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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.