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up and down the road often, and had
acquired an intimate knowledge here
;.»d elsewhere ot all its operations.
mr. MV.RMIY’S STATEMENT;
Mr. Murphy's statement of the ptir- )
font addressed to Mr. Walker is also)
before us. It differs but 1 ttlc from Mr.!
Fuller’s. He says, when within three
n.ilos of Adairsville, Fuller and myself
took it a foot again for two miles—met
l he engine Texas, and Engineer Brack-
t n, Stcped the train, run it back to
Adairsville. and left it on the sideling.
We thou took the engine and some
track hands, with tools to build the
g Correspondence Mobile Register.
GREAT BATTLE OF SHILOH,
mt mnwsw.
Batti.f.-Field of Shiloh, i
(Near the Tennessee River,) -
Monday night, April 7, 1802.)
We have bad another day of battle
and blood. Tbe fight was renewed
this morning at 8 o’clock by the ene
my who had been reinforced during tbe
night; and with the exception of short
breathing spells, it raged with tiemen
| were gtealiy exhausted; they had j to fire a lew more shot, and thus lost
I fought eighteen hours, and withal had ja portion of his guns,
slept but little, having been engaged j We lost no small arms or prisoners
much of the preceding night in search j hat I have heard of, except such old
ling out and taking care of the woun - j muskets as were thrown aside by our
jded. It was evident, too, that the en-; troops for the superior arms left by the
jemy had been largely reinforced, and j enemy.- We also brought away a
‘that each succeeding attack was made ! number of wagons and horses, and
by fiesh troops, and overwhelming [ some ambulances. But no account
numbers. In view of these facts, and ! has yet been taken of our captures,and
in order to rest bis men, anil to pre-11 forbear entering into further details
vent an unnecessary loss of life, Gen.! until reliable data can be obtained
road, if the robbers toro up any more j dous violence and fury until night sep-
«,i it. They passed the Daltou express! anted the combatants. The apprehen-
*! Adairsville. They represented them ! sions expressed in my letter of last
t-lv< s theic as government men. Wcl night have been realized. Buell did
>uon put out after them In Calhoun,
vvhero we met the dowu passenger train.
They went shooting through Calhoun,
ru'd a mile and a half beyond it, we
came in sight of them potting more
crosEtios on the road. Here it sooms
they got scared, and left one of the
three cr.rs. Wc coupled to it and pur-
z :ed on. With iu a mile of Resaca
come up this morning, and with him
came large reinforcements. But I am
anticipating the events of the day.—
Let me resume the nairative where
my last letter left it, and rehearse the
Beauregard availed himself of the tali-
tug back of the Federals to withdraw
his troops to the enemy’s line of en
campment, where we rested last night.
This was about a mile and a halt trom
the point where the fight commenced
this morning.
The enemy hesitated for some time
For the same reason, I shall offer
no-eplnioo as to the ^lumber ot killed
and wounded on either side. I hope
the Confederate loss is not so large as
many believe it to be. I am satisfied
that the number killed is not in the
usual proportion to the wounded.—
This is owing, doubtless, to the pro-
but finally came up and renewed the; lcct,on afforded by the trees^
conflict. He was met with undimin
ished courage and resolution by*the
of their occurrence. This is necessa
ry to a proper understanding of the
i.,ey left auother car; wc got it, pushed! battle ; and until this general sketch
' 1 or outline is drawn.it will be impossi*
both sideling, pursued on, got iu sight
again of them two miles beyond Tilton,
and, was hoi on them nt Dalton.
At Calhoun we got tho telegraphic
operator, and took him to Dalton,
where wc put him off to telegraph to
t ’hattanooga, at the samo time we
pressed on utter tho runaways to keep
iIhiii horn rutting tho wires. They
"timed a mUe or loss from Dalton,i .(“■ , , *—---
from hts gunboats and ntoV works
varying fortunes of the day in the order Confederates, who displayed the great
‘ est possible gallantry. The battle ra
ged on, and night alone separated the
combatants. At length the enemy fell
back, and so did the Confederates, both,
sides badly worsted and severely pun
ished. Hardee, who commanded the
front line or corps, held his ground
until the enemy withdrew. Our re
serves had been engaged throughout
the day, and Polk, Bragg, and Hardee,
each in his proper position, were in im-
ble to enter into those minor details
which constitute an interesting feature
in the picture.
Night alone prevented us from reap
ing the fruits of our brilliant victory ot
yesterday. It was quite dark when
we chased.’ the foe back to Pittsburg
about one hundred yards from a oamp
Landing, -where he sought protection.! mediate command upon the field, and
'nobly co-operated iu the work of the
< i r. Idlers and put more cross tics on J Had Beauregard possessed the power -day. They deserve great credit, as do
t!.<! iia--k. Wc were ino close to them., of Joshua to command the sun to stand the biigade and regimental officers,
however, to give them time to cut the j still iu the heavens lor the space of an
■ft in s. Wo saw them, through tbe tun- • hour, our victory would have been as
r.c!. a ml wore close on to them at i complete as that of the great Hebrew
Ringgold. They could not stop at this j warrior. As it was, we expected to
M.jiou to get wood J bey only stop j bc al)lc to caplure so much of ;bc Fe(1 .
tied.nt (ireen a toget an eighth ofa cord. „ P „i • , , .,
Wo knew they could not make further *»• «°« «8 ? s ? ot ?*
6, P. M.
The enemy ventured so far this af
ternoon as to send out a cavalry regi-
iment a short distance in the direction
of our lines. Gen. Breckinridge set
the Texas Rangers and Forest and his
mounted men after them, who captur
ed about fifty prisoners and chased the
remainder back and through two regi
ments of infantry shat had come along
to support them. In the confusion that
ensued among the Federals, they fired
upon their own cavalry, and wounded
and killed a number of them. Col.
| Forrest received a shot in the side,
which passed around near the spine,
i making rather an ugly wound. It
; him Johnson'a without wood and water. ,ra, , ,sf f rr< \‘ 1 the other hank of the riv-
A mile aud half from Ringgold wo got j er as ^ , n *^, utl e},s targe lemlorec-
within a mile ot them. The thieves! n,cn ts should come to them relief.
is
not thought to be mortal, however.—
and the gallant spirits whom they led ! I he entire federal force engaged im-
to battle. Gen. Breckinridge paiticu-! mediately tell back in evident disorder,
iarly distinguished himself. Though j B would be premature at this time
not*a military man by profession, Gen. J to indulge in speculation upon the re
Beauregard is reported to have said
that he displayed great aptitude and #
sagucily, and handled his brigade with be permitted to say, however, that the
! suits ot the two days’ battle, out of
which wc have just emerged. I may
The enemy received the most impor
tant aid from his gunboats. Indeed
he is indebted to these gunboats for
his escape from certain destruction.—
They, together with his riv. r works,
answered the valuable purpose of for
tifications to which he could retire
when beaten on the field. With only
our light field pieces, it was impossible
to operate at night with any hope of
success against these works and boats,
or to prosecute during the heavy storm
that followed the work ot completing
the victory, (fur forces had reached
the river in one or two places as night
came on, and in ttiis way had gained
skill and judgment
Having said thus much, I feel it
to
effect upon the Conlederatcs has been
to inspire them with fresh confidence
be my duty as a faithful chronicler of i and renewed determination. They
the times, to refer to a matter here which { havc fL ' !t ot cnem )> ancJ have thern-
had a controlling influence upon the sclves pssed through the fire, and will
then began to drop off the engine. Tho
engine was cold by this time. Before
tl t y all got off wo were within four
hundred yards of them. Wo had six
<ir seven guns with us. AsRoon as wc
.st' pped all of us put out after them.
They divided on both sides of tho track
ai d took to the woods.
By this time, the engine ••Catoosa,”
that had followed ns from Calhonn,
• anio np. We sent her hack to town,
t,. start horsemen and dogs after the
rascals. (>ur buys followed them some
three, miles, but could not overtake
them. In about half an hour there
weie about fifty horsemen in hot. pur
suit aiicr them. When the rascals aban-
■hiiicd I fie engine, which they had run
a wav wirii, it was out of wood and wa
tor. They had put into it all tim oil
,ns, : ud everything they could to
"nough o'nhcr'to Lake ller move.'^AH I beUveen cur lines and the river j Such of our troops as were engaged in
the Old waste in one end of the box car 1 1 , G \°P reaSo “ lo be,!eVe searching out the wounded and dead,
tb. y had tired up with. Befi.ro tliib,» wou, ‘* b ®. ob,c t0 . Ci T {ure the larger or were not restrained by a sense ...
they bad go* cioss ties in a car, knock- ! " ls f ,irc <? s this morning, provi- i duty, wandered from their respective i
< i hole in the end cl it, and dropped j ded they were not reinforced duringthr ! camps and spent much of the night
them i-n the Road in several places
I >vc#n Resaca and Tilton.
The engine is not huit. i?be
fortunes of die day
Our attack yesterday was so sudden j t
and successful, that the enemy found
it impossible to remove his commissa
ry and quartermaster stores, or even
to save the baggage of the men. The
temptation thus presented was too
great for our men to resist. Sunday
night targe numbers of them, suppos
ing there would be no more fighting,
set to work to gather up such spoils as ! condition
the Federal encampment contained.—
There were arms,overcoats, caps,shoes,
be the better prepared for the second
great battle which is to come off at
or near Corinth.
I am not informed ns to the extent of
A Grand Victory.
We aro indebted, says the Examiner,
to Mr. W. H. Macwillie, delegate elect
from tho territory of Arizona, for a cop-
py of the following.important aud in
teresting letter:
MssItt.a. March 2, 1862.
Hon. TV. H. Macwillie :
Sir We have just received, by
express, from Fort Craig, important
news. A battle was fought between
the forces of Sibley and General Can-
by, on the 21st Fobuary, which resul
ted in the complete defeat of the latter
with great loss.
The particulars as given by the cou
riel discloses the fact that this ha3 been
the mest closely contested battle of the
war. Gen. Sibley with lib command,
numbering rank nnd file, two thousand
three hundred men left Fort Thorn,
eighty miles below Fort Craig, about
the 12th February with the intention
of taknig the latter place. On arriving
in tho vicinity of Craig, he learned
from some prisoners, captured near the
post that Gen. Canby was in command
of the Federal forces in tbe Fort; that
he had twelve hnudred regular troops,
two hundred American volunteers and
five thousand Mexicans—entire force
near six thousand four bundled men.
Notwithstanding this superior force,
he boldly advanced, and outlie 10th,
crossed tho river near Fort Craig, and,
making a detour of some miles, arrived
on the morning of the twenty-first in
sight of the river three miles above tbe.
Fort, where a largo body of the enemy
were stationed to receive him. It
seems that all the enemy’s forces, with
the exception of their artillery and re
serve, were upon the same side of the
river to which our troops were advan
cing. A portion of Col. Baylor's regi
ment nnder command ofMaj. Pyon,
numbering 150 men, were the first to
engage the enemy. Alone and unsup
ported for one hour, they held their po
sition amid a hail of grape, canister and
round shot. At that time the)- were
reinforced aud the. battle became gen
eral. The enemy then made an at
tack upon our right wing, nnd were
repulsed. A general movement was
then made upon onr line with more
Official Copy of the ton ;cr 5 pilot! BUI*
A Bill fo be Entitled “An Act (<> Pro
vide fort fie Public Defence.
In view of the exigencies of the
country, and the absolute necessity of
keeping in the service onr gallant ar
my, anti of placing in the field a large
additional force to meet the advancing
columns of the enemy now invading
our soil; therefore,
Section 1. The Congress of lhe Con
federate States of America do en u t,
That the President be, and he is hereby,
authorized to call out and place m the
military service of the Confederate
of wav, uiJil mustered into the actual
service of the Confederate States; ex-
cept that said persons when enrolled
and liable to dut y, if they shall willfully
refuse to obey said call, each of them
shall be held to be a deserter, and
punished as such under said articles.
Provided, further, That whenever iu
the opinion of the President, the e\j.
gences of the public service may re
quire it, he shall be authorised to cal!
into actual service the entire reserve
or so much as may be necessary, not
previourly assigned to different com
panies in service, under provision of
section four of this act; said reserve
States^ for three years, unless the- war j shall be. organised under such rules us
shall have been sooner ended, all white j ;he Secretary of War may adopt. Pro-
men who are residents of the Confcde- vicled, The company, battalion and roo.
rate States, between the ages ofeigh- i me ntal officers shall be elected by dm
teen and thirty-five years at the time troops composing the same. Provided
the call or calls may be made, who
are not legally exempted from military
service. All of the persons aforesaid
who are now in the armies of the Con
federacy, and whose term of service
will expire before the end of the war,
shall be continued in the service for
three years from the date of their orig
inal enlistment, unless the war shall
hive been sooner ended : Provided,
however, That all such companies,
battalious, and regiments, whose term
of original enlistment was for twelve
months, shall have the right, within
forty days, on a day ti be fixed by the
commander of the brigade, to re-or
ganize said companies, baltilions, and
regiments, by electing all their officers,
which they had a right to heretofore to
elect, who shall be commissioned by
the President: Provided, Further, that
furloughs, not exceeding sixty days,
with transportation home and back,
shall be granted to all those retained
in the service by the provisions of this
act beyond the period of their original
enlistment, and who have heretofore
not received furloughs under the pro-!
visions of an act en'itled “An act pro-'
viding for the granting ofa bounty and
furloughs to privates and nori-commis
sioned officers in the Provisional Army, ’
success, a portion of onr left wing being - approved 11th December, eighteen
compelled to fall back and take a new ! hundred and sixty-one, said furloughs
the reTnforcement7 which ‘ the ~cnemy I P°, sition - This was about two o’clock j l0 be granted at such times and in such
has received, or of his ability to under- ^ ® nel °y supposed they had | numbers as the Secretary ot War may
take an carlv forward movement. Ho i 8 ft i nc “ “ ie day, aud ordered tln-ir J j eem most compatible with th&^rubfic
some knowledge of the ground, and ! coffee, sugar, provisions, trunks, blan-
the nature and position ot the enemy’s j kets, liquors, private letters and mim-
.!„r ;cs. With this knowledge and.the j berless other things which the enemy
f driven into close quarters, and J had been compelled to abandon.— !
defem
enemy
has been badly crippled and cut up,
nnd has lost nnthr*|fhniblc property,
and many of his best field pieces.—
Moreover, the voads aro in a shocking
it rained very hard last
uight and again to day, and there is a
prospect for more rain to-night. All
these things will tend to delay further
active operations bv either party.
P. W. A.
battery across the river/ which was
done, and tfie battery was planted upon
the bank.
As soon as the battery opened Gen
eral Sibley knew it had crossed, and
immediately ordered a general charge,
which was performed as Texans only
can do it. Starting at a distance oi
eight hundred yards, with their Daman
interest; and Troyfdefl, further, That
in lieu ot a furlough the commutation
vv.lue in money of the transportation
herein above granted shall be paid to
each private, musician,or non-commis
sioned officer who may elect to receive
it at such time as the furlough would
otherwise he granted : -Provided, furth-
be i night oi transferred to the other ban! 1 plundering. Orel ers had beci
of the river,
is at 1 'The boats
LATEST FROM CORINTII.
The following despatch is published
of by permission of Gen. Beauregard.
Corinth, Miss., April 17.—Reports
of commanders show that fourteen pie-
I cts of the enemy’s artillery were
by Oen. Beauregard positively prohib- brought from the field of battle.
kept up a constant fire iting anything of the kind, but
many j Over 2o stand of colors and 3,000
UUlggoIU
it (
.Seme say that they naw j during the night from their heavy guns, of the troops are raw, and officers ami j prisoners were captured
t. - - M — 1 ■ * t a* ^ 1. ^ L. a I T ♦ #« m n n , • r— A 1 . n A A L ,-v a »- . _ mm b. . -A .1. I. _ _ . 1*1 1 j , I _ a
i the rascals get off
to the woods.
If tho engine,; It appears that the enemy did not seek ! men w
1 think there; to recross the [river. Knowing that! and co
ere alike elated at our success;! My generat reports of the battle will
consequently- necessary steps were ; be sent in two or three days. I have
of prisoners
Madrid Bend.
Beauregard.
Acting Gen. in
he-war-wlioop, they reserved their j er, vfhi^t all persons under the age of
lire until within thirty yards of the eighteen years, or over the age ot thir-
battcry, when they pouted a deadly ty-iive years, who are now enrolled in
tire, with double-barrelled shot guns
and pistols immediately into the horror
stricken ranks of their foes. They
sprung iuto tho river, and, iu crossing,
numbeis wore kil'cd. Captain Teel’s
battexy now coming up. closed this
sanguinary contest, with shell and
grape, as they'fled down the opposite
side of the river to the fort. The bat
tle lasted nine hours. Our loss is tbir
ty-eight killed and one hundred and
the military s u vice of the Confederate
States, in the regiments, battalions and
companies, hereafter to be re-organized
shall re required to remain in their res
pective companies, battalions anil reg
The troops raised in any one State
shall not be combined in regimental,
battallion, squadron or company or
ganization with troops raised in aiu-
other State.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That
all soldiers now serving in the army
or mustered in the military service of
the Confederate .States, or enrolled in
said service under the authorizations
heretofore issued by (he Secretary ot
War, and who are continued in the
service by virtue of thi&act, who have
not received the bounty-of fifty dollars
allowed by existing laws, shall be en
titled to receive said Bounty.
Sf.c. 8. Be it further enacted, That
oach man who may hereafter bc mus
tered into the service, ar.d who shall
arm himself with a musket, shot-gun,
rifle or carbine, accepted as an efficient
weapon, shall be paid the value thereof,
to be ascertained by the mustering
officer under such regulations as may
be prescribed by the Secretary of War,
if he is willing to sell the same, and if
he is not, then he shall be entitled to
receive one dollar a month for the use
of said received and approved musket,
rifle, shot-gun or carbine.
Sec. 9- Be it further enacted, That
persons not liable iur duty may be re
ceived ns substitutes for those who
are, under such regulations as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That
all vacancies shail ‘ be filled by the
President from tbe company, battalion,
squadron or regiment in which such
vacancies shall occur, by promotion
according to senior!} - , except in cases
of disability or other incompetency:
Provided, however, That the President
may, when, in his opinion, it may bo
proper, fill such vacancy or vacancies
by promotion of any officer or officers,
or private or privates from such com
pany, battalion, squadron or regiment,
who shall have been distinguished in
tbe service by exhibition of valor anti
skill, and that whenever a vacancy
shall occur in the lowest grade of the
lomaiissioncd officers oi a company,
iments for ninety days, u dess their j sa jj vacancy shall be filled by election
places can sooner be supplied by other
recruits not now in the service, who
are between the ages of eighteen and
thirty-five yeais, and ail laws and parts j
Provided, That nil appointments made
by tbe President shall be by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That
twenty wounded ; tjiat of tlu enemy, j of laws providing for the re-enlistment! lbe provisions of the first section of this
;lit* ti'i mile post in one hour and
minutes, backwards; made all the fatops
>ken of. and some uot mentioned, j
five * Pbbshuig, and he gave orders last night their commanders when the enemy re-
tons I to proceed against them this morning j newed the battie. Some of them had
morning
and to caplure them. This division | even started back to their camps, load-
uul to look out Rr them, as well as for ; succeeded, however, in foiminga junc- \ with such articles as they had been
di.-iructions on ihc track, This was | ‘ '' ”
After deducting the killed and wound
t!.t- extraordinary speed, backwards, of
about i My miles per hour. All that |
we. was afraid of wes, that ihc rascals
would reverse their engine in a short
curve, and send her back on us, or else
we could have overtakeu them sooner.
They did when at last they wero forced
to leave her, but she was then power
less to save them, or to do ua the pur«
•t iers, any injury.
•ura,
FeK.1
s reinforced, moved out from the : e j. « u ,l those who were engagea in rc. j Rook) arc above what are received from
.T, and offered us battle.^ They moving the wounded, it wonld bc. n > j other sources, but as the Yankees are
J ust before going to press wo learn.) ^Th^mSmy
; at S o’clock this morning the FeWerals, [
’ thus reinforced,
river
must have known that other reinforce
ments wero at hand ; and that they
would arrive upon the field at an early-
hour. The fight was renewed about a
mile and a half trom the river, or mid-
: way between the river and the Federal
The Enemy's Loss at Siiiloii.—A
Into number of the Baltimore American
states that the loss of the Federals nt
Shiloh was twenty-three thousand kill
ed, wounded aud takou prisoners.
These figures (says the Norfolk Day
that four of tbe rascals were captured
bevoiul tho Tennessee line, by Col. j
came up to the work
^ „ w , with great spirit and resolution. Ap-
Fllillips and his party, and have been j P ea l 3 h a d doubtless^bcen marie to the
brought to Marietta, and ate now lodg-' ' ~ * 1 ,L “
cd in Jail there.
Two tthwo wero arrested at Camp
McDonald; and it is reported that two
others have also boen caught.
The captured scoundrels have made
a clean breast of it.” Twenty three
iu number compose tho band. The
leader, or captain ns they term their
chief, has not yet been caught. Their
mission, as wo stated above, was to spy
,,ut the land, bum and destroy, especi
ally the bridges of the State Road
A more daring act than this, wo have
never heeu called upon to record. That
the parties who committed it were era-
i.-sat ies and spies ol Lincoln is admit-
t,S by those who have been captured.
Wo have all along believed that At
lanta had been and is still being visited
by disloyal men, spies, and emissaries
ot our foes. We have warned our peo
ple, r.t this, wc have advocated martial
law to ensure our safety,and detect the
rascals, as well as to rid our communi
ty of other evils.
We have been tauuted in our efforts,
with a desire to interfere with private
lights; to interfere with tho privileges
oi onr merchants, as though martial law
wonld necessarily do tl»i9. We now
again repeat, that in our judgment,
martial law is necessary for security of
both person and property in Atlanta.
VVe confidently believe that our city
has been and is daily being visited by
spies and emissaries of the Lincoln gov
eminent—that tbe public property here
is endangered—and as a consequence
private property will share its fate.
But to this subject we shad again refer.
exaggreatiun to say that 5,000 soun
and able bodied men bad thus wandered
out of line, and took no part whatever
in the battle to day. On ttio other
hand the enemy had been largely re
inforced.
Thus, witn a diminished farce on out-
part, wo had to meet fresh troops, and
a more numerous anr.y than that we
encountered yesterday. And thus,too,
tho spoils have prevented ns from again
driving the. enemy back into Tennessee,
notwithstanding great odds iu his favor.
It was well enough, while the con
flict lasted, that onr troops should ex-
change their smooth bored muskets and
| shot guns for the splendid arms thrown
away by tho retreating foe; but there
likely to know tlicir own loss, we are
disposed to receive the above statement
as corrcet.
The Affairs ou Whitcmarsh.
It appears that a party of forty, be
longing to the 13tltGcorgia, were sent
over from Caustoi/s Bluff, to Oaklands
men during the night, and the repos
session ol their camp represented to
them as a point of honor from which
there could he no escape. The attack
was directed against our centre ; and
though vigorous and spirited, and not
expected, it was repulsed, and the en
emy driven back with great slaughter.! be no excuse for tho disgraceful
Wc are informed upon reliable au
thority, that on the 15th inst., the ne-
groes'on the plantation of Dr. Troup,
near 9, Savannah, Albany and Gulf
Railroad, ran down and captured two
negroes who were making their way
to the Yankees. One ot the negroes
was ftom Thotnasville, who drew a
knife and made fight; lie was knocked
cd down and compelled to surrender.
The other is the property of Mr. Hol-
zendorf, whose plantation is near No
10. Savannah, Albany and Gulf Rail
joad.—S«i>. M ies.
He rallied again, however, and this
time he moved with an increased force
upon our right wing. Here, too, he
was repulsed and forced to retire. His
next attempt tvns directed against our
left wing, his attacks growing more
vigorous and his forces increasing with
each succeeding movement. Indeed,
it w as now evident that he had receiv
ed large accessions to his ranks, and
that we had fresh troops and heavy
odds to contend against. But the
Confederat. s nobly did their duty, and
the attack on the left was also repulsed.
The enemy again retired, but only for
a time; for Buell’s lorces had now
come up, and the attack was renewed
all along our lines, on the right, centre
and left. Simultaneously with this,
an attempt was made to turn both our
wings.
The battle now raged with indescri
bable fury. 1 have never heard or im
agined anything like the roar ot the
artilleiy, and the incessant rattle of tbe
small arms. The deep thunder bass
of the one, and the sharp, shrill tenor
of the other, intermingled with the
shrieks ol the bursting shells and the
whizzing ot cleaving rifled cannon balls
were grand beyond description. It
was the awful Hymn of Battle, rolling
upward to the skies and literally shak
ing the earth beucath. It was a sol
emn anthem, the notes of which were
traced in blood, and uttered from bra
zen throats, that ir.ight have satisfied
Mars himself.
The Confederates stood their ground
against the furious onset, and for the
fourth time the enemy was compelled
to retire.
M As meets the rock a thousand w ares—
So Inisfail met Lochlin.”
proceedings to which I have alluded.
Tho spoils of victory arc not less de
moralising than defeat and disaster.
Such is the lesson taught by history in
all ages of the world, from tho time
when Aclian was reduced by “the
wedge of gold,” down to the* present
day'. It is hoped that the experience
ot this day will not ho thrown awav
either by our officers or soldiers.
P. W. A.
Islands, just opposite, on the 16th inst..
to cut down the tree*«nd brushwood, in
order to prevent the ©uemy from loca
ting batteries in tho immediate neigh
borhood of our works. During tho
afternoon, a considerable party of Yan
kees landed on Whitemarsli, which is
east of Oaklands, and separated from
it by a shallow creek, which is readily
forded. Our forty men marched upon
the enemy, who turned out to be tho
! 8th Michigan regiment, and a consider
able fight ensued. Our ammunition
gave out, (as but a small supply was
taken over, the party not expecting a
tight,) when the men retired, with some
loss.
Hearing the firing. Col. Douglass
took over a considerable force to the
rescue of our feeble party. It was now
near suudowu, and the body advanced
to meet the enemy. Hearing them ap
proaching. Col. D. ordered his mon to
lio flat and await their arrival at a con
venient point for execution. Tho
Michiganders came np within two
hundred yards of onr scouts, when the
latter, springing suddenly to their feet,
poured a terrible tiro into their line and
then charged them. At this, after
their first firo, the enemy heat a hasty
retreat and disappeared in the direction
of their floats, with considerable loss
They were seen tailing in their ranks,
but nothing definite was ascertained, our
force being too weak to follow them up.
We regret to say that these opera*
tions on Whitemarsli have not been
unaccompanied by losses to the Confed
erate foiccs engaged. As near as we
have been able to ascertain, four of
our troops wero either killed or mor
tally wouudel, and a considerable mim
bev more or less hurt.—Savannah
Jtepublicun.
as giv en by tbomselvcs, is three bun
dred killed, lour or five hundred woun
ded and two thousand missing.
‘•The result of this battle is con-
1 ceivod of more importance to the South
ern Confederacy than any that has
been fought during tbe war. It will
givo us the territories of Arizona and
New Mexico, about twenty, five million
dollars worth of property, and will
greatly add to the prestige of our arms.
••We are now expecting to hear of the
capture of Fort Craig with all tbe troops
and military stores in the territory.”
The above letter is from Judge S
Hare, Confederate Judge, resident of
Mesilla.
Mr. Macwillie has subsequently re
ceived a letter informing him, without
furthor particulars, of the capture of
Fort Craig with 6,800 prisoners, and
all the munitions and military stores
The cannon captured embraced the
greater portion of those belonging to
Fort Union, which is the only Federal
military post remaining in New Mexi
co-
Correspondence Mobile Reg. & Advertiser.
The Day After the flatties.
A Cavalry Skirmish—Retreat and Is>ss
of the Enemy.
Mosterev, six miles from Shiloh, )
Tuesday, 10 o’clock, A. M. April 0, 1802. j
Meeting with no opportunity to send
forward iny letter of last night, I have
opened it for the purpose of bringing
up the narrative to the present hour.
Neither party has showed a disposi
tion to renew the fight this morning.
We have not sought the Federals and
they have not sought us. Both sides
scetu to have had enough of battle.
After scowling at each other, like two
ex’hausted pugilists, with bloodshot
eyes and bruised and battered bodies,
they have turned away, and left the
contest still undecided. The Confed
erates are quietly returning to their
lines, and tbe federals to theirs. We j A Yankee Breast Plate.—Wo
have burnt a good many of their tents, I saw yesterdy, say a the Macou Tele-
The Battle of Pea Ridge.
From General Van Dorn’s report
of the fight at Pea Ridge, Arkansas,
that engagement appears in its true
light. Beyond a doubt it was a brill
iant and hard fought battle, resulting
in a decided victory for the Confeder
ate arms.—The enemy had set out on a
march of invasion with the avowed
determination to subjugate Arkansas
and capture Foit Smith. But after the
shock of an encounter with Van Dorn
he was forced to fail back into Missou
ri, leaving four hundred prisoners in
our hands, and Jthree [thousand killed
and wounded on the field. The total
abandonment of their subjugation is the
most conclusive evidence in the eWorld
that the enemy was completely wors
ted by Gen. Van Dorn.—Richmond
Enquirer.
Prisoners.—We are informed that
1,000 Yankee prisoners arrived in
Montgomery on yesterday. They wero
captured and sent round by way of Mo
bile as the Yankees still have possession
of tho Memphis and Charleston Rail
road at Huntsville, Ala. These pris
oners are to be confined in Montgomery
until they are regularly exchanged.—
Atlanta Commonwealth, April 16lli.
and brought away a great deal ol their
baggage and camp property, and all
the guns captured on. Sunday. '11,c
medical stores were to have been re-
graph, a specimen of one of tbe Yaukco
breast plates, captured at tho battle of
Shiloh. It was qniy one part of it
the right breast. Itt^ of steel, iu
moved yesterday, but tbe renewal of the! 8 H e * fo ‘®’ * ud r two , °“ e for tb *
- - - j nglit, aud one for the left breast. It
wus struck by six balls, two of which
fight early in the morning, prevented
—- - -•«- • r ailt -
Mis
ti%> i- 11 >vua BVtuc » DY six Daiii* iwo ox wnicQ
four tv-’nnrrinw tL « * • erdayatid j penctraetd. Many seemed to doubt the
four j^ionguit, to Sandford s Mis-1 statement that tho Federals used breast
it.
lost lour belonging _
sissippi battery. Gen* Breekinridge : plates, but this disqela aTl doubts.
had. ordered the battery to be with- j was sent by express to His Exeallenayi,
It
It was now one o’clock. Our men drawn, but the officer in charge waited | Governor. Brown.
Occupation of Apalachicola.—
The Yankees landed at Apalachicola
on Thursday, the 3d instant, with a
force of four hundred men in launches,
and took possession of the town. It
is also reported that eight gunboats are
in range ofjhe.city, and that the ene
my were forcing the citizens to take
the oath, &c.
Apalachicola, was being evacuated
by our foices, and the enemy, there
fore, bad nothing to do but to take
possession, 'they will find trouble,
however, if they undertake to penetrate
the interior by way of tbe river.—Tal
lahassee Floridian'
oi volunteers and the organization
thereof into companies, squadrons,
buttaliions or regiments, shall be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
such companies, squadrons, battalions,
or regiments organized, or in process of
oiganization by authority from the Sec
retary ofWar, as may be, within thirty
days from the passage of this act, so
far completed as to have the who e
number of men requisite for otganiza-
tion actually enrolled, not embracing
in said organizations any persons now
in service, shall be mustered into the
service of the Confederate States as
part of the land forces of the same, to
be received in that arm of the service
in which they are authorized to organ
ize, and shall elect their company, bat
talion and regimental officers.
»S’ec. 3. Be it further enacted, Thai
for the enrolment of nit persons com- 1
prehended within the provisions of this .
act, who are not already in service in
the armies of the Confederate St'afes, it
shall be lawful for the President, with
the consent of the Governors of the res
pective States, to employ State officers,
and, on failure to obtain surh consent,
he shall employ Confederate officers,
charged with the duty of making such
enrolment in accordance with rules
and regulations to be prescribed by
him.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
persons enrolled under the provisions
of the preceding section shall be as
signed by the Secretary of War to the
different companies now in service,
until each company is filled to its max
imum number, and the persons so en-
/oiled shall be assigned lo companies
from the States from which- they res
pectively come.
Sf.c. 5. Be it further enacted, That
all seamen and ordinary seamen iu the
land fore.-s of the Confederate States,
enrolled under the piovislohs of this
act, may, on application of the Secre
tary of the Navy, be transferred from
the land forces to the naval service.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
in all cases where a State
have in the army a number of regi
ments, battalions, squadrons or com
panies sufficient to absorb the number
of persons subject to military service
under this act belonging to such State,
then the residue or excess thereof shall
be kept as a reserve, under such reg
ulations as may be established by the
Secretary of War, and that at stated
periods of not greater than three months,
details determined by lot shall be made
from said reserve, so that each compa
ny shall, as nearly as practicable be
kept full. Provided, that the persons
held in reserve may remain at home
until called into service by the Presi
dent. Provided, also, that during their
stay at home, they shall not receive
pa). Provided, further, that the per
sons comprehended in this act shall
not be subject to the rules and articles
act rclnting to the election of officers
shall apply to those regiments, battal
ions and squadrons which are compos
ed of twelve months and war compa
nies combined in tbe same organiza
tion without regard fo llie manner in
which the officers thereof were original
ly appointed.
Sf.c. 12. Beit further enacted, That
each company of inland}’ shall consist
of one hundred and twenty five tank
and file: each company of fi-Jd artille
ry 6f one hundred and fifty rank and
■file; and each of cava’ry of eighty
lank and file.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That
all persons subject to enrolment, who
are not now in the service, under the
provisions of this act, shall be permitted
previous to such enrolment lo volun
teer in companies now in service.
Savannah, April 19th, 1862.
'to (he Militia of Georgia :
Since the date of my proclamation
of the 12th inst., calling foi Volunteers
to fill up the ranks of the State forces,
which l then felt it my duty under the
correspondence with the Confederate
government to keep in the field, I have
been notified by the Secretary of War
that all persons in State service, be
tween the ages of IS and 35, are to
be enrolled as Conscripts in the Con
federate armies ; and it has been deem
ed expedient, in order to avoid confu
sion and disorganization, at a time
when harmony is of vital importance,
to turn over to the Confederate Gener
al all the State troops, as well as those
who are not Conscripts, till the end of
their respectiveterms of enlistinet.—
This places theeutire force under the
command of the Confederate General,
and enahleshint to control every move
ment made iu our defense.
My proclamation is, consequently,
withdrawn.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
The Women of the South.—Both
Houses of Congress have unanimously
adopted the following resolution of com
pliment and thanks to the women W
may not j our Confederacy. Never was prawfl
more justly bestowed. Never had an}’
people such a support aud stimulus to
ibeir gallantry, as have beeu supplied
the Confederate soldiers by the wo
men of bur land. May they always
hnvo bravo men for their defenders !
Resolved by the Congress of the Con’
federite States of America. That tho
thanks of the Congress ol the Confed
erate States are eminently due, and aro
hereby tendered, to tho patriotic wo»
men of the Gouledoracy, for their oner*
gy, Zealand untiring devotion which
they have manifested iu furnishing vol*
notary contributions to our soldiers »“
tbe field, aud in tbe various military
hospitals throughout the country.
Tire miliiia of the counties along tho
Flint and Chottahoochie rivers are be
ing organised to resist any attempt
the Yankees to pass up from Apalachi*
cola.