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Cjitfliucle ft Sentinel.
Room or Ga .'Kiuef **» &<*%**• j
Association, Richmond, Va., Jab' 15tb. i'b't. )
J lr. J. M Neat by, stertiary :
I bare ibis r. -ject returned irom tbo 2dGeor
'••a rr«* H'l'i*• i ci I fcond many a wounded
(■ < s'W ■ Aj! of tberu rrjoice at the op
\ "r toe hard of any one flout
• ■ , ',' r „ ft (, er tfceic, &od esp ecially
j r . - ;;ij the Asaoc at; n, and I ana
' i ad Newby, that it is a source
' . rg t fixation of my life, and of grsti
to Cod for prompting tbe town meeting 'la
1 ,■ r , » .ioii ori giant: and an association
rtr at I'.e.begitr-ft, it ia true, tut which has
?uct propertioss, as tG disperse its
V ..J, cot only in Virginia, but in ewy
l on of tto Gonfeueiacy where a Georgia
: . .cent is to be found. Tbe value of the ineti
to nis beyond computation and is fudy ap
: *ted bv the »;cx aci wounded recipients of
its benevolent bounty.
I find 1 a all our bc-pttaiy tbs’ the wounds Os ,
, t , 0 i eLC af* con < well, yet such is tbe sere- i
• ■ f rs o ,j, e of tbsir .. ounde tost tbe grave daily
• ~ j t . uon !
; ; tbe gratific rfon of tteir frteudi at boms Ii
„,H give you tbe nemos aud.present condition cl |
s f c tv whom I conversed wth to-day, and who
, : , well ■ Lieut, r toiell, of Atlanta, 19th
(; re- 1 wounded in the wrist and hand. Lieut. ]
F. o! e.rd /> lie; 'h, wounded in abdomen ver*’ 1
▼erely, buttbe .Surgeon and litiself have strong
\ru‘. of h e recovery. He is from Burke county.
Dr. V,;gel 11.I 1 . i-’Ocwmako, of Burks co., wounded
in the arm and amputat' and above tba elbow is
doina well. James R. Carson, of Jefferson co.,
wounded in thigh and arm, also doing well.
A i.ru- ■: B .durphey, o’ Jefferson, wounded in
ebouloi r and coin, is doing well.
p. W Ward, ot Futnata county, wounded in \
orpin and thigh, very seriously, is out of danger, 1
'• •• thougoi. „ . •*;
•Vm. M. Cbrieilan, of Clayton county, wounded
‘c i!i‘ be: and, ■ anil slightly fractured, will recover.
~ John V,'. R Mffiolds, of'Bu/ke. who Wat * pri
tate bouse -.ltLcug ■ severely wounded in the
t.{’u improving, end ft ought to be out ol I
\s i o-j.i v has been made ol us as <o tbe con
? *. Ur. Rat'«y, of Rome, 1 will state that a
fl ,‘ y,.f his r ,giment informs u° to-day that be >
la unhurt and weil. • , . j
J,,,., .;«eni and Georgia Hospital I was pleased';
i j ."so this notice hanging in a flume : “Soldiers, j
, n to the meeting evt-ry Sunday nltf-moon, at
.. a' Be'bel, corner of Curry and 2utb ets.” j
I h : tin. pletsurn yesterday ol seeing Grn. j
Longatro. t fre-.b from the battlefield, redolent Os j
it,'., and fin, bis magnificent appearance we i
voluntarily conclude, “every God did seem to
ret Ina seal to (Jive tbe world assurance of a pro
per niau," and >,ven at toe risk of the imputation
ol excessive state pride, I will mention what ia
... ■ II brown *.» be true here of Uim native Geor- j
oittt;—that be ia considered by officers of the
hi widest lank to bo up to this time tbe hero of this |
■ ere am one or two facta and incidents that I
o ,j ..,|' j n the late serirs of battles that I ought i
to i ' mion. Lieut Honry Tatt died the morning j
ij ‘ Rai|,r: cf our place, corporal ol the
o jIo ; uard of the 48th regiment, bore himself I
nr • uu’l . .'.d iell under the flag triumphant-“j
n, D ,.’-[•, by nur young friend Henry Dciaigie, !
whose bearing throughout was gallant, brave and j
Neil McLeod, of a company from Emanuel j
Cu;i v , jn,., nick, me command devolved udod
j] ~,t j U: ■ Jors, who, upon one occasion, |
, irdered t charge i. battery, fiuding, fiom
the tiaturi ot the ground, that it won impossible
♦,! h<s company m two ranks orderod, “get
into -..lump buys, and loliow me,’’ aad dasbiug
ahead, with others, took ib
!i-., i/ciiuii.i Miijor-Oeneriils McHall and Rey
>ioll1■ iav . -.n r< raovefl trom the Spotswood
, i ~r y bud the privilege of too bouse, j
~, , 'i'dbneeo Factory, and it. in believed here that
i u;■ , v . inn lit intends to retaliate for the mur
i oV Mm lford at New Orleans. This I believe
, y,e tb « policy. The cold blooded tyrants
,i. ~od b. lor they will respect u» or our rights,
tl « ai i. i oud indexible fidelity, we will
i,. “an eye f. ran eye, and a tooth for a tooth ” I
;p tb p.)b<-. bs adopted, and promptly en
foice.i Itbougb it may for a time shock me sen
i biliiu, the civiliz’d world, it will in the end
prove an umense saving of huinan life, and has
ten to an and this inhuman and bloody war.
i lie. ao.ouu* ot advantage wo are to gaiu by
the luto Benou of battles, eaoh one of wbicli was
ii. victory, I d'i not pretend to estimate, but the
diimape to the enemy is easier told when we see
and ilyon tin treats here long trains of cars »dq
w o.guua bringing in the spoils of arms, ammuni
tion a: and stores of every kind, to 8»y nothing of
tV: »h u:. ids of prisoners filling every nook and
,«nd t.bs islands ot toe river,
•iatutfivlJc and tin ii deserted fortifications
and cuiiip, htiiao you with amazement, at the irn
p .visit} ,f their tiuliib rs and tie strength of
tl r works yet by the skill and valor of our ar
n v they were driven at the point of the bayouet,
like a • gosuiiiner before the w birlwiud,” trom one
e -trencliui: u to another till they finally s.night a
;e f,t..s in th- ? •-a-ups of .Turner, liver under the
o, .v ii • • ii-ction of their lunuuicrabio guu»
boats.
jivii now, following the liuo of their encamp.
Di,s untl flight, you behold tbousaude of tonts,
bn-r.kcte, overcoats, and every othor article of
clothing, cut and torn to jii.'cea, and suiall arms
broken'm great numbers. From MechauiosviUe
t M luwr’s Hill, a distance of many niilta, nlay
b >rrn iunun ruble litli# billocka, each oovering
« l,u i .in form, with no green bough, or flower,or
b: .i.l, placed thereby all ion’s band, to mark
,i, bu s all pointing, with unerring certainty,
t„ itn con-:. 1 of the ■ neniy’a flight.
I J( in win ii:uk and 1 must clo>e, remarking
that the iriontis of Orderly Wui. Mdburu Potter,
o’ i . rfv e liity, 18th Georgia, and oousin of our
fn.jid Poit.ar, who is with me and is bimselfwell,
unbuit. niitr going through the battles and is
-s ell end hearty. Very truly yours,
* G. W. E.
Tcmo, JuJy 12,1862.
7\, 'OHfhern Editrn ;
orstiem»B: Our fruits ami vegetables sre rt
ponuiif upon tbi'ir branches, and essential service
vo nnr oausi may bo effected by urging iu time
Uji m our people vita necessity of preserving that
surplus < h has been habitually wasted. No
efforts she i t be spared to save eve y edible
which can b» preserved, in such mauuer’atul form
as will proven', decay, and admit of easy trans
portation.
Apfil* poacher-, pears, figs, okra, peppers, An.,
can ull bo readily and cheaply dried, and would
thus materially aid lo supply, throughout the
a. r, nutritious food, but 'hat variety
in .. st wfcch is aO eeienijal to hea’ h Our sol
da- -r uo r something n-ore -t > m .in their
so.-,'! , vu.,r then the salted rv-at and badly
o\ ,-vsii br- ad to whiab the necessities of our be
ll ap red laud have long and often reduced their
d’s i tV more savory and varied diet, which the
produf-'- ot eursoit can boonutully lurutsh, would
wore ass •■•'.uailv keep our hospitals utnptr, and
our camps free from the languid and pallid vie
tints of the blood-deetroying scur'V, than physio
and physician"
Tl-e prt serration of fruit can be superintended
bv out noble women, whose glorious devouou,hat;
a ire idy been recorded on the psge3 of parliamen
tary L:storv by the chlvalric gentlemen of Eag
lard. Let tVoi be informed that they could ‘bus
aid t.. -.ivo the lives of more braves in our camps,
and tin. hearts of mere mourners m their homes,
than aro .tiled and wounded bv the bullets of
Icw-boin Yankees in a bloody batvle, and there
a sad be but little fear that taie teatnn willwit-
I) ■. s our 1: uits wastefully destroy-*d by the stock,
cr prodtgous retting on the gtound.
While Totdter motives should prompt their pte
servat-iou, T am authorised to add another :.n
duc t meat by Major John J. Walker, whose leal
and talent are now, fortunately for our soldiers,
devoted to them at the post of Ch es Commissary
Ot this Department, where euergy, abth y, and
sympathy with Buffering are so much needed
’ He gives bis assurances that he will promptly
purchase for our soldiers, at a fan and fibers!
mao all dried(orotherwiae preserved) fruits aud
vegetables. . ... ...
F is hoped thatth.se news wul meet with
vour approbation, aud will theretore be pressed
upon the pnbU. notice.
v rv respectfully, your ob't serv t.
Stanford E. Caaius.
Medical luspctor, A:.
\st Cotton Aaovti cs Hklosgisg to Traitors ? i
—We b.-sr that Col. Fcrert, at Murfreesboro, bung
a sc urdret wbi's? conduct has long since justi- 1
fled it, and are also told that tbe same individual j
ha? recently beet- through Georgia, having gath
ered up ad -.he Confederate notes he could in I
'lenr.essee, at a lo* rate, and purchased a large
amount o. cotton, which is now w-.thiu this State. !
W» are further told, that numbers of traitors and !
enemies have some into tbe interior es the conn- I
try, fro® New Orleans. VemphisjNashville and 1
Rif Ot' er points oyerrou hr tbe T auktes. briuu
iug all tbe Confederate rotes ouf cf these places I
su'd buviug cotton wrth it—r,t the same time bemJ i
K nixed among us as n'ugeee, driven out fr Ba , -
their homes Now wo a*.i alt our people to be :
Careful t:ot to 'eR their cotton to enemies ia dig- 1
guise I« will be necessary to use great caution ,
e-tspicton nnjust'.y tall upon friends, who are
1.1. . , os and have been run out by tbe Lincoln. :
• a But tber.-ia a way of testing every mac’s
£ .eluy to the South. I•' ‘his test be applied, le,
cvwrii.au bo pro;.- ,1 dorsad, before sellmg
coUen t any ore • m the eamiy’l lines; aou let
the au'uoriticS, the . uilroad egents, and the peo
- ’ „ n icat no man is Dermitted to remove
Cotton, t-ii Vcan be saiisfwteriiy shown that all u
Bv s private letter from Tsrboro’, received by
a mercantile hods* here, we learn that Hamilton
v; ’ . t burned b> the Yankees, as reported,
y . , was burl on onr side, but four or firs
y, were kilifd, and about twelve wounded.
• a f'.q.ti steamer in Confederate employ was
c-.'-'ured A gent emsn named Smith, who bad
been “ugaged in collecting corn for tbe gevem
nj 'at was on bo rd, but mad* bis escape by
sirmm’.ng ashore as did some four or five 'ne
groes- W*b* \r.gton Journal, 16iV
from tk* Charlatan Courier.
Uriel' Notice
Oj envy ft-vcurrhU Jut iiciral HauU to t#collec
t'd try ’soldiers, while ineerii.ee in any pert of
My attention having been occupied with the
it jvet of the substitutes for ro.ported aiedicmes,
. bare thought that if some hints were given the
urgeons and Assistant Surgeons in ibe field
T itb reaper to the usefal properties of a few ar
cles fea-dy attainable in tTery part of the
country,) it would greatly lessen the use of tbe
ore expensive m iicines. One man detailed
from cacti coupeov, or from a regimen , coul
htaia a full * >pply of,each :;üb=tar.ce tresb, for
thengc of the so-geon, and this at less ti ouble
;*■ and expense than if it vee procured by tbe Medi
Ml Purveyors, to be distributed to the re imentc.
i me’.iti nrrme of these sabsiCncee. They
ar to bu. run without specia rcc
■-r.-r.-i- ■ * - :r.'- are likely to eßCapie attention.
i*r/ at.*—Whilst engaged 1n Active duties ns •
.“urpr u »o tb- 5 , whenever a so’dier suffered
; ~cni>, br&ac:, Us or cold, h:n
f K- anion i tu-vse prociii' 1 the Sassa’ras rocts
,-.ud ji .-.res, mid at< a mao - —,tL this, supplied that
f Flax Seed or Gam Arabic Etch lea? of Sas
. afras contains s great amount of mucilage.
Bern (Seiamum ) —The y Unters and farmers
iiiougnaut the Jonfedtrate -tatee should save
.ad cure all the leaves of the Bene now growing,
u be used in camp dysentery, in colds, cougbt,
<Sc.. among our acid ers, ia place ci Gam Arabic,
,[ Fh x Seed. Or. or two terivus in a tombler of
I water imparts ttie’r moeuagirous properties,
j Dogwood Bark —By physiciane in Sumter D:s
--[ tribt, and. *L, and elsewhere, s neetbe war, the ba-k
I Fas been employed with great advantage in place
* ,f quii ire in fevers— p r cularly in of i.w
| dirins Os fever, 'and in dysentery & the r've:•
j courses of a typhoid character. It is given ep a
1 .substitute for Peruvian Berks. In fact, in almost
j e.i.y case where the Cinchona Bark waa used.
It rroughwort] (Evj/atorium perfThorough
■vertb draDk hot during the cold stage, and coid
as a ton it and antiperiotic, is thought by many
; hys'ciai g to be even sup: rtor to the Dogwood,
Willow, or Poplar, as a substitute for quinini.
It is quite *nSic ; ent in the raauagement ot many
, ... the m»-trial fevers that wili prevail among our
roops during the summer, and if it does nut aup
i." sourely the place of quinine, will oortainly
j lessen the need for its use These plants can be
-asily procured in every locality.
Tulip Beny, Pop 7 ar Bark, (Liriodendron,) and
tbe Wild Willow Bark, given sold infusion, also
supplies a remedy for tbe fevers me. with ;n
camp.
Bweel (ram. (Lieyuidamiar Blyracijliia.)—The
inn -r burs contwinn p.n astringent, gummy sub
stance. If it is boiled in milk, or a tea made j
■s i'li water, its astring ccy in so great that it will i
o .-.iiy check diuriLeas, and associated with the J
use of other remedies, dysentery also. The leaf
i,J the gum whan green, I have also ascertained i
to be powerfully a6tr.ugent, and to contain as |
Surge a | roportion of tannin as that of any other
tree. I believe that the Gum leaf and the leaf of I
the Myrtle and Blackberry can be used wherever j
an astringent is required ; cold water takes it up. !
[ They can] I think, be also used for tanning ieaih- j
er, when green, in place of oak bark.
Blackberry Root, (Rubue ) —Wherever they can
! be obtained, a decoction w.II check profuse diar
rheas of any kind. Tfio root of the Chinquapin
! (Loetanea,) id also astringent
Gentian —Our native tonics are abundant, j
Several varieties of Gentian, SMatea, added to
these mentioned. The Jiptriete wa, ox W'iutti j
Green, f Pyretic.) is both an aromatic and a diuretic, |
and therefore s -lectqd in the convalescence from
low fevers followed by dropsical symptoms, j
These, the numerous aromatic plants, 4c., are n- ]
intended to take the place of mercury, or any !
Either dreg which cm be obtained .nd is require i. i
It is not intended that a blind or exclusive reu- j
anc-i should be placed ia them—but they are ro- |
commended to supply a great and present need.
Unify (fUz Opaca.) —The bark of the holly •
root chewed, or a tea made with it, yields an ex- j
ceilent bitter demulcent, very uselul in coughs,
colds, &c. The bitter principle is also tonic. Tao |
lioliv contains bird-lime.
Wild Jalap (Podaphyliun Pettatum.)—li this j
can be found it can be used as a iaxativerin place |
Oi rhubarb or jalap, or wherever a purgative 4 j
required. Every planter in the Confederate j
States can raise all the opium, mustard and flux I
.seed that is required, either for the army or for
home use. In the processes of manufacture
much information eau be found (before some
systematic work is issued) in Ore’s Dictionary of
Arts, Manufactures and Miues.
I think we stand most in need also of nitrate,
chlorate and bicarb, of potash,,as we have no
means of supplying these by vegetable substan
ces. It has suggested itself to me that those in I
charge of the nitre works at Columbia, S. G.,
might also prepare other preparations of potash |
wiih very little additional trouble.
I’otash, pearlash and soda Are easily procurable i
from the ashes of certain plants. Our Salsola i
Kali, growing on the Bea coast, is rich in soda. ;
F. P.P.
Statebwy, ti. C , July 13, 1802.
1 i-ii Contra.- —While with considerable prida ;
we yesterday announced the brilliant feat of Goi.
Morgan at Tompkinsviile, Ky., it is with great
| mortification -ve have to announce a reverse near
home. At Wallace’s Groats Roada, near the Jack-
Houborough, about t.venty-fivj miles from these
I headquarters, four companies of Gol. McLin’a
car m y regiment were attacked by a large
i of Federal infantry, and routed, leaviug their
| eatnp equippaao ana provis ons in the banfs oi
; tee enemy. We evidently lost soma in killed and
| wounded but how manv we cannot ascertain from
! the incoherent accounts of the couriers who have
arrived here. This cavalry of Cos). McLia’s is an
unfortunate organization. It was originally (or
part of it) Lt. viol. White’s battalion, who were
Buprised at Jacksboro, some months ago, and tbe
commander taken prisoner, but subsequently pa
roled.
We have a very brief comment to make upon
this misadventure. There are in East Tennessee
enough Confederate forces, if they were kept in
au ordinary state of activity, to wipe out toe rab
ble that, under the coinujaud of thp Federal Gene
ral Morgan are now playing the devil in Powell’s
Vaiit v. Only a few days ago, we were assured
by an officer trom Bluin’s Cross Bonds, that these
| Hessians had evacuated the Valley, and that our
I forces had possession of it. There is a screw
: loose 80U!ewnere Upon the heels of oar glorious
| victory at Richmond, it would require but an iu-
I teriar force to attack.this raougrei hand of lies
i mans ana East Tennessee tories, and drive them
| like sheep beyond our borders ; but with greatly
j superior numbers of Cocfederata troops in this
I department, tb iuvadicg scoundrels are not
; only permitted to occupy a most important section
of country, but even surprise battalions of : ur
cavalry, kul ineo, kiti hojg-’s, take prisoners ana
Capture stores.
r r«.m tbe incoherent accounts which have reach
ed u?, it seems that Gol. McaiuM few compa : s
were attacked by some three regi neuts ot iafa it
ry, and a cavalry force, not stated. - Neither can
the txcited couriers who bring the intoiiige act
state whether the enemy had artillery or not The
fact is, however, that the scoundrels ought to
have been driven out long ago, unless it is .lit
policy of tbe military authorities to keep them
here, until the Yankee forces are driveu cut ot 1
Middle Tenneeiee -and Kentucky, with the ex
pectation of then bagging 'bein without blocd
shed.—Knoztiite Rrgeeter, 16<A
j The following is an extract of a letter tc i'ua
| Mobile Atiaei tuer
Wakbsntox, Marshall, Cos., Ala, 1
July 7, 1862. )
1 From Huntsville I learn that Gen. Buell baa
artived |herc with aboutlS.QOOtroops. Whathis
des.t nation ;s has not yet transpired, though it is
probable that he has gone there to operate in
•bat ponton of country. His object is doubtless
to support the forces now threatening Cbaita-
j nooga and other portions of Tennessee,
j ' v e get news from Huntsville almost every day.
: It is said that Gt-u. Buell, on his arrival in Mndi
! sen county, met Gen. Mitchell sdperintendine the
hauling es cotton, having forced the wag. ns of
! the citizens into service tor that purpose. It is
t'-iid that Gt-r. Buell was exceedingly angry, and
told Mitchell ho was not sent there to get cotton,
and ordered the wagons tc he emptied. I lean
! that he also ordered Mitchell under arrest. One
report is that Mttcueli has resigned—another that
Ibe is tinder arrest aud gone to Washington. I !
am certain, from various reasons, that there is .
-some trouble between Gens Buell and Mitchell
i and that Mitchell hag been displaced from bis *
| command Gen. Smi'hisuow in command there' i
i Gen. Mitchellhas been in Huutgvule abent tbiee
; months, during which t;aie the people bare saf
ered as no people in this country have vet sv-ffer
i »and. They have been insulted, horses, oiuies, orc
visions, and everything else s'olen, and property
destroyed, Many citizens have been imprisoned,
sud eemi-elled to -ign documents, anains which
their minds rebelled, but th*y could not help
thesmelves. They hive been greatly oppressed,
and deserve sympal y, rather tu«n censure, in the '
course they ba.e betu compelled to pursue. Tba. I
some have gone over to tbe enemy, 1 am sorry to
say is true ; but the gro_: body ot the pacple are
still true to tbe Sout . and tbetr loyalty anddevo- '
tion to the course have been strengthened by the
manner in which they have been oppressed
We have a note from "Lexington,'’ our special
correspondent from Southwestern Virginia, da
ted Conyers’ Springs, Roanoke county, Va,, 12th
last, which says .
"Oar forces at Richmond r.re falling back to
their old line of (K-leace. Anew and important
movement i; now on foot lhat will probably csTy
tue war into Africa. Geoerai Macrnder takes
5 charge cf ihe trails-Mississippi dtstria. General
f 'hn B. Floyd is getiing along rather slow with
utsooßimand, but hopes arc entertained that he
w .t soon liaTe an effective force. Lrxisgtox.
] Atlanta Confederacy.
1 ™ •
’™ K Vwa T F s 'f° !>SWiL a Jack sox —An igoo
: J ,A circulated that auj. Gen. ,
Coatederaa armv m *Ta * ft ece rai ut the regular-
Tut founda-trt -Tha C-.n““ 0 5 18 Bct re: T
tjagu-shed *rom the Fror = 85 d ' s ‘ i
Organization, amd, at presen
ieton ot officers. The htohee' -rt n I '' a ske *
rai,” sad the title is bv a geae ‘ I
' I'.mvfij a-d r amt ,fTT, “Pvals! act of
CODgrtxs, Bad c-11-ot -;--*tged bv the Ex eC u
ttve. The generals tn the Confederate
named in the order ot rank ar v Cooper r If.
Joseph E. Johnston, Beauregard, aqd Brage—twf
iatl.r having been nominated to fill tbs vacate* :
occasioded by the death of Sidney Johnson, and
there having been no vacancy s nee for further
nominations to this rook in the Confederate ser
i vice —Mahmoud Afomuter
l 1
from the Jaekton sfU*teeeoj .a«.
Pe|iredAll»n« of tlie V«aliee« <ai» tl»e
.'TruoiH-Ippt Ktver.
Kiom a gentlemau w!.o baa jus! arrived ia oil:
•v fro . LM-ii-iaca and who had to goagreat dis
tance below to get over toe river, we gather the
following items:
The \ aukees iiave taken ail the negro men be
i.ißg'ng 'o H e plantatiooa of Messrs Joe and Jeff
Davis. Janus, Level:. Henderson, Seargeact,
Coon, v J Tucker. Thote places are on tbe river
At.Mr. James’ they ebowed tbemselvas in the :
true light. On Tuesday the ;sf ingt., they laudec
at Mr Janie-, p ace and told him to have all hi
nesrroea or, the ievee next dav for them or the'
would take him prisoner atd send him to Fort
Jackson. To this Mr -Jimes replied that the ne
groes were there, and, if they ccold get them to
go bo could net help himseif After the Yankae
r.etsswsy be told his negroes wbat they bad
said, and told them that aii of them that wanted
tc go ? to be on thakvee next morning. The next
morning there was only fourneg r oeson tbs place.
i all having g-.,e lb the woo*?, and when the Yank
kee* c*x-e they wanted to kuow where the ne
gro": were : on being told by-Mr. James, they
took him prisoner until tbe negroes were fortL
com ip g; they kept him m their gunboat four
diva before the negro-s were found
' - v came and did not oaly taks forty five ne
•-■its from i(im. but also seven teen moles, anJ i
.-.otr.e of their: broke c.>en hia cedar and took si: ;
t t; taeon, flour, sugar, rice, lard, and many :
other thin s awry wh o them, and there being r. ;
barrel of molasses and a barrel'of lamp oil, they j
nulled tin apigot oat of the barrels and let th ; I
contents flow on the 2 tor. They then visited his
dwelling hors-, xd demanded the delivery of all I
the aiir : win the house from bis lady, who I
a her alarm f- r re safety of her mshand, g*v« i
up all she bad without a word. In the house i
they found one gun, which they took with them,
also fail the fowis pn the piace. This latter |
a-bievemdni was accomplished while they had j
dr. .James confined in a room where he could not j
.■ ■ anything,‘not evtn being aware of tbe depre- I
'atioii uati, they had released him, when he was
•hreateued that if :,e toll it so that they' would
hear of it apa'u tney would shell bis house. The
reason is.vgned by them for this oat rage was that
Mr. Jatnes had two sous in our ertny/and that
thee intended to torment all persona on the river
who were ia the army or had sons there.
At the Davis places they not only took th? ne
groes and muler, but had set fi'e to the places, but
,i.s burning was prsvented by the neighbors after
they hud left. At Col. Geo. Lovell's place they
took afithe negroes and muls3 and made the over
seer (Mr. Coe) open the dwelling, from which
they took all tbe silver ware they could find, and
told tfi.e overseer that if there was anybody who
would fire on them from tha different places on
the river, they would shell the houses in a few
boars after. Mr. Coe had beard of their coming
had taken ail the most valuable things and bad
them put ia the ground, among which were the
pci tra ts of Gens. Quitman and Lovell and Pres
ident Davis. These are safe. A Colonel being
ir. couimand and Mr. Coe being anxious to know
what they thought of Vicksburg, he asked the
Colonel, who replied . that they had given up the
idea of taking Vicksourg ; that the batteries there
were the worst they ever had to contend with; it
was impossible to find their location, and that
they now intended to cut a canal over the point
opposite and leave her to dry up, and it was for
ihio purpose they were tubing all the negro men
au.-ig the river. At Messrs. Henderson, Coons,
Seargeut and Tucker’s plantations the? took ev
ery negro man, mule, horse and all the provis
.o.:?, poultry and silver ware, with many valuable
pictures Mr, Bs rgeant and Coens have left their
*"»ii,r.T arid gone to the woods with their families.
These planters are in a bad condition, having
nobody to vvotk their crop*but a fotv negro wo -
men. The Yankec-a have also gone back Irom the
liver in Louisiana as far ss Tullula Depot, a dig
tan ;e of 20 miles on the Vicksburg, Shreveport
and Texas railroad, end have taken all the negro
from the plantations along the route. These
cegroer arc taken by them to the bend above
Vicksburg, and made to work, as reported by
negroes who have left them, day and m-ht. The
people of Madison Parish are now forming suer
nil i companies, for tbe purpose of during the
enemy from theif position, and . ur informant is
confident that, ia a hhort time there will be a scat
teeing of trie Van been from that region. lie says
that us soon as the bridge on the Vicksburg,
Shreveport 4 Texas railroad between Tullula De
pot and Monroe is fixed, it. having been washed
away by the late flood, that there are now at least,
2,000 troops stationed at Monroe, Delhi, and
Khrev.-pori, that will be out upon them, the only
thing Aney m-ed is guns, which are being gathered
up through the country very fast. He thinks
there will be lively times iu that section in less
than a month’s time as ike people are getting
tired of the Yankees, though their acquaiutance
has been very short.
Tas Bloody Work in tuic Latk Battles.—
Th. CUarlci'.ton Mercury h»»been favored with
the following extract from a letter written by a
Federal SurgeoD to Lis sister :
“Fortress Moneok, July 4.
. f tow realise war ia all its horrors. T have
1 v. itn.", and such scenes as would make the blood
I curdle to read about them, but to look upon is
horrible. I have seen, within two days past., more
: than 12,000 men lorn in ail parts of tbe body with
; balls and bayonet wounds. I weht qu board of
! the Vanderbilt this morning, and saw lying all
i)v. c tile boat, 850 wounded aud dyinj men. I
i sickened a. :he sight, but was Compelled for the
siit'; of humanity, to do all I could to aid them.
; l there saw Col. Bntttoo, of South Carolina, a re
| be! OV: uel who foil upon the field, not dead, but
I badly wounded; be and five of his command are
! pri oners, ali badly wounded, some ot the wound
led men hit in four cr five plac-ia I'bfese men are
j less than one-fourth that fell upon the field of
: buttle on late Saturday near Richmond. Tbe re
j be!s then attacked the Union troops and com
i pietely routed them, taking all their stores, artil
! ’erf, ammunition, &c,
I Oa Sunday there were 6i>ma fighting, which the
j papers report as being ter ibfo, and that they
Ia ned all they lost on Saturday, but this ia not
I have my information from best sources.
; Ibe : bela fought terribly hard, aud I very much
; four McClellan’s army will be completely routed
j i: he does not receive reinforcements.’ Tester•
dav, Stunner's division was attacked again by the
j libels, but. wo have not received any news of the
| i -suit, as tbe wins are down from headquarters.
| V/e have lost a great many offic'-rs, numbers of
! Colonels, Lieut. Colonels, Majors, 45., Ac. 1
i va: informed one boat alone was Silled with offi
] cer.-;.
I “ 8-- , of Cos. C., was wounded, as was hia
' CnptiUu, and his Company was terribly cat. up,
j but few men remaining I saw two men on the
boat, wounded in his Company. The Pennsylva
| via regiments suffered terribly. Only 150 men
iv 'ell in t“a H'4th Pennaylvanii Regiment. The
| number of killed, wounded, and missing, ia tbe
- two da’ ’ ... approaches 16,000 certain.
“ Don’t b •oieve.anything you sue ia the papers,
! I kuow thc-y lie awfully. Official dispatcher are
| worth nothing,
“ ’it beat that Burnside bag reinforced Me-.
ClelUn, an 1 that H.illcck is to scud as many as
' he can spare.”
A corrcspoßfleut of the Savannah Republican
! writes as follows from the camp near Richmond :
j Gen Mugruber is v,ry generally, aud justly,
blamed with the mismanagement' of the tittle
ft I uesday, Ist July. He Was cot upon the field,
; rc officer on Acting Brigadier General Ai der
ton a staff, says that Geu. Magruder waa under a
bn. behind a bijr walnut tree twenty feet ir, cir-
I cumterecci: Other officers of high at at? din,,: pay
1 u lifted mare like a madman than a Ge ieral
commanding in a great battle. One thii g is j
certain, he did not understand the nature o the
j ground or the strength and position of the cue
j my. H-.s only idea seemed to be to take a battery;
i.i this only command was "Forward I Charge
tae uittery r’ As before * stated, brigade liter
( ngade war ordered in without any mere definite
object tb-Rti that a battery was to be taken. In
th's way tivcps were massad, aud hundreds vere
u c.> a down und the advanced columns wer re
peatedly thrown into confusion by the ft e of
loose to tb-.- rear I hear, on very high authori
ty. that 'ter. Magruder waj the. next memicg
■ relieved” of his command; v. hether for inability
or te go west, I wi i not say positively. One
-.u ni-, however, I will say, though, and that is, I
hope,the brigade to which I belong may ’.ever
b.° >o go into battle agate under ht3 lccdci -dip.
i-x'.i raoat Noefcls.—Vfe have conversed with
gt-nti tnen who left horfolk Saturday evening last
.tier vwbigbt. They reached Petersburg ye • icr
. y • -ruooo, alter a moot fatiguing jauDt. 1 iseq
...eatlesaea re-;,.rt Norfolk very quiet. Bu ness
- i k-nas bar- born entirety suspended, and
Ct-c-ti . rc-.aliy, tbe place may be considered nesd.
t ... '. e are no.v only about 350 ttoopsin Not oik,
■td : ■: v -.arq, but little trouble iu holdicu the
P-e. The cif.-ens go out hut little after < ark,
! re.'i it the day time, it th y congregate iu iuds
! 01 mor,- than a half dozen, the gnard of Gen. Viele
} ituroe.i’ateiy crß.-tgthem to dUper e e. The ; dies
ate very firm in their hostility to the, Fedcrals,
and tve _n-z» them in nomnun-.i wbsteTer. The
niy v. ir v;ssei iuimediateiv n<.arts tb? Mineeao
ta, and she ilea at 'he naval anchorage.
Fr ui the same source, we iearu ihiat there are
row 4GO Federal troops at Suffolk. No prepa
ratiens r a forward movement are apparent.
dinhurg press, loth.
From N' assac, N. P.—Dates from Nassau, N. P.
,to the iSth nit, state that sir vessels bound for
I Charleston, B. C., were lying at that port, ready
jtc sail. A letter in the New York Commeteial
I Advertiser says ;
The steamer Oveito, which was built in England
! for a man-of-war, was under seizure by Captain
I Hinkley, of H. B. M ship Grayhound, and a prize
crew on board. When seized, she was under
. command of Captain Semmes, formerly of the
; Samter The steamer Cectle, for Charleston, with
munitions of war, tan on a rock off northeast
point of Abacoa, and sunk in four fathoms water.
[ She became a total wreck. The wreckers had
seved the greater portion of her cargo, in a dam
aged condttio'n, and it «as selling at auction on
the 28th and 27th of June. Among the articles
saved were =ix stnali brass cannon, smooth bpre,
marked ‘ Wien,” The steamers Nashville and
Saw salted on the 21st of June for New Inlet,
North Carolina, and both were chased hack, the
Mashvfl’e srett ; ng into Gun Cay, Abacoa, and the
Rate into E'uthera Turtle.
Sick—W e regret to learn that Dr W. H.
Googutv, the Surgeon ia charge of the General
Hospital of this city, has been quite ill for several
tn’s £ ,= * trust that ne maybe speedilv restored
to his important posiuou.-Jfmwi Xesitng?.
A** toe kfabJe Advert leer.
AdWaturwaf oil Emaped Pri.oiiCi'.
We extract from a prirate letter portions ol an
interesting account of the adventure- of a Missis
sipi boy on hts way back from the North. We
art obliged, for prudential reasons, to omit »h:>t
i i' really the (host inltresting part.
W d.y has escaped from prison. He brib
: J*£otioel to ](*t him out, but on tvo eucctss
. ive occasions wa- disappointed ot the meaus of
escape. At las; there was a change of the legi
ment that guarded tbe prison ; they were to leave
lot some other point, and there were a great many
carriages in the street to take folks to see them
, , As ,“° Ol * e seemed to be looking at any par
ticuiar thiDff, or attending to any particular bust*
ness, Willy shaped on the citizen’s clothes which
bsa been orovtded him, and walked out of the
i prison. He hailed a carriage and told the driver
I““ w -?uld give him t quarter to drive him back to
i the city, as he bad walked a good distance and
i was very tired.
A distinguished gentleman of the city soon af
.t»Wfc,ds, stepped mio the carriage, and asked
i turn :f .ie would like to drive round and look at
: tue prisoners ? of courte he liked it / go they went
bach, and looked at and aad ever so
many of the bo vs. Though they ail recognized
Willy, tbev didn’t ‘ let on.’
“ He staid two or tb?-ec devg in the city, then
proceeded to Louisville, ar ' li.enct ' S.-sbvilla.
Here friends advised bun t .od take
i* steamboat for Memphit, nhe d' t ougb
; very reluctantly. \\ hen fc *t, 5 pass
ports (or Memphi?., herepr ..edtnois? ' from
! Fhiladtlphia, and by putt' on a contid 11 fair,
obtained bis passport, not< 1 s tim. mr -r. close
1 questioning.
“O 1 the steamboat he . 1 eiih t. u ola ./entte
man who took a great hkit g t ... m . wax verv
bitter against the ‘d—nd'rebels ’ „r.d Bii y did
some taikmg. The burning c .f i. e hurts
them awfully. ' They did not t ‘hat
the‘people’ did it; they thou-fit - only a
few demagogues. They i .ought the . 1 thorn
planters were as servile tc he'aLni *.;vt'. Jar'as
themselves.
“As they were coming down. 1. young ‘rebel’
ran out with a ‘rebel’ flag, jt ip.d 1, i.., -ifeL?ce,'
and commenced waving it. aboir.io-* wlib all his
j might, • Hurra for Jeff. L ,vis •’ ‘Troa. 10k at
; that little scoundrel,’ said WiJ • S mo older
head than bis is at the boitoir of i? -tiid the old
gentleman. ‘O !cei)ainly,’ b * rap! , -i.
“He staid some days at h pblc, v to ask
anybody’s advice or assifia ‘ One right he
walked dewn a little halo “ iv, where there
was a fisherman who 1- and vei’i-J boats. He
wanted to buy one, but tin tt xeuld not sell it.
He sat there until 12 o’cl rk, „>hen the t n went
away. He then untied 0 eof the boats and put
off down the Mississippi .;i the midst cf darkness
and rain. At one time he saw sornelhirg—two
somethings—a little blacker ,'han ’.ne darkness
plunge into the river a few Tafos irom h n. He
then took the middle of the st ’ an and wed on
till daybreak, when he saw a lo.i‘. 1 moored
his boat and went to the boui-‘, v. ie was
kindly welcomed and rejoiced e • v.: > e told
who he was. He wag informed tb:;' w .t he saw
jump into the river were panthers.
“He went to Grenada, tie s w Jest.
Tliompsou, who patted hire ' boner and
told him he was ‘one of’em ’ >t ie wheu
bis mother and two siste: r. t t three
difi'erent houses, aud it, happen tuny were
all speaking of uim (giving him up) when the
servant girl came for them ”
A Specimen of Yankee Conduct.
We have recently had au interview with a friend
from the vicinity of Pikeville, Tenn., who says,
m regard to the conduct of the Yankees while
in that place, that on the 14th June, a messenger
came fiom the mountain on the* McMinnville
road, came in, announcing the approach of the
Federals in force, and that they were then about
eight miies off, aud their advance pickets coming
on at double-quick.
Most of the prominent Southern men, profiting
by the experience of their brethren at Jasper,
left town. At 11 o’clock the pickets, numbering
eighty men, entered with navy repeaters drawn,
and dividing in the nblic square, posted them
selves on The various roads ieading into town,
some going up tbe mam valley road two miles or
more.'
Goon the main body of cavalry came in, num
bering about 1400 ; alter them came the infantry
iu wagons, about (ICO strong, wiih four piecis of
artillery—one a Parrot rifle gun. The officers
quaitered at tlie houses of the citizens, ordering
their dinner, while the men encamped in a grove
near the Academy. By 2 o’clock they were
turned loose “at ease,” aud the work of plunder
ing commenced. They first entered the store of
S. B. Frailey, and relieved it of everything valua
ble in a few minutes, driving their wagons to the
door aud filling them. Another crowd, in the
meant’me, was busy removing tbe goods from the
store of J. G. Roberson, which they cleaned out
entirely, together with the letters, papers, &c., iu
the postoffice, winch was kept in it. They at
tempted to break into his site with au axe aud
cold chisel, but a'ter damaging it so as to reuder
it useless, they abandoned the job.
They then entered the store of Wilson 4 Co.,by
t 1 e back stairway, plundering it of most of the
goods, and destroying the remainder—mixing
pills with pepper, breaking ink bottles in tbe
drawer with la:es, 4c. Gettiug into the counting
room, they broke open the desk, aud tore up anil
scatteied arouud promiscuously, bills, invoices,
letters, and private papers, taking with them a
note safe, wiih some tea or twelve thousand dol
lars’ worth of notes They “pressed” ail tne
horses iu the neighborhood they could get hold
of, and carried with them some 55 head. They
relieved our citizens generally of the bacon, corn,
fodder, oats, Ao., near t-owo; sbot all the chickens,
geese, and turkeys, they could get sight of ; pil
laged the house of Mrs. M M. Ilni, widow ol 1 apt.
Hill, who di-d while in the Confederate service;
took the clothing, jewelry, 4c., ot her deceased
sister, which 3he was keeping as mementoes, aDd
divided tuem out to the teuiale baoge.s on about
their ci mp; destroyed all the clothing of I. Pinck
ney, deceased, which hia wife had iu a private
room, and performed a thousand nther acts of
vandalism not easily enumerated, They arrested
several ci’izens, but not- getting bold 01 any they
particularly wanted, turned them loose on their
departure.
They mixed with the negroes, and endeavored
with promises of good pay aud freedom to entice
them off. They got away with nine, five of which
were returned from McMinnville and Mur.rees
boro’. On Sunday evening tbe 15tb, they left,
taking with them sixteen recruits for their army.
These uieu were ot a particular character, which
does not contain philanthropy or patriotism
enough to entitle t hem to the _nume of citizen in
any country. This section is relieved ot a class
which are a nuisance in any community. The
class which bad been called “ respectable Union
men,” is open in denouncing the conduct of the
Federals, aud even decent negroes are disgusted
with their treacherous, piiferiog and insniting
conduct.
Such evidences as these are necessary to con
vince some people of the true character ot the
Yankee nation. — Atlanta Confederacy.
The True Nature or Revkmdy Johnson's
Mission to New Orleans. —The Wash'ngto cor
respondent of the N.w York Herald makes the
following explanation as to the nature of Reverdy
Johnson’s mission to New Orleans :
Tbe mission of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, if cot
simply limited, us i‘ has already been stated, to
an examination of the claims of the Netheriand
Minister upon the night, hundred thousand dollars
seized by uen. Butler, has a far higher purpose
and a more general object tban it was at first sup
posed. He goes to New Orleans Dot in view
merely of the settlement of the pending Difficul
ties, but vith an extraordinary mission from the
State Department, and the power to settle all
claims, to pass all laws aud regulations referring
to the relations between the ioreigners and tbe
civil authorities of New-Orleans. It is even sur
mised that he will gradually absorb all the civil
powers now entrusted into the hands of General
Butler, who will retain the military command of
the place. This nomination has beeu made in
compliance with the demands and observations
made by the foreign ministers at Washington, in
disposed off-hand dealings and nroceedings of
Gen Butler towards the loreigners'. Mr. Seward
has dsne this to keep up amicabie relations and
good understanding between this country and
Europe, and this will, no doubt, place him still
higher in the esteem of bis countrymen.
fa* oAPiCRc. Qi Mcr* RXES3ORO’, iv e referred
on yesterday to the capture of Murfreesboro’,
ihe news of th>s event which we then etivo to oar
readers is confirmed by the arrival in this city
on yesterday of our young friend Mr. Mark
Huson, direct from the North, via Murfresboro’.
" alr - Huson mft that city it was in nosses
ston of the Confederate troops. From bun ’and
others, w-6 gather the following particular, in
addition to what we gave to cur reader, on res
terday: 3
The whole Federal force at Murfreesboro was
captured. Among the officers was the F-d-ral
General, Tom Crittenden, be who was so stn.nJ
a Southern Rights man iu Kentucky umi' h
a g overnment contract to purcha'4 ~ „L S . i
horses. We shall welcome him t 0 hiJV
prison. Another Federal p Tu,td
\\ oeu our informant left, it was a
Gen. Forrest whether he would parole the un
votes oi the Federal forces. The ,
learn, will be sent to Georg,a 6 cfficer,i ’ we
Our statement on yesterday that a large amount
of arms, stores, Ac., were captured at Murids
boro ,ts confirmed. The stores were freely dll
tnbuted among our troops and the loyal citizens
cf that place. A large number of horlsand
wagons were captured. mats ana
We hope soon to give more a . ,
of this brilliant dash upon the enemy in
see, as well as the penis and hairbreadth 8
of our young friend Mark, who has rnn th eßCa l‘'‘ B
let from NWu, New York, Cincinnati
via Murfreesboro’, ti Atlanta. ’
Atlanta Iniulligenoer.
Fuut ix Cuxtok.— We regret to tu .
Wednesday night last, Clttfton, J 0 ne B
was visited bv the fire king. The fir u
in the kite cu belonging® to Major Pope B whmh
soon communicated to tt,e Hote'
with all its contents.' Two stores’ one orJin 8 a
destrovftcL,
Major 3?0UI loei x>er, tfing. W44juL
him our qrmpattnes in Tns miefcnuae tvl hr
learn, ihai prababiy Jo.OdO
diers’ families fund, in the han?s cf £ e ‘ counxj
Treasurer, R. H. Hutcnings placed in a
safe, was lost. It is to be hoped that it was saved
This fire entails a heavy loss upon the citizen, of
Clinton, but with their energetic and go ahead
spirit, they will rise again wish renewed sp'endor
So mote it be.—Jfacon 7digraph, 19f h.
Correepondenoi of the SaoannaK Eepubliee, i
Lawuii> , »Bfisa<le lutlii> Dallies before
Klcliiitoud.
Four Milks from Richmond, I
Georgia Brigade, 14th July, 1562. )
Hr, Editor: D«»r Sir—Up to this time the
Brigade to which I as attached has beeu satis
h. if with the work it has performed in the field,
a itbout sending borne to the newspapers ac
counts of the action i/i which it has beeu en
~indeed, if there bad been the disposition to do
so we were without, the meatisj for, pressed as we
hsVe been day and night, since our first engage
ment oftue 27th nit., without writing materials,
worn with rapid marches, night watches and bat
tles, we were scarcely in condition even to send a
few lines to our hemes tc advise our friends of
our escape from death and wounds.
I do not now propose to give a stateuent of the
part borne by our brigade ic the late battles; but
rsesnt nublications in the Sayan nab papers, tend
ing to do injustice to this fine body of men, ren
der H proper and perhapWPecessary, that some
one who was on the field during every part of
the engagements they were in, should state a few
facts connected with their action, particularly on
the 27th uit.
In a recent issue of your paper I S“* a state
men', made by Mr. Cevor, the balloonist, which
is not true. He says be saw Law’ou s Brigade
charge gallantly upon a battery, but failed to take
it, and the Texas Brigade succeeded in capturing
it I( Mr. Cevor had ceen suspended in the sir
above the battle-field, tt.e smoke and dust would
have rendered it utterly impossible for him to
dis'inguistj one brigade from auotber. His pre
tuition to Know this circumstance from observa
tion in his balloon is simply ridiculous. The facta
connected with the brigade on that day are, in a
tew words, as follows : \Y h n General Lawton re.
eeired orders to bring his troops into actioo, they
came forward handsomely aud in tine order, and
their conduct at the bsginniug of the fight, aud
through the whole engagement was such as to
call forth the hearty commendations olhia superi
or officers ou more than one occasion.
From an utter ignorance of the ground wc
were to pass oyer, which was broken with hills
and ravines, aud the unusual length of our line
of battle—our brigade consisting of six large
regiments— the two regiments ou the left, the
31st aod 3Stb, became separated from the rest of
the brigade early in the action. I was sent after
then, regiments, but we never succeeded in join
ing the General till the battle was over. We
fought in another part of the field, and I can bear
testimony to the gallantry and steady courage of
the men of both regiments. Neither regiment
yielded one foot of ground from the moment we
entered the battle till we laid down to rest on the
field, which they h and wrested from the enemy:
but steadily advanced during the whole engage
ment The loss of these two regiments was 315
in killed and wounded.
The portion oi the brigade with Gen Lawton—
four regiments—made no charges and attempted
none—the enemy gave them no opportunity.
The only charges made by any portion of the
brigade, were by the 3Syj Regiment—the first
between sunset and dark—in connection with the
Fifth Virginia aud First Maryland, the latter a
mere fragment of a regiment, though a gallant
one, was on three regiments of regulai infantry.
It was perfectly successful. We drove them from
the field, and have never heard of them since,
except (he prisoners we took. The second charge
was with the same regiments after dark, ou a
battery which we took. No Texuna were there,
either. The Texas Brigade was in another part
of the fieid, where they behaved with great gal
lantry, driving the enemy, and taking several
batteries, I am told, under the lead of their skill
ful and brave commander, Gen. Hood.
In the engagement ot Tuesday, the Ist of July,
oar brigade was not ordered in advance till night
fall, and had no opportunity to do anything ex
cept to show their prompt alacrity in going to a
post of danger in the night and holding it.
Though they were not engaged, with the excep
tion of the Thirteenth Regiment, they were under
firo from the enemy’s artillery for hours, losing
several killed and a good many wounded by
she h.
The regiment being in advance was 1-jd forwarjj
rapidly by the General to the position where he
understood we were needed, not waiting for the
rest of the brigade to emerge from a tail k wood
in which they were stationed. They charged a
height, where they had several killed ard wound
ed aud held it till the General went back and led
the remainder of his command <o the same posi
tion. There the Brigade remained until we were
ordered to march, two days after. When this
height was occupied by the 13tb, it was the roost
exposed position on the field—and the nearest to
the enemy’s batteries and continued to be so, un
til the enemy retiied before daylight.
Vou will pardon me for trespassing on your
time. But I hesitate the less to do so, as I know
you feel an interest iu every Georgia Brigade.
1 wish your excellent correspondent “P. W.
A.” was here. In the Richmond papers you will
find all that Virginia troops did, but very little
more. Yours very truly,
E. P. Lawton.
Advance upon Peteilsbuko Contemplated.—
V\ T e find the following significant paragraph in
the Philadelphia “Press” of the 9th instant:
No uneasiness need be felt about the safety of
the open navigation of the dames in consequence
of the report which reaches us from Fortress
Monroe, to the effect that our mailboat, the
Juniata, was fired on night before last from a re
bel Gsid battery on shore, while passing down
the river. Captain Hoskins, of the rebel army,
commands the Confederates along the South bank
of the Janies river, and has a force of nearly two
thousand horse and foot, with a small fight’ bat
tery. This force is sufficient to harrsss our guu
boats and transports ic-r a while, but it will not
be long before General Burnside will effectually
dislodge this insignificant rebel banditti, in his
advance upou Petersburg
The Sentiment of Canada. —We find the fol
lowing article iu the Montreal (Canada) Commer
cial Advertiser, of the 3d iaet.-
The New York journals just now furnish more
amusing reading than Punch ; they are endeavor
ing to prove to themselves aud tueir readers that
an overwhelming defeat was a great strategic
victory ; that the retreat from Richmond was a
masterly movement to get nearer to it; that the
abandonment of the line of communication by
York river was a splendid movement to obtain a
better base of operations; that the slaughter of
25,000 men was an admirable way co reinforce
the army ; and the giving of a succession of vic
tories to tiie Confederates was a part of the mag
nificent design for their prompt destruction. °
If such ruboish suits the Va'ukae appetite, why
should they not breakfast, dine and si p upon it
to their hearts’ content. Possibly, by this time
they are however satisfied that “brilliant strate
gy” is but anew name for overwhelming defeat;
The World acknowledges that if McClellan has
met with disaster there can be scarcely a ques
tion that it williead to the recognition of the South
by tbe European powers. Fully agreeing with the
World that a Confederate victory before Rich
mond exhausts the proofs that ought to be exact
ed from the iSouth of it3 ability to maintain the
independence it has unanimously asserted, we
trust that tbe North will prevent the necessity of
European interference, aud put an end to this
Ut-eles and therefore wicked war by making the
first advances in that direction.
The Captured Arms.—lt ts found upon exam
ination, that comparatively fe.w of the muskets
captured from the Yankees in the battles below
Richmond, have sustained serious damage. The
fact is, they did not have time, on their famous
retreat, from the Chickahominy, to make the des
truction of property complete, and hence we find,
in a lot of twenty thousand, not more than a
thousand that cannot be speedily rendered as good
as new. These arms are generally of superior
quality, including many of receDt invention and
European manufacture fCicknuond Dispatch.
Counterfeit Confederate Notes.—We are in
formed that counterfeit Confederate notes of the
denomination of ten dollars are in circulation.
The engraving is coarseiy’doue, purporting to be
done by the Southern Rank Note Company, and
they are printed in black and red ink. The vig
nette is a group of Indians in the centre. The
signatures T. Eliett and are engraved,
not written. A iutie care will enable all to de
tect the spurious note, so the public need not ne
cessarily be losers — Atlanta Common r j>caltK
The State of Florida has furnished, since the
commencement of the war, eight regimen's of in
fantry, one regi oent of .cavaby, two indepen
dent or partisan oavalrr Companies and two light
Artillery Cdmpou.es, amounting in all to over ten
thousand troops, out cl a popnlatiod of little over
twelve tfcousa. i and j-till troops are being
rai .r l 1 We St., .uid out be surprised before tbe
war closes, that she wHi have furnished more
t.-oops than sh has voters.— Tailahasse Sentinel.
Vv'i men in Workhouses.—ln March of last year
if: ■ ;v.r05f1."73 adults femalesin workhouses in
£.: ’ and sod W .lie-, and this classification ot them
c.-« ')• given 10,644 were women or girls who
..a i raoendueted themselves, and among these
r, i 170 idiotic or weak minded single women,
Pat itn a chili or children; 5,160 other women
ou-i eiris were imbecile, idiotic or weak-minded;
ly.lcJ were respentabie women and girls who
were inmates of a workhouse generally on ac
count of age, bodily infirmity or illness, only 2,267
being able bedied; 2,889 #ere married women de
serted by their husbands, or with their husbands
in jail; and 2,698 were married women with their
husbands also in the workhouses.
Counterfeit Confederate Treasury Notes.—
A number of counterfeit Confederate Treasury
Notes of the denomination of $lO, and s2o’s,
have been passed in this city, within a day or
two One of the slo’a was exhibited to ua by
Mr. James Barnes, of this city. It is poorly exe
cuted and if the balance are no better, we won
der how any person can be deceived into receiv
ing them We learn that it was a woman who
passed these e< nnterfeits it Atlanta; she is well
known however, to parties here, and will doubt
less be arrested.— itlantajntelligmeer.
“Superior Forces Tb-s is the cry of Mc-
Clellan in explanation of his late inglorious de
feat. The Richmond Whig 3&y3.
We have all seen the account of the man who,
struck oy another with a great deal of sledge
hammer power in his arms, and knocked some
ten paces through a rail fence, when he " come
to ’’ about a half an hour after, asked if the light
ning bit any body else! We ought not to be aur-
Dnsed that McClellan, when be sees what has
happened to him, should calculate that he was
attacked by “superior forces;” It is clear enough
that our forces were superior, though not in num
ber.
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Death of General Twigs:*.
General David E. Twiggs died at his residence
in this city, this morning. General Twiqgs has
been in feeble health some lime and vras taken
with a congestive chill on Sunday, from the effects
of which he did not rally.
General Twioos has occupied a prominent place
in the eyes of the people and his services iu the
Confederate and Federal army are well known.
His life has been a stirring and eventful one and
his death will be learned with regiet by all to
whom his name has become familiar in the histo
ry of the country. He was a native of Richmond
county and was about seventy years of age.
Brig. Gen. Mercer has issued an order from his
headquarters at Savannah, dated July 18th, as
follows ;
“The importation into this city, until further
orders; of all spirituous aud intoxicating liquors,
iu any form whatever, by railroads or otherwise,
is hereby strictly prohibited.
“Any "liquor thus imported, as soon as the fact
becomes known at these headquarters, will be
confiscated and appropriated to tho use of the
sick for the army.”
The Oglethorpe Infantry, i ompany B, are now
\ stationed at Tupelo, Miss. AHI letters for the
Company should be din cted to that place.
Corn. —We learn from the Macon Telegraph
that several large planters in South-Western
Georgia have sold their growing crop of corn, to
be delivered at the nearest railroad depot, when
gathered, at twenty five cents per bushel, and many
others are anxious to sell at the same figures.
The New York Herald, of the 9th says that Mc-
Clellan has advanced seven miles farther up the
Jrmes river since the 4th instant.
A gentleman, recently from Chattanooga, in
forms us that the Yankee forces are rapidly leav
ing that vicinity, and retreating towards Steven
sou and Nashville, The inference is that some
thing detrimental to iheir comfort is going cn
in their rear, towards Florence.
Among the prisoners taken by McClellan in
the battles before Richmond, and now at Fortress
Monroe, we find the name of but one Georgian,
Augustus Shaw, Adjutant of the Third Georgia
Regiment.
Pbomotion. —The people of the Confederate
States, says the Richmond Dispatch, will be grati
fied to learn that the Government appreciating
his distinguished services, has conlerred upon
“Old Stonewall” tho rank of full General, the
highest known to the Confederate service. This
is a title richly merited by an officer who has
shown himself at all times active, vigilant, and
skillful.
The Liverpool Mercury warns the British gov
ernment that the slave traders who have been
expelled from New York, find refuge in Liver
pool, and boldly prosecute their traffic under the
shadow of the British flag. It says the business
is shrewdly done. Secret ageuta in.New York fit
out a vessel here legitimate cargo for Liv
erpool, the cargo is discharged at that port, and
the vessel is then laid up for a few weeks, while
preparations are made for the voyage to Africa.
Ostensibly the ship is up for the East Indies, but
it is known that her real destination is the clave
market. The old crew is got rid of by harsh treat
ment on the outward voyage, and a motley collec
tion of foreigners is shipped to take its place.
We learn that Mnj. Capers’ battalion of artille
ry was changed to infantry upon their arrival at
Chattanooga, with the exception of one company.
How w week Deceived by Appearances! —Two
of our cotemporaries at Atlanta, J. Henlt Smith,
Editor of the Confederacy, and J. 8. Peterson, of
the Commonwealth, are uncomfortably bellicose
this hot weather. The first wauts the last to go
out of the State to receive a challenge. Mr. Pe
teuson respectfully declines to accede. Where
upon Mr. Smith publishes Mr. Peterson as an
4c., 4c.
When we were in Atlauta about a week since,
we went to every newspaper office in town in
hopes of having a pleasant talk with our brother
Editors. Not one of them could be found. Con
sidering the time of day, and the coincidence of
their absence, we came to the conclusion they had
all gone out to take, a fraternal drink together.
We left, cogitating all the way down the Geor
gia Railroad upon the beatitudes of brotherly
lore. Wa were convinced that Atlanta, so far as
its editors were concerned, (though they some
times pretended to quarrel pro bono publico, in
their papers) was the abode of Arcadian simplicity
and felicity. We were the more strengthened in
this cocvinctioa because we found a beautiful
young lady with killing ringlets—whom vre in
onr delusion took to be the Angel of Peace, read
ing the exchanses and sole occupant of the Con
federacy offije, and divers and numerous cherubs
of both sexes aud in very short frocks crawling
about the floor of the passage leading to the Com
monwealth sanctum.
Alas, how have our duiu3ion3 vanished, our
paradisiacal theories bc-en rudely vpsot!
The Weekly Sale of Augusta Factory Goods
took place at the office of the Company in this
city yesterday. The following are the prices
realized :
7-* Shirting ... ... . 27%@ 28% cents.
4-4 Sheeting 33@33% “
Drilling 86% “
Nc, 1 Osnaburgs 35% “
Auctioneer Griffin also sold at the same time
a lot of Gn.cite7il!e Factory Goods, at the follow
ing rates :
4-4 Sheeting 38% cents.
7-8 Shirting 29 “
3 4 Shirting 25% “
Drilling 39%<g42 «
Oanaburgs. 30%@36 “
Roswell Factory Goods, at the same sale, brought
the following prices
4 4 Sheeting 34% cents.
7 8 Shirting 30 “
Osnaburgs, (7 0z.,) from Hopewell Factory,
sold for 31% cents.
Yarns brought $3 00 @ $3 05 per bunch.
The Nashville Union says a military Governor
will probably be sent to Kentucky to keep tbe
secessionists of that State in order, as the latter
have become very lawless B’nce the removal of
the Federal troops further South, and that this
movement will probably be backed up by a force
of 5,000 soldiers.
We would call attention to the advertisement
of Mr. John C. Eve, who offers for sale the splen
did brick building, now used by the State of Ala
bama as an Armory. This is one of the best
adapted buddings for manufacturing purposes in
the Confederacy. It is so situated that shipments
can be conveniently made either by steamboats or
railroads, running to Rome, Ga.
Lucy Cobb Institute.— Among tbe excellent
schools of learning with which our State abounds
this institution, located at Athena, merits and holds
a high position. An experienced principal, with
competent assiatantain the several departments,
give assurance that the wants and claims of pupils
entrusted to their charge will be strictly attended
to. Tbe next session will commence on Monday,
the 18th of August next. For terms, Ac., see ad
vertisement.
Again let us impress upon all the necessity of
gathering up every ounce of lead—the army is in
want of it.
VielMbarx.
The boast ot the Liuaoiuites that ifie great av
enue to the Gulf was opened to the Western and
Northwestern States by the capture cf Memphis
aud its defenses above aLd by the destruction of
our gunboats on the river, was premature. Their
triumph has beeu disgracefully foiled by the glo
rious resistance offered by Vicksburg' For the
first time in the history of this war the promise
ot’ “ no surrender ” has been kept, and kept, too,
by a nlace whose caps? $ for defense were infe
rior to same which hav rendered to a weaker
attack aud after a muc ~s protracted defens-'
The Mississippi is rr .. Seas for commerce!, to
the invaders, and the b... s which close it are the
batteries at Vicksburg. It is past expectation
that one little town can staad'permani nily in the
way of the immense armaments which are seek
! ing a passage by it, but be the end of its defense
i what it may, the resistance which it has offered,
| and the fulfillment of its promise, so far, not to
: surrender, deserves honorable notice in the histo
! ry of this war. It has kept the enemies fleets busv
be lore it for week -, and baa rendered good eci
vice ro the South by preventing their empldvioer t
in piratical raids elsewhere. It has set a glox cus
example to other towns which have more Vo de
feud and better means of defense—an exan pie
which we are confident will be followed.
We are not sufficiently acquainted with the
country to determine whether the’despot Butlsk’s
project for ditching the Mississippi, and turning
its current away from the city is feasible; it may
be so, though in the present stage of the w ater
there seems to be little danger of it, hut it is k >u
orable to the defenders ot the city that its assail
ants have to resort to such means to overcome
their resis'ance. The “Father of Waters” in his
full majesty is no respecter of ihe works of man,
and generally has water enough io fill many navi
gable channels— Butler’s schemes aud labor m?y
result iu producing an islaud without making
Vicksburg an inland town, he may be adding to
the defenses of the city instead of ruining it.—
A nother foolish tyrant and invader of old atteiiipr
ed to chain less indomitable waters, aud rued
idiotic tears at his disappointment. Butler has
not the power of Xerxes’, nor is the Mississippi
the Hellespont. I. »t us none that his attempt wid
prove vqualiy lutile.
The Future ot (lie War.
It wi l soon b? plain to every one that our re
cent victory before Richmond has brought us no
nearer peace, unless it shall be followed u;>. Tho
tone ot the Northern press is despondent, but still
resolute. No one there dare hint, at a peace found
ed on recognition of the Southern Confederacy.
Even before the battle, the utmost that those who
opposed the war ventured to propose, was a set
tlement founded on the restoration of the Union.
Such a settlement was impossible then, and is still
more impossible now —a great and increasing sea
of blood rolls betweeu the two sections. So far
from iendiDg towards peace, our victory has only
made the North more doggedly obstinate. Lin
coln has called for a hall million of troops, and
his people, it is folly to deny it, vrii! respond, or
be’ compelled to. As many men and as much
money as he wants he can get. We flattered our
selves after the battle of Manassas, that his caij
for four hundred thousand trsons would not be
answered by the Northern people, and the press
of the South perniciously harped upon the bank
ruptey and' weakness of hie government anti! {un
people slept in fancied security. He raised the
men and moDey almost without an effort.
But for the present the North is almost defence
less- Lincoln must have time to raise and driii
hia armies. McClellan, is hors de combat, hia
other forces are scattered over thousands of miles
of territory, and have as much as they can do to
hold their conquests. There will be an interval
during which the military force of the Confedera
cy will be the superior, when it can with ekerv
prospect of success become the assailant—that
interval commenced the day after the battle of
Richmond and wiil end when Lincoln’s new levies
are prepared for the field, We had such an op
portunity alter Manassas, but were unable or un -
willing to improve it—arc wc to lose this occasion
in a similar manner?
There is no man at the South, except those
who are making money out of tho war, but
wishes to see it ended honorably, there are few
who believe that it can be so ended by the res
toration of the Union. There is then bui one
solution —we must conquer or be conquered,
beat or be beaten, we must be hammer or anvil,
strike like the first or remain immoveable and
receive ihe blows inflicted on us like the iast.
There can be no peaceful settlement when there
is no middle ground for contending parties to
meet upon, which is the case in this contest
Shall we lo3e the opportunity we now bn e to
strike? The blow inflicted at Richmond has
stunned the Northern people, but their powirs ot
recuperation are astonishing. They will rise irom
their lall stronger, despite their foreign and fi
nancial embarrassments we so love to dwell upon.
President Davis has hinted that the war is to he
carried into the enemy’s country—if it is to be so
now is the time. Half the army a* Richmond
might be marched acrois the Potomac—there are
comparatively few troops to oppose them—and
the other half would be sufficient to defend the
city against McClellan’s discomfited forces.
We know nothing of military matters, but it is
plain, even to uumilitury men, that we can inly
have peace by conquering it, und we cannot con
quer a peace by standing passively on our own
soil, immovably on the defensive, while, for e Very
swarm of invaders we destroy, the Northern hive
Benda out another. Wa have beeu doubt ul of
the policy of becoming the invading party while
the North was prepared arid on the a’ert, but
now, when every circumstance points to a favor
able result to such a course, it seems infatuation
not to take advantage or it. limey be hszar Jons,
but it is the oufy rasud io peace.
There are strong indications that the Couteder
ate armies are about to become the assaiiantg.
Morgan and hia cavalry have already moved from
Eastern Tennessee into Kentucky, and it is but
a fair inference that the movement was made in
conjunction with sd intended advance of Bragg
across the Tennessee farther west. Stonewall
Jackson, the hero of this war, is reported to be in
the Valley of Virginia, his favorite path towards
victory and the enemy’s country. Ail indications
are that our military authorities have tired of
standing on the defensive, and are about to at
tack. All who desire a speedy and honorable
peace will rejoice when these indications are con
firmed by facta.
To the Editor of the Chronicle dc Sentinel:
I am requested t« write fir your paper a notice
of some remarkable noises heard by many persons
in Washington, and other pattsof Wilkes county.
It is desired to know whether they have been
heard elsewhere- The first waa hoard about 3ix
p. x , Monday, June 30th. It was something like
an explosion, accompanied by rumbling of the
earth. Some contended that it came from the
earth, but the general impression was that the Ga.
R. R. train, going cp tbe road, carried seme joy
ful news —perhaps that of recognition—and that
the noise was cannon firing at Greensboro or per
haps at Augu-.ta. No such news came, however,
and on Monday night tbe noise was repeated. It
soun la a little like the noise of distant concou,
but since the repetitions, it is pretty generally
agreed the noise comes from the earth. This is
corroborated by the fact fffat no one at all has
fixed on any point of the comptßn as tbe direction
from which it proceeded, though for some time it
was thought to be the report of cannon. 1 think
it more like the rumbling of the earth, which is
said to precede earthquakes. This is no fancy of
moon-Btruck people, or believers in Dr. Baldwin.
I know of more than a hundred persons who have
said they heard it. Can anybody say whether
this was a part of the Dr.’s pregramme? I have,
I believe, omitted to mention that there have since
been repetitions of the same noise, two on to-day,
(Wednesday,) July 6th. Wilkes.
Similar explosions were heard in Lincoln and
Wilkes counties,some ten years si nce,and were sup
posed to proceed from Graves’ Mountain. They cul
minated in scaring some people, and rattling some
crockery. Washington is not generally counted
a very noisy place, and any loud sound there may
possibly portend a Bad fate for it. Dr. Baldwin’s
work, we never tried to read but twice—both at
tempts failed—therefore, we know nothing of his
programme. Wherever these noises are heard, it
will be safest for the people to “ remember Lot s
wife.”— Ed. Chron.
Greeneiboro' Female College.— Tbe attention
of the friende of education is directed to the ad
vertisement of the Greeuesboro' Female College,
in another column. Thia institution enjoye a
wide reputation for general excellence in ns
several department* of instruction.
llochs Rellsf and UaspstAL i
association, Richmond, July 12, 1582. )
Mr. J si. Jb'ewby, Secretary ;
Dear Sir.-—. Since my last, we have
stantly engaged, looking up and relieving wound
ed and sick Georgian,,; and I sincerely regret to
hud that there are so many. They are scattered
iu Hospitals, public and pi i ate, boarding houses,
(and some few in private families,) all over the oi
ly, and a large number outside of town a mile or
two. It is only at our lour Georgia Hospitals that
wo can find the inmates exclusively from our
ritnte, aud the registers at all others are so full of
errors as to lender them unreliable; consequ mt
ly, every hospital .has to be gone through careful
ly, and individual Cte .101.103 d/ecovered by per
sonal inquiry. To-day, even at tho bouse where
v« a** stopping, I acri ten uHj discovered teolooei
Tom Lane, of ilaocorb, who is severely wounded,
in the elbow of the Aft ai m. His many friends
will he gratified to Irani that he is doing well
Mrs. Lane is with him.
It is the subject •'« 'venwri, iu all circles that
there are no many Georgi Ths engaged in the good
work of looking after their friends, aud an intelli
gent Texan, found in the Chimborazo Ho.-pitai
by Mr Potter, is perfectly amazed at the number
seeu by bfiji, and remarked that surely all Geor
gia must he here- The testimony ot Mr. Selkirk
and ourselves concur on that point. How beautiful
ly is the kindlier aud affectionate nutura cf our
people thus illustrated ; and when considered iu
connection with thev.i t number ofovir brave aud
patriotic soldiers in the field here, it causes the
deepest emotion ol pride ip m3 heart for our
beloved B:ate, which I am free to conics I have
no disposition whatever to repress. In addition
to informa.ion 1 reviottsly furnished, I will give
you now something furthei. Young Parks, of
Cow ta county, stepson of Dr. Huunicut, is dead
In the 4itb Georgia Regiment, Mr. W. M. Weaver
reports us killed, K. W. Stevens, Samuel Moore,
Samuel Merritt, W. T. Jackson, John Crosby
and A. F. Turner, died of their wounds. Captain
Beck, Asbury Wrigot, and A. "R. Boon, wounded
slightly. H. Daniel aud C. Leslie severely.
Dr. T. C. Harrison, of Oglethorpe county, who
was wounded in the leg, bad amputation perform
ed, and is doing well. j. B. Elba was wounded hr
lag, amputated an died. John fl. Day, of Ogle
thorpe, shot through both thighs, is at Chimbo
ruz«Ho. pifal, doing well.
Tuere are a gi eat many pi isonera here, both
officers aud private,-, and each day augments tho
number, ns mary are woftnded aud have been
kepi till now i 1 country hospitals. Among the
prisoners unhurt ul' ’Hinson, once a dentist at
Augusta, at the bard: 11. \ assistant surgeon in the
Federal urmy; also 1 young iiir.r, named Cook,
formerly clerk for Bp ,-i.rs 4 Hight.
Among the tropin- I obtained at Ihe “Fair.
Oak” battle fiMJ is i book, bound, giving the or
ganization of each reg ir.eut aud the ramu of overy
Yankee volunteer in their army. This may be
valuable for future reference.
Drs. Steiner, Camiik, Gearing aud Billings are
busily engaged with the wounded outside the
Georgia Hospitals I had the pleasure yesterday
of shaking the baud o! Gen. Rause Wright, who
called at ray room. He passed through the fight
unhurt, and uever looked as well. A ball passed
through his hat. Very truly, ft. W. E.
The Vagaries of Trade. —It is worthy of ob
servation how the brtuues of the times have
dealt with our tradesmen. Those who imagined
one year ago that they could no more depart from
their legitimate line of hi stness than they could
fly, or perform any other impossible feat, are now
compelled from the scarcity of stock to gather
iu other arlic!e»agd notions with which to keep
up trade. The effect of this state 6f things reveals
sortie curious combinations. The consequence is,
silks and salt, bombazines and butter, corn and
calico, molasses and milin&ry, flour and fluids,ic.,
are often found in humorous juxtaposition in
the same establishment. So we go.
Medicated Whiskey.—This article, we learn, is
attracting some attention among those of our cit
izens who are troubled vt:.h dyspepsia, and wo
believe a trial of it-a virtues has resulted favora
bly in many instances. Wo think it vul! undoubt
edly be found beneficial as a constitutional tonic,
and one whose results may be perceived alter a
brie! trial. The ingredients with which the spir
its are treated are well known tor their tonic
properties, and the w hiskey itself, taken iu mod
eration and at proper times, is generally acknow
ledged a good appetizer. Dyspeptics aud those
suffering from weakness, la, situde, &0., would da
well to give it a trial.
GjKnseai. T. J. Jackson. —The Richmond Ex
aminer of the ltith says:
An ignorant.ruinor lias been circulated that
Major-General Jackson has been made a General
iu the regular Confederate army. Tte rumor Is
eotirtly iviihout foundation. The Confederate
army, us distinguished from the Provisional, is a
permanent organization, and, at present compos
ed oi a skeleton ot officers. The higest rank in
it is “Genera!,” and that title is limited byaspe
cial act of Cong]ess, and cannot be enlruged by
the Executive. The Generals iu the Conlederute
service named in order o: rank are: Cooper, Lee,
Joseph E. Johnston, Beauregard and Bragg—the
latter having been nominated to fill the vacancy
occasion -1 by the death of Sidney Johnston, and
there having been no vacancy since for iither
nominations to this rank iu tiie Confcdoreta ser
vice.
Seventh Tennessee Regiment. —We are fur
Dished by 001. El. Goliad,ly with a ‘.ts'ement of
the Sale of this noble regiment, originally com
manded by Col. Robert Hatton." The regiment
went into this fight at Richmond with about 300
men. Tbe entire stair el field officers were shot
down, Col. Goodlier commanding. Liout.-Col. J.
X, Howard, of Lebanon, u-mi., mortelly wound
ed. On the morning of the 28th only forty of this
splendid regiment r. tnaiued; at evening none
With such spirit have the Tenue-seeana fought.
These iacts are derived from fetters just received
from Col. G.’a nephews who ware in the regiment,
one of whom irai d,inervously wounded. This
regimdnt. fought gallantly both days, and suffered
dreadfully m the grdat battle of Seven Fines.
Memph is Appeal.
Murfreesboro Capiured kr.m ihe Federalb
—Murfreesboro, Tennessee, whs capiured on Sun
day morning last from the Federate, by General
Forrest’s command of riontederate troops A
courier, who arm t fat Chattanooga on Wednes
day night last., in the presence of our in'ormant.
reports these fact . Tnat Gen. Forrest attacked
the Federate In Mm freosbono on Sunday morn
ing, killing and wo'un ing soma 20b of them, nod
capturing the balance of the garrison, numbering
some 1200 or 1500, including five pieces ot artille
ry, ail the enemy’s camp tqu page and stores.—
Our ioss was five men' kiited ; no wounded re
ported.
We shall look with some ai*x s ety for details of
this brilliant dash upon the enemy in one of the
most important garrisons of Teuuessee. As far
as we are advised, the forces on both Bides were
nearly equal, at the time of the re-cap'tire of that
city. We learn, however, that th< re has been an
uprising of tbe peopi of that section of Middle
Tennessee, which bids lair todargely add to the
number of our force.;. 4;1 that is now needsd
there, and even beyond NnuhviUe, is some aid
from Confederate-troops—we fcel confident that
the people are ready to rise in arms, and despe
rately fight to throw off the Yankee yoke which
Andy Johnson h i oet ■ attempting to fasten
about their necks, aid which no- has succeeded in
doing with many. Onward, and still onward,
should now be the watchwords in Tennessee
Were “Old Stonewall” tb.re, nothing could im
pede the triumph of our arms. Let his example
stimulate our leaders to deeds of glory,
[Atlanta Intelligencer
\ Fraud. —'there tee now some bills on the
“Real Estate Banking Company of Alabama” pay
ab'e at Selma, which we would warn the people
against, aa they are perfectly worthless Altel
the great cra-b of '37 corns capitalists of Alabama
undertook id get up bankc reoured by tea! estate;.
th.fv had notes printed and some were putin cir
cutetien, but on applying for a charter, the Legis
lature refused to grunt it, and tte notes in circu
lation were called ip. Sine* that time tbe notes
that were not used, have been lying in Selma, and
recently they hart been use • for printing Shin
piasters on, hut soavt scoundrel obtaining a lot,
lilted them up cud nut them in circulation. As
there bbte have a very neat appearance, and exe
cuted by well koowu engravers, are well calcu
late to deceive tbe unwary —Runt Couriex.
Dka'< h of C,.pt. loot Wbeiib.—A dispatch
Bom Richmond, conveying the above gad intehi-
L r i lice, reached his city last night. Only a few
days ago reports came of tils condition which
greatly encourage b h.s friends to hope for hig
speedy Recovery. But it has beeh ..rdered other
wise, and he has gone to swell tie throng oi no
ble many rs to Southern liberty. This cruel war
has not robbed the country of a tr ier or braver
spirit. Peace to his ashes and honor to hia acm
oiy.—Columbus Times.
Another New Locomotive —The Macon A
Western Railroad Machine Shop, in this city,
turned out upon their road yesterday, a very
beautiful new locomotive, made wholly within
their shops, except that the irou castings wire
produced at the foundry of the Messrs. Scheme and
This engine has been named the Victory—-weighs
about forty-five thousand pounds, and is designed
for tbe freighting business. Inter entire struc
ture and finish-even of the ornamental and de
corative parts —we venture to say she will com
pare nos. honorably with any locomotive engine
now running in Georg.a, Long may the Victory
triumph over time, space and bu-den in the ser
„co 0 f tbe Company Macon Telegraph.
Paris Correspondence of the -V. Y. Herald.
The Const tutionnel of this morning contain*
an article, set up in the usual “double leaded
form of its articles which arc intended to be con
sidered a9 having a sort of eemi-officia! character.
This last oracular assertion can only be explain
ed by the fact, if it he one, and it is believed here,
that Slidell has been authorized to promise tbe
French Government that the Southern Confeder
acy will accept the plan of “ mediation” which
may be offered —a proposition for the abolition of
slavery by gradual means. If this he really so,
the plan cf mediation would meet with much mors
favor than it otherwise would among the people
of Europe, who are so anxious that tbe war should
be brought to an end.
