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IEorgau's Return.

A portion Of Col. john Morgan's command,
consisting of the 1st Georgia rangers and the
Texan rangers, returned to this city yesterday.
From Capt. NJ c. Blanchard, qusrtermaster of
the lst Georgia cavalry, we have obtained some
interesting particulars Of the expedition.
Col Morgan has returned in safety to Ten
nessee, after one of the most daring and success
tul raids into the heart of an enemy's country
rscordedin the annals of war. He left here with
about 1000 brave spirits, portion of whom
were armed, penetrated $50 miles into a country
in fall possession CT the Federals-this distance
we give as the direct line, Of course the actual
distance Travelled greatly oxceeded that.
He captured dozen towns and cities, de-
stroyed Federal military stores, and other prop
erty, and railroad bridges, in all amounting to
eight or ten millions Of dollars. He took per
haps over thousand prisoners, all of whom he
paroled At Cynthiaua, he encountered
Federal force equal to his own, who after a few
hours fight surrendered.
At Lebanon he took between two aud three
Thousand stand of arms, half Of which he re-
tained, and half destroyed. Here also he burned
halt a million Of dollars worth of Federal army
stores. He accomplished all this, besides fright
enlng the whole Yankes nation out of its pro-
Prlety, with The loss Of not more than fifteen OF
twenty men killed in al his engagements, and
between thirty and forty, wounded, and has re-
turned in triumph to Tennessee.
Where he is at presest, and what will be his
next daring move, is Of course, not a matter to
be divulged, but it is certain that he and his
brave rangers cannot remain inac!iYe.-KROI-
JWs Register
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A Federal ORcer - Turned Up, In a
Queer Place.

We learn, from a source deemed authentic, an
interesting incident respecting Captain j. c.
Rounds, ef the 9th Michigan regiment, who, Es
provost marshal Of Mufrsesbor0, was guilty Of
the grOssest oppression toward tie citizens, male
AID female, of thst city and its vicinity, as well
as Confederate prisoners falling into his hands
The tale as told to Us, is that, when Col Forrest
attacked the Federgis at Murfreesboro, the cap
tain exhibited gsllanTy Of a KIND indicating a
nativity under the horoscope of Venus rather
than Of Mars. Shrinking from the fierce pres
ence OF the malignant god, he sought refuge
under the influences Of his beIignaut star-but
not in his lsdy's bower.
Laying aside metaphor and mystery - 'tis
said, that Capt. Rounds had been capiivated by
the charms of a Miss -, of no particular age,
residing at MurfreesbOTO and she by his mill
tary title, gilt and brass-and q matrimonial
alliance was contemplated--et least, on the
ady's part. Pending the fight, several ladies
of true Southern sympathies and spirit espied
the captain, skulking, like q cOwaTdly cur, from
the presence of danger and lodging into the
house where dwelt his fGHcs. They c0mmuni-
Gated the fact TO our officers, and a detachment
Of soldiers was sent in his pursuit Search was
made, but the soldiers left the house without
finding him The lsdies who witnessed the
captains entrance into the house, insisted that
he was there, and a second search was made,
out N VAIL anu tu6 SOluleL1 am itl-L54- ms
ladies urged a third effort, and the soldiers,
yielding obedience to their opportunities, reluc-
tantly prosecuted their search into my lsdy's
chamber" and there they found ''my lady sit
ting on the side Of her bed, and her lover still
invisible Our soldiers deemed 1t a public Cuty
70 make thorough search, and TO their sur
prise and Qualification, found the captain sweat
ing profusely between two mattresses. He was
one Of the officers brought here as a prisoner,
and sent on to Madison, Ge0rgia.-hHOIuAte
Perssfcr
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Writing from Washington, the correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial says
1t may not, perhaps, be generally known in
the West, that Washington is now in unbrOke2
communication, BY railroad, with Culpepper
Court House-F'airtax county, Virginia point
seventy miles distant from here, and about the
same distance from Richmond. The route runs
from the Baltimore depot in Washington right
across the long bridge to the other shore of the
Potomac, and thence through Alexandra, Fair
fax, Manassas, WgTentOn, etc, to CulPepper
Court House. Then We are N equally Uninter-
rupted connection with Fredericksburg, ria
steamboat navigation from Washington tOAquis
CTeek-hfty five miles, and thence by railroad,
fifteen miles, to fredericksburg, which is just
sixty miles-still By railway-from Rch10nd.
By both these routes, large trains Of supplies
and ammunition are run daily to the headquar
ters of two leading subdivisions of Gen. Pope's
army, a. Warrent0n and fredericksburg That
general is understood to be concentrating his
forces for probable offensive movements. The
recent dashes of cavalry, under his orders, some
Of which have accomplished important results
by destroying valuable rebel railroad cOnnec-
tions, moan more than appear upon the surface.
Now that Pope is relieved by the arrival of Gen.
Halleck, of all care of matters iu and about
Washington, we may soon expect to hear from
him in the field, where, IS experience has shown.
he never lets the grass grow under his feet
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Movements in virginia.

To the Associat Press North
FORTREss MONROE, July 28.-Some days
ago, as was reported, l learned there was large
rebel force of infantry, cavalry and artillery
being concentrated in the neighborhood of Pc
tersburg and along the bank of James river, be-
tween the junction Of the AppottOmax and
James river and Richmond On Friday the
25th, when the Union prisoners were being con-
veyed from Richmond to City Point, at every
side track and turnout they passed trains Of cars,
laden with rebel troops, headed toward Rich
moud, and some rebel officers offered as an apollo
gy for bringing down our prisoners on freight
cars that they were using all their passenger
cars in moving troops to reinforce jackson. 1t
Is more than possible this was a movement in
tended to disguise tbs fact.
The rebels are now in strong force between
Richmond and the Appottomax river, and still
collecting forces and sending them in that d.
rection; and what strengthens this opinion is
the pains taken to inform our prisoners and Off
GERS in charge that the movement of troops was
reinforcements going to Stonewall Jackson, and
that no one knew where he was, but they knew
how to reach him with reinforcements., A mail
steamer arrived this afternoon from Harrison S
landing, but brings no news.
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CoUNTERFEITNG. - This is becoming an
alarming evil in our CoDfederacy. Nearly every
mail brings US accounts Of some daring exploit,
and the remedy should be applied at once. That
remedy, under tho law Of our Congress, is
death, and prompt execution of the law in a
few cases viii efiectually stop the crime.
We observe that very large amount of eoun-
terfeit Confederate notes have recently been
discovered in the possession of B. G. & S. Stern,
a mercantile firm of Columbus. An investiga-
ton proved that they were furnished by one
Rosenband, a brotber-in-law, residing in Laiay-
cite, Ala, that they were purchased by Rosen-
band at Nashville for a mere song, and that the
three parties were extensively engaged in palm
ing them off for cotton and other produce. A
man named johnson, protesting to belong in
Montgomery, is also believed to be implicated
in the villaiuy. The whole party have been
jailed at Columbus, and bail refused. Again,
we say, let the law be executed.
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NOTICE.
HEADQUARTERS Sd Z

HEADQUARTERS Sd BiSTRlCT,
VTCRsBUEG, July & lS52 )
NOTICE Is hereby gwen all persons who are sub
~ iect The sccl os The C1uFcr1t act that th0se
who yalu1tFe- Wi-L0It waiting 70 ss enrolled n5er
t1e law WI be allowed o ssi5c- their company
and reg lenl ir- 'Lc- Stae from sm~ng TIE seversi
corps cf hs Brigade composed Of the following regi-
mems viz
F.rst Regimen. Louisiznz ATtfusry-Colonel C. A
Fuile-
Eighth Battalion Loui lana Artillery Lieut. Co,oaeI
v. Piuzrsy.
Fo15,a Regiment Loaisaaa Volunteer Colonel 4.
W Areu.
ssvel-ean.h Regiment LouiSana volunteers-COL
r. Ri=h z-dzca-
Tws.ty-ziz.h Regiment Louisiana Yoluateers-COL
A D -clousE
Txeatysevsnth Regiment louisiana Volasiesu-
Col L D. Mark
Treaty eighth Regiment Loui.ians yoluuieers-CoL
Alien Thomas
Third Regiment Mississippi volznteers-Col 7. A.
Esiion.
SIKH Battalion Mississippi Voluusesrs-Lisus.- Col.
J. ". Balfour
Com0suy Of SAppers and Minerg-CsPt D. Winter
By Command OF Brig.Gen- H. L SYIrH.
J. T. GRIMES
iv22 IN A = Ce1nr7L
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Guriaua fIirror.

Among the curiosities exhibited at the last
Paris Exposition, was huge concave mirror,
the instrument Of a startling species of optical
magic: Ga standing close to the mirror, and
looking into It, it presents nothing but 2 mag
nlhcenLy mOnstrOus dissection Of your own
physiognomy. On retiring q little, say 4 couple
OF tee5, 1t gives your OWE facs and figure in true
proportion but reversed, The head downwards.
Most OF the spectators, ignorant Of anything
else observe these two effects, and pass on. But
retire still further; standing at the distance Of
five or Six feet from the mirror, aad behold you
see yourself, not 9 Tshaction-i5 does not strike
you So reAec;icn-5ut your yeritable self,
standing in the middle part between you and
the mirror. The effect is almost, from the idea
It suggests Of something supernatural, so start
ling, IN fact that men Of the strongest nerves
will shrink involUntarily at the FIRST view. If
you raise your cane to thrust at your other self,
you viii see j. pass clean through your body
and appear on the other side, the figure thrust
ing at you the same instant The artist who
first succeeded ia fashioniDg a mirror Of this
description, brought it to ons Of the French
kings-if we Tecolecs it Alright it was Louis
AF-Placsd his majesty on the right spot, and
bad5 him draw his sword and thrust at the
figure he saw. The king did so but seeing
the point Of a sword directed to his own breast,
threw down his weapon and ran away The
practical Joke cost the inventor the kings pa
tTOnage and favor his majesty being afterwards
so ashamed of his own cowaTdce, that be could
never again look at the mirror or its owner.
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Washington Gossip.

Special 20 the Cincinnati COmmerGsLl
WASHINGTON, July 26.-Hsavy and continued
firing has been heard from the forts around the
capital ever since O'Clock this morning This
is remarkable activity, since hardly gun has
been fred here in six months.
l. is reported in Secession circles that Jack
son is forcing march in this direction with 30
600 men. He will meet with hot reception,
should he attempt the fOOl-hardy enterprise.
SIGMA.
The firing ofSaturday morning was to empty
the guns and get all the artillery in order.
M9joE-GeneTal Halleck has returned to Wash
mgton. He was accompanied by General Burn
side.
The National HlteiIigcncer had a significant
article yesterday, authorized by Secretary Sew
ard, stating that he never proposed or thought
Of rasigning his place in the Cabinet.
The Presidents proclamation and warning to
all aiderS and GbettoTs Of the rebellion at last ap
peared, with the coDfscation act annexed, in
Saturdays IntettigeHcer. Such persons have
sixty days to return to their allegiance on pain
Of the forfeiture and seizures of the sixth section
of the act.
Those who expect great things from the arm
ing OF negroes will probably have chance
before long to see how it works. The War De
psrtment has not Cnly not discharged General
Hunters black brigade, but it hes authorized
General Lane 10 raise, without reference to
oolonizing.
1t is reported here that Porter's mortar fleet
has gone up James liver.
The Geographic rumor that the rebels had
attacked Frankfort, caused much uneasiness
last night, but it is not confirmed
The President, whose face is reckoned good
thermometer to indicate the state of the Union,
looks uncommOnly cheerful to-day.
The endeavor to fill, first of all, the regi-
ments already in the field, is the best move the
War Department has made lately.
The rigid enforcement by all our generals of
the confscstion act, is doing more to punish the
rebels than any quantity of strategy. They
begin to feel seriously in these parts that the
way Of the trans sgressor is hard SEGSIA
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southern Feu,nIe spie..--nEi

Southern FenIaIe Spies.--lEiss Belle BOYD
A letter dated from Front Royal, Va, July
18th, published in the Philadelphia H7uireT,
says of Southern female spies
These women are the most accomplished in
Southern circles. They are introduced under as
sumed names TO our officers, SO as to avoid de-
lection or recognition from those to whom their
names are known, but theft persons unknown.
BY such means they are enabled to frequently
meet cOmbinedly, but at separate times, the Off
GERS of every regiment in a whole column and
by simple compilation and comparison of notes,
they achieve full knowledge Of the strength Of
our entire force. Has modern warfare parallel
to the use Of such accomplishments for such
purpose The chief of these spies is the cele-
bratsd Belle Boyd. Her acknowledged superior
ity for machinati0n and intrigue has given her
the leadership and control of the female spies in
the Valley Of Virginia. She is a resident of
MartinsbuTg Wien at home, and has pious
good old mother, who regrets as much as any
one can, the violent and eccentric course of her
daughter since this rebellion has broken out
Belle has passed the first freshness of youth
She is a sharp-featured, blsck-eyed woman of
twenty five, or care and intrigue have given her
that appearance. Last summer, while Patter-
sons army lay at Msrtinsbug, she wore q re-
volveT in her belt and was courted and hat,e-ed
by every lieutenant and captain in the service
who ever saw her. There was a kind of Di
Vernon dash about her, a smart pertness, a
quickness of retort, and utter abandon of man
ner and beariug which were attractive from
their very romantic unWontednass
81 The father of this resolute bleck-eyed vixen
is paymaster in the Southern army, and for
merly held place at Washington under our
government She has undergone all that So
cety, position, aud education can confer upon a
mind suited to the days of Charles the Second
or Louis the Fourteenth mind such as Ma
zarin or Richelieu would have delighted to en-
plOy from its kindred 8ffiuities
" Well, this woman l saw practicing her arts
upon our young isutensnts and inexperienced
captains, and in each case unifounGly felt it my
duty 10 call them aside, and warn them of whom
she was. To one she had been introduced as
Miss Anderson, to another as Miss Faulkner,
and 50 on to the end of the capter She is so
well known that she can only practice her blan-
dishments upon new raw levies and their officers
But from them she obtains the number of their
regiments and their force. She has, however, q
daily-girls aged from sixteen and upward
women who have the common sense MOTTO mako
themselves as conspicuous as she, and who re-
main unknown, save to her, and are therefore
effective.
The reports that she is personally impure
are as unjust as they are undeserved She has
blind devotion to an idea, and passes far the
boundary of her sex's modesty to promote its
success.
During the past campaigns in the Valley
this woman has been of immense service to the
enemy. She viii be now if she can"
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LATEST rRom CAtRo.
War Mseting- Guerrilla Band AcT0ss u
RiUsr-The Claim CORmiSSi0H-Nel0 Recruits.

Rigsr-The Claim COmHtisSj0H-Nel0 Recruits.
| Core spondenee Of the Missouri Demoerat-l
CAIRO, ILLINOIS, July 29.-The largest meet
/ ing ever held in Cairo, convened ca last Satur-
/ day evening, Eloquent speeches wee made
Z and much money subscribed az the time. The
Cairo people although in Egyptian darkness on
most Of subjects. are bright and determined in
defense Of the Union. Old men and young
who cannot enter the service themselves will
pay more than enough to employ others to do So.
Across the Mississippi in Missouri a guerrilla
band recently formed, consisting of about one
hundred, has stolen many horses, doubtless pre-
Paratory to greater crimes.
The ''elaim commission" q very important
court by the way, which convened here about
one month since, has disposed of a large amount
Of business. The commission originally con
sisted of the following gentlemen: Ez-Gov-
eTnor Boutwell,, Of Mass, Judge Logan, of ILL.,,
and @. A. Dane, Of New York. Judge Logan
did not come, and Mr.. Cullum, Of Ohio, was
appointed in his place Gov Boutwell, was
called to Washington City about two weeks
ago, leaving the claims to be disposed Of by Mr
Dane and Cullum
Claims are Of oil sizes, and more than fifteen
bundled have been allowed. Courts Of this
KIND, where claimants can personally hand in
and attend to their own claims, discarding all
technicslities are good institutions Mr.. Dana,
shrewd, suspicious and intelligent, good type
OF the Yankee, works from early morning til
late in the twilight.
The court has ceased to receive claims, and
the commissioners viii leave on Wednesday.
Even irregular claims are hunted up and paid, |
lest injustice should be done to some. The |
night on our side, with our native ingenuity, Is 1
bound to restore tho Union.
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rom Ale New 1oEk herald
Poor Greeley is down on his knees tearing his
hair and calling on the negroes to come Nsrth
and help US If they don't come" says
Greeley in the Tribune yesterday, May God in
His infinite mercy save the republic; for there
is no other hope remaining" Look at this silly
sniveler-hslf coward, half traitor Here at
the North we have twsHty-thTee millions Of
white men, and in the border States we have a
million Of slaves. In the South they have three
millions Of negroes, who are escaping to our
lines as fast IS possible Yet poor frightened
Greeley and bis gang Of fanatics have the impu-
dencs to declare that if these three millions Of
darkeys do not come over to our side we twenty
three millions of OfAnglo-Saxons are lost forever.
Can anything be more silly than this What
would we do with the three millions Of slaves if
we had them! Half of them are old men, old
women, and picaninnies who would have to be
put out to nurse. The other half might wash
for us, scrub for US and cook for us-they cook
very bsdly-but as to fighting, We believe that
one stout white man would be enough for
dozen Of them. What extreme folly it is, then,
to be Tanting and raviDg about a few darkeys,
who would not earn their victUalS and clothes
if we had them, and whom we can get along
very well without May God in His infinite
mercy" help poor Greeley Out Of his scare.
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Condition OF lhe Federal Troops.

A Georgia soldier who has just returned from
the camp Of the Fifty-fourth regiment, in North
Alabama, gives Us a few interesting particulars:
Our troops are encamped at Long Island, and
Buell's forces are about three miles distant, on
the opposite side of the river. The pickets Of
the two forces were close to each other and often
interchanged views about the war and matters
in ~sneral. The Yankees relgiously believe
at Richmond is now in tbs hands of McClel-
Ian. They are kept By their officers in the dark
regarding all untsvoTable news, and crHmmad
with al sorts Of lies favorable to the Federal
cause. Special editions of Northern papers are
struck off for distribution in the army, and great
care is taken that they contain nothing discour-
aging TO tia troops.
The Western army is composed chiefly of na-
tives, from Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, and they
express themselves as utterly disgusted with the
war. A number had deserted and crossed the
river to our camp. They were very ragged, and
said they had been living on half Tations for a
long period, and had not received dollar Of pay
in ten months Great dissatisfaction exists as q
consequences, and those that have come over say
large numbers would desert if they cuuld 40 SO
with safety.
There was a considerable movement IN Buell. s
camp Thursday last, but the forest was SO dense
that II was impossible to ascertain the direction
even from the highest points in the neighboT-
hood.-SGUanHah Republican, 2Sth.
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EWe understand that some excitement has
been created in GoldSboro' by report that the
Yankees were advancing in that direction from
Newbern. The report placed the strength Of the
enemy st nine thousand, being Fosters division
of Burnside army. We have been unable to OBJ
tain any definite information on the subject.
farther than that cavalry force of the enemy
pretty certainly made dash upon Trenton, the
county seat of Jones county, probably on 9 for
aging expedition. This force may be supported
by infantry or it may not; but that the Ysnkees
have nine thousand men disposable at Newbern
or elsewhere in this State, we very much ques-
ton. We don't think they have Wilmington
IN c. Journal.
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uonor. 70 R1.Presidsnt vnn Rursn

WASHINGTON, July 28-The President, in an
official order, announces the death of ex.Presi-
dent Martin Van Buren,. He says this viii occa-
sion mourning in the nation for the loss Of
citizen and public servant, and that his memory
will be gratefully cherished as mark Of respect
The Executive Mansion and the several Execu-
tive Departments excepting those of the War
and Navy, are being draped with black, and
nearly all public business has been ordered to
be suspended to-day. The War and Navy De-
partments viii cause suitable honors to be paid
on this occasion to the memory of the illustrious
dead, such as flags at halfmast, firing of can
non, ETC.
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A PENITENT FCGITIyE.-Some Of the rebel
prisoners who escaped from Camp Douglas the
other night are, it seems, beginning 10 repent of
their escapade. One of these fellows having
made his way on foot to Michigan City, accosted
the conductor of one of the Michigan Central
trains a day or two since, and, telling him who
he was, begged free ride to Chicago, so that he
could re-enier the camp The ride was readily
granted, and it is a truth that this same repent
ant rebel, on his arrival here, betOok himself,
foot-5ore and weary, to the camp limits, when he
told bis story, and gave himself up. Others Of
his fellows, less penitent than he, continued their
fight, but were recsptured, and are now suffer
ing the miseries of the ''White Oak"
It is at last pretty definitely aseertGined that
twenty-one prisoners escaped on the night of the
outbreak, fourteen of whom have been ret AIKEN.
Chicago Times