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Pupulirlljr m| His, War nl Die North.
That a war which everyei npar*.ini man in Eu
rope, as well as every disii; - eree'e 1 observer on
this continent, sees to bs most unnecessary and
nnoatoral, should for two y art. have received the
almost u and vided sunpo to' -ne Northern people
is a mystery which wouH iu. wholly inexplicable,
were we ignorant of tb r - i i(t passion of the pio
ple who are pros'- .1 big th ns hostilities against
us. Hut fortlie ijv.‘ money which is the dum -
nanti lea with ill 1 V uikee, this war would never
have been ws'gfd ; would never have grown to
such large di cn itffiH; would not so day com
mand sueh wd .-spread support. Wars fir con
quest are nnifortnly p ipular when the countries
engaged in them fi id iu such a work r< muuerative
employment, or when they are allured by the ex
pectation of an 1 dequate pr n. The wnr of 1812,
between the United Slates and Great Britain, was
exceedingly u lpopular wi'h a portion of thecoun
try. Hat for the support of the Southern States,
it couhl not have conlinaed six mnntbs—indeed,
would never have been declared. The New Eng
landers spoke of it in terms o? the most unmea
sured condemnation. They embarrassed in every
possible way the opera'iomi of the government.
The ruccess of (heir national arms afforded them
no pleasure, and they had no torrow to express
for any di fjn! which ware sufl. red. They called
a convention at Hartford in 1814, to devise rome
means for withdrawing from the Union, if they
could not arrest hostilities. And there is every
reason to believe, (hat had (hi war continued two
years longer, they would have need j ist as the
Southern States did when a sectional candidate
was thrust, under their protest, into the Presiden
tial chair.
The second war with Great Britain was odious
to the Northern Stiles, bsei use tliere was no
money in it. 1: successful we had nothing to
gain but the preservation of natioi at honor ; uDd
this wan too unsubstantial a prig-, for those
who were aocus’omed to calculate loss and gain
chit 11 y by the Maud r.I ol dollar* and ceuls.
Only those men who aelieved that national honor
was of the lug’eat consequence wero found
among the supporter - ofthi -wnr. li lise man
ner the war of 1K46 with Mexico was denounced
bitterly by a large portion of the j eopte. A
prominent Abn'Jlioni t trpni Ohio immortal-zed
himself by exp .using in Congress the hope that
when the sold 11 ol li' country reached Mexico
that the Mexici.ii would “welcrmc thtm with
bloody hands to h -g’ iinb’-" graves ” (It dots not
appear that Prcsid nt l*u k ordered the arrest of
the man, or thru- 1i n in'o uiprisonment oi
exile —those wore ted.' if the K public ) The
war awakened no «n- s ■ , in m-j pa;t if the
Notth. By most it was mi rely to ora’ccf— by
many violently oppo*; it l's expend! nreo were
not sufficiently grao.i to giv-i i xiensive employ
ment, and the pr u ('her. rflerwatds resulting
in the acquisition of ('idd r s >,) was not at the
time deemed sufficiently m-.i active.
The present war, J.o- t ver, affords lucrative
employment to the n ass s, tied promises large
returns in the event of micocss. Upwards ofa
million of toldiern arc reci iv.ng money and rations
from the Government. llk budding of ships,
uianutaeture of clothirg, ammunition, and other
equipments of war, supply highly remum rutive
labor to several millions more. The bests of con
tractors are reaping larger g ins from their ope
rations for the aimy than they ever acquired in
the ordinary business of commerce. All these
olasses, together with the 111 u an ’« of civ.l em
ployees in the various depa-tm .1 1 ot the govern
ment, are iu lavor cl a vigorous pns cut ion of
the war. The on y i xcaption is in the ct sos some
soldiers in the held, who, weary with the latigues
aud the perils of wer, return to their
homes. But the rest, inc udi g, (wi ll those who
are dependent upon them a m> j iriiy ol the eutire
population of tt e North ) arc not nverao to the
eoutinuance ol a war Irom which they dirive their
living.
If these vi*ws b* just the war will continue to
be ropular with the Northern people so l. ng as
they are able to borrow money or to issue treasu
ry notes. War when prosicuted on ruch a gigan
tio scale ns to supply occupation for the musses of
the people must be popu’ar. The pople have
their food and clotaing, and am eb’e to accumu
late something—beyond ibis they do not look.—
But there is a limit to credit. War adds nothing
to the substantial wealth of the country. It is a
constant drain upon its resources. Ore lit and
oapitai must ultimately collf.pse. Thin, if not be
tore, the popularity which sustains tbs wicked
war must also collapse, and the deihded people
will insist on the arrest oi tl.e evil which has
whelmed them in tu u. That .ry a»sy ecme in
one or two or ’lirce j cars. Bit i; mu.'l < ome sconer
or later if he war contluuis; aid then perfoice
our enemies must abaudou ths mad work in which
they are aow engaged.
Testimont or a Witney ro Y anks* Atrocities
—A Confederate who wus wounded and taken
prisoner by the Federal?, a->d who was a witness
of some of their atrocious acts, writes thus con
cerning them to the Mobile A v-rtiser and Reg
ister :
Biveral Federal scrnUng :ar c have made
very destructive rads i;.:,-up toot 1 tshcmirgo
county. Toey comm and . :i ost wanton out
rages on per* nsaoiii' r.>> iy. ,liy It retreat
ed unprotected taste« nil-o . t rutrageous and
cruel manner imaguiab -*. In cue inst.usce, while
« lady was end-t-voroi ; : vent oae oi thiss
ruffians from tak ng a ,in! - money, al! she was
possessedof> she wa.; struck t.v i. , m tie hand
with a »bre. Her h nd w..s ."cra iy mashed.
Not oonteat with that worse than uem.onic act,
be made her carry her wariiob ■ and a 1 htr turn;
ture into the yard and put tic flzm-rg totch to it
herself. This is a fact, :t was to dto me by the
father-ia-la» of the outraged iadt , an old man
on the verge of the grave, who sol.-mnly swears
to be avenged on tre firs’- dastard renegade he
meets. Acts of this nature are ot daiiy occur
rence, and in nearly every case committed oy
those rt-wegades from Nr-ith Mi sisMppi and
North A abama. They ou. ht to be suirmirtly
dealt with whenever cap ured.
• jjgl - A gentleman writing from Farmersvilie,
Chattooga county, Ga , says “the wheat crop is
very fine up here, but tail and fu.l of smut. Too
much rain for wheat lus fallen ia this section,
and we tear it will be damaged by be ng blown
down. Oats are modera.e’y good. Corn is back
ward. Hcgs are scares, owing to the great cum
ber killed off by cholera last winter.”
WA gsctiemau m.v.ag item i’ccfield, Ga.,
says that the wheat cop ia Gretne county is as
good u the land can produce. Although it has
been subjected to fr(qneni:torms,yettfie carnage
thus far has been iocousiderable.
< all lor anew Party at the North
A writer is a late number of the New York
Express has dissevered what has been very pat
ent to the rest of the world for some time past—
and that s that th# present wnr nr“atrending with
existing part eg,” and that the only hope for the
ccuntry ia in ionise* or, ac z .tioa. Whilst
bo'h Democrats and Aboli.i ■ ists insist on the
vigorous prosecution of t .e war, and repel any
suggestions that they are favorable to peaco as
unfounded and dipgraoiful, it i3 obvious that the
cessation of hostilities can only be hoped for when
both are overthrown. Thjpres-nt cot.fl ct of the
two great parties into which the North has hereto
fore been divided is but little else than a scramble
for the spoils of office. Th* Damocr Ate insist upon
it that if they e uld poseccs themselves of the
government they would'wage the rrar iomire
strict accordance with oorgiuutiona forms, w< uid
revoke all abolition prre aviations, would guaran
ty to the so-called loyal States ti e privileges of
habeas corpus, of a free pret* l , of a free speech,
and other rights which the ci minant despotism
has overthrown. Bat it is etv ylo see that all »bi
Is a mefe bid for pace. Were they invested with
power to day, they would readily find some “un
expected mlitary ne-crealty,” E oms “new phase
of the rebelhoa ho justify procedures as Biiguiaa
ry and as arbitrary as any which have marked
the present administration. The man who hes
covered biusalf with tcoh infamy in bis official
position as to eclipse n arly all cf h’s infamous
contemporaries, wes a prominent mcmbir of the
Democratic party In 188).
We are glad, then fore, to notice in a respecta
ble journal any distinct call for a peace organiza
tion. This is the first time tsnc3 the war began
that sueh an idee has been seriously proposed.
For many months the cry was, “the man who
writes anything about peace ualil the rebellion is
crushed is a traitor.” There nave no doubt been,
from the very first, thousands a. the N*itb who,
in heart, have been eppesed to the fratricidal
strife inaugurated by the Abolition.at). But by
the in ierroritn policy of the parly in power, they
have been awed into siletcn There has been a
peace party though unorgan zed and even unde
veloped. The number has been con tantly in
creasing as the kepelessneos of the tank underta
ken by our enemies has b come more apparent as
the struggle has progressed. Could they be
organiz' and to-day, under effective leaders, we be
lieve that their influence woud soon be overshad
owing. The thousands, yea, hundreds ts thous
ands, now affiliating with one or the other of the
two great leading parties of tbo day, but who are
really disposed to peace, would soon identify
themselves with a party expounding tl eir own
views, il strong i nough to promise them respre a
bility and protection. Ihe writer to whom we
have referred in the New York Expre. s, thinks
that there are enough unconditional peace men
now in the North to held the balance of power
between Democrats and Republicans. And he
thinks that in a very few months they would,
under a proper organ zation, be strong enough to
control the entire vote of the count-y. Wo quota
his own words:
The independent action of organ'zed-peace men
is, therefore, the only resource le't, and the more
speedy the concert" the better for the country.
It will soon, and probably at once, secure the as
sent of a majority of the people. Os one propo
sition there oan be no doubt, and that is, that, the
peace men of the North, to day, if organized,
would hold the balanco of power Detween Repub
lican and Democratic parties,#rad give victory as
they might incline. We, however, entertam no
doubt that the peace party, to day, iv .-uld control
the majority < f the elections of the North, and a
brief discuss’on of the questions involved in the
continuance of the war won and, with proper or
ganization, under thiß majority, fee triumphant at
the polls over any aud all combinations.
As parties now eland at the Barth, .tiey are
act.ng as epies on each other. Any intimation
from any Republican quarter squinting, howe’er,
remotely at any am.etble programme for the
sott'ement of the war, is immediately made the
occasion of the fiercest denunciation hy the rabid
and war Democrats. The writer is at oi c; tabooed
as far as possible his party—for being unsound on
the great question of Union. Ifany such suireestion
come from a Democratic source, the Abolitionists
promptly lift up their hands will holy horror, and
demand that the man or ths party uttering such
a dogma be anatbematzrd os speedily as passible.
Whilst ther* may be multitudes in each parly
who are thoroughly disgusted with war, and who
would gladly avail themselves of any reasonah'e
exouse for makirg peace, they are afraid to ex
prv#s their genuine sentiments lest their avowal
should work some detriment to their own selfish
purposes.
lteligloas .tludiieu at.tlie Noith.
The >Me meeting of the General Conference of
the M«®iodiat Church in the city rs New York
must t»ve exceeded in tumult and upr ar the
taps! nokjr political demonstrations of the day
a proposition was made to the.body to l’e
n£w th*r vow of unconditional loyalty to the
Unit and States it was received with such cheers,
clipping of'hands and stamping of (eetonthe
tWor, tha. B.shop Scott who was presiding on the
OvOaeioUf OiUpd the assembly to order aud remind
ed that they were clergymen. “S y Amen,"
slid the Bishop, “ioul enough to lilt the root
from thu house, but no c appiog,” as he checked
the and worder. One member declared that c apping
was perhctly proper because he had clapped his
bauds for joy when he was converted. Other
members agreed with and cries of*“glory’'
were heard from all parts of the house.
But the disorder was most innocent compared
with the spirit of malignant revenge by which a
portion at le*st of the delegates seem to have
been pervaded. From on account of the .pro
ceedings which we have seen we learn that the
“Rev. l)r. Osborn stated that where he lived the
copperheads were as tb ck as blackberries, and
added: When he saw them daily, he olten
hoped within himself that thrashing a man well
might become one of the Christian Tirtues, that
he might bj able conslant’y to dig into such fel
lows. It be were President Lincoln, instead of
suspending the habeas corpus, he would suspend
the copperheads.” Riv. J. B. Wakely informed
the Conference “that the proper way to treat a
copperhead was to stamp their heels on him," at
the same time stamping viuieutiy on the fbor—
which “brought down the house.” Now who are
these ccpperheals against whom these professed
servants ot “a meek and lowly” Master are di
reettng their whole artillery of wrath ? Sorely
they must be some envenomed vinerr, the common
enemies ot the human race whom every good
man ought to execrate —or else some emissaries
of Satan himself, for no other beings eonld ex
cite euch holy hatred m tuch pious minds. Who
would believe that by copperheads they mean
their fellow citzens—not slaveholders, nor
rete's —but felow residents of th< United States
who are in favor of suspending hostilities with a
view to negotiate for the termination ol the war?
They have ni.knamed them copperheads in order
to bring them into contempt, and unable to meet
them in argument they would have them crashed
or hung! Oh! has it come to this? Are the
avowed ministers of the Prince of Peace threat
ening vengeance and death to the men of the
North who seem to be the only party who have
any respect for the authority which pronounces a
blessing on the peace makers ?
14 Oh judgment thou host fl.d to brutish breasts,
And men have .ost their rea.oa.”
Neatly twenty years ago, Southern Methodists
withdrew from such confederates. And judging
from the temper which now reigns in th ir assem- :
bP.es, they d.d not withdraw one day too soon. It
is just such madness as we have here displayed
which has inaugurated and whiclTsustains this
war. The bloody fields of the past two years are
but the legitimate fruits of those doetr.nss which
have been so long taught by the eccle-ias; cal
harlequin who performs every Sunday mornitgin
Brooklyn, amid the laughter and the stamping if
his audience, together wiih his coadjutors, Chee
ver of Deacon-Giles-distillery-cow hide-memory,
and the infidel Paiker, of Boston. We indulge in
no unrestricted snd indiscriminate condemnation
AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 23. 1863.
of ihe N r iere are many rc*
b!e except. rr. S-me * tr-m are these ve?y
cooperb-ads so o im to D- o,b<wn True
to their vocation, trey ore li't eg up iheir voices
for an a-res*. of blood. But iheir i fluerce is, we
are sorry to say, utterly over.hadowed bv tbni
arger class who, Ike Mestrs W-k-ly and Os
born, ins ad of praying for their enemies wcu'd
call down fire from heaven to destroy them. It
is this madness vhich seems to have subju
gated the whole Northern mind. Perhaps a few
scenes is have been witnessed at
Fredeiickaburg any do something for the resto
ration of rc-a on.
Ttie Eneinj’’..; u 1 tu Virginia.
That portion of Broker's army, whose ma
rceuvres ia the vicinity o' Fredericksburg have
sorely puzw’ed toe newspaper correspondents for
several days, has a*, longlh withdrawn to the
north bank of the Rappahannock and left the
debatable ground in po essiou of the Confeder
ates. The objic-t of these movements is now
known,-party through their own admissions.
Having rttvdv.d or. inkling ol Lee’s supposed
iclaeMnn 4r> fevo-’e their territory, they determ
ined to leaan v»:at cflsp .silion he had made of his
farces, tthni nuirh er st II remained to oppose a
Fidaeij aJv-»wc . r R ebmond, cr in what direc
tion the se. y was moving, if moving it was.
Me.anwbf|<'., & <%r advanced a large force to West
Point ower arfvarvogf us places, with the
view, do : Imat o ice again t
R enro-.i, i . ana., the wry was comparatively
clear, i lw»r ■ - coin. 1- . s-a>. ri veale•.! tbd fact that
Lee’s arr y vriv. : rr ntiy a.; la go as ever ; some
N"h:tfipru ao- s up-. : and that it was con
itidcmh!y augmemr ' ! ,m this clrscoverv they
v.cr not i rg in r c-. s- he river The force,
at Wit t Fou> v,, ... i, icing iuf—
fared much *-em v aick theme ntime, on
ucoou.-.t of >4ie unh hi ! - 1 cr t oi. iheind en
Hons are Ui«t the graad n?ni o! i': Potomac will
now sbm.cbn its .. rnp L upon She Capitol, via
Frtderivi'.Tjbnrg, a*-d I |>;cy its time in guarding
the ai i. i.'-x- of a; nroach to Wu-bington against
a r»’ tcm rof G ti. i re's. It is hardly preba
tf|' that any p ■fin of it will be sent to tlie Ms
sissijppi, l.r itivould be hazardous to leave tbe
lines oi the J’ >’ i.ac wi, .out adequate prottCp,
tioo.
The enemy claim to have known that the Con
federate to per designed a raid in
to MnJtyiar.d a " -iv'-v.raia, and accordingly
Belts Gan. Wicr : • n “spsil their sport.” The
result ia already km, ... although the Yankee loss
is mens',-jn 1 r i« an ur officers supposed. All
Yankee accounts, r- p* • l it cs the fiercest aud
bloodiest csvalry fight of the war. Although on
ly partial reluio; U.< i> lcs: had been rrceived,
the list of kiß-.d ad vcu.. fills a whole col
umn of the lDra’d
The brigade of re ular ilost : n killed end wound
ed twcn‘y-one out of uinetv <Hi ;trs present. In
the second United St it; , cavalry, seven offireis
were killed and.wooadcd.
The victory at Winchii-:irr is a most important
one, more espccial'v b’c it of itu bearing upon
the result of the campaign which General Lee has
inaugurated. We look forward to most signal
aebivements of the Confederate arms from this
time onward, wherever may be the field iq which
they are called to ore;- -u .
Tne North Excited. — Che North is in a fever
of apprehension r«sp-oii ig the movements of the
Confederate fovc»s, and especially those of Gen
Lee. Rumors are prevalent that Lee is about to
cross the border and ip.r.k-v a sweep into Mary
land and Pennsylvania, and perhaps to more im
portant pciDta. All ihe xCitenient and rumors
which preceded the pas'tge of oar army -across
the Potomac a year ago <-rc'i more fill the air.
The New York World'trlies'tip ihe - waiter, and
treats it in (he following very interesting and in
structive editorial:
There‘seems to be r.o doubt that Gen. Lee is
meditating some movement of more than ordnfh
ry importance. The -vi lent this f ct comes
to ns from the adva c;d pa-to of our own forced.
Vague rumors ran through '''- ”V la' -I, and touch
even Pernsvlvani tvi'.h a iiri’i ct anticipated
trouble. Gen. Schet nk i cone-cued for tha sale
tv of Baltimore, and G >ver ior Curtin takes coun
sel for the protection of Harrisburg All the
symptoms which prtce ed the Contcd-rate pass
age o: the Potomac year ago ore once more in
the air, and now, a*i then, the country is justly
alarmed by s; mi-cfficia' :■ isurancos that nothing
need really be apprehended. Are we, then, to
look forward to a renewal of the resin s which
made Manasses doob’y memorable in the calendar
of cur national d'sist r~, V la it the destiny of
Gen. Hooker, after reproducing for us the folly of
Burnside, to renew The c ; : ae : opbe of Pope ? Is
Washnuton once more to Income the stake of
bat'le within the borders of Maryland ?
The military situation tpiq '-e tionably c dl3 for
a decisive effort on e pan of the Confederate
armies to breax the front of the pressure wbic i is
now bearing down upon them along the whole
frootier of the war. Merely tr preserve their at
titude ot resistance from lie Mis.-wsippi to the
Potomac imposes a steady end persistent strain
upon their resource! which these resources are
ill calculated tor any great length of t me to eu
dure. At some point the comores; <* force of the
reb Him must miike its way tlir'-ug the cire’e of
our armies, and shift, if pe?s b 1 ’, the balance r.f
the war in part upon the loyal Slates. This bay
become alike a political and a military neeers ty
for the Confer •-rat i. 'mirr trction, and it will be
wise .or us to make up cur minds in time to ths
fact that whatever it ' r.-mes necc-s -ry for our
enemies to-achitve, t'f they will at least most
assuredly attempt. When the attimpt shall be
l ado it will, certainly be moda wher. ver c rcum
stances otter the most reasonable hope ol soccers
for themselves and of eerious damage to our
cause.
The com on irapresriftn undoubtedly is, that if
Lee has resolved to strike once mor - at the heart
of the North, he wilt deliver his blo w where it was
aimed befoie—across the Potomac and through
Maryland. Many things go to fortify this impres
sion", and yet we cannot resist the cocvict’on that
the movement now visible in the Confederate
comps along tbe Rappahannock oort.ud* anew
atd very ri hereof r- . • of operatiors on the part
of the Coot •’- r te c iaiEi.sr.r-r. Too much stress
cert inly cught not to be laid upon tha proclama
tion ol a’ Geii-Ti i to his trjops, which may we.> be
in ended as much tor tbei b ut cation cml delusion
of our own m.n sas for the p pmati nos t eirr;
bat it is worth io'. g, in tue first place, that in
bis latest address to his army, L c calls upon
them to make ready for tong and arduous marc :es
iu aci untry deM ule of ra reads. The country
of Maryland and l’en ylvui. aup uto a Con :de
rata iuva ion is ci r'av y no dts-ii td in there
words. It is true tin •in moving ? m the hrnks
of th-i Potomac to oso on the Su.-q lehcr.na ui
invsd ng so or and u t:-:i.;kc ccuaiilerau'e mi rcies
nnassisted by railway tranr; '. ; ilioi , but tb ■ en
tire distance to be tr ,v . r’< -d in moving from Har
per’s Ferry upon the Pcnu-yivania Ine is not
great eniujh to justify the uio ol lungirge so
emphatic by tuch a General ue L e in an adores?
to 'he army which be comm..n i =.
Bat, ifwesuppcsj t a Lie’s appeal was in
tend'd to piepare bis L-rcea ter :. rapid advance
through the mount-mom and brekeu country of
Western Virginia upon Easieru T onessee, wilh
the oi j;ct o! sulking through ComberUud Gap at
the «rmy of Burnside for tl ; possession of Ken
tucky, and peiniqis (o’adr.ih c'Oas be 0 ; o, the
urreocy cf Its ' peech w . ■ ; . a’.t ge h"r na
,u a sud me it rut ‘ a cuii ta
deed cmi up m *he Confederate t'tiops for -.. .he
eneruy and »ndnrance of »-lch they are capable.
But it is equal y c: Haiti tbal. i* su ct ssfully made,
l.s re. uivs woo u j-»st: y tt.e iff *rt. To tie:eat the
oiuiv ot Bums dand d;ir,: taut Genera! beyond
the Ohio, would not i uly • p«.n the r.i h resources
of Kentucky to the invud : ; it would turn the
p suions 0! Roscoi-.z. cempro lie the safety of
his army, and set Job-s’-O" Uee o operate over
whelminly against Gra tat \ .ckstnrg. It would
change, in a word, the whe a;pict of ml airs at
toe West, aud give the C-.nf-de.a. aihs iuiti.i :re
o! an active campaign ag-'.nst onr armies cf toe
Mississippi. ....
The objection which at once eceurs io vie nypo
tbesis of such a purpose or. the pa. t .; L;e that
he wocld thus uuc ver RtefamoDd to toe of
General Hooker is more specious than real. The
invasion of K ntucky, i. .. ca.. te made w■: ia tuc
ersj at bI 1 , can be a. : si-ii - Dies ot iLii'iy or.
forty thousand men a: most Asu g.e greet vic
tory won bysucuaL .c er Burns ie would roll
the war ba.k at once b-y nd i -outsv<l : e and to the
very banks of the Ohi r; w: i e our as experience
proves to cs'.hat an eruy ot : m fit., to six y
thousand meu sept v-c . in : and is un-i-ely ade
quate to held m uneek : . .e an. a it ii u T ry much
Mtoug-r force throngs Tiuewavr or P.-edmcnt,
Virginia, upon the t onfed- ra.e c. p ia . •
l pon tne remoter i ,cl a sue ss ul Coafed
eiaie mav-.iuent into K.n u.ky ii :s h.rdiy worth
while now to specuia.e. r ii:eir ext. ut and impor
tacce must nec-.s .-i be cosin g t upon pcUti
i as well as miu ary coi 5...-ruuoae whicn cannot
new be icir.y apprtc-ated. But there is certainly
j enough iu the more ltnmedia.e aspects of such a
campaign ;.s we have indsca’e.: tv awaken the at
tention <J oar. au-boriiies aud oar j eople to i.s
pos-rir-' iti une 10 iis ptrrl . Net. h*r the one nor
the otter uafortonaVly ran be said to be dimin
ished ty ihe iDUCtdrnts ol the present comman
d r of rur forces in Teu-ejs^e.
A Noethers Account of Vicksburg and its
Surroundings. —One ilr. Coleman, a correspon
dent of the New York World, who was rescued
from a watery grave in front of Vicksburg, by
the misplaced kindness of our soldiers, and who
was recently released from the Libby prison at
Richmond, ha3 gone back to bis Yankee friends,
filed with information about the condition of af
faira in the South. He was a prisoner in Vicks
burg for three or four days, and here is his de
scription of Vicksburg and its surronndings.
Just now they are of special interest:
At Vicksburg we remained two days, being
confined fiist to the common jail uad afterwards
to the uppi-r Btorie3 ol the Gout Hcuis. We
were, notwithstanding tbe thundering salute at
tending our entree, disappointed ;a it a3 a forti
fied p sitiou. From an elevated judgement, from
walks about town, our entrance and exit, from
conversation and testimony of many knoviog
persons, we belitve the strength ol Vicksburg in
in n, guns, works and natnial to
have beeD overrated. Tbe Bite it admirable, es
ptcialiy for river defense. Ihe batierus fronting
she river a e neiiher so numerous nor dacg-rou 5
as commonly supposed. Although it is likely
that a portion of tuo heavy guns h ive been trans
ferred to Grand Gulf, Big BGck, and Haine’s
Bluff, we gue-s the number of guns on ike river
side to b l-.ss than forty and never to have ex
ceeded seventy.
Oi these we are informed, only three are 10-
i eh, two nine, and four eight, three tifl id, and
the res'. 32 pounders. There is but one cosema
ted battery ia the vi-inity. The earthwoiki are,
however, perfect cf their kind. Negroes are si’ll
s.i work on bomb pioofs and magazines, probably
to guaro against mortar shells. A landing from
tbe lront is in our judgment feasible, though now
happily neediest. The rumored foit'ficalions in
the streets are simple iittle pin or shoulders of
lamj arts proj icting into ihe roadway. The works
back of the city are the ordinary entrenchments
commanding tue roads and small earthworks on
the r.dgcs. Every hill on the outskirts is crested
with an i aithwork. Judging from thqwoiks at
th 'ir tenderest point—Big B.ack bridge—the de
tencas at the iear are rudimentary only. The
country ia rough, a succession of small hille, to
the banks ot the Big Black, tut the loads are good
and t.e bills each commanding the other. Un
less by s. me overwhelming attack, the Gocfctie-
rate-, might re: ist a large force a. every road, and
su prolong the sit g-.
The v.ry length of the line, from Warrentcn up
Hie shores ot the Big Black, acd across to th
Yazoo, or, what is the same, the mesgreness ol
ihar fo-ces to guard it, is the great weakucss o*
the position. Is would requite to keep such a
'ine,—lweuty-s:x milss—intact, an aim; of fifty
thousand men and a hundred pieces of light artil
lery. I have a grounded conviction, based upon
concurrent testimony, that at the time of our so
journ there ttfera not more than fifty thousaud
troops west of tbe smaller stream, and six thou
east. Could all these be concentrated upon
one decisive poiut they might with their, works
repel five times their num.ers ; but u repetition
of such a plan of attack ou onr part they may
never hope or again.
The Confederate hopes of Vicksburg are main
ly bung upon lieu. Johnston, who arrived at Jack
son ou the 18!.b, und was pursued thence after a
destructive fight next day. His plan apf ears to
be to mass a considerable army on side and drive
ott thi bi-sii gers. We do not btlieve bis intention
is to get insiue of Vicksburg, bu’ to leave that
post to Pemberton. If he can do this, Grknt is,
by the doable line, front and rear, placed in a
critical pnsiticn.
We have no fears for the result; but in ihis
case minutes are of the greatest moment. To the
Uiroe thousand forces at Jackson, when we passed
through, Johnsto i seems te have scraped up six
thousand addiiiocat._ Luring is sines at Jscfcson
with his corps, which will l ave Grant with fifteen
thousand m bis front and say twenty tuous-ilid in
tue rear, deducting disabled an 1 captured in the
three late engagements, which, from the meagre
reports received at Richmond, we judge to be
considerable. The extent to which Johnston can
be rtiafjiecd bv the railroad from the T-mbfebse
to Meiidiau is fifteen hundred a day. His finny
cinnot be supplied by that route. Vicksburg is
provisioned for thirty days only. The country
eflurds fiia*.perhaj;iß a er-Hi .-iuncy of cm n_a> u for
age. His communication with tbih rest" tu The
iSouth i.j precarious; and if Grierson bo not idle,
may be destroyed.
It is astonishing how long and hew much the
enemy has, here as elsewhere, befooled and
thwarted us by an empty show oi strength. It is
admitted by those who have lived in and <ie
fended Vicksburg, that it might have been taken
at any time since ihe tall ot Memphis, with less
force than we have brought against it. The
bombardments have not hurt the city apprecitbiy.
A Bkautiful Thibute to Gkn. Jackson.— On tbe
day Gen. Jackson died, tbe General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Cburcb, of which he was a mem
ber, was in session at Columbia, S. G. The fol
ewing tribute was paid to his memory by Rev.
Dr. Palmer, of New Orlsaas :
Sel cm in Hstory bas one been ab'e, in so short
a time, to wri e bis name so deeply upon the
hearts cf his countrymen, and to win the a m ra
tiou of tbe world at large. Uniting the most
beautiful simplicity with the most intense earnest
ness of character, With a religious consecration
to duty as the regulative principle of his life, he
waaatiue man in all the relations in which ho
ruov.d. The ad. itional endowment of a militsry
genius, quick to perceive and qu : ck to in prove
the advantage and opportunity, mids him what
he was, tha true soldier and the , consummate
General. Ii were id Is to compress within thfs
record bis brilliant military career, which forms
so large a part of this yc ung nation’s history.—
The rapidity of his movements imparting to him
a teeming ub quiiy, the promptness ana daring
and unitarm success ot his achievements, render
ed his name a tvrror to his -Joes and a tower of
strength to ourse:v?s. It is not invidious to say
that whilst other generals of the army, superior
to him in rank, command equally with himseit,
the confidence of our people, ho was the most of
them a!!, enshiiued iu their attections. It will be
the tliice of history to assign ihe positron ho w ll
cccpy upon our loop ctiai page; and we dorbt
net t at the verdict of posterity will confirm the
judgment of hi contemporaries iu pronouncing
that the life of the hero has beeD crowned witu
the death of a martyr.
Hut Gen. J ackson ha stronger claims upon the
affectionate and tea ful remembrance of this
General Assembly than those lourded upon Lis
merits as a Patriot and a Warrior. Be was a
warm add zealous Christian, a maa that feared
God and walked careluliy before him ;wbo being
found blameless, used the office of a in the
Louse i f God, hlied up the portrait drawn by the
apostle’s band, “grave, not dcuMed-tcngued, and
holding fast toe mystery of the faith, in a pure
couscience.” fais religion was woven into the
whole texture of bis" chancier and life, the con
structive element which made him tba man he
was. It has been tersely and truthfully, end,
there r cre, beauiilutly said of him, lhat mine ar
•my he was the expression of his country’s centij
deuce in God and in itself. Even those who with
hold irom God the hcoi.ge ot their own obedience
and love, took refuge tu the thought that their
great m.litary lender drew his strep gh from he
God of Heaven and, like the Hebrew, iloset,.
daily communed with Him upon the mount. And
the Church of Christ turned ttieir eyes to h m
with a loving joy as the embodied and eoncrets
representation, the living exponent of these pre
cious nuths which it is ut-r mission to testify to a
dying world In the army his religious influence
diffused itself like the atmosphere around him ;
and by that straDge magnetic power over other
minds which is given lo all who are born to com
mand, rone were drawn into his presence wt o did
not bow before the supremacy ot that piety which
was so silently, yet conspicuously illustrated m
the carruge of this Christian General, i his evi -
deuce is cumulative before this Assembly rs his
z-a!to cveita»e tpe religious wants ot Dm sul
diery, and of the yearnings ot h s soul that this
venerable court should, curing its present ses
sict% conceit large plans lor the evangelization
of the army and of toe country at large 'ikere
fore it is, this Assembly, at the moment of its
d.ysoiution, as ’ts last solemn act, would place
upon its records this memorial to his praise , snd
bedew it with their p-rting tears.
We shall net attempt the interpretation of the
mys'erions frovidence whch has tikea away
from the country at such a juncture so strong an
arm. It is enough that He nas dote it who doeth
ail things well. We will “be still and know hat
He is God.” Bit in the depth of our sadness, we
now speak a word of cheer to our bereaved couu
trymea, ibat in the di-appointment ol many of
our most reasonable calculations, not less than in
untxpeetediy b.easing us, when all seemed dark
ana lorbidamg, God seems to us only the more to
have charged Himself wnh the care au protec
lioastcf this struggling republic, and in this nev
chastening we rtcagn ze the token of Him whose
wuy is to bumble those whom it :s His purpose
to exult and to biess.
V, ith the immediate family and kindred of our
’ dec in 1 ed brother, we desire tc mmgie :nr grief,
as they.pay the tribute of their sorrow over his
grave, and the Assembly conveys through this
minute its tenderest sympathy to these whore
h*-fc- s are bleeding undrr what is to them a more
close and personal bereavement, praying the God
of ail consolation to grant unto them joy for
mourning, beamy for ashes, and the garment of
praise for the spirit of heaviness.
'I lie l*i<t Coi viLilon In fltvrloik.
The New Yoik Times, of the 4tb, brings us a
full cccount of the Peace Convention held ia that
city the day before. Os the Convention, the Times
says editorially :
“It w s a large gathering—one of the largest
recently held in the city, and its proceedings were
market by erergy, direcmess and a fjirdrgree ol
enthuFiasui In one important particular it sur
passed all similar meetings hitherto held—we
mean in its open, straightforward, avowed sym
pathy wth tbe principles and tbe cause of the
secessionists.
“Fi m the address and resolutions, as well as
from the spetchof Mr. Wood, it will be seen that
this convention takes the tx.remest ground of
State rig its—asserting that alii giance is due to
the State Governments, and not to the National
Government; that t e Government has no right
to defend its existence against rebellion by foie
of arms ; that the war is utterly unconstitutional,
not because it is awa against slavery, nor be
cause ts any fault in the manner in which it has
been conducted, but become the National Govern
ment has no right to wage war, either offensive or
defective, against the will and action of any State,
and that, on this account, and without regard to
cuostq ienccs, the war ought ins'autly to be step
ped. The convention goes still further than this
ia its sympathy with the rebellion, it denounces
our'armieo, cur Generals, cur Government, in
contrast with ihcße of the rebtls—declares that
we are already defeuLed and conquered, and
insists on the policy and duty of immeihute sur
render.
“The peace Democrats have drawn the only
clear, distinct lino ol division upon the war which
can h mrintiined.
“To ibis complexion, beyond all doubt, i: must
come at last. Sooner or later we shall have tut
two parties—cue, of those who are for the tear as
the only means of preserving the nation’s life—
and the other, cf those who are for peace whether
the nation lives cr dies. The Peace Convention
dscl >res for the latter. It is not ior preservirg
he Union if it must be done by war. It hopes
we may still have a Union, but it insists that we
shah not have war. The sooner the people ac
cept this clear and distinct issue, the sooner will
the war be ended.”
We give an abstract of the address and resolu
tions adopted :
ADbRRSS OF THE CONWRNTIOT.
Iu 1881 the Democratic .party, under the im
pulse of the cuthus asm which prevailed, yielded
to the insanity ot the momtnv and its leaders,
though ihs forms of the o gauizuion were pre
served, lepudiatcd the fundamental truths ot the
party. Bat the tune has now come when the par
ly should be brought back to its time honored
principles Foie most among those princ pies is
tunt 01 the sovtiguty ot the States. This is the
corner stone of the party, and upon it res's the
whole fabric. The addres3 enters at length into
the history of the Constitution, and into the de-
tailed debates ol the period, for the purpose oi
(ifoviDg that tbe United Statss are not a nation,
bus a federation of distinct and sovereign States ;
and from this the inference is drawn that loyalty
is due to the United Slatis only so far as tbe Ns
lional Government acts within the scope of ita
delegated powers, and no further, and that in all
oiher respects loyalty is due to the respective
Slates, ireason lottows, and is dependent on ul
legiance. Where there is no allegiance there can
be no treason. Hence* t-eaeon against the Na
tional Government consists in over, acta aga nst
the exercise ot its delegated powers of sovereign
ty, amt treason against a State is warring against
it in the exercise ot it3 undeiegated rigbt3 and
powers. Another inferencr from this position is,
that the Natrona! Government has no right to co
erce the Siates, by the use of military force, into
obs dience to the Constitution ; und tje do stride
ones asserted by Gov. Seymour, that successful
coercios is as much revolution as successful seces
sion,’’ is fuily indorsed. But even if this were
not so, the Democrat c party could not sustain
this wur, because its object has been changed. It
is not to sustam or tc restore ihe Federal Union,
but to destroy and uproot the domestic institution
ol States, to destroy private property, and to sub
vert the form sad theory of the Federal Govern
ment is If. To support the war is to support tbe
policies of the sst This proposition is too plain
to be doputed ; ii-. m it there is riotscape. To
support tue war is to support confiscation—not by
the Courts undtr tbe Constitution, but by acts of
Corgiess contrary to the Constitution ; emancipa
tion and nib tia-y arrests, not by any lawful au
thority, bat by the monstrous and frightful u-ur
pationscl the President; subjugation, not to bring
ihe South back into ihe Union, b t to rsduce it
to tbe condition of Territories, and convertit into
or a. - t.- JJzuninge. TP- me vhpolicies o.
the w:,r, and it tbe war shall be succestf il, these
policies will be accomplished. The professed
Democrat, therefore, who is deliberately for the
war, is not a Democrat in tact, but an Abolition
ist ot ihe most radical, violent and destructive
kind.
TIIIS WAR IS THE CtJItSE OF THE AGE IN WHICH WE
LIYB
* The great body of the people are tired of the
war, and demand peace on the basis of existing
facts, and prlit’eiars cannot change thtir views in
this r<spei t. If the meD, who uow occupy lire
position cf leader-, co not see mid recogn zs this
ike', tiny will be forced to give place to men who
do tee i- Again, in addition to these irresistible
und sufficient reashns why the Democratic party
should declare for peace, is the palpable common
s?nse and hard-headed fact that the war cannot
.succeed.
WE HAVE HE3N BEATEN —WE CANNOT CONQUER THE
SODTH.
Besides all tfiia, God did not intend that we
should succeed in this war. Had he intended it
he would not have placed in command a Lincoln,
with euch coaoj rtors as a Batlsror a Burnside.
We will not compare these men to a Davis, cr a
Lee, or a Stonewall Jackson. It is not necessary.
Mind,"character aod c ipac ty will always evince,
declare and maintain its superior.tv. The liana
oi God is uplifted against us. II s illimitable
pr wer overturns ill our designs at-d subverts all
oar plans.
The aidress then proceeds to speak of the ad
dress recently issued by the Democratic members
of the legislature, which declared in favor of con
ducting ice wi r : ccrding to the Constitution.—
How dies the ConMitutica provide for tbe con
duct of a war against itself and ihe Union ? The
war being unconstitutionol, it cannot bp prosecji
ted consiitutionally. It is an ucconstitutional
v.ar. ihe Declaration of Independence says,that
“Govercm nts derive their just powers Irom ihe
consent ot ibe governed.’' To favor the war now,
after tbe rebell on bas assumed the proportions
of revolution, is to deny this principle, as well as
to deny the right or revolution.
Tbe address closes by averting that all hope of
restoring the Union need not bj abandoned, but
that the war must end, if their liberties are to be
preserved.
RESOLUTIONS.
Res lved, That the tovere’gntv of the States
and tho sovereign’y of the people, as laid down
in the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, of
whi h Jefferson and Madison were t e authors,
nra the fundamental principles of the Democratic
party ; bat they are ihe vital essence of the Can
sti ut'OD, pervading every line and provision of
mat instrument, and to deny them would reduce
ou politer! federative systtm to anarchy or des
potism.
Resolved, That, under he Constitution, there
is co power in Ure Federal Government to coerce
the States, or any number of them, by miliiary
fore a If power of coercion exi3t at all, it is a
Dp al power, a-d not military. That tbe Demo
cratic par-y, jf true to ita own time h- nored prin
ciples, cannot - sustain a war against sovereign
Btat<s; that we bf lisve it to be the du'y of tSe
party to •iroeiaim these sentiments boldly, that
the people may teel that there is at leabt one po
litical or, an.zition which will deal honestly, in
denendtntly and truthfully with them.
Resolved, That the war ra its inception and
further continuance, being contrary to the Con
s’itution, must necessarily fast coLSume ail the
elements of Union, and hence that cur duty as
cit z;ns, our obligaiions as nun, and our relations
to cur common Father, alike demand that an end
-i'd be put to what it repugnant to tbe iaw
abhorrent to the humanity and c vil zation cf
tnis enlighttned era, ana inconsistent with the
bsfiign&fit ?p : rit of morality and religion.
R.tcived, That the claim ot dirtator al and un
limited power, under the pretext of military ne
cesri y, aud tha trial ot citizens, not in tiis land
or naval forces crin the militia in actual service,
by Ccura martial, are monstrous in tneory and
execrable in practice. That it is equivalent to an
entire abrogation of the Conatitur on and the
trecticn in us plaos of a military despotism.
Resolved, Fuat we should be unworthy of the
name ol American citizens of IhD free and inde
pendent Stale, claiming the first rank among the
sovereign components of tbe American Confed
eracy, if we did not protest against the cowardly,
despotic, inhuman and accursed act which bas
consigned to banishment >he noble tribune of tbe
people, Hon. Clement L Vatiandigham ; we pro
test against it in the name of liberty, in the name
of humanity, and in the name cf W-snington.
We hope the people ot Ohio will have the oppor
tunity o: pasiiin condemnation m this act by the
election ot Mr. Valiandigham as the next Governor
of the State.
Reroived, That thus believing there can hero
reliable security to persons or property pending
this war, and tnat by its crntinuance the Govern
ernment itself will be utterly end irrevocably sub
verted—and that the Son h as weli as Nortu
mast alike crumble into general rum and devas
tation, we recommend, in the name of t ie neopie,
that there be a suspension es host".lities between
the contending armies of tbe divided sections of
©nr country, and that a Convention of the States
composing the Confederate States, and also
a Convention of the States still adhering to the
Un’on, be held to finally settle and determine ra
what manner and by wbat mode tbe contending
sections shall be reconciled, and appealing to the
Ruler of all for the rictilude of our intentions, we
implore those in authority to lirfen to tba vcise
of reason, of patriotism, and of justice.
The reading of th” address oecup ed about three
quarters of an hour, and was received with gene
ral favor. Among tbo reutiments of the audience
elicited by the readi'-g were groaus and hisses for
President Lincoln, Burnside and butler, cheers for
yallandighsm and McClellan, hisses for the eman
cipation proclamation, prolonged and hearty
cheers for peace, groans for mi itary courts mar
tial of citizens and cheers for tbe proposition for
a convention to take preliminary steps to secure
peace The groans and hisses lor the President,
and the cheers for Yallandignam and peso, were
specially vigorous. ■
Latest from Buroiie,
The steamship Africa, with and ites from Liver
pool up to the 31*t ult., tour cays late* - , arrived
at Halifax on the yth inst. Her news is inteieat
ing, and we give a summary of it:
The Paris correrpcndent of the London Herald,
writing on May 29tb, says that Mr. Mason’s pre
sence in Paris has strengthened th ■ report of the
aiproacbing recognition ol the Southern Con
federacy. The great stumbling block continues
to be the stubbornness of a portion of the British
Cabinet. The general impression ia that France
will take the lead in the recognition of the South,
and h - rest of Europe will not be slow to follow.
The Paris corres; oadeuce of tbe London Morn
ing Post uGo reports that fresh efforts aie being
mule by Messrs. Mason and Slidell to obtain
irom tbe Europesn Goveruuu nts the recognition
of the Southern Confederacy
Tbe Loudon Arm/ and Navy Gizitt’ looks
during the early part of Jane for a most remark
abl3 series of operations in various parts of
America, on which will depend the summer cim
paigu. lisavs:
Let no man believe that we are near the end of
the war, so lar as *he Nerth is concerned. There
re signs, however, that a civil cot fi ct may at
any time break out within the holders of either
or both belligerents.
The Liverpool f’ost gives prominence to the
following on ihj receipt of tbe Australasian’s
news :
Vicksburg has fallen. The Mississippi is open
from its mouth to its source. Tbe Federal cause
has triumphed. There can now be no doubt that
Gen. Grant has seiz ;d the key of peace that is
bung up in the fortress at Vicksburg. Now is the
time lor mediation. Instead of indulging in the
idea cf sympathy or in vain hepes of the war con
tinuing, every one who wishe i well to England
and to the world at large, shoo'd promptly unite
in au appeal to Lord Palmerston, req n stiog him
notto lose a moment in proposing terms not inju
rious to the South, yet acceptable tithe Nirth
This important news having only air v.d when
we were going to press, we have only time to ex
press the hope and praye: that at las. we arson
the eve of peace between the Norih arid South.
The London Globe, of May 81, rein irks that tbe
Federal commanders in the valley of the Lower
Mississippi seem at length to h ive found tbo r ght
road to Vicksburg, and, Irom their general uera
tions at some other points, they seem to be itrtent.
ou solidly secuiing what, when the war ends, may
be called lines of frontier. The character ol the
military onerations leads to the supposition that
tbe recognition cf Southern independence is not
excluded from the meditations of the statesmen at
Washington, and that they are preparim, for the
inevitable day.
On the 29th of May Mr. Roebuck gave notice
that on an early day he should move that an ad
dress be presented to the Grown, praying that her
Majesty would cause negotiations to 1m entered
into wilh European powers with a v ow to the re
cognition of the Confederate States.
Lord R. Montague gave notice that he would
move an amendment to this.
A public meeting was to be held in Liverpool
on the 3d of Jane to pay a tribute to tbe memory
of Stonewall Jackson.
Tbe ships Dorcas I'riuce and Union Jack, from
New York for Shanghae, tbeßea Turk, irom Bos
ton for San Francisco, and the Nye, (a whaler)
had bsen captured by the Alabama.
The London Times’s city ai ac e save: Thus
far there is not the'slightest symptom of willing
ness to c ose tbe war id America, and tho e op
this side who are calculating on the proba ie ef
fects of a conscijtion and financial collapse may
perhaps find that these agencies, so far from
bringing about a settlement, will simply lead to
an ken ase of anarchy, and, larther, adismemb-r
--ment of the c lontry, which will bring it to a con
dition in which the txiatenceof any central au
thority capable of making a treaty of*peace or of
enforcing it when made, wilt be even more Conbt
ful than at pre eut. Aet to its being the true poli—
-1 cy of England to reeognizr t mT-itt(i ! psut!encJ of
the Boaib,' we era not recognize t at which does
not tx'st. The Bonth is no ; yet independent,
thougti apparently she is r: picly achieving in
dependence. Hopeless as the prospsc'& ol the
North may be, we have no r ght io place in its
way any fictitious coause of encouragement. If
friendly remonstrances or (>ersonal sacrifice
could be of avail, it would he incumbent upon
us to use every effort; but we know each step
of that kind ou cur part wonlo but inerecsr the
mischief. France, .Spain, or Kustia night com
mand our good will in the attempt, but just to
the extent that we might joiu it should we les
sen the prospt cSs of its success.
English adviess from St. Thomas to tlie4lh of
May state that seven Federal vessels of wa: were
then lying in that harbor, composing tbe squad
ron of Wilkes, who evidently intended making
St. Thomas the centra of operations in the West
Indies, rcgirdless ©t the fact that St. Thomas is
in possession of a Danish crcwn.
Much discontent prevailed on the subject.—
The colonial Government were much embarras
sed by the extraordinary acis ot Wilkes, and it
was expected the Danish Governmstit wcuM im
mediately remonstrate with' tbe Federal Govern
ment against the aggression of their officer.
Mr. Mason had reached Baris, and reported
bn h s mission to the French Government.
The correspondence between the Brazilian Min
ister at London and Earl Russell terminated in
the rupture of official relations. Tbe Brazilian
Minister demanded and received lira passports.
The exports of Great Bitkin for ihe rnou.h of
April amounted to Ji11,897,000
The reb“l loan closed in London at 1% t®
discounted on May 80th.
The war- in Boland continued. The insurgents
defeated the Russians jn a severe battle, and
were again themselves defeated in another en
gagment.
T. e telegranh wire communicating between the
Crimea a> and Turkey had been cut by order of the
Russian Government, and the Turkish Cabinet
Usd protes ed against the act.
Cnriso's closed in London on Hay 30t'n at 93%
95% for money. After official hours there was
u d.mand at 93%. The Liverpool cotton maiket
was quiet, wtih prices look my rather downward,
ou the 30th of May. Biovia'ons were flat, and
breadstuff's quiet but steady, on the same day.
Yankee Ueuerat* at Vicksburg.
T’.a following is a list of the Abolition Gener
als of Grant’s Yankee army:
Major General Ulysses 8. Grant, Commander
in Chief.
Cos ps Commanders. Thirteenth Corps : Ma
jor General John A. McClemaud; Fifteenth
Corps, Major General W. Tecumseh Sherman ;
Seventeenth Corps, Major General Janus B. Mc-
Pherson.
Divi-ion Commanders. Third Division, Major
General John A. Logan; Fifth Divsi< n, Major
General Frtderick Steele ; Ninth Division, Briga
dier General Beter J. Osterbaus ; Twelfth Divis
ion, Brigadier General Ihin P. Hovey ; Four
teenth Division, Brigadier General Eugene A.
Cary, , Brigadier General Marcelius
M. Crock r.
Br’gade Commanders. BrigadDr Gens. George
W. Dodge (acting outside rheiines), Eliasß. Den
nis, Michael K. Lawler, Jthn Eugeue Smith, W.
P. Benton, .Stephen G. Burbrii'g- ; Acting Briga
dier Generals, Geo. P. Boomer,Baaiuti A. Holmes,
Benjamin H. GriersoD, (cavaliy raid), Wm.
Stone.
Proclamation to the People of Mississippi—
Vcu are now able to estimate tbe cons-qaences
which will surely follow, should ths enemy uc
ceed in his efforts to obtain posseesion of the
State. You are sufficiently apprised of the for
midable nature of the enemy’s preparations. It
is in your power at this important j incture to
strengthen the army which stands between you
and total subjugation, by promptly com "g to its
a sißtance. We appeal to ycu to ral.y to that
army which is to fight the battle on which your
liberti > s, your homes and property depend, and
thus give to cur soldiers the assarancj that they
fight lor a people worthy ot their protection. We
call upon yra to make one united and determined
effort to save your ecnotry irom tbe horrors otan
invasion which threatens everything we hold
dear. Organ ze yourselves into companies of lo '
fantry, mounted or otbenviae, of not less than
forty rank and file, to serve for three months, find
repoit to Gen. Johnston. You wll l be efficiently
armed. John J Pettits,
Jackson, May 27, 1863. Jos. E. Johnston.
The revenues of LincolncDm boS er largeljff tt*
complained, from the shit* and pj ja : erD JJ
which the raws aasigsrag exc 8_ j , ct rl>?
taxes are evaded. . The buaraess y.
sttmps cf cli kinds, u fargeiy carried
receiving them tor sale an Jo *. l lhK b :S .
on in the chief cit. - „ b , e y cot
Government *f“ ‘tey enjoyed
raegtonM and benefits »f tne Union at the ex
penra Os the South. They have now an opporta
nitr of proving to the world to at they are bOie and
willing both to pay /of »nd tight for tLeir beat
Government.
VOL. LXXVII.-—NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. NO. 25.
,u ® Cavalry Fight at Culpeper, Va.
[ kxwa.ts from pr ivate lettirs received in this city ]
Culpeper Cor; , fouss, 1
_ June 10 h, 163.
Dear. ——.. Gen. S uar had a 0 nerate cav
alry hgnt yesterday. Jim lan on was a.i'a
wounded, but slightly. Hi» company fed ihe
charge. He was knocked from I; .- bor e twinn.
lie was etruck upon the heau with a sabre, but
his head was not cut. His horse stepped » th one
loot npon his breast, bruis-d him, but did n se
nous inj ury, and then a Yenkee horse fell upon
“ !m - was brought into Culpsper with the
wounded, and I found him and put him iu my
bed. To-day he is all right and riaing about town
on h s horse.
Hia«company had eight men wounded. Eve
received a slight scratch on the head ; Joe Winn,
of the Richmond Hussars, was shot through the
shoulder—not serious.
The Cobb Legiou lost fifty men killed, wounded
and missing—five killed, twenty five wounded aid.
twenty missing.
Jim Clanton, with two or three others, were
reported to Gen. Hampton in Col. Youn ’s of
ficial report, for gallantry on tbe field. This
morning Jim was noticed by the whole regiment,
and BpWken of by every one as making the most
gallant charged' the day.
Gen. Stuart had about 8,000 cavalry on tbe
field, and they say the Yankees outnumbered
him. We drove them back across the river and
took about 50) prisoners. The largest cavalry
fight Stuart has ever had. T.
Culpeper Court Howe, I
Jus- 10th, 1863 f
Dear M. I expect b,- fore this riac.esytu,
you wjl have heard es our cavalry fight at Braa
dv Station. It wag one of the largest cavalry
fights we have ever hqd or ever wifi have
again.
■Yesterday morning some of the men woke me
up and told me thtre was very heavy skirmishing
in front. I listened, and sure enough, we couiu
hear the firing very easy. Wo wer then order
ed to saddle up and hold outseives m readiness
to march at a moment’s notice. About half-past
five in the morning we left camp and went to the
field of action, and we staved all day. We
diemouot thirty or forty ot cur men to act as
skirmishers and sharpshooter -. There were a
good many riiinounted from ihe other regi nents
They then advanced in the woods and drove the*
Yankee cavalry and infantry b>.ck a good dis
taoce; when thev wero in turn driven back aud
charged by the Yankee cavalry, who captured a
good many of them.
Just then we heard artillery firing in our r»ar.
Cobb’s Legion was theu ordered there to charge
the battery of artillery, but when we got there
we found that some ot the Virginia cavalry had
taken it. So we were ordered to char: e the cav
ajry which were then approaching. Cobb’s Le
grou, suppsr < and by the In South Carolina, charged
ihe 3i New York, the Ist Maryland, ad aR. <,u
eylvania regiment, (all cavalry) and ctmpieitiy
routed them, killing a good many, and taking a
good many prisoners. But we suffered severely
I was i it on the head, and knocked (ff my
horse; a V . kee horse fell on me, and mine st-p
ped or 1 east; but I succeeded iu getting on
him , nd continued the charge. I had not
g i I was knocked off'again, but again
Bi'.o.er-c . i mounting my herse.
My comp: y had eight men wounded, besides
myself. We also bad five or six horses kitted.
But the men caught Yankee horses and mount
ed themsoives ogaiu.
Tbe amount or losses in the Legion is as fol
lowa : Killed 5 ; wounded 25 ; missing 20 ; and 25
or 30 ho sea kii.ed. But the most of our a.en that
were dismounted got Yankee horses.
I was hurt so bad that 1 had to Dave the field.
It tcok two men to hold me on my horse. I came
is ‘ar as this place and stopped at ihe hotel. 1
then went to a private house. I was aired that
soma of my ribs wero broken, but I cm glad jo
find they were not. I shall return to the Legion
as soon as I am abie to oo so, which I think will
be in a few days. Edge was very Blightly wound
ed oi the Huger with a sabre, hut nothing more.
I understand that wa are orderi and to cook six
days rations. 1 expect we will have tome bard
fighting soon.
None of the field and staff' vn-re hurt. Our
Adjutant hud bis horse rhot, nut he sncc.eded in
capturing another. C.
The Hanging of t.onfed.;ratk Espies. — cot
respondent ot the Atlanta Intelligencer says :
NaßhviHe papers contain the full pritic iais of
the execution o. Cot. Lawrence O Williams and
sis Adjutant, Lt. Walter G. Peter, whowerehung
as Confederate spies at ir -. .lio, Teria., on the
lOLI. Inst. Acc- rding to the report, it anpeare
rh t- Williams and Peter had er'««»-* ;ia«,
»nd had been rasps'** **g lueir ..avairy asi fortia
cations. About sunaown on tha evening of the
Bth, toey boldly rode into Franklin, and presented
themselves at the heudquarters of Col. Bsiiu, o
the 85th Indiana, who ii in command of that.
Post. Will ams assumed to be Col. Austin, and
Pet r, Major Dunlap, Inspector Generals of the
United States Army. They were dresieJ in Fede
ral uniform pants, with citizens’ overcoats, and
wore white flannel havelocks .over their caps
Tjiey represented they were on an expo ’ition in
specting the outposts and defences, r It eyex
hibited official papers from the War 0.,
at Washington, and from Rosen ia t, a<> pr. , -g
their rank and business. They stat<" hut o.j i>©
day previous they had been overhaul u by . •«
enemy and lust their coats an purse*, ai - k and
Coi- Baird for a loan ot lilty coda mil to y
leached Nashville, vrhere they sad t cy w-,.
going. Col. Baird at once cornpl ed, and ti-ok
Williams’ note for the amoant.
But a short time after they hi and ridden off,Band
suddenly suspected them, ana . r ered Cv . (Vi t
kins, with an orderly, to overtake .h-m at or e.',
which he did, before they ban pioceedrd a tti and
of a mile Irom town. Alter some remons-im.c
on account of the lateness of the bon , v.ey c: n
sentad to return. Williams, at the tme he wa*
halted, had his hand ou his pistol, witu ih inten
tion of killing Watkins and making bis escape;
but he suddenly recognized in Watkins an ola
friend, with whom he had served in the 2d U. 8.
Dragoons. This changed his purpose but fixed his
own fate.
They were both brought back, and put under
ariigt. Res.cruns was telegraphed, who replied
that he kmw nothing of any such men. They
were than both searched, and on drawing the
6wcrd of Peter from the ‘scabbard, there was
lound etched upon it, “ Lieut. W. G. Peter, C S.
A.” Upon ihis discovery Baird remarked, “Gen
ttemen, you have piayed this d—d well.” “ Yes,”
said Peter, “ and it came near being a perfect
success.” Upon this they confessed the whole
matter.
Ktzencrans was again telegraphed, who order
ed them to be tried by a drpm head court martial,
and if fouud guilty, to bang th in immediately.
There was no delay, and both were hung to a
wild cherry tree the next morning at bait past
nine 1
Col. Williams was born in Virginia, and was
about 30 years of aga. He was a son oi Captain
WiU ams of the Engineer corps, who leil at Mon
terey, M« xico, andT was a firat cousin ot General
Robert E Lee. His brothers a graduate of West
Point, and ts now in the Abolition army, on ihe
the staff of McClelland. Col. Williams had re
ceived a cit zen’s appointment in the U. 8. Army,
and on the breaking out ot the revo ution was tbe
private Secrete, y ot Gen. BA)tt, being onl is Muff
He at once rts gned, but being privy to Heot.’s
plans for tbe campaign, he was stnt to Governor’s
island, where fie rema ned tbiee monlbs. and a
- came South and joined the Contede.,l
- He served for a lime in Virginia will.
Gen. Lee, and atterwards on the staff cf Genera:
Polk at Belmont.
While at Columbus, Ky., he ran a Bentinel
through the body with his sword, because the
soldier refused to salote him killing him ins ant
ly. In the Kentucky campaign be was pat in
command of Gen. Bragg’s escort, and at ihe time
of his caplure he was serving with Gen. Wheeler
as Inspector General of cavalry.
The event has created quite a sensetion in onr
army. It wes certainly a most rath and daring
expedition—perfectly reckless aud rnoct incon
siderate, and asrurned, 1 understand, entirely on
his own res'- mobility.
in k<iut<laiiu.
The N.v _.z Courier, of June stb, says : Gen.
Taylor and hia r c s, irom all accounts, made a
pretty clean tb og f the attack on Camp Per
kins last Sunday. There were over 2,000 Federal
troops in that Eamp, a part of the investment of
Vicksburg, and placed there as a guard to the
outlet of the maiu army from Grand Gulf to i-lil
liken’s Bend The attack of Genera! Taylor was
sh;-rt and decisive. According to the accoun s
from all sides, a f-w Federals escaped to a-gun
boat which wa, riding at anchor a short dr.fence
dff'- tbe moat, however, were either iil-eo,
C “ ’ j j „ .tnred There are a genes of
wounded or capturea. * j rjuif and
Federal camps, commenoiog at Grand Dull ana
ext nd ng to Lake Providence-thaa forming a
ha f rircS in front of V.okslrarg ra the Louisiana
efrisbes of Madison and Carrol!. For eome time
ft wa* through this channel that General Grant
ob'aiaed a portion of his supplies, and cn this
route he marched most of his giant army to toe
case of operations (gainst Vicksburg, ! ceded at
Grand Gulf. With Gen. Taylor on the L ;u’siana
side and Gen. Johnston on Mississippi hiila, we
fancy Gen. Grant’s position and sieg“ w ‘ prov»
anything but pleasant and profitable Tho Fd
erals may yet be aroused from t e r Bnciei atcu
ri’-y to find their own Eupp’ es danger perhaps
entirety cut off, and the Col derates, instead of
being starved out, subsisting sump'-uabsly ou
their rations. Such things have happened, and
may again. .At all events the march of Taylor
and his brave troops has con .ced, u: th< re
is no telling where they may penetrate into the
enemy’s formidable line.
The Winchester Bulletin is about to be rems red
to Shelbyville.
Fioiu Virginia.
Richmond was considerably move’ on Friday
by rumors oi the advance ot the Yankees by way
of James rivir and the Peninsula. It was said
that gunboats and transports, in large numbers,
were at Windsor Shades, on the Chickahotniny,
end Harrison’s landing, on James river, one and
al' carrying countless pontoons.
We a- satisfied that the history of the origin
of thes e . amors can be briefly told. On Thurs
day morning two gunboats and three or four
transport , the latter loaded with troops, came
tip the James to the mouth of the Chickahominy,
and, after lying to awhile, went back down the
river to Jamestown Island. Since then they have
nut been beard from, that we can learn. Some
time during the day, Thursday, a body of Yan
kee infantry, 1,51)0 strong, advanced from Wil
liamsburg to Dtauound br.dge, thirty-five miles
east of Richmond, when they were met by a regi.
rnent of our troeps under Colonel Tabb. A brief
sk rmish ensued, which was terminated by the
, enemy’s falling back. We have learned noiie of
the particulars of this fight.
Information received by way of Petersburg is
to the effect that two gunboats and five transports,
the latter supposed to contain troops, came up
James river only as far us Hog Islund, a planta
tion diagonally opposite and below Jamestown ;
and that the gdnboats shelled extensively the
woods and river banks in that vicmi'y. James
town is fifty m.les from the city by laad and per
haps eighty by the course of the Jami a river.
There are many opinions expressed as to the
designs of the enemy in this d< inoos’r-uon Some
say that a boaa fide attack on Kichmon is tbout
to be made. Others think the demonstration sim
ply a diversion to embarrass onr operations in
Northern Virginia. Olliers again think the Yan
kees are on y making a mi and ou alaigeec il , to
destroy the c ops aud dev.utate the piumutions
in the rich valley of the lower James.
It is pr< p r to add, that some scouts report that
ten thousaud Yankees were lauded at ihe mouth
of the Chickahominy on Thur-day. Wo do not
credit the report.
The particu.urs which have re cb and us of he
affair of Tu a ay las!, in Culp-per eoun y,
lend to co..firm ihe reports received As has
already been amted, the passage of me Raopa
bannock was effected by the eueiny at loros not
picketed by cur troop , and couseqdently without
inter idvrco or interruption. B ioie our pickets
cou.d ce iDusieste with the- camps to enable our
troops tu prepare for au attack, ths force of the
ci. my, lsrgeiy superior in number, was precipi
tated upon them, aud it wai only by ham fighting
that vic’ory was wresteu from the hold aud de
termined lor.
Our loss in tbe engagement, it is believed by
those wi o have favori.ule opportunitns for know
ing, wi 1 not fall for short ol 600. This includes
the tnure loss, killed, wounded, and missing.—-
The loss of tbe enemy, 1: is sad, excu os our
own. There ia little ti fl'ei tncu on eitheir side m
the number of horses tak u
We bad no Colonels kli cc?pt Cols. Wil
liams and i'ampten. . 1 \ ‘■o wav at first
reported atnoig ti; s.'u n, was not 1 jared
I’. W. A., cor • louiient ol ihe Savuir oh Re-:
publ.can, give* th ' following liO f ihe fight
A considerable force had been detached to pick
et the river, and . especially to keep guard at the
numerous fords above and below toe railroad
crossing. This line cf pickets extended from
Fredericksburg below to a point above Beverley’s
ford. The pram body of the forces engaged iu
the battle WU3 encamped just in Iront of Brandy
Station.
Very early in the morning the enemy’s cavalry
crossed in considerable force at Bavcrley’s ford,
three miles above tbe railroad, surprised nnd
drove in the pickets and rtachtd the hill this side,
where a battery had been posted to def- nd the
crossing, almost ns soon as the pickets. Tne ar
tillerists sprang from their blankets and fought
their pieces in tho r shirts, ucd finally succeeded
>n driving the enemy hack b< yoad the river. The
force surprised at the ford were two, or parts of
two regiments of Gen. Jones’ brigade. The ene
my bad crossed at other fords, however, ann soon
appeared in nea**y force all along our line, which
extended across the Beverley’s ford road and
struck the railroad obliquely. Meanwhile, a cou
rier arrived wi'-h intelligence that a torse estima
ted ai 3,000 sabres was advancing on the extreme
right in the direction of Stevensburg and Cul
peper. The Second South Caroline, Col. Butler,
beirg in reserve, wag hrdered to proceed imme
: diately to Sieveusburg and check the advance ot
this column. He obeyed the erder and engaged
the enemy, but found him too strong to arrest his
march ; when the Fourth V rginia, Col. VVick
ham, wap. sent to hiß assistance. Our numbers
wero still too small, and wera compelled to retire
to a point this side of Stevensburg. Upon reaching
! the heights of Stevenrbnrg, which is five miles
Fast from Offfpsqrer \ lin j n _
fantry force advancing to the support ot our
cavalry, and taatily withdrew.
Ti e enemy advanced against Stevecsburg in
tbiee columns, and marched through tho woods
and across tn* roads leading to the fords on ibe
river. In thin way they were enabled to avoid
cur river picxctp, and reached tbe vicinity of
Sli.veD-burg without being discovered. In one
pinto, it is repor.ee, toey Jug down tbe banks
and made a .. rd, ar and thence proceeded through
the woods and fi -ids. w'r icb, strangely enough,
wore not picketed ul all, our videttee beiDg posted
only along the roa s
Roturniug to Bra- ay Station, we find Stuart
’"'ly ene tged in front by a mixed force of caval
ry. ofa -ry and ariillery. Whrie thus occupied,
p. r :• r airy, p.ob.bly a part of lbs force
bio.. bad i- bed Stevensburg, moved up tha
M. rtte loci, uom Kelly's ford, dashed up to
B andj ateii .j in our rear, drove off too force,
cavalry an-J artliiery, posted on the hill behind
"Mauri's po'.i.ion, and which had been occupied
by h’s h“u-.quarters, and mude a vigorous assault
upon hia rear. Thus our line wus assailed Mmul
t .iieoc iy in the front and in the rear. General
Ham rtcu, two of whose regiments wereon duty
e sewhere, was ordered to tail buck aad dißpateh
a portion of big command immediately to Bran
ny Sta ion. The order wag obeyed, and Cobb’s
Leg'o , Col. Young, i.nd the First South Caroli
na, Col. Black, were sent in the direction of the
Station. In executing tbisynovement, they had
to charge back oTer the hill whirh the enemy had
seized, and from which they were swept like chess
by the gallant Georgians and Caroliniaiiß. Mean
while, Geo. Hampton, with tbe First North Carc
li”a, Col. B.iktr, and the Jeff. Davis Uegioo, Lt.
Col. Waring, wheeled to the left and Croat ed the
ra lroad, with a view to attack the enemy on hlg
ll ink, while Young aud Black arsuiled him ra
front. But umortunatety, juat us Gen. Hampton
crested the railroad, our batteries mista' ing him,
opened upon him from the hi.!, which they bad
re-occupitd, and thus subjected nim to a douoie
tire o! artillery ana cavalry. Thi3 mistake chock
ed Hampton momentarily, and in a measure
spoiled his charge. The men maintained their
position, howtvtr, with composure, until tho bat
teries discovered thtir <rr r, when they dashed
fi rward and dispersed the ea< my. Th* fedtrals
no more appeared on our right, and a*, lust lth
drow across tho river, but tor the contretemps
alufecto, a large portion o’ theioioe engaged
in toe i.ssnult i p..-n our rear would have been cut
off b Hampton aod captured
This waa the la-geet m .-ting of cavalry, as
cavalry, that has occurred since the war began.
The enemy had the advantage in -he attack, and
the Couiederatea in the figntmg. The cavalry ot
ihe formtr were repulsed, but their rarantry sap
per's enabled tbtm to retire about mnse. across
the riv.r, in good order and at their ple.aure,
when Gea. Btuai t proceeded to rt-tßtanlißh his
p cket imes as be ure.
It is bti-e-'td ~rai wa encountered tbe entire
fores of tho Federal cavalry in this engagement.
Bu what was me object ot l .eir aioiem-u; I
Wus rt the bt-ginniii.; ot another r-id, or a r.con
n nancs in lorce o ascertain whether General
Le bad moved bis army to this place, ora oc
a.onsiralion to cover Hooker's evacuation of bis
can p belore Fredericksburg, and the march or
his oru.y towards .lianas-- *s, or a shrewd ma
ce ivre to catch Smart? The tea er can and cide
ot h tm-*l, i.iQogi lam inclm- r lavor me last
aa tie true obj- a ot 100. iu. .n*, as otter Also
ths entmy.wuul hurr y hr! .d'. red icross
tie roads and . .uga .fi-. - -«b u did.-
The correspond.-..', .v me a . UomuJeracy
assumes that Lee w :.s uppr isr iof h:s movement
of the enemy, and tn.it our <avuHy foice wus
placed at Brandy Station to intercept his r dvanoe.
It Bays:
Oar troops were on the spot at the right time
tor.ceive tlnm, and after a sangu.riary bult.e
that continued all day, Btuart s cavalry pursued
them to the river’s edge and sent them flying
across.
Now, it is a positive fact that, except General
Lee, no person in Richmond or out of it, knew
anything about tbij* cunning Sank movement of
Hnokei’s. Some believed be bad gone to Alex
andria; others supposed he wu3 moving in tbe
direction of Manaeaus; white the recent crossing
at Fredericksburg canfirj ed every one in Rich
mond, that the \ankte leader was concealed be
hind the hilis of Stafford, ready to follow his ad
vance to has old battle ground, fa the meantime
Genet al Leo kept his own counsels, aou the result,
as a; rounced in his nitdest telegram of the 9lh,
has filled onr entire community, officia's and aii,
with no less surprise than admiration, ft this
rare faculty ol oivming the movements of an
enemy and keeping hia own counsels coes not
constitute the great secret of Napoleon s wo .der
tul stereos as a military leader, I have read ms
t- y te no purpose.
Ths Panola Dial says thut Uoi. Sleinmena’com
mand c.ptured a tug boat six miles below Austin,
I Austin is situated cm the Mississippi river, lorty
miles north of Panola] on Monday or Tuesday
evening of last week. Our loss was Capt. John
son kitted, and several wounded. Enemy’s loss
not know/.. The Captian and crew of the beat
and *SOoO ii money captured were broat to head
quarters.