The New York herald., 1864-09-07
NEWS FR0H the SOUTH.
From the Richmond Sentinel. Sept a.,

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From the Richmond Sentinel, Sept 81
Official advices from General Forrest 10 the 1st Inst.
have been received He reports that the enemy have
evacuated the Memphis and Charleston Railroad up TO
Memphis. and that Yankee troops moving up the
Mississippi river, to Virginia and Missouri.
Governor Vance. OF North Carolina. has Issued pro-
camaton sGerng FREQ pardon to the many deserters
lurking in the woods and mountains, threatening the OK
trene penalties OF tho law to those who are caught as
well against their aiders and abettors they are to be
hunted down like guilty feons.
SIX HUNDRED FEDERAL OFFICERS IN CHARLESTON TO
PLACED UNDER FIRE.
From the Richmond Examiner, Sept. 3
Six hundred Confederate officers, who are to be placed
under fire Norris Island have arrived At hilton
Head. we have the same number Of YANKEE officers IN
Charleston but not yet placed IN position exposed 10
the Yankee fire.
The steamer Mary Bows in attempting to run ia from
Bermuda on Wednesday night, ran over wreck oil Long
Island aud sunk instantly. The passengers and crew
escaped, and have arrived in Charleston
GENERAL FRANK GARDNER ASKED TO DEPEND MO.
BILR TO THE LAST ExrREMIrY-uNIoN TROOPS LAND
mo AT CEDAR POINT AND OTHER PLACEs-rHR
FALL or FoHr MORGAN, Erc.
[From tho Richmond Examiner Sept 81
An Official despatch from Mobile, dated September !,
states that all Is quiet at that pont The committee OF
Safety OF Mobile have passed resolution expressive Of
confidence General Frank Gardner and requesting him
TO defend the city TO the last extremity.
The enemy reported to be throwing troops from
four transports Mon Louis Island. force estimated
at four thousand had been mnded and more we're stl
being landed The Register says Of the situation OF af.
faira-
The Yankees have Tended in at Cedar Point,
on tue most souhery point OF the west coast Of the bay
and bali mile from Fort Powell. This looks like trial
OF strength land 'front.' With steady men be-
hind our intrenchrnents they VIII find hard road 70
travel.
Is certain that the enemy has force adequate to
the investment Of tho city They will try sudden dash
troo.s block that game; for man inside the
works is worth ten outside Of them.
All engineers these works the strongest In
the conederacy The time has come to SEQ what Mobile
manhood is male o. We have no doubt II VIII DO round
TO be Of the stuff that has fought ike veterans In
Virginia. Charleston and Georgia.
Let every set hts house IN order and DO ready TO
do dio heroic defence Of his affairs and hearth
stone.
THE FALL or FORT MORGAN.
All doubt Is end with regard to the fall OF Fort
Morgan Thus the last OF the defences in tho lower bay
BoAs FIRED INTO BY REBEL sHoRs BATTERIES on
THE MISSISSIPPI.
from the Richmond Examiner. Sept 3.
Late advces from Louisiana represent that our light
shore batteries continue to annoy the Yankee boats ON
tho ing Cloud six miles below Port Hudson and
disabled her. Yankee Monitors TO her assistance
ACCOUNTS FRI NORTH MIS- IssIPrI.
Ollcial information received from North Mississippi
says that Smiths forces are certainly rcrea,ing to
Memphis. large part CT the army is being mustered
Of Maury's division goes to Virginia and
the cavalry Missouri. Price and the indians.
THE NOMINATIONS OF MCMILLAN.
[From the Richmond Seatnel, sept IL
Mcclellan, who formerly decided war msn, is
represented 70 have greatly modified not indeed absn-
doned, his belgerent sentiments. The supp ri given
him by many decided peace men lends strong con
hrmaton to the report. aud nothing would b. easier
than for Mcclellan TO reconcile declaration for peace
10 the present state OF the question: due as he sop
pose, Lpcon's mismanageinent OF the war; with his
uncertainty. He Ia ardent peace man,
and the that such man nominated is strong
proof that NcClciaus position cannot be widely varan
The contest which now commences will be iof but will
be violent. Two months will clos9 aud decide which
shall rulc-Ilncoln Mcclellan. Perhaps there are
| two public 10 tic United States separated by u
| greater anmosy than exists between Lincoln and
4 Mcllean, end their respective partsanr. There il,
| probably, by whom Lincoln would prefer to he
beaten than by Mcclellan. This will add venom 10 the
contest
II we have peace, we must conquer il; and may
as we have Tf hS@ SIl ="
not remit exerti ms because the eaemy seems much
Tnat exhaust on will speedily disappear, and he viii pre-.
pare for the aud mighter efforts dampeDed zeal
and diminished numbers on our part gvo bin room 10
still hope for conquest.
The prospects Of peace and Independence, now
be thinncd by deserters, by tho in
dic neglect Of our home Keeping people. BY
the careless discharge Of thor duties by the enrolling
CFrcm the Richmond Examiner, Sept. 81
The platform o Chicago rs now Known, and seeing that
peace dem Gratis and democrats have compton, sed
upon Mcclellan the said platform Is Aaf peace and half
II floats between pc ,cc aud war, bcing constructed
such q dri to either sde aud settle down
March la a peace policy, circumstances
may require. Armistice will certainly be feature
the pocy-aImsiice with q view 10 negotiation.
Aud supposng tnat armstics 10 be accepted must
the situation would be regarded nv
good Coufederates more perioGs TO ndeicI
than Luc lns war 10 the kne, for those negoatiops"
viii necessarily be cnaued, they ought to be.
the Confederate government They may addr thcin-
selves everaly perhaps unociay, TO state Iegisla
lures. They may wind their way through every rnmf-
cation OF society by commercial Transact ms and private
may approach inuen individuals in the
shape OF promises or political suppornay, OF hard
10 every conceivable that OF arms.
tice would be used here "Uuion party"
The effort would fail; yet might distract and
divide and introduce troublesome dscord where now
there is good practical working unanimty. There
be doubt that, should Lincoln permit an eectonand
sho ud Mcclellan he che President-and should he
offer armstce for negotiation though II sh ud
be real, genuine cessation OF boeties by sea aud
and-the q tho Confederate independence would
then begin to have new Kind Of peris 70 encounter
and would have to meet them by effort OF public
virtue more heroic than military achievement ITSELF
And, alter ALL be II remembered that, such armstice
10 proposed, II s accompanied by an implied threat
This the feature which Mcclellan ecedcnce
over ali compctilors-that he is general and young
Napoleon and Is supposed TO know how the
at any time he brought 70 n successful
issue, Lincoln would but have let him have
his way We about to be asked, then, 10
negotiate under Deocles sword they daro 70 hold
up before frrorep tho hero OF Hsrrsons Landing
warning that n. after all promises, Establishments
and constitutional guarantees, aud We still hold out
against the 'UDion OF fathers that Young Napoleon
will be reluctantly compelled to extermnate a last.
But perhaps these specusttons arc premature. The
Emperor; armstisc ss yet been proposed, and
II will be time enough 10 tbiuk OF guarding against
bland dshments and blarney when thal have efcctu
ally rcpellcd horse, foot and artillery
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