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; Unpleasant Developments—Arrest of
Lincoln Spies in New Orleans.
I A few days since three steamboat pilots
j were arrested in New Orleans as Louisville
! spies. Alluding to the matter, the Picayune
of the 19th says:
The following is a copy of a letter ad
dresed to Captain J. J). Walker, one of the
| spies arrested, which was intercepted. It
shows clearly that we are surrounded by
spies, and that at the present time too much
vigilance and circumspection cannot be used
by the police, as well as by our loyal citizens
generally; This letter would seem to convict
the whole party beyond the shadow of a doubt:
Louisville, June 30, 1861.
Capt. J. D. Walker:
Lear Sir:—I received your second letter
the other day, and was happy to hear from
you. You say that the rebels suspected you,
and tried to get up a report that you was a
Union man—but convinced them you were
sound on the Southern goose! The river is so
low that we cannot'make much headway. I
am in hopes that we will have a rise in a day
or so. that will Jet us out to Cairo. 1 saw
Capt. N. McLelland the other day; lie is just
up from New Orleans. He says that busi
ness is flat; there is nothing doing, and the
Union feeling is stronger than anybody could
suppose. His opinion is that it would not
take a very large army to capture the city, as
most of the citizens are in favor of the Union.
I expect to have charge of one of the gunboats;
and w'ant you to keep me posted about thing*.
Give all the information about lied and
Ouachita rivers, and how much cotton there
is from Alexandria to the mouth, and how
much will be made on Black and Ouachita
rivers,,for it will be our.aim to take all the
cotton on these rivers, and send it up the Ohio.
1 want you to find out how many pilots w'e
can count on in Red river, and send me the
names. You have sent mo two beside yourself
for Ouachita—Casper and Rodenbauin. Tell
them that they will have a shear in all the
prizes that are taken. Tell It. to write to
me. All the pilots that go with us*will make
money enough to do them without going out
again on the rivers. I will let yon know in
time to meet mein Memphis, ft will be a
glorious thing to clear the traitors out, and
show them a lesson for robbing mints and
customhouses, and steamboats. You must
send your letters by private hands to Cairo.
Do not trust the mails. I will send this to
Memphis by private hands, and have it mail
ed there. My respects to Mrs. W.
Yours, John Sebastian
Casper and Rodenbaum are the names of
the other spies arrested
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Thf. Manassas.—A well-known Mobilian,
in a letter to the Advertiser, dated New Or
leans, September 10th, writes :
1 went over to Algiers yesterday to see
the steamer “Manassas,” commonly called
“the turtle,” or “the ram,” intended to “pitch
into” Dr. Lincoln’s blockading fleet. The
commander of that ilret sent up a challenge a
month ago to her “to come along,” as he was
ready for her. My belief is when she “comes
along” the heaviest frigate in that fleet will
have to get out of her way or “somebody will
be hurt.” She is a dangerous looking craft—
a solid mass of wood covered with railroad
iron, and her whole covering arranged in curve
lines from which the heaviest shot must
glance. She has a nine-inch gun in her bow,
•and the port-hole is closed by a snout-like
looking shutter, which, when down, completes
the parabolic curve of her conformation.
Her engines are powerful, and with only nine
inches of steam (-she carries 30) made eight
knots in an experimental trip yesterday, if
one of Lincoln’s ships waits for her, and de
pends upon her guns to drive her off, she will
sink the ship by driving a hole in her, through
which a horse might he ridden. If the ship
runs, the “turtle’s” single gun can play upon
and sink her, and be herself (bow on) invul
nerable to shot. And if the fleet does not dare
stand the shooting or the butting it will have
to clear out and the blockade is broken up.
Since her trial trip yesterday the “tin tie” has
risen greatly in the estimation of naval offi
cers-. There is danger in her.
Are Northern Women Alien Enemies?—
Some speculation on tJ is subject having been
.indulged in among the gossip-mongers of New
Orleans the Crescent curtly answers the ques
tion thus:
Talking of the act nf confiscation brings up
the question in regard to the property owned
and held by females, particularly married
women. Is woman a citizen in the legal sense
of the word? In what light will the act of
sequestration consider the property within
the Confederate States that is owned by fe
males residing in the Northern or Federal
States—the females taking no part in the ex
isting contest?
There may be a distinction hetween a
femme covert and a femme sole ; though both
may be regarded as non combatants, they
will fight and talk now and !hen. But to cut
a long argument short, the act, in our view,
will apply to females as well as males, con
sidering ail as enemies The act of the North
ern States has already been applied to minors
property in Philadelphia, both males and fe
males. A female can be an enemy as well as
the masculine gertder. In fact, half of the
crusade against the South had its origin among
! females and tea parties.
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A French Volunteer.—We make the
following extract from a letter to the Atlanta
Confederacy from Centerville, Virginia :
I do not believe I have mentioned in any of
my former letter that Prince Polignac, of
France, has received an appointment upon
Gen. Beauregard’s staff, with the rank of lieu
tenant-colonel. He is a grandson of the fa
mous Prince Polignac who was imprisoned at
Ham for his fidelity to Charles X. He is re
puted to be in close communication with Louis
Napoleon, and upon terms of intimacy with
Count Morny. It is to him we are indebted
for the insertion in the Paris journals, last
spring, of various friendly notices of the Con
federate government. He comes highly re
commended by our friends in Paris. He is
about thirtv years old, and exceedingly plain
,and unpretending. His family has enjoyed
the title of prince for five hundred years.
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Don’t all Speak at Once.—As the mar
riage ceremony was about to be performed in
a church in Troy, recently, the clergyman de
sired the parties wishing to be married to rise.
A large number of ladies immediately arose,
and in confusion all but one sat down quiekly.
From the Beat of Yankeedom.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 21st, con
tains the following :
A highly intelligent gentleman, who left
New York a few days since, informs us that
the financial condition of the North is aught
but encouraging. The stock of specie in the
! banks is rapidly diminishing, and mercantile
I men say that the people there aro hoarding
their money. It is estimated that thirty mil
lions of dollars have already been thus*secret
ed. The treasury notes put out by the Lin
coin government at over seven per cent, inter
est, are rapidly returned to the banks. It i
the opinion of the best judges that these insti
tutions will soon have to suspend all over th
North. Trade is at a stand still. A larg
majority of the commercial houses havo al
ready failed, and there is hardly a day but
j some one of them topples to the ground.
The voluntary enlistments for the array of
the North have ceased. Drafting has already
been resorted to in New Jersey, and will heie
ai'ter be the only mode in their power of re
cruiting then armies. At present, the vacan
cies by deaths and desertions exceed the num
ber of voluntary enlistments. Conscription is
now the only resource. It is plain enough
that an army thus constituted is not to be de
pended on.
Our informant thinks the peace party is
gaining ground, although free speech and the
freedom of the press have' been suppressed.’
It would seem that the influence of the Catho
lic church is hostile to the war, and these,
with the commercial classes, make the basis
of a strong pence party. The war, on the
part of the Republicans, is becoming every
day more arid more plainly a war upon slavery,
and the opposition are rallying upon this
ground. Such is the substance of the account
derived from a gentleman who left New York
but a week ago.
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A Hero in the Battle of Cross Lanes.—
A young soldier writing from Floyd’s com
mnnd says that they are strongly posted on
the Gauiey. His letter is dated the 26th nit..
tne.day or the battle of Cross Lanes. He thus
speaks of one of the participants in that bat
tle: “While I write there is a young mail, who
is the hero of the day. His clothes are per
fectly riddled. lie got surrounded by the ene
my, but getting behind a tree, he dared them
to take him. One fired at him, cutting his
cartridge box off, and almost instantly another
one Shot the lock off his musket; when, draw
ing his ievolvers—two six shooters—he kill
ed both and wounded several others. He is a
surgeon by profession, and says that he was in
the thickest of the fight. He pitched in, and
after finding that he had fought himself out of
liis scrape, he thought it time to commence
his professional duties, and took two arms off,
besides dressing a good many wounds and cut
ting out some four or five balls.
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The Haul of the Confederate Con
gress—Workmen are busily engaged in re
modelling the arrangements of the State House
in Richmond, so as to make ample room for
the next Confederate House of Reprensen
tatives. The old Senate Chamber of the
Legislature is to be enlarged by taking in the
pasage and the whole of (he Clerk’s office
With these additions, it will be one of the fin
est halls in the country, being ample,«wel!
lighted, aiid all its proportions stri'kng and
just. It will be occupied by the Confederate
House of Representatives, the Virginia Sen
ate being removed into the upper portion oi
the building.
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Kentucky Soldier Roy.—Ed. C. Mach
en. a private in the 3d Kentucky regiment, en
camped at camp Boone, is a little hero. Eddie
is only thirt een years old, ran away from bis
home at Eddyvilie, and walked seventy-five
miles in two days to join Captain Lyon’s com
pany. This brave volunteer is now regu
larly enlisted in the Confederate service, and
performs his duty like a man. Ed. is the
son of W. B Machen, a Kentucky Senator,
and is tlie pet child of the regiment. We
send him our complimentary greetings.—
[Nashville Gazette.
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or.N. oam Houston on the Was.— lhe
Galveston Civilian, of the 7th, says:
Gen. Sam Houston was in town day before
yesterday. He has entirely recovered his usu
al good health since his residence on the bay:
and he seems to think that the great battle ol
Manassas was the turning point in the war,
and that the North will never be alile to raise
another army as large as that which was de
feated there.
Among the recent arrests in New York,
by order of Secretary Seward, was Algernon
S. Sullivan, a lawyer of that city. He was
one of the counsel of the crew of the privateer
Savannah. Probably the design is to intimi
date the bar so that none of its members will
dare attempt the defense of the piivateers.
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The Lynchburg Virginian makes some
severe strictures upon the conduct of the Medi
cal Board at Manassas. If its charges arc
true the soldiers will be benefitted by the
abolition of the Board entirely. We are fear
ful that uuder the silence of the press a greal
many abuses are creeping into the public ser
vice. It may yet become necessary to oper
its batteries to drive incompetence from offi
cial position.
(J^TThe Toronto (Canada) Leader, refer
ring to the suppression of newspapers by the
Lincolnites, remarks :
Those which are permitted to exist are pro
hibited from publishing news, save of a cer
tain sort. We shall soon know less concern
ing a War waged at our very doors, than we
should of a war waged between two tribes ol
cannibals in the interior of Africa.
Still they Come.—Not a day passes tha!
one or more companies from the country dc
not pass through the streets of this city, ot
their way to camps, or to the scene of more
active labor. They are mostly composed ol
fine looking healthy men—men who will no
be wanting when the hour of peril comes
The only wonder is, where do all these mei
come from ?—[Montgomery Advertiser, 17th
The Charleston Courier announce
that the Franiteville (S. C.) Factory has com
inenced the manufacture of cotton-yarn fo
the making of socks and stockings—the ina
cbinery for the purpose having been reaentl]
imported from Uugland.
EXPRESSLY FOR THE “CITIZEN."
BY THE ARKANSAS STATE TELEGRAPH LINE.
Gov. Magoffin under guard—People of
Frankfort in favor of the South—Fed
erals committing all manner of depre
dations—Fight on Muddy Foi’k River,
Federals retreated—Andy Johnson ar
rested—Baltimore papers suppressed—•
Federals fitting up a prison for Se
cession Ladies—Lee on his way to join
Floyd— Wise fighting—More Mary
land SenaJors arrested—Battle at Lex
ington, between Price and Mulligan,
Federals surrendered—Tennessee called
on for thirty thousand troops—Floyd
takes command of Western Virginia,
etc.
FnOM KENTDCKT.
Bowling Green, Sept. 2ft.—Dr. Johnson,
Senator from Paducah, left Frankfort, on Fri
day night, and made his way to this place un
der great difficulties. He states that. Senators
Irwin and Silvertooth, and Mr. Ewing, Repre
sentative from Logan county, with several
others, arrested at Frankfort.
Gov. Magoffin is not allowed to go outside
the city limits. Guards have been stationed
around Frankfort to prevent his escape.
Dr. Johnson says the feeling at Frankfort
is almost unanimous in favor of the South.
Federals committing all manner of depre
uauoiiM in tiiai portion oi me ocaie. in»;y.
have about five regiments at iwui near Mul
drougbs Hill, anil about three thousand Home
Guards at Camp Dick, Robinson. But fow
Kentuckians enlisting—nearly all the troops
from Indiana and Ohio.
Advices from Green River to-day state, af
ter a meeting held in Louisville, Gen. Ander
son, C. W. Anderson, Penbaker and other
prominent Union men—Anderson telegraphed
to Gov. Dennison, of Ohio, to send Immedi
ately all the troops.
A fight is reported to have taken place to
day upon Muddy Fork River.
Two regiments of federate, under Colonels
Hawkins and IVfc Henry, retreated from Muddy
Fork River to Owensboro, - and passed over to
Evansville.
A boy sixteen years old was shot in Frank
fort for cheering for Jeff. Davis. The mur
derer was not arrested.
The traitor, Andy Johnson, Is reported to
have been arrested by Confederates in Ken
tucky.
FROM VIRGINIA.
RrCHMONTi, Sept. 24.—Lady arrived to-day
reports Baltimore Exchange, South, and Re
publican suppressed. The Suu^soon will be.
Peabody Institute fitting up as a prison for
Secession ladles.
Central train brought forty Yankee prison
ers.
Nothing new from camp.
Examiner of this morning intimates long
Cabinet session yesterday, on policy pushing
war beyond Confederacy, says Cabinetdivided,
some prefering ordering army into winter
quarters, others favor onward movement.
Well irnformed gentleman recently from
New York gives it his decided opinion from
facts communicated, well understood in inter
ested circles there, that Yankee proprietors of
large interests in Brunswick, Georgia, have
induced Lincoln to fit out expensive expedi
tion, with about twenty thousand men to take
Brunswick, establish navy yard and open port
for shipment of cotton, naval stores and live
oak. Sagacious men here, think they have
much reason to believe tins, as Federal Gov
ernment is almost wholly controlled by schem
ers and speculators.
Lvnchbttbg, Sept. 26.—Positive informa
tion deceived that Lee has left Valley Moun
tain and is on his way to join Gen. Floyd, who
is now e.ncaniped at Meadow Bluff, sixteen
miles beyond Leesburg, and who is seriously
threatened by a large force under Roseiicrantz
Wise is on Big Sewell Mountain.
Messenger who left White Sulphur Springs
on Thursday says it is believed Wise wan
lighting, and Floyd was in expectation of im
mediate attack.
Accounts received of arrest by Lincoln, of
Senator Pearce and Kennedy, of Maryland.
The Louisville Journal of the 20th, contains
telegraphic despatches from St. Louis report
ing a hard fought battle at Lexir.gton, Mis
souri, between Missouri forces, under Price,
and Lincoln forces, under Gen. Mulligan, on
the 17th. The last despatch reports that Gen.
Price occupied Lexington. Reinforcements
from Gen. Jim Lane expected during the bat
tle. but did not arrive.
The Richmond Examiner says Major Gen:
Gustavus W. Smith iB to take command of ths
Division of Potomac army, heretofore under
Gen. Jos. E. Johnston. Gen. Johnston will
assume general command of both columns.
FROM MEMPHIS.
Memphis, Sept. 27.—Passengers from Col
umbus this morning bring intelligence from
Missomiof encouraging character. We learn
from J. W. Polk, who left there at 12 o’clock
last night, as bearer of despatches to the Com
mander at thj^jpoint, that Gen. Johnston had
just received vy special express from Padu
cah a late copy of the St. Louis Republican,
giving a full account of a battle at Lexington
on the 18lh. The Republican says: “ €jen.
Price, w ith 25,000 men, attacked Lexington
on the 18th; where Col. Mulligan was posted
with between four and five thousand men. Af
ter three days fighting, or rather a siege of that
time, Federal army surrendered, with all their
arms, ammunition and artillery, including,
also, 250,000 in specie, which Mulligan had
stolen from the bank, giving receipt of Fed
1 eral Government for same.” Price is alleged
, to have used hemp bales as a moving battery,
and thus succeeded in cutting the enemy off
i from a retreat by the river. Loss, which of
course cannot be accurate, is stated at 60 kill
ed on.part of federate and 100 wounded. Price’*
j loss is put down at several hundred. It is fur
ther asserted that privates of captured army
had all been released on parole, but officers
retailed, doubtless to retaliate, in case Fre
mont attempts to carry out his threats. De»
■ patches from Quincy. Illinole, received at Pa
ducah, itate that 2000 of the** prls*i.»r« had
j