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THE UTHCUULK
live so«th is now tng'if'rd in a death Btruj'-
**• willi th© enemy. Foiled, ropahxd, and
4®f®*'.ed at all points, In the past three months’
•ompalgn, he is driven to deiperatiort. Seeing
tile gigantic scheme of Southern subjugation
©boat {o eud In disastrous and faii
«r®, he I* Inspired with the energy of despair,
aad la employing every artifice whieh hU in
gasalty and raneor can euggtat to obtain nora*
advaatage, whieh may bolster up h!s waning
ferteeeo and poatpune the la»7ilabie ruin waii a
awaits bis eaase .
We may oxpect the war to b« prowwttd
With an activity and rreUeae daring, not ,
heretofore rgnalled. We «eay ®*ipeit every ,
Vilnerable point In tL# Confederacy to Ho a*- I
■ailed ; eveiy effort made to surprise ex; and !
•very device employed, whiah holds oat the
awneteet hope of sueeoee.
The,crisis of the war is now' Hpon tut. Tke
last desperate struggle toaeoonsplish oar over
fcr»w end subjugation. Is now i» progio; #
Vhe time has eotne for the South to put forth
her almost strength and returnees fer lho
emhlveiuent of Independence. Uur entire male
pepaletiua should be armed, If nocoosary, to
neeWt the invader. The sablime spectacle should
be presented to the world of a whole people
ta arms, for the defence of their libeity and
their hoiaua. (Jar people should not hesitate
he adopt any tnaa ure,or to maka any sacrifice,
which will oeuduce to the defeat of tbo foe.
•very agency of destruction should be adopted,
ssi ha should find in every man aud ia eiery
wemvs an unyielding opponent.
■vary motive which can sue the sooi, or
■erve the arm of the patriot, now invqk<M jm
he action. All that la dear, ail that ia scored
to the heart of anil, Is staked upon tho issne
es this ooatest. Property, liberty, lifo ilsolf;
• * honor of woman ami the hclple sow© of
•hlldhood, tho sanctity of our hearths and our
altars, are all threatened by an enemy, deaf to
the voice of justice and humanity, and a stran
ger to the amenities of clrllimd wmfaro. Wo
Khreggle te avert ft ruin more eorapVete and
wtter, then has ovarlakcp. any people, since tho
day* es Pagan barbarity. \V« eontcad* with
aa enemy who repudiate* every m urium which
ia modern limns, has ameliorated tho hoaers,
end restrained the casernei of war.
The bloinl of onr heroic martyrs, who have
fe!l®n In the strife, cries to heaven for ven
geanse. The devastated Helds, and smouldsr
feag raias of thousands of once happy lionise,
vhtsh everywhere mark the track of the in
t*4«r, worn us to determine and prepero to
MSgUt hint whereveb he may approach, Hanvvn
laid Mirth, the obligations of duly, of patriot
ism a»d honor, invoke every lulu to do his
whele (iaty In this crisis of hie country's L.te.
FROM TDMLXrruii' OLH J.JSK4
On Friday, Schofield's corps, consisting of
about three regiments of cavalry, and ten
thonsand infantry, ndvance.l on our left, with
ielentlon probably of driving it back, and
flanking our mam army, and at tire same
tim« getting possession of the Turner l'Vrry
r«i|. Tti.*r, however, waro defeated its their
plans. The State Troops, assisted by several
thousand regular infantry and cavalry, sun
•ceded In keeping theta in cheeky Our loss
«u ebeut quo haulrsl killed amt wounded,
lht suomy's loss was quire heavy.
On Saturday morning our troops withdrew
übent tbreo Miles in good older to • high range
»f kills about two milos beyond the Chattahoo
eke«. Those hills have beer wdl-iorUil and by
Wmnst werks aud rifle pits. can only bo
attacked by the main rottd, which is veiy nar
rew, aa nearly the whole country is liner’*l
- The trees on tbo hill sides hate all
been cut down, and lie In ouo tangled mat/,
making it impossible for the enemy to make a
eharge exeept by the narrow passage way
spoken of above.
On Saturday afternoon the Yankees burned
the Sweet Water Cotton Hills and Ferguson's
Crist and Flouring Mills, iu Campbell county,
beside* the dwellings along the road by which
they ndvanood in that section. Thci'- pro
gram could he distinguished by the columns
•f rising smoke as the happy home of some
family was distroyed by the dames.
Oar troops nppoar to be in the boh of spir
its, and have evjry confidence in their cuia
maaders.
Th* State militia—the much abused portion
•f oar defender*— it 1* said * ood (Ire well ou
Frtfley and fought m bravely aad coql as the
aegaUri.
£}«• G. W. Smith, the commander of tlio
State troops, has some eight thousand Confed
eral# troop# put under him. Hu is considered
by Gen. Johnston, as well by Other promineut
•dears in the army of Tenuerseo, as one ot tho
•blast aad most efficient officers in the Con
federacy. Tho compliment paid Gen. Smith,
by firing him command of our entire left is
• high one and at the samo time is a severe r«-
>a»e to those who hare endeavors ! to bring
lata disrepute with the people so brave "and
gallant aa officer.
Sam Day.—The following sales war* made
at the Lower Market Tuesday:
By A. Wilson: Negro woman 45 rears old, !
• 11S4: girl 15 years old. $3500: woman So
years eld, $3900: man 19 years old 33500;
hsb 19 years old. $3400; w«mn 50 years old
fjflfffi; boy 18 years old, aaseund, I2B50; girl
IT yean old, SIS 99; man, woman pad eklld,
•TWO.
By Muxs hr, Ksb» A Cos : Negro boy IT years
•I*. MISS. eld woman aad hey, $1009; old
man aad wife, infirm, $2200; man, shoemaker.
$•909. man 39 years old. kneehueod. staoo.
Tract of 880 acres of land in Burke eeuaty, 4 i
mile* from Augusta, $8 50 per aero.
By W. A. Raviby h Cos.: Mulatto girl LS
yean old $2400; negro girilS years old s*4 00;
girl 17 yean eld, ss4so; hoy 14 years eld,
•s33* Heusa and lot on Fonwiok street, 58,-
4*o; two unimproved lets on tie Iterge Sur
rey, $S00«.
*7 K- ' ■ Kb*. A Cos.: Negro woman Si
yean old, $1200; woman ti y sari old, S3MO
®T ALUts, & Ce.: Negrumaa 23 years
cH, $4$W; Melinda, 16 y «*» p; j ajQo,
l.'iDY J’jHX'GX* SPEHCIt.
The following speech of Andy Johnson,s the
b jiTd&ee of tho Black Republican* for Vice
Pi*-.-,i en , is Lem the 11 mphis ffulloiia effuse
j ioth:
A Union mass meeting was held at Nashville
loa Friday night, at which Gov. Johnson w*i
the principal speaker. We Bad tho following
report in the Nashville Times :
inn appearance of Gov. Johnson on the
s'ej.* of the St. Cloud hotel, was greeted by
tke vast crowd with loud applause. All were
anxious to he ir and s-e tho next Vice Presi
dent of the United btates.
Alter tharikiug the a-eembly for the compli
ment they had bestowed on hun. and a few
other pieiiminary remarks, Gov. Johnson pro
ceeded to say that we aro , engaged iu » groat
struggle for free government in the proper ac
ceptation of the ter m.
So f .r tu the head of the ticket is concerned
tl.“ Baltimore convention has said, not only
! t ■ the United 'oates, but to all Ihe norion-i of
life eartn, that we are determined to maintain
nd carry cut the principles of free govern
; oh’-i .at ((invention announced nnd con
;anre ! a principle not to be disregarded. It
i was that the right of secession, and the power
of a Mate to pit.cn Hself.oat of the Union, are
r.ot recognised. The convention had declared
I his principle by its action Tennessee La i
beea in rebellion against the Government, and
waged a treasonable war agamst its authority
just as other Southern Sta'w had done. She
nnd seceded just as much as other States had,
and left the Union as far as aho had power to
do so.
Nevertheless, the national convention bad
declared that cannot put itself from Hin
der the nglionai authority. It said by its
nomination, ti.&t tto present President,
take h : m altogether, was the man to steer tho
ship <>f Bt tie for the next four years. Next
it baid—if 1 may be permitted to speak of my
sell, not in the way of vanity, but to ilius’rMe
• principle —“We will go into one of the re
bellious ritfit.es and choose a Vice Presidency ”
Thus the Union party declared its bel’et that
Luo rebellious States are stiil in tbe Union, and
that their loyal citixeus are still citisens of the
Ui ;t .and States. And.now there is but one great
work lor us to do, that, is to put dawn the re
bellion. Our duty is to sustain the Govern
ment and help it with all our might to crush
out a tebeilion which ia iu violation of ail that
is tight and sacred.
Guv. Johnson said ha bad no impassioned
appeal to make to the people iu his own behalf,
lie had not sought tlio position assigned him
by the national convention. Not a man in all
the Wild can truthfully say th it I havo asked
him to n.'o his influence in my behalf in that
body, for the position allotted to me, or for any
other. Oil Ine contiary I have avoided the
candidacy. But while I have not sou s bt it,
still being conferred upon me unsought, I ap
preciate it the more highly. Being conferred
on mo without solicitation, I shall notdeoline
it. [Applause ] Come weal or woo, success or
defeat, sink or swim, survive er porisb, I accept
Die nominal ion, on principle, l*e the conso
guonc » what they may. I will do what I be
lieve to be my duty. 1 kuow there are those
lure who profess to feel a contempt forme,
anil, on tno other hand, feel my superiority
to them. 1 have always understood that there
ia a sort of exclusive aristocracy about Nash
ville which affects to contemn all wiio arc not
within its litklo circle Let thorn enjoy their
opinions. I have heard it said that
“ VYt rtj cwkcMii. in.:u anti r/ant of It the foilovr.”
This aristocracy has been the bane of the
slave fcitates, nor has the North been wholly
free from it* curse. It is a class which I have
always forced to respect me, for I have cvey
s.-t i! and. ti iuco. '1 lie iespec>of thohonest, fa
iciiigeftl and iiKiustricus olass I have eu.ieav
ored :o win by my conciuct as a man. Ono of
the chief ehraeuts of this rebellion is the op
position of the ,<!avo arietoraoy to being ruled
!>-. • ur who hive risen iron) tbo ranks of the
people. This aristocracy hated air. Lincolu
because its vyas of humble origin, a rail-split
ter iu early life. One of them the private se
cretary of Howell Cobb, said to mo ono day,
after r. long conversation, ‘’We people will not
submit to he governed by a man who has come
up front tlie tank* of the common people, as
Abe Lincoln has.’’
lie uttered the essential feeling and spirit of
the Southern rebellion. Now it has just oc
cuired to me. if aristocracy is so violently
opposed to being governed by Mr. Lincoln,
u it in the mure oi conscience will it do with
Lincoln aid Johnson t I reject with scorn this
whole idea »>f an arrogant aristocracy. 1 be
lieve that ia-.il is capable of soli government,
,i-i-r-siHictivo of his outward circumstances, and
win i ■ i ue be a laburei«a shoemaker, a tail
or, or a grocer. The question is whether man
is capable of self-government. I hold with
Jcfier on that government was.made lor tbe
convenience cl man, and not man lor the
government. That laws and Constitutions
were designed as mere instruments to promote
his welfare. And hence from this principle, i
eoncltule that governments can and ought to
be changed and amended to conform to tbo
wants, to the requiiemeuts and progress of the
people, and enlightened spirit of the age.—
Now il ary of your secessionists have lost lifllit
in mans capability of self and
feel unfit for (be exercise of this great right, go
straight to robelduin, take Jr if. Davis, lteau re
gard and Itrirgg for your masters,aud pat their
collnitf ou your necks.
And hete let me .-ny, that now is the time to
recur to these fundamental principle*, while
tbe and is rent with anarchy, and upheaves
with the throes of ain ghty revolution. While
sae tty is in this disoideied state, and we are
•o-eMng security, lot us tlx the foundation* ot
the Government on principles of eternal jus
tice wticlt will endure for alt time. Thcr* in l
v.a element in our midst who ate for perpetua
ting tiio institution of slavery. .Let me say to
you, Tennesseeans, end men from the North
ern Status, that slavery is dead. It was no)
murdered by me. I told you long ago what
ill* result would be if you endeavored to go
out ot-tire Union to save slavery, aud the result
would be bloodshed, rapine, devastated fields,
plundsied village's *nd cities; aud therefore I
urged you to remain in the Union. In trying
to save slavery you killed it, aud lost your
own lreodom. Your slavery is dead, but but
I did not minder it. As Macbeth said to
; Basquo’s bloody ghost:
Novitr il'.ak* thy % rs c%
Thou c»u*i no* SA/ I tiid It.
Slavery is dead, and you must pardon me if
I do cot mourn over its dead body ; you o*n
bury it out of sight. In restoring" tho State,
leave ou' (bat disturbing and dangerous ele
ment, and use only those parts of the maohm
ry wtdeh will move in harmony. •
Now lit regard to emancipation, I want to
say to the blacks that liberty moans liberty to
work and er.jov tho fruits of your la’oer. Idle
ness is not freedom. I desire that all men
sbs'.i have a fair start and equal chance in the
race of life, and let him succeed who has the
moat merit. This, I think, is a principle of
heaven. lam for emancipation for two rea
sons : First, because it is right in itself, and
second, because in the emancipation of the
slaves, we break down an odious and dangerous
aristocracy ; I think we arc freeing more
whites than blacks iu Tennessee.
I want to see slavery broken np, and when
its barriers are thrown down. I want to in
dustrious, thrif.y emigrants pouring in irom
all parts of the country. Come on; we need
your labor, your skill, yonr capital. We want
your enterprise and invention, so that here
after Tennessee may rink with New Fngland
In the arts and mechanics, and when we visit
the patent office at Washington, where the in
genious mechanics of the free States have pat
their medals, we need not blush that Tennessee
can show nothing but a mousetrap, or some
thing of about as much importance. Com*
I on ! we greet you with a hearty welcome to the
soil oi Tennessee. Here s soil the most fertile
| in every agricultural product; a delightful and
healthy climate, forests, waterpowers and mines
j of inexhaustible richness; come and help us re-
J deem Tennessee, and make her a flourishing
j and powerful Stats.
But in calling a convention to restore the
| State, who shall restore and re-establish it?—
j Shall the roan who gave his influence and his
j meins to destroy the Government? Is he to
; participate in the great work of reorganimtiea?
! Ska i he who brought this misery upon the
j St-Ve be pel mi tied to control Its destinies? If
! this be so. toen ail this precious blood of our
1 drive soldi* *s -d officers so freely ponred out,
j will have been waotouly spilled. All the glori
’ ous victories won by onr noble annies will go
t r W>r naught, and all the battle fields which have
j been sowft wiflt dM heroes dwinp this rebui
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 13, 1861.
lion will have been made -memorable in vain.
Why all this cimijc and devastation? It was
that treasen might be put do.»n and traitors
punished. Therefore I say that traitors should
take a back seat in tbe work of restoration.
If there be but five thousand men in Tennee
see, loyal to the constitution, loyal to freedom,
loyal to justice, theae true and faituful men
should control the work of reorganisation and
reformation absolutely. I say that the trai
tor ha* ceaecd to be a citizen, and in joining
the rebellion boa become a public enemy. Ha
forleiied his right to veto with loyal mun when
he renounced his citiz-oship, and sought to des
troy our govemmoit. We say to tna most
honest and industrious foreigner who oomoa
from Ungland or Germany to dwell among us,
and to »dd to tho wealth of the country, ’ Be
fore you can bs a citinen you must stay here
for five years.'’
It we are so cautious about foreigners who
voluntarily renounoe their homes to live with
us, what should we gar to the traitor, who,
although born and reared among us, ha* raised
a parricidal hand auaiust tho government
which always protected him? My judgment is
that ho should be subject to a severe ordeal
before he is restored to citizenship. A fellow
wf o takes the oath merely to save bis proper
ty, and dentes the validity of tbe oath, is a
perjured man and not to be trusted. Before
these repenting rebels can bo tiusted, let them
bring forth the fruits of repentance. H j who
helped to make all these widows and orphans
who drape the streets es Nashville U meuruing,
should suffer for his great crime.
The work is in our hands. Ws can destroy
this rebellion. With Grant thundering on the
Potomac, before liichmond, and Sherman ami
Themaa on their march towa.d Atlanta, the
day will ere long be ours. Will any madly
persist in rebellion? Suppose that an equal
number be slain in evory battle, it is plain
that the losult must be the utter extermina
tion es tbe reliels. Ab, these rebel leaders
have a strong personal reason for holding out to
:avo their necks ftom the halter. And these
leedera must feel the power of the Govern
ment. Treason must be made odious, and
traite,3 mudt be punished and iwpoverish*!.
fholr great plantations must be seized and
<!! ride-1 into small farms, and sold to honest,
ißdusrriom men. •
Th« clay for protecting th® lands ard n®gro®s
of these author* of rebellion is past. It is
high tiin« it *u. I have been most deeply
pained at soma things which hav® com® uuder
my .observation. W® get men in command
wlra. under tho influence of flattery, fawning
and caressing, grant protection to the rich
traitor, whii® th® poor Union man stands out
in the cold, often unable to get a receipt or a
voucher lor his losses. The traitor can get
lucrative contracts, while th® loyal man is
pushed aside, uuable to obtain a recognition
of hts just claims. lam telling the truth. I
oar® nothing for strip®* and shoulder straps.
I want them ail to hear what 1 say. >
I have been on a gridiron for two years at
the sight cf tksse abuses. I blame not th«
Government for tin**® wrongs which are the
work ol weak or faithless subordinates. Wrongs
will bo committed under every form of govern
merit and every administration. For myself,
I mean to stand by toe Government until the
Union flag shall wavo over every torrn, hill
top and cross roads, iu its full mejesty. The
natleas of Europe ar® anxious for our over
throw. .Fiance takes advantage of our inter
nal affairs and semis Maximilian off to Mexico
to net up a monarchy ou our border*. The day
of reckoning is approaching. The time is not
far distant when tne rebellion wiil be put down,
ttud then w® will attend to this Mexican r.ffair,
aud ray to Louis Napoleon, “You can set up no
monarchy on this continent.’’
An expedition into Mexico would be a sort
of not cation to the bravo soldiers who arc now
fighting tho battles of tho Union, end ihe
French concern would be quickly wiped out.
Let us he united. 1 know that there are but
two parties now, one for the country and the
ether against it, and I am for the country.
I *tn a Democrat in the strictest meaning of
the term. lam for this Government because
it is Democratic—a Go+erninent of the people.
I am for putting down this rebellion, because
it is war against Democracy. He who stand*
off stirring up discontent in this Btat® and hig
gling about negroes, is practically in the rebel
camp and anconrages treason. He who, in In
diana or Ohio, "makes war upon the Gorern
meat out of regard to slavery is just as bad.
Tfie salvation of th® country is now the only
business which concerns the patriot.
fn conclnsion, let us giv® our thanks, not
foimal, bat heartfelt thanks, to those gallant
officers ami soldiers, who fcava come to our
rescue, and delivered us froai the rebellion.
AnJ though monoy be expended, though it bo
lost, though farms and cities bo desecrated, let
the w»r for tbe Union go ou, and the stars and
strip’-e b* batboil, if need b*, iu a nation’s
blood, till law be restored and freedom firmly
established.
Gov. Jobuson retired amid lend and con
tinued cheering, and th® large crowd dispersed
to thoir homes.
Axothsr Lsaf from llutokt. — At this par
ticular time, when the enemy in immense
force is striving with all hi* energies to con
summate the work es ou; subjugation, aud when
we are ou the'eve of great battles, pregnant
with conscqasures of the utmost importauoe,
the press cannot exert its influsnce in a more
prdlliabi# way than by encouraging eur army
with recitals frern history, showing how, under
similar circumstance* to ours, the soldiers of
'Liberty have contended agaiuat prediglons odd*
anfi achieved success. Due of the most re
markable instances of this kind of achieve-,
ments is related by Col. Schaller- in a net* ap
pended to a chapter of that excellent work of
Marshal Marmout’s oujth* Spirit of Military In
stitutions, translated by himself, and greatly
iuaproved by tke notes he has addod to it. The
passage we have-selected is a striking illustra
tion of the ineihcacy of overwhelming numbers
in a conflict with a vastly interior force of
brave men fighting on their own soil in defenoe
of their rights, thoir homes, and all that endears
existence.
The struggle of the Pole* in 1831 to throw
off the Russian yoke was signalled by acts of
extraordinary valor. They repeatedly de
feated their invaders, inflicting upon them
heavy lossee. Os the many battles which were
fougut, that of the Grociiow, iu the immediate
vicinity Os their capital, (Warsaw,) which it
was the great object of the Kuseiau oomman
dcr to capture, aud to which he was pressing
with ail his might, is eminently worthy to be
referred to iu connectiou with the events uow
uan.phing around Richmond. We wish that
sj had room lor the whole of Col. Schaller's
nanative of this battle, but as it coreri seven
olose ly printed pages, we oan only give a brief
sjn jpsis.
lt was fought on th# 25th day es February,
1831. Th# aggregate Russian force was 196,-
000 infantry and cavalry, with 313 piece* of
artillery. The roles had not more than 43,400
infantry and cavalry,,with •$ gans. The en
gagements begna soon after daybreak with a
tnnoaß attack by tho right wing of ths Rus
sians upon th# Polish rignt, with a similar re
sult. After a brief mil the Russian# renewed
the conflict by hurling 100,000 men with 120
pieces of artillery against the Polish centra.—
Alter a sanguinary struggle of four hoars, in
watch the Poles displayed prodigies of valor,
their Genera;* determined to withdraw their
threw a little to the rear for the purpose es ob
taining a more favorable position, which har
ing b*en done, tir# Russians, supposing the
movement to b* a retreat, again advanced up
on them flushed with the expectation of certain
victory; bat the Pole# received them with a
murderous lire and in the end inflicted upon
them a total defeat. The Russians were rout
ed, but for the want of a sufficient cavalry
force, the Poles could not pnrsue them. It was
many months belore the Russians again as
sumed the offi nsive.
The carnage in such a batile was of eonrsa
dreadful. The Russian* left 80.000 men upon
toe field. The Poles loss 12,000 in killed and
wounded or one-third of their army.
Stfch wae the battle of Groehow, in wh ! «h
was displayed the superiority of valor over num
bers. And now we vk. are the T ankces any bet
ter than the Russians. Or are the Confederates
any worse than the Poles, as soldiers battling
on their own soil against a foe seeking by din*
of mere brute force to reduce them to an igno
minious vassalage? —Petersburg Meprtss.
A. family of some six white persons were
poisosad it; Qharlsatos a few j lTg s «nce lrom
partaking by mistake, of a prepared dish from
the plant kuown as stramotJ'um, or James
town wepd. By prompt medioaj attendance,
fetal metrics war* prevented.
Havana.
The Havana correspondent of tke Mobile
Advertiser gives ihe following interesting ae
eomt of what he >aw in tks.l city :
i Havana, m one of our principal foreign de-
J pots of munitions a«d arms, undoubtedly po*-
| rsese an in terse t for the Southern people that
it never did before.. It is in many respocts, a
great city, with its 300,000 inhabitants, its flue
harbor, ailed with the shipping of all nations,
its graad oid castle at the entrance—giant
warder of th® channel, holding his torch aloft
at night to guide the wandering mariner—its
rock-built rampart* crowned with cannon,
whose muaaies are turned upon the city and
harbor, as it there they looked for the first
deiuonstiatien against Spanish rule—its in
numerable churches—all Catholic—and its an
c-isat walls, now being torn down, because mse
iess, and because the largest and fair st por
tion of the eity has grown up Outside of them.
These speciflo items and curtain sundries, with
the vast wealth coucc#rated hur«, are about
all that recur te me as constituting tbe great
ness of the eity of Havana. The Government
seesm to be conducted on the narrowest and
most petty ideas p issible. The main object of
its organization meels you on every hand, via: ,
to extort money from eveiy body for every-’
thing. You can do nothing here without xvay
igg for it. When you eome upon the . Is
land you must get a “landing permit’’ from
ti e Captain of the Port, for whiok you pay;
this authorizes you to remain upon the Island
•ne month, when you get another permit from
an ither official, graatisg you a further- resi
dence for three months, for which you pay a
stiil higher price; xl the end of this period, if
you wish to lemain longer, you must apply
for a grant of psrmaueut resideace, which will
not be accorded unices you are an orthodox
Catholic or declare your Intention of embrac
ing that faith ; for this privilege you must pay
roundly. Tke litii* schooner] upon which I
ORme over here from Mobile remained on©
week in tho harbor ol Matxnaas, and her Cus
tom House and other Government fss3 amount
ed to over sixty dollars. Spain must and will
have her revonuo from the Gem of the An
tillee.
The stretos es Havana are exeeedingly nar
row and tbe sidewalks infinitesimal in width.
T hey are rarely wide cneugh to permit two per
sons to walk abreast, and as the voiantee, are
■utaarous and driven rapidly without regard
passengers, for wk'XQ the drivers seem
to emtertain a decided hostility, winked at by
tho authorities, the pedestrian is in constant
peril of life and limb, and must be continually
hopping on and off the sidewalk. The volants
is nothing more than a finely finished cart with
an Immoderately long pair of shafts, between
which is harnessed a mule, ridden by the driv
er as yon picas*. Sometimes another mule is
hitched on entside the left shaft, almost far.
enough ahead t* make a tandem team of it.—
The tails of the quadrupeds are braided so
tightly as te greatly impede the uaudal circu
lation, and then brought around in an elegant
eurve to tho left side end fastened to the har
ness. The volante seems to’mo the eium*.»st and
most awkward of all vehicles, but the true
Spaniard will not adopt a more reasonable one,
because his great grandfather knew no other.
Families that are wealthy and aristocratic
eaeugh to have a carriage or volante of their
own, stab!® the horse somewhere alongside of
the kitchen and keep th® vehicle in one end of
the front parlor. We lixve actually ustm large
finely furnished parlors adorned in this singu
lar way, ths horse, iiftorth# drive, being led
through one end or side of it to Ms stable, or
bed-room. Isonsatinrcs thr-ra is a partition of
round, upright txcra between, but cron this
makes it appear that the volante U aa object
of pride, which the Bpanish family lore* to
bars always insight. It is alia matter of
taste, but to th* unaccustomed eye, such a par
lor as w® saw jar!, night—ample in siea, with
ri«fc fomi'-.u*, •*.»lui*.d floor, walls adorned
with paintings, and at one tide a spiandidrasc
aad a marble stains *toi”lin’g within a few feet
of the family carriage—e*r,m! odd and incon
gruous enough. But then their ho res are
■ugnifiosnt creatures, clear, eleuk and plump
as a well fed oat, and tke cxiiiaget are might
with polish and burnished metcl.
There is oil® eastern which finds no favor with
Indies irom other countries The H»v»ncx-'
lady seldom goss out in (he daytime, until just
before duok, an. 1 all more raiely is she seen in
the (treesto a pi. i. Tho sidewalks am so nar
row that am ample skirt would in some'places
erowd her off, tad then a volante miitijt >uu
over her. Spaniard, too, with oil bis gal
lantry, is mot inclin-M to give the sidewalk, to
tha tender sex if he hare the wall on his right,
perhaps, becanza ha deems the fact of a female
promenading the streets sufficient evidence of
Ia r nepectability This seems a rocious, but
we have seen it proved over a:.d over
All day the Spanish beauty *it« behind her
grated window—which an Irishman would des
cribe as having no glass except ir.m bars—part
ly screened by a curtain which she oaa pull
s-dde for a view of tbe street. Frequently you
will see her puffing volumes of smoke from a
clgarrito, and sosketiunre her ruby lips, whose
outline should describe the perfect bow of Cu
pid, are packered around the small end of a
long, brewu cigar ! Some of thes® caged birds
ar# very charming, but their style of beauty Is
that es the tropics— more of the olive than toe
roe*. A few of them punish the piano, and oc-
OMloually they sing. When a lady sings, xud
a gentleman present stops his cars, that action
is no concluaive proof of politeness and good
breeding o« .his part, but then what is one to
do? Their voices are invariably pitched iu
th# same key as the notes of the bag-pipe or
hurdy-gurdy, and iu fact their singing remind*
me of that vroaderfcl oriental canialrice whom
the immortal Dau Rice exhibited In his “Mu
seum’’ a few yeais ago, and whom he styled
the “Chinese Princsees.”
The voyage of the steamer Boston from Mo
bile to this port forma the most extraordinary
episode in blockade running that I am cognizant
of. During the last two months before I left Mo.
ostentatious preparations were going on to fit
bile, out the Boston for a cruise against Yankee
commerce. She was cut in twain and length
ened, and a great deal of fuxs was made about
arming her. A fine gun was put aboard of her
and -a certain number of ootton. bales. She
steamed out from Nary Gove one night, passed
Fort Morgan, and when fairly outside the block
ading squadron, threw her gun overboard
Pourquei ? Beeausa, she had no use for it, did
net expeet fc> hare any «so fos.it, anti, if cap
tured by a Yankee crulssr, It might be looked
upon as a character that roelly aid not belong
to the vessel—that of a privateer. Bhe then
stood for the coast of Cuba, and if she had beon
ordered to that mythical harbor, known as Da
vy Jonae’ locker, the result of her voyage could’
hardly have disappointed the consigaees. Bat
feted by wind and wave, she wandered over the
vast waters of the Gulf for nearly two weeks,
her Captain having lost his longitude in con
sequence of an "error in his chronometer, in
the mointime every particle of coal on boaru
wa* consumed, and everything elsa that could
be spsred to make steam ; and wh>*n these were
Anally exhausted, the Boston Coated as Idly ft*
“a painted ship upon a painted ocean.
Hamburg.—The portal to the Danish king
dom for visitors from Western Europe (stiii by
land) is Hamburg, a city unique after Its kina
—a Babel without its tower, a Babylon with
out Its fall. Other towns and other_ provinces
have bowed their heads to monarchic seepirof;
-Hamburg retains its Constitution and privi
leges as a free city. Its burgomaster still bears
the title of Magnificent, and its senators hare a
right to be addressed as Their wisdoms. Amidst
the confusion of tongues which stuns the ear,
the language of trade is universally under
stood ; '* money’ ’ is the password from one
end of the town to another. The Hamburgian
babies learn to lisp it soon after they come in
to th* world, the old men mutter it ii (heir
dream* before lying down to take ths:r final
sleep. They are prudent, and would give
offence to no man. Gnote upon a time a journal
ist had the boldness to state that French gun
powder was better than Prussian. The censor
of the press struck out the sentence, see.np
that Prussia cannot be supposed to be, in any
respect, inferior to France. Another writer
tr instated a speech of the King of Sweden, in
which he mentioned Asiatic cboiera. Ike
work “Asiatic"’ had to be suppressed, because
Russia might lake umbrage at It. Despite all
which, the tarn of Hamburg are honorable,
amiable, hospitable, and will honor a letter of
introduction as r« adlly as a bl.l of exchasge.
[DDi> -:*' ml the Te*r Jt-Tjnd.
A tarpaulin ssd oilcloth manufactory I# Co
©shift 8, C.| was destroyed by fire JaneSOtb.
loo' BAr ,aOM : - STORT —la » very iutcresing
wntteu by one of tbe leading statesmen of
ine Confederacy som® time since, the writer
re.arrfcd to the memorable seven years war,
. r '-denek the Second, commomy cali
tri,*Qr ** t ” successfully resisted the Aus
*n«ns. Russians. French and Swedes, combined
from , h,s lit:le kingdom of Prussia
*vi?Y| he u ' w ! bat t ’* L ‘ rned at o:ie time To be in
i' Zl v hU:h dwpafity of forces had scarcely
ever been arrayed against each other,-if v-e
! lbe celebrated expedition of X«rx.*s
( "£“ rt ri Gre “!’ whera au Mmy numbering
it C 1 10 l SW u collected by the Per
to to O! T 0b ’~ but Frederick determined to
Th« ! hls . c . oUlitr y or Perish ia the attempt,
ihe same spun animated his'peopie, momnt-
S to olo t 0 lhase li ™ ds of heroism, that, token
together, constitute gome cf the most brilliant
chapters fouud iu human history.
. At the commencement of the great stmes'e
in 1707 Frederick bad, Including iris Hanove
nan allies, but 260,000 men for field service
whilst his enemies had on foot, preparing to
march against him, not less than 700.000 men
im, r. C l‘ C ° UUter of Frederick’s troops was
witu the Austrians at Reichenbjerg, which
ihe latter were defeated A more decisive and
in ant engagement took place soon after
onn p !* BU * en t Austrians and
68.000 1 russiuus, iu which tha latter wore suc
cessful, killing and wounding, together, 8 000
Prussians, capturfhg 9,000 prisoners, sixty can
nons, and eleven standards. This victoiy
lucked only one essential to make it perfect and
complete.
Various minor successes attended the Prus
sian arms, until at Kolin, with i»2,000 men
Frederick attacked the Austrians under Count
Daun, wall posted, at the head of 60.000 men.
Victory at one time seemed to be within the
grasp of Frederick, wjioso troops lmd defeated
the left wing of the Austrians and cut to pieces
the cavalry that attempted to defend’ it; but
an accident changed the fortunes of ihe day
and converted what had promised to be a vic
tory. into a stunning defeat. Frederick lost in
this disastrous battle, 11,000 men,-13 cannons,
tad 22 standards. But he wus not greater in
victory than in defeat, and that wonderful
equanimity which sustained him amidst the
darkest hours of the arduous struggle bade him
take a cheerful view even of seeming misfor
tune. Ye t the defeat of Frederick at Kolia had
th® effect of arousing and- stimulating the
leagu# agSfest him. The French took posses
sion of Westphalia ; the Russians invaded
Prussia ; the Prince of Soubise, at tho bead of
another French army united with the German
troops for the purpose of entering Saxony ;
and the Swedes passed the Baltic with a view
of attacking Pomerania. Tbe armies of Frede
rick had been so much weakened by the sword,
by disease, by desertion, and by the necessity
of leaving garrisons in the fortified towns, that
he had but 80,000 men left to resist more than
400,000 ol the allies.
To add to this extremity, misfortun# follow
ed misfortune. His brother, the Prince of Prus
sia, suffered tbe loss ot the town of Gabel,
which cut communication with ZiUan, where
were magazines for provisioning his army.—
’Then succeeded the reverses atHastenbeck and
that series of disasters to the Duke of Cumber
land, who commanded the Hauorerian allies,
which ended in tha disgraceful capitulation of
his whole army to the French, under th© Duke
ol Richslieu. The anuihililation of th'is army
was a terrible blow to Frederick,as it devolved
upon his own troops, who were few in num
ber, the defence ol the western portion of his
territories. liis troops bad to be moved with
great celerity, from point to point, to meet and
resist th© masses that poured in from thaiquar
ttr. Ibis devolved great hardships upon his
men, and was as exhausting a3 the arms of the
enemy, Such was the extremity of Frederick at
ltd t;ra- that, to meet a fore© of 120,000 Hus
siiips which had colloted on the eastern frontier
of liis dominion®, he could only despatch 22,000
mou uudwr ihu heroic Lshwald.
The disparity of numbers was fully appreci
ate i by the King, but the necessity of checking
rhu Russians, who were advancing and laying
waste the whole country, was so .great, that he
encouraged Lehwuld to hazard a battle, whilst
ht> I-eife him free to act as his judgment would
dictate, xit-hwald did attack the enemv, and
notwithstanding the extraordinary odds sgaiust
him, the battle was a drawn one : the Russians
losing G. 500 men, and the Prussians 5,700.
Lehwatld retreated unpursued, whilst the eno
my who had been so roughly handled evacua
ted Prussia, with tha ex'vpiion of the fortress
of Meuael. Lehw&ld then turned his attention
to the £>w.*:le* r whom ho drove . .ut of Btialsend.
But the enemies of Frederick were legion, and
whilst he was driving them from one point,"a
fresh horde invaded his territory at another.
The Austrians and Russians were making ir
ruptions at thi3 very time. Wiih varying for
tune* ou both si ies, the unequal conflict was
kept up until, at tho celebrated battle of Li.-sa,
50,00(1 Prussians defeated 90,000 Austrians.
Tne loss of the Prussians in this memorable
engagement w»s 5,000 killed and wounded,
whilst that of their enemy was 28,703, of whom
7,400 were killed aud wounded, and 21-.309,
including three Generals, were taken prisoners.
117 cannons qmd 51 standards also fell into the
hands of the Prussians.
We have not space to bring up this outline
farther than the second year of the war, which
after seven longyeaiß of terrible carnage, and
heroic endurance on the part of Frederick and
his people, resulted iu his conquering a peace,
with the rigats and liberties of Prussia secured.
Let those who are inolined to despair of our
success, against far less odds than Frederick
had to encounter, be encouraged by this narra
tive. The armies of Frederick, under fheir great
leader, showed what men could do when con
tendiDg for their homes; and the remembrance
of such high uclrevemeuts should make heroes
of all who feel that the priceless heritage of
freedom is staked upon tbe issue of battle.
Libbt. Gen. Polk's Sucsessor. — The tele
graph b«s already announced Mejor General A.
p. Stewart’s promotion to the vaeunt Lieut
enant Generalship iu the army of the Tennes
see. The appointment of so modest, retiring
and junior an officer to tho -place of tha la
mented Polk, will take some of our readers by
surprise.
Gen. Stewart —says a correspondent of the
Mobile ’ Register—wa* born iu Winchester,
Tenn., and is now about forty-threa years old.
At an eariy ag-s he went to West Point, where
tie graduated with honor, after which he re
mained in the institution two years as Profes
sor of Mathematics. lie married Miss Chase, of
Albany. N. Y.—a most beautiful tmd accom
plished lady—from which place he removed to
Lebanon, Term , and took .tie position as Pro
fessor of Mathematics in Cumberland Univer
sity. He filled, for a numoor of yearj, the
same chair in the Nashviije University, and
then returned to Lebanon as Pie-idem of tho
Female Academy. At the commencement of
the war he received a commission as Major of
artillery, and was at Columbus, Ky., as chief
of 'lh&t departmeut, under the lamented Polk,
to whose late position he has succeeded. Juit
before the battle of bhiloh ha was appointed
Brigadier General, and commanded a brigade
ofiufantry on that memorable field with sur
passing gallantry, having two horses killed
under him. Lie was at Murfreesboro’ just after
which battle he was promoted to Major Gene
ral, and has served in that capacity at Perry
villo and Cliickamauga, and in this battle,
which may now' be termed the “Engage
ments of May and June." He has great firm
ness of character—is quiet in demeanor, cool
in battle, handles his troops with great caution,
but has always been up to time. His promo
tion, we trust, will redound to the discipline of
his corps and good of the cause.
Ths Palmerston Ministry in Daxsbr.—A
telegram announces that on the Ist of June in
a full house of ■Parliament, the Government was
defeated on a motion by a majority of ten. As
this note preceded the Lindsay motion but two
days, it is mors than likely that plaraerston may
rerign ere tbat be put to vote in the House. It
will be borne in iniud tbat Mr. Lindsay demands
that the Queen shall take out of the hands of her
ministry the recognition of the Davis Govern
ment. Lindsay's motion will be supported by
all the Derbyites, and the blockade running in
terests represented in Parliament, and as Pal
merston must anticipate a defeat in thiß, it raay
be that he will resign as a result of the vote
mentioned above. We await with anxiety the
upshot of this affair, fraught as it is. with deep
interest So this country —Northern Paper.
Capt. Ben Lare Posey was wounded on Ken
nctaw Mountain a few days ago by the explosion
gi & shell iron the enemy's battery,
VOL. LXXVIII.-—NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIIL NO. 28.
I Tub Fttiuty of Conquest.—Once and »
! while a Northern journal speaks out against
j endeavoring to whip the South into eubmis
i sion, ands .ows up the utter uselessness of such
:an undertaking. The Milwaukie News thinks
j Lincoln has undeitaken a bad job and com
i meats thus on theri’futilitv of conquest
Two veers ago we drove the Confederates out
of the entire countiy surrounding Paducah.—
That section s now «li occupied by the Con
federate Gen. Forrest. Immediately after Gea
Grant advanced into We»t Tennessee, and du
ring the summer of 1862, conquered the whole
of that region; it is now .almost entirely in
Confederate hands. The same summer, des
perate battles were fought at Corinth, lukaand
ll.itchie, and in every struggle victory crown
ed our armS; but every one of these points is
in undisputed possession of the enemy. In the
fall of’the year, Gen. Grant occupied LaGmnge I
in Tennessee, Hcily Springs and Oxford, in
Mississippi, and the crossing of Yoconny river,
so ne twelve miles soulh ot Oxford, while his
cavalry was thrown forward nearly to Grenada;
the whole of this territory is now abandoned.
At the same time our lorccs held possession of
all the country eastward to the liue of the Mo
bile and Ohio railroad which is alr;u of course
in undisputed po.sses-ion of the enemy,
A year ago this winter and sprii g our army
took possession of tbe jcouutjy back of Lake
Providence, also of nearly all the region be
tween the Mississippi and Yntoo river; after
wards occupied -Jackson and Canton, Mississip
pi in «>o summer we a;ranged tor the perma -
nent oecupaliou of the territory east of Vicks
burg and between the Bfg» Black and Yazoo
rivers about the samr- time our troops were
pushed weatw ird frow Vicksburg and Louis
iam>, routing the enemy from the “entire vicini
ty, a distance of from seventy to one hundred
miles Every square toot of the territory des
cribed is now surrendered. In short, from
Cairo to New Oilcans, in the Mississippi valley
proper, the Federal flag, as we are informed,
does not float over a single inch of territory out
ol the range of gunboats on the river, and no
loyal man is known to live in any portion of
the territory mentioned as conquered but now
surrendered.
Referring to the above article the Albany
Argus speaks thus In regard to the matter dis
cussed ;
‘•We can add to the News’ summary the ac
counts from the Red river, from which our ar
my has just been driven, and tbe reports that
the occupation of Texas is to be abandoned.*-
So much for the West. How is it elsewhere ?
Florida has returned to the possession of the
Confederates, as has the greater part of North
Carolina. We have made no impression upon
South Carolina ; and the siege of Charleston
is virtually abandoned, while that of Mobile
has not commenced. Mere force, directed
at States and at populations, instead of being
wielded at the Confederate srrnies, lias been
unavailing for good.
‘‘Military power must disperse tho Confede
rates in the field, but it cannot subjugate a peo
ple like those of the Southern States, or Isold
in subjugation so vast and divided a territory.
“To restore tbe empire of tbe Union over
those people, we must, in I,be language ol Gov
ernor Seymour, “superadd to force the policy
of conciliation.’’
A kindred folly to that which relies upon
armed men for the subjugation of a territory
nearly as large os till of Europe, *is that which
speaks ol hemming in so vast an empire, and
ol starving its people by cutting off tiiier sup
plies. Upon this point Ictus cite the evidence
oi the New Era, the Fremont organ at Wash
ington which says:
On the face of it, it would seem to boa
tolly too transparent to impose upon anybody,
that the Confederates occupying an almost
boundless extent of fertile territory, anil.al
ways nearly exclusively agricultural ia their
{iiarmlito. uui.lil j.u.-.ii Oij on 111 ll.Ulge . Ul SUll Va
tion. Capacity to produce food is precisely that
which they jioasess in a degree which cannot
bp exaggerated, and if their agriculture lias
not in some quarters taken that direction here
tofore, it is because cotton, ‘tobacco, rice and
sugar have beep more profitable, or have been
thought to bo so. ’The coasts and rivers oi the
South abound'with fish, and the domestic ani
mals for food and labor multiply w,tiout care
or cost in almost every part, ot it.
There is no Confederate .Slate which is not
naturally an Egypt in abundance, and remark
ably enough, if there is au exception, it is Tex
as, the isolation of •riiicii has been said to threa
t«u ihe Confederacy with starvation That
grem State is favorable to stock raising, but
the frequency of drouths renders the raising of
cereals precarious. Geographers who imagined
the south to bo dependent upon Texas for food,
have only piled one absurdity upon another.
A Letter to the Point.-— Tire New York
News publishes a letter from Rev. R. L. Dab
ney, Professor lu the Theological Seminary at
Hampden Sidney, (Va.,) to a gentleman iu
New York. From it we extract the following,
which embodies some interesting information
as well as some truths which, as they have got
before the people of lire North, may be of some
value :
1 send you live epecimenis of the ladies woar,
manufactured at home by my wife and neigh
bors. They will interest the ladies ol your
family. They will see that our women - the
most obstinate-of all rebels—do not intend to
be sujugated by having ‘’nothing to wear.”
They are now generally clad in these fabrics at
home and at rjiurch, and covered with home
made bonnets of braided straw, trimmed with
flowers made and colored at home, aud with
bands and rosettes made of corn shucks. Let
not the New Y’ork ladies, with their luxurious
Paris finery, sneer; they have no idea how uice
the corn shuck rosettes are, dyed with native
dyes, any color, embtoidered with silk raveled
from old scarfs or .stocking*, and as glossy as
Lyons satin. They may be assured that in
these -home manufactures our Confederate
belles look fine enough to win the hearts of
our gallant men.
Our blockaded condition is not so bad as our
enemies would tike to believe. Just 'in this
part of Virg nia the crops wero very short last
year, on account of excessive rains, drowning
the vfc'.'eys, so much re ied on hero for In
dian corn; but iu Upper Virginia and all
south of us nature poured out a prodigal
abundance of our great ample. ’ Our swine
were much decimated by hog cholera Jast year,
hence a scarcity of baoou; but we have the
syrup of the Cnineso catio, maple sugai», etc,,
and m-ike out pretty well.
The inclosed newspaper article will inform
you very justly concerning the great and benc
ncial financial revolution through which we
have just passed. Never wan such taxation
seen, as our people mfiv stand, and almo t
universally without a murmur, The tax and
currency laws I send von- diffused more gener
al joy among our people than if someone ha 1
brought them a rich present. Our enemies
may rely upon it that we are juat stripping in
good earnest lor the conflict. The war is just
beginning with ns.
One point I should greatly desire to see urg
ed at the North, the utter fallaciousness of the
hope of lightening their war debt by the pro
ceeds of conii-cation. What are the lessons of
history on this point ? Wae there ever a gov
ernment tbat realized any important revenue
form confiscations of conquered lands? Did
the British crown from Ireland, or any other
crown ? The reasons are obvious, a war o!
subjugation leaves society so disordered and
impoverished the conquered, region, and the
malcontent conquered population at once so
inactive from despair and so embittered that
lands are worth very little among them. Res
idence is dangerous and irksome. If the con
queror can get his retainers to take them for
nothing, on condition of residence, he is for
tunate. If any are sold for a small sum, pe
culations eat up the larger part ot this ; tor
what subject at such times hesitates to (-teal
from a government which has just set it the
example by a wholes* e robbery I
All tbese reasons would exist in peculiar
froce in a conquered South. Ve mean to spend
everything, except the land fighting the Yan
kees, Wncu that ix left, infested with eight
million laay, free negroes, and beset with ssv
en million scowling, levengeful conquered
men, hating the Yankee worse than the evil
one, it will be worth nothing to them. The
Government of the United States, if it conquer
ed the Noam, would never raise enough money
to pay one tenth the eost of one year’s military
occupation, which wilbbe necessary to keep
the Southerners from issssacreing eve:y land
robber in one night. No Brother Jonathan,
the goose can’t lay golden eggs for vea after
you have gutted her. You’ll have to "pay your
own score.
Flhk Fedekax. Prisoners at Charleston.—
The annexed correspodeuce between General
Jones and Geu. Foster in regard to the Yan
kee p isoner nt Charleston, has been published
in Washington :
r letter from gen. zones to gen. foster.
| Hlad’qrs D;-.p’t South Carolina, Georgia
| -to'o Florida, Charleston, June 18, 1864
General • Five General and forty-five field offi
cers of the United States army -all of them
prisoners of war—have been seat to this city
for safe keeping. They have been turned over
to Brig. Gen Ripley, commanding the first mil
itary district of this department, who will see
that they are provided with commodious quar
tets in a part of the city occupied by non-com
batants, tha majority of whom are weinen and
children It is proper, however, that I should
inform you that it is a part of the city which
has for many months been exposed, day and
night, to tbe fire of your guns. Very respeot
luliy your obedient servant,
Sam. Jones,
Major Gen. Commanding.
Mejor-Gen. J. G. Foster, commanding tJni
tod Slates forces on the coast of South Caro
lina, Confederate States.
GEN FOSTERS’B REPLY.
Headquarters Department of the South, )
Hilton Head, S. C., June 16, 1864. j
Major Gen. Sam Jones, commanding Confede
rate Forces, Department of South Caro
lina, Georgia and Florida:
General: I have to acknowledge the receipt
this day of your communication of the 13th
inst.. informing mo that five generals and forty
five field officers of the United States army,
piisopers of war, have boon turned over to yon
oy Brig Gen. Ripl«y, with instructions to see
that they are provided with quartets in a part
of tho city occupied by non-combatauts,-the
majority of which latter you state are women
and children. You add that you deem it pro
per to inform me that it is a part of the city
which has been for many months exposed to
tbe fire of our guns. Many months since Maj.
Gen. Gilmore, United States army, notified
General Beauregard, then commanding in
Charleston, that the eity would be bombard
ed Tills notice was given that non-combat
ants might be removed, and thus woman and
children spaied from harm. Gen. Beauregard,
in a communication to Gen. Gilmore, dated
Aug 22, 1862, informed him that the non eom
l-pbant population of Charleston would bo re
moved with all possible celerity. That women
and children have been since retained by you
in a part of tbe city which lias been for many
'months exposed to fire is a matter decided by
your own sense of humanity.
I must, however, protest against your action
in thus placing defenseless prisoners of war in
a position to constant bombardment. It is an
indefensible act of cruelty, and can bo de
signed only to prevent a continuance of our
fire upon Charit ston. That city is a depot, for
military supplies. It contains not merely arse
nals, but also foundries and factories for the
manufacture of munitions of war. Iu its ship
yards several armed iron clads have already
been completed, while others are still upon
the stocks in course of construction. Its wharves
and the banks of the river on both sides of the
city arc lined with batteries. To destroy those
means of continuing tbe war is, therefore, our
object and duty. You seek to defeat this
effort and by means not known to honorable
warfare, but by placing unarmed and helpless
prisoners under tire. I have forwarded your
communication to the President, with a request
that he place in my custody an equal number
of prisoners ol like grade to be kept by me in
positions exposed to ihe lire oi your guns, so
long as you continue the course stated in your
communication.
1 hjive Ui.; honor to bo, very respectfully,
your obedient servant, J. Foster,
D. G. Wager, A. A G.
Movements of Maximilian. —The Atlanta
Confederacy, in noticing the movements of
Maximilian, speaks thus of tho appointments
made by him:
Two little things that Maximilian has done
look well for us. He has made Santa Anna a
Ki la Marshal, and recalled him home; aud he
has created Dr Gwinn Duke of Sonora, with
the office of Governor General of that bloom
ing Province. Both of these dignitaries are
truly and loyally inclined to us and our *tause.
As far back us 18C1. Santa Anna was betting
high on Southern v.Uor, at Havana, and did
win. it was said, several thousand pisloles up
on tlie result of the first battle of Manassas.—
He wrote a letter to his agent in New Orleans
just before its fall, offering a large sum to be
applied to tbo Confederate Hospital Fund, aud
subscribed io $50,000 worth of Government
slock. Ilis partisans in Mexico a-e anti Lin
coln to tho core; mid his interest will be thrown
in our favor whercvoi he can find a chance:
He is to be made Piince ot , Mai amor is, it is
said, and placed in charge of the military de
partment ol the ltio Graude. In this event he
will have many occasions to show ids kindly
disposition, and we do not doubt that he witi
redeem iiis expressions of sympathy. If he
had no other motive, tho interest invested iu
our-success would by a sufficient indue-, merit
Dr. Gwinn is a Confederate by birth. He
was born m Tennessee, raised in Mississippi,
and schooled in an extreme school of Southern
politics. A Democratic member of Congress
from the btute of his adoption, he emigrated
to Calilornia ill the beginning of the gold fev
er, and flourished there. He made*a fortune,
married, and became an American Senator. At
Washington City he held tho position of a bold,
unscrupulous leaier, a dashing financier and a
lucky adventurer. When the Yankee element
in California deprived him of his place iu the
Senate he went to Paris. He has been there
until recently, and dire result of hig inlssion is
as above stated. 4 ,
It is not hard to decipher out of the situa
tion ot Maximilian, and these two appoint
ments, where his interests and sympathies in
cline, and tl« day is almost in sight when a
close bond of fellowship will exist between his
floral imp ire and the Sunny South, a union
which we heartily approve as natural expedient
and right.
Gkn. Foerkst's Thanksgiving Order.—
Gen. Forrest has issued tho annexed thanks
giving order over his late victory :
Headq’rs Forrkst’s Cavalry Dep't, )
Tupelo, June 14, 1861. )
General Orders No. 44.
The Major General Commanding, devoutly
grateful to the Providence of Almighty God
so signally vouchsafed to his command during
the recent campaign in West Tennessee, and
deeply penetrated with a sense of dependence
on the mercy of God in the present crisis ol
our beloved country, requests that military
duty ba so far suspended that Divine service
may be attended at 10 o’clock, a. in., to-mor
row,. by the whole command.
Divine service will be held at these head
quarter, at which all soldiers who are dis
posed to do so are kindly inviled to attend."—
Coine one, come all. Chaplains in the minis
trations of the Gospel are requested to remem
ber -our personal preservation with thanks
‘giving, and especially to beseech the Throne
of Grace for aid in this our country 's need.
By command of .
Maj. Gen. Forrest.
Gbn. Pillow's Fight at Lapay«ti* C. H.
Georgia. —The following is the version of the
fight at Lafeyetto, Ga., as we learn from aa of
fieer of General Pillow's staff:
Gen. Pillow attacked Lafayette on Jane 24,
surrounded the town, and demanded its sur
render; that being refused, he charged theen
rr*y who fled and took refuge in the Court
House, placed heavy olistnictions against the
dbore and windows. Gen. Pillow demanded a
surrender of those In the Court House. The
Federal commander refused to surrender, when
Pillows’* command charged the doors and win
dow? with rails, rocks &c., and fought them
about five hours, when they were about to sur
rftider, a large Yankee re-ißforcement ar
rived in overwheming numbers. Gea. Piilow
retreated a short distance, formed in line ot bat
tle, and drove tho enemy b. ck, and then re
tired in the engagement on the square some
of our gallant ofiicere and mxn fell; amom
the officers was Major Tho? H. Lewis, of Lewis’
Squadron and Mr.jor Dick Redwood, of Hatch’s
command. They were gallant officers and
clave: men. In killed and wounded and miss
ing, our loss supposed to be about 158, the en
emy about 300. j •
FKOM CHAKLSSTON.
' On Friday night a eousiderai.ie force cf the
inetny. uiiih r the command el Col. Heiuer, of
the ij.i i New Yotk regiment, crossed over
from Dixon's Island n> tne South eud or
I euiusula onion of Jam s' Island, tuLegare's
batin. Abr-.lt four o’clock. Saturday morning,
they attacked'our picket guard, composed o:
Biake's Battery. Ist S. C. Artillery, and a de
tachment of the Palmetto Siege I rain, stationed
at Rivers Ciiu»evfay. Our men were* posted
behind a small infantry breastwork. A harp
flight with musketry and artillery ensued ;
lasting about an hour and a half; the enemy
first advance being repulsed with cousideiauio
loss. Prisoners taken since the engagement
report a loss of übiety six men kriled and
weundeilrom the fire of B ake’s g«na. Out
of three huudred and fifty'men.of ihe 1021
N’W York, only two hundred and fifty answer
ed to their names ait r the action.
After the repulse of ihe enemy, their officers,
with great labor, cursing aud th, eatening, in'
duced the men to renew the at uck t hey were
again bansomely received by Stake's Battery,
end allowed to approach wnnin tniity steps of
our men. before hilling back. Two ot our guns
and some teu or fifteen men in front, fell into
the hands of the eu my. We brought off some
three or tour priseuois. Our loss was blight.
Two wounded men wore brought in, one strucK
in the hip and the other iu the chest, the ball
pas-ing through the body
General Talliafero, who commands our force*
on James Island, speaks iu high praise of the
gallantry of our men, a,id the firmness with
which they stood by their guns until overpow
ered by superior numbers.
The enemy, on getting possession of the post,
immediately commenced intrenching. They
were also reputed to be receiving reinforce
ments.
Prisoners say that Foster has about four
thousand troops on Folly Island. The enemy's
flank and tear are protected by a monitor and
two gunboats in Siono river.
■ A dispatch dated Salu,day, 5 o’clock, P. M.
says : “The enemy are at a stand, extending
irom Grim ball’s along the causeway, and num
ber, say JOoO. No fighting since this morning.
“A column is advancing up ihe Stouo on
John’s Island, where General Robertson com
mands.”
About daylight, Sunday morning, another
expedition of the enemy in barges, commanded
by Col. Hoge, made an attack on Fort John
sou, and were brilliantly repulsed by the gar
rison, under the command of Lieutenant Col
onel Joseph A. Yates, Ist S. C. Artillery.
The following official dispatches were receiv
ed ; ’
Sunday, July 3, 1864..
. The enemy assaulted Fort Johnstca in
barges at dawn, but were handsomely repulsed
by the garrison under Lieutenant Colonet
Joseph A. Yates. Several Yankees were kill
ed and wounded. Over 100 prisoners were
taken.
11. W. Fielden,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Kotal’s House, • |
James' Island, A. M. July 3, 1861. f
Catt. Fielding, A. A. G.—ln the absence of
Col. Black 1 have the honor, to forward tho
following report of Col. Yates : o « «> e
The commander of tho expedition, Col.
noge, 63d Pennsylvania Regiment, says the
expedition was ab .ait 500 or 600 strong, hut
the Adjutant, who is mortally wounded says
they were 1000 strong, liis statement is q.ed
ited by most of the prisoners 1 have t.', 10 fl on _
or to report the capture of 140 prisoners, in
cluding five commissioned officers, and some
wounded, also five barges, 11.4 stand of small
arms,. with accoutrements. Enemy’s loss in
killed and wounded cannot be estimated, as
most of the wounded were taken off; We will
be able to tell belter at low tide. Our less
colnpostu? 'of ineuof
in two columns of barges, about twenty-eight
in number—one column around Gregg and
one down Schooner Creek. As tar as ascer
tained they numbered ono (1000) thous nd
strong The expedition was formed at South
end Morris’ Island. Tbo prisoners have left for
Charleston. The enemy brought implements
for intrenching and also rations.
(Signed) J. Princlb,
Lieut, and Asssistant Inspector General.
Official: Chau. STRiNry ELLO w, A. A. G.
The pris ners arrived in the city at 11 o.c'ock
Snnd iv morning, and were loaned in jail. They
ail, with the exception of Col Hog”, the com
inander o! the expedition anti one private, be
long to the Fifty second Pennsylvania. Among
them were the following officer.® :
Cot Henry M. Hoyt, Capt T B. Camp, Ist
Lt T. E Evails, Ist Lt. James, G. Stevens, Ist
L r Johu tb Cunningham, wounded iu face; Ist
Lt. S. A Buuyous, Aetitig Adjutant., mortally
wounded; Serg’t Geo. Scott, mortally wound
ed.
The following were received at tho Yan
kee hospital :
Privates T. Lits, wounded in thigh; H. Neefl
lay, hand and breast; T. J. Jenkins, mentally;
John F. Miller, back; S. Reid, knee; J3 C Petit
ankle and leg.
Our own loss was one killed and five woun
ded, two supposed mortally. The following
is the official list of casualties :
Fort Johnston, July 3, 1864.
_ List of killed aud wouuded in the attaok on
i'ort Johnston Sunday morning :
Field and Staff—Lieut Col Jos A Yates,
slight in hand. Surgeon Jos McC >u ] e y hurt
in the ankle by a fall from fl jg horse iu the
marsh near Battery Sirr’Ams.
Private Woodward ; ut S O Aartillery, Com
pany E, killed’ Sergeant R Stubblefield,Com
pany L,’ist H C Artiliy, wounded in the
alk’.oMen, dangerously; Private Brown, woun
ded iu the abdomen, mortally; Private A L
Kensaw, wounded in the thigh, bone shattered
dangerously. ,•
L. Glover.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Post.
Some twenty dead bodies of the enemy 'are
reported to have been found in the marsh near
Fort Johnson.
About nine o’clock Sunday mornihg aloofly
of the enemy landed at-White Point, John’s Is
land, and made a feeble' demonstration on
General Roberleon’s lines. They 'were easily
driven off.
During Sunday tire enemy : s gunboats and
two Monitors in Stono, kepi up a heavy fire on
Battery Pringle and Secession villa. We have
not learned the result,
A vigorous fire has also been kept up on the
city. Sixty-three shots were frted from Friday
evening up to six o’clock Sunday afternoon.
One Monitor left the fleet inside the bar and
steamed round to Stono.
It was reported Sunday evening that the
enemy had retreated from Legare’s farm, and
that our former picket line had been re-estab
lished. -No such iuformp.tion had been recived
at Headquarters up to last night.
A Yankee Account of Forrest's ’victory
A Federal officer who accompH',j e j G en , gtuj
gis in his late advance Memphis speaks
thus of the victory by Forrest over
him:
We have h a terrible time—have been cut
all to r,c-ceg. Out of five regiments of in.-
' a G-.ry and one battery but about three hun -
dred an 1 eighty have been saved, all the rest
beiag killed, wounded or taken prisoners.
Colonel Humphreys, of the 9oih Illinois, and
Colonel McKcag, of the 120th Illinois, were
kilird. I saw Colonel Humpherya when ho
was shot, snd afterwards saw his body \\*.
Ripley. 001. McKcag was shot dnring our
retreat. It is impossible to tell who are xillea
and wounded now, and will be for > «jme time
to come. The 113lh Regiment Je/rt here with
about three hundred men—the balance being
on duty at this place cs a guard to Irving
Block—only eighty eight kave retnmed.
It has teen a great disaster. We have lost
not less than 3,000 men, including 1200 wag
ons, 16 pieces of artillery and a large quantity
of supplies and ammunition, and 5,000 stand
of small arms. The fight took place about
two miles west of Baldwin, a town on the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, forty miles south
of Corinth,
If was a cherished opinion of the late lament
id Lieut. Gen. Polk, that we would not Ot<\„
succeed in achieving our independence, bu*-.
he North would bee >me involved in, a " war
unor.g themselves, and we would be called up
nas the conservative element npc n the Aruer
: continent to go over and quell the dlstui.