Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-08-29
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From Richmond

Tho proa;d,4 .. = RICHMOND, Aug. Dist leo,
Inc fresloent to-day approved of The o. I66l, p. N
the PRESIDENT to appoint two other Cone act emp6we
bot rotio0o F elpoWers the President to 5s to ~
credted, and 10 prescribe their duties TIL ope shall be-
commissioners will receive the same nav no TWO addio
Europe. ~ P"y as those rools
The President also approves the ac+ ;. -,
missouri II repemg invasion, and anrbor4aS me STATE
ln1o the Son1ederacy. The preamble SETS Fer et adns
Dp tinanna f t IaNT peen prevented, by the h ia
their will in regard to a union with the :, o@ expe
that Inc mlssoarsns being row engaged in @
less invasion OF their territory by armed ePellIg &
crate Government consider it their rght e u, he Cor
government and people of Missouri in res toajlr
iI nnnn III ore eans g. opportunity of exrrfs
the PRESIDENT is authorized to cO-operaa oDG Hbe
tary power OF this government, with the anfl6n Tie III
sour, ID defending that State against the I | Of MI
by the United States and aid in mantanin %le1s nya
independence OF Missouri, with power to oeItya
of troops sufficient for such PURPOSE The SEW
The act provides for the admission If ~.
Confederacy on equal footing with tho @ u to .a
when the Provisional Constitution shall Lo o!aer State
legally constituted authorities of Missonr o ned by
copy communicated to the President M an a1'lert
then directed by proclamation to anuonnre g Pledeu
Of Missouri into the Confederacy. The act aam@oY
goVeLnment IN missouri, OF which Claiborne F est lie
Gen. Ochiitree, of Texas, introduced resorr4i.
was unanimously adopted, complmentrg the j. ea
victory obtained by Gen. McCulIoch and his b ne sg5
the battle Of Oak Hill, Springfield Mise aTuyg
Nothing new from the camps.
rbo hicHMoND, Va, Aug. o l..,
An act establishing uniform rule of 6atnr3;
persons enlisted in the army of the Confederate
An act to increase the corps of artillery N"e
An act making an appropriation of if ' tbo,,,,
for the service of physicians employed in cc~ -ls
the medical staff of the army. '"1o'.oa aa-
An act authorizing the Secretary of War to o,,,,
and nurses for the military service and arr,lI! lbs
such purpose one hundred and thirty thousand
An act approprlating ftty-seven millions Of 6"..
the pay OF the military, quartermaster suppipe ' W
tatloh purchases OF subsistence, ordnace stores
cal supplies and service. ~ aug nd.
An act appropriatiDg fifty thousand dollars for f...
port and establishment of military hac,itaI " "5's.
resolution autt orizng the Secretary of War f,f..
creton, to furnish volunteer Cavalry ComDoaii- I c
Necessary equipments. f09 a o..
An act to provide for local defense and srooi.l.
Some few other acts, but not Of general pteTe.
also approved. ''s' 7eg
Nothing of interest from the camps.
RICHMOND Aur % ~,
The act establishing uniform rule of naurali,,.,1
persons enlisted in the Confederate States armr @
that non citizens engaged ii the army during ~ os
be under the protection of the Contederacy and .F
the right to become nauraiiZed and epiov all tbs maze
OF citizen upon taking the oath to support the
ton Of the State of which he is a citizen and fo
confederate States, maintain the Constitution or3 UP
thereof, and renounce all foreign allegiance. '"u 'a'
The oath may be made by all below the rank of u ,
before the Colonel or commanding officer of the er.
and of and above the rank of Colonel Then s-1''
commissioned officer of higher rank tIan CoIonI ny
others to be to the Secretary of War al
sent to the District Court of the State whereof 5 v I
desires to become citizen. ''-5
FaOm the North and West, via Louisville am; ,y,,
MOBILE, aug. q lSm
Advces from Santa Fe to the 8h inst have bee1r
Major Lynd, with five hundred Federal troops had @
rendered to the Texans who were three thousand .,
Lynd abandoned Fort Fillmore On the 26th uloo A.
handing officer having Fort Union entreDched '~
Col. Loring. formerly in the Federal army is comma,.
the Texan Rangers.
CAIRO, ILL, Aug. Dist, laGI-Aw
There was small battle at Charleston last Dfoh in r,
the Conederates are reported to have been worted
Ine Contederates were six hundred strong, under Co
1unteF'-Iost lorIy kHIed and seventeen wounded
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 2lst.
Commerce has again fallen into the hands Of the Frr
ISIS, LIE Conlederates retiring without fight
WASHINGTON, D. c. Aug DIST 1881
Sumter ANDERSON left for Kentucky on yesterday. in
tenGIng at once to assume command Of his department
Inc New Y 0rk Tribune says that on NCCeID's orI.r
all the women except two hospital nurses lave been
from the camp across the Potomac.
secretary Blair says that be has power to stopc
respondence by Express. That power belongs to the @
ury department.
The New York Post says that the Navy Dsoarmaatse,
tain OF its ability to keep open the Potomac
The Government is sending arms into East Tennessee
The commercial and military feeling is intense again.
russell the correspondent of the London Times accom-.
OF his letter to that paper on the Manassas battle.
Less anxiety is felt respecting an.attack on Washn
Boteler, an ex-Congressman from Harper's Ferry Dg
va, has been arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette.
Later.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug. q, 1851,
The Princess Cotlde and suite will arrive here to morn
The Courier which paper has been suppress ed crcg,
three thousand copies in St. Louis.
NEW York, Aug 2lst lr.
1. IL,
26th ult.
Douglas, Baltimore merchant, has been arrestod1e
tampering with officers
A British schooner from Bermuda with 500 hills. SD.e
Turpentlne, has-arrived at this port.
Sales OF $500 bales Cotton at l8 cents
JEFFERSON CITY, Aug. p, ISL.
Missouri and has appointed inspectors in five Of tie -
military districts.
The report that Fort Scott is in the bards of the C
crates is contradicted
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 2l,It..
General Prices official report of the Missourians @
late battle of Oak Hill, says they numbered five hos
OF which 1856 we're killed and 5l7 wounded.
CINCINEAT7I. Aug g.
We have been visited with tremendous rains filing ...
lara ana washing away the roads.
GLASGOW, No, Aug. o. l,@.
Twenty-Five hundred secessionists have assembled
bne County.
The Union citizens of GLASGOW have sent to Fremont
assistance.
Ten thousand secessionists from Charleston County
crossed the river at Brunswick and marched 5CutL6
taking large number of horses and wagons.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug Il, Isb'
The largest Confederate force is at Fairfax Court House
all is quiet on the Potomac.
WASHINGTON, D c., Aug. q, ls5.
Inc several newspaper structures on the AdmlH"u".-
are regarded attacks the Country, and many are f.
pected as being in the interest of the SecessoDEt l8
subject is attracting attention here.
The Potomac is falling and will be forbade at tie l
of Rocks ina day or two.
The Twenty-fr New York regiment have mutr.et-
Forty of them have been arrested and Will be sent
tugas.
Fremont has been authorized to take and The Ii.i
Central Railroad for military purposes. ,
Information received at headquarters, states that W
cent rains have swollen the Potomac, and the CoDlsl7
plans for attack this City, Washington have bst
covered.
Intelligence has been received of the intention Of ao.
intervention relative to Mexican affairs by England
and Spain. 1t is also stated that their action
embrace the recognition, in some shape OF Inc
Confederacy, if assurances be had that the SCUM
not attempt conquest in that direction (NeXcoJ e
The New York Tribune says that private aoVCr .r-
kentucky state that the Union are rapidly I6,'"'
arms, and four five reg iments ready o., 7r
90 The schooner Webster reports being chased II a.
y, longitude SO. 7.a
The Steamer Keystone State left st. Thomas OF W. min
INST, IN search of the PriVateer SUMTER that was "
dad coaling. ,b,5 can
The JEFF; Davis was in Pasan q on the 10Th anu D'1
tured Schooner.
Gen. McCuIIoch's Official Dispatch
SPRINGFIELD Mo- uin LITTLE ROCK, Ann