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We commend this letter to the careful perusal and consideration of ev ery Southern man. Let them ponder well its contents, and especially let those, who nmy think fur a moment of submission, contem plate the fate which it foreshadows for tin m. The following paragraphs vividly tel forth (he enemy's programme : I would a dviae the commanding officer-at Huntsville and such other towns ns are oreu pied by our troo|l toasserahle the inhabitim'- and explain to them these plain, self evident propositions, and tell them that it is for thorn now to say whether they and tiielr children the United Slates basin Noith Alabama any and all rights wlii<-h they choose to enforce in war to take their lives, their homes, tie -ir lands, their everything, U:cutiHe. they cannot deny, that war does exist (here, and war is sim ply power unrestrained by constitution or i iiir.- loiot. If they want etcmal warfare, well and pood; we will accept the issue and dispos e/s them, and put our iiiend* in possession. I know thousands anil millions ol good people who, at simple notice, would come to Nm Hi .ri abanin and accept the elegant homes ami plan ta lions there. If the people of Huntsville tUink different, let them persist in war three years longer, ami then they will not be consulted. * Three years, ago, by a little reflection and patience, they could have had a hundred years of peace, and prosperity, bui they preferred war. Very well. fe*Ht year diey aouid hayo saved their da. but now it in too laid*-all the powers ol earth cannot restore to t bent their slaves anymore than their dead grandfathers. Next year their laud will l*i taken, tor in war we can take them and rghtfully, too, and another year and they may bog to vain for their lives A people who will persevere in war beyond a certain limit ought to know the eouseqt cnees. Many, many people, with less pertinacity than the South, have been wiped out of uati mal < • t once. These sinister but unmistakable avowals leave not tlm shadow of a doubt, that the wholesale confiscation of the lands and propel ty of the South, and the extermination ol hei people, are the objects of the Abolitionists in Ibis war of invasion, bobbery is their motive, ijobbery their aim, robbery their sole incentive to its prosecution. They have east an envious and covetous eye upon the liuilhd fields and palatial mansions of the South, the latuiol > >1 ton and the cane, and are waging this war tor the sole purpose ot appropriating them to themselves. This ha* teen the real motive of the tibol tlon ciusude from tho first. Not philunthropy for the negro, hut hatred for his master ; not devotion to the Union, but an unhallowed t hirst for pluuder—have been the unrighteous mo tives which have prompted I, in coin and hi» myr midons to prosecute this iniquitous war. These incarnate Heads scruple at tio means, however diabolical, lo accomplish their hellish ends.— The torch of the incendiary and the bullet cf the assassin are thtji’ favorito insti uineuts -* Their track of desolation is lit up by toe lurid flames of burning Southern homes, and every where marked by devastation aud ruin. 1 lead to all the kindly instincts of humanity, and to all sense of justice aud light, they are deaf to the cries of the Innocent and defenceless, to the pleadings of helpless women and children, whom, with remorseless cruelty, they scruple not to drive from their homes with insult and outiage. Attila, “tho scourge of God," and tiis vandal followers, never matched the atroc ities of these Yankee invaders. And this arch Bend Sherman, who disgraces the name of a soldier by drawing his sword against tho Innocent and helpless, bus tho mendacity to talk about rights, to assert that “the Government of the Uuited State* has iu North Alabama any and all rights which they choose to enforce in war—to take their lives, their homes, their lands, their everything.'' With unblushing effrontery and ignorance, he essays a disquisition on the law of nations, in vindication of his atrocities, when by the plain and universally admitted principles of that law, they are positively prohibited. 'J he code of international law, adopted by the civii./.ed world, recogn':«d by every nation claituiug lo be Christian, aud which, for more than a cen tury past, ha* been scrupulously observed bj she European nations in their numerous and bloody wars, exempts tbs persous and property of non-combatants, front violence and pillage, and throws the shield of and toffy and Christian chivalry ovoy the helplesstiets of infancy and womanhood. No l Sherman, ignoring the hu mane precepts ot tho modem codo and tile moral sense of Christendom, goes back to ages of barbarism and lawless violence to find sanc tion for atrocities which would disgrace even a savage. The wrong* inflicted upon Ireland centuries ago, in au age of violence and blood, the massacre of her people and confiscation of her homes, are held up as the examples which are to guide Abolition malignity in wreaking It* vengeance upon the people of the South. Forewarned, tho people of the South are lore aimed, and these boastful threats will but Inspire a more obstinate, heroic and successful resistance. Tat Mmican Question ix Vankkkpoji j The open defiance of France, on the Mexican question. by the Yankee House of Represent*- tWes, was a very good piece of buncombe, by which the aforesaid Representatives not only galled their constituent., but to same extent the people of both England and Franee. I' nder tiie influence of this, it is saM, the Confederate loan rallied in London and thoro was a re-action <m the Paris Bourse. The Yankee Represen tative* made a "grand flourish/’ probably bav-' "ag an understanding beforehand with the Sen ate that nothing serious shall come of it,— 1 he resolution still sleeps in that body, we are told, for reason* of State policy. Beef sold in Columbia, 3. C,. a few day* since, M t* 66 per pound, and chickens at So a head tn »."> bills- Pees, which In > been as high as fit, brought only £ * a bushel. BAT TL E 0 F The Wilderness. A correspondent of the Uicbmood Dispatch giv.-s the annexed account ot the Battle of the Wil-leme.-s, fought May 4 : The moment Gen. !-ee ascertained that Grant h el really cut loose from bi.« base at Culpeper, Hill's and dwell’* corps wt-ro withdrawn from their positions 0a the Rapidan and ordered to tdvance upon tin? enemy's line of march, the toir :r taking the platik road and the latter the turnpike, both leading from Grange Court House to Fredericksburg. Longstreet, who was encamped in the vicinity of Gordonsville, it sly to move upon any |s>iat, was ordered to march low'll the Cntharpiu road. The main Ixaiy of Giani s army crossed at Germanna l ord, and took the road leading from theme in the direetinii ot Bowling Green and Rich - niond, and known in the neighborhood as Brock s road, by win. h name J shall speak of it hereafter, 'i he to -t object at whit h lie aim- ed, doubtless, was to leach the poiut where that mad intersects the Orange and f'lederiekaburg plank road and turnpike.— These highways run nearly parallel to each other, the diutum e between them v.uving from one utile to three mites and mote. Them is an unfinished railroad wliicb also runs nearly par allel to the other two roads ami extends from Grange (J. ij. to Fredericksburg. The turn j pike lies on the north side or next to the river, j the railroad on the south side, and the plank | road between the two. These reads do not I cross Brook ? road along which Grant wastnov | ing, at right angles, hut diagonally, the dis- I lance between the points where they cut Brock’s j road being ass dlows : between the railway i bed and die platik road about five hundred j yaiiis, and between the plank road and turn i p.ke neatly lour miles The enemyF line ot | I.an le extended along Brocks road ftoin the unfinished railroad across the plonk road to the turnpike, and was consequently about four mdes or length. ('ottnecllorsville is four miles below, on the plank n»ad, and Fredericksburg itecit tl I teen itiilei. The surrounding country is very appropriately called the Wilderness, • the people being ignorant, the soil destitute of fertility, the supply of water scant, the ground iuoken and coveted with a dense and almcst impertittrabh.' growth of stunted bushes, pines, and olucl: ,*cku. It i>: n blasted region, ad joining the district ns (he "poisoned Holds <>f Orange,” and producing but tittle lor tie--:-.: --t. nee of either turn or -beast. So tl'i- . tii.-wood- in K-omo places that It is itnpo --hie to distinguish n man, even in the aii.once of verdure, at a dial a rice of fifty pac-s. I he i■•■udor i in readily imagine that it would be difficult to select utoro untavorable ground Idr a battle between two great armies. H only remains to be added that the battle was fought -r the western boundary of Spotsylvania county, the line of battle being nearly at right a iglee to a straight line drawn from Freder icksburg through Cbaneellorsville to Orange Court House. if the r a.ii r will keep these points clearly iu his mind and wjll place a good map In-tine him, he will find hut little difficulty in forming a satisfactory conception of the batllo. A-. leu already been stated, Ewell moved down the turnpike, which is on the left and nearest to the liver, mid Hill down the plank road. Stuart passed still further to the South -out marched down the Catbarpio road, so as to t hrow tii cavalry iu front of the it.-ad of Grant's army and tehtril its mat ch, tiis troopers did their dull well, c .peciaity Rosser's brigade, of Hamp ton s division, and forced the Federal eav.diy, which was marching up tho road by which he was advancing, hack into brock's road, with considerable loss in tueu and horses. Indeed Grant had thrown his cavalry up the t urnpike, plank load and l aiharpia road, in‘he vain hope iU.it lie ini..lit ho aide to interpose a screen between himself-and the Confederates, aud tliic bnth protect atul ernecai bis move ments. tint Lee was not slow in penetrating his designs, and immediately sprung upon his fluid: like a ti ;or upon the side of an ov Ewell ..od Hill pushed rapidly down the turnpike ' p •’> m i. n i-n iiuit.'i'.-ii and drove in the cavalry and ird'uidiy supports which had been thrown turward to block up these Idgiuvnys, and oonipelh t lbo whole army lo butt and du ll-id i’- • :t. .--matt in the meantime had rern-h --i t it* o.'k’a road, in front of ilia enemy, and thus ojipuh: and another obstacle to liis Itirfher ad vance'. It is not known that Grant specially directed to give battle here, but lie saw the danger of his position and immediately formed into line ot battle and advanced nearly two miles to meet the threatened attack. This, it will be seen hereafter, was alV.that saved him from a most disastrousdelea‘, since it gave him tic.u to send his trains lo the rear amt throw up strong enlronoßmonte, parallel with and in fioul of the road by w Idea he had been inarching, and behind which he might rally bis troops in the event they were beaten hack. This was Thursday, tie; dill, one year aud one day after the great battle ol Cbaneellorsville. It, was about four in the afternoon when the two .k inn s encountered each other. Grant at tacked heavily and repeatedly along the whole line, and especially on our right, which ho showed a disposition to turn, and thus place himself between Lee's army and llichmond ; but iu every instance he was repulsed with heavy lobs. Ho was persistent , however, in his efforts to break our lines and continued his assaults until night, liis last advance against Hill's front was made just before dark, and was hand somely repulsed by Wilcox s aud llelh's divis ions. His final attack upou Ewell was made after night against that part of the lino held by Edward Johnson's division, lit-re, too, he was beaten back, leaving many dead and wounded on the ground. During these operations Ewell i apt ui-od 2.000 prisoners, nearly allot whom w, re taken by Gordon's Georgia brigade aud Hays’s Louisiana, both ol whom behaved with distinguished gallantly. •I.ongstreet had not yet reached the ground. Leaving GordoiisviUe at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, he marched fifteen miles that night. The next day lie marched down the Catbarpin road, so called from a run which it crosses, seventeen miles, his orders being to strike Ih ,-ck’s road at a point outh of tiie until ished railroad, lie halted during the afternoon with in eight miles of tile battle-field ; hut owing to the i>octiiiui condition ol tho atmosphere, and the density of the forest, ho could not hear the ,-uns of bMM and Ewell, and was riot aware the battle 1 1 ITT commenced until the teieipt of a dispatch from Gen. L<-o ai midnight, ordering him to come over to tire plank road to t-.e as s [stance of Kill. His corps was put iu motion immediately, and reached the field Friday morn ing- soon after sunrise. 11 ill s troops were aware ■ of the approach of Longstreet's corps, ami that it would take thc'.r place iu the lino. They had had a huntfight the previous evening and’ rest ed but little that night, and when the head ot McLaws s divsion, now commaded by that mo del soldier. Brig Gen. Kershaw, came iu sight, they relaxed somewhat their vigilance and were preparing to withdraw, when they were attacked in front with great fury by a very heavy force. Under these untoward circuit! stances Wilcox's mid JicthV. divisions, which had done so well the evening before, were thrown into confusion and gave way, just as Kershaw doublequtekod it to the fio.nl in column. The latter succeeded m throwing three regiment* of his old brigade, commanded by Col. llinnegan. into the line while Wilcox's and Heth s men were tailing back over his troops, and with this small, but heroic Lund, ho confronted the heavy masses , cl the enemy now flushed with the hope of an ! ensy victory and pressing rapidly forward. ! These regiments suffered severely, but they maintained ih.ir ground until the remainder of the division could la* got into some sort of line under the terrible flu- to which it was exposed, tieii. Lee witnessed the unfortunate and unex pected confusion mid withdrawal of the divi iou.- ot \\ ileox and lfeth. in both ot which he had reposed so much coutidence. and which had hpbavetl so handsomely on the form r oc casions, and Wars rushed into his eyes. He at ! once placed himself at the head of Gregg’s Tex an brigade. Fields' division, formerly Hood s i and prepared to lead it in person. The heroes i ~t the Lv.ne star who had made the circuit ot 1 the Confederacy under Rougstreet. remoustrated against such an unnecessary exposure of his life—a lift* so important and preeicois to the Confederacy and to all frieuds of liberty throughout the world. He replied that he must win this battle at every hazard—that he must whip the fight. The Texans, who had not yet moved from their tracks, answered that they could whiti the tight without his leading them, and would do it. Xu the meantime appeals wet* made by several officers to Longstrcet oa AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1. 1864. the only poison who could probably dissuade Gen. Lee trom *o rash a proceeding. He went immediately to Gen. Lee and begged him to restrain L.m>e!f, and not to think of exposing bint.sell and the cause which he had so much at heart to -ueb terrible chances. The Texans. t“ • dually gave him- to understand, ia the most respectful and affectionate manner, that they would obey arty order be might give, pro vided he remained behind, but that the • would not budge an inch if lie lead them. (s t a. Lee w *s at length prevailed upon to desist from the hazardous undertaking, and right gloriously (lid tire heroic Texans redeem their pledge. Kershaw has, by the Unanimous voice of the army, won his spurs and Major General’s com mission. He has ever proved himself equal to the occasion however critical, but yesterday Ire displayed a degree of skill, energy, and intre pidity that elicited the admiration of all who wiiat*c3i'd Or have heard of his performance. tVlieit he and Fields, another officer who be- haved with great judgment and gallantry, at length got into positionjunder these difficult, eirctitn .tarn* s with their old leader Longstreet to guit.V and direct them, it would have done you good to have seen how they and their otfi et-rs and men pressed forward with shouts that rant the skies, and finally repulsed the iui tnehiio uumbets that crowded down upon them with terrible slaughter. They saved the day, which lor nearly two hours trembled in doubt, and were at length enabled to assume the of fen.ive. It was evidently ij rant’s object to turn.our right wing, an*l if he had succeeded it is impossible to say what might have hecu the result. On the left we were equally successful. An attempt was made to pierce that part of Ewell's line which was Lei 1 by Pegram’s brigade, but it was signally defeated. You will regret to hear that Gen. Begratn was severely wounded, and that Brig. Generals Jones, ot Va., and .Stafford, rd La., were killed Lhe evening before. With tiiis exception, the left wing was not re quired to take any further part ia the heavy lighting of tbo (Fry, the enemy’s almost exclu sive attention being given to our right. • About It o’clock Longstreet was ordered to move upon the enemy ’s left Hank, and if possi ble dislodge him from the railroad cut and the plank road, and drive him back upon Brock’s load, the brigades selected for this move ment were C. 1’ Anderson's an ] Jenkins s 4 of Field's division; Mahone’s and Davis’, of ft F. Andsrar-n’s di\ i don, and L ofiord's and perhaps two ot-beia of Kershaw* division. Anderson’s di vision, but lately arrived, having been left at Orange Court House to guard against any de monstration upon our rear. The flunk movement was completely suecesa tul; tli,- enemy was taken by surprise and driven back from the railroad cut across the plank road with heavy low, a portion of his troops retreating rapidly down the plank road to Brock's roatl. Ifahoue’s Virginia brigade, of Anderson’s division, ran over the 4th "United kb lies infantry, a regiment which boasted that it bad never been broken before. 'The plank road being clear, Longstreet advanced down it at the lutfd ol -Jenkitis’s brigade, and had hard ly gone a half of a mile when he was tired upon by Mahone's brigade, which was drawn up in dense woods parallel to the road, and not more than seveuty-tive ogees from it. idahope was waiting there lo catch such of the enemy as might have teen cut olt up the road, ami when Jenkins's brigade ip-rived opposite to him his men, being nimble to distinguish one man from a other through the woods, very naturally con cluded it was a body of the enemy retiring, atul opened lire upon their friends, killing eight or leu and wounding several others. Capt. Dob)’, ol Kershaw’s staff, was killed instantly ; the intrepid Gen. Jenkins, of South Carolina,, received a mortal wound in the head, from wiiie.li he died in a fcw-houis afterwards, and Gen. Longsti'uet was shot in the neck. The ball struck him iu front on the right of the larynx, passing under the skin, carrying away a part of the spine of the scapula, aud coming out behind tlm right shoulder. The wound is severe, hut is not considered mortal, the only danger apprehended being from secondary hemorrhage. Should he survive ten dr twelve days, aud the curated artery not become in vo-ived, it is the opinion of Dr. Cullen, his med ical director, that he will be able to return to t lie tie id in a tew weeks, tie. his lost the tem porary use of h:s right arm, what surgeons call the conical plexus of nerves being injured. He v- .m carried to the rear this morning, and was doing remarkably well when lie left. Gen. Lee called to nee him just before ho was moved, and when he hade him farewell and came out of the tent where his great Lieutenant lay, his cu nw< re idled with tears. It is a remarkable coincidence that Jackson received his death wound just twelve months ago only four miles In,m the spot where Ids companion in arms fell, and just after he had completed a successful flank movement, aud under almost precisely tho saute circumstances. Heaven Grant that I .ee may not loose his left arm now, as ho lost ins right arm then. Gen. Long-street had jusfbeen congratulated by Gen. Lee, Gen. Kershaw, and i theis, upon the complete success of his attack upou the flank of the enemy,, and he was sweeping down the plank road to pluck the rich fiuits of his victory, then almost within his grasp, wheu he was struck down by his own friends. The de lay of an hour which ensued gave the the ene : my lime to escape back behind his entrench ments on the Brocks road. The command of tho corps then devolved upon Major Gen. Fields and to-day it was turned over io Major Gen. Anderson, of Hill’s corps, who lmd been reporting to Longsteet after his arrival, and who formerly belonged to the corps. The enemy had thus been repulsed along our whole line, and left many dead and wonuded it) our hands. In many places his dead ap peared io lie five or six times as numerous as out own. Our loss was not so imavy as at first reported, and will not exceed 5,000, of whom not more than 500 were killed. Most of the wounds wCre comparatively slight, ow ing to the protection afforded by the trees aud brushes. The enemy’s loss cannot be much. less than L>,o(Jo, inclusive of prisoners. 'The unfavorablo character of the ground aud the chapparal prevented both sides from using ar tillery. only a few gnus being put into position. Among all the killed, no truer or brave r knight oyer tell in defence of the liberties of his conn try than the gallant and accomplished ('til. Nance, of South Carolina; aud no harder lighter or more perfect geifflem.-nt ever received •a wound-on the field of battle than Ueu. Ben uiiig, of Georgia. The one has gone to the rest oft bo true soldier; let us pray that the other may long be spared to the country lie has served with so much modesty and courage. Major Gen. Wadsworth, of the Federal army, received a mortal wound in she head. Brig. Gt-u. Mays, of the same army, was killed. Our lines were withdrawn a few hundred yards on the night of May ti. andjrom the en emy’s immediate front, for the purpose of im proveing their position. Not understanding exactly what the movement meant, Grant advanced with heavy force this morning at half-past 10 o’olock. hut lie soou discoverd where the Confederate troops were. He was driven back with ease, aud now at sunset is cowering behind his entreu .btuents in the Wil derness. His troops have not done as well *as they did under McClellan, Burnside, or even Hooker. The Confederate*, on the contrary, never fought bet tor Gen. Lee had caused it to i>e circulated among them some days ago that they must not think of defeat as possible; it was a tiling not to Leuven dreamed of. Nobly have his invincible legion* responded to the call ot their great chiefs. Oh, that we may ever have such a leader and such an army! .At half past fouro't'oek Gen. Lee determined to fcol of the enemy and ascertiin ids position on Brock's road, iin the right, where 1 had iny position, the brigades of Kershaw, Hum phreys, and WoffoTd, of Kershaw's division: AndersonjJeu kins, Gregg and Law of field's division, and Mahone of Anderson’s division, moved forward iu the form of the letter V, with the sharp point toward* the enemy. G. T. Anderson, known iu the corps as "tiger Ander son,” formed the apex of the line, and suc- ceeded iu reaching the enemy's entrenchments, two ot his men tailing within the works. On the left Swell was equally successful. The result of the attack or reconnoissaace was the discovery that Grant had been driven back a mile and a half, that he had thrown up a strong lin- of entrenchments in front of | Brock’s road, and that his left wing rested up j on a deep cut iu the railroad, along which he had pouted a foi re that effectually protected it. His position is thetfiore a strong one, being j tendered the more so by the deuse woods j through which his line ruu3. Lee's position is j equally satisfactory. Last night Gordon, of Early's division, threw a- brigade around an exposed point in tbe enemy’s lines, and took Brig. Gens. Seymour, of Ocean Pond memory, and Slialec, and about '>oo men ptisoners. Seymour admits that Grant has been whipped, and that, the Federal army w-ill continue to be whipped until -heir ports are closed and the troops reduced to ‘-parch corn and beans like the rebels.’ ’ He says Grant drinks too much liquor, anil that the war on the parr of the North is been conducted as if it was a matter of frolic and contract. TII IT AT TL E OF SPOTTSYL VANIA COURT HOUSE. A correspondent of the Columbia Carolinian gives the annexed account of the Battle of Spottsylvania Court House : On Thursday, May 12, was fought in front of this modest little village—henceforth to be known through all coming time —one of the fiercest and most obstinate battles of modern times. It commenced at day light, and raged and roared with tremendous fury until two o’clock in the afternoon, when the enemy re tired from the bloody conflict. Grant inade the attack again,as he did at the Wilderness, and gained a considerable advantage by the suddenness and vigor of the assault early in the day, but with this exception, be was re pitlsed with a loss mourning to thousands of Northern and European hearth stones, mid dismay and contusion to the ty rants ami demagoguet whose hosts lie leads. The Confederates failed at one point only partly from mistake, but on all other parts of the field they were victorious, and as firm and resolute as ever. The enemy was b-atcu, but not routed or driven from the field. it is not my purpose to go much into.the details of the battle—first, because the letter, it cap tured would give important information to the enemy, and tecondly, bee tuse it is almost im possible to prepare any account of a battle that will give satisfaction to subordinate offi cers, and if one makes the attempt and fails, as he certainly will, he is almost sure to have his motives impugned and became involved ia a controversy in the newspapers. The battle was tought ou the North s’-de of Spotsylvania Court House, on the undulating ground, diversified by fields, pine thickets, aril patches ol woods. Our line is crescent shaped, or perhaps it would be more correct to s»y tsu it is nearly in the fgrm of a horse shoe, and extends around theCotirt House ot village on the North nad North western side, so as to cover all the approacher. irom those quarters. Slight outienchments had Been thrown up along out entire front, extending from neat the Shady Grove —or (.’atharpen road continued—on the West, around to and beyond the Fredericks-, burg road on the North east.sid.i of the village. At one point on the-right is mi eminence a tvt bund rad yards in advance, ol the general irection of our line, and in order to prevent the enemy ft out getting possession of it ior his artillery, a sharp angle was projected so as to include the hill within our entrenchments lhe result shows that this was tin unfortunate piece of engineering. Past the foot of the hill on the North side sweeps a ravine which pres ents a convex line to the hill, the two approach ing each other like circles that touch but do not cut each other. The enemy availed him self of this ravine in his assault upon the angle which was the weakest ]x>int in our lines, being j considerably in advance of the general line and beyouil the reach of support from the for ces operating on tiie right and left. Information was received night before lasi that Grant was retiring fn the direction of Fredericksburg and Geimatia Ford; a report to this effect was noised abroad tlmmghout the army, though subsequent events show that it was without the least foundation. Through a mistake, which 1 cannot trace to its source,'-but which grew out of this mischievous import, the artillery which had been posted on the- hill in the angle alluded to above, was withdrawn during the night. This left Maj. Gen. John son, of Ewell’s corps, whose dtvTsou, he.co fore considered one of the best in the army, occupied this pail of the line, without any ar tillery support. He communicated this fact to bis corps commander hi midnight, with tiie ad ditional intelligence that the enemy was mass ing a heavy force in his immediate front f r the purpose, as he believed, of assalutiiig him 'Thursday. These guns or others were sent back, and were just moving into the angle at 4 o'clock Thursday morning, when tiie force which Johnston reported to he massing in’ his front made a vigotous assault upon his position and carried it. The assaulting force had been assembled in the ravine at the foot of the lull, was very strong, and advanced, one report says, in column of regiments. It had rained tlio evening before, and considerable fog prevailed, under cover of which the attack was made. One or two -guns were got into position and fired, but the horses attached to the other pieces were shot down before they could be unliuibered, aud most o! the cannoneers captured. Jones’ Virginia brigade, whose commander was -killed in tho Wilderness, the Stonewall and other brigade? belonging to the division becoming involved, flbou followed, and the last that was seen of Gen. Johnston he was standing almost alone with a musket in his hand, contesting the ground single handed with the multitudinous toe. The brigades compos ing this division are the Stonewall, J. M. Walk er and Jones’ brigades, both of this State, Stewart's brigade of Virginians and North ‘Carolinians, and Stafford’s brigade of Louiri aniatis. Jones and Stafford tell at the Wilder ness; Walker was wounded Thursday; Stew art, and Johnston, tho commander of the divi sion; were taken prisoners, aud the Colonel commanding Jones' brigade is reported killed, with many other officers. Tiie guns left on the field, but which neither party has been able to move on account of the tire of the other— same eighteen or twenty—are said to belong to Cutshaw's and L’age’s battalions. 1000 or 1,200 prisoners were lost at the same time. This oecnred at a very early hour in the tuoruing. if Jones’ Brigade had not given way, it is possible, though not probable. - tliat’John sou would have been able lo maintain his ground. He is one of the best oinccis in the army, and the sublime spectacle he presented when battling alone with the i iiony, though deserted by his command, should ex ■ te our admiration rather than prow ! e yiT icwm— But it should not Iks imagined Hint the enemy gained the hill without opposition, sadden and vigorous as his assault was. He was received with-volley after volley, and the ground was covered with his slain; but he had massed such a heavy force upon a single exposed point, some distance in advance of the general iiue and incapable of being instantaneously sup ported, that it was found impossible to repulse him. It is but just to add, t.>o, that the enemy's charge was as spirited as it was success ful, and reflects no littie credit upon his troops. He’ was aware of the weakness of the point from its comparative isolation, having effected a temporary lodgment in the angle two days before, and it would have been a wonder if £p had not been successful, with the preparation he had made. The Confederates suffered severely as they re treated across the intervening space to our se cond line' or rather to the line which extends the angle, ami which may be considered the base of the triangle covering the hill. Even this line is somewhat in advance of the direc tion of the general line. But tbe broken di taion did not stop here, they continued their re treat sits to the rear. Fortunately the gafluut [ Gordon, commanding Early's Division, was in | reserve, and swept to theTeseue iu a manner 1 tirat excited tko admiration of every beholder, including Gen. Lee. The enemy swarmed over the hill and rushed against the lines to the right and left,, but Rhodes and Gordon and Wilcox were there to meet them. The battle was soon fully joined, and for j nine hours it roared and hissed and dashed j over the bloody angle and along the bristling ] entrenchments like an angry sea beating anil dialing against a rock-bound coast. The artil lery fire was the most sustained and continu ous 1 have ever heaid for so long a time, aver aging thirty shots to the minute, or 1,800 to the hour for six hours.- The rattle of musketry was uot less furious and incessant. At 10 o'clock, when the din and uproar were at the highest, an angry storm cloud swept over the field, and thus to the thunders of battle was added “the dread artillery of the skies.' ’lt was now manifest that Grant's real assault, as Gen. Lee bad believed, would be launched against our right wii.g, and to that point the opposing forces gravitated from all parts of the field, just as when a cloud surcharge! with electricity forms iu the heavens, all ’.he lesser clouds and I racks drift to it, and are swallowed up in the .swedlng. angry mass. ui at) t strove hard to hold us to other parts o! the tieid, and prevent this concentration of lerce. ami for that purpose he engaged Ander son on our lett, and Early, who had been sent to the extreme right. He made three separate assaults against the fqrmer, but was remt'si and each time with frightful loss by Fields. Division, formerly Hood’s. Early at the he >d of Hill’s Corps, hurled him back, as a mad bud would an incautious mastili caught upon ids horns, as i often as ho advanced upon Lin. But it was again t Ewell, who held the right ! of t ie original line, that Grant expended his greatest eflorts and made his most desperate as saults Having gained a foothold in the angle ! or centre of Ewell’s position, die brought up I line aft-T line and hucled it wmt tremendous: violence, at one-time against Rhodes, at an-! other against Gordon, and then against both. ! Wilcox was brought up and placed on Gordon's j left, an 1 afford and Humphreys, of Kershaw's Division, and Jenkins'Brigade, of Fields’,'An derson’s t’orps, _ were sent to the assistance of Rhodes. Additional batteiies were sent in the same direction, ileth went to (he right, and all ot Anderson,9 old division but Wright fol lowed him. And thus the whirling, remorse - less maelstrom drew everything into its angry vortex. The enemy exhibited a courage ami tv ol nr worthy*of ti lieUer cause; Grant seeme 1 to have breathed into his trabps some what of hisowu spirit and indomitable energy. Ffiit if the Federal* fought well, the Confeder ates (ought better. From early dawn until fat n the atternoou, with steady hands and uu blatiched cheeks, they faced the leaden hail that was rained upon them without intermission.' At some points, the two armies fought on op posite sides of the entrenchments, the distance between them not being more than the length of their muskets. Again and again would Grant marshall his men for tin.-onset, and right vxliautly did they respond; but as often as they returned to the assault so often were they tv pulsed, as it they had rushed against a wail of irtm. At no point of the line, and at no time during the'long and terrible ami exhausting conflict, did the heroic children of the South faiter or waver for one moment. E tch man knew that he was lidding the battle for Hie possession of Richmond the battle, indeed, for the independence ot the Confederate States—l and the thought of yielding to the foe never once entered his mind. During one of the assaults, Gordon inflicted very heavy loss upon the enemy by moving around and striking the assaulting column in flank. The enemy was thrown into great Confusion, and retiled rapidly to the rear, ie;*v ing many dead and wounded on the ground. The most important movement against the enemy’s flank, however, was executed by Ma hon's and Lane’s brigades on the extreme right, under the direction of Gen Early. The expe dition was intended to operate, not against the it ink of the us-saußing column, but against the flank of tho Federal army, and thus afford re-, lief to our centre and left wing, both of which were hard pressed. The two brigades were placed under command of Mahonc, who passed aroutid to the Fredericksburg Road, aud was about lo engage tiie enemy when lie met the lat ter coming' out, probably to taka us in flank. An engagement ensued immediately, and resulted in the defeat of t lie-enemy, who retired back to tiie main army, where considerable commo tion was produced by tiie fresh danger with which it was threatened. A division operating against our left, sup posed to belong to Burnside’s corps, was with drawn and double-quicked across the field to check Maiiorie. Just before it reached the scene of action, it came within full view of Togue’s and Pcgram’s guns, and not more than 1,200 yards distant. Twelve pieces were brought t-> bear upon it in less time than it re quiies to describe this brilliant episode in tiie battle. The enemy steed their ground for a moment, then staggered back, and l«ally moke in the wildest disorder. What with Ma hone's lire infront ami the artillery’ ploughing ’’great gaps iu t heir ranks, their loss was severe. This movement afforded instantaneous relief to our left, and from this time tho assaults of the enemy grew more and more feeble along the whole line, ami finally they ceased alto gether, at 2 ja. m. Our men were anxious to follow up the ene my when bn was repulsed, but Gen. Lee's plan was to act on tiie defensive, and not to strike until the right time came. The Federal army far exceeded his in numbers, they had entrench ed themselves as his had done, and common sense, as well as military science, would teach tlm propriety of patiently waiting rather than rashly making the attack. The result has shown the wisdom of the policy adopted. - Grant has already well nigh exhausted himself whilst Lee’s army remains almost intact ready to assume the offensive or to continue to act on the lcl'enrive, as occasion may require. Our loss in the rank and file, is remarkably' small, tiie men being well protected by the en trenchments. 'The casualties,'however, have been unusually heavy among field officers, who were unprotected, and had to move frequently from one point to another, under the terrible infantry and artillery lire of the enemy, which swept every part of the fluid in rear ot our en trenchments. The ground is torn and plough ed up by the direct aud Stoss fire of the Fed eral guns a3 if it had been prepared by the far mer tor the reception of spring seed. Three as sistant surgeons were killed in tho discharge of their duty on the field; aud Captain Owen, of Texas, wiio carried the news to Gctl. Lee at Cbaneellorsville that Sedgwick was moving on' his rear from Frederickaburg. was severely wounded early in the morning whilst on his way to the Richmond Howitzers to Isold pray ers'. Including the battle of the Wilderness, we have lost the following general officers ; Killed : Brigadier Generals Stafford, of Louis ana; Jones, of Virginia: Jenkins and Pen in, of South Carolina; an 1 Daniel, of North Carolina. Wounded; Lieut. General Longstreet, of Ala bama, and Brig. Gens. Hays, of Louisiana; Penning, of Georgia; McGowan, of South Car olina; Ramsour and Johnson, of Noith Caroli na: and James M. Walker—Stonewall Brigade —I H Walker and Pegram, of Virginia. Cap tured : Major Ueu. Edward Johnson, of Geor gia, ami Brigadier Gen. George 1L Stewart, of Maryland. Ueu. late made more titan one narrow escape, j his clothing being covered with mud thrown upon him by bursting shells. He will persist iu staying near the point of greatest danger. The whole couutry, with one voice, should pi uteri, against such rash exposure of a life iu which we are all jo deeply interested, and up on tiie preservation of which so much depends. Gen. Taylor,’ his Adjutant General, had his hotse shut. Gen. Ramseur's wound is slight. Many valuable field officers were killed aud wounded. The two armies, led by the most renowned chieftains ou the Western Continent, if not in the world have now been wrestling with each other for the mastery for eight days. Thank God that ours have been so marvelously -r - cessful, and has suffered comparatively little loss, except in officers; whilst the larger, being the wrong doer, has been punished beyond all precedent in this war. His dead and many of his wounded still remain on the ground, being too near our entrenchments to be moved, and they tell their own melancholy tale, if half that prisoners report of their losses in battle, and from desertion, straggling and demoralization be true, then tbe enemy’s casualties are indeed frightful. The loss in prisoners here lias been about equal, say 1,500 on each side. This gives us the advantage by 3,u00, including ihose taken at the battle of the Wilderness. Os the prisoners captured here two or three hundred were taken by Mifhoue, and four colors and one guidon, wuen he moved on the flank of the enemy. Thursday night, we rectified our lines near the angle, which has given so much trouble, retiring it somewhat, and locating it where it j should have been nm originally. The enemy j still retains possession ot the angle, hut has not : been able to remove the guns left by Cutshaw j and I‘age. nor have we, sharpshooters ou either side preventing it. We brought away from the Wilderness IZ,oOO captured rifles and mus kets. Both armies rested from the strife on Friday. The dead has to be buried, the wounded has to be cared for, shattered regiments and brig ades have to be re-organized, and fresh plans to be devised. This requires time, and the men require rest. There can he no doubt that Grant’s troops were well supplier! with liquor | before they entered (he battle; many ot. the | prisoners, including more than one colonel, j were in a state of intoxication when taken, j There was a good deal of ,shelling and picket j firing Saturday May 11, aud at one time a re ' ucival of the strife seemed imminent. We hear VOL. LXXVIII, —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVJII. NO. 22 that the movement upon Richmond from Cii v Point and the Peninsula lets failed to accom plish its purpose: that being tnte. what can Grant gain by pressing further iu this direction' It is said he started with 92,000 muskets : if he can muster 50,000 of these now. he is more fortun ite than prisoners, both officers and men, represent him to be. TIIE BATTLE OF NEW MARKET. A correspondent of the Richmond Sentinel gives the annexed account of tbo late great victory of Gen. Breckinridge at New Market, Ya.: All things considered, 1 do not hesitate to pronounce Gen. Breckinridge’s brilliant vic tory at New Market, one ol the most remark able achievements of the war. Now that it is over, ii may nut be uninteresting to give a state ment as briefly as possible of the movements preceding this affair, and the means by which btauntuir has been saved, ami Sigei driven in confusion down the Valley. «>n the 6th of May, Gen. Breckinridge was at Dublin Depot, the headquarter* ot the department of West Yir giuia. A force was threatening his front, while it was known that, ffigel was preparing to move upon btaunlon. The importance of ibis point to the securii yof Gen. f-ee’s line was auparont, and* Oon-.uft-red as paiaiaoiur. It bad to In defended. Gkii. Lee daily expecting an attack could not weaken his numbers, and no force was nearer ehvuvliere f hail that of Gen. Breck inridge. lie was, therefore, ordered to march to Staunton aud resist the advance of Si gel, t lien known t-flie at V iuchester, accumulating troops tor movement.. Accordingly, on the evening of the sth. Gen. Breckinridge started from Dublin. Thence to this point is one hundred aud torty miles by Hie route selected, through Giles, Monroe and Alleghany counties. Thu command marched to J icksou River Depot, whence but a por tion being able to get transportation by rail, lhe larger part marched to thin point -Gen. Breckinridge, coming the greater part of thj wav ou hors-back, accompanied by part of Ills -staff only. The leuiaiuder, being it,ft mi duty nith the poilion in iiuF command left iu Iris department, arrived her* on the night of (he -Sdi, iu advance of his command, ite found Sigol alieady giving indication* of lin vcment. To meet him it was nece.-sary to be prompt Aud there v.a- no delay. The reserves of n-v eval counties were called out, and the corps eff cadets summoned. All had "arrived on Tnurs day, 121 h. On Friday, 1.’i1! 1 ., the column mov ed down the Valley, ou tiie Harrisonburg road. Brig. Gen. Imbode.n was opposing, with his cavalry force, SigeJ’s advance, but was fuli iug back slowly, anil hail retired above Wood- Bhigk. The Command marched to Mount Craw ford, eighteen miles, and camped. The weather was very inclement. It had been raining for several days, anil tho troops were drenched on the hi arch and in camp at night. On Saturday, 14th, they marched through the rain seventeen miles aud camped at Lacey’s Spring, where they cooked two days’ rations. While there, Gen. Imboden,.whose headquar ters were at New Market, came to meet Gen. Breckinridge for consultation, reporting the enemy pressing him mid his force retiring. It had been proposed to march at daybreak, but at ten o’clock P. M. Gen. imbodea announced that tiie enemy occupied New Market, nine miles distant, in torce. Gen. Breckinridge at once determined to make an early attack.— Accordingly,- the command-was ordered to move at 1 o’clock A. M. The night was dark and rainy. The troops had had a fatiguing march with wet clothes over a hard turnpike road, rendered peculiarly trying to the foot of the soldiers from the softening of tire leather by the excessive rain. The troops, however, who had showed the most cheerful spirit from tire start, were promptly in motion, and day light found them near New Market in rear of lnibodcn,s picket line. A line of battle was formed just two miles and a half from New Market; but the enemy showing no dispositioou to advance, his pick ets, on the contrary, retiring before ours, the troops were moved up in full view of tho town. The iine was then formed with the right rest ing on the pike and the left extending over the range of hills running parallel with tiie road. Gen. Imboden with the cavalry was put upon the right flank, it being more open to attack than the left. General Breckinridge, feeling that everything depended upon celerity of movement, openend with his artillery and be gan to move his line at nine and a half o'tloek. The enemy responded,jand lor an hour or two the iii rug was very heavy. Then began the move ment which resulted in success. The troops were moved 'forward as rapidly as thenairue o the ground would admit, there being ploughed fields deep iu mud, the artillery keepintg its relative position, firit g and limbering up as the line advanced.. v'p to this time, our line having reached the town of New Market, whew;, amidst the screaming of shells, their deliverers were greet ed with welcome by the undaunted ladies, the enemy had only developed a heavy lino of skirmishers, which had fallen back with slight resistance, when pressed. Now, however, could be seen, about a mile below New Mar ket, dark lines of infantry, with heavy bodies of cavalry on the flank. Gen. Breckinridge, after thorough personal reconnoitsauce close to the enemy s skirmishers, massed the greater part of his artillery on the extreme right of liis infantry, atul ordered an advance. Our line moved in fine order, notwithstanding tiie diffi cult ground at times. The field was perfectly open, without woods or fences. The enemy were strongly posted, on an elevated position, to reach which we had to advance up a gradual ascent, swept by his batteries. D was not long before the opposing forces were engaged along the whole line, amid heavy artillery firing, iLtf eemy using cauister freely as we neared him. It was a trying time ior our troops, and enough to make any recoil. A slight quaver was made iu the first line, as the canister told : but being well sustained by the second line, and the artil lery on the right, under the immediate direc tion of Gen. Breckinridge, being converted, with an oblique fire upon their guns, together with tiie steadiness of our brave troops, was too much for them. The enemy’s lino wavered, a shout went up from ours ; we pressed on, and the light was won. At the critical moment, wln-n our lines was momentarily chocked, tiie enemy's eavahy star ted to charge over ground fearfully favorable to success ; but a few shell, mad.; them halt and retire, some fifteen or twenty only reaching our lines. Half of these had their saddles otnp ied before they reached us, aud the rest passed to the rear as prisoners. It was now raining in torrents ; but, fatigued as the tioops were, they even pressed.on, until tlm enemy apparently halted for a stand at Rood s bill, a very strong position, three miles beyond. V halt was made I to replenish the artillery chests and cartridge ; boxes, when tiie line being adjusted, moved i'or : w.ud, the interval being occupied with a livriv i cannonade. On reaching the top of Rood':, bill, the rear of the enemy's iine was seen in tho distance, hurriedly letivating. Our ari.ilit.ry opened upon them, nut shortly after the first man crossed tiie bridge over ttie north fink of i the Shenandoah, and immediately it Was tired, i Night was now jetting in. Jhe stream was I swollen past fording Or swimming, and we were forced, to quit pursuit. Our troop camped where they halted, and Bouaht .cn the wci earth the rest aud repose culled lor by almost thirty six hours' continuous labor. Not, however, until they knew from rlio testimony ot citizens that their boastful enemy had been disgraceful ly routed, and had tied in disorder and confu sion never eqeuaUed since the-First Manassas. In reviewing the action, we will briefly mid tills summary : Gen. Breckinrigde, wlih a liody of mixed tr .ops, whose numbers it is nor necessary to state, except that he had enough for the work before him, engaged frigei. who commanded iu person, with 8,000 infantry and 1,500 cavalry. i In order to do so he had come T 0 miles in less than nine days, and hud made fatiguing marches, chiefly over bad mountain voaos, through drenching rains: an,', in the last thrity six hours had marched his troops thirty-two miles, ten of which he was fighting, without any save an hour or two's rest. When the mag nitude of the stake is considered,, the great dan ger which threatened otr,union, and tbe alroost forlorn hope ot averting it, in conjunction with the rapid movements” and great unflagging energy of tie commanding General, the re-u r ernnot be over estimated in impovtaee. By a campaign of four days in the Yalky, Gen. Breck inridge bus driven the enemy iu rapid flight hack to the point whence he starter!, cleared Lee's l-ft flank of all danger, given confidence to our troops and people, and destroyed the pres tige of Sigel, whom the Yankees hare trumpet ed as the ablest of their Generals. As the minor results of the battle vre have about life hundred prisoners and six pieces of artillery. Hi* loss of the enemy in killed, wounded a:rd captured, is estimated at fifteen hundred. U.VTI'ktS |\ 1.0 l IStAAA. In the Texas papers we find a detailed ac count «>! the Battles of Mansfield and Pleas ant llill, La. Here they are : BATTLE OF MANSFIELD. i :ic battle of Mansfield was fought two and a halt miles from the little city of the same name, the battle had been preceded by some heavy skirmishing, but the general fight com-’ meneed on the -Sth of Apiil, at 10 A. M. Gene ral Taylor in command. Maj. Gen. Green commanded Urn left wing, Brig. Gen. Monton the right. Gen. Walker’s division on the right oi .Mouton, and two cavalry regiments oil the extreme light of Walker. 'Gen'. Green com meneed the attack with a portion of his dis mounted cavalry, 'the eiquny pressing the h-tt wing heavily. Gen. Green then ordered Mouton’s division to advance aud the lighting mis terrible along tiro lines of both com batants. Hn; battle raged fiercely for five hours, when the enemy broke and lied, having been forced back two miles, where commenced a general wilt. Gen. Churchill's divison did not arrive in lime (-> participate in this.action, but were in the battle of the following day. Gen. Mou tou fell early in the-action, while receiving the surrender of a large body of the enemy. He ielHmt a lew feel from the muzzles of the guns. 1 ll> is G’Pwft'd to have acted gallantly, and his noble division lost heavily iu both officers and Mien, and covered themselves with glory, Col. - : - Herbert was here wounded, and Col. Buchel mortally -since died, it was here, too, that, the lamented Chancy !j Sheppard, of Gen. Green’s stair, fell, and the gallant Maj. J. ,D. Bay res wounded. . I ff*’ ’ 1 nits of I lie victory consisted iu captur ing 2 nih) prisoners, ffflu wagons loaded with si urea, 1190. mules, 26 ambulances, with im mense medical and other stores. In this bat tle the enemy iimght three army corps, \D : •landcd by Gen. Sherman,-and which had so often boas led that it had never known defeat. I ae lees <d the enemy in the two engagements will not be less than (1,000 killed',' wounded and prisoners. the field ol Mansfield was a plantation, skirted with woods and composed of small hills mm a alleys, itcoutains some throe or lour .".tiMoii-d acres ol laud, but much of the hard est fighting took place m the timber where the i nemy wore, lhe fences had been levelled by the enemy upon hearing of Gen. Taylor’s ad vance, expecting to take us by surprise and slaughter our troops.on the open plain. The annals of history do not record a harder con tested field. Thousands of dead horses are strewn over she field, and the stench is horri ble- Ike majority of the troops who fell were buried iu the city cemetery, while those of the enemy are buried upon the field. They were buried in trenches side by side as decently as possible. The enemy commenced their retreat from Mansfield as soon as routed, in the direction of Pleasant Hill, some eighteen miles from the battle field of Mansfield. When our cavalry’ pursued after their rout, hundreds were cut down, and all along the road to Pleasant llill, twenty miles, is strewn with, (he carcases of (load horses, and occa sionally anew made grave is seen by the road side. BATTLE AT PLEASANT HILT,. The battle-field of Pleasant Hill extends for the distance of a mile from the town. The enemy had made a stand ou the top of a high hill, one mile front the town. Planting their batteries, they awaited the approach of our pursuing forces. As soon as their-scouls give warning that our cavalry were iu range, they opened a brisk fire in every direction. Our batteries having got into position, the old \ a'verde opened and soon silenced their main battery, kilting neatly all their norabu. white Deßray at the head of liis regiment charged up the hill, followed byßucheli. The line of battle was formed about I P. M., of the 9th of April, and was more bloody than on tiie preceding day. Gen. Green’s Division under his command, was posted on the ex treme left; Mouton’s division, under command of Brig. Gen. l’olignac, on Green’s right ; Gen. Walker, on Polignae's right; Gen. Churchill's division of Arkansians and Missourians, hav ing arrived, on tiie extreme right ; the Val ve; de battery opening the battle and losing the majority of their horses, but few men injured ; Gen. Churchill, with his division of infantry, then moved forward, and the battle commenced furiously along the whole line. Tiie enemy pressing Chut chi 11 in overwhelming numbers, lie was compelled to fall back. Gens. Walker and Poiignao then moved forward and broke the entire line ol the enemy, and threw them into a general rout, and night put a scop to the carnage. They fell back to Roubiere Bayou, some twenty miles, Green’s cavalry in hot pur suit, who followed them to tire liver. Gen. Walker was slightly wounded. So was Gen. Scurry. Gen. Polignac was not wounded, as first reported. Gen. Waul was in command of a brigade, and every man, both officers and privates, acted like heroes. Col. Debray—since promoted to Brigadier General—is reported to have behav ed very gallantly. He had liis horse killed under him. Our loss was very heavy. Gen. Scurry took ] 200 men in the fight, and lost 400 killed and wounded. Cur loss in the two hat ties is estimated lo be 1400 killed and wound ed, and about 150 primers. Wo captured in tiie two battles .’!2 pieces of artillery, and small arms beyond computation, and about -‘0(H) prisoners, many officers among them. TN’CICXSTS ko. OK THE BATTLES. Gen. Taylor fought llicse battles contrary to tho opinion of others, and he has eclipsed lb.; lame of liis father.old “Rou .h and Ready.” The I reefs of Eanslield a ; o daily thronged wt'ii ladies a*raying food mi l comfort to the sufferers. They watch over them with all tiie a' ection of mothers and sisters. Surrounded by all the horrors of war, the daughters of Louisi; n:t ymv ministering angels in the cause of suffering humanity, •;•! 1, like the good "atna.itnn, they never tire in watching at the couch cf suffering. God bless them. Tha ma i-arily of the ; ounded of ti;:; enemy are in our hands . they tire attended by their own. sur geons, and ou- auth, lities give them every facility to ass .t them, ana they receive as kind trcuti cut as those of our uwu army. 'live "oaff after leaving Mansfield to Grand E ire M strewn with dead horses which fell by the pnr-id: of cavalry. Many of the stately re- uienccr along the route arc blackened ruins, the fences eyed by fire, and a scene ot desolation and devastation is seen on every sine. The division f Gen. Churchill marched forty-live mi! s iu fifteen hours, to be in tinie forthe ight at I’leaeswt Dill. Nobly did they stand side by ide with their comrades through End bio-, ly struggle, and their .raves on the battlefield tell plainly how they suffered. L:>“ n: it.: Estimate or the I’ukitanb Read Beecher's . tinate of the Puritans, from his r.ermoa published April 2let. It is pointed, and contains much that is true : ‘-Let us go loci now to the other view, the view which we aoopt. VI o are what were the Pharisees? It W 8: they that brought this conde nation npi" tbe:..selves. They were in some respects t the ni . 'J hey were the ews par excellence. They were tbe men that were She most offender, at the idolatry and the laxne-'s in the religion.; tendencies of the n»e. TF-v were the men that undirtook to reform, ifoy were the > regressive*, the radicals.— They r:ei the Prritana of (be Jews. They H.ooui i y •:-1 flation of excessive righteousness. ,-ct, vi'.- al. therr natural feeling, and sec tarian feeling, anc\ reformation feeling, iht-v v. uev eu of an injense arrogance of disposition, c an intense spiritual pride, and of an intense pit it al selfishncsT. The element of self was m sir: ii ; iu them that it governed and guided j every thing else. They were hard in their 1 natuK -s. and hey were completely warped and ; bi-rad ar-to have perverted their moral cocsti ! tut ion, so that it was no longer an interpreter 1 to t a rfi of right and wrong. Their suscepti ! bilitien had ceased, apparently, to be natural and whol .-s.iine. , They were dead- They were i men that, while they bad a certain conscience j for purity, for peace, for true piety, - ' CO IKiiUKH ATE STATES HOAG HESS. SENATE —WAY 12. The Finance Committee reported, without amendment. House bill to continue.till the 1.-t- January next the increase of pay to the Govern ment clerks, which was passed without amend ment. The resolution relative to fixing the day of adjournment was taken up, and on morion laid on the table. e>n motion, the Senate resolved into secret session, aud shortly after adjourned. HOUSE. Senate bill so provide means of trail-'it across the Mississippi River for member* of Congress residing west of said river, in going and returning from the Confederate Congress, was referred. * The Committee on Ways and Means, report ed a bill to make an appropriation for a return of certain money paid into the Treasury by tha Navy Department. Laid on the table. The Committee on the Judiciary, reporte I back several bills and resolutions, among then* the bill for (be repeal of the act passed at la-c session, for the suspension of the writ of ha beas corpus, with the recommendation that it do not pass, and the bill be laid on tho table. The yeas and nays on a motion to lay oil tha table were called, aud resulted iu the affirma tive. * lulls introduced : A bill to amend an act entitled an act to allowcommissionedofficersoP the army rations and the privilege of [ urchas ng clothing trom the Quartermaster's Depart ment ; a hill to provide for the appointment of commissioners in the several States of tho Confederacy, to inquire into and report upon the claims of citizeus against the Government ot the Confederate States for property taken and used, injured or destroyed by the army or any .part ot it, and to provide for the punish ment ol perjury and fur preventing fraudulent claims—referred ; a bill to amend the act to ‘•reduce tito currency and authorize anew issue of notes aud bonds, approved February 17,1864. so as to repeal so much of the act as authorizes the issue of two dollars iu new currency for every throe dollars in old currency which has been or may be funded : a bill to transfer from the Quartermaster to the Com missary Department the duty ot providing for the sustenance of prisoners ol war; to amend, au act ot the Provisional Congress relating ttx llu: pre payment ot postage in certain cases ; to amend au act to reduce the currency and to> authorize anew issue ot notes ami bonds, approved .Feb. 17, liSli-L to repeal the 10th and. 1 1th sections of chap, (iff of the act passed at the fourth session of the Ist Congress ol the Confederate States, known as the iitniug law; lo regulate the pay of men detailed from tho army, or after enrollment, on special or exli jy duty; for the appointment of quartermasters and commissaries for armies in the field, and tor corps and divisions, and as purchasing and transportation agents, aud to increase the num ber of chaplains for the army; to authorize the President to confer temporary rank and com mand upon officers of the provisional army who may be assigned for spociqj service. A resolution was introducewlkstructing tho Committee on Ways and Means to inquire into the expediency of requiring the officers and agents of (he Treasury to issue four per cent, bonds, in sums corresponding with the amount of tax due from the depositor, ou liis request-, iug and uiakiug affidavit as to the amount of his tax. Also, a second resolution as to the propriety ol providing by law that the four per cent, bonds shall never be transferable or assigna ble. Also, the resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, iu relation to tho recent act of Congress, suspending the writ of habeas corpus. Lad ou tho table aud ordered to he printed. The following resolution was also laid ou tha table : Resolved, That she Judiciary Committee ha instructed to report a bill repealing the act of tho last Congress suspending the writ of habeas corpus. A resolution was introducod*in regard to tha propriety of establishing a daily mail from Camden to Lancaster Court House, iu Boutin Carolin i. The. following- resolutions werenresented: Le’olved, That the Spec al Committee on Ini pressments bo Instructed to inquire into tiie ex pediency of reporting a bill amending the im pressment law so as to require the Impressment Commissioners to meet in convention quarterly and that said Commissions shall fix the frim« cost of all articleifincluded iu their schedule, and in no case shall a greater than fifty pet centum be allowed upon tho prime cost thsn fixed. Resolved, That in accordance with the pre amble and resolutions recently adopted by tha Legislature of the State of Mississippi, and just presented in tho House, it be declared as tha sense of this body iliat tho act of the Confeder ate Slates providing for the suspension ol the privilege ol the writ ol habeas corpus in cer tain cases, is, fox the reasons stated in said pre amble aud resolutions, dangerous to thcjliberty of the citizens, unconstitutional in some of its features, tends to make the civil power subor dinate to the military, establishes a precedent of a doubtful and dangerous character, and should bo repealed. Further consideration of the subject Was postponed tell Thursday, next. SENATE—MAY 13. A resolution was offered requesting the Presi dent to inform the Senate what had been taken towards the •construction, of a railroad from Blue Mountain, to Rome, Ga. Agreed 10. Also, a resolution instructing the Military ( ‘ommittee to inquire what legislation is neces sary to secure the return to their commands of deserters from the infantry who have enlisted in the cavalry; and of fixing by law the tima for which soldiers Khali be permitted to servo in the cavalry, and of providing that on tho expiration of such perfosl they shall be assigned to service in infantry, and their places sup plied by those who have served a similar period in the infantry. • Resolution of Mississippi Legislature asking tho pass age of a law relieving the citizens ofcertaiu portions of that Statu, whose property had been destroyed by raids of tho public enemy from the payment of the tax in kind. Ordered to lie on the table and lie printed. Also, resolution of the same, asking the pas sage of a law reducing the ad valorem tax of live per cent, upon prof a ty and credits to two and a half per Cent. and to extend the time of the payment of said taxes to the Ist Novem ber, Drill, instead of the Ist June, 1801. ().•_ dered to lie on the table and be printed. Referred : A bill to establish a Bureau of Foreign Supplies ; that officers of Hie General Stall of the C. S. Army shall not be assiguablo to duty except in their own departments. Bills introduced :To amcr,. i a, H ] aw so as to authorise the appointment of ensigns for bat ■ talions 6i infantry • to secure the prompt printing of tiie laws of the Confederate States —passed. The Finance Committee reported a bill to amend the “act to reduce tho curiency atid au thorize anew issue of uetaqjjKul bonds.’’ Put on the calendar. A resolution was passed that the tend the funeral of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart at tivo P. M. HOUSE. The Speaker read an invitation' to the House to attend the funeral of Major Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, which was, on motion, accented and. the House resolved lo attend in a body. Ihe following were appropriately referred : A memorial from them 1 reinsurer of the funds. tor tne Jackson statue, praying exemption from taxation grid export duty of certain cot ton and ’stock subscribed to the above fund ; fl’dl requiring payment for horses impressed by Major General Wheeler, by order of the Gene ral Commanding the Army of Tennessee, ami to require an account ot tbe proceeds ot such horses when turned over to'thq troops; resolu tion that the Committee on Military Affairs m qu re what legislation may be necessary to pro tect Confederate prisoners at Point Loo ou and elsewhere, from the inhuman an* brutal treatment to which they are exposed. Resolved, That the Persident be masted to ■inform tbe House, if not incompatiblewith the nublic interests, whether the reasons give, hi hK special message *>«nd,ng he pn v of habeas corpus still exists to such ex t en g t th it the public safety requires a contmu *• x* >* went into secret sesKOOi -