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The Chlckal.onilf
“Personne” of the Charleston Courier,
gives the following sketch of this classic
little creek:
Although this stream aspires on the
map to the dignity of a river, it hardly
deserves the appellation of a creek.
There are ecme places, it is true, along
ite course, whero its murky waters swell
out to a width of fifty or seventy-five
feet, but throughout that portion which
has now become historical, there are few
spots where it may not be measured by
three or four strong strokes of an ordi
nary swimmer, Bay twenty or thirty feet.
In depth it is rarely above the arm pits.
On either side—and thus it is this which
constitutes its value as a military line of
defense —is an almost impassable swamp,
covered with the thickest of undergrowth,
out of which shoots up a mass of heavy
timber that completely divides the pros
pect. Viewed from a distance you are
struck by the beauty and regularity of
this long line of green fringe, which,
following the course of the stream, final
ly loses itself among the windings of
the neighboring hills and valleys. Ad
jacent to it are broad, rich lowlands, half
or three-fourths of a mile wide, known
aB the Chickahominy Bottom.
The first point of interest on the river
is the little bridge on the Mecbanicsville
turnpike; and you pause long enough
to see where cannon balls have pierced
and torn away a small house by the
roadside, lopped off branches in the
woods, and plowed up the earth at your
feet. A Federal entrenchment is also
here visible. Passing on, you commence
the ascent of a long hill, at the top of
which, descried a mile away, is a collec
tion of houses. This is Mechanicsviile.
As you continue your toilsome journey,
you notice the first symptoms of a Yan
kee presence, or now—thank God—ab
sence. Horses lie dead in the deep gul
lies by the road side, the pure spring
water that emerges from its mountain
bed passing over and around the putri
fying carcasses, and then murmuring on
to mingle with the river below. On the
left are woods, where the indigenous
evergreen bowers still standing give evi
dence that it was lately a camp ground
of the Federals. This forest continues
up to and covers the summit. Arriving
here, a small earthwork is seen reaching
nearly across the road, pierced with sev
eral embrasures for field pieces, and
commanding the bridge we have already
passed.
Explanation,
Macon, July 24, 18G2.
Eds. Sun: To-day, for the firßt time,
my attention has been called to a para
graph in your daily paper of 22d May,
under the caption of “Repudiated,”
whieh demands from me a word of expla
nation. It is therein stated that the agen
oy of myself and othors for the Bartow
Hospital had been repudiated because the
oolleetions made by us did not go into
the hands of the manager. The collec
tions to which the card of President
Uoodall had reforenoe, were those being
publicly made in Savannah by myself
and Mr. Dennison for the purpose of
keeping Bartow Hospital open, under the
excellent management of Madame Cazier.
The old board had got in debt and had
determined to sell the effects of the Hos
pital, to relievo themselves from pecuni
ary responsibility. This sale was adver
tised to take place on the 24th of May,
if I recollect it aright, and myself and
others in the interim, endeavored to
raise the means to prevent such a sacri
fice. Os course such collections did not
go into the hands of the old board and
were not so intended or declared. Hence
the “card” of Mr. Goodall was both ma
licious and impertinent, and was answer
ed accordingly, in the succeeding issue
of the Savannah papers.
In justice, then, Mr. Editor, to agents
implicated in the false charge of misap
propriation of the funds entrusted to
them you should have published this re
ply to the “card” on which you based
your paragraph. Perhaps you did not
see it. I take it for granted you did not,
as I do not presume you would refuse to
correct an erroneous impression made
inadvertently in your columns.
As, recently, President Goodall and
two others of the late board of managers,
Messrs. Geo. Patten and J. P. Collins,
have signed a lie-hill, to exhonerate them
selves from a prosecution for defamation
of one of the agents aforesaid, the pub
lic will know what degree of credit to
give to any similar statements emanating
from the same source, and Ido not think
it necessary for an old citizen of Colum
bus, like myself to attempt any further
defense of his reputation before that tri
bunal.
Respectfully, yours, &c.
L. F. W. Andrews.
To the Public,
On the 19th of May last I published in
the papers of this city the following card:
A CARD.
The managers of Bartow Hospital con
sider it due to themselves and to the
public to state that the contributions in
behalf of that institution which are being
collected by Dr. Andrews, Rev. S. M.
Smith and Mr. E. W. Denison, as agents,
do not come into the hands of the man- 1
agers, nor are they in any way respon-!
Bible for their appropriation. For the
board, Seaborn Goodall, Pres’t. i
Understanding that it was noticed by
other papers, and in some places has
produced the impreesion that the Rev.
Sidney M. Smith, one of the agents
therein named, had appropriated to his
own use money collected by him for Bar
tow Hospital, I feel it due to him to say,
that no such impression was intended,
although it may be inferred from the
wording of the card. On the contrary,
Mr. Smith has faithfully accounted for
all collections made by him to the Board,
and they have ever had the most entire j
confidence in his integrity.
As regards the collections taken up by i
Mr. Smith, both in money and supplies, j
in Columbus, viz: Eleven hundred and
forty dollars in cash, and thirteen boxes
and packages of supplies, they all came 1
safely and promptly to hand, and were
duly acknowledged through the papers.
Seaborn Goodall,
Late Pres’t Bartow nosp.
In the above statement and explanation
we entirely concur.
George Patten,
Late V. Pres’t Bartow Iloep. !
J. P. Collins.
Savannah, July 22, 1862.
Forsyth, July 21st, 1862.
As one of the Bord of Managers of the ;
Bartow Hospital Association, I take
pleasure in stating, that the agency of <
the Rev. S. M. Smith was at all times,
and under all circumstances, considered
above the shadow of suspicion, and that
the only opinion that I ever heard ex
pressed by the other members of the
Board was to this effect, and no other.
J. P. Collins.
Yankee Villain}.
The effect on the Yankee soldiery of
General Pope’s recent orders to the “ar
my of the Rappahannock” is already be
ing felt by the citizens of Culpepper.
They are not only seizing aad destroying
the crops and Btores in that county, but
are robbing the dwelling-houses, and
even stripping the ladies of their jewelry.
The party which burnt the bridge over
the Rapidan on the 13th, took breakfast
that morning at the house of Alexander
G. Taliaferro, colonel of the Twenty-first
Virginia regiment. On their approach
the colonel was at home, and was very
near being captured, but, by good man
agement, contrived to escape. After
they had breakfasted, the Yankee ruffians
searched the house, took possession of
the family silver, broke up the tableware
and knives and forks, &c., and actually
wrenched from Mrs. Talliaferro’s finger
a splendid diamond ring of great value.—
Rich. Examiner, 24 th.
UMdiomi Contribution.
♦ * Lexington Cadets subscribed and
T® ***■ Oity, by Gen. Wm. H. Rich
er aeon, the handsome sum of $177 and
* or tk® Benefit of the siok and
80ldierB in oor midst.— Rich.
Yankee Paiagiin Suffolk.
Through parties who Rave recently
left the place, one of our exchanges has
received interesting intelligence from
Suffolk. General Mansfield is in com- ‘
mand. The number of Yankee troops in
thetowu is about eight thousand. They ,
are filthly, sickly aud inefficient. The i
weather is so intensely hot that, at drees 1
parade last Wednesday, three hundred of
the Yankees fell from the ranks and wero
borne from the parade ground.
There are two provost marshals—Paul
De Kay and a German named Van Web- \
ber. Both are much disposed to abuse ’
their authority.
Since the recent battles before Rich
mond the Yankees have been in contin- |
ual alarm, and, in anticipation of an at- i
tack, have thrown up fortifications and
mounted heavy guns around tho town. —
Many of their pickets have been shot by
night and day by nnknown hands. —
Latterly, the soldiers have refused to go
on picket duty after nightfall.
Three Yankees have married negress
es. and profess such attachment to their
brides that they declare their intention
of taking them North and educating
them.
Tho Episcopal church has been taken
possession of by a “German reformed
parson,” who, each Sunday, holds forth
to a negro congregation. The basement
of the church has been converted into a
groggery, which is much patronized by
Yankee officers.
From tlie Lines Below ItlcUmond.
We learn that, on Wednesday, between
two and three o’elock, p. m., a consider
able skirmish occurred near Ladd’s store,
eighteen miles below Richmond, between
the Fourth Virginia cavalry and a large
cavalry force of the enemy. The gun
boats are said to have fired two shells
during the skirmish. We have been un
able to obtain any particulars.
Persons who came from the upper end
of Charles City county last evening re
port that the enemy is engaged obstruc
ting the river several miles below Drury’s ;
Bluff. If the Yankees believe the ac- !
counts which their papers publish of a
terrible iron-clad monster, which they
say is soon to descend from Richmond
upon their fleet, there may possibly be
some truth in this rumor. Though we
think it likely that what was thought by
distant observers to be attempts to ob
struct the channel was nothing more
than efforts to get afloat some gunboats
or transports which had grounded on
Harrison’s bar.
The enemy’s pickets extend to the Long
Bridge and to the Forge Bridge, on the
Chickahominy, to the north and east of
their position at Berkely and Westover.—
Rich. Examiner, 25 th.
Tile Rappiihattock,
The news from this line of operations
possesses no speoial feature of interest.
The enemy have fallen back from Liberty
Mills on the Madison county line, and
formed a junction with the main body of
their forces in Culpepper county. They
are said to have a cavalry force of four
or five thousand in Caroline and Spot
sylvania counties. Six hundred of these
were at Caroline Court House on Wed
nesday.
Tiie Valley. —Very little is known
really of the movements of the Federal
forces in tho Valley. Our latest infor
mation induces the belief that the small
force left at Winchester, terrified at the
anticipated approach of Jackson’s corps,
has fallen back to tho line of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad, and are now at
Harper’s Ferry and Martinsburg, consti
tuting a guard for that thoroughfare.—
A detachment of Gen. Robertson’s cav
alry is said to have occupied Winchester
on Tuesday.— Richmond Dispatch 28 th.
♦
SUirmlsli at Malvern Hill.
About 11 o’clock on Thursday morn
ing, our cavalry pickets at Malvern Hill
were attacked by a superior force of the
enemy, and a brisk skirmish of half an
hour ensued. The enemy approached
by the Charles City road, and commen
ced the attack in the immediate vicinity
sf tho late battle-field. Our force en
gaged consisted of about one hundred
and fifty men, of the 2d and 4th regi
ments of Virginia cavalry, and were com
manded by Col. Lee, of the 4th regiment.
In the engagement, Private Carter, of
the Governor’s Guard, was killed, and
Captain Chamberlain, of the same com
pany, wounded in the foot. In addition,
there wero some five or six others wound
ed, among these we have heard the names
of Madison Clinch and R. B. Mcßae, of
the Prince William cavalry. Mr. Clinch
is now at the United States Hotel hos
pital in this city, and has a severe flesh
wound in the leg above the knee
The enemy were driven back, and our
forces continued to occupy the field at
the latest accounts. — Rich. Dispatch, 2 Gth.
Tlie Lines Uait of ttie Blue UUlge.
Our advices from Gordons ville yester
day represent that everything continued
quiet, the enemy having made no further
demonstration above Richmond since his
harmless dash upon the Central Railroad
on Wednesday last. Gen. Pope has ac
cumulated an army of over 80,000 men
in the counties immediately this side of
the Blue llidge, and evidently designs
some offensive operation, the nature of
which may shortly transpire. A gentle
man who eame through Caroline county
a day or two since, informs us that he
saw no Federal soldiers on his route,
but this is no indication that they have
withdrawn from that part of the coun
try. We may add that the enemy has
now but very few troops in Washington,
Baltimore, or Annapolis, nearly all the
available men having been sent to rein
force Pope and McClellan.— Richmond
Dispatch, 20 th.
The Happaiianneefe Lines.
The reports from the line of the Rap- i
pahannock possess no material interest.
It iB understood the Federal forces have
all retired from the county of Orange
into Culpeper and MadiSon. Their force
in Orange has never been large, not ex-,
ceeding some five or six hundred cavairy.
Some eight or ten thousand of the enemy
are said to be at Liberty Mills, on the
north bank of the Rapidan, in Madison.
Their movements are vigilantly watched.
Their main army is in Culpepper, scat
tered along the railroad from the Rapi
dan as far back as the Court House. —
Richmond Dispatch.
• 1 ♦
Furious Storm autl Loss of Life.
On last Sunday night, during a terrific
thunder-storm, the tents of the centre
company of Col. Hunter’s Cavalry Regi
i ment, (camped near Bluff Springs, on
the Montgomery and Pensacola railroad,)
| were struck by lightning; killing one
man instantly and injuring several oth
ers, seriously: also, killing and injuring
| several horses; melting sabre points,
i scabbards, &e., knocking down trees,
tearing tents to pieces, and causing very
serious destruction. There was but lit
tle rain, but the lightning was very preg
nant and intensely vivid.— Mobile Ado.
Duration of the War.
The Philadelphia luquirer, one of the
j “sixty days” journals, now says, editori
ally :
i It is not unreasonable to presume that,
! with a sufficient army at the disposal of
I the Government, led by able officers, and
aided and encouraged by wise, united
and vigorous counsels at Washington, the
rebellion may be effectually crushed
within the next twelve months, or so serious
ly crippled as to render its suppression
after that time comparatively certain and
easy.
Lost.
Gen. Stonewall Jaokson is lost again.
He keeps jumping about from one place
to another, and, like the “Irishman’s
flea,’ when you put your finger upon
him, “he aint there.” The Rocking
ham Register says it is thought Gen.
Pope is in search of him. We hope he
may succeed in finding him, as his frienss
around here are anxious to hear from
him.— Richmond Whig, July 26.
The New York Herald has discovered
that MoClellan in the seven days fight
ing near Richmond lost twenty-five guns
and captured twenty-six guns, and
gained substantially a victory each day!!
Gossip In SUuiuacn3.
The Richmond correspondent of tho
Charleston Mercury says :
There is literally “trouble in the
camp.” Objection is made to Gen. John
ston's resuming his command* He js
! entitled to it, or else a wound becomes a
I badge of disgrace; but Lee is though. I
to boa safer naan, and all must
yield to the couutry’e safety. A. 1. am
is under arrest by order ot Lougstreet,
and there is a quarrel between D. H. Hill
and Toombs. “Reliable says Hill
i called Toombs a coward on the field, aud
after the battle Toombs challenged him.
The challenge was declined on religions
grounds : but tfie epithet was re-appliecl.
Magruder has been recalled from the
command of the Trans-Mississippi De
partment, on account of the charge of in
competency preferred by Col. Chilton,
formerly of tho Adjutant General’s Office,
now on Lee’s staff.
These troubles should alarm nobody.
War is a quarrelsome business, especial
ly in a free country, where every man is
as good as any other man, and better,
too. We hate the Yankees noDe the less
on account of these quarrels. After we
have whipped them, we cau fight each
other in comfort.
News from the lines is just no news
atall. Indeed there soems to be a general
stagnation except in Jack Morgan’s vi
cinage. Reported that Jackson has
broke loose again, with as many as 60,
000 rampant rebels at his heels. There
is no telling where he will strike. He
appears to be as eccentric as a comet—
ono of wnich, by the way, I think 1 saw
in the northwest last night.
Copies of the New York Herald were
for sale this morning by the newsboys,
for the moderate price of two dollars.—
The Herald of the 15th contains the
proceedings of the big Union meeting
held the day before, in which Dr. Fran
cis Lieber figured, while his noble son,
Oscar, was dying, a martyr to his fath
er’s folly in this city.
Chargea Against Gen Mitcl^ell.
The Washington Star says
We learn that Col. Norton, recently in
the service under Gen. Mitchell, having
reached here some days ago, bearing the
formal charges against Gen. Mitchell,
was yesterday examined at length before
the Committee on the Conduct of the
War with reference to them.
It is said to-day that these charges al
lege that he refused to take any notice
whatever of rapes committed on negro
women by his men (of Turchin’s brigade)
in the presence of respectable white fe
males, or of indiscriminate, atrocious,
and persistent plundering of and out
rages upon Union citizens by the same
brigade. The charges are said further
to allege that he has used Government
transportation for cotton bought by par
ties in whose speculations he was per
sonally pecuniarily interested. It is
further understood that the Hon. Geo.
S. Houston, of Alabama (former Chair
man of the Committee of Ways and
Means, United States House of Repre
sentatives), is expected to bo the main
prosecutor of Gen. M., Mr. H. having
maintained his status as a Unionist.
Some time since Gen. M. tendered his
resignation to the President, hut it has
not yet been accepted. Tho charges
against him will doubtless be promptly
disposed of by the Government.
1 Gen. Price anthills Missouri Soldiers
Wc notice in the Mobile “Advertiser
; and Register,” that Gen. Price’s First
Regiment of Missouri Cavalry, Colonel
Gates commanding, and his Missouri
Volunteers, Lieut. Col. Ewing, command
ing, have contributed for the relief of
tho sick and wounded among their com
patriots and fellow-soldiers at Richmond,
the handsome sum of $4,700, and that it
has been placed in the hands of their
Brigade Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Bennett,
who is en route for Richmond on this no
ble mission of generous sympathy. We
do not wonder now that Price’s soldiers
fight so well. Men who have hearts like
them to feel for their suffering brethren,
have hearts to feel oppression, and will
fight to the death rather than yield to
Yankee or any other despotism. But
when we consider how much Price’s
Missouri troops have endured and have
suffered, and how long they remained
without pay, we must confess that this
large donation excites as much our sur
prise as our admiration. Truly they
must be men indeed!
A Yankee Train In Knoxville.
Our streets presented quite a lively ap
pearance yesterday morning. The long
train of U. S. Wagons, captured by Col.
Forrost at Murfreesboro’ made its entree,
with drums beating and colors flying,
and passing up Gay street, was turned
over to the Quartermaster, after first hav
ing deposited the captured arms, &c., at
the Ordnance Department. In the after
noon a portion of the horses and mules
were also brought in, and turned over to
the care of the Quartermaster. The
spectacle was witnessed by a large crowd
of citizens and country people. Among
them we noticed some Unionists, who
have long been anxiously waiting to be
hold the machinery of a Yankee army in
the streets of Knoxville. We hope they
enjoyed tho sight yesterday, notwith
standing the Yankee teams had Confed
erate drivers. — Knoxville Register 23rd.
Youtlifnl Offender*.
A lad named Daniel Murphy, was
taken in custody on Saturday, and lodged
in prison, by two officers of tho Provost
Marshal’s force, charged with having
shot a man named Murphy. The expla
nation furnished by the boy is as follows:
That on being met and accosted by the
man, who was a stranger, the latter com
menced cursing and abusing him, and
finally called him “a bastard.” This
was too much for him to stand, and he
drew out a pistol and discharged the
contents into the face of Murphy. The
ball entered at the base of the nose, and
will create an ugly wound, if it does not
result in death. The wounded party was
taken to a hospital.— Richmond Eng., 21.
Brownlow anti Johnson In Tears.
A Yankee letter writer describes a re
cent meeting between Parson Brownlow
and Andrew Johnson, who had been po
litical antipodes and enemies for twenty
five years. The writer says they “met
face to face; each offered the other his
right hand; both shed tears, neither
spoke a word, and instantly separated,
mutually reconciled!” A part of the
little truth these villains have uttered in
their lives was what they said of each
other, and that made them both the worst
men alive. To atone to the devil for the
1 sin of uttering so much that was not
false they now make friends! — Rich. Dis
i patch.
Dead Yankee*.
The sinking and blowing up of the
Yankee gunboats by the Arkansas on
her passage down from Yazoo river,
filled the muddy waters of the Mississip
pi with the bones of hundreds of drown
ed Yankees. One of the gunboats with
a crew of 200, being run into by the Ar
: kansas, commenced sinking immediately,
! when the Yankees raised a white flag,
j but the ill fated craft sunk so quick that
no assistance could possibly be rendered,
j even by her own friends. Numbers of
i the dead bodies are being washed ashore,
and are found every day by our pickets
along the river.
♦
An Illustrative Annecdote.
It is stated in one of our exchanges
, that some Yankee prisoners, taken at the
battle of Gaines’ Mills, meeting some
North Carolina soldiers near Richmond,
said, “You North Carolinians are every
j where. We meet you in every fight. We
believe you would charge h—l with Bar
i low knives, if Bethel Hill should give the
word.” All honor to the dear old State
and her gallant sons!
*
Some change is making in respect to
the position of our forces. As far as Mo
bile is concerned, we learn that it is to
send off those troops which are not thor
oughly acclimited here. We expect soon
to hoar of the transfer hither of some of
our own soldiers, who are to the manor
born, and feel as safe here, in respect to
health, as they would in a mountainous
region.— Mobile Tribune, 23 ret.
uJeClellan'* Army.
Various estimates have been placed
upon McClellan's force previous to the
late engagements The genera! opinion
was (hat he had not exceeding one hun
dred thousand men; some thought he
did nut liavc teat number, whilo ethers
thought he had more. The Yankee ac
cuuuts have been likewise conflicting—
some estimated his force at one hundred
and fifty thousand—none lees than one
hundred—and some as high as two hun
dred thousand.
Mr. Chandler, of the U. S. Congress,
in a late speech in that body shows aat
tsfaotorially that MoClellau received as
many as 168,000 reinforcements previous
to the late battles beginning with the
I Seven Pinas. Here is part of Mr. Chand
ler’s showing:
At last, in January, the President gave
the order “forward !” and those glorious
■ events took place at Fort Donclson and
Henry, Newbern, &e. The “do nothing
strategy” seemed to give way, and the
weeks and days of spades and pick-axes
to be over.
I On the 22d of February, the army of
! the Potomac was ordered to move, but it
was not ready. At last, on the 10th of
March, it did move, under the protest of
its commander. On the 10th of March,
that army numbered 230,000 men by the
mußter roll. They marched to Manassas
and the wooden guns of Centreville, and
the enemy, less than 40,000, quietly
moved away.
Tho Generals had voted not to advance
ou Manassas, but to leave the enemy
there and sneak around to Annapolis.—
Seven out of eight of these Generals
were appointed by the advice of General
McClellan.
But the President and Secretary of
War overruled this, and made the army
move on to Manassas. Why did not this
magnificent army of 230,000 men at once
march on Richmond? No one knows.
But at last McClellan divided his army,
and sailed for Fortress Monroe.
The Committee on the Conduct of the
War summoned General Wadsworth, who
swore that he had only 19,022 men left
to defend Washington with, and not a
single gun mounted on wheels. A part
of this force was new and undisoiplined,
and some nearly disorganized.
lie then read from the testimony of
John Tucker, Assistant Secretary of War,
who testified that prior to the 6th of
April 120,000 men were first sent down
to McClellan; then Franklin’s division
of 12,000 was sent, and on the Ist of
June McCall’s division of 10,000 more,
and about that time 11,000 from Balti
more and Fortress Monroe, and on the
Ist of June Shields’ division of about
5,000; making a total of 158,000 men
sent to Gen. McClellan prior to the en
gagements before Richmond. Mr. Tuck
er further testified that he did not know
of any other force which could have been
: sent to McClellan. Thus it is shown
j that 158,000 of the best troops that ever
stood on God’s footstool, had been sent
, to McClellan.
Mr. Chandler said that McClellan had
lost inoro men in the trenches, five to one,
than ever fell from the bullets of the en
emy, since the army went to Yorktown.
At last, when a small fraction of the
army were whipped at Williamsburg,
Gen. McClellan, at,a long distance from
the field of battle, wrote a dispatch to
the Secretary of War, stating that he
would try to hold the enemy in cheek.
But they were too fast for him. Then
the road was open to Richmond, and all
he had to do was to march out of the
swamps into Richmond.
But we found most of the swamp wo
oould, settled right down in the middle
! of it, and went to digging trenches.—
Ten thousand brave men were lost there
by siokness. Then, after waiting some
time, tho battle of Fair Oaks was fought,
and instead of following the enemy into
Riohmond, we found another swamp, and
again commenced digging trenches, and
waited till the enemy got all the rein
forcements ho oould raiso by impress
ment, and for the army from Corinth to
come to his aid.
And then the rebels attacked us, throw
ing their whole force on our right wing.
But instead of reinforcing that position,
a retreat was ordered. And this is call
ed “strategy.” We lost ten thousand
men by digging trenches, and then left
those trenches without firing a gun The
army was ordered to advance on our
gunboats instead of on to Richmond.
Mr. Cfiandler, in conclusion, said he
knew he would be denounced for making
these disclosures, but he thought the
country ought to know the facts. Only
traitors and fools would denounce him.
Mr. Sumner offered a resolution that
the Committee on the Conduct of the
War have leave to Bit during the recess
of Congress. Laid over.
The Senate then went into Executive
session, and subsequently adjourned.
Later from Nassau.
Another fine, fast steamer, heavily
laden with a valuable cargo, says the
Charleston Mercury, has arrived at a
Southern port. She was hotly chased at
night by tho blookaders and fired at, when
in her efforts to escape, she got ashore on
the breakers, where she remained some
time, but finally, after throwing over
board a Bmall portion of her cargo, float
ed off and safely got into harbor. She
brings the following passengers :
F. Mohl, of Texas, bearer of dispatches:
Wm. Wright, E. B. Shannon and R. W.
Chase, purser of steamer Cecile.
This ship heard firing on Wednesday
night, which it was supposed proceeded
from some of tho l'ankees chasing a vessel
which was approaching the coast. By
this arrival we have been placed in pos
session of Nassau papers up to the 16th
inst. We make some extracts i
The case of the steamship Ovieto had
been taken into the British Vice Admi
ralty Court at Nassau, and the evidence
published at some length iu the papers.
It will be remembered that it was report
ed that this ship was built with a view
of being used as a Confederate rnan-of
war; and the Yankees at Nassau having
taken it up, are disposed to make the
most of it.
Judge Betts, of the United States Dis
trict Court of New York, had decided
the case of the British steamship Labuan,
which vessel was captured off the mouth
of the Rio Grande, for violating the
blockade, she having on board 267 bales
cotton. “He ordered an immediate res
titution of the vessel and cargo, on the
ground that they were neutral property,
and, not taken while in actual violation
of the blockade. The Judge also held
that, at the time of th
blockade of k.i.-. sctuniiy
effective, the United States v essel having
only arrived there on the day of theseiz
ure.” The principles laid down in this
case, it is thought, will also cause the
release of the Bermuda and Circassian.
A man—a stranger—came to this
place on Friday night last, and put up at
the Sasseea House. The next day he
entered the room of a gentleman who was
asleep, and attempted to steal his pocket
book ; but in this he was foiled, as the
gentleman happened to wake just as the
thief was in the act of putting the stolen
article in his pooket. He was immedi
ately arrested and lodged in jail. He
first said his name was Robertson, and
afterwards Griffin —that he was from
Boston, and belonged to the “City
Guards” from that city, a company in
McClellan’s army, that he was in the re
cent battles near Richmond, that he got
separated from the army when McClellan
retreated, went to Riohmond, joined a
Confederate oavalry company, bought
(stole) a transportation tioket from a
soldier named A. G. Robertson, belong
ing to the 10th Ala. Regt. and was on
his way to see an aunt residing in Mont
gomery.
We undsrstand this “light-fingered”
Lincolnite will be turned over to Captain
Alley, commanding this post, to be dealt
with as the military authorities may see
proper.—iWfA Georgia Times, 25 th inst.
Heroic Vlclsafcurg;—AdArcM 9f Gen.
Van Dorn.
REABQ?IS, DISTRICT OP THE MISSISSIPPI,!
Vicksburg. July IS, 1562. t
To the Troops Defending Vicksburg:
l our conduct thus far, und*r the cir
cumstances which surround yhis won
the admiration of your countrymen Cool
and self possessed under the concentrated
fire of more thao 40 vessels of war and
mortar boats, you have given assurances
that the city entrusted to your keeping
will not be given lip to the blustering
demands of cannon, nor the noisy threat
enings of bomb shells. Such exhibitions
of fury serve but to amuse you and to an
imate the tedium of camp life- you await
a more formidable demonstration. Im
potent in his rage, the enemy is striving
to tnrn the current of the Mississippi from
I your batteries. He will fan ‘then he is
master of the great river ifi-i flows at
your feet, and which has becom • r he eter
nal custodian ofyour names and giory, ev
ery wave that ripples by its shores will
orimson with your blood, and every hill
! that looks down upon it will be the sep
ulohre of a thousand freemen.
Soldiers! to have been one among the
| “Defenders of Vicksburg,” will be the
boast hereafter of those who shall bear
your names, and a living joy by your
hearthstones forever. Continue, I be
seech you, lo be worthy of your country’s
praise, and the reputation you have
aohieved. v
The commanding General will take the
pleasure, as it is his duty, in forwarding
the names of the distinguished among you
to the General Commanding the Depart
ment, for honorable mention in General
Orders—it is his pride to be your com
mander.
The steamer “Arkansas” is immortal,
and above his praise—she commands the
admiration of the world.
By order of
Maj. Gen. EARL VAN DORN.
M. M. lummel, Major and A. A. G.
The Very Latest News from the
North.
Vie have dates from the North as late
as Monday, the -Ist instant.
The intelligence from Europe is up to
the 11th inst., by the arrival of the steam
er North American off Cape Race :
The news of the series of battles be
fore Richmond had excited the greatest
attention, and it was thought it. would
| result in prolonging the war.
The sales of cotton for the week
amounted to 68,000 bales.
Surats declined ;;d and American des
criptions £d. The market closed flat.
Breadstuff's had an upward tendency.
Provisions closed dull.
I Consols 92A a 92| for money.
American stocks quiet.
The Loudon Daily News treats the re
: suit of the fighting as a serious reverse
j to the Federals, and as likely to lengthen
out rather than shorten the war.
The London Times says that the stra
’ tegical movements of General McClellan
are purely unintelligible, and adds that
j the recent events must infuse new ener
gy into the Confederate arms, and may
produce results calculated to lead to a
; cessation of hostilities, and eventually
to the termination of the war — Rich.
Examiner, 2ith.
♦
Flag of True* accidently Fircil On.
On Tuesday night last, the 22d, as a
detachment of seven Confederate soldiers
commanded by a Lieutenant, who had
been sent under a flag of truoe to convey
the two Federal surgeons, captured at
Murfreesboro’, and paroled here, and
some other prisoners, to Cumberland
Gap, were returning under a Federal
escort to the Confederate lines, they
were fired on by a body of Federal cav
alry. The Confederate Lieutenant (whose
name we have been unable to learn) was
killed and six of his men wounded, only
one having escaped. Lieut. Col. Keig
win, commanding the Federal escort,
and Capt. Lyons, of Geh. Morgan’s staff,
(Federal,) were severely wounded, and
some of the Federal soldiers were either
killed or wounded. This unfortunate
affair, as explained by the Federal Gen
eral Morgan, was, no doubt, accidental.
It seems that the Federal cavalry had
been sent out on an expedition prior to
the arrival of the flag of truce, and hap
pening to encounter those in oharge of it
on their return at night, were unable to
distinguish their true character, very
naturally mistook them for Confederate
soldiers on a hostile errand and fired on
them, with the unfortunate result stated.
—Knoxville Register.
The Yankees In Orange County.
The Lynchburg Republican, of the
30th, says the Yankees have retreated
into Culpepper county. It adds:
“They are estimated to number be*
tween 30,000 to 40,000 and are mainly
stationed in Culpepper and Madison.
The report of the taking of Madison
Court-House by the enemy is confirmed.
After the skirmish on Friday morning at
Orange Court-House, our cavalry retired
towards Qordonsvillo, and the enemy
mustering courage, advanced as far as
Madison Run Station, four miles from
Qordonsville, where they captured two
of the seotion masters on the railroad.
About the time of their arrival there,
our troops having been reinforced, made
their appearanoe, and a grand stampede
commenced among the enemy. Our men
pursued them some two miles, and cap
tured some seventy of them, who were
sent to Richmond Saturday. There need
be no fears of the enemy in that quar
ter.”
General J. K. John son’s Report,
The official report of Gen. J. E. John
son, of the battle of Seven Pines, has
been published in the Richmond papers.
Although it has lost much of its interest
on acoount of its late date, we shall pub
lish it in full in a few days. He states
that, “we took ten pieces of artillery, six
thousand (6,000) muskets, one garrison
flag, and four regimental colors, besides
a large quantity cf tents and camp equip
age.
‘ Major General Longstreet reports the
less in his command as being about 3,000
Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith reports bis loss
at 1,283. Total, 4,283.
“That of the enemy is stated in their
own newspapers to have exceeded ten
thousand —an estimate which is, uo
doubt, short of the truth.”
A Protest Against the War.
The London Times, of July 3d, in an
article on American affairs, says :
We would, then, once more raise our
voice against the indefinite prosecution of
this horrible war. While the scorching
sun is filling the camps with fever and
oholera; while the youth and strength
of the country are being hurried to the
common frontier in preparation for a
new feast of blood in the autumn ; while
the North is burdening itself with a debt
concerning whioh even its rulers fear to
oj.eak plainly, and while the great sta
ples of the South are being givsn to the
flames, we would ask the Federals, with
whom the whole matter really rests,
where is their conscience, where is their
common humanity, or their boasted
worldly prudence ? They are in arms to
enforce on men of their own blood sub
mission to a rule that the latter detest.
Gen* O* M< filltchclli
According to the Yankee papers this
fellow has been arrested and is now un
der trial by conrt martial for his cruelty
and brutality in the vioinity of Hunts
ville. What must be the deeds of a man
that would induce his arrest by the van
dal government ? If Mitchell is’ ahead
of Butler and Johnson, it is merely be-*
cause he has more ingenuity and can
turn hiß malice to better aocount. The
arraignment of Mitchell for brutality by
the Lincoln government looks very much
like the devil preaching morality.
Tke Klghth Florida Regiment.
This regiment has been organized by
the eleotion of the following field officers,
viz: Colonel Richard F. Floyd ; Lieut.
Colonel, John M. Pons; Major, William
Turner.
In the Yankee Senate, on Monday, the
bill for the admission of the State of
“West Virginia” was passed after a pro>
traded debate—yeas 23, says 17.
lactucntc of tl*; War.
Among the many incidents related of
the fight ie one concerning a private in
Aiken’s Regiment. Itappears that while
watching the \ankeeß, no doubt with
some anxiety, his Company passed him,
and he found himself alone, in the vicin
: itv of the Williamsburg road, down which
> tho Vermont Regiment had passed. _
; Feeling his way through the woods, ha
I came upon a man standing behind a tree,
whom betook to be afrieud. Rethought
that be too would get behind the same
tree and take a shot at the Yankees in
the road. Quite carelessly, and with
not the remotest suspicion who was his
companion, he inquired—“ What regi
ment do you belong to?” “I belong to
the Fifth Varmeount,” was the natal re
’ ply. The Palmetto says of himself that
at this announcement his eyes stuck ont
like a lobster’s, and he began to feel as if ■
a thousand ants were creeping down the j
small of his back. The Vermonter was
over six feet tall, aud had a bayonet; !
while he was buttive feet six, without a
bayonet. He reasoned, mentally, that
if he ran suddenly the Yankee would
shoot, and yet he felt prodigiously un
willing to remain where be was. What
to do he did not know. Directly, the
“blue coat” asked him, “What regiment
dew you blong’d tew.” “Wall,” replied
(he Confederate, (catching at the thought
. that he would pretend to be a Yankee
j also, “Wall, I b’long to a Maesaohus
j etts regiment and’ve got lost. But I’m
goin down bereb'hind this tree to git a
shot at the rebels, and when I see one
I’m going to give him fits like all tarna
tion.”
With this effort our shrewd Confeder- j
ate turned on his heels, walked very slow
for a few rods, but in less than sixty
seconds was tearing through the woods
like a lunatic. He brought up, after
traveling he did’nt no where, in the arms
. of the Twenty-first Mississippi Regiment, j
1 according to his own confession the worst
frightened man on the ground that day.
During the battle several ladies and
i children had a narrow escape from
death. They were in a house near the
position at which the enemy were at one .
time alligned, and as the latter retreated
our troops followed, Lieut. Moultrie
I Dwight, the Assistant Inspector-General
: of Gen. Kershaw, hearing a strange
; voice within the premises, and thinking
they might come from the enemy, drew
1 his revolver and tried to open the door.
It was locked. He demanded to be let
in, or he would smash it down. Instant
ly the bolt was withdrawn from two doors
and two female heads, disordered and
! frightened, peeped out.
“Any Yankees in here said Dwight.
“No, there aint one in here—l declare I
never was so seared in my life”—was the ;
reply. “Let me in—l want to see for j
myself”—and Dwight looked in all the
closets, and under the bed. Under the
latter he found some babies, but no en
emy was discovered, and begging pardon
j for his intrusion he backed out. The
next morning he went to the house again,
and had a good laugh over his adventure.
He then found that the occupants, con*
sisting of four ladies and seven or eight
children, had barely escaped with their
lives. Seven balls had gone through and
through the house, over forty had struck
it iu various places, the top of thechim- I
ney had been knocked off by a shell, and
various other injuries inflicted upon the
premises. Nothing but the presence of
mind of the inmates in lying fiat up the
floor saved them from being wounded or
killed. If they laid as flat as your cor
respondent has done under similar cir
cumstances, there are few animals in
creation whioh pessess stronger powers
of adhesion to a fiat surface. Their
horizontal position as well as my own
was, doubtless, eminently “jam satis”-
factory.
From New Orleans.
The New York Herald’s correspondence
from New Orleans is lengthy. This is
one of the ways in which Butler raises
the wind to pay his soldiers:
He has taken the $.00,000 which he
seized from Sam Smith & Cos., and applied
it to the payment of the soldiers Be
sides this he has borrowed $50,000 in
speoie on his own personal credit, pledg
ing the Government for the debt, and has
also borrowed $25,000 of the Adams Ex
press Company, through their popular
and efficient agent, A. S. Blake, Esq.,
and a large amount from another source.
With this sum Major Hewett, who re
mains here, will be able to pay off the
regiments, which, without this arrange
ment, would have been left unpaid. This
action of Gen. Butler’s is characteristic
of his loyal devotion to his country ; for
he knew that if the mon were obliged to
go without their money much longer they
would grumble and be discontented, and
their families at home suffer, and that if
the rebels learned of it they would make
a strong card oi’ it iu slandering the
credit of our great nation. In all of his
acts Gen. Butler’s paramount object
seems to bo to sustain the honor and
dignity of the powerful Government
which he represents.
The reader will observe that Butler
borrowed fifty thousand dollars from the
“Adams Express Cos ” Now, is there
an “Adams” Express Company in the
South at this time ? If not, he must
have sent to New York where there is one,
and procured the loan in that place. Iu
the latter case, why was the news sent
by mail, from New Orleans to New York
Is it not probable that the so called
“Southern” Express Company saw prop
er to assume its old name, upon the ap
pearance of Federal authority in New
Orleans ?
■
Gn. Nagrnder.
A correspondent writes as follows from
the camp near Richmond;
Gen. Magrnder is very generally, and
justly, blamed with the mismanagement
of the battle of Tuesday, Istof J uly. He
was not upon the field, and an officer on
Acting Brigadier Gen. Anderson’s staff,
says that Gen. Magruder was under a hill
behind a big walnut tree 25 feet in cir
cumference! Other officers of high
standing say he acted more like a mad
man than a General commanding in a
great battle. One thing is certain, that
he did not understand the nature of the
ground nor the strength and position of
the enemy. His only idea seemed to be
to take a battery ; and his only command
was “Forward ! Charge the Battery!”—
As before stated, brigade after brigade
was ordered in without any more definite
objeot than that a battery was to be taken.
In this way troops were massed, and hun
dreds were mown down and the advanced
columns were repeatedly thrown, into
confusion by the fire of those in the rear.
I hear, on very high authority, that Gen.
Magruder was the next morning “reliev
ed” of his command, whether for inability
or to go west, I will not say positively.—
One thing, however, I will say, though,
and that is, I hope the brigade to whioh I
belong may never have to go into battle
again under his leadership.
A Spunky Lady.
Under the head of “An impudent note
from a Southern lady,” the New Orleans
Delta publishes the following :
Editor Dxlta— Sir: Having been ar
rested a few days since for the display
of Confederate colors upon my person, in
commemoration of our viotory in Virgin
ia, and since released upon unconditional
terms, I now desire through your col
umns to contradiot the rumor of an apol
ogy having been made by me to Butler
for the socalled offense.
I take the liberty of adding that I
never had an interview with the above
person, nor to escape punishment had to
lower the dignity of our Southern prin
ciples, which I then and still represent.
I am, sir,
Mbs. E. A. Cowen, 199 Canal st.
♦ —
A whole cargo of bells, intended to be
sent to Beauregard to make cannon, was
oaptured at New Orleans. Let them he
kept till the end of the war, and then be
all set to ringing together in honor of
the triumph of the Union.— Louisville
(Ky.) Journal.
They will have time to wear out with
age before they are rung. In the mean
time the belles of the South with chaunt
the glorious victories of Southern r t-btls,
Augusta Const.
From Kentucky and MLorl.
A correspondent of the Mobile Tribune,
writing from Grenada, Miss, July 19th,
says:
The advices 1 receive here from Ken
tucky, through parties direct from that
State, fully confirm the reported disaf
fection of the people, which seems to be !
growing in extent and deepening in in j
tensity every day. Nothiug so at teste J
the truth of this as the large number of
independent guerilla parties spontane
ously organized in various counties, j
some of them upon the very borders of
Ohm. They generally make it a rule to j
“oleau out” the Home Guards the first
thing, and then make their way South to
Humphrey Marshall, Breckinridge, or
Morgan. A number have parsed through
here en route for Vicksburg.
Surgeons, released under the late agree
ment of the Liucoln Government not to
regard them as corubaUants, continue to
arrive here from Memphis. They report
the Confederate prisoners at Camp Doug
las, 111., now numbering about 8,000, as
in tolerably good health and spirits, and
anxious to be exchanged, with the view
of again assuming the field. The com
missioned officers still remain in confine
ment at Sandusky Island. One of these
surgeons, who traveled through portions
of Missouri, Kentucky and Middle Ten
nessee, attests the continued loyalty of
the people to our cause, particularly iu
the city of St. Louis, where the spirit of
of secession is greatly intensified and
strengthened by an already deep-seated
hostility to the Dutch. The native boru
Southern women are represented as be
ing almost universally of “rebel” sympa
thies. Hence Gen. Boyles’s infamous or
der, establishing a prison-house at Lou
isville for all females who utter “treason
able sentiments,” or offer insults to
“Union” men.
Rashness.
“Personne” of the Charleston Courier,
makes the following suggestions :
It has been a notioeablo feature of this
war, that our raw levies and undisciplin
ed troops, who never heard tho whizzing
of a ball before they entered the army,
or saw a mutilated man, have been put
to the work which is reserved in other
countries for the “forlorn hope” of an
army. And such is the spirit of “dash”
they possess that when once started upon
the deadly errand, they rarely fail in its
accomplishment. It is cruel, however, to
put men, because they are brave, to a
test so severe unless the object to be at
tained is worth the loss which attends the
labor of effecting it. The Confederacy
lost hundreds of its best men on Wed
nesday because Magruder took it into his
head that his troops could Btorm batte
ries through a hell fire three quarters of
a mile in length, when they might have
gone around as well. The brave fellows
did it, and South Carolina, Georgia and
Louisiana left their representative sol
diers within the works attacked, but
night came on, and after the last charge
made, the enemy under cover of the
darkness left us to enjoy nothing but the
empty honor of sleeping among our owu
dead upon the battle field. These things
ought not to be. A good General should
be as careful of his men as of himself.
And there are few who do not look out
for number one.
A Free Press aud 11. J. Raymond.
Henry J. Raymond, ediloi of the New
York Times, replied to the toast of the
Press at the opening banquet, of the
Chrystal Palace Exhibition in New York.
In the course of his remarks he said:
“I cannot but feel that the highest
compliment which can be paid to the
power of the Press and the general ben
ficence with which that power is exer
cised, is to be found iu the fact that it is
the first source of influenco at which
ambition always strikes in its maroh to
arbitrary sway.
Whenever any usuper on either con
tinent seeks to subvert constitutions,
abolish laws, destroy public liberty, and
make his own will the sovereigu public
law, the first thing he does is to crush
the press.”
Lincoln has done all that Raymond
then regarded as distinguishing “any
usurper.”
The Northern papers designate the late
battles before Richmond as follows :
Thursday, Juno 26.—Battlo of Me
chanicsvile.
Friday, June 27. —Battle of Gains’
Mill.
Saturday, June 28.—Battle of the
Chickahominy.
Sunday, Juno 29.—Battle of Peach
Orchard; battle of Savage’s Station.
Monday, June <3o.—Battle of White
Oak Swamp ; battle of White Oak Creek ;
battle of Charles City Cross Roads.
Tuesday, July I.—Battle of Turkey
Bend.
Brownlow.
We expeot soon to hear that Wm. G.
Brownlow has been appointed a Major
General by Lincoln. He oan out lie Hal
leck and Pope, and such qualifications
! cannot long be overlooked. —Charleston
Courier.
If lying is made the test of merit, it
is doubtful whether the Linooln govorn
‘ meut can bestow any office worthy of
the Parson’s abilities.
A Beantlful Tribute.
Yesterday being the anniversary of
the Battle of Manassas, a number of la
! dies repaired to Laurel Grove Cemetery
i and commemorated the day by appro-
I priately decorating the graves of the gal
lant Bartow and his comrades in arms
who fell in the memorable struggle of
j the 31st es July. It is a fit task for no
i ble woman, and we hope her patriotism
and love for the dear departed will move
her annually to lay these beautiful trib
| utes on tho resting places of the brave.
| —Savannah Republican , 23 d.
We regret to hear of the death of our
young friend, Sergeant W. Toney, of the
Eufaula “City Light Guard,” who re
ceived his death wound on the 9th of June
in the battle of Port Republic. He lin
gered for several weeks, when death re
: lieved him of suffering. He was a warm
j hearted, noble and affectionate youth,
and to his grief stricken parents, we
tender our warmest sympathies. — Eu-
I faula South, 22 d.
Falataffian.
We have routed the rebel armies from
Missouri, Kentuoky, and Tennessee, and
partly from Arkansas, Mississippi,” Ala
bama and Louisiana.— Herald of the lath.
“These lies are like the father which
begat them, gross as a mountain, open,
palpable. * * * Why, how oouldst
thou know these men in Kendal green,
when it was so dark thou couldst not see
thy hand ?”— Shakespeare.
Tire Selge of Vlckiburg Abandoned
The Baltimore Sun, of the 19th, oon->
tains the following:
Advices from before Vicksburg to the
10th instant, represent that the seige
would be temporarily abandoned, and
that some of the vessels would return
South, probably to New Orleans. On
account of the low water in the river,
the proposed new ohannel will prove a
failure.
Gen Magruder, says the Charleston
Mercury, after reaching Columbia, enroute
for Tennessee, was suddenly ordered
back by telegraph to Richmond—nobody
knows for what, but all who have read
the account of the late battles, can “snap
at it” with a conjecture.
Conscripts in Columbia.
The Guardian of Wednesday says:
“Our streets have been crowded with
conscripts and volunteers for the past
few days. They are all fine looking sol
diers, and all appear cheerful and eager
to enter upon active duty.”
From East Tennessse,
A letter from Chattanooga, July 21st,
says, “things are looking well here, and
if they are hurried up, this week will
see Buell’s army bagged, or else some
body will be hurt. The weather is in
tensely hot.”
A Notorious Yankee Colonel Kn
Among the killed in the recent bjo J
before Richmond, wes Col. Wym a „
tho Sixteenth Massachusetts reeii ,! f
Col. Wyman had rendered himself
notorious by his connection with <t
of scandal, which a few years ago
all Gotham to an intense pitch
the man who eloped with Mrs. c. 1 * j
James Brennan, the two embarking
New York one summer evening * :
J o’clock, on the ferry boat for Staten ‘
land. Mrs. Brennan had hereto;.
j borne an unimpeachable character
universally recognized among h' w v
quaintances as a modest, retiring
j She was about 26 years of age, anj i .
an infant a few months old,*wi t i.
j mother cn Staten Island. The r
I obtained that she had been fouiir i’' S
, with, and her husband and friend V
i sered a large reward for the detec
j her supposed murderer. Matat
New York chief of police, made t-’*
j effort to ascertaiu the cause of W
1 terious disappearance, but without r '’
| It was urged that she could a-”
| consented to an elopement, becite;
| was devotedly attached to her o'. ■’
| After the lapse of two years. ~A l;. .
j eling ou the continent encounter
I supposed murdered woman on the" f
of Florence, Italy, one evening h
I ou the arm of Lieut. Wyman of o -
S. Army, and a corresponded
I New York Tribuue
j fact to that paper. Capui;, , uor , U "‘
| eral Brennan,) immediately wi t i
| Greeley, and demanded th e
j correspondent. It. was g i T£Di auJ ‘ ls
! to be of so reliable a charaet er
i broken-hearted husband ■
j fled of the perfidy of his w-f* ,V s
i more was eaKi ot the matter.
i after Lieut. Wyman and Mrs. J
Brennen returned to America, aud
! tied down in Massachusetts, where tC
. lived as mau and wife, uutil the preV
; war commenced, when Wyntan was
| pointed Colonel of the 16th Mas-!,, !
setts Regiment. He was the first ini’,;.,
ry Governor of Buffolk, Va., after
i place was evacuated by the L'uuiedey
I forces, aud'although promising a
j mittee of the citizens of that piaoe, *.
! waited on him to know his intention,
regard to the slaves, that he desired;
have nothing whatever to do with tht
negroes, he soon betrayed his promi :: .
by the publication of a circular, in which
he commanded all slaves coming within
his lines, to report to him at the Trouine
Park, and added that he had provided
places for them, lie fell at the baule
of Malvern Hill, pierced through ib t
heart by a bullet, and some of the
ment were taken prisoners, state thatht
died without a struggle. Wyman lu.
the reputation of being an excellent est
cer, his regiment being considered tt
best drilled in McClellan’s army. 1’;
was a man of loose morals however, at.
his fall in battle will cause but little I
gret in Massachusetts ami New Yorl
where ho is bent known.— Pdtrsln:,/ f’j]
press.
Incidents of (lie iiaitbi,
“Personne,” the Richmond corre ct
dent of the Charleston Courier, jnee
numerous interesting atco ints of person
al heroism in the battles about Rich
mond :
Among the many instances of pereoti I
achievements I have beard narrated,fe f
in this connection are moro iutere-tiO; I
or characteristic than that of Capt..) ,
Haskell, South Carolina volunteer aid 00l
the staff of Gon. D. R. Jones.
Acting in this capacity, he was sen’l
by the General to communicate with Gen
Longstreet. Whilo in tho company o;
the latter, Haskell inquired if he c<<uld
be of any service. Longstreet replied,
“Yes, we are about to storm a batten,
aud you may render material assistance;
aud thereupon gave him some directions.
A few minutes more, and he was in the
midst of an impetuous charge. Ball
flew think and fast, and his clothing wa<
perforated iu several places. Boou in
horse was shot down, and he was com
pelled to move on foot. He was at tk
time near a regiment which commenced
to falter under the tremendous fire. Tit [
color bearer was killed, and confusiot I
had begun to take the place of discipline. I
At this juncture Capt. Haskell rushed to I
the front, seized the flag, made a stirring I
appeal to the regiment to stand by hia I
and their banner, and, thus rallied, th
were following him on their desperate [
mission, when a shell struck him in hi I
right arm and shivered it to fragment I
“Go on with the flag—don’t mind me.
he cried ; and the command, inspired ii
his example, continued their moveiM; I
He was borne from the field as booh < I
practicable, the mutilated limb exseoit I
at tha shoulder joiut, and I am happy
learn from Dr. Michel that he is bow j;
ing well.
Two other young soldiers—an AlaU
mian and a Georgian—animated by *
rival spirit of emulation, started on sis
run to capture the standard of a rep
ment with which they had been engaged,
and fell within thirty paces of their ob
ject, pierced with balls.
Instances like these may be multiplied
by dozens, but I reserve them for & sab
sequent communication.
From tho Chicago Post, July -
Ciea. McClellan Publicly Attultrt I
Treason.
Yesterday, during the excitemet
lowing thefirst reports of the fight b; v
Richmond, the particular enemies
lien. McClellan betrayed their
very decidedly. Excited groups c?
ed at every corner. In front of tb [
office a very large crowd collected, •
ious to ascertain the news. An excite s ;
controversy soon sprung up. latniai- |
mated controversy between Meeeri
ton, S. Patrick and B. F. HiJfoct, the I
former expressed himself
unreservedly against McCldlw- Mr*
HaJiuck rejoined warmly. Mr Y& lri *■”
as a clincher, then declared that wifi j
a very short period, “Secretary ■
had told Mr. John H. Dunham fi&
Clellan was the greatest traitor
North, and that all the material inform*
lion obtained by the rebels of the
movements waß furnished them bj ft
Clellan’s family.”
Mr. Patrick is a well known cit*’
Chicago, a man of strong politic* I
dices, it may be, but still so so 1 ’
suspicion that we dare not I
word without further evidence. . I
serted the fact without any equir ’ I
or reservation that Secretary ■” *” I”
had told Mr. Dunham that Medela f
a traitor. Mr. Patrick is, off
only responsible for the story a? c f -
from or through Mr. Dunham. M r L
ham is a responsible and highly ri
able merchant of this city, lately F
dent of a bank, and we do not
that he would state that Stanton; *
cased McClellan of treason unle*
was sure of the fact. Now, it Y:
ham did not hear Mr. Stanton -r
McClellan was a traitor, let him -j.
The charge has been made P u - ‘ i
the streets, and Mr. Dunham bs- ,
named as the party to whom the 1
tary unbosomed himself. If the- I
false, justice to the Secretary of j
well as to McClellan, requires M
should be promptly branded as •* ‘X( Bg|
hood. If true, and the Secretary c , I
did say that McClellan was tr *'ii,B
then the Secretary of War is h I
criminal for allowing ass - I
command of the army. L el
come out.
A Gooie Story. I
The Abingdon Virginian is respoc
for the following : , j
from Cumberland Gap 1
. few weaka ago, brJ I
riig.napPt-elr gouße , ■
a flab hook to the end ol a cor r
passing a house , wh ® r ® h a graifl o‘ |
geese, baited the hoo Jjj
corn and cast it among them^ (
had it dropped than on #t tM I
guzzled it down. b* ei ■
other end of the cord °
the goose of course *9“ et o
mg<. following wm
ihe goose riin , it woo f
it, exclaimed, D°n kneir „
you, indeed it won t |fl
be so cross before.