ly _refusing_ to respond to the President's call for the militia
of that State. He says he will _not_ encourage the President's ambitious
projects by placing in his hands, and under his unconditional control,
all that remains to preserve the reserved rights of his State. He
bitterly and offensively criticises the President's management of
military affairs--sending Morgan into Kentucky, Wheeler into East, and
Forrest into West Tennessee, instead of combining all upon Sherman's
rear and cutting his communications. He says Georgia has fifty regiments
in Virginia, and if the President won't send reinforcements, then he
_demands_ the return of Georgia troops, and he will endeavor to defend
the State without his aid, etc.

SEPTEMBER 27TH.--Bright and pleasant.

We have rumors of heavy fighting yesterday near Staunton, but no
authentic accounts.

A dispatch from Gen. R. Taylor says Gen. Forrest had gained a victory at
Athens, Ala., capturing some 1500 prisoners, 500 horses, etc. etc.

We still hear the thunder of artillery down the river--the two armies
shelling each other, I suppose, as yet at a safe distance. A few more
days and the curtain will rise again--Lee and Grant the principal actors
in the tragedy!

The President is making patriotic speeches in Alabama and Georgia.

Mr. Hudson, of Alabama, proposes to deliver to the government 5,000,000
pounds of bacon for the same number of pounds cotton, delivered at the
same place.

Our cotton agent in Mississippi is authorized by the government here to
sell cotton in exposed situations to the enemy's agents for _specie_,
and to buy for Confederate notes.

The funeral expenses of Gen. Morgan the other day amounted to $1500; the
Quartermaster-General objects to paying it, and sends the bill to the
Secretary for instructions.

The following is a copy of Gen. Lee's indorsement on Lieut.-Col.
Moseby's report of his operations from the 1st of March to the 11th of
September, 1864:

"HEADQUARTERS, ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA,

"September 19th, 1864.

"Respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant and Inspector-General for
the information of the department. Attention is invited to the
activity and skill of Col. Moseby, and the intelligence and
courage of the officers and men of his command, as displayed in
this report.

"With the loss of little more than 20 men, he has killed, wounded,
and captured, during the period embraced in this repo