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n SOTTi 7RN CONFEDERACY •.AfcOCSTOAILY CIRCULATION IN THE STATE •x & . 1 V Eaily Southern Confederacy, muun BY cairp, WITHERS & CO. BUBtOBIKION: fly-Aaa capy, there wrnihe ___> Ti>J*#*aAssets, pereepy.... I*J4 cents 1/-On mllNiwMf — —Es M new urrn cr alteetisinq iaunii Mil 28—Ram 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, • frsS- . *>'.