Georgia Historic Newspapers

    From Virginia.
r. T.lursday last, M *i or and »t
--' r ‘V ' flc 81 Sen<!Ca ruuln.d there.-
‘ 8 o n VM‘«“ „ or „ IX> sn d cap
Oar . ncce*<i ain ill'* 8 eqaipme nl ®»
tumg «t. nteeo, with b Vnd re-crowed th ®
WH.er writ twu ae prisoners errired here
river into \ irgmia. in i. reported that Mosby
Tfßtcrcay eTeDIB *-k,Ued in the engagement.
' i ,LCe ~ pzdloit performed witnin
TANARUS»" ' ! ,j ar,d^* r ) ID Waehfngton t has but few par-
Os the enemy.
V ' C COO J , t D the country below Richmond, and
i ntll ':' e tu: 'owing from r reliable source:
*> B V ,: 7 1 . 7 uonboats, two n number, first
lae ('h ckahom -.- " Thursday evening,
7hfn rZ-'Verf down the r ver. a ad, taking into*
n ir nmiorta laden with ’pontoons and in.an
re ceded up the James. An iron-clad pre
,2ic'<i them, v.g rously abtl.ing tbe wood, on et-
the troops,
r.T «“ issstawssra?
VUvtl'ncr -rtill-ry. The object of the expedi
sfenaafflyraSs
ks&xxx ssaycsf*
lo the river and embarked lor new scenes of ope -
Tht'ons This is in accordarce wHbtie“ ■ta"*-
tion r an” of subjugating the South adopted by
to Tu“''ik«« recently made a raid into Hatnp
i•„ J „nty carrying oft several citizens who re
; . rto uk T etn a o J ath of allegiance and stealing
i score or two of hoi ses. Ja> tain McNeil, with
« viv-r veine’i, attacked a train ol the enemy,
t I . ■ z m es of Winchester, cut and ba&ly
.1,7 . ■ i tho wagons with axes, brought ofl twen
■ 7 7,. ■ very valuable) and twenty-eight
frl 7,ere. Jo tms fight be lost no men killed or
wounded Yankee loss, two killed and two badly
■woooflod. J ur of the borees captured were of
< / il roy’s si off wagon, and valued at SI,OOO a
■ ie7 j. is further stated teat a malignant fever
os r il'ing in Vt inch eater both among the citizens
and soldiers. . , _ , .. .
The V ikeeß left the Ticimty of Fredericksburg
« D ihi night of the 13th, haying “successfully nc
coij iiiiH * a the object of this bold reconoissacce.
"i In pontoons are (. one. Our pickets captured 89
~rit , r.crs. The Stafford hills below Falmouth are
jjnost hare ol Yankee tents. This looks line evao
,;..t, mafford. A tremendous fire at their depot
win s on li si night. Their pickets on the other
sidi of the river are doubled.
" ap above was heard yesterday evening,
and probably they have had a thrashing in that
dir j ,7c tiocs render it nearly certain that the
has abandoned the road to
, tl ‘ ( . through Fredericksburg. It is impro
d will be sbed on the hills of
77 i: '■ . and the slopes of the Kappahan
dock Y ,-.ugh of it, indeed, has been wasted on
thu ; - nit <i to suffice for a thousand years to
the £ .ideral army has gone is yet
o thing indicates anew point of at
vacl, and the most probable supposition is still,
ilndY lari'c portion of the troops commanded by
;j 0 „,. r be employed in the defence of Wash
be rest Will b« sent to that Arma
,,(l ■ j,r.;p, i :.g in the Vulley of the Mississippi.
agton Chronicle, of the 11th inst,
cou . account of the cavalry fight at Brandy
ISta i i l . 'flic Yankees were under Gen. Plea
end crossed the Rappahannock in two
ooluoimi—too right at Beverley’s Ford, and the
est a'. Kelly’s Ford, six miltß below.
re captured without loss. Bever
j : •,.•„<) liken by a spirited doth of the
), Illinois and Eighth New York cavalry
regiment were on tne south side before
the ■ y were aware of it. General Grtgg
~<ik KeiivV' Ford with a slight skirmish and no
'J pc 'p'ht column, under Gen. Buford, had pro
mile from the river when it came
Jones’ whole brigade, who had jut
s hal <,i f emselves cut of sleep, and were in time
to receive u .
'j h lit commenced and continued from 5
~ by which time the entire force
isting, according to papers found
a the camps, of twelve thousand cavalry and sis
sy, had been engaged and
three miles on the right and five
ii iles on tiio leit, with heavy loss.
Oar forces succeeded lu forming a junction near
on st 2 o’clock, when the fighting of
botli < claims UDder Buford and Gregg was very
gallantly done.
The enemy were taken in flank by another brig
ade, and though thoroughly overpowered, gal
lantly cut their way out. The rebels were nu
, i ricully • uporior to us, including our small sup
porting loreo of infantry. Notwithstanding this
<• drove them back handsomely, and captured
:fi i pro 'oners and one stand of colors.
They had been roviewed the previous day by
fl- i. L i-, and were under orders to leave on their
aid into Maryland and Pennsylvania to
■i, now (Wednesday) morning. Important pa
r ihi.ve been capturedrn the camp ol Jones’
br> dr, allowing the strength of the whole rebel
tone and its intentions.
. I,t ft ;!il was discontinued about 8 o’olock, the
r. bids King back upon strong infantry sup
per I, which came up by rail from Culpeper, sup
posed to be part of Longatreel’a force, which,
from letters taken, we learn was in that vicinity
onH.turday.
Oar lore.', returned almost unmolested to this
slim of the liver during the afternoon.
'ihe (i h I’eiinsylvauin cavalry lost heavily, in
cluiiing nix eilicers killed, wounded, or missiDg.
Im rid Buford’s whole iorce was much cut up.
Os tile K li Pennsylvania cavalry, webear of Cap
tain l)»*ii:, killed by a shell; aiajorltobertMor
i.tentcnnnf l.enoig, missing; l.ieu
ten’unt R. Ellis, revolver shot through his leg;
and Captain Lioper, cutnilh a sabre.
Tlie Bth New York had the advance, under
Gregg, mu! after slightly wavering acquittal theei
i,> Iv. n with much i allautry. We bear that among
the casualties of that regiment were Colonel Da
vis, upturn Foote, ■company E, and Lieutenant
tinier, company A, killed, and Lieutenant Reeves,
company 0, id Lieutenant E'pler, company 1,
mortally wounded.
We have some particulars of the capture of
Winchester:
Gen. Ewell surrounded Winchester on Satur
day evening, when there ensued seme skirmish
ing and dm mg in of nickels. On Sunday morn
ing Gi ii. I- well fornial'y demanded the surrender
town. Milroy replied that he would not
surren i r, and threatened, if an attempt was
storm the position, to lire every building
■ a the town. Gen. liwell sent him word that he
would carry the plac i by ussauit, and if a single
house wan tired be would give no quarter, aid
hang every Yankee he captured. Soon after this
parley, ut a given signal, the ussauit was made
from severs! quartets at once. The outer works
were speedily carried, and in two hours the Y'an
kees capitulated. Gen Ewell at once pushed on
with a part of his fores towards Hartrasburg,
leaving Gen. Eatly to lake care of the'prisoners,
••Jtc.” On taking possession of the town, Gen.
Early leurned that Mtlroy, w th six hundred cav
alry, had, whilst the fighting was gome' 00, cut
through it weak point iu our lines, and made his
escape. The Yankees tired no house and made
no attempt to destioy their stores.
.Our lots in killed and wounded in this impor
tant action is believed not to exceed fifty. The
ctory of General Smith’s death is without founda
tion.
Fifty cannon, three miles Cso reported) of
wagons, large lumbers of cattle, cows, and mules,
ana B,tK e pi .soners, including 2,000 captured by
Gen. Edward Johnson were taken.
Whet, our informant left Winchester it was re
ported that Geu. Ewell had crossed the Potomac
tt Williaw port ad, marching down the north
dank, i ken possession of the Maryland Heights,
opposite Hum jr’s Firry, wnilst another body of
our forces hud approached and occupied the lat
ter place by the direct road from Charlestown.
At Harper's Feriy it 13 said we also captured im
mense s' res, much o! which bad recently been
sent iroi > Winchester by Milroy. It was also said
that Johnson’s division had captured at Berry-
T| he a reinforcement of two theusand men on
their w y to Mtlroy from Harrier’s Ferry.
•' :s nought very doubtful whether Jiilroy will
be able to make good his eßcepe, as the whole
country lroin Winchester to the Potomac ia
swarm g with our troops, and Jenkins, with a
la gs force of cavalry, is hovering along the
border.
The Lyrchhurg Republican thus refers to
Ewell’s advance upon the town :
On Kri<i ,y morning Gen. Ewell, with his army,
appear 1 u..expectedly at Front Royal, eighteen
cs i in W.nchester, and immediately pushing
011 ii " the niter place, encountered a force ol
n within ten miles of Winchester,
with w-. s.,mushing immediately commenced,
but in a very short time the enenw commenced
rt -real-eg, our forces p trsuing, the skirmishing
being sti ! kept up.
ay morning, the advance was resum
•■'.tit enemy contesting the ground gallantly,
but berg compelled to lall back before our ad
duce. About noon Saturday our forces reached
Winchester, and a flag of truce was sent in de
rtatidh g the surrender of the town.
The ■ VI ii (theater is one of the most
glorious, and we believe it is destined to prove
one of ...s' mast important, events of the war. It
seems to be the first in a prejeoted series of npe
re is every reason to believe
wilti-fsiu; most beneficially'to the cause of the
* ontecseracy.
./f r,, ti 'grade movement of the enemy from
oualv' With* O 1 Fredericksburg began simultane
week mi llie cro ®*i’g below town on Friday
JnemV:ut W edi DE Ua m e ,t on SuDd *r ni 8 h ‘- th *
carrying c a all t&ir\t££ >“ •‘Actually
So n seems the advanco’*! oa \ 4c - .
a feint made to cover the tact »?' lhe nver was
Mi dav t: the : ;h, the **»«»»•
Eche Plata in burning such’atom
haste ol embarkation could not be carried ’« Vbe
The amoitut of tore.' which they have deal
ed by tire is immense, but the quantity of antes*
'n the way ot tents, camp utensils and commis*
sarv 5 ... ni, whici they have left scattered
through the deserted camps is large.
I !'.. sc-. :ie of their occupation, which comprised
the whole of Stafford county between Fredericks
burg and Aquia Creek, is a barren waste. The
forem.-- nye n only been felled, but os if to de
bar any future "growth, the places where
they grew have been burned over until not a
sprig of i roen relieves the blackened surface of
the carih, and where this appeararca is not pre
sented, me -.'ids for miies after miles resemble a
race track, ;a their trampled condition and bar
renness ol vegetation.
The 0; i firmly mansions in Stafford, Which
Were occupied by the t-. my, hare been disn.au
tied aad polluted to such an extent that they are
not St shelter for the beasts of the field.
The poor people of Fredericksburg are reaping
a rich harvest of spoila from the enemy’s desert
ed camps. In Falmouth coff eis Belling lor a
dollar a pound, and lemons five cents apiece.
There is a vast number of tents, blankets, oil
cloths, camp cots, axes and other valuable things
left, which are being rapidly appropriated by ’he
plunderers, who are always ready to puck up sec
article.. lam gatitfi and that we coula get certain
ly a hundred wegon loads of valuable articles oy
going through tneir camps. Large rumbers cf
boxes of good erackers, some unopened, were left
in these cimps, and in some instances moderate
quantities of bacon and sailed pork. Ground
coffee was to be found everywhere.
Great demoralization is reported to exist in l-e
Yankee army. Whole regiments, in many in
stances, have been placed under guard, for re
fusing to do duty after their times bad expired,
and the mustering out of those regiments whose
terms had expired, has exerted a very icjariouj
effect upon the other troops.
Three of the enemy, all privates, and said to
be Canadians, swam the river yesterday evening,
and surrendered themselves to the Afayor, who
turned them over to the military.
Tbir;een straggling Yankees were picked up
by onr troops, aad t .nt to this city by the cars.
These fellows were in flne spirits and great good
humor. They say if we had sent over two regi
meets on Sunday we might h?ve capture! ten
thousand men who were in a state of mutiny.—
Thev all declared the'war to be “ played oui.
I am satisfied that tbePotamac army does no.
now number over 70,000 men, though, av the bat
tle of Chancellorsville, Hooker certainly had 150,-
000 troops.
Gen. Howard, who commanded the “ flying
Dutchmen,” at ChanceUorsviiie.has been relieved
at bis own request. Gen. Couch, also asked io
be relieved, and tendered hie resigoation.bat
I Lincoln begged him to remain in service, and as
signed him to Pennsylvania.
from the Savannah Hepudiican , JuneYi.
The Fight at Warsaw Sound--»N!irren
<l*r of the Iron-Cltid Atlanta.
About 10 o'clock this forenoon intelliaence
reached the city which filled every heart with re
gret—it was no less than the 100 ol the splendid
Confederate States iron-citd steamer Atlanta,
formerly tae Frngal. The circcmslancc-s uncer
wnich this unfortunate affair took place, are as
follows: , , . , , ...
The Government has long desired to pu- the
Atlanta to active service, and to this end were
made the various officio! changes in the Npvy
which have been noticed in this paper, the out
going ofiioers and the Secretary of the Navy dif
fering regarding the capabilities of the steamer.
A few weeks ago Capt. Webb p.ac u in oom
maDd, and from that date until now has ..een
busily engaged in preparing the ALanta -or ac
tion. Everything being in perfect crier, cud a
splendid crew, as to capacity, on board, abou-.
daylight this (Wednesday) morel g the Allan.a
moved forward into Wuniaw Sauna. When oh
Warsaw Island she encountered iwo iron-clad
Yankee monitors, lying close in Giore.
The Atlanta fired the first shot at t.n minutes
to five o’clock, and the second at five minutes
alter five I’heYJpionitora replied, and the en
gagement was kept up uut 1 the Atlanta had find
lour shots and the monitors live. The lat er lay
so close in shore, in s mlloiv water, that our
steamer louni it impossible, owing to her heavy
draft, to get as near as she would. A o’clock
the firing ceased on both tiles, at fifteen minutes
to six o’clock small boats were seen to pass from
both monitors to the Atlanta, and a wooden gun
bo t down the sound was signalled to return,
which she did The eDerny boarded the Atlanta
at ten minutes to six, and at 6:30 the Confederate
flag which had floated over her until then, was
taken down and the Abolition flag hoisted in its
stead. One shot was seen to strike tqp Atlanta,
it is supposed near her bte-n, and a-shell burst on
her deck, but with what effect >s unknown.
The officers of the O. S. steamer isondiga, who
were in sight and witnessed the entire engage
ment and surrender, state that the Atlanta ap
peared to be aground several times (luting tne
action. They think she was clearly so when lake
tiring ceased, and perhaps bilg ’d, as her pumps
were actively at work, and she appeared soon
after the surrender to bo careening.
Borne suspicions extel as to t e fidelity of the
crew, and it is even rumored that diabolical
threats were uttered by a portion of them previ
ous to the departure ol the vessel, but we doubt
if tbis iB true ; at all events * e shall do them the
justice of writing them down ns loyal and true
until the centrary shall have been proved. Such,
we are iniormed, is the opinion of all the naval
officers in port. We hear that Oaptam Webb ad
dressed his men ju3t before going into action,
and they responded with the greatest enthusiasm,
going to their quarters with alacrity and in the
best of spirits.
Tbe real cause of the disaster was, probably,
the inefficiency of tae Atlan’a, owing to her
heavy draft, to cope successfully with t jo foe in
our shallow waters. She was distrusted by most
ot our naval tfficers on this account and the
weakness of her hull, compared with tho im -
mense superincumbent we : ght of non. It deep
water she is a iar better craft than any iron-clad
put in commission by the enemv, though from
the difficulty suggetted, they will find it 1 rouble
to use her against us. Bhe draws over fiiteon
feet of water, and incurs imminent risks ia going
agrn ind.
Up to the hour of going to press we hnvs no
further developments regarding the sudden and
mysterious surrender of this vessel. Opinionsara
still divided on the subject, some believing firmly
that she fell a victim to treason on board, whilst
others, including all the officers of the Navy, wo
believe, ore of the opinion that her men wu.a all
imc, ami alio an ucx Her colors simply beesuse
she got into a position where she was unahic to
figt. The stcret will probably not be unfolded
until we receive it through the Northern press or
the return of prisoners.
The Atlanta was armed with six largs rifle guns
of heavy calibre and immense po'V' r. We would
much prefer to see them ia out own hands rather
than in the hands ot the enemy. We cave gome
reason to hope that the vessel herself is so badly
damaged as to be useless.
The Atlanta on board, including oiiupirs, crew
and other attaches, someone hundred and fifty
persons. Bhe was commanded by Capt. —Wt bh,
an officer well known for bis loyally urd guiiuLt
ry. We are willing to guarantee thet he never
Save up the ship so loug as a fight was possible.
■e hod made every preparation for a successful
fight, haring secured a formidable torpedo on the
prow of his vessel by winch he expected to blow
up one of the monitors and then engage the other.
A reconnoisance the night previous, by skillful
p lots, well acquainted with the Bourn:, showed
ample water where the enemy wers lying, and
every other circumstance propitious, lie expect
ed lo come upon the monitors by daylight, but
wus somewhat belated in getting down, aad when
there, found they changed their position to shal
low water. Why he did not return ou making this
discovery, is unknown. He det*.rmiued, on the
contrary to make the fight, aud we have Uu?re
sult, so far as it is possible to ascertain it. —Nun
Es lublican, June 18.
The Bavannah News publishes the following
tetter from an officer of the Navy, who is suspi
cion ' of there having been foul play . - t
Editor Morning News . The impression con
veyed by yonr account of the capture of tho At
lanta, in lest evening’s edition, isthat tbe less of
the vessel is owing to her having run aground,
or having been fatally injured by one of theeue-
my’s shot.
Wow, sir, there is certainly no ground forc-ither,
for where the fight took place there is deep water
and as to any shot having struck her with serous
effect—it is simply impossible to state eo with
any oertaiuty from a distance of two miles.
There is ceisamly some mystery about this
“ fight,” and it is singular that you were not in
formed of the white flag having been hoisted—
then hauled down and the Conftde ate ti g again
run up, to be again lowered.
These are facts witnessed by several, and the
opinion was general that it indicated something
wrong going on aboard the ill fated vftscl.
Capt. Weob is not the man to run up the white
flag at all, and the facts strongly go to show that
there was foul work being and ne.
Three fourths of her crew were men from the
army and conscripts, who never saw a vessel bs
loro—the remainder were cf all sorts—a few
sailors.
A short time before she went out remarks were
made- by some of the sailor portion of the men
that “if the ship went out it would be the worse
for her and the officers, as they would find out,”
and other expressions, showing a bad spirit
amongst them. Unfortunately, the persons who
heard this talk, not belonging lo the vessel, was
not aware of the important duty devolving upon
him of reporting it to the officers.
Now, sir, my opinion is that the Atlanta has
been betrayed to the enemy by base treachery.
Any one who is acquainted with the ship knows
that thirty men, by concerted action ut such a
moment, could overpower the few officers on deck
and take charge before the remainder of the
crew, unused to shipboard aed such scenes, ooald
prevent it.
The Atlanta was not the shi > to be injured by a
few shots. Her pilots, Hernandez and Austin,
were not the men to run her aground where there
was sea room, and #apt. Webb and his officers,
above all, were not then taking their first lessons
under Y'ankee fire.
Without any positive knowledge of fha posi
tion of the ship or the eflect of the enemy’s shot
upon her (if indeed she was hit), the simple feet
that the white flag was first run up, then lowered
and the Confeaerate flag hoisted and ngain lower
ed to give place to the United States flag, is con
clusive—evidence that it was not a regular sur
render, while it is very suggestive oi couli.cl !
among the erew of the Atlanta
From Florida.
It is rumored here that the enemy hss again
been shelling Jacksonville, w.ih what tflie. we
know not. The news was brought by passengers
on Saturday's train from Lake City, aid wav
generally believed. It is known that Gen. Hunt r
m ? command of some SO.tXM) men, white and
nothing, that two expeditions were
St ,rom hlB immense dost—she one for the
wVhaSreM t °‘ he , r Aitamaha, Ga.
Capt. Casiter and the e wl a A‘ er by
goinerv has reaDnesr«l >r^SU!ap iou 19 l^a * Mont-
V.ew to another P rafd l “ s »- Johns with a
a small vessef wu*h nxiyVjfa 1 *! has c - r -P‘uved
Island.) on the ApaUchieou co ‘* on ».
longer a matter ot rumor, bu- a ‘ b ! s 19 20
cnoly fact, having transpired me!aa *
Itl, turiher r e g por ed ‘toat £?£
soldiers on the coast attempted to deWr- »
escape to the blockading vessel, and that one V
them succeeded in making good his escape.
Corretpcn'enc* of the Charletton Courier.
Havana, Jane 8.
T.h<* w-.v has effected soma strange changes in
tbc <ll Cabin metro-, oiis. Two years ago Eng
i 7 y .i bu*. rarely spoken, except among the
educated class. The influx of “Oonfederadoe
k-'3 brought a smattering of our language into
general use, and there is scarcely a shop m Ha
tana where Eagligh is not spoken to tom* ex
1 The Eymp'thies of the mercantile cla*a in Ha
vana are warmly* with the South. -‘Los Jankees”
&-e held in great execration, while the ‘*Gonfede
rados” ore received with opeh arms. With the
Cabans generally, a somewhat different sentiment
prevails. Two parties exiflt on the’ island —the
Spaniards and the native Creoles*. The former
are in power, and are likely always to remain so.
They embrace airong them nearly*-aU men of
intellect in Cuba, and attached to their interest
are the wealthier and better educated Creoles.
From tbe Captain General down to the soldiers
in the ranks, they are enthusiastically for the
South. As large slave owiers, their interest* are
with a people struggling to defend the institution ;
and as Sou'herneis, they must sympathise with a
race with whom they possess in common all those
warm and generous qualities which are attributed
to tbe Children of the San. lam told that in
Spam thi3 sentiment universally prevails. The
utmost in'erest is felt in the progress of the war ;
maps of Virginia, the Mississippi and Charleston
haibor, are eagerly studied; the photographic
and lithographic r presentation* of Jefferson
Davis, Lee, Jackson, atd Beauregard, (who are
the great heroes of the war in the estimation ol
the world «r#oad,) are familiar to every room,
every shop window, and every lady’s album, and
the o talities, political and mili’ary, of our lead
ers as w<*l: as the strategy es the war, are al
most as faiiliai to tbe puolic mind in Spain as
they are to our own. In no country, I am inform
ed by rtreent travelers in Europe, doe’ a sympathy
for the Confederate States so universally pervade
ail classes of the community, as in Spain. In
England aid France there are parties opposed to
us *. in Spain Lone. . _ .
VV iih the native Cubans the oase is different.
Thousands o them have been educated in the
Northern Slates, and have imbibed in the Yankee
sahoois cot only admiration for the North, but
sprang 3to say a tendency to abolitionism. There
-re among tbe t ducated Creole open advocates of
emancipation. But, as a race, the Cubans are m
t-beeiuaily aad physically effete. Their man
hold "as ocen sapped away by vicious training;
their bodies are puny, and their minds n 9*
above the culture o: the native negroes. Many 07
them have a dash of the Ethiopian in their vans
Tber have neither tbe spirit nor courage to drive
uwu*' the Spaniards, even had they the in
ti ll c or power to rcccmplish an insurrection.
Tim oei t among them affiliates with the Spaniards
Such are the partisans of the North in Cuba.
Th ■ .superior Governor ci Cuba, General Dolce,
is of course, restrained by bis official posi.ion
from lie-live manifestations of sympathy for the
Confederates, tut the feelings of hid heart are
well known. He has done his utmost to protect
the Scuthrrn interest in Cuba from the illegal
outrages wh ch have been attempted by tbe Yan
kees. A belter fr end and a warmer admirer tne
South never bad than the predecessor of the pres
ent Captain General. The warm hearted and im
pu’sive Serruno declared, when the shackles of
office were thiown aside end histengne untied,
that he should go to Spain to work for the recogni
tion oi Southern independence, and we learn that
he is stiii laboring for us with all the strength ot
his intellect. The Prime Minister, Gen. ral Con
cha, who was Serrano’s predecessor in Cuba, is
also a friend ot 1113 South, and is ready to take
the lead when Napoleon (the power behind the
Spanish throne) gives the nod. Among those
whom the Southern people will honor and love
for tbcii* labors in behalf ol the Confederacy, let
them not forget the Spanish Statesmen—Serrano
acd Concha.
la Havana are at present many refugees from
New Orleans, the victims of tbe cruel orders issued
by Banks, expelling them from tbeir homes with
scarcely the clothes on their backs. The only
instance of magnanimity on the part of the op
pressors on record is the one I wid relate. Among
the prisoners tuken in the Teche distrust by the
Federate, was a young Confederate officer, a na
tive of New Orleans. While in the service ot his
country his home in the cily was confiscated and
his mothers and sinters driven away. After being
conveyed to the prison in New Orleans, he sent a
message to the commanding General, (one I’helps,
1 Hunk, ia the name,) begging that he might have
taken fiom one of the bureau drawers in his old
homo, and sent to him, the miniature of a dead
sirtor. Phelps replied "certainly, he might have
anything in the house to the value of ten dollars!”
How characteristically Down East.
Among the Southern gentlemen I had the
pleasure of meeting in Havana were Charles J.
Helm, the official representative of the Confede
rate Bt. as, and the venerable Pierre Boule. Mr.
Helm was the Consul General for the United
State -.revioua to the war, and now acts, though
unrecognized, for the Confederacy. His services
have been invaluable, and in a manner which
will be well known and appreciated by hi* ooun
irymen when the war is over. The South is
truly fortunate in having a3 its representative
abroad a gentleman so accomplished an 1 talented,
and to faithful and indefatigable in her interests.
Mr. Boule has baen residing in Havana since his
release on parole from Fort Lalayette. His treat
ment in the Bastile was shameful, particularly in
consideration of his grey hairs, impaired health
and long setvice for his country. He te now
much better, and looking forward to his exchange
under the recent cartel. 1 need hardly tell those
who have Known this “old man eloquent,” that
the wrongs of his beloved South stilt bring the
old impulsive quiver to the mouth and tbe fiery
tl .oh int« til 3 eye. Whatever it may have served
the purposes of political antagonists to say of
him ft the beginning of the war, I know that
there hns been from the day he stood by the side
of Calhoun in the Senate, in defense of Southern
rights, to the present moment of hia exile from
ho re, no more faithful and devoted son ot the
South than Pierre Soule.
An item of news, and I am done. The Captain
Gene rat. and the French Consul here have receiv
ed intelligence that among the spoils captured by
the French at Puebla was a box, containing tbe
full correspondence between tbe Mexioan and
United States Governments, Therein it appears
that the latter has been furnishing the Mexicans
with men, money and arms, to be used ia their
contest with the French. The correspondence
hns been immediately forwarded to France, and it
is not improper to presume that it it will greatly
affect ih“ amicable relations between the Emperor
aud the Yankees. This information is reliable,
ft comes to me from the officiate I have named,
lhr< a Southern gentleman who had it from
them personally. Among the prisoners captured
by ths French at Puebla were fiiteen hundred
Californians, with a body of Spanish deserters
from Prim’s army, almost wholly defended the
city during the late siege. Suvtz*.
Stonewall Jackson In England,
We publish addi.ionat tributes from the British
press to the memory of Stonewail Jackson. The
London Post spys:
Jackson, like the Puritans was austere and de
vout ; but whilst his religion taught him humility
and (Upendei c s upon his Creator, it did not lead
him to onfeuud the true nature of the objectss
for which both he and his followers were striving,
aud to suppo"e that because their ends were no
ble, that therefore they were the champions of
God. If he was occasionally a preacher in the
camp, he was also a skillful and gallant General
in the field; and it is not surprising that those
who had so frequeu.ly fol owed himtovictiry
should have considered him as specially favored
by Pr vi deuce, und have regarded him with feel
ings tkin to devotion. Asa soldier, he will hold
probab y the foremost place in the history of the
great American civil war. His name is indeliblv
associated with the most brilliant achievements of
the Confederate armies; tor to these achieve
ments by liis genius and fiis courage he more than
silty cue else specially contributed. Strategic
ability is the most valuable qualification that a
General cun possess, but it is not always that con
summate military tactitians command the confi
dence of their followers, or insure the success of
the operations they conduct. It was, however,
the rare good fortune of General Jackso i to lead
men who, whilst their courage was exalted in an
extraordinary tegree by the conviction that no
th ug could be worse than defeat, were inspired
with an unshaken faith in the genius and ability
of their General. To follow Jackson they knew
was to match to certain victory ; and, if it was
necessary that success should be purchase 1 at the
coat of many lives, Vha* reflection aid not disp-rit
them ; for the cause in which they were fighting
stripped death of ail itj terrors.
The London Herald says :
lie was ai iaiated by the spirit which rendered
the soldiers of the Com nonwealth irresistible in
fight—which carried Havelock through incredible
dangers to the gates of Lucknow in triumph. The
Christian and patriot soldier achieved the last and
greatest of his successes in dyiug for his c untry.
Us perished’doubly a martyr, and in his last
breath attested the righteousness of the cause
which he sealed with his blood. The Northern
Republic has produced no heroes of the stamp of
Jackson. One such man might bs the salvation
of them yet. Blatant demagogues at home, brag
gi-g irabjcilee in the field, afford a spectacle so
fibsurJ, and yet so painful, that Europe knows
no: whether to laugh or weep at the degradation
cf her children. The Northerners want a man to
do a man’s work. The only great men of the- war
have been developed in the South. It is very dis
ticult to explain this. Some may call it a fatality,
some a providential arrangement. That it is a
fact is at present enough for us.
Yankee Disabousu is Louisiana. —We learn
that, under the Yankee decree of banishment,
irotn their homes in New Orleans, of those who
will nos take tha oath of allegiance to the United
States, the wife of Gen. Beauregard, with her
mother, and sister, were ordered to leave the city;
but owing to her extreme tliness, sne and they
were p-rumtedto remain, until her condition
should be so far improved, as to admit of her re
moved without Sacrifice of life. The venerable
father of Mrs. Beauregard, Mr. Deslondes, who
has become blind through age was detainsi,
alone, upon his plantation some forty miles above
the city, none of his children being permited to
be with him, nor he to join them, nnless he would
take the oath of allegiance to Lincoln's infamous
government. His eldest son bat been held in
custody, a3 a hostage, by the Yankee authori
ties, ever since they got possession of that part
( f the State, being refused the right of exchange.
Ci- Austrian tyranny in Hungary or Yenetia,
exhibit an instance of greater inhumanity ?
f HunUvUl* Oonfederat «,
ffllllxblv Important from ninlulppl- a
Laleand rtlinhU intelligence from the Tram-His
*T eis*irpi\Departmenl, Vicksburg and P rt
wSas tgtok r Hudson. - ■;- _ ,
The Mobile Register at la?t has the following
direct and positive intelligence from beyond tbe
Mississippi, which clears up all the doubts, myt-s
•Yd rumor* which have b eu vexing us lor some
time past. It is most gratifying.
We gather our information from an intelligent
eentleme*. ju*t from thar headquarters of Gen ral
Kirby Smith, who ha* official relations with that
army and who crossed tbe Mississippi river at
Natchtz last Friday. The first important tsc*. we
learn is that Gen. Smith is fully prgted as to the
situation at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, and is
directing the forces of his deportment with a view
to second Gen. Johnston on this side tbe river in
the work of raising the siege of those two cities.
Gen. Smith’s headquarters were at Shreveport,
from which point he has easy water communica
tion with the Mississippi, to a point near Vicks
burg, by the Red, Black and Tensas riverß. His
troops are already at the posts selected for them
in carrying out Gen. Smith’s great plan, which is
to cut off Gen. Grant s supplies. To this end Gen.
Walker’s divi ion, of Gen. D.ck Taylor’s army,
Was already at Young’s Point with 7,000 men, aud
tbe artillery necessary to command the river as to
transports and other wooden vessels.
Three thousand men, under Brig. Gen. Green,
were on the peninsula op icsite to Port iiadson,
and in a position, with the aid of Gen. Gardner’s
batteries, to completely close the river to the
enemy’s boats.
Marmaduke, of Gen. Price’s army, wa 1 near
Helena, and Gen. Price, with 17,000 men, was on
tbe march tor that point, bis object being tt-.t
same, to command the nver, and cat off < ram’s
supplies. The great tali io the Mississippi river,
twenty-eight feet below high water mark, ass ord'd
great tacilit es to these operations, ihe narrow
ness of the stream forced passing vessels o come
1 within easy range of tbe shore batteries, whiie the
river bud sunk so low that tbe attnekiua parties
CtulJ not be reached by tbe enemy’s ganb; a’s.
The garrison of Port Hudson and Vickcbnrg
both well provided and in li s spirits—e ch un
easy about the fata es Iheolker, bat entirely cun
lident in their own situation. They have a un
dant supplies. News has been received from
Vicksburg up to Saturday night. Grant’s army
is undoubtedly suffering for want of water, aud
sutteiiog more from being’obliged to drink the
water ol tbe Big Black, which 13 very uuwhole
t some. As onr informant says, Gen. Jahnstoo is
in no harry to move, for this, among other rea
sons, that be does not like to interfere with tbe
action of the waters. He is in regular communi
cation with the West 01 the ilia issippi, and all
are woiku-g to a common end—the S'arvation of
the enemy, ihe raising oi the siege, and the cap
iu;e of as many us possible when he begins ,o
move off'.
Louisiana has been abandoned by the enemy,
and there are no Yankee troops except about
UoDaldsonville. Gen. Moaton with 7,000 men is
at'Frunkiin, bt. Mary’s Parish. In their retreat
the Yankees carried off' mules and destroyed
many wagons. But most of the negroes navi
been recaptured and are being sent back to their
owners.
The Red River is free of YAnkee vessels. Com
munication between the east and west banks of
the Mississippi at Nu’c’nzand many other places
was constant* and uninterrupted The enemy’s
gunboats are poweiliss to prevent it. Ten theus
bead of cattle were on ibeir way to this side and
have probably passed by this time.
The Orescent regiment und the IStU Louisiana,
both of which were lormerly stationed near Mo
bile, are at B>yi. u Lamtu.-ie, sixteen rniics below
Alexandria.
Gen. Magruder baa his eyes fixed on Vicksburg,
aa 1 is co-operating with h s iellow-so diers near
er the scene ot action.
The foregoing fuels may bo relied upon for
their general accuracy ; ar.d they put anew face
on the great campa gu in the Valley.
The latest reliable intelligence we have from
Vicksburg and other points of iateres'- in Missis
sippi, is to Saturday the 13th inat. The Jackson
correspondence of the Atlanta Appeal, dated he
12th and 14th, contains, however, seme news of
interest. It says :
Two couriers from Vicksburg havejust irrivrd.
They came by differ nt routis, and were each
ignorant of the other having be> n sent on the
same mission, and their statements, which are
cheering, agree in every particular. They left
Vicksburg ou the 10th. Our loss irom the cegili
ning of the sieee to the time the couriers left, in
c'uding all the terrible assaults upon our works,
in which the enemy suffered so learluiiy, was
ouly three hundred in killed atd wounded. Not
a single battery ol ours has yet been silenced, aud
hardly a gun cismounted during the whole fierce
and almost uninterrapted btmibardmeu'jof the de
voted c.ty.
It s said the Yaukeedead lie unb'uried before
our intrenchments, basely deserted by their own
friends. Their foul cascusses pollute the ar, and
create a stench surpassing even the famous stench
pots of the Chinese. They are rotting like dogs
beneath a Southern sue ! a prey to the bizzard
and the prowling bsast!
The rumor of a fight at Edward’s depot origins
ted in a dash of the enemy’s cavalry into Rodney
in this State, and the destruction of a portion of
that town by the Abolitionists. There is another
ondit to-day to the effect that Jackson’s cavalry
had yesterday driven the enemy from Big Black
bridge, and were now in possession of that
strategic position. Rumors are the order of the
day.
A lady recently from New Orleans says that all
or nearly all the troops that were garrisoned there,
have been sent up the river to reinforce Banka
and Grant.
Climatic it fluences begin to tell on the hyper
borean const lut ons of tho invader, and the Mis
sissippi water, which is hauled to them from the
river, iu lukewarm, mutely and filthy, and being
his ealy great source of supply o. the natural
element, it is fist generating malignant cases of
ditrrliwi and dysentery, and information bf
heavy mortality in his rank3 begins to run the
blockade. Malarial fevers, too, are fastening
their talons on the poor tools of an unfortunate
despotism, on the bootless errand of taking
Vicksburg; and if Gen. JobDston only waits long
enough, his allies of the rivers and swamps will
read the d*yrofandi over thousands ol the dead
Yankees. .
The enemy is very anxious to know whbn aud
where Gen. Johnston will strike the fatal blow.
He (the enemy) will know to his co3t, perhaps too
soon, but let us wait a'd see.
A geldler who participated in the fight at Mil
liken’s B nd, says that Waikev’s division attack
ed the enemy, capturing .and killing great rum -
bers, and driving the remainder to the gunboats.
“The Yankees ran and left the negroes, num
bering abont 000, who (ought stubbornly. About
600 of them were killed, and an entire company,
with the exception of their Y'ankee Captain, were
captured.
Taylor then retired out of range of the enenry’s
boats.
Harrison had a fight a few days ago near lake
St. Joseph, capturing 270 negroes and several
Yankees, and driving the balance to their boats
A gentleman who vis ted Grand Gulf this week
reports large numDers of negroes, horses and cat
tle there' being sent up the r.ver, as well as every
thing else at that place.
A Jackson correspondent of the Register says
I will take occasion to say that the crops of
wheat, iruit, corn and all other products, have
never before promised so rich a teward to the
husbandman. The wheat crop ia laige, line, and
gathered, and tew flour will soon be upon every
man’s table. The crop is so great that specula
tors in hreadstutfs will hardly touch, it, aud i soon
expect flour to be dull at $lO per barrel. Let me
entreat all not to buy flour yet awhile, although
the market is tumoliog, so tnat speculators may
(all as heavily as possible.
The Bowman House was the largest aud finest
hotel in the State, aud was sp ired by the Fede
rals in their late raid here, while the Confederate
House was destroyed. The house had been pub
lished as having charged two dollars for a meal
in Confederate mouey and one dollar in Lincoln
greenbacks. A deep seated prejudice prevailed
against it, aud ts U had not b en for the fact
that it was the print pal hotel cf the city, i!s de
struction would bare been hailed with shouts of
delight— a3 it was, but few teurs were shed.
The building was over two hi urs in burning
Said to be insured for $25,000.
From “over the river” ihe news is conflicting,
but there can bt vary little doubt about Kirby
Smith having made some important movement.
It is semi-ofhcially state! that he has ililliken’s
Bend, and complete command of the Mississippi
river above and below Vicksburg.
The announcement that General Mitchell is in
charge of the cavalry at Nashville and is engaged
in oiga -ixing raids is quite significant. There is
but one way te checkmate this movement, and
that is for the government to orgauizj more ’regi
ments or cavalry aud mounted infantry, and as
the corn crop is now made the farmers will have
t» give spa portion of their horses and mules. I
they do not, and tue raids are in any way suceess-
must expect to lose all their stock, have
their homes burnt and all of their lencea and farm
ing implements destroyed. There are but two
sides to the alternative, and no dodging ol either
—help the Confederacy or give over bod/and
soul to the robbers of Lincoln. Take choice.
There is no time for delay, and let every man act
at onse—those who wont part with a part ol their
stock should have it all taken away fromth .m,
for a cock who is afraid to fight or crow on his
own dunghill ought not to exist.
A correspondent of the Mississippian writes
from Little Rock, Arkansas, May ISth :
Two young men were “shot to death,” at the
Fair Ground near this city, on Friday last, for
desertion and an attempt to join the enemy.
They both belonged to Arkansas regiments.
In Northwest Arkansas it is said we have an
army ot sufficient strength to repel any force like
ly to be sent against us. Gen. Cooper, in com
mand of a large Indian force, is at Elk Springs,
about thirty miles from Fort Gibson. The Choc
taws are turning out in force. Fayetteville is in
possession of our cavalry. Fort Smith is in good
lighting condition, and upon any given point, in
a short time, an army of from seven to nine thou
sand men can be concentr ted —sufficient to whip
the enemy in whatever force he may come. It is
said that Col. Phillips, the Federal Commander of
the “Pin Indian Brigade,” recently sent to Gen.
Blount for reinforcements—staling, at the same
time, that unlees they were sent he would be com
pelled to fallback. Blount replied that ho could
give him no assistance—that he had ma e appli
cation Tor aid, but conld get none for him. So
much for Northwest Arkansas.
. On the nver everything is quiet. Gen. Frost
holds i’ins Bluff'and has strengthened the fortifi
cations on tap r ver, rendering th* accent of gun
boats or a land force an z -edi-'g’y tv zndnm en
terprise. G**n. Harm ad tike vi i at J cksoDport,
on White rive-, *>t t s » infest areonnta. 00l Dob
bins’ reg’ment, thv min rot Helena, annoys
the enemy n ■ .i t'e, and occasionally sends dis
r tchet to L t.le Rock, in tlie shape o 4 squads of
Federal prisoners. Gen. Price is stilf at Little
Rock, arranging, disciplining and preparing his
a-mv to receive the order to march. Os the army
Lelow wfrb-ar little, except rumors, and thev are
cf an exceedingly unreliable Character. Alexan
dria is reported to he again in our possession. It
is certain that Shreveport has been declared the
Headquarters t * le Department, as appears by
General Ordais No. 6, issued by Gen. Smith.
When the wheat harvest shall have been gath
ered in, and the grass along the route onr army is
to march has become sufficiently advauced to in
sure forage for teams, ycu m xy look far a forward
movement. Missouri is waiting with outstretched
arms to welcome our advancing columns. All the
reports from that Slate but Gerve to ripen my I
opinions into convictions, that the great heart of
thfl people there throbs m harmony with that of
the South.
Another letter, dated May 27tb, is disposed to
censure Gen. Holmes. Itennuot bi denied that
Gen. Holmes “is wholly nnsui.ed io the position he
only partially tries to fill. Us laoks energy, he
lacks tv t, ha laoks method, tut, more thun all,
be 1 teks cop .city. lle has uthved bis time.
G n. Price, who was suppose! to have been
s«nt here to co-operate with Lieut. Gen. Smith,
• ithoagh he has been here for more thin two
inan ii.-, bus no con mund whatever. So lor as
this iL-pdiunent i:. concern-, and. lie might a3 wvli
be in Sanaa ra or Hindostan. It is to be hoped
that Gen. Smith, alter ho hits pu g and Northern
Lou sum*, w U ti aktt his appearance in tins por
tion ts bis vinet urd.and order a movement North,
with Gen Price at ihe head cf the advancing
oliimn*. Nailing short of tl is wil. satisfy the
Mi sourians now crng.egated here. They long
to be led against the cuithkoais and thieves who
are desolating Missouri.
General M a grader has removed all restrictions
upon ihe trace in ent oa, and Brownsville und
Matamoras have bef'iue large trading points,
where our Texas neighbors may provide them
selves with not only the necessities, but also with
tho luxuries of life. Tho crops in Texas were
never beite’*. The wheat harvest has been gath
er .:d io, and the yield hss satisfied the most ava
ricious. The crops of other grains promise well,
and it is thought that the corn crop wiii be heavier
than ior several yeais past.
The Aikansas river is very low—not navigable
this hgh by even the lightest draught boats.
There is no lear of gunboats, unless the Yankees
cm learn them to walx.
A cerresnondent of the Columbus Times writes
frun j mp on the Y’tzio river, June 6th :
The plan of Grunt seems to be to evcid an en
vagemt-nt with Johnston, whose small foice he
nfL;cts to despise, on an open fielo, but to press
Vicksburg so haid as to cause Juhnstcn to attack
him behind his strong line of countervallation
just cuttiide Penberton’B.
The advance of Johnston is now beyond Yczoo
City, Maj Gan. VV. H. T. Walker, of Georgiu, in
command. The enemy some 2,000 ilrong, came
up yesterday m gunboats aud transports and dreve
Coi. Ferguson’s (Javairv in from Sartatia to Liver
pool, bow small plrC3B on the Yazoo, below Ya
zoo C.iy. We are new some ten or fiiteen miles
ap irt. This foica of Grant is simply a recou
noisauce, to feel Johnston, whose whereabouts
and plans ore a matter of speculation and trouble
to the Yankee General.
Maj. Gth£. Loring and Brrckinridge will soon
move forward with their divisions. With John
ston at the head and these efficient officer rnder
him, alt will be done that can be. Gen. John
ston has said that “Grant would not be so kind as
to come out of his entrenchments to fightliim.”
The Natchez Courier of the 10th remarks of the
situation of affairs about Vicksburg :
We have before remarked, that there are yet
two parties to tiiis starvation scheme of the ene
my. Gen. Grant, in order to fulfil his sc 1 erne of
d?a',h or surrender by starvation, has already to
keep a perlect line oi s.idiera in the rear ot the
.orlifirations, fully twenty miles iu length. This
line must be kept complete, or provisions will be
supplied from the rear to the Con ederates. It
isrf no possible uce for the enemy to think of
accomplishing his cbjeet with an impirfect in
vestment, tor there is yet outside an abundance
of food and a will to tarnish it to the fortifica
tions at a suitable time. It would seem almost
impossible to provision Vicksburg from the op
pot ite shore.
The i-econd party to this starvation arrarge
rnent has not yet laid in its protest. Tiiiß purty
oonsists of the whole Confederate army outside
of Hfin. Grant’s and Com. I’ortor’s lines. A line
of such length as that of Grant’s must present
some weak points, and these deficiencies wi.l
soon bo discovered by . he General commanding
the Confederates. Let his position be ever so
formidable, the metal of the Confederate soldiers
will prove, as it bas heretofore proved, equal to
tbe great emergency. We cannot say when the
clash of arms will occur, but we le- 1 very certain
that the siege will be *aiued by the Conledurates
within the next ten days.
A correspondent of Ssitna Dispatch writes from
Jackson, June llith : 9®
Troops ore pouring in to Johnston. Every
thing around .jeeksoa ia omimms of more than
the usual military vivacity. A strong and vigi
lant gut i'd marks the ingress and egiess of trav
elers. Officers ond men are vigilant, ammunition
enough to annihilate Ytenkeedom passed through
here since my arrival. Everybody looks for the
destruction ol' Grant’s army.
We have Mississippi p;ipjr.i from the fith to the
14 .U instant inoiU3ive. They contain much news
and interesting information. It will be seen that
our prospects are ev ly way encouraging. The
Mississippiun of the 13 h has the following :
Our latest advices from Vicksburg crehigfily
encouraging. No fears are entertained of the
fail of that heroic city. Our gallant cavalry corps'
are not idle, and so far hare given a good account
of themselves.
A gentleman who loft the Yankee lines, near
Vicksburg, overheard one Yankee cfficer ask
another wnat he thought of “the situation.” He
replied : “If it is true, as reported, that Kirby
Smith has possession of Milliken’s Btnd, and that
Johnston is in our rear with 70,000 men, as is also
reported, there will not be enoigh left of us to
tell the tale.” From other uceounls, it seems
evident that the Ytenkees are getting considera
bly alarmed. .Many thousands of them have al
ready been sent to account for tbeir vauaalism,
aud many thousands more will soon follow suit,
if Grant does not hurry away from hia present
po3itton. We trust, however, his army will re
main a few weeks louger, until e rtain prepara
tions of ours are matured, in order that the lull
meorure ol their dsserts #ay be meted out to
them.
Many have apprehended that our girrison at
Vicksburg would have to surrender if not speedi
ly r.iieved, oa account of the scarcity of provi
sions. But we learn from an officer who has just
arrived, bringing deepatches tj Gen. Johnston,
that b.uiiitul supplies for the next sixty days
are oa baud ; and as an evidence, we give below
a statement ol the rations issu ,<1 to tae men daily,
to wit:
One quarter pound of bacon, one half pound of
bes, one quaigtr pound of flour, live-eighths of a
pound of meal aed the usual allowance of peas,
rice, sugar and molasses. Ho it will be seen at a
glance tha’. the gallant defenders of the Gibrultni
ol the West, instead of starving, are living better
that! the troops in this vicinily, and of course il
there was a scarcity of subsistence, it would be
hoarded by the commander.
We sincerely hope that all fears in regard to
this matter will be settled now, lor the above is
eniilied to thß highest credit.
The Missisaippian of the 14th says : A respaota
bl; lady residing near Vicksburg wi.hln the pre
sent lines of the enemy, managed to get out a
short time since. She reports that the Yankee
line of investment extends filteen miles from the
Yazoo rivertr Warrentou. Sae says their trans
portation is limited, aud that their center can only
be veered from the Mississippi river—the water
does not agree with the troops, and much sickuers
prevails. Tncy are gr at y chagrined and alarmed
because J jhnstun does not attack them iu the
rear, thinking that his delay wili be ruin to them,
on account o: their inability to take Vicksburg by
storm, and the constantly accumulating forces of
the rebel commander. They have scoured the
wo.ole country for vegetables; everything in tne
way of provisions has been appropriated by them.
She states that m consequence of their want of
transportation, the arm? is pressed for rations,
and every thing else. They are very much de
pressed, and seem to thick some trouble and un
definabie fate hangs over them. They would
rather fight Johnston now than a week or ten
days hence.
The lady also states that on last Saturday, the
troops were ordered ont for another assault upon
the rebel works, but positively refused to advance
again.
Liformatcn was received yesterday that G- n
J-.ukson had captures the Big Black bridge, dri
ving the Yankees away from it.
Kirby Smith’s Texas troops, under Gen. Walk
er, dashed upon the enemy’s wagon train oppo
site Vicksburg, on last Monday, and captured
three hundred wagons, with their lull complement
of wagoners, prusieions, &c.
We learn that a body pf the erimy’s cava’ry
dashed into Rodney a few days ago,and deat'oyed
a good portion of the town.
The following is the official list of t!*e casual
ties in the battle of Jackson : 24th South Caro
lina Volunteers, Lieut. Col. Capers, 105; 4fith
Georgia Volunteers, 85; 14th Mississippi, ts com
panies, 7; Hoskin’s baitsry, 1; total, 108.
This brigade was posted by Gen. Gregg on the
Clinton road, commanded by Col. P. H. Colquitt
and was the only infantry force that lost any men
in.the battle of Jackson—having kept the enemy
in check three hours, and never receding a step,
until the stores were removed from Jackson, and
the retreat ordered. Generals Johnston, Gregg,
and Walker spoke in high terms of t ie men.
From Nortu Carolina.
The Federals, several thousand Btron?, with
cavalry, artillery, and infantry, attempted to
force a passage across the Blackwater, at Joyner’s
and Blackwater Bridge, on Monday nifflu, but
were repulsed. Tuesday evening they opened a
heavy fire upon Franklin, with artillery and a
regiment or mere of r lias, keeping up a severe
fire for two hours, at short range. They were
again repulsed. The Confederate commanding
c fiicer did not use his artillery at all, but only
the men in the rifle pits. A good many of the
enemy were killed. No loss on our side.
The Nashville Press suvs ttie deportation of re
bellious men and women to the tropics has sub
sided. I
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it is paid, of whiclTeach subscriber will receive
notice in the paper, so that if you wish to con
tinue it, it would be wellto renew yonr subscrip
tion at least two weeks before the time expires.
WB CAKNOT change the address af a sub.
scriber unless be gives us his former as well as
his present address.
Hags ! Rag*!! lings! ! !
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 can get from all the surround
ng country. We would like to hear from any
who will undertake to buy rags to make paper for
the Chronicle A Sentinel. On receipt of letter,
we will state price, etc., etc.
Our Own iviauufcctures.
In.formor years when we our (then)
Northern fallow citizens that if they and and not desist
further aggressive legislation w.. should one day
part company with them, our cautions were gen
erally received.in the utmost derision. “How can
you live without us?’’ they asked. “ Y r ou are
dependent on us for the very necessaries of tile.
We raise your provisions. Without our mills the
very cottm whic 1 grows ou your soil would be cf
little benefit. Your clothing, bats, shoes, all
come irom us. We eauoate your sens and your
daughters and make the books for such schools
as you hare in your own States. You would be in
a most pitiful condition indeed, were you deprived
of the numerous and Taried supplies which you
are constantly receiving lrom us.’’ Such, in
effect, were the terms in which we were constant
ly taunted whenever the idea oi an independent
government was intimated. And it must be con
fessed that there was 100 much ground for the
taunt. Manufactures cf almost every kind lan
guished at tho South. Even those enterprises
which promised great suco=B3 proved in many
instances signal failures. There are some persons
in this city among the original patrons oi several
manutao uriog projects who cou'd give ample
testimony in ecufirmat on of this fact. We had
got into the habit of looking to the North for eve
ry thing. From the machinery in our factories
down to the very helves which we put into' im
ported axes, it was all Yankee. Aware of these
things our “ Northern brethren,” pronounced us
too indolent to work ana contended that we would
be compelled to maintain a political connection
wiih them because we were too hel{)loss to be in
dependent.
One good effect of this war bas certainly been
the development of.Southern energy and South
ern resources. Contrasting the results of the pasl
two years with the preceding half century, we
are ourselves astonished at what has been aeeom
pliahed. Our enemies are amazed at the in
dustry which in their view has suddenly been
born in our conntry ; and Earopa i3 not less
as onished at the enterprise of a people of
whom she knew comparatively little exoepi
through the distoited media of Northern pub
lieatioaß, and cf whom she had been accus
tomed to think as a company of effeminate and
idle slaveholders, living upon the products of na
gro labor. Itistruetbat our producing power
has bee* mainly directed towards thoss tilings
which we have needed for carrying on the war.
But suoh energy applied in any „otber direction
would have been equally fruitful of good results.
The skill and diligence which have produced tho
materials for resisting the best armies which
twenty millions of people, stimulated to madness
by avarice and hate, have been able to array
against us, would be abundantly sufficient if em
ployed in creating the necessaries of life, to make
us independent of the world.
Though the flower of ofir population is in tho
field aad a large number of those who remain at
home are direclly in the employ of the Govern •
nant, there is still nvailab.e force sufficient to
engage in some enterprises which are now most
urgently demanded. We need iron, and if the
war continues, much longer we shall suffer very
serious privations if the want is not supplied. Tho
materials for making inn abound in Georgia and
in other States of the Confederacy, and there
needs only capital (of which we have an abun
dance) and labor, of which we have a sufficiency,
to exhume and to prepare this (now) most pre
cious metal. We need leather. Os this article a
large amount has been made. 15ut tbs price baa
been steadily incroas’ug, thus showing the con
sumption to be largely in advance of tho supply.
We need giais—au article which is easily manu
factured out of materials in which the Confede
racy abounds. We need paper—as ail printers
and all who are under the necessity of using the
article to any extent moat ffe'ingly know. We
netd, especially, clothing of every description—
ad the fabulous prices which we are paying for
imported articles abundantly attest. Tin citizen
who gives his thought, capital and labor to the
development of the industrial resources of the
country may promise himself an amplg remune
ration ior fcia efforts. In addition, he will be
rendsring a serVice to the country hardly less
valuable than that which is rendered by the sol -
dier in the field.
Stuart’s Cavalry Figut.—Gallant Charges.
—From all accounts, our brave boy3 did noble
servico in the recent cavalry engagement at Cul
peper. l’rivate letters, as well as official dis
patches and news paper correspondence show tbip.
From a letter by Capt. W. B. Young, of tho Rich
mond Hussars, Cos B , wo get the same informa
tion. We give some passages: “ Yesterday (9tb)
was a busy day with our cavalry. The Yankee
cavalry in large force crossed the Rappahannock
river at Beverly’s ford early in the morning. Our
cavalry division moved promp'liy to meet them.
Wo met them about two miie3 from the lord be
tween the fjrd and Brandy, and had, I think, tho
largest and hardest cavalry fight ol the war. It
lasted from early in the morning until night. 1
have not time to givo you a descriptio . of the
fight, and as I am not much of a hand at ‘fighting
battles over egain,’ I will not attempt it. Our
cavalry drove the Y'ankeet back at every point.
At one time, the Y'ankees having a much larger
force than ours, succeeded in getting in our rear
and almost completely surrounding us. Then
ctiiuisome of the most brilliant charges I have
ever witnessed. Regiment a ! ter regiment of our
cavalry charging the Y'ankees iae:ery part of the
fie.d and driving them back in complete rout at
every point. It was a glorious sight and one that
I shall never lorget.
“Our regiment did its share of fighting, and
won for itself a high reputation as a gallant and
brave body of men. My company did nobly—
fighting a part of the time on foot, in the woods,
a3 skirmishers —in fact, all onr cavalry fought
gallantly. The Y'ankees were driven hack across
the river, leaving their dead and wounded, and
many prisoners, horse3, arms, Ac , in our hands.
“ I do not know what the loss on our side was.
The loss in ou.- regiment was fif.y men, killed,
wounded, and missing. Serg’t Cobb and M. Har
ris, of my company, were wounded, but not seri
ously. Four horres were shot in my company.”
* Why Don’t Tmkv.W ait ? —it it be true that the
Yankees have captured dispatches from Pember
ton to Johnston, as stattd by themselves, to the
effect that the Vicksburg garrison waa on very
short rations, and conld not hold out‘ten days,
why are they not content to wait patiently for so
short a time, instead of building parallels, mount
ing heavy guns, and engaging in other severe and
hazardous work, with a view to an assault at the
risk of immense loss? Moreover,if they intercepted
the dispatches, and thus prevented Johnston from
learning .from Pemberton the strait of the latter,
they were certainly great fools to publish their
contents, and thus give iohnston the very inform
ation which Pemberton desired to convey to him.
The truth is, that the garrison is well provision
ed, and that the Yankees, having got worsted,
find a poor excuse better than none.
CSTA gentleman writing from Van Wert,
Polk coun y, Ga., says that “there is a line wheat
crop in that section—although in some places it is
slightly dama -ed by smut. There has been too
mnch rain for the benefit of the crops within the
past few days.” ~
pST~ The “anaconda” has drawn his coil? so
tightly about the rebellion, that tbey have
snapped in two. *
Yankee lntii&ues in Mexico.
The Havana correspondence of the Charleston
Courier, which we publish in another column,
will be read with much interest. The public will
be pleased to learn in wbat estimation the Con
fed; racy is he’d in “the ever faithful isle,” and
by what classes of the population. But the in—
ti Slip ere ? which is most gratifying is that which
relates to the clandestine operations of the Fed
eral Government in Mexico. The rev9’ations here
made, though startling, will take uo one by sur
prise, for the confld nticl relations between the
two countries have long been more than suspect
ed. The soul oo if the writer’s information, es
which he assures us, is sufficient guaranty ot its
truth.
This expose iffurda us the key to certain fea
tures of Yankee diplomacy which have hitherto
been enveloped iu mysteiy, explains the more
.U.u irieuxly-interest which, it was apparent, the
Federate lelt ia the success of the Mexican arms,
aud clears up the fog that hui g about Minister
Adams Matamoras commercial project. That
wily diplomat, we new find, has been filling
Europe with his c.amor against British violations
of neutrality in giving aid to the Confederacy,
while at the very same moment, his Government
was not only enlisting Brit sh subjects for tbe
United Stales service, but, by a secret under
sit; .Ting w.th t e Mexican?, was actually eng-.g
nit' supplying them with money,arms, and nun ;
and li; bin s ! was slily corcicbng a scheme to
■ i ik ' a own blockade in order to furnish the
supples that had been promised! Aud worse
than thri, —tho cours3 cf ths Federate wa3 in
direct coulratwutioa .with the neutral ty act and
e-. ry principle of international honor; for it was
not only an insult .0 France to issue written permits
to carry arms to bar enemy, but the a dmg of
that enemy with munitions and men —was a b.na
fide aimed aliiauce against France, by which
France is involu tarily made as much the foe if
tho United States now, as England was of France
when the latter joined alliance with the Unite!
Slates in the revolution of 177 G. To cap tbe
climax cf Yankee assurance and bravado, the
Federate have been cbargi**g' tho Confederates
with being the allies of Mexico, while —the cat is
out of the bag, and presto ! we find the Y’ankeßs
tbtmsalves the allies of the Mexicans 1
Another singular revelation te brought to light
io ih: publishtd correspondence before us, name
ly, that an army of Californians constituted the
majority of the garrison for the defence of the
cty oi Fuebla. We understand now what be
came of the Caiitornia 'egiments that started
overland to join the Federal army a year ago,
but which never reached the seat of war. They
disappeared as mysteriously sis. the lost stieam
ol the Cimmaron. It i»a facl that but few troops
from ihe El Dorado-»not more than three or lour
hundred —have been employed in suppressing the
rebellion ; cor have wa heard of any draft, enroll
ment, or conscription in that State. The Yankee
raiteplitier had use for them elsewhere, it seems.
We are informed that the captured correspond
ence has been forwarded to France, for the diges
tion of tho I mperor Napoleon. It is certainly
not improper to presume that it will greatly affect
the amicable relations between him and bis Maj
es’y, Abraffnm I. It at once reopens tho old sore
of toe Matamoras affair, and indicia a deeper
wound ttau has ever been healed before by di
plomatic salve. It ought to, and will, (if tho
“nephew of his uncle” has not become so con
servative as to have lost all spirit) cause a com
plete rupture of the entente cordiale. Napoleon,
with the new lights before him, will now be in
clined to regard the attempted establishment of
Minister Adam’s license office in quite a different
light than a ‘ meritorious ac*,” —a3 that redoubta
ble official santioioniously styled it, while plead
ing his defence. Not only this, but the unex
pected and ovai whelming exposure of the Yankee
duplicity, ar.d cimpficity with the Mexicans, will
opeu the eyes of England and the rest of Europe
to the tiuj character of the “deecendents of Ply
mouth Rock,” and may possibly rouse the
chagrined and discomfited victims of their wiles
to something like a show of resentment. We
look for anew order of things.
An Rilcsfiurcd CHy.
Gen. Johnston’s antecedents, whilst they vin
dicate his claims to masterly strategy and gene
ralship of tho highest order, also show him to be
most deliberate and cautious in al! his move
mints. In his present position he has had to en
counter many embarrassments. But a very short
time has elapsed since he entered upon active ope
ration:! in Mississippi. The- organization ot a
large body of forces, the collection of ammuni
tion, the subsequent rr.assings of tbe army at
poinie most promiuug of success, are all the work
of time ; and to a man of Gen. Johnston’s cau
tion, very considorab.e time. lie will not strike
—no matter what the pressure which public anx
iety may brir’g to bear upon him—until he can have
ayeasonable hops of striking an effective blow. If
that time shculd never come, no blow will be
struck. Sash is our confidence in his general
ship, that we believe that tSe very best thing
which human wisdom can do, under the circum
stances will be dcn@. if he fails it will be owing
to cruses which were altogether, uncontrollable
by him.
I The loss of Vicksburg, it cannot bo dlfguissd,
would be a calamity of very serious magnitude
The Northern papers think if they can in
wresting this important point from our posses
sion they will have gained tho most decisive battle
o! the war. Indeed they have more than once in
timated, that with the fall of Vicksburg, must
come the long predic ed, loDg hoped for, “collapse
of the rebellion.” Wi h such a conviction the
enemy is bringing to bear his.whole energy for
the reduction of the place. Every man, eve'ry
boat, every gun not imperatively needed at other
points, is mossed at Vicksburg or in process of
transportation there. Whatever of perseverance
nud of pluck and of money he can command, is
now being rapidly concentrated on the accomplish
ment of the “conEuamation eo devoutly wished.”
Hut whilst we admit that bis success would be a
hcjtvy blow, wo ar* far from supposing that it
would be strong enough to effect the tithe of what
the Federal Govorument'is promising itself from
such en odvantage. In April, 1862, when New
Orleans W! such an easy into the bands of
the enemy, the fall of Vicksburg and of every
trwa on the Mississippi river, together with the
river itself, were regarded as among the very
strong probabilities, if not the curtainties of the
near future. We have reason to know that the
surrender of the city was determined upon by the
chir riu c; ramrod, and tli-1 wo are indebted to
the firmness and courage of the Governor of the
Slate for the subsequent history which has given
to Vicksburg a'aine which no time ctn extin
guiob. Bat iG the midst o! these fearful menaces,
mere Ica.ful bcc-uoe supervening upon a scries
of the worst disasters which tho war has witness
cd, w’.o thought of yielding to and j iction and
gloom, aud submitting without farther resistance
to the foe? Who then bel’eved that the tempo
rary occupation of the Mississippi by the enemy—
a result which every one must h»r<s at almoßtany
time held possible amid the uncertain fortunes of
protracted war—was equivalent to the irretrieva
ble overthrow of our government?
Should the worst apprehens ons of the most
dtspondirg be realized, and the mos aaogtine
expectations of the enemy in regard to the cap
ture ol Vickiburg be met, we may see in it a pro
kngstion of the war, but we may rot conclude
that »» ere coitqueied. The occupation of the
pLc; wou.d have us at liberty to concentrate a
force at someone of the other eligible positions
which the river affords for operations against the
'ei emy. He would find after a few weeks that
ihe scenes through which he has passed during
the last few weeks and with which he is now fa
miliar, must br repe ited. -So long as our enemy
continues to assail, so long must we continue to
resent. Alter w at has transpired, slavery is the
only alternative of resistance.
News has been recei tod of the capture of
the steamer C'aypso, Capt. Black. She was on
her way to Wj m ngtoa when her machinery
broke down, and the Yankee cruisers, who had
been chasing, overhauled and took her as a prize.
Some of her passengers have been landed at Wil
mington under flag of truce.
The Savannah Republican thinks the Con.
federate press has not acted the friendly part to
wards Vallandjgham by publishing to the world,
and of course to the Yankee blockading fleets
that be is about to set sail for Nassau from a
Southern port, with the view of making his es
cape to Canada.
The Raid on'Cembahte.
The following neceunt cf the late raid on the ,
Combahea is furnished to tbe Charleston Mercury 1
by an eye witness and sufferer. The picture 1
drawn is startling, and although painted in plain,l
unvarnished terms, presents facts of a very gravel
nature and import. We append some editoriall
comments of the Mercury, not only because theyl
are eminently just, but because our own State i J
an equal sufferer with South Carolina from thM
same terrible causes. Here, as there, the enerfiyv
havewav:shßd with impunity, and ior aught wei
know to the contrary, equal'y culpable negligence
lies at our own doors. Is there no .remedy— no*
preventive of a repetition of these devilish out- 1
rages of an unscrupulous foe ? These lawless
ofiences, says tho Mercury, require a deliberate
and unshrinking consideration.
Viswed rs an example permitted to others, this
raid is most pcrnic ous, and may be destructive
m its future effects.
Asa question of food, it i s of mcmeat, threat
ening as it does the whole granary 0 f the State
which lies upodthe coast-for the interior of the
State has produced but little more than it con-*
ft ismes.
Regarding the matter as touching international
law, between ourselves aud tbe. Government of
Ihe United S ates, and as bearing upon , h e cus
toms of war, the 1. CIS ere B „ch that they must bo
laced by our authorities, State and military As
touching the laws oi Fnvh Carolina, wi/ethe
consn.eivd as mere slaves or us individuals domi
cled here every H oul engaged in tho late raid
whether white or blcck, has forfeited his life’
either os an insurrectionist or a traitor to the
State of bouth Carolina ; and whether taken now
or at any future time, the lives cf those men are
terf-ff and the forfeit must be paid to the last
farthing, without consideration to individuate to
property, or to qualms of the stomach or of the
pocket. No prisoners should be taken at all
Inere is a time for all toings :-a lime for ;enti
ment, and a time for sternness. The time for the
exercise of the latter sentiment has come—the
time for the former folly has passed. The securi
ty of our homes and tho integrity of our institu
tions are at stake. Tbe violation of the laws and
cus oms of all civifized nations is gross, palpable
and indisputable. L ;t the adder be crushed in
i s iccipieccy, b ; the immediate resalts what they
may.
Regarding Tae matter from a military point
Tiew, the facts are each that they require expla
nation. It*ati the facts staled—and they are sta
ted t>n very unexc ptiouable authority—be true,
the whole thing is most disgraceful. *
The matter calls for a vigorous and a rigorous
invef t gauon. It is understood that such investi
gation h now being made.
The conduct of altars at Blufßon seems to re
deem the reput *tion of the division but little.
At 5 0 cljck I was awakened in my bed by the
driver, who rushed precipitately mt my room
and imormed me that two of the enemy’s steam
ers were in full sight, and would soon be opposi'e
to my landing. 1 arose hasli y, went upon tiie
poiticooi the house, end, sure euougb, there
were the two sieamere— one quite small, and the
other very largo, crowded w.lb armed men in
Gain uniforms. Il suerne! 10 mo that I also saw
women seated in ch irs upon the upper deck of
the iiirfje Sieamer, surveying with curiosity the
beautilul and peaceful scene tuat lay stretehed
before them.
Upon perceiving that the sma'ler steamer was
sttering ior my la I ordered the driver to
bring ihe p j cp elo me, as they had come iroui
the fields, and were gathering at the settlement.
Finding that the negroes did not come to me
from the settlement, as I hud ordered, I imme
diately went there, louud them al! about their
bons s, and seeing that the enemy had new land
ed about twenty negroes under the leadership of
one white man, I ordered them to follow me and
take to tile woous, which form a deep forest near
my home. They ail professed a willingness to
•do ic, but not one made a sign of moving. As 1
had not a single arm of defence about my persoD,
I was forced 10 fly to the woods for protection.
I took refuge in it, and determined to watch, as
far as I could, the operations of the enemy. They
came up to my house, and iu a very short time
it wus set on fire. 1 looked towardj Mr. Kirk
land’s place, aud soon perceived the smoke rising
from the direction ot his residencs. Presently
the mill, overseer’s house and slables on his
place, also tbe threshing mill and barns upon my
own place, as well as those upon Mr. Lowndes
and Uol. Heyward’s, were bu.ning a most simul
taneously. The negroes, men and womon, were
rushing to the boat with their children, now and
thew greeting some ono whom they recognized
among the uniformed negroes, and who were pro
bably icirnior runaways irom the various planta.
tions in the neighborhood. The negroes seemed
Io be utterly transformed, drunk with excite
ment, and capable of the wildest excesses. The
roaring of the flames, the barbarous howls of the
negrcea, the blowing of horns, the barsh steam
whistle, and th,a towering columns of smoke from
every qun T ter,tetnadc au impression on my mind
wfiien can never be effaced. Here, I thought to
my3clf, is a repetition of Sau DomiDgo. Re
maining about live hours in the woods, 1 conclu
ded to steal tow irda my oivn burning bouse, and
ascertain the amount ol destitution. I approach
ed cautiously, as the small st lamboat had not yet
leit my landing, aud I could still see the negroes
carrying from my burning barn bags of rice upon
their heads, ia rapid movement towards the
steamboat. At eleven o’clock the steamer moved
off, not having left her station for six hours, and
I was left alone to suivey with tear!ul eyes the
wide scene of desolation around me.
My pleasant and comfortable house was in ash
es. My library, containing over thirty five hun
dred volumes, in the collection ci which I had
employed twenty years of my fife; every memo
rial of my pout life, and evciy material object to
which my heart still clang, not for its intrinsic
value, but lor the an peakable associations con
nected with it—vanished, perished in the flames ;
ar.d this was not done in a tempest, by the light
nit,- of heaven, but sarct oncd ny the order of the
civiKzid, philanthropic, liberty-loving Yankee.
B sines my house, they burnt three negro houses,
one of which the driver lived in, my steam
ihreshmg mil! and earn, corn house, kitchen,
and store room, nnile stablo and some six
thousand bushels of riie. They also carried oil
seventy-three negroes and t iree mules. What
ontributed most to my mortification, was, that
in my whole aag of slaves, among whom there
were any amount of Aarons, Abrahams, Isatcs
and J icobs, there was not one Abdiei—not one re
mained loyal to the rebel. They leit an old wo
man who had been bedridden for a year, and
whose house was next to the driver’s house that
had been burnt. I went into her house and found
her naked iu her bed, stript ol her clothing, aban
doned by her children and grandchildren. Bhe
bai since died This is an instance of abolition
humanity. They ail left me, saints and sinners,
and nothing remains to testify of their former
presence but the famishing c.ds and dogs, who,
in coming around me, seem to demand by their
anxious expression the sense and moaning of
their prt sent loneliness. The*egroei were not
allowed by their sympathising friends to carry
r 11' any of their clothing, except wbat they wore
on their becks; not? pot, nor a kettle ; and there
was left at the landing a strauf-e medley cl clothes,
pots and kettles, I askels, bolts of ciolb, hats and
shoes, together with the familiar faces of many
articles which had miraculously disappeared
.‘rora tbepremises years ago, and of whose myste
rious disappearance no intelligible explanation
had ever been given. There was enough prog to
fill ten wagons. They baveall gone, and I ex
pect by this time realize the meaningof that other
abstraction, liberty and t: e rights of man. I
think old I’ornpey will miss hid Harden and his
favorite vegetable 3; old Janus will us longer cap
tivate bin admiring uudii cce by mis quotations
from tSe Bible ; Had old diiver George will find
his occupation gone.
J have no doubt, if ever 1 should see that
1 genus injidun t” again, I shah find them n wiaer
and a saauer [leople The beau of liberty they
will discover, to their cost, does not comprise
clothiDg, com’ortable houses, kind treatment and
medicilattendar.ee, but to them is misery, pri
vation, hunger and a cheerless death. The ques
tion new is, could this raid have been prevented f
I think so. llixd Jtfiords’ iqiadron bei-n station
ed ncra, I think, though I profess to be no judge
in n,i:i'ary matters, the enemy c aid have been
intercepted. They had been posted here lor eigh
teen months, knew every foot and by path of toe
country, all the plantations, and by a proper dis
posal of a few men upon e: ch place, might have
caccked their progress. The squadron nnder the
command of Majrr Manuel had bten r-cently
transferred to tfc s country, which they did not
know, from a couativ with which they w. ro per-
fect.y familiar. They were emirely ignorant of
the localities, and though no doubt willing to
render assistance, were unable to do so, from their
want of familiarity with this reg’on. One or two
cannoa at Tar Bluff, I feel confident, would have
arrested '.he progress of the steamboats; and had
ihe fort at Combative Ferry retained the cannon
wolch now rrpoge at Green Bond t might have
done them some damage. But in these matters 1
say 1 am no judge, and these are my small opin
ions, besides 1 am in no mood for impartial criti
cism It is merely my desire to give a simple and
succuiot account of what I saw and suffered.
This ; s an act commanded and sanctioned by the
best of all possible governments; yes, best in
deed, in the estimation of the insumerab'e Rev.
Jr. i’auglosses’ that swarm over The North. To
ialk of reconstruction is about as sensible as to
attempt the reconstruction of the Tower of Babel,
or the rebuilding of the Temple of J rngalem;
They have laid me under obligations which I
hope my brave coumrymen will • epay wilt inter
est.
Gbn Sirixar Johnston’s Family.— A correspon
dent cf the Hcuiton (Texas) Telegraph writes:
On receipt of intelligence, a twelvemonth ago,
of the fall of Gen. A. Bidney Johnston at Shiloh,
a movement originated in Houston, Texas, to
procure a home in Texas for his family, then un
derstood to be in California, with no other de
pendence than himself. The committee in Hous
ton have collected and paid over about >B,OCO
to the trustee, W. J. Hutching, iitq., whioh has
been funded in eight pei cent bonds ; and they
now intend renewing their ell'irts, and asking co
operation throughout the State.