Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, June 23, 1863, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TexttMlumlms (fnijuirct. •lOVlic II. MARTIN • irflloi COLUMBUS Tuesday Morning, June 23,1863. High up III the I'lguv^ j YlcK*bwrg, Our neighbor of the Sun, in ait article . « ?trong i. is our coufldem against tho policy «*f blockade running, ' ty of Geo. Johnston, an.I i ax operating to the draining of the coon- 1 minstion oflh© Government to reinforce try of both cotton and gold. make# n I him to the extent of fi rtatement surprising to u# Ifwwi but which wo urn .ati*fi©d cannot be r..rreet. It ktlila: “More rollon ha# left the poit i of Charleston, alone. f..r foreign market 1 . • within fhelfl’t four months,than hnx been ! raided in the Confederacy during the j.•»-1 j two year. ornputing tlie cotton orejv- of 1861 and j strong eelrenehninnt# and maintain Our Telegraphic Uhpltchn- A "SCREWLOOSE ' SOMr.WIIl'IiE We hare policed for a.it».e time pa a singular and annoying irregularly in tt© reception of the Vr&4 dfcpntchr* t » the papen ofihi* city, II fnqut ii f y hnppenx fli d new*that mould have 1 •* n tr:r r - milted to us on any day or evening ot the week is not rent to m at all, but flr 3 t rrachoa us in the Macon imp* the next mom Inf, paper* received at noon the next this failure oraa only occasional *- n d lT ** frequent, wo should Attribute it to K»me unavoidable r.ccider.t and *ay nothing nhont It, but it oebpr.1 fo often that it i- eTident the Columbus office i* badly -neglected. to rev tha least, On Tuesday night wo received a short dispatch from Richmond, which appeared in our paper runn j n ^ . put eight outgoing v©.*sel» per ! gl ahen ItlH Mont*, (T^*hich necessarily requires eight in | th ) coming vessel* to supply the demand for ! have still hop* tonnage) h. vrolhink, rather extravagant, j We do not vrr.h to he understood n s fa voring blockade running Our readers are aware that wc tong since indicated and with all th© celerity practicable, wo must confess that the long delay in hearing from him is not encouraging to our hopes. We cannot help fearing that the enemy is being reinforced a* rapidly he is, and that an attack cn Grant is delayed bo ron *• the Yankee* have made themselves 1862 at only Iwo millions of hr,lea (which i« really l©*?thanhalfthean of Charleston, to bavo ronto.it this qu tity in four months, mud have hem most Aetir-* #fnd hu Montgomery | CIMmnc , cU | „„rM. in four tnonth«th New Orleans in her prime did in a year. Two ir.iliiun? of bale# within ft mouths would have been over 16,000 bales | the Vankc a day, which would havo required eight John ton verse)* carrying the larpoavcragcrargo of tween the Mississippi or the Yazoo 2,000 bales each. We know that Charles* J *nd Grant's entrenchments in the i ton has done a good buxines* in blockade J Vicksburg, or great superiority in number? nt) the port j m.d heuvv guns Iftbfabff <*o. Iho fate of Vicksburg ems to depend on our Ability to cut off port in the J the Federal reinforcements, for a brief She mu '* hare done | period at least, while our own Are still xporting bu-tinearthat J fcf.pt up. The Mississippi river is a bet- le I ter medium of reinforcement And eup- { ply than a lino of railroad, and, to break lmmuniealion, either Gen. si be enabled to rut it he* The -surrender of the Atlanta. A naval < thr. uxl, the t-lumn of the r-wvannalt discredit* th' report tlint the At'anta surrendered be rnu«e »h© wu aground and unable to her guns with effect, “* J and \ nr. Trump were Whig* before the ; mjr, and their nomination indicate* a strong old-line-Whig element allied with the Ib-inocr.icy. Indeed these two par* ties were allied in the last State election, tbnt there «nd curried the day against the B ftek • plenty of water where the fight took Republicans for the first in several the next morning, gunnery piper# were received we fa. nd that only a small P'G of thedi* pot< h bad Wen transmitted to u: t And \re had to copy the balance from n Montgomery change. The dispatch from the flock> tome other of on _ _ st hold a commanding position on day (which necessarily require* eight in- I the Mririsslppi above Vicksburg. We place, and that her pilots men to run Imr aground where there wa- sea room. He reiterate# tire report that “the w hite flag was hoisted, then hauled down nnd the <'..nfederate Hug again run up, to bo again lowered’’— indicating a conflict «.n board. He thinks the ve«sel could not have been injured seriously by a few shot* fired nt Iho lopg distance wh i. h ‘.©pa rated Ihe corn hats rrfrx • fourths of her crew, he «ny.s, were men , from the army nnd conscripts, who never saw a vessel beforo—the remainder vccro of all surts— a few sailor'; and that some of the sailors had been heard to mftke threats that "if the ship went out it would ; be the worse tor her and'the officers, as they would find out.’’ He expresses the decided opinion tbnt the Atlanta was | Gencr- j betrayed t-> tho enemy by base treachery. years. Extract from a lotto •eceived from on of the “Nelson Hunger.-' • M kcua sics bubo. M iss., .1 une T.’ftl. (in Thursday morning lasL the enemy j were reported advancing in three col- ^ tiinn*. Gen. Adams, who*© headquar- , ter* are at this place, rent ai in front ■« j usual to ascertain their strength. This could only be done by skirmishing witlv| them, which we did, falling back gradu- j ally, and rcjmrted a large force to the ; General. We wore ordered to context ••very foot of ground to a certain point, ! artillery were to support NTew.s. TDK EsquiRKB.] j Shelby ni. | of tho l8th hav cheen received, and New the I7th. Gen. Dix’s army s been ! ** reported P* be near Kichmond, sup- d was ported by iron clads and gunboat* on the James and York rivers. The Philadel phia Inquirer of the 17th contains a spe cial dispatch which says the rebels are encamped around Ghainberaburg thirty- ..tpnttltd Htepb;ateten»toM h"r,dred rtrung. under Jenkim.- him lt.»t it would probably coat hi. | ife | Other dirpat. be, .late that Ewell’, corps *vith Stuart's cavalry, and Letter iron Hiehuimid, | .. Up i! sr., June 11th, IK- HtnjnWfrI had the plea-urt* of ; [ R v Tei.eobai*h meeting, a few days ago, with Lt. I’ol Mark Blanford, of the 12th Georgia Regi ment. Col. Blanford having loxj his aht. , in battle last spring, while Captain of a j l ' r “ company from Buena Vista, O# long away from his command, and was on hi* way to join it, but was advised by physicians not to go back into the ser* is suffering with severe neu- he shoulder from which his ra "> 1- the del., i hi* present conditi iirncd Col. B i» th- ■ ,t;l ' clo ' e k^Mnd .rnd Lonfptreet bringing * ... . V. •. .. , . v . i ..V* T — : .1 _ man to shrink from duty for fear of i U I* Iom of hia life, if by its loss he could *''* w b"ie : etit tho glorious cause in which he f . vi ' nnn been ball ling, but be justly thought . H arkisb as due both to his family and his 2,000rebel < to quit the tented field rather j to be at Ci No doubt Loe is throwing into Maryland and Penn i upon tho po.qfle t j Maryland. ! Pates from Rhode Island totho ’ stAle that Gov. rim'uh convenes the I ^ latum on *• ' ' " raising troop Philadelphia, Wth.—TUeMavnr issued a proclamation urging the c\Jr ot stores, ro that the occupant* jn;,.. form themselves into military organ, , tions for the defence of the eitv New York. 16th.—All regiments ting ready under arms. In Bronk! V0 , , belli rang at midnight summoning- —regimentsleavingirnmediatelv f..r p- adelphia. Gov. Andrew, of Ma,,, so i. sett* has tendered Lincoln all tho h \„ . hie State militia. After fighting and retreating three miles than Ii{o by di««a*o, whilehUlifo ordered the The Cotton and the itL.ckade. if we kn«iw the pr j amount of cotton raised i i racy during the past tnglum KtjitUr K»ri»K ill- Import*”! bo ». tho builnao tti worked lo tho wle nevrj rf the capture Mllroy' Winchestfir, nol received by the, prew of thi» my. but cut from the Macon TtUgraph. We that it vai profit of the adventurers, without benefit to our people or our cause. Hut the eitl- ruate of the .Sun appear? !o ns no wide of tho mark that wo make the abovo aug- published on Wednesday in the papers ( gallons by way of dbsentine from the of Macon, Montgomery and Atlanta. »n oplnion lUal lU ,, r<> iH dan g rr of a the noon edition* of those papers, yet not ^, grc n v of cotton in the Confederacy received in this city until Ihoso paperi I wHon (h<) wtJ> cnd retched at. These, we repeat, are but - »■»■»■— aelected Initancea of - w -/ failure to Cheering Nm-. snpplv the pres* of Golumbw* as «oon aV The fullernccounti of Gen. F.tell'svic* the press of other cltlei all »roaiid tjs ■ lory at Winchester show that if was one Wo .hop-* tbnt Mr, fluparlaundent of the most decided •ueccnio* yet achiev- Thrasher will atcorlain why it is that tho j ed by our arms, and givo ns a'«uran^o that Iho successor of the immortal Jock- son is competent to iho Marion assigned him A whole Yankee army raptured, with f.U their artillery, ammunition and supplies!—a large reinforcing party al'O “bagged'* 1—an important and command ing position, far In advance of ,.ur late Ithin a day’s march of Penn* sylvaiiia or Maryland, secured!—the^a are results at once brilliant and r.uhstan- tial. The enemy will now quake again with fear of an invasion of his own do minions, and gather up his forces to de fend his own soil. The fide of w ar ha', beer turned back upon tho North, and tho boasted progress of tho work of “sub jugation’* nnd occupation Is proved to be fallacious. The heroic and nucoeasful defence of Port Hudson ia also cheering in the high est degree. Not only does it rr-assure ui that the position will bo held, but. it satisfies us that Hanks Cannot go to the assistance of Grant at Vicksburg. Our gallant little garrison at Port Hudson hove woll earned the titlo of Ucroor, and patriot*. Tboir glorious dofcnco of the important post assigned them, with ene mies a vailing them on every side and no promise of relief or succor near, is an exhibition of heroism and devotion such as few np^s of the world have equalled. May tholr viUor and conetaory be crown ed with a final success so glorious nnd important in its results an to demonstrate that Iho consummation was worth nil their toil and sufibrinjrl Milllkrn'H Head. A “Resident of Vicksburg*' say, thro’ tho Savannah AWi. “The town of Mil- liken'*. Rend in twenty-fivo miles above Vicksburg, in Madison Parish, is situated Colombos press in so neglected, and will apply tbo corrective. If we pay as much for dispatches ns the presi ol other dries, wo ought to receive tho *nio amount of Telrgrnpbir reports and receive it as early. As it Ic. we. believe that nr,a- fourth or cne-thiid of tho general Press ( ( dispatcher, to the pflpera of other citlex is j ij n ev and not f**Dt ts ua. and frequently verj inaport«Dt diipatchM ara amonc th-/*i that fall. Anhounetuf CaudI4«tea. Wo take this occasion to ray to the friend* wLo propose candidate* for office through our column;, that v- now charge for iuch publications as advertisements. This i* a courro which the press generally hea been conrtralr.ed to adopt. %V •* are now much more reatrlcted in xpicethin formerly and have work frail our type-setting lorco in getting vip tbo im portant news of the day, which engroxses popular lotercit Wo can hardly bo ex pected to pay four or fi-o tlun-.i tho form er price for printing paj>er and double the old price for cnmpn*itmr>, and then devote them gratultouily to publications designed to promote individual profit or garment We do not recognize the eonaiderntiftns of party policy .or ad vancement that formerly had weight with tho press in bringing out candidates, we now regard coramunictttioua doaignwl to bring out or unnonnco candidate.-, as personal publications, to be charged for like other advertiaomonv. Person** wish ing to proposo thvir friend* fur office through our column", will please bear this in mind. that Gen. Srnith ha takon and hol<L this position, notwith ttandiug the lack uf undoubted confirm-| rwr ation of his reported arrival there, and | not polwuhtondi^e tbo Yank«. accent j pu_r_->«T of b»"»l«lxo ootj that they repulsed an attack on Milli- ken’s Bend. Such n movement by Gen. Smith, successfully carried out, would make Grant's army the besieged party, and would enable Gen. Johnston quickly to strike a blow, not only for the relief of Vickaburg, but for the destruction of tho boastful host tbnt environ the city. . The popular anxiety about Vicksburg [ U becoming painful, nnd l« Intensifying daily. Many do not seem to compre hend that the operations for its capture sod dofonce embrace other armies than thono of Johnston and Grant, nnd that in the reinforcement of either regard must bo bad to maintaining the “balance of power * in several other sections where largo hrmiofl confront each other. It is an extended gaum of checkmate, >n which an eye has to be kept on the whole board, though tho Interest centres on a particular spot, and in which the weak ening ofono section too much would ho fatal to the whole game. Wo ahall await the issue with confidence that, whether we lose or retain Vtcksburg, our cause will be managed so well as to leavo tho enemy no ground for exultation. The Jfr nip his Appeal nay* that “it is evident that Gen; Kirby Smith, Price and Magrudor are moving to co-operate with J oh ntton and Pemberton," and wo have information that the armies of Burrudde and Hunter have boon sent to reinforce Grant and Banks. We may therefore look for n conflict engaging probably a* many me» as have vet met In combat in any battle of tho war, lo decido tho fat© of Vicksburg. Tho long er tho fight is postponed, the greater will be the numbers engaged in it, and the more important will bo it* result in it* bearing on the groat ntrugglo in which wo are Involved. foot, wo mounted our hor&ef entirely exhausted. Just then we discovered the enemy's cavalry in great force; they dashed up to within fifty yards of us. We exchanged several volleys with them and turned down into a lane in tho rear of Gen. Adam 1 )* brigade, having Wa do , orders to the i real. Jus Tonga’» Point, which, *• rdmg thn Information or tho Md i • A </(--•/. SUgist+r, is bold by Geo Wuikcr wph j three miles above the foot and seven unven thousand men, b in Madi on Par- i mi), below tho head of tho bond, and lali, Lft , which ii on Iho west "do of the , Inn about 2.*0 inhabitant*. “Terrapin Muuitrippi river, immediately upposito I Neck,’ .». very narrow point at tho bend Vicksburg. Wp do not know ,In what J of the.bend, If occupied by Gen, Smith part of tbo parish Young precuroe It ii ou the Mi' Polut i», but j with ft few pieces ol'artillery, would not '.ippi above ( only effectually cut off nil supplies, but Vicksburg. AVmuppoaoibnt bur render, nil r« inlorcement > for 0 rant by tho river, know the locality of nil tho olhf r places ; Thli will d-vjbtlo . ho done, and then the mentioned ir. the ri'./i’C’ri e 1 highly in* itnrving out pr* .j i. tv.rn»”l on tho toroetlng and cbecfing urticV. » v 1, i Yank wo direct their attention. Tbo Mobile Tribune loam !iom •' patch dated Natclie?, Juno Uth, tUa? it j was Gen. lYalkor s rffvision that attacked tho enemy at Mllliken'c Bend on tho 7th (Tho date of hi; arrival nl Y- nng'u Toint i, pot given, but be could probably boro i marched from Millikcn'sBond to Yi The ialtion upon Alabama. 1'hn Governor of Alahauiu lifts rcceivM n requisition from the Preshlent fk>r«cvun thoirnnd militia, lo he imndored into the Confederate service on tho Hth day of August next for i>ix months, aud to ho belli for local defence within tho limit Foist io on. d.y i' Tbo some dl.pntili IfflhoSloto. II" linn „ccor(Un B ly i-o.iod ,»yi that Oc" Ifillw killed irrrul num- | I'l»l'f''olnm«tion, ordorlngtl.(!..nTollracnt hnrsof tbo OQtmy ond drov.' tho romiiin- J OtSVOry nmn "SOloot to militory duty by dor lo their bojtU; that tbo Yonke- j thu laws of tho State, and, out .ml loft tho iiogrocui, of whom MO | number of troop, cnllod fur 1. not r«U«l wote hlllod, wtii »n .-ntiro oomptBiy, with ivoluntoormr: hnforo tho V .0. .1 oly, n :,?&* Tho M'-mpht Appro! loanc. from an intelligent army edficrtr who lately left Jackson, that the army under Gen’ Johnston i-‘ in excellent spirifa, fully or- yantzej, «-e!l rupplied with artiiiery of which there wm nt. Hr t a great de ficiency—and supplied with Ample corn mi sry stow and ammunition. ■•Tom Gcii. The following i dated Juno 10th, fr *m one of Nelson’ 1 ' Ranger “Wo are encamped heyend Big Block, between that river and the Yazoo. Wo have boon skirmishing ami lighting with tbo enemy almost daily aluco we have been here. Tho Inst fight Wn ha l, our company had to hear tho brunt of tho enemy's charge, and we lost ton men captured and several wounded. Chari oh Fldfernny and Relicit Rutbertord ore among the captured Wt have Charks riournev’a herae. and are satisfied that, although u prisoner, hni;. unhurt. \ courier arrived from Vicksburg yesterday, who state*- that tho enemy • despaired of taking tho city by n:*- HRiilt; Hint we have abundant rations there nnd tbo mon nro in good spirit.; cUhnt the Yankee loss since they have been around Vicksburg is c limated at about thirty thousand. “Ciipt. Nelson has gained quite a repu tation out here and even umong lie* Yankee'.'' Apprehending tho captu ports and river towns, l and commercial men of tho >outh reticent, as early aa tho winter of 18612, upo in reporting flocks of cotton But we war know that the crop of 1861 wa-generally j lin* 1 regarded mi nearly or quite an average j in i one—not less, at all event**, than three 1 ' millions of hMie?. The crop cl 1862 k j foil' edimaled by obierving met in tbo coU. n trade at not k* • thos* .wi • ho*.v-v million bales. The alarm about provi- j a- to sion crofcm did not serfoualy affect the wero planting of cotton in 1861. When the ' o(her, blockade commenced a large breadth of j killc ' cotton had been planted, or the ground prepared for it, and all of the crop pro duced from it, ns well a w the crop of 1862, is still in the country, except what ha rm* the blockade or been consumed by home manufacturer". Can our neighbor estimate the amount consumed and .-x- ported "ince tho blockade began at over a half million ofbule*? If ten thousand bales have been exported from Charles ton within the last quarter— *vhich we regard «« a reanonable and probable statement—itixan insignificant amount compared with the stock that mirt be in C*. the country. ! . ! -~m. l*i fairly into the lane, expecting our ries to open every moment, we found d left with the head of the bri papers { gft'lc leaving u» to hear enemy » rear of our company. Hor«'*? unded and ran wildly down the , \s the Federals came up, nabres j c , we poured the balls into them. ; , t describe the scene to you. They j i I in nearly a mile in this way red j until oqr rnon were formed in front of i tm-y house, where we gave tliem such a shock «, p them. During tho fight we n io close aa to ruh against each i our horses. Captain Nelson 'g and wounded two Yankees with his own hand. Ton of our mon were wounded and captured, and four others wounded that came through, ma king fourteen in all. Wo did not have our full company in tho engagement, some few mon being off on picket duty. I enclose a libt of men wounded mid missing in the fight of June lltli : WoC.MlKD ASP ESCAPED. Joseph I’earce, ri«juch»rty county; severe!* wounded. Will. Muon, do.: painfully wound ed. John Uhsn, Mobile, Ala.: .-Iiyhtly do. T. M. Curler,Columhas.Ga.; diicbtU wounded. rvices might be of benefit quiet position. He is now on a visit to his old command and will return to thU city in a few days and then proceed to hit hi anri i home in Georgia, car of . Understanding that our present Ropro- ,;eived j aemative. C-Hines Holt, has declined nnd that Col. Blanford con- rnorc j inhabitatit; for their g- pied Littleton to-day, tysburg. The Farrnen The steamer Scotia arrived at N y t j from Liverpool on the l.'.tb, n n.| renor RE, 17lb. —’There are over that the Florida burned the hark h ivalry and infantry reported i a, ‘d the ship Oneida. The English ambersburg. Gen. Jenkins Austrian Consuls arrived at New y,,.' tore* opened, compelling the I OI » the 16lh, having been ordered ^ to take Confederate monev j Confederacy by tho rebel author" <1< The rebel csvalry oecu'- ! (lo , W <®-Lotton 68. miles from G i the Valley 1 bill.-For the | four days firing was heard in the dir,'* n-litig their h«.*•-.■< and cattle off to the | ot ^ 1L '^ s hnrg this morning. Th,. i„ s? fir templates running for the position, allow ; treating f; hig behalf, that I do not |they a [ counts represent Grant busy and cutting down trees beyond tho 1*,| Black to imped© Johnston’s movement^ * | a,8 ° represents that great distress previl ‘ .trong force M WiUiam.port i Tb.' Y^ko,"'l ' Ml) —The N Y. Herald J ©port* that the rebels an Chatnberaburg, but “ ,T, °’ 1 tl'I-k (be 1 ' •ongre.-ioau DUlrtet could „„,i C u ,„l«la,ui. ThcConfedcr»„ u ,No I I „ ■ ’ ,«r the brunt of (he honoring (hi, young. „U occupy Sou,b Meuntbln /“c hundrid ' 'T charged w„h n yell , , and worlh ,. cjti2 , n with th „ ! 1 ™ *t»rr,ng cond. Number T Hi.HLLS ,»I VMMV K. M. Rutherford, ( huriDi-nuKjtPe.AlM . Albany, (la. • I II \Yqd-worth. Pik«* rouniy, It." .Alki-rt Cody, bouirher. U Law ■ H nrnuy. Colunibtt*, lin. ; i'll untj, Ha.. J «f. Oaiildinx, of tbo last named men mentioned a*- cHptured, R. Wadsworth, Dozier and Cody were wounded, that we saw; nonn 1' i ft ed flint \vo know of. Poarce i< re ported t-> imvo made his escapo, badly wounded We have ninety odd men left, well and ready for duty and a fight at any ' I !>»' the exception of their Yankee captain and that ©Ur fore : retired out 1 '*de divi- ton-* of the draft will tlifin behold in thesovornl brig* 1'lie proela ol range when »bu cam© up. The .1*1 CougrrmrionM PlMrkt. A Richmond corrc:.j .mdenl, wh* ** letter w© puhllih ohewbet e, upoalta of nil •’undvrBUndinK” that lion. HiwvsIIolt, Roproaeotatlvo in Congrov, from this Tnllapooiiu. will Dlxtrlct, baa declined a re election. Thli- P os °d ol Macon mntion specific * tho nutnbor of troops to be raised in each brigade. The lltli brig ade, eomposed of thocountie'i of Barbour, Coffee, Dale and Henry, will ralso by draft f*82 troop . tho llitls, composed of i/rtwnd<v> and Pike, will raito .'110; tho Bltb, compoied of ChamberOoosa and tho 2H, com- d Russell, will rniso . j under; (and to b« a mistake, nnd any * Additional draft of f* por centum report to that effect h at least premature I un numbers named above will ho and it mad© without authority Col. Holt mft dc a;, •upcTtuunovarh. t to supply tho has returned from tho Int, seirion of j pUccs of Ihoso who fail by death or other Cooffrw* tu very footde health While ; cnui© io answer the original draft Tho bu appreciates tho weight of the :uggv J drafted toon will appear nt tho places of lion uiadu by #oiuc be.it acquainted with ( rendezvour. on tho 8tl» of August Ofil th© Segiilatlvo work of the eciuntry, that it ia btnt**at this timo to retain th# icrviec* of Congr©**iotn experienced it the affair of tho Govonr. ut, he eoniiden that neither justice tj I :, n*«lf m# to cars in command of companies, battalions, regiment and brigades, ard charged with th© execution of thes© orders ; company ecuinmnder;. to ho appointed whor© there aro vaesneioa, by tlm Major, Colonel public service would he c.*n*\ilt©*« by his i other coniniamtci■:» of bnttnlious, regi- rciurt to Congress In th© pretout state df | menta, A • ; and tho company command* hu health. But ho has strong hop©* that j ctfl to mako the onrollroont. Lt ts uow Improving, and holds it to be ~~ '***’• - *^ T “ Lu duty, if hi* himUli permits aud tbo I The $100,000 Dodge. giH.pl© ilesiro his continued servicer,*''! Two or three weekn ago we alluded to cuiueut to a re-election. Ho trill, we learn, j tho probability that some individual* or auuoui.ee in a short timo wholhor tho ! corporations, that havo mado very largo Mato of hu health will permit him again j profits by speculation or monopoly, would u, be a candid*;©. If iu linpros ©muni j attempt to evade the State tax on profits Continues and promise* physical ability! by availing themsolves of the alternative A Mad Incident In Camp Tho following i.« an oxtra^t of u letter j W.i<l-w*.nh, !’ik from art officer of our army ir. Tcnnassci writing to hi» family • “A Bftd thing occurred near my cain| yesterday. A soldier In th© l 'tjGo»>rgj Regiment had been claiming hitmelf sic for several days, and was regularly cm rused from duty by the Surgeon ever morning. Yesterday morning, when th •ICk cal) wa( made, ho wont heiorn th •Surgeon to he excused. The Surge thought tlmt lie hnd been playing “Of S»ldur“ long enough, and returned him for duty. He was immediately ordered on guard, to which ho protested, raying that iheSurgooii ivn i uiistaktiii in hnoAH*. After finding that his protest would avail nothing, lie .'.ffiired ten dollars 'all ihe money he had,’ for some person Jo take his place. This riglit wan aho tel'u.»ed, and tin* poor fellow was placed ru guard. About, two o'clock heft-11 dead nl hi« pn-t, without any ansi stance. ' It is strange to relate, hut true, that only a few moment. after his death was I announced, his brother (who had a xhort J tlrue shiCe heard that his brother wm a uieinhor «d the regiatentj reached the I Brigade and enquired for the I -t Georgia | Regiment, sliding that Unhadu hcellwrlttU * that he had not seen before for more fhaii ' six years. When In* whs told the whore* about" of the Regiment, lie left with a| proud heart and fo id hope* that lie would j in a few moments clasp the hand of hi r > I long ahu'id brother. Ah he wa- making his way to the regiment, he had to pass j the post that hi* brother was guarding j when ho bron'hed his last. Here he saw a corpse *urrounded by n few men who , wore preparing It for it" resting place ll«* halted nnd commenced enquiring w hat caused the death. Fpon inspection lu* , Lluxicbt tu. rwoguizwl It, nl 1 worthy citizen with tho sj.i.n-ihle ))<>.*ition of repreicnUirive »ngre«.-. Of his capabilities it is un ?sar3’ for me to mention, as they i perfectly known to most of tho voters of i . fttmv the district: bull will say that they could ' qjj j> u jj j not send a nmn better informed ae to the ary legislation for th© proper gov- nli.,,,1 direction of On «ir»ir» of; icieot piTtMUon wui ...•my and navy during the present ; crisii*, *.r on© who is belter acquainted j with the wants and n*-oessities of the poor I soldiers who nro now battling for out rights and firesides. Who knows or can I sympathise belter with the soldi©* than j he who Iihm bean one of them—than he j who has inarched in rain, snow and storm j as one of them, yea, he who has shared , in »>ur common country's cause every t hardship and danger they have encoun- j to.red 7 TIih Col. B. has don« tested by ©very private soldier who hft> served with him. II© was noted in his company for kindness and attention to the v. u •- and right*, of those under him, and if h© i- returned as a member of tho next Congr©«.s, my word for it, ho will use every effort in behalf of those soldier.- wh > :uhv need his assistance and advice. Should, however, Col. Holt »©e proper to ngnin run, lm will he my choice in preference to any other person, a-* he eminently pros ed himself one nf the ablest of Georgia's delegate-!, and that is saying The. mdition. OftVKA, (via Mobile j Put- 03; , Port Hudson report all .*»>> >d spirits—provisions for-'; nemy made 27 « 8 *aul!-. Le-w :. (\ j —our loss 800. Approved. G. Garner, Chief of St«fi j Jackson 17th, via Mobil*. tath.-S I raerous courier* from Vick-,hurg ftr 1;t. past few days—reports sterootypt-d, h J yond the fact that Grant’s *t|>p, r - h - I miners are at work to blow up n- ,. T j Nothing new. A courier from Port Hudson h • - j patchC4 to Gen. Johnston. !,tni, - - 1 ports the garrison in lino conditi..n tt - [ spirits. Banks' Hofciw also aband. Iry were captured near Green ca‘rio. Harper m Ferry has been evacu ated, but Maryland Heights are strongly fortified and still hold by tbo Yankees,— the 15th were near tho battle field. Fortifications have been nonatructed on the hills oppo site Harrisburg, which are considered auf- the city. The panic there, and the people are disposed to underrate the danger of the line of the Shenandoah becoming the seat of War. Ohvka, 20th.— Occasional firing hoard I at Port Hudson during lust night. Jackson, 20th. soldier who escaped from Louisvi.le, Ky on the loth i©ports Majors J. P. Thoinn , , , . . *(, I wu. nor.a.s also aDandond the , .son nnd r. M. C owan taken from tliejai , , , , 1 a : , , , , . * , „ i . ftUirmmg the place, and hasgr.net 1 ; In (Imt pl»r„ «nd l,u„(( under llurn.ide . | .. . , order forbidding recruiting in that State. ,l1 ' j Citizens just in rejuirt a heavy enguge- ment between Jackson's cavalry and tho enemy nt Big Black bridge. At the time they left mmketry and cannonading, ful and terrific tiring heard in the direr- "Urinated a ' j ing. Official disnMche: Bend state that our attack n t that plan h failure. Tho enemy had three lines Autrev made n desperate Wm | M, with assistance of gun hunts, j period our forces. Nothing kne ide of official circle* of Kirbv the Potomac—Report ( ftptm-e of Uarper’H Ferry. Ih hmonp, 18th.- Pn—engers h\ Advices fro. Memphis tst «"till arriving: ' < Cn trill train this 1 deal ild ho not id; lm ling bring little ml- { Winchester. The 1 fully seven thou* Appr old la haniridiurg is •ailed Sfttnriia, -»n the Yazoo river. The men captured will probably bo sent to St. Louim or (’niro, and it will be some tlfl.e hefrtre they aro paroled. Wo are occupying the battleground, ami dead Yankee horses are to be seen iti every l'l oin our Army In Triiiieaaee. N r. \ R Iloov er ft Gap, Tens., < June 14th, 1863. /•V"- l-'.fi'H Brig- Gen. A I* Stewart, of this State, has been appointed a Major General, and assigned to the* <>m- infiinl id this Division, which at presi is composed of tho following brignd lo wit Bate’s, Johnson'-, Brown's and I Clayton Th** latter Brigadier is H 1>. ! < May ton, i*f Barbour county, Ala , whose Oftnie la «s familiar as houseiiotd words [ 1.) Aiariy of your uumorous rondors. The personel, moral© nnd disciplinu of this Division is surpn--od by non© in tho army «>t T. nn> . \V» are truly tortunatein having for our commander such a tried - -idier a- General Stewart. Although a strict disciplinarian, enforcing a rigid observance of all military requiromonts, .v©t by a mild and ntlable deportment to wards his subordinates in office ami sol diers, he wins his way to the heart* of •-very oft.-. Our brigade is at last filled up, i get tto nuke an able and trtvernor at this juncture ? ■ "M t-> be able to meet you in l have not yet been exchang n. f will not be until there ■ uding bet ween Mr. Oulu i aid <lovernment in reference * and ciri/.en"; and in tho mean i: waiting here, hoping I nmy er*-"-ary papers fixed allowing Th •Big * I zerm at their homes, bv tho Yankees, nnd j dragging them away for exchange, ha- ; brought "ii .« controversy that stops all j exchange of rtlficera and civilians until I some understanding shall bo arrived nt. ! which I do not think will occur very j j speedily, 11 * the envoy aro constantly I throwing new obstacles Irt the wav. It j now appear- that they still have in con- ' finement both officer* and civilian.- whose i | oxchang© w-is nri nnged for and published ■ j several luontiis ;.g.., and who our govern- ( inent siippo*"dhad been liberated in good faith. Such treachery should be dealt j with by "Ur authorities in such a manner j as will effectually oh*ck their re-occur- i retice. 11' they cannot respect solemn obligation* entered into, their future j overturt - -bould bo disregarded, and j they treated ns they deserve nnd as they | ari>— a race of savages and liars—unwor thy the confidence <*f civilized nation*. number ot wagons. • si*. 18th. -The Yankees have Ii-appeared from Stafford coun- buildings at Aquia Creek were not destroyed. The citizens of Froller* icks urg, *(* Jong exiled, aro proposing to re-oroupj 1 their home*. Nothing official to-day from Northern Virginia. Riciimonk, 18th. Before the capture i*f \\ indie.-tcr, Milroy notified tho rebels that he would burn tho town if an attempt wm- mad- to storm his position. General Kwi*ll replied t hat if bedid he would hang every Yankee he captured. lt is reported thqt Kweil has captured Harper * Ferry with immense stores en route for Fredericksburg. Nothing rin* 1 .... „ ,, 1, , , . receipt of the 11...,. y <.xplo.mn e worn hoHrd | in the direction of AquiaCreek, believed to he the enemy blowing up tho wharves nnd buildings at that point. Th© poor people at Fredericksburg aro reaping a 11 enemy'* to perform tho duties devolving Gougrexiniau, ho will bo happy to con tinue in tho position, should his fell* lUtSuoa desiro his ovv health will not permit, of th© District prefer vitV.i ■ ’ tho worthy geotlemeu whose names have beon ] presented in the clauso which provides that if they fad or refuso to malm their returns they shall ho hold to havo made Uut if his I $100,000 and taxed accordingly ($5,000.) if the pcoplo ^Ye believed that many had made greatly over $100,000 v^rofit, and by thin evasive course could shirk half or ©von four-fifths uouoccd, or any ouo else who may her* , of tbeir tax. after become a caudldate, be will retire, ; It will be seen from the official circular grateful for the honor lately conferred I to tax assessors, which wo publish to-day, upon him aud zealous to *©rv* tee Cou- | that Gov. B own aAr-ntt?. vhat some h&vt federaev in a privato station to the extent : attempted to ih rk the full measure rf 'of his ability. _ C\iANDr*M>v*e., Pa., which seems to be the locality which tho Ytnkeo trepi*! i their taxes iu this v found in another “head ' them m this Hectors to levy 1 d.(io 0 repi.rl.ki.ign (o the , eorp'r.llon. ,J . .ro'y of Uen. tee. t. . flounibto,- «nd h $100 ,(yio rt,.d S e, , M .,ra.ng ,b.( xb.n eljnut 6,000 mh.lt- ' ..... e and that he has authority to He instructs tax of $60,0ftu on ©sorting to The I-OSH ol the Atlanta. There corns to he a fatality attending the Confederate navy, or attaching to tho administration of that branch of the ser vice. No sooner is one of our iron-clada gotten toady for operation* againat the ©nemy than nhemoota with some startling accident, or is tho victim of such neglect or mismanagement, ns to load to her cap-' turo or destruction. A few of thorn have performed fcnG lhn( excited the wonder nnd ftpptnuao of tho world, but hardly bad the expression of that npplauao come buck to us across the ocean before wo were shocked by th© loss of tho vessel whoso wonderful accomplishments had elicited them- Others have been do* ntroyed just before completion, and when we were fondly anticipating a terrible bh wto ho .truck by them nt th© enemy. Tho disasters > generally attending tbo Confederate iron clad:, in our rivers and on our coast.', form a striking coutra t with the brilliant successes of our hide* p(indent privateers on the ocean. So in variably have the first-named vessels provod failures or ilbfatod, and so gon* ©rally have the latter run a long career of success nnd good service, that thooon- vlotion Almost forcoa itself upon us tlmt tbo cause is to be found in official man agement. Even if it he trvi© that tho Atlanta was betrayed into the hands of the ©nemy by a portion of th© crew, wi must attribute to official blunder, o carelessness tho selection of such ncre.w If of foreign birth nnd disloyal, tho ex am pi os we had previously had ought t. have been a sufficient warning agaimt the entrusting of such a vessel to such hand > If inexperienced, discontented with the service, and mutinous because they did not liko it, this state of feeling ought to have been discovered by the offiecr.i be fore tho vesaol went out to encounter a formidable ©nemy. But, bo the cause what it may, tho event ia really dis heartening, and it will require strong proof of reform in the admlahtration of this branch of the service to restore even public hope, much less confidence, in it * efficianoy. brother Hint ho so fondly ©xpm©.| soon to meet, After examining, I10 found let- (or.; (tint tirovi.,t t., him Umt thorn lay (tin remains of the object, of his trip. It is useless to attempt to de-crib© the emo tions of this brother, after finding hi- brotber dead." ! profits have been 1000 per cent "Bully ’ for the Governor ! When): • hj»3 a good law to execute, it Important towu of taut*, and the coun’-y ao«t of Franklin cvmuty. It hae fficturies for the manu facture of c< tton, wool and iron, and i , , . . , , , for even th© shrewdest triuiraer^ t" U \"iu wr «r mm,. 11, »W ■(,. to.Uj .o«( >- , , hi;i r ,„ „ w , Md „ V0Tin «« of tt.,n,U,e,ud » coo&CCtt J vuh f l , h . Jusl „., u „ior rhiUdtlpb.. .BJ H.rrl.hu-ehy r.t^ h , h , „ , u The Invasion of (lie North We "Oppose th n* a fnW prophet of ,-vil, when press great doubts a* 10 the policy »jf th>v>-,‘ invasion of thu Northern State", report-I ed to 11 *- by telegraph. NYe do never theless, Apprehend that this movement will operate unpropitiously for our cause. • That it is iiroupiiig the people of th*- North and i-timulating enlistments into 1 tho Yankee ser vie©, we are already n.l- vinod. Whatever of manhood i* left at ■ home in the invaded States will no d.>ubt ho quickly rallied t<* the defeucu of their own soil, and w© f**ar that Gen. I,..- nil! ! soon b©confronted by an army *" greatly outnumbering his own a* to compel n ! hn-ty return t" Virginia. What will be the effect of this move* I montupon the prospecLx of the growing { “peaceparty ’of tho North’’ Will it not put an extinguisher upon thorn ? In th© excitement aroused by an actual leva* 1 sion, fanned and directed as it may easily ! bo by tho tricky demagogues of the A.i- i niini"trAtion party “• ! " ^ Wood, the friends taking rank in the order named, to-wit I 20th Tennessee, 37th TeanoHHoe, loth Ten- nc.4t.ee, nnd Irt Gootgia Regiment*, nnd | the Pth Alabama Battalion, including j Sweat’s Battery, from Vicksburg, Miss. I It i- a Brigade that Gen. Bat© may woll feel promt to command, and if the occa- i sion should offer it will make him what I other brigades havo tnndotheir Brigadiers, wilt he regarded ; and that i-*, a Major General. gimont has a capital brass band .«>, under thu direction and guid ance U Prof, linden, of Fhifanlti, Ala.— The press js v©ry well repie»ented—nn old tvp". NV. W 11., formorly of your city, Mi. Skirmii*hing is almost of daily occur- reiuc in from of wa. Day after day these ‘kirmi'his occur, yot we havo hut few if any . ..'Uariitv*. Why is this? and how doer it occur that so very few are killed and umfndod? is the natural inquiry of you - '•ruder*. A skirmish is a fight at long range, say from 700 to 1000 yards, and u bail at that distance will not hit a mau one time within a hundred. It is mere pastime with tbo hoys, nnd they enjoy the fun hugely. For four months our company has been without a commissioned officer, yet we have managed to get along admirably well. Our Orderly, R. M. Gray, is a whole team within himself, and knows ill" not Fernando I P p ®ci*ely what to do with 1 Vallandigham in *° lUom 1 ho P° > Y" shellfbg o ing. but a ca.-i"Htil p tin- .»mc rs^Arc.. -1 Aroit ofthe I'Mtotuac. ,/ 7 tii catiy Strengthened—It /.* . in be Suxrta Thousand Strong— on of Seer rat Court Martial "c-ertained that there was some 1 the Rappiilmnnock this morn* 1 w a* s.ion quiet, excepting oc- ..-t firing. Both linos remain rda\ that Leo’s fore© was at the battle ursville. His reinforcement-, drawn from tho Illackwater, \nd South r»?giinents number each from eight hundred to eleven hundred mon.— Ill* command is divided into three corps, averaging, according lo report, 30,000 is nearly do of Of and North portion • h harvest from th© spoils fr* desolated camps. RlCM«oKt>, 10th • Apprehension* of a drought in this vicinity wore relieved by a copious, refreshing rain lust night. It is reported that the wife of Gen. Milroy w:i- captured „n Sunday. Tho Martins* lmrg Sentinel says it has received a number of communications indignantly denying that our cavalry were surprised ; at Brandy Station. Pinckney Walker, i Kiq., is officially recognized a* A.-ting 1 British Consul for tho States of North , and South Carolina, having submitted • satisfactory evidence of his appointment, j ShflryvrLLK, June 19th.—Further j Northern accounts say the rebels had | ndvaticod six miles beyond* Chambers* . j burg. Un the itJth Gen. Tyler telegraph" j ort u< j officially his retreat, ond the capture of n, ” K ’ ; the Federal forces at NVineheator. ‘ A ‘ K>,n ' ! Tim N Y. Times of 16th slates Cnpt. j Lambert of th© whaling schooner King Fi idler says that vessel was captured ar.d J Ru rfM*iKl», 2ftth -Nothing additior-. from Northern Virginia, thi- evening Letters from Norfolk state that Ab lion officer* in command there have .i tormlned t<* »en.l away all eitizerm wj reftise b* take the «th of allegiance. Reported that Lincoln lm called t 200,mm troops to repel the invasion • 1’cnnaylvaniH. (Ni ka June 19th.—'The New Orlen: Era of the 13(h received,!hut oontai' nothing new. All quiet nt Port IL..1- r Natch ex, 18th.—• Information whi. : can be relied on hat been received fro* Bayou Snra, that Banks had left >vi M . 10,000 whites and legions of blacks th latter under guard, (’hjit Hart, of Alb-.- tros committed suicide at Bayou Sara > • of tb© fight at 1'."! Hudson. Th© Yankees left. C’ol Loga* cavalry in onemil© of them. A detael- ment of eighty wero placed sons to r-r them off (v.mplctely. They slate that th© plat from David Barrow’s to Bayc.i Sara is a ruin. C'hurcbea w© dosin’rat. ! by them. Tho coast clear at Bayou Ba* , »i. Jai khon, 19th.—A special to tho M sissippian from Panola, 18th, state- tha» a heavy for.*© of Yankee cavalry w>- marching on Verona, betweon that poi^- and Grenada. Hatch’s and Wallace Yankee cavalry nr© rigging raft-* to or.> to cress to Tallahatchie with tho intention of destroying tho road below Panola and cutting off Johnston'a .supplies. Another force was crossing (.'old Water near Sen* nt"bi.H : they came from Momphi-. G* Johnston has iasued order* granting full pardon to all deserters‘from this depart ment w ho will rejoin their command" im mediately. Nothing from Vicksburg or 1. No firing heard this mor- t i *>» AUb«m., nnd publistlM * Kn W ' S> a •>»» **" '» *'?"*“• - ..r , * »cotden( on tho Jloridlmn , , I8tb.—Tho enemy's cavalry made a dash on our outposts near K ' ward/- Depot yesterday, but finding them too -trong, retreated across tb© Big Bla without w All cted with the bellflj wa* boarded h; i a priz« »f thank* for kind treatment Cn the rehol pirate. Brig Ara- A«pinwall, reports that she tho Meridian railroad, which being the principal means of trnn«portH tionofour supplies, has retarded Ger Towny, nnd (,k.n I movmn»nt«. Pi) \..rthcrn Itrporta about MlUlkcn'M It©nd. ,vr. Gaiko, .1 un© 12. The steamer St. Cloud from Vicksburg Monday morning, lm* arrived. Heavy cannonading was heard up tb© Yazoo when the boat left, in a part which \v»- not known. Her officer" say that it i- believed in tho camps that a battlo in our rear i- highly probable.— bond of S10,- it U aald, to b© | 000. l'irato Captain reported tlwt he ' 1 had destroyed two other vessels on 12th, and Intended to dostroy all he could. 8nftt.BVVU.LK, June 18th—9 v. m.— I Nashvrilo papers of 16th atato that th© Now N ork Time* 16th says Lee's army. 90,(kin-trong, nro marching northward. [ hlng on to prevent rthwith evidently a stir in tho rebel ! ©noral movement. ; t Ixrojtum Chronicle, lHfA. : N'i(*kaburg to-night. I'.WAOom.A, June 19th. Passengers from New Orleans per schooner Gloannr, who left that city on tho 17th in.st., report Gon. Wei tael arid his brigade captured at Port Hudson. Also, Grant’s suppli©- thu advance. Th© Governor of Ohio J ' "M hy Gen. Price at Helena. M. 17. —Our N th© sir In the urday. o bcli. John"! 1 aid© to and how 1 ir road- i our ab- Th.. w. Ohio, and nil other opponents of the pol-,j or ’* 10 kinde»t care of our nb ; Th© wounded wall “ j *ftrt to ®c©M during their lengthy aojoum The list «»f killed 1 folio* •In, bo “forced if not info the walls of the ba«U> We have great confidence in the judg ment and prudence of Gen. Leo, and, i wo knew that this movement was th* spontaneous dictate of hi* judgment and I pj licit .*f the Pre’ident, we would ftvl b**t- j , , t j, ni ter a- mred. fcut wo apprehend an un* fortunate bin* by the presauro of clamor era 1 M among in, and perhaps from fills© and j from artful representations by the enemy If, ! 'ih »t at Milliken * Rend, on Sat- 1 ore© war Iom than l,fi00, over 1 1 were negroes. The rebels at : •ur forces sumo distance, near* ' ing them. wa* conducted with cnorgy j tion by our forces, and the hub] at bay until a gunboat -t us. ■S'©- report that our loss in 1 134, 100 *»f whom wero negroes. it the samo number. , call" for 30,0U0 troops; th© Gov. of Penn* j sylvaiiia for ©0,000 to prevent invasion, t Wahuinotqn, loth.--Lincoln has is sued his prociatnaiion for 100,000 mon to i repel invasion of Maryland, Northern! Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. | IIarrihruro, 16th, Cbnmbcraburg and 11 agar-town state the rebel c’valrv are at Perryville and Mar- tinsburgon Nth. Hard fighting going J tiliery on. Rebels had driven Reynolds from ( Perry ville and advancing on the eapitol, Towns and cities throughout Penrsylva- fallen hack from Millikon’.* Bond, being unable t<* tako all iho enemy's stockade- The enemy are burning all th© stmtl. water craft in tho vicinity of Natchez. Pefsoni from Memphis say that many are taking the oath fur want of mean-* t - come away. Yankee troops continue to arrive Dispatches from ! Memphis. Jackson and Boliv ‘ ■> he evacuated, and Lagrange rcinf«>r< Twelve hundred cavalry passed thr> Bn ha yesterday with Important, If True. “Sumter, the intelligent ourre*pon 1 dan •sylvft- J ,j pn j 0 ( the Charleston Courier, writin : - private dispntches from Havana, Juno hth, thu* alludes t" Wc however, there at© reliable assurance* of j the eaptvin active co-oporation on the part of th© ! friends of peace nt the North, all ourfmr •. 1 may be groundlesi Wo will wait with j )>eipg injured by falling with his h' rmitted lo copy the ing letter to the mother of Charles 'tirnoy, oneofthe Nelson Hangers ed by the enemy near Vicksburg JtTKK 18, 1863. I'laurnog - We received a letter Brother this evening, dated June d mailed in Canton. He mentions Charlie, and Tequest* us ford that hu (Charlie) was unhurt, though captured, and kept from wndod being killed ln *** quarter cry. ! burg left 100 doad on the fi<-ld, | road (,v several wagon loads of j 0 ■ « fought better than tlieir ^ > 1 th© 16th rebel* at Chambers- force. Federal? removing rail- rhinery, stock nnd stores. Grom lior*( and turoplkM. Distance from the Mary Und hoe 16 or 20 mtler Cumberland VALirv ii in Bedford county, thirty or forty miles wed < f 'hauibcjsburg, and farther from Karri burg ^ ; . \Vil- 1 th© north-wext and other sections uodsr who will ^ F#tleral rule. Th© Natchez Courier of tbedth inst.paystbat th© falloftha Mississippi this hsrd 3(, * son '• unparalleled in rapidity, and iVO j‘j i that at that time it bad fallen twenty-five „ ' ! fret. Tbu tact indicates that th© Yankee gunboats will not bo able to do much on the tributary Western rivers this sum- much solicitude th© effect uf the invadoi upon this clas*. NV© have never been convinced of the 1 was | policy of an invasion of tho N »rth. On j Daw j Ih© contrav, w© deprecated tho move- J thin; ment ot last year in that direction, and and its results sustained our apprehensions. ! ses 1 Ueaveu grant that the present move Illii. ment may be productive of bett Northern papers say that Fierpont i ' elected Governor of Virginia, Cowper | .Mi 1 j Lieutenant Governor, and Bowden At* j 4#* A Richmond correapondent of tho »iphis Appeal, published at Atlanta, l*»s that the Confederate Government toruey General They allude to the i has dispo^l of Vallandigham, by send- bogrti “.Stnt© of Virginia, embracing j log him south in charge of Judge Ouid, him safely on board a steam er bound for the port cf 1« mau. A Stroug Ticket. Tb© following is the full State ticket nominated by the late Democratic C.m- vuoiiou of Ohio For Governor, f\ f. N'allatidighain , for Lieut. Governor, Geo. K Pugh ; for Auditor of State, Wm. Hubbard, for State Treasurer, K S. Knadd; for Supreme Judge, l* Van Trump. Thin is a very strong personally, Mr. Pugh was lately Senator from Ohio, and is a 1 ability and ©loqueuee Ho will probably f doned LuTlTFoiTy*T ' stump' tha State. Hubbtrd rounded in tho nose. His ! snd with tho company. He I 1 ou th© -Uh inst. Henry nHo captured, losing every- ] thing. There Wore ten taken prisoners I and five wounded. He (Brother) aurmi- ' -©•- that they would ho sent to Alton, 1 Illinois, and only mention- tbo two— . Charlie and Henrv. Thu company are undergoing much fatigue. I hope Char- ; lie and Henry will coon be exchanged and permitted to return borne. With much re»poct. Your friynd, D. T. DAWSON. 10 th© batiri mad© thcii uni—all the • •ti'* having tok our informant left. , Juno 12.—The steamer Fort v»d up to-day. There are no than the 6th. No guerillas u th© way up. The fight at lend, on Monday last, wa* a .'-.ir, »nd milch l.rgfr t!i H n j militia'rc rtv-i. I he rebels w»iro under j, 2,.'AI strong. The Federal rec negro regiments and the 16th.-Federal nr ■ contracting; Kirh id is I SlIF.t.I 1 1 mad© a desperate charge at 'he nog re©? broke in Confu ting their captured compan* «-r©J, rallied with great d©s- 1 drove tho rebel? back. The vy "n both side?. Ila- destroyed portions of tho ick near Get mar, town la-t damage was slight and soon miking demonstration? -'.I-. * •t Millikan’? Bend roin- App roved.) Alex. M. Kivstry. Iftth.— Quiet in front.— Nashville paper# of the 17th contain Lin* ition calling out lfO.OOfi onth# service. ,16th at Cumberland Valley, j **' Pa., on the l(Uh. Scouti 1 cavalry at Curaborland, inhabitant? flying.— discovery by tho Fr* Mexico: An item of new? and I am don©. Th* 1 Captain General and the French Conan' : hero have received intelligencothatamong ! the spoils captured at Puebla wr»s a box ; containing th© full correspondence be- i tween the Mexican and United .Stilt*- . wherein it appear- that the -liiug the M© w ith nn*n, money and arm# to be u*ed in their oonte*t with the French. The *-orro?nontlence ha? been immedi ately forwarded to Franco, and it i* not unpr.q- r iu pri.-nm© that i: wi'.l groat I > Lon nos, p in heavy fori Bedford coun report 6,000 r« Maryland, nr from th© official* I havo named. ! through u Southern gentleman who ha-.l it from them personally. Among th© rebel? were 1 prisoner? captured b.v tho French 10 r * bin wer© fifteen hundred Californi- who, with a body of Spanish deser ters from Prim * army, almost wholly de fended thu city during the late siege. F© 1 Northern Mi. II AftRtsnt'Krt, 16th --Business i? su pended, arid all important documents b ing removed from the capital. Milroy bus telegraphed officially l repulse from hi? fortificati.ms by 15.000 | battle%hip, Fred© It is rumored at Nassau, N. P, th# Lord Clarence Paget, on© of the Lord >f tho Admiralty, will probably succeed Alexande-Mi.ne, a? the Command- n-chief on the North American and tJriidia station. The new’ line Lt ttlk Foli v Island Clear ok \'es- ;ix.-We mb glad to annuuuc© aa the . suit of our recent bombardment of the kot, enemy's positions uj*on Littl© Folly I*. |' i lan*l. that the Yankee? have beon Vom it *-fj P e Bud to dcsi»t from their task of en- Chattanooga la*t night ?ayi engaging their wheat there a bufriel. That i? good ne friend from farmers were at two dollar? 1 Pennsylva defend tb« Pom burton orth throuj »twice bre • wound©, onfiwsedly State, saying that Phil adelphia will not respond while the ©ne- 1 my are in Chambersburg. He reproach©? Moron Tel. Pennsylvanian# for ?niffling about tho Aid-do-Camp to j length of the service, when such Worth through the whoj©^Mexican j gency exist* Dispatches fetal© every thing i? gloomy, and there ia no saving the country south of the Susquehannah ed for gallant eon- del Kay; >st #rril- k William, 1? tilting thu Nil©, a? tb»- tin.-/ ‘•hip ou th© North American and West India -tati^Q. H. M. S. Nil© having left Ber muda for St. Thom#? und Havana, Sir Alexander Milnoha- hoioted his tlag on hoard tho Galatea, 26 gun?.—Liverpool Journal oj Commerce. GlnBROU8 Contribution.—’The Lou isiana Relief Committee havo received, through the hand? of Messrs. Walsh, 1.—Gen. Bradford calls of Columbus, Georgia.—Mob. Ad.. A-im’r. ^ A i

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, June 23, 1863, Image 2