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I ; j-o-ebt City’and Country Circulation
ic wit .if lUsiroi* Otey.—llev. .James
■ !■<i-v-s o ‘ D l’ 1” L TANARUS) , Bishop of
[), ,'cse of Tennessee, died at his
truce in Memphis, about two weeks
b'vut. Bellinger, of Lamar's
i, i regiment, was killed in a duel
. h hieui Rice, in Charleston, on the
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i s’ iiorr.— The editor of the liitel
, n.-ei* has been shown a specimen of
manufactured from the long moss
i is found in till the cotton States.
! Intelligencer thinks this an excellent
•••time tor the rope made from hemp
,',ti"ii, and that it will come into
rii’ tl l use. It makes haliers, bed cords
, bale rope.
, riisoe. i..— \jfs- learn from the Adver
i that Gen S. is Buckner is now in
•Uutgomery, on his way to Tennessee,
.ai-t-e tic is to have anew command.
Km’ several months past he has been in
muituid at i^obilei
—.
I’iio.iiotion of Cot,. (.1 lav r ,\. A meiii
i of Cummings’ old brigade, writing
il.v- Mobile Evcning News from Tulla
;..iimi, says that Gen. Cummings has
, n “ ill to A icksburg ; and that it is
rh-rslood that Col. Clayton, of Barbour
inly, Ala., is appointed Brigadier and
,'iicd to Cummings’ old brigade. Col.
iyton was the Colonel of tlie Ist Ala
ii ii, but was Colonel of the both Ala
nd. at the time of his promotion.
An exchange says, a number of
■ Mi.-s and gentlemen of Nashville have
m *nf to the Penitentiary by Rosen
■:aiis, for sympathizing with the rebels ;
i nil .Miss lan me Rattle and Miss Ilattie
ilooker, two iiitelligent young ladies of
Davidson county, have been ordered to
':<iitp Plittse, for the same offense.
tii vn.w ms “Knows.”—When Col.
i ,!v Legion was stationed
ii (Le Potomac, a man claiming to be
. itizen of the neighborhood, came and
-a.- l to get, within our lines to hunt
il / ,■ -ou's.” The Col. not liking his
tl twang, replied: “1 cannot permit
mi ‘ o par. in : if any person wishes to
m. in to hunt euitw, he can do so; but
‘anr/ot let any one pass who wishes
, tmnt Mr ows.‘ 0! Jonathan, “thy
.;vli hefrayctu thee.”
‘.rHi.-.T of Hon. C. S. Vablandig
i - According to recent dispatches,
. i.iii.e/u dj nasty has at last laid its
..a.-band on the great Ohio patriot,
ai intesmeu. This would no doubt
\t ..on done long since, bad not the
i . ’ef (ho vengeance of Ohio and the
‘■ atb est prevented it.
hd,i Cfccl hi:: arrest will produce on
• iri>- 1 • ; and constituents, we shall
” lull we fear (hey can do little else
ii endure in silent, agony—they have
■ i too long —ihe manacles of the
... are upon them —his armed min-
I- go by thousands at his bidding, and
oil he difficult for them to organize
“1 rn.i ,-o as to offer him resistance,
their brethren in the Held should
■ iiniae to resist his authority. In
. .eat. the despot’s throne would
i iTiimWe, and his scepter be turned
S’ , •
I Lyl^S.
ito ui W. A. AcuKts.— We are deep
I .ued tp see, in the list of casualties
be fist Georgia Regiment, the name,
■mg the killed, of this honorable and
.Me y. 'U.na man. Lieut. Acree was
■ > outer by profession, and many of the
in this city w**re bis companions
f ti lends, by whom lie was held in
. esteem. But alas ! he is gone,
’ in i lie field of bis fame fresh and
ti, p.iu (lie chivalrous Lomax,
jiroti-ge lie was in other days,) in
j.pior and Letter land Peace to the
- .>f the brave.
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I ‘i. Thomas 11. Watts.—This gen
ii lias been requested by friends to
.. Ids name to be run for the next
| enior of Alabama, lie replies in a
patriotic tone, expressing an un
til; ness that his name should be used
•ay way to excite strife and angry de
-1 .iuong the people; but consents for
friends to use his n/VTUC in any way
■i they thiak ihe good of the country
■:ads Such ability, connected with
modesty and patriotism, should not
I neglected. We hope to see the time
■ wliou the office will seek the man,
i imi the man Ihe office.
it oki.rM Army.—From the report of
MikerM Medical Director, it appears
| M ii u . number of sick in the whole
-.tv, on the Ist of April, was 10,777,
| i the ratio of sick for the whole army
: ’ t per 1,000, leaving 148,000 fit for
Ii It is supposed 40,000 of these
■ V ;ii Deep Bun with Sedgwick, and in
, lord a3 camp guard, leaving 108,000
Mil Wilderness and Chancellorsville.
S, According to the New York Herald of
■ ‘ ’ -. tli nit , there were thirty -eight regi-
.is from the State of New York, .vffine,
e term of service was about expi
| Three or four of these had already
| m mustered out of service and gone
Jf ne Twenty odd will be discharged
I ling the present month —the remainder
■ Mine, except one regiment, that does
I get <if till the 4th of July.
idle this maybe substantially cor
-1 we should not flatter ourselves that
| ‘li and Army” will decrease in num-
I- The men and money of the North
c Lincoln’s disposal: we need not
i ,? that he will lack men; but let us
I tvrt tu meet full regiments and “trust
■ •"lui and keep our powder dry ”
VOL. Vli.;
The Kill ii re. The Knemy’s I'ro -
gfuniine.
i At.er almost innumerable lyilurts in
mibi ii y i.jia rations of an extensive
’"•••el U seen,’ now to h. tl Jt p -, U p„ >e
,L * • • cw ova- h„ ii•.o ll i,*
“' Uli,c ot by -Grand army
movemenis, and m,oi t to a sort of gue. ,1-
la V,, “ ,:11v - The plan i: l, v no rneare
UoVl ' ! with the Yankees. The firs! at
icmpis -,j ihe fierce horde.s of Northern
Europe to reduce the lieptarcliies ofan
oieni Britain by large armies ani fleets,
luiled a- signally as have the insane at
tempts ot the Yankees to overruu and
subjugate the South. Failing in .heir
attempts to possess themselves of the
goodly land of Southern Europe by lctriti-
Mtatc warfare, the plundering hordes
next organized themselve . into smaller
companies for predatory cxeur ions,
ihey seemed to have no higher object
than plunder ; first, with a view of car
lymg off whatever articles of value
might fall into their hands, and second
lo extort, from a weak and temporizing
power, large sums of money, in consid°
eration of promises to desist from their
robberies. No sooner would the money
be thus paid than fresh inroads would
be made by different bands of the same
organized horde from another quarter
fn this way dCt they succeed not only in
* Uvr i*uiii us I ji(‘
country by destroying rtsoitrets. b u t
also m draining the imbecile govern
nients of nearly all their finances.
Is it not altogether probable that
the Abolition government at Washington
has some such a plan as this in contem
plation . It first tried to accomplish its
purpose by massing together overwhelm
ing numbers; it came down upm us
with a great nourish of trumpets, glory
ing in ihe superior power which mere
bulk is presumed to give, and reveling in
the haven of prospective glory. These
hordes have been successfully resisted
for two long years, and their efforts have
been wholly barren of success.
ihe Treasury of their government has
been depleted, public sentiment is divid
ed, their armies are demoralized, and
bankruptcy and ruin stare them in the
face. It is now an interesting question
with the Abolition Government, how to
get out of ihe war. The recognition of
the Confederate .States, or an otter of
a negotiation of peace, based upon sepa
ration, jvould be but the prelude to a civil
strife at the North, the like of which the
world has perhaps never yet seen. To
keep up the war much longer upon the
plan first inaugurated, is simpl” .in im
possibility. Regular armies, numbering
from one to six hundred thousand men.
and campaigns of such fearful magni
tude as that of McClellan, or Burnside,
or Hooker, or Rosencrans, incur expen
ditures which it will be difficult to meet
much longer. What then will be
tbe alternative? If they proceed at
their present rates, it will result in their
ultimate ruin. The plan of starving us
into submission is a. delusion (bat will
not last a great while longer. To re
tract and give over the war is immediate
ruin, i heir only remaining course is a
predatory warfare. By this they hope
to demoralize our people, break our
spirit of resistance, destroyour resour
ces, remunerate themselves for a two
years unsuccessful warfare by an exten
sive and well organized system of boot}',
destroy our commerce, weaken our inter
nal strength by burning and destroying
our machine shops and break
up our resources by destroying or de
moralizing our slave population, and in
time, when our able bodied men and war
resources shall have been destroyed or
exhausted, they hope to come in and
possess themselves of this fair land.
It is well that our people should reflect
on this matter. That the attempt will
be made, we have no doubt. Indeed re
cent developments clearly point out that
as the future course of our maddened
and distracted enemy, and our people
should hold themselves in readiness to
meet all emergencies. They should or
ganize into companies .and battalions
drill at regular periods, provide them
selves with arms and be read}’ at a mo
ment's warning to defend their city or
neighborhood against these marauders
who seek to burn and plunder our coun
try.
The Third and Ninth Georgia Bat
tai.ions.—These battalions have been
consolidated, with the following organi
zation, under the title of the Ist Georgia
Regiment, in which there are two Colum
bus companies, viz : the Lula Guards and
the Jackson Avengers:
A. F. Rudler, formerly Major of the
3d Ga., Colonel; J. T. Smith, formerly
Major of the Oth, Lieutenant Colonel;
M. Kemlrielc, formerly Captain of Lewis
and Phillips Guards of the 3d, Maj#r;
A. J. Hanson, Adjutant ; B. 13. Gardner,
Surgeon, and the Assistant Surgeon of
Oth ranks the same in the regiment. No
regiment has a finer set of field officers.
A member of the regiment as thus or
ganized, writing to the “Confederacy.”
says:
“I congratulate the happy change in
the condition of each; and we pledge
you a good account of the Ist. The 3rd
Ga. Battalion is no more known as a
separate organization.”
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Transfer of Gen. Joseph E. John
ston. —It is said that. Gen. Johnston has
been transferred to tbe department of
Mississippi, and that he is now en route
for Vicksburg. The enemy seems to be
making a last desperate struggle to take
“little Vicksburg”—it Las been now for
a long time a thorn in their side; and
we hope that under the skillful general
ship of Johnston, it wfll continue to
stand lip as a monument testifying that
Lincoln's gunboats are not ‘•invincible.
The Advance of the Enemy on Tal
ladega.—We learn from a private letter
from an officer in the sth Georgia Regi
ment, that Forrest has gone to attack
the enemy, who are advancing on Talla
dega. We expect to hear of stirring times
itt that quarter soon.
COLUMBUS, (L-\., TITS!> \y M'nn\'l.\T, MAY in, is-j.
Otir Local Defences,
V> e learn from tlie Seim i Reporter that
‘hij Chambliss, the ranking officer of
■ that place, has been ordered by General
id igg to -put that place immediately „•
■ st.<ie Ot defence, by arming noth nn
I . tis and operatives rn Government i-m
----j ploy, nn.i that the Mayor immediately
j called n meetiug for thepurp.i-i-ofov-vau
! izin^.
This should be done by eve-y cii y, vil
lage and neighborhood in the South.—
The enemy has recently given its three
specimens of raids of a very dating cliar
agler. And although no very serious
injury has been done us yet, by these
rmls, they will no doubt inspire the
Yankees-to make other attempts; and.
hould warn us to be prepared to toec
Hi’- worst emergency.
! Bel ween this city and TusoumLia ilm
l ,
| country is almost wholly unprotected,
atid a very few desperate fellows, under
a daring leader, could make a da>h at
this place, burn up the work shops and
destroy the government stores, and dash
back toTuscumbia or down to Pensaco
la, with little or no loss.
This city is peculiarly exposed—it is
doing as much or more work for the
Confederacy than any other within its
bounds; this renders it a coveted prize to
the enemy, and unless we speedily do
BairiL'tLin ir tot* defence, we may soon be
the victims of a merciless raid.
In our midst is quite a number of de
tailed soldiers at. work iu Government
shops. Let these be at once organized
into companies, and these, together with
those formed by ihe citizens, be organ
ized into regiments, and arms and am
munition be furnished, so that they can
be ready for action on any emergency.
But if no organization is had, a mere
liandfull of mounted blue coats could
come and take t his place, and so far from
the citizens arid detailed soldiers being
an efficient guard, they would have to
run like partridges, or x tamely stand by
and see the enemy accomplish his work
of destruction.
News.—The Demand and Supply.
The scenes of this war have been so
thrilling, and have passed before us in
such rapid succession, that our people
have grown perfectly clamorous for
ncu-s. After a great engagement, ihey
scarcely wait for the smoke to clear away
and the patriotic blood to dry’ on the
hallowed scene of conflict, till they’ grow
anxious to hear of another conflict. And
after all that our brave troops, led by
our sagacious generals, Ym- done, some
are disposed to murmur; they would
turn our victories to greater advantage ;
they would have taken Washington City
after the first battle of Manassas, and
would have made many’ grand achieve
ments.
But in our eagerness for brilliant, vic
tories and a speedy termination of the
war, we should not underestimate what
our armies have done and are still doing.
It is no small achievement that our capi
tal still stands after so many’ desperate
efforts to capture it—that the enemy lias
not the entire possession of any seceded
State-—that we have not been “alaroed
out ” —but that our prospects for inde
pendeutnationalityareconstantly bright
ening.
But we should not too sharply censure
our people for their thirst for jick's—it
would be unnatural for them not to feel
a deep interest in the movements of our
army, and betray a shocking want of
interest in the success of our cause and
the welfare of the loved ones who have
gone to battle for it. But we should
calm feverish excitement, remem
bering that, “In the hands of the Lord
is the heart of the King and as a river
of water he turneth it wheresoever lie
will.”
Jgigp’ The South Carolinian says that a
meeting of the directors of the Press As
sociation will be held at Atlanta on the
14th instant, when measures will be
a lopted to improve the present system.
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Lawlessness in North Geoiuiia.—A
friend writes us from Ooltawah station,
that that section has been for some lime
past infested with a gang of outlaws,
stealing horses, negroes, hogs, and in
fact everything of value. A few nights
ago, a party of gentlemen of that vicinity
went in pursuit of the marauders, and
succeeded in capturing three of them,
two brothers Farnel, and the other a man
named Elrod. These three men had just
returned from a thieving expedition
down into the lower counties, and had
stolen a negro, some horses, clot lies and
saddles. They had another negro with
them, who escaped. Immediately after
the capture of the thieves, five men c-anie
up from the counties below and took
them back to the scene of their first
depredations, where it. is hoped they will
meet, with summary j ust ice. Chattanooga
Rebel.
Present fop. Gen. Lee. — A gentleman
who recently passed the Federal lines
says the Democratic ladies of New York
have gotten up a magnificent sword, at a
cost of twelve hundred dollars, intended
as a present to Gen. Lee. It will be sent
to Richmond by some underground rail
road.
*
At Brownsville, Texas, molasses
is selling at fifty cents per gallon. Shoes,
of good make, eighteen dollars per doz
en.” Hats, at the same price. Domestics,
twenty cents per yard. Two hundred
barrels of flour sold at auction at ten
dollars and fifty cents per barrel.
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Yankees Captured.— Two sergeants
and a private belonging to the 2d New
York cavalry, were captured in Henrico
county yesterday morning, and are now
at ihe Libby prison. They were mount
ed on good horses, which they probably
stole. Rich. Whig.
Tiie Yankees in Greenbrier.—lt is
stated that Col. Edgar’s battalion, sta
tioned at Lewis-burg, Greenbrier county,
Ya., was surprised by a large force of
Yankee cavalry last Friday night. Col.
E. rallied his men and drove the euemy
back, killing and wounding several. —
Rich. Whig.
“Forrest” County. —A distinguished
citizen of Georgia, filling a high official
position, suggests that the name of
Union County be changed to that of For
rest
U.ine.qmmlen >• ..! ilio Sim.
belters from Vicksburg.
Vicksburg, Miss May 3. 18C3.
Grand Gulf was evacuated yesterday
iiiuimiij lße rn.-tgaz’ lie having been deS
; : 1 ■-/ 1. 1 and ;Le gn> spiked. The forces
; unde) Gen. Bowen, Consistin'/ >i fraey’s,
Green - mid Bowen'; brigade . fell back
j tins side of Bayou Uierro tiie evening
| and destroyed the bridges. The
above .leu:soiled brigades were those
I engaged :• j the battle on tlie first, and
| fought several divisions of the enemy.
•No troops ever fought better. Green's
: brigade suffered the heaviest loss. Tra
; cy’s brigade badly cut up. Gen. Tracy
! fell early in the day. lie was killed by
| a minnie ball. He was buried near the
■ field by his slafl. The. whole of our
i force i ee-ro-sed Big Bhu kyosteiday e .'e
! |;| ng ill Han! ei oil’s 1- ny, mi pontoon
| bridge and are now in the vicinity of the
| ferry ori this side of the river, The cne
j my shelled our pickets late yesterday
: evening on the river. This shows that
! ihe enemy was pressing our rear.
The supposition now is that our forces
will fall back to Vicksburg and along
the Southern Railroad.
Four pieces of the Botetourt, Virginia
Artillery, were captured by tlie enemy.
One section was taken and retaken three
times. This battery lost heavily. Lieuts.
Peters and Doughlit, both killed by the
same he!l, their heads being blown en
iirely away, and their brain's scattered
upon the guns near by. Fifty horses
were lost by this battery.
Two boats oh some description were
buruod last, nighr iu attempting to pass
our batteries, supposed to be transports
laden with supplies.
All is doubt and uncertainty here.
You need not be surprised to hear that
Vicksburg is evacuated, before many
days, though l hope for better results.
Confederate.
Vicksburg, Miss., May 5.
Military matters appeared more quiet
yesterday evening. The larger portion
of our army remains near Hankerson’s
ferry. The enemy appeared yesterday
evening to be massing his troops on the
opposite side. Bis forces between the
ferry and Bruinsbnrg, (the point where
ho crossed from the Louisiana shore,)
estimated at sixty thousand. But one
boat of any kind, has been visible above
Vicksburg since Saturday, and that ap
pears to be a gunboat, doing sentinel
duty.
The boat destroyed Sunday night by
our batteries, was a tug with two im
mense barges in tow, laden with commis
sary stores. The tug was riddled com
pletely and the barges fifed by a shell,
as they rounded the point above the city,
and came opposite the batteries. Three
of the crew killed and the remainder,
eighteen in number, were taken from the
burning wreck, by our men in skill's, wbo
followed them several miles down the
river. The Yankees screamed lustilj’ for
help, and say they were delighted to see
the skiffs leave the shore and make for
them.
This will certainly be a hard blow to
the enemy, as they have to wagon their
supplies from their old landing opposite
the city, to a point opposite Bruinsburg,
which must be twenty-five miles.
As matters stand now it may be sever
al days before a battle is fought.
* Confederate.
Vicksburg, Miss., May G.
The enemy were crossing Big Black
river last night. -No opposition offered
them on our part. They will certainly
divide their forces at Haulcerson’s ferry
where they are crossing Big Black, and
send a portion in the direction of the
Railroad between this and Jackson. AYe
shall have warm work in a short time.
Col. Pettus, of-the 30th Alabama, who
was taken prisoner by the Yankees at
the battle near Port Gibson, managed
to escape from his guards and arrived at
his regiment night. lie estimates
the force of the enemy at fifty thousand.
No signs of the enemy across the river
or above. Confederate.
Sclccied Telegrams.
Jackson, May 11.—Osterhans is at
Cayuga with 1,5U0 Yankee cavalry, and
from six to seven regiments of infantry.
The enemy is reinforcing AVillow
Springs and Rock Springs from the river.
Grant will probably advance east, and
not directly on Vicksburg.
A special dispatch to the Appeal from
Senatobia, dated the 10th, reports from
the river that Gen. Price met and chas
tised the Yankees at, St. Francis river.
It is reported in Memphis that the
Confederates have occupied Pittsburg,
Pa.
The Memphis Bulletin of the Sth, has
a dispatch from Cincinnati, dated the
Sth, which says that Dayton is compara
tively quiet. After 10 o’clock yesterday
the troops from Cincinnati commencing
pouring in, and thirty ringleaders were
arrested. Every precaution will he used
to prevent a renewal of the attack.
A St. Louis dispatch says that 100 of
the most prominent secessionists have
been arrested in that city, and no favor
will be shown them. They will be sent
South, with their families.
A Nashville dispatch says that ex-
Governor Brown is one of the banished
from that. city.
The enemy is fortifying at Rocky
Springs and AVillow Springs.
Charleston, May 0. — The enemy’s
land forces hereabouts are showing ac
tivity.
Northern papers positively announce
that a second attack on Charleston will
soon take place, Lincoln being dissatis
fied with the failure of the first.
Several new devils for removing torpe
does have been sent to Port Royal. The
attack will be far more determined than
the other.
The battles on the Rappahannock were
ihe most desperate of the war. The
enemy’s loss in killed, wounded ami
prisoners is nearly 80,000.
Our loss in killed and wounded is be
tween six and seven thousand. AYe lost
fourteen pieces of artillery and took
fifty-three.
Yankee Fears of Gen. Price.— The
Louisville Democrat, “confesses up in.
the following style:
The name of the rebel Gen. Sterling j
Price is'now the rallying cry ot the reb
els southwest of the Mississippi. Lie!
has lately visited Richmond, and been,
empowered with all the authority he de
manded, and now he holds exclusive
command over the department west of
the Mississippi river, where he will en
deavor to repair the injuries inflicted on
the rebel cause bj’ the mismanagement,
of Gen. Holmes and Hindman, who have
been sent east of the Mississippi.
Sterling Price is the most formidable
man the secessionists could present, to
the Federal cause iu Missouri. He is
bold and able, and enjoys the implicit
confidence of his followers.
-Ist. {.l‘oi‘giii Kcgimuiit.
A letter irons Lieut, f. F Irvin, Aci
; ing Adjutant of ihe 21st Georgia Regi
ment, from the field of battle near Fred,
eiiehsburg, informs us of the following
casualties iu Company I, of ibis ILegi
i ment :
May 2.—Sergf. G. W. Adams, killed
while charging a battery; Private J. M.
Rosseau killed in the same charge : Pri-
Gite A\. K. Abbott slightly wounded.
Privates E. Christian, T. J. Elam, and
L. Pierce, were slightly wounded. Lt.
•L 1. Irvin was struck, but never halted.
Corp. J iliiyelt was struck, but never
halted.
.May 3.—Sergt. J. Dudrey, killed while
charging a battery; Captain M. Lynch,
bone broken in left leg, iu the same
’ barge; Corp. S. J Richard in, slightly
v-imudcd ; Private AV. G Bell, slight!•/:
l; F M Kirov, badly in the leg. !’ (>
j I arker, badly in ibe iieek, while can \ -
J iug tiie colors in a charge: C. A. Tram
mall and A. yiiiry, slightly wounded.
Weave lying in line of battle before
the enemy, looking for them to attack us
every moment. iSergt. T. B. Bray is in
command of the company.
List of the Killed and Wounded of
fllst Georgia Regiment-,
r,, i U. V. Evans, Commanding, in Secoud Hat do
“I Fredericksburg, May till, 1"J0:
Company A : Wounded, Capt C S short or. slight
ly iu timid; Sergt GogsiuS) slightly; Joseph Du r
hani. severely iu leg: M Newberry,slightly.
Company C : Killed, Frank Jarrett; Wounded
slightly, Van Marshall, .Tack Totter and .1 Evans
Company 1): Wounded, A V Norris, slightly;
I! F Akridge,severely, thigh; E F Wilder,shocked’.
Company E : Wounded, Lieut }> F Hawes, seri
ous.l v in head ; W Mcliride,seriously in tlii&li.
Company E : Wounded Corp Ilendley, severely
in leg; Jacob Lewis, severely in hand.
Company It: Wounded, Enoch Bland, slightly;
Jaini s A Davis, severely in hand.
Company I: Killed, Lieut AV A Acree; Wound
ed,.! A YViudson, severely in neck; J K A rime,
slightly; J II Thomas, severely in hand.
Company K : Killed, Corp K A llarr: C 1! Sasser,
seriously; L F Flourny, slightly.
Recapitulation—Killed 3, wounded 22.
J. T. JOHNSON. Adj’l.
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L;itest from Fredericksburg.
CAPTURED ARMS—GOSSIP OF YANKEE
PRISONERS.
The last of the trains arrived came
from Hamilton’s Crossing. In conver
sation with Captain Blakely, the mail
agent, we heard some interesting details.
At Hamilton’s Crossing there are more
muskets piled on either side of the road
than have ever been seen together since
the war. They were left on tlie battle
fields by the Yankees, and many thou
sand more there are which have not yet
been collected.
The number of cannon captured by
our army is not yet known, but is said
to be over fifty. It is doubtful whether
the pieces taken from the Washington
Artillery were recaptured. It. is most
probable the enemy hurried them to the
rear that they might hereafter be narad
ed as trophies and boasted over.
The Yankee prisoners admit that they
were awfully beaten, but say that it was
owing to the fact, which they never
cease to proclaim, that, they have no
generals. They believe their troops are
as good as ours, but that we beat them
by the superior skill of our generals.
Many of the prisoners say that Hooker
fell or was knocked from his horse dur
ing the battle of Sunday. They know
nothing more than that they saw him
fall. This was, doubtless, the origin of
of the story that lie had been wounded
and his leg taken off.
One of tlie Yankee officers’ brought to
this city told a gentleman who was in
conversation with him, that Burnside
was not beaten at Fredericksburg, he
was repulsed, but that Hooker had goiten
“perhaps the and dest drubbing that
ever a General had.” -
All of our troops are jubilant over
what they consider as beyond all com
parison the greatest victory ot tlie war.
They say tlie victory of the 18th of De
cember was not a circumstance to ii.
AA'c have omitted to mention that the
Yankee officers sent down on Thursday
night were put into the ladies’ cars
whilst the top of the same cars were
covered with our wounded. The scound -
rels should be made to walk to Rich
mond, if well enough, and if not, at
least to remain where they arc until the
last one of our wounded has been brought
down.
‘l'llE TRAINS OF YESTERDAY.
The first ambulance train of yesterday
reached the city shortly after six o’clock,
B. M. It brought down SGO wounded
and 78 Yankee officers. Citizens were
in attendance, with great quantifies of
refreshments, tea, coffee, liquors, and
bread and meat, to all of which the woun
ded did ample justice. The obnoxious
military feature of bayonetting citizens
away from the cars did not manifest it
self so immediately as upon the previous
day. Only after the wounded had been
supplied with refreshments was the guard
organized and the street cleaned.
RESPECTIVE LOSS OF THE TWO ARMIES.
From a surgeon who left Fredericks
burg on Thursday, we learn iliat the
surgeons in Gen. Lee’s army make the
following approximate estimate of our
los's in the recent battles :
Wounded, 7,000
Killed, 000
Missing, 1,200
Total, 9,100
This estimate is liberal, and it is be
lieved that our actual loss will fall be
low rather than exceed that sum.
The enemy’s loss is more a subject, of
conjecture, but from the niTmber of dead
that encumber the ground for miles about
Oliancellorsville and behind Fredericks
burg, and the prisoners now on their
way s to Richmond, it is believed that, it
must be between twenty and twenty-five
thousand.— Rich. Rxaminer, 9 lit.
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Negro Troops at Fortress Monroe.
The Boston Transcript states that Gov
ernor Andrew commissioned John Wilder
to go to Fortress Monroe to recruit a
company of negroes for ihe Fifty-fourth
Massachusetts Regiment. When the
men were recruited Secretary Stanton
sent an order to muster them into the
United States service, with Lieut. AYilder
las Captain, and to retain them at the
[fortress.— Rich. Ii hnj.
Thread without Carding. —We Lave
received from Dr. John W allace a broach
\ of thread which was spun by a neighbor
of his in Newbury from raw, uncarded
cottou. The thread istolerably even, and
[ strong. It suggests the possibility ot
dispensing with cards altogether. Will
! our lady friends experiment upon this
! idea, and report the conclusion *o which
; they come? We believe that the old-
I fashioned spinning-jennys dealt directly
[ with the raw material. Columbia (,uar-
I dian.
No army was ever in better con
dition than that at present under com
mand of Gen. Joe Johnston. W e are so
confident of success that we would be
willing to risk the fate of the Confeder
acy on its next meeting with the 7 ankees.
—Chat. .Rebel
From Hu- ( it) Light (.wards.
Bath.” Finn near Bank *■ JAn-d, I
May 1: (• j
J s -Tiw “finest arm} the wort ‘ ‘rsaw’’
i ijnplcicly routed by “Lee’s ragged reb
el- The last us them erosse l orw at this ford last
: ai*.!if ciii batteries shelling them all the time. 2
| b an. from one. of them that tlieiq officers had
tin- pontoons broken np to prevent them from
over, but they waded it, plunging in in
“Very N.n tof confusion. A great many. I under
stand. were drowned, and a good many turned back
and delivered themselves up prisoners.
The 2d Battalion suffered severely in the pus!
nix days fights, from the severe shellings of the
enemy's buttuies. We made our first charge yes
terday evening across an open’ field, half-a-mile
wide, the enemy pouring shot, shell, grape and cam
ister into us from two batteries, and their sharp
shooters blazing away at ns. We drove them
from their position without firing a gun and held
it while Poseys Mississippi Brigade-charged the
bail, ry -<a the flunk and captured it. 1 send you
i.-f ..{ (le. 1 -mud.’d'■> -jn;-e-.irnpany, if v’-.i have
md aIK-adj r-veivi-l it. Tbei” were n-mr-<1 Itu'it
-vl i*.*u-! \ v.-.v a u-i :
I’ l bale- Blown, iciloii, MeKendiee, Odom,
I! S Shepfiei.-on. r M ,-hejiper-jn. Tlireew itt- am!
If If Williams.
The Battalion had only oim killed, private Cleve
land, us the Spalding Greys. We had some 2b or
o') wounded. One of our company was through
the brim of his hat, the pieceof shell passing down
in trout of him and into his blankets. Another
pieceof shell struck one of jour men’s havresack,
and fed in side. (.'apt. Moffett was also struck by
a pice of .-bell, but not Inn t.
FUIINTTUKK.
1 have not time to write any particulars, a- J
do not know when wv will fall in. a- the shelling
continues.
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The 121.1i Alabama Regiment.
I AMP OF Till. igTlt AI. AP. \MA REGIMENT. )
May fall, 1803. )
A'i/.s. Advertiser: —Below I give you a
list of the woupded of the “Macon Con
federates,” from Tuskegee, Ala., in the
battles at Kelley's Ford on the 2d and
•id ot May. The 12th Alabama is one of
the regiments in Rhodes’ .famouslighting
Alabama Brigade.
Captain John W McNeely, severely
wounded in right leg below the knee by it
grape shot: Serg’t N R Simmons, slight
ly in right ankle; Privates J T Black,
severely in left shoulder: Thos Foulk,
in four places; P W Chappell, slightly
in right arm; W F Moore, slightly in
head; Jas M.Lestcr, slightly in shoulder;
F S Zackry, slightly; Ben F Ward, so
verely in right arm and side.
The regiment suffered very severely,
and covered itself with glory. Every
man seemed carried away with enthusi
asm. No urging was necessary to induce
them to charge their foes, but they did it
witli loud yells and .at a double quick.
The following officers were killed :
Capt. II W Cox, of Wctumpka, and Lt.
Dudley, of Jackson county. .
The following were wounded : Captain
Proskaner, Lieut. F C Fisher, of Mobile,
Lieut. I J Horn, of Coffee county, Capt.
A E Hewlett, of Morgan county, and
Captain T \V Fitzgerald, of Macon eo.
Lieut. Fletcher, of Jackson county, is
missing. -
ROBERT E. PARK,
Ist Lieut. Macon Confederates,
12th Ala. Regiment.
About Wo.men.—D’lsraeli, speakin
of tl’.e society of refined and charming
women, says:
It is an acquaintance which, when ha
bitual, exercises a great influence over
the tone of the mind, even if if does not.
produce any more violent effects. It re
fines the taste, quickens the perceptions,
and gives, as it were, a grace and flexi
bility to the intellect.” Somewhere else
the same writer remarks that “men are
as much stimulated to mental effort by
the sympathy of the gentler sex as b)’
the desire of power or fame. Women
are more disposed to appreciate worth
and intellectual superiority than men or
at least they are as often captivated by
the noble manifestations of genius as by
the fascination of manners and the
charms of person.”
.Sidney Smith says :
“Among men of sense and liberal po
liteness/a woman who has successfully
cultivatell her mind, without dismissing
the gentleness and propriety of her man
ners, is always stn'c to meet with a re
spect and admiration bordering upon
enthusiasm.”
Again, another writer observes that,
“Os all other views a man may in time
grow tired, but in the countenance of
woman there is a variety which sets wea
riness at defiance.” “The divine right
of beauty,” says Junius, “is the only di
vine right a man can acknowledge, and
a pretty woman the only tyrant he is not i
authorized to resist.”
Gosaip vxd Mi-< m.i.in..or-.—"Hermes’ 3 of the
Mereuty, says:
.t is conceded that the lull in the war is due to
intent ion- not so much against the Sunt h as against
the Northwest oil Lincoln's part. The crisis in
tlie attempt to erect anew form of government at
Washington is at band. The Yankee army is need
ed for possible emergencies at home. A despotism
once established, the assault upon the South will
begin anew, and more vigorously than ever. Is
it not time for us to strike—to advance?
Wag ,iis are scarce, arid it takes a long time to
gainer up two million pounds of bacon, besides fo
rage which Longtreet. has secured. lie got the
bacon at So cents a pound. News from’ iiis com
mand is scarce and hard to get at.
A walk, the other evening, brought me in sigh!
of the navy yard of “a Confederate Capital.” Two
iron clads ot the size of the Richmond were on the
stocks, and the wood work nearly complete. Two
saucy gunboats and the Patrick Henry, mounting
ten guns, were in the stream. The Richmond was
at Drury’s Bluff. This is no secret, for the bills
overlook the navy yard, anil all may see who will.
The following is told over the city : In the Cap
itol .Square, a few days ago. a drunken soldier ac
costed the President:
“Are yott Mr. Ikivis?”
“1 am,” was the stern reply.’
“Are von the President of (lie Confederate
States ?”
“I am.”
‘•Well, 1 though; you looked til. • a postage j
stamp.”
I saw this morning a Yankee envelope, having
as a vignette the picture of a grave on a bill over
looking wliat is supposed to bo Fort Sumter. On
the head-stone of the grave are the words .•'“Beau
regard killed—Fort” —The grave obscures the
name of tlie fort. This was gotten up in honor of
the fall ot Charleston.
A Picture of Lincoln Drawn from
an Old G allery.—Edmund Burke, while
Great Britain was prosecuting the war
against the American Colonies, wrote
the following to the Sheriffs of Bristol:
The poorest being that crawls on earth
contending to save himself from injus
tice and oppression, is an object respec
table to God and man. But I cannot
perceive any existence under heaven
[ which in the depths of its wisdom tol
erates ail sorts of things), that is more
truly odious than an impbtent, helpless
creature, without civil wisdom or mili
tary skill; without a consciousness of
any qualification for power ; calling for
battles which he is not to fight; con
tending for a violent dominion he can
never exercise, and satisfied to be him
self miserable in order to make other?
wretched.
Tallin Flour. — Within the last week,
says the Salisbury Watchman of the
27th, flour has fallen from H 4-” to $2-3
per barrel.
The Watchman calls on Gov. Vance to
renew the embargo by. the expiration of
the current thirty days
A Art-***?
General tea h.as a sett, Robert f- lie
J r - ft private in the Rockbridge. Va.,
Artillery Os course the boy, though
only soTefi!''rn, bns had numerous ot
ter- us posts of aid to commanding offi
cers. but has declined them all, and is
content take his :um at cocking and
. \.::L the re..: The company
v.:..- with .Wksatu during his Yalluyeaui-
I’ Ggn. Acm ii .pendent ul the- Lynch
Aiiginiiwi tv-inicj mu inter view be
tween the hither anil -on on Hie battle
field ot Shill p; but g. All I ill- guns of t lie
L'attciy had ht-eu di-aided The letter
says:
V\ e were engaged in getting our iv
maining gun in fighting trim when Gen.
Lee rode up. Aids and couriers went
and came in quick succession from dif
ferent parts of the field communicate
or receive dispatches from him. Shells
hursted in air or ploughed up Hie dust
around him, or passed over head, singing
their ominous death messages, lt wn a
the most critical period of the contest.
Defeat, if not annihilation, was disas
trous and disgraceful retreat across the
Potomac. But amid all the excitement
and dangers and weighty responsibilities
of the hour, lie was, as he always is on
the battle field, cool and self-possessed—
his face fairly radiant with intelligence
and the working of his master mind and
tli emotions of the patriot soldier. “Twas
as bright and cheering as the sun when
he breaks thieugh the Mack clouds ot
the thundei si in in ii in-p'ned o- all
(villi fre-It courage and confidence- In
his kind, gentlemanly manner, he in
quired as to out losses, and was just
saying that lie wanted us to go back on
the let; again when Bob, hearing bis
voice, came forward—his clothes
drenched with perspiration, and his per
son blackened with smoke and dust—
and. saluting him with an affectionate
familiarity, the following colloquy en
sued ■‘ Why, good morning, General.’
1 •11 o w are you, m\ von'.’” “We are
badly used up, sir ; have only one piece
tit for action. An aid came at full
speed to say that Gen. (I could not
hear the name) says send hint till the
reinforcements you cam spare : that the
enemy is bringing up heavy columns of
fresh troops against him ” “Andso you
arc agoing to scud us to that hot place
on the left again V “Yes, my son; Gen
eral Jackson will need every gun on tlie
left- We must drive those people back.”
Here another aid from tlie same General
dashed up to say that “the General says
will inevitably be driven from his
position unless reinforced I heard
Gen. Lee say : “Tell the General I have
no reinforcements to send: to hold his
ground if it is possible.” Turning to
Bob, lie continued, “A cs, my son, we
must drive those people back! Tell your
Captain I want him to take his gun over
to the left again ” He ilien rode or.
and we pitched into Hie light again.
Alluding to his refusal of commissions,
the correspondent says:
Time and again lie has been solicited
and urged to accept commissions with
easy and honorable position on staff du
ty; but lie lias invariably declined —as-
signing as a reason that lie did not think
bis father approved of inexperienced
boys holding positions over, men ; that
lie reckoned lie would put him in Hie
way of getting a commission when he
considered him deserving of it. Added
to his many other virtues, like his fath
er. he is a. consistent, humble Christian
—• -i*i-
Tlic Soldiers’ Bay Message.
A corrcspin len of the (Savannah Re
publican, who is a member of the Legis
lature, says :
There is a scrap of history connected
with that message and the resolutions
which followed it, and were adopted by
tlte General Assembly, which ought to
be made known—and, being known, tlie
true object of the message cannot be
mistaken.
The writer vouches for ihe,truth of the
facts staled, and is responsible for what
lie says, lie called the attention of
oilier members of ihe House to them at
the time, not publicly, but privately,
and lie can be corroborated in his state
ment, if necessary.
When the message was read in the
House, and as soon as its reading was
concluded, and before sufficient time had
elapsed to write even a single line, a
member rose in his place ami offered a
preamble and resolutions precisely in
accordance with tlie message and carry
ing out the policy therein recommended.
They must have been drawn by some
one who had the message before him.
They were, an epitome of the message,
and were not written during the reading
or alter it was read; they must have been
written before the seal of the envelop.-
containing ilie message was broken.—
flow could tlie author of the resolutions
know -so well how to write them to cor
respond so exactly >iii the message';—
But this is not all. Simultaneously with
the reading of the message, and the
adoption fit the it-soiuiions in tin- House,
a message was received from the Senate,
and the .Secretary announced the adop
tion by that, body of resolutions in rela
tion to increasing the pay of privates
and non commissioned officers in the Con
federate army, which he was directed to
communicate forlliwiili (<> the House.—
Curiosity prompted the writer of this to
gei the Senate resolutions, and to see
how they compared with those adopted
by tlie House. They were offered simul
taneously and adopted simultaneously in
both Houses. I pott comparing them
they were precisely alike, word for word.
It struck the wri:cr as a strange coin
cidence of thought and language, that
the authors of the resolutions should use
precisely the same word . am! should be
so exactly in accord with the message.
Hitch ii coincidence cannot be accounted
for but upon one hypothesis, and that is
the authors of the resolutions and the
Governor were in communication upon
the subject of the message before it was
sent in, and tlie resolution:? were prepar
ed before hand, so as to be ready as soon
as the message was read
This is a small matter, but it is sub
mitted whether the Governor ought to
compromise the dignity of bis office in
preparing a demagogical message, ami
have members ready with resolutions ot
a like character prepared to order.
One tiling more, Mr. Editor, and I
have done with this small game. Have
you seen the approval of the resolutions
by the Governor? II struck me as sin
gular, to say the least of it. It says,
“cordially approved. April Iff, 1808.”
Other resolutions are simply “assented
to.” Bor these were “cordially approv
ed.” Did the Governor fear that his sin
cerity in approving the resolutions would
be doubled ‘ or why such singular ap
proval V
Demngogism of any kind is bad
enough, but petty demagogism, who can
bear ?
Georgians, behold your Governor?
N V Orleans True Delta, of
the 17th ult., says that there are now in
that once flourishing city, 23,000 men,
women and children, entirely destitute,
and not thrown upon the streets because
of the non-enforcement of the laws for
the collection of rent against them. It
also says there are from fifteen to twenty
thousand persons in the city who are
now supporting life by the sale of little
tilings accumulated in prosperous days,
and who have in tlie future no hope of
escape from all (lie horrors of want and
starvstion, save in the contributions of
the generous affluent—alas, now a very
small number. Such is New Orleans
after one yeai’’s Yankee despotism—for
ty-five thousand destitute !
! NO. 1.