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ILQIiITT & WARREN, Proprietors. Volume XVU. Md.uihi nitiii.fiwn i*. iw. I From Net drleui I j, , u recmipl of tb. Now Urlowi.o IMl* of iart, ml from it gthw jpv* i:em of IT Very iittlo bntlaoo* ir bn ft *‘h'® in tho I prolix I Ti. ar. jra luali, imiig, which the working rUvie” Irom tko d.ugor K,r. A tortonr woroau. with onO eyw, nod R marked with the imotl pot, wae orrMtod ■ tcarge of deporting berm f iw • Tl “” tanner. She rti'oaed to giw her nnme, hut rtdehe would kill Os". Betlrr, and that the tea wete >ll a vat} /erffeeloewe ret. Col M. Ihi tier, >f the ***** Ma-anehuaettl son', htir been appointed Awi rtutt Miltary aandant el the oily- l h * **• f'dered religinne retricei be had In th difl'erent he. of the city as in lime* of- profound and no prayer for the deatreetloß of the a,r for the ewoeeea of the ’ rebel, wiil be |IW elan, hotter bad art inleptiew wild , full hearing. tbo ftauk wa? ordered to jeir depositors, upon demand, in su.b Ik nd nvordin g to the provi*ioua of Gtn. general or No. JO, which we published a ji sine*. Ibe belie which were taken 3i ohurebre by the order ot Beauregard, e pped to .New York ou Thursday lost in • y Mortb Amtnca, by orter of foeu. Butler, want- rbeui united in oue casting *r.d ob tbe roof of Faneuil Hall. Butler H , ioe that tbe chief cl substance will *eii i tss for ooua. mption, in small quantities, [:eaf, barns and bacon at seven cents, and :tr :i for tour The steamer Conneliout ■on Thursday evening, bringing a large lot naval atorea and a hear? mail. J. P. I, if .. .nnati, and R. W. Fox came pas tin u the new postmaster. In tbe ; bo.'aaan we And that the schooner Path* | erad for Boston, and that the 0. 6. Pro rum Pensacola, transport ship Tamerlane, t-epa; from Ship 1.-land, and hark Danie} i from Skip Inland, had arrived. The relock, fiom Boston, berk Harriet, from x, and U. 6. States steamer Ccnatitntion ow oommg up Vicksbu ip IF/’o, 3d ke ike lollowing interesting items from j aphis Appeal of the 3d inst Frw l Bitafe letter was received Lein on Sunday Hoticmun, from a friend, who reside* shi ft Be from Louisville, giving Morn* exciting . Bu-.r, .f. regard to die feeling': f the peu- ; ■he blue grare legion, t< wsrU their Lincoln • i*ti'.ea ibai Mid lue we o; fh# arrival of l#hu Murgar. aud bis command. at Care * m&cbed Eiuabbihtown. a regiment ot Fed- j j}ho had bwwu stationed at that place, be panic-atrickeu and broke in a double quick ll Louisville, leaving their tent* and camp j ■go behind. They were pursued by the ill if the place, and persona from ihf ■irhood, and a largo number of them were Bi t wounded. Hfon athe wire. the nevti to Lon JBcbe citizen* rose upon their rulers and M their determinati'.n to throw off the BBu that oppressed them, and take the mun ■b l, ‘ their raunieipal affair# in their own Iflßfor the future. The commandant of the tHjfcjeiiately sera ior three ragimentfl from • km Their arrival at Ljuievillo served oniv id idditional tuol to tbe Maine they were sent ■ tte mother. Several more regiments were I fat from tbo adjacent htates, and only after IBhad been garrisoned by over ten thou- j ■B*lcral troops, was tbe rebellion subdued, lailt uetis eouli have procured arms sufficient | theweiewte would have resulted •ml* from PitliVirg UodtK’ i, * just received from the Fedeial (mßates that fifteen iraneports loaded with lyßed down the Tennessee in two days, last ‘BBThe health of the Yankees is represented !*fciamo.*t encouraginly debilitated condi L vide the men a>e becoming disgust*,i with BB work and bad water which rewards their ■MI!- Coup dt sot til is quite as fatal as Mp da sabrt BBatcb bad been received by Ualleck iroin HBton, stating that France had recognised IHtyendence of the Koutkern Confederacy. BBrt wa credited tu oarnp. Our lecent mtmv: at Corinth was not known at the time left. ■ j 1 luenl drier fr,m Womwill. order has been usued by Geu. j mm relating to the rr-'ont exploits of his HiiSQCimi, V. I>. Winchester, May ‘Jb, 1*62 j csrvl urder No. 63 ] ithia four week* this .rmy has made long i rapid marches, fought six combats and two tda% ilgnally defeating the ontauy in eaeh several etands of colon and pio 'BlCtiiiery with numerous prisoners, and ordinance, and army stores, aed ttflriven the bi astrul heat, which wasrav- Ma. beautiful eouuuy. into utter route.*~ BBeral {Commandiug would wurmly ex BP qßceia snd man under bis command Wftheir achievement*, and hiu thanke for gaiiantry in action and their pa- under the hardships of forced ofttn more painfm to tbe brave sol* (hadanger* of battle. The explana- MBHvere.x.ruodi to which tbe Corn- MBdener.i ha* called the army, rvhbh by them with such cheerful ronfi- j *• now given ia tbe victory of He receive* this proof of their eonti with pnie and gratitude, and linr in future. But bis to-day, and that oi the aru it to I the hand ot a prowling in tf.c brii.iant succtßsea ot the last j which u tve given ua tbe result* of j ory without great leases, and to make ■ *of our thanks to God for his mer> •and our country in heartfelt act? o !rahlp. For this purpose the troops in camp to-day, spending, a:; far *le, ell military exerciser, and the • regiinsnta will hold divine oervice Mijifr Ueneru.l Jackaou. R. L. DAB NJk V , Aw.atani Adjutant i*en*r* hs fnai flw Vilify. utuiemaa who left Stau .tnn on.-itur- ’ • ; nforma?b n f General Jaeluon's ! tu* rod i>ttw*rn l*..ri ?5 apublb; and j nth bis pri-'.ner* rwvlt* mi!.-. tile tn <‘herlott*ville, and his captured ! train of wagons ten mile* long iu j 1 AM was con.ti4cred a*. Among i Ntiirt-I .r four uv , ton . * to riflf* in tin,. inf- rmarit ! n? o f th. dMth of Col A.hUy (m b effect *„ carreot i„ tbe eit, ye*- j i beiieves the reporij. be erroneou —Richmond A*. §<A. $Hr <r nlmnims H cckln limes. f • A Tkf linLefs 11 noi Kiiei. Boiwe* u 12 and 1 o’eUck on T tareday sMr ning, while Alui.hipuret t. F Wi’tou, will* four men, in charge of the , t . <vt U.*t, was pro eeeding t* relieve the li r a> . and bond war thu obatrnotioas, be suddeulv loui.d hiui.*eif be’ vn two Yankee boat*, aud not more U*an Ufiy yards from one ftf them. The u*.an st Yauuce hoat contained about twenty men. and both their boats gave chase to Midshipman Wilaw, with the in tention to capture him. Our men immediately steered their boat for tbe 'arolioi ahorc, where they safely arrived, And then threw upveverai aigna* rockets. >oma tiring took pla.-e between tbe parties, but not out or onr side was injured. It appears that the Yankee* g..t their boars this side of the obstructions, and thua ratne near capturing our pickat boat. It ie due to say that V> ilsoi is but 14 >eera of *.ga a aativa .f Alnimrae. and that to his. eoii rage and proeouce of mind is main - ly attributable the escape of oar picket boat from capture and the dfea oi the Yaokees iu their daring reeoQa>daanc*. ATter tha firing be twaon tha boats had ceate l, our picket boat re turned and took its n.mal nUitian. The picket of the 13th Georgia regimenL, ou duty at the poinr, as usual, did its duty Nlur. iYmrs. ith. “CouTKAaa.Mua ‘* at WAuaiuero*—What “Shall re Lost With <us KtEfUA.Tr?*'—The Washington correupondejrt’ f*f the Baltimore Sun writes If of the contrabands v%u# have rv,me in at Friedericksburg, “ lOOu art* working about the camp,” then there must i*u u,ree or four times that number of women *nd children and old and infirm persona that have been sent to Washing ton There are now several hundred of tbit class ut Buff Green’s row. The army surgeons have to attend to them, though overborne by the weight of their duties to the great number of the sick or wounded of the army that are non at tbi* potur At this season nearly all the contraband* can do something upon the plantation* tow a els tbu pro duction of the crops, but us they now u re but few are useful. The eort of work that most ol tbe working kind (a quarter of tbe whole > are doing is got up for tbe purpose of making theoiuo sc sou thing, even if it i# not ot much public advantage | Meantime there are ao abundance of white men > at the North who would like t-mpivyrnmi at tuv hands of the Governmeot here or elsewhere. So | tha , practically, cootrabaods ‘Mat out whit# It* bor, and are supported at thA tZpd of the public, which publ.c ai*i a l>oetf ’ir not i beiug at work produ *s wi>. u*a a > are and !•*>; pMdocen* Tub I uxmcu Flcet in tbs. New Ym Mai loa-; —The wholu Freu.-h with tbo I rench aimy to Mexico iuin,’ iv bo n.t, leituusing m the New Yoik haibor, >n orAer t • eacape the febrile fever* of the Unit. The fultourlfeg*<•**!• hare alnuidy arrived there Monte-.uma, (flag) Captain Kaasell, gunu ] 270 men Kecauim. Commander LeCardinat, 2 ! guns, H 2 moa , Uasaendi, Capt. Gautier, t guns, i 120 men , I,* Uuerriere, Commander Be Silva, 34 guu, 400 uieri Levoissier, Commander, Rfl. J lourt. 6 ?un.. 12i men. tiwfi Sf*s fru* Chirlfiui \Y am permitted to make the following ettract from a letter written from Gharleetou lo a geu tlaman in this city, ondtr dale of the 7th: Our city is getting stronger every day and 'e hope will ho safe from ike invaderr. This m- i nient w hear of a signal victory ou .ae of the I adjacer.t islands : Johns,, by a portiou us lien. | Evans Brigud- The invaders will get no foo hold, as soon as he get* on’ .f rearh of his gun 3 : heats A correspondent of the Richmond Bw- I patch writing from Wincbesier, Virginia, slates I , that Gau. .Lickroa captured betwi-eu It* 0 and * 1.7,000 st aud of arms, hc.-ide* tnaey ant peuod | ho**** * r WTtdvers, et that puew. I’oßwripl Offir^ra Col. Buowoudy. who La* lun .tppoirfed by j 1 the Secretauy of War, %ho Comusauding Ufficer j ‘of the Camp* ollnstr\totion in Georgia and to { enroll, or cause to *e cprolled luhiect ! to be conscribed under tbe Conscript Act, has appointed tbe following Conicderale (kfilcers, in | the several congressional disrricteof this State as his assistants For the congrei-fiioiiei district. 3rd l.teu * tenant V\'uj. F. Horn, at iiumeaviib*. Appiiug County. For the second, Ist Lieutenant M’w. O Flem ming, at Bavanoxb For the third, Capt. f . G Bair- u, at CoU 1 unabu*. For tbe loarth, Lieut b \V Jwku*:*a. at ’ Macon. For th* fifth, 2d Lieut. J. 1’ Ur*; as, at Dsvn | boro, Washington County. For th* sixth, 3rd Lieut. Jabea W Brittain, at Lexington, Oglethorpe County Ftr th* eevantk, not known. For the eighth, Ist Lieut. W, p. McOuoiol, | at Atlmta. I For the ninth, Lieut. J W iokiuton at AI 1 pharetta, Milton County. 1 Far the vanth, 3rd Lieut. K. A.’ Phillips, Ko . Larley, Bar ow County. —Atlamtu Intotlirjtn'-tr. i iiNril u< Pitriuth loutiva W# iiotioa in the •*Augusta CoosUtutionalis'” { that Jndge Joseph kl Lumpkin, of the Sapreme j Court of this Stats, has reeently contributed <>n* Thousand Dollars es hia presawt year's salary, as I a food to be used in enabling indigent tick aud | woanded *eidiei* from Ge-rgit, to get home when disvkargeu without meansfor taut purpose, from the hospitals us -we army. This monil . aud patriot >* dunaiiou has bee:, paid over to Dr. J moo* Carnal, who left Angus's a day or twougu, fc-r Rihmo';d, that geodemaii baviog ; teen appointed * speoial agent of the Georgia lies pit*; AsavoiatioD, to look up and attend t* %. was.m *e Use mh Smigs ftagimr^ taaket* ietelry. It wa* asueituinud after tbe battle of Manam, j that our lowing brethereu of th* North contem | plated a closer union with tha people of tbe South, ; by means of steel L /iid*—to boused on the wrists | o. the rapturod,who wert- to be dragged behind the chariot* of the oooqueror* on u triumphant re turn to Washington. Tbe statement, that hand cuffs weru found upon thobattlo Held wan doubted by man), bu* official report* of the store* and -jiher article* captured on this great occasion, afford ail exhibit of the ftctnni presence of suck arti ?!#-. , The daan mud# by ,or troop* into the one my'* i-amp n Sunday last reveals the sajne determination of our foe to ornament the wrists j of our leader* with the same kind <>f ‘jewelry,’ whenever he I* so tucce*xful at to capture the Rebel Capitol. We have been shown by a New Orleani inuilciao, a tine specimen pair <f the j bracelet# captured >n Sunday. They are ..f the most improved pattern indeed of a ty!e hith erti. unknown in these parts. Instead of the old fashioned barrel lock, these “Yankee notions’’ are mad* to tit (he wrist easily and oumfortahty, and to adapt themaelve.* to any fireumtereuce, and are warranted not to slip or chafe tbe skin of the wearer, l’hcy are of fine wrought steel, vary bright, aud quite Imautiful— neat and worthy specimens of Yankee ingenuity, --frtkmtnd X*<j. m Fmm Ar,. H • iuit :tvu, Muj. C. 1.. Nmhi, .. Mwupl.u . -bu f.-cb.l lo.t. .... Sa:nb> Jlreotl, ip 1 : ihu rtfUa, ti.oi HMureganl’, MUJ he? tow j j eu exouUdnt, and l**!ity, wbert- the *oil is dry and sandy and th water, g>..d aud abundant the front of the eucaropueot is 12 miles (roiu Crinth, and the near _'2. Tha change will diminish our skit lint aud iumeuM that of theensuy. iMajor Neisou is a guuat of Colonel Lewis, and ruin* of the condition f afFsiru in Middle and Western TfUMAaue. A Florida ftUtid isiely from Richmond, who we-, in die office -u .Saturday, insists that the renew light# tbue were b'.unv&ers, oeoasioned> in part by the tVverish impatience t the publia mlcA, oauaud iu a degree, ar he nay a, “by you editors. '* wh< *se uhfrilling to wait till things ip*. Thv h nearer the eity .1 capital ufifttarj 1 poxiVioa? and give the enemy fine, .dear and dry l pace forerunning ground?” Bur to attack him on the edge of a *waui|> ‘aft no possible spat-e for a stumpede They could >•© driver to these fastness but found ample shelter tbere. So of Beanregard. He insists that the retreat is jost to give the trie my “running ground.” which he did not have before Corinth, aud tune will oevdope a most -uccesaful imprcviiuent of the apace by the Fed eral.-. The tirst condition ot a, regular staiupt de i# “get-1 running ground.’’ .ud it must bo had at Richmond and the West. We should add that our friend i? not a military man, and oould not back his idea of ‘'running grooind” by quotations Irom the books. —Mot on Tth ( Jth Tic l,un ibcit Biclinioil. .flag f True lelieei the Liiei, Throughout yesterday thcr was oj move aieiit that wb cun chronicle a! ong our lines in front of Richmond. By ring of truce between the lines yesterday we ere placed in possession off information. — General J. Johnson Pet grew, of South Caro line. wa# not killed in tbo hat lie of Uie Seven Piues. before Richmond. Though severely wounded and a prisoner in th, enemy’-* line# lie is now oiil of danger aud doing Weil. . Co'ooei L:ghtfood aud Lieutenant I'eioael j ; Long, both of the Twenty-second Norite t’ero- I j line regiment, were not killed a* reported, and ; ore boih well. This gratifying . uformuou is ■ iuratsbed through B.igadier Genera! S.ckles, 1 ol Sickie‘ Brigadw, and, llnJugh tiasuibeau | - trd by av other icstunooy, we believe it is | true Ai aa v. .-lock yesterday aft# rnoon soiree ! r|id firing ol artillary tvas heard iu iho direc tion and Mechanicsville. The caiuae vus not ascertained. The following ureth e particular* of the artilery duel,’ indulged in by the op p a* ng forces named on Thursde y We have re waived more partisuli runt th* r t illery duaJ .it Ur. Garnett’s frw day before ; yesterday. Capt. Squire’* first • o upafty oi the Washington Artillery, together wif i the Mary - land battery. Capt. Andrew*, and some pieces cf Coi. I.ee’s battalion, engaged tho enemy’s batteries acro.s* the Chickahoiu iny at New Bridge Th# cannonading eontie oed two hours and the enemy withdrew their IbHtteriea after taring one caiss< o (exploded) arid several horses and men killed. Our losa t was te o men in the Maryland battery wounded awl 4 wt> horses kill* •ed. Iu the evening a section of Capt. Squire’s battery shelled a regiment of !f* enemy who were engaged La building apoistoou bridge across the river below Dr. .Garnett’s, mattering them putting to rout, leaving many me* killed and wounded upoa the uniinished hr iig *■ The bat tery then took position near !>.. Gannett # hoaa* j and opened tire upon tthoute oecttf*-*d by ihe j Yankee pieket.*, about .ix hundred } rd# oft.— J The ‘hell-tailed to m*c ii ou lire AX thisjune- j tu ■- Lieutenant bid ward Ow en, of thm, Washing ton irtilierj. volunteered t’ head * party te burn the house. Alwut a doxen of the Eigth* teenth Mississippi regiow.nt volume-red, and they darted for the huuse at a double -quick. Reaching the liouee, L eutenaut Ow en crept through a window and fi red the stairc **, and the place was -<on wrapped in flamea a od redu ced to ashes. The. adventeious party then re tired hisurely A,\i th at now remains of the hotisi are tbe chiijsnoy s. Contrary t./ a * ports* tioo. our men did not ruceive a shot, a- though within fifty yards'* th* enemy’# line. Knt>. Kxarnintr, 7. - Ml ‘titter* ii the Viller It seems that the victorious inoveme t f Gen. Jackson in the Valley of Virginia has stirred Ir- m his cushioned seat at his L.m*i quarters, Ku'aw House, Bkdtimor*. Major Goner i al John A. t>ix, Commander of tbe , Department of Pennsylvania and Mary laud, and keeper of the BastUe of Fort McHenry Bit is now re ported in t!a Valley, uo Banks, manuetivr sis-g with Fremont, ShieKlaJMilroy aud other Yank’ * generals; im the V alley, ’for th# overthrow of Jackson amd army and the repossession of th* Valley. JJiseaeumbe red of his Yankee spoils, which be has sent far into hi# rear, “Stonewall” in the celerity of bis • aov#inents, will bo enabled if wepa istnke not, to t all on end destroy his en eiuiss in detail. lie is i trong enough iu number* to overcome them eitbs r singly or united. AU would regret the repossession ofth# Valley by tbe enemy, and it • ould be particulariv un fortunate lor its loyal Inhabitants at this time, ■line* their patriotic fei dings, as • ihown in their reception of Jackson, would make them obnox ious in* Yankee eyes, a. id incite tLe torie* to tbo committal of outragesa or# despieebU than any they bare heretofore a ttempttd. W’e slneerely | hope the people of tb* 1 ’alley may b* spared n . second visitation of tbo “lice and lot ws* plsgu#,’ suoh as overrunning of Ki# Valley by the Yankee hordes, stealing and ead ng upth* su bsisteno* of tbe Inod, would furnish ian apt and i ruthfal il- . ’ lustration. We hare information ol Jackson’s mo ***m*iit* 4p to last Monday, tho , 2d Instant. Bhiolda comes and at uoonoa'hat day was knot j it Luray, across the . c h*M ndoah. Dun j Sunday and Monday Leery Bring was h- • r ** I tbe direction of Cotto&fowa . wh*re L*roj ‘ * n 4 i Fremont'i e< muumds wei gathering. 1 store* and prisoners • aptuex and by Jackson rUrted forward up uhe Valle y frombiresber, ‘ •• .Sunday, and it wm behoved tnat Shield# wo dd j attempt to out thorn off , by m ,dh across fr< ‘* j l,orv to th. Htlre hfow th. tri •. j Arc. sou id reach New Marked or Sts un ton. If * ’ list ie was fought • ha bwee surmised w* |are ( yet without tho particulars.—sTxewt’esr, 7th. tort -I’kiM ‘ In When this “rebellion” Urufca out Lincoln called into tho Held an nr my of Vthrte month*’ men. The ‘ rebellion Wll to be crushed out a throe mouth#,” o wrote Secretary Seward to the fbrmgu powers.* l. T o4#r tle recent cell of Lincoln lor more men, “th tea month*’ ’ men arc again. invented into *erv ice : New Yosx, May :sO, lS*)i . in cctiis|uene of report* industriously cir ulnted, i am directed to raq-e**t that you wil • into ewthoritai iveiy that the militia reginaeot* 1 recently ordered bo Washington nr* ezpreasljr I accepted by the Secretary of Wat for the perion ! of three noon tin, unleaa aooner diecha/ged.™ They cnanot and will not b detained longer. Tiour ohiedieiit servant, ULOKUL BLISS, Ja., colonel Commanding Department* THK SBVgBKIGNTY (IK THK STATUS. COLOMBIA. UEOKIIIA, MONDAV. JUNE W, 1862. ‘L'UMRIS. WKENRSDAF. JINK 11. IM2. MVMBMVXI OF CIMIMNL the following further detail’ of this ’ J*ir ii't-u) our late Oharleefon Kx>.hangea t’hntianooga, .tune Tth.- Small reooanoiieiing i artioK of the enemy vrere observed this morning ou the pposlfie side of th* river. They saptured ;wv r iLrw ot cur scout*. They are expected to cron* th- fiver at Kelly’s terry, tan miles below thi#pli. . No demonstration of attack has yet been Wind* Our gun* are In battery and cur wen att nude* arms. The enemy is reported to have tired yesterday a number of rifle shots, from aero** the river, si Shell Mound Depot, near N .cksjack. 21 tntlet> west of Chattanooga. No oue was hurt. The enemy’s force ts esliuia ted to N between three and four thousand.— Andrew.- , the ring lender cf the- traiu utealer#, having been convicted t-> Court Martial at EnoewUle, Lms been coni to Atlanta to he execu* ted. It is rep or. ed that the enemy’s force is increasing on the opposite ride of tbe river Ha(f pant jico o'dot l, y. m. —The enemy ha# just opened his batteries on the oppisUe aide of the river, pouring into ihi* place, a heavy fire, of shell and lound shot. No notice was given in order to afford time lor the removal of ihe non-cDuibaranti. The women. and children are flying in every direction Our batteries are re plyiug, and tbe xhaipahooters keep up a constant tire. No seriou* damage yet done to buildings. During tbe last half hour several of our men have been wounded. Night o’clock p. m.—The boMbardnicni which continued brisk at intervals up to this time has now ceased. The enemy had thiee batteries in position on n high ridge, and was replied to by Lieut. Armetrong i battery of two six pounder* ou the bank • i the river, and t'apt. fciairy’s bat torv of foui guus ou the height overlooking the Ferry. Spirited firing was kept up ,by the .-harp shooters on Loth side* o’ tbe rivei Ore man of Barry's battery wan killed. <tid Capt (Uni# of the 4wd Georgia Regiment, ** wouuded. - Private ('burloe Shiblett of Morgan’-* command was badly wounded. Others war* slightly woun Jed. A number of the enemy *re known to Ihave beeu killed. Our lore* engagud was not over 50U: that of the cneuiy About IjOO Two us their guns wore silenced Th# nsmy! BDOO ■ Htioug is repoiied to be at tbe mout. <-f Hattie Creek, below Shell Mound, 22 miles from Chat- ( au<>oga. They ate building lists and prepar- L g cross tb nv*r hrvutwl of their Uts have been dtroyed b* our shells. June * Nice o'clock, p. m The n*nv ro .'♦uoivvi ilie bombaromenr ai id o’clock this iii'imuig, and kept it up until noon, slightly iu juriitg two buildings, but without cmising any raiuuities umong our troop*. Oar batteries did j uot not respond Scouts report iboenemys forces have left tu iskoup another position he- j low li is now oxpocmd that the or<em* wll I cr (In-river, either at Brown’s Ferry, three ; miles belnw, and oppomto to Lookout Mountain |orat a point four miles akois. They have a ‘ mall steam ferry-boat fitted up as a gunboat. Our troops are in fine spirits, though it is be lieved that they are holding Chattanooga agaiuat ibe whole es Mitchell's force from Nash ville, Huntsville, etc., supposed to number 8.000 men Sharp work is expected tomorrow. We have trui worthy accounts from Nashville, that at a Yankee Council of War held in that city last Tuesday, it was roaolvod to invade Ka t Tennessee with a column f 1600 U men & (bin Aru aid Cktrleitoß We clip the following items from the Charir* | ! urn Mccury of the dfh Tur. Movk.m::xiß Bki.ow tuu Citk. Though I rumors ol movements aud expected move- ‘ | meats were rife \ esterday upon the tiree;*, intelligence of an authentic character was scare* und difficult of access. A despatch from Gen. Evans, On Saturday afternoon, announced that a body of our troop/i, under Col. Dunno vant, hail t hat morning encountered a force of Yankee marauders on John’s Island, snacked (hem, aud had driven them across Jlaulovrr Bridge, rapturing their baggage. We believe ti.ai no further dentils of th* affair have yet transpired. On Saturday uigbt a Y anker picket was cap tured on James Island, oear the Church. In i I leply to question* as to ihe strength of the cuemy’s force on that island, he stated that il | was no less then 15,000 men, including a regi mefit of pontoniers, two bauaries of light ar tillery and some rivalry, tbe whole under j command of two Bngudier Generals Were the weather less forbidding, we might perhaps look for an early opening of the hostil ities which are soon likely to make James is land a spot memorable in the records of the present war. Tax Bxakswrt Ahull**!.- -We learn ihai on Friday night Captain Stephen Elliott, with twenty of his men in a bunt, armed, pulled over to within a hundred yards of the enemy’s picket, et the heed of the Tort Royal Ferry causey. Here he was hailed, end replied in I negro lingo so well imit u*d as to deceive the Yankees until he could see their white faces, when, by signal, a volley was poured into them. ILs pieces in position on the opposite bulkhead also opened, and the causey was cleared of ihe enemy. Captain Elliott andh.t mm, landing, cut up two flat boats aud several row boats, end tried repeatedly to fire the small ferry house, Until seemed so saturated with salt that it would not burn. How many were killed and wounded j* not known We trust this is the iutuguratiou of a spirit ot enterprise un the lines Capt. Elliott we know He is emphatically ihe right mao in the right place, aud will make opportunity if permitted. Ds*bti. To re* Kieur’s Fnr.Br —Ou oat j urday night oneot our Commissary row boats, on Sullivan s Bland, was carried oil by fir* of 1 th* rognlar infantry, *ncaini>*d outside Fori I Moultrie, and who, It is supposed, took this op ’ portnßity to Join tbe enemy’s fleet. Tbt vtoape lof the deserters was not notioed until rod call ( yesterday morning. The Sstgrant who had control of the boat has been placed under arrest, a# she was not moored at the place allotted to snrh boats The flv# who a short time since deaerted from the regular artillery were raw recruits, from New Orleans and Memphis. These may also be recruit*. The regulars are the best provided and tbe best disciplined corps in th# Confederate Hiates. and are composed of splendid fighting material W. h.ve the greatest coot, dance in their sspril dt corpt and condition. A” wtilleristi or infantry the regulars arc going to D lake their mark. Carrtiaenar tb* Eemr.—The #'*hr. Her* fie t Lowndes. Capt. Dexer, from Naasau, N. p for this port, with a cargo of salt and aud drl* , was captured near Santee on Thursday last, ky ihe enemy’s launches, ihe had on board come three hundred sa'-lri of salt and sun- | dries. Vftt, taax Geo. W. li. Euiiib has, w* learn 1 ’pointed to the command of this military , distriot, to take tbe place of Gen. 11. W. Mercer, ’ transfer •*<* to Savannah, Ga. Brigadier Gan.- **! Law *o, of Btvaooah, w* understand, has fetsn Irat afarrd to the Department of Virginia ChtrrUtton Courier, ith. <h li!\u. v Impnii-. Hill. |N*|.C'III i, dune |l*, Ifffl'i. • Lnder a >'*Uf<u an t r*oU* in terested in providing in *it •|uhio ip,ij of salt for this .'oaMAunity. H m-'fioa <d citirene -ou vened this day, at li “Vloiip *. m., at Turn pur* • ar.ee Hall. On moUtdrHen. Is- Rvthuue was called to the i Chair and L. Q Bowers, appointed Secretary. | The Chairnaaii stated (be object in view and called for the nrder ot huvreM, whereupon Col. ! Cbauibors subwUteu for tbe mforaiation es the meeting a cowiuiiitiiea'i-n detailing certain facta and estimates relative | ( , producing of salt at tke State Spriag*- m Sony the euunty Virginia. Col Hines Holt hating rnoveil the appoint ment of a eommittee to report on the subjeet matter i efore th-i minting, the following pream ble ao l res-Jut ions we proposed by Col Chum bors and unanimously adopted : VVhkkkas, It ie desiruble to reduoe to u practical purpose ihe Hi rt* of the communi ty to procure! sitflk-ient supply of Halt to mnet our want* Therefore Hraolved, That subscription* in share* of S2O be received from all persons desiring to co-operate in this purpose. Resolved, Thai an Executive Committee of five person*be appo oted, together with u Sec retary mid Trcnmjrei, by lL*s meeting, in whose andi t cretion we will coutide for the adop_ lion of the best measures to secure the objee, in view, and that the funds raised from sub scription be kept in charge by the Treasurer, to be disbursed by him, under the direction oi the Executive Committee, upon order of tbe Chairman thereof. Resolved, That the secretary and Treasurer | will advertise that subscriptions in kuidh not less J thunoDu *f.’>ro, or it| multiple, wiil bu reosiru-J j to (hi* -alt fund, tnd that ho is authorised to issue a scrip to each subscriber tot, the number of shares taken by him Resolved I'hm subset;Le.* shell <* entitled to rcce >c sal ior their subscriptions at such prion a.i may lc affixed by the Bxuetitlru Committuu t.afore any *aU shall'ie sold for lOint uccount, Provided, ihai no suhsciilier shall receive more i than * supply -iflicicM foi h>* lumily for his distribution sbH.ru Resolved, Tha> ai. subscription* • paid iu ! cash si th* tiiu-, .uhscribing, or upon call by ; hi* Treasurer, or in ilefault ih*reiyf said sub s.Tipti'>n shall bo consider’ <i void. Resolved, That ihe qnoMttai, of working uide dependeatl’ by this Corudany, or combining with such oihei Company as may seem tc our advantage, weii as the place nt oitaining salt, be left entirely to the judgment aed disc re it on of l this Kxe- tiv<M\ luantteu i The following comnutec* wa* appointed by I iti© Chairman, uuder the foregoing resolutions: Messrs Jos M. Chambers, I:’.. F. t'heperd, IJ. M. Clark, iVfiliaui Lowthui. John B. Dovisr, L. ti. Howern was appointed Secretary and | Treasurer. Col. Hail moved that th# Chairman and Executive ommittee l*e rcqunstwd to aso*r taiu whether this ctoupani <un bo consolidated with the Troup county *ult oiupany end on what teitu#. Meeting adjenrnel till i 1 o'cta-‘k .Saturday uoxt. L (J. BOWERS, Secretary Uleit Iran Bcsnregui's Am;. Uis reported anl confidently believed hwt Iteauregard bss obstructed the Tennessee river at Duck River Suik, about 126 miles below Hastport, by blasting ih*Clifl# thereby filling the channel with iua-i of stone and forest trees. — If this be true ih* uieuy’s trausportu aud gen b at# are, or will iua few days b*, at our mercy, and any attempt to retreat by the Federal army will insure u a oonplet* aurcees. —Jmhoon M\- iiooippittn. The Vickeburg fltltaen >4 ihe 4th icpsiri# ail quiet Tub Fi f.BT, —Nothing more of die wuasuy’s fleet of gunbnai# <oiuing up th# river ha* been heard sloe# tbaieport that ih*y paased Baton Rouge. W* doubt very much whether th*ir boat are on th* wy up ut ail. and ar* rather of ‘ tbe opinion that tbo main body of the fleet is makings visit to Mobile I Mona Am r~Texas tioops aiearneing iu Ar kansas rapidly. G*n lloaue, tb* De(u<>orat j says, wiil soon hv* as mauy XgUt ng men as h* wants It adds Gen. Roane Will soon have as many fighting men as b# wants. Geu. Curtis is likaiy to have j a livelier time espturing Arkansas than he aotio- j ipated. Tbe question among our bo Idlers now ; is. can he !># overtaken before he gets to St. Lous | Drury's Bluff ud (be Obstrictieev 1 ‘ During th* last twelve hours th# Jam*# rlrar 1 A has been higher thin it has ever b**n known to I be sinoa 1847. Th* great atorms haww brought down a dotage of water from th* mountains, and tbe lowlands are a lake. The ourrent has b*en | of prod giout strength and terrifio viotenet.— \ Greet apprehension* hevo been tatertained for | th* bridges of Richmond and the obstructions at ‘ Drury ’s Bluff. M e ar# happy to know that n*i- j tber have been tajired in tb* slightest degrea- , The watei is uow rapidly falling and all danger , is over Tb* bs ructions wore not damaged. They are solidly constructed, and eapable of rt- , •isting any amount “f flood, us wall as evary , effort of tha enero) ’# boats It is reportad that on* of tb* Yank** v*>*els cam* up to the neigh borhood of Drury's yesterday, probably to recon noiter, (if It oameat all,) and after an axe hang* . of shots made ofi as w!sa as It came. Wa have j enquired into tha truth of tb* rumor, but have ! failed to obtain confirmation for It.—AVamfwer# From the Jackson Mississippi!!'. Y, * ]*am by a private telegraphic dispatch that Gan. Lovell’s forces, in a small detachment, attacked the enemy on Runday night, killing 21 of ihe enemy We are assured that Geo. L. ha# been very active in detsiling artillery and infantry to send to several of the strong points on th* Mlssialppi, from which w* expert to hear a good report at an early day Gen. Job*tret's Wounn.--Hennas, the Rich mond correspondent of the Chariest** Mereary writing to that paper oa th* last, la the fal lowing: | “Gan. Johnston was wounded in the upper . part of th* shoulder, th* ball or fragmeat > ) of shell passing paesing over and burying itself . * in tbe muscles that cover tha shoulder blade. la | 1 falling from bis horse, two ribs were fraotared. < 1 He is therefore permanently disabled, at least | 1 fgr a month or so to oomrn. ue* t aasuir.ec earn ftld # k* r®7 Fsox t.ueiTAVOooA. —We learu from passeu gars that tbe rnemv retreated Irom Cbattancoga ! i,a Sunday at 11 o'clock. Tb* only result of j tbsir attack was tb* butnheting of some women and children. Col. Morgen had crossed tke river J i with two t odies of cavalry. iu gain (heir rear I Gen. Kirby Ruiitb was m pnroui; with hve thou l sand men.—CAron. <Se Son ‘ Lltfst frnin \e, llrlfsnt The C'Uarloston t ourit i pi.bli*hr* ihe toliow mg Mxtr'-i from a leiier ‘;Cived >u tbai city . Saw Gui.rami\ L *June 2, 1862 < imssmta! Butler is sail in New Orleans ai the Mt. Charic* Hotel, lie visfisthe i'uaioni House onee s day under si guardofone hundred men. i At present lie has increased his army around | ihe St. Charle* to one limissml inen. Occa sionally he take* a pleasure trip to Ban Hitch ! cook’s Hotel at the Lake, out on the magnifi cent shell road. He is *• badly scared st the results reoently taken puce in the city, that he will not permit Coumodore Farragut to leave even with his fleet of seven vessels, who is extruatuiy anxious to visit Red lUver, end other important points on the wuy while the river is high; and a strong communication has recently passed between them on tbe subject. Generul Butler dertundad Cotam>Jou fVrra gut to remain, because the uavv took tRm city* and his services were required there. Com - modore Ferragut replied that the army wes iu possession of the city, and should hold it. He did not think his services were required, and that he should be permitted to proceed up the river on other duty. We would like to see them pitch into each other. If Commodore Fsrragut will go up ihe river, we doubt if f Butler wid hold the city forty-eight hours, ( udgmg irom the present state ol thing*. The t Confederate regiment, which disbanded, have j their arm* stowed away securely, and about three thousand of our best Louisiana boys havr'ieiurijed to the city and joined oer “get* , ting up/’ which will give us eight thousand men to do what i don’t think 1 ought to tell you at preaeui. Geu. Butler has recently sta tioned at Den Hitchcock’s Hotel, five hundred uicn, to protect him at liiat piece, while he enjoys other people’s luxuries. Gn lest Tues day, two United States army ofticera and oue United Steles navy odicer, hired a carriage and visited this Hotel, the driver wa* e boy eigh teen years of age, aud ladlifut to the cause oi the South, lie picked up n friend of hi* on his carriage box. The carnage returned to the city between twelve and oue o'clock at u.ght, but nothing ha* beeu hwaid of the officers since* No doubt you have heard of Butler's procla mation eoucerAiu j our ladle*, and 1 gueas he regret* u very much (Jui ladies now wear a neat little swcessiou dag newed on their bosoms and they plainly show n revolver in the right side of their belt, and a small dirk in tho left t anil in many cases they are seen turning up their noses, with a peculiar pom, and an in significant shake ot the head—•• You nasty Yankee, you,” and puss ou. lam happy to sav that the ladies .u this city hare taken a bold and decided stand. No United States officer or soldier is permitted te ride in the city pas senger rail road car*, if two or three New Or leans ladle* are in it. Mr. Law-on, the pro prietor, has published a card with regard to this matter, end on the following day two Uni- | ted Mates officer* got in a car on the Canal street line. Two secession laities were in the car at the tune, they p.tched into the driver with fists doubled for permitting them to enter, and alter driving him from the cars, turned to the officers aud said, “Mrs, the** cars were not made for Yankees to ride in, so get up and get out.” The officers left, and without saying one word. At present the siekinses among General But ler’s troops is very had. The flux, typhoid fever, end small pox is doing good work among them. Nineteen of his men ileswrted within tbe last two weeks; and as desertion has com lucnced, w* expect to hear of mote It is im possible tor them iu stand the best, a United States Surgci>u reports that from six to ten die daily Irom aim stroke The firms oi iiendeoou \ (iaiuei, i>. Mc- Cann 5: Cos., (foundry; Leeds A to, (foundry) anu several others I could nuute. were each fined one hundred dollars for not reporting to Butler thor buaiues, Ate. Messrs. Leeds & Cos. were imprisoned <"i the licet tor not re pairing ihe inachiiier> < i llm steamers, which tvaff I'Billy irenied in the into light The Mint, Custom House, Ni Charles, Medical Col lege, .School of Medicine mol Orphan House, ere all used a* idaces (*l renJeavo'is for his nr my and navy l:.nglih wid i-’ri-aeii flaps ar* Mill flying over and - ot other nations ar* aceu The M,fiftipp. nve *> .'. ..tiling i apid y. r - 11. l unsrriplK.il li* nf Cu,iti|. A# th* Con or *1 ageot is in ib*> ■ i v. will • be iu(s/.-riap liny us our a i-.rt. to who | are exsutpc uuuer the la.t W’e is**, i uM'shsd tbe Lit once, but { ve it ,•. n<. ‘•> 14 quest et oer ’ reader# Tti* following eteuiptioii bill was | a seed by I and signed hv the Pr"'lent just b*- | f ore ‘fie adjournment | A bill to be emitted ‘An i-t •.<. neiepi .-ertain i 1 periaus Iroui etirollteetit K*r s.-rvic* In the ar mies nf the Confederate Htate- ‘ < tflectiou I /fi* Congress ‘fie < vnfederate Staten et Anerfou do enact, i'hat all persons ( who shall t># hr Id to he uoht f.,r military service under <ui#a to be . rtscribed by the ‘'tcretary ol War, ail in the aeivlee or employ of the Uon fedeiate btates uli judicial and rie.-ative offi oars of Confederate or Htate •• jrtomentr, the memfiorii of noth ifous** of Congress, and of th* Legislature# of tb* severe! Hiates and their re speoine offineiH, aii ot the rfious of the State and Confederate Goreinaaeu s allowed Ly law; all eogsge.t in uarrving the mails, all ferrymto OB post routes H pilot# amt pencil- sugsged in tire marine servioe, and tit actual servio* on I river and railroad routes ol transportation; tel 1 egraphis operatives i.od mioiiteis of religion, in the regular disc barge of rpuiisterisl duties; all engaged in working iron imuss, furnsces and foundries, ail journeymen printers actually em ploy* lin printing newspaper* all presidents and professor* of colleges and a< wteiuies, end all teachers having as many os twenty scholars ; sapertatendants of th* public hospitals, lunatic asylums, and the regular nuraes and attendants therein, and tbe teachers employed in tb* Insti tutions for th* deaf, dumb and blind; in each apothecary store now established on* spolheoary in good standing, who is a practical druggist; superin ten deni# and operatives in wool and other factories, who uiay be exempted by the Seere i tary of Wsr shall be, sod are hereby, exempted j from military service in the armies of th* Con federate States _ 1 Silt frun tbt Pilaetti fcssl | A gentleman writing from this city says “W# i have mad* an important discovery in this section of Georgia. Th* Palmetto root burned to ashes | and the ashes lenohed, and the ley boiled, makes an excsllent salt. Numbers of onr fltlxsus have tried it with tbe same res nils. The salt is not as white as the Liverpool salt, but equally ns i strong. We bare, as you know, any duantity of 1 the Palmetto .o Southern Georgia, aud it bas been useless beretofors; but now its value is un. | known. I have known for years that the ashes I of the Palmetto was sail tasted, but th* discov ery has lately.becn tusdo that good saltcoold be mad* ir.ui it. I have not yet tried it, but have seen h he# burned, which 1 shall try in nfew ’ days, and will let you knew tb* result.” Mmcon ‘ Tdegropk • GillMßlft, THI'KNDAI. .11 Mi mMl’.’ | ----- -| ii ii,i mix I [From the Mobil* Kci*ier, sth | Granada, Miss , June 7. A reporter ot the Memphis Appeal arrived here to-dey, who witneed the destruction of Montgomery’* fleet in front of Memphis, Fri day, by Commodore Dayia'a fleet of Yankee gunboats and ram*. Commodore Montgomery, after the success ful evacuation of Fort Pillow, which was com pleted Wednesday night, dropped down tbe river to Memphis, tin i commenced coaling.— The enemy's fleet anchored nt Mound City, six miles above Memphis, Thursday night. Friday morning at sunrise they dropped down to the foot of the lslaud,one mile above the oity. Capt. Montgomery made preparation* to re ceive them, end a light began immediately in front of the city. Thousands of spectators, iwoluffing men, women and children, lined the shores and witnessed th,. heroic struggle of our gallant men Against Overwhelming odds. The fight was siubbornU coutected and lasted two hours, frequently haijd to hand. It ended in the complete destruction of our boats. The Price, Lovell and Little Rebel sunk, the Van Dorn was disabled, she Wn# fired and blew up, tho crew escaping in the woods. The Beau regard wee struck by one of the enemy’s rams she was run ashore opposite the city, sunk on a bar, and surrendered. The Mexico and Bragg were captured. The loss of life on the Confederate side was very small considering the length and despe ration of the conflict. The enemy claim to have taken oue hundred prisoners. Capt. Montgomery escaped to the Arkansaa shore. Cabed, the pilot on the Lov ell, was killed by the enemy's sharp-shooters and hta body went down with the boat. The Captain, officers and crew escaped by swim miug ashore. The enemy's loss was fully equal to ours. Capt*. Montgomery and Dela ney passed dowu the road this morning. Tbe Lincolmiaa occupied the city yesterday Col Fitch, of an Indiana regiment, commands the Pass. Three regiments of .infantry have ar rived, end e large cavalry force is momenta rily expected. News vbou MoarexHN capeks Northern dates of th* 4th have been received hors l'b* Yankees ala m a victory iu the fight at th* Chickahomiuy Sunday They aay they retook the ground which tho Confederates drove them from Saturday, aud are now within four miles of Richmond. Their loss both days is set down at three thousaud (3000) killed, wounded and missing. They say ibe rebels l*ft twelve hundred dead ou the field. The Northern press indulges tu never* strio trues on H&lleck for allowing Beauregard to escape from Corinth. llalleck telegraphed the War Department that Ith* “evaouatiou of Corinth commenced on Wed nesday and was completed, Thursday night in great hast* and confusion, and an immense amount of property was abandoned and destroy ed.” It is manifestly an endeavor on his part to paliato public centiment in tbe North which is setting against him. Fremont bas crossed th” Shenandoah moun tain with a large force, with the view of inter cepting th# retreat of Stonewall Jackson Jackaon flipped safely belweeu Fremont and McDowell, withdrawing his foroes from the Valley, oarrying off large quantitie Jl arms, ammunition auditor*.#, captured from Banks. Siegel bas beeu appointed to the command of tb* post of Uarpei’s Ferry in pluoe -f Saxton. A dispatch is published in tbe Northern pa pers to the effect ihai Mitohcli had defeated Price and Van Dorn, and captured -ix thousand prisoners Gov. Neill S. Brown addressed u large public meeting at O ilutnbia. Gov. Brown has turned a complete aouierHet aud lighted in Andy John son’s bosom, lie says tho rebellion is played out, and TentittHice ought to be for the Uuiott; it is folly to nouieud against the Federal govern mem , that tbe longer that ibe war i> kept up, the woise il will be tor the Hi u b. Tbe Union looting la represented as increasing in Tennessee. (ilfrrillai lo bt Shot oi Sight. The following proclamation of tbe Yankee general iu Western Miraoun, ordering all guer da baud* to be shot ou night, is stjled by the Northern preen mm m “Napoleonic order:'’ HaaiMjvsKrKitri Disinter, or N. W. Mo., t Ht. Joskpii, :ay 26, 1862. J 1. it !•! become manliest that rebels returning | i'rutu tb* armies ol (be insurgents and other ‘ affuote.l Mild disioyMl person- *br u fc out militarjf uistrict, or h .n . ...* . *uu* . act during the ensuing seasou mm gueiillas aud banditti. It is iatendMU to resort to the must vigoros mutas ures to suppress these outlaws, and to this end it is enjoined upon all commands, scouting parties, offioers end soldiers, when these outlaws, are detected in bushwbackiug, marauding or oou utiitiag other depredations, as guerillas, or bandits, upon the peaceable iubaottauts of lb* osuntry, to shoot them when fouou. All able-bodied tuou >.i the vtcm.ty, where aets of murder, maraoutug, robhei/ or larceny shall be coat Blitted guonllus • r are requDed to make iuimo-4i.iv puiau.teud render e i assistance iu their power to seoure th* de ■truction or capture ol ‘be criminals. Those who are kuowu to have heretofore sym pathised with ihe labels, who fail to tender such assistance, will he Mrrestod, aod ibe tec i reperted to these headquarters lor final disposition. Murderer*, robbers aud tfieves have become so numerous on the border, aud so bold and daring in tbe ooauuiisefon of crime, that it is utterly impossible lor the civil tribunals lo pumsh the perpetiators ol erime with oufiioieui promptness aud severity to cater them Irom committing fur ther outrages, and to furnish protection te the eltisens. Hereafter the perpetrators ot such crimes, when arresisd, will be tried and punished at the diserened of a military commission. By order of Brigadier General Loan. JAMEi KAINHFuKD, Assis ant Adjutant General. The skirmish with the enemy at Grand Uul appeared to have been a trivial affair after all. It seem# that after pillaging the town, about on* hundred and fifty Fedciala concluded they would visit Pori Gibson and ramack that place, but before they had proceeded far on tb* road from Grand Gulf they were surprised by some 26 of our boys who wero lying in ambush, awsit iug their approach. Ttie enemy find iu greet oonfusion after receiving ibe Are of our scouts, and made good tbair escape to tb* boa's Only ou* Federal was killed, and none of tho wounded were captured Gov. Bkown The Governor aud family left ,j here FrideTfor Canton io Cherokee county. His t Physician advised him tht a cooler aimospbere i was necessary to pr- i't tb* life of notin. of his i family. The Governor will return here as soon | as the health ol biuiMcll and family will permit. i The Arnericus (Ga ) Suui'er Rep learns, by private letter, that tbo gallant Msjoi Cutis has , been appointed I.i#utcDnnt Colonel of Haavv Alan. —The tir#* mail steamer Irom New York to New Orleans curried upwards of 1 ten thousand letters, most of which wsr* ou bu- I tineas, tha Yankaaa being anxtoaa to open trad*- I PEYTON H.COLQUITT. > . JAMES W. WABHEN, { Editor* Number 24 A Powerful Cob. Mr William Armstrong has at lsogth made e JOB pounder gun on his principle of wrought iron coils which bids defiance to any navel ar mor yet invented. The gun is fourteen feet long, weighs 12 tout, and baa a diameter at th* tnussle of 10% mohea. This gun unrifled, and with plain solid shot, was fired against the great “Warrior target.” The shot, a 168 pounder,wa fired with a charge of 40 pounds of powder at a distance of 200 yards. The ball did not go through the target but completely shattered tie iron mass upon which it struck and splintered into fibres tbe leak behind, which supported the metal The same shot wa tried with the In creased charge of 60 pounds of powder aud went through iron,timber end all. W .eu rifled for the Armstrong shot, which is about 2% times its diameter it will carry a 300 pounder ball. This when propelled with a due quantity oi powder, it is believed, will penetiato or or ugh aiything whiob the ingenuity of man yet invented to pro teot floating bulwarks. Affsm ii Vuhiillr, u Deieribtd kj i luket Ur rnpooleiit The following accouut of (he situation of affairs in Nashville were furntehed the New York Herald, from its correspondent st th*i place, under date of the 26th ult: In Nashville, the almost universal sentiment among the residents is that the rebel army will return. They continuuHy act upon this idea, and repor.s are hourly circulated of this and that advantage gained by the rebels over the Union men. With characteristic vigor, Gov. Johnson has determined to stop the spread of false information coming through rebel chan nels, aud arrests have, in consequence, been made of proaiiueut personages here aud in the vicinity, luatead of allaying public excite meul, those sr ests seem only to augment it- Tbo rebel* do nut speak openly, but their murmur* a< heard w herever ttiey th uk they are without chance of detection or espionuge. The Union men xay hut little, aud that, with but lew exceptions, ut only a ha.f breath, not withstanding the pre.eiu’U ol Gov. Johnson and Geu. Dumont’s military lorce. The Union doiuonsiialiuu lust Monday was, uuder all the circumstances, a tucceasiul aflair; but some prominent quasi Uuiomsls did not attend, aud they nave since expressed dissatisfaction at the steps Gov Johnson is taking iu making arrests The srrest of ex Governor Neil b_ Browu yesterday is exercising au influence in that direction. Ido not, how ever, think ibm Governor Juhuaou Will be deterred (rum the perfomaaceuf what he believes 10 behis duly, uo mailer what lukewarm Unionists, and Cer tainly not whsi notorious secessionists, say. Whatever may occur lu JNsshvilie, whether it may be overrun by tugilive* Iron* Corinth or Richmond, or whether it uuy be preserved to the Government without another exercise ol lit power, you may rely upon it Gov. Johnson will uot act the part of bis rebel predecessor, Isham G. Harris, and flee incontinently. A surprise is sometimes talked of, but General Dumont is too vigilant to be ‘aught napping, and, with the force at his command, might, perhaps, keep 0,000 rebels at bay until rein forced. But the destruction of the city would be the inevitable coneequenee ot au attempt to recapture it. The confiscation act, at proposed, is work mg hurtfully. I have the beat authority for staling that thousands in the rebel army would cheerfully return to their allegiance il a gen eral amnesty proclamation was issued; and thousands in the couutry would declare for the Union if they were assuied of protection from predatory bands. Strong measures aie de manded to ibis end, and the authorities at Washington cannot act too vigorously aud too promptly in facilitating the operations of Gov. Johnson to root out these marauding band*. Eastern Tennessee is Union in sentiment, and is only held down by the military powerof Jeff. Davis. The people there are constantly ap pealing to the Federal Government lor assist ance. It is to be earnestly hoped lhat it will not be long delayed Preparation? are being made lor holding Union meetings in LebauoD, Murlreeboro', Columbia, aud other places. That for Colum bia is already advertiaed (June 2). In some I places the meeting will have to be held at the I point of the bayonet, until those who oppose | the Government are made to understand that ,t I- merciful ard magnanimous, and not at alt aboli.ion. The hardest fight the Union men here in Tennessee have is, to defend them selves against the infernal machines sent down South in the shape of abolition speeches and action in Congress. From Yickibirf. Wa dip the following luma from th* Vioka barg Whig of the 6th: Nothing baa been heard from th* fleet which waa reported to ha7e passed Baton Rouge on Saturday- None of the veaael* had made their appearance at Bayou Sara or Natebee up to yesterday afternoon. The prevailing opinion now if that tha fleet wa* going down inateed of coming up as was reported- The Advance Di vision'’ remains in its old position below th* oity. A Qciloar CnirrLßD. —Gentlemen from be low Warrenton who were in this dj yesterday, state that the Kennebec No 5, was seriously damaged during the bombardment last week by a ahot from th# Gibbs’ battery. A shot struck hpr about midships, Juit above the water line, and passed entirely through her. She ia now lying at Bedford’! Point, eareened over and abont twanty carpanters at w rk repairing her. The Federal* have landed aiz thousand troops at Baton Rouge, who have taken possession of the town. The enemy’# shells at Butou Rouge lest week did but little damage. The oapitol and the Harney House are th# only building# that were materially damaged. Death of J. J. Hooper, Koq. We regret to have to announce th* demise of Johnston J. Hooper, Esq., th* private secretary of th# flrat Secretary of War (Walker), of tb* Confederate States, and dark to the late Pro visional Congress. 11a died on Saturday after noon, at the ago of about for*y -seven years, and leaves a wife and family, Mr. Hooper was born in North Carolina, but tattled in Alabama, where ha became the editor of the Cbamberi County Tribune, and afterward* started th# Montgomery Mail, aa a literary paper. Th* journal became ideutitied with politioi, and during Know-Nothing rage was the organ of that organisation ‘I be deceased wns also known in the world of letters, being the au'hnr of sev eral humorous work*, among thorn “Simon Suggs,” and other works of a like light cbaraca ter. Ha was out of the earliest contributors to Porter's Spirit of the Times, aud wns well ve sed in all the knowledge of tb* turl and Held. Mr. Hooper's illness was of • debilitating obaraetar, of about two months duration. Ha was an i-acdlant man, full of ganial quail- I ties, and respected by all who knew him. Th* I interment of hla remains takes place to-day.— 1 ft ichmnd S*tun\nr, 9tk.