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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-07-17
From the Charleston Mercury
.sEzGse EEsgTagfs's Decision as 10 the
Gom&crsssaEosa eg Foreigners.

We publish in our columns to dav the very
able decision OF fudge lIargrath, the District
Judge Of tbs Confederate Stat es, as to the la
oiIity of foreigners to n.l.ltary service IN tie
Confederate States. By the careful and de1jb-
crate cons sideration the Judge has given to the
case, lie has eyince4 his high sense of its inpor
tance and The duty it i'm posed on him. As our
readers are cot all lawyers or statesmen, We
will eodeavor briefly to state the case aud the
principles decided
Henry Spinclen Is . German BY b-th, and
has oeen ID this country seven years, bat has
never been uatuIaized. At the secession of
the Stale he voluntarily Incorporated himself
in company of Militia, and participated in the
contest whch resulted IN the fall of Fort Sum
ter. On the ground that he was an alien, and
never Intended to romajn IN this country, he
now applies Tor the W Ri of ILuJeas Corpus to
obtain from the Court q discharge from the
Military service Of she Confederate States un-
der its Conscripti.o Laws. Judge Magrath
refused his application for the Writ Of Ha5eas
Corpus and states the law to be as follows:
UHder whatever Government he may be-
while he remains under its authority be receives
the benefit Of its protection and i'll return Civ es
to it obedience. That obedience he owed to
the donicle Of his origin. lfthat Government
becomes involved IN war with the Go vernplent
to Whi3h his permanent allegiance is due, the
implied pro1er OF hospitality and protection
under which he received, ceases. He be-
comes then an alien enemy, and the presump-
ton IS that he will return &C his own couutrv
Ii the war is not with the country to whcn he
owed permanent allegiance, but with some 9th
er, he has the option OF departing from the bel
Iigerent country or continuing there his abode.
Ii he continues there his abode. he does SO un-
der the general rule which regulated his rela-
tions with in in peace. That is, obedience to
its laws and temporary allegiance, in return
for the protection he receives. That defence
is to be made III the manner which the Govern
ment may consider best. And the right of the
Government to call upon that person to contri
butte to the public defence is as perfect as and
is coaextensive with the right it has to make
that cal! upon its own citizens. The rule of
law cannot be better stated than by the Court
Of Appeals in Great Britain ''oy The general
law, all foreigners resident within the British
domnions incurred ali the obligations of British
subjects"
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-07-17
Confederate Notes.

The community continues 20 receive and to
pass the notes of the Confederate Governments
issued prior to April, 1868. These notes to
the people generally are just as good as any.
They never were esteemed the more for bear
ing on their face the promise to be funded in
bonds of 8 per cent; and are not regarded as
less valuable row that the Gov ernment is about
to refuse to bond them at all, and the banks
here have declined to take them on deposit.
4 POLICY by the way the banks nowhere else
have pursued) The credit and honor OF the
Government are much involved in the matter
of their ultimate redemption as in any other
OF its issues, and the people continue to take
them with the same confidence that they have
received and paid them out ever since they first
saw the light. II
q This course of the people and the business
community is wise, and saves themselves from
unnecessary shaves and discounts which would
follow the rejection ofthose notes refused by
the Richmond banks. Thes notes will be
taken for taxes, and We hope will be retired
in that manner as rapidly as was hoped by
those who shaped the policy of the Government.
Their continued circulation is good evidence af
people in the credit Of the Government, and
will prevent the Inconvenience which was rea-
sonably apprehended from the course of the
Government and the banks in putting them IN
der the ban.-lejchnaond Dispatch. 49, IS
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-07-17

! Failure of Iszidsa to pay interest on its debt.
The State ofIudiana has made default IL
the payment Of the interest Of its deot, due on
the lst July 1868. This is the first instance
,ofsdefauIs since it's Compromise with its credi-
tors, sixteen years ago.-1f;ch.. Enquirer. sft
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-07
The Army of Vicksburg.

Lieutenant General Pemberton has issu-
ed an order to the paroled army Of Vicks-
burg, Of which the following is an exact:
The President has entrusted to my dis
erection the granting of furloughs TO this ar
my. Never did the country require the
services Of her defenders more than at This
time. It was the Presidents most anxious
desire that CHS army, which has distinguish
ed itself by gallantrv and endurance Of
hardships almost without parallel in defence
of the most important point in the Confed-
eracy SHOULD be kept together, and, by an
Immediate exchange, meet and defeat the
enemy upon an equal field Many Of you
have been long absent from your homes,
and I fully sympathize with you in your
natural desire to see those you best love -
The President has yielded to! my appliea-
tion, and you are permitted to visit your
homes for the longest period the country
can possibly dispense with your services -
Some of you will remain at home a longer
and some less time / give each and al;
of you, who desire it, leave of absence for
thirty days from the date of the promulga-
ton of this order | confidently hope that
not one man Of the army Of Vicksburg will
be found absent from his post at the expira.
tion Of this period.
After the expiration Of the thirty days
the command is to be sreassembled at De-
mopolis, Ala, where it will be armed and
equipped to meet the enemy.
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expect to be rewarded hereafter for all We
! have accommodated here.

expect TO De TeWdFucu uCl C0teVi AOA GA w
have accomplished here.
Finally, we beseech Thee tccontinue this
war and make it in terminable; to enable US
to slaughter hundreds Of thousands more Of
our enemies in the South, to make their
wives widows and their children fatherless,
to convert the garden Of their land into a
desert, and give their bones to the beasts OF
the wilderness So we, who are thy chill
dren, and the elect Of the earth. shall give
thee high laud and glory here, and after
wards, with tuneful noses, enter npon the
rewards Of the just. Amen.
We res cctfully commend this Re Deuns
for the Yankee Thanksgiving. If it is a
litany Of Devils, and notof men, that is their
fault, not ours. It embodies in plain En-
glish the thoughts Of their hearts and the
essence Of their gratitude. If aught be. nee
essary to-fll up the measure of their crimes,
it is national ascription ofpraise to Heav-
en- that they have performed the work Of
He'll DispQtch.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-07
The Florida and Her Commander.

The Fayetteville On. CO. Observer has
been favored With the sight Of letter from
Captain j N. Mafit, of the Confederate
steamer Florida, to his children in Fayett-
vile. It is dated Pernambuco, Brazil, May
18th, 1868. The following extracts are o!
general interest.
am very well; and very, gerry busy. =
Last night saw a gentleman who ten days
ago dned gu the beard the Alabama with
Eugene lie was then very well, aud III
high spirits, having just received letters
from you all, ut homt, by an English, bark.
feel happy to tell YOU that the Florida has
been doing a fierce business Up to ~
18th she has destroyed 50, 700. 900 Of Iau-
kee commerce, and cluded thirteen FEDERAL
neu- of-war sent 10 destroy her and the al
ALBANIA
The Florida and Alaeama destroyed ten
of the enc,ny.s largeso vessels April 2:.d
Within sixty miles Of each other, but ny Ia
May 18th have not met. Regards TO MIR.
Hale. and ask him please to mention. Gas il
may quiet much ansiety. that up 10 this
! date all IRE we'll OF! both vessels. canned
write what NY plans are--the duty Is very
terrible upon oue's mental and physical
ability, but am doing all liz my paser tor
the benefit Of the CAlfsleracy Dsfe 's'i
write more. enhrsse you ALL my drat
children. May GoA hcrs you, and ere Ions
unite us in peace and prosperity
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-07
Tornedoes on Railroads.

The torpedoes expedition to the Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad was success. -
One Of the torpedoes put under the track
destroyed the engine and seven cars, killing
and wounding a large number Of soldiers,
while the other torpedo destroyed the en-
CINE, killing the engineer ard entirely de-
stroying FIVE other cars, tearing up the
road for . distance Of above sixty yards -
The officer 10 charge Of the expedition. 1t.
III G Brooks, of Nashville, was chased to the
river, distance Of seven miles, by regi-
ment Of Yankee cavalry, but made his es-
cape across the river in time to save him.
self aud his men - Tirgtnion
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-07
NO. IS.

4 LESSON r.oM I!isYogY LET Us liz.
MEMBER 1T King Edward, of England, at
the hcari' of a,well appointed army of near
que lundred tl,n,Isanl men. in the month
Of june, l3ii nvaded Scotland ]"
ueer this larger force. Rohnr Bruce conit
raise but Thirty ,lleusandi men. But. de-
ierrn;;ne.l s,scprfY,er or perish with the lib
critics Of their country. they met the Eng
li>h at Bahnockburn. ON the 23rd june,
l3l-t. and achieved signal victory. The
slaughter was immense twenty seven ba-
! rona. ,wo hundred Knights. seven hundred
esg,lircs. and thirty thousand Of the COM
mon file filed up the fatal ROLL Sir Walter
Svets, !ro.a' wh.se history of Scotland this
ADORE facts. arc t..Nen,e closes his ten.!s chap
ter as follows:
But, il. ina ssrzges,eal point Of view,
the field Of Bannoekburn was lost on tno
part of the Scottish nation. they derived
from it lesson Of portinacity i'll nstional
defence which they never afterwards forgot
during. the course Of their remaining sep
arate people. They had seem before the
battle Of Bannockburn, the light of nation
al freedom reduced to the last spark, their
patriots. slain, their laws reversed, their
monuments plundered and destroyed, their
prince an accommodated outlaw, who
could net find. in the wilderness of his
country cave dark and inaccessible enough
to shelter his head J; ally thia they bad seen
t in 1904 and SO completely bad ten years
of resistance changed the scene, that tho
same prince rode over field Of victory a
triumphant sovereign, the first mobiles of
English enemy lying dead at his feet, or
surrenderiog themselves for ransom. 1t
seems likely that it was frem the recollec-
ton Of that extraordinary change offortune
that the Scots drew the lesson, never to
despair of the freedom Of their country, but
to continue resistance to invaders, even
when it seemed most desperate.
= : And the Scots nsay Rave the
pride to recollect, and other natious to-
learn from their history, that to brave
people one victory will do more to sustain
the honorable spirit of Independence than
twenty defeats cad effect to suppress IT.
Whig.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-07
From the Columbus Enquirer July 25s

from Vicksburg we noticed yesterday, we
have derived seme accounts Of the Yankee
mode of prosecuting the siege; and Of the
straits to which our brave garrison was re-
duced before the surrender, which we think
will be Of interest to the public.
Lieut. Burt says the Yankees, after Pa
king their final assault, adopted q mode Of
approach to our Entertainments at once nov
T q and successful. They constructed move
cable breastworks, resembling hogshcads,
which they made by lasEing clapboards
with hoops or grnpeyines around dirt or
sand, and these were rolled before them to-
wards our lines by two or three men, while
! a sharpshooter or two crept along on their
hands aud feet behind each Of these rolliEeg
ldefences. The advancing enemy were thus
protected against musket or rifle balls,
which could not penetrate their rolling
shields; and whenever our. troops appeared
at the embrasures for the purpose of giving
them shot from cannon, the sharpshoot-
ers would rise from behind their defences
and shoot down our men at their guns.
! The Yankee sharpshooters were very nu
mcrous and expert. and after they had at
tanned a proximity to our entertainments,
giving them good range. our cannon could
not be brought to bear effectively against
their locomotive dirt bulwarks:: They we
thus enabled to approach SO near to our
[ lines as to render their mining operations
practicable and to advance their artillery
very close to our works.
Lieut.. 3. showed us the original order
for the issue Of mule meat to one OF the
commands, dated July ID also a state
ment OF the amount of rations issued to a
brigade of 2 Oh men, for three days, near
the time of the surrender The following
lis the bill Of fare for this brigade for three
days mentioned 4,371 lbs. mule. $40 lbs.
rice, 2.7732 lbs peas. - lbs candles. 40
lbs. soap, 1913 lbs salt, 269 lbs. tobacco. -
This is an allowance of only a half pound of
mule meat, or. rice. and less than a
pound Of peas, for each man pc" day. The
insuficiency and inferiority of this fare
will be exhibited in more striking manner
by contrast with the rations drawn by the
same brigade, after the surrender, from the
Yankees, for flee days, viz: 5o95 lbs. ba-
con, 35 bbls. mess beef. Il 1000 lbs. hard
bread. 700 lbs, peas, 700 lbs hominy, 281
lbs. green coffee, Sc gallons vinegar, 35
lbs. candles, $50 lbs. soap, 400 lbs salt,
| 400 lbs. sugar. Heroic and devoted, in
deed, were the men who. on such fare,
were willing to continue the contest as
long as they had strength to lift there fire.
arms.
Our informant had eaten Of the mule
meat, and concurs in the testimony that it
was esculent aud toothsome to hungry
man.
Lieut.. B. is not of the number who de-
nounce and saddle the responsibility upon
Gen. Pemberton. He believes that lie did
all that he could do to save Vicksburg, with
the means at his command. That those
means were not greater and more effective
was undeniably the fault Of some officials,
and it will probably require military in
vestigatiou to decide whose it is.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-07
How Lincoln Recruits his Army.

A gentleman recently from Norfolk gives
the following account of a proceeding which
was doubtless regarded by the enemy as a
"cute Yankee trick. =
There are in the CITY of Norfolk four
churches Known as African churches,
which are used exclusively by the colored
people for public worship. One Of these
has bell and is known as the .Bell
Church = A notice was recently circulated
among the colored popnlation by order of
the Provost Marshal. that on the following
Sabbath something would be communicated
in the Bell Church in which they were in
tcrested. Their curiosity being thus ap-
pealed to, the ringing of the bell drew an
Immense crowd The house was filled.
Many who could not get in stood around
tie doors and windows with listening ears.
AT an appointed signal, military man
@uvrc was executed they found themselves
surrounded BY three hundred soldiers with
fixed bayonets. Resistance was useless.
Escape impossible. All who were neither
too young nor too old for military service
were hurried away No time was given for
farcwells or for making any preparations.
In their Sunday clothes were marched on
board the resscls that were in readiness to
carry them to the North to swell the armies
designed for the subjugation Of the South
We doubt not that Mr.. Lincoln finds this
much easier way Of recruiting his thinned
ranks than b. endeayoring to enforce
draft among the Infatuated popnlaee 81 New
York. Christian Observer
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-07
Confederate Movements In Kentucky
Attack on Richmond.

Confederate Movements In Kentucky
Attack on Richmond.
Gen. Pegram, with a Confederate force.
crossed the Cumberland river on the 25th
ult, and moved upon Richmond, KY. for
the purpose, it was supposed. Of creating
diversion in favor of Morgan, Of whose
capture be had not been advised. A dis
patch from Cincinnati, dated the 2Sth.
says /:
A spectral dispatch to the Commercial
from Lexington, KY, says the rebels this
morning attacked our forces at Richmond,
consisting of small detachment under Col.
Sanders. After an hours severe fighting,
our troops were compelled to fall back to
the Kentucky river, badly cut up The
rebel force is estimated at 2, 500 men and
six guns. They are supposed to be che adj
vance of Bragg's army. At the latest adj
vices our troops had fallen back within FIVE
miles Of Lexington, the enemy closely fol-
lowing.
Martial law had been proclaimed in Lex
ington. and all the able bodied citizens be-
tween Is and 45 ordered to report for du-
ty. 1t is thought that the city can be held
against the rebel force of over Is, 00G, mo-
wing in northerly direction via Crab Orch
ard.
The Gaseae's Lexington dispatch says
the excitement has subsidized. The rebels
came to the Kentucky river, at Clay's Fer
ry. Sanders command is nearly all in,
and troops from Hickman's bridge insure
the safety Of Lexington. Generals Garter
and Gilbert's commands are in the rear Of
the rebels. -Rich DIS.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-07
A striking Contrast.

A striking contrast presented itself at the
depot yesterday morning. On one track
was long train of ears crowded with SOL
diers going forth to suffer, fight and per-
haps die, for their country. They were
very quiet seemed devoid of animation. al
though resolute in appearance and demean-
or. They looked like soldiers any wise
General would be proud to lead to battle
like men who could be depended upon in
the sharpest sort Of conflict.
On another track was a train of cars
loaded with cotton going to Mobile! That
cotton undoubtedly belongs to spectators.
and when it reaches Mobile will be shipped.
TALL into Yankee hands by purchase or 9th
erwise, and be transported to the New Eng
land States to keep their factories running.
The value will be returned in Yankee "no-
tions," Cincinnati whiskey and the like.
which we could easily dispense with. Thus
the Southern people, upon whom they are
waging most barbarous war. are made by
the uufuthomable policy of our Govern
ment, to furnish food for Abolition fac
tories, and are transformed iuto customers
Of their most relentless foes. Better. far
better, would it be to consisn every bale OF
cotton to the flames than to have 1t thus
used.
Ca the one track there was bravery. pa
ltriatism and devotion to country. On tho
other there was speculation. disregard Of
the nubiir Interests, entire absence of pa
trio,jsm. AMI worse than all. support for
the enemies o. the Con 'elerasy Clarion
/
J ( .Nrrilian) Mississippi.
T. lSxEcurIoS or Spies sSp Eousxss Two
| vou,hS. mem bers 9th 10Th t,i, regiment.
aged about eighteen years. we're arrested
u near Columbia. Tenn, rbr n,l.r dag. with
in our lines Though dres cd in citizens'
clothes, their conduct was X, suspicious rs
to attract attention. They averred they
were des~rters from the +. ,lrrsl array. en-
their way home; that thy deserted ouce be-
re. Lad been eauahf and had escaped. \
ei,ixen II Middle Tennessee identified shern
Us the parties VII" hadrcccntly waylaid AMI
robbed him Of money and other persmi-4
effec,s 4 more thorough examination re-
suited in Their cnnvieiiau asEpies. Whetu
er az highway robbers or spies. or bets.
thew me, their just DOOM at noon yesterda
near the ceme,ry in This city where, By Sc.
teuce Of law. after dtIa trial they we're bsi :,
E,.5, - ~ ~ ;nas.s,.f -. h.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-07

re New York papers af'he s0th, say
that the Secretary Of war has drriisa that
Morgan and al his officers shall be confined
in the Ohio pehitettiary until the rebel au-
thorities release the officers Of the negro
troops who we're captured soue time ago 10
Gcorgia.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-07
The Position of tie two Arnies--Re-
pulse Of the FederaIs at Chester Gap.

pulse Of the Federals at Chester Gap.
A Washington dispatch states that on she
22d inst, while Lopgsreet was endeavor-
iin.g to get into Eastern Virginia. by way
Of Manassas Gap, Gen. A 2. Hills corps
took possession of Chester Gap and re-
pulsed the Federal cavalry who attempted
to drive him out. Longstreet's corps affer-
wards came through the same Gap. The
Washington Republican, says Lee has man
aged to carry all his Pennsylvania plumber
with him. The Baltimore american, Of
the 28th, says:
There is no longer any doubt that Gen
Lees army hassuccessfuliy eluded the pur-
suit Of Gen. Meade. and is now again in
nearly its old position ia Eastern Virginia
aud around Culpeper and Gordoasyllc
When Lee succeeded in getting across the
Potomac scarcely any other result was ex-
pected by those familiar with the country to
be traversed by the two armies. Sanguine
people looked for different result, aud
even those not 50 sanguine hoped for it;
but both have been disappointed,
The latest adyices from the Army of the
Potomac state that on Saturday our forces
held the line Of the Rappahannock between
Kelly's Ford aud Waterloo Large num-
bers of horses have been found in the
mountain gorges and appropriated by our
forces.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-07

SAW THE ELEPHANT Three negro boys,
one owned in this city, another in Florida,
aud the third in Char lesion, all Of the crew
of the i'll fated Atlanta, determined, on the
exchange at Fortress Monroe, to try their
fortunes North. They proceeded as far as
Fort Lafayette, New York harbor, delight
ed their eyes for several days in gazing on
the magnificent city in the distance, but ON
the whole concluded thata Southern master
was better than Yankee one; that they had
I Ito use their own expressive language s'put
their foot into it" They accordingly noti-
fed their intention to the officers in COM
mand. who, no doubt pretty sick OF the ne
gro themselves, offered no objecqe, but
gave them passage back to Fortress Mon
roe, and thence by flag oftruce boat to City
Point and Richmond. Two Of them arrlv-
ed here Sunday afternoon, the other remain
ing over day at Charleston, and reported
themselves to their owners, perfectly salts
fed with their short ex perience Of negro
freedoms at the North. Savannah Repub-
IlicdR.
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