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t olonel Heinlzelman S official Report*j sition a short distance in the rear,
I where I hoped to make a stand with a
! section of Arnold’s battery and tLe
: United States cavalry, if I could rally
, a few regiments of infantry. In this I
! utterly failed, and we continued our
Hcadq’tsThird Div'n, Dep’t. N. E. Va. 1
Washington, July 31, 1861. }
To Capt. Jas. B. Fry, Assistant Ad
jutant General
Sir—In obedience to instructions
received on the 20th inst., the division | retreat on the road we had advanced
under my command was under arms, j on in the morning. I sent forward my
in light marching order, with two days’ j staff officers to rally some troops bo-
cooked rations in their haversacks, and ■ vond the Run,but not a company would
commenced the march at half past two i form. I stopped tack a few moments
A. M. on the 21st., the brigade of 1 at the hospital to see what arrange
Colonel Franklin leading, followed by
those of Colonels Wilcox and Howard.
At Centreville we found the road fdled
with troops, and were detained three
hours to allow the divisions of General
Tyler and Colonel Hunter to pass. 1
followed with my division immediately
in the rear of the latter. Between two
and three miles beyond Centreville we
left the Warrenton turnpike, turning
into a country road on the right. Capt.
Wright accompanied the head of Col.
Hunter's column, with directions to
stop at a road which turned into the
lelt to a ford across Bull Run, about
half way between the point where we
turned off from the turnpike and Smi
ley's Springs, at which latter point
Colonel Hunter’s division was to cross.
No such road was lound to exist, and
about eleven A. M. we found ourse’ves
at Smiley’s Springs, about ten miles
from Centreville, with one brigade of
Colonel Hunter’s division still on our
side of the Run. Before reaching this
point the battle had commenced. We
could see the smoke rising on our left
from two points, a mile or more apart.
The clouds of dust were seen,showing
the advance of troops from the direction
of Manassas. At Sudley’s Springs,
whilst waiting the passage of the troops
of the division in our front, I ordered
forward the First brigade, to fill tliei
canteens. Before this was aceom
plished, the leading regiments of Col.
Hunter’s division iccame engaged.—
General McDowell, who, accompanied
by his staff, haJ passed ns a short time
before, sent back Captain Wright, ol
the engineers, and Major McDowell,
one ot his aids, with orders to send
forward two regiments to pievent the
enemy from outflanking ihem. Capt.
Wright led forward the Minnesota reg
iment to the left of the road, whieh
crossed the Run at this point. Major
McDowell led the Eleventh Massa
chusetts up the road. I accompanied
this regiment, leaving orders for the
remainder ot the division to follow, with
rhe exception of Arnold's battery,
which, supported by the First Michi
gan, was posted a little below the cross
ing of the Run as a reserve. At a little
more than a mile from the ford we
came upon the battle-field. Rickett s
battery was posted on a hill to the
right of Hunter’s division and to the
light of the road. After firing some
twenty minutes at a battery of the ene
my, placed just beyond the rrest of a
hill, on their entrance left, the distance
being considered too gieat, it was
moved forward to within about 1,000
leet of the enemy’s battery. Here the
battery was exposed to a heavy fire ol
musketry, which soon disabled it.—
Franklin’s brigade was posted on the
right of a woods, near the centre of our
line and on ground rising towards the
enemy’s position. In the meantime 1
sent orders for the Zouaves to move
forward to support Rickett’s bittery on
its right. As soon as they came up 1
led them forward against the Alabama
regiment, partly concealed in a clump
of small pines in ar. old field. At tin-
fust fire they broke i-nd the greater
portion of them fled to the rear, keep
ing up a desultory firing over the heads
of their comrades in fiont; at the same
moment they were charged by a com
pany ot secession cavalry on their real,
who came by a road through two strips
of woods on our extreme right. The
fire Zoua es killed four and wounded
oi.e, dispersing them. The discomfit
ure of this cavalty was completed by a
fire from C.iplain Cullom’s company ol
United States cavalry, whieh killed and
wounded several men. Col. Farnham,
with some of his officers and men, be
haved gallantly, hut the regiment ol
Zouaves, as a regiment, did not appeal
again on the field. Many of the men
joined oilier regiments and did good
service as skirmishers. I then led up
the Minnesota regiment, which was
also repulsed, but retired in tolerabli
good order. It did good service in th*
woods on our right flank, and was
among the last to retire, moving ofl th<
field with the Third United Slates in
fantry. Next was letl forward the First
Michigan, which was also repulsed, ano
retired in considerable confusion. They
were rallied and helped to hold tin
woods on our right. The Brooklyn
Fourteenth then appeared on tin-
ground, coming forward in gallant
style. I led them forward to the left,
where the Alabama regiment had been
posted in the early pait of the action,
but had now disappeared, but soon
came in sight of the line of the enemy
drawn up beyond the clump of trees
Soon after the firing commenced tin
legiment broke and ran. I considered
it useless to attempt to rally them —
The want of discipline in these regi
incuts was so great that the most of the
rnen would run from fifty to several
hundred yards to the rear, and continue
• to fire—fortunately for the braver one.-
—very high in the air, and compelling
those in front to retreat. During this
time Reickell’s battery had been taken
and retaken ihree times by us, but was
finally lost—most of the horses having
been killed —Captain Reickell being
wounded, and First Lieut. D. Ramsay
killed. Lieut. Ferby behaved very
gallantly, and succeeded in carrying
ofl one caisson. Before this time heavy
reinforcements of the enemy were dis
tinctly seen approaching by two roads,
extending and outflanking us mi the
right. Col. Stewart’s brigade came or.
the field at .his time, having be;n tie
tained by the General as a reserve ai
the point when we leit the turnpike.—
It took post on a hill on our rig it and
rear, and for some time gallantly held
the enemy in check. I had out com
pany of cavnlry attacked to my divis
ion, which was joined during the en
gagement by the cavalry of Colonel
Stanton’s division. Major Palmer,
• who commanded them, was anxious
to engage the enemy. The ground
being unfavorable, I ordered them back
out of range of fire. Finding it im
possible to rally any of the regi nents,
we commenced our retrett about half
past four P. M. Thtfe was a fine po
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
Where Will the End Be! *
The Victims of the Despot.
In the long list of atrocities perpe
and raiment for youi loved ones?—
Think seriously about this. Look at
the taxes which this damnable war is
piling upon your shoulders—count the
figures—mark the plunderers who have j of the Black Republican sheets of the j on the liberties, fortunes
„i 1 *i ■- .i •- - -i whole North, discloses such a depth of j the Southern 1 *'
The following, from the New York ; trated by the Lincoln Government, in
Times, one of the most venal and vile the bloody war wlii .h it is waging up
of which is only eight feet from the j SOUTHERN R ANNER
floor. Our bedsteads are four highly Ilia III! DiVl\ it Liiv.
ments could be made to save the
wounded. The few ambulances that
were there were filled, and started to
the rear. The church which was used
as a hospital, with the wounded and
some of the surgeons, soon after fell
into the hands ot the secess ; on cavalry,
that followed us closely. A company
of cavalry crossed the rear and seized
an ambulance lull of wounded. Capt.
Arnold gave them a couple of rounds
of “canister” from his section of artil
lery, which sent them scampering away
and kept them at a respectable distance
during the r» mainder of our retreat.—
At this point most of the stragglers
were in advance of us. Having every
reason to fear a vigorous pursuit from
the enemy’s fresh troops, I was desirous
ot terming a strong rear guard, but
neither the efforts ol the officers of the
regular army, nor the coolness of the
regular troops with me, could induce
them to form a single company. We
relied entirely for our protection on one
section of artillery and a few companies
of cavalry. Most of the road was fa
ta table for inlautry, but unfavorable
for cavalry and artillery. About dusk,
as we approached the Warrenton turn
pike, we heard a firing of rifled cannon
on our right, and learned that the en
emy had established a battery enfilad
ing the load. Captain Arnold, with
his section of artillery attempted to run
the gauntlet and reached the bridge
over Cub run, about two miles from
Centreville, but found it obstructed
with broken vel icles, and were com
pelled to abandon his pieces as they
were f under t; e fire of these rifled can
non. The cavalry turned to the left,
and after passing through a strip of
woods and some fields, struck a road
which led them to some camps occu
pied by our troops in the morning,
through which we regained ihe turn
pike. At about eight P. M., we reached
the camps we had occupied in the
morning. Had a brigade from the re
serve advanced a short distance beyond
Centreville near one-third of the artil
lery lost might have been saved, as it
was abandoned at or near this crossing.
Such a rout I never witnessed before
No efforts could induce a single regi
ment lo form after the retreat had com
menced.
Our artillery was served admirably
and did much execution. Some of the
volunteer regiments behaved veiy well,
and much excuse can be made for
tho. r e who fled, as few of the enemy
could at any time be seen. Raw troops
cannot be expected to stand long
against an unseen enemy. I havt
been unable to obtain any report from
the Zouaves, as Col. Farnham is still
at hospital. Since the retreat more
than three-fourths of the Zouaves have
disappeared.
I beg leave to express my obliga
tions to the officers of my staff, viz:
Capt. H. S. Wright, Lieutenant E. S.
W. Snyder, Lieutenant F. N. Farquhar,
of the Engineers; Capt. Chauncery
McKeever, Assistant Adjutant Gener
al; Lieutenant J. J. Sweet, of the
Second cavalry, and Lieutenant J. D.
Fairbanks, of the First Michigan, for
ihe able and fearless performance ot
heir duties, and to recommend them
to your favorable consideration.
Very respectfully,
S. P. IIEIM'ZELMAN,
Colonel of the Seventeenth infantry,
commanding the First division.
plunged their arms to their pits in the
public treasury, while our soldiers
starve and go almost naked—count the
cost, if you know hotv4o do sums in
simple addition—and then answer, how
long do you expect to stand it? Wiil
it pay ?
Poor men—you who depend upon
your daily labor for your support, God
help you! We feel for you, because
we are one of you. Where do we find
our dollar a day now, unless we enlist
r:s officers for this plundeting war?—
Where shall we find our shilling a day
if it continues six months longer, when
the frosts and snows of another winter
fall around us and our families?
In this city, not a flay has passed for
the last week but what the family of
the writer of this article has been called
upon to give bread to famishing child
ren—on two occasions to honest ap
pearing grown men, out of work and
without a cent. They would be glad to
labor, but they cannot find a chance in
the present general stagnation. Where
are our charitable associations? Let
them arouse themselves—nay, even
now at mid summer, when poverty
never before asked alms in Concord.
I his crying shame—one of the results
of this Devi! s wat—has got to be met.
The money which has been contributed
for tracts which they wiil never read—
the liberal contributions which have
been made under clothing, for have-
locks, for lint which cowardly runaway
sugeons didn’t stop to use at Centre
ville—all these contributions must soon
be made over and over again, ten
times and ten times, for the benefit of
oui own suffeiing poor. Again, we
say, God help them, for our city and
town authorities don’t do it. Already
the alms houses are not large enough.
Suppressing Despatches—Lord Lyons
Demands his Passports.
W e take the following curious story
from the St. Louis Bulletin :
We have been permitted to make
the following extracts from a letter re
ceived in this city a lew days since.—
We regard it as entirely reliable :
Washington, Aug., 3,1S61.
* * Among the ondits circu
lated in this city, is one of much im
portance as showing the wisdom of our
Premier in his conduct of foreign rela
tions.
It appears that the day of the battle
of Manassas was that fixed for the sail
ing of the Cunard steamer. The news
at first received was so much in favor
of the Federalists that certain northern
men raised $1,500 to pay the expenses ! dying from starvation,
of detaining the boat till Monday, and
telegraphed the
.. posts, on which are two beds, one over; j UBJe . A . g|cd B e, ~ J 7...
- j- S lhe otl,er » which, with two small or sin- j Anderson w. Reese, j Ed,lor *‘
oniMives of 1 K<e bedsteads, tcoommodate the party l
of six ; we have straw ticks, and are,
This I ile War.
give the following from
misery as has not been known in the
modern histories of “war, pestilence,
and famine,” anil requires but one step j
furthei to parallel the acts at the siege
of Jerusalem.
There can be no mistake in this—it |
is the bare truth ; for we claim that “he
is a good witness who testifies against
himself.”
Read it, people of the South, and
render thanks to that beneficient Being
who has filled our land with plenty, to
overflowing.
We do not war with women and
children, and would willingly and gind-
ly give from our abundance enough to
relieve the wants of those whose cry of
misery is borne upwards to the Father
of all—aye, even if they were “regis
tered as wives and little ones” of those
who have met us with the bnt'le cry
of, “booty and beauty !” We have
armor o courage to defend ourselves
against those who call themselves men
—but we have no armor to shield us
from (he attacks of distress, or the cries
of starving and perishing women and
children:
Death in (he Mayor's Office.—The
horrors of the present war and the un
told sufferings growing out of it, were
fearfully demonstrated yesterday in the
Mayor’s office.
Among the hundreds of soldiers’
wives and others who daily apply for
relief or information at that office, a
woman, yesterday, of unusually re
spectable appearance, though haggard
from evident want, called in relcrence
to a refusal on the pait of the Commit
tee of her district or ward, to pay the
little stipend her ticket called for.—
They had for some reason—her hus
band’s regiment not having yet left for
me oimiuerii people, there is none i — — > , - , ,, -
more sickening, none that calls louder i comparatively- speaking, comfortable
tor nngeance, dire and sudden, than
the wantm and unprovoked barbarities
inflicted upon the Baltimore Police
Commissioners. These gentlemen,
whose only offence consisted in their
refusal !o abdicate their office in favor
of the Y ankee General Banks, then in
military command of Baltimore, were
awakened from their beds at midnight,
and, amid the tears and remonstrances
of their families, were hurried ofl, with
out even a show of trial, to the dun
geon? of Fort McHenry. Thence, by
an act of despotism unparalleled on
this continent, they were transferred to
an isolated fortress in the harbor of
New York. Of their treatment there
let the following letters speak :
Fort Lafayette, Aug. 6, 1861.
My Dear Wife: I wrote to you on
the 31st July and the day following,
but both letters have been suppressed
by the authorities, I suppose, and can
not have reached you.
We are closely confined in a
strong prison, denied all intercourse
with any human being outside, are not
permitted to write or to receive news
papers, and are under strict prison dis
cipline, guarded night and day by sol
diers, and treated exactly as felons in
the penitentiary, except that we are
not yet required to woik. Our prison
is a massive, gloomy building, forming
a hollow square, and covers the whole
island on which it is built. Seven of
us are confined in one casemate, and
sleep upon straw beds without pillows,
and with but one blanket. We drink
wretched coffee, which" is composed of
parched beans, or some other vile in
gredient, from tin cups. Four ounces
of bread at each meal, and the fattest
Washington, as is understood was the j pork, which we cannot touch, and
case—turned the cold shoulder upon
We give the following from the
Concord (N.II.) Standard of the 3d, as
'he article which caused the paper to
be mobbed.
Men of New England! It is a war
waged against your interests, youi
pockets, your future prosperity; the
welfare of your familes, the future ol
your wives and little children. The
ad loss of life at Bull Run—nay the
liousands of brave hearts which are
yet to be sacrificed, if Black Republi
can demagogues and treasury plunder
its are permitted to carry out theii
programme of blood—are but as a
feather in the balance when weighei
against the demoralization, the prostra
'ion, the crushing destruction, which
this internal war will surely bring upon
every New England home. Fathers!
God protect your dear wives and help
less children who will have to suffei
most from this infamous, fratricidal
war.
Rich men—those who arc reputed to
he such. Where is your fancied wealth?
What is your real estate worth to-day?
Where can you find a purchaser for it,
.it anything lik cost? YVhe:e can you
find one at any price? Will your in
comes pay insurance and taxes, if this
miserable war continues until next
May ?
Men of moderate means. Where i>
youi income to day? What store keep
er in Concord has made enough for the
past fortneight to pay his business ex
penses, to say nothing of those of his
family? Have your profits paid the
grocer, the butcher, the baker? If they
have, then the deserted streets of this
city, for the past fourteen days, have
lied, and yet you have only begun to
get a peep at the beginning of the end.
If this cursed nigger war continues
another twelve months, grass will grow
in Main Street. Even the government
tax gatherers will not be able to tread
it down, for by that time, may be, you
will have ceased to be able to pay their
demands, and their occupation will be
gone.
You must then repudiate, willing, or
unwilling. Mechanics! You like to
read about the war, perhaps in the un
rehable sensation city press. You
would have rejoiced over a different
result a Bull Run—exulted at a suc
cessful Northern forward march to
Richmond. But reflect a moment se
riously—reflect/ Would that have
done more than gratify your sectional
pr’.de,or political animosity? Would it
hive tended to revive your crippled
business? Would it have ensured to
you better wages tor the coming fall
and winter, luel for your firesides, food
arrangement to this
city. When the tide of battle turned,
and it became evident that the ‘For
ward to Richmond’ meant ‘Back to the
Potomac,’ an imperative message was
sent by the authorities here, to send
the steamer ofl immediately. She sail
ed, therefore, without any news.
The British Consul at New Y'ork
immediately telegraphed this fact to
Lord Lyons, who, in turn, despatched
to Halifax to detain the steamer at that
point until his despatches should arrive
there.
When he had received correct in
formation regaidingthe battle, be took
a despatch to the telegraph office, and
supposed that it would be sent imme-
d stely. Something occuring to arouse
his suspicions; he, accompanied by bis
Secretary, drove to the telegraph office
nd requested that his despatches
should be repeated frt ra Halifax.—
This forced the operator to acknowledge
that they had not been forwarded.—
‘By whose orders are my despatches
suppressed?’ ‘By those of Secretary
Seward,’ was the reply. The British
representative drove immediately to the
State Department, and inquired of the
Premier if such orders had been given.
He replied in the affirmative. ‘My
passports!’ was the stern demand of
England. Seward hesitated. A Cab-
ii et consultation was held. The de
spatches were sent, and Lord Lyons
reluctantly withdrew his demand, but
informed the astonished Cabinet that
he would refer the matter to his Gov
ernment. H
her and refused all relief. She stated
her case simply, hut earnestly. Her j
landlord was about to eject her for non- i
payment of two or three dollars rent ol |
a room. She had locked two small
children in her apartments and lelt
them actually crying for bread—the
third and sick one, some two years ot
age, she had borne to the residence of
the committee man, where she was
denied relief, and trom thence to the
Mayor’s office. Here, she pleaded in
tones ot eloquence which hunger alone
could give utterance to. With anxious
eyes steadily fixed upon her, evidently,
fast sinking child, and while she was
yet speaking and inquiring what she
could do, the spirit ot the child took
its flight to a better world, literally
It was a pain
fully sad and sickening sight, and could
any man of feeling have witnessed the
terrible agonies of that mother, and the
cold, lifeless foint of that child—fol
lowed her trembling steps out ot the
hall, with a dead babe in her arms,
wending her way to other starving, per
haps dying, ones at home—surely they
would have offered up urgent and sin
cere prayers for peace, instead of the
savage cry for war and blood. Jlml
this is but one off ten thousand cates with
which our city abounds. It is scarce
ly necessary to say that the immediate
wants of the poor woman referred to
were provided for.
The italics are our own.
some putrid beef, are served up. Our
money was all taken from us imme
diately on our arrival, and we were ve
ry coolly told that tvq could only have
it as our jailors choose to allow it to
us. We are not permitted to keep pen,
ink or paper, for tear our wretched sit
uation should be made known to our
friends.
I had to resort to stratagem to write
this, and will endeavor to send it se
cretly. We ate in total darkness as
regards what we are held for, or how
long we will be imprisoned ; but we
all conclude that we will not be releas
ed until peace is declared, and perhaps
not then. I am as wretched as any
human being can be, but only on your
account. Surely some one will come
enough in this particular. The room
has three small windows in walls four
feet • thick, the ventilation through
these being from the sea, is quite fresh,
making amends for the lownes3 ot the
ceiling, but it is unpleasant to be re
minded of our captivity by every pass
ing vessel or pleasure boa', glimpses of
which we catch through the peep
holes. Messrs. Howard, Gatchell, Da
vis, Alvy, Lyon and Smith, occupy a
room similar to ours, and enjoy pre
cisely the same privileges and miseries
that we do. They take their meals
from a sergeant in the garrison, who
supplies them with two each day for
$7 a week, which is exorbitant tor
what they receive. Ham and eggs for
breakfast, and eggs and ham for din
ner. They invited me to join them,
but I declined because of the inability
of my messmates to do so. Their ra
tions, however, are dainty when com
pared to ours, which are—Breakfast:
fat pork, no lean, four ounces of bread,
and a tea cup of dark liqued called cof-
fee. Dinner: four ounces of bread,
one cup of pork soup, three ounces
overboiled, lean, indigestible beef, and
as much tepid water as we choose.—
The above bill of fare is invariable, and
I have no doubt you will call it luxu
ries. Any little things, which migh^
contribute to our comfort, are denied
us. Newspapers of all kinds not .al
lowed, ami the rules absolutely pro
scribe ail kinds of liquors. A case
ot wines brought by the Commissioners
was taken away from them. We have
kind friends near. Some of them, it
11 appears, sent us a sealed bag of veget
ables the other day, and they were not
delivered us, contrary to the statement
when we arrived, that we could procure
food from abroad. This dispels the
Itope of getting things from New York,
though, indeed, to do so at any rate,
would be attended with such difficul
ties, that it may as well be denied. 1
know that if cur friends in New Y’ork
and Brooklyn had been allowed the
privilege of sending, we should have
had an abundant supply ol everything
before this. Only imagine hmv much
more intolerable our life must be here,
than in Fort McHenry. On a
island, ten miles distant from the city,
within our gloomy prison walls, in the
centre ot a harbor—friends, rc.atives,
acquaintances, and even our counsel
not allowed to visit us—not allowed
even the privilege of getting or seeing
the daily papers in this metropolis of
this, our boasted land of free men, free
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST -8, 18Cl.
Oil J
3©" See General Orders No 13, from
the Adjutant General’s Office.
Also, Orders No. 2. of Major-General
Hammond.
Public meeting.
The people of Clarke county, irre
spective of party, are requested to meet
at-the Town Hall in Athens, on
THURSDAY, THE 29’1’H INST.,
for the purpose of sending delegates to
the People’s Convention, which assem
bles in Milledgeville on the 11th of
September, to nominate a suitable man
for Governor of Georgia, and Electors
for President of the Confederate States.
MANY VOTERS.
Appoinlmeuts.
The Rev. T. B. Ilarben, will address the
people at
jeffe'son.Jnckson Co. on .Monday Sept. 2d,
At Gillsrille,Tuesday “ 3d,
At Polksville Wednesday “ 4th.
At Homer, Thursday “ 5th,
Subject, the war and its necessities. All
are invited, and ladies especially.
"J j folds Of the flag of the brave and the Brown. It is well known that wo were
The New Y’ork Daily News, of a late
date, referring to the poorer classes in
connection with the present war, intro
duces the following remarks:
The man who witnesses the winter
of 1S61-62 in this and other Northern
cities, will have need for a heart of
marble and a face of brass to resist the
emotions of pity and hotror which must
toy our aid. loti have fnends, or , , .. , , - ,
■ i , . i . i » l speech and a tree press, and under the
those who have prolessed to be so for I _ a f. L _ \ , lL _
many years. Think of me as one th
is dead and utterly useless to you, and
act accordingly. I have not the slight
est hope at present of ever seeing you
again. My confinement, and the suffer
ing occasioned by a confined recur
rence to the hopelessness of toy con
dition, together with the wretched diet
set before me, must speedily terminate
a life which, in the course of Nature,
would soon have ceased under better
circumstances. I trust, my dear, kind,
affectionate wife, you will not become
discouraged, but trust to your boys,
who are affectionate, and who will, I
leel assured, prove a blessing to you
nnd your dear little ones. May God
bless their endeavors, and make them
ornaments to society.
O! how 1 long to see you a'l. I
dream of you sometimes, and always
feel relieved when I can commune with
you even in my restless slumbers. I
shall never forget the sweet laugh of
my dear little boy, when I last saw him
at Fort McHenry. What a relief it
would be if I could have your likeness-
Who Shall be our Next Governor t
This question is suggested by a c»lj
through the newspapers of a Convention of
the people, irrespective of party, for the
purpose of nominating a suitable man, and
also by a recent letter from Gov. Brown,
which we publish this morning. Gov.
Brown takes position against a convention,
small | arld expresses his willingness to serve a
third term.
VYo have heretofore retrained from any
discussion of the subject, because wo did
not desire to contribute anything to aronse
party feeling, which some of our cotempo
raries have seemed disposed to provoke.—
But the question must be met, and there is
now but little time left to consider it in.
First, in reference to a third te.-m for Gov.
The Tankee Blockade
We confess at times, at bein» ,a
annoyed at hating the question p,’ '*
lo us, do you not think England will y -
£ j
iron, and wood workers. t 0 „ ur f 1
who sew, to all, wo * av
blockade may last until th« 70 C( er>W *
every dollar earned at tf, e
being paid North; until u, e lh " * lo W|j
North for machinery of all kind s'*^,
pins,biscuit rollers.combs for negroes h.“
and sausage stuffing machines, » rs , „
home to feed, clothe and make ' ^
working men of the Scuth.
With a territory six times as J,..,
bn E land, Scotland and Ireland com!; '
h a people, climate, soil and rei,
unsurpassed, to dream »h«w. „" J'
and prosper-away with such del,,;. '
come f ro m the North, our teach,.
hay, cheese, butter, brooms ' ?l! i
picks and shoe peg.-. Th„ ; "l
own people ol an immense « Pr J"" 1
and fed and made rich „ ur ^
only bend of union to »
plunder and keep pnnr th , - b *>
thousands of our honest, n3l i»e’ l epr ' ri '
and women of employment ^
The despotism of King,’ *«,*»*.
n.sts from the.r f allier hnd< aoJ *
America W.th tbe best blood ofthc old *
(we have no reference to the May FIs,
God is a true God, and when a profen,
religions people give Him up, He f, r>1|
them; and ho overrules the igno;* w ,
and arrogancy as well as the winb,['
North, not only for His own glory, I,,,
good. Yankee into'erar.ce, interned,;
and lyrany forced us out oi the l'
Yankee blockades will work to uurp-a^
ity.
We like the blockade; it has girem-
petus and onward march to the So:;
has aroused our energy, and re»i» ( -
sources of wealth and happiness to *
boring classes; it protect, and encoel
home interests; and it will keep our J
at home, making us independent u ’
the world. What say you ship bo'
shall timber go North lo lie convert
ships? Manufacturer, will you sends
North lo be wove and spun? Jf #c
give you a chance, and are you non.
furnish doors, sash, blinds, and umui
bngraver »nd mason, can you not;-
work Yankee land has been supply
with! Southern girl oan you not tu J
fied to teach, give manners and anti-
to our children! Then let us all bt
ourselves and irealih and prosper,
happiness will be ours.
A shoit time since, Gov. Bros;
making efforts to buy, and •hipcnmmil
the North. AW our own mechanic!a:,
ing employment and Richmond, \aih
Charleston Koine and New Oitoi
siting them - Guns are now made
Carolina, swords are
free. Y’es, that banner which we are
told in song “makes tyranny tremble,”
floats over us, while we feel the fond
embrace of tyranny and the heel of op
pression ; while we are denied the com
forts and almost the necessaries of life
—for which we arc willing to pay—
and are subjected to barbarous priva
tions, while our oppressors arc unable
to confront us'Avith any charge, more
than suspicion of being disloyal. Thus
we are denied every process of law
and shut out from the world, in this
Bastilc. Verily, “in the midst of II e
we are in death.”
By the scraps on which I write this,
you will see what stratagems I have
been put to, but I trust by the aid of
the numbers affixed, you will be able
to decipher them.
among his warmest supporters in the two
campaigns which resulted in his election ;
and we accord to him full credit for the able
and faithful manner in which he has dis
charge-1 ihe duties of his office. While we
entertain these feelings towards him, we
do not think he ought to be a candidate for
the good and sufficient reason, if there were
no other, that he has actively participated
in all the recent parly struggles in the State,
and could not, therefore, unite all the ele-
The Battle in Missouri—Gen. M'Cnl-
loch’s Official Dispatch.
The following is the official dispatch
of Gen. Ben McCulloch, annonneing
crowd upon him in beholding the fear- j cs ‘ longer and mote con-
will present themselves, i ,ente ^ -X * . lao '* iem by me. You
beggared people, strug- cannot imagine, unless you had expe-
ruction and exhorbitant f' t ' nc . e ‘ l same restrain., what a so
lace it would be in tny wretched, hope-
cie; depressed in business; injured 1
j esl; ruled hy a mob; no credit abnw;;
j graced in the eyos of the world; forn'w|
, , , God, He has given them up, anJ 1
the late brilliant victory gained by the su< ’ c ‘ ssor - Ind « d . if >t should turn out j , in/fer out her lime , r „ , fce j tB
that the Convention to meet on the 11th ol -
From the Washington Star, Aug. 5th.
The Bebcl Prisoners at Washington
There are now sixty-five prisoners
onftned in the old brick Capitol build
ing, corner of A north and First street
east, under a guard of soldiers who
patioll the side walk around the build
ing. The lower windows have been
closed with boards nearly to the top,
leaving only sufficient space lor light
and ventilation, and several smaller
buildings in the rear are surrounded by
^ tight board fence twelve feet high,
enclosing quite a space of ground for
u yard. In this, and the outer build
ings, Potomac water has bten intro
duced, and every thing rendered as com
fortable as and as pleasant as the cir
cumstances will permit. The prisoners
are cheerful and quiet, though some
are extiemely bitter in their denuncia
tions of the Yankee government. Oc
casionally passing soldiers, who hap
pen to be intoxicated, address them in
rather uncomplimentary terms, and
with expressions which render their
seclusion, for the time being, remarka
bly agreeable to themselves. Some
times soldiers go further, and when the
back of the sentry is toward them, toss
a brick at the first head which appears
at the window. Not long since a Fire
Zouave, who had several times invited
them out to ‘get licked,’ i:: passing by
the dining room, tossed a brick over
into the room, with the intention ot
‘spiling’ some of them white at dinner,
but they had luckily just lelt the table,
and no damage was done. Many have
been furnished with civilians’ dress by-
friends in the city, together with many
of the luxuries of home. Their quar
ters are quite spaciou3,and can accom
modate a large number.
Change oj Regiments.—The 12th
Georgia Regiment, Col. Thomas, has
been changed to the 15th Georgia Reg
iment, by which title it will hereafter be
known. Persons having friends in
Col. Thomas’ Regiment with whom
they wish to correspond, will change
their addresses accordingly.
ful scones that will present themselves.
A ruined and
gling with destruction
taxation at home, and contending with
expensive and bootless war abroad, has
been described by history unhappily
again and again; but the terrible spec
tacle is now apparently to be produced
here, with illustrations of unusual poig
nancy and effectiveness.
The inability to pay rents in summer
foreshadows a terrible condition of af
fairs when cold wealher shall come
upon us. What must be the state of
things n November or February if this
is what we are to contemplate in Au
gust? It would l e easy, doubtless,
for landlords, to evict tenants and re-
let their premises, but would the next
comers be likely to do better? The
tact is, the war is ruining New York.
It is the North and not the South that
is suffering the effects of the present
hostilities, as every clear sighted finan
cier and statesman predicted, from
the beginning, would be the case. It
is we who are blockaded—not the
Cotton States. There is but little suf
fering, comparatively speaking, i n
Charleston, Savannah, or New Orleans;
but there is a tearful amount ot it in
New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
The industry of the South is not par
alysed. The negro still goes to the
cotton and rice or sugar field, as he
did before the w ar, and returns to dance
before bis cabin at sun down, but out
Northern mechanic, business mr.n, or
laborer—how does the war effect him?
How does the capitalist of whom the
New York coirespondcnt of the Phila
delphia Journal tells, whose August
rental roll in this city has shrunk from
three thousand dollars and upwards to
a pitiful ninty-six dollars, like the ef
fect ot the war? W’e predict he will
soon be a peace man,if he be not already-
converted; and that he will agree; as
the whole continuity—contractors and
eppaulette wearers excepted—will, ere
long with the peace organ, the New
York Daily News, that this war ought
to come to an end.
less condition, to have them by me.—
Although 1 have six others with me,
who are nil young men, I feel like one
alone. 1 cannot enter into any of their
amusements, and we have no books
that I can read, except Childe Harold.
It will be useless to answer this, as
the letter would be examined and not
sent to me, and you cannot possibly
send one privately. \Yc mett Messrs.
Howard and Gatchell, and the ether
prisoners, in the yard twice a day, and
are permitted to walk together an hour
morning and evening. Farewell, my
ever dear, dear wife. Kiss my dear
little ones fc-r me, and do not forget to
speak of their father as often as you
can.
A Mexican woman named
Dolores Orosgo died at the gaming
table in Ranchita, near Matainoros, a
few weeks since. Site has followed
gambling for twenty years, and her ca
reer was successful. Many incidents
are related of her personal courage in
mastering the bullies of ttic card table.
—Galveston Civilian.
‘•Can’t we make your lover jea’ous,
miss 1 “Oh l ye* air, I think wo cau,
if we put onr heads together /”
Tub Bastilf. Fort Lafayktt*, \
New York Harbor, Aug. 7, 1661. j
My Dear J.: If you have received
no ward from me before this,you must
have divined the reason. 1 wrote you
twice since my arrival here, but I have
reason to know the letters did not
reach you ; but this will, despite the
vigilance of our keepers.
On arriving here we were required
to surrender all the money and blank-
paper on our persons, at the same time
being informed, that by applying to the
commanding officer, we would be fur
nished with writing materials, but that
all our letters would b: examined by
him, and if found to contain nothii g
objectionable, would he forwarde 1 to
their destination, and that our money
would be subject to our checks, but we
must account satisfactorily for its dis
position, before we should receive any.
So strict is the rule respecting paper,
that wc are required to account for ev
ery inch, and to deliver it up at night,
be it Hank or half written, ar.d it is re
turned us in the morning to finish our
letters which wc write, in the vain hope
of their being despatched. 1 wrote
you long enough since to have your
answer, therefore I presume this will
be the first if not the only one you will
receive. This fortification rises within
twenty feet of the water on all sides
and is about sixty feet in height, lorm-
ing a hollow square, in which is a grass
plat thiity feet actoss. This we are
allowed to trample for two houis each
day; at first we found it agreeable, but
we tired of its monotony, and the weak
ness of our limbs, induced by confine
ment and inferior diet, make us turn
from the exercise and seek repose.—
Our room is eighteen by twenty-four,
with a vaulted roof, the highest point
| troops under his command in the neigh
borhood of Springfield, Mo.:
Mi-ri.ngfiei.d. Mo., via I.itti.i I
Rock, Ark., August 13, 1861. j
Hon. L. P. Walker: The battle of
Oakhill has been fought, and we have
gained a great victory over the enemy,
commanded by General S. Lyon.—
The battle was fought ten miles from
Springfield. The enemy were nine or
ten thousand strong; our force was
about the same. The battle lasted six
and a half hours. The enemy were
repulsed anti driven from the field, with
the loss of six pieces of artillery, sever
al hundred stands of small arms, eight
hundred killed, one thousand wounded,
and three hundred prisoners. General
Lyon was killed, and many ot their
prominent officers. Our loss was two
hundred and sixty-five killed, eight
hundred wounded, and thirty missing.
We have possession of Springfield, and
the enemy are in full retreat towards
Rolla. Benj. McCulloch,
Brigadier-General Commanding.
Judge falrou Driven from Nashville.
Nashville, August 12,—Judge Cat
ron, of the Unite4States .Supreme Court,
has been expelled from Nashville by a
vigilance coinmitti e for his refusal to
resign his office under the U. S. Gov
ernment.
in iiiurictu-!
number of pUces; shoe, hat, cap,;-,
cloth and glass factories are goi;;
successful operation. Our salt spr.:
V’irginia, Arkansas and in the ID
Madre, near Corpus Cliristi Terujj
cut down the profits of those who 1*
buying up salt for speculation.
But how is it North? More lln;|
thirds of the exports of the old United i;
went from the South; the carriage I
this and the drippings are gone. VI
eioici unue an me eie— .. . . . *
inents, and bring about that harmony °f 1 nificrni h'i \ ° l' alnled on 'hem:
b I n, ' lcc nl hotels ate empty; mercharJ
feeling among our people, which is so es
sential to our welfare in the present crisis.
It cannot be denied that there is a strong
element in Georgia opposed to Gov.
Brown’s re-election, and we think it should
be respected by those who consider harmo
ny the paramount good, especially when
there are men in the State who could ad- i ’• ', , "'!!!” V
. . ... 1 factories stopping and families brj:
minister the government as well, and «ho -rt. v. .t. , . , . ,
... .7 , I I he Notlh is fast becoming drained::
would he able to unite all the various ele- 1
ments of the dead and buried political I
parties.
\Ye have no particular choice as to his
failing. Two millions of Soulhf-rM
no long find the way to Hartford fad|
age work. Na'.ic, Lynn, and Hj
wheie all our shoes have been tsujj
almost beggared. The sewing miF
coffee mill and tin shops of Meriw
down lo ‘short time.’ Mills are ei
Stoppage off J\'ew England Mills
The Fall River Aews says that the
Troy, Fall River, Anawan, Metacomet
and I.innen Mills, of that city, all of
which manufacture print goods, have
suspended operations for the present.
The Union, Qttequcchan, Whatnpee
and Dr. Dttrfee’s Mills h ave been
stopped several weeks.
The Fall River Print Works and the
Nail Mill have also been stopped sev
eral weeks. The American Print
Works has been running three days in
a week, but it is uncertain how long it
will continue to do so.
The Thread Mills of Oliver Chace,
and Davis &; Russel, and the Wicking
Factory of Augustus Chace, all in Fall
River, R. I., have been stopped from
half to three-fourths of the time for the
past few weeks. Every department ot
business in that city and vicinity shares
the same depression.—Boston Journal.
September is a one-sided affair, and should
present some man who is obnoxious to the
same objections as Gov. Brown, we might
support the latter.
But there are several gentlemen in Geor
gia upon whom we think the whole people
can unite. \Ye should be perfectly satis
fied with the Hon. Martin J. Crawford,
Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, or Hon. E. A-
Nesbitt. It may be urged that all of these
gentlemen have been too recent participants
in the late party struggles. If so, there yet
remains a man who is not lia' 1e to this ob
jection. lie has been far removed from our
late local struggles, and his name will sug
gest probably as little party animosity as
any man in the State. Added to this, he
has an enlarged and cultivated intellect, an
ex ended experience in governmental af
fairs, and is withal a pure patriot. We al
lude to Hon. John E. Ward, of Savannah.
Recruits for the fcutre-llill Guards.
Absence from town last week caused the
omission of the following list of recruits
from Jackson county, for tho Centre-Hill
Guards, Capt. Reynolds. Mr. D. R. Lyle,
of Mulberry, received authority for raising
the recruits, which he did in a remarkably
short time. Mr. Lyle has been very active
in raising and aiding to fit nut men for ilia
war, and deserves much credit for his ener
gy. It was his intention to accompany the
recruits to Richmond, but Lieut. R. White
having returned for them, Mr. Lyla aban
doned his intention of accompanying them.
The following is the list:
T 11 Arnold Benjamin Kiney
I- M Bradley W ilhur I, Lott
’ J K Lyle
S B Lowery
she has committed the next greatests-
the Jevrs.
Twelfth Georgia.—A letter to the
Savannah Republican, dated Camp Al
leghany, August 13tn, says :
Our regiment moves this morning to
Greenbrier River, ten or twelve miles
this side of the enemy’s camp on Cheat
Mountain. Whar the object cf the
move is I am not advised, but suppose
it will transpire in a few days.
Joseph H Bone
L l) Bowles
A H Bowles
W N Bates
James It Cosby
James J Carlisle
John A Dalton
Wm H Dalton
John Furgerson
Joseph A Garrett
John V S Haysa
Robert T Marvell
Wm E Hill
Joel Johnson
W W Jackson
Richard S Martin *
Elijah Murphy
Terrell Murphy
James J Melton
M J Pentecost
W R Randolph
M J C Stalham
D W Spence
John \S Sprowell
John (J Strange
Wiley J Wright
Abner Wills
Levi IF Williams
Federal Deports.
Official reports ot the heads ofDa
of the Federal A no; which ml
badly whipped at Mannassas, hi»|
published. They are very lrngth'1
would not be of special interest ic cr|
era. We publish ue repurtofCc!
zehnan, of the Third Division, as
interesting. He tells with a gon*
frankness, says the Richm :nd
he was whipped, and how hu *
commenced the grand stampede. TaJ
bama Regiment,’ of which he wdj
what gallant fellows they were! fri
man tells how he;led the ZouarcJ iqj
them, and ho-v ‘at the first fire, tbe; t
and fled, and ‘as a regiment,'hitf
been seen since. Next he held
Minnesota regiment, ‘which was i»£*
pulsed, but retired in tolerably goo:'' 1 *
Next was carried up the First Mr
•which was also tepulsed, and re- 1
considerable confusion,’ Next ihe?’]
lyn Fouiteenth, went forward in ‘f
style!’ ‘aoon after the fiti;.g coai.n**
they too, ‘broke and ran!' BnR
ians! four successive regiment! ttsb**]
on you, and were hruken upon you i«'
upon a rock!
Colonel Heintze’man hi - ig‘ ,lUe: '
ed’ in every attempt to ral'y bis w**l
eluded then to make the btsi run lie p
Describing this, lie candidtj *'J K
a rout I ncter witnessed beiore. N 5
could induce a single regiment 1*
after the rclleat had commenced- ^
Col. Ileintzrlinan’s deseriptu' 5
position ol the Alabama Regimen 1 .’jj
with what is known to have ben-A 1
sition of the 8th Georgia. L 11C ''
bl« that he was mistaken ns to s** 1
ruenlit was that repulsed his tour lef ^
of Hessiahs?
Death of ft. J. Miiliean. Esq.
We are pained to hear of the death of
this gentleman, at Bio Shanty. Mr. Milli-
can was a prominent lawyer cf this circuit,
and a most useful citizen of Jefferson. He
was one of those who declared themselves
for secession upon hearing of Lincoln's
election; and in order to sustain the State
in the important step which she took, vol
unteered as a private in the first company
that left Jackson county.
Mr. Millican was a gentleman of many
■oc.al qualities, and was never happier than
when he saw those around him happy.
The Gecrgia State Convention meets on
1 the 11 tls of September.
Home-Made Liquot-
Wc have received the folio''" 1
with the accompanying dueumtn*’- ^
will explain itself. Toe Joeuio''
been pronounced good by contpet* 0 '-
If our people will drink liquor, 1
drink a pure arlible :
Paoi.i, y
James .1. Sledge—Sir:—'
sample of my w-biskey and m* 1 ef pi
dy. which 1 desire you should
compliment. Tbe brandy '*
old and doubly distilled, w#r , 5 ,i,ir
gallon, i have a small lot 0 A**,
tilled whiskey for medicinal PJ
$2.00 per gallon, and a qua* »;| por<|
distilled at 81-25 per g» llun - w
of the best quality—belief ^
than can be found in any o
I
WILLIAM
/.
be lound in any ke ,, m
am. very respw'^^sTOl
WILLIAM 0.0fl
1 jjjfi
The Sumter bsJ
sola Abby Bradford and d ***