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10UU1TI & W.UIRtV, Proprietors. Volume XVI, COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, JIVE IH. IS6I, VIRGINIA CORRESPONDENCE. Sewall’s Point, Va., J'unell. Dear Time ;—I sent you this morning ale'- ter which was written last Friday, tho mailing of which was accidentally delayed, until it will reach you with no news at all—or the next worst thing thereto —old news. And this, its hurried successor, will be “like unto it.” We have systematically commenced “house keeping'’ at our new quarters, and the whole Battalion are together again once more, indeed, it is an interesting family—4oo hopeful “bojp,” but not a “girl,” in tho wholo company. Our lady friends write us that they havo “an earnest desire to identify themselves with their country’s soldiery, and they say they would be willing (not wantonly to kill an enemy) even to serve at the cannon's mouth if they might feci, that in some measure, they boro the burdea of then oo a try's wrongs.” They were tho first to “inufl treason in the scented breeze”*—the first to raise the cry of “#e temper tyrunnis,” and unfurl the banner of liberty; and they will bo the last to surrender that standard to tho foe. God hies? 1 they will always he “first in the hearts of our countrymen.” We received, yesterday, a much-needed comfort—a box of linen caps, the gift and handiwork of the ladies of Columbus.— We use the most expressive word at our com mand and toll them briefly, but very earnestly, we thank them, and fur myself in returning thanks to the ladies, generally, for my cap—for tho “conpliminti"accompanying tho uamo of the matchless donor, she commands, and willal ways receive the sincere gratitude of an honest soldier's heart—a soldier, who finds in such deli catc manifestations of kind remembrance, a large reward for the peril and privations of tho battle field. The great care and kindness of our luuale li lends both a home and here, distil w camp* life of it* hardships; and their eurncst prayers for our suocese and safety, have thrown around ua a mighty bulwark of defense. A communication addressed to the “City Light Guards,” was read to them on latt Friday night, and if she had been present to hear the rounds of rapturous applause that iso often interrupted tho reader, it could not havo failed to thrill with pride and satisfaction, iha soldier-heart of OI K “La Filla Do Regime.” i Why did your corres pondent, a few weeks since, suggest an election tor this office, when it is so meritoriously filled by common consent ? It waa ignorance, oversight, indiscretion I know him well and I believe ho is too clever a follow, knowingly to propose a vacancy in an office already no satisfactorily and worthily filled. But the very laudable behalf in which the suggestion waa made—a disposition sufficiently accommodating to fill every such va cancy, with a score of occupants, ought to be some excuse for an indiscretion so sutaH and unintentional.) Immediately after the communi cation was read, a resolution, requesting it? pub lication in the Norfolk Argus, was unanimously adopted • and, if I can get a copy to-day, I will send it to you. F,vorytbing I bavo seen ia print, with refer ence to the engagement at Pig’s Point, with the Harriett I.ane, is confirmatory of the statement wbieh I seat you. An accidental detention which kept mo at Craney Island, on Sunday night, plaoed me in full bearing of a heavy flro of musketry and ar tillery, that lasted until y o’clock at night, and which was renewed at .'t o’clock the next morn ing, and continued until five. It was the univer sal impression there, and it i.-? the opinion of all, over here, that it was a light between scouting parties from Col. Mngrudcr’a and Gen. Butler's armies. There has been an almost continual fir ing at the same point, to-day and yesterday : bat it has been too irregular and disconnected for a regular field-figiih The distance from Old I'oiatto Turk town,by land is 22 miles, along the narrow peninsular between York and James rirers. Col. Magru der, (a terrible fellow they say,] is a few miles from the enemy’s entrenchments, at and near Newport News. Whether he intends to become an aggressor, or whether he will simply prevent a a advance of the enemy towards Yorktown, ia not known, but the former is thought to be the policy which he will pursue. However that maybe, be ia keeping a close watch over the movements of the enemy. It is reported of him that be approached, a few days ago, very near to a large force of the enemy, who were working on an entrenchment, and, without being Uncov ered, he placed his scout* in ambush and kept them thereuntil dark. When the enemy return ed to their tents at Newport News, they left at the entrenchment, a wagon and harness, loaded with the implements which they had been using in throwing up their defences. Col. Magruder was, just then, needing precisely such thing* at his own camp; and he quiotly had the none* attached to the wagon, and got in and rode back to the camp, “without money and without price.” He is said to be a dashing and brilliant military leader, second only, perhaps, to Uen. Leo. Ob, this lodging-place of thiovos and marau ders at Newport News ought to broken up. For tress Monroe ought to bo ours, For a week a desire to aeo its possession attempted, has bur dened me. Tbo idea may be a weak one and utterly impracticable; but it haunts me day and night. The time and the attitude of the parties seem to me to be propitious. From Newport News to Old Point, it is only about 7 miles by land,and there are only two routes, (one by land through Hampton, and the other by ship from the mouth of James Kiver ; by which the ene my, if defeated, could retreat. A sudden assault upon them, by a force large enough to route them, “horse,foot and dragoons,” would not, 1 think, allow them t.tne to get aboard their ves sels, (only two or three of which are kept an chored near them,) before we could cut thorn to pieces. Then if a land retreat were made, we would follow hard after them in a hand to hand engagement. If they should bring to bear up on ns their guns from the rear, and the four en filade guns in the two bastions of the fertrett, why they would slaughter both armies logother. If the entrance into the land side of the Fortress ] were not obstructed, we would all pour in to gether, and once shut up within its wall?, with fouror fivo thousand Confederate troops, who doubts the result against any force of dastardly minion*, which they might employ against us. I feel a strange confidence that this mighty fortress, impregnable as it may seem, be long to its rightful owners, aud that Wore a dozen moons shall wax and wane, I shall got be hind ita frowning guns, and, from its parapet walls, proudly salute the “starry barred banner of my love. BERIITEN. ItiuEpr roR all Sjtakkbitk*. -We have been furnished with the following by I>r. B. Miller, of Hannahatchee. The doctor bus been long in practice, and on the strength of bis reputation, we give it publication, he says be has used it successfully five days after the bite, and that it has never failed in his hands : Trtatmtnt —Take the bark of the root of the prickly ash, make a strong decoction and give, say, one gill of it ©very Gfuen or twenty minute# until it produces vomiting, suspend it then, for 2 or 3 boars, and repeat it as before, at the same time make a poultice of the same and apply it to the bittan part moitiened with a little sweet milk, if convenient. Im recent bitten rates.it eures in a few hours. • MfJMmnta ftcchlt! ®ks. RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE. Obtsrvane of the day at Richmond—Military Movement*—Porsonnl cf Lincoln's hard,*! Virginia State Convent;o -Our Prospects. llictnfosp, Va., Juno 13, 1361. This being the day set u.-ar; by President Davis for fasting and praying, the streets of Rich mond areas quiet and free from the excitement which usually marks tho business day hero, as if it were the Sabbath. All the churches were well attended and patriotic and fervent aormoas from tho various pulpits addressed to the thousands of bold hearts from every section of the Confedera cy now ready to pour outtheir last drop of blood in expelling and punishing the daring invader.— We con, ut auy hour, resist and drive back 50,- bOO Liueolnite?, should they, by some military miracle, show themselves within shooting range of Richmond. Gou. Wise bus left here for the North-We.-< Hi? movements, however, nt the head of his Legion will bo rcerot—bold and effective. Gon, Floyd will also be inreadiuess to purgo North- Western Virginia of traitor* sad ent throats, and secure to the Confederacy, the Virginia and Fast Tennessee railroad. It is no harm to add that yon may soon hear of some terrible doings ni ng the border, and perhaps in tho very heart of Ohio. Invasion is a game that two can play nt, hut woe to tb© aggref.nr when the day of retri bution comes. Tho lnte glorious battlo at Bethel Church, near Hampton, has inspired our people almost to en thusiasm, and tho brave soldier here, now that toe official report has been received, aro panting to win similar laurel?. Col. Magruder with but 1.100 men, received the attack of 4,600 at the I above named place, and after & bat 1© of four hours duration, drove tho eueiny to the very 1 suburbs of Hampton, cut up, dismayed, terror stricken and cowardly. The New York Zouaves were the first to run, but they left some forty of their filthy comrades on tho battle-field. Tho enemy’s loss exceeds 1125 killed and a large num ber wounded. Ous.nvus on© killed and some four 1 or five wounded. Is not a benignant Piovi- j dence with ua ! Whether the enemies attack us at Harpor’s Ferry; Manassas Junlfon, Norfolk > r : Richmond we arc fully prepared to give him a ■•imilar reception to that which ho experienced ■ from the gallant Magnifier. I havo seen and mingled with at least 30,000 1 of Lincoln's braggarts. Asa general thing, lb© | drunken, vulgar and cowardly—badly disposed j towards their commander.;, and foure they havo ; easily driven from tho field. In Alexandria, ai- 1 protected females have been outrayo 1 by them, and history has no parallel to the;;- atrocious ’ and brutal l&.wle?finfc,v . The State Convention of Virginia re-aFscm bled here yesterday. Finance and measures of | Southern Independence is \f every ! member; and when it is known that Lincoln ex costs every drop of blood in the South” what I 1 other end can freemen now look for without I cowardice and treason. No, no! ,%utkeru In dependence, if to achieve it wo must plant our banners on Fanueil Hal!. Degradation and eternal infiuny are the only alternatives. Let the war bo long or short, bo assured Victory will be ours—but cur sons must never forgot that “Who would be free, Them solves must strike th® blow.'* br firs. Tlic Spirit of Mr Army. W© arc permitted to make the following ex tract from a letter, written by a young officer now in our army in Virginia, to ;< member of his family at home. Th© extract breathes the spirit which animates our troops in th© fie Id, and which make# them invincible: “Tho cloud thickens, and the storm will soon j burst, but I feel assured that ail that dauntless j courage or cool determination can accomplish j will be achieved by the boutbem forces; and I j feci r.nxloui for its approaca that those inifera- j ble hirelings and miscreants at the North may 1 have u tale to toll, which will appeal with con vincing force to the fears of the Washington j Congress on tbo 4th July, and tvrnuuato this vile j crusade, outraging reason and right, Oar frame- j dlate command aroeagerfur the fight. We dread ; nothing so much ns inaction. Idleness in camp’ is the most laborious part of tho campaign, and ; tho satisfaction he feels, n,i well an the honor ho wins by striking a hi <w for his country, amply compeniate the soldier for tho danger lie incurs, and the privations he on da res. We would never have left homo for the pastime of twelve months in camp,and hence if there should bonny fight-! tng, and wc should not share in it, we should ietl j disposed to regard our career as fruitless and oar wishes disappointed You spoke of Mr. II —’effort to raise acorn- j pany, While I sympathise very deeply with 1 you, my dear sister, in the apprehension which ‘ you feel, I would not, if I could, diisuado him from bis purpose. My heart would feci for you in the anxious separation which would attend ( his enlistment, but the emergency and righteous- • ness ©four cause,should give you a soldier’s heart. It is the ladies, niter all, who exercise tbo great- | ©si patriotism, and endure the greatest sacrifices 1 Bat I know bow vain are any words of pallia- j tion or comfort in Mich cases. I hare frequent ly congratulated myself upon my freedom from all hindrance* aud embarrassments so that I can afford to be patriotic at such small cost. If toy twelve month# expired to-morrow, an d I knew war would continue seven years, I would not hesitate a moment, if tho alternative were pre sented to me to return homo or re enlist for tho j whole period; for my band is now at the plow and my heart would forbid me to look back, so ! lon as there remains a foe in the fil ’d. C. Cakp 2no ReofXBKT, | (iXORGIA VoLUMTKItng, > Brunswick, J une 10, 1801.) At a special meeting of the Columbus Guards, j tbo following resolution# were unanimously auopt- j ed : Jlttalecd 1. That the Columbus Guards with ! sincere gratitude, acknowledge from the ladies of Columbus, a sufficient number of “Havelock*” ; for tho Company msde by their fair bands. I< i patriotism can call the young men of our land ; to tho tented and toilsome field, how muth is that , patriotism elevated, and how much the pains of osrnp life aud tho pangs caused by absence and disease lessened by the encouraging smiles and favors of those we love ! /{eHalved 2, That, we ar..uu calle-Ho thank our long tried patriotic friend and liberal patron Dr. John E. li&cou for i U attention. With pleasure we thank him for iris donation in fur nishing u# with those protecting shields from tho sun—*'flics” for our tents. Retailed 2, That with unfeigned sincerity wo beg to assure our friend# at home that they are held in kind remembrance, and that their many favors arc duly appreciated. A. A. C>letnan, W. Bank#, ! ■T. G. Bvthun®, f u ’ m * J. D. Carter, Jr. ! i Nows by the Jura says that Count Cavoar is | dead, and that Garribaldi is coming to America I in ease there Is no fighting In Italy. Mr. Keinmingcr’s Reply, b cur privilege and pleasure to publish the ( following rehouse of Secretary Mtmminger t. tho resolution# of tho Directors of tho Eagle | Manufacturing Compiuw which wo lately tu : wished to our readers: CORFKriKnATE STATES -F. AmxRJCA, } Treasury Di.l’ahtmknt, > Richmond, Juno 12, 1361. J j Via, 11. You so, Eng., t vor’y Mild Tvea*. Eaglo Matif’g Cos. Columbus, Ga. Sir : lour let ter of tho 2d of J uno has been ro | ceifed, enclosing the resolutions eftbo Director* of tho Eagle Manufacturing Company. Ihegauor. pa'.rfotrim which dictated those j rcreluti* ns ill command the respect ami appro* | bailon of onv entire Confederacy. You have ’ given a practical illustration of tho same liberal | spirit which has prompted our planters to dodi- I est to ttlaig. j ortion of their growing crop to the public defence. | You have set an example which recommends itself to eve.y Banking, Manufacturing and In buranco Company, and to every Factorage Com mission and professional hou © throughout our country. Many may not be able to devote eo largo a sum us you have, but, if they will do w a* they can, and place in the Treasury promptly auJ steadily i r. 5 you aro doing, a portion of t heir income w< j shall soon exhibit to friends and foes, a Treasury hi incxhiinstablo as .he good widow's cause. Respectfully. C. tl. MEMMINUER, Seerotarv Treasury. I (Coirtspondence of t lie Richmond Dispatch.) Ddsiis of the Fi<bl at Croat Bethel. Headquarter* Virginia I.ifb Guard, 7 Yoßxrotvit, Juno 11th, ISOI. ) When I wrote last we wore in tho country at a ; place called Bethel Church, and it was Sunday. We spent tho day pleasantly until nt night, when i there was nn übirm given, caused by cannon firing down toward* Hampton. Wo afterwards learned ; that on© of the county companies had encounter ed Federal t.oops, and had alight—nothing more than b serimmago. At 2 o’clock wo wore startled by tho bugle sounding the “assembly cad.” In two minutes every soldier in the on <-tunpn.cnt w h • in arms and ready for duty, hav ing previously been instructed to sleep with ac- i ! eouMcmcnt.9 on and arms by the side. THE MARCH. i la half vn hour th© North Carolina Regiment, un K r oouti.i;;;oi of Col, Hill, a brave, cool coin mautLr, nn<l competent loader, wore ordered w th f n o i nos • f M tj r Randolph's Battery, to : rmtrrli t nurd Hampton, while tho Virginia , Life Guard, Honrico Southern Guard, and Young 1 Guard, under Lt. Col. Stewart, wore ordered t” move jo o. is J un he encampment and take the j- •• i‘ :• v •utodby tho North Carolina Regiment, which was proinpily done. It was a noble sight, I as wo stood near tho outer limits of our encamp- j i ment, in tho grey of tho morning, to see the 11 ow- i j tiers and H.o N .rth Carolina Regiment, those : worthy sons ut noble States, under tho command i of our gallant Cd. Mngrudcr, defile past n and ‘ : ndvauoe to meet tho moroennry legioni of a bo- j sotted Government. They wore Boon lost to flight in tho woods and all waa still, except tho ; the occasional challenge of a sentinel or an out- I ! post; all tho men were expecting some great | TJIK RETURN. Col. Magruder and his command had only gone throe miles down the road whoa they learned that the enemy they were in pursuit of had re tired to reinforce, and intended makingan attack j ><u ua in ti short lima, as soon as they returned —- Tho entire camp was arranged for the assault, r ‘.SITION of OCR TROOPS. The encampment was a parallel formation, the ©omen of the fortifications lying nearly due Bast and West, North and South, and waa protected by embankments thrown upon four sides, tho Mrongcst of which was on the southeast side, and commanded the road, tho bridge and tho field, through which troops must pan coming fro > Hampton, and was well fortified. To the defence ot thin position a howitzer battery of threw | guns, under Go 1 command of Major Georgo W. Ran iolpb, ami four ootupnneis ol ibo N. C. Reg iment ©n tho northwest side; tho remainder of the N. 0. Regiment were stationed from East, to West- On th© t. utli side whs a ravin© 30 feet deep, and very marshy. This position was defended by a battery of one howitzer r;un, under the command I of Capt. J. Thompson Brown on the left, and an | earthwork and trench made and occupied by the companies of Lieut, Col. Stewart's command, • consisting of the Virginia Life Guard, Capt. VVul , ker; lienrico Southern Guard, Capt. Childrcy; and Young Guard, Capt. Charters—the remain | der of toe sroop*, of infantry and cavalry, were j stationed inside tho enclosure, and completed the defence of the entire parallel. All was; now | in readiness, and with calm, determined counte* i nances, the men awaited their coming. THE APPROACH. In a fw minutes our scouts and videttei com menced firing bud coming in, announcing the ; advance. The cannoniero and infantry in the lilies of tortivnuons wore notified and stood ready, ain monition in hand. Oar ruen (Coi. Sir wart’s) were ordered in tho trenches, where they were j compelled to kneel, in order to eicnpe obferva ! tion, it being our object to conceal our position until tho onciuy advanced to the middle of tho • field. The approach to ibo fortifications can on 1 ly be made through a ficll 600 yards wide, and i by the fridge, spanning the creek running along the line uouthaaat of our position. THE ATTACK. OurCm-iicl stood with glass in hand and soon I difeovortd thu galittoring of bayonets coming I from cover of the woods and up the road. A ; soon bh they bad arrived about one thousand yards from us, ib*y planted two cannon in the road, on© iu tho woods aad aev’eral tu the field, | to our left, all of them being guns of heavy caiihrs. As soon us they were seen iu position, i MsJ. Randolph gave the commaud, and their 1 splendid Parrot gun belched Aorth a shot which took off-ct on tho column in the road and did cor. ■ iderablo damage; this was replied to by tho cm my from their gun in tho road, i>nd replied to by Capt. t rown's battery in the field. The ac non iv ti became general, and tho deafening roar of tho guna was all that could bo heard for eo hour—our ebol ta. mg good t fleet, that of the : other side not having hi a single man or gun, ’ all being aimed :oo high, do ng great damage S among the boughs of r fio trees. Col Stuart’s command was placed fify yards on tho right of Capt. Brown's battery, to serve aa a protection to 1 to theta, And we Boon raw tho approach of a corn j any of Z uav e* of h N. Y Reg motif, advancing under cover of .: e h< use!*, and a large orchard to the r giit of th® field, ‘i he Virginia Life Guard wire ordered to rise ind shoot them, as our po oition h>d not been discovered; tho men of tho ! ti rt pUttof n rf-se, and‘taking deliberate aim, fired; the Rhota bud good effort, seven of the Zouttvei falling, two killed and the remainder wounded, as w# ascertained afterwards by find ing iba bodies ol the dtad. Wo immedinfely drew upon us the fir© of th© Zouaves and on© piece ot cannon; hut our men wtro undaunted, and between every fire of the dastardly crew i they ror® by file and firtd. Nearly every time , amm was kuG J. Our guns being the Enfield I nfiixl gun, were very effective. Tho entire force of both sides then (Mine into nation, and to men i.fiaccustomed to such sights tho scene was su idiue. M’or the first fire r.H tho hesitancy uad trepidation incident to the first battle was i/v.r, ai.d every m;n felt eager to give them a saiute. Tberw was aceasittion of firing for five miriutc**, when our gut s comrnenced again, and constant and rapid firing was kept up for one hour more. The shot of the enemy wounded I :hre© of our Howitzer and on® of the North Caroiina Regiment men. Luting th j# iigiigoinent tl*j howitzer gun in • ;f• di wji c a ‘ ;lb obiily diaal>i dby tho hroofe lag of the vent wiro in tb© touch-hole, and had to be hit'll i into ’he woods and abandoned; and Coi. Stewart’s command w.is ordered to close in upon the fortifications, and defend tho interior i,four camp as we moved off. A regiment of in fantry was seen to fii© up tho road to the south of our position, In order to get in our rear, and several cannon wore ordered to the road through which they must pass. The cannon were * up ported by the commands of Col. Stewart and Cept. Montague; but they did not make their appearance, and we remained intercited specta tors of the third attack, bolding our position in 1 thetrenebes, and preparid tn defead the ravine TH K S IIV KKK IG NT V IIP TIIX S T TE S. COLUMBDS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1861. and tho rend to tho south ard west of our f r.i licationi. This attack was made a low minutes after 12 o clock, and was the mont sovcio of all tho day’s rturk. Oor guns ouuuuencid again, aud after ox©iin’. gu:g shots 1 vr flit con or twenty minutes, th© cneiuy formed in column, one thousand strong, ami under command ot a bravo looking General, wail mounted, advanced over tho road, over tho bridge, and up to tho embankment, on the southeast. Every man looked on with breathless interest, ns the chargo was a brilliant one. As soon as they were in good range, our battery opouod. and the first tiro struck the head of the advancing column, and crashed through from rank to rank. They attempted to mount tho embankment, but our infantry rose, and they wore repulsed with great loss, and so discomfited that they rati rod with a double quick movement down the road. Tho Colouel commanding in this charge was scon to reel in his saddle. The battery again exchanged shots,aud tho action do sed with six men wounded on our side. D was now olio o’clock, and the enemy showing no disposition to commence again, tho dragoons were ordered out and found the enemy retreating with all Speed towards Hampton. As they pur sued them, they scattered like sheep, and the wounded a ml dy iug fell on every side of the road It was a pitiable sight, and us cur men cam© back they were picked up aud carried on litters to our camp and eared for. Tiio battle wan now over, having commenced ut o’clock A. Al., and continued till I. l\ M One ot the wounded of the enemy said he would lei! the truth before ho died, say four thou sand five hundred were engaged on tho part ot the Federal troops, and five hundred held in reserve, and the dead and wounded were tw< hundred; while on our part there were only twelve hundred men, and at uo time were there more than eight hundred engaged. During the entire engagement, Col. Magru dor whs in every part of the field, and display©© eonauuiate generalship aud courage, directing ev, r.v niovemeut in person and exposing him felt with a recklessues of danger which was soon and admired by all in camp. INCIDENTS OF TIIU nATTJ.K. The enemy, when they first approached, tried Ko keep tip their courage by repeated yelling, like so ninny savages, which the writer of tbit hoard distinctly, while our men said not a word but with uplifted hearts to the God of Bat tles, stood silortt and courageously, nwaiting them. One of tho Captains of the advancing column of the enemy approached near the N. C. Uegi ment $ linen, and standing on a log, cheered his nu-n. Downs soon, and a private in one if the companies took deliberate aim and ho foil dead. Tho man ran out and secured his sword us n trophy of his valor. I ho Howitzer Battery, under superintendence ol Major Randolph, elicited tho ehoois of the entire soldiery, every man performing his pun ; with tho celerity of practiced gunners, and of ! ten exposing {themselves upon the parapet to see, as they said, the enemy’s eyes, so ns to take iiiui. In a word, no mnn on the gtound could express how much of tho result of our victory i* duo to the Howitzers. Eat© in tho evening the encampment was bro ken up and we returned to Yorktown. Long live Mngrudcr, Hill, Stewart and Alien, illustrious leaders in this our first, great battle Hud glorious victory ! while to God thanks he givm for his providential oaro and support. C. P. 11., Life Gcard. Tk® tumj's Report of tlie Bethel llsllle. From the New York Herald of tho lith, we coj'y tho following: The Seventh, Colonel Renders, was establish ©d in a o orps of wood at uu angle of a road, aud their fire waa quito destructive. Sergeant Carey, ol Oompauy A, Colonel Townsend's regiment, was killtd. Lieutenant Stono, of the same regi ment, u sergeant amt nine privates, were wound ed. some seriously. Tho liro was returned, and tho Seventh tired one chargo of grapo from i< howitzer, which passed over tho heads of tin Third, doing no harm. As far as l have heard, tjje ©l.j. ©t of the expe dition has been accomplished. J im conduct of the men has been most adiu’i able under tho hottest fire. The naval brigade received tho highest compliment for their efficient conduct. Tn working the boats they were ol tho greatest service throughout tho night and day. Th© contest, at Grout liethol waa more severe than was at firat uppretended. The enemy wore so strongly entrenched iu and protected by bat teries that after over two hours and a half revere fighting, our ammunition giving out, wo were obliged to fall back, which wo did in perfect order. The details, a- near as can bo in thocobfution ascertained, ore as follows: Brigadier General Pierce, with tho First, Second and Thi r d New York, from thii post, joined with detachments from Newport, News from the Fourth Massachusetts, First Vermont and Seventh and Ninth New York, with two light field piece* under Lieutenant Orebblo and a squad of regulars, drove into th© enemy num ber ng four thousand men, and soon catue on their position, protected by the fire of six heavy batten©!, mounted with aix and twelve pound howitzers and heavy Yifled cannon. The engage ment immediately became warm, the gum under Lieut. Grebble returning tho intensely hot. fire from the enemy’s gun. After Bomo time General Picrcogave th©order to chargo on the battery, and Colonel Duryea’a Zouaves gallantly marched iu quick time undei a scorching fire up to near the rampants of tb< battery, when a broad ditch that intervened which could not bo puosed, when the gallant j lads fell back. Colonel Towiisond'e regiment also went nearly totb© battery, but meeting tho same obstruction were also oouupolled to retire. After over *wo hours’ hot contest the am muni tion for the field pieces and the muskets gave out and the order was given to retire, which waa I ejected in perfect order and safety. Our less in killed and wounded is about seven ty-flve amongst tho latter I mention: Captain Kilpatrick, of the Zouaves, was shot in tho log. Lieut. Dumont, company H, of tho same regi ment, had a bayonet wound in the leg, not seri ous and others slightly wounded. The following i; from tho Now York Tribune’s dispatch: At 10 o’clock Cols. Duryca, Townsend and B‘:ndix having formed a jouction, reached the Big Bethel, where they found the enemy in force, and engaged them- Meanwhile, Gen. Butler had sent tor reinforcement. On engaging the ciifcoiy, they weic found to he strongly fortified, and in great force, with heavy cannon. Our forces maintained the con flict with determined courage for more than two hours, but finding that it would bo impossible to carry the enemy's battery they in good order fell hack towards Hampton. It la impossible to gain anything reliable as to tho lose. Tho enemy numbered between three and five thousand. Their battery hud twenty guns. Some of them the Whitworth gun. Tho battlo raged three hours. Our men retired only when it be came evident that the enemy's buttery could not bo carried unices supported by artillery. T hey retired in good order, and the enemy was in n-i condition to pursue. The whole number of casualties docs not ex ceed fifty,of which not over twenty are fatalities. No prominent volunteer officer was hilled. Capt. Kilpatrick, of the Zouaves, received a bad flesh wound in tho calf ot his leer. Lieut. Grabble, of (he regulars, is reported killed. The battery was located so that it could not be carried except through a march. A charge w: s attempted ro peateoly. Mon r Tiioofs.—The Calhoun Rifles, Capt. W. Furlow, one hundred and eleven strong, arrived in Macon, ori Friday night, and pitched their tents, for a day, at Camp Oglethorpe. This corps is n pari of Col. Conner's Regiment, and left Sat urday night for Richmond. The Mueknlee Guards, Capt. Hawkins, of Sumter, will bo through Macon, on their way North, about the middle of this week. Capt. Cuffs’ noble company of Flying Artille- I ry. of over 100 stalwart men, aro now awaiting urders to leave for the seat >f war. The absence of equipment, (guns and horses) should not longer keep such an cfltoi nt arm of tho service j from the field. Capt. Catts was in tho Mexican war and has had much experience in artillery. We trust that the War Department will soon give him a prominent place in be picture Mo con Telegraph. We learn from the Dahlonega .Signal, of the | Btb ioit., that Harrison W. Riley is organizing a J Brigade to enter the service of the Confederate J States. The Knoxville Whig pnt down the anti seces- | sion majority in last Tennessee at 18,000. The State give* 60,060 to 75,000 ia favor of sects* lieu. 1 ( dU’MIUS. WKWMCSDAY,JUNK 10. IGJI. the Hi tfiily. At tho List annual meeting of tho “Cott< n Piautors Convention” on the 11th iust., resolu tions wore passed involving a mass mooting of th© planters and fanners of tho Stato to be he’d on tho 4th of July, lu Macon, for the purpose ol sustaining aud contributing a portion of tho next crop to meet tho expenses ( t tho Confederate Government. Every district and county in tho State, is urg ed to send delegates of their most intelligent and patriotic weu. As tho time is short to get up county meetings in many sections of tho Stnto, wo suggest to tho luilt'ary organizations to ap point delegates at the first district or company drill. This is an important nnd patriotic move, and carried out. with the measures suggested and inaugurated by this Convention, (which “proves its faith by its works” by placing in tho hands of tho government $1,500) cannot fail to raise a very largo amount of money upon Government bonds. Many of the ablest men of the State ar© invi - ed to co-operate at thD meeting, and will be present. ilio City LigUt Guards anil our Lillies. rapt. Colquitt, writing from Bewail’* l’oint, near Fortress Monroe, Yu , says: “Heaven hloss the ladies tor their kind re membrance of us, while absent from homo and lighting the battles of our country. They havo sent us Havelocks, w hich protect the face against ihe burning rays of the sun and contribute a treat deal to our comfort. Can we fail to tri-* uuipli and drive the enemy from our soil, when wo havo their approving smiles and generous sympathy ? bearing arms a burden, hard ships u toil and death a dreaded visitor, when ihe.r lovefolbiws us fei defending their homes and tiro-.-idcs.’ Doha not the sword leap from its scabbard C. rotd.it their wrongs and defend their rights? tied Ideas them ! Would that I could say something worthy of them, for I feel that hey aro all heroines and, like the women of tho ItevolmiiOJ, would make any sacrifice for their beloved country. Till them wo thank them f-r ♦ heir previous favor, nnd amid the stirring, event ful scenes of this struggle for our independence, they will have soldiers’ love an i daily ro meiiibraneo at n Throne f Grace.” Mi kci'Cl’k UiFi.rs. - This company, under i ’npt. Hootl, left our city yesterday in good spin- ( tu and with full ranks. We understand Lieut J sikes remains a day or two to aid thoßo members J who were unable to get off with tho Company. j From the Norfolk Argus. hlri.lV l/lfer from a hugliler of I lie Souili. Skwai.i.'h Point, Va,, June th. Editors of the A rune. Fms : I send you herewith, for publication, .t : the unanimous request of the City Light Guards, of Goorgia, a cmamunication to tho corps, from one of tho loveliest and fairest daughters of tho •Sout In which breathes the spirit of patriotism and inspires to deeds ol heroic valor our brave young soldiers. This lady is Miss Ki.i.a Ingraham, whoso name (though its appearing in print may cause a blush to her check) should not h© witli uold in those days, when our homes and fire sides aro invaded by n ruthless foe. With re-peer, P. 11. COLQt’ITT. ('<>l.t >ibum, Ga., Juno kd, 1861. ‘ M > I’ftih.NDs.—-With thrilling emotion* of prido j an i pica l ore, I address you, the glorious vie- ‘ tors of tho first L ittle fought in defence of our country on tho soil of old Virginia. Bravo and gallant sons of Georgia, whoso deed* of valor urealroady recorded tn tho hearts of your countrymen, and whose laurels can never b© withered by party spirit, or torn from the possessor by any change of administration, we feel that you will never give up th© glorious j ©ontout, that ho* ©ailed you to tho field, but thht | tho terrible earnestness which porvaduft the con- j duet, of all will make your blow* felt in the hour of battle. My IV*. lings on that, memorable day when ; vour patriotism aud chivalry spoke with all its i ‘hrilling power, were hut. th©echo of your own. 1 Could your “Ftlle du Regiment,” with eng>- like rapidity, havo winged her way to the t>. u- j nersho so confidingly entrusted to you, waving j defiantly, she would willingly have rhartd tlm | dangers with you whoso nobly protected it frotu ’ tbo tarnish oi the invader. We know that clouds of th© cm my are gather irig about you, hut wo *ie buoyed with the hope j that, like the Arabs, they will fold their ten \ and steal silently away. We rejoice that your lot iu this great Mrug- j glo iaraM among u people celebrated for their l hospitality, generosity aud friendliness—quali ties which seem to spring spontaneously: ©ma- J nations of toe heart, pit re, unadulterated A j fountain whoso waters never fail, and whom ! depth*) eatt only he measured by esigowi that nay arise. The attention, kindne?? and pruisoa , vbiob you so justly merit, reulvcd from theao ’ people, wiil ever be appreciated by friends whose interest m you neither sleeps nor slumber*.- i When thoughts of homo touch the heart, remem ber that you are continually in th© mind < of . her© whom you love. May the smiles of Heaven resi upon you, u> and i may your mimes bewritlOJMi 1 th© blood b- light peg© of ovcrluHting life !” InlcreGin? Topoirraphifal Inforioalioii. As it is now certain that Virginia is to bo tbo ; seat of war, and many <<l our readers may not bo familiar with loealfties iu that region, tho following article from the Vicksburg Whig will bo found interesting: a* it. gives some idea of the position of point* likely to boos importance during the war : Harper's Ferry, on the Potomac, is a point well known to all. Point of Rock* is twelve mile* below Harper’s Ferry, *it tho Maryland ■ddo of tb© Potomac, and 1* tho point whoro tho Baltimore and Ohio railroad strike* that river, and thence follows up the river to Harper’s For ry. Alexandria, on tiie Potomac, is about eight milei below Washington. Fairfax Court House irt about eighteen miles from Alexandria. Ma nassas Junction, where t .railroad from the val ley of Virginia, aud the road from Charlot.tosv illo | to /, loxtudiia tnoet, is about 27 miles riouth east if Alexandria. Culpepper Court House is about 62 miles from Alexandria, on tho road to Charlottesville. Gordonsvide is about 88 miles from Alexandria, on the same railroad, and is tho point where the Richmond and Charlottesville railroads meet—the latter plaoe being about 88 miles from Richmond and about 100 miles from Alexandria. Aquia Crock, below Alexandria, is tho point where the Richmond and Fredericksburg rail road strikes tbo Potomac. York river empties into Chesapeake Bay, Sooth of Potouiaoand be tween that and Fortress Mouroo—Yorktown bo il g a few miles up tho York rivor. Fortress Monro© is at tho point of land Cast of the en trance of James river iri o Hampton Roads, and Hampton on the main land of Virginia, about two and a half miles from tbo fort. Newport Nowa Is on tho Eastern bunk of James river, near its mouth, and not far from Hampton. Elisabeth river runs nearly North, empties Into Hampton Roads, opposite the mouth of James river—one ! going nearly Mouth and the other nearly North and Fortress Monro© and tho Rip Ilapa, or Fort j Calhoun, commanding th© entrance from ilamp ; ton Roads into th© Chesepeake Bay, and tho* all vessels passing from dame* and Elizabeth I rivers in Chcsapeako Bay have to porn between Fort Monroo and Rip Rape. Norfolk is ‘ n the south ride of Elizabeth river, about Ifi miles from Fort Monroe. Portsmouth is nearly oppoflte to Norfolk and Gosport Navy Yard, a few miles up tho aamo river tb© Portsmouth side. Bewail'* Point is the extreme ; point at tho mouth of Elisabeth river, where it | empties iuto Hampton Roads, on tho Norfolk j side, and is about 10 miles from Norfolk and j about six miles from Fort Monroe-—and vessels | cannot pass from Fort Monroe to Norfolk with | out passing around this point—which makes it l so important for the protection of Norfolk and j the Navy Yard. Grafton is In Western Virginia, ! at the junotion of tho Parkersburg branch of the 1 Richmond and Ohio railroad, and about 75 or 80 miles cast of Parkersburg and Wheeling —and within teu hours run by railr ‘. 1 of Harper's Kerry. Phillippi, where ©ur morning dispatches state m engagement took place, is a small pltu-o on th© rai'roaJ. a few miles East of Grafton. From tho Enquirer. Col. James J. SI. Chambers for Governor. Editors Enqpirkr: While wo all know D o disinclination of tho public mind, in times like theso to suffer itself diverted from tho channel of thought which very naturally it is wont to pursue, and while doubtl©: j there are those wl.o even foel themselves in some measure incapaci tated calmly and leisuroly to consider this or that question Os State policy, yet i‘ behooves us a* a prudent people,and as Georgian* to have an eye to tho successful promotion of our varied so cial aud material interests, ns well nr, tho men through whom as rulers tin .■© int* t■ t*• ■ mi; bo most effectually subserved. A few months more will impose upon the pup* ular voice of Georgia tuo selection ol a Govern or for tho ensuing term. Happily fur u.t tier© is to be no partisan strife—no basic upot < to recognize old party Hues. Then lot -ua take such steps as will demonstrate the foregoing truth uod, regardless of any supposed claim upon our suffrages on account of past servircs, let us cast about to secure one et whom it may again be appropriately said, “The man aud t hour have met.” Wo think tho ocemdou veiy plainly indicates tho man in the person ©f Cd JAMES M. CHAMBERS, of Columbus; nnd wo think we shall b© nblo t ‘ produce good and i-ufficient reasons wav this Giueinnatu.) should bo ©ailed forth from bis retirement and houotcit with the undivided and enthwnattv support, ol tho people of his native fctut©, Poßaes sed of the solid experience aud informa tion of a well spent id© of sixty years; guteil with an i: tollect at onoe ©dear, practical and Ci Uiprehenaivo; man oi tbo most ot.lightened public spirit, unbending integrity, Roman ti * in - ness, and tuode-t dignity— t in* ml and C'brts tian virtues proverbial whi rever be h known - iu short, amply filling that strict Jtft rsontan test of qualification for offi. e, via: “houcht, faith tul aud ©a-, able,” ho stands pre-eminent as one who would adorn with ptoulmr grace, dignity and ability tho Gubernatorial chair of Georgia. Honored in early life with the conl'uk*uoo ot tho peopht of tho county in which l © rivaled, ho proved himself a fmthlid and * fiiolent leg slatoi; and should he now be elevated to tho position of Chief Magistrate, an administration of prudence, firmness, energy and economy will vindicate tho wisdom uud appreciation oi tbo people in their i selection. Should ho consent for ins ts;uue to j go bofuro tbo people, wo foel assured that other aspirants will, with one accord, decline u con tost j w ith such undisputed w..rth. For year*, if v o . aro rightly informed, ho i.as boon .. . partisan. I and cheriidiing m>ue himmif, w . uld havo array - ©d agaiust him none of that old paity rancor | which unavoidably would bo left liugenug in tho ! bosoms ot umny, against any leader frt l i from tho political arena. Wo proaeui ,ni u-. the ! “People's Candidate for Governor,” and as on© I in evory particular calculated t > *;it.~ y tho de mand* of NO PARTY MEN. Ot r Foßßioif Rif ratios*. —Tho New Y rl. Herald, of Iburoduy, tho Idth inst., editorially says “ Secretary Seward’s dispatch to Mr. Dayton it ngaii criticised in a very sneering manner by the Loudon Timet, and unothcr English journal duos nothonitato to clues-Mr. I.un . In - ’ Cabinet and tbo insur cct M.-uth- t.i .nKv© >*f rebels us tho two American fu. td.na. Lord Palmerston says, through I. I.< u I organ, tin; Post, that Canada will soou bee imo tlie. .-ntro and oominercoand ©migration for tho American con tinent. Our compilation fr- .n the foreign frita. given to-day, in nucli connoction, ri worthy .*f aerlou* consideration, and exhi'-it- . muuil© totidency towards an unfriendly policy to th© Government nt Washington, which, if carried nut, may result in giving England a severe Kb ‘ “n. fi.r which fho i* probably uot prepared. Mr. Lindsay, M P., who recently . ; . ! tb : - country, in a speech to his constdu. nt- ut Mmi derland, lias gone far towards indoctrinating thorn with tho idea of tbo right of see- esfou a the South and the necessity of luaiiitainiiig the rebel cau?o. This gentleman advises France and England t<- •> forward uud proclaim the hid-: ponoeneeof t!m Southern Con fed. racy r. tho only means of allaying tho tUirit : r blood I which he flays prevails at tl.o Non... Tho Lon don Mortimg !’* ‘t, Lord organ, asserts that tbo Southern States wrr dcfacto ;tj do; nJenf at tho moment. lietuurctt ts the A 'jjth T tin , ... ]ja , llvk says: The North is now m the poaiii-.i) ar. .. nan who saddoniy ©eases to got ~ny richer, yo koep ©n •‘pending. Tbo ruit ia he drawr < n his fa pi tul, aud in daily growing poorer. Ho luf nothing j that grow* or i l©iug produced. Th* ta-.m ‘ ‘ tru.lo atop*, all stop- Not ho the planter. The’ earth hrtngt* forth its acrust* u I j i, and if A. H. iu N©w \ <rk city don’t want t;.* ~iviiogoof i shipping hiH Cost’ 11, or tin- fir-., ras.- t. if, c.. ’ why B. c. in Lon I- • ,1. ; i V. w Or- , leans will. Aa for positive r*-on-* , ! i.d\V* .ri Krolbo .•..• V. .r tbt bar.- I any. W not raise enough for our sup port in the N. ’• un ©ml Middle Stair*, aud it i i.T r.l ai.|.: . u : .h. u.- f. ’ Ui.'g .nil. To talk ! . . ■ . -.•lire* ot “, . N'ori'i i- to talk about tho ro.-"” - •of a t.u . v.’ j., upon his customer* I r *upj *• on l ‘ . .on tht-y leave him, hisrcsourc. - iv.. v<- !. ■: . An rieultur-1 community, bow-over, limi r. •! r-. sources which cann*.t ho cut < if, u less Provi dt i: i 1 i ucsJLh word ‘ t! - .* • seed • i yo and bar v< . 1 all n:t fall.” Ji would Jo tho purse-proud North good to reflect Ihul tho richest commercial emporiums th© world ever saw at© am .‘vnhx r©r. and de-vriate to* a wildernees ••MisPLAori) CoxrinßNt k."—Un t. tl - © • i ing tho New York Express ob#*-rv. It whh a favorite notion with r-.o’ -i iVvv a our eotempor&rhsa quite lately that, if tho, prosont British Ministry would bo to infatuated u.i to ospouue the cause ol tho Montgomery Cuufedtru cy, it would find its speedy u* count iu tjcc'it-.i from office. The opposition led ©n by tho Earl of Derby, it mu never doub’ed. w©uld be t<>” happy to avail tbemselvcß of i'a.na r.<ton and llussell'* loaning toward? the Cotton Coftd< ru oy, t*i make them unc- iufortabi©, ai iv.- -t iu their places, if not ultimately compel ht-r RLj>ty to seek othor adviser*. Th ; expectation was not an unreasonable opo. It wac predicftted upon tbo fallacy that tlui Brifieb ©Pli-riuvory feeling was Bomothing nmro Hj’o.*tantial than a s*.uti ! ment, aud that in a haod-to-hand cuntrst with u ‘‘Government,” the * hi i arurr -►•ton© of which, a*acknowledged by Mr. Vico Piurideiit Mteph eiis, is negro slavery, English sympathy must be on the side of the North. Never w* there a greater delusion, an every body may now tv©. The Earl of Derby, so fir from enpouring “tb cause of freedom,” and making that cause m lover with which to oust Palmerston and Russell from office, has taken tho first opportunity *o go n step i or two in advance of thorn even, i*i favor of the | Confederates! Witness his speech, ©n the Iflth, in favor of treating privateers, net as pirates, hut (we had almost said) h g.-ntlcmcn. That Speech, now, together with tho cold shoulder j Lord Brougham tins given them, ought to op n ! the eyes of tho Beechers, and Cheevers, hero n> home, to tho truth wo havo been trying (in vain; to impress upon them -that the Abolitionists of Exeter Hall bavefor years only been using them to bring about a dissolution of the Union—and that all their lip sympathy for “Li ertyand Hu manity” was hut a bubble, which would collupre —as it has already collapsed—the moment seuti meotefttaein contact with interest. Items mow Varfots Moorccs. —Agontlcman from Richmond informs tho Petersburg Express that too venerable Bishop John Early, of the Muthodist Episcopal Gmircb, was in PbUUppl on tho day of th© recent battlo, having just re turned from tho leision of some Western Confer ence over which he hadiiresided. We understand that Bishop Early reports 12S as the nufaber of Lincolnites who fell in that engagemont. Tb s may he received as entirely reliable. Gon. McCulloch has taken command of the Western force*, and bus roado requisitions for six regiments upon Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and the Indian Territory. Albert Pike goes with him as Indian Commissioner. COLIMRI N, THURNDAY, ,11’XK JO, ISfll Get np the Anas. We understand that Governor llrown is send in;’ in all directions through tho State, tor th* return of all aims which havo horetofote beet issued to Volunteer Companies uud which have not boon considered proper for the Coufedorat* service. Almost every village in Georgia can respond to this requisition with its hundred of old muskets, and we doubt not that, upon a care ful and thorough scrutiny, at least five thousand could be mustered tn tho Btato. Marry perhaps most of them are of tho old flint and steel pat tern, nnd wo learn that the Governor bas arran ged with Molars. Hodgkins A Son in Macon for their rapid oonvorsioti to tho percussion lock- - With this change, together with whutever repairs may bo needed, these gun* will be aa good weap ons an a soldier has any use for, nnd thousands of Georgians will extiltiugly recoivo them and march to aveugo tho invasion of Virginia. Cotton Statistic*—-Thelatest reports from Great Britain **h<*w that the eonmmption of coi ton for the on -rent crop year bus diminished an average of 5,200 bales per week, or 270,-100 bales for the year, owing to the high price and the commercial depression. Tho stock in Liverpool May 21, was 1,112,000 bales, sufficient tu supply the weekly consumption at. the Inat average (48,600 bales) for more than 2'* weeks. Bcsidt s, there were at Sea, bound for Liverpool, 120,000 bales from the United states auil 200,000 bale* from Bombay, or supplies for nine week* m©ro --thirty five wo ks in all. Jackson Avengers.—This is the title of an other company, forming for the war, in this city, uudor the Captaincy of Mr. .b f-lo .T. Bradford and l*t Lieut. W. H. 11. I'hrlp*. Mr. Gradfoid, thuugh youug, is & military nnu, and will no doubt prove himself uu honor to Georgia. ll© will bo glad to receive respectable young men from all of the adjoining eountics. K port your selves ntJ. .1. Bradford's cr W. 11. II Phelp*'* store. RtCHMUM! Coßlll*PoVili \a:. lUoumum>, June 15. j Thepr oiding* in our State Couvention to day were of a m**t! intorcßtingar*l exciting eba ractor. Tt waa ascertained that the traitor Car lisle ©f the Wheeling District was among tl.o Ohio vagabonds v. ho havo taken possession of Romnoy, with a view to the seizure and occu pation, by stealthy marcher, us Ibo Virginia and E. T. K. U., by which our brave bwutboru war riors are transported cither to Richiauz.d or any other important point now hold by us. Carlfs’o boasted publicly, that, if Gov, Letcher would dAro to nrreat bun lor high lieasoii, (for which ihe order was i-nnd wick) ho could escape under the habeas corpus act. Well, our criminal code iu Virginia, never contemplating the ex- i istence among her own children of traitors uml rebels, is inadequate to provide the proper pen- ( ally, unless on ovortact can be proved by two i competent witnesses. Bunco the tuncicd tecur- j ity of this in famous traitor. T’o-doy, a Mr. , Troadwny moved in thoConveottoa the raising J of u committee of soven to report r.n ordinance fort with providing legal uud proper means for J bringing to condign punishment all tbo traitor- • oussons who plunge tho dagger of N utborn la- j naticifetu in tho bo.? m of their mother. This ( Committee will report on Monday, sudthe means J they will suggest will apply to Gen. Scott, - \ j well n* the traitor forwbubi it is intended. A rumor reached boro at one o’clock I’. M. to day, that our force had evacuated Hurpcr'a For- j ry. It umy to (fo-lumbu* and .lead to niup- | prohensiout and doubts. It will ho <<litc:iaily I corrected t©-ni"rrew. My informatiot is from j an offioial source. Wo intend to gut to l!a!li- j inure at once. Yesterday (Friday) 3,0U0 men were i.ont over to YA ineboster to oxteh tbo vil- j luiu.v who havo Invaded Romney, and 2,500 to | the Pointed Rocks tbreu uriics from Frederick ■ Md. Enough Is left at tro Ferry to atjcoessful- j ly reris’ 11)0,000 men. This is tho true Mat© •>. J thiogs. Our puli yor plan E n rush ©n Balti more where 1 20, DU0 men await us, and then a t fUi.kmiivemcnt ■■■> tt uih!nftl<m -iJ.iiU..i.euiily i I with an ntta* k ©n Georgetown Heights from ; ! M,.:i • ,i • J l.l l© li*-1 *, whilo Generals Henry A. | jV.I. .. .1 In E. Floyd will take gutd euro of , | hi. rth W.ctoru X irginiu, and ©poa the eyes of j tlie i >t'!* r eountio* < f Ohio. Roly on this nd , | tell our J/wOplu to boos g:n*J cheer. Wo wiil j whip them wiierw-c we meet, and shall outstep 1 until wo ruecivo th ir anhmimiou perhaps am and j the ruin.i “f what idn*>w Philndulplria. 1 motto day with sumo imldier* from York town. They are eothusiasLc in thvsr em u . **•/ ©n (*©l. Colquitt of your v lioct eoldUr . • r a truer type *; th© S .uri:- m gcntlemon, they j Bay, iu*h uoi ui'i. My word f©r it be will give a good account us himself sod hi* gallant com- i ,„u V I. Gon. . *tt is reported to havo. informed the ■ Cabinet ut Washington that ho will be iu Rich- j mondJuly 16. He may as a prisoner, but never, j never ae a victor. YVe fool here so certain of ulli maic triumph, that many of *ur couipanies are filled up wt.ii brave boy* n ■••er I •'* nr* old. Our victory nt Bethel, nur Hampton, is greater •huo wo had supposed. T ti enemy reposts 1000 killed, wounded or missing. It wJI bo remem bered they uad 4.0U0, an t t*t" .u msrv, while wo had 1,100 alt igether, and 300 of them held hack. Hurrah for Southern soldiers when they moot Yankee cut-throats. bichmoud is Iu u s ale of thor- t-gh defon*© and would repel an a tack ot’SOO.OOU men. They will not trouble us, my wo"d f*.r It, uo< wiil they over go fur her South uules* the infernal region* bear on that point t/f tho compass. Let your planters and former**, therefore remember that he who feeds an army is as patriotic and useful a* b who leads it—garner their cropland save their cereals for our brave boys. We must depend on our own soil f>4* food, a* we do upon our sons fordefonce. BRUTUS. A Cmtful Cormpondsace. YVe have seldom *ean a morn graceful cirros poudeuce than the following. Gen. Bkai.re gard’s reply is a Gem. His pun i* oa bright ns x sworp to oxx. nr.At ottaxHo. (Un. O'. T. licaursijartl, of the Confttderuto States Amy ; Gerkrai.: The ladies of the Military Fair, hold in thi* city for tho benefit of our volunteers, on the 26th,UtJth, 27th uud 28th ult. respectfully nk your acceptance of tho accompanying ewuvl, ns o. testimonial of the estimate w© place upon your moral aud professional fitnese Air the high and honorable position you fill as the military chieftain of our country'* Army. Wo are ensured that iu present lag it to you we piece it ia tbo baud* ©f a patriot end a General, such as tho exigencies of our beloved country imperatively demand. May victory, ia tho enure of right, ever crown your efforts, and the laurel wreaths remain fresh and unfailing upon your brow. With great respect, (Signed] Mrt*. Harlow J Fiirlps, Secretary of Ladios’ Military l air. HRAnUUAQTBRV I'ftOVISIOKA.L AIiMV. Y Gobkkdbratk States, > (Jua tii.EavoM, S. C., May 25,1801. ) Madam: I accept, with emotions of gratitude and pride, the beautiful sword presented to me, through you, by the Ladies of the Military Fair held iu New Orleans on the 25tb, 20 h, 27th, and 28th, ult., for the banefit of the Louisiana Volun tears. 1 tender to them and to you my, warm PEYTONH. UOLUUxTi', / JAMES W. WARREN. ( £ai tors. Number 25 oknow’cdgtmnt for the very kind an 1 IV.U-:ring * tm* in which their pro : nt i yjft has been con veyed. iu receive tho commendation of his conutry nan w*mjUl bo tho reluifir's highest reward, were t not still surpassed by tho approval of hi* coun ty women. May the Victory, which is due them ih the f iiroßt and noblqs* among the interests wo u* cuntendin*-. for, over upon the banners ol tho friend* they bk-as. I romuin, with tho bight ri regard*, your very obedient aervaut, [Signed] G. T. Bkaurioard, Brlgadii-r-General < •mtrnanding. Mrs. If nr Inn Phelps, ocrctary of Ladies, Military Fair, Now Orleans, La. From the Louisville Courier. Frotlamalion of Gw. Jackson, of Missonri.,.s9,ooo Troops Called out. Hr. Lot is, Juno 13,—-The following Proclama tion Irom tliivcrncr Jhi k/>on, iB received to-day. <f KPPBKiO.v City, June 12. To the People of Missouri : A iHirif* ofunpr voked and unparalleled out rages have been in Hie ted upon the peace amt ugoity of this Common wealth, nnd upon the ight* hi ri libertiei* us i- people by wicked and itipiiuciplcd tuen, profifsmg to act under the lutimrity of itio Uuitcri htates Government. The solemn act* of your Lcgiaiature have *eeu nullified; your . iuutcer .soidiera have boon taken primmer*, your Commerce with your -iruer -State* haw been fuppended, your trade ■viih votiv own ietlow-oitu. ns has been and i* ■ •ciug subjected to the hurrus ing control of xo nan-i >■ n, pem cful citizen* have bi-en im* j/i'isoned witln.ut warrant ©flaw, otn.ri-nauqq and defetn elot's men, wotacQ and chi dr* n have been ruthlessly *hot down and amrd*. i< and, ami olhar unbe.nr.ibio if.aqaulica have bs.cn licuifod upol your ttato and yourselves. To all thcfO outrages and indignities you have submitted with patriotioforbearance, winch has only encouraged the perpetrator* of these grevi ous wrongs to attempt still more *1 ring o*ur pat;c!i? It has been uiy earnest endeavor, under all those embarrassing cireoinataoecs, to in.liotnin the peace of the Htate, and to avert, >i pu sible, frotu our boedtrs too desolating et fit*-:* of civil war. With rlral object iu view, I ,*uiti oi.* and M.ij (len. Ftieo, several weeks ago, t • arrutiKdd with <•*■. Hurtey c mmanding th© F dorni fi-recH in tb - State, terma of agreement, l.y which tlie c* -o of the -tale aii?ht be pro aertetL They c-i**. * n the 21t **l Msy, tu an understand ug, wnieh was made public. I I .i.i au bort'i*- have faithfully labored (~ c„.-rv out the term* *f tt* agnoment.— The 1 udetal Govcrutuont ou the otLr bund not -,nly mat*:- -1 y strotig disapprobation of it. byjb-1 ill'll,’- i ‘** :!’.e liirtiiigumlicd officer who, on it* part, entered into it, Mil >t at *npe be gon, and Ik.* un remit ti ugly carried out, a sys j.-mj f hos'.iie oj'tiatioiis, ■© u.rer contempt of I that agreement and n r*cklc s disregard of it* own plighted faith. Tho-n not* fc.iv- Utterly p-,rtfiidc*i revolu ti tt ami civd war * that X re solved <■’ make on a i> ire effort t<* avert these dangers lroui u. 1 liieref*re solicited an in t ivi v. with Dug- Gon. Lyons, commanding tho i e-dernl army in Ali***uri. It waa granted, and „n flic Ju.b li.-.:., v virigul! quearion ©1 person al offi rial I'k l ity, I ‘ at to . w . Looltf, accom i .inted by .Mstj Fri *. Wo had un inter vivw ,n tin! 11 th *’ ‘.. w-ih Gen. Lyon and F. I*. lJi •'i, Jr., at whUh l njhnmud tu thun this prupoaition: K. .i 1 v. uld di.t!"• . ‘ i o Guard and i breakup t.H u:go© : • ■ tiint X would disarm l SI cotiq.aniea which have been aimed by the .Mato; i:.„t Iv. -i. I l \ * inyn i nut i- at !t, t i rg;.’.,i: tLo militia under the Militia ! !'. *; th it no arms or munition- *f war should L wocthi protect ; ail citizen? iijuaily in ail thoir rights, regardless ! ~f their political •■pinion; that I would suppress [ ..!l ii.sum-riiynnr.v movements within tho State : ! r,at I would repel all attempts to invade it troui ivbat .er quarter uud by whomsoever made, and i ui I would thus maiutaiu strict neutrality iu | tho present unhappy (outost, un i prewirve the l poaco **f he Stat© ; aLd 1 tur.hcr proelmmcd that • 1 would, U ut 1 > •-<’ry. invoke the assistance of I the United btn:* tiot.p* tu carry out there , U ‘i„ r. Ail this ipr p .red to do upon t e eon '.ii:i"it;: >: tlioFi 1 r.*l (riv* run.* r.t would uu -1 ■ i•• r alto ‘.•* di.-.'rm tl.o Lome Guards, which it : ha* illegibly *<t, ‘-ii7,od and aimed throughout ; me and pi .go i-.-tii u-t to occupy with its i tro ;■■* any I'.culitu* in tho htato occupied by 1 ri.- i, i.f this ,4 but the most ear • (iesiiu t*. a\i v; t :o horrors of civil war from | our Biato could havo tu ipted me to prupuso • these humiliating torms. IThoy wore rejuO ‘ 1 I*., tuo Federal officer?.— Th, yih t: sod not only the disorguoiaatitm of the lit ate niilitia an-l tho uullllicaiion ot tb.- uiti- I taty, but they iufo* and to disurta ihbir own home 1 guards,and iusirted that the Federil Government ‘ r !,.; enj v ut ;*re'*. ;* and right so move nnd sta l! in tim troop* throughout the whenevo! r: ; if, m ri.o opinion of Us ..fli , ibe nu< c.**iiry, i-uhoi mr the protection of | loyal i k •■•l'* ’* t Federal Government or for ; tl."* rcpellin,* of invu.m.n; uni they plainly an r •oi'.'ed that it v <• t: ** intention of ibeAdmiu ! i -crnttoii to t.,Uc milnaty *c* uputi* n, under these pretext?, ol ti * u 1 1 Mate, and ro*tuco it, as i.vow-u i.y u 1 ■ • Ly":* himself, to the exact h * Miiry • • ’J f • acceptance fcy mo ’ o* r! - mdi ti rm* would not only have , ,ull id the h’ U'*r < t Mi-souri, bu-would have aroustd tin iudignati-u * i evtry brave citiztn, ‘! * .i ‘” b it ha* }, ~)n •. .un prevent IVeroiucvd to accede to ! ri , i,i ni.ri t I’M eori'orrueo *• brokvn up v.-cii /tire. ail our tl. rte rewinds c©n<U t* l iUd YVe can hope for tiuibsng iu 1i,..- :iceu.dtu iri rnti’ n* f the agents of i ibo Kcleial Gov<rmi,nt in t.i* S uto. They !ai oilier*’ i.-nl i > h:i*t ug Ge AKCut"n of their bloody uud i. v ..lutiuußiy svhtuic* tor tb© in.*u I gurmiuu of a CiVil vrer iu your midst; for tbo 1 military occupation of yuur S;atoby armed band* 1 .ls lawless invaders, for the overthrow of your i .State Government, and for the *ubviiaon of : those liber lies which that Government huauUaye . t-night to protect, uud they intend to exert thoir wholo power to subjugate you, if possible, to tho t>.e military despotism which has usur ■ .’'•'••* i• i• rit. Now, therefore, l, J. F. Jaokaon, Uovernor of t’..c- Stale of Missouri, do in view of the forego• .ng l:\ctH, and virtue of tbo powers vested in mo v.y tho Constitution end laws of the Com mon wealth, is?uo this my pr .i.lauialion calling t u military ol the State to tho number of 60,- 000 mto active m rv.ee for repelling said invasion mill for t’ao pr-i-.c■ i< nos tho live*, liberty and properly *f the * *>f tbisetiit**. aud X ear nosriy exhort all g-.od citizen* of Missouri to rally uud. r tho flag I tb*i: • -te for the protgo tion"<*i tin-,i- eni#i. ; red hoit.es and iireaidef,and for the defeuse ol their inottsavred rights and dearest liberties. In ri-uinq ih*s proclaim*!foil I hold it t* be my solemn ‘luiy to remind y,u Umi Missouri is • ill I no of tho Uni tod that the Executive Do partmunt of th© Sta'c government dues not arro ijitio to it ,‘ilf the power to disturb 11: ar relation ; that power h.** foen m -oly v*te*i in tho conven tion, which will at the proper time express your Aovoroigu will, and tfiat mcanwhi e it i? your du ty to obey all Coii*t:tuti-f**l requirements of tbo Federal Government; but it is equally my duty to advise you that your first allegiance is duo to y.,ur own State, und that you uro under no obli gations whatever to obey the unconstitutional ediiMs of the military despotism which has eu f ‘ironed itself at Washington, nor to eubmit to t ie infamous and degrading away *<f its wicked lainiona in this St a*©. /*'■ hrtive and tru. hoart o i Mid ur aa will -bey tbo one or eut mil to the other, lire, then, and drive out, guouiln ously, too inv-.der* wb** dared to dohvorate the soil waich jour I v'oor have made fruitful, andwhicb is consecrated by your botpea. G‘dgm.d,) CIAHORBB F. JACSSOW. Scott nnd Lee. The Richmond Dispatch considera it a matte: for gratitude that WinfioU Scott has retained cotnniaud of the hireling army. “We have never cear 1 to b*s grateful that this prodigious humbug prefers ttm -• *mmand of the Northern arury t * loyalty and g •’ ‘ la th to Virgiaia. The consequence is, tho North gets tho benefit of foe imbtoUiiy, urrogeneu and bau t. niper, while Virginia ha* attha head ol bar ar my that g© trie rant) of real merit, who*© modesty ri rev great a* his tnorit— Kojjeht E. Lrr.” Ralbiuu, Juno l. Tho North Carolina Convention have elected the foil wing gentlemon member* of tho Confed erate Congress, W. W. Averv and George Davis, for the State at large; A. W. Venable, W. N. 11. Smith, Thou. Ruffiti, L. D. McDowell, John M. Morehead, R. C. Puryea, Burton Crnry and A. D, Davidson for the Districts.
