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TENNESSEE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE SUN,
Prom Chattanooga.
Chattanoga, July 19th, 1862.
Eds. Sun .• Were it in my power, I
should be glad to keep you posted on
everything that is transpiring in this
part of the Confederacy, but the means
I have of obtaining reliable information
are limited, and that which comes to me
for “reliable,” frequently has not a
uhadow of truth about it. I think, how
ever, I am in possession of some facts
which will be new and interesting to you,
and for the truth of which I can vouch.
Yesterday evening, an official dispatch
reached this place from Col. Forest. He
stated that he attacked the enemy at
Murfreesborough, with a force of 800
strong, on Sunday morning, 5 o’clock ;
the fight lasted nine hours, when he suc
ceeded in burning the depot, destroying
three trains of cars, and capturing 1200
prisoners among which were two Briga
dier Generals. He also captured hun
dred horses and mnles, 400 wagons
with several pieces of light artillery,
and a vast amount of commissary and
quartermasters stores, nearly all of which
he was compelled to destroy. This vic
tory is regarded as one of the most bril
liant of the war. The dashing Colonel
Forest is carving out for himself a name
which will stand high upon the temple of
fame.
Yesterday, the 18th, Buell was repor
ted at Battle Creek in person. It is sup
posed he went there for the purpose of
reconnoitering. Perhaps he designs
marching on Chattanooga ; once he
might have dono eo successfully, but
that time is past. If rumor can bo re
lied on, a knowledge of startling events
will soon reach us. It is also reported
here this morning in high official circles
that tho enemy have retired from and
burned Huntsville.
I have no local nows of importance.
Since General McCowan has been in
command at this post, everything seems
to be’ going on swimmingly. Tho Gen
eral is regarded asja good man, and every
one have the utmost confidence in his
ability. Silas.
Letter front East Tennessee.
Louisvuli, (mlar Knoxville,) Tenn., )
July si, 1562. )
Eds Sun : All remains as quiet here
as could be expected. It now begins
to be questionable whether we will
have any great battle here. Our troops
are so stationed along the lino of
railroad, that a strong force can soon be
concentrated at any given point on the
road where it may be needed
Col. Morgan continues to bleak the
monotony in the present dearth of news.
His captured Major reached Knoxville a
few days ago.
The government is not exactly pressing
horses, wagons, &o.; but the people are
selling them, knowing that the govern
ment must and will have them There
are certain localities in the Confederacy
where pressing is needed. Men full of
wordy patriotism, who for the sake of
tho good cause aro willing to talk ficm one
day’s end to another, without furnishing
but little material aid. If government
agents were to go to these men of heavy
purse and tell them wo must have some
horses, provisions, &c., they would begin
to realize that there is a war going on m this
country. These remarks do not apply to
Eaßt Tennessee so fully as to other por
tions of tho country more remote from
the scene of action.
We have recently had a hue shower of
rain here, with good prospects for more.
Corn crops, in the main, are looking
finely; and if the “Republic” is not
“ crushed out,'” till hunger docs it, there
iB a probability that Jonathan will feel
its keen pangs in his own maw before the
work is accomplished. Darius.
Ftoin the Temieaeee River.
Long Island, Ala., I
July 18th, 1802. f
Eds. Sun: We arrived here on Tues
day anil reported to Gen Heth, acting
Major General of the 2d Division of De
partment of East Tennessee, who turned
us over to Brigadier General Leadbetter,
(ho of Bridgeport retreat notoriety) much
to our regret. I say regret, because
the military antecedents of this gentle
man are not such a3 to inspire soldiers
with any confidence in his military skill
and capacity. He has the confidence of
neither soldiers or civilians hereabouts.
We are encamped within one and a
half miles of the enemy. They have
a strong force opposite U3, near and
below the mouth of Battle Creek. Their
tents aro plainly visible from the summit
of a mountain not far distant from our
camp. Every call upon their drums are
distinctly heard by us. Our pickets
bring in prisoners frequently. Three on
yesterday, belonging to a Kentucky regi
ment. Their forces are variously esti
mated at from 10,000 to 20,000.
I find here Major William Gunter, for
merly of the 6th Alabama regiment, in
command of a battalion of Partisan Ran
gers. This gentlemen returned to his
home from Virginia last Spring after his
term of service expired, aud found his
horses, cattle, &0., stolen by the Yan
kees, his negroes scattered through the
country, and his family cruelly treated
by the inhuman Yankeo devils. He ar
rived at home in the night, and before
the break of day next morning, left and
began to rally a few daring men around
him for the purpose of annoying aud
harrassing the enemy as much as pos
sible, which he has succeeded in doing
to a considerable extent. The Yankees
have set a price upon his head. His
residence is near the lino of Alabama and
Tennessee, opposite this place, aud dis*
tant about three miles- His family are
on this side of the river.
This section of our State is disgraced
by scores of tiaitore, who seize every op
portunity of conveying intelligence of
military movements on this side of the
river to the enemy. And strange to say
none of them hav6 ye-t been hung, aud
but very few arrested How loug shall
this state of affairs be allowed to con
tinue.
Capt. Waddell has been compelled to
leave his command by ill-health, for a
short time. He visits tho Warm springs,
Georgia.
We left Major Hatch Cook at Chatta
nooga with a battalion of Illlliaid’s Le
gion. He was being furnished with arms.
I was glad to notice while at Chattanooga,
that Capt. Humphries, Ordnance officer
at that post, had on hand a good supply
of Enfield rifles, part of a recent impor
tation from England
News has reached us of another gal
lant exploit by the bold aud interprid
Morgan. As I predicted iu my letter to
the Sun of the 13th, he turned up at a
place little expected by the enemy. A
report has also reached us, through Fed
eral sources, that another success has
attended our arms below Naswille, profit
ably at Murfreesboro’.
I was mistaken in calling the railroad
leading from Chattanooga to this place
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
It should have been the Chattanooga and
Nashville Railroad. The former begins
at Stevenson, at which place the latter
takes the direction of Nashville.
I had the pleasure while at Chatta
nooga of visiting the celebrated Lookout
Mountain, and taking a view of the sur
rounding country for miles. 1 was well
repaid for my trouble in climbing the
mountain over a bad road, horseback, on
a very hot day. The view from the sum
mit is beautiful indeed. There is a ho
tel and a number of handsome cottages
on the mountain. The hotel is not open,
and there are no visitors, for any length
of time, owing to tho troubled state of
affairs.
I also visited the Lookout Cave, which
enters at the base of the mountain within
a few feet of the Nashville and Chatta
nooga Railroad. A few friends and my
eelf, with the assistance of a guide, (who
we paid 25 cents a piece for his lamps,)
h penetrated the Cave to the distance of
| “ r ®° fl Q erterß of a mile. At some points
f we /®“ d Cave 10 or 12 feet in width,
and 30 or 40 in heighth, narrowing to
wards the top. Again we would have to
stoop and move sideways to pass : some*
times descend a wooden ladder and again
ascend one. This Cave has been, and is
now, being worked for saltpetre. Mr.
Pringle, who has oharge of the Saltpetre
Works, informs me that he has had as
many as 30 hands engaged. The dirt
which is obtained from the large crevi
ces in the rock, and brought out on the
backs of the laborers, is strongly im
pregnated, yielding as high as 7} lbs.
per bushel. One great curiosity connect
ek with this womlcr of nature, is the
strong currents of cold air rushing from
the crevices in the rock, at several places,
by which some of our lamp lights were
extinguished, causing us the not very
pleasant reflection of a possibility of our
having to find our way out of the place
without the assistance of a light, which
would have been a rather difficult matter.
Confederate.
Daring aiul {successful Attack on tlie
Enemy’s Transports in Jame'sßlv
er
Gen. Stuart has performed another of
his brilliant scouts in tho rear of the
enemy’s lines, and succeeded in success
fully shelling the Yankee transports at
“North Bend,” on James River, below
Charlos City C- 11.
The party consisted of the First Com
pany of the Washington Artillery, Capt.
Squires commanding, a Parrott section
of the Loudon Battery, under Capt. Rog
ers, and one piece of Stuart’s horse artil
lery, with a small cavalry support, the
whole being in charge of Col. Lee; and
having reached tho desired point on the
river bank, under cover of the night,
they opened fire last Monday morning
on the enemy’s transports, coming up
with reinforcements and supplies for Mc-
Clellan's army. The first transport was
disabled aud driven back, and as soon as
the position of our artillery became
known, the enemy brought up his gun
boats and shelled them at a desperate
rate. Managing however, to avoid their
range, our boys waited till evening, when
a largo fleet of transports appeared in
the river, supported by gunboats. Col.
Lee then ordered them into battery on
the bank just opposite, when they poured
into the Yankee vessels a terrible fire of
shot and shell. Having all rifled guns
and a good range the shots from our ar
tillery told upon the enemy with great
ellect, sinking one of his transports and
raking the others from stem to stern.
Several masts were cut away and the ves
sels so riddled that they were compelled
to lighten them by throwing oil’ their
freight in the river. The enemy’s gun
boats kept up a rapid fire, but our batte
ries were too close to them for their shots
to take ellect, aud they had to withdraw,
with no loss whatever on our side.
Our forces retired from the Charles
City C. 11. next morning by a circuitous
route, just in lime to escape oapturo by a
large force of Yankee infantry and cav
alry, sent down to cut oil their retreat.
_4S—
Prom Vicksburg.
The following dispatch from General
Van Bom gives some additional intellis
gence relative to the lal6 exploit of the
ram Arkansas:
“Vicksbuo, July IG, 18G2.—The ene
my opened all their guns and mortars
logt evening, and shelled the city and
batteries until after dark, when eight of
their vessels of war passed down under
fire of the batteries and the Arkansas
broadsides. What damage was done to
them I have not learned, though they
were repeatedly pierced by shot of the
heaviest calibre One heavy shot passed
through the side of the Arkansas, kill
ing two ruen and wounding threo. This
was all the damage done to us, with tho
exception of one house burned down in
the city. Our troops here have a con
tempt for the fleet and the bombard
ment, aud await coolly for the troops to
land.
“The Arkansas is the admiration of
all, and her daring and heroic act has
inspired all with the greatest enthusiasm.
She is now being repaired and will soon
be ready for orders.
“Earl Van Dorn, Maj. Geu.”
Ths Londou Telegraph, in referring to
Butler’s brutal order, remarks:
It is true that Butler aud his villain
ous decree may be disavowed by the
Washington Government, but how facile
are these official avowals—how easy it is
for Alexander at tit. Petersburg to disa
vow the woman-whippings ordered by
his Generals at Warsaw. “It is a far cry
to Loohawo ” It is a long way from
New York to New Orleans. The mis
chief and the scandal are in the fact that
high posts in the Federal army should
be entrusted to abandoned wretches, who
by their deeds, bring upon themselves
the scorn and opprobrium of tho whole
civilized world. The commanders of the
Confederate forces have at least acted
like oflioers and gentlemen It hus been
reserved for the “highhanded” and “re
fined” warriors of the North to emulate
the coarse brutalities of rowdies and
shoulder-hitters.
“Stonewall’’ not a Full General.
“An ignorant rumor has been circula
ted, the Richmond Examiner, “that
Major General Jackson has been made a
general in the regular Confederate army.
The rumor is entirely without founda
tion. The Confederate army, as distin
guished from the Provisional, is a per
manent organization, aud at present,
composed of a skeleton of officers. Tho
highest rank in it “general,” and that
title is limited by a special act of Con
gress, and cannot be enlarged by the
Executive. The generals iu the Confed
erate service named in the order of rank
are: Cooper, Lee, Joseph E. Johnston,
Beauregard and Bragg—the latter hav
ing been nominated to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of Sidney John
ston, and there having been no vacancy
since for further nominations to this
rank in the Confederate service.
————— ■ —— ————
Firm FreJeilelutuuf and Haiti
more.
From a gentleman attached to the cav
alry service, who reached Richmond last
night, we have some interesting news
from Erederioksburg. The enemy has
entirely evacuated that city, aud retired
b6joud the Rappahannock, on the north
bank of which he has posted a cavalry
picket. The joy of the citizens is un
bounded at this sudden departure of their
oppressors. .
Our informant, before leaving Freder
icksburg, met with a gentleman just ar
rived from Baltimore, from whom ho
learned that the Y ankees have withdrawn
from Baltimore all their troops except
three regiments of militia. All their
available force has also been withdrawn
from Washington The destination of
these troops was not positively known,
but it was currently believed they had
been sent to General Pope in the Valley.
— Richmond Examiner, Pith.
Guae Beck.
A Yankee by the name of Owen Mun
son, a. Dentist, a native of western New
York, once took up his temporary abode
in the city of Augusta in this Stale. He
was known as a violent pro-3lavery man,
denounced the abolitionists soundly, was
a leader iu religions meetings, and a
psalmoßinging apostle of the church to
which he was attached
The Richmond Dispatch of a late date
says this same hypocritical Puritan is
now a prisoner oi war in one of the to
bacco houses iu Richmond. This is but
one instance among a thousand. There
is scarcely a town or city in the whole
Confederacy but what has been similarly
imposed upon.
A manufactory for Friction Matches
was destroyed by fire in Macon, Ga., on
Friday night last, with the chemicals
used. It was thought to be the work of
au incendiary.
Th Heavy Guns ot McClellan’*
Army.
It is now believed that a large number
of siege guns, designed to have been
planted around Richm6nd, were at the
White House when the Yankees evacua
ted that place, and that they were thrown
into the Pamuc key river.
The Yankee Emancipation Act. 4
The edicts of the Lincoln Congress !
against the South possesses as much j
force as the decrees of the Mock Duke in j
the play—they are arrant foolery —but j
then the knaves are in earnest, and it
would be well to make the record against
them. In the House of Representatives,
the bill passed by the vote of yeas Bj,
nays 35. „
The bill passed provides for Ue eman- j
cipation of all slaves of the tollowing
ciasses; ,
Ist Os every person who shall act as
an officer of the rebel army or navy.
2d Os every person who shall act as
President, Vice-President, member of
Congress, judge of any court, cabinet of- I
fleer, foreign minister, commissioner,
or consul of the so-called Confederate
States.
3d—Of every person who shall act as
Governor of a State, member of a con
vention or Legislature, or judge of any
State Court of the so-called Confederate
States.
4th—Of every person who, having held
an office of honor, trust or profit in the
United States.
sth—Of any person who shall hold any
office or agency under the so-called Con
federate States, or under any of the
States thereof.
But persons in the third aud fifth clas
ses must havo accepted their appoint
ments since the date of the secession or
dinance of their State, or have taken an
oath of allegiance to the Confederate
States.
Gth—Of every person not within the
above classes, who since the passage of
the act, being wilfully and without com
pulsion engaged in armed rebellion, shall
not within sixty days lay down his arms
and return to his allegianoe.
The bill also disqualifies said six clas
ses from holding office under the United
States government.
The President is authorised to nego
tiate for tho acquisition, by treaty or
otherwise, of lands and countries in Mex
ico, Central America, or South America,
or in the islands in the Gulf of Mexico,
or for the right of settlement upon the
lands of said countries, for all persons
liberated under the provisions of this
act, to be removed with their own con
sent. For the purpose of paying the ex
pense of the purchase of lands and the
removal, the President shall use such
money as Congress may from time to
time direct, arising out of the sales of
the property formerly owned by rebels,
and which shall have been confiscated to
the use of the United States.
The other sections mainly relate to
the machinery by which the provisions
of the bill are to be enforced.
Tory Mendacity.
We havo read a great many lying par
agraphs from tho Yankee press within
the last few weeks, that would doubtless
command a premium iu the infernal re
gions, but the following from Andy John
son’s organ at Nashville, is ahead of aDy
thing wo have yet seen. Alluding to the
arrest and imprisonment of the clergy
in that city', tho lying editor calls upon
Union men to remember that:
“Hundreds of tbo noblost and oldest
loyal citizens of East Tennessee, one of
them an old, devoted'aud beloved minis
ter of tho gospel, and another a war
worn veteran seventy-three years of age,
who fought under Jackson at New Or
leans, are to-day and have been for
months past lying in a close and filthy
dungeon at Tuscaloosa, eating tainted
meat, and bread made of corn meal in
which the grain and cobb are ground
together, and drinking filthy water, in
which their rebel guards wash their
hands. Shall such be inflicted
on our countrymen for being loyal, in the
face of death, and justice not smite the
men who have aided in incarcerating
them in a loathsome dungeon ‘! We must
redeem our brethren. Our hearts ache
to think of their sorrows. Cannot these
rebels who are now in our Penitentiary,
with others who will soon be there, be
seat South and exchanged for the heroic
martyrs of East Tennessee ? We would
rejoice if the exchange oould be made.
Let it be done if proper. If necessary,
we will give two rebel priests for one
loyal prisoner, and rejoioe that we had
got the beat of the bargain.”
Important From Washington,
MELTING OE MEMBERS OF THE U. STATES
CONGRESS.
On Sunday last a meeting of the con
servative members of Congress was held
in Washington City. Mr. Crittenden
presided, and thirty-five members were
presont and signed tho resolutions, which
were adopted, in substance, as follows :
1. That the Federal Constitution should
be maintained intact.
2. That the relations of the States to
the Federal Government are undisturbed
by the war.
3. That the several States shall be re
vested with all their rights and privileges
under the Constitution.
4. That the doctrine of State necessity
is arbitrary aud tyrannical and subver
sive of all Constitutional Government.
5. That no mau should have his prop
erty confiscated, except by trial and con
viction in a court of law, with all the
rights and privileges of a trial by jury.
6. That the acts of confiscation passed
and meditated by the present Republican
majority of Congress are wholly uncon
stitutional.
7. That the emancipation of slaves di
rectly or indirectly, by Congress, has no
warrant in the Constitution.
8. That the acts of Congress this ses
sion in this behalf, aro illegal and void.
9. That to administer the Government
on any other principle is to establish a
new and dangerous system—in fact, a
despotism.
Interesting from Fredeilckilinrg,
The Richmond Examiner of the 16th,
says : Wc have late advices from Fred
ericksburg, which strongly imply the de
sign of the Federal forces there under
command of General King to retire to
Washington. There had positively been
no southward movement from there of
any considerable portion of Gen. King’s
forces. About sixty or seventy Yankee
marauders had appeared at Bowling
Green, in Caroline county; but there
had been no demonstration towards
Gordonsville or beyond the immediate
objects of plunder in Caroline county.
Last Friday night the Yankees destroy
ed the bridgo across the Rapidan, with
tho supposed object of facilitating their
retreat to tho line of the Potomac.
A Good One.
Wc have boen told a very good anec
dota of a lady living in Williamson coun
ty, Tennessee, which will bear giviDg to
the public. As the story runs, soma half
dozen Federal officers rode up to her
house one evening and asked to be fur
nished dinner. The lady replied that
dinner was over, and that she was not
able to cook another herself. The offi
cers answered that she had several ser
vant women about the house who could
do the cooking. “No,” replied the lady,
“my negro women have all got above
their business of late. They expect to
marry Federal officers very soon, and I
can do nothing with them.” It is need
less to say that the officers “skedaddled”
without parley.— Grenada Appeal.
Stonewall Jackson.
Private letters have been received in
this city from Stonewall Jackson’s divis
ion dated as late as the 15th inst., which
indicate some important movements on
the line of the Richmond and Fredericks
burg Rail Road. We are not permitted
to go into details, but oar readers may
look out for something grand from “old
Stonewall.” _
The crops throughout Southern Geor
gia are most excellent —the average of
cotton planted cannot be two acres to the
planter.
Capt. John C. Nicholls, of Clinch, was
elected on the 7th inst., Brigadier Gen
eral of the Second Brigade, Sixth Di
vision.
From tho Mobil 3 Register.
Letter from Vlckthurg-
Tj.e Confederate Iron-Clad War Steamer
Arkansas —Particulars of the Terrible
Engagement on the Misaiasipni—Five
Federal Vessels Destroyed.
Vicksburg/ July IG, 1862.
The 15th of Juiy will be forever memo
rable in the history of the devoted little
city oi \ icksburg, which has already
truly earned the title of “Queen City of
the I alley. The great Confederate ram,
Arkansas, which had lately been con
structed on the lazoo river, being com
pleted, her crew and ammunition all on
board, and her noble and indomitable
commander, Captain Isaac N. Brown, an
old veteran of the once glorious United
States navy—all ready to execute any
order that might be given from head
quarters, the vessel was ordered from the
Yazoo river to Vicksburg, for the pur
pose of clearing out the Southern federal
fleet of mortar boats. In order to reach
Vicksburg she had to run the gauntlet of
the upper fleet, consisting of some forty
gunboats and iron-clad rams, extending
for a distance of some twenty-five miles.
This Herculean feat was performed in
the most dariDg and dashing manner.
Having first to encounter a number of
the enemy’s gunboats, she made a bold
dash at them, and sunk one by collision
wilh her ram; by a shot through the
boiler another was blown up, and the
entire crew, with everything else on
board, was scattered broadcast over the
turbid waters of the Mississippi. The
mortality of this disaster must have been
terrible to the Yankees, as the Arkansas
on her eourse literally plowed her way
through the helpless wretches in the
water. Another of tho enemj’-gunboats
was so badly injured that she hauled
down the Federal flag. The Arkansas,
however, did not stop to take prizes or
prisoners, and kept on her way down.
As she neared this goodly city, in the
vicinity of the Yankee fleet above, in sight
of our batteries, the cannonading became
most terrific and the shells and shot
from the infuriated enemy fell in showers
about the plucky little craft as she was
boldly steaming For way dowu within a
few yards of their guns. But cn Bhe
sped, undisturbed and undismayed,
shaking off the monster shells as a dog
shakes off the dripping water from his
back. In a very short time the gallant
Arkansas passed by our upper batteries,
and in a few minutes more she was safely
moored at the wharf before the city.
Upon examination it was discovered that
tho casualties amounted to ten killed,
and a small number slightly wounded;
and the boat sustained no injury what
ever, with the exception of having her
smoke stack so badly riddled that it was
with difficulty the engineers could obtain
draft enough to raise a sufficient quan
tity of steam, and at one lime in tho hot
test of the combat she had on but thirty
pounds.
Tho mortification of the Yankeo fleets
above and below the city must have been
truly agonizing, at seeing one little non
descript press by the much lauded West
ern gunboat fleet, which had but rooently
destroyed almost the entire Confederate
navy on the Mississippi before Memphis.
One of their mortar boat3 below the city
had become grounded, aud ns the Arkan
sas approached the wharf, the Yankees
tired their boat and blew her up to pres
vent her from being captured. It is also
reported that a number of their maga
zines on shore were blown up, and a loud
explosion from the upper fleet in addition
to the burning flames visible indicated
that another member of that fleet was
also passing out of existence.
As soon as the Yankees had recovered
from their fright and trepidation, they
again commenced their old game of shell
ing tho city, and kept up firing at short
intervals throughout the whole clay. An
hour or two before night the bombard
ment became very heavy, and it was soon
discovered that a portion of the upper
fleet was making preparations to run by
our batteries to go to the aid of their
brethren of the lower fleet. Our batteries
opened on them with vigor and played
sad havoo among them—the Arkansas be
ing manned by as brave a set of men as
ever fired a gun was as busy as a bee,
and of all the shots fired by her crew, it
is said but two missed their aim. Seven
of the iron clad gun boats succeeded in get
ting down; and as it was too dark to
make any observations, it was impossible
to ascertain tho character or extent of the
injuries inflicted upon them.
In this contest we lost one man by a
chance shot, and the noble craft again
came out almost unscathed—her injuries
being of too trifling a character to pre
vent her going into another fight imme
diately. During the fight in the night
the mortar boats below again commenced
a terrific bombardment of the city, but
without inflicting any damage upon life or
property, further than the burning of one
house; and it is an undecided question
whether it was burned by means of ashell,
or whether the conflagration originated
from some other cause. The men in our
batteries fought like heroes, and the ut
most coolness, heroism and intrepidity
was displayed throughout the whole ac
tion ; and their conduct has called forth
the highest commendation from the com
manding officers, as well as all others
conversant with the facts.
The Arkansas is a success—a decided, glor
ious success, and her commander, Capt. Brown,
is a trump. Taking into consideration the
distance and immensity of the force against
her, as she was running the terrible gauntlet,
and the immense damage which she inflicted
upon the Yankee fleet, we must regard her
adventurous trip as the most decided naval
victory of this war. The Confederate Navy on
the Mississippi now consists of one iron clad
ram, the Arkansas; and she is destined to
clear out the entire fleet of the Federal Govern
ment on this river. She has proved that she
can withstand anything that can be brought
against her, and it is to be hoped that she will
shortly proceed under her gallant Captain to
sink the mortar fleet below, after which she
can take her time and destroy those above at
leisure.
News has been received here that President
Davis has demanded of Lincoln the surrender
of Picayune Butler, as amenable to the law3 of
the Confederate States, for the hanging of the
patriot Mumford, who tore down the Union flag
from the mint at New Orleans before the city
was surrendered, and that the Federal Major-
General McCall is to be held as hostage for
Butler. This is regarded as the best news of
the season in this city. If Lincoln should re
fuse to render up the brutal Butler, let every
Yankee prisoner hang for him.
EVENING CITIZEN.
Yankee Conscription Act.
The bill introduced in the “Yankee Sen
ate on Tuesday, the Bth inst., is said to
be virtually a conscription act. It em
powers the President to fix the time for
the militia to serve when ho calls them
out, and to organize them like the vol
unteer forces, that is, draft at hi3 dis
cretion. Senator Grimes offered tho
following additional sections as an
amendment:
And be it further enacted, That there
shall be no exemption from the perform
ance of military duty under this or any
of the militia laws of the United States
on account of color or lineage, but when
ever the militia shall be called into ser
vice, all loyal, able-bodied male persons
between the ages now fixed by the laws
of the United States shall be called to
the defence of the country.
Be it further enacted, That when the
militia shall be called into the service
of the United States under this or any
other law of the United States, the Pres
ident of the United States shall have full
power and authority to organize them
into battalions, regiments, brigades and
divisions, according to their nationality,
race or color, as he may deem for the
public interest.— Rich. Enquirer, 18/A.
Promoted.
We are pleased to learn that A. B.
Seals, Esq., formerly Editor of the Atlan
ta Locomotive, and lately Editor of the
Americas Weekly Post, and Professor in
Furlow Female College, has been ap
pointed Quartermaster in the army, with
the rank of Captain. His headquarters
will be at Eufanla, Ala. Capt. Seals is
well known in Georgia and Alabama as
a polished writer, an accomplished schol
ar and a clever gentleman. We like to
see our brethren of the quiU rise in the
world. May Brother Seals wear his
honors well.— -Macon Tel
McClellan’s ‘‘Strategic Move-’’
Henceforth when a scoundrel is kicked out of
doors,
He need never resent the disgrace,
But cry: “My dear, sir, I’m eternally yours,
For your kindness in changing my bast.”
Richmond Whig-
¥anl>te New*.
A Yankee cor.vespondent speaking of
Lincoln’s visit to McClellan’s army says:
He seemed in excellent spirits, and in
his conversation with the different Gen
erals expressed his pride at the gallant
condnct of the army and of its leaders.
The soldiers, as he rode before them, vied
in their cheers with the roar of the can
non, which belched forth their stately
national salutes as he approached, each
several division giving the head of the
nation such a welcome as to assure him
that he was among friends, and men not
so exhausted by the fatigues of the re
oent awful days as to be unable to give
full rotundity and volume to the tone of
the vociferous greeting.
Mr. Lincoln rode at the right of Gen.
McClellan, holding with one hand the
reins which checked a spirited hi:i- o c, and
with the othor a large-sized si. .t pipe
hat, which latter was regarded win unu
sual interest by the army, as the first
head-covering of the kind seen in many
months. The President rode rapidly
along the lines, bowing and smiling as he
went, Gen. McClellan, meantime, waving
his fatigue cap, and evidently not at all
ashamed of the veteran army he was
exhibiting. Stopping only to shake
hands and to say a single congratulatory
word to the Generals. Mr. Lincoln pass
ed from division to division, along the
whoia line, cheers meeting and following
him, and cannon telling their salutes. It
was past sundown, and as late as nine in
the evening, before the last salute and
last cheer heard in the distance told that
the ceremony of the review was over.
The whole thing was admirably conduc
ted, and tended visibly to elevate the
spirits of the army. Mr. Lincoln, after
a little lively conversation with General
McClellan and his staff, returned to the
steamer, considerably fatigued after his
long horseback ride, but yet undoubted
ly abld to devote some hours to confer*
ences with the Commanding General, the
burden of which talk, not having been
present, I am not able to report, but I
fancy it did not relate entirely to the de
bilitating heat of the day, nor to the pic
turesque beauty of the place. To-day
the President makes the voyage back to
Fortress Monroe, familiar with the con
dition and position of the Army of the
Potomac, having doubtless left behind
something valuable in tho way of advice,
and may be promises.
This visit certainly has £reat significance in
connection with the recent great movement,
and that other rapidjourney to West Point.—
Your readers can iathom its meaning, perhaps,
as well as I, with this advantage, that tor them
to guess and to think will not be contraband,
while the correspondent under parole would
be pretty likely to regret even the shrewdness
ot'his published surmises.
Fortress Monroe, July o.—The President
seemed in excellent spirits on his return, and
greeted General Burnside with much cordial
ity. The Ariel came alongside tlio Alice Price,
and the President dined on board with Gener
als Burnside, Van Yliet, Fix, Naglec, Reno,
and Parke, the Assistant Secretary of War, Col.
Frank P. Blair, and ihe Captain of the English
frigate Jason. Immediately after dinner the
Presidential party re-embarked. and the Ariel
steamed for Washington. The English frigate
fired tho usual salute of twenty-one guns as
the pretty steamer, with it's streaming flags,
moved swiftly past her.
Four P. M.—By the Warner, from Hunter's
Landing I learn that on the arrival of the
steamer, with President Lincoln and Post
master-General Blair on board, Gen. McClellan,
with several other military gentlemen, visited
him on board, after which the President and
the General held a private conference for
about half an hour. They then proceeded in
an ambulance to Gen. Sumner's headquarters,
when they took to horse, with the view of vis
iting the line of entrenchments. When the
President’s visit became known, there was on
all hands the liveliest interest manifested to
see him, and wherever he went he was greeted
with tho wildest enthusiasm.
Coming into the trenches, the President dis
mounted, and, ascending the ramparts of tho
newest fortification, briefly addressed the sol
diers. He said he had come to s e for him
self, and to know the situation of affairs, and
that he should go back satisfied. - It was said
they had been whipped. It was not so, and
never would be. He knew the men he saw
around him would prove equal to the task be
fore them, and never give up without going
into Richmond. Ho had been unable to sleep
from anxiety, but after he had seen and heard,
he should go back to Washington satisfied that
it was all right with the army of the Potomac. He
declared his confidence in the army and its
commander, all the men and all the officers
were all, alike, men deserving the confidence
of the country.
The President said he did not come to make
a speech, but he could not resist saying a few
words. He was cheered at every sentence.
*,
General Banks’ Retreat and the
C ontrabandi.
Ia the House of Representatives a res
olution was adopted directing the Com
mittee on the Coduct of the War to en
quire whether thousands of “contra
bands,” as alleged in the newspapers,
were allowed government transportation
on General Banks’ retreat from Stras
burg, while white people, including sick
and wounded soldiers, were compelled to
walk. Gen. Banks denies the charge,
but admits that he “gave a lift” to a
small “contraband,” which he tells in
the following very sad and pathetic sto
ry :
When at considerable distance on our
march we overtook a small party on foot.
My attention was attracted by a little
girl about eight years of age, who was
toddling over the stones by the wayside,
and I asked “howfar she had travelled?”
“From Winchester,” she said. We were
then about twenty-seven miles on our
march. I requested the cannoneers to
give hor a lift, and the gallant men who
had hung upon the rear of the column
for its defense the greater part of the
distance answered with alacrity. No
successful efforts were made to ascertain
her complexion, but it is not impossible
that she belongs to the class referred to
in the resolution, and that her little limbs
had been strengthened by some vague
dream of liberty to bo lost or won on
that hurried night march.
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Gen. Jackson on Fighting.
“Now, Mr. 8.,” said the General, if
any one attacks you, I know how you’ll
fight with that big black stick of yours.
You’ll aim right for his head. Well, sir,
ten chances to ono he’ll ward it off .; and
if you do hit him, you won’t bring him
down. No, sir,” taking the stick in his
own hands, “you hold the stick so, and
punch him in the stomach, and you’ll
drop him. I’ll tell you how I found that
out. When I was a young man, pracs
ticing law in Tennessee, there was a big
bullying fellow that wanted to pick a
quarrel with me, and so trod on my toes.
Supposing it accidental, I said nothing.
Soon after, he did it again, and I began
to suspect what was his object, and was
confirmed in my suspicion when he came
up a third time, pushing me violently,
and evidently meaning fight. He was a
man of immense size, and one of the
very biggest men I ever saw. As quick
as a flash I snatohed a small rail from
the top of a fence, and gave him the
point of it full in hia stomach. Sir, it
doubled him up. He fell at my feet, and
I stamped on him. Soon he got up, sav
age, and was about to fly at me like a
tiger. The bystanders made as though
they would interfere. Says I, “gentle
men, stand back, give me loom, that’s
all I ask, and I’ll manage him.” With
that I stood ready, with the rail pointed.
He gave me one look, and turned away,
a whipped man, sir, and feeling like one.
So, sir, I say to you, if any villain As
saults you, give him the pint in his
belly.”
Brother Generals,
A correspondent of the Richmond Dis
patch, writing from Charlotte, N. C.,
says:
This is the home of Major General D.
H. Hill. For years he has been Profes
sor in the Military Institute here. Mrs.
Stonewall Jackson is here on a visit to
her sister, Mrs. Gen. Hill. When Gen.
Hill was Professor in Washington Col
lege, Lexington, Ya., his wife’s sister
paid his family a visit, and Gen. Stone
wall, then Professor in the Military In
stitute, formed her acquaintance. Thus
it happens that these two brave men are
brothers-in-law. Their father in law is
a Presbyterian clergyman, and lives near
this place. By the way, both Gen. Jack
son and Gen. Hill are elders in the Pres
byterian church. Gen. Hill's influence
here is unbounded.
The Northern Congress has [passed
the bill, compelling all masters of vessels
sailing to foreign ports, and all claim
agents to take the oath of allegiance.
Tire Abolition of Slavery.
A dispatch dated Washington 14th inat.,
says:
Tho following moyeage from the Presi
dent was delivered to Congrece to day:
Fellow- CiiLcns of the Senate
and House of Representatives. %
Herewith is the draft of the bill to com
pensate any State which may abolish
slavery within its limits, the passage of
which, substantially as presented, 1 re
spectfully and earnestly rcccomweud.
ABRAIIAM LINCOLN.
Beit enacted by the Senate and Bouse of
Representatives of the United States of Atner
tea in Congress assembled, That whenever
the President of the United States shall
be satisfied that any State shall have law
fully abolished slavery within and
throughout said State, cither intuit Late
ly or gradually, it shall be the duty of
the President, assisted by the Secretary of
the Treasnry, io prepare and deliver to
said Stale an amountof six percent, inter
est beating bonds of the United States
equal to the aggregate value at dollars
per bead of all the slaves within said State
as reported by the census of ’GO, the whole
amount to be delivered at once if the
abolishment be immediate, or in equal
annual instalments, if it be gradual, in
terest to begin running on each bond at
the time of delivery and not before.
And be it farther enacted, That if any
State having so received any such bonds
shall at any time afterward, by law, re
introduce or tolerate slavery withiu its
limits, contrary to the act of abolishment
upon which such bonds shall have been
received, said bonds so received by said
State shall at once he null ami void in
whosesoever hands ib*y may be, and
such State shall refund to the States all
interest which may have been paid vu
such bonds.
The House Select Committee on Eman
cipation in the Border States, will prob
ably report on the subject to morrow.
The bill was referred in ton Senate to
the Finance Committee, and in the House
to the Select Committee, especially
charged with the consideration of the
Border State question. There is little
probability that it will be passed this
session, or at any time, in the shape in
which it is presented.
Letter from Virginia.
A letter from an officer in the army,
written to his mother near this place,
has been kindly placed at our disposal.
We make tho following extracts :
Camp 15tii Ala. Vols ,
4 Miles from Richmond, July 11. j
After traveling and fighting for some
two weeks, I Bnatch a few moments to
Rhow you all where and how I am. We
reached this point yesterday, after hav
ing been following the enemy for the last
week and doing picket duty within a
mile or two of his entrenchments. We
are nearly all worn out with constant
and heavy marches and hard fighting,
and need rest greatly. 1 thought that
our fight of June Bth was hot. enough, but
had no conception of what we had to en
counter. Our Friday’s fight was a great
deal worse. God in his iuerey protected
me, when men were falling on all sides
like leaves in autumn. Captain Weems
joined ua the day before the fight, and
was the first man stru ;k in our company.
He was a true man, and brave as a lion. J
He died a soldier’s death, and deeply j
will we mourn his loss. A piece of shell I
struck me on the right arm, after burst
ing right over my head, but only bruised
me. If the edge of it had struck me, it
would have torn my arm to pieces. We i
pursued the enemy, and on Tuesday
were marched to the front, subjected to j
a most terrific cannonade, but with no
damage. We carried 350 men of cur reg ,
iment into the fight, and lost in killed
and wounded nearly half. You have
seen no notice of us, dear mother, in the
papers, but I can assure you that Ewell's
division and Trimble’s brigade did their
duty nobly, and (hat upon a long and
fatiguing march. We had not been rest
ing in camp or entrenchments, but pitch
ed right in after hard marching.
—
Gen. Hardee and tlie Arkansas Raw
Recruit.
An anecdote is told of General Hardee,
which shows, in a very amusing light,
the kind of material out of which an ar
my of volunteer soldiery is formed.
About the beginning of the war, the
General was forming the nucleus of an
army in Southeast Missouri, and being
a great disciplinarian, was very active
in teaching his men the rules and duties
of a soldier’s life. It happened one
night that a sentinel had been placed to
guard some stores near tho General’s
headquarters. Returning home rather
late from a tour of inspection, ho passed
the sentinel a few paces from his door,
and not being honored with the usual
salute of “present arms,” said : “Don’t
you know who I am?” “No, sir,” re
plied the uncouth Arkansian; “who are
you?” “J atn General Hardee, sir!”
Whereupon the raw recruit advanced a
few paces, put his hand out for a shake,
and said in a most familiar tone: “My
name, General, is Bill Dickerson, and
I’m right glad to make your acquaint
ance ?”
Tho General was too much amused at
the soldier’s innocent, manner to deal
harshly with him, but quietly pointing
out what his duty was, he retired to his
cot—to muse, probably, on the trials and
troubles of manufacturing soldiers at
short notice.
New York Dry Goods Market.
The New York Express, of Thursday
afternoon, says:
This is the first day in this generation
that dry goods are not for sale All the
importers have declined to make sales or
name any price for their goods, and all
credits are at an end for the present.
Some of our jobbing houses have put up
a notice in their stores that they decline
all sales, except in Small lots, a few pieces
or po ; and most of these silk goods, j
They box up and await the day when a ■
change will allow them to know what
they are worth. The same remarks ap
ply to all kinds of imported goods. Many
orders for fancy goods in Europe have
been countermanded, and nothing but a
few staples are wanted. The high rate
of duty, and the premium on gold to pay
for the same, will drive many jobbers
from importing goods again. These are
strange times, when dry goods are not
for sale, and when merchants, who usu
ally “drum” so hard for trade, prefer j
not to see the face of the buyer.
From New Orleans.
The promised bombardment of Gal
veston has not taken place.
On the 4th instant, a skirmish took
place near that place between a detach
ment of Federals who had landed, and
a body of Texan troops. The Yankees
were forced to re-embark “promptly”
and then the Federal blockading ship
opened fire on the Texans.
The report of the recapture of Baton
Rouge is contradicted. Tne Estafetta
says Butler has received authority from
the War Department to recruit new Fed
eral regiments in New Orleans, and has
appointed an officer to perform that duty.
By another order, all auction sales are
null and void, unless the auctioneer has
taken the oath of allegiance. Another
forbids the assembling of citizens in
groups or crowds on the streets, because
“it has become dangerous to thp public
peace.”
*
“Don’t raise such a dust—walk your
horses as you pass the General’s head
quarters,” said a sentinel before General
Grant’s residence in Memphis, as a car
riage was passing. The lady occupant
of the carriage, a well known widow of
strong Southern proclivities, answered
as it drove rapidly by : “Its our dust,
if you don’t like it leave here and go to
your own dirty country.”
The New York Post estimates the total
value of the veseels and cargoes seized
daring the past year and sent to Key
West, while attempting to run the block
ade, at $1,379,189 68.
,
General Howell Cobb was lately re
ceived at one of the Georgia Hospitals,
in Richmond, sick of camp fever.
File Eoatk.ru Expr*.* Com^y
Eds. Sun ‘ Recent developments n 1 \
tive to the management of ihe Souilu-rn
Telegraph lines, aro very t
tho conviction th>> .'iomn. in
that one of our most importHnt inie.; of
communication / ■ virtually a, the hands ‘•
and tinder the control of our an,,ies , the’
Yankees. Tli>’ however, u * being 1
investigated by this conus:*n.by, su t 1
trust they v. , ;-i - cute ihem-Ucruu
til it i. io all uiiouta and purposes a
Southern company, managed and con
trailed by Southern men.
luti mutely c .unected with the Tele
graph, aud not lees in its importance to
us, is what is now known as the “South
ern Express Company.” This company
has its agents and depotß at every im
portant oily, town or village in the Con
federate :-.ates. Its business has grown
to be enormous, the profits from which
since the war have certainly been very
large. Their facilities for obtaining mi
nute and correct information is better if
anything than the Government has it
self. Connect with this concern the tel
egraph lines, (and there is but little
doubt, on my mind but that they are un
der the same general control of Mr. Sand
ford, of New York,) and no one can fail
to see at aglancs their power for evil if
in the hands and under control of ene
mies to the Confederacy. If lam asked
why I feel any uneasiness or appreheu
sion on this subject, 1 answer: It has
been satisfactorily esiablished that the
“American Telegraph Company,” loca
ted in the City of New York, ami under
the direction of one Mr. Sandford, of that
city, as President, transferred verbally
to W. S. Morris nil his rights and inter
est to the Southern Telegraph lines;
that since that transfer Morris has been
carrying out the Yankee contract with
the W isbingtou and New Orleans Tele
graph Company by paying them a rent
of G per cent, per annum on their stock,
while it is well known that the line has
made at least s*> per ceni. This same
mau Sandford, I understand, is also Pres
ident of the Express companies, and it
is but reasonable to suppose that the
same arrangement was made by Sand
ford for them. Again, the Express Com
pany has been called upon frequently to
make nu exhibit of their stockholders
and officers. This has been pertinacious
ly refused, and up to the present mo- 1
ment, they have failed to respond to a ,
reasonable and just demand of the pub
lic to place themselves right un the re
cord. At a few points they have been
forced by the community to go before
committees and make an exhibit, but
this was simply a statement on paper, in
which but few of those who received it
hud any confidence; but in the absence
of legal proof to the contrary, they al
lowed it to pass.
I will call attention to another (to my
mind) very significant fact. The whole con
cern is under the management of and control
of Northern horn men, and iu most cases,
the identical men placed there by Mr.
Sandford, (or thp company) before the
war. \ou cannot find a Southern born
and bred man in charge cf any impor
tant office, and scarcely one in a subordi
nate position. Now, why is this so ? Are
not Southern men as capable of manag
ing an Express Company, as they are to
control and direct railroads and banking
companion? Huw comes it that the
original Yankee employees, agents, &c ,
are still retained in charge of this com
pany, to the exclusion of Southern men?
Is it reasonable to snppose that if this
company had passed into the hands of
Southern stockholders they would rule
out Southern men? I do not intend to
charge these agents and employees with
disloyalty to the South, because I have
no proof of the fact, but 1 do contend i
that we ought not to allow Northern men
to have exclusive control and manage
mont of any institution so fraught with
danger and ruin to us, if they were so
disposed; while I am not prepared to
assert positively that there is such a
thing as an underground express, be
tween tho North and South, still I know
enough to raise a very strong suspicion
in iny mind that it does exist. If so,
what hinders a communication daily to
Lincoln of every important movement
throughout the entire length and breadth
of the Confederacy? The manner in
which this concern is officered and man
aged, forces the further conviction on
my mind, that, it is either under the
control and direction of the confidential
agents of the Northern company, who
will disburse their earnings to the North
ern stockholders, at the termination of
the war, or they are hiding tho real own
ership from the government and the peo
ple, to prevent its confiscation, and in
the end to appropriate the property to
their own use.
If in all this lam wrong; the Express
and Telegraph Companies are the bona
fide property of Southern men, they owe
it to themselves, and to the people of the
Confederate States, to dismiss their
Northern employees, and put their busi
ness in the hands of men to the “manor
born men who would give a satisfac
tory guarantee by their known fealty to
the South, that .under no circumstances,
would, or could they be used for the in
jury of tho Southern cause.
South.
From New Orleans
We have already published the infor
mation that Butler had gone to Baton
Rouge. We know now what the object
of his visit was. It seems that two regi
ments of the enemy—the one from lowa
and the other from Massachusetts —fell
out on the negro question, the former
charging tho other with fighting for noth
ing else than the negro. From words,
they came to blows, and an intestine war
raged with considerable fury. Butler
puts a stop to it and returned to his head
quarters ; but he had hardly reached
New Orleans before the trouble began
again. Gen. Fhipley then went up; but
we have no information of what ho ac
complished.
The exact condition of Baton Kontre
is not known, or what our army meditares
in respect to it. The opinion was that
it will not be long in the hands cf the
Yankees.
We are assured that over two hundred
tombs in New Orleans cemeteries had
been broken into by the VandAls, in
search of treasure and other valuables.
This is in keeping with the brutality of
Butler.
There is a smothered volcano in the
city. The loyal people are so angered
and distressed at their condition, as to
be hardly sane : yet they are watched—
so dogged by detectives, that they are
in no safety except in silence. This
pressure on them only provokes them
the more, as is natural, and when their
pent up wrath does break out, wo to the
wretches who aro doing this great
wrong. —Mobile Tribune, 20 th.
.
From Nashville.
A gentleman, of this city, learns from
a citizen of Nashville that he has late in
formation from that city, that Andy
Johnson has resigned his Military Gover
norship and returned to Washington, and
that he is succeeded by Wm. B. Campbell,
who indicates already a disposition to
surpass even Andy in his despotic rule.
He has summoned all the merchants of
Nashville to go forward and take the oath
of allegiance, an act of tyranny which
Andy had omited. He will reap his
reward in due time. Andy had, no
doubt, a suspicion that his doom was near
at hand, and left to avoid it— Knoxville
Register, 19 th.
Departed.
We are informed that the steamers
Kate and Nashville, after discharging
valuable cargoes, in a Confederate port,
have loaded for their return trip and suc
cessfully made their way to sea, in spite
of the blockaders. —Savannah Repub.
Special to the Mobile Tribune.
Grenada, July 17.—Northern papers of the
12th have been received here.
They report that Gen. Bragg ia advancing
on Booneville with twenty-five thousand men.
The French Army in Mexico surprised and
routed the Mexicans at Orizaba on the 14th
ultimo.
The last London Times declares that all the
North can now do is to give up the contest and
let the South go in peace.
Yankee
The following dispatches appe-.t p
N. T. Herald of the 14th mst i r
that Nashville is getting t._, , t
uncomfortable place
! Nashville, July 1 L—The.
\ great state of excitement The- t ’
I siouists confidently expect the nrriv
the vebel forces some time to nUt,
batteriert uuve been pm<->4 on iv
I Hill nud other points.
Col. Leslie surrendered at Murf r
| b°ro’at 4 o’clock p. m., ihe Mint,
I 3J and lTewiu’s battery included
‘ latter for want of ammunition.
It was the fith Michigan, ingt e ...
i the 11th Michigan, which surrenders
| Murfreesboro’.
j MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS OF THE Ej— -
ASTICirATION't OF AN ATTEMPT
TAKE THE I'I.AC'F, AC.
Corinth, Mis*’., Juiy 12.
have been making mysteriou!-
demonstrations in front ever siti n’ ,
repulse at Boonvilloby Col Sheri j
The latter has fallen back near R,-
The movements are thought i,T
to be an advance guard of a force
tack us. Others think it >•< to er,;.,
flank of Bragg’s command reini- ‘
Chattanooga.
The weather is very warm. Wv
very scarce. The health of the i.
is improving. Furloughed mee ,
turning at the rate ofooe hundred’
day.
OPERATIONS OF MORr.XU’s GUEIUtrr
Louisville, Ky., July 13 Up j
have reached here that Morgan’* •
las, 2,800 strong, in two squads - t
Harroldsbnrg and Danville, ‘“ l . t
property and stealing horsea ; C /
erable excitement exists in Louis* C ,
account of tho proximity of the o u '.’
las. Effective measures are being iyY,
to prevent incursions.
July 18—Midnight —Reports h,-
just been received that the main bob
Morgan’s guerrillas were at
Ready, nine miles south of Pran\;
at five o’clock this afternoon. n Qr
formant says the .State archives .> ,■
removed from tho Capitol.
BTII.L LATER.
Nashville, July 14.—The Union
j lost $30,000 worth ot army store* .
1 Murfreesboro’.
1 The Union forces engaged were the
: Minnesota, Col. Leslie, 800 rnca: >.
companies of the 9th Michigan, Ccljr-; 1
Parkhurst, 300; the dd battalion
7th Pennsylvania cavalry, 225 ; Eej .
battery, GO men, convalescents; the v:
Kentucky, 25, in all about 1400 men.
The rebel force consisted of one m
ment of mounted infantry', a regiment
Texan Rangers, and Georgia, Alahats,
and Tennessee cavalry—between thr
and four thousand, mostly armed wi
carbines and shot guns.
Their loss ia killed and wounded
heavier than ours The Oennsylvan
7th lost, in killed, wounded and mis: in;
200 men. The only officers escaped,
far as reported, are Captain .T. P. An
drus, of Company G. Captain C. C. Mc-
Cormick and Lieut. H. I). Mooney.
The commissary and quartermastera's
departments were recently replenished
with new ciotbiDg. &c , all of which have
fallen into the hands of the enemy.
The rebel Governor, I sham G Harris,
and Andrew EwiDg, active secessionist
here, were known to be at Beersheba
Springs, near Sparta, a few day’s since,
organizing tho raid on Murfreesboro',
which may, it is apprehended, be ex
tended to the capital of tho State.
The public are still in a great state of
excitement, maDy families having left.
The Louisvillo cars were crowded with
alarmed Cottou speculators and adven
turers.
It is aUo reported that the rebels have
taken Lorergne, fifteen miles from Nash
ville, and that Kirby Smith is advaucitt
on Nashville, from Chattanooga, wits
15,000 men.
Murfreesboro’ was barricaded by bn!
of hay, and the Union shells set lire
many houses.
Col. Lester is falling back lowan
Nashville.
Union reinforcements are coming ink
special trains. The 28th Kentucky hi
just arrived. They were chewd a
they passed through the streets
Texas Items.
We have Texas dates to the 7th inst,
and affairs in the State are
as in quite a hopeful condition.
Texas is said to be in a better conditioi
than any State in the Confederacy. She
has an abundance of beef, corn, wh?i
&c.; and withal is able and willing to de
fend herself against any force the Yankee
can bring upon her.
We glean the following item* from th;
Houston Telegraph:
“We can now count up fifty tworfgi
meats and four battalions of Teiians it
the service besides two Legions, each 0:
which has about 20 companies, makitf
equivalent to fifty eight regiment* is
all, or full 15,000 men.”
The safe arrival of the R.usk at Havsa*
is announced.
Galveston.— The News office has been
removed to Houston, on account of the
threatened attitude of the city of Gsirrs
ton. Qaite an alarmed condition of thing?
Lave existed in that city for .totae time,
but we learn from the News of ththt?’
inst. that “the city is gradually sens
ing a more cheerful appearance; 1&&E
may be seen promenading on the 5
walks of an evening, more lights ore :
iblc from the houses at night, showit.
increase in the population, and the j
pie generally think considerably lev
Capt. Eagle, with his infamous thru:
boot, than they do of their own I
and pleasures.”
Young Sa m Houston h&B escaped hi- [
the enemy and is with his regime’.
Bastrop ie said to have been
on the sth inst. by fire.
The War—European Intcrvend 01 *- I
From th N. Y. Herald, XOtb, ©ii.oriat {
From the telegraphic new? trou t ■
rope, which we published yesterda;' m-
Cape Race, it appears that hord i-
- disclaims any intention of it’# l --
ing in nur civil war at present
will say when the new- of the n ‘
aster in Virginia reaches Englwoti--
other question, and one whose?
will be looked forward to *<tb g?c>
terest. That the purpose of th
aristocracy is to push forward it
and to keep in the backgrouii !
selves, is evident. But L u ai ‘-v
will not meddle in our quarrel iff •
can drag England along with h - I
will, therefore, have to join h:® Y
or make a secret treaty to ft
and give him her support; * r ~ S
not commit himself to such a ‘ R
alone. However this may he,
only one safe course of action f., j
American government to follow, am
is to employ the interval betw^ e *’
present time and the full develops®-.. I
the intentions of Napoleon in m-A L ,
most vigorous preparations to re- n
European interference. Our true w ’ H
will be to act as if we were certain-■ .
attacked by Fiance and Engjan*’ ’ I
our timely preparations will ®. I
vent the meditated blow or ren- •
powerless for evil when it fail
From the local column of Herald- ,■
On Tuesday evening next a I
foreigners will be held at the C j-I- ■
stitute to prepare an addres 5 *® [} I
French Emperor, urging him tO . iV I
from intervention in our dom? C| 1
rels.
Morgan Forever 1 I
Passengers by the State I
evening report that 0 f I
Frankfort Ky-, setj.ed fit y - I
era! guns, captured Gov. - I
then fell back I
county, and established 1 th j'people ft
he issued a proclamation I
calling upon them to rise P tjjgt th* I
off the yoke of the tyrant . a- I
people were flocking to • I
“w.b.,e .0 po.i,ire
this report. Os this fe s^
gan is doing good work in Kentu
Atlanta Confederacy, —■
The Philadelphia Enquirer, on ‘
thority of Major General .
the loss of the Confederates at
was 75,000 1 L