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PtlLI lit AL UKMI'.O L UY.
We might lea.-o.ably have expected that in
the midst t.f a revolution, uueq .ailed in moral
sublimity, a struggle for national independ.
unparalleled in magnitude and ficreene.-s.. cok
ing the mightiest enemies and loftiest virtues
of a pet pie—the epiitt of faction would he
awed by the majesty of the occasion, and that
the minds of all, elevated into the high and
yeione atmosphere of unselfish patrioti m,
would scorn the chicanery of party and ti.<-
art of tbe demagogue. Eat wo aie forced to
confess, that to e<.me extent, this Kinruk.ble
4 cs;*ectaiou hat been disappointed ia the fiUfo
cf Georgia.
I’roferxloLcl p Jltlcans, Inveterately w-id <j
t > thsr trade, aie again at tfc.ir old • . Mjp iiiou
seeking to lay the foundation* of party, on
which to build future political fortunes 101
themselves ; and ready, us evei, to “cr -okthc 1
pregnant binge* of tbe knee where thrift may |
follow fawning." Tbe aids of political Juggle, y 1
are steely employed. The obsolete tactics cf !
party are revived. Tbe tricks of the demagogue
are revolted to. 'lho tnscainerj of parly M.t
in motion. Efforts are made to mislead the peo
ple by artful and anfciupulous appeals. The
weak and vascillating are "s duecd. from their
Integrity by the tempting baits of rev,'aid
Tha press is subsidized. The patronage <
porter la used to aggrandize and perpetuate
itself—to reward its friends and punish its
opponents. Tbe viper bead of political pro
scription already rears its ciest in the land,
hiding i's spile at tho object of its jealousy or
its wrath.
Gov. Erown, like another Mordecai, Las lio
rome tho special object of tho envy audio,-
tility of the political Hainan's ; who would
lain rear a gallows lor his political exe. ii i-,11,
on which they are more likely to be hum'
tbemselvi u. their UliMtilousj reflect r.-or.
Strong in the confidence and affection of the
people, honest in I.is purpose, unbending In
bis integrity, stubborn in his adherer t..
right principles, be is deemed an inq.t.ick* :
bio subject by bis Opponents—-neither to hr
•educed by (heir arts, m i shaken by their
threats ; and an iusuptrubfo obstacle ir. I! .*
wiy of their ambition to control the politic, of
Georgia. They have, therefore, addressed
themselves to the vain task of uudeiminii.g or
demolishing the granite column of his popu
larity.
His administration i» bitterly n.-sailrd. ll',
wise and ben. llceiit effurls for the n.iief ~! the
people, in aid of the soldiers families, of the
• idlers themHeiv<s, hud ot the snh. iiug |r ,
and in furtherance of tlie great cause of M.iuih-
fin independence efforts which will immortal
ize liin memory, end embalm tin the hearts
of the people--are recfflt-wly criticised and
ahiiKfd. Ills manly protest against the uii
coiistitution.il suspension of tbo writ <1 habeas
corpus, a id defence oi porronallibei ly, ,’igainet
the aggressions of power, have been made the
special occasion for the most virulent dernm
ciatloiis ; for impiilailoua upon his patriotism,
ami for groundless accusations of factions oppo
sition to the Confederate Government, in the
exercise oi Constitutional power and the prose
cution of Ibo war. And this, too, in the i ree
of the resolutions of the Legislate: o of Geor
gia ; and, also, of Al ibama and Mississippi
iully sustaining him. The people, however,
understand and appreciate llie motives of these
inimaculale patriots, and their extreme zeal to
d'duiid every net of ihu administration ui.d
Congress, whether ri|.Ufcfu wrong. They me
not to be blinded to the danger threatening
tlieir liberty, now seduced into error,nor a ien
ated from tbiir patriotic Governor, whom
they know and tiust, by a'l the specious so
phistry ot fierce dcnunciutious and clamor of
the un interest*d and ever zealous champion of
the niliuinist ration.
The wish of Governor Brown to reserve the
control oi the State Militia, to be employed in
its defence, lias also been made tile subject, of
loud censure. The Legislature, as we continue
to think, unwisely yielded this point in trans
ferring the State reserves between the awes ol
seventeen and eighteen, and forty five and fif
ty, to the Confide late Military authorities
And wluit has been gained by it ? Our indefat
igable Governor has shown on all occasio s
the utmost promptitude and efficiency in
bringing out the military forces of the State
as they have been needed. When Georgia
was called upon for her quota of additional
volunteers, the call was more tlum rcsp aided
to. When State troops were called for to de
fend Savannah, Guv. Brown was ready with
thousands of bravo citizm soldiers, organized
nnd officered. When the military 101 l was |
ed by CoDgress, he was actively engaged in en
rolling and organizing the State Militia, under
the late act of the Legislature ; end it cannot
be doubted that If he had been let til on a lie
would at this moment have had at leas: a force
Ql 20,000 men at Atlanta, ready to ted in its
defence. But where.is the army of risen,
that should have been raised and organist-el.'
Why is it not now at Atlanta t Again, we ask,
what has been gained by the change ?
The State Militia, under fifty, have been
placed under the command of a prominent
statesman of Georgia, transferred from his com
mand in the field, in the army of Virginia, for
this purpose. What, we ask, has become of
tbit distinguished politico-Gene al ? Where
the army of Georgians he was to lead to bat
tle ' Why is he not at Atlanta, at the bead of
hts reseeves, at this critical juncture when, if
over, the State and the country need his ser
tices ?
We understand that is at Macon, where
there does not appear, at this moment, to ex
Ist any pressing necessity for the presence of a
Confederate General, unless it be to keep as
close a watch as possible on the movements o!
our worthy Governor whenatMilledgevillc Hu
mor attributes to him an active participation m
State politics, notwithstanding the weighty
military responsibilities which would se. m to
demand ail his energies and attention. It is
even said that be is wielding his pin as we 1 as
his sword, that he has entered the field of po
litical strife, while nla-ent from the sterner
field of martial contest, on which he dutiuv
of the Confederacy is to he and o'ded ; and that,
uuder the sobriquet of *• Troup,” he has been
breaking a lance with Vice President Stephens,
in the oohmins if the “Macon Telegraph.”—
We would modestly suggest, however, that in
our humble opinion, he might be much more
successful in routing the enemy than in over
throwing the impregnable positions of the Vice
President; and still more useful and successful
in defending his country against its invaders,
tbau in his lame and impotent attempt to de-.
fend an Act ot Congress, assaulting the per
sonal liberty of the lituen, clea iy unions; i
tntien.il and en which the legislatures oi three
of the'-laigest S titis ol the Confederacy have
set the seal of their reprobation.
Rumor also says that this di tiaguished per
sonage has bought out one or more ne .v.-pa
pers. and subsidised otheis, as his own organs
mi the servile champion* and eulogist* of the
a• ; of the Richmond authoritlss. Already
v-folding the mill*ary power of the State, h-
Krasps. &1,0, ut tbe civil. He would lain unite
in his own hands both the purse and the swoid.
Cy this potent combination be hopes to demol
ish both Gov. Brown and Vice-President Ste
phens. and reign cupreme, the Lord of the
ascendant, arbiter of the politics of Georgia,
and . racle of public opinion. We are tempted
to exclaim with Cassius.
* W; *t ir,«* <1 th ihU oarOssr feed upon,
1, uhiha 1. r .r,
Ti.e t.'ohfederate commander of our State
r<M-rv. appears to be par ezctUence tbe repre
live and organ T.f the Administration in
G I'lidi—(batged with a special mission to
mci 'i her politics to its views. The political
policy which be is laboring to estibiish here,
and for which ne «•-. c- ufldently claims the euo
z-: • < Georgia, has Cor its cor-
:. (-tone the !o< gm' nt of despotic j>ower in
i.<> hands of tbe Fres dent—the povertoin
f-. . the liberty ».f the citizen iiftbe arbitrary
1 di- . -lion of toe Executive, accompanied by a
denial to him of the constitute.nal protection
of the judiciary, and the complete subversion
of all these safe-guards which the Constit ition
iia* thrown around the liberties of the people.
Military despotism, a strong centralise 1 Gov
ernment, overriding the buvere gnfy of the
stales is the essence of this new tangled politi
cal policy. But we are confident that eveu the
cw-.-iiog influence of the Com mailer-in Chief
- iii n-.ver induce the free and intelligent i*eo
f ic of Georgia to enC.rse mioh a monetrous
p litic.d system, involving tbe surrender cf
their peis-.mil. recdom and deire \t rights.
.Li dir.ct and ostentatious interference o!
tiis Administration, through its military oigan,
'.viii. .he jioli.ics of aHtato should receivo a
'em lebuke it is a precedent fiaught with
j danger. It is One of the most alarming syinp
toL:-. cf the times, of that tendency to central
zttion an 1 despotism which ffas been thus
caily exhibited by ihe powers at Richmond.—
The sovereignty of the States, and the strict
limitation of the Confederate Government to
i tin . v e;cise of its dole ated Junctions, aro the
; c.i-r.imal dements in our political system.—
' When, tlierefore, the Administration wanders
fiorn its proper sphere, and by direct or iudi
-1 ect means seeks to meddle with the politics of
a St ,te, it aims a vital blow at ‘theConstitution,
at the grand equilibrium of State and national
sovereignty which it establishes, and menaces
the very existence of our political system. I 1
. this mischievous disposition on the part o*
tho Federal Government to meddle with the
d.'iue.-tic t.ffaivß of the States, and to invade
tin ir Bove; eighty, which broke up the old
Cuionj&nd it is the rock which we must uvoid,
it we would escape a similar fate.
|'i h“ convenient plea of military necessity is
constantly uige.l as un excuse for tlie snspen
■ .i(.:i of Ihe writ of habeas ecu pus, and every
i <.i! r iiinpt'oii <i’ uneonsliuitioiial power,
iti'ii- i no no more deceptive and insidious.—
Ji i- ■ in which tyranny usually steals
i. ihe sanctuary of freedom—the plea c-f usur
p'd., oil i,’id usurpers in all ares. The people
have pi. Led their lives, their fortunes and
tiieir . ; a. r< and honor to Ihe holy cause of national
ve!. pci fl.-r,.-. and arc ready to sacrifice their ,
till, to the i t dollar and the last dtop o! blood,
-r.efii. re R ; hut it is asking too much of
.mi. to ;u r. ivie.r their personal freedom,and
ti. *>.; .Dp guaranties of tho oouslitution, the
\t ,y objects they are striving to maintain, on
tie: : hallow and flippant plea of miliuuty neces
sity. it will lie in vaiu Unit the champions of
m dtntry power denounce those who oppose its
ng ;resr-Ums, us enemies of the government.—
'! heir denunciations will recoil upon their own
heads When the smoke of battle shall have
cleared away, and the sun of peace shall again
shine out in cloudless splendor, those who. in
the midst oft evolution and the convulsions of
w.ir, have jealously guarded file aik of freedom
find resisted the first encroachments of power,
will receive a just meed of praise from their en
lightened and grateful fellow-citizens.
Message ok Gov. Vancui. —We find in the
Raleigh Conservative of the 18th, the Message
o! Gov. Vance to the General Assembly of
North Carolina We give a brief synopsis of
its leading p. hits.
The lute net of Congress conferring power
on the President to impose restrictions on com*
meiee, has given rise to such a system as will
effectually exclude the State from importing
blither supplies for the army or people. He
recommends that Congress be requested to re
peal or modify the net. As the law is now
construed, the State lias to submit to the same
tax for blockade running ships as private par
lies.
The impressment of property of citizens by
agents of the Confederate Government, is
sovere y censured.
The enactment of the lale Congress extend
ing the age of conscription from 17 to 18 and
(inn 45 to 50 years, whi.h foiee is to be organ
ized a-i a State reserve under the control ot the
t'ns ih nt, the Governor says would not only
do great injury to the agricultural interests of
tiie country, should the men lie called into
actual s;s’’vice, but it would absorb the entire
militia force of the State, Laving the Executive
no force whatever except State officers.
Gov. Vance devotes a large portion of his
message to the subject of the suspension of
the privilege of ilia writ of habeas corpus—
reiterating his opinion expressed in a former
message, that the power conferred by t e re
peal oi the act granting the writ he was utre
willing to see entrusted to any living man. To
submit to its exercise would, in his opinion, be
estab idling a precedent dangerous ami per
vietnus in the extreme. He earnestly urges
the Legislature to recommend Congress to re
peal the net.
On the subject of peace ho again recom
mends tho appointment of commissioners to
treat with the Lincoln government on the
basis of separation aud the independence of
the South. He warns tho Legislature and the
public against tho insidious attempts of the
enemy to re,iu -e them into treating with him
for peace, individually, or by the formation of
spurion- Stales or parts of States.
lie offers his congratulations upon the recent
Confederate successes in Noith Carolina, by
the recapture of Plymouth and Washington,
and t ie brilliant naval victories by the Albe
mtule.
The poor, especially the indig -nt families of
soldiers, he says, are demanding care. With
out tecomm mding any specific plan for their
relief, ho urges prompt ac ion in tlieir behalf.
A- a whole the message is a clear, forcible
patriotic and cumeut, which must have great in
fluence with the N. C. Legi-lature.
Physician's Wlted — Dr. W. H. Doughty, of
this city, h ts received a telegraph e di. patch
request : g him to obtain, if tossiblo, several
paysviars to go at ortce to llichmond to attend
to the wants of our sick and wounded in that
r.ty. she services of several more physicians
are great y needed m that place. Our brave
dcteudeis who are in the hospitals there, need
more attention than the present number of doc
tors can give them. We trust that if any of
tno pro»ession can make it convenient to go
that they will leport at once io Dr. Doughty at
the Second Georgia Hospital On Broad street.
lexFiDntATs I iaK and Marine Ins; ranck
Company —The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Confederate Fire an i Marine In
surance Company w.s I A-hi at Atlanta on the
2iih inst., md the so lowing Directors elected
Jo: the ensuing year: C. F. McCay, Edward
Thomas, E P. Clarion. S. D. Linton, Jos-ph
Win»'htp, W McXaught, R.S. lUw*on. At the
meeting of the Director*, C. F. McCfiy wag
unanimously re-elected Fresidcat, ana W. Mc-
Naught, secretary.
IOsj! Thing ibxt Looe3 Bad.—Ehermzn's
llr.e of ccuimcnication now extends from Lou
isville, Ky., so Etowah river, Ga. Had we been
tolu“three years ago that the enemy ever could
have operand the railroad secutely and suc
cessfully between the two points mentioned
above, we xhould have regarded tbe assertion
as one that would never come to pass. Yet
such is now the 1 montable fact. The enemy
are now daily and hourly running the care
through the States of Tennessee and Kentucky
with tbe same iiapuniiy that they run them
th.ough the States of Maine and Massachusetts.
T.iis i,-a sta.a upon the patriotism, courage
and resolution 0! our people, which we yet
hope to see removed befoie the summer eam
p dgii is over, bo inviting a field for success
ful enterprise bus rarely been presented in the
progress of any war.
If the people in the country overrun would
exhibit half the energy to s cure their liberties,
th.tthe Yankees exhibit in their endeavors to
trample them under foot, railroading in Ten
nessee and Kentucky would be decidedly a
dangerous and insecure way of travelling.
If the people at home, not in the iankp,
would show half the energy to secure their
liberties that th.y do to '‘gather in that which
will avail them nothing” if we are Anally ov. r
corne— we would not now have had a victori
ous foe devastating and laying waste the
A’orthsrn secti nos this State.
No better chan;e for small railing parties
has ever be a offered during the war than gt
this present moment. Patriots who are not
in the army have now an opportunity to show
what tlieir patriotism consists of.
Tire llaihas Uok pus Act as VTkwnd bt a
Hxstohun.—Maaflilay, in bis History of Eng
land, speaks as follows of tha Habeas Corpus
Act, and of thorn v,ho endeavored to obtain its
repeal in England in days gone by. His lan
guage, though severe on those who tried to
trample the liberties of the poople under foot,
is just Here is what he Bays :
“One of ids objects was to obtain a repeal of
the Habeas Corpus Act, which he (James) ha
led, as if was natural tiiat a tyrant should hate
the most stringent curb that ever legislation
imposed on tyranny. This feeling remained
deeply fixed in iris muid to the last, and ap
pears in file instructions which he drew up,
when in exile, for the guidance us his son. But
tbe Habeas Corpus Act, though passed during
the ascendancy of the Whigs, was not more
dear to the Whigs than to the Tories. It is.
indeed, not wonderful that this great law
should be highly prized by all Englishmen
without dstinction of party; tor it is a law
which, not by circuitous, but by direct opera
tion, adds to the security and happiness of ev
ery inhabitant of the reaim.”
Neglect of Soldiers.— We fear that our poo
ple are becoming so much absorbed with their
own private affairs, that they are not doing
justice to these who have been made sick or
have been wounded in fighting the battles of
liberty. In .rur opinion too mncii attention
caunot ! e paid tbis class of patriots when they
pass through our city. Conveyances ought to
bo at hand to take up such soldiers as cannot
walk easily to tbe Hospitals—or from one de
pot to another—and such comforts and refresh
ments as may be practicable to extend to them,
ought to be provided and served regularly and
systematically upon their arrival.
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McNeil's Captciif,:;.—The annexed letter
from the llcekingham Register gives a full ac
count of the captures made by the Confeder
ate iaider McNeil at Piedmont, Va.:
Captain McNeil, with sixty of bis men, left
the valley of the South Biantb, on Tuesday
evening for (he purpose of destroying the Bal
timore ad Ohio railroad at some point. This
he accomplished most successfully, on Thurs
day morning, at Piedmont. After two
nights’ hard marching through the moun
tains we readied the road at Blooming
ton, Maryiun I, just after day light, where,
finding that some height trains aud the ex
p-ess were xpested along soon, we halted for
the purpose of capturing them. We had hard
ly di mounted when the sound of the whistle
gave us notice of their approach. B.me six or
eight men were ordered lorward to stop the
train, which proved to boa freight heavily
loaded witii sti| plies tor the Government.
Al ter stopping die train and cutting the tele
graph, the company were ordered to .march to
ward Piedmont, which was only so>rie two miles
distant. Upon approaching the piacgJLieutenant
Dolan went forward with a flag of truce to de
maud the surrender of tiie town, which the
gai risen, c-msisting of a provost guard from the
Sixth Virginia Yankee infantry, proceeded to
do promptly. After paroling all the prisoners
we burned all the machine shops belonging to
the railroad company, a train loaded with sup
plies forthe Government, a number of new
cais, the railroad bridge loading from Piedmont
to Westernport, Maryland, captured thirty one
horses belonging to the Government tore up the
railroad track, destroyed fifteen engines, and,
in tact, played the mischief generally.
Upon returning to Bio ruington we fouud
that a picket of six or eight men, whom we
101 l behind, had captured the express train, up
on which there was a force of ab tit ouc hun
dred and four Infantry, 11 aimed, equipped and
ready for the fray. After releasing the citi
izins we inarched to tiie woods, whdfce we pa
roled them.
We had scarcely finished the work and
mounted our horses, when the hissing of a
wick* and shell and the sharp crack of a rifle
warned us of our danger, and suggested the
propriety of a sudden exit from a p.aco which
was becoming rather too warm for us. We
marched up the mountain leisurely and iu good
order, although we were under a heavy ar
tillery fire all the way.
We luvi one man and horse killed, and an
other liorsa wounded by the explosion of a
shell. The results o the expedition are the
capture and destruction of the freight train
heavily loaded with Government stores, a pas
senger train, one hundred anti eleven privates
aud noil commissioned officers, four commis
sioned officers, thirty horses, the destruction of
filteeti engines and the best machine shops on
road Private property was in every instance
respected, although the shelves ol the stores
loaded with everything tempting to a Confede
rate anil which they so much need, offered
many inducements to men disposed to plun
der. The fitigue resulting from seventy-two
hours in the saddle, precludes us from giving a
more detailed aad lengthened account of tire
expedition.
A New Order, of Affairs at Memphis.— Gen.
C. C. Washburn, the new commander at Mem
phis has issued the annexed order :
The practical operation of commercial inter
course from this city with the States in rebell
ion has been to helpjlargelyjto feed, clothe, arm
and > quip our enemies. Memphis has been of
more value to the Southern Confederacy since
it fell into Federal bands than Nassau. To
take cotton belonging to the rebel Government
to Nassau, or any other foreign port, is a haz
ardous proceeding. To take ic to Memphis aud
to convert it into supplies and greenbacks, and
to return to the lines of the enemy, or place
the proceeds to the credit of the rebol Govern
ment in Europe, without passing again into
rebel lines, is safe and easy.
I have undoubted evidence that large
amounts of cotton have beta and are heirm
hr night here to he soid, belonging to the reb
el Government, The pa--t and present system
of trade has given strength to the rebel army,
while it has demoralized and weakened our
own. I* has invited the enemy to hover around
>U in phis, as his best base of supply, when,
otherwise, he would hive abandoned the cou ,-
try It tenders of practical non effect the
blockade upou the ocean, which has cost, and
is costing niny millions It opens our lines
to the spies ol the enemy, and renders it next
to impossible to execute any military plan w.th
ou! its becoming known to him long enough
in advance for him toprepare for it
The facts here stated are known to every in
telligent man in Memph.s. What is the rune
dy tor these great. aud overwhelming evils ?
Experience shows that there can be but one
remedy, aud that is tot 1 prohibition of all
commerc al intercourse with the States in re
bellion.
it is therefore ordered :
That, on and alter the 15tn day of May,
18(54. the Hues of the army of Memphis be
closed, aud no person will be permitted to
leave the city, except by river, without a spec
ial pass from these headquarters, alter that
ti ite. All persons desirous of coining into the
city will be permitted to do so, but should be
notified MJi pickets that they will not be al
lowed to rfetoru. A l person* who desire to
leave the city to go beyond the lines must do
so before the loth instant.
Thirty paymasters with their safes, left Lou
isville on the 3d, to pay off the troops under
command of Gen. Sherman.
IN TERES TI NG RETAILS
OF
Affairs in Virginia.
In theddickmond Examiner of Tuesday we
find the annexed :
AN* INCIDENT OK TUB CATTLES Or 7IIK SOCTHSIDE-
One of tlie most effecting scenes that hasoe-
cur-ed during this war was witnessed at Chester,
Virginia,on .'Saturday, May 21 At the commence
ment of this war Laikiu Estes and ilia sou J mes
Jackson Es’es. aged respectively i-ixtv.five and
twenty six years, were residing in Anderson
district. South Caroliua. Wucn the tocsin 01
war was sounded they nobly volunteered in
company D, Eighteenth regiment of Souti Car
olina volunteers, They passed through all the
battlts fought in Virginia. On Friday last, in
the battle near Chester, Virginii, their regiment
was engaged, when the son, J -.mcs Jackson
Estes, was shot down while in the act of charg
ing the enemy’s breastworks. His father seeing
him fall, went ta assist him from theti.T-l, when
he himself was also severely wounded. The
father and son were then botn taken up end
carried .to Chester and laid side by side "in the
hotel. The lather being able to set up, sat by
the side of h s son, who died the neext morn
ing. The old man represses a strong hope that
his life may yet be spared to avenge the death
of his son.
TAB PATTI. ft OK MAT 20.
On May 20 Gen. Ewell moved forward on
tiro enemy’s right Sink, with tbe whole of the
second army corps. On account of the bad
roads we were unable to bring artillery into
tho action. The enemy during the tight
brought two pieces into position. The force
of the enemy which wo encountered consisted
of Hancock\s Second, a part of the Ninth, and
some of the heavy artillery troops under
Augur, armed as infantrymen. Our skirmish
ers attacked tiieir skirmish lino most furiously,
and drove them back soma half a mile, when
we came in contact with their immense !me*
of battle, and we were compelled to give back;
they assaulting us. Not satisfied at our tempo
rarily giving back, the energy, rei iforced by a
second line, attempted to press, when-we in
turn repulsed them most handsomely. After
this, for four or five times, they assaulted, with
gieat noise, our fine of skirmishers, but in eve
ry instance were successfully repelled.
Duiiug the engagement which lasted from
about five until nine o’clock, P. M., onr skir
mishers reached tue main road running from
Fredericksburg to Spots) lvania Court II use.
On this road the enemy’s wagon train was
moving. Into it our skirmishers dashed, cut
ting loose some and shooting others of their
mules and capturing a Quartermaster. About
nine o'clock at night tho fighting ceased, and
our men retired to their original position be
hind the intrenebments, with a loss of about
one hundred and fifty wounded, some thirty
killed and some few stragglers who were “gob
bled up” by the enemy. Wo captured and
brought off about a hundred prisoners, who
represent their loss as quite heavy. During
the action, Lieutenant-General Ewell's horse
was shot under him. The General received a
severe fall, whieh jarred him considerably. He
was, however, in saddle again the next day.
Tne object of this move is said to have Been
a recounoissance in force to determine the
enemy s position.
CHANGE OF BASE.
Early on Saturday morning, May 21, the corps
of Lieutenant General Ewell, which at tiiat
time was in position on our right, took up the
line of march, moving, it was then said, to the
right, in order to counteract a similar move
ment which Grant was reported to be then
making. During the morning there was un
usual quiet-in front of and around Spottsylva
nia Court House. About five, P. M., our bat
teries opened a sharp cannonading on tho en
emy’s breastworks, and shortly thereafter, in
obedience to the order of General Lee, Major-
General Wilcox moved his division forward to
an assault upon the enemy's intrenchments, in
order to dot -rm'.ne the exact situation, A most
gallant charge was made in the face,of a heavy
tiro both from their line of skirmishers ii front
of and the line of skirmishers holding the
breastworks. The enemy were quickly driven
from the breastworks and a few captured. It
was now discovered that the .enemy were rap
idly moving their whole army ou our ri.ht
flank, and had been since daybreak—the force
in our front being a mere handful of men who
had been left to keep up appearances
As soon U3 this recon itoresunce was over
every thing and every body whs ou the move
with us. The wagon train and the troops mov
ed ab that night.and nearly all day Sunday.
Our troops were, of course, much wearied, and
there wpa some straggling,, but us the enerav
did not press our rear, but seemed to b-.i mov
ing more on lines parallel with outs, it is quit
probable that we will lose very lew of our men
by stra -gling.
. Tiie enemy reached Bowling Gree - aud >1
ford with their cavalry on Saturday, find are
reported to have occupied in force cm Sunday.
Grant is said to have cut loose from .Fredericks
burg and to be making Tappahatmock and
Port Royal his depots lor supplies. His col
ttmns seem to bo moving on the Telegraph and
Old Stags road; both of which are well known
high roads between Fredeucksburg and Rich
mond.
This movement has been mast ord >rly con
ducted. and we are quite certain that wo b ivu
lost but little ei'taer in property, men or mor
ale of the army. Ou Monday morning, at sun
rise, everything is going to the front, our line
of battle has been termed. The enemy’s cav
alry have appeared in front and some little
skirmishing is going on, but it is not believed
that Grant will be in a condition to offer bat
tle before Wednesday or Thursday, if then.
In the Euquiter of May 24, we find the fol
lowing :
GALLANTRY OF -STUDENTS.
A number of students of the University,
when they heard of the approaching encoun
ter of Lee and Grant, left their books and
their lectures, and hastened to the army. In
valid officers, disabled men, young boys under
age, all went, eag.-r to take their share in the
great struggle. They marched thirty miles to
the front, armed themselves on the "field, and
had llie good luck to storm the enemy : s breast
works, in Gordon’s famous charge. Only
one was wounded, the others escaped. Inform
ed by the commanding genetal that there
would probably be no fighting for some days,
they returned to their home duty, full of the
noble deeds they had witnessed, and imbued
with the indomitable spirit of our gallant sol
diers.
GEN. RANSOM.
For the information of the numerous friends
of this able and gallant officer, we take plea
sure in saying that his wound, .though a painful
one, is not so severe as so necessitate the am
putation of bis arm He was not wounded in
the wrist as at first reported, but a .ntinnie ball
passed through bis left arm several ificbes be
low the elbow. Th's is the (bird wound that
Gen. Ransom has received during the war,
and how he escaped with his life in the late
fight i» a miracle to every one- who has seen
the coat that he wote ou that occasion.
THE RESPECTIVE LOSSES.
The losses of the enemy in the several bat
tles have been truly terrific. The least esti
mate among the officers of our army, who have
facilities of judging, is 5(1000 killed and wound
ed while desertion and straggling were beyond
all precedent. From some of Mosby’s men,
direct from Grant's rear, we ascertained that
the roads were lined with men leaving the
army. They were traveling in squads of ten,
twenty, fifty, one hundred, and'sometitnes their
number Was so large, that even if Mosbv felt
disposed to attack them {he would fear tlieir
strength. But Mushy never interfered with
them. Grant’s total depletion cannot be less
than 70.000.
Our losses on the contrary, have been slight
in comparison with the amount of fighting
done, and will not probably exceed 15,000.
WOUNDED IN THE BATTLES IN’ VIRGINIA.
The total number of wounded sent to the
hospitals in Richmond from tbe'army of North
ern Virginia is 1.1.130 ; of this uutn -er three
hundred and fifty w. r; •ffi-jers The total
number sil t r- m Gen Beauregard’s army D
3,010; of these cue hi tidied and twenty five
are. officers,
OEX. lee’s ORDER ON GrN. STUART’S death.
Hdq’es Aemy Northern Ya., )
-4 • 20th May, 1864. j
The Commanding General announce - to the
army, with heartfelt sorrow, the death of Maj
Gen. J E. B. Stuart, late Commander of the
Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Vir
ginia.
Among the gallant soldiers who have fallen
in this war, Gen. Stuan was second to none in
valor, in zeal, and in unflinching dovotion to
his country
His achievments form a conspicuous part
of the history of this army, with which bis
name and services will be forever associated.—
To military capacity of a high order, and all
the robler virtues of the soldier, he added the
brighter graces of a pur.; life, guided and sus
tained by the Christian’s laith ;..d hope
The mysterious hand of an Ail wise God Las
removed him from his scene of usetuiness and
fame. H s grateful countrymen will mourn his
loss and cherish his memory. To his com
4*d*i iu arms he iu-j left the proud recoUec
tior, of h*.= d?eds an J the P s
of his example.
(.>iga~tlj R. E. Lee, General.
GEN. nRE-CTCnNEIDGE’S VICTORY.
Ihe t olio wing General Order was recentlv
issued to his troops by Gen. Breckinridge :
Headquaetlks Valley District, )
May lbtk, 18G4. ,
me Major General Commanding takes plea
.-•iire in (.ymniunieating to the troops of bis
command the following dispatch from Ge i.
*' *'* ' a which he tenders thanks due onlv to
tuern :
Spotsylvania Court ITor-r, |
May 16th,-1884. ) v
Gev J. C. Breckinridge :
I offer you the thanks of ibis army for tour
victory over Geu. Siege!.
[Signed,] ” R. E. Leg.
To receive such a testament.l from such a
source will be grateful to the heart of every
tru .* soiait-r. liy coniUHimi of
. -Major General BitxcKiMMDQE.
J ofOiIDASD JonVSTON, A A G.
iNTEKhsri'G Pam, 1,.,'.,.-i t run Battles in
•-POTTSTi.yA.MA_—T e Ohorh-ttsville phromcle
•t Idle loth dives the following interestin'
items of Qftws from the batlie fields < f .*<oollßll
vatua and Iro-n the hasp tals in front ;
A Yankee Colonel, taken prisoner in one ol
trie late lights, was ques ioneq by ono of our
.< n<rals us to his opinion of the final result ol
the series of battles.
The Yankee Ceitmel replied, “if we have
fmr to your one, we shall whip \ou If we
h ive three to your one, it will be a drawn hat
tie. If we have only two to your one, vre shall
be whipped.” This account we have from the
General in person. It is stated on high author,
ihority, too, that the piMmer- of r .uk heely
assert that if Grant is whipped in this light, he
will find it impossible to keep up his army, and
the war will be virtually over.
From the General above referred to we also
learn that numbers of knapsacks and guns were
found in the embankments which constituted
the fortifications from which the Yaukees were
driven by our loops in one of the engagements
of the Wilderness, and that our man picked
the fortifications ta pieces in some places iu or
der to get out the clothes contained in theknip
s.v>k=, and to secure the guns. This shows that
the panic of some of tha Yankees {at least, and
the haste and confusion of ofhers must have*
been great.
The voices of the subdtern officers of the
enemy could at times be distinctly heard by
our ni-n behind our entrenchments, at fust en
treating the men to fight; telling thorn that it
Was necessary to tight well only once more,
whip Lae, and that then tho rebellion wou'd
be crushed As entreaties f riled, and the liag
giug spirits of the motley crew refused to re
spond to the eloquence of these 1 aders, threats
and curses, loud and deep, succeeded, and, in
some instances, the officers used their swords
pretty freely on their mom
Our wounded soldiers, many of whom have
been eonver-ed with, estimate our loss at from
one tenth, up to one-fifth of the enemy's. One
of our captains states that he rode eight hun
dred yards over the field on Wednesday. 11th
instant, and that he believed he saw five hun
dred dead Yankees, and that he was informed
that the Yankee dead lay much thicker where
General Ewell fought- We understand that
Gen. Ewell puts the enemy’s loss up to Tues
day at forty thousau i in killed, wounded, pris
oners and missing.
Prisoners are continually arriving at Orange
Court House, some of them humble, but most
of them impudent. Only two negro soldiers
have yet reached Orange Court fian-.e in uni
form. One of them said but little. The other
a cavalry man, was somewhat m; re talkative ;
sttid he was unhorsed at tho ti st fire; that he
had made the .discovery tiiat he was unlit for
the duties of a soldier, and expressed a desire
to return to picking cotton, in which very re.a
sonable desire we sincerely trust his negroship
may by gratified.
Many of Hie Y'an-kee troops who stormed our
fortifications mime tumbling over the works,
cursing and abusing the “confounded. rebels,”
and landing among our Men, who found them
so drunk that they did not know what they
were about.
Numbers of the sober ones who were in the
advance had their knapsacks o.i, and after
being made prisoners, were asked by our troops
“how did you expect to fight such a battle as th is
encumbered by your knapsacks?’’ The reply was
in the true Yankee spirit: “We meant to sur
render at the first opportunity, and we brought
our knaps :eks along because we wanted to
i.ave our plunder.”
Gun. Lee’s Order.—A lew dayssinco'we pub
irdie i a synopsis of Gen. Lee’s otdi r. Here it
is in full
Huadq’rs Army North cun- Ya , i
May 11, 18(14. )"
General Orders, Ao 41 .
J. The UetV’ral Common ling takes great
.pleasure in announcing to the army tire .series
of snccesscs that, by l lie favor of God, have
recently been achieved by our arms.
11. A part of (he enemy’s lUcce threatening
the Valley of Virginia, has bee» routed by
Gent-r and Imboden, and driven back to (he Po
tomac, with the loss of their train and a num
ber of prisoners.
111. Another body of the enemy, under Gen.
Averiil, peuetrat -d to the'Virginia and Ten
nessee Rai road, at Dublin Depot. A poiti m
of his force has been dispersed by Gens. Mor
gan an I IV. E. Jones, who are iu pursuit of
the remainder.
IV. The army of Gen. Banks sustained a
severe defeat in Western Louisiana, by the
mrces of Gi-n Kirby Kmiih, and retreated to
Alexandria, losing several thousand prisoners,
thirty-live pieces of artillery and a large num
ber of wagons. Some of the niyst formidable
gunboats that accompanied the expedition
were destroyed to save them from capture.
V The expedition of Gen Stetue into West
ern Arkansas lias ended in a complete disaster.
Northern journals ot thel9th instant, announce
his surrender, with nu army of nine thousand
men, to Gen. Price.
VI. The cavalry force sent by Gen. Grant to
attack Richmond has been repulsed, a id retir
ed towards the Peninsula. Every demonstra
tion of the enemy south of James river h s, up
to this time, been successfully repelled.
VII. The hemic valor of this army, with the
blessing of Almighty God, has thus far cb; eked
the principal army of the enemy, and inflicted
upon it heavy loss.
The eyes and h arts of your countrymen are
turned to you with confl house, and tlieir pray
ers attend you in-your gall int struggle. En
couraged by the success that lias been vouch
safed to us, and stimulated by the great inter
ests that depend upon the is tie, let every man
resolve to endure all and brave all, until, by
the assistance of a just and merciful God, the
enemy shall be driven back, and peace secured
to our country.
Continue to emulate the valor of your com
rades who have fallen, and remember that it
depends upon you whether they have died in
vain.
It is in yotn- power, under God, to defeat
the l ist great effort of the enemy, establish the
independence iff your native land, and
earn tho lasting love and gratitude of your
countrymen, and tho admiration of mankind.
It. E. Lee, General.
Remarkable Feat Or a Wounded Prisoner
—One of the mott extrao:dinary escapes that
has been made from the enemy was effected by
Jas. Graves, of the Tenth Confederate cavalry,
who was an: is now on crutches. He was
wounued last November, while pursuing the
cowardly Yankees who were skedaddling from
Meavelaa l, lenn. ila was severe y wounded
near the left gvoin, and was confined to his bed
r 1 i t t. rue , mon *' ls * He says he would have
(■ted but for tie kind attention of the loyal
people into whose house he had been earned,
and where he.remained until he found that the
Yankees intended to send him North. He le t
on the night of May sth. Leaving a Yanke
scout sleeping in the same room he hobbled
down Btaivs on his crutches, and fl inking the
pickets who were on duty at the gate, sue ceded
m making ins way through an entire cotps of
he enemy, over the mountains, on Ids crutches.
He came safely into our lines bringing im fort -
ant information to G.-n Johnston
_.f l any ,n ‘ er *»ting things connicted with this
watk—afout forty-five mile.—of n t.-ebh C-m
--ei on crutches might be inen’idu-d. but
t( is best perhaps to withhold them. He made
the trip (traveling at night) in five nights
ihiougk the woods -Macon Tekgruph.
Hon. Ezekiel Mowray, of Meshoppen, Wy
oming county Pa. met his death a few dayi
ftgo under the following circumstances. He
was engaged in his piaster mill, grinding corn,
am. while working about the cracker his coat
caught by the bul ton-hole on a screw that held
the coupphng of the shaft together ,-*»just above
the cracker, and before he wa3 aware of his
situation bad wound up so c.osely that he
could not extiicaie himself. In this "position
he temained u ttil his knit coat, a thick flan
nr shirt, aud l.is vest, were torn* into
sin gas, and he was only liberated when his
body had been forced through a space of ten
inches between the turning shall and a post.
From this he fell into the hopper and then to
the floor, where he lay about an hour before
he was discovered He died in a few minutes
The trial of the iron frigate Achilles proved
j her to be the fastest ship in the British navy,
j hfce averaged fourteen and a Lai: knots per
; hour. ’ 1
ANOTHER BRILLIANT EXPLOIT IN FLO
RIDA.
The following despatch bus just been receiv
ed from C .ptain J. J {Mckerson, Lamp Call,
near Palatka, EaM Florida, dat. and 23d iustaut:
“<■ aptain N. G. Barth, A. A. G. :
“After a hot engagement of forty-five min
utes I have succeeded in capturing the steamer
Columbian, carrying two twenty-five (23)
pound Daiilgreu guns, taking about sixty-five
prisoners, six wounded and about twentv kill
ed and drowned, together with sixty-five stands
of arms and three sian.is of Colo's. Among the
prisoners are eight commissioned cffi.ers No
on ■ hurt on our side I was compelled to burn
the i oat to pieveut her fal itig into ihe ene
my s hands, as the gunboat Ottawa was au. bor
ed only a lew miles distant
‘ [signed] J. J Dickerson. Captain ”
Patton Anderson,
M ajor General Commanding.
OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GEN. BEAURE
GARD.
Chester, Miy 22, 18G4.
To Gen. S. Cooper;
It has just, been ascertained by flag of truce
that Geueral Walker accidentally rode into tha
enemy's lines during tho tight of the 20th
instant, requested to surrender, and was fired
upon, when his horse was killed, and he was
severely. wounded in the foot, which required
amputation.
(Signed) • a. T. Beacreoaud.
DAILY' PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY
PROPOSED.
Macon, May 20.
The following resolution was adopted unan
imously this morning at the city prayer meet
ing :
“Resolved, That the Christians of this meet
ing reque t the City Editors to send the fol
lowing'as a press telegram all over .he bind :
“ihe Christians of Macon and of Georgia ask
their'brethren everywhere in the Confederacy
to unite with them in prayer for ou. country
daily at five o’clock, P. M.”
A SUCCESSFUL SURPRISE IN FLORIDA.
The annexed dispatch was received at head
quarters in Charleston, Wednesday evening :
“Capt, J. J. Dickenson, Second Florida Cav
alry with a detach ment of fifty men, crossed
tue Upper Bt. John's river on the night of tho
19th, and captured fifty six of the enemy’s
pickets, with their arms and accourtfements,
Among them were two commissioned officers
and eleven negroes. No loss on our part.”
LATEST FROM THE NORTH.
The N* Y'. News says that Grant and Stanton
systematically misrepresented the real condi
lion of affairs. That they published officially'
that Lee abandoned Spotsylvania Court House
on the. 9t,h, and that Hancock entered the place
on that day ; yet on tue 16th Lee was still
there.
The News places no reliance upon anything
emanating from such a soutce.
Kantz’s raiders hive returned to Butler.
They mo' with opposition, ami did not accom
plish ab the objects of the expedition.
Sheridan had reached Butler al o, and says
he could see the gas lights in Richmond. He
had heavy fights and was successful in all.
lie took three hundred prisoners, was in
side the rebel works, and could have taken the
city, but was ignorant of Butler’s position.
Butler telegraphs from Bermu la Hundreds,
May 10th, that he had driven the rebels I->
their fortifications around Darling, aiufhad the
fort completely invested.
Sheridan destroyed a mi lion of rations,
rolling slock and other stores, to the amount of
$10,000,000
* Seig-1 has been removed and Hunter suc
ceeds him.
Grant telegraphs that an off >rt was made on
Thursday evening by Ewell’s corps to turn the
Yankee left, but it was promptly repulsed.
Three hundred prisoners fell into the Yan
kee’s hands, besides many killed and woun
ded .
The Yankee loss was six hundred wounded
and one hundred and fl'ty killed and missing.
Butler retired within his own lines.
Gen. Gordon has been ovdered t > Florida to
relievo Gen. B.iinay, commanding our forces
there.
The steamer transport Harriot Meade, was
blown up by a torpedo iu St. John’s rivet- ou
the 14 th inst.
Stanton's dispatch to Gen. Dix says main
thousand vet ran troops have been forwarded
to Grant.
Upwards of twenty thousand sick and wound
ed have been sent from the battle field to
Washington.
Over eight thousand Confederate prisoners
have arrived in Washington.
Tiie Army of the Potomac is now fully as
strong and better equipped than when the
campaign opened.
The New York World and Journal of Com
merce have been suspended by the military
authorities. Resolutions censuring the stip
pres.don were introduced into the Federal
House of Representatives. Objections were
made, and motion to suspend was rejected by
twenty-five majority.
The Yankee House has adopted a resolution
to adjourn on the six: ii of June.
Davis ol Maryland offered a resolution which
was unanimously adop ed, asking ti e President
t.i communicate if any explanation has been
made to France in regard to t ie resolution re
ferring to Mexico.
A statement was read from the Moniteur,
which says that a satisfactory explanation had
been given to llie French Government.
An official dispatch had been received from
Admiral Porter, stating that the Yankee gun
boats caught above the fiill3 in Red River near
Alexandria, had been relieved by means of a
darn, which enables the vessels to pass over
the falls.
Gold in New York was 182.
Sherman, on the IGtb, claims capturing eight
guns and ten thonsand men at Resaca.
Dawes, of Pennsylvania, offered a peace res
olution in the Yankee House of Representatives
It was tabled by a vote of seventy-six to fifiy
tkree.
A large body of rebels, wita eighteen guns
are blockading Arkansas river a short distance
above the cut off, and fears are entertained tor
the safety of the boats in that river.
A special dispatch irorn Cincinnati, of the
17tb, says private advices from Washington
put G.ant’s loss at fifty thousand lbe re.s’
movement, against RicLmo and is heirg made by
Butlei and Smith, while Grant keep Ie rm
-b,yed.
A special dispatch to the Trii one, ‘cd
Senatobia, Mry 24.1;, says too C! icago 'Tribune
of the lfuh and the Munph's Bulletin oi (he
21st put Grant’s loss at 20,c00 welded, ol
whom 12,700 had arrived at Washington, and
15,000 were left at Fredeiicksburg.
Grant’s losses, exclusive of Burnside s, foot
up 45,000.
They claim the capturing of 8,000 prisoners,
forty gun and twenty colors.
Sam Medary has been arrested and taken to
Cincinnati. •
The New York Times’ special corresprinderd
aays that the fifth army corps’losses a-i oun
to about twelve hund ed and forty killed ano
eleven hundred and-twenty missing.
The stragglers of the whole of Grant's a m)
amounts to wbout twelve thousand
The Chicago Times’ correspondent ol th»-
19th says the Yankee lose at Resaci was ,-. ; x
hundred killed, three thousand wounded, and
i four bundled missing. la the battle Hooker
! iy wounded,
i Wii.-ox mortally wounded,
j The provost-marshal in Kentucky Las be. n
j o dere-J to enroll negroes and take them as sub
| sfitutes.
The World and Journal of Commerce were
suppressed for publishing a bogus proclamation
from L ncoln, calling for f 00,00(Xmen and ap
pointing a day of fasting and prayer. The ed
itors offer large rewards for the perpetrators of
the hoax.
FROM THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI.
A J Smith's corps has gone up to Natchez
and Vicksburg, the b,dance aie in full retreat
towards New Orleans, being now at Ylangauza,
on the west bank of the river. *
Within the last six days the batteries belong
ing V 1 Feoit’s eo.etnand have fired into five
Yankee transports, crippling three seriously,
and kn eking out the steam pipe of one, and
driving off the gunboat that came to Ler re
lief.
The 1 S3 of li e was not known.
Three stopped at Cat Island for repairs.
The forces in this district r.re rapidly' in
creasing, and Col Scott is ready for any ad
vance the enemy mav make.
Official information was received at head
quarters at Camden, Ark., announcing the cap
ture ol an Ohio Regiment on a transport on
Thursday last by Gen. Majors, between Alex
andria aud Fort Do Hussey.
The regiment numbered 275 men, together
with all their company and ti.-ld officers.
Since April Blli we have whipped two Yan
kee armies—one in Louisiana, the other in Ar
kansas, driving the latter to Little Hock, and
surrounding the former in Alexandria; cap
turing in all 34 pieces of artillery, 8000 stand
of arms, 6,000 prisoners, 1200 wagons, two gun
boats and five transports, aud killing aud
wounding fully 8,000 Y'aukees.
Our total loss in killed, wounded and missiDg
ia about 4,000. ,
At present Steele is in Little Rock with the
wreck of 15,000 troops and threatened by
Price.
Y'ankee Gen. Thayer is killed.
Banks’ army is 20.000 strong in Alexandria.
Porter’s fleet is detained above by low water-
We have possession of Red River above and
below with heavy forces on each side
Col. Griffin with a force of 200 sharpshooters
and a battery of artillery surptised two gun
boats —the Granite City light iron-plated, -and
the Wave, light tin-clad, in Carcasgin Pass,
May 6th. We captured both.
The Y'ankees had to send the boats ashore to
surren ler.
There was I*3o prisoners captured, 16 fine
cannon, and no end of stores.
On the 9th a Y'ankee mail boat was captured
at Caicasia, by Major Mcßeynolds.
All quiet on the 22.1 of Mat'.
The Y'ankees landed a force of 300 at Lavaca
aVui set lire to the town, Several blocks were
burned.
GEN. SMITH’S ADDRESS TO IIIS TROOPS.
The following addrnss of Gen. Smith will
show what has been accomplished by our brave
troops since the commencement of the present
campaign :
Head Qiis. Trans-Miss. Dept. )
(j,unden, Ark , May 4. )
Soldiers of the Trans-Mississippi Dep’t :
The campaign inaugurated at Mansfield on
the day of N itioual fast and supplication has,
under Providence, been crowned with most glo
rious and brilliant success. Y’ou have defeated
a foe three times your number. The fields of
Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Cleatierville, Poison
Springs, Marks’ Mills and Jenkins Ferry attest
your devotion.
Eight thousand killed and wounded, six
thousand prisoners, thirty four pieces of ar
tillery, twelve hundred wagons, one gunboat
and three transports are alrwyjy fruits of your
victories. The path of glory is still open to
you—permanent security to your homes, be
fore you. Call together your comrades, and
shoulder to shotildei, we will yet free the soil
of our beloved country from the invader’s
footsteps. Soldiers of Arkansas,. Missouri,
Texas and Louisiana, you have the thanks of a
grateful people. Your living will be respec
ted—your and ad honored and 'evered.
li. Kirby Smith, General.
GLORIOUS NEWS FROM TIIE FRONT.
New ll*«pu, May 28, I
via Marietta. f
Gen. Cleburne's division engaged the 4lh
a.my corps under Howard about one o’clock
this morning, aud alter a desperate contest
signaily repulsed them with a loss of between
live and seven thousand.
captured between 150 and 200 prisoners,
exclusive of wounded, immense quantities of
arms aud accoutrements.
Gen. Cleburne says the enemy’s dead were
piled thicker Ilian he ever saw them before.
Between 500 and 1000 dead were left clo'e
up to his front.
Their line of breast works in front of Loring’s
o- maraud was abandoned.
Our loss will probably number four or five
hundred.
Skirmishing is still going on.
The enemy’s left is gradually giving way.
Heavy skirmishing began at. daylight yester
day morning on our left aud continued without
intermission until five o’clock, when a desperate
assault was made upon Stevenson's division,
w hieh was handsomely repulsed, with a heavy
loss to the enemy.
Tills is the fourth assault which has been
made upon this pcint, resulting in heavy loss
to the eremy.
A battery was run up within two hundred
yards of Stewart’s line, which opened a terri
tirc.
Our sharpshooters killed"every gimner and
horse.
The battery was thus hastily abandoned.
Last night at 12’o’clock the enemy were ad
vancing on our extreme right, were ambusca
ded by Cleburne’s j.vision, which was followed
up with a charge which routed ihe enemy com
pletely, leaving 149 prisoners, including a bri
gade commander, together with the dead and
wounded in o:r bands.
The enemy’s loss in this affair is between five
and six thousand
Our loss is about 600.
The conduct of Grandhury’s brigade is high
ly spoken of. Grandbury recieved a slight
wound but is still in the field.
Col. Woodruff of ihe thirty-sixth Alahama
regiment was severely wounded.
FROM VIRGINIA.
Richmond. Mav 28.
The enemy are massed in our front, on the
g,.- ; th ride of Pumpkin Vice Crc' If.
There w,s a r-n heavy artillery and mus-
ketry kirmish yesterday, last rig from sunrise
to dark, principally ori the right wing, when it
close! and was resumed again at mi; I ,night ’
We captured, between two and three hun
dred prisoners, among them Lieut. Col Fam
bbe?, of the 51th Ohio, Adjt. Holton, and
three Lieutenants.
Ortr forces era inspirited with greater confi
dence in tiK.r commander, and their ability
to defeat the enemy.
Every man is anurous for a general engage
ment to take place, which will probably bo to
da-‘.
■ k.rnrshiag is uow going on to-night cn our
righ re*:: v
Lieut. Col. F.imbJi°s reports Gen Wallack
severely wounded in the actio:: at Eesaca.
EUROPEAN NEWS. ■
The London ci uespondtni of the New Yoik
News gay> the Mersey rams would be s< Id to
Maximi-i-.n, who i? collecting a powerful fleet.
Ia the House of Commons, May 2d, Mr, Lay
communicate with that Government, l it*
not allowed to pa s through the blockade.
Sir J Elphiustone a-ked whether sending an
agent did not amount to an .« k •« w|.-dgm, ;R
of the executive power of the Confederate
States.
There was no reply from the Ministeria
bench.
LErr;-si tiw « . n., fa oat.
[SPECIAL CORRKSPONDLNCK UIj.OMULK. A SENTINEL.]
From a gentleman upon the fi*-i 1. we learn
'hat the enema is using whiskey very (V( . lv
After the fight on Wednesday evening seve.ul
.f their wounded p. ivates t* getaer w.th ope
■f their officers straggle] in:,, .in b t >s, it I
bunds being partially mt*>x ; e ;.* !. Fr. in th s
..* ison.Ts it was ascertained Iha! -t s I
corps of fighting J,ie Ho 1 . r w!,; * . . ....
vage.l some of our men Gelt >1 . . i
-ti l remains in the rear of tin. • t. m*. ;
'here is a general expectation lb l -*m;*;
; tom the lailroud will be cut it lie will
hen be forced to depend u. <-n bis w.ictm
trains, together with what can he pr cuu.l in
be country for subsistence or In'.- troops—a
very precari. us dependence if our cavuliy are
equal to the emergency
Atlanta L just now more like a grand mili
rury ramp than a quiet city. The Govern r
I the State iv on the ground, and by DIOHDH ’ff
ms Lieutenants is ranidly concentrating tbe
iorces composing the militia. A large number
have already gone into camp ir. the noiglibor
iiood, aud every train is bringing more. Thuis
day the -Mayor summoned “every man and boy
wlio could walk, without tegaid to age, or oc
cupation” to appear at the Citv Hall to bo
organiz'd into Compands for local defines,
ihe only exempts were Uk.se who were al
teady in the set\ice If Atlanta fails, it will
not be until after every man puts forth the
most vigorous efforts .or its del. nee. The
g. nesu! spirit of the people is h .petul—though
ad who have sense enough to appreciate the
situation aie anxious.
Oncol the saddest s.eetcics here is to see
the numb rs ol people who have been exi!• and
ffw'i bh h r meS - la ““y »>’tancfß families
. wealth have ,nn away with sca.c. Iv a change
ot cWt .ing. there arc thousands in Atlanta
Ri.'snf’n'.m Wh ° Vu defH n,lin g ttfon Hie elmr-
Vi 0f 11 <-' lr neighbors for food and sbelter. -
.be people here am p aving out their money
with an unstinted liberality. Committees are
also present Iroin other portions of th.' State
vuih provi ions and money to assist, in tbe
who had the means ot doing so have reti.ed
at tlie approach of the enemy May i'n.vi
..ence assist our brave soldiers in tlie work of
repelling ihe invader and restoring their b mes
io these exiles.
Y ankle Rum in Nor.ru GEOiuiu.— The odi
i°r of thu Macon Telegraph has seen a gentle
man from North Georgia, who has escaped
-unco the country wasocoupied by the Federal*.
Here is his statement of affairs :
Immediately after the arrival of the Feder
ate at home, .iandi.il s were posted no in the
Rare notifying the people io bring in to head
quarters a mil inventory ot their effects of nil
Linos whatever, and warning them that con
ceit, meat would be punished by imprisonment
at r it Johnston or some other point in tfie
North during the war. Similar notifications
were served upon the people of all the counties
within tbe Federal lines, and they were warn
ed to turn overall theiragiiculluralimplements
to the F-derai authorities ou or before the
26th of May to be destroyed.* One hoe was al
lowed to every family ami they would be per
mitted to do as ui.icii gardening as could be
accomplished with the solitary implement.
Every aiticie of p.(.vision in It.fine or vicin
ity. was r, qu.red to be tin ned over infniediately
to a common depository, from which ihe peo
ple w. re servc-i with rations, aceord.ug to
sworn lists handed in by them of the number
and condi.ion of their families. One wealthy'
lady, who had turned over, among other pio
visiotis, 20,000 pounds of bacon, on represent
ing that she ought to be entitled to larger ra
tions, was told that all rebels were beggars
alike—bad nothing iu the world, aud would lie
treated alike.
White and black were allowed to come in
aad go out of the lines a! Romo, but those who
went out could take nothing more. tba" the ap
parel they wore. Negioeu were allowed to
choose whether they would go cut with their
owners or remain, cut gratf, care was taken
that the election should be made in the pres
ence ol I ankce witnesses. In one c s.-, where
a negro had changed his ~riud du> lire the night,
and o inil oto go with his master, the m.t.’
ter wis lilst sworn that he bad treed neither
persuasion nor threats, and the neg n was then
cursed lor a tool, and toid to go away, bin nev
er to look to. them again lor help or soccer.
The negroes as general t ,i„g. p. (..,,’e.l to
go with tueii tn-.biers, end this, ,t wu believ
ed, Was due to the lepteii ruaiiousi.l the ' con
trabands in .In- lunkee army, who privately
advi ed them that they would nut p.-fifit by a
chang# oi masters, and told them of the suffer
ing, destitution and moilality among the ne
gvoe? in the rear.
In one word, the policy of tho invaders looks
simply to breaking the spirit ot the people and
reducing them to a most abject condition of
poverty, destitution and dependence—allowing
them , ut <4 their own stoics, just, so mucti
food as will sustain life, and piohdjtiitg the
production of any more. The people a ere told, ,
when their supplies were gone, i!.. y mq>bt.
either go to t .e rear in Tennt tree, or .h rough
the Yankee lines lo their bn tfier n-oels. J
All stock .4 .every kind, horses, mules, oxen,
milch Cows, hogs. Sheep, poultry, &c., was
taken. Tiie c ittle were put to graze upon the
growing crops, and the people who owned the
milch cowa were allowed rations of a quart of
milk per d.u to the family. The cotton iu the
city, uoout fifteen hundred bales, was seized
and bad been sent off—two trains being sent
Caere tor it. Such is the Yankee yoke in
Georgia.
The Federal Secretary of War has .authorized i
the enlistment ot ten thousand six mouth's
troops, in Kentucky, on thu usual terms. They
are required in the uext twenty days. All coni,
pam .s t.nd single recruits wiii be accepted-
C< »MMKRCI U
AUGUsTA MAI KKTs
Weekly Report May 20 2 P J|
Financial. Goldsl7alßnew currency; silver.
10, new currency; fe'criing exchange $lB, nom
inal; Bank notes 2a3,00; Confederate-Bond;,, g
percent., long date, 10 to 20; do. do. %\iort
date, par; 7 per cent, bonds, 95 ;l> ?, er cent
bonds, 80; Cotton loan boq s 2,10; 7 p, r
Georgia bonds 000 Ga 11 R Sti ck 8,75 Bath
Mills 300.
CottoX. Good demand ; Low Middling to
good Middling 80,,95 cenls.
Domestics. —We quote domestics as follows :■
| sliiiting 250 ; \ sheeting 2,90 ; 4-4 .sheet
ing, S3 25; osnaburgs, $3 50; yarns, s4oa6tf
per bunch.
Flour.— slsoal76 per Bhl, scarce.
Grain.—Wheat. $15a20 per bushel ; Cora
in the ear, from wagons, sl2asls ; peas, jgq '
00; rye, $12,00; barley, 810,00; oats’ oo
Groceries, I’roviSlONS, Arc.—Bacon ,-$3 u 35U
coffee, 512a15 per pound; rice 4Oat3c ; gn „ ap
5 OOaO.OO ; salt,—coast OOcts ; Liverpool 85u
90s ; tobacco, dull ; iurd ...'*,.350 ; Molasses.
N. Orleans, none; Honda 24.00; .Sorghum
BuilS whisky $05,00 pr gal; brandy $05u70 pr
gal; ba.ging $8.,10; bar soap $1.75u2 ; cotton
rope 34,50; nails 32.50; corn meal 814 p, r ; u
retail; fodder 320,00 per cwt.; shucks 12 OO.ner
cwt ; hay $15.00 pir cwt; tallow 4 oil. 5 pe,
lb; Candles 4,50a5 per lb. by box: le.rrebine oil
$lO pc ga! retail; black peppi-t- llj.oi) po. lb;
Tea 20a25 per lb.; Iron. Swedes. $5.00 -bi
cmb. so* a, 4a5; starch 4,50; dry hides stia7 pr
Country PnonncK -Beef, 2.50h350 per !>, npt |.
port. sßooa3.soper lb.ne t: mum,, ;oo -;.',o *
kid 2,a3 per lb; chick ns, s4aß each; tut keys
non-, e es. $G50,a3,U),, ~
NV.ei! pot*l JSlo Per Luri.ei; Irish lot .tors,
SOO I- I bushel. 1
Si n X Villi,
ITIROVt O' ' : <*.*«• In <>--cm- c-i-.t-r
(- ’bo i~ ! rt. <f A rill lasi a mki.l mr.-i 1 Us,
V. lUt fi x rTi < : d<J »all.
A re->.ari o' .v uy do ’ars wi l bo p!d for in?>r: alio.i
wiil Jead lo iii r-.c >ve. •. *f t e tii y.
>A\*;y THTfNKL.
rr y2fl4 - w2’2 nqlle JEn-t of (jkeents-r or -* > -a.
7i EOKUIA, ALJAi' KKOC r ' TV.
\Jt Wherein. Ja-. J. Wall ies, a.!m!n on the -fiate of
O J, Walla”*-. and upp lea to me for letter a of d;smi.v,i..,n
from 6 tl<i dmlnfa ration.
hes- are e to cite and ramrr.or gall persors ir terest
cd to sh • cacsc i a-.y th y hav . m-ht« the ! eprtscri t<l
by law whv Nad •‘boyld riot !»<• v rafH-d
Give*- u. dr my ban ,at office in Cr* v r o and He. May -TM.
1&-4. .D-IJA .M K,
pv2 bin rv .
br ' .«.«> o'- : . K .
ta'cr fDr WT. .*■»]•' to i»-e for L* tie' i »is- ’ Wnu
f.O - .!
Tree are’O ci e and an: a! pt-ro- interred to
sbOA cyu»- Vt'- y ‘bey h . w b:n *»..• inn pcsc.be *.
lu v. w > »vd lettc s ouid ' be ft ante .
< lve < hi.d-r j. Ii cd at office it. Caw rdv e '’ v 2-d
18 4 _ J. D. U. M •» At K.
ij» >: 2'-2? * ur.i'j (j rtJ u ;t ry
uj lAf ' F<*EOK«»fA KL MOM) OUNT7
W’ e ea-r itiofw*‘»al Ji r r.ji t leato m * or L t er? o l '
'• f r > e!ir,i F. rdi»av i( 3 a Calv.n, t ih* o
Ji m CaiV: . defer-’* a
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t'fkt r.<l3 - fieitiEO ■ ..,w-r-*o?w '■y. . t . v
oflite,on orb* f r«* ». * .t ’ . ~ /u r sr. o -j, w
m * }• an> they o L U-.r. rcu.iltcJ f* (r-,-:-.
d-.TO imjlrr mi t :•,: aid ■ ijrial tguvin, hi eftec In AuL
(us a. tbm Sstn day ui ii ay, S6+
n*j S» A* ii DiVlB L, F.OATR, Ordinary, ■