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Operations on the Northern Line*
We publish below an extract from a
while, with a mere handful of men, at
Howling Green, he held Buell, with an
letter from a mos> reliable source, pos- hundred thousand men, in check for
sessed of the best means of accurate in- ] many months—move, first, in fhis no-
fdrmation. The letter bears date of ble charity ? My fair country-women,
the 21 st. It tells of some affairs of contrast your present position with
which we have already heard ; but it ! that of your exiled sisters of Nashville,
gives also some important facts of which ; Memphis and New Orleans—who, after
we have heretofore had no information :; months of cruel insults and oppression,
It will be seen that Imboden is ope- j have been expelled from their palatial
ratingWery extensively as superiiiten-j homes in poverty and destitution. Af-
• lent, of the Baltiinore'and Ohio Rail- | ter the death of Gen. Johnston, the eu-
road.
papers, books and money, and, thank ( taken. Early’s division ts # at Gettys-
GoJ, myself and children and negroes j burg and Rhodes’ division is at Cham-
with Bome of my household furniture. I j bersburg. Gen. Milroys has been su-
liave no complaint to make, ae 1 have al- > p et *secleti by Col. Pierce.
ways said and believed that 1 would suffer
if the Federal? should ever get here. They
did not leave me an ear of corn, a blade of
fiay, a pound of bacon, or indeed any
thing that they could consume or destroy.
Such are the facts’ The good Look says
we shall be tiied by fire. 1 have offered
perseded by
The Herald publishes very interest
ing news from Port Hudson. A second
assault was made on Port Hudson on
the 14th by the Union troops, and they
were again disastrously repulsed. The
terday between Middlebtirg and Aldie,
some thirteen miles east of this place-
Colonel Mumford, in command of 1 itz
Tee’s brigade attacked the enemy’s forces
Wednesday evening, and compelled them
to retire. Next (yestealay) morning the
Federal cavalry renewed the light and
drove Mumford back through Middlebtirg.
when Mumford. being reinforced by two
regiments of llosehcrati’s brigade, once
up my all to God and my country, and by j killed and wounded, amounting to no
loss of held officers was very large in more advanced to the charge and pushed
these I expect to fall or stand.
Mossy Creek.—The following
the
He has pretty much broken it j etny reached your city, but his stay sulM . tan * ce ofletterfrom John RTbranncr,
i the Little Capon (enstofCum- was short. The successful strategy of 1
up from the Little Capon
ber’and,) to the Grand Tunnel, west
of Cheat River.
The blowing in of that tunnel and
the destruction of the Cheat River
Bridge, would ot themselves destroy
The road, as a through line, for a long
time. But he seems to have burnt as
many bridges as their were streams,
and has also destroyed immense prop
erty at Cumberland. We suppose
fcrtoneman will admit that we have got
even with him for pulling up a few
rails for us near Ashland !
Hero is the letter :
“I must tell you all the news,though
you all have heard a .good deal, of
course; but it will bear to repeat. In
the first place, we surprised Milroy.and
captured nearly his entire force, only
excepting those who followed his ex
ample of an ignominious desertion of
their comrades in battle. His own
people should hang him, and save us
the trouble. He is more cowardly
than he has been mean—4,700 men,
]00 officers, 30 cannon, 250 wagons,
400 horses, 20 ambulances, al) the pub
lic and private baggage and effects,sut
lers’ goods, Ac. Not a wheel escaped.
It was a glorious affair, and our men
deserve all that the country can award
them.
“ The people say Milroy went off in
civilians’ dress. 1 do not doubt it.
lb left the evening before the assault,
and he who does that as a commander
is capable of doing anything that is
mean and disgraceful.
‘‘The Yankees are in a most terri
ble state of commotion ; nobody can
imagine what the rebels are about, but
ail agree that they mean deviltry.
“Stuart has whipped their cavalry
every day, and sometimes twice a day,
ever since he left Culpepper. He lias
well paid them, though they can’t pay
us back the good fellows who perished
on khe Rappahannock. lie has done
gloriously? Captured five or six hun
dred prisoners; and Mushy caught
Hooker’s aid with letters of instruction
to their cavalry commanders. This
was good and glorious: The letters
showed that Ifooker was puzzled much.
“Imboden lias done millions of dam
age at Cumberland, Md.; destroyed all
the work shops, mechinery, locomo
tives, ears, Ac., there; every bridge
from the Little Capon river for some
distance west of Cumberland complete
ly destroyed ; tlnj immense tunnel de
stroyed. The great iron bridge knock
ed all to pieces. Eleven shots of a
three-inch rifle gun brought the whole
structure of 400 feet of magnificence
into the water. This is the greatest
lick of the kind we ever gave them.
"White lias broken the railroad between
Harper’s Ferry and the Point of Rocks ;
burnt one wagon train, but did not get
the liorses. ho Milroy has yet the
Maryland Heights, and no communica
tion with any one, and I dare say no
one would desire any with him.
[Richmond Sentinel.
Esq., President of the East Tennessee
and Virginia railroad, to his biotlier in this
city, under date of the 22d :
Y arrived at home yesterday, at three
o’clock. '1 he Federals had just left.—
cars are safe. ! hey have broken open
houses, destroyed furniture, stoleu cloth
ing, codec, bacon, etc., etc , carrj ing away
with them everything they could not use.
Among the sufferers are IE H. Hubbard,
Patton Howell, Ur. "Waltroof, L. M. Biail-
ner, myself and a number of others.
They stole horses, mules, tobacco and
several negroes'are also missing, supposed
to have been stolen.
After leaving here, they crossed Hol-
stou river at Trogden’s Ford, making lor
Powder Spring Bluff’ or Main’s kl Roads.’
The
Gen. Bragg forced him to fall back an
hundred miles from the line he had as
sumed. There the gallant army of
Gen. Bragg still holds him, and, by
night and by day, protects you and
your homes.
Thus blessed, will you not move first
in a measure looking to the recall to
her home and to comfort, your sister
—so long absent in a distant land, and
dependent upon the cold charity of
her enemies and yours, for bread for
her children '?
Will not the noble army of Tennes
see—the veteran heroes of many hard
fought battles—officers and men—will
you not respond to this call to bring to
the sunny South.the family of this great
and good General, who fell directing
your resistless charges upon the bloody
field of Shiloh V
Will not the Army of Virginia*—the
army whose rank and file are all he
roes—which never fought but to win—
which, though it has lost a Jackson,yet
lias a Lee to lead it on to other victo
ries, to other fields of glory ? Will not
the whole heroic army of the Confede
racy—no matter where situated—claim
the right to contribute to the comfort
of the widow and children of Albert
Sydney Johnston?
For this purpose, let us raise by vol
untary contributions thousands of
dollars. With this View, let the Pres
ident be requested to designate through
tlie press three Banks as depositories of
these contributions, to which all can
remit by mail such sums as they may
think proper to give. Let these Banks
be requested to open, in their books, a
credit account of the Albert Sydney
Johnston Fund—let the President be
requested to take control of the entire ^ng. A general engagement was auticipa
fund—have it invested in interest pay-J ted yesterday
less than five Colonels. The Federals.
though repulsed, fought bravely. Gen.
Batiks has not force enough to ac
complish what he so daringly attempts
and Wiiuts reinforcements. It was ex
pected that another assault would be
made on the l‘9th. The latest news
They have destroyed all our bridges from j f rom Vicksburg is to the 23d. Every-
tliis place to Knoxville, all our trestles j \ va s going- on favorably, and nav
al 141 abo,lt cai * ;,t Lilian’s and New j jirat f un wa g c | ose d up to Memphis.
Market. All the rest of our engines and ” The destructive operations of the
Interesting from Tennessee.
Fight on Wcdncsdny—'The. enemy
Driven Bark.
The Chattanooga llekel, of Suxrlay
morning, says :
The wires are still inoperative between
Shelbyville and this point, but may be
again working before we go to press for
our morning edition.
Up to this writing one hundred of our
wounded have arrived from the field of
the late engagements—being chiefly the
wouuded of the first day’s action, (Wed
nesday) when the brigades of Generals
Bates and Liddell were driven back.
On Thursday, two divisions of our army
were engaged, (as passengers by the down
train last evening report)
The enemy were driven back five miles,
and our forces re-occupied the positions of
Liberty Gap and Guy’s Gap. The ene
my was also driven back from Bellbuckle
Station, into Hoover’s Gap, but they still
retained possession of that Gap, up to the
hour our informants left Yesterday morn-
Appcal in behalf of the Wife and Chil
dren of General Albert Sydney John
son.
Considering our independence an ac
complished fact, I address myself to pa
triotic men and women in behalf of si
noble charity.
When the revolution broke out Gen.
Albert Sydney Johnson (then a Briga
dier General of the United States army)
was in California. Following his offi
cial fortunes, iiis family were there
also. At the call of his beloved South,
be resigned his office and crossed the
continent to devote his great talents
to the defence of his country, leaving
liis wife and children among our and
their enemies. There they are yet in
poverty and distress. Is it not time
for the people, in defence.of whose
rights he sacrificed his life, to bring
them back to their Texas home? There
they can feel the pulsations of the
Southern heart, and water the grave of
the departed kero with their tears.
When this war—which has shaken
the earth to its centre—shall have en
ded, the nation has many living, but
mutilated and maimed heroes, and the
families of many dead ones, to provide
for. This will be done by a tax upon
the national wealth by Congress. But
let it not be said that the Southern
people waited to he taxed, or left in
destitution and want the family ot Al
bert Sydney Johnston ?
Let this be done by a “ free will of
fering” of the people, in defence of i
whose liberties and lights he sacrifi
ced his life. The undersigned had it
irom Gen. Johnston’s own lips, but a
few days before bis d£kth,that his only
means of support for his family, was
his salary. That has long since ceased.
To provide for their wants, while
our infant republic is rocked and tossed
upon the billows of this great revolu
tion, is oniy a higher proof of their ap-
E reciarion of the great man, whose
right example—in leading our army
upon the bloody field of Shiloh—has
done so much to roll back the count
less hosts of barbarians who invaded,
and, in many sections, spread desola
tion over our country.
Let the noble women of the Confed
eracy— whose intercession and prayers
hav<; brought tlie blessing of a just God
upon our arms on so many battle-fields
—take the lead in this good work.
V ill not accomplished women of
H uritsville—whose beautiful city was
so long protected from the pollution of
vandal feet, by the fear with which his
great genius inspired the enemy—
ing bonds, and see that it is applied
first, to bring Mrs. Johnston and her
family to her Texas home—secondly,
to their comfort and support. This
tlie President, as the devoted friend ol
Gen. Johnston, will do, if so requested
by the ladies of Huntsville. Yv'ill you
not take this matter in hand—put the
ball in motion and entitle yourselves
to the first honor ?
Meet, my fair countrywomen,in some
of your private parlors—organize an
Albert Sydney Johnston society—make
your own contributions—select your
city Bank as the Depository of your
funds, ana thus inaugurate a movement
which must commend itself to the
good, and virtuous, and patriotic, of
the whole Confederacy. Lead off, as
women must always'do in every good
work, and the men will follow your
noble example.
Gin. J. Pillow.
Thr Yitnkrr Knitlrra in IVnurnurf.
The following extracts from private
letters received from Strawberry Plains
will show something of the tender mercies
of the Federal raider3 and Tennessee
renegades at that point.
Mrs. F. A. Butler writes :
Dear Mother : The bridge was burned,
depot and commissar}’. Frank’s store, our
lodging room, and our bouse was about ta
king fire, but just as they (Federals) left
some men—paroled Confederates—brought
water and kept it from burning. We are
utterly ruined, but thank God, Mr. Butler
escaped a few moments before they got in.
They told aunt Tillali ‘lie. would have seen
bell if he bad been there ;’ and told some
one else they would have burned him. I
can give you no idea of the destruction.
All our bouses are rilled from garret to
cellar.
Every article of clothing I have is ut
terly destroyed, and not a vestige left
scarcely—not a pound of meat nor provis
ions of any kind.
Our private letters were rifled, and are
now scattered everywhere around their
camp fires.
Mary’s guitar was carried off.
The books are some torn, some stolen.
Your negroes escaped, after trying to bide
as many things as they could. (Jncle
Jeff, worked faithfully, as did Ed. and the
women.
The warehouse was burnt, Ben. Mitch
ell’s and Mrs. Nelson’s bouse and every
thing she had. Not a change of clothing
was left for her children.
We arc almost destitute, bnt I am not
discouraged, nor have I grieved for a mo
ment.
The very trees in the yard are wilted
at their poisonous presence.
If these are my best friends, may I be
saved from all such.
All! mother, all your precious treasures
and mementoes of other days are gone-—
But you and Mary can bear it bravely, I
know, like true Southern women, as yon
are.
Your clothes are torn to rags, what few
they did not steal. They tore down the
window curtains, filled them full and car
ried them off. Every drawer, box, ward
robe and trunk are empty, and the floors
are covered with trash, papers, flour, su
gar, rice, etc.
Mr. Puckett and Capt. Ford showed the
right spirit, though they lost all their cloth-
in the meantime reinforcements to Gen
era! Bragg are being hurried forward. A
fine brigade passed up yesterday and last
night, and General .1. Jv. Jackson, having
been despatched to hold himself in readi
ness, awaits the order to move .forward
with his fine bod} of troops from this post.
We are informed that tlie transportation
Agent at this place has received dispatch
es to have two box trains in readiness by
this morning.
Every preparation is being made to re
ceive the enemy at the front, and we are
assured that he will meet with a hearty re
ception. Our troops are confident, full of
fire and spirit, and anxious for the begin
ning. We trust the wily Rosencraz will
uot this time, as before, simply wind up
with a “demonstration” and no battle.
We regret to hear in connection with
the accounts of the fight on Wednesday,
the report that Adjuant James W. Thom
as, of tlie 20th Tennessee regiment, and
son of our esteemed fellow townsman, Jes
se Thomas, Esq., of this plaae. was among
the killed. It is also reported that Major
Clay brooke was not killed, as was at first
reported, though bnt little hopes of his re
covery weie entertained by his surgeon.
Our loss, so far as we have been able to
learn, was about one hundred killed and
four or five hundred wounded.
Later infoimation bv private dispatches,
has been received, that our troops have
also retaken Hoover’s Gap.
\Chattanonga Ilcbel, 2Sth.
oper
rebel privateers in Northern waters
continued unabated. The Herald says
the occean is lit up by rebel sea devils.
Four more vessels have been destroy
ed within the last day or two, one of
which was a large side-wheel steamer.
Three rebel privateers—a large steadi
er, a hark and a three-masted sch6oner
—were hard at work oft’ the ba)' of
Tandy. The merchants of Boston offer
a reward of tan thousand dollars for
the.capture of the hark Tacony.
The Alabama and Georgia were still
at Bahia on the 19th.
The rebel steamer Hattie was cap
tured off Wilmington on Saturday
week bv the gunboat Florida.
Richmond, Ju l y 1.—The Petersburg
Express of to-day says: The reported
occupation of Harrisburg and York
by Confederate troops is not confirmed
hut we have every reason to believe
it is true. The report was credited at
Fortress Monroe, and believe by per
sons on the Flag of Truce boat. We
have received a dispatch from a relia
ble source, stating that there is no
doubt whatever of the fact. Another
report by the boat is that Hooker has
been superceded by Mead.
An order from Gen. Ewell," dated
Chambersburg, 22d, prohibits the sale
of intoxicating liquors, under penalty
of confiscation of property. Tlie citi
zens, not in military service, are ad
monished to abstain from act of hos
tility’ upon penalty of being dealt with
in a summary manner.
The cannon balls passed through the
store, one through Dr. Goodman’s house,
and Frank’s old house by the stable is torn
to pieces by the balls. They fought all
around the hospital. But it is useless to
add more. We have waked this morning
after sleeping as soundly as if wc had all
goods, chatties and children around us.
They rifled the negroes, stole their mon
ey, tore up Alice’s silk dress and bonnet,
&c. They are satisfied, yon may depend
on it. This is only a beginning. Stay
where you are.
Yours truly,
SALLIE B.
Mr. Butler writes:
Thank God we are spared our lives,
though I am a sufferer lo the extent of
many thousand dollars which I can not
now estimate. I saved my most valuable*
Interesting From Lin seldom.
Richmond, July 1.—the New York
Herald oftlie IGtli says dispatches from
Harrisburg at half-past ten o’clock
yesterday afternoon state that tire
enemy were advancing slowly.
Over ten thousand men were at
work on the Pittsburg fortifications
during last week.
No less than twenty-seven vessels
have been sent out in search of the
rebel privateer Tacony.
A series of resolutions condemning
the arrest and banishment of Yalland-
igharn wenyfefeuted in the Connecticut
Legislature.
Tlie Washington Star says it is a
deplorable fact that the people of
Pennsylvania, entirely incompetent to
protect themselves to any extent, are
driving their horses and cattle North
before a squad of rebel cavalry pounces
on them.
Gold in New York is quoted at 145.
Cotton G5.
Richmond, July 1.—The flag of
truce boat arrived at City Point yes
terday with eight hundred and fifty
returned prisoners of war, ten politi
cal prisoners and five ladies. The boat
brings a report that the Confederate
troops occupy Harrisburg nud York.
No particulars are given.
A deserter reports the Yankee force
at the White House tit teii thousand.
He says they are awaiting reinforce
ments before attempting an onward
movement towards Richmond.
Headquarters Cavalry Division, ^
June 27th. )
General: I took possession of Fair
fax Court House this morning at nine
o’clock, with a large quantity of stores.
The main body of Hooker’s army lias
gone towards Leesburg except the
garrison at Alexandria and Washing
ton, which has retreated within their
fortifications.
(Signed) J. E. B. Stuart, Maj. Gen.
Petersburg, June 30—Northern
dates of the 27tli are received. The
New York Herald says the enemy pro
gressed slowly, but with a large force
in Pennsylvania. Affairs at Harrisburg
bear a more quiet aspect though the
country people, with droves of cattle
and horses, are rushing into the city in
large numbers. Preparations for de
fence are going on rapidly. Geu.
Ktripe has evacuated Carlisle, but at
hist accounts the rebels have not occu
pied the town. Much perplexity exists
us to the exact route the rebels have
[Army Correspondence Savannah Republican ]
lores’* t.hm! Jlovemvnh iti IVorlhrm Vir
ginia— Stiiart’M Cavalry
Pakis, Ashby’s Gap, Ya., June 19.
I write from the town of Paris, which
is situated in Ashby’s Gap in the Blue
Ridge, and just on the boundary line
between Fauquier and Clarke coun
ties,in the vicinity of which and Snick
er’s Gap Longstreet’s corps is now en
camped. Hill’s corps was at Culpep
per Court-House two days ago, with
orders to follow on, and.it is supposed
that lie will reach Chester’s Gap near
Front Royal to-day, should he take
that route ; or this vicinity if lie took
the route by which Longstreet came.
A courier just in from the Potomac,
informs me thntEwell was at Williams
port last night. One of his divisions
(Edward Johnson’s) had crossed at
Williamsport on the 16th and was hold
ing the ford at that point. Early’s di
vision of the same corps was in the vi
cinity of Martinsburg in supporting
distance of the forces at the two fords.
Such is the present position of the
army, except the cavalry, which occu
pies a line passing through Middlebtirg
and between Ashby’s and Snicker’s
Gaps on tlie west, and Manassas and
Centreville on tlie east. An Aid de
Camp of Hooker was captured yester
day with important dispatches, by
Mosby, far in the rear oftlie enemy’s
cavalry forces, and the report he makes
and the dispatches found upon him, in
duce the belief that the Federal army
is near Manassas and Centreville, and
in daily expectation of an attack from
us. There can be no impropriety in
communicating the foregoing facts,
since our whole position will have been
completely changed long before this
letter can reach your readers.
Allusion was made in one of my last
letters from Culpepper to the brilliant
strategy of General Lee, and by which
lie was actually manteuvering Hooker
out oftlie State of Virginia without a
battle. This letter will inform you
how successfully tlie plans oftlie great
Confederate leader have worked. First,
lie moved Longstrect’s corps from Fred
ericksburg up to Culpepper Court
House, forty miles above. This move
on the military chessboard, called for
a counter move on tlie part of Hooker,
hut he had just begun to make it, when
Ewell was ordered to Culpepper also,
whence lie advanced by rapid marches
across the Blue Ridge, and fell iike a
clap of thunder upon Milroy at Win
chester and Martinsburg, capturing the
greater part of his forces, many guns
and heavy supplies of grain, ammuni
tion and other military stores. Hav
ing done this, lTe moved promptly up
to the Potomac and occupied such
fords as we may desire to use, in the
event it shall be deemed proper to ad
vance into the enemy’s country. The.
sudden appearance of Ewell in the Val
ley of the Shenandoah, coupled with
the demonstration at Culpepper, made
it necessary for Hooker to abandon
Fredericksburg entirely, and to occupy
the strong positions at Centreville and
Manassas, so as to interpose liis army
between us and Washington, and thus
prevent a sudden descent, from the
Blue Ridge l»v Geu. Lee upon the Fed
eral capital. Meanwhile, Longstreet
and Hill were following fast upon Ew
ell’s track, the former reaching Ashby’s
and Snicker’s Gaps in time to prevent
any movement upon Ewell’s rear, and
the latter (Hill) getting to Culpepper
in good season to protect Lopgstreet’s
rear, or to co-operate with him in the
event of an attack upon his flank, or to
guard against any demonstration in
the direction of Richmond.
A cavalry engagement took place yes-
tlie enemy back to his original position
taking 224 pr isoners and several negroes.
At this time General Stuart, hearing that
the Federals were outflanking Mumford,
ordered the latter to fall back, which he
did, leaving our wounded in the hands of
the enemy. It lias since transpired that
Gen. Stuart was inisfortnned, arid that
the enemy were not moving upon the flahk
of Col. Mumford. I am not informed ns
to our casualties. It is said that several
sabie- wounds were given and received
during tlie engagement. This is an im
provement in cavalry combats, which it is
hoped, will he continued until this branch
of the service shall come to be regarded
with respect, if not with favor. At pres
ent tlie appearance, of a trooper or a regi
ment of cavalry is invariably the occasion
of jeers and conteniptous remarks. The
skirmishing continues, and another batch
of prisoners have just come in.
At last accounts, General Ewell, who is
showing himself to be a worthy successor
of the lamented Jackson, had advanced
his whole corps iuto Maryland, and occu
pied Boonsboro Gap, and probably Cramp-
ton’s Gap. We have reports that one of
his divisions (Rhodes’) was at Hagerstown
and that our troops held Harper’s Ferry,
but thus far these are without confirma
tion.
The march from Culpeper £. H- to this
place was very trying, the roads being
dry and dusty and the weather excessive
ly hot. Many of the men fell by the-way
side from sun stroke, and had to be left be
hind to be brought on by the ambulances.
Some of them died in a few minutes after
they were sturjk down; others who had
simply fainted away, recovered after a
night’s rest and resumed the march.
Towards the setting of the sun, loom
up in misty outlines tlie Shenandoah and
Alleghany mountains, between which and
the Line Bridge stretches faraway to the
northeast and southwest the lovely Valley
of the Shenandoah, with its beautiful
farms, its fruitful soil and its hospitable
society ; whilst east of us lies what is
known as the Piedmont region, diversified
by an infinite variety of hill and dale, and
crystal streams, and constituting one oftlie
most pictniesque and attractive-views to be
seen in any part of the woild. The slopes
of many of the hills and lesser mountains
are carpeted with green hay and wheat
fields, and their airy crests crowded with
white farm houses and bending orchards.
Indeed, it may bo described with almost
literal truthfulness as a land flowing with
milk and honey, and one who lias travel
ed through it can no longer wonder that
the V irginians should be proud of their no
ble old Commonwealth.
In no other quarter of the globe can
there be found a territory of like extent
which is at the same time so productive
and fruitful, so healthful and well watered,
so picturesque and defensible. The effect
of scenery so grand and lovely, of a soil so
fertile and vigorous, and of a climate so
salubrious and invigorating, upon the
minds and hearts of the people, cannot be
otherwise than elevating and ennobling,
and will account in no small degree for the
galaxy of great names that illumine the
history of Virginia, from Washington
down to Lee and Jackson.
Berry’s Ferry, Shenandoah River, )
June 21st. J
At four o’clock yesterday afternoon, the
forces at Paris received orders to cross the
Shenandoah and go into camp on the west
batik. The rain was pouring down in tor
rents when the column commenced the de
scent oftlie mountain, but when w-e reach
ed the Valley and crossed the river, we
found that there bad been but little rain
in the Valley during all the time it had
been storming on tlie mountain. '1 lie men
waded tlie river, which came up to their
armpits, some with clothing on. others car
rying it on their bayonets, and all of thorn
shouting and enjoying the scene. Mean
while, the binds drawn up on either bank,
played Dixie and other spirited airs. The
river runs just at the foot of the mountain
at this point, and is one of the most beau
tiful streams in this land of bewitching
scenery.
“So blue ybn windin'* river flows
It seems an outlet from tlie skies.’
We hear also that Hood was engaged
at Snicker’s Gap to-day, thirteen miles
below, but we have no details. The ene
mv is probably trying to ascertain our real
positions, and possibly to pass the Gaps
and cut oft" Hill's corps above, or Ewell’s
iu Maryland; but he is too late. Out
forces aie already in a position to be eon
ccntrijted wheu it shall be deemed advisa
ble. We nave remained here thus long
only to enable Hill to g“t up, which he
has done. P. W. A.
Fr.Mii the Telegraph,
From JlitliHe Ten■»€»»»<»«»•
The coming storm—Retreat of our forces
from Shelbyri/le, TTartracc, Hoover's
Gap ami the Garrison Fork line of opera
tions—Sharp Skirmishing and confusion
— Reinforcements going forward and a
battle imminent—The “Situation.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Juno 2D, 1SG3.
THU FRONT.
Tlie noise below grows stronger as the
current of war increases its invigorative
force and becomes voluble to the private
in the ranks.
Un yesterday*inorning before dawn tlie
last of Hardee’s corps wound over tlie hill,
which gives on either side a view of War-
trace and Normandy. The enemy entered
the former place at daybreak. For three
days we had been fighting sharply along
Hardee’s line from Fairfield to Hoover’s
Gap. We did not, 4s was erroneously
stated, retake this. It. being lost, the
rest of our,line was necessarily lost,for the
“Gap” was key to the entire base. As
yet I have not been able to find out who
is responsible, or what casualty caused us
little exiled children mingle with tlie
plaints of tine harvest, wheat and corn, the
food of the coining year ! Grant us v’i c t 0 .
ry, oh, God ! Achilk.
|T» the People of Ctsi jia
Fellow Citizens : The season of
fruits and vegetables has visited us once
more, and it again becomes the duty 0 f
the Georgia Relief and Hospital Associa
tion to ask that you will exert yourselves
to furnish our soldiers in the field with a
portion of those stores with which a boun
tiful and Divine Providence will goon sup
ply you. Fruits or vegetables, in some
shape, are absolutely uecessary to the
health of our troops. As the general rule
we can only send these forward success
fully iu a dried or preserve l state. And
no good measure of them can be obtained
by the army uuless you now proceed
to prepare them with diligence and en
ergy-
To an appeal of this sort yon responded
last year with promptness and considera
ble efficiency. I wish that we could tell
you how mOcli of health and strength and
satisfaction was contributed to our brave
men by that response. The same motives
should influence you now, the. same, need
of your assistance exists, the same glorious
cause appeals to you, the same ripening
sun and similar genial showers are vouch
safed iu aid of your efforts, and a similar
invitation is now made to you by us.
We confidently hope, that the families
of our State, who by the services and
sacrifices of onr gallant soldiers—their
j fathers, brothers, anil sons, are still in the
| enjoyment of peaceful, happy and fruitful
homes, will energetically respond to this
! call ; prepare fruit and vegetables; care
fully put them up in secure packages; ad-
the disaster , , . ° —
The fighting on Thursday and Friday . dress them to 1 he Georgia Relic* and
near Beech Grove and Fairfield was j Hospital Association, care of Rev. W. R.
i otter, Gen 1 Superintendant, Augusta,”
and forward them immediately.
For your assistance, I refer yon to some
suggestions written for the Southern Cul-
iiardlv contested ; and late on Friday
morning we took up onr positive retreat
towards ’1 ullahnma.- It was not very
orderly, for three days of hot work and .
hot weather, liad worn out the spirit oftlie tlv,uor > " och has been kindly handed to
troops.
'There were many stra oc
THE FAR LEFT.
lers. us * n advance of liis issue, by tlie courteous
editor, and the publication of which with
this communication,. we respectfully so-
The idea of abandoning Shelbyville , licit,
seems not to have been anticipated until Papers in all parls of the State, infer
tile crisis had arrived, for tbe enemy were 1 ested in our army, and desiring to promote
already about to pour in on our flank, its health and success, will please repnb-
when the order to retire was sent out to lish this appeal, and call the attention
the front. The heavy baggage and ad- of their readers to the
vance had just gotten out of sight, when jeet.
the advance of Rosecranz engaged our
rear just out of the town. We lost no
stores, nor munitions of war. I wish I eould
add that our loss of men was as trifling.—
But it was not so. 'The skirmish extended
into the town, and many were killed,
wounded and captured. Wheeler’s cavalry
had neaily three hundred (of the 3rd
Georgia it is stated) taken prisoners.—
Gen. Cheatham was the principal figure
to bo seen among the troops as they fought,
encouraging, diiecting and leading. The
boys fought as they retired and there is
room to believe that the enemy suffered
largely. It was late on Friday night be
fore the firing ceased altogether. Slowly
and sadly enough we wound our way over
the hills in a misty rain. At dawn most
of the retreat reached Tullahoma, which
was already full of the baggage of the
army, and the noisy Babel attending it.
important sub-
id. Starnes.
In behalf of the Ga. R. & 11. A.
It is a story current among the
lriinkee that when Burnside was ad
vancing through Virginia, the bullfrogs
would rise from the water at every
branch he passed, exclaiming, “big
thing!” “big thing!” On his return the
little frogs took their place, and piped
out “can’t see it!” “can’t see it!”
* THE DESIGN OF ROZENCKANS.
There are all sorts of speculations cur
rent about the meaning of the movement
of Rozencrans. Many persons believe it
a sham. Others think it a mere raid, in
force, upon tlie crops, Whilst many look
upon it as a sincere wager of battle and a
prepared, and duly considered advance.
We shall very speedily know for cer
tain ; meanwhile, be it remembered, we
should received it at its worst and so meet
it. -
With Grant still unsuccessful at Yicks-
burg, and Lee making faces at Hooker
An English engineer Inis invented
a printing press which will print 23,-
000 sheets ot a newspaper on ’noth
sides in an hour. The paper front
whitih it prints is in the web on the
reel, and after passing under the tvpe
is cut in sheets. The machine does
without feeding, and the reel of paper
that it feeds from is unwound by its
own action.
From Genera! Johnston’s Headqua:-
ters.
We were favored lute yesterday
evening with a special interview from
a highly intelligentahd reliable gen
tleman, who came directly from the
Headquarters of General Joseph E.
Johnston. His character, however, will
be best inferred when we announce
him to be no less a personage than
the confidential agent of the General.
right under the nose oftlie Yankee capital and at present en route to Richmond
some demonstration or other of an aggress- w ith important dispatches for the War
It was at this ford that Johnson crossed
when he marched from Winclierster to the
assistance of Beauregard at Manassas, lie
passed through Ashby’s Gap, and took the
cars at Piedmont. Only a portion of his
forces reached Manassas in time to partic
ipate in the battle, owing, it is believed to
the treachery of the engineer ;* who it was
reported at the time, was taken out and
hung for liis crime.
At 3 o’clock this afternoon couriers came
in from tlie front and reported that Stuart
find been hotly engaged all day with a
largo Federal force of cavalry and infant
ry, and that he had been compelled to re
tire upon Ashby’s Gap, badly cut up. In
a short time several wounded men were
brought back, and they confirmed tlie pre
vious reports. But few details have been
received, but it would appear that the con
flict was hot and severe for cavalry.
Mauy of our own wounded and of such
prisoners as wertook bore the marks of the
sabre upon their heads and arms. The
greater part of our wounded, however and
all our dead, fell into the hands of the en
emy. It was unusual for our cavalry, who
were unsupported by infantry to charge
and drive hack the enemy; but when
they would do so, it was only to their own
loss. The Federal infantry were fre
quently posted along the sides of the hills
and behind stone fence, and when our cav
alry would charge forward, they would
open a murderous fire upon them from
their coverts. The Confederate loss was
considerable, and our forces admit that
they got the worst of the fight. The con
test was unequal, however, in this, that
the enemy had an infantry force to sup
port his cavalry.
Immediately upon the receipt of the a-
bovc intelligence, McLaws was directed
to recross tlie Shenandoah and defend
Ashby s Gap, to which point our cavalry
had fallen back. He now occupies the
Gap with his whole division, aud should
tbe euemy attempt to storm it they will
catch a terrible punishment. It w'ould
have done your heart good to see with
what alacrity his brave Georgiins, South
Carolinians and Mississippians sprang to
their erms, upon the receipt of the intelli
gence of the Federal advance. Semmes,
Wofford,. Kershaw and Barksdale are
“ugly customers in a fight,” to use a
vulgar expression, as the euemy found to
his cost at Chancellorsvifie and upon oth
er bloody fields.
ive character was needed, or else the
“Anaconda” was ploced in the position of
defense from the Potomac to the Mississ
ippi. Hence Rosencraus has moved for
ward. He may endeavor to push for the
Tennessee river direct, or lie may offer us
fight at Tullahoma. In this iast. event
we shall be able to defeat him. Our for
tifications are splendid at that place. But
I do not believe he will attack. He will
endeavor to checkmate Bragg by manoeu
vre, 1 fear his adroitness, shrewd foresight
and skill. He is a better tactician than
Bragg. But he has uot so good an army.
There was no fighting yesterday (Sun
day) aud there may be none to-day. Large
reinforcements went down last night. Gen.
Buckner with a division of five thousand
inen has passed on, others are expected to
follow to-day.
THE COMINU CONFLICT.
I stood last night until a late hour near
the depot intently watching the move
ments, events and scenes going forward.
The rain had cleared away iu the after
noon, and the sun had set in the West.
Department. His position, it will
readily be observed, is one requiring
the observance of much reticence on
his part; but he nevertheless gave us
much interesting information, a portion
of which we shall proceed to lay be
fore our readers. The armies of Kirby
Smith, Taylor and Price, now under
complete control of the wary chieftain
are each in position for moving at a
moment’s warning towards the com
mon centre—Vicksburg—and will be.
most likely to afford an early relief to
its heroic garrison by the total annihi
lation of Grant’s army—a consumma
tion not in the least improbable. The
General’s headquarters in the davtiine
are at Jackson, in the night at Canton.
He suffers from no want of provisions
transportations facilities or army stores;
but 0:1 the contrary commands the am
plest abundance of each. Hundreds of
mules and horses are standing idle in
his department awaiting the command
no
But long before the wane of the daylight T« Y ’ll . V li r A' n,
up rose the moon, “ Queeu regent oftlie ? r *t cry to the! rout. 1 here is tic
skies,” in all the quiet splendor of a puri- [OBger a doubt that alls ready .or .
lied atmosphere. After darkness came on forward movement. A number of facts
star after star followed, until the whole ; are in our possession which, were it
heaven seemed “ tangled in a silver braid.” prudent to announce here* would con-
Beneath this “ silent shower of pearls” ev- vince the most skeptical that the hour
ery object caught something of the light ! 0 f action is at hand—aye'striking, at
? the moment the eye is glancing over
above, and the most common tilings ofday
to me grew curiously quaint. 'The long ... ,- , .
trains rolling in, nacked with troops, the 118 al * ’ ;ilu ne L‘ ar bff h*'’ H, ‘“
• j __ j- i Trie rear aliniiT tn nnen nnnn tlie wen-
already arrived forces waiting for onward
transportation, and scattered in picturesque
groups here and there, tlie passers to and
fro, staff officers some, hospital attendants
others, citizeus, “ children, women and
dogs,” gave to the moveless things there
about a lively, animated nature. There
the rear about to open upon the wea
ry, wasted forces of Grant.
Selma Dispatch, 2Sth.
j Ged. Seauregard’s Wife in fffew Or
leans.
Tlie Huntsville [Ala.] Confederate
were camp fires, whose red flames put up , -
their tiny plea to the moonbeams, bet in j * earns that, under tbe I ankee decree
vain! There were dusky faces knotted j of banishment from their homes in New
around them, or dusky forms wrapped in ! Orleans of those who will not take the
dark blankets stretched on the ground. I oath of allegiance to the United States,
constructed, upou the moonlit panorama
away out across the groves and meadows,
with that ever ascending peak, piercing
the dewy disk in lines half of purple, Jialf
of mist, I could fancy the place Naples
and this Vesuvius. Oh ! may the battle
field below not know another Pompeii!
May the fair soil of Middle Tennessee not
sink beneath the horrid volcano of war,
with heaps of unhurried dead, summoned
in a moment before their God, warm in the
flesh, bruised and bleeding ! Not far from
the mouldering city of the ancients, and
between it and Herculaneum, is a tablet to
the sbrineless, shriveless dead. May we
erect no such tablets hero ! May the Lord
of Hosts look into our hearts and give the
battle to our bands ! May those who sur
vive it see victory perched upon every ban
ner and hill, that they may do the rite of
sepulchre to tbe gallant dead. Grant us
victory, oh, God ! The cries of persecu
ted women and of banished old men and of
frame illness, she and they were per
mitted to remain until her condition
should be so far improved as to admit
of her removal without sacrifice of life-
The venerable father of Mrs. Beaure
gard, Mr. Deslondes, who has become
blind through age, was detained alone
upon liis plantation, some forty miles
above the e-ity, none of his children be
ing permitted to be with him, nor he
to join them, unless he would take the
oath of allegiance to Lincoln’s infamous
Government. His eldest son has been
held in custody, as a hostage, by the
Yankee authorities, ever since they got
possession Of that part of the State, be
ing refused the right of exchange.
There is a great business done in
New York city in neck ties, but not
near as large as there ought to be.