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Newspaper Page Text' 1 VOLUME XVII, ROME, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15 1862. NUMBER 41 lie Mi «OHNlNa. Editor a«4: Proprietor. , terms of' Subscription. ndninoo/iicr nunuin, : : : $2 00 jd within Six Months, : : : :--2 00 id at t!- End of the Yeah, : 3 00 Terms of; Atlvoitising, , m( Advcrtiseinents >viUJ,q insortod at tbo fnites. Miscct/imcoup Advertisements .at : r square of 10 lines or less, for the First, 3d cents fyr ench Subsequent Inscitlori. I Square Threo Months, : : $5 00' I “ Six Months, ! ! 8 00 I “ iTwelvo Mouths, : 10 00 liberal Diseount.will. bs inado to thoso advertise larger timounts.;^ . Hilaries of more than five lines charge aine as (Mlvcrliscmcuts. „; e itiea of Marriages and 'licit the, not i-x- Five Lines in length, uro published iitueuslf in the'Courier'. Th'o'friends of artics are requested to send In these 1 no- aecompaniou with tv 'responsible noiiho tliey will bo publishcd with pleasuro. The Law of Newspapers. -Subseribofs who do, not giyo oxpross nl o tho contrary, are considered us wishing itinuo their subscription., . _Ifsubscribers order the disooiitiri.uarico dr nowspnpors tho publisher may eqntin- . send them until all arrearages tiro'pald. _[f subscribers noglect'or rofttse to take r newspapers from tho office to which thoy lirected, they nro held rosponsiblo until Imvo settled (ho. bflls and - ordered ;thcm pod. * ■ .non nturdny Morning, Aug 2, 1802. npt to any clir.olictiori s of duty.on .tho- part of .tlio.pfficerR of other companies, it is vot a , fact that, tho Rome, Right Guards have coino j nearer having a full attendance of officers plljhq time dur- ingjtne past three'or fqur mon ths, tlian any other company in tho regimont. There has recently been no lack of l’tijn hero. Yesterday it rained nofuiy all the time. When not raining th'o weather is exceedingly hot—tint great humidity of tho attposphoro pre/ent- ing copioqs perspiration, and producing a kind, of prilling sensation.\ Whortleberries and blaokborries nro abundant ip this vicinity, and their free use. doubtless, contributes largely to the good health of tho troops. If su gar.could be had, delicious pies from these b.erries could bo inado in abund ance. ' bio hi j Last night about 12, or*l o’clook, wo heard rapid .and continuous.cannonnd ing, probably some eight or top milos down the river. , Its cause or result has not been made known hero yet. M. D. 'VitbiANY '^Frustrated.—An extra f , train went up on tho Rome Road oh ; f Wb'cbpjftrthe- following ’ftpijte’ft'dttt Wednesday evening, and returned "rif-1 tho Richmond Dispatch i J-: ter dark, and on rebelling DJlccs*' Creole *«?» gentleman: dl- >«»t from Maryland informs us that w > leaving he saw in a'Baltimore Editorial Correspondence. Camp of8tiiGa.Rect„ August 1st, 1802. E.uiCoi RiEitTho reason of niy not ,ing, during the past two weeks, is ug to absence,- visiting Fqrmville, liburg, Liberty and - Petersburg,- llio purpose of looking up’ihon and sage belonging to llio lirigiUle. Tho dials in tlioso places wero. visitod, found- (o be in good condition; , with the exception of thoso in clibiirg, and a portion of tlioso at •isbiirg, not ImlC flfigj to the extent' heir accommodations.-' System, or- iijfH clennl’ness generally prevail; in every way llio litis pita Is, ill Rich-' d and nil other plji'ces . that' have R under the writers observation, now much better kept *>tlian -six '. The' wounded iii the recent s, in ^lie main, are doing icniarku- well— ip fact mucli bettor, than il linVti linen I-onsouably expected— so far us your eorrespinulent could i, no very miriignani .disease miy- tre preyails> 1 „,A.few.weeks siiifio.the Hoi'l ferefrwus raging,rather. iearful- it Camp 'Winder, in ltichmoiitl, but as now considerably abated. An irt is being made to mlucb llio mber of ’ siok-iiv the liospitalB in hiiinnil. lest -somo. fatal'’ epidemic lit rago tiiere during the sickly nthsof August ttiul Septomler. To cat this, sick: camps,.for-onyh brigade, now established near tlieSe several^ nmtmds,‘ anil to thoso' cri nips fill hew’ es uro carried. ! Especially at this sou of the yertr, this -is, without, doubt better Ilian luing scut t-o largo lios- llls. - a ■ «" Hi ' • '- • . Jnr present camp is fed miles Built m t from Richmond, and probably out two miles frohl tho James - Iiiyer. distance; from Drury’s, Bluff is said be nino miles. Wo are oii' picket •y. and our damp, it is Said by -the uens living ne.-tr, p’jis qcqupjqij^^tb^ loricnn forces in 1812, and ,tvns tliW tiled Camp Holley. The Brigade becij hero;sinq'o, tlic 24th uIt. Absentees aio ,gra.tlunlly voturning' J our Regimentt ilow reports about tr huhdrdd' for'cluty. 1 ; Tho country mnd is rather level without being and mostly ' pincy woods. -The tor is abundant and good, and tlib uation has dvery indication of being loalthy ond;’-.;p V;^ fj »Vhat is being clone by the army * in ® vicinity course it oukl not bdprudent to state, but the »ntry may bo assured *11JJW le > or ’loosing any of .its efficiency. ost of the regiments, except a com-, rative few belonging to th'ose brigades at did.not go to the peninsula, and «t alsrf sufiferbd most sijvoroly; B cent'fights—arc now in bclteV 3 .n, and' puiperican'y- stronger tlian leri the grand series -of confliota oom- enced. • During tho : first- two - wdclts last month, the : 8lh Georgia Regi- ent was.a "skeleton,” in numhers, . to ;lh,s ' atp the lean supply of cfiicers at one 10 ^ rcE3 parade, the* following facts 0 given in regard to (he positions o*" o officers of the Rome light Guards: Pt. Hall ,wds in command of tho Reg-: »ont;,tho 1st Lieutenant lmd charge ns own company. Lieut. Foucho a command of Co. I, anil Lieutenant' coi'o was acting Adjutant. Owing to 01r °' vn good fortune, probably, apei From the Fireside Defenders. Caup at Falling Cheik, near) Richmond, Va., July 30,1862. J .Editor Coubieu;—It seems almost useless at Gils lato hour; to give you the casualties of the Fireside Defenders, As; the community at largo liavo had many and various opportunites to as- certain our standing, though, at your requosti—and perhaps for the informa tion of others—I will ondenvqr to give you a few-items concerning our compa ny. It was my intention to have , giv- f en a fi.il report of our first fight imrno- cliately •ivfter it, but vve wero kept Under arms neiirly all the time, until the bat tle wHs decided. Sinco wo have been in camp, my health lias been dolieato; consequently, I have not been able to writo. : It was on tho morning of the 2oth of Juno, tlmt our regiment first had, nn opportunity of engaging tho enemy. Our company iituiibered about forty men, under command of Lieut. VV. G, Johnson. Wo wero under a hot and gallinj; fire Ironi very superior numbers of Jho enemy lor two h ours. Tho fol lowing is tho casualties: , . Killed. - —Janies Blackwell. Mortally wounded.—H. II. Blnckwell and Joseph. Cashin —both , have sinco- died. • ■ Severely wounded.—J. R.’ Buckhalter and W, 1‘. Whitlock.' Slightly.—J. D.. Smith—though lie was not in tho fight, but was wounded at camp by a spent ball- J. A. Sharp, D. M. Watson, S. I*. Woodrulf nntl Srrgt. A. G. M. Cumbeo. . _Wo were n >t engngod any more until Inly tho Fast, ivhon wo mado a very hawi'doijs and desperate charge upon a battery, but faded to reaoh ,ib. For- tunatelyin this undertaking wo lost none' of our company. "Sorgt., S.' B : . Trcfwhtwey (now L|out.) was eiiglitly wounded ; Col. Jones was slightly woun- dt-dnA tlie jaw by apieeo of a shell. 1 Wbtild like to give the' nameB of all tho boys ongiigod iii eaoli'fight, and nUo tho manner in which thoy acquit ted themselves, but tiino and spaoo forbid/.. The mortality in tills regiment and tliik company mucli greater from dis ease titan from the cll'eets Of bullets. To our sail misfortune, we Jjgvb. lost nino member's of our' cbmpuny during this month—eight with disease and one of wounds. „Tlieir .natpos ‘aro as fol lows: Lieut,. W,,G. dohuston, Corporal Stephen Nowmnu;- privates W. :C, Ctiniiinghnmv Of M; Ferry, G. W. Mo: Kisic, S. A. Thomns, Joseph ‘ Cashin, R. D. Strickland' and , A, 'J. Arnold. J. D. Cornutt and S. VV. Stuart wero tnkon prisoners 80th of Juno. They jyenfc upon the field in tho evening to look after tho dead and wounded, and ventured too near 1 the enemy’s lines, consequonfly were captured. . They have been heard from at Now,York.— Tho casualties in, this regiment in all the battles are 'comparatively small- 144 killed, wounded., pad missing.' Wo nro now camped in a beauti ful nrid'liealthy locality, six miles South of lliclimond, bn tho. Turnpiko road leading from Richmond to Petersburg. Tho healtli of tho regiment is impro ving rapidly. This division (formerly under Gen. Huger,) is now commnndod by Gen. It, H, Anderson, of South Carolina. Our btigado is commanded by Brigadier Gon. A.,It. Wright,of Ga., ol. of 3d Ca. Regiment. ■■i'l'.ih H. Bridge, a number of cross ties was found, placed on tho track, but the cow-catch- or threw them off sd that no dAinngo tvns done to the train'. Soon after tho train ronohed hero, a party was nindo up, arid procuring trained dogs, re turned to tins place Immediately, and after searching some tiino a man was seen to jump from a fish basket in the river arid started to swim to the oppo site shore, immediately somo ton or twelve shots wore fited at him, with what result is unknown, but it is supposed that lie was killed, as no tra ces could bo found of him tho next day. .ExTqimoN.—An old friend blames us for not thundering away more conjiri-. ttously at tiio oxtortioners. Tho rtf are- two reasons for it. Tho first it,(it has. done no good—never reformed unybody, and, on the contrary, nirnlo them ail worse. Tho second is, ' that or some thing else has made a thousand new ones, and now wo rather like tho l'un of socing them, eat up each other.— Extortioner comes' to town with a load of watermelons and diminutive fowls, weighing perhaps half a potihd apiece. For the first he requires one dollar each, and for tho .second fifty conts.— He sells out his wagon load at one or two hundred dollars, arid then, when he goes to the storo and finds sugar forty cents a pound—flour seventeen dollars a hundred—molasses two dol lars a gallon—tliero, you see, is “retri butive injustice at once.” Liko Suggs ho is "kinder tuck up short,” and looks botli ways for Sunday. He .skins’ ha— wo skin Aim—it’s fair all round, and when ho gets homo of a night he,goes to bed with the consoling reflection that "lio’s been donii as bo’s dotto to Olliers.” As for. us outsiders who nro skinned by both, we pay tho prices in tho way of a ticket to see llio show.— Macon Telegraph. There is a great deal of tnith in tho above, but we nro getting very tire 1 of tho show, as we think it is about the poorest show that wo over went to, that wo lind to pay to much for, A Noulb Example for a Soldier.— Chaplain Jambs.B. Everitt, furnishes the Rockingham (Va.) Register with some interesting fuels in regard to tho lamented Gen. ~Asmiv. .Among other things he saysi ',‘As liis tent-mate from tho 17th pf June, 1801. to the cjose of his .bright and eventful life, 1 never suiv him indulge in a game of chance, use an oath or any expression which could ott’eiid the most polite par, and ho was entirely frqq from dissipation of all hinds.” VVkat a noble tributo to oho who lias had no superior for gul- lant dnring since the war commenced! fi©*15xoellent as far as goes, but thou did ho pray? ..- r — Arr—1— (Hermes” .writing from Rich mond. to the Cliavlcstou Mercury, un der date'of Aug. 1st, says: The Enquirer of this mornipg lias a significant urticle,»iri which, whilo disclaiming any official infortnalion, it intimates that the next steamer will bring tho nows of recognition. 11 states, in a semi-official way, that, in February Inst the British and Fronch Ministers agreed to give Lincoln and Seward six months’ tiino to crush tho rebellion— twice as long as they .asked. Those six .months' expired yesterday, Happily, our people have learned to look upon recognition as an unsubstantial buga boo, and care little or nothing about it. The Countryman,—'This oxqusitoand dainty, little hebdomadal. mndo its ap-, pearnneo in our sanctum a few days ago. This is one of the neatest papers; typographically in tho Confederacy, and in . other respectb, the Charleston Courier thus speaks of it: Tho “Countryman” does, not claim to ho a inmis-papor; it is intended nioro for tho admirers of literature than for politicians trim news mongers. As a family paper; it will be highly esteemed. The selections nro gtfod, the editorials are concise, chasto and simplo; and whilst they nro instructive to all classes of readers, they 'are peculiarly’ so to tho- young. .Those who admire,,.tho stylo of . tho '!Spectator,” should sub scribe for tho “Countryman.” Address J. A. Turner; Turnwold, Futr.nm coun ty, Ga:,‘enclosing $1.00. Commendable.—Mr. VV estraorelnnd,, of Greenville, advertises that ho' wijl continuo to card wool ip to rolls nt his factory at tho snmo prloos as fevmerly charged before, tho war. ' Ho deserves tho i 1 ™*®® 1 '-'' .thus many pretences by havo.advanced) rolls so advntageously. Ho does not intend to reflect upon other factories, but does so. becauso he oiiri do so-'nind;'at; the same 'tiriie reap a sniail per coritago. : chango. in Romo Rqjlroad J0S?“Thero will bo no servico at Sf Feter’s Churolt io-tnorrow (Sunday.) reot from Maryland informs us that be fore leaving lie saw in" a 'Baltimore pa per, of July Slst, an allusion t6 a rti- morthat a member of. the British Le gation received a letter from Lord Ly ons by tho last steamer commjtnicating tho intelligence that the Confederate States • had been recognised by the British Government. .Yeyy. little confi dence was placed in the . truth of this rumor, but tho decided tone of tho latest English newspapers lmd booAsion- cd apprehensions nt tho North that recognition, if not a fact accomplished, was an event not far distant. From the same som-co wo learn that u. , Grenada. Miss.,. Ajig.^r via Moi^b,, Cth.—The enemy nro report to be ad vancing onSonatobin, (in Desoto 1 cottri-' ty Miss., some 40 miles South of Mem phis,) in threo columns from'Memphis, estimated qt.frpm 1,500 to 2,000 strong. Reiuforoements * nro beirig sent ‘ from this place to Col. Jackson. Gon. Curtis’ Cavalry, attacked nt pro vision train, en route to,Gen. Parsons, near Austin, in Turiia county, Miss,, neaV tho hank Of the Mississippi river, a few days ago, arid wero repulsed With considerable loss. A-Cairo dispatch, tho 20th July, says: “llio rebels made n dash at Humboldt, ... in poqrse , Saving the Locomotives.—fipward of olad frigate $40,oqo worth ofhalf-'destroyd engines and cars wero,abandoned on tho York River.dVdl Hoad by the enemy in their, retirement JO tho . Jrirints River. The wrecks aro now being brought up to, the city nnd.it is projinblo that all can bp yOptiiyed and maclO"to"render their servico to the" Confederacy.—Rich. Ex-. amiitfr ■ : : V - ‘st.yfrrtk ■th'i.'tr .bra ■.? is “an up-hill business? in Maryland. With ull tho efforts that bad ficen made, rind pathetic appeals through the war newspapers, not more than twenty men had enlisted, in Baltimore up to tho 26th of July. There,seem! to bo a per vading conciousness that tho State’s quota cannot bo raised without resort to a draft. Yet it is feared that this step oannot bo taken without danger: to tho abolition causo. Already largo numbor^of young men are preparing to lonvo should the alternative bo adop ted, and of thoso who remain ^thero will be found but few who can iTo do- S ended oil to fight on tho side of the orth. In 'Washington city there is a vast deal of speculation about the 'move- -ments of “Stonewall' Jnckson,” and tho constant departure of families, .with hag and baggage, for localities further North, has given rise to the supposi tion in the minds of Baltimoreans that they luvvo'a ■ dread of an -attack Upon tho Federal capital, though .it may,pos sibly bo nothing moi-b. than tho usual summer hfegira. ■ Dr. Day) arid hiS'Wo'th'-' ciy with' were qrrestbd at Drninsvikri and imprisoned, in Washington, have been set at liberty, in consequence of somo civilians at Richmond by tho Confederate Government. Common white cotton goods hnvo gone up to 25 and 30 cunts per yard in tho Northern markets, nnd with a mengre prospect of an increased supply of the raw material a further advance is considered unavoidable. SkiRjiisn at Oha.vce Count House.— On Saturday morning last a nortion of tho 7th Virginia Cavulry, Robertson's brigade, under Col. W. E. Jones, en gaged tho 1st Michigan; 5th New York, and 1st Vermont Cavalry, at Grange Court House. Our men fought with desperation, not having more than' 100 at any one'time in tho fight, while til'd enemy’s fofco was between 1,200 niul.' 1,500. Ten of tho enemy, including a Major, and eleven horses, were killed, the dead bullies of tho latter remaining, in llio 'streets of Orange C. IT. after tho tight was over. Four oarringos wove pressed h,v llio Yrtnki-os to oarf} off their-wounded. Several prisoners wore capturpri, six. of'whom (Scrgoant J. S. Trowbriilo and two' privates of tho5tli New York, and two privates of tho 1st Vermont,) wore brought to Ulohmond by the Central train lust evening and committed the to Military prison. Somo few, four of ot;r men men were captur ed in tho skirmish, but' none killed. Major Berry, of tho 4th Georgia battal ion, .whp was near the scene of action, informs us that Jho enemy rotreated by way of' Terrill’s Ford across tho Rapidari river. Our troops 'oceupiiSd the town on Saturday nighf. , Ai-f.uas on James River.—We liavo received but little additional intelli gence relating to tho artillery engage ment at Cdggin’s Point on Thursday' night. It is, however, 1 confidently as serted that the .enemy's fleet suffered oonsidcr.ubo damage. . A report reach ed tis Ironi Petersburg last evoning that tho Foderals hod landed' a force on the South side of the river, near Coggiri’s Point, probably with a view to prevent any further demonstration against their fleet from ihat quarter. Heavy arid rapid artillpr'y firing clown' tho river was distinctly heard in the city yo sterdny afternoon, continuing till 8.o'clock; Tho pauso of this fifing, arid the ‘point at, which it occurred, woi-0 not ascertained. High _ Fit ices.—Sweet potatoes were selling in the markets on Saturday nt 50 cents a piece.- Those that oahimarided that prjco wero large specimens. On tho same day good sized- tomatoes wero selling at $1 50 per dozen. .Orders to Refort.—Wo understand that orders have been issued for ali,jMc raled prisoners taken at Roanoke Islarid and elsewhere to report - their names, so that they, may . be included in - the exchange lately agreed on'between the Confederate and Lincoln ..Government, A gentleman froiri Nashville says Lincoln’s-Military Governor,Is daily req-: dering himsL-lf odious oven to “Union mein,” by his course of tyrany arid perse cution. And it is said that’ho takesHpe cial pleasure in.flouting and snubbing Neill Brown, Stokes, Campbell, Lelleyet, and other Whigs who recently struck with him and bowed themselves at the foot of '-Abraham tho Rail’ Splitter.- 1 - Athens [Tenn.] Post. , . i — '..il -mo ■. tJffi^A , crew and marine guard are — -* organization fpr the iron ew lro'risido, and will lie sent to F'hiladelphia'in a day pr twef; Her officers cotinua to report daily. It .is frigate at present ready for son in the United, States. Tho next ono tvlU bo the Roanoke.now plating ot'Brooklyn. -Charleston Courier. ' ' , " !;.iv;r"-j^Dfite eirr'nl • .JyfvrbndsajM, very;’heavy. Several prisoners have booli brhuglit in from Tazowoll. No particulars of tho fight. Gen. Rains, nljlast ,accounts, was-making forced, marches to gnifl tho enemy’s rear. Brig; Gen. W. It. Caswell was this afternoon assassinated- by some un known person near iris residence, six iriilos from Knoxville. . second dispatch. ~lt special to tho Advertiser ^ Regis ter frotn.Knoxville tho 7tlii says a dis-: patch from Bi(ig. Gon. Stevenson this, morning, stato* that after a gallant ac tion of four hours yesterday nerir Taio- well; the eriemy was repulsed with'grflat' slaughter, and is' itr .full retreat. - A i A- I vui till. Oil Ill V, DUUIUU ri U ICUI II VUdl //•»•• I ... * recruiting for tho United States army (Q‘bson county, West Tennessee, ottlie ’ ’ ■ ■ intersection of the Mobile & Ohio rail roads, 82 mites N. W. of'Memphis.) Our. Cavalry fled without firing a gun, The rebel Cavalry attsokod our infan try; killed fifteen, captured some pris oners, arid took possession of the town. Gov. Magoffin has called a meeting of tho -Kentucky Legislature on the 14th August, to provido for tho peace of the Commonwjaltli, and the safety of tho institutions of tho State) against the action of, tho Fedoral Congress. • Col. Logan, (Federal) hung Mr. Whip ple, a wealthy and influential citizen of Jnriksoh, Tennessee, on th'o 29th ult., for piloting a Confederate partisiln' to a bridge over the South fol-k of the Fork ed Dear river, which was liurnt,, Col., Logan also burnt tlie houses of several sympathisers of 'tbb Confederacy. 1 v Dr. Leftwitoli, a-Yankee ' cotton buy er, was captured by .Confedei-ate- gubr-.- illas near Brownsville, (Hriyweod coun ty, Tenn., orilhe Memphis & Ohio Rail-' road, 57 miles from Memphis)' last week, with $25,000 in speoio. ; ii6hns arrived here (Grenada). . ; Frisonors taken yesterday.;,yeport front below that Jho Yankees iiayo evrio- uated Baton Rouge, arid that' Geri; Breokinridgo is in possession of tho City. ;. :. tA.I . : A special to tho Advcrtiscr & Rtgisier from Jackson, ilie 5th, says .General Breckinridge this morning 'attacked Baton Rouge, driving the Federate from thoir position.' For one hour the musketry firing was very heavy; also heavy firing from the direotiori of the liver, whioh may havo been the guns of the Arhansas, ns she was to have co operated. Tho. Federate were driven through tlie oily to tho rivor bank. Chattanooga,.Tenn., August 6.—Mc Minnville, Tonm! has been occupied hv ftHnilt; T.finn 1 tVnnnii nrV flntL by about 7,000 ‘ Federal troops on Sat urday last—probably Gen) Bull Ner.- son’s division.. A detachment of Gen. Forrest’s cavalry was. in that placo on Fridtiy last, but Wore smart enough to evade beitig'enpiured. A.man who ran tiio. Federal lines at McMinnville,; states that ho. heard the. shrioks of'womcn from nipiost.every ho'uso-in town, 'and. 'thinks that tho Ynnkco eommand"merit liavo been turned loose at will- to pillage and out rage. The shrieks of the women, he says, were agonising. Cuattanooga, Aug. 6.— Three' deser- ters from Buell’s army to-day, say ho lias under.his command McCook's, Crit tenden’s, Wood’s and Rcusseau’s .Divls-' ions—about 35,000 men in all, at Ste venson and Bridgeport. He has plenty of prolusions at Stevenson, but are on halt'rations at Bridgeport. They say BUell himself is’either nt HuntaVnl'e or' Washington City.—Tho Federate are fortifying Stovenson, and tearing down all tho houses. . .. Mobile, Aug. 6.-rThq Advertiser has the following from Jackson to-day: “I nm permitted 'by Gen. Van. Dorn to send tlie'following' * “One mile and a; half Vrom ) Baton Rodoe, Aug. 5, 1 - , "To Gen. Van. Dorn-, “Receiving a dispritoh that the Ar kansas would co-oporrito, I attacked Ea ton Jtouge this niorningat daylight; with less than 8,000.- merii After a struggle of five hours, wo drove,the en emy Irom all points to the arsenal, qnji lower'doWn to the cover of their, gun-, boats; taking ri-nutnber 'of’ prisoners,' several-flags, rind a considerable quanti ty ol property. "My diminished and exhausted for ces could not trike the Arsenal, and the troops wero almost perishing' for writer. We Iirvo -withdrawn one mile rind a half from the;city, but hope to.resume the attack in half .an hour., . , . “1 lliirik our loss has been ns heavy as that of the enemy. Gen. Clarke is mortallyv wounded. Col. Hunt, 5th Ky., Col. Thempson.-ad Kv„ Col. Allen, 4r.h La.q'apcl.othoKs, ore severely', woup? ded.' ‘ _ . . “The effective fo'rco of the' enemy, exclusive of his gun and mortar boats, is reported to-u» at 5,000. c,, BREbRiNRlDGE.' ' ■ ' ” *' ” - A '‘Mrijo^-Gerieral,” - If-seeins that the Arkansas did'not arrive in time to tako part with our: land forces, as was intandod, although she passed Bay on Sarii, which isribb'ut thirty miles abovo Baton Rouge, at 12 o’clook.On Monday, night. , ifiioin Four gunboats, are at, Baton Rouge, and the Ram Essex. Qrders have been received'here (Jackson) to'receive'300 wounded, •'“Gon. Van Dorn has reihbv- ed his heatl quarters to this place. ' ■MbniLE.- Aug: 7—A sp«oml : djspatoh to the Advnrtiser'& Register fVom Knox- vilte 6th, says hea,vy skirmishing comT menced oil Tuesday with q large por tion of'the enemy at-'Tazewell, seven miles from pumjierlftptj Gap. One brigade of Gep. Stevenson's j'p.yp.oqyii? engaged on our side. The design was to gain the, enemy’s rear and cut them ojf frqm iile flap. Artillery firing was nirib ffieft. 13 1 v ■i— Gen. Burton has' succeeded in gain-: ing the enemy’s, rear. Gen. Stevenson, lms been reinforced an4 .flanked Bow en’s command, ciipiuriug tiio Federal afmy of East Tennesseb. ' • The murderer of Gon; Caswell- was- arrested last night. , ,Letteis from Staunton, Va., say that, late Washington papors state that, Sew- ardTiad'resigned to ofcripo the effebts'’ of intervetIUon, but was induced to reconsider his action, 1 lie feeling nt tho North is entirely depressed, nnd nnli war meetings tire being hold. : RicnuoNB. August 6.—Geriorals Buck ner, TiighnVan & Mackall; -Commodore Barron, and.Lieut. Rev*- Kennon,, and, other , officers, and a largo jiumber of. privates) .oxohanged Oorifedorafe pris- orieVri 6f itai r ;hkvoarrived in this city. ' Gen. Pettigrew has arrived within our lines and will roach tho pity toqday. : Richmond’, Aug. 6.—The enemy wrest ed Malvern Hill frpm us.on .-.yesterday,- owing to the smallnesgflOf, 9U& lorce. Thw brings Ihqm ten miles up, thfi'HVwJ M Tiro Confederate; prisoners confined 1 in the .East, including Buckner and: Tiluhmnn, Imvo returned South, and- are now in Richmond.—The polltioal* prisoners at Fort - Warren still remain as prisoners,,! vofpoleqiorijlq sue boa .The, prisoners state fhiit, the North. has given up all" hope of success,' arid jirosebute thb war only from' prido arid revengo. • . i • Recruiting ure at * retried.. _ of that. There tiro rnariy sympathizets- witli the -South, who bogin to oppose any further proseoution of the war.. Thurlow Weed considers tho prospect hopeless. P. W, A. ; . i {SECOND WSPATOHl] ■ : • I,, si*H Richmond, Aug.„6.-TjAmopg tho prte., oners returned are those .captured at Fort Fulnsici, and Captain Harlow's company, captured, iri tho Valley; also; Lieut. Col. Towers, of tho,8th Georgia, J iat-i!,..s,, 1 sv.?.ilA, i - Arrest of Vallandigham. Tho following despatches appear in tho Baltimoto JVews Shccti New York, July 28.—Tho Tribune has a spooial dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, stating that, Rev. Dr. Brooks, of St. Louis, and Rev. D. Hoyt, of Louis ville, wero arrested on Friday night, at tlib house of a notorious rebel; Judge Clark, of Missouri. , It is reported that, important papers wero found on them, implicating Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, who will be taken with them to Cincinnati, The Ram Aransas.—In correction of an erroneous statement now going tho rounds of the newspapers, we glVe tbo following dimensions of tho above"fa mous craft. They were, furnished to us by Mr. Wagner, her mohitect, who is now in Savannah: Length between perpendiculars, 165 feet; breadth of moulded beam, 35,feet; depth of hold, 12 fect. Hpr.motive power consists of two high presstno engines, 400 horso power each; diameter of screws) 8 feet. ) She dvaws nirie’feevof water.—Savannah Republican. ■A@^The,Confederate Arsenal and nr-- mory at..'Faye.Seville N. C., may now bo said to bo.iii full blast; at least there is nothing jtertaidng-to' tlit irilriie" rifle and sabre bayonet tbat oannot ’ be’ manufactured there. A good deal of maohinery. and many of the tools are; new, manufactured on tho' spot, and. equal to riny in tho world. A few days- since a largo lot'ofriflev, manufactured - at tlie'armory, was sent* to the Chief of ordinance, Richmond, Va,. Besides making new . and altering &ldarm8. the terco at tbo armory has been 'engaged 1 ' lately • -In- restoring' and* putting in order several thousand En-’ Considerably daniaged, 'They will sooq bo restored to their original appearance IB I ' and condition ^ , of the mechanics engf Mr-C-P> Bolles hris rec _ wrir departmerit the coriiriiif*i°b < . iqiri-of Artillery, P. A. C. S., .rind I •ai- to 5-uT A Step T»kEN,-Gdverrior Lef.oh'er has - ^trrte ' opplicntiori to tho Secretary;of Warjo rlo.liver over to tbe authorities all th« Vti-gipia,traitors who now iri : or near Rionmond, who, there 'may-.be ground for suspecting, have been engaged iii violating those statutes of. Virginia tlmt make criminal and piitilshrible such nctsJis inciting f slaves >:o ii-hellibn,’enticing them to' leave thoir mistors, usihg. incendiary, lan- gqugo, jai-sing. uoitnt.erteit money, *•. ■ffriV bi Ion bed leamigi i .Aii iiJS

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, August 15, 1862, Image 1