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Our Tr<iot>« in * him
The New 1 >'t Tribnoo Inn * lone li-tw rd< a- j
sorbing the entry an . :ui < I ot r troops ia j
Chambenburg, from which w- i; »k« scone *x- j
tract*
Aoont nine o’«l. ck in the morn -,g o! Monday,
strangle™, retugi i h -d r'-rit n cmro.-nce.
pouring into out toe a, • ■ > e ..-re on
horseback and in t .m• >r
army wagons appear 4 m -g" rn the
horses weaned, or.re" ex He; ( nlr Yands,
mostly women a-a c ' accen.panied the
tram or were ndinv m . \ . ry short y
a perfectly pans atr.ckon tr ■ 'j«: *r ■; Hi v
men at full gal] ip, tab us u; 0 got, g anna
and swingl« tree* broken, b.ts out ui ire nor* os’
month, wagons *
fnl! gallop down oor streets, an I < . nn ot ,
Trooper* rode so fast tn t m o . i cu m our
street, one rode full up upon i i.md *dof a
wagon, killing hi* hor- - - * y» 1 sending
the cowardly ri -< r» > ? < •ms
We are trust worthily u-i. ■' i. .j. <f tae
reliant knights of t • • i. uai!y threw
away their carbines, Wh.ch <>■ •. by the
wagons, took to the ‘ ’ ' fj
their horses by the roodsi ii . .••>•••«> 1; W-.goun
broken down, others le'i by cuiti .g the trace--,
with horses dropping I'O;> exhaustion, marked
ihe whole road clear to Unarabernou g. in the
meantime, our merchant -a id mat • men com
menced, tor the ,cd tno - ryot this
war, to pace up and o-..- /.-ts-. o.*.pc.-.e ' • their
stock of goods, and the majority cccc -0 ! d in
pu ting nearly a>i out of the reacn of can expect-
ed visitors. .
At half past eleven . cl< eh in the gbt a ime
fifty cavalrymen rode at u g. h p down tbiuugh
•ur prini.i at stre't, and rmj Boor .y the main
body entered and took poss union ot the town.
The citizens were n;d.- dto k-.ep wnhia their
houses, in the tr-;t ol firing open the enemy
the town was to oe Sheile i.
Genera! Jenkme, the <; ;n.ina>ider, established
his headquarters at the ho- > > JJ. .1 ihu liom
pouiery. The Gonerm a ; sure ! ur e z on < « had
no intention to pioneer or lire any prnpei ly
whatever. An 0 der *.» .b«j m r nr hu ; aes •
honaea to open their loorn at nine o’clock, trial an
offioer would ntle ••. c. p. ice men
must pay lor all they ge', it >o ’.dies’
goods, nor anything bui v. i, ynetd and or
their own personal wants _ and i-ti I
most cases, if not ah, ttn om . w mc< luplied
with. Conledeiale mo v * -im - !-..r toe
goods, good prices r. -i /.-• :, ti. .m u not e rh;;;
what pil*e »-1 a
a drunken Boldi'-r n a i v i mot lawn
from a store, i
Jenkins w.a in fr • ■ ' or ■ '
him to return it, aou .• ■ - - '-hat :. y repeti
tion of the offense i -imoi h . u u . and. At -he
tune the enemy nttred ■ . o .t„ oi the sol
diers fell fro® hm horr.” -ate CaUh
inp the discharge of his pi UI. It was allege
th it ■ i one of nor c t/• ’ 1 ‘>:il a
window , which was un’i --a. .; ,-,aio, ... number ot
young u’.cn I . fur •• cavalrymen prisoners, who
cauic in a sq-n.d «. 1 1 ' :J -J ■ ‘he prisouers
wei e locked up in jt-h, the horns, with equip
page, run oil to m. - . - to | r n*. recap
ture. General J'- - <t i • at, n
CouSidurution oi the h: ,a ..port his »-i ■!>! <.u and
capture ol his m-m - • h rs.>* by c .is, non
combatants, we had forK ted and i milages usual
ly allowed citizens under yw i sages ol <v. rs ire,
nud made there i ■ - * tt* .-roi -r, to
the effect t tint tim 1. i • «. -i ' , in st
be returned or pi.; j • r, yi.d.
This morning ai- ; 1 ■■ l ‘ on- ■. ' j i r rs
directed that in c'uua * .ri.tioc o ur -ng lor
feited all our rig-, -s bv ; - > hrun , Ac ,
all fire-arms ami poll ■ 1 t- „and» •>: any
citizen must be broug !>iw <1 >• Jug
by 10 o’clock, A. M , every f.mi - -itl-j a :d to u
rigid search, and if nay ■ •> m :d
fc, i’s Tulue Os prop.re, f- i inises
hbcdid bo taken. Th - v ih,
nun üb< ‘ three bu ired i ; v 'ot ht
from their 1
number of low Ur-. pu. I > i>B
-to select wl. >* sui’* • >• sh 1U
into their wagous At: 1: ; ir
pick* ts reported the i-- ■ ’■ on
order war issued lor v .... Tie
train was sent one m. • ■ with
most of the horses, f-o > -u m aud
forming in lino ol i> ' ; : c -tho
whole force left the h u:b the
town, evidently lily >
Duriug their stuy u , : gross
that could bes( *i • J tlieiu.
Pros men
town, were drivr; i ■ '-e Cattle,
while little lit Ip
clung to .
Hy this raid i nearly all
their horses. A i ;•? • domain
ing Qo*ernm..<it ■ 11 co. *«n«
compelled to tort i< 1 h*ounl
probably ot *I,OOO, m . worthless
Confederate sc.h , 1 rrl h Id, la.d
waste.
Gen. lenkiiu dt uf-dinn of tho
rebel armies to : n Imi North.
Haid he, ‘-Imtyour . n • --ton of the
Houtliern riia.cii i -d , > • ■> deva.-i.ited
them—laid them ■ V- intend carrying
tho war into y.iur i- , tn ai ycu as yon
have trouted uit "
Tito AltucU uu timi-intori.
Mayor Macbeth bad tuned roc ,m . in or
dering all free iualc ui i'i'm • tic city, between
the ■ k • "i "
botliuii male slave, . ■ i, l • , a.'d held
subject to th* ordei (Q , tor ww k
upon the defence ,
The Mayor al'ii) r-,j tl; -.v haainoss bo
suspended from the Je.fi m , mil l the gaiety of
tbe oily is asam• , ;•,. = ■ i.i all worn a nod chit
dren and Other non 1 . ; n 1 Inavo Iho
city us soon an piM. iblo.
The Mercury raj.:: \\ cotjud-sro tbit the
Vnnkees have about --.lit it..- • troops on
Folly Inland. Mont and.. ■ • i», ilicre
some time. Tho ir.t ib,ie* e 1 .inters oil 1
the bur and in the Stono. 'M'-plnnentui by the
presence of seven M: . n h r,. -and lorty
three other vessels, took me: yo: mu- people by
nurpriso .yesterduy. >. ..id; , ; ot henry
guns 011 Little Foil® I :: u out add to (heir
complacency ; w’ ile *'•.• f th- uo.ilg on
Jam. h Island froin lit - : .!• : 1:1 th" Sfimo
during the afler.nioj in 1, vio coujectures
as la the e einy's iiUtia ■ I . . rn 1 fines- dit to
be a mere de iionsirai on. li u view to the safe
withdrawal oi all the V 'ii foroes. Others
deemed that in object i- .... >1 .-nly lo pr. vent
the trum>:er ot troops ta lie d?j I meat nice
where, as reinforceuiont i 1 iu, r h t or Wist.
Some looked to see an effort 1113 1 iiy the iron
dads either to .new the indue* on Sinn et, 0 to
mu ny the Forts awl bombard Caarl tor,. Oe
ets again j-t .;«<! n him •• It-1 iuibaMV,«itd «d
--v nee on the city by Jana’s Is and os last your, to
bj tho programme. A further opinion ex pr- seed
is, that the shr !;n 1 at la :nbs a and towards
Folll’enioertoa is ait t, and that the r. ul attack
will be made by land •nd water, -mo we . •. 1 l-y j
assault Iroin buigt upon t th mil ol Monts' |
Island. This we eoj p s > 1 the more correct cx
pteliition, weighing appoarai 0 s. Js;;< cm laose.
words reach the eyes of our t ■ id“ ;) , it. 1.: •ot un
brobuble the inteu c *.!••• mstt.ny nicy in lull*
ileyelopod.
The south e’ and of ,«n j<V..:d ts strong by*
the natural eon forma
pable of being made aim . pr 0 .-li
quate expenaitu :t ot a; . . 11 ... /0; a
sufficient l imber of aa ?. /.:••. >rks now tie re
ure manned by 1. u rti -.re.,
cal gunnery, nnd r 1 . .i
Capt. John 1!. Mttcbci, I t ai tu- n
gi nee and energy, ..nil of imp drtorbablo ooalue 3
mid nerve. Oftho troops cn the it
be hep roper to t\ eak. Lieut 0 1 atet <• -.a
manda all the
the harbor. A tiv.it •.••• - l.dand w"! he a
coiiliict to ce decided r.u 1 . i )T | ( ,f eriniiVer
ing and tho efficients 0 a;t '.cry, than by la
himryj although the latter w ' I,reliably he also
brought into requisition J
'Vntther the enrwv t.y ii orr i ß pr
Islam,, we tnw . , , w " 1 '
and bio -
I'ooelal.ge, We
The Courier soys v v , , ..
k ..is are m Utc’Stc 0. .y ; - ■ v ‘ () ”’' ‘ ,
apprehension. ’ ■■•a'i
Admiral Duhlgren ir in c - 1„■ ,1 v
keo fleet. oltheVun-
irom th*. Ca.rLr 51. ;
At ten minuter past tr;> i■ *’ . .. , |
day. t .lO tu;:i v . -,i• .... . . ~,
extr Phe South i : ii . •, 1 j rmn j,‘",
batteries ou T , ... ......
About tweutv m -..wxt
ol barae*, tilled w:t . .. ... j.
hind Little Folly.
Opium J. ( .u o i
- replied slowly ..• > ; .
furious bombardment. V ;
bored considerably a;
were ol m c.■• . ■!
shelter to bis gunnt'A ; , n w ,
CV tarn Uitchet fought.-»-ro rv-ea, i a oy ,
naemia as strong .•■ U' . i 1 h s
bclt-ry was Composed of s'v pi- -.8 :::at
ruined bail upon ' 3 <!• vet. JCo • y', Hfi -
ol large calibre and of l o ■ t:• •;• roi.
Hut noth'., u osu :: •), ;* r •c. - anil
bit worthy hand mo.-c t" • r ice '" : with
wordertu' ..ortv scy, a ..h tl'.i i
were trying the r..: •«
hariu.e«sJ-'o.iect. 1
brave uien bui active til I. .
rapidly increasing .t c - - -
company m ' ■» • cc i: !».
inanity, to re'i r
Alter übundii'-in. v ’ -th. .
joined his forces ■■ n t v j
rough tas Tultuntiy . 1 i one 1
as ai tillerists.
At about bait .vast t i.' *■ .> «e ce
my landed iu some tores I :cv
were atlu kt . C ' ■■ • . cl
bis regime ;.
longed Tbo eneuv too ht <ri. -
sunacy. Oar men were c.,- •• e: .
fight to a murderous .. ■■•••;
who burled then on-; ’ u> e
effect. Thu t o was ■ > co : .noiced
from body Islam; \ •-
advantage’s, the s> H \< ■ •* e han
dled and the vaior with w.itcr- .. • ;vn
dered it impossil ’.e 1 • the r.> U m. Ice
headway. They were . e :'-i .... v. f
lies, and repulse- .. J ft;’ .3. A;, ns
eral hours bloody ■ . .; • ._ r Mng the j
folly of attempting t v..;.-*y c v r t on i
who stood op uaa _>st t ■• . . ■ ii iKvi in i
hot haste and eor.fus od. _ a-any of ad a-d
wounded on the :i .i.
The enemy sncc. • A.i i . rerai of;
our men, whose u! „>-*d co- ■ . ■■evented
tscape. Captain J. Karen.; ;>■... ..no i,. v a;. I
<) ilsyward are reported among th; prisoners so
taken.
it is said they took and still hold possession of
Col Graham’s former headquarters.
The force of the enemy engaged Friday ia sup
posed to hare been about four thousnd. Our loss
in killed, wounded, and missing, will probably be
about three hundred.
We are pained to learn that among the casual
ties BBFtained by G'apt. Mitchell's company are
the death of L : eut. Bee and Private Dougherty,
and the serious wounding of Lient. Alston and
j rterg’t Mrrs;, of Cel. Graham’s regiment.
Captain Haskell’s and Lieut. Bee’s bodies fell
I into the hands of the enemy. Drs. R. B. Hana
i ban and PrioHau are said to be prisoners in the
j hands of the enemy.
Captain Lsngdon Cheves, an accomplished and
very t/hcient officer of the Engineer corps, was
: killed almost instantly by a shell from a Monitor
! exploding in Battery Wagner, and striking him
1 m the head.
From fifty to sixty of the wounded arrived on
the different steamers from Morris’ Island during
the day and last evening.
The brave soldiers of the 21st Regiment, S. C.
V., (Graham’s,] owing to the excessive heat of
the weather, had stripped themselves as far as
possible, and in the fight they lost their clothing
and nearly all their baggage.
We omitted to mention in the right place that
Fort Sumter opened on the turreted monsters and
the Yankee infantry on the South end of Morns’
Island, with what results we are unable to say.
The fight doubtless will be renewed to-day,
with greater fierceness than any we have yet
Been. The enemy has certainty shown a deep
laid plan, and is determined to push it.
Yesterday evening the main body of the enemy
on the Stono side had congregated at Battery Is
land, besides throwing out a large pisket force as
far as Grlmbalt’s and Legare’s on James Island.
It was also reported that the notorious
Colonel Montgomery, with his negro troops, had
gone up Edisto with the design ot destroying the
pontoon bridge at Milltown, near Adam’s Run,
aod tearing up the track. We could not learn
what foundation there was for the report.
The following is a list of the killed and wound
ed amODg the officers, Friday, on Morris’ Island:
Killed—Capt Charles Haskell, Capt Langdon
Cheves,Lieut. John Bee.
Wounled—Capt J W Ford, Lieut Alston, Capt
Wild, Capt Thomas, Capt Tarrh.
Missing—Capt Howard, Lieut A P Craig, Capt
Reddy, Lieut Woodward.
The Savannah Republican of Sunday has some
additional particulars of the fight at Charleston
It will be seen that Georgia troops bore a con
spicuous part in the defence of the city. The
fight wag commenced by the 7th Connecticut and
the 76th Pennsylvania:
The enemy were met by the 18th Battalion
Georgia Volunteers, Major Wm. 8. Bassinger;
12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers, Lieut. Col.
Capers; a battalion of the Ist Volunteer Regi
ment ot Georgia, Col. Cbas. H. Olmstead ; aud
several companies of South Carolina R3guiarg.
An official despatch states that the enemy’s loss
in killed was ‘>s; the beach waß strewn with their
dead. One hundred and thirty prisoners were
taken. These advanced to within a short dis
tance of our breastworks, and knowing that re
treat was impossible, a large number lay flat on
their faces before the works during the fight, and
when it was over the precious scoundrels drew
from their pockets white flags and surrendered.
Fi7e Y’ankee officers were captured and five
killed.
On the third or fourth round of the enemy,
Capt. Clans Werner, of the German volunteers,
let Volunteer Regiment of Georgia, was instantly
killed by a mime ball taking effect on the left
breast and passing through ihe body.
In the 18th Battalion Georgia Volunteers, the
following casualties : Killed—Edward PosDll,
Julian Alexander Santina, B Mulloy and James
ilryan. Wounded Lieut Frederick Tnpocr,
Jasse Osmond, Bernard Magniie. All of the 18th
Battalion Georgia Volunteers who were killed in
the action were shot in the head.
OFFICIAL DISPATCH.
Chaki.bston, July 11,9.45 a. m.—The enemy
attacked, in foree, Battery Wagner on Morris’
IslaDdat daylight this morning, But was quickly
repulsed, with ninety-live killed, many wounded,
and one hundred and thirty prisoners. Only live
killed on our side.
All quiet on James Island.
Kroui Kurope.
A despatch from London, dated the 21st Jnno,
sfiya ■ War Ike rumors, arising out of the Polish
question, are again prevalent in Paris. Several
Russian papers fully anticipated a war with
France.
Mr. Slidell has Lad a very long conference with
Dm Emperor of France. The Emperor sent for
him and had a private UU a UU with him at break
last. They did not part until the Council of Min
isters assembled. This interview has given
strength to the rumor that renewed offers of me
diation 111 American affairs, by Napoleon, are
likely to be the result of the fall of Puebla.
Tbe steamer Southerner, which attracted sus
picion, usd was searched at Hartlepool, in the
belief that she was intended for a Southern crui
ser, in loading at Liverpool for Nassau, She is
vigilantly watched.
Tho l.oudou Times in an editorial on tho late
peace meeting in Acw York, says it sees in it
some reason lor thinking that the e.vil war may
be touching its close ; but, at the same time, ad
mits Unit it is a very doubtful question. It thinks
that r. Lincoln would not object to peace if he
koiwr bow to reach it, and that that mooting may
pave the way.
'The Queen of Spain, tbe Kings of Italy, Prus
sia ad Belgium, with the Emperor of Außtna
and other potentates, have all addrossed their
personal congrata.atio is to the Emperor Napo
leon cm the success of Ins arms at Puebla. Eng
land has biturrto refrained from this act cf cour
tesy, end so has Russia. Speculation is rife even
upon such trifles us these, showing how troubled
ir the spirit of Europe at the present crisis.
The Emperor Napoleon has wiitten a letter of
congratulation to Uen. Forey, and published it in
the “Moniteur.” The News, he says, “feats tilled
us br m full of joy. Tell,my army of the satis
faction I feel, and how I appreciate its courage
and perseverance.”
An editorial in the London Herald,of June the
Blh, contains a paragraph, which we put on re
cti; and for future use. Tho Herald says :
* *. * * * “England has already
considered and refused the proposal of It ranee for
a joint mediation. Franco made a sort of tenta
- re proposal to interpoae her good oliices, and
the otter was decidedly rejected at Washington.
But without any such entanglement as might
possibly result from mediation, it is in our power,
11 it it surely is our duty, to withdraw the encour
iigement wliiea we ure uctnally giving to the pro
bi cution of such a war by tacitly adowiu <—wbat
few men in England believe—that the hold of the
Federal Government upon the Southern States its
nut finally and irretrievably gone. So long as
public policy permits the North to sny IhU Eu
rope ao.-s not consider, or at least hat mo; pro
nuar.cud its enterprse hopeless, there can oe little
hope that that enterprise will be formally aban
doned. Oa the other hand, the recognition of
tbe Southern C’onlederacy by France and Eug
iu and would inflict the heaviest discouragement oa
the war party in the North. To dream of resent
ing it would bo madness ; to conceal its signifi
cance impossible; it would be necessary for the
Northern Government and the Republican party
to conloss to themselves that the termination of
tbe struggle aud the acknowledgment of South
ern independence was merely a matter of time ;
and that as the prolongation of the war could not
affect its issue, all that oould be done was to end
it on the best terms that could be obtained. In
a!- probability, European recognition aloae wou'd
end tho war in six months. European recognition
is wi'hheldonly by the obstinate refusal of the Ea
glish Cabinet. On them, almost as much as on
ih • Government of Washington, rests the awlu!
■ ponsibility entailed by tbe continuance of this
-aiage, truitless and fratricidal conflict; on them
> and on those who, stifling their own strong mis
s i'-iugs, support them io the one-sided inaction
v, ioh they call ‘a dignified neutrality.’ ”
The .Hon. Spencer Walpole, M. P., speaking at
the annual dinner of the Royal Geographical So
c.ety in London, ulluded to the probable territo
rial division of the United States thus: This he
would nay, that if that contest which was now
-oing on in North America could ever be settled,
“"nuld be settled by moral, scc ; al and political
considerations—by considerations, too, of a geo
g'aphical character, for States mudt be free to
c- i-se lor themselves the government they wili
-•< e, and the only settlement of boundaries they
couij m :ke would be that adopted by the treaty
of Vienna, by whichk the grtat rivers dividing
OiUtrs should be free. (Cheers )
0 me ®tiog of the members of the Southern
mb, held at Liverpool on the 29th of May, for
v purpose of expressing their sympathy with
- l iale tven. "Stoutwall” Jackson.
r„ ih« ‘a.ihf b , uUl f ? r the 1083 11 hus sustained
I ' d . e , ath w brave, 60 skillful, and so
General, the meeting was briefly ad
> ' ?. b - v , Mes,rs - J vines Spence, Fernie, Moly
u 1 lha «f Fraser, Trenhoim
ttJ ,) and Macgregor. It is intended—at least
' it—shut l r,° f ,!: he -P re ' lm ' aar iss was to that
l,r ; K ,ah ‘ wbl * e tbe South would never fail in
•• i .c ting over, with care and afleot.on, the w ; i“
,atr ‘ :' , c ‘ lh « late General, the friends ohhe
n. w Covederacy here could not but mark their
l '’ loPnl "’ r the memory es so brave a man bv
some .aaiing and substantial memorial. 3
A strange work is being carried on for exhibi
V' a » ! “»« Permanent Industrial Exposition in
\ mnna. u is a wsoden library, that is, a hun
dred octavo columes, the covers of which are
formed of wood. On tae backs, which are form
ed from the bark, are inscribed the trees they
e made from. Inside are specimens of the
leaves, flowers, fruits, Ac., of the trees.
The British steamer for which the U. S. Minis
r A .Oils la ely granted a permit, much to the
u.svti t of British merchants, to goto Matamoras
as flic carried war materia! for the Mexicans is
>ai(i to nave been captured ai sea by the French
ami scut as a pnte to France. ’
The Confederate steamer Antonies, Captain
LobeU l haver, arrived at Charleston on Friday
from Nassau, having successfully passed through
ihe ti -el of the enemy now oil that harbor.
litin.s: valuable general cargo. She sailed in
company with the steamers Kaccoon and C:ar!es
toß, supposed for Wilmington, N. C., and left in
port the simmers Phantom, Ella and Annie, Beau
regard, and others.
The Mobile Tribune, of the 25th, mentions a
rumor that the Fox and anothor valuable steamer
hud evaded the biockaders and got safely to s«a,
Louisiana— NorUiM-n An units -Our
Successes Confirmed.
The New York Herald’s correspondent writes
from New Orleans an June -tfa:
As I feared would be tb- case when writing
my lest letter, we have lost 8.-aabear City. The
enemy succeeded in capturing it on Monday
morning last, adw th .. . Y-- 1 i-.-nops that were
there, all the camp cqair ago, ar-,:;lery, ammnri
tion, and, in fact, everything —no meas being at
hand to remove and cc time given to destroy the
valnahk; property there.
Altogether, th sis one of the severe;t b’ows the
rebels hsre dealt us in this pan of tint country.
In military cir- es B-i L r-r City is chreideped a
p’aco of great importance. The fort rcatmus at
this point com nar and Berwick Bay, the AfShifi
-1 ays, and in fact ad navigation from thv.Gn f to
the A ttakapas country. The rebel force Ve en
countered wa3 under the command of Magnifier,
and is variouaiy estimat. and at from ten to fi'ieen
thousand. The reiie sin inking Brashear Ctv
captured quite an amount of quartermaster’s aD<l
commissary stores, as well ae considerable ammu
nition. The enemy also came icio possession of
the personal bageaga of many of oar officers and
men who bad left IJrashear City on iheir tepid
approach to Opeloueas, Alexanaria aud Fort
Hudson.
I: is certain, that we b;”e lost everything west
of the Mississippi river, and have gained nothing
as yet east of it. Our troooa have fallen back
from Lefourche cros. ng, having first burned the
bridge, and I am under the impression that our
outposts do not extend beyond Butte Station—
twenty miles from the city.
It will be very er ident to these who have stu
died tbi3 department that we are in a worse con
d.tion than ever regarding this State. It requires
almost the use of a microscoT'e now io discover
what portion of Louisiana still remains in onr
possession.
Oor army is dwindling sway rspidiy from
every caus;, while that of too enemy is be
coming stronger every lijur. A.-hou ,’n the
papers are prohibited from saying a J thing
about,the military moveme s, still i‘ does not
require anytoing more tea.;: the following extract
from the Era’s monstaiy and fYaucioj a 'lde o:
this morning to tally understand the situation.—
It says: “Tha total stock of produce from the
interior is too limited for operatic; of maga tude,
and transactions ia financial circles are conse
quently on a very limit :d 1C - The total avail
able stock of sugar in the country is extremely
small, and the prospect; (or a crop this season are
of a most unfavoratle character, wii-.lj the indi
cations are that what p..:h‘ might be produced
wii! he very inferior in qc .iiiy.” The above par
graph ispeakc volumes.
The squadron of Admiral Farrago 4, alone holds
the enemy in check tr in 'vaiming b.-yoad the
points they hate now r ashed. I sasv mure evi
dences yesterdf y ia the streets of th e city of the
true state of feelings -a the community lhan ever
before since I have redid and here. The ladies did
not hesitate to display their racersion colors in
every manner, ana the men showed ih--ir feelings
by crowding the grog-hops and talking of large
purchases of rope oi ihe proper elzu, not elating,
however, for what purpose it was intended.
I will state that a locomotive andcarsthat were
sent out yesterday to bring iaagaig of men
who had been repairing the Manchui bridge,
have not returned. The workmen have been
gobbled up, and are row on their way to Jack
son, or some other part of Dixie.
As far as New Ori.ans ia concerned, it, is to day
as Fecure as ever. The guns of the Ueet com
mand every approach, and General Emory has so
disposed his comm-.; :: is io effectually defend
every point. The uews from up the river is of
the same cha-aa eras when I last wrote. The
enemy is hovering in our rear at Port Hudson
with small parties of cavalry, annoying us when
ever the opportunity offers. The bombardment
still continues, ana the lost advices slate that
another assault is io take place between now and
.Monday evening next.
Ag matters stand now we consider its coming
off exceedingly donbtf’l. Good authority Bays
that the trouble is with tho nine months men.
They will not fight, preferring to go home rasher
than be shot, especially now that their term of
enlistment is nearly over. The storming columns
heretofore have been threo years New York and
Western regiment?, supported by nine months’
men ; and when the stormers reached the parapet
and looked round the supporters were nowhere
to be seen. Consequently a “failing back” v. a3
considered the most prudent move that could be
mode in order 1 1 sava the few remaining of the
colwnin from capture or destruction. Tho river
transports now go fully armed, in order to repel
any attack by parties along the river bank.
All in this department favorable to the success
of the Union cause have been wishing, waiting,
hoping and expecting for weeks past that rein
forcements would arrive, but they have not yet
arrived. Rumois for days past has had t.venty
thousand additional troops in the river on their
way up to Fort Hudeo , but they have not pasted
the city.
A letter from New Orleans, dated the 26th n’t,,
to .the Now York World, seems to de?pnir of the
Federals holding Louu iuiia, or even New Orleans.
Gen. Emory is ia command of the cby. Five gna
boats and an armed steam rip are lying off the
wharves in the river. I; says : The Confederates
occupy the entire Slate west of Lafourche Cro.-s
--ir,g, end north of tbs Opelousas Railroad. The
situation is more interesting and critical than it
has been at any time nines April 25th, 1862, whan
Farragut, with his 11-at, appeared before Now
Orleans, and demanded the unconditional purrsn
tier of the city. Ttrse things cannot but be dis
heartening to those Northern editors who have
published so glowing accounts of the immense
quantity of cotton and sugar which must necessa
rily coma into market after the advance through
the rich Arkansas country m the march to Alex
andria. But very li• tie of Shiscotlon ha« yet come
to New Orleans, and, as the country is aga ; n ia
the hands of the Confederates, ihe “ plies” wait
ing transportation have bsen restored to their
owners, and where removal v?rs impiacticable,
the cotton has been fumed.
Tbs Northern papers state that the Biua7es
D’Alrique in New Oi l,sub are played out A ne
gro now won’t enlist at any piie-. The Port
Hudson business finished the wer movement
among 44 American citizens of African descent.”
A correspondent of the Herald .speculates as
follows : The majority of the sequestered planta
tions are along the Opelousas Railroad, and on
the west bank of the Mississippi rivr, or ia that
portion of tho Sta’e now repossessed hy tho Con
federates. On a)’ cf those plantations ihe crops
promised a fine yield; but dow tney will be de
stroyed or raised for the benefit of our Confede
rate neighbors. S-. me of the gentlemen who are
on the plantations they have muted havs not re
turned to th s city since the Confederates occu
pied the country, and we ioarthoy may meet with
rouqh treatment
Men from tuo Attakapas country, lately arrived
in New Orleans, state that the most intense hatted
exists all through that r-ocoon towards the fc\d
erais on account of tho manner in which their
persons and prop- rfy were tie ed Cuiirg ths
inarch of our troop ; through Shair country.—
They further state that every man capable of
bearing arms has come forward and jmned the
Confederate errny, and that they swear ven
geance against any es cur ::.e:a that mny fall into
their heads. I doubt very much if ih-re is a
Union m-.n left in the Attakapas country, i aiagme
the sufferings of the poor negroes, those who
have becu enticed aud driven away tr im ttieir
comfortable homes, and preui-s ;• pr. : ec‘.icn by
onr forces. Over two thousand of them were
retaken when Brlinear City was lost, besides the
thousands of others who were oa ’.ho v-overumeat
plantations. All they have eve - suffered in their
fives before will he but a tithe oi what they will
have to undergo at the hands of the men who
now have them a cb v.-ge. Bettor to have left
them where we found them, if unable to provide
for their safety, than to have the poor cr-utures
placed in the position they now are iu.
You will understand very readily how exas
perated the planters of Western Louishm are
against us when yon km’w t cat nearly every na
gro had been taken from them by our army.
Then again, they feel that the negroc-s, iu tho late
attacks upon Port H tig' km.d, beiood doubt,
many of their friends, and possibly somo rela
tives. Aii those tli'ng; couabiued re d-.-r their
hatred of us beyond ail bounds, and s htn we
again attempt to recover Western Louisiana we
will have far more men ad much more despc.-a'e
fighting to encounter tb:.n ve had in the hv.-t ad
▼aace, when the people were sinr. or has f ictidly
to us. Had we respected the private property cj
the people of the country when we pursed
through it, and nor taken everything we coulp
cairy, ever, to the little ey articles that c-m
--posb’d part of the fur . ’.re ol a gentleman’s draw
ing room, we wou and have ti c less enemies tii n
we now have. We cennot exp-'Ct a man to feel
at all friendly towar i a . - ho has lost every
thing at oar hanc s, a thoi gh frieudiy to oor cause
at the t mo of the . obbery.
Official infotmatioi) l as been received that on
last Thursday Logan attacked and captured
Springfield Landing, seven miles below Fort
Hu Ison, wh ch is six vr. ■ v.'iibia the lines of
Gen. Banks. H > ca u.ad 0 ivty five prisoners,
of whom twenty-t.ro were paroled—he kilhd and
wounded cue hunt’s.’ a o io-iy Fedvrais. He
also destroyed one hundr.-d wagons aad burned
all the quartermaster a-d > commissary stores.
The placs is one of tho principal depots wnere
Backs has his stores.
Capt. Cochrane aloa went near Baton Kcuge
and destroyed four miles . f the telegraph wire.
A gentleman direct Irom I)e!ei, La., who gives
a good account o! the op; rr. ioc; of our troops in
Deighborhood.of Young's ioini, says Gen. Walk
er hes had several mg gemects with the enemy
and whipped him out with great slaughter. In
one ba;tis hs captured 1500 negroes with a tair
proportion of Yankees, and a great quantity of
wagons, stores, Ac.
From Arkauras,
On Tnesdsy, Juno 30, Gen. i'ursor.s, who has a
battery at Cypress creek, about twenty miles be
low Napoleon, fired upon four or uTe transports
laden with troops for C-a- .. Gripping them very
badiy. b’he transfer s then landed about four
miles below, the troops marching up, at empied
the capture of Parvore’ouup, when the enemy
was drtveu back to his boars wi h heavy less—one
account, wtich seems aniatiAic, puts his ioss at
from four to five hundred.
There is a battery wiso r,i Old Town Point, Ark.,
unccr Col. Bobbins, who with a regimens of cir
a;ry, is doing senoua damage to the enemy’s
boats upon the river in the neighborhood of Na
poleon.'
A correspondent of the Jliasissippian, dating
‘ from the irom,” Jane 23d, says : -‘Gen. Price is
certainly moving, and is, by this time, near He
lena, Ark., end Gen. Karbv Smith has massed his
forces a; Milliken'a Ber.d/’
John McDawei:, proprietor of the famous
McDowell’s resturwat ut N ew Orleans, died on the
15th of May last.
Northern Pi ewes
The New York World speaks cut againet the
military censorship at Washington over the tele
graph, which permits only such news to go out a;
suits the Administration.
Great excitement was caused at Washington
among the resident population subject to militia
duty, by warning out tvery man, with a peremp
tory order to be mußtered in.
W. D. Wallack, editor of the Washington Star
has been arrested for treason, and given bail.
Gen. Senenoa has proclaimed martial law in
the State of Delaware. Brig. Gen Taylor has
been appointed Military Commander of the State.
A movement is being made in Pennsylvania to
obtain the services of able-bodied free men of
color for the army, to assist in repelling lhe_ in
vaders from Pennsylvania. A fund of $15,000
bas already been raised in Pennsylvania to repay
all extraordinary expences, and it is believed that
$50,000 will be obta ned. Aitogetuer the measure
seems to be a popular one.
The New York Times intimates —no donbt to
encourage the movement—that the blacks will
be fully protected in their military rights.
The Federal Government has published an
order concerning the exchange of prisoners, of
which the following is a section: It is under
stood that captured officers and men have been
paroled and released in the field by others than
commanders of opposing armies, and that the
sick and wounded m hospitals have been so
paroled and released in order to avoid guarding
and removing them, which in many cases would
have been impossible. Such paroles are in viola
tion of general orders and the stipulations of the
cartel, and are nail and void. They are not re
garded by the enemy, and will not be neglected
in the armies of the Cnited States. Any officar
or soldier who gives such parole will be returned
to duty without exchange, and moreover will be
punished for disobedience of order. It is the
duty of the captor to guard his prisoners, and it
through necessity or chance he fails to do this, it
is the duty of the prisoner to return to the ser
vice of Ui3 Government He cannot avoid this
duty by going on anthorzed military parole.
The New York Tribune bas a number of letters
describing the performances of Stuart’s cavu ry
around Washington. One correspondent de
scribes the rich haul onr men made of an im
mense train of wagons near R -ckville. It says
the tra-n must have been at least two miles long.
The wagons were all doubtless destroyed. Ail
the mules were captured, and two ambulances
containing odinars were likewise gobbled up.
The Confederates took every horse within four
miles of Rockville. They also captured Major
Duane aud Capt. Mieklmg, of the United States
Engineers.
The correspondent ol the New York Times
w rites of the reciption given the i aDkee army
by the people of Maryland : The recertion given
to the Army of the Potomac by the people of
Maryland is perfectly magnificent. Blessings
and hospitulitiea.are showered profusely on every
hand. The hcarfelt, unconditional loyalty of
Riieh towns as Westminister, Union Bridge, Mid
dleburg. Tanetown and Liberty, reanimates the
soul of every man of ns. The troops are wel
comed with great enthusiasm, and receive many
presents in the way of eatables, which lightens
the demand for rations auuzingly. The country
through Frederick and Carroll counties, Mary
land, is a lovely as the eye ever rested on—beau
tiful farms, fine brick henses, and barns as large
as the hearts of the people. At Taneytowu, ihe
entrance of the cavalry and the third corps was a
perfect ovatioa—the whole population turning
out to reoeive them. Courtesies and hospitalities
were tendered from nearly every house.
The Yankee journals boast of having captured
an entire brigade. This, says the Iti-hmoDd Ex
aminer, was Archer’s, consisting of three skeloton
Tennessee regiments. Beiore the battle of Cuan
oellorsville, it contained eleven hundred men, all
told; it lost three hundred ot them at Chancel
lorsville, and had net been reinforced. It consist
ed of 800 men at Gettysburg—just the number of
prisoners the enemy have to show. Probably it
constituted the extreme point of the flanking
wing, or pushed too ambitiously after the wagon
iraiu m the rear, and was therefore severed from
our column by the sudden lush of the retreating
foe.
The Richmond Enquirer, of the 6th, states that
parties arriving from Baltimore bring interesting
acooants of the blockading of tbe Btreets of that
city, the disaffection of the people, and the iron
rule which is over them. A call upon the people
for volunteers lor the defense of the city resulted
in the amassment of about a thousand, who
pioved to be of such reluctant and doubtlul ma
terial, in a “loyal” sense, that they were dis
missed, and foreign tioops depended upon to
shield the American Eagle in the Monumental
City.
Mrs. Lincoln, the wife of the “President of the
United States,” had n narrow escape while airing
in her carriage. The horses took fright, the
coachman was dashed from his seat, and Mrs.
Lincoln saved her bacon by leaping from the
carriage while the horses were at furious speed.
Though stunned by the shock, she sustained no
more serious injuries than “several bruises.”
The Seventh Regiment, N. G-, of New York, is
in Baltimore. Some four hundred members re
rnained in Philadelph 8, and Col. Lett'erts sent a
dispatch entreating them to join their command
at once, as their eight hundred ermrades, who
were in the entrenchments at Baltimore, were
o»ertutked with the duties requirou of the regi
ment.
The Girard Will Case, which has been so long
on trial iu Philadelphia, has been decided in favor
of the city by the Supreme Court, all the Judges
concurring.
In Cincinnati, all citizens between 18 and 45
years ot age not pnysically disabled were to be or
ganized into companies on the 4th of July, and
are subject to the Governor’s call for duty, in
such numbers as he may think necessary.
Large war meetings have been held at Colum
bus, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana.
The difficulty in regard to the enrollment in
Sullivan, Indiana, is ended.
A dispatch from St. Paul, Minnesota, of June
IS.b, states that the Indian troubles at 11 continue
in that State. The Indians had ambushed a com
pany ot soldiers and killed Capt. Cady. They bad
stolen many horses.
A letter from Rio Janeiro, of tho 23d of May,
has reached New York. The Florida leit Pernam
buco, May 12th. She had destroyed nine vessels,
some laden with Sour, from New Yoik for the
Brazils, previous to entering Pernambuctr. Ad
vices from Bahia, of the 29th of May, leport that
tbe Alaoatna Bailed theuce May 21, and the Geor
gia, Com. Maury, which arrived at Bahia from the
Clyde on the 13th May, left on the 22d.
Od the 22d inst., twe deserters, named Grant
and Knowles shot tho Chief of Police at Belfast,
Maine. They were afterwards encountered in the
woods, and resisting tiie attempt to arrest them,
killed one man and wounded another. Finally,
Grant was killed, and Kn6wles mortally wounded.
Rear Admiral Foote was a genuine Yankee,
from New Haven, Conn.
T. P. Itedfield has been nominated by the
I)t inoerotic State Convention, of New Hampshire,
for Governor.
Henry Olay Dean, the lowa orator, has been
released from prison by tbe Government.
George W. Jones, late Minister to New Grenada,
who was arrested in November, 1801, by the Go
veinmant, aud ktpt four months in Fort LaFav
ette, has sued Secretary Seward for $50,000
damages. The case is just entered in the Su
preme Court of New York.
New York papers Bav that at a peace meeting,
Fernando Wood spoke as follows: And I dure
ad defy the Administration to send to the city of
New York their Gon. Burnside to suppress them,
[applause.] And I here, in the name of this as
sembly of thousands, inside and outsids of this
hall, request tbo Adminstration to give Gen.
Buru-ide this department. [Great applause.]
And if this ccnflict must come, if the revolution
must commence, I want the powers that be to
try their hands upon us. [Vo«iterou< applause.]
J may have uttered the language of treason—l
have certainly said more than was ottered by our
lament: and and g'orious friend, Vallaudigham, who
has been struck down. [Three cheers for Val
iandigham ] I may be the next glorious martyr
on the a,tar of my country’s freedom. [“No,
never I”]
The shippers of New York are in a bad way.
High rates of insurance and the danger from
Confederate cruisers operate as a eencus draw
bauk upon their enterprise; and in addition, the
stevedores and] longshoremen have struck for
higher wages, and relnse to load and unload ves
sels.
The Dubuque Times says that within the histo
ry of steamboat navigation of the Mississippi, the
water below Lake Pepin has never been so low as
at present. The steamboats of the Minnesota
Packet Company were unable to ascend further
than Hastings, thirty miles below St. P a . 1 and it
was thought that within a few days thev’ would
not be able to reach even that pdint. It Is stated
that uislesa severe rain storms soon occur in the
upper river regions, St. Paul will be left high and
dry, an interior town, only to be reached bv
stages and flat boats.
The enrolling oflicsr of Buliivan county Indi
ana, was shot dead on the 13th June, whiie’ridine
along the road. 6
The inauguration of the bogus Government of
Western Virginia took place at Wheeling on
Saturday, the 20th. 6
A pile of the tabooed papers—New York World
Chicigo Times, and Cincinnati Enquirer—were
burnt m tha streets of Leavenworth, Kansas on
thelf.h. A band of music was on hand. ’
The property of Mrs. Mary E. Dandridge- (for
merly Mrs. W. W. S. Bliss,) a daughter of Gen
Zachary Taylor, has been confiscated at Detroit
Michigan.
Fearing an attack, the bankers aad others of
Pittsburg thought it prudent to remove their coin
and the American Express Company delivered in
Cleveland, on the 15th, $15,000,000 in geld and
on the succeeding day, $7,000,000 more, of which
$650,000 was also in gold.
It is now said that Gen. Milroy is to be court -
marshaled, for not havjng obeyed orders in evacu
ating Winchester some days previous to the at
tack upon that place.
Chas. A. Wickliffe has accepted the Democratic
nomination for Kentucky, and the platform ad
opted at the Vallandigham Convention in Colum
bus.
The rebel raiders into Indiana have all been
captured.
Matters in Monrce county, Indian", are becom
ing serious. Col. Kiddle, who hag tour compan
ies there, has asked for rei forcemeats and a
section ol artillery. The resisters to the enroll
ment are said to cumber 1,500,
Tlie Great Battle.
The Richmond Enqnirer has special advices
dated from Winchester, Jnly 7ih, which give a
auaima-y of the four days’ battles at Gettysbsrg.
The situation is described as follows ;
There has been four days’ fighting near Get
tysburg, commencing on Wednesday, July Ist,
and ending on Saturday night, July 4th. It is
reported nere that A. P. Hill, Early and Rhodes
(ought the enemy principally on Wednesday, be
ginning at one o’clock and lasting two hours.
We drove the enemy through Gettysburg ana
two and a half miles beyond. At Gettysburg we
captured their wounded—B,soo in number.
The enemy are said to have fought well; their
position was oa a fortified mountain, up which
car men repeatedly charged, but were driven
back.
In the fight on Thursday our whole line is said
to have been engaged, the line of battle extend
ing six miles in length. The fighting continued
until a very late hour of the night of Thursday,
and was renewed again on Friday and lasted ail
day and into Friday n’ght. It is also reported to
have begun again on Saturday and ended late
Saturday night by our men capturing the im
mense fortifications of the enemy
Our loss is estimated at tea ihousand. Between
three and four thousand of our wounded are ar
riving here to night. Every preparation is being
made to receive them.
Gens. Scales and Pender have arrived here
wounded, this evening. Gens, Armistead, Barks
dale, Garnett and Kemper, sre reported killed.
Gens. Jones, Heth, Anderson, Pettigrew, Jenkins,
Hampton and Hood, are reported wounded.
Ihe \ ankees say they hai only two corps in
the fight on Wednesday, which was open field
fighting. The whole of the Yankee foroe was eo
g iged in the last three days’ fighting. The num
ber is estimated at 175,000.
The hills arcuad Gettysburg are said to be cov
ered with the dead aud wounded ol the Yankee
Army of the Potomac.
The fighting of these four days are regarded as
the severest ot the war, and the slaughter unpre
cedented ; especially is this so ot tae enemy.
Gen. Farnsworth, of the Federal cavalry, is
killed.
Federal Major Gen@fal Hancock fell in Friday’s
fight severely wounded.
The Richmond papers state that Gen. Archer
was certainly captured by the enamy, and that
the Federal Gen. Graham is a prisoner in our
hands. Gen. Jenkins is slightly wounded.'
The report of a fight at Gettysburg on Sunday,
in which we raptured a large number of prison
ers, is confirmed. Oar army is reported et
Hagerstown and Frederick. The enemy occu
pied Maryland Heights yesterday evening. Can
nonading this evening towards Williamport is
reported.
Late from Texas.
Gen. Magruder, who is m command of the De
partment embracing Texas, New Mexico, and
Arizonu, has written a letter to Gov. Lubbock,
dated Houston, June 4, in which he says:—
When 1 arriveuin Texas about the Ist of NT vem
ber, 1862, I lound her islands and portions of her
const in the possession of the enemy, and her ter
ritory threatened on all sides. The Divine Ruler
has vouchsafed success to our efforts to drive the
toe trom our soil, and at this moment every island
and all the passes on the coast are in our posses
sion. Texas, throughout tbe expanse of her vast
territory, is still free from the presence of a foreign
en-my.
Tub General says these favorable results have
impressed tbe people with a fancied securty en
tirely inconsistent with the magnitude ot the ene
my's preparations lor renewed attacks. He
therefore proceeds to the duty of pointing out to
the Governor, and through him to the people, the
imminence ot the danger which threatens them,
and to urge all to unite in a common effort for
protection and security. He believes that it is
plainly demonstrated that it is the enemy’s inten
tion to open the navigation of tbe Mississippi
river, and push their lig t draft gunboats into
every bayou es Louisiana and Texas, and lay
waste tbe country. He is anxious to meet the
despotic foe outside ot the Slate, or even at sea,
but it is impossible to fight successfully even for
the defense cf the State, without troops are pro
vided and important passes tonified.
On assuming the command he had found 5,000
State militia organized, but having succeeded in
ridding tbe State cf their invader, these troops
had been permitted to return ,o their homes to
pitch their crops, which were now mude, and had
proved unusually productive.
But in the meantime the enemy made much pro
gress, and Texas was more seriously threatened
than at any previous time. It wus therefore
hoped that the Governor would call out the militia
to the number of 10,000 to serve iu emergencies
as iofantry and cavalry. He also says that ai
least 1500 slaves are necessary to work the
the fortifications.
in response to the call, the Governor has issued
a proclamation culling lor 10,000 troops.
A gentleman just from Texas reports to the
Mississippian that frern the Colorado westward
the seasons have been good, and the crop is good.
From the Colorado to the Sabine, and, I may say,
to tbe Mississippi, it is a failure. The wheat crop
is generally g?od, especially in the northern coun
ties. In these ccutties bre-d will be plentiful,
beyond any ordinary preadventure. The num
ber of movers are large, ea route for Texas from
Louisiana and Mississippi.
Important from Mtxico-Tlie City or
Mexico Kvacu&teil by llie Mexicans,
Advices from the City of Mexico from the 30th
of May to the 6th of June are received by way of
San Francisco. The news ia of the highest im
portance.
President Juarez and his Cabinet had concluded
to evacuate the City of Mexico, believing that the
most effectual resistance to the French army
could be made oumde of the wall.
On the 31si of May the Government moved to
San Luis de Potosi, taking all the moveable fire
arms and munitions of war along. They also took
with them two millions of dollars from the
Treasury.
The force that garrisoned the City of Mexico,
said to number twenty thousand men, was with
drawn to the Cuernavaca plaza and to interme
diate points around the city, for the purpose of
carrying on guerilla warfare.
On the Ist of June a meeting wa3 held iu the
city, at which the principal leaders of the church
party were present. They sent a commission to
Geu. Foray to offer theii allegiance to the Empe
ror Louis Napoleon.
On the sth the French division, under General
Buz due, occupied the main entrance to the city,
and afforded the church party protection against
the excited populace.
The whole French army was expected to occu
py the capitol on the tth of June.
Three newspapers had been established favor-
ing the policy of tho French. One of these papers
states that the occupation of the city of Mexico
settles with absolute certainty that it is necessary
to extirpate by the root the deirocratic element,
and no longer need there be even a dream of
popular sovereignty.
General Forey has issued a decree confiscating
the property of all parties who have beeu er are
in arms against tbe French.
This news is derived from letters received here
from high Mexican officials.
Advices fronijVera Crcz to the 16tbJune, Btate
that the army occupied the city of Mexico on the
3rd ultimo, and Gen. Forey took .possession on
tho 10th. Jaurtz had retired t* San Luis Potosi,
and a French Division had been sent against that
place. Forey was received with great enthusiasm.
A French Marquis who was wounded at Puebla
goes to Paris with the keys of ths City of Mexi
co. Thirteen hundred prisoners, mostly Mexican
officers, are about to be sent to France.
From Virginia,
It is stated that Dix’s army passed up the
Chesapeake Bay for Washington or Baltimore
Sunday. It is generally believed that Dix’s “on
to Richmond,’’ has been abandoned for the pre
sent.
There iB no Longer any doubt about the evacua
tion of Soffolk by the Yankees. The last of their
troops left on Friday night, July 3. Before leav
ing all the fortific itions were destroyed. All the
negroos who could be persuaded or forced away,
were carried elf. There are but nine negroes left.
This informal! n has been received from a gentle
man who has been ia the town since the vandals
left.
The withdrawal of Dix’s army aud the evacua
tion of Suffolk, indioate strongly, we think, that
Gen. Meade has met with serious reverses in
Pennsylvania.
From Nortli Carolina.
The North Carolina Legislature, in addition to
the currency bill already reported passed, have
passed a bill authorizing the several Banks of the
State, by order of their several boatda of Directors,
to invest in any stocks or bonds in which they
can now invest by law, (which indicates of course
Confederate bonds,) without limit as to amount,
up to Ist of July, 1664.
The House also passed another hill of impor
tance, viz: A bill authorizing agents, trustees,
and other persons holding trust lundg, to invest
them in bonds oi this State or of the Confederate
States.
The Yankees 1,100 strong advanced from Ply
mouth upon Williamston, on July 6th, both by
land and water, but retired almost immediately,
after burning one or two houses. The 10th N. 0.
regiment had prepared to oppose them.
Flag of Tedcs Boat. —The Petersburg Express
says The Flag of Truce boat which arrived at
City Pciut on Saturday afternoon, brought up
about three Hundred and sixty ladies and •nil
dren—who are refugees from the North. A por
tion of them were brought up to Petersburg on
Saturday night, a portion on yesterday afternoon,
and a number sent up the river to Kichmond.
We understand that several ladies were turned
back at Annapolis, and refused permission to
come Sonth merely because they had one or two
little extra articles in their trunks, sneh as shoes
for themselves and children. A number of the
ladies and children are from Norfolk, but before
they could get permission to come within the
Confederate lines they were reqitred to report for
examination at Annapolis. Their treatment, we
understand, during their examination was rude
and indelicate in many instances, such as barba
rians alone would think of inflicting upon them.
A Cincinnati correspondent of the Chicago
Times has information that Lincoln remarked on
Thursday evening last tnat he feit almost persua
ded to call Gen. McClellan to the army of the Po
tomac, and that unless Hooker, in whom he had
confidence, executed certain ; ucceesful movements
against Lee by Sunday, Gen. McClellan we aid be
ordered to rename command.
tfjmmicle £
AUGUSTA. GA..
TUESDAY MORXISG, JULY *4, t*»63.
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kil at of the year, or tbe time for winch
it is paid, of which each subscriber will receive
notice in the paper, so that if you wish to con
tinue it, it would be wellto renew your subscrip
tion at least two weeks before the time expires.
WB CANNOT change the address of a sub.
scriber unless he gives us his foritur as well as
his present address.
Rags! Rags!! Rags!!!
The paper makers want r3gs—rags of cotton,
linen, flax, old rope, etc. la every village there
ought to be a rag merchant, who should buy eve
ry pound of rags he can get from all the snrround
ng country. We would like to hear from any
who will undertake to buy rags to make paper for
the Chronicle <fc Sentinel. On receipt of letter,
we will state price, etc., etc.
Gold.
Onr readers must have been struck with Ihe
uniformity of t'ie price cl gold which h;i3 ruled at
the North for several months past. During one
part of the war, the flactuatious in the p ice o
this article were very marked. For seme toie, it
rang and from iwo to ten per cent. After the s?c
ond battle of Manassas, the appreciation of gold
was very rapid—sabsiq lently continuing to ni
varco or decline with the varying foriunes ot the
Federal aroos. At one time we believe :t was not
far from on hundred per coat, nremium. But,
amidst all the reverses which the Lincoln Govern
ment has sustained in the field—ths second and
more disastrous battle of Fredericksburg, the
growing turbulence at borne, and the generul
gloom which has hung over their country, the
price of the precious metals has maintained an
extraordinary uniformity—varying but little more
than five per cent either in riso or in fall.
What will explain the present stability amid
circumstances which have heretofore produced
great fluctuations? It cannot be owing to any
increased supply of the article thrown into the
market and thus diminishing its vulue. There are
we have no doubt, many millions of dollars of gold
in the United States to day less than was found
there at the beginning of the war. Since the loss cf
the great Southern staples, which always took the
place of specie in the payment of their importa
tions, they h.-ve be;n compelled to liquidate these
claims with gold. Owing to the high rats of ex
change, there has been a constant erain upon the
country for its specie. It is to be considered, too,
that the decline in gold is not due to any funding
of treasury notes or curtailment of government
issues. There has been no abstraction of green
backs from the market, whilst the necessities of
their public treasury must have implied a constant
and large inflation of the circulation.
But amidst all these untoward circumstances,
gold has retained the depression which it sudden
ly suffered a few months since. The cause is
found in the legislation of the country, rather
than in those commercial causes w hich ordinarily
produce such results. The New York L gisla
turoat its last session required all loans on gold
to be made at its par value, and further subj ct
ed the traffic to such restrictions that it could
not be so readily made an article of merchan
dize as before. Whether thi3 has been the sole
cause we may not say with too much confidence.
Certain it is, that there was an extraordinary
dec'ine in the precious metals almost immediately
and there has been no subsequent advance of any
very considerable amount.
It is an interesting question whether like causes
ia operation with us would produce like results.
One of the greatest evils with which we are effec
ted is the enormous fluctuation of epe.cie, which
is constantly going on. Our commerce is con
tinually agitated and unsettled by the fickleness
of this great standard ; and it is exceedingly de
sirable to infuse some.hing like stabiiity into the
regulator. We see no reason why legislation
which has been so beneficial in New York would
not operate advantageously at Richmond, Charles
ton, Augusta and our principal cities generally
At any rate any experiment which even remote
ly promises liberation from tho evil complained
of, ia worthy of being tried. Our friends who
are engaged in buying and sailing gold, might, in
such an event find them3elv.;a minus a lucrative
business ; but we trust that they would have pa
triotism enough to forego the profits of their
bueiness, if thereby the gmeral good could be
promotod.
Blaoxbsuey Wins —Now is the time to make
this delicious and healthful beverage. A patriotic
lady, who has been making wine for the soldiers,
(God bless her!) famishes tbe Athens Banner
with the mode Bhe adopts. Instead of following
the old plan cf squeezing with the hand and
straining through cloth, she tfkeg a keg, sets it.
upon the end, puts straw in the bottom, and after
pouring the berries in, pounds them with a wood
en pestle, and the juice comes out of a hols in the
bottom of tfie keg, perfectly strained and pure.
We have had many inquiries as to the sma lost
quantity of sugar that will preserve the wine.
The lady allnded to above is of the opinion that
the pure juicß will keep without any sugar, and
she is pntting up some iu that, way. There should
be no water HHed in making; tho wine fernientod
as usual. OLhers think that a pound ts the gal
lon is necessary to preser. eit. Our readers must
act upon their own judgment. If tho wine should
sour, however, it will make good Tinegar, which
will be almost es valuable as the wine.
Farkwkll Address op Gkh. Hooker. —The fol
lowing is Gen. Hooker’s farewell address to the
Army of the Potomac :
Headquarters Armtop tiik Potomac, I
Frederick, M.d., June 28,1863. 1
In conformity with the orders of the War I)s
--partment, dated June 27th, 1863, 1 relinquish the
command of the Army of ihe Potomac. It is
transferred to Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, a
brave and accomplished officer, who has nobly
earned the confidence and esteem of the army cn
many a well fought field. Impressed wi ll the
belief that my uaelulaess as the commander of ihe
Army of the Potomac is impaired, I part lrom it,
yet not without the deepest emotion. The sorrow
ot parting with the oomrsdes of so many battles
is relieved by the conviction that the courage
and devotion of this army will never cease nor
fail; that it wll yield to my successor, as it has
to me, a willing and hearty support. With the
earnest prayer- that the triumph of its or : may
bring success worthy of it and the nation, 1 bid it
farewell. Joseph Ho k;:u, M-jov U-.c-.ru-.
Gun. Earlv’s Add mss to tiis People cw Vopk
—The following is a c , ; >y of Gen. Early’s address
to the citizens oi Y’oih :
Yobk, Penn., June 30, 1863.
To the Citizens or York I have abstained
from burning lie Kailroad buildings -.d cur
shops iu your town, b .cause, aft r . xamination,
I am satisfied that the safety ol the town wou'd
be endangered, aad, act ng in the spirit of i u
manity which has ever char.icterz 'd my Gov-' r.-
ment and its milit .ry author: .ieg, I do not de. re
to icvolve the innocent with the Same pumsfi
men*, of the guilty. Had I applied the torch
without regard to consequences, I would hi v*
pursued a course that would have beon fully
vindicated as an eel of just retaliation f r the un
paralleled acts cf brutality perpetrated by year
own army on oar soil. Bu* we dj not war upon
women and children, and I trust the treatment
yon hare met with at the hands of my soldier,:
will open yonr eyes to tie od ous tyranny under
which it is apparent *0 all you nte groaniatr.
J. A. Eaelt, M-jor General, O. B. A.
A Cavalry Company in JuresßSiN County
A cavalry company wag organized in Jefferson
county on Tuesday last, in accordance with the
Governor’s proclamation. H. G. Wright was
elected Captain ; S. A. Denny, Ist Limtenant; K.
A. B‘one, 2d Lieu enant; J. K. Powell, 3d Lieu
tenant; A. J. Lockhardt, Orderly Sergeant. Cap
tain Wright ii Said to he an exce lent man, tad
will make quite an efficient officer. The other
officers are also said to be very efficient. It is
confidently believed that the requisite number of
men will be obtained from Jefferson county vv.th
out a draft.
X3T The city of Rome is to be fortified at once.
Ample means have been subscribed for the pur
pose, and an experienced engineer is on the spot
ready to direct the work. The citizens of Floyd
county are called npon to famish hand3 to throw
■p the defences. The Montgomery Advertiser
urges the importance of fortifying all the principle
town. in this section of the Confederacy without
delay.
The Raleigh Progress learns that parties Os
Yankees are advancing on Tar and Neuse rivers.
Fortifications are being thrown up at Raleigh,
Onr Loss In ths Fall of VKkabnrg.
That the e«ptnre es Vicksburg ia a serious loss
to ihe Confaderacy, no iutell gent and c.indid
man among us will, for a moment preterd to dis
guise. Our Government has evinced its appre
ciation of the importance of the position by the
large amounts which it has expended for soldiers
and fortifications and by the untiring vigilance
with wh eb, for four’ec-n mouths, it has guarded
it against the assaults cf the legions of the ene
uiy. Now that it has heen wrested from us, it
would be puerile to say that the blow which we
suffer is insignificant. It is severe and must be
greatly deprecated by every patriotic heart in the
country.
But the loss though great i3 not immeasurable.
In the shadow of a great calamity the imagina
tion invests the evil with a horror far exceeding
any thiag which the reality justifies. We do not
believe that the Federal occupation of Mississip
pi, tho capture of Mobile, and the certain desola
tion of cur traus Mississippi territory are the
militcry consequences rendered inevitable by tbe
capitulation at Vicksburg. If tbe fall of the town
involved the destruction of our entire forces in
the Southwest, and such au overwhelming ex
tinction of the spirit of the people as to rende r
them unable :o otter further resistance, cnch re
sults might be confidently anticipa*-d. Butin
he fall of Vicksburg it does not appear that we
have lost a single man. The balance of prisoners
was largely in our fuvur pr.-, r to the recent bat
tle in Penn tlvuu a; and every men who bas
b en paroled m y ttk; his place iu the ranks
within a Tery few d;ys. Wa are just as ab e
therefore to protect Mississippi and Alabama
from the dtpredatioas of the enemy as we have
been at any time within the last six months.
Then as to our interests on the other side oj
the river, we qo not see that these are very large
ly damaged by the fall ot Vicksburg. Practical
ly, our communications have been sericucly in
terrupted for a long time past. We have had
much more frequent intercourse at other points
than at Vicksburg, and its loss does not materi
ally increase the embargo already laid upon our
communications. The enemy’s gun boats have
swipt ihe whole river for some time past, aud
they cannot do much more than to continue the
espionage which has beea hitherto established. —
Despite their boats, we shall confer with cur
friends beyond as regularly as our vessels ply be
tween Cbarleston and Nassau,
At mining that Port Hudson and our other for-
tified points on tbe river should now be taken,
and that the enemy should have possession of
the Mississippi from its confluence to its month,
it is very certain that it would be, so long as the
war lusts, a very barren aequisit on. Gunboats,
protected by thick mails, might succeed in mak
ing the passage if tl ey wculd keep every thing
vulnerable out of sight. Bat as to vessels of
transport they would be incessantly harrassed
and destroyed. It would require—with our land
privateers and our armed infantry lining the
shores—a much larger per centage to ensure the
safe transmission of goods from Cincinnati to
New Orb aus than our ocean privateers make it
necesuiry for the Yankees to pay between Bos
ton aud Liverpool. After the war ihe river is
free by cur own statutes. We could never make
a treaty of peace without this guaranty. If w e
were proposing to hold any point for permanent
lortificalion-as tho English hold Gib: alter for
example—the loss just sustained would, perhaps,
oe nreparable. But as we had merely siez;d the
point for temporary purposes, its compulsory re
linquishment by us should not be permitted to
awaken too great depression.
High 4'jrices of Provisions.
We understand that iu tho upper part of this
State, where the wheat crops probably surpass
the yield of any former ye; r, holders arc asking
from twenty-five to thirty dollars per seek fer
every hundred pounds of fl >ur. In ordinary
times, had the crop been as abundant os it ap
pears to be during the present season, two to two
and a half dollars par hundred would have been
deemed a price amply remunerative, and it would
have been cheerfully disposed of at these rates.
Why then are our farmers demanding from ten
to twelve times as much ns they wou’d have re
quired formerly ? We shall b i told of couree the
old story, that the Confederate money has depre
ci'ilsd; that all the necessaries of life have large
ly advanced, that the price of lard, tbe cost of
negroes, Iheir clothing, shoeing, Ac., has more
than tripled, and that they mu3t have a large
price to sustain these increased expenses of pro
ducing.
But is this a perfectly fair view of the subject *
Is it not true tbat the vast majority ol our farm
ers own ihe lands and the labor necessary to
work them, and that these were bought at moder
ate figures? Have not the sunshine and the
in—elements which enter so largely into the
production of the crop—been as free a3 at any
former period ? Has not the earth yielded her
increase on the samß terms which she demanded
when a very moderate sum only was received
for her products. And if in some of the essenti
als to the making of provisions there has been an
advance, ore there not many more which havfe
undergone no appreciation?
But conceding all that is claimed for the depre
ciation of the currency and tho increase in tho
cost of product.on, we would ask is there nothing
due to the demands of patriotism ? Is it right
for every man to exact from his neighbor tbe
very last fraction of a cent possible for the arti
cles which he proposes to vend ? Closely block
aded as we are by our enemies and engaged in a
fearfui struggle for our very existence, is it ri 6 ht
to add to the general anxiety and distress by
forcing tha necessaries cf life to a price which
must be appaiiing to those who constitute the
mass of every community—the poor? We know
how utterly hopeless it would be to attemnt by
any arguments of tbe kind now adduced, to affect
in ordinary times the price of provisions or of
anything else exposed for sale in markets. “The
laws cf trade aro self regulating. Ira man ask
too much for an article, he will be nudar-sold by
his neighbor.”
* Ti eee oevious statements ore not always in
force in a country in such a situation as that in
which we are now placed. Combinations of per
sons may enhance the price of almost any article,
or they may do much towards cheapening the
ceoess-iries of life. Last winter when rice was
ruling very high, and when we were fearing an ad
ve.noe which would put it out of the reach of (he
poorer c!r.ss of consumers, a benevolent citizen
of cur Suite threw a large quantity upon the mar
ket to be sold, in small amounts, at a very re
duced price to the needy. The consequence v> as
an imr-.ied etc ci; dice in the article—a deprecia
tion from which it Las never rallied. We believe
that it is only necessary lor a few of our wealthy
ia;m - sins; whe-.t granaries have been so
bountiiully tilled at this t.me by a beneficent
Prevalence to co operate in the good work of
eebingat a reasonable price to consumers, in order
to check, if it docs not entirely forestall, the
cu; id:ty of those parties who mu t have famine
prices for provisions in a time when God has
made them abundant. We hopo soon to hear that
flour is ' Ifered on toims justified by the ample
crop which has been made, and at the same time
accessible to the population generally.
The Tacouy A flair—Lieut. XieeA’a State
ment.
A gentleman who has visited Lieut. Reed and
party in prison at Portland, Me., bad a personal
interview. He says they arc confined in Fort
Preble, and that a double guard arc kept over
them. Tne writer adds that he was well received
by th; m, and that “Lieut. Beed ccurleon&iy an
swered ail questions.” He gives from Captain
Reed’s not'; boo: the memorandum of his cruise,
which, Bfter relating a iarge number of captures
made by him, continues :
On '.be 23 1 bu.r.ed the schooners Ada and
Wauucrc! ; 2-1 latitude 46 10, longitude v 7 43,
capiuroi the t Sh.nieii ue, from Livcrpoo. to
Boston, v*»lh £SO _ ; was anxious to
burn her, she being l-edrd *:Ui iron plates, Ac.;
tried to catch schooners *o pnt the passengers
aboard, but failed, aua had to let her g.,, bonding
her in $150,000 ; same day crp ured the rcbooner
Archer, c .-aaca the Soantamu •, end put ib:
Archer’s crew aboard; hearing that Union
cruisers were after th TacoDy, and fearing re
cognition, burned theTacony, transferring eveiy
thmg to the Archer; thence came direct to Port
land; pick’d up two fishermen for pilots, but
they wcu'a not serve; took the positions from
the Coast Survey chart; got in at sunset and an
chored below; had no communication with the
shore.
Lieut. Reel also said he watched till 12:20 A. M.,
when h mion went down; then rowed direct to
tie cutter Caieb Cashing in two boats, with maf
fi and oars; bjardedher one oa each side, 6:.z»d
her crew without resistance and ironed them; |
capture i Lisa:. Davenport as he came on deck; ;
Weighed anchor, being unable to slip the cable,
and started at i A. M., going out Hussey’s Sound, I
towed by the boats ahead, followed by the Arch
er, as fast ns her limit would
side waiting :or the Aiclier. When ihe steumers
attack and us, we could only tiro round shots, and
were obliged to fire B‘ones and pieces of iron.
He came in wi;h tne intent-on <f burning the
shipping end two gunboats, which he learned
were building here (roui a coal laden English
schooner bound from Piotou to New York, lie
also intended to catch the s earner Forest City
and barn her.
The Confederate officers stats that they cao
tured tba ship Cate Stewart with a Quaker gun,
made out cl a spar. Running out the Q inker, as’
if intending to fire on the Kate Stewart, the Cap -
tain instantly cried out, “For God’s sake, don’t
fire—l surrender.”
The Confederate officers also say that several
vessris might have escaped it they had not been
frightened ut their “little howitzir.”
a great alarm was occasioned at Portland on
the £9.h of June, bv the appearance of two
schooners below the Fort, which, it was thought,
intended to make an attempt at rescue. The
alaim was given, ihe garrison was beaten to
quarters, and tbe peopiv in the surrounding vil
lages were called out, and notice was sent over
to the city that two more rebel privateers were
in sight.
The vessels, however, proved to be only two
fishermen, who who were totally incapable of
doing any harm.
On tha next day there was anoiher alarm,
o igmuting ia a rumor that a Confederate gun
boat was landing near below the Fort.
Cacti:hb or Brashkr Cirr, i.t.—The Louisi
ana Democrat pu dished ut Alexandria, gives a
lull account of the capture of Brasher City ami
other points in Louisiana. It says:
General T'aylor, with Walker’s Division, fought
the enemy at Ashland, in North Lonisiunu, on the
7th ult.
Before starling on, ibis expedition he bad dis
patched one of his stuff officers to Southwest Lou
isiana to keep him advised of mat ers in that direc
tion Information he received about this time
determined him to make the movement which has
resulted so glorious yto our arms. In half nn
hour te Juts in the saddle. In this way and in
ambulasphe traveled through from Richmond,
La., to Alexandria iu three days, hardly paused
for rest, pushed on with relays’ ol horses, over
took Col. Majors, oomrr anding a Brigade of cav
alry on the Atcuafalaya, and instantly unfolded
to h m his plan of campaign in which that gal
lant young officer was to piay such a conspicuous
part. Major i was to push boldly through the
Grcese Tete, Marangom and Laionrche county to
Donalusonville, thence to Thibodeaux, cut oft the
railroad and telegiaph communication, then pußh
rapidly to the Bluff river, in the rear of Brasher
City, and at the first sound of Moulon’s and
Green’s guns, attack the u at that piece.
After seeing Col. Mujois well on his way, Geu.
Taylor returned via Washington and Opelousas
and pushed on rapidly to Generals Mouton and
Gr. en’s Headquarters to superintend in person,
the attack oa Brasher City and its forts. Orders
bad been already given them to make this attack,
on advice of Majors’ movements, and directions
to open communication with him via the Lakes,
so that they could make a combi-td movement.
Two of Gen. Taylor’s siaft had beeu urging on
preparations for crossing tie troops over the
Bay. Liemt. Avery particularly had used every
exertion under direction of Brig Gen. Green, iu
the construction of skills and 11 its. M j. Geu.
Taylor arrived at Gen. Moniou’s headquarters on
the morning of the ‘2lst. Genuala Mouton and
Green had not been idl, m carrying out their
orders. For the tew Joys previoui they hud or
ganized the different corps aud their piositions in
the impending attack. Shortly after Gen. Tay
lor’s arriv 1 at Menton's headquarters, one of his
staff brought up fr m Gen Green’s headquarters
a dispatch of IS M., lha previous day, from 001.
Majors, that the during commander hud already
arrived at Thibodeaux, after a triumphant cam -
paign through the whole Lalourcbe—had cap
tured Piaqutmine with 150 prisnners, destroyed
three large sea going vessels loaded with valu
able stores, had taken Donaldsonville with its
garrison. Had attacked that same day the ene
my at Thibodeaux, driven him, with Pyron’s
Texas Infantry, at the point of the bayonet, from
his strong position—had charged and routed his
cavalry by charging him with Lane’s, Stone’s and
Phillips’ Texes Cavalry, and was now ready to
co-operate with us in our movemeul of the mor
row.
At 6 p. m., on the evening of the 21st, a “For
lorn Hope,” composed ol voluuteers from the
different regiments, embarked in the skiff* and
sugar coders prepared lor them. Theirs waß the
proud privilege of storming the almost impreg
nable Fort at the opposite side oi the Bay at
dawn the following morning, while Gers. Green
and Moutou occupied them at different points in
their front.
It was composed as before remarked of volun
teers from the stb Texas (Green’s old Regiment,)
2d La. Cavalry, Waller’s Battalion and 2.1 Hegi
meiit Ar.zrna Brigade all under command of the
gallant Alij -r Hunter of tho latter. It was a
hazardous mission to cross that Lake (12 miles)
in these frail barks—to land at midnight oa the
enemy’s side, in aa almost impenetrable swamp
and await tbe dawn of day to make the desperate
attempt which would ensure them victory or a
soldiers’ death, but they seemed to treat it as a
holiday frolic as they were rowing away, waving
their hats to Gen. Taylor and Gen. Mouton, who
were on the bank wnlching their departure. The
boat expedition having left, Gens. Taylor and
Mouton proceeded below Patu-rsonville to arrange
for the other movements. Mouton, with the 7th
T. xas, 4*.h Texas and 2d Arizona Regiments stood
post at Gibbons' Point, on an island of that name,
and immediately opposite Fort Buchanan. From
this piuuts bis sharpshooters could sweep tbe gun
ners from their positions at the neavv guns in
the Fort. Gen. Green wi h his old Regiment
(sth Texas) Waller’s Battalion, 2d La. Cavalry,
Valverde and Nichols’ Batteries took position
just bo oraday in Berwick’s City, ready to open
on ali tbeir camps, (which extended up and down
the opposite bank lor two miles), ulso to keep in
check their gunboats.
Immediately after daylight Oen. Green fired the
first guu trom tbe Valveidu Battery at a gunboat
ot the enemy which was steaming up the Bay in
the direction ot the upper Fort (Buchanan.) In
stantly the whole Bay was in a bltzo, all of oar ,
guns first played upon the immense liue of tents
of the enemy which were occu tied by ono thou
sand Yankees. They were completely surprised ;
they had not imagined tin enemy in twenty miles
of them on this side of the Bar (their prisoners
admit this.) Their heavy guns from the forts now
ipened on Green at the same moment the sLarp
crack ol Mouton's thousand Enfield rifles is heard
continually from Gibbons’point, sweeping their
gunners irom their places like a whirlwind
would dash the sand o: the desert; all are anx
ious to hear the rear of Majors’ guns. The wor
thy pupil of old Btonswall strains biß ear for the
signal; if iltjors bad arrived at the B»uf cross
ing, wo have bagged them all, still we do not hear
them, although the cannonade has been going on
without intermission for one and a ball hours.—
Wbat has become of the storming party? they
nave not yet attacked, there is no sign of them ;
presently wa hear on-?, two, and then the long
distant sound of artillery front the Bieuf—Majors
is thero 1 their com-nunication is cutolf complete
ly. Just a Ih.s moment, to add to the ene ny’s
confusion and -disaster the long looked lor ‘ For
lorn Hope ” made its appearance in the edge o f
the woods; with a real Texas yell, they dashed
at once, with bayonets fixed and pistols drawn,
lull at the threatening walla ol *fi« proud Fort—
-111 twenty minuita they had climbed the walls,
dispersed its garrison, torn down ihe Stars and
Stripes and hoisted the “B mnie Bluo Flag” over
the ramparts, setting a small baud lo take care of
the Fort.
The gallant Uniter rushed on to the camps be
low, the affrighted en ray throwing down their
arms aud surrendering indiscriminately, until he
bad swept the whole plape. Green in the mean
time bad engaged their gunboat with the Valverde
and Nichols Batteries, and after a hotly contested
duel of half an hour, drove it nhameiully away.
in half an hour Generals Taylor, Mouton and
Green, with their respective staffs, had their
Headquarters in the city of Brasbesr.
the result.
Captured 1800 prisoners ami S3 commissioned
officoi s; $3,C00 000 commissary etores, $1,600,000
quartermasteiß stores, $260,000 ordnance stores,
{■lOO.OO) medical R'cn a, 23 garrison and regi
ineo'ai flags, 1,000 tents, 2,000 horses and mules,
between six acd seven thousand negroes, sixteen
guns, seven thousand stand ol email arms, and a
position of us much importance so this country
(trar.s-Mimsaippi) as Port Hudson and Vicks
r,urg; in fact the key to Louisiana and Texas.
This brilliant c irnpaigu of General Taylor had an
other great obj ct in view uod one of vust impor
tance, fi-a diversion to force tha enemy to raise
tho siege of Port Hudson. Ha now has big
choice, to loose New Orleans or to abandon hi*
operations against Port Hudson, and retire with
his beaten auu and moralized army into that cily.
The captured flags are in charge of Major Tom
Ochiltree, A. A Gen on Muj. Gen. Taylor’s staff,
en-routo to Lt. Gan. Smith.
The New York Herald’s New Orleans corres
pondent, in his account oi the capture, which
mainly coiccid- a with the above, after detailing
the losccs in prisoners, Ac., says :
list this was not the worst part of the busi
ness. The Cos federates, by the capture of our
force, gained possession ol Fait Buchanan and
Fort Shene, and another emu i r ear’hwork furth
er down the bay. Oa these fortifications were
mounted eighteen or twenty guns of heavy cali
bre, several of which were the finest rifle pieces
we had in this department.
Some of the pieces we lo*t were those recently
t-ken fioin Camp Parapet, o bers raided from the
idea: ei- Hln-i-ian, that sank m the bay last March.
Altogether this is one o <i s verest blows the
rebels have dealt us in this part of the country.
IVevi'a Minimal y.
A locomotive exploded on the Petersburg Rail
road on tb-oih, k'iiing thru; oi feurpersons,and
badiy wounding tne engineer.
Three boats arrive 1 at City Point Sunday night,
bringing 1850 returned prisoners. *
The Louisiana Legislature is now in session at
Shreveport.
A shooting affair took place at the Capitol at
Rnleigh, on ibe 6;b, between two m mberr of the
Legislature earned Fry and KcAden. Nobody
hurt on either side.
Harlbut, commanding at Memphis, has issued
orders tbtt htreailer private property shall not
be molested. Tho thieving is to be strictly con
lined to horses, mules, aad such negioes us are
willing to go. This order does not originate with
Hnrlbut The appalled wretches at Washington
are becoming penitent since Lee has
Pennsylvania.