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division, led by General Colston, Early’s
division, led by Early himself, and A. I.
Hill’s men, under tbeirfavonte leader, the
country is indebted.
The’ cavalr , too, claim a share of this
glorious work, for while the infantry were
thus being engaged, otic biigade under
Fhzbugh Lee mot tbe enemy near Spots} 1
vania Court House and succeeded in whip
ping and driving back to Chanccllorsville,
certainly two brigades of cavalry, and. per
haps, four, killing the Colonel of the "Sixth
New York cavalry and two Captains, and
taking some sixty prisoners.
it is with sincere regret that I am unable
to speak to the praise of all the artillery
cn«-a»ed, hut I hear the First Company of
Richmond Howitzers and Maney’s Battery
hi ’lil v commended for their effective and
steady firing. All that I can do is to pay
tribute to them all by stating Col. Crutch
field’s Battalion and Col. Alexander’s, in
Jackson’s corps, and Major Richardson’s,
in Anderson’s corps, and Col. Cabell’s, in
McLaws* Division, all acquitted themselves
with a skill and bravery that reflects the
highest credit upon this arm of the service.
The battle field, which reaches from
Fredericksburg to a point above Wilder
ness, some twelve miles up from the town,
and out to the river, with the exception of
about two miles between Saleu\and Zoar
churches, attests the skillful aiming and
deadly destruction of our artillery. The
Yankee dead and wounded are strewn over
the entire country. Yet had it not have
been one of the most thickly wooded sec
tions of land in Virginia the Yankee loss
would have been far greater.
Over this same field of bat tie are scatter
ed, in immense quantities, blankets, over- | people, and that by thousands, from Tcx-
son, fought with zeal and courage, and of
ten with desperation. Our retreat was ad
mirably conducted, and was covered by
( Jen. Cockrell’s brigade. Our troops here,
and in this vicinity, are in the highest
spirits and ready for an engagement at any
time. Let us he true to ourselves, true to
our cause, our God and our country, aud a
short time will find no enemy’s foot upon
the soil of our State. J. B. A!
Vicksburg May G, 1S63.
lulrrcaling from Arknima*.
We had the pleasure on yesterday of
shaking by the liand an old friend, the
Rev. Dr. W. Baird, who for two or three
years past lias resided in Camden, in the
State of Arkansas. The‘Doctor informed
us that lie had only recently, some two
weeks ago, left Camden, and gave to us
some interesting and encouraging accounts
of the “ situation” of affairs in Arkansas,
Missouri and Texas He says that the
prospects of an abundant wheat crop in the
first named State, are more than flattering,
almost certain—that, should the remainder
of the growing season prove favorable,there
will ho harvested fivo times the largest
crop of wheat that lias ever been grown in
that State, and that Texas aud Arkansas
alone from the present promise of the pro
vision crops, and- their resources of animal
food for man, will be able to provision, for
a twelve month, the whole Confederate
army.
Dr. B. also tells us that, since tho arri
val of Gen. Price and Gon. Kirby Smith in
Arkansas, to take command of that depart
ment of the army, tho utmost enthusiasm
had prevailed among the army and tho
coats, canteens, knapsacks, haversacks
cartridge boxes, and any quantity of rifles,
musket-, and various other equipments of
the soldier. Our hoys, however, found but
little to eat. The Yankees had well nigh
devoured the commissariat, still, a good
quantity of hard tack, with some good
cooked meats and coffee, were found in the
Yankee haversacks. Wo also captured
as. Missouri and Arkansas they are flock
ing to the standards of these Generals, es
pecially to the command of Gen. Price,
who is almost idolized by citizens and sol
diers in those three States—that, only re
cently, some seven thousand soldiers, who
had become dissatisfied with the ancient
regime, and had disbanded,refusing to tight
The Foufoilrrali' raiil iiilo Merlhimt X ir*
3iaia-Do»triirli9ii of tIa51ron:l Bridges
rlc.
Our telegrams notice the “gobbling up’'
From tbe Intelligencer.
VTJao onghl to bo oar next ^Governor,
If patriotism be permitted to answer this
question. I should think there can be no
of the Yankees under Mluligan by Gen- division of sentiment on the subject. Cer
eral Jenkins' force of rebel rovers in
Northwest Virginia, ‘l'lic Nor^iern pa
pers of May 3 bring us tho following de
tails in regard to the previous movements
ofotir forces in that quarter :
The intelligence from the line of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, received
up to last evening, was that Gen. Mulligan
had so disposed of his troops that it was
thought the whole raid might now be con
sidered as amply protected, though much
damage had been done at various points^
The rebel cavalry, which made three
attacks on Sunday and Monday last on
Rowlesburg. retired, after their repulse,
to Morgantown, in the direction of the
Pensylvania line. They reached there
on Tuesday morning, and spent that day
and part of Wednesday in plundering the
people of both horses and goods. Those
who sympathized with them were exempt
from plunder, and in some cases horses
taken were returned to disloyal persons.—
The object of the visit to Morgantown was
to cross ovor the Cheat River and make a
raid on Unioutown, Pennsylvania. 1 here
was however, a flood in the Cheat River,
rendering its fording au impossibility, and
consequently they were compelled to aban
don that part of tlie expedition.
On Wednesday last they retired from
Morgautowu, striking across the country
to Fairmont, on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, where they are reported to have
committed extensive depredations. The
Union troops here did not. exceed three
hundred infantry, ami the rebels being
Proclamation of the Governor of Mis
sissippi.
Executive
Jackson, Miss., May
To the people of Mississippi
Office, )
5th, IS63. >
-Re-
tainly. Governor Brown is the ~ ; cent CV en ts J aniiliar to a]1 , impel me
These perilous times sternly demand, u j ag Chief Megistrate. to appeal to.
seems tome that there should he noi ; o iauu1 ' D.
change. Upon principle, I was opposet
to the precedent involved in electing Gov
ems to me that there should he no. ~
change. Upon principle, I was opposed I > °; r Patriotism tor united effort in ex
pelling our enemies from the soil of
Brown for a third term. I now think, j Mississippi. It can and must be done,
however, that the benefits of his adminis-1 Let no man capable of bearing arms
tration since that term commenced have withhold from his State his services
been worth infinitely more to the State j j n repelling this invasion. Duty, in-
thin would have been a mere conformity to our ° comrnon sa f ( ,tv demand
the ohl two-terra rule Now. that the piece | overv 8acrifice nece3Sary f or the protec-
dent has been set with tfie weighty tact I,- J
before- us, that governor Brown has pro
ven himself to be- fully equal to the-
emergency, I shall feel compelled, as a
lover of my country, to support liis reelec-
tion, both by my suffrage aud my personal
influence.
I am a native Georgian, now past iny
half century, and I remember no occasion
on which, in my judgment, so much de
pended upon the election of any one
rnan, as I think is now involved in this
issue.
While I have not been able to endorse
every act of Gov. Brown’s administration,
I am sure" that no Governor of Georgia
tion of our homes, our honor, liberty
itself.
Tiie exalted position, won in her
mime upon every battle field where
Mississippi’s sons have unfurled her
proud banner and hurled defiance in
the face of overwhelming numbers,
forbids that her honor the chivalry ot
her people, the glory of her daring
deeds on foreign fields, should be tarn
ished, and iter streaming battlellag
dragged to the dust by barbarian
hordes on-herown soil..
Awake then—arouse Mississippians
ever did so many good tlik.gs as he has —young'and old, from your fertile
J -Hf-. .1* li 1 it! . O * , . .
done. Mauy of these good things, more
over, were of such nature as to imply
necessarily the purest and noblest motive
lying behind them. They were done in
defiance of the strongest combinations of
monetary influence, threatening him with
summary vengeuce if he dared provoke
The Cu.aaltiei.
Gen. T. J. Jackson, wounded; Gen. Paxton,
killed; Gen. McLaws. stiurk, but noi much burl;
Gen. A. P- Hi! 1. confusion, has resumed bis com
mand; Gen. McGowan, slightly but painfully
wounded; Brig*. Gen. Heath, not moch hurt still
in command; Col. J.(> A Nndeub jusIi. 2nd Hog
iment Infantry slightly wounded; Cap* Fulton, of
tbe till Virginia Volunteers, lost a leg; in tho :>t.h
Virginia Volunteers Lieut Boll was killed, and
ab.iut toll killed and wounded; Co! Edmunson, of
the 27th Virginia Volunteers, lost an arm; in the
Kith Virginia (from Rockingham.) Col. Harris
commanding the brigade, was shot through the
right shouldbr (not seiiiius:} Lieut Col. 8; W.
Walker, killed; Maj. Stover, shot (brae times and
killed. Nine out ot eleven commandants of com
panies were killed, wounded and prisoners; Co!
f S Garnett, of tire 48tli Virginia Volunteers;
commanding* the brigade, was wounded, and is
beli-'ved to be dead.
Maj Rodgers (artillerj ) wounded; Col. F. M-
Mallory, reported KjJleJ; this is doubled. Cap;. Res
well. Cbeif of Ennineers, on Jackson's staff, kiil-
eJ. Ma j Price of Richmond, killed. Capt Forbes,
of A. P. Hill’s staff, killed; all the staff ol A. P.
Hill either killed or wounded. Capt Duncan lie-
Kim killed. Conway Howard of A. P. //ill’s staff
killed. In tho loth Virginia Volunteers, Capt.
Field and Lieut. Morehead killed, and thirty
killed, weunded and missing. In tlie58tli 1 irgin-
ia Volunteers, Lieut. Col. Casey prisoner; seven
tv killed, wounded and missing, Col Stafford, 14th
Louisana. wounded. Gen. Hope, of North Caro
lina lost 12.) men. Lieut. Bell, 5th Virginia Vol
unteers, was kilb d. Tins makes nine out of twelve
in this family kill in that regiment. Lieut. Cal
houn and Ryan lost each a leg^C'apt. 4 an Borsch
of Gen. Stuart’s staff, a gallant Prusiau officer,
killed.
Rhode’s brigade suffered severely, it is reported
in officers—one third of whom were either killed
We have omitted to mention that the
Yankee officers aent down an Thursday
night were put into the ladies’ car whilst
the top of the same cars were covered,
with our wounded. The scoundrels should
be made to walk to Richmond, if well
enough, and if not, at least to remain
wherejhcy are until the last one of our
wounded has been brought down.
The Trains of Yesterday.
The first ambulance train of yesterdav
reached the city shortly after six o’clock
F. M. It brought dowii 560 wounded and
73 Yankee officers. Tjitizens were in at
tendance, with great quantities of refresh
ments. tea, coffee, liquors, and bread and
meat, to all of which the wounded did am
ple justice. The obnoxious military fea
ture of bayoneting citizens away from the
cars did not manifest itself so immediately
as upon the previous day. Only after the
wounded had been supplied with refresh
ments was the guard organized and tho
street cleaned.
The respective loss of the Northern aad
Southern Annies in the Battle of Chan-
ccUorsvdlc.
From a surgeon who left Fredericksbum-
on Thursday, we learn that the surgeons
in General Lee’s army make the following
approximate estimate of our loss in the
^ ; recent battles :
plains, your beautiful towns and cities j or wounded—the proportion bring ten^ wounded I Wounded, 7,ono
1 J , i j. „ men to one killed..—In the 1st Washington Artille- ’ *
Killed, 900
Missing, 1,200
your once quiet and happy but now
ry, Captaiu Squires. Lieutenant Galbrath and
under their late leaders, upon learning that
some freshly slaughtered meats, and some i Gen. l’ricc had assumed the command of! of their approach. A large number
orn and oats ; ail of which are quite valu- j that district, voluntarily, every man of j horses, shoes and clothing were appropria
about one thousand strong, mounted, with
artillery, ijo defence was made. They i finch m » ral courage as this, because it
entered and took possession of Fairmont, ! epp 0 * 63 inseparable barriers to then venal
which is quite a large town, on Wcducs- j purposes, l>ut they must respect it by
day night, and" immediately commenced I a . n inexorable law of mans constiai-
tlieir depredations on the propel ty of loyal t,on ’ • '
citizens, most of whom had fled oil hearing I , T1,e ™ nts of tlie country iu this terri
fy p I bio crisis demand a rare combination of
I elements in a State executive. They
esecratcd homes, come aud join your
brothers in arms, your sons aud neigh
bors who are now baring their bosoms
r to the storm of battle at wur very ^
their terrible ire by pursuing a policy at l doors, and in defense of all you bold | “"‘MaHory! of the 55;h Virginia. Major Miles So!
war with their interests. Gov. 1> ~ — 1 ’ ** ■ " ' * " ~ ~ * ~ ~ ' " •» -
has nerve to do many more such
Selfish and mercenary natures may
Lieutenant Owens were taken prisoners. Lieuten
ant DeRussey, P. H. Van Cotton, Otto J Frank.
Barton Kirk and Vallentine were wounded Win
West, Corporal Lewis and Robt Many were kill
ed. in tbe 51 at Georgia Regiment, Col. S’anghter
and Lieutenant Colonel I’atton were killed; Colon-
iov. Brown j (]^ar. Meet in every ronntv vyitll your ; den. aid to Gen. noth, Capt. Greenlee D.TvidtfO-i. I
ell tilings.— ! • ; . «. * • „i- Letcher Batterv, Captain Edward Branch, of
mavAiati' arlns ' OI'ga!ll7.0 Mlto COlflpailie. of U0t R . . ond , Capt Banks 4 of the Pereisburg ,
2S ma> udu' i . i l i._. a-1..x I..*... - /» • •,»* . i* .-I \
able,and just the articles we needed.
Fredericksburg, on ibis occasion, did not
suffer severely .as sbe did before, though
tin* Yankees managed to steal a good deal.
Private house?, 1 believe, were in no in
stance entered, where iV.o families were
them, reported themselves for duty to him, ted. At Fairmont and the vicinity exicn- i demand intelligent statesmanship a mind
Total, 0,100
This estimate is liberal, and it is believ
ed that our actual loss will fall below
rather than exceed that sum.
The enemy’s loss is more a subject of
, , , ... — j •, — - - r - . _ | conjecture, but from the number of dead
ess than twenty, under the late act ot ( Grays, and Major <; banning Prim, of General that encumber the ground for miles about
„r Congress—forward your muster liS j Chaneellorovilio ,„d bel.iud F,ed«,ict«.
rolls to tlirs office, and yon will be re- sta(l> ^ j burg, and the prisoners now on tbeir way
ceived iiilo the service, witli all'the r — t0 Richmond, it is believed that it must
protection and right belonging to other ^iraiikees in the KTigger Trade. \^ e ^etween twenty^and twenty-five thou-
soldiers in-the field. Ammunition will Lat6 private intelligence from (
| oe turnished you, and every aid in* my , Florida brings a new wrinkle in the I
[lower extended to you lor youi secnr- , vvay 0 f “suppressing the rebellion,”;
san(1. — liirhmond Examiner.
present, and the town was not shelled, anr i which are even now formidable enough to
pledging themselves to follow him to Alin- j sive damage was done to the proj erty of
souii, or to anywhere else, till death ; aud j the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Ti
that both Gen. Price and Gen. Smith arc
now at the head of large forces, which are
being daily increased bv hundreds, and
were any citizens arrested or carried off in
the town. A few were arrested outside, but
in every instance I believe they were res
cued by our own soldiery.
Hooker commanded in person at the
Chancellor.,ville fight, and occupied a posi
tion near that place during the fight
Hooker lias made a good fight. He has
Tnansenvcred well,and done better than any
other Yankee general; but Hooker is not
the equal of our commander-in-chief. Gen.
Lee, during ibis fight, has displayed the
highest qualities of an able and successful
commander. To him the. country is in
debted for tbe most wonderful qualities of
the soldier and tactician. lie has so ma-
ineuvered and combined as to surround the
Yankees twice, and drive them hack to the
river, when they supposed, on both occa
sions, that they had gotten into his rear,
and were about to surprise him; whilst
Gen. Jackson has outdone himself, and ex
hibited tho highest characteristics of a
strategist and a skillful general, fully con
firming all his past renown, and adding
new laurels to the many already non in the
service of his country.
Our losses are fuily {7,000, whilst those
of tho Yankees are confessed to be fully
.2-7,000, aud about thirty pieces of artillery.
\» c have captured very nearS,000 pi Lon
ers, and have lost, I suppose about 1,000
prisoners. These results of the fight point
most conclusively to a most brilliant Con
federate victory. We have captured one
brigadier-general aud any quantity of field
and staff officers.
Among the killed on our side are Gener
al Paxton, of the Stonewall brigade; Gen.
Nichols was wounded in the leg. having
previously lost an arm .at Winchester;
Gen. McGowen was wounded slightly;
Gen. lUke was wounded in tiie arm. Gens.
Slocumb, Howard and O’Neill, of the
Yankee army, are reported killed, and
“ Fighting .lye” said to he slightly wood-'
ded. Tticte are also many oilier^ood and
true officer; aud men who have {'alien, but
our report would be too lengthy to enable
us to make mention of all, so, presuming
that iny report is long enough, 1 will close.
X.
T.'ip Entile of I’orl
Editors Appeal. The terriffic bombard
ment at Grand Gulf, by the enemy with
seven ‘gunboats, on Wednesday last, was
the prelude to the hard fought battle near
Port Gibson oil the 1st iast., in which the
fortitude, courage and patriotism of less
than six thousand of our troops, (fighting,
doubtless, five times tbeir number,) were
xnlly confirmed and. satisfactorily tested.
The batlle raged furiousl y from early in the
morning until after sunset, when our troops
were withdrawn to prevent a flank move
ment on the, paiCxif the enemy,who, during
tho day, had receeived large reinforce
ments. NuUy. did -our troops fight, and
firmly did their generous bosoms bear the
shock of battle against overwhelming num
bers. The l ft Missouri brigade and those
of Green, Baldwin and Tracey, (excepting
several regiments from them on picket du
ty) constituted our little army. To Gen.
Green and Gen. Baldwin and their com
mands, ns also to Gen. Tracey’s brigade,
high credit is accorded for personal courage.
Gen. Tracey fell at his post early in the ac
tion while nobly fighting the foe. “ The
blood of the martyrs is the seed of the
church.” 'lire 1st .Missouri brigade, of
course, fought well. The gallaut charge
of two regiments of this brigade upon three
brigades of the enemy, and eight pieces of
artillery, through an open field; their suc
cess in preventing a further advance, or a
flank movement of the enemy, I witnessed,
and regard as one of the most diring deeds
of the war.
Although not a Missourian, I cheerfully
“render unto Caesar the things that are
Caesar's.” To acting Brigadier-General
Cockrell, commanding this brigade, and to
his aid-de camp, Captain George, the high
est praise is due for gallantry on the field,
in that daring charge, as also to Colonel
Gauze, Berier, Thutibell and otherollicers,
whose names I do not remember. The of
ficers and men of the line deserve especial
mention for coolness aud couiagc.
Col. Eugene Irwin’s regiment covered
itself with glory, cutting through the ene
my who at one time surrounded it.
Gcu. Bowen was in command ot the for
ces, and displayed his usual skill and cour
age, leading one or two charges of the men
in person.
Onr hiss is not yet ascertained, but is
evidently much lighter than that of the
enemy. Some of the “ best blood of the
land has been again poured out to water
afresh t he tree of liberty.” AH the offi
ce. - and soldiersat the battle of Port Gib-
accompttoW«.r!y movement upon any point
these gallant Generals i„-y direct.
Passing through Mississippi, wrnn.»
past few days, the Doctor states that the
greatest excitement prevailed over it con
cerning the recent raids of the enemv there,
great Mouongahela' bridge, oue of the
finest structures on the road, is reported to
have been destroyed, together witli five
other small bridges in the vicinity. The
piers are. however all standing, and trestle
works will he immediately thrown over
■ them, so that the business of the road may
| he rcnevrvTW-
i The eue.niY heanm
Virginia Affair*.
j tty ami Hcteucy.—Fathers, Brothers, can ^^,jii successfully by the Yankees j pa j^ lith’we^ollal^th^foHolJ
1 in that quarter, a»d it is nothing less ffig:
vigilant, fruitful of expedients, prompt to ! ... ... . • .
, , - ii,- ’ 1 , Mississippians! while your sons am
decide and inexorably firm to execute, air f .
el tin
temperament ardent, yet cautious and dis
creet, a soul full of patriotism, of energy,
and of moral daring—all of which may be
predicted of Gov. Brown in an eminent
degree. Superadded to all this, his experi
ence of public affairs—his financiering | wive8j mothers ami sisters, of rapine
ability, atni his devotion to tho interest of - -
the people, and especially of the soldiers’
\i ml red are bravely fighting your bat
tles oil other fields, and shedding new
lustre on your name,—the burning
disgrace of succesful invasions of tbeir
homes,of insult and injury to their
and rum—with God’s help and by
yottr assistance shall never be written
while a
(1 f j families, place his claims beyond the
troops from the direction of YV heeling, arc i-»f
and everywhere the people are arming and j supposed to have left Fairmont .... - - t
to prevent similar expeditions day. Yesterday morning a rcl^cl cavalry j didate.
force from the direction of Fairmont were I a in sure that many w ijj
advancin'* on Clarksburg, outlie Parkes- '-oto for him who heretofore opposed
burg road, doubtless witli the intention of! Any attempt to run iu another coiulidate
destroying the bridges of that company | I/cgard as a forlorn hope. In^view of j
mg <tl 1 else aside to
as many companies as
organizing
of the enemy, and to revenge themselves
upon the dastardly invaders, who have
burned their towns, stolen their property,
and laid waste the country through which
they have gone ; and that the Executive,
and other authorities of that State, have
adopted the most efficient measures to pre
vent all future raids of the marauding and
dastardly foe—that Mississippi is in
teehiig. arc l >>f competition, and beyond the ran 0 ~ .
on i inns- ; defeat, r-affided he consents to he a can- his pioud hetnt such a s-.oiching d<
I gradation.
Every moment's inaction and delay
Mot- strengthens your qpemy aud weak
ens Vo,.,- brothers in^'arms. Let every
and plundering the inhabitants. ' A ! his tried virtue and executive ability,' and ] “‘•Hb^lien, 1>'»G it Ills bustuess— lay-
rebel infantry' force wa
«! n ]
also reported as ' 1J consideration of unparalleled public j . -
1 ‘ “ the Executive of our noble 1
blaze of excitement, her whole people be-j they have with them most experienced
ing now ready and anxious to get at the j guides. General Mulligan has been join-
enemy. ed by General Konlev, and is moving on
enemy
These statements, coming from so relia
ble a source, wo were gratified in hearing,
and we give them to our readers that tliej*.
too, may he encouraged with the cheering
news, from the Trans-Mississippi Depart
ment of our army, now under the command j left in the morning with their plunder.-
of •• Old I’ap” and Kiiby Smith. j Be found the structure of tho Mouongahela
| Atlanta Confederacy, j bridge entirely broken down, and in the
— — ! water, though the piers were all stand-
Thc t'oiifr»Irrj«S»' Privateer Japnn or 4 irgiii- I inn-.
moving on Clarksburg from the opposite service
direction. The whole rebel force, cavalry I State, it ^s clue Gov. Proivu that
and infantry, is said to be about 3000, and | he be’run and elected without opposit
ion.
Col, Gartrcll and others have been
mentioned— 1 all gifted and worthy men—
hut we must have Goe. Brown. We hope
all other candidates will surrender their
claims at the altar of patriotism, remem
bering that it will require a large stock of
vanity to presume either upon heating
Gov. Brown in the field or upon equalling
his past administration, even in the event
of being able to displace him from the ex
ecutive chair of Georgia.
CINCINNATI'S,
b y ...
the enemy in considerable force.
Tbe last intelligence from beyond
Grnfion, received last evening, was that
one ot the railroad agents has gone up to
Fairmont and found that tbe guerillas had
than stealing negroes from the planta- The Enquirer gives the losses of the
tious of citizens and sell them in Cu- enemy at twenty thousand. Among the
ba. This plii'lantlionic work has been killed are the following General officeis:
carried on for sometime, and has ! Br f Gem belli Williams,. Adjutant Gen-
i • ii .- j. ^ eral to Hooker, and formily Adjutant
proved immensely lucrative to the un- , vr1 r> • •>,
t . . , - . , . .. General to McGlehan: and Brig. Gens.
principle meicenaties engaged in it. | Daniel D. Sickles, Barry Roger, Howard
As a measure of retaliation in kind, ; an d Uimcy-.
every Yankee captured in ! lorida j A correspondent of the Whig says that
Mississipptan lives to feel in g ] lou |J be handed over to the suffering j our loss in killed, wounded and missing,
slave owners and to supply flic place "as 10,000, of whom about 2,000 was
of a stolen negro. A few‘such exam- I taken prisoners, and of the remainder an
des might possibly have a salutary i W 1! .v lar ?e per cert, wounded* That
• | of the enemy he estimates at 20,000, in
cluding from b.000 to 10 000 prisoners, not
counting the wounded who fell into our
hands. lie conld not hear certainly of
Among the casualties which have more than twenty-seven pieces of artiil-
reccutly taken place in the Yankee . e . l T captured; and vve lost eight pieces,
Apartment of Virginia,-command by six °f the wasnington Artillery, and two
Maj. Gen. Div. that of the death of ot 1 arkcr s battery from this cty
a man named Ilawkius who volun- J ^ker of rifles and muskets on the
, battie field taken from the prisoners is
, T p; o . the boat Alei l on the t-stimated at between thirty or forty tlious-
Nansetnonu nvei.^ h yr several years j and. A railroad man tells us it will take
past, says the Baltimore American, the Fredericksburg road two days to haul
Ilawkin has been a resident of H»mp- them to Richmond.
ton, Ya. He was killed by the first Groat, praise was awarded Gen. Stuart
fire during flic recent engagement. Ijr , tke masterly manner in which lie
Captain George ILSlicgr, son "of the i Il * n . dled Jack ?°‘?’ s yorpsafter the fall of
possibly have
effect.—Ituhmoiid E-a/uh i >
4- Traitor’s Be cm.
ia—SJrr AiinimcBl, .Vr.
[Plymouth (April 12) correspondence ol tho Lon
don Shipping Gazette J
The screw steamer Alar, Back, that put in here
ye-.terday, brought decisive aud important infor
mation in reference to the large iron steamship
that left Greenock on April 24, under the name of
Japan, and was said to be proceeding on a voyage
to the China seas Runror then attnhuied her pro
claimed voyage to he only a blind, and her real in
tention to tty the Confederate flag. The Alar’s
news confirms this rumor.
The Japan is an iron built ship, laid down to
very fine lines for speed, about six hundred tons,
aud having engines of from about two hundred to
two hundred and fifty horse power. She has ali the
fitments fur carrying heavy guns, shot, and she!!,
and left Greenock with over one hundred men.who
were all shipped at very high wage*, and in perfect
cognizance of the real intention of tbeir voyage.at
the shipping master’s office in Greenock. They
were shipped for two years for a voyage to Shung-
hae, Hong Kong,and any intermediate ports.
After they had proceeded to sea. another set of
articles were produced by the captain, iu which it j presence
was stipulated that they should fiy the Confederate
ti ig, and assist in capturing and desti-oying*ali
Federal vessels with whom they might fall iu.
Thirteen only of the crew e xcepted to signing the
new article, and their alleged reason was that they
thought they were to have higher \vag03. This
was considered on board to be au excuse, as it was
From Grafton, where General Mulligan
has Iris headquarters, intelligence was re
ceived that the rebel force, which had
spent the day on Thursday at Fairmont,
were approaching Bridgeport, on * the
Parkersburg road which is. sixteen miles
from Grafton.
Despatches from Wheeling, received
last evening, represented great excitement ;
there. It was reported that a rebel force !
often thousand men were at Mannington,
about sixty miles this side of Wheeling,
aud moving on that city. They were
calling on I'itlsbnrg aud Ohio for aid, and
making themselves vc-iy miserable, it was
thought, without any cause. At Grafton
there was confidence felt that no rebels
were beyond Fairmont, and those that had
been there were moving as lapidiv as
possible from the line of the road. Their
DiUTBOF STONEAVAI.L JACKSON.
The intelligence of the death of“.Stone-
wall” Jackso.v will cast a shadow of
gloom over the whole land. It is to the
Confederacy the greatest loss we have
yet sustained. He was the great hero oi
the war! May Heaven raise up another
great leader for us.
This melancholy event occurred on the
10th instant, at Guinea’s Station, and re
sulted from his wounds and an attack of
pneumonia.
The following are the orders i
the occasion by Gen. Lee ;
Headquarters Army Northern Va*, >
il/ay 11, 1SG3. )
General Orders No. GI.
With deep grief the Commanding Gen-
organ-
=»u be
raised in each county, and report tin
mediately to tliis office for orders. By
this course you will enable our army
in it short time to repel the invadei—
secure the safety of your homes aud
shod imperishable honor * on your
cause.—Regular volunteer companies
will be received into the service oftlie
State for any term, front three to
twelve mouths—ammunition will be
furnished them and arms as far as
practicable.
You will not be without assistance
until this reaches you. Let no man
forego the proud distinction T»f being
one of his country’s defenders, or here- ,. , • . , ,
... ,, *,. r ^ i ^ c tton, which nearly reached the sum
after wear the disgraceful badge ot
the dastardly cowaVd who refused to
defend his home and his country.
Rev. Dr. Silver, of the revenue cutter
Jonx J. Pettus,
Governor of Mississppi.
Van Dorn's Death.—The Richmond
Sentinel says: —
Bridgeport was certainly j eral announces to the army the death of
known, and Genera! Kculv was iu pursuit
of them.
The Rebels first entered Morgantown,
Virginia, at 2 o’clock on Monday, and
were met by the Mayor with a flag of truce
who surrendered the place. The rebels
well known among tham what were the wages of
fered. The captain, however, staled that he had remained lour uoiirs. aim
no wish to take any man with him against his will, Ryan’s farm, six nines south, where they
and lauded these hands here by the Alar. ! encamped. Persons who saw the enemy’s
from Grceuock the Japan proceeded to a creek | . i i i
on the coast of France, east cf the Channel Is encampment say there were one hundred
lands. The Alar, that has been for several rears * hres aud twenty men around CUCi), making
a regular trader between Newhaveti and St. Malo
and tho Channel Islands, took on board at New ha
ven nearly one hundred tons of goods, in cases,and
cleared lor St. Malo. These goods consisted of
twelve Whitworth guns, ten 4') pounders and two
iU-poundrrs, with a large quantity ot powder, shot
and shell, and sotno provisions. She proceeded to
the coast of France, and was there joiuet by tie-
Japan and a French ]>ilnt The two vessels ran in
and anchored in the creek, where the transhipment
of the goods between the two vessels took place
during two nights, T he Japan then left, and af
rerwards the Alar, the latter vessel being watched
off the coast by a French higatc. The Alar lay
two days iu the channel befoie she made for this
port.
In addition to the thirteen dissati-fi -d seamen,
she also lauded two of the Japan’s stokers, who
were severely scalded by the burning of one of her
condensers. The Japan is now sailing under an
other name, said to be the Virginia The customs
authorities litre inquired into the circumstances of
the Alar’s voyage; but, not deeming themselves
justified in detaining her, she was yesterday after
noon allowed to proceed, and she left for the east
ward. The meu report that on board the Japan
everything is done to make tbeciew comfortable
Provisions of a high class aud every accommoda
tion are freely supplied.
The crew arc ail picked men. and in addition to
oeing good seamen, the majority o; thorn are old
hands at the gun drill. The names of the officers
are unknown, tbeir present cognomens being con
sidcred mere pseudonyms.
The arrest and trial of Vallandigham brings up
the issue squarely between tho Abolitiousts and
Democrats at the North. If the latter have any
pluck, any spirit of resistance to tyranny and usur
pation, they will now show it. They can dodsre
the question of resistance no longer without dis
grace and dishonor. We predict they will cave in
and cowardly yield their necks to the oppressor.
[ Republican.
\ cry like. But. what has become of that^great,
powerful aud patriotic Bell and Everett party—the
embodiment of the conservatism of the North—the
especial upholders and defenders of “ the Union,
the Constitution aud tho Laws,” whom the people
• if the South were called on to aid in elevating to
power, and who were to put down both the South
cm fireeaters and the Northern abolitionists ?
Have they raised an arm or a voice in defence of
the Constitution and the laws, or against the usur
pations of the abolition despotism which now rules
supreme in the North ? Vallandigham is one
N'urihero Democrat, at least, who has piovcd true
to principle. Had the esperial guardians of “the
Union, the Constitution and the Laws” beeu as ).,p'
fathful as he has been, there wouid now bo no
necesity far physical‘’resistance to tyranny and
usurpation.” Is there no issue between the aboli
tonist and the Constitutional Union Bell and
Everett men of the North? It so can they “dodge
i he question of resistance longer, without disgrace
and disketjor?”—JVtie*.
two thousand men, all cavalry, no artillery
or infantry. On Monday evening they
returned to Morgantown and shot Lieut.
Genning, of the 1st Virginia loyal regi
ment, who was visiting his home on a
furlough. They also stole fifty horses and
all tho available property. No women
or children were molested. The rebels
were under the command of the guerilla,
Jenkins. At 10 o’clock, Thursday even
ing, they moved to Bloomfield, nine miles
south of Morgantown, and encamped.—
Various foraging and stealing parties were
sent out ; among others, one to Kingwood,
Preston county, Ya. Hundreds of horses
were stolen*. On tlmrsday night the rebels
attempted to cross Cheat Liver, but were
nnabled to do so, owing to the high water,
and to the fact that all the boats were on
tbe Union side cf the liver.
Taxable Projiniy in tlcor^is*.
At this time, when taxes have to be
imposed more heavily than usual, there is
a general-desire to know the resources of
the State by which any given amount can
be raised as the emergency may demand
for public use. In this connection we
have arranged the following table of the
taxable property in Georgia for 1 So2. as
shojvn by the Comptroller's report :
Value of Slaves $230,502,040.
Land 150.240,023.
Money and Solvent Debts, 108,432,823.
Property not enumerated.
Town Propelty^.
Merchandise
Stocks, Mauufactuiies &e.,
Household ir'urniturc over
S300
4 1,320,002.
3 4.010.410.
6,2 10,320
4,805,407.
General T. J. Jackson. He expired'on
the 10th, at 3-1-2 P. M. The daring
skill and energy of this great ancl good
soldier, by decree of an all-wise Provi
dence. is now lost to us ; but while we
mourn his death, vgi feci that his spirit
still lives and will inspire the whole army
with his indomitable courage. With un
shaken confidence in God, our hope and
strength, let his name he a watchword to
his corps, who have followed him to vie
tory on many fields. Let officers and
soldiers emulate his invincible determina
tion to do everything for the defence of
our beloved country.
(Signed) R. E. LEE, General.
I’uaci-iil Uonorno Gon. Jnchsou. .
Richmond, May 12.—The grand pro
cession this forenooiT, in honor of the re
mains of the lamented patriot and hero,
Geu. Thomas J. Jackson, was one of the
that renowned leader. The retaking^
... , , ... . Marye’s Hill by Early was considered
1 fillip Allen, uiiu a most-c.iicicnt ’j iric ‘ one of the most brilliant achievements of
popular officer, interested himself hi tberwar. It was an affair of infantry, and
the interest ot the widow and orohuns called ont the first display of courage and
of the deceased, and took up a collec- j dash of the troops engaged in it.
During tbe whole series of battles there
£3000. i lvasn0 h il< l conduct—no shirking, no halt-
. j ing no straggling. It was brave, manful,
and thorough throughout and by all.
Gresham K,ifies. The able and intrepid young Brigadier
A private letter from Lieut. T. D. Robert E. Rodes, of Alabama, has been
Kinder of the Gresham Rifles, gives the j promoted to Major General for gallantry
followin'* casualties* and good conduct in the battle of Clian-
Capt, °Wni. II.” Shaw .wa3 shot ! ceUGx^ville. and in recognition of his uni-
i .i i i , , ... i , tjrm skill and courage on every field,
through the head, about 10 varus ,.t T ,, xi .
" ’ • “Hermes of tbe Mercury, says that
enty-five thousand is the
_ I of the enemy. Of prison-
ness lie had ruined. It is said not to have shot through the heart. Redding Pot- ers we have bet ween 3,000 and 0,000 well,
been his first similar offeuse. His fate ter was lnotally wounded. Lewis and 1,500 wounded. A correspondent
will excite no sympathy, while a cause. Wall had his leg broken- John Robert “says we will get from 30,000 to 50,000
such as ours will sustain no loss. slightly wounded in the face. Noah sfand of ^ arms > an<1 an incredible snpply of
Sander]in was slightly wounded in the H“ lk . et8 ’ , overcoats ’ kua P sacks> etc :~
, • i j' i i i i ii Number of captured cannon uncertain;
‘ in. Several tp the boys had bails; x.,-. \
t J . i some say titty-three, but that is doubtful.
^ . , i ° ■ j'V llt y i< ? nS Reported that Lee is crossing after Hook-
was not in thehglu. Lieut. Col. Gnce i er> p u t n0 olle credits it. Stonemau’ scav-
- T . ... .. ... - ,, in command/ I had Shaw and Pate airy lias, probably, escaped,
i ,i^ uni 0 ,ii ) ,16*3 o ^_i e _ 1 buried. Thfi/fight lasted till day, and A Yankee picket shouted across the
we killed ntanv of the Yankees. Our river yesterday, “We are going to have a
command alone was 5,000 loss wasg^ter than at the battle of 0 /‘, r , P ict «f in 'if red ’
.Vanassas. The .woods took lire, and i L< ?.? . -Iremont, was the reply.-
. I he telsgraph brings tbe news of \ an r f, , , , , * T i rleunes
T, , i ?i tt v j • j , j lrom the laukee breastworhs. John , t...
issued on Dorn’s death. He died, it is understood, , ‘twenty to t.v
the victim of a man whose conjugal bappi- ^ "OS killed light at the. works, estimated loss
Tullalioma, May 12.—Scouts from the
front to-day report the removal of the * through their dothin
enemy’s heavy baggage and tents to the
rear.
T1
contains a telegram from the late Virginia
battle. The loss of the Federal*
Sedgwick’
men.
a great mauy of the wounded and dead ™ k* 6 " 7 rf “V
° ...... son will whip him with his left hand,
Am editorial says that Hooker, havin 0 _ n . . . — g
changed his base, tells the story that lie is ; Yankees were literally burnt to a crisp. , aUll0ugh he ha8 lo?t it . Hooker is various
defeated. Our first reports were base and ; i have 1D men with me.—Tompluns \ y reported dead, wounded and hurt by a
fa so fabrications. I fie picture is fright- 1 js witL uie . Munch went to the hos- brick at Chancellorsville-perhaps iu the
tul, and adds to the chronology of our san- ! pita j gicki s0011 after the battle. T. .hat.
• D. K. [Co-// derate. The Dispatch says that in addition to
j the 2,000 prisoners that came on Saturday,
i . ... 1,200 made their appearance yesterday
( nplnirtt Arms—Goiimp oi Vnnkrr l’ruon- I . . . y x
gumary defeats in the East.
Reports of the rebel loss say it was ten
to fifteen thousand. BUTLER.
FROM CHARLESTON.
Charleston, May 12.—The enemy is
showing unusual activity. They have-
in charge of Capt.
’44tli Geo., who rope
built large and formidable batteries on mail agent, we heard
Folly Island, bearing upon tho southern tails.
Several 1 At Hamilton’s Crossiu;
J. W. Beck, co K,
i i .e .1 _ »_ * . ,• -i aaiu ueu., wnu reports 3,500 more on tho
lhe last ot the trams lust mentioned , % , , . , .
J way here, some ot whom liave arrived at
Ashland. Conversations had with all
ranks and grades of the captives reveal
came frem Hamilton’s Crossing. In
cor.veisjition with Captain Blakey, the
interesting dc-
Sea- j muskets piled on either side of tho- road
arc hopeful, some despi nding ; but you
do not meet one who is not anxious to go
home and f stay there, if permitted in order
most solemn and imposing funeral pageants 11 tl< ’ ljuail, l» upon tho souther
ever witnessed in Richmond. * The streets | ^ 5ioms Island. Severs
were thronged with ladies and gentlemen ! regiments aie also fortifying Sea
along tho entire line of march. The pro- uio>>-*v s Ih.aml.
L’ ive irou clads and numerous transport ... .
are still in North Edisto, Seventy tr»ns-i fields by tho Yankees, anti many thousand , . c , c ! m f U . 1 a ‘
ports remain at Tort Royal. | more there are which have not yet been i enexcjoua w
The steamer Britannia, with merchan-j collected. iirs.w en r
• the usual state of affairs—some of them
cession left the Governor’s Mansion at
half past ten o’clock, and marched to the
solemn music of the military bands down
Governor’s street to Main street, lip Main
tp Second, thence to Grace, down Grace
to the Capitol,'where the body was de
posited in the'Hall of Congress in charge
of a guard of honor. T he President and
Cabinet. Governor of the State, and other
distinguished civil and military officers,
wcic in the procession. The military
escort consisted of infantry, artillery aud
cavalry. The body will lie iu slate in
the Capitol until to-merrow, when it will
be removed to Lexington for interment.
General Longstreet —Considerable in
terest has been manifested to know wheth
er Gen. Longstreet participated in the
I-ite glorious victory at Chanceilorsvillc.—
thaH have, ever been seen togetuer since , . « -j ..
- ill , . !.. ,,,, , ° , , to get out of tho-war. bai a anolnccr:—
L iv e non clads and numerous transports | tho war. I hey were left on tbe battle- , b T ^ , e
I come for a frolic, but I nna no tun.—
ill never be conquered.”
brought to Guineas’s depot
,,,, i r . , the prisoners indulged the idea that they
I he number of cannon captured by our ft bo rescucd Stoneman, but when
army ,s not yet known, but it ,s said to be | jt w fouuil out dciiuitely that Hooker
oyerhft.y. It is douhHju whether U , ]lad recrosscd tbc i> app 4aunock their
pieces taken from be V aslungton Artil- j, of rc , casc ccaged .‘
lery were recaptured. It is most piobable i \ ,, • • j . r/,,;...c
he enemy hurried them to the rear, that | wq afc |nfoi ft ed the arm su{!ers brought
they might hereafter be paraded as tro* • their .. grcenbacka » with avidity, giv
phun; and boasted over. * | j * tLcm tl T ree do] | ars Confederate money
I he Yankee prisoners admit that they | f( « do ;, aria u>ited States . Many of
were awfully beaten bu say that it was , the Yankecg wero heard to remark that
owing o the fact, which they never cease j thi did not , ook much like as if we ex*
to proclaim that they have no Generals.- d(ole ultimate , success ful in our
1 hat they believe their troops arc as good ; £ for independ cncc, else we would
as ours, but that we beat them by tiie su- j - - r - -
per
disc, has arrived through the blockade.
She started from Nassau on Thursday, in
company with the steamer Norseuau,
which has not yet been heard from.
The steamer Pet, from Wilmington,
bad arrived at Nassau.
Tiie steamer Calipso.n, Banshe and
Antonio were also there, about to sail.
HEORDAN.
Promotions in tho 20th Ga.
“G. T. S.” the army correspondent
ol Columbus Enquirer, stales that W.
y. Ballard, of Macon Georgia, the
former Adjutant of the :20th Georgia
2,327,307.
Total §578,485,532.
Tbe Governor is authorized by law,
with the assistance of tlie Comptroller,
to assess such a rate on the returns for
JJ862 as will raise $1,500,030 lor the State
Treasury in 1863, which rate lias not yet
been declared. At one fourth of one per
cent, or 25 cents on tlie $100, tbe revenue
will be S1.44G. 213 ; so that it will become
necessary to exceed this rale but very lit
tle, to answer the purpose.—Recorder,
i no anil mu* yiuurv in wuuiicuiiui sviliu.— r> • , , , L-t.ri
A chaplain from the portion of Longstrc-et’s ri becn P lomot ^
■ ‘postot yniel Commissary of Subsis-'
ranee of Benuing’s Brigade, vice Maj.
R. J. Moses, promoted to the Corps
Commissary of Subsistence.
The same correspondent says that
Col. Jno. B. Cumming of the 20th,
has tendered his resignation’solely on
account of physical disability. [Col.
C. has returned home.] In case of the
acceptance of said resignation, Lieut.
Col. John A. Jones will, in due course
of promotion, be Colonel, Maj. J. D.
Waddell Lieut. Colonel, aud Capt.
E. M. Seago, of Atlanta, Major.—{Con
federate.
corps which has been operating around
Suffolk, informs us that he left Gen. Long
street at Weldon on Monday. He there
fore could not have’been in tho battles on
Saturday and Suuday. The impression
that he was iu the fight arose from allu
sion to a portion of his corps —the division
of Generals McLaws and Anderson, which
were sent to Suffolk, and bore a conspicu
ous part in the late action.—Constitution
alist. a
Tho Richmond correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury says that the Virginia
salt works can now turn out two millions
five hundred thousand bushels annually.
ot
than that they
doubtless, the origin of the story that lie
had been wounded and had his leg taken
off.
One of the Yankee officers brought to
this city p>ld a gentleman who was in con
versation with him, that Burnside was not
beaten at Fredericksburg, lie was repulsed,
but that Hooker.had gotten “perhaps the
d —est drubbing that ever a General
had.”
All of our troops are jubilant over wliat
they consider as fceyoud all comparison
the greatest victory of the war. They
say the victory of the 13th December was
not a circumstance to it.
The Valley.—The latest advices we
have from the Valley represent that t e
enemy had advanced his force ns high up
as Haukinsville, nine miles below j
Market, in Shenandoah county. "
regiments of infantry, one of cavalry, ap
a battery of artillery camped at that pom
on the night of the Clh. Our forces
the Valley had fallen back to Harrison
burg. Another report states Hia
Yankees have occupied HarrisoDbug.
but we think this doubtful. I IS J
llth.