis 'twenty-flre vessels, there were duringyfo day, some tea or twelve" ?nil outside tho bar. x ' * The .boiulwrdmerit, while it Wlcd, entailed in severity any which the defenders of Rattory Wngncr have thus far 40 gallcntly sustained. Between 0 ' %nn 7 o'clock tho reports aver*ge<h hilly twenty per mirvuta, and, as the conflict proceeded, the harbor mitts, dissipated bv (he rising sun, were succeeded by heavy clouds of white smoke which went drifting from the. scene of hat lie along the eastern Minn. The return fire of Battery Wagner was sufficiently regular to show that thn iron storm had r.ot unnerved the arm* tior dismayed the hearts of the resolute men who form the garrison. Tho bombardment cotv jinued with- undiminished vigor until atrflnt 9 o'clock*; wten n truce wliish had been previously arranged, with a view to the exchange of wounded prisoners, enured n rtnapenrion of further ' hostilities. Our Ipsa during the terrible shelling t/> which our men bed beee ! tiGtyected for four hourt wis two Wiled j and eight wonndod. j A bent 0 o'clock tho atemnar Alice, , (Caff. K?Rn, left her wharf, baring on %onsd 105 wounded Yankee prisoner*. She proceeded to position off (vum wnkig e Point, ender flag of truce, and , wee there mot h? the Yankee side wheel atOamat Ovmopolitan, which received- , tffe prisoner* from tfto Alice. Two of them wn aro informal, tJHod on hoard] the Alice. 'The Oosroopohtun placed on the AJicoopme 40 of for own wounded who wore brought to the dltj. Our returned prisoners bring the grit * li ify'ing Intel Ugeoee that Copt. Mnoketh and Lieut Clmpbett, through in the en 1 *tnjr'? handa, are Mwt. _ The former 1 waa stuiroOd, though not 4truck, by one ' of Jtke eoMsjV sheila. . The Yeokaao' hmM aatimate of their , 1om in th? fttat aasaul* upon IWttery. Wngnor ia 1.000 killed, wounded and r, lotMiny. HO far they nay Ihey havo lo*t J about 2,800 men by their operation* otv , Knftir Inland. Gen.Seymour wan pain- k, fully wounded la tKe bot, pod '*<*? Strong, dangarounly t* both hips. 1k>ll> ( General* have gone North for (rants , . ? - * . j . Doefag fOyrer^MV afternoon ?' atom , fine *m ktpt^up by the eoeoty upon r, Battery War?21 The Tanbea , boau ia Uule fttHf ii?p ?tre .alao , eWftlng Jawja proankeeoimly. ?w^w ntfT?' on*MornTkUml.' ' , "*''* ?b/A- ; * s. # "* "* 11 # ^ Wf* f .gp"? M # ? '''' -it ft r . >. - *v fki y*~f "* * v ? ? .^ , t i. ^ a i >'^ %??? '.*Z ?' ;# ft +r9+?a ] IFLEX; o ' ;' | > . I i" H..iti|MUii. ihts of tit* South, ;uul fi ! ',' 'a. i : :._-r.1,' . : 'at-.'t.ti ,.-tt GREEKVlLLfi SOUTH X Affairs on thd IslandMost of the firing hoaol for th? last two days has boon from our. now bgttery on James Island, Batteries Grfgg and Wagner on Morris Island, and Port Sumter.- Very ripid ami-heavy' firing was bsard about half past eleven j Saturday night and three o'clock Bun-* day morning. Our James Island battery has fired steadily, throwing shells ana solid shot among the enemy engaged iu digging and erecting a hew battery about, itis said,000 ySrds from Batlerv Wagner. Our firing, particularly from the James Hand battery, kept the workmen eDgnged.at this new fortification constantly employed in dodging and running away from the diells, <kc. The Only responso elicited from'the enemy has been a few shots from their Isnd battery thin sitlo of Craig Ilill. The guuboaU have been rery quiet. 'A, small schooner was seen lying ilongsido of the Ironsidos yesterday, mpposed to be giving tho latter a fresh inpply of aramunitieft. The Monitors vmafn inactive. An additional \lonior-arrived on Saturday, making six I jsfir ? - i ?*-' ivw nvrv. oeverat nuiiiiuuiai bl&clckler* and trnnrports also. arrived, some ?f the latter filled with troops. From >b*ervations made, vJ is believed that he enemy Innded abb lit two thousand Pope troops Sunday, at Little Fully In et. They are also supposed to hnv^ anded a number of guns and horses, as hey had their slings employed tlie renter portion of the day, during the ending of the troops, and were evtdenty engaged at some vary heavy woik. Three of the vessel* added to the dockadiqg squadron have the appear^ ince of prize steamers capturari from his port?tha- Memphis, Aiies and Cherokee. They are all painted lead ador. The general opinion scents tp ho that we shall probably have our hardest trial KUiRtime thi* week. . [Charletton Qourier, 27. Interesting from Europe. HfciiMOVD, July 20. In the Ilou-e of Commons on -the [Oth, Sir J. Ferguson urged the considering of a change of character of tlie \merican war. It would he impolitic o resume the sul ject of recognition of he South, and moved and adjournment. Lord Pal merst on . seconded tint motion n order to add hia request to Mr. Rn?. mck to drop the debate which for donday. Event* of the utmosidiunor ance are taking place in America wniclr will show thai it would not he desirable o resume the discussion. lie submited also that the interview between two pembers of the IIousu and a fotcign sovereign was matter scarcely fit for a lubjeel of debate in tho lir.Use, and might tend to prevent the Emperor of iiio rrencn m miuio i?om giving a ?>nrte<??m recaption tor Englishmen of - Mr. Lindsay complained of attacks upon'his vetneity in the ministerial or. fan, and declared that alt Mr. Roebuck dated rcspeoting the interview was J* ' Mr. Ctrnnmgliam .was prhpnred to iliow that the sympathies of the milking classes Wefchll io favor of tho North- i ?n States struggling against the rebcliona slave powor. Mr. Oregoiie believed if Mr. Roebuck persisted with his motion, it would be rejected Ky tfhirge majority, which \clion might be construed into oppusiion to the independence of lie Con fed jrecy, whereat the fact was, a vast number of the members were of Southern bear! and soul, but they did not wish, in the ffcee of events not* pending, to pronounce a premature decision. Mr. Porster expreseod a hope that the debate would go on, and that England would no longer display tho amouut of cowardice in the matter which sh<almd luthorto done whenever the American question rose. . '? ? * Mr. Roebuck said he would reserve his answer, and the inotiou for adjournment was withdrawn. TB*. V*C? PsniDKT't MlS8TON. bur renders know that the object of this mission to Washington was to confer whh that government relative to nine abatement of tbe horrors of this war i and that it hat failure, bet?t?e Mr. Linneta'a administration would notfaeeive any message oft the' rohj**. ? oof.-eipondenco will be published Ml' Europe and at the North, and wilt hot hurt oor oause'. It it aocfi thing* an thete which strengthen our ?OBfu)?nc? In the future of "this country. Ha(U?% lost or won?okioa lakan on do ! fended aocceasfulty, waljMi It ia true, but Ibeae moral feature* or ihe oasopre rreater aod cloarar and mere certain i signs of out final and cot distant *ui> < mm. Lot our anetnf multiply Ida oot*. regno. Lot them put the. Almighty mora and mora againat thatn by oratelty and iajuatioo. Suorf thing* bat foot e> Ebat roault which wo detfra and expert. [^SouiAern PrttbyUridn*' .-Ik*' * i Sown of tbo refugees from Viofcsburg itpfe, that nf;er (lie Abolitionist* entered VLcfcsWg, they fbrmoti^a regiment ol )*tffoea,_gnre tlerit afmir to slay theirManors, and tocompiote the programme, !ort>6ns in the shltpe of wWtte tuon led lienvon to deodnbf death. ] MW ^--* ..? E V "W- - > i'W.I ""f III ' 0. '>,1 1 , ' i i ii ? w i*oipxji fltc gifl^tsion of tljuf, '*' _ S in _Ji ii j i ,. /*SL. V* ' na^jr ^fluxijtni qMiitrptiBt. Out Motto?4' JOqu?) Bight* to All." . * ' . Oft?KNVtLLE, a c., Thurfd&y Morning, July 30, 18G3. Tu* CoxsciurTlOX.?Tho Columbus Timet makes tho following stimafc of the fopes* that will be added to the army bv theTYes Ideal's lute call for men between th? nges of 40 and 45. The estimato is based upor dnfa afforded by the census of "1850, arid in ot course, only approximate: Alabama will fviruish.. .-.10,80? Aiknnans will furnish ,.'...6.001 Floiida will furnish.* 1,2im Oeorgbl wiM furnish Louisiana will furnish.. 8,0011 | Mississippi will furnish.....; [ North Carolina will furnish H.odn South Carolina will furnish a.Aoo Teiuictfee will furnish .6,000 Texas will furnish 5,000 Virginia will furnish.... I... IS.OoO Making a tot^l of. 04,5514 TOR THE SOCfilKRN fyTERPJlTSB. ORtticwYit.t.r, S. C? July 28. 1BG3. f" Messrs. Editors?Tho enclosed Jfcttcr, if yon think it of sufficient hnpor* tnnce, may bo ptjbli-hed for the information of the f ublic. V ory JtespoctfpHy, JOHN P.'ASIIMOKE. Otfior of Commit row sr. ,or T.ixr.a, ) ? Kicmmo.np, July lb', tSGo. f IIox.J. D Asiimork, (JukkWi'llk. S. C.: Sir? In reply to your.letter of.tho 30th ultimo, nddr?M?d to the Secretary tho Treasury, I h.nVo to abate, if all interosl due upon any Confeth rato lfond has been p:iid tip t", and inclndin;* the f 1*1 of July, 180R, lite I'-.tnl will not be I taxed as a cudit under Sec. I- of the | Tax Act"; btit a'l tho interest derived frurh suc!i I? >n<l during the Vertr, will be taxed as income tinder five. 8. <>( tiio Tux Act. The ot joet of the law in to tax the credit as capital under Poo. 1., if the iu'er.-st h;is not boon paid ; but i( it has been paid-, thVn to exempt tho credit and tax the interest under Sec- ft. Very respectfully, your ohodinnt e?v.nnt. TltOMPSOX ALWIV, Couuitifuicnor of Faxes. Noktit Ai.ao.smaw?The ' movement* in this section arc exciting no Vllle feeling. Manv express foars as to the re?nlt "f aft advance to K one, or even as far as Atlanta, by tho enemy ; l ot it soems to'us the provision alryadv made to prevent suelt ? move, with tho ?-|?wa proximity of General Hragg's arm v. and the facilities be enjoys to tiansporttronos Go a convenient point at a moment's notice, renders this section coinpara'ivuly safo from a mere raiding force. \Y( believe the onenvv i? aware of the <st.v? of tiling, and if hef't rouble* N.nthw.s Jem Georgia to any vety greet extent, it will bo <ion<t by a large f?v<v, fir tlt?> purpose of thanking anJ compelling the abandonment of tha position on the Tai/noscec. Iiopo't* reached the ci'-v hist cveninp. from reliable source*, (lint m-iiih skirmiahinghnd taken place between the*ei> Piny'e advance of Whilesburg, and cur | forces, which resulted in tL? capture oi a .few Federal prisoners, are! Uio ror 1 mnimler falling hack upon the main body.* . Tire movenjonta of the Federals in Alabama may tend jn a'notherar <1 rec* j lion, eqnally n-vimportaiit n* if mucin in thi* direction.. Are Uio ati'thotitioa p*eparqd to intercept *? rmdon Talladega, Columbhtna dPoUm* } . . . .- C.*" {Jfcwphix \Ajyj>?<il. TftK AhMY or flfofcTIIKRN VIROtN'IA. Rumor, witu some air of probability about yeMerdfcyt kvy?tc<J the dteadquar* tera of General Leo in the vicinity of Gorcjonaville, with the. different corps wish in communicating and supporting distance. .Portion* of Meade'a army, cavalry and iufantry, without pressing closely, were, by the same reports, lo<i CJitr-ii, al Sperryville, Jiappahunnpek County, stretching to OntrcviHo and 'other pointa eastward. Their presence in aome fore? in Jvappitiinuhock is sustained by the fact Armt a numbor of prisoner captured at Flint Ililf roach"] WW y*t?r il*f. Beyond this, nothing of the" status -of the two Annies was known here yesterday, outaido of oflicial crrcloa.'. [likhmotui J&mt4yur} 26th. . , j ?? 'bib iwctnkmror tub F/.au at tuttbrt Wacwiw.?The flog Was abut down, and a battle Qag was plaocd on "the raprprtVU by 'a staff Oflieor, it is be* I tawed* Major Hamtay, Lieut. W. B , Iletd^idt, Scrgtr Flynn, of Capt. Lord's company, and Sergt dhelton.of Capt. Aiyan'a Company* lashed two pieces of IxLird together and iuajo n mast of it, faafertqd to the garrison iflug, which had been aiioi dowji, aed raised it on (fie rftmparts. Snbaeqnentl^ the battle flag wda ahot down, and was replaced by private Gilliland, M Cnpt. llopkina' | company.? Ohnrlv*too Mercury. !v . V . " t J. J.I - UL -JL-JLI-I mBr j^H J ) ^ ir^ # . ^ : J ,v -* *.*', - ^A-Ti EVE ~i' 5- j'.'.iiiuigyy ill |;noml$(tjg? anratuj a' RNtNrt. JITl.V lift tiifl* * 1 UVC/I HoW the Yankees Revenue' Sumter. '' T'ho Old. Guard is a spirited Monthly issuer! in Now York in W'hnlf of the trrfc and orrjmiftl printfples of the Artierlenh" CmatiRtion. , The Invest issue contains several aldo papers, aiflong them, "-now to Treat'UnconBtittuioml Acts of Congress;" "The Administra, tion as a Cold Gamhler" Seward on i Federal Usurpations and Despotism .? " Strength of Armies tire. In the nr, tic'o on " How to Treat Unconstitulion( al Acts <^^ongrn?s," it counsels mt?fance. I^aeclarcs -that " when a free pcopto submit to repressive acts, passer! ( in violation of their Constitution fpr a , single day, ?hey have thrown down the i palladium ' f their lilicrty ; submit to despotism for an hour, and you ccnccrlo 1 j the principle," ' J The " CM (ritard " is full of the true jsntrit of "70. It 'hesitate* not to toll I the t iovornnient and the people what j the war has done for the North, as the j following article, copied from if, shows : now *.rr. auk ithvityeiso svmtkr. The follow in^'ate'the reported casUr?Itics<,f this v.ar from Its b< ginning to January Ut, lf!63 : Kedrrats Ml!?-d. 13.^*71 1-Vili ra's AYmifcdi d *. "07?O2'J l-Vdrsnl# died of ilis>- .">? u?id wonndn 2SO.O')0 P.d.rr dj nindo prisoners. f>t>,21fl ' lota! \ .s 109,517-1 Car f. doiNtvs killed ........ 20JEHU , Cetifedi'fntes woondrd .V.'.Ul 1 Coiifnth-rnls's" died from dieea'se ihhI. tr??nn 7s tSO.0?y Confederates nude pr iron- r.-v....... 22,101 Total. ? 222.071 They havo killed twenty two thouj sand right hundred and seventy four i nmr^ rf our men than wo have ol Uliirs, I .They l.avo'wounded. not mortally thirty nine thousand fair hnndved and 1 fourteen more of our men than wo have ' of theirs. i One hundred and f fty thousand more I of our men have dh d <it disease ntnj .) wound*-than of tlmirs. Thoj* have made pviwnicts of finty sit th7 hsanffl jnore of our men than we liav< of theirs. vhi ?'mhi (timcihius are iivn niimiror, ami thirtv-*ever? thousand two hundred rvt-il ninety seven miiro limn tln-lis ? that is our easiwtHiws hare l?t>en fourteen thousand ninro titan as much again a* tl.oir*. I Tlii* is the war. wo hum " revenger If'e firmer on Korl Suniterv" Hut fhi? is-hot all/ Wo have spent almost ttco t/<o'isaint lai'i/iwg more o money than tliev h?,vo spent. We have i:m<io ttvo hundred thouswl of ??ur-women widow. \V? 11avo ainJu one million of ch'rh ilfoiv fatliorl-ss,. W c havo destroyed the CuO^Ututior | of our CQtu.trv^ ' Wo hntje hntu^ht-tiie f.rocioin* rav I i'ST of var Into every corner of soci , il'tv- . . | " 0 have ucrtu.r:\ii/(\l our pulpits. s< litrtt our vorv teligiow io a sonrvw of im morality nii*l Mo- J. Instead ?>f I icrvnnt* of Cluist our rrnistrn n'e servants of Satan. . | 'i iiy land is fuil t?f contractors, thiover provost marshals, and h thousand otbe toola of illegal and despotic- power, a Bfcypt was of vermin in the d.yya of thi Thnrtmfcs. \\ ? are rapidtv degenerating in evo rvthiiig that exalts n nidaik - % Our civilization i> pifhhi; Wo-are s\\ ift'y d:if. inj? into ir.fcvita b'.e civil war here in the North. . We are turning our homes into char tiid house*. ' There i? a corpse in every family. The angr.Tof death si's in every door The detil bn? removed from Tartaru.' '< to Wmtiiiiigton. Wo pretend ilint we are punishim: I!io rebel*, lmt tftny ar? punish org ns. . Wc protend thnfc wo ar<- restoring lh( Union', lmt \*e aro destroying it. Wo protend that wc are enforcing lh< law*, but wo arc only c:\lcninjjjf nogroee Thai is tho n ay wo ara-" revenging , Sumter." i Soiling our sot;]s to tho devil and fak ' . i'?g Lincoln & Ou's promite 'n poy ? Wo have it in greouback?and blood, TTiM is tho way we aro " rcv<*nginr Sumter." QH>Kr.KaroK, Jnl v 2">. There was regular firing from For ? Sum tor and Battery Wagner at th< Yankees'on Morris Bland all Inst nighl and continued today?Fort Sumter .Comming's Point Shell Battery and, r i battery oB.J*me?i Island participating Battery Wagner not firing to-day. Tin Yankees occasionally respond from theii baituj ios on Morris bland and thomoti itoi>. The Ironsides fc lying ouUidq and took no part ?n the engagement to-day." Tile filing was'direcied on tht .. , 1 . *, ... , m. . lanuoeson Mori w uiami. *noy liaw no lotteries thero, arid are strengthen iug lk?ir position. No casual tic* report ,e<l to-dfy*. Ono monitor arrived to ..day, making in all "six. A Raid' in Florida.? Extract of i letter 4&ted Greenock. uear St. Mark* Florida,!nly 2Q, 18G.1; Th^'Tankeos mado a raid qn tlinsal works on last Thursday, carrying of 10 or 1/5 negroes, killing ?H tho stock burning^fixUires, houses, drc.? Tho/nl a entiled cfT several whito men. A1 i* quiet rrtoti<r the const now. t * . % % ' , V + ': : ^ 23NTT8. It (glasses- cf twlor^mg IWk sea in tho English papers that the distinguished gentlemen who fiend tho movement for expressing in a suitafile form the admiration in that country for the memory of 44 StonewMl " Jackson, have nearly completed their plane. A statue^n marble, of heroic sine, seven . feet in height, by Foley, in to bo pro> seated to the nr.tivo Stato of Jackron, Virginia, to be placed in the Capitol at Richmond. The statue will rest on a pedestal of granite designed by the same artist, and on ono side it is proposed^to inscribe that this is a testimony of England's admiration for a trflly noldo char acter, on the other sido Gen. Loo's order i of the day,- informing the arrrtv of its sad loss. Tt i< estimated that the statue, without tho pedestal, will cost Cl.OOO, .the pedestal and incidental expenses about 600 more; in all, ?1,500. The ruin is to be raised bv subscriptions.? The coromitto which bns this matter it L hand comista at present of the. following names: Sir James Fergusson, M. P., Kir A. Bcrestord Hope, Sir Edward Kerrison, M. P., Mr. Gregory, M. P. i Sir Colitis Lindsay, M. 1'., Mr. G. E Seymour, Mr.'J. Spencc, and Mr. G . Pc acock c, M. P, Tun pKsfALK. TJhn.-ry? "*?.?"B'cut Buford,* the fi malo Lieutenant froni the South, arrested in this city and sent to Castle Thunder, has been rolea ,-d bj 1 Gen. Winder. 1'he charge of hcing ! \?nk.*e spy v ?.? neVer alleged agains i her, and ?ho is indignant that such > > tiling was ever insinuated. She per : sists in spoiling her military costume and it was this (hat got. lier in troubh with itin *?u. . 4 11^. I real name is*Mrr. S. T..William*, and I" b?r husband is a 1st Lieutenant in com pnny E, 13th Connecticut regiment, un . der Hank*, in Louisiana, ller father ii I Maj. J. 13. Roche, of Mississippi, bntdi< ! was born in the VVeet"ttjdies. Ilei jx.-.plo wro wealthy, and her annua * income b?'f tre the war was $20,000 i most of which she spent in "citing m'edicine* for the Confederate Government ; | Ller penchant was to follow the army ii p a piivato ambulance with medicines ! bondages "n l servant, ami apply borsel ' j to the reli< f of the wounded, though >>1h I | has been.known to lend a helping barn ! with the musket at several battles it 1 which she participated. ? 1 [Ric}unp)ul Examiner. 1 ^oihjan- at MfNFonnsviu.7.?\Y< were calle iupon, yesterday, by Mr. \V t | II. llariinon, a member of Clastlcman'! f company, in Duke's Uegiment. of Mor I gan'a command, who ha* just conn j through from Sparta, Tenn., by way o Il'ikevilJe. Mr. II. informs us that i member of 1 Ireckenridgo's Regiment, o MoiganV command, came into. Spartf just beforo ho left fpr this place, direci \ from Mnnfordsville, Kv., whore he left - i.is command. Morgan had a fight a | Munw?rdfville, on the 3th, in which hi killed and wounded about 400, am j captured 3.000 of the enemy, and thei burnt Green River Hridgo. Morgan' loss wa? about 140. It was the inten , , lion of Gctt. Morgan to cross the Ohio j *:; ! the) command was hroring In Ufa i, direction when tho soldier left. Mr. II r considers the information in every wai a reliable.? C/iuttunonga IRbch o ? i ?i Cn ^hlfston, July 27. All (juiet this morning, There wa occasional filing jeslerday and las night on the enemy's works on Aforrk I l-land. The pncmy are creeling a new | battery about six hundred yards frorr . Battery Wagner; the workmen aro an rroyed by our guns on James Island.? I The gunboats and monitors have beer . comparatively quiet for the last two -days ; supposed to be tnkin/r in ammunition all day yesterday. Several adr ditional "Wbckaders and transport* ar rived yesterday?sorno with troops.? ; The enemy are supposed to bo landing more troops at Little Follv Intel, prob j ably fo&Wn Attack some time this week . A French war steamer stopper! ofF th< r bar yesterday., Tlio Rteanier Constant' -from Nassau, has arrived at Wiluiing ion. (^Crlesto*. Ju'.y 27.. All is quiet to-night. Tho wrtithfti r is boV and su'try. From Northkun* Viugisia.?The Richmond Dispatch of tiro 23d savs : t There (Vsnu now to bo a general con i etirrenco in tho opinion that tho Yan t koos havo crossed tho Rotonvac on both , sides of tho Flue Jvidge !ii con?ideral>U i force. A gentleman who left Charles ; i town on Saturday say* a heauy forcoo j thaenemy was near that pointjhavin^ r crossed at Harper's Ferry Au^flPhep herdstown. Tho main body of Mead1. . army, however, are mulOrstood to havo t crossed at Berlin and Loesburer. and aro 5 operating on the eastern side of the f mountain, with a vigw, doubtfes?, ol throwing their columus between our army and Richmond. . I'KNfrACOLA.?-We learn that th< place is perfectly deserted and left ir n an almost desolate condition, tho gran , and weed* growing all over the place 1 and but four or five families living tffofc ' ft is considered as neutral ground bj rboth tho enomv*a and qur troops, thoif , i being a wliito flag nailed up in tho place I Oar men frequently go over in litth I | sail boats to gather figs that grow ix I rich abundance there. v %: ' w %' ' ' * ? * . <r ^ ^ NUMBER . # * The Path of Right " Mr. Wiudhaiu,? said Madame Wharton, " I take you to be one of the few wlio will never, from selfish considorations, deviate from tKe path of right. Intervale of vteakneeH?periods when tbo mists and fumes of'error blioJ the" , eyes and mislead the stops?I can grant V you these. They are butrtokena ?f that " mortnlity which God, for bis own purposes, has made frail and feeble, and i bat sent adrift like a ship at sea,>fo meet i tbo wild tempest and the bidden rook. I forgive you all the folly you have committed up to this moment in loving my young ccarge." . 44 Ob ! madam?, a thousand, thousand thank?,M said Claude, i 44 We are, indeed, weak and frail?enraed with pas* i sions we cannot command?-placed amid temptations which we cannot resist?w?? are iu the hands of fate-^-wo are straws on the stream?wo go down unresisliug; ly into tho whirlpool.** , . . , 4,Y6uhavc pronounced here the elts i licst words that ovor fell front tbo lips , of an lionost man," paid Madame Whar. ton. " You forget the character which . alone distinguishes man from tho beast, when you make hint such a con temp tihlo machine. No, sir, wo nro gifted . with passions for the purjtoso of com*. * iiWBtldipp them; we arc plaoed amid t temptations in order that wo mny resist j them. It is the Harrow mind and the \ vulgar heart alone which permit thernt Selves to become straws on the tide,? i Tho lofty soul directs its eourso against the stream. It beholds from afar the , whirlpool, and avoids it by tho inde; peo<JeEt force lent bv heaven. Tbo p most sublime sight in the universe is n I man tempted hv tho allurement of earth ? the mental part within him urging h'mi to yield?atid, with opportunity to i gr:i*;> that which he desires, yet by tho n exercise of a self-controlling sense of r right, passing by tho thing he yearnR 1 tor?living witlimit it, ?ud turning his , hack upon it f.-rrever." Immortality. , 44 It cannot be that earth is man's ( abiding place. It cannot be that our f life is a bubble, cast up by the Ocean of g Eternity, to float a moment on its | wavei ar.d sink into nothingness. Else i why is it that the liigh and glorious aspirations, which leap like angels from tho temple of our hearts, are forever 1 _ 1 1 ww. vv.-uiuuriutr Hi>roau unsaiisneo f ? ny ; is it thftt (ho rainbow and the cloud . coma over 119 with a beauty that is not 5 of earth, and then pa?s off and leave us .to muse upon their faded loveliness!? 5 Why is it that the stars which hold f their festivals around the midnight * v throne, are sot above the grasp of limitf cd faculties?forever mocking us with i their unapproachable'glory ? And finalt Iv, why is it that bright forms of hui man beauty arb presented to our view t and then taken from us?leaving tbo ; thousand streams to (low back in fift 1 Alpine torrent upon our hearts! Wo t were born to a higher destiny than that r of earth. There is a realm where the - rainbow never fades, where the stare , will be spread out before ua like the t bland* that slumber on the ocean, and . where the beautiful beings, which hero t pass before fis like visions, will stay in our presence forever." Envy and Slander.?Envy cliooacs n the fairest victim, and slander loves a t shining nr.ttik. It"is astonishing with ? what facility the world at largo grasps r at tho vaguest calumny r.gainst those i who have appeared superior, and how . instantly a whisper againrt an innocent . woman is hatched into a tale of guilt, i or hint of evil caught and bandied about > when directod Against an *V>h.viousIy Inmost man. In tho^gamo of whist, . there occur periods when one finds eve. ly chance obstinately against him.? . -Fortune seems'not only accidentally > CSIDliciotn hilt in?li?nnnl on A ilia Km! , | i ? ?? ? . player is beaten, not by the skill of his . adversary, bat by an unseen power in >tthoair.' ,JTow often is it thus' in tbo > more important game of human life ! . The poor mortal (inds his utmost exertions vain, and contends against unfriendly influences, which mock tho < wisest efforts, and turn thora against himself. i Pleasawt for tkvai.td8.- Mr. Grave, ft French physician, proposes to destroy the taste of intensely bitter medicines by mixing .chloroform with them in i oerlain proportions. JJo claims that , the taste and oder even of nssafoetidrt can he annihilated. ^ Ay ACT to J'rohiltit the Punifhmrnt <y Sot? dtrrn Uy Whippmt). The Congress of the Confederate Statcsrtf Awwrioft do eiinst, That from and Wftar-tho , pusaage of thin act, it shall not be tawfnl/op iij- coin t martial or military oou(<l tosaase any soldier in t)ie service of the Coi?loda? rate Klatoa to bo paniehed by wbippirijtf, or. f the infliction of#t rinee oopon his person ; and > that *11 and curfonn* contravening t the r?rovi*uiBg?V>f this act be and the wtne nrb nereby^KnaJed. ,f ?? < Her, 'i. l>?t artlele Twenty of-Uia Arti? > wlea of War be so amended na to read aa I ! follower "All officer* and eohfiera who n I have received pay, or "have b#en duly eajietad in the service of Abe Confederate HtAlcji, "> f and who siwtll be convioted of dr acrted'the same, "ball iifftr death, or con? ' firiemcnt in a Penitentiary, wl^h or with) out bard labor, for a period not lase than one year or msrf lhVn Its , or auoh otber punishment, not iJeonaiMent with the pre> r ' virions of tliia itrTr a* the conrt. martial or 1 | military court may determine." I Approved April Kith, 18f>8. 18-& - ?.