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She glthwatc. MARIETTA, GEOROTA. Friday MorpiH?. April a«». IS<»-2. I’. W... Alexander, the intelli gent correspondent •of the Mobile he* gister, thus wiitcs.of the GREAT BATTLE OF SIHLOI.L Mccond Day’s Work. iiattle Field.-('near the Tennessee Itiver.) Monday Night, April 7. IS(>2. We have hpd another day of battle and blood. The fight was renewed this morning at 8 q.’clock by tin 1 enemy, who had been reinforced during the night, ; and with the exception-.of short breath ing spells, it ragtd with tremendous violence and fury until night separated the combattants. Gen. Buell came this morning, and with him came large re inforcements. Let me resume the liar rative where my last letter left it, and rehearse the varying fortunes of the day in the order of their, occurrence. — This is necessary to a proper under standing of the battle ; and until this general sketch or outline is drawn, it will be impossible to cn.ter into those minor details which constitute an inter esting feature. Night alone prevented us from reap ing the fruits of our brilliant victory of yesterday. It was quite dark when wc chased the foe back to I’itteburg Landing, where, he sought protection from bis gunboats and rive works Had Gen. Beauregard possessed the power of Joshua to command the sun to stand still in the heavens for the space of an in nr, our victory would have been as complete as that of tin great Hebrew warrior. As it was. wc expected to be able to capture so much of the Federal army this morning as could not be transferred to the other bank of the river last night, unless large reinforcement should come to their relief. The enemy received the most import ant aid from his gunboats. Indeed, he is indebted to these gunboats for his escape from certain destruction. They, together with his river works, answer ed the valuable purpose of fortifications, IO Wllkill .. L:..: win;.. on the field. With only our light field pieces, it w; s impossible to operate at night with any hope of success against these boats and works, or to prosecute during the heavy storm that followed the work of completing the victory.— Our forces had reached the river in one or two places, as night came on, and in this way had gained some knowledge of the ground and the nature and posi tion of the enemy’s defenses. With this knowledge, and the enemy driven into close quartersand caught bctw.cn our lines and the riv> r, there was every reason to believe wc would be able to capture the larger part of his forces this morning, provided they were not reinforced during the night or transfer red to the other bank of the river. The boats kept up a constant fire during the night from their heavy guns. It appears that the enemy did not seek to recross the river. Knowing that large reinforcements were at hand, he held his position on the rive bank until this morning. Gen. Beauregard knew there was a division “,000 men at Crump’s Landing, a few miles below Pittsburg, and he gave orders, l ist night to proceed against them this morning, and to capture them. This division succeeded, however, in forming a junction with the forces at Pittsburg, and at B'clock this morning the Feder ate, thus reinforced, moved out from • the river and offered us battle. They must have known that other reinforce ments were at hand, and that they would arrive upon the field at an caily hour. The fight was renewed about a mile and a half from the river, or mid way between the river and ihe Federal encampment. The enemy came up to the work with great spirit and resolution. Appeals had doubtless been made to the men during the night, and the repossession of their camp represented to them as a point of honor from which there could be no escape. The attack was directed against our centre ; ami though vigor ous and spirited, and not expected, it was repulsed, and the enemy driven back wi h great slaughter. He rallied again, however, and this time he moved with an increased force upon on; right wing. Here, too, he was repulsed and forced to retire. His next attempt was directed a gainst our left wing, his attacks grow ing more vigorous and his forces in creasing with each succeeding move ment Indeed, it. was now evident that THE MARIETTA WEEKLY ADVOCATE. lie had received large accessions to his ranks, and that we had fresh troops and heavy odds to eoi.teml against. But the (..a.nfedcrates nobly did their duty, and the attack on the left was also repulsed. The enemy again re tired, but only for a time ; for Buell's I forces had now come up, and the at tack was renewed all along our lines, on the righ!, rcntie and h it. Simulta neously with this, an attempt was made to turn both our wings The battle now raged with indescri liable fury. I have nevei’heard or im agined anything like the roar of artil lery, and the ine- ssant rattle ol s nail arms. The deep thunder bass of th,, one and the sharp, shrill tenor of the other intermingled wi h the shrieks ol bursting shells and the whizzing of cleaving rilled cannon balls, were grand beyond description. 11 was the awful Hymn of Battle, rolling upward to the skies and literally shaking the earth beneath. It was a solemn anthem, and uttered from brazen throats, that might 'have satisfied Mars himself. The Confederates stood their ground against the furious onset, and for the fourth time the enemy was compelled to retire. “As r.-.eets the reek a thousand waves ’ So luisf'all met Loddin.” It was now one o’clock Our men were greatly exhausted : they bad fought eighteen hours, and withal had slept but little, having been engaged much of ihe preceding night.in search ing out and taking care of the wound ed. It was evident, too, (h it the ene my had been largely reinforced, ami that each succeeding attack was made by fresh troops and overwhelming num bers. in view of these facts, and in order to rest his men, and to prevent an unnecessary loss of life, Gen Beau regard availed himself of the falling back of the Federate to withdraw his roops to the enemy's line of encamp ment, where wc rested hist night This was about a mile and a half from the point where the light commenced this morning. The enemy hesitated for-some time, l.ut finally came up and renewed tl.e conflict. He was met wi h undiminisli ed coinage and resolution by the Con , AalmaUA-a, —.lisnlaycd tin; p-re.-i I <--i possible gallantry The battle raged on, and night alone separated the com batants. At length the enemy fell back, and so did the t'onfeder ites, both sides worsted and severely punished.— Hardee, who commanded th ■ front line or errps, held liis ground until the ene my withdrew. Our reserves had been engaged throughout the day, and Gens. Folk, Bragg and Hardee, each in his proper position, were in immediate com mand upon the field, and nobly co op erated in the work of the day. They deserve gloat credit, as do the Brigade and Regimental Officers, and the gal lant. spirits whom they led to battle.— Gen. Breckenridge particularly distin guish! d himself. Though not a military man by profession, Gen. Beauregard is reported to have said that he displayed great aptitude and sagacity, and han dled his brigade with skill and judg ment. Having said thus much, I feel it to be my duty as a faithful chronicler of the times, to refer to a matter here which had a controlling influence upon the fortunes of the day. Our attack yesterday was so sudden and successful that the enemy found it impossible to remove his quartermas ter and commissary stores, or even to save the baggage of the men. 'lhe temptation thus presented was too great for our troops to resist. Sun day night large numbers of them, sup posing there w-ouUl be no more light ing, set to work to gather up such spoils as the Federal encampment contained. There wefe arms, oveicoats, caps,coffee, sugar, boots, shoes, provisions, trunks, blankets, liquors, priva'e letters, and numberless other things which the ene my hail becTT compelled to abandon.— Such of our troops as were engaged in searching out the woufiued and dead, or were not. restrained by a sense of duty, wandered from th ir respective camps, and spent much of the night in plundering. Orders had been issued by Gen. Beuuregard positively prohibi ting anything’ < f the kind, but many of the tioops are raw, and officers and | men were alike elated at our success ; ' and consequently the i ccessary steps were not taken to enforce the orders of the Commander-in-Chief. At an early hour this morning, the nun renewed their search after the spoils of victory, aid many of them were separated from their commanders when the enemy renewed the battle.— Some ol them had even started back to their camps, loaded with such articles as they bad been able to find. After deducting the killed and woun d. d, and those who were engaged in re moving- the wounded, it would be no exaggeration to say I hat. 5,000 sound and able‘bodied men had tjius wander ed out, of line, an 1 t<x k no part what ever in the battle today. On ihe other daiid, the enemy had be n largely ieiu lorced. Thus, wiili a diminished force on our : part, wc had to meet fresh troops and a more numerous army than that WC Cll - countered yesterday. And thus, too, the spoils have prevented us from again diiving the enemy back into the Ten nessee river, notwithstanding great odds in his fav< r. It was well enough, while the battle lasted, that our troops should exchange their smooth bored muskets and shot guns for the splendid arms thrown a way by the reflating foe; but there can be no excuse for the disgraceful pro ceeding- to which 1 have alluded. The spoils of victory are not less de moralizing than defeat and disaster.— Such is the lesson taught by history in all ages of the world from the time win n Acbnn was reduced by the wedge of gold, down to the present day, It is hoped that the experience of this day will not be thrown away either by our officers or soldiers. The Contumacious Ptate Prisoners in Washington. A ’A ashington correspondent of the Baltimore News Sheet, commtiiiicat s the following; 1 ledrited from one of the soldiers of the Pennsylvania 91st Regiment, who aie guarding the old Capitol Prison in this city, some incidents of the interior of this row famous building-, which may interest your readers : * * * * Other cases have proved refractory, and the prisoners have refused to take the oath of allegiance. Among these latter are Mr. Watkins (~f Georgetown, wtio had been imprisoned more than six months, and whose brother was the chief engineer of the rebel iron-platcd Merrimac, and Mr. T. Wai worth, son of Chancellor \\ al worth of New York, a ho. it will bo reniGinbei ed, wa s :rr res ted for acting in complicity with the accomplished Mrs. .Morris, supposed to have been sent here as a spy by the re bel Gen. Beauregard. There is strong suspicion that Mr. Walworth has a se cret commission as Major in thd Con federate army, in the handwriting- of Beauregard. He has nevertheless been offered his freedom on three distinct occasions, by the commission, on con dition that he will take the oath of alle giance. His firmness in refusing is unaccountable to his friends. Mrs. Baxley is another of the obsti nate s. It will be remembered that in her hair were found a large number of 1 valuable letters and commissions from Jeff. Davis. She is represented to be a woman of extraordinary courage and talent, ami utterly fearless of soldiers. It is said one of th’c prison sentinels insulted her, ami she threw a tea-pot at his head, which sent him howling from his post. A large black flag is fro quenly seen waving from her window, particularly after the report of a Con federate defeat. W Idle 1 think of it, 1 must mention a remarkable ride which occurred in the prison yard the May before yester day. Ihe lady prisoners are allowed a half hour s exercise in the narrow yard surrounding the prison everyday. Mrs. Greenitow, who is remarkable for het cool courage and self-possession, pro posed to seize and appropriate the horse and market wagon of the Superinten dent, which stood in one corner of the enclosure, & enjoy the novelty of a ride. The suggestion was instantly adoptc I and ihe ladies, unmindful of the remon strances of the sentinels, jumped into tlic wagon and whipped up. Mrs. Morris had been making- a and beautiful Confederate flttg-Aand she stood now in the front of thcAsyagon, waving it. over the heads of the engag ed .sentinels, who followed the flying party around the enclosure, shouting and cursing, and making lunges at the horse with their bayonets, which only increased the mirth of the gay rideis. and frightened the horse to his utmost speed. The uproar became terrible.— First came the captain of the guard, shouting, at the top of his Imigs, “stop that wehicle; it’s con'rary to the rules.” All in vain. Mrs. Greenhow whipped up the harder, and cried out “it’s the Southern wagon —cle. r the way.” Then the officer of the day rushed in, slwiul ing, “What’s all this?” followed by Ihe soldiers from the neighboring guard house, who rushed madly forward to stop the living animal. It was a scene altogether ludicrous and indescribable in the extreme, and has made more com ment, in Washington than a little. The evacuation of Manassas is nothing to be compared with it. The Conscription Bill. This important measure has passed both houses of Congress. For the in formation of our readers, a large major i t v‘ of whom are interested i n its pro vis ions, we append a copy of the bill as follows: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED “AN ACT TO FERTHER PROVIDE FOR THE PEBLIC DEFENCE.” J ) view of the exigencies of the coun try, and the absolute necessity of keep ing in the service our gallant' army-, and of placing in the field a large ad-, ditioiial force to meet the advancing columns of the enemy now invading our soil. Therefore, Section 1. The Congress of the Con federate States do enact, Tha t the Presi dent be and he is hereby authorized, to call (.mt ami place in the military ser vice of the Confederate States, for three years unless the war shall have been sooner ended all white men who are residents of the Confederate States, be tween the ages of eighteen and thirty five years at. the time the call or calls nay be made, who are not legally ex empted from military service. All of the persons aforesaid who are not now in the armies of tlie Confederacy, and whose term of service will expire before the cud ot war, shall be continued in .he service for three years from Hie date of their original enlistment, unless the war shall have sooner.ended: Pro vided, however, that all such comnan ies, bat tai I ions and regiments whose term of orginai enlistment was for twelve months, shall have the right, within forty days, on a day to i c fixed by t he commander of the brigade, to reorganize said companies, battalions and regiments, by elec.ing all their officers which they had a right hereto fore to elect, who shall be commission ed by the President; Provided, furl her, That furloughs not exceeding sixty days with transportation home and, back, shall I e grained to all those retained in the service by the provisions of this act beyond the period o their orignal enlistmcn', and who have heretofore not received furloughs under the |> o visions of an act en- itled “An act pro viding for the granting of bounty ami furloughs to piivates and non commis sioned officers in the Provisional Army,” approved 11th December, 18(11, said furloughs to begr.inted at times, and in Torch ninnbcrg,ns the b-’e;:rctary of War may deem most compatible with tile public micros ; and Provided, further, That in lieu of a furlough ihe commit tation value in money of the transpor tation hereinabove g'anted shall- be paid to each private musician, o; non commissioned officer who may elect to receive it at such time as (he furlough would otherwise be granted. Provided further, that all person under the age of eighteen years, or over the age of thirty live years, who arc now enrolled in the military service of the Com.eder ate States in the regiments battalions and companies hereafter to be organized, shall !>e required to remain in their respective companies battalions and regiments for ninety days unless their places can sooner b.i -it q»bed by oh- r recitm- no now in the service, who are betw.en the. ages of eighteen and 35 years; and all laws an i parts ■ f lawspr - viding for the re-enii-trneiit of volun teers, and the organization thereof into companies squadrons battallions or reg iments, is shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. />- it further enacted, That such companies, squadrons, battalion-, or regiments orgamz d, or in process of organization by authority from the Secr etary of War, as may be within thirty days from the passage ■ f this act so far completed as to have the whole number of men requisite for organization actual ly' er.r -lled not embracing in said organi zations any persons now in service, shall be mu-tered into the service of the Con federaftj S ates as part of the land forces of the same, to be received ill that arm of the service in which they are author ized to organize, and shall elect their company battali on, an! regimental ofli ccrs. See. 3. Be it further enacted, That for the en-rollincnt of all persons com prehended within the provisions of t'o’s act, who are not already in the armies of the Confedcrat" States it shall be lawful for the President, wiih the consent of the Governors' of the respective States, to employ Slate officers, and, on f.-iiliire I (». ..l.t.iiii HiiVh c«>n . nt, ho tsh.ih' cm ploy ConfedeK'tc officers, charged with the duty of making such enrollment in accordance with rates and regulations to be prescribed by him. Sec. 4 Be it further enacted, That persons enrolled under the provisions of the preceding sectir.n shall be a-s signed by the Secre'ary of War to the different companies t.ow in service, un til eaclrcompany is tilled to its maxi mum number, and the persons so en rolled shall be assigned to companies from the States from which they lea ped fully come. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all seamen and ordinary seamen in the land forces of the Gonfederatc States enrolled under the Provisions of ties act, may on applications cf the Secre tary of the Navy be transferee! irom the land forces to the naval service. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where a State nriy not have in the army a number of regiments bat talions, squadron, or companies suffi cient to absorb the number of persons subject to military service under this act belonging to such State then the residue or cx'‘ eß s tliereof shall be kept as a reserve under such regulations as may cstablis <’d by the Secretary of War: and then at stat'd periods of not greater than three mouths dctei mined by 10l shall be made from said reserxe so that each company shall, as nearly as -p ra c t ic al 1■ - la - lie p t lull. I’r ivided, That the persons held in reserve may remain at home until call ed info service by the Prescient. Pro vided, also, that d.iriug their stay at home they not receive pay. Provided, further, that the poisons comprehended in this act shall net. be sul ject to the j-ulcß and articles of war, and mustered in o the actual set vice of the Confeder ate States; except that said persons when en oiled ami liable to duty, if they shall wilfully refuse to obey said call such of them shall be held to be a de serter, and punish 'd as such under said articles. Provided, further, that when ever, in the opinion of the President, the exigencies ol the public service may require it; he shall be authorized to call in'o actual service the entire reserve, or 8 > much as may be necessary, not previously coiisigneik to different com panies in service, under provisions of section four of this act. Said reserve shall be organize i tinder such rules as the Secretary of War may adopt pro vided the company, battalion and regi mental offieers shall lie elected by the troops composiug'the same; provided the troops resided in any one State, shall not be combined, in regimental battalion, squadron, or company organ tizaiion, with the troops raised’ in any other State. Sec. 7. Be it further That all sodliers now serving in tlx: army, or mustered in the milit ry service of the Confederate States, or enrolled in said service under the authorizations heretofore issued to the Secretary ol '■Var, and who are continued in the ser vice liy vir ne of this act, who have not received the bounty of fifty dollars allowed by existing laws, shall be enti tled to receive said bounty. Sec. S. Be it fort! er enacted, That each man who may hereafter be mus tered into service, and who shall arm himself with a musket, or shotgun rille or carbine, accepted as an efficient I weapon, shall be paid the value thereof ito be accrtained by the mustering offi i mr under such regulation as may be I prescribed by the Secretary of \\ ar, il he is willing to sell tiic same, and il Im is not then he shall be entitled to re ceive one dollar a month for the use of said received ami approved musket, rifle, shot-gun or cat bine. • Sec lie it further enacted, I hat persons not liable for duty tnaj be ie ceived as substitutes lor those who arc under such regulations as may be pro scribed by the Secretary of W ir. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That all vuneancii-s shall be filled by the President from the company, battalion squadron or regiment, in which such vacancies occur, by promotion accord ing to seniority, except in cases of dis ability or other, incompetency: Provid ed, however, That the President may, when, in liis opinion, it 'nay be proper, all such vacancy or vacancies by the ’ promotion of any officer or officers.or private or privates from company, bat talion, squadron on regiment who shall have been distinguished in the. service by exhibition of valor ami skill, and that whenever a vacancy uh dl occur in rhe lowest grade of the commissioned officers of a company, said vacancy be filled by election: Provided, all ap pointments madrt by the President shall be by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That provisions of the first section of this act relating to the election of officers shall tipply to those regiments, battalions, and sqadrons which composed <.f twelve mouths’ and war companies •combined in the same organization, without re gard to the manner in which the officers thereof were orginally appointed. Skc. 12. Be it further enacted, That each company of infantry shall consist of one hundred and twenty-five, rrnk and file; each company of field artillery of one hundred and fifty, rank and file, and each of ca.valry of eighty, rank and file. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That all person subject to enrollment, who are now in the service under the provis ions (if this act shall be permitted, pre vic.us to such enrollment, to volunteer in companies now in the service. Corinth Missi sirvi—As this place is probably di'stiNml to become the theatre of xyi’ca I <» \v<» Li y our tiers all the information as regards its situation, &c., we possess. The vil lage of Corii.tli was formerly called Farmington, and is so mentioned by. the gazcttei'rs It is a post village of TishominP'o County, distant 2G2 miles Northeast from Jackson, the capital of the State. Tl.ere are but t hree or four stores in the village, of course its pop ulation must be relatively small. Tish omingo County forms the Northeast ex tremity of Mississippi, bordering on Tennessee and Alabama, and has an area of about fourteen hundred square in les. The Tombigbee River rises in the County, the Tennesseee flows along the Northeast border and it is drained by Tuscumbia Creek. The surface is diversified by small hills; the soil is fertile especially in the valleys, and generally has a substra tum of sand. A large part of the county is covered with forests of oak hickory walnuts and pine. The head streamot theTornbigbe furnishes valua ble motive power. Thf route of tbo Mobile and Ohio Rail Road intersects the Memphis and Charleston Rail Hoad at Jaciu'o the capital. The County was organized in 1836. The population in 1850 amounted to 15,490 of which 13,526 were fice and 1961 slaves New York World. The E ederals at Huntsville. Sergeant E. E. Fritchard, of the ushington Artillery, arrived here last evening and gives us further particu lars of the ocupation of Huntsville.— He was on his way to join his company at Corinth, but was turned back at Ste venson by intelligence that the Feder ate had possession of Huntsville and had cut off the Railroad communication with Corinth. Mr. F. informs us that he had a conversation with an Engineer who succeeded in iunning the “gaunt let and who g.»ve him the following statement. He said that early on Friday morning tie came up the road from Decatur, that on arriving al Huntsville he found the Telegraph operator in waiting who threw his apparatus on 4>oaid and in formed him that the Federalists, were just coming into the town. 'lhe Engi neer then s ailed liis train but before getting through the town, he was fired upon by the Federal force ami a shell was also tired at.tlie train but did not succeed in hitting it. liis brother, also an engineer, was just behind him, with a long train cf empty cars which was tel tuning from canying troops to Corinth, 'fire Federal infan try tired a volley into the cap on the engine at.d it was supposed killed the Engineer as train’was stopped ajid had not been heard from at Stevenson. The Federal forces could not be ascertained but consisted of cavalry, infantry and one piece of artillery. They have pos session ol the city anil have effectually cut off all communication by that mute. Ihe sth Georgia Rcgoment had passed over the road a short time previous and were all safely beyond Huntsville, ex cept some' few who were detailed to bring on baggage. Fas.-i'.igcrs by the Georgia Railroad last nig t report that Huntsville has been o enpied by eleven thousand Fed eral t: ops. 'luo locommives and trains ol ears, loaded with troops going to reinl >iee Bkaereiiard, weie captured. All communication, except byway ot Mobjje, is ent r if, if th., report is true. [Augusta (hronicle. 111 av: Lost My Way.— “I have lost my wa>,” a little’girl said to me this morning She had wan lered too far from h.-r father's house, ‘1 want to '»■(> home,’ the child said, ami her tears fell thick an*| fast upon her little hands. I led the little lost one home: and it w s sweet to witness the rejoicing of the parents over the restored lamb. I have lost, my way, I repeated sadly to myself in these deep labyrinths life; my feet wander in strange paths; the fruit which I had so fondly coveted like the apples of Sodom, turned ashes on my lips; memories of my glad, pray erful childhood, comes sweeping over my soui; I have lost father’s house, and I, too. want to go home. God has made the parent a type of his own infinite love; and if an earthly father can say, ‘lt was meet thpt we should bn merry and glad, for this my son was dead, and is alive again, and was lost a id is found,’how much more will our heavenly Father welcome the wanderer’s return to his prefacing hive! The sweetest tears shed are those of penitence. Some of she noblest steps trod are those which return from wan derings. A greater than a father’s Jove waits t<> embrace the prodigal. ■ >. A CARD. Lt. Col. John Dvnwody of Roswell, Cobb county, Ga. has the authority to raise a Regiment of Shfantry for the war. Rendezvous at Atlanta, Ga. Time of organization n->\v specified the Ist July, would change the date to an earlier period, should circumstances permit him to leave the field. He is now attached to the “th Regiment, Ga. Volunteers, as Lieut. Colonel, a twelve month’s Regiment, whose term of ser vice, expires 31st of May. His claims as a soldier anti an officer, lie would leave others to record. Can give sat« isfactory references as to character , service and mili’aiy capacity. Would be pleased to open a corres pondence with any individual who has, or desires to raise a company for the war. lie is indifferent whether the Regiment is organized under the State or Confederate States authority. liis addn ss at present is in the field, 7th Regiment Ga. Volunteers, 3d Brig ade, Gen. D. R. Jones’ Division, A. P., Camp near Orange court-house, Va. JOHN DUNWODY. tteß" Gen. Henry R. Jackson resign ed as soon as the Stfte troops were trans ferred to the Confclerato service.