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A, is and Resolutions. —11. 11. Wa
|;sq., Secretary of ike Executive
) apartment at Jlilledgeville, lias our
,i, :l uks for a pamphlet copy of tlie-Acts
affi resolutions of the late Legislature,
:1 public character.
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jlsiY” The lories and bushwhackers of
Tennessee are said to be engaged in
,rming a political organization, the ob
| j,.,-i of which is to select candidates for
| officers, to be run as yicnv caudi
i.'ftiinot our military authorities in lhat
-i •!i on, put a tew ol these sneaking
rics to better employment ?
| N; xt Co.MiUESs.—In W. when our first
Miug'de for independence was at it- hri-ht,
\\ * .Kington addressed a letter to Benjamin Harri
ot Virginia, in which he guv. im following
• ( ; ,v'io counsel:
I \i there can he no harm in a poms wish for the
I iuf ones country, I shall ofter it as mine that
S ,11 Slate would not only choose but absolutely
4 . i:pol their ablest men to attend Congress.”
i rule ply did fie feel on the subject, that he made
r .jiial appeals to Mason, Wythe, Jefferson, Nit li
fe Pendleton, Nelson, and others. We are again
a the midst of scenes that revive and give redoub
,.l force to the wise and patriot!; advice of the
1 wlier of his Country. Our success and safety now,
ii more than then, imperatively demands that-
J i ablest and most experienced men should be in
j i;..ugrr.-s. The people should not permit them
dvfS to be diverted from this paramount con
duration by any intluenco or circumstance vvliat-
Tur. L.vrr. Battik.—lndependent of
lmgre.nl but dear bought victory recent
y vouchsafed lo the army of Gen. Lee,
we have great cause for rejoicing. The
.■Nance of Hooker is a good sign. It
5 means that after Lincoln’s visits and all
1 manner of bribes and inducements, the
wo years’ volunteers have refused posi
ively io re-enlist. Consequently, a fight
.ad to he made before the troops were
fin koine. The result is before us, and
; ie should feel under grateful obligations
j Almighty God and to Yankee temerity
I :Wit.
I But the enthusiasm, and disposition to
j rejoice over our recent goed fortunes in
j Virginia, is damped by one sad circum
; cince. Stonewall Jackson, the chris-
I ian kero, the idol of the army and peo-
Jlknf Virginia, and the glory of the
| .We Confederacy, is seriously wounded,
jnr can only hope his wounds arc not
| iiurtal but should his. valuable life be
pared, it is feared many long months
and till elapse before he can again take an
i ..•live part in the field.
Fredericksburg.
j Kncouragcd by the rumors which have
1 (cached (he North lhat the main body of
1 den. Lee’s army had been removed from
j ffie line of the llappahannock and sent
i) Suffolk and North Carolina, Hooker,
u seems, has thrown over the river the
i stole strength of his army, and intends
11 gbe us battle in good earnest. So the
streaming farce of “oil to Richmond’.’ is
’ have one more play. “Fighting Joe,”
will now have an excellent opportunity
• lose liis command.
‘keep Bun,” the point where Hooker
I b said to have crossed over, is four miles
Fredericksburg—the same place
‘ditue poor Burnside tried to ci’oss af
i‘i his little “rcconnoisance” from the
of Stafford, but where, unfortunate
\ lie stuck fast in the mud. This is his
‘ ,ur y: his officers say the reason he did
1 ,1,: cross at Deep Bun and renew the
it was, because no human power could
L roe ike disconsolate Union savers to a
j renewal of <lie attack. They had had
j i"' l ' 1 enough of Fredericksburg for one
wk In order to conceal Ibis state of
front the Yankee public, Burnside
‘Celt in ihe mud, which was but another
;eiies us a “flank movement” u la Mc
uHan. It is probable that pugnacious
Lc’ lias got the courage of liis men
dual up to the sticking point by false
;ivseiiiations, and that we shall be
. illrd upon to record another great bat
• It before long.
iien. Clanton’s Brigade.
This Brigade is already organized,
“di the exception of one Regiment,
“oi.-h is not yet fall. This gallant band,
I hough it comes late into the contest,
■ids lair to do excellent service to the
miry, and make itself a goodly repu
! mon. Indeed, it has already placed
‘elf side by side with the veterans of
•v war, by one noble act. It was raised
I delusively for coast defence, and by a
■fecial stipulation with the government,
| *:v i t ) serve for the term of six months,
■■•i not to be removed from the coast.
| ih.ii those regiments that are organized
■'live volunteered for the tear, and ten
dered their services to the Confederate
mthorities, consenting to be sent to
North Alabama, or wherever they arc
dcd. This is true devolion to the
‘Untry. These men might have remain
'l only on the coast, but since they are
19m needed there, they ask to be sent to
North Alabama, whore they can vender
■live service.
We have large hopes of this Brigade.
Ills gallant and patriotic commander will
-pare no pains to make it a Brigade of
mtlemen soldiers. Wherever it ofay go,
| we espect to hear of no trespasses on the
| property of citizens—ot no conduct un
becoming Confederate soldiers. Gen. C.
well understands the management of sol
diers-—he is easy and affable when off
duty, but firm and dignified, easily assu
-1 ming the dignity of the commander when
; heeessaryv If he is sent to North Ala
bina, the Yankee marauding parties
I m y have some-warm work unless they
j Cea se their depredations.
VOL. \ ||.;
Ofticiit) bemagugism.
ll 1 here tie one iniwonhy trail in the
char.ictei of a ( Biel- Executive more re
prehensible than a not her, it j- iji-;t ..t
mean and truckling subserviency to hie
own pel .sound interests, irrespec tive of
‘, lie I,ubli, ‘ K k '•’ whioh is generally
denominated ,/rrn ...,
. . ... ••'Vy7- w- the man
win. deliberately takes upon himself the
oath of office, promising for a stipulated
dij io gi\e his whole time and talents
jo the advancement of the public good
jy a iaithful execution of the laws, and
binding himself by a solemn oath upon
the Holy Evangelista of Almighty God
to support the Constitution and laws of
the Government entrusted to his care—a
man who can take such an obligation as
this, and then deliberately shape his
whole official course with reference more
io liis own personal aggrandizement than
to the honor and stability of His Govern
ment, or to the welfare of the people who
compose ii, is not an object of hatred,
but of pity.
The Chief Magistrate of one of the
first States in the Confederacy, who has
played the part of t\ disingenuous dema
gogue, and signalized his whole public
career by attempting to get up a war of
classes in his own State—who loves rich
with the ardor of a Croesus and who
seeks the a. ,vitii the zeal of a Wuil street
Lioker, Gut who, ii. Lis oj/icial, capacity,
wars again: t and Gander* tin- vk-li for the
simple rea: on thm the p.„,r have more
votes, and whose every movement since
he entered public‘life lias been an elec
tioneering play for office, irrespective of
the public good, is not an object of ha
tred. Ilis disingenuous tricks might in
deed excite the contempt, of the enlight
ened and virtuous, were it not that a prin
ciple has been implanted in the human
breast which inclines tin: heart to pity
rather than the judgment to condemn.
The State Executive who, in order to
gratify the inordinate vanity of his heart,
insulted, tried to degrade, and finally
broke up the State army after reducing
them to a state of demoralization by the
wrongs heaped upon them—who attempt
ed in his insane war upon conscription
to tear down the honored battle flags of
the veteran from his own
State, who assayed to degrade the
brave officers who had periled their lives
in a noble and manly defence of our
homes, by forming new regiments, vir
tually disbanding a large portion of our
army, and forcing them into competition
for command with raw recruits and fixe
cutive pets from home who had never yet
shouldered a musket, —such a man may
indeed excite the contempt of the patriot,
but Christian benevolence would meekly
suggest pity in its stead. Repentance
is always praiseworthy, and points to a
true nobility of soul, provided it, fie real
and not. affected. But when the peni
tent office-seeker, ever mindful of self
interest, with a longing eye upon the
emoluments, fears a day of retribution at
the ballot box, and seeks to make friends
of the army, and to banish the memory
of repeated wrongs which he had heaped
upon them, the merit of his penitence
is of a very dubious character. At
least, the infidel community might, laugh
at such demonstrations, the patriot might
marvel, while the Christian would cer
tainly have an object for the utmost lim
it of charity.
In order to run a successful race for a
fourth term, it was absolutely necessary
that some atonements should be made.
Injustice bad been done our brave boys
in refusing to recruit their diminished
and shattered regiments in Virginia, by
standing between a large body of so
called “militia officers,” (generally es
timated at 8,500 able bodied young men,)
and the public service. .Something had
to be done to atone for this, as well as
compensate for thestrenuous efforts made
to paralyze the army, weaken the Con
federate cause? and bring our venerated
Chief Magistrate and the Government of
which he is the recognized head into ha
tred and contempt. What is this some
thing now offered in atonement for the
past ? It is a special message—address
ed to the General Assembly of that State,
but intended to circulate in (lie army—
gotten up in the most approved ad cap
tandum style, appealing to the sympa
thies of the poor and seeking to array
them against the riclq holding its author
up as the great champion of the “poor
soldier,” and winding up by a hypocriti
cal recommendation for an increase in
the monthly pay of the private soldier !
Nor is this all. Nobody lias been recent-
ly so great a friend of the soldier: their
wives and widows have been fed from the
Executive crib, and arrangements were
duly made with special “organs’ to tell
the story of his unexampled magnanimi
ty all over the wtdd. If alms are freely
sriven, care is taken that they be given
at the right, time, and (hat the uiimpel
be duly sounded ! Verily, verily, di-ma
agogism bath its reward !
“Shameful Negligence.” -The Mo
bile Register copies a paragraph from
this paper under the above heading, and
remarks with a sneer more vindictive
than elegant, that, “grave charges of
this character should not. be made vviili
out investigation,” and closes by piloting
the phrase 11 Audi alteram partem.
“The “grave charges” were not made
“without investigation.” If our cotem
porary is particularly concerned to know
the particulars, we respectfully refer
him to the commandant of the Post at
this place, or his executive officer, Capt.
James M. Mason, Jr., who was our in
formant. And so far as our cotempova
ry’s Latin is concerned, we will state for
his especial benefit thaL the “other side,”
is now being heard, and that the “grave
charges” will be generally sustained.
Gen. Benning’s Brigade. —Among
some of our dispatches from Fredericks
burg, it is stated that Benning's Brigade
fought the advance of Hooker’s army at
Chancellorville, Va., on Friday. We
shall publish the details of the fight and
its casualties as soon as they reach us.
tni.l MBi s, ti.A,, ri KN|)\y \iOH.\q\iq \|\y |_
The Haiti? of Murfm'sboro’.
(ion. Bragg’s official report of the fiai
. Me of Murfreesboro Las at l, i come io
I light Numerous have been the conjee
tiu es ns to the cause of Its delay. But
now lhat if Las been made public, the
cause of the delay ha- leaked out in
ifiat monstrous document which he
pleased to style his “official report, Ueh.
Inagg directly and strongly censures
Major Generals Cheatham, McCgwan,
and Breckenridge, and attempts to throw
upon them the responsibility for a de
leat in one of the bloodiest conflicts of
the war. To make this scheme sticcos
ful, preliminary steps had to be taken.
Cheatham, MeCowan, and Breckenridge,
had by their distinguished services in
the field, endeared themselves to the
hearts of (he soldiers and people. This
was particularly the case with the two
first named Generals. Acoordino-ly,
Bragg's “report” was in Richmond at
least six weeks before it was made pub
lic, and it. is equally well known that
copies of it were placed in the hands of
members of Congress, and in the hands
of special organs and outside strikers,
and oilters known to be friendly to its
author, at least one month before its
publication, and that it was used to fore
stall public opinion.
•i oi innately, I fie censured Generals
.mi . u i (/id a record which will emirur
them to ifie hearts of generation- y ,-1
unborn a record which plac-. tiieir
cvmiaqje as soldiers and skill as officers,
above suspicion and beyond cavil. True,
Breckenridge belongs to the unfortunate j
class of “political Generals”; but Mc-
Gowan does not, and yet McGowan’s fate
is the worst of the three, lie has been
under arrest by order of Bragg for near
ly five weeks, and no intimation as lo
the cause (or pretended cjusej of his
arrest, has ever been officially made
known in the army. It is even said that
Gen. McGowan himself has never been
officially informed of the cause of liis
arrest, lie has not been left without
ample data for proper and legitimate in
ferences however. The truth, is,-a man
ol McGowan's calibre can never fie a
favorite with Gen. Bragg, 110 neither
possesses the attributes of a sponge nor
the elements of a fawning sycophant.
Independent, both in thought, and action,
lie must needs give offence to bloated
tyranny, and call down upon his head
the bottled wrath of little, vindictive
minds. Holding a position of high rank,
which was won not by fawning at tlie
feet, of Power, but by great achievements
in the field, he is naturally enough an
object of envy to minds incapable of
comprehending moral obligations or to
hearts unknown to a single emotion of
magnanimity.
Another matter-is worthy of note in
this connection. It. is well known that
at least two, and probably all, of the
censured Generals, had incurred Bragg’s
sovereign displeasure by giving an affir
mative answer to an enquiry propounded
to them by him in a circular, whether
the feeling in the army towards him was
such as to make it desirable to the service
that he should be transferred to another
command. As honest men, conversant
with ilie sentiment of the army, and be
ing familiar with the causes which led to
this state of feeling, and well knowing
as they did that the service had nothing
to gain by Bragg being longer continued
in command, they could not have done
less than respond as they did. For this
exercise of free speech, which Bragg
himself invited, nay, urged upon them to
exercise, they have been made special
objects of vindictive malice and official
snobbery.
With those whose special province it
is to defend Bragg in all his acts, who
recognize in him other attributes than
those of a petty tyrant, and who denounce
all criticism of their favorite General,
but. who are ever willing to lend their
aid in pulling down the reputation of
such men as McGowan, Cheatham and
Breckenridge, •hat their pet may reign
supreme, we intend to have no contro
versy. If we had less respect for truth,
fe.lt less interested in the prosperous
issue of our glorious cause, had a duller
appreciation of real merit, and enter
tained greater reverence for empty titles,
perhaps we might think and act differ
ently.
Suffolk, Va.—The position of our
army at this place is said to be unchang
ed. Lt is about the same now that, it was
two or three weeks since. Our lines still
extend to within three or four miles of
the town, and there appears to be no in
dications of falling bade. Tt is still a
mystery what was intended to be accom
plished by the movement. The two ar
mies there have been confronting each
other for two weeks and upward, but it
is mere speculation to say what are the
plans on either side, or whether there
will be any fight, at. all. It is-represent
ed‘by our Richmond exchanges that our
men have succeeded in securing large
quantities of supplies and forage. The
country for miles around, abounded iu
the greatest plenty, and the rich harvest
it seems, has been well reaped by our
troops.
One of our batteries—a Yankee bat le
vy captured at Sharpsburg —was captu'r
icd by the enemy a few days since. It is
broadly intimated that whiskey had some
thing to do with this misadventure. At
any rate, ft appears to have been the
result of great stupidity. *
lx Good Taste. —One of the Charles
ton'editors has been made the recipient*of
• a “Palmetto hat,” manufactured by the
fair donor. The example is a good one
and every way worthy ot imitation .
Vice-President Stephens. —We omit
ted to mention, yesterday, that our A ice-
President, A. H. Stephens, has arrived
in the city, and that he resumed his seat,
as presiding officer of the Senate, on
Monday. We are pleased to learn that
his health has improved. He was in
duced to remain away from the seat of
Government during the winter so as to
avoid the rigor and variableness of this
climate. — Rich. Whig, 30 th.
“t < tlVdoi aic Seal.”
c - <ui ei.: |.own*!e-, are sore
'A ism* ..y ,1m .‘solution recently
passed in the Senate, changing the motto
: of the Confederate States Seal, from
! ■ lo “It-;, rindice. A colem
. pot-siry think.- this may 110 fora heathen
d-ffimly, but not for one that a Christian
po„ple acknowledge to be the true God.
Besides, is it not a little too self-compla
! ce! “ f01 ’ us to assume that Jehovah is
S ‘' r '"U t:r and not that of our enemies?
j Me cannot see anything derogatory to
j the Divme character m representing Him
■i - the U'-rtig, rof the innocent and op
pi es-ed -lie has so revealed Himself to
men : not only’ as the* Maker, but the
righteous Ruler of the world, whose an.
gci. y en. whose ucoujuiy frown rests up
"ii evil doers. •’ Ins is the Being whom
• ■. ’
j Lod No lac Horn this character befit
ting a ••heathen Divinity,” the old Epi
curean Philosophers complained that
ihe Christians introduced a busy, med
dling Deity who is constantly prying in
to the affairs of men. And has not our
country suffered wrongs that call for the
work of the avenger ? And is it wrong
for us to hope that the God of Justice
will avenge our wrongs? In a political
• aw, we are innocent- we have not
’ ought war n..r conquest —our thoughts
fiaw hten “turned on peace,” yet. a
bloody and relentless war has been tor
red upon ii.-, and we have .suffered innu
merable wrongs, and will not the Divine
Ruler avenge those wrongs? He will
speedily do so, provided we perform the
necessary conditions precedent.
The effusion of our cotemporary re
minds us of a story once told us by a
(Junker preacher. A man wished to join
•be Uociely ot Friends, and on seeing
someone about to kill a snake, remon
slrated against killing the “poor innocent
cn-uhtre! This was ahead of even
Broadbrim himself—he was rejlected.
FritTUKi! Particulars or the Yankee
Raid in North Georgia.— lt seems that,
the Yankee cavalry first made their ap
pe irar.ee in Gadsden, Ala., with the
supposed design of advancing on Rome,
Ga., to destroy the Iron Works on the
river bciow, and the workshops at Rome.
Later advices state that they had
•passed by Rome. They were’ then sup
posed to be aiming at the Etowah Iron
Works. The subjoined letter furnishes
‘some interesting particulars:
Kingston, May 3, ] -.02.
Mr. (J. It. Stilly,tj.l—Rear Sir:
I learned this evening that the Yanks were be
low Rome and that our men neoded reinforcements,
t then ran the train to ltoino from this place to
carry about men, and have just returned, hav
ing learned the following particulars: (ten. tor
res t has overtaken the enemy at Gaylesville, Che
rokee county, Ala., about twenty-live miles west of
Rome, and the courier stated that an engagement
had taken place. The courier left before the fight
closed; therefore we can't tell the result. I have
a dispatch from General i'orrest to Gen. Bragg,
dated yesterday, seventeen miles west of Gadsden,
asking for a force to be sent to Rome to check
them, as liis horses were tired out; but lieliasover
talcen them to-day and it is hoped given them a
good thrashing. Their advance guard came to Col.
Shorter’s place, one mile from Rome, to-day, fired
on our pickets, and then retired. They numbered
200. Their whole force is about 1,600. AVe have
the bridges guarded and will give them a few
rounds when they come. Gen. Black is pursuing
the advance guard. Airs. Stillwell is at Oliver’s.
The bullets Hew thick round your house, but your
family are all safe. We do not lear any attack be
tween hero and Romo. The enemy burnt Nobles’
iron Works, 20 miles below Rome. We need more
men. If Forrest fails to check them, good-bye to
Rome.
Yours, respectfully,
C. A. SMITH,
Conductor Rome K. R.
Special Correspondence of the Sun.
Letter from Richmond.
Richmond, April 80.
It seems that the movement observed
in Hooker’s army, a few days since, in
stead of being an indication of retreat,
was indeed an advance. Thursday
morning, about z o'clock, a force of the
enemy, estimated at from 5,000 to 10,000,
succeeded in crossing the Rappahan
nock, at Deep Run ford, during an im
mense fog. They were gallantly met by
the 13th Georgia regiment, who held
them in check until 10 o’clock, yester
day morning, when the oth Louisiana
relieved them. I have been unable to
learn the loss on our side, but it is be
lieved to be small.
The enemy were also crossing at Kel
ly’s ford in large force, and passengers
by the cars, this morning, report, heavy
firing in that direction. Kelly’s Ford is
about six miles above Fredericksburg.
There seems to be no doubt that a bat
tle will take place between Lee and
Hooker in a day or two, if not sooner.
Reinforcements are being sent from.tkis
city to our army, and there is no fear of
the result.
We have also some good tidings from
Northwest Virginia, the official account
of which T send you in advance of the
papers of this city. Imboden writes as
follows to the War Department:
Iti.uiQUAirrrns Ninth Va. Brigade,)
Two Miles South of Beverly,
April —4tli, ISOS, j
1 attacked the enemy in a strong po
sition, on the heights in the rear of Bev
erly to day. and defeated and drove him
from the town after a stubborn resistance
of three hours, pursued him till dark on
ilie Phillippi road- -renew the pursuit in
(lie morning. He burnt a considerable
part of the town and destroyed his stores,
which were very considerable. Commis
saries alone over $4Q,000.
I captured five new army wagons,
thirty odd fine horses and mules, thirty
four new Enfield rifles, a number of good
tents, a quantity of grain, a bogus Mili
tia Major and a, number of prisoners—
list not made up yet. 1 learu I will pro
cure over 1,000 head of fine cattle in this
and Barbour county and large quantities
of bacon.
It has been raining for four days—
roads a perfect mire.
Casualties : A few badly wounded on
our side ; none killed. Enemy's loss un
known, as he removed all before he re
treated. The people are rejoicing at
their deliverance from the oppressor.
Enemy’s force to-day ?ivo regiments
of infantry, a battery, and two compa
nies of cavalry.
Yours, &e., J• D. Imboden.
Congress will adjourn to-morrow at
twelve o’clock. For the past three days
Vice President Mepben has presided
over the Senate. Ned.
P. S.—A dispatch just received (one
o’clock, p. m.) says the enemy is crossing
in large force at Fredericksburg.
Yankee Turchin, known for
bis atrocities, who was tried by court
martial and dismissed the service, has
been rewarded for his vandalism by Lin
coln, by the appointment of Brigadier-
General under Rosecranz.
Special Correspondence of the Sun.
Letter from Richmond.
Ric hmond, April *2‘.i.
The examination of Robert S. ForJe.
tor the killing of Robert E. Dixon, bos
| been pus. poned until Saturday next, on
iiceoiuii of the absence of witnesses.
Futile has secured the services of W. AY
Crump, Gen. Randolph and lion. Mr.
Burnett, of I\y., to defend him.
Railroad Accident.—A serious acci
dent occurred on the Richmond and Dan
ville Railroad, last evening, when near
this city. The down train, filled with
passengers, in turning a short curve near
Coalfield Station, ran over a cow, thereby
throwing from the track two of the cars,
killing instantly, Mr. Bowden, of Dan
ville, and seriously wounding about
thirty others,"some of them dangerously.
A negro brakciuuu was also killed. The
ears were completely demolished, and it
is a miracle that more ol the passengers
were not killed.
Hooker’s Army.— There is a rumor
this morning that Hooker is evacuating
his position on the north bank of the
llappahannock. whether to make an “on
to Richmond” movement from another
direction, or simply to defend Washing
ton, is not known. By late Northern
news, it will be seen that several regi
ments of his two years’ volunteers have
been mustered out of service, ltookei
finding that he could not do anything
himself, now relies upon General Star
vation to ilo his work, but in that, with
the blessing of God, he will be most sad
ly disappointed, for, from present, ap
pearances, larger crops of provisions
were never before raised in the South, as
will be this summer. In Virginia, the
wheat and corn promise an abundant
yield. Our farmers seem to have ignor
ed tobacco altogether, and have devoted
their lands to the cereals. Large num
bers are also preparing to plant the
Chinese sugar cane.
Mu. llartridge.— Perhaps the young
est member of the Itouse of Representa
tives is the Hon. Mr. llartridge, of your
State ; but there is not one who com
mands more attention and who is listened
to more attentively when he addresses
the body, than lie does. Though young
in years, he is old in experience, and is
looked up to as one of the leading mem
bers of a body in which is displayed so
much talent and intelligence. Georgia
may feel proud of such representatives.
The recent call of the President on the
country for supplies for our noble army,
has caused a great flurry among the ex
tortioners in this region. They are
hedging and dodging, picking up this
and that, trying here and there, but it
is all of no avail. Their time has come,
and there is none so poor as to pity them !
Provisions are tumbling, down, down,
which shows there never was a scarcity.
Extortioner, avaunt! Ned
Correspondence of tlie Sun.
Letter from Pensacola.
Camp Lee, May Ist, 18G8.
About a year ago Pensacola was evac
uated, and possession taken by the ene
my. To-day there are not exceeding
half a dozen families in the place, and
the grass is growing in the streets of the
most ancient city on the Gulf! Desola
tion marks the tread of the invader
wherever lie has obtained a foothold.—
Let other cities be warned of their fate
in time, and never consent, to a surren
der while one brick is left standing on
another.
The troops hereabouts indulge the
hope of being relieved before long, and
sent to some other held.
Your neighbor on this side of the Chat
tahoochie, Brig. General Canty, is now
in command of the East District of the
Gulf. Everybody knows his distinguish
ed services at the head of the 15th Alaba
ma, in Virginia, and nobody doubts that
he will come fully up to the standard of
public expectation here.
A circumstance occurred not a hundred
miles from this place, a day or two ago,
that has afforded the boys some merri
ment. A guard was posted a few miles
from this place to protect some small pox
cases. The quarantine being about out,
the boys were not very particular about
staying at flic guard tent, but sauntered
about pretty much ad libitum. One day,
between breakfast and noon, while one
of the men was reclining on a bench,
enjoying that state of half consciousness,
so delectable to him who indulges in it,
his dreams were interrupted by a gentle
man presenting the appearance of an in
telligent, well-to-do, but unassuming
farmer, wearing a* slouched hat, and
dressed in a neat suit of grey jeans, with
none too much care bestowed on his
toilet.
The soldier listlessly rising up from his
reclining position and yawning, the sup
posed farmer, throwing much sympathy
and commisseration in his tones said,
“Lie down, lie down, and rest yourself!
I know you must be tired, poor soldier !
Staying up here where you have so much
hardship to undergo ! Lie down and go
to sleep again ! Don’t, let me interrupt
you. You have to live mighty hard,
don’t you?” “If I do, its none of your
d-m-d business. I expect you want, to
sell me lard at a dollar a pound, and
three fourths of it turn out to be tallow;
or may be you wmnt to sell me eggs at. a
dollar a dozen that the old hen ‘sot’ on
’till you found they wouldn’t hatch. But
you can’t come that game,old fel. I live
like a fighting cock, and intend to, as
long there is a pig in the woods with
grease enough on his bones to rise on
the water.” Seemingly not resenting
the uncouth reception, the farmer con
tinued, “Where are your comrades, I
wish you’d hunt them up, I want to see
them.” “If you do, by G —d go and
hunt ’em up, you’ve got as little to do as
I have.” “Do you know whom you are
talking to ?” “No; and what’s more, I
don’t care a continental.” “Well, you
are talking to Brig. General y.”
“You can’t come that game on this sol
dier. The thing’s been tried before. 1
wish you could a seed the red headed old
cuss that tried to play himself off the
other day for General y. He \vns
nearly as hard a looking case as you ;”
and putting a dirty thumb on a still dir
tier‘nose, the soldier went through the
motion of turning a crank. The Gene
ral, seeing that the soldier had the inside
track, did what he never did to an ene
my, turned his back, wearing a pleasant
smile which he could not altogether con
ceal beneath his black moustache.
Yours, Iter.
Home Again. —We sec upon the streets
lion. B. 11. Hill, and are glad to observe
that he is in good health, though he looks
fatigued with the heavy labors of the
recent Congress. We express a hope
that he will soon be rested, and that his
strength will be preserved, for Georgia
and the Confederacy need just such men
in the national counsels.— La Grange Re
porter, 3 Oth.
iY>nesimn<lon.v >.f tin- Sun.
Loiter from Vicksburg.
C.\Wf M AH VIi'KSBIIKO, MIS , j
May Ist, 1863. /
Tii, den ~t Federal gunboats which
uas biueeeded in passing our batteries
within two weeks past, attacked our bat
teries at Grand Gulf, on the morning Os
the 2‘.iih, and after a fierce bombardment
ot seven hours, was compelled to retire.
\\ e are certain of having disabled one
gunboat. YYliat further damage our bat
teries did them is notknown. Confeder
ate loss, three killed and fourteen woun
ded. Among the former, we mourn the
loss of Col. Wade at the commencement
of the war, a resident iu St. Louis, Mo.
He has been in the service from the first,
and lias participated in some of (lie hard
est lights in ihe West.
brignMier (ten. John S. Bowen is in
command <d our forces, at Grand Gulf,
ftc is a Georgian by nativity and a Mis
sourian by adoption. Great confidence
is felt in his-ability as a commander.
A portion of Gen. Price’s old army is
with Gen. Bowen. Tracy’s brigade is at
Grand Gulf. Waddell’s battery is at
Warrenton.
I’hc gunboats above entered Yazoo
river and Chickasaw Bayou yesterday,
and proceeded to Snyder’s Blutf, which
they shelled furiously for several hours,
doing no damage. The object of the
enemy is beyond doubt to Hank our posi
tion at Vicksburg, by landing troops
above and i elow, while an attack will
ah o lie made in front <>i the city. ■ Let
it. cotue, is i lie universal cry of citizen
and soldier.
jou have doubtless been informed ere
this, of the Grierson raid. The Jack
son press will keep you posted as to the
particulars. 1 have no disposition, (be
lieving that I could not do the subject
justice) to comment, upon the affair, fur
ther than to say that it is a disgrace to
the St.Mte ot Mississippi, nnd to the rnili
tary authorities commanding in this de
partment.
There has been fighting to-day in the
direction of Grand Gulf, but we have no
particulars yet. The enemy has landed
a force somewhere not far from Grand
Gulf. We look for severe fighting below
to-morrow. The enemy is also trying
to land troops on the Yazoo and Chicka
saw Bayou. They seem so be in earnest
t bis tinto.
The damage to the Southern llailroad
in the neighborhood of Newton Station
by the Yankees, will bo repaired in a
lew days, when the trains will pass
through. We have had no mails since
the road was damaged by Grierson.
You will know in a short time whether
\ icksburg can be held against the great
efforts ot the enemy to obtain possession
ot it. Conkf.df.uati:.
f“i S. —General Barton Ih*h just received a dis
patch frem our forces below ltig Black, near Port
Gibson, where they met the enemy to-day and en
gaged them for se end hours, hut were finally
compelled to fill hack for want of ammunition, the
trains witli it n>t arriving in time. General Tra
cey killed. General llowen had four horses shot
under him. Confederate loss not known yet.
Botetourt, battery capture'll and recaptured.
Ht i forcemeats gone down. C.
Tint Fall of Prices.
The healthy influence of the Tax Bill,
which has just become a law, is already
making itself felt in the provision mar
ket. Since (he leading features of the tax
bill Lave obtained publicity, the decline
of prices, in flour, rice and other articles
of food, lias been steady and unmistak
able. A variety of reasons are given to
account for the fall; some attributing it
to tlte sudden contraction of the curren
cy by the recent funding of so many
millions of our redundant currency in
Confederate bonds; and others alleging
as a cause, the restrictions lately im
posed upon inter-State shipments forthe
purpose of speculation. Both these cir
cumstances, doubtless, have contributed,
in a measure, to bring about the reduc
tion of prices; but. the agency that has
been mainly instrumental in effecting
the welcome change is, in fact, the new
Confederate tax.
At no time, wc feel convinced, has
there existed any real scarcity of food in
the Southern States. But in every com
munity, besides and distinct from the
speculators and extortioners, there have
been timid capitalists, who, investing
their funds in an accumulation of pro
visions, and refusing to sell, rather with
a view to security than profit., have vir
tually withdrawn from the market a very
large proportion of its natural supplies.
An artificial scarcity has thus been pro
duced, while, in truth, there was abun
dance in the land.
But, duping the last three weeks,
prices have reached their acme, and
there is reason to believe that the de
cline which has begun is not yet ended.
The new wheat and corn crops promise
to be the heaviest ever T known in the
South, and will, ere long, be pressing
into the market. The policy of import
ing provisions in large quantities has
already been inaugurated, the well known
Charleston firm,’ whose enterprise and
tact lias already, in other respects, con
ferred incalculable benefits upon the
country', taking the lead in this last and
most important development of the
blockade trade.
With the prospect of this early and
active competition in the market, and
with the certainty of the heavy tax upon
hoarded produce, which must be paid
early in the summer, it is not strange
that holders should everywhere be cau
tiously’ relaxing their grasp upon their
accumulated supplies. Nor need we be
surprised to find that, as those supplies,
so long withheld, are wisely yielded to
the demand, there occurs such a tumble
in the price of food, as will add new
nerve to the arms of our soldiers in the
field, and send joy’ and thankfulness to
the hearts of the whole people.— Charles•
ton Mercury, 28th.
Yankees and Niggers. —A late num
ber of Harper’s Weekly says :
“The problem how to employ the con
trabands will necessarily be solved by
the war. Necessity will compel us to use
them as soldiers. We shall require, to gar
rison the strategic points in the enor
mous country which we have underta
ken to overrun, more troops than even
the populous North can provide. For
this service the negroes are well adapted,
and whatever scruples may be entertain
ed by individual Generals, the topic of
events compels us to assign them to it
at several points.
“We shall have to feed and clothe
the emancipated negroes, and there is no
present way of making them earn their
living except by making them garrison
our Forts.”
“Hector,” a correspondent of the Rome
(Ga.) Courier, is entirely at fault in his
statement that the Yankee General Ros
ecranz once lived in Georgia, and was
there married.
We have it on good authority that the
lady of Cobb county referred to married
a citizen and gentleman of New York.—
Charleston Courier.
Trading Negroes for Cotton.
The charge -hat some of the Ywilfee*
Generals were more intent on making
money than whipping the rebels, though
made frequently and as often substan
tiated, is proven more conclusively than
ever by facts that have come before the
McDowell investigation in St. Louis.
c grossest charge is that made against
Go.. I'ovcy, of Illinois, of trading ne
oou for cot tod’ The following ia the
testimony ou the subject;
Bruc . ufitcld bung called nud sworn,
ftolitmd:
UNO. -1-
whether you ever made an
expedition for cotton ou the steamer
latan in September. 1862, and if so,
what occurred at that time?
I did. Our company, commanded
by Gaps. Twining, was ordered out from
a camp near Helena, to go down on the
steamer latan. The captain of the boat
told us the intention was to take us down
to get some wood for fuel. We landed
on the Mississippi side of the river, oppo
site the cut-off—White river. There
was aboard the beat one Brown, an over
seer of Col. McGee’s plantation ; he was
on the boat when we went aboard. Af
ter the boat was tied up, Brown went
ashore ; this was after dark. Sometime
afterwards a man wearing a Government
overcoat ami spurs came aboard the
boat. Some of our company, supposing
him to be a rebel soldier, asked him
where he got his clothes. He told them
he got them iu the Mexican war He
weut to the captain of (lie boat nud told
him it was all right -that the cottou
would be in in the course of a few hours.
Iu due time Brown returned, bringing
with him twenty six bales of cotton.
After the cottou was delivered the boat
men, by order of the captain, put on
shore fifteen negroes that had been used
as boat bands. After getting them on
shore they tied them,'alter considerable
struggling on the part of the negroes.
In the tyiug operation one of the negroes
escaped. After they were tied Brown
took them away.
I was on picket post, and Brown, with
the negroes, stopped at the post and bid
me good evening, and then went on.
Some time after taking the negroes away,
Brown came back and went aboard the
boat and stayed till daylight. A member
of my company (don’t recollect his name)
told me lie saw Capt. Weaver pay Brown
some money—we supposed for the cotton.
Q. —What part did Capt. Twining or
soldiers present take in this transaction
of putting off tlie negroes?
A.—-Merely acting under orders.
They put us out on shore to guard against
surprise. We guarded the boat. That
was our duty. We had nothing to do
with the negroes at all.
Q.—On what date was this?
A. -It was about the 24th of Septem
ber.
Q. — Was any military ofiioer on board
the boat besides the otlieors of your com
pany ?
A. —l think not. There was a man on
board, but I don’t think lie was a com
missioned oiliccr; lie was acting as aid
to Colonel Hover His name is Wash
bur ne.
Q. How many negroes, acting as
deck hands, were there on board the
boat when you went aboard with your
company ?
A.—Fifteen.
Q. —After these fifteen negroes were
put ashore, did any other negroes come
back with you as deck hands in the
service of the boat ?
A.—No, sir. These negroes were
taken on an expedition to the same place
some weeks before, from (he same plan
tation.
Q. —Under whose charge was that ex
pedition?
t’olonel llovey.
The Times on the United States
Senate and Foreign Nations.— The
London Times observes, among the latest
proceedings ol the United States Senate,
“a rebuke to all foreign nations who
have presumed to judge American affaire
by American facts.” It refers to the
series of resolutions moved by’ Mr. Sum
ner, condemning the spirit of Mr. Se
ward’s dispatch to the French Govern
ment rejecting its proposal of a media
tion. These resolutions “regret that
foreign Powers have not frankly inform
ed the Southern States that the work in
which they arc engaged is hopeless.”
The Times pertinently asks: “What evi
dence has reached Europe that enables
it to give any information of the kind?
The very measures just passed by the
expiring House of Representatives point
the other way. They leave the impress
of party passion and despair. They
have little of the calmness of strength,
or the quiet assurance of victory.”
Henry Clay’s Opinion of the Abo
litionists. — The Richmond Examiner
revives the following from one of Mr.
Clay’s speeches. He spoke of the Abo
litionists in these very words :
“With them, the rights of property are
nothing ; tlie deficiency of the powers of
the General Government, isnothing; the
acknowledged and incontestible pow
ers of the Mates, are nothing ; the dissolu
tion of the Union, and the overthrow of a.
Government in which are concentrated
the hopes of the civilized world, are
nothing. A single idea has taken posses
sion of their minds, and onward they
pursue it, overleaping all barriers, reck
less and regardless of all consequences.”
Chicago Election. —The election
for municipal officers in Chicago took
place on the 21st inst. Sherman, the
Democratic candidate for mayor, was
elected by 118 majority. The remainder
of the Democratic ticket was elected by
a somewhat larger majority. Great in.
terest was felt in the election.
The Tumble in Prices.— Flour sold
at Yendue * Range, in this city, on
Wednesday last, at S4O per barrel, and
the tendency is still downward. The
Augusta Chronicle of yesterday says :
“Prices are indeed tending downward,
as is shown by the sales at auction, by
W. B. Griffin & Cos., of this city, yester
day. Flour was sold at $35 to $45 per
barrel; bacon, G7£c. per lb; rice, old,
10c., new 18c.; brandy, sl4 to S2O per
gallon ; yarns, per bunch.”— Ch.
Mercury, Ist.
Galveston advices through the
New Orleans papers, report Magruder
aotively engaged in fortifying the har
bor and Pelican island. The capture of
Com. Fowler, of our navy, who com
manded the Sabine Pass flotilla, is also
announced.
Northwestern Virginia.— We have
received intelligence, believed to be au
thentic, that Gen. Jones has been opera
ting successfully upon the line of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and that
Milroy has evaeuted Winchester. We
further hear that Gen. Imboden has
taken possession of Beverly, the county
sent of Randolph, driving the enemy oul
and making some valuable captures.—
Rirlt. Whig.
Fatal Duel in Charleston. —We
learn a duel was fought in Charleston on
Satui'day last between Lieut. Bellinger
and Lieut. Rice, both of Lamar’s regi
ment, which so distinguished itself in
the Secessionville fight, in which the
former was shot through the heart.—At
lanta Confed., 1 st.
Press Prices. —The Augusta Chroni
cle announces that the subscription to
the daily paper is S2O per annum. The
tri-weekly is charged sl2.