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About The Columbus weekly times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1858-1865 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1861)
t (iu mint, mi da i* Atfii m ! Ken Jill’ klliui.K^iWlt Oar distinguished fellow-citizen, ll n. U L. ftenniog is actively engaged in forming * regi ment of In/entry for the wer. lb ha lb,epr<>nme of Oor. Brown to arm the regiinenr, provided it can assemble at Atlanta fiy the 1 Mb. We learn that Judge B. haa already engaged eight com panies that will certainly be ready by that day, and that several other* are making strenuous ef fort* to join the regiment, amongst which nr# Captains Chapman and Thompson of this city. Here ie a fine opportunity to join a regiment which will probably boas well officered, armed and equipped as any ona in the Confederate ar my. Judge 8., who will no doubt be at its bead is a man of a high order of talents cool, brave, * and determined Ills patriotism la un bounded. He has been one of the foremost and moat efficient in the great Southern movement which he is now ready to vindicate with hi r 1 right arm, and If ne.dod, with bis life. Tbie regiment is certain to be made up, and we have no doubt that It will join the throng of gallant men who hare gone befwre it, and will contribute as much as any of Georgia's sons in illustrating the character for courage and patrio tism which the brave Ist, 7th and th bv al ready so noldy established. Tke/'A. B, HoorHavißribW This company, numbering one hundre 1 and fix nion, passed through this city yesterday eu rout for Virginia. It is from Troy, Pike county, Ala. and is coalman.led by Opt. W. L. Hamner, who is in every way calculated to conduct it through whatever trials they may be called wp on to endure. His officers, Ist Lieut 11. L. Fielder, 2d Lieut. Hhep. Kufflin, and ‘ld Lieut. John H. Darby, are young meu of high standing, and we doubt not that their courage and ability is amply suffieent for any emergency, and should they chance to meet the Herslan? upon the Hold of battle, woe be unto them. We bid them a Und speed and when the trials and hardship* of the war aro over, may they all return* bom* safe to the loved one* whocs prayers will follow them wherever they may bo ent u> meet the fe. b in the Camr The Baltimore pa per* speak of dUeord having existed among the Yankee General*, McDowell and Tyler at ih* bull Hun skirmish. The former denounced the latter and charged upon him Ihe whole di- - *..ier, auJ in his official report fpokoef the offl • era and men of the, I Jib N. V. Kegiweut and 1 i Massachusetts as coward*. These .wi re crack regiments and enlisted for the war. We do not hear that after their flight on Thursday, they re lumed to th* fight on Sunday.— Hichuiond Whig 25/A, jrffri We have before u# an open boll of Cot ton, from Col. J. M. Johnson’s plantation in Chat tahoochee co. The 801 lis well grown and fully the color good and tho Gapdc line. It ia th* first peciruen of open cotton i-f the pee. • ent crop that we have seen. The KrrxCT or.Manama* o.m thk North.— The New York,Herald of tho 2.th claim* that the °repute*” at Manassas hac aroused th# war spirit or the North to the highest pitch and the cry of vengeance comes up lung and loud from nil quarters. Every body is forrushiog to Virginia fur a fight. Lincoln is held blameless, “but the iudignation of the whole North is aroused against the Cabinet,” aud the demand is imperative that they shall give place to tu re trustworthy and competent men. ttffi~The rumor of a l . S. man of war being at anchor inside of Brunswick ia contradicted by Mr James Owens, of this vicinity iiomedia tly from that place. Instead thereof the Brig John Welch, loaded with sugar apri/e to tho Jeff Davis, wa# brought In aud audited inside the harbor on Saturday morning lari. Appointment. —Col. F. W. Dillard,o| Colum bus has been appointed Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, in (he Confederate States Army. mmr We learn from a private letter received yesterday from McDowell, Ya., that the 12th Georgia and other regiments were engaged du ring the 27th ult., up to O’ j o’clock P. M. when the letter left. The first Georgia Regiment were ordered to the scene of action obcut la mile# from McDowell. Th* letter also .Mate* that the beulih of the Ist regiment was bad, caused front exposure, and not being able to niuricr over Mod men. The Muscogee Rifles compose a port • I the 12tb regiment. The BSuwlfriin es life. Filtfrwm. Poor Patterson’s shoulders have to bear all the weight of responsibility attaching to tho Fed eral reverses. The N. Y. Herald utter- .t iva • growl, thuk Gen. Patterson has perm tied Johnston and hie corps to slip through his fingers. Ever since he approached tho Potoma# bis course has boon one •'ontinual blunder. After putting the robot* to flight at Falling Waters, instead f pursuing them he allowed them to entrench themselves at Bunker Hill. After a great lapse of time he at las! moved on Buukrr Hilt, but meantime die rebels had moved to Winchester and fortified themselves there. lie took pos.so- ion of the • uipty ramp at Bunker Hill, (how different from ihe Hill of other du>* hut. iihe the King with his twenty thousand mm, fie only marched up the hill and then uuir i.< b down again. Instead of boldly attackitt;’ J .u ----stoa, because fie strongly furtitied bis caiup in th# shape of a V„ be tell back fourteen miles upon Charlestown, with the ides of getting in Lis rear by a circuitous route. But uioatitiiue Juhustob’* services an* wanted at Manama* J auction, and he gets off with his army to the assistance of Beauregard. Under these • ireuui "(ancee it is understood the Government will re move him from the command, aud appoint in )>• stead Gov. Banks, giving the command of Banks to U#n. Dix. A# tar > Dix is concerned this might anwer very well, for he would not have much to do. But we think the proper place of Banks is in the Cabinet, li* i* a statesman more than a soldier lie ought to have the place ot tb* pre*ent old fogy Se#retar\ of the Navi, and ‘•uae regular army officer educated, like McClel lan or Lyon, at West Point, ought t I o p < l at the head of Patterson’s corps. Nertkm Accent es the Burnt. We find the following details in the N. \ ork Tribune. The engineers wer# about construe'ting a bridge for tb# artillery, the regular stone bridge having been rniued, and th# two columns under Gens. Tyler and Hunter, the latter of which was led by Geu. McDowell, bad a< tually completed ib# junction when the order to retreat was giv •n. Why it was givvo. no jroii who w itness ed the battle and aw the condition io wt.i !; at lairs stood, can attempt to comprvhetid. The only point positively held by the enetnv, was a hollow to our left, and alibi ugh an effort was undoubtedly made looverea h us at the left, an ample fore*—uoe entire brigade—was \eady to receive them,and did receive and repulse them alien*ard, m M | h reigned.— But at th* beginning of the retirement, lew ambulances aud baggage wagons were driven hurriedly away,the noise of which teemed t> spread terror among the v a ring, who instaully brokerak ai.d ran, pell null, toward Centerville. This contagion caught the n -’. and in less than ten minutes our urmy was flying iu Ihe •fHMMff disorder. |Wftkll| fill aMMOM The wounded weredeevried in the hoapiuls.und the only thought was ofiudividual safety. Guns wer* thrown aside, and blankets ard kuapsack* were lost aud trampled upon The artillery •bared the pauir; the gun- were cut lot c, aud gunners used the horses to escape more swiftly, those on foot begged piteously to be allowed t. ► bare th* burses of those who rode. Many tried to clamber into wagons, end were pushed back by th* bayonet* of those who occupied th*m Th# ground was strewed with weaj . food, end clothiug of every kind. Many ot •or guu, were left to fall into th# enemy band*, ft lu ding th* large 12 pounder , which had done so much service during the tight. All courage, all manliness seemed to have forsaken mir terror stricken mcQ. The last Hand upon the field was made by one of the Ohio Mio Regiment*, under Cel. M* - Cook, I believe, but about tbrvc miles beck the reserve brigade of Genera! Blanker we* drawn up in a line to cover the retreat, and effect what other ►crvlo# was weeded. This -rand saved us from great lease*. 1 lie disorder of our men continued during the night.’ There was no army only a vast raiuble. By midnight they wer* all scattered in the road to Fairfax Court llouae, and soon after, General Blanker, with the *tb N. V. Regiment, took up his retreat In perfect order—-the only body that so retreated. I left C'enterviJl*at H o'clock this morning.— The last fragments of our force had all been long gone: eren the hospitals were nearly deserted, all who could limp having started forth with crutches and cane*. Th* rebel scout* were pass •ing through the town, and apparently endeav oring to ascertain which way they could best succeed in cutting of the straglers. I do not know, however, that any serious attempt was made to do this. The road from Centerville to Fairfax was thick with the debri* of the retreat. Bagage wagons were overturned, and the horses lyind dead and djing. Guns, ambulances, stores of provisions were (‘trawii everywhere. At Fairfax Court If oust the inhabi tents were plundering our de serted baggage. Toward Arlington the eviden ces of |he disgraceful retreat continued. TU \nhtrruLouta rj liraurtgard—A Chicring Hu. r —Our urfiiec on Alexandria—A>d /•* Softer mge <j oor f Vuundtd- Hardehijn of the thirgoono—Laeck of Or/jnni: alien in s he Aurf/t*,. (J'HcrnU Ojict, tic., if c. Richmond, July 26tb. The question or. every one’s tongue to-day Is: ‘•Where is Beauregard; where is Johnston?” No one doubts that these skillful Generals are doing soma lmv<>riant service; but all are unx ious to know what they are doing. There la a quiet t-jrpeaaie in the public mind, indicating, like the cult; y stillness of the heavens a storm, that antic i mportant news will soon burst upon i*. The V.igh official* of government may know where theee General* ure operating,and what are their plans, but they keep a mysterious reserve; and to all enquirers the reply is: “they know nothin/.’ j there is no new ’’ One report current i* to the rttert that they have gone secretly and -tuieffly with a Urge force, to destroy Patterson** rtfr t* f darrnee, at Charlestown. The plan i* said lbe to get between him and Washington; to cut oft his communications; and to annihilate him; leaving however, a sufficient force to defend the line in Fairfax oounty. if such an enterprise be practicable, and this report be true, it is a bold and rapid movement, and we shall soon have im portant Hews. Having accomplished the Uestruc non oi Patterson**army, the genersls, with their combined forces, will return, to drive the enemy from Alexandria and Arlington Heights. A great many regiment* have been eut from Hih moud, the last few day*, and it I* said Beaure gard hud demanded ten thousand more men, immediately, to take the place of those who were to g- on this expedition. President Davis said, when lie returned from Manassas Junction, our army would bo in Alexandria within the next dsy or two. We have not yet hear<l of it* being there. This might have been said to deceive the enemy, u< all that transpires in Richmond is known at Washington, or the plan of operations may have I,ecu banged. Again, ft is said our urmy 1 moving forward towards the l'otoiuac, and that it is about to occupy Alexandria, und the tier i t hill* immediately behind Arlington. Occupying such a position, we should have the enemy in a pen ; and with the large amount of artillery we have now, could make his much boas ted ot entrenchments untenable, it is not like ly that the demoralized Northern forces, left in V irgfnia, would make a very desperate resistance. After their late experience, they would prefer, probably, facing Hie Long Bridge, to the deadly aim ami cold steel of our brave men. Such are the report* current in Richmond.— They are not improbable. All that wo know, from good authority, ia that some advanced posts of our army were within a law miles of Alexan dria, and that there had heon a general advance along the line we occupied. Surgeon* and others who were at, and who hitvo Imcn to the battle-held, give the most dis tressing account* of the sufferings of the wound ed, and <d'the want of means to alleviate the misery ot the brave men. The Incapacity, ne gleet, or want of organization of the Surgeon General's and Commissariat Department* ii ve hemently condemned. A Surgeon, who went to iho battle-field to render his services, and who returned with u number of sick and wounded, in formed mo chat little preparation had been made to tAkecure of the wounded, that they suffered in tensely for the want of food, water and proper medicaments. For two days this gentleman could not get anything to eat, though he was there per forming the most fatiguing duty. Nor could he get the proper and necessary thing* for his pa tients. There wero not a sufficient number of medical men and Surgeons to do the duty re required, and among those there,many wero inex perienced and inefficient. With the greatest abundance of material* and provisions captur ed from the enemy, betides what had been sup plied by the Departments, both the wounded and their doctor* wero starving. Nurses too were much needed. There i* something radically wrong in all, or Hourly all, branches of the War Department. When the doctor to whom I have alluded went to Surgeori General’s office in Rich mond, to represent the statu of things, and to make some requisition*, he met two or three prim, scented dandies, who hardly treated him with resnect. When he asked for the Surgeon Gen eral, he was told by theso exquisites that they were “ail Surgeon Generals there.” They seem ed to treat thu matter very coolly, and quietly promised to tako the wants of the doctor into consideration. It is high time the Departments of the Govormnent wore purged of inefficient of ficer* and employee*, and that they he made to show vigor and ability equal to the necessities of the times.— Charletton Mercury, Tne Fk.ht at Bi'li. Bin, am nun bv a NoriueNN Man. — In a letter published in the Baltimore Sun, says the Fredericksburg Recor der. from fbe lion. Wm. A. lUchnr U'in, member of Congress from Illinois, who professes to bo an eye witness of the scene of ihe engagement at Bull Run. Ho says . The action was commenced by Gen. Tylor, of Connecticut, at hall past one o’clock, on Thurs day -tlmt the Michigan, Maine and Wisconsin regiments stood their ground bravely, while the New York 1 2th and Massachusetts rug iin cuts run with all their might, throwing away their arm?, knapsack.*, and in fact everything that impeded their progress The men say that their officers lack courage and were the lint to “take the back track.” It seems that the only regi ments wlui could be relied on in their greatest emergency wero composed of foreigners the New York (Hub (Irish) and 7W(h (Scotch.) The writer give- it as his opinion that Mauassav can not be taken with 60,t0 men in two months, and that the North has been greatly deceived, uot only iu their numbers and discipline, but in itu-ir lighting qualities—rushiug as they did into battle, with n shout that rose above the roar of the camion, wlnl*t their artillery was served in unsurpassed style. One ball fell directly amidst a group of Uoiigre*smen, amongst whom was Owen Loveioy, w hich caused a ludicrous scamp ciing and dodging behind trees. One remark able feature which impressed itself upon the minds of the Congressmen, during their route to the scene of action, was the absence of all the male population capable of beaiiug arms. Th# few whom they saw were decrepit old men and women, wln .-c eyes “fairly flashed fire nt the sight of the Yankee soldiers.” The letter conclude* with the opinion of Gen. McDowell, that there would not be an immedi ate engagement, unless his troops stumbled over tome us those inevitable “masked batteries” which seem So much to exercir* our invaders. From the Chronicle A beulinei. bra. Bfiartfini a (iriadvoo sf tartu. M> . L'ditov ; —lf * fvw lines, by way us giving to your reader# in this part of th# Confederate State*, an acquaintance with Gen. Beauregard should by you be thought proper and in place, you have the authority of an old citizen to give the following introduction: General Beauregard is the son of Mr. Toutant Beauregard, a highly esteemed and m<>.t respect able i Tench gentleman, residing and planting a few miles below the battle ground near New Or leans ; his mother the daughter of Mr. Nicholas Allard, who resided short distance from Savan nah, at about the middle of the war of IS 12. Miss Haiiuab Allard visited Mr. William Brux’s family in this city. Miss A. left Mr. IF* residence iu the mar of th* lot upon which the Bridge Bank budding now stands) to meet her father ami family on their way for Louisiana, where she became the wife of Mr. Beauregard, (he General’s father While the Mate of Louisiana may well be proud in having given birth to and roared up a beloved aud disiiuguDhed General* may nut Georgia indulge herself, too. by rejoicing in the higbe*t degree for her gmdsnn, tho hero of Me na-ai* An tji.ii Citue.n. ;Zff“ Russell, of the London Time*, says he ne>r. in his life, aw such fighting as took place at the battle of Floue Bridge. Four hours, he •ays, both armies stood up to a k ml of conflict which, tor vigor, endurance and pertioaeity, wav unequalled. Vaulh-r Fish! i HiiiMri... \rlker Ammbl. K an*al Citv, July 22. jjy special me tmger, last arrived, we learn the fid lowing At -‘(i minutes pa*t ■ I • ■ *, of the l'th, Msj. Van llore’s command of I!. 8. Reserve, Home Guards, of this plare, numbering 170 men, was attacked by m) rebels; undtr (apt. Duncan, three mile* North of Harrisville, The fight last ed lour hours, daring which time a continued fire was kept up on both sides. At 20 minutes neat 6 o’clock, the rebel*, withdrew, leering th* U. 8 troops victorious. The loss of the rebels was 14 killed, including two officer* and several wounded, while that ot the t . f*. forces was only one killed. At l:: o’clock the U. S. troops continued their march, crossing Grand River, but they were compelled to leave three of their baggage wag ons on the hank of the river in consequence of high water. Msj. Van Horn left thin citv on the 17th for the purpofl of reinfoicing Major Dean, now holding West Point, Missouri, with a -mall force, he having routed 1,000 rebel* st that place. Major Yen Horn’s command wa* attacked while h dinner. They planted their flag staff at 2 o'clock never giving an inch, or removing the flag till after the rebel* withdrew. The eaerny endeavored to flank theta on tb* left with a company of cavalry, but were complete ly routed bv a detailed force under Captain But ler Kuk ii lit CoiM'ittf Swire. The N. 0. Delta of the 2'lth makes the follow ing correct statement in reference to the above subject: In the regular Confederate service there is but one rank—-that of General. There are no Major or brigadier Generals in thst service. Before the adoption of the act creating the regular army of the Confederate .States, the old plan of the Uni ted State* army wa* adopted, and the rank* ot Major and Brigadier General* were created. It is under this bill that Gens. T wiggx and Folk are Major Generals; and Bragg, Walker, Bon ham nod other* are Brigadiers. Beauregard be* ing at the head of the Brigadiers General* of the Provisional Army, wa* promoted for bisgaiiaiit sy und Generalship to the grade of General in the regular nrniy ot the Confederate State*. lie ii ranked however, by Johnston, Lee and Cooper, and with them makes up the four Generals in the Confederate Army. It was doubtless to pre vent any conflict of rank, and the superceding of Beauregard in command at Manassas by John ston, that President Davis appeared on the field, ranking both, ae Commander-In-Chief. K-ptrt of Ike Sefrelir; of 111’ Trmirj, In the Confederate Congress on Tuesday iaat the report of the Secretary us the Trea ury was presented, and considered in secret *e*.dtm. The Richmond /?•> amtner *ayn of it • It is understood that the report wan mainly in answer to a resolution paced at the late session ol Congress, instructing the Secretary to prepare a statement touching Die amount received fr.m all source* ami expended uudi-r direction of the Government and also tabular stut islics of taxable properly iti the several State* of the Confederacy, in round numbers, it is believed the expenditures have heeli about $1 0,000,000, up •< lit of July, while receipts have been about sl4,l>ou iMM). The former includes au item of S4UU,WWO n tunded t. South Carolina in part satisfaction of her outlay in way of preparation lor defence, anterior to her adoption of the Constitution of the Confederal# States. The Secretary of the Treasury estimates the taxable property, real uud pernouaJ, ol the eleven States at S4,7U,UuU,(mo, Secretary Cbasu puts that of the United States at slo,ooo,fli)u,ot>; but many ofhis value* arc fictitious and ephemeral, while the estimates us the Confederate Secretary are bared on solid securities. The expenditure of the Confederate G overument does not, of course, include tim expense incurred by the States prior to their connection with the .Southern Confedera cy, except the ease alluded to of South Carolina. The balance of her outlay of St>OO,OUU has been taken in Confederate bonds, no mention of which is i unde in the amount to th# credit of the Govern ment. The Secretary will soon issue S2O,UMU.itOO Treasury notes, which the banks will take on de posit and in liquidation of dues. No additional recommendation i- understood to be made in this report touching the financial policy proper to be pursued by the Confederate State*. Aaoi.tnos Ci>xorks*min in Uatti.i . A cor respondent at the Daily Time* ha* the fol low ing “Cwsgrr*.’ adjourned Friday until Monday uiortnug ex]>re*sly to allow the members to see the show. Neither Congress nor the Inion wish to see another such a sight. At the grand >taui pede civilians were awluily scared, and l think aome id them were taken prisoners. I witnessed some terrific teats of running among thorn Many lost their carriages, and for aught I know, are skulking about the wood* now. One very fat, UongrueMUHn offered an artilleryman $2 for a horse, hut after he had (he horso he found it so hard t< mount that ho turned pale all over, lie John Gilpined along near my leg*, until his horse threw him when hisagooy was fearfni. Three ol us hoisted him up, und he cut out a* if the and -1 was after him. Thai M. C. will never go to (he wars again. JStT'l roue the New York Tribune, previous to the battle of Manassas . Under un A lint. —A eusious fact has been rented to us iu regard to Gen. Beauregard of the insurgent army. The uame of that gentleman with the fighting chain* as Mr. Russell, of the Times, describes him, is uot Beauregard, but Teutant Pierie Gustavo Toutsul. llis father was a Frenchman, and was the oldest of the fami ly had un estate called Beauregard, and the ei der Toutaui was iu the habit of signing himself Toutaut do Beauregard- Toutanl of Beauregard. When he mado application to the member of Coagress from the district in which be resided iu Louisiana lor a cadetship at West Point for his son, he signed himself in this way—Toutaut de Beauregard- and the assumed title wa* taken for the surname. Tho appointment for th* lad therefore, w.-,s made out for Pierre G. T. Beaure gard, and the name was retained from a little vanity, perhaps, in its more sonorous quality. Boauregard, however, ia still known muoug Ins relations in Louisiana ms Pierre Toutaut- If, a few months hence, one Pierre Toutant shall bo hoard of about town, seeking a passage in disguise und in some humldo way for pans unknown, it Nviii be understood that he is the late General Beauregard, one of the ringleaders in ihe Southern insurrection recently *up|tr**td flying from the fear of a halier. \l itoxti (R otation.— -It is important to have a thing right, e*pecially when it has become a matter of record. The expression “I go to illus trate Georgia,” so often quoted as part *f (jol. Bartow’s letter to tiov. Brown on his (Col. IPs) •U parture for Yerginla, isnot to he found in that letter. The language used was . “/ j/o l<> ili nitrate, if l com, my native Stair:’ The correction i< due alike to i „l. Bartow and to history. The spurious quotation has an air of assumption not cxintaiued in the Utter, and, in deed, which it expressly repels. The conclusion of the sentence adds force t,. the point suggested — **rteU eventt, la l.e truehr, inletnt* and her charm ler .’* Di li, Hi m. Let u* ask our contemporaries and all wh . write for the papers, to give the cor rect name of'he stream.-n whose banks the late battle* have been (ought. We see it writleo Bull s Hun and Bull's Creek, and, we know not in how many other ways besides tb# right .me. The true spelling ii Bull Run *.known and so written h.v all in the country. We state tbi* “to vindicate (he truth of geography Let u< have the right name.--AVJUmMd Hmfttifer. T nr. American Kaln Soar* Aloi-t, accord ng to the N. Y. World, as follow- If England rejoice* over the Federal loss, or what she may possibly construe into a Federal deteat, in this battle, it will occasion us no sur prise. But if she thinks that the number of oar slain will pave the way to Charleston, she is mistaken. We have lost two or three thousand men. or it may be, more, in this battle, but if we had lost ton ortwenty times the number any attempt, on the part of Great Britain, to break the blockade of our Southern Ports, would have been attended with just as disastrous consequen ce* to herself, as now or heretofore We have resources enough to drive every rebel into the wa, and defy, or make war upon I nglasd at the same time. And England may rest assured that we should not emerge beaten from the fray. “■F* lb# Chariest* n Cowrie* of Tuesday savi that Major Ripley has been appointed a Briga dier-General in the Provisional Confederate ar my—an appointment well deserved. Tu* Fsruso in France.— A marked change seems to have come over public s ntiment in Paris, which at first seemed altogether in favor ol the North. As significant of this change we may lueaUota th* fact that since the 4th of July L* Patrie, the Journal de* Debate, th* Meaiteur and L* Pay* have Wen publishing powerful and able articles in favor of the Southern Confede racy. SdT* One of the prisoners brought from Ma nassas, who hails from Wisconsin, says that of all the repres*ntatins made to him by his offi cers sit)’ e be left his home in the West, the only true one was that be would certainly be in Rich mond during the month of July.— Richmond L. amine*. touxttas. BATimu. Afusr s. imh. Hoi. Marlin J. i rawfsrJ. This spirited end patriotic gentleman, our Rep resentative in the < engross of the Confederate Slates, has just returned from a tour over bis old CongreKsionul District. Jl* has been addressing the people in heaif of the loan proposed by Con gress of agricultural produels or th* proceeds of them, to the Confederate Government. We are rejoiced to learn from him that his efforts have proved eminently successful. About thirty thou sand bales of cotton hare been -üborihe 1 in the District, beside*several thousand dollars in cash. We learn from our friend Judge Crawford, that the people every whvre came out in large crowds to hoar biui and exhibited a spirit of patriotism and liberty deserving high praise.. There was a general disposition to aid the great cause in which we are engaged, and although some lag ged behind and stood back, yet the zeal exhibit ed by the large majority of the planter# in pro viding the * material aid” for the war, was high ly ootnmendable. Judge Crawford has no doubt that the subscriptions will be largely increased and may reach fifty thousand hales of cotton, which at 10 cents per pound would yield two millions and a half to the Government loan. — Whilst on this subject, we cannot but express our disappointment and mortification, that Musco gee has fallen behind almost all her sister Coun ties of the oIJ 2d, in the comparative amount of her subscriptions. She is the largest and richest county in the district and yet her subeription op to this time has only reached eighty thousand dollars’ We confidently assert that the people of this county, planters, merchant# and capital ists have the ability of subscribing a half mil lion. It i humiliating to tee such a striking want of patriotism and public spirit among.t a people who have s<> much at etakein this unholy and ruthless war which is I*cing waged against u. It give* ns no pleasure to express this re buke and wo hope that Muscogee and especially Columbus will redeem herself from the charge ol unpatriotic selfishness to which her past action ho* subjected her people. We are rt joiced also to learn from Judge V. that the whole District 1* in a blase and that the determination and desire to enter the service of the Gorermueot and fight to the death for our independence are universal throughout the Dis trict-all praise to the old 2d, and to thedistin guislied advo.'aie who has contributed s- largely In raising up this spirit of patriotism auJ duty which pervades hi* late and present fOWftftu ent*. _ \ Uul In ills Filin, It is Mir melancholy office to atinoitni* the death on yeiterday morning of 00l Van Leon ard, an old und honored citizen of Columbus. For more than u year h# has fioen utflicied with the ili*a>'e which has terminated his life, and though hi* suffering iniitl have been intense be bore it with c brat lan fortitude and resignation. Col. LeonarJ has twice represented this county , in th# Legislature, and both in public end pri- j vate life, lie won and deserved a reputafhn for I purity and integrity which heiong only to the “noblest of God ” He reached a good old age nearly seventy years -died (It* death of a chrl ‘ Han and has reached the Christian* reward Tlir Ctoryia in lb< Kidd.. S<s(ber Stew* tin. The Southern Recorder of the *‘Hb July,cot - tain > a list of tUe Regiments, Battalions and cm - panics, with names of Ihe Officers commissioned by tins in the service. In enu merating the companies of the Tib Reg’r, Col. Gartrell,no mention is made of the “Iverson lu vinciblta” of Carroll We know that there is such a company in the 7th Regiment, and that it Is commanded by Capt. Burke, who was wounded in the battle of Maoaaas. IF>w j i'tmo such an omission ‘ The omission does in- i justice to the sound and patriotic county of Car rol and looks very much as if the company was left out of the list because it bears th* name of a prominent mao, for whom, perhaps, tb* Recor der feel* n> sympathy and whose fooling* it j l bly drdres to reach in this way. Among the arm* captured in the fight, were 90 boxss that had not been opened - for what ! purpose to be used in tb* slave holding Ptat, we ; leave the readers to judge for himself. A?.vi\ Quartrb-master Dillard.—We are glad to see by the advertismenl from the Flan- j tors’ Warehouse, that we are not to in aJJi- j Ron to ell our other losses, th* hooest, out- I spoken face of our friend Frank. Ilia head- j quarters will be here, bis scouts will be along the whole line from Richmond i perhaps Wash ington) to New Orleans. The Adjutant General of the Federal army, has issued his orders announcing, the henorabte discharge of Major Gen. Patterson, ltrig- den. t'adwallader, Msj. Gen. Sandford, Prig. Gener al Runyan, Col, Scbleick, Bate* and Morris, their terms of service having expired. General Ranks by the same order, takes Patterson's place and Gen. Dix takes Hanks’ place iu Baltimore, j Tkrribi.\ SiuairicAST.—The Cincinnati En quirer says Dr. Blackman of that city, was tel egraphed, Sunday cveuin,;, lM*t instant, to roue immediately to Washington, and brinjj with him as ninny surgeons as he could. H'Aaf KiKttll Thin.it cf thr I'ight.—A rpi-i ial di jiatch to the Baltimore Kxchange, says that .Mr. Ru*?ell,of the London Time*, who was at the battle of Manassas, states that the loss in killed and wounded of teb Federal* most amount to 12,000, and that the loss ofthe Confederates will probably reach 4,600. lie Gates that his tory record* no such defeat for the pail < entury —no r-oite so utter and complete a* that of the Federal f>roes. The fighting of the Southern men, he says, wan magnificent. They fired with the precision of veteran-. They would fail to permit their artillery to fire, and then rising dis charge their tnuket and charge in splendid order. Some of the evolutions were sti|ierb, and perform’ and with perfect r.*j idity coolnc- and d>- eipbne. Special Correspondence of the Time.* lilt BUM (KIUfMWEWI .S \i>±lily ijotlij% is Itii hftioHll .4 •/ and Mtlan- { rkmig jticlnr*-- The hon or* If war —I npatal* ‘ lW bar hat ittn Tht plain* (K tl+ad Plt HUonu, July 2S i My Sunday gossip to day Will breathe a sad i Md melancholy t .ne. During the entire week and up to 1 2 o'clock last night, I enjoyed the melancholy satisfaction of witnessing the arri val, by the Ceatral cars, of hundreds of our wounded champions—mutilated and disfigured with wounds, maimed and crippled, but all re j signed, silent and submissive to the will of our ! Ueavelr Father, who is thus pleased to work l out our deliverance through tribulatland blood. Üb, how my heart yearned fora share at the groans and anguish of our noble, hut suffering champions as I saw them, with eyes upturned to Heaven, lying prostrate, helpless as infants on Die pallet or the cot, and conveyed from the cars to the residences of our private citisens, who. to their credit be it said, vie with each other in se curing the largest number of our gallant defen ders. All our wounded are, or soon will be i cared lor and tenderly nursed in the dwelling# 4 of our citisens, where lovely women Will be rea dy to fan the fevered brow or apply tine balm of sweet consolation to the stranger brother who left wife or daughter or mother to drivw back the barbarian from the very homes which now cx- | tend to them a brother's welcome and a brother's love. How wonderful and mysterious are the ways of God! May we not, in the beautiful 1 word* of (he Canticles, exclaim : ‘ Sing, oh my tongus, adore an.l praise The depth of God’s mysterious ways.” To-day, in all our Churches, in respouse to the resolution adopted in Congress last Monday, j recommending that special thanksgiving be of fered up to tSodfor llis signal blessing upon our arms at Manassas, Divine service was specially directed to that end. The sermon preached by the Right Rev. Bishop McGill of the Catholic Church, which, through the kind invitation of a friend, I hud the pleasure of bearing, was a master piece of Christian eloquence. Hi* subject was Providence, and his arguments and il'uatru | tions were drawn with admirable skill and irre j futable logic, from the event# preceding and at tending the battle of Manassas. When this elo quent livine adverted to the degradation pre pared fur the citizens of the South—to their 30,- 000 hand cuffs, and then Invoked the congrega tion to praise and glorify our Heavenly Father for Jli> merciful interposition in ourheba'f, there was an evident, though suppressed sensation throughout the Cathedral. The manly breast* of the Koldier- especially, of whom about 300 at tended the service, were seen to heay* with mingled emotions of gratitude to Ood and exe crations of the barbarian invader. In alt the other Churches of the city similar set vies* wer* observed. Koch arrival fruin Manassas presents the •vents fulUwing Sunday's battle in an aspect of incroa k ed horror and wore revolting barbarism. Could it be believed, if we bad not the informa tion, as I have had it from their own lips, that to this moment their wounded and dying are left along the road-side and the fields, over a spare of twelve miles, unheeded and neglected ? Last night Iccnversed with two wounded prisoner*of the Cfitb, who lay on the field of battle wounded and bleeding from Sunday at 4 o'clock to Tues day morning, when they crawled to a ffiriuhouxo. from which they were sent, at their own earnest request, to Manassas as prisoners. And while i in that condition the only respon e and sympa thy they received from tbeirown eommandora— in one instance, from their own officers—was that they were as near to b—l there ae they would be any where else. They are now with aome hundred more of their regiment well cared for in our city Hospital, by the ladies of Rich mond, under the general management of she Sisters of Charity. Good Heaven! what would lie our fate iI v.e had been or ever rhunld be subjugated by such inhuman brutal Kioneters. We must It# up and dointr. else the danger tnav .‘teal upon us unawares. The plains of the dead ! What a melancholy theme ‘ How harrowing to the sensibilities of human nature the subject! I am, just after lis tening So a gentleman from Ibis city who, on Friday, visited the battle ground. Gar doad are all sleeping in a soldier's grave ; our wounded are all either at Mana sas or Richmond. The enemy's dead Mill cover theplaius, the invader’s wounded still bang around the farmhouses and barns of the farmer* along their route to Wash ington. For miles around the atmosphere is tainted with puteid effluvia, and the duty of ae pnlture h thrown upon the Confederate troops. This is a lino -t incredible, but I aiiure your readers it is a fa-it is true. ‘I he remnant of one rrginietit, some Ton men, reached Fail* Church about eight ndleefrom Washington, and perhaps four miitoi from the Federal fnitifiratioos on Arlington Height*. Yesterday (Saturday,) they were surrouuded by a body of our troupe, and a* <#wre surrendered, and, with their arms, marched to Mana* i,<. They are expected at Bi'dinioid to- night. The blinded North i*, at length, beginning to realize the truth, that its mercenary hireling* have, instead of a “mod of rebels” to be scatter ed by a posse lenitatne, a Ration of freemen to repel their invasion an l defend their institutions and their home*. The editor of the New York Times, telegraph ed from Washington to his paper, under date of Sunday, midnight: “The battle was on* of lh#a*ver<Ht ever fought m (hi- ntinewt. The Fir* Zouaves are terribly cut up. Col. Burnham and Lieut. C'rigbtoa are reported kiMed. Cols. Stevens and Town* of Rhode Island, k lied.— Gov. Sprague’s horse wa* shot from under biro, and Maj. Bellow i< severely wi on led by a rer non ball. 11. J. Ratmohi).” Hut wili they cease from their un just and un holy war, and leave the South to live under it* own institutions, laws and serial priiry? W# fear not, and hence, we must be vigilant, active aud always ready. BRUTUS. Tar. Macon Uvaana-—We are permitted,'•ays the Maeon Citizen, to make the following extract j from a iet'er received athn city, from Mrs. L. I M. Lamar, dated Richmond, Wednesday night, | after the battle, Gating that she bad just receiv ed a letter from her hu.Coand, Capt. L. M. Lamar, relating to the sutlerings of his brave men : “Leonidas Laiuar and Walter Aileu, hisbroia er-in-law, fell fighting side by side, and were both buried in the same grave. My love to his wife, and tell her I sympathise deeply in her misfor tune. Mason and Taylor betii escaped. They fought bravely and unflinchingly under the most terrific fire. All the Guards hehawd nobly. My poor boys suffered terribly: five killed and 25 wounded. I walked over the battln-field about dark.after tho enemy had retreated. Theground was literally covered with the .lead and dying. The poor fellows would beg me fir water I passed, and I gave it when I could procure it, to friend and foe. I have not had a mouthful t > cat f‘.*r 4‘t hours, and have slept but very little.” From the Macon Telegraph. M:m < ommercitl and Financial Con vention. 11 th- 11-trbct!, Bankers mil otkrj of tb fsnftdf- * rate State, of iiarria There are two great objects which vre desire as the result of the momentous struggle which is now pending. One Is Politick, the other is Com mercial and Financial. The CrG has been thoroughly organized and under the direction of the ablest minds in our Confederacy, and *ith the blessing of God, ap pears to bt* rapidly progressing to a Satisfactory j conclusion. The second, and iu our estimation ! the greatest and most important, has not, as yet, ! an organisation,and twin great danger of being I lost by the success of the first- before aoy well . digested plena have been adopted for its attain- . nienf. We feel it to be our duty, therefore, to our ! selves and our country, to seek to awaken the i public mind to the incalculable importance of I seeing to It, that our forces are promptly u?- j tcred and well equipped for the coming sirug- 1 our plans throughly dismissed and well ma tured, that by prompt and combined action when (be movement shall be made, we shall eusure entire success and become as we seek to h, nut only politically, but commercially and financial ly frr* and i nd^f-tndrnt. Have we nut the skill and energy in our tu- , j federacy which is needful to condui t our com , men ial and financial attain as well abroad as at home 7 If not, we fear we must be content as ! ! beret <f. r, to allow them to remain in the hands j ! of, and be conduct*! by others, f Shall the profits arising frin our immense ; trade with Foreign countries continue to flow in [ to the hands <4 those who art inimical to our I peace and welfare, or shall the benefits arising j therefrom be retained by u*an.l transmitted asa ! rich legacy to our children ? A mighty and systematic et; rt has been made by Merchants and Bankers of the North to trans fer to, and engross almost the entire profits of j Southern trade in their own hands. Our insti tutions have been decried to the world in the j , hope that by this means they might drive from I c- the sympathies of other commercial nations, i j and obstruct, if not wholly prevent direct infer- ‘ ’ turn between us and them. With the** facts before us, is it not time we should awaken to the vital importance of instant wise and decided action upon this subject * One of the greatest obstacle# in the way of the establishment ot direct trade with foreign countries—itumediately upon the opening of the ports of our Confederacy—is the fact that our Merchants are comparatively unknown in foreign markets, and hare no credit established there. Although, the products of the Southern States have constituted the basis of c'-edits and ex-, change between the late baited States and those nations for more than a half century; in a fi nancial and commercial -ense, we are unknown to each other—our bills of exchange have been drawn by Northern Houses, and the vast amount of their productions contained by us—important through the tame channel-*o little have we been known in theec transactions, that year# would ’ be required in the ordinary course of events, to | buildup that trade and establish that confidence j which absolutely) is necessary in commercial transactions, which are founded on a system of credits. It ie clear, thcefore, that some extraordinary measure# must be devised, to enable us to free ourselves from these impediments to our com mercial credit and independence, and prevent our falling back into the old channel as soon as our ports are again open. It is, moreover, des irable that on products, other than our great staple, should be fully made known to tho world, and the great advantage to foreign nations es a direct trade with us, and we should all watte **r *fart* in the pr.motion of th.s great work. We, cordially invite the Mernbants, Bankers and others of the Confederate States, to meet us in Mass Convention, in the City of Macon, on the 14th day of October next, for the purpoee of deviling some plan for establishing a system of credits between tb# Confederate States : of America and Foreign cauntries, which may be i practicable and available to all deeiring to use it, | and which will also command the hearty support of the citizens of our whole country. We earmestly invite the assistance tnd co operation of th# press of the Confederate States, in bringing subject fully before the people end the presence of i*s members on the occasion named. We would also, respectfully suggest to the various Chambers of Commerce and other Socie ties within the Confederacy, organized for similar purposes,—the propriety of appointing com mittees at an early day for the purpose of a due and deliberate investigation of this important snbject, and proposing some plan to be xubrnit ted to the Convention at its meeting. Very respectfully, ’ WM. B. JuIIXSTON, Presid't, Macon Chamber of Commerce. Henry L, Jmwett, See’y, Macon Chamber of Commerce. Macon, Georgia, July 2ißh, 13(51. From the Richmond Ya. Dispatch tut fitnu (iioMis Kttixiw i\ m nmi OF ?TOH BRINE. The following graphic description of scenes on the battle field, and the gallant conduct of th* 3th Georgia Regiment, was written for th# Die patch, by a gentleman who participated in the fierce conflict of toe 21st .July: THE EIGHTH GEORGIA I’.EUfM t NT. (Jn Thursday the Bth in.-1. about 2P. M this regiment left Winchester fur Manassas, under command of Lieut. (Col. Montgomery Gardner. Col. Bartow ha l been for some week# acting Brigadier General of a Brigude, consist ing of the I 7th, Mb, Vth and 11th Ge<<rgia Regiments, end a i.atulion of Keotuckiaua. ihe 3th marched 27 miles over the mountains, fording the Shenandoah, to Piedmont, on the Manassas Gap Railroad, arriving there about 12 M. Friday. The march wa# fatiguing in the uxtremu. AGer a delay of a lew hours, they Itft for Mauas*s on cars, and a slow tedious rule brought them to this point late Saturday morning. They marched three and a halt miles tu'-amp in the woods, without tents, and with- ‘ out food. Lsrly next morning they wer* order ed to tb# fight, whei# they arrived alter a circu itous, wearisome, and ai limes doubts quick tramp of between ten and twelve miles. Breathless, tired, faint and footsore tbs f- I Unt fellows were eager tor the tray. They were first ordered to support Pendletea's Virginia battery, which they did amid a furious storm of grape from the enemy's gun*. Inactive as they were. Compelled tube under this fire, I they stood cool and unflurried. They were finally ordered to charge Sherman's f Battery. To do this it was necessary to cross ,and intervening hollow, Covered by aa enemy's ! Lie, and establish themselves in a thicket (link- ‘ j mg the enemy’s battery. They charged iu a 1 manner that elicited the praise of General John < j stun. , Gstuitig the thicket they opened upon the en \ j tiuy. The history of w arfare probably affords no instant e of more desperate fighliug than ; took pla-e now. k'r in three sides a fierce, cou j i-eufrated, murderous, uncrating volley poured 1 iq upon this devoted and heroic “six hundred” i Georgians. The enemy appeared upon the hill by th# ; ‘ tbcu*.ind. Between six and ten regiments were | visible It was a hell of bullet-raiu in that fa* j >1 grove. Th# ranks were cut down as grain byascylhe. Whole platoons melted away as it by magic. Cool, unflinching and stubborn,each man fought with gallantry, and a stern determin- | utionto win or die. Not one faltered. Colonel Bartow's horse was shot under him. Adjutant j Branch fell wounded. L.euL Colonel i Gardner dropped with a shattered leg. The offi- I rers moved from rank to rank, from ruau toman, j cheering and encouraging the brave fellows.— i i Some ot them took the muskets of the dead and j j organ coolly filing at the enemy. It was an appalling hour, ‘ihe shot whistled and tore through tree* and bones. The ground became literally paved with the fallen. Yet the • leairiaut stood composed and urquailing, care ■liy loading, steadily”aimuig, unerringly firing, and then quietly looking t.ieee ’he eflect ot the.r shots. Mere boys fought liko veterans—unsx f'ited, save with that stern ‘ white beat.” tlv.ue j less vxbiierati'>n, that battle gives to brave • ■ After eight or ten rounds the reg.meut sp- I peared annihilated. The order was given to ) tease firing and retire. The stubborn fellows gave no heed. It was repeated. Still no obe dience. The battle spirit was up. Again it was given. Three v olleys had beeu fired after the first command. At length they retired walking and fighting. Owiug to the density of the growth, a part of the regiment were separa : ted from the others. The other part formed in •m open field behind the thicket. The retreat j continued fover ground alternately wood and field. At every open spot they would reform, pour a volley into the pursuing et.eaty and again retire. From the accounts of the enemy ‘who stopped to give water to the wounded aud rifle the dead it •ccnis that the 3th cut to pieces the Ctb Mas sachusetts, half demolished the Rhode Island ers, and made deadly havoc among the regu | lari. But a horrible mistake oce.irred at this point. Their own friends taking them for ’.the enemy, poured a fatal fir* upon their mutiilaled rauks. At length they withdrew from the fight. Their I final roily was with sixty men of th* six ! hundred men they took in. Balaklsva tells no j more heroic tale than this; “into the valley of 1 death marched the six hundred.” As they retired, they passed Gen. Beauregard, who drew aside, fronted, raised his hat and said * I salute the Sih Georgia Refiment.” Gen. Beautegard caused three traitors to Wo hung recently, having received the most in j iubitable evidence of their treachery. On* of tb# j parties was an engineer on the Manassas Gap j Kailrode, another a preacher of the Goepel, and , the third farmer They had all furnished valu * able aid t*> the enemy. MTKI. William 11. Reward’s darling baby, 1 tihtt Conflict, was reyrtted at Manassas on the | gift of July. 1861. Iks U liforni i£e*tmit. As this favorite ‘and well drifted Regiment I has just guue to Richmond, and will be j engaged in the active scenes expected at the wet of war, the following list of the companies ! ompusing the Regiment, tuny te interest ing to j the public: Columbus Guards, Capt Elhv. Cherokee Brown Rifles, Dirker* The Jo# Brogrns, Campbell. Wright Infantry, Glenn. Banks County Guards, Candler. Burke Sharpe Shooters, Holme*. Buena Vista Goar Is, Company from Merriwether, IfarrL I Scmmoe’ Guard, Shepherd. I Mewsrt Grays, Ball. Ekcuixo Hard. The B \iuoiid Dispatch xaya Congressman Ely, wh / w captured at I Manassas and brought to Richmond a prisoner of war, declares that if they will only let him go he will procure the release of all the privateers j men now in New York. Tleitig a live Abolition ! Congrc*iu*n ho oughtu ;.<■ worth, in etchange, at least fifty common prisoners. £ffr We clip the following paragraphs from I the Waynesboro*, (Or.) Independent .South. <>f July 36th ; The Cnittm L <•. —We learn tri m the Clerk of , .he Court, Mr. J. F. Navey, that liurke county has 1 aned the v uthern C nf* jersey 2,1147 bales 1 of cotton. Death*tf a Burke Sharp Shooter.— With re gret we chronicle the paintul intelligence of the “•ath rs Wm. Harrell, a member of the Burke Sharp Shooters Mr. 11. died from the effects of measles, at Brunswick, Us., on the 21t insu— He was a nativt of Burk* eounty, aged about 2D years. Thus in the bio-m of life he is sacrifi ced for hi#country. Our flag on th*Court House was at half most ail day ou Saturday in conse quence ol his death. Th* flag was also at half mast on Friday last in m >urning for th* lamsuted dead who fell at tb* battle of Manassa*. Tur Remains or Bki. Gen. Robcbt $ Gar nett were brought to Baltimore on the 13th ult., by Adams X Co.'s Kxpress, Messrs. Benjamin M. Garnett i,hia e> usin and C. k. Hodges dis charged th* melancholy dnty of receiving them. They were deposited (as the most suitable place at I resent) in the Maueoleum atGreenm* unt Ceme tery, thereto await the future arrangements ofhis in re immediate relatives. m • Th# New York Times, of July 2;Rh says : Among th# dispatches relieved at tba Washing ton office to day, was tba following, addressed to a member of,one of th* regiment* quartered at Arlington Heights, of course of the >ixty-ninth ; New Yoke, July 23. Voir wife wishes to know if you are dead, alira or wcanded* If dead, please send the body on. ( OLCVBIB, MONBAV. Alf*lST o.IMU. BOUNTY MEETING. The eUizecs of Muscogee County are invited to meet at the Court Uouse, in this city on urday, the 10th inst., at 12 M„ for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Gubernatorial Con vention which assembles at Milledgeville on the 4tb of September. Several gentlemen are expected to address the meeting, and it is hoped that all who can attend from both county and city, will be present. I‘roposttl Items* of the Army. It is understood in official circles that the Sec retary of War. th# Hon. L. Pope Walker, has recommended to Coogrees an addition to the Southern Army of about three hundred and fifty regimants, or such a number as, added to tha force already organized, will make an aggregate of five hundred and sixty regiments. Estima ting each regimental a thousand men, this would give a force of five hundred and sixty thousand, rank and file. The white population of the Con federate States being, in round numbers, five mil lions six hundred thousand souls, the proposed army would amount to just ten per ceut. of the whole, or one soldier to every ten white peo ple Special Correspondence of Columbus Times. RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE. Rn uMoxn, Ya., July 2g. U # have again, this morning, in our city pa- I*ers, the moft minute and thrilling account* of th# battle of Manassas. They may all be sum med up in a few (idcs — the annals of history, an • cieut or modem, furnish no parallel to the in domitable courage, the daring, almost reckless bravery, und the letal, though glorious results of this mighty conflict. The 7th eud Slh Geor gia Regiments occupy a proud preeminence in this morning’s details. The Nth, in their last charge, before retiring from the field, consisted ol only sixty out es the six bundled which but a few hours before withstood and repulsed a charge of 2elMl Federal*. While the lewnant of this gallant regioieut were retreating from the field they passed Gen. Beauregard. Taking off bis hat, “1 will salute the Georgia 3th,’’ said be. “with uiy hal off.” Leading up the 7th, Col. Warirelt inquired of lien. Bartow, “where shall l lead my regiment ! Taking (be regimental colors in his band, the brave Bartow replied to the Colonel, “Follow me and I will show yon.” Conducting them to a position exposed to a raking fire of a heavy column of the enemy, the General said* “Gen. RwauregarJ desires the Geor gia 7th to h.dd ibis petition,” and they did hold it. The Oglethorpe company of avannab, of which Gen. Bari w was, at one time, the almost idolized Captain, suffered severely, but fought with unparalleled heroism in the several charges made by the regiment. Without descending more minutely into details, let it suffice t * say that when the history of this revolution shall be writ ten, Georgia will occupy owe of the proudest pages in the annals of the war. And when oar brave troops at Vorktown, under the gallant Ms gruder, get through with Picayune Butler, the Georgia boys at that point will be nothing be hind tbair braveci mpatriots at Laurel Hill. Rich Mountain and Manassas. Their deeds wiil not mar the glorious page which will chronicle the daring achievement* of the 7th and Th i: Ma nassas. In my Sunday letter (yesterday’* t I gave you, iu substance, all the telegraphic dispatches published in th* city papers, this morning. We have nothing to-day except a confirmation of yesterday's telegrams that Gen. Wise has been forced to evacuate Charleston, and that place is now occupied by some IS.uoo troops under Gen. Ksencrant7. Ueu. Wise must be strongly reiu- I forced before be can give battle to th* 2o,DtfO men that tnis Dutch adventurer can bring into I the field against him: but your readers may be assured of one thing, and I refer them to my past lettersantieipating results, and the results them selves as they •übaequently irauq ired, a aeon | fcden.e iu what f say. th# enemy, under their 1 Dutch leader r under any otbar leader, will never reach Staunton as conqurers, if th# spirit i that is & >w firing ib* hearts of our gallant cham pions from Georgia, North and South Carolina, : and Louisiana, in a word, from evary Elate in , tha Confederacy, continues to animat* the South ern heart. Fvery day brings regiments or bat j talioos, or cmpaniei from one or others of our | aister States. Last Saturday Mobile sent us her splendid flying artillery of about twenty pieces. They cam# here from Pensacola and passed di -1 rect through Richmond to Manassas by land.— j This is tb* celebrated “Mobil# Flying Artillery” j s# long the rival of the * New Orleans Wa-bing ’ Artillery,” in the brilliant execution of patri tic achieTeius&ls. They are n w both together ; tor action on the same field—somewhere in the | vicinity of Washington mark my prediction, and the cotiqUy ’*J indulge the utmost confi dence that both will reflect glory upon our arms (and an ini mortality of fame upon themselves. It is fortuuat* for our cause in Europe that ! the N rtheru papers bate o,.nf****d their over whelming defeat at Maaasaa*. (ntlecd, the ller i aid that went t” Europe by the last steamer, c >n\eys minute details of the battle, and states, ! among other things, that so terrible was the de , struction of the Federal army, that, under the most favorable circumstance*, Gao. Ecott *uuld not get np another sueb an army before let* in tb* fall, while the Confederates ire pushing rap | idly on upon Wash ogton. .Several risings of (he people in Maryland are ; reported io th* streets, but I oauuot trace them to any reliable sourew. Th# system of mditary : surveillance iu BalGuier# and at other points >t brutally r.gtd, still the first bu rning of the Con federal# cannon is beard in Maryland, her citi zens will rise in thousan Is, and though Baiti wore belayed to the ground, the hireling* of military despotism will be exterminated or driv en from her soil. Th# Confederate Cungres?, after prefer by the ’ Rev. Dr. Duncan, of th* MethodGl Church, re solved itself into eecret .n whi<h it o< n tinue t till adjourn men;. BRFTI . firstly Smoerii Oat. The phib i .pher of the New York Tribune J ayj “W'-n’i dot” Do in-.re.” after the f..11 wing fashion: 1 wirh to be iietiorii? understood as not seeking to !•* relieved from any responsibility in 1 urging the advance of the Union Guard Army into \ irginia, though th* precise phrase “For ward to Richmond"’ is wot mine, and 1 would , have preferred not to iterate it. I thought that that army, one hundred thousand strong, might have been in the Rebel capital on or before ihe 20th Inst., while l felt that there were urgent 1 reasons why it should be there if possible And ’ now, it any •■no iaisg.nc* that I, or any on# j connocted with the Tribune, ever commended or even imagined aay surii strategy as the launching of barely thirty thousand of theone hundred thousand Union V olunteers within fitly miles of Washington against ninety thousand rebels, enveloped in a labyrinth of strong en trenchments and un reconnoitered masked batte ries, then demonstration would be lost on hit closed ear. But I will not dwell on thi. If I am needed as a scape goat for all tho mditary blunders of tb# past month, so be it. Individu als must die that the nation msy live. If I can serve her best io that capacity, I d-> not shrink from the ordeal. Henceforth, I bar all criticism in these col umns on army movements, past or future, unless • omebody should undertake to prove that Gen. Patterson is a wise and brave commander, li* seems to have non* to speak his praise* so if I aaythingti. b* sai l m his behalf. 1 wilt make an exception in his favor. Other than this j the subject is closed and staled Correspondents j and reporters may state faefis. but must forbear ; comtneots. 1 know that there is truth that vet remains to be uttered on this subject, but this I aper bes done its full share- ell that it ought, and perhaps more than it could afford t.> do— and henceforth stands back for other-, Only I beg to be understood—once for all—that if less than ball the Union armies directly at hand ars hurled against all th* rebel force* that could be c. a<*entrated—mere than double their number— j on pound especially chosen and strongly forti tified by the traitors, th* Tribnn* doe# not ap prove and should not beheld responeitle for such madness. Say what yen please of the past, but renu mber this for the future, theugh we keep silence. Now let the wolves howl on! I do not believe they can goad me into another personal notice of their raving*. HORACE (IREPLY, July 24th, 1801. Cm. TuomW BrigaJe .. Seroail (ettgit Rmimmt. A local correspondent of the Richmond Di-. patch furniahts the subjoined : URIQ. GEN. TOOMBS. This distinguished gentleman, having l;j aside the robe of State which he has so grai t fully sustained, assumed the sword, which, in his hands, we do not doubt will be wielded wiibsudh telling effect as to strike terror to the hearts , • the usurpers and deepots who seek to crush and trample under their unhallowed teet (be liberties of a free people. We had the pleasure (his afternoon of paying a visit t” the camp of the Second tfcorgi tt Rg t . meat, C. S. Army, commanded It Colonel 1* J.Semtnes. which constitute# part of Gen. Toomla’ brigade. With such soldiers, commanded by such off., cers, Gen. Toombs will go upon the battle-field with viotory already perched upon bis banner.- Should the usurper’s minions dare meet them in iuir field and open combat, they msy prepare i sina under heavy blow# inflicted by their stalwart arms, nerved os they are with devotion to the r country’s cause and a determination to hurl the ruthless invader from the sacred soil. m • A Flockr Woman.—W# know of a Northern born and Northern raised lady, who married .■• Southern planter, and who, with her husband, made her abode at a point just hack of a cr tain city on the Miasiasippi river, not a hundred thousand miles from N. Orleans. This lady ha* never let an opportunity slip on which could abuse anil vilify the Southern Confeder oy. A short time since she was on board astea mer going up troiu New Orleans, and was, a* usual, wagging her tongue at a 2:40 rate against our section. Among her auditory was a la.ly ~, the true Southern grit, who listened to the La angue, while her cheeks grew pale and red by turns, and her teeth made deep indentations iu her coral lips. At last, when she could standit no Lnger, the Southern matron rose from her seat, and walked to where the female speaker was letting ofl her abolition gas, and. shaking her finger iu that lady's face, slowly end Ji* tinotly said “Madame, I have s husband, two end three br-dbers io the army of the Southern t\ n tederacy. They are fighting for their country, and if they are killed, they will die like brave men, aud however groat the loss may be to me 1 shall have the consolation of knowing they t. iu a good cause You are a w uiao and ‘jua talk as you do, oecause you know that no Mouth ern gentleman will force you to stop. I am a Southern woman, and ln >w tell you that y.u shall not abuse my people in my presern e It you say another word against the Southern Confederacy, I -(hail whip you in th# pretence ot then* passengerex’ ’ The Southern b1..0d was up, aud there w.ul t have been an awful wreck of de lame and erino line if the Yankee woman hadn’t beeu iouut.b aiety struck dumb To make safety doubly sure ah* alto retired to her stateroom, and locked her ■ell up wah (he key ioside. That’s the style ol • ■•man for Louisiana to swear by Y* o O •e.lut Delia. -4T The Northern papers contain a detailed statement of Ihe federal forces under Rosecrant the successor <*f McClellan, in Western Vir ginia from which we condense the follow ing At headquarters, tea Ohio regiments, four In •liana regiments, two companies of Chicago cav airy, one of Chicago rifles, and one of Michigan artillery—all volunteers :at Cheat river, two re giments of Ohio vidunteers and a corps of Virgi nia Union volunteers at Clarksburg, one regi ment of Ohio volunteer.*, two corps of Yirgini* I ‘nionists, a company of Cincinnati cavalry, arid a body o! regular flying artillery, under Capt Howe ; at Grafton, headquarters of Oen. Hill, one regiment of Indiaaians and one of Ohioans, a | troop of horse, an artillery corps from Kan**-, iandcompapy 1 ol Fourth rsgular artillery, under Lieut. Ward ; at Pbiliippa. one regiment of In dianian* along the railroad from Parkersburg (u Grafton, one Ohio regiment; at Ripley, one Ohiu regiment : en route Irom the Kanawah river, two Ohio, three Indiana, and the twu so called Kentucky regiments. Estimated itrengtb 22.U0U men. From the Savannah Republican. An attacheeof the Englisherabassey, at Wash ington who was with the Federal army, and witnessed the fight, has arrived in Richmond. During the progress of the battle, be inquired ot a number of officers what would be the result of the conflict. Each and all of them felt certain they would win the day, except ooe. “Upon what do you bate your opinion ?*’ inquired the Briton. “Upon this sir,” replied the Federal ist. “I have been watching these Southerners ever since the battle opened, I have seen divis ions broken, and the brigades rallying and fighting alone. I have seen brigades broken, and regiments rallying and fighting alone I have seeu regiments broken, and the companies rallying and fighting alone; and I have see. companies broken, and the men rallying and fighting alone. Such men, sir. will never be whipped.” llis ju Igmeut has been abundawTlv confirmed I have already informed you that the Grand •nny was accompanied by a number of Con greesmen and other dignitaries It now appears •hat saveral ladies were induced to grace the tri umphal march by tbeir presence among others two daughters of Senator Wilson, of Massa hu sett*, and Miss Weed, a daughter of Thurluw R eed. This last lady had been especially re quested to accompany the expedition, and to plant the Dag of the t nion upon the Capital ot Richmond That need perished miserably nip’t by the untimely frost ot Manana*. Mias Waed's disappointment at tba result of the battle, though great, is not equal to that ot Gen. Scott. Am l< ii>&>r The swerd whinh Commodore i small wore, on Sunday last, while attending the funeral of the lamented Col. Bartow, wa* j reaented t.. him by the State of Georgia, oa mo tion of Col. Bartow, wiio waa then in the Legis lature. It is beautiful weapon and the Com modore aays that thia was tba first time ba hat ever warn it in thia county.—Ai*. U WUh. ——♦ • __ Manx Salt. You can de so all around the comet by evaporating the seawater. That is the way it is ma le at Turks Island. Il the blockade is really mad# effective, we must make salt. We must have sail to cure Leaf, pork. Ac. Salt is now too high. It b much higher than it ought to be. Inline- Mrtlii; 11 tirirJ. Gn Thursday evening, Ist instant at 9 o'clock, in response to a call for a meeting to organize a Vigilance Committee,a large number of the citi zens of Girard and its vicinity as*emblad in the M. E. Church. On motion, Col. A-a Bates was called to the • hair, and J. H. Martin appointed Secretary. After a brbf explanation of the object* of (he mee(ingby (be chairman, I. K. Hidden*, Esq. offered .the following r* •lotions which were unanimously adoplcd. Resolved, That theeituen* of Girard, in gen eral meeting assembled—recognizing the duty of each Southern community, in a time a* crtU • el as (be present, to guard against the presen t end ibe conduct of disudected or disloyal par sons in tbeir midst, who may do serious dam ■ge (o the Govern men t in its struggle with a for eign enemy—do hereby determine to organize a Vigilance Committee of citizens, whose du ty it shall be to take cognizance of such persons and their act in this neighborhood. Keeoived, That the Chairman of this meeting appoint said Vigilance Committee, and that we recommend to tbeir prompt attention nil acts or conduct transpiring here calculated to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the C‘Dlederate Government, or to embarrass that Government iu the|proie<*ution of the war in which it is now enVaged. Resolved, That we expect every man in aur midst to aid us in this movement, and that the action of this meeting be {‘resented to each one for his signature and approval. On motion of Mr. J.C. Harris, the blank in the first resolution was filled with the number 12. The Chairman appointed .the following gen tlemen to compose the Vigilance Committee pre vided for, J.C. Harris, A. J. Nil, Jese L. City, Dr. A M. Cleoktey, Rev. J M Watt, J.O.Wor •ham, J. K. Guldens,W. K. Harris, Brady Smith, Peter Freer, John Butts, C. B. Lloyd. On motion, the Chairman of this meeting wa added to jbe committee. It waa ordered that the Committee have pow •r to fill vacancies in their own body, caused Ly the declension or failure by the members ap pointed to attend to tbeir duties. Id accordance with the third resolution ninety substantial citizen# of Girnrd came forward and signed tbeir names as supporter# of the move menu On motion, Rerdved, That the papers of the eity of Columbus be requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting. ASA BATES, Chairman J. H. Matitix, Sc*y.
