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Hon. A. H. Right’. Speech.
Wo regret thot our opoo yeaterday would
not allow U> moke any romorki upon tbo
obto addrooo of lodge Wright at Ringgold, on
Friday lot It ,houl(l bo road for and wido
by al^ifWilllW vi.fr-of lgying it boforo tbo
public, wo attended and reported it, endknow
tuU everybody wbo baa road iW Uaabaou an
tertaiuod and luatrootad. It ought to bcplaa
ed la orary monk baud la Georgia; and to pa
cially do wa bopa that it will ba circulated
among tba Judge’a conatituants. Some of our
pa ipla da not fully understand tba nature oi
tba Produo. Loan. Nona, however, can fail
to comprehend it after reading the epeecheo
Vice-Preeident Stapbena and Judga Wright,
which wa reported apecially for oar oolnmna,
for the purpoaa of apraadiag aa widely aa poe
aibla correct information on thin important
subject.
Hon. B. H. Illll’a Letter—Ilia Speech
Saturday Heat.
Wa aak special attention to the letter of Mr-
Hill, in tbia morning's paper, on the subjectof
the Produce Loan. It will be aeon that ho pro
poeaa to addreea tba people at aa maoy places
aa possible, of which doe notice will ba given,
Hit drat speech will ba at LeGrange neat Bat.
urday. We expect to attend and make a re
port of It for oar paper. It will doubtleas be
a moat Interesting oooaaion. Let everybody
attend. The ladies are specially invited.
Mseon on (ho lit* Inst., a resolun'dn was
pas»«<J reoowweuding.a Mass Convention of
tbo oolton planters of the South to meet in
Mseon, Georgia, oo the 4ib of July next.
The undersigned have besa appointed a
committee to give notice of Ihfte prooeeaiege,
* of thw 8tales 1o uefid
and to invito the people <
up delegate* to that Convention. Jr<rr - r ^-. n . .ww,..,-,,.
Wo presume U will require no JIWTif from many pis css, mailing many inquiriei in
The Cotton Planters’ Convention
This body convened at Msoon on the 11th
instant. The Moend Vice fPreeideut, Col.
V. Jones, in the nbsenoe of the higher offi
cers, presided.
The following officers were elected for the
ensiling year.
President, Howell Cobb of Houston county.
1st Vice President, J. V. Jones.
2d Vioe President...... A. 8. Atkinson.
Treasurer, T. G. Holt.
Secretary, 8. H. J. Bistrunk.
A committee was appointed to take into
consideration the present condition of the
Cotton culture end trade of America, the dan
gers which surround it, aud the best mode ne
cessary for its protection and preservation.
This committee made an able and elaborate
report, which we would like to publish, but
which we are unable to do on account of its
length. We give the following extracts
We recommend to the planters to take at
least one half of their crop in the Confederate
Binds, (which will give tb« Government 76
million* per anoum.) ae the very best invest
msol they can posetblj make at the present
time. There is nothing earthly to prevent
planters from doing this, and it is the opinion
of you* 1 committee that It will be done.
Buok bill is nothing more than a note without
interest, at d yet thousands of planters have
been in the habit for years of taking these for
their whole crops and keeping them for years
in their safes without a cent of interest.—
These Government Bonds are in every way as
seoure and far more secure than bank bills,
and hy laying them in jour safes you will re
cieve instead of nothing, 8 per cent, for your
money. If the Southern Government is sue
constul these bonds will be as good or belt
than gold. If it it not sustained, no proper
ty you have will be worth one oent. You will
be deprived of your liberty, and like vanish
ed exiles, tent with your little ones to seek for
bread ia foreign laud* by beggary
* * * * *
The plan of Lincoln for subjugating the
South is to blockade all the Southern ports,
and force commerce oat through tbo Northern
cities, ovor Northern railroade, and through
Northern capital. Thie Is the groat stroke of
poliey that canted the whole North so sudden
ly to turn about and sustain the dootrines of
coercion. Thors is notblug now which could
give tbo ODomy so muoh “aid and comfort” as
the suooess of this poliey ; and, consequent
ly, (here can be no higher aet of treason
against the Confederate Government than the
sending of a halo of ootion through the North
er.markott to foreign countries. Your oomrait-
miueo consider that it would ho hotter for
aud for mankind, in the end, that ovary halt
should ba burned, rather than it should taka
that coarse.
The Committee reported a resolution which
was adopted, calling a general convention of
the Cotton planters of the State, to most in
Macon on ibo 6th July next. Every oounty
is requested to send up delegates.
On motion of Col. J. 11. E. Washington :
Reetlved, That in viaw of the national trou
bits and the pressing wants of the Confeder
al o 8tatee, for money to oonduct the war in
which we arw engaged, for oar independence,
the Treasurer of the Gotten Planters’ Conven
tion bo authorised sod instructed to loan all
the money in the Treasury—except the sum
of one hundred dollars for incidental expen
ses—to the Confederate States; receiving
therefor the Bonds of the Government, bear
log eight per cent- interest.
A resolution was adopted requesting Col.
llowsll Cobb of Ho'ietoo, to defor bis mission
to Europe as commissioner from the couvea-
tion and that tbo eum of $1000, which had
boon appropriated to defra/ his expenses, b«
subscribed to the Confederate loan.
The committee on tbo President's onnoal
eommunicition, mads a report from whloh we
moke lbs following txlracts :
Ws think dnfsiwef ooudii ion of the conn-
try is wnfavorablo to tho appointment of a
Committee ao twosmattended hy the President,
to superintend the shipment of •* prodooo to
(ho Belgian American Company aoxt fall.”—
It is ascertained that tho Confederate Govern
moot already oootcmplatea an arrangement,
by which tho whole or nearly *11 of tho grow
ing crop Of oolton. will pan Into the control of
thoGoVtfbment, and in the event, tbo Gov
ernment will giro such directieo to our oom-
ueroial artoogooMata os Mf bo fooad most
eiptdiMtl. If K should foil it i* not peobnbis
that a Committee Would ba abla to octroi
shipments of produeo until pCaoo shall
•Cored
language, do special pleading, to impress on
the plasters of tho South tbs importance of
their promptly responding to this call.
lo the midst of a season of remarkable pe
ctmiary prosperity, we find ourselves sudden
ly involved in a great revolution—in which a
fierce sod bloody war is inaugurmed. The
invaders, counted not by thousands, but by
hundreds of thousands, are swarming our soil.
They have blockaded our porta, cut off oar
trade, and destroyed our revenue.
Our noble and ebivalrio youth have rushed
Into the field to meet them. From the city and
Country, the bills and valleys, the mountains
and the lowlands, they have poured forth in
multitndee, forming a great army, now pant
ing for the conflict, and ready to drive back
the Abolition host, or perish on the field.
The final result no one doubts. We shall
have liberty and independence.
But to support this army and sustain the
Government of our choice is now our highest
duty, and the subjectof our greatest conoern.
How shell these objects be accomplished ?
This is a question which has engaged the pro-
foundest attention of our statesmen and finan
ciers. These investigations have resulted in
an admission of the loot, not generally before
understood, that the sinews of war, as well as
the elements of prosperity In peace, are in
the hands of the cotton planters of tbs South.
The Government appeals to them—to them
the eyes ond the hopes of the country are
now turned. They must fnrnish the means
to sustain the army and carry the war to a
successful dose.
It is then clearly their right and duty lo
take counsel together—to consider the whole
question in all its practical operations, and
determine for themselves how they will raise
the means, and to what extent.
We therefore cordially invite the cotton
planters of the South—indeed, we urge our
friends in every oounty in our own State, as
well as the people of all the Confederate
States, to send up delegates to the proposed
Convention to be held in Macon on the 4th
day of July next.
Let them send able and good men, and such
A Tjpo Foundry.
Charleston “Courier* asks, wbo will «*-
the first Type Foundry in (%m Ooafodo-
f And we would reiterate theqwee-
thie suggestion : that eom# person
ns establish such a Foundry at Ibis
t once. Atlanta possesses facilities tor
•Inees that no ether eity In the Confede
racy can present. Who speaks first? Who
will begio this work among ns at onoe f
Letter from Hon. B. U. IIill.
LAGiAwex/Ga., Jane 15th, 1801
Mturs. Editor $; l am now receiving letter*
relation to tbt Confederate loan, Ac, Many of
those questions, in the very nature of things,
cannot be answered. Many, again, must de
pend for answer upon ths future course of the
people, rather then of the Government. AH
these questions I would most cheerfully an
swerif I could; but it being impossible to do
so, I am compelled to omit them. I will make
a few statements, accompanied with the best
suggestions at my command; and as it will
•are vast labor in answering so many, I beg to
do so in one letter through the press, and hope
all the papers in the Fourth District will copy.
1. When, aud where and to whom must pro
visions and military stores, die., be delivered,
»Dd when and from whom will the bonds be
received?
To this, I answer : The time and place of de
livery may be specified by tho subscriber,
each one will see by the form of the subscrip
tion. Of course, the place should be at some
point on the Railroad, and the stores in good
ondition for transportation. I would suggest
that each subscriber make bis subscription and
select a convenient depot for delivery, and hold
military stores and provisions in readiness, or
place them in some Railroad depot ready for
delivery. As soon as we can complete the
scriptions we will forward them to the proper
officers. The subscriptions, when all brought
together, will show the places, and the Gov
ernment will then know when to appoint
agents, and the size and number of bonds
needed at the various places. Therefore, make
yoursubscriptions, and everything else will be
arranged accordingly
2. What will be the size of the bonds, the
time due, what interest will they bear, and
when payable; ond can they be used in paying
debts, Ac.?
To this, I answer: The bonds will beofvari
oun sixes to suit-none less, I believe, than
numbers as th^y may think proper. In the . hundred dollars, aud uone containing a frac
ppointment of delegates no special formali
ties need be observed. Wbat we want is t
meeting of the oolton pisuters, to consider
their own power, and properly lo apply it.
Arrangements are in progress, in addiion
to the regular debates of the Conveotiton. to
procure addresses from the most eminent
orators and Statesmen of the South.
J. H. K WASHINGTON,
rULASKI S HOLT,
NATHAN BASS.
The papers of the Confederate States
please copy.
A Patriotic Example.
Parke Arnold, Ejq., of Coweta county has
uniformed an entire Company of soldiers from
Palmetto, at his own expense—furnishing ev
erything, including swords. He took his own
overseer (a very tall man) and made him col-
or,bearer of the Company. He has 2,100 acres
planted in cotton, aud says that, after deduct
ing bis expenses, and enough for ordinary us
es, he will subscribe the balance to the Gov
ernment; and, besides, will give fifty thousand
dollars tor the victory that wins our independ
ent. Arnold is one of those dear oppressed
Union men for whose relief Lincoln is sending
an army down Sooth.
Lincoln*! Treason.
A correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser
Register contends thot tho Confederate
States have the legal right to arrest Lincoln*
try him for treason, and cxccuto him. We
suppose that there is a shorter way of dispos
ing of him when he is arrested—one that will
be far more satisfactory to everybody in the
Confederacy, and of the legality of which there
can be no sort of doubt. We think a discuss
ion of the question of trying him for treason is
profitable. Let us catch him, and a way to
dispose of him legally will quickly occur to
every mind.
For the Southern Confederacy.
Mistake Corrected.
Mkiicish UxivnasiTr all Rioiit.—On account
of the general war axeiUment, the Trustees
and Faculty of Mercer University determined
to dispense with the usual commencement ex
ercises this year. By this they save one hun
dred dollars of the expense. This amount
President Crawford has mailed to Gov. Brown,
aa a donation to the 8tate, to assist the Volun
teers—Federal Union.
Messrs. Editors: The foregoing item appear
ed in the “Federal Union,”and was copied by
the “Confederacy.”
I know thero is a mistake in tho statement,
that the Trustees end Faculty save simply
$100 by not having the usual “Commence
ment” in the summer, and that they send
this amount, through President Crawford as a
donation to the State, to assist the Volunteers.
The Faculty alone will save several times this
amount, and the item, as it stands, carries a
mistake upon it« face. The donation, no doubt,
the individual contribution of President
Crawford. Will the “Federal Union ” please
copy this? J. M. W.,
Ed. 44 Banner A Baptist.”
Serene ion of the Memphis Presbytery—A
Meeting Called fit Atlanta.
At an adjourned meeting of the Preobytery
of* Memphis, held In Somerville, Teno., June
l$lh and 14th, among other things, the follow-
»g resolutions ware adopted ;
Resolved, That In the Tear of God, and in
View of all the consequences, ws hereby re-
Ubence thefr ecclesiastical supervision, and
declare our connection with the general as-
mm My of the Presbyterian church iu the Uni-
JUsolced, That wa suggest to all the Pretby-
•rtd. Church in Atlanta. Georgia, on the Thursday
tiou of a hundred. They run twenty years,
be&riog an interest of eight per cent., payabl
semi-annaally. TLis interest will be promptly
paid, as a special fund is to be provided for
that purpose. These bonds will not be like
Treasury notes. The whole loan is fifty mill
ions under this Act. Of this awn the Secretary
of the Treasury may issue twenty millions i:
Treasury notes of a denomination not less than
five dollars. These notes are convertible into
bonds, if the holder shall desire, and again into
Treasury notes ; but at no time can the Treas
ury notes exceed twenty millions of dollars.—
This subscription by the planters being for
Confederate bonds, is properly a loan to the
Government. The value ami am of these bonds
must rest with the people as legislation now
stands. I suppose they will not become a cir
eulaliuge jrreucy, as will the Treasury notes
but for inyself, I can nay, I would as readily
take these bonds as I would the due bill of any
neighbor I have, aud honestly believe them
the best investment any man can now make.
Perhaps the best plan will be for the planter
to deduct a sufficiency of his cotton to cover
his current expenses, and loan the proceeds of
the balance to the Government. During the
war we must all bear our burdens; and while
current supply bills ought to be paid, old cred
itors and monoy dealers ought to be as lenient
as possible, and especially charge no man usury
for extension. Certaiuly the lawful iuterest is
enough for our money friends to make, while
other professional gentlemen must be content
with much less. If any shall wish more, let
him tell his debtor to subscribe his cotton to
the Government aud he will take the Confede
rate bonds for his note; or, let tho creditor take
the cotton directly, and himself subscribe it to
the Government, and take the bonds, aud thus
get eight per cent, paid certainly and promptly
for this use of bis money, and also aid the
Government by a patriotic act.
At all events, let our surplus, after paying
current expenses, be loaned to the Govern
ment; and by ao doing we do ourselves no
harm ; we support our gallant armies, and
above all, we exhibit to the whole world an el
ement of powtr, of endurance, and financial re-
source which no other nation has ever exhibit
ed or ean exhibit.
I think it better that the subscriptions of
cotton should specify the number of bales.—
All of us will aoou be able to judge with con
siderable accuracy of our probable crop. We
also know very nearly the amount of our cur
rent expenses. Put down tbe balance. If
you do not come up to the number subscribed
tbe Government will visit no penalty. We
know you will if you can. We shall make no
inquiry and ask no compulsion. Our sole re-
lianoe for a substantial compliance is on that
which has never yet failed—tbs fidelity of our
purple.
I again repoat: You specify the time for the
sale of your cotton. Sell it yourself, or by yonr
own factor, and select your own market. With
sdl this the Government has nothing to do.
You simply take the net proceeds in good, «n*
breakable. Confederate bonds, bearing eight per
cent, interest.
I will meet the people as often as my cir
cumstances and engagements will allow ; and
I will give due notice of time and place.
It would be well for the agents in each coun
ty to call a public meeting for tbe county at an
aarly day—at least by the 4th or 8th of July—
and bring the subject before the people. The
people arw ready aid willing, I am rtcaiving
letters of the most cheering character. If any
gsntleman who does not get a printed form of
inbecriptiou, will send his subscription to me,
or will make out a list for his neighbors ac
cording to the form attached to my oitcular,
and forward It to me, it will be all right
The better pl*n, however, is to ees soma one
county and eobecilbe,
lltbaw* C.rT.ep.ad.Bf.
War at Hand—Tit Petition, tf ih* Knotty—
Deftnm tf Mtnaam—Fin* Lining Among
O. BtUiere—ApetdtS BattU—The Sonata
and JntUant—StptrU from PhitUppa—
Complaint, — Tht Tu nixtt {bating and fkU-
ingNtgroatogdMtamit Carry ontiu War
—fletnfbrementt to Oen. Mdgmdor.
Richmosd, Virginia, Jans 12,1841.
The blast of war whioh sent its bloody echo
te us op yesterday, will loon Mow oo eur ears
from the direction of Harper's Ferry and Ma-
names Junction.
Both ends of the Baltimore A Ohio Railroad
are in the possession of Lioeelo— making tbe
firmer place accessible to his soldiery both
from the North and South..
The road from Washington to Loudon coun
ty, is also in tba posseasion of the United States.
Tbe defenses have been constructed uuder
the immediate supervision of an able engineer
—Major Whiting— who was appointed by Gen
Beauregard to oonduct the fortifications in
Charleston harbor for ths redaction of Fort
Sumter.
Tbe provisions furnished our soldiers at Har
per's Ferry by the rieh valley couaties of the
State, are reported to be of the most superior
kind, and the supply almost inexhaustible.
A soldier writes that the army are growing fat
off of the sapor b beef, bscan, butter and bread
furnished by the wealthy country adjacent lo
the great stronghold.
A battle will be fought at Manassas within
tbs next six or eight days. Tbe Argus-eyed
officer in command of our forces—Gen. Beau
regard—is firmly convinced that be will be
assaulted by twenty or t.venty five thousand
Lincolnites within the time designated
He has issued orders to his men to hold them
selves in readiness lor immediate action, and
under no circumstances to be absent for a
ment from tbe encampment. His ruen an
ported to have unbounded confidence in him
and to be confident of victyry.
Tbe regiment of Zouaves, together with tbe
Choctaw Indian warriors near Norfolk, will be
immediately ordered, it is stated, to North
Western Virginia, where, from the dense jun
gks with which tbe country abounds, they can
leap upoh the “ babboon's” litter and annihi
late the wholo brood.
A report is in active circulation to day that
our forces uuder General Porterfield who were
sometime ago surprised by the enemy, had
been reinforced by the militia, and had attack
od the Federal forces near the scene of the
Phillippa engagement—completely routing
them and recapturing all their arms, baggagi
Ac.
If no such blow has been struck, it is very
sure twenty such will fall, as soon as Wieecan
have an opportunity to attack tbe enemy.
Severe complaints are being u'tered against
our military leaders for failing to fortify
defend, to the last extremity, Alexandria. The
fault finders proclaim that the moral effect of
defending it until reduced by attack and coun
ter-attack to even a inass of ruins, would have
been worth more to our cause than a dozen
such cities.
About three hundred negroes have been cap
tured at various points along the sea-board and
on our peuinsulas, some of which have been
set to hard work in tbe construction of fortifi
cations; but quite a number, it is reliably
stated and believed, have been sent to Cuba to
be sold, in order that the proceeds may be ap
plied to assist in defraying the expenses of the
Yankee war.
The black hypocricy and develish philan
thropy of these negro pirates will not go un
punished. The press and people declare that
the procedure must be met by the enslavement
of Yankee pritoners until indemnity is wrung
from their sordid souls for the robbery.
Large reinforcements have been sent to Gen.
Magruder, and all are convinced that a bloody
harvest is now ripe. OBSERVER.
strongly fortified; bat as fearfully 4
tks foot of odds as groat, as i
4k <
Mn..ntioa, to«»to<i ttt hr.* Ptortytorl.n wUWWHflyj *>.* pobll. toMlitf, ort«to
Vtrj trnly Jtnrt,
FUtt Itay Servian in ltithinund—The Spirit
of the People—Some farther interating par-
tievlar, of the Fight at Great Bethel—The
Xeu York Zouttm—Thc Charge of the
Sorth Carolinian»—The BrigatuU, being
frightened at the fall of even/ leaf, get to
fighting among themeelm.
Richmond, Friday, June 14.
The K.sl l)»y of ye.t.rd.y was marked by
the d.ap.at feeling of d.Tolion l bar. arer
witnessed. Tbe recent brilliant suoceaa of
our arms, and the miraculous, hair breadth
tecapea of our soldiers from wounds and
death, seemed to inspire tbe most irreligious
among ue with lore and adoration for tba Qod
of baltlea sad of mercy, to whose fnror was
ascribed all our triumphs. Tbt ooogregalisn.
were the l.rge.t I erer witnessed; and the
void of egad miniitera, who bare grown gray
in tbe adrocoy of peace end prayer, warn
heard, imploring old and young lo defend
through storm and battle, with their last
faint breath, the homes of their families and
the green land of their nativity.
Ho dread of death, no horror of battle, no
warering of confidence, nor changing of cheek
are shown or felt hy even tbe moil timid in
our luidat.
Tba baaoera of Churob, Htate Qororomont
and people all hear tho same simple luaorip
lion of “Ever ready, faithful to tba last”; and
tha wretched, raah, intruding fools who bare
foroed thie ooafiict will yet learo bow terrible
men are who aleep with heads upon the
■words, their f.r.ri.b hand, mill etrike milk,
in making, ualii tba r.ry bl.de. glimmer ia
tba grasp of death.
Tha p«at up Harm af war ia at laal begin
ning to burnt forth, and will «oob ho fall from
th. cent re to the uttermost liaiU of ear hist*.
Tha parlieular. of th. r.o..t toillisat sad
bloody repalao of the enemy, who outnwmb.r
*d oar foro.e fear to oat, hart doubtless
reaobed you; and tba (allaat bearing sad
fearless ooadaot af oar force—Ugstbtr with
the uaparnMelad root., shameful pinto, oow-
ardly behavior, bad abootlag and terrible
slaughter af tbo seamy an familiar tayear
readers.
Tba Federal fares are kaowa to bate boom
Aar thoaeaafi strong, while at ao time did Urn
■aaibw of ear soldier* Ii|ip4. Mi
led w!
but to pec 1.1
ei.sl Oor.r t
Tb* mala assault agaleat oar feiWM, which
was a last d.iperat. effort, invoicing tho fete
of th. wallet, ww mad. by • .hewn body .f
men, including ths famous New York Zouaves,
who farmed ink column a thousand or twelve
hundred strong, and in the fees of a deotrue
live fire from Ifagrader’s howluere, advanced
up the road to the embankments, seme af
whisk they mounted, obtaining possession of
one or two gans. This was met by a gallant,
irresistible charge from our Infantry. Hera
it was that tba Old North Statn eavered bar
•elf with glory, and showad such hsroie cour-
age against the mercenary loaders of a besot
ted government that 4< our hearts swell within
us whenever we name her.
With bayonet* fixed, her brave boyf ad
vanced upon the foe. 80 eager were they for
close quarters and tbe dash sf steel that many
of them refused to obey tbe order to fire until
within a few feet of the enemies’ beads. The
Yankees couldn’t stand a contaet with eold
steel. Its approach otver failed to prodi
the greatest terror, and caused even the
boasted Zouaves to scatter in the greatest die
order, amid the ridicule of the gallant Coafed<
erates Their forces retreated in great con
fusion lo Hampton, pursued by Magruder’s
Dragoons, befors whom portio .s of isolated
regiments would scatter like sheep.
Ooe of the soldiers who accompanied a flog
of truce sent to our camp on the next day, to
ascertain whether a mieeiog officer bad been
taken prisoner, and if so to effsot an exchange,
reported that when tbe routed and flying or
my arrived at Hampton, they eolled tbe roll
and upwards of five hundred were missing.
Certainly the number of killed and wound
ed is not below three hundred.
To crown their misfortunes, a collision oo-
ourred between tbeir own forces about throe
o’clock the next morning. Ao unexpected
arrival of about 300 Federal soldiere near
their camp, gave great sarprisa to a Regi
ment stationed on tho border, wbo in their
feverish condition, mistook them for Confed
erates and fired, killing aeveral on tbe spot.
The accident it seems was mutual, and tha
fire vigorously returned. Nor was tbe mistake
discovered antil 25 or 80 were killed and
wounded
THE •*«*-
“ Whom the God. would destroy,
Thrv jh'xt make mail''
OBSERVER.
Special Correspondence of the Soathern
Confederacy.
The I Creation of the Fourth Regiment Georgia
Volunteer*—ErciUment During tho Fight at
Great Bethel—Health of the Regiment— The
Denec Population of Ihney Wood*—The
Felieity of Seralehing Tick*, de., de.
□BiB QuARtaat Foiavn Raamaav ]
BaeiaanV)
Gboboia VoLrsTeans, >
I IS, 1841. j
Camp Jackson, Vo., June
Dear Confederacy: I have negleeted to writ#
to you for some time. When I last wrote yon,
we ware stationed at Gosport Navy Yard. Wa
were ordered from there to Hodge'e Ferry, oa
the West branch of Elisabeth River, and about
seven miles from Portsmouth. W* remained
about one week at Hodge’s Ferry, when we
were ordered to this position* Instead of gir-
mg you a discretion of our position, I here
with enclose yon a map, drawn by Marshall
B. Hurst, a member of the Weet Point Guards,
which is said, by old residents of this portion
of the State, to be very accurate. Mr. Hurst
is from Fredonia, Alabama, and a gentleman
of rare attainments. We have many each in
the regiment. There are lees loafers In oar en
tire regiment, than in any one company of North
ern Hessians.
We have been, for the last three or four days,
under that kind of excitement caused by in
tense desire. Just opposite to us, a distance of
five or six miles, the enemy are encamped,
and on Sunday morning the booming of can
non and the report of musketry plainly told
of carnage and bloodshed. The firing was kept
up at interval* until yesterday, and the news
we received in camps by 44 Extras” and ru
mors, tells the tale of hundreds of Yankees
biting the dust, and a lose on the side of Lib
erty of but few. This glorious news seams
too good to be true; but each report of the ea-
gagement confirms it.
The excitement of the 4th regiment, previ
ously spoken of, was fn oonsequenee of this
fighting going on within hearing, and nsehmnee
to get there and be participants in the glorious
work of 44 wiping out” tho enemy of oar be
loved South. It was, I assure you, a provoking
position for men who have loft thoir basin ees,
tbeir homes and families, full one thousand
miles behind, to fight their country's battles,
to get within bearing of tbo muskets discharge
ed at our brothers and friends, and not bo noar
uough to slay those demons who or# sndeav
oring to crush out the spirit of liborty in tho
Southern bn
With tbo exception of a few slight cases of
in easels, our regiment is very healthy and, has
been since our arrival ia tha Old Dominioo—
but four or flva deaths having oesarrod.
Our encampment is In tha Pinay Woods,
densely populated with ticks—“First Private*
now enjoying tho felieity of saralahing an hoar
at ooe time. Many of ear boyo are of opinion
that they sro tbe braver part of tho enemy wa
•hell m«eL Your correspondent, for on* U
perfectly willing to pat up with thoir sumey-
once, provided bo ean occasionally have on op
portunity of drowning tho sense of annoyance
by the tyiaf whioh wr^.’d bn ocenkoned bj
dropping a Yankee.
I will write you again toon. , ‘ ) u , M ‘
jputfrmvAm
Wo return owv (banks lo « First Pri
vate” for tbe splendid map. Let • vary body
eall at bar Reading Room and look at it.
BY ADAIR & SM
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