The Van Buren press., 1861-08-07

The London Telegraph and Star denoun-
ces Lincoln's message as unsatisfactory
Secret movements are in progress to remove
secessionists from the departments. The
| fire Zouaves were paid to-day. Gen. Dix
is closely watching the Maryland legisla-
ture to prevent them passing an ordinance
| of secession in secret session. Gen. Nc
Clelan expresses it as his opinion, that
this will be an artillery war. and asks that
as many batteries as possible be provided
| by the government He orders a line OF
pickets placed along the Potomac to Harp
er's Ferry to prevent correspondence be-
tween Maryland and the southerners.
New ORLEANS, July 81.
The Louisiana bank declares this evening
a dividend of 8 per cent out Of the profits
for the last six months. 1t reserves large
surplus:
JEFFERSON CITY, July 81.
In the convention, to-day, II. r. Gamble
received 6S votes for governor, and w. L.
Hall 6l votes for lieutenant nt-governor The
Inauguration takes place tomorrow.
Nebraska advices indicate general Indian
troubles.
Three wagons, loaded with arms, have
crossed Big Blue river for Confederate par
ties.
/ KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 81.
Harrisonville, fifteen miles from Inde-
pendence, has been sacked by Kansas ruff
ans. -
RIcHMoND, July 81.
Congress has been in secret session all
day. They have made public resolution
which passed permitting the 1st regiment
of North Carolina volunteers to be muster
ed into service.ior the time agreed upon by
them when they volunteered. Services al
ready rendered will be paid for by the Con
tederacy. This arrangement includes pay
for private cadets from n. &. military in
stitute.
The President has approved the resolution
making disposition OF donations made by
the churches on last fast day to relieve the
wounded at Manassas The amount was
5,27S CO.
MEMPHIS, August L.
NJ. w. Cluskey, Captain of company
in a Tennessee regiment, and correspondent
of the Avalanche, in a letter published to-
day, says:
1.-The 1st Arkansas regiment, Col. Fa
gan, Tennessee regiment, Col. Bates and
flying Artillery, Col. Walker, the whole
f forming a brigade, under Gen. Holmes, ar
f rived, after long march, at the battle
ground, at 6 o'clock in the morning; they
waited momentarily, expecting orders from
Beauregard, which were given at p. H.
The enemy then having changed scene OF
action to what might be termed left flank,
the brigade moved. under double quick time,
distance OF seven miles, which was made
in an hour and half, under heavy fire of
artillery from the enemy throwing shot and
shell, none of which, however, took effect
Arriving at a position, Walkers Artil-
lery opened on the enemy; soon thereafter,
the Arkansas and tennessee regiments were
ordered to forward march to attack the enc
) my, which was received by both regim ents
with tremendous yell, which struck ter
ror to their the enemy's) ranks, and the
enemy turned and fed Neither regiment
got into the fight as heretofore reported
Clusky speaks in highest terms of Col.
Pagan and the tooth-pick boys.
RICHMOND. July 25.
Hon. ROBERT TooMBs, of Georgia, hav-
ing been appointed Brlgader General OF
the {. 5. Army, the President, to-day,
nominated Hon. II. NJ. I. HUNTER, of Va,
as Secretary of State to succeed Mr. TooMBs.
: The nomination has been confirmed
FORWARD To WAsuIS GroN AS we con
! slider the Independence of the Confederate
States az fat dccompii-a 50 fixed fact
( the Battle to Manassas has settled that M at
5 ter r)-now, If the beaten Yankees obstinate
D ly persist IN keeping up a show of invasion
by land and blockade by sea, our policy
must he speedily changed from the deten,
siUe to the oyensiue. We are mastery O.
the position " opposite to Washington, and
D can at any time reduce that city, and SEND
the whole Rump concern, with old dilapi
S dated Scott at their tail, to their northern
t dens 1t Is to be hoped, therefore, that NJ
t time Will be lost by the Confederate Gov
ernment IN increasing the army in Farfa,
S to loO,OOO men, (Which can be done in les!
4 than month"; for the purpose of carryin,
the war into Africa, if the enemy shall dar
to talk OF further aggressive operations, in
y stead OF suing for peace. We must, in this
e event follow up The victory at Manassas will
MARCH ACROSS THE PoroMAC-expel tn
r Usurper-liberate Maryland, and if all thi
1 will not bring the 6. Stars and Stripes u
blusterers to their right senses, we mus
e then make those Babalonish sinks of ini
quity, Philadelphia and New York, drinl
: to the dregs the contents of the cup the,
/ prepared for Richmond. jeff Davis. Beau
!, regard and Johnston, with an army of l5O,
e ooO men, would create decided sensatio,
up i'll those latitudes.
: Forward, then, to Washington shoul
be the Southern cry, and the respons
4 should and would be its swift capture. LIE
i these Yankees know, for their enligbten
: ment that invasion is game that two cal
: play at. Thrust this truth home to them n
d the point of the bayonet, and thus teacl
, them how we have profited by the exampl
they have set Us in intruding their accurse,
a soldiery upon Our soil to pollute our affairs
: murder our people, and destroy our liberty
G We can raise SOC, 900 of the best firhtin
II men In ihe world in sixty days, and eaui
v them for the field. If necessary, we ca
|. raise l.0OO, ,OOO-but 10000 viii answe
all purposes. They will be Forthcoming a
the call for them-and this call. we donb
not, will be made. In fact, they need n,
n call, for the battle of Manassas will brin
them up from every locality in the South
Already they are oaily pouring into Viz
gina by thousands, and every regiment tina
. comes leaves at least half dozen to fol
: low in its tracks. Such an army as w
), VIII have on the Potomac before the mid
&c die OF August, has never been dreamed !
by our foe.-Peters6urg Erpyess.