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| Cap(. Hardaway* Command Safe.
A piiva'e dispatch received in thi3
w ,si v Tuesday Irani Lieut Hurt, of Capt.
llt A Hardaway’s company, says they
B were not in the battle of Manassas. He
■ says the company were all well.
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Col. I-\ W. Millard
The friends of this gentleman will be
|pleased to learn ibat he has been ap
pointed Assistant Quartermaster, with
the rank of Captain, in the Confederate
grates army.
■
CR|it. .1. .1. Slade
. By a dispatch to his father. Rev T. B.
glide, we are glad to learn that Capt. J.
J Slade has succeded in re organizing
his Company,, disbanded by the treachery
||of an enemy, an I will leave for the seat
of war in about two weeks.
Military.
? The Srmmes Guard, Capt. Shepherd,
composed of 101 men, rank and file, left
yesterday afternoon by the Opelika train,
for Richmond, at which place they will
await the arrival of the Regiment from
Brunswick, lo which they’ are to bo at
Inched.
| Sergeant ('. B. Mims, with 14 recruits
for Capt. John A. Jones’ company, now
at Manassas, left on the .Macon train
yesterday evening.
Sergeant Walker, also left on the same
train with If! recruits for Capt Bradford’s
company, now at Richmond,
i All went off in high glee, eager to meet
the Hessian hosts. —Sun of Wednetday.
Citizen*’ Meeting
|j A large number of our citizeus met at
Temperance Hall last night, for the pur
pose of organizing a Vigilance Committee.
Judge McKeadree was requested to act as
Chairman, and 15. A. Thornton request
ed to as Secretary.
- On motion the following named gentle
men were appointed as a Vigilance Com
mittee :
Judge A. Iverson, Judge J. .1. MoKen
droo, Wiley Williams, Dr. J E. Bacon,
Dr. J. F. Bozeman, Joseph Kyle, A. II
Cooper, J. W. King, R. L Bass, L. S.
Wright, John I). Stewart, Wrn. Perry, J.
Ennis, Edward Croft. Jas. M. Hughes
Hatch Cook, Jas. K. Redd, T. T. Smith,
S E. Lawhon, and B. A. Thornton.—
Sun of Wednesday.
Tile Semmea Uunrdt
This fine compauy left Atlanta on
Thursday evening via Knoxville, for
Richmond, Va , with ninety members—
officers and men. They met with many
kind favors along the route, and would
especially express their grateful acknowl
edgments for the most excellent supper
furnished at Opelika by Mr. Nat Sledge
—he is as good a patriot as lie is a hotel
keeper, and that is saying much.
James M. Russell, Esq., is the general
agent to transact all business, and will
proeuro uniforms and transportation free
of expense, on application at his law
office, to fifteen or twenty more recruits, j
ROLL OF THE SEMME3 GUARD.
CAPTAIX: STEWART CO.
William S. Shepherd. W J Salter,
lieutenants: Jas P Redding,
R N Howard. Ist, H H Ilill,
Charles R Russell, 2d, John R Cowan.
Wm Redd, Jr., bvt. 2d. russell co.. ai.a.
ensicn: -W D Moore,
J J Jones. J R Kennedv.
privates—muscooee co. M L Gilbert, ’
J A Weems, W It Nelms,
J I) Bethune, R M Nelms,
W A Barker, T L Bagley,
W Lynch, Henry C Reid,
J B Hopkins, F N Tucker,
O E Ligon, Jacob A. Albright,
David Lyons, Freeman Williamson,
G W Ainchbacker, T Y Kilcrease,
H Oliver, SG Pitts,
Bolin A Russell. J T Fitts*
P G Russell, J M Brown,
J Greenwood, J A McGehee,
L Green. W B Henry,
stewart county. D J Murrell.
J T Hill, T M Brown. .
R 8 L Shackleford, X B Drake,
C J Evans, John Gilbert,
RG Hill. W D Lewis,
W J Morris, C Kendrick,
J W Dismukos, • Henry Adams.
J W Davidson, chattahoociiee co i
F B Foster, J G Renfroe,
S D Fitzgerald, J W B Patterson.
John A iones, S J Patterson,
J M Averett, Peter T Bugg,
Thomas Wanrbell, James Newnuin.
W R Mallory, harbour jo., ala.
J Milton, 0 C Cureton,
GW Arnold, W A Barbour, .
E. G Spear, J A Averett,
Monger Corbett, T A Cowls. •
J P Horton, • Harris co.
H P Flowers, Janies D. Kiev.
M A Baker, dale co.,’ ala.
\Vm M Averett. James M McCarty.
Jno L Burke, talbot co.
A P Hadon, T J Burberry,
William Rober, S M Durberry,
J Dllosely, J Short.
M Gresham. J X Short,
S J Smith, J M Flanigan,
J W Ostun, Thomas llali.
Non commissioned officers will bo elec
ted in Richmond.
flag Presentation.
On Wednesday last the ceremonies of
presentation, by the ladies of Russell
county, of a flag to Capt. Cautey's com
pany of Volunteers —attached to tba 11th
Alabama, Regiment—took place at Fort
Mitchell, the present rendezvous of the
regiment. The flag was presented by
Miss Mary F. Auercrombie,, daughter
of Geu. Audersou Abercrombie, on behalf
of £ho ladies, in the following chaste
address. The flag was received and the
address responded to by Lieut. Nuckolls.
Cjtibess and Soldiers :
Our beloved country is involved in a
sanguinary war, and our brave and noble
soldiers are rushing freely and fearlessly
to the conflict, determined to drive back
the invader from our soil
The heavy tread of the mercenary sol
di’rs. and roar of the hostile cannon, has 1
been heard in Virginia’s mountains and i
along her plains, but their vanity and au
dacity have been signally rebuked by our
chivalrous Beauregard
You have been called by your country
to the field of conflict, to defend her lib
erties You are about to obey her voice.
Take this banner with you, and bear it
aloft in every conflict iu which you may
be engaged. Never allow it ignominious
ly to trail in the dust. Defend it with
your brave hearts and strong arms, and
when you have achieved your country’s
Freedom, return and receive the plaudits
due to the brave and the true.
Remember the Spartan Mother's in
structions to her son—“ Return either
with your shield or upon it.”
Six of Capt. Weems’ Russell Volun
teers taken prisoners.
We have been kindly shown a dispatch
from Capt. W. 11. Weems, of the Russell
Volhnteers at Manassas, addressed to Col.
Asa Bates of this city, and dated, July
26th, which says “Bates, Tool, Perkins,
Howard, George Prince, and A. G. Smith
are prisnera in Washington. Thev were
taken while on picket guard the day be
fore the battle of Manassas. ’’
K fleets of the Presence of British
Fleet in the Gulf.
A letter from Fort Pickens to the New
York Times says that the British fleet
bate engaged all the coal that can be ob
tained in Cuba; which the writer takes !
as very unkind, as it will render the Yan
kee ships of little value in the Gulf, and
pot an end to the blockade until coal can
be obtained elsewhere. The writer also
says that the arrival of the English fleet
will withdraw most cf the Yankee ships
ftvm Fort Pickens—their presence being
accessary all along the coast.
KlrtrtUli Itlnbnma Regiment.
The election of officers of the 11th
Alabama Regiment, now encamped at
Fort Mitchell, was completed Tuesday,
by the election of J. F. Treutlen, Lieut.
Colonel, and .J. YV. 1,. Daniel, Major.
The ‘lection of officers gives very
general t atisfactiou. doiy are men of
sterling worth and of some military exp.e
rienee
The original deign was for an indepen
dent Regiment, Capt. Cantey having been
recommended for Colonel, and Edgar G.
DawsoD. E*q., for Major. Whilst it was
organizing under these officers, Governor
Moore waa called on by Dresden! Davis
for 5,000 additional troops, and insisted
upon the Regiment being tendered to
President Davis ihrougb him, stating
; that in tbc event of their failure to com
ply, that he should be compelled to issue
an order for a return of the arms obtained
by it from the State. Seeing the dilemma
into which the continuance as an Inde
pendent Regiment would place them,
they yielded to the call of the Governor. ;
and take their place as the 11th Alabama
; Regiment. The old officers immediately
! resigned, and in the new election, Mr.
i Dawson declined an election.
YYc understand a large number of the
arms for the Independent Regiment, were
purchased by Mr. Dawson, who has been :
r
very active in getting it up.
We learn that the Regiment will leave *
for Virginia the last of the present or ;
I early next week.
Vt. \v Companies Orgauixl ng
! By advertisement in another place, it ;
will be seen that oar patriotic Mayor, ‘
j Captain D. B. Thompson, aided by a fine 1
; staff'of officers, proposes to raiseacompa
ny of Volunteers for the YVar, to rendez
vous at Atlanta by the Gth of August
next. We trust Captain Thompson will
have large nd rapid accessions te his
muster roll, und if he is as good in fight- 1
ing as he is in talking, which we believe, j
his men will find an honorable place in j
the picture.
The Columbus Volunteers at a recent
meeting, by a large vote, declared them
selves in for the war. Twenty five names
were promptly enrolled, and others, who
were members, were loth to keep back
their names and would not have done so
but for the claims of those dependent on
them. The Volunteers are commanded
by Capt. Foster S. Chapman, who has 1
shown his ability in civil dress parade,
and will doubtless put bis men through,
all right, when called on to face the ene- j
ray’s fire.
These two with the Cadets, Captain
Forrester, offer a rare opportunity for
volunteers. The officers of all are good
and gallant men and will do honor and
credij to their several commands. ,Our
best wishes attend each of them.
Capt. Hardaway’s company of Inde
pendent Light Infantry, now at Manas- i
sas, having been changed to an Artillery !
company, need more men to properly |
man their battery. John W. Brooks will j
receive the names of such recruits as j
wish to join Capt. Hardaway’s command. -
See his notice.
Laying Down tUelr Arms.
The Richmond Euquirer learns from j
an authentic source, that on the sth inst.,
a small detachment of troops from Col.
Churchill's Regiment (one of General
McCulloch’s) on the northern line of
Arkansas, advanced upon a body of the
enemy posted at Neoßho, Missouri. The
detachment was commanded by Captain !
Macintosh, and tho number of the enemy |
was eighty. Macintosh’s men dismount- !
ed, and approached on foot until within j
a short distance of the town, where they
halted and sent in a demand for the sur
render of the Lincoln troops in ten minutes.
The demand was complied with ; every
man laid down his arms. Besides the 80
prisoners, 100 sabred rifles, a quantity ;
of ammunition, and seven wagons loaded j
with provisions, were taken. Gov. Jack- j
son was then in a few hours’ march of
Gen. McCulloch’s headquarters.
♦
To the Public.
Eds. Sun: At a meeting of the two
Vigilance Committees of Perote and
Indian Creek, held on the 20th July for
the especial purpose of considering the
geueral character of 11. 11. Cowdrey,
i relative to his soundness and loyalty to
j tho South, after a patient and impartial
! consideration, it was unanimously decided
that he was not such a character as was
desired among us, and that he be ordered
to leave the Confederate States
Pike county, Ala., July 20, 1801.
Destruction of tile Menagerie.
The Augustata Constitutionalist truly
says, the Federalists delight to speak of
Gen. Scott’s grand army as the anaconda
which is to crush in its folds the great
“rebellion” of the South ; while they dub
i Gen. McClelland's army the “boa con
j strictor” of Western Virginia. In Mis
souri, one of their officers was a Lyon and
another was a Wolf. Os course this grand
show of wild beasts was to have been ex
hibited through the South, but this ar
rangement will not be carried out, as the
menagerie is well nigh destroyed,
i The Wolf has been killed, and the an-
I aconda has Lad its back crushed, whilst
it is uoc unlikely that the roaring Lyon
will soou bo captured, and theboacon
j strictor destroyed.
Special to the Savannah News.
Manassas. July 23—General Bartow's
body leaves here to day for Richmond,
under charge of his brother in law, Lieut
J. McPherson Berrien. His countenance
bears a triumphant expression.
Our wounded exceed one thousand, and
we have taken thirty pieces of artillery.
Beauregard has been made a full Gen
eral by President Davis, who is still here.
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Dispatch from Capt. Wilkins
We have been permitted to publish
the following dispatch from Capt. Wil
kins to his wife :
Richmond, July 24.—We are safe, and
did not surrender as stated, though cut •
off- F. G. WILKINS.
Convention of Banks.
The tollowing resolution was unani- !
mously adopted by the B&nfc Convention
held at Atlanta, Ga, the 3d June last:
Resolved, That when this Convention ad- ‘
journs. it adjourn to meet again on the
‘ 24th July next at Richmond, A a., and do
invite all Banks within the Confederacy
I who have not been represented here to
send delegates to their next meeting.
In accordance with this resolution, the
Convention will meet at Richmond, 4 a.,
on the 24th inst.
JAMES S. GIBBES, Secretary.
Judge Catron.
Judge Catron’s charge to the Grand
Jury was read in the U. S. Court, in St.
Louis, on the lOih inst. It treats the
question of treason at great length, and
fully proved that he remains “loyal to
that Government.
Col. Jones M. Withers, of the 3d Ala
bama Regiment near Norfolk, has been
made a Brigadier General. Col. Lomax
j succeeds him in command of the Regi
ment.
For Tax Collector
The friends of n. M. HAWES announce him
, a* a candidate for Tax Collector of Russell
> county, at the ensuing election in August next.
! THE GREAT BATTLE.
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1 On the Field — Generals Johnston and Beauregard— j
Location of Bull's Run or Creek—Fifteen thousand ‘
Confederates advance to meet a compact column of !
i fifty thousand F deralists —The battle J idly opens |
in the vicinity of Stone Bridge—The Federalists I
attempt to turn our left flank—lmportant orders i
from Gen. Beauregard mi-scar rod—Fha ungo.rd
dashes into the thickest of the fight and the many j
retreat—Capture of arms, prisoners, dx.—Colonel
Bartow's last words, dx. <&.
cor.EE'irosDExet or ihe daily bin.
Army or the Potoma< , t
Manassas, July 22. j
Vesterday, the 21st day of July, 1861,
a great hattle was fought and a great
victory won. by the Confederate troop-,
i Heaven smile 1 upon our arms, and the
I God of battles crowned onr banners with
the laurel of glory. Let every patriotic j
heart give thanks to the Lord of Hosts
! for the victory He has given His people,
on His own holy day, the blessed Sab. j
bath. ;
Gen Johnston had arrived the prec.-
i ding day with about half of the force he
I bad detailed from Winchester, and was
the senior officer in command. He mag
nanimously insisted however, that Gen.
Beauregard’s previous plaDs should be
! carried out, and he wasguided entirely by
the judgment and superior local knowl
| edge of the latter. While, therefore,
; Gen. Johnston, was nominally in com
mand, Beauregard was really the officer
and hero of the day. You will be glad
■ to learn that he was thi3 day advanced
from a brigadic-r to the rank of a full
general. But to the battle.
At half past six in the morning, the
enemy opened fire from a battery planted
| on a hill beyond Bull’s Run, and nearly
! opposite the centre of our lines. The
j battery was intended merely to “beat the
j bush,” and to occupy our attention while
he moved a heavy column towards the
Stone Bridge, over the same creek, upon j
our left. At 10 o’clock, another battery ,
was pushed forward and opened fire a
short distance to the left of the other and :
, near the road leading north to Centre- j
ville. This a battery of rifled guns, j
i and the object of its fire was the same
as that of the other. They fired promis
! cuously into the woods and gorges on
this, the southern, side of Bull’s Run,
seeking to create the impression thereby
that our centre would be attacked, and,
thus prevent us from sending re-inforce
ments to our left, where the real attack
was to be made. Beauregard was not
deceived by the manoeuvre.
| It might not be amiss to say, that Bull’s
Run or Creek is north of this place and
runs nearly due east, slightly curving
around the Junction, the nearest part of
which is about 81 miles. The Stone
Bridge is some seven miles distant, in a
northwesterly direction, upon which our
1 left wing rested. Mitchell’s ford is di
i rectly north, and distant 4 miles by the
road leading to Centreville, which is 7
; miles from the Junction. On our right
lis Union Mills, on the same stream,
where the Alexandria and Manassas rail
! road crosses the Run, and dis t ant 4
I miles. Proceeding from Fairfax Court
| House by Centreville to Stone Bridge,
the enemy passed in front of our entire
line, but at a distance varying from 5 to
2 miles.
At nine, I reached an eminence nearly
opposite tho two batteries mentioned
above, and which commanded a full view
of the country for miles around except
on the right. From this point I could
trace the movements of the approaching
hosts by the columns of dust that rose
high above the surrounding hills. Our
left, under Brigadier Generals Evans,
Jackson and Cocke, and Gen. Bartow
with the Georgia Brigade, composed of
the Seventh and Eighth Regiments, had
been put in motion, and was advancing
upon the enemy with a force of about
15,000, while the enemy himself was
advancing upon our left with a compact
column of at least 50,000. Ilis entire
force on this.side of the Potomac is esti
mated at 75,000. These approaching
columns encountered each other at 11
o’clock.
Meanwhile the two batteries in front
kept up their fire upon the wooded hills
where they supposed our centre lay.
They sent occasional balls from their
rifled cannon to the eminence where your !
correspondent stood. Generals Beaure
gard, Johnston and Bonham reached this
point about 12 o’clock, and one of these
balls passed directly over and very near
them, and plunged into the ground a few
paces from where I stood. I have the
ball now, and hope to be able to show it
to you at some future day. It is an 18
pound ball, and about 6 inches long. By
I the way, this thing of taking notes
amidst a shower of shells and balls is
j more exciting than pleasant. At a quar
j ter past 12, Johnston and Beauregard gal
loped rapidly forward in the direction of
Stone Bridge, where the ball had now
fully opened. Your correspondent fol
lowed their example, and soon reached
a position in front of the battle field.
The artillery were the first to open
fire, precisely at 11 o’clock. By 11 £ j
o’clock, the infantry had engaged, and
there it was that the battle began to rage.
The dusky eolmns which had thus far
mai'ked the approach of the two armies
now mingled with great clouds of smoke j
as it rose from the flashing guns below,
and the two together shot upwards like
a huge pyramid of red and blue. The
shock was tremendous, as were the odds
between the two forces. With what anx- I
ious hearts did we watch that pyramid of
smoke and dust ! When it moved to the
right, we knew the enemy was giving
way ; and when it moved to the left, we
knew that our friends were receding.
Twice the pyramid moved to the right,
and as often returned. At last, about
two o’clock, it began to move slowly to
the left, and thus it continued to move
for two mortal hours. The enemy was
seeking to turn our left flank and to
reach the railroad leading hence in the
direction of Winchester. To do this, he
extended his lines, which he was enabled
■ to do by reason of his great numbers.
This was unfortunate for us, as it re
quired a corresponding extension of our
own lines to prevent his extreme right
j from out flanking us—a movement on our
! part which weakened the force of our re
-1 sistance along the whole line of battle,
which finally extended over a space of
two miles It also rendered it the more
difficult for us to bring up reinforce
ments, os the further the enemy extended
j his right, the greater the distance our
reserve forces had to travel to counteract
the movement.
This effort to turn our flank was
pressed with great determination for five
long and weary hours, during which the
tide of battle ebbed and flowed along the
entire line with alternate fortunes. The
enemy’s column continued to stretch away
to the left, like a huge anaconda, seek
ing to envelope us within its mighty folds
and crush us to death; and at one time
! it really looked as if he would succeed.
But here let me pause to explain why it
was our reinforcements were so late in
1 arriving, and why a certain other impor
tant movement miscarried..
The moment he discovered the enemy’s
order of battle, Gen. Beauregard, it is
said, dispatched orders to Gen. Ewell on
our extreme right, to move forward aud j
turn his left or rear. At the same time
he ordered Gens. Jones, Longstreet and
Bonham, occupying the centre of our j
lines, to co-opcrate in this movement, but
not to move until Gen. Ewell bad made :
the attack. The order to Gen. Ewell
unfortunately miscarried. The others
were delivered, but as the movements of
the ceutre were to be regulated entirely
by those on the right, nothing was done
at all. Had the orders to Gen. Ewell
been received and carried out, and our j
entire force brought upon the field, we
would have destroyed the enemy’s array :
almost literally. Attacked in front, on
the flank and in the rear, he could not |
possibly have escaped, except at the loss
of thousands of prisoners and all his bat
teries, while the field would have bec-n
strewed with his dead
Finding that his orders had in some
! way failed to be executed, Gen. Beaure
. gard at last ordered up a portion of the
! forces which were intended to co-operate j
with Gen. Ewell. It was late however
! before these reinforcements came up.—
| Only one brigade reached the field before
1 the battle was won. This was led by
! Gen. E. K. Smith, of Fla., formerly of
| the E T . S. army, and was a part of Gen.
Johnston’s column from YVinehester.—
’ They should have reached here the day
i before, but were prevented by an acci
: dent on the railroad. They dashed on
the charge with loud shouts and ia the
, most gallant style. About the same time,
! Maj. Elsey (formerly at the Augnsla ar
senal, I may have his title wrong) com- !
; ing down the same railroad from YYin- ,
, Chester with the last of Johnston’s brig
| adcs and hearing the firing, immediately
i quit the train and struck across the coun
j try, and as a gracious fortune would
: have it, he encountered the extreme
| right of the enemy as he was feeling his
! way around our flank, and with his bri
1 gade struck him like a thunderbolt full
iin the face. Finding be was about to be
I outflanked himself, the enemy gave way
after the second fire. Meanwhile Beau
regard rallied the centre and dashed into
the very thickest of the fight, and after
him rushed our brave boys with a shout
that seemed to shake the very earth.—
The result of forward movements from
three distinct points was to force back the
enemy, who began to retreat first in good
order, and finally in much confusion.—
At this point the cavalry were ordered
upon the pursuit. The retreat now be
came a perfect route and it is reported
that the flyiDg legions rushed past Cen
treville in the direction of Fairfax as if
the earth had been opening behind them.
It was when Gen. Beauregard led the
final charge, that his horse was killed by
a shell.
We captured thirty four guns, includ
ing Sherman’s famous battery, a large
number of small arms, thirty wagons ;
loaded with provisions &c., and about
700 prisoners. Among the latter were
Gen. Burnsides, of the Rhode Island bri
gade, Col Corcoran of the New York
Irish Zouaves, Hon. Mr. Ely, member of
Congress from New York, Mr. Ed. Car
rington of this State, a nephew of the
late Wm. C. Preston, who had gone over
to the enemy, and thirty two captains,
lieutenants &c. We came near bagging
the Hon. Mr. Foster, senator from Con
i necticut.
The official reports of the casualties of
the day have not yet come in, and conse
quently it is impossible to say what our
loss is. I can only venture an opinion,
and that is, that we lost in killed, wound
ed < and missing, about 1500—of which
about 400 were killed. The onemy’s loss
was terrible, being at the lowest calcula
; tion 3,000.
Thus far, I have said but little of the
part taken by particular officers and regi
ments, for the reason that I desire first
|to obtain all the facts. Nor have I said
anything of the gallant Seventh and
Eigth Regiments from Georgia. This
part of my duty is most melancholy. It
may be enough to say that they were the
only Georgia regiments hero at the time,
that they were among the earliest in the
field and in the thickest of the fight, and
that their praise is upon the lips of the
whole army, from General Beauregard
down. Col.-Gartrell led the 7th Regi
ment, and Lieut. Col. Gardner the Bth,
tho whole under the command of Col.
Bartow, who led them with a gallantry
that was never exceeded. It was when
the Brigade was ordered to take one of
enemy’s strongest batteries, that it suf
fered most. It was a most desperate un
dertaking, and followed by the bloodiest
results. The battery occupied the top of
a hill on the opposite side of Bull’s Run,
with a small piece of woods on the left.
Descending- the valley along the Run, he
proceeded under cover of the hill to gain
the woods alluded to, and from which
he proposed to make a dash at the bat
tery and capture it. Ou reaching the
; woods, he discovered that the battery
I was supported by a heavy infantry force
1 estimated at 4,000 men. This whole force,
together with the battery, was turned
upon the Eighth Regiment, which was in
the van, with terrific effect. Indeed he
was exposed on the flank and in front to
a fire that the oldest veterans could not
have stood. The balls and shells fiom
the battery, and the bullets from the
small arms, literally riddled the woods.
Trees six inches in diameter and great
limbs were cut off, and the ground strewn
with the wreck. It becamo necessary to
retire the Eighth, iu order to re-form it.
Meanwhile Col. Bartow’s horse had been
shot from under him. It was observed
that the forces with which his movement i
was to be supported, had not come up.
But it was enough that he had been
| ordered to storm the battery; so plac
| ing himself at the head of the 7th
| Regiment, he again led the charge, this
time on foot, and gallantly encouraging
his men as they rushed on. The first
discharge from the enemy’s guns killed
; the regimental color bearer. Bartow
; immediately seized the flag, and again
putting himself in the front, dashed on,
i flag in hand, his voice ringing clear over
; the battle, and saying, “On, my boys !
we will die rather than yield or retreat!”
And on the brave fellows did go, and
faster flew the enemy’s bullets. The fire
was awful. Not less than 4,000 muskets
were pouring their fatal contents upon
; them, while the battery itself was dealing
| death on every side. The gallant Bth,
which had already passed through the
distressing ordeal, again rallied, deter
mined to stand by their chivalric Colonel
to the last. The more furious the fire,
the quicker became the advancing step of
, the two regiments. At last, and just
I when they were nearing the goal of their
hopes, and almost in the arms of victory,
the brave and noble Bartow was shot
down, the lead striking him in the left
breast just above the heart. His men
rallied around him, and finding him mor
tally wounded, and that the forces that
had been ordered to support their charge
. had not yet come up, they gradually fell
; back, bearing him in their arms, and
j disputing every inch of ground. 1 learn
that they would never have retired but
lor the orders which came to them to do
so, and which were given in consequence
j of the non-arrival of the etlppcHiiig force.
It appears that the order to support our
charge, like that to Gen Ewell, misear
, ried—a failure which had nearly cost us
two of tbc best regiments in the army.
! Col Bartow died soon after iic was borne
i from the field. His last words, ns re
peated to me, were. They have killed
me, toy brave boys, but never give up the
ship—we ll whip them yet !“ And so
we did !
The field officers e 4 the Seventh es
. caped except Col. Gartreli, who received
a slight wound. All the superior < 01-
j eers in the Eighth, except Maj. Cooper,
were killed or wounded. Lieut. < 01.
! Gardner had his leg broken by a musket
ball, Adjutant Brauch was killed. Capt.
Howard, of the Mountain Rangers, from ■
Meriwether county, wa a also killed.
But I shall not go into a statement of the
killed and wounded, preferring in so .
delicate and painful a matter to await
the official report, which I bope to get j
to-morrow, when I shall have more to say
about our heroic regiments. 1 will add
just here, that our loss in officers was
very great. Among others may be men- j
tioned General Bee, Lieut. Col. John
son of Hampton's Legion, Col. Thomas of :
Gen. Johnston’s staff, and others. Gen.
Jackson was wounded in ‘lie hand, and .
Col. Wheat, of the N. Orleans Tigers, was
shot through the body. Col Jones, of i
the Fourth Alabama Regiment, it is
feared was mortally wounded.
The regiments that suffered most and
were in the thickest of ihe fight, were
the 7th and Bth Georgia, the -ith Ala
bama, 4th South Carolina and Hamp
ton’s Legion, and 4th Virginia. The
New Orleans Washington Artillery did
great execution.
If we consider the numbers engaged
and the character of the contest, we may i
congratulate ourselves upon having won 1
one of the most brilliant victories that
any race or people ever achieved. It was
the greatest battle ever fought ou this
continent, and will take its place in bi3 I
tory by the side of the most memorable
engagements. It is believed that Gen.
Scott himself was nearly at Centreville,
and that he directed as he hau planned
the whole movement. Gen. McDowell
was the active commander upon the field.
President Davis arrived upon the field
at 5 o’clock just as the enemy had got j
into full retreat. His appearance was j
greeted with . shout after shout, and i
was equivalent to a reinforcement of
5,000 men. He left Richmond at 7in |
the morning.
But “little Beaury” against the world, i
UPSON. i
Correspondence of Charleston Mercury.
Cull Run, Sunday Morning, )
July 21, 10 o’clock. J
On Ike Field of Battle — A Sublime Scene — The Darlc
Columns of the Enemy Advancing — llls Batteries
Open Fire—Our Men at First Lie I'erdu—Gvr
j Hunk Movement—Terrible Firing—The Enemy
Driven Back—Scene of the Conflict. Changed, to
Sbme Bridge—Gallantry of Gen. Evans’ Small
Force—Oar Losses —President Davis on the Field
—How hr. teas Deceived, etc , etc.
It seemed to be conceded that this was
to be the day of trial for which we have
been working for many months past, and,
in common with the immense mass of
men assembled here, I have taken my
position upon Bull Run to share the for
tunes of the contest.
The scene, a moment since, and yet, is
unutterably sublime. Upon the hill,
just one and a third miles off, the enemy
are placing their artillery. We see them
plunging down the Centreville road to
the apex of the erainenceabove Mitchell’s
Ford, and deploying to the right and left.
Dark masses are drifting on with the
power of fate in the road. We see the j
columns moving, and, as they deploy 1
through the forests, we see the cloud of
dust floating over them, to mark their
course. When the dust ceases, we are
sure that they have taken their posilion.
The firing nCw commences from two bat
teries to the right and left of the road.
It is constant, and another has been
opened about a mile lower down. That,
however, has been firing for an hour past.
The guns are served with great rapidity
and precision, and, as we are within
range, and uncertain, therefore, when
they will favor us, there is quite an in
terest in the position. Our own troops
are in the dense forest that lies below us
on Bull’s Run. They are still; not a gun
has yet been fired, and there would seem
to be nothing to indicate their presence.
Os their presence and their readiness the
enemy is advised, however, and is mak
ing all the headway he can. Os the
precise position, however, they are
still unadvised; and in every clump
of trees, and all along the line, they
are plunging shots. So far, however,
none have told. Our own batteries
are in reserve, ready for a spring to any
point that may come to be available.
The hospital is again the object for their
fire; and the battery I mentioned as a
mile below the ford, having heavier guns
than mere field pieces, and one at least
rifled, is now playing upon it.
The object, however, of most intense
interest is a Hue of dust that begins to
rise above the mass of forest lying for
miles away to the light of the enemy.
That it is a moving column is evident,
but whether of our own or the enemy is
the principal question. If ours, we are
taking the enemy in flank. If theirs,
they out-flank us. It moves towards the
enemy, and a courier that joins us re
ports that it is the brigade of Gen. Cocke
On it goes. There is no corresponding
column of the enemy. The movement
promises success. The enemy may have
stationed a force iu anticipation, but if
not, we fall upon their flank.
Half tast Ten o’clock a. m.—There
is firing on our flanking column. The j
enemy has opened their battery upon it
half way. The column responds. The
firing becomes rapid—musketry ! rapid.
Generals Beauregard, Johnston and Bon
ham, have just come to the hill where I
have been standing. The whole scene
is before U3 —a grand moving diorama.
The enemy have sent a ball from their j
rifled cannon at us. Another. They pass
over us with a sound that makps our fle*h
crawl. All have left the spot but Beau
regard, Bonham and JohnstoD, and their
aids. The firing has ceased at the head
of our flanking column. It is renewed
again, nearer, I think, to the enemy.—
Another ball exactly over cur heads. A
very sustaining force follows our flanking
column. The enemy, firing at our Gen
erals, has dropped a shot among the
wagons in the edge of the woods below,
and they dash off. Another shot follows
them as they fly, and plunges in the
ground but a few feet behind one of them.
Eleven o’clock. —The firing has been
awful. The heads cf the flanking and
resisting columns are distinctly visible
from the smoke that rises above them;
and they stand stationary for a long
time, but at last the enemy’s column goes
back—a column of dust rises in their
rear—a shout rises that roars loud as
the artillery from our men —the enemy’s
fire slackens—our reserves advance—the
dust rises on to the position lately occu
pied by the enemy—we triumph, we tri
umph, thank God ! The dust, still rises in
j the rear of the enemy, as though they
| were retreating rapidly.
Quarter before Tweelve O’clock.—
The enemy make another stand. Again,
there is the roar of musketry, long like
the roar of distant and protracted thun
der. Again, the roar, but always at the
head of the enemy’s column. A column
of dust rises to the left of our forces and
passes to the enemas right. It must be
intended to flank them. It is fearful to
think how many hearts-strings are wrung
by the work that now goes on—how many
brave men must be mangled and in an
guish.
Again, the enemy has fallen back to
another point half a mile ia"the rear; and
! the spirals of the smoke curl up the side
of the mountain in the background. The
whole scene is in the Pledmonth valley,
which I have often noticed to have slept
Sn to the west es Oentreville, anti
sjroeplbg on ilowu to the south. It i9
nearly level, or seems so, and the Blue
Ridge rises to form the dark background
of a most magnificent picture.
Twelve O’clock, Noon. —The batter
ies first opening have been silent for half
au hour, and the whole extended valley
is row ihe thick of the fight. Where
the enemy last took his stand retreating,
the fight is fearful—the dust is denser
than the smoke. Iris awful. They have j
been repulsed three times —so it is re- i
ported by a courier—and now they have
token their bloodiest and final stand.
Half Past Twelve O’cr.orn.—The
firing now is at its height. Never until
now have I dreamed of such a spectacle ;
for one long mile the whole valley is a
boiling crater of dust and smoke.
Quarter. BEioß’t One O’clock.—The
, fray ceases; Gens. Beauregard and
Johnston dash on to the scene of action,
and as we cannot doubt that the enemy
has again fallen back, it looks as though
■ they were on their way to Washington;
One O’clock. —Column after column is ■
i thrown in from all along the line of Bull’s j
Run to fall upon the left flank of the j
enemy, and the firing is again renewed i
as though nothing had been doue An <
effort would seem to have been made to i
outflank us, and it has brought on anotb- j
er engagement further off, but on a line
with the first. The cannon established !
on the hill was a feint at the Mitchell’s
Fe r d. while of both armies the effort was 1
to out flank. These guns now-but play
at the columns of uust as they rise from ;
the infantry and cavalry as they tramp !
past; and at those columns near the
point where 1 stand, they have brought ;
a dozen balls at least vvithiu 100 yards.
Fifteen mini tes past One o’clock.—
The firing has almost entirely ceased, but
still our reserves are pouring in The
enemy seems to be making an attempt to
cross at Mitchell’s Ford. All at Mitchell’s
Ford is a feint, and it is-now certain that
the grand battle ground for empire is
low to the west, beyond the Stone Bridge, ,
on Bull’s Bun, and I go there.
Evening —At two o’clock 1 arrived on !
the ground ; but of the further scenes of |
this eventful battle, I have nothing more 1
to say, save this only, that at five o’clock :
the enemy was’ at last driven from the
field, leaving most of the guns of Sher
man’s Battery behind them, with au
awful list of dead and wounded.
It will be evident to any one who be
comes familiar with the events of the
day, that I misapprehended many of the
occurrences. The attack was made at a
point abovo the Stone Bridge on Bull’s
Run by the whole disposable force of the
enemy, led by Gen. McDowell. The im
portance of the movement was not at first
estimated, and it was met by Gen. Evans,
with only the Fourth South Carolina
Regiment, Col. Sloan, the Independent
Louisiana Battalion, Major Wheat, and
two guns of the Washington Artillery.
The charge of the enemy was met with
an intrepidity that was beyond all praise,
and the whole column of the enemy was
behl-at bay uiuil reinforcements came.
These were led on by Col. Jackson. Col.
Bartow, Geu. Bee and Gen. Jones. The
conflict went on in a fierce and terrible
struggle of the Confederate troops against
great odds, and amidst terrible slaughter.
At the crisis of the engagement two
regiments of South Carolinians, Ker
shaw’s and Cash’s, were ordered to ad
vance. Kemper’s battery was attached
to Kershaw’s. As these troops advanced
they were joined by Preston’s regiment,
of Cocke’s brigade. A tremendous charge
was made, which’ decided the fate of the
day. After acts of incredible valor, the
enemy wero driven off far to the north.
As they retreated on the Braddock Road
to Centreville, a charge was made upon
1 them by a portion of our cavalry, and I
j think of the Radford Rangers. They
dashed upon them about a mils away,
and thg dust above them for ten minutes
rose up as from the crater of a volcano.
The punishment was severe and rapid.
Cel. Hampton’s Legion suffered greatly.
! It came last night and marched directly
into battle. When I went upon the
ground I heard that Colonels Hampton
and Johnson were both killed, but after
wards I met Col. Hampton riding from the
field, wounded badty, but exhilarated at
i (he thought that his men exhibited sur
passing intrepidity, and that Gen. Beau
regard himself had relieved him and led
his Legion into battle.
The Second Regiment, Col. Kershaw,
did fearful execution at the .crisis of the
contest, but suffered less.
The Fourth Alabama p *6> meut, Col.
Jones, and the Eighth Georgia Regiment,
Col. Gardner, suffered greatly.
Wearied and worn and sick at heart, I
retired from the field vvhosq glory is
scarcely equal to its gloom, and I have
not the time or the strentgh to write
more. L send my field notes as they
are.
Preident Davis came upon the ground
just aa the battle ended, and the wildest
! cheering greeted him. He rode along
! the lines of war worn men who Lad been
I drawn off from action, and ho seemed
| proud of them and of bis right to com
mand such noble men, but it was temper
ed with a feeling of regret that their
right to his respect had been vindicated
at so dreadful a sacrifice. Many- wound
ed still stood in the ranks, and exhibited
the unalterable purpose to stand there
while they had strength to do so.
How many of the enemy were killed
we have no means of knowing, but it
must have been much greater than our
own. Our men shot with the utmost pos
sible coolness and precision, and they
mu-thave claimed tins compliment.
We took Sherman’s Battery, sixteen
■I sruns, and three guns from those batteries
that opened upon us first above Mitchell’s
! Ford.
These are facts reported to me on the
! ground at sundown, but they are act
necessarily correct. I have hesitated to
state any thing, but upon the whole have
thought it best. I send a corrected list
of our casualties to morrow.
There was an engagement at the bat-
I teries above Mitchell’s Ford, in which
the Fifth, Seventh and Eighth South
j Carolina Regiments were engaged, but
the facts have not transpired beyond the
j taking of the guns. L. W. S
From Manassas,
From the Richmond Examiner of Fri
day we make the following extracts:
Many of the committee who were sent
1 up to spe after the returned in the last
I train yesterday evening; but, though not :
indisposed to talk, little information of ’
any importance could be obtained from ;
them. They Lad all roamed over the
i battle field,, and bad wondrous tales of
blood and horror to narrate; but in their ,
estimates of the killed and woundod on
either side, they appear to have confused
and conflicting opinions. They repre
sent the country for miles beyond Bull
Run as thickly strewn with the unburied
| dead of the enemy.
Yesterday, for the first time since the
last battle, the Yankees sent up a flag of :
! truce end the very inadequate force of ;
of twenty five men to bury th ‘r slain, j
and these declined attempting the office,
alleging that the state of putrefaction in i
which the corpses were found to be ren
! dered it impossible. And there these
many hundred uneared for corpses must
lie festering under the sun, and poisoning
the breezes with their vile effluvia until
■ our Generals can find the time to have
them sunk beneath the soil they came to
conquer.
The portion of the battle field perhaps
more thickly strewn than any other with
the Yankee dead, is said to be the locali
ty occupied by the It. Island (Sprague’s)
battery. This battery, whose guns were
even finer than those of the famous Sher
man's battery, was planted on the top cf
a considerable eminence, up which our
troops had to toil in their attack. Heaps
of deal men and horses now encuml er
the ground, where Sunday morning last
all was life and animatien and hopeful
confidence.
We learn from the Montgomery Post,
that Dr. Nathan Bozeman, of
that city% but more recently of New
Orleans has been appointed a Surgeon in
the Confederate States army. Dr. Boze
man is one of the most eminent Surgeons
in the Confederate States We under
stand he is to be attached to Cca. John
ston's Division in Virginia.
ii r T fF Tiff CTUED L\S WOtXDEP’
t
of in*
SEVENTH GEORGIA REGIMENT.
slightly. Ol. Gartroll, in the leg, and
Maj. Dnnwoody, in the shoulder. Adit.
; butler was just grazed cn the cheek by a
; Minnie ball.
COWETA C DISTRICT GUARD*.
: Jilted- C. M. Brown. Marcus A. Norm, !
I 15. Carmichael. •
j Wounded Daugeroi'.dy—Ja*. P. Russell and W
Pickard.
I Wounded Slightly— Lieut. Jacob Ponton. Clm.
j Shropshire, James Brougham. W. W Cavendori
T. Upshaw, W. Sharpe, Springer, James
Bankston and C. IT. Adams.
ATLANTA CONFEDERATE GUARDS.
Killed —W. M. Ballard. Wm. E. Simpson. Juo.
E. Woodruff. John T. M. White, Wm. Todd, and
Wm. H. Whitaker.
Wounded furiously— Capt. G. J. Foreacre, Ist
Lieut. H. 11. Wilt,‘2d Lieut, R. K. Dillard, Andrew
Owens. Henry C. Gartrell (since died!. John T.
Cook, William C. May son. Jas. T. Jordan, F. L.
Etheridge and William W. Stephens.
Slightly Wounded John J. Phillips. Jesse Em
brv, Joseph Embry, Perrv Codv. J. A. Bennett
and E. W. Hoyle. ‘
PAULDING VOLUNTEERS.
I None were killed in this company.
Seriously Wounded —W. Burrows, D. G. Hollis,
1 Allen White, N. Adcock. Thos. Ogbnrn. B. F.
Lee. Morris Cooper, A. Steinham.
1 Siightly Ht lunded —G. 15. Harris.
COBB CONFEDERATE GUARDS.
Killed—- None.
Seriously Wttunded —B T. Ward. C Meek.
Slightly Wounded —J. N. Fcott, B. H. Smith, F.
j M Duncan. E. Bishop, W. N. Conant, S. f. Mayo,
W. F. Meadows.
DEKALB LIGHT INFANTRY.
1 Killed —None.
Seriously Wounded —W L. Brown, W. Ilerrtnj.
W. K Northern, Vy. W Brinin
I Slightly Hounded—Jas. Kichvrdnon, FN. Nash,
| W W Naph, Tliomas Arwood, D. P. Chandler.
| IVERSON INVINCIBLE?—FROM CARROLL.
: Killed—None.
Serenely W'oum/ed— CVpt. A.T. Burke
Slightly Wounded—T. * p u k. R. Coleman. Thos
McDonald, S. Lstr, L. 1.. J,l,u Harris,
T B Harper.
FRANKLIN VOLUNTBE r .S—FROM HEARD, i
Killed Lient K. F. Glover. A. J. Million
Seriously Wounded. —S. T Brown, T. J Brimor,
J. N. Farmer, Lieut. J. W. Houston. T. Jark
son,T. S. Mtichell,D. 11. Philpot, J. Fittmun, C. L.
Su.csrt.
Mortally Wounded —F. M. Barton,
i Slightly Wounded —0. C. Britton, J. W. Festh-
I erston, W. 2. Pollard.
ROSWELL GUARDS.
Killed —Thomas Kirk. James Padden, B. Smith.
St riously Wounded —Capt. T E King, let I lent.
C. A. Dunwoody, J. E. Gossett, N. W. Jackson,
I D. W. Baxley.
Slightly Wounded —Lieut. B. F Bishop. J. L.
Wing, Walla-s. John Simmons, Joseph
Simmons, William Bice, John r* outer, James Hun
ter, 11. N. Roberts, J. Ilise, J. P. Stephens, S
Mitchell
COBB MOUNTAINEERS.
I Killed —None
Mortally Wounded —.7. N. Daniel, D. it. Parks.
1 Slightly Wovnded —J .N. J. KitLo, T. F. Daniel,
•T. P. Bryant, W T . J. Simpson, W. A. Johnston, TI.
3. Collins-, F. J. NlnlUns.
DAVIB (ATLANTA) INFANTRY.
Killed—J. A Puckett, W. L. Bagwell.
Slightly Wounded —Lieut,. J. T. Waltou. A. 0.
■ McPherson, W. W. Dsvis, Charles Tank, J. O. En •
! glish, J M. Wright, T. Phillips, A. Turner, A. C.
| Sneed, R. T. Jordan, W. W Clower.
Eighth Georgia Ileglmtut.
OGLETHORPE LIGHT INFANTRY.
The following is a list of the killed and
wounded of the above named company, from
Savannah. It will be remembered as the one
which tho gallant and lamented Bartow went to
Virginia as Captain:
Killed —Adjutant John L. Branch was sJtct
through tho heart, and killed instantly. Georg?
Butler wri Bhor in the lung*. Jgliua A. Fcrrill, j
and William n. Crane lived ten minutes. Thos. j
Purse ar-U Bryan Morel were kills and instant jy.
Wounded —C. C. Kardwlcke, slightly in the leg. }
Wm. 11. Ivoy, slightly in tbs arm. 1, M. Raynor,
slightly in the shouldor. Louis Lippmnun. in
both legs. Addison it. Tinsley, has his alia hro- I
ken. J. 11. Estill, arm broken. • Girardeau, j
badly. It. Q. Baker. Ehot in the arm. Frank i
Bartow Bevei, seriously in the shoulder. Winder
P. Johnson, siightiy. Alfred Davis, slightly. R.
11. Cole, slightly. John L. Mar tin, slightly. John
S. Montmollin, slightly. J. K. Carrolin, badly.
M. 11. Franklin, slightly. Joseph King, badly.
Wm. F. Shellman, slightly. F. Lent/., slightly.
It. J. Godfrey, badly in the arm.
Coi. Cantey’s Regiment,
Encampment Fort Mttcuei.l, ) *j
July 20, 1801. / j
Eds. Sun : Amid the noise and confusion ,
incident to a camp life, Socdolager once !
more resumes tljo pen. There was but j
little excitement attendant upon the
choice of our Regiment officers. As you
have already been apprised, by a note
from me, Capt. James Cantey, the hero j
of many a warmly and severely contested j
; field, he who contributed so much and so
‘ gallantly to the planting of the old orig
j inal flag, consecrated by the victorious
! blood of ’7O and ’l2, upon the imperial
j halls of the Moutezumas, was unanimous- |
j Jy elected Colonel of the 11th Alabama !
Regiment. Captain Treutlin, of Glenn- ,
ville, was chosen Lieutenant Colonel, over
1 Ben. Gardner, of Troy, by a Urge and
I flattering majority. Capt. .John W. L.
! Daniel, of the Midway Guards, was elect
■ed Major without opposition. These
; promotions were entirely satisfactory to
the Regiment, and the recipients of the
i compliment aud honors are the men who !
wiil not betray the confidence we have
, placed in them, or disgrace the honors
witli which we have entrusted them,
j Worthy men, all, with whojg a large
portion of your readers are familiarly and
j intimately acquainted.
No fears need bo entertained by auy
who have relatives or friends in the reg
iment, as to their welfare and safety out
side the fortunes of war. The commissions
of the respective officers have been re
| ceived, the regiment organized and a j
| regular and Strict military discipline ob- j
served.
We learn from a passenger on the train, 1
direct from Virginia, that the coming of
ouc'regiment is anxiously expected there
by men high in military office, believing,
from the tested valor and known chivalry
of oau commanding officer, that it will be
| the banner regiment of the field.
The recent and encouraging war news
j has inspired the boys with renewed anx
l iety to participate in the engagements
’ and share the glories of the victories now
being won. i shall not speculate upon
, the future or be to egotistic as to enlarge
1 upon the merits of the regiment of which
! 1 am proud to be a member, but as sure
| as the sun shines in Cuba or water con
| geals in Lapland, should we be so fortun
ate as to get into a fight, just that sure
; will Can ley’s Regiment win a name of
; which every Alabamian will be proud and
i every Southern mania our Confederacy
| will delight to honor.
We have indeed fallen upon perilous
and unfortunate times, but twelve mii
■ iions of people armed in the holy cause
;of liberty can never be conquered. The
tocsin of war has been sounded, and
! scarcely has its last notes died when
; every hill and dale from the auriferous
I shores of the Pacific to the rock bound
I coast of the Atlantic, from the iron
| mountains of Missonr; to the everglades
: of’ Florida—from the Northern bank of
j the Potomac to the muddy Rio Grande,
is vocal with the cry “to arms'” “to ;
arms !” It will be the bloodiest picture
in the book of time. They underrate our j
courage—we underrate their strength.
They are lighting for conquest, we for j
! liberty, principle, honor and everything
i dear to man. God will assist us: and if
we be but true to ourselves and our sec
tion, we wiil erect the grandest tabernacle
I in which the votariea of liberty may
worship that the world has ever seen.
It will be the Mecca and Medina of fu
j ture ages. Children will hang upon the .
I story of the victory as it falls from the ‘
lips of narrative old age ae if it wa3 the
story of inspiration. The father will re- ,
; pair hither with his son, and if necessary, !
j like Homilcar of old, make him swear
I “eternal hostility to the Romans;” here,
: my son, is the temple of liberty your an
• cestors erected; it is a peerless legacy,
I but dearly bought, consecrated by the
■ sighs of your mothers, it is hallowed by
’ the blood of your fathers, enter in and
worship at the shrine of their devotion:
and pointing to the proud emblem of a
natic-n's glory and a people’s redemption,
the immortal eleven and three, he will
i:iy to the humble though aspiring child
of gc-nias, here the highest honors await
you, immortality may be thine.
It is growing dark. Three cheers for
the little Frenchman and the last fight.
* ‘ SOCDOLAGEII.
P. S.—A worthy young member of the
Brundidge Guards, Wilson Greenwood,
■cf Dale county, Alabama, accidentally
shot himself through the hand while play
ing with a pistol. The wound is not a
severe one and will not disable his hand
seriously. This is the first accident of
the kind which has occurred in the regi
. ment, and should be a warning against
the careless handling of fire -arm*. S.
Arrival of the City of Uaulurore.
| New York, July 26-The steamship
City of Baltimore arrived nt Cape Fvact
on Thursday night, she brings £42,000
jof specie. •
Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sales of Cot
ton on Wednesday and Thursday amount
ed to 10,000 bales, of which speculators
and exporters took 26,000 bales—market
buoyant and advanced J.
Liverpool General Markets. —Bread stuffs
fi'tiet and steady. Provisions steady
Consols 89£ to 90.
Tke news brought is unimportant.
Ihe Bornssia had sailed with 75,000
pounds ia specie.
The London Times thinks Lincoln's
heavy taxation will induce Northerners
to reconsider the rejection of peace or
compromise measures.
New \ork, July I, — A student named
Becker attempted io assassinate the King
of Prussia. The King was only slightly
wounded however.
New Orleans Cotton Market.
New Orleans, July 26.—Cotton.—No
sales. Middlings 10.} to II cents. De
crease in receipts here this year 356,500
bales; at all the ports 900,000 bales
j Total receipts 1,916,280, against 2,192.-
000 Inst year. Stock on hand 9,695 half -
against 45,780 bales same time la9t year.
Sugar 3$ to 4-]c. Flour £6 50 to $6 75.
Coffee 17 to 22c.; stock 2,800 hags.
.lohu C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky,
addressed Lincoln's Senate on the 16tL
inst. Ho concluded a long and spiritei
denunciation of tho Abolition war as fol
lows:
But why utter words ? I shall troub
le the Senate no longer. I know that no
argument or appeal will have any effect.
I have cherished all my life an attach
ment to the Union of these States under
1 the Constitution of the United States,
and I have always revered that instru
! ment as one of tho wisest of human
works, but now it is put aside by the
i Executvie of the United States, and those
acts are about to be approved by the
I Senate, and I see proceedings inaugura
I ted which, in my opinion, will lead to
the utter subversion of tho Constitution
and public liberty. It is vain to oppo.-e
it. lam aware that, in the present tem
per of Congress, one might as well op
’ pose his uplifted hand to the descending
watei’S of Niagara as to risk an appeal
I against these contemplated proceedings.
The few of us left cau only look wish
sadness on the melancholy drama beiug
enacted before us. We can only hope
that this flash of frenzy may not assume
the form of chronic madness, but that
i Divine Providence may preserve for us
and for posterity, out of the wreck of a
! broken Union, the priceless principles of
Constitutional liberty and self-govern
ment.
Obey Orders—Adviee to Volunteer*.
A Southern paper publishes the follow
ing letter written by a father to a Fon.
which contains such good advice, and m
well adapted to the present time, that wt
i copy it:
“In the first place, then, my son, when
a soldier Bhoulders his rifle under tin:
flag of his country, he must surrender to
that country his will, his whims, taste-.
I fancies and prejudices; and the fir-i,
highest, and most solemn duty he owes to
that country is the most implicit and
prompt obedience to the orders of bis
! superior officers. Disobedience, even in
| matters of miuor gravity, frequently for
( feits life. If an order is issued, that must
!be the end of inquiry. The success of a
1 battle or campaign may depend upon the
concealment of the purpose of the com
mand ; and it may become necessary to
punish with death an omission to observe
that which may seem to be a very unim
i portant order to the soldier who does noi
| understand it.
“Napoleon once issued an order that
thelights of tliecamp must be extinguished
at 8 o’clock, and on seeing a light burning
in the tent of an officer, after that hou:
had elapsed, he repaired thither in per
son, and entered the tent just as the
officer had finished writing his wife’s
j name on the back of the letter he had
written to her. He told the emperor that
he had uuconsciously violated the law for
a moment, and it was done in the enthu
siasm of affection, with which ho had
been overcome by thoughts of home
“Unseal that letter,” said the emperor,
“and write as I dictate.” The officer
1 obeyed, and wrote as follows: *P. S.—l
j die to morrow morning, at 8 o’clock,
i for violating the laws of the camp, by not
extinguishing the light in my tc-nt at the
precise time 1 was commanded to do it.’
“That decision may have seemed sav
age and barbarous; but when your intel-
I ct shall have matured to the compre
hension of how much depends upon sub
ordination and a rigid adherence to the
laws of the camp, you will see that Na
j poleon could only be just to the thousands
of lives under his care by assuming the
appearance of cruelty to this one delin
quent.
“Obedience is not seivility; it is duty.
It is, therefore, not, cowardly, but hono
rable. The camp is no place for the
soft manners of the drawing-room, and
soidier3 are proverbially blunt; therefore,
do not imagine, if an officer speaks
sharply to you, that he wants to insult or
browbeat you.”
Significant.
The Floridian says the United States
flag captured by the Florida voluuteers
at Cedar Keys bad on it twenty stare.
The flag is said to be a splendid piece of
buutiDg, large and gaudy, and was quite
new, having on it as the date of its make,
“New York, May, 1801.” What is the
meaning of its twenty stars? Lincoln
says that the Union is still intact, and
yet the flag flying at the mast-head of
one of his ships represents but twenty
States.
Tlie Newsboy’s Funeral.
The body of poor Patsy Cocklin, the
newsboy who was killed by walking
through a hatchway before daylight on
Thursday morning, (says the Memphis
Appeal) took place yesterday. All the
newsboys in the city atteneu —over 00
in number. We can assure our readers
that the sight of those little fellows they
see an 1 hear every day, running about
the streets with a load of papers under
their arm, vociferating, “Here’s yer last
addition, with all the late dis-patchus
was a touching one. They were neatly
dressed and appeared spruce and cleanly.
They were silent now. The last dispatch
had reaehed their little friend, and he
who loves the yonng had called the car
i rier boy to his home. Very sad they all
■ looked, toars dropping from the eyes of
! several of them. To them the hearse, the
; coffin, and the shroud were signs of full
meaniog. Those who were present will
not readily forget “the newsboy’s funer
eal’” there was a touching poetry about
! the scene not unworthy of being expressed
in verse. We have lady poets who would
| }} n d the sad, tender theme congenial to
their gentle, sympathising spirits.
Attestkw, Geoegia Gbauds !—-'Ten* Dollar*
County will be paid to every private enlisting
in tlie ranks of the Georgia Guards, upon be
ing mustered into the service of the State.
Arms (Minie Muskets) and a handsome and
serviceable uniform, being furnished with com
fortable quarters on application to either of the
andersierned, at 107 Broad srteet.
D. B. THOMPSON,
HENRY McCAULEY.
CHAS. A. KLINK
PHIL. QIITTINGER.
Columbus, July 29,18*1 dtt
DIED,
In this eitv, on the 22d mst., in the 27th year
of her age, Mrs. Salue L. \V eight, wife of Rev.
Arm mills Wright, pastor of St. Paul Methodist
: Church.
si BALING EXCHANGE.
on LONDON or LIVERPOOL, in sum*
r, bUit purchasers, for alu at
27-tt BANK OP COLUMBUS.