Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-07-26
AFT AIRS IN DIXIE,
ANOTHER BUDGET OF NEWS

We have received . budget Of Southern papers
OF dates from the 10th inst to the I'D, from
which we gather the following:
Army CHANGES
RICHMOND, July 2l.-MaIor Gen. Eoimes is as
signed 10 the command OF the department oftrans-
Mississippi
Brig Gen. Andersen has been promoted 10 the
rank Of MsJor- General, and assis ned TO the com
mand Of the Division recently commanded by
zen huger, who has been assigned 10 the duties
Col jenkins, OF South Carolina, has been raised
10 the rank OF Brigadier- General.
Col Martin z. Green, OF Missouri, has been
promoted 70 BrigadIer General
The resignation OF Big Gen. Joseph X Ander-
son has been accepted.
Col. Forrest states that In the affair al Murfrees
borO' he captured 1900 prisoners, including two
Brigadiers and four pieces OF cannon, and that he
destroyed half million dollars worth OF army
stores, three locomotives, with trains attached
and the depot. His loss, he says, was sixteen
killed and thirty wounded.
The Bank Of Virginia, which was removed
I0m Richmond at the time Of the great Confed.
crate scare there, has resumed operations In that
alty.
The Richmond Examiner ia now edited by
Edward A. Pollard, well known In Washington
and the author of BLACK Diamonds and various
works on the slavery question. Daniels, the pTo-
prietor Of the ExanaineT, 10 disabled by = severe
wound.
J. Bsungarten, formerly an engrayer in Wash.
ington, is now employed by the Confederate
Government al an engrayer.
The Exami.er is joyous over intelligence Of
fine crops 10 Virginia, and says:
"This newsis Of vast Importance just now, as
it Is more than probable that the State Of Virginia
will have to support the army during the wear.
The finest corn lands OF North Carolina, and the
rice fields Of South Carolina are In the hands OF
the public enemy, while the crop OF cereals In the
cotton states 10 said In conseq OF protracted
droughn, 70 be an absolute faIIuren
The Ezamiasr says there Is considerable &C.
tivity in the cotton market Of the South, parties
being anxious to sell on foreign account under
the impression that they will be enabled to save
their cotton from destruction by making sale to
persons not citizens.
The Examiner says: "This impression appears
to have been very unduly created by an express
sion OF desire on the part Of the government 70
protect cotton belonging to neutrals from destrue-
lion when exposed 70 seizure by the enemy. We
are assured that this disposition Of the govern.
ment was distinctly expressed az depending upon
contingencies which we do not think likely to
occur. The Confederate States Government b ar
merely sgnifed liz readiness to Issue instructions
10 refrain frsm the destruction Of cotton belong
ing TO neutrals, even when exposed TO seizure
BY the enemy, on eonainsn thst the neutral ma
shall be efectually protected by Ia own power
against seizure and appropriation by the enemy,
II allowed 10 fall into his possion.p
The Richmond Dispatch berates DR.. Owen
sionson, Of this city, taken prisoner amongst the
Federal surgeons, a. hypocrrtical psslm,sInginp
apostle Of the church he belongs TO, who, when
hslived inAugusts, Ga, PrOfsssed 10 be an srdeh.
ro-slavery man. ''..
The Ezariasr says;