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Up to Hie bourof going to press with our
noon edition, nothing reliable has been
received from the field in addition to our
summnry cf this morning. The enemy
at last accounts were still making demons*
trmtions on our right and pressing our
cavalry in that direction. Ko firing hccrl
this morning.
4 d‘.v«o«nt of 15 Mr r+nt. allowed on oil Nile fcr id
0#(ti«4'V wmoop^^w %»| 1 5“ J** o**rt. m lh-w« lUHooni-
**•••**. Rnd ^onf1t«**»tr T .>w..ii ,c «- p»
A llwi'ed nne.Ur of atafMMMM wVl too rdo.tied
4* the Wc*k jr CoofeiorAcj ut $3 per eqatr* nek tauer-
cf jrcnortanee from ear oa«ur U tie O
cited If need It «nS »»*>e<r»ily paid for.
LATK NitkTIlBkN OB AUaoPJIASf P*P*R«, fir-
warded prrwfX y looar addreea, wl1 be llhek IjpMd for.
. Oor frleoda la the army *r® reqawauxl to aule a eoU of
PARTICULAR NOTICE— Penes* -ihecrlbl**by\*r
fer eboeM write tr-atr evr, name and tke near e erf the
feel OAe*. ta a plain, legible bud Tboee reetrieg *b«tr
l eper Uifii'rr'd tr **» one erffe* to another, e*i<mld state
the ettae t* which It b inn and the coe to which 'hej
with It tractfo rad.
Morning JEdition.
ATLANTA, fcUNDAY, MAY 20. 1864.
NOTICE.
On and after this date (May 11th) Coip
ederaie |o bills will be received st this
offica at the same rate of diaooont as the
other noles of the old issue.
The City.
riu.-AtK.tu 11 t/deck Inst utfbt Urn Are bplteautz
out Utelrlend >iuu aslbs baa or tba pnlpiiatlo*
•ir. Tbe fire m dtcccvers* U tto in the fceystmn
battel eg, lAo beet om In town, ewetd by Mr E E.
lUwron.
She Sri broko sat Is Itjy apprertorr. whether it t«
neUat or a* work of tn Incendiary to unknown, but
It warn probobly the Utter.
The rogtBr* won oo tho opat rooa a/Ur Us alirm
VII(Ircu, bet Dot ODilt the fire to* mode considerable
htadeey. Never did ‘sreuMD bellie to re nobly, aad
■ever bid ibey more to centrod (or In Ute city. Tbd
brtbloak of buildup la Atlanta wee tkr.eUoed.ard
a la.gr portion of It vu filled op with wounded eol-
dlrri. A hair boor's delay would hivo pot the cor.fis-
srelioo beyond the power of the Areata toaatlognl.h
Sot they b,tiled nobly, and for A loos Uaw the con
test wiodonbttel. The flaotas seeaed tobt giimug
headway rspid’y, and goto lodlciUonr or boreiiag out
U »n tbelr fury. Ovcaslooslty tongues would leep out
etlfmdt.vlrg u lick dry Ue AmoUlnr Ibet were
■ pUy iog on them. Tbelr thirst seemed tv be rapid one,
bat right gallantly did the noble Diemen tag at Ibo
. broke.. ttneeswngly and anCtlterugiy they bent thdr
* ungth to Ue ink, nodoeon hid Uo grstiScslton of
ei. eg tho dtmon quail. They no longer lip oat
fiery.teoguii, sod ■ few more minutes and they were
eun mly autoload Never did our firemen trove there*
uotvei more dejerving the rritihoulon of oar clttzsae
it.u on UU occasion. Tho demise to the building
WAS e*.niiderAble. Tba thousand dollars will ml pro-
bsbly cover Mr-lUweoo'S less. Several persons who
led reeaul lathe banding, aUosufferedrontldenhie
lose,bat U whet vaunt wo hove art ascertained.
[raoK ora own dosBiarctvDfNT ]
Gu -Thera has been a. general outcry fan acau
months agelnat Ult One Cam pony la ihla city, became
the oily to not furnished with goo. We have conversed
with tne Prvstduat of the company cm the matter, and
art Info mod that the Oooactl reteeat la pay tho com-
paoy any advance oa Ike old gold prices.*
To furnltb gee at these gates at the present time, the
company weald either hove to matsln a ken of twenty
thoataad deUera par annum, or charge Uo cltti.es at
the > Ate of eighty denars per thuosaat foot. This the
ctHaene would net be willing U pay.
Wo merely mike this brief statement, in erdar that
the people may know that the whole blame docs not
mtea the gms company.
We hope tba company wPl publish a-statement of
' C*cto at on early day, wh tek will set them right In the
pnblio mind. As for lentil, we ere sot disposed to
saddle the who's of the Marne open them.
' J n 0 FafDiVEvxsiso, May I7tb.
While I write heavy firing m going on
and occasionally oannonnading. Bate and
Cheatham drove the enemy from their en
trenchments this morning, capturing a
number of' prisoners, and still hold the
ground. We have repulsed the enemy at
every point, and it ia said that Hooker’s
corps is demoralised—it being the one
engaged on their side yesterday and the
day before. .
The intention of Sherman is no doubt
to turn JouGltbp’a right wing, thud throw,
ing himself on tbisaide the Etowah, on
the Western and Atlantic railroad, and
continue his advance by the flank. Our
line is Tunning parallel' with the ridges of
Lost Mountain, giving us every advantage.
The enemy ran up several batteries
within three hundred yards of our lines
at New Hope Church last Qight, opening
fire on our lines. We had only one piece
to contend with them, but by the industry
of the men it played havoc with the Van)
kees. We were soon able, however to
cope with him, and so we did successfully.
We have driven them beyond. Pallas,
and 1 have but little doubt that they are
preparing to make an'exit from this sec-
ion of Georgia.
It is generally believed that to-morrow
there will be a general engagement, uni
Sherman should wisely decide to move in
an opposite direction, in which case John
ston will advance.
I have just conversed with some soldiers
who were cut off from their commands
below Bomo, when that place was ew-cu
«M, who report that thiq^e is not a Y an-
kee beyond Vanwert, in the direction of
Cedar Town. They say that there are hut
few at Home, and that tories and desoi t
are causing the enemy to commit depre
dalions, which they hn v e been afraid to
do themselves. Hardee is on the extreme
loft of our army, Polk in the centre, while
Hood is on the right.
Our losses are very slight in all the en
gsgements in the recent battles. While
those of the enemy are nnusually great.
It cannot be denied that the Yankee
(Western) army fights desperately, as if
for independence. If Sherman ehonld mass
his whole force on our right, there will be
tho severest fight of the war. I am confi
dent that Atlanta is safe—that Johnston
will yet completely rout the enemy and
drive him demoralized from our soil.
. Paxton.
Masiitta, May 27, 1864.
The mind untutored in military science
cannot always appreciate the advantages
that may be gamed nor tin> daSemtUn tu*±
may ensue from any particular movement
of the army. Neither is U alwaya correct
in its judgment of the result of movements
if they are accomplished. But no particu
lar forecast or judgment is necessary to
comprehend the iact that the recent retro
grade movement of the army from Dalton
was conducted with admirable skill, and
that it was one of the most remarkable
incidents cC war, and will be dassed as
such in history,
A- distance of eighty miles has" been
traveled—our army moving at its leisure
before the enemy, repeatedly offering him
battle, which was invariably declined.
And, after enduring so much and having
so much to discourage it, is to*day as well
organized, as resolute, as hopeful, and even
more powerful than it has been at any
previous time. Betreats are generally dis
astrous to the moral* of the best of armies,
and when we find tire condition of our
army is so gratifying, we find admiration
in our hearts for the great mind that con
ducted the movement, and gratitude for
the noble army whose endurance has been
so well and so creditably tested.
The veiled movements that are doily
occurring cannot be easily comprehended.
All things seem obscure, and he would be
Cioesx —A geld watek was stolen from MUler Tur
ney, a bw nlfMs nice, for which ha cff.red a thousand
dollar i reward In fM. -Tho watch was found on
Thursday.where the throne hid left It In pawn.
iMterday Martha! Jonomttndoi In captor inf two
maa who did the abating. Wc are informed that than
It ample evidence U convict them. Tbelr aamei
Teeedli ami Lore They were at lory* ea a lo-gcd
eorgernttcertificate epyroreJ by the Troroet Marshal
oft Me ehy.,~ '
The whole peter >e tke meet awkward rentary wa
have sees, ell written with the tame flat, and aaw(ty a
eoe aa ever Barred a piece of foctecap Tbeftmlcrnin
are new sale from hairs picked aphy the etraet^mrds.
Sruuaf —We learn that a ]
amber el trucks
I bolldtrf dnhrg
the fire last night,'were stolen. Serc.al of them l.tre
be:n found In dtsweai parts of the Citr tMa moral nr-
They wen all brakes ipem aad tbelr eoloaie t-ken
Mlsapl'y webaveae
da’in* a Ute- It la aUeoal as-well to laart U at the
mercy eC the dux teas doaspowlt to In dal
<bn thieves wbnsnSb la f»P at avaiy alarm or In
that la glvao.
Affairs at Petersburg.
[From the faladui Express, et tbeldth ]
Y relent ay wan a qniet day oa our trout, aa
cv it, pi red wi.h the few which preceded it. Bat
iutir firing with cither maiktiry or artillery oc
curred, and our said ion enjoyed with a zest
that cast which they eo muck needed. An
rational discharge of artillery, and the sharp
creek oi a rifle or * mnaket at toug intervale,
were all tbs', relieved tho dmll monotony of tho
fold But it is qaita apparent that thin state of
quietude cannot long continue. Prepani
are doubtlau on the tapia, which will at an
early day gteo the aaomy about at iirely a time
aa they ever erjoyadi These Iirely eeaoee may
rorot iff 13 dif. Of thay may bo deterred until
io-morrow, or next day, or seen celt weak.
But occur -her certainly wiJt,and then wethall
xcc bow Bailee the Btiat, who, Yankee jour-
Dale ted «a, -o.amtnd* in ptrtoa, wiil aticd
ib storm. 1 ■
C,.H jR»A.—'Tho beautilul little llsh, c
la'thie country *'goW and eilrer fiah,”
origtaaliy aatiTae or China and Japan, when
ihoy are bald in craat eetimatiou; and are called
tigyn. From China the Kngitih carried some
of them to tb* lalaad ol St. Helena, end irom
her.cr tho captain o( one of our Eaet Isd'a
stipe brought acme of then to England ia the
year 17S8,
g-Oar friend Bobesoo, the obliging sod
altentiva Express Mouengor, will please
capt cur thanks for Augusta flies in advance
of ika mail.
From Lai’s Army.
Letters from privates in Leo’s army—which
are the best test of thy spirit of the men—are
most cheering. Wo bare seen a number, no!
of which tolerates far a moment the
thought of Grant’s getting to Biohmond, or
any other placo where Lae’s army may cooo
to defend. Ws take some extrsets from one
now bsfOro os:
Waaoa Turn, nil Mnromt
May IA ISM.)
Ilia some Use atom I wrote to yon
since then a great many change* hare taken place
oar army. Tbe Tankaaa around the river ea the Srd
el this month, and bare been fighting every day ap
the present. Oar erwy holds a position which tba
Wbola Yankee force aad,tries their number cancel
d ire no from - Grant tana charged ear breastworks
Uaj; scar times trey oomesp In tea columns
deep, but ovary time they hare been repulsed with
Deary slaughter Oa- Uasep te the present time
estimated at l&.oon. Bo Vaekaea are sold to bare leal
ad,0C0. If tihad been soy other than Gen Grant, be
would bare race ae-d die Hrerbefcro aowj botkem '
skua every men la bte army would bare to bo slain,
hfwuoldgaloBlehmocd. Well, I am glad bo will lore
ha baa got before be will get te Etchmowd.
We hadjiyty bard fight on Sunday. I received a eery
la the left band. I don’t mppooe I wJl
ire tbe nee or it fer twa er three
Once the Yankees charged oor breastwork* and got
oaaecalsa of them. Old flob Lee rune up and told oar
atm they trould hare to retake them. Ife railed
c Aon, sod wuaboet to lead the ekarge, but eom
hie aids aaiatd tba bridle ef kit lures, sod weald not
letbltagx. The nan told him If he lead the way they
weald net fellow, hot If be stayed beet they would
taka them In spReef—l whoa baconaaoted to
mt»:* ThdY'
tutteg aad kiiUas the enemy te a terrible
Aamereef Visa iter to Ue* —The New
Czpreesof May 13th pabliahea a Jetisr dated
New Orleans oa tbe 7th, which gives a report
that Gen. Basks is retreating by theiasd route
to Braahoar City, h being Impossible to do
by the river. Aa lbs steamer City Bella eras
her way up the other day with a regiment
reinforce Banka, she was captured with all
TwoeUar boau were explored and
mu’s Retrograde—Veiled Movements—
Federal Poasessioo ot North Georgia—The
Spirit ol ’60—Gen. Reyonlds Wounded—Re-
eeivio* the Wounded at Marietta—D*itf
SkiraeUMO—Ladies of Marietta, etc , etc.
{For tbe Southern ConfecJerwy.}
Bill Arp, the Eoman Eunagee.
a bold man indeed wbo would attempt to
predict tbe time or place of tbe battle.
The colors of the enemy .now float over
one of the most important sections of
Georgia—one from which every considers
tion of pride and self-protection demand
that they should be immediately removed.
Ob, wbat incentives to action, Georgian?,
in common with all other Southern men
h*.ve at present. There are the allure
ments of historic fame, tho encomiums of
mankind, and, added to all these, the
proud satisfaction which we’will realize
when the land is freed from the iron hand
of tyranny. The spirit of 1800 said that
if the enemy thould attempt to invade
Georgia, the bones of her sons would
whiten her borders and bo evidences.to
future generations that the invader met
with stern resistance. Let the patriotic
resolve be still remembered t
It is, indeed, lamentable that the enemy
should possess North Georgia, with its
beautiful hills clad in the green foliage of
spring—its bold streams, bright springs,
and its fertile valleys, teeming with har
vests, which was already bowing its head as
if attempting to anticipate the stroke of
the reaper. Blow calmly, ye winds of Chers.
okee, Georgia, for soon will thy breezes ins
vigorate thine own sons, thy luxuriant soil
will yet bring forth freit for thice own
children, and thy plains again delight
those who survive the fierce conflict for
thy diaentbrallment.
It is to be regretted that, in the engage
ment of Thursday, Brigadier General A.
W, Reynolds was wounded, while establish-
inghis lines. It couldbardly be expected,
though, that this meritorious officer should
escape always nninjnred, exposing himself
as he usually does. The service can ill
afford to lose bis valuable aid at this par
ticular crisis. The Army also loses, tem
porarily, the services of the gallant com
mander of the 4th Georgia cavalry, Col.
J. W. Avery, who was painfully wounded
in a cavalry engagement yesterday. The
number of wounded received at the re
ceiving and distributing hospitals at Ma
rietta since skirmishing began at New
Hope Church, up to this writing, is four
hundred, a great many of whom are.se
verely injured.
It is the generally credited opinion that
the enemy’s loss has been ' very severe,
though no reliable information concerning
it can be obtained. They made an aitack
on a portion of our line about 1 o’clock
last night, and again early this morning,
but were readily repulsed in each assault.
Skirmishing continues to-day.
It ia pleasing to see that the ladies of
Marietta, like those in other portions of
the Confederacy, are not forgrtful of*their
suffering defenders, and may be seen
moving among them like angels of mercy,
dispensing delicacies and words of cheer
Catoosa.
m‘ Tb* fitM of Gw. B.tchiaridfs’s lit*
engagement with Siegel was ia tho Valley of
Virginia, two miles from New Miikat, oa tbs
tareyiks, bet trass Winchester and Stasnios.
Tb* ocliae dosed at lb* Shenandoah River.
Tb* war fled across the aowh fork of the
Shmaadaah, hareiaf tho bridge behind him.
jar- The funertl of Gam Green, who was
killed at Mautfieid. took piece at Anstin, Texas,
cn tho 30th ulu There were taro hundred tad
fourteen carriazoo ia the cortege.
/aE'Danoviat'i cavalry, which reached Rich
mond without their horses, took part in the Ute
banloa of Gen. Beauregard, fighting gallantly
aa infantry.
Great Giuu —The pair of great gun* which
gorernment in having cist—one in New Jersey
aad tke other io Pennsvlreola-aro to carry
ahof. weighing about 1000 pounds each, which
will penetrate the iron armor of vessda as a rifie
ball will go through a sheet of tin. The weight
of esck will bo in the vicinity of i 10.000pounds,
asd the cost of each about $30,000. They are
to bo smooth bores, but the Ordnance Bureau is
now having “rifled,” on the James plan, all the
smooth-bare heavy gum on tho fortifications
around the city of Naw York.—Naiktiile Frtu
f&~Tha iron and steel ships in progress in
the yards on the Merccy (Liverpool,) at laae re
ports were 23 in number, 23.000 tens in register.
Steel is rcpidly gaining fovoi with ship baiid«
Me Editua: “Bomofc, onfresded, ratlin-
holly, slow/’ os somebody sed/I am now
seekin a log in some vast wilderness, a lonely
roost in some Oketfoenokee swamp, where tha
fowl invaders cannot travel nor their pontoon
bridges phloat. If Mr. Shakspeero wero cor
rect when ho writ that “stroet oro too juices
cf adversity,” then it are rssunobol to eup-
pcso that mo aad my faults and many others
mast have coins sweetuin to spare. When a
man la orouBed in the ded of night, and emdls
tho oyjrro-.n. *.f the fowl invader; when he
feels konslr&ined to change big base end bekum
a runagte from hiB home, leavin behind him
all thoEa usuaary things which hold body and
soul together; when be locks, perhaps the last
lime, upon his loTely homo where ho be* been
for many delightful years raisin children and
chiokens, strawberries and peas, tie eoap and
ioyuoB, and all sieh luxuries of this sublunary
life; when he imaginos every onucual sound to
be the crack of his earthly docm; when from
sich influences be begins a dignified retreat,
but soon is konMraincd to leave the dignity
behind, and git away withont regard to Ihe
order of his going—if them is nny sweet jaice
in the like of that, 1 havent been able to Bee
it. No, Mr. Editnr, aieh scenes never hap
pened in BiU Shakspeer’s day, or he wouldent
have writ that line
I don’t know that the lovely inhabitants of
yonr bntifni silty need any fonrwarnins to
make ’em avoid the breakers open Whioh oor
vessel wrecked; bat for fear they should some
day shako their gory looks at me, I will make
pnbllk abreef allusion to somo of ihe painful
sirkumstanoos whioh lately okkorred in the
regiona of Ihe eternal sitty/
Kot many days ago, the everlsstin Yankoes
(may they live always when the devil gits em)
made a violent assault upon the eitly of the
hills—tho eternal sitty, whore a hundred
years the Injun risers have boon blendin their
waters peacefully together—where the Chok-
taw children built their flutter mills and toyed
with frogs and tadpoles while these majoslik
streams were but little spring branches a bab-
lin along their sandy bods. For 3 days and
nights our valynnt troops had boat bak tho
fowl invader, and saved our pullets from thoir
dovourin jaws, for 8 days .and nights We
bade farewell to every fear, luxuriating upon
the triumph of our arms, and the sweet juices
of our straw berries anil cream. Fcr ;! Ja; -.
and nights fresh troops . from, the Sooth
penred into our streeta with shouts that made
the welkin ring, and the turkey bumps rise all
over the fljsh of our people. IVo fslt that
Romo was safe—seizure against the assaults
of the world, tho flesh and tho devil, which
last individual are supposed to bo that horde
of fowl invader. , wbo are Beeiin to phlank us
out of both broad and existence.
Bat alas for human hopes ! Man that is
born of woman (and there are no other sort
that I know of) has but f«w -*■»-* Sri r.rn’t
fail of trouble. Altho the troops did shout,
sltho their braes bound maeik swelled upon the
gale, altho the turkey bumps rose as the wel
kin rung, altho the commanding Genaral as
sured ua that Borne was to be held st every
hazard, and that on to-morrow the big battul
was to be fonght, and the fowl invaders
hurled sll.howlin end bleedin to the shores of
the Ohio, yet it did.transpire soma how that
an tuesday night, the military evaknation of
onr sitty were peremptorily ordered. No note
of warnin—no whisper of alarm—no hint of
tho morrow oame from the muzzled lip3 of
him who had lifted onr hopes so high. Calm
ly and cooly, we smoked onr kiliykiniok, and
surveyed the embarkation of troops, konstrnin
it to be some grand manoover of military
strategy. Ahout 10 o’clook we retired to rest
to dream of to morrows viktory. Sleep soon
overpowered os like the fog that kivered the
earth, bat nary bright dream had knm, nary
vision of freedom and glory. Oa the kon-
trary, ourre’.t were unaisy—strawberries and
cream seemed to by holdin secession mootins
within onr corporate limits, when iqddenly in
tho twinklin of an eye, a friend aroused as
from onr slumber and pnt a new ftze upon the
“sitnation.” Gen. Johnston was retreatin,
and the bine nosed Yankees were to pollute
oqr sakred soil the next mornin; Then cam
the jag of war. With hot and feverish haste,
ws started ont in searoh of transportation, but
nary transport could be had. Timo honerd
frendship, past favors shown) everlistin grat-
itood, numerous small and luvely ohilern, kun-
federate knrrenoy, new iishoes, bank bills,
black bottles, nil all infuenoes were urged
and nsed to seknre a korner in a kar, bat nary
korner—too late—too late—the pressure for
time was fearful and tremengions—the steady
olook moved on—no Joshua about to lengthen
ont the night, no rollin stock, no steer, no
mule. With reluklsnt and hasty steps, we
prepared to make good onr exit by that over
land tins which Bail Roads do not control, nor
A Q Ms impress.
With onr families and a little olothing, we
crossed tho Etowah bridge abont the broke of
day on Wednesday the 17th of May, 1864—
prezskly a year and two weeks from the time
when General Forrest marched in trinmph
through onr streets. By and by, the bright
rays of the mornin snn dispersed the heavy
fog which like a pall of doth had overspread
all nator. Then were exhibited to onr afflict
ed gaze, a highway crowded with waging and
teams, kattleand hogs, niggers and dogs; we-
mtn and children, all movin in dishevelled
haste to places and parts unknown. Holes
were brayia, cattle were lowin, hogs were
sqneatin, sheep were blatin, children were
cry In, waggiuer* enssln, whips were poppin,
and hoTses gtaltin, but still the grand karavan
moved oo. Everybody was kontinnally a
lookin behind, and dririn before—^everybody
wanted to know everything, and nobody knew
nothin. Ten thousand wild rumors filled the
(irkamambieat Mr. The everlastin kavslry
was tbsre, snd as they dashed to andfro,gave
r«l«« alarms cf tha enemy ,bein la hot par-
suit.
Abont this most kritikul juncture of affairs,
some phflsnthropik fren-J passed by with tho
-welknmnews that the bridge wer burnt, and
the danger all over. Then ceased the paniok,
then came the peaceful calm of heroes after
the strife of war is over—then exkloiuud
Frank Ralls, my demoralized frend, “thank
the good Lord for that. Bill lets return thanks
and stop aad rest—boys let me git ont and lie
down—Im as humble os a ded nigger—I tell
you the truth—I sung the long meter doxology
as I crossed the Etowah bridge, and Iexpek-
ted to bJi ded man in 15 minutes. Be thank
ful feliaj, lets all bo thankful—the bridge is
burnt. aal the'rivcr is three miles deep. Good
eakes, doyen ukon them Yankees kan swim?
Git np b ye-rlete drive ahead and keep movin
—I teliyittficres no akkonntln for anything
with bine 1 clothes on these days— dingd if I
t-f a bine tailed fly.”
diatressin flow nf language, he
rapsody of random remarks
was that trump of good fellows,
J7t> Jvh>rwifl clever as he is fat, and as fat aa
old Falsti—with inde/afigable diligence he
had sekfrfd, as a last resort, a one horse
steer spr aj vsgjin, with a low flat body a
“ettln on Wo rjketty springs.' Bein mounted
hereon, le was urgin a more speedy lokomo-
shut, bytsyin on to the karkass of the poor
old steer tV-iih a thrash pole some ten feet
lon$. Utrin Btoppcd at a house, ho proknred
a two ia-b anger, and borla a hole thro tbe
dash bcait, palled the steer's tail through and
tied up til end in a knot. “ My runnin gear
i3 wealr/jiaid he, ‘‘bat I don't intend to bo
stuck ia po mud. If the body holds good,
and the si er don’t pull off his tail, why Bill;
I am safe!’ “ My frend,” sed I, “ wlil you
please tranform me what port you are bound
for, and fheayou expect to reach itT ” “No
port at si, Bill,” icdhe, “I’m goinded strate
to the bij Stone Hfuntain. I am goin to git
on tho tcu and roll) rocks down upon all man-
7? forewarn every livin thing not
to kum tfar ontil this evetiastin foolishness is
over ” (a were Jhen but three miles from
town, ant been travellin the livelong night.
Ah, my Irg frend, thought I, when wilt thou
arrive at (by journeys eend ? In tho language
of Patrisbllanry,,will It be tho next week, or
the next year? Ob, that* I konld write a
[From the Charleston Courier.)
BEACBKGAflD.
When erir ciculi gathered abont onr land.
And ont of tha Korth came a hesti'e hand.
Threatening the South with her deadly wrath,
lie stood like s Srehracd in their path;
Ah I the TArthmea found that the fight wont hard,
When they mot onr gallant Seauregard.
When tho battle rsgeth fierce and high,
And tho rattling shot litc halletones fiy.
When the booming cannon roar and twell,
And tho air It filled with be re ting ihel),
He’s foremost there on tho blood drenched sward,
And theory la “On with Beauregard”
Like magic ipark of Promethean fire,
Ell very name doth tho eoul inspire;
And a thou* tod voices load nsd strong,
Shout at he rideth tho rnnka along.
Waving tho banner starred and barred,
‘■To glory or death with Beauregard ”
Well may the enemy qaake with fear,
Whene’er that terrible came they hear,
‘Mid the dash of waves and ctonons ro*r,
They heard It on Carolina’s shore,
When Snccter, blackened, smoked and scarred,
Fell to our valiant Beauregard.
(Opecial Corespondcnco of tho Eoquuer.)
From Gcrt* florgan’t Comnmnd.
WVtarvnxi, May ll, lie*.
On Sunday night Inst General Morgan left
SaltviUe for tho purpose of occupying foanral
The War in Virginia. —
[sflMT O? THE KICUMOSD ThlSS j
Creek Gap, and prevent the approach-of Gen- has been suspended, tho
Thn-Soquirer of the Ci.h says:
That fearful day on Slanaasaa plains,
Twas thundered forth In their ears again,
When madly over the heaps ot dead,
The panic stricken hirelings fled.
Coning the hour (hat e’er they war'd
With tha iron-hearted Boanregud.
Oo the crimson field of Shiloh, too.
When the shells like shrieking dement flew,
When the lnrid emcke obscured the air,
And havoc and death were eyery where,
We drove them back from the blood-stained tward.
The cry wai still for Beauregard.
I’OUfO, 1
epik verst,
memory
would embalm tby honest fsoe in
I kan only drop to thy pleasant
parsing random rhyme;
Farewell, Big Johr, farewell I
wat painful to my heart,
To see thy chsncet of escape,
its that old steer aad kart,
Mslhinks I tee thoe now,
Rithexloirees all broke, *
.And wheels with nary bnbat all,
lislhuhs with nary spoke.
i nt though the mud It deep,
Thy wlla will tever fall;
I ‘‘tu Uitnful steer will take the ont,
If ihou wilt hold bis tail.
There is a page in the book of fame—
On it Is written a tingle came,
In letters of gold, on spotless white.
Encircled with stars ofqneneh’ess light;
Never a blot that ptge hath marred,
And the ttar-w. eathed name it Beauregard.
Mr. Eiiu), under sich vsrygated scenes we
reported-progress, and in oourzetf timo ar
rived umlet the Bhadow of thy eitty’s wings,
abonndiu in gratitude and Joy.
With s-roet and patient sadness, the tender
hearts of <*ir wives and daughters beat mourn
fully as *o moved along. Often, alas how
often. w^7 the. tear seen switolnw in IF-
and the up quivriug with etuuiion, as memory
lingered ~.uad their deserted homes, and
thoughts dwelt upon past enjoyments and fu
tnro dcstlaiion. We plucked tho wild flowers
as we passed, sang songs of merriment, ex
changed. onr wit with children—smothering,
by overy means, the sorrow fit nut foie.—
These things,.together with tbe comick events
that okknrrcd by the way, were the safety
valves that saved the poor heart from bursting.
Bat for rich things, cur heads wonTd have
boon fountains and our hearts a river of tears.
Ob, if some kind frend jyould set onr retreat
to musik, if he coaid make a tune to fit the
manner of onr leaving, and tho emotions
which befell ns by the way, it would be great
ly appresiated indeed. It shonld be a plain
tive tune, interspersed with okkasion&l comick
notos and frequent, fuges Ekattered promisku-
ously along.
Mr. Edi.nr, the world wBl nevor know the
half that transpired in these eventful limes,
unless my frend, Frank Balls, are bailed npon
to deliver a konrse of lektures upon the sah-
jek. What he don’t know, or dident do him
self, are nit worth knowing or doing. Our
retreat wore kondnktod in excellent good
order, alter the bridge uaa burnt. If there were
any straggljn at all, they straggled ahead. It
would havq delighted Gen. Johnston to have
seen the alekrity of opr movements.
If I were vain enuf to assert, that I wer
considered he commanding offiser of this re
markable rijtreat, I shonld say that onr auk-
sess were uainly due to tho able coadjutors
who were wlh me. I would hand their names
down to poitorety, Mr. editor, bat where so
many noted gallantly, it are impossibnl to
draw distintehana. The great straggle of our
contest seemed to be, which army could
treat the ft*test. Gen. Johnston or cum—
as how it wer pall Diek pull Peril between
em. It an e souroe of regret however that
some of our households of the Atrikan scent,
have fell bac) into the arms of the fowl inva
ders. I-supycso they may now hekalled mis-
sin genatnrs, and are by Ibis time inkreasin
the stock of Odour d'Afrique In Northern so
ciety, which popular perfume have scourged
ont of the market’ all those extracts vfhioh
made X Baxtfi, Jules Han), and Labin famous.
Good bye sweet otter of Boses, farewell ye
balms of a thousand flowers—yonr days aro
numbered.
Bat I mast klose this melaukolly narrative
and hasten to snbskribe myself,
Yonr Ranageo, Bill Aar.
P. S.—Tip are still faithful onto the end.
He say the old turkey we left behind have
been settin for 14 weeks, and the fowl inva
ders are welkum to her—furthermore that he
throwda dead cat in the well and they ore
welkam to that. B ,
Bill to Pag for Here** Lett in tke Confede*
rate Service—There Ua bill before Congress to
pay cavalrymen for hones captured by the
my, or which have died in the service. We
hope it will not be overlooked, bnt be taken np
and promptly passed. Many horses die from
hard service asd insufficiency of food, and the
loss falls very heavily upon young men whose
homes ate in possession of the enemy. Indeed,
many of them have na meins of remounting
themselves, except by captures; and any one
Korth Georgia Under tha Yankee Yoke.
As we have unintentionally and through
misinformation conveyed an erroneous idea
or the policy jiuriuetj by the federate at
Borne, wo make the following statement de
rived from various sources, which we believe
will be found substantially true:
The invadiog force has not, so far ns wa
can learn, been guilty of acts of violence upon
the people who have remained within their
linos, nor anything tike syBlemalio Incendiar
ism cxcopt npon mills, factories, &c. In
F.ime they burned nolhing and ojuimittcd uo
riolenns upon the people. Immediately afler
their arrival, handbills were posted np in tho
placo notifying tho people to bring in to head
quarters & full inventory of thoir effects of all
kinds what oevor, and warning them that oon-
ocalment would be punished by imprisonment
at Fort Johnston or some other point in the
North during the war. Similar notifications
were served upon the psoplo of all tho orre
ries within the Federal lines, and they were
warned to turn over all their agricultural im
plements to the Federal authorities on or be
fore the 20ih instant, to be destroyed. One
!.os — zlfowcd to every fotnily aad ‘.'ucj
weald oe permitted to do as muoh gardening
as could be aoaomplUhed with that solitary
implement. . / J“ i
Every article of provisions ia Romo or vi
cinity, was required to bo turned over imme
diately to a common depository, from which
the people wore served with rations, according
ta aworn lie's heuded iu by them of tho num
ber and condition of their families. Ooe
wealthy lady, who had turned over, among
other provisions 20,000 pounds of bacon, un
representing that she ought to be entitled Io
larger rations, was told that all rebels were
beggars alike—had nothing in the world, and
wculd bo treated alike.
White and black were allowed to come in
and go ont of .the lines at Rome, but those who
went ont could take nolhing bnt the apparel
they wore. Negroes were allowed to choose
whether they would go out with their owners
or remain, but great care was taken that the
selection shonld be made in the presenoo of
Yankee witnesses. In one case, where a ne
gro had changed hi- mind daring tho night,
and ooncluded to go with hie master, the mas
ter was first sworn that he had used neither
persuasion nor threats, and the negro was
then enrsed for a fool, and told to go away,
bat nerer to look to them again for help or
succor. *
The negroes, as a general thing, preferred
to go with their masters, and this it was be
lieved, was due to the representations of the
contrabands in the Yankee army, who pri
vately advised them that they wonld not profit
by a change of masters, and told thorn of the
suffering, destitution and mortality among
tho negroes in the roar.
In one word, the policy of the invaders
looks simply to breaking the spirit of tho peo
ple and rodnclng them to the most abjeet con
dition of poverty and dependence—allowing
them out of their own etore3 just so mnoh
food as will sustain life, and prohibiting the
production ot aoy more. The people were
told when their a ipplies were gone they might
either go to the fear in Tennessee, or through
the Yankee lines to their brother rohels. All
slock of every kind, horses, mules, oxen,milk
cowp, hogs, 6hcep, pauliry, etc., was taken.—
The cattlo were put togrszs upon the growing
crops, and tho pe-plo who owned milk cows
were allowed rations of a quart of milk per
day to the family. The cotton in the city—
about fifteen hundred bales—was seized and
had been sent off—two trains being sent there
forJL The Federal garrison in Rome con-"
slated cf forty-one men only. Such Is the
Yankee yoke, in Georgia.—Macon Telegraph.
crate Avarill and Duffle, who were reported to
be at JtffersonriUe' Ilia command reached
the gap after a very fatiguing march over a
rough and difficult road, about two o’clock,
A. M, on Monday morning. Soouts were
dispatched towards Jeffers rnvillo, who re
turned about three o'clock, P. M., and gave
the information that the enemy were moving
upon WyiheviUe. It now became a matter of
the utmost imparlance to reaoh there in time
to meatjhem, and the command was ordered
to move". Tney reached ft point ateut ihiny.
two mites from here by eleven o’clock, P. M.,
and went into camp. Tho next morning, at
six o’clock, the column was put in morion and
arrivod in town st 3 o'clock. A csmjtwas se
lected, and the order given to unsaddle and
fofd the horses, which by this rime was very
necessary, ss they had not been fed but cnco
since leaving iSaltvilie.
Scarcely had the saddles been removed be
fore it was announced that tho enemy were
approaching in strong force through Crochet’s
Gap. Crittenden, with the forces of Colonel
Bowenjtend Lieutenant Colonel Cook, was or
dered to occupy the G>p and contest their
advance. Colonel Giltner’a brigade nnd Gen.
.Morgan’s old brigade under tho oommand ol
Lieut Col. R. A. Alston, were ordered to move
rapidly by a circuitous route through the woods
and attuck the enemy vigorously lu thoir rear
By tho time (hey had reached a ; oeition to
command the entrance of the Gap, the enemy
had fallen hack and were drawn np tn tine of
battle on a very high hill in en open field,
which commanded the whole country in their
front. The country here is a .‘uooession of
high and beautifully sloping hills, and in fino
cultivation. In a few minutes after their ar
rival on the ground in front of tho enemy,
Qiltner’d and Alston’s brigades were dls-
mounted and formed in line battle, and the
order to advance was givc^ The men res
ponded to it by a tremendeous bhout, which
made the Yankees tremble. Never were any
troops known to advance with more steadness
c -S*eJ, and Grant has taken to marceivii g.
n > has reached Bowling U.-ceu and Mil erd,
and. though in actual disiauco nearer Rioh-
rnoad, yet, militarily, aad for all purposes cf
c impaic, , he i s to-day no nearer ltiohmond
tnau wnen on the north, rn bank of the ltapi-
dan. He has tot forced the military line de
fended by Gca. Lee, but, insrohing on tho arc
of the cirdlo l.om Cuipepor Court House to
Bowliug Green, he has been uuabls to force
tho lino of Lie’s ilefonso—tho Maltapony—at
any point. From Orange Court Hcuso down
the Kaptdan lo Mine ftur, along Mine Euu to
tho head waters of tho Po, and along that
stream to its oonfiuencs.wiih the oiher streams
that make up the Mattaposy, is the mili'ary.
lioe doiendcd by the Army or Northern Vir
ginia.
To break this tine, fire! at VTiUemees P.uo,
’he battle of the flih and 6th cf May wero
fought. Repulsed in theso bloody oomesis
Gan. Grant moved along the aro, and sought
again, at Spotwlvauia C. H , iu repeated as-
saults, lo make his march by tho direct road
to Riobmoad. Defeated and driven back, hi»
assaults becoming weaker and weaker, h: has
at last abandoned the direct advauce, and is
swinging around Qon. Leo, but keeping his
army on the north bank of the Matiapony.-v
Gen. Lee, without abandoning his defensive
line has responded to Gan. Grant's movement
tiy occupying the south bank cf the North
Anna river, and offered to the enemy a free
crossing of the MattapoDy. He has actually-
tendered to Grant a passage of that military
line, to break whioh has cost the enemy so
dearly and been attended with ao little suc
cess. To day or to-morrow moy develop
whther the Yankee Geoeral willaocepi thein-
vitation, and come over tho river.
From Bowling Green two roads prerext to
Gen. Grant routes for his army. Tho one
over the Mattapsny by the Milford Bridge, or
the lower bridge, across the Peninsula, be
tween that river and thoPamunkey and across
the latter below the junction cf the North and
and determination. These officers, instead of ^uth Anna rivers,_at LitUapagate Bridge to
Vin!n» —..nni.o.t 4rt n.ira ihnm /n-wa-.l tna*n I CteU -1--
viaiting a'cavalry brigade will be surprised at _
the number of horses which have been taken before it takes place, ia not known
From Washington.
A gentleman who arrived in thte city last
evening, and who left Washington City on the
I9th, asya the negro worshippers were very de
spondent at the situation of affairs, notwith
standing the rejoicing ot the newspapers over
pretended victories. Oa the other hand, those
whose sympathies are with tbe Confederate
States are cheerful, and confident of the early
success of our cause.
Grant’s loarea are are estimated at over 70,000.
The Administration presses pretend that our
loas exceeds that of the Federate; but the num
ber of wounded brought to Washington, Aiexa
andria and Baltimore, with ihe known fact that
thousands still remain in Fredericksburg and
on tbe field, convinces the people that such is
not the truth.
Grant’s men are said to be clamoroua for
another leader. They Bay he is reckless of the
lives of his soldiers, knows nothing of strategy,
and hopes to succeed by brute force alone.
They demand that McClellan, or some man
who has brains enough to handle a large areiy
with skill, and has some care for the Uvea of
hit soldiers, shall be placed over them.
There are two significants facia to b* ob
served in the papers we have been permitted to
see, which seems to us of much force. First
the excited and anxions call lor volunteers for
one hundred days, which shows the weakness
oi the enemy, caused by their immense losses;
and second, that in neither of the papers before
ue ie the price of gold quoted, whether lor the
reason that gold has already advanced, or that
a rue is feared, and they atop the quotations
being required to urge them forward, wero
obliged to check thtir impetuosity,to preserve
tho line. Ntvar vu there a tflur* heantiflaV
right than was exhibited by those bravo men
marching with oegor impationce to littaok an
enemy who wore strongly posted, and osuld
bo plainly seen greatly to outnumber them—
Not a man faltered, hut all ssome I to contend
who should b.viuthe lead. As I gczod earn
eslly on the short distance that intervened be
tween the two hostile columns and saw ii
growing less very rapidly, the anxiety and
suspense was painful. Who among that noble
band, was to he the first to fall. Direotly there
is atremendeous roar cf musketry, which is
followed by volley from tho carbines cf the
Yankees, which decs not however check the
advance of our line in the leasi. Volley after
volley are firod io quick succession, nr-dthe
sound revorhrntes through ihe long chain of
hills.
The Yankees saw we were going for them,
and could not e aad u, -Ad ih.-ir lmo begins
to yield. 'With a wild shout we pres led for
ward, aad soon their whole line rotraalgd.—
Finding that t o could not press them as fait
as they could retire, they wheal and form again.
With another of thosa shouts which the
Yankeos have hoard so often, that they know
what it means, cur men oontiaue lo advance,
the enemy’s line is again broken, and they foil
hack to another hill.
About this time Col. Crittenden';! force,
which was commanded in person by Gin.“Mor
gan, is seen to emerge from tho gap, just in
front of the left Sank of the enemy. In an
other minute the sound-of artillery is heard
and.a shell explodes right in the middlo of the
Yankee lines. Lieut Dural, who commanded
the artillery, poured shell after shell into their
retreating column, and if the difficulty of
climbing tho steep hills had not prevented a
rapid pursuit, the retreat would soon have be
come a rout. The Yankees being dismount
ed in frontof their horses whenever they were
driven baok, would mount and go back so rap
idly that they would have time to form, again
before we could get up with them. After dr.V
ing them in, this way for nearly five m’les, we
saw, with sorrow, that the sun was declining
Never did I wish so earnestly for two hours
more of daylight. Just two hours and wq
could have captured the entire force or cut
them up very badly, for we were rapidly get
ting them into snob a position that it would
have been impossible for them, to escape.—
About eundown our last line waa formed and
a halt ordered, as it was evident we couhl gain
nothing by pursuing them after dark. Many
of the men cried out: “Colonel, just permit
us to charge them onoe more and then we will
ts “iUing to quit.” Prudence, however, re-
quiredof Gen. Morgan that tho pursuit should
cease, and the order being given to return to
oarnp, was quietly and regretfully obeyed.
Onr oommand had now marched thirty-five
miles cn horseback, fonght five hours, and had
to march back eight miles to camp. Notwith
standing the great fotiguo the men and horses
had undergone, and the fact that our horses
had not been fed for two days, Gen. Morgan
had determined to take advantage of this vic
tory, and before the enemy ocu’.d be reinforced
at Rocky Gap, to eend an expedition to cap
lure their wagons at thatplacs. Mej. Cassell,
with his batlalion, was therefore ordered to
proceed at once to the point and capture the
wagons. He and hia command cheerfully
obey ed, and I hope, when we next hear from
him; that he has met with susoess. Oor lost
in this engagement was smell—not more than
forty in killed and wounded, twenty-one of
which were in Alston's brigade. The loss of
the enemy was much greater, as they left upon
the field iu ki led alone nearly as many os we
had in killed and wounded. Gen. Averill, one
of the Yankee Generate, to wounded in the
head, (we are informed by a lady whoso house
was in the rear of the Yankee lines,) early in
the fight. It was General Morgan’s purpose
to renew the attack at daylight; but the ene
my, taking advantage of then'ght, mads their
escape.
This is a very important victory, as it was
evidently the intention af the Yankees to de
stroy the lead mines and salt works, if they
had suooeeded in getting by thte point This
is the testimony of all the prisoners, a fow of
whom were taken.
from tha enemy. Siaee tb* present campaign
opened, the cavalry hae been figlftt# both aa
infantry and asmonmefl men,and their achieve
ments have drawn praise from those who have
heretofore derided their.eervtce*. They have
twit only withstood bayonet charges of the ene
my, but.ha turn, armed only with carbines and
pistol* have charged vastly euperior namber*
and driven them from their positions.
330-Msjor General Lovell left Columbia on
Tuesday, for Johnston'* army, to partiapare in
the stirring events about to be enacted in the
vicinity of Mar/itta.
[Richmond Sentinel, 24th.
Seymour admits [that Grant baa been
whipped, and that the Federal army will con
tinue tb be whipped until their ports are closed
and the troops reduced to "parched com asd
beans, tike the rebels.” lie saye Grant drinks
too much liquor, and that the war on tbe part
ol the North ia conducted aa if it were a matter
of frolic and contract.
fgr. The fleet outside of Fort Morgan con
sists of seven sloops-of-war, four doable-endere
and two gunboats of large size.
e’s front Tho other winds down the
Mattapony and doe; not approach Richmond,
but runs in a southeasterly dire’.tion on the
north side of that river. At Dunkirk and •.
Wftlkerton, iu King and Qteen county, Gronl’a
supplies can be drawn from Tappshanncck
and Urbenna, and thus, as his army moves to
the east nf Riohmond, his base of supplies is
gradually swung round with it—this road
leads to the Feuinsula.
^ Which of theso road? will Gen. Grant take ?
r j ipen. L»e diepntos his march cn tho Iteqtun-
key, and tho ghosts of McClellan's men and
reputation rise np all along tho Peninsula —
Gen. Grant will not go to the Penineu'a as long
as a shadow of ohanoci holds out hope from
the Fredericksburg route. The victory which
McClellan would win over hia uaamlto, should
the Lirr.'.en.ut General be forced to fall beck,
upon the fatal lino of tho Little Napoleon,
would bo as damaging to Linooln as tho do-
feutaf Gr:-‘ It; G-n. Lee. Gram may fino it
impossible to do otherwise) and, rather than
retreat, he may eeek a resort for hie army,
during the summer and fall, in tho marshes of
the Peninsula. At present, it.is impossible to
say whether Loo or McClellan most iufl-rauos
Grant; but a few dips wiil compel him to
decide.
In the meantime, the 7th of June and
the Lincoln Convention at Baltimore ap
proaches. Something must be done. Grant
mn?; keep up appearances. Bulletins oan bo
oabily manufactured by Stanton, but reading
them and believing them aro different. The
Yankee publio knows how much veracity
there is in a Yankee official dispatch. In the
mealtime, Gen. Lee has consolidated hie lines
and so disposed his army that his communi
cation with Richmond is well protected and
secured. Bhould he see proper to more near
er to Riohmond, It will bo accepted by the
public as the proper action for' our military
authorities.
The Dispatch of the same day says:
YeBierday was the most quiet day that vre
have experienced since the opening of the
spring campaign. Not even a rumor dis
turbed the current of the pdblio mind, nor did
the telegraph bring us any important no*.a
from the various locations of tbe contending
armies. Ox application at the eeveral head
quarters last night we simply learned that a
ills jatoh had been received from Gen. Beaure
gard representing (hat all was quiet on tho
fiouthside. The Yankees are hemmed in be
hind their fortifications on ihe narrow sirip
of land near Bermuda Hundred, and doubt
less deem it the part of prudenoo to remain
there for the present. The report ia repeated
that they aro leaving that scene of operatiens,
and crossing James river for the purpose of
reinforcing Grant; but of this there Is no .
confirmation.
The Whig of the same date has the follow
ing:
Torpedo Defence.—The Richmond Sentinel
suggests a new use of torpedoes, as follows :
We do not think we hava rcsde all the use
we might of torpedoes as a defense against in
vasions and raids. Why confine their nse to
tho water I Why not plant sen* or these in
the highways by which Yankee cavalry ap
preach onr railroads, aa well aa in tbe channels
by which their stesmer j ascend our rivers I-. It
would be ea-jr to set them so aa to be exploded
by the leet of the horaea. A fow of these prop
erly planted around out bridges, would greatly
aaaiat the guards, and would be as terrible as
masked batteries once were. They might be
planted in front cf our tinea wherever an attack
ia apprehended. In ebon, there ia a wide field
.—. *— -t -i ’al application, iu-
aggretaion, which,
private prema
Wer were gratified at mooting, laic yester
day afternoon, a correspondent .of tho press,
direc. from Loo’s army, who assured us that
bis offiotrs and meu were in the highest spir
its, and were panting for an opportunity to
meet again Grant, and what the Yankees cali
nio victorious army of veterans, foaling con
fident that his defeat is certain, lie informed
us that in all our changes of position to moot
the corresponding changes whichregented re
pulses hava compelled tne enemy from time to
timo to make, we have sustained compara
tively nojlo63 either in men, munitions or bag
gage. If additional proof of Lee’s matter.y
generalship had been wanting before the com
mencement of Ute present campai en, it wonld
not now bo. Helms proven himself to be the
first in war, as heis undoubtedly ta the hearts
of hia countrymen.
From all we learn at present, indications
are decidedly against active operations be
tween the two armies under two or three days
at the earliest. When the crisis comas—as it
at, ccocor or later—never before did Yan
kee land have snchjuet cause to tend up a
wofnl wail ever a disastrous dc feat.
We beard oh the streets, but failed to get
any official confirmation of the rumor, that
the Yankees made a raid oh the Central rail
road, six miles above Hanover Junction, and
wero met and repulsed by a portion of Gen.
Ewell’s corps. No further particulars were
.given. In theabsence of reliable information
we repeat it as it came to us.
They were put to the use euggetled by the
Sentinel when Johnston withdrew his army
from the Peninsula of Virginia in the spring of
18C2; but the enemy, aa eoon as they were rfa-
covered, made the prisoners they had csptnrea
go in advance of their army and dig them op.
Through to Jaehou.—The Meridian Clarion
aayr the trains on the Southern railroad have
commenced running through to the west side cf
Peail river st Jackson.
- TOOK TEX SOUTBSIDB.
Ws wont cn onr accustomed grand round
last night—at first to the War Department,
next to Gen. Bragg’s, nnd lastly to Gen. R .n-
sbm’s headquarters—and succeeded, af.tr
patting leading'questions to the officials oa
duty, in oblaiaicg the following uninteresting
information:
First, that dispatches from General Beaure
gard, received yesterday afternoon, state that
all is quiet along his linns. 8”C”r.dly, thet
the ii -ng he»rd yesterday rv rniog at M
early hour, and continuing daring the day at
intervals, was occasioned by the gunboats cf
the enemy shelling the woode.
JSS*Major Benjamin D, Herict died in Or
angeburg or. the 24th lost, He wsa a native of
Georgetown. S..C . and a! an early age lelt tbe
South Carolina College to enter tbe army in tho
3d iniantry. He served under Gen. Jackson
against the Creeks, and waa on duty also at
New Orleans, Savannah and Charleston, at
different times. He resigned ooon sf er peace,
and selected Charlestonsa hia residence, having
married a daughter of Dr. Tacky Harris.
He was in hia seventy aeventn year when he
waa called from hie relugea retreat to tho
“House not made with hands.” It is one ot
the sorely feit evil* of war that even the old
men cannot be permitted to die at home.—
Charlcilo* Courier,
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