The Greensboro Patriot from Greensboro, North Carolina • 7

r. MnlfI th 7ih of 1804, For the Patriot Ms. Iditob A notice published in your last paper over the signature of Many Citixena" has attracted much attention and excited a great deal of inquiry. What is the object of the meeting Who's at the head of it ia in every body's mouth both from town and country, and nobody asyethasbeenfound who can answer these inquiries or give any satisfaction to the inquiring public. The notice appears to be a foundling, the paternity or maternity of which nobodj is willing to acknowledge.

It requests all the citiiens of Guilford- who believe that the people have a right to assemble together to consult for their common good, to instruct their representatives, and to apply to the Legislature for redress of grievances" to meet in the court house on Saturday next. "Various important questions are to be considered." What are these important questions. The bill which seems to meet such great favor, recently introduced li the Yankee Congress, proposing to place one of three-months volunteers at the disposal of Mr. Lihcols to "carry food and liberty to every captive in Rebel prisons," and to plant the Union flag all ever the country, proves the existence of one of two conditions in Yankee feeling either that they are becoming Tery tired of the rebellion, and intend with one blow this time, superhuman in it vigor to crush it; or else a fresh outburst of the war fever cot to become abated at the close of the three months, even though, the rebellion Should still rear its head. The very weight of the measure, and the fierceness of the undertaking may prove its own destroyer; but to make the least of it or the most of it, we should expect and be prepared for any emergency.

A REVIEW OP TH WAR. The Campaign on th PenmttilaThe Advance on Richmond Why it fileiFU HUtory of Military Operation in Virginia Report of MeClellan of hit Campaign A Curio Letter, Etc. The Washington correspondent ot the New York Commercial Advertiser has been permitted to see the advatce sheets of the report of General MeClellan of the campaigns on the Peninsula and in Maryland, (now ia process of being printed,) covering the most etirring.and memorable period of the war. This correspondent has given an abstract and analysis of the report in advance of its publication, which is highly interesting. The report is dated New York, August 4, 186S.

It begins with an allusion to th results of the victories in Virginia, and then goes on to recite the arrival of General McCUUan at Washington after Bull Run the organization of tempts at coercion to successful issue, a was the South determined on resistance to the bitter end. Late intelligence from the North tell, ns that the most extensive preparation, yet put on loot for th prosecution of the war are now going on daily that these preparations are immense hy sea a. well as by land; the most unpleasant feature of whJch is the unanimity of feeling pervading all classes to keep the ball in motion and liTopen their new and prodigious campaign with accumulative fury. Energetic and money-making as we have ever regarded the Yankee individually, as a nation they are determined and obstinate. Inventive and fertile ia mind, they are ever ready with new trials and new experiments possessed of vast resources and wealth, and with an immense population besides that necessary te produce their means of subsistence, it is idle to ask the question, "II ow long will they fight us "How long till they will beeome satisfied?" The tiuth is, the dark hour is around ua the hour, indeeJ, to "try men's souls," and if the peo of the United States upon the people of every Stat.

1 he time has come when the'Governaent must de. termine upon a civil and military policy covering the whole ground of our national trouble. The responsibility of determining, declaring and sup. -porting such civil and military policy, and or directing the whole course of national affairs in regard to the rebellion, must now be assumed and exercised by you or our cause will be lost. The Con.

stitution gives' you power sufficient even for the present terrible eiigency. This rebellion has assumed the character of war; as such it should be regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highest principles known to christian civilization. It should, not be a war looking to the subjugation of the people of any State in any event. It should not be at all a war upon a population, but against armed forces and political organization. Neither confiBca-.

tion of property, political execution of persons, territorial organizations of States, or forcible abolition of slavery," should be contemplated for a moment. Iu prosecuting the war all private property and persons should be strictly protected, subject only to the necessity of military operations. All private property taken for military use should be paid or receipted for; pillage and waste should be treated as high crimes, all unnecessary trespass Btfrnly prohibited, and offensive demeanour by the military toward citizens promptly rebuked. Milita-. ry arrests should not be tolerated except in places where active hostilities exist, and oaths, not required by enactments constitutionally made, should be neither demanded nor received.

Military government should be confined to the preservation of public order and the protection of political rights. Military power should not be allowed to interfere with the relations of servitude, either by supporting, or impairing the authority of the master, except for repressing disorder, as in other cases. Slaves contraband under tbe act of Congress, seeking military protection, should receive it. The right of the Government to appropriate permanently to its own service claims of slave-labour, should be arrested, and the right of the owner to compensation therefore should be recognized. This principle might be extended, npon grounds of military necessity and security, to all the slaves within a particular State, thus working manumission in such State; and in Missouri, perhaps in Western Virginia, also, and possi-.

bly e7en in Maryland, the expediency of such a measure is only a question of time. A system of policy thus constitutional and conservative, and pervaded by the influences of Christianity and freedom, would receive the support) of almost all true men, would deeply impress the rebel masses and all foreign nations, and it might be humbly hoped that it would commend il self to the favor of the Almighty. Unless the principles governing the future conduct of our struggle shall be made known and approved, the effort to obtain requisite forces will be almost hopeless. A declaration of radical views, especially upon slavery, will rapidly disintegrate our present armies. Signed Uborqx B.

McClblla. Early in August the army was ordered to Aquia. The condition of affairs at Washington- during the campaign of pope is graphically described. September 2d the President directed Gen. MeClellan to take command of his own and General Pope's army, and find the enemy.

On the 17th of September An-tietani was (ought, South Mountain and Cramptun's Gap having been already won by us. Not a single gun or colour was lost by us in these battles, ad our total loss in men at. Antictam, is stated bv Con. MeClellan at 12,469. The advance into after Antietam is related, with an account of causes by which that advance was delayed.

On FR INKLIN LEOSARU. of Charl. and Ana in the 2lth rear of niBBge This beloTtd i ll of MIDI 18 a r. it and I on. HUMWl.fp.rwU do not raourn those witk.nl hop for KfilXr trust hi.

redeemed t-l-i'Ud into the realms of everlasting rest. rrvi'ltAL NOTICE. tc cited It RF AS COKrCS, A WCII II pectrd wident of the wm naivt of England Confederacy. The deceased resided for soon time in me forever. He about several h.n k.

died His loss is irreparable. Hisfuneral wil I At I Vce from the office of the Richmond En-J ire? o.fM. J.7 4. P. M.

Th. learned I and Reverend George Fitzhugh will dver the obituary discourse. r.H rhelan, Brown, C.artrell and Barksd-le. Driver of the Hearse, Mr. Nathaniel Tyler.

The friend, of the funct at.d the public generally are respectfully to be present. Green weepers, eight feet long, and black cotton glotes, drd in the wool and imported expressly from Baltimore, will be furnished gratu at the War Department. A mounted guard of 1,600 choice Vlug, will be in attendance to der. The editors and employee, of the Whig, examiner, Mercury, Confederacy and Appeal are warned not to molest the mourners, or in any way interfere with the proceedings. Papers in the Confederacy publish once and bill to Mr- Mcmminger, Secretary of the Treasury.

i i i i .1,1 l)ot C. M. Office, 6th Consl. Dl.t. N.

C. January 2oth, 1864. The following instructions have been issued from Assistant M. ienrala Office, Richmond Va. I.

Seventy pound cf salted pork has been decided by 1hc War Department to be the equivalent of sixty pounds of bacon, utder act of December 1863. Oicr authorized to receive the tithe in the vicinity of Armies in the field or along Rail Roads, whieh aflord facilities of pedy transportation to issuing Commissaries may at this rate receive salt pork instead of bacon. II. I'lurruers are called upon to bring Torward their i-i'ta ot pork immediately as the arniy need ntV prMentconsu-npnon. 8i tf M.

6th Dist. N. C. jfj i a it Cimtr Enrolling Office, Cth Co Disteict, Greensboro, N. January 18th, 1864.

The attention cf all concerned is invited to II, General Orders Adjutant and Inspector General' Office, Richmond, Virginia, October 20th, lsea. II. Soldiers returning home on furlough, or on reaching places at which they will stay during furlough, immediately report to the nearest Enrolling who will keep a register of their ninien, dtiseriptive list, plaee where stationed, by whom the farlouich was granted, and the time at which it expires." Li-ut. W. A.

Albright, A. E. will register for Alamance county, at (irahain, N. C. Iut.

C. lKbbin, A. E.O., will register for Guilford county, at Greeniboro, N. C. Cut David lUrrow, A.

E.G., will register for Fcryth county, at Winston, N. Capt. M. C. Moore, A.

E. will register for Stokes county, at Frsncisco, Stokes county, N. C. Lieut. W.

M. R. Johns, A. E. 0., will register for Rockingham county, at Leaksville, N.

C. Lieut. II. L. Cobb, A.

E. will register forCas wU cuuuty, at Yanceyvillo, N. C. Lieut. Jchn W.

Phiipot, A. E. will register for Person oonnty, at Koxboro, N. C. All soKJjers ftt home on furlough, or whose fur-louxhs bine expired and have been extended, will leporl the Enrolling Oflicers of their respective counties' or reit ration.

Endorsements upon furloughs by local physicians, ortiiy'u (j that recommendations for extension of furloughs have been forwarded, will not be respected by county Knrolling Olficers, but soldiers whose furloughs aiave expired will be sent before the District Knrc Board, or the nearest Hospital Ex-aniioing for examination. All applications for Exemption or Detail must be frw.irdfd hroiigh athe Enrolliug Officer for the omuly fr. whi-h Mich application comes. will rot acted upon without the opinion of tiic courty Officers as to its expediency or necessity. J.

H. ANDER3I0N, Capt and En Office: for Oth Cong. C. Wol Hud I'ursi ITanled. We with to buy all the WOOL AND FURS that we can gvt For wool we will pay the HIGHKST MARKET i'KK'LS, lor furs as follows Rabbit $1 and j'J per According to quality; Muskrat and Mink, Irom -c to 4Uo each; Raccoon md Fox, t'luin Mc tn $100.

Woclaiul furs taken in exchange for hats. Fer-8ts harinjt the above articl-s would do wellto give os a call. We want theiu to work ia hats for the Ciovcnrneiit. Our plactt of business is in Randolph county, 8 miles noutli of Ashyboro. Post Office address, Stone Lick -l-2w Wlf.Kl' M.

SMITH BROTHERS ()' iHicc C. Ordnance Work. Salisbi kv, Jasi aht 22, 1804. Contract. be made for Horse Shoes and nails, tie iron to be furnished by the Government.

No contract will be made for less than 200U shoes p. month, or li uil per month. A. if Capt. Artillery Commanding.

rfiron i.encrar. UOlcc, Ralcumi, Janlart 2lst, 1804. 'n the firi-t day of every month, I shall send a ag'nt, to the Army of Northern Virginia. All pickaxes, sent to meat this place will be prutupt'y fot warded free cf charge. EDWARD WARREN, Surgeon Gen.

N. C. I Mortal Price will be given for Swaioi's JY. of Business, or Every Man's Law Book. Apply at bis ofiu'e.

8.300 Ilcivarri. Ranaway the last of Au- lTtit. a negro woman CLAKA, Iftwren thirty and thirty-live years old, tall spare i.i i Ic am I rhe is probably, staying in the upr portion of th'S county, near Bachelors Hall. I "I 1 1 the above reward for her airest and con-tiaeiuent that I can get her. to-w G.

E. KEEN. THE PATRIOT. Kiinr.xsisoRoi'Gii, c. 7 Voi.

XXV 1,265. Turns 5, 1864. NutwithatatiJing the great anxiety of all classes of tie people with regard to the length of the war, ant r.atwithstm linir manv are even vat honeful of us ly termiuation, we have all the time argued ttj.il utterly groundless was the hope of an early p-iee, originating in the belief that public feeling at the North would often toward us that the Yankee tjjvfrnment oull lj in its prosecution of the war, witii a priig kisi, say to us, "Wayward sis-'Wit. dprl iu peace." Tbe idea thvt such a nentirnent would infuse itiejf th Northern mind, prevail in the war councils of t' LiscdLk Administration, and compel the most vi.il.iit of our eramies to regard us with favor, has many Southern people, and none have been so uiUled to e.lter fItent than President Davis. Few Houthetu meu were wont to persuade them-tA that Northern sentiment was fully united asiinst us, and while scouting taeir display of "demotion to th Union," were blind to the fact that wt firmly bent in prosecatiag their at- i tVonxA fc ha nmiM ssana ow-j been niu" uuiuumuuu wusicTer is given, i ne people are to be got together are to be penned, before they are allowed to know for what purpose they have been caueu rogeiner.

a raud and deceit always burrow in the dark, and disclose their secret workings bv piece meal The people must be got into the court house then the leaders who have been consulting and concocting measures in seeret, bring forth, one proposition, and another and another till all the important questions" are considered. It ia to hm hoped that no man who studies his own peace and the peace of his State, will be caught in any such trap. What necessity is there now for consultation for tie common good more than there was a month or three months or six months ago The Legislature has adjourned within month; what grievances are there now to redress that did not exist, when it was in session 7 It will meet again in May, why not wait the next Bession What special grievances can there be that require a call of the Legislature between December and May? These are only pre texts and although dressed In fine clothes cannot conceal the ugly and dirty carcass they are intended to hide. It is well known that there is a plan on foot which originated in Raleigh to call a Convention, and car ry the State of North Carolina out of the Confedera cy, and it is very much to be feared that the meeting; on Saturday is called to further that design. Sorry am I that Guilford is seleoUd for the furtherance of any such design.

North Carolina by a solemn act of the Convention of her people has for weal or for woe cast in her lot with the people of the Southern Confederacy, and has solemnly pledged her faith to "live or die, sink or swim, survive or perish" with them and she can take no steps backward without bringing shame upon her children and disgrace apott her name. Her escutcheon has always been bright, and her name unsullied up to the present hour. It is to be hoped no citizen of Guilford will lend his name, his influence er his presence to put a blot on her untarnished fame. But suppose the Convention called, and we withdraw fiom the Confederacy, what then 'Take our own affairs into our own hands" ia the language of the disturber of the repose of North Carolina. Well then you have got back your own affairs into your own hands, what then? Recall our troops, I suppose would be the next step.

But would they come when you call them is the question. Suppose they woald not desert those glorious leaders, under whom they have so often conquered and abandon that sacred cause which has been consecrated by the blood of so many heroes and martyrs, (and we all know they would not,) what would we then do with our own affairs in our own hands We would then stand exposed to the scorn and derision of all the world. Suppose they come, what then? Why you make North Carolina the hattle 15 eld ef the war, and you will see "Wide over her fields a waste of ruins laid." Ask those of your fellow citizens who have been to Northern and Eastern Virginia, to describe its present condition, ruin and waste and desolation, and pause before you take the first step toward inflicting a similar ruin upon your beloved State and happy homes. But you are told this is a peace measure it is all for peace and to stop the war. Be not deceived.

It is a measure to aggravate, intensify and magnify the war and bring it to your doors and your hearth-stones. Does any man in his reason believe that if North Carolina seceded from the Confederacy she could remain neutral Not for a day she would be occupied immediately as a matter ol necessity, as of self -protection byonfederate troops, and these troops would then be hostile troops and would burn wi resentment against us for our perfidy. But why talk about neutrality and its consequences? Nonsense. The object is to carry the State back into the old union from which we seceded, in 1861. What will be the consequences of that move, if it could succeed War to the knife, and the knife to thp hilt here among us Father against son, brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, burning houses, violated women, robbery and plunder.

A Confederate army and a Federal army, both on our soil, both devouring and destroying until they would not leave a rail or a blade of grass in the land. Our people divided, part on one side and part on the other, engaged in the general business of cutting the throats of each other Be not deceived. I know you want peace, so do so does every body. But we must seek peaee in a constitutional and a legal way we have an organized government and must speak for peace through the organ of the government. Some of the very men who are now head ing this movement were secessionists and brought on the present bloody war.

They told you secession was a peaceful remedy. They told what was not true, and when they tell you, you can have peace by calling a Convention, they tell you what is not true again. If you were about to take a jeurney upon a rail road train, and were informed that the Locomotive was out of order some ef the axels wrenched, some of the wheels cracked that the engineer was crazy and the conductor drunk, would you go Not a step. Well if you go into the meeting on Saturday, be certain that the train upon which you then embark is sound and in good condition and under the control of sober and comptent officers, est a colision or running off the track or a break dewn, may end in broken bones and mangled limbs and loss of life to many who thought they were only on a pleasure trip. Be certain you do not "jump eut of the frying pan into the fire." Lincoln says have no Confederate Government, no Nationality but that we are a State.

Now by holding alConvention to treat with Lincoln as a State do you not ignore the exist ence of our Confederate Government and play directly, into -his hand and aid him in his great plan of our subjugation? A TRUE FRIEND OF NORTH CAROLINA. We never maintained the doctrine of secession as practiced by the cotton States, and we resisted secession up to the last moment." The above extract is the language of the Raleigh Standard, which we copy to enquire what kind of secession that was it advocated 7 We well rememDer the time when the Standard preached secession to the whole South, and advised the people to give the North a practical touch of the doctrine if the Yan kees refused us our territorial righ s. cut tne Standara says it resisted secession up to the last moment. mibmit that its resistance came too late! like crying "put out the fire," after having caused the torch to be applied. Milton Chronicle.

Tn th Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the mo tion disolve the iniunction heretofore granted to restrain the Provost Marsnai irom taxing uraueu men was granted. Gold was quoted in New York, on the 18th, at 158J 159. The Confederate steamer Florida is lying in port at Brest. France, making ready to leave. She is ly ing near the U.

S. gunboat Kearsage. A fire occurred in New York on Saturday week, destroying property to the amount of Gens. Hancock and Buinside are to recruit their old corps to 50,000 men each. A court martial has been called for the trial of Surgeon-General Hammond, of the Federal army A banouet was sriven to the veterans of the Irish Brigade in New York on the 16th.

Gen. Meagher was the principal speaker. Col. Fish has retired from the post of Provost Marshal of Baltimore, and Major Haynes appointed to the post. Hendricks and Hart, two Ynnkee newspaper cor respondents, have reached New York, having been i i paroled for ninety days Dy me auuion ties.

A correspondent inquires what General Grant's initials stand for. From the best information we have, they stand for an Unmitigated Scound: el. Rebel. The acarcitv of shoes in the army, (says the At nnnnfJraru." ia wickedly attributed to the superabundance of leather-heads in Richmond. the army of the Potomac; the grand plan laid out for the general campaign of 1861-2, the final invasion of Virginia in 1862, the Peninsula movement; the seven days' battles and the short Maryland campaign of September, 1SC2.

Starting from the 1st of November, the time wh jn General MeClellan was given the chief command of all the United. States forces, the report says General MeClellan at once began active operations." This theatre of war had now extended about the whole circumference of the South and it became necessary, as well as practicable, to plan a large and sweeping combination of military An organisation of New England troops for occupying the coast line of the South on the middle Atlantic, whica had been selected by General MeClellan in September, 1861, took shape in Janu-7i 1862. as an expedition under General Born-side, designed to facilitate the movements of the main body in Eastern Virginia by an occupation of the coast-line of North Carolina, General Burnside being ordered, when he should have seiied Newbem, to occupy ana destroy the Weldon and Wilmington railroad as far west as Goldsboro', and, should circumstances favour, to push as far as Raleigh, Wilmington being, however, his ultimate objective point. Caution about proclamation" was recommended, the General being urged to say as little as possible about pelitics or the negro," and to state merely" that the true issue for which we are fight ing is the preservation of the Union and upholding the laws of the general Government." At the samo time letters were sent to General Halleck, (appointed to the command of the department of the Missouri,) to General Buell,) to General Sherman, (commanding In South Carolina and Georgia,) and to GeneralTJutler, (commanding the department of the Gulf.) General Halleck was charged with the duty of "reducing chacs to order" in his department. In respect to military operations he was ordered to hold the State by fortified posts and concentrate his force on the Mississippi.

General Buell was instructed as to the vast importanoe of the military occupation of Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. In Kentucky itself he was advised "the conduct of our political affairs is, perhaps, more important than that of our military operation," and he was urged to bear in mind that we shall most readily suppress this rebellion and restore the authority of tho Government by religiously respecting the constitutional rights of all." In aecordance "with the feelings and opinion of the President," General MeClellan requested General Buell to assure the people of Kentucky that their domestic institutions will, in no manner, be interfered with," and 'to al low nothing bat the dictates of military necessity" to cause him to "depart from the spirit of his instructions." In respect to Tennessee, Gen. Buell was ordered to throw the mass of his troops, "by rapid marches, by Cumberland or Walker's Gap, on Knoxville, in order to occupy the railroad at that point," and "cut the communication between Eastern Virginia and the Mississippi. Gen. Buell was further counseled to avoid "widening the breach existing between us and the rebels" by -causeless arrests and persecutions of individuals." "I have always found," adds General MeClellan, "thatit is the tendancy of suoorainates to maite vexatious arrests on mere suspicion." General Sherman was advised that th favorable moment for a coup main against Savan nah had been lost, and that the best course before him would be "to isolate and reduce Fort Pulaski But the "reduction of Charleston and its defencea" was held up as the great and moral advantage to be sought for, and this was stated to be an objeot for which General MeClellan was actively maturing his combinations.

General Butler was instructed as to the obstacles to be encountered in reducing New Orleans, and was ordered, as soon as possible after ine iau oi tnat city, to "seue all the approaches eading to it from the east," and particularly Jack son, Mississippi," with an ultimate view as well to the capture of Mobile as to the opening of Mississippi. The instructions thus issued to the gener als named comprehend the entire scope of the plans of General MeClellan, of which plans the movement oi the army of the Totomac, under his own orders, was the central feature. It was considered by him necessary to the success of these plans that they should be carried out simultaneously, or as nearly so as possible, the advance of the Potomac armv upon Richmond by the lower Rappahanock was kept in hand by him, to be delivered as the deceive blow in conjunction with all the rest of the general movement. Passing over Gen. McCleilan's full and elaborate account of the consultations and operations which preoerted the advance to Manassas, March 9, lSo.2, we find that this advance was intended by him merely to occupy the troops during the preparations tor the feninsula campaign, then fully decided upon.

The enemy's force at Manassas was estimated at 115,000, with five hundred field guns and three hundred siege guns. General MeClellan reaohed the Peninsula with 85,000 effectives early in April gives his reason for not assaulting the works at Yorktown, describes the battle at Williamsburg, and reciter the advance to Richmond. The siete of that city ia narrated at length, and tho "change of baBe," with its attendant battles at Mechanicsville, fought June 26, to Malvern Hill, foueht July 1. 1862. This Closed," says General MeClellan, "the hard fighting which had continued from the afternoon of the 26th Jane, in a series of engagements wholly unparalleled on this continent for determination and slaughter on both sides." July 4th the General telegraphed to the President that he occupied, at Harrison's bar, positions "which could be carried only by overwhelming numbers "The spirit of the army," he added, is excellent; stragglers are finding their regiments, and the soldie-g exhibit the best results of discipline." He sums up the results of the brief but fierce campaign "I cannot now approximate to any statement of our losses but we were not beaten in any conflict.

The enemy were unable, by their utmost efforts, to drive ua I from the field. We have lost no guns, except twenty-five on the field of battle, twenty-one of which were lost by the giving way of McCall division, under the onset cf superior numbers. When all the circumstances of the case are known, it will be acknowledged by all competent judges that the movement just completed by our army is unparalleled in the annals of war. Under the most dufficult circumstances we have preserved our trains. our guns, our materials, and, above all, our honour.

To this the President, replied assured the heroism and skill of yourself, oflicers and men is, and forever will be, appreciated. If you can hold your present position we shall hive the enemy yet." On the 7th General McUellan teiegrapned: -u not attacked to-day I shall laugh at them. Flag Officer Goldsborough is confident he can keep open my communications by the Expecting an attack.be savs. as a necessity to the enemy, ami feeling the critical nature of the position, General MeClellan, on the same day, addressed to tne rresi- den the following letter Hsadquartsks Abut or ths Potomac, Camp sear. Harrison's Lakdi53, Monday.

Jtdv 7. 1862. I Mr. President: You have been fully informed that the rebel army is in our front, with the purpose of overwhelming us by attacking our positions or reducing us by blockading our river communications. I cannot but regard our condition as critical, and I certainly desire, in view of possible contingencies, to lay before your Excellency, for your private consideration, my general views conceining the existing state of the rebellion, although they do not strictly relate to the situation of th army, or strictly come within the scope of my official du ties.

These views amount to convictions, and aie deeply impressed on my mind and heart. Our cuse must never be abandoned it is the cause ot tree self sovernment. The Constitution and the Union must be preserved, whatever may be th cont in time, treasure and blood. If secession ia successful other dissolutions are clearely to be seen in the future. Let neither military disaster.

noliiical faction, nor foreien war saake our settled purpose to enforce the equal operation of the lane The New York Timet has an account of the mutiny at Fort Jackson. It grew out of Col-Benedict's asking ten negroes coming in from beyond the lines their authority for leaving. They answered insolently, and he, seizing a whip, commenced lashing (hem, and a revolt 'ensued. One hundred negroes seiied loaded guns and fired on the Union troops wildly, most of the shots ranging too high. No one is reported hurt The rioters held possession of the camp all day and night.

The next day moral force prevailed. The ringleaders were arrested, and tried by court martial. "The 'writer attaches the blame to Adjut-nt General Thomas, whose indiscreet speeches gave the negroes an exalted idea of their position. AnOhio regiment has been oidered to camp near the reace of revolt. Fort, to provide a recur- Fiss.

We regret to learn that the barn of Mr. Clsxbnt Smith, eight miles west of this place, was burnt on Wednesday last, at noon. The barn was a new well-finished building, and contained a heavy quantity of grain, forage the loss being estimated at $10,000. Supposed te be the work of an incendiary. Habsas Corpus.

From the rather singular Funeral Notice which we copy from the Richmond Whig, we conclude that Congress has suspended the writ of habeas corput. The deliberations, in secret sessions, of Congress have not yet been made public. Faox tbs Akmt in Georgia. The Atlanta Con federacy of the 20th has the following in relation to the army of Northern Georgia and the West Matters about Dalton remain monotonously still. The army is comparatively comfortable, so far as shelter is concerned, but scarce of leather and socks.

The Rome Courier has had an interview with a gentleman just from Lineoln county, and gathers from him the following items of news He says the Yankees are committing many depredations, but yet generally leave every family a full supply of provisions for their own subsistence. The Federals are in a perfect stew in regard to their troops, whose time of service is about to expire. It is thought that not more than fifty to the regiment will re-enlist. They say they are heartily sick of the war, and are determined to go home and quit the service. Three negro regiments are garrisoning Shelby ville.

The people of Middle Tennessee are very hopeful and look to Forrest as their liberator. He got between three and four thousand recruits on his recent trip to West Tennessee. Thousands would join him if he could but get into that section. Large numbers xnn, under threats of confiscation and exile, have been forced to take the hated oath of allegiance to the Lincoln Government; yet at heart they are true to the South, and will so act whenever an opportunity is afforded. Sherman, with some fifteen or twenty thousand men, (thought to be moving from Stephenson to Huntsville,) was at Paint Rock Bridge last week.

The sapposed object is to scatter the Yankee army for the purpose of obtaining subsistence. All the Yankee cavalry that had been at Huntsville had moved Northwest, towards Pulaski and Columbia. r. 9 From ths Soctbwsst. A gentleman who left the neighborhood of Covington.

La on the 15th says that on the 7th two of the enemy's gunboats and six transports and schooners had appeared off the mouth of the liver and commenced thelling the marsh, when a Confederate picket force of seven men, under charge of a Sergeact, started from Madi-sonville, in a skiff on a tour of observation, and are supposed to have beeq captured. Sergeant Berry, is the only one known to have escaped. The fleet then proceeded up the river and took possession of the latter place, and four saw mills, which our forces neglected to destroy. They threw out pickets on the Covington road within two miles of that town; also on the Madmnville road on the east side oi the river. Our informant was at Covington ou the Gth, and started for Madisonville on the same night, in company with John Pollock, Frank Peters, and Bragg, who were ignorant of the near approach of the enemy, when the two latter were taken prisoners, and the former, though repeatedly fired at, escaped unhurt.

He estimates their forces at not more than two hundred or three hundred. They are engaged in raising the hulls of several vessels, sunk ou theriv-erjby our huthorities. Our force at the time consisted of one company of guerrilla's and sharpshooters, stationed at Covington, which withdrew towards Franklinton. He represents tne trade in cotton, car-lied on between Amite, Summit and ojhtr places on the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad, and Baton Rouge, as very extensive and without molestation. Four gunboats were in sight yesterday, and three were off Round Island.

Others proceeded tbward Ship Island. raocBBDixas is tub Yankbs Congress. In the Yankee House of Representatives on the 18th, Mr. Dawson (Democrat), of Pennsylvania, offered reso- utions declaring that tne war was not waged for conquest or oppression, and requesting the President to issue a proclamation making known that when any State now in insurrection, shall submit to the Federal Government, all hostilites against her shall cease, and such State shall be protected against all interference with her local laws and institutions. The resolutions were laid on the table ayes 79, noes 58.

Mr. Cox, of Ohio, offered a resolution proposing to take the exchange of prisoners out of the hands of General Butler, and refer it to a Board of Com missioners. The resolution was summarily laid on the table by a vote of ayes 91, nays 50. The Senate resolution providing for the appoint ment of a select committee, consisting of three mem bers of the Senate and five of the House, on the con duct and expediturea of the war, was passed. Mr.

Smith of Ky, offered resolutions declaring that the rebellion is "desperate, wicked, and bloody that "the safety and security of personal and national liberties depend upon its utter and absolute extinction and that, therefore, "it is the political, civil, moral, and sacred duty of the people to meet it, fight it, and forever destroy it, thereby establishing perfect and unalterable liberty. The resolution was adopted. Ayes 112, nays 16. In the Senate, on the 16th, the one million men bill, to release the prisoners at Richmond was dis cussed. Mr.

Howe, who offered the bill, assured the Senate he was in earnest, Mr. Trumbull thought one hundred thousand might be raised, but a million was driving it a little too strong. Mr. Wilson thought a hundred thousand recruits against Lee's veterans would stand no chance at all. The subject was dropped.

In the Senate, on the ISth, a bill was submitted and referred, providing for the establishment of a Bareau of Emancipation, under the Secretary of the Treasury. The resolution for the expulsion of Senator Davis, of was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Joint resolutions of thanks to Hooker' Meade, Howard, Banks, and Burnside, were passed. Coconuts are selling in Mobile at $10 apiece. People who can afford to eat them at this price ought to be able to stand a pretty heavy tax for the support of the war.

It is idle for the North te boast of our weakness, who have, for four years, overmatehed the strength of their numbers by the strength of our deterouna tion. Confederacy Robert J. Walker writes from England that there is a great revolution of opinion there in favor of the Tankees. ple of the South are not determined to meet every difficulty, to grapple with obstacles such as have never yet been in their way if they are not prepared for a long aeries of troubles, and willing, every man, to put hi. hand to the plow, especially these who first raised the war cry, but have found it more pleasant toting that war cry, than to dance to it then far better would it be to calmly and quietly give up th contest rather than suffer our brave troops in the field to go through another summer of hard fighting, all to be of no avaiL Much has been said by different papers since the commencement of the last session of Congress concerning Mr.

Foots, of Tennessee, and the conclusion arrived at, ia to the effect that that gentleman has been doing the Confederacy avast amount of injury, owing to the tone of his innumerable peecbes, and that he consumes much time that might be better employed, in twaddling away on topics of little or no importance. But Mr. Foots is not so guilty in this respect as certain parties would have us believe. In the conduct of our affairs, many grave errors have been committed, even at the very commencement of-the struggle. Mr.

Footb is laboring to prevent a repi-tition of these errors. Our soldiers have frequently been badly treated treated almost inhumanly. Mr. Foots is laboring for their good; and these same soldiers who have fought from the Peninsula ir. Virginia to the Valley of the Susquehanna in Pennsylvania, are now but little more than half fed, and the money with which they have been paid, so far from coming to their assistance in this extremity, has been very little better than bo many rags.

Mr. Foots, in his "twaddle" has had no little to say concerning those whose duties are connected only with the commissary department, and we hope his labors may prove beneficial there. We think Mr. Foots is perfectly right in the course he is pursuing. Letejtefy truth, bo matter what, be brought to light for strange, indeed, is that cause, which, to be successfully maintained, must require prevarication and a timid disposition to avoid every responsibility, or, for mere boast and display, to conceal the truth even from our own people.

If Commiisary Northrop has not a single pound of bacon in any of his sf ore-houses to issue to the army ior a week cr ten days, vhich would bo the best policy, to swear that we have an abundance, simply to hide the truth from Yankee newspapers in Order to avoid their insult or to let the fact be known so that the people whose patriotism would surely be equal to the emergency might send in, from their own smoke houses until even their supplies should be come exhausted From different sources we learn that since the close of active operations by the army in Virginia the rations issued to the men have been so scant as to cause some complaint among the troops, inasmuch that their money will buy such small quantities of food as to be totally insufficient to make up for that which the commissary fails to furnish. We hear of letters being written by soldiers to ther people at home asking for food to be sent thsm, and complaining in the roundest terms of their rations, not of the quality, but the quantity. How the matter really stands, we have no direct -information. We have occasional correspondents in various brigades, but none of these writers ever allude to the subject in their letters. If the men are really no better fed than we have been told they are, and if the reason does not exist in tin fact of a low ttate of supplies, then the matter is disgraceful.

If the soldiers are as well fed as the state of supplies will admit, and if that is not sufficient, then help must be given by planters and all ethers who have the nieins to afford. The men who stand up between as and the invader, placing their lives in jeopardy for the safety of those at home, must sot be permitted to suffer for anything that can he supplied them one day longer than actual necessity compels. The Louisville Democrat, of the 0th insL, says that -four undred of the 115th, 117th. and 118th Indiana six months volunteers were ordered to report at Indianapolis, their term of service having expired. They were marched over the mountains from Tatewell, some of then without shoes and but with little clothing, and with a scanty supply of food.

In on party of 102 twenty-four died before reaching camp Nelson, ond fifty men died in a few hours after their arrival. Out of 500 men who left Tazewell, 150 died from exposure and the want ol food and proper care. One night two men of Co. 115th Indiana, fell by the waysido and died crying for bread 1 As their term of service had expired Lincoln had no further use for them, and turned them out to starve and die. A correspondence between President Davis and Pope Pics the Ninth, has recently been published in some of the papers- Further than the letters exhibit a courteous intercourse they are of no importance.

They possess no political or official significance. Gtit. Mokoas. We learn that Gen. Morgan left Richmond yesterday for Decatur, where his command is rapidly organizing.

It is said he has received a larire number of recruits, and that his troopers are being equipped in a substantial manner. Attbmpt at Arso. At a late hour on Sunday night last the residenoe of Dr. A. S.

Postsr in the vicinity of this town, was discovered to be on fire, it bn lirKted in two different places. The flames had made considerable progress before (lis covered but were fortunately extinguished before serious damage was inflicted. Abbitsakt Arrest. We understand that Mr. Marccs Wittt, of this county, who has a leather contract with the Government, and who, vecently visited Florida for the purpose of purchasing hides, was placed in arrest by some General, commanding j.mmi nn.t not withstanding he had 1U lUth UCJ'Wiuivui, credentials to show the legitimacy of his transac tions, and further, that be was exempt from the per formance of military duty, yet be was sent on to a an(iiiitiitn wtiorp we SUPDOse he will be UT v' detained.

the night of November 7th General MeClellan was relieved and the command transferred to General Burnside. General MeClellan thus describee Lis own repoit -s Instead of reporting a victorious campaign, it has been my duty to relate the heroism of a reduced army, sent npon an expedition into an enemy's country, there to abandon one and to originate another new plan of campaign, which might and would have been successful if supported with appreciation of its necessities, but which failed because ot the repeated failure of promised support at the most critical, and it proved, the most fatal moments. The heroism surpasses ordinary description. Its illustration must be left for the pen of the historian in times of calm reflection, when the nation shall be looking oacK to tne past trom the midst of peaceful days. For me now it is surlicient to say that my comrades were victors in every field save one.

and there th endurance ol a single corps, accomplished, the object of its fighting, and by securing to the army its transit to the James river, left to the enemy a miaous and barren victory. The Capture of Gb5. Vance. We are indebted to the Asheville N. C.

Newt for the annexed in reference to the capture of Gen. Vance with a pait of Henry's battalion, by the Yankess. Captube orBaid. Gen. Vance.

Some days since Gen. Vance with a part ofTIenry-'Sj battalion and a few men from Thomas' Legion, started toward Se-vierville, Tenn. At Gatlins.burg he left his artillery and all his men' but about one hundred, dashed into Sevierville, and captured a Yankee train of seventeen wagons, with the teamsters and wagon matter. Six hundred Yankee cavalry were encamped six miles below town, to whom information was of course promptly communicated of what Gen. Vance had done.

In th meantime Gen. V. pushed off towards Crosby with his prize, stopping at Shuits' Mill about an hour, having sent a courier ordering the men at Gat. linsburg to meet him theie. This they failed to do, stating that the roate was impracticable for artillery.

At the end of about an Lour, and while Gen. Vance's men were entirely off their guard, the Yankees swept down upon them, taking them completely by surprise. A running fight ensued, our men scattering in every direction, and making a stand wherever a few of them could get together. Gen. Vance rallied a little squad, and after an ineffectual resistance against overwhelming numbers, was captured, with his Inspector General, Capt.

Lucas II. Smith, and about thirty others. Mnjor Charlie Rob-, erts was in. the affair, as was also Dr. W.

H. Murdoch, but escaped, with many others. The Yankees recaptured their wagons, and also one ambulance and about fifty horses from Gen. Vance's command. Col.

Henry, with his cavalry and artillery, worked his way through the mountains, and passed over the battle ground the next and most of the information in regard to the capture ef Gen. Vance obtained from people living on the spot. The Yankees did not tarry long, but pushed off rapidly as possible. These are substantially the facts aV gathered froth the information received here by Col Palmer, ot this unfortunate affair. When will our people learn the importance of heeding both ends of the injunction, "Watch and Some thirty-four of our cavalry, including a ma jor and several lieutenants, arrived in Vicksburg- a snon time si nee, caving oeen captured near nodmy by the Yankees.

It was rumored in Vicksburg th they were surprised by the Yankees while enjoyiug themselves at a party in the neighborhood of Rodney. The New York JleralcT Folly Island correipon- dent says Gen. Gilmore has succeeded in improving the ureek nre sneus so that he can shortly com mence the regular bombardment of Charleston with them. The Republican State Convention of New Hamp shire has nominated Lincoln for the next Presidency. Gov.

Watts, of asks only $15 for loads of wood for which from $40 to $o0 is demanded by ether parties in Montgomery. After the battles around Richmond there were one hundred and seventy-one wounded Jews in the houses of their brethren in that city. A bill has been in'roduced in the the United States Congress prohibit the sale of gold at a higher price than that paid for United States sixes, inter-est paid in gold, unless for exportation to pay debts. The railroad from Bristol to Morrisville will be in readiness for use during the week. Ex-Governor Alston, of S.

C. has presented Gen. Morgan with a valuable horse. Dr. P.

A. Dinkins, of Columbia, 8. died a few days Xt James Saunders died at his residence in Lynchburg on Thursday last. Capt. S.

E. Caldwell, of Cabarras county, N. was drowned in Coddle creek on th 12th inst. Corn brings $2.50 to $2T5 per bushel in Meat- gomery, while meal sells for 4 per bushel. One day, as a strong wind was blowing, a little boy was standing at a window.

Suddenly he raLed his hands and exclaimed, gleefully.