The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-12
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ACCOUNTS FROM ATLANTA.
REMOVING DISTRACTIONS
NEAR MOBILE.
Interesting from Charleston.
HOW JOHN ORGAN WAS
SURPRISED.
THE REBEL FINANCES


IRON ne Richmond Examiner, SsptoHibcT9
MACON, Ga. September Yesterday our ad.
yautc drove the enemy from Jonesboro, aud
rccaptufcd the hospital, containing ninety of our
wounded.
Sherman continues to draw back his forces
towards Atlanta, for the purpose, it Is reported
OF strengthening TIE works on the eastern, west.
Cru, aud southern approaches thereto.
Fifteen hundred Will cover our losses from all
causes in the battle and skirmshes OF last week
Tho army is now IN fine spirits.
PROM MOBILE.
MoHur, September Last night one of our
yawIs containing ten men, was captured by a
NarkC launch, near the ubstruCOus. They
were, however rccapturcd by the pickett boat
GEHHrrsCH. All quiet.
Irr's AMY.
rrrrEsuvyo September S.-Nothing has oc-
cutrcd along cur liucS to-day, There was some
srvlIyV trims ON our len aud right centre be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock to-day, and NJ
ihe ssint time a few shells were thrown into the
.cNcy pagt o, The city
cu,EtssroN
s.ga 20 E. }a.eE yssH.1t--. N.r.A
CD.NSlNSro~, September =. - Oar prisoners
uvEv lrlt5 on Morris island 50 day, aud marched
cla, ,-Nyktjes ig iht rvsr OF Battery Wagner.
guarded ty a large body " Stn,,utl>.
NEW Guns.
rhe enemy crc8gb5 nyo new surs 70 Gress.
his al.slngcg. 1la~p by twelve W fourteen
lglses
nom .is .5ar'ss.ga h,r,4rg Ssgsn3..A
Since sas 8sG regcrs seventy tSht shots have
)vcu lreJ 90 tgES Sgn,sr, aud 6ogty shots aE the
.ty. Eig sftes SlWklr an3 Chtyss have Kept up
e steady 1re On she enemy wcg N,ps parties &c
.heE gsH casseEy cu Schooner creek, hg,ug SOmo
1tiy seven shots,
Ths Yankees made another futile attempt las,
rigb5 20 blow up Fort sumter, but failed, the
torpedo exploding about three hundred yards
iTTa-a i no rbare. in the fleet
The only life lost yesterday by the enemys
shells was that Of an unfortunate COW. A negro
was severely, but not dangerously, wounded by a
fragment Uf shell.
THE coNsCRIPTIoN TO BB ENFORCED.
From he Charleston South Carolniaa, .Sept.3.
The resolution of the authorities to enforce the
CONSUMPTION in this city has met with general
approval. The enrolment will be shortly pro-
Ceeded with, and every man from seventeen
years Of age TO forty-dye is ordered TO report to
the enrolling office. The order recently issued,
which does not exempt foreigners resident in the
city, is just, as they are not entitled to greater
privileges than the citizens, when afforded the
same protection. An order permitting them to
leave the city should be considered a favor.
HOW JOHN MORGAN WAS cAuGHT--A HEROIC
woHAN TRAPS THE MURDERER-HGs EFFORTS
TO ESCAPE.
WASHINGTON, September 1.-THE Richmond
Examiner OF the 9th y tells the story-or a story
of the capture and death of the notorious John
Morgan. 1t seems that ne was on rccOnnOis-
sauCe near GTeenYille, East Tennessee and using
the privilege of highwaynan's practicc took
lodgings az an inviting house near the village.
This pleasant little house happened to be the
residence of q Mrs. Williams, whose husband is
an officer on General Burnsde's staff. Mrs.
Williams kept quiet until the guerilla chief fell
asleep. Then she hastily procured a horse, rode
at full speed for fifteen miles, and returned with
a small squad Of Union soldiers.
Just as they arrived, Morgan awolle, and seeing
his danger, broke from the house, but he was
confronted on all sides by bayonets Desperate
at being thus caught by woman, he drew his
revolver, swOre he would not be taken alive, and
undertook TO break through the gard. They
fired, and John Morgans career of infamy and
blood was finished.
THE REBEL FINANCEs-ANoTHER LETTER FROM
SECRETARY TRENHOLM.
The Augusta papers publish the following
letter from Secretary Trenholm
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, c. S. A RICHMOND,
Aug. 10, lS6i.-Campbell Wallace, Esq, Prcsi-
dent, Augusta, Ga.-Sir II am greatly obliged
by your letter of the Sth inst, which is conceived
in the true spirit of patriot. If the people stand
by the Government aud encourage Congress to
do their duty manfully, there is not the slightest
danger about the public debt.
Our people are committngan act of great folly
to be buying property of all kinds at ten times
what it will bring when the war is over, while
foreigners are buying their six, seven, and eight
per cent. bonds and carrying them abroad. These
bonds will bring more in specie when peace comes
than they are bringing now in currency aud we
will have TO pay these strangers in full whether
we wish or not; whereas, If we kept the bonds at
hoHe, we would get back all the taxes collected
to pay the interest.
am tying to pay for all foreign supplies out
Of the profits on cotton, and we may have nothing
TO buy with bonds and Treasury notes but flour,
corn, meat, and manufactured goods, and to pay
transportation 10 railroads. II we break down
under such circumstances, 1t will be our own
fault. and will dpsprVn Uohody'g pnmnocciOu
or sympathy.
Yours, respectfully, G. A. TRENHoLM,
Secretary of the Treasury.
HooD's Observation-Disclosures MACHINES
GENERAL PAGE- -sIIssIssurI-TuE SIEGE OF
CHARLEsTON-HoBILE IN PERIL.
From the Mobile T,ibsoo of the oath, 9th, and
2Sth, We take the folIuWing:-
Moons STRENGTH.
1t is an agreeable proof of General Hoods con-
sciousness of strength, that he has been able to
spare force to aid in the defense Of Mobile.
BURNED.
That part of the steamer Phanir sunk in the
distractions which was above water has been
burned by the authorities, to prevent the enemy
irom lodging upon it, As usual, the sCareCrows
had it that the Napke,s had burned it.
ICE MACHINES
Mr.. W. c. Bee has presented six machines,
complete, tOr manufacturing ice, TO the Medical
Department of Charleston. They were imported
from Europe.
GTNrRAL PAGE.
The Charleston tya) Chronicle says General
Richard l.. Page, commanding Fort Morgan, is q
native OF Cake c unity, Virginia, but married in
Norfolk which wa, for time his place of resi-
deucc 10 states that he is a relative Of General
II. b.. Lee,
IOUT MORGAN.
Tie engineer a uu planned Fort Moran was
General bernard, Aide. de. Camp of Napoleon,
and subsequently Secretary of War of Louis
Philippe. The fort belongs TO the second class
Of such works, there being only one in the South
superior TO IT, That is Fortress Monroe. But this
does not imply much, for it was planned and
built NJ tmG when the science Of proectiles was
in It's infancy. If Fort Morgan was to-day what
it was i've years ago, 10 would give very little
trouble 10 Admiral FWraguL
NOHLE SOr IMPROBABLE.
There rs q disposition among some thOughtles
people 10 uudeIrato the mechanical Skill as wei,
as the courage of the euemyj and thi, has cost us
many places which were pronounced "impregna-
Die" and brought disgrace upon many tried and
worthy commanders, who defended thCm. The
sume game is being played i'm respect to Mobile,
No place can be called impregnablc, unless Il has
successfully passed tie ordeal Of arms. Mobile
is not by any means impregnable, and those who
say il Is are only repeating the story that has So
often proved 70 be a mere parrots story. The
impregnable part Of IT, we trust, will he the yaloi
Of the men who stand behind It's deienses. Let
no one delude himself with amy other notion
Our commanders, we are certain, look with pain