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Virg Jim.
The light in Culpepper County.
TUe reports of the Into light in CulpGp-
county, brought down by passen-
per
on the Central train yesterday
keep them loaded, and to graze their
horses only by tiie halter.
That the attack was unexpected is
true, but nothing more. The pickets
resisted the advancing enemy gallantly,
evening, are hardly more satisfactory but of course could not long withstand
than those which had previously reach-I their heavy columns. The brigade
ed us. That our forces were, surprised j met the enemy near their camping
there seems no longer any reason to
doubt, and that they fought gallantly
ground, about three miles below Bran
dy, held them in check till they tried
after they recovered from the confusion to turn our Hank, charged them then,
into which they were at first thrown is though protected by woods, through
also certain. It is equally certain that
ihe battle terminated with the repulse
of tiie enemy and the advantage on our
side, the enemy’s loss in killed and
wounded, and in the number of prison
ers captured, being considerably great
er than that sustained by our forces.
The greater portion of our wounded
have been sent back to Gordonsville,
where about 125 had been received up
to J2 o’clock yesterday. The whole
number of wounded in the engage
ment, it is believed, will amount to
from loll to 200. The number of kill
ed it is thought will not exceed -10.
The number of officers slain is greatly
out ot proportion to the number of
men, which is accounted for by their
exposing themselves in etlbrts to rally
their commands after the first onset oi
the enemy. Our whole loss, including
prisoners, is put down at between 000
and 400. A passenger who came down
on the train says that we had live Col
onels killed, but could not recollect
any names in addition to those given
by us yesterday morning. Among the
wounded was Col. A. W. Harman, ol
the 12th Virginia cavalry, who was
shot in the neck. The lOtli Virginia
cavalry, Col. J. Lucius Davis, bore a
prominent part in tlie fight, and suffer
ed pretty heavily, as did also the 2d
North Carolina, Col. Williams.
One of the enemy’s officers, who
came over with a ling of true on
Wednesday, says that their loss in of
ficers amounted to twenty-live.
an open field, twice recoiled before the j
murderous fire they met, but the third
time routed them, nor did they advance
by the route again. Our portion of
the brigade went to the rear when it
was attacked, captured a Yankee bat
tery rear Gen. Stuart’s headquarters,
and were in the final charge on Brandy
Station.
i know nothing of what occurred on
our light; but on our left the trains
were all saved, the wounded brought
oti; and the horses and men captured
far exceeded what we lost. This could
not have occurred, had we been sur
prised and cut through. We had also
the great satisfaction of knowing that
their killed and wounded far outnum
bered ours.
Tim following account is from the
Whig:
The enemy’s cavalry were com
mantled by Stoneman, and were the
same who made the famous raid above
Richmond previous to the battles on
the Rappahannock. From a partici
pant in the tight, who came down last
evenintr, we learn that tin* cnemv sent
THE BATTLE AT CLINTON.
Wo have been kindly permitted, says
the Mississippiau, to make the following
extracts from a letter from Clinton, La.,
which will be found iuteres'ing to our
readers, it being the first account of the
defeat of Grierson at that point :
Clinton, La., June S, ISO.'!.
We are completely cut off here from all
communication or intelligence from your
section, and have heard nothing of the.
condition of affairs with you and at Vicks
burg for the last fifteen or twenty days;
still, with Gen. Johnston up there we
have an abiding confidence that all will
come cut right.
We have been cut off from all communi
cation with Port Hudson for more than ten
days. Banks has completely surrounded
the place and is investing it closely, and
incessant shelling from the river and land
has been kept up almost continually, until
i within three, or four days past. The ene-
j my has made one effort that wo know of
| to assault our work
| with terrible slaughter ; they charged
| the works by putting a negro regiment in
I front, anti giving them whisky, and out of
j 000 composing it only 250 escaped ; and
j the slaughter among their white negroes
She Peace £oav-:htion in Slew Work.
The New York Times, of the 4th,
brings us a full account of the Peace
Convention held in that city the day
before. Of the Convention, the Times
says editorially :
“it was a large gathering—one of
the largest recently held in the city,
and its proceedings were marked by
energy, directness and a fair degree ol
enthusiasm. In one important partic-
ular it surpassed all similar meetings
hitherto held—we mean in its open,
straightforward,avowed sympathy with
the principles and the cause of the .se
cessionists.
“ From tl.e address and resolutions,
as well as from the speech of Mr. Y\ ood,
it will be seen that this convention
takes the extremest ground of State
rights—asserting that allegiance is due
to the Stale Governments, and not to
the National Government; that the
Government has no right to defend its
existence against rebellion by force of
arms ; timt the war is utterly unconsti
tutional, not because it is a war against
slavery, nor because of any fault in the
manner in which it lias been conduct
ed, but because the National Govern
ment lias no-light to wage war, either
offensive or defensive, against the will
and action of any State, and that, on
this account, and without regard to
consequences, the war ought instantly
to be stopped. The convention goes
still further than this in its sympathy
with the rebellion. Jt denounces our
armies, our Generals, our Government,
in contrast with those of the rebels—
declares that we are already defeated
and conquered, and insists on the poli
cy and duly of immediate surrender.
“ The peace Democrats have drawn
the only clear, distinct line of division
upon the war. which can be maintained.
“To this complexion, beyond all
doubt, it must come at last. ISooneror
later we shall have but two parties—
one, oi those who are for the warns
the only means of preserving the na
tion’s life—and the other’, of those who
are for peace whether the nation lives
or dies. The Peace Convention de
clares for the latter. It is not for pre-
ami was repulsed ! serving the Union if it. must he done by
war. it hopes we may still have a
Union, but ir. insists that we shall not
have war. The sooner the people ac-
in n flag .of truce after the battle, and 1 was equally disastrous. The ground on
of i wentv-five I ,lu ’ u ' hnc ot »«ch IS literally 1
ackuowieugcu a fo.-’
Colonels. They captured three pieces
of artillery, but we retaliated by taking
three of theirs. It is stated that our
total loss, in killed, wounded and pris
oners, does not exceed 300, while the
enemy lost more than that in prison
ers alone. In fact, since they were
the defeated party, it is safe to conjec-
! with their dead ; mu' men mounted their
breastworks and charged them outside.—
From the accounts of deserters and prison
ers their loss is supposed to be from 7,000
to 10,000 killed and wounded. Since
that time they seem to have concluded to
invest the place with the object of starv
ing out our army, occasionally shelling it
from the river and land. We have not
ture that their punishment was pretty j : ieard a w t ord the : i . nside of 1 °" r in ’
1 , 1 A trenchments and do not know what our
severe. Eleven more cavalrymen and
one negro were brought down by the
Central train yesterday. The negro,
who was dressed in uniform, with top
boots, was formerly attached to the
Jeff. Davis Artillery, a Confederate
corns. We understand that the 302
prisoners brought down on Wednesday
represent eighteen different regiments.
Col. John t". Greene, ot Culpepper,
who was reported killed, was, wo are
gratified to learn, uninjured.
Tiie (Sentinel says :
We have at length a connected idea
of the desperate affair which occurred
in Culpepper on Tuesday last, and a
satisfactory return of the results. It
seems that the enemy, after crossing
the river ; t Brandy Station, cut oil'our
pickets by surprise, and dashed into
one of our advanced camps before their
advance could be guarded against.
casualties are or the condition of our men ;
but I presume, from all 1 can learn, we
have provisions enough to last six weeks.
It is reported that General Gardner refused
to permit them to bury their dead, so as to
exclude them from any knowledge of our
position, and that he lias stated he will
hold the place if the men have to subsist
on mule meat.
A report from the river heloiv arrived
1 ere yesterday evening that the Essex
ami two oilier boats that made a river
assault on the Foit ibe day before, were
very severely handled and almost utterly
disabled. We heard the guns here very
distinctly during the day—and since that
time not a gun has been beared
1 suppose Banks’ force is about 12.000.
I don’t think it would reach over 15,000.
And since he has failed to reduce Port
Hudson after ten days’ incessant shelling
from his laud and river batteries, he has
concluded to turn his attention to the sur
rounding country, and send out his marad-
and plundering expeditions. ^ome
ccpt this
(1 distinct issue, the
sooner will the war be ended.
We give an
and resolution!:
ibstract of the
adopted :
Address of the Convention.
In lSdl the Democratic party, under
the impulse of the enthusiasm which
prevailed, yielded to the insanity ofthe
moment and its leaders, though the
forms of the organization were preserv
ed, repudiated the fundamental truths
of the party. But the time lias now
come when the party should be brought
back to its time honored principles.
Foremost among those principles is
that of the sovereignty of the States.
I This is the corner stone of the party,
[and upon it rests the whole fabric.
We have been beaten—We cannot con- j She Gubernatorial Candidate.
quer the South. !. The Early County News in remark-
! mg upon Gov. Browu consenting to
Besides all this, God did not intend t serve again remarks these:
that we should succeed in this war. I Gov. Brown has signified his will-
Had he intended it he would not have j bigness (if elected) to serve another
placed in command a Lincoln, with * ''' '’~ 1 ‘
such coadjutors as a Butler or a Burn
side. We will not compare these men
to a Davis, or a Lee, or a Stouewall
Jackson. It is not necessary. Mind,
character and capacity will always
evince, declare and maintain its superi
ority. The hand of God is uplifted
against us. His illimitable power over
turns all our designs and subverts all
our plans.
Theaddress then proceeds to speak of
the address recently issued by the Dem
ocratic members of the Legislature,
which declared in Favor of conducting
the war according to the Constitution.
How does the Constitution provide for
the conduct of a war against itself and
the Union t The war being unconsti
tutional, it cannot be prosecuted con
stitutionally. It is an unconstitution
al war. The Declaration of Indepen
dence says, that “ Governments derive
their just powers from the consent of
the governed.” To favor the war now,
after the rebellion has assumed the pro
portions of revolution, is to deny this
principle, as well as to deny the right
of revolution.
The address doses by asserting that
all hope of restoring the Union need
not be abandoned, but that the war
must end, if their liberties are to be j
preserved.
term in the responsible position which
he has filled for nearly six years with
such marked ability. We are sincerely
gratified that lie has so decided. 1 lie
State could not well afford to lose the
experience which he has obtained in
the six eventful years of bis adminis
tration. It is asking too much that the
j ship of state shall be trusted to inex-
: perienced hands during the fearful storm
; which is raging around. Let him be
kept at the helm who has shown him-
j self ro be possessed of the strong nerve
! the penetrating eve anu the clear head
| ol the skillful marine. We trust that
there may be no other candidate, and
•so all may be free to vote for the sin
cere patriot, the dignified gentleman
and devoted Christian. To those who
have personal friends, who are “able
and skillful” but untried, we would
say, wait till the storm subsides, and
when the murky clouds «o longer
lower and the water are no longer
lashed to fury bv the howling tem
pest, then your favorites can have a
chance to try their hands.
Resolutions.
Resolved, That the sovereignty- of
the States and the sovereignty of the
people as laid down in the Virginia
and Kentucky resolutions, of which
Jefferson and Madison were the authors
are the fundamental principles of the
Democratic party; that they arc the
vital essence of the Constitution, per
vading every line and provision of that
instrument, and to deny them would
reduce our political federative system
to anarchy or despotism.
Resolved, That, under the Consti
tution, there is no power in the Fed
eral Government to coerce the .S'lates,
or any number of them by military
force. If power ofcoercion exist at all,
it is a legal power, and not military.
That the Democratic party, if true to
its own time honored principles, can
not sustain a war against sovereign
States; that we believe it to bo the du
ly of the party to proclaim these .sen
timents boldly, that Hie people may
feel that there is at least one political
organization which will deal honsety,
independently and truthfully with
them.
Resolved, That the war in its incep
tion and further continuance, being
contrary to the Constitution, must
necessarily fast consume all the ele
ments of Union, and hence that our
duty as citizens, our obligation as men
and our relations to our common
The address enters at length into the 1 Father alikedemandtbat an end should
| history of tl e Constitution, and into I be piit to what is repugnant to
derailed debates of the period, for j law abhorrent to the humanity
le purpose of proving lh.it the United
j .States are not a nation, but a federa
tion ol distinct and sovereign States;
and from this the inference is drawn
that loyalty is due to the United States
only so far as the National Government
acts within the scope of its delegated
powers, and no further, and that in all
other respects, loyalty is due to the re-
the
and
era,
civilization of this enlightened
and inconsistent with the benignant
spirit of morality and religion.
Resolved, That the claim of dictato
rial and unlimited power under the
pretect of military necessity, and the
trial of citizens not in the land or naval
forces or in the militia in actual ser
vice, by Courts martial, are monstrous
spective States. Treason follows, and I in theory and execrable in practice.
Our men lied, of course, being totally f° ur days ago (the 4th instant) the inliabi
unprepared for the assault ; but wc-re ! ,;U1,S r l 'this town were thrown into a eon-
rallied during the morning, and a gen- s,dcraUe panic by the announcement that
j some 2,000 oi the enemy had reached
oral assault was made by Stuart which
resulted in the defeat and retreat of the
enemy. The latter engaged some ten
thou sand strong in tiie demonstration
and attack. M e lost some stores,camp
equipage, and about 350 in killed
wounded and missing. The enemy's
loss in killed and wounded is not cor
rectly known, but must have reached
two and three hundred, while his loss
in prisoners certainly numbered three
hundred and eighty including fourteen
commissioned officers, all of whom
have arrived in Rid mond. Some
twelve or fifteen of his wounded fell in
our hand. The severest lighting was
near Brandy Station, towards the close
of the engagement, being a desperate,
band to hand light of cavalry. Al
though the day was finally won by our
troops, the 4»en feel sore that they
within half a mile of town at Brett v Creek
Bridge, before any one knew it, although
Col. Logan’s Arkansas regiment of mount
ed infantry and some five hundred cavalry,
were stationed six hundred yards from the
town. It was a complete surprise ; yet,
by extraordinary activity our forces were
found and advanced to meet them with !
great spirit and zeal.
The Battle occurred at Pretty Creek J mour, that ‘ successful
bridge, and along the hanks, and continued
on in those small licids of cleared and
woodland beyond, until they were driven
hack across the Comite, and completely
routed. A part of their fotco was en
gaged in Mrs. Hamlin’s cornfield, and were
made to scamper rapidly. Not more than
four hundred of our men were engaged in
the action, two or three hundred of the
cavalry having skedaddled before the bat
lie commenced, and the enemy numbered
1,600 or 2,000, who have volunteered for
the express expedition, fiom different com-
should have been surprised in the be- I panics of their regiments, and led by Grier
. . .. 1- 1 f
ginning, and are anxious to retaliate ;u
kind, at almost any hazard, in order
that they may obliterate this unpleas
ant souveneir of uumilitary discipline.
Accounts ofthe battle from various
nourcespresentan army of brilliant pic
tures, which may well adorn the his
tory of the war. The spirit of our
gallant soldiers, lighting though they
were at a disadvantage, was brought
out in its noblest light. Hand to hand
they fought, with sabre and musket,
and drove back the assailants on every
part of the field. In one instance the
enemy charged a battery, and our gun
ners met them with their rammers, un
horsed the first who dashed forward,
and aided effectually in beating back
the rest. With such incidents the fight
was foil.
The reported wounding and killing
of Colonel John Shack Green and Col
onel Barries is incorrect, neither having
been injured. Nor is either Colonel
Payne or Colonel Wickham captured.
A correspondent ofthe Sentinel says:
It lias been said that Jones’ Brigade,
which held the left of our line of fight,
were cut; through while in the act of
forming, with their arms unloaded.
Tliis is a great mistake. Jone’s brig
ade never camps close to an enemy,
without loaded weapons, and an order
was published to it, within a halfhour
after reaching camp near the river, to
S'tii. Our loss was three killed and four
teen wounded, and it is little doubted,
from the fuels ascertained, that the Yan
kee loss in killed and wounded could not
he short of eighty. VV'e have some forty
or fifty prisoners oil hand ; several taken,
however, pievious to the battle. We had
only two pieces of small artillery, and they
indifferently handled, one of which burst-
ed the second fire, fortunately injuring no
one. The Arkansian deserve great credit;
they came right down to their work with a
vim, and when they set up their war-
whoop and rushed in double quick on the
Yankees, led by Col. Cooper they flew
like buffaloes in a stampede. The enemy
had three pieces of artillery along, and
commenced shelling the town as soon as
the battle commenced, hut luckily all their
shells went entirely over it, and fell, with
few exceptions, in the old fields beyond to
wards the east.
Boer little Coleman was killed. No
other accident occurred, although the
balls fell prety thick all through town.
Almost everybody has left town,
fearing the Yankees will return with a
large force and lay great havoc. Oh, for
a i" orrest here with liis cavalry ; the whole
country he cleaned out and Baton Rouge
evacuated or captured in ten da)s. There
is no difficulty in the world in doim-
this. °
We feel, ns if we were out ofthe world
here; we can bear from nowhere—neither
from Jackson or Vicksburg—from the
Last or the West ; nothing from Virginia,
nothing from Tennessee, nothing from
jankeedom, nothing from anywhere.—
l he last paper we have here was of the
lfftli of May,
is dependent, on allegiance. YV1 tore
there is no allegiance there can be no
treason. Hence, treason against the
National Government consists in overt
acts against the exercise of its delega
ted powers of sovereignty, and treason
against a State is Wan ing against it in
the exercise jt its unde legated rights
and powers. Another inference from
ibis position is. that the National Gov
ernment has no light to coerce the
Slates, by the use of military force,into
obedience to I lie Constitution ; and the
doctrine once asserted by Gov. Soy-
coercion is as
much revolution as successful seces
sion,” is fully endorsed. But even if
this were not so, the Democratic party
could not sustain this war, because its
object has been changed. It is not to
sustain or to restore the Federal Union,
but to destroy and uproot the domestic
institution of States, to destroy private
property, and to subvert the form and
theory ofthe Federal Government it
self To support the war is to support
the policies ot the war. This proposi
tion is too plain to be disputed; from
it there is no escape. To support the
war is to support confiscation—not by
the Courts under the Constitution, but
by acts of Congress contrary to the
Constitution ; emancipation and arbi
trary arrests,not by any lawful author
ity, but by the monstrous and frightful
usurpations of the President; subjuga
tion, not to bring the South back into
the Union, but to reduce it to the con
dition of Territories,and convert it into
one vast San Domingo. These are the
policies ofthe war, and if the warshall
be successful, these policies will be ac
complished. The professed Democrat,
therefore, who is deliberately for the
war, is not a Democrat in fact, but an
Abolitionist of the most radical,violent
and destructive kind.
This war is the Curse of the Age in
which we live.
The great body of the people are
tired ofthe war, and demand peace on
the basis of existing facts, and politi
cians cannot change their views in this
respect. If the men, who now occu
py the position of leaders, do not see
and recognize this fact, they will be
forced to give place to men who do see
it. Again, in addition to these irresist
ible and sufficient reasons why the
Democratic party should declare for
peace, is the palpable common sense
and hard-headed lact that the war can
not succeed.
That it is equivalent to an entire abro
gation of the Constitution and the
erection in its place of a military des
potism.
Resolved, That we should be un
worthy of the name of American citi
zens of this free and independent State
claiming the first rank among the sov
ereign components of the American
Confederacy, if we did not protest
against the cowardly, despotic, inhu
man and accursed act which has con
signed to banishment the noble tribune
of the people, Hon. Clement L. Yal-
laudigbam; we protest against it in the
name of liberty, in the name of human
ity, and in the name of Washington.
—We hope the people of Ohio will
have the opportunity of passing con
demnation of this act by the election
of Mr. Vallandigham as the next Gov
ernor of the State.
Resolved, That thus believing there
can be no reliable security to persons
or property pending this war, and that
by its continuance the Government
itself will be utterly and irrevocably
subverted—aud that the South as well
a.s the North must alike crumble into
general ruin and devastation, we re
commend, in the name of the people,
that there be asuspecsion ofhostilities
between the contending armtes of the
divided sections of our country, and
that a Convention of the States com
posing the Confederate States, and also
that a Convention of the States still
adhering to the Union, be held to final
ly settle and determine in what man
ner and by what mode the contend
ing sections shall be reconciled, and
appealing to the Ruler ofall for the rec
titude of our intentions, we implore
those*'in authority to listen to the
voice of reason, of patriotism, and of
justice.
The reading of the address occupied
about three quarters of an hour, and
was received with general favor.
Among the sentiments ofthe audience j
elicited by the reading were groans
and hisses for President Lincoln, Burn
side and Butler, cheerss for Yaliand-
ighani and McClellan, hisses li-r the
emancipation proclamation, prolonged
and hearty cheers for peace groans
for military courts martial of citizens
and cheers for the proposition for a
convention to take preliminary steps
to secure peace. The groans and hisses
for President, and tne cheers for Val-
launigham uud peace, were specially
vigorous.
Mischieffrom Sorghum.—The refuse of
Chinese Sugar Cane, or Sorghum, is said
to he very destructive to cattle,when given
to them for food. The outer coating of
! the cane i-; very hard, and contains silex
[or flint; and when this is broken up by
grinding in the mill, and afterwards taken
into the-animal’s stomach, it operates like
broken glass, producing violent inflamma
tion!.
The I-ndependence Guardian, of Iowa,
gives an account of seven head of cattle,
who were destroyed by eating this refuse
sugar cane after the juice was extracted.
A post mortem examination of the stom
ach revealed this as the cause of their
death.
It is highly important that the farmers
who raise sorghum for making sugar, as
well as those who grow it merely for fod
der, should give attention to this subject,
and see whether any facts within their ex
perience warrant the assertion that the
Chinese sugar cane is thus deleterious to
live stock. If it be so, the information
should be circulated as widely as possible,
in order to prevent a serious destruction of
property.
South Carolinian.
The Atlanta.—Up to the hour of go
ing to press we have no further develop
ments regarding the sudden and myste
rious surrender of this vessel. Opinions
are still divided on the subject, some be
lieving firmly that she fell a victim to trea
son on hoard, whilst others, including all
the officers of the Navy, we believe, are
of the opinion that her men were all true,
aud she struck her colors simply because
she got into a position where she was un
able to fight. 'J he secret will probably
not be unfolded until we receive it through
the northern press or the return of prison
ers.
It was stated on the streets yesterday,
that Confederate and white flag alternated
from the mast for some time, leading to the
conclusion that there was a struggle on
board, but on diligent enquiry we could
find no authority for the report.
The Atlanta was armed with six large
rifle, guns of heavy calibre and immense
power. Wo would much prefer to see
them in our own hands rather than in the
hands of the enemy. We have some rea
son to hope that the vessel herself is so
badly damaged ns to be useless.
The Atlanta had on board, including
officers, crew and other attaches, some one
hundred and fifty persons. She was com
manded by Capt. Webb, an officer
well known for his loyalty and gallantry.
We are willing to guarantee that he never
gave up the, ship so long as a fight was
possible. Ife Lad made every prepara
tion tor a successful fight, having secured
a formidable torpedo on the prow of his
vessel by which lie expected to blow up
one of the monitors and then engage the
other. A reconnoissanco the night pre
vious, by skillful pilots, well acquainted
with the (Sound, showed ample water
where the enemy were lying, and every
other circumstance propitious. He expect
ed to come upon I Be monitors by daylight,
but was somewhat belated in getting
down, and when there, found they
had changed their position to shal
low water. Why he did not return on
making this discovery, is unknown. He
determined, on the contrary to make the
fight, ami we have tho result, so lar as it
is possible to ascertain it.
(’Sac. Republican, lbth.
tomac. It was reserved to Jackson by a
swift and secret march to fall upon his
right wing, crush it, aiid, by an attack
unsurpassed in fierceness and pertinacity,
to drive his very superior forces back into
a position from which he could not extricate
himself except hy flight across the river.
In the battle of Sunday Jackson received
two wounds, one in the left arm, the other
in the right hand. Amputation of the arm.
was necessary, and the Southern hero sank
under the effect of it, supported to the
iast by his simp'e and noble character and
strong religious faith,
—
Gunboats lost Caste.— The dread of Fed
eral gunboats which was the feature at the
opening of the war is gone forever. The
following good one from Borter’s fleet be
fore Vicksburg is told in a Northern letter
from the rear of Vicksburg, dated the 7th
inslant : —
A Northern letter from the rear of
Vicksburg, dated 7th, has the following
paragraph showing the indifference ot
our men to the bombardment hy the gun
boats :
A flag of truce this evening from Gen
Bembertou,proposes an armistice of two or
three hours for burying the dead. On
being informed that owing to the length
of our line, and the shortness of time
n :med, our forces could not all be notified;
that this would be especially true ofthe
gunboats, as it would take all the time
proposed to notify them ; the rebels said
this made no sort of difference ; the gun
boats never had killed a man of theirs in
Vicksburg, and probably never would ;
that Gen. Pemberton was utterly indiffer
ent ns to whether they were notified or
not; that, on the whole, they lather pre
ferred the gunboats should uot be notified
of the armistice, as they were wasting im
mense. quantity of amunition for Uncle
Sam and thus doing the Confederate Gov
ernment good service.
The remarks were apropos. Everybody
but gunboat men considers it the best
joke of the season. It is a sorry comment
ary on Rear Admiral Borter’s bombastic
dispatches to Washington.
l iiilrtl §ialrt« Ifnti*.
Fern anno TI ood.
'n Deaf the Virginia shore, where all but
twenty-siX landed in the yawl boats'of the
Leaf. They piloted the steamer tkem-
relves and attended to the fire room and
engine. It is said that the muskets of tl
guard were without bayonets and unload
ed, and each man was seized by f OUr 0 -
Confederates, thus rendering resistant
less. ' '' Use '
During their possession ofthe boat tl
refrained from doing any dama-e to f
steamer, aud treated the officers and orT
with civility. The ringleaders ofthe
ty were a son of Semmes, of the A'abam
and a man named McGowan, of Texas 3 ’
The entire party were mostly f ro ‘ .
extreme Souihern States, were all ( j Iess ^
seem-
in new and handsome unforms, and s
ed to be in possession of a considers! j
amount of money. Soon as the party 1 J *1
effected a landing, Capt. Deal resumed
command of the steamer, when she
hack immediately to report to (j en J 4
The facts were made known to the GenC-
al, who instantly ordered out a tron-V
taehment of Col. Bierce’s cavalry, and'-
was thought that they would he able t,
overtake the party before they could"
beyond the Federal lines. e '
TELEGRAPHIC.
FIRST DISPATCH.
Richmond, June IS.—Passe lgers bv
the Central train bring little addition J
news from Winchester. The number
of prisoners is fully 7,000, and an im
mense number of wagons.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Richmond, June IS.—The Yankees
have entirely disappeared from Stafford
county. The buildingsat Acquia Creek
were not destroyed.
The citizens of Fredericksburg, so
long exiled, are preparing to re-occunv
their homes. U
THIRD DISPATCH.
Richmond, June IS.—Before the
capture ot Winchester Milroy notified
Mr. Wood seems to be under the ban of'*)'?, reb ®! 8 t,Jafc he W0U,d burn the town
Secretary Chase refused to see
if the attempt was made to storm the
The following letter speaks for it- . position. To this Ewell replied in that
: case he would hang every Yankee cap-
Lincoln.
him.
self
To the Editor of the Herald—It is not tured.
true, as stated, that in Washington last It is reported that Ewell lias taken
week 1 denied to the President that my Harper’s Ferry, with immense stores
late speeches here were correctly reported. am ] j s en ro j lte to Fredericksburg
()n the contrarv. I rpmintoH t„ mm Hip . .
substance ofthe
j is it true that at Baltimore I was insulted
By New York soldiers, or any other sol
diers, so far as I know or believe. New
York soldiers are gentlemen not black-
guards. 1 make this correction in justice
to the reports of this city, who faithfully
daguerreotyped iny speeches, and as well
to the soldiers of New York, who have
always treated mo with respectful cour
tesy,
Fernando Wood.
June 7, 18(53.
tr.ury, I repeated to him the /p rc j er ; c i- M,| v\
’them as de ivered here. Nor •' „ CK ’ , / ,
Heavy explosions have been heard in
the direction of Acquia Creek. Ir is
believed that the enemy are engaged
in blowing up the wharves and build
ings at that point.
The poor people at Fredericksburg
are reaping a rich harvest of Spoils from
the enemy’s deserted camp in (Stafford.
Richmond, June 19.—The appre
hension of a drought, which existed in
The Washington Chronicle, Lincoln’s this vicinity, was relieved by a copious
’ ~ r " ' and refreshing rain last night.
It is reported that tiie wife of Gen.
Milroy was captured on Sunday at
Martinsburg.
The Sentinel has received a number
of communications, indignantly deny
ing that our cavalry were surprised at
adopted a change of policy, and instead of Brandy Station.
Pinckney Walker, Esq., is. officially
recognized as acting British ConsnT for
the States of North and South Carolina,
having submitted satisfactory evidence
of his appointment. Graeme.
organ, has the following :
The lion. Fernando Wood—We be-
lelieve the Federal capital has been hon
ored with the presence of this gentleman
for the last twenty-four hours, as it usually
is after one of his remarkable demonstra
tions in New York. We hear it said,
however, that he has in 4kis insiaucc
M
claiming that ho has been unfairly report
ed asserts that he lias a iarge party in New
York whoso number render him formidable
as an opponent of the Administration. It
is currently reported that in a long inter
view with the President yesterday lie
adventured upon some such grounds as
tins, and it is currently reported also, and
not unlikely with truth, 1 hat he came away
from the President’s mansion with less ex
alted views of his importance than were
ALL RIGHT AT VICKSBURG.
Jackson, June 1-5.—All right at
Vicksburg. A courier who arrived
I From the London Times, May 2G j
I'Jio dentil ol NloiirwnU .Snrksou in l£iig!iiud
—Splendid Tribute to his memory.
The Confederate laurels won on (he
field of Chancellorsville must be twined
with tho cypress. Probably no disaster
of the war will have carried such grief to
Southern hearts as the dealh of General
Jackson, who lias succumbed to the
wounds received in the great battle of the
3d of May.
Even oil this side of the ocean the gal
lant soldier’s t'ate will everywhere he heaid
with pity and sympathy. Not only as a
brave mail fighting for his country’s inde
pendence, but as one of the most consu-
mate Generals that this century lias pro
duced. “Stonewall” Jackson will carry
with liini to his early grave the regrets of
all who can admire greatness and genius.
From the earliest days of the war lie has
been conspicuous for the most remai liable
military qualities. That mixture of dar
ing and judgment, which is the mark of
“heaven-born” Generals, distinguished
him beyond any man of his time.
Although the youug Confederacy has
been illustrated by a number of eminent
soldiers, yet the applause and devotion of
his countrymen, confirmed by the judg
ment of European natious, have given the
first place to General Jackson. I he mili
tary feats he accomplished moved the
minds ot people with an astonishment
which it is only given to the highest geuius
to produce. The blows lie struck at the
enemy were as terrible and decisive as
those of Bonaparte himself. The march
by whom ho surprised the army of Pope
last year would be enough in itself to give
him a high place in military history. But
perhaps the crowning glory of his life was
the great battle in which he fell. When
the Federal commander, by crossing the
river twelve miles above his camp, and
presting' on, as he thought, to the rear of
the Confederates, had placed them between
two bodies of his army, lie was so confi
dent of success as to boast that the enemy
was the property of tho army of tho Po-
quite pleasant to him. In fact, it is said from Vicksburg reports all right there,
that he discovered that Fernando Wood in Your quid nuncs will have to wait a
New York and Fernando Wood in Wash- few days for better news. A.
ington were men of very different dimen
sions, and that the ex-Mayor of New York
actually learned that lie was a smaller
man in every way than the President of
the United States. Such are the rumors.
We give them for what they are worth.
Fernando It ood and his late Speech.
From theN. Y. Herald.
Fernando Wood in l is New Role.—By
a grand strategic movement Fernando
Wood has outgeneralleu tiie timid and
slow part Democratic leaders who either
had not the sagacity to see the temper of
the public mind, or had not the courage to
take the initiative. How does Fernando
Wood appear on the stage? As if by a
magician's wand be brings out and leads
the Democracy in all their strength. Ho
is their Stonewall Jackson, who, by his
TIIE FIGHT AT MILLIKEX’S
BEND.
Jackson, June 15.—I am indebted
to a friend for the following dispatch,
dated Natchez, June 13 :
“ A soldier who participated in the
tight says that Walker’s division attack
ed the enemy at Milliken’s Bend on last
(Sunday, capturing and killing great
numbers, and driving the remainder to
the gunboats.
“ The Yankees ran and left the ne
groes, numbering about six hundred,
who fought stubbornly. About five
hundred of them were killed, and an
rapid movements, 1ns outgeneralled all ^jdi^cornpany, with the exception of
the political leaders
of Tammany Hall, their Yankee Captain, were captured.”
their forces. It is ; Taylor then retired out of range of
tiino for the Administration to call off’ t the enemy’s boats,
their stupid dogs in- the West, and bring Harrison had a fight a few days a<m
them he.e, where they may find something | near Lake St. Joseph, capturing 270
to do. 1 lie speech of heruando Wood J , 1 p 7
was the best he ever made in his life. It r -'‘° 2, j , Y, ukces, and iin-
was Napoleonic in its conciseness and,' 1,1 ”. ie balance to their boats,
point, and in its prophetic, oracular tone ^ gentleman who visited Grand
about the future. It is as statesmanlike Gulf this week reports large numbers
as it is bold. ^ ol negroes, horses aud cattle there, be-
«*•*”- -■ - ; ing sent up tiie river, as well as ev
erything else at that place.
Communication with Port Hudson
was entirely cut off, and he had not
i heard directly from there since the tall
of Bayou Sara.
Heavy firing in that direction was
Attempt to Z4.il! Cweii. ForrrM.
The Huntsville Advocate of the lGth
says: We learn that, several days since,
supposed to be on Friday last r Lt. Gould,
of Gapt. Morton’s battery, attacked Gen.
Forrest at Betbesda church, between Co
lumbia and Franklin, snapping, a re
volver at him. the cap failing to explode.
Forrest dosed upon him with a knife,
cutting him, where, or whether or not
severely, we are not apprised. Gould
then fired his revolver, shooting Forrest
in one of his hips, the ball striking the
bone. It was afterward extracted. We
understand that Gen. Forrest wrote to
his wife in the vicinity of this city, that
he expected to be in his saddle in ten
days, which we very much doubt. We
are not informed as the cause of Lt.
Gould’s assault.
Seizure of a Steamer and K*eai>e of Coufede-
i heard night before last.
A.
On Wednesday last, the steamer Maple
Leaf, Captain William H. Deal, left Old
Boint, for Fort Delaware, having ou board
ninety Confederates, all commissioned of
ficers, who, it is understood, were not to be
exchanged for the present. Everything
went on quietly until the steamer was just
beyond Cape Henry Light, when the pris
oners gradually approached the guard,only
twelve in number, and suddenly disarmed
them, placing them and the officers and
c ew under close arrest, and would not per
mit them to see in what direction the ves
sel was steaming.
After proceeding about forty-five miles
beyond Cape Henry, the steamer was run
Crops in Mississippi.
The Memphis Appeal gives most
gratifying news in the following. It is
the sure promise of abundance to our
army now operatingin Mississippi:
The most encouraging reports reach
us lrom the productive regions in
North Mississippi.—A late letter from
Panola says the farmers busy getting
out wheat; quartermasters are doing
their best to get all the corn from
north ofthe Tallahatchie and shipping
it to Canton daily; price one dollar and
twenty-five cents at the crib. Govern
ment is paying two dollars and seven
ty-live cents for wheat delivered at the
depot. Wheat good as ever grew and
more than can be estimated. Meal one
dollar and seventy-five cent; shelled
corn one dollar and a half at the depot;
cattle twelve and a half cts., cheap
enough.
Price of Wheat.—A friend from Chat
tanooga last night says farmers were en
gaging their wheat there at two dollars a
bushel. That is good news.
Macon Tel,