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jJdWj} 9m . no BIAS GILBERT & GO., I’ROIUUKTOItS. MS of (lie Daily and Weekly Sun, 19,„ 0 ,.tt. 5 , $lO 00 V- V ‘ 000 „ y - :* oo i•• 1 (tO *[["> i m v ii remitivaces re at the risk of the parties .. V ‘ r sr.oh remittances. “no'-Miper vviii be sent, from the office until f jnVncT for it has been received, and ail ,n ‘ps will be stricken from the mail books “Tip terms paid for expire. ’ ADVERTISING: il orders for Advertising outside the city be accompanied with the Cash. If any ."not knoT the rate of charges, let. them re a .>/,-:a;n amount and order inn Advertise ■ r.-tji ;rio r.nm remitted shall be exhaust ■’ ,'„ar? Notices, of more than Ter, Lines, u'jje charged for at Ten Cents per line. vldress THOS. GILBERT Jfc CO. Columbus, Ga. Largest City and Country Circulation “Young Guard.” —The following are die casualties of the “Young Guard,” ■ifh Florida Regiment, from Quincy, Fla.: \. ft. Love, S. N. Shaw, B. K. Kemp, killed. G. R. Ileid, J. Castillo, T. P. pavis, M. Gammons, B. Coulton, woun drd. Lit i. ok Stunk wall Jackson.—lV e (com the llichiiiond papers that the .‘lllustrated News” is preparing a now portrait to be accompanied by a biogra phy of the great Christian warrior and patriot, Thomas J. Jackson. Ceased to be “Astounding.”—News paper paragraphs in relation to grab i,lings of public money in Washington used to be headed “Astounding Rob bery,” Ac- The Louisville Journal says occasional cases of astounding honesty still turn up, but that robbery no longer astounds. Murder in Bledsoe County, Tenn.— An old man named Toilet was brutally murdered, in his own house, by a gang of Yankee thieves, a few days ago, and in- money and valuables all carried away by ihe marauders. Galveston. —The Houston papers of the Ist inst. say there were six vessels lying off the harbor of Galveston the day previous, the same number that had been there nearly ever since the departure of the Brooklyn. Wheat crops in Texas were better than had been known for years previous. ■■-<> Our Loss near Jackson.—The Jack son Appeal of the 13th, says that our lass during the first day’s engagement near Raymond may be stated at six linn dred killed, wounded and prisoners. The loss of officers is said to have been greatly disproportionate to the total loss. The loss ot the enemy is entirely un known. He having occupied the battle field, all means of making correct ob servations were of’ course limited. Inman Difficulties.—Advices from Paul, Minnesota, to the Bik instant, represent that a difficulty had taken place between a number of Chippewa Chiefs, in which four were killed. The difficulty grew out of a treaty made in Washington, last winter. The Chiefs sLo had ho hand in making the treaty, .rawed their intention of killing all who rigneff it, \ Disl'Uts.—Gen’s Wm. 11. Carroll lod 8. A M. Wood, have been quarrel ling. Carroll accuses Wood of coward ice in Ihe battle of Perry ville, and Wood racuses Carroll of drunkenness—an ac nsatlon that we have never heard de led Other officers in the army testify to Gen. Wood’s officer-like conduct in die engagement referred to, while a few stiff officers insinuate that Carroll was not, drunk on the particular occasion re ferred to ■ —- iUI.I.ECK AiiotTT TO TAKE THE FIF.LD. The N. V. Evening Tost says that llal leek is about to take the field in person, not for the purpose of superseding Ilcok hut (hat he maybe in the very midst of transpiring events, and be the better ‘‘tile to influence their general direction. The Tost says “the authority on which n'hiive this information in unusually i'orrpct.” Shocking Murder.-The Augusta Con . • itutjonalist of Saturday contains the rtieulars of a shocking murder in that j nnity on Thursday evening last. Mrs. Frances Harney, wife of Mr. Solomon “’mey, was stabbed with a carving knife pice in the right side, by her negro j'oman, a cook. Mrs. Barney died a port time after receiving the wounds, [ne coroner held an inquest on the body, | ad a verdict was rendered in accordance |*ith these faejs. The girl has been ar j -led and is now in jail. )t> • Affairs in Newberx, N. C.—The N. ■ Times correspondent, writing from I ‘cwbern, N. C., under date of Gth May, r*ys that nearly twelve thousand men longing to the nine months’ and two I Tears’ regiments will soon be mustered j ot of service. Official information has been received . •! Gen. Wild is going to that Depart- I -ent to raise an African brigade. The ;i okee General commanding the depart- I -ient proposes to render Wild all the I “dp he can. Jle thinks the negroes will fkt. Lpt him try them. Hilliard’s Legion.—This gallant Le |’"on is now camped near Morristown I kst Tennessee. A letter addressed us i or publication by a member of the I region, dated the 14th, says: “Our y ’gade was inspected yesterday by Gen. j racie, and each battalion was separately I billed by him. He gave our battalion 1 ° praise of having the neatest guns in | at ’ brigade, and company B for having | neatest, in the battalion.” ttic Legion has done much hgrd march-v ■>ng since the 10th. of April, first from ‘■“ii s Cross Roads to Cumberland Gap, A , ls | a Dee of sixty miles; from thence to 8 Station, distant thirty-five miles; ••■ini thence to Morristown, distant I uguteen miles. The boys were generally \ n ’ l Health and excellent spirits. We 8 !r et not having sufficient space to I ‘ f ' n the letter referred to, | Dr. James P. Ilanißleton, former- ICo f ltor &Ud P ro F ietor of the Atlanta ■ “literacy, was caught in Now York a I rJa ys since, and imprisoned by Gen ■ VOL. Vll.i fit'll. He in tries’ Brigade In the Fight. We have been shown a private letter written by a member of Gen.’ Sernmes’ staff to a relative in this city, in which the entire week’s fighting, resulting in three pitched baitfes and as many victo ries io our arms, are thus summed up. “Hooker took Ike offensive, attempted to turn our left fhfnk and failed. Gen. Lee then turned offensive and turned Hooker s right Rank and gained his rear. ooker next attempted to turn our right flank, but failed; when we turned his lelt and then drove his entire force pell mell over the river.” Relative to the part taken in the ac tion by the brigade, the writer says:* “Intelligence having reached us that the enemy were crossing below Frede ricksburg, Sernmes’ brigade was ordered to bftlem Church,, six miles down the plank road, in order to check their ad vance. We double-quicked most of the way and got to the Church by 3 o’clock. We had barely got two regiments into position when the Yankees commenced niiig upon us. Two other regiments were soon formed under a very hot fire, and then began one of the hardest con teots 1 ever witnessed. Sernmes’ and W ilcox s brigades here fought and whipped 13 lankee brigades. After the lirst half hour, a charge was ordered by our commanders, when our boys respon ded by deafning yells and advanced and drove the enemy through a neighboring swamp. * Geu. Sernmes had a hole shot, through his cap, but was not hurt in the charge, though he led it in pel SOU. We iouglit tlio enemy nt. this Pi ace two hours and 10 minutes, driving him back at every point. * * •* * Sernmes’ brigade lost 574 killed and wounded in all the engagements. The same brigade took 050 prisoners, 1 stand of Yankee colors and 1,000 rifles. Va lions articles, such as writing paper, pens, pencils, envelopes, &c., were cap tured by our troops.- Our boys have been luxuriating with Rio coffee t hree times a day, since the battle.” The Affair at Jackson. A gentleman of this city, just return ed from Jackson, gives us some interest ing particulars relative to the late cap ture of that city by the Yankees. It seems that on Tuesday, asharp con test was had with the advance force of Grant’s army at Raymond, six or eight miles South-west of Jackson. The ene my outnumbered us at least five to one ‘ our forces were compelled to fall back upon Jackson, which they did in good order, late at night. On Wednesday evening just at dark, the train on which Geu: Johnston and staff had taken pas sage for Vicksburg, arrived iu Jackson, and the General remained over, superin tending the movements of the troops. On Thursday morning at about 9 o’clock’, the enemy appeared in force a few miles South of Jackson and attacked and drove iu our pickets. Our force did not ex ceed 8,000, and so rapid had been the movements of the enemy, that several of our regiments had not yet been arranged for action. The force of the enemy was estimated at 30,000. It seemed to be the purpose of Gen. Johnson merely to de lay the enemy’s arrival in the city as long as possible, in order to allow our forces time to withdraw our commissary and quartermaster stores. Our inform ant left Jackson 3 o’clock, p. m., Thurs day. He states that some three or four buildings liad been burned before he left, set on fire by the shells of the enemy. The train which left Jackson, on Thursday evening, came near being over taken and captured by a battalion of Yankee cavalry. A few miles west of Brandon, the cavalry were seen a short distance from the road, but the speed of the locomotive haying been increased to nearly thirty miles an hour, the train escaped. AVe have since learned that Brandon is in the possession of the ene my, and that the road between that place and Jackson has been destroyed. The people of Jackson and vicinity— including the military as well as the civ ilians—are greatly incensed at General rembertou, and openly accuse him of bad faith. Our informant states tHat. this feeling is strongest among the Com missaries and Quartermasters, who state that they might have saved everything had Pemberton given them orders to move a few hours sooner. , There appears to have been no fight ing but with artillery, and this was at very “long taw.” The majority of the public stores were removed, still a great quantity was destroyed by our men to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy. All the railroad rolling stock, &c., was removed. Fernando AVood, through the N. Y. Times of the 9th inst., denies that he is in favor of an uxctndilional peace ; or that he knows any one who does favor such a peace; but that lie is for peace as the only means of restoring the Union: he is “opposed to and will resist by every legaUand constitutional means, the permanent division of the Confederacy.” Both the Ex-Mayor and Vallandigham, are avowedly reconstruc tionists ; but perhaps they only go as far as they dare in the expression of their opinions, and the latter farther than comports with his personal liberty and safety. Properly encouraged by the peace party North and by our authori ties, they might express a willingness, to separate in peace and throw down the gage of national rivalship with us. Yankees at AA'est Point, Va.— Five or six Yankee transports landed troops at AA’est Point, Va., a few days ago, and are throwing up entrenchments across the point, from the Mattapony to the Pamunky river. The force is small and the working party consists mostly of ne groes. The Enquirer says ample provision has been made for the reception of the enemy should he attempt to advance in that direction. General Marshall Suspended.— The Bristol (Tenu.) Advocate learn3 that Gen. Humphrey Marshall has been sus pended by Gen. AA r m. Preston, of Ky. Gen. M. will probably take command of some forces in the West. COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 2ft, is 63. The Van Born Tragedy. ” Oh a view of doing justice to all par ties, we insert elsewhere, the card of Gen. Ann Dorn’s'Staff officers, in which the rumors and statements relative to the cavscs which led to the unfortunate af- ILii are partially deiued. It would Le a pleasing reflection to every citizen of the Confederacy to know that A'an Dorn was innocent ot the charges preferred .‘ig&inst him, but public opinion will not be satis tied with the simple assert ions of his staff officers, unaccompanied l>y more tangi ble evidence from a more disinterested quarter. Gen. A'an Dorn was a brilliant cavalry officer—he had achieved many victories—and by his skill and “success had won a name and a t-itle of high dis-* tinction. His untimely death will there fore be much regretted by all, especially as it. occurred under such unfortunate circumstances. But his moral character had become so generally known as al ready to detract from his merits as an officer, and when the news of his death was first announced, the public mind was prepared to learn and believe the disgraceful cause of it. Scandal had been busy will! the name ot Gen. A an Dorn and a female relative of Dr. Peters, for weeks before the un fortunate tragedy occurred. Even in Chattanooga, some hundred and thirty miles distant, the rumor had grown into current gossip, and when the news of the fatal ooomrouce reached that city, the cause was generally understood. tor the sake of decency, we hope it may yet turn out that A’an Dorn was in nocent of this charge, although it is known that, he had been guilty of other immoralities equally gross, but for which he had not been called to account. Taking for granted that Gen. Van Dorn was guilty, no one can pity him. lie met the just deserts of his crime, and every patriot must rejoice to note that public opinion never fails to hold him as guiltless who thus avenges the wrongs and dishonor cast upon his family. Diplomacy. Do our people and government think diplomacy is -worthless ? Let them re member that diplomacy alone has ena bled Seward to keep up the war thus long. JVe should remember also, that the whole history of the world shows that all nations are governed by their national interests, and the same is true of communities generally. Could not a little diplomacy show the North-west that it. is to its interest to quit fighting the South, to secede from the East, and form an alliance offensive and defensive with the Confederate States ? Have we any assurance that the Governments of the North-western States would not now ac cept a proposition of this nature, made by the proper authorities at Richmond ? Has it ever been tried? AA’hat are the objections urged against it? AVliy have hot statistical tables been prepared, showing the amount of wheat, corn, flour, bacon, lard, candles, butter, oats, hay, potatoes, and ten thousand other things not only finding their best mar kets iu the South, but through it the cheapest outlets to foreign markets? Such things might be easily sent to the North-west by exchanged pijsoners and circulated by parties friendly to our cause. The effect would be tremendous, and would do much to disabuse the minds of the people of the fallacies of Aboli tiondom. No one now dreams of peace until a final separation between the North- west and the East has taken place, and yet there appears to have been no efforts made on our part to hasten this result. On the contrary, some of our partizan journals and leaders have op posed it ! Morgan at AYork again. —A corres pondent of the Knoxville Register fur nishes some interesting items from Mor gan’s command : It seems that, the Yankees had moved across the river at Monticello, Ky., and driven out Gen. Pegram’s forces. Mor gan made a forced march of over one hundred and twenty miles, and arrived in front of the enemy’s camp at Horse Shoe Bend on the 11th inst.* The Gene ral, with an advance of five hundred men, came upon a considerable force of the enemy ten miles from the river—a run ning fight commenced which lasted till night, the enemy disputing the ground and retreating from tree to tree. Next day firing commenced and was kept up at intervals for six hours. At about two o’clock the remainder of the command came up, and after an engage ment of about fifty minutes the Yankees retreated across the river. Morgan could not press them at the river,- because of the enemy’s battery on the opposite side, commanding the ferry for one mile. Morgan’s loss was about twenty killed and a number wounded. Enemy’s loss heavy; thirty left dead on the field and quite a number wounded. Morgan took twenty-five prisoners, representing five different regiments, besides releasing quiie a number of citizens whom the Yankees were dragging from their homes. <>■ Rather Singular. —Why are persons disaffected towards the Yankee dynasty sent South ? Do the authorities at AA’ash ingtou look on the Confederacy as a sort of Bbtany Bay to which to send all politi cal offenders ? Or do they dread their influence at home, and fear that sympa thetic feelings towards the “ Rebellion ” are contagious ? If those persons really commit grave offenses amounting to trea son, why not deal with them as traitors while they have them in their power, and not send them South, where they can freely indulge their “rebellious pro clivities ? Perhaps “the government ” fears to punish them at home and sends them off to keep “peace in the family It reminds us very strikingly of the proc lamation freeing the negroes where Abe had no jurisdiction, but leaving them in bondage where he had power to free them. Queer machine this Lincoln gov ernment, is’ut it” Disloyal Tanker Papers. —Advices lrom M. Louis, May 11th, state that the sale and distribution of the following papers have been prohibited : Freeman's Journal, of New York, ihe New A'ork Caucasian, the Columbus (Ohio) Crisis, ihe Democratic Journal, of Jerseyville, the Chicago Times, and the Dubuque Herald. If this be so, it should be a warning to that portion of ihe Northern people who arc unwilling to become Ihe crouching sLives of a miserable upstart dynastj’ Six papers suppressed. This looks like cutting the dykes and levees, and preparing to deluge the country with a flood of tyranny. Will the people of ilie Northwest submit to it ? Yidebimus. Statue of Jackson. —A few friends of Ihe lamented Gen. T. J. Jackson have recently held a meeting in Richmond, to make arrangements to procure at once full size bronze statue of the lamented hero, with lhe purpose of pla placing il on the plateau in front of the South portico of the capitol. When the necessary funds arc procur ed, the materials will be sent to the same foundery in Munich, at which the eques trian statue of Washington was cast. The generosity of the people is appeal ed to in order to raise the requisite funds. It is thought that the staue will cost from sixty to eighty thousand dollars. Col. S. Basset. French, member of Jackson’s staff during last summer’s campaign, has been appointed to receive all contributions for this purpose. All communications should be addressed to him at, Richmond, A r a. AVe have no doubt the requisite amount will be speedily made up. New Counterfeits. —Counterfeit Con federate States Treasury notes of the denomination of five, ten, twenty, and fifty dollars are in circulation in some portions of the Confederacy. A roll of these spurious notes was picked up in a back lot in Atlanta, Ga., a few days since, where the Yankees captured by Forrest bad thrown it. Since the exit of the prisoners from Atlanta, several bills of various denominations—all new counter feits, have been in circulation. This is part of the programme of Yan kee warfare ! AA’hat a contemptible race of villains! • Morals in Castle Thunder. —As an instance of the bad state of morals in this military prison, it is said that the pockets of a minister of the gospel were picked while engaged in prayer fur the inmates. Rumor. —The Montgomery Mail of the 19th publishes a rumor current in that city that Gen. Johnston had taken Gen Pemberton’s sword from him and placed him under arrest. Cause not stated. CoiTespondoDco of iho Sun. Letter from Vicksburg. AYcksburg, Miss., May 10, 18G3. All quiet in front to-day. The enemy is said to be entrenching and strength ening his position between Big Black and Bayou Pierre. He is also entrench ing at Hankerson’s ferry, and reported at Hall’s ferry, twelve miles above. The force which crossed Big Black a few days since, reported to be a large one, consisted of only a few companies of in fantry and cavalry, supposed for the purpose of reconnoissance, as they only came a few miles from (lie river, stole what negroes they could, arrested one or two citizens, and recrossed the river. A gun-boat came up the river within a short distance of AVarrenton yesterday afternoon, and has to-day thrown a few shells into the woods near AVarrenton The fort at that place has been evacua ted by our troops. AA'e had no heavy guns in the fort, ten pounder Parrots being the largest. Troops are said to be arriving at Young’s ’ Point, destined for Grant’s army, They march from Young’s Point to New Car thage, where they cross the Mississippi in transports. All quiet above. No signs of the ene my about Chickasaw Bayou or Snyder’s Bluff. The enemy are daily committing out rages in the counties south of Big Black. A negro stolen by them, from a gentle man who resides near Hankerson’s fer ry, was carried to their camps, but made liis escape on Friday night and arrived safely at Col. Garret’s headquarters, lie says they have about one thousand negroes, as lie supposed, in their camp. The negroes were drilled constantly, and were promised clothing, pay, &c. All cotton on this side of the river, in any danger of falling into the hands of the enemy, lias been burned by our troops. The stock of every rebel has been driven to the rear, and all corn and provisions of all kinds, removed within our lines, to places of safety. The negroes have been mostly removed. The Jackson press states that our army has been reinforced considerably. The citizens of that place have waked up, and are preparing for defence with great en ergy. Confederate. The Sroils. —Although Hooker cross ed the river without baggage, the spoils of the battle-field have proved unusually valuable. Already 50,000 muskets and rifles have been picked up and secured, and are being sent to Richmond by rail. The quantity of great coats, knapsacks and rations, thrown away by the enemy, exceeds anything that has occurred dur ing the war. To be Hung.—At the late session of the Confederate Court in Columbia, Lawson and King were capitally convicted of having in their possession notes of the Confederacy, with intent to counterfeit and utter the same, and are under sen tence of death, to be hanged on the first Friday in August next. Another named Chasou. tried for misdemeanor, for hav ing a SIOO Confederate note in posses sion, filled up with names and numbers, was sentenced to six years hard labor and a fine of SIOO. Yankee Sutlers in Fredericks burg.—So certain were the Aaukeesof permanently occupying this place, after their short-lived and discreditable victo ry on Marye’s Heights, and that the reb el army would there be defeated, and Hooker’s advance unopposed “on to Richmond,” that their sutlers, with vis ions of immense sales and large profits in the future, made haste to look around for suitable tenements in which they no doubt expected to derive a splendid bu siness. Yankee Government Plan for Glvin? Bur Plantations to the Negroes. Below will be found Gen. Thomas’ plan tor employing negroes on abandoned plantations. He says he wishes it had been done a month earlier, when the success would have been complete; but even yet much may be done. Ist. The Government of the United States, in order to secure the safety of commerce and navigation on the Missis i sippi river, have determined to locate on and near its beach a loyal population, who will protect, instead ot destroy, as is now done, the freedom of commercial intercourse on this groat inland sea.— That this policy may the more speedily receive,its initiation, George B. Field, Capt. A. L. Stickle and Rev. L. S. Liver more, are hereby appointed commission ers, whose duty it shall be to superin tend the letting of plantations to per-’ sons of proper character and qualifica tions, and to see that the mutual obliga tion between the negroes aud their em ployers, or superintendents, shall be faithfully performed; to attend iu some measure to their moral and intellectual wants, and generally to carry out the policy of the Government regarding the negroes that arc to be put to agricultur al pursuits. Ad. It being deemed the best policy, as far as possible, to make the employ ment and subsistence of negroes a mat ter to be left to private enterprise, plan tations will be placed in possession of such persons as the commissioners shall deem of good character and pecuniary responsibility, and, in lieu of rent a tax will be collected upon the products of the land, payable to such agents as the Treasury Department shall designate, care being taken to secure, as far as pos sible, the just right of employer and em ployee. In all cases the negroes will be furnished with enough clothing for com fort, in advance of their earnings, in consequence of their present extreme destitution, and in no case will negroes be subjected to corporeal punishment by the lash or other cruel and unusual modes. 3d. Upon entering into the occupancy of plantations, inspectors will visit each plantation and take an inventory of all property upon the estate. Crops yet un gathered will be turned over to be gath ered by the lessee, upon such terms as shall secure to the Government its fair • share ; while all movable property, stock, grain, jgte., will be taken posses sion of by the Government, or sold to the lessee, if he so desires, at their ap proved value, payable out of the pro ceeds _of the plantation in the fall ; the appraisers to be appointed by the commissioners, unless otherwise desig nated by the Government. 4th. After the lessee shall have taken possession of the plantation, as many negroes of average quality as he may desire shall be turned over to him, upon the order of tlie commissioners—the les see entering into bonds to employ them until the Ist of February, 1804, and to feed, clothe and treat humanely all the negroes thus turned over; the clothing to be deducted front their wages, and to be furnished at cost. sth. If it shall be found impracticable, in consequence of the lateness of the season, to,find persons of sufficient char acter and reponsibility to give employ ment to all the negroes coming within the lines of the army, the commissioners may appoint superintendents, under whose supervision the soil'may be culti vated for the exclusive benefit of the Government, c*r may have the plantations worked upon such terms as, in their judgment, shall be best adapted to the welfare of the negroes—taking care that, in all plans adopted, the negroes shall be self-sustaining, and not become a charge upon the Government. Gth. The wages to be paid for labor shall be as follows : For able-bodied men over fifteen years of age, seven dollars per month ; lor able-bodied women over fifteen years of age, five dollars per month; for children between the ages of twelve and fifteen, half price. Children under twelve years of age shall not he used as field hands, and families must be kept together when they so desire. The tax on the products of the plantation, iu lieu of rei*t, shall be at the rate of two dollars per bale of four hundred pounds of cotton, and five cents per bushel on corn and potatoes. 7tli. AVltile military protection will not be guaranteed for the safety of persons engaged in cultivating the soil yet all troops will be required to give protection where it can be done without injury to the military service, and it is confidently believed that the military organizations of negroes will afford all the protection necessary. Bth. Commanders of the army will render the commissioners such military assistance as may be necessary, without injury to the service, for the execution of their duties.. The commissioners will report their proceedings to the Secre tary of AYar every two weeks. Given under my hand, at Milliken’s Bend, La., April 13th, 1863, by authority from the Secretary of AVav. (Signed) L. THOMAS, Adjutant General. Tunneling the Alps. — A correspon dent of the New York AVorld, writing from Turin, Italy, under date of March 30, 18G3, says : Turin, Italy, March 30, 18G3.—The great engineering enterprise of tunnel ing the Alps has been some five years in progress, and the distance penetrated, including the operations on both sides, is only about one mile, leaving eleven more to be bored ! But the calculations of Mr. Fell, the English engineer who has this Alpine work in charge, are that, although he has accomplished but one mile in five years, he will be able, by bis improved machinery, to complete the remaining distance of eleven miles in ten years. The engines are worked by com pressed air, and there is no offensive smell or danger of suffocation. The two rows of iron pipes through which the air is forced are seen for some distance by the road on the Savoy side of the Alps. 4 er Gen. Pemberton, at AYcksburg, j recently sent Gen. Sherman a bouquet, as an evidence of good will.— Exchange. It does not increase our admiration of Gen. Pemberton, in the least. AVe are of that class of rebels, that believe the only kind of testimonial of “good will” to be sent to the invaders of our sacred soil, the tyrants who would deprive us of our liberty, the cowards who would imprison and insult the women of our captive cities because they have not the manliness, the courage or the power to subdue their brothers and husbands—is a bullet, as hot as saltpetre can make it, straight to their skulking hearts.— Chat. Rebel. oss*” A huge turtle, weighing 780 pounds, was caught lately in Florida, near the Salt works on Skipper Creek. It was supposed to be of the Comb Tor toise species. Accounts or Citizens C&pitrkd RY the Enemy. —A citizen of Fredericks burg, who was taken prisoner during the battle of t hancellorsvillc, and afterwards ennied to Washington, gives an interest |mg account of his experience. He was ; on his way to Fauquier, and was taken I prisoner on Tuesday by the advanced corps of ilooker’s army and brought back to Chancellorsville. lie says that, lor the in his life, when he saw the immense colums of the enemy stretch ing lor miles and miles, he felt serious fears for the safety of General Lee’s ar my. The hosts of Hooker, countless in number and perfect, in equipment, seem ed irresistible. This feeling was not relieved until Sunday morning, when, from the Chancellor house, he saw the same grand army, whom but the day be fore be had beheld with awe,’ rushing in headlong flight towards the river, without coats, ; hats, guns, or anything. Hooker was very seriously injured. He was leaning against one of the pillars of the porch of Chancellor house when the pillar was struck and knockod down by one of our shells. Hooker fell with the pillar, and his injury was so severe, at least for the time, that he was unable to rise without assistance. As the enemy retreated our informant was carried across the river and sent to Washington where he was lodged in the prison known as the Carroll Barracks. Here lie had little opportunity of seeing or heating what was going on in the city, but lie says that from such observ at ions as he had an opportunity of mak ing, lie was convinced that the people of Washington were in a state of apathy as regarded the result of the war. They seemed perfectly indifferent which army was defeated, and well content with the despotism under which they lived. This gentleman adds his testimony to the fact that the bulk of the Northern army is composed of foreigners. During the six days he was in Hooker’s camp it was a rare occurrence for him to meet a native American. Another gentleman captured under somewhat similar circumstances, and also carried to Washington after the bat tle, gives it as bis opinion that Hooker lost, first and lasi, in killed, wounded/ prisoners and deserters, not less than 75,000 men. Not a Straggler. —On the morning after the great battle of Manassas Plains, Sergeant — : —, of Cos. A, 16th Mississippi Regiment, being bare footed, straggled off from his command, traversing the battle-field in pursuit of a pair of shoes which some frightened Yankee might have thrown away in his flight. After looking for a time in vain, he at last saw a pretty good pair on the pedal extremi ties of a dead Yankee. He sat down at the feet of the dead Yankee, pulled off his shoes and put them on his own feet. Admiring the fit, and complimenting himself upon this addition to his march ing abilities, lie arose, and with knap sack on his back and gun in hand, was about starting to overtake his regiment, when he observed coming towards him a small squadron of cavalry', all of whom, as it was drizzling rain, were wrapped in their large rubber or oil-cloth over coats. It will be remembered that the cavalry are frequently assigned to the duty of picking up the stragglers, and lienee there is no good feeling between the infantry and cavalry. As they ap proached Sergeant , the foremost one asked: “What are you doing here, sir, away from your command ?” “That’s none of your business,” an swered the Sergeant. “You are a straggler, sir, and deserve the severest punishment.” “It’s a lie, sir—l am not a straggler— I only left my regiment a few minutes ago, to hunt me a pair of shoes. I went all through the fight yesterday, and that’s more than you can say—for where were y r ou yesterday when Gen. Stuart wanted your cavalry to charge the Yankees after we put ’em running ?” You were lying back in the pine thickets and couldn’t be found: but to-day, when there’s no danger, you can come out and charge other men with straggling.” The cavalry man, instead of getting mad, seemed to enjoy this raking over from the plucky little Sergeant, and as he rode on, laughed heartily at it. As the squadron was filing nearly past the Sergeant, one of them remarked. “Do you know who you are talking to ?” “Yes —to a cowardly Virginia caval ryman.” “No, sir—that’s Geneva! Lee..” “What?” “And his staff.” “Tlmnderation !” With this exclama tion the Sergeant pulled off his hat, and re-adjusting it over his eyes, struck a double quick on the straightest line for his regiment. —l ‘aulding Clarion. The 34tii Alabama. —Col. J. C. B. Mitchell, the gallant commander of this regiment, left here a few days since to again take the field with his old comrades in arms in Tennessee. Some weeks since, the 28th and 31th were consolidated and Col. Mitchell was assigned to duty at this post as commandant of the volun teer and conscript bureau under Gen. I’illow, in which capacity he doubtless gave entire satisfaction, but his services being more needed to command his old regiment he was recalled to that position. Cnpt. J. T. Cox, who is left in charge of the volunteer bureau at this place, seems to be discharging his duties effi ciently, and has made quite a favorable impression upon our citizens by his uni form courtesy.— Mont. Adv l6 th. e&r Some time ago, when General Breckinridge became cognizant of the character of Gen. Bragg's report of the battles at Murfreesboro’, he addressed a letter to Adjutant General Cooper, at Richmond, demanding a court of inquiry. We have never seen this production, but are advised that it is an elaborate and powerful defense of the conduct and generalship of Breckinridge. It occurs to us that Gen. Bragg was misinformed as to some of the facts which he states, especially as regards that portion of his report which refers to the participa tion of Brig. Gen. Anderson’s troops in the action of the second day of Janua ry.—Exchange. — Tnn Retribution. —Yankeedoodlcdom is gladdened by the report of the cap ture of the terrible “Privateer” Retri bution. The report was made at New Bedford on the 2d instant, by the whal ing brig Leonidas, Captain Skiff, who says the capture was made by the Yan kee steamer Alabama, near St. Domingo. Still Tumbling.— The Atlanta pa pers announce the pleasing intelligence that prices, at least in that vicinity, are tumbling down to a reasonable figure. fgy The whole number of prisoners who had arrived in Richmond up to Sat urday night, were as follows: Citizen prisoners, 38; Yankee deserters, 30; negroes, 26; Yankee prisoners of war, 2,- 807. co I. Ate Cen, Tan Born—A farts from Mis Stair. Mobile, May 15, lsta iattors Itf'jisicr and Advertiser: We. the midcrbigued, members of the lets tlca. A Air Doro's stuff, h&wcg sect! r.ith jjain sud regret tins various rumors afloat in the public press, iu relation to the circumstances attending that offi cer's death, deem it our duty to make a plain statement of the tacts in the case. Gen. Van Dorn v as shot in hb o*u room, at Nuriag Hill, Tew-., by Dr. peters, a citizen of the neighborhood. Ho as shot iu the back of th* head, while engaged iu v ritiug at his table, and entirely uiteouaivus of tqi> meditated hostility on tha part of lr. l’eters, who had been lelt iu the room w ith him apparently iu friendly conversa tion, scarce fifteen miuutcs previously, by Major tTimuiel. Neither Geu. Van Horn i.or ourselves yero suspicious in the slightest degree of eumity , vj’ mind of Dr. l’eters, or we would certainly not nave left them utono together, nor would tier. >an Worn have been shot, as we found him five niiuut?s later sitting in his chair, with bis back towards his enemy. There had been friendly visits between them up to tho very date of the unfortunate occurrence. Gen. Van Dorn had uevy- seen tho daughter of his murderer but once; while his acquaintance with Mrs. Deters was such us to convince us, his staff officers, who had every opportunity of know ing, that there was no improper intimacy between them ; and for our own part, wo are led to believe that there were other and darker motives, from the fact that Dr. Peters had taken the oath of alle giance to the Cuited states Government, while in Nashville, about two weeks previously—as we are informed by refugees from that city—that he had remarked iu Columbia, a short time before, “that he had lost his land ami negroes in Arkansas, but he thought he would shortly do something which would get them backand liually, that having beforehand torn down fences and prepared relays of horses, ho made his escape across the country direct to the enemy’s lines- Such is the simple history of the affair, and wo trust that in bare justice to tho memory of a gal lant soldier, the papers that have given publicity to the false rumors above alluded to—rumors alike injurious to the living and to the dead—will give place in their columns to this vindication of his name. M. M. KIM MEL, Maj. and A. A. VV. C. SCHAUMBURG, A. A. G.. CLEMENT SULIVANE, Aid de Camp, It. SHOEMAKER, Aid do Camp. —i M - - Battle or Camp Bisla.nd — A corres pondent of the Mississippiun says: “Tho fight commenced on the 11th, and continued unceasingly for two days. The enemy several, times attempted to charge our breastworks, but were re pulsed wilh great slaughter at each charge. On the night of the second day the enemy succeeded in flanking our po sition, when Gen. Taylor ordered a re treat. The third day the battle raged with undiminished desperation, but Gen. Taylor effected his retreat in a masterly manner. “Heavy skirmishing continued on the fourth and fifth days, but our forces and all our wagons and equipments were saved. Very few prisoners were taken— not more than one small company. Some three or four wagons, teams unable to travel, were abandoned and fell into the enemy’s hands. This is all that jus tifies the extravagant 6tatemeqt made by the New Orleans Era. “The strength of our forces was thirty six hundred, and the Yankees brought against them eighteen or twenty thou sand. Notwithstanding such fearful odds General Taylor brought out his little army with less loss than the enemy suffered. It whs thought at the time our informant left that the force on Berwick’s Bay would be reinforced by General Magruder. “But for the operations of that indom itable officer, Capt. Daniel, in preventing the co-operation of the gunboats of the enemy by his torpedoes, our whole army would have been flanked by the watery monsters and perhaps captured.” New Regulations in New Orleans. A gentleman who arrived from New Or leans last evening, brings information that Banks is establishing a much more severe order of things in that city. On the Ist instant, he issued an order that all persona, male and female, who had taken out certificates as enemies of the United States, must take the oath of al legiance or leave the Federal lines by the 15th inst. He also directed that the oath be so amended that its provisions would be more comprehensive and bind ing, so as to pledge those taking it to submit to the laws or regulations hereaf ter to be adopted. This feature, it is conjectured, was adopted with reference to the enforcement of the conscription law and einancipation proclamation.— Thousands, it was expected, would leave the city. The regulations regarding -negroes were being enforced with great stringen cy. All found on the streets without a pass were being arrested and sent to work on plantations at two dollars per month. The least remonstrance on the part of a contraband was responded to by a bullet. The negroes are very much dissatisfied. They unanimously long for the care of their old masters, saying they prefer being worked as of old than being treated as they now are. In case of a Confederate attack on the city theFcde rals would receive no aid from them. The force in the city when our infor mant left was small—some three or four thousand. Two war ships were at the landing. A vigorous attack would casi ly secure the city to the Confederacy at once.— Jackson Appeal, Bth inst. Dying Words of Noted Persons. “Head of the army.—Napoleon. I must sleep now.—Byron. Kiss me, Hardy.—Lord Nelson. Don’t give up the ship.—Lawrence. I’m shot, if I don’t believe I’m dying.— Chancellor Thurlow. Is this your fidelity ?—Nero. Clasp your hands, my dear friends : I die.—Altieri. Give Dayroles a chair.—Lord Chester field. God preserve the emperor.—Hayden. The artery ceases to beat. —Haller. Let the light enter.—Goethe. All my possessions for a moment of time. —Queen Elizabeth. IVhat! is there no bribing death ? Cardinal Beaufort. I have loved God, my father, and lib erty.—Madame de Stael. Be serious.—Grotius. Into thy hands, O Lord.—Tasso. It is small, very small indeed—(clasp ing her neck.) —Anna Boleyn. I pray you see me safe up, and for my coming down, let me shift for (asceuding the scaffold.) —Sir Thomas Moore. Don’t let that awkward squad fire over my grave.—Burns. I feel as if I were myself again.—Sir Walter Scott. I resign my soul to God —and my daughter to my country.—Thomas Jef ferson. It is well.—Washington. Independence forever.—Adams. It is the last of earth.—J. Quincy Adams. I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.— Harrison. I have endeavored to do my duty.— Taylor. There is not a drop of blood on my hands.—Frederick V., of Denmark. You spoke of refreshments, my Emilie : take my last notes, ait down to the piano here, sing thorn wilh the hymn of your sainted mother: let me hear once more those notes which have so long been my solacement and delight.—Mozart. A dying man can do nothing easy.— Franklin. Let not poor Nelly starve.—Charles H.” _ The Valley or Va. —The Richmond papers of the 14th, contain current ru mors of the evacuation of the valley by Millroy, and that the forces under him have either removed down the Rappa hannock to reinforce Hooker, or have been sent North-west with a view to check the operations of Gens. Jones and Imboden. {NO. 5-