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July 5*9,1803.
Rice Flour.
j-jji'sarticle is coming into very gen
use. The Atlanta Intelligencer says:
, have tried it, and for batter cakes
.j iraffies, there is nothing better.—
\ii it with corn meal or wheat flour,
( 3il it makes excellent bread. It requires
-sch less lard than the common meal or
j or used alone.
Jolinion’a Threat.
It is known that Andy Johnson has
pcatedly said, since his recent fright
.asioned by Morgan at Lebanon, (hat
iioißC Nashville should have to be evacu
jted, he would see to it, that the Capitol
liillbe blown up and destroyed entirely,
from our personal knowledge of the
did, we doubt not ho will carry out Lis
lineat, provided he should not be pressed
4 little too close to admit of the least pos
sible delay. If we read the signs of the
!jnc3 properly, Andy’s jurisdiction will
be of short duration in Nashville
More Vlllkluy,
rhobuainesa of counterfeiting by the
r !slfrini? process commenced among the
-hinplasterH in this vicinity some time
since. It seom3 that it has now broken
nut in anew place, and is seeking to
make itself more respectable by opera
lions upon some of our Bank bills. We
have been shown a ono dollar note on
the Union Bank, in this city, changed
ty the pastcriug process, to a five. The
wrd “ono” on the left hand corner of
lie bill is torn off, and where it occurs
in tho centre of the bill, it is erased
with ink, and the figure 5 is pasted
over tho ono on the upper corners. The
whole thing is executed in the most
tangling manner, and is easily detected.
We are informed that 10'e hnvo been
hanged to 60’s in the saruo manner.
Some fellow in our midst has been
engaged in this species of Yankee
ism for some time, and it is now hoped
he will be discovered and learned some
n.eful and profitable trade.
A Yankee Imp.
The Knoxville Register of Thursday
says that the infamous Jordon, who
gained a little notoriety ala Butler at
Sparta a few weeks since, is now at the
Bell House, in that city, enjoying his
captivity finely. This fellow Jordon is
ihe same vidian who was in command of
a regiment of Hessians at Sparta, Tonu.,
some time since, and who ordered tho
ladies of that place to prepare some thing
lor his men to eat within ono hour, or in
case of failure, he would turn his sol-
Jiery loose upon them and not be re
sponsible for any of their acts. This is
the substance of the report as we heard j
a several weeks since, from a geutlernan
irorn Tennessee, and wo see the Register
refers to the same thing and corrobo
rates tho statement in almost the same
words. We propose that the future fate
of the villain Jordon be decided by a
two-third vote of the ladies of Knox
ville.
—
Yankee Pnpem.
The Yankee papers having swt General ,
l-oe and President Davis to writing Union !
letters, are now engaged in transferring j
beceral Breckinridge through Mexico to \
Europe. They sent General Beauregard
ver some time ago. Unless a few more
“flank movemenls” should take place in !
McClellan’s army soon, we should not be
astonished to hear that they had trans
ited Gen. Hill and Stonewall Jackson.
\v are an enterprising set of fellows, !
bse same T ankea editors. One of l
iem . recently imported into Nashville !
odo the dirty work of Andy Johnson,
• a full score of East Tennessee tories
taTuscaloosa, eating tainted meat and
•-inking the water in which the “seces
sionists” wash their hands. What enter
: “fle they will got up next, wo aro not
• <■ to conjecture - -possibly that the city
1 Heston has turned “Union” and
-f ‘relief from the Union army
Sugar amt Blola*ea.
‘Kn of ordinary comprehension can
’ lo see the necessity which will
n compel the enemy to evacuate either
lauessee or New Orleans. He cannot
* L 1 and defend Virginia and the
‘Pper Potomac at the same time. Then,
J forced to evacuate, he will abandon
at P ° r mt which least benefit to
l 19 clear therefore, that as be-
Nashville and New Orleans, he will
not hesitate to abandon the latter. This
WIU be flowed by some practical
ruin !r pa rable t 0 ever y one. It will
lasses K* SpeCu^atora * n ®ugar and mo
a jjrie'v Ut re! ‘ e?e a whole community of
friend Preßßure * We advise all’ our i
J 0‘01.4f ’ *?J” f urchases - S S”
‘ i “ wer *“ i,, “’ be -
Affair* ln Teuncs.ee.
ispatoh published iu this eve*-
. - edition relative to the military
in Tennessee, is a little ob-
f’ Ut Beems to indicate important
f Jr 1 3 ‘ Buel l seems i3 at Tallahoma,
, tunes north of Stevenson, on the
Rii V *^ as h v ine and Chattanooga
; C t PTi ° ac ’ r 0“ w hich we infer he either
u P° a Chattanooga by
.. N Mig tact up.
h ‘ , “ iOM “ as " s . •
em the latter movement altogether the
N. s t,-,„ eis^b " ,h ; t
°P er auons—all his supplies and army
Wtpments must come by way 0 f Nash
‘ e and Memphis. The frequent guer
• a raids upon the Memphis and Char-
L =t'jn line of railroad below Tnscnmbia,
e “ era that route imminently unsafe,
-“Ut the recent movements of Col. For
1H s cavalry have imperiled the Nash-
T ‘.; e ftnd Chattanooga line. Huntsville
*“1 soon be evacuated, if indeed it has
“ 1 a - re &dy been, and the “grand Wea
trn ari ny” centred at Nashville. The
” -Fateh referred to alludes to rapid
vements of our troops in the direction
u *“diattanooga. This is significant, and
. 6 alloQ ld not be surprised to hear that
army ig west of the Cumberland
Uuntains Boon
VOLUME Vl.}
National Hatred.
If it he true, as stated by some, that
| there is such a thing as natural antipa
thies, it is aptly illustrated inihehis*.
tory of the American continent. From
our earliest Colonial history, there has
; existed between ihe people of the South
| and those of the North a constant and,
iu many respects, apparently causeless
I strife and contention. This has been pe
; culiarly the case with the New England,
or Yankee States proper, and those cf
i the Soirth. It is falsifying history, and
doing gross violence to truth, to assert
that we are the same people dissimilarly
situated. The Massachusetts Puritan is
as essentially a distinct race from the
1 Southrou, as is the Swiss from the Hol
lander or the Japanese from the Span
iard. All that twaddle and nonsense
atsout the same people becoming different
under different circumstances, amounts
to nothing. Circumstances never make
men, but men make circumstances. If
it pleased Omnipotence to cast the future
lot of the radical, revolutionary Round
head, who had made repeated attempts
to overthrow the Government of England,
upou the barren plains of Massachusetts
or the bleak ridges of Connecticut, that
fact did not change hia agrarian and
natieul nature. lie is the same Phari
saical philosopher or Jacobin reformer
that he was in the old world, with a
larger and more inviting field spread out
bes ore him.
Coming to the new world for the pro
fessed object of establishing religious
toleration, the Puritans banished from
their teriter let- all who dared to differ
with them iu religious sentiments. And
what i- more singular, they did this in
obedience to the dictates of that tender
conscience for which they have ever been
remarkable. They arrogated to them
selves, like the Pharisees of old, thcap>
pellation of Saint, and in their public
capacity, resolved that the “Earth and
the fullness thereof belonged to the
Saints of Ihe Lord,” and then resolved,
secondly, that they were themselves
“the Saints of the Lord,” and of course
entitled to tho whole “Earfh and the
fullness thereof.”
This is part of the early history of the
Colonics of Massachusetts andConnccti
cut, and no one has ever questioned its
truth. The question naturally arises:
when, and under what circumstances,
did these people change, either in senti
ment or policy ? If they have undergone
any change, surely the time and circum
stances of their conversion can be pointed
out; until this is done, the conclusion
is irresiatable that they are the same cru
el monsters, and self appointed “saints,”
that murdered their Emperor in the old
world, or tortured the Quakers, perßeu
ted the Catholics, banished the Baptists,
and burned witches in the new. There
is no use in making attempts at palliation.
The war of iuvasion and subjugation
now being waged against us, is but in
obedience to the faith and tenor of Pu
ritnnistn. With them the Bible is.secon
dary to moral sense, conscience, or as
they term it, Higherlaw-ism. The insti
tution of slavery, although abundantly
sustained by the teachings of the Bible,
docs not square with iheir Higherlaw
ism, and henco they oppose it, and feel
that it is a religious duty to wage a war
of extermination for its abolishment.
Therefore, in order to liberate three mil
lions of negroes, they seek to enslave
ten millions of freemen. That there
should be an antipathy between this fan
atical and superstitious race and the bal
ance of human kind, seems almost natu
ral. It is now working itself out in
practical results, and will be the means
of establishing, under the Divine super
vision, a now government where civil and
religions liberty will be upheld, nud where
law and order will be respected.
Our Telegraph Difficulties.
Pursuant to the Preamble and Reso
lutions of the Stockholders of the Now
Orleans & Washington Telegraph Line,
adopted at a recent call meeting, tho cit
izens of Columbus met in the Temper
ance Hall on Saturday evening, tho 19th
iast. Tho object of the meeting as ex
plained by the Chairman was to consider
what action, upon the part of the citi
zens, was necessary in relation to the ar
bitrary and high handed embargo which
has been imposed upou the office at this
place by one W S. Morris, the self con
stituted President of the “Southern”
Telegraph Company. lion. Alfred Iver
son delivered a patriotic and stirring
address, giving tho history of our Tele
graph difficulties and recommending
some immediate measures for the relief
of our citizens. A committee was ap
pointed to confer with Mr. Morris by
mail, or, if possible, by telegraph, offer
ing him, iu behalf of the citizens of Co
lumbus, the following ultimatum in sub
stance :
Ist. That Mr. Morris be respectfully
requested to allow dispatches t 6 pass to
and from this office as heretofore.
2nd. That in failure to comply with
this request, the citizens will take the
office into their own hands and close it
up to all dispatches passing through to
other points ; and that the possession of
the office by Mr. R. L. Hoopes will be
sustained by the citizens at all hazards.
Cetting up Enthuslaam for tile
War.
The Yankees are peculiarly a sensation
people. They incorporate sensation in
to every thing. Their churches and re
ligious institutions are, and always have
been, full of it. Their commerce abounds
in sensation ; it is part of their social
life, and is paramount to everything else
in their politics. They got up this wick
ed war by sensation, and are now carry
ing it on by sensation. They have even
turned a dreadful defeat into a “brilliant
flank movement,” and by sensation are
preparing for another “on to Richmond.”
It has begun in New York city, (as what
sensation does not start there?) and is
already beginning to spread, Soon the
whole North will be in a fresh flame of
war—new recruits, new gunboats, new
generals, new appliances, and new plans
will be adopted. They have already ap
pointed a day for a grand “Union” meet
ing in New \ork, at which “the Presi
dent” is expected as a guest. They will
doubtless succeed in getting up a sensa
tion, and will renew and enlarge the ef
forts at subjugation. Why are oar lead
ers not improving the golden opportunity
to strike a decisive blow ? What are
| they waiting for ?
I Gen. Burnsides was at last accounts in
i Washington
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Our East Tenuesaae Cavalry.
We regret to learn that a small detach
ment of our cavalry force in East Ten
nessee met with defeat near Jackeboro’
a few days since It eeems that four
companies of a cavalry regiment were
attacked by a large force of Federal in
fantry and routed, leaving their camp
equipage and provisions in the hands of
the enemy.
We have never been inclined to in
dulge in severe and unkind criticism,
even toward the most undeserving of onr
military authorities; but it does seem to
us that of all men on earth, some of our
cavalry leaders in East Tennessee are
j tae most unfortunate. We do not speak
| altogether from mere hearsay ; in many
| instances we have witnessed’ the sad in
j competency and shameful indolence of
| many of them. Some companies, and
| perhaps battalions, have been in the ser
| vice over twelve months, and yet they
I know as little of discipline as they did
| when they first entered the service.—
They have for the most part generally
been quartered In some dirty little vil
| lage, abounding In groceries and other
; con veniences adapted to the wants of an
| untutored and licentious mob, at the ex
! pease of the government. Several com
panies of this character, covered them-
I selves with infamy by their precipitated
I flight and shameful stampede at the bat
tle of Fishing Creek.
It is but doing simple justice, however,
to the deserving to say, that we have
some efficient cavarly forcos in East Ten
i nessee, under the management of cora
| petent and worthy officers. They have
demeaned themselves honorably upon all
| occasions, and seem to have proper con
j ceptionsof the duties of a soldier. But
as above intimated, this is ths exception,
not the rule.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Our Telegraph Difficulties
lids. Sun: I notice your strictures
upon the “Southern” Telegraph Com
pany.
Tho reproduced article from the Mo
bile Tribune, does seem to create a very
strong case of “Yankee trickery” resortod
to for the purpose of “fleecing” Southern
stockholders ; and if true, it is passing
strange that it should have been thus
i long tamely and quietly submitted to.
But the question cf mere right is one
with which we as a community have no
concern That is for the stockholders
and the courts—the one competent to
protect their own interest, and tho other
to decide controversies.
There is, however, a connection with
it on our part as a people vital in both
interest and principle, and upon which
we Bbouldact promptly and decisively.
It seems that our city, save in gov
ernment and press dispatches, (likely
most, profitable ,) has been cut off of the
line of communication. This is an un
authorized and heartless Yankee order,
worthy of Butler, Grant, or Andy John
son, and unworthy of any man, or set of
men, other than cold blooded, inhuman,
unfeeling Yankee invaders of our homes
and firesides.
• Many, very many of the husbands,
fathers aud brothers of this community,
lie wounded, sick, and suffering in our
army. They have fallen, and in defence
of the right of this Telegraph Company
to exist at all, save in the h<ands of a
common enemy. Who has not seen wives
and mothers standingwith trembling and
tearful anxiety around the office, await
ing tidings from the suffering loved ones,
and the “ smiles of joy” or “tears of
woe,” consequent upon such tidings?
This cruel order denies them this poor
privilege.
But comment is useless. The outrage
of tho proceeding is patent, aud public
indignation cannot and ought not to be :
suppressed.
A public meeting has been called to ‘
take it into consideration and what shall I
be its action ?
It has been suggested that no messages j
be allowed to pass through this office .
to other points. This is objectionable |
for its infliction upon other innocent !
communities of tho like heartless wrong j
of which we so justly complain: and \
then, it will not redress the grievance.— !
This company has no more right to deny
us the privilege of sending our messages !
over the line in their turn, than the mil- :
ler has to refuse in its turn to grind our i
corn—an illustration both apt and fa
miliar. Let then the public meeting be :
held, and as the action of our whole I
people let the observance of this familiar I
rule be required, and that unreservedly ‘
and immediately. If not done, let pub- j
lie vengeance be visited upon our enemy ;
or enemies who refuse it, in the shape of ;
tar and feathers or rail ride, if they dare j
pollute our atmosphere with their pres- :
once.
Let the operator here bo required forth* j
with to scud a message over the line to
this effect, that all concerned may take j
due notice.
Tho language used and the remedy j
advocated may seem harsh, but neither ;
is commensurate with the harsh and un* ;
provoked wrong of which we complain. |
Columbus.
Extract from a letter dated Warosboro’,
July 18th, 1862 : .
“The corn and potatoe crops in the :
low country arc unusually large, and ag !
promising as the planters could possibly
desire. Scarcely any cotton planted— j
not enough for ‘spinning cotton.’”
Query for tUe Daffies.
Why should it be considered impolite i
for a gentleman to appear before ladies
in his shirt sleeves, and yet altogether
polite for a lady to appear before gentle* :
men without any Bloeves at all ?
Fremont.
Gen. Fremont and family are residing
at present, at Oyster Bay, Long Island.
The General has not resigned his posi- j
tion: had he resigned, he could not se- j
cure the privilege of drawing some $6,000
or SB,OOO, the pay of a Major-General, j
to which he is now entitled.
Gen. McCail.
This Federal General, now held as a
prisoner of war in this city, resigned his
commission in the United States army
some years ago, settled in Philadelphia, j
where he married, and is a man of hand
some fortune. He has a brother and
nephews in Louisiana.— Riehmond Enq.
The French Forces Starved Into
Capitulation.
The Havana correspondent of the New
York “Tribune,” says that the French
forces in Mexico had capitulated from
want of food, having eaten their artillery
mules.
Gen. Pope graduated at West Point
j in the same class with William S. Roaen
crans, Abner Doubleday, Gustavus W.
Smith, Mansfield Lovell, Earl Van Dorn
and James Longstreet.
And was notoriously at that time tho
greatest liar at the military academy.
Gen. Kirby Sroltll.
We are glad to learn from the Knox
ville Register of the 19th inst., that Gen.
Smith still retains the command of the
department of East Tennessee, and that
he had not retired from active duty by
t reason of ill health.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, JULY 29, 1862.
Glorious News.
We are permitted, through the kindness
of a friend, to make the following ex
tracts from a private letter written from
| Atlanta It corroborates the news rela
tive to Morgan ; which we publish this
1 morning, and contains other items of in’
terest. The letter was written Monday
night, 21st:
Col. Forrest, since the capture of Mur
freesboro’, has, (it is said,) retired to
Cumberland Mountain, Lack of McMin
villea few miles. The captured commis
sioned, officers passed Knoxville, yester
day, cn route for Richmond, including
Gen. Tom. Crittenden, the same who
twelve months ago gave E. M. Bruce a
1 letter of introduction to President Davis,
in which he said, “my prayers are con
stantly ascending for yonr success.”
i One month later he accepteed a commis
sion of Brigadier General, with a very
i large contract for cattle, from his rnajes
. ty, Abraham the First.
The report by train from Chattanooga
this evening, is to the effect, that John
Morgan had entered Frankfort and Lex
; ington, capturing large quantities of arms
| and stores. Gov. Magoffin with State
papers, had joined him, and they had
! retired to Madison county, where they
are establishing a camp. Thousands
: are flocking to his standard. All Ken
! tacky is reported in a blaze of excite
ment, male and female, young children
| and old age. John Morgan’s name has
electrified them, and now the Governor
1 will give a shadow of official authority
to his acts. This i3 a part of his pro
gramme as was understood before leaving
here. Other important points will be
executed in due time. The destruction
of the railroad between Louisville and
Nashville, cuts off all rapid retreat as
well as reinforcements to Buell’s array,
which must be in a vary critical situation.
I suppose Bragg will come up to time,
and fill his part in the play of ridding
Tennessee of the foul invaders.
The Report of Yankees at Gordons
villei
There seems to have been some mieap
; prehension as to the raid of the enemy
| in the neighborhood of Gordonsville, on
the line of the Central Railroad. Du
ring the early part of the day yesterday
| it was asserted, with apparent confidence,
that three hundred of the enemy’s cav
alry had visited that town, and after
dashing through the place, and capturing
the telegraph operator, had retired. It
was also reported that six thousand of
the enemy was at Orange Court House,
a few miles below Gordonsville, and that
tho greater part, if not the whole army
of the Valley of Virginia, under Pope,
were in Culpepper county. We have en
deavored to ascertain, by cautious in
quiry, the facts in connection with the
appearance of the Yankee forces in that
quarter, and aro satisfied that the state
ments alluded to are essentially incor
rect.
On Sunday a body of Yankees appear
ed at the Rapidan river on the northern
edge of Orange county, and destroyed
the railroad bridge over that stream ;
but if our information is correct, they
never visited Gordonsville at all, and re
tired after committing the damage stated.
It is probable that the Yankee govern
ment, alarmed by the rout of their army
at Richmond, entertained some appre
hensions for the safety of Washington,
and by way of embarrassing the move
ments of our forces in such an event,
are destroying the railroad between Gor
donsville and Manassas. It is known
that they have already destroyed the
bridges and track of the Manassas Gap
Railroad, and it. is more than provable
that the Orange and Alexandria Road
will besubjected to the same fate. It is
certain that no advance from that direc
tion upon Ptichmond is intended, or the
bridge over the Rapidan would not have
been destroyed.— Rich. Dispatch, 1 5th.
—
Butlerism in Mississippi.
Gen. Van Dorn has issued a general
order—No. 9—in which occurs the fol
lowing section •
8. The •publication of any article in
the newspapers in reference to the move
ments of troops is prohibited, and if the
editor or proprietor of any newspaper
published in any ox the counties herein
before designated shall publish any edi
torial article, or copy into his paper any
article or paragraph calculated to impair
confidence in any of the commanding of
ficers whom the President may see fit to
place over the troops, such editor or
proprietor shall be subject to fine and
imprisonment, and the publication of the
paper shall be thereafter suspended.”
This order, if enforced throughout the
country, would establish the most thor
ough and absolute military despotism
that ever disgraced any age or nation.
The idea that the people shall not bo al
lowed te criticise the conduct of their
agents, is too monstrous for contempla
tion. The privilege of the press to ex
pose official incompetency is its highest
birthright, and the unshackled exercise
of that power the strongest safeguard of
liberty. Such an assumption of author
ity has not been attempted or conceived
even by Lincoln. It “out Herods He
rod.”
A cotemporary well remarks that an
independent press and an independent
people will not submit to such an arbi
trary edict.
Miscellaneous.
Fiye hundred and sixteen hales of Sea
Island cotton were sold in New York on
the 9th instant at 47 to 78 cents, and
forty-one bales of Gulf at 84 to 40|
cents. The cotton market has been
firmer since the sale, middling uplands
being quoted at 41 to 42 cents.
Certain parties in Huntsville, who were
unpatriotic enough to sell their cotton
to the Yankees who swarmed there from
the North, were paid by them in bogus
gold. The galvanized coating has worn
off the pewter, and these gentlemen have
lost their cotton as effectually as if they
had burned it like true Southerners.
Governor Andrew has published the
military apportionment of Massachus
etts, designating the number of men each
city and town shall furnish to make up
fifteen thousand men, the proportion
Massachusetts is expeeted to send to the
field under the call for three hundred
thousand more volunteers.
Yankee Epistles.— A very large pro
portion of the Yankee letters found in
their camps were evidently written by
illiterate parsons. The orthography of
many of them is execrable. We have
seen in one letter Fredericksburg spelt
“Fredrexbirgand in another medi
cine Bpelt “metson.” One letter was ad
dressed “to my sweet brother.” A sin- j
gular confession in another letter was
that the writer (a Yankee soldier) had I
married a mulatto woman, and that he
would start for the North to visit his rel
atives iu a few days. —Richmond Whig. |
*
The 2nd Georgia Battalion.
We learn from private soutces, that
the 2nd Georgia Battalion are now sta
tioned at Petersburg. All the tents at
Drewry’a Bluff have been removed and
stored at Petersburg—the soldiers at the
Bluff using the “flies” altogether. Com
pany A, Macon Volunteers has lost one
of ita members—Mr. Hogg, of Cedar j
Town—the first death in that company
since that of Peter Stubbs.— Macon Tel
The Lines of oar Array.
Movements are now nearly complete
for the permanent establishment of a
base of operations for our army below
Richmond. The Federal army is still
established at Berkley, Westover and
Charles City Court House.— Richmond
Enquirer, 15 th.
The Express Company.
We insert the communication of
“South” because the charges, if t rU e,
should become known; if they are not
true, their publication will give the ooro
pftny an admirable opportunity to set
itself right before the community In
either case, we deem the agitation not
unimportant, because it is patent to ev
ery one that there is a heavy suspicion
of disloyalty resting on this Company.
If, as they pretend, the majority of the
stockholders are Southern men, nothing
is more easy than to satisfy the public
of the fact. If, on tho contrary, they
fail to do this, the evidence is at once
conclusive, uuder existing circumstances,
that the whole thing is a Yankee trick
; and an abolition concern.
The controversy should be conducted in
! a high-toned and respectful manner, and
no efforts should be made to incite public
; Indignation without good and sufficient
evidences of Collusion ami duplicity.—
j The managers of the company owe it to
; themselves to make a plain and satisfac
| tory showing, and they should do (his as
soon as practicable delays will only ag
gravate suspicion, incite public indigua
| tinn, and perhaps violence. The temper
of the Southern people is in no mood to
I brook insult and danger in their midst
from a people who have broken up
the peace of their homes, disorgan
ized their commerce, and-now seek their
subjugation. It is natural that they
should be vigilent. The only wonder is
that they are not more so. If we are
determined upon independence, we should
endeavor to make that independence com
plete. Puppose the “Southern Express
Company” has no ends in view but to
make money, and that Mr. H. B. Plant,
the General Superintendant, is acting
merely as the agent of the old “Adams’
Express Company,” with the purpose of
makiDg his returns after tho war closes,
and that no “underground” concern for
the present communication is in contem
plation ; is this not clearly a violation
of the law of nations, and an open and
direct violation of all rules regulating
commerce between belligerents?
It is a well known fact that tho Presi
dent, Vice President, Board of Directors
and Stockholders of the “Adams’ Kx
press Company”—the head of which is iu
New York—are not only coercicnists, but
most of them are leading members of
the Republican party. Now if, as it is
generally supposed, this “Southern” Ex
press Company is as much a part and
parcel of tho “Adams’ Express” to day
as it was before the war, it is the duty
of our State and Confederate authorities
to abate it, and arrest its managers—
just as much so as it is to raise and equip
armies to meet the foe in the field—just j
as much so as it would be to arrest a spy ‘
or sequestrate the property of nn alien I
enemy.
But, as above intimated, if the “South ‘
ern Express Company” is a lona fide con
cern, and not a branch of Yankee enter
prise, presuming upon our good nature
or gullibility, or both, nothing is more
easy than for the Stockholders to satisfy
the peoplo that such is the fact, and we
sincerely hope they will loose no time in
doing so.
Vtcfeiburg
A private letter written by an intelli
gent soldier at Vicksburg, dated July
11tb,says:
Vicksburg is a lovely place. It con
tains some of the finest private dwellings
I ever eaw, but most of them are desert
ed, and are marked with the insigua of
war. Nearly every house in the vicinity
ot the river has marks of the enemy’s
shells. Some are totally destroyed.
There are some points on the river
which command a most beautiful and
romantic view of the entire city and sur- !
rounding country. The sight is a grand j
one indeed. The broad, silvery bosom i
of the Mississippi sparkling ia the sun, I
the green woods which line the banks, ‘
and far up the river, ia sullen silence,
lay the hasted Yankee gunboats, their !
dark sides in singular contract with the :
bright glances of the sun on the water. !
Occasionally, the long line of smoke from
one of their sides, denotes the coming of !
a shell, the bursting and whizzing’ of j
which over our heads is not calculated
to inspire very pleasant reflection!?.— j
You Bhould visit onr batteries. It is a i
sight worth going to see. The road is
perfectly lined with shell, some whole,
aud some torn into fragments, so that
the boys frequently stumble over them i
in passing the road. Then all around !
the batteries the ground is literally torn j
in great pits, large enough to bury a
horse in.
Our duty consists chiefly in picketing
in the swamps between the river and onr
batteries, which is a very severe job.—•
The musquitoes are perfectly hateful;
such large ones, and so many of them,
I never saw before. I assure you there
is uo danger of a sentinel going to sieep
on his post down there. Some of the
boys lay down with their handkerchiefs
over their faces, who swear that the
musquitoes pull the bankerchief off their
faces.
——♦
Our Florida Dorresponffeucs.
Camp Jackson, Fla., )
July 16th, 1862. j*
Eds. Sun: Three or four days ago,
some of the citizens of Washington coun
ty, in the State, captured four Yankee i
skulkers. From the best information i
that I can obtain, they are a portion of ]
some renegades who left that section of ;
Florida, and joined the enemy, when the
war broke out, and were at the time of
their capture trying to engineer their
way to visit their oh! stamping ground.
The scoundrels had Yankee “passes.”—
They will be apt to learn by practical ‘
experience that Florida air, although
sometimes dense, is not a solid sub- j
stance.
Last Sunday, I learn, from undoubted !
authority, that our cavalry scouts, to
the number of forty, visited the neigh
borhood of Pensacola, and Lad the te- j
merity to venture wltiiin half a mile of
the city, where they obtained a good
view of the bay, and where they saw a
man of war, and a gunboat, with save- j
ral small craft. There are but few Y’anks
at Pensacola, and there never have been
Many.
As one fifth of this regiment is from i
a portion of country where I know that
the rays of your “Sun” penetrates, you •
will bear with me, if I allude to its ssni
tory condition. Would to heaven I could
say it was good ! Such, however, is not j
thecase. In the regiment of a little more
than eight hundred, a hundred and forty
reported on the sick list this morning.
For the consolation of friends who have
relatives here, I must say that the As
sistant Surgeon, Dr. Savage, is a misno
mer. It should have been Lamb, for
his heart is as tender as a woman’s.
ours, Iter.
Uo Hope fox Mr. Vu Buren.
The Kinderhook Rough News says the
health of ez-President Van Eureu hap
not improved within the past week, and i
very slight, if any, hopes are entertained j
by his friends of his ultimate recovery I
The Washington and New Orleans
Telegraph Company.
Columbus, July 19,1802.
Pursuant to a previous call the citizens of
thi3 place met at Temperance Hall. Pr. H. M.
; Jeter was called to the Chair, and Wm. C. Gray
appointed Secretary.
The Hon. Alfred Iverson addressed the
! r.iect.n'r at some length in explanation of the
j difficulties in the lelograph office in this city,
j and .concluded by offering the following Pre
amble aud Resolutions:
It appears that on Thursday a Mr
Brenner, claiming to be the agent of one W. s'.
Morns, the alleged President and Manager of
the Southern lines of Telegraph, came so Co
lumbus and attempted to discharge Mr L R
Hoopes, the telegraph operator a? this “place
by serving him first with a written notice of dis
charge. Mr. Hoopes denied his authority aud
the authority of nis employer, Morris, and re
! fused to surrender possession of the otlice.—
j Whereupon, Mr. Brenner attempted to take for
! cible possession of said office by intruding an
, ether man in the office as operator, to the ex
clusion of IIoopos; that two or three other per
sons, friends of Mr. Hoopes, one of whom was
a stockholder in the company, assisted Mr.
Hoopes in repelliDg this attempt to oust him
by force from the office, and enabled him to
hold its possession; that Mr. Brenner imme
diately sued out legal process for the purpose
of ousting Mr. Hoopes, which process is still
pending.
In the meantime these proceedings were
telegraphed to the said Morris at Lynchburg,
Va., who claims to have the possession, con
trol and management of the offices and lines
! of the Washington & New Orleans Telegraph
j Company; who, thereupon, and immediately
telegraphed an order to all the offices east of
I Columbus, directing that no business be taken
i for this city, until further orders, and thus the
I citizens of Columbus and its vicinity are de
; Prived of the privilege of telegraphic eommu-
I mcation with all parts of the Confederate States
j east of this city. With the question of the
i possession, control and management of the of
: iiee at this place, or elsewhere, whether Mr.
! Hoopes is rightfully in possession or not;
i whether he is right or wrong in withholding
Hie possession from Mr. Brenner; whether
i Mr. Morris is rightfully or wrongfully in pos-
I session, control, and management of said offi
■ ces—in fact, with the whole question in dis
i pute between ihe parties, this community
i does not feel called upon at this time to ex
! press any opinion or take any action. These
1 questions ought to be left to the decision ot
the legal tribunals; but this meeting of citi
zens of Columbus considers the order OfMr
Morris, cutting off the people of Columbus
from ail telegraphic communication east of
this place as an unjust, high-handed and arbi
trary measure, and should be resisted - by the
community. To this end it is
Resolved, That a committee of five citi
zens be appointed by the Chair, who shall
communicate these proceedings to the said
Morris, as soon as practicable, with the re
quest that his said order be revoked, and
if, within a reasonable time to be judged
of by tho committee, the said order shall
not be rescinded, then it shall be the duty
of the committee to take possession of the of
fice in this place, and permit no telegraphic
messages except those to and from the Con
federate government audits officers and agents
to passthrough this office, until the said order
of the said Morris is revoked.
Mr. W. A. Bedell offered the following addi
tional resolution.
Resolved, That in case the said Morris, shall
refuse or fail to rescind said order, cutting off
telegraphic, communication east of this citv,
tho committee appointed under the foregoing
resolution aro hereby instructed to confer
with ths Governors of Georgia, South Carolina
and North Carolina, and request them to in
terfere for the purpose of restoring said tele
graphic communication.
E. Barnard, Esq., offered the following:
Resolved, That until this question is adjust
ed, this meeting will sustain Jj. R. Hoopes in
retaining possession of the Telegraph Office in
this city.
All of which were unanimously adopted.
The Chair appointed the following gentle
men ns the committee of five:
W. A. BEIVELL, ]
J. F. BOZEMAN, |
R. L. MOTT, j-Com.
J4S. W. WARREN, I
L. G. BOWERS. J
Meeting then adjourned.
H. M. JETER, Chairman.
W. C. Ghat, Secretary.
.
’The Gallant Young Hero, E. F.
Scott.
Among the many whose names wil adorn
and beautify the pages of our future history,
giving brilliancy to our national character, and
showing thayalor of our youthful soldiers,
none will occupy a more deserving place than
the gallant young Scott, of the 3d Alabama.
Reared in the midst of affluence and blessed
with endowments, which but few of his age
ever possess, he had everything to bind him
to the home of liis youth, and tho devoted
friends who delighted to honor him. Yet
when tho tocsin of war broke upon our coun
try, and the foot-prints of the enemy polluted
onr soil, ho was among the first to rush to the
standard of his country, and oppose the ag
gressor’s march.
When the hour came for him to meet the
enemy in deadly conflict, nobly did he con
duct himself. His coolness and valor attract
ed the attention of every one. In the succes
sion of brilliant victories through which we
have but recently passed, he escaped unhurt,
until the fatal charge of Tuesday evening. In
the midstjof that terrific conflict four banner
hearers had been shot down in rapid succes
sion. No sooner had the fourth fallen, than
Scott flew to the banner, and in the act of rais
ing it, a frieDd said to him, “If you bear that
banner you will perish.” With a smile upon
his face, he remarked, “Let me perish, but this
banner shall never trail in the dust while there
is power in my arm to support it.” Waving it
in triumph over his head he sprang to the
front of the advancing column and shouted
Iris comrades on to the charge. This daring
feat caused a concentrated fire from the ene
my, and in less than five minutes he fell, with
the tattered folds of his flag enveloping his
form. Thus perished one of the noblest boys
I ever knew. But this act of his will live in
the hearts of a grateful people, when the sculp
tured urn shall crumble into ruins. Farewell,
Fletch, thy name is written in imperishable
letters upon the memory of A Friend.
Miscellaneous.
Jennison, the Kansas jayhawker, has,
by orders from Washington, been mus
tered out of service in the army.
Messrs. Blair of Virginia, Casey of
Kentucky, Maynard of Tennessee, and
Fisher of Delaware, are the only repre
sentatives from slave states who voted
for the conference report on the confisca
tion bill.
Secretary Chase has transferred the
whole appointing power under the new
revenue act to ex-Governor Boutwell,
commissioner, just appointed. This is
dono to avoid the annoyance of a rush of
office-seekers upon the secretary.
The Columbus (Ohio) Journal of July
7th, learns that a meeting of the Govern
ors of the loy*l States has just been
held at the Angler House, Cleveland, for
consultation and co operation in the mat
ters appertaining to their positions and
duties.
Congress has passed a bill doing away
with regiment bands and retaining brig
ade bands. The regimental bandß will
all be dismissed out of the service in
thirty days, unless they volunteer to join
brigade bands. This will effect a saving
of about five millions a year.
A Washington paper says that the
forthcoming address of the Republican
members of Congress to the people of the
United States will favor the most ener
gctic action in the prosecution of the
war, the use of all the means in our
power against the rebellion and foreign
intervention, and the policy of employ
ing the blacks in military operations.
It was rumored in Washington that
General Halleck was with the President
at Fortress Monroe. A New York paper
says: “It does not seem to be reliable;
but the report gave rise to the belief that
Halleck is to be the new secretary, for
which position many regard him as the
fittest man in the nation.”
The Seneca Falls Reveille, says: “An
illiterate darkey, who represented him
self as a former coachman to Jeff. Davis
exhibited at Concert Hall on Wednesday
and Thursday evening of last week. Ho
pretended to great knowledge of the rebel
President and his household, but only
willing dupes believed his silly story.”
Lookout for Counterfeits.
The Richmond Examiner says it be
hooves country people at this time to be
more than ordinarily careful how they
reoeive Confederate notes from persons
with whom they are unacquainted. We
have just heard of the arrest of a man
in King William who had been going
through the country buying stock and
Bheep at enormous prices, and paying
for them in counterfeit Confederate mo
ney. All of the Yankee prisoners had
more or less of this money, and much of
it has fallen into the hands of dishonest
persons, who will endeavor to pass it on
the unwary. All the Northern counter
feits can be readily deteoted by compar
ing them with a genuine note.
The Governor General of Canada ad
vises preparation against attack from
fbe Lincoln government
{NUMBER 14.
TELEQB -A-lE* I-IIG
Richmond, July 21.—Major General
Holmes has been assigned to the com
mand of the Department of Trans-Mis
sissippi. Brigadier General R. H. An
derson has been promoted to MnjorGen
eral, and assigned to the command of
the division recently commanded by Gen.
Huger, vrho is assigned to the duties of
Inspector of Ordnance Col. Jenkins,
of S. C., has been promoted to Brigadier
General, vice Armstrong, promoted.—
Col. Martin E. Green, of Missouri, has
been promoted to Brigadier General.
The resignation of Brigadier General
Jos. R. Anderson has been accepted
A general exchange of prisoners has
been agreed to—the surplus ou either
side to be paroled. The terms of the
agreement are the cartel of 1812, be
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain.
Mobile, July 21.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser, dated Chattanooga,
19th, says the enemy are concentrating
in considerable force at Talahoma, 40
miles the other side of Stevenson.
Buell’s army is considered in a tight
place.
The activity of our army in East Ten
nessee indicate important movements.
Mobile, July 22.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser, dated Chattanooga,
20th, says the Louisville Journal of the
14th contains the particulars of the cap
ture of Lebanon, Ky., by Morgan’s for
ces, on the 13th. lie captured Lieut.
Col. R. Johnson, and two companies of
the 28th Kentucky regiment; killed sev
eral, destroyed the Government ware
houses, burnt the railroad depot, a por
tion of the town, and sacked the banks;
he then proceeded to Danville and Bards
town, dividing his forces, on the Spring
field Railroad. He had arrived within 9
miles of Frankfort on Sunday night;
from thence he was expected to go to
Lexington. It was reported that a large
rebel force had advanced Seven miles
from Shelbyville, on the road to Louis
ville. Gen. Boyle was making every ef
fort for the defence of the city. Great
excitement at Louisville.
Dispatches from Nashville of the 13th,
says great excitement there. An attack
was expected. Batteries were prepared
to shell the city in case of its surrender.
The capture of Murfreesboro’ had pro
duced a stirring effect.
Dispatches from Cairo, to the 12th,
report the oapture of Memphis, in North
ern Missouri, by the rebels. The Union
citizens were carried away.
Chattanooga, July 21.—Buell’s forces
at e massing at Bridgeport. Large num
bers arrived to-day. They are busy
building boats to cross the river.
Brigadier Generals Crittenden and
Duffield, with their staffs and others, be
ing forty odd officers in all, have left
Knoxville, for Madison, Ga.
The Truth Leaking Out—‘‘Old Abe”
Acknowledges a Serious Defeat.
Despite the military censorship of the
press in the North, a ray of truth now
and then shoots forth. The Cincinnati
Commercial is entitled to credit for the
following key note:
At last it is out. A week ago to day,
began, before Richmond, a series of five
days’ battles, the result of which, mystify
it as you may, to soften the disappoint
ment, is a decided reverse.
There are glorifications of the “bril
liant strategy” changing the base of opei -
ations, that only raises the wonder why,
if the James river base was so vastly su
perior, it was not discovered four weeks
ago, before the time bad been wasted and
the army had been scourged by the mal
aria of the Chicahominj’ swamps; there
are confused accounts of desperate fights
that leave one in doubt whether we won
or lost, or whether so losing was not more
honorable than the most brilliant victory,
there are strange stories of fearful slaugh
ter, of the destruction of millions of dol
lars worth of army stores at the White
House, of the loss of our siege guns, and
of other disasters so crushing that we re
fuse to believe them till forced to it; but,
in the absence of official bulletins, which
the government still withholds, there is,
at least, oat of the thickening reports of
reverses that come crowding upon us,-
which we are compelled to accept: The’
President admitted yesterday to an
cer who, of right, demanded that the si
lence of the government should be broken,
that McClellan had been seriously defeated,
and that he had called for 50,000 more
men. Details will be coming in for weeks,
but that is the key note to the whole
heart-sickening story.
Major-General McCall.
This officer is exhibiting some traits of
character, now that he is here in cap
tivity, which might be considered unbe
coming even if his rank were lower.
After being transferred from the Spots
wood Hotel to the prison on 18th street,
he sent back for some articles of cloth
ing which he said he had left behind, but
they could not nowhere be found. The
General subsequently requested the
steward of the prison to purchase him
some clothing, and wrote his order as
follows : “For Gen. McCall—One wool
en shirt, collar 15 inches, one pair
drawers, two cambric handkerchiefs,
one pair socks.” The purchases were
duly made, and the steward, presuming
that a Federal Major-General would not
wear inferior garments, procured the
best that could be found, paying prices
that have been established through the
interference of the Yankee Government
in our seaport trade, and which we all
submit to with as good grace as possible.
Not so, however, wi.h Gen. McCall.
When the articles were carried to him,
he rebelled against the transaction alto
gether, refusing to receive the goods he
had ordered and to pay the bill. The
consequence was that the steward was
compelled to return them to the mer
chant or keep them himself, either alter
native being disagreeable enough. It is
impossible to conjecture what expedient
the General will next resort to for the
replenishment of his wardrobe.—Rich
mond Dispatch. v
Yankee Honor.
One of the Yankees captured in the
recent battles is to be examined before
Commissioner Baxter on a grave charge,
lie is said to have been, when taken the
last time, already a paroled prisoner.
One of the crew of the Congress, who
has been duly received into our ranks,
professes his readiness to swear to the
fellow’s identity. He knew him in the
United States service and is acquainted
with tbo particulars of his captnre and
parole.
As, by a recent order, published a few
days ago in the Northern papers, all pa
roled Yankee prisoners have been direc
ted to report for duty, many cases simi
lar to the above may be expected to occur
in the future- It, therefore, becomes
our authorities to act with vigor in the
premises, and, if he shall be found guil
ty, to make a solemn example of this
recreant to his parole of honor. — Rich.
Examiner.
Yankee accounts represent that Rebel
guerrillas render the navigation of the
James river very hazardous. The same
is said of the Mississippi and other
streams.
Subscribers
receiving the paper
with Ons notice
marked, are in
form'd th'ir time
i* about out, and
that, they must make
a remittance if they
wish the paper con
tinued .See terms in
first column
Tlie Conscript Law aa Affecting
Bxcmpts now In the .Service.
There being a diversity 0 f opinion in
reference to the construction of that
. portion of the Conscript Law which ra
j lates to exempts under eighteen and over
thirty-five years of age, the following
j letter from Hon. E. A. Nisbet, a member
of the Congress by which the law was
passed, will be read with interest. The
I letter was written in answer to a letter
; of inquiry from Capt. R. A. Benson, of
j the 30th Georgia Regiment, and gives
what we had regarded the true interpre-
I tatiou of the law :— Sav. News.
„ , . „ „ Macon, Ga., July 15,1862.
I Captaxn I;. Brenson: .
because under 18 or over 35 years old. Thnt
there be no
| doubt. The Consrription Act does not applv
to them, except as I shall now state. Although
| exempt from enrollment, yet they are placed
I by the act under some disabilities; or rather in
i pertain contingencies, some additional service
j is required of them. The last proviso ot the
first section of the act, is in the following
words: “Provided that all persons under the
age ol 18 years and over the age of 35 year*
who are now in the military service of the Con
federate States, in the regiments, battalions
j and companies hereafter to be organized, shall
tie required to remain in their respective com
i panics, battalions and regiments for ninety
; days .unless their places can sooner be supplied
; by other recruits not now in the service, who
I are between the ages of 18 and 35 years ”
The construction of this proviso is not at all
doubtful. It is this : If tlie place of these ex -
I empts is supplied in their respective conipan
| iesby new recruits liable to enrollment, thev
i are entitled to go home at the expiration o’s
their term of enlistment; but if not, they are
■ liable to be retained in tlie service for ninety
j days. Now how are their places to be sup
! plied ? By volunteer enlistments in their com
panies or from the enrolled list. The compa
nies by the act are to be filled out to a certain
number, and until that is done, these exempts
are to be retained. Such I understand is the
construction of the War Department. The
question therefore is this: Are the companies
full without these exempts? If they are. they
arc entitled to go home—if not, they can be re
tained for ninety days.
It is n question of fact. Your letter is not
lull as to facts, but if I understand the drift of
i it. tho foregoing is an answer to your inquir
| Now if any of the exempts, according to the
above opinion, are not liable to be retained,
you want to know what remedies they have.—
In times of war civil remedies are worth little
—indeed nothing. If the order of the War
Department is not obeyed, the party is liable
to arrest, and to be dealt with according to the
articles of war. It is true he is entitled, where
martial la tv is not declared, to the writ, of the
habeas corpus, and upon that the Courts will
pass upon his rights. But in that case the
remedy is very unsatisfactory. Inter armaleaes
silent.
Hoping, with my imperfect knowledge of
farts, that this letter may be satisfactory, 1
am, respectfully, Ac., Ac, E. A. Njsbet.
Identifying tlie Bodies of the Gal.
lant Dead.
We find the following letter in the
Montgomery Advertiser of yesterday:
„, , Richmond, Va., July 16, 1862.
Eds. Advertiser:
Gents :—Believing that it would be gratifying
to the numerous friends of Col. T. Lomax
Capt. R. L. Mayes and Ad.j’t S. B. Johnston, ot
the 3d Regt. Ala. Volunteers, to know that
their bodies had been found and fully identi
fied, I take this means of publishing it. Hav
ing ascertained that a Yankee Surgeon had
given inlormation to the effect that a portion
of his regiment had been detailed for the pur
pose of burying the killed of the 3d Ala., and
that the Colonel’s grave was marked by the
three deep notches in a tree close by. and that
the Adjutant was interred some 15 paces there
from, Dr. J. F. Johnston, Mr. R. A. Johnston
and myself, procured conveyances and repair
ed to the camp of the 3d Alabama Regiment,
where we obtained the company of a number
of soldier gentlemen, who knew the spot
where Capt. Mayes fell, and near by where Col
Lomax and Adjutant Johnston also fell. We
first found Capt. Mayes, whom after examin
ing we fully identified in various ways, which
will be given in detail to the friends, as well
as those of Col. L. and Adj’t J. In about 50
ynrds Irom thence, we found a large and long
grave in a thicket, with the three notches in
a post-oak tree at its head—tho notches to in
dicate the stars on the collar—which after be
ing dug down to and examined, his identity
was perfect. We then found in about 15 paces
a grave with two bodies, neither of which
when examined, proved to be that of Adj’t S.
B. Johnston, and as night grew on, and we
had to leave for the city, you cannot, im
agine the sadness and heaviness of heart of
his special relations. That being Sunday, wo
retnrned the next day with additional friends,
having some fear of identifying or even finding
his grave; and by a mere accident we suc
ceeded early in the day, whilst prospecting
through the thick woods for all the graves in
the immediate vicinity, we came across two
soldiers of the 3d digging at a grave in search
ot a friend. By and by they came to us and
remarked that the buried soldier was a Lieut,
and had on very fine clothes, w ith a cambric
handkerchief over his face. We immediately
repaired to the spot and found the grave only
some 15 or 20 paces front Capt. Mayes, Upon
digging down we identified every article of
clothing perfectly; and fortunately his coat
sleeve being tolerably long, had hid from
view, from the theiving Yankees, a pair of
heavy, old fashioned gold sleeve buttons, with
the initials of his father’s name engraved
thereon—“B. J.” An outline of the facts 1 dis
patched to Gov. Shorter that evening. Hoping
that Mrs. Lomax might possibly indicate some
course of procedure in relation to the remains
of her husband, ami having so far received no
reply, upon consultation with Hon. Thos. H.
Watts and other friends, we have secured Zinc
lined coffins, and will make every effort
through the Secretary of War to have all the
bodies transported immediately, in which,
however, if we fail, we will deposit in some
one of the cemeteries until the pressure is
over, and will accordingly so advise the friends
of the deceased.
Yours most respectfully,
JOHN G. JOHNSTON, M. D.
Gen. Semmea’ Stall',
A friend has furnished the Times with
the following extracts from the official
report of Brigadier General Semmes, in
reference to the conduct of his staff in
the battles of the 29th June and Ist of
July :
Extract from Report of the Battle of 2'Jth of June.
“In the early part of the action Capt. Clem
ons was thrown from his horse and stunned,
.papt. Briggs, Aid de Camp, rendered me valu
able service in the field throughout the actiou.
Lieut. Redd, volunteer aid, whde bearing an
order to Col. Cumming, 10th Ga. Volunteers,
found himself under a cross fire from the 53d
Ga., and the enemy! His horse was three times
hit, and his coat perforated in front with a bul
let. Lieut. Cody, volunteer Aid, also actively
participated.”
Extract from Report of the BaOXe of the Ist of July.
“My staff, Capt. Clemons, A. A. Gen.. Capt.
Briggs, Aid de Camp, and Lieuts. Cody and
Redd, volunteer Aids, rendered very efficient
service on the field. They were much expos
ed to the enemy’s missiles, ball, shell, grape
and bullets, but fortunately all escaped un
touched except Capt. Briggs, who was strick
en senseless to the ground by a grape shot,
which had passed through and killed outright
a man in his front, by which he will be dis
abled sometime.
—
Lieut. Auguitus H. Rutherford.
In publishing the list of the casualties in the
First Georgia Regulars, in the battle near
Richmond, on the Ist of July, there was an
error in the name of Lieut. Rutherford. It
should have been Lieut. Augustus H. Ruther
ford, instead of Lieut. J. H. Rutherford. He is
a son of the late A. 8. Rutherford, of Colum
bus, Ga. We learn that when troops were first
called for, in January, 1861, to go to Pensacola,
Mr. Rutherford, being then in Tuskegee, Ala.,
joined as a private a company which had vol
unteered for three months, to go to the former
place. Upon the return and disbanding of the
company, lie returned to Georgia, and imme
diately joined again,as a private, the Columbus
Guards, then stationed at Savannah—and in
! February last was promoted, by President
Davis, as Second Lieutenant of the Georgia
Regulars. Jn the late battle near Richmond,
he had one finger shot off, and two others
badly mutilated, receiving also a slight wound
in the breast from a spent ball. He is now on
a short visit to his mother, Mrs. Adolphus S.
Rutherford, residing near Columbus, Ga., and
his wounds are doing well . —Augusta Omst.
Death of C. C. Pegu.
It is our painful duty to announce the
death of this truly gallant officer, who
departed this life on the 17th inst. It
will be remembered by most of our read
ers that he was wounded in the aotion of
the 27th June, being shot in the shoul
der ; but no one considered that it was
dangerous, and he would have probably
recovered from it, but for an attack of
erysipelas, which precipitated his death
Col. Pegues was originally captain of
the Cahaba Rifles, and at the reorganiza
tion of the fith Alabama regiment was
elected Colonel. He was as brave a man
perhaps, as ever lived, and as devoted to
the Southern cause as any one who has
drawn the sword in defense of its liber
ties. He was withal a gentleman of dis
tinguished talent, and of so warm and
generous a nature as to attract the re
spect and admiration of all who knew
him.— Selma Reporter.
Patriotlim.
The Savannah News says Qeneral My
rick, of Baldwin, Ga., in his own right,
and as executor and guardian has sfx
plantations under his charge, on neither
of which has an acre of cotton been
planted this year. On the same number
of plantations. Col. L. A. Jordan has not
less than seven thousand acres in corn,
besides other large provision crops and
not a stalk of cotton. Dr. W. A. Jarr&tt
and other large planters, who are on a
similar principle, show the spirit with
which oar fellow-citizens devote their
agricultural energies to the cause of
Southern independence. £>