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VOLUME XXXV.]
M ILL E DG E V1L LE, GEORGIA, T l' E SI) A V, J U X E 7, 1861.
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OIK NEW TERMS.
On ami after March 2d,I8fi4, the Terms <if S;tl>-
tivription to the Confederate Union, are Ten Dot.-
x. 4 rs, invaribly in advance. All indebtedness for
mbseription to this paper, previous to June 1st, 1SG3,
ib at the rate of Three Dollars per year.
famous proclamation were alike degrading
in matter and insulting in manner, being
addressed not to the authorities, Confeder
ate or State, of the South, hut to individ
uals, who by the very act of accepting it*
ington—should tve, his country men—re
cipients of the blessings of his wisdom
and valor refuse to heed his warning
voice ?
Strange as it may seem, these “specious
terms would hear for themselves the vil- J allurements of peace,” described and de
est curses of mankind.
I cannot too earnestly warn you gen
tlemen, and the country, against the great
danger of these insidious attempts of the
enemy to seduce our people into freating
with him for peace, individually or by the
formation of spurious States or parts of
States. Indeed 1 might add, that I look
nounced by Gen. Washington, have not
been presented by the enemy. We are
trying to delude ourselves. So great is
the hostility, and so furious the fanaticism
of the dominant paity at the North, that
they h ave not even offered us terms that
could be regarded by the most timid and
wavering as “alluring” Lincoln’s procla-
Froin the Charleston Courier.
A Pipe After Tea.
BV C. E. STANTON.
Us ing me a coal for my old clay pipe,
A coal that is glowing and red; .
Draw up mycliair to the fireside there,
And hurry the children to bed.
For we’ve finished our work and finished our tea,
Aud the evening prayer is said.7
Now place by the hearth a faggot or two,
And carry the kettle away ;
of the officer to whom I made applica
tion :
Gen. Stuart. The cavalry, for the presert
_ , . . _ . are, under an order from Gen. Lee, report-
0n the morning of the 12th. Johnson s j to him by divisions. Hampton is tha
c ivisiou occupied the light of Ewell’s j ranking: officer of that arm of the service ia
corps, llayss brigade being on Ins left, ! Virginia.
then J.. M. AA rIkoi s (!?tonc\\ all,) next | I tear mv letters have reached von irregti-
Jones s and then Stewart s At the junc-j ];iriy 0 < to lLo receilt mien-option
Don cf Jones and Stewart s brigades the | of ' om . 6on , UIIinicat i ollt! . I have written
lme of works made a bend at nearly a j promptly, however, and have done all in
right angle, in which a batfalhon of artil- ! my powcr t0 t UlCm t | iroU wh i„ tiem.
lery haa been posted. I he artillery had j t
Well chant, my dear wife, of the pleasures in life, j been withdrawn the preceding evening,
Furfur heurts'are wmm,au.l our spirits young, ! a " d the Ii,,e f. JollC3 ’ ^igade " as extend-
Though our heads are turning grey. 6tl to cover this gar. At 3 o'clock Oil the
r. AV. a.
upon any attempts to treat for peace, other j ination is so grossly outrageous and. so re
than through the regular channels provided j pngnant to our every idea of lifceitv, prop- |
by our constitution, so long as our gov- I erty and honor, as to insure the rejection I
eminent is maintained, as almost equally of the terms it holds out, while it adds
dangerous. It is the real peril of the hour, j weight and gives a tone of authority to the :
1 belong continuance and bloody charac- ; oft repeated assertions of their public men !
ter of the war, have so exhausted the pa
tience of our suffering people that many
of them are in a condition to listen eagerly'
to terms of peace, without duly considering
what the results would be, or how they
are to be acquired. An example of this
great danger is to be found in the attempt
of the British ministry in 177S to seduce
the loyalty of our forefathers from tlie
cause of independence, by sending peace
commissioners to the colonies with the
propositions contained in Lord North’s
ADVERTISING.
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linos for each insertion. . .
Tributes of ropeet. Resolutions by Societies, (Obil
uiries exceeding six lines.) Nominations for .office,
C# n «uni cations or E litorial notices* for individual
benefit, charged as transient advertising.
Legal Advertising.
Sheriff** tales, per levy of ten lines, or less, $>5 00
** Mortpratr® fi fa sales, per square, 10 00
Tax Collector's Sales, per square, 5 00
Citations for Letters of Administration, 5 00
** “ «* Guardianship, 5 00
Letters *f application for dism’n. from Adm’n 8.00
.< tj “ ‘- *• “ Guard'll 8 00
Appl'n for leave to sell land and negroes, 8 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors. 6 00
bales of land or negroes, per square, 8 00
« perishable property, 10 days, per sq. 2 (Ml
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex
ecutors or Guardians, are required by law to be held
on the first Tuesday in the month; between the hours
of IH in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
Court house in the county iu Which tlie property is
situated. ... • »
Notice of these sales must be given ;n a public ga
zette 40 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of personal property must be
given ia like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate
must also be punished 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be
published for two months. *
Citation* for letters of Administration Guardianship,
fcr., must ba published 30 days—for dismission from .
AIministrntion, monf.hty *ix month.* for dismission llailgei Ol fllloWUl
fron Guardianship,40 days t , dress tbeinselve? to anybody but Congress
anrl pvocooo, thcii thty v ant rio coinpro- j
mise, but will only Le content with our f
subjugation. If our enemy were ivally j
willing, under any circumstances, to com- j
promise with ns upon any terms short of,
our absolute submission, tLey would cer- j
tainly say so, and that to those whom !
they know to be authorized to entertain j
their propositions. The insidious attempt I
to invoke separate, individual and State j
action, proves this conclusively, and can j
have no other intention tlian to plunge us
‘conciliating bills.” These bills proposed i into civil war and to subjugate us beyond
to abolish all taxation whatever upoti the
colonies, except what might be necessary
for the convenience of commerce—the nett
proceeds of which were to go to the use
of the colonies, to suspend the operations
of all obnoxious statutes in reference to said
colonies passed since 1783 and authorized
those commissioners to pardon all such
persons as they saw proper and to treat
with “the existing governments or individ
uals.” Here almost all the principal mat
ters of dispute were conceded ; but our
fathers had an organized government and
bad set their hearts on independence —
Yet the terms offered were so fair that but
for the firmness and wisdom of the great
and good George AVashington, and the
unflinching patriotism of Congress the fate
ol tins continent might have been changed;
i so great was the weariness ol the people
| and so gloomy were the prospects. The
commissioners to ad-
Rulr-s for foreclosure of "Mortgage must be published , .. . , ,
nibs f,, r establishing lost papers, ; was so great as well as sucli a violation of
■iih*—forftonij'elliv.gtitle* the laws of war and international courtesy,
monthly far four
fjr thr ftill spare of >lt rrr m
from Executors or xainuiiistvatorH. where bo»o has Been
? iven bv tin* deceased tbcfull space of three months.
Publications will always be continued accordn g to
these, the legal requirements, uulessotherwiseordered.
£5?” When a subscriber finds a cross mark on
his paper be will know that bis subscription has
expired, or is about to expire, and must be renew
ed if he wishes the paper continued.
fy We do not send receipts to new subseri-
i hat that body, after prompily rejecting
the propositions and declaring that “the
only solid proof” of a disposition on the
part of the crown to make an honorable
peace with the colonies, “would be an ex
plicit acknowledgement of the indepen
dence of these States, or the withdrawal
of the fleets and armies”—went on solemn-
btrs. If they receive the paper they may know j ly to declare the measure “to be contrary
tint we have received the money. I to the law of nations, and utterly subver
ts" Subscribers wishing their papers changed j sive of that confidence which could alone
from one post-office to another must state the maintain those means which had been in -
name of the post-office trom which they wish it ven ted to alleviate the horrors of war ;
changed. . . _ ! and that therefore the persons employed to
To Tax Receivers. i distribute such papers mere not entitled to the
.. , „ . , , „ • _ I protection of a fas.
The Cemptroller General furnishes each Receiver] i \\xr . * . „ . • , ,
, L „ H ... T , . iGeneral \V ashington was so astonished
of Tax Returns with three Books. If any Receiver .... . . ® .. £ .
Wi.hr. an Extra book, or sheets for a blotter,we will and indignant, that on its first appearing,
furnish him at the rate of 50 cents a sheet. One dollar [ lie was induced to regard it as a forgery,
•xtra if the sheets ars bound. ) and in a letter to tl;e President of-Con-
— J gress, he used the following language, re-
Z^ST Interesting reading matter will | markable for its severity, coming from
, if . ,, ?.■ I him : “The enclosed draft of a bill was
be foun on P o • I brought to Headquarters yesterday after
noon by a gentleman, who informed me
redemption. IIow strange, then, to think,
as some of our people honestly do, that
the very plan proposed by ti e enemy for
our destruction, is the best way to sectne
a speedy and honorable peace ! I respect
fully submit that my plan, based on the
wisdom and patriotism of AYashington,and
the universal teaching of history—to
strengthen and sustain the army, and ne-1
gotiatiou through the proper channels—is !
the safe and better one.
It seems to me that the true, safe and |
conservative path through all our troubles,
lies iti guarding alike against the destruc
tion of law and liberty on the one hand,!
and the impatience of the people under;
the burdens of war, on the other, while !
with both hands', and with all our strength,
and hearts and souls we uphold and main-'
tain those, who, even as I write, are bat
tling and bleeding for the lights and iude* i
pendence of their country. I confess I
am not of those who-seem to think the .
greatest danger to our rights and liberties
is from our own government. AYbile strug
gling to resist the invisible tendencies of ;
revolution to destroy civil freedom at home !
I cannot forget that the danger from with
out threatens the destruction of everything,
that there comes from the North a rank
and bloody despotism, fierce and fanatical,
gory with our peoples blood and blacken
ed by the smoke of their burning homes,
with hordes of armed slaves thirsting to
complete the demoniac work of wasting :
and destroying, and panting to sow salt
grey.
Ami here we sit on this winter nigh*,
A cosy and lisppy old pair,
And loving as true, as we used to do,
Wtien I was young, ami you were fair,
And the silver thread from the loom of years
Caine not ia your raven hair.
ai : now you look with your knitting there,
So cheerful and pleasant, my dear,
That I fee! full well iny old heart swell,
ui<t to its Tirmnrgnrr,
And I know it throbs as faithful • ow,
Though our ends are drawing m ar.
I mind me, wife, of the olden time,
When true to our earlier love,
A fair young biide, stood close to my side,
And looked to the altar above.
While the summer wind and the birds without
ere mourning in die grove.
Our fathers were there our mothers too,
Ami we cherished the blessing they gave ;
Ami the tears will fall, when we .liiuk thty’re all
In the cold and silent grave,
Where the wind is sighing mournfully
And the willows o’er them wave.
But we nil must die, and day by day,
We pillow each other to sleep ;
When the loved ones grf, and the hot tears flow,
“Tis otdy a pleasure to weep,
But God hath an eye to the loveliest here,
And the humblest soul will keep.
For three score years we've kept our faith,
And true to our early tryst.
We've found the goal, of a quiet soul,
That many a heart hath missed,
And many a one hath wandered away
To the tones ire would not list.
Ah ! wife. I feel jnv old blood course
And (ingle away in my veins,
When 1 think how true, both I and you,
Together have guided the reins;
With nothing on earth to marouriove,
Or fret ami bother our braius.
gab-
morning of the 12th Johnson asked for ar
tillery, saving the enemy was massing
\ W.VIL FRO!! THE I—N*!VI*BEES
OF YiftOEDl.
The latter sentence of the above caption
we find in the New York Dotty Acm-.v, of
Now shake the coal from my old clay pipe,
For see, 'tis blackened anil dead.
And t in tire wan, and the faggot gone,
And the lump-wick nearly fled,
Ami f tie clock on the mantle points to ten,
And it’s time to go to bed.
ODE.
How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
Bv ail their country's wishes blest 1
When Spring with dewy lingers cold,
Returns to deck their hallowed mould,
8he there shall dress a sweeter sod,
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
By fairy hands their knell is rung;
By forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray.
To bless the turf that wraps their clay:
And Freedom shall awhile repair,
To de. ell a weeping hermit there!
William Collins-
‘But no! The brave die never! Being death-
heavily in bis front, and Page’s battaliion | the I2lh, over tin editorial of melancholy,
was started to him. Jones’ brigade, of six ! but. thrilling intorcsD^Lt speaks in trum-
roeflmonto, ha.il but tlireo in line when the pet tones of the deep feeling which per-
assault was made at 4 o’clock ; une bad j vades that great community. It now only
been detached to cover the gap of half a j slumbers but at an early day it must burst
mil© LoIttcvh Stewart’s brigade and Lane’s \ forth, like the fires of the volcano, utterly
brigade, of AATlcox’s division, on the right; i consuming the vile abolirionit.tr—tl e vil-
one had been deployed as skirmishers, anfl j lainous authors of this cruel and most
another had just been sent out to relieve unnatural war. Let the m my of Grant
the latter. The enemy made their attack . be driven back, as we ix-.iieve and trust
in mass, with a rush upon the point where j in God, it will he, and there wiil bo.i revo-
the artillery had been, and the three regi- j lutioiw at the North which cannot be chock-
ments cf Jones’ brigade gave wav, almost ed. The Abolitionists—the Greeleys. tho
without firing a shot. Thy artillery which Phillipses, the Garris i a :t,d the 1 e.'c he■§-
had been sent was just driving up to the ; have sowed-the wind, and now thev must
woiks at ajgallop as the enemy poured over, 1 reap the whirlwind:
killing the horses and preventing the men j \Vc copy the article of the. Xcws entire:
from unlimbering the guns, and capturing I tll .. „„ ....
the guns and Lett. Johnson Who was en I , T . , ...
deavoring to rally his command. As ihe J i f ° i imC uur ) P'6 dead! that, 13 re
enemy rushed in the Stonewall brigade, | R 01 ec ’ " as c 01 of Gen. Grant to
on the left of the gap, and part of Stewart’s, i [j 16 . 1 u -_ ^ M l"'‘ ti<,n 0! General Lee,
on the right of it, received them with a
heavy fire, but the enemy .losing down on
Stewart on the flank, front and rear suc
ceeded in taking the larger part of his
command in the works. In attempting to
swing around his br-gadc so as to oppo-e
the enemy in front, 4ien. Walker was
houlil cease
that the woik of destruction
a brief while till the dead were buried.
The request and the answer are probably
fictions. They are the substance of a
in the furrows of the plowshare of desola- less, they but change their country’s arms for
tion, as it runs over our razed cities, and niore-their country’s heart. Give thou the dead
their due; it is they who save us.
Festus.
Army Correspondence of the Savannah Re
publican.
Message of Gov. Vance.
(Concluded.)
Nor have I, amid all the embarrassments
that a large caigo of them had just been
sent out of Philadelphia. AVlietber this
insidious proceeding is genuine and inl
and perplexities of the situation, been un- j ported in the packets, or contrived
mindful of the great object of all our blood in Philadelphia, is a point undeter-
and suffering—peace, or neglectful of all mined and immaterial; but it is cer
proper and honorable efforts to obtain it— tainly founded in principles of the most
knowing the great desire of our people to wicked, diabolical baseness, aud meant to
save the precious blood of their children,
if by any possibility an opening might be
found for the statesmen to supercede the
soldier,! approached the President on the
first opportunity presented by the cessation
of hostilities last winter, and urged him to
appoint commissioners and try what might
be done by negotiations. I bad little hope,
indeed, of those commissioners beingre-
ceived by the government of our enemy,
but I thought it our duty, for humanity’s
sake to make the effort and to convince
our own suffering people that their gov
ernment was tender of their lives and
property and happiness.
My letter 4o the Piesident last Decem
ber and bis reply are sent herewith for
youy information.
I respectfully recommend that you, as
thd representatives of the people of North
Carolina, should lay down what you would
consider fair basis of peace, anti call upon
our Representatives in Congress, and
those to whom is committed the power of
making treaties by the Constitution, to
neglect no fitting opportunity of offering
such to the enemy. These terms in my
judgment should be nothing less than the
independence of those fetates, whose ues-
poisoti the minds of the people, and detach
the wavering at least 4'rutu our cause.”—
And again ; “The necessity of putting
the army on a respectable footing, both
as to numbers and Coustitution, is now
become more essential than ever. The
enemy are beginning to play a game more
dangerous than their efforts by arms
(though these will not be remitted in the
smallest degree,) wKicli threatens a fatal
blow to the independence of America, and
of course to her liberties. They arc endeav
oring to ensure the people Inj specious allure
ments of peace. It is not improbable they
have bad such abundant cause to be tired
of the war, that they may be sincer^.in the
terms which they offer, which though all
short of our pretensions, will be extremely
flattering to minds that do not penetrate
tar into political consequences ; but whetli-
or tlioyuro winppi'G r»r tint tliAy trv
equally destructive ; i’or to doeo©rning
men, nothing can be more evident than
that a peace on the principles of dependence
hourrer limited after what has happened,
would be to the last degree dishonorable and
M # jk it jk
ruinous.
It is doubtful whether many of our
friends might not incline to an accommo-
in whose march forms of law, constitutions
free governments, life, home property, all 1
go down to rise 110 more, till God shall
plant in the bosoms of a new generation
the principles of liberty and love of peace,
which this, in-its madness, has cast off.
In addition to the many brilliant victo
ries which have crowned our arms this [
spring in all parts of the Confederacy, I
have the sincere pleasure to congratulate
you upon the very splendid success of the
opening of the campaign in onr State, re
sulting in the re-capture of the towns of
Plymouth and AVashington, and the rescue
of a considerable portion of our territory . , ,,
from the enemy. This is the more grati- Fredericksburg Railroad. Gen. Lee, not
fynig because it was accomplished by d « 3 P^ d ? lon S in the saffl e (W-
troops under the command of two distin- tmn, nor to allow his adversary to proceed
guished sons of N. Carolina, Brigadier, alone, ordered Lwell to advance and strike
now Maj. Gen. Hoke commanding t ] ie ! l'|ni 111 tue flank and rear, and thus compel
land forces, and Commander Cooke, with
the steam ram Albemarle I doubt not
bnt that you will see the propriety of ren-.
dering suitable thanks to these gallant ofti-
being
of this, there was no head to the brigade,
aud each regiment, from right to left, con
tinued to fight at the works until its flank
was turned, inflicting heavy loss on the
foe and losing much themselves. The
enemy still pressing bis advantages, John
ston’s North Carolina brigade', ot Gordon’s
command, was put in on the right of the
Louisiana (late Stafford’s) brigade, near the
Stonewall brigade.’aud succeeded in check
ing the enemy for a time. The loss of
Johnson’s division was abot 2,000 prison
ers and eighteen pieces of artillery, besides
the killed and wounded.
The enemy had now gained possession
of a wood within our works and advanced
nearly a quarter of a mile from the works
to McCoul’s house. At this point Gor
don throw in three regiments of his Geor
gia brigade near McCoul’s house, at a
f-hargo. who ctruolc tlio onomy ii» front and
on the left, and dfove those they met out
of the works and over them. The Feder-
als being thus checked, he formed the oth
er three regiments ot his brigade and Pe-
g 1 am’sVirginia brigade, and put them in
on the right of the other three regiments,
and pushed back the enemy in splendid
style, regaining Stewart's and parts of
Jones’ line and the artillery. This posi-
Ar.my Northern Virginia, I i tion they continued to held during the day
Spottsylvania C. H., May 20. j ! against assaults, although their left was
AVe had a little excitement last evening, I never supported by other troops. A little
mere sensation Extra, that was issued
last evening. Tne despatch of Secretary
Stanton amounts fi> a contradiction of
severely wounded and carried from the i . bt,ltei ‘ u **b and equally discredites
field. The senior Colonel not being aware rutri01 o 10 captuio el 20,000 Con
federates. But supposing the statement true,
Gen. Grant was right.
but to-day all is quiet as a summer morn- ufter Goraon bad gone iu, Raffiseur s Noith
iug. It was ascertained yesterday that Carolina brigade,of Rhodes’s division,made
the enemy was again retiring from our
left front where lie had been so handsome
ly repulsed the day before by Gordon, and
was moving towards the Richmond and
tin it* have been fairly united with the | dation on the grounds held out, or which
Confederacy by the voice of their people, may be,rather than persevere in the contest
and the privilege of a free choice to those lor independence.
which have been considered doubtful. If this is the case it must surely be tue
1 presume that no honorable man or truest policy to strengthen the army, and
V a,r iu could think of anything less than place it upon a substantial footing. This
will conduce to inspire the country with
confidence ; * * * and if a treaty
should be deemed expedient, will put it in
their power to insist upon better terms
than they could otherwise expect.”
By such timely consel did the groat
Washington sustain the cause of indepen
dence—buoying up the hopes of our ances
tors and laboring to meet those insidious
attempts of the British to decoy them into
the dangers of seeking peace by irregular
and revolutionary methods. Again, in
another letter to the same person, he says :
“It seems to me nothing short of indepen
dence can possibly do. The injuries we
have received from Britain can nevei be
forgotten, and a peace upon other terms
would be the source of perpetual feuds and
animosity." The civdlized world, w heiev
er liberty is worshipped, has with one
voice thanked God for the gift ot Wash-
hidejifcvlence. Less would be subjugation,
™' ltu *^and dishonorable. Nobody at the
■* °"A> tlimks of reconstruction, simply be-
™ use 'tis impossible. With a constitu
Don torniirt,> t ii rea( ] Si with slavery abolish-
ed > v.-Rli out property confiscated and
ourse.ves and <*,. children reduced to beg-
f?«iy, our slaves p u t h) possession of our
^ruis and invested with equal rights, so
I • P. o]llic *l aud a great gulfyawning
.1 North anil South, filled with
J , .L* our murdered 60ns, and its
l ts , ^with the debris of our ruined
tinn JeS ’- t \ 0W , ca<l t i iere any reconstruc-
1 with the author* of these evils, or
‘ iii can it he desirable if it were possible?
j ' 0 *‘I ase F sa )’ a * rt -i 8 not possible so
oesAIr: lillmore, a mao whom we once
re ’>pected > and so do nine-tenths of their
oratcqs and presses. The only terms ever
f ered us contained in Mr. Lincolu’s in*
cers and the brave officers and men under
their commands for the conspicuous heroism
which has been rewarded by such splendid
results. AA^e cordially and gladly wel
come back our fellow-citizens of that
region, thus rescued from the enemy, to the
embraces of their mother State, and thank
them for their steadfast adherence to mu-
cause under the tyranny and oppression
of our foe. Indeed, it is gratifying to ob
serve the very great loyalty and patriotism
of that whole portion of our State within
or contiguous to the enemy’s lines which
has been alike subjected to his blandish
ments and bis ravages. May the day spec
dily come when our jurisdiction shall
again extend to the sands or tl.e Atlautic.
Several other matters which I deem it
necessary to specify, will thrust themselves
upon your attention.
In regard to financial matters, the in
teresting report of the Public Treasurer is
so full and complete that I am content
merely to refer you to it, confident that I
could not improve upon any of Ins sugges
tions, which I, in the main, endorse.
The poor, especially the indigent fami
lies of our soldiers, still demand our care.
It is justly conceded that when they are
not able to support themselves the State
should support them in the absence of their
natural protectors. I cannot, however,
make auy specific recommendation, for
their further relief, but should any plan
occur to ynur superior wisdom, f doubt not
but you will promptly act upon it. It
will be very difficult for many of them to
struggle through till harvest, especially
in some of the counties of the west, which
have been preyed upon alike by friend and
foe.
Trusting that harmony will’ prevail in
your councils, and that much 'good may
under God, result to the country therefrom.
I close my message with an expression ol
readiness to co-operate with you—should
it lie in my power—in the execution of the
labors devolving upon you.
Z. B. A'ANCE.
Executive Def’t, May 17th, 1804.
him to return to his former position.—
Ewell marched out of the trenches late iu
the afternoon, and encountered the enemy
a little before sunset. A sharp, brief
combat ensued, the enemy being thrown ;
into considerable confusion and retiring
before our troops. It is believed that the
attack would have resulted in important
captures had all portions of the command
behaved equally well, but Jones’ biigade of
Johnson’s division which did not stand
firmly at the Wilderness, and was the first
to break in the great battle of the 12th,
tied incontinently, and some report that
the Stonewall brigade did not do as well
as it might have done. The latter is com
posed of troops from the \ T alley of the
Shenandoah, and the former from counties
a magnificent charge upon the enemy’s
right as they poured through the works,
driving them out with slaughter and re
taking the line of the Louisiana and part
of the Stonewall brigade, and here they
stood all day.
Although these troops were doing splen
didly, there was stili a gap of some length
between Hamsenr's right and l’egrnm’s
left, where the enemy held our works, and
Hirough this they conduced to press. To
close the gap and regain our whole line
and the artillery, there was desperate
fighting. Battle’s Alabama biigade, of
Rhode’s division, was thrown in on Ram-
seur's right, his centre passing tlie Mc-
Uoul’s house, drove the enemy back some
distance, into the woods, gaining a foot
hold in the wood, which they resolutely
held.
The enemy now occupied tho outside
of our works on the crest where Jones’
brigade broke, and our line was along the
works of the Btonowall brigade, and there
broke off towards the right through the
wood, nearly to Pcgram’s left. Again and
again the enemy made desperate efforts
in Southern A^irginia. Pegram’s brigade!* 0 drive out the Confederates and press
of the same division, on the contrary, dis- through the gap still existing, but they
plc*roci a**w«I* j • failaJ HAnri*’ M iseuiKmuj liri trade was
In consequence of the nnsteadinesa of a 3eot U P , at tLis ti,ne and P ut 111 011 “ap
portion of tlie corps here alluded to, Ewell seur s right, oyer the same ground as
did not press his advantages, nor bring offi^ att ^ es » and drove tlie enemy lrum
some forty-five wagous which he captured, i another portion of the works, and the
Indeed, finding that the enemy was re- ground thus regained they held for Hie
ceiving heavy reinforcements, aud it beipg * ~
no part of his instructions to bring on a
remainder of the day. Subsequently Per
rin’s aud McGowan’s South Carolina brig-
al engagement within the Federal; ades were brought up and put in on the
gener
entrenchments, be returned late to his for
mer position, leaving his dead and a por
tion of his wounded behind. His losses
were small, not exceeding 100 in killed
and wounded. Through some oversight,
the ambulances of the corps did not accom
pany it, or llie wounded might have been
right of Harris, and still later the remnant
of Johnson’s division moved up to close
the gap between Pegram’s left and the
right of the other troops fo-about One hun
dred yards in the angle of the works,
which the enemy continued to hold, and
from which we did not succeed in rousting
removed. The real object of the demon- j them. Our artillery was so far regained
stration however, was fully accomplished ;
the movement to the right was checked,
and Grant reduced to the condition of the
as to enable Major Cutshaiv to take bis
artillerymen to the pieces and work them
during the rest of the day with marked
man who receives unexpected news on a I effect upon the enemy ; but the horses hav
journey and who stops to scratch his head, [ ioj? been killed and the enemy’s sharp-
being in doubt which way to turn or vvliat j shooters being near, the guDS could not be
to do. whether to go on or return
Since different accounts of the attack
upon Johosoa’s division, or Ewells’ corps,
on the morning uf the 12th, have been
given to the public, and since all of these
aec unts, probably, have more or less of
error in them, I have applied to an intelli
gent officer who was present throughout
the battle, and who was in a position to
understand what was going on as fully as
Gen. Ewell himself, for tlie facts, So far as
they fell under his own eye. The fol
lowing is the substance of tho statement
withdrawn. During these operations we
captured on this part ot the lines about
one thousand prisoners from every corps
in the F«deral army. Our captures during
the day were quite equal to those made by
the enemy.
It is apparent from this brief narrative
thafrVhile we did not regain the whole of
our lines, we should probably not have
lost any part of them if the artillery had
been in position when the assault was
made.
No one has been appointed to succeed
„ r l here is no time
to bury the dead, while day after day they
are counted by thousands upon thousands,
ft the fiends of Ilcil were commissioned
by an angry Cod to wreak vengeance upon
earth, they could not more, toi l id v fulfill
the mission of destruction than do the con
tending aimies in Virginia. No marvel
that the commur itv thrills with excite
ment, and quivers with an universal shud
der. Every flash on the wires is laden with
a tale of horror. The woid, “victory”
stares in mockery at the reader from the
glaring headings of each despatch, but
below there is but the record of slaughter,
slaughter beyond all precedent of battle
fields, but winning nothing but the meed
of heroism for those that light this insensate
quarrel.
AYe mark the absence of all enthusiasm
ufocji tfo wilrlpst minora of triumph
that come from the A irginia shambles, and
it is no wonder, for along with them
comes such fearful accounts of butchery
that the public heart lias no room for exul
tation in the intensity of its agony and
horror.
Could we but read the anguish and des
pair of the millions that have been be
reaved within this week, side by side
with tlie details that we rea'd of the mur
derous strife, there would be few to clamor
for a prolongation of the war. AVe count
the mourners by millions, for the dead
and wounded are being counted by tho
hundred thousand.
The Tribune of yesterday estimates our
loss thus far at 40,U0U ! AVhat has Bince
occurred, it is a hopeful calculation, makes
it 70,000! AVe claim greater loss for tho
enemy ; but call it equal, and there are
140,000 victims immloated within seven
days of indecisive battle.
Do you think of this, you men that worship
the meek and love, ordaining Christ, and
will you thirst for blood,-and have your
pulpits again desecrated by furious invoca
tions to the Savior 1 Do you dream only
of the military fruits of the victory ? Oh !
look a little at its other hideous offspring.
We have to search all over the wide North
to be conscious of the desolation that the
past accursed sennight lias engendered.
Hear at our own doors the wail of the
stricken ones—count within this city’s
limits the innumerable^ mourners.
The streets were thronged the
kerchiefs waved, the shotrt of admira
tion was heard when the Ninth Regi
ment of our city’s best and bravest
tramped gaily,boldly down Broadway,
to light tlie abolition battle. In those
full ranks were the youth, the man-
/I«vwl fho pvi/Ju of' Xo\v Vnrk —
Where are they now ? Ot' the Sinlft
Meg intent remains jou( officers and fif
teen men.
The day will come when the au
thors of this war will realize their re
sponsibility. The Abolitionist will
be startled from his fanaticism by the
cry of the millions who now mourn
i silently, but who will one day swell
i the inevitable chorus of broken hearts,
i appealing to God for vengeance up
on those that wrought their sorrow.
Think, not you fanatics, you who
have filled your houses with pieces
stained with the blood of your coun
trymen, you who have driven your
brethren like bullocks to the slaughter
pens, that you might make your
fortunes, and feed your ambition upon
their carcases, think not that Nemesis
willj forget the day of reckoning.—
It is you, meddlers with the social sys
tem of your fellow men ; it is you
demagogues, who have nursed coovul- .
sion that you might grasp power out
of chaos; it is you, heartless mercen
aries, who are now feasting and luxu
riating upon the wealth realized’ by
your country’s agony ; it is you that
the people will call to account in the
hour of retribution.