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found to contain tome item# of interest.
Laurel Hill, Barbour count?, July 7.—Another
%nd ficmm so far with tbe Confederate
troop.-, before daybreak this morning ‘'Sunday,
the troop* at thin camp were aroused by the tiring
of th* fncket guard, and in a abort time our men
were iu line and ready for service. About light
another voi'ey was tired, apparently about a mile
frotti o’*r camp, and the excitement was increaaed
by the rapid niOverneyt of the Georgia Regiment
aid th** cavalry. Finally order* came for us to
take proper positions, that the enemy was ad
* aiming upon us, aad that tbe Georgia Regiment
h;i4 tired upon them and held them in check
Tli rrfiim-rt kn*< *tp fir. upon tbtm until
abovif *• t'l ck, killing four up five of the enemy,
*■ ‘‘ in return only one man wounded.
At Z o'clock, the Georgian* were marched off
had tin* ii*d K-giincat look its pbee, od the brow
of a hdl in a very short distance of the Yankees.
The2;d renmiacd an the ground until dark, when
tbi-v were reneved by the ‘>7th.
* The and, od*r the rAminand/jf its brave and
I j commander, Colonel Taliaferro, belutred w ith
coolness a.id courage wartkrv of veterans. The
| * s harp-Hhooters, f apt Tompkins, of Richmond,
wer* selerted as the advance corps, and took up
I thru position wit/iin two hundred yards of the #n
! L ‘ n f’ wud acting a skirmishers, took to th** woods
; and done their fluty faithfully and well. fr. fart,*
; they being the only company armed with rifl-s,
j hud to bear the brunt of the hglitiiig.
Tins company, as soon as they were tatioued,
coiiim-uced a raipd tire on the enemy, wh Jt wns
promptly rdturm <1 , hut fortauately with little
ecidimi to ns. The fire was kept up until 7 o’clock
| ai which tune We were relieved, i cannot parlic
all doin- so w*ll, noVonlv i‘n this corps, V but
Jlnfu • ntmle. Our loss i.- Chus. W cit:-
| Zi of Kw hmotnl, who shot through the bead,
! Ai<l w..s killed .usi.xiitly ; Captain Tompkuis re
j cciwd a i-• ;glit Hcrucli on tlie nose, which, by the
way, is a v-rv pYOtuiurnt feature.) caused by a
fphnter ; CoVporkl Ko. U. Jarvis received a ball
i fill *j:. i . isliav. r-a**k. cutting through hisi “grub”
nd the sum.,* bail struck against ttie leg of Ser
i ,1. YV. L. Jones, wirbout, however, doing
))•; in n v ; H< rgeant Rusher, of the Goochland
i -ceived a flesh wound in the ann, and the
i same bail made* a mark on the breast of Captain
Harrison, of flu* Mine corps. The enemy’s loss is
I cati mail* dat *JS killed. How many wounded could
| not he useertaiue .
The ligirtiug is still carried on by the 2*ith Regi
ment, onr men now being in the trenches, slagp
img on their arms, expecting til go.at it again to
in oi row.
j The enemy commenced their work with yells
j and cheers, swearing ami using all kmdsof vulgar
j language, which Our troops replied to by well aim
ed bullets and a determination to die rather than
| weld. I have not time to write any more to-night,
: but w ill give you particulars when the battle is
. wifled.
La nipi. 11 ill. Harbour co., July D.—l wrote you
flf short account of the engagement, between the
j command of Gen. Car nett and the enemy a few !
; days since, and have since learned additional .par
ticulars.
1 The force of tfie enemy is estimated at between
| 7, ‘“Vi and 8,o;u, atid advanced from Pliillippi on
j Saturday anil took up a position on a lull übout a .
i mde nod a hull* from our post, which, however, i* I
obstructed fioui the view of our troops by a still
higher hill directly between them and ourselves.
■ On learning of their advance, our General checked
j their advance by taking possession of a hill to the
] clt of them, and on Sunday morning übout <iay
br uk the two commenced operations, our force
uonstaLtng of only one company ot Georgians and
i theirs ol a larger number* constituting the ad
i vunce guard. This company held their own, until j
about l’ o’clock, when they were relieved bv the
j ~Md Regiment, (Col. Taliferro.) The Georgians
i succeeded in killing live or six of tue enemy, but.
I received from them not even a scratch, although
the Yankoea kept up a severe tire upon them.
Gn the arrival of Col. Taliaferro's command,
! the lifchtnond Sharp Shooters, being armed with
j supenpr arms, were placed in advance, and took
i up a position closer than that occupied by the
j Georgia company. The company had no sooner
taken their proper place, when they Opened brisk
! ly on the foe, which was returned as briskly ; but
lew of the returned sliQi* did any execution, save
to nerve us to extra exertion. We continued our
tire nntif relieved by Chi. FnlKerson’s Washing
ton County Regiment, at 7 o’clock. The Sharp-
Shooters succeeded in killing 2.' or 30 of the ene
my. Our loss was private Charles If. Goff, of
Richmond city, killed instantly, and Capt. Harri
son and Sergeant Thud. Rusher, of the Goochlan i
Grays, slightly wounded.
In al.tiding to this company, I do not wish, nor
is it rfly desire to detract from the remainder ol
the regiment, for a braver set of men cun scarce
ly bo found ; but in tbe engagement of Sunday,
they could not, with the urns they have, have
reached the enemy, being too far oft, nor could
they have gotten a closer position. In fact, the I
whole regiment done its duty faithfully and well,
and I believe will ever continue to do so.
The fiiin <; was continued all night by the regi
ment of Col. Fulkerson, with but little execution,
however, as the night was very dark. Certainly
Mine of our troops were injured.
Tins regiment in turn was relieved by the gal
lant Georgians, under Col. Ramsey, at duybreak
Monday morning, who, until a late hour in the
day, kept*ip a continual tire upon them, and suc
ceeded in killing six of the Yankees and taking a
Lieutcuaut prisoner. The number of them wound
ed of course cannot be ascertained. The Geor
gianleft the ground iu the afternoon, with not a
man k lied or even a scratch.
Luring the latter .port ot the day the enemy
tired u number of bomb shells, grape-shots and
hulls in the direction of our troops, playing havoc
with the frees and shrubbery, not in the least
damaging any of our men, but with a loss to them
of a large amount of powder. In consequence of
ihe rapid discharge of artillery, our General scut
out two •regiments i the 23d and 20th) to sustain
the-Gdorgiuii!*, hut tliey did uotsucceod in getting
j a cilmiKVJ at the enemy, and during the night re
tiredYroiu the liohl, with the hope of inducing the
foe to follow’ them, so as to got them iii the range
of our artillery. It is supposed that our Infantry
aud rilies hud done such execution among them
j that the enemy got lus “bile” up a little aud let
loose his big dogs of war, w hich, however, prov
] ed ■* hrmjt*ss as his leaden purpose.
The tiling is still*going on, (I*2 o'clock, Tues ‘
dav,i but 1 have uot heard w hat damage has been
done. How long we are to continue this brush j
; lighting it is hard to tell, but our troops arc got- j
ting weary of it and are exceedingly anxious to ■
1 get.them iii a face to face battle, aud thus decide j
J the contest. 1 should have stated that the Van j
i kees keep behind fences, brush, stumps, aud have
taken a log house, from w hich they have good I
I shot?* at us. Rut tor this, we would give you a j
! larger umnber of their dead to record.
A member of the Georgia Regimeut was aeei
i deutalK killed iu camp, by the discharge of his i
rpioee, on Sunday morning. His name l could not i
| learn, llis remains, and those ot private Golf,
j were interred yesterday with military honors.
Nominations . The following: gentlemen have
beeu nominated in the public prints as* candidates
for Governor of Georgia
Joseph K. Brown, * HIE Hill,
Geo. ‘V. Crawford, Warren Akin,
E A. Nisbet, James Gardner,
T. W. Tb jujus, K. U. Tatuiu,
K H Worrell, J. L. Seward,
Samuel Harnett, Alfred Iverson,
R Titv?cult, J. W. H. Underwood,
J. Uil!ujt>. B. J. MeGehee,
U. McMillan, Jas. M. Chambers,
\Vtn. IE Stilee, Augustus Reese,
John E. Ward, A. J. Han sell,
Asbury HuW, 1). W. Lewis.
And probably many others.
There is a desire expressed by many of our
Gooncm exchanges, that the opening of the new
order under the Confederate league and govern
ment. should be market! by a total suppression of
all the evils and abuses aud trickery connected
with the old system of caucus aud Convention.
In that desire we heartily concur, and trust the
reform will be extended to all the States severally
in the ir ow n elections, and to Confederate elec
tions. Let there be full and free nominations,
and a genuine election, but no pocking or forcing
a choice between two candidates of caucus.—t’A.
Courier.
The War Si-irit in tuk Wrot.—The Lincoln
’ dupes at the North have beeu taught by their
masters to believe that the people of Western
Virginia require their protection—something, by
the bv. which is very like that which the wolf
give* to the lamb. The Kanawha Valley Star
, give# au i< ea of the real feelings of the people of
that section, in the following:
There are many men in this neighborhood ca
j pabie of bearing arms who have not volunteered,
who are now at home, foil we know they are not
idle ; we are satisfied that securing our plentiful
harvest of graiu is serving the State as effectually
i> sLeoting an enemy. The same blade before
which now falls the fife and strength sustaining
grain ran easily oat death to that corrupt
, grov\th of flesh ami blood that now seeks our de
gf;v at ion. thir farmers in this section of the
State do their own work ; they have few slaves ;
henec they cannot leave home at this time with
nit suffering a material loss, which of course is a
loss uiso to the State. We are satisfied that the
*reat heart of the people beats in sympathy with
Vtrg:uia in her integrity. Our people are scat
j tered, removed from the excitement and sensa
tion incident to a crowd at this time; they feel
secure m their familiar and quiet homes ; they
i make no public demonstrations, but they are
. ready. They have rides and powder and lead,
i and only wait the presence of the enemy, to teach
■ him something of the guerrilla. Virginia will re
| sist her enemies as long as she has bread aud
■ moot, powder and lead, the means of sustaining
j and destroying life.
V\nhci ten's Brkch-Loai>inu Riflb Caxxox.—
We have before alluded to this invention by a
vouug mechamc ©four city, and have expressed i
our owu confidence, and Uiat of others better cap
able of judging ofits merits, in its superiority over
unv other breech-loading cannon that has yet been
brought to public notice. Some experiments were
made vesterday and the day previous, in the pre- i
seuce of several gentlemen, with the little brass
model guc, weighing about ‘25 lbs., with the most
sstwdactorr results. With a charge of powder,
halt as much again os is used in the Minnie mus
ket to throw the Miume ball, an ounce-ond-a
quarter ball was thrown a distance of a mile and
a half the gun beieg so depressed as to strike the
water’ allow,Di the’ hall to r.-vW several times
iu erder that its course mijtbt be observed. Ibe
inventor is confident that with his model gun be
.■a,, throw a ball two miles, firing at the rate ot
fifteen or iwentv times a minute.
We are gratified to learn that several gentlemen,
impressed with the great utility of the invention,
aud desirous of seeing the principle on a larger
scale, have invested in it. and that Mr. > anhonten
will go immediate!v on to Richmond and have a
six-pounder breech-toadiog cannon built at the
Traffegar Works.
Mr. \ anhouten expects to leave for Richmond
on \\ edne&day. Any of our citizens who have
taken an interest in his invention, and desire to
aid in the construction of the first gun. can
have an opporiuciiv of so doing bv calling at this
office. — I'yaeattiuik AVu*, ifo/i.
I’iize OomiissiuNEK.-Coi. l. Doiicr, of this
place, has been appointed Prixe Commissioner bv
the proper authorities of the Southern Con&dera*
cy. No better appointment could have been made.
The Colonel left here on Saturdav last, to attend
to some business aVCedar Keys,’where four ves
sels had been recaptured.
[/craaik/tfig fburUiiiiH.
Two hundred and four troops lefj Paducah,
Ky.*& few days siuce for Clarksville, Tenn., to be
armed and mustered into thf service of the Con
federate army.
Affair** at ('artlaagc, TI..
Cincinnati papers of the 11th have the following
account of the engagement at Carthage. Missouri
Kaxsas Citt, Mo.. Jnijr (‘.—A citfiten of this
place has just arrived, hiving left Sherman, Jas
per county, at daylight this morning. lie states
| that, alter leav.ng Carthage, Col. Zrigel moved
two miles southeast of the town, where he en
i camped for the night His command is badly out
• up. His loss ia variously estimated at from 300
j to 1,000, aud that of the Secessionists from 1,000
to 2,000 killed and wounded. Col. Brown, with
troops from Springfield, is said to have join
ed Col. Zeigel.
Major Sturgis is north of the Osage, and Geo.
Lyon, at last accounts, was at Warsaw, on his
war South.
On Friday, the day of the battle* lien. McCul
j J*ch and Gen. Price . rrived at Neosho, 20 miles
South of Cartliage, with H,ooo men. A gOard of
1 2*io men left there by Zeigel, was aurrouoded and
taken prisoners. One report nays that all were
murdered, and another that but a small portion
of them were killed. AleUuhocb sent forward
* men to unsist Jackson. He expects o.Ouo aul
( ditm.,al troops from Arkansas.
; St. IjOi im, duly 10.—The Springfield correspon
dent of the fienisjrrut, under Kate of the *>tb inst,
1 say*, immediately after the arrival, Brig. Gen.
Sweeny, at Springfield, dispatched messengers to
Colt. Zeigel and Solomon, who were encamped at j
Neosho, to move their columns to Carthage, which i
wan promptly doe.
Laid night a messenger ar rived from Col. Zeigel.
stating that Jackson and Gens. J'riee ajid Rains i
had united their forces, und were encamped eight 1
miles North of Carthage. Zeigel and Solomon
pushed forward rapidly and attacked the rebel I
force early yesterday morning, and continued j
lighting dufifig tl**.* day.
Messengers are constantly bringing lafwma
ton that liie rebels are rctit’uingSoutneastwurd
ly between Sarcoxie and Mount Vernon, falling
back cu Casey vilfo wukth. ir baggage and plunder
under cover of their cannon, and Zeigel attacking
their rear.
This afternoon Gea. Swe< ny commands iu per
son a flying column, moving Southwardly to inter
cept the rebel* at Y’ernon, thus crushing them
completely between our columns.
Large bodies of mounted men are congregating
at West Plains and Forsyth, with the intention of
joining Jackson’s force, but Sweeny sent a de
tachment of mounted men through Douglas
county, to prevent their union and drive back
Gen. Mcßride's conimjiod.
A company of Home Guards arrived last night,
bringing Col. Coftee, late member of the Legisla
ture, as a prisoner.
Later advices say a report, reached Springfield
Sunday morning, of an engagement between 500
Federali.* Is, under Col. Wolf, and 1500 rebels.
Wolf occupied a prairie when the battle begun,
but the rebel* retreating to the woods he follow
ed, and in skirmishing lost 30 men killed and
wounded, he himself beijg among the killed.
The loss of the rebels was considerable, but not
definitely ascertained. A messenger was then
dispatched to Springfield for reinforcements, and
the whale force pushed forward.
Gen. Lyon was at Leeaville, Cloud county, on
Sunday morning. Major Sturgis was at Chilton,
lieury county, on the same day. They expected
to form a junction about ten miles south of Clinton
on Sunday night.
from the Rich mo ml Jfiv/nUch .
From Norfolk.
Norfolk, Vh., July 12, 1801.
| There has been nothing of special interest for
the past day or two. Rumors continue to reach
us of a speedy bombardment of our city, but are
regarded of little consequence.
We learn lroiu a lady who conversed with Mrs.
I Segar, a former resident near Old Point, that the
! Lincoln scoundrels took from her tw r o horses and
a Carriage, ami ke >t them tor some weeks, when
for some reason thev were induced to return
them. Mrs. S. aid not have them long in her
possession before they were again stolen ; and
when last seeu, Mrs. Picayune Butler was seen
taking a pleasant ride between Hampton and Old
Point. We knew Picayune was proverbial for
! stealing ; hut we must say that this excels former
traits in his character.
Another attack was mode on Sewell's Point this
week, from the Rip Raps. On Monday or Tues
day seventeen shots were fired from this point,
but did no damage.
Jt is thought a tall pine tree in the neighbor
hood of one of our batteries has been the means
ol directing the lire ol the enemy. This pine is
considerably taller than the rest, aud several of
our men have complained to this etTecfc. It should
be removed.
The young man Rayman, who deserted a short
time ago from Capt. Grimes’ company, of Ports
mouth, is said to have carried with him in his
flight a full description of Craney Island, Pig
Point and Roush’s Bluff batteries, with number
of forces, &c. This is probable, from the fact
that he is quite a smart fellow, and capable of
giving correctly any information of that kind to
tlie enemy.
We are in possession of facts which warrant
us In believing that we have yet amongst us a
great many scoundrels who sympathize with the
North, and who would gladly aid in our subju
gation. Such, we again say, should be looked
after.
Within the past day or two a large force has
arrived near the Fortress. We suspect some
thing is up, but are ready for any emergency.
Norfolk, duty 13.—Our community was some
what astiryeftterelay about live o’clock, cau.-ed by
u most desperate fight, quite a number being en
gaged, in which sabres and pistols were freely
used. The affair grew out of a dispute about the
present “cri.-is,” in which two men, named Knight
aud Reynolds, received severe injuries. The
former was eut. in tour or five places, and re
ceived a pistol shot iu the back. The latter was
wounded in the shoulder by a pistol ball, which, ,
striking the bone, it is thought lodged iu his
luugs. Surgical aid was quickly called, but we
learn their situation if considered dangerous.
They are residents of our city. Their assailants
were from Alabama. One of the latter, after
firing at Kuight, ran hastily from the spot, leav
ing his comrades iu the light. The case is before
the Mayor, who will no doubt give the matter at
tention and ferret out the parties.
The rilling of cannon, I am glad to know, i3 go
ing on very successfully at the Gosport Yard, be
sides other oderations for war purposes.
I am glad to hear thut uo more boats will leave
; our city under flags of truce. This is a wise
measure, and must result favorably to our cause.
Many letters of a private nature have already
beeu conveyed through this channel of communi
cation to the enemy, and intelligence received
which they w ould otherwise have been without.
A rumor prevails here that “Picayune” will
j pay us a visit “for certain” next week. He lias
i been coming for the last two or three weeks, but
: probably seeing the danger such a visit would iu-
I cur, has decided to “keep off” for a while—a wise
! precaution, all will admit.
From New York. —The New York correspon
dent of the Philadelphia Ledger says :
There is a grout deal of gossip in certain circles
here iu regard to the burning ol the steamer Cata-
Ittie, on Thursday last, near Fortress Monroe, but
it is of such a character that it will scarcely do to
repeat, it will do no barm, however, to say the
Catuline, like many other craft recently sold to
the Government, was a very old concern, fur
nished up uud chartered to the Government as a
mere business speculation, by a clique of weil
knowu politicians, oue of whom is an ex-member
of Congress, a resident of Utica; another the pro
prietor of a Broadway hotel, and the third a well
known lawyer. It is a fact that the steamer was
chartered at the enormous sum of slo,uoo per
mouth, with the proviso that $50,000 should be
paid the owners should the boat be destroyed
while in Government service. It is also a tact
that the steamer is insured in Wall street for
$25,000. So that her destruction must yield a
handsome return to the parties interested. The
truth is, this affair will turn out, if investigated,
a huge job, the particulars of which will “astonish
the natives/’ even of New York, familiar as they
are with transactions of the kind.
The war is curtailing the dimexusions of the
hebdominal, as well as the daily press. The Dis
patch to-day is out iu a half sheet, and the Leader
ditto. The same cause is operating disastrously
upon one or two of the “sensation” weeklies,
and their speedy suspension is by no means im
probable.
The prospective tax upon tea, coffee, sugar and
molasses, for war purposes—as recommended by
the Secretary of the Treasury—has bad the effect
to stiffen th? prices of some of these articles, in
this market. Most descriptions of sugars are
from ‘•* to 4 cents per pound dearer. The im
porters of teas, as a general thing, are withdraw
ing their stocks from the market. Coffee being
in abundant supply, prices are unaffected, though
[ the belief is thai an advance is inevitable if Con
: gress seconds the Secretary’s recommendations.
More of the Lincoln Despotism at Key West.
—The schooner Dudley arrived at Tampa on the
*2d inst., with a volunteer crew, members of the
Methodist Church at Key West, ami Mr. Davis, !
the Methodist Preacher stationed there, and his
wife. It seems that Mr. Davis, on Sunday night,
*23d ult., made his usual prayer for the Confederate ,
Suites. This did not exactly suit the ideas of the
powers that be; accordingly on Monday after
noon, while in the church leading a class meet
ing, file of soldiers—a sergeant uud ten men— !
entered and arrested him by order of Major French.
He was taken to the fort, w here he demanded of
the officer of the day to have the charges brought
against him. This was refused, aud he was con- .
fined in a cell, (about four by six,) and kept there
until nine o’clock the next morning, when he was
released on condition that be would immediately
leave the wlaud, which he did on Friday, the &Sth
ult.
The crew of the Dudley had orders not to have |
anv communication with the citizens of Tampa, ;
and not to carry letters or papers from Tampa to
the citizens of ixev \\ est.
The Lincoln authorities on the Island are tight
ening the reins—military despotism has full sway,
and it is thought that others ot the obstinate rebels,
who will not take the oath, will have to leave or
be imprisoned. So we go.— Tat'aFiori .‘in.
An Interesting Incident. —The Richmond cor
respondent of the Columbia furnish*#
the following incident of the return of the late
Cnited States Consul to Liverpool:
Bev. Tucker arrived in town day before yester
day direct from Paris via London and Liverpool.
He came to Canada and by way of Detroit and In
dianapolis. through Kentucky and Tennessee,
! meeting with some droll adventures route. —
Assuming another name, he bad no sooner lauded
in Quebec than he stumbled upon old Giddmgs,
to whom he was perfectly well known in Wash*
i iugton. “How-dye-do, Mr. Tucker?’’ said the
■ cla wretch. “Oh ah,” said Bev., staring
him directly in tbe face, and speaking in a broad
i English drawl. “WeaHy, mv deaw sir, you mis
take the individyonall.” “I beg pardon,” said
Giddings, whereupon Bev walked off, and saw eo
more of the Consul to Canada. Had he betrayed
h'.s identity by a momeut’s forgetfulness, Giddings
j wouid have had him arrested at Detroit. His re
ports of the cause of the Confederate States across
the Atlantic are more and more encouraging, and
be looks confidently for recognition before Oc
tober.
hROM Eastern A irgixia.— We have nothing of
interest from Manassas Junction or the neighbor
hood of Alexandria. Tbe latest from Gen. John
ston’s column is that he had beeu largely rein
forced. and circumstances led to the belief that
an advance movement was contemplated. The
Lynchburg Republican has the following:
“On Wednesday last a skirmish occurred near
Buaker Hill, tweire miles from Winchester, be
tween a company of our cavalry and the enemy,
in which two of the latter were killed and three
taken prisoners. No one injured on our side.
The prisoners were brought into Winchester on
Thursday morning.’’
It is confirmed that three Pennsylvania regi
ments of Patterson’s command have returned
home. The story that they wrre fired upon by
their own troops, in consequence of their stam
pede is probably unfounded.— Ku'knwnd
l&jfc. _
Soldiers Wanted. —Recruiting stations have
been opened in this city for General Rousseau’s
Kentucky regiments. Hand-biHs assure us that
these are to be “ true Kentucky regiments. ’
f C's hc*m*jU i a * nw.
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 24. 1861.
[Spec*! DLpatch. to th* Sea York World J
Washington, July 1561.
THE MISSION OF COL TaTLOR, OF THE REBEL AItMT, TO
THE PRESIDENT.
Col. Taylor, bearer of the flag of truce, was not
received bv the President, but the letter he
brought was delivered to fir. Lincoln last night,
by one of Gen. Scott’s aids. It contained au im
pudent demand, signed ~bv the traitors Davis and
Beauregard. The President disdained to reply to
it, whereupon Gen. Scott ordered the rebel bearer
of the traitors’ flag of truce to be escorted blind
folded back, without any answer, to our outposts,
• with instructions to our pickets not to shoot him
j if seen within an hour of tbe time the escort left
him, giving him ample time to reach the rebel
i pickets, as our outposts are now extended to
i within three miles of Fairfax Court House. The
■ details of the demand made by the r-bcl leaders,
I am not permitted to state, as toe War Depart
ment expressly so requests.
The Washington Star says :
“Col. Taylor, who came hither under a flag of
truce yesterday, says that hi* business was dis
posed of at the White House in a very few mo
: meets ; for in that time he was sent back to Gen.
! Scott with one letterless than he bore on bis
i person on entering the I'nited States lines, the
! Pre.-ident not deeming the communication lie
brought such as to require him to enter into any
i communication with Davis. Col. Taylor was next
i immediately faced in the directioo from which he
came, and marched back to (run. McDowell’s
headquarters, where, through courtesy, he was
kindly treated. He was, however, kept under a
strict guard until an early hour this morning,
when he was escorted back to the rebel lines aud
t turned loose, to find his way back to Beauregard,
without having accomplished what was evidently
a main point to be attained by his mission—
namely, to communicate with the traitors in our
midst, wiio had doubtless prepared to send te
Beauregard through him important information
concerning tbe alleged contemplated movement
or General McDowell’s army upon the Confede
rate lines.
) The Star further says :
; Although the President has communicated the
I exact contents of the letter from Davis, brought
| by CoL Taylor, to no one besides his the Presi
dent Constitutional advisers and Gen. .Scott,
yel, from certain signs, we are able to assure the
public that it amounted to nothing ot earthly im
portance to the present crisis. .
The conduct of Capt. Taylor, on reaching Ar-
I ngton last evening, betrayed how much the
rebels suffer iu mind from lack of intercourse
with the .North. The first thing he asked for was
that he might be allowed to see New York papers,
and when some were given to him he read them
witli as much avidity as a famishing man would
devour a wholesome meal. He would have some
thing to tell his commanding officer.
M A.RTINBI’RG, July 7.
i wo deserters from Gen. Johnston’s camp came
in yesterday, and they estimate the force of Gen.
Johnston at 13,000 men, with twenty two pieces
of cannon.
Reliable information has since been received
that Geu. Johnston has been reinforced from
Manassas Junction with five regimeuts and one
piece of cannon.
1 he Fifteenth Pennsylvania pickets took five
horses and three rebel troopers this afteruoou.
fht* farmers near liaineyviHe showed us the
graves of ten rebels killed at that light, aud found
by them in the woods horribly mutilated by the
exploded shells from Parkins’ howitzers. The
staff estimate the number of the enemy killed and
wounded at sixty, but 1 do not make it so large a
number. They say that one of the wounded at
ilaiuesville declared to his officers that he had not
fil ed during the engagement, and showed the nip
ple of his guu closed up with lead.
NV r e had a rumor here this evening, which is
received with great enthusiasm, that General Mc-
Clellan has routed General Wise at Buekhaunon
and Laurel 11:11.
Reinforcements are now approaching us from
Williamsport, which will give an available force
of 20,000 fighting men to move forward with, and
we may expect a forward movement in twenty
four hours. Oar men are all grumbling with im
patience, an<l eager to move on, but it is believed
General Johnson will fall back to Winchester, and
there we will have the first battle.
Hagerstown, July f).— lt will turn out, without
i doubt, that the battle at Qainesvilleou Tuesday,
was the mosi glorious achievement thus far in
the present contest. Authority is given for the
assertion that the actual loss ot the rebels was no
! ss than ejghty-three killed aud one hundred and
twenty wounded. Such a fatality to a force of
four regiments (not “ten thousand,” as the news
papers make Geuera! Patterson to say it), shows
that our two regiments which were in the fight
are made of the proper stuff Glory be to the
Wisconsiners and the Pennsylvania Eleventh, to
Billy McMullen end to Captain Perkins’ battery.
We shall never forget your valor, neither will the
particular admirers of Jets Davis.
Hakkishi uo, July !. —Our cijy lias been thrown
into unusual excitemeut owing to the arrest of
several persons suspected of being Southern spies.
Ihe men have undergone examination by the
Mayor ; and one man who gave his name as John
Demon was committed to prison for a further
hearing. The others were disc .-urged. Benton
had in his possession a paper grunting him a
furlough from June 1 for seventy-live days from a
\ irgtniu cavalry company. A small memorandum
book was also found in his possession containing
notes in a sort of phonography of his own. What
these notes relate to has not beeu ascertained.
IHii*ier Roll of Panola KitleN.
The following is the muster roll of the Panola
Rifles, of Terrell County, belonging to the Fourth
Independent Georgia Regiment, commanded by
Col. Walter Ector:
Captain—R. T. Spearman.
Ist Lieut.-i-R. Maltbie.
2d “ E. S. Bass.
3d “ T. K. Taylor.
IstSergt,—J. L. D. Perryman.
2d “ Wm. Hunter.
3d “ B. B. Odom.
4th “ E. D. Parker.
sth “ J. A. Smith.
Ist Cor. —M. J. Fountain.
2d “ D. K. Brinson.
3d “ J. L. Walker.
4th “ L. 11. Clay.
Musician.—J. O. Kelly.
PRIVATES.
T. J. Adams, W .11. Jenkins,
IJ. .D Adams, Clem Jarmin,
J. 11. Allen, R. 8. Jordan,
Jesse Barker, FL P. King,
Wm. Bynum, E. J. P. King,
W. C. Baird, FL X. King.
R. A. Build, J. T. Kenedy,
X. Br.idberrv, A. J. Leonard,
J. W. Bern, B. S. Leonard,
H. 11. Brown, L. M. Leonard,
T. W. Corder, \V. 1). Lee,
L. J. Carter, FL J. Laviua,
W. S. Cranslord, W. FL Lamb,
R. It. Cutts, W M. MoLin,
IL IL. Cutts, J. M. McLendon,
X. A. Cutts, Mathew Marshall,
B. F'. Oausv, H. K. Moore,
B. I*L Caiu, G. H. Miller,
C. W. Clark, Pat. Murry,
J. L. Ethridge, T. G. Meadows,
K. C. Fair, Z. J. Odoms,
James Faulk, Jeremiah O’Conor,
T. A. Griffin, Wm. Pitts,
W. J. Griffin, W. W. Palmer,
G. Gilpin, W. A. Parker,
J.M. Hall, FI. J. Powell,
S. W. Iluckiiby, Jos. Barron,
T. A. J. Huckaby, W. 11. Smith,
W. A. Hadden, J. W. Stewart,
G. W. Hansford, J. A. Sammons,
FL M. Hays, H. C. Tucker,
(L H. Johns, J. R. Talton,
E. B. Jenkins, J. G. Weeks,
James Yarbrough.
From Laurel Hill--- Letter from tlie Au*
Simta Volunteer*..
We are kindly permitted to give our readers
he following extracts from a private letter from
Lieut. Allen, of tbe Oglethorpe Infantry, which
will be found to embrace some particulars of in
terest :
Lai rf.l Hill, Va., July 9th, P. M.
Jfcar : I have only returned to camp some
hour or two since, feeling very we!l indeed, con
sidering what we have been through to day.—
About seveu o’clock this morning four companies
of the Regiment were ordered out, to occupy a
i hill, opposite the one mentioned in my two last. I
i The O. I. was one of frhe companies. I was officer !
iof the day, and had charge of the camp, but I j
| could not see the company go without me ; so I ;
went to our Colonel anil asked him to let me off. ,
He said no, and that he desired me to remain.— j
However, 1 could not be satisfied; and finding a I
1 Lieutenant of another company who was willing
j to serve for me as officer of the day, I put out
: with the boys. We went to the hill, and there re
mained until after dinner hour, exchanging shots
between our scouts and theirs—ours at the bottom
of the hill, concealed, theirs in a m eadow, a long
way off, and in main, out of reach ot our muskets.
No one bun on our side—some reported shot on (
the part of the enemy. Their balls whistled ex- ;
tensivelv over our heads, striking the trees in all
directions. About two o’clock a tremendous rain
came or., lasting about two hours. We were all
thoroughly drenched.
After the ram held up, all at once we heard the
report of a caunon, and looking np, I saw the ball
strike some distance to our right. Pretty soon
another followed, accompanied with a sharp whiz-
I zing sound, and followed by a tremendous report
over our position. A bomb-shell! Our men at
i once sheltered themselves, and took it easy. As
shell folowed shell, we ail became used to them,
and amused ourselves couming them. Soon we
■ beard another report in a different direction, aud
away went a shell towards our camp , from another
bat ery. . Shell followed shell towards tbe camp
\ on I.aurel Hill, but not one reached it or did any
| execution. Pretty soon we heard our rifle cannon
i opeu, with a loud report, upon the enemy's posi
tion, followed by a tremendous shout from those
i at comp. Our hearts leaped with joy, and we
longed to give a hearty shout, but could not. The
euemy fired no more after our first shot, but
ceased immediately, and ail has been quiet since.
Our battery fired some ten shots, theirs, some
thirty shell.
July 10th, A. M. j
We bad orders lasi night to get up at two ;
o’clock, which we did, and took to the trenches, i
and we have just come back to camp. Gen. Gar
net says we can bold our position against four
times our number. At six o’clock we shift our
tents out of view of their batteries, mov
ing round the base of the hill. Nothing has
been heard from our Northern foes since ye*ter
(L.y afternoon m the way of firing. Their sharp
shooters have stopped entirely, and everything is
as qmet this morning as though nothing had
happened.
The bombardment yesterday was very interest
ing and exciting, and I sat down in tbe woods and
watched the effect of the shots fired at the camp.
The noise of the shells going through the air be
came really musical. So far, since the “fuss” be
iran Sunday morning, we have lost only one man
Killed, (a Virginian.’ two Virginians wounded,
i . not mortally/ and ODe Georgias wounded
Allen, of the Walker L. I.—who is doing well.—
Jos Doughty shot one of the Yankee scoundrels
c-n Sunday’ morning. The O. I. have behaved
verv coollv, and are’ anxious to come within gun
1 shot of the foe, and you may be assured all will
I do their dutv. ,
It was amusing yesterday, to hear the Federal
i troops hallooing at us, they being some 70#
yards off, with guns Minie muskets ‘ that could
reach us, and ours not being able to do execution
. over two hundred yards. They would shout,
j “ hurrah lor Indiana !” and curse us as d—d
rebels. Brave fellows, they—they take good care
not to come near us, and Sunday morning they
run like sheep down the hillside. W? are expect
ing reinforcements to-day or to morrow ; one Ala
, bama, one Georgia, and one Virginia regiment.
We have just received orders to gooff on the
Beverly road, the way we came here, to blockade
it and make it secure. There are no Federal
j troops on the Beverly road, but our move is for
i precaution.
Crops, Ac.
[Extracts from our Business Correspondence.] ,
Louisville, Jefferson county, Ga., July B.—The
cotton looks promising, and in some places on the
forward cotton, half-growß bolls can be seen, but
it is not general. Wheat turned out well—con
siderably over an average crop. The oat crop is
uot Urge, because there was but little land sown,
but the yield per acre is -nearly double that of any’
previous year. The fall oats proved to be the
best, aud I think will prove so on every triuL
F'ort Valley, July IS.—Rains have fallen in
abundant showers since the 4tb, and the corn and
cotton cro >s have improved rapidly, and with a
few more rains the farmers say they’ will be inde
-1 pendent of all Old Abe’s blockades. The feelings
! of the people generally are much revived at the
prospect of good crops.
Renwick, Ga., July o.—The war spirit is fully
aroused in our county ; we have sent oft to the
war one full company that are now in irginia,
: besides we have sent some twenty-five men as re
cruits to Governor’s Guards, Americas Rifles,
1 Sumier Light Guards and Muckalee Guards.—
Besides, we have two other companies in pro
gress of rapid formation; each number about 36
men and are daily increasing. Our citizens come
forward witli commendable-zeal and liberality in
support of our absent soldiers and their families.
Our corn crop suffered very much from tbe
drought in June, but we are having propitioas
showers now. and our corn bids fair for a full crop
if the rain continue a few days; cotton is looking
well.
Argo, Hall county, Ga., July 5. Our wheat
crop in Hall, or in the upper part at least, is uot
good. The grain is small aud shriveled ; the rust
has reduced onr crop to only a fraction over a
half. Corn looks well, and we are having a fiue
seasou this morning; and as there is an unusual
large crop planted, I think there will be an
abundance made and to spare.
Lottina, Ala., July s.—We have been suffering
some frohi dry weather in this county. Within
the last week we have had fine rains, which has
greatly revived the corn crop, and with one more
good season we shall make more coru than for
several years. Cotton looks well. We have a
bountiful crop of wheat and oats, well saved. We
are now aide to live until we can remove Old
Abe’s blockade.
Hhnry County, Ga., July 8.- -Our prospect at,
present for a corn crop is good. We had five
weeks drought from the 20th of May, but since
the showers have been frequent, aud ojtu now
looks fine, especially on bottom lands. The rains
recently, have changed the countenances of the
farmers, also causing their hearts to feel glad at
the prospect before them. Cotton is generally
small for the season, but two months with gentle
showers will make it lengthen out greatly. One
company of volunteers have left to hplp drive
Lincoln’s iuvauers from our soil, aud two more
are in readiness.
Upson County, Ga., July 15.—There was a more
abundant crop of wheat harvested than was ever
known before. Hardly an average crop of corn,
owing to protracted droughts in some sections of
the county. Cotton, pet haps, better than usual
for the time of year.
Our county lias done nobly for the common de
fence. It has already sent two companies into
the service, viz : The “ Upson Guards” and the
“ Upson Volunteers,” and another company is
nearly ready—the “ Holloway Greys,” under the
command of A. J. White. The latter company is
one of the best drilled hi the State.
Quinman, Brooks County, Ga., July 13.—The
crops are very good in this section, both coru and
cotton. There has been some dry weather in the
month of May, but plenty of rain for weeks past.
We are making up our part of the oue million
of dollars to aid in the war. We have two more
companies ready and waiting to go and help to
drive old Abe and all the Hessians into the “lake
where there is no water, aud the fire is not
quenched.”
F’ort Smith, Ark., July 12.—War is the order
of the day, and we Arkansas Jfoosiers are ready
for the northern hordes.
Ben. McCulloch is now in the South part of Mis
souri, and will make his mark sure. He has be
tween teu and fifteen thousand men poorly armed,
but hij hearts.
Chattoogaville, Ga., July 12.—Crops in this
county are u good average. Oats tolerable good;
the hot and dry weather iu June measurably
shortened it. Wheat is good, though a better crop
of this grain has been raised here. It falls below
expectations or hopes of farmers and planters
generally, when threshed. Os old corn there is
none or very litde, consequently much of the in
gathering crop of wheat will be used at home as
a substitute for corn. The surplus wheat will
therefore fall short. Tbe growing crop of corn in
this neighborhood looks well; good stalk, fresh,
green, and vigorous. One-tlmd or fourth more
has been planted this year than usual. If
rains continue, a heavy extra crop will be made.
Cotton looks well,is in a fine growing condition,
well formed, though backward by two weeks —less
is planted than formerly—we may therefore look
for a less quantity raised than formeily, even if it
should prove to be a good season for its produc
tion.
More attention is paid to raising of graius and
sound husbandry seems to be awakening the at
tention of people.
Rock Spring, Walker county, July 13.—Corn
crops look fine in this county. There will be an
average crop of wheat. Health good.
Howard, Taylor county, July 10.—Crops are
very poor in this locality, owing to an eight-weeks
drought we have had iu this locality. Tbe rain
set in to day, and we have a fiue season.
Lisbon, La., July s.—There has never been so
much small graiu made here since the country has
been settled, by one-half, all kinds having yielded
a full crop.
Our corn is now generally in roasting ear, and
we have just had fine rains, rendering it certain
that we shall gather far tbe largest crop of this
important grain we have ever made. Intelligent
and well-informed planters think that this parish
(Claiborne) w ill certainly be able to furnish suf
ficient surplus breadstuff’ to feed twenty-five
thousand of the Southern boys. Who’s “starved”
now ?
Cotton looks well, but we canuot as yet make
much calculation as to tbe probable yield.
Our parish has sent five hundred of her noblest
sons to meet the “exterminators,” and if neces
sary will double the number. Don’t hold them.
Chambers County, Ala., July 10.*— The wheat
and oat crop of Chambers are excellent, and saved
in good order. Our corn crops are also excellent
in this county. Cotton good, and promises an
abundant yield. We have not suffered for rain a
| day this year, and our corn is now in roasting,
j ear, so we w ill not be dependent on the North for
l bread, as a kind Providence smiles upon us the
present year. The health of this county is good.
Fort Gaines, July 10.— We have had fine rains
iu this section of the country within the last two
or three weeks, and the corn and cotton crops are
looking well.
Ckntreville, Fla., July 12.—Corn and cotton
are doing finely. Cora never was more promising ;
it bids fair for an abundant yield. Some of tne
farmers are fearful that the great quantity of rain !
we are having will prove Injurious to the cotton •
Health is very good.
Important from Pensacola !—The First Blood j
Near Fort Pickens ! —The Mobile Register of Sum- i
day last has a special dispatch from Pensacola, |
dated the 13th, which says : Capt. Jas. H. Clan
ton, of the Montgomery Mounted Rifles, fired on
the launch es a Federal steamer, which approach
ed too near his lines this morning, with much ef
fect. The launch was near East Pass, and Clan
ton’s fire killed several men—among them, the
commanding officer.
The Montgomery J fail of Monday has the fol
lowing details of the above :
ankers Killed at Pensacola. —On Saturday
last five of Lincoln’s men, from Fort Pickens,
weie killed by a detachment of the Mongomery
Mounted Rifles, Capt. Clanton, who are stlnioned
as a coast-guard on East Bay opposite Santa Rosa
j Island. The facts, as we learn them from a pas
i seuger, are these : The oue officer and six men,
in a small boat, started from Santa Rosa in search
i of water. The guard of the Rifles were secreted
j near the water, but as the boat approached they
I were discovered, when the officer in the boat or- j
; dered a retreat. They were ordered to halt, but ;
as they paid uo attention to it they were tired .
upon, when the officer and four of his men were
j killed, as only two were seen to move in the boat
after the firing. The officer was standing np in
the boat entreating or threptening the men to (
row for life, when a shot from an unening carbine,
ia the hands of one of our Rifles, brought him
across the boat, his head over the side—dead.
So much for our sharp shooters. They will pick
off many a one this Mummer, who are in search of
water, from the burning sands of Pickens. We
, hope so.
3t-PERjon Woollen Goods.— The CoMtUviioiuU \
j ist of yesterday has the following notice of some
samples of woollen goods which it would be well
for our dealers to examine:
We hare seTeral specimens of woollen goods,
■ received from tbe Crenshaw Woollen Mills, at I
Richmond, Va., which are of excellent quality.—
They embrace a variety of stuffs, for coats and
pantaloons, and are fine and durable. Among
them, also, is a piece of blanket which is very
heavy and a handsome article. Indeed, all of tbe
samples in our possession indicate a degree of per
fection in woollen manufactures which we did not
suppose that we had reached here at the South.—
The evidence before ns is exceedingly gratifying,
and we hope that arrangements will be made fur
the sale of these goods, not only in this city, but
throughout the South. They are worthy of pub-
Lie encouragement.
Military.—Col. Rion’s Regiment left Summer
ville for Virginia yesterday. Col. BlandiDg’s Reg
iment will leave Ridgeway for the same destina
tion to-day. Thirty-seven cars were sent up yes
terday by the South Carolina Railroad Company
: for the accommodation of the latter.— Charleston
j Mercury, 17th.
Ausuta Bible Society#
j Pursuant to the call of the Board of Managers,
I the foriy-tffth annual meeting of the Augusta
Bible Society, was held in St. John’s (M. E)
; Church on Sunday evening the 14th iust:, at S
j o’clock.
The exercises were begun with an anthem by
the choir. Rev. W. H. Potter then offered an
earnest and impressive prayer, and Elder J. S.
Lamar read an appropriate selection from the
Word of God.
j The President briefly stated that the meeting
I had beeu calleu to enable the Board of Managers
to submit their annual report, and afford the
members of the Society an opportunity to take
such action in regard to its connection as au aux
iliary to the American Bible Society, as they
might deem proper. The propriety of dissolving
that connection, he remarked, had engaged tbe
attention of the Board, and whilst there was no
want of unanimity as to the course that shoukl
be pursued, they conceived they had no authority
to act, and therefore resolved to refer the ques
tion directly to the Society.
The Secretary in behalf of the Board, read the
annual report, from which it appeared that nine
hundred dollars had been expended since tbe last
annual meeting, through the general agent, Rev.
G. J. Pearce, for books, aud in distributing them
among the destitute in various counties iu Geor
gia; that the depository hi this city w as well sup
plied with bibles aud testaments, at the reading
room of the Library Association, and bad been
placed under the charge of Mr. George Robert
sou; and that there was a cash balance in the
treasury of oue hundred and eighty-four dollars.
The report having been read, lion. Charles J.
Jenkins offered tbe following preamble and reso
lutions, and ufter supporting them with au elo
quent and impressive address, moved their adop
tion, and they were unanimously adopted :
\\ hereos, the Augusta Bible Society was origi
nally, and now is, constituted an auxiliary to the
American Bibie Society ; and whereas, the State
ot Georgia, in the exercise of her sovereignty,
has seceded from the late United Stales, and has
confederated with other Southern Stales iuto a
natiou entirely distinct from the United States;
aud whereas, it is expedient that our religious
and benevolent institutions should follow our
nationality:
Therefore, it is hereby declared, that the rela
tion of the Augusta Bible Society to the Auiericuu
Bible Society is dissolved.
hesolvedy That the Corresponding Secretary
transmit a copy of this preamble aud declaration
to the Secretary of the American Bible Society.
Re&oUtd, 1 hat the Board of Managers be em
powered and instructed to make all changes in
the Constitution and By-Laws of our Society, re
quired by the foregoing declaration.
Rtsoiled, That .this Society will cheerfully co
operate with other Societies in our own State, and
in other of the Confederate States, towards the
the formation of a National Bible Society.
The President offered and briefly advocated
the following resolution, which was also unani
mously adopted :
Resolved, That this Society recognizes in all the
circumstances leading to, and accompanying the
formation of, the Southern Confederacy* and in
its present circumstances, the superintending cure
and protection of the God of Nati ms, and tbe con
sequent obligation of our Society to unslackiug
diligence in circulating the *Sacred Scriptures.
Rev. \\ . H. Potter offered a series of resolu
tions, inviting other Bible Societies in this State
to hold meetings, and appoint delegates to a con
vention to be held at some agreed time and place,
for conference aud co-operation, in view ot the
condition of the country, our obligations to
circulate tho Scriptures, through a national Or
ganization, to be firmed within our Confederacy,
which, after a few |earnest aud forcible remarks
from tho mover? referred to the Board of
Managers.
The Annual Election was then held, with the
following result:
President—Ur. L. 1). Ford.
Vice Presidents—Hon. Charles J. Jenkins,
Elder J. S. Lauiar,
Rev. J. R. Wilson,
“ W. 11. Potter,
“ W. F. Cook.
MANAGERS.
Porter Fleming, R. 11. May,
J. A. Ansley, Edw. Campfield,
J. S. Bean, J. P. Gairdner,
W. S. Royal, J. Milligan,
H. T. Peay, Charles Dwcllo,
W. C. Derry, Greenville Simmons.
Secretary aud Treasurer—William A. Walton.
After benediction, the Society adjourned.
Wm. A. Walton, Lewis D. Ford,
Secretary, President.
\Special to the New York Jferald. ]
Washington, July 10,1861.
THE “COMPROMISE” MISSION OF MR. MAY, OF BALTI
MORE, TO RICHMOND.
IFon. Henry May, the self-appointed pacificator,
appears to have encountered some difficulty at
Richmond, lie has not yet appeared to take his
seat in the House. When he started upon his
•peace mission, which was trot up entirely upon
individual account, and without any shadow of
authority from the Government or any one con
nected with it, he boasted he had a plan of adjust
ment that would meet the approval of the whole
North. The people of the loyal States will he sat
isfied with nothing less than a restoration of af
fairs iu the South to the condition they were in
before the beginning of the rebellion,* and the
surrender of the rebel chiefs, to be dealt with ac
cording to the law against treason.
TIIB RECENT FLAG OF TRUCE FROM THE REBELS.
It has been remarked upon in high military
circles as singular that Col. Taylor, ot the rebel
army, who visited this city under a llag of truce,
should have been permitted to depart to the other
side of the Potomac without any precautions to
prevent his taking observations of our principal
lines of defence. Gen. McDowell in command of
Arlington Heights, to whom the rebel Colonel
presented himself after passing our pickets, was
prudent enough to detain him in his quarters
until the shades of night rendered his passage to
this city in a carriage a more prudent matter.
The despatches brought by Col. Taylor contin
ue to excite inquiry and commeut. The admin
istration is evidently trying tbe experiment of
keeping their purport a profound secret. This
much, however, is professed to be discovered, viz:
That if the contents of them were officially regard-
Washington would virtually be surrendered to
the rebels.
The impudent demand of Jeft'Davigandßeaure
gard, contained in the letters brought by the llag
of truce, was to know by what authority the
federal government assumed to send troops into
Western Virginia and by what right they recog
nized the new government established there.
At the same lime Jeff Davis apologized for the
seizure of the steamer St. Nicholas, saying that
he had no knowledge of the utl’air, and that it was
done without his authority.
Tbe prevailing opinion here is that the letter
was never written or signed by either Davis or
Beauregard, but was a mere ruse employed by
Colonel Taylor to visit our lines and observe our
fortifications’ If so, Colonel Taylor made a great
urstake. He saw nothing, heard nothing. He
drank a great deal of ice water and champagne.
He was exceedingly fond of the ice.
THE HERO OF THE MINCIO IN TROUBLE AMONG THE
“ELBOWS” OF THE CHESAPEAKE.
“Quadrilateral” Raymond, whose treasonable
practices are said to have attracted the attention
ot‘ the Attorney General, has occasioned trouble
for himself, and inconvenience lor newspaper cor
respondents generally, by his recent visit to Fort
ress Monroe. Notwithstanding he has never fail
ed to abuse General Butler like a pickpocket on
all occasions, he accepted the General’s liberal
hospitality, only to abuse his confidence. Strange
to say, the “Little Villiau” was treated like a gen
tleman. tie made himself quite at home at
headquarters, and used the opportunities thus eu
enjoyed for obtaining information to fulminate
columns of abuse and detraction of General But
ter, which he took particular care should not
reach Fortress Monroe until he had himself es
caped therefrom. The hero of the “Elbow of the
Mincio” should be careful. There are at Fortress
Monroe persons whose peculiar duty is to ferret
out secret traitors. The devil may yet get hia
own.
THE CASK OF MINISTER HARVEY.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs have
sent to the War Department for the papers and
documents in Harvey's case. It appears that they
intend to make a thorough investigation into the
case, and if it is as strong of treason as has been
i stated they will call upon the President to know
j why he has not been recalled.
MEETIXC OF REPRESENTATIVES OP THE PRESS.
The representatives of the principal presses of
the country held a meeting to-day to listen to a
preposition from a gentleman authorized by Gen
eral Scott to make it, with reference to the send
ing forward of despatches about the advance
j movements of the federal army. The interview
was a very pleasant one, and the correspondents
were unanimous in acceding to the proposition of
General Scott, but at the same time they respect
fully protested that any restraint upon correspon
dents was wholly unnecessary while rebel spies
were tolerated in Washington, were allowed to
come and go, to observe our fortifications from
Alexandria to Chain Bridge, and to collect the
same information that correspondents are in the
daily habit of collectiug, the same facilities being
afforded them. The correspondents console them
selves in the belief that this privilege will soon
end.
GENERAL SCOTT’S DINNER PARTY TO MR, RUSSELL, OF
THE LON DOS TIMES.
General Scott gave a dinner party this evening
to’Mr. Russell, ol the London Times. Among the
guests present were Secretary Seward, General
McDowell, General King, of Wisconsin, Minister
Resident of Rome, and other distinguished per
sonages. The party eDjoved the dinner, notwith
j ing the present crisis.
THE WHITE HOUSE LEVEE.
The President’s levee last night was largely at
tended. The military was very brilliant, and the
| ladles never made a finer appearance. Mrs. Lin-
I coin attracted universal attention bv her graceful
bearing and high social qualities. Vice President
| Hamlin and Speaker Grow were among the guests,
i Generals and colonels were as thick as blackber
ries.
The Right Feeling.— The New Orleans Bee,
referring to the increasing probabilities of a pro
tracted war, says:
We frankiy confess that, loving peace and ha
ting war —especially a war between those who
were s© recently fellow-citizens of one nationality
—we should prefer the continuance of the struggle
to any patched up, imperfect and short lived com
promise. In other words, it is clearly the inte
rest of the Confederate States to make no peace
that does not promise permanency. As for such
ridiculous and untenable notions as National Con
vention and additional constitutional guarantees,
or anything else at all savoring of a reconstruc
tion of the Union, they are so completely out of
the question that nobody pretending to be famil
iar without Southern sentiment, would dream of
proposing them. Let peace come when it will,
one of its essential and indispensable conditions
must be the absolute political independence of
the South. To achieve this, we are now fighting;
and the spirit manifested amongst us leads to the
i inference that we can accept of no alternative be
tween this and our extermination.
So say all good and true Southrons.
It is the practice in the British army through
out the world for each soldier to frank his own
’ letter, by merely putting on the corner of the
envelope ‘‘Soldier’s letter.” This is respected by
| all the British Postoffices and mails throughout
\ the world as l free frank.
From the Richmond Jjtipatch , July 17.
War UuniorN.
Painful rumors Lave reached the city, announc
ing a very serious disaster to the command of Gen.
Garnett, and tending to cob firm the telegraphic
dispatch from Cincinnati, reporting the capture
by Gen. McClellan of a thousand of our forces,
several guns, and two hundred killed, including
Gen. Garnett among the dead. This would argue
it bloody fight and a desperate resistance on the
part of our brave soldiers.
Jt these tidings be true, the primary cause of
this calamity to our forces would seem to have
been a zigzag march over Rich Mountain, in tbe
mght, by a few thousand of McClellan’s command,
by which Col. Pegram was taken in the rear and
cut off troui communication uith Gen. Garnett,
producing the misfortune that bel’el that gallan f
otiicer aud leading to the others which overtook
the rest ot the command. Two to three thousaud
of our troops are conceded to have withdrawn iu
safety according to our accounts; while it is re
ported from W ashvngtou that they are again oc
cupying Laurel Hill.
ll must not be supposed that this misfortune,
it correctly reported, would put the enemy at
Staunton. A long road of more than h hundred
in lies, and many ranges ot high mountains, utter- j
ly impassable to au enemy, intervene between ,
Laurel Hill mid Staunton, affording innumerable
rallying points, and ample time for the muster in !
force ol our troops aud militia. The country is !
the wildest and most unexplored in Virginia.”
It not possible that McClellan would attempt I
the march to Staunton. It is, on the coatnfrv, to i
be presumed that, having cleared his rear of dan
ger, he will proceed to Grafton, aud thence make
good his way by railroad to Martinsbur.r, whence
in conjunction with Gen. Patterson, he would
precipitate himself upon the command of (Jen.
Johnston.
We have given the bad news from Laurel 11.11,
just as it has reached this city. For ourselves!
however, we take the liberty of doubling the cor
rectness of it. A letter to Gen. Lee from Gen.
Garnett, written Saturday moruiug, represents
Gen. Garnett to have beeu making good his re
treat with all his stores and baggage in good or
der, without mention of the probability ol an en
gagement. A gentleman also is iu the city who
left Gen. Garnett late on Saturday safe and m
good condition. Yet it is ou Saturday that the
desperate misfortune is said to have been iuflicced
upon him. Ttie Cincinnati despatch in itself
amounts to uotLin:, for it has been preceded for
a week by daily dispatches of a similar character,
every one of which has been falsified.
We trust and believe that the authentic de
tails of this affair at Laurel Hill will relieve the
news of all its worst features, and reduce our
misfortunes to the mere falling back, ufter hard
fighting, of a smaller force before a greutly larger
one.
At all than events, be this ever so true, it is fur
more counterbalanced by the glorious tidings from
Gen. McCulloch’s command in Missouri.
P. S.—Since tho foregoing was written, we have
had the positive assurance of the authenticity of
the following facts: That Geu. Garnett was mor
tally mounded in the disaster alluded to, and that
the Confederate forces lately under command re
tired in good order. Gen. Garnett was wounded
during the retreat of his forces. The enemy out
numbered him seven to oue, but after their par
tial success did not advance in force beyond the
point from which they drove Gen. Garnett.
f Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.]
Skirmish near Newport News.
Cumberland Camp, July 13, 1861.
Yesterday morning Major Hood, in command
of detachments from tbe Elizabeth City, Charles
City, Dmwiddie, Cumberland, Mecklenburg and
Black Walnut troops, amouutiug to about oue
Hundred aud twenty-five men in all, was in a mile
and a half of Newport News, looking out for a
fight, when he was informed that about fifty of
the enemy were some miles off, marching towards
Lee’s Store, about six miles from Newport News.
He proceeded with great caution in pursuit, hav
ing the woods along the roads we travelled tho
roughly scoured before we passed.
At about 1 P. M., when within a mile of the
Store, one of our mounted scouts galloped back
and reported that the enemy were iu ambush
about one hundred yards ahead, in a thi°k woods
on the right of the road. The Major ordered the
Mecklenburg detachment to dismount and ad
vance ; they alone had rifle carbines. The
Cumberland Troopers, only six or eight of whom
had carbines, were ordered to hold themselves in
readiness in the centre for a charge. The other
detachments, which were armed with dohble-bar
relled guns, were ordered to the rear as a reserve
corps, and also to prevent the enemy’s retreating
towards Newport News. Capt. Goode and his
men, with a few. individuals of other companies
who could not hold back, then hurried forward
as skirmishers,and the action immediately began.
The gallant fellows M ere as deliberate ag regu
lars, and picked off every Yankee who appeared.
Major Hood, at the head of fifteen men, rushed
into the ambush and took them in the rear. The
enemy beiuj* driven from their position rushed
for the woods on the other side, and some went
up the road. Then the command was given to us
to charge. With loose rein and urgent spur we
dashed up the road cheering and being cheered
by our brave riflemen in front, till the woods re
echoed the loud huzzas. The enemy, frightened
to death, now ran in every direction. The inces
sant firing of pistols, guns and carbines, told the
tale of death. A large number of the enemy ran
through and on each side ol a large field which
now opened on the left. The fence was knocked
down, and over our noble chargers sprang, while
others chased the Hessians through the woods ou
on the left and along the lane on the right of the
field. Numbers of the scoundrels, concealed in
the bushes, rested their pieces on the fence and
aud tried to pick us oil’ as we charged over the
field. We all learnt the sonnd ot flying balls
then quite well, but not a man was hit.. Several
of the Yaukees were there killed, wounded and
taken prisoners. The others being scattered
through a large body of woods, and we havintr
heard that an overwhelming force was inarching
upon us, desisted from further pursuit.
We took two Lieutenants and eleven privates
prisoners ; two of the latter were badly wounded,
and died on the way. Six of their killed lay near
the road ; we did not scour the woods to find
whether there were more or not, but from the de
liberation of our men, the great number of shots,
and the staggering off of their men into the woods,
we all believe that at least fifteen or twenty others
were killed or wouuded. One of their killed was
a Lieutenant, and it is thought there was a Cap
tain killed ; a mounted bliictr was shot from his
horse, and staggered into the bushes early in the
fight. Their muskets were loaded with a large
ball and three shot, all in one cartridge. The pri
vates taken put their force at not less than sixty ;
and two of them said there were one hundred and
fifty, while their officers’ statements vary from
twenty to forty. The former statements were
nearer the truth, I am confident. Not a single
man of our force received the least scratch. The
hand of God was evidently there.
Major Ilood is a cautious, brave and excellent
officer. He, such of our Captains as were present,
aud our other ollicers, conducted themselves very
manfully ; and Major Hood told us privates, after
the action was over, that, he had never seen a
more spirited set. The action lusted about thirty
minutes.
I cannot omit to mention four brave Louisiana
soldiers who came from Y'orktown and volunteer
ed to go in advance as sharp shooters and scouts.
They acted well their part, aud avenged the
death of their noble Colonel Dreux.
In the charge, the Cumberland Troopers were
attended by other detachments, and followed, 1
believe, by a majority of those with guns in the
rear. One detachmeut was not more euger to be
engaged than another. If all were not, it was be
cause they were ordered to another post. Not
more than fifty of our men were actually engaged,
I believe. Robert.
The Proposed IJ* S. Tariff.
The following synopsis of the new tariff, pro
posed by Mr. Secretary Chase, will enable the
reader to comprehend the principal changes like
ly to be made :
Raw sugar is to be taxed two and a half eents
per pound, instead of three-fourths of one cent,
hs at present ; when advanced beyond that state,
three cents, and when refined, four couts; can
dies are to be charged six .cents. On molasses
the duty is six cents, and sour molasses, four
cents per gallon ; it is now two cents in each case.
Confectionary remains at thirty per cent, ad valo
rem.
Brandy advances from one dollar to one dollar
and a half per gallon, first proof ; on other dis
tilled liquors the rates are to be sixty and seventy
five cents per gallon, instead of forty and fifty.
There is a long schedule of charges on foreign
wines, which are taxed from ten cents to one dol
lar per gallon, according to value. On bottled
liquors there is a separate duty of thirty per cent
ad valorem.
Iron.—ln bar or hammered of the first descrip
tion in the present tariff is fourteen dollars per
ton, instead of fifteeu. The others remain as they
were, or undergo a slight reduction. Pig iron is
to be reduced from six to five dollars per ton.
Scrap rises from six to eight dollars. Bars, hoop
and sheet iron remain without any material
changes. Steel is to be one cent, when the value
of the import does not exceed four cents per
pound ; from four to seven cents, one and a half,
and from seven to eleven cents, two cents per
pound.
Bituminous Coal remains at its present rate.
Lead advances from $1 to $1.50 per hundred
pounds; in sheets, pipes or snot, lead is to be
$2.20 per hundred, instead of $1.50 as at present;
pewter advances fifty cents per hundred.
Copper undergoes no change of consequence.
Spelter, manutactnred in blocks or pigs, is to
be charged $1 per hundred pounds; on zinc, $1.50.
The same in sheets are to pay $1.50 and $2 re
spectively.
White lead ground in oil is raised from one cent
and a half per pound to $2.25 per hundred. The
other items specified in the ninth section remain
as they are or advance slightly.
Black Tea will pay ten cents, and green teas fif
teen cents per pound ; coffee and cocoa, five ceuts
each ; cocoa leaves, three cents; cocoa manufac
tured, eight cents; chocolate, six cents. Salt
rises from four to fifteen cents per bushel. Spices
and tropical fruits will be assessed with some
what heavier duties.
Wool, woolen cloths, carpetings, delaines, wors
teds, blankets, oil-cloths, remain substantially as
they are.
Cotton manufactures also continue to pay the
same duties.
Hemp manufactured is to pay forty dollars per
ton, instead of thirty-five. The other items speci
fied under the fifteenth section remain nearly as
at present.
Silk will be admitted under its present rates.
On glass there will be a slight reduction, the
rates extending from 80 cents to *2 per hundred
square feet on plain gLass ; on other descriptions
there is no alteration of consequence.
A duty of five per cent is henceforth to be levied
upon alf acids used for chemical manufacturing
purpose ; philosophical apparatus, books, maps,
stationary, paintings, cabinets of coins, medals’,
Ac., unless when imported by incorporated socie
ties ; also animals and animal substances used in
the manufacture of manures; rags; plaster of
Paris, and a variety of other substances now in
j the free list. The ten per cent list will be very
j considerably enlarged also from the free list,
j The fifteen per cent list comprises books, pe
| riodicals, pamphlets, Ac., as at present. The free
I list consists principally of articles imported to the
United States, and books, charts, Ac., imported
not as articles of merchandise, but for associations
| orSindividuals ae objects of taste.
| The number of sections in the new article is
thirty ; it will be about the same leDgtb as the
present tariff'*
Antidote forJlntermittent Fever —Substitute
for Quinine.—Dr. D. B. Phillips, late of Unit
ed States Navy, now of the Confederate Navy,
“"• Raw eorn meal unsifted and freshly ground
administered in doses of a large table spoonful
six or eight times a day, or a tea made of fodder,
is an admirable remedy in intermittent fever.—
The yellow corn is the better variety, and a drink
made of a table spoonful of the meal stirred in a
glass of water and taken frequently, is not only a
good remedy but a pleasant and refreshing bev
erage, which may be taken in all stages of the
disease without the slightest evil effects.”
VOL’. LXXV. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. NO. 30.
THE BATTLE OK BI LL'S KI.N.
The Georgians at the ltteli mountain
KlgM.
[‘SpMiaZ Dispatch to the Charleston. Courier 1 I
Ju ' y JS -pispatcbes have been re- j
gaJed tw B . tat, ?K Bonham'to-dayW I
five hnn/ eder ? lßtS ', n lar^ f orce-the fight lasting 1
w <r S ’ Mui re P ulsed ‘hem with great slaugh i
‘he enemy were about ten thousand strong !
General McDowell commanded in person The
i‘hr?/antf e f rt :: reati,, to Alexandria. If this is
v tta ? k 0,1 ‘h° outposts simple, :
n nnt will it be wheu it comes to the main body V !
[SECOND msPATCH. 1
i , c' 10 ? o ,’ ,^ ulv ls - -Further intelligeDoe states !
| hat ‘ he fi £ ht , commenced at Bull’s Bun and con
tmued several hours the fight becoming gener
; Hi, our troops retired to their entrenchments ac j
cording tq previous understanding, and repulsed !
j ‘he enemy at every point. The Washington Ar- !
j tillery, it is suid, mowed the Federalists down i
| like hail.
The battle covered au area of teu miles, extend- *
ing from CentreviUe back.
[third Disi'.vfcn.l
Richmond, July 18. —Tho agent of the Associated
Press will give you full particulars of the battle
at Rich Mountain. The Georgians fought splen
didly. Five hundred of them drove back 1500 of
the Federalists at the point of the bayonet. Gen.
Garnett before beiug killed said it was a feut wor
thy of veterans.
[Special Dispatches to the Mercury.]
Manassas Junction, Ya., July 18—7 o’clock,
l* v.—A battle has at lasi been fought and a great
victory gained by the Confederate troops.
esterdav morning, our scouts having brought
‘n the news tlmt the invaders were advancing iu
heavy column towards F'airfax Court House, the
Southern pickets at that place were withdrawn
and fell back towards Bull's Ruu, where a large
body of the Confederate troops were concentrated
and strongly entrenched.
At daybreak this morning, the enemy first ap
peared iu forep at BulTs Run, where it crosses
Hie road, about thvee mileit northwest of Manassas
Junction, and attempted to pass. Our troops im
mediately, opened hre, which was replied to by
the enemy, and the engagement soon became
general.
On our .side Gen. Beauregard commanded in j
person. It is not yet known what United States j
officer conducted the attack. The fighting ax- i
tended along Bull's Run for the distance of one
mile.
The battle lasted, with intermissions, during
the greater part of the day, the United States
troops being three times repulsed with heavy
loss, and three times rallying agaiu to the at
tack. At four o’clock in the afternoon the battle
leached its height. Tho enemy fin&Uy gave vav
aud retreated in great confusion towards Alex
andria. At five o’clock the firiug ceased alto
gether.
The first and seventeenth regiments of Virginia
volunteers were conspicuous in the action, and
behaved nobly. The Washington Artillery, o:
New Orleans, under Major Walton, also occupied
a promineut position, and worked their batteries
with tremendous effect.
The loss on our side was but slight. William
Sangster, one of our riflemen, was billed. Capt.
Dulany, of the seventeenth Virginia regiment,
was wouuded in the arm. Col. Moore was also
slightly wounded.
A United States officer of high rank was killed
and his horse taken. Upon his person was found
S7OO in gold.
A shot passed through the house where Gen.
Beatiregard was at dinner. The enemy, it is sup
posed, discovered his whereabouts. They also
fire.l into our hospital, notwithstanding that they
must have seen the yellow flag flying.
We have uo authentic information as vet con
cerning the number of the forces engaged or the
amount of the loss of the enemy. It is, however,
known to have been heavy. The impresion pre
vails here that the battle will be renewed to-mor
row.
Richmond, July 18.—I have iust seen Col. W.
E. Stark, one of Gen. Garnetrs aids.
Gen. Garnett was certainly killed. Gen. Mc-
Clellan had his body preserved iu ice at Graftou.
Messrs. Bruce aud Garnett have gone for it. The
amount of the Southern loss in killed and wound
ed was about oue hundred. Our baggage wugous
and artillery were also lost.
Our troops, at last accounts, were retreating in
good order on Mouetery, in Highland County,
twenty-five miles southeast of Beverly.
Thu number of the Confederate troops who
were forced to surrender was <IOO. Col. Heck’s
command of about 350 Virginians are included.
The rest of those who surrendered was com
posed of the following four companies of Col.
Ramsey’s Regiment from Georgia . The Walker
Light Infantry, of Augusta, Capt. S. H. Crump;
the Southern Guard, of Columbus, Capt. F. G.
Wilkins ; the Quitman Guards, of Monroe county,
Capt. J. S. Piuckurd, and the Baiubridge Inde
pendents, Capt. John W. Evans.
The official communication received here states
that the Georgia Regiment (Col. Ramsay’s; of
Garnett’s command covered themselves with glory.
The despatch from the North stating that Mr.
Breckinridge had in the Northern Senate support
ed the war policy of Abraham Lincoln, is false.
It was published to influence certain sections of
Kentucky.
But few members of Congress have arrived thus
far. It is thought here that but little business
will be transacted by Congress beyond providing
for the revenue and for funding or arranging the
public debt.
It is said here that a reorganization of the Cabi
net is likely before the adjournment of Congress.
[ From another Correspondent.]
Richmond, July IS.—I have trustworthy infor
mation that Gen. Garnett made his retreat without
any considerable loss, without personal injury.
[We give our readers the above despatches as
we have received them. We are unable to ac
count for the contradictory statements iu refer
ence to Gen. Garnett.)
Instructions to Marshals in Relation to
Prisoners of War and FhißsoNS Captured at
Sea.—J. P. Benjamin, Attorney General for the
Confederate States, lias issued the following from
the “Department of Justice,” dated at Richmond,
July 12:
1. Ad persons captured at sea and placed in
custody of the Marshals, are at ouce to be con
fined in such manner as to prevent their obtain
ing any information which could be made useful
to the enemy.
2. All persons captured on board of vessels
(whether armed or unarmed; employed in the
public service of the United States, are to be con
sidered as prisoners of war. All persons em
ployed in the service of the enemy are to be con
sidered as prisoners of war, even wheu captured
on unarmed vessels not employed in the public
service of the enemy. #
Persons captured on private unarmed vessels,
aud uot employed in the public service of the en
emy, are not prisoners of war.
3. As soon as the Marshal shall have received
into custody persons captured at sea, he shall
make out a list of their names, rank and position,
aud submikone copy thereof to the Judge of tbe
Court and another to the captors.or their protec
tor, for the pufpose of designating such as are to
be detained as witnesses.
4. Alter separating those who are to be de
tained iu confinement as w itnesses, the Marshal
will at once deliver to the Commander of the
nearest military post all the prisoners of war; aud
will transport to the frontier and place beyond
the limits of the Confederacy all such alien ene
mies as are not prisoners of war.
In thus transporting captives, whether pris
oners of war or not, the Marshal will take special
precaution so to guard the captives as to prevent
ihe obtaining any information that could poss bly
be useful to the enemy.
5. As soon as the Judge shall inform the Marshal
that the attendance of those captives, who are
detained as witnesses will no longer be required,
these captives will be disposed of in the manner
directed by the foregoing instructions.
6. The expense of maintaining und transporting
captives at sea, in accordance with these instruc
tions, will be paid by this Department on tpe
rendition of proper vouchers, as provided in the
Bth section of tile act of Oth May, 1881, entitled
‘•an act recoguizing the existence of war between
the United States and the Confederate States, and
concerning letters of marqne, prizes, and prize
goods.”
Capt. Russell’s Opinion. —W. S. writes from
Washington to the N. Y. Times :
You were aware that Capt. Bussell, of the
French Navy, had been appointed by Napoleon to
make a tour of the States North ana South, with
a view to reporting on the military status and re
sources of the two sections, lie has jnst returned
from a moi th’s sojourn in the South. His com
parative view of the two sides I have been able to
learn is as follows: the Noithern elements are
greatly the superior both in quantity and quality;
but the Southern forces are much our superior in
military organization and in artillery 1 Capt.
Russell, I may say Jib no partisan of the insurgents,
as he has been represented; on the contrary, he
sympathizes wholly and heartily with the North.
His conclusion accordingly is worth laying to
heart—we are deficient in a comprehensive scheme
of military organization ! Throughout the whole
North the confidence of the people in “the great
est captain of the age” is unbounded, but they
will anxiously look to Gen. Scott that he im
mediately see to it that the cause, if it exists, of
the reproach of the French officer be removed.
Crops in Louisiana. —The Homer (Claiborne
Parish) Advocate of the 3d inst., says :
The generoos showers which have blessed our
Parish for the last few days, and in fact through
out the present season, have made our corn, oats,
rye and wheat crops abundant beyond all prece
dent. Many of our planters tell us now that they
will make corn enough this season to last them
two years, and the oat crop is considered suffi
cient for feeding purposes for the next twelve
months. We have any quantity of the finest fruit
of every variety. Our cotton crop was never
more promising at this season of the year.
The Mount Lebanon (Bienville Parish) Haptist,
of the 4th, says:
We have had bountiful rains during the last
week and the prospects for crops were never
brighter.
Socthkrn Manufactures.— The indications of
progress are already manifesting themselves
throughout the .South. Arrangements are being
made in Charleston and throughout South Caroli
na for securing the South from its dependence up
on the North for the many articles which it has
heretofore furnished at enormous profits. At no
distant day there will be a boot and shoe manu
factory upon the largest scale, a furniture manu
factory, a manufactory of Kerosine oil, tanuing
mills, a match-making establishment, a lace uiau
ufactory, and manufactories o! various useful and
necessary articles for which the South has been
dependent upon the North. Already ‘here ‘s 111 ;
operation a manufactory of tmware, a clnthing es- ,
tablishment, and several other’
h7enXo^cle P d r 1n e fhe r M o ercury Ir^ P- ;
Ya M l“°PpSmoUth; |
Si?h> - • ‘’ . to j manufactory has beeixestablish-
Jd‘ rK Oilclo P b is being manufactured at Atlanta,
Georgia, and at Columbus paper machinery. Lx
tensive shoe manufactories have also been estab- ;
Imbed at Nashville, Tennessee, New Orleans, and
Stanton, Virginia. A type foundry has been es- i
tablished in Richmond, and printing ink rnanu- j
factories at Richmond, Atlanta, Augusta and New ■
Orleans. Tl/us, it will be seen that the South is
really becoming independent; and if, during the
prosecution of the war, so much energy is dis
played, bow much more rapid will bp the strides
taneu alter the establishment of our independence
and our recognition as one of the nations of the
earth? —Charleston
The editor of the Portsmouth Transcript says
that the following toast was gotten no by a yonng
lady of hu> acquaintance. If, after reading, every
young man does not take up arms Sin defense
of his country, he should be deprived of the right
of citizensh p and forever prohibited from enjoy
ing woman’s society. Here is the toast:
“The Young Men of the South — Their arms
our protection—Our arms, their reward.”
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA—DEATH OF
GEN. GARNETT—DISASTERS To THE CON
FEDERATE ARMS.
Washington, July 16.—Gen. McClellan’s offi
cial dispatches confirm the death of Gen.Garuett,
at Laurel Hill, with £OO of his men killed and
1,000 taken prisoners. Seven guus were also cap
tured.
Cincinnati, July 16. —A special dispatch to the
Gazette says.that Laurel Hill was evacuated by the
Confederates on the niglit of the lltfi, They were
overtaken by the advanced Federal forces on the
l’Jth, when the rear showed battle to cover the re
treat at the uext ford. (fen. Garnett was killed.
Col. Ramsay, of Georgia, succeeded Garnett, when
the pursuit censed. The result of the whole af
fair is the camp at Laurel Hill, with its equipage,
forty bageage wagous, field chests, two regimen
tal banners, fgur Georgia captains and lieuten
ants were captyu-ed ; General Garnett killed and
twenty of his men.
Geu. Garnett s body is.at head quarters, await
orders f:om Richmond.
Richmond, July 16.— Intelligent passengers by
this evenings train slate the following companies
were in Gen. Pegram’a command at the battle of
Rich Mountain : Upshur Grays, Captain Higgin
botham—all the commissioned officers in this
compauy were killed except the captain ; Lee
Guards, Cftptaiu Irvin, six or eight killed ; Rock
brige Rifles, Captain Curry, five or six killed ; a
small port on of Copt. De Lanier’s Petersburg Ar
tillery were engaged, all wejp killed or wounded;
De Lanier was bayonetted at his cannon, aud two
ot the Upshur Grays shot his slayers instantly
dead. Another company, probably from Hardy
or some other eastern county, were engaged.
I: is impossible to obtain satisfactory details to
satisfy the anxious aud puinlul hearts of ihout
| anas sf relatives aud friends.
J Ail the companies engaged were from Virginia.
Beverly* was taken possession by the Federal*
. on Friday at no*u. The Confederate stores were
{ nearly all saved from the v nduls.
Garnett’s death is confirmed, but little is other
wise known in regard to his command or the bat
tle. The reporter has labored diligently to ob
tain some particulars in regard to tthe fight at
Laurel Hill, but finds it impossible to obtain any
reliable accounts.
Cincinnati, July 16. —Gen. McClellan, occupies
Beverly. The Confederates are concentrating at
Laurel Hill, from where it is reported, they will
ugAin retreat, without a general battle.
FURTHER FROM LAUREL
HILL FIGHT.
MORE ENCOURAGING!
CONFEDERATES RECREATING IN
GOOD ORDER.
Louisville, July 17. Garnett’s forces num
bered only five thousand; McClellan’s, twenty
two thousand, in three columns. Morris had
flanked the Confederates on the north and Mc-
Clellan ou the south, while*Rosecrantz was ap
proaching in front. The Confederates stood
their ground to the last possible moment of safe
ty. The retreat must have beeu most admirably
managed, as the pursers had no chance to use
their small arms, so well was the rear guarded.
In the retreat the Confederates were outflanked
twice by converging columns of pursuers. Only
twenty of the Confederates were killed. At last
accounts, they were retreating in good order to
wards St. George. The Fedfcralists hope that
Gen. Hill, now at Oakland, will harass the Con
federates in their retreat towards Hardy count}’.
It must be remembered that these troops have
kept McClellan’s columns in cheek for weeks.
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS.
Richmond, July 17, 7 P. M.—Passengers from
the neighborhood of Rich Mountain and Laurel
llill difl’er very materially in th6ir reports of the
recent engagements at those places. Some as
sert most positively that Col. Pegram was neither
killed nor taken prisoner while others assert di
rectly the reverse. Some also state Gen. Garnett
was not filled and the regiment were not taken
prisoners, while others again state exactly oppo
site. The suspense must necessarily continue
until more reliable information can be obtained.
John S. Coleman, of Augusta, Ga., has been ap
pointed assistant surgeon of the Virginia cavulry.
COL. RAMSAY’S REGIMENT SAFE.
Richmond, July 17.—The opinion is prevalent
and apparently well founded, that Col. Ramsay’s
Georgia regiment is safe aud not prisoners.
COL. PEGRAM NOT HURT.
Richmond, July 17.—The following letter is on
the bulletin board of the Richmond Dispatch,
addressed to the mother of Col. Pegram, who re
sides in Richmond:
Greenbrier, July 13.—Mrs. Gen. Pegram:—
Col. Pegram was not hurt or injured iu any way,
in the battle at Rich Mountain. We parted late
after the fight, and he has gone to join Gen. Gar
nett. Deeply reggetting that you should have
been annoyed by the report of his fall, I reiuaih
the warm friend of your noble son,
Nat. Tylek.
FROM RICHMOND.
[We received the following despatch from our
Ageut at Richmond, in reply -to a message sent
from here at 12 o’cloek, asking for all particulars
in reference to the Augusta companies at Laurel
Hill.—Ei..]
Richmond, July 17th, 12}£ o’clock.—l am just
from the War Department. Nothing is definitely
known there. ‘The Secretary of War assures me
he will immediately give me ail details, favorable
or unfavorable, as soon as received. Reports
here are so confused that even the capture of a
portion bf Garnett’s edmmand is doubted by
many. As soon us 1 can relieve the suspense and
anxiety, I will promptly do so.
RETREAT OF THE CONFEDERATE FORCES .
Grafton, July 17th.—The retreating Confede
rates, from Laurel 1(111, have escaped Gen. Hill
They passed within a mile and a half of bis camp.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA—THE FIRST
GEORGIA REGIMENT—FOUR COMPANIES
SURRENDERED.
Richmond, July IS. —Official communications
state that the Georgia Regiment covered them
selves with glory. Another authority stutes that
four Georgia companies under Captains Crump,
Evans, Williams (or Wilkins,) and Pinckard, sur
rendered, aud that Garnett is dead.
[The companies which, according to the above
dispatch, have surrendered, are the following :
Walker Light Infantry, Capt. Crump, of Augusta;
Quitman Guards, Capt. Pinkard, of Forsyth ;
Southern Guards, Capt. Wilkins, of Columbus :
Southern Independents, Capt. Evans, of Batn
bridge.]
later.
Richmond, July 18—10 I'. M.—W. E. Starke,
the aid of General Garnett, and who was with him
when be fell, says that in the fight Garnett lost
about twenty killed and four Georgia companies
have two hundred men missing. It is believed
they were surrounded and taken prisoners. He
says the force retreated in good order and will
reach Monterey to morrow night.
In the fight at Rich Mountain with Col. Pegram,
the Confederates loss was forty killed and 600
l aken prisoners, among the latter was Col. Pe
gram.
Richmond, July 18.—We are compelled to de
pend upon passepgers for news. Apparently re
liable ones state that 400 of Col. Heck’s command
surrendered and four companies of the Georgia
Regiment were captured.
The body of Capt. Skipwith, of the Powhatan
Kifies, who was killed at Rich Mountain, was
brought to Richmond to night.
A gentleman from Wise’s Legion says the com
panies were well and cheerful; have had afew en
gagements, in which they were always succeraftil.
Gen. McClelland says that Gen Garnett’s forejs
fought so hard and so determinedly, that he felt
no disposition to follow them, but would lather
leave them to other forces.
Apparently reliable advices from Fairfax, say
that the Federals advanced this morning w:tk 10,-
000. Alter four hours hard fighting the Federal
ist were repulsed by 7000 Confederates under Gen.
Bonham, with immense slaughter. The Federal
ists retr.atingupon Alexandria.
fkberalihts advancing.
Washington, July 16.- Patterson is moving on
Winchester to-day, he will reach there to-night
with a force of twenty-one thousand (21,000.) It
issupposed that Johnston will skirmish heavily but
will-DOt fight a pitched battle.
I Washington, July 17-—Advance guard reached
Fairfax at noon to-day. Confederate pickets re
turned an hour before, falling back on Centerville
The Confederates will probably make a stand at
Germantown.
Taylor’s division moved-early Wednesday. The
Southerners fell back towards Centerville. Me
Dowell and staff ar at one and arrived half P. F-
Fdur divisions will move towards Manassas Juno
tioo Thursday.
FROM MISSOURI—SKIRMISHING.
St Louis, July 18.— The Missourians under
Magoffin attacked(the Federalists between Sedalia
and Georgetown, killing seveu Federalists an
losing three Confederates. Magoffiin as seven
hundred men under his comraan . oe ™ B el °
announces he will administer no more oaths of
allegiance but will keep suspected persons in con-
NoTtHERN ACCOUNT OFTHE BATTLE OF
„„ r.dv 18.— The Confederates have
Washington, jhi> * • .
„ „ \ I. from centrevilie. A mmor fight is
,al eU T.t Bull’s Run, where several Federalist.
Sled. The special correspondent of the
Tribune says : “An engagement took place at
. ... - x miles from Manassas. Ihe light
j J K .if n hour Uut Southerners were
!“ te w d ell‘poste Ito be dislodged. Three masked
I “tteries opened tire at intervals upon the Feder
; als who rei red. Heavy firing was heard as your
j correspondent ieft the held.