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Death or W at. 1.. Yancey.
in the death of William Lowndes Tancey, the
Confederacy has truly lest one of her most talenied
statesmen, lie was born in our neighboring
SStute of South Carolina, and inherited the im
petuonsness of the bods of that State ; gifted with
geniat of no ordinary character, and wilh a mind
cultivated by the study of a long public life, ho
Was an orator whose fam. was American.
At an early period of life, but not be r ore he had
attracted attention in a young man of promise, he
left Carolina, and fixed upon Alabama as his future
home, lie often represented the city of Mont
gomery in the Legislature, and subsequently in
the lower branch of Congress.
During the session of 1848-9, pending the dis
cussion of tbo Wrlinot Proviso, lie made several
•powerful speeches against that measure. Hut not
until the memorable President al campaign of
iB6O did he attract universal attention. Asa del
egate from the State of Alabama, he appeared in
the Charleston Convention as the acknowledged
eader of the anti-Douglas, or Southern R ; ghta
wing of that celebrated meeting.
When the platform of his party was presented
he made a speech in support of it winch electrified
the Conventiou, and which a3 an effort of the fo
rum, has rarely been equaled, it is thought by
many that thut speech aud his other efforts both
efore and at the Convention, tended largely to
break up that body, rend the Democratic party
and make it impotent to elect its candidate for
President, it wus claimed by Mr. Douglas and
it s friends that had the party remained united
the reeult of the election would have been differ
ent.
Mr. Tancey entered upon the campaign that
followed with the greatest zeal and with more
than his usual ability. He made speeches in all
-parts of the Union, and everywhere won tho ad
miration of every lover of eloquence. His
bitterest oppoueuls gave him praise us an orator
without an equal. No matter where he appeared
’.it the moat violent Abolition communities of
the North, or before an audience of his native
Mouth, —he commanded that respect and dieted
that applause which few men of his time could
do. Ue was bold iu the enunciation of his pr nci
pies, and prophotically told the peoplo of the
.North what the result of the election of a sectional
President would be. Hut his voice of warning
was not heard ; Lincoln was elected »nd then came
the result predicted
The Provisional (iovornmeiil of the Confederate
states delegated Mr. Yancey Commissioner to
JCnglaud, aud ihilo in that capacity he first
called the attention of Europe to the new aud
■rising Western Republic Bpringing into exist,
ence. In Ins correspondence with the Br.tish
Aftoverument, and in his speeches before the
British public, ho fully sustained his reputation
At home as a statesman, aud at once caused the
people of England to sympathise with the South
*u her struggle for independence.
At the time of bis death ho wus a Senator in
Congress fiotn Alabama, and if is now ne.-ufossto
my that the loss of sueh a man to the South, at
•ny time, and more especially at a time like this,
is a national misfortune. Had it occurred in a
■time of peace, tho eve; t would have arrested
universal attention and sorrow. Rut now death
is everywhere. Our moet gifted men are fall
ing ell urouud ns, so thick and last, that scarce
does the sound of one funeral knell p&ae away,
before auothcr, and yet another, is borne to us.
But his epitaph should not be writteu new. Long
Alter the new born nation shall have expanded
into a great Republic—long after the penis of its
dbirth shall have been in a manner forgotten—then,
and not till then, will the name of William
iLewndes Yancey, as one of its Futhers, he revered
as the Patrick Henry of his time.
Tt>e Last Vimlue SiMmaUun.
Thu New York Herald is out in an elaborate
editorial claiming that the war is substantially
ended, and that the political question alone de
mands adjustment. It calls upon the Lincoln
OoTernment to propose such liberal terms o
•ettiement as wilt insure faror at the South, and
■then to oontirtn the consolidation ot the country
by the instant declaration of war against France
and England. We have very little respect for
the paper in whieh these propositions appear. It
is on some accounts the most contemptible sheet
published in the Northern States. The Tribuue,
Times, and other Abolition papers have at least
the merit of consistency. They have always been
intensely anti-Southern in principle and in prac
tice. But the Herald has been everything by
turns and nothing long. As, however, us pro
prietor has kept uppermost the question of popu
larity, we may gather something from its pages
u to the directions which political currents are
taking among the masses of’the Northern metro
polis. t>n this acoount the article in question is
interesting to as. It may indicate the popular
feeling towards Franoe and Ergiund, and exhibit
also the Northern notion of the estimate in which
these powers are held with the South. The Yan
kees have au idea that our indignation agains
these two great European Powers is such that
for the pleasure of gaining a party capable of
cheaimg them w# would godsioi ccco more to
keep house with the people who are now seeking
to destroy us.
There never was a greater mistake. Bather
than consent to reunion with a people who, in
person and through their emissaries, here done
•11 in their power to blot oat our very existence
as a free people, we precume that an overwhelm
ing majority of the people of the Confederacy
would prefer becoming the vassals of Victoria or
Napoleon -father than to be brought under the
*way of ruler* who in time of war have ignored
AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1863.
even th; sc usages which the serni-barbaroug na
tions respect when carrying cn war. It is true
that England has acted in such a way, during
this sruggle, as to forfeit all claim to our grati
tude or admiration. Whilst professing neutrality
the has recognized a blockade confessedly iniffi
cient, haa sold to or.r enemies the munitions of
war in large quantities, and in general, haa de
ported it. reel! so unfairly that our chief Magis
trate h:.s publicly animadv rted on the injustice.
But alter a’l, our hostility towards her is not so
great that for the sake of humbling her we would
be willing to merge cur country with the Federal
Government. It may he, after all, thut England
has been mere impartial than we are willing to
allow. There is sorri3 reasou to think so, when
we remember that her course has been in some
particulars more odious to our enemies than to
carselver. It is hard for neutrals to appear im
partial to belligerents. By a law of perspective,
it a main stand equidistant between two men,
separated from each other by any considerable
uterval, he will appear to each observer to be
nearer to the ipposite party than himself. This
illusion may bold where a party proposes a
middle ground between two combatants. Each
one will imagine that tho neutral person stands
nearer to his antagonist and xa disposed to favor
his cans.!. But liowtver this may he, the promise
of a brush with England is not strong enough to
uilure '.lie Confederacy to reunion.
As to France, we have no quarrel with that
Power, and even on tho hypothesis of a union,
reconstructed in name, through the overwhelm
ing power of opposing numbers, that would be a
very stern conscription which would induce any
.Southern mttu to draw the sword against the
only refer who has evinced the slightest sympa
thy with us in our struggles agains an unpitying
enemy, it would require more smooth words
than t'ae Archbishop of New York used recsntly
to persuade his Irish brethren to acquiesce in the
Federal laws, to induce any true man in this Con
federacy to stand again “ shoulder to shoulder ”
with the moa whose very name is a synonym for
cruelty.
Brig. (Xvii, Uotvexi.
Brig. tieu. John 8. Bowen, whose death w?
hare anrounced, wa i one of the ablest cllioers in
tho Confederate army. He was a graduate of
West Point, and belonged to the regular United
State; army at tho ccmmencomeoi of the present
war. Ilpba the beginning of hostilities between
the two sections he promptly resigned his com
mission and offered his sword to Gov, Jackson, of
Missouri. He was second in command when
Camp Jackson was attacked aud captured by
Gan. Lyoa Paroled by that officer, ho went to
New Madrid county in Missouri, and raised one
of tut tines 4 , regiments in the Western Depart
ment. Reporting to Gen. Polk, then in command
at Columbus, his superior qualities was quiokly
detected by that officer, aud sent commander of
a hi ip; de, to Camp Beauregard—the extreme
right wing of the army, and a very responsible
position. Always on the alert, kind and humane,
yet strict in discipline, he more than fulfilled all
that was anticipated of him.
VV hen lien. A. S. Johnston was threatened with
amiibihaiou at Bowling Green by threefold his
o u i v.mber, Gen. Bowen’s brigade was detach
ed from th*. army of the Mississippi and sent to
him. Upon his atrival, be wa3 at once placed in
command of the fortifications and the city. The
army failing back upon Nashville, spreading the
wildest alarm among the inhubiiuuls of that citj
and suction, without councils, somewhat distract
ed, Gen. Bowen respectfully appealed to the com
manding Genera! to make a stand upon the Cum
berland and give the enemy battle, in this he
was nlone and was overruled.
At the b: tile of Shilo he fought with the gal
lantry of a Salan’iii, and never saw the enemy
upon his put t of the field bat to charge and sweep
Ufom from it. Io one f.t these desperate encoun
ters be was pit-reed by u minnie hall and fell dan
gerously rounded.
Iu liiee months fie wafi again ia the saddle, and
at the head of his brigade. At the subsequent
b-.ti.U sos Corinth, (Van Darn’s) Baton Rouge
Grand Gulf, Baker’s Creek and Vicksburg, he
ever exhibited that indrmitabie courage, judg
ment, and coolum.h so characteristic of a good
aud great General—for such ho was.
With tho galiant Green and along line of other
ncb'e heroes who have lost their lives in the
cause ol freedom,
Leaving in buttle not a blot, ou their mnne.
Du I luoiciiis pfoud.y to Heaven lroui the death-bed ol fame,
be has gnae to meet his reward.
John S. B iwen was a native ol Savannah, Ga.
and the son of W m ’’. Bowen, who was a citizen
ol thrt city for many years anterior to his death,
which occurred soma fire years ago. Ho served
with credit as a Major of infantry in the Florida
w--r. A brother lives in Savannah, and two sis
ters reside in the upper part ot Georgia.
Tun Mississippi Tkoops.—A few days since
some inconsiderate person sent over the tele
graph wives the announcement that the Mississip
pi troops were deserting Johnston’s army in large
numbers and going home. Thereupon, some
very inconsiderate editors commenced giving
thiir views upon the subject ; and endeavored, if
possible, to make matters real'y worse than they
would have been even if the announcement had
been true ill every particular. Knowing full well
thv character oi tb Mississippi troops, and the
well merited reputatiin they have always had
for bravery, ve at the time doubted the correct
peas of the report put in circulation, and thought
thi.t those c ' tors who commenced abusing them
upon a mere telegraphic rumor, exhibited but
litile discretion —to say the ‘east.
A gentleman just from Mississippi has given a
true statement of ihe ease. From his account it
appears that the soldiers who went home were
the paroled Vicksburg prisoners, who cannot
light until exchanged, and who had a
right to pursue the course they did. ‘.Those edi
tors who have “made a mountain out of a mole
hill” will do wail if they will correct the salsa ru
mors they have published, and remove the
erroneous impressions they have made on the
minds of their readers.
All accounts from Mississippi coucur in prov
ing that the spirit of the soldiers from that State
is not in the least dampened in consequence of the
recent disaster to our arms in that section. On
the contrary, the outrages that haTe been com
mitted on their families, homes and property, will
only incite them to brave other dangers and en
dure greater suffer ngs, in order to be able to
punish the vandals who have despoiled their in
heritance They will need no urging, after a
few lays rest, and the fact of their having been
exchanged is pioperly mude known, to rally at
the c -il of G-n. Johnston.
Ths Rstalicviov C*s*—Rimarking upon the
Federal thre.-.t tn hang two Coniederate officers
ln 0 f ;he : locution cf Captains Sawyer and
Flvnn by this government, the Richmond Ex
aminer remind? the Lincoln government that we
hold about six hundred Yankee officers in our
i hands’; inelu3mg several Brigadier Generals.
The assertion o’ the Federals that Sawyer and
- y vnn were drawn to sober for two spies who
were hung, is a gross perversion of facts. They
were drawn in retaliation for the shooting of two
Confederate recruiting officers.
manifesto to SSie IVlejacasi Satsou.
Gea. Forey, ihe French commander in Mexico
issued the annexed manifesto to that notion on
the 12tu of June, from the City of Mexico :
Mexicans : is it necessary that I should again
state to you the purpose for which the Emperor
has sent to Mexico a part of his army ? The pro
clamation which I hwc addressed to you must
certainly be known to you. notwithstanding the
suspicicu; policy of your Government, aud you
are aware that our magnanimous sovereign,
touched by your sad condition, has had but one
object in crossing the seas with his troops: to
show you the noble standard of France, which is
the symbol of civilization. He has been right in
thinking that at the sight ot that flag, those who
were oppressing you in the name of liberty, would
either be discomfited, or would iguominiously
take to flight.
The mission confided in ms by the Emperor hod
a doable purpose. First : I wa3 to bear, with the
weight of our arms, upon ‘he pretended victors of
the sth of May, 1562, and reduce to its proper
value that event, to which the boastings ot cer
tain chieftains had attributed the proportions of
a great victory.
Next, 1 was'to offer tho aid of France to Mexico
in order to assist in tanning for itself a Govern
ment which should be the expression of its !ree
choice : a Government observant above all of
justice, probity, good rath in its foreign reiaiions,
liberty at home; but Fberly us it ougat to be uu
deretoad, accompanied by order, respect for re
ligion, for property, aud ’or family. The rout of
' tho hostile forces wherever. they have dared to
meet our eabres or our bayonets, as well rs the
siege of Puebla, has given ample satisfaction to
our military honor.
Arriving with Rente means of attack before
Puebla wniob the late Government had converted
into a first class fortress, and which it regarded
as a bulwark against wtuch all our efforts would
be vain, and in which, accorurag to its usual
vaunts, it declared we would find uiir graves, we
have forced it to surrender ot discretion ; anil
(what is extraordinary in the annals of military
iriumpiisj a garrison ot 20,000 men have been
made prisoners, with all their Generals, all their
officers ; and have been forced, while still in pus
session ot powerlul resources, (an we have been
able to satisfy ourselves,) to abandon to us im
mense munitions of war.
After the fail cl Puebla we were about to march
on the Capitol, whore wo were told aerious re
sistance was prepared. We had powerlul means
ot overcoming this resistance, auu victory, faith
ful to the banner of France, wus not doubtful.
But God would not permit iunhsr effusion of
blood; and the Government, which well knew
that it would not be supported by the people of
this Capital, has not baud to await our ai rival
behind its ramparts. It has shamefully lied,
leaving this great and hrautuul city to Itself. If
it still questioned the general reprobation of
which it was tbo object, the events 01 the 10th of
June, 1803, which new belong to historr, must
have destroyed alt delusion, and have satisfied it
ot its inability to pieserve ine fragments of a
power which it has so deplorably abused.
The military question is then .at au end.
The political question remains.
The solution, Mexicans, depends cn you.
Unite iu sentiments of fraternity, concord, true
patriotism Let all honest men, all moderate
citizens, ol all opinions, fuse themselves into a
single party, that of order, liijeci, as petty and
unworthy o you, of a partisan victory
over each other. Look at things from a loftier
stand point, abandon your names of liberals, of
reactionaries, which only engender bate, perpetu-
a:e a spirit of vengeance, in a word, excite all
the bau passions of the human heart. Determine,
aboyo ail things, to b i Mexicans, ana to make ot
yourselves a nation united, and, therefore, strong,
great, because you have all the elements necessa
ry for this end.
It is lor this that we come to aid ton ; and we
will succeed io creating, in;;-, liter, a durable orde
of things, if, comprehending the true interests oi
your country, you enter resolutely into the de
signs of tho Emperor, which ! am instructed :t
explain to you.
Thus, henceforth there will bo exacted no fine:',
contributions, no requisitions of any kind, or on
any pretext. There trtli he no exaction commit
ted without the punishment of the guilty.
The property and persons oftbe citizens will fie
under the safeguard of the laws and of the officers
of the Government.
The owners of national estates, who bought
them regularly and ia conformity wish Saw, shall
not be disturbed, but shall remain in possession
of the property : fraudulent miles alone will be
subject to revision.
The press will fie live, but regulated according
to the system of warnings eslafiltshed in France.
Two warnings will result in the suppression of
the paper.
The recruiting of the army will be conducted
on a moderate system, putting an end to the
odious custom of seizing by loica and dragging
from their families the Indians and Harm labor
ers, that interesting class of the population who
are now forced in the ranks, with the rope around
their necks, aud who, therefore, only afford the
sad spectacle of soldiers without patriotism,
without devotion to ttu irllag, alwa>B ready to
desert, or to quit one cbiet for another. And
this is easy to conceive, for the reason that there
is iu Mexico uo nationai aimy, but bands, trader
the orders of ambitious chicitaius, who wrangle
for power which they use only lor the total de
struction of the resources of the country, by ap
propriating to themselves tho wealth of others.
Taxes wiil be regulated t*sin countries,
so that their burthen shall xuh on all the citizens
in proportion to their fortunes; aud examina
tion will be made, in order, ii practicable, to
suppress certain taxos on coixtuaiption, more
vexatious than productive, aud waieh affect
principally the pooxesi producers iu the country
districts.
AH agents who Sieve the disposal-of public
funds wili be suitably compensated ; but those
who fail to dii.cha.rge their functions with the
probity ar-d integrity which the State has tue
right to require of them, wiil be displaced, be
sides being punished lor any misconduct of
they which may be guilty.
The Catholic religion shall be respected, and
the B‘shops restored to . heir bishoprics. I will
add that the Emperor would be plea, ed if it were
possible for the Government 10 proclaim freedom
of worship, that great principle of modern so
ciety.
Energetic measure will bo adopted for repres
sing brigandage, that Hague oi Mexico, which
makes ot it a country exceptional in the world,
aed paralyses all commerce, all enterprises of
public or private- utility, which cannot prosper
without security’.
Courts wili be so organized as to render justice
with integrity, so that it shall no longer he bought
by the last and highest bidder.
Such are the essential principles on wfciob will
rest the Government to be established. They arc
those of the most distinguished peoples of Eu
rope. They are those which the new Govern
ment of Mexico mast endeavor io follow with
perseverance and energy, if it desires to assume
a place among civilized nations.
This second part of my task can only be ac
complished by rue, if 1 am aided by good Mexi
cans.
Therefore, I Will not conclude this manifesto
without making an appeal to conciliation. I in
voke the concurrence of all in teliigences; I ask
parties to disarm, and henceforth to use their
strength, not in pulling down, cut in building up.
I proclaim forgetfulness of the , a complete
amnesty for ail who will rally in good faith around
the Government, which the nation, freely con
sulted, will establish for itself.
But 1 pronounce enemie; to ihe country those
who shall show themselves deaf to my conciliato
ry voice, and I wili pursue thorn wherever they
may take reluge.
Mors Fspxsajl Rains.— Shorter has is
sued a proclamation announcing that be tvs re
ceived authentic intelligence that formidable ex
peditions ore preparing in North Alabama to de
vastate the interior of that State. Aa there is no
time to await the action of the Legislature, at its
special session on the 17‘.h cf August, he
calls upon the people to organize in md tary com
panies at once, for the defence of the State.
Pethaps the raiders may intend to also pay
Georgia avisil- Oar people every where should he
on the alert--end not be caught napping. Now
is the time to organize and make preparations to
receive the Federals as they ought tn be. It will
be of no use to “lock tbe door after the horse is
stolen. ’’ Citizens of Georgia 1 Are you ready io
meet the invading foe whenever ana wherever
they make their appearance Ii not, begin at
once to prepare yourselves. A month, yes, per
haps u ween hone may he too late. !11 not put
the mailer od untilt* -morrow—for to-morrow yon
will never live to see. Commence to-dav.
Tlac Yankee Conscription.
The annexed extracts from Northern papers
show how the draft is progressing in Lincolndom:
THE CONSCRII’TIOK.
Iu Westchester, N. Y,, a public meeting haa
resolved “that no man shall be permitted to leave
-istchestcr county for the seat of war, nuless he
sh.Ji go voluntarily, cheerfully, and with a heart
tor the work.” The man who oflered the resolu
tion was a prominent Republican.
'the Brooklyn (N. Y.) (.tty Council has appro
priated #500,000 to exempt 1,666 men.
The Governor of New Jersey has so “modified
the order for dratting, with the consent of the U.
8. Government,” that rolunte-.ring will be con
tinued iu that State, end no draft will be had.
In Aartford, Os., 1,127 men have been drafted.
A meeting of ihe cit'zens is called to consider the
propriety ol voting ~e appropriation suiiicieut to
pay for the exemption o! all.
The city of Rochester is proposing to buy off
the drafted men.
The draft is suspended in New Hampshire.
Discontents are announced in various places.
The dratting proceeded quietly iu Philadelphia,
and 2,090 men were drafted. It was decided that
a negto substitute may go in for a drafted negro,
but not for a white man.
Thirteen Roman Catholic priests have been
drawn so far in Pennsylvania. Their congrega
tions paid for their exemptions.
The Abolitionists are turning the dral! to po
litical account. Ia Auburn, N. Y,, the drafted
men paraded on the 23d with flags end music.
They were addressed by “distinguished politi
cians,” and cheered for “The Union—Old Abe—
The Draft—Our Recent Victories, Ac.” O. course
tho #3OO exempt on of these cheerful decoy ducks
are paid by the Republican Uuiou Leagues.
In Boston two boob of Edward Everett have
been drawn and intend to serve in person. The
N- w Bedford Mercury says that their father will
pursue the same course it he is drawn.
There had been a threatened riot at Newport,
Rhode Island, to prevent which the Mayor order
ed out the infantry and artillery.
At Harrisburg, Pa., a gang ot women destroyed
the drafting wheel and bandied the Provost Mar
shal very roughly. The women were afterwards
joined by lurge numbers of men, and a general
riot seemed imminent. Several fights occurred;
in one ol which Officer Baker was severely beat
en. The Mayor read the riot act, and the Sheriff
enrolled a posse of two hundred men. Order
was sufficiently restored to permit the resumption
oi the draft at that hour.
The city of Rochester haa voted f207,300 to pay
for drafted men.
In New York city the drafting officers have
made their headquarters aboard the ship-of-war
North Carolina. The rascals are disposed to
place their own precious persons beyond the reach
of danger. Quite a stimulus has bsen given to
enlistments recently, and if these are counted in,
together with tho number which have already
been enlisted over the last call of the President
for troops from this State, the Herald says, New
York city will have very little, indeed, to furnish
under the draft.
The Hartford, (Ot.) Times says that the exemp
tions of drafted men, by surgeons’ certificates, in
various parts of New England, since the com
mencement of the Federal conscription, amount
to the enormous proportion of 73 per cent. It is,
indeed, estimated by many that the exemption
will reach 80 per cent. But we will call it 73. Os |
the balance, it would seem that, as a general
thing, about 25 out of the 27 have lied to parts
unknown, and tlxa strong probability is that, in
most of these cases, the fugitives from their own
homes will make good their escape, in spite ol the
activity of the provost marshals, leaving a net re
sult of, at the most, ten men out of every hun
dred drafted who will be mnsteied into the ser
vice.
Joel T. Green has been arrested at Hartford,
ou the charge of having boldly urged all men to
resist the draft with violence.
“The New Y'ork “World” learns from its West
era exchanges, that for the present there will ba
no enforcement of the draft in any of the Stales
Norih and West of the Ohio river, ft will be
noticed that Colonel Fry, in announcing the re
sumption oi the draft, mentioned the Middle and
Eastern States an these iu which the conscription
was to be immediately enforced. There is,
doubtless, some reason for this discrimination
though we do not see its justice.”
The World speaking of the Government's
brtaca of faith in enforcing the draft after pro
unsiag us suspension, says : Some of the organs
ot the War Department are trying to get up a
question of veracity between Sicreiary Staunton
and Gov. Seymour touching the correspondence
between them on the subj. et of the dralt. But
it is the height of absurdity for them to r.nsouny
bucU issue.
The New York Journal of Commerce says it
was a noticeable feature that no politician of
either party wus a participant in the late riots.
It grew out of the discontent of the peoplo, aud
was a sudden and unpremeditated outburst.
f iirtdoute «r i»«rs*ii’« Trip through
’udiaua.
Til* Indianapolis, (Ind.) Sentinel of July 15,
gives the annexed account of Morgan’s doings :
Now that the invading force that threw our
State into commotion hai passod out, and the
Harry and excitement has gone with it, wo can
bear some particulars about the raid. The dam -
og? done Is comparatively insignificant. A force
of 4000 mounto-i men cannot pass through a belt
of country, and subsist upon it without inflicting
a great loss upon it, and those living along the
line of Morgan’s match have of course Buffered
heavy losses ; but we cannot hear of any serious
damage to tlm railroad or public property.
Morgan strips the couatiy of horses as he ad
vancc’! In some places he represents himself as
commanding 0 nicn troops, and often induces the
most intensely loyal citizens to pomt out to his
scouts where the best horses in the neighborhood
are to be found, lie Uses every expedient to de
cays,. In mary settlements the Federal forces
who pursued him looked upon with dread, the in
habitants thin King they iiad just fed tbo Onion
troops, and that the Federal was the terrible Mor
gan was to sweep all they possessed ol this
world’s goods out of existence.
Morgan’s forces is said, by persons who were
in His hands, and who have had some military
experience, to bo about four thousand, and to
consist of veteran troops, and held in band by
rigid discipline.
When Morgan reached the neighborhood of
Versailles there were four hundred men assem
bled there, organizing a mounted force to j ;in in
his pursuit. His advanced guard dashed in upon
tb-ra and captured the great r pari ot the stock
before the men could even mount to escape.
There is rather an amusing story told about
I.awrtmceDnrg. On Saturday they wore rejo cmg
over the fall of Vicksburg, and the city was deco
rated with Hags, scarcely a house but had one
displayed. Suddenly the .news came that Morgan
was rapidly approaching. To e flags rnys eriona
iy disappeared, and the good people ot the burg
prepared to make the best terms possible with
the five long-range guns that Morgan la supposed
to carry with him.
There is a perfect panic in portions of the
country through which the Confederate and Fede
ral forces have passed. Many persons have taken
to their beds from fright, and the sight of a dozen
horsemen along the road even yet will cause a
PC Ag C eutmman d who was captured by Morgan at
one of the railroad stations, end forced to drive
him in a bu rgy to visit a portion of his force some
three or four miles distant says that Morgan told
him he had halted one whole day for the federate
to come up. and on other occasions had waited
for hours for him but be could not wait always—
his business was pressing
Noble asp Heroic Conduct.— Daring the late
Federal raid on Wythvili?, Va., the ladies are said
to have acted heroically. While the fight was
raging, and the bullets were flying thick and fast
around them, they were cilm and unmoved, and
cheered on their friends aid relatives to fight.—
After the vandals had setfire to the town, and
retreated, with their own tones these brave ladies
assisted in subdoing the tbmes, and but for their
herculean efforts, the whole town would have
been laid in ashes. This was done under circum
stances ihe most trying to the female heart, their
husbands and brothers, ant friends, having been
carried off by the enemy, md they being ignor
ant of their fate. The Wytieville ladies certainly
are deserving of great praiie—both for their he
roic conduct and the nobl* example they have
set for others of their own sex to follow. It is
said that an honest man ie one of the noblest
works of God , we think a *rave woman is also.
VOL. LXXYII—NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. NO. 31
Army Correspondence.
Letter (rotii Lee’s Army,
The feeling over the Ibtomao—Route of Army to
I'enmylvania—Their conduct 'while in that
State—Appearance of the Inhabitants and the
country — Vieio of the Battle Field of Gettys
burg— The Ba’.tle—Strong Tuition of ihe Fe and
eralt —Bravery of our Troops — Gallant deeds of
the Georgia Brigades Coolness and courage of
their orficers—An .Artillery Dud—'lhe victory
ours-r Reasons of Tee’s Retreat— Our Loss—Loss
of the Federals—Advantages gained, by us by
Lee’s movements—lhresmt condition of our
Army—tttzciwjs ot tree i roops— lAa vzyfii fptrzt
existing—Our wounded well provided so
tentions given them by Dr. ClaggeU and Rev. Dr.
Grumlty — &c., Ac., Ac.
j,WiNCHSsriiit, Jnly 15, 1868.
J. M. Nkwby, E#<» — Dear Sib : Duties which i
need not mention kept me front entering Mary
land and Fennsylvania with our army. Ou the
Ist im?t.. however, 1 left this place aud behind two
good horses moved rapidly forward. Early in the
evening lorded the I’otomuc, a broad, beautiful
stream, and entered Williamsport. There most
of the stores were closed and the majority of the
citizena.ciosely shut up in their residences, givir.
a quiet, Suuday-like air to the place. The fe w I
talked with insisted that the Confederacy hud
many friends in the town and State,who,lo espouse
our cause only needed the assurance that our
army would permanently remain ou that side of
the river. ’Tis true that quite a number of ladies
welcomed Geo. Leo on the xtoue bridge over the
canal, and many along tho road waved Southern
flags xxnd cheered ou our troops . but the great
majority of ihe men in that portion of the State
are loyal to the old Union or want spirit to join
ns in resisting the tyrant at Washington. It is
perhaps just to say that we ware in the same sec
tion we visited last year—ono avowedly Union in
its interest and feeling. Had wo reached Balti
more and the region round about, we might have
met with a different reception.
Leaving Hagerstown to tka right we took the
direct road to Greeneastie, i’a. The distance
across the State by this route isuotteu miles, und
was the road over which a large part of our army
passed. It led through a rich and highly cultiv,.
ted region, thickly dotted with neat farm houses.
Across the entire State I noticed that no property
was injured. One could BOareely think a largo
army had but recently marched over the ground.
On the 2d we entered Pennsylvania. Booa af
ter crossing the line I began to notice traces of
the passage ot our troops. Here aud there fen
ces were broken down, and a few fields of grain
partially trampled under toot. Some ol tbo less
conscientious oftbe troops no doubt appropriated
pigs, chickens and the like. Our Government
took horses, cattle and forage of course, hut paid
fort o i*. No private honses were bunted, no
agricultural implements destroyed, no wanton
destruction of any kind indulged in, such as murks
the march of the enemy through our land.
Never did an army leave a State with lest real
damage. Most of the misery and suffering
brought upon our country were through the note
of soldiers from Pennsylvania, und it was hard for
our troops to keep their hands off of property they
felt they had so much right to destroy. Many a
homo have censured Gen. Lee, wo hear, for thus
respecting private property. He oxpiessly de
clared that lie did not came lo make w; r upon
defenceless women and children, and requested
his troops to refrain from the policy adopted by
the foe in our own land. History, tie raid, would
applaud the course, and the Gon of buttles bless
and sanction it.
The citizons of that portion of the Slate our
array occupied are all Dutch—the men a milk and
water looking set, who could not give us an hon
est gaze. Candor compels me to say that 1 did
not see a paßsuble looking female. AU had a
rk venly look, and shuttling gait, end I could im
agine no position in which they would uppear at
all in their element, exaept over the kitchen fire
: and wash tub. Some were quief, und some sul
len; but some, boasting with rage, abused us in
profane and vulgar language. No restraint was
placed upon their tongues, und we only laughed at
their raging. The country was the most beuuti
ful I ever beheld. Everywhexo fields of waving
grain met the eye, while the vast numbers ol
dwellings and outhouses gave i. tho appearance
of one vast village.
Befora reaching Chamberslnirg, we turned to
the right, iu the direction of Gettysburg. At
Ureonwood, wo Urst hoard that a butt In was go
ing on. Urging on our horses, tge ro:e to the
top of the mountain, only eight uitlns from Ihe
battle field. It perhaps falls to the lot of few to
have a grander view than the one we had from
this elevuted position. The linen of the two con
tending armies could be distinctly traued L>,- the
smoke of battle, while the roar of the cannon,
ns it rolled up the mountains, aud reverberated
from the peaks and cliff's, sounded like heavy
thunder. Long lines of our cavalry stretched
along tlfo road beneath, while men on foot and
single horseman were moving to and from the
shone of strife. Immense numbers of wxtgons
dotted the Xxeldsou either side ot tho road, und
horses were grazing quietly, aB if nothing wore
going on.
As we neared our rear, the guns roared louder
and xouder, und the spiteful rattle of mnsketry
mingled with the hiss of shot and shell. Lcav
mg the conveyance, I made my way down to the
hots, stopping here aud there at the different hos
pitals, which were filled with wounded, who bore
their pains like stoics.
The battle began on the Ist, about live miles
from Gettysburg. Hill’s corps was principally
engaged on the first day, and drove the enemy
beyond tfce town, killing, wounding and captur
ing great numbexs. That night the euximy took
position upon a high rocky bill—a perfect Gibral
tar —and there awaited our advance.
The next day our lines were drawn—Long
street on the right, Ewell on the left, and Hill in
the centre. On the two wings Longstreet and
Ewell drove buck the foe with great slaughter,
but the centre resisted every effort made to carry
it. 11 appeared almost foolishness and a wautoo
waste of life to attempt it. Over an open field
for over half a mile the hill sloped gradually
from Hill's position to that of the enemy, ft
then rose abruptly to a narrow piece of level
ground. On this the cannon wore thickly planted.
Immediately behind, the hill again ro-;e, over
looking the cannon, and on Us sides were three
lines of battle, each arranged so the upper oo.ua
yhoot over the beads ol the lower, mid all pio
tected by strong stone walte.
1 cannot give you an aocouui of the diiiurent
attempts made to carry the position. The most
desperate, however, and the only one which took
the guns, wits made by Gen. Anderson’s division,
or rather three brigades of it, Wilcox’s, Ferry's
and Wright’s. But very lew of Wilcox’s or Fer
ry’s men reached the batteries. All those ia
Wrighl’s who survived the fiery ordeal planted
their colors there, but had to relinquish the hard
earned prize for want of support, after fighting
hand to hand with overwhelming numbers.
This charge is the theme of praise in ths mouth
of every one, and is considered the most recxless
and daring of the war. In the advance over the
open field Wright had no support on his left. As
they pressed forward volley alter volley greeted
them, but led by the intrepid Wright, and as
sured by the presence of Adjutant General Gi
rardey, whom no danger can excite, they moved
on, each step leaving the field strewn with dead
and wounded. One after another fell, while the
slaughter among the officers was terrible.
Col. Gibson, Lt. Col. Caswell, and Adi. Cum
mings of the .Forty-Eighth Georgia, Col. Wars
den, and Adj. Daniels of the TwentySaeond, with
many other officers fell while leading on their
commands. The Third Georgia also lost heavily
m offieers and only three out of the Second Bat
talion gained the hill. Undismayed by the heavy
lo ses, the men pressed on, drove the enemy from
the guns. Capt. Girardy planted the flag over
them, and rallied the surviving portion of the
brigade around him. Some began bitching up
the horses to the eannon to lead them from the
fiell. Maj. Ross of the Seoond Battalion was
wounded while thus engaged. The enemy see
ing their weakness and that they had no support
moved down upon them like an avalanche. In
vain the little Spartan band looked baok and call
ed for aid to help secure the brilliant victory
they had ruined their brigade to gain. None was
at hand.
The enemy swarmed around them and the
order was given to fall back Sullenly and dis
appointed they fought their way, and back down
the hill through the same awfiri fire in which they
advanced they Vook their eeurae. No rout or
wild fleeing from danger characterized their
move, but with blighted hopes they reformed and
took their old position. Many shouldered their
wounded friends and brongnt them oft the field.
The majority of the badly wounded who fell near
the guns were left, in the hands ot tue sun”: *
Without donbt, if support had been sent General
Wright, the battle would have soe- -ded in tha
complete rout of the Federal B'my.
Yv'right’s Brigade lock in abc- me J
lost iu the neigiiborhoou :-i7iw --r .
pacy had a umit;: i oli i. t »
Second Battal; _ three of -ki vt us eotepas*
iss were brought out “rgexnss. ilalo- ' j
was seriously vrqnadev x the till,-; ,u:‘
tbs' field Gen, Wi» gu. •_s nu q
Adjutant, Capt. Girardt scape i
offibors do well to go to-. c.
Girurdey is the coolest ; <>i toe t. j
ri.dul of the greatest and .t mo- as a •
conscious of the balls Ji v -ouud n. As* a
gentleman, ha is kind *e. a wnreg
and ennle for evory one A sve hW
and are nover better . than wl a lead-s
t-fi m in battle.
Uj the third uay in > J( . • or j, t
record took place. On c r ana qr u , ,
di ed aud fifty guns w , in ac • , u of them:
playing on the centre. is ay mast haver
U >■ over two hundred, by ti ,r own accounts
they used all their resurv,
For hours it was almost impossible to si.uvr
your head, so thickly and inossifSntly flew %u*
uissiles of destruction. In a smai. grove near
the position Wright’s brigade eccup.ed, the trees;
were iiterally out to pieces. The loti cn our side?
during this artillery battle was oomparotivelv*
small. Gur men had a slight hoilow to protect*
them, aud many dug holes with their bayonets
largo enough to bids thsir bodies. The enemy*
being massed upon a hillside had no protection*'
and from the testimony of prisoners, suffered,
greatly. The aoeuraoy of our artillerists gi~
fonc.-d many o i tha enemy’s batteries, and then*
guns were frequently knocked out of position. 111,
tlin evening General Hiekett’a division made a.
charge on the heights, but failed, witbileavjr
lo.is. Longstreet and Ewell oentinutd to slaugh
ter the enemy, and took many prisoners, masting:
itj) Gen. Meade’s army until its lines were not
over one-third the length it began tho battle
with.
G sn. Lee, unwilling to sacrifice more ;n ia
trying to carry tbe position, and« not resiSfo tha
battle on the 4th, aud the enemy seemed to have
no disposition to doit. In fact, during tho entire
battle we made all the charges, and nothing
couid draw them out of their strongholds.
That morning Gen. Meade began to withdraw
iiia army. Gen. Lee, for reasons best known to
himself, did not follow, but went south to
gerstown and Boonsboro’ Gap. It ie ga i fiy
thor.e who ought to know that our auunumli;
was nearly exhaucted, and that to hive pnrar .
would have exposed our trains and. left inaecux..
the rout 6 to oar base of supplies.
Os course the enemy immediately claimed a.
victory and filled all Yankeedom with boasting..
When the truth is known—and it will leak our
before long—it will be found that Meade left the
battle field in cur possession, and we voiuaiai iiy
gave it up. Our army was not followed or m
footed. All tbe advantages are on our side,
loss will not amount to 15,000; their.; fi -i-.-
owa accounts, to 35,000, They did not r ;
single gun. We took several. They ordi
6,000 prisoners. We cortainiy took lxi.Ouu. ar
urmy is not seriously injured, aud is to-day able
to defeat tbe oomoined forces of the ex- my in'
fair fight.
Since oar array left Fredericksburg,
fi.ken 25,000 prisoner, immense numbers of xxoi
mules, and wagons; exchanging everything ol
and worthless tor new and stxoag ; drivea many
thousands of cattle out of the rica pastures mlfonn
sylvunia; been tor over a month ox m, expense i
our Government; and given the Commissary D
!>•.-! tmeni iu Richmond an opportunity vc collect
up stores for the future use ox" the -
ol tho Northern papers ato already sea fog at
the victory wus not much of which to b C
Our troops are in good condition and in
spirits. They have heard of the fall of
and Fort Hudson ; took one cay to a m-,e ivi”
it; aud now look at it as one of the reverse--,
io be expected in a great war. They x;:
the people of the West, aud ali over tits oo”
io rise superior to calamities, and go to v
ramody them. Dark and gloomy days mu
will come to all nations struggling lor ire* a,
against a large and poworfui people, but t.b } or
ly test the materials of which the struggn gso
or is made. If we deserve to be free, «-«*'
gtx nit in spite of difficulties. A thousand Y
curgs are not the Southern Confederacy : >
not until the last loot of ground is lost a.
cease to claim a conn try. separate aud cfo. ocl,
Lorn the hated power of the oppressor.
Oar wounded are haying everything done It
(hem that can be done here. Large numbers
are ia the city, and at Jordan Springs.
Dr. Gluggett is in ohargs ot the latter place,
and manages things well. He is the highest sty : t>
of the gentleman, and an excellent surgeon. Ad
his patients love him, and Georgia, with tua
whole Confederacy, owes him a debt of gratitude*..
Rev. Mr. Crumley, of the Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association, was the first beic Guta
abroad, and, through Innumerable difficulties,
brought up supplies of clothing, mediexaes, hand
aged, Ac., for the wounded, ile is
in his efforts to relieve suffering, and has ffmx*
great good. AU who needed omitting bve
ceived it. The army is much in aeeo of a
and the Association hopes soon to be able ...
supply the Georgians.
My lengthy letter has been written while press-.
f:d with other engagements, and wants the oare>
1 should have preterred to have given ‘ ll niy
interesting items are necessarily c ; ... ‘
it for what ’tis wort!:, <. and with it, t: ,oci ». ah
es of You:*, truly, D.
SotUlclH Jv-teHrit
Frazer, heard an ; ecli ’ riiteV ia r .
the tenor of the flog in ('. ere I’rao ' ct'£>m
Philadelphia last eek M-Cv, sue pt, . W
According to state a, mix published in Northern
papers, Confederate guerrilla* am already %r>
ning to be very trot.,.: -:o !-tb • >’ed*i
era going up end down tne <si aa b . JV
people only do tneir duty no no an
either attempt to go up or do fie wet -win
out. either being sunk or fc-uaiy ■irmapoa.
The New York Times has a -espendect who,
in its issue of July noth, detat. »» or ; jm .
columns, the noirts oi a . 5 . on id with
the Yankee Genera) Thou , who uaa bo, • vejv
acPve in robbing, plunde i«r a”-) orr viz
g:o regiments, but who ii ,ow ia »- w, ,
orever, with a wound. olio e)ai/ns to
ized twenty thousand black > in s mg 1 1
under cultivation, in ootto-, s> iy rt 1 planta
tions, from which he ban s, -*«, t .eir lawiul
onusrs.
One of the Pennsylvania newspapers, in speak
ing of the march of Lee’s army through that
Utuie says: “ The discipline of the Confederate
army was admirable. No private subaltern dar
ed to disregard an erder in presence of his sup
nor, or where his superior officer was likely t ■
be udviged of it. When the Confederate columns
filed through Chambarsburg, they marched with
the utmost order and decormn.”
The British Consul has notified the New York
Folice Commissioners that he has ordered the
British ship-of-war Challenger to take position iu
the river for the purpose of protecting such color
ed seamen as are the subjects of Great Britain.
The Federal builders of iron vessels, after the
plan of Capt. Ericsson, have had prepared for
presentation to him a model of a Monitor made
out of pure gold, twenty inches long, five and u
half inches wide, and one and three quartern
inches deep, and is modeled on a scale of one
eighth ot an inch to a foot. In evsry particular
the model resembles the Monitor vessel excepting
in size. It has a revolving turret With guas in It,
a smoko pipes binnacle, steam whistle, Ac. fho
machinery which turis the tun-A also cats an or-
P-an in motion, which plays four tunes-Yankee
U-iodle, Star Spanglid Banner, Lue on .« O.eaa
Wave and a national air of Sweden, the country
of Capt. Ericsson. The cost of the model Mot
tor was 000. It is to tie exh.b.ted in sever:
of the principal Yankee cities before it .s pre
sented.
A paper published in Franklin, Fa.,in speaking
of the discipline of our troops while marching
through that State, says : The discipline of the.
Confederate army was admiraola. No subaltern
dared to disregard aa order la nreser.ie of Jo
superior, or where his sup nor officer n a like.-
to be advised of it. When the Conednrs-e
column* filed through Cbambersfcurg, tt- : v
marched with the utmost order and he. "
and laughing, talking loudly, or ringing w
indulged in.
A general oamp of instruction for nr site
will be started at Washington immediately. Those
from Massachusetts are about being forwarded
there.
Leavenworth papei s say the steam iooomo!
for navigating plains is propelled by four eng. •
of ten horB& power each, tad guided by a steer
ing wheel six feet m diameter. It will draw °ight
tons offreight up a grads of six hundred fern, to
the mile.