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rirate dispatch from Richmond, we
1 . i,jcut. Kd. Ci. Arr, of the Georgia !
I ’ “ (.1 try. died in Richmond a few days {
I sos c>mpfe r - er - __
Rice Flour.
se it is generally known that there I
‘’ ! w heat in the country. The prac- ]
” !n is, what will we substitute for it ?
1 ion lias been satisfactorily solved,
It’ t he substitute. It is s.uid to make
nt flour, and for waffles and batter
„-rhaP s s "P erior t° wheat flour.—
r ' H now be>“n made in plentiful abun
’ the Pal ce Mills in this place. Below
! t ‘ ~ e receipt for making wattles and
sc £ u ', ‘ [ oTn rice flour :
i iut flenr- - e SS s mixed in milk to a
1 desert spoonful of butter, ]/ z tea
quantity of tartaric
l “’ ’make it effervesce, stir well to
-1 lie oven warm before putting to
‘ 1 r ‘. t :(ie batter to bake as soon as it
bflKCi r
tlier'C’ me .,] with r j r . e fl olir vvhich is
*;/’ * r perfe rable;
done into a mash, then stir with
e ggs as the above receipt, as you stir
V .eflonrabout % to the quantity of the
1 put soda and tartaric acid, the lost thing
ieiure putting into the oven. Be sure
ire the oven warm.
Counterfeiters Arrested.
, 0 f [lie most extensive and daring swind
7operations in modern history was discov
er tills city on day before yesterday, the
loft. The great abundance of Treasury
.recently thrown into circulation here,
piiraordinary prices paid for cotton, and
ii-avy premium which certain parties had
, paying in Confederate Notes for State
, ay, provoked enquiry. Soon a elite was
, B by which the plot was discovered, and
ir ol the guilty parties implicated.
. ,-in that Mr. Simon Stern, a drygoods
clothing merchant of this place, of the
of B.G.&S* Stern, had been buying cot
;of parties in the country at 2t) cents per
jd, paying for it in Confederate Notes. Ho
purchased over one hundred bales at i
h figures, and when the seller came to I
his deposit in Bank, was told that the
!e of his money was counterfeit—Stern's
cos business was next visited, and an ex
nnation asked. He replied that he had got
en the money from one Kosenburg, who is a
rother-iu-law of Stern’s. Warrants were im
mediately issued and both were arrested, by j
-t.eriffCook and Policeman Hicks, and taken j
• :ore the examining committee. The pris- ;
oners did not seem disposed to make any dis
putes, but manifested great uneasiness.—
,n, asserted that he got the money from
ip iU i,uT(!, and tliat he did not know it was
■ ounterfeit. Kosenburg said ho had gotten
..Hatiiebad from Stern! They were searched,
mid $13,070 was found on their persons. They
: ■ n acknowledged that they had bought it in
Va.liville at a low price—perhaps S2O per pack
et ;’>oo bills, unsigned. They were coinmit
■J to jail, together with one J. Johnson, from
lontgornery, who was also implicated—John
a had followed Stern and Rosenburg to jail,
he says, expecting to see them hung. Being
■re under suspicious circumstances he was
wise incarcerated.
hi yesterday they wore brought forward to
•diminary trial and found guilty, hut the
slices being divided in their opinion as to
bother the cases were bailable, the prisoners
ere remanded tojail until further mvestiga
.’ ii can be had.
This is no doubt an extensive plot, and in all
■■lability, there is an agency at nearly every
mpovtant city in the Mouth. There lias been a
taut underground line - of communication
■joing ou between Nashville and some parts of
East Tennessee and Georgia, by way of Chat
tain*ga and McMinnville, for nearly four
•lioutlis past, and our opinion is that when the
matter is ferretted out, it w ill prove an exlen
ic concern. We published an account a few
lay ace, taken from the Mobile papers, of a
i:in being arrested m Mississippi for buying
ip cotton with this bogus currency. He ac
i now lodged that he hud bought his money in
t hville, and that it was for sale, publicly, on
■ vend streets in New York. If this thing is
iot slopped it will ruin us. The law is plain
n such cases, and should ba enforced. Wo
houUl have given these facts to the public
moner, but for obvious reasons thq press was
■equested to remain silent.
—•
Counterfeit 8.
i’cceut developments in different localis
lies in the Confederate States arc suffi
cient to satisfy any reflecting man that
we have spies and traitors all through the
country, engaged in the circulation of
furious Treasury Notes. The law on
ibis subject is explicit—it cannot be mis
understood—and it should be rigidly en
forced in every instance. Unless this is
done, our currency will soon be ruined.
Below we give some extracts from our
exchanges, showing that the business of
wunterfeiting is becoming general.—
•thing but a rigid enforcement of law
will suppress it. Let this be done at j
once, without quibble or hesitation :
\RRI:ST OF COUNTERFEITERS— A LARGE AMOUNT
Raised Money Recovered. — Our police made
nost important capture yesterday. They ar
i-sted two men, strangers, who had been in
I mi several days, who were charged with
“-mg counterfeit money. Their names are
tn. c. Adams and J. Buchanan, and they
that they are from Mississippi, and have
•*n in the Confederate army. When arrest
iilieir clothes were carefully searched and
v rolls of Confederate anti bank notes
ad on them. A quantity of them were Con
nate notes raised from lives to titties, by
ng a cypher against the figure five. (Rh
trere one dollar bills of an old issue of the
i Estate Banking Company, South Alabama,
die names of president and cashier evi
i wljr forged.
Hie I’ollawiDg is from the Petersburg
-spress of the -Ist:
Frmmlent Monet. — Wo have boon shown
*neatleinaja, to whom they were sent by a
i<i in Norfolk a facsimile ol’ Confederate
notes, and of the $1 issues of the corpora-
Richmond, which are indeed so well’
’ ‘"uh'dihat nine out of teu persons, without
’ them very closely, would take them
e ? u ' u !‘- those similes are held iu abuud
'* t me Yankee sutlers, and are sold by
■ ln i anj j u oen t s each, according to the
’ nomination. We have not the least doubt
hundreds, if not thousands, of these
’ •j'fst and fraudulent issues have found
’ “ay into the Confederate States. In fact,
prisoners have been repeatedly detect
• a passing them. For fear that tlie public
v sutler by having those notes passed upon
‘. we deem it proper to give a brief de
iptioa of them with the admonition that
. closely examine their paper mouey he
re receiving it.
he fae simile of the Confederate note is of
(new issue, color, green. Every letter and
-o on us tace is engraved. The bust in the
i j u \ I ' ote < w imperfectly executed,
niiine wi^f te o eJ 11 ‘‘ oni Pared with the
sume. while tlie signatures are perfect,
■ tlie balance of the reading on the note
“■a heavy impress and is very black The
I 1 er! ! are ™ucl larger than on the genuine
‘•■( When compared with tlie latter."do not
- so much neatness. The “Fives’- around
-V m n ° e ‘UO very indistinct, and
beneath the bust. Around the
! . • ““(j.'u the circles to the left, they
■•.almuVoim? ho t'>‘ lh f lowers ontheme
• i.vmt , r ° ‘• on ( be right eorncrof the
,ure ‘** rt °ut iq tlie counterfeit.
j. fc Joiimon*, Report.
I ‘%°^ reP ° rt 0f Gea ’ J ’ E - JoUu
k ’ L of Seven l’inee, has
H | U U . IQ the Richmond papers.
I ‘thas lost much of its interest
H u^! ‘ n t o! its late date, we shall pub-
I ‘ !U in a few days. lie states
f vvc i ten pieces of ariillery, six
-'.itij (ti.uou) muskets, one garrison
baud four regimental colors, besides
I ttf d Uan l l, y of tents nud camp equip-
I a.ior tiencral Longstreet reports the
’ m his command as being about 2,000
|| ’ t>a ’ • Smith reports his loss
II 41 ‘,-83. Total, 4,28d.
II Ihat of the enemy i 8 stated in their
■ , ff£ > newspapers to have exceeded ten
| uuaand—an estimate which i 3 no
K ou ht, short of the truth.”
New
‘ e have been shown anew style of Wood
oteen for army nse designed and mauufac
"edbyMr. N. Nuekolls of this city, and the
’'ebbing by which it is siting. It is a neat and
uld seetn superior to any others as it has
: oue joint, thus saving it front liability to
j t seems us thnt Nuckolls’ canteen
U’ t prove more serviceable and give more
Jt ‘sfaction than anything which has yet been
llcu up. The webbing is of his own manii
,Hcture and is excellent for boot shops.
.
Hie Weekly Sale of Augusta Factory Goods
■•jk place at the office of the Company in this
H this mornings July 23d. The following
Hjces were obtained:
r? Shirting 3234 to 34 cents.
r*Sheptmg .3934 to 40*/ *■
Hrillmg 43 to 48*2 “
Osnaburgs 41*4 to 4134
Avyusta Chronick.
Absentees from the Army.
We learn that Captain Dawson and the
enrolling officers for the other districts,
have been ordered lo report immediately
to Adjutant General Cooper, be names
nrd companies to which they belong, of
si! absentees from tbe army, that’ their
arrest may be forthwith maie-
Qeneral Cooper is determined that the
brave men who have been fighting our
battles, shall not longer continue to do
so alone, hut that those who enlisted with
them shall return to the posts Where duty
aud patriotism should long since have
called them.
Let eur brave men then hasten back to
join their companies. Let those not sub
ject (o Conscription go with them. Let
no man feel that because he is over thirty
five years of age, he has no lot nor part
in this war. Tho true patriot’s heart
beats as warmly for his country at forty
five as tit thirty live years. Let every
man who can go, shoulder his musket
and delay not.
Three hundred thousand abolition
troops are now being drafted to invade
our territory, in addition to the half mil
lion thut are now desolating it. Will
you permit it, and not shoulder your gun
and unite with your brothers already in
the field, simply because you are not Bub
ject to the Conscription Act,? Patriot
ism forbids. Why stand you here idle?
Awake, or your country will be desolated
aud your homes destroyed.
From the Atlanta Confederacy.
\V hat Dlorgnii I* Doing,
Morgan is reported to have occupied
Frankfort, (the Slate Capitol,) Lexiug
ton, Cynthiami, Ilarodaburg, Danville,
Lebanon and Richmond. We can’t teli 1
whether he has taken and occupied all
these places or not. Some of them are
reported by Yankee papers to be in his ‘
possession, and others are named by per
sons who have come from Kentucky. Os
one thing we feel sure: Morgan is there
in the heart of the State—the most pop-,
ulous and wealthy of any portion of Ken
tucky. The Feda are getting out of his
way as fast as possible, while the out
raged people of the State hail Jack as
the harbinger of a sure deliverance from
the oppression of the Federals, and are
Hocking to his standard in large num
bers.
Frankfort is in Franklin county, some
40 miles due east Irom Louisville. Lex
ington, a great railroad eefitre aud an
immense Federal depot of arms, provi
sions, &c., is in Fayette county, say 25
miles southeast of Frankfort. Cynthi
ana is in Harrison county, northeast of
Lexington some 20 or 2G miles, and
about tbo same distance from the Ohio
river. Covington and Newport are on
the Ohio river, opposite from Cincinnati,
70 or 80 miles north from Lexington, and
CO or 05 from Frankfort.
But tho most important and interest
ing feature of this trip to Kentucky, is
the alarm which pervades the whole
North, and especially the Yankees in
Kentucky, in consequence. The most
exciting and exaggerated reports are
made by telegraph—evidently made by
those who were quaking in their boots.
They feel that the ground is hollow be
neath them. We hope the day of their
doom is at hand, and that Kentucky will
soon stand forth redeemed, regenerated
and disenthralled.
More Counterfeiting.
A Grenada (Mississippi) correspondent
of tho Mobile Tribuue says :
Three Yankees wore arrested below Helena
last week, who were caught roaming through
the country buying up cotton from tiie plan
ters in the name of the Confederate Govern
ment, paying them a very good sample of
counterfeit Confederate Notes as liquid pro quo.
A large amount of this worthless trash was
found upon the persons of these scoundrels,
its counterfeit nature at once detected and
their own character as imposters exposed.—
They were handed over to the military author
ities, who will of course deal with them as
their atrocious conduct deserves. 1 notice
from a late Northern paper, which publishes
the paragraph with a chuckle of sell-satisfied
Complacency, that these forged issues of our
currency, “ready signed and fitted for circula
tion, can be bought, as advertised, on Fulton
street, New York, for ten dollars per package
of five hundred bills; lhe denomination at the
option of the purchaser.” Hanging is too
good for die miscreants caught in the act of
passing litem.
I.tat of tlie Deaths and Patients at
Mill Creek Hospital. Near Fortress
Monroe, July 11, 1563.
• From the New York “Herald,” of last
Monday, we take the following names of
the soldiers belonging to Georgia and
Alabama, now sick, aud those who have
died very recently at the hospital above
mentioned:
Corp’l Eli Shortridge, Company P, Bth Ala.,
died June 29: Jas. W. Wolf, Cos. B, Sth Ala., left
leg; Bcrgt. Win. Cavanaugh, Cos. K, Sth Ala.,
left hip; Isaac Swain, Cos. B, Mil Ala., thigh;
Patrick Early, Cos. B, 9th Ala., lung; Win. A.
Brown, Cos. A, 49th Ga.,breast; Chas. B. Pough
erty, Cos. C, 3d Ala., left arm; Hamilton lila,
Cos. K, sth Ala , left arm; B. 11. Reiser, Cos. C,
3d Ala., left thigh; Abraham Solitsberg,Co. I>,
Sth Ala., thigh; J. T. Colter, Cos. A, 14th Ala.
thigh.
—■- -■
The Fate of the Invader,
Xerxes invaded Greece, to subject it to his
sway, with an army estimated by the best au
thorities at 5,288,320 fighting men including
the usual attendants, over C,000,000. In one
year this vast multitude was reduced to 3,000,-
000, and eventually of these only about 8.000
escaped destruction! 8o ended his attempt
at subjugation!
France invaded Spain with, altogether, over
000,000 men, and was expelled in a few years
with less than 50,000 survivors ! And so end
ed this attempt at subjugation!
Napoleon invaded Russia with 400,000 of the
best troops ever gathered together, devoted to
the fortunes of a leader whom they esteemed
invincible. Forty thousand only escaped—
poor, weary, and broken down iu spirit, one
half of whom died within a year. So ended
that invasion of an independent nation, by
the “greatest captain of the age.”
We find the foregoing, says the Atlanta Con
federacy, in the Richmond Whig of the 17th
iust. Let those who advocate an invasion of
the North by our troops, to bring war to their
own firesides aud homes, make a note of these
items of history, and profit by the wholesome
lessods to be drawn from them.
A Sltlrmlsii.
It will be a source of no little pleas
ure to the people of the Valley to know,
tbat Gen. llobertsou is after the enemy
“with a sharp stick” upon all proper oc
casions. In a little while, his name and
the movements of his troops will inspire
as much terror in the ranks of the ene
my as did the name and the movements of
tho lamented Ashby. A brisk little skir
mish occurred between Luray and White
House ford, iu Page county, on (Saturday
last, betwixt a detachment of cavalry,
under command of Capt. llarry W. Gil
mer, with four or live companies, and six
squadrons of Federal cavalry. The Fed-,
erals were charged upon by the brave
and impetuous Captain Gilmer and com
pany, and driven through Luray, with
the loss of several killed aud wouuded,
and the capture of eight prisoners with
their arms and horses. After running
through Luray the enemy was reinforced,
when Capt. Gilmer retired to the White
House ford in good order, without losing
a man. At this point Capt. G. was re
inforced, when he again made at the en
emy, and was still pursuing him when
last heard from, the enemy beatiDg a
rapid retreat through Thornton’s Gap,
in the direction of Sperrvville.— Rock
ingham ( t u.) Register.
“Tile Cartel of lbliJ >
It will be remembered that a Richmond
paper has mentioned the probability ot
a general exchange ot prisoners “on the
basis of the Cartel of 1 Sill. This was
a cartel, or agreement, for an exchange
of prisoners, between the United States
and Great Britain, during the late war,
by which all prisoners, taken by either
belligerent, were to be paroled and re
turned to their respective countries,
whenever a certain number were cap
tured, their expenses being paid for the
time being, by the Consuls of their re
spective countries; and receipts and
vouchers as to rank being given and re
} ceived iu all such shipments. Whenever
i the numbers thus captured and paroled
, I were equal on both sides, they were ex
changed, rank for rank —with the excep
tion of privateers, whom Great Britain
refused to recognize as men of war’s
men, and who were accordingly retained
as prisoners uutil the close of the war.
The Yanfcee Cavalry Foray,
Beaver Dam, where the Yankees made
a raid a day or two since, is forty miles
from Richmond, and three miles from the
lino of Louisia county. Most of the
buildings of the locality were used for
rail road purposes, and except as a way
station on the Central route, Beaver Dam
ha? heretofore possessed no special im
portance. Within a circle of a few miles,
however, reside many persons of wealth
and influence, and it was apprehended
that the enemy, had they come down in
any force, • would not have departed
without indulging their usual propensity
for robbery and pillage ; but. so far as
we have been able to ascertain, this ap
prehension has not been realized.
Mr. Duke, the telegraph operator at
the Junction, took a hand car on Sunday
evening, and proceeded up as near as
possible to Beaver Dam Station, where
lie learned that the Yankees had taken
their departure, after having done as
much injury to the railroad as possible
duriDg the brief period of their visit.
They burned the depot, offices, water
tank, and a large quantity of wood, and
tore up the track in several places. The
telegraph operator at the Station, Mr.
Smith, was captured, but we understand
that he succeeded in making his escape
They manifested a strong desire to make
a prisoner of Col. Fontaine, the Presi
dent of the railroad, who resides in the
vicinity; but in this they did not sue
seed It was doubtless their idea that
in effecting tlie destruction of the rail
road they could strike no more fatal blow
than to capture a gentleman who lias
been closely identified with its interests
from the first moment of its existence;
but they were either too cowardly or too
weak to complete a work so badly aud
impudently begun, and the result of the
foray amounts to nothing more thau a
destruction of some little property and a
temporary public inconvenience. It is
believed that the Yankee cavalry on
gaged in this work were not more than
150 strong, though there were probably
more within reinforcing distance. Al
though we have intelligence that the
grea er portion of the enemy’s troops
have been withdrawn from Fredericks
burg, there is no doubt that they have
parties scouring through the country
below, and information communicated to
them by a spy quite naturally led to
this descent upon the railroad at Beaver
Dam.
Later — The Road Open.—No train
was sent West from the Central depot
yesterday, but a dispatch was received
iast evening from Col. Fontaine anuouuc”
ing that the enemy had left the neigh
borhood, and that the necessary repairs
to tlie road had been made. Consequent
ly a train will leave for Staunton this
morning at the usual hour, and we have
reason to believe that travel will not again
be interrupted.— Rich. Dispatch, 22c?.
‘i'Ue Southern Confederacy demands
ilecognitlon from Bngliuid ami
France.
We find the following among the Wash
ington dispatches to the New York World :
Jefferson Davis has sent a special mes
senger to the Cm per or of France and to
the Queen of England with despatches
of a private nature demanding the im
mediate recognition of the Southern Con
federacy. The demand is said to bo fol
'lowed by a voluminous bundle of docu
ments, including letters written by the
English and French Consuls at Richmond,
testifying to the unanimity manifested
by the inhabitants of that city in forming
a separate government ami of (heir abil
ity to maintain it. Another document,
merely devoted to the military operations
of the Confederates, states that nearly
all the battles fought in Virginia, from
Bull Run down to the seven days’ light
before Richmond, including the battle of
Fair Oaks, and the operations in the She
nandoah Valley, were as many victories
won by the South against an enemy
vastly superior iu men, in material of
war, in money, and in resources of all
kinds. In a private note addressed by
J'eff. Davis to Louis Napoleon himself,
the rebel President reminds his Majesty
of the fact that, nine months ago several
cabinet councils were held in Paris with
the special object of discussing the pro
priety of recognizing the Confederate
States, who were then thought deserving
their recognition, and that the thing was
given up only when the reverses of Port
Royal and Fort Donelson made the French
Cabinet fear that the South would not
be able to sland against the North and
maintain its independence. The notes
end by stating that all fears of that kind
ought to bo abandoned now, and the se
ries of brilliant, victories won by the
Confederates, as well as the rapid ex
haustion of the resources of the North,
ought to satisfy the Emperor of the uua
nirnity of sentiment existing in the South
concerning Us separasiou from the North,
and of the resources il possesses for the
building up of a strong, respected, pros
perous aud independent nationality.
Alliilrs In TeimsuSec.
By a private ietlcr from East Tennes
see, we learn that 4 regiments of Fedcrasl
with artillery and cavalry Occupied Taz
well, on the 2J instant’. Tazwell is the
county site of Claiborne, tha adjoining
county to Cumberland Gap, and is a beau
tiful little country village.
After arresting nearly all the South
ern citizens, the Yankees commenced
their work ot’ plunder and pillage—iu
many instances, taking every tkng—leav
ing nothing for tho j'ubsistance of the
owners. They called this “respecting
private properly.”
There is said to bo great dissatisfac
tion among the Fodcrals at the Gap.
Deserters represent that they are all
starving for want of subsistance. The
writer says that negroes are drilling
with the Yankees—he has two or three
in the gang himsclf-"-having been decoy
ed or stolen away by the unprincipled
tories.
Special Correspondence of the Mobile Register.
Urn. Van Worn’* Orders.
Jackson, July 111. — Major Geu. Van
Dorn has issued a stirring congratulato
ry address to his troops engaged iu the
defence of Vicksburg. lie pays high
compliments So the commander, ollioers
and men of the Arkansas on their gallant
exploit.
lie Isas also’issued ordere ri.pairing
the commander of partisan troops to re
port to him forthwith.
Dr. J. C. ISott is now here on a tour of
inspection of all the hospitals in the De
partment.
Vicksburg. ■
The vandals at Vicksburg, tired of
vainly thundering at the devoted little
citv for more than two months, are now
moving for a laud attack, lbey will
doubtless have iu this the co-operation of
Curtis’ army. The Federal fleet is said
to be moving in the direction of New Or
leans; this would seem to indicate that a
recent ieport, that a heavy Confederate
force is not far distant from that city,
may be true.
♦ *
Col. Tennant Lomax.
This gallant officer, it will be remem
bered, fell while leading his regiment,
the Third Alabama, iu the sanguinary
battle of Seven Pines, on the 31st of
May. His remains were buried on the
field, and were not found by his friends
until a few days ago, when they were
disinterred and brought to this city.—
The regiment last evening escorted the
body of their esteemed commander to
tho Petersburg depot, whence it will be
forwarded to his late home in Alabama.
Similar honors were paid to the re
mains of Captain Mayes and Adjutant
Johnson, of the same regiment, also kill
ed in the battle of Seven Pines and in
terred on the field.— Richmond Din. 24?A.
Lieut. Colonel Hull.
By a correspondence published in ike
LaGrange Reporter, we learn that there
is no doubt that this gallant officer, who
was Lieut. Colonel of the 35th Georgia
regiment, died from the effects cf his
wounds shortly after falling into the
hands of the Federate.
Casualties in the 15th Alai >na
Regiment.
From the Spirit of tha Seath
List of killed and wounded iu thel 6tk
.Alabama Regiment, Col. C'antoy, in t md
at the battle of Coal Harbor, near Ric th
moud, Va , on Friday, June 27th, 186.2:
Company A, Cominaailed try Captain Lee te
Weems, (10 in in )
Killed —Joseph It IIMt, fit Mil T 06 hltelej an and j
g F Ogletree. _ ]
Wounded —Captain Weemn, John StringlYilow,.
Win Mathews, James Araut, VV O Griffin, C'orp’l
W A Jones, Jepiba Broau 1>: F BrjugLlou, Js
Biuughviu, J B Johnson, Henry Qaiu.iße, J s
Turner and John TaD.
Company ii, CotnuianJoii ty Oapt J fi Feagin,
(10 men )
Ki'JM— TLop J Burke, and Jot n Cosby/
Wounded-Sergeant J J Taylor, S J “Main, [
John Bowen,M L Harper, John McMillan, Win
Callaway, James King, W N Johns.
Company C, Commanded by Cart V V Ouerty, j
(81 men.)
Kilted—opt P V Qnerry, J SI Skinner, and J
M MoSiady. f
Wounded— Corporal Buraa Strickland, B J i
Barits, 8 T Etheridge,!) J Jackson. A PHansel, !
W II Manse!, J T skinner, John Turner, K II
Woodham, Joel Wicker, am: Tiros Singleton.
Company D,Command'd by Cnpt B A Hili, (32
inr>.)
Killed—Lieut A A Mc T ntonh, and Ruins Lewis.
Wrnndtd—Captß A Hill, Serg’t Dozier Thorn
ton, Corp’ls Robert Beaty, W W J6hnson, R L
Gillas; Elias Spencer, A W Douglas, J R Maddox,
It L Jones, II V Stroater, D H Zjru, W II Quattle
bum, Frar.k Jetccat, and A McGflverjy.
Company E Commanded ! y Lieut .) P. Ereare,
(41 man )
Killed—William C Robinson, It A Athon W J
Stevens, aud Thomas Murpkv.
Wonndel—Lß Brooks, Wit Rreley, R D E/rJ,
U B Scogtß, W C Mizelle, ami O li Smith
Uempany P, Commanded by Gapt G Y Malone, :
(49 men )
Killed —Srrgennt G L C]iild“, Chip'! R A Wil- j
sou, .IT Perry, R W Hancock, Waiter S. Glonu,
(I K Carlile.
Wouudrd —Capt G Y Malone, Win Crane, BA
Hntcbinson, William Linst-y, F M I’.udJ, WN
Reaves. David Farmer, P J Hough, 8 G Mobiey, 3
N htitled, David Barefoot, A M Downing, 8 E An
•ie.s, J N Dray, W J T iilory, J W Adams, 7, ch
Bn-sey.
Company G, Commanded by Lieut C V Morris,
(lil mi ii )
Kll lad —Samuel Dickerson.
Wounded—George Byrd, Homy Johnson, W N
Rntlard, R 3 McK night, J 0 Jordan, J II What
ley, J N Shepherd, ti, J J Ward, B D Morris.
Company 11, Commanded by Capt \V N Rich
ardson, (38 men )
Kitied—W A McLeod, Win IV Reynolds, D 8
Walker, llenj Spivey.
W'ounded—Sergeant W 11 Wostiu, Corp’l J N
Winriham, R R Coleman. B J Henley, John .T
Jones, John Melvin, J C Mclntyre, W J Rues, D
A Spurlock, J M Whitehead, II b ltonnecue, M M
Uolsey. ,
Company I, Command and ly ( uplaiu Park, (40
men )
Killed~JW Park, W T Craig. J HA LTquhart,
J F Whatley, A Tucker, and R Walker.
Wounded —IN Anderson, 8 II Smith, J G W
Linton, J T Kuching, J C Evans, John Strickland,
J II Brown, A T Farmer, J W Scarborough.
Company K, Comm imiod by Captain II C llart,
(3fi men K
Kilted—Corporal WW Evans, J U Uric,-, Amos
Bush.
Company L,Commanded by Lieut L M Bryan,
(21 mi n )
Killed—J II Stow.
Wounded —Liout L M B. yaP, Sufg’t G W Pe
rth, H J McLendon, Enoch Rentroo, K 11 Wickir,
M L Brooks, Janies Mo Lam y.
Bur Tioiiituee (lorretpomlence,
Sevier Cos., East Tenn , I
July 18, 1802. /
Eds. Sun : 1 write you this time from
one of tie worst Union holes in this end
of the State. If there is any class of
Southern people who ought to appreciate
Confederate soldiers more highly than
another, the citizens of this and adjoin
ing counties arc the people. Remove
the Confederate soldiery from East Ten
nessee, and the Southern rights people
would hold their heads by a rather pre
carious tenure. And if there is one por
tion of our people who deserve sympa
thy above another, it is the Southern
people of East Tennessee. We have
been quite profuse iu our sympathies for
the patriotic of Maryland, almost for
getting that we have here a few friends,
who are with us through thick and thin.
If there is a tight iu this region soon,
it will likely be near Jacksboro’. Some
of the enemy are thought to be iu that
direction.
We have a class of citizens here who
do not know what they owe to the pres
ence of our army here. They havo the
privilege of pursuing their usual avoca
tions, and are making money, who do not
know, or will not confess, that they owe
anything to the Confederacy. These are
the lovers and would be savers of the
“glorious Union'’ There is one old (ory
living about two miles from where I am
stopping, who is bitter against our cause,
who would probably have been shown
the way to Tuscaloosa ere now, were it
not for tlie fact that he has a son in the
Southern army.
The Strawberry Plains College build
iugs are now used lis a hospital. It is
under the care of Dr. Oreen, lale of
Chattanooga, and is, so far as I have
learned, working well.
The condition of society here is awful.
Old friends and neighbors, and even
members of the same family, differing
widely as the poles on the present issues.
Preaching and the general work of the
church is very materially interrupted.—
Some of the ministers are Tories openly,
some are trying to occupy a kind of neu
trality, (at heart they are Union,) and
the few who have the manly indepen
dence to come out opeuly and boldly for
the South, have a hard time of it. But
there can be but little doubt when the
conflict is wound up, but that Tennessee
will be one of the Confederate States of
America. We are now paying the price
of freedom, in some faint measure, but
the cheering prospect of being a perma
nent member of an Independent South -
era Confederacy cheers us in this hour
of conflict. Darius.
WliOJire Yankee*:
Every man who in any way aids in the
prosecution of this atrocious war against
the South is actually or constructively,
a A'ankee, wherever he may have been
born.
The designation “Yankee” is now ap
plied exclusively, and in an opprobrious
seusc, to all such persons. Citizens of
Northern birth identified with the cause
of the South, are not “Yankees,” for as
ws have intimated, that term has now
become synonymous with bypocracy,
falsehood, blasphemy, and cruelty. The
only Yankees now in our midst are those
who practice extortion upon the people,
and this applies to all such, whether they
were born iu New Eugland, Virginia, or
elsewhere. —It kh . 1 Yhig
Tlie Confederal® Preacher* Iu ike
Nashville Penitentiary.
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Times.
Nashville, July 3. * * * I have
availed myself of the opportunity of vis
iting the imprisoned divines. A “per
mit” obtained from the provost marshal,
a walk through the hot sun, and I ask
lor admittance at the door of the Elate
Penitentiary. Going up a narrow pair
of stairs I am shown into a room, and
find therein the persons whom I seek.—
Dr. Sehon and Mr. Baldwin are old ac
quaintances, and are heartily glad to see
me. Tho others extend me a hearty wel
come. and t sit down for :i short conver
sation.
The apartment is about 12 feet square,
and is ventilated by an iron grated win
dow, and a small transom window hav
ing communication with the hall I have
just left. Iu these narrow limits the five
prisoners are kept, sleeping on cots dis
tributed through the room, and partak
ing of the prison fare—pork, bean 9 and
corn bread —at the table below, to which
they are conducted by an armed guard
three limes each day. Half an hour
each day they are allowed to remain in
i private with their families, after which
j they remain in the quiet seclusion <tf
their room.
Morgan.
The Atlanta Confederacy publishes the
> following private dispatch :
Chattanooga, July 23.
To K M. Bruce SCo.:
Northern papers to the 18th of July
have been received. They say Morgan
has taken Frankfort, Ky., burned a num
ber of railroad bridges, and that thou
sands are joining him. Forrest has ta
ken Lebanon, Team, with some prison
ers, and is moving towards Nashville.
On Tuesday morniDg, at 5 o’clock, says
the Charleston Courier of the 23d, five
steamers, three ships, a bark, a brig and
a schooner —eleven in all—represented
the Yankee blockade off our bar. No
steamer, under any respectable flag, was
in sight.
The Battlea Before Bichmond,
A full and Graphic Northern account of
the Defeat and Retreat of McClellan. j
The correspondent of the Cincinnati j”
Commercial furnishes the most complete
and connected nairalivo of the battles :
before Richmond that we have yet seeu. •
Although somewhat out of date, and, ao
a matter of course, untruthful in some ;
respects, the following extracts will be
found interesting, and will furniaha brief
and comprehensive review ot the whole
terrible conflict. The narrative embra
ces the battle of Mucbanicsville, the bat
tle of Gaines’Mills, tho battle of Savage
Station, and the battle of White Oak !
Swamp:
THE SITUATION OF THE AK.HV.
You remember that the army was pressing
hard upon Richmond. The right wing, con
sisting of McCall’s, Morrell’s and Sykes’ divis
ions, less than 25.000 strong, was well posted
on the left bank of the Chickahominy, from
Beaver Dam creek to a point below New
Bridgs. Several military bridges formed tho
avenues ot the communication between the
two portions of the army separated by the
river. The centre, consisting of Smith's, Sedg
wick’s and Richardson’s divisions, stretched
in line of battle from Golding's on the banks of
the river, to a point south of the Yorktovrn
Railroad. The left wing consisting es Hook
er’s. Kearney’s and Gouch’s divisions, stretch
ed from Richardson’s left to a point consider
ably south of the Williamsburg stage road, on
the borders of White Oak Swamp. The whole
line was protected by strong breastworks and
redoubts. Casey’s (now Peck's) sadly reduced
division guarded Bottom Bridge, the railway
bridge, and were assigned to other similar du
ty- Our line of battle on the right bank of the
Lihiekahomiuy, aa I have informed vou, press
ed so cjose to the rebel lines that neither could
advance a regiment outside of their respective
breast-works without provoking battle.
On Wednesday, June 25, Gen. McClellan
made the first distinctly offensive movement,
by directing Gen. Hooker to take up an ad
vanced position on Fair Oaks farm, near (lie
Williamsburg road. It provoked a sharp re
sistance, which we overcame, and accomplish
ed our object. It was-pronounced an impor
tant achievement by Gen. McClellan himself,
because it gave him advantages over the rebel
position which he had not enjoyed before.—
Sometime during the night, however, tidings
were received of a movement of Stonewall
Jackson on our right wing. It was deempd
hazardous to maintain the advantage of the
previous day, and the line was ordered to re
sume its old position. Thursday noon the an
ticipated attack upon our right wing was made,
and handsomely lepulsed; but it was discov
ered that it had not been made by Jackson’s
command. Information was received that
Jackson was sweeping down the Pamunkey,
probably to capture military stores at the
White House, to cut off our communication
with our water base and menace our rear. Or
ders were given at once to destroy all public
property at the Wiiite House and evacuate
that point. Matters began to assume a critical
appearance, and danger culminated in the dis
aster of Friday. It was then fully determined
to “change the base of operations to James
liver.” The great retrograde movement was
really begun Friday evening by the transfer
of headquarters from Trent’s Bluff to Savage
Station, but the grand exodus did not com
mence until Saturday, and did not swell into
lull proportions until nightfall of that day.
In order to preserve the morale of the army
as far as possible, aud obtain supplies of am
munition and subsistence, it was determined
to carry through ail the wagons loaded, and
the ambulance train (making a mighty cara
van) vastly increased by artillery’ trains
There was but one narrow road to pursue It
struck almost due south from the Williams
burg road, through White Oak swamp, to the
Charles City road, into which it debouched
about eight miles from Turkey Bend, on James
river. The course then lay up the latter road
toward Richmond, where it struck a little
southwest by the Quaker road, which termina
ted in Now Market road, leading from Rich
mond. The river was but a short distance
south and Malvern Hill—a beautiful lofty bluff
overlooking the river and commanding the
surrounding country—being our goaf Al
though there was but a single road, with slight
exception, it had tiro advantage of coursing
through White Oak swamp, upon which we
might rely in some, degree for the protection
oi our flanks. There was great danger that
the enemy might cut us off by moving?olumns
down the Charles City, Central or New Market
roads, or all three, hut these chances were nec
essarily accepted. Gen. McClellan acted upon
the supposition that the enemy would not.
guess liis determination until Jie was able to
defeat their movements. At all events, it was
the only hopeful course, because the enemy
was watching for him on the loft bank of the
Chiekaboniiuy. The events will now he re
corded in their order. The affair at Fair Oaks
farm was the real beginning of the dreary
drama. The Mechaniesville battle was the
second act which you will now read
BATTLE OF MECIIAXICSYILLE.
On (he 201 h a fierce battle was raging ou the
left bank of the Chickalioininy, oh the east
side of Beaver Dam Creek. Our extreme right
wing, consisting of McCall’s Pennsylvania re
serves, 8,600 strong, with five batteries, were
strongly entrenched there in admirable posi
tion lor defence. Information leading General
McClellan to expect an attempt upon liis risrlit.
had been received during Wednesday night,
and we were well prepared for resistance.—
Gen. Fitz .John Porter’s corps, consisting of
Morrell’s division ol’ volunteers and .Sykes’
regulars, some 5,000 strong, increased by Dur
yea’s Zouaves, was posted near New Bridge,
within supporting distance. Gen. .Stonenian
had also been sent to Old Church with a regi
ment of cavalry and two of infantry, as a
corps of observation, aud to cheek Hank move
ments, or, if possible, to decoy the enemy
down the Pamunkey. At about noon a power
ful corps of the enemy, consisting of Gen. A.
P. Hill’s, D. H. Hill’s, Longstreet’s and Ander
son’s divisions—then supposed to be Jackson’s
force under command of Gen. Robert E. Lee,
crossed the river at Mechanfcsville Bridge,
and at Atlee’s, and between one and twoo’clo'ck
attacked our flank. Two regiments of Mead’s
brigade (McCall’s division) were in reserve, and
one on picket duty. They did not at any time
fully engage the enemy. Gen. Reynolds’ brig
ade held the right, and Seymour’s the left.—
The fight was opened with artillery, at long
range, but the enemy, finally discovering our
superiority in this arm, foreshortened the
range and came into close conflict. He was
evidently proyoked at his own inefficiency,
since his shell were not destructive in our en
trenchments, while our gunners played upon
his exposed ranks with fearful effect. The
fight seemed to increase in fury as it progress
ed. and it finally became the most terrific ar
tillery combat of the war. I had been accus
tomed for months to the incessant roar of
heavy guns, but until that period I had failed
to comprehend the terrible sublimity of a great
battle with field pieces. The uproar was inces
sant and deafening for hours. At times it seem
ed as if fifty guns exploded simultaneously,
and then ran off at intervals into splendid file
tiring—it I may apply infantry descriptive
terms to cannonading. But no language can
describe its awful grandeur. The enemy at
last essayed a combined movement. Mean
time our force had been strengthened by Grif
fith’s brigade, which increased the volume of
infantry lire, and Martindale’s brigade came up
to be ready for emergencies.
Their infantry fire had entirely subsided,
and it was obvious that they were withdrawing
undercover of their artillery. Our own bat
teries, which had opened in full cry at the
start, had not slackened an instant. Compre
hending the situation fully now, the cannon
eers plied themselves with tremendous energy
to punish the retreating foe. We have no sure
means to determine how many were slaugh
tered, but prisoners who were in the fight, and
an intelligent contraband, who escaped from
Richmond the next day and was all over the
field, are confident that 3.000 fell. Our loss was
eighty killed and less than one hundred and
fifty wounded. The conductof our troops was
admirable, aud the gallantry of the officers
conspicuous. Gen. McClellan was not in the
battle, but was at Gen. Porter’s headquarters
until it terminated.
It was now ascertained from prisoners that
Stonewall Jackson had not joined Lee. Hence
it was inferred that he was sweeping down the
banks of the Pamunkey to seize the public
property and to cut off our retreat in that di
rection. General Stoueman’s command was
moved swiftly down to watch operations there,
and orders were issued for the removal or de
struction of ail public stores at the White
House. The situation, apparently placid on
the surface, developed a troubled under-cur
rent. General McClellan directed General Mc-
Call to fall back and take up a nqw position in
front of our military bridges to resist, an attack
which was anticipated next day (Friday), It
was thought, if the enemy was not success
fully repulsed,- he could be drawn across our
bridges upon our own terms, where he could
be roughly haudled. The command was given
to General Fitz John Porter, who controlled
the troops already mentioned, supported by a
powerful train of artillery, regular and volun
teer.
Meantime all the trains aud equipage of the
right ning were withdrawn to Trent’s Bluff on
the right bank of the river, during the night,
aud our wounded were conveyed to the Hos
pital at Savage Station—to be deserted, alas!
to the enemy ihey had beaten. All these facts
indicated danger. But other evidences of it
were not wanting.
By daylight Friday morninsr. General McCall
had lallen hack to the rear of Games’ mill, and
in front of Woodbury’s bridge, w here he was
posted, his left joining the right of Butter
field’s brigade, resting in the woods and near
the swamps ©f Cliickahoniiny. Morell was on
his right, in the centre, and General Sykes,
commanding 5.000 regular, and Duryea's Zou
aves, held the extreme right—the lines occu
pying eresis of hills near the New Kent road,
some distance east by south of Gaines’ mills.
A portion of the position was good, but judic
ious generalship might have found a better,
i and especially it might have been amended by
■ posting the left flank upon a swamp, which was
impassable beyond geradventure. Besides,
, the lines was so disposed that it was next to
impossible to our artillery advantageous by
: the very arm in which we have enjoyed un
doubted superiority. Nothing definite had yet
been heard of the enemy, but it was assumed
that he would appear stronger than yesterday,
Accordingly, General Slocum’s division, about
8,000 strong, was moved across the river to
support Porter, although it was deemed haz
ardous in consequence of a pending attack
along our whole front But there was no al
ternative; General McClellan had only so much
I material, and it was imperative that he should
j use it according to unavoidable necessity. He
i writes of the
BATTLE or CAINES’ MILL, FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH.
The battle opened about one o’clock |by
! skirmishing, particularly in front of Griffith’s
’ brigade near Gaines house. The enemy felt
i our position rapidly, and along the whole line
at the same time, showing that he was in lull
force. By two o’clock there had been several
conflicts between opposing regiments, without
any particular result, save that our men stead
ily maintained their line. About this time
General Griffith’s brigade, whose front was
covered bv Berden’s sharpshooters, advanced
through to the edge of the wood3 toward
Gaines’ lull!, and made the first important
opening of the battle. The enemy at once re
plied. The 9th Massachusetts, Colonel Cass,
a strong and brave, regiment, with the 4tU
Michigan and 14th New York, had the princi
oal positiou. The 62d Pennsylvania took pos
ition ou the extreme right, where the enemy
appeared very strong. Weeden’s Rhode ls
’ md battery, from a position in the rear of the
woods, plied shell and solid sliot with accura
cy and effect. This was the earliest collision
between our forces and tho enemy-
The action immediately began with vigor ou
tti6 t*xtrcrno ristot* holti by (T6Q6r&l Sykes tii*
vision, composed of General Warner's Colonel
Buchanan's and Colonel Chapman’s brigades.
These brigades supported Weed’s, Edward's
and Tidball’s battel ies, all regulars. The en
emy attacked very fiercely, charging repeated
ly, but were repulsed.
The enemy delayed their assaults upon our
left for some time.’ A brilliant episode occur
red on the left 01 Martindal's brigade, where
the Thirteenth New York and the fire-proof
and scarred veterans of the Second Maine were
posted. A brigade of Alabamians moved up
over the crest of a hill in splendid style; even,
ready and resolute, with arms at right shoulder
shift, ready for a charge. “Up and at them,”
was the word aloDg our line, and the two regi
ments which had lain concealed in the low
growth of timber in the valley sprang to their
feet, and the piercing, terrible volley of death
dealing Minies was poured into the ranks of
the confident enemy.
’The hill was cleared as though swept by a
hurricane. One of the regiments left their
colors and battle-flag upon the held. The regi
meutal color was secured by Colonel Roberts,
of the Second Maine, and the battle-flag by
Captain Sullivan, of the Thirteenth New York,
who followed the retreating enemy and secur
ed it. Captain Sullivan found the field litter
ally covered with the rebel dead, there being
over eighty near the spot where the colors
fell.
At three o'clock the action had become gen
era! along'ihe whole line. Stonewall Jackson's
conlmn had formed a junction with Lee, and
soon attacked our right with great vigor and
pertinacity, but he met a galling fire from Ed
ward’s, Mfytin'saad Weeden's batteries, which
sent him reeling back in disorder. Again he
gathered his columns, supported them by
fresh troops, again advanced, extending his
lines as if to Hank our right, and renewed the
attack with greater ferocity than ever, to be
again repulsed with terrible slaughter. Sykes’
regulars and Warner's brigade, in which are
the IHiryea Zouaves and Beadix’s Tenth New
York regiment, played a brilliant part in this
port ion of the engagement, the Zouaves espe
cially fighting with a desperation and tenacity
only to be expected from such superior men.
They suffered largely, their peculiar uniform
being the especial mark of ten thousand rebel
soldiers.
The tactics of the enemy were soon made
apparent. It was in massing troops and mak
ing sudden onslaughts on this and then on
that portion of our columns, by which he ax
pected to break them somewhere, and defeat
if not route us. His next movement was
against our centre. Part of Jackson’s column,
reinforced by a large body from Hill’s division,
now made a desperate onset against the cen
tre, tho North Carolinaregiments being placed
in front and literally compelled to fight. Here
the conflict was long and bloody, and raged
for nearly two hours with great violence. The
columns surged backward and forward, first
one yielding and then the other. An idea of
the great magnitude of this portion of the fight
may be obtained, when I say that this part of
the line was successively reinforced by Mc-
Call’s reserves—the brigades of General New
ton, Colonel Bartlett and Colonel Taylor, of
Slocum’s division—and it was not until the last
fresh brigade was hurled against them that
they were beaten back. In this part of the en
gagement was took about fifty prisoners, who
said that in just that part of the engagement
the entire force of Longstroet’s and’ Hill’s di
visions and a part of Jackson’s column partici
pated. Probably the most desperate fighting
of the day took place upon this part of our
lines and at this time. ‘•Here it was that we
suffered our heaviest losses, and the field pre
sented a most sanguinary hue. The fighting
was done principally by musketry—a thick
pine woods intervening between our batteries
and the enemy preventing the former getting
the range of the latter.
Many of our regiments suffered here to the
extent of one-third of our men. But nearly all
of them stood their ground with firmness, be
having most gallantly.
The sixty-second Pennyslvania, of Griffin's
brigade, met an overwhelming force of the en
einy, who took them on the flank, and, after a
desperate resistance, they succeeded in repul
sing the regiment, killing the Colonel, Samuel
W. Black, and wounding Lieutenant-Colonel
Sweitzer. The regiment broke and retreated,
and was the first to come off the field in disor
der, the men frightened and panic-stricken at
the death of their beloved colonel. The regi
ment was not reformed.
Finding he could not force our centre, the
enemy gradually threw his columns against
our left, pressing Martindale’s right wing very
hard when he met a gallant resistance from
tiie Twenty-second Massachusetts and Second
Maine regiments, as brave veterans as ever
shouldered a musket.
Suddenly the everlasting roar of musketry
increased in volume toward the extreme left,
and the’ conflict seemed to grow fiercer than at.
any previous time. This was about six o’clock,
anil as I galloped over the field 1 looked back
and around upon the most sublime scene that
the fierce grandeur of war every portrayed.
The thousand continuous volleysof musket
ry seemed mingled in the grand roar of a great
contract, while the louder and deeper dis
charge ofartillery bounded forth over those
hills and down the valley with a volume that,
seemed to shake the earth beneath me. The
canopy of smoke was so thick that the sun was
gloomy red in the heavens, while the clouds of
dust in the rear, caused by the commotion of
advancing and retresting squadrons of cavalry,
was stilling and blinding to a distressing de
gree.
For one hour and a half our left lino with
stood tliis terrible shock of battle. Butterfield,
with hat in hand, rallied, cheered, and led his
men forward again and again. Though deci
mated at every discharge, losing heavily in of
ficers, and, with an overwhelming force in
front, they Still continued to fight. ‘The gallant
Col. MeLane and Major Nagle, of the Eighty
third Pennylsvania, fell death-stricken, while
officers were stricken down by cores and men
by the hundred.
Thy thus saw it wv iu vain to longer con
tinue. The right wns riving way rapidly, and
hluck clouds of rotreat ! ng nitn could be area
tmikiug their way toward the river, they having
ent th-ir way through the pposing host which
nasailed them in front, in (link and ia reur, and
felt bach upon the rie-, crossing upon there
plains of •‘"ni-rsoL.’s bridge, which had toon
blown in> by < ur forces curing the flgbf, aud
gathered tojefhcr ‘heir scattetod columns iu the
. snip of Fm'lh'i divis'on A part of the brigade
had been withdrawn by the right flank, and with
them Geui'i'ri Butler, who, notwitbstaudingthe
thousand dangers that lie risked, escaped un
harniod. one bullet having passed through the
rim of bis hat and another bent his sword double.
When the left gave way, the contre, and final
ly the right, wan also pressed back, and the re
treat ing columns aoou became miug'edinto one
blank mass of troops. Thein f antry aupoortsbav
Ing fallen back, Allen’s, W’eeden’s, Hart’s and lid
ward’s batteries were loft exposed. When the
order to fall hack reached the niidd'e hospital,
one of the three honses, about equi-distant from
each other, on the road to Woodtmry’s bridge,
quite a stampede took place among thostragglors
who had ttaero congregated, most of them being
men who had been detailed to bring in the wound
ed from their regiments and who bad failod to
retnrn. They made a rush for the bridge, follow
ed by some of tho troops, but before they reached
the last hospital near the end of the bridge they
were apeedby and summarily chocked. About 7
o’clock Moulier’a aud Trench’s brigade crested
tho brigde aud advanced at double-quick up the
hill, form'ng in line of battle beyond he hospital,
and sweeping up the stragglers with a round turn.
In almost less time than it takes to write it, a
scene of indescribable excitement, of mingled
confusion aud direful disorder, hud beeu oblite
rated; yes, literally crushed, un i comparative or
der restored outef almost chaos by the prompt,
ouergetic, and fearless action of travo officers
As the rufliing and retreating tide began to pour
precip'tsfely towards the bridge a ilozbd officers
in my own sight drew their sabn s and pistols,
placed themselves in front of tho straggling
crowd, nd by every device that physical and
mental nature could invent, rallied and formed
column after column of men from tho broken
that swept over the plsin.
Probably the greatest carnage of this bloody
day was prod act and by the i lri-amut discharges of
double shotted canister from the bronze Napo
leons of Martin’s batter/. He ha t taken up a
position In tho hcllow between two small hills
The enemy advancel from the opposite side in
solid column, on double quick, with arms at right
slioalder shift, not being able to see the battery
until they reached the crest of the hill, within
one hundred yards of it. when Martin opened a
bittoi surprise upon them, sweeping them from
the field like chaff before a storm. Twice aga'n
they formed aud advanced, their officers behaving
splendidly, but it was u*eleis; Martin’s fierce
leaden rain beiogtoo terrible to withstand. The
advance of the fresh troops havjng checked the
enemy, and night coming on, the conflict ceased;
and both parties lay quietly ou their arms.
Calamity brooded over all. Few bad opportu
nity to reit, not many could hud wherewith to
appease hunger, and mind as well aa body was
afflicted. Both were jaded and reduced. Losses
we were obliged to estimate. Official reports,
there were none. Os material, Fttz John Porter’s
command lost twenty pieces of artillery, and the
arms, with accoutrements, which belonged to
men who were lost. Os dead, wounded and miss
ing there wore 7,000 or upwards. Col. Edmund
Pendleton, of a Louisiana regiment, (Col. Pen
dleton formerly resided In Cincinnati,) who wets
captured ou Monday, June 30th, aasnred me that
on that day the rebels captured 4,5C0 prisoners.
Oar dead he estimated, from examination of the
field, at 300. Os the wo n.ied there is no account.
It is reported that the rebel lose is still more aw
ful.
It is claimed that the battle was badly man
aged. This is no time for criticism ; besides, the
data is not absolutely reliable. It U certain we
were beaten in strategy and grand tactics. We
werobeaten. It was a melancholy satisfaction to
know we occupied the field of battle after the
conflict was ended. We had about 30,000 men
engaged—perhaps 35,000. The enemy had four
divisions employed, besides Jackson’s. admirable
army of 40 OoQ or 35,000 disciplined troops.
Duryea’s Zouaves, clad in crimson breeches and
rod skull caps, suffered terribly, their conspicu
ous uniforms drawing upon them an awful fire
wherever they appeared on the field.
tHB RET&XAT TO TH* RIVIR
There was hut ono extremely perilous alterna
tive. The army must fall back on James river.
A hope was entertained that the enemy would be
deceived iuto the belief that we designed to fall
back to the White House. Preparations were ac
cordingly begun. Porter’s command crorsed the
river without opposition.
During the night our bridges were blown up
and the crossings were barricaded and defended.
Key ’s line, which was on the extreme left, resting
upon White Oak Swamp, was prolonged, and our
artillery and transportation trains were ordered
to prepare to move forward. That night Gen.
Casey was also directed t > destroy all pnblic prop
erty at he White House that could not be re
moved, aud to transport the sick and wounded to
a place of safety, to retire himseif, and rejoin the
army on James river. Friday night was thus ac
tively and mournfully passed, but it was felicity
itself compared with those of Saturday, Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday.
Saturday morning loomed upon us hotly and
cheerfully. Until nine o’clock not the sound of
a hostile gun disturbed the dread silence. Abent
nine o'clock this anxiety was relieved by an aw.
ful cannonading opened ripon Smith s position j
from two forts iu Garnett's field, a battery at 1
Fitz John Porter's old position, and another be- ]
low it, on the left hank of the-Chlrknheminy, rak- j
ing his entrenchments and compelling him to
abandon the strongest natural position on our
whole line. The fire was terri ‘tie T ran describe
its lines fairly by comparing it with tbo rirjif *
Hues and angles of a chess iv ■,i Smith fell i
back to the woods a few hundred voids, and ;
threw up breastworks out of range. Theeuemy, I
content with Ills stttcoss, ceased firing, ami oiot
was not disturbed again that day. The silence
of tho eDeniy was explained to me that night by
a negro slave, who had escaped from his master
at headquarters in Richmond. He said a dispatch
had been sent by Jarksou to Magruder. who re
mained iu command iu frout of Richmond, ex
pressed thus: “Be quiet. Every thing Is working
as well as we could desire!"’ Ominous words!
I now proceed to Navaga Station. I shall not
attempt to describe the sombre picture of gloom,
confusion and distress which oppressed me there.
I found officers endeavoring to fight est the true
meaning. Anxiety at headquarters was too ap
parent to one wboi lial studied that branch of the
army too sharply to be deluded by thin masks.
The wretched spectacle of mangled men from yes
terday’s battle, the wearied, haggard and smoke
begrimed faces of men who hud fought yesterday,
were concomitants of every field, yet they formed
the sombre coloring of the ominous picture before
me. Then there were hundreds who had strag
gled from the field, sprawled upon every space
where there was a shadow of a leaf to protect
them from a broiling sun; a hurry aud tumuit
of wagons and artillery trainß, endless almost,
rushing dowu ths roads toward i the new base,
moving with a sort of orderly confusion almost as
distressing as panic itself. But I venture that
tow of all that hastening throng, excepting old
Officers, understood the misfortune.
Endless streams of artillery trains, wagons and
funeral ambulances poured down the roads from
all the camps, aud plunged into the narrow fun
nel which was our only hope of escape. And now
tho exquisite truth flashed upon me. It was ab
solutely necessary tor the salvntioa of the army
aud the cause, that our wounded and mangled
braves, who lay moaninginphysical agony in our
hospitals, should be deserted aud left in th e hands
of the enemy. Gh! the cruel horrors cf war.—
Do you wonder, my iiiends, that the features of
youth wrinkle, and that the strong man'j bcatd
silvers soon amid such scenes ?
At daylight Gen. McClellan was on tho road
Thousandv of cattle, of wagons, and our immense
train of artillery, iu termiugied with infantry, and
great troops of cavalry, choked up the narrow
road already Generals Sumner’s Heintzleman’s
and Franklin’s corps, under Snmntr’s command,
had been left to guard the rear, with orders to
fall back at day light aud hold the enemy in check
till night. A noble srmy for sacrifice, and some,
oh how many, must fall to save the rest, ’i its
very slightest movement from tho front was crit
ical. At no point along the lino were we more
than three-fourths of a mile from the enemy, and
in front of Sedgwick’s line they were not over six
hundred yards distant. Tho slightest vibration
at any point was apt tothrill the rebel lines from
centre to wing; but fortunately, ly tkillful se
crecy, column after column was marchtd to the
roar.
Towards noon tho line had retired several miles
and rested behind Savage Station to destroy the
public propert? which hid accumulated there. A
locomotive on the railway was startly swiftly
dowu the road, with a train of cars, and sum
plunged madly in o the Ghicahominy, a mangled
wreck. The match was applied to stores of every
description, and smmnnitiun was exploded, until
nothing was left to appease the rebel appetite for
prey. Dovtruction was cemplete, and the ruins
were more touchingly desolate amid the mangled
victims of war’s rnthlessness, who laid on the
hillside mourning the departure of friends with
whom they had bravely fought. Many a mauly
. fellow has told me since that ail human sorrow
seemed condensed into that one woful parting
If it vrete ever manful to shed tears, men might
then have wept like Niole ret us drrw the veil
to hide wounds more agonizing than ride weap
ons ever rent.
The advance column at and all the mighty train
had now been swallowed iu themawof tho dreary
forrest. It swept onward, fust furious, like sn
avalanche Every hour of silence behind was
ominous, but hours wore precious to us Pioneer
bands wet o rushing along in front, CieariDg and
repairing our single road; reonnoisance officers
were seeking new ionics for a haven of rest and
safety. The enemy was iu the roar, pressing on
with fearfol power. Hoconld press down flank
ward to onr firtur, catling oil our retreat. \\ ould
such be onr fate ? The vanguard had passed
White Oak bridge, and had risen to a fine defen
sive poat flanked by White Oak swamp, where
part of tho train atleoiit corld rest.
Headquarters, which fad tarried near (lie
bridge, were now moved two miles beyond.—
Keyes’ corps was sot ward- tykes was guarding
our flank; Morrell was moving behind Keros;
Fitz John Porter stood guard around the camp.
Day was weat ing away. An awful tumult in the
rear, as if the elements ware contending, bed been
moving the senses with exquisite pew. r. Foam
ing steeds and flashed riders dashed into ramp.
You could see tho baleful firings cf canuoh flash
ing against tho dusky horizon, plajing ou the
surface of tho evening clouds like sharp magnetic
lights. Long lines of mnsketiy vomiti and their fu
rious volleys of pestilential lead through ths for
ests, sweeping scores of brave soldiers iu:o the
valley of the shadow of death.
Nothing struck me do keenly during all that
gloomy day and mere desolate night as the thinly
disguised uneasinoss of those to whom the coun
try had entrust,d its fate. It was well that sol
diers who carry mnskets did not read theagrny
traced upon the face of that leader whom they
had learned to love. A few in that gloomy biv
ouac folded their aims to sleep, but m >st wore too
exhausted to enjoy that blessed relief. That
dreadful tumult, but a lew ihort miles in the dis
tance, roged till long after the whippoorwi I hud
comminued his plaintive song.
THifi BATTIK Os SAVAGE STATION.
Morning beamed upon us again biillivnlly, but
hoty. The enemy had not yet appeared iu onr
fioat. Sumner Imd brought off his splendid
command, franklin was posted rtrongly on the
south bank of White Oak Creek. H-rintzelman
was on the left, Keyes’ corps was moving swiftly
to James river, down the Charles Cl y and Qua
ker roads, Porter and part of Sumner’s corps
were following rapidly. Toe enemy first attack
ed us at Orchard Station, near Pair Oaks, in the
morning, but were soon driven off. At about
noon they returned in heavy force iroiu the front
of Richmond, while a strong column was thrown
across t o Chickahominy. af Alexa der’s bridge,
near the railway crossing. They first appeared
in the edge of the woods south of Tront’s, and
opened upon onr column on the Williamsburg
road with shell. At the same time they tra'ncd
a ceavy gun upon our lino from the bridge they
hadjast crossed. They still seemed deluded
with the belief that Gen. McClellan intended to
retreat to the Pamunkey, and all day long they
had marched heavy columns from their camps in
front of Richmond ucross New Bridge tostrengih
ea JakSon still more. Happy delusion I
The first shells exploded around and over the
hospitals at Savage Station, bnt it is just to say
it was not intentional. They nest opened upon
a cluster of officers, including Sumner, Sedgwick,
Richardson, Burns, arid their ctsffr, missing
them fortunately, bet covering them with dust.
Our own batteries were now ia full clamor, and
both sides handled their guns gkiUlully. The
object of tha enemy seemed to be to break cur
right centre, and consequently Bnrns’ brigade
was the recipient of the principal Bbare ot their
favor. As the aftornoon wore uway the combat
ants drew closer together, and the conflict he
came one of the sharpest of the batths on Vir
ginia soil. Two companies of one regiment
stampeded. General Burns flung himself across
their track, waved his bullet-shattered hat, ex
postulated, exhorted, entroated, threatened, im
precated, under a storm of lead, and at last,
throwing his hat, in agony and despair, ufon
the ground, begged them to rally once more,and
preserve them and him from disgra o, The last
appeal touched them. The men wheeled with
alacrity and fought line heron until the carnage
ceased.
Our trains had now passed White Oak Brldgo.
Such’ an acliievment, in such order, under the
circumstances, might well be regarded wonder
ful. The retreat was most ably conducted.—
Until this day (Monday) the enemy soc-ms con
stantly to have acted i-n the supposition that
our army was intending to retire to the Pamnn
key. They had boen deluded into this belief by
the Seventeenth New York and Eighteenth
Massachusetts regiments, together with part of
the First, Second and Sixth Regular Cavalry,
which had been sent out to Old Church on
Thu; sclay morning to impress tho enemy with
that notion. (Par parenthesis—they retired
safely to Yorktown, and aronowat Malvern Hill)
But our true object mutt now have become ap
parent, and it was vitally necessary to get tho
traiu3 through before the enemy had time to
puth columns down the Charles City, Central and
New Market roads. But until e’ght o’clock in
the morning we had no knowledge of any bnt
the Quaker road to the point at which we now
aimed—Hardin’s Landing and Malvern Ilill, in
Turkey Bend. Sharp reconnoisance, however,
had found another, and soon onr tremendous
land fleet was sailing down two roads, and onr
long artillery train cf two hundred and fifty
gnus, and equipments, wore lumbering af er
them with furious bnt orderly speed.
BATTLE 01 WHITE OAK SWAMP.
About 10 o’clock General McClellan pasbed to
tho river, communicating with Commodore Rod
gers, and had the gunboat fleet postc-d to aid ns
against the enemy. The cause was desperate,
but it was a relief to reach the river, where we
could turn at bay with our rear protected by the
James river, and flanks partially covered by gun
boats. Tidings, however, bad been received that
the enemy was pushing rapidly upon ns several
colnmnsof immense numbers, apparently deter,
mined to crush us or drive ns into the river that
night. They opened fiercely with shell upon
Smith’s division at White Oak Bridge.
Long before this oUr vanguard had debouched
from the road into the field before Turkey Lend,
and our reserve artillery was powerfully posted
on Malvern Hill, a magnificent bluff, covering
Harding’s Landing, where our gunboats are
cruising. Here was a glorious prospect. Though
our gallant fellows were bravely holding the
fierce enemy at bay to cover tee swiftly escaping
trains, it was clear onr troubles were not ended.
We hadagain deceived the enemy by going to
Turkey Bend. He had imagined we were inareu
ing to New Market, destined to a point on Cliff
Bottom road, near Fort Darling. Ii was not far
away, aud the enemy was massing his troops up
on us on the leftandon our new front— for when
we arrived at Malvern Hill the wings ol .he
army, as organized, were reversed, Keyes taking
the right, Porter’s corps the le(t—u we faced
Richmond. Our line now described a gioat arc, j
and there was fighting aronnd three-fe nrths of
; the perimeter.
General McCleilan, who had already com
municated with the gunboats, returned from
toe front to Malvern Hiii, w hica war made
his battle headquarters, end dispositions for a
fin si emergency were made, fit* John Porter
was marched from the valley under the hill to
his positi n on the western ertst of the hill,
where he coold take the plains towards Rich
mond. Onr splendid ar.illery was picturesquely
poised in fan shape at salient points, and its ■. np
ports were disposed in admiiable cover in hol
lows between undulations of the bluff. Power
ful concentrating batteries wo re also posted in the
centre, go that, to u-e the language of Co’onel
Bitzer, “ we’ll clothe this hill in sheets of flame
before they take it.” It was a magnificent spec
tacle. The roar of combat grew tremendous as
the afternoon wore away, Theie was no time
then nor aiterward to ascertain dispoiitions of
particular organizations. They were thrown to
gether wherever emergency demanded. White
Oak Bridge, the Quaker road, Charles City road,
and the hanks es Turkey Creek were enveloped
in flame, iron and lead crushing through forests
and man like a destroying pestilence. A mask
ed battery which Lad opened from llie swamp
under Malvern Hill begun to prove inconvenient
tr Porter. It plowed and crashed through some
cf our wagon*, and disturbed groups of officers
in tho splendid groves of Malvern mansion.
The gunboat Galena anchored opposite Turkey
ls!md,and the Aroostook, cruising at the head
of the Island, opened their ports and plunged
tbelr awful metal into the rebel cover with Titan
ic, force. Towards sunset the earth quivered with
tho terrific concussions of artillery and huge ex
plosions. The vast terial auditcrum seemed con
volved with the cormnotlf nos frightfnl sounds
■Shells raced like dark luPteora athwart the hori
zon, crossing each other at eccentric angler. ex
ploding into deadly iron hail
The turns of smoke-masked warriors; the
gleam of muskets on the plains where soldier•
were disengaged ; the artistic order of battle on
Malvern Hill: the wild career of wilder horse
men plungiog to and fro across tho field, formed
a scene of exciting grandeur. In the forest
where eyes did not penetrate, there was nothing
but the exhilarating and exhausting spasm of
battle. Ualelul fires blazed among the trees,and
death struck many shining marks. Onr haggard
men stood there with grand courage, fighting
more like creatures of loftier mould thau men.
Wearied and jaded, and hungry and ttiirsty, be
set by almost countless foes, they cheered aod
fought and charged into ths very jaws of death,
until veteran soldiers fairly wept at thoir devo
tion.
Oh! friends, could you realize the afflictions of
the p ist five days yon could almost shed tears of
blood. Oh! my triends, it is horrible! to see
this proud army so wretchedly pressed upon
every side, destruction threatening wherever we
turn: scarce a hope of extrication save that
which is born of despair. Would to God such
days had passed away forever. Oh, my country
men, you cannot comprehend the toils and trials
of voar devoted soldiers—conflict not simply
with soldiery—bnt contention against insidious
thirst, craving appetite, enfeebling heat, over
powering fatigae—and after fighting and march
ing, and privations by day and suffering by
night, and fighting by days succeeding nights of
fighting and - harassing vigils, against fresh forces
hurled upon them in overpowering masßss, till
exhausted nature almost sunk beneath snch
fearful visitations, to be pressed to the imminent
verge of despair, was almost too much forhnman
nature.to endure.
The soil of Virginia is now sacred. It is bathed
with the reddest blood of this broad land. Every
road of it, from upper Cbickahcminy to the base
of Malvern Hill, is crimsoned with bicod. The
dark forests—fitting canopy for such sacrifice—
echo with the wails of wounded and dying men.
There is a bloody corpse in every copse, and man
gled soldiers iu every thicket of that ensanguined
field.
Seizure of Geu. Twlgg's Swords.
The Bwords of the late Gen. David E.
Twiggs, presented to him respectfully
by the United States Congress, the State
of Georgia, and the citizens of Augusta,
Ga., have been seized by Picayune But
ler at New Orleans. A letter from there
to the Herald says :
The night of the 2dd of April, just
before the fleet passed the forts, General
Twiggs carried his swords and his silver
plate to the house of one of the wealthi
est and most aristocratic families iu this
city, and, as the members of the family
say, presentod them to one of their
number. Mrs. Col. Myers also sent her
plate and jewelry to the same house.
The next day she and General Twiggs
fled from New Orleans. General Butler,
learning tho whereabouts of the above
property, instructed Col. French, Pro
vost Marshal, to have the house searched.
The Colonel detailed Lieut. Col. Thos.
Burt, oue of his most polite and efficient
assistants, for this delicate duty. Lieut.
Burt performed this service very care
sully, last Wednesday evening, and the
next merning the swords and all their
silver were brought into Gcu. Butler’s
headquarters. The swords are beautiful,
and of superb workmanship. They will
bo sent to Washington by the United
States army dispatch steamer McClellan.
It seems to me that Congress could not
show its appreciation of Gen. Bntler’s
distinguished services since the very
commencement of the war better than by
these swords.
The Tola! Los in tle Battles Before
. ltichmomi.
The New York Times says that the fol
lowing statement, which comes from an
official source, may be relied upon as a
perfectly correct enumeration of the Yan
kee losses during the six days battles
before Richmond :
Corps. Killed. Wounded. Missiu< r . Total.
Franklin, 245 1.313 1170 2737
Sumner, 170 1008 348 2080
Keyes, 02 507 20l 777
Heintzelman ISO 1051 833 2073
Porter, 873 3700 2779 7353
Cavalry 10 00 07 170
Engineers,
Total, 1505 7701 5958 15,224
NOTICIfi.
C.S. ENGINEER'S OFFICE, >
SiVAJUtAH, Ga., July 22d, 1802. /
Many inquirios having l>een ad
dressed to this office as to the condi
tions of exemption from contributing labor to
tlie defences of Savannah, the Brigadier Gen
eral commanding instructs me to state:
Ist. That while the planters of the middle
counties will be those specially called upon,
those of the seaboard counties will not be con
sidered by any means entirely exempt.
2d That a previous contribution of labor for
a less term than one month will not exempt
any planter from the present contribution.
3d. That wherever planters have been com
pensated for their previous contributions of
labor to the coast defences by exemption dur
ing the year from road duty, or by other ex
emption in kind they will be considered as
having already received ah equivalent lor
their former contributions, and will therefore
be required to furnish labor in response to the
present call.
4th. As the works approach completion, and
the laboring force is reduced, those negroes
will first be discharged whose masters had
contributed to the coast defences previously
to the present call.
The Brigadier General commanding also in
structs me to state that lie earnestly hopes
that the planters will hold meetings in the sev
eral counties and apportion the contribution
of labor among themselves, and relieve him
from the most unpleasant duty ot resorting to.
forcible seizure.
A contribution of HO per cent, of the laborin';
force of each county will soon supply abund
ant labor to bring the works rapidly to com
pletion. Women will bo received as laborers
up to a number amounting to ten (10) per cent,
of the whole laboring force, after which no
more women will be received.
Wherever the planters of a neighborhood
make up a gang of 100 negroes, they may
elect their own overseer for said gang, and he
will be employed in that capacity by this of
fice. JNO. McCKADY,
C:tpi. C. S. P. Eng’rs,in charge.
By order BRIG. GEN. MERCER;
Comd’g Mil. Hist, af (a.
Wanted Immediately,
10.000 bushels ©f good Oak, Hickory, and
Black Jack Ashes, for which SO cents per bush
el will be paid on delivery at any railroad de
pot or steamboat landing in immediate connec
tion with this place. They must be well se
cured from rain in barrels or boxes. The
bark, and small limbs and trees make the besi*
ashes. They are wanted for Government pur
poses in the manufacture of Nitre. If you
can’t make Xitre, therefore, make Ashes.
Also, to buy six Mules.
Also, to hire Twelve hands to work <*n Nitre
Beds, for which the current rates of hire will
be paid. Payments made monthly and rations
furnished. Apply as below.
\V. H. C. PRICE,
Sup’t Nitre and Mining District No. I<?
jyHiilw-iifcw Auburn, Ala.
ATTEKTIOY. CONSCRIPTS!
lIcAtKtUARTZRS A* ROLL INC OfftCE, I
lnskcgue, AU.jJcly Hz, litis:.y
At Enrolling Officer for this District ol the
Flat: oi Alaoams, 1 havo been instructed
to establish my Headquarters at this rdaco,fcr
the present. Office in the Tad* ogee Insurance
Company.
Conscripts desirous i being app.in.ci2 Assist
ant Ento ting Biff. ei i for the counties of Ai.tan
gs, Montgomery, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Macon, Rus
sell and Chambers, composing this District, will
report themselves immediately at Headquarter*.
Three Assistants will be appointed tor each
county. Assistant will bo appointed from the
county in wni-.li they de ire 10 eerve, as far as
practicable, and must c me recommended by the
Judge ot Piobate, Cheap Clerk and Sheriff of
the county; or at least by two of them.
Justices of the Peacem each Beat of the sev
eral Counties of the District, will furnish the
KnroiliDg Oflfic >r of their county, the names of
ail the Contcrip’s in their respective Beats or
Distracts. LSCR IS W. ISBELn,
Lieutenant ami Enrolling Officer for the above
named a-unties. jy24-lm
TO TIIK SUBSCKIBkCKS
To the Produce Loan in Georgia !
HPHk pi ice of Cotton and other Produce is now
-L highly remunerating, aud the subscriuer*
to the above Loan can have no reason for long
er withholding their Bob criotions. We are in
structed by the Secretary of the Treasury to
urge upon all Subscribers (who have not paid)
the immediateperformance of their obligation
to the Government. The hoidersof Cotton are
expected to dispose of it at once either to dio-
Government at the market price, or to ifljijvij
nals as they may prefer, and the proceeds cf the
sale at present trices will be invested in Roods
and furnished them. The Government granted
every indulgence while Cotton was few. Xhejr
now require prompt settlements.
D. ADAMS, Agent.
Produce Loan for West’ll G and East’u AM.
M&-C all at the Bank of Columbus.
Columbus Ga., July I", ISflk. gw
SITUATION WANTED,
AS AN OVERSEER, for the year l&fifl. Prlcw
sioo, meat and oread (for a small family >
and horse to ride. Those wishing to employ, an'c
can bring a good recommendation, can do so bv
addressing the undersigned, at Talbotton, Ca
jyla-daw'Jt-p WM. 11. BARRON.