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Newspaper Page TextColumbus inquirer. COLUMBUS: Tuesday Morning, June 30, 1863. The Htrugglc Vicksburg. Wc think the indications are that the great and final conflict that if to decide the fate of Vicksburg cannot bo delayed many hours 'longer, if indeed it was not progressing at the last accounts. The long*protracted public anxiety in refer ence to it will, wo infor from all the ro- ptrrt© that have corno to hand, be noon terminated by the issue of the final Yan kee assault. We have been coirvinced for several days that some hastening circumstances were impelling Grant togive up tho plan of regutar and slow approaches and re sort to another vigorous attempt to carry our entrenchments by storm. The Yan kee acoou ole to tho loth inst. (given in our Telegraphic dispatcher) probably reveal those circumstances. Tho western bank of the river, from Miliiken'* Bend to Vicksburg, is represented to be in the |K>ssessinn of tho Confederates, and * ap plies and reinforcements, according to these Vankro reports, are font across to Gen. Pernborlon evory night Of course, this stata of things was admonitory to Grant that delay would ho ruinous to him. With Confederate armies and bat teries along the western bank of the river for twenty-five miles above him, cutting off many if not all the transports convey ing relnforcemanU and provisions—with supplies and mon'Ooustfcntly and freely crossing the river to Pemberton—mid with Johnston in the rear of the Yankee investing army, with a largo force in readiness to itftprovo the moment of hit weakness or disaster—Grant found him self thobeleaguered and strailoned party, and only n desperate and quick assault might snvo him. Hot rent was utmost out of the question. Not only would John ston probably pounce upon him in the act of "ehunging his hasp," and particu larly in tho work of embarking his troops on their gunboats and transports ubove Vicksburg, but the Confederate butteries upon the river would play havoc with bis transports in their upwurd pass ago. Tills rendition of things (if it existed us reported and wo seo no reason to doubt that it did exist), rondorod it necessary for him to tako Vicksburg ul once, if prssiblo, and defend himself from its strong position ; nnd tho furious bombardment reported was doubtb 's impelled by this emer gency. We hnve no report of Johnston's forces being in the tight. I'orhaps it was not known ut Jackson whether they were engaged or not. But wo may rest assured that if Gen. Johnston was not engaged, it whs because ho hud butisfnotory evi dence that tiie garrison ut Vicksburg did not need his sorvlces, and was preparing to tako the iriuht prompt and effective measures for tho utter overthrow or cup- lure of tho enemy whon repulsed. Believing, from this view of tho situa tion, that our forces were “musters of the position,'’ and llmt tho Yankoo attack whs prompted rnt her by desperation than by confidence, we await tho final issue with hope paramount to apprehension, and with a conviction that we shall not have to wait long. While our farmers are complain ing of too much rain for u month past, portions of Virginia, including Rich mond, havo suffered from a six weeks drought. We learn, however, that tho people of Richmond and tho surrounding country woro Invorod with lino rains a few days ago, which came in time to snvo l ho corn crops from irremediable injury by tho drought. From Texas. Wo have rocoivod the tialvoston Arms of tho fid inst., In which wo find aorno In tolligence not horotoforo published in this part of tho Confederacy. Gen. Bam Houston, in a letter to the HunUvlUo Item, says that for months past his invariable response to inquiries in reference to his entering tho contest tor Governor 1ms boon that “under circumstances would ho permit ins nnmo lobe used as n candidate,'' always signing ns n reason that he “oould mitseo that ids servicos could bo of nuy uiq to Texas, inasmuch as her affairs wore daily becoming moro complicated." Thli pro bably roliovod tho fonrB of some who were suggesting that in tho multiplicity of candidates “Old Ban Jacinto” might announce himself at the oloventh hour and carry tho day. There does not scorn to ho any lack of aspirants for the office. Tho New$ unnouncos Gon. II, E. McCul loch, Gun. Tims. J. Chambers, and Lieut. .John M. Crockett as candidates, and other names aro suggostod. A lottor from Galveston reports that five of Iho guns of the Federal stoumur Wostflold, sunk in tho harbor of Galves ton in Magruder’s attack upon the Yan kee fleet, had boon secured from the avreck. ft is statod that ten tlmusund hands could find employment in harvesting tho wheat crop of Texas, line' that they would be paid two bushels of wheat per day. On tho morning of the “fid, Col. Torn. Urcon, who was camped at Morniontcun with bis command, was ordered by Gun, Morton to pursue tho enemy's trains by forced marches of "ft miles por day. Tho trains wwo than between Grand CouUnui nnd Opelousas—trains six miles long, ac companied by two thui^nml cavalry nnd 1600 negroos. A soldier trom NiblotV* bluff reports Col. Tom. Groan succeeded in capturing sixty wagons on the “llh, and fivo hundred negroes. The BrowasvlUo Flag of tho Ifttli ult. publishes a report that a French man-of- war had made her appearance off the bur at tho inouth of tho ltio Grande, and that sho was examining vessels arriving to as certain if they carried wtlclos contraband of war. If thb bo so, the Hio Grande is doubly blockaded, but while Lincoln ex- tdudes everything (except perhaps muni tions and supplies for the Mexicans under Adams' past*), the French only shut out artkjlos contraband. There was a surplus of merchandize at Brownsville von the Texas side of the Uio Grande), and goods could be hud ut vory low ratos, especially by the cargo, and C oven by the package. Cotton was declin ing on account of the scarcity of snecta to pay tho export duty and other charges But it was arriving freely, and could bo bartered to advantage for goods. ttfr Tho Raleigh Rrputcr say «, wc un derstand that tho extortioners in some ldbOlitios have adopted anew plan to keep prices up to the high os t mark. When they find that any article of which they havo a quantity on hand is declining in prioe, they put up a lot of it ut auction and one of their number bids it off'at an extravagant price; whereupon they all join in spreading the report that that is tho “market price,” Those land sharks will probably try b> keep up the price of flour and provision* in the same way, now that it is almost certain that there will be an abundant supply. They defy public opinion for a while, but * day of judgment will come The Yankee “Big Scare.” Below will b»» found further Northern reports of the advance of Gen. Lee’s army. The following is Lincoln’s proc lamation calling for troops to repol tho invasion - Whereat, t the armed insurrectionary combinations now existing in several of tho Btalts are threatening to make in road* into tho Bute* of Maryland, NV ost- ern Virginia, Pennsylvania, ^ and Ohio, requiring immediately j■* HQHMP | . additions! mil itary force for the ncrvico >>( the United Btatt*; - _ . ... Now, th«rof#re. I, AbTahant Lincoln, President of the United Mates of Amer ica, and Oiumander-in-Chief of the Ar my and Navy thereof, and of tho Militia of tho several ,State* when called into active service, do hereby call into the service of tho United Statca ure hundred thousand militia from tho States follow ing. namely: prom the State of Maryland 10,000. From tho State of Pennsylvania60,000. From the State of Obio fi0,000. From tho State of West Virginia 10,000. To be mustered into the service’of tho United State* forthwith, and to nerve for tho period of six months from the date of such muster into «aid servico, unless sooner discharged. To 1*3 mustered in a; infantry, artillery and cavalry, in tho proportion* which will be made known through tho War Department; which Department will also designate tho sev eral places of rendezvous. These militia to bo organized (according to the rules and regulation* of tho volunteer service, and such orders as rnoy hereafter be issued. Tho State* aforesaid will be res pectively credited under tho enrollment act for tlio militia service rendered under this proclamation. In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand, and caused the Seal of tho United Stab 4 to be affixed. Done at ilm City or Washington, this 15th day of June, in the year of our Lord me thousand, eight hundred and sixty- thr' i*. and «»f tlio lndepifodcndQ of uio Unit* d Stale* the oighty-sftf’cntli. (Sigm-d) ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Bv tbo President'. Wm. II SkwauD, Secretary of State. Wami/muow, June 18.—Gen. Ilooknr will probably come back to the immedi ate fortifications to prevent u Hank move ment, nnd to cross the Potomac, in case of an emergency, to the Maryland side. No movement of our forces up tho Pen insula, bo a* t<> threaten Richmond, has •en heard of here. About one-third <>f Ley’* army occu pied tho country in tho vicinity of Win* cheater and Mnrlipsburg. The rebel army of tin* Potomac is sup posed to bo from 100,000toll#},000strong. Tho general opinion that Leo was to make u feigi Washington, whileStuartTi syivnnia ami Maryland. Lot) is SUpp Mi Vnlloy Richmond attack < evaded Pon d to be in Shormndouh Col. Holt a Candidate. Editor Enqnirsr • As soma doubt of j my candidacy to represent the ; kl Con Confederate States hoc existed in conse quence of my poor health, it 1* proper that I should announce that 1 nin a candidate. Improving health and tho conviction that no man, in the present hour, can refuse any call that his fellow-citizens jgay think proper to make upon him, lias Induced this determination. If it shall bo the pleasure of tho People of the District to continue the same gen erous support and confidence heretofore extended to mo, I can only promiso to J Congressmen, carry into their further service past expo- ! Immense Du rionce and observation, and the unfalter ing purpose to devote to such service avorv energy and effort at my command. IIINKS HOLT. Columbus, 28th June, 1863. Special to the Mobile Advertiser. Jackson, June 24.--Vicksburg :uh V< - • Sunday u:~ r^oivc !. Tin " ... u, good *p;r;U. No been rondo. Tin* heavy to-day. June 2fi.—General Chatmer- took eighty prisoner* near Hernando. The Yankee transport* are compelled to run the gauntlet on the Mi^U-ippi. They an* all fired on down to Vjck-burg. Sign* indicate that Grant may e.-;i»pe through i*.e Ybz'-o bottom. The Chicago Time* rays 40) Confed erate cavalry bud fought u regiment of Federal* ten ;nib-» from Uarri-'i-U||£ u i Gov. MediR, Pres der^t <*f r • ^ 1 Jo State Convention, has aupointeef < coin- , mittve to demand the release of Vallaiv- routing all the force- Tlie New York Tribune on the Inva- vaalon. W- ‘rust t*>i- invasion is meant to bo rniincd and decisive, and that it will .!•*! b. -polled by a premature recoil. If ill.- '.-del- are indeed our masters, let then.' prove it, and let us own it. If they nr<* not, let us make them now acknowl edge tho corn. W»* hope this demon- -tr.-uion,'together with that of General Grunt on Vicksburg, may bo so managed ns practically to end the wnr. If wo can nor/ take Vicksburg and Port Hudson on the one band, and use up Leo'* army on the other, the Confederacy will be pretty nearly played out. If. on the other hand, the rebels beat Grant and their horses in the Delaware, digits ablest irpoaod of nineteen of the j them, ice nhallbc under foot, in Ohio, including thirteen tccPo/'\i it. _ _ a can bring again ft Troops for Home Defence. We learu from the Augusta und Macon papers, tbot the quotas assigned to Rich mond and Bibb counties, as tiieir propor tion of tho troops called for under the late requisition of the President and order of the Governor, n/o 400 for each ot those counties. It is probable that Muscogee has been called upon for tho same num ber. The Adjutant General, in his cir cular to tbo authorities of Richmond county, says: All volunteer companies, or other or ganizations for homo defence, now exi*t-, mg in tho county, ifoiny, are expected to report, and to tend their muster rolls to tin* oilier number required t The Tobol* invested Harper’s Ferry on the Kith. Gon. Tylor sholled them. IIakkisiiuko, Juno 18.—It is believed there are no renol troops now in Penn* lylvania. McConnolUvilln dates of tho 17th state that 8,000 rebels oron-ed the river ut AVil- llainsport, inarching on Huncook, whero 10,001! of Milroy’* routed forces are col lected, who Hod at tho reportod approach of the rebels. It is rumored that a body of rebels have gone from Cumberland to Romney, A Qninploto Biographical Sketch of "Hfonv. wai.l, Jackson; riving a full ami uerurato account of tho lending event* of bis Miltary career, hi* dying moment*, and the ohsoiiuiCH ut ltlt'litnouu und Lexington. Wc uro indebted to tho publishers for advance shoots of tho first portion of this timely publication. It is written in en tertaining and attractive stylo, by Mr. Chnrlos Hallook, nnd published in Au- gustn, V»m., by N. H. Morse & VJo., whoso unnouncemont of tho work see in our ad vertising columns. The brilliant deeds of the illustrious subject of this monoir havo olicitoii tho admiration of (ho world, and claimed for him the gratitude and lovo of tho people in whose behalf lio battled. But tbo oven In of bis useful and glorious lifo Imvo not heretofore boon presented in tbo con nected nnd distinct lorm which this pub Mention proposes. Wo anticipaten grout demand for it, as tbo public interest is dooply onMslcd in tho career of tho modol hero and wurrior whoso lifo nnd deeds it sketches. — The Crop of lHOI. The Sun insists that tho cotton crop of 18111 was a vory short one, on account of tho clamor rainod at that early day against cotton planting. This is a matter within tin. recollection of r.U our readers, and wo do not think it necessary to collnto evidence on tho subjoct. Wo havo only to say that tho war did not communcu until the 12th of April, 1801, aflor the crops for that year woro “pltchod ;” nnd that wo have seen no other ostlnmlo that put iho cotton crop of IHCd at loSR than four millions of halos. Sumo computed it at four millions and a half, or oven fivo millions. An Honorable l«'lng. Wo havo seen n private letter stating that recently now Battle Flags lmd bo«*n distributed to the regiments in Goiiorul Loo’s army. Tho Flag of tho fiftth Uoorgiu Reglmont, coimnandod by Col. Bollikq II. IIoi.t, of this oily, ho* Inxeribod thorcon— “Seven Pines,” “Moohanicsvillo,” “Cold liurbor,” “Fraaer’s Farm,” ‘Cedar Run,’ “Manassas,” ‘Ox Hill,’ ‘Harper's Ferry,’ ‘Shephardstown,’ ‘Fredericksburg,’ and “ChanoellorsvlUe.” A regiment that has participated in so largo a number of battles, and never boat a rot rout nor sutVerod a defeat, may well foal pvoud uf such a flag and proud, too, that it has contributed its full share ] tho towards sustaining tho honor and gallan try of it* native State. As possible, and if the :r r. gprtud be le-s than the number . i;d ti*m the County, it is hoped that the deficiency will bo supplied without deJoy. Tho 1‘resident having placed tho organ ization of the turco now called for from this State, entirely under the control of the Governor, his Kxceileney roquires all concerned to report promptly, and ex pects tho quota from each county to bo ready lor muster by the 2Uth of July. Wo have already in Muxcogco county a larger number ot men enrolled for borne defence than the assumed quota of the county. They arc invited, it will be soon, to roport by tboir existing organizations, for the service contemplated by tho late call. A* they aro not to ho sent out of the State, such a chungo would extend lut little tho theatre of their services. It is to he hoped, therefore, that Muscogee will respond to this cal) by the prompt lender of a sufficient number of compa nies already organized. It is not probable thut this service will ever call our citizens from their business for a term so long that it will sutler mu* toriully by their ubsonce. Any perma nent or loag-continuod invasion of the State by tho Yunkees is not among the probabilities of tho future. Their raids are all that we have good reason to fear, or at present to provide for. A week or two, ut furthest, willbo all the time that uny expedition of thWsort con consume, as it is provided that tho troops almll he used as much us possible in their own section. There may he men engaged on government work, and enrolled in our late organizations for home defenco, who cannot bo spured for oven a lew day* to go to othor sections of tho Statu ; but this Imperative ruatriciion will not apply to citizens outside ot government em ploy, ovon should it bo necessary i ■ draw troops from one section for tlm detcuveof another. We have already alluded to the udv ul lage of placing the forces lor local Uo- fonco in.the service of the Confederate States. In the cuso of capture of any of thorn by tho enemy, this udvantugo would bo at once appreciated- We iimpact, in deed, thut tho President’s call for such organizations was nut bused upon uny distrust of tho willingness of tho people of any part of the Confederacy to enroll and hold themselves in readiness for home defence, but rathor thut thoy might have tho advuntugo of enrolliflbnt in tho Con federate servioo. . P. S.—Wo learn that the quota of Mus cogee county is 400. JSfir A special dispatch to tho Mobile Tribune, dated Jackson, June24th, says: “Tho fioet has done but little firing in tho past ten days, r.nd had killed more Yan kees than robolB. It is thought thut Gen. Grant lmd ordered thoin to stop. Num bers of their sliolls woro seen to fall into Grant's camp, whilst tho shot from Grunt’s Parrott guns went completely over tho city into tho river." Siie-cuil M the Memphis Apiieal,] Panola, Juno 2i>.— Colonel McGuirk punished tlm Federal raiders severely at Hudsonvillo, Marshall county, Missis- sirmi. rwonty of the enemy were killed and woundoa, and 28 taken prisoners. Ho also rocovorod many horses, mulos and negroes that lmd boon stolon. Tho Federal* have all returned within tlmir own lines. Sliniinl to the Mobile Adocrti*er,\ Jackson, Juno 25.---Tho news from the front is that Jackson’s cavalry uro closing in on tho Federal lines and joltino them heavily, compelling Grant to ooh- uiocratic meetings ing held in the North w> Mass Democratic meeting in Amorica was to be held at Spiingficld! ILL, on the 17th. The Federal draft is vigorously resist ed in parts of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Nearly 13,000 men have bssn enrolled in Chicago. Kx-Sonator Fitch, Colonel of the 40:1) Illinois regiment, addren-ed un assembly of 20,000 men at Logansport, denouncing tho military usurpations of the Kxecu- Voorhies advises the inaintenanoe o' liberty ut ail nazards of life and fortune. Hi* uadi ess was received with much en thusiasm. Lincoln replies to the New York reso lutions, and insists that arrests, prevent ing the rebellion being **nc<mraged, uie prop r. If M r . Vallan iigbum in a boon wrongfully arr—:.*!, be ill remit the sentence; though he Vnllar.digham) en deavored to prevent enlistments. Our cavalry i* doing good service in Kentucky. The Confederate- captured a freight train on tho Nashville fond tug\ week. . T be 0.5?. htesvnter Florid; nas captured eight vesseis. The rtew C. S. steamer Georgia hue taken several mor- chantmen. » roin the Sew York World. I be Coining Draft. There is a general mi-nipprehendou re garding the number of men wnot,o terms of liorvice will expire in our arm e* by tho close of the present year. It is sup posed that there aro ut iejt>t 60,000 two years men and 810,000 nine months men, when tho fad is the number of two years men, all told, will not. amount t<> in..re than 12.000, of which tho great majority are from thi* State, while there him nut over 160,000 nine months men in tb« field. It svill h** remembered thut the lu-t call was for HO,000 three years men and an equal number of nine month- men; but moro wise than the Adinini-lrati-m. ri . less than fivo of our Northern vinces bent all their energin- to r. oruii ing tLr■ • yearn men altno-.t < xclusivoly. Only two nine month* regiments w> r<: raised in \t,i- State, but we had n largo exco»« of three years men over other Stn mge Ire uu- i T»K CaVTOKS OF TUB MaPLB LeaV — The largest ! Five of the captors of the Maple Leaf, Jon federate Fortress Monroe to Fort Delaware, have reached Richmond, and stopped at the Linwood House. Their names are (without their rank) W. 11. Pruitt, W. II. Andrews, F. A. Cur- manclle, Charles Guilbenry, and \V. G. Jeter. From the above officers the Richmond Examiner learns that all ofthoso who es caped from the steamer lmd succeeded in re ;: hing the Confederate lines in safety, and many of them are now in Klizabotli City, North Carolina, Petersburg, and oLe where. South- From th* Atlanta Cocxmonwealth. The loth Confederate Cavalry This gallant regiment, isivu, iou uiiv * wm five comp iuk*' from Midam ana •'*oi premature recoil. If weatern Georgia, undor Captain* Va- McGrifk Brazier. Coley and Holt, and H five companies from Alabam*. under a , clever and brave officer, C. T. Goode, ^ havo had their inetle tested recently.— “Bird, " the correspondent of the Knox ville Register, in describing tho rooer engagement between the forces und Gen. Pogrom and the Federftls, near Honticello, Kv., on the ftth say*: “Col. Goode, commanding tho 10th Confederate, wa« ordered to chock the : ‘ enemy. With two hundred anjl fifty inon. ' he hurried tho •cone of action. By thi- ' 1 time Capt. Brown had boon forced from t!io heights commanding the road to Monticello. and had brought forward tboir artillery advanc 1 An exchanged Massachusetts officer, • Depredation* of the Ktietuy in y., bo wn taken prisoner on tho Rappn- i \ alley—Fight at Mcchaulcsburg 00 LCaht'a BnioAm* • taken pris- bannock, en.v- of our Douhlless a great many reasons are given for our mo«t disgraceful and dis astrous defeat at Chancellorsvillo. There nly one real reason, and that tho siin- st possible. Our army didn't fight well ns that of our enemies. We had every possible advantage. Our number* ... more than doubled theirs till Longstreet’s frs“ n *2ii remtc, r m CT u cun* up. which Mgl then bring their toroes up to 100,000 to op(n»se our 180,009. Indeed, it would now scorn that l^-'iigstrcot didn't come We had tbo advantage of d no inconsiderable amount of n trench men l. Gen. Hooker’s plan was .rtiiiery und placed it. Col. Goode ! Here he ’dismounted u portion «*f bis ! - h 1 command and placed them behind a stone wall Mini other defences. The enemy i , , ; 3 h . , . L'. K til. Mi-n-hnn, »nd by * flunk move. I "J.” 1 '^l ul P , 'ud < ur enonnu. meat mrced him to yield his position, yet j ! ,p. , place.— xposed himself in the hotte.-t place f danger nnd se? an electrifying exam- eroistu to the whole army. The los- of life among our Gener al- shows that on tbo whole they were not found wanting at their post* of duty. "Wo hud men enough, well enough equip- ’ * ’ 1 ’ ‘" * ' have de- -«1 hout a struggle. At the ‘■aine time they opened fire on the remainder of tin) • command, tbu‘ was mounted, with ur- } t ure poor. til lory They to the c From tbo Mcmjdiia Appeal, iSth. Freni Middle Teiiueiovee. i.-songers who arrived by the morn- . n ,„ ul , wu r n, hnv.ng iet>. ShelbyviUo yes- j formed his were forced to yield their ground m-rny, who followed up their suc- « magnificent manner. Two col- fart i I err and cavalry, with sup- , _ porting -q i ad run* in their rear, pressed I t ,‘? ] 5 M ! * • « • - ■ ;« puni,.. I men a** 1 ■ final count, diuini. illino nuncod tlm r It follow . will ho not - of s terday morning, bring reports of a heavy . skirmish having occurred on Wednesday ; lust. They state that our forocs engaged ! w«*re repulsed by overwhelming number- ! and tltat a number of wounded wore sent dowo on the tnvins from Wartrace. We conversed with «ns gentleman vrho dis covered no evidence* of any movement of our troops at Shelbyville before he left. At Wartrace, however, the utmost activity prevailed. It seemed to be un til r.dood Koseerans was atlvancirg. and our troops bad been ordered, and were moving, to the front. Ho gathered the infurma io/i at tho *amc point that the brigade of (Jen. Johnson and one or two other* were engaged in the skirmish of Wednesday, and suffered some loss. Wo doubt tho fact thut Kosecrans if moving to bring on u generul battle. Them were m» inuicathm* of such a thing diseovered at Shelbyville a* late as Tues day morning, when we left headquarters. Through their spies, however, such in formation bud been received a* to recent disposition* of our troop*, that it is pos sible they havo been emboldened to give buttle, but >vo doubt it. Their under standing of the condition of our army a hurt lime since is thus stated in a lHtc letter to tho New York Hcruid. Those who an acquainted with tho situation of n.ir force.* in Middle Tennessee, can not help coining in the conclusion, after reading tho paragraph, that our linen are iu>( irell guarded, u> say the least. The writer say*: “Tho impression prevails and is ger.cr- uUy credited that Brugg has but few men nt SholLyville. Gen. onoridan is report- .. . , , , . cd to have stated in the council of wur, I u ’ I >' M ' ,;s ; held hot night, that hi* scout* and spies ’ ’ ,l ''’ I reported Bragg’s force »*» l« «,.♦ m.«. overnoraol Obi', In - Iowa ahe dmciKtrfD- i) months tfoop hi* 1 .It, whor. hi- r-ght'was u column of fantry witli long rang* guns. The force j advanced rapidly, and yet Col. Goode j n at every few paces, end i oubl fire a volley into their advancing j column*. Notwithstanding the gallantry | of Col. Goode un«l hi* t: •aiuiaud. they [ were soon forced by superior numbers t.» i fail back upon Monticello, the enemy [ closely following. Considering that it i wa- the tir->t time thut his command was j ever under lire of the enemy, it must be I eon coded that troop* never acted better,] and were complimented in a ‘general ; order’ for their gallant behavior.” Capt. W. I. Vason, of the 10th Con- ■ federate, with hi* squadron, did good I service in another part of the field. There , is no braver man or efficient officer than ] Captain Vo?on. Lieut. Mer*lion, of Capt. Br^ierV i company, is an energetic officer and ] brave soldier. Hoi. nnd i* bound to rise ted in tho urtny. KxnoLLiaio Thouiiles in Kentucky. --The Lincolnites aru bothered to find tool* to enforce tho primary regulations of the Fodoral ca.nacript act. The Louis- villn Journal ut llio 20tb, ways: “The arth frame-' ot bea-l*. tied on to tiieir and cub-un-: with odd* and ends of rope and strips of raw hide. Their suj*- ply and ammunitlonlrains look like n congregation of all the crippled Califor nia emigrant trains that ever escaped off the de.-ert out of the clutches of tho ConiTuancho Indians. Tho -d, iil-iapiipped, and ill- iah-avv column bis centre. | ,u ' n . u *'• ' . - ... ,.(.liimn .if i. l 1 Provided, n Fet or r»g»inu«insth»t is aslmined to be seen among, even when bo i* a prisoner nnd can’t help it. Aud yet they hnvi beaten us fairly, beaten us ail to piece*, beaten us so easily that we nro object* of contempt oven to their commonest private .-oldiers, with no shirts to bang out of the hole* of their pantaloons, and cartridge boxes lied round their waist* with strands of ropes, J say they bent u» easily, for there hasn’t beou much df a light up here on tho Ra,>pn- hnnnock after nil, the newspaper* to the contrary notwithstanding. There was an awful noise, for l heard it. There was a tremendous amount ol" powder exploded, fur I s;iw the smoko of it ascend up to heaven. There whs a vast amount of running done “faced by the rear rank,” but l cannot learn that there was in any part of (he field very much reul fighting, j \ alley- HKAI>QtT*nTEI Meohnnicsburg, Yazoo Co.-, ML-' ^ , . June 2d, 1h«' To brtng to notice tho foul deed- , Federal soldiers in thi- vioiri r u these few line*. 1 state un", under my personal oluerv ■ people hero are poor nnd lmd hu*. tempt the avarice of the VnitdnL. ' V pillagftil tho houses of the rich hi.u alike; taking every morsel f the last garrm i.t on, from widows and orphans in . instance*. Some of those people nrr living on food picked up in the Y nr camp, after their hurried retreat T burned several residence-. \, tho residence of two soldiers' , v j v ^ humble circumstance*, win the mo../ feet scene of desolatiun I over \v11ii»-« The furniture, clothing, c,- >, k.. r . ' were torn ur broken into tragmc V trampled into a conii; *il in..-- ,! n ' Th< hed vent to their fury wood and cloth, tioguish ono artic rything was cru« women’s hearts. They wore * infanta in their arms, u.« two piazza, on which were the nam in largo letters, uf two Yank.-, which were loft in tho hasty r I give ynua brief sketch of l] between Brig. Gen. John Ad mnnd of 709 men and lOJHKiof under (ten*. Kemhu!} und M 4tu of Jane. IN’iili two hi • fantry and two regim*>ni« of v • a battery of twelve Held pin-. need in two oiling office i thb Carroll and Trimble 1 ft,,. , having frequently (Jlorloua New* from our Navy. One of our cruitoni has captured six U. | J State* merchant vowels nenr the mouth of llio CliogRpoako. Another ho* apjiear- ed abotit fifty miles off* the coast of Dela ware, und t* » alarmed the Yankee* that . they have despatched thirty war vessel* | in search of h ”** nnd Georgia tin nnd cavalry reg.nients w Jayhawkcr*. Bein. inoven.' iit, (»on. \ ! with part of n..- 2H'i to skiriiiish with ih* road. Captaii. N«! coni)Ninv. also ChiHl Mis-bow *kirmi«n< iidvaaeing on the S Yerger bore io*t tW' "All finally full ba whon our battery o vanco. Thoy $m>n thuir battery, nod •»« in front and <>n but Ii whereupon our 1.•»:i nnd tlio wHodo orde Vicks Tin > the charged upon ( in uTann, disci That | *J ,yn charging ..._ J M.-ls r «U' KKU” 1 r( ' li The Alabama, Florida I l !' oni twice, »u still onIhewarpath, and j ft""'. *"■'» a > important and i been threaten'*! with personal vfolei re.ignoci a short time after their appoint- j , room. A st-cond batch wore appointed, ( , and they, too, have been so intimidated ■ as to cause their resignation, (’ul. Berry. ' the provost marshal uf the district, in. i ju-t made his tliiril appointment of offi cer* for these counties, and ho think- h<- ha* hit upon men this time who will por- ■ Col- t of tho istpone until to- ^ ""dcr them, nml hi account of their “ ,£>r,n orally «uppu*«-d. Taking into ur mt those <L-' I.urged lur di-ahiiity, ttie .p- surlcr*. and those killed in battle, we do not believe that our urnne* in the field will actually lose more than 100,(M) ot feotivo fiit'ii by the expiration of the tormsol service ot" soldier* during the present year. Tiuu, this i* a vory large number, but who can doubt In.; then* will hi ii I l»e left men enough to boat down tho rebel nrinicH, if they hi m only proper ly handled t Till* matter L important in view qi’tl.a conscription about to bo enforced. It i- givou out that three hundred thoiisund men will probably be the number called for. Should H new army of that /. be raised, it will ho mure than uiiuiigt'. .. fill up the gap- in the rank* of our armies 20,000. Tlii* is less than i» genornllyi ‘■tick litoi to Bragg; but it is certain that form the work. The secessionists portion of Gallatin county have nl*obeen playing tho game of "bluff,” and several appointment* of enrolling officer* lmd t" be made before any could bo found to I.L b>rco ha* been materially dioiroHsed l* is known that General* NieGown and Breckinridge have gone to Vicksburg. There may be others who have gone. Thc-e two named Bragg would he most likely to get rid of soonest, as he ha* no «re»t admiration or love for either tho Kentuckian ur Tennesseean. If he ha* ill any other than these it I* not itnpro. "hefttham. Wither* and favorites of Bragg. fl< Id o reserve large purp- Iu the l itur- allownm . mu iddit ii, fu '' ““ l>ru. HottJ | wit (JT r , i (Jnit. I abo JJl.f United follow* Gen. Tliomti?, "ii tbi M i- Oun. Ko.-ceran.. (ion. Bunks, • Gon. Hunter, Gen. Fobter, MMs«achmu)tt8 regiment*, I n Mi»*ouri and Kansu- District of Columbia, I able tfl.it i? Cleburne ar ^ not probable that any other iliviaii Ilian Breckinridge* and McCown’* have gone. We -liuH probably find at >Snel- Ly ville the divi.-ioiirf of Withers, Cheat ham and (Jleburne, and the detached brigades of John K. Jackson and J. Pat ton Anderson. The cavalry lorco of Bragg i* materially decreased ul*o bv tho ul of Van Dorn’s (Forrest’s) J thp occupation of tho attention f Morgan on tho upper Cumberland by acob-. and of Roddy by Col. Dodgo at n i imbiu. We may find '.16,000 or W), to fight in their work* at Shelby latte Tuliiilioinu—most probably the A paragraph in a Pros* dispatch from Richmond, dated 21th \which wo find tn the paper* of tho other citio* of Georgia, but which, in tho freedom often exorcised by somo ono in pruning dis patches for Columbus, was not sunt to tho pros*of thi* city), reads: “Tho approach ing nomination* of candidate* for tho eloction to Congress in the Statu* L view ed here with deep Interest. Mon skilled in legislation aro wantod. Tho want of men skilled iu lcg'udating, the President thinks, has seriously prejudiced tlm put) lio interest*. It is hoped that wherever persons who have had practico in par ticular labors are available to constitu ents, they will bo sent to Gongross in preference to others not possessing thoso qualifications. Tho country needs work ing business capacity in Congress more limn men of brilliant abilities. ” The “Sail Incident"--Correction. Wo aro in for mad by officers of the 1st Georgia Kogimont that the extract ot letter front tho army iu Tonnussee, head ed “A Sud lncidont in Camp" and lately published in this paper, was correct only in tho general statement-—' first, that tho soldier in question died suddenly and un expectedly . second, that his brolhor, after a long separation, mot with him under the iwinful circumstances attend ing his demise.’' This statement involves u denial of tho reports that the niirgeoft refused to excuse him under tho cironm- stances narrated, and that the privilege of employing a substit ute to go on guard was refWd him. The letter fro n which tho extract wh» taken was not written with a viow to pub lication, but was published at tho sug gestion of the recipient. If any inference prejudicial to the surgeon or othor officer of the regiment was rai*od in tho mind of uny reader, wo trust that the abovo explanation will tomove it. Wo did not regard it at the lime os reflecting upon any officer, and we are satisfied that tbe writer did not so intend it. tract his linos. Our loss at Boar Crook was 7; that of the Fodoral*, so far a* known, was 149. Tho Mis-issippiun is justly severe on io conduct ot Confederate officers at llrookhavoti, Ham Houston is not a can did ate for Governor of Toxas. The Little Rock Democrat, oftheidih, tbe Bout-h at by „ -- Will have been added to the. number of our forces in the field. It is not unlikely that to make Die draft more palatable, and to | help mollify the prejudice against negro j soldiors, that number of black troop*. -«■- cured will be deducted from 11*•• :'.nnnui men to be drafted. Hon. Hines II*.It. It will be seen by this gentleman’s un- j nouncoment that ho is ncandidate for re- I eloction to Congrats from, this District. I It gives us pleasure to noto a inarkod ini- ! provoment in hi* health, which gives promiso that, tdiould tlio people of the I District again inuko him their R»*proSoW«"| tativo in Congress, he will be able tu \ serve them a> efficiently, and to labor a- 1 • industriously in tho legislative depart- ' mont of the Guvornment us during 1 1 m.-l lato term. , war. The New Hebei Mteamer Houtlicrner. j \v. n The Southerner i* tbo name of a v«ssel V^' n just built in Uartlepuol. it i* *u-n« cte«i for the (. .-*ifi'dorates an iron screw -»<-* y"' 11 iner, :un feet bmg. gfi I'.-t bruad un ! 2.000 I 'V.V," tons yegi-lor. She was built in the v,u d of j 11,1 Messr-. l*i-arse 4 <’.. . on the T launch- ,r ed on the 7tl. of March and art. d at hull i \"" r past seven oh We ln.--.-lny mortiiiitr mi ! , her trial trip from Wc«t* llarti.'pooi G v The speed attained was twelve nnd a bull That there was a Bkirnilsh on Wednca* I day, We cannot doubt, although we have had no intimation by telegraph. Owing to tlm *en*eless suppression of dispatches exercised by the military, the efforts of ! the pros:- to obtain information are fre quently needlessly irustrated, and this ii i probably tho case in this instance. We | nope to receive sometjirther intelligence, either through the regulor report* or our ciol reporter, before wo go to knots. The crockery, plate a. u l fittings boar the letter* < K. C., wt understood to.mean Charleston Sten ship Company. --Jjtuplon ou.h- A VISIT TO ritK ALABAMA AT H\U1A The steamer Oncdia arrived nt S>.u> amptoi* yesterday with the South Ame U Is pros Flgltting lletweni llragg and Husc- cranz. Wc learn that on Wednesday, tho 24th im-t.. two columns of Kosecranz s army ndvi.iit.-i upon Bragg’s forces—one at- I'l.-Uinv Gen Liddell, who with his brig- ad- -taliuncd at Liberty Gap, two mi "* east of the NushvilloA Cbaltanoogn railroad, near tho line of Rutherford and Bedford counties and about twelve miles -"iitii of Murfreesboro—the other attack ing Gen Unto at Hoover’s Gap in Cof fee enmity, some sovon miles east of Lib- erty Gup. and about sixteen mile* south east of Murfreesboro. The fighting was -uvern at both points and a number of ‘ a-uiiltie* occurred. Our forconfell back i ght-.ng bravely before overwhelming i “ f-u- several miles before getting m *, • -i or position and receiving sufficient reinforcement*'tr* make a stand. Very ht.iv 1 odies of Bra/g’* forces wero im- m. 'i itely put in motion nnd went for- i: -.;o meet the enetnv. Our infornia- ' -i- •■* not come from official sources; w- are ihuruforo unprepared to give any •n as to tho extent of themovomont. • the opinion of person* in the vi- ‘ that a general engagement was at | “P* iu that i-oction are remarkably The wheat crop i* the heaviest en )wn. It is just' harvested and is '•a iding in tho field "n the shock.— l*e a sail thing fur the Yankee* to un ami destroy it, and we hope : will be able tu drive them back. ■> Simffi writing tho foregoing KNTKiUMUfHNri. -K. N. Gower, Ksq , of Gain* lie, i-, wc are informed, aboitt opening an iron mine in Hull county,— Of this we arc glad to learn. M r. Gower is the right s«*rt uf a man tu develop-} the resource* uf a country, and the mineral interest of Mali county could not have fallen in better hand-.--IhtMonega Sig, Important Damage. Wehnveatlatt «omnthing d»flnite :: to the damage recently inflicted by the onemy in Ea»t Tennessee. Tho road this side of Knoxville has already been r»- paired, and trains ure, wu are informed, running t<> that city. East of that point the doniuge done i- serious—several small bridg.and tho Strawberry Plain* bridge, "‘‘re destroyed, Hnd a considera ble quantity o' tho track biro up. Of their operation - after leaving Strawberry Plain* wo can hear nothing. The Register says They stole several horn*.* in tho immediate neighborhood of Knoxville, aud forced several slaves to go with them. W<- - oppose a good many other* have joined them voluntarily, but 1 Imard of uny case* of tho kind,—Mn .1 ppeal. Gallant Fkat or Con. Hawkish’ Moitntkp Booitt*.—This new command, of which a correspondent has lately spo- kon, is already at work. Wo loom that fifteen under Hcting Lieut*. Payne nnd Buchanan, together with eight of Gen. Wharton's men, or > -- cdtho Cumberland in eovc.t. miles of Nashville, near tho city on the Gal atin pike, with u boldnoss that must havo been bewildering, nnd routed a detachment of abolitionist* engaged in guarding stolen stock. They brought off 212 mules, and ro-swam the river iu safe ty, without loss. Col. Hawkins in exhib iting only the energy nnd ability that all expect who know him, nnd we are glad to know that Ids “light” too long hid under "the bushel” of a stuff appointment, is beginning so soon to *h»l its rays against the gloom of tho tyranny that overhangs tho border. Wo have since learned that tho mules b -longed to Goo. D. Prentice, had not been received by tho Government.— Chattanooga .Hebei, Cubit ! Bn i putting’into Bahia wna To land i _ : prisoners among whom »«. j The Slate Treasi OurrMpondenoo of the Charleston Mercury. Richmond, Juno 20. Whilo the destinies of the Confederacy linger on tho fate at Vicksburg, the nt- tontivm of all hero seem* centered on Iho Army of the Potomac. Timbers, which ntXy be used In building pontoon bridg es, are soon in largo quantities on Broad street ono day, and disappear the next. If Hooker can bo mado to giv*» battle, we shall soon *eo Into tlio thick of the plot. Perhaps Gen. Lee wants to get homo. The President is again sanguine in ro- gard to Vicksburg. Johnston hus plena ry powers to summon troops oast and W(Ml of llui Mwiltsk-pl, ami th.' holiof ,*», ho oxpoctod to'bu jolnad hv Ih. wilh some i„ lh,l th.ro will bo a uorfoot | Klori.Ja, which wuj ,m th.-'.On th ArmagoUdon in tho vicinity uf tlio Uig ll.uvli.i's r,aching IV-•„ ,v„ Black ere many weeks bo j*ast. Much - j that the Florida had just left, having b i,I'Pprbapi»-~i* hoped front tlieJUieru four day* refitting, lay at Bhelbyviflo. Wo ! t '■ ■ particulars and cannot state with '•ontbl.Micu that the engagement actually j took place. The Press reporter at Shof- . - . byvillo has boon silent for some days— ,, , ;m doubt prohibiUnl by Bragg from Kend- LUe Uonkalcrato steamer Alabama was I ing anything to the pro*, over tho wires. If Babin on the 12th May. | This in our opinion is a great outrage on passengers vi>itod Kho people everywhere, and dikes not produce ^jj^partic’.o of good.—Atlanta object ightv r of North Carolina the Federal Consul for Bhanghao, wlio | adverti’TTThat unUiThe' LagiVlaturo ... Hoard the Dorcas der* differoatly, Confederate notes dated I prior to April fl, lBfkt, will not be taken isengor on board Tho officers of tho Alabama stated that I no omeers of tho Alabama stated that i by him in payment of Bute taxes. The they had burred seventy-four ships since i annual meeting of the stockholders of the they hud been out with t apt. Bomines, | Bank “f North Carolina i * ** who hud m hi* cabin about that number - Thursday. The Director- of chronometer*. Capt. Bomines ,-tatod in reference to the Co ^ i A h ..9 a Pu . S, ‘ mm . e '’ ! Bank of North Carolina was hold took no notion ferenco to the Confederate notes vhich cease to be fundable on tho 1st of Vugvist, but will receive and pay tnom usual. TlieRichmond banksstaud There nro no movements on the Pe ninsula. Our cavalry aro scouting be low Barham ville, in Nnw Kent, and on .Sunday killed a Yank-o picket and Wounded another. This occurred between Barhanuville and the Brick House. Tbe Yankees are dealing out tho country below fieri- Ti-.-v burned tho houAo of Mr. Pinckney H dker liv-t week, and aro carrying off all tbe n»groe* they can lay their hand* on. Tho York River train la*t evening brought up about 16 men and one weuytn, who woro caught trying to get through our lines to the enemy. Most of the men had been tho Penin$u\tt took th.* parties iu cu-tody and sent them j ch up to Richmond. All hnndn of them were Kent to Castle Thundor. There are nogunboats lying off Yorktown. Milllkfii’* Heud In Our Possession. There can no longer be any doubt that Millikfcu’* B«*ml is in tho jM)Sse*.- J ioii of our force.-. It wan taken bvGcn. Taylor, forming u part of Gon. Kirby Smith's fore. The ) ure of Gen. Taylor num bered H.tM'Xi men. These fact* have been communicated to the President officially by a dispatch (te! • rrnphic) from General Johnston. It i* iinpossihlo to over estimate tho value of this capture Millikan's Bend comph'tely . ommunds the channel of the river when tho water is low, as it is at present, amt tho pr.rty in possession of it can, in such h ft ago of water, absolutely stop tiie |Kt age of #11 nnd evory kind of craft bound either up or down tho rivor. As all the provision* for Grant’s army come from above, it will at once be sot-n that thi< conquest must prove fatal to the enterprise against Vicksburg. Soldiers mu-1 eat it ftl-y be expected to light, and if they <un get nothing l»> eat tln*y must tali back. As far ns w« cm see, Grant cannot sustain his army without the froo u-o oftho Mississippi. In tho meantime Smith, having possofsion of MiBiken’s pabsago to Johnston jover tlio iatt .««{*! Itir, vu. The C'eulederatc Navy. Another Con federate steamer in out, hut wn* pretty tin roughly searched by the English authorities before she left.— She »*n* tmUed the Lord Civile whilo ly ing at Curd iff". On the night before she was to sail tie '•u-tom-houi-e authorities searched her thoroughly, ripping open several bales of clothing to find arms.— They found none, however, and were hardly ashore before the captain cast looso from the w harf and nailed off’. The Kng- li.-li papers stale that -ho is for tho Con federate Government. At Hartlepool (Eng.) nn iron screw steamer, .110 feet long, ha- made her trial trip. She is a blockade runner, built for tho Charleston "temn-hip company. Tho United States merchant -hip Charles llill was destroy ed by the Alabama on a voyage from. «...*« Liverpool to Montevideo. The cargo *krtd taking British property, and much excite ment hw- been • >u-ed in Liverpool by it* destruction. Tho Alabama has burnoi 74 Yankee vessels since she started out. Richmond Dispatch, 28d. gram that Franco invited tho American Government to join tho great European Power- in their diplomatic action toward Russia on the Polish question, nnd tbo .reply of Mr. Seward !m* been pvtbliahed ihingUm i tlm co-operation • n the biverpot)! Journal of Commarce, 3d. j dire )iig tl _... r kor* of the docks, through the strange Dispatclu-t. ■ induct of the U. S. Consul of thu port R#f*»t to have i tho loading my's force aiuouini.. .... u < ..^u ...... Clyde. Tbw 1 ^"d five tliousand, coniiating of mounted i Greenock, a infantry, cavalry and artillery. Our hours, and is I force comprised McClung'a Battery, »» luted to be of extraordinary swiftness small tore* oTConfederate^ troop- and the nml power. Her paddle boxes boing too citizens of Knoxville and that vicinity.— Hattie of Knoxville Defeat of the > aukee Raiders* Wc stated in yesterdky'a paper that East Tennessee lmd been again visited by a Yankee force under (ion. Cartor, and tliat they had been la t »ien near Lenoir * Station. From that point they went towards Knoxville, and ut o clock yesterday morning thoy were met by the email «nd citizens of that city, a short thisddp. The action nt unco fed and continued for three hen the enemy were iopui*ed ed from tho livid, going i# the of Srawborry Plains Bridge on i und Virginia Rail- been cup' ii r* of our men « The enom, Saturday m hind them i sunstrok". After the ; eight miles v of their i by force. V iff t M ) Bit (via .Staunton, June 2tl.,. hold* the Ford* at Williamsport a Bhupherdstown on the !'• t ,,, , Boonsboro’ (tup in Maryland. Gen. Jetikin*’ cavalry i i <■ ju ■ • i (’harnfcorsburg, Pa., destroying tl,. p lie property. Gen. Imboden 1ih» occupied I'm, lurid, cut the canui nud railroad, di ed the bridge?, depot)-, govornment • shops and pr.-pt-rty. and i. g.-ii,g , There is frequent cavalry •‘k* r uii in which thr»-ohundred Federal pri havo boon captured. All is right tn front and cWwheiv P W A Warm Times In ( ampbtll t ,,uui\ By a letter from our friend, ('at I. Patrick, of Co. B. M K, c State ;; wc learn that on the 1'Jth iu-t >m h v sent with a squad of some 40 of V tinny to arrest a lot of desert*'!.- « • • making corn whiskey ir>. (’ampbviit Thoy nunibored about 160. ( 'ipt. I*-.• • was joined by a squad unde;- (' ,i,t >1 1r- "" ’ Tho deserters fired Capt. P. then ordered hi- men : bayonets, which thoy did with unding informs us again, and t*> hung nil who fire upon h - troops,—Athens Watchman. Position of the Illinois Democracy. ly attended, and pu*sed off fiarrho Democrats estimate tho nunihet tendance at from seventy-fiv,- t > hundred thousand Ihero w„- cheering for VaB.indigham. \V. A. Kichar ! - *n presided, with ?..• Presidents. Speeoha- were in- Kiehurds«>n. Yoorhee*, oflndimia of Ohio, Lyle, Dickey, Gen. McK Dick Merrick, H 0 Dean, and twenty otliors. Resolution- were a ed to the -nnio affect a* those | . tho recent Ohio convention which i nuled N'nllandigltaio. Additional rejolutlons wore ad denouncing Gov. Yates for j r.-i the Legislature, thu suppression • Chicago Times, the arrest of.luJ,*'*- stable and other citizens of ljiinni Tho twenty-third resolution is a lows . Thefurthor offensiveprosccuii in war tornl* to subvert the Const itut. Government, and entail upon tho v that i tho 1 JO op. large for entrance into the East Bute | have nothing as tc Dock, her cargo has been shipped ah side, and from tho fuel of iu neat app anco has caused considerable intorost with j much speculation. This con*ists of sever- ft nd wounded nl boxes tightly bound with ir.->n, aud • brought by the South Wales railway.— Tho American Consul attempted to terrogato the Captain a* to tlio natm .JIHL, i,.. c the eontenu of the boxe*. and induoed ; that we only lost hipped along- ■ wounded on either side, except that Cap • tain McClung. of McClung’s Battery i.m, j ^-j 10 enoin y )..t\ the! the field. killed I later. At a late hour lust night we learned j. Lieut. McClung of the Ord nd ak > far. i Grant' obstacle to the co-operation yf Mag ruder and Smith. Some provisions havo fallen greatly in prico—a*, for example, butter, wh’cn n few weeks ago cutumuuded $4.26, sold yeitorday for $1.76. The departure of the army helps the city iu the matter of food not a little. he had destroyed leveral great nnd landed the prisoner}. London AVdpping Haiti -SC'ls, Fl.OVH Pi Tho Empress Eugenie lias purchased at tho dog show a little Havuna lap-dog which rejoice* in tho muno of Coquette. Thi* animal i* a beatiful specimen of her race: “Her hair is fully eight inches long, and of snowy whitem's* and. silky fiiuMioo*. The body is vory small, ms is also thu head, but tbo tail appears an enormous fleece, and the ear* of propor tionate size. Coquette live* in a glass , ■ . houso, on the floor of which i* a Persian carnet. Bhe lies upon a cushion covered w itn crimson silk, and seems a very dain ty being. Her food ati ' she drink* are placed glass house on a porcelain plate and silver cup, which she won for her pro prietor.” A letter from Hilton Hoad, S. C.. June 1 Ith. says: The most Important event of the past wook was the arrival, on Thursday last, of the steam or Ben Deford, Capt. Mallett, with Brig. Gen. Q A. Gil!more and staff', whoso advent rumor hud promised for uv „ ““ ‘ h‘y« before. Tbe moment tlio ship | $10 a hundred. Flour Is selling at sov- ral place* in MUsissimii at seven dollars pur hundred weight. The Mobile Regis ter of tho *^ld says ; Mr. J. M. - • , tho public spirited liead of tlio JxTsmsippi Manufacturing Company, at Bankston, makes a cull through tho .Southern Motive, upon tho , farmers of Choctaw county to hold a woet- d j ing aud fix the price of wheat, Mean- he ootupany are soiling flour at came to anchor Gei Jilluore procce<)ed j . . j. • ' Flour in Richmond is quoted at thirty ashore with Geu. Ntrong, who arcoiwjiv to thirty-five dollars per barrel—market mod nun on tho Ben Deford, and had an dull and declining. interview with Gon. Hunter. On Friday j he Nsautued command of the Department ' of the South, in olxkUence lot spo.ia) or- i Chat'l der from tho War Department, which ! the also relieved, temporarily, Gen. Hunter, CHjt|iuayoK.- A private letter from ays there aro indications that intend making another at- rather moving fr oral. Gen. Hunter issued .>ji Friday hi* | tim •» nuu avuiii* n rvry uairi- ,ast !^ ene^ • , order .notifying bis come food .nd il.o Hr Hi or whir-li I “ JtaohMIiro, nnd oummrwdlnj Ihn by way ot James Island thi* r rid.ay in* , time, being confident that their iron claos command j will be able to silence the butteries on the island, and thus enable them to land.— They will have a merry time of it on j that route, but a* the negroes » -top the bullets, unsuccessful, and on Saturday .. morning the splendid steamer steamed ! down the channel; not boforu a scene had occurred, by the agitated manner of h . j- that it — 9HHI to the nature of nance Department who wn* killed; and e* and .ndnnad I on|y lon OJ , e othcr mwn k i),,. d wounded. The Y'ankoc* in their abandoned fifty hoisoa.—CAoffo. pear- i^'O tho Union of which i tion to settle upiii . shall have in view tl»- Union it was, and .- tutioiml amendments, several States and th* honor and ju.-ticu.dem The bo lai„ cried and undex sloped mi ••m M-xi- izv the*, section, as in additi niensuamount of maebinory freight going, thoru can bo slant flow of Coliforniitii*, v knowledge of modern mini to induoo further emigrutio of this interest is already fe b rancisco steamship line, v >g, and stiii less the : (Ido A story is told of a *hrcwd but not c •st stock raiser in Canada, who tool; j ciiitiv the^suh who arrivod at the docks | the first prize at an agricjltural sho^ 1W . shortly after 2 o clock in the morning.— . a bull on which he 1 ad fitted a handsome Nassau with e j pair of horns, taken from a dead animal, whose skin ho had putted out artificially in various places to conceal defeots, with - •*— -•(* «.v i numerous other deceptive contrivances employees has resulted, a- nil mch .trike. , whioli Iu, hod Itprnod! he said, bv Ktlclu have heretofore resulted, to toe detriment I 5 r... .... .i. erod. t if i Tbo lato strike among the Government numerous lulu r' - imployeci has resulted, a« ail such strikes : which SfTL h SSi±r >r -fC, , 2^i° t “ od 1 e ' rl !" ont i»Kbis Wife, from time’ to ifm'e, u she of the strikers, the strike, as has boon ! made her toilette for a ball or mvrtv stated, resulted from the miuinr into of- i ucvu)ucu.ujora^uuii or_pany. feet, at tbe Arsenal, of No. 76, allowing detailed men three dol law per day, in It sation. AH tbe n work on thumext the enrolling officer "and sent to Camp orcos on Friday last went . „ . . .. woman to whom suspicion '« in - lerri1 of all other oorupen-1 bad been attached. She bad roarhed tbe V An ** nc#n to ' on who did not resume ; Yankee. pickets in front of Franklin “ft °I “■ day were reported to j when they came in sight, but on they J r ? r daahed, ariving in the t ankoes and W© havo a startling rum Asiatic plague has broken oi violence at the quarantine ware, five miles below Vhil is said to have been brough cargo of rag* from Smyrna, j nor, imported for u puper in j sylvania. The story i* n< probable, and let us trust however, they hud to yield to their fate, ; chariot petitions to j taring their “booty. ’ She proved*to*Be Miss Cushman, n theatre actress, claim- '* hip with tho celebrated | had upon her person plan Leo, whence they be reinsl-tted at tboir regular *„»» three dollars per day. hieing rather late, ! j„g relntionehip with if this terrible M n continent or appear* ? for its dev here forever. j and drawings the Savannah Republican, has Veen de- upon the undertaking, tailed and assigned tbe duties of Inspoo- | and > Agent for the Supervision of i Yankeos, will enter bravely and seek duty in the army, working harmoniuudy. and there U no '• the dispoii.. disposition among the workmen to repeat j bM i<l sho* was or extend the embroglio.—Riohm. Ex. j McClellan valuable ... „ . It was rumored yesterday that tho : doubtless • doubt I steamer t ox and pother valuable *teatn- J planning Florida Item*. Milton ha* issued a < hundred additional troops, fortifications, nnd fence, under i. Virginia, and performed > salt works and all the h< if I I no Democrats of Pennsylvania have nominated a Mr. AYm. R. Avoodward for Divers havo already succoeded ^ eurinHoverm<tt)of yop<i«. «nd rai.e-d ; uiuT^Hd T?HiTs'p<;rt«tion. "Se'h«s'“bu.7 - - oue box, containing yi..,0LW m »pceie, | 10 as qualities of the highest order and ' Governor, and adopted a platform which from the wreck of the Anglo Saxon, off | much experience in Railroad manag* - repels tbe idea that they will, under any th- uf Th— i circumstances, consent to a dismember- ; mont of the Uniou. Gen. AV. Falkner Abet was before them, but got a very smalt vote.—Richmond Enquirer. bad evaded the bWkudoie and gull safely to sea. With pleuty of room, the Yankee boats will have to be smart to I overhaul them.—Mobile IVibunt, 26th. fine talents vupiod at the present time in - — “»»CMp© from C'o.uinbia. where •be 1* under g.inrd. — Ch*itta, Rebel. The Little Rock (Arkansas) Patriot, learns that Col. Stand Wattio crossed the Ti a . .i ’’.ri’I , 7,“, Arkansas on tbe 28th ult., and made a luo first thing that Lord Palmenton successful attack upon the onemy on tho was seen to do, after taking bis seat in Bayou Maynard, near Port Gibson, ot. George * Chapel, at the wedding of: which resulted in some thirty being kill- tne Prince of Miles, was to comb hi* ed, and seven prisoners. Five hundred wnukere. The circumstance wvs tel©- mules and horses wer«; takeu and brought graphed to u)\ the courts of Europe .safely off to our *ud« of tbe river James’ Island, FI . instant. They also carried off « f' groes. Col. J. J. AV T illiam* dciffin-^ h candidate for Congress in the Tail- district, and urges tho re-election Hilton. G. Troup Maxwell is announce candidate for Cougress in the District. Jam©* Conyor* and Jacob T ( »i tried for tr»uuon boforo the < ’onf< Courtui Luke City, have been ao-,

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, June 30, 1863, Image 2