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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-08-02

Mrs. Allen G. Harmon, has been presented
by the patients in the Queen street hospital, in
this place, With TWO silver castors: as sn &C.
acknowledgements Tor her kindness and attention
70 the sick and wounded Federal soldiers there.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
A RETURNED PRISONERS STORY

CAIRO August 81.
The New Orleans Era Of the 18th inst.
says:
Acting Master John Dillingham;. can
tured of Saline Pass a year and 4 halfago.
while in command Of the ship Morning
Light, has arrived in this city. He was
parolcd by General Magruder TO effect his
own exchange for Captain Charles Few-
ler.
He reports the rebel authorities as
anxious to exchange his whole crew, who
had been marched from Camp Grace to
Shreveport, a distance of 300 miles, pa
rolled for exchange and subsequently, sent
back to Camp Ford, near Tyler, the Fed
eral authyrities having refused to receive
them.
About thirty-six hundred prisoners are
in Camp Ford, in crowded, unhealthy
state.
Captains Crocker johnson and Morgan,
OF the gunboats Clifton, Sachem and Sig
nal, with their commands, are still in Camp
Ford, anxiOusly waiting an exchange
General Paine, with portion of tie ex-
pedition sent against Johnson's guerrillss,
returned TO Paducah 1t noon.
A large number Of cattle and cOnsidsra-
bic salt and other supplies, which were Ia
ken from stores at Saline Bar, were recap
tured.
Many horses and mules, also captured by
the rebels in the country through which
the rebels passed, we rscaptured and
brought to Paducah.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23

265; Twelfth, 73l Thirteenth, s95; -Four
teenth, s44; Fifteenth, 1896 Sixteenth 9O9
seventeenth, 672; eighteenth, sos; nine
teenth; s9s; total excess. 1858.
The deficient Districts are, First 492
second, 500; total, ss2, which leaves ar
excess of credits of IL, ss3. -.a
The foregoing figures are all the debit
and credits of the several Districts on the
lst Of July last, as exhibited by the books
of the Provost Marshal General at Wash
ington. 1t may be stated that Nrval on
listments are not included, the greater
portion Of them will go to the credit OF
Hamilton County, but they have been re-
duced to the three years basis and will not
exceed $50 for the entire State.
On Friday last Deputy Provost Mar
shal, with a squad Of men, attempted to ar
rest two deserters at Macarthur, Vinton
county, when one of the deserters fred at
the squad and badly wounded one of the
men. While the wounded man was being
carried off by his companions, the whole
party was fred upon by sundry copper
heads In ambush, but without uoIug uHy
further damage. The Union men replied,
severely wOunding one of the deserters in
the shoulder. At the sound of fire arms the
Copperheads of the town rushed to the
scene of action, and finally succeeded in
driving off the Provost Marshal and his
squad, advising them to leave the county
without delay.
General Hointzelman has dispatched a
force sufficient to enable the Provost
Marshal to discharge his duties without
further molestationfr from JEFF. Davis troops
in that vicinity.
A detachment of men has also left for
Tronton, where some difficulty is appre-
hended.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
FROM NEW YORK.
NEw YoRK, August 2

NEW YORK, August %.
The increasing demand from abroad for
our Government securities continues to
enhance their price. A number of foreign
houses have in hand large orders for the
5-2Os. The 1O-40s also, it is reported, are
likely to be in demand for the European
market We learntha at present the un-
executed foreign orders for national securi-
ties amount to about ten millions of dol
lars.
Gold opened at 256l. After selling at
257k, it closed dull at 257.
A Washington special to the Post says /:
A special dispatch to the Daily Chronicle
saws, all information from the Shenandoah
Valley indicates that there was strong
rebel iorce, under Early, near Martinsburg
and Winchester.
The Commercial prints the following
special adyices from Atlanta via Nashville,
which says the rebels has SO, 900 troops at
Atlanta, including 10000 of Georgia
Militia.
Their works are Is feet high, with deer
bitches, abattis, and wire traps.
Sherman has felt their lines to the ex-
tent of u miles, with a view of turning
their position, but thus far has been unable
to effect his object their lines proving
equally as strong at all points.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
SUPPLIES CAPTURED.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. o.
When General Paine's expedition after
johnson s guerrillas arrived at UnioHtown,
KY, Paine arrested several prominent reb-
els ard confscated so hogsheads of tObac-
co, "a barrels of whisky, $50 barrels Of
salt, 100 cattle and 70 horses.
General Hovey joined Paine at Morgan
field.
johnson fed toward Hopkinsville, in the
lower part of the State
Dispatches from Springfield say that
Illinois IS m4de a separate Military Dis
trict under General Paine, who arrived at
Springfield yesterday, and will establish
his headquarters there.
On the other hand, Cairo dispatches say
Paine viii retain command of Western
Kentucky.
General Candy discharged the Marine
Brigade Officers and mustered outthe men,
who returned to their regiments.
A dispatch from Fort Smith, Arkansas
says General Thayer attacked the rebel
General Cooper a mile in front Of Fort
No. 2, completely routing htm. Date not
given
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
WAsHINGTON ITE1Is,
WASHINGTON, Aug. %.

" ASHlNGIONj aug u.
1t is reported that the Secretary of the
Treasury contemplates a new loan, the
terms of which have not been declared.
On inquiry at the department, there is no
truth in the statement.
The subscription to the 7-3O loan, as re-
ported to the Treasury Department to-day,
amount to near one million dollars.
The time of the l66th Ohio Regiment
Zone hundred days mem having expired,
they this afternoon paid their
respects to the President, who
made them a speech in front Of
the Executive mansion. He said:
Il suppose you are going home to see
your family and friends. For the service
you have done in this great struggle in
which we are engaged, present you sin
cere thanks for myself and the country.
1 almost always feel inclinet, when say
any thing to soldiers, to impress upon them,
in few brief words, the Importance Of
success in this cont $. 1t Is not merely
for to-day, but for all time to c1me that
we should perpetuate for our childrens
children this great and free government
which we have enjoyed all our lives. L
beg you to remember this, not merely for
my sake but for yours. 1 happen tempo
raTily to occupy this big white house. 1
am living witness that any one of your
children may look to come here, as
my fathers child has. 1t is now that
each of you may have, through this free
Government, though we have engaged an
open field and a fair chance for your indus
try, enterpr re and intelligence, that you
may all have equal privilege in the race of
life with all it's indescribable human aspi-
rations 1t is for this the struggle
should he maintained, that we may not
loose our birthright, not only for
one, but for two or three years, The ma
tlon is worth fighting for" ..s
Three cheers were Iben given for the
President.
The report that Admiral Dahlgren has
been relieved, and is to be succeeded, at
Charleston, by Commodore Rowan, Is not
Cue.
Intelligence has been received, stating
that since the departure of the rebel pirate
Tallahassee from Wilmington, that seven
more steamers, of like character, have ar
rived and are receiving their armament
with view Of running the blockade tc
war upon our commerce.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
Y esterday Afternoons Report.
FROM NEW YORK.
NV YoRK, August 2

NV YORK, August Y.
The Tribune's special says:
General Warren has entrenched his COM
man and has been reinforced, and intends
thoroughly destroying the Weldon road.
Exactly one half of all the rebel Vir-
ginia forces are in the Shenandoah Valley,
awaiting Sheridan the other hold the line
from Petersburg to Richmond.
A letter of the llth from the rear of Ft.
Morgan, states that Granger had received
heavy reinforcements from General Heron,
and reinforcements had beed sent TO Pen
sacolA
Fort Morgan is now besieged by land,
and fleet was to bomhard it on the morn
ing of the l4th. The rebels burned all
buildings, hospitals, &C. outside of Fort
Morgan.
The rebel gunboat Gaines was burned
and the Monitor Manhattan threw several
shells inte the Fort, dismounting one gun
prior to our forces landing.
The Times special says;
Sheridan has changed his position in or
der the better to watch the passes in the
mountains. The great number Of points
which he is compelled to cover, imposes
upon him a more conservative military
policy than he would otherwise adopt.
The rebel force at Martinsburg is an in
considerable raiding party, and will not
interfere with Sheridan's programme, which
will be more than defensive.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
FROM NEW ORLEANS.

CAIRO, Aug. %.
The steamer Ida Hardy, from New
Orleans on the 10th, has arrived. She
brought 200 bales of cotton to Memphis.
A large force of rebel cavalry is reported
to be concentrating at Jackson, Miss.
The New Orleans Delta has Alexandria
advices of the 7th.
Kirby Smith was there.
Buczner commands Dick Taylor's troops,
Taylor being in command of Folks old
corps at Atlanta.
Tho rebels are seizing the property of
everybody suspected of Unionism. A
number of wealthy planters, who have
been living on. government rations, had
their houses destroyed in consequence.
The rebels are conscripting with great
severity. Both cOnscripts and refugees
swear they will capture and hold as hos
tages Dick Taylor's children, for the Sc
curity of heir families.
Mexican advices say Doblado has aban-
doned Juarez and gone to Havana. He
was compelled to pay fine Of $4,000 to
savehis life.
No sales of cotton reported. Holders
are asking higher prices. Receipts $50
bales
The stock of provisions and merchandise
is limited, and there is no disposition to
operate.
Eighty-seven bales of cotton and q
hogsheads of tobacco have been received
at Cairo, from Hickman, Kentucky, for
New York.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
Musical JOttings.

UIlman has reorganized for the coming
season his concert troupe, SO as 70 include
Oarlotti Patti, Jaell, the pianist; Vieux-
temps, the viOlinist; Stefens, violoneellists
Ferrari, baritone; Vivisr, the horn-plAyers
and Godefroid, the harpist. An these art
lists will appear in a series Of concerts next
winter at Berlin. A continental critic says
Of Carlotti Patti
"She created the most extraordinary fiS-
rore during all her last Yeas tour; every
where was homsgepaid to her talent which
far surpassed all the expectations formed Of
it. She is excelled in her execution by
hundreds of her fair colleagues, and yet
there are foTitlsres which she executes with
brilliant facility, and which hardly any
other singer would like to attempt. Car
lotta Patti is not 10 b. compared with any
other vocalist The result at which we
must always arrive is that she is phsnon-
nal being apart, who has not achieved her
present position by study, but whose natu-
raj powers excite the admiration Of even
the sternest critics"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
the horth ne Of tbe LAM.

a 81
the north side Of the James.
Our loss was not Ferv large. Amono
the number were Generals Girarding M
Chambliss. ~
The fight is supposed to have baan -.
newed, to some extent. TODAY as er;n-- -.
been heard in that direction
Official adVices from the Valley dcIArt-
ment have been received at these head
quarters up to ye terday. ss
Up to that time no general engagement
had taken place. .
In front of this place nothing Of interest
this week. WI ~
The Atlanta dispatch to the Richmond
papers, dated the l7th, says..
The Federal cavalry has retired from
Auburn. ~ - 'D-
The Federals are fortifying the north
side ofthe Chattahoochee near Sweet Wa
ter.
1t Is believed the West Atlanta Road IA
airy. -''''- ~ Wv
Inc Richmond Wing contains sn order
from the rebel Provost Marshal General.
virtually recognizing negroes as prisoner
Of warts remarks showing erest dis.St.
isfaetion. s-'0' -i''''-
The Richmond and Danville road Is an
nouneed to be in running order.
Ihe Atlanta dispatch of the 18th 70 the
richmond papers, states that a partv Of
Sherman's cavaly on the 18th, struck tba
Atlantis and West Point railroad at Fair
t"na, SulI, burned the depot and tore up the
track IN several places. Thev then with
drew three miles and went into camp
Inc track has been repaired, but trains
are ar not allowed to run in consequence Of
the enemy. -
"a, a dispatch from Mobile, dated 22d, to the
papers, says:
General Frank Gardner baa sss,r,o5
day. 81 n - . ~ Calf 20
Yesterday evening the enemy Iandad AZ
alontrose In five launches. Our cavalry
nred Cd them. killing and wounding seye-
raj They retired last night.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
WHEELER's RAID.

LOUISVILLE, August p.
The Nashville Times contains a report
that Wheeler's forces had crossed the river
above Chattanooga, though there Is a re-
port that he had gone to East Tennessee is
discredited.
1t is reported that a train from Knox
VIE 10 Chattanooga was captured near
cleveland, and the empty train from Chat
tanooga to Atlanta, on Thursday.
The Knoxville Notifications can resist
ehectually five times Wheeler's force.
General Steadman's wound was only q
slight scratch under the eye.
He drove the rebels five miles, and re-
turned to Chattanooga.
A discredible report had prevailed at
Nashville that the rebel General Buckner
had been killed in q recent battle.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
MORNING LEADER.
TUESDAY BIORNING, AUGUST 23.
Mr. Na,By starts Society OF his own.
CHURCH w THE Moo DIsPENsAsHEN, I
Org1ISt z 1874


CHURCH w THE Moo D1sPENsAsHEN,
Orgust 3, 1864.
1 am no "son NV Liberty" Eny Dime
KRAFT whocan't stand hevyer dose than that
instooshun affords, aint fit to heve he cleo
tiv franchise exercised fer him. 1 hev in
stootid order NV my own, wich is moar
adaptid the Dimekratic intellek at large,
sunthin that they kin understand.
Watts the yoose, l ask Indignantly, nv
telin our declples that free speech is dono
away with by Linkin, wen we are openly
blattin suthrin rites on evry cross rodes,
without emmy mentle reservashen whatso-
ever? Watts the yoose NV talLdn 2 Dino
Gratis about habis corpusses, wen hatf NV
EN- never had EN-, and tother haff wOuldent
hev knowd the yOose Nv EN- if they'd a had
EN-? Noncentsl
My order, wich call tho 'Anshent and
Sublime Order Nv Putty-backs hez sunth-
in it they kin understand
The foolerin is a part NV the Ritooel
The canGydate is brot into the anty room,
$50 called from the fact that be there antics
up his inishashen feel blind-folded. He's
frightened. A bottle is applied to his nose,
wich reassures him, fer well he noes wher
theirs whiskey thers DimOcrisy. The fol-
lerin dialogue ensooze;
Quashun-Air VOC Dimocrat?
Anser-I air
Q-Do you consider yoOrself better
than Niger?
Al do.
Q-Air you Altered yOor sister will mar
ry nigger, and do 700 want the Legisla-
1 char. ~ efaf4 =
preventin Nv her?
Do 700 bleeve that ablishnist luvs 9
nigger better'n himself his wife and chill
dren, his unkles and ants and sich?
Do you bleeve that this war, conseevC
by John Brown and innoggerated by A
Linkin, is bein carried on by ablishnist
fer the sole purpus Nv freein the nigger
and bringing NV EN- North, and elevate
nv EN- inch or 2, SO as to git EN- owe
DimOcrats2
DO YOU bleeve that at Oberlin they feet
Niger students on oysters and briled pOr
ter house steak, and the whites on hash?
Do yoo bleeve there air 100000 niger
In Ohio, now, and that the Guvment in
tends heY EN- all vots this fall ?
Air yoo willin to take up arms agin thi
elevasion NV the niger?
Will yoo sOlumly plej yousef to vot
the Dimokratik ticket without skratcI
and to rally promptly to the KILN Nv Pre-
vo Marshels7
The candidate, Nv coarse, ansers a
these queshuns in the affirmative: afte
wich some wun is hunted up who kin rit
his naim to which he maiks his mark, an
he's inishsted.
Ny sOsiety is pekoolyerly adapted to tn
party, coz its strong Nv niger wich al
i NV EN- kin understand. I never knowd
ginooine Suthern rite Dimecrat that didn
consider the free Afrekin disgustin OF
jeck, and who aint continooally striven
maik himself ble5ve that sumboddys low
er down than himself Hents their anx
ETY. to own a nigger, and wher that ain
permitted, their onquenchable desire t
kill wun.
Ny idee is never TO lose holt NV the mig
ger. He maiks US cheep cappytal and
, alluz reddy hand.
PETROLEUM Y. Massey,
Paster Nv sed Church in charge.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
NEW YORK, August p.

NEW oRK, august Y.
The transport Arago, from Port Royal,
18th, arrived this afternoon, via Fortress
Monroe.
On the 10th inst, fifty miles north of
Cape Hatteras, passed the steamship Full
ton, with a three masted schooner in tow,
bound south.
The rebel authorities are very anxious
to exchange all that our Government will
consent to.
General Hatch is about to resume ac-
tive operations in Florida.
Operations against Fort Sumter are
progressing.
A number of recruiting officers appoint
ed by the various States had arrived.
Massachusetts got the first man, and it
WIS understood she is getting them more
rapidly than any other State.
The steamer Prince Albert in attempt
ing to run into Charleston harbor, grosnd-
ed opposite Fort Moultrie. Our batteries
opened heavily on her, rapidly reducing
her to total wreck. Her cargo, consist
ing of medicines and other light articles,
was almost wholly destroyed. She be-
longed to Richmond. .
On the night of the 22nd, Captain Reed,
and Lieutenant Stevens, Company K, 3rd
Ohio, succeeded in escaping from Charles
ton, where they were held as prisoners,
and reached safely Battery Gregg
They say that wherever they went
they found the negroes their friends.
Six hundred rebel prisoners are to be
placed under fire on Morris Island, there
being that number of ours in Charleston
The rebels claim, however that they are
merely-in transit for some other point.
The Charleston Mercury, of the 18th
says:
All non-combatants are ordered to leave
Mobile.
Itwas thought impossible for the garrison
to hold out against Farragut-
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
ARMY MOVEMENTS, CONFEDERATE
NAVY.

BALTIMORE, Aug. %.
The Point Lookout correspondent of the
American sends the following intelligence:
Large numbers Of refugees from Rich
mond continue to arrive here.
Refugees report that a large force Of
infantry and cavalry under ten. Lee in
person as having gone up the Shenandoah
Valley to reinforce Gen. Early.
They assert that this body Of rebel troops
number as many as 10000, their purpose
tured by Early in Maryland ' which thew
fear will be taken by the advance Of Gen.
Sheridan, and also to attack Washington or
invade the North.
A german mechanic who has been en-
ployed for over two years by the Confed-
crate Navy Department in the construc-
tionIof ironclad vessels, says there are two
vessels at Wilmington, North Carolina,
ready to run the blockade. They carry
"a Founders and are covered with four
inch iron.
Each vessel carries four guns. There
are also two vessels at Kinston, North
Carolina, one of them is named the Moose.
She carries "a Founders, and is to be COM
manded BY Captain 7. Floyd, of the Con-
ASuSia1S OIoeeo Navy.
There are also two vessels in the Pedce
River, north of Georgetown, both of which
will be ready for duty in one month, and
one of them perhaps sooner. One Is called
the Pedee, Lieut.. Morgan, c. S. N, COM
mandingi the other is named the Marion,
for which no officer has yet been appoint
ed. Both these vessels are clad with iron
four inches thick, and each carries four
Founders. '''
There is one iron-clad building at Ply
mouth, n. G. Her armor is u inches in
thickness, and she is to be ready for sea in
two months. This is TO carry 12-pounders
and is to be named the Albermarle. He
also mentions new boat getting ready in
Richmond.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23

COLUMBUS, August %.
The following important circular was is
sued to-day;
STATE OF ONO, EXECUTIVE DEPT,
COLUMBUS, Aug. %, 1864.
To the Military Committees:
By re-adjustment of accounts between
the State and the general government we
carry forward credit of about twenty
thousand upon the call of July 18th, for
five hundred thousand men. This surplus
is, or will be, credited to sub-distriets be-
fore the lst of September, except eleven
thousand six hundred and eighty-three
n1,6S3) men in the army, and about one
thousand in the naval service.
These enlistments are a surplus on the
calls of 1861 and 1862, and as
they are prior to the adoption
of the system of local credits there is no
means of determining accurately where
they belong. With much labor they have
been divided, as I think, correctly, into
Congressional Districts, and copy Of
that apportionment is appended.
The only way of apportioning among
the sub-districts recognized by the Provost
Marshal Generals Department is to di
vide, pro rata, upon the basis of the pres
ent enrolment, and this will be adopted
unless some more equitable method can b.
devised.
Notwithstanding every means hai
been used to expedite matters, this settle
ment has been delayed until very littl'
time is left for the last adjustment.
After brief reflection upon the diff
Guilty of accomplishing this end, hav'
concluded to say to the Military Com
mittees in the Congressional Districts
that if they can agree, upon consultation
as to the proper assignments of the credits
and present their reports to me by the q
or srd of September, have no doubt, tina
assignment will be accepted by the Pro
vost Marshars Department.
If parties are unable to agree, or this
not done by the time specified, the Proves
Marshal will, undoubtedly, be compelle,
to adopt the system of pro rating this sue
cess.
Iregret that more time could not be al
forded, but it has been imprscticable t
do SO.
Please let me hear from you as promptl
as practicable Very respectfully yours,
i (Signed) JOIN BRoUGH.
The apportionment referred to give
credits to the following Districts:
Third District, $50; Fourth, COL; Eiftl
GA; Sixth, 35l; Seventh, go; Eightl
644; Ninth, lossi Tenth, 1915; Eleyent
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FROM RICHMOND.
NEW YoRK. A

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.
Richmond papers of the 18th and 10th
have been received
The Wing claims that Grant is placed
entirely on the defensive by the withdrawal
of those troops sent to Sheridan
A Petersburgh dispatch Of the 18th, to
the Richmond Papers says:
Prisoners brought in to-day concur in
the statSlnent that Burnsides and War
ren's corps are still in our front, while
Hancocks Second, and perhaps other in
fantry, are now operating on the North
side of the James river.
Advices received from the Headquarters
here, confirm the defeat of the enemy in
fight yesterday, near Whites Tavern, on
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-23
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.

The Raleigh n. G. Confederate says that
General Ledlie recently arrived at Allan
ia from Mississippi with large number Of
reinforcements.
The North Carolina Times speaking of
the recent election says the Holden men
have a msjority in the Legislature. The
citizens of North Carolina desire peace,
notwithstanding Rebel bayonets be raised
to overawe the conservatives party, who
supported Holden in the extreme western
counties. We learn that Holden obtains
some very heavy majorities, but this vote
was thrown out, on the ground that they
were not considered loyal to the eonfedor-
ate government. At Kingston men were
were imprisoned for voting for holden.