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lost—and bitter death grasping his hair to drag him to the hell in which he had never believed until then ! He felt the mass upon which he clung creep over the fearful eaves, inch by inch, line by line; his feet first went over—the tiles that had sup ported them fell crashing to the stones below. He shrieked then ! At last the monster felt the lawful pangs of bodily fear! The desperado became a coward, and lffiwled" his terrors with shrill cries for help, which became hoarse and terrific as his knees glided into space. He heard a mocking laugh even then —a laugh like his old sneer of malice and triumph. He glanced to wards the platform, to see nothing, for the darkness was almost palpable, but to hear that laugh again. It was Yadak, recovered from the random blows which had prostrated him—la dak, who could see in the dark as well as a cat or a ghoul. Then- a flash of light illumined the platform—Yadak had removed the cannon from the trap and men rushed up with torches. St. John cursed in helpless agony, as he saw Count Mario pointing out his fear ful fate to Allison, Hartly and A mar. He raved as the face of Clara his wife, arose from the trap. But he s w nothing of Rosetta —of his child, of the daughter whose heart he had stolen in the garb of a lover, and crushed with the atrocity of a devil. One movement more and he would be a mass of shattered flesh and bone! and as he plunged over backwards those who watched his fate, saw his old look of scorn and haughty defiance flash from his clear and eagle-like eyes,, a smile of iron derision curl his proud lips. They heard his last shout of daring pride, and then they gazed in awe upon the empty space, and heard with trembling the crash that told, Victor St. John was no more! [TO BK CONCLUDED IN OCB NEXT.} THE FIGHT Tt FHILLIPPI. Correct and Eeliable Details. Col. J, W. Spalding, of this city, who was a participator in the recent fight at Phillippi, gives us the follow ing particulars of that affair. Our forces were posted in the town of Phillippi, and numbered in all about 700 effective fighting men. The com manding officer, Col. Porterfield, hav ing been informed on Sunday by a courageous lady, who rode from Fair mount, in Marion county, through the lines of the enemy at Grafton, and. thence to Phillippi, a distance of 26 miles, that it was the purpose of the enemy to attack us, and knowing his superior force, determined upon retir ing to Beverly, which is distant thirty mile?. Not having .at hand the proper ons were impressed, with a view of at midnight. It is stated that an order-wa» issued for the pickets, outposts and scouts to be in at 11 o’clock, on Sunday night, and this order was obeyed. The bag gage of the respective.,companies was placed, upomtjie wagons,'but for some reason, best known to the command ing officer, the horses were not attached, and they, were left standing in the street. It was in this position of affairs that on the morning of Monday, about daylight, the enemy opened fire upon us from a two-gun battery of 6-pound •Cis, posted upon a crowned point, upon the*opposite shore of the Tygarts’ Val ley River, which successfully com manded the camps of the Clmrchville Cavalry, of Augusta, and the Cavalry of Rockbridge, numbering altogether about 180 men, who were situated on the opposite side of the river. The horses of these corps being un accustomed to the fire of artillery broke from the picket ropes, by which they were tied to the fence, and stam peded in the wildest confusion, dash ing in among the half-formed infantry and filling the streets. It was some time before the confu sion produced by both the fire and stampede was overcome. Meanwhile the enemy upon the opposite side of the river endeavored to foice the pas sage of the bridge with one piece of artillery, which he had held in reserve, but in this movement he was checked by a bold charge of Captain Richards, of the Bath Cavalry, who was sta tioned on the opposite side of the, road., A running fire then ensued, which continued up the main street of the town, the enemy having finally succeeded in crossing .the bridge, and the successive discharges from the troops brought him to a stand during every few rods of his progress. On reaching the curve of the road leading towards Beverly, the foot troops having been formed by their respective officers, the main engage ment took place and terminated in the final fight at Stum's house, a mile and a half from the village. Here the enemy received a check, gave up the chase, and Col. Porterfield made good his retreat to the village of Beverly. The successful termination of the fight, and the warmth of the contest, may be attributed to the wonderful gallantry of the men, rather than to the superintendence of any general officer, and numerous instances might be related of the most determined bravery on the part of individuals. The majority of our men showed ad- j mirable pluck. The IJ. S. soldiers fired at random, though armed with Minnie rifles, which accounts for our small loss. The en emy were about 8,000 strong, though, from the character of the country, tt.... . fL p entire body into action. Through a lady, who has sine® arrived from Beverly, it appeals they acknowledge to 25 killed; but tlje presumption is that there were many more, to say nothing of sixty or seventy wounded, who were rapidly removed from the field. Our own loss, so far as is ascertain ed, are Mr. Hangefy of the Augusta Cavalry, who . was killed near the bridge; Mr. Martin, of Rockbridge, ami Mrw Thomas E. Sims, of Rich mond. The latter indivdual, when last seen was bravely defending him self, near the wagon of the Quarter master, to whom he was an assistant. The first wound he received was from a man who was mounted, but who af terwards met his deserts at the mouth of a musket. His last and mortal wound Mr. S. received while between his wagon and the fence, when he was endeavoring to mount a horse which was near by. He had been up during the entire night, preparing the vouch ers for the horses which had been pressed into service, and were to be paid for. There vouchers were upon his persen, and, with his bpdy, are presumed to have been taken by the enemy. Capt. Richards, of the Bath 'Cav alry, who was reported to be killed, escaped unhurt, and reached Beverly with his corps on Monday. Private L. B. Dangerfield, from the Warm Springs, was not killed, as re ported. He received a severe and painful wound on the left leg. Such W'as the suddenness of the at tack that some of the men had not time to dress. Col. Porterfield is now at Beverly, where it is expected he can success fully maintain his position until rein forced. No doubt is entertained that the Information of the absence of ar tillery in the command of Porterfield was communicated to Gen. McClelland at Grafton, together with the fact that our forces intended to move tbatnight, by resident traitors. _ The chest of the Adam’s Expr«#sj Company was captured by the enbfi&yj butfortunately Quarter-Master had taken the precaution to the money it contained, and the are how safe at Beverly. A number of defective rifles fewn* Harper’s Ferry were, no doubt, also tifken from the jail, but the number ofj arms heretofore.reported as cap tured is greatly exaggerated.—*Jstch mond Dispatch, Jane Bth. BATTLE AT BX2TZXBI. * CHfß*va| North Carolinians. RIgHJJtoD, June 11.—An engage menttwjjcyllace yesterday near Beth • |H|§Hpßp between Newport Nc* * and Ygljktown. Twelve hundred Southern froops, under Col. J. Bank head Mtusrudeiy were intercepted on the around the Church, and assaileiFby . 3*ooo o&jthe who was heavy loss on the enemy’s sidd, r our loss being smajl. The Confederate troops engaged were the First N Carolina Regi ment, the Hathpton, Va., Battalion, and one .company of the Richmond How'Uers. The enemy retreated to wards "Newport News, leaving abjuL 100 of their tqen dead on the road. Richmond,. June 12.—Military af fairs are active turn. Bisd patches and individuals from the bat-* tie of Bethel state our loss to bibud one killed, namely, a soldibr -nahuST Wyatt, from Richmond, and five wounded. That of the enemy isHfnit down at 20 killed, but the suppostti-m is that many of their dead and wound ed were removed from the field. Blood covered their ground in all di rections. One of their officers, Captain War drop, was killed while he was advanc ing upon our entrenchments. He had mounted the fence when Col. Hill, of the North Carolina Regiment, said : “ Boys, there’s your mark ; take'hirn down.” In an instant he fell dead. Another, supposed from his dress to be a field officer, was shot from his horse, but carried off the figld. After these losses there was great confusion aiming the enemy, and they retreated towards Hampton, leaving on the ground a considerable number of have sacks, guns and revolvers. The watch and sword of Captain Wardrop is nffw in Richmond. Our men behaved bravely. Young Wyatt, who was buried this afternoon with military honors, was shot in the centre of the forehead while advancing with four others to attack fifty. The North Carolina Regiment and the Richmond howitzer battalion, about thirteen hundred men, were the only ones engaged on our side. The Louis iana Regiment arrived two hours after the battle. They were very mad be cause they arrived too late. Major Magruder’s forces fell back on Yorktown, expecting an attack from a rough larger force. Five prisoners have been brought here, captured at Fairfax. One is Dr. Richards, of Washington, said to be Lincoln’s physician. The Battle Near Bethel Church. Norfolk, June 11.—The Lincoln ites, 4,500 strpng, yesterday marched up the peninsula and encountered near Bethel Church, eleven miles beyond Hampton,’a portion of the Confederate forces comprising North Carolina and Virginia troops, under command of Major Magruder. The Confederate forces were about 1,500 strong. Th«* eopflif-t was fierce and spirited, THE GEORGIA WEEKLY. though of but short duration. The Lincolnitcs were routed and fled in disorder towards Hampton. Mr. Anderson, of Hampton, who was an eye witness of the affair, esti mates the loss of the Lincolnites at about 800 in killed and a large num ber wounded. The Confederate loss is estimated at seventeen kiTlril anda few wounded. It is believed that Col; the celebrated epijmiupder of the,New York Seventh Regiment was killed by the Hampton Riflemen, while leading tire Zouaves charge. It is said lie was sfiot through the heart. The United States flag at Fortress Monroe is reported at half mast. Further Details of the Battle at Bethel Church. Richmond, June }l2. —ihe news which I telegraphed you yesterday, about the defect of tfie Yankees at Bethel Church, is confirmed in all substantial particulars. It seems that the enemy, forty-five hundred strong, while marching, before oty oft Monday morning, up the peninsula, were en couiWircd at Bethel Church, eleven miles beyond Hampton, by Mstgrujiev, with about fifteen hundred men. * Af ter a spiritod combat of but short du ration, the enemy were defeated and pursued some miles towards- Hamp ton by our victorious troops. Their loss is estimated by Mr. Anderson, of Hampton, an eye-witness, at about three hundred killed. Our loss is re ported to be seventeen killed. Among the killed on the enemy’s side was Col. Geonge Duryea, the former Colonel of the N. Y. 7t|i Regiment. He was in command oPthe New York Zouaves (1200 in number,) who par ticipated in the engagement. When his column reeled and broke under our fire, Duryea .endeavored to rally them. As he advanced towards our trenches, he was shot through the heart. The immediately turneiLand fled in every direction, our troops pursuing 3”them for a short distance, i Three of the Zouaves were made They say tha‘( Gen. Butler Lcommanded in person, und that his Tforce was between 4,50,0 .and 5,000 pnen. They acknowledge.a loss in Ailled of 150, but say thiht only a ' small portion of their force was i brought into action. Col.--Wardrop, U. S. A., was killed, I have seen his sword, (with his name oU it) which has been brought here. Only 600 of our troops were en gaged ; the rest being held back as a reserve. Only one (11. S. Wyatt, of the North Carolina Regiment,) was killed. He was formerly a resident of Richmond. Charles Williams and C. Rogers, of Company A, North Carolina Regiment, were s evfcreh 7 wounded.' Winans’ Steamboat. Every man has a favorite hobby on which he bravely rides when in the humor. The hobby of the million aire of Baltimore, Mr. Winans, is a steamboat of peculiar form, as unlike any steamboat afloat as it is possible for a very imaginative man to imag ine. Take of tobacco as much as all the States can raise in a year, anil roll it into a gigantic cigar, with ends exceedingly tapering, put an enor mous water-wheel around its waist, and then set it on the waters of our .harbor, and you have an idea of the curious craft the man worth $12,000,- k 'OOO, is wasting time, energy and [money upon. The model boat with whiqji Mr. Winans originally aston ished the Baltimoreans, did nst prove so successful as he had anticipated; hut a*he was of those who do not sur render at the first point of attack, he cut his boat in two, added some fifty feet to her length, and started steam. The huge wheel revolved—the craft started, and in the words of an as tonished spectator, “she went down the Patapsco, and over the Chesa peake Bay like the devil.’’ Mr. Wi r.ans is satisfied with his hdfcfey, and to assure the world of anew and ex traordinary invention in naval archi tecture, has contracted for a steamer of the “ cigar-build, that will be six hundred” feet in length, and propor tioned to correspond. With it he proposes to cross the Atlantic in five days of less! Woman’s Carriage. To marry 'bae man while losing and loved by another, is about the most grievous fault a woman can commit. It is a sin against delicacy, kindness and truth. It involves giving that to legal right which is guilty arid Shame ful when given to anything but recip rocal affection. It- invlflves wounding the spirit, withering the heart, perhaps blighting and soiling the soul—-of the one who is abandoned and betrayed. It involves the speedy disenchantment of the one who is mocked by the shadow where he was promised the substance, and who grasps only the phantom, soulless beauty, and the husk, the shell, the skeleton of a dead affection. It entails ceaseless decep tion, at home and abroad, bi and by night, at down sittingauu uprising; deception in the tenderest and most endearing moments of our existence. It makes the whole life a weary, de graded, unrewarded life. A right, minded woman could scarcely lay a deeper sin upon her soul, or one" more certain to bring down a fearful expia tion. For a woman in very -truth, this is a sin against- the Holy Ghost— a sin unto death—a sin which costs a terrible darkness over both worlds. [Some of this might be applied to the sterner sex.j ffitatgia fSrcldtj. WEDNESDAY, JUNJj.d9. * PLEDGE YOUR COTTON. The South holds within herself, a latent strength so potent, that were the powep and resources of the North thrice hs great as they are, Rs giant force could break and bend them as a man crushes the reeds upon which he treads. In this war, but just hcgpa to rage| ' Ctery boll of’cotton will be as useful as a bullet, and every 'bale as formidable as a cannon, against the foe. Scattered y-s this mighty force now is, its vigor and weight would eventually turn the scale of w ar* but collected and concentrated within the power of our government, its might, guided by our clear-minded an*! sagacious Statesmen, would at once become a potency as invincible m the affairs of the nation, as all the waves of the sea, heaped into one, would be wheri'swept upon a harrlef of sand. Already a plan has been conceived and put into partial execution, by which the sinews of the Government arm are doubly strengthened—the plan of subscribing a portion of the cotton crop for proceeds which are to be invested in Confederate bonds. But this merely authorizes the cotton factor to sell the staple, no matter to whom, so a certain price bb realized, and pledges that amount to b&jnvested in Confederate Imnds. iAwe that this will set flowing a str||S|»eOaoney into the exchequer of oot Confeder acy with which to prosecute thfe war. But it admits of two grave objections. First, cotton will soon become more valuable to us than this pledg|d amount of the staple-may be bought ifp who. ‘are the bitter foeffof our govevntrieht dpd people. Jj The proper plan is to pledge, no toy part, hut the whole of the cotton crop to the Confederate Government, re ceiving in exchange its bonds, which draw eight per cent., and not to allow the factor to sell it to any buyer save our own Government. Thus would the Government beqogne sole controller of the cottqn destiny ; thus would it be empowered to make its bonds a legal tender for debts; thus would our Government become of a sinew farWtronger than mere dfdlars and'cents; thus would it hold within its grasp the earthly salva tion of jive millions of the Englisdt people, and two millions ofgFrance,J besides the choice of peace mercy' or retribution, as regards the assailant North; thus would the world know, beyond all doubt, as an insur* mountable fact, that the great South ern people, with its teeming millions, is a unit, irrevocably bound to support our rulers even to the last gasp ; and last, though not least, thus would the people of the North see at W glance that the idea o£*re union is an absurd ity—fit only for the consideration of political maniacs. Therefore we urge this matter upon the immediate attention and effort of our people. Some may fear that a monopoly of cotton would thus be given to our gov ernment; but have we not entire con fidence in the purity and patriotism of our rulers? Neither is it neeessarj' to create this apparent monopoly for a longer term than the present year, du ring which every man of the South should be happy and content if he clears expenses, and holds his own. Therefore let every cotton planter pledge his crop directly to the Confed erate Government, that it mn}' be sus tained, for if it should fail in this struggle what would cotton be worth to the planter ? What would his ne groes be worth ?—ground into tfafi dust, as he would be, by the tyranicak and merciless conquerors of tlfe North. The irhole matter lies within a nut shtrfi, •thus: If the planter takes Con federate tonds drawing eight perWegt. for his ‘crop, ,and the Confederate States.achieve their independence, he will find those bonds far more valua ble than simple cash; and if they do not achieve their independence his property in every shape will 0c seized by the victorious North to pay tire expenses of the war. The shorter the struggle 'theoetter for all, and we know of no better plan by which to end it before next fall than by pledging every bale of cotton of this year’s crop to our Govern ment. The reader, upon examination, will find this plan well entertained by near ly every cotton grower, and we sug gest the expedi icy of an immediate assembly of the cotton planters of this j county to act in the matter at once. I Wo hope some of our pramineht citizens will take the affair in«hand at once, for if general action, ovcrAhe cotton States, could be had before the meeting of the Federal Congress, on the 4th of July, and that actioriYcsult in unanimous effort to support our Gov ernment, as above, we feel confident that the Black Republican Adminis tration wpuld * reroivo its dehtjj blow. GOVERN OBJpROWN. We think public sentiment will agree witli us in terming the above public servant a would-bc public master, and a real old lie-termagant. Perhaps the sources from which our premises are derived, in arriving at this Conclusion, ar* erroneous, and the facts exaggera ted,. yet from daily evidence, by re port and in print, we are forced to be-" lieve that Joe Brown is afraid Joe Bitowirwill be forgotten to be the illus trious Gov. Joe Brown, of Ge-or-gia. Although the hordes of the aboli tionists have invaded our sister States, Virginia, Maryland and Missouri, and the daily cry is for more armed troops and although our State is swarming with brave men, panting for the glori ous privilege of battling the foe, and especially as it is a fact that the arse nals of Georgia are well stocked with arms, Gov. Brown persists in refusing to arm Georgian patriots to fight in the common cause, and thereby is de moralizing and paralyzing the war spirit of this State, which has honored him too much indeed in choosing him as her chief Sftrfvant. As we are credibly informed, whole regiments of volunteers for the war, are disbanding, muttering bitter male dictions upon the narrow minded and selfish policy which drives them to their honms, while the blood of their Virginian countrymen and kindred vengeance. J IHs’Gov. Brown afraid that these J men will not bring back to defend Georgia, should she be invaded ? I Pluck up thy cqOTfige,“'Governor; for our repulse any force the enemy can senifagainst Georgia. If we are doing JoSETH BROWN an injustice, in writing thus Severely, we respectfully ask some of his frjends —if ho has one still loft —tot right, for he seems eagte'ht to be ir retrievably damned, politically jtnd socially speaking, without attempting to explain his position save by a carp ing, splenetic epistle to Col. BA|||qw, in which he shows much- personal that wejhjwli for bitji, • has wolf ’ from liis person of Col. Duryea, of Jtew Yorlqdate Colonel of the ret.rcaletL .regiment. ‘ While, striving to rally his 1,200 rascally, ravishing, ruffianly Zouaves, at' Great Bethel, he was shot dead by a North hurrah for that fellow!” The sword which ths patriotic dames of New York- gave him, to use against the lives of their kindred of the South, is now a trophy of our people. Our soldiers are shooting into the bull's eye—kill the officers, and the rabble will run like scared lizards. Since writing the above, report says it was Col. Wardrop, and not Col. Duryea, who fell. All the better, as. Duryea is a m<?re parlor-soldier, while Wardrop was a true soldier of battle. Maryland. The late victory of the Confeder ates at Great Bethel, has rekindled the Secession spirit in Maryland, and the Federal leaders are in hourly an ticipation of a general and effective rising of her humbled yet bitterly in dignant people. That instant will see the legions of the South pouring into Maryland with a billow of victory .that will sweep the motley cohorts of the Kangaroo from the Federal City, nor cease its Northward career until Mason and Dixon’s Line shall be for ever established as the dividing line of the Northern and Southern Confed- eracies. So mote it be ! ’ Americus Weekly Post. We have just received the fourth number of The Weekly Post, publish ed in Americus, Ga.—A. B. Seals, Editor and proprietor, late editor of the Locmnotive and of the Crusader, of Atlanta. Wfe are glad to again Steak e hands with Mr. Seals, who starve very high both as a gentleman and man of literature. His reputation as a classical scholar has made his name familiar over the South, and ljis spirited editorials, during the late Pres idential canvass, will not be soon for gotten. We wish him all success and a well-filled subscription list. Terms of the Post —s2.oo per annum, in ad vance. ,t MISSOURI AN^pENTUCKY. Missouri is about to act at last. Her Governor, Jackson, has issued his proclamation oLState grievances, in sults and outrages, suffered too long from the.federalists, and has called upon the people of Missouri for fifty thousand volunteers for immediate sertidF, to he nsod in eXpeTling the in vaders from the State. Doubtless the call will be promptly answered, nnd we shall soon hear of hard fightingjn Missouri. Kentucky will soon be Forced to re nounce her would be neutrality,- and will take her place as the fourteenth star in the Southern constellation. We call attention to the notice for election'of Colonel of G. M., for See special notices. We stamp as a lie the report that we have refused to print posters, no tices, &c., for any candidate. Mr. Lines has full charge of the Job Department of our office, "arid is - ready and willing, with ourself, to print anything that may be offered in the shape of placards, posters; tickets, &c. Those who can find nothing bet ter to do than to invent falsehoods to injure the editor or interests of the Georgia Weekly, are fit subjects for the Kangaroo army of invasion— that is if they have pluck enough to fight a raw oyster. ggy The third Company of volun teers from Merriwether held a meet ing in Greenville, last Saturday, for organization and election of officers— a list of officers we give below. 1 The Company adopted the name of the Jackson Blues, in memory of the patriot martyr who slew the Zouave Colonel, Ellsworth. Wm. T. Harris, 'Captain, S. D. Clements, Ist Lieutenant, A. M. Lewis, '2d “ R. S. Parham,® 3d “ The story of Rosetta will be concluded in our next number, and will soon be followed by another"from the pen of the same author titled; The Family Phantom; ok Hor tense, the Ingrate. We arc greatly pleased in being able to state, that the story of Roset ta, the has met with unu su a rap prohat ion, andr we hope to please our readers, far more with The Family Phantom, first chapter of which will be publish ed in the 23d number of the Georgia Weekly. The Semi-Annual Exhibition of the Greenville Masonic Female College will take place on the morning and evening of July 4th. During the morning exercises an oration will be delivered by the President of- the College; Subject—Southern Interests and ' Education. The exhibition will consist of original compositions of the pupils, declamation by classes, and singly, songs and music. The citi zens of thA.. county are respectfully invited to^ottend. We have received a communi cation in answer to one over the signa ture of “Dark Corner,” published last week, but cannot give it place in our columns, as it is against our rules to publish anything without knowing the writer’s name. This -deficiency being supplied we will publish, the communication of “ Merriwetiijir.” Jlgy 3 ’ We are advised that Dr. Leitneu, of the Chalybeate Springs, is successfully engaged in making up a fourth coigpapy of Volunteers Os Merrnveiher, for imniedrafe arid war long service. Another compariy, the fifth, will be upon the tapis very soon, and the sixth is already in contempla tion. We are informed T. Reeves is raising a Company to be ready for service by or before the Ist of September next. Many unable to leave home now, will find a chance here to volunteer. jg@= We have received a handsome letter from John M. DeLacy, at Pen sacola, but have not space for it at present He has our thanks. * gsgy We call the attention of the members of the Jackson Blues, to an order under the head of Special Notices. gQp* The attention of the members of the Inferior Court, of this County, is directed to a notice in our advertis ing columns. ggy Correspondents will confer a favor, by writing upon but one Bide of a sheet, and sending in .their nalne.