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i S> rial to tfu A tie ) ;rk JJtrald.]
W .suin'.to*. July e-. -i he CptMinac rrr-r be I
lo \\ asl.ington cannot be xro.ased by the rebel* I
as.Seerttery to. lies ha- ordered a powerful naval j
force to guard it. The nrer above Washington
to Harper s Ferry is s.ptally suenned by I.Tlon J
Tan ’otte Uue’a” “ and ferry j
cannot be true, a . lee has no dealt a to be saud
altto W dM> *o tnm e change iu ii.e whole or
and division upun a tnore satisfactory baAs.
inidniitbl fest pigbt tlitre was a collision |
Kr*l was about to attin.pt, the e'swnlrlu oTTis I
but appn the return of our reconooitering partieA *
attack v,in removed. A recoffncissancc whs made
direction of Fairfa*. A portion of tl> party pro
ceeded as far as the Court House and found no
signs of the enfemy there or on the route, except
tee mounted picket guards, which retired at their
approach.
The withdrawal of the rebels from the vicinity
in front of our lines or fort li< utions uddrt strength
to the motor that thfeir main body is proceeding
towards Leesburg and Edward’s'Ferry. It may
he possible, bow over, that they haw, by the aid
of the railrouM from Manassas, despatched an
ovfnvhaltiiing body to attack the Union army of
the tShenandoah a* Harper’s Ferry and drive it
back across the JPotpmac.
WAsuiNOfoy, July u Wm. Burch, the i
of the caiTiage to which Harridand AlcOraw went j
to recover tha body of Col*. Cameron; returned iute j
this evening. He wjt.% compelled, before being re |
leased, to t ake oath not lo loveul anything re
lative to th** force or defences of the rebels or
what he saw there. He is consequently chat? in
his communication. II- states that tbs party wore i
allowet to pass up to .dan ureas, where, upon pre
senting theuibclve.- to General Beauregard, they
were arrested and placed in confinement for sev
eral days. In the meantime. Meters Harris and |
McGraw were seut tf> Richmond, as prison eras
Mr. Burch, through Lie intervention of personal !
acquaintances at the Junction, was examined and
dismissed, and was allowed to return. He learned
that r. Harris, would probably through the in
fluence of prominent persou rs friends, obtain his
release, but there is no probability of the imme
diate release of McGraw, who.is u Pennsylvanian.
Both were believed to bo very deeply imbued
with rebel sympathy. Ilurch was not permitted
to examine the battle field. It is supposed Col.
Cameron’s body is unburied on the field, or has
been huddled into a trench with the bodies that
have been thus buried.
Mr. Burch, says the hospitals arc crowded with
the wounded, lie reports bur wounded are well
cared for, and that the rebels chiefs bad determin
ed not to agree to any exchange of prisoners.
Burch’s carriage driver states that be heard that.
Cols. Wilcox and Corcoran Jmve been Rent to
Richmond. He also states that w hen he left the
junction early this morning, Gen. Beauregard
was making preparations to rt capture Alexandria
to-morrow- or next day. In confirmation of this
it in reported that (ien. Beauregard has sent infor
mation to.tins’ effect to n prominent aecesssionist
residing in Alexandria.
Cairo, July 29. An Engliahaj in„ deserter from
the rebel camp at Union City, arrived here, on
Saturday, reports that the rebels there und at
Randolph and Memphis have received marching
orders; that tfcei;-im-iinatimf in Bird’ - Point, and
are to rendezvous at * J ew Madrid, It in reported
that the steamer Prince of Wales arrived at New
Madrid on Saturduv with a load of Rnrses.
PoKfKKSM Monroe, Jul.y2*v *The Odd Fellows’
Hall, jail, aud four other buildings in Hampton,
were yesterday burned by our troops in appre
hension of an immediate attack by the secession
ists. Our troops were entirely withdrawn last
night. Max Wcbi r now occupies Col. Daryea’s
former quarters.
Part of Hampton’s bridge bus been destroyed
to prevent communication with tins side of the
creek The place is. not yet occupied by the rebels.
A flag of truce came into Newport News tins
morning with a proposition giving oflr troops 24
hours to leave. In case the pLiUO is not -then
evacuated, they will-force us ont
The gun boat Ihtle, Lid guns, at once went up
from Old Point. The Albairoa&rand IV-nguiu are
also Mutiom and there, while the Minnesota and 7
gun bouts at Old Point-are ready to assist, should j
Newport News be attacked. Col. Phelps stirs he !
can hold the place against twice his own f rce,
which now c nsist of four’ efTe6tiv<t Tegtaients.—*
Our cnrrencbuienta are of a formidable character.
•The rebels have to day been practicing limn a
battery at WjUoiiithbv Point some miles below- !
Sewell’s Point, andiugt below the .Rip Raps.—l
Heavy firing is new gmng op at Pig Point.
Kansas City, July 27. OqJ. Weir, commanding j
the .United States troops, arrived here this even
ing. From him we hpve an account of a skirmish i
with three huudred mount* and rebels at Harrison
▼die. Mo., *n the uigln of the 25th irist. life ;
rebels were discover, and posted on the htlis sur- j
rounding tjie town, and were attuned by Captain j
Williams w th a force of gMy men, killing six of
the rebels aud losing two of his force. After the j
third round, the rebels precipitately, some of them i
%h-.\ wing away then guns.
flu* follow: v.s morning the Federal forces, un- j
der the command of Major,Van Dorn, took pos- j
se.sion of the tow n and erected the slurs and i
firtrtpes over tin* court house. Having received !
where a portiVvi of them will be detailed as an ‘
Jv vci\*l stores are .said to have been ransacked by
tte U S. forces, but Col AVtur prouounct s the
statement w;iuoiit foundation. It is staid that
the enemy in the country surrouud.ug Harrison
ville number from. 600 to 1,000.
Special to the A. J'. Tnbwe.
WASBiM.ToN, July Col. Uapder wdll be au
thorixed to organize and summons here the men
of the mountains and plains i\|th whom he was
associated and became very popular when en- ;
g %g*‘d in opening the overlaud mail routes to the !
Pacific.
Shorifian’s battery crossed into- Virginia last ■
night.
Cvrn Race. July 2 -.- -The Africa from Liverpool ;
on the 2"th, armed here on Suudav evtmmg. i
Her advices are lour duvs later.
The sales of cotton, fur the week were 118,000
biles, of whvii speculators took amt ex !
porters baits Interior qualities closed }4
barely higher. The sales on Friday were
I'rirate circulars say lv od to 20,000 bales were
sold on Friday at full prices. Bread stuffs dull
Provi>i. ns quiet. Consols SOfor money
and . toy account
The message of l'l'esiilent Liucqln has been Vit■
riously received by the KncUsh press. Au obsti
nate struck’ wu> p: edict."d. The Loiidbo Times
thinks tlie Soothera independence will be the i
issue of the contest.
Lahkxtu-.ui At fray.— We learn that C.tptaui !
Charles H Axson, of Stouth Carolina', was killed
last Tuesdsv _ even It) it, near Wilson. North Caroli
na, on the Wiluitngton and Weldon Railroad, bv
Arthur It. Davis, of the Second Ueorgia Uejjt
ment. The main particulars of the affair, as we
learn from eye witnesses, are as follows :
Capt. A x.sob, en route tor Richmond, was bring
ittjf w-ith htm some watermelons and tine tropica! i
fruits, as a to distinemshed friends in \
Richmond Daris. while intoxicated, cut open .
several of the melons and crushed others, lie
-afterwards approached the Captain and offered as j
an apology the remark that he was drunk, to !
which the Capiaiu replied that be ne drunk was
no excuse for stealins; During the day Davis ,
again approached the Captain, and declared that
he wtts sorry for what he had done w hile intoxi
cated. and was willing to make any apology for
it. The Captain replied that he was satisfied,
shook hi* hand and joined him in a driufc. They
appeared afterwards to be friendly for some
hours. I
In the afternoon. Davis .being again under the
influence of liquor, was making raiher a careless
exhibition of side-arms, when the Captaiu, in a
good humor, and apparently remonstrating, held
him tor a moment, being released, Dans with
drew for a moment to another ear , but soon re
turned, with pistol iu band, demanding to know
w here was the man who had imposed on btm. ,
Captain A. supposing at once that he was the per
son alluded to. stepped forward, aud was shot in
the breast bv Davis’ when very near him. Capt. j
A. died instactlp. JTavis was arrested.
Capt. Axon wAs i uunaoder of Company |
“M,” first Regimebt S ~th Caroliuh Volunteers, ■
which returned home a IVa weeks since. He waS
retutuing with his company again to cut dr the ;
service. ID was a .rue Southern man and a gal
lant oflicer. His cornj>an’ w ere w armly devoted ‘
to httn, and are much afiiicied bv bis untimely
death.—AVAi.. nJ Z>iepu<\/j lUt t’r.
At ho wiLt. Follow Tint Example in the other
Cocsties of Geohcia?—A correspondent ol the ‘
Atlanta Omftdtncg gi Te * the following :
Robert Orr. ot this sCowetat cotintr, has been 1
Proposed as a for the office of Tax Col- j
lector at the ensu.ng election, and proposes if
elected to collect the county tax n d applv the !
proceeds accruing to him for his sereicea loV the
relief and support of the \ <>iuot*vr Companes of
Joseph E. Morrow bus also been proposed for the
same office in Heard county, and Las made the
same patriotic tender of his services, if elected •
the amount that will accrue to him tor service- in
collecting tbe iaxes will i*e given to the Jomp*.
nies of the county iu the army.
Who in the other counties of Georgia wiU be
come ceodidates uptu the same terms ? Let the
papers ot the Mate copy and we-will see who.
Neuman, July, 1561. H. S. M.
Form of a Lixcorn Parolr.—A friend, says the
Charleston Mrcury, writing from Augusta, says;
“At Branchville I met with a Columbus boy, a
prisoner ot war, who was captured bv the Icdeial
troops at the tattle of L orel Util. He is one of
a com par y called the Georgia Greys, raised by
Frank Dillard. Below yon Lave a titbatim copy
of bis par Ae
• cost )
This is t> certify that Private Wm. J. Wes>b.
Company B. Frrst Georgia Regiment, a prisoner of
war, w.is Puroled at Beverly, July 11*, 1861, an i
released unlit duckanud accordi no to the rules of
tear. Hv Majur Gen* McClellan.
Capt. coamnudiDg.
C&rimide & Sentinel.
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from the Cincinnati Commercial , July 26.
The Next .Ylove.
We are by no means certain that the Southern
Generals will rest quietly while the United States
\ Government prepares a more mighty army than
that which marched to Manaesas the other dav.
It is apparent that the rebel forces are closmg up
on the lines of the United .States troops opposite
Washington. They have driven in our pickets at
Fail's Church; they have planted batteries at
Fairfax, and are not many miles distant from
Alexandria, our pickets being extended only
abut two miles beyond that town. If the rebels ‘
; bad made a forced march on Washington, Mon
day iat, they had a chance of taking the eitv. j
But they were so terribly cut up in the battle—
half a dozen of their regiments being, by their
own confession, almost entirely destroyed, that
; they were in no condition to pursue our retreating
columns in force. Indeed, they believed the re- ;
treat a feint to draw them out of their intrench
* meats, and took good care not to accept the sup
posed invitation.
Beauregard will now be likely to do one of two I
■ thidgs — make a feint upon Washington and by a
great noise of cunnonaduig, try to get up a stain- 1
| pede there, and make a bold push into Maryland i
; frorii Harper’s Ferry or Leesbury, or both, ex- 1
| peeting the explosion of the mine in Baltimore to !
I loHow—or he will make a feint at Harper s Ferry !
j aud Leesburg, und a real attack, upon Washing- i
j ton. If he commenced ut once, after the bat-ie, j
throwing troops to Winchester, thence toward j
I Harper’s Ferry, be may have a powerful division
l of his army there by tills time, or he ingy have it |
| at Leesburg, and cross the Potomac in that vicini- j
i tJ* II be provides him seif’with batteries of heavy ,
t gun*, there are bah a dozen place.-* on the Poto f
i mac where he could cross protected by their fire. (
! There would be great danger to the rebels at- \
tendant upon such a movement; but they might
afford to nek everything in order tc take ad van- j
i tage of the opportunity.
I We ihinit a direct attack upon the United .States j
south of the Potomac, would not offer many i
chances of It certainly would not offer j
{ ;<ny of our troops were Cool and determined, j
1 Forts Corcoran end the Fort at Shuler’* Hiil are !
j yery strong works. The guns mounted upon j
then are sixty-four pounders, and very heavy j
I rifled gun 1 The cornury between the forts—the j
ointaoce is about six miles—is broken and covered ‘
for the moat part with woods densely filled with
underbrush —a conn try admirably adapted to
masked batteries, which traps w-e suppose our
| troops can set as well as the rebels. If the rebels
j should force tl;ir wav to Alexandria, there i* a
ship of war ready tc destroy the town. The rebels
have this advantage, a perfect knowledge of the
country opposite Washington, trad plenty of spies
to tell them all they wished to know of movements
in Washington.
It is an unfortunate connection of circumstances,
that the discouragement and disorganization pro
duced by the great battle, should take place im
mediately before the <irs jundmeut of the three 7
months Regiments. Regiments are just now
going home-from the Army of the Potomac about
as fust as others are sent forward. Avery large
1 majority of the three months men will go for the
I war, but several weeks will be required to re or
i ganize and place them again in the field. It would
| be singular if the Southern Generals, who are at
this moment, probably stronger near Washington
than they can be three months hence, should not
take advantage of this promising opening. They
must perceive that they will be hard pressed soon,
and if they have any hope of ult.mate success,
the}’ wilt make n grand strike now.
Froim Wcaterji Virginia.
j Rumors haring reached here, mays the Al>ing
-1 don Virginian,ithat she Lincoln lies had entered
Logan county, burnt the Court House, killed two
women and committed other depredations, great
uneasinccs and excitement exists throughout this
and the adjoining counties. The fallowing ex
tract of a letter from Mr. M. L. (’omanu, of Taze
well C. H., to a friend in this place, settles the
question: 4
Tazewell C. H., July 21 1861.
Last Tuesday Dior- ing a messenger from Mc-
Dowell comity came to our town with a report
that the Northern army were in possession of Lo
gap ('. 11. Mr. Clark and myself were dispatched
forthwith to find out the correctness of the report.
We had to.go to within lii miles of the Court,
House before we could find out whether the re
port was true or false. Os course it was not as
reported. The.excitem'ent all along the route was
greater than any one could imagine. Men, women
ahd children seethed almost deranged. But to
the news from that section.
When we reached Logan C. H., we found that
Xlie enemy had taken Barboursville, the county
s-at of Cabell, some 46 miles from Began C. 11.
Before doing so, our forces gave them battle.—
Our number was small, consisting of ohly three
companies, two of which only were in the fight.—
The enemy marched upon the place early in the
morning, (six o'clock, ! which surprised our forces
of cogirse. When the cry was given that the ene
my was coming, sortie confpsion among our men
took place, but tor which the loss, of the enemy
would have been much larger. The mishap was
that, in seizing the guns snot pouches, some of
mu* men took others instead of their own, which
they did not discover until after the first fire.
Our force® took their position upon a small hill
near a bridge just in front of the town, and as the
forces of the enemy marched across the bridge
opr little force commenced tiriug upon them. I
ought to have said before that their number was
1,500, ours not quite 200. Our men tired three
rounds at them, and then retreated in double-quick
time. They killed und wounded 150—about 120
of them killed. Strange to sav, our loss was nary
one. Two of our men were slightly wounded. I
was told that in the retreat, the Northern Colonel
rustied to trie top of the hill, aud as he rode down
culling upon his ineu with an oath to kill the
rebels, one of our men took from another his gun,
. turned upon the Colpnel aud shot him from his
i horse.
] The names of the Captains that commanded
j our nieu arc Mansfield and Ferguson—oue from
| Wayne and the other from CabelL
The Northern forces have possession also of
j Wayue Court House aud a place culled Silver
I Creek, between the Court Houses of Logan and
Boone.
1 We saw a gentleman direct from Gov. Wise’s
: camp He represents the Governor in a very
| critical condition. His force is only about 4,000,
while he is being approached from three different
directions by about 10,000 Fcderals. He is calling
; for*troops to come to his aid.
j On our way home we started two companies
! from Wyoming, two from McDowell, aud now*
l-'arn that two lei c Bach an an county on Friday
last. 1 could tell you a great deal more, but will
; desist. Our militia is called together to-morrow
to raise men to march to the relief of Geu. Wise.
1 think we will raise about three compau.es. who
will .start lor Charleston on Tuesday morning.
Ti uninCi Somer-Saclts.— A geutleuran of this
city, who-wus present at the battle of Bethel, de
| scr.bes a very amusing and somewhat ludicrous
i serne which took place during the hottest part of
I the contest. An attempt was being made, on the
part of the Vaukecs, to’capture one of our batte
ries. The Fire Zouaves were tharging on the
battery, undone of the number, in order to show
his agility and at the same time strike terror into
the rebels, advanced considerably to the front,
and uttered his peculiar fire yell, commenced
turning somersaults towards the object of thei 1 *
attack. This new fashioned means of locomotion
attracted considerable attention from our boys,
j oue of whom took a notion to take a hand iu the
sport, and being a good marksman, with his rifle
he took deliberate aim at Mr. Clown, and as he
; was about to finish his third grand evolution,
fired, a* and lodged the ball just about iu that Loca
tion where the schoolmaster so delights to apply
i the birefien-rod to his urchins. This put an end
I to the performance on that part of the programme.
| After the baUle, it was discovered that the ball
| had passed out through bis bread basket.—Xor
• folk Lay 2h*>F.
Abolition C(HgrksßMkk in Battle.—A cores
respondeot of the New York Daily Times has the I
following:
“Congress adjourned Friday until Monday ex
pressly to aitow the members to see the show.—
Neither Congress nor fhc Union wish to see anoth
er such ft sight. At the grand stampede civilians
were awfully scared, and l think several of them
were taken prisoners, . I witnessed some terrific j
feats of[ running amoug them. Many lost their
carriages, and for aught \ know are skulking about
the woods now. One very fat Congressman affer
ied an artilleryman S2O for a horse; but after he
had the horse, he tound it so hard to mount that
he turned pale all over. He John Gilpined along.
ue*ttr mv legs, until his horse threw him. when his J
agony was fearful. Three of us hoisted him up, j
and he ent again as though the d—l was after
him. That M. C. will never go to the wurs again.”
Disorganization of the Army. —Gen. Mansfield
has issued the following order, dated at W ashing- j
ton, ‘24th inst. Could greater proof be given of
the disorganization ot the army :
** All straggling sdldiers will join their respec
! tive regiments without delay. Here follows the
designation of rendezvous tor twenty ot the regi- ;
ments by name.’ Soldiers attached to regiments ;
I in camp or quart red on the Virginia side, and j
not embraced iu the foregoing list, will rendezvous
at Jackson Square, opposite the President s house.
All stragglers found on the streets six hours after !
the promulgation of this order, wi;l be deemed
guilty of disobedience of orders and be taken ‘
; charge of.”
Wh at the London Times Correspondent Thinks ;
of tub Fight. —A special dispatch to the Baltimore
Exchange, from Wa hingtou, says that Mr. Rus- !
sell, ot the London Times, who was present at the
battle, states that the loss in killed and wounded ;
,of the Federals must amount to 12,000, and that j
| the loss of the Confederates will probably reach j
4,000. He states that history records no such de- ;
teat for the past century—no rout so utter and ,
j complete as that of the Federal forces. The fight
ing of the Southern men, he aay>, was maguifi
f.ceuL They tired with the precision of veterans, i
They would tall to permit their artillery to fire, j
and then rising, discharge their muskets aud j
charge bayonets in splendid order. Some of the |
! evolutions were superb, and performed with per
-1 feet rapidity, coolness and discipline,
j The Baltimore South says:
i A lettgr from a gentleman in high position in i
Washington, to a friend in this city, alter charac
terizing the defeat of the Federal arrnv as a com
plete rout, says that Mr. Russell, of the London
Times, uives the following account of the engage
ment : He savs that the Confederate forces com
j pletelv deceived the Federal Generals. They had
thrown up works axCentreville which they never
intended to use, and as soon as the army arrived
thev would retreat, leaving baggage, provisions.
Ac to indicate a bast? retreat. Ihis course was
pursued up to Bull’s Run, when masked batteries
without number played upon the Federal r ght,
left aud centre. Ia battery was taken, another
was opened upon its fiank, and the captured bat
* terv was soon retaken by the*Confederates. T
fight continued thns for nine hours, when the
Confederate forces charged upon the left wing of
the Federalists, and the whole were routed. Mr.
Russell says that the loss in killed, wounded ana
prisoners on the’ Federal side must be at least
! 1*2,000. He calls it a disastrous deteat.
A Riddled Flag. —A gentleman who has just
returned from Manassas, informs us that he saw
the colors of the Seventh Georgia Regiment the
day after the great battle. He says the flag bad
iouneec ballet holes tnrough it, and that the flag
sian had been struck in tour different places.
The immortal Bartow was leading the regiment
with this flag in his hand at the time he fell, the
coh>r bc-arer having beeu wounded. A Vitgioiau.
wiiO had been eoar*ied from his regiment, a*ked
’ permission to r ear tLe flag, which was granted,
and with his own a hands, a>siait-d by one of tbe
color-guard, be planted it upon Sherman'* Batte
ry, (commanded by Hickeii*.; Tbe Virginian in
sists that it was tbe fi si Confederate flag that
waved over that famous battery. Other regiments
came up at the same tune, however, and are
equally entitled to participate in the honor of tab
bing the batter/.— :/anond Dispatch, j
From the Richmond Whig.
THE GREAT BATTLE.
The following intensely interesting account af
the great fight was written bv a member of the
Hanover Cavalry ; and is pa dished without his
knowledge :
Cextrevillk, July 22,1661.
My Dearett IVi/e :
For the.last four days we have never been longer <
in one place than two hours —have slept every
night upon the ground in good weather and bad, •
eaten nothing but hard crackers and fried bacon,
and rested little at any time. For all of which
privations, and a thousand others, we have been i
more thau compensated—thanks to the just God j
i who governs the epurses of history, and decrees !
i the destiny of nations—in the glorious results of l
1 yesterday. Mv last was from Fairfax Court House. ;
On the morning of the 17th we had received re- j
\ liable information that the enemy vyere advancing,
over 50,<XK> strong, and were not snrprised at 5 j
o'clock in the morning to Bear the tire of our j
pickets who were slowly retiring before the ad
vancing foe. The order was given to pack—-i,n j
ten minutes baggage was packed, tents struck,
and the wagons driven to the rear, and the whole 4
command formed in line of battle. Ia a few mo
ments the gilt tiering bayonets of the enemy lined j
j the neighboring hills. From the heavy signal
guns being fired at intervals along our line com- !
i mencing at Germantown, and stretching along to !
j Fairfax Court House, it was evident that the ene- j
! my were endeavoring to surround our little baud, j
Bat our “little trump,” as the men call Beaure- j
i gard, was not to be takeu by any such game.
Every preparation was made to deceive the ene- [
xny by inducing him to believe that we meditated j
j si vigorous resistance —meantime our column de- j
tiled through a densely wooded road, and was far j
j on the road to Centreville when the enemy dis- i
i covered his mistake. Ue followed on very cau- j
tiously. Our troop, with Kemper’s battery, was ■
’ assigned the post of honor, and charged with the ;
j duty of covering the retreat. We were the last ;
i to leave the village, and as we went out at one end J
J of the street, his column appeared ut the other, j
i We halted at this place. (CentreYille) about four j
’ o’clock in the afternoon, again made show of bat- j
tie, slept until 12 o’clock ut the heads of our i
i horses, and silently left the place, the enemy’s j
pickets being within talking distance ut ours. At I
daybreak we were across Bull’s Run, having j
marched very slowlv to keep puce with the ij-fatit- j
ry. We found beds of h aves in the. woods, j
wrapped onrselves in oor blankets, and slqpt for
an hour or two, until roused by the roar of the
enemy’s guns, as be opened his batteries upon our I
lines. For two qiortul hours, shot and shell flew i
thick along our whole line. This day’s work was |
evidently intended only to draw the tire of our ar
tillery arid show where our batteries were. In
consequence of winch, our gunner* were ordered j
not to fire a single shot until w ithin point blank j
range. After thus opening the ball, two dense
masses of infantry were seen to defile to tlie right J
and left, to make two separate attacks It was in- j
deed a beautiful sight, as they came down in per
fect order, and with the steady step of veterans.
They came nearer and yet nearer, and yet no shot
from our guns. Men Jjbegan t to mutter and say i
that we were preparing for another retreat. But, |
iu a few moments, the appointed time arrived, a j
single qhot from the Washington Artillery gave
the signal of death, and for half an hour ’ there
was.nothing but a continuous sheet of flame along
the right of our line.
The enemy fell back, rallied and charged again
with a like result; again they rested and yttshed for
ward; but old Virginia was true to herself; and the
gallant Ist and 17th regiments met them,'‘though
twice their numbers, charged them with the bayo
net, aud drove them back n utter confusiop. The
cavalry were helu in reserve, and although, within
range of the artiLlery and continually experiencing
ihe sensations which mqu may be supposed to in
dulge, who know there is a hidden danger hover
ing in the nfry without khowing where it is tq
light, took no part in the action,. Our time came
yesterday, however. Our troops were for four
hours in* the hottest of the fight, and every man
in it won the applause and approbation of the
whole camp. The action commenced at 8 o’clock
of a sweet Sabbath morping. The enemy com
menced with quite a hea~y cannonade upon our
right, which proved to be a mere leint to distract
our Attention, as his m'ain attack was directed to
our left wiuir. At ten o’clock the enemy had
crossed the river on Our left, and the fight com
menced in earnest. From the hill on which we
stood, w* could see the smoke and dust, although
at the distance of several miles from the figlit
waged on our left. Some thought our men had
fallen back, others, that the enemy were retreat
ing. It was au hour of interest. At elev
en o’clock, un aid-de-camp rode up in a gallop,
and said our men were retiring, anp the cavalry
was ordered to the left. We were temporarily
attached lo Radford’s regiment. Ours was the
first company aud mine the trout platoon. On we
dashed at a gaijop.
As we passed within range of a battery of rifled
cannon, a ball was tired at us, and passed just
between W aud myself, knocking up clouds
of dust. Without wavering in their ranks, the
men and horses dashed forward at a gallop. As
we reached the scene of action, the sight was
discouraging in the extreme. The enemy had at
first the advantage of every attacking party. He
had concentrated all his forces for an attack upon
one point. The Ift Louisiana regiment and the
4th Alabama were assailed in flank und centre by
80,000 men, and literally cut to pieces. They re
fused to surrender but retired slowly, disputing
every inch of the ground. As we rode up, we met
parts of companies which had literally been over
whelmed, the men wounded, their arms broken,
while some of theta were carrying off their deitrl
in blankets. Every thing looked like retreat.
We were ordered up to within 500 yards of the
enemies artillery, behind a hill which afforded
some protection against their destructive fire.
For an hour the tiling raged with incessant fuxv.
, a ball passed over the hill and through our raips
grazing one of our men; a shell exploded right
under Radford’s horse, and every moment shot
and shell were continually whistling by us. I
can give you no conccptaon of that aWfal hour.
Not a man shrank from his post, two of our men
were taken deadly sick, one fainting from heat
and excitement", .such calmness and composure I
never witnessed. To make the matter worse,
despondency, if not despair, was fast writing itself
on every face. The tire was evidently approach
ing us, and our friends were retiring, and the
whispered rumour passed from lip to lip that our
artillery ammunition was running low. In a mo
ment, however, a cloud of dust iu our rear showed
the approach of our wagons coming up at a dash
ng rate with a fresh supply.
Our reinforcements, now commenced pouring
in. Georgia, Alabama, jSouth Carolina, Tennes
see and Mississippi, swept by in their glittering
array with the calm light of battle 6n their faces,
and their bayonets gleaming in the quiet Sabbath
sunshine, No man faltered, no nmft lagged be
hind. Neither the groans of the dying, nor the
shrieks of the wounded, as they passed to the rear
in crowded ambulances, seemed to produce any
impression, except to fix the;detetnvination upon
the countenance of all—to win or die upon the
field. The tide now seemed to ebb just enough to
keep us from despair. The firing did not ad
vance, although the explosion of their shell was
terrific in the extreme. A gleain of hope, too,
gradually broke in upon ns When Kemper’s batte
ry, which hud Jo.en posted in our centre, gadoped
up and opened axiestroctive tire upon our extreme
left. The advance was evidently checked, when
a loud cheer in the front told us that something
unusual had happened. What was it? Was it
the triumph .of our enemies over our stricken
friends, or was it some advantage gained by cour
age iu defence of right? The suspense was awful.
Meu stood straight in their stirrups and stretched
their eyes as if they would pierce the rugged
bosom of the barren hill which raised its scarred
front before them. An Aid passes up—his mes
sage is written on his lace, and before he speaks a
word, a wild shout breaks from the throats of
thousands. Whew he speaks, another, aud an
other, aud another round of cheers told the story
of our hithertt/sinking hearts.
The 4th Virginia regiment had taken Sprague’s
Rhode Island battery of six pieces at the point of
the bayonek Scarcely had the echo of our cheers
died upon the air, when again the noise of shout
ing broke upon us. What was it? Had the en
ea y rallied and retaken the guns? Fear strug
gled with hope. But, no! the gallant 27th, envi
i ous of the glorious achievement of tbe4tb, at a
; singe dash, hail charged a regiment of regalars,
swept them trom the field, and tukeu every gun
in JNhermau’s battery. The firing of musketry
and the tattling of bayonets was tiow terrific be
yond description. For an hour there was an in
cessant crackling of rifles,without a siuglc mo
ment's pause. The enemy were evidently retiring, ]
| md, unless reinforced frob their left and centre, j
the day was ours. To prevent this, our field tel i
egraph had already given the signal for movement 1
upon our right, aiid'a heavy fire of musketry and |
artillery told us that Bonham’s brigade, to which j
we had been attached iu the morning, had crossed .
the run aud were pouring it into the enemy's cen
• tre. Tie South Carolina boys dashed up the hill, !
I m face of a murderous tire, bavonetted the gun- j
i ners, aud tooK quiet possession of their centre [
. batterv. It was now 3 o’clock, and the day was
i onrs. The Washington Artillery galloped up to :
i the hill on which we were posted and opened a !
i perfect Vesuvius of shot and shell upon the reced- j
’ ing foe. Colonel Lav now galloped up and told
; us the time for us to act had arrived—our whole
! force of cavalry strong, now rushed like the :
wind to the front. It was indeed a brilliant spec- j
i tacle, as with slackened reins and sabres drawn.
the whole command dashed past. The whole line
, resoumled with continued ce.eering.
The force was divided into different detach
ments. Col. Radford, with six companies, was
1 ordered to cross a short distance below the ene
j q]v’s extreme right, and intercept his column,
our company was in front, and 1 was riding in
’ front of my platoon—when, after crossing the
- lirtnn <t Jatnnhmint ftt
swamp, we “came suddenly upon a detachment of j
the enemy concealed in the bushes, with their i
I pieces levelled. The Colonel ordered the charge,
and our bovs dashed on. Poor E. F. was at oiy
side when we rode over two of them, and they
grounded their arms to E. W„ jnst in our rear,
j \Ve galloped on in pursuit of the rest, who retreat- j
ed across a field toward the road on which the
| enemv were retreating. F. w*as just behind me; i
Saunders, a fine young fellow, just 24, aud splen
’ didlv mounted, rushed past ns. The enemv had
concealed themselves behind a fence. W e rode ,
up and I demanded their surrender. They made
no replv. 1 ordered Saunders to fire. Before he j
levelled his carbine, the whole squad poured in a ,
roller, Saunders tell dead,at my teet, and Ton
taine reeled in his saddle, and exclaimed, * save
, me, bovs, I am killed.” He was caught in the
arms of his cousin, who was in the rear. Three
i■ . l j .J tba txr a wnn rt ft 1 1 >lnVt
ara.s in uiscousiu, - - -
of mv platoon fired, and the two who had shoi
i launders and Fontaine fell dead m their tracks.
We were now m full view of tfle enemv s hoe,
passing n rapid and disordered retreat along (be .
road, with two piece* of artillery, a number j
1 of baggage wagons aud some officers carriages.
| Col. K.idiord, who is a soldier of experience, knew
; the strength ot the enemy, and ordered a halt,
commanding the men to form ; but such a thing
as forming* was utterly impossible. The men
seemed perfectly delirious with excitement, and
with a wild shout of ihe “guns, the r nns, our
whole company rushed on pell mell.upon the bat
tery, which proved to be another detachment ot
the Rhode Island Artillery. Such a scene of wild
excitement 1 never witnessed. My platoon had
•become detached from the company, and the
company from the regiment. There were two
caissons and two guns, tbe guns behind the
caissons. My platoon, which was furthest down
the road, rusoeu upon the men who guarded them
; —one tellow, standing upon the caisson, whipping
; the horses to make them run. They had become
so much alarmed that they stood perfectly still
aud trembled. I made a blow at him with my
sabre, knoesa-d him off the caisson, and he was
shot twice by our men before he reached the
ground.
Meantime W. f (who, bv the way. acted admira
bly,) withftbe mam body, crossed the road higher
up, and when ihe maiu body of the regiment came
up, our company, with some of the Alexaadria
cavalry, had k lied aud wounded every mau at the
guns, and driv* o their infantry supports into rapid
retreat. When we left, we expected to he aided
bv artillery, aud you may imagine our aston
ishment when, wiili not quite Sou men, we found
that we had mtre’y cut into the enemy’s column,
and upon looking one hundred \ards down ihe
road, we found them preparing to tire upon us with
two gucs, supported by six regiments of infantry.
The Colonel at once ordered a retreat, so we shot
, the horses to the caissons, so as to block up the
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST T. 186!.
road, and retreated, not, however, before they had
poured in upon us four rounds of grape and can
ister at 100 yards distance. How’ we escaped a
perfect massacre I cannot aay. Had they not
been so close to us, the slaughter would have been
terrible. Four of our men were killed, and Capt.
Radford, brother of the Colonel, was literally
■ bloWn to pieces. I escaped without a scratch (as
did all the rest of our w officers,) excepting quite a
j severe bruise, caused by my horse’s pressing rny |
leg agaiast the wheel to the gun carriage. We j
brought off several prisoners, a great many pis- i
tols, and several borsej.
Just ahead of the guns was an open carriage, |
very handsome ; as soon as they saw us—such a
rush vou never saw. It is suspected, or rather ■
hoped, that Wilson, of Massachusetts (who was, ,
it is known, on the field, > was in it; for one of our
men, Lindsay, by name, took it into his head that
Gen. ricott was in it, pursued and overtook it, und,
at the distance of thirty steps, tired hismusketoon,
with eighteen buckshot, right into the back win
dow. As we returned to camp, a melancholy
mistake occurred. 8.,* (our HecondJLientenant,)
who was carrying poor F. to the hospital, with
one or two others, met wi h a detachment of fonr
of the Appomattox Cavalry, who hailed him. It
j i$ said, that, instead of giving the sigual agreed
upon in our camp, by raising the hand to the top
j of the head, he took them for the enemy, and an
swered, Federal troops—they fired and he fell
dead. Our company received, upon its return,
I the congratulations of every officer in General
| Bonham’s staff’, to whom Col. Btadfordjbad spoken
of the conduct of our men. To day it has been
• raining all day. Our column pushed on this
| morning to thb place. Ourcompauy was assigned
! the advance guard ; and this morning at 10 o’clock
| 1 had the honor, with eight mounted men, of
| “ occupying” the city of Centreville.
The citizens tell us that about lg. o’clock last
night the cry passed through the eai*ip that the
d—d Virginia horsemen were upon them, when
they left iu utter confusion. Our triumph has been
complete. Iri two days our noble army has driven
them back to Alexandria, captured 42 guns, many
colors, und taken how many prisoners I will not
venture to say. After we reacted here we were
ordered to explore the surrounding country in
quest of fugitives. We took eighteen prisoners,
and got back just at night, very wet. Sucn a col
lection of property left in their flight you never
saw. Hundreds of muskets, wagons, horses, gun
carriages, thousands of khapsacks, oil cloths,
bfaokcts, hogsheads of sugar, barrels of pork,
beans—in short, everything you can conceive.
We found to-day over five hundred splendid army
overcoats in one pile, at one of their camps, be
sides many teuts not struck. I helped mysfelf to
a magnificent officer’s blanket and oil cloth to fit
over the head, und the men all got overcoats.
The men are amusing themselves to-night with
reading their letters, of which there are thousands
left on the roaiL Many of them were directed to
Mr. So-and-so, expected gt Munassad Junction. —
Some asked for a piece of the floor of the house
on, which Ells worth., was killed, with blood ou it;
while others confidently express the belief that
Beauregard’s scalp will be taken to Washington.
When I tell you that we supped to-night on Yan
kee crackers —Yankee coffee, and nice beef
tongue, actually left on the hearth of one of the
officers’ quarters, in a kettle, reaejy to be set on
the fire—that this is written with a pencil given
me by one of the men, upon paper taken from
their baggage wagons, that I am sitting on a Yan
kee camp stool, writing by a Yankee candle—you
can form someridea of their utter route.
Report of the Secretary of tlie Treasury,
In the Confederate Congress on Tuesday last
tile report of thfe {Secretary of the Treasury was
presented, and considered in secret session, ‘fhe
Richmond ficaminer says of it:
It is understood that the report was mainly in
answer to a resolution passed at the late session
of Congress, instructing the Secretary to prepare
it statement touching the amount received from
all sources? and expended under direction of the
Government; and also tabular statistics ol taxable
property in the several States of (he Confederacy.
In round numbers, it is believed tfie expenditures
have been about £10,000,000, up to Ist of July,
while receipts have been about £14,000,000* The
former includes an item of $400,000 refunded to
South Carolina in part satisfaction ot her outlay
ih way of preparation for defence, anterior to her
adoption of the Constitution of the Confederate
States.
The Secretary of the Treasury estimates the
taxable property, real and personal, of the eleven
States at $4,700,000,000. Secretary Chase puts
that of the United States at $10,000,000,000; but
many of his values are fictitious and ephemeral,
while the estimates of the Confederate Secretary
are based on *o!id securities. The expenditure of
the Confederate Government does not, ot course,
include the expense incurred by the States prior
to their connection with the Southern Confedera
cy, except the case alluded to of South Carolina.
The balance of her outlay Os SOOO,OOO has beep
taken in Confederate bonds, no mention of which
is made in the amount to the credit of the Govern
ment. The Secretary will soon issue $20,000,000
Treasury notes, which the bauks will tgke on de
posit and in liquidation of dues.
No additional recommendation is understood
to be made in this report touching the financial
policy proper to be pursued by the Confederate
States.
The Confederate NXvy. —Mr. Avery’s bill, in
troduced in Congress, proposes a re-organization
of the Confederate Navy. It proposes to appoint
iu it officers resigned years ago from the Federal
service, as well as those resigned in consequence
of the secession of their States, and to give to
the former such rank as they would have had ill
regular course of promotion, had they continued
in the Federal service. The proposition is the
subject of considerable dissatisfaction to the late
ly resigned officers in the Federal Navy who are
now in the Confederate service. The obvious
complaint is the blocking of promotion in the
Confederate Navy. When these officers lately
resigned, left the old Navy, room was made there,
of course, for general aud rapid promotion. If
Mr. Avery’s bill should take effect, there would
remain for these officers in th Confederate ser
vice but little chance for promotion, which would
be about as slow and difficult as it was in the
Federal Navy before the era of the “retiring
board.”
The Confederate Navy, at present, is doing but
little on the water; but its officers have rendered,
and are rendering, incalculable services in work
ing the land batteries, which are mounted with
ship cannon. The intelligent opinion is. that the
building up of our Navy must, necessarily, await
future events. The great want of in
this matter is seamen, and the supply of these can
only be found in the commercial shipping, which,
on the revival .of trade, will furnish her with the
best material for sailors. As nearly as the calcu
lation can be made, not more than one fifth of the
crew of the American Navy have been Americans.
They have been mostly enlisted from foreign sea
men in American ports. Baltimore is known as
the rendezvous'for the best crews in America—
its sailors are rated superior both to the English
and the Norwegian. Its importance to the Con
federate naval service is recognized id this par
ticular, as well as in that of the possession of the
Chesapeake Bay. —Richmond Examiner .
Fuderal Treatment of Prisoners.—While the
wounded Yankees brought to Richmond are treat
ed with more care than our own brave sufferers,
and sympathizing women are permitted (wrongful
ly) to send delicacies to the occupants of Har
wood’s factory, the surviving Fire Zouaves in
Washington demand the sacrifice of the lives of
our men who have fallen into Hessian hands. A
Washington letter to tlie Baltimore Hun says:
About two o’clock this afternoon, a company of
! six of the Confederates were brought in as prison
ers. When in the neighborhood of the Treasury
Department they were met by a party of the Ells
worth Zouaves, who, on Sunday, were decoyed
by the Secessionists under full charge of their
cavalry and lost so many lives. The Zouaves, ap
parently indignant at the presence of the prison
ers, at once demanded the sacrifice o/ their lives.
Other soldiers interfered and used efforts to re
strain the violence of their Zouave brethren,
whilst the Government authorities summoned a
guard of cavalry, by which the prisoners were
! conveyed to the old Capitol building, which is now
; occupied as a jail.
Col. Jack Brown, of Talbot County, Georgia.
—A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch
, gives tlui following :
On the day of the celebrated battle at Manassas,
| I noticed several distinguished gentlemen from
’ the Southern States, who took a prominent part
i in the fight, and who did not.belong tathe service.
Amoug gallant conduct deserves
’ notice, was that of Col. Jack Brown, of Talbot
! county Georgia. He joined tbe Mississippi Regi
ment, near the battle-field, as it was going to the
relief of Gen. Johnston; and seizing a gun from a
wounded soldier, he was soon in the thickest of
’ the light. Being a splendid marksman and a man
I of remarkable coolness, it is not too much to sav.
that he caused several of the Hessian scoundrels
, to “bite the dust.” He received two slight
wounds, one in the left foot, and the other iu the
hip. He was at last knocked down by the con
! cussion of a cannon ball, which passed near his
head, and was reported among the killed. I am
liappy to say, that he is now yell, and eager and
: anxious for another fray with the miscreant
j wretches.
Gun Scott Confident of Victory and Insists
Upon Starting for Richmond. —“Ion,” the reli
able Washington correspondent ot the Baltimore
San , writes:
“General Scott, at four o’clock on Sunday, had
his carriage at the door and insisted upon pro
ceeding to Bull’s Run, but was prevented from it
by his frieids. As late as four o’clock, he told a
Senator that he was confident or’ victory on the *iAt
of the Federal troops. It is perfectly well under
stood that be and the President also were driven
into this disastrous movement by the clamor of
politicians.”
A “ Horrible” Lie.—A Northern paper venti-
I lates the following :
Capt. Downey, of the Fire Zouaves, was wound
; ed on the field of battle, and his body was after
: wards found literally cut in pieces. It was divided
I into four quarters !
i A Zouave, who was taken prisoner with six
others, and subsequently effected his escape, ar
rived here to-night with a broken handcuff ou one
wrist. He reports that he was treated with Indian
barbarity by the rebels, and that many prisoners
were pinioned to trees, and tormented with bayo
i nets inrown at them.
Greeley says, in his Tribune of the *23d :
“We have fought aud been heaten. God for
I forgive our rulers that this is so: but it is true and 1
cannot be disguised. The Cabinet, recently ex
pressing, in rhetoric better adapted to a love let
ter. a fear of being drowned in its own honey, is
now nearly drowned in gore,while our honor on the
high seas has been saved by one daring and des
perate A* belonging to the merchant
marine. The * sacred soil’ of Virginia is wet crim
son, and with the blood of thousands of Northern
men needlessly shed.”
The Blockade. —The steamer Planter, Captain I
Ferguson, reached this city at a late hour on Mon i
dav night, having been to Port Royal on special I
service. There was no blockade off the latter
place when the Planter left, and she came out at ‘
1 St. Helena and put in at Stono entrance. No ves
sel of war was seen until Charleston bar was in i
; sight, when the Wabash and Vandalia were no
ticed at anchor off fhis port. There can be no j
doubt that a large number of Lincoln’s men-oU j
war have gone off shore to look after “ priva
j teers.” —Charleston Mercury , 31s*.
The Mobile Flying Artillery, 20 guns, who have
been for some months past at Pensacola, arrived
; in Richmond on Saturday and proceeded on to
Manassas. It is cotemporary with and a rival to
the famous Washington ArtfUery Battalion of
New Orleans. The citizens of Mobile are enlisted,
heart and soul, in the success of their favorites—
the Flying Artillery—wbose efforts we hope the
Gods may bless.— Richrrujnd ldspatch, 29 th.
It took about three months for Gen. McDowell
to march his grand army from Washington City
! to Bull’s Vun, and it is a remarkable fact that the
same ormy returned to Washington in the short
j space of three hours.
Incidents of the Battle-Casualties In
ilie Sin Georgia Regiment.
Extract from the correspondence es the Savan
i nah Republican :
Manassas, July 25.
There are some additional facts touching the
r death of the lamented Bartow, and the part which
the 7th and Bth Georgia Regimems performed in
the great battle ot the 21st., which I Lave obtained
, from eye-witnesses, and which cannot fail to in- ;
terest your readers. Col. Bartow fell when he i
; was leading the Seventh in a charge upon Rick- !
j ett’s battery, not Sherman’s. Lieut. W. P. Mood, \
* of the Atlanta Confederate Guard, J. F. Linsev, of i
j the Cobb county Confederate Guards, J. l. Dobbs,
of the same aud a Virginian picked him
i up and bore him off to the rear. His last words,
uttered when they started oft’ with him, as re
peated to me, were : “Boys, they have killtd me,
but never give it.up.” They carried him off 75 or a
100 yards from where he fell, and laid him down ;
but the bullets fell so thick about him, that they
removed him farther down the hill, where they
procured some water. He drank a little, aud theii
seemed to try to speUk, but was uot able. They
then applied the cauteen to his lips a second time
but he was unconscious and could not swallow the
water. Laying him back, he died almost instant
ly, aud without a strugule. They took off his
gloves und pluced them aud a cartridge box under
his head for a pillow. He did not live more than
twenty minutes after he fell.
When 1 first saw him, about 10 o’clock that
night, his face wqce a smile of victorious satisfac
tion that led me f<jr a moment to doubt the reality
of his death. He*mg of his fall, Geu. Johnstoii
sent a detachmeutjlo bring his body to headquar
ters, which was qj&ne, aud on the following day,
by order of Prespeut Davis, his remains were
taken to Richmond to Mrs. Bartow. His sword,
which had been previously broken by a ball, was
saved, aud jefiterftay l succeeded iu getting bis
belt.
After Col. Bartow’s fall, Lieut. Paxton of Vir
ginia asked leave, the color bearer being wounded,
to carry the llug. Ills request was granted, aud
lie and \V’..L. Norman, one of the color guards, of
DeKalb county, were the first to plant it upon the
captured battery. Eli \V. Hoyle of the Atlanta
Confederate Volunteers was the first to mount
the battery.
There is another incident which deserves public
mention, and which shows ol what kind of stuff’
the Georgia boys are made. Wm. Dejaniott, of
the Rome Light Guards, haviug been slightly
wounded and left behind, concealed himself iu the
bushes, The Second Rhode Island Regiment
passed by, without seeing him, but Col. Slocifm,
who commanded the Regiment and who came bn
behind it, discovered him in the bushes. Attempt
ing to draw his pistol, be said, “your lile, you
rebel.” For some reason be could iiot get out his
pistol easily, and seeing DeJaniett level his mus
ket at him, he cried out, “ don’t shoot.” But the
Georgian did shoot aud killed him too. He then
took to his heels through the thicket, und the
Regiment sent ashq .ver of bullets after him, but
to no effect. I saw Slocum’s grave yesterday in a
little cabbage garden by the road side not far from
the battle field, and also toivud there Muj. Ballou,
of the same Regiment, who hud his leg shot off’.
But I must stop; for if 1 were to go on to tell
all the gallant acts of our boys, my supply of pa
per would soon be exhausted. Ail the officers in
both Regiments aud every man in the ranks did
their whole duty. Maj. Cooper is tlie only field
officer in the Eighth, and Col. James F. Cooper,
the only one in the Seventh who escaped injury.
Col. Gardner who had his leg broken by a Minnie
ball, is now at a farm house near this place and
doing very well. Maj. Dunwoody, of the Seventh,
received a slight wound in the shoulder, while his
horse received four shots without being killed.
I send herewith a list of the casualties in the
Eighth Georgia Regiment. There were only about
53U men in the Regiment when it went into action,
owing to sickness and other causes, and yet 02
were killed, 151 wounded, and H are missing—-lt4
m all, more thau one out ot every three In the
Oglethorpe Light Infantry, Col. Bartow’s-old com
pany, only 16 men out of 87 escaped without a
wound or mark of some kind either upon their
bodies or their clothing. J*. W. A.
CASUALTIES IN THE STIC GEORGIA- (IST INDEPENDENT)
REGIMENT.
Killed—Col. F. S. Bartow, Adjutant, John L.
Branch.
Wounded Severely—Lieut. Col. W. M. Gard
ner. ‘
ROME LIGHT GUARDS.
Killed—J B Clark, .1 T Dun cap, D C Hargrove,
C B Norton, G T Stovali
Wounded Dangerously—J H Anderson, M D
McOsker, J T Howard, J A Stevenson.
Wounded Slightly—Capt. E J Magruder, U L
Aycock, A J. Bearden, J T Shackelford, R I) De
jarnette, J I) Jones, A R Johnson.
Missing—Corporal J J Black, W A Barron, J R
Payne, M A Ross.
OGLETHORPE LIGHT INFANTRY.
Killed—W H Crane, G M Butler, J A Ferrell, B
Morrel, Thos Parse, Jr.
Wounded Dangerously—Belvin, G Carolin, II
Estelle, L Lippman,S McDonald.
Wounded Severly—R Q Baker, F B Bevel, E
Davis, B Dunnivon, John Fleming, Girardeai,
R J Godfrey, C C Hardwick, Jas Hunter,- —-Ivey,
J II King, Lentz, J Tinsley.
Wounded Slightly—Sergeant W Shellman, R II
Cole, M Franklyn, L Gray bill, J L Martin, J Mout
mollen, II Raysor, M Usina.
Missing— Corporal S W Brunch, L Eastmead,
T Homes.
MACON GUARDS.
Killed—W Allen, Leonidas Lamar, Wm M Jones
Wounded Severely—\V B Ainsworth, Wm Ga
rey, A McKinna, H J Peters, G, McLeod, Chas
Gamble, E J Collins.
Wounded S.iglit.y—W F Blue, W M Bearden,
T R Christian, W C M Dunson, Jas M Goff’, M A
Malsby, W Poe, W D Wood C P Wilcox.
Missing— I*. L G**ay, 8 i* Bulkley.
ECHOLS GUARDS, (FROM MERIWETHER.)
Killed—Capt C W Howard, W II C Gad ley.
Wounded severely—Corporal J P Atkinson, U
Eppinger, L S Adams.
Wounded slightly—Sergeant B K Tucker, L P
•Blount, A H Freeman, E Glenn, J E Porch, S A
Gasser, S F.Cnlpepner.
Missing—Frank Ward.
MILLER RIFLES, (FROM FLOYD.)
Killed—Frank Lathrop (color guard ), T S Mob
ley L Warborough.
Wounded severely—Sergeant 0 B Eve, Corporal
T J Hills, Corporal J M Berry, M Fauduburke, W
King, N S Fain, Jqrdan Reese, W W Ware.
Wounded slightly—Corporal B F Price, A J Bobo,
Ewing Eason, John Minton,.Thomas Sparks, W P’
Trout
ATLANTA GRAYS.
Killed—Sergeant J S George, A M Orr, R B
Hamilton.
Wounded Severely—M C Halsey, Lieutenant B
M Smith, Wm Brooks, G C Elliott, Isaac Frank,
J M Hoßzciaw, J B Martin, E H Guest, G II
Hammond.
Wounded Slightly—J F Gramling, J W Johnson,
T C McGuire, J A Adair, Z Davis, A F Hender
son. Thos Norwood, D M Croft, J Yarborough, D
M Watkins.
Missing—Corporal T A Hammond, Geo Baker,
W C Humphries, S Gacet, L Reick, J Kershaw, E
II Gramling.
PULASKI VOLUNTEERS.
Killed—J W Caruthers, Alevey Goodsou, John
Lowry, J A Scarborough.
Severely Wounded— I Thos Boatwright, J E Floyd,
J. Howell, A R Coley, W N Bowen, W J Raines,
M Sanders, J Smith, M Ward.
Slightly Wounded—Capt TDL Ryan, Ser
geaut I) H Mason, Abram McLelland, J V Cowen.
FLOYD INFANTRY.
Killed—F Madrey, Wm Chastain, A Ilarsliaw,
A Warnock, Sergeant G G Martin.
Wounded Severely—Capt J F Cooper, M Burns,
J Dunn, Wm Hidle, Corporal 0 M Porter, Thos
Wright.
Wounded Slightly—Thos Allen, J Haden, James
Holbrook, J Padget, S Morrow, Geo Somers.
STEPHENS LIGHT GUARDS (FROM GREENE).
Killed—Aug Daniel, Jas Palmore, T 8 Howdl,
Jas Harper, Geo Heard.
Wounded Severely Cain, A W Broom,
W R Copeland, D Moore, J T Lewis, T Merrett,
G W Bailey, T W Collins.
Wounded Slightly—J P McCall, J Brewer, J
Christopher, J Daniel, G Dobbs.
Missing—John Calvin, Jerry O’Brian.
OGLETHORPE RIFLES.
None killed.
Wounded Severely—Jesse Walton, F A Hart,
J R Brooks, J R Ramsey, J L Wright, L C Lang
ston, E Lunceford, B F Lester, E T Martin, T D
Gillarn.
Wounded Slightly—A S Pettard, T R Maxev,
A T Brighfwell, T M Christian, M D L Reid, A S
Williams.
The Confederate Loans. —A number and va
riety of plans have been submitted to the Gov
ernment on the subject of the negotiation of its
loans and its financial policy. We are apprized,
however, that the Secretary of the Treasury has
not assumed to recommend auy of them, or to
indicate any distinct policy of his own ; and that j
the whole matter has been taken under the ad- j
visement of the Finance Committee.
Since the organization of the Government, it !
has made but oue money loan, authorized by the ‘
act of February 23th, 1861, to the amount of fif
teen millions of dollars, five millions of which was
called for in March last, and subscriptions made
for the remainder in bonds or stock, to bear inter
est from date.
What is known as “ the Cotton Loan,” author
ized in May last, is not limited to contributions of j
that staple ; but bonds are exchanged lor any char
acter of military stores, or for tbe proceeds of |
sales of any sort of “ raw produce or manufac- J
tured articles.” The extent of this loan was lim
ited to the amount of fifty millions of dollars, in
S per cent, bonds, payable twenty years from
date; twenty millions of which might be issued
in Treasury notes, without interest, payable in
two years in specie, and convertible into bonds,
at the option of the holder.
We learn that this loan has already been can
vassed to the full extent of fifty millions of dollars.
This amount of subscription has been accomplish
ed, too, by a canvass in only three States of the
Confederacy, viz : Alabama, Georgia and Missis
sippi. With the exception of a single parish in
Louisiana, the loan has not been canvassed to any
extent worth mentioning in the other Southern
States.
It is understood that the action of Congress will
be either to extend this loan to the amount, per
haps, of $200,000,000 —the value of the cotton crop
alone—or to take the entire control of the cotton,
sugar and tobacco crops, as purchaser, on the ba
sis of an issue of Treasury notes. The Govern
ment will realize the proceeds of sale m specie er
in foreign bills of exchange ; the foreign customer
to take the risks of the blockade, which, even i
the blockade should be ins’sted upon bv the Gov
ernment at Washington, will be inconsiderable in
the winter season, as the winds will drive the
vessels from tbe coast. Charleston, at least, roust
; be an open port in winter, as its blockade in that
season is considered, in the judgment of naval
men, entirely impossible by any force at the com
, mand of the Lincoln Government.
f Richmond Examiner.
The News.— The rumor circulated vesterday of
the burning of Hampton is confirmed by a vague
telegraphic dispatch. The Federalists have evac
uated the place, and, it seems, have been notihed
to evacuate Newport* News, also.
As to the future, everything is conjecture. Our |
Generals wisely keep their own counsels, and will
I doubtless strike a blow in the right pl&ce at the
1 proper time. ,
Mr. Russell, the London Times correspondent,
! sent off sd account of the great battle, in time for
the Liverpool steamer last Wednesday.— Rich.
Dispatch , SO th.
Gov. Milton of Florida. —Gov. John Milton,
Governor elect ot Florida, passed through Colum
bus Wednesdav morning, en route for that State.
He had just returned directly tram Pensacola.
We learn from him that Gen. Bragg’s tortifica
lions are in a most effective condtuon and it is
his opinion, that Pickens can be reduced without
serious damage to us in comparatively a very
short time. The garrison and troops on the Is
land are becoming much dissatisfied, and deser
tions to the Confederate side are frequent.—Co
-1 lumbus Sun , Ist,
Lisp ate ’ ts to the Stic York Herald.
ASTONISHMENT OF THE EECBLS AT THEIR SUCCESS.
Washington, July 24. —An adJitioual evidence
of the astonishment of the rebels at the retirement
of our forces is furnished from the fact that ou
Monday morning a gentleman, in citizen’s dress,
rode ddwn the road from Centreville to where the
camp.of the First ‘Massachusetts regiment had
beeD, and found there a cavalry picket of the
rebels, wonderiug, with evident, amazement, why
i the camp had been vaca<*;d so hurriedly as to
: leave behind the blankets and knapsacks of tbe
I men.
THE ENEMY APPRISED OF THE MOVEMENTS ON THE
UNION ARMY.
•It is evident now that the rebels have means of
ascertaining accurately and immediately the or
ders issued in relation to the movements of our
troops. They had every reason to believe that
the main attack on their lines would be made at
Blackburn’s Ford, where the engagement of
Thursday had occurred, and in that belief they
would reasonably have placed the greatest body
of their tropps at that point.
This was tbe calculation ou our side. The order
of battle w’us not disclosed, even to division fom
mauders, until after ten o’clock on Saturday night.
By these orders the maiii attack was directed to
be made by the right wing, proceeding, by wav of
Sudley’s Spring, three miles above Blackburn’s
Ford, and a mile aud a half above the Warreuton
bridge. The movement was made promptly, yet
the rebels were found to have concentrated at that
point the main body of their forces. The appear
ed to have been perfectly informed that uo attack
was to be made in the centre, or on the left wing,
as they left these points less guarded, und until
late in the afternoon never answered a single shot
upon the extreme left, w here they had reason to
believe that the brunt of the battle would be.
It would seem, from the disposition of their
forces, that they were early informed ol the order
of battle prepared by Geu. McDowell, aud doubt
less the bodies of rebel troops observed paSsiug
from our left wing towards our right, consisting
of small arms, artillery, cavalry and infantry, were
moved inconsequence of this information aud the
assurance that the left wing was the reserve und
oqly intended to make a demonstration, while the
right wiug, under Col. Hunter aud Col. lleintzel
man, was to turn their position.
The distance between right and the left wings
was quite three miles, und the battle was waged
more or less fiercely along the whole line.
The failure of the enemy to pursue our fright
ened troops can evidently be explained only by
the supposition that the rebels were racing in the
direction of Richmond while our meu were run
ning towards \Vashington. The rebels were, be
yond all doubt, immeasurably astonished on dis
covering the dispersal of the Union troops.
Ilow absolute tfie disintegration of the grand
army was, is fully evidenced by the fact that
Brigadb commanders would be seen ou Sunday
night between Centreville and Fairfax Court
House without an aid or a npiu of their brigades
within ten miles of them.
It is a singular fact that, although the Fire
Touaves sustained such heavy losses, aud were
subjected to such a terrible fire from artillery and
musketry, not ft single oue of the company offi
cers was killed or injured, except two or three
who received slight flesh wounds.
The exaggerated first reports as to the Union
loss in killed aud wounded arofce Iron) the bound
less medacity of most of the Union soldiers, and
many of their officers, iu regard to their own ex
ploits aud those of their regiments.
Nearly all asserted, iu palliation of the general
scattering and running of the several commands
to which they belonged, that their regiments had
beeu cut to pieces; that two out of every three
hftd been killed, Ac.
Anyone anxious to satisfy himself as to the
extent of lying of which human nature is capable,’
had but to spend a few hours on Pennsylvania
avenue during the lust three days. The pave
ments were always literally liik-d with fugitive
soldiers, relating to groups ol curious listeners
the tqost absurd and ridiculous stories. Infamous
lies were thus constantly put in circulation by
them, that would have made the very heavens
blush.
[Dispcttches to the Sew York ‘Times .]
Washington, July 24.—The flag of truce sent
out by Major Wadsworth, for the purpose of ob
taining the wounded and the bodies of the dead,
was received, but Major WadswDrth was turned
back \yith an intimation that he had better keep
away. It is certain that Gen. Beauregard will re
fuse to permit a flag of truce to enter his lines for
any purpose. The reason given is, that tlie flag
of truce sent to President Lincoln by Col. Taylor
was seut back without an answer, and, th.eretore,’
not treated with such courtesy as the rules of war
demand. The fact probably is, that Beauregatd
does not wish any qI the Government side to know
the extefit of his loss.
The evidence is accumulating that the rebels
treated our wcunded with-great barbarity while
the battle was raging. To officers of the Thirty
eighth assure me that they -hearp rebel officers on
two occasions order their men to “ bayonet the
d—d Abolitionists, and as they pasted along over
the wounded they executed the orders thus given.
All the three months regiments whose time has
expired will *be sent home at once. The sixty
ninth, seventy-lirst and eighth New York are
leaving; also the first, second and third Connec
ticut, and the first, second, third aud fourth New
Jersey go home. The first Rhode Island has also
left.
Nothing has yet been heard of the mission of
Arnold Harris, the Secessionist who went to re
cover the body of Ook Cameron. It is presumed
he has been detained as a prisoner.
Regiments are commencing to arrive from Penn
sylvania and New York. By to-morrow night We
shall have more regiments than have been dis
chaged.
There is much feeling between the regular offi
cers and the volunteers. The former are free in
their expresssions of disgust for any but regulars,
and their want of confidence in volunteers, and
the volunteers speak in round terms of the arro
gance and assumptions of the regular officers.
Unless checked, it ir likely to produce much mis
chief.
The confidence in the Army among civilians is
rapidly increasing as the evidence accumulates
that we fonght in a ratio of one to three. The
fact becomes apparent that ofir men are far supe
rior to the Virginia troops-rand this goes far, too,
towards restoring the mopa e of the disorganized
regimfenfs.
Washington, July 25.—As evidence of .the ut
ter folly and incapacity .of Gen. Patterson, he telh
graphed for reinforcements on Saturday night,-
stating that Johnston was close at hand and in
force. Ills three-months campaign, in the course
of which he has marched from Harrisburg to Har
per’s Ferry, via Martinsburg, where he left no
guard, closes to-day.
Gen. Banks’s command will be wholly within
the limits of Virginia, which Gpu. Patterson has
left for him, haviug confined his own operations
to Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The ‘streets and hotels are still infested with
stragglers, both, meu aud officers. There have
been some slight disturbances. Thp whisky shops
are open. It is said that Gen. Mansfield is ham
pered in his efforts to keep the men within their
camps, by the absence ot officers from their posts
of duty.
Peter McCall of Pennsylvania, Rufus King -or
Wisconsin, and S. R. Curtis of lowa, have been
appointed Brigadier-Generals. Mr. Curtis, it will
be recollected, during the Mexican war made a
requisition on the Governor of Louisiana for 50,-
000 men. We presume that he is to operate on
New Orleans.
Nine regiments are expected to-night, and
thirty more will be here within six days. The
Secretary of War to-day accepted four additional
regiments and two battened of artillery from
lowa. The 3d Irish Regiment of New York, It.
C. Enright Major, to be enrolled in six days, was
also accepted to-day. Over 70,009 troops have
been offered and accepted since yesterday, on
condition of being here in from three to fifteen
days.
Senator Lane of Indiana gives it as his opinibn
that the reason of the panic was an order given to
the batteries to return to a,certain point for am
munition, and this apparently retreating move
ment of batteries produced consternation aud pan
ic. By others, the order to retreat, which assist
ed to change the fortunes of Sunday’, is ascribed
to Col Miles of the Army, who commanded tne
Fifth Division.
The number of killed and wounded is set by
Gen. Mansfield at less than 1,000, and by Geu.
McDowell at from 600 to 700.
Col. Einstein, of the Pennsylvania twenty-sev
enth, brought away six guns, which had been
abandoned at Bull’s Run. His regiment, with the
others of Gen. Blenker’s brigade, after receiving
several orders and countermands from superior
officers, were finally directed to keep their posi
tion near Ceutreville, to cover the retreat. Sub
sequently they were posted on the woods towards
Bull’s Run, and it was below this point that the
cannon were recovered. This was in obedience
to an order from Gen. McDowell, who was Dot
again heard from till 1 o’clock. The brigade held
its position, when the residue of the army, having
got in front, it retreated in excellent order. On
; its way it was disarranged by our own cavalry,
! who declared that they were needed to protect
! the front, the point utterly out of danger.
About half-past 7 o’clock, while Blenker s Brig
! ade was still at Centreville, Gov. Sprague rode
1 up, as cool as if in a parlor, and said; “I am witu
-1 drawing the Rhode Island troops in good order.
I You must help make a stand here. The officers
I to whom he had spoken expressing their readiness
! to do so, be added; “I’ve received no orders a.I
i day. We’ve been fighting on our own hook.
; Where has Gen. McDowell been ?” No one there
1 knew. The conduct of Gov. Sprague through and
after the engagement was characterised by the
greatest self-possession, and, considering bis en
j tire separation from military pursuits, his conduct
, amounted to the highest heroism. M hen corn
| stalk Generals are spawned every day, to get
drunk and run away, why is he not offered a
Major-Generalship ?
One of the worst fratues of the calamity of bun
day, and without which some might have been
avoided if not all, was the disabling of both Col.
Hunter and Col. Hemtzelman, by severe’wounds
early in the action. Both are most excellent offi
cers, and wounds which had resulted in death
would have been an irreparable less to the army.
It is to be hoped that care will be taken, in the
formation of all n.w regiments, to select fit com
pany officers. Men whose Captains and Lieuten
ants run away cannot be expected to keep in or
der.
Catslties in Col. Kershaw’* Regiment.
The following is the list of killed and wounded,
as far as ascertained, in the Second Regiment
South Carolina Volunteers:
Capt. Wallace’s Company.—Capt. Wallace,
| slightly wounded ; Lieut. Bell, do ; Private S
McPherson, severely wounded ; Privates J L Mar
| tin, slightly wounded; Owcds, do ; Howley, do ;
Clarkson, do ; Sergeant Stenhouse, do.
Capt. Rhett's Company— Privates X W Thom
son, severely wounded; Wtu Purse, slightly
j wounded ; L P Phillips, do ; J H Sheppard, do.
Capt. Merryman’s Company—Private G M Har
: rison severely wounded ; Se’rgt. L H Crawford,
mtss.ng.
Captain McManus’ Company—Privates John
I Kenmngton, missing; R. E. Cato, do X. H. Bow
ers, do W Gregory, do D A Williams, wounded;
! T J Welsh, do R Kennington do.
Capt. Cuthbert’s Company—Privates L Rice,
slightly wounded; J L Moses, do; T H Reeder, do;
S.C Calder do; W J Walter, do; B tV Barnwell,{do
Capt Hoke’s Company—Capt Hoke, severely
wounded.
Captain Haile’s Company—Reuben Patterson,
slightly wounded; Privates M C Lote, missing; J
C Cook, do S Sowell, do W J Lyles, do R Lowry,
do W. Lowry do W Wright do. “
Capt Kenedy’s Company —Lieut Depass, severe
ly wounded ; Corporal Pegues, slightly wounded;
Privates-Barrett, killed; Jesse Nettles, mortallv
wounded-, J H.Francis, sligbtlv wounded ; A W
Farm, do ; J C Farin, do ; L W Scarbrough, do.
Capt W H Casson’s Company—Corporal C F
Goodwyh, slightly wounded; Privates W M
Dwight, do ; Geo Dickerson, do ; J E Leapbart,
missing ; A G Adderson, do ; L W K wan, do ;
i J A Marshy do.
Capt John S Richardson’s Company—Capt J ■
Ricnardsoo, slightly wounded; Privates J H
Havnsworth, do; HC Moses, do; FH Smith, do;
W'W AllabrooJc, killed; F H firowD, do ; P Gal
lab&n, missing ; J Kinney, do ; J B Bedford, do ;
J H Shaw, do ; W B Thompson, do. Xo prison
ers.
VOL. LXXV. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. ISO. 32.
Georgia Soldiers Hospital Fund.
r . Editor : The Soldiers Hospital Fund Com
mittee, thankfully acknowledge from the Ladies
Volunteer Aid Association, of Augusta :
f 1 box shirts for the sick.
’ C. W. Hersey, Augusta, 17 large’ rolls bandages.
M. WiUftusoo, Augusta, 1 box spliuts.
Mrs. Dr. Ford. Augusta, 100
Also the following contributioms in money by’
mail :
Adam Johnston, Richmond county, - - $25*00
In letter from Jno. Nelson for T. Skinner,
Richmond county - - - - 500
Robt. J. Skinner, Richmond county, - 200
Jos. C. Ileuiug, Columbia county, - - 100
Also the followiug ( from Mrs. Leitner :
Berzklia, July 29.
Judge E. Starnes:
Ihar Sir : Last week I read aloud the volunta
ry contributions made by the servants at MlHen,
in the presence oT some oi mine, not thinking they
gave it any attention. But ou Sunday last the
to lowiug named came forward and requested that
their contributions should be appropriated to tbe
sick and wounded soldiers of the Confederate
States. The auiobut being small I add a little
more, herewith enclosed :
M. N. Leitner $5 00 | Bertha .* 10
Lucinda 05 | Elias 20
Jane 05 f Johnson 25
Luckey 12 | Maria 10
Robert...; ;.. 13 j Virgil T... 10
George .2 10 | Judey *lO
st> 3o
Very respectfully,
M. N. Leitner.
By order of the Committee.
Henry Moore Sec j.
.Augusta, July 31, 1861.
White Plains, Ga., July 27, IS6J.
Ed. ChrOn.<& Sent. ;—While my pen is in band
a few liues ou the crops and the war may not be
uninteresting. It is the opinion of the “oldest
inhabitant” that such a small-grain crop was never
made before in this county. Aud the corn crop,
now nearly matured, was nev6r better, with tbe
exception of a narrow belt which has suffered
from drought. Cotton, too, is looking well, and
full of bolls and forms. Soir ethmg inspires the
leeliug that Providence does uot intend this great
article of commerce, upon the transportation and
manufacture of which depend the comfort aud
even the lives of so many millions of mankind, to
lie under our gin-houses, and in our warehouses,
nor to rot upon our wharves. Will you call it
superstition ? Although a religionist only in
theory , ‘I believe there is much religion in wliat
mauy consider superstition. Surely, “God and
the right,” always insuperable, are on our side.
He has even turned the winds to our aid, other
wise we might have lost many noble lives before
reducing Sumter, and certainly a great amount of
property at our navy yard in Virginia. But last
and greatest of all was His favor manifested iu
tbe glorious and ever-memorable battle of Mauas
sas. Tell me not of Southern chivalry. No one esti
mates this word more highly thau the writer. He
bah unbounded confidence in the valor of our sol
diers, even so far as to believe them absolutely
ihiincible. Still they are not invulnerable. —
Beauregard and Davis, and Johnston aud Bartow,
and a host of others, great and gallant as they .
were on that immortal battle field, had with them
a greater, who “wrote out his decision amid the
roar of cannon and the smoke of battle with a pen
ot lead dipped in .gunpowder.”
1 have just learned, with commingled emotions
of pride and sorrow, that not only Georgia, but
old Greene, was so well represented on that glori
ous field by Capt. Dawson and his noble corps of
Stephen# Light Guards, of whom three were killed
aud fifteen wounded. To the relatives of the hon
ored oead let me say, your grief should pot be
unmixed with consolation; for while tlreir death
sheds lustre off their names, their blood cries
aloud from the ground for vengeance, and shall be
avenged by the living. Some had to die for their
country; tlie more honorable they who first made
the sacrifice. To the friends of the wounded I
will say, be not distressed ; your son and brother
and husband will bn well-cured for, and.the wound
.lie received will be the richest legacy he can be
queath to his children.
You are aware, Mr. Editor, that this county has
another company —tlie Dawson Grays, Captain
McWhorter—in Virginia, it heeds only an op
portunity to prove that they have “the ring of the
right metal” about them. Still another company,
juferior to noue in its composition, is encamped
at Camp McDonald; and it is not their fault that
they werfe not at Manassas or some where else in
active service. Where the fault lies, it is not my
purpose now to show. It is, however, reported
that somebody's etiquette, or dignity, or favoritism,
or’personal pique, or something t,lse t is about giv
ing way to something else , and that this noble
corps, with the others at Big Shanty, are soon to
be in the fi* Id, fighting our battles. Another
company is beiug formed, making the fourth, in
this county, which can be completed in twenty
four hours whenever it is ascertained that the
arms cau be had, and that their services will be
required. So much for old Abe’s Union men.
Yours, Ac., Greene.
Admiral fflilue oil tlie Blockade.
The Fort Pickens correspondent of the New
York Times furnishes the following substancejof
a communication from Admiral Milne to the
British Admiralty :
I regret that it is my duty to discuss, iu a mea
sure, the nature of this so-called blockade. Repre
sentatives of the United States meet me with two
statements, the force of which it will be for your
lordships to decide. I am told by some that there
is no pretension on the part ol the United States
of a blockade existing, that the Govel’utaent is
merely closing its own pgrts, to do. which they
claim to have a perfect right. Indirect conflict
with this are all the official notifications of* United
States officers. Capt. Adams, for instance, writing
on board the Sabine, on May 19, says.iu a letter to
Gen. Bragg:
‘This (Fefisacolu) port is - now strictly blockad
ed,” Ac.
Commodore Mervin’e announcements —I have
not seen any of them are said to be similarly
worded ; and l am tqld that th*’ President of the
Ignited States.“ptfblicly promulgated the blockade
of all the ports south of Baltimore,” (which is in
the State of Maryland.)
A prominent feature of the alleged blockade is
the complete absence of uniformity, ordet* and
regularity which has characterized it. The dfs
timce oi several rendezvous of the naval fleet from
Washington, tbe difficulty with which communi
cation is kept up, and ifte immense *extent of the
coast line to be guarded, are represented as the
causes which necessitate the United States Gov
ernment to leave the date of blockade; and the
commencement of it, to the commanders of men
ot-war. No date was laid down on which the ces
sation of general commercial intercourse was to
stop, und ports situated within a day’s sail of each
other ha e been for weeks blockaded, and not
blockaded at the same time.
The confusion arising from this state of things
cuu be imagined by your lordships. On the 19th
of May, as'you will see by the'iuclosed circular,
the blockade of Pensacola began ; yet up to the
30th of that month, vessels freely obtained ad
mission, some had leave to do so. others were not
even overhauled, and others, still, seemed to defy
the cruisers. One bark, ordered off from Pensa
cola entrauce through an unknown instrumen
tality, found out that Mobile was not guarded,
and immediately sailed for and’ arrived at that
place, where her cargo was disposed of. Five or
six brigs, two barks and some fifteen or twenty
schooners, also warned off’ by the fleet, moved to
others harbors, and easily gained admission.
A grace ot fifteen days was given to vessels un
der certain circumstances, <if inch were so con
fusedly explained, that no one I have seen thus
far could properly understand them. Three British
ships, laden with cotton in the harbor of Mobile,
were compelled to pack up go away, to fulfill
this requirement, while, under almost similur cir
cumstances four barks und hi igs were permitted
to commence loading at another point, on tne
twentieth day after the announcement of the
blockade.
The frequency of vessels escaping the vigilance,
or rather the lack of vigilance, of the United mates
squadron, are too nmhepous to be even named.—
I sent Capt. Von Donop, of the Jason, to look
after the interests of our shipping, and to the effi
ciency of the blockading ships, in several ports—
He mentions numerous case* of ships, barks and
brigs, escaping the cruiser*. I learn that while a
large American frrgate —fully as formidable as the
St. George, apparently—was under steam, off
CharlestoD, a complete flotilla of small ocean tra
ders and coasters continued to pass in to the city,
add out again, either regardless of, or insensible
to, the pre’ence of war shipsi
The numerous facts establishing the perfect in
efficiency of the men-of-war, in regurd to the
stopping of commercial intercourse with ports be
fore which they have appeared, could be elabora
ted to a great length. But even how, (the Admi
ral, permit your correspondent to pay, is writing
about the id of June,) St. Marks, an important
port, is not at all cut off'from maritime trade, as
one of my fleet saw all sorts of vessels enter and
depart from it, without being impeded. Apalachi
cola was thronged with craft until a few days
since, and four other ports are stated to be open
to-day.
A regular steanfer communication is constantly
kept uii hetw'ren Savannah, an important habor
in the Mule.of Georgia, and some other port.
The same correspondent adds, under date of 7th
July :
The British fleet here is to be increased by, the
Mersey, Ariadne, Challenger, Rinaldo and Driver,
and some thirteen gun boats. There will then be
over thirty-five vessels, manned by some 3,500
men, nnder the command -of our friend, Admiral
Milne.
Rumored Vlotory of VlcCulloch at
Sprlogfteld.
We have received a letter from a*special cor
respondent, dated the afternoon of the 29th ult.,
from a point up the river, which we do not deem
it either prudent or necessary to mention, stating
that Gen.’ Pillow, had just received an express
from Gen. Jeff Thompson, of Missouri, announc
ing that Gen. Ben. McCulloch had on Wednesday
last made an attack on Springfield, and achieved
a brilliant victory over the federal forces who
were strongly fortified at that place under Gen.
Lyon. It was represented as a hard fight, and
the loss reported at COO-from McCulloch’s com
mand, against 900 of the enemy, with many fede
ral prisoners taken. The further statement is
made that after their rout, the enemy was pursued,
with what success we are unable to learn.
Though usually discrediting the thousands of
unreliable rumors that are daily fljing through
the country as the natural concomitants of revo
lution, we are disposed to believe the report of
this victory, leaving ample, room, of course, for
all exaggerations. One reason for doing so, is
simply based upon the almost hourly expectation
we have entertained of a forward movement by
our forces upon Springfield. Gov. Jacksqn, in
his late speech in this city, stated that such a
move was contemplated, and was no doubt con
summated at the time he was speaking.
Though no mention is made in relation to the
number of forces engaged on either side, we have
other means of ascertaining. The command o
Lyon and Siegel (the latter oi whom has recen v
gone to Jefferson City according to the estirna e
of the St. Louis paper*,) did not exceed 13,(W0
men, nearly all of whom were Germane. Gen.
McCulloch,” as we learn from a gentleman who ar
rived from his camp a few days since, had 3,000
men under him, encamped m north-western Ar
kansas at Bentonville, which is only a tew miles
from the Missouri State 1 ne. Gen. Pearce wa*
encamped a little west of him, wiib a force ot 10,-
000, which may are joined ‘McCull-.ch’s column,
ttnd’ participated in the attack.— Mtmpki
Ist. m u
Ocb PRiVATJtKkSMK>i. —We have seen a letter
rrom Purser Pas*alaigue of the crew of the Sa
vannah, dated “Tombs, New York, July 23d.’’
He says that the crew are all in good health and
spirits, and much invigorated uy the news of the
Great Manassas Races. At the date of the letter
it was anticipated that their trial would be post
poned until Octoher.— Chartoton Courier.
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE OF
MANASSAS.
Our exchanges continue lo come to us filled with
details and incidents of the great battle of Man
assas, of the deepest interest. We are confident
we can present our readers with nothing more
worthy their time aud utteution, and shall take
occasion, whenever our space will permit, to give
portions of these details.
The Charleston Courier has a well written nar
rative, from which we take the following:
[ Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Army of the Potomac, )
Manassas, July 25, 1861. (
It is utterly impracticable to obtain anything
like a reliable history in -detail of the recent bat
tle of Stone Bridge; and after making endeavor |
after .endeavor among officers and men, to find
the particular place which each regiment occupied
in the picture, aud its relatiou to other parts of
the scene, 1 have determined to wait patiently uu
til the fortbeominyreport of the Commander-in-
Chief shall give to the public the official narrative
of the affair. It is easy to obtain the names of
leading officers, the number aud character ol
forces engaged, but to mete out that justice to
each which truth demands, is beyond the power
of any individual who was not personally observ
ant of tbe events which occurred.
In previous letters I have adverted to general
movements and results sufficiently at length to
place the subject clearly iu view. Hereafter, I
shall address myself to the narration of suth in
cidents as will prove interesting toAhe reader, and
may hot tiud mention elsewhere.
THE EIGHTH GEORGIA REGIMENT AND DEATH OF COL.
Bartow.
The following particulars iu reference to this
body of gallant fellows, are so concise aud graphic
that I give them in almost the language iu which
they were related to me by an officer iu the regi-
ment.
The Georgians went into the field with only five
hundred ana fifty 'men— urany of them beiug up m
the sick list—and were posted on the right of Rev.
Capt Pendleton’s Virginia battery. After beiug
shelled by the enemy for a considerable time, a
hail of fire which they stood like statues, they
were ordered to charge oy Sherman’s battery. In
order to do this, it was necessary to cross an in
tervening hollow and establish themselves in a
pine thicket, where they could more successfully
flank the enemy’s position. This was done through
a tire of grape from a battery aud musketry from
the Mississippians, who mistook them for foes.—
While in this ‘grove, the Eighth opened fire upon
a strong detachmbut of Federal Infantry number
ing some six or seven thousand, stationed on the
top of a bill by the side of a battery, and they, in
return, received a concentrated fire from three
sides. Their escape from total annihilation here
was almost miraculous. The thicket was abso
lutely riddled. Limbs and branches were mowed
clown like grass, while the trunks of the trees
rung with the heavy “ thugs” of the bullets that
rained among Uiem. Men fell by the score and
the ground was literally paved with bodies. Col.
Bartow tiudn>g the place untenable, ordered the
regiment to retire.
At this point, owing to the density of the thick
et, a portion of the command became separated
from their colors, K ut, the remainder, including,
among others, all the forces of the Oglethorpe
Light infantry, rallied around the standard, aud
with dogged determination, with their faces to
the enemy, stopping at every twenty-five or thirty
steps to load and fire, slowly fell back upon tbe
reserve. Arriving in an open field, they again
attempted ty form, but a destructive tire of grape
and musketry from the enemy, who advanced
upon them in force, prevented the manoeuvre,
aud they were compelled to continue the retreat.
Finally, getting out of of the Federal
ists, two regiments of our 6w.u troops, supposing
them to be the enemy, pourqjcl a tremendous vol
ley into their ranks, which cut men dow □ by
dozens, and drove them almost from the field. A
uu re remnant of the regiment—only about sixty—
was now left, but these gallantly reformed, and,
under the commuucl of Col. Bartow—Muj. Cooper,
Captains Magruder, LamaY, West, Dawson and
K\au, Lieutenants Wilcox, llall, Lumpkin, Dur
nell, Harper, Cooper, Butler, and {Sergeant Major
Muynurd, all being at their posts —made a stand
with the Seventh Georgia Regiment.
Here again they we’re exposed to a galliug tire,
terrible in its effect, and here fell the heroic Bar
tow. His horse having been previously killed,
and the color-bearer of the Seveuth being like
wise killed or wounded, he was on foot at the
head of his commaud, banner lu hand, leading
them forward in tlite thickest of the tight, wheu a
bullet struck him in the chest just above the heart.
He was immediately carried to the rear, laid upon
ihe ground with a knapsack for a pillow, and the ,
best of medical attention rendered; but he was be
yond the reach of human aid, and in twenty min
utes peacefully breathed his last. He evidently
fully realized the nature of his wound, for as he
was being borne from tbe field, be remarked—
“boys they have killed me, but never give it up.”
lie died a soldier’s death, with the bullets of the
enemy whistling around him, aud has left behiiul
a memory which will long remain green in the
hearts of those in whose cause he fell. On heur
iug of the sad event, General Johnston seut a de
tachment to remove the body to headquarters,
aud by order of the President who had just ar
rived, it was there placed iu a cotfin and sent to
the bereaved wife who bad parted with him in
Richmond, full of hope aud happiness, but a few
days before.
►Some idea of the fiery character of the ordeal
through which the Eighth Georgians passed, may
be haU from the statement that with tbe excep
tion of the Major, all the field officers were either
killed or wounded, whilst nearly every company
came out of the action with less than half the
men who entered. Iu one of these efrery man
but six was touched by a ball, which passed eith
er through his clothing, cap, hair, or spent its
force upon bis body. U may, therefore, easily
be conceived that their salvation from utter anni
hilation was almost a miracle. The same providen
tial interfrence in theifbehulf was mayifest through
out the duy, individuals and companies escaping
death when the iron storm which swept -around
them threatened to lay every man in the dust.
Both on aud oil* the field the pruises of the Geor
gians were upon every tongue, and wheu at the
close of the day the little army was reviewed by
Gen. Beauregard, and he rode pust'tbe remnant
of the regiment who were clustered around their
tattered liag, the noble commander uncovered
his head in deference to the heroic dead and in
houor to the brave survivors, and with a voice
chocked by emotion he said : “Gentlemen, I sa
lute the Eighth Georgia Regiment.” It was one
of those tender touches which brought tears to
many an eye, and which none could so feelingly
appreciate as the little baud who had just emerged
unscathed from the conflict that hud swallowed
up so many of ther comrades.
Iu connection with the Georgia Regiments, I
may mention au incident which occurred to one of
the privates named Dejournette, and illustrates
tbe determined spirit with which the meu stood
their ground—a spirit which has seldom had its
equal in the anuals of modern warfare. Wounded
late iu the (lay, he had fallen into the hands of the
enemy, and when thev retreated he was taken
along as a prize. The Yankees upon their retreat
however, were too frightened to walk slowly en
ough to accommodate themselves to the feeble
pace of their prisoner, and he was accordingly
dropped by the way side, when he crawled to a
clump of bushes on the edge of the road. Here
he concealed himself, and remained undetected
until the Rbocfb Ishland Regiment passed, with
Col. Slocum in the rear. The latter, discovering
the Georgian, dre\v a revolver from his holster
and said, “Your life, you rebel.” The “rebel,”
however, was not disposed to yield up the ghost,
and drawing his musket to bis shoulder, was about
to fire, when the valiant Colonel, who would have
so wantonly killed a wounded man, cried, “Don’t
shoot—don’t shoot!” It was no time for parley,
however, and the Georgian, finding his life hang
ing in a balance, fired and brougut the officer to
the ground. Then dashing into the bushes as
well as he could, followed by a shower of balls
from a thousand guns, he made good his escape.
It has since been ascertained that Col. Slocum
was killed.
Another incident of a similar character is re
lated of a young Alabama boy, named William R.
Oakley, a private in the Lauderdale Rifles. He
is only seventeen years of a£e, but a goodly num
ber of inches, a strong desire to volunteer, and a
mAnly countenance, enabled* him to evade the
regulations and join a company. How well he
has done his duty the following recital will show:
During the action, having strayed away from his
regiment 10 fight “on his own hook,” he was
taken prisoner by one of the “Pet Lambs,” tied
hand and foot, and left lying upon the battle field
to be subsequently reclaimed. Youi g Alabama,
however, was possessed of too much Anglo-t Saxon
elasticity to occupy his recumbent altitude in
idleness, and siting to work with a good pair of
jaws he soon gnawed apart the rope which bound
his hands. Then, with a pocket-knife, he severed
the cords around his feet, and seizing a musket
| from the side of a dead man, he started on his
j return to Ins own regiment On the way he en
i countered another ‘“Pet Lamb,” and without fur-
ther introduction ran him through with bis bayo
net, and secured his side arms. Continuing bis
journey, he came suddenly upon a Federal Colo
nel, who was reconnoiteiing on horseback. Not.
supposing the young man to he an enemy, the
officer paid no attention to his approach until the
juvenile hero presented his musket and demanded
nis surrender. “Who are you?” asked the Colo
nel. “I’m an Alabamian; come down, you are
my prisoner.”. Like Capt. Soott’s squirrel, the
officer did come down, and Ibe youDg man, mount
ing tne horse, tfccompamed birn to the headquar
ters of Gen. Beauragurd, where he was duly de
livered up. The Geueral was so pleased with the
account of the adventure that he piesented him
with the officer’s sword, and is said to have dubbed
him .Captain on the spot. The prisoner was no
other than Col. Corcoran, of the notorious stxty-
ninth New York regiment.
Several other anecdotes were related to me,
which I repeat as a part of the romance of the
tight. Among the prisoners tuken by the enemy
was one Captain Ricr.ardson, a cool, determined
officer, who bad become separated from bis com
mand, and fallen into the hands of some half
I dozen Yankees. As he was being conveyed to
I another part of the field, he manifested a great
deal of anxiety to have as many others prisoners
secured as possible, and even went so far as tc
beckon to his own men to approach. Some eight
or ten did so, but no iooner had they joined the
little squad in whose custody he was then, turn
ing upon the latter, he said, “ Gentlemen, I will
sh jw you a Yankee trick ; you are my prisoners,
men take their arms,” and instead of being
marched into the -Hdcs of the enemy, the gallant
Captain brought his prizes into the more sociable
precints of our own.people. . , ,
Capt. Kemper, of Alexandria, who has made
himself famous by the daring and efficient manner
in which he managed his battery during the battle
was also taken pnsoner. Shortly afterwards be
saw approaching one of our regiments, when the
though? occurred to bun that be would palm them
off as a part of the forces ot the enemy. 1 should
have stated, however, that he had previously re
fused to deliver up his sword to any other than an
officer and When our regiment approached it
appeared plausible enough that he should desire
to advance and surrender his official badge to the
Colonel in command. The men by whom he was
captured, suspecting nothing wrong, accordingly
marched with him until within a distance of a few
rods, when Capt. Kemper cried out “Confederates,
I am a prisoner, release me.” Then turning to
I his captors he politely thanked them for their
kind attentions, and invited them now to accom
pany him, a request so pressingly made, that it
was entirely out of their power to refuse. These
same individuals are now enjoying real old Vir
ginia hospitality at the public expense’ in the city
of Richmond, and have the pleasure of comtem
plating the beauties of that delectable locality be
tween iron bars. Had they secured TJppt. Kem
per, he would have been a prize indeed, for no one
man fought with more redd ssness, desperation
and efficiency upon that bloody field. Having
had his home invaded, his property despoiled and t
his family exiled, he did his duty con aware, and
balanced at least a portion of the account con-
tracted by these unprincipled ruffians.
I might continue the narration ot these ine dents
ad libitum , but as there are other topics ot equal
interest to be touched upon they may be lutro- ,
duced elsewhere.
The New"~Orleans Crescent says there is no
i truth in the story set afloat that fifty thousand
j stand of arms had been received in that city from j
1 Europe.
BY TELECIRAPH.
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
Richmond, July 21.—Congress has been in se
cret session all day.
A resolution was passed and made public per
mitting the First Regiment of North Carolina
Volunteers to be mustered into service for the
time agreed upon by them when they volunteered
aud also allowing them to bo paid for services
already rendered. This includes the payment of
privates in the eoinpanp of Cadets from the North
Carolina Military Institute.
! The President has approved oi the resolution
making dispositian of the donations made by the
churches on Fast Day last, for the relief of the
wounded soldiers at Manassas. The amount is
$5,278.60.
Richmond, July SO.— Congress was principally
iu secret session to-day. It did nothing ot im
portance in the public session.
Iu the secret session, a postal bill was passed,
aud afterwards niade public, permitting Confede
rate soldiers to send litters without prepaying the
postage—the postage to be collected at the place
of destination. The bill confers the same privi
lege on members of Congress.
Richmond, August 2.— Congress, to-day, passed
an act, which has been approved by the Presi
dent, authorizing the distribution of the proceeds
of the prize ship A. B. Thompson ; also an act
amending an act establishing judicial courts in the.
Confederacy j also an act making provision for
the care of supplies for the sick and wounded ;
also an act providing for the additional field offi
cers to volunteer battalions, and the appointment
of Assistant Adjutants Gegeral.
RUMORS AFLOAT IN RICHMOND.
‘ Richmond, July 30. —They is quite a variety oj
rumors in circulation here, but there is considera
ble doubt as to their reliability.
CANADA SYMPATHISES WITH HE SOUTH
Toronto, July JO.— The Globe, of this city ,
says that the sympathies of tho British people
are being withdrawn from the North ; and the
Leader, the Government organ, udvocates the
sendiug of additional troops to Canada.
GEN. MCCLELLAN IN COMMAND.
Washington, July 30.— Geu. McClellan is to
have the powers of the Oommaoder-in-Chief of
the Federal Army.
SECESSIONISTS GETTING BOLD.
Alexandria, July 30. —The Secessionists are
becoming so bold in tampering with the Federal
soldiers at this place, that Gen. Runyon has or
dered the arrest of all suspected persons.
THE WORK Of 1 THE PRIVATEERS.
Norfolk, Va., July 31.—0n Sunday last, the
privateer Gordon, of Charleston, captured and
carried into Hatte’ras Inlet, the brig McGilfrey,
of Bangor, Maine, with a cargo of molassas; also
the schooner Protector, from Cuba, hound to
Philadelphia, with u cargo of fruits.
The privateer Mariner has captured another
schooner with a cargo of fruits.
The privateer oi k has captured the brig I). S.
Martin, of Boston, with a cargo of machinery.
NAVAL HAUL!- -ANOTHER VICTORY.
Richmond, July 31. —Au extra of tbe Raliegh
N. C.) Strudard says that a naval battle occurred
on Sunday, July 21st, (the day of the great battle
of Mauass) at Oregou Inlet, on the coast of North
Carolina* between the Confederate steamer Beau
fort and a large Federal steamer, the name of
which is unknown.
The cyemy’s vessel was strudk three times, and
retreated.
AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND.
Richmond, Va., July 31.—Dr. It. W. Gibbes, of
South Carolina,'has been uppuinted Inspector
General of hospitals for Virginia.
Thomas Collins, of the Bih Georgia Regiment,
died here yesterday of wounds reco ved iu the
battle of Manassas.
Harrison ville, mo,, sacked.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. I. — The town of Har
risonville, 13 miles from Independence, iu this
State, has been sacked by the Kunsuys Border
Ru Ilians.
AFFAIRS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Cuarlesbuhg, Va., Aug. I.—Gen. Wise has
burned the Gauley bridge, at the junction of the
Ganley and New Rivers, and fallen back on Lew
‘isburg.
MILITARY APPOINTMENT.
Richmond, Va., July 30.— 1 t. J. Moses, of the
Columbus (Ga.) Guards, has been appointed Com
missary of Gen. Toombs’ Brigade, with the rank
of Major.
LARGE BANK DIVIDEND.
New Orleans, July 31.— The Louisiana State
Bank declares a dividend this ev*uing of 8 per
cent out of the profits for tho last six mouths,
and reserves a large surplus fund.
THE WOUNDED IN THE SECOND PALMETTO
REGIMENT.
Richmond, August 2.—Capt. J. S. Richardson,
of the Second Palmetto Regiment, furnishes the
following report of the wounded in his company :
Capt. Richardson wounded, not dangerously ; F.
11. Smith and John Kenney, neither daugerously;
these are all iu Richmoud* J. H. Ayuesworth
and 11. C. Moses, neither dangerously; both at
Culpeper C. U. F. H. Brown mortally wouuded,
has since died in Richmond.
POST OFFICE APPOINTMENT.
Richmond, Va., Aug. I.—The following Post
Musters have been appointed and confirmed for
Georgia : Thomas C. Howard, Atlanta ; Solomon,
Cohen, Savannah ; E. Richardson, Albany ; W
Wood, Madison ; Thomas Crawford, Athens; U
M. Jeter, Columbus; Martin A. Bowden, Griffin.
The following for South Carolina : James B.
Glass, Columbia ; Alfred Huger, Charleston ;
Thomas W. Pegues, Camden ; William McNulty,
Georgetown.
Congress has been in secret session to-day.
AFFAIRS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 2.—Gen. Cox. claims to
have cleaned out the Kanawha valley of Confed
erates without a fight. Gen. Wise was falling back
continually, and burning bridges behind him.
DEATH OF WYATT DICKINSON, ESQ.
Riormond, Aug. 2.—Wyatt Dickinson, Esq., of
Augusta, died at Williamburg, Va., on Thursday
morning last, it is supposed, from an overdose of
morphine. His body was brought here in a me
tallic coffin by Sergeant Henry Porter, of the
Letcher Guards. Mr. Dickinson’s body will be
buried here.
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, Aug. 2.— Prince Napoleon Buona
parte is here and is the gufcst of the French Min
ister.
Julius Bing, a naturalized Englishman, captured
at Bull’s Run, has returned here via Richmond
and Matthia’s Point. He wanted to come via
Centreville, but thought that route unsafe, he
having been a mere spectator of the recent great
battle.
A CUTE TRICK OF OLD SCOTT’S.
Richmond, Va., Aug. 2.— lt is reliubly stated,
aud on the most undoubted evidence, that when
the news of the capture ot Sherman’s battery
was received at Washington, Gen. Scott private
ly ordered six pieces of cannon to,.be taken from
the Navy Yard and sent with homes to the neigh
hood of Alexandria. Tina battery was brought
back to Washington City with the announcement
that it was Shermun’s battery.
AFFAIRiS IN MISBOUKI—ANOTHER CONFE
DERATE VICTORY
Richmond, Va., Aug. 2. —Dispatches from Nash
ville, Tenn., state that reliable information has
been received, that Geu. Ben McCulloch, with 12,-
000 Confederate troops, attacked the Fedeialists
at Springfield, Mo., on Friday, Jul) 2Gtb, killing
COO of them, and taking about tbe same number
prisoners.
The Confederate loss was very trifling, and tbe
victory complete.
AFFAIRS OX THE MISSISSIPPI-
Cairo, 111., Au". 2.—Scouts report that Jen
Thompson is three mile* south of Bird's Poir.:,
with 5,000 Confederate*. Scouts also report'• ■
Confederates at New Madrid, well armed :.i J
drilled. They have with them two Regimen:, of
Cavalry, and five batteries. Geo. 1 Glow, of
Tennessee, is command, aDd has issued his procla
mation promising to drive the invaders from the
soil of Missouri.
FEDERAL CONGRESS.
Washington, August 2.—ln tbe Senate resolu
tions were passed directing that arms be sent to
the loyal citizens of Delaware.
A bill relating to the foatifications and one pro
hibiting flogging in the Navy, were passed.
In the House, bills appointing additional Aids
de-Camp, and aporop iating SIOO,OOO to the pur
chase of Navy ordnance, were passed.
The Conference Oommitt* of the two Houses
on the tariff aDd tax bills, have been in
session for twenty sou r hours, they are getting up
a general bill which covers the entire ground.
“ F'ORWARD TO RICHMOND” AGAIN !
New Yoke, August 2.—The Washington corres
podent of the New York Herald, says that it is
suspected that„the army of the Potomac will not
be kept long idle. The work of reorganization
proceeds with great rapidity. Doubtless, Gen.
McClellan will strike as soon as he is ready, re
gardlesa of the weather.
movkmhkts on the Mississippi.
Ca,ro 111., Aug. I.— Five steamers, with a large
force on board, have arrived at New Madrid—
Ffteen thousand men are reported to be there
B<W INDIAN ‘\'AK IN KANSAS.
Leaven wo am, K., Aug. I—Large numbers of
Paw ness and Cheyennes are moving in Marshall
county, Kansas, to attack the whites.
THE ROYAL PARTY FOR WASHINGTON.
New Yoke, Aug. I.—Prince Napoleon Bona
parte and a portion of his suite, left here for
Washington to-day, leaving the Princess Clothilda
i an d the'other ladies of her suite in this city.
GEN. BEAUREGARD’S MOVE.'IE’ I
New Voax, Aug, I.—A dispatch io tb
says that Gen. Beauregard recouD'Maicu . .
son within four miles of the Chain Bridge.
| Ten Southern scouts have been captured near
the Bridge by the Federalists.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET,
i New Yoke, Aug. 1— Sales of cottou to-day
5,000 bales. Middling Uplands *