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COLQUITT & WABBLY, Proprietors.
Volume XVI,
coiryurs.TrEßPAi.jiLV 23. ni.
f! Battle of Mmsst*.
Another glorious victory crowns the arm* ol
tho Confederate With a fore© treble our
‘•wu an-1 provided with all the rppli-trees of war
which vast preparation and unlimited resources
•oul-i furnish, and within hearing of the cannon
from hi* capital, the enemy has been made to
bite the dost, Such Intelligence son da n thrill oi
inexpressible juy through the length and breadth
(•four land, and calk* upon the people to give
thank* and praise to Him who Bold* the desti
nes ofnatlons in the hollow of Ills hand. Sor
row too is our portion, the cypress is thickly en
twined with the laurel. Many are made to
mourn the loss of loved ones and a the roll rs
the immortal dead is called thousands of aching
hearts and desolate homes will testify to the mis
ery of war.
Kven now thu heart of ear old mother, Geor
gia, throb# heavily fi;r the 1* of one.after h-rav
st and uobleet eons.
Bartow has fallon’ The genet. as, the chival
rous, the gifted Bartow’ He whom she delight
*.dio honor, aal from whose ascending star she
already borrowed a reflected radiance. She will
weep for him—yes. weep for him, find then
with a purpose touched with fire from bis ewn
bright spirit, she will arm her sons, his broth
©r, and hid them go forth tu uvenge his fall.
(.übcnutMul Otgmlii.
The 4th of September seems 19 be very gen
erally acquiesced in by our cotemporarie# of the
Tress, a* the day for the assembling of tbo Gu
bernatorial Convention of Georgia.
It will also be the duty of that Con vent it*n to
select Presidential Electors. Tho people in the
several counties should assemble atones and ap
point delegates to the Convention.
Let every county be well represented * * that
the wishes of the people may bo known.
..£** We publish the following extract from a
totter from our Richmond correspondent dated
the Uih inl* which soma freak of tho mails de
layed in reaching us. It makes honorable and
just mention of gentlemen w.th whom most ot
otir readers aru acquainted:
Gen. 11. R. Jackson is to take command in
North Western Virginia. Ho left with his Staff
on Wednesday, but had not arrived when the
engageme t under Oen Pogram took place.—
When Jatksou gets into the North West ho will
.nlo e new life into the soldiery. Uo is a galiant
man, and one calculated to impress o'bers with
the same noble impulses that animate tis own
Losoui. With such sons Georgia may well entrust
her honor. Wise's Legion is doing effective ser
vice lu encouraging the faithful, confirming the
doubtful and strong Renin g the timid, llis argu
wants are as terrible as bis arms to all opposed
to Virginia's welfare. It is said that his discue
sions have won thousands to Hie cause and al
most overthrown the treasonable se4limon>tß scat
tered broad cast by Carlisle A C>. C l. F\ J.
Moses, Senator from Punster, South Carolina,
left here yesterday to join Wise's Legion, til Aid
to Gen. Wise, lie in a rue man. lie was among
the most ardent advocates of the separate He
oeiJilOß of South Carolina, and did asr much as
any man to confirm South Carolina in the
assurance that whan she for liberty,
Georgia would head the column. Ardent, brave
and eloqusnt as an orator, he will do much to
.■<ave erring Virginians from the malign iufln.'r.ces
by which they have been mis lead; and as a sol
dier he will be known and fait l.y the enemies
of our common cause.
Beverly Thornton ut also here, offering a Reg
iment for Wise’s Brigade, and will soon be back
with yon to move hie forces to the seems of ac
tion. lie too is well calculated for a disaffected
region, where it Is aa necessary to rouse the u
---tbofiann and convince the judgment of the er
ring, as it Uto drirw back the foreign f>e that
invades the soil, iiamsey and Jackson, yon
know, are both powerful before the people. Wise
i himself a host, and if with this galaxy, woun
ded error does not writhe In pain, I am rarely
deceived. Edgar Dawson, £sq. is here and has
fully succeeded in arranging tor the eariy un ve
ineat of the gallant jßtttttey with bie regiment.
Os Cantey, I nee< say no more than that he
nnetainni himself well in the Palmetto Begi
ment. This Is praise enough for any man.
UtfMU.3.
Special Correspondence of the Times.
RICHMOND CORRESPONDENT.
Rtchmorp, July 17, *AI.
‘Tt is good fJr us sometimes to have troubles
and adversiUea.’’ The above quotation is, I be
lieve, from Tbotnae a Kempii, and is replete with
philanthropy and wisdom. Were we to march
onward to every point, victorious and bloodleW,
strewing our path as we advanced, in this second
war of independence, with slain Yankee*, we
would inevitably relapse into u dangerous con
dition of self-reliance, wlfhont corresponding
exertions, and self-sufficiency wholly unwarran
ted and perilous. It is true, the brilliant affair
at Bethel Church may have encouraged the be
lief that, in a fair fight, we can whip the Hes
sians with aforceof one to five. That wufl a
glorious exploit, ami will form the brightest page
In the history of this revolution, but it wou'tl be
a moat hazardous experiment to try too often
Tu a fair light, where there Is no bushes behind
which the Yankee* can ikuik, and m) mountain
ranges where they can stealthily surround our
forces, by night, every candid man who knows
anything of the relative pereonel of the contend
mg armies, will contVe that we might safely trust
the doetiny of the South to 30,000 Confederate
troops against 30,000 Hessian invaders. All the
moral, and, ae respecie man to man, ail the
physical advantages are on onr tide—the God
of battles is with ns, and hence we could afford
the above odds, and whip them. Hut, for all this,
we must look for revereoi as well as victories. —
No war was ever continued for any length of
time without alternate defeat and victory, and
one is as indispensable as the other to interna*
tional success. I would no be understood as
Intending to intimate that we have met with any
serious disasters. Such is not the case, for •• yet
we hava bad no battle between the immense ar*
inies on both files, alread, prepared for the con
flict, but we have had several skirmishes in
which we have been generally victorious, and
very recently two important engagements, in
which we have mot with disaster, after the fight
at Rich Mountain, the particulars of which you
have already published, Cot. Scott, your readers
will remember, retreated towards Monterey with
the remnant of Col. Pegram’e command, and
made a stand there with some 3,000 men, leaving
Gen. Garnett with 3,000 men, in his original po
sition, some 14 tode* from Rich Mountain.--
Learning of the disastrous affair at this place and
of the retreat of Scott towards Staunton, Genera*
Garnett attempted a retreat, but was compelled
to give battle to McClellan, thin time in com
mand of some 13,000 men. Telegrams received
here last night, and not contradicted up to one
o'clock to-day, state that while in the act of re
treating, after an boar's fighting, Gen. Garnett
was mortally wounded, bis forces, however, ef
fecting their retreat in good order. McClellan
did not follow, oontenting himself with occupy
ing the camp from which the gallant Garnett had
been dislodged. This is the very latest intelli-.
gecce which has reached the city, anl though
generally credited, It is not implicitly relied on
ill iiltttiitts Uliilli smm>
# t©
Its principal authority rests upon McClellan’*
dispaiebe* to the Government at Washington,
m l when it is known,ok the fact is,that it whs ar
ranged between Gen. MsClellan, Blair, Chase,
Wilson and the other abolition leaders in Wash
ington that, while Congress remains in session,
all s irts ot lying, seusatiou dispatches should be
forwarded to that city with a view to exclude
-very peace proposition, hurry through the war
appropriations and hasten the adjournment ot
ihat body, wo may well pause before crediting
-hose disastrous rumors.
Whether Gu or not, however, wo must relax
ne effort to drive out the invaders, and save our
beloved Confederacy from tho curse of Yankee
io aiia alien.
If any intelligence reaches the city up to six
o'clock, p. m., I Will givoit in h postscrip.
BRUTUS.
Message of President Davis.
To the Cong rest of ike
Confederate Stott 4 of America *
t*KM-LEst*N.--My me*sago addressed to you
at the commencement of ttie session contained
such full information of tho Confederacy, as to
condor it necessary that I should now do no more
than call your attention to such important facts
as have occurred during tho recess, and to mat
ters connected with the publio defence.
1 have again to congratulate you on the acces
sion of new members to our Confederation of free,
equal, and sovereign States. Our loved and
honored brethren of North Carolioa and Ten
nessee have consummated the action foreseen aud
provided for at your last session ; and I had the
gratification of announcing by proclamation, in
conformity with the law, that those Status wore
admitted into the Confederacy.
Toe people of Virginia, also, by a majority
previously unknown in hor history, have’ rati
fied tho action of the Convention uniting her ft r
tunc* with ours.
The State* of Arkansas, North Carolina and
Virginia have likewise udopted the permanent
Constitution of the Confederate State*, and no
doubt is entertainod of it* adoption by Tennessee,
at the ejection to bo held early next month.
I deemed iu advisable to direct the reuiovui of
the several Executive Departments, with their
archive?, to this city, to which you had remov
ed tho siat of Government, immediately after
your adjournment. Tho aggressive movement
of the enemy required prompt, energetic aetion.
Lb© accumulation ol hi* forces on tiie Potomac
sufficiently demonstrated tba hi* efforts wero di
reeled against Virginia; and from no point
could Iho necessary measures for her detence
and protection be so efficiently directed a* from
her own capital.
Tho rapid progrt.-a of events for the last few
weeks bus fully sufficed to tr.p the veil behind
whieh the true policy and purposes of tho Gov
ernment ol the United States had boon previ
ously concealed. Their odious features now
stand fully revealed. Toe Mease#* of their
President end the action of their Congress du
ring the present month, confess the inientiou oi
subjugating those .States by a war whose folly is
equaled only by its wickedness —a war by which
u i* impossible to obtain the proposed result: —
whilst ltd dire calamities, not to bo avoided by us,
will fall with doable severity upon <berase!ves.
Commencing, in March lar, with the affect a
ti-.n of ignoring tho secession of the seven £>tuie*
which Lrat organized this Government; per iat
ing, in April, in the idle and absurd assumption
of (be existence of a riot which was to be dis
persed by a posse comitatus ; continuing, in suc
cessive mouths, the false representation that
these States iutended an offensive war—in spite
of conclusive evidence to the contrary, furnished
si weil by official action as by (he very basis on
which this Govern merit is constituted—the Presi
dent of thu United State* aud hi* advisers suc
ceeded in deceiving the people of those States
into the belief that the purpose of this Govern
inert was not peace at home, but oonquest
abroad—not the defence of its own iibertie, but
the subversion of those o. the people of the Uni
ted States.
The series of macoeuvrai by which this im
pression was created—the art with which they
were devised—and the peifldy with which they
wero executed are already kuo nto you ; but
you could scarcely have supposed that they
would bo openly avowed, and their success made
the subject of boast and self-laudation in an Ex
ecutive message. Fortunately for the trnth of
history, however, the President of the United
i States details with minuteness the Attempt to
reinforce Fort l'ickens, in violation < fan armis
tice, of which he confesses to have been inform
ed, but only by rumors too vague nr. f uncertain
to fix attention.
The hostile expedition dispatch \ to supply
Fort Sumter, admitted to Lave been undertaken
with .ha knowledge that its success was impos
sible ; the sending of a notice to the Governor of
South Carolina of his intention to uso force to
accomplish his object, and then quoting from
his Inaugural Address the assurance that (here
could be no conflict ttttlesf these Htatcs were the
,iggree.or?,-—he proceeds to declare that hia
-oilduct, as just related by himself, was the per
formance of his promise, so free from the power
of Ingenious sophistry as that the world should
j roc be able to mi understand It; and in defiance
of his own statement, tba’ he gave notice of the
approach of the Loalile licet, he charges these
States with becoming the assailant* of the Uni
ted H tales. Without a gun in sight or in expec
tancy to return their fire, save only a few in the
fort, he is, indeed, fully justified in that “the case
is so free from tbo power of ingenious sophistry
that the world w ill not Lo able to misunder
stand it.”
Undercover of this unfounded pretence, that
toe C ■•■r,federate Mates are the assailants, that
high functionary after expressing bis concern
that some foreign nations bad so shaped their
actions as if they supposed the destrue ion ol
our national Union probable, ho abandons all
further disguise, and proposes to make the con
test a short ono, by placing at the control of go
vernment, for the work, 400,000 men and $400,*
000,000. The Congress, concurring in thedoub
thus intimated as to the sufficiency of the force
demanded, ha*increased tt to a half million of
men.
Theso enormous proportions in inon and inouey
for tbo conduct of the war on a scale more gi
gantic than any which the h'ew Werlft over wit
nessed, is a distinctive avuwal. in the eyes of civ
ilized in;in, that the United States are engaged
in a conflict with a great and powerful notion,
i hey are at lust compelled to abandon the pre
tence of being engaged in the dispersing of riot
ers andtho suppressing cf insurrections, and arc
driven to the acknowledgement, that the ancient
Union has been dissolved. They recognize the
separate existence of these Confederate States
by the interdiction by embargo and blockade of
nil commerce between them and the United btates
not only by sea but by land—not only on ships,
but in cars—not only with thoio who bear arms
but with the entire population of the Confeder
ate State*; finally, the have repudiated the fool
ish conceit that the inhabitants of this Confed
eracy are still citizen* of the United btates, for
they are waging sn indiscriminate war upon
them all with a savage ferooity unknown to mod
ern civilization. In this war rapine is the rule;
privet* residences and peaceful rural retreats
are b -mbarded and burned, grain crop* in the
field are consumed by the torch, and when the
toroh is not convenient careful labor ia bestow
ed to render the complete destruction of every
artiole of use or ornament remaining In private
dwellings after their inhabitant* have fled from
the outrage* of brotal soldiery.
In 1731 Great Britain when invading her re
vo 1 ted colonies, took possession of *vory district
of the country neir Fortress Monroe now occn
pied by the troops of th* United States; the
houses inhabited by the people, after being re
spected and protected by the avowed invader*
are now pillaged and destroyed by men who
pretend that the victims arstheir fellow citizens.
Mankind willsbndd r to bear the tales of out
rages committed on defence!*** females by the
Soldier* ot the United States, now invading onr
homes. Y'et these outrages are prompted by in
flamed passions and the madness of intoxication,
but who shall depict the horror with which they
regard the cool deliberate malignity with which
—under the pretext of *uppres*ing an insurrec
tion, said by themselves to be upheld by a mi
nority only of our people—they make special
war on the sick, including women and children,
by carofully devised measures to prevent their
obtaining the medicine necessary for their cure?
The sa -red claims of humanity, respected even
daring the fury of actual battle, by a careful di
version of the attack from the hospitals con
taining the wounded enemies, ar# outraged in
cold blood by a government and people that pre
tend to desire the continuance of fraternal con
nections All these out-ages moat remain una
venged save by the universal reprobation of man
kind. Jo ail cotes where th# actual perpetra
tor* of the wrong escape capture, they admit cf
no retaliation, th* humanity of our peopl* would
.-dmnk instinctively from the base idea of wa
ging a like war upon the sick, the women nod
thccbildren of he enemy. But there areotber
savage praciees which have been resorted to by
‘he Government of the United States which do
admit of repression by retaliation, I have been
driven to the necessity of enforcing this repres
sion.
The prisoners of war, taken by tho enemy on
board the armed schooner Savannah, sailing un
der our commission, were, as 1 was credibly ad
vised, treated like common felons, put ia irons,
confined iu a jail usually appropriated to crirn
inalsof the worst dye. and threatened with pun
saient as such. I had made ication for tho
xchange ot tho prisoners, to the commanding
“fleer of the enemy's squadron off Charleston;
but that officer hud already sent the prisoners
to New York when my application was made. I
therefor*} deemed it my duty to renew the propo
sal fr exchange to the constitutional comm ai
der in chief of the Army and Navy of the Uni
ted States—the only officer having control ot
prisoners.
TothisenJr dispatched an officer to him
under a flag of truce, and inmakingthe propu
posal 1 informed President Lincoln of my reso
lute purpose to check all barbarities on prisoners
f war by such severity of retaliation on prison
ers hold by us as should secure the abandonment
of the practice. This communication wasrcooi
ved and road by the officer in command of the
army of tho United States, and a message was
brought from hire, by the bearer of my commu
nication, that 4 reply would bo returned by Pre
sident Lincoln as soon us possible. I earnestly
hope this promised reply which has not yet been
received, will convey tho assurance that prison
ers of war will be treated in this uuhappy con
test with that regard for humaurty which has
made such conspicuous progress in tho conduct
of modern wariure. As measured of preoau
tion, however, and until tho promised reply is
received, I still retain in custody some officers
captured from tho enemy, whom it had boon my
pleasure previously to enlarge on parol, and
whose late must necessarily depend on that of
the prisoners held by the enemy.
I append a copy of my c ... >r. unicat ion ta the
President and Couunander-iu-Cbitf of the army
and navy of the United States, and of lire report
of the officer charged to deliver it, marked ••Doc
ument A.”
There are some other passages iu tho remark
able paper to which I have directed your atten
tion, having reference to the peott’iar relations
which exist belwceu this Government and the
States unual'y termed border slave Staton, which
cannot ho properly withheld from notice.
Tho hearts ot our people aro animated by sen
timents towards tbo iuhabhants of thuso .Btales
which found expression in your enuotmeut refu
sing to consider (heui enemies, or authorize hos
tilities against them. That a very large propor
tion of those State* regard us as brettiren ; and
if unrestrained, by the actual presence of large
armies, tho subversion of civil authority, and
the declaration of martial law, some of thorn, at
least, would joyfully unite with u*. That they
are, with aliuoat entire unanimity, opposed to
rho pro: i cutiou of iho war waged against us, are
facts ot which daily recurring events fully war
rant ho assertion.
Tho President of the United States refuses to
reooguite (u.Uiose, our Ute sister Mato*, the right
it refraining trout attack on ur; and justifies his
refusal by ti.e assertion that tho State* have no
other power than that reserved to them in the
Union by the Constitution—no ono of them ever
having been a tstate out of the Union.
Tho view of the Constitutional relations be
tween the States and the General Government, is
a fining lutroductiou to another assertion of the
Message, that the Executive possesses the power
of suspending the writoi haiwne corpus, and of
delegating that power to military commanders at
hi* discretion, and both of those propositions
claim a respoet equal to that which is felt for tl •
adduioual statement of opinion in tho same pa
per that it is proper, in order to execute the Jaw*
that sumo single law, made in such extreme ten
derness of the citizens liberty that practically it
relieves inorw of tho guilty than the innocent,
should, to a very limited extent, be violated.—
We may well rejoice that we have forever sever
ed our connection with a Government that thus
tramples on ail principles of Constitutional Lib
erty, and with a people in whose presence such
avowals could be hazarded.
The operations in the field will bo greatly ex
tended by reason of the policy, which heretofore
secretly entertained, i now avowed and acted on
by tho United State.*. The forces hitherto rais
ed proved ample for the dufeuco of the Slates
which orig nally organized the Confederacy, as
is evinced by iho fact, that with the exception ol
three fortified islands, whose dofeuce is efficient
ly aided by a preponderating naval forco, the en
joy has been driven completely out of those
States,and, at the expiration of five months from
:he formation of the Government, not a tingle
hostile foot presses their soil.
These forcer, however, mu it necessarily prove
inadequate to repel invasion by the half million
men now proposed by the enemy, and a correr
pouding increase of our forces will become nec
essary. The recommendations for the raising
and efliciont equipment of this additional forco
will be contained in the communication of tbq
Secretary of War, to which I need scarcely invite
your earnest attention.
In my message delivered in April last, I refer
red to the promise of abundant crops— with
which wo waro cheered. The grain crop* gener
ally have since been harvested, and the yield j
proved the most abundant known in our his- j
lory. Many believe the supply adequate to two
years consumption of our population. Cotton,
►ugar and tobacco, forming the surplus produc
tion of our agriculture, and furnishing the basis
of our commercial interchanges, present the most
cheering promise, and a kind Providence has
-mild on the labor which extracts the looming
wealth of our soil in all portions of our Confede
racy. It i* the more gratifying to be able to give
you these facta, becuaso of the need of large and
increased expenditures in support of our ar
my.
Elevated and purified by the sacred cause they
maintain, our fellow-citizens of every condition
of life exhibit the most seif sacrificing devotion.
They manifest* laudable pride in upholding tbeir
independence, unaided by any resources, other
than our own, and the immense wealth which a
fertile soil, and genial climate, have accumulated
in this Confederacy of agriculturists, could not
be more strikingly displayed than in the large
revenues which, with eager zeal, they have
contributed at the call of their country.
In the single article ofcotton the subscription
to the loan proposed by ihu Government can not
fall short of fifty million dollars, and will propably
exceed that euro, and scarcely an articles required
for consumption by the army is provided other
wise than by subscription to produce loans, us
lappily devised by your wisdom.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in a report
submitted to you, will give you the amplest de
tails connected with that branch of tbo public
service; but it is not afone on their prompt
pecuniary contributions that tbo noble race of
freemen who inhabit there Stairs shall evince
how worthy they are of those liberties which
they know so well how to defend. In number*
tar exceeding tbo*o authorized by jour laws
ihey have pressed the tender of the r services
against they enemy. Their attitude of calm und
tublime devotion to their country—the cool and
confident eour ge with which they are already
prepariog to meet the threatened Inrasion, what
ever proportion* it may assume—the assurance
that tbeir sacrifices and tbeir services will be
renewed from year to year, with unfaltering pur
pose, until they have made good to thu uttermost
ib*lf right to self government—the generous and
almost unquestioning confidence which they
displ.y in tbeir government dur.ng tbo pending
struggle, all combine to present a spectacle such,
as the world has rarely, if ever, seen.
To speak of fubjugatlt gsueh a people, so united
and determined, is to speak a language incom
prehensible to them—to rest tan attack on
tbeir right* or their liberties. Is with them an
initinot.
Whether this war shall last one, or three or
five years, i* a problem they leave to be aolved by
the enemy alone. It will last till the enemy
shall havo withdrawn from tbeir borders, till
their political rights, their altars, and tbeir homes
—are freed from invasion. Then, and then only
will they rest from ibis struggle, to enjoy in
peace the blessings which, with the favor of Prov.
idenc*, they havs secured by the aid of their
own strong hearts and sturdy arms.
JEITER3ON DAVIS.
Arrival or Anusntox Emolasd.—Nw Or
leans papers inform us that the Confederate
States war steamer Sumter had arrived at that
p -rt with 33,000 Enfield rifles, together with
other accoutrements and a number of rifled can
non. Out at sea the Sumter met ves
sel with thee* arms bound for New Orleans.
They were transferred to the Sumter and tardy
landed In New Orleans. What of the blockaddj
We saw this intellgeDC# rumored in a Memphis
paper aevercl days eiDce ; bat now it 1* con
firmed.*— Mont. Mail, 18#A.
THK SUVKII KIUN'I'Y US TUB STATUS.
COLUMBOS, GHOBGIA, MOiVDAV, JULY 29, 1861.
COLCVtfIIN. WEDNESDAY,JI'LY 24, 1501.
Gubernatorial Convedion.
The Mac m (Ga.) Telegraph says : “Unless j
t there are strong reasons to thee mtrary, will not j
t ie acquiesce in the day already
named by the 0 lambus pro? I *, to wit: Septem
ber 4tlr?”
Wo will choer'ully acquiesce in the*nggeaticu ;
of our cotemporarles. La the Gubernuto al
Convention I o on tie 4th of September.—Aug,
Const,
Col. James fatley’s Alakms I’rfgimeßt.
Wo loam that Col. James Cautey was on Mor- ,
day last elected Colonel of tho Alabama Regi- j
merit, seven companies of which arc now encamp- j
ed St Fort Mitchell, near this oily. Wooongrat- j
ulate tho Regiment upon the selection it has j
made. A more chivalrous and high-toned gen- j
tleruirn, or a truer and braver man does net live ‘
than James Can toy.
The election for tho remaining Field Officer a
take* place tn day,
A portion of tho comp*nie<i Composing this
Regiment recently united with two other compa
nies from this oiiy, and tendered their services to j
President Davis, as an Independent Regiment, j
and were accepted—Col. Cautey having hern j
uuauimously recommended * Colonel and Ed
gar 0. Dawson, Ibq, (formerly of this city,) ns
Major.
A requisition having been urude about that
time upon Got, Moore, of Ala., for 5,000 mure
troops, he insisted upon the Regiment being ten
dered through him, or ho would be compelled
to issue au order for tho return of tho anna ob
tained by it frour the htirte; but that, going as
an Alabama Regiment, he would supply the
complement of nrura necessary for u complete j
outfit, in tl.e plm of the 400 double-barred shot !
guns with which a portion of tho men worearm
ed The gentlemen elected immediately resign
ed, so that the Regiment might secure tho arms,
and he ready for the field without delay.
A large number of the arms of the Independ- j
*nt Regiment were purchased by Mr. Dav. -on, 1
who has been thu- and otherwise very active iu I
it* behalf.
We regret ifiat anew organita!ion becameneo- j
easary, for wc learn that, hearing he would have !
opposition, be positively declines the use of his
name for tho position unanimously and iu so flat
tering a manner tendered him under the Inde- j
pendent Organization.
Wo are inf riuod that a majority of the compa
nies present at Fort Mitchell insist upon hi* elec
tion, yet wo admire tho manly position ho has
taken and feel satiiliod that his friends will ap
prove of it.
Tire Regiment will leave for Virginia tho last
of the present, or the first of next week
YIMINIA COMUSPOSDESCt.
I’KTKUSBUHCI, Va., Ju'y 17, 180 I.
Have you staid long enough in Petersburg
to kuow nod appreciate it a hospitality < If you
have, you have not been unmindful of the beau
ty of i'a women. They are very getns of their
kind; nature seen to have been lavish of her
beauty Lore—-a fine country, warm hearts- and
beautiful women are current coins in this thri
ving city If all Virginia w - composed of the
same malarial, the foot-print of. t enemy would
uot this day pollute tkssoil of the old Common
wealth. They have already sent MOO stalwait
mou in arms to the field, nod I saw this even
ing a splendid company toady to take up the
line of march. Ills commanded by the Rev.
Mr. Platt, on Episcopal preacher. 1 learn that
he was formerly a Mato Solicitor, (perhap* for
Alaluma) and that iu the prosecution of a case
he wm personally attacked, upon which he drew
a pistol and made hi* assailant bite the dust;
that noon after ho wi’bdrtw from the Ear, en
tored the ministry, where he remained until the
accession of Virginia, when ho Mid by his canoni
cals for awhile, and rained the fine company that
I saw to-dy to butt.olor Southern rights. He
has ail the bearing of a soldier, and 1 mistake
the man if he does not servo God and h ? coun
try with equal zeal. Petersburg i# also forming
a Cavalry Company. When this is reauy fi-r
the field, she will have about 1,600 men in ser
vice, out of a city of 13,000, nod that a commer
cial one.
That tUare is a great i iaaffoation in portions
of Virginia, and men of Union proollvitins
throughout the State, thero is no doubt; and tills
causes an apparent lukewarmness in tbo Blade
which at first impresses the stronger unfavora
bly—but when society is analyzed and we peer
beneath the surface, it will b found that the
Viryiniant in Virginia aro true as steel, and that
the Union nd Tor/ sentiment is very much
confined to that talterable, blue-bellied, nasal
tongued, money-loving, God-forsaken rote, who
fattened upon her soil, nud now, wi ll base in
gratitude seek to hurry on the work of devastH
tion. I bnve said this much because my own
first impressions were unfavorable, and I feci
that it is but just to Virginia that wo should
discriminate between her sons, native to the soil,
and the foreign thumb screw* that are striking
at her vitals and dishonoring the fair naiuu of
Virginia.
A portion of tho L'lih Regiment N. C. pa*sod
through tj day—the remainder comes on to
night. At all hours you can hear in this city,
the tread of martial men, and every train carries
it* living feight to thessat of war. The rein
forcements ure principally moving to Winches
ter, Staunton, and tbo scene of the late skirmish
at liich Mountain. The results of that conflict,
as I hoped, have been very much exaggerated —-
Tho nows is still unreliable, but enough is
known to satisfy u? that th Federalists did not
half auccedln tho victory they antic ipated, and
that BOG Virginians for two hours held in
check 3000 actual fighting Hessians with are
serve of 5,000 more.
I loarn to-night, from a source on which I ■
think lean rely, that tbo Georgia Regiment un
dor Itamsey is all afe. This will bo good new*
to many anxious hearts at home, as It give joy
to mine. I send it greeting to your hearthstones.
Have tbo old gun In good fix; got your illumin
ating eandk* ready, for before long you will
have news from the North-West, that may make
some mourn, hut it will cause old Muscogee lo
shout again for the valor of her sons. Ia the
North-West our army bus suffered a check. II
R. Jan and Rsmsey are there, and they
will never rest until the wrong Is redressed. Lock
out for news from Monterey.
There are reports that the mercy Is advan
cing on Fairfax—if so, the red hard of buttle
will soon spread itself from Alexandria to Man
assa*Junction. Wearoon stirring timer—ru
mor ia rife. I sift th* thousand and one that
are current, and give you the cno that reams
most like truth; but you must take all I write
wiih dus allowance, for the uncertainty that
hangs over everything.
Shall I tell you about the Irishman that wan- j
ted to pass the sentinel? I believe I will.— i
“Stop and give the countersign!” “Coun?berslgn
is It ye want?” (Down drops tbo bayonet to
about the level of Pal's laet glass of whbkey.)—
‘•Counters go!” “Dtvila oounthorilgn, I've got
ye spalpeen—if Its ditebin ye want its rneself
ran dolt; but nicer i conn the r eign will ye get
from Patrick O'Brien.” “Stand back!” said the
tentjnel, with the point of hi* bayonet so near
the outside of Pat’s dinner as considerably to
I with his peace of mind. Pat stepped
I back very much disconcerted, t ok off bis cap
; and wid do back or his thumb soaped from hi
I forehead the rolling dew drop* cozing from hit
| brow. .Shortly offer a dregoon horse in tho en*
I camprnent catr.c tearlrg along without his rider,
land as he d.ishcd by tli, sentinel into the eper
’ r md, the sentiud jarcplng out of the way in dun.
J ole quick time, Fat yell ‘d out at the top of hi*
lungs-“ Make him glv ye tho couulher sign !
m iko h : nr give ye ihe oounthcr sign!” at which
a genera! shout went up, and Pat looked put -
tied to know whether thepeople wore laughing
at him—the hors,?, cr the sentinel.
REMUS.
.'pciial to the Columbus Timur.
EICIISOXi) COKEESPOJiBENCB.
j Glvr lout Daft B r oc. The Kay he of Victory
| perch upon our Danner— Beauregard again
j t’i'ctenW*— }’ “'kce Traitor.
RtcnuoNn, July 19,1861.
’ 1 have just Meni< l -Yferfrom an cflrocr enga
sod iu the great battle of yesterday, near Ma
i n;uss, to hia family in this city, in which I find
Ia more detail-’d a -cr ur tof that well fought and
j Buaoe*i ini engagement, than ha’ reached the city
by any other chaniul. At 4 o'clock a. m , on
Thursday, July 18, tho enoaty appeared at a
j place called Bull llun, (hereafter t will bo known
m Yankco-ri!) in overpowering numbers. Bull
Hunt i three miles Wvt of Manassas Junction,
and the object of tho enemy in going so far
above Manassas was, if possible, to get in the
na- oi Uirauregurd’y position at that 1 place. Ho
was di*; l f'pointed, far at this now celebrated
stream, he found h;vus* if face to faco with tho
btl • F 1 lie i,” , “.Mir 4 a rune-.
placed tbciiiSrlvoa iu order for battle. General
j Beuurc;: ,rd a-lvnnc and n Virginia and South
Carolina Regiment towards tho centre of the
I enemy, and the gallant charge of these two Ilogi
uitu -i “i m tho Yankees like tho hock of an
h-arthquak, They held their ground, however*
ail f light with oiit-ldcMihlw firinnos*. In tho
I niMimmi", the fi;, 1 ,: h.-came get oral along the
l:!)o, t xiood or several tniloa. The Whmli
ic.,’ Aitidery of New Orleans did noble sor*
j vice, mowing down theeuetny as the letter allu
j tied to says, “ ike wheat before the sytbe.”
j At 4 o’clock, ihe Uetilc was at its fiercest point
—their entice lima being engaged in the conflict*
and at f* o’clock, the 110 tdflnu, after having been
I repuUed three - , r realed iu great confn*
| t-ion tv,wards Alex, .dria. Several Yankceotfl
| cer of high grado aro among tho killed. In
this h-ittlu from SCO to 1 500 of tho enemy were
killed. Our loss ia much lighter, but R ccnaid
ci Up. Gen. Bouhaur, offaouth Carolina, was,
to bo sure, at. all times, during tho battle, In tho
ihickoit of the; fight, aud dhtingui.'lud himself
fur bis cool bravery and intrepid courage. Tho
first Virginia R i,in;oat, under command of Col.
Muunvrf this city, suffered tuost seveiely ; the
llth Virginia also sustained heavy losses.
To div, ills bought the battle will be renew
'd The result of this battle th w* that nil we
wai. tis r.n .'-ptn fight on a fair fit-id. Thiro seems
to bon • ur ber Jonh as to tho death of Gen.
Garni :t. nifl Sl'OO ‘( hia men letroaitd In i
safety iu Moi iuy. Col. I’cgrnin is, I yond
qunstii n, a prisoner
Tho battle of Fairftijc Ims iT closed ono fact,
namely, that the Yiuilt.o citizens who hove fat -
to .yd upon Southern bo*; dulity, bind made tbou
• in 1 ’ i •:;* pa F out hern dollars, arc not, as a
general rule, t * he rusted iu our present strug
gle v, uh Northern funiitieisa. Ajl the iulormu
ti<*n McDowell possessed in riferenco to looali- !
tics Ac, about Fairfax Court House, Center* i
villean t Hull fun, lie derived from Yankees
who, as small market farmers, have been living 1
some ton or Alteon years in that vicinity. To a ;
man, they have provml traitors, aud to a roan
they must leave the gfute jf wc succeed In ex- [
piling tho Yankee invaders.
Within the past hour, I have myself worn .--cd
an instance of their perfidy. On Main street, j
at the railroad depot, there lice three cannon’ :
one of which was transported hither from S-.tr
tV-lk. While lying at the wharf, a few u.'&bf:!
ugo, it was so completely spiked by some Yankee
fiend, that it i* now utterly worthies.?. The;
cpike used is of lte hardest f.! sm l
[n my 1.-'.’er of tho ‘Jib, appears au nllu don to
tho cout cellonby whom President D?*i* is aid
'd in condu-.uiug the .Government. A line must
have been omitted in the com posit r’
the allusion had di?lucf rei’tm.ce to i.-iffO of the
Virginia old fogU* who retarded the act of sc
cotsiun, ut.d who have managed to got Into tbo
Confederate Con pres* from Virginia. Ah print- ;
e l tho meaning is .otnldguouo
iriUJTT'U
Ur. Wei. J. J.,bust'll for OungrcM.
Meant 9 Kliton • —1 have been nothing fir’
sometime thi recommendLtiiiua of candidntt j
among whom the 11 u. M. J. Crawford stands i
very prominently, fi*r Governor, and is no doubt j
the choice of nearly every one in thi? section of
tho Stale. While concurring in thi* selection i;
behoove* us to agitate the matter au a* to a icu - j
tain a* nearly us posf’-.ble tbo preference of tho j
people fur a successor tu Mr. C. in Congress.— ‘
For this purpose allow mo to euggeet through
! > our columns the name of Dr. Win. J. Johnson
of Clay. Our present necessities require that
* shewing politician? should bo discarded and
men 6fsound judgment, wisdom, business sagac*
i y# purity of chnranter, and inudlcotual calibre
be placed in tlu-ir mead* Much i the gentleman
iiixiied a’ ove. Ha tinman of acknowledged
ability, ha* never sought ofilieof any kind (but
baa several times refued) has devoted himself
to UU profession and to literature la both of
which be hs become quite eminent. Tho exig
encies of the times demand that rack talents os
he possesses should no longer remain idle, but
be called into the public service, liil nobility of
(.-bsraster, Intellectual culture, and extensive iu
i formation qualify him fur almost*ny station, and
! 1 am satisfied there i.< none other in all tbo bril
liant array of talent in our district who would
represent u? with wore credit to himself and
Justice to nis con*iituenta. I am but txproseing
the reiitimtnts of uinny of hi* felluir-eititejM in
miying I should rejoice to scehiia m the South
era Cocgrts.
Ibulugirigg Day.
The following Resolution* offered by Mr.
Memmiogcr, and unanimously adopted by th*
Confederate Congress after the reception of
President Devi*’ dlepat< h tmuonnclng the un
precedented victory at Manilas, will be aauuaoi
manaiSy curried out by th* whol* people.
Prnise the Lord:
ftteo'vrd, W* recognize the hand of th* most
high God. the king of kings and lord of lord*,
in ike glorious victory wlih which bo hath
rrown# j our <rrm at Mitnanae. That the pro
pie of these Confed-rate fctutes nre invited, by
appropriate services on th# ensuing Sabbath, to
, ff*r up their united thanksgiving and praise for
this mighty deliverance.
Hemlvd, That deeply deploring the fiMerdty
! which has washed the soil of our oountry with
I Ih# blood of so many of her nobles* sons, we of*
: ter to their respective families and friends ©or
warmest and most ••ordtal sympathy, assuring
them tb it the sacrifice made will bo consecrate I
In the hearts of our people, and will there *n
hrine the name* of the gallaul dead s the
champions of free and constitutional liberty.
Hertford. That w approve the prompt and
patriotic effort* of tho Mayor of the city of
Richmond to make provision for flic wouuded;
that it committee of om member from each totate
bo appointed toco-operat* iu the plan.
Jteeolved, ‘ll) at Cougress do now adjourn-
i'r ota jhe Sovattnoh liepnttUcan.
Firt Georgia IL-jimetl Hf.. .PrwtatHioii
A highly inr ro-tirg csremony came off at our
Parade Ground hr-t evening. A b autifltl flag,
the handiw >, !; of nn n< c •mpH hcl and patriotic
young lady us Columbus, Mis* Eliza Howard,
was prerentclto tbs First Regiment of Georgia
Regular* as a parting gift on their departure for
tho scat of war ip Virginia,. Tho flag was hand
somely wrought, of silk, and bars on ime tidtt
tho Confederate stars, with the ooat-of-arins of
Georgia on the rovorso Tho presentation jra*
nude through Cob ‘ViUiam,', tho commauder of
tho Regiment, and Lieutenant John Mrllsdga,
w u appointed to receive it In their behalf.
We Him, * the patriotic letter of the fair donor,
•viid iho i|Aciiud response of Lieu! c unut Mil
lodge :
OoLt MBra, Ga , July 10 h, 1861-
Tu the lf iUgijnent Georgia Jlegu/arn
Representative* of Georgia, w tb no section to
claim tho ospecial honor of your organization,
but belonging to the State—-the trhule Atato—
may I, one of her daughter*, have the honor of
presenting yon with a stand of color* 7 Receive
it with the asiuraucu Fiat the daughter* of Geor
gia fully pyinpathifto with aud appreciate the
bravo and sell-sacrificing gallantry which ha*
called you to arms itt tho defence of her honor
and safely.
Whether your patriotic hearts beat impatiently,,
while awaiting the tneuiy <>u the sultry Southern
coasts, or throb triumphantly on another “Bethel”
battle field, rest assured we aro alike proud of
you.
By the action of tho northern fanatics, you
have been called to defend your soil from tho
most unprovoked uud unholy content over forced
upon * ire people. Usurpation mark* tholr
every p i-Goal act. Denying State Sovereignty,
which Was nacurod iu ihe old constitution and
ha* been re-asserted in the new, uud delegating
tp themselves powers never granted, they demand
of you obedience to their tyrannical rules and
with ‘eutifuyali •> or annihilation’ inscribed upon
their banuem, they invade our eacrod soil.
They bavo been mot on by the
boride Jackson, Martyr in tho cause of
Southern rights aud Southern honor, whoso life,
so nobly yielded in the defence ot liberty, has
thrown a halo ot immortality around Alexandria.
We have many Jacksons, aud only ask tho op
portunity for Georgia's sons to win for Georgia n
bright page in the book of history.
For resisting aggrersions npon your tights,
for fly ing to arms to protect your homo* and tho
graveofvnur lather* from pollution, your altars
irotn dosocru'i’ i), and y ur lives and property
from destru nioii, you are brundtd a* ‘ Rebels’’
aud “Traitors,” uml threatened with tho traitor's
doom. These aro no new name* for patriots.—
Your Fathers were nulled “Traitors and “Rebels*’
before you. Emulate their, example, welcome the
name, and by yvur detd< make it again glorious.
We have nothin/’ either to usk or fear from a
foe whose eulhusiam is fanaticism —whoso patri
otism is inter tut.
The daughters of G orgia cla.m to share the
socrificeu made for their beloved land. We made
theffeatest of which our hearts wore capable,
when tearfully, yit prayerfully, we bade you
farewell. Now, every denial by which we may
advance ihe sacred cause, iacaucuKii ; glorious
We may not bo present on ib© “bayonet charge;”
or servo with you at tho do-th dialing cannon,
butour flng*.rs never move so willingly as over
; tiio seam* of sandbag* rm l bßvcrsaci..*, and if an
unhid J- it tear ucoaidutisily dims the tuedle, it is
sacred, it uiffisteua Gift garments >• our lovvd ones )
j ordered uwsy.
I Thon'again l cog your accept"live 1 iL-bbau- i
! ucr; th ugh in appearance but one, tetnember it I
• C|.r. -rr.i twu If uai.u.i! i t ; f 11,.. ).o S'dw the |
. Hud, While and Blue, a lopud by the Confederate
>itans ono national emblem; on too ‘her in a
li Id oi olnc, the symbol of our own ■ >vereign
; S't ‘ Bound together by a cord of their own
■ weftvm.;, >o and mutually atrengthening, and sup
! porting each other, wfiib if tcH -bo? tieorglaos
to love tho ( : a r Uukn, let theru never
forgot to Molt fu . upon theirowo ban mu whose
j sovereign dignity is to be maintained in every
! contest. Hav.ng been for urmthi scrying on the
| burning ocads ut ymr own Biate const, yoa are
j nbout to march to u ect tho ocmmun enemy on
j the soil of Virgiuui. The eye of Georgia is
ujiou you, expectiag ‘S very man to do bin duty,'*
: with the peiitn’ confidence Ibat while in your
keeping her banner will never be l-avered to the
i f e.
With t -..raimei.i.i of the highest confidence, I
cm very respectfully,
Euzi. Q. Howard.
Lieut, John MiHedgo, dr., receivi and ihefieg in
behalf of tho Kcgi.nem, and responded grace!ully
** follows:
Cut W’uuax- . AU f ti-o ir. ‘ -.lf of Ibis
. Regiment, through job, lb return to Mis 9 How
; urd (patriotic daughter if Georgia tt. ;i she isj
, our l.oariy lhafik? for thy bandaoiu*; batiDor sku
|ja, this day consigned to ouf keeping
(i wvi idle toi in*-, sir, to attempt fu ,'y to
ex pi to h*r ur dnp apprecia'i l r\ of tho
high b .. r ac t p- od nsiMliry -that ac
,i . flint he
tHi-k.
Its ir. •. 1.. Uiiiful - r-1, v.hi*e
and blue iri g.*.nou. > ‘o -; but tbate ia a halo
whl'di girl: i ■ I nd •• tUott* bright aud glorious
than the 0.- on.* y i b- are th> arm* of our na
ti v. S-flto; f.,1 ‘'♦•other, ii< • ‘'(dors <f our young
/'e; n 1 li •, the e ‘••m f ‘oiir'l.bertie?. The bright
, ;i ii,. i,utifu! , •q.df* >: “IrVi.'i m, Juatme
iii.il \; . i ■■■t tin in wi.i-h o.n !b. rri.-s me
ba e.i,e ; .. ; .t banner a • id lustre
that ligfc"* u, w. o rful cdnfi !■ w* cueh pa
triot hear.. Under “ , riticiplii onr ‘orelath
ers (uh ! and the lore f.<ib .-of our pvc--euttnt
wk-) :ought no bravely i. /Mie-i I’.nt - u invasion,
dt..rmii ‘ I tu repel the itivnd.-r or <lio iti thi-at
tempt. They Conquered, a.id left ti us the liber
ty ; :* •heetifw ere f.ghtln.*-
‘Cc,:: ■ • •j r i iplc? wo iiri tiu ; beneath
:h r .-tored iiglit wo forth Uot'srmiQcd like
them t i hurl the invader back. Wo have inva
ded no coil of theirs, we have. • p/oln'c i no beau
tiful home*, and our hands are unstained with
brutui cruelty to-lefeociles? women iitid innocen*
childien.
All this, and Mioretdiau this, have ruthless in
vuders doi.o. It Mrding upon tbo justice of our
ruu e, w have warned tbo:o lariaii. ;il tuftoiavs
to stay them in their mad ctire*f >f unprovoked
war; but all in vain, and to-morrow's sun will
see us on otlr way t meet our tititimr*. God,
who reward? thr.Jmf, —God who ich i? the hearts
of men, the God of our faih* rs, who brought
them through the and irk rct nes of th > Revolution
into the bright inftshinn f peace aud prosperity.
Me will go ’with us; Hia rigid arm will guide aud
proteev; Jiii id l ? ? i-g wilt r-’ tip >n thtf banner
which leads nil!
Toll MH? Howard, T.r, that this banner, devo
ted to sc sacred a cause, presented by so pstriot
-10 bands, lias Ucn ..•unsigned t:> tho keeping of
patriots, who will wrap if? honor close i round
them and connecrnte thoir lives to i',B defunce.
Empty words-‘an never ie!l how deeply we
appreciate our obligation. But tell her, sir, thero
11 a language morn eloquent than tho l riguugo
.f words—a biop*uHge of onion. It? tones may
he heard upon tbo gritn field of bade, when
thundering cannons roar, when death shots fall
thick and fmt, anti blood nod carriage cover
oar native soil. It speaks in the last fond, proud
look of the dying eoUFer, im bo turns bis droop
ing bead lowardebi* country’s tMg sweeping ovr
him on to victory. Toll her, sir, that wjui the
help of God, this n tue language with which
them brave men would record thrlr fidelity to
the charge she has uirifd to tbeir keifpir-g-
Toll bwr tUt we g, seeking it place “ueartbe
flashing of the gU’ S,” and when our turn shall
< ome to strike a blow tor Georgia and the South,
then, with a strong faith in th* justice of out
cause, with a prayer to Ood for victory, and one
for tbo loved one* at home, together we charge
firound her banner, and strike for
——“Our ftltftrs and our fires,
God and our native land.’’
Till llailroal* Casa Dccinxo—This (Thurs
day) mornlug Judge Muir, et the Circuit Court,
deitverod Im opinion in th# c*#o of Brady and
Davis, mere haute of this ei*v, against the
l.iouuvillo A. N-vshville Railroad, for relating to
forward goods over the road. Argument* in the
base were made wvsral days since, arid after
(nature deliberation, Judge Muir bas, in his de
flation, sustained tho road. That lays an m
bargo on all shipments, and utterly pro* rates
the huisnesß of i>ur people, aud places the roadjun
dor the control of Lincoln <t Cos. The Govern
ment mt Washington, knowing the illegality of
1 s acts, *ete the Constitution aside and Muir ms.
fain* tho Oovernmen’ tminvitle Courier 12<A,
p4r Mm Lucy Cupps, of liolieviile, 111., late
ly gave birih to three flue boy*. It is sugges
ted that she must have been relieved of the ho-
Cupp*.
tOUMBIN. riIIIKHDiI,JULY 25, 1801.
Tub lXTOßonoia Rcwiment.—The First G 4
Regiment of Rogulitrs, pays iho Cbarlcator
Courier of the 22d, under the command of Go)
diaries J. William* that city about sit
Vlock on 8 turd ay etr'hing, /rom Savannah,
vith thtir camp tquJpngo aud equiptnonfr, er
oute for the scat of war.
There was no military reception on their ar
deal, but a very largo coueourve of eititeti* ai
-eiubled at tho wharf, to extend t > them a curs
dial welcome aud God pecu. Tim fine, stalwart
and healthy appearance of the men created gen*
eral Admiration. After landing 1 , tho Regiment
took up the line of march fr tho Noptboaftern
railroad depot, where, nccording to tho arrange
ment of a number of ginthmou, tv bounteous
collation had been spread, which was partaken
of very heartily. They wero afterward* rudted
by a large number of friends and acquaintances,
end the evening passed off delightfully.
The Regiment left by a special train ot about
two o’clock on Sunday morning.
A.V ACCOUNT OFmIwTKAT BllfS RUN.
BY AN EVR WITS EUR.
RlcnMoKP, July 20.
Tho hour has emuo and Southerner* indeed’
have rallied to the rescue. The repulse of the
Kederli*tß was, from all account*, r glorious af
fair. Loaurogurd h e already made for himself
an honorable name; but he lias a* yet written
but two chapters of bis history. When the third
is complete, be will bo tho lira? General in Amer
ica, and that third is now in preparation, for it
is confidently expected that tho traitor Soott, to
morrow (Sunday) or the day after, will make a
herculean effort to retrieve his last rebuff; the
efforts however, will result In now disaster* and
the hero of Lundy’* Lano will he crushed or. the
soil of Virginia.
Rut to tho battle, nr. roluted by informant,
ono of tho Arknusaa Regiment, which occupied
one of the extreme wings, to rep 1 ffauking par
tie*. Ho fieetnf to give hi* statement* with great
caution. They were obtained by him from n
member of tho Washington Artillery, who
throughout tho afternoon vras in the thickest of
the fray.
Tho lines of Boaurejjard extend 27 miles; tho
attack was made near the centre by the columns
of Federalists converging to a commrn centre,
As ihey advanced upon the lire, Beauregard'*
centre, where the attack w.i* made, wan drawn
out for the space of about one milo and a half,
in the shape of a V—tho Louisiana Washing
ton Artillery in the centre. Beauregard's orders
wero to the Artillery to ffro slowly, aid allow
the columns to enter the V so that the infantry
could pick them off leisurely. This tnuncouvr©
was entirely successful. TLo flro of the Federal
ists wus chiefly directed at ‘he Battery, end the
wing* of the V took th'-m off by score* as dolib
eratoly ns though they wcr-i ‘hdotiog Soatbern
squirrels instead of Northern abolitionists. Ia
this charge ihe northerners behaved gallon ly,
and kept and up the fight for about an hour, but
/as the Artillery rent f rtb their tbun !ering wel
[ come, with lili tho rapidity and precision of
j which ti-ey wero capable, and than proficiency
j iasai'i to ba of tho highest, order- -tho Yankees
; fell, to use fbeltinguagu of nuy Arkansas friend,
like oorn stalks in a pile, exoas-ways fj length
ways, end every other way in which you would
imagine icon to fall, when mowed -down by artil
lery in front, and liarp>bo(i(ors on either side.—
I The Northern force withdrew in good order, as It
, was supposed, to he strengthened by a reserve.
Bwfttirogard bnd nil the baggage war;ona ready
md as the enemy returned to the chafpo from
12,000 to 15,000 strong, th whip wns put to
the horse* in the baggage wagems, aud they left
tlie field with all tbo speed and contusion of a
precipitate retreat, Thi* brought tho Yankees
on with a rush; tho wwig.i of the V kept clos
ing in upon them; ibe r.rtiilory hoicking forth
hoir m<iMonger? -'f (Math, and after a. straggle
of 1% hour”, the ruthless invader* weio again
ropuifled with terr;hie slaughter.
On this occasion, although the fight lasted
linger the pluck nf tho enemy reerued considcr
bly abated, and the spirit of war ha I con?idera*
bly ft.ftontd uov.-u anv-ng thun. They again
ritreated and prepared f>r a third attempt.
In this last effort they endeavored to mako a
charge of the b y mpt, !\ut tbeir line* rolled and
wftTfttcd uiv.ier tl.o deadly fire of the gallant men
who were ffgbtiog fi r all tfcvt make? Jrfo dear
ar 1;. •.? tL^n an ‘-.tour from the coiu
iiv u-’em vtd in old i.ird Ml*-k, they coiumeucud
uretrenl whi. h noon became a rout, and flying
i.i ut> r coofu; <ur men pursued them for
two 0 T , r-im-j. i into their very entrenchments;
shouting tbimd fwn r-u they lied,liko mercenary
Loumi* os they ere. Jbe swns of hv * n‘
and path of fivht was •wr, • h iLo dead and
• lying —thm u gltd cips- * Jitertllj piled up
in hoitpt they fell, puying thus tho just pen
alty of tbeir ruthlets invasion of our homes.
My infbnunut vye thm * urlosis 50 killed
and but 10 wounded; aud that the enemy bad
ut leant 1,600 killed (not 600 a. at first reported)
and many wounded.
lie *ays the quest! u is nut who aha l
but who raoy fight, ft u'h Uaioli; ia, Georgia,
Arkansw, Virginia, Loiibi-00.. Ac , ra<*h and
oil eager for the fray and m xicus for tho post of
danger.
Our forco iu this fogigcraout was about 7000
theirs 12,000 to 16,000. Tbo whole force of
the enemy is estimated at 60 to 70,000; Bcau
regarJ'* ut 40,000 tu 50,000. Both parties ure
being constantly and rapidly reinforced. Beau
regard’* position, with tlie inatorbil he has to
defend it, Is said to be impregnable. Ilia lines
aro from the Potomac to the abrupt and impas
sable highlands, and over a length of 20 miles;
and my Arkansas friend say* Beauregard's
head is as 1 ng as bis linen.
Some 60 prisoners have been taken, and they
any that Scott commanded in person. Os oourse
tills is unreliable, but fr fn the caution with
which my relator made his a'atenient, I think
you have as near the truth as you will get until
the official returns are made out.
Our Georgia fri-nd* 1n tbs Beverly affair are
oil safe. I saw a Virginian who was at tbo fight,
and he sys 600 of Ramsey’s men made a charge
on 1500 of the enemy that so challenged Gar
nett’s admiration that he waved his hat and
gave them a loud hurza. Poer Garnett! when
he fell wo lost a brave olßc* r,
REMUS.
Mtsati. Editors.—While convinced that the
parties mentioned below do not desire notoriety,
the publication of the following will give pleasure
to the members of the company ns exproszivc of
tbeir feeling* for tho liberality bestowed upon
them.
We, the committee appointed by theColtunbus
Volunteers, at a meeting on tho 23d inst., when
it was resolved that the company ahould tender
Its aorvice* to Gov. Brown for the war, to draft a
‘resolution of thanks t private Meigs for his lib
era! and gener >UB contribution of cloth iuffioieut
jo quantity to uniform the company, and to
private* Moiee and Clark Tor their respectivecon
tribotion* of fifty and twenty-five dollar* to the
funds of the company, do hereby, In behalf of
the Columbus Volunteers, return the sincere
thank* of the company to tbo and -nor* for their
timely and aeceptible contributions, and beg to
assure them that while wo regret that oircuni
stanoes, at preseii', prvveut tbeir being among
us In th# field, we will ever gratefully remember
their liberality towards us, and will endeavor to
PEYTON H. OOLfUUTI, ‘ pditnr.
JAMES W. WARREN, Editor*
Number ,30
provo by our action our worthiness na the fe*
oi onti of their favors;
To Mrs. Dessau, who has so kindly offered to
manufacture for the Company, the necessity
articles of cloiM’ g,.without charge, we also iu
behalf of tb Company, return our heartfelt
acknowledgements, assuring her that while Mar:
ladies of our city manifest so much interest in
the welfare of onrcoinpany, the fact Will stimu
late us, if possible, to Uaio more in the hour of
battle in driving back the invaders of pur soil
ami defending our homes'aud firesides from the
northern vandals who now threaten tbeib.
Privates Meigs, Moise and Ciark were also
unanimously elected honorary iuembors of the
Company.
J. J. UR ANT, Ist Lieut. )
.V. M. MOORE, > Com.
EZRA MOSBH, Private,)
Columbus, July 24, 1861.
FOR THB TIMES.
Tetamph Dispatch.
“Our troops alter guioiug a great victory,
eventually were repulsed, and commenced a re
treat on Washington.”— Diapaich, Washington,
July 22.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN FATHER A 80N.
Father. —Son, whore have you been? I have
been expecting you for some time, and as t could
not hear directly from you, I was becoming un
oasy about your welfare.
Son. —l know, father, you must have felt some
anxiety, but I always told you I would do well;
I have had moat glorious success.
Father. -How, my sou—what have you been
doing?
Son. —Why, farther, I met some boys who
bantered mo to play marble.* with them, and as I
ha l a protty good stock I thought I would try
them.
Father. —Well, what whs the result?—You
have been gone so long you must have been very
successful.
—Why, }e?, sir; at first I encountered a
litt‘e fellow who badbut twelve and I was fust
hulling him out, when a larger boy stepped up
and banleru 1 me.
Father.— Will, what then?
Son. — He rather worsted mo, sir, and present
ly some ot hers oumc and among thorn one named
Davis, who is a very g od shot, aud a bey I
hate. Ho would insist upon playing, and so I
got vexed and confused—and—-and
Fa her. —And, what, tny son?
Son —Why, father, you knowthat I had tome
eighty marble*—a bag full, —when I went froia
house, and among them some beautiful
which veu bought for mo. Well, sir, that Da
vis, with other boys encouraging him, began to
win from nio, snd bo kept on winning and win
ning until I was iu diapalr.
Father. —You bad enough to break hi as, I
r.bould tbink; bow many had ho.
Arm.—He had on only forty, sir, when we be
gan, but when he bad won back what I had
gained from the other boys, pa-tioularly tho lit
tio boy who had twelve, and I bngan to lose, I
thought I bad better stop.
Fotfar,— That might be pto-lent, y boy, but
Ido not think it wos bold and nuaalv. Have
you all that you carried out?
Son.— J?o-o Sir; for when I rsfujed to play
a tty longer, tbo boy* auid tab-übl as I bad so
many marble;, and so I atatUd ‘o run home, but
thoy run after me, and I r*us the marbles fell
from my bay; but I ’.t vs afraid to stop and so I
have Mat a great many, as 1 among thorn some
of my sgntes.
Father.— Ah, my son, you remind mo of the
saying of Pyrrhus, a gr •&c General, when bo
had once been in battle and suffered a groat lots;
although his ozse was moro bopelful than year?
When complimented on hi* victory over hie en
emies, b remarked *‘a few more such victories
and hia army would be destroyed.” A few more
•johtrinm ‘h? on your part, an 1 I rather tbink
you will hav no marble?. Add nos oven *tho bag
to hold.”
tVixciDENCxa.—A wo have noticed many
striking coincidences during the progress of the
present war, It may cot bo amis* to cote tbo Ma
• u set forth by tho Episcopal Church, and whioh
occurred in regular course on Friday last. While
tho battle was raging between tho Federal az:d
Confederate troops, the morning lesson referred
to tho care of God in protecting his undent pes-
PIo, farad, from tbo malice of Pharaoh as they
cuino tu tho Red Sea. In the evening leason was
read the overthrow of tbo Egyptian King and the
triumphnatsoug of Mtnam and tho host* of Is
rael fyr their great deliverance.
Wo luight also, without impropriety, notice the
striking similarity between Pharaoh an 1 Lincoln
in Cio icailne?? and pervernsness of heart mani
. .iied T hand of God will not be seen by
them iu ;le means and deliverances displayed
by the Almighty in bi half of bis people.
A loorliia? Letter.
I be New Orleans Crescent, of Monday, pub
lishes the last, letter written by the lamented
Dreux to his lovely young wife. We copy the
concluding paragraph winch, in view of the cir
cumetar c*i> of tbo writer’s early death, can hard
ly lo rend with unmoistened eyes :
May the God et battles stnileu pon us. Cbeftr
up, ray dear wife; I have bravo hearts nd strong
arms to sustain and cheer mo on, aud 1 feel confi
dent of tho result. Many u uuble son of Loui
siana may full ty my side, and 1 may be the first
to bite the Uut, hut rost assured that they or I
will ulways to worthy of the esteem and respect
of our countrymen, and endeavor to deserve well
of our country. When I reach Noifolk I shall
write ogam, snd give you full particulars. Host
assured, until you hear from me, or until the tel
egraph gives you bad ne?s ut our expedition.-*
Come what may. tuy dear, I belong to my coun
try, aud you km w you belong to me. One and
all, ad in one, we owe our duty and our live* to
both. Were you as good aud brave a man as you
urea true and noblo w< man I know I would hare
you by my side, fighting with all your might tbo
bate and miserable invaders.
Kxouso mo, dearedt, for the digression. To
morrow wa leave for the seat of war. What to
morrow will bring forth I know not; but through
prosperity or advmliy, opulence or poverty easi
ness or danger, I am your own dear C. Tell
father I um ashamed to prutnise to write, for ho
may know I shall break uiy promise. Kir* ooe
und nil for tne at home, pre#n your sweet little
darling to your heart, and toil her to love and
cherish you for the sake und love of her pap*.
Your own (J.
King Lincoln has told what we may seP, to
whom wo way sell, of whom, what we may buy,
end ia apparently, disposed to regulate our
domestic i. flairs to suit himself. He will proba
bly *o*>n Dme an order for u to retire to bed at
nine o'clock and to put out light* in our bouses
Mau ea !ir hour, prescribing tbo times at wbloh
v.e I:*4*2 take our weal* and what we my eat,
arid graciously permit us to kiss our wive* once a
week. Os course wo will be grateful for what
ever privilege* ar* not taken Irum us.
State Nominating Convection.
The desire for a Mate Culfcentum ofdelgstes
from tho people, without repect to old party
linej, for the purpose of nominating a candidate
lor Governor, appearing to be general, we cheer
fully acquiesce in tbo movement, and hope all
the counties in the State will be careful to be
represented.
Wednesday, the 4lb day of September, seems
to bo generally preferred as the day.— Suv. lltp.
F*b a Oonventiom. —The Savannah Republi
c'll! acquiesces in the policy of a Convention of
tho people oo the 4ih of September, and hopes
every county in the State will be represeuted.
For a Stat* ConvßWTiow.—Tho / dependent
tit'ite published at Fort Gaines, Clay county, ac
quiesces in the suggestion to hold a Gubernato
rial Convention at MiHedgeville, on the 4th of
September, and suggest* to the people of Clay
cuunty the propriety of a meeting on the
first Monday in August to select delegates.