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COLUMBUS:
WM. L. SCRDGKS Editor.
Largest Country Circulation.
T uesday Aug. I0 ( 1862.
The Charleston Mercury of August
15th, say 3 that martial law is to be sus
pended thereabouts in a few days, and
t he city to be again placed under the old
civil regime,
♦-
Geu. Buckner.
A Knoxville correspondent says :
Another arrival of exchanged prison
ers came on the cars this morning, among
them General Buckner, who has been
made a Major General, and assigned to
the command of a division in East Ten- 1
nessee.
Confederate Soldier* SUot.
We are informed, says the Chattanooga ‘
Rebel, by a gentleman direct from Mid
dle Tennessee that three Confederate
soldiers, two discharged, and the other a
wounded Georgian, were recently shot at
McMinnville by order of Bull Nelson,
the Federal General at that post, as a re
taliatory measure against the bushwhack
ers of that county. There was no proof
implicating these unfortunate men in the
transactions that the Federals complain
of. Is there no means of retaliation
against Buch flagrant disregard of the
rules of civilized warfare?
State Tax for 1862—Eighteen and
one Half Cents on the SIOO.
The last Legislature, says the Southern
Federal Union, having athorized the Gov
ernor and Comptroller General to raise
$1,000,000 on the General Tax for 1862,
and nearly all thß Tax Digests having
come in, we learn that the Governor and
Comptroller have levied a Tax of eighteen
and a half cents on a SIOO, that per cent
being necessary to raise the $1,000,000.
Drunkenness.
It is currently stated upon good au
thority, and generally believed, that there
is more whiskey in East Tennessee than
is beneficial to some of our military lead
ers holding important commands in that
section. We are pretty well satisfied in
our mind, that the reason our victory at
Tazewell was not complete, and the whole
Federal force cut off from retreat and
forced into capitulation, was that some
of our gold lace and brass button gentry
were not in a condition to control thems
selves ; much less their men.
But for drunkenness in high official
circles, it is said that McClellan could
never have reached his gunboats in his
ate “change of base” near Richmond.
It is hoped for the sake of humanity,
that the proper authorities will take j
measures to stop this shameful culpabili
ty among our army officers.
Military Olliclals.
Gold lace and brass buttons are not al
ways the insigna of honor. Previous to
the battle of Shiloh, some three or four
dozen officers were defeated for positions
in their command by the re-organization
as required by the Conscription act.—-
These disappointed aspirants knew that
a battle was expected to come off every
day. They were requested by the officers
elect—their late associates in arms—to
take their places in the ranks, and re
main until the battle should be over.— j
This they refused to do. They were then
urged to form themselves into a company
of sharp-shooters. To this proposition
they gave a partial assent, but took care
never to comply with it, and when the bat
tle came off the defunct office seekers were
not on hand, they were safely ensconsed at
their homes, or were on their way thither.
These are facts, and names could be given
if necessary. Asa general thing our
private soldiers have discharged their du
ties nobly in every engagement, but we re
gret to say that, owing to whisky in some
cases, pecuniary or ambitious motives in
others, and perhaps cowardice in a few
instances, some of our gold lace and brass
button gentry have not acquitted them
selves as soldiers should.
A Beautiful Document.
A fellow by the name of Goldsborough,
who it seems has command at present of
the Yankee frigate Minnessota, and is no
doubt one of Lincoln’s naval pets, issued
the following notice the other day which
was duly published in that very chaste
sheet, the Norfolk Union:
Flag Ship Minnessota, )
Norfolk Harbor, July 80. j
/>. Lamb —
Would be Mayor and the Rebels
Generally of Norfolk, Va.
Whereas it is reported to me that about
25,000 iufernal blackguard Rebels are
making their way from Richmond, thro’
Suffolk, to drive out the soldiers of Abra
ham Lincoln and to cut the throats of the
Union men of Norfolk, —Therefore, take
notice, that on the first appearance of the
first d—d Rebel scoundrel within these
lines, I’ll blow you and your d—d city
to h—l.
(Tell this to your women.)
Yours,
GOLDSBOROUGH,
Admiral, &c. \
The first idea that will probably occur
to our readers after its perusal is, 1
that the above publication is spurious.— ’
No decent man could well suppose other
wise. But their is no spuriousness iu the j
case. It is a genuine document from the ‘
pen of “Admiral, &c., Goldsborough,”
and as such we insert it in our columns
as a striking record of the times.— Ve f ers~
lury Express.
Battle of Cedar Creek.
We stated yesterday on the authority
of gentlemen who had participated both
iu the battles before Richmond and the
battle of Cedar Creek, that the enemy j
evinced unprecedented obstinacy on the
latter occasion. We have, however,
since heard a very different opinion,
coming from a higher quarter. An offi
cer of high rank in our army, who has
just returned to this city from the region
about the Rapidan, where he saw and ;
conversed with many of our officers just
from the last battle field, says that they j
were unanimous in the opinion that the j
enemy fought with much less than his
usual spirit. In the beginning of the
fight the Yankees, trusting in their supe
rior numbers, for a time pressed impet
uously on our left wing; but meeting
with a determined resistance, and becom
ing aware of the approach of our rein
forcements, they gave way at once and
finally. Our victory was decisive and it
is believed has had a most dispiriting
effect on Pope’s previausly boastful le
gions.
From the same source, we learn that
our less in killed does not exceed one
hundred, while the enemy’s is at least
five hundred. — Rich. Examiner, Thursday.
Five Citizen* Hung.
Chattanoooa, Aug.*l3. — Three of the
guerrillas that killed McCook arrived
here to-day. They say he was killed in
a dash of 75 guerrillas on 4,000 Federals
near Salem. Their appearance, was so
sudden and unlooked for, that the I an
kees fled in confusion. They state that
Buell hung five citizens of Lincoln county
in retalliation.The Yankees cannot
move but in large bodies. The guerril
las are killing them daily.
Neal Dow, the stringent temperance
advocate and author of the Maine Liquor
aw, but now one of Lincoln’s Brigadiers,
was, at last accounis, sucking mint ju
leps in New Orleans.
The West.
The news from Missouri is truly grati
fying. The abolition policy of the Yan
kee administration seems to have aroused
the spirit of the Western people. Bands
of guerillas have sprung up all over the
State as if by magic. Not only haveLhe j
detested vandals been routed iu many ;
parts of northern Missouri, but our dar- :
ing partisans have crossed the line into 1
Indiana and set the miserable abolition
dupes to quaking in their awn country. !
1 Well may Mr. Cameron say, “all is dark
and obscure, and every move of the Fed- i
; cral government makes matters still ■
worse.” Lincoln’s emancipation policy
was a fatal mistake. If he had studied
our immediate interests for years, he j
could not have hit upon a more effectual
; policy to unite the border States against
him. Well may he now perceive his fa
• tal error, and decline to receive armed
| negroes into the service. A few mor
i important discoveries, will, it is hoped,
bring him to his senses, and show him
the mad folly of a war of subjugation.
Sooner or later it must come to this, j
Upon what does the North now base its j
hopes of success? Everyday the war pro
gresses, the South, according to Lincoln’s
own admission, grows stronger; whiist
it is plain to every one that the North is J
becoming weaker and more vassalating
every day. Why not stop this inhuman
crusade ? We are ready for peace so soon
as our independence is acknowledged; i
why then do they delay an event which
sooner cr later is inevitable ?
Still Vlctorion*.
By reference to our dispatches this
mornig, it will be seen that General Jack
son has achieved another brilliant victo
ry. No one seemed to know, previous to
this battle, where “Stonewall” had gone
to—he was evidently on the move, but
where or how ho would strike, no one
presumed to conjecture—when 10, he
turns up at Culpepper, about twenty five
miles northwest of Fredericsburg, the
strong hold of the enemy, attacks the
combined hosts of Banks, McDowell, and j
sour krout Seigle, and puts them to in- 1
glorious flight, taking over 400 prisoners,
including one pompous Brigadier General, j
A few more such men as Jackson is all
that is needed to bring this silly and use
less war to a close. Is it not astonish- i
ing that our leaders in Tennessee have !
not yet caught up his inspiration ? The I
most vulnerable district of the enemy !
still remains unmolested, inviting attack. .
It does seem that a few bold strokes, such
as Jackson has been making all the spring
and summer, would redeem the whole
State of Tennessee from Federal pollu
tion.
Gen. Bragg vs. ttic Preits.
About the Ist inst., Gen. Bragg caused j
to be arrested Mr. Wallace Screws, an ar- ;
my correspondent of the Montgomery Ad-
vertiser, for alleged violation of Army \
regulations in publishing movements &o. :
The editor of the Advertiser intimates
that the arrest was made not because Mr.
Screws had violated any army regula
tion, but because the “Advertiser” had !
failed to .recognize Gen. Bragg as a great i
man, and did not see proper to take sides
with him in a little misunderstanding
which he had with the War Department
a few months since. Be this as it may,
the act of Gen. Bragg in causing this ar
rest, looks rather small for a great man !
East Tennessee.
We learn from a private letter, now
before us, from one of the remote cor
ners of East Tennessee, that the “Union” I
feeling is still rife in that unhappy sec
tion. Society has been literally broken !
up, families divided and arrayed in kos- I
tility against each other, churches have 1
either been broken up entirely or divided ,
—one party preaching “Unionism,” the
other independence. This is said to bo
especially, the case with the Methodist j
church; each circuit must now have two
preachers—a Lincolnite and a Southern- j
er—the one, as a general thing, preach- i
ing little else than the “glorious Union” j
and denouncing the unpardonable sin of j
secession; the other advising his congre- j
gation to bide their time in patience.
The loyal people of East Tennessee j
have perhaps suffered more inconveninces j
from this war than those of any district j
not actually overrun by the Yankees, j
The majority of the population in the
remote counties, is an ignorant, impul
sive rabble—highly tinged with religious
fanaticism—abolitionists at heart—fit
participants in John Brown forays, who
think it doing God service to burn bridg
e-, apply the torch to the dwelling of
their secession neighbors, steal horses,
rob hensroosts, maim stock and do all
things in their power to advance the
cause of Lincolnism. It is a country
rich in natural resources; Us hills are
filled with ores of the rarest quality, and
inexhaustible iu quantity—the climate
is unsurpassed even by that of the far
famed Italy: the scenery is said to sur
pass that of Switzerland, whilst it is in
terspersed with beautiful streams and
fertile vallies—the whole region wanting
only internal improvements, a good gov
ernment, and a slight pruning of a social
element which had its origin in the land
of woodden nutmegs, to make it the Tar
adise of the South.
Yankee Soldiers
By thß cartel recently enteredy.into
between this government and that of tho
United States, for tho exchange of pris
oners, all captives are entitled to the
privilege of parolo within ten days after
their capture.
Now, suppose Lincoln succeeds, by
1 bounties and other chicanery, in raising
; the 300,000 men recently called for, and
that an additional 300,000 will be raised
by draft, will not the cunning Yankee, ;
whose heart is not in this war, but who |
fights for pay, discover an admirable
method of evading both draft and duty
as a “volunteer” soldier ? Hew easi
j ly whole companies and even regiments, !
| can give themselves up as prisoners of j
war, receive their parole—return home—
follow their private pursuits— amd stitl !
draw their pay as though they had sought ’
ever so gallantly, and what is'oettcr than
all, are thereby exempt from further mili
tary duty. We see but one method which
the Yankees can adopt to prevent this
state of things; it is a “strategy,” less
honorable than canning, yet for that
very reason, the Yankees will be most
likely to adopt it. They will doubtless
publish “general orders,” stating the un
paralleled cruelty of the Confederate sol
diery—that we had violated the cartel—
that no prisoners would be taken on eith
er side—and that henceforward this war
is to bo one of extermination. This
might prevent “voluntary surrenders’’
emong the privates, but it is doubtful
j whether it would not be too well under
j stood among the lower field and company
officers to work well. In that event,
; they would doubtless be shot as deserters,
but this would be a rather cruel and
summary proceeding even for Yankee
’ authorities.
The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Rebel of Sat
urday, says Gen. Lloyd Tilghman arrived
in that city on Friday night.
The Telegraph Difficulty.
For the especial benefit of the Atlanta
Confederacy, we will repeat, what we
stated three weeks ago, that the late dis-
fieulties between Dr. Morris and the citi- !
zens of thi3 city, relative to the Telegraph ;
office, has been amicably settled, and that i
neither party feel interested in any iur
ther discussion of the matter. W e have
been astonished at the persistency of
that respectable journal in this contro
versy. It failed to take it up until it had
! been settled, and still refuses to give it up,
although we are assured that Dr. Morris,
for whom it labors so gratuitously, is
wholly averse to any further agitation of
the subject. Its course is etill more re
markable, when we remember that Atlan
ta has little or no interest in the line,
that there is not more than SI,OOO worth
of stock in the W. and N. 0. Telegraph
Company represented in that city—and
that the local affairs in Columbus can be
of no material interest in Atlanta. We
have been still more astonished at the
apparaat animus which that journal has
exhibited in this controversy. We know
the editors of the Confederacy to be high
minded and v:ell informed gentleman, and
we are, therefore, somewhat at a loss to
account for the many glaring inconsis
tences and erroneous statements which
that paper has recently published rela
tive to affairs in this city.
In a recent editorial, the Confederacy
says in substance, that the telegraph dif
ficulties originated with “a few dissatis
fied persons'’ and the “Vigilance com
mittee” in Columbus, who attempted to
seize the office by force, with a view of
wresting the lines from Dr. Morris’ con
trol. This is wholly untrue. The citi
zens of Columbu3 did not attempt any
forcible seizure, neither did the resident
stockholders of this place attempt any
thing of the kind; and so far as the
“Vigilance Committee” is concerned, that
had nothing to do with the difficulty
whatever. On the contrary, certain par
ties from Augusta, who were wholly un
known here, and who claimed to act under
the instructions of Dr. Morris, did at
tempt a forcible and unlawful seizure of
tho cffice, but were prevented from ac
complishing their high-handed and law
less measure by the timely interposition
of a few stockholders and citizens pres
ent. These are the faclss&o far as “forci
ble seizures” are concerned.
Now, granting all that Dr. Morris
claimed in tho premises—that of abso
lute control of the lines as President of
the company—a mere quarrel or misun
derstanding between him and one of his
operators did not justify his closing the
office and cutting off all communication
from a community numbering over 14,-
000 souls, and that too, at the very time
tho battles were iu progress in Virginia,
and when nearly every family in this
city was represented in those desperate
conflicts. If he had a legal right to the
possession of tho office, he had likewise
a legal remedy to which he should have
resorted for possession; if he had not,
then he had still less right to resort to
the extraordinary and high-handed meas
ures referred to.
If it i3 replied that the citizens took
sides against him, and thereby became
parties in the controversy between him
and Mr. Butler, we rejoin that such was
not the case. With the mere controversy
between Dr. Morris and Mr. Butler, they
had nothing to do ; they knew little or
nothing of its merits at the time, they
merely interfered to prevent a forcible,
unlawful seizure of the office by parties
whose rights of possession was construc
tively bad, because they resorted to vio
lence to secure it. If the parties from Au
gusta acted rashly and foolishly, and at
tempted force where none would have been
necessary, had they acted wisely, they
alone are to blame for their discomfiture,
and not our citizens, who are not in the
habit of seeing occupants thrown out of
their houses or offices by parties who
manifest a contempt, for everything like
order and legitimacy.
We have said this much, merely for
the purpose of correcting the Con
federacy’s errors, and setting public
opinion right abroad. Wo see no neces
sity for any further newspaper discus
sion on this matter; and it is certainly
in bad taste to say the least, to attempt
a resurrection of old disputes, especially
of a personal nature, when they have
been settled satisfactorily to the parties in
terested; and we are authorized to say,
that no further discussion of this matter
is desirable, either by President Mor
ris or the citizens of Columbus. Dr.
Morris we believe to be an honorable
gentleman, and a true Southern man.
During his stay with us, ho was treated
with the utmost respect and considera
tion ; we tendered him the use of
our columns, that he might disabuse the
public mind of prejudices which had
been excited against him. This we be
lieve he did effectually; the question
was soon settled; our citizens fully ac
complished their object; both parties are
now satisfied, and what possible good can
a newspaper, published nearly a hundred
miles distant, hope to accomplish by at
tempting to revive the irritation :
State Defense.
It appears from an order of General
Mercer, published elsewhere in this pa
per, that his order relative to slave im
pressment, will be strictly carried out, as
he has received no instructions from the
War Department to desist from the im
pressment ordered. We presume there
will be no difficulty in enforcing the or
der, and no one will be silly enough, al
though they may be selfishly inclined, to
refuse compliance. Let our planters
send on their hands cheerfully; it is a
patriotic duty which they owe to tbeir
State and country.
Give General Mercer no plausible ex
j cuse for defeat during the ensuing Fall
and Winter, is onr motto. Render him
all the assistance in our power, and then
1 hold him responsible for the defense of
; onr coast.
Coli Crawford’* Regiment.
A correspondent of the Enquirer wri
j ting from Camp Randolph, Aug. 10th,
1 says:
! The organization of our regiment (Col.
[ Crawford’s) has at last been completed
! by the formation of the tenth company
from the nine original companies, and the
appointment of the following gentlemen
as staff’ officers: Carreker, of Talbot
j county. Regimental Quartermaster; Fra
. zier, of your city, Commissary ; Dr. Col
zey, also of Columbus, Regimental Sur
geon ; I>r. Mulkie, late of Nashville,
Tenn., Assistant Surgeon; and Lieut.
1 Winder, of Cobb’s Legion, Adjutant. All
i of the above were judicious selections
j and have given general satisfaction, with
the exception of the appointment of Dr.
Colzey, who in one short week has ren
dered himself universally unpopular by
his conduct and expressions of harsh
language to his patients.
We are much gratified to learn that a
notorious individual, a planter on the
river, by the name of Pontolock Powell,
who has been hobnobbbieg with the
: Federals since their arrival at Helena,
has fallen into the hands of our military
authorities, and will bo dealt with ac-
I cording to his deserts.-— Appeal
The Coming Battles.
It is now quit3 evident that McClellan
Las been reinforcing Pope for weeks past
—that his recent movement south of
James river was a mere ruse, and that be
hopes by similar movements to keep our
armie3 watching his manoeuv: es below
Richmond, until Pope can be sufficiently
reinforced to march upon the “rebel cap
ital” from Fredericksburg. In this, how
ever, he has failed. Our leaders know j
all his movements, and are prepared to :
meet them. The next general battle will 1
be fonght aoraewhere north of Richmond,
between that place and Fredericksburg.
This will bo tho enemy’s third “On to
! Richmond,” and our first “On to Wash
ington.” It will be a contest important
in its results. That the Federals will
make a desperate struggle, no one can
! doubt. But for the reason that we will
have a force equal to theirs—that our
troops are fully aware of the importance
5 of the contest —that our army id imbued
! with a spirit of invincibility, the result
| Os so many glorious victories —that our
generals have fully demonstrated their
1 superior ability—and, above all, when
we remember that it will be an open, dry
land fight, away from the reach of gun
boats, we have no fear of the result.
We are just now at the crisis of our
i struggle for independence. Two impor-
I tant battles must be fought, and as many
j complete victories won, and that within a
I few weeks, before we can expect an early
peace. Should these important events
be deferred until cool Weather, when Lin
coln will have marshaled his 300,000 fresh
levies, and his additional 300,000 nine
months’ men, tho war will go on for years
with many disastrous results to us. The
first of these battles, already referred to,
j must take place north of Richmond.—
j Pope must be defeated, his whole army
j routed or captured, and Washington ta
j ken. The second must take place in
j Tennessee. Buell and his satellites must
I be clrivcu beyond the Ohio, or forced into
I capitulation. This done, there will arise
at the North such a bowl for pence as
will forever put the mad scheme of sub
jugation at rest.
The delays in Virginia are easily uu
, derstood. It requires time even for a
j victorious army to prepare for conflict,
j Jackson has, however, opened ‘he ball,
’ and the future 13 big with events. But
it is far different in Tennessee. We hear
that Buell is cut off from his transports
—that ho has only about 40,000 men;
that the whole of Middle Tennessee and
j Kentucky is full of Confederate guerril
j las—and that “our force under Bragg is
sufficient for all purposes.” Why is it,
then, that no movements have been made?
We but repeat a question that is upon
everybody’s lips, and one that seems en
tirely legitimate and proper.
Eds Sun: Will you please tell me why
I now have to pay CO cents per yard for
osna’ourgs, 40 to 50 cents for common
shirtings, $4 to $5 per bunch for cotton
i yarn, $7 to $lO for ladies shoes, and
! sl3 to $-5 for gentlemen’3 shoes and
boots, and at the same rate for many ar
; tides of necessity, tho raw material and
; manufacture of which exists in tho Con
j federate States ?
Is it an unavoidable necessity that such
prices should exist 1 ’ oris it because we
have a set of men in our country who
think alone of their individual Interest,
(palliating a particle of conscience left;
perhaps by contributing occasionally a
few dollars for public service.)
We who are endeavoring to serve onr
country to gain our freedom and iudo
j pendcncc, ask why it is?
j Is it possible that there are men at
) home who are endeavoring to raise the
j prices of all necessary articles at home,
by ail moans in their power, having no
S object in view but their individual inter
j est and gain ?
Mr. Editor, I think the time came long
ago, when every patriot should forget
1 self and labor for his country.
I Every farmer should endeavor to fur
j uish subsistence to his suffering couu
j trymen as cheap as possible. So should
1 the manufacturer, mechanic and mer
chant.
True patriotism would inspire emula
tion, such times as these, to see who could
furnish his needy couutrymen cheapest
in these different departments.
Is it possible, Mr. Editor, we have a
class at home taking advantage of the
necessities of tho times ? Remember, sir,
that the great mass of our men have left
their homes and families and stand to
day as a bulwark upon our borders,
our defensa against a feindish enemy,
and yet is it possible that there are men
at home fleecing the families of these pa
triots, the people and their government ?
Why is it that tho cheeks of certain
parties (we will not say gentlemen) be
gin to stick out with fatness, others be
ginn to extend their branches as trees,
the roots whereof were in the richest soil
of the best waters of the land ?
Mr. Editor there is something wrong;
, there is a class at home who, if the war
j continues a little while longer, will amass
1 the property of the land to themselves
and make us slaves unto them.
1 denounce all this class, seeking their
own, forgetful of their countries inter
ests as worse than the blackest republi
can of the North, laboring for our subju
| gation.
The time has come when wo should
; know who are friends and who are foes.
We had, Mr. Editor, rather go shoeless,
bootless and naked into re contest with
our fiendish enemies than be furnished
by some of the peuedo patriots of our
land.
Denounce them, Mr. Editor, on all
occasions and let our land become a
seething caldron filled with scorpion
strings to such as are seeking their in
dividual interests forgetful of their coun
try. PATRIOT.
Knoxville, Aug. 14, 1802.
Eds. Sun: Our battery (Waddell’s Ar
tillery) arrived near this place last night,
and were immediately ordered to proceed
to Clinton, twenty miles distant, in the
j direction of Cumberland Gap, which place
jit will reach to-night. The men stood
! the march well, Other important move
ments are being made, but for obvious
reasons I will not mention them.
Confederate.
CHanglias Hl* Bane.
It was confidently asserted on the
| street corners yesterday, that McClellan
was evacuating his encampment on James
i river.
Among the prisoners who reached the
city on Saturday and Sunday, was Brig.
Gen. Prince, and 34 officers, including
1 Major, 1 Colonel, and other commis
sioned officers. They are all at the Lib
i by prison.
The officers from Geu. Pope’s com
mand are kept in solitary confinement in
conformity with instructions, and the
rale, as enforced, will not be departed
from nnder any consideration whatever.
About 500 prisoners arrived at the
Libby prison from Pope’s army.
The inhabitants of the Island now
number about 8,700 souls, including
those that have arrived within a day or
two from Lynchburg, and Salisbury,
North Carolina.— Examiner of Tuesday.
♦
From Baton Rouge
A special dispatch from Grenada,
| Miss., to the Mobile Tribune, says;
Authentic information from General
Breckinridge’s army says that under a
flag of truce recently received the Yan
kees acknowledge a loss of 1,000 at Baton
Rouge.
Gen, Clarke has been taken to New
Orleans by his own request. Hopes
were entertained of his recovery.
HIO
. /o thr Daily
Mobile, Aug. 14.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser, dated Knoxville, 13th
S3J3 :
Prisoners from Nashville via lluntss
ville and Stevenson reports the roads
lined with Federal troOps and all bridges
strongly guarded. Our guerrillas are a
constant source of annoyance A train
en route from Stevenson to Huntsville was
fired into and three Yankess killed on
1 Wednesday last.
Col. MoCook, brother of Gen. McCook,
en route to Decatur in an ambulance, at
tended by a body guard, wap i“aeked by
our guerrillas and killed. !' 7 rything
i outside of Huntsville is a seem f deso
| lation —houses destroyed and sacked,
j and fielda laid waste.
Gen. Buell and Rosseau have 20,000
men in the vicinity of Huntsville. 600
t hundred negroes are entrenching on tho
| north side of Huntsville; 400 negroes
t and a large force of soldiers are fortify
j ing Stevenson. The Yankees have re
i built the bridges and restored the broken
track on the rail road from Nashvillo to
, H -sviile and Bridgeport.
Mobile, Aug. 14.—A special despatch
to the Tribune, dated Granada, loth, says
the St. Louis Republican, of the 7th inst.,
has been received.
It states that the guerrillas continue a
vigorous warfare in Missouri. They
seem to be crossing to the north side of
the Missouri river. Oa the 4th instant,
they attacked and dispersed a body of
Federal troops at Taylorsville. Colonel
Poindexter is reported near Hudson,
with 1,200 partisans, threatening to cap
ture that place. A despatch from Shel
biana, reports Porter with 2,400 men en
camped near Newark. He had bagged
two companies of militia there, after a
sharp resistance, with a large number of
horses and guns and a considerable
amount of ammunition.
Up to the Bth instant, 22,000 men
were enrolled under the Lincoln call for
volunteers, in the State of New York.
Important army movements are antici
pated at Washington. No one is allowed
to pass McClellan’s lines.
A large number of negroes are being
stolen by Pope, near Stannardsville, Vir
ginia. .Eleven political arrests have been
made at Fairfax Court House under
Pope’s late orders.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
states that an important secret expedi
tion, consisting of one Bteamer with
picked men, had left a Federal port and
would soou be heard of.
Curtis and Commodore Davis were at
Cairo on the Cth instant. Burnsides had
arrived at his field of operations.
It is announced that the Federal Gov
ernment has contracted for another iron
clad monster, which will cost a million
and a quarter of dollars.
Chattanooga, Aug. 13 —Three of the
guerrillas who killed the Federal General
McCook, arrived here to-day. They say
that he was killed in a dash of 70 guer
rillas on 4,00 U Federals near Salem.
Their appearance was so sudden and
unlocked for that the Yankees fled in
confusion. They state, also, that Gen.
J Buell bung five citizens of Lincoln coun
i ty, Tenn., in retaliation. The Federals
, cannot move, bat in large bodies—as the
guerrillas are killing them daily.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 14.—1 t is re
ported that the Yankees are about evac
uating Baton Rouge. Capt. Daigeu last
week captured on the coast three schoon
ers loaded with sugar for New Orleans.
The Yankee crews were carried to camp
Moore.
: The town of Donaldeville, La., has
j been destroyed by the Yankees. Plant
-1 ers are being arrested for sympathizing
with rebels, and held as hostages to re*
press the movements of Guerrillas.—
The Federals are plundering generally.
They have two Negro regiments in
New Orleans.
A special dispatch to the Mobile
Tribune, dated Greneda, 14th, says a dis
patch to the Cincinnati Commercial, dated
Bth, inst., says 1,500 Confederate Infant
ry are at the head of Cumberland river,
moving into Kentucky with 2000 Caval
ry, and it said have 2000 moro at Liv
ingston en route for Kentucky.
Maj. Gen. McCook, of Buell’s army,
was killed by Confederate Partizans
Salem, Tenn., on the 6th inst.—
His remains have arrived at Louisville.
It is said his soldiers hung 17 Partizau
rangers to average his death.
Mobile, Aug. 15.—A special dispatch
to the Advertiser, dated Tupelo, 14th,
says Capt. Roddy reports officially that
on the6th inst., in command of three com
panies of Confederate scouts, he attacked
the Federal force near Decatur, chasing
them into town, capturing 123 privates,
one officer, besides killing and wounding
a considerable number. The Confeder
ate loss was one killed and three wound
!ed lie brought off 56 stand of arms.
The succeeding day he chased a scout
ing party of Yankees, burned the trestle
work of a Rail road, and cut the telegraph
wires. The enemy are fortified against
cavalry at five positions between Tus
cumbia and Decatur, but can be driven
out by Artillery. The Yankees are des
troying the abundant crops in tho vicin
ity of Decatur.
Rosencratz is at Corinth.
Richmond, Aug. 15.—A detachment
of Capt. Baylors Cavalry 28 in number,
i made a dash into Front Royal on Tues
! day and captured the Provost Marshal,
j ten of the Provost Guard and eleven
| horses. A large force of the Yankees
; was in the vicinity at the time.
Mobile, Aug. 15.—A special dispatch
i to the Advertiser, dated Knoxville 14th,
| says, a gentleman from Wythesville, who
arrived this morning, state that Mr.
Moore, a member of the Confederate
Congress, from Kentucky, had received
a dispatch that Gen. Jackson had gained
the position which he sought, beyond the
Rapidan river; also that he had been
reinforced by Gen. Lee, and that fighting
was progressing yesterday.
A special dispatch to the Tribune, da-
I ted Grenada, 15th, says Logan’s com
f rnand, about 5,000 strong, has fallen
i back to tho Hatchie river, on the other
j
. side of Boliver, Tenn.
3,000 Federals have been sent from
Brownsville to Fort Pillow.
100 Yankees oocapy Hickman, and
1,200 Columbus Ky. The command at
, Memphis has certainly been weakened by
sending reinforcements up the river,
probably for Buell.
There was slight skirmishing yester
day by Gen. Stevenson’s forces, C miles
from Cumberland Gap. Ten prisoners
were taken. A rumor prevailed that the
enemy were evacuating Cumberland
Gap.
Jackson, Aug. 15.—The Confederate
prisoners confined in the West, are daily
expected at Vicksburg. Van Dorn or
ders all prisoners in the Department to
report at Jackson forthwith.
A correspondent of the Mississippian
says at Baton Rouge 300 negroes were
stationed in front of the Yankee lines,
and 150 of them killed.
Mobile, Aug. 17.—A special dispatch
to the Tribune, dated Grenada, 16tb,
says Northern dates to the 11th and 12th,
have been received.
The Yankee account of the battle at
Culpepper Court House, says that about
10,000 men, under Gen. Banks, were at
tacked by over 20,000 rebels. Pope was
not present. They acknowledge a loss of
from 2,000 to 3,000. Among theta r.re
Generals Auger and Geary, wounded, and
- missing; also, three Colonels, j
three Lieutenant Colonels, four Majors,
and a large number of company officers, j
wounded and killed. They say their
forces retired from the field when over- j
powered by numbers. Their Infantry j
were badly cut up. Culpepper is one
vast Hospital. General Geary’s brigade
2,000 strong, lost 1,500 in charging a
Confederate battery. The sth Ohio was
nearly annihilated. The 8J Wisconsin
stampeded from the battle field.
The reception of the nows in New
York caused stocks to go down and gold
to go up. The Chicago tribune says,
Jackson evidently out geucraled and de
feated Pope.
The Memphis correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune has been arrested for
disloyalty.
The ditlicully on the negro questiou be
tween Illiuois, Indiana and two Ohio regi
ments at Memphis, is reported to havo
resulted in an issue of arms with the
loss of fifteen men.
A number of deserters from Sherman’s
army arrived here this evening, and re
port that great dissatisfac.iou exists in
that army.
C’urlis is reported to have landed a
large portion of his at my on this side of
the river again.
A special dispatch to the Advertiser,
dated Knoxville, lu;h, says, information
from Cumberland Cap states that VI r
gan (Federal) was retreating with bis
forces, leaving only cory Tennessee regi
ments .
McCook’s body arrived at Louisville on
the 14th. Guerrillas have been hung by
McCook’s forces, houses have been burn
ed and the country laid waste around
Salem, where McCook was killed.{
Jackson, Aug. 16.— Advices from Mem
phis state, cm authority of orders from
Washington, that Gen. Grant has issued
an order,statiugthat every possible facili
ty will fee afforded forgetting to market.
It is reported that Gen. Alcorn has been 1
seized as a hostage for the traitor Powell.
The Enemy continues the course of
devastation wherein an opportunity
offers.
Charleston, Aug. 17.— Two Yankee j
marines belonging to the gunboat Mo
hawk, were brought tojjthe city to-day.
They were captured while prowliug about
Edisto Island, by our Cavalry.
Important from Hie North-Call for
Six Hundred Thousand More Men i
—A Draft to be Immediately Made, i
We received last night advices from j
the North, which, though not so late as
that we publish in another column, .
brings news of an important character.
The North has at last settled tho question
of immediate drafting, and the Secretary j
of War has issued an order for six hun- j
dredthousand more men “to crush the .
rebellion”—three hundred thousand to I
be raised under the recent call of Lincoln
and three hundred thousand more by a I
draft of the militia. The order appears
officially in the Northern papers, but the
circumstances under which wo issue this
morning’s paper forbid its publication.
This action of the Government at Wash
ington had created the wildest excitement
in tho North, and the war feeling had
greatly subsided in its enthusiasm. The
opposition to the order was not to be
disguised. The following extract from
the New York Herald shows with what
dissatisfaction it was received by the
people of the city :
The citizens of New York, havo taken j
the matter with quite an excited feeling, j
and when the fact became generally |
known around town last evening every- •
body seemed to have received a sudden
shock. In consequence tho office of the
county clerk was, during the whole of :
yesterday, crowded to a perfect jam by j
persons anxious to ascertain whether i
their names were upon his book, and also
to file exemption papers where it was .
conclusive that physical defeots prevent
ed them from shouldering a musket, i
There must have, certainly, some five !
thousand persons visited tho office yes
terday.
In Brooklyn, another great rush of
“patriots,” was made to the City Hall,
all anxious to prove their exemption from
military duty. As soon as the city j
clerk’s office was opened for business a
perfect rush of human beings almost hur- j
ried the officer out of existence. Through
out the entire day a stream of would be
exempts was constantly pouring in and
out of the office, and many of the excuses
given were really ridiculous.
Brief as these paragraphs are, they are
enough to show that this order for a
draft will cause an immense reaction in
the popular mind of the North, and we
shall await the next news from the North
and Northwest with much interest.—
Richmond Examiner, 12th.
-* : —-® ————
Special to the Savannah Republican.
Richmond, Aug. 12.—1 t seems that j
Lincoln has called for 600,000 addition
al troops—3oo,ooo drafted militia, and
the same number of volunteers. If the j
requisite number of volanteers should
not be forthcoming, tho deficiency is to
be made up by draft.
These measures have created great
consternation and feeling in the North.—•
Foreigners are seeking aid of their Con- ,
suls, and citizens are leaving for Canada j
and Europe, which has produced a great 1
reaction in the war feeling.
One hundred and forty Federal officers, ;
including McCall, taken in the battles
before Richmond, leave here to-day to be
exchanged.
Brigadier General Prince and his fel.
low officers are subjected to close con
finement. P. VV. A.
I'ankte Mistakes in Regard to tlie
South.
The following communication, dated
New Orleane, July 19. h, appears iu the i
Boston Courier:
We havo been laboring under certain i
grave errors in respect to this rebellion, j
which it is high time were corrected.
We have supposed there was a Union
party in the South. There is none.
We have supposed the rebellion could
be quelled iu this campaign. It must
last for years. We have supposed half a
million of troops were sufficient to subju
gate the revolted States. It will require
at leat a million and a half.
This is the most serious of all our errors j
—this constantly undervaluing the ene
my’s strength and over estimating our
owa strength. The time has arrived
when we must come up to tho strength of
our endeavor. Not a man less than a
million and a half will be neceessary.—.
We must at once take measures to raise
this number of troops, or the contest will
be prolonged indefinitely.
We have supposed that after subduing
the rebels, a small force would suffice to
enforce obedience to the law. Such may
be the case 20 years hence, but for the
present, say for the next 10 years, we
shall want a standing army of not less
than 300,000 men to preserve order in
the South. The people literally hate us.
The women teach hatred to their children.
The clergy preach hatred from the pulpit.
The growing generation will be even more
embittered against us than the present.
Nothing but force can keep the country.
For this purpose my estimate of 300,000
men is moderate.
One great source of the fatal errors we
have committed, is the delusive statements
1 furnished to the press. Here we are
; compelled to suppress the truth, to its j
I injurious influence on our troops. At
home it is otherwise.
If the people were apprised of all the
facts in the case, their patriotism would
be equal to the emergency, and we could
take the field next fall with the million
| and a half, without which we cannot ex
| pect success.
| It is most important they should know
! the truth, and the whole truth.
From the Savannah News, 13ih.
Return of tile <! e n. Olti
cera an<l Crtw Cai;,.ru—Their
Release and Return . s„vnnh.
The steamer Gen. Lee, t j] j.
Fraser, returned to the city l>, „t ten 1
; o’olockon Monday nigh* t> > t trig
1 under a flag of ’nice to fen i'-.ttaski
IWe are ittdk Ito Capt. Fr:.sir for the)
following intelligence in relation i<. Uis |
visit to th tv-rt and his trip to Hilton 1
■ Head <ui a \ summer.
i It has sire, ty been stated that, the
; Geu. Lee, with Capt. James Stewart, and
• other officers, in charge of a ladv, left
the ci'v or. Sfimf 7 mprr.tne last ‘When
i the steamer i !w?<i with.ti two miles of
j tbo tort, the bt lot am fired a gun, when
the Gen. Lee stopped A Federal steam
or with officers., soon approached the
Lee, ami she was allowed to proceed
within a mile of the fort. Here the lady
was taken on board of the Federal steam
er, and the Lee remained there with the
understanding that if the lady was re
. ceived at the fort a gun would be fired ;
[if not, she Would be brought back. It
! was understood that the Lee should not
! go nearer the fort, for fear of being fired
into The orders were obeyed, and tho
Lee was slowly headed up the river, in
order that she should not drift any near
er to the fort. After remaining in this
position for half an hour or more, a gun
i from the fore was fired at the Lee, tho
ball coming so near that it threw water
j on the Captain, who was standing on the
■ guards at the lime.
Supposing it to be the signal given,
] and that the lady had been received, the
! Gen. Lee was headed up the stream.—
! As soon as she commenced to move the
! fort fired faster, aud the shot fell very
I near her. The Federals had placed a
gun and an armed company of men on
their Soat, and went in pursuit of the
’ Gen. Lee, living two guns at her. As
surni as this occurred the Gen. Lee was
stopped, aud shortly afterwards ordered
, uowa opposite the Fort. The officers
j and crew of the Gen. Lee were taken
1 prisoners and a guard placed on hoard,
1 where they remained until Sunday night,
| when Capt. Fraser, the officers and crew
were marched into tuefort and confined
| in the rooms with a guard at the doors,
j There they remained until eight o’clock
j oa Monday morning, when they were
; all placed on board of a Federal steamer
and sent to Hilton Head. They remain
| ed at Hilton Head about three hours,
but did not go ashore, and then were
sent back to Fort Pulaski, with permis
sion to return to Savannah.
There were some 20 or 25 guns fired
from the sot-t at the Gen. Lee, many of
the shot striking very near her When
asked why the fort fired on the Gen. Lee,
the only excuse given was that they saw
the v?heels of the Gen. Lee in motion and
thought she intended to return to the city
without their permission.
The Federal guard placed on board of
the Gen. Lee to protect her while her offi
cers were imprisoned, stole everything
they could carry off, such as meat, sugar,
spoons, knives andforks, powder andshot,
the clothing of the crew, their combs,
brushes, raisois, strops, &c. One of the
guard stole a pistol from Capt Dent, but
a Federal officer, when made acquainted
with the fact, returned him another.— j
When informed what the guard had done,
tho officers promised to investigate the j
matter and punish the thieves.
While the officers and crew of the Gen. ‘
Lee were at Fort Pulaski and on board
the Federal steamer at Hilton Head, they
were kindly treated, and every attention
showed them by tho Federal officers.
The Tories—Yankee Outrages.
A Richmond letter in the Charleston
Mercury says:
Carlyle’s speech at Indianapolis por
tends not a little. A shrewd man, with
out principle, he always attaches himself
to what ho thinks the strongest side
An old Know-Nothing, we find him now j
in a Democratic Convention. He talks
bold talk, but he does so iu a safe
place. The Bright party in Indiana is
very strong, very sore and very hitter
against tho Republicans. It will protect
Carlyle, who will hardly return to Vir
ginia, and it will settle an old grudge
against the Lincolnites in the Congres
sional elections next fall. Gov. Richard
son is one of the strongest men in the
Northwest.
Outrage follows outrage in the South
west, and in Pope’s part of Virginia.—
Hanging, wholesale confiscation and de
population are the authorised order of
the day. What is our Government do
ing? Vague whispers assert that it is
about to do great things, and come fair
ly up to the plain mark of its duty.
Dispatches Intercepted.
| Four young patriots from Middle Ten
■ nessee, who arrived hero yesterday lor
i the purpose of joining our army, were
enabled to render the cause essential
service on the way. As they were jour
neying here they came up with four Fed
erals, bearing despatches from Bull Nel
son to Gen. Buell, and attacked and over
i came them, securing all their dispatches,
which arc very important. The papers
were handed over to the proper military
authorities here. Nelson complains bit
terly at the fact that ho cannot place
pickets ouz without their seizing the first
opportunity to go over to the rebels and j
get paroled as prisoners of war. He
represents affairs in his department in a
pc-plorable condition.
We have not been able to learn the j
names of the four gallant young men who !
made the capture. We should be pleas- j
ed to give their names to the public—
Chattanooga Rahtl.
Texas Items.
The Mississippian learns from Hon.
’ John A. Wilcox, a member of Congress
’ from Texas who is at present sojourning
in Jackson, that the powder manufactory
in San Antonio is making powder enough
to supply at least half the army, aud
competent judges say that it is equal to
Dupont’s best. Cartridges are also made
there, and the army In Arkansas is being
; supplied from that plaee. The Texans
I have crossed over the Mississippi in the
I last three weeks twenty thousand head
I of beef cattle, for the army, and more
‘■ are on the way. The grass, corn and
’ wheat crops are good. Texas can feed
\ the army. She has sixty-four thousand
j voters and seventy thousand soldiers in
j the field, exclusive of conscripts. There
jis no invasion of the State yet. The en
j etny have demanded the surrender of
| Galveston three times, but, like our own
• immortal Vicksburg, she maintains her
i self-respect.
How to Select Poultry.
A young turkey has a smooth dark leg,
! feet supple and moist, and the end of the
; breast bone pliable like gristle. If the
: head is on, the eyes will be foil and
; bright if fresh killed. Fowls when young
have smooth combs and legs, la other
respects they are like young turkeys.—
Young geese will have yellow bills and
feet, and a pin head may be forced
through the skin of the breast. (It re
quires considerable pressure to thruot a
pin through the breast of aa old, tough
; goose.) If fresh tLe feet will be pliable.
The same rules apply to the selection of
ducks. Asa general rule, all old hirds
have bony claws, that are not easily
1 straitened. Young birds have pliant and
1 easily yielding claws. The spurs of old
i turkeys and roosters are hard, long and
j sharp. Os young ones but the first devel
| opment is seen.
Col. Morgan Preienti a Bag of Coffee
to tlie Sick Soldier* In Atlanta.
Col. Morgan is as generous and thought
ful as he is brave and energetic, as will
be seen by the following note:
Knoxville, August 4th, 1862.
Mrs. E. M. Bruce:
I send you by to-day’s Express, one
, bag of coffee for the sick soldiers .n
’ Atlanta. Ba pleased to see it turned over
to the proper parties. It was brought
from Kentucky by my command upon
their late expedition.
Truly yours,
JOHN H. MORGAN.
The coffee has been turned over by Mrs.
Bruca to the Ladies, who are laboring
day and night for the relief of our sick
and wounded soldiers. —Atlanta Confcd,
Ihr “A Uu ßa *._ Re „ ahu
llou Concerning l\ Kr
From Lieut. Reed, of the ran,
kansas,” we iearn the following ,
ars:
The Arkansas left Vicksburg
o’clock Sunday morning, ami V
leisurely down the rivrr, havin',/* 1 ”
time to reach Baton Rouge nt'Y, “
pointed hour. Vi hen she arrive. • I
mileb of Baton Rouge, her
board engine broke down. Itrpai,
mediately commenced, aud at fe J
were partially completed, f>
wa noj ia a condition to er.ga.ro
! ffi/ho Yankee vessels on account
injury received.
, At 4 o’clock, almost to a mimm ‘
cral Breckinridge opened the atUo ‘
: Baton Rouge. A messenger *
t Patched at 8 o’clock to asceruT
j strength of the enemy’s fleet, J 1
I Arkansas proceeded to a poiot’fi, ‘
; above Baton Rouge, when she w j
| ed for action.
We learned from the guerr ‘
shore that there were only thr, ‘
| boatß. On rounding the point f I
j board engine ngaiu broke dowii ,
I ship drifted ashore iu sight",.
Rouge on the Arkanses side V
were immediately commenced I
ship got afloat at five o'clock’/'” I
; evening. The engineers reporaV'’
I -the engines were unreliable 1 I-’- ‘
termined to make atrial *rn * M “’
river to ascertain the strength of “
I gines,—proceeded some fir* h mV ‘
i yards up the river, whenherengine
broke more seriously th iQ c
i crew were engaged alUirti j,,"!’ Tae
Next morning, at eight o'clock*^
; lookouts ashore reported th\ T 4^“'fl D
; coming up. The ship was moa t *f ?!
, down stream, and cleared for action
in this condition was determine!
to the last. At nine o’clock p
■ came rouud the point and openedfiri
: At this moment the engineers re*
the engines ready, and that iboy
| last half a day.
The lines were cut and the Ark.
I started for the Essex with the int •:
of running her dowu. Proceeded
three hundred yards in the direciioj
the Essex, and the larboard engine s>
denly stopped. She then makes for:-,
j bank, her stern down, the Essex po. Jr ; ; .
a hot tiro into her. In ibis condition v
open fire with the stern. The E fl
continued to advance, and when within
four hundred yards the crew of the Ar
kansas were ordered ashore and there
sel fired. After all hands were ashore
the Essex fired upon the disabled vee
most furiously. Ia an hour after be:
abandonment the fire communicated :
her magazines and all that remained
the noble Ai kansas was blown up.
Lieut. Stevens was in command of it
Arkansas, and displayed romarkai
coolness under the most perilous a: i
distressing misfortunes. Our infor l
ant, Lieut. It., states that but for ts!
misfortune to her engines the expeditis
against Baton Rouge would have been
a brilliant success; aud the Yankees
would have been driven from Aer Ur
leans in a few days. —Jackson
pian, 9th.
From tlie Army of Virginia.
The following extract, taken from on*
of our Virginia let ters, will be found to
contain some additional particulars of
the recent affair at Malvern Hill. The
first part of the letter contains pretty
much the same account we published i
few days since, and is therefore omitted.
The letter is dated near Richmond, Aug
6th •
W’hen we reached the hill, wo found
Col. Benuing with his brigade, and tb
artillery attached to it draw r up in line
of battle, ready to receive those wh
came to dispute the possession, and all ds
long we waited patiently. Late in tl
afternoon skirmishers were thrown i
ward—they remained in front all niglit
At 3£ o’clock, a. m., Wednesday, Qentr.
Toombs moved forward his division, put
ting Col. Benning’s brigade in the ad
vance. We skirmished all day, and u.
the night it grew heavy; we pressii;
down on them; every man expectedu
day break to go into a general battle,
but those on our right and left had mi
been idle ; the right aud left were being
closed in. Yankees were for gettisp
away. At noon, our right had gainedi
decided advantage. The Yankees k
massed their troops fora desperate lift
Their balloons were sent up and eh
where we were ; it was lowered, and tk
skedadled in the direction of their gut
boats. Col. Benning’s (Toombs) brig-.,
supported by the Dixie artillery ft.
Page county, command by Capt. Cha
man, (Capt. W. H. Crisp was farmer,
in commanded of thiß battery,), first oc
cupied the hill, followed by Anderses,
Rhodes and Wilcox’s brigades. As
as this was done all ebanoes for a Sgii
had vanished, and on toward events?,
our faces were turned toward camp to
’ await another call for action. Why the
I Yankees oame in such force and refold
i to fight, is not known.
\Ye got about fifty prisoners, and
! about twenty-one; one man killed. Our
; boys brought iu several well
filled with hard bread; sevuv, letters I
and ambrotypes were picked up. Ocel
card had on it two sisters, really bean
ful young ladies. The letter found wi
the pictures was from ono of theyor
ladies to her brother ; Blie was ti: e
the war, and said drafting would
sorted to, if Lincoln failed to get hi-;
from the Alassachusett3. In the ms I
randum book was a ten cent shinpte’ I
City Council of Augusta, and tiro Cct- J
federate postage stamps. No doubt. £- |
had secured them as rebel trophies.
All day Wednesday, huge volumes -•
; smoke could be seen in the direction o; i
their lines. Before leaving Ms/vern iriils, I
they burnt up an elegant re=i<lenoe. ah I
outhouses and fences, shot the stock au
| carried away the servants. To-day wi I
are in camps, going through the reg'--', I
routine of duty.
The gunboats are firing at intervals
i the direction of our forces. Cap'*
! Camak of your city is acting M f j cr
j Cobb’s Legion, he was in our camp ! -
1 morning, he looks every incbft-'0‘ G
’ and is well. The Guards are all *-
The following is the list of Cou--y
i ate prisoners belonging to the 17- ;
: Col. Benning commanding, taken ■
! recent engagement at Malvern Hi.
Company B.Schley co, Sergt. Tor
! mandiug.—J Smith, Wm Mathews, ks
| ardson. p I
! Cos. C, Muscogee co., Capt J B . I
! mantling.—lst Hergt S R Jaques, ftiva'-'-
Young. Win Cossins, Jack Pope, Berry-*’
! Wm Bently, Gus Short, Hiram Ta > f
| Maddox. ....
Cos. F, Muscogee eo., Capt Phil Gitunf’ ■
! munding.—Corpl John Turner. Pnvj®*. m
i Seaborne, Tbos Stewart, Clayton Hr :t
Cos. H, Harris co.. Capt W I 1 Barden
i manding.—D T SSackery, W K Thornier ■
j Cos. D, Decatur co., Capt Wilmot com
ing.—ll G Gainous, Gabriel Barrel- f*
! lan. „
Cos. K, Webster co, L:-eut Marn*
manding —H H Heard killed,
j Sumpter RepuUic&n please copy-
From the South Sld- j
The news from the South
i portant There are no repirtefi . I
I ments of theeDemy in force. 1™ ■ • I
Yankees who were said, on Sa!urJ k I
! be marching on Petersburg, have “ ,rl
made their appearance before w ’ ■
Yankee cavalqfc operating
gin’s Point as S Tiase, are cob
daily depredations °n the I
Prince George, and stealing the ■^... if
There seems just bow do r^ me 'Y nr l e i 7 i|
evil. Since the brush at ccx - _ E - ;( |
fortnight ago, our cavelry nr.
| heard oi.—Ri'h. Ex., loih.
The Bayonet Vote In I
| The election for the second I
; the City Council took place i I
!on the Ist. There ere ° nl t y he ’FeJeD‘’ I
votes polled, and of course rW iD I
had it all their own way- A
Philadelphia Inquirer says • I
i If the issue were squarely put
| Union and disunion, or a *
sustain the Governmeni c oQfl tr -’
break it up, geograpJwhUjjJ Mtl ]
or not-in words, to in j t
secede and be acknowledged * 3 ber
pendent Government, taking ,
Lr,tad ! u,dht^^ Je CJ ~jW
I doubt if lire® Lhoufl“d ?otei
had for it in the whole city-