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I LOCALMFAiHSJ Visiting. Wedding and Mourning t of (he tn-st and finest qualitj*. ittht re- I oeived, and which we will furnish handsomely < I nrinted at customary rates. Also, a superb lot of FANCY NOTE PAPER, j | t stable lor Balls, Pic-Nics, parties,and general | f use, which we will also furnish printed in the j I nvatest style of the art at the usual prices. desiring to order Cards will be | ■ a sited on by calling at our office. Special at ■ I tention given to orders from the country. | 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. *•- 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. - 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. —- 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.