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~ — . ( THOMAS EAGLAND, Proprietor. VOLUME XXXVI. A STRICT CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONSTITUTION \N HONEST ANO ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE tiOVEWNMEN V. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1SG3. STEEET, .lijWBhlR 31. YHE WEEKLY ENQUIRER Is |*»ilillahed every Tuesday Morning. j Ki'-M * I DO per annuin, payable »arnn<i- Uu m .uitxince. ADVERTISEMENTS w '.,ntI(leu.)U‘ly iusurted at Osx Dollak !*cr Ktiunro, fur the first iusertion, and Firrr Cunts fo« cv-ry fuU^Q AUetitinsertion. Asquare in the I.n itCr r i< eleven lines in small type, or one hundred words. Obituary notices over eight lines charged «s advert isctn cuts. All Conituunlcation* ot a personal character, nr intended to promote the private ends of Curporatioiis.Soeiotics,Schools or Individual;, will be charged ns advertisements. A Raid in Northern Georgia, l.fl All Home Defender* Itnlly to Meet the Encni)' I We uuil tand that a dispatch from a reliable curoo was received hero this mornim;, announcing that a forco of tho enomy, estimated nl 16,000 men, had roadicd tho Coosa river, and was march ing towards Home. Tho exigency is now at hand to to«t the inutile of tho organizations for homo do* i, m o. It is necessary to moot and ro- pulsn this enemy at once, ortho host part ,.f the rotate of Georgia will ho quickly overrun. The reserves of tho Stato must concentrate without delay at Atlanta, and go thcnco to moot tho enemy. rtf president Davis has appointed tho 21 si of August as a day of fasting, humil iation nml prayer throughout tho Con- (edor iterate*. It is moot that woshould, n.s a people, turn to tho Great Ilolpor in every time of trouble or peril, and in our period.- of success and prosperity romoin- I.or tho injunction, "lot him that thlnketh ho Btandeth take heed lest ho fall." Our people have just now abundant eauso to n.*k for Divine guidance ami succor, and toimploro tho aid of Him iu whoso sight armies and navies are but as tho grass of thu valley. ,?.9* The fol Henning’s Rrtgudc In the Fight. Damp of 2th U G f > K" . ) Bunker Hill, Bki;m ' v f<» V.\. 1 July it'll, ltitttj •nr JiiitjCdflvm»ed indisposi tion and other causes, have proven- mo from .-ending you at an earlier day, some account ic;, he part our great army, our noble corps, our valiant divis ion. our brave brigade and our gallant regiment, have taken so fur in tho bloody July battles in tho enemy's own country. Thoroforo my epistle w but 1 hope not without intei t to you.— Without further prclii ; will bo recol lected by already pubii-hyd accounts that tho battle began with corps, on tho 1st hist., near l'a. Gon. Hill’s position w the town, and at about 1 o’cl him and tho Fed Generals Monde a of the flower of 1 Jones and all of our dead were buried on the fluid. Ol’ the general result you are already advised through tho medium of tho telegraph and tho Richmond press. J. T. 8. From Charleston. The enemy was very quiet Thursday. Tho Ironside-. Monitors, gunboats and mortar boats, remained nil day in thoir position without firing a gun. It is sup posed, however, that the Vankoo troops arc energetically engaged digging dirt, onnectcd | throwing up „ vo „ _ guns. Ac. . j luroferoneo to our own preparations it >o rocol- | \ V ,,md not be prudent to-neak, but wo muv ufely sav that if the Yankees count on having their own way to operate in, unmolested, they will lind thom-clves, ero long, bittnly disappointed. They will hardly try another .i--ault on Battery -, put will probably attempt to Gen. He fumes. The Maninsburg correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch, has the following account of the wounding and death of the lamented (Jen. Somrnos : Gen. Paul J. Sommes, ofOoorgia woun ded at Gettysburg, died here at tho resi dence ,*f Mr. Allen, Thursday night and was on-ignod to thngravoSunday morn ing. Ho was -truck by a missile in tho thigh <>n Thursday of tho battle, which .-.•v.-red tho femoral rrtory. He imme- , diately applied a tourniquet, and was arthworks, mounting ; 1° tbo hospital. 1 ut, . Hill’s ysburg, j front of his earnest •ntroaty n* »t t.» bo left t lore, was conveyed to Martinsburg. His condition gave groat hope of recovery to his friends until the following Wednesday night, when a change was manifest. Ho perceived it, ied between lift—the Pommy l vn id Rhodes, vil)K 'lown lilt' lull of Now Y-'rk an Ewell, Early from Carlislo, to< Hill’s corps, and rather, a- perceived on tho map, to tho south we-t of Harrisburg. For several hours the battle raged most furiously and tho Federal lino was forced hack by our invincible heroes, through and below Gettysburg, and in gaining possession of the town wo captured near four thousand wounded prisoners, and I learn Gon. Early also captured a very large number of armed prisoners. It was roported as a fair, eel their wu. Guns. Beaut" ranged, under .. lually raid and Gillmoro have ting of truce, for an exc hange ot the wounded on both sides. About loO, or a* many as can bn safely sent away, will take their departure from the Queen- tre.’t 11 -; itai this morning. The stonin ship Ado.* has been chartered to take thuin to tho ib*ct. Tin y are to bo turnodovn t• • Admiral Dnhlgren. who will at the -nio timo r.‘tu-n i number of wounded into ill • hands of rhe flag office Maiiiu- l-i vn i>—The Yankee fleet inside the bar Friday morning, was imposed of tho frigate Ironsides, live Monitors and i The bombardment early Friday timmi very heavy, until t Ik his absent and int-r.-ting family whom he wa« inten-ely devoted, and di rected that itis sword ».nd Testament be sent to bis wife. 1I(* also expressed his resignation to his fate, and died as ho bad oxproRsod a wish to die—In the .• trie elm i-hill u „d | magnificently, : On tho suceec lowing extract ot a privato le’ter r«M*eivod hero from Montgomeiy, Uated July 2Tth, gives tho official infor- nmtioh communicated to tho authorities there iu reference to tho Vankoo raid ad- Anncing from Nor.h Alabama. “Gov. Shorter has received a dispatch from Gen. Bragg, stating that tho enemy hud nine thousand men mounted for tho purpose of making n raid upon tho into- i ior of this State, perhaps on this place. 1 should not bo at all surprised if they visited Columbus—that i9, if they intend to come as low down as this plaeo." Death of Major lliioiak. Altar a poriod of about a week's sus pense, during which time the failure to receive direct and reliable information in- piled us with hopes that tho report of the death of Major Thomas C'amak whs in ■ rroet, wo have now the sad duty of announcing that ho received a wound that caused his death in tho battle ut Gettysburg, l’a., on the 2d inst. Major ('aniuk was in command of Cobb’s I.o- gion (infantry.) A letter from tho Adju tant of tho Legion says: "Tho Brigade nmvod forward In a charge on tho ene my’s lines about 5 o’ clock p. m., and had advanced about 800 yards, when the Legion vvas exposed to a heavy tiro from too enemy's bailor/ lour front. From this lire Major t’unii... rccoivod a wound in the leg, which ordinarily would not have been considered dangerous. I And fn.in inquiry tlmt it was more tho nerv •..is shock than tho wound that caused his «loath." .Major C'amak entered tho service as Captain of a Company from Athens, where he was raised, and where his com petency for tho position was well known. IB* had resided in this city for somo time previous to the war, and leavos hero a family to whom his untimely death is a hiew Mich a only a boreaved wife and child can fully realize. To thorn ho was endcured by all the virtues that can make such a relationship of most inesti mable value, ami its severance a most irreparable loss. lie had won tho esteem and confldenco of this community by bis r ■induct while resident bore, and loaves a vs i.n-cirelo of friends and acquaintances win; deplore tho sad casualty of war that Ltin deprived society of a true gentleman and useful citizen, and his country of a noble patriot sml gallant soldier. tysburg. maintained until a hit allies llirough tho tiny poriod two killed and Both men and officers m position gallantly, and w covered with sand by the The Monitors and lronsiil again and again, I I n the evening ho-til r.Mimed. and Bring . OurcttMi- vlco of his country. It was intended to convey his remains to Columbus, On., his place of residence, anil for this pur pose a metalie case *vva- procured with considerable difficulty ; but rapid decom position compelled a burial for tho pres ent in the cemetery here. Gen. Sommus was as true a knight as over drew a sword, a true Christian, high- toned gentleman, and full of chivalry.— Endowed with extraordinary talents and fondness for military life, and an ardent patriot, he was one of the lirst to outer the lists'iigainst the invading enomy, and from a Colonelcy soon rose to tho rank of Brigadier-General. Fearless of danger and a slrangor to The Voluutcrs for Local Defence* SENATOR HILL’S KHM AUKS. At the meeting at tho Town Hall in Athens on Monday, Senator Hill quested to explain the Act of Congress under which 8,000 volunteers lor homo defenco aro now cnllod for. Lists woro opened and 80 men registered thoir names. The quota of this county will doubt ho completed this week, lnaddi lion we will have, probably, from four to five hundred other men, (including the employees at the Armory) armed for ? defence. At tho reouest of many gentlemen, Mr. Hill said: You aro asked to vol unteer and be mustere 1 into the Confed erate service under tho Act of Congress. passed in 18fll, for "Local Defence Special Service.” l. The scope and obiect of this law is easily understood. All our pooplo can not go to tho general battle field. Con gress has sought to divido our people Unto twoclassess; tho fighting class and the producing cln--. The first go wher ever ordered to meet tho enomy—tho second remain at home t<> produce Had lie lit wounded, maintained their were frequently Lieut. Bn fear, ho had often rendered himself spumous for gallantry on tho most oruble hatt’.o Holds of this W n livod, his services and abiliti- all probability be recognized by a Major General's commission. By hi- death the Confederacy has sustnincu the Ins- of an- . other of| tho true and tried soldiers and ti n, k ! gallant officors who had clustered arountl hut. the banner of our country. Lieut. W. G. Ogier, all i dialo command of Caj Ironsides vvus compelled der tlie imme- Tho the c*fleets of the Reported Engagement iu the Valley, Passengers by tho Orange train yostor- day evening :opori a spiritt .l cngugoinont wiirld-ryn From the Muiuphis Appeal. A. It. Wutti, of the Vicksburg Garrlaoii. A uotisTA, JitlySOlh, lflOfi. ’ i'h. l-'ltf 'i-* Permit me, through lumtH of your influential paper, to cd < r the! ot tin ol Vi found that In this as in other wars, tho enemy would send de- t u'hmont- into the undefended portions of the country, t - destroy property, lay waste to their supplies, and mnk’n war on the innocent and helpless Wo could not take our soldiers from the general ser vice, and send them into the interior to meet raids. Wo have not tho soldiorn to spare for this purpose Yet it will not d<> to leave the country unprotected from tin-.-raids. It is, therefore, proposed tlmt those of you who are, for any causo, exempt from the regular or general sor- slmlt organize to defend your homes i I tho homes of those who away in the service, from those sudden invasions and raids of the enemy. 1 special service is tho cal dclone t *o be accomplished by this call It is not intended or even dosirod you be -cut vo Virginia, or Tennca- isMppi. or to tho regular Y QXOOpt nl" iilg to imik" the enemy i iuit expected 1striaI pu s actually enemy l homo.’ When ctuuUy coming, you aro • ailed out to meet him, ni/ation is to cnabloyou to l is neither tho in e, nor the intorost of violate this uti' driv 5 the lat Port Gib- paper for hi lias ml- Bn admitted lines of tin. by us by only ouc li fought with a desper thu annals of war. strewed the earth lil lamhrosa, and o.ir (load interspersed tl ing of the enemy, every spot of "high copied by their artil assert "wo got their twice and had to rol count of our men I annihilated." Thi- except the roKnqui 1 hold every inch ofg i III do ur arm-*, and the nuely repulsed. The situatioi ted tube such . j in a position to I the onemy mm i condition and j ! utalemeiit that - ! a general attac) ' )y ih ra»hod. — 1. n that ho ' o his^ior ent- ^ok a I idahlo P* rott crag on tho mountain side, ini fully did the 20th, after nigh no small part iu killing an I over sGVontoen hundred of our vision. This was tlio * uly Im tured and hold by our army burg, l’a. , haul ch did Hiding It v s bofo (loop fokGkn. Toomjw!—Tho Macon T-lfjmph roporta that Gon. Toombs, while iu that city tho other day, speaking of the high price of provisions, remarked that where ho stopped tho night before, the proprietor of tlio house would rot allow him to settle his hill until l>c was about to leave, alloging that provisions mi* lit rise hefuro morning I The General is hard upon the large class who can never be satidlad with present prices, but aro alwuyt expectant of pretexts for another advance. supported by the 1" ' koo army, that our bob A. Jonoa and Lieut, brave littlo Second,jhi i to bei 1st Lieut. > Mu (’apt. AI be Ko , (Is tho Border Range wounded, hut not m S. Park, of tho 10th muny others, whose haps hjivc received you. All honor to l The bravo and gu our brigade was ev ruil Bogimei other d I Spies ami Bohlier lm, members of tho lUth aged about eighteen y i attract attention. a Rl surremler ol tho city lie landing to get a loimni from boats, and had returned and net of mounting his horse, w kon captain, with a giund, inf that the |i-»r-«- liel.meeil t<- UI Uapt. Watts ii.lormed h officer and wn- entitled side arms. Whereupon »'d him a d -d liar and cursed sometime, and commenced nlm.-iiig the women of Vicksburg, and called them a .1 d -"t of out a I Cap! Wal then drew hi* pistol and remarked to the Yan kee that he bated to kill as liman a dog us ho Ws-, hoi in:- honor compelled him to do no, und fired, tlio ball onloring the right breast and lulling him. The guard cried out, "Kill the rebel!" ‘‘Cut him pt. Watts presented his pL- ol and -aid, imI gentle i hofor ; hut I "i'U : j. a.” But tho guuid c sion Hint he was too bravo a i ' with, and decided to let him i Watts mounted his burse anu ' lp| ' ' W hellicr ii- botli, they i yestetdav, x whore, by Bri CIhnt < s. ('apt. • that til. Pai.m ki rutting l" Tho leniency of on officials ha- hceomo p tinneo bus it- limit-, cannot always in ' in .day idvise.j, with refer Reports «t no my had rot villc, Rappnh , and probably al mountain pa- 1, %th. l.atCMt from Nui tli Alabama. Wo learn from two genllmncn , j j had conversed with parties tlmt li ft the vicinity of Whit"-burg, Ala., on.'’ 1 evening ia-t. and W"!-" at Warn* few miles from r|n> Fort D.-posit F. Tonneasoo river, on Monday last, th.it the enemy hud not ero-sod tho river a had not been ut tho latter Ferry at ull At Whitoshurg, they shelled the outh side of the river, where a force <■ tolerate- emiisi'd tliem-elve- tiring at the Federals during the iut. rvuls when the i Yuiikof- cc.t ol tiring and retired bo- I hind the tree when they rc»umo<! Tho ! force at Huntsville is reported by these i parti"- to consi-t of fifltien regiinonlsj | in'tintry and cavalry, under command o j Brig Gun. Turelun, Col. Stanley, am Tennessee renegades and traitor.-, Bob .lulmsyn, John II. Hrownlow and J 'Inti Blokes. Hunts. (Stnf.^JAi.h. I F.UK kit En i tho A Suspected Spy in owr Midst.—For several days thcro have been rumors that a letter written by S. W. Chapman, a schoolmnstcr of Northern birth in this city, giving important information to the enemy, hud boon intercepted on its way I -tho North and returned to this city, and that a committee had ordered Chap- man to leave the city. This report occa sioned much excitement hero, and last rdglil a meeting was hold, cal led to demand the publication of the letter and to protest against the reloaso of tho accused. In the meantime tho Commandant of tho Post had Lad Chapman arrested ami tmpri eJ. Tho speeches at the meeting rebuked mob la\^, but called for the publication of the letter. Without further action, the meeting adjourned with tho assurance that thu letter would be made public, and that CliMpmun would be detained in prison or handed over for trial. himself with hor oral—his own si wounded, hut in Hodges, of tho ITU 15th, though in th wore unhurt. Lot to their command - Aftor tho full of in the early part J. D. Waddell ton and with that bn t da do (' M officers Dasher, 1-t Lm ■ t; Lieutenant \\. J K Iw Pkrbonal.— Gen. How through the city, last S way to Athcn-. lie was an i if hie ft| ll’UlHK. Wo lie'll lull (jilitc recently mu ‘d the vo "I- on- <agi!(l in ninninc the hLickado hotwnon L’luirle-ton und Na-sau brought IhrougL n mmull lex or package, addressed to n M it ' Ga to the oaro pf - Imu . (‘liarleston i! muster-roll tlio propose to ron- u lender your* company or rng- tlm President tu dulend a given locality, and to defend that locality wilh- i area and lor u given timo, and •I infantry, or infantry, or c»v« ill \ , UI li I nil. : v, a \ ull prefer - ull Hot. in your muster-roll. If tlio Prosident pin you, ho duos so oil tho toriUB ARMY CORRESPONDENCE OF TUB SAVANNAH lUH’PBI.H’AN. MAimNsnuRu, Va., July M. 18t»3. Tlio army bus re-crossed tlio Potomac to V’irginia, and tho timo hns come when tho truth may ho spoken, in candor and moderation, in regard to the Into fortunate campaign in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Up to tho present time thoro has been no assurance that my let ters would not fall into tho hands of the enomy; and hence, ns you must have ob served, 1 did not doom it prudent to toll tho whole truth, lest our mail carrier sh’ould bo captured again and important information communicated to the Federal commander. A succinct and faithful narrative, bringing events down to the present date, will plaeo your readers in possession of all tho material facts, and show that tho term "untdrtunalo," as ap plied to the operatioiisof tho army in Ma ryiand, is not inappropriate, unless it be too mild. No ono with that part of tho army' left noar Ohambenburg suspected, on tlio morning of the 1st inst., that the great battlo would begin on that day. I wa- sittingontho wot ground with my back against a troo writing to you and you: roadors. when Gon. Leo and his o-c.»rt passed by in tho direction of Ca-htown and Gettysburg. Ilo seemed to •null’the Imttlo in tho breeze, and for the tir-t lum it occurrod to mo that th enemy w a ip preaching our linos. In a few minu' Andorson’B division of Hill u-p-nii, 'li ed down IhoBHino road, followed an hour or two lator by Johnson’s divi-ion ol Ewoll’s corps, which had retraced ii- stepa fromSnipponsburg. In tho course of tho morning orders eamo for iemg- stroot's corps, except Pick utuI^I id behind stone < upon tlio lull; "• hud driven him r right,^ wre. to. rested, double nearly 2.000 j I iv. I up (<• thotima i trenching them- . -ibid alike to : • tri t,ul lines the Potomac, by tlio recent, out, Gon. vorablelo th. military adva -an open, occasional pat.'he- uf straight but ■ d Ide. ItiS pushing n col li n'per’s Ferry, (••li for the truth in mo sumo uirecuun. aa Ewoll’s train, cont back from Carli le should pass. This was uti immense train, long almost as tho tail of a comet, 1 far moro ominous of evil, four hours in passing, and mown 1 ly through tlio Cwflhtown Gap (iu the fb* to the offi- I > uim, of thorn Knclosed horc- bi. in < 'ahull a tioutb Mountain) that Lougstrect's cm-p- was deiayod until noar midnight in reach ing a point four miles distant from the Imttlo ground. Pender's and II.'th'a di visions alone woro in posit io:. to engage thoenomy’sadvancocolumn on tho morn ing of tho 1st. Early’s and Rhodes’ divi sions of Ewoll's corps arrived mi the ground Into ill tlio aftorn • compos 'd among 1 more v Go6r- ueU by tele- id cd. C’apt. 0.1 Lhe II. 1 . has ept J loot’ tbeso tonus llO ,'er you. I f lm doos not lie Hinply will rofiiso to id the (if the left whoro Prosi do terms under n your mustorod You ellliol Ull the law, ami the jects, acoording to tlio muster-roll to suit you. 3. But you say, “why into thu < 'onl'ederuto sorvico?” 1 answer, for thu he-l of reasons: 1-t. Becauso you aro to render military service, und tho ('orifodorulo Govornmeiit is tlio military or war-making power. 2d. Boc.tuao you are org:iniZ" l under a t oiifedorilto law. lid Iteniu-e it is the Confedorato Gov- urnmeot whii ii enrrie* on tho war with the Unit' d Stnh-, and, among other tiling-, eui'T-into tho cartel for the ex change of prisoners. Itis tlio protection ol that Government von wid need and will he entitled to if. bv the casualties of war. you should he captured. Therefore, the ohb'i t is good, the 80- eurity is ample, and tho kind of sorvico is proper. Lot me hope every exempt in tho land will volunteer at mice nml with alacrity. II you de-ire, it i* your right to send your musi-r-roll directly to tho Prosi dent or Secretary of War. I know his object in making tin- nil), and I know he will never deceive you. A failure to volunteer will ho disas- Wluit will our Holders in the Hold hod down the Susquehan Carlisle to York, and thence f burg. Those la-t ' \\ • livi■ imn former, and together they drov. my back, inflicting heavy I" i"ii \n derson's and Johnson's divi-iuns, th "! li near enough, were not put into the \) in tliatevening. The enemy IihJ, m ••rdni)' to tho statements of prisoner-, three n my corns presont on tho 1 l, and that night and early next morning tin* remainder Meade's forces wore brought up an 1 put in a vory strong position. W • .lid not press the enemy after nightfall. The following deductions flow from the forogoing facts: Had Gon. Lee eoneen- tratod his forces twenty-four hoiii -. moi,- , he might havo dispersed, capture I .u destroyed the three Federal cures n .■ w ed on tho llr.-.t day, and liavo fallen upon tho remaining forces then coming up mi l not yet in position, and driven them p I moll back upon Baltimore or Wu-Liim ton. Or, if Andor cu’snml.Johnnon ,ii- visions had been pul iu iminedialely up -u thoir arrival and our advantage pre . d with vigor that night, the enemy might havo been driven beyond the formidable position ho finally occupied, and from which wo subsequently found it imp i bio to to dislodge him. Tlio same result would probably have followod, if Ewell's train had have turned out on the side of tho road, and Longstroot's corps allowed to move rapidly to tho front; or, if the attack had boon renewed evrly <m the dug of t ho 2d, ins'oad of al a (juarter think, if the who re that those of i delend es, your wives use miserable rnuient think, aro riot willing to defend i.Miies and faniillc-7 II.d alluded to the Cjcellont and fill defence made by citizens III id- ' Wiiul will ( ml Kiioxvilla i would he if id ready nlimu'd. on the f l.mild judge tlmt icparLmonl of FU a full supply i Heard, 2d i Llout. Johb passed lay, on his »d spirits, plate, .I'd, of the I fi uiic means, tiie nature was nHCortnim d or biispecled, was opened m l found t»> he hoi IMI uf i i. ' ' i !l i"< m' . Wo Imv uiim lull of this I a counterfeit $20, of the Dum a and is by far lli»> bent executed a dangerous countcr'eit we over -aw, Wu could, give the points of dilferem hut preier not todu«u thinking it h the puhlii • ■ • ! »V tui . li" r, don't tnlce any more ol the Dune to $J<i utiles* you know ilium to gel lie It i I kn<i - ti l tlmt the - i in l»i Mi «ibb ch ho dib bloody charge ut our brave boys wi Major E M 8®a ful and firm, nnd <: of him at Manasm st, faith- opinion Major 8h«p Shop po I d : ■ known to pos death more ll ns tho derived from a source out credit, which contradicts reel form, tho oxtruvag Carrying a ( uiicealed Ariu. -A youth e othed ns u soldier, an»l giving hi* name as E. 14. Roberts, was arrested in this city yerterday on suspicion of desertion feum »'*me Confederate company and tho uhg of hi; artifice to avoid detection. Ho car ried nit empty sleeve and was apparently deprived of ono arm. But Mr. E. A. timitb ascertained, on examination, that he had a sound arm closely hid away under his under-clothing ! He had been pasting himself otT as an object of charity, 1 ad obtained one or two contributions from some of our citizens, and Mr, Smith was engaged in rai*ii,g more money for Lint when his suspicions were aroused. We do not know whether bo was arrested under the latuto against carrying con cealed arms, hut we learn that G'apt. Mims, commandant of the post, com mitted him to piiton on suspicion of de- f-ertion or straggling, and wo hopo that ho will soon he restored t<» a command in which the inspection of anna i« a part of the regular routine. himself to ho 1862. Cnpts. Bar of your city gallantry, an Kngi.il but 111* nobly—bravt taken by tho cnom veiy trilling Iu-- < tudo rtf the operati respondent states, was captured. Gc countrymen and ii is a liar from the i lsi « oral Aleadc, like liis We lea We hour tho mombe aeon have boon arrested. Atlautii Confciltracy* From Lce’a Army. KiusoUl to tho Huv. Uoimhlicun. CULPKi'Kit, July 21.—Wo arrived here this morning. Tfio onomv aro supposed to ho making f<»r Frodorlckskurg. All well but vory tired. Can say no moro. Meade’*! statomont in regard to the capture of u brigade at Falling Wa ters, is fulso. 1*. Vv. A. DcNtructlon will i and s i Federal (Umbont by a Torpedo. A dispatch has been rccoivod at tho Navy Department, in this^city, fr< II, hoi. | vlicru will clicerl lull, and show a h t i-tuner to (b'alli to will not the cntly, and sliow- tivo t)iis dofonco were organized meet tlio onoiny. ■ paoplo ovory- re-pond to thia nod spirit of ro- -u raiders, then 1 f thoy kti to four in the aftem It is understood that tho reduction ol Harrisburg constituted no part uf Gon i Loo's programme, since lie could not cl ford to fritter away his stronglh and lim* upon tho militia so long as an unheat-n army rumainod in tho Hold. Having de posed of tlm army, ho cou'ul then march whorovor and wlionover it suited him. Tlio question then recurs, whether tlm distribution of his troops atdiirercnt and distant points was not unfortunate, mi thi- that it required more time to «*.m .mut.- thorn when tho timo of bnltl» nrrivid li a similar disnorsion of his lore.' , aft much hard lighting and tiiarchiim. thut piovontod him from bunting McClellan at Hiiarpshurglaat year. Hi- object then was tho oapturo of tlio garrison at H u por's Furry, in which lm wa Hinve.-Hful. In tho prosont instancojl was his desire, doubtless, to place his army at conve nient points for procuring subsistence, secure his flunks against attack by cutting such railway linos as might housed against him, and to draw tho onoiny us far interior of tho country as possible. prepared nnd detcrmir od to resist, they dare not cmno But if wo aro not prepared and refuse to prepare, wo Invito id they •’ I ti W by you gi nptly Who e voluntoarod hoiild I not? for rcfiising? t ready U» lie unless for drill, In . Mr. Hill assured the i conscribing i months men meeting thu TO Hung boing The Jleraid says: Our special corros- mndont in Baris, writing on thoHd o( lot us pr ji ompollcd to accept batik tlio time and plaeo wn did \N • acre not. Having tlio start of tlio enemy n mi Fredericksburg, nnd tho wliolu count y hoforo us, wo might havo chose.i our own ground and timo for making and ro* • iv- ing tlio attack. Wo might linyc occupied thu pass at Cashlown, "tn Fra’ STf T, Priv nd cl: M . A li : lor: Ji L . I 8iuith, (ad shout- i'll, killecL- * ilic buciy; 1. Bio ) W B llurgaU, and * iiol llugain*.- i hand,aovero- •lmalikr; , diglitly 1 AdaliiS, j)U|i- •• (Guies, Jn‘» i G»\ in* N C A llaj - ‘"i .ft 18 Thai 1st Private.-) ..... rumainod north side of tho Soutli .Mountain, <»r fall- on down to Boonsboro’ Gap. Having no imso toprotoct, and no lino of communi cation to keep upon, l>ut rolying upon tho districts wo occupied forth" menus *.f suhsistonco, wo woro free to go where we pleased and fight when a led mandor. Tho place, strong Ly naiur was rendered still moro formidable I number of stono foncos which I lim Hold, by tho open ground wo had tom .. over to reach it, and by Hold work- ihr vn up by the enomy during tlio night. Thu attack was ronowod by ourselves uii the evening of tho 2d, without proper roeon- noissances, and not Bimultaneou-ly along tho whole lino, but irregularly and spas modically, first bv one corps or divi-iuti, ■Mtalmmi so 1 earl 111 ( turn his left wm s rapidly do 'u, "••harg- auco of . livery writing luly. says that tho intervention reports, which woro lately originated with Koo- hu"k and other F.ngli.sli allies oftlio South, had died uwav. It. was evident to tho Farihians that the English Govornnicnt was not prepared to join Nupoloon in such u inoaMire M r. Dayton, tlio United States Mine’* r i.a 1 informed theCnbiuul oftlio Euipu|-"r tlmt uur Government was not disposed t . -ubn.it to any foreign in terference. Our London correspondent, writing on the 4th of July, furnishes tho following importont intelligence; Th« decision of 17th, . hurl. t us low ue twelve thous- mbor aro slightly w»*un- in he in ranks again.— i doubt that tho enemy’s ours.- Jlirhm. Sent. C'pu. R( Craig, Abbott nr Maddox and Hat panics, did their Lieut. Wood, of gallantry and I from all who oh- tnine, Huey, ' Braze) 1, Morris, Richard-, 8ligl Robinson and A ous for their con Thu flag of Hi. holes in it when out torn ull to p ell^wilh his ■ The en tho foot icral i id lui >d b\ . id by Adjutant General, Lieut. Gi was wounded with three hall d-rly Champion. Neither a Con fed- Hal), lii* •gun, win (Jon ma Bi wi dated V July .*ti h, -talir g that the I'. dorul gun boat DcKulb, thirteen gun-, bus been to tally dostruyed, on tlio 18th, by tlm ux- plusion of u torpedo which had been placed in the Yazoo river to prevent tho Federal war vessels from ascending that stream.—Richmond Sentincl. *.f the Gen* md j lied < th" unds.—Richmond r gaV ant Color nd tho flag Hal as gathered u j. E. Corp’l An Kxim.akation.- We learn that the oluy* i' the examination of Mrs. I'at- •rsnn Allen, upon tho charge of treason. 1.1 lie Prutt, <(f Co. leaped fur it time, but it faot for him. The fight c and holding our position wu only n ed away on the 'Ll hI r lei.-.urc, ing our ti.mi.: und all **iii wo thought able to witb>Li: il hauling. led I jUstl Ihr | tary i Large of a mil reports of In .■« "-.-urily go) i tho 2d r ... ... the authorities art orned. Tho D.strict ...rk Ajlas Hm Ion*.ftp. I IK ' j proceed with her exuimnulion lurch- ! (Jommisdouer Wntaon. -"on inihg- -urgeon reports that her physical Port Hudson Piiisonkks.—Wu arc informed that about six hundred of the port Hudson prisoners arrived on a flug bou'. oil' F->rt Morgan yesterday t. A -icumei was aispatched ock for the purpose of bringing them to the city. .She will uro- i*ihiy rulutii some time this morning morning. Mobile Tribune, J£W. Wauon Train.—A train of fifty-two wagons from Bragg’s army, passed through town on Saturday, on their way Americas, to gather corn along the line of tho South-Western Railroad, and haul it to the mm rest depots. As u gen eral thing tlio tuains were in vory good order. They had been four wooks on tho road. Wo understand thoro are about 100 wagons now on tho road with the same destination and purpose — Macon Tela •ted to Alabama. —Gov. Shorter has issued a proclamation announcing that ho has re ceived authentic intelligence that formi dable expeditions are preparing in North Aluhamu to devastate tho interior of the State. As thoro is no time to await the the action of tho Logislaturo at its special i li- s<’-sion on tho 17th of next montu, he , uuu rudders such a -tep p - ilile. Mr. J calls upon the people to organize in mili ■ ‘ ’* Lyons has teen retained by Hie accused. I tary companies at one ftie/t -"J /i.*Ti.,i^r 9A/A Alexandria ruse has given a r • the building of rebel vosm d. I aveju-t learned thill u arly all iron i luJ t if the highest t-peed. The most of thorn it will take twelve months to build I lm Corresponded/, of Vienna, July 2d, says itivo terms, that the Emperor of thu French has irrevocably determined upon the recognition of the Southern Confeder acy. Before carrying out this resolution, however, the French Cabinet will again invite tho Northern States to agree to an armistice, but the invitation will be couched in so deci-ivo a form, that the Washington Cabinet mu t either accept reject it. In thu former cognition of the independence of tiie .South will at once follow, even without tho operation of England. Dkatu ok Coi.. OiuaoN.—We regrot that Col. Wm. Gibson, of the 48tli Ga. Regiment, has died of his wounds re ceived at the buttlo of Gettysburg. Ho was a Senator in the last Legislature from the 18th District composed of Rich mond, Glascock and Jefferson. The country has lost a gallant soldier and prominent citizen.—.You. Rcc. and then by n team of ill -matched h«» ing to pull togothu able ra .._ | ouiplish.— I 1'lie troops novor fought hen. i u inflicted greater loss upon the enemy and strung the position of tlio_ latter was, they _..roly would havo carried it, though at u heavy loss, if tho attack had boon differ ently planned. As It was they pushed tlm enemy hack, ran over nuinberle-s batteries which thoy wore unable to bring uir, captured many flags, and killed ami wounded moro men than in any previous battle Indeed, the more Micces'ful our assaults woro up to a certain greater was our loss ; attacking column di. being .supperled by a combined atlic-k, thu more tearfully were it- flunks r.J od by tlio oblique and enfilading lire uf the hiilturieH which were not a.- aiilted. The r the furlle a bidf of it within li'^w the inhabit" of their hoc cmdd, taken and Hood, ol L oig-li. . i corps, woro ordered to turn, and many j believe, if other parts of the line Imd been assaulted at the same timo, that M.-nde strong as his positioj Id ba been beaten. No effort was made to turn Ids right wing, which rested upon open and less difficult ground On the : I. Pickett's division of Long- street's corp-, < which had come up the evening before,) supported by a purlioii of Hill’s eorji t . ordoieu to Cemetery Hill near thu centre, believed to l>o the key to tho position of tho enemy. Thu order whs executed in gallant style. Col. i l Dispatch, '2!>th. I of the Slate- Tho gallant Gen. Forrest, whoso daring exploits and brilliant achievements havo made Ids iiumu a iioiisehoid word through out tho Gonfo4oracy, was in the city yes terday. Ho is ready for the field again, and tho country will soon hear of him in for lhe 'i'efeiVe ' *>■» |,l»co u.J »t ih«rU|l>t (Jjnf, \ijhatta. j 26?h. and somo of the hatierl were carried; hut his success wa- tern porary, though purchased at a fearful cost. The want of proper support, tlio movement of the enemy upon his ox- poted and blooding flunks, and thu terri ble cross and oblique fires cono.untratcd upon him from huttories not otherwihn occupied, made it necessary for him to retrace bin stops across the open ground over which lie had advanced, his ranks torn and bleeding and still suffering from the iron hail of shell, grape, canister and shrapnel that swept over the field, and Hood, Wright and Wilcox, Johnson and Early, had performed simi lar feats tliedav before, followed by sim ilar results. Johnston •loot ut» li-ld within thuoaemy’s entrenchment- Wright and Wilcox carried the ridge to thair front, capturing nutnbara of guns. . _ I