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COLTJMB-TJS:
Tuesday Morning, July 30* 1801*
The Confederate States, of Taskegee,
says the amount of subscriptions obtain
ed to the Confederate Loan in Macon
county, up to this time, is near $400,000.
Col. Loring of the late United States
Army, haß been appointed by President
Davis, Brigader General of the Confede
rate States, and placed in command oi
the Division lately under Gen. Garnett.
Mr. Richard F. Kennon of Harris
county, is engaged in raiding a company
fer the war. The rendezvous is Whites
ville. This we believe is the third com
pany from Harris, the seoond being now
encamped near this city.
Hon. Robert M. Patton has obtained a
cotton subscription of 6,641 bales in the
county of Franklin, Alabama, to the pro
duce loan of the Confederte States. This
was one of the strongest union counties
in Alabama at the date of the assembling
of her secession Convention.
The Second Regiment Georgia Volan.
teer3, Col. Paul J. Semmes, passed
through Charleston on Friday last.
The First Regiment of Georgia Regu
laes. Col. Chas. J. Williams, arrived in
Richmond on Tuesday, and is doubtless
ere this at Manassas.
Carrington, of Washington City.
The Dispatch of Friday Bays this person
is not in Richmond a prisoner; was not
captured at Manassas ; and was not en
gaged in that battle.
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Oglethorpe Light Infantry.
A special dispatch to the Savannah
News says that this fine company went
into action numbering 78, after the bat
tle only thirty-two were able to answer
to roll call. Six were killed, thirty
wounded, four are prisoners, and six are
missing.
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First Cotton 8011.
The Tallahassee Floridian announces
ihe receipt of two open short staple cot
ton balls, on the 12th, from the planta
tion of Mr. P. L. Barrington, of Leon
county. The fibre is represented as fine
and silky, such as would be classed fair.
Toomhs a Brigadier General.
Dispatches from Richmond announce
the appointment of Hon. Robert Toombs,
of this State, a Brigadier General, and
that he goes immediately into active
service.
Private dispatches rocoived in this city
yesterday, announce the arrival of Capt.
Ivey’s company at Richmond, and that
they were to be attaohed to Toombs’
Brigade.
Respect to the Gallant Dead of
Georgia.
Gov. Drown has issued an order that
as a mark of respect to the memory of
the gallant dead from Georgia, who fell
in the battle of Manassas, that at all public
stations of the State, the flag of the Con
federacy be hoisted at half staff the day
after the receipt of his order, from sun
rise to sunset, and that from reveille to
retreat, half hour guns be fired.
From the 7th Georgia Regiment.
A dispatch from Col. L. J. Gartrell to
Mr. J. I. Miller, of Atlanta, dated Ma
nassas, July 24, says “Lieut. J. T. Wal
ton was slightly wounded in the arm,
while fighting gallantly. Puckett and
six of Capt. Foreacre’s men were killed—
my son among the number. Jas. F.
Walton was not hurt. We lost twenty
two killed, and one hundred and eignteen
slightly wounded. The Seventh Regi
ment covered itself with glory. lam
wounded in the leg.”
Worthy of Imitation.
The Thomasville Enterprise says Mrs.
Lucy Linton, wife of Major M. W. Lin
ton, of Thomas county, has mannfactur
ed and deposited with the Clerk of the
Superior Caurt, for immediate transpor
tation to Milledgeville, a stock of army
clothing, consisting of 106 pairs pants,
104 shirts, 30 pairs drawers and half a
dozen merino hose—these consuming all
the material she had on hand. Mrs. Lin
ton considers this, however, says the
Enterprise, as only the beginning of her
labors, as she is resolved to continue the
good work for a long time to come.
Daniel S. Dlclclnson.
In tho address delivered by Daniel S.
Dickinson, at Amherst College, recently,
he is reported, by the New York Tribune,
to have “declared himself for the mainte
nance of the Constitution and for the
integrity of the Republic, at whatever
cost. At the same time, he expressed
the folly of the Secession theory and the
wickedness of the Secession practice; be
took strong and decided ground for a zeal
ous and speedy prosecution of the war,
and was for peace only on the basis of
the entire submission of the rebels.”
He is now where the writer of this
always he legitimtely belonged,
hand and glove with Seward and Greeley
abolitionism. What an idea—Support
Lincoln and the Constitution ! !
The Charleston Mercury of Tuesday, ;
says Capt. Stephen D. Lee, of the C. S. j
A., who has been for some time Quarter- i
master at that post, has been relieved
from that service, and will proceed at
once to Manassas to take command of the
Washington Artillery—that splendid light
artillery corps, from Charleston, which
forms no unimportant part of Hampton’s
Legion. He is a graduate of WestPoiut.
The Mercury says his call to the com
mand of the Washington Artillery is a j
compliment of which he may well be |
proud, and feels confident that if the op
portunity offers, “the Lee Battery” will
fulfill the high expectations which have
been raised in their native city.
Thirteenth Georgia Regiment.
The following companies are to com- ,
pose the 13th Georgia Regiment, which
will take the place of Colonel Semmes’
Regiment at Brunswick, now under or
ders for Virginia:
Wire-grass Minute Men, Capt. C. W.
Styles.
Brunswick Riflemen, Capt. B. F. Har
ris, Brunswick. #
Lowndes Volunteers, Capt. G. T. Ham
mond, Valdosta.
Ochlocknee Light Infantry, Capt. W. j
J. \oung, Thomasville.
St. Marys \ olunteers, Captain A. B. ,
Dufour, Darien.
Seaboard Guards, Captain John C. ‘
Nichols, Waynesville.
Berrien Minute Men, Capt. Levi J !
Knight, Nashville.
Camden Rifles, Captain Alex. S. Atkin
son.
Piscola Volunteers, Capt. William A.
Lane, Quitman.
Victory In Kanawha. - !
We hear, says the Richmond Whig of
the 24th, that 800 men of Gen. Wise’s
division whipped 2,500 of the snamy,
killed 300 aud took many prisoners—
among whom were five officers, and three
of the Colonels. Major Patton was, we
believe, in command of our forces, and
was slightly wounded, but not at all seri
ously.
A New Georgia Deglon.
Col. B. W. Gaulding, of Liberty coun
ty, informs the editor of the Savannah
Republican of his intention to raise a
legion for the pending war. It iB his
purpose to raise not less than 1,000 nor
more than 1,600 men, from the counties !
of southern Georgia, comprising infantry,
cavalry and artillery in just proportions,
and to offer them to the President for
such service as will be most effectual in
aid of Southern independence. The Re
publican says Col Gaulding has devoted
much attention to military science, and
is enlisted heart and soul, in the cause
of the South; they will hardly find a
leader more anxious to lead them to glory.
He was to have left for Richmond Friday,
in order to perfect the necessary prelimi
naries.
Col. Ector’s Regiment.
Col. Walton Ector, who has recently
raised a regiment in this State, which
he styles the “Toombs Regiment,” (the
sth Independent Georgia Regiment) was
to have left the rendezvous at camp De
catur last Thursday for Richmond. Hav
ing tendered service to the War Depart
ment at Richmond instead to Governor
Brown, the latter refused to arm his
regiment, and on this account the regi- j
ment was detained for some time. But
thanks to the God of Battles and the
valor of our troops, last Sunday’s opera
tions at Manassas, placed the Confederate
Government in possession of an ample
supply, and President Davis telegraphed
him on Monday, to come on, that arms
were abundant, the recent battle having
put us in possession of 22,000 stands of
arms.
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The Richmond correspondent of the
Charleston Courier, writing July 19th,
mentions the following incident concern
ing R.amsey’s Regiment of Georgians, as
detailed by a Virginian : “It appears
that a regiment of fifteen hundred Yankee
Dutchmen advanced too close for comfort,
when Col. Ramsey gave the order—
‘Boys, clean them up with your bayonet.’
In an instant five hundred were under
way, trotting as fast as their legs could
carry them. The Dutchmen did not stop
to exchange compliments, however, but
travelled over the country in a state of
unalloyed agitation, the Georgians chas
ing them into their very lines. Garnett
was so delighted with this manoeuvre
j that he threw up his cap, and exclaimed,
i *God bless the boys—that's a feat worthy
I of veteran soldiers.”
Arrival of Gen. Fair.
The Montgomery Confederation learns ■
i that Gen. E. V. Fair, of Alabama, late
United Stale3 Minister to Belgium, passed
through Atlanta, Thursday, en route
for Richmond, Va. It is said he visits
Richmond on important business connect
ed with our Government, lie is just ‘
returning home from his late mission.
He came through Canada, and from
thence through the Western route by
Cincinnati and Louisville, in order to
avoid arrest by the Lincoln Government.
Fighting in Northwestern Virginia j
The Macon Telegraph says a private I
| letter received in that city, dated Qauley’e !
Bridge, Fayette county, Va., July 16th, j
says:
“Gen. Wise dined with us yesterday.
He says he has the jails already full of \
traitors, among them are two members of
the Wheeling Bogus Convention, and
two of the Ohio troops. General Wise
will no doubt use hemp quite exten
sively. He went to Charlestown yester
day afternoon, expecting a battle to-day
or to morrow.” Apostcript to the letter
dated on the 17th gives the following
stirring items:
“Great fight at Philippa; 1100 of the
Federals killed and wounded.
“At Barbourvile, on the Ohio, 120 Fed
erals killed and wounded yesterday,
“They are fightiDg now at Cole’s River
13mile8from Charlestown. About 4,000
Federals and 3,000 Confederates engaged.
“Troops are arriving hero frem every
quarter. The banks of Charlestown sent
their specie by this pl&cs yesterday eve
ning.” _____
Ratification.
Since our last issue, offioial returns
from seven counties, to wit: Bryan, Bul
loch, Clay, Floyd, Hart, Irwin and Mari
on, have been received, amounting in the
aggregate to 766 for ratification, and 321
votes against it The table published
last week shows a majority of 161 for
ratification, which is increased to 606 by
the additional returns. It is quite cer
tain the Constitution has been ratified
by a small vote, as the remaining twelve
counties will probably increase, rather
than overcome the majority. The coun
ties not yet heard from, officially are !
Camden, Chattahoochee, Coffee, Decatur, j
Early, Fulton, Jefferson, Miller, Polk,
Telfair, Wayne and Wilkinson. —Southern
Recorder.
Arfcanslans Flocking to Missouri. j
The Washington (Ark.) Telegraph no
ticing the departure of six companies
from that place for Missouri, and the or
ganization of others, says Arkansiacs are
raising in legions at the call of McCulloch.
It says “our sister State cannot be held
in forcible subjection by Federal minions
We said that when Missouri gave us the
cry of distress, ten thousand men would
be over the border. They will be now! i
right soon. They are flocking to the
north, hastily, impetuously, and burning
; with wrath. There is too much common !
blood between Missouri and Arkansas to
| allow us to look upon her disgrace.”
Indicted for Treason.
We learn from the Macon Citizen, that
James Milcher, a Northern carpenter,
who has been residing in that city for the
last two years, was undergoing trial on
Friday, on the charge of using treasona
: ble language. The Citizen says the evi
i dence against the prisoner is conclusive
| enough to the editor’s mind, and he has
but little doubt as to the final result of
the investigation.
Cotton Factors to the Planters.
The following card, signed by one hun
dred and five firms in New Orleans, we
find in the Picayune :
“The undersigned, cotton factors in
the city of New Orleans, in view of the
interests of all patties, recommend to
their various customers and correspon
dents not to ship any portion of their
crops of cotton to that city, or not to re
move it from their plantations, until the
blockade is fullyand entirely abandoned,
of which event due notice will be given.
New Orleans, July 17, 1861.
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Fatal Accident.
An accident occurred last Saturday on
the railroad near Weldon, N. C., by which
two privates in Capt. Brevard’s Company
of the Second Florida Regiment, lost their
lives. Their names were Searcy and Rus
sell. They were on the top of one of the
cars, and the unfortunate soldiers were
knocked off as the train passed under a
bridge The practice or riding on the
top of cars is unsafe, even when travel- ‘
ers are acquainted with the road over
yhich they may be passing ; and warn
ings iifc e t jj e a b ove noticed should be
rnw 6 our troo F s whose lives are
ble t 0 the countr y —Savannah
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. A “ Arn y En Route.
at this office from^mchnlond 1 ’
there are between the G eo rgi’a line and
Manassas, some twenty thous and Confed .
erate troops on the road to Virginia
And this is not all—the number i a con l
tinually increasing.— Augusta Const
TELEGR .A.IE 3 HIC ,
Dispatches to the Dail;i Sun-
R. M. T. 11 inter appointed Secretary ! State, i
! MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA REGIMENTS,
THE BANK CONVENTION!
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Interesting from Washington.
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&e. &c.
; RiCimoNn, July 25.—The proceedings
of Congress to-day are comparatively un
interesting*
The Bank Convention have not yet
determined upon the financial policy ;
i but it is believed it will do so to-morrow,
: a basis having been measurably agreed
upon.
Richmond, July 25.—The publisher of
the Richmond Examiner was elected Pub
lic Printer.
The Hon. Robert Toombs has been ap
pointed Brigadier General. lie goes into
immediate service.
One of Lincoln’s balloons passed high
over the city this afternoon.
Perfectly reliable information says that
13 of Hampton’s Legion were killed, and
97 wounded. Col. Hampton slightly
wounded.
General Smith was not killed, but is
I seriously wounded.
Richmond, July 25.—1n the Missis
sippi Regiments Capt. Adam McWillie, of
Col Falconer’s Regiment, was killed.—
It is believed Falconer was wounded
slightly. Barksdale’s Regiment arrived
on the field just in time to give two shots
and receive one. None known to be in
jured. Mott’s Regiment was notin the
I fight. Falconer’s and Burt’s Regiment
! fought nobly. In Falconer’s about forty
were killed, and one hundred wounded.
Lieut. Col. Siddell arrived with two com
panies at an opportune moment. They
distinguished themselves. No deaths
reported in these companies. No further
j details yet.
The sth Alabama Regiment was not in
the fight. Seymour Irvine, of the Laud
erdale volunteers, belonging to the 4th
j Regiment, says ten were killed in his
■ company, viz : Lieutenant Simpson, Law-
I rence Buroughs, Callicut, Borland, Ives,
Beilis, Andrews, Smith and son, and one
whose name is not remembered. Woun
ded : Horn got his leg broken, Pettus
was shot through the thighs, Kirkman
received a flesh wound in the leg. Stew
; art slight breast wound, Jackson was
: wounded in the breast dangerously,
Briggs severely wounded, Romeil was
j injurd in the fingers, and Waits iu the
hand : others not remembered.
Os the Larkinsville Guards, Captain
Lindsey was killed, two privates wonnd
j ed, and the others are safe.
Richmond, July 25.—The following
appears iu the Enquirer of this morn
ing: “In the 4th Alabama Regiment,
Lieut. John Simpson, of company IJ, is
probably killed. Privates James and
Thomas Kirkham both of Florence, Ala.,
! are wounded. Col. Jones is severely
wounded; and Lieut. Colonel Law, of
Taskegee, Ala., Maj. Scott and Charles
Weems are also wounded.” •
Capt. Lindsey was killed. He was
from Larkinsville, Jackson county.
Richmond, July 26.—1i0n. 11. M. T.
i Hunter, of Va., has been appointed Sec
| retary of State, in the place of lion. Rob
ert Toombs, appointed Brigadier General
j of the Confederate States army.
Gov. Jackson and Gen. Atchison, of
j Missouri, arrived here this evening.
Postmaster General Reagan, in a let
ter to the President of the Southern Ex
press company, which was published in
the Examiner this morning, says newspa
pers cannot be carried by mail carriers
or express men, without the regular rate
of postage is pre paid on them.
Nothing of general interest transpired
in Congress to-day.
The Bank Convention has adjourned.
Resolutions were adopted giving an ex
pression in favor of the Government’s
issuing $100,000,000 of Treasury Notes
in addition to the amount already autbor
ized---in sums of s’s, 10’s and 20’s—not
to bear interest. Larger denominations
to bear interest at the rale of 7 3 lOths
per cent.
Knoxville, July 26.—Gov. Jackson
and Gen. Atchison, of Missouri, arrived
here yesterday. While waiting for the
connecting trains he was called out and
made a short speech. lie said 100,000
Missourians were ready, if they had arms,
to defend the South, and drive the inva
ders from the soil of Missouri.
By the Western Line.
Washington, July 25.—The Federal
pickets at Falls Church, were driven in
early on Wednesday last.
McClellan will arrive to-day.
The War Department are engaged in
a thorough re-organization of the army.
The old system will be changed and
! reliable officers will be provided, subject
to examination by a board of officers ap
pointed by the War Department.
Two men named Bradly, (one of them
a minister,) have been arrested at Alex
andria as Manassas spies. •
The Federal pickets have been with
drawn to within two miles outside of
Alexandria.
; It is reported that 80,000 more troops
’ have been accepted throughout the North,
i France and England are undoubtedly
; discussing the blockade, with a view to
! propositions.
The New York Herald says the memo
rable rout has thrown the government
back from the defences which they occu
pied three months ago. and that there
will be no offensive operations before
next fall.
All of tho Department’s letters since
the defeat contain the following :
“Your Regiment ha3 been accepted
with the distinct understanding that this
Department revoke the commissions of
all the officers who prove incompetent to
command.”
A special dispatch to the New York
World says that the Confederates are
largely encamped between Fairfax and
Centreville.
Col. Bartlett’s sth Mississippi Regi
were brought to Washington as prisoners.
Indianapolis, July 25.—Two regi
ments have returned who were mustered
out of service and three more are on their
way home.
Louisville, July 25— The Cincinnati
papers contain the New York Tribune’s
call for the resignation of Lincoln’s whole
Cabinet on account of their incompe
tency.
The following shows the reckless Lin
colniteish attempts to do away with the
glorious victory of the Confederates:
“Washington, July —.—There is, no
deubt, a reason why the rebels declined
pursuing our retreating forces, a panic
occurred among them and they retired to
their Manassas entrenchments.”
St. Lot is, July 26 —Gen. Fremont has
arrived. The Missourians have taken
Memphis, Scotland county, Missouri.
Washington, July 26— The Senate bill j
to refund money expended by the States
to defend the Government, has passed.
Jefferson City, Mo., July 26.— The
Convention has passed an ordinance vaca
ting the principal State offices and provi
ding for filling them. The Conventien
has also passed an ordinance repealing a
portion of the State Constitution, and
abolishing the St ite Legislature.
The Supreme Court is hereafter to con- I
sist of seven Judges—four of whom are
to be the creatures of the Convention,
Louisville July 25.--Important move
ments from Old Point, near Fortress
Monroe, have been postponed, in conse
quence of the sad and unfortunate news
of the Federal defeat.
A schooner from Norfolk, heavily j
laden, probably with cannon for Rich- j
rrmud, ran the blockade at Newport News, j
and got up the James river. Only six j
shots were fired at her.
W ashington, July 24.—The Confeder
ate pickets extend to Falls Church.
Business Id the War Department is
heavy. Telegrams accumulate tendering
troops Illinois has offered 17, and In
diana 10 regiments.
The wounded continue te arrive.
In the House a bill passed for the
President, at his option, to appoint Con- j
suis to any foreign port, to prevent |
pit aey
The .Senate bill to accept half a million j
of volunteers passed the House.
A duel is reported pending between j
Burnett and Richardson. Friends are
trying to effect an amicable adjustment. !
Col Wadsworth has at rived from Fair- j
fax C. R., and reports the Confederates :
coming on.
.1 kkfcjSßsoN City, Mo., July 24.—1n
the ('invention a resolution has been of- !
sered, to the effect that any change in the
! executive department of the State Gov- I
eminent would not promote the welfare t
of the people of Missouri. It was re- j
fer red ton committee of seven.
Washington, July 2b.—The 2d Ohio !
regiment have delivered their arms and j
gone home. Several other regiments
have also gone home.
Fifteen thousand Confederates are
mounting siege guns at Fairfax.
Several officers, as a reward for their ‘
courage, have been authorized to raise
i regiments. New regiments are beiDg
constantly accepted however,
j Nothing has been beard from the truce
bearing a burying expedition, or Colonel
| Cameron’s expedition. It is supposed
the Southerners have schemes on foot
which they desire to be kept secret, and
detain everything coming within their
j lines.
Intelligence from Fortress Monroe
etattfi that a Federal expedition, consist
ing of propellers and six launches,
burned nine Confederate sloops and
schooners.
Washington, July 2G. — House. — Mr.
| McClernand said the House should make
j provision for further resources, else the
Government credit would fail. Wright
! said it had failed already,
j The committee on direct taxation meets
| with violent opposition.
Senate. —Bills have passed to build a
new bridge near the present one, repair
Long Bridge, investigate the salaries of
officials, &c.
A resolution for the maintenance of the
supremacy cf the Union passed—yeas 30,
i nay, Breckinridge.
Louisville, July 2G.—Enthusiasticre
i ceptions of returned three monthers are
noticed at various places, whose depar
! ture not noticed from headquarters.
Permits are granted to ship to all ports
; of Kentucky.
St. Louis, July 2G.—Many three
monthers in the interior are arriving
home.
New York, July 26.—Salts of cotton
to-day 1,900 bales, at 15;] to 16 cents.
Treasury 6s, 98] ; United States 6s, 81.
Washington, July 27—Gen. McClellan
has arrived here.
A committee from New York is here
urging that Gen. Wool be immediately
put in active employment.
Alexandria, Juiy 27. —It has been
| ascertained that the Southerners had
accurate information of the Federal
movements. Their withdrawal from
Fairfax being part of their plans for
drawing the Federalists into an atnbos
-1 cade.
Bills have passed the Senate defining
the punishment of conspiracy, and for
the suppression of the rebellion.
Cincinnati, July 27.—Cox occupies
Charlestown,, on the Kanawab. The
Southerncre have burned bridges and
, fallen tack.
Washington, July 27. Southerners
are concentrating at Winchester. Much
uneasiness is felt on account of an appre
hended attack en Harper’s Ferry.
The Michigan regiment lost 9 officers
and 108 men. It went into the action 475
’ strong.
St. Louis, July 27—Gen. Fremont has
organized his staff'.
St. Louis, July 28. —Judge Pope noli
property holders on the line of rail roads
that they will bo assessed for injuries,
unless they fight bridge burners and
track tearers, or give information of bos
designs.
The Southerners are gathering in force
in southern Missouri.
The lowa Democratic Convention de
: dares the “irrepressible conflict” doc-
I trine as the cause of the war, and pledges
the Democracy of lowa to support the
Government in its legitimate funtions to
! settle difficulties
Washington, July 20. —Two Federal
i pickets, within two miles of Alexandria,
saw a company of Southern cavalry come
within three miles of Arlington.
The correspondence has been called for
by Congress. It has been refused by
Lincoln as incompatible with the public |
safety.
The House has passed the Senate bill ;
appropriating $2,000,000 to transport !
j arms to loyal citizens in seceded States. ;
Cairo, 111., June 28. —The Southerners |
at Union City are on the move. It is ru
mored that a fleet of steamboats came
from Memphis yesterday, and are to day j
transporting troops to New Madrid.
Scouts reported large numbers; and their
object being Deed’s Point,
j Louisville, July 28— Green, the po
liceman who killed Tompkins for hurrah
ing for Jt if Davis, has been discharged, j
We learn from the latelligencer, that
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Hulsey,
Drs. Logan, Harden and Wilson, Mr.
L. P. Grant, Mr. Center and others,
left Atlanta for Richmond Thursday night,
to look after tho dead, and care and pro
vide for the comfort of the sick and
wounded from Atlanta. Good and patri
otic mission.
Severe Hail StorHi.
A letter from Gatesville, N. C., to the
Norfolk . Transcript, says a hail storm
passed over the county, near that place,
on the 15th inst., which completely de
molished every thiDg in its way. It was
about one mile in breadth. Corn, cotton,
peas, &c , were all destroyed. I passed j
over many of the best farms in the county, j
From Norfolk*
Noefolk, July 24.—Our troops wait
impatiently for Builer's advance, but he ,
seems disinclined to visit us. No military
movements here. The Yankees admit
that they lost many officers and that only ,
200 of Ellsworth’s Zouaves survived the j
battle of Manassas. A deep gloom ex- j
istfl in their army and in Washington.
MORE ABOUT THEGREAT BATTLE.
Special dispatches to the Mercury.
Col. Corcoran , of (hr N. V. Sixty-Xinth,
and Col. Wilcox, of the Miehiyan lleyi
ment, taken prisoners --How Sherman’s
Battery teas taken General Beauregard
leading Hampton's Legion into action
Manassas Junction, July 23.—1 am
at length enabled to send you more ac
curate and satisfactory accounts of the
great battle at Stone Bridge than have
hitherto-been obtainble.
The number of the killed and wounded,
however, owing to the extent of ground
over which the battle was fought, is still
uncertain. It is thought to be something
less than 20(H) on our side, and at least
5000 on the side of the enemy.
Col. Corcoran, of the New York 69th
Ilegiment (peting as Brigadier General),
has been taken prisoner by us.
Also “General” Edward C. Carrington,
a renegade Virginian, who accepted the
post of U. S. Attorney for the District of
Columbia under Lincoln, and who has
made himself very conspicuous, since
his appointment, in organizing the Aboli
tiou officeholders in Washington into
companies to fight the South. Carring
ton is a nephew of the late Win, C. Pres
ton. The Virginiaus are rejoiced that
the traitor has been taken.
The Fifth South Carolina Regiment,
with the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Mississippi Regiments, under Gen Jones,
charged the battery, at McClellan's Ford,
at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and took
two gt’.qs.
The following are amoDg the casuali- j
ties in Col. Cash’s Regiment.
Lieut. Cook, Company 11, wounded.—
Niue of Captain Harrington s Company
(G) are wounded. Privates Ellaby, Cook 1
and Long are wounded.
Private White. Company C, and Pri- j
vate Dixon. Company F, are killed.
Captain Harrington, of Company G, j
captured lion. Mr. Ely, a member of the ,
Rump Congress from Rochester district, j
; New York He was acting as an amateur
I fighter.
Col. Kemper, of the Alexandria Artil- I
: lery, when ordered to open on the enemy j
I in support of Kershaw’s Regiment, called j
out to the Butler Guards, “Butlers, wili j
; you follow me ?”
They answered, immediately, “We !
j will, to a man.”
They captured eight pieces (Shev- j
i mans Battery). Col. Kershaw took a j
J United Slates Surgeon prisoner.
Co 1 . Wilcox, of the Michigan Regiment, j
with cne Captain and three privates of the
same Regiment, are prisoners in our
hands. In all, over thirty U. S officers
have been made prisoners. The prisoners
concur in alleging that the impression j
was general among the U. S. troops that j
we would not fight.
Thirty wagons, loaded with a large num
ber (about GOO) prisoners, were brought.
;to Richmond to-night. Eight hundred
j more, it is said, will come to-morrow, j
Among them is Ely, an Abolition Member
! of Congress.
j After Lieut. Col. Johnson was killed
• and Col. Wade Hampton was wounded, i
j Gen. Beauregard rode up in person, and !
j led the Legion into battlo. Each of the
i companies behaved admirably. The Le
gion lost in killed and wounded 113.
Gen. Bonham is again at Fairfax Court J
i House, 14 miles from Alexandria.
When the fate of the battle balanced in :
I the scale, late in the afternoon, and some I
; of Gen. Johnston’s regiments showed
; signs of wavering, he seized the colors j
j himself and led the advance, thus turn- |
i ing the tide of battle in our favor. El- j
set’s brigade coming up about this time, I
was mainly instrumental in charging the j
: fortune of the day.
Col. Thomas of Gen. Johnston’s staff, |
was killed. Col. Mason, of the same 1
! staff, was wounded. Gen. Ij,- K. Smith j
wa's wounded.
j Neither Captain Conner, of the Wash
ington Light Infantry, nor Adjutant Bar- j
ker, are wounded.
Gen. N. G. Evans, who, in person, led ■
the first brigade into action, is unhurt. I
Richmond, July 23.—1n the battle at i
Stone Bridge, Generals Beauregard and
Johnston commanded together, their rank
being equal.
Wo have taken in all sff guns, with
caissons, horses, gear, etc., complete,
500 wagons with stores, provisions, etc., !
a large amount of ammunition, and small ‘
arms in great quantities. The woods
and fields for miles northeast of Manas
sas Juncton, were strewn with arms,
knapsacks, and accoutremens left by the
enemy in his flight.
Trumbull, and other members of Lin
coln’s Congress, were on the field with
McDowell, fully provided with luxuries
of every kind, with which to have celebra
ted their triumph, but they did not carry
these delicacies back to Alexandria.
The number of killed on cur side is
fixed at about 640. Our wounded ex
ceeded 1000.
The ammunition aud provisions captur
ed are, it is said, enough'to last our army
for six months.
Gen fccott is reported to have been at
Fairfax Court House during the opening
of the engagement.
; Serenade of President Davis—His
Speech.
Richmond, July 23. — President Davis,
| alter repeated calls, made a brief speech
to night to a large crowd assembled in
front of the Spottswood Hotel.
He described the heroic conduct of our
troops in glowing terms, and said that
Lincoln must now admit that there is
“somebody hurt.” Although greatly
superior in numbers, the enemy had been
routed, after a desperate engagement —
ail of their arms, tents and camp equip
! page falling into our hands. After the
; battle bad raged for four Lours, he (the
President) arrived on the field. The
| result was then doubtful; but, beingrec
I ognized as the representative of their
| principles, the wounded waved their
i handkerchiefs, and cried “ There's Jeff.
’ Davis!’’ which created wild enthusiasm
in our ranks and a panic in the ranks of
the enemy. From that moment the vie?
tory was secured. He passed high eu
logiums upon Johnston and Beuregard.
Col. Chesnut also made a few remarks.
He described the unequal combat with
graphic force. Scott had found it iin
; possible to dine in Richmond at the ap
pointed time. At Manassas, on Sunday,
the seal of eternal separation had been
set, and never again would North and
! South be united. Nothing could exceed
the valor of our troops, and, no matter
who did it, Sherman’s Battery had been
j taken. Beauregard, bis eyes glaring,
appeared in front of the lines, exposed to
I the fire of the enemy and that of his own
men, the very personification of the “God
of War.” But there would be more to
go. Our soldiers would fight, if the ene
my would only let them get at thenn It
was the duty of every man to perform
| his part. Men and money would be re
quired to achieve a final victory.
Special to tlie Savannah Republican.
Richmond, July 24. —Our troops again
: occupy Fairfax Court House and our
scouts have been to Alexandria. Our
men passed in and out without molesta
tion. Had the pursuit been continued,
our troops would have gone through
: Washington to Baltimore.
We captured another gun yesterday, in
1 the vicinity of Springfield, making in all
sixty guns.
Several hundred handcuffs, intended
for our boys, were also captured.
Colonels Hampton and Smith are doing
well. The wounded are well cared for,
having been sent to the towns in the
vicinity. j
Our loss in the late battle is about 300 j
killed and 1200 wounded.
Capt. Conner, of the Washington Light j
Infantry, of Charleston, had 32 killed 1
and wounded.
Hampton's Legion, of South Carolina, j
had 20 killed and 90 wounded.
Confederate flags are fiyiug in large !
numbers over Fairfax Court House.
Stevens, Cashier es the Planters’ and !
Mechanics’ Bank of Charleston, received
a slight flesh wound.
The bodies of Gen. Bee, and Colonels
Bartow and Johnston are lying in State
at the Capital.
Capt. Conner is unhurt. Ho led the
remnant of the three Regiments in the
pursuit toward Centreville.
From Western Yirgina.
From the Richmond Examiner.
The strength of Gen. Garnett’s com
mand in North Western Virginia was, in ;
round numbers, 4,600 infantry, 10 pieces
of artillery, and four companies of naval- j
ry. These numbers ore from the.official
return at the end of June, and represents
the total present including, rick, dc.
Os this number, 1.600 iufantry, four
pieces ot artillery and one company of
cavalry, were under Lieut Col. Pegram,
at-Rich Mountain. 3,000 infantry, six
pieces of artillery, aud 3 companies of
cavalry were at Laurel Hill, under the
. immediate command of Gen. Garnett.
To have a correct understanding of the
j differtnt positions, it is necessary to
; have a diagram of the roads, towns, Ac.
The distance from Huttonsville to Bever
ly is 12 miles; from Beverly to Ricli
Mountain 7 miles; from Beverl.v to Lau
rel Hill 15 miles; from Rich Mountain
I to Bucklmnron 20 miles ; from Laurel
| Hill to Philippi 15 miles ; and from Lau
-1 rel Hill to Burlington 12 miles.
The position at Beverly is not capable
jof a good defense. It cm be turned ea
sily. Rich Mountain was considered a
remarkably strong pocitioo, and even
now with a reasonable force, could be
defended against twice the number ne
cessary for its defeuse. Laurel Hill,
though not so strong as Rich Mountain,
is a position.
Gen. Gartiftit expected re inf. rcements;
3,000 men were on the i-oid, but bad not
reached him wlu-n the attack on Rich
Mountain was made.
On the sth of July the enemy took a
position at Burlington in from of Laurel
Hill, and a day or ’w ■> aft .-r wards, a !
large force apjyaie-; in !> n f <>f Rich I
Mount-i n in* nnn nnti ; the 10th i
of J lily • mi-diing -f’ the two pieces j
was c-.ntiitHMpy going or, with consider
able sucre s on our put. we having lost
at Laurel Hid but one min killed and
one taken prisouer, and three wounded,
while the enemy had lost as many as 25
Ou the evening of the ’t)th, one of cor
pickets took a pi .ot*;.. ,vbo stated that
Gen. Harris w is in front • i’ us with seven
regiments iw.-t six pieces of artillery.—
! Putting the regiments at 800 each, this |
would give 5,000 infantry, besides artil- j
; lery and cavalry.
| On the morning of the 11th inst , Gen.
1 Garnett received a note from Col Pegram,
: at Rich Mountain, saying that his pick- j
j ets hc.d that morning taken a prisoner,
! who stated that there were in front of
Rich Mountain 9 Regiments, or 7,000
men, and a number cf pieces of artillery,
since ascertained to be considerably more*
than 12; that Gen. McClellan had arrived
in camp the evening before, ami had giv
| eu orders for an attack for the next day ;
i that General Rosencrantz had started the
! night before with a division of the army,
3,000 strong, by a circuitous route, to
take him in rear, while McClellan was to
attack in front; that he hud moved a
i piece of artillery and 300 men to the
| point by which Gen. R. was expected,
i aud that he had requested Col. Scott,
■ with his Regiment, to occupy a position
1 on the path by which Gen. R. must come.
! As soon as Gen. Garnett received this
j uote, he sent a written order to Col Scott
I to move to the point indicated by Col.
; Pegram, and to defend it at all hazards;
| that if he was. forced back, he was to block
the road between Rich Mountain and
i Beverly, and dispute every inch of it.
About half past five, p m., on the 15th,
! a messenger came from Col. Pegram’s
| camp, who stated that Pegram had been
I attacked in his position by Gen. Rostn
: crantz, and after about three hours’ fight,
’ Col Pegram had been killed ; also, Capt.
| DoLagnier. who commanded the artil
lery; and the little band of 300 men,
j after losing about one-fifth cf their num
j ber, was dispersed in the woods. This ;
| statement, with the exception of the 1
; death of Colonel Pegram and Capt. De
| Lagnier, proved to be correct. Captain
I De Lagnier was severely wounded, but
his body has not been found, nor is be a
j prisoner. Colo.nel Pegram’s horse being
! wounded, became entirely unmanageable,
and, to save himself from being taken I
prisouer, he threw himself from his horse
and was much bruised; this gave rise to i
the rumor of his death. On finding bow j
matters were going, Colonel Pegram, !
finding himself with 3,000 men under
I Rosencrantz in his rear, and 5,000 in
front, endeavoured to escape with the
remainder of his command; one part of
it, under Major Tyler, succeeded in es
caping ; the other, about 500 in number,
under Col. Pegram, were compelled to
surrender when it was found that Gen.
Garnett had evacuated Laurel Hill.
As soon as Geueral Garnett heard of
the result of the engagement at Rich
Mountain, he determined to evacuate
Laurel Hill, as soon as night set in, and
retire to Huttonsville via Beverly’. Af
i ter leaving Laurel Hill, information was
brought to General Garnett that Colonel
Scott, with his Regiment, had retreated
beyond Beverly towards Huttonsville,
without having blocked the road between
llich Mountain and Beverly. lie imrae
diately sent forward a party of mounted
men to perform this work. On arriving
! within four miles of Beverly, he found
that Ins orders had been misunderstood,
and that the road was blocked from Bev
I erly towards Laurel Hill, and that orders
had been sent to Colo Del Scott to block
; the road between Beverly aud Huttons
| ville. The choice then had to be made
j between retreating by the St. George
road and a mountain road into Hardy
county, and thence to Monterey, or re
treating by Beverly, cutting out the
blocking as he went. General Garnett
determined that it was safer to try the
former course than to cut out the road in
front of him and attempt to pass by Bev
; erly, only seven miles from General Me
i Clelian. On the second uay of the re
; treat, soon after leaving camp ou a branch
of the Cheat, the pursuing enemy came
up with and attacked our rear guard,
consisting of two Regiments and three
pieces of artillery. The skirmishing
| lasted from 7j a. m. till about 11 p. m.
Four companies o.f the Georgia Regiment
i were cut off, but made their way across
] the mountain and joined the command in
: Hardy county. The captain in command
\ states that, after finding the enemy were
I between him and the rear guard, he re
turned towards the mountains; that on
his way he made prisoners of some Penn
; sylvania troops, who told him that the j
, loss of the enemy exceeded 300 durirg !
i the day. The Captain and his command j
I having to keep concealed, he says that he !
saw the enemy burying their dead nearly
all next day.
Gen. Garnett was killed about half
! past one p. m., and by a’most the last vol- |
ley that was fired. Our loss consisted of
one hundred missing, many of whom will
make their way across the mouata : n, !
about 20 killed and wounded, a number of
baggage wagons used to block the road to ■
prevent the advance of the artillery of the
; enemy, and odb piece of artillery, which ]
was abandoned in the retreat, the tongue
having been broken by the killing of some
of the horses. The piece was spiked. (
The command is now at Montery, has
formed a junction with Gen. Jackson, j
and will soon (in a day or so) be ready
for the field again. Our line of retreat j
passed within seven miles of West Union, ‘
where there was a force of the eDemy,
and at Oakland another force. It was
1 confidently expected that we would be
! attacked there.
Pegram’s loss at Rich Mountain was
about 40 killed and GOO prisoners.
American Laconism.
Gen. Beauregard possesses some pro
perty in or near Memphis, and one of the
1 lawyers there is his accredited agent.—
The agent wrote to the General during
the seige of Sumter, asking if he should
pay his taxes, and giving all the reasons
for and against. Beauregard’s answer
dated the very day that Sumter was tak
en, was as follows :
Sir—Yours received—contents noted—
pay my taxes.
The Montgomery Post says the young
man who recently deserted from 11. Pick
ens, was in that city Tuesday, and attract
ed very general attention. He joined Col.
Fry’s Regime*) 4 * and is now en route for j
Virginia.
From the Richmond Examiner, of Tuesday, i
THE GREA.T BATTLE.
The particulars of tin- great battle, fought on
Sunday, are yet indefinitely known. The di.
: patch sent by llio President of the Southern
• Confederacy to Congress is triumphant in tone,
and indicates a splendid success; but it con
! tains few details, aud doe-, not state the extent
of the pur suit-made by our troops after a thing i
foe. He says that one portion of the enemy !
retreated towards Leesburg, the other towards j
Centreville; and that our men pressed after
them, but, as Centreville is but four miles from
Stonehridge and Butt Run. near which the main
battle took place, it does not appear that tire
President was-informed yesterday morning of
; the result or length of the pursuit.
Centreville is the strategic point, and the only
j one, between Stonehridge and Fairfax. The
j neighboring country is plain; Centreville is an
| eminence, and some fortifications had been
I erected there by our own troops, while in their
i possession, which have doubtless been
| strengthened by the enemy since they have
i occupied it.
The main battle, was fought near the Stone
j bridge over Bull Creek. Our army, like that of
I the enemy, was seriously engaged only on the
I left. The forces of the centre and the right
skirmished heavily, bnt did not close. The
I enemy made their “attack on the left. General
Johnston commanded there only fifteen thou
sand men: the enemy brought thirty-five thou
sand upon him. It is obvious, that their plan
was to force the left and then attack the centre
and the right from the flank. Their troops
; elsewhere waited for this event, which never
i transpired. Thus only one-third of our army
j was engaged in the battle, and under desperate
odds. Well did they meet them. Neither ar
j tiilery, nor the bayonet, nor charge on charge.
was ol anv avail against the steady valor of that
! army which had manoeuvred so long between
Winchester and the Potomac. At tlie close of
the day the assailant was exhausted and disor
dered; an advance of our lines converted their
vacillation into a precipitate flight. The official
statement declares that the country around is
strewn with their arms, their dead .and their
wounded; that many State flags and one stand
ard of the United States are in our possession.
It does not estimate the numerical loss of the
enemy nor our own. Our information on this
point, which we have good reason to think is
correct, is this: We have 400 men killed and
1200 wounded—a total of 1000. We have taken
t!4 cannon from the enemy, in winch is included
the whole of Sherman's Battery and one Parrot
gun of uncommonly heavy calibre. But we are
unable to present an estimate ol‘the enemy’s
loss with, the same confidence. It is certain
that it was very great—four or five times that
of our own army, as it must necessarily have
been, when they fell under the double disad
vantage of being at once the attacking and the
routed column.
All accounts agree that the burden of the day
fell on the corps of General Johnston, whose
strategy in the Northwest lias occupied so
much attention in the last few weeks. That
able General lost ground in popular estimation
i by his continual avoidance of a general'action
i with Patterson. The event proves the wisdom
j of his conduct. He kept Patterson at bay by
! his manoeuvres; had he engaged, his force
would have been weakened even by a victory,
and perhaps disabled for this more serious
| occasion. Had he boon defeated, bis men
: would have left on the field the weapons which
• we could not replace, and the battle of Sunday
would have only been another retreat of the
| South. At the end, his position was in many
| respects similar to that of Marshal Grouchy,
j near Waterloo. Both were left to check an
| army which equally disappeared from their
! front at a given moment. Grouchy remained
j in hesitancy whether to follow it or stay where
! he was, while all the horizon was red with a
) lurid light, and the ground quaked under the
i distant cannon—the cannon of Waterloo! So
i did not our Virginia General. When Patterson
j disappeared his resolution was taken,
l-'or strength with strength doth sympathize.
i He went straight to the field where the mortal
j struggle was about to be, and there won a name
I lor history.
The battle of Sunday was the huge Duel be
tween the North and the South. On that field
the former nation had at last the occasion to
make good that menace, so often repeated,
that eighteen millions would 1 ways whip eight
millions. Thirty-five thousand of their best
troops were then routed by fifteen thousand
tired Southern soldiers; and the question of
In iative manhood is forever set at rest. But
!lie battle of Sunday does not decide the war.
It presages a dire struggle soon to come. The j
telegraph by New Orleans will tell Scott that i
j Jefferson Davis commanded the Southern
! battle. Against him he is inflamed with a well
j known personal hatred. He will be stung by
the murmurs of the North and the gloom of
Washington. Os the army just engaged lie has
still two-thirds or 60,000 unhurt. The telegraph
will soon bring up his reserves from Cincinnati
and other places. He can control an army of
100,000 men; and with it, in a few days, he will
make a great effort to retrieve his disgrace.
His genius is unquestionable, his resources
formidable, and every nerve should now be
strained to send on all our available reinforce
ments to the scene of action.
Special to the Charleston Mercury.
Richmond, July 24.—The following is ;
the account of the action on Sunday, at
Stone Bridge, got from au officer of Gen. i
Bonham’s staff:
Bonham's Brigade whs in the centre at
; Mitchell’s Ford. This brigade was com
| posed of Ker.-haw’s, Williams’, Cash's
‘ and Bacon’s regiments of South Cardin
| ions, Col. Keller’s Louisiana regiment,
j and Col. Kirkland’s North Carolina regi
ment.
On the leftt of Bonham was General
Cocke, at Stone Bridge. This was where
the fight began. After the battle h;d
been raging for s r me time, at Stone
Bridge, Gen. Beauregard ordered up two
regiments from Bonham’s Brigade to
assist in repelling the enemy.
Geu. McGowan b >re Gen. Bonham’s
| order for hi3 troops to advance. Ker
| shaw’s and Cash’s regiments, with Kern-
I per’s Battery, were sent forward. This
was at the crisis cf the battle—probably
! about two o’clock. As these troops passed
on, they were joined by Col. Preston’s
i regiment of Virginians of Cocke’s Bri
! gade. They made a dashing charge on
I the enemy over everything In this
onslaught, being comparatively fresh,
these troops pursued the enemy upon the
| hills. They kept close upon the heels
j of the flying foe down the road, almost
j along the whole distance to Centreville,
! and, in this pursuit, in conjunction with
■ Radford’s Cavalry, of Virginia, they
! captured 21 pieces of field artillery.
| About sunset the other regiments of
| Bonham’s Brigade started, also, in pur
j suit of the flying foe, by the Mitchell’s
Ford road towards Centreville, and took
many prisoners and some cannon.
The remains of Gen. Barnard E. Bee
I leave here to morrow for Charleston,
j The name of this officer deserves a place
jin the highest niche of fame. lie dis-
I played a gallantry that scarcely has a par
allel iu history. The brunt of the morn
ing’s battle was sustained by his command
until past two o'clock. Overwhelmed by
superior numbers, and compelled to yield
before a fire that swept everything before
j it, Gen. Bee rode up and down his lines,
| encouraging his troops, by everything
; that was dear to them, to stand up and
j repel the tide which threatened them
i with destruction. At last his own bri
| gade dwindled to a mere handful, with
j every field officer killed or disabled. He
| rode up to General Jackson and said:
“General, they are beating us back.”
The reply was: “Sir, we’il give them
the bayonet,”
Gen. Bee immediately rallied tberem-
I nant of bis brigade, and his last words
j to them were: “There is Jackson stand- 1
j ing like a stone wall. Let us determine -
{to die here and we vH! conquer. Follow
i me I”
i Ilis men obeyed the call; and, at the j
j head of Ins column, the very moment
when the battle was turning in our fa
vor, he fell, mortally wounded. Gen.
Beauregard was heard to say he had
never seen such gallantry. lie never j
murmured at his suffering, but seemed to j
be consoled Ly the reflection that he was j
doiDg hi= dqty.
I . An Incident in Baltimore.
i
The Baltimore correspondent of the
1 Richmond Examiner relates the follow
i ing : •
An incident that happened in the
i streets here the other day both amused
i and instructed me. As one of the North
! ern Regiments passed through the streets,
a young girl had fixed in the upper wiu
i dow of a house on their route a Confede
rate flag of her own mauu r acture. The
officer in command, 6tung with patiiotic
jealousy by the sight, and emulating the
example of Ellsworth, the hero, hurried
to the house to snatch down and bear
away the trophy. He was met at the
door by the heroic girl. He commanded
her to take down the flag, when she cool
ly and confidently refused to do so. He
attempted to pass her, when the girl
j confronted him, and in a steady tone,
! warned him not to pass the thresbhold,
! that “she was armed.” The heroic ad
| venturer, thu9 brought to a halt, gazed
for a minute in baffled surprise at the
i slight and beautiful defender of the flag
of the South, and suddenly turned on
i his heel, growling the excuse that, “if
( she was not so d—d good looking he would
take the flag down anyhow .” That girl
might be a Charlotte Corday in certain
circumstances.
The ladies of Richmond are making
extraordinary efforts for the comfort of
the wounded.
The New# In Sat a nnali- An 1,,, ~
rtenf. .
The Savannah Republican, speakinc
il t lie great battle at Mai as u,
day, says:
Our city yesterday was ag. nizej i t
conflicting emotions—joy for the triunq ;
of <>ur arm-, amt anguish for the terrible
j coot of the victory. The tall of n( bi ? ’
I chivalrous Bai tow untried a pan., of . o,
; row to every heart, while Dumeroti
households were plunged in sorrow for
| dear departed ones, or agonized wnh
i suspense and fe>r iv-t they too bai 1 0 !
a son or brother. But a part of the bat
tle field has heeu exposed to view as w
j write, and cvcd that little bring- rnonn,
j ing to a thmu-and hearts
A doting father, as he rode in n~,
| the country yesterday, was met |>y j
! messenger, who reported K< him the si;
j news of the death of a favorite son--
j “How and where did Ijc die?” was the
. impulsive interrogatory “Under Bear
j regard, at Manassas, fighting against
1 odds of two to one,” was the rep!\
i “And how went the day?” was
I diately ejaculated. “The enemy were
i beaten and put to flight,” was the re
i sponse. “Thntik God !” said the father
i “then lam satisfied 1 give up ray boy
This touching incident we commend to
! every heart that has been bereaved in
! this terrible but righteous war. Let
j them take the example of this patriotic
i father to hep-t. They love tbe'r son*
; and brother no more than he- and while
j humanity must feel, the promptings of
; natural affection must be obeyed, let
! them banish all excess of grief in the
j cheering reflection that their beloved
i ones have nobly perished in defence of
i their country, of truth, of justice, and of
i right. They are precious offerings and
j Heaven will pour out the incense of its
| blessings upon the altar whereon (h
----are laid.
The Fntlrii Star.
It whs in the month of July, 1814, that
the famous battle of Lundy’s Lane was
! fought. There Gen. Winfield Scott wt>n
j his first laurels. There his star rose in
I the ascendant, and iu the ascendant it
j has remained until the mon'h of July,
j 1861. For nearly half a century he has
j been the military head of the country,
and any campaign or movement planned
by him was deemed morally certain of
being successful. But the prestige of
success is now broken, liis star went
| clown in blood at Manassas, on the night
lof July 21st, never to rise again. It rose
iu July, on the batte-field, when he ami
those with him were fighting a foreign
foe. It has set in July, on the battle
field, while his men were fighting the
| soldiers of his native land. It was fitting
that Virginia, which gave him birth,
should be the scene of his disgrace and
downfall, and that the same day of the
week—Sunday—the same month in the
year, and nearly the anniversary, of the
day when he achieved his greatest suc
cess, should also be the day and month
when the sceptre should depart from him.
There seems to be in all these things the
workings of retributive justice.—Mont
gomery Advertiser.
I More Troubles In Mexico—Tire Cap
ital under Martial Law.
Advices from Mexico to the 2d inst. in
dicate that affairs in that country are in
anything but a settled condition. The re
actionary forces were hard at work and
had even gone so far as to, threaten the
capital. The Government forces, under
Gen. Valle, had suffered a defeat at the
hands of Galvez. Valle marched upon
the capital on the road to Toluca, at the
head cf a thousand men, and was rein
forced by five hundred more, when he
| was met by a considerable reactionary
j force, surrounded and captured. Valle
j was taken prisoner, and subsequently
shot. A conspiracy had also been discov
: ered in the city, which had for its object,
• the assassination of various high person
i ages. Marquee, in the interest of Zoula
| ga, was at the head of about 4,700 men,
, aud the latter, it wa* said, fully expected
f to enter the capital with very little opposi
tion. Marquez had, however, attempted
an entrance, and had suffered a repulse
i by the Government artillerist, aud been
forced to retreat to Cuauticlan. Con
i gress subsequently declared the city under
martial law.
Mr. Crittenden.
j If our despatch be Due—and we fear it
’ is—Mr. Crittenden has optnl3’ taken
sides with Lincoln and his confederates.,
I by introducing a set of resolutions de
claring the South responsible for the
civil war that has come upon the country.
Poor old man ! Age has dimmed the fire
I of his noble mind, and a fanatical love of
l the Union, extending to the name and
| shadow when all its substance and spirit
have departed, has rendered him uofit to
cope with the vast responsibilities and
; fiery elements of the time. He belongs
1 to another and a pa9t age, and far better
would it have been for him had ho per
sisted in his refusal to accept a trust m
his declining years for which he is totally
unfit. We have no severe criticism for
his course, preferring, for the sake of
the glorious memories of his better days,
to allow him to pass gently down the
stream of time, and meet his reward
the hands of history,
Farewell, once great and glorious,
now feeble and demented John J. Cris-
I tenden, of Kentucky! —Savannah Repit,.
i lican.
j Special Dispatch to Savannah Morning New*.
Gen. Bartow’s Remain-,,
■ Charleston, July2o.—The remains of
; the late Gen. Barnard E. Bee, Gen. Fran
cis S. Bartow, and Col. JohnsoD, have ar
rived in this city. They were received
by an escort from three mounted compa
nies.
Gen. Bartow’s remains will leave iu a
jsp -cial train this afternoon at three
| o’clock, in charge of deputations from
| the Washington Light Infantry, the Char
leston Riflemen, and others.
The scene of the reception in this city
| was solemn and imposing. The City Hall
and the public building were draped in
, mourning, the military companies were
out in strong numbers, and the whole
: community seemed to feel the solemnity
j of the occasion.
[The special train will probably ar-
I rive here between 8 and 9 o’clock this
! evening.—Fr*. News.)
Gog and Magog.
\\ e have received from Waco, Texas,
a sermon by Rev. U. C. Spencer, upon the
present crisis, in which he attempts to
show that the prophecies of Ezekiel con
cerning Gog and Magog, relate to tie
struggle of the Confederate States and
United States, now going on. Gog means
I roof, and Magog a roof that dissolves; hence
! Magog refers to a dissolved Union. Mr.
i Spencer may be entirely correct in bis
| theory, but hi3 interpretations appear to
us somewhat fanciful. We are gratified
; to know, however, that Mr. Spencers in
! terpretation, of the prophet makes ths
j Confederates triumphant.—JY. 0. Bullc
j tin.
v
A Daring Outrage.
The Editor of the Albany Patriot states
! that several attempts of a burguluus
j character have been made recently in
; that city. Someone “on burglary in
tent'’ paid him a visit the other night,
but failed to accomplish his purpose. R
is certainly a dariDg outrage to attempt
to rob an Editor during these times. It
is risking a great deal to “teal a dime or
two.
Throwing Away ihetr Guns.
We learn from the Cincinnati Enquires
j that the Eleventh Ohio Regiment, Co"i.
1 rizzle, that left Camp Dennison Sunday
| for \irginia, commenced throwing away
their arms soon after they got on the rail
way, and before reaching Morrow, all had
been distributed along the road.
Short and to the Poi.*.
Beauregard after the first battle of Ma
; nassas, sent the following characteristic
| telegram to his wife at New Orleans:
Manassas, July IS. —The enemy has
been repulsed—l arm well.
G. T. Beavbkciakd,