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lirrnnn iKr« ol 10r... from East Tennessee
r way to Kosencrauz sarmy.
R -h i cruui ha. removed bis headquarters from
T T“.«BpoJS«» h “ ta !he Columbus Enquirer
g r» the annexed incident of the late **‘reato
6ragg’s army: Tho bridge over Elk river was
tire by our troops, but the fioorug only was
beint (Jen. Wharton, masking his two batteries,
tog - :ber with a third, burrowed for the occasion,
on the hills o.i 'his side of the river, commanding
the b i 'ge, waited silently for the approach e!
the nemy. The enemy came to the bridge, and
se-. ng nothing suspic.ous began to cross. Whar
ton waited till about live hundred reached this
aid , when suddenly the batteries opened with
g' 1 p: a"d canister, and the cavalry using their
rflfs with effect; notone of the five nnndreo
that crossed was left alive to tell the tale.
parties from Middle Tennessee represent the
Bufl ;i >g of th people as horrible. Some ol the
most wealthy families are drawing rations from
the Federal Commissaries. Others are compelled
to beg bread for thsir families from the enemy
Persons in from Sequatchie valley report that
Rosecra s’ entire army has fallen back to Shelby-
Yille and Wartrace. The intermediate country
it y s y is full oi Yankee scouts and bushwhavk
who are robbing, capturing, and in some in
stances, murdering the inhabitants.
Set , rul uegr as from a neighborhood adjoining
Bi.aiol, Tenn., nave been arrested on a charge ol
having been ciga td in organizing a plot of in
surrection. Not long since, a similar plot was de
tected in another county ol East Tennessee, but
not until one house had been burned and another
set on fire.
Several hundred Union stampeders, in attempt
ing to make their escape a few days ago across
toe mountains from Tennessee into Kentucky,
w-re attacked by Col. Hart’s command and dis
persed, a great many being either killed or cap~
iur-;o. i e ringleader, ope notorious Lane, from
Jiff rson County, was captured
Tue Yankees have all disapoeared from Huntu
viUe, Pula ki. Columbia, elc , leaving in consider
uh u; hurry, as though they were apprehen
sive of uauger in delay. They pressed into their
Berrien all the able-bodied men they could get,
and all the horses and mules they could lay their
hands upon.
Li-u ' Gen D. U. Hill, who has lately been
transferred to the army of Tennessee, is as con
spicuous for piety as his brother-in law, the late
lamented Jackson. Ths Rev.-David Wilis, ol
Macon, Ga , is staying at his heuaquarters and
prea hing every night to the soldiers and tho
General rides several miles to attend Divine ser
vice. He encourages the officers and privates
both by precept and example not to forsake .tie
aiflcmoluig oi themselves together for' Christian
worship, and evinces a lively concern for the
Spu ~i ,i we! are ol his corps He renders all the
:.id in us power to chaplains and raLsionaries in
prosecuting their holy mission. When such men
lead our armies the stars will light against our
enemies.
A considerable riot occurred at Tyner’s Station,
Tenn., on the SOth ult. A number of soldiers of
an Arkansas regiment, and the 6th Confederate,
becai io infuriated at the exorbitant prices charg
ed them by Sutlers for goods, and broke open
their t staM shaments and appropriated whatever
they needed, alter which they treated the butlers
to a severe catigrtion.
Braug’s army, it is stated, is now much larger
than it was before his retreat.
Maj Geo. Hindman has beenausigeed to With
ers’ division of Bragg’s army.
Larne numbers oi sick and disabled soldiers
from Grant’s army are daily arriving at Nash
ville.
Almost ail the old residents of Memphis have
loft, prelerqjng to be refugees rather th .n liro
under the tyrannical rule of Lincoln’s officials.
AU owners of negroes in Memphis are now
compelled to make an oath to that tffectand take
out a certificate. If they do not the negroes are
Be.* -i a trubuuda. The certilicates must be
renewed quarterly.
The coreespondent of the Memphis Appeal
men io"h tue transfer of Raaecrans from Tennes
see to Vi in.- ..s a minor.
The Y'sukees were reported in heavy force at
McMi, nvilla and Manchester a tew clays ago, but
a portion of this force have gone back towards
Nas-iVilie.
'The Captur of Morgan.
The rumor o Morgan’s capture is undoubtedly
true. Lie whs taken on Sunday, the 2inh of July.
The (” v aud.(Ouio) Herald gives an account of
the aflhir :
A pisn had been laid for the capture of Morgan’s
entu bar'd, 'he militia were stationed on a hill
overlooking v. road which Morgan waa expected
to travevsy, -1 the cavalry and other regular
foies were o occupy positious [hat would enable
them to turpnsa and “bag” the entire rebel com
mend.”
Iu .i F.'aoiC time the expected Confederates made
th .r ftr.e3ftrauo(>. pom- n,- bttiuuf u toud in thO
road. Ui catoaing sight ol the infantry they
baited, and turned their horses’ heads in another
ejection. Before they could get out of the trap
thoy our and themselves in, Mi-jor Way, with 250
iar ,i the Ninth Michigan cavalry, dashed
among thfcis.
Morgan btmse'f was riding in a carriage. Major
Wuy s w hi . , and galloping up, reached for him.
Morgan jo oped out at the other side oj the car -
riago, leaped over a fence, de ze i a horse, and
galloped eff About a couple of hundred of his
men succeeded in breaking away and iollowed
him.
The number of k lied Confederates was set down
as irom twenty to thirty, but this must be over
rated, as we cannot learn of more than five or six
dead oodles haying been found. There was a con
s,.rerab!s number of wounded, and about two
hun r and prisoners taken, together with horses
and arms.
A few of our cavalry were wounded, two or
three lerioustf.
M organ and ‘.he remainder of his scattered forces
pres-ii three on z-ns of Saline vide into tbeir ser
vice an guinea, aud continued vheir flight on the
New L obon road. One of the impressed guides
made his escaps ana .ode back, conveying intelli
gence of the route taken.
. s wore immediately dispatched from Wells
ville to hoed him off, whilst another force followed
hotly m his r ar, and a strong militia force lrom
New Lishoj came down to meet him.
Ab ut two o’clock in the afternoon these various
dev. cnt.vr.ts closed in arouud Morgan in the vi
cinity of Wei t Point, about midway b tween New
Lis on aud Weli-ville. The Confederates were
to a b'uff, from which there was no escape,
except by fighting their way through, or leaping
trom a lotiy and almost perpendicular precipice.
Eluding ih< missives thus coojfd, Morgan, with
tho r mainder of his troops surrendered to Col.
Shackeilotd.
'< lie pr sjners were brought back to Wells ville,
where their arriral caused great excitement.—
MorgaL related his side arms, aud moved about
freely, at accompanied by Col. Sbackls
itr. . Lust night. (Sunday,) Morgan and his
staff' slept at tae Whi.taxer Bouse, in WellsvilL,
and at three o’clock this morning, they, accompa
nied by Col. Shi ckleford and staff, left on the
regular train for Columbus. Later in the morn
ing, a special train was to be sent to Columbus,
With the remainder of the prisoners and their
guards.
Morgan himself appeared in good spirits, and
quiie unconcerned at his ill luck.
Gen. Moreau, Col. C.uke, and thirty other Con
federate olhcers, ciptured with them, arrived at
Ctncinnat. ou Monday night, and were plaoed in
the ouy pr son. A Northern diepatch says that
Siorgao «iU be lodged in the penitentiary at Co
lumbus, Ohio.
Gov. Tod, of Ohio, has issued a proclamation
c n ßgratulat!ng ih» paopi* of the State upon the
capiure of M,-rgaa.
Ihe New York Herald pnbl sfces a list of four
Color tig, one Lieutenant Colonel, two Majors,
seventeen Captains thirty-nine Lieutenants, sev
en Surgeons, and one C aplaiu, who were cap
tured at Bulliogton leln-d bv the Federals.
. Krorn Louisiana.
The Hratidon Republican publishes some par
ticulars of the capitulatioa of the forces at Port
Hudson, derived from several of the garrison. It
is 8t t ed mere were but four thousand men with
in the entrenchments at the Line of the invest
ment, seven hundred and twenty-five of whom
were killed, nd quite a number in the hospitals.
There was wily two thousand seven hundred fit
for dn'v at the tuns of the surrender, and they
had successfully resisted every assault of Gen.
Barks’ arn y of twenty five thousand men, or
nearly ten .0 one, for forty-eight days, on iess
than one quarter rations.
The latest arrivals from Louisiana repett the
rumors respecting a (treat victory gtined a few
days co, by Gen. Taylor ovei the Yankee Gen. :
Weiti.l. Toe battle, it is stated, was fought at
Donaidsonvilje. Over five thousand prisoners i
and "'.no transports were taken. The gunboat i
Esi-ei and anotb r iron clad were also sunk. I
This is substantially the seme story from several I
difi -rent parsons. There may he some truth 1
in it
Mnv Mobg*n was 1. 1 pii rsd.—We copy the
follc»:ngtrom the Tennessee correspondence of
the Ailto*a Appeal;
Capt Coxe. one of Morgan’s Commissaries, in
tnswer to the ques-on, why Morgan end his
wuo.e tarce did cot avoid the enemy by crossing
at some ."gaurded-pomt on the river, said there
was no seed p'ace; that there was a heavy river
irfAn-rt ;liS ! i3 t 01 S UDl »ats and transports of
" tso ke?S U; ' P rom P s and intelligent
coma uuicat’ -ns by means of couriers with the
.''f!* pressing on their rear, whioh it was
-mposaiO.e to get ahead of.
H^ethe^n^ 61 Dtea l4UDC hed at Savannah.
S' ;v, more successful ,n her undertak
jKJ potl U “' ,r * lbM «»«• *ri«d W &om
From Virginia.
Advices from Gen. Lsu’s army received in Rich
mond on the 4th state th it the bulk of the army
has been withdrawn from the vicinity ol Culpeper |
Court House, back to the direction of the Rapidan
river. , „ ,
It was also understood that Gen. Lee * move
meita were necessarily-governed, in ainer.soie,
by the movements of nis opponent, Gen. kleare,
and that eventually—certain y within a tow days
—the Rapiclau or the Rappahannock would be
come the line taken up by Gan. Lie.
In the neigtb-irbood of Fredericksburg the
situa-’oa was not mat' rially changed, though the
enemy were mgher, and our pickets had taken a
few prisoners.
The whereabouts of the main body of Meaue s
arm? waa a subject of conjecture. Th? 300111s
Icctted it in Fauquier, 011 tae North bank of the
Rappahannock,along towards Werrenton Barings
Aqua Creek is again a depot of supplies.
The Petersburg Express ia informed by a gen -
tieman who left Suffolk on the 2i inn'., that the
entire cavalry expedition which lately made an
effort to reach Weldo**, composed of Bp ar.s’ and
Dodge’s cavalry, rescued Suffolk Sued y fore
noon, and took up their line of march tor Nor
folk. A battery of light pi ces, known as How •
nrd’s U. S. Artillery, which also accom
panied the expedition, proceeded to Mu'frees
boro’, whence it will be shipped to Newbern, N
C. The expedition was under the command it
Col, Spears, and the men freely aoknowletig and in
Suffolk that the expedition was a c Uipl.le tail •
ure. These men will not be a lowed to reme'o
idle. We may expect to hear from thun egam
soon.
A sharp cavalry tight occurred in Culpeper
county on tb« Ist ol August, near die old bathe- !
held of Brandy Htatioa. Three brigades Os Yea 1
kee cavalry advanced on our line of pickets in
the early part cf the day. The p cket to'Tre was j
composed of the 12:h Virginia regiment, uiabone’s j
brigade. This toiee ret-ritei the enemy until !
Hampton s cavalry cams up, when the baum was j
j >ined batwe* n o"'“-•""’■•J'““ 1
During some po tio-B oi the engagement the '
lighting is leprerenud to have been very severe, j
Hampton’s Legion sustained t ic greater part of ;
the loss inflicted upon us Col. Black was shot 1
through the hand with a Mm'.e ball; Col. Baker’s :
arm was shattered, and i .1. lon g received a !
severe wound in tae breast. The Legion is now
comm ncud by a Lieutenant Colonel. Oar erv- |
airy 'ought the a distance of six miles, gradu- j
ally failing back upou t-ur infantry supports. The j
enemy, however, did nc-t atford these supports an
opportunity to engage in the fight, but retired as j
Boon as ttsey cams up. Oar loss was some fifteen i
killed ad from sixty to seventy wounded. The i
j lose ot tho enemy was not known. It is tut iar
| probable that this fight in the immediate foreiun-
I ner of an engagement oa a much larger scale.
| Rasseugers by ibe Ceotrai train report that t e
i Yauke General Biocum’s corps haa cross--d the
Rappahannock, and is now on the iSDUiiiside of
| that stream.
A small force of Yankees eut;red Winchester
j on the 25th of July, but wore epoedily driven out
| of the town with the loss of several prisoners,
j When the Federais were retreating from their
| raid on Wytbevilie, Va , a man t aiaea John
J Marr3 pursusd them alone for several miles, kill-
I ing two, wounding several, and capturing eight
j or nine horses. Le has set a goad example for
| otheis to follow.
I Col. May. of Ky., during a late Federal raid in
| Virginia, pursued the invaders with bis troops
j lor seventy five miles without eating or sleeping,
fought them twice, killing seven, wounding many
more, capturing twenty seven prisoners, and
over one hundred horses, without losing a man
I'os’uy has made another successful rad. cap
luring a large number of Federal wagons ia
Fa’rfax co , Va., loaded with goods.
Itxs thought ia li ehmoad that Grant’s army
has been sect to reinforce Meade.
The Examiner of ihnis' i ay say3: Taero is no
longer a doubt but th.at Gsa. Grunt, immediately
after the surrender of V cksburg rem’oieed, Geo.
Meade to tjis exent ol 15,000 in 20,000 tioopa. —
The troops were seat on board transports at
Vicksburg two days drier its full, and arrived ii
the G h es»prake about a fortnight since. The
Fifth United States artdiery, batteries E aud B,
the 16th BeuDsyivutiiH. and the $ Id Masenebneetts
lclantiy acc.iaipanying the r luiorcing column,
which was under the command of Gens. Smith
and Kell y.
It waa reported the enemy had in same force
re-cconpied Stafford heights, atoi that Marye’s
heights ha i been occupied by a portion of our
forceß. General Lot’s aim/ wus rapidly recuper
ating and getting into excellent lighting tlim
since the march to the ue w positions, and pre
parations betokened a battle possible, if not prob
able.
lVoiu Keutucsy, ,
The Knoxville Reg'strr, oi Ul3 6 b, sav?: —
From Mesßis. Wm. BeartUy and Msrgau FmitK,
WHO have lug' reached U.iu city jra.v. .—i
uoiumand, we leara the folio?, i g particulars of
his recent campaign in K ulucky :
Ooi. Scott met the eaemy’B pickets at Nt-lson’o
cross roads, eleven miies Usyonu London, bu- en
countered no cmtsideratde force uatu he got
within two miles of Richmond; nt which place he
was attacked bj- a large force os mounted tniantry,
and after a short tegavemsat, he routed tuein,
pursuing them to Fox'.uwn, six mile, beyona
Richmond, ccpiuring 15b or 200, and killing and
wounding a number. Fioa Richmond fee went
to Winchester, on the north side ot Ke. lucky
river, eighteen miies trgai n.cxmgtoo, where he
wus nttreked by an overwheltr ing lorct-, under
Col Gilbert, consisting of mounted iu'antry, cav
alry and art liery.
Upl Scott retired on the Irvrie road fighting
all tha wav, and upou bis arrival L und a regi
men' of it-.aatry, under Col U. 0. Lilly, which
he soon captm utg two pieces of anil -
lery. Kecrosamg Kentucky river at Irvine,
be proceeded to tne k'P ol B g Hill; but finding
the Yankees had a sup.'j.. r lorce 111 tro.it 0: him,
he turned oacfc upon tho Lucca-ter road. Abour
ten miles from Big H U the eit-ay again attacked
him, and fodowet*. h m throtriu Labeaster and
Stanford *0 Hall’s gap, fig&ttrg crioiinuaity, oar
boys disputiag every inch of ground.
When our informant left Col. Scott, a7 had
safely recrossed the Cumberland lirtr, and rim
enemy were not to b? so,n. He burned several
iarge wagon trains 'oaCed with army supplies,
an i captured a thousand muien, most 01 which
he usfortuQKtely loss.
H.s i. ss in prisoners ia thought to ba consider-;
able, ba> vr-ry few wire killed or wounded.
The Chronicle, of the same ca'e, nays :
Various reports were in circuit cn yesterday
to the iff ct that Col. Scott, commanding a uv
airy brigade in Kentucky, bad m.t With i> repulse
in that quarter.
Oar nest in ormation ieads to the belief that
Col Scott, after meeting and whipping the tnsmy
at Richmond, Ky., and iskiag cous.dcranle spoil,
was eneircGd by an orerwh intuig number of the
enemy’s cuva rv, a id compiiird ta make ids aay
out with oocs derab'e Its .. Several reports con
cur m tbe opinion tnat his Command had reached
Jacksbcro’, ia Campbell county.
From ilt.iics.
Tb? following ia the Mex can r.i-we brought to
Havana by tbe French steamer Milan, which left
Vera Cruz on Ju ! y 13 h" Dales irona the City of
Mexico ate to tne iff.b, cn notch day, in ih° City
ot Mexico, wag proclaimed the empire, the Arch
duke Maximilian to fill t o throne.
The Uonncil of Notabilities, biiug duly assem
bled by a previous convocation, dec ared unani
mously, with the exception of two v.t.a, that the
Mexic n nation, throngh them, s-iect toe umpire
as the form of gcreinniei t, and through item
proclaimed the Archduke Ms«i-i«>» am.-i.-i
uio-pcn.i ui ciex'Co ; amithat, sh ( u'ft his Royal '•
Higtmesa refuse the tivonelhus oflv.nd ’im, they '
lmplcs* and the Emperor of tin French to sr’ cl a i
perron ia whom ne cad fni! confidence to oterpy I
the throne of Mexico.
The public proclamation of the emu re of ilex
ieo took place 10 that c.ty on the 10.n i 4B t.
A courier wes immediate 1 / >3 • p«lcit.:C to Vera
Crux, and tbs Milan se-1 or wu r lae n ,
It is stated, from Vera Criz t rtt tit - towns '
along the route made inmense laanHVswt »•:.< 0 i i
joy «a tae pio_uuigat'oa of the news, and at Vera '
Cruz one hundred guns were lir-d m toner of I
the event.
From Sorth Carotin-.
1 Capt. Ow 1, whe lift Newbern on the hi } a »»
1 haviog been impriso .ed there for fur months’
; says the negro bitgada formerly at Newt) era tas’
1 been sent to Char.ee on, and-.bet there are cw
j duly three regiments there. Foster was there
| Sunday. The raiders on their return from Rxky
Mount, bid io wait seme time at 8 reel's terry for
transportation, and could have been vasilv cat..—
tured, he think , had an effort been m-ce. H- 1
says that wbeu the raid was made to Warsaw
there were no troops left at Newbera, and that
the cit 2 'ns performed guard d-ty during the
expedit.cn Had a force been thrown between
the expedition and the town, as cou.d and should
have been done, not on : y the raiders, but New
born, a so. conid have been captured. We have
but intis Joubt but that eve theniand men ecuid ;
take both N'ewbern aud Washington, if speedily
attacked, for they have but a m-rs garrison at
each place ; and ti-e ra.ds to Warsaw and Becky
Mount w-re made in very small force, say liom ;
four to six has red.
rax Federal o,bt—.secretary Chase has
made the loliowmg xb.b.. ol me condit.cn of
the U. S. finances on July Ist:
Aggregate debt at 4 p-r cent interest, $28,059,-
255 49 ; debt at 5 per cent inter.at,
$101,297 338 91 ; agereg te debtat 6 per cent in
terest, *431,276 374 71; aggreaate debs at 780 100
per oent inter, st, $lB9 920,500 00; aggregate
debt without interest, $875,721056 63 Total
debt July 1, 1863, as exhibited bv the books of
the Treasury Department, #1,007,274,365 99,
* From
Nor papers pta'e that the library and .
papers oi Rresidect D *vis have been focr.d. Th? ,
place wuer» they were secreted was dire'.used by j
a negro. Os course th*y were appropriated by
the vandals.
The paroled Confederate prisoners from Vicks
burg have been turlc-ughed for thirty days by j
Pemberton's order. At the end of that tirns they* \
will reorganise at Dsaopoiis, Ala., where they .
sill be armed and equipped.
The Federal vandais haTe performed their de
siruitire work completely whe-rver they
been in Mies ss’ppi. On all sides where there I
were formerly fine mansiocs and comfortable
homesteads, occupied by industrious families, j
now nothing remains to greet ths eye of the tra
veder but ths blackened aud uuseemly chimneys, j
standing as monumeats of ones contented and ;
happy homes, mads desolate by the hands of the ,
iivadtr.
Ths captains of the st ambiatg 1 Rely destroyed
at Yazoo U.ty rre organizing guerrilla raids to j
i annoy the Federal steamooa’.s Uiut undertake to
j navigate tho Mississippi r.ver.
| 'i'ho Federal raiders who lately rode through ,
I ILBoto ad Piioia counties, Miss., pillaged and ,
I destroyed in their course,
i North Mississippi remains unmolested, and af
j fairs are moving on there about as usual Trains !
are running oa the roads from Water Valley to
: Gr nadu, and from Grenada to Panola. The tele
■ graph wi” soon be ia operation in th t region.
Nn-ehfZ is, loniequeut on the tall cf Vicksburg
! and i'-.r. Hudson, at last in the fo.oible and posi -
i five possession of the la -kens The vaedfis,
immediately on the landing from th ir war li.iet,
the broadcides of which couimu ided the oily,
seized t .epal.liai residences o! Keasis. David
Stanton, A. L. v > is u aud others, and that o!
the w'dow Fred. B.antou, and converted them in
to their heaiquarteis, barracks, hospitals, guard
hotiaes, etc. ib;y also seized ore 2,000 uegio
tuen in Natcbex and vicinity, arid have convene''
the large warehouses of tho city into juartsrs lor
<a-u.. rn-'se
erecting forUficduons all around the e ;y, as a |
pro ision against an inland attack ana rs-.aplure
t-y laud. The farms in the country for mil 's
around have beeu robbvd of negruer, stoek, etc ,
aud pickets ana strong lire sos sentineia station
ed on every road, batteries planted ou tho bluS
aud adjoining hi hts commauding the interior,
aed the luwiands of L iuisiau ■ opposite; com
missary sisres, provisions and supplies of all
\ kinds, have been impressed, all eomtnunioation
■ between tire city and country interdicted, and
j the rich and poor placed oa a common level, and
| the lovai people of that city and district feit to
I starve or be the rccip.ents of Yankee charity.
i A gentleman win left Vicksburg lately slates
| that a iarge portion of the Yankee army has left
j that place, seme going up aud others down the
| river. Gan. Xci’h -rsen is now iu command of
j the department, Uens. Grant and Sherman bav
| mg lets. The Federate sro running trains of cars
j from (lie ci»y to Big Brack, and say they will
j have a bridge across that stream in thirty days,
when tbsy intend running tj <a? t3ou, aud finally
I to Meridian. They have a large negro lore i a
I work cleaning and repairing the streets, cud that
| they allow no goods ta be sold except by their
j sutlers, at stipulated prices. If a ci:i* n wishes
i to buy any article liOm u sutler, ce gets an order
rom the commaadant of the post, who stipulates
; the prioe he has to pay for it. A number of per
; sous are returning to the city and receiving ra
j lions from the Yankees, on .1 certificate that they
i are in a destitute condition, and quite a number
i of persona from town and country are gomg up
voluntarily ana taking the oath of allegiance to
idle Yankee government. Thera is no difficulty
in getting ia or cut ol Vicksburg at the present
time.
It ia stated that our Mississippi army now rura
bers over thirty-five thousand men aud ia in the
best of spirits.
President Davis, in communicating by tsie
j graph to Gay. Ja*. Whitfield, of Mississippi the
j aud tidings oi Gee. Barksdale’s death, added :
j “ He fell like a hero at the head of a brigade of
1 heroes.” A just tribute to the bravs Mississip
i plans.
i Northern parsers state that when Gen. H rron
j reached Vicki burg, on his way to New Orleans,
j iie burned and destroyed a great aiuou .it oi Gon
j federate-property. He undoabt dly wants to be
j promoted by Lincoln; and could not have pur
i tued a better course to have his wishes gratified.
B; ancon, Miss., presents a gloomy appearance,
j AU the busicesa portion of the city was burned
| by the Federals.
| There 13 a heavy Federal garrison at Vicksburg,
i and, fiopi the number of guns mounted, and the
i Magnitude of the works in ihe rear of that town,
j we may infer that the enemy dont think uu attack
! by Johnston improbable.
| Our cavalry a e picking up the blue coated rnf-
Gaas day by and ‘y, who stray away too far from
! the Y r ankee fold,” enticed by the purely Y'anke
I cecui atioa of ihisvicg. At least fifty of than*
•iinrauueiß were taken lately the other side of
J .eison by Wirt Adams’ cavalry. All ol Jaak
| son’s caralry are doing exoelleit service.
The damage to the Boumeru railroad, between
Jackson and Brandon, is rot as extensive aa at
first reported. Oue of the engineers oa that road
thinks that, with the proper assistance, two weeks’
work would put the roaa in running order. Oaly
three or four mihs of the track are reported as
Porn up, but the great injury wuieh the road sas
■ tained is th s damage to culverts, trestle work,
end bridges.
It is hinted that Gan. Hardee will be retained
in the immediate command of the M ssisaippi
army, recently operating under the supervision
of General Johirston, the latter taking under his
care the departm nt of the gulf, but rela n'ng his
original position as tho ranking cflloer ia the de
partment of the West. It 13 whispered that it
was at Gen Johnston’s request tha. Gen. Hardee
was sect here.
Mr. Verncn, acitizm of Jackson, ban arriv a
at Morton, Miss., hating left that city July 17 h.
The half has not been told concerning the vaa
dal sm of the enemy, while in occupation of that
ill-fated city. Every house in the place that was
uuoccnpud, and nearly a'iol those whose owners
remained to protest them, were sacked and gut
ted. Officers as hgb as Colon Is were seen to
enter and steal articles cf value and virtu, aud
c irry them away. Feme of these officers were
heard to say, “ '"Veil, 1 never have stolen a: y
firing lefore, but I will take this ”
£ v »gant furnit- rs of all kinds wss scattered all
along entrenchments from the southern bstd
of the Pi>;H river to the extreme southern line 0!
the works. One general, said to be a Gen. * egau,
carried off two .due parlor aha rs lrom Ml*. Htlm’s
residenc -, telling v l r. Helm that he wcu and return
them, but he filed tu. Derform h s promise. The
fine Biate library, in Ihri cipitcl builaieg, tb-y
hauled off in wagons, took what books th=y de
sired and destroyed the rog'.. This library was
one of Ihe most select and costly iu the rionfede
racy. Its destruction is not only a v oß * to Missis
sippi, but to mackind, and cannot he peplactd.
None of the cn my is in fores this siuri of Big
Black. Tbeir cavalry is on the ether Bide c'f Ed
wards’ ferry, and ours watching them.
Our army haa so distributed itself es to mat>
rially improve its sanitary condition, and give it
a more abundant eu ply of water.
The residents of Jocsson, M so., are all. en
-1 camped near Horseahoa Lake, in a cyore. s
j swamp, underg.iag all lb a privations of a camp
! life; yet ihey seem very cheerful ad hopeful. .
A gentleman who was ia Vicksburg, when it
. was captured, gays that when the Federals en
j tered the city they robbed the stores and private
houses of everything they contained.
AH that portion of .laekaon between the eapiU 1
and the Confederate House, except the Governor’s
mansion, ail the business portion of the city and
an- private duviiiga have bocn OUlnfd by the
! invader 1.
The Brandon Republican says that on July 22d, :
fifty of the First cavalry, overhauled
a gang of thi-ving Yankees hall “way between ;
Jacksi u and Brandon, charged on them, killed
four, wouafed six, anil captured forty- ne prisoa j
era, thirty-five mules and Free wagons loaded j
w: :h ladie clothing which they had stolen through j
the country.
A corre. pondent of the Atlanta Appeal, writing
from Morton on the 231, fays the YaoKees, ou the
iae of their march from Jackson to Brandon, oa
be 13tb, lti.h and 2oih iast, they, in addition to
bn deg: ruction 01 the railroad, iaid waste the
whole country. Tie railroad from Jackson to
Canton is destroyed. They also barn-d tra a
of forty cars, and two engines between Cautr.
and Jackson. Ws will lose heaviiv in roli.ng
stock by their depredations north of Jackson.
The. Atlanta Appeal learns irom persoiis who
have lattly come from Vicksburg, that the Fede
ral rule is becoming daily mors oppressive,
"deny families who had the means ol providing 1
for themselyev, exhibit their attaeUmcnt to the 1
Cos federacy by reius ng to draw or accept Oi tee
rations offered by the Federal ermy. For this
all their provi.ioua and suifpiies were seized, and
they were compelled to draw tor- scanty ra.iocs,
barely sufficient for their support. Seme o: onr
patriot 0 ladies were marefiea under a gU3rd to
tae commissary and forced to taxe the i&Lons
allowed them." Everything was done to hnmii!-
ata and oppress them, ia order to make them
dependent upon the charity oi the Federal army.
The lines are closed; no more par sports are given
to such as des re to come out, and those who now
effect their escape are compelled to resort to t„e
undergroan 1 railroad expedient. A cumber ot
outrag-s had also been cum muted by tee troops,
end oppression t'ai'a heavuy upon the ett zeos,
who, being powerless, are compelled to enaure it
without any hope of relief. , ;
Our oavairy have re occupied Jackson, a tat
ter to the Appeal, from Morton, dated August Bb,
says: . . ~
Home important changes have been madetntne
department of the West, General Johnston, in
compliance with a long standing request on his
part, has been released from the charge of affairs
ia East Tennessee. Bragg is now in full com
mand there, whilst Johnston devotes him.eif to i
M'svasinoi, Alabama, East Louisiana and West
6 Gen S Jarksm’s cavalry di Irina are between
Brandon and Jauk’cn, the Ge neral s headquar'ers
being at the former place. H’S > couting parties
extend up and down the Big Black, and sweep
the whole section cf country this Bids ol thvt
stream. There is no more industrious aud effi
cient cavalry corps in the service than the dm
sion which has Biig. Gen. W. H. Jackson at its
head
I understand that wears in possession ot a na
chine which can straighten crcoked or bent rail
road iron with dispatch, by which the rails can
be rapidly made to answer the purpose of tueir
original manuiacture
If the impending Yankee raid, spoken -f by
Gen. Bragg, should penetrate northeast ro Geor
gia, it is more than like y that the rsidrr3 will
meet an opposing force they little dream of.
I 1 ad forgotten to mention in my previous let
ters the effect of the sub-terra sbel's, the ia.ves
tioa of Brig Gen. Ruins, u*. din the vaeuation of
Jackson. These shells svere iocaied for the bene
fit of the enemy iu case they iollowed up the re
treat oi our army.
I lea.n now from a gentleman who remained in
Jackson, that the ndrauce of the enemy, a large
b'dy of cavalry crossing Pearl river *ith a view
to fall upon cur rear, n arched over and exploded
abed of shells. Aoout tiity of 'he enemy were
killed and wounded, and a large number of horses,
uud the explosion occasioned an immediate 1 tam
>erfe of those latter to the rear. .T he result ot
the exo’esion ol thes-i skells r-as so seiin'-s that
no attempt was ma-ie by the Yankees to ai.vanes
by this road; but a s u ch b log made for u tin
shells, wlnc i retailed in another eip’oae" aud
s veral o sualtics, the enemy desist* and from the
attempt, bolievicg the whole road aim l rly m ood.
I am convinced that Gatieral Rains’ plan fchomd
oe ex'eußiV'*iy used, ti well ia our aimiea -ism
the approaches to the runs tcreeienni with ia.a
i'rum Puxif su-u.
Oi Tuesday night n vetichiaent of some thirty
men of the Twenty-fifth H. 0. V , (Eu'.e.v iv gi
mftiil,) under C ipt. Sillers, ane detachisi'. nts trom
gunb la’s Chicora ana Palmetto State, under 00m
inandof Capt. Wurley, darted oa an expedi ion
for the capture of some Yankee pickets, station
e I on a liUie island a*, the mouth of Schooner
Greek, a* ar Morris’ Island. The Yankees were
in the habit of p issing up this Creek in barges
every evening, taking position oeh'tid the wreck
of the c-id steamer Mauigault, aud signal z ng any
perceptible raovesicut on our part, 10 ihrir land
battories .. .
The detachment of tho Eutaiy Regiment ion
fort Johnson about half-past right u’ernet 10
small boats, and rowed round to Soi.ooner Crock.
Leaving iheir boats car man deployed as tkn miah
erg, wauiag through the marsh knee deep in ti u i
They .encountered the Yankees in two barges,
and a spirit“d e"gcgemorit wiih fimall arms took
place, lasting about twenty miimes. One boat’s
crew, consisting of Ouptrin Lewis C I’li’i c and
nine men, of the one hundred.h New York Regi
ment, surrendered, alter having ! ,u. men wou .ti
ed, oue ! ortaily one seriously, aud two slightly,
Oapt. Brine being one of the latter.
The other boat made her escape, but as a con
tinuous volley was poured into her, i.nd the oars
were seen to drop. It is supposed very few got
back safe. The only casually on otrsid was
Private B. Furtick, of Ckpt. Seilera’ Goaipany,
killed.
Tho boat captured is a very beautiful barge,
aud capable of holding frt m twenty-five to tl ii ty
men.
Avery lice glass, belonging, it is Slid, to G- n.
G llmore, which was also t-.ien with the boat. Toe
prisoners say they were taken by surprise, hiring
left thei- cuidomary boat, with a mounts g hnyn
x:r, behind. Had thoy brought tbs along, they
say tho result would have been different. They
are all Gar mans, and appear to know little outside
of their own regiments.
They exhibit a very confident aad assuming
air, however, and say they will yet accomplish
their design—tha oaptura of the city.
O i Wednesday night, between twelve and one
o’clock. Oapt, Tucker, of the steamer Gfiioore,
with the steamer Juno, Lieut.-Philip Pcrcher
commanding, sot out ou a reconnoitring expo
dition around the harbor. The J ano, whose c:ew
consisted only of teamen armed with riffs, ran
down user the fleet, with orders, to run into icy
oarge she might encounter on her way. Upon
approaching the fliet, ch; chanced up n the first
launch o' the steamer Wabash, with a cresv ol
treaty-three men, and a'twelve-pound howizsr
o« boart. The Juno wag immediately turned up
on thelaunci, uud as suo drove upon it, twelve
of the Y’aukee crew threw themselves ir.to the
sea. Ten of these are supposed to be drowned
ihe remaiuder, including the rctin msstsr, sur
rendered. Lieut. Porcher took poss ssioa ot Hie
1 tttneb, and roag it the prisoners up to (he city.
While wohdraiviog with his pr-zo, he was pur
sued and tirsd upon wjlbout ellect by cue of the
eucniy’s gunboats.
Os the prisoners captured, there were ons
officer, one petty offi ier, eix seamea, two orJiaary
stamen and ono landsman. It seems that the
Uaptaiß Paine who, w th his boat’s crew, aas cap
tuied on Tuesday night, is a scout o' some note
and dash atnougsl the enemy, 'fba New Ycrk
U°ra d's cor.'espouder.t ihui notices hh ee,-vies ;
“li is not improper now to mention the distin
guished services ot one of the most skilllul scouts
our army chords—Capt. L ti. Paine, of ehe Oue
Huadrtdih New Yore. He spotted oil around
Morris Island before we took it, aai! landed in
several places. He set ms to have 0 fa al y of
knowing j at where all pickets and troopa are,
aad his file 'a evidently charmed, tor ho has been
tired oa many times at very short range. He
has command o' all our picket Uu s.”
Captain Lo Roy Homtnond, accompanied by
two of his men, uiauo a very daring and euevris
ful rcoonnoisacoti within ihe enemy’s h. os, gain
ing some very vseiu! and important information.
They were absent two days, during which t.m»
they pass and completely ar; uud the Yankee liner,
and inside ot tbeir tents. The Uuptain t eturned
T uesday n ght, highly gratified with tho sue ess
of hig efforts.
The Courier, of thoSdeays: There has been
little change to note antes our last. The firing has
oeeo maintained principally by too lad batteries
lud S’ort uniter. One or tw > wooden gun boats
engaged Battery W» ner at iiiterrals yesterday,
but quick!/ got out of rang < or> receivt-g our fl-o.
The Ironsides aud Monitors remain periecily
quiet, and it ia believed th y hate Eu-tained some
.serious damage, i'wo or tone transports, with
troops, are reported'to have arrive" Sm day.
The enemy fire-, a few random shots at the
steamer Chesieiti Id Saturday night, hat did no
damage.
General Beauregard paid another visit to the
batteries on JatneY Isfaud on Saturday. V/c
.earn that he expressed himself woii satisfied with
the condition of things, and appeared to be well
p.e .sad.
The casualties at Bailery Wegner were two
killed, and several woundjd, caused by the ex
pios on of a shell.
The Charleston Courier of Thursday says that
affairs on the Xslnnos are uachaog-d, Decuito v
firing between the leu i batteries'in kept up, but
t.nly ot long intervals. The prisoners taktu
To*.'-d»y nigbt state t at our firing, part eulariy
irctc James’ l ilaad, had given tran ton iderable
annoyaßC;, several having been killed and
aennded oc £.aca day’s bombardment and shell
ing.
) * From Norii* Alal»«aa<*.
Authentic advices up to July Sfid-stat* that the
Yankees captured Hui'tsvdie on the 12 h, and
! left on the 20 fa st threa o’clock, etmVicg to
wards Fayetteville and WincUes'er, and one
I g"»ng through Jackson cann y. The force with
! whioh they capiur*d fluatsvil.e Was from d.OCV
Ito 8.000 strong, all ce vaiiy, finely mouated, spleu
| didly armed, aud admirably and scipl ad. M jor
i General D. 8 Stanley commanded id chi and, Brig,
j Gees. Mitchell and Tarehin oemmanied divisions,
! and CoioU'is commanded brigade.-. Tivy an
-1 vanced as far as A'Sena They left auc.r sta»i 1
| eight days, pro to r. t i r, n ieo or tiv.’ve
! days and uiti ute tte rules 13 feran in Navt v.iG !
C’jro, cat , wh?.a", bacon, hoti.r, c.. ", mu is, I
j tobsoso, sugar, Stst» lost: r, s ,ee,, A A;, :
were token most lavijhiy by at i r > w • •'e, u
I rtceipis given “ p»y«uiv h< rf-o'w ». F : -r ..
: Gar-rairitnt may a rant”—-i i-rir own pn<f»* ;
1 and negro.meu wor.-irk . . n to forty-|
I five to work on fortifies i ,• ‘ << e .
instances git tr-,r re - pt- tor XT em a »*'< for
toe ‘-use oi tbe Un: e-J r-'.a es” At. - •* re
m n were earned off. uc-i a ..ay »o vaa ;. . ca:.-
dren followed. Macy o r lae negro.s a u -r.
are stif 1 escaping from theof '' '"a a .1 i
to gee such a vast saiauut of property earned ck .
from the country before ti e eyes of the people J
and to know that they would p.obably rr-n
turn to finish the work. The Provost Mar-h"! re ,
marked that they swept clean, snd they did in
grme oases. They promised to leave each farmer :
two mules or horses as a team to do h,s bau. ng ;
and all his work with ! They were txpacted to;
no’ the river and get into Georgia, South A'a— 1
ama and Mies - hen they retnra and.
The Savanaan News gives the particulars
of the expio3lon of the erg es Gan. Beauregard :
Toe Eag ! neer, Mr. iLea&e! Leonard, was in
gtauviy killed. H's body was ca in two. O e
portion of it was ’oan on the tender, and the
otber where the explosion occurred, lie W 33 a
sioele msi.
Mr J. M Palin, the Condietor, and several ne
groes. .soaped w'.tb slight .1 juries.
At the time ot the explosi n, the engine was
baek'Eg up the irect, and go violent was tae es
!-.ct that tee lender was broken loose, and forced
ud the track abont oDemiie.
There was no delect in the boiler. The accident
occurred irom the neghet of the Engineer to keep
tae boiler properly supplied with water. This s
the first accident of a similar kind that has occur
red since 1354.
'» it. itulttsi at QAiiia, At hi.
The Little Rick True Deiuocret publishes the 1
annex'd account oi the b ttta at Helsaa, Aix : 1
Governor Flunaaqin and Cob Gordon Pe«y j
have just oi rived irom the army. From the Go- ;
voruor who was at the battle, we have obtained, j
subs until iy, t 3 following atatemait in regard
to the plan oi the uuack and its results. Our
forces were »s (olio vs : Fagan’s biigadv 01 j
eighteen huohrad effective meu; Parson’s, ol j
nineteen bui.. red ; Mcßae’s ci tn risen hu ured ;
M rma.i'.tk ris, ot eight.tn hundred, and Walker’s, I
of one t’.ouascd, n a- log in ail rioyut.KVca thou
sand mu. B iriilss tbtao forces there wre
Block. ! s battery aui so e artillery a'lnahed tj |
Marma'duke’a r rd Walker’s brigades. AcccrJiug j
otho'pla.i cf the batrie, Brook’s regiment ana I
Blocker’s battery of Fagan’s brigada were to
occuey tiio 01 eutiun oi toe Pedoials ia the bot
mm ball / Ha'.i’ha, betweia tho hills aa i the
liver; tie balauoo ol Fh,Tan’s brigada waa to
attaflt ths li "0 3 in lirn r ill P'ts the
tort cn th; hill near Hindman's houie; Ge ierai |
Price’s tore.-s cdmprifilng Piffcoa* and Mcßae’s
hrigad is, wero to utta.k tha iort on the grav. yuid
lull and Fort Germs j while tens. Marmiuufe .
and Weaker—the lul'.er- on the right-ware t >
tack th‘j*srt on tea real reading up tue liver,
called Grant’s mill road.
Taking the disposition of tho so ces as we have
givtu 1., 0 oimcacmg heiow theto.-vu toenoo on.
trie hills task oi it arcuod to the r vtr above, au
- ad some idea may be foimed of too battle tic.d
Bus.deb the -oi s . ju.ei there Was Fo.t Garin,
snu» -.J i: -i- es tj to-..' lona, a -d >u ha . circle
dtsC> 1 c-.i ot CIS. T.IC allnoiC try Oar lor- j
ces v. .. . , -..iur rii.nsotts.. Lie .r*.giai»ut and |
ball iy hriew e gaged the atixat-oa nr tuu tu?my .
'scoro: ■-..-. ,' Uj. Goa Fcgx .’s forces, a .11- 1
tie ia cdv-.-..ce oi the ethers, coium.ncad the at
l..'.:C b I st:“l. 4 aud 5 A. M., pUoS Ug over all i
around ‘t r. :. of ti e stoop irilis, running in o ,
o'i-i'.'.’Ui. ft- encauatcred the erromy iu his
- 11 uai ur-v« him (roai tt.si successively
i-.u-ier u he- y -aalnu.i g fire irom the tori new
Hmdutaa’B house end' from the gunboats, ilib
pragr-iBS was - l course blow hut ire rescued tlic
uri niter s ili-ring perhaps the aeverest loss of
o■,y ot our torcea, and succeeded iu ccurmuinca
ting with Gea. Price to uu Kit. TBs men wero
ga. mush.vxhaasteu and h s ranks *0 thruaed that
he did not s cceed >.a lakicg the fort.
Tbo next iort, o the graveyard hill, wasttken,
prota iy ry Glonn’s regiment oi Alcßas’s ongade.
Th ru were two guo3 in it, one wa- feit ia good
order, but the other a i shut rum mod in witnouv
powder. While tckin4 this fort our forces wore
exposed to the enemy's fire from the font near
LI iulmun’s house, from Fort German above and
from the guari'e-at Tae oaauonudiug was terrific
c faded 10 take Fori U,rtu*n —it ’vua -j u-ioeg
Ur i'.iariiy, c-eing uo book tort mey have. Smi
..rtr.ci* r. i..vc, Maiiuaduke and Waik. r drove ru
ice etimj’a pick tv, plumed tbeir uriiilerv ou mo
ri ige to sommend t- - river, hut toe vuvuiy *oiiu 1
satoi, bchjc.i the ievee. The iort ou Grant's ni.rr
rood vv n j not iukoo -prob—bly not utta» ked.
Tub fight huviog Lasted five hours vita 1 e re
gutts stated, wfi.-ii oar l-.-icja w rj ail wnhdrawu
in good order Tiro en my remained in lis works
auu ions, enismiy expecting a renewal ol the
fight. The cat cus hot and our tro-jpS suffered
fr m wuaj of water and from hsavy marching
The hud slept none the previous night. Bui tno
time for the ait. ck had already passed and there
was no time for cioi >y.
Th 3 c rsu-Itics ou our siclr were about 400 kil
led and wfunded; lire nuurbar taken prs m«r ie
vijriouily cßtiasa.ad, but is not large. Loss of
the ea»uiy not kco»o. Geu. Prentiss, wno waa
in lommuac! of the ffedwai forces promised to
parole cur •*. jttuded Oapt. Waiur Watkius, sou
of Uqu. Go ifge 0. Watkins, was occu o tali, aud
is Enppi eut to bo killed. Li, « in. F. Rector, -on
of ox GbvernOi R..c 01, is repotted motiaiiy
•Touadcd. O.i. B and was reported wou iced sna
vrao token priimtitr vvi.h tae’li ut iiant cotouiu ut
ois c.i't i 0 t. j ji* Geo. m. tiaii. tier, acting us
acjutani-g uerai ro Gsa. iiolures, waa wounded
b-, « ball f-o'-, a !*phs;.cii sfiqi, whicu struck on
tbs cht-'i, oica's og tua jaw-bone aud knocking
j ol>*. ‘da ’ 1 at i-J.b
G.»u. i- ic. 'i mi g&li".fitly during tha fight,
ami when we L-t-k iho iort ou .ha g<ave yard hill,
he Isiib-it pooit tra an i went into u under a Heavy
li -v., m i v/t. lui and icose at evtry object that
j, u. Hu rist the holes which ire rode i.ito the
i > t. G 0 Prion vsaa a ways with his men, and
we know they fought welt wild the o.d veteran.
The only pr* puny dea-royed 'during the fight
vriis the u-gr.s q.iarters b;icw -he town.
Vv e are uusb.a to give tae force of the enemy.—
"it wai aa. enabled h at they were not reinforced
u? to the t. g A prior to the attack, though boats
wets arriving aii.iiay, aad during tne figat. flea.
Price sett' word to Gen. Holmes that he had
bveu reliab’y informed that the Fetlerals receiv
ed reinforcements oa tue day ot the light,
amounting ta fire tnoueau . The town wan
strongly rortiffed, and the lortifioatious appeared
to bevr b-en balit for soma time. lSve.y ap
prjae v Wa- stopped up tlh fallen timber and
übaUiswoik, uxc pt tue road leading down ihe
rivar, but they worked ail night b-ook ultug it.
The attach w-a ia vended to have beeu made
about th fiiS. of July, aau inight hare oeeo more
of a euoscess, but tae ruins for ten days previous
were so h.nvy lant tue wh vie country wa-t ttoud
cti and ths slreaai‘4 were ulnr .at impassible
General Prise’S little uriny, lei by ta lr iudoin
i . h-old chie.tai , ptruggiod tfirougn mud aud
~ t or mu-y days, rted r«ac «and the poui' o
;„,ack only the sight before. These delays were
unavoidable, and lire remforotmea s arrived to
the enemy .smt the time the battle commeucsd,
so that yisy could act Uavo beeu foreseen in the
caicaiatio
th : a.-g--> troops, though protected by riffo
piljand c-ory sit. >jf ferufioauons, showed the
waits tea-her ana lied to the protection of ths
gunboat*,
O. r fury ia yot around Helena, but tho enemy
will M?t venture cut o; t-mr del. noee aad give
as 'til open he.trie.
Wo are {-lofi to h ar that tha people are still
trt'o u.d fiya'i ev-jn arouad Lieieua, though ail
the t- coin ■ lid hou-.es for live or a r tntiso from
it ate tic troyed, aai little or t o crops ere osbg
mam tvitbtu a circatt of citaeu or twenty milts
irom the town.
, Anotbev Haiti nu Flurltia.
The Sat can au News says that on the 25th u!t.,
two Yankee steatners an i two sailing yensais
toads th ir »pp. arui%c oil Smyrna river, two oi
w rob soon use ndtd the river uud destroyed with
ihelis iiis. riheliuu’s hotel aud a moan house he
leading to Mr Carpenter, ill. J. M. Haywood
baa u sebuouer loaded with chiton wb.oh he
burned to prevent it 'ailing into the bands of the
ec-'.-y. ko Vissii and cargo wav valued at
$27 Off t. An empty schooner belonging withe
Waldo company was burned.
Tte Yanxeea 'cont custi to chel! the woods all
Sunday, ofiernooa aid uigit. The inhuh'itants
stught bheiter in the Woods, where tboy built
loins. In one of these a number of lsd.ea aud
children had taken refug., but a shell passed
through it, without doing any injury, and corn
pci.-. » the a to se.- a more ."is ant quarters.
A ycung man named DrcSiier, ol Ttliauasaee,
ia cuppjj-d to h ve bien killed.
1 0 sup oeed tba; the enemy’s forces was
about s*x hundred men. They sent four barges
up the river, e: c’a containing ebeat fifty men. |
Up to .donaay niMit they e id a,', landed.
A fi w dsys srnce a nailing vess ', from tea, ran ;
up Indian river. S.rci then a Yffnkee steamer |
has bs-:a blotkauug the mtu.a 01 n. It bts ,
rained for fire wsois in toe viuiatiy of Smyrna, j
ana .ho low land 5 are teondated s ai ddfiaait 10 .
V«S3 over. A largo number of Ya kce yesecls j
arc n w oa tao Florida coast, and 1; is diitu-li j
■or vossehs runamg the blockade to make safe j
entry. j
I Thr Latb Cavalry Fjghi Nrar Bhbpbkebs
1 jfcws.—A c.i n‘ip.nc nt cf the Sew York Wurid
j ivii Jn r *rom Harper’s Ferry, Saturday morninp,
I givt-8 ti' 3 foliowv- t account ol the late cavalry
i right ne-.r So-ph rds‘.,wn :
I There w.'s a smart cavalry fight yesterday ar
-1 i.r 1 »t 8 i"l h r a awe, in which cur troops
1 w-r-. c>mp! le.'vdiiroo bECS- Th - lose V. a: in •: t
j-I a-ia >.* eevoro for _ c airy fight. By Hint
•he oft-c "i said, bm i -as to bola and upon seine
• a oe en u tkr vn Oar folia lo.s w- s cv
■M o- 40:> t'ilsa syl weujd and, corniders- j
o, : l'.b k Hid. o~>r- fqusdr n went into ,
a. 80 1-1, v.) c. \e r • only 05 O.her .
q.. u. j ■ ■ t 1 1 !■ 1 {■ i. ,ut 600 of ours were
i .■ i !.g : r; ’he rebel tiumbera not ex
5- !y ; 1 -.: cor t..;r .038, b> cause our retrtat
w.s v ry precipif i-.e. c.nfusins was com
p. y.. i.umb-'r «f d-my mdie teams get- |
ng in 14 ? .0 siamped’, v.Lich made the
h.rs . r.< s—rsweg r,t>!s that the men fur tbs
most part dismounted ana su.rud for ihomselvea i
cow .oey conid. Orr wounded were tut Ail on ,
the
Tall vnoicbax i.v ' a>'aua.—A letter from Ni*
a2i»aa Fa l.i to the Chicago Times, dated July 1
16th, says : j
Mr. Yailandigham hag arrived at Niagara Fails.
The appearance of bis name upon ths register |
cause a the most intense excitement among the 1
gu -sti. T- : newa of f.ia arrival spread rapiuiy m -
tns victiiity, and hnadreOg ol visitors called to j
par their ret peels to him. Sever*! parties of la- !
dies and f;ectieaion have come over from the !
Ara-.riCF.n s ! ior-
Hon D. W. Vocrhe-’s of Indiana, and Hon
ffi hata T Merrick, of Chicago, were among tbe j
first to welcome him ou his arr.vaU Hon. Messrs. ,
Pend.atoa and McLean arc shortly expected to I
ari-iva
Crowds press upon him, whenever his presence !
ia accaaeibie, toCungraiulate him upon h.s sublime •
moral achievem-nts and political prospsots.
’JA gunboat will soon Oe ready to launch at Cc»
iambus, Ga.
The Federals are engaged in building raft* at |
Bbtp Island, is the vicinity of Mobile,
tfjpramde k
AUGUSTA. GA.,
Tuesday moratag, viupst 11, imm.
vv U AincV A Vss slop the CEHONICha A SINTI •
tfxu at tae end of the year, or the time for which
it ts paid, oi which each subscriber will receive
notice in the paper, so that if you wi3h to con
tinue it, it would be wellto renew your subscrip
tion at least two weeks before the time expiree.
B CANNOT change the address of a sub*
eertoer nuiess he gives ug his former as well as
fits present address.
St»i£* S Uas«! t flag*! ! !
The papar makors want rags—rags of oottou,
; duett, ffax, old rope, etc. In every village there
; ought to baa rag merchant, who should buy eve
j y pound of rags ho eau get front aii the gurround
jng country. Wo would like to hear from any
i who will undertake to buy rags to make paper for
j the Chronicle A 'Sentinel. On receipt of letter,
i we will state price, etc., ttc.
.81X1 r Size.
On account of being unable to obtain our usual
s'z 3 paper, we are again compelled to print our
sheet 011 a aoiailar s ze. We hope hereafter to be
able to give our readers aa large a paper as for
meriy.
11lives iI l’clishko to Diosivs.—The Washing
tin com spondrnts of the leeding New York dai
tiisate C( ntinaaliy manulaoturing for their ra
.riictsvs rapers, dispatches and letters of the
oictt absurd kind. The Lincoln government isun
douttoiily eigaged iu the matter. They know
thei many of these art'cles, if not a’.l, are copied
ia dail in a large number of Southern papers
i iiey «!.-■» know that many residents of the Coa
;?dera:r have credulity enough ta believe the re
j rats o; htiiasJ in them—thus injuring our
! . uie y leaiffig people to build up false hopes
huJ place ieUauoe on unfounded rumors. The
s.dranee o’ the last dispatch of this kind sent
North ts: iii Lincoln’s capita', and which we see"
taa cec-a extent ively copied at the South, is as
tallows:
Hrwar.i, ou mcouut of the news he has just re
ceived, is go\a'f to offer liberal concessions to the
Confederates. Ths English government bas de
t-rniihcd to furnish the South with an Immense
ton clad navy with seamen and guns—all equip
cedar and read-, to fight as soon as launched. Ns
, olcon has made up his mind to recognize the
Fouth ‘on hi; own hook.” The Foreign affairs
ol Lincoln a.e iu a critical condition. All these
.hings are r.oing to be done by the European
nations bco-use they are afraid the North will
subjugate tbo South—ana they are determined
oo'b sections shall not be re-united. France, no
melt i who Et.7 r i nay, will curry out her deaigns
on fr’eaico ana waste to make friends with the
‘OontedetßCy AH this Messrs. Lincoln aud Be
v»ar> w.U strip by ottiritig great inducements to
he Goafec. uates to reiurn to their fold.
A we hare said before, these dispatches are
jock tl up l y paid Lincoln tools for the express
p uj oseoi .ieOerring the residents of the Bonth.
Vv e do net think they are worthy of the least
' red-t. The/ ure “ lies made out of whole cloth.”
if «iy Bou! verner can swallow them, he is wel
come to tha draught. But he will learn that he
re 3 ueen wofnliy deceived.
l ire people es the South should place no refi
ll ce or Northern promises, build no airy castles
ou Northern luicors. Lincoln aid his satellites
wili do everything in their power to delude us, if
possible, into the false teeling of security, without
o r r fairing the prompt means to defend our homes
tb»l the « sigenoies of th* times dimaud. The
fctderr.l armies are ta bo inc eased. In order to
gf-ir. our icsepm lenoe, wo must, with unshaken
■it tei rninat'on, unconquerable crurage, and un
ir Itering ieitb, prepare for the future and its
•si utAquauces. i.et us do this, and all will be
veil.
. Neouors Wanted to Woeit on th* Savannah
DhkzNSkN —The official orders from Brig. General
Mercer and Lt. Col. ii. D. Capers, relative to negro
labor bow required on the fortifications about
.Savannah wiii bs L.und in our pacer this morn
ing. We emphatically and earnestly appeal to
slave owners, especially in the section* designa
ted, to promptly yield obedience to these orders.
The time lor action has indeed come, and delay*
are net to be thought ot tor a moment. Slave
o.vrers, upon you rests a fearful responsibility I
The Gov rnmect looks to you to supply it with
negroes to work on our coast defenses. The dlo
taifcs of patriotism, tho promptings of duty, tha
suggestions of prudence, of «elf interest, all de
rntiud vour compliance with tbe order. Will it
uoi bo bs’-ter tr sand your negroes now, to work
for a fetv wests, or even month*, and then have
them returned to you, than to disobey or neglect
lira appeal, have yonr farms oTerrun, and your
negroes carriadeff by the enemy, never to return?
One or tbe other of these alternative* is present
ed you. Ou" first du y should be to meet the en
emy v, the threshold of the ntate, and resist his
further approach. It will he far easier to repel
his advances at the outset than it will, If he is
allowed to gain a foothold upon our soil. Let us
meet him then with suob.funnidabie obstructions
as his hordes caanut pass, and our State is safe
your homes, ycur families, your servants, are
sale.
We cannot resist the couvictku that the lima
is full of peril, but with linn heatts und oeyield
ing wills, all our difficulties tnuy be met. And it
* your du y, planters aid slave owners of the
j stale, to assist tbe Government by all the means
at your command. One fifth of your working
! rorce is required tp report at Savannah by ths
15, h of this month, otherwise measures will be
taken to imfress the negroes fer service. Ills
better, then, to send them cheerfully and volun
tarily, ami save tbe resort to impressment. Tbe
negroes will be properly oared lor, have the same
ration* as the s ddiers, have medical attendance
and in case of death from disease contracted in
he service, the owuer will be paid the appraised
valae of any negro 010 t. When the negroes
ere di/charged, the owner or agent will be paid
#25 p r month for their labors.
j Planters I you who have negroes !we call upon
1 you in heed these effic a! orders. Get your Work
ing force of s’aven toge,her, and send your quote
. forward to Bavaauah at once. Immediate action
j iv indispensable. The sooner yon send them, tbe
! sx'cer they will he returned to you.
JißSTatJortva Fires.—Three warehouses in Cos
1 :cm iin, 8. belonging to L. Levy and &. Lewis,
were entirely consumed on Monday night, to
ga thrr wt.h tbe greatest part Oz their contents.—
Toe bu.loiugfi contained five or six hundred bales
; 0! cotton, a quantity of furniture, sugar, ri<se,#tc.
: The lota >9 estimated at fully $200,000, only *
portion of which is covered by Insurance.
Henry Stevens’ fire mills, ou the Milledgeville
aud Gorcoa railroad, were destroyed by fire on
atnrdsy morning lest. A large amount of wheat
and corn wee destroyed. The fire was the reealt
of accident, so we learn. We do not know whet
the io*a is to Mr. Btepljens, hut it must b« r«7
heavy.
Ths Eight Cooass.—Four hundred and eighty
acres of confiscated lands, lying three miles from
the city cf Atlanta, were sold at public sale on
Tuesday, July 4tb, for tbe sum of $22,880. This
is the ngbt course. We trust the confiscation
law will be rigidly enforced throughout tbe Con
federacy. Pay iff the Liccolnitea in their own
eoin. Retaliate whenever an opportunity offers.
Let them be tbe aggrecsova, as they have thus far
been in all unjust and oppressive acts, and then
give “them as good as they send” in return. It
is the only course left for ns to pursue.
