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Virginia Navy Company.

A notice Of the Virginia Volunteer Navy
Company appears in our paper this morning.
This organization is under the act Of the last
Congress on the subject, and is receiving the
ai and encouragement Of come of our most
Influential citizens. Theexample Of No 900
whose acbievemsnts we hope will continue at
least ill she has captured $50 Yankee ships
shows what injury may ts inflicted upon tie
enemy On the seas. The pocket nerve of tho
Yankee is the only one tha. ID really sensitive,
end that has been grisvously iacerated by the
intrepid Semmss. II under the law OF Con-
uress for the establishment Of volunteer
navy We can put.uPon the ocean number Of
auxilIaries to our Aiatamas, kloridas, ,Gsorgias'
VirainIas, stc, we shall be enabled TO spread
wider the havoc amidst Yankee commerce,
and do our cause ineslcniabls service. .Tioss
smbarking In this patriotic purpose hass be-
sides the s.imulant Of public spisit Ind love Of
country slaas Of pecuriary gain, which prom.
: 90 70 10 large. Ths .snemy's commsrcs y
oorns on every ssa, and offers . rich harvest
70 tho daring Confederate seaman.
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THE ATTACK ON KNOXVILLE.

The pretty full telegrams from Il noxvila
give Us the particulars Of the FederAi attack
OF Knoxville, Tenn, ON Saturday last, and 81
letter from Chattanooga enables us to supply
tho particulars OF the movements OF th Yau
k5ea befjte the attack was made. Tho party
was commanded by Gen. Carter, the "a nnes-
seo renegade, and numbered about z OOp Meu.
'ihey penetrated into East 1cnnes see through
:. gap in the mountains near Kingston, al d
marched Gu London, a town Of | $50 inias BIZ
tann, OH tie East Tennessee aud Geor, ia
Railroad. % miles west of Knoxville, intend :
ing to bnrn the railroad bridge at that piac e
bnt, iinding the bridge well surrounded ly
stockades and defended b.; artillery, they
moved oil to Lsnoir, aboG. . even miles nearer
hnoZville, on the same ros d. Here they burnt
the mammoth factory Of the Lsnoir Hyotheis
with al! the 0ut-buildiv gs and the residence OF
the owners, and tore up ihs track for several
miles. The 54.h VI reinia regiment, which had
been stationed II .ere, had just LOT; that morn
lug for KnoxyV ie, aud tho place was therefore
deianesiesa. They told two cilizen', whom
they cap'ur Cd there, that they were go ing OIL
to burn h aoxvilie. The result OF their going
On is CIV en- in the telegraphic dispatches. Ihs
ia'a cV no just as the section OF country fUutb
OF .udon had beeu transferred from Gen
Hu cknsr's department to that Of Gen. Jack
~ N, q. Chattanooga, and iii the movement oil
troops consequent on tue change several
llacas We're left uadsfended, which would net
have bsen the case if the transfer had taken
place few days later or earlier.
1t will be seen frou the kilograms that AFTER
their repulss at Knoxville the Yankees camsa
far east as Morristo wn on the East Tennessee
aud Virginia Railroad, which is ~ miles from
Bristol There, it appears, they wsrs likely
to come to grief
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YANKEE TESTIMONY ON THE NE0ko QUEs-
!os.--Wiilingly or UNIV iuipsiy, the Yaikef 4
are giving the expressive ant Significant testi'
mony against their OWN themes and pfesen'
sions and in favor OF the South. The follow
ing account of the horribio condition - Sue
slaves in Nashville ia from the charge to the
Grand Jury by Judge Brisn on the set for the
punishment Of slaves:
We Of the city of Nashville are absolutely
cursed with the presence of negro pOpula
ton which . find it Impossible TO control -
Nashville il 20 the general re,idezv0us for
sIi the runaway negroes in this and come Of
ahs adjoining States. They thrust themselves
isto The houses of our CITIZENS and defy the
ownsrs to oust them They oIlfer, they steal,
they serupls at nothing; they resuect nobody
they Ard no law, human or divine. Some
OF Them are engaged in hespi;aip, but they ali
20 numerous that this is perhaps only frae-
tiora, part. They rromerade our streets ;
they ill our .,,cuses, csIars, gaFrets. They
are too lazy to wor. too ignorant 10 disiin.
guish between liberty an. heense to shame-
less to respect common deceLcY, and too de-
graded to observe the ordinary fuias ot NOR
atty The men sare thieves and burpiars, the
women prostitutes and vagraats. There is
scarcely siaEle, a hog pen or a hen iocst
tha. docs not bear the impress of q long heel
and holiow,sss instep. These negroes are o
curse to the army, o caLcer to society, blight
upon honesty, morality and deceney, aud
leach upon the Government.
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THE ATraex CM kaoSullLE.
REPULSE or THE ENEAY WITH
HEAVY LOSS.
IaEs RUCFiON or 1RrU0xs, &c.

KsexvlLLs, Juns 2O-Six reeinsnss Of
noantsd infantry, oas Of inlhn1sJ, anA . b&a-
terry o7 artillsry-in al three tAoesanA mem
attacked this city this uoFaing. Col Tsigg, OF
the 54.h Va. regiment, connaanced cur forces.
After = spirited sngagemsnt of ons hour and
y half Orr batteries drove the en9my from the
field with heavy loss. The Casualties on our
side were six killed and wounded Capt II.
McClung, Of this city, was killed The ene-
my have tern p'lhe railroad track auV cut the
telegraphie wires some miles above here.
Is sCOnD DlsPAYCH
kNoxyILLE, June 22-The Yankee raiders
lots here on Saturday, xt lO O'clOck, and a.
tackled Strawberry Plains, ssveusesn miles
east Of Knoxville, at r. d. Attsr brisk
IRE Of half an hour, our troops surHencsred
to superior numbers, and the enemy paroled
$50 prisoners. Tbs enemy burnt the bridge
ever tho uolston, the depos aed several pa.
vate dwellings, ri1ing several others.
Then they proceeded 70 New Market, sigt4
miles east Of Strawberry Plains, and on Sum
day to nossy Creek, four miles taxtber, where
they burned the bridge, tore up the railroad
uack. and cut the telegraph wire aud poles.
>Oa Monday, between Mossy Creek and Aor'
ristowu. AZ miles east Of Knox vile, they were
confronted. in front and rear, BY the eommands
Of Gems. Jackson and PegrSm, and Col Scott.
Il is run,orsd aud believed that. we took AL
their artillery, aud dispersed their whole tcxcs
Our cavalry pursuing and capturing prison
ers.
In the fight Of Saturday our loss was ax
| kiiledGnd nine wounded the Yankees sWe0sy
one killed aud wounded. No Injury 70 pro
perty here.
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NApoLEoS ON AN AmIcABLE SEPARATlos.-
a Pans letter to the New York World CON
talns the following paragraph, which we re-
prcducs:.
In recent conversation held with the En-
Eeror lao matter by whom his Msissty Is,
fall the f.llowing Napoieonic remarks On the
American question: "An amicable Separation
between the North aud South wouid hsva
been the ssandest tsiumph ever achieved bv
republic snism 1t woald have compelled The
admiration Of the world. As It is, repubIi.
canism has never been 90 dead in Europe "a
now The people sea that republics, or the
l6sn who administer their aovesnuents. hava
the same pride, passions, and iust OF empire.
that influence soversigns; while, being always
unstable In their position, they have not the
responsibilities that we have, who seek
to consolidate dynasties by paciteasing the
masses. The moDarchits Of Europe do no:
tsd your American war an unmixsd evil. We
can sttord to cutter much in our material inter.
ests while the revolutionary drsam.of republi.
cans ia dissolving in blood
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The TRUE SfIRlT OF FREEMAN.-The
Huntsville (Alal Confederate contains an ex-
tract from d ptivate letter written by Mr.
Iaaac Winston an old farmer in Franklin
county, Ala, whose property was destroyed
by the Yankees in their Iaii through there
l. brea,hes spirit which shows its writer to
be = t.ue patriot:
The extent Of damages 4evef can be known.
Tnap took all of my negtoes oil except one
IAN old fellow GS years Ole. But lay carriage
driver and body servant fur thirty years, after
getting to Tuscunlbia, went 10 the Federal
(ieusral aud informed him tha. he would
rather cut his, and ali oi his families throats,
than to 10 forced to leave bis msstef. They
cave h.ra pass to come home, " hica he did
viii, lis famiiy--l9 in all. They kept 81 Of
nav uaerccs, 2S horses and mulea, and Wa
eous,- took about 800 bales OF my cotton, and
DESTROYED my crop, stock, tools, fowls; etc.
With what they took and Onr armies burnt, l
lost about ! 900 baisp. They have ruiued my
sn,, and took the most Of my son in-law 3
property, destroying everything they could
! Eu., if we gain our Independence, tas we will
cor,';,-'v DE- aud lose all Of our property, we
sn.ua'n ..,, better oil than to have remained
WI WI 10 Muci' "-',av. 1t would be bettei
VAN taen. do --dar. and .
iVi tue earth to be u bail @. -
Chunk OF ire 70 bs thrown in It. than ,o 40,
remained with them, or ever. return ia then
which we will never do; no, sooner die '"'A'
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PosT OFFICE CosrRAcroRs-A correspon.
dent Of the Atlanta tGa) Confedsrocy alludes
TO dscisi0n recsntly made, in which the Gen.
eral Post Office Department explains the Er.
emption Act in favor Of mail contractors, on
point 10 refsrsnce to which bus few are cor.
rectly informed. The act sxospts from the
privilege Of exemption contractors 'of less
than ten milss In length, and on which the
mail - carried on horse" Tho case was that
OF citizen Of Chattanooga, whosa bid a. .
mail messenger from the railroad depot TO .
distance less than ten miles. at an annual eota.
peneation Of four dollars and my cents, flor.
mer compensation six hundred aud Hfiy dol.
iarsJ was accepted by the DspartmenA The
mssssnesr was notided BY the enrolling iiees
that he was NOS entitled 70 sxsnptjon undtr :
The act Of April l4,h, 1869, and he would hold
him asa conscrip& An xppsxl was made 20 tk 8
Department aud = certificate Of fsxenpiion Eaa
inmediatsly forwarded. on the ground th.t
distance 10 inMatssiAl wAsn the quantity Of
mail matter - bs transported requires the uss
Of vehicle.
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FEDERAL OPisIos OF GEN. LEES MOVE
MENTs-The Nsw York Times, of the 18th,
has the following specu!aions az to Lee Is
movemenss
1t il altogether likely that Lee will move
very rapidly in tho execution Of his plan.
whatever it may be. He knows already that
Psnnsy lvania aud the whole North are rally.
ing to drive him back, and he knaw before he
advanced that they would do so He knows
that Hooker will become atronger eyery day.
and that every day will also add immsbsely 10
the strength Of any position that Hooker NAV
take up: He Knows that every day he remains
IN the North Richmond is put in the most ina.
minent peril from an advance of our troors
stationed on the Peninsula and At Suffolk. lie
knows ,kat a Northern campaign, lasting even
as long ~ months, is impossible. lie will be
likely, therefore, to strike out very quickly
and with his whole force. II 1t il invasion ia
force, we shall have. IL this week Ii 1t Ia a
battle with Hooker, il will not be delayed. Ii
II is an attempt 70 get into Baltimore, and TINS
into the rear Of Washington which would be
the work OF madman-i, win be done With
the hot haste and fairy Of mailman.
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Yankee toud ct Of the War,

in the wear 1914, Marshal Tarenne, COIN
l.@ndiug a French army i'll Germany, laid
waste the paiatiaa.e with lire and sword. The
uslonaua,e Elector, from his palace at Man
Aeim, could behold tue eonilagratieu of two
cites aud twenty five towne aud villages. The
animas, ofevery kind, were killed or driven on,
shsiluii trees cut down, aud The crops destroy
I'd IN the fields OF grau:Isies Alfalfa and Lor-
i"iu were ikswiss ravaeed by the same pl'i-
'ssa soldier. whose only apology was That lie
desrsd to destroy the resources of his enomy,
&ad bring him to terms ia the speediest man
Asf possible. From that day to this, this hof-
t'o'e Transaction has been held up to Tie exc
0Alon Of mankind, and no Europaan General,
"keePt those Of the half savags Russians,
"asn they Invaded Prussia one hundred years
Aso, has been found hardy enough to initiate the
example. The repetition Of that atr0city,
,ouamon enough among the Tarks, and in Ia
va 'eioro the British kad extended their do
A'o''S, among civilized people, was reserved
''' 'ae descendants Of the pilgrim fathers
'1s godly and ga.a-losing Puri!ans-tbe men
'"'ss islhers dsported a whole colony from
--saoia' and made the earth sesk with murder,
".sfe they coveted the lauds Of the unfortu-
se req man. kecollsct that TaTepns perpe-
ea these enormities one hundred and eigh-
A'47 years sg0. when tho world WIS far
'~ 'e'ag go enlightened, 80 civilized, or 80
wa.a as dc 1t processes y 10 now--tha. he
.fa.n ING ''ol OF dsspot, whose ambition fos
s. 'sAas Kept every nation Of Europa in
sseAa' dread Of losing its Iibertiss--tlsi Lis
s.s "as coLqusst--and that his Generals
n..i.' iiaag orders TO pay no regard TO hu.
"aeh ii stood in tue way Of his poll
ts., =. A'a1sr all that, and then yseolIsct
/, ia,,s 'a'nisss career Of this suthlsss tyrant
ga sa''Aasd not by any obsolete nonsrsh Of
'Is- hos BY Nspolso" sph,
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TELEGRApHIC NEWS.
ANOTHER vlcToay aT vIc6sovae
De De,ase A1sasls en- Our Wstk -Ieer,b1e
Rspnise or Grants Aray -t1sAvt Ls1s d
sks fedeyAls, -.

JAcxsom, Jane 22.-Oa SAAurdA1 uesnane.
at 2 o'clock, the enemy naao ; fasfe0 a1os1Is
upon our lines near viebseaEH.
The action lasted until Ten o'sloeh, ending
in Q complete rout Of she ene0y. Cfsize1s
from she nssghboFhood report that tbe 0fe of
maskstry exceeded asythisg ev9 haos1 1he
loss Of the snsny + Grsatss thaa = aay e1hsr
attack. Nothing wh1esver b kDoWn = -
gard TO our loss, bus i 10 certain shat anetAer
great victory has been gained
Passengers from Grenada report lha1 Tie
Yankee raiders have gone bask.
fsEcoRD DIsPAfCn1
Jackson, June 22-Ths speeksl eo1roGDond-
snt Of the Aiississippiax estamaaes ~ toss ~
the enemy on Saturday at Il, 90; go, shas
the enemy are throwing p0ptoeae a1soee ~
Big Back, betwesn the Iatlroa6 hEid9o 1nA
Bsidwin's Ferry, near Warrenton. u = ~.
ported that 0uP forces have taken poe1oooien
Of Union BluH, ON the Ysxoo.
l7HsRD DuPAfen
JACKSON, june 2-One Of our scoute, juss
arrived from the inisriOr Of the ensmy'e ifnes.
reports that they asknowledge tkeif loss
hesvlse taaA ia ny stAaf asa6l y = "a,
rionsly repor1si 9 from ssven q ~ doc
sand, and Is u stated that the victeFy was CON-
plsts. Their troops are much dspresoed Ia
consequence, and my that Vicksbuxg hAs ever
been slaughter pen, and abuee 0en~Gasane
for undertaking an inpossibiiity.
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THE PENINSULA.

Ihsre are ~ movements on the PENN.
enla. Our cavalry are scouting below Bar.
Evansville, il New Kent, and on Sunday
killed Yankee pickle. and wounded another.
This occurred between Barhamsviie and the
Brick House. The Yankees are clearing out
the country below there. They burned the
house Of Mr.. Pinckney Walker laet week, and
are carrying eli all the negroes they can lay
their hands on. The York River train last
evening brought up about fifteen men and one
woman, who We're caught trying to get
through our lines to the eaemy. Most Of the
men had been employed in the Government
workshops here. The citzsns on the PENN
saia took the parties in custody and sent
them upto Richmond All hands of them wero
sent TO Castle Thunder. There are no gun
boats lying of Yorktown.
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CAPTURE OF YANKEE RECRUITING OFF.
cERs-Col. Koddy's command last week cap.
tured in Tsnnesses Col. VIM. p. Ksndrick, Of
tbs 81 Tennessee (Yankee) regiment, aud
Capt. Daniel E Bonhana, ofthe Same regimen',
both eng lgsd in recruiting in Tennss.ee for
the FsGeras. Several priyatss engaged in the
rano servics were ais, captured. Col. X en-.
dIick is "a native of Taz,weli county, Va, and
the unworthy son Of Rev, w. p. KsndIick, a
Methodist minister, who has suffered in prop.
erty ard person for refusing to take the oath
to support Lineolu's Governuont. lie has
two brothers in the Confederate sarvico. one
OF whom belonged to the command which cap
tared the renegade. On the 18Th of May las.
VIVA h. Corbin AID 7. j. McGraw, two Con
federats soldiers, members OF the 4.h Ken
lucky cavalry, were shot dead at Sandusky
Ohio, by order Of Gen. Burnside, for recruit t
iny for the Confederate service ia Kentucky
Comment upon what the fate Of Kendfick ali.
Bonliam ehou;d b. is unnecessary; but TIL
following paragraph about the fate of the twt
Cunfederates may assist the reader ia co ming
to a correct conclusion:
When Corbin and McGraw were prisoners
Miss Gorbiu, the sister OF Corbin, called upon
Gen. Burnside and appealed to him to EeEraii
from executing his order, and the General rS
piled ''that ho had quit handling this rebellion
with pioyes' Miss Corbin then went to ths
city of Washington and requested an inter
view with the President, which was declined
| These men wers shot for no other offence lhai
| the charge OF recruiting in Kentucky.
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| FROM TIE NORTHERN BORDER-RE-
! PORTED FIGHTING ON THE POTO.

PORTED FIGHTING ON THE POTO.
MAC.
In the absence Of any oiicial OK authentic
information with reference to the opera
lions Of the Army Of tie Potomac, We
lave an abundance of rumore, some OF which
are perhaps well founded and entitled to COLI
aideration. The lat report we have Of tho
forward movement Of Cur forces H., that the
corps Of Gen. Longstreet crossed the Potomac
u, Edwaris's Ferry, near Leesburg, on Sur.
day morning, and that splendid body of SOL
liers now occupy the neutral territory OF
Maryland. IL is stated, in connection with
this report, that a pretty severe fight took
place ON Saturday, previous to crossing, be-
tween tie rear guard of Longetrests corps
and ths advance of the enemy III the naighbor-
lood of Leesburg. We are inclined to think,
however, frem the best information We have
upon the sub jsct, that all tie fighting that haa
occurred hma been between the cavalry forces
OF the contsndng armies. 1t is hardly to be
sup p6sed that if Gen. LonRstreet had been s.c-
lively engaged in battle on Saturday. with his
tsar clafeiy pressed by iiooker's foiess, he
would Ii. ye coutiuuei his advance and crossed
the river Oh Sunday morning.
We think it altogether likely that the re
port Of heavy engagement has originated III
the series Of brilliant fights which General
Stuars has had with the enemy, in all which
we have every 1esscu 10 believe he has heea
n,ore than usually succevSiu. With reference
to these fights, and the cosadi,ion Of our army,
we give the following extract 'frcni letter
written by rlembsr of the 10Th Viigl.nia cav
airy to q friend in this city, and dated OF. Sal
urlay last. The writer sage.
.'Sinee Thursday we have bsen constantly
sair1Disbing with the enemy always success
fully. We have taken numbers Of prisoners
and horses. The latter do us much the most
good every way.
Il hardly know whs thor you would enjoy
i. or Rot, bat wish you could SEQ Gen. Lees
noble amy in motion "a, / have within few
days past. Never wac there more finely or =
gatizsd body Of msn in the worAi. The men
are all in splendid spirits. There is 40 strag-
r!I
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OF Alexander H., but by man selected 10
The highest otiice In the world BY free pso ;.
pis'-a man who repreRents "the best Gov
sfament that tho euu ever shons upon'-a
man who il the head Of people anever
wrong IN their instincss' IN the full blaze Of
all the light which the boastsd nineteenth cen
tary has poured upon the earth.
Were n war 70 sps,ng up between the L n.
peror OF the French aud the Empesor OF Aus
triA TO. morrow, aud were the Emperor Of the
French 70 crot tho Rhine and march into the
rich provincss OF the Danube, does any man
believe that he would dare to order out na-
randing expe ditions for the purpose of killing
cattle, barmang crops and mills, destroy ing
agricultural implements, and reducing the 10.
men and children Of whole districts to absolute
starvationf No! lie would bs met by the
renionstranca' sf overy Court n EuIope, aud
ii remonssrauc Is would not DO, those Courts
would soon try what virtue there was IN Al ,as.
A uuiversalhue andcry would be raised apaiuas
him. lie woubl bo driven back, Ike Ssnnach.
crib Of old, 10 the land whence he came. as
though ne ware pursued by The direct van
geanee Of HesvsR. He would tesome q hiss
ing and u ssorn to tie nations, aud his lie
would NOT be safe even in The Tuillsries. Tie
Ehgiish war Ia India, six yeses ago, was
bloody and barbarous enough; bat nowhere
% we read OF attempts to drown the lice
heids, or to inundA;e whole districts, by cuttins.
the dykes Of the Ganges, or letting in the wa
tefa OF the Ccsan. This barbarous and inhu-
man policy has been purs ted by the Yankees
IN Louisiana, aud as it hs not sn example, so
we trust, for the honor of our race, it will
never meet with imitation.
1t is clearly our opinion that incursions such
as that OF Kiipatri OK, las0s for tie purpose Of
destroying crops, houses, agricultural imple.
ments, aud milis., are ag gairst the laws Of war,
and that those employed in them csnuot be re-,
gaidsd as any. .hiug else than robbers and muir.
uefers, lot tn sir authority come from whom IL
may. a few examples ought 20 be made. The
lear OF ret .liation seems to lave restraine i
our aufh"fities thus far. But they cannot Go
"oIse 'nan they have done. Punishmens
might 'tter them but it coaid add little to our
danger. For they hang and shoot cur people
wheiIeyer they please, under tbs Impression
tlat we dare not re.alate.
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ta,e., f,em The ssushwe.s.

s,rv attacked 400 of the euemys cavalry at
Bear Creek, near Mechaniesburg, ycesssday,
aud routed them, capturing their artillery and
killing and woundiag 100 Our loss wee %
killed aud wounded. Among the latter d Capt-
w. Yorgsr, who distfng uished himsslf IN tha
action.
A rpscial dispatch 20 the MississippiaM
from Grenada, yssteEday, says, White shs
Yaukeee were at Panola Friday Chaizners at-
tackled tho 2Oth Illinois cavalry, four miles
south Of Hernaudo, at daylight, killing. wound
ing, and capturing all but one company
On Saturday nighs ~Chaimers WAS as ~, STA
halsn, with y Yankee foIcs thss side Of nina-
Gsu. George, with the State troops ana ms
| l:nlionvh. were four miles In fear OF lhs
4 enemy. The Yankees are heading North.