cause a stampede with great loss in wounded, | ated by a ball from the cavalry.-N. Y. Evenat least. One of the boatmen had an ear lacer- ing Post, January 4, 1862. The following omissions in the Diary of Events have occurred during the progress of the work: July 24.-The Presbytery of South Alabama met at Selma, Alabama, and severed its ecclesiastical connection with the General Assembly of the United States, and recommended a meeting of a Confederate States Assembly at Memphis, Tennessee, on the 4th of December next. Though not in favor of a preliminary convention, yet the Presbytery, in view that such might be the general wish, appointed delegates to one and recommend Atlanta as that place, and the 15th August as the time for holding it.-N. Y. Eecning Post, August 12. August 10.-The narrative of Doctor Blaisdell, a physician lately resident in Macon, Ga., was published, in which he pronounced the whole story of Jeff. Davis having taken command in person at Manassas during the fight, a pure fiction.-Cincinnati Gazette. August 11.-Capt. Varian, of the Eighth regiment battery, N. Y. S. M., published a statement upon the reference to his command in Gen. McDowell report of the battle of Bull Run. "Seventeen of his men steadily refused to overstay their term upon any condition, and these finally carried the rest with them."N. Y. Times. August 3.—Lieut.-Col. Baylor, commanding the rebel forces in Arizona, has issued a proclamation taking possession of the Territory in the September 7.-The Richmond Examiner of name and on behalf of the Confederate States, this day gives the following on the rebel comdeclaring all offices, civil and military, vacant mands in Virginia: The armies of Gen. Johnand no longer existing, and making provision ston and Beauregard have been temporarily for the government of the Territory until such combined, and styled the Army of the Pototime as the Confederate Congress may other-mac." While united for certain purposes, they wise provide. Col. Baylor, as Governor of the Territory, has also appointed a Secretary of the Territory, Attorney-General, and other officers. -Lieut. R. H. Brewer, late of the first regiment of the United States Dragoons, has arrived in New Orleans, and informs the Picayune that on the 5th ultimo, Gen. A. S. Johnston, who arrived from California, was at Picach, about five miles north of Mesilla, in command of the Confederate forces, which command, tendered by Lient.-Col. Baylor, the General had accepted. The Confederate forces numbered about five hundred men, and had four pieces of artillery.mands are in all essentials distinct, and no order They were awaiting the approach of four companies of Federal troops (two companies of dragoons and two companies of infantry) under command of Lieut. Moore. Forts Breckinridge and Buchanan had been destroyed.--Mesilla Times, August 3. August 7.-In the C. S. Congress, a bill was reported favorably from the Military Committee to increase the military force of the Confederacy to the extent of four hundred thousand men.-Richmond Enquirer, August 9. are still distinct as ever in their organization and in the details of command. General Beauregard is at the head of the first corps and Gen. Johnston of the second. While the latter is the ranking officer of seniority of appointment, and could, according to regulation, assume entire command of the army, yet, with that deference for the feelings and soldierly reputation of his illustrious comrade, he has waived the right and remits to him the full enjoyment of all the authority and prerogative which he had anterior to his own arrival at Manassas. The com of a general character is ever issued by General Johnston without full and free interchange of opinion with General Beauregard. To say that this conduct is not appreciated by General Beauregard would do gross injustice to that gallant officer, and it gives us pleasure to inform our readers that nothing can exceed the mutual feeling of affection, respect, and confidence existing between our two distinguished Generals. There is no clashing of authority, no contention. no heart-burning. Every thing moves on in place, and the troops there rested on their arms for several nights.-(Doc. 75.) the army with the most perfect accord and good feeling. Nothing additional is reported as to movements on the Potomac. Our troops October 12.-Commodore G. N. Hollins, C. are steadily fortifying their advanced positions, S. N., received from the Department of the and extending their lines in every direction. Confederate States Navy the appointment of Regiments go down daily as reliefs to those on Flag Captain of the New Orleans naval station. duty in the advance, so as to distribute the-Louisville Journal, November 20. hardships of the forward positions. Mean- December 16.-The rebel General Zollicoffer while the whole army is on the alert. Nothing issued a proclamation to-day, at Beech Grove, Ky., to the people of Southeastern Kentucky, in which he assures them that his only object in entering their State is to drive out the Northern hordes who are attempting their subjugation. He tells them, the object of this unnatural war is to free the slaves, put arms in their hands, and give them social and political equality with the whites. He conjures them by all they hold dear not to join the Northern ranks, but to strike with the South for independence, and the preservation of property.-(Doc. 244.) can exceed the enthusiasm of these troops or their anxiety for battle. A few days since the balloon came over in the direction of Munson Hill, where Captain Rosser, of the Louisiana Artillery, had several rifled pieces. When about a mile off, he fired at it, without disturb ing its occupants. Sighting another of his pieces with more care, he repeated the experiment with a better result. This time the balloon disappeared earthwards with startling rapidity, and has not been seen since. September 27.-A battle was fought near Shanghai, in Benton County, Missouri, between a body of Kansas troops, under Montgomery and Jamison, and the advance guard of Ben. McCulloch's army and some of the State Guard, under Judge Cheneault. The rebels were driven back with considerable loss, and pursued forty miles, when Montgomery fell back on Greenfield. Great alarm was felt by the rebels in Springfield lest Montgomery should attack that December 21.-In the Confederate Congress, an act was passed, entitling Kentucky to have twelve members in the House of Representatives. A series of resolutions were also adopted, the third of which is as follows: Resolved, That no peace ought to be concluded with the United States, which does not insure to Maryland an opportunity of forming a part of this Confederacy. DOCUMENTS AND NARRATIVES. Doc. 1. PROCLAMATION OF GOV. MORGAN, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. A CONSPIRACY, not the work of a day, but the result of years, of false, wicked, and traitorous machinations, has for several months disturbed the peace of the State of New York and of the Federal Union. Its movements have been marked by violence and fraud. Wherever it has manifested itself, it has disregarded the rights of citizens, coerced them into the ranks of its armies, and exercised an absolute control over person and property, in utter defiance of the Constitution and laws of the land. Ambitious and designing men, disappointed in their personal aims, have been enabled, chiefly by misrepresenting the feelings of one portion of the country toward the other, to usurp and exercise a power which has become not only tyrannical and oppressive in several States whose constitutional governments it has temporarily suspended, but dangerous to the entire Union; the pretences originally held forth as a justification for acts of lawlessness and treason have been laid aside; the intention of the leaders of this wicked rebellion to destroy the Union, cemented by the blood of our forefathers, is now fully manifest; and, elated by an accidental success, they audaciously threaten the national capital. As chief magistrate of the State, it is my solemn duty to warn all good and loyal men of the dangers to which our institutions are exposed, and to urge upon them the necessity of an earnest and zealous co-operation with the authorities of the State and General Governments; of a cheerful contribution of their means to support the public credit, and of active enrolment in the forces now being organized for the defence of the Union; convinced that the tranquillity of the country, so wantonly disturbed, can only be restored by the prompt and vigorous suppression of rebellion and treason, wherever they may appear. The representatives of the people of the United States, lately convened in Congress at the call of a constitu tionally-elected President, in view of the perils which surround the Union, have, by legislative enactments, provided for liberal supplies of men and means for the enforcement of the laws, and have thus invited a hearty and zealous response on the part of several States. New York has never wavered in her devotion to the Union. She prizes it on account of the many blessings which all parts of the country alike have received from it; on account of the memory of her patriot sons, by whose blood it was purchased; and for the inestimable benefits it confers upon the present, and secures to future generations. Her noble response to the call of the President, in April last, was such as to preserve to her the proud title she has long borne in the family of States. Another stage in the great rebellion has been reached, and the Government, appreciating the dangers now menacing it, appeals for aid. The whole country, the civilized world, now looks to the State of New York. Let the response be worthy of her history. Let her answer go back in full ranks of earnest men, who, justly valuing the magnitude of the interests involved, temporarily relinquish their pursuits and prepare to meet the crisis. In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed the privy seal of this State, at the city [L. s.] the year of our Lord one thousand eight of Albany, this 22d day of August, in hundred and sixty-one. EDWIN D. MORGAN. By the Governor: Doo. 2. ARMY SANITARY COMMISSION. STATEMENT OF ITS OPERATIONS. the commission are applied are the following: AMONG the objects to which the funds of to visit the various camps, and to remedy the 1. The employment of medical inspectors numerous sources of disease and danger that exist in all of them-as, for instance, defects in |