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THE
UNION.
VOLUME XXXIII.]
MILLEDGEYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1863.
[NUMBER 52.
Farrrat’a rs'i° ^ ou ^^* rac 3 r - i Thus divided, both both parties of onr his men and none for his horses, and
Va"kJ, C “ p,Mre * f , ‘ ,e | ^ ce9 marched all Wednesday night. On | kept up the pursuit and running fight
Romp f 1 . w c icro I Thursday morning about seven o’clock i fry ^ay an( j n j,rht without any fresh
Romk, Ga., May 5, 1S63. | Roddy and Ldtnonso-n came upon the rear I , 1 ' i lls m ° h avP „ CT i n a 41 miles
At seven o’clock this morning I arrived °f *he enemy and fired a volley into them, j V V, ■, : r \ c 5 ,
at this place, after a twelve hours ride ’which was the first intimation they bad of | P er d . a - v ’ Three days of the time, wh.le
upon the cars, having left Atlanta last pursuit, and took them completely by sur- i crossing the mountains, Ins horses had
evening on the up train. Upon inquiry ; prise, causing them to skedaddle from the ! but ten cars of corn each, divided to
I learned that General Forrest’s Head- rear > leaving many mules and burning sev- j them of what the Yankees threw away
quarters were at the Choice House, width- j cra l wagons. When this frightened rear j in their fright.
At Black Creek, a very deep, rapid
n , . . -r, , ... stream, beyond Gadsden, they burned
of battle. Roddy and Edmonson, still - J J
pursuing came up with the enemy’s line
on the summit of a high mountain and im-
Oneida, and declared publicly that the
Alabama should have made prize of the
Peterhoff. In going out of harbor it was
found that the engine was disabled, and
the ship stood out under easy Bail. Out
side we saw the United States steamer
1 o nn P r n •<, , • j ' Vanderbilt coming up under steam. She
1J00 Enfield rifles, besides , excbaiged 6igns tho Adm5ral in8idat
<ii\eis ot.liei articles, amount- anr ] t as we ) ieai -d afterwards, was ordered
er I immediately Avent. In an open square j °f ‘be tnemy came up with the advance,
on the left as 1 passed up the main street, j Col. Strait put his whole command in line
1 observed tho blue-coated prisoners
guarded in camp. Upon the right at Gen.
O
Nutlet* that application will be made to the Court of
r linarv for leave ti.aell Laud or Negroes, must be
published for two months. • _ _ „ ..
C.la'ion* forlettcreof Administration Guardianship,
in., mast be published 30 days—for dismission front
Ad mini six months for dismission
Irom Guardianship, 40 days
Black’s Hotel the Federal officers placed.
A few steps ^j-tber in front of a livery
stable, I noticed a crowd of men standing
close around an individual. Looking
through the crowd «ny eye caught the
manly form of my old friend Forrest, who
had come out thus early to look after tho
welfare of a wounded horse..- He was
very plainly dressed ; no stars, no stripe Forrest came up, having despatched a
or sash ; in fact lie had on an old slouch j courier to the General for that purpose,
hat and plain, well worn grey coat and l In this desperate fight, I regret to say
j pants; hut a single glance at his eagle | Capt. W§4. H. Forrest, a brother of the
the bridge and planted their artillery
lo prevent Forrest from getting any
mediately attacked the entire force. It ! further. Upon reaching it, he found
■he could not ford
was a desperate fight and lasted three f ht! could not ford it., This was the
hours when Roddy was compelled to fall first serious obstacle In the way of
hack by the superior force of fhe enemy, j the intrepid rebels. At this moment a
leaving two of his guns in their hands.— j beautiful young girl came out to the
I is force fell hack in good order and re- r o a d from a house close by, her coun-
maincd with their arms in their hands till
tenance radiant with patriotic enthu
siasm, and addressed the General thus:
“Ride up, General to this lQg. Let me
and this shows their relative strength.
Upon this bold demand, a parley
took place between Gen. F. and Col.
Strait, that resulted in the surrender
of the entire command, with 1,-500
mules and horses, 00 carbines and
pistol
arms and divers other articles, amount
ing in all to over half a million’s worth
embracing every comfort and conven
ience for a select command of 1,S00
men, who were detailed specially by
Gen. Rosencrans for this important
expedition.—They came from Nash
ville on a boat to Fast I’ort, near Tus-
cumbia, whe*e they debarked.
Their instruction were to cross Sand
Mountain*, come to this city, burn all
government stores, workshops, foun
dries, bridges, Ac.; then the bridges on
the State Road; then to posh direct to
get up behind you. I can
trom Guardian-alp, 40 days. , ... , , I* ’ “, “ cag.o --r- — , •“ V q .-
liub i* for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published : eye ami determined expression, is enough j General, whom many of o,ir citizens in At- ) ou a foru where you can
n *•ith'yfnrfiiie mouth«—foi-^-stab.u-linig io>» payers. ^ to satisfy' any observer that lie needs not ! lanta will remember, was badly .wounded j above the bridge.” The G
f-om ExecutorJor idaiimrtratc;*. H-bt-re bond luu-been j the assistance of a tailor or manufacturer j a Minie ball»* which broke his thigh.— j ed orders; flic voun" girl
. .. .1 3 I .1 11 nf < 1 , i 1 1 . 1 i • TIia I.! *5 l . L 1 il . .. - _ 7 - *3 0
soon show
cross, just
Atlanta and burn everything there;
t;ii I>y the deceased, th
lonth*.
Pub!i< at ion’ will always be continued accorcin
e j of tinsel ornaments, to make him a man. | The General had him carried back to tl
then make their escape, if possible,
through the mountains. If they should
eneral obey- succeed in accomplishing their hellish
leaped up | work they were to he rewarded by
behind him, and they were about to j a large bounty and a discharge trom
He is looking something thinner and ! Valley, left with him, to take care of liim, | procee(!> when her mother came out service
Publi- ation-: will alvraj * be pnntiuueu cccoruinK ,.
tiiplegalrequirement*, unless otherwise ordered I much greyer than wlien I saw him last.— : a surgeon and Ins own little son \\ line,
atthe following
RATES:
Citations, on letters of administration. Sec.
•• “ disiuissory from Admr’n.
“ ‘f o “ Guardianship.
I,pave to sell Ln'nd or Npctoph
Sc, ice to debtors and creditor*.
T lies of personal property, ton day*, 1_*qr.
Uis heavy, glossy, black hair is now worn j only sixteen years of age, who has been
f t7r, short, which gives his stern and strongly ! a ‘ Ids father’s side in every battle up to
•'iifi ,nfll 'ked features much the appearance of Rds time and was once badly wounded.
4 oo! “Old Hickory.” But when he smiles, This son of Forrest lias, wlih his own
ami ] and you see his beautiful, faultless teeth, ! hand, killed no less than seven Yankee sol-
. . , i’ll you almost forget that he is a great and a diers.
of land orno-xroos byfxooutors,A:r.pr sqr. .* 00 , ° b - I
E-tray*, two weeks
Kor a man advertising hi*, wife (in advance,)
30
5 00
BOOK-BINDING.
^ TlIE Subscriber is now pre
pared to do Sook'Sind-
jjlg- ( in nil its brunches.
Old llooks rebound, A c.
MUSIC hound in the best style. Blank Hooks i
manr.tactured to order. Promp f attention will be
riven to all work ent:usted to me.
S. J. KIDD.
Elintli'iT is •*<irilh«‘rn FfAfnil I nicn OfiiT.
Milledgevillo, March 10th, Ibtil. 4.5
tern wairior, with the feeling that you J All Forrest’s force South of tlie Tennes-
are in the presence of a most agreeable gen- I see being again united, lie placed them in
tleman. . j line of battle and advanced on the enemy.
After a cordial greeting he invited me ! but they had left, pus!.ing on in this di-
to his room, wLere furnished me, in his | rection. He then again divided his force,
own quiet, incdest way, with all the-par- I sending Roddy and Edmonson lo tlie left
ticulars ol his extraordinary operations for j‘° wind the passes towards the river,
the past few days, culminating in the great j " b'le lie with about S00 men, composed
success which is already known to the j °f Biffle’s and Starnes’ regiments, pursued
country, and which I consider one. ef'the i ‘be Yankees closely for eight miles, when
most extraordinary and brilliant achieve- ! be came up with Strait’s command in line
SPECIAL NOTICE.
fllil’umlcrgigind liavii ;» renu vnl lrrm NTi 1 —
L'Jgexiiie desire* aiul intends t.* close up bis
busine** mutters of that place speediiy a* possi-
T
ments of the war. This gr.ir.T achieve
ment needs no array of words, no display
cf.rhetoric, no draft upon the imagination,
to show it off to advantage. The plaiu
facts arc inoie marvellous and thrilling
than anj; romance, and fill the minds of
all win- know them with the most
hounded admiration.
of battle about dark, in a very strong posi
tion. He promptly attacked them, and
fought them for three hours, during all of j
which time the battle raged furiously.— j
J he combatants were frequently so close i
that the flash of the gnus of the one p ar - j
tin- i ‘y illuminated the very features of tlicotl.
i er. Here General Forrest lwo boric
and said: “Stop, Anna; people may talk
about you.”— “I must go, mother,”
she replied; “I am not afraid to trust
myself anywhere with as brave a man
as Gen. Forrest. Southern men
always protect the innocent and help
less.”
The General with his new pilot
dashed off through the woods, over
P igs, brush, Ac., and in a few moments
struck the path leading to the ford.
Arriving there, he discovered that the
enemy had already sent a few to guard
the ford. “Get down General,” said
The 17-5 scouts who had been sent
forward to reconnoitre this city en
countered the pickets who had been
sent out by Gen. Black of the militia
and Col. Campbell the commandant
of this post:'This timely preparation
was the fruit of the hard riding, spurr
ed on by the patriotism of Mr. Wisdom
who lived near Gadsden, to give the
people warning, and reached Rome at
12, o’clock Saturday night.—The eon
rier of Gen. F. reached, here on Sun
day morning. Mr. Wisdom had come
ou his own hook alien'd of the Gener-
tn follow and overhaul us.
Between one and two P. M. she over
took and ordered the l’eterhoff to be hove
to.
At two P. M. a boat hoarded us, the
officer remaining below about three-quar
ters of an hour examining the ship’s papers.
He left for the Vanderbilt, directing the
Peterhoff to be kept hove to till his return
which was about half past three P. M. t
when he stated that her papers were not
quite satisfactory, and requested Capt.
Jarman to go on hoard the Vanderbilt
with the ship’s papers, etc., saying that he
was authorized to say that if Capt. Jar
man refused, an armed boat’s crew would
be sent to take him by force. Capt. Jar
man said lie held a commission in the roy
al naval reserve, and had charge of her
Majesty’s mail for Mafamoras; that he
would not leave his ship, especially after
the threat which had been held out, hut
they were {welcome ou hoard and exam
ine the papers and search the ship, hut
that lie Would not allow them to be taken,
nor would he leave his ship with them un
less compelled by force to do so._
At four P. M. we were boaded by two
armed boats from the Vanderbilt, and
Lieutenaut Alexander, U. S. Navy took
temporary charge of the Peterhoff until
the Vanderbilt could communicate with St.
Thomas. Captain Jarman ordered the
mate, Mr. Bound, to haul down the ensign,
but was prevented from doing so by Lieut.
Alexander, who ordered it to he kept fly
ing. One lieutenant, on« —tier's mate,
two cnginee r “ J twenty-one armed men
placed on hoard. One man was sent
to the wheel, and a United States engineer I
command to Sidney Johnston at Shiloh.
We have seven Lientenant General>,
who are placed in our list according to
rank. Our readers will probably be snr- • I
pnsed to sec that Stonewall Jackson
stands fifth in point of rank, but such we
have always understood to be the position
assigned him by the President. In this
' the_President may he right, and we lmpo
he is, but the voice of the people would
have said to Jackson ‘‘come up higher.”
Their rank, as we understand it is a3
follows :
LIEUT. GEN. LONG STREET,
“ “ POLK,
“ “ E. K. SMITH,
“ HARDEE,
“ “ JACKSON,
“ “ PEMBERTON,
“ “ HOLMES.
HOOKER’S PLANS.
AVe learn from tlie United States that
the object of Hooker in sending his caval
ry to seize Ashland and to interrupt the
railroads near Richmond, was to cut off’
Gen. Lee’s retreat after he, Hooker, should
have vanquished him at Fredericksburg.
For tbis.grand achievement on the part of
‘‘fighting Joe,” the cavalrymen who
polled up a few rails here and there on
our railroads, seem to have been waiting.
Why does not Hooker come along, dri
ving before him the flying remnant of Lee’s
great army ? In vain his expecting troop
ers turn their eyes towards Fredericks
burg to catch the sight of his advancing
bayonets.
The plan was enough, if the perform
ance had only equalled the desire. But
the programme broke down in the vital
part.lt is the play of Hamlet with the part
of Hamlet left out. It s a l arrangement to
catch the flying when th re lias been no
defeat. How excessively foolish Hooker
must feel ! Nay, worse than all this,
Hooker fields the scene reversed from what
he fondly painted it. The summit of his
ambition, at the last accounts, was to get
the Rappahannock between his shattered
ranks and his conquerors, llis own aim
is to get away from Lee as fast as he can.
The horsemen at Ashland and on tho
Chickahominy are on a fool’s errand.—
The probability is, that all, or nearly all
will •hare the fate of one Col. Strait, of
whom the telegraph tells us to-day, and
who went on a raid in Northwest Georgia
and lost every man he had. Hooker,
failing in his part of the programme, the
tlie girl “and walk behind me; they al’s courier.
will not shoot while I am before you.” I These 175 yiuA—When they -- —- *. - ~ . ““ i i- * nothing to do but flv' or bo
“No,” said the General; “I am Jilin* en—«« Ae picket., turned hack ! t con^ecft'o? ‘ ' 5
uke a guide, hut not a I steamed back tf St Thomas. Onr ciw
to
, -i ,1 x xi • -it 1 Bieauiuu uaciv 01. 1 nomas, viu
! Inteen miles, they met their nicked h ,. . , ,
- , ... j , f : had to stop work, and our engineers
1 . o ,l “ e ^ horse-stealing, Louse hum- j continue their examination of our di
ba*ine*s mutter* of that place speedily a* possi- q , , , ,, nnrlpr i-min, i.; n >
Lie. All per*, n* indebted are notified tlmt the 1,1 order to get a proper understanding wounded and one k> u - 1 UDde , r unde J b '°'
no; es and Recount* are in the hands of J. A. [ of the whole affair, turn back with me to j Though 111 the lean am in t.ic
Brkkdlove, and P. H. La" LF.lt, who nrenuthori-
zt-d to collect and make settlements If not ar
ranged at an early day, settlements " i'.lbe enforced
by law.
13 tf. A. C. YAH.. Agent.
Western & Atlantic (Stale Railroad.
rMP ffg t
T-'c 1”
kfi&nta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles, Fare
JOHN S. ROWLAND,
* 0 00
Sl'I’T.
Traixi.
7 30 r. M.
4 57 A. M
Leave Atlanta at.’ ‘'‘J ^|-
Arrive at C'liattanooga at 5 lo 1.
Train.
, 2 40 P. M.
. 6 57 P. M.
Leave Kingston 4 30 A M.
.... B 45 A M.
I* xts*cngr
Leave Atlanta at....
Arrive at Chattanooga at
Leave Atlanta at
Vrrive at C'liattanooga at
A ream ino<! :i t Jo xx I»xt «««-ixa<' r
Leave Atlanta
Arrive a* Kingston...—
some days ago, when General Forrest re
ceived order to march from Spring Hi“>
Ten., to the relief of Col. Roddv >«• North
west Alabama, wherp the Yankee vandals
were pressing tlie Colonel in overwhelm
ing force, and let us follow him through
all the exciting marches and conflicts till
the hour of L>s final triumph, about 20
miles "cst of this city.
On the 24th day of April, he received
orders at Spring Hill to move his brigade
to Decatur. x\rriving there, on the UArth
side of the river, opposite Decatur, he
learned that the-enemy were coming from
Tuacumbia, whereupon he took bis com
mand down the Tennessee river twelve
miles to Brown’s Ferry, where lie divided
his men, sending his brothef, Colonel Jeff.
Forrest, and Colonel Dibble with three
regiments down to Florence, on the north
side of the river, while he by working all
night crossed the balance of his men at
Arrive at Atlanta _
Tin* Road connects each way with the Rome the ferry, and pushed on to Courtland, a
Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee plna ]] town irw Lawrence county, on the M.
A (ieorgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville
4. Chattanooga Railroad at C'liattanooga.
Julv'dit, 1882. 1D tf.
New
Arrangement,
Cnunyr of Schedule, on and after Monday 11 th insl
■<2-
TITE Subscriber*are convey
ing Cue C. S. .Mail from Slil-
icdgrvitie via Sparta. Culver--j
ten ulid Powelton to Double
Well*,and would respectfully i:
tkeir friend* and the travelling
and complete arrangement for
over this line.
vile tlie attention,
rublic, to their new*
travelling facilities
SCH KDC’LK—Leave Milledgerillf- after the arriva
of trains from Columbus. Mi i on and Savannah; Ar-
rive in Sparla at 0o’clock P. M. and at Double Weils
sitme evening.
Leave Double Wellsa , tcr the arrival of morning
t-ain* from Augusta. Atlanta and Athens; Arrive at
Sparla 11 o’clock, A. M.; Arrive at Mil'edgevillesame
evening.
With good Hacks, fine Stock and careful drivers,
we solicit aliberal patronage.
MOORE Sc FOEBS.
Stage Offlcca—AfUlrdceri/lr Hot- / Milledpcvillc\G a.
Edwards'House. Sparta.
Moore's Hotel, Double i 1 V/Y,».
July 11,1859. 8 tf -
TOZXIJ T. SOWjROIZtf,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
V,XTOXTX. CA.
Eaton ton, Ga., Feb. 14,18(30. 38 tf.
50 Saw Cotton Gin for Sale.
ONE of WATSON’S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins,
U offered for sale. This Gin is new, and is equal
to any in use. Sold for no fault, the present ow-
usr.« having no use for it. Any planter wanting a
g'.od (jin.ran have a clianre to get one at nre-
uuctiiir. on the regular price. Apply at this office,
' olli.Tift, or J. H. Watson, at Albany
II 0 E S.
*7 A DOZ. HOK3 Just received n
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TUn: uiiilcrsicued request all versons indebted
to them to call and settle.
1IEUTY &
HALL.
Milledgcviile. Jan. 10th. 1862.
34 tf
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IRVIN & BUTLER,
ATTORNEYS at law,
pttAC’TICE in the Superior Courts
t,—in Terrell, Rundi
ALE AH Y, Georgia.
of the Soutl
lph, and Ear-
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, a,e * Circuit Court at Savannah,—and by specin'
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r 51T ER for sale a well improved Plantation
within three miles of Milledgeville, contain-
,a ? fuarteea hundred acres of land.
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Spool Cotton.
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*•*.*«, ice*. 87 tf.
& C. R. R.. 20 miles west of Decatur.
There lie learned the enemy were at Town
Creek, a bold stream that runs from the
mountains through the valley, seven miles
west of Courtland. When lie arrived
there, on Tuesday morning the 24th of
April about daylight, he found Colonel
Roddy engaging them, about 10,000
strong, under General Dodge, who had
been for a long time in command at Cor
inth An artillery duel and some sharp-
shooting ensued, which lasted all day, aud
held the enemy in check.
But it now appears this attack of the
enemy was only a ruse to divert our atten
tion, while a force of Fedevals under Col.
Strait could g.et a good stait on a raid in
to this State. This force started from
Tuscumbia on the mountain road, to the
south of where Forrest and Roddy were
engaged agaiust their 10,000, coming out
by way of Moultou in Lawrence county
some 20 miles south of Courtland. In
this way they hoped to pass on their way
unobserved and perfoim their work of
plunderand destruction unmolested. But
the sagacity of Forrest interfered with
this deep laid scheme.
Early Tuesday morning Forrest had
thrown out his active scouts vho reported
to him late in the evening that a large
body of the enemy were at Merit on. At
first lie supposed this was an attempt to
flank him by coining on his rear via. De
catur. About dark therefore he Jell hack
to Big Nance Creek near Courtland, wliere
he halted till day light. Other scouts
coming in confirming the movemoits of
tlie enemy ir. that direction, he moved
forward to Moulton, arriving there in the
afternoon, where lie learned he had gone
on in a Southeast direction. In a moment
their daring programme of a raid into
North Georgia flashed across his mind,
whereupon lie divided liis command, send
ing the gallant Roddy and Edmonson on
their trail—the Yanks by this time no
doubt, fancying themselves safe, and that
they could proceed to perform their work
of destruction mipmsued—whilst lie with
Starnes and Riffle’s regimenta pushed
around to the North on their xeft flank to
head them off, should they be so pressed
bv Roddy and Edmonson as to turn back.
Just at this point begins this great chase
in our judgment one of the most remarka
ble in ancient or modern warfare.
The Y ankee force which he was pursu
ing at this time, numbered about 1800, un
der command of Colonel Strait, (the senior
Colonel) of Indiana, an intelligent busi
ness man, full of health and energy, and
Geueial F. says a most excellent officer,
and was composed of picked men from the
51st and 73d Ind., 80th Ills., 3d Ohio, and
1st Tenn- regiments. In ihe lennessee
regiment were two companies of Alabama
Lories, and two men who onge •lived in
Georgia : Jeptbv Smith, who has lived in
Henry and Fayette connfies a notorious
rascal; and a heavy set, dark-skmne ,
impudent looking man, named VVilUam
Lochlin Phillips, once a resident of ior-
syth county, on a place ten miles above
( ummiug, hut for the last seven years of
Winston county, Ala. These two men
acted all the while as guides.
that was burdensome or calculated to re
tard their speed. Their meat, flour, meal,
crackers, boxes of guns and carbines, old
pans, clothes, shoes, &c., &c., were left in
their rear; in fact the road was strewed
with all the usual evidence of the wildest
Yankee flight.
thich^ 1 °E the fight, yet, wondeful to re*
late, he escaped unhurt. Finally he or
dered « charge which his tired but brave
men gloriously responded to, when the en
tire Yankee force broke in confusion and
ran, leaving the two guns they had captur
ed from Roddy in the morning. They
also left hundreds of mules and their dead
and wounded on the field.
The wild fright and braying of the
mules, the booming of caunon, the rattle
of small arms in the still Jiours of the night
—the reverberation of this awful collision
of arms echoing from the mountain top
hack to tho vallics below, was a scene ter
ribly sublime, whose grandeur' can never
be effaced from the memory of those who
witncsseJor participated in the fight. In
this engagement about 20 of the enemy
were killed and 40 wounded. Fo'rrest
had only one man killed and a few wound
ed.
He immediately gave chase the retreat-
a young lady.”
The eo*—“ au d with their guns soon
come up, when a few shells drove oil'j ing, watch-theiving vandals, in charge
the guard.—Forrest then order all j of Forrest’s men.
tho ammunition to be taken out of
the caissons. Some of the men stripped
themselves and pushed the horses down
the steep bank and up one equally
precipitous on the opposite side and
pulled tlie artillery across by hand in
the same way. In two hours all were
over, and again in the saddle in pur
suit of their game, pushed on to Gads
den. Here Gen. Forrest started a
courier to this place to advise the
authorities and citizens of the place to
prepare for them and hold them in
check till he could come up. It was
now late Saturday evening. He select
ed GOO of his men who were best
mounted, and about eleven miles this
side of Gadsden, near Tnrkcytown, he
came up with the entire force of the
enemy in ambush near night. He or
dered an immediate charge, which he
headed. The General says that eve
ry one of his jaded horses seemed ail
ing foe, overhauling their rear about 12 j imated with new life and came up to
o’clock at night. Here, some six miles the word like fresh animals. He says
from the late battle ground, the enemy ; lie u'ever saw anything like it. Here
again made a stand. Forrest commenced Hathaway, the favorite officer of
shelling them, skirmishers in the. advance I + i „ v„ i „ i -n a -x • *l , .
n ■ 6 ... „ , r the Yankees was killed—it is thought,
tmngon them with small arms. 1 he l an- , . . T , ,, ’
kecs again ran, leaving more mules, wag- | b 3’ a P ri ™te named Joseph Martin, a
ons. &c. They now began to realize the j n ^re youth, ol Company U G., Biffie s
kind of man that was after them, and to [ regiment, with an Lnfield riflle, at the
facilitate their flight began to throw av.iy j distance of 000 yards. This was a se~
and pitch.from their wagons, every thing vere loss to the Yankees, and did
much to dishearten them. Several of
their best men were here killed and
wounded. Forrest lost two of his gal
lant men: privates Hunt of Starnes’
and Roachea of Billie’s regiments. This
It is a little singular that Col. Strait
should have surrendered in “Straight
Neck District,” Cherokee county* Ala,
in two miles of the Georgia line. These
scouts were added to the force of the
men in charge of Forrests men. The
whole were marched into this city on
Monday morning, in the midst of man
ifestations of joy and triumph by the
people—such as is seldom witnessed
in any age or country.
Gen F. requests us to say that he
has the highest appreciation of the
energy, skill and promptness with
which his officers responded to all his
orders. He feels especially grateful to
Col. Biffie, Major McLemore, Colonel
Crews, and his gallant Aid, Capt.
Pointer.—Especially does lie acknow
ledge his indebtedness to Capt. Cole
Ferrell, of Troup comity, Ga., who
managed the artillery with such skill
and uutiring energy through the whole
chase. Capt. F. has been doing effi
cient service in North Alabama with
Col. Roddy, having recently captur
ed a splendid gun by a desperate
charge.
He brought this fine gun with him
through al' the chase, lie is now in
command of the splendid artillery
company raised by Maj. Jo Mont
gomery, who has resigned. This com
pany has won the highest admiration
for their gallantry. One of its largest
guns was manned by Robt. Y. Jones
of Troup.
The General regrets that Cols. Rod
dy and Edmondson were necessarily
battle was on Mr. Blount’s farm, and
About two o’clock in the night they the Yanks, it is supposed, in spite for ! sent hack to guard the mountain
reached a rugged mountain stream making the loss of one of th^iir favorite Colon- ! passes and were deprived of participa-
a very formidable position, where they at- c l gj burnt his gin-house, stables, cribs,
Ac., and also burned up the Round
Mountain Iron Works. , .
tempted another stand ; but the indomita
ble and never tiring Forrest, with Lis dar
ing rebels, were close upon their heels and
again commenced a vigorous shelling
which the Yankees could not stand, and
It was now dark, and night had put
and end to the fight. Forrest waited
again fled in confusion. Well might they till all of his men came up, who, though
conclude “there is no peace for the wick-1 left in the rear with their jaded ani-
ed ” „ . .xu x •. 1 X* .1 ! mals, were hurrying after their glori-
At tins point Forrest waited lor the , , c . “ 7?,,
.. , x c r i i <• i • • ,, ous leader as fast? as possible. \Y hen
light of a new dav, and tor Ins men m the , ,, ,, * .
rear who were on jaded horses to come up. t they all came up, F onest again oidei-
Wlien morning came they were all togeth- ( ed all to advance, when they found
er again in the saddle, and crossed the the Yankees had left under cover of
stream. The road was clear of Yankees darkness, and were pushing on to this
till they arrived at Blountvillc in Blount j,]aco. »
county, wbero # Forrest again encountered
them, charged upon them and captured 25
of their
ting in this arduous but glorious chase
and capture.
Col. Hannon of the 53rd Ala. Par
tisan Rangers a most gallant and dash
ing officer, was also posted at a proper
place to guard against the escape
and tints was also kept out of the great
chase. G. W. A.
The I'rU rholl A flair.
The report of Lloyd’s agent at Mata-
moras, who was on bo?rd the Peterhoff at
the time of her capture by the Yankee
cruiser Vanderbilt, is published In the
Northern papers. It is dated Key West,
About sunrise on Sunday morning, j F’lorida, March, 1863, and gives asuccicnt
more m
that they _ _
teen wagons, but our vigorous commander again dismounted, stripped aud carried
to dis-
isabled
machinery.
In the evening tlie officers of the Peter-
hoffandlier passengers were confined in
the cabin, aud an armed guard placed over
them. Soon after, a boat came again from
the Vauderbiit and demanded Captain
Jarman’s papers, which he refused to give
up, except to the British Consul. He re
peated that they were at liberty to exam
ine them on board. A third time a boat
was sent for the same purpose, with the
same result. Capt. Jarman refused to
give up his papers ; whereupon a Lieuten
ant Lewis, of the United States Navy,
“took possession of the Peterhoff in the
name of the United States, and declared
that Capt. Jarman was no longer iu com
mand, and that he and al! tho passengers
were to remain confined to the cabin.—
Another officer was sent down to demand
that all the arms in possession of Captain
Jarman and passengers should be given up
threatening search in caso of refusal.—
Accordingly several pistols and knives
were given up and sent on board tlie Van
derbilt.
Captain Jarman then wrote to Capt.
Baldwin. United States naval officer at St.
Thomas—
He considered the capture of the Peter
hoff illegal, as her papers had been exam
ined by the Alabama a few days previous
ly, and that, as he had Her Majesty’s
mails for Matamoras on board, he request
ed that, to avoid delay in their delivery,
Captain ’Baldwin would deliver them to
Her Majesty’s Consul at St. Thomas, so
that lie might send them on.
At three minutes past midnight an officer
hoarded with a verbal message from Capt.
Baldwin, who sent his compliments, and
that he did not fee 1 authorized to take any
part of the freight out of the ship.
Next morning, Felntruary 26th, the
Vanderbilt left us, and tlie Peterhoff
made sail for Key West in charge of the
prize officers and crew.
The report of the agent closes with tlie
annexed paragraph :
I have thus far narrated the voyage of
the Peterhoff, which vessel, loaded with
goods not contraband of war, and having
had her papers examined and passed in
London, Plymouth, and F'almouth, has
been fired at and .overhauled in Danish
waters by the United States steamer Ala
bama, by which vessel her papers were
passed. On leaving St. Thomas she had
the certificate of the acting consul, Mr.
Ball, and nevertheless was overhauled
just outside of the port by the
States steamer Vanderbilt. I have learn
ed from Mr. Lewis, the prize Captain,
that Captain Baldwin wished to let her go,
hut was compelled to take possession by
express orders from Admiral Wilkes.—
the arbitrary conduct of this
a British ship proceeding from
Prrnc of Ihr l.nlr Halites near Chanccllort-
ville.
The Richmond Dispatch furnishes tho
following topographical particulars, which
will greatly aid in comprehending the re
cent movements of the two armies :
The scene of the battle is in Spotsylvania
county, between the Wilderness and Chan-
cellorsville. The latter is a place with on
ly one dwelling, a large brick house, for
merly a tavern, latterly a boarding school.
It is about ten miles west of F’redericks-
bnrg. The Wilderness we suppose to he
indicated by “ Wilderness Creek,” a small
stream running into tlie Rappahannock,
about four or five miles from Chanecllors-
ville is the ’Wilderness, out of which the
enemy came at the bidding of Jackson.
The United States ford is oil the Rappa-
hannok, eight miles above Fredericksburg, 1
and two miles below the mouth of the Rap-
idan. Ely’s ford is on the Rapidau, four
miles above its mouth. The enemy having
crossed into Spotsylvania, presented •him
self on the left of our line in front cf F’red-
ericksburg. But our sagacious Command
er had taken proper measures it may he in
ferred by the result. Longstreet and his -
command were recalled in good time, and
by the best routes for an opportune junc
tion with our main line, while the strategy
for getting in rear of the enemy was ma
tured. This decisive movement was con
ducted by that warrior who never fails, and
on Saturday (as we understand) the ene
my, in his dismay, found Jackson thunder
ing upon his rear. Driven from his posi
tion towards Clianceliorsville, he got out of
tho frying pan into the fire by encounter
ing Longstreet. His rout was Gomplete.as
we are *fficially informed by Gen. Lee.
Summing' up of the Great Sattles.
cairn up in time to save several of them.
Th* pursuit was continued to Black
Warrior river some ten miles this side of
Blountvillc, where the General stopped,
fed his hungry jaded horses, and gave his
men a little rest. • Here it is well for the
reader to hear in mind that these brave
over their guns and ammunition by
hand—all in one hour, and again press
ed forward. About 9 o’clock he again
came up with and fired into their reat
while .they were at breakfast. They
again lied leaving mules, wagons, all
and true men had followed and kept up j their Hot coffee &c M &c., but when
with their bold and untiring leader, vieing they reached the front of the Yankee
with each other who should keep nearest
him, having an instinctive faith that noth
ing could hurt them if they kept under
the eye of the man they so much idolized,
and whose courage and tact they believe
will always lead them safely through ev
ery emergency. It is remarkable how
completely these brave am! barfly men
lose sight of all danger or care for them
selves, and move as oDe man at tlie will of
their leader.
A little before daylight on Saturday
morning he again pushed forward. The
enemy now showed every sign of fatigue
and fright, and burned every bridge they
crossed. It must not be forgotten that
they stole every horse and mule they
could lay tlieir hands on, which deprived
General Forrest of the chance to obtain
fresh animals. The Yankees ran into
houses, took all the food that'was cooked,
and all the watches and valuables they
could find in a hurried search, bat doing no
farther damage up to this time.
Here I may as well mention that
Gen. Forrest set out on. this great
chasewith only three Say’s rations for
forces they were halted by Col. Strait
and ordered into line of battle. This
was some 20 miles west of Rome.
Here Forrest promptly sent in a
Hag of truce and demanded the surren
der of the whole Yankee command.
This was the boldest game of bluff* on
record. Forrest, with less than 500
men, on worn-out horses, demanding
the Surrender of 136S privates and 101
officers, all well armed and in line of
battle! For cool audacity, it excels all
history or imagination.
It must be remembered that when
he sent back Roddy and Edmonson,
lie started on the chase with about
800 men, ten of whom had beer, killed,
40 wounded, others left, and details
sent back till his actual force was less
than 500 ^During the chase he had
captured and sent back over 300 of
the Yanks. Col. Strait sent forward
towards this city 175 scouts who
were at that moment hovering around
. - t , port to a neutral, with a proper
the prizo officers and crew. I car g 0( h as Been seized and her crew re-
The present ease is almost a parallel one j moved by superior force, tlie officers and
with tho Trent affair. Tho Trent was a , several passengers deprived of their liberty
British mail packet, plviug between St. j for ten days and guarded by armed men.
Thomas and England, carrying the Royal
mail, and was taken in neutral waters.—
The steamer Peterhoff sailed on the 27th
of January for St. Thomas and xl/ata-
nioras, with passengers and mails for both
ports, and while Hying the British ensign
was hoarded and taken possession of on
the 25th of F’ebruary in l)ani*h waters
shortly after leaving the harbor of St.
Thomas. This case is aggravated from
the fact that her papers had been previ
ously examined and passed .by U. S.
cruisers.
We read fiom the log kept by the agent
that on the morning of F’riday, F’obruary
20th. while proceeding on her cruise for
the harbor of St. Thomas, aud close to
the shore of St. John's Island, sho was
hove to by a blank charge, and presently
afterwards a shot across herMiows from a
steamer Hying the U. S. fla^. The offi
cer who then boarded her said that' he
came from the Federal steamer Alabama.
He examined the PeterliofTs papers and
allowed lier to proceed, declining to en
dorse his visit and examination, on the
plea that he had no authority to do so.— ^
The vessel coaled at St. Thomas, whei^» a ,
she remained until noon of the 2oth. We
quote:
“During her stay Admiral Wilkes, of
Trent notoriety, arrived in harbor with tho
United States steamers Wachosett and
Our Military Camiuandcr*.
We hear frequent conversations and
discussions, even among our officers and
soldieis, about the number and rank of onr
principal military commanders. We are
not sure our own knowledge H very exact
upon this subject, hut we, have always
understood that we had five full Generals
in the Confederate army, and that they
rank as follows :
GENERAL COOPER,
GENERAL LEE,
GENERAL JOHNSTON,
GENERAL BEAUREGARD,
, GENERAL BRAGG.
T(icsc appointments were made in the
tlnefc first instances, according to senority
in the United States army. General
Cooper, being the senior in that service,
takes rank of all the others, although he
has never since he belonged to the Confed
erate army been in the field. General
Beauregard on account of distinguished
services iu reducing Fort Snmter, and ob
taining avictory over the enemyat Man
assas. Gen. A. Sidney Johnston was
next to Lee in rank. On his death at
Shiloh Gen- Bragg was his successor, hut
his commission bearing date from his ap
pointment, he is the junior of Beauregard,
wiio was a full General- aud second .in
(Correspondence Richmond Enquirer.]
F’rbdericksburg, May C, 1863.
Though the enemy at Cbancellorsville
did not recross tho river at the United
States F’ord until to-day, there has been no
general engagement since Sunday—only
some occasional skirmishing and feints of”
attack to cover up their retreat across the
river. Hooker, though having the choice
ofposition, did not act offensively after
crossing, but fonified aud threw himself on
the defensive, thus forcing our men to con
tend against him in this fight against vastly
superior numbers, aided by breastworks,
fortifications and obstructions *>f all sorts.
But they were of little avail, Jackson
turned their flank and fell upon their rear.
And Jackson’s hoys did their work with all
their might and main. They charged fas
ter over the battle field than they march
ed to it, and their cheering as they drove
the enemy before them broke upon the air
with fine, inspiring effect, and told too plain
ly that our men were terribly in earnest,
and were fighting for home, for woman,
manhood and independence- In such a
cause it were worse than base not to strike
heavy blows for freedom and the right.
Hooker expected success. He had plan
ned well; hnt Gen. Leo has proved him
self more than a match for him, and his
splendid army now lies a part dead on the
south side of the Rappahannock, a part
wounded on its north bank, and some here,
too, and a large part of the advance is al
ready near your city. Hooker had drawn
every man from the fortifications, and
came prepared with eight days’ rations—i.
c , eight days hard tack; three days’cook
ed meat and eight days cattle in a herd
and eight days’ coffee. Hooker made a
speech, telling them he had advantage of
position and was bound to go forward; all
that ho asked of them was to fight. Ho
had summoned every man from ths fortifi
cations, and had uncovered Washington,
and must have put into the fight, from first
to last, not a man under one hundred and
fifty thousand.
The bravery, fortitude and endurance of
our men in all of these engagements can
not be too highly praised or too gratefully
remembered by the country. It would
seem invidious to make special allusions
where all fought so well; but it is due to
candor and truth to say that the troops of
McLaws and Anderson were oftener enga
ged than any other troops, they being en
gaged in fighting and marching almost
without intermission lor rest or refresh
ment, from Thursday night until Tuesday
moraine, a period of four days ano nights.
While to D.H. Hlfl’s old division, conr-
manded by General Rhe** and Tumble s
