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fl*e lie's;ii of Terror In N&ahvilie.
The Atlanta Icb-lliaencercontains a fubacconnt
of the atrocious Federal outrages in Nashville,
written by a victim of the despotism which pre
vails in that c ty. The wriu ri« a British subject,
hat was iocaicerated in the penitentiary unJcr
circumstances wh en he details as follows :
8 me seven or eight w «ks ago a highly re
spectaole citizen, who, for upwards of twenty
years had b en a mayist ate of Naghvil e, and
whr. e name was John Corbid, was awakened b 7
the barking of a dog some time tvtsr he had re
tired to bt-d, and tuspec iny that eomebody was
on the premises, got up and went out 'tto h « sta
h'e yard, where he found three federal soldiers
trying to drive off his cow and cait. He remon
strated against their ths.'t, and one of i mm im
mediately with a huge stone »t uok him on the side
cf his head, oomph t ly am shir-g hts skull. h)e
survived but a lew ca- a'.d was buried on Sun
day, in thi Cherry street Comet try._ lie was se
venty three years of age, and had resided in Nash
ville, I believe, upwards o f fiity yrars Having
been on terms of mVm icy with the old gmtle
man a'most ever since my re idsnee ii t e city,
I was requested by the family to deliver the .u
oeral oration ut bis interment. The circumstances
of the old man’s I atb, and the high estimation
in which be was h‘ and by his fellow Citizens,
brought together a lorge concourse of people to
■titne.-s the obi equics, among whom wore pe hapa
some fifty Federal sold ers.
As X stated, rapine, murder and theft had been
desolating our cny for several weeks previously.
Accord Dgly in ihe course of my addr sa, I advert
ed to ttiie p as u of our areal existence as being
a s'ra ge anomaly in a community where extra
ordinary measures had been adopted professedly
or the more if.ctual main’eounce ot law and
ordtr,nor r < 1 cir..ui i t ■ my indigaation
of It «:;*» ■■■’ ii-- ib * 'ommitt ~ aor of
ihe -n> n who l ad perpetrat'd it.
1 it. i scarcely left the ground when I was ar
rested by a band of soldiers belonging to the 10th
Michigan Volunteers and taken to the headquar
ters of the General commanding the post (God.
Negley.) Alter a detention of three or four hours
in (he guard room, 1 was suoimoned into the
presence of the General who informed me that he
understood 1 bed been abusing him and speaking
disregp. ctfully of the military authorities. I as
sured bi n that I; had neither done th one nor
the other, that 1 was persuaded that among the
umerous Federal soldiers present at the funer
al, there wag no one in whose veracity he had
any confidence, who won and state that I had made
the most d ; s ant allusioD'i ti her to him or the
milita-y authorities. I own that I had spoken
not merely disrespectfully but in the strongest
terms of detestation if the atrocities perpetrated
b those men who, in the garb of Federal soldiers
prowl about the streets a', night, breaking into
hen roosts, stealing pigs and ca* a, and then knock
ing pence f ul citizens on the head ior resenting
ibe lawless proceedings.
The result was that ho was marched off, with
out trial or further investigation, to the Peniten
t ary. He states that his C7se has been present
ed to Lord Lyons, and he looks confidently for
the protection and justice which Great Britain
proveibially commands for hir subjects.
But, ns showing the mean and malignant spirit
that seems to actuate the Federal authorities, I
will st ite an occurrence which took place Boms
three or four weeks ngo, iu relation to five of my
own mestmab s. Two of them were lawyers, one
a merchant, and the other two were proprietors
of large plantations and a full force of negroes.
All of them were men of mark and oi high social
position ia their respective neighborhoods. Well,
ih i Provost Marshal sent a guard to bring these
men to bis ofiicu at the Capitol. This was about
noon. The functionary i have mentioned, after a
few interrop atories, told them that he should tend
them North, and they mi.;ht exp ct to stait to
ward Lnuisvillo the next morning, and, on ac
count of its lying directly in the route of their
march, he would have them lodged tor the night
at the workhouse, to which they would at once
proceed.
Now these live gentlemen, with five others, who
vere prisoners o‘ war, having arrived at the work
house, were thrust into a low cell, fourteen feet
by *ight, without a single article oi furniture, or
i von so much as a bench to ait oa. There were
no windows, but in their s ead were three open
ing in the wall, each about eighteen inches by
six in measurement. These were at best but con
tracted quarters for ten men, but the evil was in
creased tenfold by the tact that in au open shed
opposite were posted a guard of Federal sol
diers, who kept fires continually burning, tho
i tuoiei) oi wh en soon hj-.il the ceil, t ,; "ag driven
by the wind through the openings in the wail.
The cffectß of the smoke became so intolerable
that they began to fear suffocation, and besought
the tieutenant to open the door, and grant them
i.ccivs to the open air. But tnis he tofused them,
and k pt it looked. They had hen no other al
leruuuve but tc lie tl.it on the floor, filthy and
saturated with uiine as it wa , from four o’clock
in the afternoon until five the next morning.
The B’edrrul authorities, iu prosecuting the b ir
barous enterprises in which they are engaged,
have bem very fortunate in securing tifliug in
struments tor executing their purposes. Their
loldieisare such adepts ut theft, rapine and mur
der, that they would evideßil; leei themselves out
of iheir natural elem nt ware they plaoed in cir
cumstance! which tended to obstruct them intheir
favorite pursuits. Their brutal excesses almost
• urpass belief, and are many of them; of a nature
that scarcely admit of their being chronicled by
the journalist. I will, however, give as a sample
one we!! authenticated iustauce.
A few Sundays ego a number of them entered
a negro Sunday School, a. a set of pious visitors,
who took a benevolent irterest in “ Satbalh”
Schools in this city. After catechising the pupils
for a short tune fiey took upou themselves to
and smies the school, requesting, however, ou some
Hittext, purporting that tiie older and more ad
vanced tcholars might be successfully initial and
into the more recondite mysterleß of the faith,
that certaiu “young sis'ers” whom they pointed
out should remain ior this purpose a sort time
long- r. There were from twenty to thirty young
women thus iudica'ed, ami not one of them was
a lowed to escape till these tiencs had fully satis
fied their brutal lusts ejion her per„on.
Thera are no words iu onr language strong
enough to apply to ti "ids of this slump. During
he dark ages acts were perpetrated that makes
one’s b'.'od f iiriy run cold to think of. But the
; els ol Ihe Lincoln hordes of the nineteenth cen
tury far exceed in barbarity those of the uncivt
i i ii nations of thepast. .And what makes these
deeds the more irfumeus, Ihe men who commit
them are lau ed for Iheir * z al in the cause of
liberty” from hundreds if Northern pulpits, and
are bid “ God spied” in their sav,v>e and biutal
work by tbe Abolition occupants of ihe tame. A
werse cond tion of moralu could not exist in Sa
tan’s diminions.
CoNFEDERATB Com MISSIONS R - S COURT. —Two
merchants of this city—Me.-sr- S. Oobue and Max
Kenipntr—were arrested, charged with bein •
. ien enemies and dangerous pirsons to be at
large in the community. We give tho account
of their examination f-ora the Constitutionalist.
They were brought before Confederate Commis
sioner W. T. Gould June Io morning, on a writ
of habeas corpus, and di-charg’d c rrm custody
rn the ground of informality in the warrants un
der which thav were arreste'd. Subsequently
they were eg.Ln arrested, and the c.se of Mr.
Cohne iuvestigeted before commissioner Gculd
Wednesday, at 5 o’clock.
It appeared from the testimony that Mr. Cohne
was a catural : z?d c t z?r. cf Georg a; that he bad
cone to Bo on Rouge, in Lon s a a, and there ta
hn the oath o' eileg.atice to t e Yankee Govern
m> r —:l.is being done, according to t”8 affidavit,
ucd. r compulsau ; that he returned to Augusta,
nd sraiea ihe fact to Mr. W. V. Ker, a Justice of
the Pc. ce, to Sis- or ~'-y, ard io -Mr. Miller, bis
Attorney, arr.iag ibeir advice on tun sabj c:; ard
that he 1 ere again toeK are eaY> of a', .g.s. ce tc
the C- u'hdr rate S.utis Severn! of the wtlne 3*
tesMticd to ihe citizenship and general good char
ac er ot Mr. Cohne.
Col. Juo. C. Snead appeared for the proseca
t’CK, and Frank H. Miller, Esq , for the defend
ant. H
Ccn m ssioner Gould, on giving his decision in
the case, said that there w. l 0 charge egainst Mr.
Cohne ot which t. is C urt cr auy Court in Geor
’'l a.d teke cognizance. Hs cgu'.g not be an
_a,n?n euemv ' because be was a citizen of the
Gonuderate States; ard if he was guilty of any
canie it must be that of t-oason. If be was guil
l, * k a^on » *>« toald not be tried in ibis 6 is
t. .c,but n.ust be removed to th> District cf
i Louisiana; which c net n-t be don at pretnt
|; .s Ist District was n tbe enemy’s possession
I bat it is evident taai there era numbers otper
i *:'?*»“ lhe <*’*«'* Stv.cs. cud p rhaps in
| this community cl a d_.a-.-r-us aid %u*p'c,ou*
character, auu some mca-ans ,:i. rid be taken to
compel them to keep the peace towards ihe Con
: lederate States.
As Mr. Cohne had taken the oath first to the
Confederate S ates. then to he United Stat s, and
finally to the Confederate States again, and it was
impossible to know how far hi« conscience re
quir and him to observe there omits, he (the Com
missioner,) would order that ti e defendant give
b. cd in ihe earn of S2,OCt) to ke p the peace to
wards the Confederal i Stiles, and pay ihe costs
of Court, on coiag which, ho w iuld b. and (Charged.
The case of Mr. Kecupner, will be examined on
Friday evening next, at 5 o’clock.
AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE It, 1883.
PaiLimsAET DiP.oiiiTit-M. —The Hichatocd
Enquirer, remarking upon the last great Yankee
deieat at Vicksburg, assumes that the psopie rs
tue North western Stateo miy soon b-gin to ire
o‘ sendii g the choicest of their yontb, hos’ follow
ing host, to perish in toe hot swamps of -he Mis
sissippi valley, or to be sacrificed by hokcausU
before the shell and Bbrapae. of our Confederate:,
on the false pretence of a crusade to open the Mis
ssisippi. Surely thiy must soon begin to preceire
that their interests and those of New York are in
compatible ; that while they carry oa the war
oona fide to open the M.ssissippi, Niw York and
N"«v England make pretence of opening the Mis
sss ppi in order to carry on the war. To the
North west this war is a meant; to the Eastern
Slates it is an end.
Assuming then, that the Northwest must by
this time begin to understand that the war to
open the Mississippi, is a mistake, or, rather a
fraud; and that it is tarough peace only, not
through war, they mast seek that free navigation
of the river which they so earnestly desire aad
so deeply need, the Enquirer makes bold to offer
for their consideration the following suggestion.!,
by which a commercial treaty and military alli
ance may bearrangid. We presume the Enquirer
speaks only for itself, yet it intimates plainly thaj
the Government would not bo averse to such an
arrangement. We quote :
First, then, they must give up entirely and fin
ally the delusion that the Union can ever be re
const!ucted by force or by anythingt-lar. Though
fl ittered by ti eir prel rence, and much compti
m uited by tfct urgency with which they intis, on
becoming our fellow Citizeni; ye ! , r tber than re
unite wi o them .n a political confederation upon
any terms, we will fight them for he remainder
of the century. Bu., s-cocdlv, if they come to
their senses, end become s*os b! s that .he navi
gation of the river cun br made clear ard open by
oeace nlone: tnd it thereupon ih y Uel within
themselves tho pluck and game so throw off the
unwholesome aliianc ; of the iri uduleot and insa
tiable Easi—to stand uponlheir Slat s righto, us
we do, to sever themselves Iron ’.he present, Bed
ercl Union, and to treat with ns for peac\ either
as anew North weatern ConfVderccy, or each
States for and by itself-—then we think that this
Confederacy wouldjoe willing, no: only to the Mis
lissippi to their trade, (*h oti in f ct would bo, in
time of peace, a matter of commou right,) not on
ly to make with them commercial treaties on the
mutual footing of the most favored nations, but al
so to cone ude with them a military alliance, of
fensive and defensive, for the purpose of maintain
ing their States rights and ours against any ana all
pretensions of the remnant of Federal tyranny; to
compel New York and New England to live upon
their own resources, and co oline their pretensions
to the position that nature has assigned them
From extensive observatu n and information con
cerning the disposition of our Confederate peo
pie and Gover ment, we behevejwe may say ihat
such terms would bn gladly embraced by this
country. Men in the North-west would no longer
burn their corn for fuel; Eastern maoufsetturers
would no longer protect their industry at the di
rect expense of Western agriculture.
If this reach the North-west, it might be worth
considering.
That Fxkqdaiur.— The Confederacv wiii cor
dially approve the course of the Government in
revoking the exequatur of tho British Consul at
Richmond. It ia a long stride forward. It offi
cially presents to the-world i ur c'aim to be, and
to be re arded, au independent nation. It adds
new dignity to our position, and inspires ua with
a little leaven of sell-respect. Wa are happy in
this qaasi-assurance that the Government is to
forswear henceforth its submiss ve course of
policy in its foreign relations—the policy of con
ciliation and hu übling itself before other Powers,
in the djsperate hope of winning from their good
nature some crumbs of favor and seme faint pro
mises ol reCDguition.
This, we believe, is the lirat instance in which a
representative of Old England has been officially
informed that the Confederate States were alto
gether independent cf the United Slates, and that
an individual who did not recognize ihe govern
moot of tho former had no bnsiapcq to nnt official
ly at Richmond, or anywhere else in the Confede
racy. Wa hops she will understand it now, and
that all the world will understand it, too. The
people ot Mobile can now rest easy as regards
their new plenipotentiary, Mr. Cridland, reccnlly
arrived in that city, who seems to bs a sort of
Consular “ what-not,” appointed by Lord Lyons,
Minist rto the Yaokeo government, but without
commission or exequatur. He will probably share
the fate of Mr. Moore, H r Majesty’s representa
tive ai> Richmond, and be compelled to 6how his
papers, or close his office. At any rate, he, and
every foreign Consul now within the limits of the
Confederacy, occupy virtually the same position
as he did, and ought to fare the same. Nor e ol
them caw recognize tbe Confederacy as sovereign
until authorized to do so by the governments
they represent, aud so long as they are allowed
to exercise thtir functions unrmle.ted, they are
certainly justified in assuming that the ports at
which they reside are still under tbe rightful ju
risdiction of the government from which they
have received their exequaturs. Our business is
to convince them to the contrary, and thtir re
spective goverrmi-nts also.
Wo are gruuli .and at the stand now taken by our
Government. Though long looked for, it has
come at last. The President is “ aii right on the
exequatur.”
Federal Raid in Virginia—The Objict of it.
—Col. Kupatrici’a raid into Gloucester coumy,
Va., a lew days since, is described by a Feder 1
correspondent from Fortress Monroe. We give
an extract from the scoundrel's letter :
Toe expedition, which was conducted by both
land ard - altr, was commanded tiy Cel. Kilpat
rick. I« sieried from the headquarters oi Gen.
lleyes oa Wednesday, and has returned. In the
interim rhe counties ot Matthews and Gloucester
were wed secured. Ail me warehouses containing
gram were tacked, the mills burned, and every
thing hat could iu any way aid the Confederates
if; s destroyed or captured. Thrrehundrtd borse3,
tw o huadied ard Any head ot ca tie, two hundred
sheep, and a hundred mules, together with a large
nu.nber ol co trabauds,were Oioughl back by iLe
raiders. The farmers were all taken by rurpr.se.
Thee bad uot exp.c'.td a demcuAration oi the
kind. Not only were they made ta surrender
ryeiythiug that could be of the least use to us,
but they were compelled to be silent spectators of
the destruction of their agricultu.al implements.
Many persons will ask whether this was fair, and
why did ou- torces destroy that tor wh ch they
had no use ? A little rtfliction will loan show.
Hy Clippi ng an enemy we weaken him. Men iu
an army must have eusttnance. If we deprive
them cf this, discontent will mani/eit iiaalf among
them, and they wnt become mutinous. They wiil
no knger have any regrrd tor discipline. This
weakens an advais ry very m iteriady.
Here, then, we have th3 ol j ect ot these raids
openly avowed by the Federals themselves. They
frankly confess, th .t t is ui>t the design cf the
raiders to fight, tut simply to burn, pillage and
ds tioy. Those, th refere, who are actors in such
expeditions are nothing more than robbrrs and
murderers, and ought to ha dealt with as such.
Kind treatment only makes matters wo.te. Let
Yankee marauders understand that, it captured,
rhey willreceive their just deserts, and the South
wiil not be troubled with many Federal raid.Bg
parlies hereafier.
Home Defence. —People of Georgia! Y'ou that
are temporising when you should be acting ; who
are sle ping when you should b ; on the alert ar.d
doiDg all in your power to make preparation to
defend ycur homes, your firesides, and all you
hoid dear—it is t'me for you to arouse ; to adopt
meesares and plans that will prevent Ftde ai
rsiders from again even ratempting “to ride
through the South.” Every town and county
should organize at enre. ‘Be wise to-day—>’tis
madness to defer.” Prompt and tffi.ieul organi
zation may prevent all future Dempis ol the Yau
kee raiders—m »y prevent the l s-> ot nrgro.a and
hcrse3, and the burning of h use and destruc
tion of provisions. Not only tne re relents of cur
cities, bat the residents of our rural districts every
where should pr t are themselves tv meet the foe.
There is po stcnr.ly, freemen of the South, but in
your own stout and w fling hearts and string and
sturdy arms. Let the Federal raidrr meet a s üb
born and unyielding resistence whenever and
wherever be comes.
Francis Jasepb, o had modified the
; sentence of persons convicted of high treason
j from li-ti to 1663,
r j he Peace Ulov*m?«it» at tlic NortJi*
PCACZ MEETING IN PHILaPKLPBI i
At the peace m-.ei'ng in Phi ad.lpbia, a Utter
from f’eiosudo Wood was read, wfc ch c -sed as
follows : I heartily sympa hz ■ with tb reads of
liberty everywhere, in ih“ii efforts to fu-tain the
lnrti uuo ,at iree goverrmmt in this land But
do not Ut os f- rg-c ibH toose win p-rpeiru e such
outrages as the arrest and banishment cf Mr. Val
landignam, do so as necessary war measure<• Let
us therefore strike at he cause, and declare for
peace and against the war.
PEACK MEETING AT NEWARK, N J.
A litt'e collisio » occurred at a meeting in New
ark, N. J., between the soldiers and a countre
delegation of citizens. As the relegation press and
onward, with quiet determination, one of the sol
diers, who carried a cane, made a rush to seize the
banner am;d the yells of h s comrades The man
who held it, a sober, quiet farmer lad in appear
ance, relinquishing ihe stall to one of his party,
confionted the aggressor and wrest ng his stiok
from his grasp in a s ngie motion, i. ave him the
weight of it across the skull, leveling him to the
ground in a twinkling, and opening the soa p
some two or three inches in length. The melee
became for an instant only gene: al, but the coun
try boys were too vigorous for their opponents,
ano three or four of tho soldiers were helpless at
their feei, and the banner was borne onward tri
umphantly to the platform, while the wounded
men were cared lor by their friends.
At the meeting, the following resolution was
adopted among otners—-
JUiolved, That we have reason to fear, from the
violation by tbe administration cf the laws pass
ed at its own instance, and from the tc sand
threats of cabinet officers, and gen rals iu the
army, a settled purpose to establish, instead of
an elective government, a miitar/ a- .-pous .. ;
and that if the time should unhappily arrive
when our rulers shall madly attempt to deprive
ui of an appeal to the ballot box, it will the'u be
the plain right and duty of the people to with
draw their consent from such a government and
to construct, by the speediest and mo3t available
means in their power, the government e-tabli sh
ed by our fathers. (Tremendous cheers )
Letters were read from Gen. Fiiz John Porter,
Hon Thos. H. Seymour and others.
Gen. Porter ven ilates hiasentimenis in the fol
lowing style: A ;eople who cannot dif,curs the
public mea ures of a nation, and apply the
the necessary rebuke to insure correction of
wrong», can ot be a free people, and do not de
serveHo 'bo. This smlim-nt should be dear to
every American Other men may talk about the
prinoip e, bu those of my name and blood will
no:, at the proper time, fail to fight for it. T'he
contest of arms, however, will not be required ;
sh certain mid peaceful r. m?dy will be found in
the ballot-b x Let us a 1 possess our souls in
patience. Tl at remedy is ours.
Mr. B“ymour closes hig lett« r with the following
manly declaration : *• What is the true remtdy
for ti e evils which threaten to utterly destroy
our free insti ut'.ons? There are many pillia
tives, but only one remtdy—and that is, to stop
the war.
While these letters were “receiving the plaudits
of the multitude,” a company of soldiers with
fixed bayonets entered the park and proceeded to
the main stand. The indignation aroused by this
proceduie was universal and profound, but the
concourse maintained to the last a dignified bear
ing, venting their feelings in tremendous and sus
tained cheering at every al.usioo made to tbe cir
cumstance by their orators, who openly denounced
the military menace.
Atleng'h taiiyor Bigelow of Newark, and Shrv
iff A. M. Reynolds appeared on the ground, and
distinctly informed the commanding (ffleer cf the
troops that the civil authorities Wire amply able
to maintain the peace of the c ty, and toe shei if
added that unless the force was at once with
drawn he should call out the First Regiment of
the National Guard, a fire uew corps in .borough
discipline. Shortly afterward the troops, after
patrolling to and Iro, withdrew, not however, be
fore the civil magistrates hid oeen 'affronted by
the jeering of certain “respectable” rowdies who
had come to see the soldiers “pitch in ”
SPKECn OF HON. JAS. W. WALL, IN PHILADELPHIA.
The following extract from the speech of Hon
James W. Wall, before the Democratic Club cf
Philadelphia, will be read with inter, st. He de
clares for an immediate cessation of hostilities :
Ihere clearly was time in the history and pro
gress of thi,' event, when the war m-ght have
been averted under the guidance of a wise and
prudent statesmanship; but, unfortunately, as I
have before said, the revolution caught ue with
fools and fanatics in power. I believed at the
outset, as I know new, that it would have been
infinitely better to have let the seeding States de
putt tn peace. 1 so urged members ot Conpresi
at the lime, and the numbers of the Peace Con
vi mien. I believed then, as I believe now, that
such a wise and generous policy weuld have dis
armed resentments, would have softened and
subdued hearts then swelling with bate, but
which r. sistauce must harden, and make morel
bitter s' ill.
* * Thv sword ;rd the bayonet, in ae vi
strife like the present, between two such people,
can never help to the proper diepos t;on in the
minds oi either section f-w a .vise adjustment, an i
eau never tune the place ol civil wisdom, without
which all the triumphs of the battle field are use
lees. Soon, whatever muv be the result of single
battles, diplomacy must take the place ot war,
els- anarchy, or the revolving of this govern
ment into a military deep: tram must result. The
idea of this strile continuing for two years longer,
with the prospect of increased carneg j, s'.agna
tion of business, inhibited commerce, is coo much
for any ti an, unless rt be a shoddy conlrsc or or a
(peculator in gold, to co t.mplatewitb compo
sure. Sooner or l iter, by that rough experience,
Hatful . ulT.ring, that has already come, and will
be ft&riuliy aggravated by the continuance of the
war, if not by the more prudent councils of a wise
forbearance, the hour for ci mprwmiie and settle
ment must come, iu view o the immense inte
rests at stake, buth for ourselves and those dear
er than ourselves, our children, we most endeav
or to hasten its coming. It is only fools or
knaves who still continue to declare that we will
uot. reat with rebels—ws cannot hold par! y with
those who sre sti iking at the nation’s li e. * *
Cun there be any poss ble settlement except up
on the basis of subjugation, annihilation, or sepa
ration ? Sooner ihaa the first two, in God’s
name, a the n me of a common humanity, I say
separat on a thousand times !
Subjugation or annihilation b ing alike impos
sible 1 am i ■. favor of an immediate cessation of
h..utilities, fir an armistice—thm mid the lull of
the strife the hi at ot pits on ahull have lime !o
cool, and the calm, ms jestic voice of reason can
be heard. In the midst of such a aim lam for en
deavoring to iearn from these in arms i-va nst us
wh-t thoir demands may be, and inviting their c -
op ration in the name of a common Christianity,
in the n me o: a common humanity, to some plan
ot reconciliation or recon truet on by which Its
sections may reunite upon a more stable basis—a
plan in which the questions upon which we have
it tiered so long may be harmoniom-ly adju-teif;
and each section, by virtue of the greatntss de
vetoptd in this war, may profit by the experience.
If 11 shall br louad ihai sectional opinions and
prejudices are too ots mate, and the exaspera
tions ot this war have burnt too deep to settle it
upon the basis 0 reconciliation or reconstruction,
then 1 know that separat’on and recognition are
inevitable. If there is to bn a settlement upon
the bas sos reconstruction, then recon3truct ! oa
caa only acc mplish its ends by introducing iito
cur cinaiitutional system a plan w u-reby for all
time toe. me section shuli be protected against
sect on. *****
Mr. Calhoun, notwiihstinding the underserved
obkquy attaching now to bis name, wa3 to my
minu the moat honest and comprehensive statue
man who grappled with national problems, and I
mike bold here -o say that no wiser, purer, more
patr o tic s’a'.tfmau ever lived. As early as 1349
he foretold thn convulsion unless bis proposed
remedy was adopted. He regarded the institution
of Bravery at \he South, os the. pifl .r of their
s rength, securcy a id civilization, and its disturb
ance by foreign elements as sure to le.d to the
downfall of the Union. Hence, his theory oi re
construction locked to the permanency an 1 s cur
lty of that lavorit-j institution, and to removing it
far from tne reach of intermeddling puritanical
pSilu-tiropy. He co'rectlv held that the more
per ect y a government combines power sad lib
erty of.ihe comment race the mre pt-rfcciiv h
fuiiilis the end ff cr-atioa. He further held that
the government of the mere numerical mcjtruy
did net acc. mplish this ia any reasonable
hecco he propos and w hat he denoniirrtpd “the
current majority princ pie,” as better suited to
prevent he government from transcending the
limits in which it was appointed it lo move, and
restrict it t« its primary end, the protection
of the community from elementary disturb
ance.
“It may be that the Siutb might be willing to
return upon the adoption of some mcli system of
reconstruction as this, if this plan of rtennei ia
tiou and leconstruction fare, then a separ-tion
must be the finality. I sha i deeply mourn over
the necessity ilia. compels to suih a poi cy, but
will accept it m pref ren te to long years ol cruel
s ti c, hopeless y demoral eeg our people, pros
trating our business interests, and making us the
scorn and pit. ot Caristetvdom. Impartial kisto
rv w.U fasten tb- r. sponsibiltty where i- beb.-gs
and where Mr. Drug as, in his speech cf 1861,
placed, it upon the Republican party, who, tc use
bis own forcible language, “refused to allow ihe
people at the ballot boxes to determine for Uuw
aeives the issue between revolution and war on
one side and ose.i ate adherence to a party piat
ferm on tr.e other.’
“I do not hrs t>ts to declare in the ears of this
a minisirat’on, and of the Loyal Leaguers, its
a lies.th t U their war upon the personal liberty
of the subject, ia d-nance of the guarantees of
the Cousiitu.iou, goes on, the time-may come
when “forbearance ceases to be a vir us,” and
“resistance to tyrants becomes obedience to
God.”
Ll uinia::'. *-m ‘'Rl 1* P.i:k ! s Official
R-piitt of tit - ISactl a on Stoncßiver,
iu from of Shrfreeiboro’, Tcuu.
Heauquabt bs, "oik's Uobps ds Abmeb, )
Army • 1 Tennessee, (.
Sukletvillb, February 2S, 1883. )
To Col. <?. IU Br.nit, A. A. Cf :
Sir. 1 have the honor to submit the following
as my c flic al repm of the operations of my corps
in battles on S en river in front of Murfrees
b ro’.
Uaj of my brig ad- s, that of Gen. Maney, was'on
out , duty in ‘rent cf die wart’s creek, and with
a cavalry bn-vd. aider General Wheeler, was
held in t-bse.vaVon.
TANARUS:: i en . y m:-.'a a general forward movement
on ih '-6.J iu the r nuurdiute front, and thiy were
ordered to r -ire eo .ly upon the line of oattie
which ite Goner • Gommmdiug had a- cided to
ado.)', ou S.oae’s . er, a abort d.s.anci from Mur
freesboro’.
o.t the t vening ' t the 28 h my brigades struck
their tent3 and retb'-d their baggage trains to the
r.-ar, . don 1 J ’ morning of the 2il:h thty were
placed m Toe of ba'lle.
As ihe briga:’. >g composing the division of Msj.
Gen. Withers had not been engaged in any heavy
battle since that c Shiloh, I placed them in tjie
first line, i'u-y extended from the river, near th"
intersection of the Ncs'uvi He turnpike and railroad
southward ac:o3B tl .: Wilkinson pike to the Tri
une orFr'-cK" )ro .‘ in a line irregular, but adapt
ed to the topogran 1 ' /•
Tint divi , *.! j ■ Genoa' Cheatham was
post and in the rear of uat. of M .j. Gen. Withers as
a supporting force. The div siou of Maj. Gen.
ilcL’own.o' iiicitt. Gen. Kirby Si itVs army c -rps,
was in proJonpv.iou of that of Mtj. Gen Withers
on the left, ha hat of ! sj. Gen. Cleburne, of
Lieut. Gen. H ire e’s corps, as its supporting
line. Maj. u . Breckin idge’s division ot Lieut.
Gen. Hardee’s corps, occupied !h? ground on tho
oust side of the nver, in the lino cf Maj. Gen. With
ers o.i the right.
The enemy moved forward, and our outposts
fe 1 oack slowiv, aud took thtir place in the line of
battle on tbe 29 .a.
0;i the 30 h in ordir to discover the position at
wired we propos'd to idler buttle, he moved uo
cautiously, sbelliug his tioat heavily as he advanc
ed.
The cannonadirg was responded to along our
line, ana the theatre of the impending conflict was
tpetdiiy i etermined.
Oi thel L ol my hne Ihe skirmishing became
very ac.ive. and my left brigade’s 'rout and rear
became hol y engaged win the line which was
b ing form and iinmidiate.lv be<ore t ern. The
neiny pres and loiward very heavily, with both
artliierj a-d infantry, mu a thorp contest en
sued, in which he a tempted, with several regi
munis, to take one of my batteries by assault,
but was repulsed in ths most decisive manner.
In this preliminary onset many lives were lost
cn both si es. It w s, from its severity, au in
tro< uc.im to the great battle of the ensuing day,
acd prepared onr troops for the work before
them. Twili iht following soon after, the enemy
seitl- and around his bivouac tires for tho night.
Orders were issued by .he Genera! Command
ing io attack in th : morning at daybreak The
attack was io bo m. da by the extreme lift, and
the whole line was ordered to swing around from
left to r;ght upon my right brigade as a pivot
M j. Gen. Breckinridge cn the extreme right and
across ihe river, wai to hold the enemy in obser
vation on that flank.
At the eppoimed tims the battle opened, evi
don'ly to the surprise or the opposing army.
Maj. Gen. McGown, who was acting under the cr
oera of Lt Ge.i. Hardee, was upon thi m before
they were prepared to receive him. He captured
several bau.iies end one Brigadier General,
wounded another, end drove three brigades—
those composing the division cf Brig. Gen. John-
Biou—in cun u-iioa beiore him.
Lie was toliowed quickly by Mej. Gen. Cleburne,
us a supporting force, wuo occupx. dthe space left
vec mt by the forward movement of McCown,
between ihe lift ob’ailr Iront line and McCown’s
right. Opposi g him in that, space was the se
cond division of Lj. Gan. McCook’s carps, under
the com and of Bn Gen. Jell. (J. Davis, to con
front which he bed to wheel to the right, os the
r gat of Gen. McCook’s corns was sbgitly re
fused f lebanis'.s uitaok, following sc soon on
that of McCown, c.-ughl tl e force in his front also
not :dtogether prepared, aad the vigor of the as
sault was so latence that taey, too, yielded and
were driven.
Msj. G n Withers’ left was opposed to the right
of Geu. kShcr.daa, commanding tne thiid and re
maining division of Gen. Mcilook’s corps. The
enemy’s right was stronely posted on a ridge of
recks, with chasms intervening, and covered with
<*. dc. r-i ki-iiwi-i of n.vg’-i scdais. He ng advised
ot the attack ha v?iu <0 exp t byt.be fierce con
test which was being waged on his right, he was
fully prepared 'or the onset, and this notice and
the strength of hia position, enabled h m to offer
a strong resistance to Withers, whose duty it was
to move next
Uol. Loomis who commanded the left brigade
rn-iv. and up wivb energy a. and spirit to the attack.—
H w s we eded, and W's succeeded by Colonel
Ueltart. The enemy mst the advance with firm
n? s, but was forced to yitld. An a-cession ot
l'oico aided bun to reciter his po iiion, ar and its
great strength enabled elm to held it. Ooitart,
attir a gallant charge and a sharp contest, fell
back nnd w..a rcpluc jd by Col. Veughan, ot Maj
Gen. Cheatham's division of the rear line.—
Vaughan, noiw.lh -tiiii ng the difficult cs oi the
ground, ctu rged the position with great energy,
but the enemy entrenched behind stones and
covered by the thick woods, rouid not be moved,
ard V .ugiiifi also was tepul.-ed.
TANARUS, is Caused a loss of lime, and Cleburne’s di
vision pressing Davis, reached a point where
Sheridan’s bat.erie*, still unmoved, by wheeling
to the right enliLd.d it. Col. Vaughan was
speedily reergan z:-d and returned to the assault,
ami in conjiiiotion with Col. Coltart, drove at the
position with resistless ceurrge and energy, and
aM’.ough to-- 1 losseb wire very heavy, the enemy
could not be. nip against ihe onset. K« was ds
lodged and driven wti.fi the rest ot the flying bat
la ions of f.ieCcok’s corps.
Iu tin c.large th ; horse of every officer on the
fl-td and it.iff of Van.haa’s biigade * xe«pt one,
and the horses of ali the officers of the field and
et-.ff or every r • iraett except two, were killed.
The brlvi-ou lost also one third o all its torces. It
captured two of the enemy’s field guns.
The b igaue of Col .Muuigaalt, which was im
m. iiatel;' on ihe right ot Col. Co’iirt, followed
he mo i-me-nt of the latter a' cording to instruc
i-ious liut an C-.ltart failed in the first onset 10
true 8 : ridau’s right, Mau.gmlt alter daibing
foiwaid , nj .prep iag th-: oaemy’s line, in his
front, bock upon his cond lino, wus brought un
der a very heavy fire ot artillery from two batte
lies oasis rig- 1, i upported by a heavy infantry
lores. II was ther 1 -ro comp;-iled to fallback.
Ia th.a charge the bfigasle euffered sevenly,
u iaimng a he. vy loss iu officers and men, buv
the geliuntSjuih Catoioiuns returned to the
Charge a eco.-d a.id a hud tm -, and beieg aid
ed by the br gad* of Geo. Money, of the sec »and
line, which ca me to his relief with its heavy Na
poleon gum, and a oeadiy lire of musk'try, the
enemy g;: v. ; way and joined his comr des on the
r ghi iu their prec-ph.it.* retreat ccro s the iVil
kia.-ca pike. This ucvrment ditlodged and drove
the rrsitin- . Shorul m’s divis.oj, ui and cmpleted
the 1 orcing of the whole of McCook’s corps out of
its 1 ne ot battle and placed it in full r-treat. The
enemy left one oi his ba t ries, <1 lour guns, on
the held, which tel! into the bands of Aianey'a
brigade.
li i I tfrnk it pr .per to bring to the notice of
theGen-ral Commending, an ir stance of scif
sacriticiog devntio i to the gaiety of tbtir unaie
di tie cam v.a d*, and of our cause, which, for
hero'c C-. uinge and mtgnanimiiy, is without a
; arallcl.
A ba'.-.cry wu; panr'ng a murderous fire into
tie brigade of Gen. Manev, from a point which
made it douot whether it was-ours’or the tne
my’s. Tso u -ssl il efiforu Lad been male
by staff officers—one cf whom was killed in the
attempt —to oetermice its cuar<.cttr. The doubt
cause the b igade cn wnici it was firing', to
b:B.Lite ii r turairg t; e fire, whan Sarg’t. Oak
ley, color biar. r of to* 4tu Tennessee ‘Jont-. do
-- te Re imeot i.ad Seig't M C Hooks, coior
bearer of the 9 b Tenness e Regiment, gallantly
advanced tight or ten ; ccs to tae front, display
* >g He r cilers a.ia hjldtag themselves and the
li r ; ol lite r country it c:, rema ned ten minutes
li, a p". c; s c nspicuous as to be plainly gsvn and
luny to test from whom their brigade was suffering
ao etv r: y. Tae mnrderona fire instead ot -hat
...g increase i and iLt.-nsiii and, and soon demon
s; _ atea that the battery and its support were
not friend;, bat enm. s. The sergeauta the re
turned deliberate y to their proper positions in
theii-e unhurt, and the enemy’s battery was
silenced, and his column put to flight.
Ihe iront of Maniganlt and Maney being free,
ti'ey swung round with our lines on the let:, and
joined in pre-ss ng the en-my and bis re.morce
m nts in:o the Cedar brake.
At nin j , A. M., Brig. Geu. Patton Anderson, on
ManigauSt’s right, mo ved tn conjunction with its
li fv brigade, formed upon the line in us front,
•iat hue res.el w.tu its rght near tbe Wilkinson
p.KS, »ntl is a.i .erstooa io nave been Gen. Ncg
i y’s div sin of Gea. Tnom c irps, winch ccn
stilute l tbe c n're of the enemy's Sine of untie.
Te. - d.vision, w ;a tn it of Geu. Roussenu in re
s rv , wa- t-. sied in '.as edge of a dense cedar
bruk*, v- "b :n cp n p ee m front, and occupitd
a p.-.s ion ot str* .gm ot in erior io that held by
Si.t-ndan’s r g-t. Hi bttteriea, which occupied
commanding nc.r iicns uoa enabled him to sweep
r,a open fir'd in h s frost, Wees served with adnt>-
• and were Strongly Eupp-iricd.
Anders n m-.v -d m!W-;d aiobrig.de wub tirm
ness ard deo -ua Tne lire of tue enemy, of both
ait’ii-ry ad i-.iaotiy, w-s terrific, and bis left lor
a mr-ncest »av«ied. such evideneea of destruc
tiv firing as were left cm the forest from which
thin brigade emerged, h ive rarely, if ever, been
seen. Tne timc-er was torn and crushed. Nothing
but a charge could meet the demands of the oeca-
VOL. LXXVII. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. No. 24.
s on'\Orders aure giyen to take the batteries at
all hazMdia, ondht n/f done. The batteries, two
iu numbH, were carried in gallant style. Artille
rists were ciyiturfd at their pieces, a large num
ber of whomptfad ol their infantry supports, were
hilled upon the spot, and one company entire, with
its officers and colors, were captured. The num
ber of field guns captured in this movement was
eight, which together with four others, from which
the gunners had been driven br the heavy firing
from Maney’s long range guns and Manigeult’s
musketry on the left, made twelve taken on that
part of the field. Tuis was one of the points at
woich we encountered the mo3tdetermined oppo
sition, but the onward movementof the Mlssissip
pians and Alabamians, was irresistible, and they
swept the enemy before them, driving him into
the dense cedar brake to join the ex.ending line
of his fugitives.
Tfiia work, however, was not done without a
heavy loss of officers and men. The 30 h Missis
sippi commanded by Lt. Col Scales, in the act of
cbarg’ng, lost sixty-two itfieers and men killed
and one tundred and thirty-uine wcund;d, others
lost in proportion. Here the brave Lt. Col. Jas.
L Autry, of the 27th Mississippi fell, while cheer
ing and encouraging h's troops.
The supporting brigade of Gen. Anderson, com
manded by Brig. Gen. A. P. Stewart moved with
that of Anderson. It was ordered by the Divi
sion Commander, Major Gen. Withers—who wag
in the command of Major. Gen. Cheatham’s two
right Brigades as Major Gen. Cheatham was of
h'a two leit—to move to the suppo r t of the left
regiments of Anderson, which were pressed.—
Tuese regiments which had suffered greatly he
replaced aud moving forward, attacked the enemy
and his reinforcements on Anderson’s left. After
strong resistance they wire driven back shatter
ed aud in confusion to joiu the bests of their fly
:na: comrade:’ in their retreat tbrou h the cedars.
Iu their fl'ght they left two of their field guns,
which fell into the hands of Stewart’s brigade.
Brig. Gen. Chalmers brigade, the remaining one
of those constituting my front line, whose right
flank rested on the river, was the last to move.
This brigade, owing to its position in the line, was
called on to encouuter a measure of personul suf
fering, from exncsure, bevtnd that of any other
in my corps. The part of the line it occupied lay
across an open field, in full view of the enemy and
in range of his field guns. It had thrown up a
slight rifle pit, behind which it was p’aced, and
to escape observation it was necessary for it-to lie
down and abstain from building fires. In this
position it remained awaiting the opening of the
battle for more tfiun forty-eight hours, wet with
rain and chilled wilh cold, added to this the ene
my’s shot and shell were constantly passing over
it. Not a murmur of discontent was beard to
escape those who somposid it. They exhibited
the highest capacity of endurance ad firmness
in the most discouraging circumstances.
Iu its iront lay Ihe right of Brig Geu. Palmers’
division of Maj. Gen. Cri tenden’s corps, which
constituted me left wing of the enemy’s line of
battle.
The general movement from the left having
reached Chalmers’ brigade at tin o’clock, it wrs
ordered to the attack, audits reserve, under Brig.
Gen. Doneison, was directed to move torward to
its support. This charge was made in fine style,
and was met by the enemy, who was strongly
posted in the edge of the cedar brake, with a
murderous tire ot artillery and infantry. In that
charge, their brigade commander, Gen. Chalmers,
was severely wounded by a shell, which disquali
tied him for further du*y on the field. The regi
ments on the leit, recoiled an t fell back, those of
the right were moved to the 1 ft, to h-dd their
place, and were pressed forward. The brigade o f
Gen. Doneison having been ordered lorward to
Chalmers’ support, moved with steady step upon
the enemy’s po.ition, and attacked with great
energy. The slaughter was terrific on both sides.
In this charge, which resulted in breaking the
enemy’s line at evory point, except the exireme
leit, and driving him a3 every oilier part of his
line attacked, had been driven, Doneison reports
t’’e captufe of eleven guns and obout one thou
sand prisoners. The regiments of Chalmers’
brigade having beeD separated after he fell, moved
forward and attached themselves to other com
mands, fightia? with them with gallantry as op
portunity offered.
There was no instance of more distinguished
b avery exhibited during the battle, than was
shown by the command of Geu. Donelsoa. In
the charge which it made.it was brought directly
under ‘.he fire of several batteries strongly posted
aud supported, which it assaulted with eager re
solution. AU the lino in thtir front was carried
except theortreme left.
This point, which was tho key to the enemy’s
position, and which was known cs the Round
B’ores*, was attacked by the right or the br:gade.
It was met by a tire from artillery and musketry,
which mewed down more than half its number.
The lSlh Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, under
tha cimoiand cf Col. Johr H. Savage, lost two
hundred and seven out of four hundred and two.
It could not advance, and would not retire. Their
Colonel, with characteristic bravery aud tenacity,
deployed wh t was left of his command as skir
mishers, and hold his position for three hours.
Iu the 8;h Tennessee, of ihe right wiug, under
the lamented Colonel Moore, who fell mortally
wounded, and who was succeeded by Lieut. Col
J. H. Ardsrson, the loss was three hundred and
six men and officers, out ot four hundred and
twenty-five.
The enemy v. as now driven from the field at
all points occupied by him in the morning, along
his whole line, from bis right to the extreme left,
and was pre-sed back until our line occupied a
p-. sition at right angles to that which we held at
the opening of the battle. After passing the
Nashville and Murfreesboro’ turnpike, his flight
was covered by large bodies cf fresh troops and
numerous batteries of artillery, and the advance
of our exhausted columns was checked.
His i xtreme left atom held its position. This
occupied a piece of ground well chosen and de
fended the river being on the one hand and a
deep railroad cut on the other It. was hel ' by a
strong lores of artillery and infantry, well sup
porte i by a -eserve composed of Brig. Gen.
Wood’a division.
My last reserve having been exhausted, the bri
gades of Maj. Gen. Brtciinridge’s division, and a
small brigade of Gen. J. Iv Jackson’s, posted to
guard our right flan , were the only troops left
tnr.t had not been em-aged. Four of these were
ordered to report to me They came in detach
ment- of two brigades each, the first arriving near
two hi urs after Donelson’s attac , the other about
an f our a ter the first. The commanders of these
detac'im-’nts, the first eomposedof the brigades of
G ns. Adams and Jackson, the second under Gen.
Breckinridge ia person, consisting of the brigades
of Gen. Presto ■ and Col. Palmer, had pointed cut
to them the particular object to be accomplished,
to-wit: to drive in the enemy’s left and especially
t ■ dislodge him from his position in the round for
est. Unfortunately the opportune moment for
patting in these detachments had passed.
Coaid they have been thrown upon the enemy’s
Lft immed atefy following Chalmer's and Done!
sin’s assault, in qu ck succession, the extraordi
nary strength of his position would have availed
him nothing. That point would hare been carried
aud his left driven uack on his panic stricken
right, would have completed his confusion and
ensured ra utter rout. t was, however, other
wise, and the time lost between Donelson’s attack
uud ihe coming up of theFe detachments in suc
cession, enabUd the enemy to recover bis self
puFsess on, 1 1 mass a number of heavy batteries,
aud concentrate ‘a strong infantry fore; on the
po-ition, and thus make a soccessiul attack very
diffi iu't. Nevertheless, the brigades of Adams and
Jackton assailed the enemy’s line with energy,
and after a severe contest was comp died to fall
back. They were promptly rallied by General
Breckinridge who, Having pree-dad b s other bri
gades, reached the ground at that moment, but as
ihey were very muou cot up, they were not requir
ed to renew the attack.
The brigades of Preston and Palmer, on arriv
ing, renewed th» assault with tbe same undaunt
ed determination, but as another ba.tery had
been added since the previous attack to a position
already strong and difficult of access, this assault
wus alike ineffectual. Tbe enemy, though not
driven from ;is position, was severeiv punished,
and as the day was lar spent, it was not deemed
advisable to renew the attack that evening, and
the troops held the line they occupied for the
night. Tne fol owing morning, instead of finding
him in position tp receive a renewal of the attack,
showed that, taking advant-gu of the night, he
had bantfoued this last positioa of his first line,
and the ope ling of the new yea” found us masters
of the field.
This battle of the 31st of Dec mber developed
in all parts of the field which came under my ob
servation, the highest qualities cf the soldier
among our troops. The promptness with wh ch
they moved upon tbe enemy, whenever they were
called to attack him, the vigor and elan with
which their movements were made, the eneigy
with which they assculttd his strong positions,
and the raadice.-s wi.h which they retpond.d'o
the call to repeat their assaults, indicited a spirit
of dauntless courage which places them in tr.e
very front rsns of the soldiers of the world. For
the exhibition of these high tra’tr, tirev are not a
lit tie indebt-d to the example of their officers,
whose courage and energy had won their confi
dence and admiration.
The Ist of January paused without any mate
rial movement on either s.de, beyond occasional
skirmishing along the lines in our front. I or
dered Chalmers brgide, cow commanded by
Col. W bite, to occupy the ground in rear of the
Round lorest, just abandoned by the enemy.
This it did, fir-t driving out his pickets.
On the 21 there was skirmishing during the
morning. In the afternoon, about3 o’clo: k, Gen.
Bragg announced fcis intention to attac* the ene
my, who was supposed to be in force on the
North side of the river, and ordered me to J’ e ‘ ieVB
two of Gen Br=ckinndge’s brigades, which wer
etili in my front, and send them over to that’ ,
cer, wbo had returned to bis post, as be p P' -
to mske the attack with the trOO P B ° rdera a t
ridge’s division. 1 issued the neoeee J and
once, and >he troops were transferred as directeu.
Tbe General Commanding order--! mu r : sa io
open lire with three batt .ies, w icJ hai been
p’ao din Chalmers’ line, to distract th enemy at
the time of Breckinridge’s attack,and to shell oat
of the woods, which covered his line f move
ment, any sharp-shooters who might annoy him
while approaching the river.
The shelling erd ?red, which was to be the sig
nal ior Breckinridge’s advance, was \rn aptly
executed, and the woods w ; re cleared. Oi the
particulars of ibis movement, Gen. Breckinridge
will speak iu his own report.
When the firing of my batteries was cp tu ’d as
above, there was a lorward m v ot ihe
enemy’s infantry upon riy pi'keis in tbe ii und
Forest, and a sharp eotfl ct, wfci '■ Isteel for some
time and en ed in the enemy’s ri’ga mr.g p s ct
stoa oi the Forest. This position oein. of much
value to us, I found it necessary -o regain i , and
gave the requisite oroers. O.i the fillowing
morning I ordered a heavy fire o’ artillery from
several batteries to open upon it, aud after it had
been thoroughly shelled, detachmen's from the
brigades of Ools. White and Coltari charged it
with the bayonet at- doub e quick ana put ibe ene
my to flight, clearing it or i i., i r i ncuis, captur
ing a Lieut. Colonel and thirteen in«n.
The enemy, however, knew the importance of
thepisition, also, and was occupied du. ug ihe
day in throwing up earthworks for the proUc ion
of batteri-s within easy rungs.
These being comoletel, he re opened fire Iron
three points with bat enes of he vy guns, and
placed it under a concentrated fire fur many r
utis It was a severe ordeal, and was ft' and
by a charge of a heavy forceo in untry. Bat oi"
gallant troops met the advance with fi-;on* ss, n; and
after a severely contest and struggle, d’to buck
the advancing column with slaughter, aud heid
possession ol the coveted position.
In this battle we loit several men a id offio is,
especially of the first Louisiana regun nt. —
Amo”g those who fell mortally wound and n.i Lt.
Col. Farrar. This young oific r was one of the
most promising of the army.-—lnt-diig nt, chival
rous and brave. His io s will be felt by his coun
try, and lamented by h a many friends.
Thi i battle closed the operations of my corps in
the field in front of Mutfreesboro’.
By orders from the General Commanding, a't r
being eight days under arms and n actual ba tie
or heavy sbirmishing, in the tain a,id cold, with
out tents aud much oi tho iDio v, it bo fi; eg, my
troops were retired from the ii id, and ordered to
take a position near Shelbyvi le Th j they did
at their leisure, and in perfec iy go and order.
Iu all the operations ia which they were en
gaged, no troops ever displayed g ater gallantry
or higher powers ol endurance.' Th<y cap ureid
fifteen hundred prisoners and twen’y six g t-is.
_ For the details connected with these opera
tions, I beg leave to rider to tin reports < f di
vision, brigade and regimental commanders To
the same reports, also, I refer, : instances of
distinguished gallantry, in the ea.ie of corps and
individuals.
I beg leave to refer, also, to tho accompanying
statement marked A, containing a list of the
number of men and officers enga til in ihe buttle.
Also to B, contuinin the number of killed,
wounded and missing. 1 refer, also, to the ac
companying map ol the field oi bs Vie, tmrk dB.
This map wai prepared with can by L . Mums,
of the Engineers ot ny corps, fron actual sur
vey, and trom the reports of ilie corps e vamaud
ers of the Federal army. Frcm then sources he
has been enabled to fix (he relative positions of
the corps, div.sious and brigades cf both at miss
at different periods during the battle, with great
accuracy.
The statements A and B, I sub Dll’ as jiarts of
this report, also the accompanying map ruaiked
“ BB.”
To Maj. Gens Cheatham and Withers, my di
vision commanders, I am under obligations for
their cordial support cud active co-op ration, in
conducting tbe operations of my couroand. Also
to the brigade commanders, wbo, v?i bout, aa > x
ception, managed the part a-’sigoed them ii t e
programme of the battle, with great: k;il, energy
and judgment. Os tho conduc • of the regiment
al, battery and suboniinaie command,-!, thnr im
mediate commanders will speak in th: ir ropi-n •,
as they wre more and rec-ly under the rey Oir
artillery aiBO wos well handled, vhen it could b •
used, but the dtnee ceil -r *—■ c t:o
enemy was driven conimnouß.y, p.--vented it
from following our advancing columns l: is
made it necessary to hare the v. o k cion, chiefly
w. the musk-t and baronet.
To Maj. George Williamson. A. A. (?., w
severely wounded iu the shoulder, uj. 1 homos
M. Jack, A. A. G., Lieut. Col. T. F Srvi. >. I .enac
tor General, Lieut. P. B. Spence, of l, >■ s m; do
partment, Lieut. John Rsyfo, Chief of Ordnacee,
Capt. Felix Robertson, 'Voting Chief of Arldlery,
Capt. E. R. Sayers and Lieut. W.-J. Sort"' of G i
gineers, Lieut. IV. A. Gt.-v, (I . A oi 1'
Corps, Do tor Cavenegb, Medical Direct r, M. j n*
Thomas Peters, aud B M. ason, of ihe Q larii r
master Department, M j J. J. Murphy, oho sos
Subsistence, members of uiy . .iv I if, lam
indebted for their vigiiacca and ac-ivity in the
execution of my ordeand the fcarlcti.me s wUh
which they exposed them elves in the
of their duties.
To my Aid de camp, W B Etehmoad, I
am pariicuiarly indebted f-r the inteUiganca, ' e
cision and energy w th which on this, as 00 oilier
fields be gave mo his support. Also, to Lo ut.
Col. Henry T. Yeat nan, my volunteer aid, for
services ot a like chata iter. And our than h and
praise are, above all, duo to Almight. God, the
Lord of Hosts, for the success of onr arms and
the preservation of our l.vea.
I have the honor io be
Respectfully,
Your ob’t errv’t,
L. Polk,
Lieutenant General.
Headquarters Polk’s Corps, )
Army.ot Tennessee. *
Shelbyville, Apr.l 6 >l, 1803 )
Gen. 8. Cooper, Adj’t and Insp’r ten.,
It chmond, Va :
In my report of the battles b- " 1r : Murfr sboro
there occurs the following pa b g :
“My fait reserv'M hitvi./ p■ 1 exhausted, the
the bug 11 del of M j Gen B eck ' id ■’« divi
sion and a small bngad of hit. J. K Jacks 0,
posted to guard cur right fl ick, >•> ■ •* < u-.y
troops left that had not been 1- g and. P-ui> of
this; were ordered to me. T . i; in in e
tachmertrof two brigades each, tbe fi st s?r . g
near two hours a!W Done.sov.’s stlucii, C e h
aboutan boar alter the first.” 1 .h n 1 xon s . : h
opinion that if these brigades c uld have foil' wed
the attack of Chalmers and Dunelson in quick
succession, the result of our operation would have
been a complete viC.o r y.
I have been informed that cerfain frierid i of Gen.
Breckinridge, who hare seen my report, appre
hend that the manner in which ih sn r ii- i' 1
are made will produce the impri-s-ion ti- : * thrss
brigides were ordere 1 to my support at the time
I first desire 1 them, and that they filed to com
ply with the order, one detach mi nt arnvi m two
hours after it was ordered, end th ; other an brmr
later. I desire to say that it was riot mv intention
to produce such an impression. Idi not know at
what time they were ordered to my support I
preceived that they would be needed ana u-k-G
for them, before the attack by Chula ers and D o
elson were ordjied, but w. ethf rtb y would be
sent me or not, I did not k iow until jiut before
they reported to me on the fie and.
With the request that this m.,.y accompany and
be made a pars of my report,
I have the honor to Oe,
Respectfully, your ob’t serv’t.
L Polk,
Limt. G nor.' Coma’g.
Dismissal of ths Banisu Consul at Richmond.
Annexed are the letters p ter.t icv-.lti g he Ex
equatur of George Moore, Her Britannic Msj-sty’a
Consul at Ricbm ind :
To all wh m it may . oncern :
Whereas. George Moore, Esquire, Her B,'i“'n
nic Majesty’s Consul for the purr of Fichu o and
and State of Virginia, (duly recr gu z and as such by
the Exequatur issued by a former On. i-iuiaint,
wh c i was, at the time of the is-u . t ; du'y au
thor zid ag-nt lor that purpy-o r-f t;.e S.iteoi
Vitginia,) did recently assume io art as Go isnl
for a pi C3 other than ihe c y o it rim and,
and. a Biate other than the State ot V r.,i- :a,
and was, thereupon, cn the 20i. day o’ ! b nay
last, 1863, requested by the Secretary ot i are
to submit to the Depi-rlment cf State fcis Con
sular Commission, as w il as any othi r ao hen y
he may have rec-l»ed to act in neb If if the Gi v
ernment of Her Britannic M j-- ty b f etui S*r
correspondence could be held wi h lira at II r
Majesty’s Consul at that port of Richmond, -a J
whereas the said George Moore has lay, wi n
ont eczedisg to said i: qu s , ;n‘er- •. into cor
respondence as Her M jssty’e Consul with the
Secretary of War of these Confederate States,
thereby disregarding the legitimate uu honty of
this Govern i ent,
These, the e ore, are to decisre that I no
longer reeegnizi the 8 tld G urge Moore
Britannic Majesty’s Consul in any pari
Confederate atat-.s, nor perm; • mto i x
enjoy any of the functions, powers, or pi.v- ”
allowed to the Consuls os Gr > ! 0 - hc-.e
do wholly revoke and annul s=J ei ‘ 5j ‘| >y t e
tofore given to the g..d G«”«J* " h ,‘. ja ■to
Gov. rnrnent whicn was form. . r '\, -ta oi
grant such Ex quifur ns eg- ■ ( talJr , 0
Virgin!*, ond do d«.<.%r : the ... u
be absolutely null and v°i.. rr. i • ;
Io testimony l ..ave _ ( n ooa
tet-s to b > made P»ten‘. an “ ( . v , lt! . ~o Ued
-St-'.e
j tot J .
i SEAL, j tho’i .nd f.bt Ltndi.il a.- ■ - J
(Signed) J- P
' ° S<?cre - y ci &t*i &■
The corfl ct hetwteD *n-. JPiu j -».i Gbacibera
and the Cab.net cf the King ccoticued.
Fomina ir^taa.
A correspondent of the N *w v»-t 11
der date of l’arir, May 15 sav a In ° rl \ na
versa, ion held with Ihe Emm T‘
whom—his Majesty let fall the follow Napofeonl
remarks on t e American Question • ••?»«
cable separation between Nor h end & “fi
have been the grandest triumph ever uehmvedbv
republicanism; it would have com ell and ha
a in- truiion t ihe world. As it is, republicanism
lias never been so dead in Europe asuov. The
people see that repuohcs or the men who adm>n
s er their g iverumeuts haTe the same p:-;d , ~ , g .
sions and lost o' empire that influence sovc-ie gir
wiiiie, being always unstable ia their post ion’
they have not the responsibilities that we ha*e|
who seek to consoiiaa u dynaati *s by pocifi .-tiling
the masters The monarchies of Europe do ro.
flffi your American war au umnixed rvd We
can uff..rd to suffer much iu our aia'-arial inter
ests while this revolutionary dream of the Repub
licans is lßsoivi. gin blood ”
1 hero is great activity in the Liverpool cotton
market, iue salts ot iast week looted up 90 000
bales, at an advance of a hul-pei.nv. Leu. rs
from Liverpool state that tbe “spinners are alt
m -king inouiy.” The oou umptio i is uow ub mt
30,000 bates a week For the first time China cot
ton is reporied by the Cotton Utrculur som B,’ou
bales having recently been received. It is qu ted
the sumo as India co'-tou.
The Cout .derate fiiaac al agmls are rreaily re
lieved by th arr-val oi the special agent seat out
to sign the bonds issued tor the oun. The dilem
ma occasioned by tbe non-: rrival of Air. Mcßae,
was becoming awkward. Mr. Slidell’s “counter
s'. n,” was not sufficient to render the bonds nego
tiable in themarkit.
North Caroline, through iis auent, Mr. While,
is asking ior a cot on loan of $1 500.J00, on ihe
same basis as the Oonledcratj lorn.
Tna Loudo i Herald is ussured, on indisputable
authori'y, that the Confederate Government wiii
not contract any fresh loan in Ec ope this year,
nor, in all likelihood, till after the close of the
war.
T»e Glasgow Journal rive a Ist of thirty-right
steamers built on the Clyde since the close of lefil
and used to run the blockade. Ol these thir y
eight ten are lying in thi r.v i; sixteen have been
cuptured or destrojidby Federal crubers, and
twelve are still lunamg, or elae in Uoulederate
hur.d q as the Fiugui, which is now an tron-clad in
th i iSuv-.nne.h river.
The Glasgow Herald of May 2 announc s that
“another butch of swift river steamers has bee-i
purchased during the pad week oa account of
the Ojnfedsrate G‘ v.-.rnmeui. We believe tha
steamer Mail, plying on the Ki muu ern'too, will
thortly bi withdrawn, haviug been sid for sev
en thousand pounds. The 'avorite srimier Jup
iter, so long known ou the Lrrge, Millport aud
Arran ro .te, has also been purchss. and t< r snme-
Urmg like B‘X thousuud pou ds We have been
informed that Ihe steamer Eagle, which was build
ing for England coast iruttie, has lik wi eb en
sold to ihe Goufederate Government ror eight
thousand pounds. The Large e.earner Vesta is
reported to have been purcuused by persous tu
Glasgow tor our liver traffic. O her vessels are
now budding iu leveral Eugliuh shipyards to
tn -.t the growing wants of tae South.”
Toe Emperor Nap ileou attuinid h:s fifty fi th
year on tue22lof Auriga grand review was
IttldaT, Long Caumpß in honor of the oc asion.
The U iied S-wice Maguzio--, tbe or-an ot :he
Bririsa Army and Navy, sayß • and tori 1 y “It has
become the bounden duty if our smte.-tmen io
procure a supply of cotton by any and every
means in their power. Something may be done
with other countries, no doubt, but the moi tef
teciaa), as w -!l an the sate and honest o urse,
would bo the recognition of tie 0o».f derate
8 ates, when the Yankee blockade would at once
erase to be the it cubus on the maoutac unng !n
--- s ry of Europe.”
Fraxsr’e Masi z ne is publishing a series < f pa
pir? 00 Political Economy, by J..bn Ra km the
ana c itic. O. slavery, lie says “ins net u politi
c 1 lcßtituuon at ad, but au inherent, n tural cod
eternal inheritance ot a large poitloi 0! ihe hu
man race.” An article entitled “ nmclean Liiera
ure and the Civil War,” is intensely pro-S inih
-Irn and pro slavery m its 'on*. U- concludes
thus, alindiug to Liucol : Tbe pr*-ent condition
ot the United 8 b'ts m kes j 811 g 1 a Chief
Magistrate or apo-ut him, siotne.iiiug hardly to
ba io.eratecf. Frivol ty and wait of ut i y uud ear
liestaetsof tho N rth co.i ta t wit i ter. ibis tores
with the one man will, p over and actio 1 of the
South. A fiery and prophe'io biip : is.n prepared
tire South f. r th invasion of so-called brethren,
for th < horrors oi' civil wtr nod or the combina
tion cf these horrors in N. w Oil ans aud Athess,
Ala. Ttuly the North has justified the South in its
so call' and r beilicn. Who would wtllinsly remain
m.a.;l . - *.h a govcinat at w*;;::;a .. 1. (... tit ja IS
are a McNeil, a Turchin aud a Bullet '?
Mask.' and balls are all the rage among high life
Parisians
The succe sot tho underground street rail
raids io Louden has proved the development of
anew company, which pr po is to b!'>w letters
and pa'C is ir on one end of the metropolis to
ihe other through tub s by at : ospheric pres
sure. Yonr package is nut in at one rmi, i.fie air
oxaauated iroat the other end arid throu ,h it
goes like lightni'-g. Tiro company has btea
c .art red under the name ■ tie “Pu tvn it-o
Dispatch Company,” and le.s c n menc.d bi.sl-
Lu-.sa by layn g cown pip s between one of ti a
dull lot pusM.ffic s aud ih , Northw*s*«rß railwa ,
through wt ic ail ba.s are sent with great ru
pidily. A mile of space is traveled by this moth
ou iu six s cunds.
Victor Hugo has gone to Brussels to start a
now political paper.
Paris le.ter writers to London papers say t v at
ihe “ least dre-.s ’ a lasbio able Parisian lady ‘,a«
on now a dais the more “full dress” she is in.—
Toe style is last becoming like the style o the
first empire about «h c 1 Talleyrand rem rked
ihe drcosas “ commenced too late amended too
soo-.”
Live>-p oo ] papers state thut Lioc*ln’s officials in
N j»v York prevent truthful accounts of affairs be
ing seat to Haliiax in t mi for steamers to take to
Europe.
It was reported that anoth r floaf and rate cruiser
wns ready o leave the Clyde under tbe command
of Capt. Bullock.
FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS —RUMORS OF THE DISMIS
SAL OF THE YAi'kSß MINISTER FROM ENG—
L ED.
\luom fiarisccrrenpondtncecf lie A 7He>ald J
Ther was quite an excitement here last even
ing and this morning, caused by a report put i.i
circulation that Mr. Adams had reeetv. -lb’sc nge
from 'he British Government. This, however,
now stems to have settfi and down into a statement
that a demand had been made upo • Mr. Seward,
for a disavowal ot Mr. Ad mb’ art oi ia the n al
ter u! ccr'ificites, aad the deo’gioa arrived at to
Bond tbe B ..on Warrior »nd B ack Pnuce across
tho Aiianiic. Wehr.atLe freer, but are expec iug
eve y day to ba called op' n to pack up aud go
back to t e United States, to take p rt in tuo
straggle wuicn it stems soouer or later must
come.
Heie ther.' is grectneeaFinessas to the immedi
ate tuture. Tn« Russian Embassy is said to hi.ve
express'd its dissatis'action to the home govern,
iu nt at the license wi icb has been permitt- and the
.lioeiai press here in discus>iug the ofta is o Po
land, and at the general encourig- u nt which
the Polish revolution rtCsiV'w from Frmes An
nnciuxi activity is vuid to hsv been lecenily ex
hibited in the Navy D-partmeut. 'ihe • uip lor
is sai- to * e bus !y . Di aged, us he w.-s beiore the
Crimean end Itil an wa'S, iu the stu y 1 m >os.
Every week a military revi-w is had at th Bo s
and ■ Boulogne, aud a geneiai impression is f pread
iug through the social aud poiaic, 1 ui tin.spin re
to. t gr- at preparations are being made for war
like to.itingencies.
May it not be that fodic of them owe them or
igin to the present tickl sh relations betw eu tbe
Uuited S"a es aud England, and oi wh ch, in case
war entries, France will late the advantage to
humnle tier old, her n tural enemy ?
The L mdon c cf tNew York
Times has s miething to ay upon ibe «auie sub
ject, aid expresses his fears ol the .u ue. He
s >yr:
‘ Qiiet as av rythmgnow 8 « ns with rega'd to
Amer can affairs, tuer-j are Bigns o. u cou
fl ence, amounting 10 c r ainly, tbav the Am. ri
caa ear is uot to ia.-.t much ioDger. Ihe Govern
ment is bout to emph y the people 0 La ca-hire
on puoiic works, so 'hat t i y may not eiuier- ,
but be ready tosp n th' c itiv-n w.itn 1 y . '
b .tit. xpr-asiy 40 bring wt-ek. The
O a e’tneoeorg«.wa. i. u -.c ; ed* B hoffy
iuanafac u ere »h . ott a iur g e manu ac
a .out cotton sat sfied‘2 D c e , anj ln n0
tureO arpla* u • waeD the* ueed it. 1 Dty
‘ra 0 *!!; building new .mhs, ano b 1.. g th m
ur : h Phiotrv 1 have no tl«ub. that they bava
To as.u“ancc Iron■ H e very h guest q . alters that
cotton sna 1 be fo'theomiug at a bx=a and not
vt-rv remote period.
•On what is that ai-orai'-e bas and f Oa the
ebdiiy cf the Nafcnai Government to conquer
the ac u h andopea her ports t. tao world? I
cann t come to tr y such couv c ion. Toe 8 aib-
in Joan cf sls 000,000 not tfubpertoc-a lor
a n' 1 ' is t kfcjyt ai a preotiacn by ai»y si b idea.
T ere is, beyond reaeona is q -i :toa, u
uod- ra' ia KugJaud au Ir c-, ana b:-
t«veen the Governrucn*s of ih se touaine», Hint
f the fc>uaih )8 not within u c » tain
p r:od—arid of tbe probabiiry o 3'icb su
',inu th y have do betief—ter m ;• p nuence m to
be nek dm wi* and gua-aot. ud. i 4 'ey vnU
kuy—yoa have ba-i tbr t y is nd ibo resourceß
of the ffi.r and to e dt ns r-bc i on. li y u can*
not do it in that -i ?-, you r ever can. Tb war
ia too great an irjary to the com < ties of tne
wor;d iv g» on lor lii indr hail*; peri jd. We t: uct
Kiteilere lor our w lutcrea s, eud n the c-Uie
of h vanity aid civtZiion. Taey winery o
you {;i tney v?.l o lia-si •, is France, at
will Hiy io Victor tlmanuel: ‘thULaa b id going
on 1 tg enough. I becomes a buigaute and
EQUfe be put a st>p to.**