The New York Herald Newspaper, August 21, 1861, Page 2

CC ae ee E—————————— 2 IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. . 1 State of the Coun’ ‘Suspon- bar ne Diplomat Relations Brance and ag erp eet A opeze~ Ustes Of ene Clergy Lecderee Death to Poreignore~Gembafort in the Field, bot the Moxican Extraordimary, July 29.) jox 13 . Our eee compendium of for abroad wi considered horribke om account of nuneber cities we were called upon to record; still it is tame, and . even insipid, when eompared with the record of this month, a8 perhaps the events of this menth may prove ‘when placed in eomtrast with those of the menth ce come. Events, in their peealiar Mne, are rapidly and becoming more noted im this eountry. they have bees somewhat varied in character frem those of the last. Instead of kidnapping and holding for ran- som, we have had, as leading topicaopen, barefaced plun der of entire pepulations, varied on some occasiens by wholesale destruction of property and massacre. Instead of onjy inatances of savage warfare in the merder of opposfig chiets, we bave beard the ory of “Death to Foreigners’ raised, and seen the mangled remains of one victim carried to the grave, aud foreigners, in conse- ence, drawing mearer to each other and arming in seif- lefence. Instead of individual complaints against tho ment for bad fmith in not paying debts long over jue, we have mow one universal cry of the creditors of ‘this nation: for the truth is, that on the 17th inst. the ernment issued a decreo suspending all payments for years—a virtual repudiation—and tho most singwlar t to be noticed is, that this repudiation was voted by , which body stood divided 112 for to 4 against the measure. Inatead of hopes of , which, however feeble, existed when the last closed, we find our- selven'in the doptha ef abject. despair and the troubles ' arising thicker and faster on all sides. Gon. Ortega hus ‘been cut for nearly a month ia pursuit of Marque, but has utterly failed to aceomplishanything. Marquez, with his force, after paying viait to the mines i vido the plains of Igualaand Cuernavaca and spangie off towards Toluca, Tasco and the Mescala river. Ho took Iguala on tho 19th, aftor sustaining a short resistance, in which not more than twenty men were killed on both sides. General Ortega has hemmed up the passages lead- ing to the plain of Iguala, and the only chance for Mar- ‘quez to get off, without ‘first fighting, is through the Mountains into'the plain of Toluca. Marquoz, however, ‘was at the last dates in a very strong position, he having possession of the pois known as tho Platanilio avd Los Amates, tho former being one of the most difficult passages to make In the whoto country. Mojia ang Velez, in the meantime, hold the road to t interior at their mercy, and have put a period to all cor. reapoudenco by the rogular mails. Their forces aro con- siderable, and those of Mejia have sigually distinguished themselves by razing to the ground the town of fHuicha- pam, and putting to death many ef the inhabitants. Bo- sides these ‘ organized’? baads there are others known ag * Sueltos,” (loase fish) who sanetify thelr acts of rapino and murder by crying out “religion.” As if to add new fuel to the fame, or another goblin tribune to the incan- tation sceno of this expiring nation, we now bear, ex-Pre- sident Comonfort is already in the fold. The certainty is that he is in the republic, and his presence on Mexican soil tends little to consolidate the siuky national fabric. jonfort has a geod name and inspires considerable confidence, but we fear if he do come to the centre of the Tepublic ho will (nd it ia @ day after the fare—for this country is nearly, if not already a wreck. . ‘the mail for the last packet had scarcely left this when swe roceived advices of the occupation of Pachuca by the forces of Marquez. This took place on the 28th ult. The small garrison of Pachuca, 80 Koon as attacked, retired to Real del Monto, where they made a temporary resistance, and then fled. "The second in command was made prisoner and shot. On entering Pachuca the forces of Marquez were too much ovcuyed with their enemies to devote their time to sacking, pillaging and outraging the popu- dation, At Real del’ Monto, however, they had no such ‘obstacle and the consequence was that the place was thoroughly pillaged. We hear of many barbarities having deen committed upon the persons of tho residents. Dr, Griffin, an old and peaceable English resident, is reported to have received a serious wound in the face from one of ‘Marquea's brutal followers. Other atrocities of a still yngThe ship Decatur has cleared for Hong Kong with 4,000 more wlarming character are said to bave been eommit- ted, but the fear of exciting tho ill willof the clergy party bas prevented the truth from being told. Marquéz’s stay in Pachuca was not long. Gen. Ortega, with a force of some three thousand men, left here ou the 26th. On his approach Marquez precipitated his move ments, both militaty and monetary. Ho took from the Real del Monte Company $50,000 in cash and the same amount in. dill, From other persons he got about $100,000 more. From the silver reducing establishment he seizod over five hundred horses and carried off all the mules he could find, Altogether he made a good haut at Pachuca and Real del Monto, and has left that mining dis- trict quito paralyzed, and great want must follow, unless we have a speedy restoration of order. The Real del Monte Company alone employs over six thousand pooplo, ‘and its products are near three millions of dollars per annum. During the month one of the ovents which has caused most sensation has been the murder of H. M. Bealo, ono ‘of the very old British residents of Mexioo, at his 'reai- dence at tho villago of Naples. The news of this melan- choly event reached here early on the morniug of the ‘Ith, and caused that degree of terror and alarm (not sur- prise) which similar events aro likely to create amon; people who exist in a state of anxiety for their own liv and property. The facta of sis mutder are as follows: ‘About eleven o'clock on the night of the 6th a force of some twonty-fve or more men on horseback made their appearance in the viilnge of Naples, They wore well armed, and camo in with a trumpet sounding. Soon after entering the place—which by the way is an ombryo village of five or six houses—they made a descent upon the house of Mr. Beale, which is the principal one, aud commenced to fire ut the windows and doors, All the inmates of the house appear to have been in bed. Mr. Beale was awakened, and it is believed was wounded by Spe first discharge. Ho at once got up, and, rushing jevoom of an old Indy (Mra. Wylie) who was stopping with hin, took her to tho roof of the house for safety. He then dgse-nded to the lower floor, and, being unarmed, spoke with thé asgailents, who had then’ broken iuto the house, and offered them the liberty to take what they might wish, supposing, as ho had a right to do, that he could have no mortal enemies and that their object was merely to rob, iu reply to his offer and asstirance that he hadi no arms, ho was told that they only sought his life ‘‘ag a foreigner ,’” their mission Deing to kill fureigit ers and not to rob ‘This dociaration was followed by some remonstrances on his part, when be was struck upon ,| tho head with a sword and the work of assassination commenced, ami the most frightful oaths and cries of “Death to foreigners.” The death of this unfortunate man has, with reason, Created 4 deep feeling of alarm amongst the foreign ro! sidents of this place, who cannot longer look upon their situation but as precarious in the extreme. Fad many ‘others fallen as Mr. Beale has fallen, there might have been some expianation of the act—that they had been Partisans, meddlers with the affairs of the country, oF ome of tho many base roasens which have been advanced to pulliate the murder of others of oun countrymen, But here nothing of tho kind can be advanced. Mr. Beale was a “foreigner” (a British subject) Jand for being such has beon murdored. ‘The fact cannot be changed, Wo have not only the testimony of a child who witnessed the. murder of Mr. Bealo and heard the threats of the assus- sius, but we have the fact that the houses of other fo- reigners in the same place were broken into, inquiries made for the owners, and, when they were found absent, tho repotition of the Kamo cries of “Death to foreigners,’ and threats to como back and murder them algo, “It was Providential that no others shared the fate of Mr. Beale. ‘The authoss of this atrocity are supposed to be of the glergy :orces scattered through the Vailoy. This is natu arai & suppote, although the truth will probably bever be ‘known. It matters little, howovor, of what force or par. ty they” are. It is alarming enough to know they have amurdero! one of our countrymen and threatened to serye ail of us in tho samo way, and that they are still at large to do as they Please. Nothing has boen donc, so far as -we can learn, ,” Dring the criminals to justice, and we Moar it will bo cha ft0 of this caso to pass like those of Baines, Bennet, Du¥#!, Egerton, Bodmer and others—one wai! OChorror,s hom," aud hearth desolated, one or two Yormal stereotyped prow”S, and eternal silence. gurely, Se and ats BUeSaOUEn ‘e. But the most terrible part of our abandonment is the a."xlety—which no 2 can free himself of—as to who.72Y be the noxt viotim. ‘This lant makes twenty-three cax% Of aAaseination of Englishmen dn redats & tho Legatix” im this city, and many others have fallen even Without wane f Gacubaya ts at last abandened by resvectac!® families. ‘The Murder of Mc, Boaie and the numerors atlaoxs upon the houses of other foreigners have sufficed {9 drivé pve Tybody into this city. Tacubaya has been sevcral ti attacked of late. The houso of Mr. Grant was broXen into ‘on the night of the 30th and many things destroyed and others carried of — Fortunately, Mr. Grant's family had previouly moved into this city. ’ On the afternoon of the 8th Tacubaya was again cecupiod by a party of robbers, who sacked several houses and shops, and then fled. A large force was at Chapultepec at the time. Comment is not necessary. On tho 27th those people attacked the paper factory of Belen, situated near Tucubaya, and belonging to English- men,’ They commanced by firing on the director, who re- turned the fire and killed two and wounded others. They then retreated, and the director and his family flod just in time to escape a second attack from a stronger force, who entered the factory and destroyed all they could! ‘The factory has beeu abandoned since in consequence of other attacks. ‘The director is about leaving the country, the fright he received at the fuctory making him afraid lon, to live in Mexico. ‘Thonews of the arrival of Se, Comonfort tn Monterey, Nuevo Leon, has considerably excited the puro or tho. rough democratic party. Sr. Comonfort, one of the ablost men in Mexico, is certainly a person to be feared, but we hope he will coptribute to restore order, rather than dis- turb the peace of the interior of the republic that has swf- fered so much during tho last three yearw’ contest. It is rumored that orders have been forwarded to Gene- Fal Vidaurri to sad: him out of the country immedi ately. General Ortega fms boon appointed President a3 interim of the Supreme Court of Justice. We have had a multitude of reports on the streets that Gens. Urtega and Marque are treating, and that they have come to terms; that Doblado and Huerta jt patbnctd vernors, of Guanajuato and Michoacan bad declared for Comonfort, &. But the truth is, no relinuos can be placed in any of these. Saligny, tho French Minister, is a very fair representative of Gabriac, though not as clever, and this fellow is filling the town with rumors, hoping to got a new government, with which he cau treat and got threugh tho Jecker business for $15,000,000. This jeb had more to do with his auspension of relations than aaything else, Sir Charles Wyke, it is genorally believed, wus the dupe of Saligny in cutting relations, for there is really litle sense in his bringing upon British residents the en amity of the constitutional party whilst thoy have already the hatred of the clergy. Mr. Corwin bas very wisely at Stained from joining the reprosentatives of England and France in this moasure against the constitutional govern. ment, If England and Franco now refuse to intervene in NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST &, 1861, the fairs of Mexico, the reswit of thi ponsion of rela- tions will be that we shall have snother olergy rule, and things will be unbearable in Moxice. President Juarez has called about him a now Cabinet, Composed as i Foreign Manuel Maria de Zarmacona, Public We Baloarcel. War—@everal Zaragom. Justice—Benor Ruiz. Interior—Filled by Minister of Justice, P. 8.—Since the foregoing review was prepared tho itatives of England and Franee have suspended all diplomatic relations with the Mexiean government. ‘This evant took place on the 25th, at 5P. M. The closing of the Hnglish and French Hons it Mcient com- mens on the eveats of the momth, before recorded. 1 is tmpessible fer us to make any eonjeotares upon a step likely to affect the future of Mexico se much. It is ‘and time alone can reveal tho impertamt consequences. A destructivo fire breke out in this city om the night of the 26th, which destroyed several houses om the corner of the Portals of Mercaderos and Mugustines. It is reported timt San Luis Potosi has alrondy pro- nounced for Comenfort. Exchange en London at 60 days, 493¢4.; do. on Paris, 41.50; do. New York, 16 per cent premium; Vera Cruz, 10 per cent premium. NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC. Arrival of the California Overland Ex- press. Ogres Station, Kacey Mires Weer or Four Kearny, August 19, 1861. The California pony expross arrived here at threo o'elock this afternoaa, bringing the following summary of nown: San Francisco, August 10, 1862. Arrived on the 7th the steamer St. Louis, from Panama, bringing $10,800 frem Western México. Algo arrived on the 1@th the ship Winged Arrow, New York; Tth, bark Druid, Sydney; $th, bark Kathline, Quil- tg; 9h, ship Caroline Tucker, Callao. OE 000 :acks of flout, and other merghaa” ,000; besides taking out in gold bars $167,000 and $33,000 in silver, making a total of $200,000, ‘Tho ships Bureka, Summer Cloud and Hurkaway aro all Jeaded with broadstuffs for Australia, the former carrying 13,200 baga of wheat and 18,000 sacks of flour; tho Harkaway 20,061 sacks of wheat, and the Summer Cloud 1,000 tons of wheat and flour. The following vessels have been chartered:—The shtp Asa Eldridge, for Melbourne; the ship Ik Marvel, for Syd- noy ; the bark Lewis EF, G ing, for ——, and the bark Coustantino, with copper ore, for Swansea, Tho ships Abbott Lawrence, Thatcher Magoun, India- man, Fearless and the brig Angenette are the only dis- engaged yossols in port. The steamer Sonora sailed for Panama this morning, carrying a hundred passengers and $858,000 in treasure, of which $750,000 is for New York. ‘The principal ship: pera of treasure are as follows: Wells, Fargo & Co. ..$250,000 Seligman & Co. Parrott & Co. + 115,000 Strauss & C Davidson & 98,000 B. F. Hastings. Sather & Chur 67,600 Patrick & Co... Coleman & Co. A. F. Patterson, Captain Drum, U. Se A., and fa - eer and child, Captain Fleming, U.S. A.; Mr, row, Mr. Bonham, Captain Walter, U.S. A.; G.'W. Peachey, D. Millston, Gordon Dexter, Mra. Thomas Horton, Alexander Taggart, wife and infant; W. Wetherell, J. T, Thompson, J.M, Thomson, Mrs. Carroll, Mrs, Shiels and family, J. Shiels, Mr. Hldridge, J. Westley, Thomas H. B. Weller, Mrs. Delafint and family, Frank’ Martindale Potter, V: Robinsen, Frank W. Strade. Business is generally quiet. No material has ightly ight taken place sinco the last express. There hetter demand for money, without change in rates. exchange on New York’'is at five percent. 'Thero isa growing disposition to store wheat, in preference to sell- ing choice parcels under $1 45 a $1 50. here aro five different placea in San Franctaco whore recruiting ia going on for the Plains. ‘Three hundred are dooked for infantry’ regiments, and two hindred for cavalry. Omicial ordera from Waghington are not received by the government. ; A great fire occurred at Sonora, Tuolumne county, on Tth, commencing a few doors above the Placer Hotel. flames spread rapidly. Hall's bookstore and printing office, the Placer Hotel, Union Saloon, Great Eastern Sa- loon ,Sonora Fashion Livery stablos, the Post Office, five or six valuable dwellings, and many other buildings were burned. The loss is estimated at $85,000. Antigos’ brick building, containing tho telegraph office, was saved. ‘The poople are represented to be very much depressed by thissudden and overwhelming repetition of the old time disasters, ‘Tho familiar Chabolla land claim, or a part of the same claim at Sonora, which eaused so much disturbance last winter and came near involving the State government im a bloody contest with the settlers of this vicinity, ap- Peare to have been dispoged of in the United States’ Dis- ‘ict Court. 1 was rejected on an advantage gained by agttlers. Pe ee Notwithstanding the conditién of ttastern affairs our State campaign te conducted with pitt, to @ vory great extent on local issues. indications are that Parties will be divided about as last year, as the republi- cana double the Union democrats,and last como the Breck- imridge democrats. A much greater vote will be cast than was anticipated month since, They have nomi- ¥ated men who claim to befor the Union and ingeniously tarn on secession questions, while the Douglass ticket ia very asrailable on personal ground: : ‘Tho Overland Telegray extended their Chercaih i he « werchill. Ail the wie requirod for the telegraph line Dotween Carson City and Salt Lake has goue out on the . Smet A train of sixty wagons reached Los Angeles last week. The emigrants report some trouble from Indians, but felt Do serious easualties, News from the Sandwich Teluncie to the 1801 of July 2 ark Yankee. The news ix unimportant. Fete Pe code ‘and Bald Eaylo touched. at. Hono- Inlu on the 24th atid the 29th of June, and departed thence for Hong Kong Sporting Intelligence, CHALLENGE OF THE AMBMCAN CHAMPION AGAINST ALL ENGLAND FOR $10,000. ‘TO THE EDITOR OP WILKES’ SPIRIT. WAsmiyoton, Anguat 15, 1861. In consequence of certain rechisPks fhat have recent! Appeared itt English Jonrnals, in which say name is aga’ ‘Srought forward in connection with the hala pionshp, f wisif, rough you, tosayaword. It is said that Maco, now ‘that ho is champion, desires, above all thines, to meet mo; and it is also said that he is willing w make a match for the championship, and for ag much more as £2,000 a aide, Now, if thoro is avy sincerity in this offer, it afforffs mo an opportunity to say what I will do, Notwithstanding the gnair manner 1 was dealt by when I was in England (ffom which I entifsly acquit Tom Sayers), I am wil ling to try her maxim of fivr play once more, and wil! fight tho bast man that Rnglan an pro- duce, for the sum of £2,000 a side; and if Mace is thought to be her best man, F will, of course, fight him. 1 allude to him in this way, because I donot think he is her best man, and because, when I was in England last, I was fro- quently abused by many writers for the reason that Tom ‘Sayers was a smaller man than myself. in making this offer, 1, of cours, intend to include the winner of the pending ‘mateh for tho championskzip, bo- tween Mace and King, and, though I conskler that 1 al- Teady own the belt, you may, as 4 matter of form, chal- lenge for that too. “Let me say, however, that In Conse- quenco of the manner in which I was hunted and har- Tassed, when endeavoring to train before, and, also, in consequence of the rufflanly treatment I received from the crowd, at Farnborough, at the conclusion of my fight with Sayers, I would prefer to fight Mace, or his conqueror, or whoever tho selected man may be, on this side of the At- Jantic—say in Canada. In that case, I would relinquish to him, ont of the main stake, £500 for his expenses, and give him a bend in £1,600 more, guaranteeing against any private interference with the fight in my behalf. If, om ther hand, Tam required to go to England, I shall’ex- Pect tho samo allowance and an equal cuarantee, On these terms (which I believe are as fair as can be made) I will mort ‘Maco, or any other man, whom Eng. Mahmen may prefer, for ‘the Championship ‘of the two hemispheres; and if the latter portion of my offer is the ost acceptale,I will go to England as I went before, alene and without local influence, and test again, by & Ati more deliberate verdict, the force of tat other Hritish maxim, which infers that the best man may bo allowed to win, even thovgh he be @ strangor and not a Briton born. Sig Please send these views of mino forward, and whon- ever you got an answer, and wii notify me ‘of it, 1 will place in your, or amy indicated hands, as mioh moaey as the other pactice may requiro te biad tho tatcl or as a Hoping earnestly that you may succeed in c o, or, if declined, that there ma; ‘be an end of protended English offors in connection wit my usane, 1 remain, yours, respectfully, JOHN C, HEENAN. the {From the St. Cloud (Minn.) Union, August 24.) We have just received seven days’ later intelligonco from Fort Gerry, Red River settlement, of a perfectly re- liable character, and which fully confirms the previous report of the gold mines on the north fork of the Sas- katebewan river. ‘A small party has already como down the Saskatche wan to Fort Garry, bringing $1,200 in gold dust, which has doen consigned to J. C. Burbank & Co,, and by them sent to New York. This amount was taken about eight hundred miles, water communication, from Red River. The same party and others are preparing outfits for ano- ther expedition up the Saskatchewan. Poculiar efforts had been made to keep the mattor se crot, eapecaally by working om tho superstition of te Indiana, the later having helped to dig’tho gold, The Hudson's Pay Company's trade: have repeatedly denied the fact that there was gold on tho Saskatchewan, and, a6 4 general thing, discouraged any attempt to dis- cover it, it being of course thought that any considerable immigration thither would interfere with the fur trade, which is the company’s main resource, # From all accounts we can gather the mines aro quite ex tensive, and they will doubtless effect @ grea revolution in the material interests of the Northwest, ES 3 Sar Mails for Europe. Boeron, August 20,1861. ‘Wao mails per steamship Europa, for Liverpool via Halifax, olose at this office at vovon o'clock P. M. to- mersow, and she sails at ten o'clock P.M The Fire at Ruffalo. Berrao, August 20, 1861. Steinbarg’s olevator, which was destroyed by fire last might, contained but thirty-tavo thousand of grain fmatead of one hundred thousand bushels as " of which only waa wheat. It was insured for twenty thousand dollars. The building and machinery were also insured for twenty thousand detiars. pany bay bondred ale forty miles eaat of THE REBELLION. LIST OF NORTHERN SECESSION JOURNALS. x Nows, New York. ublican, Saratoga, |, Journal of Commerce, N, ¥. Democrat, Ithicas Day Boo, New York Freeman’s Journal, N. York, Praktavite News Prattay'le, Budget, Gaaetto, bludmon. Union, Watertowa, Gaaette, Goneva. Araorican Union, Bidiootyte, tice. Obsery Herald, Yonkers. Hugle, Brooklyn, Gazette, Courier, Syracuse. Niagara. Advertisor, Lockport. Democrat, Schenectady. Union, Troy. Gazwtte, Malone. Herald, Sandy Hill, Register, Paterson. American, Trenton, Journal, Newask, Republican Farmer. PENNSYLVANIA. SJoffersonian, Westchester. Christian Observer, Phita, Falley Spirit Chambersb’g, ‘Democrat, Crshocton, jarrisburg. Republican, Pittsbui Catholic Herald, Phila, Union, Wilkesbarre. Examiner, Washingten, Faster’ Sate Jour., Easton, Star, Easton, Herald, Honesdale. ‘*Sentinol, Easton, Sentinel, May vitte, Journal, Belvidere, Democrat, Hunterdon, Herald, Newton, CONNECTIOUT. Advertisor, Bridgeport, Register, New Haven, Times, Hartford. Farmer, Bridgeport, Mercury, Middletown, Bugle, Council Bluffs, Towa, State Journal, Iowa City, Herald, Dubuque. : Citinen. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Patriot, Concord, ‘Standard, Concord, Gazott Democrat, Kenosha, Argua, Portland, ‘Watclunan, ‘WIGOONSIN. * See Bote (Ger.), Milwaulace. AINE. ‘Democrat, Bangor, OxI0. Enquirer, Cincinnati, Democrat, Galion, Crisis, Cotumbus. Vaytoa, : MINNESOTA, State, Winona. RHODE ISLAND, Post, Providence, ILLINOIS, Union, Cass county. ‘Times, Bloomtagton, Democrat, Alton. Signal, Joliet. Gazetto, Evansville. Journal, Terre Haute. VERMONT. Spirit of the Ago, Woodstock. CALIFORNIA. Express, Marysville, Bulletin, Atchison, ‘Destroyed by mobs. A YOICE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. SPEECH OF HON, CALEB B. SMITH, At the mass meeting held in Providence, Rhode Island, KANB4S, on Friday evening, the Hen, Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, addressed several thousand poople, Tho Substance of his speech is as follows:— It is idle, my friends, to indulge in tho hope that, if wo cannot sustain this Union we can sustain republican inati- tutions; for, let me assure you to-night, that if wecannot preserve our present government in its present form, we cannot sustain free government in any form. There is great truth—there is great force in the seutiment go elo. quently pronounced by tne immortal statesman of Massa- chusetts, “ Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.” Why is it, my friends, that this discord prevails among ua? why is it that a portion of our citizens = are now thundering the vory door of the Capitol with hostile artillery? ‘I know there is one element of discord in our system; and I intend to speak plainly inal that I have to say. It is tho question of domestic servitude that has ront asunder the temple of liberty. What is thero in this quos- tion of slavery that shouid divide the people? Why, my friends, when this government was formed, when’ we tparctind from tho battle flelds of the Revolution, every 0 of the Union with a single exception acknowledged the institution of slavery. It has been abolished in Now jand, in Now York and Ponnsylvania ; and our Btates of the West have grown to their present stature of popu: lation and maguificence as {roo States. But. for the task ten yoars an uagry controversy has existed upon this question of siavory. The minds of tho poopie of the South have been deceived by the artful re Presentations of demagogues, who have assured them that the people of tho North were determined to bring the power of this government to bear upon them for the Purpose of crushing out this institution of slavery. I ask you, is there any truth in this charge? Has the overnment of tho United States, in any single Instance, by any one solitary act, interfered with the institutions of the South? No, not ouv. ‘The thoory of this government is that tho States aro sovereign within thelr proper sphere, Tho goveroment of tho United States has no moro right to interfere wath the institution of slavery in South Carolina than it has to interfere with the peculiar institution of Rhude Island, whoso benofits I have enjoyed to-day. But, my friends, during the last summer, when the great political contess wes raging throughout the land, then i} fas that demgu- ing and disbonest men, for the purpose of accomplishing Vhoir own Selfish schemes, Bppealed to the prejudices of the Southorn people, denouncing those who supported Mr. Lincoln as abolitionists—ns men who would disregard the constitutional rights of the South and trauscend the pow- ors of the government. ' Excited by means of those iniqui- tous appoa's, they were ready t takoarms to prevent the inaugural i f that Pregideut a B Majority of the poopie had declared,to bethe man of their choico, My frionds, Ihave known the President long and vell. Ithas been my fortuno to ve seleetad as on of ti gonstitutional y¢visers. I have had the honor of hag connected with this administration since its com: menoement, and T tell you to-night that yon cannot find m South Carolina 4 man more anxious, religiously aud scrupulously, to observe all the features of thecunsti- tution relating to’ slavery than Abraham Lincoln. Had the people of the South been willing to wait and see whe- thor he would regard that oath which, in tho presonce of he assembled pation, he bad taken, they would havo found that no administration ever organized in this evun- try would have more conscientiously regarded and pro- fepted phe rights of tho South than’ this administration gt have jone. I know that I speak the sentiments of te eBid | a fe 3 mvisere—of thone who have con- rolled his administratfow. pat those peoplo, however, were not willing to walt until could be Spoiled, no sooner was this Président inaupilvme, then the ua of war was scunded through every Southern Staw, nd the armed strength of tho poopla was summoned to drag down the administratioa—to undermine the founda tion of the government, and to crush in rip this fair fabric of republican institutions. What, 1 ask you, could the administration have done? One alter unother of the forts of the United States had been taken; one “after angther tt jons of the goyérnment been seiged; State after Stage had reuoauced its allegiance to the federal Union; in State after State thé glorious tlag of the.nation bud been tramplod in tho dust, and to its place had been tifted the emblem of the pirate and the traitor. What was the duty of the administration in this emer- gency? Should we stand by and seo one after another Pillars of our great fubric disrupted aud broken, oF shipuid we appeal to tho patriotism of the Amorican poopie to sustain the institutions of ttieir fathora? If Mr. Lingoln had not pursued the course which he has, would he not have been unworthy of the cunfidence that has beeu so generously placed in him? He has adopted this course, and he has appealed to you, the people of the States, to rally around the standard of our country and to teach the world that ropublicaniam still lives upon this coatineat, My friends, we make no war upon Southern institutions. Wo recognise the right of South Carolina and Georgia to hold slaves if they desiro them. But, my friends, we appeal to you to uphold the great banner of our glorious country, and to leave the people of that coun- try to settle those domestic matters according to their own choice and the exigencies which the times may present. . * . * * But, my friends, with all those sacrifices you have not yet done enough. Your country demands from you more Sacrifices. With overwholming force the enemy is upow us. Perhaps while 1 am speaking he is thundering at the gatos of your capital. If they gain possession of that, they think they will dostroy your nationality. I trust the patriotic men of Rhode Isiand are not satiefied with the efforts they have made, Requisitions have been re- coived from the War Department for more troops, Let them be ready. If thoy could start this very heur they would not be one hour too soon, for T tell you your country roquires them at this very moment. * * Let New England rally promptly and earnestly, and I tell you rubellion will bo crushed to tho certh, and tho Stars and Stripos wi bo raised ovor a united country. Then we shall have peace, Peace will apread her benign im ‘fixence ovor this land and happinoss be restored, business revived and the blessings of @ free goverument enjoyed. I do not invoke you to engage in this war as a war against slavery. We are warring for » diffrent pri aiple. But there is an old adage brought down te us from the ancients, ‘That whom tho gods would destrey. they must first inadden.”’ They afflicted by that madness which for theif wickedness God's providence has brought upon them. And that will do more to crush out tho institution of slavery than would have been dono vy the peaceful administration of the government in ten centuries. If that should be the consequence, I hay tearsto shed. To tho future and to Providence I lea the issues of this great question. It is mat the province of the government of the United States to emter into a crusade against the institution of slavery, I would pro- claim to the pooplo of all the States of this Umien the Tight to manage their institutions in their own way. I know that my fellow citizens will recognise that as one fundamental principle upon which we commenced this oeatest. Let us nob give our opponents any reason to compiain of us in this respect. Let us not bring to bear upon them the power of despotism, but the power of the people of a republican government, where the people rule. Let us bring it to bear upon them so that the traitors shall receive such condign punishment as all the world may see the fate which a free people visits upon traitors. No spectacle would afford us so much satisfaction as to see dangling from the gallows the bodies of Jefferson Davis and John B. Floyd, Heury A, Wise and all those men who have involved this country in the reatest afiction which cam overtake any people, Why it'that we have been compelled to send to Europe for arms, while the rebels meet us with arma the best the country can supply? The traitor, John B, Floyd, during all the time be was in the Cabinet, while you were re- posing in confidence that the government would be imirly administered, was robbing you of your portion of the Publie arms,” and sending them to’ the traitors. Jeff. Davis, while a member of the Senate of the United States, making the Jaws for the people of Rhode laland, and canvassing the rolis of the army, designated the men who wero to head the armico of the rebellion. Men of Rhode Isiand, put on your armor and rush Lo (he capital to dorend it. ‘It is this hour in dangor, menaced by an overpowering force. Prompt as you may be, you maybe tov late; you have not a moment to lose. if you love your country and the instituticns under which you have prospered and the liborty which has mado yon the admi- ration of the workl, come forward at (his mowent and ‘> \} doshas veritten to Goverdor’ show oe devotion to it by making saorifices necessary we tain it. NEWS FROM THE REBEL STATES. OUB LOUISVILLE OORRESPONDENOR. Lousvitie, Ky., August 16,1661. Mititary Movements in East Tennenco—The Designs of the Rebel Genera Pillow Upon Cairo—The Neutrality Policy oY Kenlusky—Bridge Burned by the Rebels—Removat of Arms—The Peace Movement of the Retels—Arrival of John C. Breckinridge in Lezington, éc. ‘Tho lato movements of the Tennessee military authori. tles have boem exceedingly puzzling to our citizens. Not content with the surveillance established here by the government, the independent Stato of Tennessee bas established a blockade of their “ports,” and nothing te allowed to leave or enter that ‘vast Commonwealth.” It ig exactly what our people have beon endeavoring tn vain 'o accomplish. Now Governor Harris, by a word or two, executes it, and @ strict blockade is the consequonce, stopping money, food and munitions of war from passing either way. What this movement meansno onecan tell, and but for other suspicious circumstances attending it would create only gatisfaction. But the sudden retreat of Pil- low from New Madrid, which retreat is pretty well con- firmod here, tho “opening of the ball in East Tennessee,” ‘as you will perceive by the enclosed article, and the receipt of innumerable deapatches from Tennorsec to Nashville merchants here, saying only ‘to tham to ‘come home without making further purchases, and@oti- fying them a movement ‘a oa foot which it is impossible to divulge at this time, create a slight suspicion it’ the minds of many that Pillow. intends reaching Cairo via the Kentucky route. It may be that Tennessee has simply de- tormimed to break off at once all trade and travel between the Lwo States, but the movement may 4 ing of Union troops in Ken- .tucky, and their encampment on Keutucky oil offends the eye of Governor Harris, aud it is understood that that he wil any enlistment of Kentuckians into the United States service a8 a violation of the neutrality policy of Ken- tucky. Besides, the cotemporary movements of the rebels in this vicinity are not calculated to lull the suspicions of the Union mea. ‘They have lately burned a bridge on the Covington and Lexington Railroad, and the party loudly rejoices over the fout of the midnight burners, proclaim. ing that it should have been destroyed with all the others on the road long ago. It was done Kongery | for the pur- pose of preventing the transportation of “Lincoln guns’ to Garrard and other interior counties. ‘The rebeis here have been moving contraband through the Stato under heavy guards of cavalry, and have op- posed the agents of the government with arms. Last night, about midnight, 100 stand of Stato arms were taken from the armory and removed to the warehouse of @ prominent socossiouist and an officer of the Confederate army. ‘These movements have not allayed the suspicions of the Union men, but they have as yet taken uo step to oppose any scheme. itis another observable circumstance that this move- ment on the part of ‘Tenneasee is mado at the moment when most of the available forco of Indiana, Ohio and Hlinois hag been run into Missouri. Any well informed secessionist in this city can inform you how many regi- menis, the number of men in each, by whom officered, and all other important particulars,’ have boen removo from those States to Missouri! in the last two days, and what reserve ie left at the capitals of the three States. Tho papers of this morning eontain an adyertizement calling for a peace mecting “of the people of Louisville, Without reference to past party distinction, who are in fa: vor of peace.” All Christian and rational men who are for peace aro requested to ‘rally as fearless leaders in the great peace movement, and ‘save the country from the further horrors of civil war.’? The affair is fathered by the Brockinridgo domocracy. ‘The advertisement was written and paid for by E. 3. Worthington, prominent as secessionist, and of the mea- ner kind, neither open nor fearless ax one, but skulking and timid The meeting is not calculated to prove suc- cessful. In reference to this subject, the Journal of this morning is very bitter and very firm for the Union. Everybody hore is for peace, but as the Journal says:— “ Any mun of common sense can soe that this is a move- mont of tho onemy, who wants no peace but at the ex- pense of all legals to the constitution of the United States, It is plainost duty that we can see for every man to stand by the constitution and laws. hat have we else to stand by? Shallow rhetoric about peace cannot push sensible men from their principles. They are for peace, but not for a surrender of all the great American principles of their fathers, which Jeff. Davis & Co. are attempting to destroy. utterly. They would rather not forget. some sentencos of the‘ Farewoll Address of Washington,’ around whose tomb. Oh shall we think of iti—tho sound of the cannon of the bellion, commenced at Charleston, has shaken his bones. ‘These mon who talk about peace, gentle peace, and white flags, want us to forget our duty to the supremacy of the Jaws of the United States, and forget that Kentucky has any place in history, and makes us cats’ paws to pull out chestnuts for South Carolina & Co., when they desired such sport, and ordered us to come and puil. Our Union men are not 80 weak as to be carried away by such white nonsense. It is cur duty when the government has taken a stand under the constitution, as Congress has just done, to stand by the government and support tho constitution and the laws of the United Stales, whatever private no- Hons any of us may entertain as to expediency, If our government is at war, we must not throw obstructions in te way and weaken its arins.”” Joby C. Breckinridge arrived in loyal Lexington yester- day. His reception was not of a very enthusiastic cha- racter, The military turned out to the number of thirty- one, a3 counted by an eye witness, my informant; and the ‘crowd of citizens, compesed of negroes and children, amounted to fully one hundred souls. ‘The honorable John, not liking hig reception, betook himself to an omnibus, and shading his handsome features by lowering the front of bis beaver, ho pussed unknown and unhonored by the shouts of tho multitude to lis own dwelling by a back street or alley. Lovwsvinux, Ky., August 17, 1861. ‘The Military Project to Rescue East Jennessee—Roboery of the Kentucky State Arsenal—Highway Robbery of Ad.ms, Express Agent—Eleven Thousand Dollars Jaken from Him—Persecution of Union Men in Southern Kentucky—~ A Rebel Cavalry Company Insulting Cilizens in Bowling Green— Artillery for the Kentucky Union Troops, dc., dc. Tho Fast ivQuessee project still puzzles the Unionists hot in the secret, and aie distresses the suspecting dis. unionists, The Courier of (hig fidtning finds o grand ihare’s nest in your Louitville correspouacnee Cf Me Ohh, apd proclaims that “beyond any question the leaders of thelucoln party in this;State intend, and have all along intended to furnish arms, and, if neceseary, men, to tho so-called Unioit party of Fast Tennessee, Such,” it affirms, ‘thas been thelr Optniy avowed purpose; and with this view arms and munitjons of war have been libe- rally furnished them by'the Lincoln goYernment, milita. Ty eneampments have been established, and troops, it is said, have been mustered jato the United States service, Tho command of the expedition is to bo assigned to Gono- ral Robert Anderson, whom the tolegraph reports as say- ing that the ‘Union men of Kentucky were earnestly call- ing upon him to Jead them.’ «Immediately after tho August election” was the time fixed upon for the inaugn- ration of the movement. It subsequently adds, however, that “it may bo that theonservative councils will prevail, and that, after all, tho vast military preparations to rescue Enst Tennessee yall be aandoncd. But the abandonment is intended to be morely temporary. It is understood that the Logisla+ ture, which x3 largely Union, at its approaching session will endeavorgo discover some protoxt to initiato hostill- ties with Tonna%see; and, in the meantime, the State Guard will be disbnded and disarmed, and their arms placed in the hana’ of unconditional’ Vnion men; and when it ie thought that Southern rights men are ‘bound hand and foot,’ then, ana DOt until then, a hostile move- mont will be made againsy Tennessee.” Until that time shall arrive, tho Union mest of Southcastern Kentuoky must curb their warlike and impatient spirits, and frame whatever excuse they cam to satysfy the authorities at Washington for their failure tocarry out the plang of the admninistration,’”* ‘The Cowrier has not missed the mark tar. I understand that the war council at Bryantevitle, consisting of Nel aon, Braunbeth and Garard Davis, have for tie preeent deferred active operations, But their previous has awakencd the rebola in East Tennesseo, and the effect th. far bas unfortunately been to produce only a porse- cution of the Union men of that section, The result of the perseoutions of General Zollicofior bas been to force the southwesterm Bast Tennesseans into a quaal submis- ion; but the Northeastern mountaineers are violent and turbulent. Three companies of Kast bave jpined tho camp at Bryantsvillo, and a Captain Thornburg and company, attempting to de'so, were attacked by a cavalry company, the Captain shot, and several of his tan killed—adout fifty oscaping int Kentucky. It is nn- derstood here that the ‘Tennessee Unionists are coming into Kentucky in hundreds, and joining the force under ldeut. Nelson. ROBBERY OF THE KENTUCKY STATE ARSENAL. 1¢ hae suddenly been discovered that ton or twelyo days since the Kentucky Stato Arsenal was robbed of a umber of small arms and one piece of artillery. It seoms that a little after midnight om the night in question oight men passed over the railroad bridge with a six horao wagon, with a cannon and carriage attached to the wagon. The wagon was heavily laden, and a rider’ was upon erch horse. The party came from the State arse. nal down Main street, passing over; the river and by the river pike. As they crossed the bridge one of the party remarked, ‘Now boys, we are safe; we must got to the top of the bill before daylight.” ‘The cannon.and carriage is worth one thousand dol- lars. We do not know the contents of the large wagon, but fear thut it was filled with arms or munitions of war, It is @ matter of vital importance that the whole affair be ferreted out and made piain to the public, MU our arsenal has been robbed of public property, no efforts should be spared to bring the perpetrators to justice, i TUR HIGHWAY RORUERY OF ADAMS’ BXPRERG. On lagt Tuesday Colonel Wilcox, who is the commandant of one of the camps near the northern Temnesseo State line, made a descent on the Adama’ express and robbed its messenger of $11,000, with the transportation of which be bad been sirnsted. ‘There is little doubt that tho seizure was mace by the orders of “King Harris,” and in doing which he (the King) is only carrying out ‘blockading the tho somotime since expressed intention of Kontucky railroads entering Tennessee. PERSECUTION IN SOCTHBRN KRNTUCRY. Thoy have a vigilance committee in Kentucky, as arbi- trary and absolu‘o in ite power and discretion ak that of Charleston, S.C. Its headquarters are in Paducah, but its powers extend over the entire First district. There are facts occurring daily in that part of the Stato which show (hat @ gene: a! persecution of Union men is colo on at the of those form the lance committee. Within the lah ta eae nH ume Ballard county, his cousin, Simeon Hi 4 were captured, besides fourteen horses, Robort H: Summers have been compelled to leave with | pikes, several » Pistels, rifiés, satchels and their families, The latter, after placing bis family in safe- | saddles. Im fact it was ty north of the Teanesace river, returned with bis two | Licutemant Gibbs was the hero of the Sona, determined to protect and'defend his property and | Thoruburg had a valuable horse, which Lieutenant slaves, of whieh he ewns about thirty. ‘The result to him | was anxious to purchase when he ent has not yet On the subject of those general | service. rg asked $400 for fine, persecutions in western Kentucky the J of | let Gibbs have him at any price. The Lieutenant ‘his morning #ays:—The action of theso men isa ro- | he would yet have the tare of ig proach, ashame to civilisation. It is a disgrace to Ken- | ever Thornburg attempted to cross the: Of protection will devolve elsewhere, and, be the couse- quences what they may, it mush botbertoraea.s 4 KENTUCKY REBKL CAVALRY COMPANY. ‘Tuis man Thornburg is represented as one ef the lead! ‘On the 16th inst. an erganized cavalry company, under | rebellious spirits in this section. Ho was the command of Capt. Overton, num! eighty-one | againat the government to which he owes officers and privates, marched into Bowling Green, Ky., | committed treason it the State amd with alt the pride, pompand circumstance of secession | vernment, and the full penalty of his crime shoul warfare. The ‘atars and bars’ floated .bove them, and | visited upan him. There is no excuse or justification fer they being armed with pistols, took every occasien to in- sult the citizens of Bow! ing Green. On entering the pub- Nic aquare the company shouted for Davis wie de for the Southern Confederacy. This company wag ae by com: ‘ Mississippian in Hardim and Meade counties. Pany left the same day for Camp Boone, after capturing @ miniature fag from a miniaturegpatriot, about twelve years old, who was bearing it in the street. ARTILLERY FOR THE KENTUCKY UNION TROOPS. ‘The Cowrer has reliable information that there is an im- feelings. They ‘know not what pote y them, and thoit feng iF minds. polsoned 8. Wo bad the pleasure afew dove tar’ of rk rs | mense train of cars et Faimouth, Ky., awaiting the re- | stitution, located in this city, for the reception of the alek construction of tho bridge on ths Lexington and Uoving- | soldiery of the Confodorate Slates army, While wo foal ga Raiicend Shad tras pertiniy, desttoxed by Ace are. jote so usnien, arr ng ‘that comes. sient, we be it to lay morning. ‘ni rain contains a tery ix ri iNOOrS compliment. ) MALAgSTS a cannon, fern 8 appurtenances, and it is understood that im- = menso munitions of war are aboard of this train. all earas Liat they are designed for Heakina county and FAILURE OF HENRY A. WISE IN WESTERN (From the Richmond correspondence of the Memphis. | Appeal, § } There bas been a good'deal of discussion here in mill- tary circles, and other eircles, about fhe operations in the western part of the State, under General Henry A, Wise. That be should have fallen as far as the White Sul- Phur Springs creates surprise and dissatisfaction. Clearly the mission of this officer to the disaffected portion of Virginia bas beon a failure. I say this with no disposition Pe ag oe the Ld sent the talents a (~ = vernor. Great expectations were aroused by his de- pacture. His logion was to bo: called into bemg as he advanced by the magical potency of his .name and the electric inapiration of his personal qualities. His friends claimed for him a popularity with all classes of the people of Virginia beyond that of any man in the Commonwealth. It was predicted and believed that he would carry ao thing before him from the Alleghany Mountains to Obio river, and that he would take no step backward un- til the Inst La ries of the Lincoln government had been driven from the borders of the Old Dominion. Of the x-Governor's lofty courage, enthusiasm for independence , and whole-souled devotion to the cause of his native State, no doubt could be entertained. But mark the re- Bult of his expedition. Instead of the thousands that should flock to bis standard, he with great dimeulty col- lected men enough to organize into a brigade, and maay Of these have now deserted him. Without the ability to hold Charleston on the Kanawha, he fell back to Gauly bridge, which in turn he abandoned, after burning the structure; and from this poiut to Lewisburg his retreat is said to have been attended by as much confusion almost as if the evemy, under Gox, had been close upon bis rear, truth haa been made ap- parent that Henry A. Wise bas not the milita- ry capacity for a general, and, indeed, whon we consider that hit waintance with military affairs has hitherto been conflned to the militia musters of Accomac, and tho little episode of the execution of John Brown, we may not wonder that he should have small knowledge of what is demanded of a general of division in timos of active hostilities. The Con- federate governmont, it fs to be foared, is likely to fall into the same blunder, which already cost the Lin. colnites so dear—that of appointing civilians to high Places of command. It would be just as pect that a man who had never acquainted finance should concerns of a large banking establishment with success as that a politician should be qualified to direct the movements of an army. ‘This eame false system of appointment to office it was which gave to England so many “ judges without law and diplomatists without French.” ana which led to the num- berless disasters of the earlier portion of the war between the allie and Russia'in the Crimea. If Gencral wiso, or Mr. Toombs, or the Hon. Howell Cobb, like your own pa- triotic bishop of the Episcopal church, had received a. thorough military education, their cases’ might he differ- ent, but as it is, recognizing fully their statesmanship and the value of their counsels in the cabinet, we cannot hope that they will do much better than Banks, or Patter- son, or Butler, nor forbear the regret that they should have been transferred to positions of such great impor- tance to the safety of the new republic. THE ARMY OF THE NORTHWEST. (rom the Richmond Despatch, August 12.] Thero is hardly @ probability of truth in any of the Tumors touching ents as yet between our forces: and those under General Rosoncrans in the Northwest. ‘We see by lato Northern papers that tho Genera) was at Clarksburg, in Harrison county. Ho had been appealing earnestly for reinforcements to make up for the disband: ed three months’ men who bad returned home. Jt is not likely that he has left hia men very far down in Virginia. He has more probably retreated to Philippi or Grafton, ‘Though we put no faith in the rumors already received of collisions, it is likely that there are aome active move- ments going on that will soon bring on some fighting oF ating ; and this time wo are satisfied that, if it will pot be on our side. CUMBERLAND GAP. Mymmanioation to the Knoxville Register, August 13.] MwA has been said about Lincoln sending an army of Northern troops through Kentucky to this gap of the ta when we say that we everything was 80 be done for We shall soon visit the Ladies’ ‘fhe Charleston Courier contains Baastion-— view of the existing blockade, it would, therefore, accumulate in wharves; for this the exposure to robbery and of fire Jt has boon suggested that f States government to relieve the bi to ex- himself with ported under such circumstances. from all the ports of the Confeder their owa sbeds and gin houses. Cong: inst., to meet again nerve. It is feared that opposed to both these measures. CONFEDERATE TREASURY [From the Richmond be swelled THE REBEL STATES SU Cumberland Mountain, and to invade East Tennessec. m tho Richmond Exam! Elizabethton, in Carter county, seems to be the radiating ‘Tho Confederate States Supremo point for so much rumor. The cause of this is not geno. permanent constitution. Under lly known, except in the ici Elizabethton bi Berns oo icity ot : wvisional government it was where jt has been kept secrét until recently. There is a | Pt Samuel Carter, perhaps a graduate at Prisiceton, and ta the United States Navy for some time past, is now be- lieved, from statemenis of his own party, underauthority from Lincoln, concentrating a heavy column of troops from Ohio and {linois, with as many Union men from Kentucky ashe can influence to join his standard, and William and James, his brothers, of Wizabethton, have been passing the Cumberland Mountain at different times and places, 10 ascertain the safest and oasiest route to enter East ‘Tennessee, aud also to encourage their Union friends to hold on a ijttle tonger and they shall havo pro: tection. William étid James Varter are Dow both absent, and perhaps leading the Lincoinites through Kentucky to the Cumberland Gap, orsome other pass. Now is (he time topraparg and bring them back. If they foar oppo- sition in the ge bhey Mily choose to pass up the Sandy river between Virgie and Kentucky, and entor Russel county, in Virginia, atid thrpugh Moccasin Gap 1oto Sulll- van county, Tennessee. re a? RUMORS OF A_ PROJECTED) ATTACK ON FORTRESS MONRt ‘Tho Richmond correspondent of the Charleaton Mercury, writing under date of August 6, saya:— Having taken: something of the contagion for specula- tion onethe future amidst this dearth of newa, will you Permit us to follow in the current, and’speculute also, under the premise that I have some data to go ujon? Seriously, then, what would you say to capturing For- tress Monroe, to begin with? It is not considered im- possible, and 'I understand, feom pretty good authority, is contemplated. Before this week ends it is probable theeffort will be made. It is known that the federal force is small there at present, A large portion of what was thero was withdrawn and sent to Washington, under the apprehension that the federai capital was in imumi- nent danger of being taken after the battio of Manassas. ‘Thore are but two small war vessels near at Fresent. There are not more thaw four or five thousatid federal troops at Newport News, ifas many. General Magruder has some eighteen to twenty thousand men, than whom there is nono bettor in the world for gach a dangerous pepe ong The Vet erdl on the land side, which is approached by the way of Newport News, is the weakeat part of jt, though that is strong, doubsiess, and has beon greatly’ stfengtbened since the war began. But it js not impregnablé, IfMagruder, with his powerful force, drives the enemy front Newport News, | ing. they will retreat or run towards the fortress, which is but a fow miles distant. If the forces in the fortress come out to support their friends, Magruder has mer enough, and of the right sort, to signally defeat them. If they re- main in their stronghold, and use their guns, they most fire first upon their own troops, whieh will bo fleeing In advance of ours. The first question ig, then, oan Magru- der drive them frem their entrenchments at Newport News, and pursue them to Forteess Mouroe? His over- whelming numbers, the high character he bears for daring, Driliaat achievements, and the dauntless bravery shall sit at such times and places ‘samo force and as if saved out of establishment. he Richmond there will b of flying ai. ‘With these ‘aud Major the same as formerly. termincd to establish at this plac agent of the goyernmont 10 51 oud Ji ness. He uuiges, 1s throwing his wl Whitson, both practical valuable men. Mr. Clay! have already beeti put w very few days, altering old guns des, We would remind the publ can now be speedily converted modern improvements. ordered Professor Emmons Professor Emmons shoot al} Of shia, g0 satisfactory are bas tion of @ powder mill as’ suitable of powder at a fixed price. ‘rom the Mem; ‘Captain , shecked his lecomotien And forced him toaurfeaden oer erento hisacts. Towards his deluded followers we have different misled and deceived. and are the vietitms of mis- | Placed confidence. The truth has been a sealed book te | THE REBEL Hi ‘AL P a al (OSPITAL AT PENSACOLA. arranged—so meat and clean, and so well adapted to the pu: designed—no comfort is left out. wanted that the skill of distinguished medical men or the patriotism of our people could furnish. What more could the sick soldier? and shall have something to say about TO THE COTTON PLANTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ‘The question of placing an embargo on Ko., is anid to be now under discussion in likely to be defeated, owing to England, France aud Spain m ‘think it impolitic in the Confederate States not to alto arrangement between the United States and themselves) for obtaining those necessary artic] MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. ‘The Treasury Department is already in receipt of vota- minons returns ‘from almost every part of the South, pledging cotton, rice, tobacco, grain and money ;and the ag- gregateot these subscriptions cannot now fall sort of from, twenty to thirty millions of dollars, and will, doubtless; to fifty of even one hundred millions, when all the lists are brought in and the canvass is fully completed. sion until it shall be organized under the provisions of the ovided that the Supreme shal! bo constituted of all the district oint? Under the permanent constitution, however, the iupremo Court has not been established; during the exist- ing hiatus in our judiciary system the’ clerks of district courts are empowered te issue writs of orror, with i returnable on the second Monga? 4f its first term after wo THE REBEL HAMPTON LEGION. says:—It hag been decided te change tho formation of the Hampton Legion. fantry battalion is to be increased to a regiment of tem companies, the cavairy will comprise flye companies, and {peresee of held picces in their company) ny, oy will be doubtless raired to the rank of Brigadier and infantry regiment will hays & Colonel, Lioxtenant Colonel ‘The officers of cavalry aga artillery will Be MANUFACTORY OF ARMS FOR THE REBELS, | {From the sree Cc.) ‘pag f Zhe government of the: lerate States having de- Colonel R. W. Pulliam has been secured as the pie periatend the entire work. No better selective sunt bad been made, as fow 4 possess his rare bositess ner i Varied expericcee, Colonel Pulliam in twedienc fo the) cust reposed in him, and in harmony with ‘already secured the valuable assistance and co-dperation of E. Clayton, Esq., and Dr. George W. "a extensive machine the needful alterations tor | the new business, and. the whole w,l! be in operation in #) POWDER AND LEAD IN NORTH CAROLINA. The Raleigh Journal states that Govertor Clark recediiy’ on an exploring tour, with a ‘view toascertain whether and where a supply of’ lead and ‘the esgential elements of powder, suited to gencies could be obtained, and the result is reports that he is fully satished that satugh of these munitions of war can be obtained 0 Yankees and oe in the world. already commenced, or will soon ecmmence, | pe Governor Clark having contracted for a large quam | ‘is Aj August 15. | It woutd seem that the hull oF toe Wertimaese¢ Noctot, is being comverted into an iron-cased bat! . Hf so she they do.” ‘hey have with false representa. | ) We ever been in one w! for which it was nothing is Lor agg ta this place, the following comm ‘We, the undersigned, cotton factors of Charleston, ia beg to present to the plaa- ters oF this State the following considerations: — Cotton, if gent to the seaports, could not pe e: xported the stores and on the want of accommodation would be soon felt, iacreasing the ordinary risks of danger from ‘and insurance would be obtained with difficulty and at high rates, An accumulation of produce in our ports would bea constant temptation to our enemies to attack and gaim posession of it, and could be of no benefit to ourselves. gover ronments interest themselves sufficiently to induce the” lockade at one’ of the Southern ports ouly,#0 as to permit the export of cotton from that port. We know that the planters of the Con- fedvrate States have patriotism and love of the commen cause 100 near at hoart to permit their cotton to be ex- We, therefore, recommend to our friends, the cotton planters of this and other States, to send noneot cotton to market until the blockade is exprossiy’ States; arrangements to store it carofully and pro ; therefore ria oles. ‘will probably not prohibit the exportation of these ar ‘The question of laying discriminating duties upon im- ports brought South from Northern ports, for th of encouraging direct trade with Europe, will. also, proba- bly, be decided negatively. Tho government ia said to be 1° purpose DEPARTMENT. Enquirer. PREMB COURT. ner, August 10.) Court will hold no sos the constitution of the 1d and ‘as. Congress all p- ron The ia- numbers Col. Ham) 8a Manufactory of fire- ‘bis own patri,| soul into the busi- ics and energetic and ‘and turning out new | lic that geir old guns | ii ast se a present exi- most cheer- | } In view that a company ered. point in North Caro. HULL OF THE MERRIMAO A PLOATING BATTERY, | Lod Smee, woul fe success = high- | will be a floating fortress that will ‘be able ¥o defen the ly_,Probable. That being accomplished, the | whole navy of the United States and bombard its cities. | next question is, can he = enter the fortress? If the enemy should come out to succor their retreating friends he would defeat them. If they use their guns, without coming ont, they would destroy the federal troops seeking their protection. In any case it is likely they would be scizod with a panic and make but a any feeble defence. The eontrary may happen, and our brave troops may meet with a more desperate resistance than is believed. Whatever may be the reault, I have reason to believe that the attempé will be made. 'I have the in- formation from a highly oredible source—a party stationed near Newport News, under , who roturns for the purpose of participating in the attack. General Ma- gruder Tas boon making preparations for some time past, and is, I understand, well prepared with scaling ladders and every appliance for the undertaking. Such an im- portant movement, if successful, will bave the most ex- traordinary results at home and abroad. It would be the natural corollary of the battie of Manassas, than which great event it would be scarcely Jess important. Bank- ruder has done glorious deeds at Great Bethel, in Mexico, and elsewhere, but this would be the crowning act . blockade fleet an casy task for avenging career om the sons, amd parta of regiments shail be deparments in this State. men. Feoraite, ant enlisted. some of them ma: of the Ordnance ‘tment, can another the Springfeld rif THE BALL OPENED IN EAST Springield muskets. ‘There is at [From the Knoxville Register, August 12.) For some time it has been known that Capt. Thorn- burg, of Union county, strong Lincolnite, has been or- ganizing a military company for the avowed purpose of aiding the subjugation of the South. The arrangements being complete, on Friday last, they took up the line of march for Kentucky, to unite with the Lincoin forces there being organized, and to return to their own native section to re-enact upon the soil of East Tennessee the damnable deeds that has marked their course in Missouri, Virginia amd Maryland. Fortunately, however, a report of their movemente reached the ears of Lieut. Col. F. M. Walker, in command at Cumberland Gap, Forthwith despatched the gallant Capt. H. M. Ashby, with » portion of cayalry under his command, to Pe reg rm ‘and if possibie to arrest the ring leader. ‘They came contact with Capt. hornbarg and ns trattor ‘and of eighty men, near Roger jap in Scott county. They we 4 armed wil John = Browa pikes and and som few rifles. It was refused, and a charge ‘was mado upon thom, which put the wholo party to flight. enough horses are in readiness. teers were many of them in very perhaps fifty centa to each musket. men, and 100 recruits from the will ‘was expected to return at noon. PURCHASE OF THE R. ‘The propeller R. B. Forbes, chased by the gerernment tworgu ‘ighng & 700 Iwo guns Wo! pounder ried canon. ‘There. is Her great size, strength, powerful engines combined with the Invulncrability secured casing, will make the dispersal or destruction of the tonnage will enable her to carry an armor proof against projectile, and she could entertain herecit: by tarow: j ing bombs lato Fortress Monroe, even, without risk. ope soon to hear that she is ready to Tan anes Dea TOL ‘om o ¥ Tee orfer from the Sevretary of Wat that all ogimeats | | | abundance of eq: — wagons, &c., for these regiments, and poles ‘The muskets brought home by the three months’ volun- thirty men are engaged in cleaning ‘to the new regiments. Some of the have already been armed, and others ‘The Twenty-first regiment, at Worcester, ‘join to-morrow morning. Probably th will be filled by a draft from some other regiment, Governor Andrew was at Newport this morning, but }, of Boston, has been and will be sent off immedi. but by the from | ber. Her immense ty We ber | immediately sent to Washington, has given inereased activity to the mili ington, has giv - y itary setts has now five regiments in camp, numbering in all from 3,500 to 4,000 en. Many of the’ men are well drilled; others are faw these men can be sent to Washington this week, and | be forwarded to-morrow. Col. Stone, arm 6,000 men this e One regiment. will probably have’ Enfield rifles, Heber spr fied musket, and others, the Devt bed condition. them, at a cost of ‘These will i given Tegiments in camp fil be to-morrow: bas about 750 vicinity of Pittetiela i B. FORBES. red, one of which took effect in { and sho will be ready for sea in three or four days.