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\ .»(1 i i"\ - \ ii anWs Ornraurcr. IA HTI!S |urtll«r. £ % COLUr/lDUS ^ Moving. Jtrix 14,1803 Idbimtim and tiir Vicksburg 4 arapalgn. \V« anticipate a kiuo and n cry against Johnston ft generalship InMisris.-i/ipi, from many of the military critic# who com- prnlicnd nil tho cause* of every disaster, after it has oc.c reed, ti% clearly a* the “h-itrneil doctor-." understood the e~g problem of Coluinhun after ho had de monstrated it. Such critic is ms cannot hut be hurtful In their 'They pro-" duoe ft feeling of distrust ai d Jealousy among both thoarmy and the |*oople/ If (ton .lohnrlotl has proved himself in- iMmiprirnl to tho groat trust committed to him, thia fact has been perceived by official military acumen os quickly and >»«• clearly a# it baa been 'by unofficial critics, ar.d flop# will be taken bj them t.i Investigate and expose the delinquen cy. On tho other hand, should blaino in ih*? matter be unjuatiy imputed fo Gen. Johnston, ho will probably demand an official investigation, and the facia will bu revealed. It Is boat, therefore. to await such developments as tho future may di*ch>«o, before saddling upon anv one the fault of tho disaster at Vicksburg A late article in the Richmond Senti nel display- impatience with (ien. John- aion'a apparent tardiness, and intimate-* that hU fame ft . a military leaner would Re forever blh*.li*l by the ocetirrencof htich un event a* has actually tal on place —tho fall of Vickoburg without an ut ter!; by him upon Grant'* army. We copy from this article of tho SentintL From Vicksburg the news I* ii dilated t-» inere no our -olicltudo. Grant In i not retired n* we h.td hoped h< womd; imr ti i. (l. ri. Jotinstmi 4 . in k hi- h'ow v. • \Yp ciiiiii.it for a moment think of V. ..*• burgs fulling without an ertbrt on tho pari of .lohn-tou to reliove it. The ene my -ay he has leas than twenty thouaand ,„V.|, for with that force hew.mid •trike. We urn “lire In 1m many more than tweri'v thommnd men. and wo believe he will strike. DnubUe-.s he 1« Aurrounded witii many dUdvantages. Hut this h.a.: boon tho latetd'an «»ur (Mineral* in oveiy great battle of tho war. If wo had doc. I nod battle whouovor tho odds woro against uh. wo would never huve f.night i liatth Johnston must nt (Hast trj nn l show that the «.iIt was not tl.‘i« victor • win not i; reach of an , if -r* K Vi. !. ibur!. r Ml? without a h’ow l>oi” hi . I;: reputation. were it ten i . ..up.i6*lbln to imagine Jack- o h" alive, netting by inactive p/i'Unt brethren were being hy'jiight and \ y day, nnd star'* i.npitu'all <n ; and Jnch-rn'i ox- Vicksburg. The report of the fall of ibis heroic city ffins create?) a profound sensation boro. M vny doubt it, nivl all* fervently /»e/>q that it is untrue. It would sooni pushing strange, however, if the military author ities, who will not an ft* r unwol< ome/uc** to ho transmitted by telegraph, have per mitted a false report of the fall of Vlekfc- burg iob* sort. TWis would he trilling with tho jieopleand with tho mu so in which they arc engaged Tim Montgomery A l- - t' «. -in pa nic# the dispatch with this nob "Tho wires were down in nil directions early last night, or it is thought tho above port uid have been corrected. We I fight, individual „ was not believed nt Mobile, nn«t‘ (thing came Imre or passed through ? lirmatory ’* it > great \ i lar, On tlio to darn hat • • i os catch as tty L t .1 . ul n bustir himpolf. A:> an offset to the above, wo copy from the Augusta Const it utionalist tho follow* ig i structof n loiter which it nays i* from t' ..nn of nn intelligent oflicor in Gon. inaton's army. We may prefaco it Hint we, too, have had -» . . ..b. Ion, from a nourco like- b. . d, to the effect that i, i,. .fob i m..' m forco, of nil arm... did not uxce.-J rtl t ij00 men Wo suppose that it i3 not "contraband" to publish ueh a tfatoment. pow. The letter pub lished hv the < 'on*fHutin*ir>!ir( «ays; I wIbIi I had nm g'»od nows to give you. 1 havo not I'eoplo r.wny from pto expect-iv grom dutil < >o much from Gen. .Khnston. There is no room for gon'Tflhhip in tin "i e. rhy.ical ob- etru'-tions ••itch u-i J hn-toti hftM. to llrifd and ItucrrraiiN. t'liATTA.HoooA, duly f*.~Hy a masterly strategic retrogrado movement, Hragg has outwitted R i-ifcran*. forcing him t-> follow over the mountains nod it way from his base of supplies. Wo have fallen hack to Stevenson, it being the junction of tho rood to iruntsvillo, with our line nt 15 ridge port. Itoseemn.« has been joined by Burnside's force?. The enemy la still advancing. Skirmishing has been continuous for tho last two day? Morgan ia in* Kentucky with a clenr track. _ The »l»!h Georgia Col. Cilqultt. It has been several weeks since reports disparaging to the conduct of this regi ment in the tight near dackv n, Just he- for«i enemy entered the city, reaci. t Georgia. Feeling sure that they w f re malicions and unfounded, and tl ;t tim* would show them up In their true cknr- fteter, wo made no allusion to thorn In those col uinn a. They worn not bolieved Imre, and the reputation of tho regiment did not suffer from thorn. We have, however, seen private loiters lY>>u» mem ber# of the rogitnont, which exhibit Bun- sllivenoss and indignation on account of Lhoso slanders, arid evince flint high sen •• of honor that i? cliaracteriitic of the bravo ■toIdler. Wo therefore doom it proper in say, even nt thin Into day. Hint the trust worthy and official reports of that utTuir show that the 40th Georgia hold ft por tion of much danger nnd responsibility, and niAintftinod it to the entire antisfac- lion of tho coromnndiiig General? Jt wn- put in position andordorod to oppose, with its small numbers, tho overwholm ing force of Grant, until our troop- could remove their trains nnd supplier from daclrjon, Th’r i*. did Hiiti'-f-i- torily, and only rotwed when ordered so to do by Gen. Gregg. ,vh M-tc.i under direction fGeti Johnston It would bo propos- i • . Minposo . i‘ the ^tith Gonr^is wm. xpected to repulse, or even long to ■u-rest tho progress of G mi's army. All that It wan ordered t » do It accomplish <\ sattsfnetorily. So far ns Col Colquitt is cone? i • . personally, tho approval and comm-ui ,- tlon of his conduct on tho oocasien, m- tained in tho official reports of I. ijio- CifTi/ers,. is his sutlicient and nr>.l honornblo vindication. Those j. ik "f his execution of tho ditty ac.ignod him, gallant and entirely smi-fuctory, and attest nt unco both hi ool courage nnd his prudent regard for the lives of his •oinmitnd, when in the pronunco of tho anenty. ♦•The HI(uatIoii.*r Wc do not p. rcciv.' any cause for des pondency or gloomy foreboding in tun reliable pccounu from Gen. Loc k army. A aeriftt of North rn reports of the sev eral days’ lighting at Gettysburg are publi-hed cUnwhare : n this paper. Let the roader sift them carefully, and, al io sing reasonable margin for fhe sensi- tivene--, pride .\ni interest of a party to a •■fight tel'ing his own tale, it will bo a ra tional deduction that the Yankees Were tyh’jijH'l in tho fighting We .-ay this without allusion to the well-known boast ful and prevaricating course of the ene- It is the practice <jf ull parties to a national, to overrate nnd dispnange those Mountain, where he would fight or re turn as elrcunisUn It seems to u# argument, that up at least, Gen Le f'JTni/iiee. and if tin Saturday w Jjitire might dlrocL (oo clear to ijLji to Saturday n w i was ucting o>i the re was any fighting on it advi-md of it. Gen. Hardee that the enemy was pushing a I \ Ijpjiv y column down to Sequatchie\ alley . — t.. intercept us nt Jasper, the county site ] Jfy <Teleprraph co Ihe Enquirer. : " ” "'l 0,Tm’,;,nUin.' l 'rfl h w4..iT.-- I Oen.Bem„.«.andoth.rOO«.r.Wounded innkinu for Girard ! lUcnMoMU, «lh.-A .peci»l to the ha- iew t cut ua h' that quirer from Martinsburg, ith, says tne H„d« dhp.tcl.ed F..rre.t! ''..rnwl the pontoon brld«« nt [„.l,»pe" Ar,„-tro-:jr to Gi«.rd (h-Ve. . C«llin* « -tors on Hntu'd,,y. The X n- Wh.rton .....mined nt Snwnnncc. ; toofording nnd^tllri.ln*.- ... -n t.. .urprUo the enemy. — , ! he \ ..nhee cmvnlry, infantry »nd nrtll.e- liter on ntpidly, nnd r. pit.,eked ..ur_ train, at M illmm.port th-it evonintf eitmped within five mile, of ve.terdny evo„tn S , and «ere repulsed Jj»«per. About Scales, Pettigrew and Semmea certainly wounded. Gen. Armstrong was killed with th T<oe, according t*i these Yankee report# fell back <>n .Saturday night and look possession of the of ttie Ssiulb mountain, whore it wan uncertain wheth er he would fight or return. It would, we think, require n very prejudiced judgement to decide from then© statements that the Yankees gained a victory over Gen. Lee in ll.«iigiii ug, or that tin v nceompiishe4nn.i than to block up his w»y fo n-n- . p'Mi«*d u|i ! der hi# further progress impracliciiile j I 1 or H moment they without ton groat a In- of lira. They ! Ml l-tclt 1" *">«« dlwrdnr; they how-,; !•«•••- recovered from their confusion am. relied up to their work in gallant style of tfieir alvcfsaViiH. Tile present war hw oxhihlod no exception to this rule on either side—certainly noneon the part of thoYnnkcuA. H*wiring this fact in mind, the Northern accounts which we publish may very rca-i.v / !-• : „- ,r! I ita re-i ttraggN Retreat to Chattanooga luctunt ao.I . \ iiv.. atir.g i.dmi-.ions of a The B^gbling on the War-Terrible Mas- defeat, rather than sincere exultation over a toul victory. f -ny i.in . Grant h elfftrouud V i. kshuig 'mV,. •inbarton hiii i the trongly 'Tip* hill* are in fit Go room on their top ,, nnd high enough to permit n vovy smalt party to prevent the ascent of as ninny men ns o«n be got to thorn. Thin glmont intorminn- Itin aucce'.sion of steep hills nnd deep vol leys lor mile- and miles around Grunt’* camp him been |.i» tilled with nil tho skill III nt tho devilish i.,gonuit ( v of thoso in?- cnl* could secure. Tim !ii11 f Mfc crowned With heavy gun? and • very gorge i« ready ti> hclch forth <b -truction. Ifn I<ah devastated th nil around him, for *JiMo fUl milfii, lending nothing tl.ni could contrihulc to tin- ■•upport ifnnnnm advancing on him, an 1 Iinh obstructed nil tho v neb loading toward? him in c\erv possible way foMiiany iiillc? You will per'cc in tlmt it would bo no cmy Job for .lor.n ioii t<> get to h*m. Hcsidc , Oranf lin- from 70 to hd.UOO men, Johiutun not half io many. (I am afraid to commit to paper tho Nlrotigth of thin army.) Grant's oommunlcHtlons aro open, hu. facilities for receiving stores, supplies end roin- foreemonts aro unboutylod, while dohn- htmi has to work hard to buy every mouthful hi* army out , and then (s obliged to haul it many mile* somotiim .s 4() or 60, iimL tho farther In; goes towards Vldksburg, On farther he must wagon his min plies. Now with thoso facto before you, work out tho probloiu. If Grant, with ull the mon and all the means ho wants or nsk* for, can't tako lVnihurlon in Vicksburg, with li or 16.U00 inoi., howl-, dohniton, with only all the men ho can get, to do- i trev or siih<|ini Grant in a f irlitlod camp equally str.uig with Mi,000 men todnfond jt. Thi* is lin- proposition ; wo/k it out. put "t^ K. I> ••! the end anil send it to tne, for 1 would like tiilghllv to see it In all tin? I do not und. rvu’i. nor underrate thoolomenl* at Gen. Johnston's command, nor hi? great utility Hi army, (1 will stale oi.V* n.mi) notes high as 00,000 lighting men. i- com posed of tm verv host fighting stock on the routine d and if .lohnsion eoutil only get Grant in] to the field would maul a much ' irgor force "till they should think the very <lovi5 hlmsolf had tome I rum hell They are anxious to light, and have co- « v eontldeneu in the Goj»erul, end will «i • what men can do yet this is not enough to ov.4. oiuo the immense distal Vantage, under which he lab i s. Death el c . u, .Scnttut'N. We learn with imu I 'Ogret that a pri vate dinpatoh received he ret reports tho death of Brig. Gon. I'.mm J Hkmmkh. Hfodied at Marthisburg, Va., of iiis wound received in thobattioof Goltj*eburg, J’a < ei. fiit and the Sul.l'ci •. The Mae i (hufe.ieraic, copying a lato coimnui i' uioii from this paper In rolVr- utir' 10 the Ut c utiou paid by Hon. Hines Holt 'he • * dicra and to tho ohtuining off r Ji oi hem in ileservinj . use*, ad 1 ^ . • . v •• ;v,.-.dng from tho c 1 u>. wi r'.u -c . t order le • nd Proui w»r > a ie. .ml knowledge But it appear* from >ur own accounts that Gen. Leo h»- fallon back to the neighborhood of the Potomac. Thi* i» not incon*i»tonl willi tho theory of his having defeated the Yankee! in overy encounter with them yet; nor i* it even conclusive proof of the inferiority of his army at present in a fair and equal con- fii t 'vith tho enemy. Wo know the country round about Gettysburg to bo very broken and mountainous—difficult of pa -ago through it, except al places where human industry ha* availed itself of tho opportunities affirdjd by nature and nun • good highway's. It i* quite likely tlmt the Yi ?ikpe^ hud thesu *o for tified or obstructed as to debar Gen. Lee’# further progress or. wur l in tlic fuco of a formidable uueiny. II« may have been unahjc to hold the strong positions car ried by his army in the Gutty, burg light, ! simply bocauso it was impracticably ti slay there (on account of tho difficulty of obtaining provisions, keeping open com munication#, ifc..\), and because further progrc-H 11(trill or can was burred bv tho condition of the cutui&y and dispositions • if the enemy abovo referred to. In the absence of positive in format : >>n, wo ven-' turn tho suggestion that this i ah tho #it- uation of Gen. K(W* army wIiom he foil back, and that ho still maintains h linn of battle which the enemy cannot assail with impunity, That our army captured and brought off a largo number of prison. : ,, lsu. ert- '•I in tho niimt unequivocal and po-iuvo manner by nuy own accounts, nnd inci dentally admitted in tho Yankee reports. Thia fact is not easily roaoncllablo with tbestury of a severe r«pu|?e id battle and disorderly retreat *>f our forco*. It in dicate', rather, a decided til vantage for us iu some purl of tho fighting, mainte nance of our lino in strength too groat for he recapture o( thoso prisoners by tho nacre of Yankee*. Looxotri r Chattanooga, Y «nlce defiant WlrtflCl), a t ... Uolt e de votion to tho ii’oi\.,t of the soldiers of Georgia. To him were wo iudebted for the prompt procurement of a furlough j i a wounded son. which otherwise wo i'd *a hope to obtain for several day? • V Jolt took 'uold of tho matter, and lii •To ho liuio proenrud ad tho V> iiieluding transportn great deal of trouble '"ontion to our bxui- thift public acknnwl ; \V The I.ate Call lor Troop*. A correspondent request* us to answer the quoricn conlaiucd iu tho lolloping nolo Mr. IMitm Will you llirutigli tho Ku- irer answer a less* quest iom. for the in formation of iiiuuy f The questions are thoso Why is it that ov. Hhorter, of Alabama, make* Y hl* draft* under tho ago of forly-llvo years old, while Gov. Brown ami other Gov ernors aro making their calls above tho ago of forty-five? # Did Congrosd, at its last session, givo Praaident Davis power to callout mbn ^vor tho ago of forty-live years for home •r Bute dole hoe V PI oat a answer these questions through your pupor, as tlnore aro different notion* among the pooplo kii tho subjoct, and obligo Manx Km^uiiu.iis. Wo will an.-wer the lad, of these que*- jriH first. lat. Tho call of tho President Is made In pursuance of an act of 1'engross, approved August 21st, I8(i1, which author fans the President "in accept tho service of vol unteers of such kind and in such propor tion ns ho may doom expedient, to servo ‘i time- ns he tuny prescribe, for the 0 of exposed places or localitic , or such special service ns ho may deem ex pedient." Tlio Adjutant Gon oral, in General Dr- dor* No. HO, has prescribed tho "kind" of volunteers to be received, ns follows "(kmipmilos, Battalion- and Regiments composed of persons not within the ngnot conscription, (IS nnd 1" will Im accept' as voluntoi r« th.ougl out the l.'oulnderu- cy under the Art of August Ulst, 1S0I, (No. 22b) lor local defeuco nnd poeiul service." * • "In thoovont of a call by tlic Prcaldont, under the. Ihw of con scription, on all between tho ages of 10 and 46, thoso in said organizations sub ject to Kucb call will bo liable to vii*- charge or transfer." This call tho Provident tiinkc: upon the Governors of tho several States, and tluy have undertaken to raise tho troops in the modes designated in lheir several procla mations. They call first for volunteer-, and ordei>drafts or conscription if volun teers do not come forward within a speci fied time. 2d.—If Gov. Hhm tor's call was under- s tood to ombraco' men within tho con script age, ho lifts since explained and modified It so as to make it conform to tho orders of the Adjutant General, The last Kufanln Spirit of the South says that in response to a query propounded by the editor, Gov Shorter has authorized it to hay that "no one under forty years of ago can be accepted under his proclama tion, unlnr.s ho I? exempt from conscrip tion. l'*rsvnr he: -' - •. the ngo» of eigh- t u and forty, wtm •«. e been discharged t. Mii the Confederate sf. vice, or from un< cause arc not now subject 'o con;ctipti n wre permitied to volunteer under t v Governor’* call." ♦ Gov. Brown, in n supplementary r '^ ’ dress to the people of Georgia, whh published two or three day.? inc makes his call correspond with tueov of the Adjutant Genera! inelud sons between forty nnd forty-five. I and I army, consequently 1 .. i.....i.. i .. lorly withdrawal into Maryland. The quick retreat from Pe however, is looked upon as i failure of Out. Leo a ox pod depends upon the trophies ( tho effect prod.:cod by it. It yet remain* j train to bo seen whether our line "f defence “t j menl *b the Yankee lino of invasion will be ox- Cliattaw tended by it The quick ivturn of ttu< lastly tin oxpodltinn is tm more than wo had an- up tho r< tinipnted, as our roadors know We fear direet f that our apprehension* that it would ( ,or,k Hie arouse and unite tho NorUt have also j v ' a been verified hr sumo nxtrut, but our lhn « ru •’ So " i:,t ’ r invasion was liar.II;. piithcd far Oiiougli, I Cumberland Mou and the course pur no I toward.? the poo- rm 'i at B' lhpag pin within our po.ver wan hardly severo Wednesday, and enough, to havhi Inni nn> general effect | burn tim bridg< hi healing Northern division? nnd rn! • lying 'h» ivim ltut * n*n-eonibatUnU to arms. Porhap* it may in tho end prove best for uh thnt our invasive essay wn? so soon given up. If so, this lesson of ox- pericnco, gained by apparent adversity, may prove one of the most valuable and profitable episode# nt tho war. (!on- dueting, ub 'wo are, a war of defouce against aggression nnd usurpation, it Boeuih to i.s that our true policy is to maintain this attitude until assured of "aid and com fort" in tlio territory of tho enemy, and of our ability, by invasbib, to inaugurate there a counter revolution productive of confusion to thorn and vic tory, independence und peace to us. P. N.—Tho "cheering accounts' 1 from Gen. Loo’s army, by tolograph, woro re ceived atlor the above article was writ ten. They tend to sustain somo of the opinions expressed in It. July 0tl», 1803. ) Etlitor Enquirer: The evacuation of Tullahomn and the retreat of Bragg's army to Chattanooga is, I suppose, no news to your readers; yet there are many incidents connected therewith which are not only intere-ting, but are worth pre serving. Tho enemy penetrated our lines with throe heavy columns, in threw dis tinct place* Htnultaneousfy—first on the Murfreesboro' and Shelby vilie pike, nnd at Liberty and Hoover's Gap 4 . Their heaviest column was at Hoover’s Gap, and commanded by Uosecratu in person. At first wo could not comprehend why he should mass such n force nt Unit ybtfjc.—- Subsoqu nt events', liowcvoiv^avtS »*dv«d the mystery, and we now undwretumi tho whole play so fur nn developed. On Sat urday wc It'll back upon Tullnhoinn, Bushrod Johnson’s brigade bringing up tho roar and fighting the enemy nt every opportune moment. Monday our brig ade was in lino of buttle outside of our work*, on the Manchester road. Forrest fought them all tlmt day in out immedi ate front. About 12 M. Ool. Starnes was carried pant u« 'mortally wounded in the bowels—Tuesday he dirfd in great ngonv. j *•'' Thus perished one of the most reliable the and vigilant MMUt* in tho service. Gen. i Forrest remarked, when ho hoard of hi* J 'PI* death, that hi* right arm was palsied f h Tuesday, after consultation with l.i.jll? Generals, Brngg'detnrmined to aom Tullahoma and fall back behind Ter foe river. This wm.i abnolutciy ncces: bocatino it was evidont that R"«ei would not give battle tt( that pin While he wit* making feints ujam left, front and right, he w •• pu hi heavy column, via Mnncheutcr, t/t'p our rear, take poaaesnion or burn al bridges over F.’k river, occupy all of the i three missing; the Gaps on Cumberland mountain, and cut ,Mil V ha''' taken to tho mountains to off all communication and supplier, there-I uv ••!•! the Yankees. Tho lapse of a fuw by forcing one of three alternative" for plays will decide that matter, our acceptance: either to fight him; A* to our future movement I have not in hi* own chosen position, to retreat the slightest idea to advance. I Il.ir frirtn.t. w ill enemy ranched I »«<Ttw- b»un liyl.ting by Gen. Jnnes- wunnee, and here occurred on. of the | ««••>“• u " th - Uood ’ Aaawwn - ist desperate fights during the retreat, j - uiiiortune moment Wharton'sullen .. _ , , » lorrifie «K.- At l«.t lift* Mid officer. «n wounded. ' confused and ! T*>e IVnnsylv.nl. P«.ple are cll.ng for ml Graham i* a prisoner in A Ln’-fta Numbor of Prisoners Confirmed. The fight raged furiously, and for a while Ju'y 8th. The report that in the tight | L.. .mod tliat nothing but a providential ; Gettysburg on Sunday wo raptured a nterferenoe could save Wharton and hi- | large number of prisoners i. conBrniod. ■al:.. a band. While they were so hard The enemy occupied Maryland Height* »n--'!d, one brigade wa»#rderedto the! y-'erdv. cveying. onr, mount their horses, and undercover • The BaltiimAu Sun, 4th, acknowledg-1 fa hill to gain the enemy’* right flank ! the virtual raising of the Vicksburg siege. Meade and charge them. The order was exocut- j o<l with such rapidity that the enemy ! broke end fled in dismay, we following! after, driving them down the mountain to the very bottom. Wheeler was al tho *nine lime engaged with the enemy nt | Winchester, below us, und cut them up I Reported that Northern papers of tlio h contain, nothing later from Meade’s my than the 4U».' used ported killed. McClellan said to be in command. The reported capitulation of Vicksburg b ahri '-t universally discredited here. Fill! oflh-iul accounts are expected this nt’* health ia so far restored badly. This day the fighting ceased, the enemy drawing off, allowing u« td pro- coed without molestation. Wo arrived hereon Monday last, crow ed Tennessee livor at tho eastern terminus , ;f itt.cc.ion mountain, over a rou K h but i ll "". ,,, -• , ‘ tt “" do!l > lt his0B00yesterday. ,u1 -iantinl pontoon bridge, without any " ' 1, ->' r tins morning, mishap whulever. Our retreat was con- ■ Grant's Movements, ducted with skill nnd masterly ability,! J-'ckson, 8th.-— Col. Montgomery, Aid j reflecting great credit upon Gens. Bragg, j l " ' i’emberton, with two hundred j Hardee and Folk. Our casualties, in- • in0lin b*d men, arrived to-day. General ] eluding the threedays operations befo're i ,,r,M ’ n and C’ol. Irving, of .Missouri, wgre j Hoover * and Liberty Gaps, will amount | kU1 "‘ 1 b - v lh ’- «nomy'a *harpsliooters. to about 1000 men killed and wounded.— Grant -cut 10,000 men buck, and about 1 That of tho enemy cannot bo loss than i ‘’ a,ne number to attack Price. u0(*i. This statement is based upon tho j Grant s force was near 100,000. Grant I report* of ?ome thirty prisoner* captured ! c'liummid-in person tho force by u- Tlio 2d and -Itii Georgia Cavalry, in j Wharton’s command, have won fur tsnivc* « proud distinction; they are mi-q rcgimcMit* in their Division.— :M siHiin* to bean ill fated regiment. I‘hi , have never recovoro«l from the New j .Inveil, Ky., dim-tor, and quito likely •ever will. They number now about 100 ! < ii for duty, yet thi? handful of men »> Iu y are, have done nnd aro doing heroic ' orv iev We ljope tbore is a brighter dav ! nuuing for the 3d. In our company wc have two men pis- i(lg John O Dormi ll s*ntl Matthew ' Wci. h; flic tippo.diion is thu enemy 'a put red them Bradford’s company ha* i ng on Jacks. Dispatches ion. Holme* idy t upon Huntsville, Ala . or surrend- No such alternatives suited Bragg • pape ill pi .’hattHnooga, 'I' lircct letter, and ' count* rum Panola,*7th, slate that j ittuckod Helena on the 4th, | 3 batteries. Reinforce- | from below with 6 gun- 1 vo our forces back. ,*ur ! vy firing beard next day. ! h, 11 o’clock n. m.—Tho j lvaiicing rapidly on the I Our cavalry are skirmish- I i niilos out, and gradually | Our force is in lino of bat eceive them, i• ’ *-■ i>. bt1i -Coufirntution of the 1 ii'lM-hurg. in connection with re- : iu Y ankue nourecs of the defeat army, had a depressing effect j immunity this forommn, but the ; b. li.ived t.> be much exaggerated eiiublw. This evening l>etterfcel- j ail' d, the President luviag re* 3ii>flbial telegrams from Mat- 1 . civ ing more encouraging nc- >f tho position of nffairK. Lee'!, j -till «t Hagerstown. Tho Fo- j sing forward. Hut few men lost on our sideyet. The enemy must suffer for want of water, ns all citiaan ponds destroyed. Thermometer 'Xi. Yankee* Decline Civilized Warfare. lticuMOM', 11th. — Correspondence cx- planatory of Stevens' mission shows that | he went to Fortress Monroe a? a military 1 commissioner, to obtain trorn the Federal j authorities nn agreement to conduct the war hereafter accotding to the usages of civilized nations. After waiting 2 days. Stevens wa? informed the proposition for a conference \fns inadmissible; ho there after returned to this city. No news thi* morning. The Asaault on Charleston. Ciiaoi.KhtoK, 10th.—Firing on both j rides censed nt half past 0 o’clock. The j principal fighting has been with Wag-j ner's Battery, on Morris' Island. Four i monitors were engaged from 5to2o’clk., when they withdrew for one hour, and a tugboat supplied them with ammunition, and they renewed the attack at 3 o’clock. Infantry fighting also severe. The Yan kees made two assaults on YVagner's Bat tery and were repulsed. Our casualties qbout 150 killed, wounded and missing, including three officers killed—Captains Haskell and Chevcs and Lieut. Bee. It is supposed tho attack will bo renewed to-morrow.— Courier. Yankee Account of tho Fall of Vicksburg. Fktkraiiurg, 10th.—The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 8th says Secretary Welles has received notice of the fall of Vicks burg from Admiral Porter. Pemberton sent u flag of truce on the morning of the 4th, offering to surrender if the men wore allowed tu inarch out. Grant replied that no man should leave except a* a priso ner. After consultation'with his com mander.-, Pemberton unconditionally sur rendered. Tremendous rejoicing ail over the North in consequence of the full of Vicksburg. Lincoln was serenaded und responded in a foolish speech. Later Yankee Reports of Leo’s Array. Tho Inquirer says; No nows from the army of special importance. Meade is elocely watching hi* discomtitled but wary antagonist. An engagement i.« expected in a day or two. Tho Inquire! claims0000 pri-onors, besides the wound ed left behind. Kemper is u prisoner in a dying condition. Armstead, captured on Thuriday, is dead and buried. The Federal 1 o-s cannot be less thun 15, may reach IM.OOO. The Inquiror says the wor»t feature of’ tho disaster i.s thnt so many Federal officers, the most elfioiont, were killed ur are in captivity. Buttei- .-e than was expected— AfW «wini Ool. Major. »„n vay, Gen. Taylor rrlnrnml iiiKton anil Opcleu.as, nt „i rapidly to G.Mout„„ '' l ^ headquartara, f.. supwint,.,, i ,' r thn ntiack ..n Hrash.nr citv «>. i ’' r Ordors had b(*en airnady oivyri 1 ■f Ml make tliis attack, ... movement* ami directions to in unicat ions with him v,. " 1 moveml ;!<V hsj ^ thev could make a combine,! Thv urging on preparati troops over tin* Iiav. L ie „ t particularly, had ii--,j f»v -•• under direction of Brig. t;,. n * p 1 itruction « f ekilFs ondJUts Tavlo rived headquarter*on tlie2l.-t'. \. v and Green had not b,v,. vion* they lmd .•ivan'’':',|' corps and their nosiium^ \ u ,1 • inc attack. Hnortiy all,*, j arrival at ,>1 union * headquarter* u:« stall brought up # lr.«n. t; ( . n , headquarter* a dixpAtch „f p>‘ . ' pr.-viou** Jiy, fr«.r,i C i. M„j.,,~ daring commander find alre.-'idv !,rr Thibodeaux.after a triumph-,m tinid {* in m l injured inter The Coptti Now OrU-an tacke l bj th commanded fighting, wi [The followi iin of the Cahnwba, from ; . says Dunaldbonvilie was at- e rebel* in force on the 28th, by Gen. Greene. Tho rob- ul>ej after three hours hard il» a loss of 000. The gun- paled. only a portion of ivoning tl; illi all the Oirvert . “iego guns, etc., and . n» I i Kvery wagon was .sent fun try—our cavalry hringin Polk'* corps faking liie'roa Bridgeport; .'111* (Haidee’: Hull. I'IiouiAn II. IVatU. r lulling. Pi ii .Sunday n i who loll YVa- . much defocti< inc. rjAMKMf) ling Tei tho (iropoHiul Iu •urn Ui l ,, urlUor Northern Account*, The Richmond paper* o? the 8th con- Uiin extract." from Baltimore and Phila delphia paper* of the 4th. They glYn u* but little Information, of an intelligible aii ' 1 vtibcrent character, of tho operations nt Geity^bui-q after Thursday. [Thur*- day wn- tho second day’s fighting, of which wn have already published North- » account*.] Tho following i* General Aloado’s ufllcinl dUpntch to fho War Do- partmont concerning tho fighting on Thursday, dated 11 o’ch ek p. m. of that "The on thi" iil'teru vcrest con all poi blv in . killed are H i ids Mickles, Ibt! Gen Sickle.- fiold. We ln,\ pri*< pot. Me i pin • p •Miion. ,\ ;i •! : the obyl army taken repo started." Tiro cor: Lmi^strcc liclvlGut’ti thir It'S" i' mmibc , ul 1 p. . upon the un. Wo cro-acd KJk bridge, about 12 M.. iado preparation* to had crossed. A great qtmnUfV of laiu lmd fallen fur the pa-t Vmi d*£s, enh-ic qiiantly all the atroain* were very much swollen. Forrest, with two hrigndei, was af Battle creak f*»r<l, is mile* :ib.»i.• n-, und that evening (Wednesday) fought tho oncmv four hours, punishing them severely. Wharton was protecting our roar, lie wa* hard pressed about three miles from thu bridge Wodnc.-lay •■. en- ing. Gon. Ilnrdeo sent Clayton' i bi igade from our division to Ids assistance, and one of tlio participants informed mo that they killed and wounded score* of them. That night our cavalry ernssyd thu river, and at daylight thu nuxt morning our regiment fired tho material that wn* piled I upon the bridge, und marched off, leav ing Gen. \N barton to look after the Y'«n- koos on the opposite side. Many of your readers are familiar with tho particulars of the massacre of the Alamo, nml others of equal notoriety. 1 have one to speak of that occurred upon thnf. over to Uo rumomWrml Thursday morning. Gon. Wharton, kn »wing that th« Y'ankee* would emnodowb tluittn 'tir ing to sue about crossing the Kik, took a battery of. four guns from Johnson'* brig ade, with the two belonging to hi* cav alry. ami placed them in position so as to completely command the bridge, which, fcy tho way, remained uninjured, except tho flooring, which was burnt tip. Tho cavalry were dismounted and posted on thu hill* within short range of the bridge, fho six guns being masked. About lot o’clock a. m., u l»r gado of tho enemy cornu down to reconnoitre. Finding ev erything quiet, they gathered around tho bridge. After indulging their curiosity they couum iicud crossing on tho sleepers Gen. YY barton suffered about 600 of thorn to oros*. At tho signal, tho six gun* j-j belched forth grapo and canister, tho I cavalry at the samo time using their ritlcs ^ ; with deadly ofl’ect. Thu havoc wa-> awful. Gut of live Uundrod that crossed, not one was left living to rolato in after yours the I particular* of Wharton's massacre- on the I Kik Tho day piovioua \Vheob ! was covering the rear of Folk " burnt the railroad bridge over Kik river, five mile* holow us. Ho fought tin one- | myall day with considerable success.— , on the samo day, at Battle crot.. is resisting their crossing at that At 4 o'clock p. tn. the cn^my il, Juno 8, 1803. j 7b tin People of Alabama Under tin- authority of a letter written by i n lh"'.:l tot Mart'll Inst to General L. W. Lawler, of"L'alludegn, my nrtine «* n cniididate for Governor ha* boon placed before you. It Im* boon suggested bv irmny letter* that 1 should give some nd*. It kno t llial 1 h ulood, it and I y opinion, thu ful and eon Aden u, t*olieving that oilld be unable to n of tho Capita! by Thu night tho office, fur many years, our system oi' main, -ucU should not be High tiflb-e- are public tiust-, I, not lor the benefit of offleo-seek- ' Hi" public good; Hnd the the right to select whom they otfie izen* are hopo- ipirit unimates It! do Im public ini- . 'I'he I ' •" aim'll nltiieh to ofi’n ial nosi- •i""- '■'» •"••>• !"• 111• v. n ill their (Tightest • "'• •• ■■• •-n they are conferrod by tho un.-olicited voieo ot the people. SS liil-t the thunder "flhoonomy's can- iu-n urn heard nn our border* and in our mid-t, whilst tliousaiids aro mourning tin* in- i ol'soniclovad one who»o liuari'c filuu.l ini" b""ii freidy shod in defenc of tin - u red eaii'" uf Liberty and Indopvn* donee; whilst the necessity of our coudi* ti- a ,t.|i loudly call* for strong arm* and -•.••nt lu*.»rt* t-> repel an insolent and van dal foe; it i> not right, it in not patriotic to iir '.ij. "tnfe aboutuificeor the emolu ment' of oflii ". I < a annot consent to say or •' ■ aught wlm n would divert your mind* from the demands which patriot- i■-m niuk" Much loss can I insult your Mondbilities by entering info a canvass or - iambic for tlio office. Yet, native of Alaleinma* I am, and owing to her my l.r-l l"\e and only allugianca, I cannot refuse- to sorvo her people in any position thev cho.Mu placome. With this duehirntion. if you mnke me MagistnMu. I slmll not boun- tlio high honor* conferrod; ■'’the best of my mindful and rim ability. tysburg by tlio h Late.i Kvery P.J.tfh Tin*. J'nturshurg Kx- •rni' :’ lift' extract* from the [mei i .ui, of tho IHI 1 ^ ropre- Luij hiully defeated at Get- J rot mating, closely pressed cf the 1'otomac. dee* from thn army up to 2, •to ilmt Meade’s headquar- •e at Frederick to-day, 7th. able man b being sent to F rode rick to intercept Loo. Lincoln has issued a "ongratulHtoty addrosa to tlio country. Vicksburg advices to tho 2d of July; condition of afirtir* unchanged. Tho Kxpres* reminds its readers of tho Amoriran Irolnglhu vilest Lincoln sheet in ail tho North. Our troop* entered Suffolk on Monday. More Cheering Reports from Loo’s Army. RirfiMoxn. 10th,—All the pnnorsof this morning give moro cheering account* from our army in Maryland. Tho nnca- sinoM* prevailing yesterday has given place to a feeling of confidence in the ability of Gen. Los to resume the offen- • -ml The Mnrlinshurg correspondent of the Dispatch. 5th, say* all the information of tho battle of Gettysburg received there was brought by Major Hanks, of Ewell's uiV'iir I* dspiniloiilon I cor IM. «'l>0 left GeUy>bur K ou Statui-duy Upon tho pul lautrv morninp. I To snj's our loss tho first two ho Hold. Hnd un D.n I .t.— .o^o.t vory grottl; on KriJ.y it •specially in Fiekott’s divis- Trimblo lost a leg, Hood an ir !■ tv*- boy* in tlio field, and on the j day • •■ h"art* at holin', are staked the I wns ■'"f a nation h id tlio indi'peitdeneo ! . K"|nihlie. With (uni a- our leader l0n piotcolor the victory will surely Your obedient servant, T II Watt liiiportuiit IHmemeut. :»".*een by roforanoo to our Rich- r, that Vice. Frosident Stepii- i the day -1 Tim p that Lon,. much injurco yesterday, and many gen-1 era! efbeera killed. Trie dead IkhIv of! G<m. Burksdao'is within our Unos. ‘ Wei have thus far about rixloeu Iftindrod pris- |’ or , ’ »'«“obo p|„ f tho Fhiladelphia I made a desperate effort to eras* undei ''‘led tlmt Gonomt J cover of twenty guns that played upoi i on the WI ^'° rre! ' t M,u ^ * 1 ' - ' bmllant cavalrymen - 1^'hal oftbo rob- wur0 f°Bed in the attempt, dirk eir thousand, , coming on they ceased their effort: Vrid^. j and retired from tho ford seriously pun tho ohjoct of this sion can only bo conjectured. If. how ever, a* i “uggestiil by our Richmond correspondent, he is on any mission relat ing to negotiation* for an armistice or peace, ho i*. of all the statesmen of the South, tho mie best calculated to make a iavomblo impression upon the right- minded peoptMfgjH^I ■* •ounu judgn.i A Wn ded officer who arrived at Rich- tordny say* that our army foil e greatest order and deliberation -—no demoralization. It is generally understood that the falling back was caused by tho difficulty in obtaining supplies through so long a line of com munication. Our men were in fino spirits and roady for another fight. Richmond, 10th.—Martimburg, 0th.— The army is still at Hagerstown. All quiot there to-day. A cavalry skirmish occurred yesterday. No information of k co army. Maryland Heights are wiipL.vsrjw doM* Wh *‘‘ '“’“"p 1 V' " » w » U .' 0 r M of tU orps, j Memphis Appeal, 10M. | ,ny ' An ordiinncu tram has just passed Tho following i* tho extract from tho ; lo ^ 00 ’ w ®‘° waiting for it. letter, dated Richmond, July Gtli : : F . ieht about to Commence utJackson. Wc have another sensation, however, i *' ? ,n * enomy are in Richmond, which in tho absence of al,, ‘ advancing slowly, and sliolling our more startling matters would excite n deal cavalry. They are now within 4 miles -President Stephen* has | of our work*. There will probably bo • engagement before to-murrow. t d tho tight Vir. hliil g.>iiq ‘lie rebel , •■* far, iiatc boo ^*my attack, und the Ugh*. prop Itt 1 Aounued soldier IlAQaiUTowN, Md., the locality a*- r-igned to Gen. l oo's array by our latent telegraphic dlsoatcho:>, is nine milnR from Willismsport on tat Fotontac river, and about twentv-tl luiles southern^ ot Geitytburg, P.v It is nut Lr* from tbo battle-field of8harp*burg, or An Auto, of la-i year Hon Goo N. Ltttte cuui y, in rc.|.oiin to a request by a number of hb fellow cilir.en.-, has author ized the use of hi* nutno a ciudidste for Ckjiigrcas in tbo 8th District. Col, Gartrell declines a re-election. Thn lutolLgoncc from Rrasheai City is confirmed in tne Northern journal*. Atlanta In*-'Uigencer of the 8th nays it has information "that the Yankee;, from Kosqcrant’s army arc now pr« pared fora raid upon North Alabama nnd Georgia, takiog the Bute Road bridges and At anta in tbeir route." it * | cal upon the people of tho surrounding l country to organise and hold thcupolv"- [ io readiness to concenlrun and meet tbo j invader at the given signal, which i* to Qbb j bo six discharge* of cannon, iu quick succession, fired in Atlanta. F. N. -The InLlltgfacer of 9th says that the article above referred to * as not an editorial one, hut was inserted by re quest of parties w ho professed to bv ad vised of the facta stat"d It disclaims any personal information in reference to th» Yankee movement referred to. n. Leo hnd s"nt in a tlag of truce, asking a cessation .of host!title* for two days to bury the dead. Gon. Moado re fused to grant it. Bo far as iho«o roports go. it appesrs the capital of i ' ished. Thursday at noon wo reached th<* fi>ot of Cumberland mountain, that even ing wo ro&chod tho top of the mountain and camped for tlio night at Suwannee, I mnni.r’’liMcarned’the”V thesiteof the Univorsily that is to Le I th*' Confederate States some day. How rejoiced wo were at the I th ,° Dnitevl States at thi* critical raomen that, although Qcn. Meade bad dispatch- | P r n»PO°t °t getting rest one night in i * powerful mmy. A Vow day'* wdirpr! ed that the Confuclnratos woro repulsed at } Nature ws. well nigh exhausted. ; bahly clear up ihe mystery. all points on Thursday, our army re- "" , ' , ' on m, ‘ r °hing and fighting! — neA"d the H.il: on Friday tl "early thWfb mud and in rain, with tcaioely i The Rebel Prhateere. daylight," thu* proving that they wore j R r *t‘° n f° r t® n days. Alth* not g/vutly damaged, lti cluims to have J terns were worn with continued t* taken only lfiUl prisoners up to Friday valiont K ° a "ntehing, yot our spirits morning, unit thu accounts previously buoyant and unbroken published admit a Fedora, loss of many _ t by tl Hi"" mini m>m lire wry * Bluff, ta with him the Fotumnc river piU'U. What I *1 vokson, t‘tb, 9 p. in. — A regular ar- lui object >l his mission may lie, u the i tillery duel ha* boon going «»n for the past hour, three miles off. Tho Yankees are moving up >lowly and steadily.— NY a nn work is lookt.l for at day-light. Charleston again Attacked. Chaklkston, July 10.—All attack by __ ! four iron clad.* off the bar;‘one al the nnhly inferred, however, that no trivial : mouth of Stone; one in that river, forty- .^ r ^.Ln-i -t I three other vesbels off the harbor; heavy firing f-om 5 A M. for two hours—our ris Island batteries replying. Troops landing nt Griniball’s, The iron s and gun t>oat{, have gone up Stono tack Fort Pemberton. (Approved.) The Attack^ at J ickson Commence*! — Good News from Muryland-.QenQral Lor Whips tho Enemy. I» it'll mon i», July 10.-^Tbe Baltimore Gazette, 7th, -.»\ " What wn really know in regard b» buttle* before Gettysburg, amount* simply to tin* the Confeder- Htob were nttn knlop Wednesday by two nrrnycwipK, which they drove'back with great slaughter, capturing many prison er*. On Thur-day afternoon whole Fed eral fo re* • were attacked by Confederates, Hr.il alter n sanguinary conflict, rnpulsod them. On Friday the battle lasted through tho day, and resulted more signally than tho previous day*. Lo.*«e* extraordina rily severe on both side*. The Federal Io*.* in General officers i.s beyond proco dent. On .Saturday night Loo foil bock toward* the niounthin*. YVhai followed since i" wholly conjecture, but it is now admitted that Leo h.>ld» tlio passe* of tho. .South mountain, and will light or return ax circumstance* mny direct. The Pon toon bridges were not destroyed." Gold in N. York 1:18. Nothing of tho surrender of Vicksburg. Richmond, July 10, Murtinsburg bfn, i'ia Staunton,Ml. Heavy artillery tighten yesterday. \Yo drovo the enemy seven miles, capturing a number of prisoners, among them the guard of Hagerstown. Richmond, July 10— Nothing addi tional from Maryland. Central train detained by accident. Not yet arrived. JACK80N, July 10, F. M.—Artillery firing has censed. Enemy'* sharpshoot ers and our skirmishers blazing away.— Our loss to-day not exceeding fifty. Richmond, 11th.—No new* from Ma ryland to-day, All quiot here. Richmond, 1th.—A correspondent of the Whiz from Winchester, the 8th, lays iu Gen, Jo. Havin' brigade every field officer wo* wounded, (ien. Iluod was wounded in the arm by a fragmont of a shell, but hi* arm will be saved. Gon. Trimble lost a leg; be was wounded in a proviou* battle. The following embraces tho list of cas ualties: Colonel \\ I). Groner, fllst Va.; Adj't Campbell, 48th Miss.; Col. Miller’ 42d Mi**.; Col. Smith, 55th N. C,; Col. Edmondson, -‘18th \ a ; Col. DeSaussour, S. C., repo-ted killed. Col. ^Jonos, 20th (in.; Co!. Thomas, 8ih Ga., wounded.— Col. Jack Brown, 57th Go., shot through both leg* ; Mrtj. Goo, Git ; Col. Konnedy, S. (’ Lieut. Col. Whittle, 88th Va.: Col. Tho*. Griffin, 18th Miss.; Col. Holder, 17th Mi** ; ( ul. McElroy, 18th Miss.; Col. Gantt, 19th Vn., reported wounded, hi* Col. Flegun, 15th Ala., log amputat ed ; Col. Lightfoot, Maj. Culver, Otli Ala., Col. Humphreys, Maj. Blair, 2d Miss., reported missing. Tho writer says the disadvantage of our position at Gettysburg may bo understood by saying that it was deeidoJly worse thun the position of tho hostile forces in I the fir»t buttle <»f Fredericksburg. Our losa lias dwindled down astonish- I Infly from the first reports, j Most of tho wounds aro in the head, j arms und legs. It is reported that Gen. army i* now concentrating near through the lured Flnquemino, with destroyed three largo . : Io.ideJ with vhIuaIm^ IIS , , Dunaldsunville with it- u'urrb •• ' attacked that same day tin. . , ' Thibodeaux, driven him, with jv! is Infantry, at the point ••: ii ,.'i from his strong po.-iiint - !,„,» — ii<1 route! in- ohv... i . him with Lane’s. Ston.* ** }tr .,'| j ; Texas Cavalry, und win n<u* " ^-operate witu us in ,, !ir 1[lt; . .At ‘ a "Forlorn II - leers from the barked in the piepu a the Bay lh.- them at different ir ; • s j •, • i It whs comped, us b,.f„ r of volunteer* from ilieoih T« old regiment). the 21 l.< i:i-i Waller’s Battalion, and 2d r izona Brigade, all iiml.-i • ?, gallant Major Hunter, of tl wns u hazardous mi.--ion i Lih • 12 t. ia ihe*" f-. land at inidiiigbi on tl an alino.-t impenetrablei>wtti) the dawn of day to make tl attempt which treat i soldier’* death a holiday .d Mont expedition ’■ iving left Menton proceeded 1" to arrange for the . t Mouton, with the 7th and 2d Arizona K.-gin Gibbons' Point, on Bu * hooters riiuir p«. ,5th Tex IbUtori" in Berw thei U>ll. r - viilry. V»l' 'amps (winel down the opposite h to keep in cheek (In ready*'MuWb-.oo lu Green fir vide b. which w direction Instant!; tinuall.v fro Dieir gurine whirlwind \ desert. Al of Majors’ i old Stoll ewi ns I; if Mai id inn tel V earning up t* the upper F" riil'n** liri'felr i'"; 1 tin* arrived tit t r c bagged them i licin, ullhougb i Hid a lialf hour-, ifked—lthere • fitly we hear m J, <li-lant sound enemv’s • " f irioii and d looked f i I o.l rn II peuraneb iu the edgv «<•. • a real Te\a* yell. |,e< , with bayuie-t- fixed t nd full at the threatening «i Fort. In twenty muuit. bed the wall*, dispersed i i the tho “lit part*, selling u *nm!i band to tuL, the Fort. Tbo gallant Hunter rusiied on camp- iielow, tlioali’righted encmi ing down their arm* and sum.* indiscriminately, until ho had - whole placo. Gr-'en in tin- meui't ongagqd their gunbout with the Y and Nicfiol* batterio*. and after contested duel of half un hour, i shamefully away. In half an hour Gen*. Taylor, and Green, with their rej.pe. tiv hud their headquartor-Jn But.-; . Cuptured 1800 prisoner* mu -ioned officer#; .rd.ooo.iMi stores, $l,fiUU,QU0 quartcrim tween six and seven tboiisan sixteen guns, seven tle>u*md small arms, nnd <> position o importance to thi* country , tr sippil u - Furl Hud-or, and \ ■ fact the key to Louisiana are This brilliant campaign of (•• hud another great object in vi* of vast importance, vi/,: u di forco th\? enemy to raise the m< Hudson. Ho nov, Ua- hi- vim New i irlefU,* ur t-. al.aiu:..*. t against Fort Hudson Hnd roti r beaten ami demoralized army The captured flags are in chs jor Tom Ochiltree. A. A. Go Gen. Taylor'* Staff, cn route t ii the Mitooa Telegraph. I* NBA It Vbbnon, Mi: Ii 2St, 18*t Mr II u — duct of t at tlio battle of Jac circulation in Geor, dressed Maj. Gen. ^ note upon tlic subje lowing is a reply. n and Sew ard to receive i armistice or for upon- | rag n^iouous i»r peace, or whether ha ] m < nt to toll the Y’aiikoo Government what i wn intended to do in the matter of retal- I intioo for bunuide * executiona al San- duaky, nobody^ knows. It may be with tcatoeiy j *•** ucoci i hough our sya- The Liverpool Po inued toil LrW h 5'* u i h , <,rM l ‘ !r ' , u j ut ' r ~ia»cti Saul and dune a J. T. ofFruiai • tig at i account of the Falti «»th (given in our 'I which say*: "On Fri through the day, an nally than tho pres No fighting U r«*|H»rted on Saturday but lh*G<t.;<'fb say* that on Saturday night Gen. Lee fall back toward- the moun tains. and hold tho pa. e» of the South w« Imvo, in addi- Ispatch, only the jrapliic column), • tlio bittle lasted csultcd more sig* day ■ : i hattauooga. "P rt '' -}•> th.. sto-tmer l Our Moii Fc«i OouSda'a, of"suTCOM. h h „ h “ t J ™-' J '"y «-»• •««» >.« the Mersey. Externally, sue j bo K u “- Gar batteries opened on them fttlly bears out the lak'sh- character that I finely, given her there, being a low. sharp 1 * A , YY.c HR From the l.ouiritna In-mocra*. Our Captures at ItruNliear City. Friday niurning last the courier from below brought cheering and important new . Tho effect on our good people was palpable, and at once every one was imj>i.tie.it for our Extra, giving to the public the account of the glorious vic tim prowess of our arms in YVe are now able to _ i the real particu lars. Gen. Taylor, with Walker's Division, fought the eneinv at A-hland, in North Louisiana, on the 7th ult. Before starting on his expedition ho had dispatched one of his stuff officers to Southwest Louisiana ty keep him ad vised of them ittors in that direction. - Information he received about thi* time determined him t** make tho movement which ha* re.sulte 1 .*<• gloriously to our .»27th. ■ed yc pinpt fo lid ‘feci a defaraor* ofL know* you nnd the gallant and body ot men you command, uni by any in the Confederacy, wil attention to Mich silly report*, personal observation, J take pi bearing witn to the distingui*bo nes* and gallantry of your eornmi that occasion. * so ordered, (for 25,0u6 to 35, ( rt.-d advancing on 5,(««u for duty,/ nd fur fmr or five ./helming numbers th most gallantly accomplished b (ieu, ltragg*N Army at Nbar ChaTTa:.uo July Kill, 1S03. i Editor Enquirer Yly last letter left ua camped at Suwannee, ou the Cumber- laud. That night (Thursday) YY barton came up with us, watered, fed, and rested their hdrses preparatory to the morrow - operation* Friday morning we were aroutod at daylight, for we hnd a long march before ua. During the night our scouts had brought information to Gen. and She lia* c The built apparently first place; her owners, (M«» Captain, i Bullock i an old Cou Ihe third, i- quito sufficient Mu* vigilance with which .-ho ed in the Tees of th' Mor-ey. I bore te lo»d “d MtlU f her name, in the | enemy an vidontly in heavy Heavy infantry ^federate cotton loan was rather the la'er hours ou tho 19th - •perations. The price There i gen'rally was 1 di*. but some parties'call- ed ill di*. to par -L.-tJon tier aid [city V skirmishing going on. The helling the city ; have killed ter- and citizens, hut no gen- imenl yot. Our tr.>op* in ax is; and If the enemy make# a »ck, follow* certain victory, at his post. July 10.—Heavy skirmishing Bio Clinton road. The eno- iny are slowly working around our left. The attack may not be commenced be fore morning, although enemy still prea- In half die. In thi-way and ii lie travelled thr nigh | La., to Alexandria in th paused for tori ; pu.hed i the sad- wneral contiuuc. ainhulan< i Richmond, lays; hardly with relay* of horses; overtook Cn|, Majors, coni- nmiidiiig a brim le of cavalry on tho Alehufalaya, and in*lautly unfolded to him hi- plan- of <• impaign, in which thnt gallant young officer was to play such h con»picuou* part. Major* was to push boldly through tho Grosso Tele, M aran- g»in and Lafouche country to Donald- aonvilje, th. ,.ce t«» Thibodeaux, cut off the railroad and telegraph communica tion, then pusn rapidly to tho Ituniff riv er, in the roar of Bra-near City, and at the fir-t sound of .Mouton'* and Green'* gun-, viaA them at that place. command, including Hoskin Artillery on the Clinton rmrar CapL Robert Martin s Battery *• gia sharp-shooters and Colonel -on’s cavalry on tho Raymond These were the only troop- actri raged, when the i the dii lia.-le, hut with the bornne.-.- of men wl tasteful order, but * by the ooinmandim the miserable owai the scone of operati ing brav j F. U Colquitt «• thought nt [icneral. * who, far aw is, delight in .1 ga.iant nun. very respectfully, \V. Ii. T \V r Ai-K •mmuuding Div