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Reading Matter on 4th Page.
Stonewall Jackson.
The Richmond F.nquinr of the 14th says:
Of Jnekton it mny be arid what «nn be af
firmed of bat few men that have lived in this
great straggle, that he had fulfilled a great
purpose in history, wrought out the mission
for whioh he was ordained of Proviience,
•and that, “dying, he hae left no slain which,
living, ho would not wish to Wot.’.’ His ex
ample, let ns hope, and believe. Will survive
him, and in the eomiog. fight let Jackson’s
men show to the world that a “dead Jeckson
shall win the field.”
IVho his eaeccsBor will be time alone oan
develop. It may not be oat of plaoe to in
dulge a hope that Jaekeon’s wishes in regard
to bis enceessor aball be respected, if indeed,
_lt be trne that be expressed a preference.
The Testimony «f oar Enemlu.
It is not oflen that the Yankee newspapers
h*.ve the honesty or courage to tell the (ruth
cMtoerning tho fnilores and (Be oowardico of
their armiee To-day, however, we lay before
car readers a letter and an editorial from the
New York World, describing the unheard-of
fright and flight of a portion of II ker’s ar-
-tny, and demonstrating in plain terms the ter
rible Whipping bis whole army*reoeived.—
Read it all. It' is a rare feast.
Private Letter from Cleat. A. G. Drier
Through the kindness of Mr. D. S. Jones
who was wounded in the late battles on the
Rappahannock and has been transferred from
_ Richmond t» a hospital in this city, wo are
favored with the following private letter from
. Lieut. A 0 drier who wni in command of
the Stephens ftitlos, Cobb’s Legion. It tffin
not intended for publiention, but it is very in
teresting, and will be read with avidity by
-every person in this oommunity. We thero
fore take the liberty of publishing it.
Ricbmoid, Va., Gen’l Hosp'l No 4.
Baptist Female Institute,
May 14, 1863.
O. IV. Adair i
Dkab Sir—This will inform yeu that I am
here with my left leg amputated just below
the knee. 1 was wounded on Sunday morn-
" ing the 3d instant, and arrived here on The
titb. 1 have good quarters and every neces
sary attention. I am in a ward overlooked
by one. of the kindest and noblest of Virgi
nia’s lair daughters, and under the charge of
Dr. Reid, of Savannah,- (5a , a good and emi
nent man and feel that I am oared for every
way.
1 was wounded while chtrging tho Yankee
breastworks, through a swamp 'just below
Ohancellorsvillo. I carried 62 men into tho
fight and I learn that only 22 or 23 escaped
unhurt. Alter I was taken f-cm the field I
- learned our brigade flanked the enemy’s
works and took many prisoners. The folio a -
ing in a lint of killed and wounded bo far as I
saw. %
[Having published tho list' of killed and
Wounded of this oompany yesterday, we omit
it here.—Eds. Courts.]
Wo would have taken the breutwork- with
one-third of onr loss but for having a dense
swamp to charge through, and the Yankees
.. having ent the trees and sharpened the limb.-
for an abattis whioh we eould not got over.—
Wo charged up within ten yards and fought
them for some time, but finally had to tall
baek to our original position. .Vs soon as 1
got here on the 6th I telegraphed to Vice
President Stephens and mj 'father. I now
have Vico President Stephens* servant with
me and am well attended to. I have suffered
excrtUialingly with uy wound, bnt'I hope the
worst is over, as 1 now rest pretty-cay, and
my wound is doing well.
After my leg was empntmted I was carried
eighteen miles on an ambulance over the worst
road in the woild, and of course Euffered very
severely ; and then was two tlaj and bights
getting here, in consequence of the Yankees
tearing np the railroad track in the rear. My
beat w-shls and respects to you and all
friends. A Q. CRIER.
P. 8.—I met with Vice President Stephens,
Secretary Mr. Hidall who fixed np and atlcn-
dad to all my wisher and wants promptly and
kindly. A. G. 6.
[From the Charleston Courier, 13th.|
Important from the West.
Ol'B TROOPS IN POSSESSION OK JAOKdON—
THE VAN EKES WHIPPED AND ROUTED AT
EDWARDS DEPOT-
The following dispatoh from a young officer
oa an official tour to tho West to a brother of
ficer in this city, p>viog the latest intelligence
frota Jackson, hill been kindly banded us for
paUioition:
• “Mobile. May 17.—Onr troops nrw occupy
JacRsoli. A report is in cirou’&tMn that a
port of thatroora from Charleston mi K^vaa-
’ ' , fjun
routed at Ed
Kllltd a ml Wounded of tit* Slat Georgia
Jtegtrornt, Commanded l»y Col. Jobn T.
Mercer. In the late Kngagementa ou the
Kappalianno^lt.
mnn» tnmui m m sovrans onrostAcv
BATTLE OF “TBB WILDERNESS,” NAT 2d AND 3d.
Company A, Campbell county, Capt A U
Watkins, contending. Killed: R W North-
cult. W M Danfcrtb. and C D Yates. .
'Wounded: Capt Watkins, neck,.severely;
Serg’t EC Smith, shonlder, slightly; Prfyoies
B C Camp, breast, severely; L Hendsly. head
slightly; J 15 Wood, bad slightly; HO Wood,
slightlyJno A Edmonds, shoulder, mortally ;
J 0 Milford, arm, slightly ; E P foster, arm,
'illy; W J Gibson, knee,-slightly,
impany B, Floyd county, Lt J A Tuokur,
cr.iumnnding. Killed: none.
Wounded: Li Tucker, leg,, slightly ; Pri
vates B J Chesser,leg,sCkorely ; AG Denson,
arm shot off; A S Casblon, -hand slightly ; V
P Rainwater, hip’; J H Stewart, shoulder, se-
tly; S Traub, thigh; R W Stewart, mis
sing. ■ *
Company C, Atlanta, Capt 8 D Haslett,
Commanding. None killed.
s&h were eaptared, but it had no fM
The Federate v«tro whipped and roul
ward's Depot.”
The following dispatch Convoye 1 the firs 1
dutinol information received that our troop?
had been engaged : - ,
“ForRvjt, Mn»., lsUh, via Mendi, May
16 —To Riobard Yeadon : Lieut Colonel .El
liton Capers is oaly slightly woundel fa the
leg. C. H STEVENS.
Commanding 24th Regiment, 8. C. V.”
Wounded: Cspt Ilas'ett, neck, slightly;
'Serg’t J A While, leg, slightly; Sorg’t D L
Writs, thigh, slightly; E A Furlow, shoulder,
severely ; — Futcb, hsnd, slightly.
Company D, Polk county, Lt TM Higktow-
orj commanding- K-lled.- G W Atkins, J C
Kuighten. x
Wounded: Lt W D Wright, leg, slightly;
Wto Bridges, Aokle, slightly; J Wetzell,
slightly; G B Jarrell, slightly; W D McDon
ald, missing. •
Company F, Troup county, Capt U C Alien,
commanding. . None killed.
Wounded. CaptUCAllen,mortally; Corp’l
P II Markett, Corp’l M C Clinton, Corp’l BP
Go's; W D Goss, Jno W Mathews, hand,
slightly; A W Tyree, slightly; Forints, slight
ly; Benj. Harper, severely.
Company G, Gordon county, Lt $ B Hud
gins, commanding. Killed : G W Terrell, £>
H Darnold
Wfunded: LL Hudgins, knee, blightly;
Serg’t D J Morrow, leg, severely; W P Bar
rett, .mortally ; J M McDonald, leg ampnta-
ted ; J M Jones, slightly; G J Miller, slight
ly ; A P Walker, slightly . B H Dodd, arm and
shoulder, slightly; T Rodgers, foot, slightly;
B R Bailey, slightly; G W Timms, captured.
Company H, Dade county, Lt J B Countiss,
commanding. None killed.
Wounded: Lt Countiss, slightly; Serg’t J
N Revelle, arm amputated; Serg’t J C Jones,
shoulder, severely; Corp’l A tV Malone, hand
slightly; N Ti Parmly, breast, severely; A J
O’Neal, thigh, slightly; W A Clark, hand
slightly; A J Fletcher, leg, eligbtlv; J C
Crosby, shoulder, slightly; It Jfendnrsnn,
hand slightly: J M Vlnrray, hand," slightly :
M D Fortenbury, had, slightly.
Company I, (Stewart county,) Cspt M Lynch
commanding Killed—Serg’t Jno Dudney, J
W Adams, Jno M Rousseau.
Wounded—Capt M Lynch, severely; corp’l S
J Richardron, corp’l Price, E Christian. T J
Elam, W K Abhett. all slightly: RS McElroy,
severely; W G Bell. A Shiry, C A Trammell,
F A Parker, all slightly.
Company K, (Chattooga county,) Capt J B
Abridge commanding. Killed—Sergt II B Mas
lony. J M Allen, W II Little.
Wounded—Cspt Akridgo, hip slightly sergt J
J Taylor, G M Ball, aligbtly.
RECAPITULATION.
Killed—commissioned officers, none—non
commissioned officers, 2—privates, 1J—total 13.
Wounded—commissioned officers, 9—non com-,
missioned.officers, 12—privates 50—total'71.—
Missing. 3. Total iocs, 87. • G. F. H
Tire Battle Groaml of the Late Series of
Engagements on the Rappahannock.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 14th inat.,
contains a lengthy communication in relation
to tho late battles, from which we take the fol
lowing:
I have paa:sd over tho whole battle ground
sinco the fight. It reaches from Deep Run—
indeed, it may bo said to entend from Hamil
ton’s Crossing, five miles below Fredericks
burg, whore the artillery dueling between onr
batteries and those of the enemy first occur
red—up to Fredericksburg, and from the town
up as far as Wilderness, fifteen miles above.—
The country above where the main fighting
took placo, has been aptly diseribea by Gen.
Leo, as “a tangled vrildcnetf’ and yet this sec
tion of deneely wooded land, covered with tho
clo-est undergrowth ever seen, has been liter
ally cleared, by the grape, cannister, schrap-
nel and solid shot, which for so many days
rained through it. Everything betoken the
severity of the fight, and attests the courage
and invincibility of the viotors.
The fortifications are on the most extensive
,-cale, and fronted in overy direction. Hook
er’s plans seems to have been to ditch to Rich
mond. His idea was to fortify himself in a
position mmuwhat in the form of a square at
Chancellorsville, whilst Sedgwick crossed be
low at Fredericksburg, turned onr right wing
and seized the railway at Hamilton’s Crossing.
Stoncman’s partin the programme, meantime,
was evidently to create a panic, if possible,
in our rear.wiut tho railway communication,
nod so cripple Lee for supplies as to se .ure for
Hooker a bloodless victory. This a Yankee
surgeon narrated to me as the “plan.” He
frankly confessed, however, that Hooker had
been out gencrailcl and whipped by tho “first
captain of the age.”—General L:e.
The evidences of panic which are cverywhete
to be seen 1 have previously mentioned from re
port. To all that has' been said, and to much
more, my own observation can truthfully bear
witness. I psseed over the field near Cham. U
loraviUe as late as Saturday last, and even then,
though every class of soldier and rivillian plun
derer bad gonp * over it again and again, and
ihdagh government wagons had been and were
still . iigaged in carrying nway tho blankets.,
overcoats, crmobiis; cartridge boxes and every
variety of article suitable to the soldier, the
ground was stilHiterhlly strewn with these sr
ticks, which seemed to lie ns much unnoticed
and u tittle valued S" the pebbles by the sea
A Yankee History of the Late Great Bat
tles on the Rappahannock.
PANORAMIC
VIEW OF THE WEEK’S
CONFLICT.
Hooker's lino between Chancellorsville and tho
Keptdzn, two divisione-eSyke’e ot the fifth
corps, and Williams of iho Twelfth—pushed on
luartr to tho rear of Fredericksburg, skirmish
ing End fighting with the enemy who showed
slight resistance in that direction. The*enemy
were thus driven before them for four miles;
when General-Hooker, (or some teason, ordered
the
to
Sviilei
The Richmond Examiner ot tho 15»h inst
ooiitaitu the following from the comspon-
deitfie of the New Y*ork World. It is indis
pensable to a full understanding of (be late
bat tks in Virginia.
£ ho following review puts, in a brief and
HigiUc form, the opera tioos of Hooker’s
army from the time of its advance to its reft cat
across the river. It is, loO. by fHf thn moot
candid account we have yet scon from the ene
my. The correspondent writes :
The campaign of General Hooker is over,
and the operations of the Army of the Rap
pahannock, upon the results of whioh many
had looked with hope and ail with anxiety have
ended in complete failure. Commencing with
the most flattering promises of cheering and
de« isive victory, it has terminatid in defeat—
in disaster.
The confused ani fragmentary accounts al
ready published can give no adequate realiza
tion of events which the past niue days have
developed ; and a resume, in connected order,
of,the various movements, matioeuvers and
coafliols can.alone convey a correct idea of
how far we were successful, how far wo wore
defeated, and the causes of the present result,
as far as they esu be discerned.
The difficulties of the position in wbioli the
army was placed are loo well known to need
much explanatiou. A wide rivor and forty
miles of earthworks were in front of tho ene
my for their defense. To carry this position
by a front attack, in the tace of such obsta
cles, were simply impossible, and to throw
the entire army aero s the rivor abovo or be
low these works would necessitate an aban
donment of the present base of supplies ai
Acquia Landing, for with our supplies and
communication thus exposed, tbo enemy
could not possibly^fail to tako advantage of it.
How then eould the difficulties of tho position
be successfully met and the enomy be driven
from their entrenched porithn " The follow
ing seems to have been the plan which was
adopted, and which was in a great degree suc
cessful.
TUB PLAN.
A portion of the army,, about half of it,
was to cross tho river near Fredericksburg
and pretend to renew the attempt in which
Burnside b&d been previously unsuccessful,
and accomplish two objects—first, to hold the
enemy at that point; and second, • to proteot
onr communications and supplb-s whilo the ^—
other Jtatf -of the army bonld malfejLCEfifig- ? et J* 1 kul an ill boding sense of fear that
i. and sweeping down '^ry-'yweuld-noLpgova reliable and thatiqnr
ing above the fortificitionB, and sweeping
with the greatest rapidity to the rear of Fred
erieksburg, take a strong position end hold it
until they could be reinforced by the portion
of the army making the feint, whioh was to
withdraw from its position, take the bridges
to the point of tho river which bad beeu un
covered by the flank movement, and the whole
army was thus to bo concentrated in the rear
of Fredericksburg. Tbc following outline ot
of each day’s operations will show to what
extent this bold and hazardous plan has proved
successful, and in what degree and for what
reason it has resulted so unfortunately.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
On Monday, the 26th, was commenced the
oxeoution of this plan. Three corps, the Fifth,
Eleventh and Twelfth, were ordered to march
with eight days’ rations, to Kelly’s Ford, near
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. Gen.
Slocum, of the Twelfth corps, was placed in
command, and on Tuesday night the force en
trusted with the important part of executing
the flank movement bad reached the point at
which they wero ordered to cross the Rappa
hannock. .Tuesday night, also, three other
corps, the first, third, and sixth, were sent to
Franklin’s crossing, three miles below Fred
ericksburg, ttf be ready to undertake the croBS-
3 simultaneously with the other corps at
ly’a Ford on Wednesday morning.
WEDNESDAY.
The enemy were evidently not prepared to
resist the crossing at either point, and the af
fair was so well managed that both divisions
of the army bad established themselves on the
West bank of tbo river and covered these
bridges without any serious opposition by the
enemy.
Geo Sedgwick, who commanded the three
corps of the left wing, made no forward demon
stration, except enough to attract the enemy and
prevent (hem from turningupvn the detachment
which was forcing its way toward the rear of
the enemy’s works in command of Gen Stone-
man. Gen Hooker had personally superintend
ed the passsge of the troop< at Kelly’s Ford,
and returned while they pushed on toward the
Rapidan at Germania Mills, where (bey crossed
successfully and made some progrese beyond be
fore Wednesday night.
TBUB8DAY.
Sedgwick stiil threatened the'enemy and held
them near Frekericksburg while Slocum pressed
on from the Rapidan and took his position
across the plank road, the enemy’s line oT re
L-eat towards Gotdonsvilie, at Cbancellbrsvilie.
Couch’s second eorys, which had remained at
Banks’ Ford, now moved up to the United States
Ford, snd crossed to-join Gen Slocum. General
Hooker also rejoined, and took command ol ionr
corps thus concentrated in- the rear of Freder
icksburg and across the line ot the enemy's re
treat. It was now time for the detachment to
take the defensive and hold their position until the
other corp^ should join them and the army thus
ild be seen caissons, which «e h»d
which up to that time had not
MB* the field. I -also saw in its
there, too, could
crpturod, bu: w)
beer taken from ,.
slaughtered state some ot the hue cattle which
ho broaght along in droves to feed his men upon
after the cooked Mats had given pat. Home of
these freshly slaughtered, fell into onr binds.
the enemy might bring against them . «.Thurs
day night there was sharp work on both sides to
oat-macccnvrc the other. The enemy Jiad nnw
learned with sufficient certainty that a large
force was in their rear in the direction of Cban-
celiursville, and that Stoneman’s cavalry was
greatly endangering their railroad commaniea
lion, and they were moving accprdingljr sway
from Seda wick toward the rear of Hooker, be
tween Chancellorsville and the Rapidan, by the
roads at the south of the plank road, which was
in our possession.* While leaving Sedgwick’s
front the enemy made unusual demonstrations
ot camp fires, aa if cmteeDitraiing there, and
similar devices were resorted to on our own side,
but neither deceiv. d the other, - for both were
moving away, and cn our side a portion of the
bridges were taken up immediately, and the
Third corps moved all night towards tfic United , and. foil .Uck as before, seeming to
States Ford to join with Gen Hooker a: Chans ; , , i u . enemy, as a matter of oourae, the su-
celiorsvtlle. . periority, whioh they evidently felt them-
PRIOAYW • sites; Our own mon fought well. There
While the First and Third corps* wero moving 1 no ,aok of courage, but an evident feel-
from the left wing to. join General Hooker nr j la S» apparently the result of having been so
Chaacellorsville, and while. Jackson was taking i often whipped, or of having witnessed the
a circuitous route to reach the rear of General; rout on the night previous, that they were
—i .i— destined to be beaten, and the only thing for
Yolnme III—2STo. 83.
k and rejoin his lines at Chan-
By nigbt hu-nruiy was all concen
trated except the Sixth (Rrps, and ready tor a
forward movement to the rear of Fredericks
burg heights. The mqin body of (he enemy
had now moved away from their works at Fred
ericksburg, and wero preparing to attack our
nrmr on the right in a direction from which, if
beaten, they could successfully retreat, and from
which it was hardly expected they would meet
us. ?
* SATURDAY.
General Hooker occupied tho day In awaiting
tho Attack of the enemy, which w >s evidently
expected in front. The movements of the ene
my seemed to indicate that they were retreating,
and ns the main line of their retreat was occu
pied by oar forces, an attack to recover that
line, was confidently expreted. What was tho
surprise; then, to find Stonewall Jackson, on
Saturday afternoon, upon our extreme right and
rear, between Chancellorsville and Germania
MUls? A most furious and desperate attack
was made, and the right of our tinea, which was
held by tho Eleventh corps was almost instantly
broken, and tho panic stricken men, in utter
conlasion, with and without musket, hats, and
coats, rusiu-d headlong from undor fire down the
only road which led to the bridges, and no power
on earth could have stopped or prevented the
complete and disgracelul route of the soldiers
who have hitherto shown better qualities under
thei' former commander. General Howard
could have no' control over the cowardly fugi
tives, who stopped Wot to look back until thoy
reached the Rappahannock. So disgraceful a
panic has hot been cycn in this army.
The Third o-.rps, under Goneral Sickles, was
interposed in tho-brcach thus made, and tho
cxcr-ficnt coolness of this ofl.oer, with the bet
ter qiialitiea which his corps exhibited, saved
the further progreaYof (he panic find the "rout,
and ine evil was temporarily stayed. But the
poisrto was refused; the other corps had wit
ness! the utter confusion and punio of one
full 'orp?, and their enthusiasm from that
moni.mt dampened and tho confidence they
had hitherto tell in their success undef Gener
al lliiuker was. last in the reflection that they
c.mijj jdace little confidence in ono another.
Bat, a littio grottnd was lost in this event,
ejr _ HHp _
meeting the combined forces of the enemy
suCc&scs t hus for'wert bJB trt T prfike''frAllBSS with Igvgc mnfareejnpnts, which they were
in tbc end. This rout of the Eleventh (form
erly Sigel’s corps was the erisis. This was the
turning poiut, from whioh our succeeding min-
fortunes can bn most distinctly traced. Satur
day olo?ed the operaliou3 of the first week,
with doubtful prospects of the final result, and
tho previous successes of the right wing seem -
od <lestin< d to end in disaster.
Sedgwick, with the Sixth Corps, bad at this
time withdrawn to the east bank of the river,
tak< n up his bridges, and replaood them again
directly in front of Froderickoburg, and pre
paied: for an assault on tho morrow of the
earthworks back of the town.
rUiNDAY.
The assault of General Sedgwick upon the
heights of Fredericksburg was commenced on
Sunday morning. A more determined and
desperate attack has not been made. N-> men
ever attacked tbo fortifications of an enemy
with more enthusiasm or vigor. The bank
was steep, the firs of shot and shell was ter
rific, and the slaughter of General Sumner’s
corps, four months ago gave littio promise of
snooesB. To almost certain death tho men
ohirged np and carried the works, drove the
artillsrists from their guns, explored twelve
pieoes of the best and heaviest artillery, and
many prisoners of war in their trenches.—
With tbc heaviest losses, Sedgvrick followed up
his success with the boldest energy, and pnr-
sued the enemy torward Chancellorsville with
the purpose of uniting with General Hooker
at that p ace.
But this brilliant success came too late, for
the enemy held the plank road which the rout
of the Eleventh corps had yielded to them on
tho previous night, and the enemy was ena
bled to throw any sufficient force against him
to prevent his junotion with Hooker. This
was speedily done, and soon Sedgwiok’s fine
corps, the largest and j>erhaps the best of the
anny, was cut off from communication either
with Hooker or with Fredericksburg, and,
thus isolated, was compelled to fall back upon
the river at Banke’ Ford, where bridges had
been thrown over, by which, if severely
pressed, he could make sate bis retreat across
the Rappahannock again. Thus followed mis
fortune an misfortune, not for lack of skili or
bravery, hut for the conductor the miscreants
.who had fled from their position on the pre
vious night almost upon the first attack of the
enemy.
But another repulse was sustained on Sun
day morning by the army near Chanucllors-
vilie: The enetby renewed the attaek and
again drove back onr lines for half a mile.—
From (be large brick house, which gi ves the
iiarr.e to this vicinity, the enemy could be seen
sweeping slowly, but confidently, determined
ly, and surely, through the clearings which
extended in front, Nothftig could excite more
admiration for the best qualities of the yele-
tan soldier-than the manner in which lie en-
united, bo enabled to meet all the forces sAtch «my swe:>t ont, as they moved steadily onward,
ihe cr.emv mieht brine SRStnst them- ,rfThurs- 7 j
the forces which were opposed to them. We
say it reluctantly, and for the first time-, that
the enemy have showed the fis -:t qualities,
and we acknowledge, on this occiisien, th- ir
superiority ir. (he open fi«l-l to our own m<n
They delivered their fire with precision;
and were apparently . inflexible and im
movable !aider the storm of bullets and shell
which they were constantly receiving. Com-
jng to a piece of timber, which was occupied
by a division of our own men, half the num
ber wero detailed to clear the woods. It seem
ed certain that here they wqpld bo repulse-l,
1-ut they marched right through the wood,
driving onr own soidietn out, who delivered
their fire and fell back, halted again, fired
them to do was to fire and retreat. The ene
my felt confident that they were to be victori
ous, and our men had, from- some occasion,
imbibed the same impression. Oar men show
ed lack of earnestness and enthusiasm, but
no want of c urage. All that thoy needed
was the inspiration of a series of viotories to
look baok upon, and an earnestness and con
fidence in the success of the cause for which
they were fighting. Thus ended the Sab
bath and another chapter in this series of our
disasters.
MOXbAT.
Another day of misfortune, and the day
was hardly ushered in before the enemy in
force oame down upon tho detachments which
had been thought sufficient to bold the. works
upon the heights of Fredericksburg. First a
brigad-), then a division, then a larger fbree
camo in upon them, and after strongly con
testing the position thoy were compelled to
yield and fall back under the protection of
tho town. The enemy formed their lino of
Daltle on the outskirts, snd within the town
the two brigades of General Gibbon held them
in cheok as long as could be. Many wounded
men were in the hospitals; and the position
was maintained as long a9 possible. At
length the ground was given np, the troops
were withdrawn, the bridges taken up, and
Fredericksburg was given back to the ene-
my.
They were now at liberty to turn their at
tention to Sedgwick, and they lost no time in
concentrating their forcos against him. They
wero too etrong for him.
After a most obstinate fight, in which the
enemy almost were successful in destroying
his bridges, and the possibility of bis escape,
ho made good his r treat also to the east bank
of&the Rappahannock. His losses were ap
palling. Ho suffered terribly, and in their re
treat there was muoh confusion and disorder
among tho troops. A few at the first onset
laid down their arms, and yielded themselves
up prisoners without firing a musket, but gen
erally tbo men ef the corps displayed the
‘ fst gallantry in fighting, and only yield
on overpowered by superior numbers
, TUESDAY. .
By this time tho aspect of affairs has be
come exceedingly dark. The troops were
much dispirited, and although they had held
poeiiion on Monday, the prospect of
HYMENEAL.
oa ta«Ut icit.bx
iy D Q S A ^. P,UI bl >ol Centra, Ala, toMlM
■VUt \ i, tu mrs. of Dirt To--a. Ca
NEW ADVEBUSaBMENTB.
known Mflinvo received, was exceedingly tiV
promising. A severe storm appnarn J ab.o on
Tuesday afternoon, swelling thu Rsppahau
uock to a torrent, and threatening to carry
away ihe bridge?. Tuesday night ihe army
of tho Rappahannock was withdrawn, and our
entire force brought again to this side of the
river, with the exception of many dead and
wounded, who were left behind to the tender
mrroies of the en- my.
Thus ended the tine days campaign on the
Rappahannock. What was, it would seem,
the meet difficult part of the task, was accom
plis'ted moat successfully. The army was
concentrated in the rear of the enemy’s works,
and they were forced to come out of them and
give battle in the open field. Strange to say,
the army failed to beat the enemy on compar
atively equal ground and upon oven footing.
OCR L0B8ES
Daring these nine days, our losses can hard
ly fall short of fifteen thousand men. Possi
bly they will be more.
Winchester Evacuated.—Passengers by
the Orange train yesterday evening report
that Winchester has been evacuated by tho
Yankees, who retired in the diroettan of Har
per’a Ferry. Our pickets occupy the town
The cause of this movement is not explained,
but the manoeuvring of Gen’ls Jones and Im-
boden is supposed to have something to do
with it.—Lynchburg Rip. 15/A.
A correspondent of the Richmond En
quirer says:
Gen. A P. Hill assumed command on Satur
day nigbt at Chancellorsville, as soon as Gen.
Jackson was wounded, but, he in turn being
compelled to quit the field from a flesh wound,
tho command devolved upou Gen. Rhodes .for
a time. Gen. Stnatt was, however, at once
sent for, and on his arrival npon the field as
sumed control of the movements of Jackson’s
corps -Gen. A. P. Hill still, however, remain
ing near the field, and advising in all the im
portant operations of the corps.
How the Yankees Tlok Marye’s Heights,
The Fredericksburg correspondent of the
Richmond Enquirer writing ot\ tho 13th inet.
says:
I have from unquestionable sources, that
the Yankees were dealt rations of whiskey io
order to get them np to Marye’s heights, and
that each hindmost man was ordered to strike
down, with tho drawn bayonet, the man in his
front who faltered: that the rear gu-ird, witb
charged bayonets, urged on the whole column,
ten lines deep, and (but the men thus charged
because the Yankee officers could not rely up
on their men to use the bayonet, if once the
prc3ure of the bayonet was withdrawn from
their rear. This was the second charge. In
the first charge even this precaution did no:
hinder a precipitate retreat, ;ome of the men
falling hack as far aa the other eido cf the
river. Thns ike enemy, throwing ten re*i
ments Hgauist one, carried the “crest.” But
thedifference between this time and December
was that two brigades then held the stone
wall; new its defenoe was entrusted to a sin
gle brigade, and the point whore the enemy
forced our lines was guarded by a single regi
ment:
Cargo of Steamship* Calypso at Auction.
BY JOHN G. MILNOB & 00.,
135 MEETING STREET,
CHARIjKSTON, s. o.
O n THURSDAY, SSsfi IniUot, *t» o’clock trill b*«oid
i*rt !** C * r *° of U,e SSypKvvfcrft
UQU0BS, OROOB&IICS, *0.
*S2 e “°* F„ IM “ BBANDY, 1 dears eich
60 cu«« Holland Bln
7 bw eb WMsko.,l» demfioaj aclUnd Gin
4 om 8 otih WhtrksT
. Pipe*Fie# Brant;
80 b»rr«!i Crorhed Sn^Ar
60 cmoi Olivo ill
* h’X# Block Peppir
19 boxer 8osp
21,600 Fljrldt S gar?, 200 gross Howord’# Mitrtxs
DRUGS, to.
16 l a-rob SODA CRYSTALS
81 barrolo Dcrjer&o
96 krga BI Carbonate Sod*
lOOon -coo Qolalno ‘
ID kvgi White Lead in Oil
2 cast s tnacy Tillet ftnp
600 doseu fine BugShh T-otb Bnnhn
100 dezra ivory, Horn wdi R rim Combi
700 dexsn India Rubber Droning OomU
* 0 dt *yal'et» k * t ** <icl,a Fcokat Bccki and
SU dozen India Rubber and Box Wood Piper
100 dozen Fng'tsh P ajlng Card
DRY COOPS. HATS. tHOES.'Ao.
39 cases FANCY JUDDER MINTS
- 10 cases Monrtii g Prints
3 casee Fabcy Front h Jaconet Masllue
a tra ce India Pint h LouRCkth
13 Caere 3: and :« i L ch Bleached fehecUng
2emetr .ncT Poplins. 3 bales Sloe L.Ums
1 case F.no Black Alpaca
3 cases containing Fane; Circassian^ Mix ad «ca-
bro.ns and Face; Ctltaas i C&sos Linen
ClsGllaB
3 cues containing BUck Cloths, Cassimerer ■" 1
Uru> Cloth’
GOO dozen Ladle.’ and Gent’s Linen ' Bead-
kerebi U - *
3S dozen Cotton Handk’.'e
4 cases assorted Heeler;
1,300 gro-t White and Bleok R>m, Agate and Few)
Button
76 VI Hemming Needle!
70o pecks Pins
6 Crete containing B-<1 Binding. linen and Gotten
T»I*s. Ribbon Wire, 8ta; end Oer^tadlST
7,0:0 down Coats’ and Otatk’s 800 and 100 j. rd Pnjol
Cotton -
96 d.zei Men’s (ire; Mixed and Nairn Beta
8 belts, 1,(00 pounds, White. Peter tead brown Shoe
Thread
S3 dtz -n Brown Drill Drawers
S cases containing i adt-V Kid Congress Gaiters,
Men’s Calf Boots, Children’s end MIs.es’ Sites
Men’s Am; Blnchers
ALSO,
£00 boxes TIN
.8 cases Assorted Gallery
ma>19.«odtf'26
Valuable Fropei ty for Sale. •*
. THE
FOEREST CITY FLOUR MILLS.
BY COHEN & HEHTZ.
KD W IN ML H hiEtTZ, -Auctioneer
O N TUkSORY, ths9J da» of Jure next, iu (rout of
tbo Oonrt-boueo in the city of Herennsh. will be sold
without reserro: *
Tbo Mills »td Machines; known as the “Fomst 0»;
Mlllr,” all of which Is noerl; new and iu running oidtr.
Toe-Kaglne is of tho met eppi or*d character; cjUndw
15 Inches, lergth of stroke 31 Inches; was'bnUt at Jo.-
eo;0<tr. The Boiler wee bnllt by Uar en A HolMnas*.
worth, Wilmtagton, Deleware; Is ZO loot In lens n, e/Set ;
8 inches in width, and 4 feet 8 lech's in bhrktb; atxs of
furnace 6 test b; 4; Cteam Diutn 3 f*ct8 indies high wnl
3 fe.it 10 inches dimeter Tno Knglno hot one of the
must approved Governors and Bunker KngUire eUrcnedj
also on: of tho meat appiorel Dampera with suam& .d
wzter.gnages. The Boiler i, covered wl'h fs'.t cf Ur*
b-et dwcrlptlou. bnrrs eitbor wood or coal, and bat little
fuel. T:e Midi ore three In number, two Floor end ou*
C-.-ra l':.c Ki. or MiiU turn otu -o barrels cf flour. a:d
the Corn Mill lUO LnsheU of rnosl in twenty hours. The
mill is sitnsted on the coiner of Montgemsr; *nl 0 n-
.greas streets, cost the resrrroir, and is eopplted with wa
ter from the lilt; Water Work*.
At the tan e time wilt be sold the leate cf the buiidt-g,
which has eb:nt 9 yo»r» to run, at ll.tk-0 per -nnu-n—
Tho hol dings ere three stoihs hl<h, with l.r,e oe Ur,
and cover 60 b; 90 feet, and are espahieof itoring a large*
quantity oi grain. The machluer; can be sdaptrf to any
icnnnfactnrinK ynrpoie.
This property it e- !d io clcee the oonceru. tncno.se-
quer.ee of the death of Cspt J f Brooks, can i f the own-
V- . maylO 10,13.9730
B. L. WARD. - A. A dOAW
WARD & SHAW,
GENERAL
Oommission Merchants,
08 Commerce 8troet.
Montgomery, Alabama.
Rirnxxcx: Messrs Hargrove Ezell A Co, atd Masers.
Kewmrn k Btraathoiger, Montgomery. Alatam.i taesent
Anderson. Adair AVo. Atlsnta, Ga; 8 3 Vst ?•«,
Miimlnftton. V C: John H Garner, Xtq. hfr-blle, sis;
MevsmJ.'hi W Robinson k C* Jacks n. Mire; Ids as hi
e U L Vlrden, Canton, Milt; Mfttrs Hammvtl* *Uea,
Vtakll.nwv Ml a --
Vicktbnrg, U1 s.
may 9-lm ~
Scythes! Scythes!
QAdoz-n Greta 8cjtb4a. For sals b»
OU (msyiO-tt] TH03MCLAPK*.
Bricklayers Wanted.
W ANTED, >t the C 8 Central Laboratory, Ur.cm, 0%
ten or m >r« good Bricklayers— while er co'orvd —
Also, Brick.'syor*’ Help* a “ ■ -
Mai oo, Ga
m»yI9 2w
Apply fo the nrdcnlgaad
J W MALL1T, Op-,
8npt 0 8 laboratory.
One Pine Close Carriage and
Harness,
F by- ■■■
may 19-tf
W. H. HBNDKRiOX * Gj.,
W hit.hail street.
RVK WHISKY ! RYE VYH18RT I
’OK SALE.a No 1 artic'.eof R»* and Cera Whleky,
. thwc i ears U , copper diet.l't I and war rental preof
App y to J C Hendersm, at Ws-flug.ou HalL
■gNdOi
COW LOST.
CtTRAYEOln this city since lav Friday, a large red
O COW, with both boros .ew.d .0; and a white belt <»
oaaof tor flasks, ltfurmaiiou c nrerniog her ard w -era
she c -.n b got, wiil be left at this olflee, and the finder
will be anhably rewarded. may Btf
Just .Received.
A LYRGEaesortmaatof Men’,and Boy^Hart; apart
settable for MUses EaU. lor sale at whntaaia sod
retail JOHN U. HOLBKO >K,
Attanta, Meg 14,1863, .mavl4-3w
Corn and Ground Peas.
500
, BeCKfl PI'.lll : CORN
1 106 seeks very chMca Gicncd Pees
In tc re and to arrive at H G EZiiiUlB.
Pants Stuffe and Ginghams.
I 0 USE PLAID AND CHECK GlVGHIMd
l Browa Deal— tor Feats or Draware
Brown Unei. Ceaabsuge, tut Pauls, at
p a BK’fiasi’d
mtjlz-zt CoaunUrloa Mcfcnant, WhltehaU sttaeC