, 1861-08-08

INTERESTING ITEMS.
AEoTHER ACCOUNT or THE "Bown-EEIFE"
CHARGE On TIE ZoUAyEs.-One of the Arkan-
sas regiments mustered into the Confederate
service was aimed with cane knives each
member having two. The cane knife Is gem
eTaIy about twenty inches long, weighs about
three pounds sud hss guard toprotectthe
hand from The cuts OF the cane. 1t is terri
bic weapon. The regiment refused at frat to
tske CUES, but after percussion, took them
On the field Of Mauassas, they threw aEay
their guns, and chsrged the Is Pet Lambs" Of
Ellsworth with their knives. The Zounves at
fist seemed petrifed with smazsment. Then,
rs their assailants knocked aside their bayo.
nets end fell upon them with their furious
blades, they fai11y screamed with terror, and
hed In tie utmost Consideration. They Were
nearly exterminated. Rurrah for the cane
knife regiment Of A1kaasas.-N. O. Rscayuue
. On, DEARAA Manassas correspondent OF
the Charleston Aacu7y takes breath to "get
cff'' The following eulogistic sentences:
President Davis left the army this morning
in The csrs for Richmond. Though the chief
magistrate OF great republic at this most 81
Lent period OF it's greatness, were aTogated
70 o.eEpeclal privileges, he took his seat, with
Others, in m overcroWded car; and in that,
and in every other instance Of his intercourse
with his fellow-citizens here, he EXHIBITED but
the appearance AID bearing Of wellbred
gentleman, a. he unqueationably 1s.
CoILEaE SUSPENSIONS At THE SouTH.-The
New Orleans True Fitness aays: T.. ::
J.. Oakland college has been suspended; Is
Grange College, Tennessee, the same. Also.
Stewart College at ClarksVills, Tenn; the
University OF mississippi ct. Oxford and the
Centenary College at jackson, La. The came
tied eff most Of theua-n
QuARTERMAsTER's REcEIPTs. Since the LIST
Of June, The Quartermsster's Department at
Washington has received four Thousand seven
hundred and eight horses, nine hundred aud
fly eight mu;ts, nine hundred aud six wag-
ons, and three hundred and eigaty-sIx amb1-
lanees.
FEMALE WARRIOR The New Orleans Del
Ia tays there is q rebel compa0y ct Union CITY,
sWhofe First Lieutenant was the Captafn's vile,
thoroughly yetfed IN the manual Of arms, and
determined to engage in, .. conflict with the
enemy.
BEN. McCULLocu.-This notorious rebel
chief Is represented as man Of medium size,
come 1iye feet ten inches high rather slender,
NTH Light hair, md in private life anything
but the feEoeions fellow he has proved in bat
tie in Texas.
ARMS scARcE-Good~ arms are scarce in
Richmond. 4 negro picked up 8 Colts Rifle,
bslcnglDs to one OF our men, on the field OF
y Mana9ssae, and sold it for s10o cash. SO say
MILES The Atlas and Argus presents the
facetioDs side of Col Miles case il saving that
"lnEtea1 Of being Miles on hand when want
ec, he Was Miles away
GoD BLESS You!-A young man Of the New
Yo1k list regiment stated that in making q
charge On one Of the Confederate batteries he
one Of the Virginia regiments with whom he
had termed Intimate relations of friendship
Nh1le the latter was at college In New York,
Each INSTANTLY recognized the other, and in
stead Of carrying out the work of death, they
'elssI. q lanes, with "God bless you !" and
g:n1ar, who Was In pursuit Of The fleeing
1beusancs, again encountered his boyhood
fI1eId, and sealu they met as brothers. With
The nobility Of brave man the Vlrgiaian di-
Iected bis friend by ride path leading to
CenfreFlsle, and in which there Was no probas
bill II that he would fsu into the hands OF his
pu1kuels-
=" How TO TAKE PIcKBEs.-A Pensacola cor.
dependent Of Southern paper suggests a
plaa ior taking Fort Pickens:
There are heap Of snakes in Florida, and
gcoo many species OF uramiable reputation-
such es tTo varieties Of rattlers, several Tarie-
tics OF moccasins, several, varieties Of addara,
eopperleads, etc; then there are yenomous
lizsrds. tarantn1as, scorpions, cent1pedes and
cOTpb celia. etc and aNV iYnapinahfa unanfftv
Ct s1skes which wont Iurt. man, Init IN T.
scare him to death-particulsr]V Yanker
who is as -afrafd Of snaFe q 1is- aneestnrs
were of.vitcbes. Our pIan is 3 elmnle and
fensible method Of rIddiug Florida Of ipysdrrs
eoleIv through the. agency of her natural "a
sources, and may be briefly stated thus.
Lit Gen. Bragg detail . few Thousand of his
ten thousand to the work: Of catching snakes,
aud as socn g "a they have collected several cart
sheet iron Ehen, Or caniStera, he ehuged viii
tnem-tne enclosure being cylindrical md Of
= Eass 70 ns kne la1ees moffar, and eo made thAt
~ n I1SaA % kseea a1al.b ats contents
tat+aaa E III. tae Go!nets 1nc
ssaa esta a9 FL tdusn3n7a ns nseaa M1tt
aen a1Tn 3;. - y heana ee9.ptonsss SeoaPe
ues anu o,d5sa. .d1a a. G - eiose g
% .ae eAaAS7 "oa.u k6'eA 1ooseiS"- - :.
: A ROW N THE GAMp.-Ihere appears to b.
family quarrel amcng the chiT1iry 1t Manas
| r.u a Aoo,nenondent saps~.-
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