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fOLUJIE XLV.
MILLEDG.EYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1864.
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jy Kemittancos by mail at our rusk.
t««s subservient to .hi* selfish views,
that he resembled the blank leaf be
tween the Old and New Testament,
belonging to neither, and making a cov
er of both. No one would laugh at this*
it is exactly that description of wit
which has been defined “ an anexpecl-
ed association oUapparently dissimilar
ideas, exciting pleasure and surprise.”
Lord Byron was once asked by a friend,
in the green room of Drury Lane The
atre, whether he did not think Miss
Kelly’s acting in the “Maid and the
Magpie” exceedingly natural ? “I real-
y cannot say,” replied his lordship ;
“I was never* innocent of srealing a
silver spoon.” This is drollery rather
than wit, and excites onr laughter,
without claiming any portion of our ad
miration. .
One of our poets, a remarkably ca
daverous-looking man, recited a poem,
descriptive of a country walk, in which
the following couplet occurred >—
“The red breast, with his furtive glance,
Comes and locks at me askance t”
upon which a wag exclaimed—“Gadl if
it had been a carrion-crow, he would
have stared you lull in the face a re
mark so hurnocoas and unexpected,
that it was received with a-unanimous
shout of laughter. Here the absurdi
ty of the idea, if it did not amount to
wit, was something better, or, at all
events, more stimulative of the risible
faculties.
WIT AND WISDOM.
JFAVS—the modern—are proofs, we
are told, ot the truth of Christianity.
Are they not at the same time, proofs
of the. want of Christianity in those
who profess, without feeling, its char
itable doctrine ? ’ as the Scriptures,
when they enjoin love of our neighbor,
carefully "warn us to put the most en
larged construction upon the word, it
ij difficult m reconcile the virulent de
nunciations, and the incentives to scorn
and haired of the Jews, which so many
of the clergv infuse into their sermons,
either with Christianity, good taste, or
right feeling. Our Savior was a Jew ;
the greater protiori of the Bible is Jew
ish; ihe len commandments, which
constitute the basis of our morality,
are Jewish. Whv, then, should we
dislike our fellow-subjects, and spiritu
al half-brethren, because they happen
tube Jews, more even than we hate
Turks and Pagans, who are ulter ali
gns and infidels ? All persecution is de
moralizing, and the Jews have been
long exposed to its worst species.—
that of public prejudice, aggravated by
civil and other disabilities. Abolish
allreligious pains, penalties, and dis
tinctions, and this oppressed race will
quickly become elevated in the moral,
mwell as in the political scale.
What a picluresqueness do these de
fendants of Abraham impart to the
otherwise monotonous surtace of socie
ty! Far and wide do we travel, to he
boid the inanimate mouldering remains
of Greece and Home ; while in the Is
raelites, our neighbors and fellow-
bttnsrnen, we may contemplate the
living mint of a nation still niorc an-
dentand illustrious. Who can survey
their adust complexions, oriental phys-
logimmies, and dark-flowing beards,,
converting them into unladed portraits
1,1 the old scripture characters, without
^ing carried back, in imagination, to
he crowded streets ofSolyina, a*ul the
jiiories of King David ?
.. biere are moral points <?f view, also,
tn which they cannot be* contemplated
p'uhoui exciting respect and admira-
l| on in every candid mind. For eight-
e enhundred years, under persecutions
I !norc relentless and unremitting than
P e w orld ever witnessed, have they
c ‘ un gto their ancient faith with an in-
‘lotnitable and unparalleled heroism,
•lartynlorn is comparatively nothing;
r' ea ffi, the affair ot a moment, is easily
confronted; but the life-long death of
COn tinual oppression, scorn, and hat-
r^all which might be avoided by the
jiUerance of a single word, none but a
.'^-■principled soul can endure. Their
‘“ e xible tenacity, in this respect, pre-
l^ Bl3 a grand, I had almost said a sub-
;ne spectacle.
I .'JOKES—The cayenne of conversa-
r IOn > and the salt ot life. “A joke’s
J^cper'iiy,” vtavs Shakspeare, “lies in
| .* tar of the hearer and indeed it
5 t,J inetimes exceedingly difficult to
pfono
‘bad
'■Dice whether it be a good one or
one, risiblv speaking, for a bon
rr >ay be too witty to tic pleasant, or
; - e *6t to elicit laughter; while a poor
P e asantry, by the help of some ludi-
turn, or expression, or associa-
fi °“ °f ideas, may provoke cachination,
j deployce. Nay, there are cases,
n w bich a joke becomes positively
from its heing so intolerably bad,
(jp ls a Pplauded, in the inverse ratio
lls tDeiii, as the greatest honors are
, 1 *-» »» luvz nwiioio “■ ^
^'Deiimes showered upon men who
*\ e Die least honor, The admiration
* C| teJ by the highest order of jvit is
lh n u r - aU y 8enni15 because it sets us
),j ' n S* It is said of a crafty Israe-
^ e ' who deserted the Hebrew fhitb,
°ut embracing that of the Christians,
a y^t endeavored to make both par-
a
JUDGMENT—A faculty of which
v*ery few people have enough to dis-'
cover that they want more. In form
ing a judgment of each other, the sex
es usually proceed upon the falsest
and most deceitful grounds. If a wo
man lie struck by a man’s exterior, she
invariably thinks well of his morals
and his talents r gain her love, and yoa
secure her esteem ; she judges of every
thing by the impression made upon her
self, and in the credulity that prompts
her to believe what she wishes, is easi
ly lead away by her confiding and af
fectionate nature. Men, sexuidly speak
ing, are still more blind and rash iir
their judgment, or, rather, in their to
tal want-of It. If they are smitten by
a pretty face, they inquire no further,
and ask fyut .one question—YVill you
have me ? They marry the face, of
which the beauty is to last, perhaps
for one year only—at most for ten,—
and they kuow little or nothing of the
mind with which they are to be associ
ated until • death. In balancing the re
spective motives of the sexes, the ad
vantage is, as usual, all on the side of
the females. Both are precipitate, and
both wrong ; but women are misled by
their trust and affections, while men
fall into the same error from the influ
ence of their passions and their senses.
If any of my male readers donbt this
judgment, let them doubt their own.
KING—According U9 the doctrine of
despots and their worshippers,the hered
itary proprietor of a nation p according
to reason, its accountable first magis
trate. Monarch* are the spoilt chib
dren of fortune ; and, like the juvenile
members of the class, are often way
ward, peevish, and jit jat ease/ We
talk offfieing “as happy as a king
but which of us is nok happier,—at
least, in love and friendship, the great
sweeteners of life ? There is no court
ship in Courts. A king goes a wooing
in the person ot his privy counsellors ;
marries one whom he never saw, in or
der to please the nation, of which he is
the ruler-, only to be its slave ; and is
generally cut off from those domestic
enjoyments that constitute the highest
charm of existence. Friendship can
not offer him a substitute, for equality
is its basis ; and he who wears a crown
is at *once prevented by station, and
prohibited by.etiquette, trorn^indulging
in any communion of hearts. Truly
he ought to be exempted from all other
taxes, since he pays quite enough for
his painful pre-eminence.
A wise man, however #ell qualified
to shine in courts, will seldom desire
to share theirxlangerous splendor. Di
ogenes, while he was washing cab
bages, seeing Aristippus approach,
cried out to him—“If you knew bow
to live upon cabbages, you would not
be paying court to a tyrant.’ “If you
knew how to live with kings,’ replied
Aristippus, “you would not be wash
ing cabbages.”
“Of all kinds of men,” says a French
writer, “God is least beholden to kings ;
for he does the most for them, and they
the h ast for him.” And vet the patri
ot king, who con-fers happiness upon a
whole nation, must render a more ac
ceptable service to the Deity than any
other mortal can proffer.
KITCHEN—The burial-place of
the epicure’s health and fortune. -
“What a small kitchen !” exclaimed
Queen Elizabeth, after going* over a
handsome mansion.—“It is by having
so small a'kitchen, that I am enabled
to keep so large a house,” replied its
owner.
KNOWLEDGE—A molehill remov
ed from the mountain of our ignorance.
A knowledge of useful things, of
which others are ignorant, is never con
sidered an excuse for an ignorance ot
trifles that are generally known..
After a scholar has attained a cer
tain age, no knowledgeThat you can
let in upon his mind will do him any
harm. Cattle may be admitted, into
ah orchard, to graze it after the trees
are grywn up, hut not when they are
young.
Partial instruction may be a partial
evil, but universality of knowledge,
however high the standard, will never
take the poor out of their sphere. Ele
vating the lower, without depressing
the up|>er classes, it will he an unmix
ed good to both. But if.knowledge be
power, *will not its universality givoa
dangerous ascendency to the multi
tude? Njo-—for the few will* be still
wiser than*the many. The most igno
rant will then run the greater risk. In
a general illumination, it is only the
unlighted windows.that are pelted and
broken by the mob.
—— »
SorrcHdtr of Fort DoieliQR-.
A correspondent of the Appeal per
petrates the following reminiscence:
“I see the enemy have failed to dis
lodge Forrest from West Tennessee
and Kentucky yet, notwithstanding
their boasts, and the fact that reinforce
ments have been sent them (rom Chat
tanooga. Forrest is loo much for them.
He is.the hardest not they have crack-
ed at yet. By the way,* speaking of
this gallant officer, I have heard an in
teresting account of the capture of Fort
Donelson, in which he figured promi
nently, and which if true, entitles Hun
him to great credit lor his daring enter
prise and determination. My author
‘is a prominent member of Cong/ess,
who was one of the investigating com
mittee on the Fort Donelson disaster.
Although I would by no means give (
his name, yet I do not hesitate to give
these unpublished particulars, as they
are bound to leak out some day or oth
er.
On Saturday night before the surren
der, a council was called. Pillow,
Floyd, Buckner and a number of Brig
adiers composed this body. There was
much confusion and'an exciting debate
for a while. Some thought it necessa
ry to surrender, and same didn’t. It
was midnight and no definite under
standing was come tOi Gen. Floyd
seeing this, dismissed .the council, re
questing Pillow and Buckner to remain.
The three sat down gloomily by the
fire, to ponder over ihe sad aspect of
affairs. A long silence ensued. At
last Floyd said : ■
“Well gentlemen, it remains with us
to decide this matter, and we must do
it at one®. It is now midnight, and if
we retieat, we have not a moment to
bse.”
“I say retreat,” said Pillow.
“Isay surrender! We have shed
enough blood already to no purpose,”
said Buckner.
“Well, gentlemen,” said Floyd, “I
see you are still divided, and as 1 have
the ca*ting vote, I will settle ihe inkier
at once. I favor a surrender myself,
provided the duly does not devolve
uj»on me. I can’t surrender because
the United States Government have
■indicted me for treason, and the prob
ability. is that if they werq to get me
they would hang me. So you see the
thing- is impossible. I transfer the
command to you, General Pillow.”
“Well, General,” said Pillow, “Pm
in the same fix as youiself. The Yan
kees have got mo indicted fnr shipping
guns and munitions of war to ihe Con
federate Government. So you see I
can’t surrender, either; they would
hang me as quick as the}' would you,
and if you are excusable, I guess I am
too. So I transfer my right of com
mand to you, General Buckne/.”
Gen. Buckner bowed but said noth
ing. At that moment a noise was heard
without. The door opened and a
courier announced an officer who de
sired admittance. He was ordered to
show him in, and the next moment Col.
Forrest, a}l splashed with mud and
water, with bigh-topped boots and an
old slouched hat, made his appearance.
He walked to the fire-place and sealed
himself without saying a word. After
a few moments, Floyd said ; “Well,
Colonel, have you anything important
to communicate that you come here at
this late hour, or has your curiosity led
you to pay us this visit in order to find
out what we had decided upon ?”—
“Both,” replied Forrest, dryly, then
risiqg from his chair lie said : “But is
it possible, gentlemen, a3 I have already
heard whispered this night, that you
intend to'surrender ?”
“Yes,-” was the reply, “we have
just arrived at that conclusion.”
“But,” said Forrest, “there, is no oc
casion for it* gentlemen ; the whole
army can easily escape without the loss
of a man ;'not an hour ago I crossed
the river on my horse where it wa6 not
waist deep. I crossed it going, on
horseback,’and waded it coming hack.
It is free from Yankee pickets, also,
and there is no danger to be feared.”
“Yes, but colonel,” said Gen.Floyd,
“my scouts have reconnoitered the en
tire river, and an officer who arrived
not half an hour ago, told .me that he
had tested the. river everywhere and
no spot had he found that was forda
ble.”
“I don’t care, general, if be did,” i
said Forrest, “he told you a d—d lie,!
as I am ready to swear that I waded ;
the river pot half an hour ago, as my
wet -clothes will testify. And now
gentlemen as it is getting late, it is
high time you should be acting. Will
you take my advice and make your es
cape.”
. . “No,” was the reply, .-‘it is loo late.”
“I have one request to make,” said
Forrest, “I have a fine regiment of cav
alry here, and I want permission to
take it out'. Grant me this much and
lam off.”
Gen. Buckner nodded his head,
when Forrest bolted out of the house,
took his command, crossed the river
at the aforesaid place an<4 made his
escape without the loss of a man.—
More anon. Arkansas.
Interesting Details of Affairs In Virginia
Annexed will* be found interesting
details of matters which have trans
pired in Virginia, since the commence
ment of the fight. . They are culled
from the columns of the Richmond Ex
aminer :
THE BATTLE NEAR PORT WALTHALL.
On Friday evening, May 7tn, the ene
my commenced to advance against
Airt Walthall Junction, the point
where ihe branch meets the •iiiwostpm
of the Petersburg railroad—a distance
of some three miles. There was some
sharp skirmishing in which the enemy
was repulsed with a loss of a hundred
and filly in killed and wounded. On
Saturday the enemy, afte-r being rein
forced, renewed his attempt to advance,
and about twelve o’clock, after some
sharp skirmishing along the lines, a
battle was-joined'by the opposing fore-,
es, and continued with great fury for
some four or five Jiours* The enemy
fought with great stubborness, and
showed a resolute purpose to reach the
railroad. Our forces, under command
of* Gen. Bush rod Johnson, resisted the
advance most gallantly, and about six
o’clock, after a most spirited engage
ment, drove back their infantry. . The
artillery continued to fire slowly, but
the enemy made no atteippt to recover
the ground they h^d lost. During the
night for prudential reasc/bs, General
Bushrod Johnson fell back upon Swift
Creek bridge, a most important struct
ure on the railroad, a mile and a half
from Petersburg, and about the same
distance lrom Port Walthall Junction,
against which i-t is well known that
this advance of the enejny is directed.
The enemy’s strength is not known,
but the best informed sources estimate
it at not less than ten thousand. The
prisoners taken report that this whole
inovhment up the James river is under
the direction of General Butler, and
that he accompanies the expedition in
person.
CAPTURE OF ONE OF THE FEDERAL
GUNBOATS.
A Federal gunboat was captured in
James nver on Saturday, May 8tin
Being pursued closely by the Feclerals,
our forces were obliged to blow her up.
No loss on our side. Twenty seven
Federals were captured. Five Fed
erate were killed. The gunboat was
the Sasheere. The captain was a-
mong the killed.
One of the Lieutenants captured
stated that the Federal force landed at
Bermuda numbered seventy thousand.
The Richmond Examiner thinks*he
over estimated the number about sixty
thousand.
RECON NUISANCE OVER THE PETERSBURG
* RAILROAD.
A reconnoitering party started out
on the Petersburg Railroad, on Sun
day. The road was found to be in
good .order to within three quarters of
a mile of Port YValthall, with the ex
ception of a single rail which was fixed
in such ft way that it would not be ob
served by a careless observer, and at
the same lime would surely throw a
train off the track going at ordinary
speed. While fixing it the officer heard
rustling in the l/ushes supposed to pro
ceed from a reconnoitering parly of
Yankees making their escape.
No danger being apprehended trains
were run over the road on Monday.
STATEMENT OF A YANKEE DESERTER.
On the*train arriving at Chester
they found a Yankee deserter, who
had come into our lines and given him
self up. He. was brought over and
handed to the prison authorities. This
deserter reports the force of the Yan
kee army f rom thirty to forty thousand,
and say that their plan of operations is
to tear up the railroad and move on
Petersburg. *He says that Butler com
mands in person, and (hat Gen. Gil
more is also along with the greater por
tion of his forces from before Charles
ton, having left Charleston hirnsejf and
withdrew as much-of the force there as
could be spared, for the purpose o£co-
operating in this movement. He says
that Gilmore’s force comprises the
Tenth and a portion of the Eighteenth
arm}’ corps, and sailed from Charles
ton about len days ago, rendezvousing
at Glpuchester Point, before setting
sail up the river* He says that six
regiments of negro troops accompany
this expedition, and that their forces
are scattered all through the narrow
strip of land between the Appomattox
He gives his
Fourth New
and the James river, from Bermuda
Hundreds to Port YValthall. He re
ports that Gen. Butler rode through
his troops on Friday and was cheered
lustily by the men. •
He says their loss in *lhe battle of
Saturday, near Port Walthall, was one
thousand in killed, wounded and miss
ing, and that he heard their officers so
estimate it. He explains this,, great
loss by alleging that the Y'ankees were
ambuslied by our men and fired upon
with most terrible slaughter—or, as he
expresses.it. “they got a volley before
they knew it.” He reports great de
moralization in Butler’s army, and ex
pressed a great surprise on seeing our
soldiers, sayingthat they were “so much
irmre enthusiastic than the Fedejals.”
He says the Yankees had heard noth-
ingof Grant’s repulse, and that the
first intimation he got of it was on get
ting into our lines.
This Yankee deserter relates his sto
ry with an air of great plausibility and
frankness. He says that at the lime
of his deserting he was on the reserve
picket, and that going ’over to the
house of Mrs. Howell, on the excuse of
“getting some water,” he took advan
tage to give the Yankees the slip, im
mediately passed over to the plank
road and made tracks for Chester,
where he was taken up.
name as David Kinsela,
Hampshire regiment. *
ANOTHER DISPATCH FROM GEN. LEE.
About seven o’clock Sunday eve
ning another dispatch was received
from Gen. Lee, stating that the enemy
had abandoned their position and was
marching’orf Fredericksburg ; also that
he was moving on their right flank.
This dispatch showed that the Yan
kees ha<j been forced to .desert thpir
fortifications, anti that the programme
they had laid out had been illustrat
ed. *
THE LOSS IN THE BATTLE.
No estimate, for obvious reasons,
can now be made of our loss in,the bat
tles of the Rapid Ann. Gen. Lee in
Inofficial dispatch, says that “our loss
in killed is not large,”—little ariillery
being used on either side—and that
“many of our men are but slightly
vvounded.”* As far as known, we
have lost three brigadiers—General. J.
W. Jones, of V irginia, Gen. Jenkins,
ol South Carolina, anil General Staf
ford, of Louisiana. Several of odr
prominent officers are wounded. Gen.
Longstreetamong the number.. As in
the'case of Stonewall Jackson, Gen’s
Longstreet and Jenkins- were shot
through mistake, by our own' men. *
The enemy’s loss is very large. All
accounts say that the carnyge was ter
rihle. The Y ankees fought with more
desperation than ever before during
the war. A gentleman who was in
the fight tells us that as the Yankees
approached the forces of A. P. Hill,
they cried out “come on you accursed
rebels. YVe will teach you how to
fight. YY'e are western men.” And
here came the fight in earnest-—hand
toihand anti man to mutfc But our
men proved„to much lor the Yankees,
and alter a desperate struggle—such
probably, as was never before known
in this war—the Yankees gave way,
and were soon in full retreat. Here
arose yells from our men which might
be heard for miles. They had repuls
ed the enemy, and he was in fall re
treat to the cover of his forticalions.
Even by our account, the Yankees
have lost Major-General Wadsworth,
of New York, killed, and Major-Gen
eral Seymour and Shaler captured.
Wadsworth Was a prominent citizen of
New York, and onc% ran for Mayor of
that city, and was subsequently a can
didate for Governor, in opposition to
Governor Seymour. This Seymour is
said to be the same man who command
ed the expedition in-Florida, and who
created such bluster with his negro
troops. It is reported also that Ma
jor-General Foster, of North Caroli
na notoriety, has been captured. It is
plain that the Y r an.kees have suffered
terribly in this battle, and that Grant’s
army been budly worsted.
REPORTED FIGHT NEAR SPOTSYLVANIA
the JameS and the Appomattox river*.
In their retreat, on Sunday, they left
their dead and wounded on the field*
and sought refuge under their gunboat*.
A detachment of our force* had beeu
ordered to drive in their picket*)' and
ascertain, if possible, in what strength
they are about Port YValthall. The
railroad, up to our latest accounts, had
received no injury, and the enemy wa*
held in check in the narrow neck of
land reaching from Bermuda .Hun
dreds, on the Jumes river, to Port
Walthall, on the Appomattox river.
SOME OF THE GALLANT DEAD.
Gen Stafford died in Richmond on
Sunday morning, from the effects of«
wound in his shoulder inflicted by a
small minnie or musket ball, ranging-
from the left shoulder to the right, and
• ouching the spinal column. He wa*
from Louisiana,, had been in the war
from its commencement, and had dis
tinguished himself for his bravery. He
was about forty live years old. He
leaves in his native State a wife and
nine children.
Brig. Gen. Jenkins another of our
distinguished dead, is a great loss.—
From the first he had always been not
ed for his bravery. He was the youn
gest Brigadier in the service, being
scarcely twenty-eight years of age.
Col.-John L. Muller, another gallant
son ofSouth Carolina, was among the
killed.
COURT HOUSE.
- A fight was reported to have tak
en place on Saturday, May 7th, near
Spoilsylvania Court House between
Gregg’s Y’ankee Division and two brig
ades of Fitshugh Lee’s cavalry—YY r ick-
liain and Lomax’s. The enemy was
repulsed after a sharne light, in which
it is said we lost two hundred in killed,
wounded and missing. 'Fite ‘Yankee
loss not known—supposed to be much
greater. The Y’anKues were repulsed
and were driven some distance. The
country in which the fight occurred is
filled with a dense undergrowth and
both parlies were discomfitted. in the
fight. T^e Yankees at last accounts
were in full retreat from this positioiv
THE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE
SfUTH SIDE ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
m
The last information received at
headquarters Sunday night, stated that
the enemy about Port Walthall junc
tion had retired to his fortifications,
and that all was quiet up to the latest
advices. The,-euemy are' repotted to
be entrenching themselves between
WOUNDED GEORGIA OFFICER8.
Among the wounded officers at Rich
mond, are the following from Georgia :
Lt. R YV Hood, 3ist Ga., in thigh ;
Lt D B Sanborn, Phillips’ Legion ; Lt
S D Mann, 4’4th Ga., thigh ; Lt S A
Sanders 53d Ga., head ; Lt S E Fahn,
50ih Ga., neck ; Lt Col YV 8.’ Harls-
field, 53d Ga., mouth ; Capl A YV Gib
son, 45ih Ga., hand ; Lt B S Tharp,
4th Ga., thigh : Adj’t A G Thompson,'
12th Ga., hand ; Capt L Poole, 24tn
Ga., both thighs ; Lt D II Calhoun,
4lh G*., shoulder ; Lt J T Pugley,
3Sth Ga., arm ; Lt G H Priee, Cobb’s
cavalry, arm ; Capt G H Baldwin,
Cobb’s cavalry, ai m ; Capt J L Dogge,
Phillips’ Legion, bead ; Lt Col W C
Holt, lOih Ga-, thigh ; Lt W C Dodd,
5th Ga., hip; Brig. Gen. Benning,
Benning’s Biigade, left shoulder, se
verely ;• Lt H B Williams, 4th Ga.,
thigh ; Lt Col. YV H YYTUis, 4th Ga.,
knee ; Lt B R Herty, 4ih Ga., in arm ;
Col YV C Hodge, 17th Ga., shoulder ;
Maj RM Bry, 31st Ga., abdomen;
Maj YV r B Jones, 6th Ga. shoulder f
Lt J Carlledge, jOth Ga. leg ; Lt A G
DeLay, lGtlfGa., neck ; Lt A W Lat
imer, 49ih Ga., Lt D LoVell, 61st Ga.,
shoulder; Lt R L Anderson, 4th Ga.,
arm.
Another instalment of officers was
expected in Richmond by the train
Monday evening, and accommodations
were prepared lor them. All the
wounded received were doing well
Sunday. The Ladies of Richmond it
is said are particularly attentive in the
distribution of delicacies and comfort
ing smiles.
Demonstration at Drewrifs Bluff"-
On Monday morning Richmond was
thrown into great excitement by the
report that the Y T ankees had seized the
Railroad at Chester, torn up the track, -
burned the town, and were marching
in large force against Drewry’s Bluff,
with the evident design of attacking it
in the rear.
The Yankee’s halted at Berdee’*
about two miles from the .bluff, and
formed a line of battle, opened an ar
tillery fire, and commenced moving in
full force against the south front. No
assault was made, however. It only ^
proved to be a demonstration. The
Y’ankees retired at night.
NEWS FROM lee’s ARMY.
On Monday morning the War De
partment received a dispatch lrom Gen.
Lee, in which he said—“After a sharp
encounter with . the Fifth army corps
(YYarren’-s) and Tobbett’s division of
cavalry, Gen. R. H. Anderson with the
advance of the army, repulsed the ene
my with heavy slaughter, and took pos
session of Spotsylvania Court Hpuse.
On Monday night another dispatch
was received from Gen. Lee in which
he states that “After the repulse of the
enemy from Spotsylvania Court Home,
receiving reinforcements he renewed
the attack on our position, but was
again handsomely driven back.”
“The reliable gentleman” during
Monday started the rumor that Lee
had captured fifteen thousand Y'ankees
bat this proved to be incorrect.
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A RECONNOISSANCE ON. THE PETERS
BURG RAILROAD.
On Monday afternoon, Mr. Gill, the
Superintendent of the Petersburg Rail
road, started on a reconnoissaace down
the road. He proceeded as far as
Chester, and found the road* to that
point, uninjured, but learned that the
Yankees had lorn up the track a short
distance on lh£ oilier side of Chester.
He was informed that about six
thousand Yankee troops were in Ches-
te’r Monday morning. They had not
destroyed any property up to last eve
ning, but said they should burn every
house in the county last night.
At five o’clock, when Mr. Gill left, a
heavy fight was reported to be going on
in about six miles of Chester.