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sion be furnished, we shall look for
that degree of success which shall at
once rank him with the ablest com
manders of the day.
In regard to Gov. Cobb and his broth
er T. R. R. Cobb, who will respective
ly command a Regiment and a Legion
in Virginia, we have nothing special to
remark in a military sense. They are
both gentlemen ol clear, vigorous anil
well disciplined intellectual capacity ,
equal to any work in civil life which
the countty may demand of its citizens.
That they have never been educate d
at West Point, or otheiwise had expe
rience in the arts of war, should not
exclude them from high positions in
the aimy. It signifies much to their
credit and to the cause they serve, that
they bring with them into their new
sphere a prestige in council which will
give an interesting phase to camp life,
not usually witnessed since the days of
the Revolution. Even then we beiieve
members of Congress rarely took com
mand in the field, and it has been re
served for Georgia to furnish three
members of Congress, one of whom
lias been Secretary of State, and anoth
er President of Congress, and the other
a most patient and laborious example
in the details of jurisprudence, and of
constitutional law, to serve in Brigades,
Legions and Regiments in the war of
Southern independence. Such a com
bination of talents aiid of services lias
never been witnessed in any previous
struggle, and we refer to it in this sol
itary instance with becoming State
pride, at least.
sixty shots were fired by this compa
ny, killing four and wounding four of
the enemy, throwing them into confu
sion, and finally into retreat, their offi
cers vainly trying to tally them. The
order was given to charge four times
to no purpose, and they retired in con
fusion, carrying with them the dead
and wounded.
Capt. Coopwood’s company had
been continually employed in deploy
ing among the houses and corrals,
iirst appearing mounted and then on
foot, and appearing in many different
directions. This and other movements,
and the appearance of men both far
and near, at many different poiuts, suc
ceeded in greatly deceiving the enemy
as to our real force. They were dis
heartened by their ill-success in the
charge, and as night was falling they
drew oil their force in good order, in
the direction of Fort Filltnore.
Evacuation of Fort Fillmore.
At one o’clock on the morning of
27th, Major Lynde evacuated
protection, and, as far as possible, the
blessings and advantages of a free
Government, it is hereby decreed that
the laws and enactments existing in this
Territory prior to the date of this proc
lamation, and consistent with the Con
stitution and laws of the Confederate
States of America, and the provisions
of this decree, shall continue in full
force and effect, without interruption,
until such time as the Confed .-rate Con
gress may otheiwise provide.
The said territory, from tbo date
hereof, is hereby declared temporarily
organized under a military government,
until sucb time as Congress shall other
wise provide.
The two Governments shall be divi
ded into two seperatc and dis.inct de
partments, to wit—the executive and
judicial.
_ The executive authority of this Ter
ritory shall bo vested in the Comman
dant of the Confederate Army in Ariz
Tbe Battle Near Springfield!
OFFICIAL BEPOItT.
The St. Louis papers contain the of-
It is also my painful duty to - an
nounce the death nf one of my Aids,
Leiut. Co!. George W. Allen, of Sa
ficial report ol Gen. Price, who com- line county. 11c wps shot down while
the
I-ort Fillmore with all his command ;
previously destroying much valuable
property and munitions of war. The
T ho judicial power of this Territory
shall be vested in a Supremo Court,
two District Courts, two Probate Courts,
and a Justice of the Peace, together
with such municipal and other inferior
- i - , , . . , , . courts as tbe wants of the people may
soldiers destroyed much of their com- i from time to time reqniro.
i>anv nrnnprlv mp.I.pi. \V .1 .1 ,
the Quartermaster’s store-rooms had
been completely burned down. The
majority of the buildings were uninjur
ed and can be immediately occupied
by the Confederate forces. The hos
pital stores, medicines and furniture
were most completely broken up, and
nearly all the arms and a large quan-
j lily of ammunition wete destroyed.—
The War in Arizona. . . , , . r , ..
We have received the Mesilla Times if”! ‘
pf v 9Q , n • f T • ' Mores and property was nnharm-
of July 29, containing he following in-1 ed to lhe amo( J 0 [ s / veral thousand
trresting details of the late expedition | do u ars
pany property, muskets, clothing, a We omit that portion of Col. Baylor's
blacksmith shop, bakety, and one of j proclamation in which he defines, in de
tail, the organization of the provisional
government of the country, Ac.
Commenting on this proclamation
the Mcssilla Times says:
The im t ortance and necessity of this
movement is self evident. Wo should
emergo from the chains aud anarchy
which has beset us. and assume the
form and fact «f a Territory, prepare to
manded one c f the three divisions of
the Southern army which porticipated
in the battle near Springfield, Missouri.
The report is addressed to Governor
Jackson. We find hut little in it that
is actually new, the telegraph having
already given its leading points. We
give, however, the lollov ing extracts:
About six o’clock 1 received a mes
sage from Gen. Rains that the ene-
icy were advancing in great force from
the direction of Springfield, and were
already within 200 or 300 yards of the
position where he was encamped with
the second brigade of his division, con
sisting of about 1,200 mounted men,
under Col. Cawthron. • A second mes
senger catnc immediately afterwards
from Gen. Rains to announce that the
main body of the enemy was upon him,
but that he would endeavor to hold
them in check until he could receive
reinforcements. Gen.McCullough w
with me when these messengers came,
and left at once for his own headquar
ters to make the necessary disposition
of our forces.
L rode forward instantly towards
General Rains’ position, at the same
time Generals Slack, McBride, Clark,
and Parsons to move their infantry and
artillery rapidly forward. I had ridden
but a few hundred yards when I came
upon the main body ol the enemy,
commanded by Gen. Lyon in person.
The infantry and artillery which I had
ordered to follow me came up imme-
commnnicadng an order, and was left
hurried on the field.
From the London Times, August 27th,
lhe British Press on the Battle of Ma
nassas.
1 The dissensions which arose some
months ago in the United States of
Nrrtli America have unfortunately as
sumed the character of open war.
Such is the tranquil comment of the
royal speech ucori the events in the
New World which have fallen so un
expectedly itpoti tlio ear of Europe.—
Our Queen has rt fleeted with an ex
cellent fidelity the feelings of her
people. After the first surprise was
over, and when the “God ble6s mo I
you don’t say sol” had been said, we
think wo never heard of a battle in
which 75,000 men seem to have been
engaged on each side, and which fell
so blank upon the public ear, and en
gaged so little Europeau interest. The
fact is, that wo do not like to laugh,
and the sense of the ridiculous comes
too strong over us w hen wc would bo
serious. It is a great battle without the
dignity of danger or the painful inter
est of great carnage. There aio all the
ridiculous incidents of stark fear and
rabid terror, without
of Col. Baylor, which resulted so glo
riously in the capture ot Fort Fillmore,
and in the subsequent rout and capture
by 2S0 Confederate troops of 700 Uni-1 rec 'ion of Fort Staunton, and were
teil States Regulars, with all their stores j seen by our scouts immediately after
and equipments
Lieutenant Colonel Baylor, com
manding the Confederate forces at
Fort Bliss, Texas, left there on the 24th
inst., with the forces under his com
mand, for the Mesilla Valley, with the
design ol protecting the cit zens of Ar
izona, and relieving them of the op
pression and presence ot a large force
ol United States troops, and to prevent
the further concentration of troops at
this point.
The force under his command was
some 300 men, as follows: Capt. Staf-
iord’s company of mounted rifles, 83
and sustained, and zealously set to work
to develop, to improve and to adorn the
laud in which we have made our homes.
The effect of this proclamation will
be to give us relief from the numerous
obstacles which have surrounded us.
The rights and privileges for which we
daylight, eight or ten miles east of Los I have so long petitioned, and which
The Bet red.
The l T . S. troops retreated in the di-
rece.vettso.ganizatiouand set in mo- jj , to the number of 2,0l>6 men,
lion the mach nery of courts, resolving - * . .
that law and justice shall bo enforced
• '-’i vi o v.uiii|i'iiij ui iuuuiiu:vi 11 tic a ^ ou | » » — l — ~—
men; C<pt. Hardeman’s company of Guns were strung along the road, and
Cruces, in the mountains. The whole i b ave been so repeatedly denied us by
command of Confederate troops were ' the Federal Congress, has been afforded
ordered in pursuit and crowded on in I us h J tbis ■>®P le c ? 1 * b y ‘ bi »
full chase after the fugitives. The i •"l 1 ! 0 !"* *™«° d ' a ‘ o1 y commence t he
at* | j , ! solid foundation of a otatc. enjoy tbe
oad lay over the table lands and moun- #ecnr ;, ,, f ccrtain pvo ,action * J nd sup .
ains to a pars in the Organos chain, I portfVoln ,1 1C law. secure that individu
bj way ot San Augustine Springs, over J a ijty of the nation which cur oxten
a route where there was no water, and
the day was excessively warm.
Some six or seven miles on this side
of the San Augustine Springs, strag
glers of the U. S. Infantry were over
taken, and the way to the Springs had
the appearance ot the complete rout.
is tbo hard to crack, and that the mili
tary line, as a matter of business, dues
not answer. The North lias now made
its experiment, and not only has it not
answered, but the process has not been
encouraging. As a matter of habit,
and to eaBe the American mind, a cer
tain quantity of threats and tall words
may be necessary, and they may pass
But they will be of no small avail
against the facts as they now stand.
In the fsco of the picture of that
screaming crowd—the grand army of
the I’otomac, &c.—these great words
from the expectant gentlemen at Wash
ington lose overy|charm.
These people do all in their power
to alienate onr sympathy, for they are
amenable neither to courtesy nor mis
fortune. Nothingcivilizesthem. They
seem to tliiuk that at all seasons, and
upon all occasions, England is a safe
target for their insults and their threats
They either feign very well, or else
they positively think they can influ
ence onr policy by their bluster. There
was a moment—on the 21»t of July—
when victory was supposed to bo with
the grand army of the Potomac, and
the most popular newspapers in New
York seized the oppoitunity to show
what use our excellent friends proposed
to make of their .victory. The first
thought was revenge upon England
Wc are not, however, feat fill enough
to ho ferocious. On the contrary, we
much real peril cordially,‘and even sincerely congratu-
and very little actual suffering. We ' la,c onr wonld - be cnem,e8 that they
mounted rifles, 90 men ; Lieut. Ben
nett, with a detachment of Capt. Tecle’s
artillery, 3S men (they did not bring
their cannon, but were moi nted); Capt.
Coopwood’s spy company, 40 men ;
added to these were a number of the
citizens of Mesilla and El Paso—in
all, about 300 men.
On the night of the 2-lth, a position
had been taken by the Confederate
troops, within six hundred yards of Fort
Fillmore, and pickets were placed out
and every precaution taken to storm
the fort by surprise the next morning
at daybreak. The plan would have
been a complete success, but for tbe
desertion of a picket who went into
the lort and gave the alarm. The fort
was alive in a few minutes, and it was
evident the surprise was a failure.
The Confederate torce then moved
across the river, and at daylight took
tbe town of Santa Thomas. Two corn-
cartridge-boxes. The six miles to the
Springs was a succession of charges ;
men were taken prisoners and disarm
ed in squads ; the artillery was captur
ed, and the greater portion of the in
fantry were taken before the main com
mand was reached.
The Surrender.
Major Lynde was camped near the
San Augustine Springs, and had still J 4th Infantry
some lour hundred men with him, who j Lieut. Francis Mallory, late of the
tormed in battle array on the appear- 4th Infantry.
ty of tlie nation which our extent
and manifold resources demand, and
initiate a golden era of prosperity, piety
and happiness. Our star is noV most
brilliant in the nsceudant; our fondest
hopes and anticipations are on the eve of
beieg realized. Let each of us put our
shoulder to the wheel of progress, and
succor and support by every exertion
he first movements which will give us
a happy, peaceful substantial great
ness.
The following are the United States
officers who arrived with Gen. A. S.
Johnston, at Mesilla, on the 31st :
Brevet Major L. A. Armisted, late of
the Gth Infantry.
Lieut. A, B, liardcastle, late of the
Cth Infantry.
Lieut. E. B. D. Riley, late of the
ance of the Confederate troops. Ad
vancc was made to charge on them by
our troops, and they had reached with
in 300 yards, with eager spirits for the
fray, when a flag of truce was raised
by the United States column, desiring
to know on what conditions our com
mander would receive a surrender.—
The reply was, an unconditional sur
render—the same terms they had en-
, . dcavoml to dictate to the Confederate
pames of United Statestroops had been f orces . Thls was sought to be modi-
stationed there, but the birds had flown, > fled by tbe United states commander,
evidently in great haste. Clothing,. which request was refused, further than
pro\ iMons, amiT.umtion anu supplies ,n ie y would be allowed two hours to
were left behind in considerable quan- re move their women and children to a
titles. Eight prisoners were taken, j p ] ace 0 f safety. The United States, - -
disarmed and then discharged, after j commander finally agreed to an uncon- i a ^ ,a 1 ck **8“*«*, 9 Jartcr 6'"". none
being sworn not to fight against the d ; t i ona | surrender. , ? sked - ° nc of tben> was an 0,110 J e F-
Conrederacy, Colonel Baylor telling j \ n br j e f, during this day eleven com- i '““n*’ thc 0tl,C ' r ! ,ur P ortin S t0 bo K . en -
Lieut. A, Sliaaff, late of the 4th In
fantry.
Lieut, N. Wickliffe, late of the 9th
Infantry.
Lieut. R. II Brewer, late of the 1st
Dragoons.
A company of Californians also came
with Gen. Johnston, on their way to
join the Confederate army in Virginia.
From Western Virginia.
The Charleston Courier’s Richmond
correspondent, under date of the 24th,
gives the following :
I met with a gentleman yesterday
who was in Major Patten’s command
when they were attacked, four hun-
d.cd of them by two Regiments under
them that he would rather fight them 1 nan j es 0 f United'States retrular"troons I tuC , K ^’ ,t * raB * a : d thcic rvas one Ken
fa | pames ot enueu states regular troops, tuc ti an m it, the rest were Irish and
than teed them. i mounted and foot, mustering 700 effec-
t About 10 o’clock the Contederate | tive men , surrendered to 280 Confed-
lorces entered Mesilla, and were re- j e rates, 4 pieces of cannon, arms, equip-
ceived with every manifestation of joy men t s> 200 cavalry horses, mules and
by tbe citizens, vivas and hurras j W agons, a nd 270 head of beef cattle.
rang them welcome from every point. | •j- be men and 0 jfi cers were disappoint
ed engaged the enemy. A severe
and bloody conflict ensued, my officers
and men behaving themselves with the
greatest bravery, and, with the assis
tance ot a portion of the Confederate
forces, successfully holding the enemy
in cheek. Meanwhile, almost simul
taneously with the epening of the ene-
inie’s batteries in this quarter, a heavy
cannonading was opened upon tbe rear
of our position, where a large body of
the enemy under Col Seigle,had taken
position in close proximity to Col.
Churchill’s regiment, Col. Greer’s
Texan Rangers, and 679 mounted
Missourians under command of Colo
nel Brown and Lieut. Col Major.
The action now became general, and
was conducted with the greatest gal
lantry and vigor on both sides^ for
more than five hours, when tlie enemy
retreated in great confusion, leaving
their commander-in-chief, Gen. Lyon,
dead, upon the field of battle, over five
hundred killed, and a great number
wounded.
The forces under my command have
possession of three 12 pounder howit
zers, two brass 6 pounders, and great
number of small arms, and ammuni
tion, taken from the enemy; also, the
standard ofSeigle’s regiment, captured
by Cap. Staples. They have also a
large number of prisoners.
The brillant victory thus achieved
upon this hard fought field , was won
by the most determined bravery, and
distinguished gallantry of the combined
armies, which fought side by side, in
defence of their common rights and
lwerties, with as much courage and
constancy as were ever exhibited upon
any battle field.
The great victory was dearly bought
by the blood of mtny a skillful officer
and brave man. Others will report the
losses sustained by the Confederate
forces; I shall willingly confine myself
to the losses sustained vvithhin my own
army.
Among those who fell mortally
wounded upon the field of battle none
deserve a dearer place in the memory
of Missourians than Richard Hanson
Weightman, Colonel commanding the
first brigade of the second division of
Preparations were immediately made
to receive an attack from the V. S.
troops; and the citizens offered all the
forage and supplies that they had at
their command.
Battle of Mesilla.
The United States troops were re
ported crossing the river about noon of
tbe 25th. About 5 o’clock, the clouds
of dust indicated the enemy were ad
vancing lor an attack toward the south
ern part of the eity. The whole force
was moved to that point, and eveiy
preparation made to give them the
warmest of receptions. Several of the
principal streets of Mesilla converge at
the southern end of the town, the
houses forming an angle, and they are
quite scattered ; old corrals, and the
proximity of the corn fields, make the
position a very advantageous one for
defence. The companies were sta
tioned on the tops of the above houses
and behind the corrals. Capt. Coop
wood’s cempany was mounted. The
citizens posted themselves on the tops
of the houses on the principal streets,
prepared to render their assistance.
The enemy advanced to within 500
yards of our position and halted and
formed in line ot battle with two how
itzers in the centre and the infantry,
and -on the wings cavalry, the whole
force appearing to be about 500 men.
A flag of truce was then sent to our
position with the modest demand to
surrender the town unconditionally ;
the reply was, “that if they wished the
town to come and take it.” They un
masked their guns, and commenced
firing bombs and grape into a town
crowded with women and children,
without having, in accordance with an
invariable rule of civilized warfare,
given notice to remove the women and
children to a place of safety. Several
shells were thrown in different parts of
the town, fortunately without doing
any injury to a single individual. Two
companies were ordered to take their
position on the top of the houses on the
main plaza. The first shell thrown
struck on tbe top ofaLuilding on which
was stationed a portion of Captain
Teeie's company, and exploded.
After firing a couple of rounds of
grape at the more advanced position of
our force, the cavalry of the enemy-
made a charge, and had advanced to
within three'hundred yards of a corral,
behind which Capt Hardeman’s com
pany were stationed. From forty lo
ed in one thing alone—that the victory
was so easily won.
All these important movements and
the great success have been made and
gained without the loss of one drop of
blood on the Confederate side.
The following are the names of the
Federal officers captured :
Mounted Rifles, whole company cap
tured, newly armed with fine rifles, also
270 beef cattle in their charge. Cap
tain, Alfred Gibbs ; Lieutenants, Mc
Nally and Cressy.
Seventh Regiment U. S. Infantry :—
the army
Here, too, died in the discharge of
Dutch. Our men killed four hundred j his duty, Col. Ben. Brown, of Ray
and fifty of them, and took thirteen “ '
prisoners, with a loss of five killed and
abont twenty wounded. It took place
a few weeks ago in Western Virginia,
about twelve miles from Charleston.—
This was simply mentioned in tbe pa
pers as a skirmish. There has been
many a brave deed performed there by
our troops which has passed unheralded.
Among the mountains away from tele
graph wires or mail routes, thinking not
ot sounding forth their achievements,
anxious only to ri<l their country other
foes, they are suffering untold Lard-
begin to feel that we have been cheat
ed out of onr sympathies. When this
war broke out we English all pictured
to ourselves two earnest sections of the
same population interlaced iu inoitnl
combat, warring to the knife and to the
death. We icceived by every’ mail
little samples of an atmosphere of blood
and thunder, and war and wounds. All
America appeared to us, poor dupes,
! liko a fresh exploded mine—all smoke,
and fragments, and torn limbs. We
fancied onr kinsmen reckless, furious,
flying at each othei’s throats, and care*
less of their own safety. At the same
time that they were shaking their
knives at each other, they were shak
ing their fists at us. We trembled for
what we were fated to seo. We held
our breath for tho first shock of battle
between these two young giants. We
shut our eyes against the deadly strug
gle. We are calmer now. Wc are
all calmer. We are satisfied that these
warlike athletes, who are issuing such
dire threats against any one who should 1
Uaic to offer to separate them, are not I
so very reckless. Since their dissen- 1
sions have assumed “the character of j
open war.” they have been carried on
upon strictly humanitarian principles.
It we are to believe the American press,
an American battle has never yet been
so dangerous as an American passenger
boat, and not much more so than an
American railway. 'I he hostile forces
shell each other out of a strong fortress,
without losing a single life. They fight
a lattlo in Western Virginia, which
determines tho fate of a district, at the
expense of less than a score of casual
ties ; and r great stand-up battle is
fought between 1-30,000 men, cudingin
a panic and a twenty miles’ run ; nnd
when the “Grand Army of the l’oto
mac” reaches Alexandria, the New
York llerabl reports that “ the killed
on our side will be belweeu three and
five hundred.”
It is very difficult to gtiagethe solid
ity of anything American—even a
great battle. We know that there was
a grand rout iu front of that gap which
runs up into the hills, for we were r< p-
resented iu the ruck, and may say that
we saw it with our own eyes and heard
the cannonade with our own ears.—
There is a probability, also, that the
number of men present at the battle
amounts to tlie high figure of 130,000,
for both accounts seem to agree upon"
this. Beyond theso facts, however,
everything seems vague and uncertain-
The advance of tho ' Grand Army of
tho Potomac" reads in the American
newspapers, like a burlesque of Xer
xes to the Hellespont. The great Fed
eral victory of Buli ~
| flashed over the Northern States and
recorded iu the Northern papers, was a
thing hovering for hums, while yet in
print, upon the confines ot fancy nnd
possibility. The abject root, tho ulti
mate reality, was what we could have
least believed. Perhaps we ongbt to
have anticipated that the same fero
cious men, who had burnt up the home
steads on their line of march would
have escaped with such small loss from
the swo-d of General Beauregard ; and
much as they tell us it would be against
cur interest, we sincerely advise them
to make up their quarrel, and avoid all
serious effusion of blood. When they
have returned to the habits of peace
they will not be near so blood thirsty
as they think they will be ; or, ii they
should he, they will not be so mischiev
ous as they say they will bo. Spain
will know how to keep in check a navy
which is now terribly embarrassed by
two small privateers, and the Canadas
have in other days given a very good
account of invaders from the other side
of tho river. The United States arc a
very great nation, and we wish them
all lawful prosperity ; but they are not
| half so capable of mischief as their
newspapers think tboy are.
do not support his administration and sanc
tion the war in which he is engaged, and
every man’s lips are sealed who dare pro
test against his usurpations.
Thus the three great cardinal features of
freedom have been swept away from the
people of the North. The Reign of Terror
is as profound as it ever was in France.—
Unless the people hurl the Lincoln admin
istration from power, they will soon be un
able to move hand or foot. Besides those
we have mentioned, they have had another
terrible warning of what was in store for
them. Many of the three months volunteers
determined to go home when their time ex
pired. The government seeing that Ma
nassas had put a damper upon volunteering,
found that they would be without soldiers
if the homewarl movement was not stop
ped. So they are ordered to re-enlist for
the war; and those who refuse_to do so are
called “mutineers’* and are put in irons and
sent to Tortugas. A Northern paper gives
the following description of this place
“The Tortugas is a bleak and bsrrdn
sandkey in the Gulf of Mexico, about one
hund-ed miles Southwest from Cape Sable.
It is cheerless and uncomfortable, decidedly
one of the most uncomfortable points to
which the Government is obliged to send
its insubordinales. The Federal mutineers,
banished to Tortugas, do not go aa soldiers,
but as unarmed laborers, and will be com
pelled to woik upon foriifications, much bb
penitentiary convicts do in quarries and
sand-banks.”
Is there a man in Georgia whe would not
spend his last dollar and spill his blcod be
fore he would submit to such a govern
ment ?
Surgeon of Col. Howell Cobb's
Regiment.
Dr. R. M. Smith has received thi,..
pomtmeni, and here on Saturday r
Richmond. The appointment i. an
lent one
Col. HowellCobb*sR(tginient.
This Regiment is numbered by the
federate Government as the S,xt« n/A ,
important that persons sending | #Ue , "
packages to this Regiment should „ ro J r
ber this. ttl "
SOUTHERN BANNER.
James A. Sledge, j
Anderson W. Itee.se, j
Editors.
ATHENS, CEORCIA.
WEDNESDAY MOUSING, SEPT. 4, 1861.
ships
A gentleman who served four yoars
in Mexico, says that until lie served
in Western Virginia, lie never knew
what hardship was. They are often
short of water or of provisions, cut off
Major LyntleT Captains Potter'and ‘» their scouting expeditions from their
T ientenar.lc Plummer. fr,e,,d ?’ a,,d C, ' mb > n 8 abo »‘ am ?"E tbe
Stephenson, Lieutenants Plummer,
Hancock, Stivers, Brooks and Crilly.
Assistant Surgeans U. S. Army, Dr.
McKee and Dr. Alden.
The following proclamation of Colo
nel Baylor is in time, and shows the
man. Jack Baylor will not let the
grass grow under his feet when he has
anything to do. His prompt action has
won for the Confederate States the
richest territory belonging to the old
Gove. nment, and saved a people threat
ened .vitli a military despotism which
wool’t ere long have become unbeara
ble :
proclamation
To the People of the Territory of Jrizona .-
The social and political condition of
Arizona being little short of general
anarchy, and tbe people being literally
destitute of law, order and protection,
the said Territory, from the date hereof,
is hereby declared temporarily organ
ized as a military Government, ur.tii
such time as Congress may otherwise
provide.
!, John R. Baylor, Lieut. Col com
manding the Confederate Army in the
Territory of Arizona, hereby take pos
session of the said Territory in the
name and behalf cf lhe Confederate
States of America.
For all the purposes herein specified,
and until otherwise decreed or provid
ed, the Territory of Arizona shall com
prise all that portion of the recent Terri
tory of New Mexico lying south of tbe
34th parallel of north latitude.
All offices, both civil and military,
heretofore existing in this Territory,
either under the laws of the late United
( States, of the Territory of New Mexico,
are hereby declared vacant, and from
the date hereof shall forever cease to
exist.
That the people of this Territory may
enjoy the full benefits of law, order and
county, President of the Senate, a good
man and true.
Brig. Gen. Slack’s division suffered
severely. He, himself fell danger
ously wounded at the head of his col
umn. Of his regiment of infantry,
under Colonel J. T. Hughes, consisting
of about 660 men, 36 were killed, 76
wounded, many of them mortally, and
30 are missing. Among the killed
are C. H. Bennett, adjutant of the re
giment, Captain Blakely,Lieut. Hughes.
Colonel Rive’s squadron of cavalry, .. , , , -
/ i \ * . . i nKony oi tear, although no one was
(d.smounted,) numbering some 234 trsuing them, and that 73.000 other
speed Lack over tho embers with pale
faces in their panic flight. But this
never did occur to us. It requires the
testimony of the Americans themselves
and the witness of our own correspon
dent to suggest to us that 75,000 Amer
ican patriots fled for twenty miles in an
rugged mountain passes, travel some
times for days before they reach their
camps, and not knowing at what mo
ment an enemy may spring oat upon
them.
Privateering.
The Privateer Dixie, which sailed
from a port in tho Confederate States
some weeks ago. j-eturned lately after a
successful cruise. Soon after getting
to sea she took the bark Glen, from
Philadelphia for Tortugas, with a car-
goof coal, which vessel was successfully
run into Beaufort, N. C. She afterwards
captured the schooner Mary Alice, for
tbe West Indies, for New York, which
vessel was afterwards retaken by the
steam frigrte Watash. The Mary
Alice had on hoard a valuable cargo of
sugar, nnd was consequently worth
something. The bark Ilowcna from
Laguayra, for Philadelphia, with 1,000
bags of coffee, was also captured aud
got successfully into port, nnd os both
vessels nnd cargo arc in good order it
was a valuable prize. The Rowcna is
a fine hark of about 340 tons, rating
about All, and the coffee is no doubt
worth hero forty cents a pound. Out
nf this the Dixie will no doubt be able
to declare a dividend. The brig Rob
ert R. Kirkland, from Turks Island, of
and for Baltimore, with a cargo of salt,
was also spoken, but after frightening
tbe Captain tbe Kirkland was allowed
to proceed, Baltimore vessels not being
legal captures. The Dixie was chased
into a neighboring barter by one of
Lincoln's steamers, but she got in safe
and sound, aud will soon be ready for
another shot at the enemv.
High praise is due Lieut L. D. 3en
ton for the handsome manner in which
be brought the Dixie into Bull's Bay,
while being chased by one of Lincolu's
steamers. Lieut. Benton is a native of
Georgetown, S. C., and a gallant and
efficient officer.—Charletton
28th.
men, lost 4 killed and 8 wounded.-
Among the former were Lieutenant
Colonel Austin and Captain Engart.
Brigadier General Clark was was al
so wounded. His infantry, (290 men)
lost in killed 17, and wounded, 71.—
Colonel Burbridge was severely wound
ed. Captain Farris and Halleek, and
Lieut. Haskins were killed. General
Clark's cavalry, together with the Wind
sor Guards, were under the command
of Lieut. Col. Major, who did good
service. They lost 6 killed and 5
wounded.
Brig. Gen. McBride’s division (506
men) lost 22 killed, 67 severely wound
ed, and 57 slightly wounded. Col.
Foster and Captains Nichols, Dough
erty, Armstrong and Mings, were
wounded while gallantly leading their
respective commands.
Gen. Parson’s brigade, 256 infantry
and artillery under command, respec
tively of Col. Kelley and Captain Gui-
bor, and 406 cavalry, Col. Brown, lo. t
the artillery, three killed and seven
wounded—the infantry, nine killed and
thirty-eight wounded the cavalry,
three killed and two wounded, Col.
Kelly was wounded in the hand. Capt.
Coleman* was mortally wounded, and
has since died.
General Rain’s division was com
posed of Iwo brigades—the fist under
Col. Weightman, embracing infantry
and artillery, 1306 strong, lost not only
their commander, but 34 others ki.led
and 111 wounded. The second brig
ade, mounted men, Co!. Cawthron
commanding, about 1,200 strong, lost
21 killed and 75 wounded. Col. Caw
thron was himself wounded. Major
Charles Rogers, of St. Louis, Adjutant
of the brigade, was mortally wounded
and died the day after the battle.
Your Excellency will perceive that
our State forces consisted of only 5,-
221 officers and men; that of these no
less that 156 died upon the field, while
517 were wounded. Thtse facts at
test more powerfully than any words
Courier, J can the sevetily-of the conflict, and the
I dauntless courage of our brare soldiers.
pursuing
American patriots abstained from pur
suing theso 75,000 enemies, because
they wore not informed how rtark-
frightened theso wee. Even the artil
lery was not captured, hut picked np.
The guns were lift behind, because
they impeded tho flight of the artillery
men, and they might have been to a
great extent carried off, if the appre
hensions of the gunners would have al
lowed them to take advantage of the
leisure which the prudent conqueror was
so ready to afford. On the other hand,
our correspondent thinks that the panic
had gone so right to the heart of the
Xoitli that, if General Beauregard had
tho enterprise to follow up his advan
tage, lie might have gone almost unre
sisted into Washington city itself. All
that the Noithern press say upon this
subject is to congratulate themselves
thnt the enemy did not know in what a
fright they were.
This is not our account ot this battle.
It is the American account. It is the
account of the New York papers, alter
nating as they do between the shrieks
of victory.-of agony nnd of vindictive
despair. If they have only lost be
tween three hundred nnd fivo hundred
men. it seems to us to be a very cheap
lesson. Sec what they have gained by
it. They have found out now that the
spirit of patriotism, and even the in
stinct of combat, does not prevent
Northern volunteers from going off in a
body, under pretence of their time of
enlistment being np, altimitgli tbcinorn
ing of the combat may bo come and
the cannon may be sounding in their
ears. They have found out, also, that
even a Northern army can, without
much good military reason given, lose
its attraction of cohesion and dissolve
into n mob. They have also found out
that the Southerners are not to be
walked over like n patridge manor, and
that they have some military heads
among them. 0< course, we must ex
pect them to meet these hard facts by a
certain quantity of bluster They must
call out a few more millions of volun
teers, and they must innke a confide nt
demand upon an incredulous world for
a few more hundred millions sterling.—
But behind all this there must rise a
gathering doubt that this Southern nut
Deplorable Condition of the North-
We shall never cease to be thankful that
we are free from Northern dominion The
Yankee character was never fully manifest
ed, until the commencement of this war.
\Ye can now see that had tlie South waited
for compromise, or in the hope of some sort
of settlement, we should now he bound so
securely that resistance would be hopeless.
The fate of Maryland tells what ours would
have been had we procrastinated. T. R. It.
Cobb spoke with the ken of a prophc-i when
he said last November, “Delay is Submis
sion ; and Submission is Slavery."
The tyrant who now rules at Washing*
Run which was I 1011 bas cba nged the United States Irom a
free Republic to a Despotism, with a rapid
ity unparalleled in the history 0 f the world.
As great Despotisms have been establish
ed, but it has taken years and years to ac
complish them. Lincoln has done in a few
short months, what we have ever thought
an impossibility in this country.
Tbe commencement of Ins administra
tion was marked by a number of petty
usurpations of power. His first great usur
pation, however, was the suspension of the
writ of habeas corpus. As a considerable
majority of our readers are phin, honest
farmers, who have never been disturbed in
the full enjoyment of their liberties, have
had very little to do with Court-houses, jails
and lawyers, and have therefore, never been
called upon to investigate such things, we
will explain what the writ of habeas corpus
is. It is addressed to a sheriff or other of
ficer, and commands him to have the body
of the petson named at a certain place and
A Chance for lhe Can't-get-Aways.
Ae the cool weather approaches, the pub
lic attention is directed to our sea-coast
defences. Il is thought, after the first frost,
when the Lincolnites will not have the fear
of Yellow-Jack before rheir eyes, they will
attempt to laud forces upon our Southern
coast, in order to draw our troops from Vir
ginia. We do not apprehend any great
danger from this point, but we should be
prepared for any emergency. It is highly
important :hst these of our citizens who arc
unable to enter the service for the war,
should form themselves imo companies,
and drill regularly, that they may be pre
pared to march at a moments notice to the
sea-cnast.
This, hswever, should not cause any who
are able to go to the seat of war, to remain
at home. Let the able-bodied go lo Vir
ginia, and the old and middle-aged can take
care nf the coast.
The Confederate Congress has passed
the following act;
J bill to be entitled an Act to provide for local
def rn« and special service.
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact. That the Presi
dent be and he is hereby authorized to ac
cept the services of volunteers, of such kind
and in such proportion as he may deem
expedient, to serve for such tims as he may
prescribe, for the defence of exposed places
or localities, or such special service as he
may deem expedient.
Nec. 2. And such forces shall be muster
ed into the service of ths-Confederate States
for the local defence and special service
aforesaid, the muster-roll setting forth dis
tinctly the services to be performed ; and
tho said volunteers shall not be considered
in actual service until thereunto ordered by
the President. And they shall ba tnlillsd
to pay or subsistence only for such time as
they may be on duty under the oiders of
the President or by his direction.
Sec. 3. Sucb volunteer forces, when so
accepted and ordered into service, shall be
organized in accoroance with, and subject
to, all the provisions of an act entitled “An
act to provide for the public defence,” ap
proved March 6th, 1861, and may be «t-
tached lo such divisions, brigades, regi
ments or battalions aa the President may
direct; and when not organized into battal
ions or regiments before being mustered
into service, the President shall appoint the
field oilier rs of the battalions and regiments
when organized as such by him.
Georgia Troopers,
Mr. H. S. Bradley will leave tor Rich
mom next Monday, and wtll carry \,i
e ' 9 ° r SIna11 P^kages to member* of th«
Wt ,T Panr ’ Th8 y ’hould b.
11 at i,r • belt’s store.
Of Jackson "umv ISa M °° rt *
that h« i. , un j l J’ t *'l'« : «ti us to snnaunct
that conn,y; C r n J: d ; f , : ie ,0 ;J»
priate not only hit C om n ' * * ppro ~
county tax.but the e n ,j re ' 1,,lon ’ frow lht
him for his service*, co ' on,lo St ,a
the benefit of the volunteer, f rom j* 1 ? { °'
proposttton on thejpart of Mr. M 00ft
we doubt not will be apprecia^ b,’ u
public. ’
Jackson Conn.
The Superior Couit of thi, oounly .disars.A
on Wednesday. The hu.ineM nnim w .,Uu(,
The “Mint* Invincible,' paraded them »*
Tuesday, and arc s fino l.oking body of mea-
They ere arming themselves with country nf*
which are being bored out to suit the Jimie ball. '
More Sold ers.
The Independent Volunteers, of Btikt
co., Captain Chandler, and tbs Tboniu
Guards, of Hart co., Capt, Devani, left ibis
place last Wednesday. Both are attiehid
lo Col. McMillan'i Regiment, and are n«*
in camp at Big Shauty. All of them m
fine, able-bodied men.
The Clark County Rifles, Cbptsin I. 8.
Vincent, left yesterday morning for Nor.
folk, Ve. They wilt occupy the positiaa
in the 3d Regiment vacated by Cspttit
Blodgel's company. The company cum
bers about 120 men. They were escortof
to the depot by the Melt Rifles; which Into
company leaves to-morrow for Richmond.
Muster Roll of tbe Thomas Guardi
P E Dav.int Captain
Reported Breaking or tbe Blockade
It is reported with much confidence that the
British ship Allianiic-hiui safely entered the h*r.
bor of Port Royal, S C. The Allunce had on
quicksilver, Ac. The Ricbmoud Examinei
marks: *' If tho intelligence proves true,
eau be no exaggeration of its importance.
British Government is distinctly and f
(lie Fuccossful breaking of its tinea by t
vessel; and in a case so marked and not“
that of the Alliance would be—being ths first in
stance ot a large foreign merchant vessel corn-
usages of international law."
Two vessels ran the blockade at Charh
the 1st; one loaded with coffee and tbe other
with molasses.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 2.—It is reported here
that the ship Gondar, from Liverpool, has arrived
at a Confederate port. She was seen and cha»ed
by the blockading aquedron, but escaped safe!j
into port.
Earthquake.
Qnite a violent shock was felt here Ust Satnr-
A S Turner
1st Lieutenant
R I Gordon
2d “
J L Johnson
3d • -
Wm McUurrey
1st Sergeant
W C Pruitt
2d
VV H Haynes
3d
W H Stephenson
4lh “
W S tones
5th “
I M Ginn
1st Corporal
T J Fleming
2d “
T M Johnson
3d “
W I Teasley
4 lb “
PRIVATES.
Allen T
Hinton D C
Allen J F
Johnson D G
Allen J
Johnson 1) K
Bower* A
Johnson B W
Bray J C
Jordan G R
Brown VV F
Jackson MJ
Bobo S
Jordan J B
Bowers B
Jones J J
Baker D L
Maxwell E T
Brown W B S A
McClane It
Brown A A
Nelms N H
Brown M M
Pritchett J L
Brown L D
Pruitt V
Cawthron Goa
Pearson A
Cobb J A
Phillips J
Cobb W J
Pritchett P “ -
Caldwell VV J
Phillips B F
Caldwell S M
Partain J
Caldwell 1 M.
Phillips E VV
Colston A
Payne L C
Dean J B
Unbeits 1 NV
Dickerson W H
Roberts I, H
Dickerson D D
Russum VV
Ginn G B
Smith I, B '
Ginn R
Steifel J
Gaines VV A
Scott B M
Gaines J R S
Shiflct J
Ginn J
Scott I,
Goss .1 H
Smith J F
Grant VV P
Smith W B
Hughe* T
Tyner J E
Holmes B M
Varner 1)
Hendricks J M
Wooden J VV
Hicks J F
Wooden M
Haynes J M
Banks County
Independent Velas-
leers.
J N Chandler,
Captain.
J M Turk,
1st Lieutenant.
F M Owen,
2d ••
J M Little.
3d
T B Griffin,
1st Sergeant
J W Brewer,
2d
W M Bowlin,
3d
E A Rucker,
4th "
Allan H
Lynch Jas -
Ariel S A
Liwrance JfM*
| Adkiut Jefferson
McDonald D H
. Anderson W It
Mayes T A
Anderson H R
Metks J C
Anderson J L
Meeks \V II
n Arnold W A
Mize 11 C
time. If a man is arrested anil Imprisoned, j mornill B “bout fivo o'ctuck. It woke many
his friends can cause him to be brought j
before some court, and compel the person
having him arrested to say why he has been
imprisoned. If the grounds ara not sulfi-
cien", he is discharged. In plain English,
it is the right of every man to a lair trial
for ary olTence with w hich he is charged.
It is not in the power of the King, Presi
dent, or any other person to imprison you
without giving good and sufficient reasons
for it. It is the palladium of liberty in all
free countries, and was wresttd fr.;in ty
rants in England after a long contest be
tween the people and Kings. Lincoln has
suspended this great right. It would cost
Queen Victoria her throne to do the same
tiling. Men are now taken from their homes
at the dead hour of night and Incarcerated
within the walls of Fort La Fayette and
other places, and are never informed what
they arc charged with, who their accuser is
or anything about it. They can be kept
there forever, without trial, if the despot at
Washington desires it. A number of the
most respectable citizens of Baltimore art
now confined in prison in the Slate of New
\ ork, are not allowed to see or communi
cate with any of their friends, and do not
oven know what they are charged with
They are deprived of their liberty just as
men were imprisoned in the Bastilc in
France. Young men have been put there
by French tyrants, and when they were
liberated they were old, grey-haired men,
everybody that (hey knew were dead, and
having no interest (lien in the world, would
beg to be allowed to end their days in the
same prison.
Lately a number of ladies have been im
prisoned in the same manner. The only
cause for their arrest is their alleged sym
pathy with the South.
Alter the writ of habeas corpus, freedom
of the press and freedom ot speech have
been considered the great land mark* of
popular liberty. Lincoln has issued orders
for the suppression of all rewsp-apers that
persons from sleep, who felt tbo beds moving un
der them. It was felt in North nnd Sonth Caro
lina and many parts ot this State.
KT Four thousand bales of cotton wero told
1 Sew York on the 30ih at 20} cents psr pound.
“Things is IVorkin’.”
From the general tenor of the news from *11
quarters, we are on the eve of stirring tin.es in
Kentucky, Missouri* Maryland, tho vicinity of
Washington and on the ocean. The next week is
pregnant with important events.
lion. IIenby G. Lamar, Judge of the Macon
Circuit, died in Mncon on the 30th ult.
University ol Georgia.
The cxerciies of this institution were re
sumed on Monday last. We are not in
formed oi the number of students.
Lncy Cobb Institute.
Ample arrangements have been made for
tho most thorough instruction of pupijs in
all the departments of this institution. The
exercise* commenced on Monday.
Georgia Hospital Fund.
Rev. J. O. A. Clark will address the peo
ple of Clark county upon this subject next
Monday, the 9th, at W’atklnsvilie.
He delivered an address at the Presby
terian churcli last Sunday afternoon, upon
tbe importance of relieving our sick and
wounded soldiers ; when, including five
hundred dollars previously raised by Henry
Hull, jr., the handsome sum ol nineteen
hundred dollars was subscribed by our citi
zens.
Concert.
Mr. Oswald Meyer and bis two (mail
sons, of Charleston, gave a concert in thiii
plsce last Monday night, for the benefit of
the Volunteers. Mr. Meyer showed his
disposition to contribute something to the
cause of the South, but we regret that the
audience was so small. The music was
excellent and our citizens lost a treat by not
being there.
Bowlin T
Bradley S \V
Buwliu \V l
Barnes J H
Brady M J
Barnes W W
Bradley \V A
Chandler E 11
Chambers Win
Chambers J T
Chandler W J
Chandler ADS
Cape K
Capo E A
Dill Newton
David Wm
Dodd E
Dodd Jas
Dodd T A
Dodd C C
Dalton T B
Dalton L
Davis S M
Dorough T T
Kagins Jas
Fagins L
Garrison C
tie i risen Time
Hill W R
Hal dy N B
Hitler A I,
Hitler J W
Hooper R L
Hathcoek Riley
UatbcockJ N
Hix W D
Jordan Ftoyd
Jordan Thus
Jordan Newton
Knight II A K
Keeseo OAK
Lord B E
Lord W V
Lewotlen Jas
Land J L
Ixx-rov W E
Lord M G
Arize II C
Massey M D
Massey C
Mize W J
Murray D J
Oliver T P
Post Wui ■
1’orter M J
Peyton Wm
Phillips J T
l’eytou J H
1‘eraois N
Pool E C
Rucker Mom*
Rucker A M
Riley Tlio.
Smith C
Stephens A S
Soit.-by K
Sosebv Jas
Saundehi C C
Smith J M
Strange J E'
Smith I. U
Saunders 8 H
Smith J C
Saunders A C
Stowe Harris]
Stowe Ja* : J
Stowe J K
Smith J F
Sugars E G
Skelton tl P-
Thomat U M
Tucker U W
Vsrner K P
Williamson J C
Williamson W C
Wade J C
Walker J F
Wells J S
Weld L
Watts E
Watson D S
Whitfield Henry
Wos'lhrook W C
Appointments.
To the eitiyens of Madison, Clarki *
Walton counties:
The Rev. U. B. H.iben. of' L.xinf«*;
Goe. Will addre*» 7°“ ,n S'S*',WinJ*t**
tional difficulties.
Danielsville, Friday September 6«
Athens, .Monday k
Watkm.ville. Tue.day “
Monroe, Wednesday “ 11 .
His principle object is to organlxe »•
arm a Regiment for war.
The citizen*, volunteers and lid'*'*
earnestly requested to attend.
For the Southern Banner.
As we must soon select a m> n
represent the Senatorial District, c °
posed of Hart, Franklin, and H» ^
sham, the name ot John S. HeDl*y»
Hart county, is respectfully P ro P oSft ‘ t | ){
a fit and proper person to represen .
District in the State Senate. ftIr ’
ley is well posted tip as to the P ^
condition ol tbe country, and,J” - t .