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Mat of Mounded Georgian*
I'Ll Unn'Uil near Jlafor’ Creel- nnd Chnrn
• ’ ’//' i/ii from IfaUUf of Saturday, IWA
M ' V : var. Dyke, Surgeon of the 43d Georgia
h tie Atlanta Confederacy the
”, -tided (ieorgii-os ‘'except when
, ‘ ' c J, ; m the rite Mississippi
: r RtV *HIIII> ««»««* BEGIMSNT.
j, ( w a -d mortal, died May
. A , "j ’ Chief •>? Art.llery, wouai
i m 7 i7»ii ; Private Seta Segers,
” ’ 'd - iirtal, died May 2lst.
..Airu were h .unded and are doing
_ ' otherwise mentfeaed:
A ; g<--, co D, shoulder ; Capt A Rein
- , A, iSrr u/h k oe ; Jene T. Wallace, c j
Henry I. VV-."d, co I, right hip and left
, :j -i ItjVsn, on K, ahnu.der and thigh bro
,! K Lror...rd, co B, shoulder amputated
y reenr-r ; W H 8 Varner, co L, lag ;
vc, co K, ! eg ; jer> miab Brown, co
»l, h ; ? Uendrictr, ci 0, leg; James Jl
( ; idle ' I). foot; Ti.oa K Jom a co F,thigh
on i broken , Win Hubbard, co B, shoulder ;
.iii'i.. l, '. (row, Cos K, through breast; Wm F Mc
co E, U. gh ; B FAk .ns, co O, ahoulder ;
Jii owr, co K, leg ;J L Hunt, Cos K, nock ;Wm
!• >, >E,I I It thigh ; Daniel Tayi r, co C,
t ho- il r , Ai red Moore, co C, knee ; L U Brad
ley, i:. 1., shoulder.
1 following wore in another hospital onemile
from Battery Hospital—their condition aotMki:
I'rirateK 0 Fowler, co H ; Sergt Wm Fowler,
co I. ; S riit John Hunt, c-> E ; Pritiat'H John
' co Iv; Wm F McOrody, cm K ; Jil Gruritt,
M Hug.' mi, co E; K.V Washburn, co E ;
> A I'iuit, co I. ; J -t Daren, co F; Wm Ham
c o r F ; J K Haiic ■' k, eo F ; Samuel Draw
s and, ci F ; Capt J M niory, co G, slightly wound
e i.-p. .1 hp-y, oG ; Privates J F Adding
!J , J IV Coker, ci G; TV Hu!sou,coG;
I Ila I , oG I! F KiiH.ro G; M I’ Wood,
o .; \i :. \x,co 1; M itiifo Eire), eo 1 ; Mut
tl .. Cor : ,K ; It VV Itaere-, co K; Wm Small
w•• f:i. ; lliram .Smith, co K ; J'.ii.lip Smith,
ci-K ; Harrison Tanner, co K ; Dorp!J L Holes
-0 J, C ir/,1 J M |*0.,1-, co I, ; Private C»-
i ■ ,o I) ; Serg Ai red iiarrison, co
it ; i'i i. c A W U.irret , no K.
. ••• iig m a list ol deaths as furnished
fr .-ii (he above hospital :
co B; J,t C C Boger, co B; Sgt
<, co i.i; Sat Tailor Armour, co K;
( ill,, ki ,'-0 G; Oorpl Benton Hendricks,
I- . - -0 1 , oo K; Prirates Wm U
■ , VV 1, Davis, co G; E J Dry, co G;
, , c-i B; Thorton Kugsdeil, co B;
- , c - K, VV C VVa’lace, co E;
t - l i Cl- ;v,ti c , K.
r,,.-rv in isocsoboia rkoimsnt.
, i- a ii: wel-: Capt Wm N Brown,
; Wm ■ I'oalele, co 11, through
,! ..'enuy, cn B, in leg; Wm C Vaughn
J -.ate Bearer, co li. head,
. Ja-iJ* flitc, co G, in side; Thos G
; C o Wright, co G,arm bro
i ; ,- I.: i ,r/ K, 'eg; Martin V York, co
> M Freeman, co IJ, foot; John H
I, through breast; John Green, co
I, through body died.
...I!!M' vmsr lISOIIIIIA nSGIHBNT.
•and I, but lining well: Win U Chambers
r, >1 V erhitn, co G, log; J J Harman,
i . . . - br k a end right knee; Aug C
'I -1, > - rung i p.Uis and hip; Ira Watson,
c< il, shoulder.
OTIIKU UEQIMSNTB.
i- : James il Huntord, co C, 40th Ga,
li •:i , v ,ry bid, may recover. Doing
.v I’ . aicg J Wallace, co F, 48lb Ain, foot; Rns
ii lii ...: i- 11, 01. it Ala, both knees; E M Hobbs,
■-( ;i ;i C.x, t- el; Win VVile, co E, 40th Gu, leg;
.1 ,eo 1), 40.h Ga, tbrougii body: Hugh
M ,I>t M i, Ibj'it artillery, tbigt; 8 F llar
-i. ■ ■, Vl.-.t An , t igh; John J Bindley, co
it, ' i Ark, hip;.) .mas 1, Watson,coo,Bo;h Ala,
hum the Lkatleston Courier, Vlth.
oi i« Btsamhr Uuar —Wo regret to say
th ainer Ruby, Capt. Peat, fro-n Nassau,
;oi .- oa Folly Island b”eakars, near this
»i.t, i* VV.-'li ..-uduy u’ght. A largo portion of the
everything pos
c,l g-t her i ll', bnt without success.
In V -m Fully Island hiving discovered
open I on bei from n
alt I’i-at was then compelled to set
ii ; nnb 'don h .-, mil she afterwards
- VV bi'o Ct.pt. Put . an l his crew were
i-o to MorriV H and, they wore shot
I) Yn k; an with cannon and small arms,
.ml t i, ■ c.iuio dropping uround them in
Tu : ! to a Manchester firm, nnd
-r Ii it’, imi jtl of a general cargo, with
11 me G. 'vornino.it property.
I.i.M r.,) i ul t'lu Yankees on Folly Is mid
v • i tii t■ ua iho Northern end of that
. , p.ii-p -of leading vesxals estray,
which are bound into this port.
sai-..i Iws -The ntcamers Antonico, Capt.
!.-.ccoon, Cupt. Harris, arrived here
Ti d.iv Irani N uicau. The I aocoon was
ad ; by 1.1 it Yackoe lilockarters off this harbor,
ey have on bo rd v .Suable assorted car
on i. at Nassau steamers Margaret and
Jt -i,-mi. Calypso, Pet, Arubian, anil others.
rise M i : r t and Jessie on her outward pag
- ... wu.- uhuu ill by two I aolroo
hi . , a-i.l was liri J and pursued so hotly
. vi i . ,ih oonipel "and to run into the Bahama
ys ' ih .1 v Ouo of the Yankee balls passed
ler b >iler, but C ipt. Wilson with un
gir! pluck and p-racvcMnce kept bis ship
-mi' - ini gut her into a safe place. He at
i .vord - -in her into Nassau euccesslully.
r -1 niiSTiNB Exn.ss —Mr Frederick J. Q lin
< 1 .oi . ly, hi nil i-ix persons,exiled from their
.i>-ii Hi St. Ai.gustmo, Flu., arrived here
VV -dn 'Hilay evening.
riio V. 1,.-;i wluiaocompfinted the fltg of truce
hi • w r,: in high glee at a reported terrible do
i,i -. ul i ■ Confederates and the« of Vicks*
biii-g. ■ F tn Massachusetts,negro regi
ment, hi i ivrd at I’.it Royal a day or two beiore
Hi uex -I Tii-> Yankees were also very ex
ultanl ■ their succ is# In the late Cumbahco raid,
■iod r . they carried off seven hundred and
•ti id . . roi ". They spoke of making a raid
•i- J . im-a just before harveating time, so as to
a-. Oapt, Gladding is still
I'orlinrd at Hi ton Head, n'. l wtirsaheavy bull
,ird chain, on the charge of being a py.
they ba < given Up the idea of ma
king another Sttaok on l !i irieston ; that it is im
•> -gr , , and cannot be taken by any available
force now In the Yankee service.
Among the exiles by this arrival is the aged
mother of Gan. Kirby Smith. She is about 76
General Beauregard and the members of his
Staff who accompanied him in his iate tour of in
pi-clion to Florida, rctatn-cd Irom Savannah
Tluirsdav afternoon to this city.
I'roni LunUiiina,
Urn. Bunks. the old Gommissary in Virginia of
■ V lauituu- >1 Stonewall Jackson, appears to bo do
ii ood tv ro it: tus dcpartmcni to Gen. k.rby
It i.pf.-fir;i * but Uio ad vane ? of Banks’ army,
fr. m A), xaudria, met with no obstruction in get
.!i H.’io-ii t::o country to tbs Mississippi river,
i it **»!. t'nt >i cio s.ni to Bayou S.ir.t on gunboats
tr. >■■■. Tits remnant, consisting of a
» ■ \ . k.c '.•••co and 4000 negroes, were in the
,it : . ty wu'ous loaded with sup
,>i A nidi, r who was in the neighborhood of
V: . 'j' • . :e tow r part of Rapides Parish,
tie,; la 1 , o.i a skirmish occurred there Inst
■k w ill . ■ port.on.ot Hen. Banks’ (orco. lie
, .at lit id one portion of the tight, lie
i -ii . • . M.trtoii, with 1,000 or 2,ooocavalry,
a .da i , Titeri nt.ack upou the force accompa
t a train, lu'.e, ait r several charges rooted
t! Vat- s, brt «■ up their organisation, took a
am; rof them prisoners, and captured the
' he ti i . el wag ■ it, horses, mules, and provi
ias (h i. .1 ivn’n cavalry also secured the
: .tie t nsgioes, ti at the enemy had taken
• ram the pm- rs through which the army had
>i t and W hen the to.dicr lelt the vicinity of
Jhencjvi i • H- it Morton’s cavalry were hourly
m gin i prisoners, who had been ranted and
ic at ten dby the fight. Genera l . B inks -proved an
•I ..elite it i;ommunary.to the Confederates in the
' lenandor.h Valley, and he is sustaining his
ni ,and reputation m ttie Gulf department. This is
the second heavy irain General Morton's cavalry
lies captured from Banks this t prtng.
a surgeon just from WocdviUe conversed with
: i veral Con!-derate soldiers who were in the
i• it 1’ t Uuds m las' week, and he confirms
i7e new." ot e. mplete victory to our arms. The
s, Idler in lor as . him that general Gardner pur
; and ih> Va kees after their repulse at the en
n -nch . ms and routed them completely. lie
a i c firms the rumor of Grierson’s defeat.
1 i.o ii Port Hobson. —It is now reported and be
, v.-.t . ...ii .. ar ers that General Taylor, with
ii , c fed over to Port Hudson instead of
From tile Coast.
it s i go. >1 authority that two ofth?
4 .mV i -if apparently light draught
v .-.Hu ..in oottta, avo ba the temerity to take
. u- • toe • arleston bar, and on Sun
day nignt w.re lying between Pumpkin Hill, and
.lilt a i o.i- appearance indicates
m w hr ..is and seemingly fsst cruisers
... *nt t o assist in a w .: r. to render the block
ade i .ro effectual. ■■ a lowed to remain their
osit - v ore them advantages that will cause
>o»iderabic : udcv.* cc. 1* ii ujt supposed, how—
ever, tin v will stay long, us measures are beiu
vaken to relieve the barber es their presence.
'i at f- lui steam, hip Alic.', having on board
over one thousand bales ot cutton, bad ihe mis
n rtu.ie to got bar after compartment filled with
a utei at an earlv hour on Monday morning at
her whan in Charleston. .This serious mishap,
■ah.,!. ■ ... piuged most of the cotton in that
-anot ihe ship,is supposed to have occurrcdby
r 7 .• ~'r having collided With the prow of the
'. n ’ uu boat Ulrcora while the Alice was lu
: ... Io! Imuiug into tits wharf; but some per
il i a v. •. ipreraed doubts of tbis mode of tx
..ii j.d t.. c..u -' will only ceita'aly be
known w uen tne leak vs exposed to view.
From ArL;iu»as.
iys th a the repori
a 1., e! 11 j tins some any a since, grew out of
x,e t.... 1 ihato.Tt . n made <s lent on that place
...u * .e. e-t in .-n u mg u heavy train of *»
■ one. •:. • v rerr of the town and capturing quite
1 number oi prisoners. Our forces were composed
o; cavalry principally. •
( "ri' .. a.id raowag appear to be tbo order
pi the day in Richmond.
Northers Sewn
The Washington Star of the evening of June
6th contains the following relative tu Gen. Lee’s
movements: It won Id not be proper for us to
intimate what preparations Hooker has mado *o
meet the enemy shonld they undertake to pay
his side of the river a visit, bnt it is safe to say
that Lee will find the attempt a hazardous one,
anfl that he will not be permitted to return with
impunity when cnee across. The Confederates
have some facilities for crossing just now in the
very low stage oi the water in the Rappahannock,
which can be crossed almost dry shod at numer
ous pon - B; otherwise tbsn this they will find
“Jordan so bard a road to travel” in their pro
posed invasion project—as is cv denced by their
fluctuating plans and movements—that Lee has,
it is believed, advised the abandonment of the
prrjjsct; and if h? undertakes it, w;l! do so against
hie j tdgment, by force of the “on to Wcs’hing
ton” pressure, which seems 3t the South to be a
counterpart of the famous “on to R cfcmcnd” cry
which prevailed with us at one time with such
disastrous results.
The Washington Republican mentions the ru
mor that Alexandria is in danger, and says : The
pretext for this is, that contrabands and other
Üborers have been at work, for a few days past,
in con. tructing stoexades and block- houses, in
order to ren - er cny raid into Alexandria, where
we bave a large amount of government stores,
absolutely impossible. It is simply a precaution
ary measure which should have been taken
months ago.
The Herald says: “The platform of the De
mocracy in the Presidential campaign 01
will be peace, and what is more tne
will be elected, no matter who he 33, the princ , l
controlling a'i other considerations, iuc now
President, whatever rn-get have been h s •
dents or opinion-., will, upon as f um 0 D f f °the war
little longer than the Yankees.
Nine persons were arrested in x<ew erk on
May 30th for using trcaoaeble language.
The gunboat Naumkoag, Capt. John Rodgers,
has arrived at Wheeling, from Charleston, on
the Knaawba.—Previous to leaving, tne most val
uable part of the machinery m the salt works was
removed, so that should th?. Confederates get
possession of them they vnll find them useless.
Capt. Rodgers also caused to be removed from
the works a large quantity of saD tha* had ac
cumulated, but which could not be got to mar
ket.
L ncoln has reca’led Hunter from the Depart
ment cf South Carolina.
Abolition papers estimate t'.i3 amount of prop
erty destroyed by the Alabama and Florida up to
the latest advices from the theatre cf their opera
tions, at twelve millions if dollars. When we
take into tho account the injury these cruisers
have done o theahipoing interest of Lincolrdom,
by the increased rates of insurance and the amount
of vessels that lia rottiug at their quays, the
amount of loss sustained by the depredations of
these gallant ships is swollen to a nica little sum..
No wonder all YankeedoodGdom is made with
rage. Tha more huffy they get tie more pleased
are we.
Bradish Johnson, a New Orleans planter, has
got a judgment of $1,500 against Gen. Neal Dow,
ror sugar, plate and other articles taken from his
plantation without “military necessity.” If Dow
pays up, it will be the first honest thing he was
ever guilty of doing.
Grant is said (o have telegraphed to Lincoln
that he can prosecuto the siege of Vicksburg
and protect his rear against Johnston at the same
time.
A Federal Boldier writes from the encampment
on the Rappahannock to his brother, “About all
this army has ever done (and a better equipped
army the world never saw) is to maka some of tbo
great-st retreats on record. Wa can got ahead
backwards in tine style.”
It is now stated that Lincoln has determined to
adopt a different policy ia order to please the con
servatives He can properly be.called a weather
cock President.
Chns. Bass, the comedian,died recently in Cana
da West.
The Yankees publish the Confederate account
of the burning of Jackson, Mississippi, wi hint a
blush, and rather boast over the exploit.
The Federal Navy Department invites propo
sals for new oc-an iron-clad vessels of war, each
vessel to be about three thousand five hundred
tons burthen, not to draw more than fifteen feet
of water, and to be capable of steaming at least
thirteen miles per hour ; to have two turrets,
each fit for two guns, which may weigh, if neces
sary, twenty-five tons. The models are to be
made bv the different conti actors offering to build,
and the plans o be furnished by the navy finally.
Billy Wilson’s Zouaves, numbering 600 men,
are on t eir way lrom Nsw Or.eans to Now
York, to be mustered out ol service. They wore
uot allowed to take their arms. This same class
of men will moke trouble for Lincoln when they
get out of service.
A Northern journal contains a long rigmarole
account of some spiritual exhibitions made in
the presence of Lincoln and his Cabinet. Napo
leon, Gen. Knox, and others, were consulted as to
tho best mo le of conducting the war. Lincoln
must be in great strai s when he has to loos to
the other world for military counsels. Wa should
not think that Lincoln and his Cabinet need give
themselves any extra trouble about calling up the
spirits ol the departed. A hundred thousand
ghosts, whose blood is on bis hands, will visit
him soon enough, either in this world or the next.
The Northern papers are talking of foreign in
tervention again. That game is played out. We
cannot be deceived by that dodge again.
The Federal Government has imported two
hundred tons of iron plate from Europo.
The Northern papers say that it ia not at all
improbule that cotton and sugar will soon rank
among the productions of Illinois. They need
not flatter themselves however that much o! ei
ther urticle will be raised. The climato will not
admit of it.
An order from tho Federal War Department
directs that within the Slates cf Tennessee and
M'sßiß3ippi, wherever the Federals have the rule,
tliataU citizms shall be registered iu three clas
ses : First, avowed enemies; second, neutral for
signers; third, loyal citizens. The first clusi are
a’l to leave their lines by or before tho 16th of
June and iheir property confiscated—tbo second
are to tako un oath of neutrality—the third to
bear certificates of ioy: lty. No goods of any
kind are allowed to be sold except by special per
mit, except to those showing evidence of loyalty.
It is stated that Gan. Burnside has recommend
ed the dismissal from the service oi Capt. W. S
Ratcliff's, oompany E, 10th Kentucky cavalry, for
his disgraceful surrender ot Mount Sterling, Ky.
The parole ot the prisoners, it is said, is declared
void, and they are required to report for duty.
Anew submarine battering ram, the invention
ol J. E. H. King, of New York, is now on exhibi
tion as New York city. The vessel to which the
ram is attached is protected with a slanting roof
similar to that of the Merrimac, consttucsed in
such a manner as to render it perfectly imper
vious to shot, and will be propelled by two
screws, ihe ram itself is a shaft of iron sixty
feet in length and about one foot in diameter.
This shaft or ram will work under water, and will
be driven by two fly-wheels, each wheel being
twenty f et in dii.mcler and weighing twenty
ous. These wheels, being connected by a solid
and heavy pitman, will, when in motion, whirl a
crank which will give to the ir n ram or shaft a
momentum of eighty strokes per minnte. The
ram will ba worked for striking purposes through
the prow of the vessel, and about eight foot under
water. Having delivered a heavy blow, it will
draw back, as it were, and send in another and
another, at the rate ot eighty per minute. No
vessel could endure it, and any foreign war ship
which we have read of as yet would be destroyed
in a lew minuLs. Both the principle and plan
of action of the ram are simple.
Gen. Hunter had issued an order directing that
all civilians found in h's department within twenty
days should be drafted into the military service ol
the U. S. Government.
In the case of Dr. Olds va. Gov. Todd of O \o,
tho attorney for Todd filed a motion declaring
that, as he (Todd) was the chief executive of tho
State, he was not liable to arrest until he vacated
his office, either by the expiration of hia term or
impeachment. He therefore could not bo pun
ished now. The Governor’s casi wa3 then con
tinued by consent, he entering into anew reco -
nizacce to appear at the next term of the Court.
Ex-Governor Robert C. Wickliffj, oi Louisiana,
son of the member of Congress ol the same name,
aud brother in-law of Judge Advocate General
Holt, has been taken at Bayou Sara, and con
fined in New Orleans in company with Ex-Gov
ernor Morwn.
Three officers and fifty-three privates, 2d Flori
da Regiment, arrived ia Washington, on Saturday
night, being captured on taesth, near Fredericks
burg.
Col. U’Tasey, handcuffed, left Washington for
Sing Smg, N. Y., on Friday night, whither he has
beeu sent for one year.
Mrs. Thomas, wife of Auditor H. W. Thomas,
has been seat South.
The pnzs schooner Maria Bishop, captured by
the Yankees last month, wentashore while on her
way North, and could not ba got off. The pr.as
master set her on fire, and destroyed her.
The gunboat Penobscot, while chasing an En
glish steamer off’ WiltmngtoD, N. C , came close
in shore and was fired upon by the Confederate
batteries, by which her assistant surgeon was
killed and the steward wounded.
Brig. Gen. Edmund Kirby, First United States
ArtiUery, died in Washington on the 2Slhof May,
of a wound leceived at tae battle ol Chanceliors
ville.
A letter from Cincinnati, Ohio, savs “The ap
proac iiag Democratic State Convention is the
topic ot conversation everywhere. Vailandigham
is as good as nominated. It be wants the nomiLa
son his .neuds are determm and he shad have it.
wh° uimg UIB ° r k' m 111 t!le rarai districts is over-
The Vice-President of the United States has
received a draft on London for a sum which
amounts tc over six hundred debars, given as a
cflfinng to the cause of emancipation by the col
ored women of the British colony of Victoria, to
be applied to the bentlit of contrabands at and
about Beaufcrt, S. C. The donors had previous
ly sent one hundred and seventy dollors to Pniia
deiphia f° r a ' lke purpose, 'faey had much bet
ter give their money to their starving white and
Degro operatives in England.
Gold was quoted in New York on the s.hat
MX-
From Plisstssippi.
THe Memphis (Atlanta) Apptul has received
through a number of gentlemen direct Iron Cen
trai ii ssissippi, most cheering accounts as to an
improvemet in the condition of nfftira in that
ande■ nr -rent. From this source we are enabled
for the first time to form an '.ntei’rg ble idea of
Gsnir -l John, ton’s position and h’f> relations to
Pemberton. The newa ia as late as the Bth inst.
The Appeal says:
For several days previous to Monday last—
when one of our informants left Gtn. Johnston »
headquarters—there had bre:i da ly communica
tion between the commanding generals Enacgo
transpired to confirm previous «porta ot tne
s;g-al repulses the i nemy met vi'j m their aa
siults u r on our works. It was also,know ■
for several days Grant’s infantry ire- e 1 q .
that nothing hostile b-yond sharp
ment that was doing no b rm, had • ' co , C er:—
The c mm infers -are low s-.. :-:ty to
Gen. Pemb-rtoa having
hold hia posiiitn so m c h ho is now
doing, and placing it in me vea
ready to strike a decisive
Thus not been generally; known that General
ar°t:fi«G means of tranßpormtmn and no commit
Barv snppties. It was necessary to Withhold this
inforn.ation from our own people, woo were ex
nectiEg immediate action, for obvious reasons.
Wo bave the strongest assurances, however, that
thesa deficiencies have been repaired.
General J. tas his right resting on the Yazoo
river near Yazoo City, and his left t a point on
the SctUheru railroad, wc2t of JsckEon. lie is
constantly in the fluid, and his troops kept alert,
more for the pnrpose of inuring them to the fa
tigues of an active campaign t iun for watching
the enemy. For the la.ter purpose he has a ! arge
cavalry lorcr of veterans, ueed lo theservice, aad
under t a leadership of a skillful leader. Wc coa
gralulate the country upon the brigh'ening pros
pects ia M ississippi, and if Gsa. Johnston’s wish
for reinforcements is gratified, will look for a
speedy aad decided triumph.
These gentlemen reiterate the report that Kirby
Smith had occupied MiUiken’s bond, La., twenty
miles above Vicksburg. One gentleman, who
crossed the Mi-sissippi at Natch-z on Sunday
last, brought over tha information that General
Smith, wi.h hi3 army, on aami fifteen transports
started up the Tea as, on Thursday lost, destina
tion unknown. The absence of Banka tram the
Teche country, rendered this movement a safe
one, and from the U, per Tensas to the point
named on the iliasis3ipp , could easily be reached
by a abort march. The report is, we believe,
worthy of some credit.
The Jackson Uississipp'.an of the 27th, sayi:
We heard it rumored ca our streets yesterday
that the firemen of New Orl-aano had come in
collision with the Federal authorities; that the
chief engineer of tha fire department had been
killed ; that the fireman had destroyed their ma
chines au-i refused to do further duty on account
ageing required to take tha o-ath of allegiance
to the United States—that they had attacked the
negro soldiery in that cily, and killed and wou ld
ed a great number of them. This report needs
confirmation, and we give it for what it is worth
The Jack3.n correspondent oi the Mobile
Register writes, June 4ih : It is not at alt improb
able that Port Hudson will he ovacuatod, and the
forces there joined with those of Johnstc-n. T tie
idea is rpecuUtive, but highly probable. 11 so,
Grant may yet find himself in a rebel trap, from
which thire is no escape ; but I hove iittfe faith
in bagging the Yankee army, as they are the best
runm r i and thieves oa the continent. The euc
,ctssful passing cf our b tterie3 by the Yankee
gunboats, nnd the possession ol the mouth of
Red U ver by the Federals, renders the possession
of Port Hudsrn of but little consequence or
practical usefulness.
The latest auvices from Vicksburg put our
losses down at 5,000 altogether for the entire
campaign.
The tnatl arrangements between here and the
ea3t are much better than heretofore. Letters
and papers now come through on time, and if the
people of Alaboma, Georgia and other States do
not get their mail matter regularly from this sec
tion the fault don’t iio in Mississippi.
The w eat crop in all sections of the S ate is
magnificent. The yield is so large that Mississip
pi will be an exporter rather than an importer of
flour after supplying the d.nnands of the people
and army. In fact, the yield o? all gram crops
will bo abundant. The fruit- crop ia fine, and
everything promises well for a year of plenty
and bountifulnes?.
Our private dispatches from Panola state that
the authorities at Memphis were ordered to pre
pare) hospitals for 30,000 wounded from Vicks
burg. A gentleman who lately left ths enemy’s
lines nya that the ground is literally covered fir
mil u with tha \ r ankco dead. They acknowledge
a ires cf 15,000 killed outright This would mis
their loss in killed and wounded alone—to say no
thing es His missing—45,000. There is probably
not less than tea to fifteen thousand to be-num
bered in the latter category. The entire loss of
the enemy mu3t therefore bo 50,000 nr 60,000 man.
At such a rate, how long will the seige of Vicks
burg last? All this has been
in Acted upon the enemy by ' the garrison at
Vicksburg alone. The magnificent army under
Gen. Johns on has not yet engaged he foe.
Gen- ral Pemberton has Bent a courier to Gen.
Johrstoa telling him to take his time, and reor
gauiz i ht3 army thoroughly, as ho could hold
Vicksburg indefinitely with all e-j3O.
A correspondent of the Columbus Times, wri
ting ou June 2d, says: Our army 13 at Yrzio
C.ty, having marched through ths heat and dust
and the dryesi country I ever saw. Several men
h ive hi id on the rout?, unable to stand tho rays
of a powerful sun and do without water, as they
are often compelled to do for many miles. I have
seen but two running streams cince I left Jack
son—tho Big Riack and Yazoo. Men drink from
muddy pools by the road, as there is not a creek,
or spring, or branch in this section of th-i coun
try.
The Forty-sixth Georgia shows more men for
duty after our heavy matching than any regiment
in the army, and more than it ever had in Charli *-
ton. It is as large a3 three regiments ia tvre
brigades.
We take the following from the Aberdeen
(Miss.) Sunny South, of June 4th :
Major General Gaolson arrived here yesterday
evening direct from Jackson, bringing good ti
dings (V'tn the theatra of war. He reprwent3
Johnston’s army in good fcoal.h and fine spirits.
Gen. Johcstoa commenced crossing Big Black
at Moore’s Bluff, la3t Fiiday tight. Gen. Breck
inridge was at Jackson, and would follow scon—
probr.b’y yesterday. Tee strength of Johnston’s
command is not known to tho public, of course ;
but it is surmised to be within the neighborhood
of 50,000.
The Natchez Courier of June 2d rays Mrs.
Gen. Oowen, just front Vicksburg to Fort Gibson,
brings news that the Yankees attempted a second
time to make their escape via Yazoo river, and
Gen. Johnston headed them off and drove them
back twice.
She says that there are between 25,000 30,000
lying in front cf our works at Vicksburg.
Three flags of truce had oeen scat in by the
enemy to bury their dead, but each time refused.
Hheaiso says that communication, by wayon
road, was clear between Vicksburg and Jackson,
and we have the bridge all correct on B g Black,
In the early part of last week a force of about
one hundred and fifty sharpshooters under Major
Bridges of Col. Fergson’s commandsd, ambuscad
ed near Gremvilie, Washington county, Miss , tir
ed info the mass of troops on board five trans
ports, on their way to reinforce Grant’s army be
low, under eonvov cf two gunboats, killing one
hundred and sixty-five, us the Yankees after
wards a sorted. Os ourse many more wire
wounded. Toe boats were close in shore whi n
the attack was made. The Yankees aiterwards
landed in largo force, marched into the town
and burnt it np entirely, V g Aher with all the
residences in the vicinity. Br dges made good
his escape.
A gentleman direct from Port Gibson, reporis
that on Tuesday, June 21, heavy cannonading and
musketry was heard o i the opposite side of the
Missi s-ppi in the and rection of New Carthage. It
is ecu ecturcd that General Price has moved his
forces to that point; if so, it is highly pr bable
that the enemy’s supplies have been cut r.tt.
It is Elated that Grant s army is ver? short of
provisions, and if hie communication can be cut
< 11 the tables will tarn on the starving game.
The portion ol the New 'Orleans, Jackson «ud
Great Northern Railroad w'hich wai destroyed by
the Yankees daring their recent vict to J itkscc,
will be repaired and in running cocditi n sooa.
It ia reported that the Federal iartl forces have
fallen beck to Mont Albon between Bovina and
Vicksburg and two miles from Big Black.
Tnc J ~ckßo9 Miss'ssippian thinks Gan. Pember
ton has been made the subject cf the most ui just
criticism. That pap.r says he has had stupen
dons difficulties to contend with, and a herculean
task to perform.
Some papers i ut the Yankee loss ct Vicksburg,
thus 'cr,'at lorry thousand. • fh:s is tco good, ai
togethi r to be true.
The Jaek3t>n Mississippian is very sanguine of
the succissof Gea. Jobnstoa. The Mississippi-n
certainly ought to know the <rua posi.ioa ci af
faire. \Vc trust that its hones are well founded.
From Texa*.
The Brownsville Flag of the Ist lust, learns i ha
“when Gens Magruder and Bee paid a visit to the
Governor ol TamiiuUpas, ths auiuoritieo in Mata
mores nred a salute ia honor oi the distinguished
v.sitors ; whereupon the Lincoln consul demand
ed his passport.”
The Flag says Gen. Magruder would leave in a
few days as the critical situation of affairs in
Louisiana demanded his presence in that quarter.
The editor adds : “Bank3 will soon meet the
fighting part of the Department of Texas.”
Florida.
'The Federate have made an ineffectual effort to
paßsthe obstructions ut the head of the “Nar
rows” cn the Appalachicola river. As yet they
naTe failed in their attempts, and steps are being
taken by Gen. Cobb that we hope wid effectnmiy
repulse and drive them back.
The damage done on the coast o? Florida by the
late storm is estimated at OTer 1530,000.
Yankee Rascautt. —_ir..,Joha Seymour, of
Louisville, Ky., writes himself down an unmil:
gated rascal m the following advertisement, wh.ch
the Montgomery “Advertiser” clips from tae
Louisville “Journal”;
Confed ! Confedl— The most perfect fac-simiie
of the last plates tnat have been made, warranted
to pass any baoxer in Dixie. Five hundred dol
lars for live dollars. Peif.ct in paper and signa
ture?. Address, amount enclosed,
John Skthocr.
Northern Accounts from Vlcktlicrg
amt Fort Hudson.
The Cmcinnati Commercial ha3 o dispatch
dated Vicksburg, May 30tb, which says:
A dererter came into y oar lines this morn-mg.—
He represents that ha'was sent hv Gen. PemOer
Ton to communicate verbally with Gens. Johnston
fta oi^ T: p*'mharton. Lee, R-ynolds, SGvenaon,
a-J ot° erG, arts in the city. Most of the sick left
before it I m-estmeut. Those who remain have
ex-avated'caves s:.d remain ia them n ght and
and v VA uabie merchandise in the city is else
,ort -c caves from fear of conflagration. Tne
“ r ere generally in their houses. Over one
hundred women and children have been killed by
cur bjmbakdment. The gun hosts inflict no in
jifry on'-The city. Gen. Pemberton believed his
rstiAi s would'hold out thirty days, but urged
J hnston to come to his relie: within tea days at
the far bus-'
Oava’ry horsaa bare been turned loose and
driven towards our lraea, owing to the lack of
forage There w. s ammunition enough to last
sixty days, with the single exception of gun caps.
These were scarce. All confidently .expected su
perhuman efforts ‘a be made by those outside to
raise the siege. They coneider Vicksburg the
strongest phee in the Confederacy.
This morning the heaviest cannonading of the
siege was kept up without intermission lor neartv
three hoars- New batteries have lately oeen put
in position, and one hundred and firty guns are
playing cn the city.
Our woundeu are removed to hospital boats in
large numbers and transported to Memphis.
TUB SIKGS OF POET HUDSON—FURIOUS ASSAULT BV
FSDSRAL TROOPS—THB ASSAULT NOT SUCCSSSFUL
AND GKN. BANKS FALLS BACK.
Nkw Yoek. June 6
The steamer Morning Star, fro n New Orleans
on the I0:h uit,, has arrived, bringing interest.ng
n.ws f oci Port Hudson.
At an early hour on May 27, Port Hudson was
completely investrd by Governm nt fi.rc'-s. Gen.
Banks commanded the troops in person, with a
force sup-osed to be sufficient for its reduction.
Tho fighting wss still in progress at the depart
ure of the Morning S T ar.
Brigadier General Soerman arrived at New Or
leuus oa the n;gh: of May 24th, severely, but not
dangerous y wounded.
C l Daniel’s Becond Louisiana (negro) Regi
ment, distinguished ilseb, especially in charging
upon the enemy’s siege guns, losing in killed and
wounded over six hundred men !
Gsu. Wei zal c ptured a portion of the Confed
erate line of defence and held one of their heav
i:-at batteries.
The Ilartfoid aid Albatross engaged the upper
batteries.
Gen. W'eitzel captured a six gun battery. Our
vesse 8 moved fur;her down, and supported him
by attacking the next below.
Admiral Farragut in the Monongahela, followed
by the Richmond, Genesee and Essex, engaged
the lower woiks ia a nvast effective manner. The
Monongahela was worked to the admiration of
every one. The fire of the enemy upon the ships
was comparatively light. They direcUd it princi
pally nt the Monongahela, bat failed to hit her.
The Richmond was equally fortunate, and there
was not a casualty to record on the fleet up to six
o’clock last evening.
The fleet was eugagod in the morning and again
in the afternoon, and succeeded in dismounting
live of the heaviest guu3.
particulars of ths fight.
Amcng the casualties are General Neal Dow,
sightly wounded; Col. D. S. Cowls, killed ; Col.
Hayne, 21 Louisiana, do; Col. Kingsley, 26th
Connecticut, severely wounded in the jaw ; Col.
K ’-g nan, of the 15th New Hampshire, slightly.
Ine figot commenced at one o’clock on Wed
nesday, the 27tb, and lasted until five o’clock,
when Gen. Banks ordered hi3 treops to fall back
to their original linos, the place, howover, being
still invested.
Ths Confederates in New Orleans say the Fed
erols lost from three to four thousand ia killed
and wounded ia the assault.
Among the severely wounded is Lieut. Colonel
Smith, r.t the Second Zouave regiment.
Gen. Sherman has a compound fracture in one
of his legs, received from a Minie ball. Hopes
are entertained that he wiil recover.
From Europe.
Further advices of Gen. Hooker’s battles on the
Rappahannock were eagerly anticipated in Eng
land. Tne Times looks upon Gen. Hoot', er’s plans
as fru3tra*ed, aid thinks that his defeat wid be
th-i last chancy of success iu Virginia.
The Post and Herald thinkH that Gen. Hooker
has sustain:d a disastro is dofeat. The othor
journals regard affairs a3 indecisive, and are still
flopeful for the Federals.
The reply of President Lmcoln to the Address
of the Emancipation Society, haa been received,
lie says the address is very gratifying, and ex
press:-? fr.endly fsolmgs towards England.
Toe House ot Commons has voted the postal
subsidies, including that for the Ga’way line.
Ia the House oi Lords the Marquis Clanricarde
denounced the se'zurea of British vessels by
Federal cruisers as a vmlatioa of the law of na
tions, and complained of the procedure adapted
by the United States Prize Courts.
Ea r l Russell defended the course of the Ameri
can Government, and said that all their commu
nications showed that thuy fully respected tnter
nat-snal law, aad desired to act accordingly. The
lawrffijß of the Crown, in all cases of com
plaint, reported that there was no rational ground
of objection to the decisions of the United States
Prize Courts lie thought the blockade runners
when they lost a vessel demanded redress with
all the airs of injured innocence. He denied that
the Alabama was fitted up with the cognizance of
the British Government.
The ear! of Derby concurred with Earl Bussell,
and thought every allowance ought to be made for
the provocation.
We extract from English papers the following
expressions of opinion relative to the Chancel
lor-viUe battle. The London Post says: We
believe that the Northern General has sustained
a disastrous if not a decisive defeat. The next
mail will, ho vever, clear away ihe doubts excited
by the present coufl oting intelligence.
The London Times says: On the whole, then,
though the ultimate r'snit depends, cf course,
entirely on t:e issue of the battle on Monday,
Gen. Uoekar’s object seem to have been frustra
ted. We can anticipate no more hopeful tidings
from the Government at Washington having kept
back the news cf the result of Monday’s battle.
I! it should have be in unfavorable, we do not
wonder at their hesitating to proclaim so great a
calamity. If Gen. Hooker is de’eated, the last
chance of success, at least in Virginia, is gone.
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce says that
another gunboat for the Emperor of China was
entered through the Custom House by Messrs.
Laird Brotae*o, ou Monday, as the Kwargtung,
(!a;it. A. Young, for Bong Kong, via Falmouth.
The Tien-tsin, another one and pionerr of the
Emperor’s fleet from Birkenhead, leit on the 11th
ult., ar-iving at Plymouth on the 14th to ship her
crew. Evidently sie has not been successful in
so doing, as she is not yet reported as having left.
Tin Federal* as ilrautwlck Ga.
The idavannah Nows cf Tueesday learns that
the enemy have landed a fore i at Brunswick,
from a number of transport i, which were con
voyed by a number of gunboats. The number of
troops landed has not been ascertained. There
ware seven Yankee gunboats at Brunswick at the
las’ accounts.
The Bepub ican says the en my ascended
Turtle rover end burnt Buffalo Swamp Bridge
cf the Brunswick and Albany ltailrosd,
bout 15 or 20 miles north west ol Brunswick.
Seven gunboats were in St. Simons Sound; two
of them ascended the river and then despatched
their launches to perform the work of destruction.
We were uaable to learn the extent of their de
predations. We understand that preparations
wore making to meet them, and that planters were
removing their property from the more exposed
localitlys. •
We mention the fact to put our people on their
guard, and to warn wfiem to adopt measures of
security and local defense. Where the popula
tion is not sufficient in conjunction with the mili
tary force to repel those thieving incursions of
the i’ankee thieve aid vandals, the negroes and
other (property should at once be removed out of
reach) Bat where there is sufficient population
no timesboul* be lost in ofgan zing every man,
eiJ and young, able to bear aims, and preparing
for a resolute defense of their hemee, property
and growiog crops, which the tnsmy, in pursu
ance of their burbarom policy, seek to destroy.
Exemption of Ovkuskebs in some Sections of
Ceocgia. —The citizens cf Dougherty county,
Ga., a short time since sent a petition to the l’re
sid.a , calling his attention to a large section of
Southwestern Georgia, in which the slave popu
lation was very large and the white very sparae,
composed almost exclusively oi overseers, and
desired that ho should suspend, until winter, the
execution ot the conscr.pt law as to overseers.
Toe annex >d reply to the petition was received
from the Secretary of War :
War Department, |
Richmond, Va., May 13th, 1563. )
Messrs. D. A. Vason and others :
The President has referred your petition of ex
emption ol overseers, to this department for re
ply) it on are informed that Dougherty county is
in Brig. Gen. Cobb’s Department, and in which
the enforcement of the conscription was sus
pended.
Those persons who entered the service enlisted
onlv a3 volunteers for the defense of their homes.
" Respectfully, James A. Seddon,
Secretary of War.
An Appropriate Tribute. —The following Gen
era! Oraer is a lit and appropriate tribute to the
memory and gallant services of one of the finest
officers and most esteemed and respected in the
list of the noble dead of Tennessee:
Htadq’rs Army Tennessee, )
Tollahcma, May 23, 1?63.
Genera! Ord r No. 120.
The principal loit at Tallahoma is named and
wi 1 be known as “Fort Rains.”
It is so named by ths Commanding General in
honor of Brig. Gen. James E. Rains, a gallant son
of Tennessee, who fell on the field of Murfrees
boro’ ia the heroic oiscnarge of duty, defending
his Slate By command of
(Signed) Gen. Brags.
H. W. Walker, A. A. G.
An exchange cautions the public against roor
backs and sensation reports from speculators
about great damage done to ths growing crops of
wheat “by the pr\ sent rainy season. We observe
that they have commenced the work already.
From Virginia.
The Richmond Whig says it ia too gfi era’ly
known, to raise any q lestion cf profit !ca ia
speaking of i*. tha' GeD. Dee has p it h's army in
motion. His oes'gns are known only th ulmseli
and those with whom it was his du y to confer.—
A few davs aiil disclose hern to the public.
Hooker, on Friday moruit-g, Jane 5, was trans
porting his pontoons town to tho Rapcahanrock,
at D.'ep Run two miles below Fredericksburg,
and rn.k.ng ad monstrat’on. as if about to cross
at that point. About four o’clock, P. M., under c
tremendous fire of artillery, direcud towards
our supposed position st Hamilton’s crossing, he
ihrewnver a column of five thousand men. Our
pickets at Deep Ran, exchanged a few sho a with
tne enemy and retired, txcept a eomoanv cf for
ty, said to belong to a Florida regime, t. who, not
obeying with sufficient promptness, the order to
fall back, were taken prisoners.
Subseqae t events have induced the belief that
Hooker had labored under the delusion that we
had removed our forces from the vicinity cf Ham
ilton’s crossing.
At early light the next morning, (Saturday.) Ihe
Yankees, with banners waving, anvanco.l tj take
possession of Hamilton’s crossing. When th y
had approached within a mile and a halt of the
railroad, two or three of our brigades started from
the bushes, ana with shouts and yells made a d»sh
at them. The Yankees, without firing a gun,
wheeled about and fled incontinently back to th »ir
entrenchments ut Run, makingsuch remark
ably good time, that our troops did not get with
in mnsket shot cf-.rein.
Th Y iu.;es rai-J imo K ; ng William proves to
have been a small affair as.-.-r all, though tha par
ties engag-rd in it conducted themselves with their
usual brutality and destructiveness It seems
toat a gunboat ran up the Mnttcponi as far as
vValkerston and landed a company of cava ry,
who burnt ahe me there ana cnother in the
neig .birhood fheir savages wcu .i, howe er.
no doubt have been exteuriva, but for the timely
arrival of some of our troops, who quickly Grove
them bacx to their gunboat, which lost no time in
leaving the river. Tne county is now believed to
be clear of the enemy, tnongh a great many h ghly
colored reports continue to oe nc-lve-d.
The Yankees were driven oui of Strssburg,
Shenandoah county, on Tuesday, June 1, by the
forms under General Jirkns. There was pome
skirmishing, but the enemy soon gave way, and
fell back towards Winchester, pursued by our
forces.
An a'riva! from tho Northern Neok brings
late intelligence that quite a considerable so- ce
has been landed on the lower Rappahannock and
is on the march to form a junction with this wing
of Hooker’s army.
THE CAVALP.T FIGHT IN CULPEPPER —FURTHER PAR
TICyLARS.
The fight which took place in Culpepper county,
on Tuesday, was upon a much mor extended
scale than the first reports received seemed to in
dicate. Ac ording to the telegram of Gen. Lee
to Gen. Cooper, it commenced at five o’clock in
the morning and lasted till five in the afternoon.
The reports brought to the city by passengers
on the Central Railroad train are mors rhau
usually conflicting. All seemed to concur in
the opinion, however, that our forces were sur
prised, and did not know of the presence cf the
enemy un 1 reports of his artillery were heard.
There ca be no doubt that the ball was opened
by the enemy, who made the attack a -ittle after
daylight in the morning. When th -y first opened
their batteries they were in rear of the headquar
ters of Gen. Stuart, which they s elled furious y.
Asa matter of course the camp was thrown into
some confusion ; but, under tha lead of gallant
and efficient offlosrs, the men rubied and pre
pared themselves for the conflict.
At the first charge of the enemy’s cavalry a
number of our men were medo prisoners. Some
accounts state that we lost seven huafired in this
way, whilst others nssert that cur loss in prisoners
will not exceed three hundred, and that these
were principally of the 9th Yirginia cavalry. Our
loss in killed and wounded is variously estimated,
as low as sixty and a3 high as six hundred.
After our troops rallied, a charge was made by
cur cavalry upon the Yankee battery in rear of
Gen. Stuart’s headquarters, ana they sucoeedsd
in capturing and bringing off three of the B'x
pieces the enemy had engaged. F'or some time
the cavalry fi ghtiDg between th3 contending forces
was very severe, and the loss on both sides h. avy.
Our loss in officers wa3, as usual, very considera
ble. Among those killed wo have heard the names
of Col. Hampton, brother of Gen. Wade Hampton,
of Hampton’s Legion; Col. John S Green, of Rap
pahannock county, and Col. Solomon Williams, -f
the 18th North Carolina regiment. The latter was
married only one week ago. Among tho wounded
we have heard of Col. Lee, son of Gsn. R B. Lee,
who was shot through the thigh, and Col. Butler,
of South Caioiina, who is reported to have iost a
!*•>
We had only cavalry and artillery engaged in
the fight, the enemy having retired before our
infan ry came up. In their charge upon the ene
my’s battery, our cavalry was subjected to a se
vere infantry fire from several regiments of the
enemy who were supporting the batterv. In this
charge our loss is repaesented to have been pret
‘y severe.
After our men recovered from their surprise,
we gained a favorable position, which was held
throughout the day, although repeated attempts
were made by the enemy to dislodge our forces.
About the time our infantry arrived the enemy
gave way, and pursuit was made by our cavalry,
aid some three or four hundred prisoners taken.
This WB3 late in the c-tternoosa, and whan, pe-r
--haps, our cavalry was too much exhausted by the
incessant fighting of the day fully to follow up
the advantage gamed.
From the meagre amounts we already have wo
are led to conclude that the fight of Tuesday was
one of the heaviest cavalry battles that has occur
red during the war, and perhaps the severest ever
fought in this oountry. An officer who took part
in the battle represents that wo io3t not less than
seven Colonels in the engagement. Tho same
authoritw states that a regiment of our cavaliy
was dismounted and thrown forward as shaip
shooters to operate against the artillery of the
enemy, and pick off their gunners. Th:3 force
was charged by a largely superior Dree of the
enemy, and, being without bayonet3 witn which
to meet the charge, they fired and thin retreated
In the retreat a large number were cat off, and
many of them made prisoners. The regiment
consisted of nearly seven hundr-id men. The
horses of the dismounted men were stampeded
by tha shells cf ths enemy, and many of them
had not been recovered at last tc louuts. It is
stated that our loss in horses will reach from 500
to 600.
The Bicbmond Examiner of Friday says : More
recent arrivals from the scene of recent opera
tions in Culpeper convince as that the battle o
Brandy station narrowly mitsad being a great
disaster to our arms. Oa Monday night it ap
pears from what wc can learn from the most au
thentic sources, Sioneman, with perhaps as many
as fifteen thousand men, crossed the Bappahan
nock at a point above Kelly’s Ford, and bearing
westward, made a detour, came suddenly and un
expectedly upon the rear oi Stewart’s Camp at
Brandy station. Our men were completely sur
prised, and were only saved from hopeless rout
and coi fnsion by their own indomitable gallan
try and courage. We sustained most of cur loss
during the first onslaught of the enemy, though
it was only af.er an hour’s desperate fighting that
we su ceeded in checking his advance. Oar
whole lass in killed, wounded and missing, is
believed to be about six hundred, of which Jour
hundred are thought to ba prisoners. The ene
my’s loss is conefderabiy less than ours, by per
haps one hundred. Fit e of our colonels are
said to have been killed or so severely wounded
as not to recover—Hampton, Williams. Greene,
Phillips, and another whose name we could not
learn.
The Bichmcnd correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury writes, under and .te of June iuh: It ia
thought that Ewell, Longstraet, and Stuart have
crossed the Buppahai.nock, probably in Culpeper,
leaving A. P. Hill at Fredericksburg. On Friday
evening, when the enemy crossed at Deeo Bun,
we had only a brigade in th it vicinity ; but by
one o’clock the first day, 25,000 mei, and General
Lee in person, were in readiness to meet Fighting
Joe. That the forward movement has not been
frustrated by tbia demonstration of the ensa.y
m y be inferred from the fact that a division left
a point below Fredericksburg yesterday morning
and took up its line of march in the cirection o:
Gordonsvilie. A battery of some long range
guns and some infantry left here 1-ter in ihe and :y,
cut their destination vv-a uikai>*-u. Os course
there are a thousand speculations as to Lee'c- de
signs. The publicity given to his movements
would indicate something deep laid, or a deter
minstion to beat the enemy after fair warning,
wherever met. The secret, if there be one, is well
kept. Bemc-mbering the issue of last year’s ad
vance, we do not permit ourselves to be sanguine.
News Snmtnary.
Two fLets have left Hilton Head for the Scu'h
ern coast—one for the Ahatnabo, Ga , ana cne
for the St. Johns, FI?. The latter to ascend the
river, and land Loops at Jacksonville, who are to
make incursions into the interior. The objtct ol
both is to pillage, destroy, and lay waste. T-e
Yankees say they will have no more pi'ohed bat
tles, as nothing is gained d> them ; they can cc
comp ish more by destroying ever.yti.ing that
tomes before them. This is the new mode o! war
fare which we were threatened witn a short time
since. Oar people will no doubt know how to
treat such warriors when they f-11 into their
hands.
TI ere are some 15,000 barrels of salt at the Ka
nawha salt works, Virginia, awaiting transporta
tion Northward.
Adjutant General Thomas, the negro troop
organizer in the West, has been compelled to go
East for his healih.
Enough of the returns in Virginia have been
received to show that Gen. Smith, of iauqnier,
has been chosen Governor, and Samuel Price, oi
Greenbrier, Lieutenant Governor.
Counterfeit Confederate notes have been sent
into Dixie by way of Nassau. Several have been
put in circulation in Charleston. 1 be7 are said
to be well executed.
Confederate gnerilla3 are everywhere overrun
ning Missouri. They make the navigation ot the
Missouri river, between Booceyi.le ad Kansas
Citv quite perilous. Recently the guerillas Lave
taken to robbing the Santa Fe stages and the New
Mexican trains leaving Kansas City.
Medals have been struck off, with which to re
ward the Yankees lor their valor at the battles of
Chanceliorsville.
Flonr from new wheat has made its appearance
in some of the Alabama markets. Fleur from new
wheat has been made also in South Carolina.
■The price of sugar has fallen off five cents per
pound in the Richmond market.
Another Y’ankee Bruts. —Col. B. F. Parker, in
command of the the Confederate forces in Jack
son cooTjy, Missouri, wrote a loiter ti Major
General James G. Blunt, real:rs*rat:, g with that
•accomplished gentleman and chivalrous soldier,
c-n the wanton cruelties be had perpetrated upon
men, women and children who had t'alie i into He
hands, and threatening to retalia'e on five Yan
kee civiliGns or soldiers for every one of his com
mand, and for every non-oomc3 itnt whom t e
Abolition villain may ci:cut». The Yankee cut
throat indites the following reply to Cj!. Parker’s
latter:
Headquarters District of Kansas, )
Fort Ltavenwortb, May 13, 1863. )
Col. JS F. Far Her, C. S. Army :
Sir:— As you do not designate the locality so
the headquaiters of the Confederate lorces under
your command, as honorable belligerents always
do, 1 am compelled to adopt this metaod of e ra
munication wiih you, to rsplv to your long tirade
about constitutional liberty, &c., ab ut whish you
appear to have as cirri ci uu appreciation as a
UoUeotot or a Sea Islander.
I bave the honor to say to you, after reading
your long iecture, that you need not drfer your
proposed acts of retaliation until the 20th of May.
It is of little consequence to me to know what are
the instructions of the Govcrnm nt you repre
sent. It is sufficient for me to know that you
and your motley crew arc insurgent!, and assas-
that yon are organizing within the mili ary
dis rict of Union forces, and are eoarag'-d in mur
daring aud piunder ng unarmed loyal citizens,
thereby barring yourselves o! nl! r-.-rh i i.rd con
sider... ioua - xieuded t prism, i.. a.' oar.
I have instructed officers in command of troops
in the bolder c .unties of Mis.ouri (« -I - in
mle Shull tx end to all territory uni.-r my c
mand.) that - v.ry rebel or rebel sym; athiz- r \l
g vesnid, and recCy or inaiiec ly. shall' b test
ed or exptLed from the military and strict. 11.. sc
instructions wiil not exempt females irom the
rn'e.
Experience has taught that the blta of a rhf
adffcr ia as p luioac-us and productive of mhchivi
as the bite of an? other venom, u.t reptile, i'oer :
fore, uli person-.: known to be in arms against .he
Federal authorities of this district will be sum
marily put to death when captured. The only
constitutional right that will be granted t‘ -.m
wiil be the right to make choice of the qualify of
rope with which they will be hunt-*.
All those who are in sympathy with your
cause, and whom the miiit.iy authori’.ies may
rot feel just fid in putting to death, will be ssr.t
South of the Arkansas river. They w-.il do wi li
to avail themselves of this my las-, i ieudly admo
nition.
Trusting t: at you will fully appreciate the mo
tives that have prompted me to adopt this u
mane policy toward your misguided friends, I
have isle boner ti remain your ob. liier.t rervun ,
Jas. G. Blunt, Major General.
Hunter’s Last. —Gen. Hauler, who perpetrat'd
the following, ha?, it is said, been super ieded by
Gen. tii-more. The man is evidently a dyed-in
thc-wiol abolitionist oi the blackest stamp :
Headq’rs Department of the South, )
Fort Royal, S. G., April 23, 1863. j
Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Va :
The Uuit.d States fl ,g ruu : protect all its de
fenders, white black, or yellow. Several ne roes
in tho employment of tho Government, in the
Western Department, h -.ve b- en crueiiy murder
ed by-your uulhorities, and others sold'into slave
ry. Every outrage of this kind against tho laws
of war and humanity which may taka place in
this department shah be iollowed by tho imme
diate execution of the rebel of the highest rank
in nay possession ; man for mao, these executions
will certainly take phe?, for every one murdered,
or sold into si .very worse than death. Oa your
authorities will rest tho responsibility of having
inau-urated this barbarous policy, and you will
be held responsible ia this world and the world
to coma for the blood thus shed.
In the month of August last, you declared all
those engaged in arming the negroes to light for
their country to bo felons, and directed the i-jr m -
diate execution of ol! such as should be c s-tur ;.
I have given you long enough to r.flec: m your
folly. I now give you noticed that, u:.l s'in
order is immediately revoked, I wili at oi e >caos •
the execution ol every rebel offer, and every
rebel s ave holder in my possession. This tad
state of things may be kincly ordered by an all
wise Providence to induce the good people of ths
North lo act earnestly, and to realize that they
are at war. Thousands of lives may thus bo
saved.
Tho poor nogro is fighting for liberty ir ita
truest sense; and Mr. Jefferson has beautifully
said—“ in.such a war, there is no a.tribute of the
Almighty which will induce him to fight oa the
sid ? of tho oppressor.”
You say you are fighting for liberty. Yes, ycu
are fighting for liberty—liberty to keep four mil
lions of your fellow: eings in ignorance and de
gradation—liberty to separate parents and caii
dreD, husband and wife, brother and sister—liber
ty to steal the produce of t isir labor, exacted
with many a cruel lash and b'-tcer tear—liberty to
seduci their wives and daughters, and toscllycur
own children into bondage—liberty to kill these
children with impunity, when the murder cm iot
be proven by one of pure white blood. This is
the kind of liberty—the liberty ‘o do wrong—
which S liar, chief of the fallen angola was con
tend ng for when he was cast into hell.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your most ob- dient serv’t,
D. Hunter,
Major-Gen. ComcS’g.
Dismissal or a Biiitish Consul.— The Presi
dent has taken a stop in the right direction in
withdrawing the <xeqmtur of Mr. Moon., 11..
Britannic Majesty’s Consul for the wort o‘ If
mond, for the reason that t' r >e said Consul hao
acted in ‘‘disregard of the lrgiitnasa authority of
this Government ” Toe matter ii explained in
the subjoined official note of the S:cretary of
Slate. A logical prosecution of this policy will
compel the dismissal ot all the otscr perso: s
assuming to exercise consul r functions m this
country. Whatever may follow, the pic cedars
is necessary in assertion of our true position and
i.i vindication of our self respect. We append
the note of the Secretary of State :
CONrEDEBATS STATUS OP AmS IICA, )
Department of Stats, >
Richmond, June slh, 1863. )
Sir. —The President of the Confederate States
has been informed that, in consequence of your
assuming to act it behalf cf the Government of
Her Briitaanic Majesty on matters occurring in
the State of Missi sippi, you were requested to
submit to tbis Department your consular commis
sion, as well as auy other authority held by you,
to act in behalf of Her Majesty’s Government, be
fore lurther correspondence could be held with
you as British Consul for the part of Richmond
He bas further been informed that you have n't
acceded to th’:3 request, and tbai, in disregard of
the legtimate authority of this Government, you
have again lately correspou ed as Her Majesty’s
Censnl for this port with the Secretory of War
ot the Confederate States. The President consid
ers it as incons'stent v.i‘.h the respect which it ia
his office to enforce towards this Government,
that you should any longer b- permitted to exer
cise tne functions or enjoy the privileges of a Con
sul in these Coniederate Status. He has conse
quently thought proper, by the letters patent ot
which I eneloss you a copy, to revoke tha exequa
tur heretofore granted to you, and to make pub.ic
these letters patent.
I have the honor to be, your obi’t strv’i,
(Signed) J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of t-tite.
George Moore, Etq., Her Biittannic Majesty’s
Consul, Ricnmond, Va.
An Important Order —The Hon. D. G. FovHe,
Adjutant General of North Carolina, has given
the annexed decision ia regard to ths interpreta
tion of the military law relating to foreigners and
those poisons who have pat substitutes in tha
army :
i xscDTiva Department, North Carolina, )
A'jutant G nerai’a Office, ilili ia, May 25, ’63. j
Colonel— Your communication making inquiry
as to tha liability of “ foreigners aud pet sons
who have placed substitutes in the Confederate
army,” to do militia duty, has beer, receiv 1
IP the 70th chapter, section 1, Revised Cods,
no one is subject to militia duty unless hs is a
“ citizen” ot the State or oi the “United Stotss,”
but at. ihe session cf the General Asa mbiy.h din
1860 ’6l, ths law was so amended as to unbrace
“ all free while males and apprentices” between
certai t ag»s, « who reside in the St .t»,” & •.
It ia clear that Foreigners would not r,a em
braced under the to:a, “cii z ,r.,” but it is equally
clear th-t tie/ are “residents,” and are emb.-ac A
under tbs :ct of 1860-'6i. They or« therefore
liable. As to those who have p aced substitutes
in the Confederate army, I am not st varo o' ary
law by which they are exempt from militia duty.
The late Legislature passed an “Act to amend an
Act en titled Militia.” In section 3d the Legisla
ture enumerates the clauses ot persons which ii
was their inter Lon tc ecemot.
These furnishing sabsiitut s are not entsmern
ted. We ixuit, therefore, take ii that the Legis
lature intended that they should p-rs rot mil '..a
du-7.
1 will state farther that Justices of the Peace
and personsoweieg twenty i.,-i;ro s are not ex
empt from miii.ia duty Men detr. 1 !-4 by » h e w«.
federate Government are exempt, because they
are still regarded as soldiers, and are liable to be
ordered into ac”ve service at any time.
Very respectfully,
D. G. Fowle, Adj’tGon’l.
To Col. Nathan Ivy, 3Sth N. C. V.
Good I—General Bragg ha3 recently issued the
following order. It shows that he app.-eci .tes the
Yankee character and understands the YanKee
mode of warfare, and know3 how to deal with
both. The country deeply feels that the system
of ..magnanimity and chivalry on one side, and
robbery and meanntS3 0 i >he o'.Ler, has gone fai
enough. Gen. Bragg belter. tn retaliation—“cn
eye lor an eye, and a toot:; for a tocth.”
HeAEq’rS I 'Er AETMENT No. 2. )
Tallahoma, Tena., Jane 21, 1863. j
General Orders No. 13.
11. The enemy has seen fit to expel from h;s
lines, and sen I to our midi- not only thsa: sup
posed to be guilty of crimas, but non-combatants
found at their houses ii t.ie peaceful pursuits of
life. In the perpetration o: these outrages on
humanity, and these violations of c’.vtijzjd war
.are, he bas prostituted the fl>g ot truce to the
base purpose o! protecting the guards who drive
forth these exiles. Lerea t-r that flag will net
protect these guards, but they will be seized and
sent forward Vo ba treated as spies or prisoners
of war, a3 the circumstances in each cues may re
quire.
By command of General Bragg.
H. W. Walter, A, A. Gen,
s|swttdt £ J&tnfWL
AUGUSTA, C3-A..
TLESaAY Monxtxa, JUNE 16, 1863.
w i av-,i v art, stop the Chronicle & Sent .
:'”l at the end of the year, or the lime forwhich
it is paid, of which each subscriber will receive
n nice in the paper, so that if you wish to con
tinue it, it wouid be wellto renew your subscrip
tion at least two weeks before the time expires.
' ■ A.I-T TOT change tho address of a sub
scriber unless he gives us his former as well os
his present address.
Rags ! Kage !! Kng*! ! !
The paper makers want rags—rags of cotton,
linen, flax, old rope, etc. In every village there
ought to be a rag merchant, who should buy eve
ry pound of rags he car. got from all the surround
ng country. We would like to hear from any
who wiil undertake to buy rags to make paper for
the Chronicle & Sentinel. On receipt of letter,
we will state price, etc., etc.
G a. 6»« ib >v*.o«’« AR !ra*s-*Cl!Jtractcr
1 <ius-Gem rail.
lif e midst of ths suspense which,'now per
v.. . ry-ry heart in the Confederacy in regard to
oar brave troops who are beleaguered in Vicks
burg, t o address of Gen. Pemberton to his army,
r. c ve 1 just b tore our communication with the
garrison was intercepted, affords strong en
couragament to believe that everything which
human c mrsge and firmness can do for our suc
cess will be accomplished. It siema that Gen. P.
had been made aware of the insinuations of infi
delity to our cause which had been whispered
against him in some private circles, and which
had be; n more than hinted ia some public ani
madversions upon his course by the press. Hav
ing repulsed the c-nemy in three most desperate
charges which they made in the hope of carrying
our works by storm, the General in command
men's the suggestion that he might “play us
false” at Vicksburg ■ with the declaration that
“iv hen the iast pc-und of beef, bacon, nnd flour,
the last grain of corn, the last cow and hog, nnd
horse and dog ntiall have been consumed, and the
la.t men shall bave perished in tho trenches,
then, and only then, will he sell Vicksburg.”
This has tho right ring. We are glad that the
country is turn shed with just such a manifesto
a: ibis time. We have no personal acquaintance
with the. writer, but his words do not strike us ns
th:- empty vaunting of a braggart, nor as the lan
guage of a traitor meditating somß giant wicked
ness, and seeking,by a pompous proclamation, to
allay suspicion, ft is the utterance of a gallant
soldier, intensely in earnest, and prescribing for
his men a line of conduct winch simply means
‘ v ctory or death !’’ If Vicksburg must fall, we
h:td rather a thousand time< that it perish before
ihe ml.;ht of an enemy too poworful to be re
pelled, than that it ba betrayed basely by one who
had b> en charged with its defense. If the man
whose stirring words wo have quoted be not on
arrant co-vard, or one of the most unblushing
nvsor- LutH who defiies the earth, wo have not the
, :;;hu-« apprehension on the score of treachery.
The a ire s was perfectly gratuitous, and so far
as w ca-: see, it could have been prompted by
but on motive, and that in the highest degree
patriotic. lie has already sustained his burning
words by acts of corresponding heroism and we
d.iivo hope for the besieged city (withthepro
.tcc-ion cf a morciful Providence) from tho stern
programme which the officer in charge has pre
scribed for himself and his soldiers.
If there bo any one thing for which the Con
federacy has cause for the profo?n(iest gratitude
since t is struggle commenced, it ia in tho char
acter cf 119 men to whom the management of our
armies has been confided. We recognize of
course g a-ies of merit among our officers. We
bare no doubt that many incompetent men have
been invested with responsible positions and re
tained when the public good demanded, in the
judgment of the disinterested, a dismissal. Nor
hay3 wo any doubt that there are men in the
r if b itter competent for command than many
who are adorned with the insignia of effiae. But
as a whole, we believe that armies were never
more ably commanded on any fields whatever.—
Y" believe that, cenerallv speaking, our victories
have been wen against formidable odds, by the
superior skill of our commanders-recognizing of
course the favor of that Divine Power which our
best Generals have never ignored. With these
convictions we confess that wo read with some
impatience the denunciations vvhich we have not
unfreqnently seen of officers whose patriotism
and valor should protect them from tbe asper
sions of those whom they are using their utmost
exertion to serve. We are not opposed to the
temperate criticism of rulers, whether civil or
m'iitery. It is the right of freemen ; and the re
srlta are often in a high degree beneficial. But
we do deprecate that indiscriminate censure
which wounds, for example, such a man as was
Albert Sydney Johnston, and which is calculated
to unsettle the faith of people in men who are en
titlid to their confidence.
The Enemy Threatening.
“To be forewarned is to ba forearmed.” So
the adage runs ; but if, after having been amply
forewarned, we find ourselves still unprepared
for the invader, when thehour of trial c"mes the
blame of cur discomfi’ure and loss will he upon
our ova heads. No time should be lost in per
fecting the military organizations now in pro
.'-ress in this city, and in arming, equipping and
drilling their members.
We observe that the enemy is becoming unusu
ally bail upon the coast, and we have informa
tion of his ravages all the way from the Chatta
hor.chio in Florid?, along the coast cf Georgia,
to the Combahee in South Carolina. Already
have his depredations en’ailed severe loss and
suffering upon our people in those localities.—
The damage amounts to millions of dollars. Ia
Florida, several vessels at anchor in the rivers
have been taken, ar.d the enemy are threatening
interior points. Gen. Cobb is in that locality,
however, with a force which we suppose is ade
quate to successfully oppose them. The destruc
tion of Blefften, S. C., and the many beautiful
residences u on the Combahee was as calamitous
as it was and noraceful. Snell an invasion should
net have b?< n permitted ; for the known propin
quity ol the enemy should of itself have warned
us to station guard there sufficient for the pro
tection of ihe country exposed.
Within ad iy nr two the coast of Georgia has
been visttad, ad we hear of ravages in Glynn
county, aid the destruction of railroad bridges
and ether property. The Yankees are also ma
king <>' castrations in the vicinity of Charles
ton, and on the contiguous islands, where they
have b-.n busily fortifying and erecting batteries
ever ifi .ee the last attack on Charleston.
All these movements ere unquestionably a part
of a programme concocied in the Yankee “De
partment of the South,” to which the following
dispatch, published in a Northern paper, may
probably afford some’oiue :
Washington, Jme 2. —Gen. Sax'oi arrived
:o day vita important dispatches from Gen. Hun
“r. He says affairs in the Department of the
S-ic.h re progressing satis! actorily, aid that the
(' e. :rjr d-fficaities between Gens. Hunter and
Faster' v.-ili be agr eab y arranged.
A r . and ir m the coast into the interior is possi
■;te; and it is this very possibility that should
serre to excite our alarm and stimulate ns to re
double our exertions in the cause of self-defense.
The woik haa been commenced well, (but
although tco long deferred. Let it now progress
until the armed citizens of Augusts present such
a united ftert as will insure the safety of the city
against any raid of ordinary numbers that may
p rchaacs me ace it. The thieving scoundrels
expect to meet no armed opposition in the inte
rior districts which they seek to ravage. Let
them bed aappoin ed in their cowardly expecta
tions. Let them find our people in arms to a
men, and determined to defend their homes, and
they will then confine their marauding expedi
tions within very narrow limits.
The exeitiag rumors afloat on Tuesday have had
toe g od effect to arouse the community to a
raa'.izir.g serise of the necessity of prompt and
thorough action in this matter of home defence.
We are git.d to.see cur citizens respon< ing with
a’acriiy. By proper effort and unanimity our city
wtii soon be safe rgainst invasion. We have an
ample forc3 here, that can render efficient service
as a garrison of this most important point. The
country and the government demand this service
oi us, and we trust that none will shirk da ty
when the critical hour arrives—if it does, I
Tlic Unlieedeit Warning of tlte late
Jo Use IS - rrien.
When the hist-iriaß takes up bis pen to do for
the United States what Gibbon <! d<V , I ’ Roman
Empire, h will find the causes of its “Jtell;; nnd
fail” actively at work for fully a haif co. :v be
fore they culminated in tho cbmas which ■ f: >
immediate occailonof the gran 1 cM iwtro.it!a. Tho
election of a sectional IV s lea: “m. s rial e ui
phanoe,” as has baen said, *‘t c
forms, was the effeace which conatraVed last,
the Southern States to disrupt th.' t > which
bound them to ths Union ; but wS proum:' that
there is no one who mamtai s, that if ihe Noi :h
--ern States had previously acistl in good faith to
tile South in every instance, if the majority I ad
invariably refrained from anything which could
he called oppression nnd hsd scrupulously fulfill and
every constitutional obligation, the mere dec i. :i
of a sectional candidate would have induced the
disunion which is now a fact, fail was only cno
of a long catalogn of outrages. It wai but tl;a
application of the match which pro lucid th ex
plosion. The tram had been laid through a :->g
line of years—the combustible element bad bin
hiligent'y supplied by the augry passion? of ns;:r
ly t' o generations ; and after ihe ample prep: ra
tion, a ei'-g'.e election could eff of the destruction
of the political fal ,- c.
These thoughts were suggested whilst readv g
recently the addr -rs of the Anti-Tariff Conven
tion, which wat he'd in I’hiiad.lphia in the year
1831, to the p opi? oi the United cltates. Ala gr
number of the most pa'.rio' c and intelligent ciU
sens cf the country who d.ened themselves ag
grieved by the oppressive system of du'.i which
Congress had imposed upon the peep’?, f;- tho
benefit of Northern manufacturers, aud who fore
saw that i-uch oppression wouid, if uncheck-. !,
issue in tho most fearful disasters, came together
to counsel as to the beat remedy for the gig nfic
wrong. A committee cousistii g of Hon. John
McPnerstn B rrien of Georgia, lion. Albert Gal
latin of N. Y., and Judge Harper cf S. C., was
appointed to prepare an address to the country
embodying ihe sentiments cf the convf ntion and
designed to operate on public opinion in such a
way as to produce, through the legitimate chan
nels, some abatement of tho evils complained of.
Mr. Berrien was tho chairman if the committee,
and he was in all probability the author cf the
address. It bears throughout the impre?; c fbis
lucid, elegant, and vigorous intellect. lied the
prophetic voice of ibis gentleman—one of tiie
purest and wisest statesmen who has adorned the
history of Georgia—been heeded, the “wur for
tho Union” m’ght have bcea indeiiLiicly post
poned, if not wholly tteiptd. B t hear the gifted
dead:
“ This is emphatically a government of opinion.
The bond which uti.es ua is the souse of our com
mon interest—the conviction cf our equal rights
—the assurance of our capacity to asst rt nil.- 'he
feeling that we actually erjiy them. fake
frem a-y considerable portion of the Amo
rican peop'e the con-ciousoess that they r.r.■ In
the full pos ession ol their r.gbts as freeri'i n ;
substitute for it the spirit of oi cent nt, which
springs from the conviction of wrongs ii fl cled,
not inadvei tently, bus with dclibsration, which
are not temporary, but enduring ; end y->u t rray
against tho Governm nt a fore, which is of like
character with that whicn s stairs it—you aw.
ken a feeling of resentment which is g- -il ii.io
act vity 0, a sense of oppression, ana fmb 'end
by the recollection ihut it is the band o! u brother
which infl.cts it. Such is the feeling which per
vades a numerous and respectable ;> TLion of ihe
American people. It cannot be defied, and may
not bo disregarded, withou? putting to hazard the
safety of the Confederacy.”
Not many moone after Jndge Berrien uttered
these words, tho safety of th: republic was imper
iled by the unrelieved opnrcssionof the dominant
p rty. Disunion would bave ocDurred then but
for the compromise whieb was tendered and ac
cepted. In 1840, and again in 1850, the Union
was in peril from this combination and other
causes. Compromise agnin ermo to the rese.n:,
and the danger wa3 passed. But in 1860 it be
came too lato or compromise The party in
power grew (in their view) st-org enough to
crush out any opposition which eocii be atrnyed
against it. The North, intoxicated and madden
ed-with power, cried “ no more compromise !”
The South in eelf-delence was compelled to cry,
no more Union I”
This Harvest. —The compliments of the season
to “honest old Abe.” We are now in the midst
of the wheat harvest, and soon will be garnered
the most bountiful crop ever known at the South.
W.- shrill have enoiurh and to cp? r e ’lhe earn,
too, is growing apace—in some localities it ia
alroady in tu'jael—and every indication points to
overflowing cribs. The weather haß been propi
tious, and a kind Providence, has smiled upon our
efforts Let us be thankful! We mock at the
disappointment o f our base foe. who rxuliod in
the belief that starvation was to j in alliance with
fire and sword to wipe ua out from the lace of the
earth. We can point to oar noble armio3, to our
devoted women, to the universal patriotism cf the
people—flip our treasury notes in the Yahoo’s
face, and defy him still. Prices of f-.od have got
to come down. Both people and army will this
year hare a. comfortable subsistence upon carrier
terms than they have been nc:u itemed to for a
twelve month. The relief which they will thus
experience will ensure the vigorous and success
ful prosecution of tho war in this its most impor
tant stage, and new victories will pave the way to
peace and independence.
Let the farmers now hurry their surplus to the
mills or the market with all convenient dispatch.
Let consumers be patient and buy sparingly, and
the rtsuit will soon be perceptible end cheering.
Thus will they crush out monopoly, ceil bring
discomfiture to would be speculators. Planters
should be on their guard againsi oil meu who
seem over anxious to purchase their wheat and
offer extravagant prices for it. Let every one
come up to the true standard r.f a patriot and
keep down the prices of their products, to at least
the Government rates.
Tax on Tobacco. —In reply to an inquiry sub
mitted to the Secretary of the Treasury by sev
eral manufacturers of Lynchburg, whether tobac
co held by t’ e manufacturer ia liable, or no', to
the Confederate tax, that officer :eplies ai fol
lows :
The question submitted in your letter of the
80th ult , hnviDg been considered, I have to reply
that all tobacco, whether manufactured or un
manufactured of the growth or production of any
year, prec iding this year, is subject, under sec
tion 1 of the Tax Act, to a Lx of eight per ccr.t
upou its value. And it is immaterial wbeVh< > it
had been manufactured during the present or ur.y
year preceding this. lam c'eariy of opinion that
the manufacturer of tobacco is not * e producer
in cootemp ation cf paragraph thirteen, section
five, of said act, aid that commission merchants
are liable for the two and a half per c nt upon all
sales made of manufactured tobacco for manufac
turers or ofhcr3 f an the prod -curs or growers
of the article. Whoever holds or co tro g the
tobacco on the Ist of July, whetfii r the manufac
turer or bis agent, will he riquired to an. ke re
turns thereof to the Asston-or, arid pay toe tax to
the Collector ot the District wherein be may re
side.
Florida.—A friend just returned from a trip to
Florida gives us a favorable statement of the eon.
uition of the crops in that State. All kinds of
cereals are looking well, and corn is abundant
and luxuriant. The corn crop is so far advanced
there that “roasting ears” will 300a ba in order.
E3PA gentleman writing frem Bu'ord, Em
doiph county, states that the wheat bus been har
vested in that section, and it fcaa turned cut ex~
trao'dinarily well.' Every one has a large quanti
ty of g-ound planted with poiu.oes, b sides some
planted with tobacio and ootton. Ho thicks prices
of various artilies cannot help “tumuiiug cud
advises speculators to look out.
A ginlleman writing from Greensboro
Ga., states that there will probabiy he two mr.re
companies of “Home Defenders and Yankee It. J
Killers” organized in that place, besides laone
now ready to take the field. The more the bet
ter, and the more secure our hcmis will be from
the Federal vandals.
tSf~ A gentleman writing from Grt.wfordvi.ie,
Ga., states that the corn crop in that Btctioa is
very backward. Wheat crop very prom sin >
although there is a little rust in it—none he wever
to hurt as yet. The present prospect for au
abuadant yield is excellent.
►55- A gentleman writing-from Lawrenceville,
Ga , says that all the crops in that section are
looking remarkably well. The wheat harvest wU
aooD commence.
*cgTThe gun boats which went up the Alta
mahaou Wednesday returned without doing any
damage, so far as heard from.
The outrages of thieves, garoters and ruffians at
Richmond are becoming so intolerable that
law is advocated.