General Sherman at Memphis.—A letter to the 
Philadelphia Press eays: 
Gen. Sherman arrived at Memphis lately. He is 
a military man; obeys orders, and expects orders 
to be obeyed. He was waited upon by citizens, and 
the following communication took place: 
General—Memphis is a conquered city. Were 
there any terms offered at the capitulation of the 
city? 
Citizen—None that I ever heard of. 
General—Very well; then the people are all 
prisoners of war. All this buying of cotton is going 
to be stopped. Memphis is not a trading post; it is 
a military post. 
Citizen—Bnt the cotton will be burned. 
General—Burn your cotton, if you want to. It’s 
none of my business. Burn your whole city, if you 
wish. I don’t want your houses. My soldiers can 
live in tents. We have got Memphis, and are going 
to keep it. All this passing down South and 
carrying off mails is going to be stopped. I am going 
to have a cordon of pickets around this town so near 
together that they can touch fingers. The provost 
marshal can have any guard he wants, from ten to 
ten thousand men. All be has to do is to ask for 
them. I don’t care anything about the sentiments 
of the people. The people are nothing to me, except 
in their relation as prisoners of war. I would as 
soon send gunpowder South as gold. I don’t want 
the cotton, but I do want the gold. 
General Halleck on Confiscation.— The N. 
Y. Post Bays that Gen. Halleck, on the 1st inst,, 
was waited upon by a committee from Cincinnati. 
He replied in the strongest and most unequivocal 
terms, and authorized them to use the statement 
that he was, and always had been, in favor of a 
thorough confiscation of (Ul property of the rebels , 
slaves, especially, included. He had ordered Gen. 
McClellan to impress and use as many negroes as 
he could get, in any military duty for which they 
could be employed. He instructed him to make no 
inquiry as to whether they were slaves or free; or, 
if slaves, whether of disloyal or Union masters. 
These are matters that belong to the civil 
authorities, and when they themselves have forced 
the superintendency of these upon the military, 
they have no right to look to them for protection in 
the matter. It is not the business of military men. 
Burial op Gen. Ashby,— No one rebel in Vir¬ 
ginia gave the Union troops more trouble than the 
late Gen. Turner ABhby. Jlis appearance, as he 
lay in his coffin at the Fairish House, Charlottville, 
is thus described:—“He lay there as if a gCDtle 
slumber had fallen upon him, his phisiognomy indi¬ 
cating resolution, determination, and firmness- 
heavy black eye-lashes and eye-brows, long, black 
and thick flowing beard and moustache, prominent 
forehead, showing quick perception and thought, 
dark complexion, and an honest Virginia face. He 
was about forty years of age.’’ 
General Halleck about Milk. — A complaint 
having been made to Gen. Halleck that the seces¬ 
sionists would not furnish milk for sick soldiers, 
and that Union men charged high prices, he tele¬ 
graphed as follows: 
“ If secessionists won’t furnish milk, seize their 
cows and milk them yourselves. Have a military 
board to fix the price at which Unionists shall sell, 
and if they refuse to take that price, seize from 
them also.” 
The Army of tho West. 01 wmc n Dave Deen armea, ana are now chasing 
nr. ._. guerrillas and assisting our troops to maintain 
Gen. Robert McCook was shot by a party of b . . ,, ... ® , 1 . , 
0 ... quiet Seven guerrillas were hung in one day by 
guerrillas, near Salem, Ala.,on the 6th, while riding 1 , . J 
tt . , , - a party of citizens whfc joined together for a chase, 
toward Winchester, Tenn. He was sick, and in an ./ .. , . . . . . 
, , mu i i . ., The time for resort to law or waiting for Govern- 
ambulauce, The ambulance was traveling over the . . . 
, .... , , . , , , D . . .. ment or troops, has gone by, and loyal citizens are 
usual military road, and about 10 o clock in the , , . , 
. . . ’ . , .. , determined (o take the matter into their own hands 
morning arrived at a plantation where there was , .. . „ . , , 
, , . . .... . ,, and rid the country of lawless marauders and 
an abundance of water. Alter refreshing them- ^ J 
selves, they passed on with the wounded General. ^ ' V ff" „ , ... 
Intelligence of bis whereabout* and condition ep rend Col McNeilV forces come op w.td parlies 01 
rapidly, it is suppose,], for before the ambulance ff. rlUae ' ‘ few nor ‘‘'"f 1 «•,***"»«. “ 
had proceeded three miles, the driver discovered Ada,r county, on the Ub, and Iollo»ed them, stinu. 
that he wa. pursued by guerrillas. It was impossi- “ to » «f“ CTsl “f 1 
bie to tlduk of OigM, and Gen. McCook's coudilion wl " c '. ,to losl k, ' W ' ““ 01 
prohibited any idea of rescuing Mm. The guerrilla EU P'’““ •“«««» Port** fore 
leader ordered the ambulance to stop, the assassins ’''..'"'l' ... . 
»t the same lime surrounding il. The vehicle was , «•»<*•■"»» <»«• “I> «"«■ CoHel s guernl- 
theu upset and the sick effieeTluwd into tbs road. 1“' ln ‘ he *«“?" 1*“ 1 <* ®°f, d fT”* M °'’ 
While on his knees, helpless, sick, and pleading for J 11 *' »«f “Mg them, killed eleven, wounded 
quarter, he was tired at by a ruffian, and shot P™»™ . 
through the side. The wound was fatal, Gen. C“m Davis and Gen. Cur ware at Ca.ro, to eon- 
lleCook surviving it but a few hours. He bore his "» 7‘ 111 *”* “ regard 
suffering heroically, and to the last manifested an “ '"T ™ r cm .'' nl8 ° Army of the Southwest 
undaunted spirit. Ills last words wereToll **• HimiBMppt FlotiUn. In future there will 
Aleck [alluding to Ms brother, Gen. Alexander »« of action between them. 
McDowell McCook] and the rest, that I have tried 
to live like a man and do my duty.” When the Thc A,,uy ol v,r gmia. 
news of the murder became known among the On the 2d inst., 300 of the 1st Vermont went on 
camps, the excitement was intense. The 9th Ohio, a reconnoissance. from Culpepper Court House to 
McCook’s own regiment, on learning of the assafisi- Orange Court House, seventeen miles. They left 
nation, marched back to the scene of the occurrence, at 3 o clock in the afternoon, and camped at night 
burned every house in the neighborhood, and laid n(!ar Raccoon Ford. Early next morning the march 
waste the lands. Several men who were implicated was resumed, driving in the enemy's pickets. About 
in the murder, were taken out and hung to trees by * o’clock, while marching into the town, they were 
the infuriated soldiery. attacked by the enemy about 500 strong, snrronnd- 
Gen. Nelson occupied McMinnville on Sunday fog our men on all sides. After half an hour s 
with 6,000 men. The rebel Forrest fled on his ap- severe fighting, our force drove them from the 
proach.leavingforty stragglers to fall into our hands, town, killing between thirty and forty—twenty of 
Gen. Negley arrived at Columbia yesterday. He their dead b’fog in one street—wounding between 
dispersed a large concentration of guerrillas at Wil- fift y and sixty, and taking forty-three prisoners, 
liamsport, twelve miles from Columbia, on Sunday among them one major, two captains and two lieu- 
evening, capturing a number. tenants. The Union party wore commanded by 
Capt Julian, of the Tennessee troops, put to flight Brig,-Gen. Crawford in person. The enemy were 
a gang of guerrillas near Bigbysville. a few miles Ashby's cavalry. Col. Robinson. Companies G and 
from Columbia. H, of the N. Y. cavalry, captured nearly the whole 
Guerrillas near Columbia have been attempting of them. Many of the prisoners w.ere badly wounded 
to concentrate for some time. The utmost vigilance b 7 saber cuts. The prisoners are now in Culpepper 
is required to prevent their concentration. Court House. The enemy had every advantage 
The Chicago Times has a special from Trenton, over us ‘ n P os ^‘ on - 
Tenn., saying that Capt. Peck, with forty-three men HBAiayuitTm aiwy or Virginia, August a, 1862. 
of the 6th Illinois cavalry, sent against Faulkner’s 7° Major-Geucral Halleck :-The reconnoitering 
cavalry, who had been committing depredations in an( i p US hed forward to Orange Court House yester- 
the vicinity of Humboldt, surprised them while day, and took possession of the town, which wag 
sleeping, five miles east of Dryersville, yesterday occupied by two regiments of the enemy’s cavalry 
Thirty rebels were killed, and fifty-three of their Ge ,?' ®? be / lBon ; , Elevp . n the ^“7 ™ 
, J ^ killed and fifty-two taken prisoners. Auiofig ibe 
horses and a great portion of their arms taken, latter are one major, three captains and two Jieu- 
Most of those who escaped were left without arms tenants. On r loss’ is two killed and three wounded. 
and clothes. Seven Federals were wounded, two The retreated in such haste as to leave their 
7 Wnnrmpn in nnr hanrlQ ThArai paa/i and t a*I uiri-a..i, 
> boats. Hindman's letters, in the captured mail, 
boast that he is forming thirty Arkansas and Texas 
5 regiments. He is at Little Rock, with less than 
? 6,000 effectives. 
1 Hundreds of citizens are still flying from con¬ 
scription to tho interior of the lines. The 1st Union 
i Arkansas regiment is nearly full, fitted and drilled 
i ready for the field. There are nearly 3,000 confisca¬ 
ted slaves here. The cotton of their rebel runaway 
masters is being sold for their benefit. 
There are about 100 Union prisoners in Little 
Rock penitentiary, confined, by Hindman s order, 
in convict cells five feet by seven, with no exercise, 
fed on tainted meat, and left in their own filth. 
The ram Mingo reports that on Saturday a scout¬ 
ing party of seventy-five Federals were surprised 
by 500 of Hindman’s men, and badly cut up—only 
twenty escaped. 
Forty of Jeff Thompson’s men were captured 
while attempting to cross the river near the town 
of Austin. 
The recent publication of Gen. Pillow's letter to 
his brother in regard to the slaves of the former, 
renders interesting the fact that Gen. Curtis has 
freed all the negroes in question, numbering 275. 
Pillow has three plantations near Helena, on which 
all the movable property has been confiscated. 
Gen. Curtis has freed at Helena about 2.000 slaves, 
chiefly those who worked on Forts Pillow and 
Donelson. 
A gentleman from Leavenworth reports that the 
guerrilla leader, Tantrell, seized a descending 
steamer on Sunday evening, the 3d inst., and 
crossed the river with 1.500 men. The military 
authorities of Fort Leavenworth, hearing of the 
capture of the steamer, and not knowing Tantreli's 
strength, sent 100 men down to intercept him, all 
of whom he took prisoners, and then marched on 
and captured Liberty. Col. Pennick, having pre¬ 
viously evacuated that, place, escaped with his com¬ 
mand. An additional force of four companies, with 
a battery of artillery, was dispatched from Fort 
Leavenworth to operate against Tantrell. 
About daylight on the morning of the 2d, Col. 
Lather, with a band of 125 rebels, attacked Capt 
Birch’s command of seventy-five Federals at Ozark, 
Mo. Capt. Birch having been apprised of the med¬ 
itated attack, fired and abandoned bis tents, and 
withdrew into the brush, soon after which the enemy 
rode into the light of the burning camp, and called 
upon oar men to surrender. Birch responded with 
a volley of musket balls, and emptied several sad¬ 
dles, when the rebels broke and ran, losing most of 
their arms and a portfolio containing the muster 
rolls anti correspondence. The enemy had two 
killed and several wounded. 
After retreating forty miles from Forsyth, on 
White river. Birch attacked them at daylight on the 
morning of the 4th, and killed three of them, 
wounded seven, and captured twenty-five horses, 
twenty guns, most of the clothing and saddles of 
the men, with two hundred letters, and the original 
authority from the War Department of the C. S. A., 
authorizing Col. Lather to organize a regiment of 
partizan rangers for service in Missouri, Kansas, 
Iowa and Illinois. 
Hughes and Tracy are making strong efforts to 
get a footing in the State, but the activity of our 
troops has so far prevented it. The citizens are 
being rapidly enrolled in the State militia. Thirty- 
five companies already have been organized, fifteen 
of which have been armed, and are now chasing 
guerrillas and assisting our troops to maintain 
quiet Seven guerrillas were hung in one day by 
a party of citizens whe joined together for a chase. 
The time for resort to law or waiting for Govern¬ 
ment or troops, has gone by, and loyal citizens are 
determined to take the matter into their own hands 
and rid the country of lawless marauders and 
guerrillas. 
Col. McNeil’s forces came up with parties of 
guerrillas, a few miles northeast of Kirkville, in 
Adair county, on the Cth, and followed them, skirm¬ 
ishing, into town, where a general fight, ensued, in 
which the. rebels lost 150 killed, and ten wagons of 
supplies and ten wagons of arms. Porter’s forces 
are scattered. 
Maj. Montgomery came up with CoffeH’B guerril¬ 
las, in the western pait of Dodd county. Mo., on the 
7th, and attacking them, killed eleven, wounded 
four, and took seventeen prisoners. 
Com. Davis and Gen. Curtis are at Cairo, to con¬ 
sult with the Department at "Washington in regard 
to future movements of the Army of the Southwest 
and the Mississippi Flotilla. In future there will 
be concert of action between them. 
The Army of Virginia. 
On the 2d inst., 300 of the 1st Vermont went on 
a reconnoissance from Culpepper Court House to 
Orange Court House, seventeen miles. They left 
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and camped at night 
near Raccoon Ford. Early next morning the march 
was resumed, driving in the enemy's pickets. About 
1 o’clock, while marching into the town, they were 
attacked by the enemy about 500 strong, surround¬ 
ing our men on all sides. After half an hour’s 
severe fighting, our force drove them from the 
town, killing between thirty and forty—twenty of 
their dead lying in one street.—wounding between 
fifty and sixty, and taking forty-three prisoners, 
among them one major, two captains and two lieu¬ 
tenants. The Union party were commanded by 
Brig.-Gen, Crawford in person. The enemy were 
Ashby’s cavalry, Col. Robinson. Companies G and 
H, of the N. Y. cavalry, captured nearly the whole 
of them. Many of the prisoners w.ere badly wounded 
by saber cuts. The prisoners are now in Culpepper 
Court House. The enemy had every advantage 
over us in position. 
Hkahvabters Aiwt of Virginia, August 3,1802. 
To Major-General Halleck :—The reconnoitering 
column under Gen. Crawford crossed the Rapidan, 
and pushed forward to Orange Court House yester¬ 
day, and took possession or the town, which was 
occupied by two regiments of the enemy’s cavalry 
under Gen. Robertson. Eleven of the enemy were, 
killed and fifty-two taken prisoners. Amohg ibe 
latter are one’major, three captains and two lieu¬ 
tenants. Onr loss is two killed and three wounded. 
severely. 
Gov. Johnson has been authorized by the Secre¬ 
tary of War to release the loyal Tennesseeans at 
the North. aDd to exchange other prisoners for loyal 
Tennesseeans imprisoned at the South. 
Gen. Bragg is in command of 30,000 rebel troops 
at Battle Creek. 
A dispatch from Helena, Ark., dated the 3d. says: 
wounded in onr bands. The railroad and telegraph 
liLie. between Orange Conn House and Gordon.-ville 
were destroyed. John Pore, Major-General. 
A civilian, captured at Front Royal some time 
Bi'nce, and formerly employed in the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives, reached Washington via Fredericks¬ 
burg, having left Richmond on Friday, the 1st inst., 
where he has been about the city on parole. He is 
not able to comumnioftte much because of his parole, 
Gen. Curtis’ army is re-enforced, and competent for but declares that Richmond ha? not been evacuated^ 
offensive operations. and that there are no signs of pestilence there, 
Lieun-Col. Wood's expedition returned from St though there is a vast amount of sickness. The 
Francis river yesterday, having captured a large rebel army lies east of the city, and he is confident 
mail from Little Rock for Jeff Thompson, several from what he has learned that its effective numbers 
cotton burners, the rebel steamer Novelty, many have been greatly exaggerated. He has the usual 
horses and mules, and destroyed three rebel store story about provisions and high prices. 
A dispatch from Sperry ville, Ya., dated the 7tb, 
says that out of the 120 citizens of that place who 
have taken the oath of allegiance within the past 
few days, there were fifty who cannot write their 
names. The poor whites, as a rule, are loyal, and 
but few of them will be sent south. Scouting par¬ 
ties continue to bring in large numbers of fine cattle 
and horses. 
The expedition sent out from Fredericksburg, 
under Gen. Gibbon, on the 5th inst., has returned, 
A ponion of the command, under Coi. Cutler, 
dashed off to the. right, and made a descent upon 
Frederick’s Hall station, twelve miles from Gor- 
donsville, on the Virginia Central Railroad, destroy¬ 
ing the buildings, stores, and about half a mile of 
the track. Gen. Gibbon, with the main body, had 
a short skirmish with the enemy on the Richmond 
telegraph road, ten miles from Fredericksburg. A 
few prisoners were taken. We lost one man killed 
and several taken prisoners. But two of Gen. Gib¬ 
bon's men were wounded. The enemy bad been 
apprised of our advance, and came around upon 
our rear from Bowling Green. The loss sustained 
by the rebels is unknown. 
The N. Y. Times ’ special Washington dispatch 
of the 9th, states that it is reported that our pickets 
on the south side of the Rapidan were attacked by 
a large force of the rebels Friday (Rth inst.) eve¬ 
ning, and driven across the river. McDowell’s Jorce, 
headed by nartaell’s and Crawford’s brigades, and 
followed by Banks’ corps, were immediately sent 
forward to the point, only ten miles from GordoDs- 
ville. The troops are in excellent spirits. Heavy 
firing was heard in the afternoon, supposed to be 
an artillery fight across the river. Gen. Pope was 
understood to be personally directing movements. 
A special dispatch to the N. Y. Mercury on the 
10th, states it is reported that 120,000 rebels are 
marching against Pope. Washington is full of 
rumors of a fight in the Shenandoah Valley. 
On the 9th inst. a battle was fought near Culpep¬ 
per, Va., between the troops under Gen. Banks and 
those under Stonewall Jackson. 
Gen. Bayard, of Gen. McDowell’s corps, with his 
caval ry brigade, had been engaged the day before 
in the advance, near the Rapidan river, skirmishing 
and maneuvering, taking some prisoners, and end¬ 
ing with slight loss, battling the efforts of a large 
force to surround and cut him off. On the morning 
of the 9lb he was engaged for some hours before 
Gen. Banks came up, and with four regiments of 
cavalry, the 1st Pennsylvania, 1st Minnesota, and 
1st Rhode Island, delayed and embarrassed the 
enemy’s advance. The rebels under Jackson and 
Ewell had crossed the Rapidan in force, and their 
advance guard, 15,000 strong, was met by Gea. 
Banks in the afternoon, about six miles south of 
Culpepper Court House. The fight was almost 
wholly with artillery at first, but the infantry be¬ 
came engaged about six o'clock, and a determined 
and bloody contest ensued. 
Gen. Banks’ right wing, under Gen. Williams, 
suffered severely. The rebel position was in the 
woods, while the troops which attacked them were 
obliged to cross open ground. It was not until 
about six o’clock that it became evident that the 
rebel? were attacking in force. Previous to that 
there had been a rather desultory cannonade. The 
whole rebel force suddenly attacked in overwhelm¬ 
ing numbers at all points. Nearly all their regi¬ 
ments had full rank?. At 7 o'clock Gen. Pope 
arrived on the field from Culpepper, accompanied 
by Gen. McDowell, with a part of McDowell’s force. 
Gen. Banks held the same ground he occupied at 
the beginning. After the arrival of Gen. Pope 
there was an artillery contest, continuing at inter¬ 
vals until nearly J2 o'clock. The night was unu¬ 
sually clear, and the moon full. 
The rebels planted a battery against McDowell’s 
center, where Generals Pope and Banks were, 
bringing them both nnder fire. The Generals and 
their stalls were so near the rebel lines, that a sud¬ 
den charge of rebel cavalry was made from the 
woods a quarter ot a mile off, with a view to cap¬ 
ture them. The attempt was repelled by avigorous 
fire from McDowell's troops, and the Generals and 
their staffs left the ground under a cross-fire from 
the rebels and their ow n troops. The fire of the 
rebel batteries was afterwards silenced. Gen. Pope, 
on arriving, sent fresh troops to the front to take 
the place ot Gen. Banks’ exhausted columns. The 
enemy did not renew the attack, except by artillery. 
On the 11th the enemy sent in a flag of truce, 
asking permission to bury their dead. This shows 
that, with all their superiority of numbers, they 
were too badly cut up to maintain their position, 
and that their falling back yesterday was from 
necessity, not from choice. Our troops are engaged 
in bringing off our wounded from the field, and 
burying the dead. Our loss was heavy, but has not 
yet been definitely ascertained. 
Army of liie Potomac. 
Ever since the firing upon our shipping at the 
mail-boat landing by the enemy’s batteries, a por¬ 
tion of our troop,; have occupied the opposite 
shore. On the 3d inst, a reconnoissance was made 
from that point back into the country, within four¬ 
teen miles of Pittsburgh. It was conducted by Col. 
Averiil, and composed of 150 of the United States 
and 150 of the 3d Pennsylvania cavalry, with four 
companies of the 1st Michigan infantry. Captains 
Costar and Bowen, of Gen. McClellan's staff, accom¬ 
panied them. At Cox’s Mills, five miles from the 
river, they encountered the 13th Virginia cavalry 
drawn up in line. Our men charged on them, when 
they broke and ran. They drove them to their 
encampment at Sycamore Church, two and a half 
miles further, where they again formed, hut were 
ingloriously put to flight, leaving behind all their 
tents, camp equipage and commissary stores, which 
our troops gathered together and burned. The 
rebels had two horses killed, six men wounded, and 
two taken prisoners. Our loss w T as one horse killed. 
After scouring the country a 6hort distance, our 
forces returned to the river. 
There is no positive evidence of rebel gunboats 
in the river this side of Fort Darling. Information 
received here goes to show that the new Merrimac 
will not be ready to operate for three weeks. 
The health of the troops has improved ever since 
they began to receive fresh vegetables, ordered to 
be issued to them by Gen. McClellan. 
On the afternoon of the 4th inst., Gen. Joseph 
Hooker, wiih his entire division, together with the 
division under command of Gen. Sedgwick, a bri¬ 
gade of cavalry under General Pteasonton, and four 
batteries, commanded respectively by Captains De 
Hussey. Benson. Bramall. and Tidbali, the whole 
under the immediate command of General Hooker, 
were ordered to make a reconnoissance towards the 
enemy’s lines. At four o'clock they left the encamp¬ 
ment and proceeded on the Charles City road. 
After following it a few miles they struck off into 
the by-roads, and about ten o’clock reached Nelson’s 
Farm, where they bivouacked for the night Early 
in the morning they were again moving, still follow¬ 
ing a roundabout way, and in an hour after this 
second start, they found themselves in the rear of 
Malvern Hill and the rebels there stationed, thus 
effectually getting between Richmond and its pro¬ 
tectors. Judging from the preparations that had 
been made tor our reception, it was evident that 
Borne of their many spies, which, at all times, are 
believed to be among ns, had given them the inform¬ 
ation of our coming. Soon after reaching onr posi¬ 
tion the forces were formed in line of battle, the 
artillery on the front, supported by infantry, and 
the cavalry to the left, to do the scoutiRg. After 
six o'clock the enemy opened upon us with their 
field pieces, our forces promptly returning the fire, 
The tight lasted nearly two hours, when the enemy 
retired towards the river, taking with them their 
pieces. 
It was the opinion of the Commanding General, 
when commencing the battle, that the enemy were 
Ln large force at this point, the nature of the ground 
and the character of the country preventing a sight 
at their encampment, and hence tbejr numbers were 
not definitely known. After the fight it was discov¬ 
ered that they bad only three regiments of infantry, 
four pieces of artillery, and a small number of cav¬ 
alry. The prisoners taken all concur in saying that 
they would have retired upon the first, intimation of 
our approach had they not been momentarily ex¬ 
pecting the arrriv&l of General Toombs and his 
division. 
During the engagement we had only two batteries 
engaged, Captains Benson and Bramall. So effec- 
ively were they managed that the infantry were not 
called upon to fire a single shot The party, when 
they left for the Hill, in the afternoon, took with 
them a large number of contrabands, and doubtless 
ere this they have succeeded in throwing np 
intrenchments to a considerable extent The result 
of the expedition was gratifying in the extreme. 
As the fighting was done by artillery, and that on 
the part of the rebels was poorly served, our loss 
was small, only twenty being killed. The rebel loss 
was much greater. One hundred cavalrymen, 
horses, and equipage, were captured, and one small 
battery. 
General Burnside, who was sent to Newport 
News to re-enforce General McClellan, has again 
moved, and at last accounts had reached Fredericks¬ 
burg, for the purpose of strengthening the “Army 
of Virginia,” under Gen. Tope. 
A gentleman who was at Harrison’s Landing on 
the 5th, gives an interesting account of the exchange 
of prisoners at that point. Ou r vessels arrived there 
at one P. M., and in the course of six hours delivered 
6,013 prisoners to Commissioner Robert OuldB. The 
United States prisoners had walked thirteen miles, 
and were almost in a tarnished condition, their food 
having been two small biscuits for the entire day. 
They suffered extremely for want of water, and it 
was only after the entreaty of Mr. Ou)d, that they 
were permitted to quench their thirst at a well. 
Capt J. Stevenson, of the Marine Artillery, con¬ 
nected with our boats, distributed food and other¬ 
wise relieved their necessities. They remained 
over night near the Landing. Mr. Akin, a proprie¬ 
tor of a plantation, furnished the straw on which to 
sleep. Early the next morning they were taken on 
board our transports. Mr. Ould acknowledged the 
rebels had been better treated by the United States 
authorities than our own men at Richmond, and 
certainly the contrast betweea the two furnishes 
proof of this. The exchange has been completed so 
far as concerns private Boldiers lately confined in 
Richmond and vicinity, and sanctioned this week. 
The arrangement for the exchangeofficers is 
expected to be consummated. 
The N. Y. Times' letter from i^Hrmy of the 
Potomac, dated 7th. says importa^^Bvements are 
progressing on the south side River, but 
are of such a character as not to^^^Bf disclos ire 
for the present ^ 
AFFAIRS N' 
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41 i 
Government Mi^^BBast ffl 
The folluwing Oder. author- 
Dir a twi.vt, 
Ordered. First . that all Ui^^^H<>s Marshals 
and HuperintendeLts, or Chiefs^^^w lice of any 
town, city or district, be, and are hereby 
authorized and directed to arrest an (■uprisen any 
person or persons wLo ruay be engage*!, by act. or 
speech, or writing, in discouraging volunteer enlist- 
nients, or in any way jiving aid and comfort to the 
enemy T , or in any othei disloyal practice against the 
United States. 
Second , That an immediate report be made to 
Major L. C. Turner, JuGge Advocate, in order that 
such persons may be tried before a military com¬ 
mission. 
Third, Tbe expenses o r such arrests and impris¬ 
onments will be certified to by the Chief Clerk of 
the W ar Department and payment made. 
Edwin M. Canton, Sec’y of War. 
War Department, Washington. August 8, 1802. 
An order to prevent the evasion ot military duty 
and the suppression of disloyal practices: 
1. By direction of the President of the United 
States.’it is hereby ordered that until further orders 
no citizen liable to be drafted into the militia shall 
be allowed to go to u foreign country; and ail mar¬ 
shals and military officers of the United States, and 
-.ill police authorities, especially at the ports of the 
United States, on the sea board and on the frontier, 
are requested to see that this order is faithfully car¬ 
ried into effect; and they are hereby authorized to 
arrest and detain any person or persons about to 
depart from the United States, in violation of this 
order, and report to Major L. C. Turner, Judge 
Advocate, at Washington city, for further instruc¬ 
tions respecting the person or persons so arrested 
and detained. 
2. Any person liable to draft who shall absent 
himself from his county or State before such draft 
shall be made, shall be arrested by any Provost 
Marshal or other United States officer, wherever he 
may be found within the jurisdiction of the United 
States, and conveyed to the nearest military post or 
depot, and placed on military duty for the term of a 
draft, and ine expenses of hi’s own arrest and con¬ 
veyance to such post or depot, and also the sum of 
five dollars, as a reward to the officer who shall 
make such arrest, shall be deducted from his pay. 
3. Tbe writ of habeas corpus is hereby suspended 
in respect to all persons arrested and detained, and 
in respect to all persons so arrested lor disloyal 
practices. Edwin M. Stanton, 
Secretary of War. 
The following circular was issued on the Mth 
lost.: 
War Department, Washington, August 11, 1862. 
The temporary restriction upon traveling, deemed 
necessary to prevent evasions of liability to be 
drafted in tbe militia, waB not intended to apply to 
couriers with dispatches, and the legations of 
friendly powers to the United States. All authori¬ 
ties, civil and military, are consequently required 
to allow such couriers to pass freely, without let or 
molestation. Edwin M. Stanton, 
Secretary of War, 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Prindle’s Patent Agricultural Caldron —D R, Prind'e 
Raw Bone Superphosphate of Lime—A. Lister & Broi 
Assignees Sale of Real Estate—Horace Blackmar. 
Produce Commission Merchant—Josiah Carpenter. 
Russell's Prolific Strawberry—Goo. Clapp. 
Morey to Loan—J. E Pierpont, Sec'y. 
Standard Pear Trees—E. Moody k Son, 
®l)£ Ntros (Eonhcnscr. 
— Gen. Butler is asking for re-enforcements. 
— In Great Britain there are 6.562 farriers and veterinary 
surgeons. 
— Morgan stole 500 valuable horses during his late raid in 
Kentucky. 
— It is said that Washington can easily torn out 2,000 clerk, 
to defend the Capital. 
— Counterfeit twenty-four cent postage stamps are in clrtu- 
lation in Portland, Maine. 
— A grand council of the Six Nations of Indians was held 
at Onondaga Castle last week. 
— There are now between 1,700 and 1,800 guests at the 
three principal Saratoga hotels. 
— The peach crop is promising. It is thought peaches will 
sell for 50 cents a bushel in Delaware. 
— Gen. Grant has seized and confiscated 113 houses and 
stores in Memphis belonging to rebels. 
— Nearly 1,000 barrels of prize rosin were sold in Brooklyn 
at $11 and $11.50 per barrel, last week. 
— Muscatine, Iowa, containing 6,000 inhabitants, is now 
raising her sixteenth company for tbe war. 
— The army chaplains in England number 90. Seventy, 
two are protestants and 18 Roman Catholics. 
— Tbe Tazoo is navigable for fifty mites, and empties into 
the bftssissippi a few miles above Vicksburg. 
— Rev. .T Wallace, editor of the Presbyterian Quarterly 
Review, died at Philadelphia on the 25th ult. 
— In Chicago, black lista are published of all persons who 
refuse to contribute money to support the war. 
— The Republican State Convention of Massachusetts will 
be held in Worcester on the 10th of September. 
— Rich gold deposits have been found in Tuscarawas Co., 
Ohio. The discovery was made in boring for oiL 
— Extensive orders for iron clad vessels arc now in course 
of execution in England for the Russian Government. 
— Well executed counterfeits of the Mercantile Bank, N. 
Y.. have been extensively circulated iu New York city. 
— Duke Pasquiere, the oldc6» Statesman in France, the 
very Nestor of publicists, died recently at the age of 96. 
— Italians in New York are reejuiting for the Mexican 
army. Mexicans in that city pay their passage via Sonora. 
— The births of Collector and Surveyor of New York are 
said to have yielded $600,000 in perquisites since July 1, 1862. 
— The three railroad bridges recently destroyed by the 
rebels on tho Nashville and Chattanooga railroad havs been 
rebuilt. 
— The St. Louie respondent of the N. Y. Herald says 
that a rebel plot for thz seizure of the city has been brought 
to light. 
— The fear of the confiscation of his large estates in Vir¬ 
ginia, caused the suicide of the Rothschilds' agent in New 
Orleans. 
— Louisville is said to be improving to some extent, despite 
the difficulties of the country. Trade and travel are on the 
increase. 
— Gen. Totten, Chief of the Corps of Engineers, is about 
to make an inspection of the military works on the Atlantic 
seaboard. 
— The rebel prisoners confined in Forts McHenry and 
Warren are being sent to Fortress Monroe, for the purpose of 
exchange. 
— During Wednesday afternoon, between 400 and 500 
rebel prisoners, confined at Fort Delaware, took tbe oath of 
allegiance. 
— A New Orleans correspondent of t}ie New York Times 
says there are symptoms of insubordination among the slaves 
of that city. 
— Henry Benedict, a boy aged sixteen years, was lately 
married iu New Milford, Conn., to a girl named Sophia Nobles, 
aged fourteen. 
— Tbe Board of Aldermen at Boston, on Monday week, 
voted $200,000 for the construction of an iron-clad Monitor 
for ihe harbor. 
— Rev. W. Meriam, an American missionary at Philll- 
popoli, has been murdered by brigands, on his way from 
Constantinople. 
— Tuesday week no less than 95 grain-loaded vessels passed 
Detroit. The movement of grain on the lakes continues 
remarkably large. 
— All the patent medicines in Alabama belonging to North¬ 
ern doctors have been sold at auction for the benefit of the 
Dixie Confederacy. 
— Among the articles comprised in the cargo of the cap¬ 
tured steamer Tubal Cain were eighteen thousand stand of 
improved fire-arms. 
— Some of the clerks in the different departments at Wash¬ 
ington are commencing to form companies. This looks like 
practical patriotism. 
— The author of that well known song, beginning, “ She’s 
all my fancy painted her,” died recently in an English poor 
house, aged 74 years. 
— In Pliilade’pbia. private subscriptions for the bounty 
fund, excer*. me railroads, foot up two hundred and seventy- 
!w; r>' jusand dollars. 
— The United States Economist estimates that there is fully 
one hundred million more specie in the United States than 
we had tivo years ago. 
— It is estimated that there are $10,000,000 worth of sup¬ 
plies at Nassau, N. F., intended for the rebel ports, whenever 
the blockade can be ruu. 
— The St. Louis News of July 29 notices a rumor that Maj- 
Gen. Hitchcock is to be assigned to the command of the 
Department of the West. 
— Five hundred and sixty-seven bales of prize cotton were 
sold iu Brooklyn last week, on Government account, for 44& 
and 50cents per pound. 
— The willingness to enlist as tax-gatherers is much more 
manifest than that to enlist as soldierB in the Union army for 
the preservation of the Union. 
— By a recent law abolishing regimental bands, about 5,000 
non-combatants will be mustered out of service, many of 
whom will re enlist as soldiers. 
— A great change has come over Baltimore. It is thought 
that her quota of volunteers will be raised within ten days 
after the granting of the bounty. 
— The aggregate production of the Pennsylvania coal mines 
for the present season is about 3,740,387 tuns, against 4 ,102,139 
tuus to the same time last season. 
— The people of New Haven have requested the town officers 
to advertise the names of all men who apply for exemption 
papers in order to evade the draft. 
— The news from Lebanon is not satisfactory, as it is said 
that the Druses of the Harain manifest some intention of 
again risiug 8gainst. the Christians. 
— The shipment of Pennsylvania rock oil from this country 
to Europe, during the first six months of the present year, 
amounted to more than $1,000,000, 
— During the past month the issue of nickels from the 
Mint, at Philadelphia was over 3,600,000 of coins. The rush 
for them has been extremely urgent. 
— At Albany, Saturday and 8unday week were two of the 
hottest days of the season. On both days the mercury stood 
between 90 and 94 degrees in the shade. 
— A religious regiment is to be recruited in New York, 
composed of such as have hitherto refused to enlist on account 
of the immoral tendencies of camp life. 
— The Charleston Courier says that two or three Union flags 
were recently found in houses at Galveston. All the persons 
guilty of this “ treason ” were executed. 
