Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, May 19, 1863, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHOMAS RAGLAND, Proprietor. ^volumTHxvT COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1SG3. OFFICE—RANDOLPH STREET. 'NHMBER V 20? the weekly enquirer la Published every Tuesday Morning. TERMS— 00 par annum, payable iaveria- ‘ bit t« ativnuce. ADVERTISEMENTS i CoMpicuotu-ly Inserted at Oxr Dollar par ^, ua ra, for the flrrt Insertion. ami FtrTT Ousts for every subre-jueut insertion. A square iu the Enquirer U eleven llnw in small type, or oue hundred word*. ! fnU back ’ from tho Obituary neticw ever eight lines charted a« , hj , sjdo of - tho lown , advertisement*. J miration of tho enemy All Communications of a personal character. t hn latter hud thr« * 1 this Tltc Battle# of Chancelloravlllr pud ; and raimoiindii -g more rapid than l-Tcdcrlrk'.bui-g;-. IntcrrMlng llctalla i terrible engagement, of the ICugagcumit. Saturday flight, the ti-.sVng of guns Cur rce pond emu of the lUehiuead Whig. I «‘ ,d the bunting of shell- b -’riblng fiery \ y Ki-I i.v uirKKitriti. • i‘•Mo* through the air, printed a epee- Sunday Night! Mnv ... 1HW ' , ' l « l " " l 0 "-- " ml O-lflnff ,, . , , ... | each successive engagement, our men Havirur buen up'lho river near t.lmn- frequent 1 jr charged ana “made the Additional Particular# Hattie. C«mqpuu(ltni!eDt the Rulim-md Win*. P'ltp.nr.RirKenUBu, May 6, 18GM. To-day, one wook ago. the "Grand Aruiy ’ of the Rappahannock, under command of Hooker, alter month* of Ihu i-ate ! from VICKSBURG. The Kiir;h,\N I’Un •( Attack. THK SITUATION, ft-. or intended to promote thfprlvate end# Of* Cerporationi-.Sorletle-*, Schools or Individual/, will be charm'd as a<lvertuxunenU. I’llOM lll.NMMJ’H HRIGADK. the eellorevillo yoeterday, mid going out to. ascertain the situation of affair*, 1 found picket# had received orders to it to the height* l the fir.-t demon in front, and that i pontoon bridgi NN e copy principally ‘•ing. the river, and feeding towards the river, about tt o’clock, on my way to thehei -I P* whore our men woro posted, l dis-Huerod a brigade of Yankees advancing townr-ta our works, though, from the dark new* Is thkFront(WHrtUk Vh..,{ j TKdlli'i'tb-’m .. „ : and succeeding, hy a circuitous route. In M. Enquirer,: AN o arrived from ot»r-| nsac | 1 i„ | , our works,1 went down to tho three week* foraging expedition in North ; Stone Avail, situated on Ihe light of the Carolina back to lbi< point to-day, and j roqd Just before it enters Fredericksburg »-■ «■»>«* *° "*« * hSih^!»r.r^&^Ami\ b i5KS where we aro laying low under* constant j c , m ,j n g of daylight. At tU lira grey artillery fire from tho enemy. "Whilst I dfraks of uawn. the enemy w»-ro dif-ov- urite,‘d l*. M., occasional shell* are hurst- ered drawn up in line of battle on this aide ing so near our j- -t tuat u L tliodarkncss,andthoireklrmUhersthrown pinking up tho fragments a« l ankee cu- ! ot ,* B)u ] confronting ours. Rarksdalo'# jiositie*. The at tillery fire of the enemy ! MisMt-sippians occupied the position he- h,,* been continuous from tho Yankee hind the Mone AVall and some cIMatice . . . .. ... , to the right and b It, but without any gunboat* and their fortification# at Mrf- BUJiport f n tho rear. Fnw-nily the enc- folk, tor the past thr«M> week*. The cos- ! m y began to ndvMKo to the attack, and ualtie* so far have been very few or, our I the lines of skirmisher- were soon sharp- >•■••*•« -•*rr u ’ r hUm i 1 3' i± Hie! we cannot mrtnue the l0et*es incurred ; w j t bin proper distance were greeted with bv the enemy during the time. So far it n volley from our men behind - * .. . ... \ A * 1 1 ...I. *cd them to tm n and flee About forty or fifty fell at tho first lire. They rallied and again advanced to tho attack, delivered I their tiro ; hut fair to jlfwttme that public expec- j ^ *1!,’ tntion has not been satlstiod because of the delay of cdfr commander* in tho re duction of Suffolk. A« it is evident to those of us who aro here that our force is ratheciight to itortn ' Meantime, the batteries ofthe enemy tho fortification* ofthe enemy at Suffolk, on the heights on the other side ofthe we .ball have io awn'll (bn full develop, river, iipruud furlou.ly on U-, and wore . ... . . .• i ,• ii roplied to bv twohatterioa ol the >'a*n- inent of the strategotic plar.9 of our able , nrtil l,. iy |,l nn tc«k -n the heights to Lieut. Genet al Longalreul. Wo feel con- ; , mr right. The » ucin> . fidont that we cantlefeai the Federal force i from at hu.-t twenty 10 »• i.l Suffolk, however flivro whir, a bomb Saimleon and F.ii roll cm 1 .. I the range atul throwing in -, ju-t above my head] strong they arc, »f nnd ^,ell into our position The cmitwt we eat, only coua them out oftheir atroug- j continued with mu-ketrv utid mnnenad- holdi. Incessant.firing j* going on he- J **ig until nearly 11 o clock, ^wben ^i\ nuj antly under ettmg v - Ii »t within gunshot distance of each other.— | ting ii Never was a foe so nobly or tn boldly confronted m our men aro now, facing tho duath-dcaUpg siege guns of the foe.— aUcair'io t«»T We look them defiantly iu tho face. Our trip in North Carolina wa* made in a Gildersleovo style. AVc werotridtod througli with litflo ceremony or consid eration as to our likings or dislikiugs as to perigrinating twenty miles or' inoro each day througl\tnud and ponds, bram ble and thicket* However, etich are the ! nutnbei Notwltla-tnndipg tlii*. fought them, tiequcnlly locking bayonets, and with their mu-ket- eb bbed. Having no support, nndoulnumbercd by ltd having done all that mall a body could do overw helming odds, our i and retired. The enemy ul made a charge maun me w.y remitting preparation, had crossed the Register d: \dverti.-ef tho jpiriting Htouu luppahannock, above and below Fred- tere.-ting particulars : . Iistinclly above ori ek t burg. and stood in battle array, AVksiil.m, • ,b* Jut. lw„ t?5.“« , »Lr«:. vi 5!?5'.‘ n ;r. r J'!? ‘iSS* <»« TuwU», our U.H. folio Atom tho blrnita of winter. What they do, they must do before the summer set* in, and that is not a month hence. " Commanding. ! have been told that the speculators! Compary A— AVoumiod, Captain CS Casualties at Frrdcrlrkaburg. fll»f Georgia Regiment, Ool. C. A. Jin , ... • ru .“* l ? rK i Compary A—AAoumlod, Captain Lb ;r .v, have been considerably exercised— : Shortor, slightly i hand; Sorg’t Gog- that they onfored the Government all | gins, slightly; Joseph Durham, severely thoir meat and breadstuff* at e.wt, and fn lee .v_. *\.i. J , on the ground liot in want of kin riug’ 1 with their f which rose clearly and distinctly th«* noise ofthe halllc. nurln* ib» «r.l Hull, of tbr J»y, «»•<>] S,„ „„d , ...wdy murrh -On tn Web. m',;;'], ShwUd'tho'r.nVmvh, - ,.r •'Urc«l.«.n,-0J0 Mot.HIM* to ! <•■ | ln „„d.- Alter n norios of .. n *«)tom..|,lr, , e„U ^ . iSnU.i iu.f .,’' ! Tl.o oir«m» (e»y, Urn Alomndrm Son *£££5: »'«W-odl«t nnd moot obdur.l.-lv eon.. ^iJr'ln': a Wlui.'Z Y.n ££ & ! A„rll) .dvwrd ' tested ofthe ...... -. - , - *i»w i M. Newberry, slightly. that this oflor wa.* rol\i*ed on the ground | Company C-Kdled, Frank Jarrott; The ltattle at Camp l\l«lam\. were blown up bv shell, killing two men several. AYe also blew enemy’s, and disabled two of their p of tbo .uion.y . lmM „ Ilu ..*J ld - - Oloio, with n .° i the minion* of oppression, and another The IOlh Georgia, »*f Hem me*' hrigad charged the battery, *l;ut the enemy t>u mplcte and tilarwt/s victory, Wounded slightly, A r un Marshall, Jack Trotter, and J Evans. Company D -Mounded,'A V Norris, slightly ; K 1‘ Abridge, sevoreiy, thigh ; E F \A ildor, shocked. most obdurately con- i,i,.Vn to roving Vif»»ilnri» *t iT#- Y,mkftel fell I !. ,no1 of , lno 18 th »*f April) advanced in | Company K—AY ounded.Idouten unt B tbo nioinorttUlo W.ok “ irll I Turvio. 12,000 Htrone, tow.rdo our K.IUwo,. . oriou, loin hood; W MclJrldo, i*o ilienstrout. dcf.'iit of i, .|,|,. ,,r “A,," " I imlronrhniom. ..l (’.mp TsWund, on tho ooriou.ly In ihigli. - ' tho north .Ido of tlio .trMto.^ Our Ironp. | Uu, in,,^ SUrmi.hin* wlth tbo outpoU | Comimni K-Woundod, Corp Ilond. At thie point no ptico< i -»Cul del'cuse t an be made, and tho place is merely held for the skill an t valor of Lee and hia Ge «r*>"i *" d 0, ' r , brovo .rmy. lfrlvou .... urlu „,. R ..- Ui« r.vor .nd hr.nmod »l >11 ..do, bul , W „, H , tllR lnov J, nc „„ „,* NYTJ..VI or OUK 11.UAITINS M MUXS , lli»t Undiug il ln.|.o»Hbl« lo .drn. r or the . nmu.v. Sons* lowndvonturout Van- ok l ulMtNKtta. i eut his way out, alter repeated etlorU, 1 i., ( , s i. MVl . i,in • * v : * Most of our casualties in t his series of | during last night t ecio.^ed lu the side id ‘ oinilv but h> vet no conFidarMhla tim e engagements were from slight wounds, ; the river whence he Marled, his army h M - .m-'*d the llic Black tew, compAalively, being killed, which I dispirited, shattered and dvnioraliaud. The ot icimil t'lan i-unw beinr carried L, tbo more r«m.rk-blo . n„MUeri..g tbe J Tin. triumph, achieved is in propor.rn.tb> inl „ itiVoG by ihh h'ihi cTty Vs f.» ho as- i • ... *“* 1 nu p l>d a, combination of move d long preparation of the initty of the opposingliuev. Among the onemy, bis i- monre force. su.,pli« d ktlb'd to-day w»i Lieut. Ihd. rntton, of equipped with all tb<* enginery ami p Sharpshooter* **f Wotlerd’s (late Cobh’s) brigade. At prcsftd, report* of casuaUitsi are ueces-aril.v indHimte. lu the three successive engagements of the day we w^pu victorious, repulsing the enemy at ovary pdUnt, taking many pris oners and killing and wounding many. The direction ofthe tiring in the engage ment Saturday night, gradually ad vanced to the right, towaids tho liver, ing that the enemy were driv and l pbernalia of war, and under a leader who I na» displayed no littb) generalship in bis 1 plau ol tbo campaign. m The 'Pro*-I>1 gat I'a.tr-l .st.it-*. /. The ohotny wcupiial all the night menu ft \V“ rossing his hav ing been pre mano'uveriqg ol hi* exit by any 1 ho bad doubllc" nntieip overweening dStatf- Forti, «h* stul ! tut idifleront points. "While tar. hlng lii»- nrmv up from ilon on tiw* road running parallel v rivv nnd c!o«e to it, the fleet is • ut> ami shell our batteries, a* woll r the land l »i». AYhilo this is n, the fleet front above will come tkt doing, if hia that'd'ireetion 1 as wl!*''nI^i*'indb• ntVd* l!v overweening eonfitln •* bad peraiiit.-.l J hoped tiiiu irt * | - may be diverted the Y,.rv Iru,ni, ntTnd UN.UVnu.'d rt.o.M '>•"> tbi«X of .uul, » . At I*. ll, * norm .... ,.*,*,. of tbo I,bo, >nd ofpuriueu Yt ini.lniirbt the^imr i.,.‘i •*» early hour tbir mori.mg tu«* tvln-.d- thus «’Lp«-c n w- »k point, which they ‘ ii , l:::«i? ln > K r, 10 ^rrvrr r vrr) ], "T !r •' '; {•Matt’* - ,,f r ”' t,nK ” n H, " ir 1 1 riw. i.w k..ii. ,k; i quarter ol tho lines Ibis inorniug n , ve-els and seven of 1‘orter s gunboats tho night* The loss on both tide* in this laM gagcinoul must have been heavy. Early this morning the fight wa« sutned with heavy and rppid cannonading quarter of tho line portion of the trooj lukablirg Wore sCOn lino nu; |>■•mu tlio river, the same that hail bee te?;r"k*^rrz*^ i ^.. ...... i*re entering the enemy's hi ea-i- .SVeriv —/•. ■*lol t.i. d the tiring gradually ceased. | .. M* 1 mcnced tho attack in earnest, at the time landing a strong corps at Hutchins' Feint, in Orand Lake, nnd on our flanks and rear. A furious cannonade was opened on our line* early in the morning, which was kept up during tho whole day with the interval of an hour nud a huff about noon, nt which time he advanced in strong force upon our right, for the purpose of assaulting. He wa* entirely foiled in this attempt, nnd driven buck, tlti tho afternoon ho preyed upon tho left w ith equal vigor, but was again repulsed. Tho gunboat Diana, lying in the Toclio, was disabled early-in the engagement by tbo tiro of the enomy'ri parrot guns, hav ing her machinery broken and rendered , , useless. A force wna detached to keep ' r,.' 1 ,' 1 !,*! '| M| r DB'* r batteries, and |n cheek tho enymy on our flank and . .line W ! I I iIonu a distance of roftPi which wa« suecessfully done against " " i t* river. grontly fauportor number-.’ The situa tion of our army was now critical, and Abe troflfh worn out with fatigue and ex haustion—retreat w«a absolutely neces sary in order to savo the army. To ollbct this tho enom.y must ho dislodged in «>ur rear. Early on tho morning of the 14th, our ttoops, led by Maj. Gen. Taylor in per- - | l*T. severoly In leg; Jacob Lewis, - verely in hand. t’ompany ii—AYoundcd, Enoah Bland, alightly ; Jamea A Davis, severely in the hand. Company I—Killed, I.leut AY A Acroe; Aroi -ongag- diing out our lit.i name time, diverted Fii- lei- are mi lintid to con\cy the land army - up j along the river from AYarrentouto A’ic Used ) bqrg. and while the army engages i the trenches the navy is to bo bulling our balterief. der; Thni Deaton, in baud; T i> Thrcn- wils, in leg; Honry Bowcm, do.; J J Mc- Ker.droe, Jr., do. Company IV - Lieut L M Wing, ahoek- edbysuelf' Horg’t J T Buss, Lead se verely; privi.te J G Johnson, arru; 14 Howard, leg, slight ; W R Singleton, in arm, alight; NN E Brown, coccunsion of shell; UN Van Y’alkoohurg, arm; J NY Hiiinholster, abouldor, slight. Company C -Capt AA'm Groce, in leg slight; privato Cutter, he d, slight; T 'flu- plan has been I'o X- ^ ~ | vuun* a ue army reacueu e»w nieriH in tuoljr-t « «uim.ucenientot work on tlio I naftity, with tho fo- of a fow heavy guns, choii a >. a^"* ° j J" a lorcc aud to I \yb5olj could not bo removed from tlio niii.li i 1 -" * 1 ‘“burg under covor fortitlcatlons, and tho destruction ofthe ot tb :i, I*.'Oil the great aim trom him,. their retreat by the only road open to | tboiqs The >achcd New Iberia i From 7 o'clock, a'.'m., until* l’J, we had j Mack clouds and frequent shower- captured about 0,500 prisoner.-, mostly ‘‘red in the -evere-t storm ul • L•* two years’and nine months’ men, whose ! twelve months, accompanied with term", of service o.\pire tills month and quent lightning and the pealing • 11 next. They Pob'lig to various orgn* i/.a ! < ’ n .'* artillery, as it ange ^ artillery, as it angered at the being Tent to j guiimry contest raging beioar. The whole the earth eeemrd dr< Ho tar, wo have achieved a glorious ! wa’cr, awelling rivulets, nud succe.-s, aud the pio»pect is that it uill ! fhe river-— the la-t indiealin prove a perfect AN'aVerluo victory. fiTahet, which will be men j htiHV> rains winch tell during the 1 bv the (IrisNEY'a Station, Mnv ti, in**;. rded you a comiuunic terday afternoon, giving an a«:c' -arily a cursory one—of operatl -.lav, Part tir* s .immeli.i- i.eoii accomplished -bin' ar- ovi- laiobd hi the Mi--i--ippi shore, and now I lie appearum < oflho fleet indi es to- di-liii' ll.v that the iiioveuiout ia to be n mi,- lion the fleet with tlio troops m ,t i<-iid ntlntk b\ Inn-1 and water, and h-dli a box -• and In l-»w tin* city. While tlii* e -:nbincd attack Is being made *n our defence- b l -w, the gUli- but eu fell back morning fill. AY a e -t V I'* tillery of action, from Saturday date. ka« been little or no cliangc in “ the situation" on mir loft at Chancel- lor.-v ilia. Tho enemy -bis main l aftoruc tinue at interval# d'qring the night. But for Hooker's timely retreit, this storm i M|M ' r ! 1 ''H ’h- would have been a valuable auxiliary in i l »' Mt l' 10 extieme right cutting off bis oscape in cvoiy direc'.io 77.r Killed, HA ■nided and /Viao»r» Ho constantly haxoour troops hi engaged in pressing the onemy, that *,., a„* trials of war. Since ritliiff' tlio foroproluK, — hul ,JK-.l iffill. Ir moved nearer this foe. A furious play ol obtained now. Nulwith-tumling all this, ball and shell are falling in our midst we piled that ground with Yankees *lain, from the well directed artillery of the en- 1 "«nd toe hon. - ot bundled, wore tell to ... . ... , | bleach on the height- ii* d tho plain l»«- emy. The litter-bearers of (»cn. Long- j j ow . street'll corps have w ork to day. Cue All but seven of the liivt company of man, Larkin Pearson, of Co. I, Colonel ' tlm NYa-liingt«*n Artillery were taken Ho.,*.*, ,-^n, r >i- : - i te” Slilz &,ti^:k!c:u; killed by n shell which exploded in the MU d others wh.*,u n«m-- I have not yet road on which we are lilvouuckod. l’oor, [ »,-« ertamed. Evacunt-ng tb> \> noblo follow! lm died a painful death, j thp height-, our men rallied and hii entrails having been torn out by ( l> e ! resisUMl'tlie H.'lvat " ' ' miMilo. Two on liUors have passed, each ! them bu< V. having a \cg shot off, nnd at thU tuomeut i During lUu night before the fight, a a gallnui *i exan i- walking by with hit A ankeo orovaed the river and deserted to , h , i • i our side. Ho turned hi# blue uniform m- nght nnu.abntlored to pieces. I a jdo out. and worked faithfully at on., of Burli, old friend, arc. thing-, though the guns of tliu captured battery during . , , . ... iii_, the tight, until, finding In, A'hilom a*so- p.inlul to our..Kl» -.nJ.le.-Hl.**, | c i,l c , wuV« tl.frk ami lu-l .round him, incident io the poor and ofieu despised j ns rapidly as bis leg* could carry sold lor. Little know they who are in him. their safe, quiet and luxurious home# Our loss aluf after a * scYero fight - • >etiiegiYn#! | having been (in > uu to the river!' reiuaiu I ha / >'yet bean impoestblo to ascertain succeeded in capturing five <-t i\ p i«• • • . | ciiiupleloly honuued in bv ourarmy, afraid Bung likuan e.-tinialu of our lor- llero agriin vswere compelled 1<» uc- to advance, and ynt fearing to allumpi to have already stated, it i serious, un cuinb to tin* power «-i «• v• ■ i whelming > recrosa. No fighting has occurred iu that | bownvur, in w ound^ed. the. niHjonl onemy took nearly all our j direction miicj Hiinday morning, with | cn . 8 ca batugsllg) Jl.-rpillllf 1 wounded, and all hut liavo - * regiment pr of I the - formed nt, and < ingunemy, driv- what a loldier in the front hat to undergo. Half fed, illy clink and severely luarcheJ, tho life of a soldier is an existence in an earthly Hade?. AVero it not for the lovo oflibnrly which l»u;na in our heart* and a stern resolve to gain or fall in the attempt, • Table and unhappy i tiro keeps tbo altar of o For tho season tho killed and wounded. far us can now be ascertained, i** covered by about 100. That of the enemy, notwith standing thoir succckft, w-e heavy, and little less than that of the same ot on the loth December. On tlio right, ex tending to Hamilton’h Grossing, them wa> also soma lighting, but not general, ur independence ] The whole line from Fredericksburg to e would bo mis- Hamilton's is un«h*r command of General irtal-. But that I Early, with a -mall fore , uoogr.it'a aiHATK.OY. hope* lighted. It in ,„i(l that Hooker wa* on the oppo- •Uwr Imre !■*. «l‘e .irte duri"«* Ih- . 1 succeeded In eflocting Ins chcrUhed ot»- been unusually warm almost a.* much | capture or ,h, Marye heigh.*- ) m us iniilMtmmc,* nt home. Rain is of i by a shrewd rute dr guerre. On VV • d- alutoM daily occurrence with us, ami par j nwday evening and night, he sent an im- . . * . i I mon.su column of men up the river-is u rnn-wq-ionca -ho lu* K-umul. «r.* lluu^oJ , inUll , ding lo ri ,|„,*„ rro |,|, „,*,„>*• ,il>,..*,*, and the weary, -plodding soldier ha# an | hut sent them hack again during the alternate labor of ‘’aplittir.g" mud and night. Had our small force defending ten half thigh ' tho Marye heights been supported at all. *i > on o)y would never have -ueceeded i breaking ported lost night, however, that they had fallen hack to tho river; again that Me- L'|\v# came down from above lu-t night with He mm os' nnd Kershaw'« brigade#, a# reinforcement*, and met them --ii the plank road up which they w< co advanc ing, nnd cut thorn up -everely, driving them back. AYe expect to recover the position during the day. pond# of wator—tlm laltcrofti deep. Heavy crop# of corn nnd grain aro in a line progress of growth in this immediate section, and should not the war long be continued in this section, tho yield of wheat, oat.,, corn and other grain will be hoavy. NY. H. Ballard, ol Macon, Goirgia, and tho former Adjutant of thialLAIth) Regi ment, ha# been promoted to Chief Coin* nti#sary of Subsistence of Benning* Brig- ado, vice Mai. R, .1. Mow, promoted to , ,, . , , ... | decided the i--ue-.1 the* light. < orpv Connnisinry of .subsistence. Maj. i ntf( i r i v «n hark Thur- lav • > Ballard i- an energetic buiine#*- in# *--a (’hurcli, 7 mile* nbovi- ’-*»■'. 1 food looking matiitholadie*#ay—ai-d we "t McL:iw» -• I II i ^ *^ •hall, wo hope, not hope in vain (bra plen- ‘ .'.|* pur m tiful HU of good during liis lime in olUco. brief engagement, we l--t a vntuablo «. tl i - The* f.ct most bl.rtlir.ff in our crop- ' •?' >V* *'•; SI»-.Kj*l-r.-r fl-« &>“ .... , . ... . Goorgia regiment, and Lieut < ol. Hall talk for a week past is that our present ; mounded. Tho regiment wa? drawn up and gallant Colonel, John B. Gumming, I in line of buttle, the inemy throwing of Macon, Gn., has tendered his rerigna- f shells. Col. H. was at tlm head of hi* ool- lion fololy on account of physical di.a- hhT.M-t'j'if Sgll't''hand reMing on bility. Should it ho accepted, ho will bo J i,j s ^nye, w l,oii a .hell struck him, cutting Bnt the up the rivo of Chancnllo hulk this Hi, ■•ville, and 1 lin* be- in this Our lo*h is turiou J . both or#, but most ot --ur n wuundod, principally lay morning, with c , . , . ullorv mmiotoolinir ! b ,r carl) divu vanient diatanev- im-iii thcnimx, "b*ie tlm SurgooMs, indcfuligabk* in tlieir du ll uiM) and of- i tics, gave immediate aliHutuqi to tbo ba!- •ualti‘ , « are it- j I.V wouuded, wb-» uLo receive »lu i ullcti- lint (inn dial tiou from attentive nur-t -. The •lightly hand. Tlio lo#.* ol the tummy fully tn that of any pr«\ i war. The battlu-iiaid i# literally strewn with thoir dead. Thoir loss of prismiurs #o far, it in tlm proportion of iiv« t<* ono of ours. They have given u- n hatd run- teal, hut our living >• all of bravo men have proved too much oven for A aiikoo hat*oil Mini persovorunce. Gen. Lee ha* exprussed tlm opinion that tlio present position of afiair* on tlm Meld i-t entirely to hi* satisfac tion. ittcxfTuaH or tuim;’n uctauie. Yoaterday morning,-mi troops at I’re-1- oricksburg rucaptuud 'In- L-iglit#, tlm wuemy abandoning them and retreating, making little rt^intam-e. l.itllri orcurrcd in tlm way ot lighting until la»t night, except occasional and s» vi. -aunonad- ir.g. At 11 o'clock 'a.*t Iiigbt the eliom.v, who occupied the height* < .*t -*f Marye'a Hill, tho sauio a ho br- ur lines Sun day- morning. , fn- Banks' Ford, and Li- Law# whh pressing tlmin hard Tb- i-ku new* has been received from Gen Leo ha to the onemy up tlm river since I began this letter. “The work goes bravely on." Another instalment of 'J.Wsi Yankee prUpnors, nq-reaenting nearly every or ganization ofthe annv, have arrived hero, including Brigadier General Hays, seve ral Colonels, Major* and Inferior officers. Homo of them arc two years and nine month# men, who represent that they have been put in front by Hooker, in every one of tl-oao serio.* <»t ongagoiuonts sinco they crossed tho river. Tuesday last. Home of the prisoners are defiant, while other# express a disgust of tlm war and anxiety to get out of tlm service. I bavo heard, and, from circumstance#, boliovo it true, that Hooker received re- inforceiimiiU from NVaAhiugLnti during tlio progress ofthe fight. Our men did not recover tho piece# of tlm Washington Artillery, captured Ht Fredericksburg Sunday morning, a« tlmy had been removed beyond the river by the enemy. AYe capturrd, however, valuable horse#, arm*, ir. N . Through ('apt. AVm. S. Douglas, of Toxu«, who arrived in the city this morn ing, wo aro puliu p- »*-,>-ion of a few items from the other side ol tho river. Captain DoUffla# left Nut- hiloohe-. La., on Satur- -Uv lust. He inform# u* that Gen. Bank Our h».-* in prin-n- r- i# cousidurable, though probatily not one* littb a* many hh dial of tlm cnou-y, which cannot he mucli under ID.ixm with tin r»* taken sincu Monday, along all |-or* lions of tho line.-. NV'o havu also captur ed many valuable horse-, wugoi.*, eeveral - miVumlio" butte- • and lit i go quauli.it - of a hi ip -j- Mu t, V‘ ,,U< - i-<ii and small ariup. Toe n ine Ol Mai »/c'.- nut . The Troops Engaged. Last night l roturnc l t-» Fretlcrick#- burg, which was ontirely doeerted by tin* A'aiiKoivt early yoslerday inorniitg, tbo ln#t taking up of the pontoons behind them a/- they recrosat -I tho river. 1 have already sent you all account of the assault on thotUone AN nil Mid Marye'* Hill, .Sunday morning, and how a solitaiy brigade* of gallant MiK-innippiaii*. I! But) in numbor, with n line of nearly two mile# to defend, and without any support whatever, wero, alter a mort de.-p- -alo resistance, overpowered hy an over whelming force. The capture of the heights nt llm above point was effected by between ‘J 1 ! and U00 men, comn>>fcing the - ->rp# of General ■Sedgwick. r.'ght thou-and of thexo crowed tho river, immediately in front of tlm town, after two o’clock on ,Sunday morning, and composed tlm 'AI division of Hodgwiok'.* turps, commanded hy -I the line of bnttlo point of tin* Hvor including the old ’bickuMiw lhynu. This !ou- extent of our delunco* will be manned at -very point at llm m. It w ill nut -Into leave exposed l in order t • concentrate at any •-nt It may be readily imagined the time -u- place a lull eomple- i.a tlii* fxteii-ivu lino, i* call light I Up cuoniy - 1- .*# number of (roup* -•ii.t llmli* now threat- 1 more limn. This is ii army must fight with n powers to succeed ' Use odd- a* wti shall u material of which'our d give# one every as- ourage and daring is .. ■ fortiticiitiuDS. and the dfstructiou of the | Diana. Tlm Queen of tho AY-vt, commandod by Com. Fuller, entered Grand Lake during llm night of tho loth, tho other gunboat# not getting down in linn* for for ftoiun unexplained cause. The Queen of tho AVu*t was attacked on the morning of tho I4th and destroyed. Our little army is still at Now Iburia, good spirits ami condition. Los.*, con sidering tho flurcoiuv*# of the engage ment*, small; particulars trot yet known. Col. Reilly, senior Colonel of Hiblny’# Brigade, was mortally Wounded on the BUh, nud diud soon nflor tho battle. On the sumo day Major Brownrigg, of (Ion. Hibloy * stall, w as killed, nud also Capt. Blair, of tho’Jd Louisiana Cavalry. Cap- tuin A'incont, same rogimonl, revortuy but not dangerously wounded in the nock. -»l“ •< a -hull ha 1-1- true that w I tlii- j -:i-t w ith :• mu Ht iiiiv ■-tlior J ued, but we lice- who first morning, below Do- a po«iliou on *l»n < army, below tbo ‘ Sunday morning, » Ol tlll- ill llm Hrriiult were of -so-l on AYnduchdav p Run, and occupied Ktreme left of tlieir ll.-mard House. dayBgbt. a portion of the culumn -d h.trsi advanced sgain-l the Htor.it NVall, an-l, being repMlsud tlireo times, fell back in eonfu-ioii, and, umlcr flag of truce, asked permissi-m t-• bury thoir dead, or other pretext. Tbo re mainder of tin- column attempted to flank our loll, but fnilnd, him! retired. The Enemy'* 'Eton/. Tho temporary ros-ation «>i ho»ulitiM under tho flag of truce, which wa- un willingly grunted by an iniciior and gul- lant officer at IStone Wall wltbout con sulting Gun. Barksdale enabled tb- enemy to perceive more distinctly our small force, an-l when the a-suult rec-un- rnonced, tho heavy column fr.-m below the “ Ilornar'l House, «*n tlm ri\ - i. - iirb of tho town, sdvnnced up the (i-.r-b-n- able to hoi I out agai i-l * Force 01 the Enemy. A prisoner who wa* brought in lust oxuiiiug from Grand Gulf stale-, that tbo transport* which ran llm bl-i- kndo at A iekrhuig are busily employed a- ferry boat* in m* -ing troop# trom llm Louisi ana *h-M«» t-- Bavi'ti l’icrrc, ten miles be low Guind € stiff', lie puts the force al- captnreil, at I an-l say# it i# tlm intention ofthe Federal- to land a force of l(i),t»si men The-e hioto *ei/,e all the ground hack of A'ick-hurg, togetlmr with the inland town#, and t-> lay siege to our Gibraltar by regular investment. He a**erts ll-iit tb* fi*,tSSI already m, ibis side are tl-c flower not only of Grant'* army, (‘the whole Northwest, and that they ntidont ( Another Aefount. Grant Im - liGjlKN) i river, w liich ih vet a bln lVfieo. Grant If lm l tlm bn*t infwrina- on this si-l-i ofthe •»r hi# whole avail- # bicl . three ■ Height- p. take -be off tho right i tbo clli log nfe-vethu knee. Ho w conscious of his situation, rcctions as to tho disposition main*. Ho was a prominent citizen Southwo*torn (ieorgia, and a gallant offi fully „1 g,vo -if- in of liis rc- *upnr*cdcd by Lieut. Col. J no. A. Jones, of your city; nnd in duo course of pro motion, Maj-»r J. D. AYnddell, of Folk county, will become Lieutenant Colonel, and (.'apt. K. M. Seago, of Atlanta, will bo our Major. Tho two former are emi- General Hotninc . , . . . , , . - trom uiifor him. Capt NVnddcll, nent member# ofthe bar, nnd tho lattara . I» 0 tcr»hurg, nud I*ioi.t. Carter, of tho 1-1 shr'awd merclumt nn 1 an original thinker 1 Virginia Cavalry, killed, thu former h.v »nd h warrior. I » .ball driviiiff lii. (woril »n*1 -urbov, uro -ffcner.lly w.ll, th.Uffb I n.l! SllTK tired an-l fagged out with our recent 1 tltom -• altered i- *■; and there—horrid marched. AYe fall back fiomodi.ttanceto- j looUngcrcat nr I h-*ground with their kiiat-sucka, overcoau, ct--. which they dix t*.-d tteiu.*elvcs of in tho * "itiV'.t ..gn. Si twit ion. n l: n.Li-Kron hi# supplies , ami ll--- « .'Uiitiy cannot sup- nort him. 11 lu- -I- * * n--l at uiu-e reduce A'i- L-bnrg Im never cun do it. Hi* limans ot auppln- mu* n*»w pi -carious and entire ly I--* limited lor largo an army with out the free and unnh-lrticted navigation ofthe Mis-insippi: llois iu a-hud place Ulib'.-M hiici'o** attend Id* inoveinOlitS. Tlm Big Bla-’k pi event* l-i* flanking Vicksburg, Mini even it In*-lioul-l succeed iii cutting ofl'all eotnmuniciiiion with Ih# city, it would bo Gi-loher or Novomlior hcfoni I’emhertoii would he reduced to acc-qiting the ult<*rnativ<- of lUirrendnring or giving ba'tle, or (•utliiig his Way out. But npcciilatiom, of this kind are unnu- ce**nry. Grant must light, and that at once. A few more -lays of ue.ay, a d 1'emberlon will have ma#*cd In* army, wimn he will bo iu position to 11**111110 tlm otfei(*ivB, but I am inclined to think that a -li*feli*ive lilm of policy ba* been termini-1 upon, w lii- h w ill nu-ke tbo hills -•t lb-* Big Black tin- theatre of operations -n our Hide; if imt, and I'.-mh-rt-.n as- -1(111-*.* llm oll'en#ive, then u hattbi may •ooii ciiiue oil'beiwceii !l-t* Big Black and dm , .-oii,#oii>owh *i>• in llm neighborhood What Grant xvUl Do. Frurn tlio Chicago Time*, April ‘J7th. ^Private letters from the nrmy near A icksburg leave ini doubt of thu inten tions of Gen. Grant and Commodore Por ter. Having passed tho battnrie# at Vicksburg ami silenced lho*n ut NYarren- ton, tlm gunboat.*, accompanied by suffi cient transport# and troop#, will enter Big Black river (which, a* the reader w ill , by consulting a map, run* behind i tho Company ] v — Killed, Corp R A Barr; AVounded, C B Sasser, seriously; L F Flournoy, slightly. Riw'ap'ilulatW Killed ”, wounded SfiL J. t. Johnson, AUj’t. 2d Georgia Battalion, Mg^ manding. Company A —AVounded, privat-** John Odam, in foot; U 8 Hhepperson, Iin sboul- Pntchotl, i iirht; L r Company , ftlight; J T Hnfer, in Ing, panv J Maxwell, NVilliams, -rtaliy, since dead; M L amputated ; T C Hicks, shoulder, severoly ; TC Lyons, shoulder, alighi.; J. P. Foster, shoulder, slight. Company J\ 4th Georgia Regiment. Killed—Private# E A Preston, p T Lovelace, J 1’ Patton. Wounded—Pri vate# Phillip Lanier, left arm, severely; J T Morris, both hips; A F Cotton, left arm an-l breast, -lipbllv ; E A Mcnchum, below right knee; Tn Pharr, left arm; *1 J Robertson, right arm amputated The Guttle of llnyou Pierre* .Something of the partiru'nr* of the af- falrtieur Port Gibson, that oceurred on Friday lmt. hare reached U9 after perti nacious inquiries made in every direction to ascertain the result, nnd we'regret our report cannot, In truth, huso favorable as have Been those of other operations iu this department. Thoro is no doubt but that tho Federal forces landed nt Bruinsburg. below the month of Baynu Pierre, wero much larger than had been reported; that they ex celled Gen. Bowen'3 command at least five to on**, is not doubted. The fow prisoners taken from tbo enemy—only some eight or ton —estimate the force en gaged at 20,000, and claim that tbo resorv® .on tho river bank was equally as'great. To oppose those, Qon. Bowen had in the light two brigades. With auch a dispar ity in numbers, of couno a Confederate victory was next to an impossibility. General Bowen’s object In leaving his position nt Grand Gulf.' en the fiouth side of the Big Black, nnd crossing Bayou Pmrro, was, wo presume, to hold tho eruuny in check, and provnnt their ad vance into •.he country and upon Port Gihinn, until reinforcement) then known to tm cn their way. could arrive. The movements of tho J* doralfl, however, wore rapidly made, and in great force. The f-vreM tuet about midnight Thursday night, some two or three miles from Port Gibion, and the light raged alino.-t unin terruptedly until townra evening on Fri day, whan Qon oral, Bowen gavo the order to fall back aorou Bayou Pierre, which movement was effected, and tho bridges behind the rotrcftting fore#* deitroyed. Of course, this step involved the loss of Port Gibson, which tvn occupied by tho Federal# tho same night, nuch or our #lck nnd wounded in the hospitals a* wore able to walk ha-l timely warning, and crossed the bridges before they wore fired. Tho remainder foil into the hand# of the enemy, who, ive am Informed, found extensive hospital arrangementh ready prepared. On Saturday the enemy continued tn advance, in such numbers, that it. wa* doomed best to retire across the Big Black Saturday night the works at Grand Gulf \x«ro abandoned, after dismounting and destroying the gum, and on Sunday the uriuy crossed the Big Black at Ilankln- Ferry, where it was met by rein forcements strong enough to mako further retreat unnecessary, and prevent a pas sage being effected by the enemy. This believe is the present posl ion of t P Johnson, groin (since died); Thus M , c'ron. nr .1 n *7 l-.vpniHirt, IU) (Ml »n.i Up (»»« dirt). SM The ICncniy uu uui* Cus*l. AYhilo tho Nortliorn 'Journal* console thoir readers fur the late disappointment by telling them that another expedition i* preparing for the capture o f Charleston, there are undoubted signs of activity on the #oa iwlands in possession ofthe enemy . AVithin »he la-L two days and nights h -utliem p< Island; and, in full view of Fort Humler, tin* Yatiki*e sootinel is aeon •readily pacing to,and fro on 1:1a poxt. Anontrenched camp ha# Leon made lower down on Fully I#lund, and unmistakable K iaration# aroovidontly progfowing.— abandonment of Colo's I sland, upring before la-t. and tho difficulties ol arceA* on our part, enabled the foe to proceed. At Hoabrook'# 1-land, North Kdlsto, there are also indications ot eamost pffortH to see, oy consulting n map, runs DoliUiU | m,, J c0 R ^ ,°L the beleaguered city and empties into the I rp 5), m « nt * i ,nB , ? ow "i 1 » r,.» mil,., l.olovs), ,.nd ni.k. t* '-- 1 ” 1 v " lro, ‘ f 1 -,-- ffUl, mat, «n.l . nun- Iryr.y >m U,„ ,„llr..,„l l...dl„ff c.i- l- r ,rl -. n .T nrl '_!"' their ward fr- they wiR destroy, and thus cut oil’ the communication hotwonn the rebel armies —the one on the Mi*-i#rlppi an«l tlio other near Rosecran#—and ufterward, if our force i# #utficient, take tho city hy R##ault m the roar ; or, failing in that, set down before it, commanding all the avenues of approach and ogres#, and by m-lowor aud iaoi*o oxpen#ive procoR#. compel it* sur render. At tlii* distance the plan, which is, however, meroly conjectural, seems feasible ; hut if tho enemy’# force ha* not been gros#|y exaggerated, it 1# not with out its danger-- NVe know nothing of the Big Black, rave that it i# deep, narrow and tortuous. How it is detended, or what means of defense aro at hand, we cannot tell. What works there may ho at the rnttrond croHsing, we doubt If Gen. Grant can tell. But a few day# will do- llitcreidliig trom Mexico. Has KitAXciaro, April 1!S. —Tlio steam er Constitution has arrived. Hhe luii.gs date# via Acapulco, from the City of Mexico to the Hth, and from Puebla to the l-th. Ktncn the 31st ult., the French had kept up a constant bombardment of the latter city. They had destroyed the Convent of Hi. AuguxUne and six block# of buildings, with no special progress toward# occupying tho city—thn fight continuing on the flth. Comontort, with 15.0(1) men, wa# de fending tho road loading towaut tlio City of Mexico, and wa# having continued skirmishes with the French. This nows is from Mexican sources, the author'd #tnling that but a .suihII portion of tho obstacles in the way of the capture of Puebla were yet overcome. Nkw York, Anrll Jft).— 1 The steamer Hhelldrake, from Havana the 2«H, arrived ut L» o’clock thiB evening. Vera Crux dates of tho 13th, per a French war Htonmer, state that Puebla wa# completely am round—l on the 23d ult. Tb- attack commenced on the 27tn, nnd the penitentiary was carried by as cent! V District have stock, bul pr- his house an-l oth Five Federal gunboat* Passed Nalcber, last .Sunday night, four of which ascend ed the rivur. (ion. Smith was atHhreveport, and with tho his to force Bank# back to New Iberia, if not to Berwick's bay. Three Confederate gunboat* had been ordered down Red River to Alexandria. Capt. Dougin# represents the wheat crop of Texas a# being uuprocodente-lly promising. Gen. Magr-idcr's headquarter* had boon removed to Han Antonio t Toxan. Gou. Sctirry i# in command at IIouHton. Jarkoon Apptol, 1th. night. The Kewly Discovered liidorado. Tho steamer Robert Campbell, Jr., -trcwn I Captain MrKiuuey, came down yestar day morning Grand Gut/-- It Mitil r lance l-th, the bri; not full hark order*, when .. mv, our force-having withdrawn to thu 'the Vicksburg #Ulo of tho Big Black. Ofthe h.iffliU, form oil nff.in ...t., Ii„ 0 and I MatUn *t (iffrena Citdff opBayou Piem but cb"cV«l (be enemy'. u.Unnro, Then W ll , l . Ul ’ n .' ,u ’’ 1 ' U the lwtt.tr eitt nil.nl hilt linos up tlm plunk i lm 'l" «->"• B*»*®1*. W'I;H two hrjffrto«, rou.l onlhoriel.t tit fur n. tbo loll ««Lu I numberlnff iibouU.Oai moot loufflit a),- throe mi'!, w of town, wl.lrh w.i i f " r '."m * 1 V t f , „"i^ Ur, ’r effected by » tolumn bolor tho Klone ! 'O' 1 men. ttl to d T ho low ol Wnll ntlvuiicinff up tho plunk rtt.d und i Iho mnuy t.-.jtul duo n ut I.OUI, ut.d .rout forming a junction with the right dints It i# not hu improbable) overdrawn e -itnate. NVitli the forces ut tho command-if Gen. Bowen, w e*h.*uld ho content with the result of this battle. 1 have not written or telegraphed you us lo the re-ult of this light, from tho fact that I di-1 not know bul that which 1 ported one hour I_would have to P. S.—Franklin, A’a., May 4.—Lieut, j retreat, Gen. Longrtreet’s corp* arrived at this tiie point thu morning, much jaded by the long, long night’s march. The foo pur sued u* toCarsvillo and captured sotuoof our lick and straggler#. The rotreal was wagnificont. AVc leave on tho ith instant for Peters burg, and I will write you when I bare the opportunity. J. T. 8. TUK DATTI.K AT • IIAXCKLl.OEBVIfiLB. j On Saturday morning heavy and rapid column which had taken the Height-. The. Recapture of Marge Height-. Matter# remained iu thi# condition until eight or nine o'clock Monday morning, when Lawton’# brigade of Early # di vision, by order of that officer, C8|Po „„, v ... ....... . down over Marye H-ight* and t remitured ! contradict tlio noxt.andl have no wudi enemy i l0r . voU dutiblful now #. A* w# look upon it, tho position at (inind Gulf was only of rtrategioimpor- tanco so 1-nig the Big Black was navi- Sioux Lily, which Anderson’s diviefons that hid been rent j > V erc only corutruciod after tho enomv motive or »ix day# ugo : to reinforce him, tho whole line forming I j, H( j succeeded in getting tmmo of his circle cutting off tho A uukuw col- i craft between Port. Hudsou and 'Vicks- tho Slone Wall. A* bad formed hi* lino of buttle, KjuIv - - division, with Barkodule'- l»rig»-le, tunn ed into lino confronting him. an-l forming junction wiih the left of McLaw#' and ! am-thor doinon-tralion boforo tho heated torm put« an end to active oporntioii#.~■ The ItJth of June, 16G2, #aw the hold and (J,**p- rato tu-iftult upon Soceaxionvillo.-- NVc have not yet raechcd the middle of May. Under all tho circumstance#, to a*«ume that the onemy will not attack again before fall, would bo tho most reck less fatuity.-— Chat. Mercury, 12fA. An nbominablo practice of trafficking with tho A’ankee prisoner# for A’ankrc paper money is, w«* r-grot to say, far too prevalent throughout tho Oonfodernry. Scarcely a tquad of A'nnkea prisoner# arrive# utany ot our town# but is besieged bv the avaricious mouoy-goitors with offers of ’ wo for ono for all the "green back V in their possession. Tho rosu’.t is simply this: 1hn shrowd Yankee din cover* "the fate of a prisoner of war"to bn no such unhappy feto after all. lie not only fares better u* n Confederate prisoner l-ut ho finds hi# generous cap- tor# willing to double hli pocket money, and relieve him of the useless trash furnished him hy the Abolitionists for lighting Americans ofthe South. He ii paroled and exchangad, and returns t«- rmnp to tell the jolly #tory to hi.) com panion* of "what rara time# wo had In Dixie." The camp is full of the excite ment. Tho marauders, after these recit al*. are all Impatient to be sent upon some galloping excursion to Rome or Atlanta or Chattanooga, or some other point >n the far South, where doubtful greenbacks are worth two for ono.— "NYhyl" the A’anke-j will very naturally exclaim, "theRe rebels have no confidence in their own government— they eyen doubt the currency of their own nation, which i# the nation’# life. Truly "green back*" must bo money after all, since they rate#o high in Dixie." Instead of treating th« despoiler# of | | P, their land— thu inaultor# ot their wives city, tho French forced through tjje first | ,inr ^ motherland sinters—with tho digni- barricudn* ofthe two nrincipal s'reeu fietl, ineffable contempt they doserve, too a tho cat’ ids and Tnt she left imving been detained by high low water. j umn frurn Frodenck-burg, tho enomy I bu"rg; *nJ whoii V *it was apprehended Among the Cimnboll a pMseiigerr being within this semi-circle 1 tl.cv might pmibly get transport* ! ssrrsi >r«. s m w 'vr“::i ja: »l.ntIi.,Kiufiiliii.i„ili/j,.,v,t Kn-dmifk*- «cKlBU«?nl!!n»rt u? 11 t 01 " 4 '' b,CJ cl, " U “ U,d “ buul lwo r*ilro.d britlffo, .nil to ob.truoltlio p.i- bur* H«»v.v .kir-1 witlflur.^ 2ld du« ■ . ! ..ff.ol'. force to U.t. rear of Viclc.bur» -lnuff e.ttttt '-Miiimcnccd, continuinff nt , -bin, tbrt U btjatlr.-ti pound.* bc.ido. ^ !C CUfjhl ar.,ihr Hnpynh.innock. , by tint rout®, tbo plttcu wt.. occuploc- rtv.U until four u'clot-k. P ra„ wliun , ISfi Km “u 'S« ftHumiorTon? ’ Tb. nu.uiy, porcaiMUR tbo .Inug.tr Oo nvffri. uo»r fjll.n, jad » dl»Wpi trftrr.i fUffttgcmcnl ut Hi inu.Ut tty „ ' T '| .*; k t bi^UkU^-I torn), i !li ’ (>'«■—ou. nud bui.ff lurii prened, re- . our f.trrtnt lur boldluff Or.nd Oulf l. iiniASd «r« ™ (rttlij »i«w of I **®»t«J t« trtrirpr .tll.nkn' ford,* intervals until four a general engagement and caoouading ing about t* I ly cessing, -lirisiun of zensued< .• | trcaieu to too river at />niiae xora, wuurc i lougor ncccatury. Iu» abandonment will I rnff.I^uaVu bulm.^-Th.artnK>r»Sud- | S^rtSS^*1to.»a’‘r3uSii:«'l55S: I %f “W^SSA 1 .* 1 2gE 0 5.‘"^*?" ,it r" 1 o ' C,k I co " c " , .‘ n “ # ‘. h .? ir \r»t; thrown out from uurdfnw wbiuh ] ’’''rbli'roinuit.ineffr* will 1trub.il)v t.ku W-*®* .rtiiimy, about 4i0 uriM.ttora, (invaJorr. \*t lu’tljttr tilt! l.ttor wfll »d- culminated iu «uutb.;r ff. tu »1 liffl.l on ; i h i «« 2Sd rlut? .« tbiy rclulo ii ; i": 1 “"V *"< »«-***-lrt loitu.i thu r.nc. .g.in.t Uck.burg, or .Uompt t, our rifflit wing, rqntiittiiot' about uitf .re .p'.rttbeii.i.o „f low w.t.r in I 1 uuodur ut tint en.my in 1 utovo(tnl.utl to .outtt point wlior ' ’ 1 1 Tl y .lt . r, .11 .Vi. - .1 ... I.r.in. 1 to**ii took rt*.DU*otit tbod.rkuees.nd tliey tiuttginu commutilctiou can bo cu bt. Mi-*.m:i tbl. .prluff tu«r. b.vtng r , criWll .j tho ri „„» Mot.d.y „| thl bur-1 remain, to bo .„„n. Military opln h l, ‘ 5 “ 0 lb0 riel 1 v. ntnny luving ..crclud tboui.clvf ions differ m tn wli.t nitty bt, r. ..on.bly Tb. Cmpblll in addition to a good in c.ll.r..nd otberbiding pjacs, to .yoi,l ..poctad, but watchful cya. ,.r.. upon : i •“PP' i «»»«4 roturulpg iramo- j wkb hour and a half. j #b«‘ Mi-i Proaoolly rapid and bt*a* V firing bceu bul musketry and cuiinunadiiig -s* heard ou 1 our uxtreuie left, whicli pru"-odod from the "Stonewall" Jackaun'i - *»rp?, which ^ attacked tbo enemy on tb. igbt flauk, I [icVo«i eralluelttbwrof tlie"faiV” Fuaxkux, A'a., Mayo, 1*>1. Dear Enquirer: Tho following mem bers of Capt. Alims' company were cap tured by tho onorny on tho night of the 3d laid., during our retreat from Suffolk Corporal AV. E. Hill, and private* Jos. Denson, AN’. A. Sherrcr, -Tame* A. Guo, James Noles. Private Jaiuos Day, who left behind »iok, is also supposed cap tured. I have nut heard of any other - force to tho , mute, tho pIhci uf Tbo river ii u«»w fallen, and , whom j Ion; »x* J1 o elk i c.na. — - - — - — - -t-- i of eleven strength whenever noceesury to rop«l tho J nurtuit, and wer-* captuicA hy our tiuup/ , them. Our opinion i*. a great battle will i.cVi i Having placed the river botwecu them ' .vot be fought in open field, upon which ua,J .^i^. . (L«:, • -.—j. *i-- -ciri.i.. .—.. • the r«ulL nut and fell by the wayside. J. T. B. Hooker'.* headquarters a'ro in the sad dle.—• Vankee Telegraph. To think of a Geueral that didn't know hi* bind quarters ftoiu his head -lusrter# vxpecting p. a hip Gen. Lrt'-M»hde Actartiser. Jditiuo tu liet-ot pasM-agert. among wboru driving them a consideriblo"di»tai)cc. I « ^freight* which * cob si stlid U Tn 1 4 * n 4 Ihoirpursuor#, tb'ey pcfiypiod ; tbe fate orVicksburg inay^Ux Boing bar-1 pressed in tb,- d-reclion. the i «f bJlVi o78uff!il?robee tud !evera“ “•ttday-TUerday^in shtHfug, with tent, depend. AVbon it does ■ ■ ’ « and force ! of wolf'Lki.ie Slu.elH. HhI NV I’M^Hliu, *quads of men com- .hell onterlam nn fears si to tb d fell back { Lufo^st. LeuU at noon ext-otiiag ( 0 ; uto ur going out of town. Supplier i t Vicksburg. • ' Herald. * wA ll bos heeuquiet at this poiut to-day. Ordnuuco btores, provisions, tn fact sup- l at:<» to-oight, General Barksdale and his 1 plies of all kinds have been accumulated J b:igaae reoccupying tbo town, and the ct Vicksburg. Ilia tbe unalterable de wo., followed by heavy • any-»nadin^. Ata late uieetiug ->1 the Garman Re- eueuiy iioineqfetoly opposite on the other | termination of Gen. Pombortou to under- Jacksoo then succeeded in getting in their publicans of Milwaukie, it was unani- ; side,, as before the battle on this end rear and pressing them I'orwoid, our uiuuiI v resolved to send a pslitiun to tba our lines. _ centre and tight in front. A terrific President to the effect that past events '•* ' m ... ... fight ensued, wbich wui t 'oluDged until luve folly proven that Gen. Ualleck ia The Mobilo Tribune learn* that the j rapidly approaching, before whoaescorcb- nerrly 12 u clock in ll*' night. In no ] either lacking in military ability ur an pj lea now allowed by tim G-venue col, I Ing sun tha chubby, fair ski’inml Bobo- battle during the war ws# the musketry - earaeit deitre to supprexstiia (fhe^iun. Ji twenty-five cent# a pound for owtton. - liftonlsfo will withei and foil like leaves leading to the plaza and the cathedral, both of which are fortified. Tho soldiers thou entered the houses, and, Hided by supper# and minors, passed from on** houno to iMiulhnr, and,- on thn 3d, had thu# worked tlieir way to within one hundred meter# of tin* Plaza. Up to tliut daln thn French ha-1 lost from five hundred and nixty to nix hu.idrnd killed and wounded. It i-. estimated that the entire force in the city wa# 26,000, The bridge over tho Rio Prieto was hold by the French, thus proventing Comonfort, with 12,00(1 reinforcements, from cross- ^Liiother arrival from Vera Crux, the ltith, dates that a mail from Puebla ha-l been received, containing advices of tho capture of tho Plaza and Cathedral, but tho city wa# still commanded by Fort# Gunduloupe and Lurczo, but nothing is said as to their oponing tire upon the French. Puebla wa* filled with barri cades. One-third of tlio city is claimed hy tho French to he in thoir possession, ai the result of thirteen dayn’ fighting. San Fkan-.'Imco, April 20.—French pa- l-u'npul li#l( lett-T.- from the City of Mex ico tu the bill, ronru-unling that Forey has pussession of tliu environ# of Puobla, and i* master of thu communications and fortified works commanding the city. Uc continued advancing slowly, but *urelyt without sacrificing his soldiers. Intelli gent persons think that Forey has nui- mnuvred to inclose the Mexican army in Puobla, and will ultimately capture all, more than twenty thousand. Mexicau otliciul accounts of the samo dutu take an Qiicuuragiug view. They suy tho bosieged forces are fully able to repulse the French, the principal fortifi cations still remaining intact. There aru sixty-tour forti tied building* in the city, including three fortresses of very grout strength. The Mexican soldiers have •bowu remarkable bravery. The French lost over five hundred killed and wound ed iu attacking one fortiti- niion. From the Mobile Tribune, 9tb- Kkemt Makcuiko ok Okaloxa.— Air. E. A. Halvant, Messenger of the Pioneer Express, which arri\ ed at about 2 o’clock, o. ni., reports thu Mississippi u-ilitia under Gen. GbotlOn tn have beon worsted in the fight at Tupelo on Tues day. Gbolsou’s lo*e ia said to be 100 in killed and wounded. The Yankees hel-1 Tupolo at last ac counts, and were marching on Okalona with 2 or 3,00u men, with artillery, many of the South, alas! are willin* nut only to hold converse with tho Rcoun- droT*, but to trade with them for their own miserable currency. Bali! such degradation is sickening to contemplate Keene lu Natchez. Vince—Franklin Street. l\me— March, Uk)3. Dramatis Persona: Stout, bo- nevolent Grocor, and unsophiilicatml country African. African. (Entering the door,) Master, is vo got any hankchiefs? Grocer. ("NVith benignant, conilo-cead- ing smilo.) Yes, a few—eery few—they're nearly nil gone. (Producingseveral #la- 7.y cotton 'kerchief*, worth two dime# in former times. African. (Timidly and doubt fully,) How much' does ye ax apiece for 'em? Grocer. (Very decidedly,) Only two dollar# and a half—have sold them pearly all—very scarce—can’t got any more. African. (Hesitatingly und fumbling in his pocket,) Wouldn't yo tako a dol lar and a ha. fir. silver ? Grocor. (Musingly—and then with a broad, h-mming #milu, a* if determined to do a generous thing.) Why—ye#—I sup pose I’ll litre to -iu it- hero, tako 'em, old man—and God bless you. (Unfortunate African handed over six half dollars iu silver, and rcceivod two of the thin, Hazy ’kerchiefs.) Qubrb?—With specie at from 4 tn f», for currency—how much did uogro pay ami grocer receive? RuFUicTioit.—"How long, <> Lord'." "Extortioners shall not inherit the King dom of Hoftven." Pkumonal.—The Petersburg Kxpres*, rf the6th in*t., thu# allude* to the pre sence, in that city, of our honorod N ice- rreildent : Th Hon. Alexander Hamilton Ste. nhens, Vice- President of thn Confederate Slate#, reached Petersburg yesterday morning, and »ipent the -lay visiting hos pital* and conversing with the sick and wounded soldiers. This great and good mau is in the enjoyment of excellont health and exuberant *plrit». Un read Gen. Lee's official dispmob of the recent great victory near Fredericksburg witb feeling- of High satisfaction, and spoke The Domorratm ladies of New York There was considerable excitement have gotten un a magnificent sword, at among the poople, with »lgns Ot another cost of twelve hundred dollar*,• intended stampede. m a present o Gen. L -e. It will be sent Our forces era gathering at Okalona V* ! to Riohmond by Sviueunderground rali- oheok the advancing toaraud.au, > roqU r, „... fur ther ad vance of tho enemy against Vickft- t>urg wilt be contested by greatly increased force# derived from no matter where, -.nd aided by n!i tho urtifl'dg) defenses that scion.e can add to a naturally strong position, a delay of active hostilities mu.it ensue that will enable our general# to make |ueh further arrangement# as ruay be required. Wo have made every effort to obtain lom© intelligence of tho loss nn both sideA, but have boon unable to do so. Yester day morning nothing more wa* known nt Vicksburg than here. The general estimate# of the army Sunday noon were that our Igm «»*■. oun thousand ktiled, wounded and prisoners; that ofthe ene my about four thousand. Our killed and severely woundod were left upon the tie) 1. On Ha turd ay the enemy re’used to allow a party sent under u flag of truce to bury the dead, to cross their 1100# foM,h*t pur pose, saying that their own ^(lil* ware attending to that duty, and that the woun led were cured for. They secured #oiuc hundreds of prisonorn,most of whom and gallantly did oqr boys for hours repel the horde- concentrated against them. Whatever of advantage tho ene my galn*t\,wa# doarlv bought. It was only when our little band was worn out by fatigue, and their ammunition exhaus ted, that they foil bark, which wa# done in comparatively good ordar, and tho army saved to win bonon elsewhere, which they aro now prepared to do when ever ibe enemy see fit to ‘Advance toward th** stronghold at Vicksburg. little annoyance to the rear of our col umn moving across Big Blade. Nothing -erioui, however, occurred on tho enemy generally kopt at a roipoctful dLtnnce. A# we look upon it, the position at Grand Gulf was only of strategic impor tance so long as the Big Black was navi gable. The d«f--nc«s, such a* they were, wore only constructed aftorth# enemy haa succeeded in getting some of hi# cruil be-' tween Port Hudson und /Ickaburg; and when it was apprehended "they might possibly got transports through the canal. At that tin.e the Black was navigable a i hk’h up «- the railroad hr dgo. und to obstruct the passage of a force to tho roar of A’icksburg by that route, thn place wa# occupied. The river has now fallen, and a division of our force# for hold : ng Grand Gulf 14 no longer necessary. Its abandonment will enable our gonnrulsto concentrate tbelr »trength wheravor ne cessary to repel tho invaders. Whether the latter will advanco against Yicki- burg, or attempt lo move inland to soma point where they imagine communica tion onu h# cut off, remains to l-e seen. Military opinion-! differ a* to what muy be reasonably expected, but watchful eyes are upon them. Our opinion i#, a areal battle will ye* fo •ought in open field, upon which tho fate of A'icksburg may, to some extent, depend. A\’lien it duo* occur wo shall entertain no fears at to the result.—Jnekton Appeal, 6th. Tbr Yankee Prisoner# at Home. Among this batch of thieves and mur derers, was found two companies of N. Alabama Tories ; and amongst them a man by the numo of Pundciburk. who was horn and raised within three miles of Romo. This villuinoua whelp hud a gal lant brother in the titli Georgia, who fell covet*1 with h-nor and glory at the llrsf. battle of Manassas, July 21st, UKU. This #r -undrel, with hi* widowed mother, moved totheSand Mountain.in 1802. and since tho death of his brother has bean trying to got his share of hU honored brother’s ostato. He admits he piloted the Yankee* to tills place, lie D safely ui (l.or lock in Jail. There was Also found among them a man hy tho name of Phil lip#, who wa*; raised In Forsyth Countv, Gu. Ho Is alleged tu Im a t on federate deserter, lie h with Funderburk, to gother with a Methodist Preacher, who *ays hi* name i* Brown, who the Yank* #ay also piloted them, and many years ago was a Circuit rider iu Floyd.. Hut nu such a man ever rode the Circuit in thU county. Thn prisoners generally were remark ably impudent at d insulting; especially the officers. One of their officers, » Major, was publicly cursing General Forrest, on tho >-treeu, for a sro-inurel and a rascal—stating that when Forrest demanded a surrenoor. tho Yxnko« ue gotiatora were trying to get tlio best term# possible. Forrest ai-pcar^d sudden ly to get very mad. .Swore he would wait no longer, that be would rather kill tiie wholn of them than not. Ordered hi* couriers immediately to direct tbo commanders uf four Depart*to batteries to place them on separate point* of hills; and'Ordered the commanders of four separate regiments to form their com mando immediately ut Particular poiut# In line of battle- And that tho courier# abaolutely dashed off as though they worn going to have these order# executed. And as they dashed* off. Forreet told them his signal gun would be !lr« l in ten minutes, when lu fact, he said, the ras cal had but two little cannon a^id not more than a half reginiont of mon all fold. That Forrest wa# nothing but a damned swindler. „ The impudent ..helps, openly on tho ptreet*, avowed tlieir intention to bo buck hero in less than three momha—burti up the town and hang tvery man in it, bo- rnu#e, they say. they wore bushwhacked. This U, offoiur-ui. an idle boast of the poor cowardly devils, to cover their sham* and disgrace. They said ot course they did not come into Romo just as they eipettod, and they could «tand all that: but such a number of them to he gobbled up by such a little squad of dirty snotty-nosed butternuts, was past sudurauee.—

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, May 19, 1863, Image 1