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Bellinger, of Lamar's i, i regiment, was killed in a duel . h hieui Rice, in Charleston, on the [Til nil ‘ , - ’ — • •>—•*— - 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. - • 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.” — _ 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. ■ .. —- 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. ■ <>■ 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. + 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. ■> • 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. - 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.