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J, f ■ ■ ' . y. ;:v. s > '.<•- ‘.cij in the
I * twinty-r-vo cents n line
' ba dtliirty cents e
""iin a-1 Ft «tui. NoT-ciaone
f ' . , l;i p f _ j: Ke f or one
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b • ! ■ a in both Daily and
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• ■ there hts b • a nearly an
r >' v h.-ov ■n’ Cos. ! • der: ey in f.i-
T ■.■ i .'Mi: i tcf vr i ii-to the cne
ffiV- oeantry. To the mind cwi«meed by the ex-
I* > • ’ ' ■’ the p.i t, t ; ii the only uveuue
to : I r in ir-’ we have brave
ly b ■ I'.-.U I 'h : he invader, ccnlintrg
y« policy, partly
' • i «f v \t llm umli-tl hostility of
th-: / t tv ... : tv! also t:> eon
v v ■ w. 11 ~ly htqia
la ••• 'I '-tie-, i.nd not inv: so-n nrut
corqtie . I- - . .:i U . n&od point wo looked tor
tho : i .el .it <,f the world, and hoped for
■ Speody sign sos relumin'' reason among those
W ‘i > - to war for a mere idea. We
>'V • ' ‘ i ■•’. >i' i fi rliil In* in rr.any
n. . :e'oily i rr.Vfd onr obili
-1 ; o 1 ' ■•on to re- iel all atl“top's at
etc c ■ mi ji ..'iot Hut what a ivuiitng?
ha . it "and ii ■t ie -n n, l.eyond tho mere
preservation of our integrity and cur homes?
; ,t i ; abi'en nothing o'
I" < «h • S I d". in i •:;•>, nor records the
ominous ha and '• g upon the wall. There is
' <• ' • i ' . t horizon. On the
t , h . it i t 'ii rn-rgy male mnro
<! : o I v t! ■ ■ ration of repeated ilis
c .i l ■ ; ’• innl'i:.l: Vs atrocities, and mocks
«t >’•■■ i* ■ :'< oft ~ •/ ...t w. are. Meanwhile,
rtt.ili:' ■ ■ ii'i. so! rtipino aid bloodshed,
. mrcss i.eJ terri
iffh iy, slowly, bat
; i ■ i; , ,any the attrition of
i ii "ii. It it the oil repealed
h ii ~ a I “c. ustaql drep
. ’ We . tan Ii i tbe ut
-1 l tio ; r: e : only, w! ile hie an
il : el : r.k s. Tho latter
•n oihutndo.i strerg h ;
/• -t the foo with hie own wenp
i .■ oonnter hits,
i«• II ■ b • vor lack of
iy ;,ilo t!\o enemy’s
i ■ V low and. l'.ren the
, ■ h. i ■ eitiior lacked
a'y to Micceßi folly
, ■ , |, - ' ■. . -vr a li'm foothold
t . . | t • ' ..f 1\ .an a and
; 1. iy c..i of hi-movement
• ■ !1 :0 be
! . ,i rp ; property of nil
<“ .!:te, and i übho
Stores, ere h*-. : o titans for
. , they look
f (n • i, -ibnli a of tho rod
USv , j;,,!..... \ , . > ot '• am ih-.t Deo
I ; r, . y. ,1 n .'..liar’s
w , ; ... . l a i : has til :en he has
j ,- t' : •. i . oil y. *• Ureon
b..i-fti’l ..on : • i mtl .i “three lor
y f ■ march of l."®
i in.,l ■ pa ad leer. Already
u „ . . •• • , m f, r on cll'eiisiye
ver tl ■s • era that
moat so by the tenified onlls ot
President and (iovornors for several bnadreda ol
p ~ j t t ■. c i.i n v;r bo ra sed,
, v ii th-.t the friend
a t !. :i t.e inclillcreiit
to"’ .1 r . ' k r Tin onpoort
ho First, whose
1., i .... h 1 ova hi :1; r I 'liling to
. . nco of
’ - c u at; ii t tlielr
~ ■ - > ■/ ,o’, the
~. ~.C " :,S ot POV
: jri : tl em in tho luce,
• ; . '. ir tv hi, and
n i r vr. Why? liecaaae
v ; . r * • Dictator for
• r •• ion of their ter
• i :■ • a i •nent of thein-
S lei end the
a, . ; « v .. i ... Confoi'eralo forces
W ! .. ' . . . ni Davis and his
• > Blent
v;u .".Hi i ad a in : : careful
w>- , ' o a •: id pr. b. b!) results.
V, ■ - ■ i -n ■ ( North cs a
mere t. .. - ’ i . jo., ioa i. dieted.
Th. ■ v. . . ■ M ‘ha , which time
vrii fov .ot. - td tl it the President
r." iV. Irv w previous to
f t Vail. fdn.i was
.. v. . n!, a.’.d h:a opin
io.: son; ii tv s, U'. s net much
_j, iv aid not bare been
.... ritfaiorabltf,
. i '■ ■, . hi aid i v vin : y have
. (t r our
own M'.w.i, iT.i - iT.Kj ; a extract from
am iu - d - ... a Erqiinr
several' -i • ivee tv itch y the “Ooppetbead’
'
i• i < t't •' 'i ■-. devoli and
*•(’, pyerhe ids” in he e, « y v.e know bow
tils , that they,©a t ■ 8 ,ar«no* ab nt ripe
to .1 u ' v- • ’■ :• >' |lt their
. I.' 10 and
1
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| ( ... ii vy. .. It, li .. on, but ce
■vefth what the
K.■ rv -. .• r r we &i eot profess
’
. ci in a More
r-. . t.y, . b • 5 thi aanonnesment of
L - oc: •. ci i’TA-'iy iraiia, tbe same paper
v' stile inten
p. r. r :i • country,
it - v it mdii'R the peace
• . ' . Teat p nco party
i, . v r . w been often
a . ■ . t-v c.' et the
t-. . , . < ii.icv in order to
t T> • aOBV.
' i . • . . iS; p that Gen.
1.. t Hi •. y's r-'-intry,
i . v - - vol v :c? aad siood
will to mitt. A • ’ stnoke ct l’eunsylvania
h id tht oogh
*v . sabre cf
ire to the shad
t-tt i urtlwg tales ct
\v ci and roi i, - ;t t--.e \ .*ry air seemed loaded
with eas vengetal l 1 it durate shoot—what a god-
V* Wl at a splendid argu
m -nt it. th L - r-erv ar : Wsat a glorious
r of Ohio l—
it Gen. Dee b:, indeed, now on march tor Fbila
delpbia, then Gen. L a is the diplcmatial for our
money.
* * If the fri“r;dly ae,ti''n of onr General in
fruataining and encoaruging the peace party shall
succeed to its full extent; if the beneficent panic
ue wild enough, and the greet Peace party be
prompt ;o 31* zi the ol v branch held out to
th m—in the manner we have attempted to de
scribe—in that c 8“ th i situation of Dictator
A bra* am Lincoln would not be wee from a certain
inquietude.
Tbe Enquirer bes more in the same strain, go
ing to show that the anti-war parly at the North
would be wiiiing to accept of Lie’s aid fa dpos
ing Lincoln from tbe throne. We new not how
much faith to put in its perspicacity, nor whether
may not have tome reason -ole baa s for its opin
ions. Wo will not enter into argument upon this
qeestion. One point (**.nd it ia au important one)
is made plain by t..<• following statements of the
well-informed correspondent of the Savannah
Republican, “P. W. A.,” —end that is, that what
ever Le i may do, be will not be in any danger of
b»ir.g ovi rwheimed by l c cne r.y, or of having
his retreat cut off, in case ha a .ould fail cf suc
cess in iiis present uwement. The letter is
■<* niton from Culpeper, and goe-, on to say :
I is uuderatood that there are not any Federal
troopr at ilarper’s Ferry or on the opposite side
of the Potomac iu Maryland, and that Ewell muy
march wheresoever he pleases for the present.
Should Lee his whole army tcross tbe Po
tomac, tiooker would fi id it nt'cesdary to move
bis also, sj cs to interpose it between the Cou
fc-deratm and the city ot Washington, and thus
civer tbe capital. You will remember how soli
citous ilr. Lincoln was last summer about the
sufety of the seat o. government, and how he
persisted, in the lace ct AlcCiellan’s frequent ap
peals for rainforc meots, in keepirg McDowell’s
corps at Fredericksburg. It is not probable that
the Presidential nerves have grown stronger stnet
that time, or that he has so fir rtccv rad fro i,
lug panic us to attempt any* fresh movement
against Richmond, at a lime when Lee’s lace is
turned towards the North.
Time you will see, if my reasoning is contc’,
how successfully Gen. Lee is mni ceavring Hook
er out of Virginia, an.t tram*let)ing the seat of
the war to the enemy’s country. The ivivaace of
one of his corps to this point made it neces ary
lor Hooker to throw a considerub e force up the
R ippahiinuock to dispute onr march towards
Wuehington, il sue!, should he our intention,
whilst tue inoveimntol Ewell into the Valley and
in the directum o; Murylund, w U call for a cor
responding counter in ve.nent of the Federal
commande*. Meanwhile, Leo Jolt a sufficient
lotco fit Fredericksburg to prevent an advance
from that point upon Richmond, and at the same
t iinj has he'd this position ipt t.'olpeper until ail
dn: g.*r of an attempt hy the en* my to penetrate
i u • centre and thus throw hiiuscit betivefn the
right and left wings of tbe army, has passed. Il
was a masterly muiuutvi'u eu the part cf our
groat chieftain
L was slated in a recent let < r that an c tlicial
order ot Geo. I, e’s setting forth tli.i plan of lust
year’s campaign in Maryland, win inadvertently
dropped by Ur.ii. D. H. lull rnuir 1! onshore Gap,
mid Unit it wss lound and carried t" McClellan. —
I have since learned that the paper was picked
up neur Frederick uud on ihssd. it the town,
which gave McUiellsn ample lime and opportuni
ty to prepare to fru wate our pi is thua unfortu
nately dnclosed to bun. It is said lie was much
pleased woeti tbe pup r was handed to him, and
Unit he remurked : “If I do uot catch these geu
tlemen now, 1 am not lit loi g r to command this
army.” He did not catch the “ gentlemen,” and
llurefore he stands condemned uy hts owa vol
untary judgment.
—
Tits Seanoii ol KAlds.
Already have tbe thru atem and raids of tbe Yen
kees commenced, and on no insignificant scale.
VVe were usnirtd by the i eif confident loe that,
oh soon as tbe harvests were ripe, our country
was it be overrun with gangs of Federal cavalry,
amounting in tbe aggregate to ItO.OOO men. —
Fortunately, the masterly movement of Geo. Lee,
utd the emergency at Vicksburg, will give a large
ii.: j .ity of these worthies “oilier fi di to fry.”
Still, numerous bodier. will remain to carry on '.lie
work of plunder and destruction, togor lo follow
the lead of Grierson and Sirait, to glut their
greed with spoils, and w n the plaudits of the ap
ptoving Ncftlh. That they are by uo means in
active, e7en now, we ure advised by their recent
dash into Lower Tennessee.
We perce.ve, with great satisfaction, that their
bees have not tullen in such p'easant pi .ce as those
of their predecessors. Their path lu? not been
smooth, but beset with obstacles which perhaps
they did not anticipate. Tho Tennessee raiders
have retired discomfited before our victorious
troops, without accomplishing any very serious
damage. Oar people are awake to tbe necessi
ties and the dangers of the war. Os this we l ave
hud gratifying proof on several occasions, where
the enemy have threatened There is hardly a
county that has not an organizition for home de
fense. Iu some, this organizat.on includes sever
al thousands of troops. We pr. sume that the
number tLus obtained iu Georgia, Tennessee,
South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi is lai gely
in excess of fifty thousand. 'I his is well. They
wili bo found serviceable at the proper time. The
Yankees will never again cut a atraight swath
through tiny of those States. They will find
themselves confronted at every point by armed
and wcil drilled men, ready to defend their homes
and to “give the djvil his due.” But somethings
remain to bo done to pcrlVc\our system, aad per
haps t’ ero are no suggestions more timely or
worthy of adoption than tbe following from the
Richmond Whigi There can be no doubt ot the ef
ficiency of the plan proposed to save vast amounts
ot properly aud to protect many localities from
the raidH of the euenty. They cannot be acted up
on too soon. The Whig remarks :
Yankee raids will have two ol jscls: 1. To cut
our i nes of communication ; 2 To c .rrycff or
destroy our property. As it u impossible to fore
see witete a raid may coma in, it will be impossi
ble to provide a drilled lorce to rtsist t at every
point. Oar object must be iwo-fold. 1. To euard
bridges aad public siorcs; 2. To remove from the
line ot a raid families, slaves, stores, ami provi
s.ons, or other property liable to dis ruetiou. For
this object the lollowiog plan is proposed :
1. The couutry courts of the border
counties subject to prednt -ry invasion should ap
poiut an officer or committee, whose duty it
s ould be to examiae tbe quar.er liable to raids,
aud adopt a system ol plain sisuals, adapted to
the character ot the couuiry, preferring “beecon
fires’’ or smoke, where the poiut* ol view are
sufficiently cousp ceons, and providing adtquale
notice to “Raise the Country” upon the earliest
information of a raid.
2. The Courts should nppoint a commander
wuu a company of thirty men, in etch magisterial
district, whose duty it should b - first ,to examine
the rouds and points capable of ea:y obstruction,
and secondly upen notice ot a rata to block and
obsiruct tbe roads iu every mi aror prsjible.
8 Upon notice of a tutd, thus spread tbrough
ou . the country, th citizens should first remove
their familes, horses, erttfe and provisions from
the line of lbs raid. The force intended for the
protection ot public buildings, stores, bii.iges,
Ac., should at once repair to their pos’s of de
fence.
-1 The roads throughout the whole counter
havii g been thus obstructed, the oitixeus should
turn out to embarrass the enemy, aud inc ease
the chances of capture upon their retreat.
Y. is plan is recommended as easy of execution
—t king the people but little Irom their crops
enabling every 01 e to do something, and, in the
end, tending ta defeat and eapiure or destroy the
enemy. To relv alone on ihu orgftb’Zitiou o'
Guards lor resistance, must expute us to much
uauqt-r. Mounted men cm east'y avid small
c.'-,.,p..n;es of in'antry. if the roads are open, but
i. i_e roads are obstructed, the delay occasioned
wi 1 be of great use, snd the Home Guards can
“tore damage than ia any other W3y.
Let the two system be combined.
Another suggestion worthy of thought is—to
const.tic. p:.s 'n which to deposit gram, to con
ceal it from the for. This plan is in vogue in
some parts cf Europe dunog war, and e aß re
sorted to in this country ic the war ot the Revo
lution. On the great 1’ sins cf the Ear West
where the trappers and traders vre coEstaniiy ex
posed to the attacks cf precatory indues Simon
pure raiders—it has 1 ng been the practice to
provisions end valuables for security. Af
ter the goeds are proper y deposited ia pits dug
for the purpose, the surface is restored as far a
possible to its original appecranc?, after which
is customary to baild a fire OTer the spot, as
though parties Lad esmped there, or to drive wa
gons or a “cavay-rd” of horses and moles ever,
thus obliterating ail traces cf the spade, pick, or
knife. Taese caeAes ere seldom discovered, ex
cept by the rightful owner; and if Indians can’t
find them, we don't think the Yankees would be
likely to, if such were made here.
AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1863.
Our Army Corresp ndenco.
arzcuL coxrxsposi isce of tux emio '* * . bextiset,.
f’cEs’s Ga. Lector, I
Brandy Station. June 12. )
Mr. Editor: As we are at present in.ulgingii
the monuiony of canipiif“, aitbo igh being uadtr
ordeis to move at a UK-menis noli e. hav'ug sou
days rations c joked, I propose to give the readers
of your valuable and interesting journal, a bri f
detail of tbe transactions of our “Legion ” in tbe
fight of the 9*.h instant, having the boner to
be a partic pact. On the morning ol the
9.h instant, about five o’clock, we were arous
ed irom onr slumbers by the rattle of small
arms aid the booming of imavy grn3. The
sound of the bugle was soon cerioiag through
our cviDpr, waru.eg us to prep-*- e !<>r cotr.’ng
events. We wsre not long getting ready, being
soon in the saddle, and drawn up in line. Five
minnUa bad not elapsed, before the command
" forward, march,” was given. Fioceedmg in
tne direction of R-ppahannoci river, we readily
came in sight of the enemy’s positio", be having
s lecled a thickly timbered piece of iaad tor his
operations, which prevented us from discovering
his numbers Skirmisher* were immediately
sent forward from Captains Rich’s and jxiug’s
companies, al.-,o ti and iiachiaeut from one ot the
South Carolina regiments, wiib ms rucrions to
dislodge tbe iwa, .1 powubla. Firing scone rn
i enced between th : oppos ng pariiot:; .our skir
mishers succeeded-in driving tbe enemy into the
interior of the woods; when the henai ns were
rciufoiced. Their* c »valry charged our brnra
little band of skirmishers ; tht ir number be.ng
much greater thin curs compelled ua to retire,
which we did in peifect order, wheeling and fir
ing upon tho advancing toe. Our boys were dig
covered emerging from the woods, pursue 1 by
the Yacks, iho “Jiff. Divs: L being
nearest the enemy, were ordered m charge him,
which they did succ*.sifuliy, rou iog th, u my
completely. Our toys were again ordered o r..-
occupy their tormer position, which was. in uo
expansive field. The vandals then sent forward a
large b ay if iniunlry siiir.ijishers. aptum
Young’s company was aiicrcj t*> dismcnnl, to
gelher wilt a deiaobm ut :>• in* the • .1- Il I)ui i..
Legion ”t« eocounler -.t e ~<!v . • fo** It was
not long, however, bolore ’.he i>;jnosi: g purt-es
became engaged in dcadiy co; tl ot. W nib- thus .
engaged, the enemy ware rejiic u-o m oar rear.
Leaving our tk rmmherS snppoitrd hyoaeiegi
meat to hold the Yaaks in check, our “Leg on ”
wan ordered to left about to meet lbe advancing
column of the enemy which was threatening onr
rear. The move on our part w. s immediately
executed, then the command “gallop, march,” was
given with instructions Ircin our brave and gallant
general (Hampton) to charge them regardless of
numbers. Proceeding through bogs, over ditches
and fences lor two mUts, we came' in sight of the
advancing column of the enemy. There being
one company already detached from our “Li
gnin,” betides a number wounded in skirmishing,
ri duced cur command considerably, neveitheless,
it did not weaken our determination or expecta
tions. Onward our impetuous steeds dashed,
until at length we came w ithin pistol shot of the
hessians, who were pushing forward with alacrity
in order to take posit Baton of one ot onr batteries
which was plant'd near (fen. Stuart’s headquart
ers, and poutiug destruction into the enemy’s
ranks. Thev bad succeeded in giltiug within
twenty puces of Gen. Stuart’s headquarters when
Cobb’s Legion got into positiou. the c jaimand
‘chaigs’cmanuled fremthebps ofcuv gallant col
onel (Young) who was in (rout; every countenance
lluabtd with “victory or deatc,” we dashed upon,
the infuriated hessians with and wn sucres (while
they used the pistol chiefly) wi.h such impetu
osity that led the Yanks to helieive that the rebels
intended to wound their feelings; there was
weep ug and wailing and cratkir.g of Yankee
skulls. After ten minutes desperate lighting,
the enemy’s ranks became dismembered, then a
general stampede followed. They it it their dead
aid wou ded in our . ands (not very acceptable
gifts, X assure you) to be cared lor.
We captured five com missioned officers, among
them a Lieutenant Colonel and Major, ’i heir loss
was fifteen killtd and forty-five prisoners in this
engagement, while that of ours did not exc :--d
twelve.
There being a large : ody of tba enemy in our
front, onr officers considered f'urlher pursuit im
prudent. Boon, however, tbe rest cf out- brig
ade came to our assistance. The vandals discov
ering cur lor e immediately wheeled about, and
dashed tff'in the direoticn from which they
Cum;, our batteries at the same itas hurling aita
sffes of death among their demoralized ranns.
The repulse of tho enemy at this critical junc
ture changed the aspect of affairs wonderfully,
having a tendency to turn the t de of battle ; for
which Cobb’s Legion has the honor aad credit
extended to them.
Had they gained the position which they were
aiming for, many true Houthern patriot would
have fallen ia retaking it. Tne positions com
manded cur entire right ivi.ig,and would, beyond
doubt, have proven a fatal stroke to us; nut
thanks be to God our little bund was inspired
with tne love of liberty, they rushed up m tue
execrable fee with such violence that would have
rtquired men of iron hearts to withstand.
1 will not speak of the gallon try displayed by
any particular member of our command, because
I would be doing others injustice. Too much
cauuot be said ot the courage exhibited by those
who Were engaged.
1 have only given your readers a detail of tbe
fighting which came beneath my observation. —
Our line of battle must have been at least tiiteen
miles iu length, Hampton’s brigade occupying the
right.
Tbe boys are in excellent spirits, and exprrss
themseivtis ready and eager lor another encoun
ter with the Goths of the North.
I forbear mentioning tbe iorce w? have at Ibis
paint—at all events we drov - three divisions ot
Yankee cavalry together with tea thousand in
fantry, across the Rappahannock. The. e state
ments are from prisoners captured ilurutt tbe un-
gaaement.
You may look for stirring news in n few day 3
if trpoits 03 true, alt 1 ough tho itnpr,'. 3:oa gen
• rally prevails taut “ somebody is going to bo
bun” before many il ys elapse.
For fear of trespassing upon your valuable
spree 1 will close, hoping to s/e your interesting
journal mere oiteu in camp, as it’scrves as a bea
con light to many anxious hearts.
Yours re, psctluUy,
- __ Typo.
From tbs Teeth Ua IttKlmtiu.
Camp lOra Ua. Regiment, (
Near Culpeper, Va., June 14, 18(13, |
I) lend : Yesterday evening again
the recipient ot copies ®! tne l).:ily" and Weekly
Chronicle, tor which I suppose 1 am indebted to
you. * * * I have nothing of interest to com
municate at present, though lively times are an
ticipate* at no distant day, if we are to judge
from the different nmamirs through which we
have recently passed iSince I last wrote to. you
our position has been changod, as you will readiiy
observe Irorn the enplion above. It is rumored
that Gen. Kwell, now io command of the gallant
corps recently 1 and through muuy victorious fields
by the lamented Jackson, is now iu possession ts
Winchcser, th ■ blue bellies having fled at his ap
proach, without the slightest reals apee. 11 th's
be so, ami there is no reason to doubt it, I should
not be surprised to liud myself in Maryland or
Pennsylvania t-re many weeks shall have elapsed,
notwi(hstanding the insurmountable barri r that
in to impede our way in the p •• son of th it world
renowned and luvipe ble individual known as
'■Fightmg Joseph iloo*er,” who is now, ia Lis
own estimation, (carfaiu'y not of any one else) the
greatest living General upon the hub.table g obe.
VYe arc at present encamped about twelve miles
from Kelly’s Ford, on the Rappahannock, on the
opposite shore ot which stream the enemy are
sum io be strongly luttitied, in ex; cc ■ t:on of cur
crossing ot this point. Thai oar e-ossiig wul be
effected, and successful’:- too, 1 entertain 10
doubt, but at what point I know t, nor would
it be pruueutin me to spc.k, were 1 in posfesiion
of particulars in reference to localities. * Suffice it
to soy, t at the Army ot Northern Virginia, un
der the command oi Gen. Lee, are invincible,
hence no defeats in this s- ciion.
The health of the regiment is generally good,
and the bojs are as cbeeriui aiid guy as they
possibly can bo under t e circumstances. Tae
three Augusta companies in this regiment have
comparatively lew aai who -to reported “absent
sick,” the in: j jriiy es whom are diraV.ed train
wcunds
Having fc"?n ou picket duty last 11’g'it and a
portion of to-day, aud being somewhat fa igued,
and news items very scarce, I will close, wiiit my
best wishes for your health and happiness
Yourf.&e. J. W. T. *"
Thk Yankee Cuk.kncy.—Two out cl three
Judgt sin tte Supreme Court ot N. vr York, Judge
Ingraham presidium, have decided that the Treus
uary notes issued Seder the Act ti ihe Federal
Congress are not a log .1 tenner :cr debt contract
eJ prior to tho passage o. t -1 -c:, Inis deci
sion has brought down on those Judges tr.e li.-r
--cest invectives of the organs rs the Lincoln Ad
ministration. Ttey outideutiy look to the te
versal of this judicial opinion by the Hour,of Ap
peals. Two ot the Judges, l'cok am aud L cu
ard, declared thattha Federal Cot gress has no
power whatever to issue paper money. The
New Y'ork Tribune stales that if it is ctcisioa is
sustained it will discredit the entire system of
Federal paper cnrr.-ncy, ou wutea me Very .xist
ence of tne Government d-penned.
It was the feature of the Y lake.- paper curren
cy that made it a iegn Lne-r, by vrmch it found
popular accip ane •. Depr.vtd 01 this feature, it
must bectme c-xt io waste pope:. It was the
general persuas on in Y ankee that .he Courts
wcu and lega'iie tne paper issues oi the Govern
ment. lne next st.p will be. should this deci
sion be confirmed oy me New \\.rk Appeal Court,
that the flanks wnl refuse to take them on depos
it, or receive them ia payment. H-ung no longer
bankable, the whole fabric win fall to pieces.
Offi-dai Ilrporl of Ik, gailler Crn. Jen
—Cavalt y Eagag. luru at Kraudy.
iiRADQ’ns Jones’ B. iq\d*. j
Brandt tvti n, June It, I$6J. f
Major : 1 have the honor to enclose the re
ports of the commsu-j-rs of troops under me on
the 9 b in-to .-..in ibe battle near this place, and
to ■ ■ mi such remarks ass em pertinent to tbe
occ! s m.
At daylight th? r ! port of sm.il ar«v» in the
directlou r.f Baverlcv’s Ford indicated a serious
attack, lvno ii g the park of division artillery
wan without other protection than tbe pioke's in
front, its safety was doubtful. Toe 6;h Virgiais
cavalry was on picket at the time, and 'he 7th
Virginia cavalry was grand guard. Going to the
s ene of sc ion at the top of speed, tbs 6th uud 7ih
regime Is were found rapidly approaching the
yosit'on of the nemy, only a few hu ;dr.d yards
ley end th? a tillery. Tog butteries being neither
rrudy for actio? nor movement, it wt-s a matter
of utmost importance to gain lime. Maj. Floar
t oy, in cmtime-id of the tt b, w».t orderfd down
tho Beveriey road, end to its right, and L ; eu'..
Cos!. Marshall on his left. Both were dir cted to
attack with vigor whatever so ce they encounter
ed. At the same time, directions were sent to
the artillerv to withdraw as qui k'y as practic
able from the euge of the woods. The javalry
did its wrrk well, but with consul-.ruble satM"!tic“.
The artilfery took position ne r the br ck church.
I , W. K 1 Marti ,A. A. General, having or
dered up the lltn and 12 h regiments, and 85 fi
ba'tu.ton of Virginia cavalry, they were posted in
support of the arid Dry. When the 6tb aad 7th
could no longer withstand great'y superior cum
bers of footmen in’.he wood.?, they retired o he
right and left of the pm.tion haid by the remain
der ol the brigade. By this time t e enemy had
penetrated through the wood?, showing himself
in some force in tue op:-n ground. A little libell
ing having caused a withdrawal, an attack was
deemed expedient, Col. Harman loading with his
r giinent, moved along the'roud, supporled on
the 'elf by tie 35-h battalion and 11th regiment.
Asdhe head of Col. Harman’s regiment reached
the woods it roce'ved a severe ii: e and wub im
'ne. ia -ly charged by cavalry. The prompt ar
rival if i upportsoou turned the tde of bat le iu
uar 'avur. The enemy loet here very couaidera
biv iu killed and wounded and heavily iu ptGon
ers.
Ah ut this Time Hlen. Hampton took position
.m my right, and \V. il. T. Lee otilied me that
he was on my left. He was r quested to keep up
connection with me, w ieh was for some time
done, our lines tnai.i g a right angle at the junc
tion. Th:: enemy -.r-.v made his appearance in
our rear, t-t Brandy Station an 1 Millet’s tsmtse.
This was the fore* which, early in the day, was
reported by r C.ipt Urimsl y, through me, to Gen
Stuart, its u-avaneieg from Iv<-1 ; sville. Two regi
ments having been call-id for so meet tliis force of
-the me my, :h? 12th regniant and Sotu battalion
were sent, and tbo 6 ft regiment soon followed in
support. Gen. Hamplit u having withdrawn to
the.east side of the railroad, this part of the field
was left in my charge with only a section of ar
i.ll- ry at.d one. regiment of cavalry ('.he 11 th) the
7*Ui regiment bam - well to the left, more ia ton
nectiou with Gen. Lee than with myself. My po
'i on becoming isolated, and my force, inadequate,
I tad started to make closer connection with Gen.
Lee, ou my let , with to? view ol extending his
line to j/in our forces with those near Brandy
Station and Miller’s house. The artillery was
moved on the Jefferson toad, so as to secure the
heights between Barbour's and Thompson’s
houses.
Order ? 'oraing now from Gen. Stuart to move
all my arti lery and enva'ty cn Miller’s bouse, the
11th regiment was at once put iu motion and the
artillery recalled to follow. The 7-h regiment was
ordered across’ the hill to the same point, and
Geu. L-.e notified of the movement. I arrived in
time to ste the 6th and 12'.h regiments and the
ST th battalion clearing Miller’s bill of Gen. Plea
santon’s division of Federal c-.valry. Tuis charge
was follow dup by 'li- 11 tb regiment ndor (Jo .
Lomax. Iu th s he captured, the third, and last
time, a battery of three pieces, tbe tith regime,- t
and 85th ba’-tviionhaving done s b.-fore him.—
Pushing bis success, he divided hi3 regiment,
sending t.'aptaiu McDonald willt a squadron inter
the fugitives east of the railroad, vtfide, with the
remaiLder of his regiment, he assailed three regi
ments of cavalry awaiting him near the depot. Ue
routed this whole force completely. Hiving driv
en them off, he ser.t, by t rder ot Gen. S.u: rt, 200
men to Lulpepcr (.ouiL House, and went himself
with the remainder cf his command to guatd
r-ga.nat a.ioiiier :.‘t::ck ioiii in.- dtVeetion oi iSts
paeushcig Tee 12'ii,- Gih ’ 7lh uis were
Iror-i this time on, held in reserve, alternately sup
porting the artillery at Mtlit'i’s house, and rein
forcing General L;u dn our extreme lull.
The serious figb'-irg being over, tho brigade
took n« farther active part, it resumed its pick -
et post by nightfall. My brigade bore the brunt
oi the action, both in the morning aud evening,
and lost severely 111 killed and wounded, butfuul
the satisfaction of seeing she en-my worst and in
eve y particular more mutt ourselves. We ended
the light with more horses, ad moie aud better
srifall arms than we had in the beginning. We
If ok two re- itu ntal colors, many guidons, and a
battery cf three pieces. We took many prison
ers—preb: bly 250, as one regiment reports 122
To my personal stall' I am under the greatest ob
liguiim s. Lieutenant W. SI. liupkins entered
llie light in the morning, ki.hng his mania the
charge rear the brick bouse.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) W. It. Jon'rs,
Brig. Gen. Commutdmg.
IlEArQti iiteus Cakaluv Division, |
June 15, ISS3. j
General Orders 1
No 21. f
Tin M.jor General Commanding congratulates
the Cava ry of the Army of Northern Virginia
upou Hie victory of FI etwood, achieved, under
Providence, by the prowess of their arms, on the
ilLli iuat.
Comrades! Two Divisions of the enemy’s
cavi.liy and artillery, escorted by a strong force
of i:.:an iy, “rested your metal,” and lound it
prroi /leel. Y'eur sabre blows inllieted ou that
glorious day have taught them again the weight
oi Southern vengeance.
You confronted, with ctvalry and horse artil
lery alone,-this force, held the infantry in cluck,
round the and artillery, capturing three
pieces of the latter without losing a gun, and
added six 11 gi to the trophies of the nation, be
sides ii 11 ctirg a loss in killed, wpunded and miss
ing, at heat double our own, causing the entire
foice 10 retire beyond the Rappahannock.
Nothing but the enemy’s' iofautry, s‘rongly
posted iu in 1 'woods, saved his cavalry (row cap
ture or annihilation. An act of rashness on his
part tva3 severely punished bs rout and the loss
of bis artillery.
With an abiding faith in the God of battles.and
a firm reliance on the sabre, your successes will
continue. Lit the example aud heroism of our
lamented fallen comrades prompt us to reaewe 1
vigilance and inspire us with devotion to daty.
J. K IS. SIUAET,
Major General Commanding.
JE.iUle or itnKvr’o Creek.
The Jackson correspondent of the Mobile Reg
ister tells how the battle ol Baker’s Creek came
to be fought :
The ttii my firmly located at Jacksou, gave him
the capital of the Butte, the command iitd pos
session •: f all northern, western aud southwest
ern Mississippi, together with all the r.ilrouds in
t 1 nt portion of tae i-itate, except Vicksburg ,
ihereto;e Gen. Johnston would have btea forced
to org.% ize his army,in tas-.ern Misti-sippi, at
l-dtst tfom SO to 100 miles from Vicksburg. By
I'embertoa’a marching out of Vicksburg aud as
suLiiiy Grant’s rear, he compelled him iu celt-de
fence to tvacun'.e Jacksou, aud hasten to the pio
tection of his rear and supplies, aud so precipi
tate w.is lus r. treat that a baltsrv which had been
taxeu down to i’eatl river, to batter down ihe
pillars of the railroad br.dge, was hastily spiked
uad tie guas thro>at into the river. luese
guns have since beeirl esn fished up. T’-us the
enemy was compelled to relinquish all Ihe a'.van
tages obtained by esptur ug Jacksou, and hasten
his attack cn Vicksburg and his opera ions Ids
the investment ot the city, while Johnston took
possissiou cl' Jackson aud the ruiboads, orga
-11 zed bis army aud is now within 3b unles oi the
ILU City, which n 44 milei west of Jack on.—
The enem: is unable to capture Vieksbuig by
assault. He is menaced uow boili ou ffaiik, iroat
end rtar, and-. il. „o„n have to give up tbs siege
or light a battle under <‘- s iHautageous ci> cubi
st ir.c.#, and which he can o.i y gam by the l.rce
o£ humbtrs and bulldog courage.
The A.veriisei commea ing on the above
says:
Ourlcsiesin t e fight were much Io be re
gretted, and were|prcba’oly greater thau General
Femberton had es calated on; but it was plain
tens,at the first intelligence which reaihedus,
tin., se did not fig ; for victory. It vus a mag
naiiintoua eif t oa hia part todraw G.aui’saruiv
away Iron Jackson, even though, Sampson like,
he polled it down upon himself. And this he din;
■and thong almost crashed by the shock, he
ther: by r.coveted Jacksou ard saved Vicksburg.
\\ e read in the old ballad how a dead Euan won
a light, but is is the nr l instai ce we recollect
to nave h ard ol where a General, beaten cn the
field, won a victory thirty miles off Yet this
Gea. Pemberton d.a, and tne trophies of his vic
toty a: e extant in the battery ot guns captured
by him at Jackson.
Ti c Atlanta Appeal s.ya that Capt. J 11. Pat
ric, cf the ifret regiment, Georgia State troops,
with iortT men cf bis company, captured at and fler
•nt times last week, about thirty or forty oi a
band ot desert rs, who had resisted the authori
ties, and had been committing cepredaticus in
Campbell county. Ileiaiis from Atlanta hare alto
brought in several of ‘his band, and it is thought
that the remainder of them will return to duty
without turiher difficulty.
The Yanßee Army Worm*.
A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch
has taken a trip over the country recently occu
pied by the enemy, in Stafford county, near
Fiedi r cksburg. Ue writes:
The long iwony iaovar! “Othello’s ‘occupa
lioa’ goue.” B ack Republican rule and ruin of
thisoace fa - tile section terminated, and, we trust,
forever. No lo: gur are sight ana sense outraged
by Yankee preseace or Yankee insolence.
Asa participant in the endurance of the past
seven months, allow me u lew paragraphs on Yan
kee occ up j.iuu in this vicinity. YViifi some few
exceptio; s, locality and uu efficient gourd the re
strjmiog Cause, every estate within the enemy’s
iai-s has b n ii jured; crops, if any ou th;tn,
“a; propriated,” (:. e , s.ohuj leaving simply u
bare snboist?nce--a certain number oi bu.-hels oi
corn per hitni; horses and cattle, le t from the
last occup tioe, again carried off; pigs and calves
kiliea aad dtvtu-ed by nigatly marauders;
flocks unuierci ully sheared by Yaatee cut
throa's, and pt u try goue the way ol all (owl,
with: at leave or license or knowledge of lbe
owners. Depredation was the order of the day
and e g it. Forest* have been levelled and who! y
disappeared be,ore the axe if the soldier. Scarce
ly u tree Is vis b.e for nttles cn the l'otome'c aad
far burnt mto tb? countiy. On one farm, thickly
wooded, hut t trees are left; others nave not
one ; and • ■•■..» team the immense amount oi fire
wood used by the enemy in camp, it is estimated
that, hundreds of cords were conveyed to Wash
ing on by speculators for their profit aad our loss
—.• novel ar.d involuntary mode ot beapi.g coals
of fire upon tfi.. beads of our foe3. Cultivation
ia utany places, and almost habitation, has been
r -nd red temporarily impossible.
Iu my iinrntd .ue vieioity, private residences
have etcapi.d interna! desecration and, pillage,
but a number have cot been so fertu .ate. ba
the s igiitesi prei-xt houses have beea searched,
ia lied u i their contents, ) artially destroyed or
burned. ; Others ba»e been so z.-d at horpit&lu,
and occupied for weeks by the miscrafilo wound
ed wretches and their callout, iudifijieut sur
geons. I magi ue a home ol refinement and peace
suddenly become tbe scene of lurious conflict, the
centre oi opposing batteries, aad all t e fo.uful
caruuge ol a b utie field; and then, if unharmed
by shot aad shell, lukeu as a slacg iter fie us , toe
luma es compelled lo Oicwi luto one or iwo
a attmeule, the rest witoiu and without filled
with mangled em-mits, on the beds, solas, fl mrs,
or the ground, ih-ir ainpu ated limbs aud llowtng
blood visible on LV.-iy ai.ie, night made hideous
by the dying firouus e. Yaukee mvaders, a■ and day
only more borr bie with the s-giit us well as sound
<>;' their writhing agoates.
The buttle is Itrriele, but from the hospital
good Lord deliver us! this is onl! ot tbe daik
tceues. Privations, trials, annoyances of hourly
occurence, tested patience to its limit. Suspicion
and surveillance constantly excited and cxeiciscd
with ceaseless activity by pickets and officers.
Threatened arrests were continu. 1. To one res
idence, of which the ouly inmates were ladies
ane children, the commanding General tent a
written order that if iuy more signals were made
to the *' rebels,” opposite, t le haute ami all its
out builJiugs would bt immediate,y burned
Without proof that guy such had been made, and
with ihu kuuivledge mat they neither c.uld nor
would under existing circauistauces, the Y.ark.e
General issu s his brutal threat. At another
abode the ladies were told by an officer that, if
any lights were visible Iroin 'he windows at
night the whole family would be anesled. In
Iviug George, us well as Siafl'o-d, when an army
movimeut was anticipated, alt gentlemen three
intles outside of the hues were arrested and re
quired to t. ke the oath of allegiuuce or be sent
to VYash.ugton.
Though not exposed to unexpected raids, onr
situation was very much that ot u continual one.
We wetc already desolaled, and bchtld the evi
dences of the pillage oi the N mheru Neck in the
gangs of ntgroes and numbers ofhorses rifled
from the women and children, the rich and poor,
ol that recently v sited seciiou. A gentleman re
marked the other day that in a pari of the
country twelve miles equate there was but one
noise und two worihiesv mules left. Physicians’
horses shared the .'ate of all others.
Sued, iu brief, (for pnniculurs would make a
volume,) are some ot the inducements to
Btructiuu uni Union pursued in the occupat.ou
district.. The inevitable results you know. Re
tribution will uol be long delayed.
Cl.l rtspo,.dc/>ce of the Charleston Ahr/iury.
id'
Lee’s favorite movement, en echelon— that by
which ho uncovered the lords ol tho Gh cku
hotniny und swept McClellan buck to 11. rrtson’s
Bar, by which he advanced upon Manassas last
year, and lately upon Hooker at Chunceliorsv.l.e
aad the Wilderness— is now being executed on a
grand scale. Oa the extreme lett., Jeukins, with
lua c..vulry. btgaa the movement by threatening
Miltoy ut Winchester, while under the dust ct
Stuart’s noisy cavalry review, Ewell’s iuluuuy
marched into the Valley by Way ol front Royal.
L ugsireef, in Culpeper, siletniy edged his van
within supporting distance of Ewell’s rear, keep
ing at the same nuie Picket's division detached
lor the purpose ct icinlorcing A. P. lint at
Fredericksburg, or ol alreugtticaing the br.g ides
defending Ricfimond in ease lit? city wete serious
ly tretiseed Irom below. The beau ot Ewell's
column uo sooner appeared in tbe Valley thuu
Jeukius pushed still lurlfier to tbe leit in tbe di
rection of Muriiusburg and Romney, and lbe
great arc of movement was mcriaaid by he ad
vance, still en echelon, of columns as far down us
North Carolina. The whole oi thiu great mui oeu
vre wrs at once developed and Completed ou Hue
day last, by tbe retirement from Stafford of
Hooker’s rear guard, wbicfi leit A. P. Hill free to
take ms place in the line of progress.
You see at once the entire system of curvtd,
lapping lines oi advance, stretching ,ruin Rich
mond io Harper’s Ferry, aud onciijg slowly west
ward and nerihward, as if it were intended to
cross the Potomac, twtep Enough Western Ma
ryland into Pennsylvania, audio debouch tbe
converging columns in rear ol Washiugi-n, per
utips in rear oi Baltimore. Tnis, however, is
uitrely corjec.ure. The plan, wbatevcr it may
be, is subnet to mo Jilicaiious incident to ice
movements of tbe em my. Pontoon trams ae
comnui y the -iriny, and these may be dtsigned
either to facilitate lbe passage of tbe river at
points not lorduble, or tj ue used at the fords ui
case ot tlm river rising.
The ditciosures just made are notimproper, for
two reasons —first: the plot will rea-.b its de
douemeut belore this ielter cun be printed and
get into tbe bunds of the enemy - ami, second,
the enemy is already pretty weli aware of '.be
whole movement. Hooktr has not been deoe.ved
by Stuart’s cavalry reviews, clever us they wtr .
tlis advance was at Alexaudr.a and Munassas
long before its rear guard left their n wly-made
eutrecchnien’s at Deep Rru. He has held Hill
iu check until Ewell got well into the Valley, arid
umi! nothing less than Jacksonian forced march
es wili cuabisbim to support Lougstreet.
Our line is work in two places—the inte.va's
between Ewell and Lougstreet, and between t .c
lat-.er rind il.il—but un advance into these laur
vahi would piece Hooker between two fires. He
will f robabiy threaten .Lougarreet’s pas'uge into
tbe Valley until the lords in lrout of Ewtll are
Jheavily lortitied and manned, or he may give bat
lie between Leesburg and Muauisas. Ewtil ought
to have been in Winches.er onHuDday; a week
must elapse belore Hill can get up; and so no
thing definite need be expec.ed be,ore the 20. h
or 2.0. bof this monte, ualers, as before staled,
Uooner gives b it'lein Virginia.
Lee’s advance is based upon tbe supposition
that i? wili strengthen tbe bunds of the peace
party and give countenance to such as arc inclined
to res s: the conscription. Loe has plenary pow
eri, Ins army is large eaougu to do the work set
jilore it, and 1; he will keep it well togelhtr, he
may, before lire Ist of July, give Hooker amucu
harder and more decisive blow than McClellan
received at tsharpsbuig.
Thursday, June 13.
If 1 am not misi iformed—and 1 do not think I
am— a despatch IromUen. Jobust n reached this
city ou Saturday or Sunday ;last, in which he
stated that he ha3 beeu able to and« nothing to sue
cor tSe garrison at Vicksburg. Ilia reasons were
doubtless given, but they have Dot IranS) ired.—
The President's fiieuds say lien. J. has men,
and ougni to do something.
Ewell’s advance into Maryland, and his cap’ure
of Harper’s Kerry may be prematurely aunouceed.
Slyiuld euch be the -case, Lee’s plan is tolerably
clear.
Already one of our city papers is gloating cv;r
the prospect ol buruiug barns in i’eunsyivaoia.
Rut this is not to b; hoped Irotn lieu. Leo—de
struction of public property is all he will permit,
no matter what number of Southern cities and
States are lad waste by Yankees—but lie wiil
subsist his ; rmy.
We hear from a source entitled to credit that
Lincoln, Seward and Chase have, for ho i e lime
past, been investing bnudr-cs ol thousands of
dollars in liritish lands. Ot course they a.e
smart enough to prepare a soft bed in case oi a
fall.
A correspondent tells how (Jen. Eweli managed
the Winchester affair:
Having first occupied every road approaching
Winchester, Jackson like, he made a road lcav ng
the Valley turnpike near Kernstown, and stretch
ing across the Romney road, and for s'x miles
further on, bearing towards the Martioeburg
road. By menus of this road, he lead hig ar ny
half around the town, and attacked the enemy,
i who were expecting an attack from f rceg cn the
Martirsburg road, on the flank and rear. The
surprise was complete. So little were they an
ticipating an attack from the direction in which it
came, that they had placed there all the wagon
trains, which thus actually Were between Uaaad
them.
To lbe People ot i.eoigi*.
Ia view of the exigencies of the pub'ic service,
aud iu compliance with the request ol His Excel
lency. PrestJ ut Davis, iiiadi through the Secre
tary of War, I again address you upon tbs sub
jeot of oar local defence, against the threatened
raids of our viodietive loe.
It is not doubt.-d that our enemies are increas
ing their cavalry r o:ee, aaJ making pieparationb
to send raids of mounted tnen tbroug i Georgia
as well as other States, to burn all public props, iy
in our cities, destroy our railroad bridges, work
shops, factories, mil's, and provsions, leaving
rur country now tbe borne of a happy people,
little belter tban a desolate waste bohind tbem
They have in?t our brave troops in buttle, and
have been a.ain ar.d again ingloriousiy debated
and driven buck. Despairing of their ability to
conquer ns in honorable waif oe, they cow violate
all the rules of war as recogu z and by civi ized na
tions, disregard the rights nt private pieperty,
arm our slaves ag.iiust u , and send their robber
bands among us, to plunder, steal and distroy,
having respect not even for the igiiis or the ne
cessit es ot infirm old age, o of h- Ipless women
and children. .
To hold in check the mighty hosts collected for
our destruction by t e Abolition Government,
the PreHdeat is obliged to mass tbe provisional
armies of the Confederacy, ai a few important
key p’inis, und ca> not, without weakening them
100 much, detach troops io difeud ibe interior
points g-bwtsudden incur ions. He therefore
calls upon the people ot the re-ipeCtive States,
who a;e otherwise rot subject to be summoned to
tbe field u der the Cunactiptiou laws of Congress
to organz >, aud while th y attend to their ordi
nary avocations nt bom 1 , to stand ready at a mo
at rut’s warning to take np s:ni-, and drive back
the plundering ban sot mam dp.rs Irom their
owe immediate section ol c -nntry. To this end
he nqu- sts me to organize a force ol eight thou
sand men in this -Siaie, who are over tbe age ol
forty-five yearn, cr who ure not otherwise subject
to military duty in the arm cs of the (’unfed-ra
cy, to bo mustered into the service ts the C a
federale States for six months, Horn Ist of Au
gust next, for home defense, if this force is not
organ's id by the first of August, by the tender
of volunteers, I am uolili and that lie then makes a
positive requisu on for it, aud r quirts that such
requisition be responded io f need be, by droit.
It has never yet been neo tsary, in Idling a
requisition on this State to dealt Georgians to go
to me remotest parts of tbe Confederacy, for the
war. They have always volunteered hi larger
numbers ilian have'been required. And 1 know
ii will not now be ncctsiary io draft them to bt Id
themselves iu readiness at home lo diiv-o the ene
my away from their own plantations, workshops,
firesides unu churches.
The Fiesidcut predicates this call upon the
different acts of Con rt-ss for local defence, aud
not for genera! defence. No volunteer, under
the requisition, will be called into active service,
except iu case of pressing emergency, and then,
only until the emergency is pasted. In case a
raid is made upon 11 par.icalur pi-nil in the State,
the troops nearest that point amt ihoae most ao
cessible 10 it will be ca led out, and t: one more
r mote will not be disturbed, unfi ts the force ol
the enemy is so strong, us to render it absolutely
necessary. In no ease is it expected to cuil out
tbia force to guard bridges, or otht r public works,
larger than tho eaemy is iu the viciuity, or
threatening an early dash upon it. The ifftate
troops, now iu servic.-, ate regarded sufficient
for such guard uuty.
The Government appreciates the necessity of
leaviDg the productive labor of the couutry, not
subject to conscription, as free us poeaible, to
mane all the provisions und other supplies, of
clothing &c., wh oh caa be made, and it is not
intended lo call this class of laborers from their
occupations at aay time for a longer period than
is indispensable to drive the enemy from our
midst. Will Georgians refus? to volunteer for this
defence? The man able to beer arms, who will
wait for a draft before he will join an organ zition
to repel the enemy, whose brutal soldiery comes
to his home to destroy his property, and insult
and cruelly injure his wife and bis daughters, is
unworthy Hie proud name oi a Georgian, and
should tear lest he be marked as disloyal to the
land of his birth, and the Governmsnt that throws
over him the aegis of its protection.
The object of mustering this force into the ser
vice ot Hie Uon'ederale States, is to have it in
readiues -, lhat it may be relied upon, and to afford
to ihe volunteers the protection, in case of enp
ture by the eu my, which is erj yed by other
treops in seivice, including tbe right to be ex
changed as prisoners oi war.
Fay, radons and trankpqrtatinn, will be allow and
lo all, when on active du y, but ro one will re
ceive any pay or allowances while at home, as
eaeli is expected to he most o! his time, attending
to his own bitsine s.
The command -f the troops now rrqnired’of
Ibis State will, under the act of Gengrers, belong
to the President and not to me, bo soon as they
have been 01 g iriizrd and mustered ?nto service.
Tbe President, however, having called upon me
to organize tbe troops who volunteer, under the
nets of Congress, iu . Ibis State, bar thought pio
per to say, through the Secret:-ry . f War, that he
places ths execution of the organization e rtirely
uuaer my supervision and c sr.irol For the pur
pose ol maintaining order and system in the or
ganization, and that 1 may know when the full,
number requ;r and bas betn ruised, it becomes
nectssary mat all companies, battalions aud
regiments »hicli have lately organ z-d and ten
deieil to the President or to any Confederate
officer for local de e ce in this State, us well us
all herealter lo be organized, report to me without
delay, uy ot the authority vested in me,
1 therefore require all such organizations, as well
those heretofore formed as those hereafter to be
formed, to report immediately to the Adjutaut
aud inspector G.enentl at this place, with their
master rolls made out i ; couiformiLy lo law, ac
couipanier, by their election returns, if the; have
not already received comm so -ns. And I re
quest the commandants ot the different military
posts in this State who Ii ive accepted lbe tender
of volunteers for local defence to see that the
compani-B, battailous or regiments acc ptcil by
them comply with this requir; merit as early ub
possible. Cordial eo-operu :on and arsietance on
the put of all Ooufedrraio officers m the State
me invited and expected, as hu-m my between
the State and Conii-U. rate 1 llLers is essentia! to
success in the prompt formation i-i the organiza
tion required by the President.
All militia and 0 vil officers of this Slate are
hereby authorized, and are expected to unite
with these oiganizations for b.iiue defence, «nd
to be active aud eusrgeiic m assisting to form
such organ zaiions. Furloughs ot six months,
unless sooner revoked, ure hereby granted to all
jl lnia offi «rs of this Siat-, Horn the time they
cctiucc. iheinarlves with companies formed under
this prcclumaTon, und are mustered into 31-ryice,
aud they arc authorized to occupy any position
as iffijcr or piivate, 10 whip j lire c nip.mies m.iy
assign them (by election if*it he ao cfliiial posi
iio,.) without pnjadice :o their commissions as
MHuia officers, aid without Hie loss ol the pro
tection which the Constitution and laws affords
them aa such, sml no pi esumptiou ot rtsigns'.ion
will 00 raised against them 0.1 account of naviog
enteren tnis service. They are expected tj show
ihesam j -promptness ana patrioi c devotion to
the State, in response to this call, winch they have
shown iu response tq every previous call. Au u
is not expi cted that the troops now called for wiil
be cn active duty any considerable piopoitiou of
their time, tbe civil office!s ot the Hiaie, ot every
grade can do the terv.ee r. q rirtd, without much
detriment*to Ac public lute eat, in trio r respec
tive offices, and each ol them, who is able to bear
arms, is invited to unite w.t n.s fellow citizens
lor me dtfeuce 01 his home.
Aoy commissioned officer of the Mi,ilia of this
State, ol the rack o' Captain, or of a higher grade,
is autbotizsd to muafer into seivice, auj company
when organ zed, and to send master roils ot the
company immediately by mail, to ii C. Wayne,
Auj jiatit and Inspector ileoer. 1, at Milledgeville.
lhe Clerk of the Superior Court, rhtrill and Or
dinary of each county, are directed to assist each
officer, cn iiis application, lu making u,. the mus
ter roils in proper lorrn, and in a plain legible
hand writing. Keeper forms will be sent, by
mail, to '.he Cleik’s office oi the Sup rior Court
ot each county, us goon as they cun be prepared.
The patriotism oi the civil officers is hereby
appealed to f r tflicieDl aud prompt aid in form
ing thes- organ.z .tit ns.
is apportionment will be male, having in view
the strength and exposed condit.ua ol each coun
ty, and a sluteme-t ol the number of volunteers
required of rica, will be lorwurde.i in a few dayß,
to the commanding officer ot lhe county, aud to
provide r gamat miccarri ges ol the mail, a copy
wtli be seat to each Ordinary, Oleik of the Supe
rior Court aud Sfier.fiin the Srate, who are re
quested to give public.ty to it in the county.
The cuizms ol the leop.ctive counties of this
Stale are requested to lay a ids all other business
on ih first meeday in July next,and assemble at
the Court Mouse lu , sell county n mass meeting,
and organize the number of volunteers required
ot lhe county, and report them to the Adjutant
aud Inspector General, at Mihedgaviile, as soon
as possible. Every militia unacivii officer in the
county, from the highest to the lowest, is expect
ed to be present to aid and encourage the orga
nization. In case any county fails to raise Ms
queta on that day, it is hereby rrqared oi the
c.vti and military officers of each county to travel
through the county without delay, and seethe
c.tizsus, and enroll the names ot ail who will
agree to volunteer, t* 1 i the number is completed.
Let ro effi er forget that be wni be more success
ful in inducing others to volunteer, when he can
show hie own name upon the list as a volunteer.
And le the ptople ot each county mark every
one, officer or pkiyate, who, witnout sufficient
cause, refuses to volunteer to defend his home,
Georgians, I appeal to your patriotism and
your pr.de. Let the people of no other state
excel you in promptness o; action, or in the over
whelming numbers tendered, in response to the
President's caii. Your nrethren in the field have
undergone hardships, and endured privations to
VOL. LXXVIL—-NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. NO. 26^
which yon have not been exp'-ged a-d have nobly
l.lustrated the character of their State, whea in
deadly confl ct with the enemy The time has
now arrived, when you are tinseled to dtfend
their homes aud your own in the in erior, whits
thry defend tdebsrtH-. Greyheaded Slres. youi
inllaence and your aid is invoked. The crisis in
our alia rs is ;a«t approar xing. Georgia “ expects
every man to do hit dui>/ ” Fly to arms atld trust
iu God to defend ;he right.
Given under my hand and the Executive De
partment at tbe Capitol in Milte-igeviile, this 22d
day of Jane, iS63. Joseph S. Brown.
Tlic.lnvadou oi Yjuikctdom,
We append-Liuoola's alliag fr
volunteers to repel invasion :
Wherejts,The armed insurrectionary combi’ 3-
tions now ox.sung in sever*, of the Stales are
threatening to make inroads into the States of
Maryland, Western Virglbit^Fenijsyjjanin, and
Ohio, requiring tuimsdiately ar additional milita
ry lorce lor the scivice of tie United States:
Now, therefore, 1, Abraham inooln, President
of the Uoii -d States 0; America, and Commend
er-in-Cuief of the Army id Navy thereof, and
of the militi- oi tie ;vt 1 Btates when called
Into active serv.’-, c . here v call into the-sisrvice
of the U litcd State n -tdv«d thousand m?il
11a from iho , finely:
From the riiau. id ' .-d iO.OOO.
From the Sts' . ;, Iv -ota 50,000.
From tbe Siat \o"'.
From the Hts. V Vi,„ inis 10,000.
To be muster'ic ..sent >.h XL ted
States lirtbwi b, ,v« ’fc • ills pti od of
six months fr<> : inch atu-jicr talc
said service u. L - turg id I\. ue
mustered mas tn . ;srj ani j !ry. iu
tbe propor-or,' ~ r 1 made k-iown
through the Via, t, v> c! !)- ’>:.riment
will also and Jgn: oiul p aces ot ri dtz
vous. These mil . > rganized 1 .-.cording to
the rules and regaL of the volunteer ser
vice, uud such old -rs y hereafter be issued.
Tbe States aforesaid w:. respectively credited
uuder tbe enrollment act or the militia service
rendered und ;r Ihisproclau ition.
In testimony whereof I have : 'rewith hereun
to set my hand, auu caused the Heal of the Utt::ed
Stuns to be affixed.
Done ut the City o Washington, tu. fifteenth
tiuy of Jane, in th»year 0 ou Lord one thous
and eight bun rett and Jxc thr •, aad c: the
independence ol the United States the eighty
aevenl -.
(Signed) Abraham Lin jln.
By the President:
Win. 11 Seward, Secretary of State.
Uader the call!’ of the PreF.ident and several
Governors?, a huge force ??t volts' ‘sere was being
raised. Gov. Seymour of New York had ullblbu
twenty regimeLts. Twelve regiments, chiefly
from Brooklyu and New York c.ty, ivero u der
marching orders ou the 17 h. Among them
were the famous “ Seventh,” tiie 69-fi, (Li t e
ran’s old regiment) an. the 71st. Secretary
Stau*ou had telegraphed that iio tr set ■ tees would
not be rtquired tor more tbau tntrty .. .>•*. P
ual of the regiments recently ntu ter? - u. aa. i
offered their services. Fil es hu aired N w
Jersey men had voluut. ered, itts a . ug tbe 23d
regiment recently discharged I: at the army cf
the l’olomac.
In Philadelphia, a motley army was raised—
companies of negroes, No ” Yard employers,
laborers for the Gis Wo. s, Custom Hours
clerks, Home Guard , A).
Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvn . Redressed tbe
people of Harrisburg, ca ,;g upon .n,.m “to liirl
back tbe tide of invasion that is to pollute our
soil,” and was greeted with overwhelming ap
plause.
Most of the stores in the city are closed, tbe
maikets deserted and private residences aban
don cd. Those Wno can are leaving, uud already
many have taken idvamageof puol.c and piivate
conveyance to leave 'he cly. The large hotels
look us if Btrickeu wild a plague, the - egr '.ar
boarders having vamosed. The Jones House,
the finest herel, was offered by tho proprietor for
sale. He was willing io csept tire moderate sum
of $16,000, but could find 110 purchaser even at
that price. 'The hotel und furniture cost nearly
one hundred thousand doll rs, yet no one ap
pears willing to tuke the risk upon such apparent
ly advantageous terms.
A large iorce of i.esista'.t in tile various offices
of the Capitol is busily em; eyed packing up t e
archives reports, State library, ana .-ther valuable
papers, together with 1. e portraits of the differ
ent Governors, have already been iorwurded.
A correspondent says, lira people have shown
the rebel leaders thai when u comes to a North
ern invasion Democrats aud Republicans occupy
one and the same plat’oim, ana know no diffe.
once ot opinmn.
Many politicians think the rebel raid into Penn
sylvania may do good, by monsi.ig the masses of
tbe people, who wiil ut once cruaj out by their
mighty power all vestiges of cc: perheadism iu
the North. It is assumed that present misfor
tunes in failures to enlist aud by mraertron have
been entirely brought about by opponents of the
administration in the - »rth.
Hooker’s Federal army of the Po.amas is pre
pariug to intercept the return of tho rebels. The
march f.om Falmouth to tho present posi l ;on of
the urrny was a sesere one. Many of the soldiers
luinted from the eu.eta of the hoat, and mules
and horses gave out Ia the Third corp alone
about twenty oi tne men ied by the wn irom
sun strum
A cavalry tores wait left behind to take care of
and bring in those who wets exhausted. The
creeks and rivulets, and even the springs on the
road, were nearly dry, and afforded uo relief. |
We compile the latest mteliigsnci if Lee’s ope- j
ration i:
Five hu.dred of Purnell’s cavalry had been
flanked by the rtoela at Ureencasiio. Pa., srl but
twenty escaped.
Intei.ig ace br-s been roc ived from Gen. i'yler
that tho rebel forei.s which ad inr< sled Harper s
Ferry made an bliaek upon shat place, attempt
ing to surprise Gen. Tyler. Tne latter, after re
sisting ie at. tek, retued across me river, with
h 1 force to Maryland Jeigbts, and immediately
commenced shelling tne enemy, whica was kept
up b'- suen vig • that thiy w-.-re compelled very
spoeuiiy io csi mate th pia.s, and Gen. Tyler
gain crossed 1 er aati teoo, jpied his former
i ation.
The train ’-.vent cut -rp?T’s Ferry to-day,
aud travel in ton, e<>.;- :.j j ihat place.
At Wi'.'ia t=port .a a bole toe food and
horses, tre up the ra.t ' tr.-ck, and did sow.
damage to t «cn . at ,jp->d .0 dost' y
the acqueduc, btr x< •„ a not trao .a.
A gentleman Liu., tijersbuig
ports that the ra . *to 1 ware Jo'u„a jf
Oaks Lmu. Th a.t, vared aubuUed
by the cit.zsns.
The rebels nave r:b ?■•:,. urg, having
burned the bridge ’ . teu,,.iipti operator
is njw there, and .mat.., u as 1 -en re
established.
Tho Baltimore Amo .a, pub..tikes some par
ticalarn of the Oght at Vv iiesttr derived from a
conversation wnh Milroy. : says :
’.he only Maryland regiment that Buffeted
severely w s the sth regiment, known as Colonel
Soaley’s, ho was aba :;t in li„ imore. Tie,
enemy turned the gang oi the Mainland batterv
on th a regime t, and for a time thay were in a
veiy hot position. Vlie number ki-.ed and • rend
dis not sown, though bu .ew a? th<-’u car ■ and
asualtit.i or o ptui .
The cavalry h.rce of Ger ral Milr,,? cq-'Mste:!
of the First New York, T rtietu Penosyl.ania.
and two companies of the T.iird Virginia. Gene
ral Milroy ordet and them to rttreat to Romney and
Cumbtrla-jd, a ..e yesterday received a dispatch
announcing the! sat. arrival at that place.
The outer woiks at Winchester w c re carried by
the rebels by Barm at six o’cloc- on H"-*da.y
evening, and th ; whole ‘ortificaticns strongly in
vested by a foic j ct not ess th' -t fifteen tho icand
men umier General S' "1 It ~-cana
question of ultimate su' -nder, or to make ■. ~a
aash to force their way irouj-'a the et< my’s lines,
and aciuncil of war bed o -i day r it unani
mously advisee an evucualio... The g* c<.
and his artilleiy were all spit-' . t or n.
o’clock on Monday r- orning he b - ~; ed »*-'.■.■
tbiug except h -s horses, ar.u etr„„-k '! v tarcu s h
lhe enemy's Ii :es. The moT'men. w. • go re.r-t
t at tue ene • y ws. ’aken by surprise, and .as
night bein quite dm the ovemenr, so fai •
the troops immediate . iavtr ng the works were
concerned, was accor iish. th but little loss.
They were followed by c .airy, ami a great
many stragglers taken pripo bj- hen four
miles this side of Winch ..r. it ;v t auction of
the road leading irem Berryvilie to . uuker Hill
and Martimburg, they were interc: pted by a
strong rebe force, with artillery, and strongly
posted in the woods on the road a;..e. Gen. Mil
roy rallied hit no n, and tn'-de reveral attempts to
storm and captuic their b-tseries, but was diiven
back.
Daylight wag now rapidly app-paching, and
it was deemed prudent to endeavor sga’o i,a cut
their way through tbe e-emy’s lints, which whs
successfully accomplished, acd being without ar
t’llery they suffered considerably, especially iu
prisoners captured, before the enemy gave u„
tbe pursuit. a y
About 12 o’clock on Monde- they reached Hall
town, and the enemy having abandoned the pur
suit, they, after a short re, . marched into Har
per’s Fetry during’.he a; -, noon. The gallant
fellows were in a sad conoi.ion aflerso severe c
march and fight, but were full of spirit and
gratification tnat they had escaped fli clutches
of the enemy.
All the stores, ommunitiou and wagons at Win
chester fell into the hands of the enemy,gath
er with all the artillery, not a gun having bce-i
saved.
Nearly all the public prnrerty and stores wei
safe;v gott en away (rom Winchester. Milroy'a
train of about two hundred wagons, with horses
ble nu ..her Rfth f Ma^’l^ 4 reOtm«
of which crossed the PotomaoYd tj 0 ’ a
Hagerstown, Chambersburg, Carlisle and^t!, 8
towns, have reached Harrisburg - oth '
, J h . e . re g lm ° n ‘» *“K««ed at Martinsburg wei
the One-hundred-and first New York, »ec„ D
Maryland, and the Thirteenth Pennsjlvam
which ran at the first fire. ...
A correspondent say*: The rebel movemei
novria progress towards tbe North is being mat
by Gen. Lee’s whole army. The advance ia U
by General Ewell, who is in eommand of Gei
Jackson 3 old corps. He has with him ‘ u
visions, embraoing 18,5(h> men. Tbs ‘ v - '* ui Ti
10a of the cdvps had uot come up at last account
l Hen- Le?,- Witn Hill’s Obrps'and L'ongstreefl
cotps, is also moving uerthward, and wifi uot 1
canjunctionWita Evvell and Hooker’s army. Tin
movement part of Gen. Lee has ap ai
et-.i’y i.'vvvto,..od Hooker, who -did not expec
anything of the' kind. Foannot iearn anytuim
official regarding his movenftuts, ' but I am in
formed that fte n getting his cofumnsdn wotien
and will follow Gen. Lee’s army wherever th,
latter goes.
Martinsburg this morning is in the posseusiot
of G ib. Ewell, wqo holds it with his two dins
ions. O being joined by me third he will an
dcubtedly move immediately into Pennsylvania
Gen. Lee’s iore& engaged m this movement it
fully 93,000 strong. It certain de'rshmenis whic'
he courted on ban arrived at Culpepper beforo
Ihia movement Cammejced, he has 120,00-. stroßg.
There eau be no doubt bo wiii move tit, ooen into
*ho interim of I’cnneyiTßirta, «<uUavnrijg t.r eta
s i before tha defens've forces under Gen. Gouou
...u ou organized there.
Otu cavalry bare been skirmishing with Lee’s
rear guard for 'wj days, aud all inioimatiou uow
tends L) .1 ..i that ibe labels are not mo 5 teg to
give us bait 10 oa the old fieid of Bn.'i avun or in
ibat vicinity.
Oar forces evucuatep Fradsrick, Mttyland, and
that vioiaity, aud fell back t? h (louse this
morning. No enimy pursutug if. !bey return
ed io Frederick this morning ttih •r-,ng reiu
fjrcamenta.
t oon after the train passed the Point of Rocks
some of Gen. Hill’s corps caoiu in ou a tour ot
observation.
It is said by some who watch military matters
Closely that the next b-itle will be .ought m
Miuyiand, eu the old held ot AnLatnm tigaiu.
!om? rebels op eared at Poolesrille tust eve
n: tig, bu. .vt.bdtwW withou. iotug any damage.
Gen. Lee is mortng ou a .onge' hue than Gen.
Hooker, but he has not succeeded in outmarching
bun very far.
Uso. Hooker was at Fairfax .Courthouse this
morning, tbe 17tu.
The Bank Presidents of Philadelphia offered a
loan of $1,000,000 to Gov. Curtin to expel tho
Confederates from the State.
Senator Cameron made a speich at Harrisburg,
Pa., ou tbe 17ih, culling lor Gen. MoCleffuu to
coir'tana the militia ot the State, and ceusuring
Lmi “i for not more promptly aiding Pennayi
vania in her hour ot danger
Fi orn the JHchmond Whig.
Generui Kwli.
Eorly >a “it war, wheu a company of Yankee
cavalry, ne led by a renegade Virginian, U-uutd
«’. k.ght into Faitf-'X Coutt House, a piugnlar
scene occurred. The friUunt Mr.ir bus killed, and
his men begar l> give hack before the cavalry.
A.t lhat moment a gentleman rushed out ot a
hours,•called ou Man’s men to stand firm, uud,
with the aid of Ex Governor, now Gen. omuh, ral
lied them. This gentleman was scantuy attired,
having, mde.d, but one garment on his person,
and he was unarmed. Thus defenceless, he sto and
in the rn.ddle ol the street, wmle the babe « era
falling thiok and last around him, defied the Yan
kees, and rained down upon them a torrent of
imprecations such as were never beard before.
His fury and hts intrepidity struck more terror
into their craven souls than ali the bull- .a of oar
infantry. They tied, and the much-euruged gen
tleman went quietly to bed. Hts name was Ewell.
When next heard from, this gentleman was
commanding a brigade ot Beauregard’s army at
Manassas.
Af'er *be battle of Manassas, we hcatd of Ew
ell’s modesty and unselfishness. When the com
mission ol Major General was tendered him be
hesitated many days to accept it, saying that Ju
ba! Early was a fitter man than niurself to ri-ceive
it. Fire, intrepidity, modesty, were las charac
teristics; his capacity was yei to be tested. This
was ully developed in Jaoxson’* greut campaign
in tno Valley, where he was uss gnod to the most
an!eon i and important duties, ail of which be
dischuigeu wild energy aud daring worthy of the
indoa tablo Ntoaewuil himself. The glorious
victory at Cross Keys was won by Ewell ulone ;
Jackson, if we mistake not, taking no part in
it.
In the battles around Richmond he took a
prominent part. At Cedar Run, Bnstoe Station
and Manassas No. 2, he fought like a lion, at
Mun-asas he w,i S co severely wouude.i that ins
leg .had to be amputated—an operation always
daDgerona, but particularly so in .he case oi u
man like Ewell, whose beniih was not robust.—
But his adamantine will triumphed over the dan
gers incident to a feebleeoustuution,una brought
Lim once more to the field, maimed, in Jeed, but
willing as ever to peril his hie in behalf 01 tue
cause, lie aiways expressed his determination
to rejoin the army at the earliest moment, not
Decause he loved warfare for its own suko, but
because he ielt it to be his duty. This, we have
been assured, was his own language.
Ewell had reported for dutv before Jackson fell
at Cbancellorsville. The loss of that great Chief
taiii, his expr.ssed preference for Ewell as hio
successor, and the general desire of the soldiei a
to havehim back again, left the War Depo'- imeut
no choice but to promote him, He w-s made
Lieutenant General. Lee showed his ecu tick uce
in him by placing him in tbe van of the gieat
forward movement now being executed, and he in
turn showed ;-.it acshaken appreciation 'll Eatiy
by aseigning to him the task of storming VVin
caesier. How well teposed tho cotfiaonc of
coth was, the telegraph despatches attest. Ii ell,
Early aid Johnston —throe all of
wuom b«v? heea ssveialy wounded -have taken
up thd Valley campaign where the I oro that
sieer.rt at Lexington leit it. Theit achievem;-its
at W. r .’.irgtve pi nmise that they will dairy
it cn iu Htonewult Jackson’s w>y. Bui let ,t not
be torgotten that these Virginians owe their ntw
ly-wou laurels to the “valor”—that is Gen. Leb’s
own word—ci Loops from other otutts besides
the Old Dominion.
.ho vte.oiiosat Winches!• -r and Berry tile hn -0
paid in part for the lost l:mb ot the fieicaGensrul
there commanding. We may oousider that the
at “fit, to ‘ .e . eut of one joint of the emal’.est
pe" h.g.iuM bt— satisfactorily a-Hied. Tue
reu-aiuuer of the debt will, we rust, be adjusted
by similar instalments. It is said that un artilici
a. leg, ..uered Seme months a ;o, awaits General
Ewell's arrivai .a tLs i'mliadelphia; and
that the object of the forward movement ot Bee’s
army is to obtain the sume.
The Alabama and Florida.— Um. the head
cf “ The Rehel Privaljsrs Hunting in couples—
their Terrible Depredations,”ihe New Folk Her
ald of Mr.y 29 says:
A short time ago we publishe?. a map of the
ocean, wit latitude and longitude, exhiffitire ihe
trucks o' the —labama ano the Fir id- I nu t
tt . hey left Liverpool till the a»i c;ip -arcc.
At ..tat l.rue ines? ' ?s*e’« wen lo iking < ir each
other oate ig the West indie. , £ ) as lor-i ;•
junctun an- prowl in compare in erde. to ren
der tbem the more efficient i deatruotiveness,
and the batter able to resist .be 1 1 .auk oi single
Federal cruiser. By the intelligence rec.ive-1, it
seems that they are now together, ana making
numerous victims.
The list wc lately published contained tue names
of more than a huuored merchant vessels destroy
ed hy vp r'ivxteera since the beginning of
the -ver. ihew..ole number now ascertained,
beet-- - -.use of which we have as yet heard ao-
Thing, is one hundred aud fourteen. Tho vame
of tho property so destroyed, w.tbout <■ n rich in g
tbe en-my, canno' sass short of . weive millions of
.laid, is or ig the direct loss the greaa. : rqury
i-atigd 1 . e American snipp-hg intetnet.—
The hi.,.- .of inrursnoe upon,American b. t-
Utvaa end cargos? are fast Inving our comtnere*
Irom the c.sar
If it was difficult .0 capt ire one ol tficbo priva
teers before, nis more difficult now, wbsn both
prey t u our merchant marine together. Admiral
Wilkes, with the fust sailing Vauderli It nd the
rest "1 hie squadron has been very ui-t joce-efu!;
cor jo likely that he wili be more successffil here
after.
It was recectly anoouheed by the 800"
journ&is that in future the various rebel ccisuirs,
would form a fleet, so as to be ir/esls ;:e- Lui
the probability is that sever"’ squa-run.. ci thai*’
will be formed. The Alabama and FLrida are
tbe nucleus of the first, and we may expect soon
to hear from them again. -
We hope that the Herald has told the truth this
time, aad that Burnett’s worst fears in regaid to
the Buccess aLd depredations of our P rlvft eer ®
be terms tbem, will befaVy reahze . 8 .
Federais be made to feel tbe war ut ■vc y 1 ‘
. 4 , 4hs* sea and land. Joey
ble manner— gaßat | e , tc born, pillage
have thrown, lfae|r owu
and des roy lhem far moru Uiaa
weapons. We can a
they can carnage ns. in y
awhile.
... a- 1 ; s Issued an address to the
niole of LoufiS****' b ‘ dd,n ß them be °‘ P od
P hl?r and exhorting them to organize them
“mvot “o minute companies, so as to render
Resistance when the proper time comes to
repel the invader.