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Letter from East Tennessee.
Knoxville, Tenn., July 20.-
Eds. Sun .* Conceiving that your read
ers would be very much interested in
the feeling in East I have
concluded to give you the result of my
observations. My business has called me
to the smaller villages of this section and
amongst the people.
The union sentiment still exists to a
very large extent. A few days a £°
armed men from around, visited a sma
village, with a view of cutting down the
Confederate flag, like old Abe was to
provision Sumter, “peaceably or other
wise,” but like that hero, did not succeed
either way.
Our old, true and faithful friend of the
Comer Stone, is quoted here as though
he were against us—for proof of this, 1 |
enclose you the leader of the Knoxville
Whig of to-day (20th,) by which you
will see to what uses the Corner Stone is
put in this section of country. Many of
us, of Columbus friends and admirers of
Gen. Bethune, and subscribers to his
paper, have viewed with deep and earnest
regret the course which he has thought
proper to pursue relative to our new
Government. We have thought it hard
that our high respect and sincere friend
ship for the man should cause us, as sub
scribers, to become, as it were, parties
to the circulation of views which we
would never have uttered and could not
approve. But we contented ourselves
with the knowledge that the man himself
was true as steel to our cause; that his
gallant sons were now breasting the
enemy, and that his lofty character was
perhaps somewhat the cause of his being
often “Nothing, if not oritical.” Yet
even these faots are but poor consolation,
when we find the paper nourished by our
support relied upon to uphold the daring
treachery of Brownlow, Maynard and
other East Tennessee promoters of civil
strife and domestic discord. Do not under
stand me as advocating the acquiescence
off the press in measures which its con
ductors cannot endorse; but Ido mean
that in times like those in which we live,
when anew Government is struggling
through more than ordinary difficulties,
and when the unanimous support of its
citizens is gall and wormwood to its ene
mies, and the least cavilling at home is
eagerly heralded amongst its foes ; some
thing might be granted to the patriotism
of our rulers, to the difficulties which
surround them ; and if there be anything
in their measures of which we caunot
approve, we might cast the veil of chari
table construction over it.
The country from Atlanta to the Cum
berland Gap, about sixty miles above
Knoxville, is filled with soldiers, and
arms were being hauled through this city j
all day yesterday by the old U. S. Mail !
wagon. Some ten thousand men are
being concentrated here and just above, !
to prevent the Lincolnites from passing
through the Cumberland Gap, and thus
coming to the aid and support of East
Tennessee Unionists.
Georgia is doing her work nobly. The
11th (Col. A. Y. Brumby,) Regiment
passed on to Virginia yesterday. At At
lanta the 12th, Col. Thomas W. Thomas
and Lieut. Col’ Linton Stephens, are en
camped. At Camp McDonald, Station
Big Shanty, on the State Road, three
Regiments are now encamped.
Our men look as happy as larks and
seem to be impatient for the strife.
Copious rains have fallen all through
this section. The wheat crop is fine and
corn and cotton look splendidly. The
corn in the Valley of the Sweetwater has
the most luxuriant growth I have ever
seen, and they have made superabundant j
crops of small grain.
The true and loyal people of this sec
tion are as self-sacrificing and patriotitic
as any amongst us. They hope to succeed
by fair measures in convincing their
Union fellow-citizens of the error of their
way. But if nothing but strife will do,
they will accept all consequences for their
country's sake.
From where I now sit, the mountains
dividing Tennessee from North Carolina
are plainly to be seen, the rich hues of
the morning sun striking into bold relief
their dense verdure.
This city is beautifully located, the
streets are narrow but clean, and the
many hills and eminences present lively
views and soft landscapes to the eye.
The news of Beauregard’s victory at
Bull’s Run has just come to hand. He
was right in thinking that Bull’s Bun
might be as famous as Cow Pens.
Yours, VIATOR.
A Scene In tile White House.
The Richmond correspondent of the
Montgomery Mail, in a recent letter,
gives the following gossip at the White
House in Washington, related by a rela
tive of Attorney General Bates, and who,
the correspondent says, has given valua
ble information to our government.
Informant was present when the ar
ticle in the New York Tribune was read,
declaring the willingness of that journal
to stake the result of the war upon the
movement then in preparation against
Manassas, and if unsuccessful to make a
speedy peaoe, to which Lincoln partially ,
assented, declaring the impossibility of a
failure, and his unbounded confidence in
the ability of Scott to win a decisive vic
tory, and put to flight Beauregard, Con
gress and the Government.
The wife of the bloody Blair, Jr., was
present, and held in her hand, near where
our informant took his position, a South
ern newspaper, whose Riohmond corres- j
pondent had written a pen and ink por
trait of President Davis’ two children,
Maggie and Jeff., in which the little girl
was described as a perfect gem, with
large brown eyes, rosy complexion, and
beautiful hair and features. Mrs. Blair,
upon reading the statement, called the ;
attention of Mrs. Lincoln to it, remarking,
in a tone of much sorrow, that the little !
things’ father would soon be hung up by
the neck or exiled from the country; but
she hoped the children, who would al
ways remain objects of great interest to
everybody, would be suitably provided
for by the United States. The same
paper announced the arrival in Richmond
of a lot of prisoners from Yorktown, Va.,
whose confinement, and safe keeping was
entrusted to Lieutenant Todd, of the
Confederate States army, who is a
brother to Mrs. Linooln, and on duty in
Richmond. The reading of this elicited
the out-spoken indignation of his exalted
sister, who declared that by no word or
act of hers should he escape the punish
ment Boon to overtoke his treason to her
husband’s government.
Nashville Made Cannon.
leSterdI eSterd& y ftt the Foundry of
Mr. T.M. Brennan, i n this city, a bat
tery of cannon the whole of which was
manufactured at his establishment
The cannon were manufactured 0 f iron
from the works of Messrs. Woods, Yeat
man&Co., and Hillman Brothers, an( j
from the severe tests to which they were
subjected, the iron proves to be admir
ably adapted to the manufacture of heavy
guns. These cannon weigh only about
ten pounds more than brass guns of the
same calibre. Mr. Brennan is making
arrangements to turnout a complete bat
tery each week, the casting, woodwork
and everything being done in his estab
lishment. Mr. Brennan is also making
large quantities of shot and shell.—Un
ion and American.
Our Forces In Virginia.
The Petersburg Express of the loth,
estimates the Confederate forces now in
Virginia at 170,000.
THB WAH IN MISSOURI.
Glorious Victory tfthe State Troop s-Ben
McCulloch in the Field—Brave Conduct
of Gov. Jackson.
Corre-poudence of the Louisvillo Courier, j
£h. Loris, July 10.—1 yesterday sent j
| you eotoe cheering news of the prowesß j
!of out brave State troops. That infor
mation, as I told you, 1 knew to be re
liable. 1 have just been put in possession
of a private letter, for the truth of the
contents of which I vouch. You will see
that the days of oppression and tyranny
! in this State are drawing to a close.
The letter to which T refer is dated j
“Knob Xoster, July 11,” and states •
“I have just concluded to write, in or
der to contradict some of the falsehoods :
published in the Republican in regard to
the battle of Carthage and other move
ments of our State troops. The state
ment that we lost 600 men is false. The
1 following, from the pen of a doctor who
was in the fight, says:
“That the brave State troops met the
Federals under Seigel’s command unex
pectedly at about 8 miles north of Car
thage. They were 2,500 strong, had
planted their cannon in the most com
manding position'. Gov. Jackson, with
about 12,000 men, of whom only about
2,000 were armed, except with shot guns,
determined to give them battle. He had
only eight pieces of cannon, which he
planted as best he could. Seigel opened
the fire on them, which was kept up for
eight hours, whenour cavalry outflanked
them and made a charge, which broke
their ranks. The Federals then retreated
in some confusion, our boys cutting off
I about seven hundred of their number,
1 four cannon, and a great number of wag-
I ons, army supplies, and horses. A run
ning fight was then kept up for 8 miles
to Carthage, our boys cutting them down
along the entire route. IVhen at Car
thage, Col. Seigel made a stand, but was
routed, leaving 18 wagons of provisions
camp equipage, mules, and ono wagon
load of cakes, pies, &c., intended for a
feast for the Federals after cleaning out
our boys—a good joke, but badly spoiled.
Our brave State troops still charged them
three miles south of Carthage, when
they were checked by night overtaking
them. They then rested for refreshments,
which it may be imagined they wanted
badly. On the following day, Ben
McCulloch joined them with 6,000
Rangers who followed the Federals on
Saturday, the result of which has not
been ascertained up to the time our mes
senger left: but as Gen. Price, with 3,000
men, was advancing on them from the
South of Carthage, they certainly cap
tured the whole command.
After our boys had cut off the wing of
j the enemy with their four cannon, the
best they had, they were compelled to
cut them down before they would give
up the guns. The cavalry, in which our
Johnson boys played a conspicuous part,
charged on them, and in many cases they
j would not surrender until they were cut
I down. The boys had to ride up and cut
I their heads off. They got all their prin
: cipal officers, one of whom refused to
; surrender, shooting two of our men after
! being surrendered. They of course rld
j died him.
Our State forces were divided, but are :
all together now, numbering not less than
twenty thousand. McCulloch had thirty- \
; five hundred infantry about thirty miles
; back in Arkansas, who doubtless have
entered the State before now. Our arms,
fifty tons in all, are of the very best
description. McCulloch brought four
fifty-pounder3 in with him, and said he
could knock Springfield to pieces in ten
shots.
I have no doubt Springfield is taken
before now. Up to Sunday only ten of
our.boys had died. Forty-six of our men
were wounded and killed. We will come
out all right yet. St. Louis must and
shall be relieved, if she cannot relieve
herself. Our watch-word is forward.
The word retreat has been blotted out
from our tactics.
It is likewise currently reported on our
I streets, from various sources, that
Springfield has actually been taken by
McCulloch, and that Seigel is now a
prisoner. Some rumors are afloat of a
train having been run off the Pacific
i track last evening Be this as it may,
some dead bodies of soldiers were brought
into the arsenal. Some of them were in
the Zouave uniform.
Important from England—Declara
tion of the English Government
as to tine Legality of Blockades In
Civil War.
The most important intelligence re
ceived from Europe since the commence
ment of our war, was that brought by
the Canada, and was to be found in our
despatches published yesterday morning.
The information to which we allude, and
which we think is so important, is the
following:
In the Hoese of Commons, Mr. Berkley
asked whether England recognizes the
right of New Granada to blockade certain
ports.
Lord John Russell replied that in case
of rebellion a government had the right
to close its own ports ; but in case of
civil war, the ports de facto occupied by
insurgents, they could not take that step,
according to international law.
The British naval commanders, there-’
fore, are not to recognize the closing of
ports.
It will be recollected that, in a debate
some weeks ago in the House of Lords,
Lord John Russell stated that he recog
nized the condition of civil war as exist
ing between the seceded and loyal States
of the United States. He now says that,
in case of a rebellion, a government has
the right to close its ports, but in case of
civil war—the ports de facto occupied by
insurgents—as for instance, Charleston,
Mobile, New Orleans and Galveston—
they (the general or central government)
could not take that step according to in
ternational law. And the despatch adds:
“The British naval commanders, there
fore, are not to recognize the closing of
ports.”
As the New Granada case is exactly
parallel with our own, and as our own
Government has, in this very New Gran
ada case, laid down the international law
to be just what Lord John Russell says it
is, we may reasonably conclude as to
what we may expect from the British
Government, when the necessities of cot
ton manufactories will require the new
cotton crop of the seceded Cotton States.
As the British Government has declared,
and as the United States Government has
declared, that, in case of civil war, which
is admitted on all hands to exist in this
country, that a port that is occupied de facto
by the rebels, as, for instance Charleston
and other ports, cannot according to in
ternational law, be blockaded by the gen
eral or central Government against which !
the rebellion is, the British Government ‘
will insist, when the time comes, that it 1
is not bound to respect our blockade at ‘
such ports. —Cincinnati Enq., 13 th in.it.
The Prisoners of the Privateer Sa
vannah.
A late number of the New York Tribune
says:
At three o’clock yesterday, the case 1
came up again at the Tombs. The coun- ;
sel for the defence and prosecution, pend- j
ing the opening of the case, amused them j
selves by cracking jokes over the recent
failure of the Columbia county panel of ju
rors, and in splitting hairs over the laws
of treason and piracy.
After consultation, the case was ad- j
journed over to Wednesday next at 3 P. M.,
neither the defence nor the prosecution
caring to press the matter, in view of the
certainty of iadictment. It is expected
that the indictment will be presented by
the Grand Jury on Monday, in which case
the prisoners will be duly arraigned, held
on the indictment and regularly tried.
This will obviate the necessity for any
more action before Commissioner Henry.
The probability ig expressed by the
prosecution that, in view of the difficulty
in finding a judge and jury to try the case
during the approaching hot season, it will
go over until September.
All the prisoners, 17 in number, were
brought into Court yesterday; all except
the Captain and, first officers being manacled.
VIRGINIA CORRESPONDENCE OF THE SUN,
The Fight at BulVs Run—lts Effect in
Richmond— The Western Virginia Fight —
Gallantry of Ramsey's Regiment — Cap
tains Strother and .Tones’ Conipanies t -Ac.
I , i
Ricijjiukk, va., July l'J. j
I sent you a telegram last night, an
nouncing an engagement at Bull’s Run
yesterday between Gen. McDowell’s Fed- j
eral column and a portion of Gen. Beau- ■
regard’s forces. Bull's Run is a small
creek about three miles and a half beyond
Manassas Junction, on the road to Fairfax
I Court House and Alexandria. McDowell
had advanced upon Fairfax on Wednes
day, where Gen. Bonham was stationed
with our advance forces. The latter re
tired upon the appearance of the enemy
in force, after slight skirmishing, and
fell back upon Bull’s Run, a distance of
ten miles. This was doubtless according
to previous understanding. McDowell’s
column slept at Fairfax, and pushed on
early yesterday morning to Bull’s Run,
where he found our forces strongly en
trenched and ready to receive him.
But few details have reached us of the
battle. The railway and telegraphic
line hence to Manassas have been surren
i dered up exclusively to (he Government
for the past few days, and it is only now
and then that we are enabled to get any
; thing through. It is known, however,
! from official sources, that the battle con
tinued some hours, and that it raged hot
; teßt about 4p. m. At 5 o’clock the ene
j my being repulsed at all points, General
McDowell ordered a retreat, which was
executed with alacrity, though not with
out confußioa. Gen. Beauregard did not
pursue them.
I cannot speak definitely of ihe num
bers engaged. It is believed that Mc-
Dowell marched out of Alexandria with
45,000 men, though one account says he
did not have more than a fourth of that
number in the action. We had still less,
the engagement not being so general as
was supposed here at the date of my tel
egram. An official dispatch announces
our loss in killed, wounded and missing,
to be 60, and the loss of the enemy to be
500. What particular regiments and
batteries were engaged, I am unable to
inform you, except upon rumors, which
assigns a prominent part to some of the
South Carolina and Virginia regiments,
and to the Louisiana battalion of Artil
lery commanded by Maj Walton. The
details will probably reach hero to night,
but too late for this letter.
Up to noon to-day nothing had been
seen or heard of the enemy. It is pre
sumed that he retired to Fairfax, though
not to Alexandria. According to a tele
gram just received, 7,000 axes have been
sent over from Washington, for the pur
pose, it is supposed, of cutting out new
’ roads, and thus avoiding the batteries
and breastworks which Bcuregard has
I erected along the turnpikes.
I Geu. Scott came over to Alexandria on
! Tuesday, and it is believed that he was
there or at Fairfax during the engage
| ment, and communicating by a field wire
with his advance column.
The effect of the news in Richmond is
indescribable. The disastrous intelli
gence from Gen. Garnett’s division, the
knowledge that a heavy column was in
motion towards Manassas, and probably
toward Winchester, the surrender of the
railroad and telegraph to the War office,
“and the numberless vague and disagree
able rumors flitting about the street cor
ners like birds of evil omen, had all con
spired to render the public exceedingly
nervous and anxious, if not dispondent.
But when the good news came, it spread
over the city with the rapidity of light
ing and soon found its way into every
household. Long faces became Tound
and radient; sombre aspectsdisappeared
in smiles and tears; and wherever one
went, whether along the street, into the
hotels, or private houses, there he found
happy groups discussing the news, and
asking God’s blessing upon . “little
Beaury” and on brave brothers at Ma
nassas. Who shall say how many fer
vent prayers went up from grateful
hearts, in the still hours of last night,
for the victory wlich the Lord has given
us!
I have just seen a dispatch from a re
liable source, dated at Manassas 5 o’clock
this afternoon, which says the loss yes
terday was 142 in killed, wounded and
missing, and that the enemy’s loss in
killed alone was 1000. Gen. McDowell
had sent in a flag of truce, asking per
mission to bury his dead, which was
granted of course. It was thought that
a grand battle would be fought to mor
row, in which all the forces on both sides
would be engaged. The battle yester
day, according to this dispatch, was
fought chiefly in the woods.
The disaster which befel our arms last
week at Rich Mountain, is now pretty
generally ascribed to the treachery of
resident traitors and bad generalship.
Our forces, instead of being massed
together in one compact column, were
divided into three sections—3,soo un
der Garnett at Laurel Hill (a contin
uance of Rich Mountain,) 1,800 under
Pegram, at the latter mountain, and 800
under Scott, at Beverly, in the rear. In
the absence of sufficient pickets and
scouts, MoCllellan succeeded in throwing
a force of 4,000 into the mountain by
night, which went to work with saws and
axes, and ia two days cut away to the
top in the rear of Pegram, who was en
tirely of the movement until
some thirty minutes before the attack.
Garnett was in like ignorance, though only
a few miles distant from Pegram. In the
meantime McClellan managed to engage
the attention of our forces in front.
Pegram’s force, as you are already
aware, was dispersed and badly cut up,
and many of his men who escaped have
not yet come in. Scott was ordered up
from the rear to re-inforce him with his
800 Virginians. He obeyed the order so
j far as to proceed to the scene of action,
! when he turned about and fled for two
! days and nights, until he reached Monte
j rey, in Highland county. This left the
! way open to Beverly, where our baggage
i wagons and provisions were stationed,
j which McClellan proceeded to occupy j
forthwith. Meanwhile, Garnett hearing
of the disaster to Pegram, started back
to Beverly, but hearing the enemy had
already preceded him, and thus cut
off his retreat by the road to Monterey
and Staunton, which Scott had taken, he
determined to retire by a circuitous route
through Tucker, Hardy and Pendleton
counties. The enemy pursued him, and
it was at Cheat river where, as other
places, he had driven back his pursuers,
that he was killed by the last round of the
enemy. McClellan says the retreat was
conducted with great skill. The pursuit
ceased at Cheat river.. Col. Ramsey, of
Georgia, succeeded to the command.
These facts are derived from an intel
ligent Virginian who was present. He
speaks of Ramsey’s regiment in the
highest terms, and says they were worth
all the troops he saw. During one of the
the skirmishes at Laurel Hill, he says
Garnett ordered 500 Georgians out to
repel the enemy, which they obeyed by
firing their guns and then rushing upon
their adversaries with their bayonets, and
driving them helter skelter down the
mountain. Garnett threw up his cap,
and said the charge was worthy of the
best veterans.
Col. Starke, an aid of Gen. Garnett,
says the Georgians fought as if they bore
charmed lives and believed it impossible
to be bit. They would rush with the
greatest impetuosity into the very face of
enemy, and chase them until they
were ordered to stop.
w. Js*. -V.
I learn at the War Department, that
but few of our men were killed in any
of tbe engagements, and that all the
prisoners will be released upon their pa
i role not to take up arms again during
! the war.
The following Georgia companies now
j here have been organized into a bat&llion
under Maj. J. T. Mercer, of Terrell
county, to-wit :
Sparks Guard*),Capt. Cunning: South
ern Guards, Capt. Jones; Border Ran
gers, Cap!. Strother ; Jefferson Guards,
Capt. Gamble ; Wbitesville Guards, Capt.
Norwood ; and Toombs Hanger.'. Capt.
Waddell They leave to- morrow for M&- ,
uassas.
Gen Lee has not yet left the city.
Your correspondent leaves to-night or
10-morrow morning for Manassas.
UPSON.
—-
From the Richmond Examiner.
The Ktrat Battle of Bull's Run.
For more than a week the commanding
general of the Confederate forces at Ma- !
nassas bus been anticipating an advance i
of the enemy, and has so arranged his
troops as to be prepared at all points
At Fairfax Court House, Gen.’ Bonham
was stationed, with six regiments of in
fantry, composed of four from South
Carolina (Kershaw, Cash, Williams and
Bacon) and two from Virginia (Preston
and Withers), with two batteries of light j
artillery (Shield’s Howitzers and Kem- j
pet’s Company), and about five hundred j
cavalry, under command of Col. Radford,
of Virginia.
At Fairfax Station, about four miles
distant from the Court House, and on a
line with it, Gen. Ewell, of Virginia, was
posted with three regiments of infantry,
two from Alabama (Siebels'and Rhodes),
and one from Louisiana (Seymour’s).
These regiments were stationed at inter
vals of a mile from each other, Rhodes’
sth Alabama Regiment guarding the
Braddock road approaches from Alexan
dria, which intersects the country road
between the Court House and the Station.
At both places, infantry works had
beeu thrown up for the protection of the
troops, and at the Court House, particu
ly,extended lines of defence, including
two or three masked batteries, had been
constructed.
At Centreville, a commanding emiuence
on the turnpike road, between Fairfax
Court House and Bull's Run, Col. Coke
was stationed with his Regiment and
Latham’s Light Battery. The object of
these preparations was to resist the in
cursion of anything short of a large army
into the interior, and in the event of the
approach of a force under twenty thou
sand men to give battle and drive them
back. At the same time, orders had
been issued, in case of an overwhelming
demonstraton of the enemy to fall back
on Bull’s Hun, the selected battleground.
To provide for this contingency, the
troops for more than a week past have
been trimmed of all superfluous baggage,
and been under orders to keep on hand
constantly three days’ provisions in ad
vance. Quartermaster and Commissary
supplies have been kept in limited
amounts, and ‘the wagons held in constant
readiness to move off with camp equip
page, &c.
We sre particular in stating these min
ute details to give the reader an idea of
what was anticipated by the conimanding
general, and of his arrangements to meet
the contemplated contingency.
On Thursday, the enemy felt his way
cautiously up from Alexandria and Wash
ington, in three separate columns, of
probably fifteen thousand each—one
down the railroad, another the Brnddock
road, and the third from the direction of
Falls Church. Our pickets were driven
in about two o’clock, and our troops, af
ter firing several hundred rounds, with
drew in order before the advancing foe,
and fell backto the banks of “Bull’s Run,”
a stream about four miles from Manassas
and eight from the Court House.
The “Run” is about sixty feet wide,
and easily fordable for infantry at this
season of the year, but its points of de
fence aginst an adversaay attempting to
cross, are inviting to the military eye.
Here the retiring forces were met by
Gen Longstreet’s Brigade, consisting of
the lltb, 17th and Ist Virginia Regi
ments, under the command respectively
of Colonels Garland, Corse and Moore,
together with artillery from New Orleans.
Our troops bivouacked for the night, in
expectation of the fight opening at day
break. But the enemy approached cau
tiously, beating the roads and woods in
advance of them with skirmishers, until
about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, when
their main body arrived within a half
mile of the Run, and made three several
attempts to advance on it, and each time
were repulsed with great slaughter.
The reports of the loss of the enemy
are conflicting, varying it from five to
fifteen hundred. Certain it is, their re
treat had every appearance of a signal
rout, leaving, as they did, their dead
behind them, and losing six pieces of
their artillery. Two of the Virginia
regiments pursued them for some dis
tance, and captured quite a number of
prisoners. The Confederate loss is esti
mated at about one hundred killed,
wounded and missing. It is said the
enemy, in their several advances, behaved
at first with much spirit, quickly rallying
and closing up their mowed columns, but
finally broke, and gave way under the
murderous execution of our musketry
and artillery.
On Wednesday afternoon dispatches
were sent to Gen. Johnston to repair,
with a portion of his command, to re
inforce Gen. Beauregard at Manassas.
Johnstou has his entrenchments at
Winchester strongly fortified and de
fended with heavy artillery, as to be
able to spare at least half his command
without any risk. The propriety of
these instructions is vindicated by a dis
patch in another column announcing that
Patterson has left Martinsburg, and is
on his way across the Potomac. John
ston by this time is at Manassas, pre
pared to take part in the fight to-day,
should it occur.
The enemy, as they advanced, display
ed their accustomed vandalism, burning
and destroying as they went. The vil
lages of Fairfax Court House, German
town and .Centreville, were reducod to
ashes, and men and women are fleeing in
every direction. Such are the well au
thenticated accounts of passengers by the
Central train of yesterday.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Information derived from gentlemen
who left Manassas Junction at 8 o’clock
yesterday morning, causes us to lay be
fore our readers the important particu
larsof the great victory achieved by our ;
troops on Thursday.
At dawn on that day, the enemy re- j
commenced their advance upon our lines, j
The Washington Artillery went out to
meet them, and a skirmishing fight be
tween the opposing forces of flying ar- j
tillery immediately began and lasted un- |
til 11*a. m At this hour their whole
front, infantry and artillery continuing
still to advance, our infantry also pushed ,
forward and the fight became general.
The battle continued with unabated j
fury for three hours, when about two
o’clock p. m., the enemy's centre giving
way before the combined fire of our ar
tillery and the charge of our infantry,
their whole force fell back precipitately ;
and in der.
But, after an interval of an hour, dur- j
ingwhich there was Eome unimportant;
skirmishing, at three o’clock p. m., the I
enemy again returned to the charge with
redoubled impetuosity, - and again, after j
severe fighting, were they driven back
at the point of the bayonet.
A third time they were rallied and
brought up, but only to be repulsed
quickly and with great slaughter.
It was now five o’clock p. m., and the
enemy made no attempt to renew the
fight, but retreated hastily, leaving the
field strewn with the bodies of their dead
and wounded, in possession of the Con
federates.
The battle had extended along the
creek, “Bull’s Run,” a distance of over
a mile, and within this space the enemy
had left 98G of their men dead or mortally
| wounded. Our loss, as counted that
night, 137 killed, wounded and missing,
but by the next morning this number was
reduced to less than sixty by the return
of stragglers, who had been lost in the
woods during the night. The enemy
threw chain shot and fired upon our hos
pital while the yellow flag, which secures
immunity in civjlized nations, was flyiDg.
Gen. Beauregard had a narrow escape, a
ball having passed through the kitchen
of a house where he was partaking of
dinner. The General has displayed qual
ities of the highest order as n, military
commander, with, perhaps, the excepliou
of indifference to his own life, now so
valuable to the Confederacy. He exhib
ited great coolness during the engage
ment, and was in all parts of the field.
The Alexandria Riflemen are said to
have particularly distinguished them
selves, having crossed the ford in the face
of a terrible fire from the enemy ‘s artille
ry, and fought hand to baud with the Yan
kee hirelings.
The famous Sherman battery, upon
which the enemy evidently based so much
hope of success, was almost utterly aunt
hilated. Some say there is scarcely a cor
poral’s guard of them left. Our First Reg
ment of Virginia Volunteers, under Col.
P. T. Moore, is said to have fought desper
ately. Three seperate charges were made
by it with the bayonet, and in each in
stance the enemy fled like sheep. AmoDg
the enemy’s dead weremany officers whose
uniforms indicated high rank, though their
names were unknown. Before the depar
ture of the train for Richmond yesterday
morning, the enemy had sent in a flag of
! truce to Gen. Beauregard, asking per
mission to bury their dead, which was, of
course, granted.
The number of the enemy actually en
gaged in this battle is variously estimated
at betweeu 5,000 and 10,000, whilst our
force little exceeded 3,500.
Maj. Carter Harrison and Capt. James
K. Lee were so severely wounded as to
render their removal to Richmond dan
gerous. The remains of Lieut. Humphrey
Miles, of Company G, First Regiment of
Virginia Volunteers, were brought down
and delivered to bis friends.
One of the Washington Artillery was
killed, and seven wounded. The most of
these latter were struck during the ex
plosion of a shell, which was thrown by
the enemy aftar the battle was over, and
whilst they were in retreat.
It was reported that seven guns of the
Sherman battery had been captured by
our troops, but others who seem to have
had good opportunities of information,
deny the truth of the statement. But all
agree that we secured many hundred ri
fles and muskets, besides a vast quantity
of side arms.
The Lincoln Government anti tlte
Texas Bonds.
The New York Daily News reviewing
in a searching article, the financial j
troubles of the Lincoln Administration,
shows that its course, iu respect of the
Texas bonds if peisisted in, will destroy
the basis of credit transactions between
nations aud ruin the credit of the Gov
eminent altogether. As the circumstan
ces relating to these bonds may not be
fresh in the minds of the reader, the
Newe recalls them as follows:
Texas was in 1845 admitted into the
Union by treaty, that was ratified by a
vote of her people. She had at that time
alarge debt for payment, for part of which
the custom duties were pledged, and an
other portion was a lien upon the public
lands of Texas. The treaty of auuexa
tion provided that tho United States Gov
ernment should not be held for aoy of the
Texas debt ; but when the customs were
turned over to the Federal Government,
the creditor of Texas had a right to be
paid out of these customs. Being the
mortgagees of that property they became
creditors of the United States. To 1850
the settlement of the Texan boundary
came up, and the United Slates offered
to buy of Texas that portion which is now
New Mexico. For this put chase of land
and for the payment of the creditors who
had a lien upon the customs that had
gone into the United States Treasury,
Congress sanctioned $10,000,000 5 per
cent. Texan Indemnity stock ; of this,
one-half, $5,000,000, was only to be is
sued when the creditors had filed at
Washington a release of all demands
against the United States. The stock
was issued and passed into general circu
lation. The United States have paid off
all but $3,461,000, of which amount
Texas still held $1,000,000 in February
last, when by a vote of 44,000 to 12,000
she seceded. Soon after that event it is
stated Texas sold all the United States
stocks into the hands of innocent third ■
parties, and now after a lapse of four
months the Secretary of the Treasury
bethinks him of repudiating these stocks,
and issues the following order:
“It being understood here that a por
tion of the Texan indemnity bonds, of
which semi-annual interest coupons be
come due on the Ist of July proximo,
have been indorsed since that State has
passed under the control of insurgents,
and that another portion remain in the
treasury of that State, it has become the
duty of this department to stop the pay
ment of the coupons of both these por
tions.”
If he repudiates the whole $1,000,000,
he will save $30,000, and by so doing
will destroy the credit of the Government
forever.
Strategic Places ami Points.
The Augusta Constitutionalist gives
the following explanation :
Laurel Hill is a range of hills or knolls,
between Barbour county on the west,
and Randolph and Tucker counties on the
east.
Beverly is the county town of Randolph
county, and is 210 miles northwest from
Richmond.
Phillippa is the county town of
Barbour county, and is some 25 or 30
miles north of Beverly, the road thence
passing over the hill.
Buckhannon is the county town of Up
shur county, and is about 15 miles south
west of Phillippa, and about 25 miles
northwest of Beverly.
Rich Mountain is in the southeast cor
ner of Upshur county, and about 8 or 10
miles Southeast of Beverly.
Weston is in Lewis county, 12 or 13
miles west of Buckhannon.
Glenvillc is in Gilmer comity, 22 or 23
miles west of Wetson.
Leedsville is in Randolph county, some
10 miles north of Beverly.
Staunton is in Augusta county, and is
120 miles northwest of Richmond, about
100 miles from Laurel Hill.
Meadowsville and Bealington are not
on our map, hut both are near Laurel
Hill.
These distances are given according
to Richie and Dunnovant’s Map of Vir
ginia, but the circuitous routes of the
mountainous region of that State will
doubtless make them much greater.—
The reader will be able, however, to form
some idea of the location of places men
tioned, in connection with events in Wes
tern Virginia.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
Mr. Editor: The public should be warned
against a German, Frank Shuman, who
was served with a notice to quit this com
munity for disloyal expressions. He left
on Monday night for Atlanta, and it is pos
sible that he may stop nowhere else in the
Confederate limits. He is of small stature,
rather light hair, and fair skin—about five
feet six inches in height, and speaks rather
bad English. He is aparently quiet and
unpretending, and never commits himself
in English, but in his native tongue has
I been quite imprudent. Amongbis effects,
he has a Wide Awake badge. He has liv
ed in this city since September last. It
would be well for the press to hand him
round. V.
Resigned.
Col. Deßussy has resigned his position
as Colonel of the Second Regiment Lou
isiana Volunteers, and gone to Memphis,
having been appointed on the’Staff of
Gen. (late Bishop) Polk, of the Western
Department, C. S. A. Col. D. has an
elder brother with the enemy in Fortress
Monroe, a high engineer officer under
Lincoln, and it is natural that he should
desire to be transferred from Magruder's
to some other command.
Another Use of Sumac.
Fifty years ago good Candles were
made from the wax of the berries, and up
to the present time the entire bush is cut
and dried sufficient to be thrashed in fine
particles, and sold by the farmers to tan
Morocco. It is sold by the ton, from
$25 to $35 dollars per ton, according to
quality.—[Com.
From York to the 17th.
We are indebted to Mr. L G. Bowers,
who has just returned from New York,
for Northern papers, of the 17 1 b and 18th
iust. Mr Bowers came through by the
Western route, via Louisville, and had
no difficulty in getting through.
In both the New Fork papers obtained
from him we find reports af Mr. Breekiu- ,
ridge's speech iu the Senate on the 16th, !
and they show that the Telegraph wholly
misrepresented him iu reporting him as
speaking in “justification of the war bill.”
He denounced the complicity of Lincolu,
but seemed anxious to disavow all com
plicity with the Conledeiale authorities
or movements.
In the World of the 17th, we find a
“general order” by Brig. Gen. McDowell,
dated the Bth inst., in which he gives the
roll of regiments, battalions aud compa
nies then comprising his command. The
number of full regiments of lutantry is
47, besides which there are 8 batteries
served by detached companies or squads,
and a number of cavaly companies.
And iu its Wnshingtou dispatch of the
16th, the World reports the sending for
ward of more troops to McDowell, ma
king, it says, “the fiftieth full regiment
of citizen soldiery that has been sent him
from this poiut, averaging quite a thou
sand men each, that is exclusive of regu
lars, 2500 of whom have already joined
him, with one thousand more, including
600 mariues, two full batteries of light
artillery, &C., yet to be transit i: -i i > his
command. So his grarni corgx de urmee
will doubtless noini> i 55,000 men, by tur
j the largest b.aiy ever massed in ‘his
country under a tingle command.” The
same dispatch is facetiously exuitaut in
predicting how certain Southern politi
ciaus at Manassas would use their heels
n getting out of the way ot this “grand
army!” This repot t was made live days
before the battle, and there is uo doubt
that in the interim McDowell was still
further largely reinforced from Washing
ton, to say nothing of Pattersoif 8 reported
junction with him. From these ditaour
readers may form a close minimum esti
mate of McDowell’s force
The Pittsburg Post of the 18th, con
templating the advance of McDowell on
Mu’nassas, is only fearful that the South
erners would run without giving him
battle! It reports them as using their
legs very advantageously at Rich Moun
tain, Laurel Hill, etc., and fears that
McDowell will have great difficulty in
catching them ! The same paper states
Patterson’s force to be fifty-five regi
ments. — Col. Enquirer.
Xli Battle of Manassas.
The telegraph mentions the names of
j some of those who were killed at the bat
tle of Manassas. Among them we find
those of Gen. Bartow and Gen. Bee.
Gen. Bartow is well known to our read
i ers as a prominent and popular lawyer of
j Savannah, Ga. He was at one time a
j State Senator; has several times been
j elected to the Legislature of Georgia;
| and was once a candidate for the United
I States Congress, but was defeated. He
was, after the secession of Georgia, elec
ted a delegate to the Provisional Con
gress of the Confederate States, a seat in
which body he has but recently resigned.
General Bartow was for some years
Captain of one of the most popular and
efficient companies in Savannah—the
Oglethorpe Light Infantry—which com
pany, a short time since, tendered its
services to President Davis, and was ac
cepted. On. arriving in Virginia, Capt.
Bartow was appointed Colonel of the
regiment, of which his company formed
apart; and was soon afterwards eleva
ted to the dignity of Brigadier General,
having under his command, we believe,
the 7th and Bth Georgia Regiments, and
perhaps other troops.
Patriotically devoted to the cause in
which he was engaged, brave and enthu
siastic, he has fallen a martyr to the
liberty of his country. His memory will
live in the hearts of a grateful people.
From the Charleston Courier we learn
the following facts in relation to General
Barnard E. Bee. This officer was a grad
uate at West Point—a Cadet of 1840. He
was appointed Brevet Second Lieutenant
Third Infantry, July, 1845; Brevet First
Lieutenant for gallant conduct in the
battle of Cerro Gordo, 18th April, 1847,
in which he was wounded while storming ;
and Brevet Captain for gallant conduct
in the battle of Chapultepec, 13th Sep
tember, 1847 ; Captain Tenth Infantry,
March, 1855; and Lieutenant Colonel of
Battalion of Volunteers in Utah Expedi
tion ; Brigadier General commanding
brigade consisting of two Mississippi,
one Alabama, and one Tennessee regi
ment attached to the Harper’s Ferry
column in Virginia.
Os Mr. Kirby Smith, of Florida, and
| Col. Johnson, of South Carolina, we are
j unable to write at present. Suffice it to
know that they were all gallaut meD,
fighting in their country’s cause.—Au
gusta Const.
The Deserter from Pickens.
He says there only about 1200 men on
i the Island, and that Billy Wilson is there
with his regiment of roughs. Many of
these men are sick; they are only allowed
whiskey once a day, which is not enough.
The troops and sailors are treated badly,
and worked almost to death. He states
that many of them are dissatisfied. The
deserter himself bears signs of ill usage,
and brings with him a black eye, the
effects of a blow from the coxswain.
But the most important information he
gives is that in regard to their batteries ;
but very few, be represents are on the Is
land, and these near Fort Pickens; and
they are of large rilled cannon.
Several rafts have been constructed,
intended to be used some night in coming
over on our side and destroying the
steamers Neafie, Time and other boats in
the Quartermaster’s employ. The troops
are generally ou the Island—very few in
the Fort; they have erected a large build
iug for a hospital, which is well filled.
The news of the escape of the Sumter
reached them the day after her departure,
and he states that the Niagara immedi
ately sailed in pursuit. They expect to
pick her up somewhere on ihe coast of
1 Cuba.
• He says they are looking for Sickles’
Brigade every day. I asked “why he
did not bring a company, since there
were others who wished to quit tbß Is
land.” He replied, “oue could keep a
secret better than two or more”—that
we might look out for others.
Tile Sentiment la luwi.
The following resolution among others,
adopted unanimously at Knoxville, lowa,
i will give some idea of the tone of the
■ meeting:
That in the administration of our gov
ernment duriug the last three months, |
under Abraham Lincoln, we behold our
beloved country distracted at home and
disgraced abroad ; foreign commerce
paralyzed; domestic trade annihilated;
our coasts blockaded; our majestic riv
i ers shut up ; railroads seized and broken ;
! the Constitution trampled under foot;
the laws suspended ; courts and judges
powerless; citizens imprisoned without
warrant or redress; Legislatures over- ;
| awed by the bayonet; States invaded and
dismembered; business prostrated; mar
kete destroyed ; banks collapsed : debts
repudiated; credit, both public and pri
vate, languishing; and, in a word, aj
sanguinary war raging over one half of
the Union, which, if continued, must in
evitably drain the nation of its blood and
treasure, demoralize the American peo- I
pie, and sweep away every vestige of
constitutional freedom.
George Stovall, of the Rome Light i
Guards, whose name was mentioned in j
our telegraphic report yesterday noon,
among the killed at Manassas, was the
editor of the Rome Southerner.
Oven*’ Last Letter to hla Wife.
l'oe New Orlt-tus Crescent, publishes
the last letter wrmeu by the lamented
Dreux to bis lovely young wife. The
following is the paragraph:
, May the God of b.tiles smile upon us.
Cheer up, my dear wife; l have brave
hearts and strong arms to sustain and
cheer me ou, and l feel confident of the
j result. Many a noble son of Louisiana
may fall by my side, aud 1 may he the
first to bile the dust, but rest assured
that they or I will always be worthy of
the esteem and respect of our country
men, and endeavor to deserve well ot our
country. When 1 reach Norfolk 1 shall
write again, and give you full particulars,
i Rest assured, until you hear from me, or
j until the telegraph gives you had news
of our expedition. Come what may, my
dear, 1 belong to my country, and you
know yen belong to me. One and all, all
in one, we owe our duty and our lives to
both. Were you as good aud brave a
man as you are a true and and noble
woman, I know 1 would have you by my
side, fighting with all your might the
base end miserable iuvaders.
Excuse me, dearest, for the digres
sion. To-morrow we leave for the seat
of war. What to morrow will bring forth
1 kuow not; but through prosperity or
adversity, opulence or poverty, easiness
or danger, lam your own dear C. Tell
father 1 am ashamed to promise to write,
for he may kuow I shall break my prom
ise. Ki>s one and all for me at home,
press your sweet little darling io your
heart, and tell her to love aud cherish
you for the sake and love of her papa.
Your own C.
fieii. Beauregard In Disguise.
The war correspondent of the New Or
leans Delta, tells the following:
Gen. Beauregard, quiet aud undemon
str-it ive as he is, has become the tbeme of
any number of anecdotes, as well as apo
cbryphal stories. His personal move
ments are otien extremely mysterious.—
He is said frequently to disappear from
his quarters, dressed in the plainest citi-
I zeu’s clothes, and riding a Conestoga of a
highly uuwurlke character, and to be
gone iu this guise for, I refraiu from say
! iug what length of time. His highest
officers, aud most intimate friends, do
not know where he has been, or what he
has been doiDg. The s crets of his jour
ney he keeps sacredly to himself. It is
noted, however, that when he returns on
these occasions, he is quite busy with his
. maps arid diagrams, and the inference is
| that lie was engaged while absent in mak
| iug observations of the couutry beyond
his own lines, and, perhaps, even within
! the lines of the enemy.
From the Boston Courier.
A Specimen of Rebel Clothing.
f Among the trophies of war that have
| beeu taken near Fortress Monroe, are a
coat and cap belonging the “Old Domin
! ion Dragoons.” They have been forward
ed to Gov. Andrew. They were seized by a
member of the Wightmau Rifles, and
were formerly the property of Capt. Day,
lof the O. D D. The material from which
they are manufactured is heavy blue sati
net, far superior in quality to the materi
(al of the clothing of our troops. The coat
is strongly, though not hansomeiy made,
j The cap, of the ordinary army pattern,
was made at Norfolk by W. H. C. Lovitt,
and judging from this specimen, the Mas
j Bacbusetts volunteers, when they capture
that city, will find him a good man to pat
rooize. It is ornamented with crossed sa
bres in front, aud bears in large brass let
ters theiuitialsofthecompany’sDame, “O.
D. D.” Thecoatappearstohaveseensome
service, but is almost as good as new.
A mischievous cotemporary suggests that
the coat be shown to the contractors for
clothing for our volunteers.
From the New Orleans Delta, 10th.
Naval Engagement oft'Ship Island.
On Saturday last, we learu from Mr.
J. T. Carrigan, a nice little naval engage
ment took place off Ship Island, in which
the enemy was satisfied to haul off.- As
the last gun was beiDg placed in position
ou Ship Island, under the superintend
ence of Messrs. Carrigan and D. Thorpe,
of the Engineers, the steamers Oregon and
Arrow put out to attack the Massachu
setts, then within about six miles of the
Island. The Oregon took position within
about a mile and a half of the enemy’s
ship, and running up the Confederate
flag opened fire, which was returned.
The Arrow coming up behind took her
place between the Oregon and Massachu
setts, and unleashed her bull dogs. Some
fifty shots were exchanged without dam
age on our side, and without any percepti
ble on the other. Presently a large man
of-w;ir made her appearance, when our
little fellows retreated under the batteries
on the Island, and the Massachusetts and
her opportune friend, after a consulta
tion, took flight, steaming toward the
Chandeleur Islands Owing to the inef
ficiency of his men, Capt. Myers, of the
Oregon, was compelled to act as com
mander and gunner, and he performed
both duties with his accustomed coolness
and presence of mind.
Brutal Treatment of Prisoners on
tlie Massachusetts.
We were yesterday called upon by Cap
tain A. Marquez, of the schooner Bassa
lide, taken by the blockading squadron in
the Mississippi Sound, last month, butre
j captured by the Floridians, at Cedar Keys,
as narrated in our paper a few days ago.
The captain informs us that there are two
men ou the Massachusetts, who are treat
ed iu the most inhuman manner, because
of their refusal to act as pilots on the
lakes and bayous. They were owners of
a small schooner, named the Achilles, and
were sailing her as a lake trader, wheu
they were captured on the 18th of June.
The schooner has been converted into a
tender for the Massachusetts, aud carries
a small gun. The communder of the Mas
saebusetts. having discovered that the
men were thoroughly acquainted with the
waters in our* vicinity, endeavored by
promises of reward, to induce them to act
as pilots, but they firmly refused, and he
placed them in irons to coerce them into
his wishes.
Capt. Marquez was on the Massachus
etts eight days, and during the whole
time the faithful poor fellows were not
only ironed, but placed on the forecastle
without any covering, exposed to a burn
ing sun during the day, and all the vi- !
cissitudes of weather day and night. This
brutal treatment had not reduced them
to submission, and when Col. Marquez
left they were still resolute.— W. ft. Del
<• m
Honorary Volunteers.
The correspondent of the South Caro- j
linian, writing from Fairfax, Va , says: j
The right of our regiment has been
quite complimented by the number of
honorary fighting members who have
reported themselves. Mr. Boyce has
attached himself to the Governor's
Guards; Mr. Clingman, of North Caroli
na, to the Butler Guards; and Col. Keitt
to the Palmetto Guard ; F. W. McMaster,
of Columbia, and Professor of the South
Carolina College, are also attached to the
j Governor’s Guards. The latter has been
very busily engaged as assistant engineer
to Capt. Stephens, who is superintending
the erection of fixed fortifications. Col.
I Hagood, of the First Regiment, is also
here, acting as assistant.
The Florida Regiment.
The Savannah Republican noticing the
arrival there of the 2d Florida Regiment,
says they marched, with 40 baggage
wagons, from Monticello to the Main
Trunk Rail Road, a distance of 22 miles, j
in a little over six hours. Accompanying
the regiment, under a guard, are Lieut.
Selden of the U. S. Navy, and nineteen j
sailors, who were recently captured by ;
the Floridians off Cedar Keys, in posses i
sion of four Confederate schooners, which
were retaken. They are being taken to
Richmond as prisoners of war.
The Lawrencevile (Ga.) News says Mr.
Thos. F. Odom, of that county, while at
tempting to drive a mule into a stable a
few days since, was kicked by the mule
and so seriously hurt that he died in a
few hours afterwards.
Mr. Odom was a member of Dr. Reed
er’s volunteer company.
The Great Fire In London I oss
Sin, ooo,ooo.
Tee New York city papers la.eiit,h t ,
following extracts about the great fir*> n
the Brilish # Metropol a:
The Metropolis on Saturday evening
was visited by one of the most terrific
couffagi atioos that has probably occurred
since the great fire of Loudon Certainly,
for the amount of property destroyed,
nothing like it has beeu experienced
during the last half century the loss
being moderately estimated at more than
half a million. The outbreak took place
in the exteusive range of premises known
as Cotton's wjiarf id Tooley-street, near
London Bridge, at 1 o’clock on Monday
morning ; continuous “blows” of salt
petre kept going oft, and thete being no
less than fifteen thousand casks of tallow,
it was impossible to conjecture how far
the fires might extend, especially as the
vaults running under the street as far
as the London Bridge Railroad, werß
filled with those combustibles
Not the least trace of the body of Mr.
Braidwood, the Superintendent of the
London Fire Brigade, or of other persons
supposed to have perished, have been
found.
On Monday, the body of Mr. Braidwood
was found fearfully crushed
Enormous quantities of oil aud tallow
have beeu destroyed. The loss and de
struction of property will amount to at
least £2,000,000
Three acres of ground were covered
with a mass of fire, glowing and cracking
at a white heat like a lake of molten iron.
The saltpetre, the tallow, the tar aud the
other combustibles ran blazing into the
river, until the very stream appeared to
be covered with flames. Ships were
burnt as well as houses, aud the danger
to life was almost as great on the Thames
;as in the street. The glare of thecotifta
gration was not only risible, but strik
ingly conspicuous, thirty miles off.
It appears impossible at present, toas
certain the proportion in which each of
the principal Fire Insurance Offices will
suffer from the fire. The stock of tallow
destroyed at Cotton’s wharf is 8800 casks
—worth about £2oo,ooo—all of which is
insured.
Items from the Montgomery Mail of
the 18th:
Accidentally Shot —We regret to learn
that Mr. John Chaffin, a member of the
Montgomery Grays, Col. Seibles’ Regi
ment, was accidentally shot at Fairfax
Sta'ion, on the 9th inst. He was former
ly of Loaohapoka. At last accounts he
was still alive.
Fry's Regiment. —We learn that the
officers of this regiment are : B. D. Fry,
Colonel. J. C. B. Mitchell, Lieut. Colo
nel; S. B. Marks, Major; M. L Woods,
Commissary. The Regiment is now en
camped at the Fair Grounds, near this
city, awaiting orders.
Li Incol nls m DeserlbeU
The New York News gives a graphic,
and comprehensive sketch of Lincolnism :
| The history of the world cannot furnish
! a greater accumulation of wrong and
outrage, accomplished in so short a peri
od, than has gathered during the bri 1
rule of the present Administration, which
promised the nation bread, aud gave it a
stone ; promised a fish, and has bestowed
j a serpent. It was the cry of hostility to
i corruption, together with anti slavery
i fanaticism, that carried this Administra
tion into power. The change that has
been accomplished in four Bhort months
has been a change from prosperity to
ruin, from wealth to poverty, from Union
to disunion, from comparative official
honesty to the most flagrant corruption
in high places, from peace to all the hor
rors of civil war, from the reign of law
to the unlicensed despotism of the sword
and the bayonet. These are a few of the
radical changes effected in four months.
Let an astonished country say what the
Administration will accomplish in four
years, if, indeed, the long sufferings of
an outraged people will tolerate it so
long-
A. Kentucky Congressman Opposes
the War.
In the U S. House of Representatives,
on the 10th iust. Mr. Burnett, of Kentucky,
said:
I am, perhaps, one of the few member?
who think not only the commencement,
but the prosecution of the present war,
might have been or may now be avoided
by proper efforts on the part of the na
tional Administration. Entertaining this
opinion, I am oqe of those indisposed to re
sort to farce under any circumstances, be
lieving, under the theory of our Govern
ment that the Union cau never be held to
gether in that way. Hence it is my pur
pose, representing a Congressional Dis
trict of Kentucky, to oppose both by .
voice aud vote every movement that
looks to the prosecution bf the war
against the seceded States. These being
my views and sentiments, I caunot and
will not under any circumstances give
my vote for measures which look to the
involvment of our common country in a
bloody struggle, the results of which to
both secfions will be the destruction of
theii* material and best interests and the
prostration of Republican Government of
this continent.
The JMiaataalppl Women.
In Choctaw county, Miss., a company
of ladies has been organized forsome time
uuder the name of “Home Guards,” num
bering one hundred. The Vicksburg Sun
tells us what they have done us follows:
They have been constantly exercisingon
horseback and ou foot with pistol, shot
gun and rifle, and have attained such per
: fectiou that we doubt if there is a belter
drilled company in the country. Each
one is almost a Boone with her nflle, and
an Amazon in her equestrian skill. We
have heard that one lady, (our informant,
Gen. T. C. McMackiu, could not give us
her name,) in shooting at a cross mark,
one hundred yards distant, with a rifle,
struck the centre five times and broke it
three times out of eight shots fired in suc
cession. She had a rest. If any State
can beat this, we should like to see it done.
Manufacturing Enterprises In Lou
isiana—Cattle, etc., for tt. Orleans.
We find the annexed in the Vicksburg
J Whig of Tuesduy :
Mr. J. F. Morrill, formerly of this city,
but now living in Shreveport, passed
through our city on Saturday last, on bis
way to Tennessee, to obtain machinery
for putting in operation a tannery and
shoe manufactory on a large scale There
are, we learn, very many hides of the
best kind in the Northwestern part of Tex
as, left to rot because they are so fsr
from market. These will now be worked
up, and in tbie, as well as in many other
respects, Lincoln’s war will be a benefit to
the country.
Mr. Morrill informs us that just before
he left Shreveport, he saw one steamer
pass down Red River with 500 sacks of
flour on board, and various other freight,
such as cattle, sheep, etc. He says other
boats were loading, and that large droves
of cattle and sheep were waiting transpof*
tation to New Orleans.
A Good Illustration.
Wheu President Davis commanded the
First Mississippi Regiment, suys the Aber
deen Conservative, his troops were thor
oughly disciplined. They were taught to
know, somewhat sternly, that each mat l
was expected to do liis duty While hi?
troops respected and admired him as afi
officer, they were not partial to him as a
man. He did not court them. He did
not uubend to that personal familiarity
which is too often inconsistent with true
dignity of character, and which is fre
quently fatal in the disciplineofa camp.”
And yet, it is said, that when the battle of
Buena Vista was to be fought, and the
troops were ranged in order for the con
flict, the whisper ran along the ranks-”
“Where i3 Davis ?—Where is Davis?” aud
when he appeared hundreds of voices ex;
claimed, “There he is, now we are ready.
The same feeling now prevails with regat' d
to the civil department of the Govern
ment, upon the able administration ot
which our liberties essentially depend.”
The people must seek the man. The
man must not count the people,