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cers whose bodies
ed, the number of corpses
must ba\ e been remoy- more than realized he now hopes not fro
meet the enemy this .side of New Oilcans.
Hn« to the
lying ou llie
field within range of the enemy,s shaip-
shooters, is estimated at fully * 1UI1 '
dred. The Federal killed m the strug
gles on the right may.therefore Le declar-
ed positively to number as many as two
thousand. I have no data on which to es
timate the breadth of the slaughter in the
fierce conflicts of the right; but from the
stubbornness and volume of these, ieel
quite confident that they must have added
to the slain as awful an account as t!:at
rendered in front of Ewell. "Witli three
thousand prisoners and four thousand
dead, the usual proportion of six or s ®™"
the wounded would sh» w
the battle of the
been less than
to one for
the losses of Grant, in
Wilderness, cannot have
thirty thousand. . . , ,
Gen. Lee, in attempting to lead Gregg s
Texans into »Le jaws of death, has given
history a striking proof of the attachment
of hi* troops to his person, i he world
did not, however, want any evidence of
his own devotion; andean hardly fail to
pfonouncc judgment against his course on
that occasion as one of jashness. 11i.-> ex
posure during the present campaign nas
been so unusual, and apparently so unnec
essary, as to have impressed his troops
with profound concern. r l he explosion ol
a shell under his own horse, the killing of
the horse of his Adjutant General, Lieut.
Col. Taylor, and the wounding in the face
of another officer attached to his person, - . - TT .,, , 7 . 7 .
Lieut Col. Marshall, have had the depres- battle of Pleasant Hill their men had to
sing effect of a deep anxiety on the mm ale j search, the haversack* of the dead to get
of his arm. r T lio Piesident, sharing the
To deal seriously. It i-s d* !e j°
country that the true state of affairs up
here should be known. General, flanks^
on arriving at Alexandria, kept liis army
wailing about a week, in order to hold an
election in Rapides parish for delegates
to the Constitutional Convention. On ar
riving at Natchitoches (pronounced Nack-
a tosh,) tlie same farce was repeated,.and
an election held before the army could ad
vance. 'Phe soldiers became clamorous
fur a fight, and loud complaints were heard
from all about delays for elections, cotton
speculating, &c. Thus Banks bad lost
the confidence of bis soldiers as a General
long before be went into battle. The
manner in which he disposed of his forces
at Mansfield, where he commanded in per
son, was so contrary to all rules of military-
tactics that everybody became disgusted
with his generalship. Complaints from
officers as high in command as Brigadier-
Gcneral were loud and public. They de
clared that Banks’ army' bad been whipped
in detail, and that he was unfit to com
mand an army.
General A. .1. Smith can be heard at all
times denouncing Banks for incompetency
as a general. There is another source of
complaint. There was a criminal neglect
on tlia part of some one to properly' sup
ply the men with rations. The officers of
the One Hundred and Sixteenth New York
infantry declare publicly that after the
general apprehension in and out of the
field for tfie safety' of Gen.Loo,has,1 am glad
to say, written to him a touching letter of
remonstrance. The relations private and
public, of the two men, will no doubt give
something to eat, while at the same time the
negroes were veil supplied with rations.
General Banks may' be useful to the coun
try' in many capacities and places. But
to continue him longer in command of the
department of the Gulf is setting at de
great weight to that protest; notwitbstaud-1 fiance the wishes of nine tenths of the loyal
ing that it comes from a man who. though I citizens of Louisiana, and is to treat with
charged in a struggle for all that is dear to contempt the deep indignation and well
a freeman with the late of millions, had, | founded dissatisfaction of the soldiers in
under an error of his own devotion, butj
just returned from alarming exposure to; Ion w
the teriible missiles that screamed, and ! Before the battle of Pleasant Hill, Gen-
burst, and crashed in tliurder-claps a-j oral Dick Tavior sent in by flag of truce a
round Drewy’s Bluff. letter to General Banks, in which he told
i him that it negro troops were used again.-.t
~ - - ! ,j 1(J (Confederate army, he (Taylor) would
aise the black flag and show no quarter.
the field. We cannot hope for success so
as hois in command.
writ/’of habeas, corpus shall not be $usper>-_
ded unless when in case of rebellion.or in
vasion.” When suspended in rebellion
or invasion, a criminal committed For trea
son, or conspiracy, or other crimes—State
or civil—shall not be brought up beforea
court for investigation or release by' the
writ of habeas corpus. This is all the
Constitution means. To take any other
than this, throws the Constitution in con
flict with itself, and in fact annihilates it.
If the President and his officials can, of
their mere volition, by the suspension of
the writ of habeas corpus, seize any man
cast him into prison and keepliim there,
then the right of the people to be secure in
their persons against unreasonable seizures
is violated, and they are arrested by' war
rants issued by the Executive for no
cause shown, and supported by no oaths
or affirmations, and the Constitution it
self is practically annihilated. Its sole
great end—the* liberty of the citizens-—is
destroyed.
This view of the limited power of the
Confederate Government to control the
liberty of the citizens is also in keeping
with the character ofthe whole Govern
ment. It lias no citizens. Every citizen
in the Confederate States io the citizen ol
a State, which alone is his sovereign —
Whenever doubts existed ou this point
under the Cmstitution of tLe United
States,' the sovereign States composing
the Confederacy' are perfectly competent
r
niinw s-flcwijfc,
From K > Goldsboro' Stan Journal, 3d instant .
laiporlan,' om freloir—hxiraordinarj- forpcit
DoiWjs..
We 1cniff froin a^ Well informed corres
pondent t llht ou Friday last tbe Yankees
at Newbe.-h sent- out to Batchelor’s-Civek
four large torpedoes to be "planted” in the
Neuse, at Spring Garden, ten miles from
Nowbern to guard against any rebel gun
boats likely to be seutdown upon them.—
At this point they were removed from the
cars to the commissary building. Three
of them had been safely deposited, but the
fourth, ou entering the building, was
struck so violently that the “machine”
exploded.- The explosion set ‘off' the
other three, and as -may be supposed the
four ‘set. off' the building- and its contents
at a rapid rate through the air.
One hundred men including twenty
negroes were ‘within range’ of the missiles,
of whom sixty-three were instantly killed,
the rest wounded. Amongst the killed is
a notorious Yankee villian, Lieut. Willis*
\7e learn also, that Hezekiah Davis, an old
citizen of that neighborhood, was present
and got killed.
At the scene of the disaster it is said the
Yankees had erected a tali tewer or look
out, in the top of which a Yankee was at
the time posted! The tower suddenly dis
appeared and if the sentinel on that tower
has yet been found uur informant has not
heard of it.
The explosion was heard twenty miles,
tosupplyby their action, any deficiency of | aud create d great consternation in the
means they have conferred on their agent garrison at Newbern. The long roll was
-t—the Confederate Government—to carry | toate n, gignal gon8 were fired> and eve
out the objects for which they created it. preparation was quickly made to meet tbe
Io aigue, therefore, that any power in j rebels. Such a ^cene of wild confusion is
the Confederate Government is incomplete ( feaid t0 have existed in the. good old town
or deficient, is to argue to no purpose.— as j ias never been exceeded.
Effete
FROM THE IKflfr ©F S0HT9EK.1 VMUhMA,
Correspondence Richmond Di^jatch.
• Army of Northern Virginia, f
Near .Gaines’Mill, June 3, I5X>4. S
The immortal Second Corps of this E»th£ pSetto state! 6 He'^ruTa’ fr ^
army yesterday achieved a success frontof teahnem aud totho
which is second to none that has
This Government, by its very nature, is a
limited Government, and tbe State* to
which it beionga may have intentionally
confered only a limited power over its eiti-1
zens. .They stand possessed of all other
powers, to control their citizens and to 1
protect themselves.
Grab*' Carter as- a Genera!—loo a j
thing to be Losi—tfic Boston Vaukee site no
n?.
Tbe Red river correspondent of the Mis-1
souri Republican gets off the following capi
tal thing on Yankee General Banks and!
his career in Louisiana aud along the Low
er Mississippi.
I have some “Bank checks,” or checks
on Banks, to transmit vou. When Gen j
11 may be owin'
troops were civ
JHYORITY REPORT IT COTGRESS OY THE
HABEAS CORPIS ACT.
We are indebted to some attentive friend
at Richmond, for a copy of the report made
by Mr Garland, on the part of tlie minor
ity of tbe Judiciary - Committee in tbe
to this fact, tiiat no negro j ££ OUS6i j{ ie suspension of the Habeas
aged, they having been ^ Q or p U8 by the late congress, to whom
ten-
crowned the Confederate arms during
this campaign. By a preconcerted ar
rangement a flank movement was un
dertaken yesterday evening, upon the
enemy’s right wing, and most success
fully executed. About three o’clock
our troops moved forward, Gordon
having the lead. Gen. G-, by actual
experiment, ascertained that a swamp
was passable for his troops, and on it
he moved and by it passed upon the
enemy’s Hank.
The enemy had also supposed this
march impossible and hence bad taken
do precautioiTto guard against a Hank
mo\ement in this direction. Our boys
went forward with a. will, driving the
enemy back from a line of works
erected for their skirmishers, and from
two lines which were protecting their
lines of battle. Not until our men
had reached the enemy’s second line
of works did we fire a gun. Up to
that time everything had been carried
by charging. At tiiat point the ene
my had made a stand and fought us
until night ended the conHict.
IletU’s division, of A. P. Hill’s corps
nobly sustained itself, in connection
with Rodes’ and Gordon’s divisions,
in this masterly affair.
Cur losses, it is supposed, will foot
up about three hundred. Rodes and
Gordon captured five hundred of the
enemy’s men, and Heth a couple of
hundred more. The enemy left.over
fifty of their wounded in our hands, to!
7,1 . j be cared for. Among our casualties I
J bare to mention Brig. Gen. Doles, kill-
The operations of Wednesday are thus ed, and Brig. Gen. Kirtland. slightly
mined up by General Lee is his official wounded
except in
tbe immediate vicinity of the explosion.
We regret the whole infernal race was
not within easy range of the torpedoes.
®«th of f«|. L . n , fct , u
u>. b"fL^r t r;rn 0l,,, Vr'
apieadid regiment, twelve , fc d w »tb Ins
the
T as to
From the Richmond Examiner.
The. War in Virginia.
J» "Pel
oalHodging in ,h. live,. H. w.fc.L ‘ %! '»
residence ot Mr Berrick, in the vicinitv ^ , 10 l ( 10
died on yesteiday. ' U1 ^‘ wlw « ^
The Richmond Sentinel of the 4th, » av! ,.
lesterday morniug, our city was awuuji l ..
battle, which began with the C* th *
Lee s and Grant’s uiuies. ’ b ' tweea
I he cannonade was very heavy. an .i.
ofthe musketry w« s also distinctly h«J&* ttla
hills aroui.d the city. 0U1
A v'isit to the lines in the afternoon eu»l,i B .
^ some further items,, more particular)
affairs on our right.
'iiie operations yesterday consisted of
and continuous skirmishing all along our line.ti,^
ot a heavy and determined assault on that portion
ll . lel< * by Kershaw, (commanding McLaw *
Division) Hoke and Breckinridge.
Against Breckenridge’s lino, the assailants are
said to have been rewarded with a partial but
momentary success. We were informed that they
passed into our works at one point and seized
three pieces of cannon, but were swiftly driven
out again and the ground recovered.
The tight, which consisted iu hu attempt ofthe
enemy to storm our breastworks at the point sta-
ed. ended m their complete' repulse. We did not
advance, but contented ouiselves with holding
. enemy, in his obstinate as
saults, was very heavy. Any estimate could of
course, only be conjectural. In front of Ker
shaw s line, we were told that there could be
kees e i r th 0m i°“ e Sp0t ’ Hb0,,t <ive bundred Van-
1 he object of the enemy in directing his assault
d ^ Part ° f li ‘° lin . c wo have indicated, Will
doubtless to gam possession of the hills and strong
position about Gains’ Mill, which lies in !he rear
or our line a tiiat point; aud to open up a way, if
possible, to Bottom’s Bridge aud a union there
rwth Fuller, He has been signally aud disas
trously defeated of his object.
In short, yesterday was a happy day for ns. and
a dark one for Grant In connection with the
evening before, we have lost no ground on our
"fit, we have gained largely on our left, we have
taken nearly two thousand prisoners, we have put
hors tiu combat perhaps t» n thousand Yankee sol-
,,V: r8 ’, a ? d wro have suffered very slight loss.—
1 liana God.
ance, but
our position.
The loss of the
.sent to ihe tear (or lather to tlm fiont) to we re f uru OU r tlmnks for his polite altei
guanl tbe baggage train on its way nack! jj, )U . We have carefully perused tliisab
s u mine
despatch :
Headquarters Army Northern Virginia, )
June 1st, 1864, P. M. (
Honorable Secretary of War :
There has been skirruishin
to Grand Ec
— | time prevents its publication in our col-
Ihc llironslutioiialitv of lilC ncl Scspilltling! u . m " 8 '. 1 erhaps at some future period, v. e
. ^ ' | shall be able to find room tor if In all
lilC II "it of Habeas l.orpiis, j sincerity ive must now however, say, that
Amidst the exciting troubles of the viewed as a State Paper, it is cne ofthe
eral Banks returned to Grand Ecore, after times, we know that cold arguments upon ablest that has in our judgment emanated
the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, i the Constitution will be read bv very few from any Committee, either in the last, or
le i lines to-day
; document, and regret that its length, at this | Gens. Anderson and Iloko attacked the
an officer rode up io him and remarked :
“This.is pretty rough, Geneial.” “Only
a temporary check,” replied the General,
gravely. He is now at Alexandria. This
is the first of a series cf ‘checks on Banks’
that have been related to me. The fol
lowing is also good.
It is said that the rebels captured at
Mansfield two wagons, loaded with paper
collars; and that General Dick Taylor
returned the collars through a flag of truce,
with a letter to General Banks, in which
the facetious rebel said: “I Lave boiled,
fried, baked and stewed these things, and
but we deem it neverthe- the present TongresS. Its temper too is ad-
country, as well as to our- ( mirahle. There is a careful avoidance in
to slate a few views on the j it, of any thmg’like “clap trap.” Every
I of our reader?
j less ci lie to the
selves, briefly
consiitutionality of tbe late act of Con
gress suspending tbe Writ of Habeas Cor
pus.
The Writ of Habeas Corpus, inform and
substance, is prescribed by the Statute 31,
Charles II. This statute has been made
of force in South Carolina, and we believe
ha3 been incorporated into the laws of eve
ry State in the Confederacy. In no other
statute of Great Britain is this writ pre-
line in it appeals to the judgment of the
reader, and there is not a word of it ol
“sound and fary, signifying nothing.” The
historical references with which it abounds,
as well as the opinions of the greatest
statesmen and soundest legal minds that
have lived since the day of Charles II, in
botli Great Britiau aud America, arp intro
duced and commented upon in araanuerat
once attractive and convincing; and which
in our humble judgment ought to satisfy
any unprejudiced mind, seeking after
truth, that the Act of Congress suspen
otinded.
The conduct of the troops engaged
in this afiair was excellent; but that
of the Stonewall brigade called forth
j the approbation of every one, forever
aiong the; silencing the slanders which, for a time,
has darkened its noble blood-bought
enemy in their front this forenoon, and ! cIa i m u P on the national affection,
drove them to their entrenchments. Among the prisoners captured were
This afternoon the enemy Attacked i representatives of four regular regi-
General Heth and were handsomely re- j ments, including the commanding of-
pulsed by Coke’s and Kirkland’s Brigade.! ficers of two of them.
General Breckinridge and Malione drove j- During the ever.nig of yesterday,
the enemy from their front, taking about | Lomrstreet’s line was heavily enga-
one lmndrcd and fifty piisoners. i c - ■ • • , • , • „ i
... ... .. - r ’ , ged in skirmishing, ami just before!
A force ot infantry is reported to have
arrived at 'l urnstall’s Station from the
scribed; and it has remained unaltered from
can do nothing with them. Me cannot the time of its passage to this day. The
eat them. They are a luxury for which words and directions of this statute have
we have no use, and I would like there- j been followed in every Writ of Habeas _
lore to exchange them for a like quantify i Corpus which has been, issued in Great j tutional bul not warranted by the circum-
of hard tack.” The joke is a good one j Britain or in this country since it orgina- j stances, which its advocates affirm made
and has convulsed the Western boys, who ted. " j it necessary. As the report however of
have no great admiration for the “Libera-1 Tbe first question
tor of Louisiana.” When tbe Western the Constitution with respect to this writ. recommendation, neither does the minoii-
troops passed General Banks’ headquar- is this: Does the Constitution, whenitjty report. It closes as follows:—“We re-
White Houser and to be extending up tbe
York A’iver Railroad. They state that
they belong to Butler’s forces.
Respectfully,
R. E. LEft, General,
Official Dispatch to General Beauregard.
The following dispatch was received by
Gen. Bragg yesterday afternoon :
Hancock, June 4, lS6i.
To Gen. Bragg:
The enemy’s advanced line of rifle pits,
near Ware Bottom Church, were taken
From Butler’s Army.
From information received from authentic
sources, we learn that the main body of Butler’s
army still remain in the imighberhood of the White
House, beinp apparently afraid to retire from the
cover of their gunboats, until such time as Grant
shall be in a position to aid them in case of emer
gency. They occupy the line of the York river
road, fiom the White House to Tuns tail’s, a point
four miles nearer the city.
A small body of the enemy's cavalry made
their appearance on the south bank of the Chielsa-
hominy, at Bottom’s Bridge, but their object seem
ed simply to scout, aud showed uo disposition to
make an attack.
Bottom’s Bridge is three mile<r lower down the
Chickahominy than the point at which I he rail
road c«osses that stream, and is some s-venor
eight miles from Cold Harbor, the bsiffe lirldof
yesterday McClellan bridge is some rim e miles
above the railroad bridge. To these ihr- a points
the indications are that Grant is attempting to
force tns way. He was defeated yesterday at
Gold Harbor, and if he does not renew ihe eifort
tho same
dark the enemy assaulted Hoke, on our j P 11 th< ’ 1 sa,n “ l!jis m.uning, the prohibiiity is
• , * , . ii . i | wiil seek to accomplish his purpose by making
renie but WOC gallontlv 1C- \ a Wide circuit around our right flank bv the road
sed. About nitrllt, whilst Gen. ! fading to Talleysville, ill New Kent, incase ha
Wilcox was shellinir the around near
diDg the writ, was not only unccnsti- j morning, with about one hundred
prisoners,
trifling.
from tho. 7th Conn. Our loss is
ters, coming into Alexandria yesterday,
they groaned, jeered, and' called aloud,
“How about these paper collars ?”
To-day a steamboat was rounding out,
(Sigued.) G T. Beauregard.
which arises undei : the majority of the Committee made no; About six o’clock Wednesday evening,
1 tbe enemy made another desperate at tempt
upon the right, and succeeded at one time
•>eaks of “the privilege of the Writ of Ha-1 gard’ says this minority report, “most of in occupying a portion of the ground ; but
<ras Corpus," refer to tho Statuto of j the vitality of our free Constitution as de-
beas Corpus,
Charles II, or not? The words are
The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Cor
while a large crowd of soldiers were swim- j pus shall not be suspended, unless when
rning in the river. The boys cried out to in case of rebellion or invasion tho public
r J hose who think
the boat, “Have you any of Banks’ paper
collars aboard ?” And then went up i
shout from all, in which “paper collars,”
“bully for tbe paper collars,” where the
only audible words used. This is a good
check on Banks. It will ^e honored at
sight.
Another one is told in this wise: After
the two days’ battles, our forces, it is said,
captured a rebel courier, bearing despatch
es from Dick Taylor to Magruder, and
among the letters, it is said, was one from
Taylor to the Texas General, in which
Taylor said :
“I thank you for your kind offer to fur
nish me aud my army with supplies. But
I have plenty on hand. Your offer came
a little too late. My efficient commissary,
N. P. Banks, has supplied me abundant
ly,” See.
Banks used to be called “Stonewall
Jackson’s commissary.” He is now out
here called Dick Taylor’s. Pardon me if
I should tell another—I hope it will not
subject me to the charge of “discouraging
enlistments” or sympathizing with treason.
When the army arrived at Grand Ecore,
General Banks relieved General Lee, com
manding the eavalry, from command and
f rdcred him to remain at his quarters.—
He did so, but said to General Banker—
“I suppose somebody Las to be sacrificed I in cases of arrests and
on account of our defeat at Mansfield, but crimes. In the loth cla'
safety may require it.”
that the late Act of Congress is unconstitu
tional maintain that, to know what “privi
lege,” by tho writ of hapeas corpus, Con
gross may suspend, rve must look into the
Act of Charles II. That Act is very
clear on this point. The “privilege” ex
tends only to cases “of commitment for
criminal or supposed criminal matters."—
To thrs effect was the answer of the
Judges of England to certain questions
propounded to them in Bacon’s Abridg
ment, .8 vol. 4dS. /The. question was also
made in the Supreme Court ofthe United
States, in the case of tx parte Wilson,.6
Crancli and the Court determined that
“the Courts of the Unites States could not
issue a writ of habeas corpus in any case of
arrest under civil powers, and refused to
award the writ.” Jf these views are cor
rect, the late law of Congiess must be un
constitutional; for this law, authorizes the
President to suspend the writ of habeas
corpus not only in cases “of commitment
for criminal or supposed criminal matters,”
but in all cases of arbitrary arrest by the
President or his officials for any cause
whatever.
Other clauses of the Constitution seem
also to support the position, that Congress
can suspend I lie writ of habeas corpus only
commitments of
o ofthe 9th sec-
extreme
pu
ilcox was shelling the ground near
McClellan’s bridge, preparatory to oc
cupying it, Brig. Gen. Lane was woun
ded severely in the thigh, by a sharp
shooter. The enemy are unquestion
ably picking off our General officers.
you have selected too small a man for the! lion, Jst article, it provides that “the
sacrifice. It will require a Major General | right, of the people tube secure in their
to shoulder so great a responsibility.” At | persons against unreasonable seizures shall
night Generals Franklin, A. J. Smith, and J not be violated, ansi no warrants shall issue,
quite a number of Colonels and other high but on probable cause, supported, by oath.
officials, called on General Lee to express
their sympathy for him. About ten o’
clock at night General Banks sent one of
his staff to General Lee’s quarters, to say
to the officers there assembled that such
conduct was demoralizing tbe army, &c.
Tbe officers Sent word back t<« General
Banks that they were not demoralizing
the army ; that they and the army were
as ready now as ever to fight tho enemy,
Lilt that they could not do so unless they
could have a leader. At oue o’clock at
night. General Lee was ordered ou board
a transport. Colonel Lucas, who com
mands a cavalry brigade at Mansfield,
tells the above lie himself being one ol
tbe officers present at General Lee’s quar
ters.
One more check on Banks will suffice.—
When he left Grand Ecore for Shreveport
he wrote to General Grover, commanding
the post at Alexandria, in which he said :
“We hope to meet the enemy this side
of Shreveport. Hie hopes having been
or affirmation, particularly describing the
persons to he seized.” Now', if the per
son has already been seized by w arrant du
ly issued on a charge of crime supported
by oath or affirmation, (which i6 the case
provided for by tbe Statute of Charles
11,)—the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus thus limited, does not militate at all
with this clause ofthe Constitution. Both
clauses—the one providing for the protec
tion of the citizen against arbitary arrests,
even for crime, by requiring reasonable
cause to be shown and oath to be made—
.and the other, authorizing the suspension
of the wart of habeas corpus against him,
after his crime may be presumed and he is
under arrest, with all the guarantees of the
Constitution exhausted to protect him a-
gainst a wrongful seizure—are fully
carried out. Consistency in the Constitu
tion, and harmony in its provisions, seem
to demonstrate that its framers must have
had in view the Statute of Charles II,
when it ordained that “the privilege ofthe
pending upon this contest, and wbiie the
heart of the country throbs with deep
anxiety as to the result, this decision will
prove an era in our history remarkable, in
deed, and never to be forgotten. We have
prepared this report with all proper re
spect to those who have differed with us,
for W'e labor in the same eauso and with
the same ultimate end in view. For them
we can have no ill-feelings, hut. on the con
trary, we entertain the kindest emotions
towards each and all of them. We respect
their opinions-the subject is one of difficul
ty and of doubt. It never fails to vex the
best minds of any country when presented.
They may bo right—we may be wrong,
but one thing is certain—this report is
presented under a deep sense of tho solemn
responsibility resting .upon us, with a due
apprecation of the interest involved, with
a proper regard to the perils by which our
common country now finds herself surroun
ded, and with the conviction of a conscien
tious discharge of the trust confided to ns
by constituents of freemen.”
How different is the spirit manifested
in words like the foregiong, to that which
w'e have seen in some who have written
and spoke in favor of the Act or Congress
that suspended the writ.
[Atlanta Intelligencer.
were finally driven out with heavy slaugh
ter. They massed their forces in six lines
and hurled them upon our position With
great rapidity. Our men no sooner recov
ered from the shock than they assailed
them in return and drove them hack.—
The enemy rallied several times, but were
on each occasion repulsed. During the
engagement, four companies of a Wiscon
sin regiment were sent against a battery,
to carry it by assault, and, it being a des
perate case, their services were only ac
cepted, so the survivors say, because they
vqlunteered to perforin the job. When
they had arrived within aboiit two hundred
yards of the battery, it opfined upon them.
Although their ranks were thinned con
siderably by the first round, they kept on,
and when about fifty yards from our
breastwoiks, in front of the battery, our
infantry opened a galling fire upon them,
which, mingling with that of the battery,
annihilated the whole battalion. No one
w r as seen to escape, and tho ground was
covered with their dead and wounded.—
Two car loads of the latter arrived in the
city last night, several of whom (with
whom our reporters conversed) stated that
they did not believe a single man of the
four companies got back.
In the fight which preceded that at
[Ashland on Wednesday, and which oecur-
j rod near Wickham’s, the Maryland Line
Affecting Incident.—During one of i arc said tojiave borne bravely, and suffer
the series of engagements which have re- j e d heavily from the assaults of tbe supLe-
cently come off at the front, as a body of j r'°r numbers of the enemy. Among their
our cavalry was being hotly pressed by losses they have to mourn the death ot
the enemy’s infantry and artillery, a can
non ball came whizzing over the head of
one of our brave boys, and passed between
the legs of a brave fellow of the infantry
who was just in the rear of the cavalry and
in the act of stepping across a branch.
Both legs of his pants were almost torn
off. but uo damage was done to the soldier
further than tbe loss of a finger. He s4ood
perfectly amazed at his almost miraculous
escape. While standing thus, the young
cavalryman, near whose head the ball had
passed—and, by the v/ay, as brave a boy
as»ever bestrode a horse or chased a Yan
kee hyena to his lair—rode up and re
marked : “That is the answer to a pious
mother’s prayers.
The Body af Gen. Doles.—Yesterday
morning the body of Gen. Doles, in charge
cf members of his staff, arrived at Gordon,
from whence it was taken to Milledgeville,
where it will be interred to-day. And
with the sad funeral service performed
will pass away all that is earthly of our
young and stainless hero. Bnt—
There honor will come a pilgrim gray,
To bless the tnrf that wraps his ctay,
And freedom shall awhile rep&ir,
To dwell a weeping hermit there.
Confederate SM.
Lieut. Ool. Bridgely Brown a gallant and
devoted officer.
The fighting continued until between
ten and eleven o’clock at night, but was
without important results.
On yesterday morning hostilities were
assumed on our right/and were kept up
vigorously during the day, the actions con
sisting for the most part of skirmishes,
light and heavy.
About five o’clock in the evening a fresh,
impetus was given to the fighting. The
artillery become more extensively engaged,
and the infantry operated on a larger
scale than previously. The action grew
hotter as night approached, and was pro
gressing uutil some time after dark. Va
rious rumors were current, recounting
brilliant results, but as they lacked c<m-
firmation we will not repeat them. The
field of operations was in the vicinity of
Cold Harbor.
Lt. Gen. Bong street.—The Richmond
Whig says this gallant officer continues to
improve, being able fo walk about the
room daily * On Saturday he left Lynch
burg to spend «>a few days in the country,
at the residence of Capt. John D. Alexan
der, Campbell Court House.
TSpecial dispatch f.o Chronicle <fc Sentinel.J
There i3 no change of position in front.
Both armies are entrenching three milee
apart.
To-day's Operations I No hostilities are expected for a few
As early as sunrise this'moruing the ene- j a v M * . . 3 . i
my. having massed on oar right opened ! tleveB W<!re c “P l “ rod
a vigorous attack, in turn assaulting most | *
vigorously Kershaw’s front of Longstrcet’s j , ^ Kenesaw Mountain, i
corps, who repulsed them most success- ^ miles N. W. of Marietta, June 7 6 p. m. >
fully, and Hoke’s front, who likewise re- j T y i a Atlanta, Sth. }
sisted every onset of the foe and inflicting I Northern telegrams of the 3d of June
terrible loss upon them The fighting j Haim tiiat Grant has achieved a groat ad-
raged until eleven o'clock, when it ceased i vantage over Lee.
except heavy skirmishing and cannona j Gold 93.
ding, which were kept up incessantly ali \ It is believed that Lincoln will not be
day. At one time during the morning renominated from a split in the Republi-
Echol’s brigade, of Breckinridge’s division,
gave way, but Gen B. soon rallied Ins
rnen, and at the same time Finnegan’s
gallant Floridians hounding forward with
a yell, drove the enemy back, recapturing
three pieces of artillery of Reid’s battal-
lion, which for tbe moment had been taken
from us, and capturing, it is reported, one
gun. In this affair Breckinridge is said to
have lost two hundred of his men as pris
oners, and the enemy took about thirty
cannoneers with the guns which they tem
porarily captured.
It is also said that the enemy were most
handsomely repulsed during the day in
front of Rodes and Heth on our extreme
right. The slaughter of the enemy has
been quite heavy, some put is as high as
ten thousand. Three or four hundred
will cover our list of casualties. Among
the wounded is Brig Gen. Law, of Ga.,
slightly in eye.
The enemy did not fight to-day with
can party.
There are accounts of Lincoln’s resto
ration of Blair to his command.
Kenesaw Mountain, 4
4 miles N. VV. of Marietta, June 7, 6 p. m. [•
via Atlanta, June 8. )
Twenty-one prisoners were captured to
day.
The enemy unved upon oar front with
in two miles of our lines to-day.
All serene.
Sherman and Thomas have their head
quarters on9 mile north of Ac worth.
Tho bridge over the Etowah has. been
rebuilt and trains are runniug to Ac-
worth
In the Field near Pine Mountain, )
7 Miles N. \V. from >
Marietta, via Marietta, June 8th. )
No firinsr to-day. Oar army is not and
the vim that they displayed on the 13th of, |, as no t been retreating, as reoo.*ted, hut
Mayat hpotsyivaiiia O.il., Jind whilst a f (d i owg the enemy on the arc of a circle,
Colonel was taken prisoner on our works,
and his color-beater shot dead in planting
them upon our works, the men themselves
never got so near.
The situation at the close of the day was
this; Grant had made violent efforts to
turn and break our right, but had been
most successfully repulsed and tho Yankee
army heavily punished ; our men holding
almost every inch of ground and the Yan
kees gaining nothing. Like Spotsylvania
C. II., it is a most disastrous and bloody
“check.” Butler is said to have united
with Grant, and some of his troops are said
tohavobeen in the battle to-day.
Far Enough for Ten Dollars.—One
Right not long .s.nce a prisoner at one of
the prison posts in this city bribed the sen
tinel, as he thought into an acquiescence
to his escape, and threw down a ten dollar
“greenback to close the bargin. The sen
tinel took it up and uoddiqg,Yankee com
menced clambering out of the window and
lowering himself down. All at once he
was chaileuged by the sentinel, who drew
a dead “bead” on him. “Get back there,
gone dang you, or I’ll blow a button
through you. The Yankee remiuded the
sentinel of his bargain, and inquired if he
didn’t agree to let him go. “Yes,” replied
the audacious rebel in rags, “but you have
got far enough for leu dollars. We sell
it by the foot here. Get back there.”—-
So the Yangee “got back,” and the specu
lative sentinel recommenced his “lonely
round” ‘uruing over m his mind the proba
ble premium on “greenbacks,” and the
could be procure* “”*** .
when both vere taken out, without serious
■■PPPI ^ ^ ^ injury either . There was ei^lit feet
sum to be realized in Confederate “promi- of w«te* * n th® well.at the time.
t* n • t 1 *n * i I Aihm
as he moves from left to right.
The enemy aie now massing on our
right—our army keeping positidn and mov
ing to face the enemy.
The enemy is no nearer Atlanta now
than he was at Dallas.
Twenty-four prisoners arrived to-day.
■— ♦ —in
A Highlander, who sold brooms, went
into a barber shop in Glasgow to get
shared. The barber bought one of hi»
brooms, and after havingshaved hun naked
the price of it. “Tippence,” said the
Highlander. “No, no, said the shaver;
“I’ll give you a penny, and if that does
not satisfy you, take your broom again.”
The Highlander took it, and asked what
he had to pay. “A penny, ” says strap.
“I’ll gie ye a bail bee,” says' Duncan;
“and if that dinna satisfy ye, put ou roy
beard again.”
A Heroine.—The proverbial devotion
of a mother to her child was illustrated by
an incident in Jackson county, a few days
ago. A little child of Mrs. Bell's, daugD
ter-in-law of Wm. Bell, deceased,
playing about a well, ferll in. The^tother
attempted to let herself down hr t ® e "T 1 *'
which broke, precipitating b»' ft ie ‘ 3 ° t ’
tom. She. managed to hold of 110
child, and bracing hers/-*f‘ th ? Bld / 8
of the well, remained ,n that situation 0
three-quarters of a- hour, until
lL «rr»-nrcd from the neighborhood,
ses.”—Richmond Examiner.
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