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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1864)
'OIPEDEKA t E STA M* COHERE 6 ** SKMTE—MAT 27. \ jili wan introduced to facilitate the zettle- XTi- lit of the claims of deceased soldiers—re terred. to amend tb- actio establish au invalid corL#it- tabled- , . . The Committee on Military Affairs was in structed to inquire into the .xpediency of pro vjdiriT tor the exemption from military service of the necessary officers of steamboat* engaged in transporting lor the Government. _ -m... House joint resolution responsive to the resolutions of the General A»-etnbly of \ ir uinia asserting the jurisdiction and Hovereffiu tv ol the ttUteol Viiginia over her aucient boundaries. was considered and concurred in. The Hnuse amendment to the Senate hill concerning chaplains. concurred iu. HOCSK. Thr following were referred: Memorial of the Georgia Baptist Convention; mil to en courage the prod: ction of provisions, and in certain cases to allow persons to pay the valua tion of their tithes n money, resolution to conscribe all persons be'weeu the ages of 1» ari(t and tilling their places by disabled sol diers: to perpetuate the iecord of the services of officers and soldiers of the Confederate s Ac: reaolutiona of Gen. Kicbard laylor and men for re«n> victories; to authonre D.s trict Confedera ** state, Judges to hold their couitfl m cenaio c.umjh outside of districts, to rtgulale impressments; to increase the pay of officers and soldiers of the army 100 per cent, uncertain coudhions and under certain r,-niction»; to amm l an act to reduce the currency -ml issue bonds, Ac; petition from lbs Lynehourg banks. A j ream tide and r. solutions were introdu ed iOrt.ilisih' eiib-riti juiiineut of the Hons Ih.t Hi pa die n share do s demend that he (,i,e necreiaia of Ibe I'reaSur) ) should no long ~, t (< retain din” the ueaouiy Digiar mum X motion to toy on th table was lost, i hey uvj owr unde: the rules until Monday morn ing. when they wdl be considered. A ho ainalhe and resu utions was off ie i in wb ch recent outrages on unoffending ci-iz ns an- set iorih. Iteteireii tc* the Committee on me J idiciary, vith ins ructions that said cum mil-eo inquire into t e truth of said reports, aud report a bil: author.siug the intlctiou oi ,i,• , retaliation as in the future wilt prevent then. SENATE-—MAT 28. The Com nittee on Foreign Relations were instructed lo inquire into the expediency of requesting the Bo siduut to make an expo.-ition, through our Commis ionero abroad, hr the va rious European powers to wbid) tho y may be accredited, of the violati ins of the rules ot civ i: ze i warfare, and of the atrocities committed I, v government and the armies of the Uni ted states in the prosecution of hostil ties against the Conlederate ritaiui of America. jh" resolution was agreed to. A bill was introduced entitled an act to au iborize the manufacture of spirituous liquois for the use of tho army and ho pitals. It tu thorises the Commisary General to make con tru'.iH for the manufacture and distillation of whi-key, brandy, and other alcoholic and spitituos liquors lb' the use above named, and tnat said contracts shall authorise the parly having it to make tho liquor, “any law or us age to the contrary notwithstanding" Refer red The Coinin’tteo on Commerce were dis charged from the further consideration of tho bill to create a Department of Foreign and In tel ior Supplies, etc. '1 he Committee on Military Affairs raported back the bill to furnish means of transit across the Mississippi river for tnenbers of Con gress residing west of sail river in going to and from the Confederate States Congress with amendments proposed by the House. Jhe amendmendments were concurred in. The Judiciary Committee reported a bill to regulate the selection of juries in the District Courts of the Confederate States iu certain caw s, which was passed. The game Committee reported back House bill to amend au act of this Cougress, entitled an act to provide for holding elect.ons of rep reseuta'ives in ttie Congrees of the Confederate States in the State of Tennessee, which was passed. 1 lie Committee on the Judiciary reported buck with amendments the bill for the pay ment of Commissioners appointed under the act entitled ••an act to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus” and to confer cer tain powers upon said commissioners. The bill was ordered to be piloted. The Joint Committee on Impressments in troduced a bill entitled “au act to provide sup plies lor the army, and to prescribe the mode ■r making impressments'" Ordered to be * TiZ~ c, um LO be entitled "an act providing t or the estab lishment and pavment of claims lor property taken, op informally or unwarrantably im pressed lor tho use ol the Government.” Bead and placed on the calendar. A bill was introduced to amend the seveial acts iu relation to a volunteer navy. It allows pt r-o m, resident foreigners or Marylanders, to voluuUei in said navy. HOUSE. The Judiciary Committee made a minority report on the subject ot the repeal of tho law suspending the writ of habeas corpus. Ur dried to he piiuted. HKJi’ATE—MAT 30. The following were referred: A joint resolu tion ol thanks to Gen. K Kn by Smith, officers aid men; lull to org inize the tight nrtiliery ol the Conlederate States; to authorize the ap pot uni utot gradualett of military iostitu rsas fiuleie in tiie aiuiies of the Confederate Suites; to authorize the formation ot new commands, t . liei orupo ed ol supernumerary officers who tuny resign to join such commands, and to lin.ii and restrict t c appoiutm nt ol officers sncertat.'i cases the loi.owing were passed: Senate bil l to all), ml the veral a»ts in relation to a volun ten navi; 10 authorize the judges of district «• uils ol the GoCffidera e n'ales lo appoint and cnange tl.e pi ,ce» ”1 holding Said corn ts -A O, a i ale b; i 01 ih- uryn eut "l eoiu.nis — >ii is appointed under in act entitled "an am to sii'pi ltd iho privilege o> tiie writ ol habeas corpus 111 i'nU.u easts, ’’ ana JO Colif«r ce>tain powers upon said e intnirsionets, was ( hni up and, a! to I debate, amended Aiud passed. i tie loilowhig is the bill as passed : See i. the Congress ot the Confederate Sai*s ol America do enact, That the com m.ssioneis appointed under tiie said act shall be entitled to ivioive the compensation ot two hut.died mill titty dollars each per rnonih Irorn lire date of their respective appointments until the expiration of their service; and that their assistant shall be allowed the sum ol one hun dred and tifty dollars per mouth Irorn the date ot Hit. p ,ointment respectively until the ex piiau i, ol their service tu e 2. That the said commissioners shall have tic powers contorted upon commissioners appointee by tin district courts by the act.of tne I'tovisioiial' approved 30th of Au gust, 1801, ana number two hundred and seventy three in the acts of said Congre. s. Boost. A message was receive trout the President giving the ruesons which induct'd lum to withhold his signature from the bill establish ing a genetai stall ter the army. Referred. The foliowing were referted to appropriate cettitui>te«-fi : senate bill t.» govern the ehm iiou of jurors in Confederate State Courts in certaiu eases ; Senate bill to provide for the es t iblishment of an invalid corps ; the pream ble and isolution in reference to the Secretary of the i ieusury ; bill increasing the pay and mileage of members ot Congress—refcri ed to a select ct inmjUee of one trotu each State The question of 'adjournment was taken up on Tuesday the 7th ot .June, fixed upon as the day of adjournment. Passed : A joint resolution i's thanks to the 9th Texas Infantry; lull to esTablish certain post routes; Senate bill to amen, - ? an act ot Congress regulating elections in Tenne.^ce. The special order- the tax bill aud amend ments, was taken up and discussed till adjourn; meat. BBSATE— XAT 31. Committee on Claims asked to be discharged from the lurther consideration of Senate bill to facilitate the settlement of the claims of de ceasd soldiers. The bill was laid on the table. The Military Committee were discharged from the further consideration of the bill" to so amend the Conscript act as to exempt from military service the necessary officers ot steam boats euc-toi in Government transportation. The Militvv Committee reported a bill to authorize the appointment of Quartermasters mid Assistant Quart,. nnasters and Commissaries and Assistant Commissaries in the Provisional army, m cert tin cas< s. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. T.. 0 Judicialy commi'tee were discharged from li.e fu a her consideration of the resolu ♦ion of inquiry into the expediency ot repoit iug a hill tot the suspension of tbs 1 wrii oi habvas corpus alter the expiration of the pres cut law, and of providing by said bill that the viid supeusion sba! cautiuue till the close of the next session of Congress. The Joint Committee on Impressments were direhatged from the further consideration ot he bin to provide tor impressment of the l uiltt ad iton. equipments, and roHing stock cl ads when the same shall become necessa i. ■’.e the public and to make further provisions for the efficient transportation of troops and military supplies. Senate bill, with House amendments, to pro vide for the prompt publication of thedaws of Congress, was considered and passed benate bill to provide supplies lor the army, and to prescribe the mod.-oi making impress mhnts, was taken up and considered by sec tions. Pending the discussion of this bill the Sen ate resuhvd into secret executive session, and soon after adjourned. HOUSE. The speaker laid before the House sundry communications from the Presided., transmu ting certain estimates of the amount required f.-r the support of Government, which were re ferred and ordered to be printed. The special committee to investigate the charges against TV'. R. W. Cobb, member elect of the Hnu»e from the 3d Congressional Dis trict of Alabama, reported that the chargesc.f disloyalty were sustained, that it was manifest that he was living in complicity with the enemy and that it would be improper to allow him to take a seat in the House. A resolution ac companied the report, dedairing the seat va cant, ordering that tiis Lame be stricken from the roil, and requesting that a writ ot election be issued by the proper authoilty to fill the vacancy. After debate, in which the report of the rommittee was opposed on the ground of in sufficient evidenc , it was recommitted, with instructions to take testimony during the vaca tion, and report next session. Un motion, a resolution was adopte limit ing all spot dies to twenty minutes, and allow ing no member to speak more than once on each question. r e special committee on pay and mileage, re ported back iSeuaie bili to double lOe com peusation and mileage of niembcis, with amendments, making it applicable to the hrsv yeai of the second Congress, au i including toe officers of Congress iu its provisions. Passed— ayes 15, noes 37. the bih reported from the Miii ary Com mil tee to au'horize the President to c uu r temporary rank and comm md up.m ufikeis > f the Provisional .-nay assigned to sp.eai set vice, was taken up as Utiliui.-hed bastue s It was amended amt passed the Military Committee reported bark u Sena'e bill to authorize the appointment of te . additional miiitaiy store-keepers. Pass and. Also’, Senate bill to provide for the appoint ment of fifty additional artillery officers for orduance duty. Passed. Also, Senate bill to provide for the compen sation of detailed men, with an amendment Dy way ol substitute, which proposes to give tin in the pay, allowances and rations of a soldier, with additional allowances for extra woik. Passed. Also, Senate bill to furnish transportation to officers of the army and navy, white traveling uuder orders, w:th au amendment which a.- lows them ten dollais a day in addition to tram%>ortation in kind. Passed. The Military Committee reported back Sen ate bill to promote the efficiency of the caval ry service, and to punish lawlessness in any portion thereof, with an amendment. SEN ATS —JUNR 1. The following were appropriately referred ; Bill to facilitate the settlement of claims «.f de ceased soldiers; to authorize the owners of reg istered li per cent, ten years convertible bonds, issued under the provisions of act of May 16th, to exchange the same for coupon bonds; to amend the act to prohibit the importation oi luxuries; to amend the act to organize m ilitary courts to ultend the armies of tho Confederate States iu th£ field. House joint resolution of thanks to the 9th Texas imautry was considered and passed. ’The bill to authorize the formation ot new commands, to be composed of supernmnrary officers who may resign to join those command., and to limit aud restrict the appointment of officers, was considered and passed. The bill, besides the provision expressed in its title, provides that the offices Jest vacant by such resignations shad not be filled unless there are on the roiis of the company lor -ervict* at least forty-six non-commissioned officers andpri vales; nor shall the position ol Second Lieutenant lie filled in case of a vacancy, unless there ure ou the rolls of the company for rervice tliir'y non-commissioned and privates, nor shall the position ol' Fiist Leiuleuaut fie tilled unless there are at least twenty non commissioned officers aud men on the rolls of the company lor service. The message of the President, stating his objections to tbo act pas.-ed at ifie last session of Congress to provide and organize a genera! Bluff for armies in the field, to teivo tlur ng Alilitary Affairs. Senate bill to provide supplies for the army and to prescribe the mode ol making impress ments. being the unfinished business of the previous day, was taken up and considered Alter several amendments and lengthy dis cussion the bill was passed by a vole oi yeas 10, nays 7. Senate bill, authorizing the appointment of additional Qua, Gratae lets aud Gomia.ssaiies was considered aud passed. House amendments to Senate bill, increas ing the pay and mileage ol mcmbe'S of Congress, and the compensation ot tho officer.-., ot 0 mgress, were Concurred in. HOUSE The following were referred : Bill to enable the citizens of Virginia and others to supply the city ol Richmond with food ; to repeal the act to regulate the destiuction of property un der military liec -ssitv ; t > provide tor the set tlement, o. claims against the Con federates ates for property lost, captured or destroyed while in this military service, or widen has been taken oi impressed ; to authorise the Attorney General to purchase books for the Department of Justice; to increase the compensation of me beads of the several Executive Depamnenis ; to amend the act to prohibit the importation of luxuries or of articles not necesarics or of common toe ; to compensate the city of Jack son lor public school* buildings distiu, ed while in the use of the military aulii >ntns ; tu provide for the admission of Malh-tt's nut tailor into the in li ary si i vice of tiie Corn, i erate States : to aid in the cinstruction »fa ra'.h'Oftd flora Fuyettei iile, N 0.. to Fioteac*, 8 0., to ,'UUtvr Ste the taking ot prom .1 the aw.ipnt expendt u by tile State of Tennessee in li * support of her army ®W?YivU9 t> its trans fer to tho Gogenim.ut of tiie IvpiiigiJciate States. A bill was introduced to increase the com pensation of the assistant ci> rks of i p Senate aud House of Repieseutatives tiny ;.er cent li r one year. Considi-red and ; assed. The question of adjournment was discussed. The c 'Ubideration of the bill to amend the tax taw was Uuther discussed till the Home took a recess Ths Horrobs of War.—We make the fol lowing extract from a communication of a member of the ‘ Savannah Relief Committee’’ now ministering to the sick and wound* and in Gen Johnston’s army. It is a frightful pic ture of the dreadful sufferings brought about by this war : That you may understand more definitely what we are now doing, let us carry you to one of those long mournful trains of rough wagons, tilled with wounded soldiers, the broth ers, sons, husbands and fathers of our land. a* they are arriving in the square of this once quiet, flourishing town—now a military station and hospital—the advance of the train reach ing here in the early evening hour, and the rear far in the night, or even until morning dawn. Immediately they begin to discharge their mangled, bleeding, suffering cargo. Among them you find poor fellows wounded in almost every way and place. Here is one with his th gh, knee or arm crushed, soon to bo under the Surgeon’s knife ; another with his rigst ieg amputated above the knee and <c his left leg a terrible wound. Auotbei has an arm off cior to the shoulder, and several other wnutrds i . different places. Another has both arms bro ken. A-k? of both of which may require ampu tation. Another offer sdjTerer has a largo hq'.e through his left Ittng, so as be groans, the distressing sound issues from LT capiSs, TOtftfd. instead of the mouth ; but soon after {■si'iff lift ed from the wagon he is relieved from his suf ferings here. Another sufferer with his right firm off near the shoulder his a high fever and just as he is lifted from the wagon he has a strong convulsion and thru faints away, so that with difficulty be can be revived with the strongest stimulants. Here is another, with a dreadful bullet hole through his fare, his jaw bone crushed, his tongue cut and hanging from his mouth, black and swollen, so as eii tirely to fill his mouth—a horrid looking sight Another has his skull terribly fractured, from which the brains are Oozing ; and here another with both eyes out; here we find another with the fatal Minie ball far buried in bis chest ; an«l still another noble fi llow. a powerful frame', with bis left thigh crashed uwfuiiy by a soii<i cannon ball, and a frightful guru across his throat, so that what he drinks passes throuch the wound instead of dow: the tin >t. The impressing officer is taking charge of the horse.- at Columbus, Ga. The Mobile blockade runner Donegal has been captured by the Yankees. FBO.-l .UK '.OR! H-Bi WAV Oft ~VVUA. ! A .Montreal corespondent of the Charleston i Courier, under date of April 23. writes the j Charleston Courier the annexed gossiping let ter: If you received the two letters I wrote to the Courier over a month ago, you will have had my observa:ions on the military and political “situation" from a Canadian point of view.— The that has elapsed has confirmed those impressions. lam more than ever persuaded that the Northern people,as well as the Wash ington Government, regard the coming cam palgn in Virgin!-, as decisive of the result of ill -ir t-ff Tis t , -itl'jng ite the Confederate States. If Grant fails to defeat Lee and capture Rich-* niund. the war will break down. The hopes ot the war party are staked finally on the issue After the Federal disasters ■ f the past winter at - spring, a great defeat in Virginia will vir tually nnren the contest. The war is every where unpopular tnroughout the North. The Administration will make the most desperate • (forts to retrieve itself on the Potomac Ev ery soluier that can be spared from the mhei departments is being sent to swell Granlsarmy. The militia, it is said, are to be called out to occupy the fortifications a' Washington and Baltimore, so ns to enable tho drilled soidteis tobe put into the field. After all these pre parations, if Leo is still inviucib e. nothing can stop the popular reaction against the war.— iLe Democratic Convention at Chicago will nominate a peace candidate fur the Presidency and he wd! start out witii every prospect of succes-. Cat a greater trouble than military disaster threatens the Administration. * he Yansee finances are on tbeveigeof ruin N" '.lie seems to and mot that the great crash will loifi.w up a the failure in Virginia • >base has resorted to every device and expe and" ney to kv -p Ms tread above water. He is no v' at his wite end. ire has over a thousand millions us paper currency inron the country He can no borrow a tariffing in Europe. He ais btipelesslv run e<J t e -tat-e B.nks He has no a tei native b it to issue more paper mon ey to |;»y the expenses ot ttie Govtium i t. 1 which are .upwards o' S3 ot>o ojo pel diem.) alio ev?ry fre-fi paper and -i.ar he punts adva c ee tho price ot g ffi, , a .. c iaud s-> and piovis ions. di._ contents the people and sinks him lunber in the sfi.usi A gentleman from Wushi ug ton informs m« that on last Monday. Mr. Chase, with h nr. -i mi urntui and haggard expression on his countenaie e, ai proached a loading Democrat in Congress and bevgad him *fo.- Goa's sake,’’ to use hi.- efforts to persuade ins party to support the Government schemes to patch up the linances The Demociat re piled, that .Mr Chase bad abandoned pim ciple at t e outset of his ministerial career, and he must hope for no support from the Demoe ra<y. The effect of financial ruin upon the North cannot be measured by the results of a similar catastrophe among the Southern people. We are invaded and ate fighting on the liefeurive. he cannot heip fighting, and, therefore, sub mitting to all tile inconveniences, financial and otherwise, that fighting entails. The Yankees are fighting an aggressive war. They are not obliged to coalmue the contest, therefore, when the war entails on them a tithe of tho inconveniences we nave already suffered they will tie clamorous for peace. They will never submit as we have to a depreciation oi the cur rency. They will never consent to fund their money three dollars for two in bonds of Chase's tuaking at a low rate of interest. They will not rest easy under a rise of five or six hundred percent, iu the prices of pi irneJueeessaries.Tbey nave a vast population ot mechanics, factory operatives and workingman, who would starve under a system of inflated prices and compar atively lo.v wages. H nice, a financial "smash up” at the North would br.ng about a tremen dous reaction against the war, wkiie we could continue our defence twenty years situated ns we now are. It is thought here that the deprecation of the currency in the Un ted States cannot take that sow and gradual course that has characterized the movement in tho Confederacy. The finan ces will break down suddenly with a great ci ash. The largest mercantile houses will be swept awny panic will reign in Wall-street, and all the important money centres’ society, as well as busn ess, will be totally disorganized for a period, aud the Government will be like ly to topple over in the general chaos. To this end, the United States seems to be hurrying Lee can guise the fatal blow. Ihe New Yoifc papers give evidence of the risUveness A the people under the advancing prices Their coluuuif teem ,itr. coinißuffii i lions denouncing speculators and •••.•-Oitioi.e lho ladies are sjoldmg at th " 1 chants and milliners May i • r Yorker.- consider it a reiigic a-.- • at the prices ot furniture and six mouths butter has gone , . . t cents per pound; codec tioin 20 to 5e sugar from 10 to 28 ct.uts; m.-ia > :-• i,.,; . ,n Cents to $1,25 per gallon; rnebs pork • i-.o to S3O pet barrel; dour had advanced 50 per cent ; whiskey 100 per cent ; Tea lot) p reent. Articles ot foreign i upt. i t are siili h ghur, on account of the.enormous ta>ltf. file prices of eveivliiing are to be st.il more enhanced bv •be p . sage oi tile m w Tarift and internal Tux Rills now b. fore Congress The principal hotels iu New York, led >.tf by liir m loanstotl, h tve raised their rales to 65 per day. . ttic stage companies on Broadway have raised their lares from s.x to ten cents. The Lists labortte demaud $2 per day for dig ging dirt The op ru aud theatres are ad auc tug their Bruges for adtn ssiou Our riotith eiu people a:e perhaps so b unted by high ; ii ces mat they can hard y appreciate the howls of an-uish with which .the announcement of a rise iu the price of any article is now greeted in the North. It goes harder for the Yankee of to day to pay sixty cents a pound for butter than it does tor our people to pay $5 for it. the New Yorkers ate so enraged over the but ter question that they are form,ag what they cali "Butler Leagues,” that is, associations which will pled e tueuiselves to eat no butter w..ile it is up in the vain hope that they can inns bring it and .wu. If they c->uid mtu ige to make ‘ greenb icks’' go up they would, perhaps ri id the sea el or low pi ices, Accoidii.g to tb abolition papers, New York i»'y —Under tim id iiiiu-tracioii I tne new ,11 yor Godfrey Gunther, in uvuWf.il gym pa miser with tne South— '.s get mg to he a not bed ;d iebeliion twenty tbuusa .and Southern eis lioin reconquered leniteiy” are said to be living there, and the seventy thousand LK-m c rats in that city are cnur-.eii wit, Bing quite *■ rampant secees om-ts. 1 reatein ssr that when I passed through N. >v Ynk - .me ■.• ek> ago, 1 ijeurd the ••health ol J. ff Davis” aud success to the ”" iist n»ore th n uuce. and loudly given at the bar r out ot the St. Kieh d.ig Hotel One night about t.v ive o'clock, i heard it party of i- veilerspas*. down Bio dway, singing ti e “ Bonnie 11 ue Flair” t the top of taeti lung-. Oa another o§ cas on, some feminine ivn,. beating the h.itfii piano with, "My Maryland,” in vocal acc uti pa,.uncut. Georsie Wilkes the aholitiou editor of tee Spirit of the Times, calls ioudiy far Beast Butler as Military Governor ol New York. Herein Montreal we are sej uruing in hap py quiet ; undisturbed by wars, alarms, and unvexed be high prices The Canadians have just passed through a ministerial revolution.— The ministry vyhicli haajusi gone out favored' and truckled to tue Yankees. The "ins” ap proximate on the Toutheru question to th" U toy party in England, or' at least, mogt of Loe nevspapei s strongly sympathising with us. support them. The provincial militia have been drilling for soma mouths, in -anticipation of a possible rupture between the mother coun try and the United States. I wifi add a few words about literary mat tore. The son; atiou bbok of the day is the ‘'Life of Jesus,’’ by M Renau, of the Trench Aca demy. rue author writes with great beauty and power, and in supreme adoration of the subject of ids work, whom, however, he regards as a man only. He Las brought down upon hull;-.;: avalanche ot replies from ths Protest ant and Catholic Clergy n France and England and even tne Ixmpcror Naoolenn has I'one to the trouble to denounce the book in a'letter to the Archbishop of Taris. Meanwhile, Jewish Publishing House in Paris. Levy Freres has announced a cheap edition for the working classes, and the French Priests are thundering against it from the pulpits. It has been r e published in New York by Carleton, and the Reviews are Fill of the subject. * A novel of the l-ac4e Tom’'species is hav ing- a rnn in Yinkeedom, It is called “Cudjo'g Cave," and the scene is laid fri East Tennessee, where the hero practices the calling of a Yan kee r.hoolmaster, and is horribly persecuted bv ihe Secessionists. The Abolitionists are all;"i tears over t -e suffering of the pedagogue, and an impossible nigger, name ; Pemp. The war stories in the sensation weekly papers are fun ny affairs I had a long laugh over a tale which appeared in a Now Toth Sunday sneut. the scon- is laid in the suburbs of charleston. Colonel .Somebody has a magnific. nt plantation there laid out with maunolus and palmettos upd orange groves, etcetera. He is a Union man, of course Ilf* beautiful and heroic daughter U also a Union m»a. Thev are per secuted for their loyalty to the old flag. The youoiful sons of the Colonel are seized by reb el Cc:.:u rip ion and dragged info tbe army.— ihe o’ *r for* ’n love with a gallant Yan kee office. Furt R yah who visits her steaitii ily o’ n;.ikt , c mint- through the rebel ranks on horseback, and guided by s faithful contra band. I inaiiy ;he Charleston p ople get mad at toe Union planter Joey organize them selves into a mob, and proceed to the magnifi cent p nutation, seized the Colonel, and not wuustandtng the heroic daughter kills aSaut a dez-.-n ot them with her own hand, and defies tirem and denounces them as rcc erdts and trai tors, and announces her anxiety to "die” for that glorious fhg,” they suspend'him to one of 1:5 Je spreading magnolics. Then they send tne heroic daughter to the North per Sag ? , tr “ C8 ’ an( l she swears vengeance on her father s murderers, and dresses herself in breeefc es, and volunteers and fights, ;.nd kills bun- Gieds ot reoels. and helps her brothers to de sei -and saves her lover's life, and marries him, and, finally dies in a hospital of a disease oi the lungs, brought ou by her arduous ser wees and exposures in defence of that same old flog. The novelist’s description of the fierce, bloody-m tided, ragged, uncouth, long-haired and swaggering Charleston soldiers, would open with astonishment ihe eyes of our good natured boys in the Washington Light Iniantrv, or the W ashington Artillery, or the Balm tto ■ nard. But to return to the books Carries Dickens'new novel, tubs called “Our Mutual Friend, commences in the May numbers of Corohiil and Harpers. The same migazines are publishing the fragment ot Thackeray's last woik, “Dennis Duval.” The lament.fi au thor haa completed about twenty chapters when be died, it was suggested to get Dick ens to finish the story, Put he objected, as Til icker-y's friend, to the plan. It will, there fore, remain forever a fragment. An Ecgli-h temale poet, calling herself "Jean Ingciur.” has published a volume aud found hersei: fam ous. i'he Reviewers say sie has more A tne tiue tire than any o! the candidates for joetic honors since Tennyson and Browning bej;an to write. The other most noted books of lire sea son are Captain Spekes’ ‘‘Journal of the Dis co* ers of the sources of tho Kite.” Ticki or s Life of Prescott,’ Kirke’s “Charies the BjiJ,” "A Kioto y ot John Law . ml tbo Mississippi Bubble," by Adolpu Thiers, the statesman.and fie last volume ot Merri vales’ "History if the Homan Empire,'’ w.iich bring tie story down to the pe iod wffiereGibbon commences ilia Emperor Napoleon ihe Third, Life of Jadus C®,ar is auuuuiiced a- ready tor the press. Sstts sIUAIaIH. Tne Macon and WWern R-u. Road Compa y of Georgia htvo lately made two good ioco tives. sixteen vessels wore lying oil Fort Morgan, Mobile, Monday. Nineteen we.e there the day before. This is the largest Yank® fleet that ha» ever appeared together since the commencement of the war. Giaham D. Baker, o'N. C., found guilty of distilling grain into whiskey, has been fined $5,000 and sentenced to siiiy days imprison ment. The rep rU from the new wheat crop in M ssissippi and Alabama are very good It is reported finer than last year arid a much great er breadth of land sown. Thomas Piver, a young min, a native of Wilmington N. C, was arrested at Myrtle Grove Bound a day or two ago, and lots been lodged in the Military Prison here ou the charge, wc believe, of being a spy. Piv- r left the Sound iu December last, in company with two others, and went ou board the Yankee guubc.at Florida—one of the blockading ves sels off our coast. He states that hr then went to Newborn, where he remained un til a short time since, when he came through the lines, and reached this place. Another man named J. Mills, a member of the Tenth N. 0., Battalion, who had deserted gone time since, was also arrested. It is said that shty were preparing to go out to tho blockading Vessel when they were taken up. On the list, of returned army officers, we see the names of the annexed from Georgia: Capt. Jolm T. Chambers; Lieut. L. A. Nash; Capt L. J. Knight; Second Liout. J. D. Bryant,; First Lieut. M. J. Swint., Second Lieut. C. li. Wal den. Lead ore has been found on the land of Mr. Sivoy, on the E-ust side of the Cain bn rivdr, near Radsfordville, Perry county, Ala. Mr. Stevens, aged over one hundred years, died recently in Chambers county, Ala. He bore part in the revolutionary war. A company of youths between fifteen and seventeen years of age, is being organized in Columbus to serve for tbreo months. It al ready numbers thirty. Store robberibs ara becoming of frequent occurrence in Coiu nbiu, 3. G. The Ch it tahoi «;nec where tberat tread ct c-sses jit.’* h. •' • sad thirty miles from tne j ■ o Maccu Tellegrapb says.that in conse ; ••••- --f '■; if'* Geotfia trqsiae ' ■ -' issued which pr.viitse to nav : v new i -sue, on tye next.- jt ittaras that bontespec , . ui's have a'tem. :< to create tha impress-^ ■ tci th i '-it . not now, or wilt not bo receivable in payment of the ensuing taxes or pubric dues it is authorized to say, that, so tar from th"ge notes not being nowand hereaf ter receivable ior taxes aud public dues, the State weulil prefer t..v receive them than other currency for public rims and tuxes as it will save •he Sta'e tiie trnuhie of redeeming them, as the lu-v provides, with inti new issue that may by collected from taxes an t public dues. Gov. Walls has Lsued his proclamation, call ing upon the people of Alabama to respond to the ei,!l of for meat. J'he m cessity contemplated by the pa*sige of the Act of 17ih of February last having arid ed, the Secreta y of War has ordered his agents to im press in accordance with he terms of the law, All tho surplus meat over one quarter cf a pound per day for each a lult, and one eighth ol a pound for each minor, under twelve years of age, will be required for the use oi tue urmv. A correspondent of the Athens Banner says : ”A Mrs Brown, of Randolph county, went w th her sister toAmericus last winter to meet a brother whom they were expecting home from the army. Alie ihc cars came down, and wliile they were looking for their brother among tbs crowd, Mrs Biown observed a coffin in the bagga ge car, and remarked, on pointing out to her s s ter. -It th ;t were my brother, I believe it would kill mu.’ Her sister then a ked the uame of tla-i deceased, of a, soldier who had charge of tli.3 15a. and to her horror, found that it was re 4- ly oei- brother, in an instant Mrs. Brown drop ped down on the platform and died, and hei poor sister had to cany home two corpses instead of one.” Th" M ontgomery correspon lent cf the Mo bile Advertiser and R gister states that nego tiations are n >v going on between the Confed erate Government, and the Smiih and North Alabama railroad company, which it.is hoped, w.li result in the Government furnishing iron to finish the track to the coal mines where thousinds of tor s-are sow rt-aSy for transpor tation. Tiie co up uiou of th s load is of v.ist impo. tanco to the Guverntnent aud the people •>i Alabama, and we trust the negotiations will bring ah ut this desir re un speedily. Over $ I To,ooo have been secured in Alabama for the State orphan Asylum. Gen. G J Pillow has left Selma, sot the Georgia front. News cf the fine condition of the wheat erop comes iu from all quarters of th.- country. There will in all probability, be a superabun dance of it. Hon. -J. L. M. Curry, of Alabama, has accept ed an appointment as missionary in (an. John ston’s m my. under the ausoicej.of tho. Virgi. nia Sunday School and Publishing Board, and has entered regularly on his work. The crops in Alabama are remarkably fine apd harvesting in may parts has commenced Wheat is very full and compact. As there is a much larger breath of land planted this year than last, the yield will be large. Ccrn, al though backward, is promising, ami the hog crop will be much larger than iast year. A Company of Boys, about forty strong, was formed at Columbus, Ga., to guard the rail road at West Point. Their Cap'aia is Master W- Iter Gordon, a brother of the distinguished Major General Gordon, of Lee's army. Not a member of the CoEpanv is over sixteen years of age. Ice Female seminary at Forsyth, Ga., has been pressed lor hospital purposes. . Over 5115,000 have been secured in Alabama for the State Orphan Asylum. Two good new steamers, Florian and Lilian, of the Lamar Gompauy have safely arrived in Coatederate ports. FSDEUaL said li\ TICKESS COUSTY. [special cap.p.EspoxoExcE caBONiCLS & sentinel.] Marble Works, 1 T - v Pickens Cos. June 6. j Talkin'- a -? <e . e * tna( ‘ e a raid ca Thursday on t" 1 A, ttack Crees. some nine miles above y<-a ruTt f'l”I*’ 1 *’ Ga ' They captured three suma Se? “ n ’ Pe °P k8 ’ and Sttlesiala, provisions. ’ gOUS - nvkt, torses, and 2 |zT„rr» 6 f»'«?Ls’a \ve have no forces in this section. The people *re very much frightened and are moling off boutn and West. g Cotton in New York i* Eeiting at 51.00 per pound. r YOBTHEHX M£Vtß. A decree of the Peruvian Government, bear ing date the 25th nit., has been officially com municated to'the State Department at Wash ington. in which it is stated that the Govern ment does not recognize the authority which ih exercised over the Chiucha Islands by the Spanish squadron anchored in the waters there of ; that the arrangements which he has made for the exportation of guano will be regarded as null and void, and that cargoes of guano sh’pped under Spanish authority will be attach ed according to law in foreign ports, aud their proceeds held subject to the orders of the Pe ruvian Government. The Military Department of Washington, un der control of General Augur, has been exten ded so as to include all east of the Blue Ridge and north of the Rappahannock. Reports hom Washington represent that city as -,onverted into one vast hospital. Tub l.c buildings and private residences are filled with wouaded, and the stream from Acqui t cieek continues to pour in the ghostly flood. All accounts from that quarter coincide in the estimate of sixty thousand killed and wound ed on the Yankee side. The Chaltanooga Gazette contains nine col umns of closely printed names oi'Y'ankees wounded at the battle near Dallas. They only included the loss of one division. It tui-s was he loss of one division, what must have been the loss of the whole arruj' ? Sherman telegraphs North that additional forc*B and ample supplies are reaching him A dispatch from little Bock, Ark., reports all quiet in that section. The pspers in Mr. Harris' district in Mary land, hive been forffid publishing his late -puech m Congress, by the Yankee command ing officer iu that section. ihe Republican Convention at Naehvilla, in their resolutions, thenuger is tm batic&ii) tue per:urned question that pre eminently siares the re 'deis iu the face. After many tea’Tul regrets an I silly asseri 'oas, they coina to the point for which the meeting was held, ihe renegades in council said; "We therelore ea d.u>.e ibe administration aud the war policy ol President Lincoln, and pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred houors to defend and sustain tuem as the on y means of our future security, happiness and freedom, and t erofore recommend his te-nomination by the Balti more Convention the Presidency of the United Stares." w Tne Presbyterian General Assembly, Old School, in Ression at Newark, N. J., have un animously adopted the Hon. Stanley Matthew’s Anti-Slavery report. The Chattanooga Gazette says, “the Uncon dhional Union Convention, at Louisvii.e May 25th, was a complete success. Forty six coun ties were represented, patriotic resoiutoust were adopted, and tho fi.mest determinaioui was manifested to carry the Slate before the people next fall. Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge, another distinguished gentleman, addressed the meeting.” Ihe Guthrie-Preutice psrty held a convention at tho same time, to ap oiut delegates to Chicago. Tne ladies of Indianapolis, Indiana, have en tered upon the work of recruiting, beven hun dred ol them offer to take tho place of clerks at the price paid by government to soidiers, while the absent clerks are to receive their salaries. The storekeeper* and merchants as sent to tl-is arrangement. From various lette-s written from Grant’s army to the Northern papers tue reader can form some idea oi bow Grant's troops have been slaughtered uuder his standing order to "send the men in.” The Vermont brigade lost Cols. Foster, Stone, Lewis, and Barry, besides any number of line officers. Os the Fourth Veraiont regiment only ninety men aud live officers were left. The Brigade to which Baxter Zouaves, of Philadelphia, belonged was almost destroyed. The Ninety third N. Y regiment went in 550 strong and iu the Wil derness fights alone was reduced to less than 200. Tiie Florida correspondent of the New York Tribune, describing a raid by General Birney, says : "Unionists were not interfered with on tho march, but the portable property of ail avowed rebels was confiscated, aud a large amount of cattle, lii.rses, vehicles, &c.. re tained for the use of tiie Quartermaster’s De partment.” This means simply that Birney led a pack of avowed thieves through the Country. “Portable propety” is a cant phrase -ii'- * ' ! that profession, for spoons, . -tone/, ;• . Bum aro Lincoln's sol tiers. G -u. John P. William*, of Kentucky, has bee • fiat,forced from Virginia to take cosn md of. tjr Kentucky cavaJiiy in tho array of Johnston. 7 ■ The Now York Metropolitan Record, of the 2" h ult , gives a summary quite damaging to Northern pride. It examines the radical au i Administration excuses fbr the recent reverses, and says it is superior tactics and the stake for which they contend, but no superiority of numbers, which renders the South invincible, and hopes every peoole lightiugaga'nst wrong omnge, invasion*, confiscation, plunder aud subjugation, wilt always prove invincible. The Record believes tho South never can be conquered; iheir recent success is irrefutable; they have already achieved independence. The Washington House of Representatives have rejected the claims of Segar, Kitchen, and Chandler, to seats in that body from Virginia, because of their having received “Jess than a thousand votes apiece.” The Liverpool cotton market quiet. Un changed stock iu port 250,000 bales. Consuls 71| Organization’ or State Troops. —The organ ize tion of the State Troops, composed of the militia and civil efliceis of the State, assembled near this city at ‘ Camp Georgia,’’ has been perfected in a manner highly creditable to those upon whom the duty of organizing them hud devolved. The chief command of this force, we learn, will devolve upon one of tiie ablest and most skillful, as well as upou one of the most gal lant aud pair uric, military men of the Confid etacy —we mean Gustavos W. Smith, who has been elected Major General to command it. in no out-could we. nor can tho ooaimand, re pose greater confidence. The Fiist Brigade was organised as follows: First Regiment—Co). E. H. Pottle, of War ren. Second Regiment—Colonel C. D. Anderson, of Houston Fifth Regiment—Col. S. Stafford, of Early. First Battalion—Lieut. Col. Mc'Jay, of Sum ter. The Second Brigade was organized as fol lows : Third Regiment—Col. P. 8. Phillips, of Mus cogee. f’ourib Regiment—Co l . Root. McMillan, of Babet-sham Sixth Regiment—Col. T. J. Burney, of Jas per. An Indeoendent Artillery Battalion, com manded by Col. Carey W. St ies, has also been organized. ihe First Brigade will be commanded by Geu R. W. Carswell, of Jefferson county, and the Second by Gert. P. J. Philips, of Muscogee county, both of whom ire excellent officers, ami were elected, each. Brigadier G neial, to command his. brigade on Friday last. By the election of General Puillips the com mand of his late regiments, (the third) de volves, rye are informed, upon Lieut. Col. John M. Hill, of Coweta county. These troops now organised, wo lep,rn, are in fine spirits, and officered as they aie, will iorm an auxiliary foice for the defence of Atlantt and the State, in which the great commander at the froqt may repose every confidence.— Intelligencer. ExTRAORDinARV Toepewj DoiNfls.—We learn from 3 well-informed correspondent that on Friday last the Yankees at Newborn sent out to Batchelor's Creek four large torpedtrs to be “planted" in the Neuse, at Sprint Garden, ten - ("nm KawtlAPi. <r,i«wA -- * - min.., .. 0 ... against any reb el gunboats likely to be sent down upon them. At this point ihey were removed from tbe cars to the commissary building. Three of them had been safelv deposited but the fourth, oa enter ing the bu lding. was st; uck so violently'that the “machine’’ exploded. Theexplosion “set off ’ the othet three, and as may be supposed the four “set off” the building and its contents at a rapid rate through the air. One hundred men. including twenty negroes, were “within raDge” of the missiles, of whom sixty three were instantly killed, the rest wounded. Amongst the killed is a notorious Yankee viiltan Lieut. Willis. We learn, also that Hezekiah Davis, an aid citizen of that neighborhood, was present and got killed. At the scene of the disaster it is said the Yan kees had erected a tall tower or to kout, in the top of which a Yankee was at the time posted. The tower suddenly disappeared and if the sentinel on that tower has yet been fonnd our informant has not heard of it. The exp'osion was heard twenty miles, and created great consternation in the gar ri=on at Newbern. The long roll was beaten, signal guns wS?f fired, and every preparation was quickly made to meet the Rebels. Such a scene of wild contusion is said to have exist ed in the good old town as has never been ex ceeded, except in the immediate vicinity of the explosion.— Fayetteville Carolinian, F. 0.5 VIRGINIA There was severe fighting at Game's Mill June 2d. The Yankees were repulsed with considerable loss Among the incidents of the light of June 2, is the following: Four companies of a Wis consin, regiment, picked men. volunteered to charge a portio i of our brehst-works. Our men reserved their fire until they got within a few yards of the works, when they opened upon them a deadly volley, killing or woun ding the whole. It is said that not one got back, to tell ihe tale to his comrades. TLse advance ol Butler’s troops iias reached Tuns,ad's Station, on the York River Railroad. ItWE s reported that they had got as lavas Dispatch Station, thirteen miles from Rich mond. hr their charge at Gaines' Mills, the Yankees tried their old game, massing heavy columns snd pushing th-nu against a single point in our line; out, as usual, failed to accomplish any thing more than a temporary success. Ihe fight at Ashland June I, rared furiously for some two hours, when the enernv gave way, and were pursued s. me three miles, when they again made a stand, but were so m put to rout, and driven ieyond Wickham's farm, w-hen cicht put an end to tne contest. The \ ankeee leu their dead and wounded behind them. A considerable amount of spoils was captured, including three hundred horses and thirty pack mules. The mules were laden with ten days’ rations, showing that it was contain plated to have extended the raid far b -youd Ashland—probably to thee mil aiidtheDm viiie Railroad. It is reported that Um cn, my bnrntitie Sou h Anna bridge, two miles above Ashland. This structure w,» 600 bet in length aud 70 iVrt iu height It has om e before oeeu destroy dbv raiders Only four bars of iiu railroad track were ten-up, aud lire Yanks- s in their baste to get av;ay, icit D-eir hatni.auike.-. beitind While tv Ashland they uv.'eavoted to entice off tue negroes employed by tho iab road company, bat .hey refused to go. Ttie Yankees revenged t cnisc.co-t by stealing their provisions aud clothing The pickets told Hioro neuroes that tuey intruded to r turn and de stroy the place A negro raiding party is engaged in depredating upon the property and hut mug the building* of citizens ot Fiince , .eorge. auu it is stated th *t a noyro force is enc imp.'d near Cabin Point, in Burry. The raids sou Wednesday evening, June 2, advanced a short distance in tho di rection of Petersburg, but were met and driven back to their entrenchments by a portion of Hearing's cavalry. Iu tho engagement of Thursday evening, June 2, our success w.-s complete. General Eiriy, commanding Ewells's corps, attacked Hie enemy’s right, driving th m at all points, and capturing over 70J prisoners, including twelve commissioned officers An official din patch from General Lee,received late thesauri night, says wo drove the enemy from l'ui key Hdl. thereby gaining ..u imp udant position. As night closed iu upon the scone, our mon rested upon their arms in triumph, having suf fered but squall loss, an i mfi.mod severe pun islrment upon the Yankees. Our position, which is naturally a strong one, with tho right resting upon the Chickahomiuy at Sparrow's House, was made stronger during the night. A witness of the fight Kavs mat amid too heavy roll of musk' try and almost deafening sound of cannon, he could at limes bear the triumphant yells of our men. as they burled back theen. my defiantly, inflicting heavy loss. It is a singular coincidence that the iims oc cupied June 2. were rieiriy the same as those of the memorable 2d Juno, 1862, that of the enemy being near that held by McClellan when he made his final stand before being driven front the field of Cffid ii trb >r. Our gusrrilus have captured seventy wag ons loaded with commissary stores on their way from White House to Grant’s army. The Yankees are burning ail ihe houses which tie aiong their line of march. About five miles of the Central Railroad h-.is been torn up by the Yankee raiders. In tue cavalry fight near Cold Harbor, May 31, the Yankees maintained their ground until their ammunition was exhausted, and then cut their way through, bringing off their wounded. Tire Yankees are strongly entrenched on the South Bunk of tbo Appomattox, iu Prince George’s county, with their right flank pro tected by guuboats. In the fight ot June 2, the Yankees were re pulsed seven times by Anderson's corps Their loss is estimated to be greah-r than at the bat tle Os the Wilderness Our fires slight. A wounded Yankee officer says that it was Grant’s intention to make the attack general. From the large number of our general offi cers lulled and wounded, it is evident that they are selected as special targets by Yankee sharp shooters. In the fight, of .Time 31, our forces main tained their ground—not yielding au inch to the Yankees. The railroad bridge over the South Anna has been burned. The black iu the service of tbe United States continue their work of vandalism in Prince George county, oa the south ti ie of tho Appomattox. li is reported that Early and Anderson have been both commissioned L eutenaut Generals. A large number of tho captured Yankees were stupid with 1 quor. Hundreds of the Yankee dead are still lying unburied on the battle fields of Spottsylvaniu. A Confederate Coionen win) was on the field on the 23d u!t., counted twenty of their bodies in the space of an acre, a dog was feeding on tbe cheek of one of the corpses. Tills shows something of Grant’s humanity. A letter received from a lady, in Fredericks burg, states on the authority “of a Yankee sur geon. that at one time there were twent:-five thousand wounded ill Fredei icksburg. Every bouse was occupied ns a hospital—the women au 1 cb-ldren crowded into the upper stories, and the lower filled with Yankees. aU the stores, in the town were broken open and their contents taken or destroyed The cit izens wer • .robbed of ali their previsions, and aiiowad to pure asc anything. We are informed that in theit passage through Caroline county Va., the vandals aioL- not only the cutde, horses, and provisions of the people, but sacked many ot the houses in ibeir route.’ The second b.it.leof Cold Haibor Vu , was the bloodiest of the war. A Yankee prisoner■ describes tho morale of Grant’s army as be:n .r an;, tiding but favorable Grant, he says, hiu.eifeeruaiiy broken the spir it of his at ay by foicing the raea upon, points which the mere-1 military tryo count discover were impregnable against assault. They look upon him as an obstinate and unscrupulous butcher, and his army is called the "siaught er-pen.” The prison, r ttiru -ays that the army is almost unite in its preference for McClellan as the next President of the Northei n Stab s, liis virtues have received a crowning ins ni since the opening of the present Gtmpftiiu ‘■He took care os his men,’’ they say. !, a( j th "e contrast with Grant elevates biic aceordiU"i Notwithstanding the generally received pin' ion to the ueuirary, it may be shut Grant wi:j offer battle on the memorable scene oi Cold ri.u nor. The enemy are erecting a “lookout” below t ort Ciitton, Laving already elevated it some distance above the tops of the trees. The object is to command a dear view of the sur rounding country. Gen. Lee is still in Richmond, under the doc tor's care. Gen. Beauregard is in command. A writer in the Richmond Examiner says that, dining the wee ending Sunday, June f>, tur losses in kiiltd, and wounded, will no! foot up over one thousand, whilst the lowest esti ni‘*Us in oiiiciai circles of the enemy, is fifteen thousand. The troops are in their' usual good spLits, and are no Intie pleased at the fact that tiieir meat ration is v ow one half pound of <r„od bacon per dqy, together with sugar, meafand vegetao es, especiaiiy onions. A positive order was received at the Provost Marshal’s herd quarters in Richmond, on Sat urday from Gen. Lee, forbiding the issuing of passpoits to citizens or others to visit his lines unless on errands of humanity, in connection with the care of the dead and wounded. - Per sons woo V:sit battles fields fn jrt curiosity to pick up trop lies won fiy braver men wii; be rigidly fiSduAri, ati< i j| caught within the pick et lines hereafter they will be sent to the guard house. The Reserve forces of Richmond, which have been in the entrenchments i,f that city for some two weeks past, have been relieved from duty by the Governor for the present, and returned to their private avocations. The Richmond Whig fitya Lieut. Gen Long street continues to improve, being able to walk about the room daiiy. Bottom's Bridge is three mi'es lower down the Chickahominy than the point at which ths railroad cros.-es that stream, ami is some seven or eight mike from Coi<l K; ibar, tuts ba-t-e --field of Friday. McClellan bridge is hO.n- -hree miles above the railroad br.bge. *» three points the inditatxna are tb it Grant is attempting to force his we/. fce was defeated on Friday at Cold fr.rbor, and hhe << not i renew the effoit on the same fi.au m< m, tneprob ability it he will seek to accomplish his, pur- | pose by making a wide circuit around our ri.ht flank by (he road leading to Taylorsville in New Kent. In case he should fail to get to Duller, the latter may move to his assistance by the road just mentioned. The Y’ankee.- altacktdjour centre on Monday night, but were driven back with a ioss. Thus far abouts.-vefi thousand i risoncrs have been captured by oar troops, daring toe cam paign. Gc-n. Lee and uraat at last accounts could net agree by dig of truce, aud Gnat’s dead are yet uuburie i. Our losses in killed and wounded around Kiuiuaon.i, will no: amount to fifteen hundred me i. Ice federate have stripped tho houses in heir hues oi every thing—iuraiture as weii as eatables Prisoners estimate Grant’s losses at PS.OOX Imy a:so say that his entire strength is lod,- 000. - s A detachment ol the signal corps made a de scent upon a small Yankee sloop in the wes tern branch of the Elizabeth river several days since, surprising and capturing her crew of five men, und completely destroying the vessel. During tho recent occupation of Fredericks burg by tBo Yankees a large number of cl; z-’i s wore sent to Foit. Delaware as prisoners A soldier iu General Leo’s army t iar.-s tint he has seen u copy of the Baltimore Sun, of the 31st uit., and that it contained tbo ctirei and announced): at of the death of General A. D. Burnside of the Yankee army. TOUTING or THURSDAY, JIT.K 3. On Thursday evening, June 3, about five j o clock. Wilcox and Breckinridge were ordered to advance and take the crest to tire, right of itoke. Ibis v.as done without much res *t->nce or great casualties. ’The occupancy of lit;- erret gave a commanding position so tb iffi'nt oi ti:e line ot battle, now held bv Wil cox. naar or Friday-—Ju.vk i. Just after day, Fridiy morning, evi'-leiiiiy sttpp >!» tig from ihe vigorous assau t by Kirn with E veil s crops, tilth's and vi-ion of Hid' corps, on the extreme left, on Ttmrsd v ;P .-r noon, that our ct-nlre and rich! cei •re was bo" .en. th- enemy m u!e a most (b e P' rate as-au.t r.p- n iiokt and Breckinr -!g - The att «ek up >n Hoke was re puts and with 'v : •ibffi ! < ,s * io ttie enemy, b; t "ii Hr - kidridge’- iront. they sureee-.1-1 in breiking throng*i Echols’ b,ia? !e. hut Fretegm, with his hetver of 0! us tee, came tapidly and successfully t«. • if* res lie. dliv ng them -n; at, tho p-'inr of the btv Ait Also io front • f Anderson’s com mar.d (L'Uigftti :e! s corps.) the cut my f. i short thire lie. i a poriion fthewoiks, hiciitil bg sever > I gu is of Maskers hartal ion of a t.l iery. but the vans, as were tie- works. s .oi: u ctp ure . Other i-saults were made against t-ke lim:, especia! r in Bariy’s front, but were auccesstnliy repu sed. This is the history, in brief, of the fight Thursday evening ad Friday The whore af fair mi' ms to lie about thus : The enemy, in great I'o’ce. assaulted our lines in front of Gold Harbour ai.d Gaines’ mil!; fought whit ;:re • ■desperatio i; made a viuh-nr effort to turn and break our light; hurled forward their men in charge after charge, but they were succssstnl iy icpUlsed at every point v.i h itiimen-' slanglihter; torced to relinquish rite snugvi *. au-i fa h-*l to gain a si. gte advantage—ou works remaining intact at the cl so of the tight, and our men holding every foot of the ground gained by them ! FIGHT OF FRIDAY NIGHT. From noon until four o’clock heavy skir mishing c manned, wh r all became a min :r i tivoly quiet. But soon after nightfall tho ene my attempted a night assault ou our tines, hoping, no doubt, that they would take us ’ v surprise Their first effort was directed >.«; •» Breckinridge, and was made w-ih t rritde .-a orgy. For awhile the caution Ming and mus ketry fire was terrific—one continuous sheet of flv.no—and shot aud shell fell like hail. \ | gentleman who witnessed it. leiis us that th* ] iimmination was so brilliant Shat it suip.is-e i j even any pyrotechnic display he ever saw. But j the enemy were quickly repulsed, our m-n j driving them hack and occupying their p i J vancect liiit-s. They are said to have sufferc I | severely, the fire of our men making wide i;.*.ps !iu their tanks. Our Joss is said to' have been | been trifling. j OPERATIONS Os Tint ARMIES DURING SATURDAY. The enemy did not renew his assault on ; Saturday, aud tho operations of the two armies (luring that day were confined to skirmishing |-SATURDAY NIGHT—TEW ENEMY RENEWS HIS 'AS SAULT. | On Saturday night, about eight' o’clock, the j enemy, though repulsed in all the previous | ti-wauiU. attempted another attack on Brcckin i ridge’s lines The occasion of their lepcuted cflorls in carry uis position is understood to i be owing to the tact that Breckinridge's line extends across a I'o .and between them and tiie James river, which the enemy wish to get possession of. i his last assault is said to have ; been feeble. It was maiiu on tho same salient j Tvliieh had been previously contested, but was • ieobie and abortive. The lino came witbi» j Pa rty y .ids, and were then broken by our fire. | ho beaten, tire euemv did not renew their i assault, out remained quiet during the rest of | the night, with some occasional firing along j the lines. i _ In this charge the Yankees are said to have j been very drunk. Some of the men got into j out breast works with their muskets, and so I diuuk tvere soma cf them that they cama up j actually reeling. OPERATIONS OS' SUNDAY. ' I Nothing occurred oil bun. Jay between the two arm.es, except occasional skirmishing along file iiu.es. A gentleman who left the front yestiud iy at. one o’cbek, reports that some skirkinisbing was going on, but our army were engaged in burying the enemy’s dead, and at tending to the i'aiikee wounded. it was reported in our army that Butler bad eft.'eted aji-t etion with Grant. Another rumor brought in last night was that Grant was fail ing hack in tue direction of tho Pamunkey, but we failed to get any ooufirmation of this re port. GRANTS NEW LINE. The new line of the ceiny is about two and a half miles below the MccbaairsviJlo tirnpike, towards the Pamunkey river. Grant is. there fore, in posit on to go either to ilia white llcuso, towards Malvern Iliil in order to cross the Jamis river, or to move again to our right, which, it is reported Tuesday evening, that lie is attempting. TUP. SOUTH SIDE. Evp’yniing remains quiet iu fids quarter The Yankees seem to h ive completed ihc line of works, extending from the James to tbe Ap pcm-ittox They cut down the timber frotn be fore i a few 'davs age From Chilian’s farm a good view of their fortifications can be },vi' i heir gunboats are at tbe bend lust above Hutch Grp, riml amuse them,HcJves by eheiliti'i' the woods occasionally, BUTlEtl’s NEGRO TROOPS. Fiuitfi',; m the Yiqliqs papers t.%ve been in lae< ..,;.,n of ihq "fi'.e nppi uuiiCe" and "ii>dit mg qualitie-, ’ o f ,he negro troops in Buth-r's depai'tef.en!. the truth is patent that they are blierly impracricaMe in any o her capacity than tiia* of driving wagons, digging trenches, and, when nco-ie'uii g ; ves excuse, standing ra-r --force in fi'. nf > f Yankee soldiers to shield"''hero from Sid hern bu'dets PriS' neis akx- fr ui Soißb side concur in aying that tbe uegrui r. r 'ot. ar.ti cannot be matle soldit rs. au 1 the.! in tho n cent mov< ments in that a- payment, especially, they were more in the way than anything else. THE BRAVEST AND THE TEX'DF.REST. j The first tears shed bv General John C. j Breck inridge since Die war were shed on Fri day night, 3d instant, on account of (he death of his favorite, horse, that had borne him since the battle of Shiloh. A CO' FI AG RATION' IN BATTLE. Tire battle of tne Wilderness was fierce j almost beyond precedent in Northern Vir ! giriia, tor there our forces were compelled jto light both fire and the enemy. Whetli |er 1 intentionally or not. is not known, j the woods were s* t on fire along t.'ie Yan kee lines ill the midst of the battle, which J ! raged as fiercely es tho battle itself, and j through which our free s charged and whipped • the fi e. The effect of tb“ heat and smoko eon: - fcined was intense and almost unfiiica'.irg, mid j ntSHV of our men were - overcome—some of j them fainting ami falling to tbe ground. Bu:. i In the face of this great obstaole ihe victory was gained over vastly superior numbers and the army of the Potomac was driven from the fieid, leaving ail of iis dead and many of Its wounded in our bands. If tbe woods were purposely fired, as many of the prisoners state, the act was one of incon ceivable cruelty and inhuman tv ; if not, the enemy should have paid more attention to his | wounded, and not have left th' ia to burn to death- That many of them suffered death by fire is a well estalffsbed fact, affirmed by the officers ar.d men throughout our entire c.rmv. In hundreds, of instances somesuffering Yankee would cry out in the very anguish of h's soul to be removed from belore the raging flames, tine, whenever such was practicable, our men rendered too nccc.-seay assistance, but often, indeed,, in the very heat of battle, they won unable to do this. It ws an awful sight to see a fellow mortal barning up before their eyes even though he were a foe, but it was one of the for'unes’of war, and the net of the enemy, it is t.nimaied that hundreds of the enemy’s wounded, ami even some of our own, wi re thus burned to death. The loss of the or,rev j in tliis battle was very great. IRu woanded lay upon the ground tor .eyeinl days, and his dead yet cover tbe field by thousands. Grant. , mud' no f fieri to Duty them, an.l Lee would not tire his men with the work, in view of the ' coming op< rations. There they lie, aul there . their bodies wiil moulder to dust and their bones bleach beneath tbe storms and sunshine. From tub Talley,— A battle took place fie veu miles from Staunb n on Sunday. The Tan ia s were com ■ .u.iic 1 by Gen. Hunter, our forces by Brig. Gro. Junes. The enemy’s force was ba rely superior to that under Geu. Jones, red though tho latter made a most gallant fight, was lit illy overpowered. Jonefi himself, baring mortally wounded. The suppoit cx- P'-Litc •> not arriving, the remnant of his band retreated, leaving the main road to Staunton at (he enemy's disposal. That they entered the place th r\and committed their usual de prodations. Fen i have been sent to look af ter tho Yankee rtt'tlers. The capture of Staunton subjects the Gov err.m.mt to the loss of au extensive woikshop. -.'l -ays open a large tract of tho richest conn icy iu tin* ; • u> devastation and destruc |K*n. A I .--re number of mills, many tanner i-'s seme iron woik?. and various other cstab :t i a ? and rer ;. re of benefit to iho people ■mi t ie Govt-rum. at. ere placed at their mercy. I- test reports state that the place has been burned A ; ’ r ; : 1 "a circnl “ion in Richmond i. till t hid also taken Lexington and "di '.ho iuiliLiry Insulate and Washington College. Ccnich-ru'e rai !ers are already in Hunter’s roar cuiti>'■■ «->’ hit supply trains. Eighteen tieavi.y h.-m . vt - ; n-■ i:: vc been captured and tutfiic'i, ami .vx-. o.giic h-'rses taken. The i .'.ii.tee !‘ l| 'P ';ty -:i is valued at two millions of dollars. Inuum i.vrrr of mu yanktus.—Some of out WOUi'.dou f-.:U! - \ y.-a . cm 1:1 n<>| be removed, kV; ' •’ reemu y !ef iu a fiei i hospUn! near Spott . •’• -'*"- bouit 1'- a-. v - , the r -riaitawai of ->;ir :irniy ivcm ihat vioir.iiy ) in cl »•!'£<* of pur* eon . in.! -. . t- do: t- T is iro.-gital was 8 l >' ’ • ’ b:;,-., w -. •:, I.li ,-fallthe - - e-.»i,s am, *:ii*': *s. r j si. to l--\< e« ven ono ! *to sttppiv oik- snir -ln:; >ohtiers villi food ind v.i.l-'f. in si.- oi > •■• entreuii.-s and :e --111(1 oi roe sfh'-r-T-t. «h-ve situation -t p ••; Itnnia <* itisrinct und impulse oi in e.yit'z •- ii . t td y ieit by .. n- urn .1 e - ;■> t.i di - ■ [ n i wounds, or in ’ .- • ji.-.t ; ref ? i!a im. to linger and die i m-:ti: ■ cir;:>:■: ii •• 1 1 1 by siiirvatiou L"arutog ■"•.-a f.c i .. a cmt.i to our inf:nr.ant and icqii.cm. -! aiu w.... .a? coiiditiou ol the puf— * " !, *t ■ *»*••'**'•. waci eup >n be, being a surgeon •and ifg'i eta >;:'•" :n our army repaired to !; *y ’’ ■ ' • ::e « un - .1 soldier not ; *••» •*-• ‘ ' :'«) ’:. b:i wiui.,uv a nurse— yf -•• »' i e- u hand » res rot water, i imiui ,•• a i".u- : of food, or dress a wound. i: * •'- ■••" > ;*r v: finds w e putrid, and , ( 're slum's were or ttie vety verge wt s : a ". .ri’oir. The surgeon adti iaistered to cc.: ic c' s ;he fie c i-ii i. and is now with tm.au wtti.ui the enemy’s lines. Fiivfl rdi re AT. . li - 0 -iitre ;I ai. c ii. id Lavoll remains with ; • ""TV. lit he ms been assigned to '••'*" -• tr.’.iiSjurcd. He is in fre ? - nr v;.e.v with the Coipmundio-r Gener .re.:! id - outs io puree-::; lire implicit confidence •oi i Mt: oitic-.u*. _ T.i'li'csji- i. throi'.-h tie liitct from the vi cinity of Mutirr. oi-.i r. present much uneari i:i:-| by '.re rer- >t... ' : : that place and Uhut ! ‘"’-C'-.'i " re iic re. the great distance nterv-.-m Uctv: ;t ; e-mail and lT;s base, :1 c -.-• ; : --i ly ot the übiqiiitou.* Forrest >.n ot > cure a 1 Morgan oa the other. \ Ired'T r ;i . .atimaud at Huntsville t-uii.'csKcii tit: opiiireii i. at i. Bhcrmuu should i"'''•'•' -- •h'- h'-'at* Afianta, T> nneSsee v u uirl Ii v, to !•>! cv.iCUiited at once from | I-. .Seville east ifflu. • .■ '••b ( : frmu Marietta, report Altoona iiiris ; . ~i.; - ... ci o: Ihe umuny, which they are-ari :,) he ortliyiiig. Further report lew ic -.( act! u> tt.i.l cur; ickcts Have retired to Big nhaiitv, eel.: ot wioclr tack ooiiljriiiation. ure ;ii Iron*, ol L-g Bhauty, and are iu-lu-.triom-ly f. Nil'ying the Akooua Hills tied otu . : positix; s between Acworth. and the Etowuii. T i ’ * •’/ lu7( * Gt-ir i lvincaline abont t-'.'"’- tut lea i-’l’ir:.-. > fr.liri i. i Ihir am, h-.u be ut gra luaiiy retiring be i tore tire a.«. mw<h bm.-ir.it in. xhere has been i U.U AitnC .lit to prevent, t’iciij, our move e'en n being m } v- y icirurely, and the ; ; irocoiis apparently hue of simple displace j uieut. ! The enemy h ;41 -ci ibuted his cavalry, tind r a lar U'cuy of !■ oo tV.nch Valleys * iibotit Car," i and a.oug ihe Etowah river. ' " 7 1 > 7 '••••:i' v; ni thatvich gran* ury , . : 1,1 .....Hi i.i an ,ut tun miles #x'or.i • ‘Amtetta to • tel'i of tue i-.iUioad and derives too '.'.uo;i lrotii_ its being a JoKv ridge i . :l !!1 middip 0 r a level, j . lU ' " •' : ' 7 - 1 ' th'B hioxjtain an i our I‘s." 1 "-mnus ini!-',,, i, u obllq \:e j ».ltee.-on •-.* tiie ];unq/ a am j about three lif ?/’.E i ba: , ult ’T 7 ' '•’bis movement was ■ ‘ ;. ‘ u 1 ’■> J»ne yankees turning the right 1 u'- W ! U r* Ci u •h't'ltlty night, and masking j ,a ’r : ' ” 1 '“ hi ts "*i ,K on their left, j ( .Gn; vv> j; ,an.',:i of Dallas by the enemy was i«, mi Jn<.;v .- , : .c. tiic.i th .n the change of po } 'Uh.n i T-; to above, it was simply a move* | Went fintii Lie;:- Ugh# to heir h it, and did j 'U;.‘ ye .'.re. iquishmeut of the “On to j AU-i.'iU j,o'.';'i!i"i tof the Yankees, i .. Th*' h'.tcst reports from (he Yankees are ! *' ' L,air i. .f. ,Sm u. Yankee corps com* ! nmiut-in, h ive arrived at lemphis with parts ’ of their com.nands and ns soon us the retnain fMt atriti-'s vii.i mutch u>- reinforce Sherman Ti ese have b-.-vu drawn from Steel’s and ibinlts’ armies aud so f-tr as mo,ate and esp’ti da corps g , H not aid to av> ry great extent m capiutmg A mi } ao H-'ovcnients ol the Yankee army are now principally directed against our right which cherinnn hopes either to dink or force back on our centre, turn; •, riving usf'tom tho rail*' He can uoi t-uceed. Official i.'iuriu Tion ha.; b en received that Gb.i-i.t: s wiut five thourJfci cavaby had iiiut'ciKu: through home on CiWi'oun, o- 'distance < i only twenty irh.e miles. lie A orffihed there . in.li> ''.'. .ii.g am. • ap.ured thy.o tccoiuotives "i” three iar!i<i t nuns ot itn .-. iai'en with u;rcy tnoie.-' ihose he burned ttite , burning a sht:*il bn licit* .r. i this *ideof Cailioaa ,' ’ ( l (11 K * uriivofl iu our lin<?s 1 .,.' S u that ,u Wednesday f|'^‘" 7 ' p vriinees'd the burning of the b.ioge a« brvtsepqrt A strong force of the t a ,j on tills side of the river, ho could out asw;.Ui!!i what Ire . s bni'iied it. it is very i-m-.y to iic tho.-e ot i>,ig. Gen. Vaughn, who, with three t; on-, nd tu.ii, left It-, g, rsvilie in aet Ten reee, for the purpose of making sttdx u movemeut H v,; ;, repotted in Atlanta on Tuesday that a Federal mail had t een e ,ptured near Dallas. Grn. Marini’s scouts report the enemy’s cava.!ry to consist of two eivisiouß, of three luigades each. Having brought no foraga wu,i i;;, tn, they depend enthciy upon tho cr.un‘ry for subsist,'lice. .' he louutry affords hut hi tie, except green wheat Bolds, and their bor*ts r.i" alrt'tuly much jad'd. Stonemua’s uivi :e. nr. 1 seal 80u hoises to Kingston to >< ' and. A few lueses captured on tur left, *.!, i Mini.; :: l::i Dies and acute I ttH'C-i <• a tai ■ . i.-(! tim-s -aid short rations. , D.-"itU ai' i G.. 1 , .. In «t seven thou 8- aud men t vo arrived at Ro:iien« reinforce nieii’.s to kSher.oan; but owing' to the probable approach ot Forre.-t, they have been ordered to remain at Ro.’ii' to v.atc;i his movements. Our General has ok'eied the gave of tmUtio several times during the pest w> ek. but gher rnan persistently relii-cf. We have no doubt that ' c -nera. oi.i me of tiis campaign is to avoid barrie «»>d maintain his position on tho stronghold he tow occupies unt,| he can re cruit-bis jaded aid worn cotntn'and. T here,.- little doubt entertained that Sher man’s men aro very much di,affected and leav ing him a* t. <;r Icily, c; service expires, hut t‘i sbe rem [ms by the fresh levies and rein fore ements he r* coustatitl.v leceivmg. V/e i.-aat .. mre the h: iv! reality in the face. Siier | risa w;!i itbt buu'/me any weaker. But if ho : j‘''iu'-’as ■, im-ntu in Uu> present fastnesses and ' P^ rt h'Hed t< sec ire r< t and recuperate by r '' "■ • ’ materia!, '. ctwo do nedy.avc any fear that when l, e - ei s hit masses .a iu in motion, that he will succeed in icach ing tips criy. ; , t-‘fluent oialoiigues occur between tbe Hnivrpshooierr, Bn,J not » few wiity and imper tinent ii'.-. are pusr-eii end returned. Of ten .mi utuke ujr. cinonis not to fire at night. 1II , ) L," '' 1 •: • , ;!! -u'd attempt au advance, ivmcn coKiprn.-.ts; f; am a I .-/ays miuuttly cb s.-rved; end sosiietimes two will meet on nett tr.iJ around ami exchange papers This bow ever.. is not permuted (n known) by our • iinriues, i .... ian kees semi quite wii i k< e *’ "•'••"> - offeringJto give coffe-s tor tobacco, home o! the I wen«y-second liii nois. which o mmc-diately in frout of Uh— to.d our !)•■- in conversation a few nignts tmee tu .. tne,.. term„l :. f -vice would expire the lo*h oi Jimo. vl.cn thw intend going home, arm Unit m.F. was t;.- e;„m with many other regiment m ♦ hsimvi a nrm j a , however, sal. i':cy r,a ! 5 i '..uiisled. j 'l ha Columbia rfeu a Carolinian leams that I pfivrite A. i l.'q,' vi‘ frg'ment, a resident of i -^; 1 .« of the I2th real : !'! n , 1 ’ ‘ - ‘ * Jv ‘ ; '‘ ,v’ f ' vas and when the I ' . J ''D.them to their right ; . ‘ V,' f’ . p : ! :C Ku.ar incident, that too 1 e. 60 : .u r ’ :it tba battle of Chan c-.ilorsv i . - aied th<. colors of the 12th regi me..c, an. i-ie ved .* badge of honor from tho regiment for hi, gallantry. A telegraph * face ha* bua wetted »t Cor, IBtu, * :
