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IV scat our Enemies say of u.
Ir a late number of the New York World we
have the following candid t dmission :
“i'he rebels, early in the history of this •vur.ly
a I oo.s-nhfa, meant, attempted to inaugurate a nys
tt r which should mitigate the horrors of the war;
t r r u rulers refused their sanction to any plau
ccli : driven into it by the common sense r,t ihe
p ;0( b they rule.”
This Hi. lenient does but render u.i an act o(
simple justice. Peace has been so obviofn ly the
wissrl policy for tho Confederate Staten from th
beginning, thut we have ou every auit bin oc
casion professed oar desire to preserve umimb'e
relutioi.s with our formor fellow oitizens and will
uil the world. Even alter Lincoln had Rent his
tirir.v ! veeseis to Charleston and cal'ed out bis
rot thru to “suppress the rebellion,” rpir PrcH
dent protested solemnly in the face of the civil
ized world that wo wished to live in peaco. Mouth
Carolina and, after her, tho Confederate Govern
n.ent sent Commissioners \o Washington wii
almost humbled themßolvjs by tlie earnestm i
with which they begged for the preservation cl
irlenily relations. After tho blow was struck
and Ihe l.irtunes of war threw_into onr bauds a
large excess cf prisoners, the Federal Govern
ment steedi'y re used— until, as the World says
public opinion compelled them to the measure—
uli propositions from our government to make on
exchange oi prisoners. From that time down to
the rocont supercilious repudiation of thobumar.e
ovrrlures made through Mr. Stephens, every
etloil which we have made to relieve this cruel
wor o( its unuecsssary asperities hes been mot—
with very rare exceptions—by coldness and dis
dam. _
)l visa' of the bloody net with which we are
COW threatened in the terrible tragedy in pre
gies-\ we rejoice that our Govcrumisut ; -••>we>itn
suoli n recoril—lmmune even in the jiuigiu. ot
ttui very toe whole striking us. if retaliation
must come; .t the execution of the two uubuppy
men who hare bean appointed to iLuth in Rich
mond be loUrwnd, ue our < uemies tiuvu foruinlly
signiled to ui that it will be, by the murder nt
the ions ot our esteemed Generals, Lee am!
vVin-ier; if ibis murder be avenged an it segue
edly will be, most nmply and sternly; end it he
work ot slaughter thus fully inruguiatrd on both
sides he proßeouted un'il the shocking scores ol
the French Revolution are re-enaoted with t n-
Icld horror i. nd magnitude on this comment, let
it br rememlered to the lateHt generations of men
that the Confederates would moat glndly nave
uveilei ltd* awlnl elfasion of human blood; ll. at
they and cj ly deplored the necessity which was im
posed upon them of executing innocent men in
retaliation it r the murder of tboir own citizens;
that ih? Ah iition Government struck the first
blow i ud tt at they spurned from thorn oar utn
bassud ir who was humbling hiuiselt in his cHurts
to stay the l.loody tide.
The lute accounts trom Richmond mdicste that
the el change ol prisoners, soitmuly agreed upon
by < > iimifianinira u[ pointed to act for the two
dim i linen's, has been suspended. In view of
tbo hutacedsnte of our toe, we are hardly sur
plus! til this. Whilst the balance of prisoners
was lnr ely against them, the provisions of the
oat lei i ?re observed with some degree ol justice.
Rut so soon as the sunender of Vicksburg, Port
iiudsou, uud tbe other accidents ol war, turn the
ttosle into equipoise or in their favor, the slipola
tious c the past are conveniently ignored.-
Wo i ded men ere thrown upon our hands, hut j
Ojj torts and camps are crowded with thousands
ot our brave soldiers, who, had our enemies acted
in good iuitb, would h ng slues have beeu return
ed. Their present policy may be understood, it
H e suppose that they are preparing tor the work
A (retaliation. Possibly they have made up their
minds !o force upon our Government the execu
tion ot e prisoners i . our hands, that they may
> rally *ir thirst for blood by the butchery of
tar I-a? soldiers. We look anxiously to ace
what ior uthorities will do in this momentous
Xfiris
MißronvcNßs.sßO<n.D Strengthen Us.— During
the Kevoluticnary War the British bad possession
ot nearly all of cur prominent cities. They hud
under their bated rule North Carolina, South
Carolina, and a good portion of unary other
States. They captured Philadelphia, which was
then the capital ot the nation, and dispersed the
Continental Congress. Our armies retreated,
“nd tell back ngaiu and again. Yet the patriots
of that day were not dispirited. No 1 misfortune
only mads them the more united and determined
lo gam the freedom and.independence for which
they were fighting.
Why then, we ask, should we feel in the least
ands, irited or disheartened by our late disasters ?
We have no reason for Su doing. On the con
trary, our courage should rise with the pressure
ot calamities. We shonid show the world by
o U r acta that the pubjugati;n of the South is irn
posaible. To bn sure, the horizon at presen l is
overcast with dark oloods Nearly everything
waars a gloomy aspect recollect,
he wever, that we must either gain our rights or
lake the fate ot conquered nations—chains and
slavery. Our submission will iasten Federal
despotism on us and our children for all time.
If wd are ones disarmed and our armies disband
ed, all hope of independence is lost foiever.
Thenceforward we shall Ik serfs of Yankee lask
asters.
Misfortune always serves the arms of patriots
It should awaken oe to greater exertions, it
should redouble our spirits and energies. It
should incite u» to make every preparation pos
sible to sucessfully accomplish the great work
we have commenced—to free the South from
Northern bondage.
War is It ?—lt is stated by some of our ex
changes that the confiscation act agaiist the
property of alien enemies, iu various sections Os
tbe Confederacy, has been suspended. We trust
that our cotemporaries hare been misinformed.
If what they report is true, we would hero take
ocoasion to enquire, "Why is it V' YYhy should
our authorities be timid in doing their duly -
Why shield the property of a Lincolnite Liu.
coin is daily taking the property that Southern
men have in the North. There is no ressou why
our officers should not sequestrate every dollar
of alien property they can find Do not tiicch
lrom doing your duly, gentlemen If you do, we
not only hope that your office will be taken from
you, but what property you have also. A nation
at war hts no greater enemy than sn officer who
jails to do what the laws calls on him to do.
I
Yv is i Lies tlie Itlsme I
i N.-, w Y.liev., since this .Suite bad an ei
| <■ i a beneficent Providence crowned the
i 0.U0i.: i the haetoadman with more abundant
| r YU i a I tbe articles cl consumption, than
luring >l.e present season. The wheat o op,
a hr-sbed not, will prove Incomparably the
or, t x\i ch bus et i beta garnered in Georgia.
Ti e corn crop, in by far toe largest portion of the
Bin - already n,.’<ie, and though a protracted
drougiit might abrYgs the yield in the moun
t -'ir e.dn-s of the State,yet it must be large
u. >i r y cir. utest ,nces. Many of our river
ard creek both ms have been damaged by the
unprec<-d n'lni quantity of rain wh chhas fallen ;
bnt the reuse which has operated disastrously
here, has been more than compensated by the
u i.i u,l productiveness of the bigtfr lands. In
a lition to the great staples of life—wheat, rye,
and corn- the gardens and the orchards have
c ■’ i . j ’.oiiflc in their healthy and lus
cious products. And yei, in tue midst of all this
plenty, provisions, except in th3 hands cf the
immidate p oducers, are scarce—positively
scarce. If we should judge from the price which
is tl mended lor every article necessary to the
support oi a an or beast, we would suppose that
nui ::e hud reduced the supply to such limited
dimensions that starvation was imminent. In
ma y piacesseventv dollars a barrel is demanded
for flour ; corn ruins from two dollars and a half
to three and a half per bushel ; and even the
venders of fruits and mu it have for a
scant quart a price at which in ether years, not
mm <r abundant, they would gladly part with
pecks and bushe ls.
This is surely u vary unnatural slate ot things.
It in-nu es a grievous fault somewhere. One
trouble rio doubt ar sis from defective transpor
tation On many or the roads—ail the principal
thoroeonfur s- Government agents nave taken
the control of tbe freight cars. Many of those
gyulfi'eu aro novices in this kind ol business,
and the consequi-.,. ■ is that vast amounts of pro
dice cannot b , distributed. Ma~y hundreds of
thonsHii-!.! i.i bushels of corn are now lurn>Bhing
f'O-i to ilia we- vil, which, under more judicious
management of the carrying department, might
t-av. bco.T cnnAiiaj;-d by onr sold.era and citlztns.
In like n. -ncor ui.toli quantities o! wLeat and
".hrti p. vi, oiuij i'Rc destim-d to deterioration and
lost fri -ii ihe san,; cause. Could more energy,
jadi--:,: and mdustiy—we will not say honesty
’tr.d pat, iotism—be infused into the men to whom
ti.; i .-iportant bu. ii-su of transportation is con
fid.- ! , or.o v ‘t> i d-.fle source of the evil now
u. ii ixuily com,, led oi would be removed.
Bu «,-1 have no doaht that tbe exorbitant prices
now low ' - ~i al.io to be, traced to the im
moi;,ra - c'.a> .i sos conscueis. “I must pay,”
•jt« the farmer, “< ight to ten times as much as
for-.., ri., lor cloib, sugar, leather—every artiei e
in a <ut “,'hicb I purchase, and 1 must therefore
have a corresponding advance for the products
of my fields.” Tbia is a plausible, bnt it is not a
p .ri dir ■ .iron. Many of the goods now held at
high t.Uca are absolutely, an well as relatively,
•ioji -, tn h thshould Dot be made a standard
by which to ;t p ilt-tt; (ha prices o’ those articles
of prim, i Ci-. ity, which a e really more abuu-
Oant than it in niftuy instances large holders
of giait- s.re not nllowiap it to come into the
market. Tho uliog rates, high an they ore, do
not satisfy them, and they are striving to hide
their pro; i , tVa*i ti.; sera tiny of Government
oliici ds in the hop- < t yei ! arger receipts.
With tin • . un ion of causes, tho consnm
ere, wnoa, n, .. ’ll present t.rne, there is no ac
ce;s to the predicts of other nations, must sutler.
Our a. ides mt - iff,-; ; tho country must sutler]
and the cause i iusi be imperilled. Alter the loss
of Vickebut 1.-y famine a famine which wrs
wlifdiy uu. , j ry—an intelligent friend rgmatk
f-d it. u i “lli ; > what will destroy our cause’
and pro cur- u i übjugafion, ahentd each be our
unhappy I -i, .ol of bread for tbe army.”—
fid every producer dtsponeof hie surplus prompt
ly . ioh pric. 11 as will afford hmi fair tompen -
f heu ; fat provipii ns bo everywhere ottered
with,or. - nut; and let, the men to whom iseonfid
eu i. ■ uip 1...;:’, n ;k of transportation diatrib
bul- '-hose prot huons with an energetic hand, and
the punlio Wd! be relieved ot nn evil more to be
dr adt dth .n tl, swrrating hosts of tbe enemy
tin it anii False Rumors.— The Charleston Mer
cmy i p,- very pointed re marks about the
persons m shat city who ore cootinuaily origina
ting uud ciitula’ing false rumors. The sugges
tions n. id ere ;i od, and tin rebuks is not only
timely, but vt ry applicable to false rumor cirou
latore in cvi r; R-ciion Wo commend the article
to that eel of obroxit-ii i busy bodies everywhere
Lit them read, profit, and hereafter pursue a
different course. A man whose chicl business it
ii In g iUiei u, e. ! eireulaie the many idle and
tal * rumors efio. now a days in nearly every
com-- unity, is nc'-hiiig rnoreot less than u public
nuisance. Ue.-. is b.> article reteired'to above:
■Vlilie the officers end soldiers of the Confed
erate States m et.-rtieg their energies and risk
ing t.i . ir ini.-, o inure the independence ot their
coui rs, there nr persons, not in the ranks, who
r:..,'toy theuv>..!/ea io fi her petting up or indus
triously cneul.ti-g ujiuicua minors, which have
n > reality, exe.;.he perverted imaginations
■ w o suit* them, and in the weak credult
ty of ihosc who hear, b -lieve, and retail all evil
Bte J. This disposition to
epre.>•: mjur.ous .-ton. s tins bean -igually mani
fest- and in the city and state, within the last three
e i'lia. Hi tendency is disheartening, detnoral
iz i ■ it on only prm.uce barm. It is unjust to
tli i ol .i if :i..i damaging to the cause. We,
■tl tri !.u. , ; i..ii.' s ... call upon every ciliz n who
bus a son. iu hi . nbs to discountenance these
f:i!s", li'oii: Ii .isd iiit-i. malicious reports.
Ttte Oni t i’ouk-.e—There are many, too many,
v.e tear, n out n ; ", who would, had they the
power, i .ike some arrangements with the Lincoln
gover ’dent to stop the war, if they could only
secure to themselves the peaceful possession of
their property. Roar, pitiful, degraded beings.
Your schemes can never be realized; your pro
jects never fulfilled.
The freemen of the Souti have taken up the
sword to defend their liberties—the liberties pur
chr-sed by she sucred bleed of their fathers. They
will cot even talk of peace, until their enemy
breathes that sacred word in accents which will en
able them to accept it without rntn and dishonor.
Peace sung in any other voice, though its notes
be ever go syren, means death to liberty, confis
cation, emancipation and occupation by the
oppressor of this land of ours. For these ends,
ouv foe is waging war with brand and steel.
There is no peace that freemen and men of honor
car. endure savo that which is wrung from the
enemy by force of arms. War must be onr theme,
and war our exeroise and practice, if we would
avoid chains and slavery. Who would purchase
peace tt the price of these’ None but the traitor
aud the coward.
'•-'BGiui an Woes.. —The Provost Marshal’s
guard i> Richmond are demanding passports of
ctfir rr : 3 weit as privates. There is now no
-dLStia- non tn&de. Unless they can produce the
documents necessary to explain the nature of
their ; r;; see in that city, they are ordered to ra
pe, tat .... .quartos immediately, on paiu of ar
rest. T-is istho right coarse'to pursue. Offi
cers wh<? break military rules and regulations
arc :. fa mote gui.ty than the rar.k and file
They c-itqV to be dealt with accordingly. No
psrti; ‘ity e'aon.d be ah own them on account of
the.: i ei ion. They have no right to presume
upon their rank. A person who does that is
not lit lobe soifficer. He has ect the slight
est qii t!-Station for ary place, no matter how low.
A- o tod faithful soldier will rigidly c-bey those
laws which he expects those under him to cbey.
A private will never respects superior who has
one ret of rules for them tud another for himself.
This making “ fish of one aod dealt cf another,’’
is net exactly the right thing.
A large number of the substitutes that hare
lately entered the Northern army are found to be
deserters.
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 26, 1863.
Tlie Status ot tlte Negro,
Go!. Thomas Jordan Chief of Gen. Beauregard’s
.Stall, informs the Mercury that the negroes cap
tured ou the Islands, have been turned over to
Governor Bonham, in accordance wiih the Presi
dent’s order. The Governor, however, has re
quested that Gen. Beauregard take care of them
until he can complete bis arrangements for dis
posing of them.
The atati'.sof the negro and ot the white sol
dier of the institutions ot the South and the con
duct oi this wer, ore all involved in this buriaess.
The President’s proclamation of Dec. 24th, 1662,
distinctly statee what disposition shall be made of
negroes captured in arms. Lincoln has threaten
ed retaliation if this order is eDfirced. He seeks
to place all his parti-colo ed troops on an equali
ty. end claims that they are entitled alike to tbe
protection of the Federal Gov. foment. The sen
timent cf the South, its easterns, and its laws,
ate dinctly antagonistic, and we have no doubt
will be sustained despite the Yankee threats.
D fficuiiy has arisen in the minds of some in de
termining the exact status of the negro in time of
war, or rather, of the negro slave who may have
escaped to or been captured by the enemy. If we
are willing to Uok abroad for ao opinion on this
subject, we may fiud in the London Saturday Re
view, of Jane 27th, an exposition oi English law
bearing upcH tbe case in band. The pointß are
well taken, and we think cover the whole ground.
The Review says .
The co’ored auxiliaries whom (he Abolitionists
r tally hope to enlist in the war, are the fugitive or
emancipated slaves ot Southern masters. The
victims ut Port Hudson were uad.»nbtodly,re
cru ted in Louisiana or Mississippi, from a class
which is by no means indisputably entitled to the
immunities of regular military service The
blacks must either be slaves or citizens the
titat in which they inhabit; and on either assump
tion they owe legal i liegianca to the Confederate
Government. Ii they take service in an invading
army they incur all the liabilitios which universal
cußiorn end law h ive attached to rebels and de
serters. English law stiii regards as traitors ali
native born subjects who engage in hostilities
against tbeir original ouutry; aud although the
claim would not be enforced when a change of
domicil had been effected before the war, every
r, B,dent in the country who assisted a foreign in
vader would undoubtedly do exeeuied without
mercy.
T’ e alliance ol Southern negroes with North
ern enemies, although it is more excusi ble,
would be far more dangerous and irritating than
any < xceptional and individual treason 'which
could endanger the safety of Englana. If colored
armies are really rained by the invaders, it will
prove that the social condition of the South was
peculiar.
Philanthropists who wish to throw on the negro
the burden o' the war ought to remember that,
according to the laws t i civilized nations, the
b ack or white resident of the South, who bears
arms against I is country, is a traitor, and not a
legitimate combatant.
The President may well be puzzled by the con
fiding embarrassments which beset the evgro
question. The difficulty was not to be solved ay
his original project of wholesale deportuticn,
and it will assuredly not find an issue ia thu
scheme of an insurrectionary colored army.
Gold and Silver —The Richmond Examiner
makes the following sensible observations on the
absurd and harmful j raetice ot making gold and
silver the standards of value in the South. The
people would be benefitted and greatly gratified
ware th3 suggestions of that paper concerning
brokers a capted and noted upon by our Govern
ment :
It is tastdbccoimng a general thing to count tho
price in bunfererate notes ot every urtiofa by the
simple rule of the price in gold before the war.
While this was done only in tee cuae oi articles
of luxury, whioh were y urchased abroad for gold,
an J sold hero by smugglers, little complaint wa.t
justified. But lately there is a disposition io ex
tend this rule of articles ot necessity, raised in
tbe country, for tne production of which goid
was never, ei her directly or iud’rectly required.
For instance, ono farmer denounces tne scale of
prices fixed by tbe Commissioner of Impress
meet, because bay ia paid ior only at three dol
lars a hundred. Three dollars, says he, is thirty
cents in go and.
This view of the mutter is clearly unsupported
by reason ol justice. Gold and s.lver are not
standards of value in the affairs of tbe South, bnt
simply scarce articles in a nefarious traffic. If
they were really standards, a mau who received
a salary of a thousnd no liars before the war
s muld now get ten thousand dollars. None of
the transactions ot our life are based on that ratio
of payment, except the sales of'some articles in
the Richmond market. To permit its extension
will bs ruinoas lo tho cause, and the most strin
gent tusasurrs are justifiable to prevent that ex
tension.
Thers is u measure which will at ones cure the
disease. It is the abolition of the iofamoug tra
de in gold. The trade of brokers has uoue more
injury to the finances of this Confederacy than all
other causes combined. If gold and silver were
not subject to their manipulation, and if it were
not di-iiuctly their interest to depreciate Qoafed
erate mouey to the lowest point, that they may
obtain tbe greatest number of those notes for the
least quantity of tbe precious meta'g, the financial
condition of the South would be very different
trom what it now is. It may even now be re
dressed by breaking up the occupation hire, as
in the United States; by rendering the traffic in
gold a penal offense, or by impressing ail of these
articles found in their hatnrs.
Gold is not a circulating medium iff this coun
try ; if U should cease to be an article ot com
meree, it would at once loss the disproportionate
value which it now possesses. If it could not bs,;
circulated, and could not be bought or sold, it
would not be desired. The French currency was
redeemed by the decisive measure of demanding
all the gold and silver in the country for the use
of the Government daring its hour of necessity.
The Federal currency was lately rescued from
ruin by putting an end to the sale uud purchase
ot g Id at the money market. It the Ccmfedera
cy does not spee lily apply the latter temody, it
will Boon fiud is sole hope of salvaiion in a re
sort to the expediency of revolutionary France.
The suggestions ct tbe Examiner are ex ietient.
The truth, m cold and Biiver, as it is now carried
00, should be stopped. If public opinion cannot
prevent it, the strong arm of the law ought to.
Let a tax be 'aid upon all sales. Let that tax be
so laid, that when the premium is over three
hundred, that it will take not only tiiß premium,
but the principal to pay it. Let the penalty for
evading tho iatv be capital puishment. If a
statute of this kind was passed and strictly en
forced throughout the Confederacy, our financial
condition would be at once improved. We would
hear no more traitorous talk about “depreciated
currency.’’ Men who are now. doing their best
to bring it into disrepute, would at once become
patriotic and “sing another song.” A stringent
law on the currency question is what the country
needs, is what the exigencies of the times de
mands. We trust Congress or our Siate Legis
latures will pass one, and adopt measures to hare
it promptly and thoroughly enforced.
Abe Conscript Offickbs doiso ihsis Ecty?—
It is very evident from the reports from some
sections, that our Conscript officers are not doing
their duty. They are not promptly and efficient
ly enlisting and sending to camp all who come
under the last call of the President, instead of
making ever; person between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five show why ho is not in the service,
as they ought to, they publish little advertise
ments calling upon conscripts to enroll themselves
at such places, and then quietly set down in their
large arm chairs, and “ wait for the wagon.” If
there was aay money in the matter people might
go aud enroll themselves without asking, but as
there is none, but few of them are going to do bo,
nniess compelled. It is the duty of ail conscript
officers in every section to get the name of all
persons liable to Confederate duty in their dis
tricts. Then call on svery one, rich and poor,
high aud law, weak and strong—and if any can
not show satisfactorily that he is exempted ac
cording to law, put him inwamp at once. There
is only one right way to do this business, and tbat
is to do it effectually and thoroughly. When it
is once done thoroughly, it will be finished. But
if it is done S3 many officers are doing it, it wiil
never be done as it ought to be.
The Raleigh Journal of the 15th, learns
from a Yankee deserter that the Yankees have
been receiving large reinforcements of cavalry
and infantry at Newbern, and that the whole
force haa moved oat to Deep Gully, twelve miles
from Newbern. H« further states that they were
making preparations for a raid on Raleigh.
Disposition' op Captured Negroes on the
South Carolina Coast. —Ths aunexed letter from
Col. Jordan, Uen. Beiurepard’s Chief of S off, is
published in the Charleston Alet-ury of August
13. It folly explains the intention of t>. Con
federate authorities in the matter of the c pture
of negroes ia arms. The letter is dated August
12, and is i-ddrdsseJ to Col. Rhett, editc-r .1 the
Mercury :
Ip. the Mercury oi this date you appear to nave
written under a misapprehension of the lacts
connected * ith tbe present tJtt'us of the negroes
captured iu arms on Morris and James Islands,
wmch permit me to state at follows :
“Tn« Proclamation of the President, dated
December 24, 1862, directed that all negroe
slaves ciptured in arms, should be at once de
livered over to the Executive authorities of the
respective Stales to which they belong, to be
dealt with aecordu g to the laws of s tid States.”
Ac informal application was made by the State
authorities tor tne negroes captured in this vi
cinity, but as nor-o -! them, it ppeared had been
slaves Os citizens ol Sooth Carolina, they were
not turned over to ihe civil authority, for at iht
mo uent there was no official irdoimation at those
Headquarters of the Act ot Congress by which
“ all negro sand mulattoes, who shall bs engag
ed in war, or be taken in arms against tie Con
federate B'ates, or shall give aid or comfort to
the enemies of the Contederate States,” were di -
reeled to be turned over “to th 6 authorities of
the Stale or States in which they shall be cap
tured, to ba dealt with accirding to the present
or future laws of each State or States.”
On the 21st cf Ju'y, ho * ever, the Command
ing Genera! telegraphed ti tho Secretary of War
lor instructions as to the disposition to be made
of the negroes captured on Morris and James
Islands, ard on ihe 22d received a reply that they
most be turned over to the State authorities, by
virtu-, of the joint resolution of Congress in
question.
Accordingly, on the 29th July, as soon as a
copy of the isolation or Act was received, his
Excellency, Gov. Bonham,.was informed that the
negroes captured were held snbjeot to his orders,
to be dealt with according to the laws oi South
Carolina.
On the same d-.-.y—£9ih July—Gov. Bonham re
quested that they should be retained in military
custody nntii he Cuuld make arrangements to
dispose of them ; and in Lbat custody they still
remain ayaiting the orders of the State authori
ties.
A l Hie iHßouaa Mis iHeirpi—Observations of
an Editor —The Editor of the Mobile Register
has taken a trip through Mississippi as far aa Cos -
lumbus and Okalena, and reports ;
Wc' aw a gnat deal on tbe road of which we
could write with plc-ature, .were it not contra
band. If Lincoln could hare seen some of these
s'ghts, wo think S-e would admit that the starva
tion method of e reing subjugation was one ot
his exploded ds. ons Nor must wc speak of
the military things that passed under our eyea.—
Suffice it (o say that at every st.tton and aloDg
nearly every mile oi road we traveled was visible
the grim and wrinkled visage of war. The means
of wiii fare, ep and the preparations for warfare were
on every side, YVar, indeed, seems to be the
business off very body and everything. It did
not look at all, earif, as the Federal papers say,
“ Mississippi ha3 virtually given up.” Instead
thereof, the most active efioi-ris-rire being made to
defend Mississippi.
Me are glad to report that the despondent con
dition of the public mind since the fall of Vick -
burg has bean >o cit exaggerated; We kept our
ears aud eyes open to caich and note al! the signs
cf popular feeling on thin subject. We found
crock rs ;u i grumblers, but iu most instances
they w- rr double fisted and broad sheuldered
ycunu fallows, who ought to have been in the
army fighting io guard tho country against fresh
lisasiers, instead ol fretting over tua past. In
towns and villages whero wa had heard there wer6
leiitroi) pa. ties forming and reennalruotion meet
ings b id we found the people knew nothing aud
had heard nothing about thena.
Ths result of our observation is that while the
fall of Vicksburg was, at first, a tremendous shook,
it wes by no meats peraianen’ iu its r (facts. The
reaction has left tho conviction that the Nation
demands the aid and support of every man, and
that past disasters should iu retrieved and pres
ent dangers confronted hy a courage anddetsrm
ination : quit to ths renewed call upon the pat
riotism oi tltc people.
Honor to U koroia Soldiers.— From Genera
orders, No ill, issued by Gen Beauregard, and
published iu the Charleston papers, we extract
the following compliment paid to Georgia sol
diers for tlic-jr bravery :
G pt W JvHagood, 4th regiment Georgia vol
unteer cavalry, as an outpost commander, has' 1
shown such activity and energy, and has so intel
ligently employed (ila resources, that it becomes
proper to commend iiia exam: la lo the emulation
of officers on outpost duty iu this Department.
Liaut, H F. Grent, Sergeants Taylor and Bur
ney, and i ore orals Foreman, Lamb and Hszzari 1 ,
of company B, of the eamis regimsnt, on the oc
casion of a recent raid of the enemy in the vi
emity of Brunswick, Georgia, are reported to
havs behaved with conspicuous gallantry and in
telligence, under a heavy fire at short range. By
suo i conduct officers and men at outposts may
render incalculable service at this time.
The Commanding General is also pleased to
commend both the conception and manner of exe
cution which characterised a rcconnoisance on
Ossabaw Island, on the 8d ultimo, by a detach
meat under command of Major E. C. Anderson,
4th battalion Georgia volunteers, and resulting in
the surprise and capture ot a hostile picket and
runaway negroes. A A. G. Burgeon Rundell,
and Privates A. W. Dixon and Cosby, o! company
C, of tbe 241 h Georgia battalion, ot tho party, are
specially mentioned by Major Anderson, tor reso
lution and signal exertions for the success o! the
expedition.
Disloyal Psrsons. —The following.card appears
iu tho Atlanta papers of Monday, addressed to alj
loyal cit uns of Fulton county :
Wlureaj, it has come to public knowledge that
some of lb., inhabitants of the city of Atlanta aud
other eitus of this State, who ba?e realized for
tunes ar. on,; us, ore i i.th s, the hour of danger,
converting their property into coin—thereby de
preciatiog unr currency—and making arrango«,
meats to Lava th e country ; and whereas, ii is
the practice of o-r enemies before allowing any
citizen of this Confederacy to pi. s over iheir lines,
to deptive them of ail property, except a very
sm.ill sum, you are hereby requested to meet at
the City H all, iu Atlanta, on Monday, the 17th
instant, ot 3 o’clock in the morning, to form a
v giluUas o immitte • for the purpose of invastiga
ting ali cases of suspected disloyalty, and dealing
witjL|pam os they see nt. Let every one who has
thtlltltereats of our country at heart, be present.
The movement made in Atlanta is a movement
made in the right direction, There is a large
number of persons in every community who are at
heart disloyal to the South. Although they dare
not talk openly as they feel, yet at times their acts
plainly show that they are not with us. The
sooner such men are ferreted out and sent North,
the better. The quicker the movement is com
menced, the quicker will the prattle about -‘depre
ciated currency” be hushed.
Official Report of ms late Fight on James
Biyeb.—Lieut Davidßoc, the officer in command
of the defences near Yariuna, on James River,
Va., has made the annexed'officisl report of the
late action which occurred near that place, to
Hon. S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy;
The enemy’s squadron, consisting of une “moni
tor iron-clad” and two wooden gunboats, pro
ceeded on the afternoon of August 5, rapidly up
this river, shelling both banes indiscriminately
on their way, and attempted to pass our lower
sub marine battery, near Cox’s wharf; but as the
leading ganbeat came over tho position, one of
our tanks was exploded near ner with effect,
ripping oil her heavy timbers, careening the boat
so as to throw nearly everything overboard from
her spar deck ; and from the qaaatity of gun
gesr picked rp, I think her pivot gun also, which
so doubt, enabled her to right herself, as she was
seen to disappear for a moment or so in the com
motion cf the waters.
This explosion panic-struck the enemy, as their
shrieks and cries could be heard a long distance,
and effectually arrested their progress up the
river, and one of their vessels pass ng our posi
tion at any time.
The gunboat, with her engine disabled and in a
shattered condition, was taken in tow by the oth
er vessels of the squadron, and they retreated aa
hasty as they ccula down the river, anchoring at
lower “Dutch Gap,” where they ware heard to be
hammering ana repairing all nigh*, At daylight
August 6, they continued iaeir retreat.
The Wat tkst Console Themselves.— The
Yankee Abolitionists are consoling themselves
tbat “Gen. Lae’s escape was doubtless providen
tial.” The Tribune says:
Providence does not perhaps intend this war to
close until ail the Confederate States have been
practically freed from slavery by the inroad of
onr armies. The two Carolines, Georgia, and
Southwestern Virginia, are yet to a great extent
intact, and the rescally institution flourishes
there as of old. Upon proposals of peace, politi
cal rogues might endeavor to render void the
President’s Proclamation in regard to localities
where slavery still exists. By practically de
moralising it, all ohance of sncceas with such
efforts will be destroyed.
Action h the Citizens or Griffin, Ga., and
Vicisiir - -The eitizsns of Gridin and vicinity
have deteiu med no more disloyal parsoas
shall reside in that community, bat shall be sent
where they belong- to the North. A man named
Johtson—wbo has long been in the habit of
abußing the Government of the Confederate
States, and advocating a reconstruction or the
Onion with cur enemies, decrying the currency
of the cour try, As , wae arrested a few days ago,
for treasonable sentiments. At flist, it was de
termined to eourt martial him. But the fellow
knowing that he would stand a poor chance of
getting out f the bands ot the justly indignant
citizens aliv , asked leave to go to Liuoolcdom.
His petition, upon consultation, was granted; and
ten days a! owed him to arrange his business.—
The annexe t resolution has been aiopted at a
meeting oi t e cit zrns of the p'ac? referred to;
Bessivs-J,' That as advocacy of the doctrine of
reconstruction has been pronounced by this moat
ing ns traitorous, all persons entertaining such
sentiments are hereby requested to remove wlih
out the limit? of the Confederate States ; and if
they do not choose to remove, they are hereby
not fi and that if they are known to express such
sentiments to the detriment of their country, Aey
will be required to do so.
A committee was also appointed to notify al
persons who are known to enterlain disloyal sen
timents, that this resolution will be strictly car
ried out.
Wo ore glad to see that lcyal persons in some
sections of our State have at length awoke to
their duty In our opinion the residents of Grif
fla are pursuing the right course. It men had
ratber live under Lincoln than u ;der the Confed
erate government, send them to him. We do not
certainly want them here. It would be well if the
example just set woe'followed in every commu
nity. Let ua clear ourselves of traitors. They
are our worst enemies. More lobs feared than
our vindictive open foes. We can prepare to re
pel the assau is of the latter. Hot the secret, un'
derhanded attack of the former cannot be guard
ed against. Again we say—send them North.
‘l he Old Battle Grounds—a carret.pondent
of the Savannah Republican has iatsiy traversed
the old battle fields of Chancsliorsville and Fred
ericksburg. Os the former he writes
The enemy's works are still plainly visible,
facing iu every direction, a plam exhibition oi the
trepidation which se'zed "him when Jackson’s
cannon begau to thunder behind his right flank.
Tho works look north, south, cast, west, in fact,
to every point of the ccmpa s, rs though the op-’
preach of the terrible Rebel. General was expected
to he übiquitous. Private holes in banks by the
wayside and other steep places seemed destined
to bold the carcasses of some precious Yankee
coward whose heart erupts him when Rebel shells
began to fill the air with their awful screams. The
knapsacks of tbe dead, fragments o! cast ott
clothes, broken rammers of some murderous can
non, pieces of shells, whcls Shrapnel shot aud
other indications of the once terrific battle-field
still strew the wayside of the old plank road. The
carcasses of dead horses have not ceased to emit
ofleußive odors, and the forest tress are marked
where the cannon shot raged, by the dead branch
es, torn, shattered, and withered to an autumn
bite by tbe summer’s son.
Here is a pioture of Fredericksburg as it stands
today: »
Pass on to the town, through tin lanes aud
utrecU half covered with weeds ua t grnEa. A
few pigeoas are seen fluttering tffifoio you, or
sailing about the housetops, quite solitaiy. In
the city, now and then, you see, may be, a group
of citizens, may be soldiers ou duty, sitting lef
snrel/ under some sh idea discussing common
topics. Up aud down the dusty ways is the ab
sence of every sign of animation or bustle-—trade,
commerce, industry, all gone, it was a grateful
relief Id passing out to hear the tinkling of the
only blacksmith’s salitary hammer itr the city
just < n the suburbs. Closed doors look you
blaudiy and sorrowfully in tbe face wherever
yon turn.
The old church steeples still hear the marks of
vandalism aud Yankee meaanes3. Gannon balls
have pierced them through and through in many
places. On the banks of the river the crumbled
houses show the signs of the li tres bombardment
that was opened on the place before the famous
crossing in December. Oar pickets sit among
the weeds and in the old deserted walls there now,
wale! ing across the water.
Col. Scott’s Kentucky Expedition —The Knox
ville Register gives the annexed account oj, the
late expedition of Coi. Soott into Kentucky :
He penetrated as far as Winchester, in Clarke
county, after winning a brilliant and complete
viofory over tbe raider Sunders, at Richmond,
compellidg him and bis Du ch to retreat helt'r
skelter to Lexingicn. At Klohmcndhe killed 15
or 20, captured 150 prisoners, besides a large
number of horser, wagons, muhs and supplies.
On reaching Winchester he detaohed Col. Mc-
Kenzie, with the eighth Tennessee cavalry, to Pa
ris, with instructions to burn the railroad bridge
at that place if possible. The Yankees in the
meantime sent a large force from Lexington to
attack him, and he tell baek, fighting all the way
to Irvine. Being thus separated trom Col. Mc-
Kenzie, who encountering a superior force failed
to burn the bridge, but by effecting a diversion iu
Col, Scott’s favor, enabled him to accomplish his
object in visiting Irvine, viz: to whip and dis
pel 3e the 14th Kentucky mounted infantry,which
he and and in u very short time, cept icing two hund
red of the hirol nga ; and appropri ting or de
s roying as Immense amount ot stores and full
equipment ft r twelve hundred cvyairy, besides
two pieces of artillery.
F’rotn Irvine he proceeded to L ncaster, whip
ping the enemy wherever he dared to show him
self. At the he was almost surround
ed, but after a spirited engagement of hclf an
hour he repulsed toe Yankees and took up the
line of march to Stanford, where he iound a iorce
equal to his own awaiting his ariival, which he
quickly disposed of, capturing u number of pri
oyners, a.large wagon tiain loaded with supplies,
and all the mules and horseß belonging to the
train. After this neat affair he turned his course
towards the Cumberland river, which ho crossed
without lees, after almost constant fighting for
nearly a week.
Col Srott’s lose will not be more then 200, all
told. Ia this number were a rather i-rge propor
tion of offioeds, including Lt. Col. N xon, of the
lbt Louisiana cavalry, who, after pi: .'ratingpro
digi.s of valor, was out off whilst n tempting to
cross Dix River by a superior lore , and atter a
stubborn resistance forced to yiel-'
The Brigade is now in good eon .- .tion ana again
ready for the field, where i. is suia to win new
honors;
How Gin. Mofqak Looks.- ffce editor of the
Whee mg, Va., Intelligencer rives the annexed
description of Gen. Morgan :
He is thirty-three year sold thoeghhis persona l
appearance would indicate forty. Hie care-worn
countenance at this time is not a proper index of
his ag3. Bis stature is six feet ; weighs about
cne hundred and ninety pounds; shoulders
square and broad; body straight; head common
size; small feet for a man of bis size; small
grayish eyes, with rather deep and numerous
wrinkles at the corner ot each in the skin with an
expression of nsirthfa>negs. Whiskers and mous
tache black; soft, dark auburn hair,slightly curl
ed at tho end; fair complected ; red lace, good
looking ; soft, pleasant, musical voice; agreeable
manners, etc.; In short, a ladies’ man. He was
dressed, when oaptu, ed, with black soft, slouch,
broed brimmed bat, gray round about,gray pants,
fine kip-skin boots. pants inside his boot legs
He was not dressed oifferent from private sol
diers.
Sick Geobqians vrJTbsdebick, Maryland.—
We find the foil wing names of Georgians,
inmates of the united States General Hos
pital, Frederick, Maryland, on the 2»th of
July, 1868, in lte Wilmington Journal,—
They are all onl / sightly wounded, and are get
ting along well;
G H Miller, Cos 1, 61st Georgia i T J Rutledge,
Oo C, 6th Geo; A h McNair, Cos G, 81st Ge 6; J
Knowles, Cos G, 6: :h Geo; J S Leath, Cos G, 18th
Geo; S 0 Gidden, Oo H, 26th Geo; Sorgt H L
Paul, Cos F, lith Geo; J A liioks, Cos G, Ist Geo
Cavalry; D L B.ccton, Cos E, 86kh Geo; John
Langford, Cos E, 6 ith Geo.
Dibo.—Capt J T Lane, Cos G, Ith Geo, July
B#4h, 1868; Private A Bcyd, Cos C, SBih Geo, July
28th, 1868.
Faoa Font Funia, N. C.—A correspondent
writing us from Catnp Jackson, near Fort Fisher,
N. G., speaks of the situation of affairs in that
section thus:
All quiet now. Defences are being erected at
the Fort whicb, when completed, will
position very strong. We apprehend no dang
trom an attack by water. Gen. Whiting wul* t*
the passes by land well;guarded. The citize _
Wilmington sustained quite a loss by the
of the steamer Merrimai by the Federal flee •
T ie Richmond papers think that the
meat ought to prohibit all apwralaUons p
Yimous, and advocate the adoption of such a
policy.
VOL. LXXVII. —NEW SERIES ;L. XXYiT. NO. 34,
Army Correspondence.
Letter from Otir Army ot flte Fotomse,
SPECIAL OORCEBBPNDLNOI OP THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
Ptoitibi t of MeLaus' Biritwn—Ao exi-itb j A'tics
c urrent—Health c f our Army—Prevailing Spirit
of our Troops —.'i he Ca use cf our late H -verses —
Afore Troops n, led—'The President's Appeal,
&e., Ac , See.
Nbar SuMMBRvn.Li Lord.,.VA., August 10,*1863.
We arrived at ;Ys camp on the 6th of this
month. We do sic' i.now for what purpose we
were ordered lime, w long we will remain, nor
when or where we l .i; neither do we care. Our
confidence in our lev . :vs assume us thut “ all ia
right.” The encampment of McLaws’ t’ivision
is situated about elev <i miles Irom Orange Court
House, and about iwtr, y two miles from Freder
ickstoxg.
There is a perfect r. „■■■ a famine in the army.—
No inc der.t worthy o ; vote- h treired since
v/e took up the line oi march from Culpeper, on
ihe morning of the 3d. o;ve the repulse of the
enemy at Brandy Station, on the 7th, by a por
tion of Stuart’s cavalry, in which we sustained, a
very trifling loss.
Tho health of the army is excellent. Many
disabled by disease ana wcands during our cam
paign into Maryland and Pennsylvania hove re
covered, and returned to duty.' Tho Army of
Northern Virginia isalmost numerically ass :ong,
and its spirits quite us buoyant and confident as
before that campaign begun.
Our reverse at Gettyshurp, or more porperly
speaking, our failure to ao., /o iruoii s complete
and decided v etory as has heretofore ; Ponded
our arms, has in no wise depr sued our hopes,
nor abated one jot our confidence n our chief
tain; nor created a doubt as to our futon suc
cess, and the final triumph oi onr cause. If that
spirit of deter urination which pervaded this army
to endure any. hardship and privation, to do all and
dare all for our country’s goo!, characterized in
a corresponding degree the feelicgs and actions
of the people at homo, peace would soon overlay
our land, cs the “ morning spread,, upon the
mountains.”
But we (ini in almost every paper that reaches*
us, and they are few, murmuring mid complaints
against the President or some department of the
government, or against someone of our Generals.
Croakers of this charao-er really appear to he
almost ns numerous asthelrogsot'Egvpf. These
evidences ot il.sall'ection and distrust rre well
calculated to depress our hones, and t o mar our
anticipatinno of future success; but fo'.trnately
for tho cause in which we arc engaged, V'.- v have
no influence upon tho army, lurther than*to ex
cite ouadorisioa and even scorn for those who
wanting cither in pairioiißm cr couvagi to defend
their own rights and prate", their own liberties,
withhold counsel and enco; ementfrom those
who stand iu the breach.
To those who have watcl ;i the progress of
events, it ia apparent that o’, cry revers'd yrh ; ch
we have sustained from the commencement of this
war, was owing to tbe wont of men This want
is now felt to a greater extent than at any pre
vious period of onr history. The enemy is mar
shaling his host ot minions ngamst rs. Every
ettort has been put forth to increaso bis army.
Conscious of onr superior courage and tkiil upon
the battle field, anil of our capacity to endure the
hardships of the but vice, he will never agaia fight
us upon equal terms, bnt vainly hope* by over
powering numbers to consummate the work of our
subjugation.
But our ranks still remain depleted. Some
regiments have been reduced by actual casual
ties in battle to not more than two hundred effec
tive men. In vatu have they"called tot help. It
seems that ever/ effort that a man’s in enuity
can invent has been resorted to by some to keep
out of the service. BabstHutes are obtained at
most extravagant t ctcs. Government contract?,
however insignilican < the profits, attii appoint
meats in commissar, and Quartermaster's de
partments are eagerly ■ ought attar. Every con
temptible artifice and a t ce is invoked' to keep
away from the bat Hi fio W'aeu we consider
what we are fighting far, is amazing thut any
lukewarmness should be unites ed; that any
man with a spark of pairio sm in his soul or
couragO in his heart can r m , >j an idle spectator
wHUst battles are being fought involving such
mifhty issues. Baso hankerings after money
se : m to have engrossed the minus and hearts of
very many of rffir people, even while!, the < ountry
is bleeding at every pore.
How many uner. have became shoemakers, tan
ners, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, Ac., who possess
no skill in those trades, and tvbo havo assumed to
follow them simply to evade the op:r:;t;on of the
conscript law ?
How many men long residing in our Stain, have
sworn that it was act their residence and that
they did not intend to remain in it i Avery large
proportion of our foreign population h.-ivs the
credentials of some European consulate in their
pockets. Their liability to service seems to be a
question free from ail difficulty. Havirg resided
amongst us for a lcifa term ol years, ftjtying the
benefits and protection of the govat ornent, and ap
pealing to its courts whenever their rights of per
son or property have been ms silt hey in tarn
are clearly subject to serve that gov. .tent when
ever the vindication of its rights or its honor de
mand their services, iiis not neces;; .7 to referto
vague and rather undefined principle of interna
tional law to determine tho liability 1 tills class
of our cit!Z3H3to military service. The convention
of the sovereign people of Georgia which adopted
the ordinance of Secession, also passed an ordi
nance declaring that all persons not born in that
State would be held to be citizens, who did not
within ninety days from the passage cf the same,
file an affidavit in a court of record tnat they did
not intend to be citizens. This ordinance is as
much a part of the organic iatv of our State as its
Constitution. The power that mods the one
ordained tbe other. All persunu, tberoioie, oi
foreign birth who resided in Georgia at that time
and vrho failed to avail themselves oi tin excep
tion contained m the crdinance referred to, are
to allintents and purposes citizens as though they
were to tbe manor born. They can vo;e or do
any other act that any other citizen may do. The
simple omission to file tbe required affidavit
makes them citizens as perfectly and completely,
as if they had been naturalized tn conformity with
laws heretofore existin;-. Why then arc not these
men enrolled for the service V
Will tho patriotic ard urgent appeal of the
President g;. unheeded? M.iu wa wav., and men
we must have. Fill no cur regimen -, and the
sun cf our indepor dc.i-.-e will.soon sltrie upon a
redeemed end liberated people. I have thus
hastily alluded (o these grave subjects with the
hope of directing attention to them. My apology
is the want of something else to write ' bout.
to ii.-ORAL,
How a Tree Soldier Talks anb Fkklh.—The
following is an extract i. cm a letter wi llfien ry a
soldier in Northern Viryima so his mother. !■: is
dated Orange Court Ilor-se, Va., August Gih.‘
We make the annexed c-ztracf, and hops all
croakers will read it:
I reflect with pride upon the part cur women
are bearing in the straggle, and especially now,
when the storm raves fiercest, how, ;*Lb true
womanhood, they nae big ,or and hsgocr, giving
encouragement to l—e fai..: l eorted, di; : -.:.g!h
ening the hands oi the feeble. With how much
more pride do I read in your letiors yau.-uuwa
vering devotion to the Bout , and your at flinch
ing determination to persevere to iho end, Some
will despond, but who are they ? Most ot tnem
never ra'sed a musket or tor:tribu v.d a dollar to
the country. Some few, a pitiful few, of v hipprd
men—not men either, but p-.-reons of the miik and
water sort—in the a.my who giro up.
But the women and the army iu vhg field—the
soldiers —the hone and sia. -7 of th. country, still
know and do their duty. O r army nev.M- was
n ore ready to meet the enemy. Ii is now iaspir
eu with a most determined spir.t. You spunk
the entimentg of my heart in the manner which
reci irtruetion ia referred to. Who would bo
base ea- ugh to give place one moment t > the
thought? Why do some people always no readily
pounce upon submission end recono ruction
whenever we fall short ot iu .cess ? ea a two ar
mies ever were or can be manialed again--*, each
other without one or the otiitr at times ruffering
reverses. We nave been marvelously mc.-nis ul.
At present the tide with us is at its low-..' ■ iug
lt will ere long begin to flow, and it uu-.y rire
higher than ever before. For ought wy
may be our Spring tide ; flfi ring gently, rising
higher, it may not cease until, peace suua«» y
breaks upon us. Our Heavenly Father e::-
knaws what is in store for us. Atdiction i«y_* -
low affliction until we shall are
our load es sorrow, but he ia kuiulu . j> frfim
but believing, He " lil u wifl m well in
the fire, ia-a persuaded that all wn
the end. „
Th. SWAT* or the Vanl-ruilt.-I'O siory
Os the sinkin of the YBDk %“*id t /bfi tbo
by a Coufeds He vessel oi ea
Georgia, be;.: sto assume an of prooab .
Tee Mobile Tribune of Saturday says •
We ha* ■ late a^ a J ro^3^f° a ' whVn shelel,
Havana, tbit (.apt. Hemaws . A nad an o-g- se
with the Yankee s«a; fier Vonuere,^
sank her, with a large ioeac-i-u.c. -’- c - <.,i-w.d
has been for a long time m search
of the “rebel pirate,” as tho Yankees designate
Semmes. An account of the engagement bus
been published in La Habana, a Havana paper,
and was received both fr.vn Key West end Nas
sau, and was belie Ted by Ye kco and o'.ner s up
pers. It is, we think, quite probable, frac
tion is reported to have occurred oil i e Bauu
i mas.
Journal of a Soldier,
The following narrative was written by ;. t.
her of Company B, Richmond Hussars, r.U
to Cobb's Legion, Hampton’s brigade. Ii cY
briefly the principal events in the cimpav. •
the first fight at Brandy Station, Jane 9tb, c:
last engagement at that point, August Ist,
though not intended for the public eye, wo '■•••
considered it of sufficient interest to rtoiu r ,
copy for publication:
After tbe light ut Brandy Station, (June
we crossed the Rappahannock, and went n
Warrcnton. Thera we remained f:-r on.- • , :
had a little skirmish with ths e emv, and .
them back. Nothing more of interest t: un
about that valiage. Leaving Warrer.ton, we. ,
ceeddd in the dicectiou of Upperville, but b<". >
we reached that place wc were somewhat rl<
ud, that is, w« cuuiD ia contact with a laeg ■
of she Yankee cavalry, together with a
or two of Infantry. Wc remained about lh
two or three days ; had a fight v:;',h < tia o ' •
21st June, (an aocouct of whiohjou huvo ;
print ere this.) They drove us bftek about 4
to Ashby’s Gap, Wdid not lall back ve. yi.
as it took us all day to go lour miles. A port
of the day our squadron was dismounted, fi ..
their iofartry. It was a very wann and r. n
having to run up aa.l down steep hills, over ,»i
lies, ditches, fenc s Ac., was very fatiguing,.. '
several of eur came uigh giving up, i re
among the number. Bnt wc bcid out nntfl v
reached our horses. As soon as we vjfrv
mounted, (a portion of two or throe corps f
been dismounted.) our regiment was brought .
to support a battery that was used iaccvnl
the retreat, aud we were sabjeoted io the n; j
galling fire I ever witnessed. At one position v
occupied, there some twenty five or tU. y
shells that did not miss Our regiment mor;; th |
twenty feet at the furthest, some of then bur - ;
ing over ns, throwing the fragments nil it
us—fortunately, however, neither man D; r-h "• c ;
was injured, whilo we occupied that not vciy v I
sir„b!e position. We remained iu this j;:
more than an hour, and when wo were rviim
Y wes from “ bad to worse.”
It was thought that a regiment of Ya-.Y-.f; - v- 1
airy were advancing down the pike for iti ■
pose of charging our batteries, and wo were
forward to meet them. We advanced sum y ' j
or four hundred ynrds and halted; thispY
in full view ot the Yank, e battery, for wo !;uJ i: [
sooner baited than their lire was directed up
us,and thattoo with remarkable precision. L
or six shells burgled in our ranks, kilim. !
man, wounding several others, and killing ; I j
wounding a number of horses. Capt. Yonm; w |
slightly wounded by a piece of shell which r
killed his horso. Lieut. Pugh also had hui ,
killed. Wt: remained under this terrific j
three-quarters oi nil hour, when we f.;-U , :
slowly with the bclunce of the brigade until
oama to a broad plain about a mile in width, •• r :
which we retreated at a brisk pace, for the par
pose of drawing th:.ir cavalry out from the ;■
port of their infantry, which we nnceeedod m' a
ing. After wc had crossed this broad fieli ( i
mirably adapted lor oav Iry figb ing.l t:.c t-ri
halted and formed. The Yanks sent, one or i
-on after un, bat hoih of them v •
stopped—the Ist N. C. Regiment charged oi
the advancing regiments, whilo our i
charged the otuer. la this charge vre lost t > •
m n taken prisoners—Bassford and Day- .
hod aeveral horses killed and wound:- i. A
ono of our company wounded, Jno. A. WiUI
slightly in the side. Ho was “ color beer
lie fins 3iuce recovered and is aeain ,wi . ,
rggimeut. Our legiment in this char
some thirty or forty pnsouero. The by;
then fell buck into Ashby’s Gup, where we t
ed for th 6 night.
We had a very short stay] iu this
place, for as soon as tho e i
was given for us to saddle up ;we did •. :
ieit; sconted around in front ol tho Gap -. l
camped about fi.-e miles from it that night •
morning our brigade, together with the :
bri ades started ia the direction of V- -
again leaving Gens. Jonea and Uobinso
artea to watch tho enemy during our a ! -
We camped at Salem on the 24th J -. ne, - 1 < i
the 251 Uwe left camp at 2 o'clock in Uv i rr.TY- , :
aud arrived at Thoroughfare Gap about.
Oar regiment was sent forward, and v/i-.
Delony at its head we charged the Gap, ('J -' I
Young having been assigned some oil cr ■ ; '
hind with the brigade.) 'The enemy hud p. r ,
ron on picket at the opposite entrance r I ; ■
Gap, and fired upon us from behind a c.-one :
which gave them such a strong pos:‘:i:» t
wa3 impossible to dislodge them by c ■
tLem. No timo was lost, for in a.«.i,i.!-
company was dismounted; supported b? >
two companies of the Phillips’ Leg ou, an ;, -
movement oy Lieut. Pugh, we noon ro-: -
put them to (light, leaving a number ol s.■;
and all cf their camp equipage,
The Gap thug being clear, oar column r- :
through and went in pursuit of a Yanh'.-e •
train whioh was passing down the pike lei
Alexandria; and succeeded in getting in Y
it. Our regiment was again sent forward I v ■
purpose of attacking it, supported by l> fill
S. 0. Regiment. Wo succeeded in g.-itin<; • ■- Y
in tliree or four hundred yards of. the ire, and, '
finding it protected by a division of inl-.n-- .
w r a3 deemed, 1 suppose, too hazardous an u - ,
inking, and after watching them awhile wt >
ordered back, when our battery opened on i, c a j
They replied, and a brisk artillery duet took i •
with but little damage to either side. We <. ■
ud that night at Buckland.
The next morniDg (261 h) we proceeded ii
direction of Dumfries and Ocooqaan, o'; J '
Bcouting ground last winter. Nothing of >
terest transpired dining the day, and tit psgit- : Y
camped near Dumfries.
27th.—At daylight we resumed our joe- v,
crossing Occoquan Creek, and passing th - ■
the enamy’s forftUeations which were tree , -t , • ‘
both sides of the ford. They were vor? ?’oi
ble, evincuig great fear of being attacked. B '
tween the ford and Faitfax Court House v < .
countered a picket po3t. A squadron of ti ■ i : .
N. C. Regiment charged them, taking twe ’y-:'-vn I
or thirty prisoners, aud k-lling one or two. IV. r
loss was but one—Maj. Whitaker. Ho wr.r. ;
in the breast and died in a few minutes. Do .
n gailanl v.ffioor; and his ions fell heavily o-i
regiment. Arriving at Fairfax Court Hoh .
baited for an hour or two. We captured
supply of cate bias—butter, cheese,‘crackers, r
lasses, wbitkey, &c.—which were very acs -v-r.
indeed, for eur rations had given out tin; r
fore. Alter appeasing our somewhat i: -
tiws with the above delicacies, wo ft • I (•-,•
selves, after three or four hours mcrco, <:>-
Dank of the Potomac at W offord’o ford. 1 1
fur an hour, the march was again resume-' 1 . •:
tho course of half an hour our regimen w
mors in Maryland. Crosniog the cam
runs parallel with the river, (on the north : .-■) I
we camped for tLe night. During the rp: . •
eral can; 1 boats came down from Point ot i: ,
where Hooker’s army were crossing, hear . -
ed with officers and soldiers, and one o>-1-. ; >:
Washington loaded with commissaries- .
which were captured and the boats and u
locks destroyed.
2S»h.—At daylight we movedoa in the oir.-'--: -■>
of Washnigt-ju/eiasning through Dqwr-eto’v.-!
Rockvil-o. Tb 9 latter place ia about twelve
trom Washington. Between thin pRc -u -u -fi
corporation we captured about 200 w - '
embulances ; tha wagor.a and teams »<-- ••>* -.u
beat stuA(;ty, loaded with corn,oatsacd '.-ry
lomaiacd at Rockville about tour hour ;,
iz us sp-poaro i delighted at our su-:- i" i
getting Ue oaptured wagons property . fi
ve let a aud C;.mpsd near Gaytonville.
29th —Left camp about 8 o’clock and pro
in the direction ot Westminster, pi- ■
Unity, and then crossing the BaR mur- .i <
R. oi Hood’s Milts, camped near Wash :•
COth. —We leit t-cd waul to Hanover,!’a .
we mot tho advance guard of Hoox’-fi
aad a skirmish with them;
our captured wagons out of the way. .< r - 1
wo went to Jefferson, Pa , anil camp--. ,
Nothing of any interest tie nap redd
march from th- 30Lh until we arr •
town, Pa., on Hie 2d July—passing “‘-a -'
Salem, Dover, Dillsbury aad Fe-ffßu
Hunterstowu wc had some bnr.i
regiment was engaged; mad? ® »** j.' fi...
it fuffered very heavily, as will no s-a
list of aasuaitics. ( r
Un theSd cf July we bad « 1
regiment dismounted ood fi - •
■
h i-y cu.l cam-ed at ••
went to Funkstown ; bau a bruk ;•-
ramped near there. Oaths tith w
town and passedl through Greene. •
leaving the Old Keystone State, we o;
vicinity of Williamsport, cutback to
a rsmwn and was placed on the : j:
our bno. While pasting through Hag- 1
met the Yanks ia the main street i ; : ;
wc were ordered to charge, ;;ud w
coargirg through the town our ro. ir- -
at from the windows oi the pnv.fi- :
Yonng and Lt. Roberts ol the (!.«'.>.
narrowly escaped.
From the 7th to ihe 14th tve rern
Hagerstown and Williamspcn,
skirmishing every day. On tbo ! ; -
sent t> cover the retreat of G- • ’.
corps, and on the 14th we recro.-.
While in Maryland and Ream
every day, aad 1 think it war tho
inclement weather we have had
ning oi tbe war. We fared very
eatables : the citizans were exceed . \j
us, prompts J, no doubt, b 7 fsrr.
IWe left Williamsport and went ; :
Va., and pickoLd there two or li
on picket near the lat’.er plsco fiy
ny were captured, July 17th. L.c
cut &a picket and waa ordered
picket post which waa vacated the n-ght - ,
1 port ha found that
. .-i i.ud were in btroiq
• 1 Si If 1,-, ;iit Cod) and Private,*
1 -f* L'ugru i . ;.id to s-o what the!.-
-■■ v l\ r •■',“!’ ; were captured. At tin
the Yankees were in he
uhd c.i: cut cfl, by shrewd manage•
a Igit them otl safely wit*-
| n- :••• jot tbivi mcd. Privates Gliotol
.: Y , ;re cop.-..fed rshile they were gettiuy
i . r I :■ he;.' s.
i 'Li- t-ri;;- e cornu; -o.'d failing back on tt*
I- ! rrl arching bothered ut
-I- > ■ < ' i-.- 4 -ei riived onaeaore a - .
;j- r.'-dy Siai'.o •• o;t t *• ;;l.d.
Bran-. U-i 11 on, Aug. 2,1868.
v.\y our i. .. -i was ngagod. The cm*
' i • i . . ..y *8 Fi.rd ia stron .
r ' i.i • i -dry nr.d artillery,
* *-A-i;ig no o*b*M
■ u.d, • .v> ca back until abo«-
• • " “ * i intorcfmentß, M 4
*'--*> i tastur, thin
, y : ■ i/ sev ar.', ern -
,- m i v. i rgnr,ed. Col.
-I cur i , Coloßvfi
-u. ti. Li - f'lgustier, tort ok
! ■ rr- ; 'ii;: ... rid S. C., was also
■■■•■ C t'i V- n . i.iuaud ot l»o brig
filojor tYright, of our
i' i. I. Oai ompaay look
i-- i Kaycouis. 11a was a
!> -' interest of thefigbt
th. 1. On : y 1.E3 lost ooe ot’tta
>•:••• re ■■?.! *i- -;y ayioputhiza withhiy
: ■ --ifi -i: ncieavemcnt. At pro.
• Y • • laiaiaodofouriegiinent.
J/eii l ervide, CM. Youug way
'.fating . - iMinilod the bnr t- e wilt*
•le it akid liiiii tljidi
ri ne follow mg i. <- .Y tl e ca3B(t!ties in our
regiment Iron the vii ol Jauu to the Ist o-
August:
'Field cud i-'Yfi A 1 fi! I! Yotsnj wounded;
Lt Col \V G L> -i • wounded ; Major U Wright,
wounded.
Compac ();Po I.' Ho se, killed; I,iSmith,
and ; fit lir i :.Jo ; I i'oi’h woundsd ; iAi. Pee#.
1 oiongli, tic; Ltfcal r, at>; Li Siaquefiiiii da,
Li UiuuloD, ao,
if e. Lti-.i.. 'ii ;• hi 21, wounded 51, inUd<
izg 47, (oi YII9.
W. tn v-e i.-.;t i! a.-SiaPou eur r? monk
r.utubui » olfaa', 223, r • wih ha seen ts -t our
fat’s has !> hi: A -r.-.-. B,
—t
[CORRESPOND! .-ok Oi' ' UtONICtB & SENUFEL,] j
A£«"i- •■■'lx tn bu Vonaty,
It r< •• s cdl, a lrrge portion
■ cc'.iuty assembled at
tiio Cau;t i- • :u tiu town oi Eatcuton, ou
Y discass suttab'e choc
ur.is lor i-he purpo-e -. i nasi alfling the curreccy
oi tbe.Coalr -r..iKY -s.
oi gun z?d by caiUns R. t .
i Chair, and rppointiag A. O. Mosu
.. ■ end J. T. i)..! .irnetts. ,S*c etaria .
')n situ . i.iii .'fils;;- , ;q.oiatei. the following
" ' u> prepare mailer lor tne action or
i -i - Rf', to .y i : ,1.1. iron Adams, A ii. Hat.
-i. J..L. f’oti-jh-i K, - iV.-ra ,a, X. j; Nis
; •> 4 • Idle, i-’. K. Auama,
I- mittce, alter .i fe«v
- ir report, which,
* b .’ and poir.ttd u j irea-t
a few slight hum.
jls, uWnimbu3 7 adopted, at toilews :
;-i «f ro’.iiHing Confederate
into ilt-.hta, obluius ti. •
is, the rulusal lo tax a
t i duDis or for aiit
-0 t aa cvii ut the greatest magnitude,
• v.Y i •' iu its CoDsrqueticrß ot
■ • -ri to tt> C' vtr I’jiont; anu wherea-,
Itl > r - ato bi deeply deplored he
/ • , should Dot bS Si •
i- to !>•-.. u .--ha .:a a-vd uucondt-mnaJ. «
I- : T-iat ail prrsous who, in the pTes.-ni
c M i r• nont and country, rela x
ii ... ■ .I--! -i-. ■ Cos ’ .ret'Treasury Not'd
‘it I- 1 ' dor t-r articles purahastu,
-id !:• - ! an l i? f-.rded as enemies, iu u
. i n- io f crujLdf the Sou b, aad, au
, 1 iumph or oar arm*.
s who so refuse Oon
f ur? .' -ts are to hs considered ai
i . : in t i ‘.Nile of patriotism, aad ut*
, . >t :• • . n ; lh. Jove of country to‘im
:■ the ii piesentotive float thta
r j v •» •• > L-' '-.'.ire be’nstruit-id, onu
■ Bonn oria! district Ue re
q . on l'.. ido-niton c-f the : <g:sia
i :• U aa os', »f within tboir const!-
ii-.-:. - »:>! co •.•.-..11‘8c.r. :*»kiag the refusal to take
!‘:-d Treasury Notes iu
; ; O' i—in:: f-r t< -1 .lie es purchased, a-Hat
fi. c tj i ihjuth, an 1 upon
c i• : f <s\ refill imposing busy poms
;> -dona of the LegisKtaru
w. ;■ -u c-!.'-- s’.cp *.» tn-j evtL
, uat tho Krp-..oentutive from IU»
i -fie- in:':’-> cur noxt Congrovd to
liter to Congress.
- procure he passage of an ac-’*
eo . ■ • o:i i.'-o'i .-ir.-uiits into tbe nr-i'>tsr?
o fi Ft des, without lagori
to ;nii ;• • i •■ . pr.-.ids of exsmptioo, ant
• . lontti privi get id benefit ot suust’.n'iou.
Rrsolve iu i-.U-ii;ioa to these measured,
i • i jqu-,:.t oar said Rcpreseutative*'
. and rs- i -c v.fi.y, to use their inti netted
adaption .ts a ich a system i
tuxaiiur. 3 Nfifi. i uni persons ns will control
th-.-m 5-; ':■■■■', ' . .. i or 1 mischievous proo
t famishing moral aid
aad CO!.*’ ’- ' > o‘ii ‘■ ■ n , .;. r \-
Ku-o.vai, ! it . l : ! u >r,'n of this meeting
appoint !■ •••« (l t-Vr; y-f. ur citizens ot
i c-ri'-y, ;io :• • i.’.cp t cord of the narne-i
<•: :r .. • •o r. fi: '. onfederate Treasu
ry not.i-.x e-huU :.,tn j to vii-u.r knowledge, aud
p: i'.mi ■* or tire i-usae to the next sabacqueui
i.ir ml J- j <. In. ; c nr-ty, for such uctiou ou
f.-! ' :• G rve the publ o weu .
a in, ::.- - y :.i i c hi may bo tekea b'
■ H.-.i.A fi-ry c . t N.-.ifiy as will give pub
j to : <-. ’.fin i who, by their con*.
fi t r, it iit becmia cbnoxiouy
- N-v ; r:-.1 that tie Grand Jar/
• . n j'.-i % a roil be kept, to bo called tin
“is ask it oa w.jich the natres ot ell sccti
j» n ■ : ras an everlasting record
o •air • -.. .fi -on to to ,r country iu the hour of
i- rent.
i ot vote fur any wr. -
Li-. -.- or C ?nprs3B who does
i . r--nd' :o: to t’.is-ie rtsoiutioa#,
; .- 'iSc.. -y i t tffi meeting barcqneef
■d to ou ,'. i umber of copies o.
r i-v ii . s-i -.be srno to all who
.ii <-nr suff.vges, and is -
lion ot u, preval or
e .. ,i:o. ■ t t.wwu to tue citiseuj
ii ?.-/as sat! Secretary any
. v;0, TANARUS! request.?,
,• of our country uc 1
of all onatios ehttv
. .ibu, a pa’.notie con •
. ~j , , . . ; . ,H. l!-i i tho aioj-tiuu
:J. !', . . ... o«*M lookin:; to tlu sam»
T.an a? fliiu r.tneltn.T
' : MS o! this meeting,
I ■ •. • X tho a .turn uoct. tb«
* .’, tj ua-isretood *o be.
1 ' -i and only so, ot/d 1.
. ; •:. j. : -. of public. Turn.
; ; c-. - tiee recent jieuJ f»
: , , to do a: tc meet
, .... cousidoialion ai.
... i.o -.try, aa »
* o' 13 Os GU,-cause,
. . meeting cppoia
... such mutters u,
: of that meeting
-. o / find proper.
•■■■-dings of thii
trym’-n, Mecca Tela
■: a:!, with the request
t - : -«*••• ■ • ••
y - r.dj.l in the exproi
, ;i 11 sastuin, by sit
. . >.! . , ' e u.-try in this her hair
j-; i : rDjoiatioiiß adoptsd,
swing Ciimmittee t >
b'.- .c dpisrucd mie.ing, t.•
wit:
i; i * ’ i • , J I’ll Dawson, W K
-..1K sudric , C N llarns, Kd
4 J ii: >.j .v i : .
following Commitiie
t ; li sos nil tho 33 who shi..
re’a - . . tj note?, to wit:
it t .i a r..3518y, J Boi'val, ’*/
o:d, it F Herbert, W L Wii
. >" .1 D Biyiey, if <V
. . .) y.. Oautt, J i’ Be* •
: li .i Vt.. :;..r, *5 A Iforu .
. , . , , lU ry 11.-id, It »'
J _ i’ ui , v. II Spivey aid W k *
' tt . 0. Jenkins, Ch’a.
■’ ” i Sicrri tries.
J. i. 1). : - 1 . _
. -io-ii tu i.iarth sto- '
Hotel in Pctsrsb’ir ,
end n ■
, , a' jtiM bodily injurisi,
- itu. :.I y.-ry -. ’: :;ul.
-’»i3 eu ’i i t li’chmoa !
~i i.viag in tout* ii »-■ j
T.o denomination of $1
ciinMobie. Theyi -
t bearing notec, J. i ,
, vtr ot dita Ja 1 ;
i. t - • a up, but the sign--
*' all ■ i bo uuutly, howsv-.,
' tr- ' .-tci- can only be <1 - <«
o' q o ragged natare oft t
|li- ;i- ri tin i . J.
j \ 1 1 . .’1 chi..! r; - lint Richmocd, \ t,*
iw -t b«;“u op. ‘ ' ’-uontb.