Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-08-23


\ letter from Louisville says that Jam-s
Iewct,, Of the frm Of Hewett, Norton Is
Co, Liverpool, New York and New Or
leans, Las lately arrived from Richmond,
alI is authority hr the following state
mout, poa ruAyr.I extensively about tie
city:
"Sircc the battle cf Manassas, The ut
most decentralization aul dis9r-aI,Z
among the army, and tiuaccral distress
among the people generally, have existed.
The city was Ni.d with meu lo- women
from the more d. ,sut States. LUa:ius il-
formation ci rala'i.ls-il. .-uatlcu which,
o%!ug % tie s-e.esy maintained b. the
Government, tdr} could Ut obtain. No
report u. tie Killed aud wounded La4 been
ui4Ie up, rlr was it Likely that any ever
would BE-. Tue greatest distress Irg.ai,ed,
and complaints were l-ul, deep, aai ear
rest. S.,.i.rs w-.. d-ulll,Ls tL-ir re-
lease aud jLe.r p, refusing 90 dsdt again,
end oxfres-tps their 9siyI"..s-'.v- - r.
turn home.
Taef. Is no money in the city except
current notes of the State bAaks, coin, cs-
pec.a!Iy British, being 4 particularly
scarce article. To these murmuFiugs Of
tue mob Ct Rjchm5ul city, there were al.
ded c.hc,s, not so loud nor 50 inso!elE,
but distinctly uttered Gai heard, coming
up from every part Of the Cou.ederacy,
complaining ot tie existing state d adlif..
These ccmp.4ia.5, aoI the Euauc'a! trouo-
les of the G5gclAmeur, were lIyiag thcis
eject, and learning Jl 4 soleme it had 90
hand, Mr. ileTett teiegE4pled to Rich
ard Atkinson, Of this city, bis agent, to
write By the first steamer 10 sae house III
Ligorpo !, to sell all the cotton On hand,
at existipr rates, as soon as possible. Mr..
Hewett has since reached this city, and
his agent has been hurT!eily despatched to
New York, The plan Of the CjEi5dc ate
Government, which has sI-h Gu eiIe,. Gu
Mr. iiewei;, w4s ttGt Of reconstruction.
4 proposition Is to be made III lev days
70 the United States Government for aH
armistice f5r sixty days, during which
time it Is proposed to hold Convention
at Louisville, Ky, Ter tb9 purpose Of ra-
constructing the ULiJn.-Bltlm9Tc liner
ic.a.
The steamship HJLcmian brings US ill.,
telligcnce Of the effect Of the first reports
Of the battle Of Manassas in Eaglaud.
The uDfavorablo impression produced by
them will uo doubt be greatly modid3l b.
the subsequent accounts, which give the
true history of that memorable coJtliet,
AMI which quickly followed the lEst ra-
mOTS.
Russell, Of the London Times, really
saw no part of the fig bit at Bull Run, but
was one Of the foremost III tue I'll ght, aud
rivals the Rebels in Lis contempt aui nd
ioulo of tho E-Gerai forces
Several recent skirmishes along the Po-
tomac below Harper's Ferry, in .hlc b the
Rebels have had the worst Of it.
The official statement Of the rebel army
in the South makes it t2l0,OUJ.
The report that the Rebels hal crossed
the Potomac at HaIper's Ferry is false.
= Rev.JG.Furey # the Protes,ln; Eplsco-
pal church will preach in ChamherlH's bull
ding, Sunday next, At 10 \. VI. and , Pm.
Refer to the advertisement, Of HJolaurS
German BitterS, IN another column. Taese
Bit;erS are the best remedy known for the
cure OF Liver Complaint and Bilious diseases.
.GENr>WANTED 9, ,..I the Erie S-via: 'ir-liar. W
will give q comm u u5 pay wages AZ from 50 s Si