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From the Houston Telegraph, April 22.
Battles or Mansfield and Pleasant mu.
Mansfield, La., April 23,1864.
Little did 1 think when I bid you fare
well in Texas that I should so soon have
to record Lwo of the most bloody battles
which have been fought during this event
ful war, and while the shouts of victory are
ringing and a thankful people are praising
tho A-mighty for the success of our arms
in beating back the tide of invasion, still,
many once happy homes in Texas, Arkan
sas, Missouri, and Louisiana are mourning
for some loved and lost relatives or friends.
Tho battle of Mansfield was fought two
and a half miles from the littlo city of the
same name. .The battle had keen preceded
by some'heavy skirmishing, ffiit the general
battle commenced on“ie 8th of April,
about 10 A. M., Gen. Taylor in command.
Arkansas, which GenvPnce may be enabled
to regaio. I should hero state that Gfen.
Taylor fought these battles contrary to
the opinion of others, and he has eclipsed
the fame of bis father, old “ Rough and
Ready.”
1 yesterday visited the different * hospi
tals in this vicinity, seeking some of our
Texas boys, 1 found but a few. I found.
Mai. Sawyers and Capt. T.J.ttaref, of Co.
K. DeBtay’ft regiment; they are hot dan
gerously- 5 wounded j also Lieut. Fisher of
the same regiment, slightly wounded. J
shall proceed to Pleasant Hill in a day or
two, and seek others. Hardened' as thy
heart is to scones of suffering and misery,
the silent tears started unbidden from eyes
unused to weeping, as 1 passed among the
maimed and wounded. Herd 1 found a
noble, youth, who- but a few weeks ago left
home so full of hope for the future, upon
the couch of tho sufferer. • His fond tooth
er's and sister’s kiss as he parted from
them, came, to my mind, and I found that
was a reality arid a sad thing. May God
comtort the mourners.
The streets of this city are daily throng
ed with the ladies carrying food and com
fort to tbo sufferers. They watch over
them with all the affection of mothers and
abaters. Surrounded by all the horrors'of
wnr, the daughters of Louisiana prove
’ ministering angels in the cause of suffering
humanity, and like the good Samaritan,
they never tire in watching at the couch
of suffering. God bless them. *
The*majority o v f the wounded of the
enemy are in our hands; they are attended
by their own surgeons, and our authorities
give them every facility to assist them,
and they receive as kind treatment as our
own army.
This is a sad night in camp. , A few rods
from where I am writing lies theeotpse of
Maj, Gen. Thosl Greene, the Napoleon of !
tho West. Many a hoart in Texas will
mourn tho loss of our hero. Just promo
ted, having never known defeat when ke-
commanded, enjoying the confidence of his
troops to a degree unsurpassed, and very
They tried to blow her up with torpedoes,
but failed to hurt her. ‘ T
The fight 1 Bated throo hours, till dark,
when our glorous little ram w'^h her brave
• crew steamod back to tbiisplaco, the enemy
not daring to follow The Albemarle sunk
three of their largest Steamers besides
damaging three or four more. She was
hurt Dut very Uttle. .
Her smoke stack was riddled so that her
commander, Capt... Cooke, , could not get
draft enough to tais&steac® and this com
pelled him to return. Iti doing so he y had
to'burn all his bacon, lard and oil to raise
- v f - ;
Tho Albemarle Was hitrtfclr sixty.two
times, one shot of vHiich hurt her—break
ing both bars of a portion of her armor—
or gather, breaking one bar and driving
in the second
JJj-^ win «! • cqmUl.3, with . c*> os titatib» oiinfn
Walker’s division on the right of Moutop,
and two cavalry regiments on theextreino
right of Walker. Gen.’Greene commenced
the attack with a portion of his dismounted
cavalry. The enemy pressing the left
wing heavily, Gen. Grodno then or lered
Menton's division to advance, and the
figlitiag was terrible along the lines of both
combatants.
Tho battle raged Sorely for five hours,
when tho enemy broko and fled, having
been forced back two miles,rwliero com
menced a general rout.
Gen. Churchill’s did not. participate in
this action, but were in the action of the
following day. (Jen. Mbuion fell'in tho
earjy part of the action, while receiving
the surrender of a large body of.the eoemy.
Ho felt bat a few feet from the muzzles of
their guns, lie is reported to. have acted
gallantly, aiid his noble division lost heavi
ly in both officers and moil, anil covered
themselves with glory, Qol. Phil Herbert
was hero wounded, and Col. Buctiel mor
tally.—sinoo died. ‘ It was here, too, that
the lamented ChanccyB. Sheppard, of Gen.
Greek’s staff, yell, arid'the'gallant Maj. J.
D. Sayres wounded.
Thu fruits of the victory consisted in
capturing 2500 prisonep, 200 wagons load
ed with stores, 1400 rni|les, 36 ambulances,
with immense medical’and other stores.
In this battle the Cfiemy fought three artny
corps, viz: the 18th, 19 to and famous 16th,
formerly commanded ,qy Gen. Sherman,
and which hod »o ofteu.boasted that it bad
never known defeat. The loss of the ene
my in' the two engagements will pot' be
less that) 6000 killed, wounded and prison
ers. ' . : ' ; V - - :'*■
The enemy commenced their retreat as
soon as rout'd,in the direction of.Pleasant
Hill, sritoe ©fgiiteon miles from the ’ 1
field of Mansfield. N
Our army having pursued, the line of
battle wari formed about 4 P. M. of the 9th
of April,. arid \^aa mpre bloody than on the'
precoding da’y. , Gerieral Greene's division
under his ebnVm&nd, was posted on the
6Xtfom4,‘ !!, “^ * * skiLRI —«—
com'mam
leaves a void in the armies of the Confeder
acy which will remain unfilled, and future
generations ot Texas will tell of the heroic,
deeds of.the man who first led our cowboys
to board jyid capture vessels of war. .«
Maj. Gen. Greene was killed instantly,
about 5 o'clock on the evening of the l^thj
inst, at Blair’s landing on Re’d Riv»r,
about 35 miles from this place, while-direct-
ing an attack with 1000 men on five, gun
boats and five transports, the latter loadod
with troops, the former iron clads. He
waeataudiog near the e<lg© bank,
which at tli&t place, is about 30 foot high.
While encouraging biaanen under terrific
fire froth tWguubo&fcvhe was struck over
tho right eye by a charge of grape shot—
the whole top of his head was carried away,
and death of ©ovose instantaneous. His
body -was brought to tbci camp the : next- 1
day, and will be sent to Texas by Major J.
II. Beck, Quartermaster of tho Cavalry
«•-
The tent is lighted up and guarded by a
detacbmeretof Texas cavalry, The sensa
tion causedbytois deathit is impossible tto
describe. Gens.Polignac, Waal and Sour-
ry, shod burning tears wlaen tb«y heard ,of 1
it.>-nEvery one seemed tob*ve lost a o$ar
dear rsdatiTeandifriend.^ Geo. lay lor was
overwhelmed with-grief, for. Greene bad
alwaysbeou histrue aodstaqnch friendhc t
am told thaV he said when hie officers re
monstrate against liis going-into tho fight
himself, that he wouidn'hif he had his old |
brigade, but some of the troops were ,new f
and ho must go. The. ; troupe engaged j
were W<»d’e and Go aid’s . regime MJt^Afcod
Parson’A brigade. We lost 74 men killed
and wounded. The-slaughter ot the ene
my on board the transports was fearful, as
our men^were only thirty or
..hich splintered the wood
on the inside and wounded! four of the crew
slightly—so slightly that they continued
their datlos.
One of thd Albetharle’s guns bad some
three feet knocked off tho ipuzzle at the
first firo bat she fired forty-six rounds ia
her*broken condition. Csi.ptain Cook said
the Confederacy might congratulate itself
on tho safe return of the Aiberaaflo to
Plymouth.
The yankees tried to throw a k<^ of
powder down hef smoke sEack to blow hoi*
tip but failed. They tried to drop another
on her propeller,to stop her. It was at
this point'that our men shot the whole
stern off tho Yankee man-of-.war engaged
in the work, and it was a grand sight to
see her go down, though in but twenty feet
%ater. '
This vessel bad five two hundred potto d
rifle guns oq b e rf ffve eleven inch Dahl-
gren guns, and two other large guris in her
dow and stern. * '
Wo also sunk the Miami, another large
Vessel carrying ten guns, and Capt. Cooke
thinks the third vessel was the Eutaw.
These are the facts oF th e fight of tbo Al- 1
bemarle. When she starts again she will«
be accompanied by another ram, and then
She will go O. K. She Will shortly have a;
new smoke stack and another gun to re
place the broken brie and then you may
igaib. - ' /• I
forty yards r-rio Friday,. the ener
4>*<«b them^andi obe efitbri gopbpate^as #btodid^btl^a .wRb a famaed'Ailvab-
completely silenced and about to surrender,
right ; Gen. Chuibhfirs'divjSiorrbf Arkan-
sians and Missourians, haying arrivod, on
-- ^ J ‘* r ' v!l " ' battery
the extreme right;' the Valve
opening tlie battle arid losing!
of their horses, btit few mop injured:
Churehill, wHtn'l»is‘ Mivtsioh of iofai
^ ift STS I — _ J ^ _ J ^ a jl. • L- ’. A 11 1 '
then mdved forwaird; and'the bkttle com
menced furiously along the whole Ana.
The enctiiy pressing ChurcHill in oyer-.
whelming numbers, lie was compelled' to'
fell back. Gens; Walkeriand Fbligbab then 1
when three others came to her
none -were captured. -;;J| «
Had Geaaral Groooe lived *b W»fl doubts
bu t be wooW have captured; all tho .trans-
porte. The engiigemerit lasted about half
an hour after the General feUr. brhen the
J|ri»Wb1
. who were there... .. vK ^
trae friend an 1 a braverenan did :oot fall
The Eero of a doz
en those bloodyfields. ^
cn fights, he now sleeps with his chief in
a soldier’s grave >» Peace to his ashes h—
But his memory will forever remain green
in the heart of every Texan. I shall pro-
?)’ coed to tho vicinity of the battle fields in a
movvdlofward^^^ S£2^!^ d , rca *
enbiDV and threw them intoaeenbFal rbnt,' jt-shull keep y<*«rreaders-fbitW
Put astop$th^eaV^^Wy'ty*&*?*■ ^ .nfiwfc]
fell back Ho- x»oublero bayou, some twenty
I3* wounded. So was Gen. Seirriy.
h**» xb aa wounded, 8,3 first 1
the troops, and a few more days will de
termine a victory w!hich has bisen so cheer
fully inaugurated. • J f
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Correspondence of the New Yorii World.
Rebel Iron-Clads—Thirty Built at the Routt,
and Twenty Mote Coming from Europe.
Baltimore, April 21st.
From the sources of information alluded
to in a recent iether, I hate derived the
following foots id relation , to th© naval
plans of the rebels:
Thebperations of the Confederatee in
the campaigns of1864 will not be coniined
to the manoeuvres of laud forces. If their
plans are carried out, naval operations-On
a large scale will form a prominent part
of the exertions which they w ill put forth.
Without including kheir foreign built ves
sels, ol v> hich I will sgeak presently, arid
excluding also such yesaels as lhe Georgia,
which aroused merely as stationary floating
batteries, they have built themselves,
mostly Horn their o^vn materials, and have
now at their command, a fleet of no less
than thirty-one iron-clad vessels. More
than twenty of the largest arid most pow
erful of-these vessels, aB has teen demon*
sfrated by actual experiment, are fully
eapahle of coastwise bud nver navigation,
arid are therefore capable of taking a part
in offensive naval warfare.
Theyoare four o£ these iron-clad vessels
now at Shreveport, on the’ Red River, in
Northwestern Louisiana. They will, no
doubt; take a part in the engagement w?tb
the Federal forces concerned in the present
Red River Expedition, if the recent repulse
pf the latter has not been so severe as to
caqso an abandonment of the expedition.
In the East there rire t>||o iron clad vessels
at Kinston and one near Goldsboro’, on the
House River ; two on the Tar River, at a
point where the latter crosses the-.'Wilming
ton »«4 y?Q)$pn Riplroad,; and certainly
- twd (or three, if the lust, one recendy build
ing is completed) at Illilifax, on the Roari-f
oke River. These seven iron-clad gunboats
arointended certainly, at presoat.at least,
for the defence of that important railroad^
,frpm WUmington to Richnaond,. and in;
raer to prevent tTriion troops, or vessels
Sm advancing oh that road from New-
m,-crr fW)in Albomarle'Qr Pairilico Sound.
But there is nothing intheir construction
^wbich wouJdP rev en t them froin navigating
those rivets .to th,cir raou.thp.. and sailing
aiong. the ' coast; for this* experience* of
iheir trial trips has’proved them to be toa-i
worthy in every respect;. They nre mount
ed with guns of English manufacture.
The five iron clad vessels at Mobitq, the
five aA Gharle8toii, and the one in the Sa
vannah'River, were alt So accurately dc-
" ^ribed iti fbe Wbrld, a ehoft lime ago, s
* that I- need drily relfer to them. Thera Are
-tetaUUfe, at Charlestoo^two powerful iron-
olgdato%m rams, on« of w^ich is command-
t Eic^riionf, aiid^betWeen that city
arid Fort Dariing r there are ton iron Mad
vessels, most, of them moan ted with rifled
IguiMP Of these the Merr.imac Ho. g.ja the
Herarsaa*
ment consists of six gu ns, viz: two heavy
cdlumbiqds din each side, one ten inch rifle
an at the bow *aad atiolher at the stern
r -
m |il
Losses of this War, t
We take from the Philadelphia North*
American the following list, made up to
the 11st September, 1! 163, including‘the
battle' ofGhlok amauga':
*4 I« : CqNFEBKRATKS. . ‘ ■ -W
Rilled W’d'd Pr’n’ra Totd
1861. 1,2*0 8,955 2,722 9.8TT
1862 14 550 * 47,204 15,876 77,646
1863 . 12, •"■21 48,300 -71,211 131,352
Total, 23,147 99,459 *8,858 217,175
Confederates died of diseaso and sickness
fidtn the commencement of the war to the
present tithe, 130,600.
TSDKRAX.S. Its
.. Haled . PrVrs
1861 ; 4,734 9,791- 9,144
1862 20,S79 69,973 ** 46,5*4
1863 15,363 53,*61 ? •• 33,281
a
40,866 132,745 . .89,009
died of disease and
the same tinie, 290,000,
»K. .. RECAWTCLATIOIf.
Federal looses in battles, Ac...
“ - ” by sickness, Ac..«.
Total
33,709
186,184
162/2*
;
sicknesa
,^.262,700
..^90,000
Last Fight at Kesaca, r - i
The Atlanta Appeal gives the annexed
graphic description of tho late fight before
■Resaca: A- ■*
On Thursday evening, May 12th, the
enemy began to move out of Dalton to
wards Resaca. During tno previous night,
and throughout the morning of that day,
the enemy had transferred his entire line,
.with the exception of two divisions, which
remained in front of the gaps, to the right,
making a rendezvous of Snuketreo gap,
and massing in Sugar Valley. Gen. John
ston held his position until it became evi
dent that no fight was to be obtained in
front of Dalton. - He then causedamove-
-ment to the left,, in order to face the-col
umns of-Sherman, which were, already
pouring into tho valleys of Resaca, and
fortiiying the hills of Dick’s ridge. = o
At sundown on Thursday the troops were
in motion. They passed through Dalton
With banners waving and bands; playing, gun at the i
As each brigade moved bytbeineadquarters Tttesri g«m« atUrirry tho steolpointed pro-
of the commanding general,it sent up cheer jeotiles which crashed through and throngh
' after cheer for Gen. Johnston. . AU .night the sides of our own ijon-clad Galena as if
toe transit continued, aod at dawn on Frt- they bad beenMadcof pine boards. Thesel
day, whan the rear guard brought up theij I
line, not a straggler was to be seen. The
most childlike'" confidence pervaded the
ranks, and not a soldier was. to be found
who did not comprehend the wisdom of,
his chief. ‘‘Weave not retreating,” said
the; men, “ for we still keep tbo enenrybe- *
fore us; we are marching o.ut to a fight.”* ! up the Potomao. ; J :
ft i
This was speedily proved to bn truejfor
hardly bad our tinea reformed-in. the Ro-
saea works and dur skirtrisher&and sharp-
shooters taken position, than, at 2 o’clock'
i Friday,, the enemy advanced.
Elated doubtless with a fane
tage, be moved up in ilaadsome style, and
the fight;-.tons commeaccd,Ala^Cd until
dark, being confined chiefly to our left, but
ranging along to the centre* as our guns
upon to* heights neac toe river playecL
upon the thick columns that came down
from Dick ! «ridge. It-was toward the close
officer who took command ol !!ia - nill ^ t ^imish tbr position,
tronOfl * Such is the atahsinent of .officers ^bat tbe brave Sumton fell.. He was pierc-
troops. .tOBOil j n :, n ^, n ; A | m ll Sis* nrul
iotofiyJdaumauBiwtlthnoMgh theiungs and
ro-
tho devcl-
,pulse of every effort made and
opment of the enemy’s lines. j . it \j < e !
On Saturday morning, at daylight, the
. battle was renewed ujion our left. T bis
portion of our line is under tho immediate
care of Lieut. Gen. Polk, who received the
advanco of tbo enemy with deliberate skill.
Ho placed his skirmishers in position, and
i for six hours held everything in check,
f.Meanwhile, the enemy was massing on
our right aad centre, where Hood^and
*- •• * , .2. . Hardee had disposed their troops to great
The Engagement of the Iron Clad Albemarle , advantage. The battle began at 2 o’clock,
Federal total loss in three years ......552,700
Confederate losses in battle, *o >.217,465
“ by sickness, Ac .130,000
C^nfed^MB^to loss in three yews ^.„.~347,4fi5
Excess of Federal loss.'...‘;„...i........ v ...„.......^65;256
The total loss, North and South, accord
ing to this, ha£ been 900,185, which, when
the full three years of toe war are ended,
will doubtless rise to a million.
g *• jgj I IB •
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
Intelligent men throughout the world,
and even among our enemies, concede to
•the South the important advantage of pos
sessing Generals of pre-eminent capacity.
Thoiraperiority of Lee and Johnston is
universally acknowledged. They are at
once the envy and dread of our enemies.
By none are-they regarded with more re
spect than by tlm Yankees themselves.
During the progress of this war, the power
pf genius and merit to extort admiration,
eYen from the enemy,"has been strikingly
exemplified. The^ majestic character of
Stonewall Jaqkflon’ awed ' even-abolition
insolence into respect,^nd extorted from
the reluctant North an involuntary tribute
of anFcigned admiration. Henry Ward
Beecher, himself, coufd not refrain from
a tittering from his pulpit an unqualified
eulogy upon the elmracter of tho illustrious
deceased. There is that redeeming element
in iiapian nature, however fallen, vindi-
; eating its Diviine descent, which cannot foil
to respond to theclaims of true gentlemen.
Geo- Joseph; E Johnston is one, of the
most remarkable opari of the ago. Great
ness is stamped upoa his massive brow.
None can approach him without 'being
impressed with the fact. Gifted with aU
the science of his profession; endowed with
military genius of the highest order, , with
that lightnings perception^ that compre
hensive grasp of, intellect, and tha>t intoi-
five apd unerring sagacity which qualify
a man to wield vast armies and conduct
extended campaigns, he combines in bTm-
self all the elements of a groat General.
As a strategist, ho has no superior. As a
disciplinarian and organiser of forces, he
is not excelled. Ana, in addition id all
these prime qualifications^ a Commander •
in-Chief^ he exhibits in batllo Hie dash H’a
‘urat, and the lion like impetuosity of a
apoleon. He is a leader whom his men
now they eari follow with a’just reliahco
upori his abiffty to conduct them to victory.
In common with commanders of thefirst
order, Gen. Johnston possesses top faculty,
in an eminent degree, of winning the con
fidence and affection of bis oliicecf and
• eojdiprs. To this, almost as much as to
his. superhuman genius, Napoleon owed
his success. Withodt this, other qualities,
however important, will not avail. To the
eoufidencp and affection of his mpri, as
. much as to his skill, must a General bo iu-
'debtfed for victory. Wd have no more
cheering augury of the success of General
Johnston, in the approaching campaign,
.toaifctoe anbpnndpd cpnfidpncfi wRicgbIs
army reposes in hiin, and the enthasfastio
attachment with which ho has iriSpired It.
In Virginia, Gen. Johnston gained for
’ liimsell im perishable reno w n. On the bat
tle fields, won by his valor, he even showed
himself a hero, wiihoqt reproach, anyl a
commander of consummate abilities. • In
the West, he has pot yet bad an opportu
nity to display his prowess in a grand
battle. Here, by the admirablo discipline
A Q d.perfoct organization which he has im
parted to tho Army o. Tenpesfi^p,' be- has
, , . . already added to his great reputation.^
twenty In all, are built expressly fop Ocean \ We are aware that nothing that wfe-can
navigation, and soniio ot them are jof the tiay cun add to tbo lame of this greabGen-
same class as tlio Wkvdor and LaGloire. Our only purpose in theso remarks,
They :\re all censtr ucteu in’the very best kig to deepen, if possible, the confidence
manner, by the most experienced European which the people already repose in nira,
•1.1 Ifito-Ji -r, L 1 /Ml iV> <»r /wi (kin • * . , . * J ' 1 .7li..Sira • -
’fen iron clad Veeselff will play an important
part in the defence of i&olusend* if.toat
o^y ia to *!» attacked by. way of Jjunes
River or from the. South., But It eeems
most probable ribmf’that we willffirst hear
of them at the mddfh of James riVtiri, in
Hampton Roads,perhaps evgn dailing
that
have been buut_ iQr . the Gonfederates in
toe ports of Great Britsfin and France dur-
dng the.last 18 mol»th«, ray ii&forinalionda
posi^ thaV;toe^, Si a|towr m^rosa,
the Atlantic before tho end of June, Ar-
rangeinenfsRave been iti'ade'far thie brans-.
fer*OT : tbbee vessels ifliat were built for ** the
Emperor of China”, to parriea who cannot
be identified with ;the South; aftd^ ^tter
the transfer has been made, , the govern
ments of France and England jian' riofonger.
interfere with them. The parties alluded
seaport in som
to will then take them to a seaport in some
other country, wb&rughir n^jpjroca9a tA well ^ _
known in maritime practice,, the 1 vessels, battle,
will ultimately come mto tlio possetewn of ' *
agents’ of the Cdrifliderhcyt ‘ ' 1 .
"These vessels,.of which there are about
iO
and,4
acted
motel
have
horse
heav
tvith the-Yankee Fleet.
A correspondent of the Raleigh State
Journal gives the annexed account of tho
recent engagement of the Confederate ram
1 Albemarle with the Yatikeo fleet off North
- Our Ironclad, Albemarle, accompanied
to - J by bh-3 small gunboat Which our forces
liis captured at Plymouth, started upon an ex-
r loss was very - ' 11 peditionforNewbern Wiien they entered
1200mrin in too the Sound and got about twenty miles
bunded. from the rgoulh of tho Roanoke, they were
alod to, attacked twelve largo steamers, four of
men-ofvvar
i iw., au.acK
150 them
!ppi
fruitftii.
■Tex,iris DO longer t
mil probably the ■uotnplelo
Western Louisiana b) r the
ies relieving the pressure on
immm
nn
They nunk our littlo igunhoat the first
firo and took the crew prisoners, number
ing about twenty-fivo men. But the Iron
clad stood the testJC* The enemy fought
her at very closo quarters, poured broad
side after broadside upon.her with eighty
guns at a time ; but she would give them
her two guns in return.
They even run their vessels upon
bow and stern of our boat; but she won
shake them offaudrully
toller workag;
simultunopfis with. . a inilijpuH cannonade
upon the town of Resaca, and was contin
ued until half past 8 o’clock. Tlio enemy
were five times repulsed with.signal loss,
and a total failure to reach the railroad, as
a base.of supply, or to
in tho villago.
sundown the fight was
lulled only ijj obedience t
ture and necessity.
An effort was made
night, to throw a poiiUx
at Tanner’s ferry, but
and on Suyday mornini
destroy our depot
During the two hours after
terrific, aricV was
to the laws of na-
luring Saturday
across the rivor
is was repulsed,
the fighting began
chiefly on the left in front of the town of
Resaca.
We givo these general
details, because of the de u
ston for peculiar retice
shell minutiie cannot be
of a prolonged conflict,
assure our readers
that all is well.
The army is in splendid condition. Gen.
Johnston, Gen. Polk, Gotii. Hood and Gon.
Hardee, possess the eni re confidence of
ipints, omittii
-r j c
f Gen. Jolin-
and because
erified in the tu-
shipbuilders; pfoted. with iron or ‘malleable
steel to a thickness.that defies penetration,
and mounted with armaments fur superior
to anything now ntoat on American wa
ters. When these >8®els reach our shores
they will not b^*is«i>liRjHlbfehee, To
troa-k the blockade of Charleston ft Wil
mington and Savannah, will be their- first
attempt; and’after that it is expected that
they will attack some of tho seaports in
the".Northern States.
; The Confederates are also making active
preparations for breaking the blockade of
Qbarleston, independent oi the arrival of
the trans atlantic fleet.
They are preparing by means' of t.orpe-
d.oes and otiier methods of submarine ex
plosions, to attack our fleet of iron clads in
the part where they, like Achilles, aro
alone vulnerable to such aasfjuit
in the heel; it* other words, they seek to
direct the missiles bf their submarine! war
fare against our iron clad vessel to thfe part
not protected by the iron armor—the wood
en hull, some distance below the water
, Line. The explosi
was only an experi
followed by attemi
Siding fleet at Chai
they believe, and
fear, will be moi
against the Minm
and to strengthen their determination to
stand by him, in every exigency, * and to
rally to hiseuppm-t, to the last wan, if
need bo, to drive tbo enemy from, the soil
of Georgia. With such a leader, we may
well be ready to make every sacrifice and
every effort,"and which may be necessaiy
■to strengthen his bands, and enable him.
'to rid tho sacred soil of oar country of tho
polluting presence of a detested foe. Let
every man, then, be prepared and deter
mined to do his whole duty; and, under
the able lead of Johnston, success will
crown our struggle with a ioo seeking
nothing less than our utter destruction.—
Chronicle and Sentinel. . _.•
Hoke. ? *s
in the James rivor
ent. It will soon be
sts again it the block-
ston—attempts which
rich there is reason to
successful than that
General Robert F.
The name of this gallant officer, the hero
ely, of Plymouth, who has recently been made
' a Major General, to date from the capture
of that place, is destined to occupy a prom
inent position in the history ©flour struggle
for liberty. From a friend, the Christian
Sun obtains the following information con
cerning tho*Gcneral:
. J
Robert F. Hoke is a native of Lincoln
county, N. C. His lather was a candidate
for Governor when ho died. Robert v T as
born about 1835, and is now about twonty-
nino years of age, auad is, therefore, next
to tho youngest Hugo. General in the Coo-
