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A correspondent «>f the Mol»J« Ev ening
News, writing from Tupelo, Miss. under
make them grateful once more for tlieir
date of June loth, gives the following par
ticulars of a victory unexampled iu design,
daring execution and hiilliant tesults m
the whole history of the war A na
tion's gratitude is due to the great Cap
tain and the lion-hearted men of his com
mand: * •
Ou the 1st of June Gen. Forrest moved
eastward, some said fur Geurgia, others
for Middle Tenessee, hut our impression is
that he had designed going to neither
place; lie had been apprised for some time
that a force of from 6,000 to 10,000 was
being fitted out in Memphis for an expedi
tion to Sherman’s army in charge of 400
wagon loads of supplies, and for the pur
pose.of furnishing this much more trails
portal ion with a large ambulance train,
and 24 pieces of artillery, with the troops
that accompanied them, to Slieiinan. My
opinion is that he wanted the enemy to
believe, that lie had left.the. Mobile and
< )bio Railroad and crossed tbc river into
Middle Tennessee, for this impression was
studiously circulated, and be did go as fai
as Tuscumbia, receiving couriers daily and
almost hourly from the direction of Mem
phis advising him of the enemy’s advance.
Whether it was prudent or not-thus to
blindfold so large a force of the enemy for
the purpose of striking him a sudden and
unexpected blow, the result.has shown.—
It has often been said that “Gen. Forrest
is a great fighter butnot much of a strate
gist.'’ We soldiers think he is one of the
sharpest men in the win Id. His force,
consisting of only two brigades, (for Chal
mers went somewhere some time ago,) im
mediately returned ready to pounce upon
the enemy- Rucker’s brigade returnee
from Oxford, and Johnson’s from Roddy's
command, came down ^pm North Alaba
ma. Thus bis foice, though not half as
large as that of the enemy, was at once,
and unexpectedly to the enemy, cottcen
tiatr.d pn the Mobile and Ohio road and
just in time to head him at ](rice'sCross
lioad, six miles from Baldwin, Skirinish-
ing began abdut 8 o'clock in the morning by
t’ol. Rucker; Colonel Johnson soon came
np and assisted to hold t lie enemy in check;
Col. J.yon, with his Kentucky Brigade,
before 12 o’clock, and Col. Bell's
deliverance, and have nerved the arms of
Forrest's soldiers to fight like demons am
to perform deeds of daring unequalled in
history. The Southern m-iu w *‘° wou ‘“
not fight now, is unfit for freedom, and
ought not to enjoy it.
Tbings in General.
The great object of all the Yankee
raids, at this particular*crisis, is three,
fold. •First, they hope to starve eight
millions of people into submission, as
intii»ttfcd by Seward in his letter of
instruction to his Minister at Copen
hagen. Secondly, they hope to sttrrve
tiro population of Richmond into the
liuinor for hailing them as deliverers.
Last and principally, they hope, to
starve Lee’s army, and thereby force
him to abandon his positioit. T. ese
are hopcfu^projects, it must be con
lessed, and well worthy the brain that
conceived them. The only fault with
them is that they are altogether inop
erative. The raids may cause a vast
deal ol private distress; in some in
stances they have already ruined in
dividuals. Jiut instead of making any
man desirous of peace, they only ex
cite the spirit of vengeance, and stim-
NEWS FRUlft TUB NORTH'
The Richmond Examiner says, “Of.
Kerr, formerly in charge of the Marine
Hospital in Baltimore harbor reached,
Richmond on Tuesday night, (14th,) trav
elling in the desolate path of Grant’s
advance. The country thro’ which lie came,
the greater part of which he traversed
on foot, presented a constantly recurring
scene of desolation—binned farm houses,
barites and fensing, dead horses and dead
Yankees by the scores and hundreds. Hr.
Kerr affirms that the war spirit at the
North is dead—swallowed up iu the pen
ding Presidential campaign. Maryland has
been stripped of every organized force
and bundled day men .have taken their
places. About fifteen hundred of these
heW the Arlington defences in front of
Washington. Grant had got all the troops
unless others were recalled from Sherman.
The losses sustained by Grant since lie set
out nobis bloody pilgrimage to Richmond,
the Mecca of all Yankee aspirations, were
estimated at the North at even higher
figures than the Confederate accounts have
fixed them. Thousands had straggled and
demited, and our informsftit encountered
hundreds on his way through making
their way to the Potomac, which was filled
with guard-boats picking them up. f)r.
Kerr has six brothers in the Confederate
service.”
uhtte to continued exertion. They;
make the Yankee name more hated j An A mining Incident.—One of the train
than it was even before the war, and j bands °n the Western & Atlantic railroad
that'is the very npirit which we ore j » l, "° wa5 i b 7''i? Ial *
"i.t.l to see e-veited. They teach , he Sherm.a S forces on thchae „t the Boa,1,
, . - , , * i . • thrown into the enemy s lines—attempted,
the people tli.it lasting vvar j auc i mtecceded in paying the old lady a
is preler.fb.s to submission or even to 1 visit, hut on his return, in passing warily
compromise. As to their effect* upon ; tLrougli the woods, he, at some snort dis-
Uen. Lee’s operations they will have i tance before him, discovered a stalwart
none whatever. They will not gain ; Yankee with musket in hand, who at once
Grant an inch of ground or a single; bailed him. Not understanding wlrai the
advantage. Lee has him by the throatJ 8Hi ^ ® nd not i c, ' , 'g 1 a ™ wa *° lI 1 c '
, , -M i. i 'i • l . i * ; tend IniuscJt from so formidable a foe, lie
and lie will not release him, let him!, ,, , - .. .
. iii i “«nade tracks -—tjiat is, ran from the
piiinge and Kick as no maj . j Y aI1 k ec as f a . s t as his legs could carry him.
In the meantime the truth begins to; But Yankee.was not to de outdone ; he.
leak out at the North. 1 lie limes,'too. run, pursuing our train-hand, shouting
for whatsoever purpose it is not mate-: at the top of his voice for him to stop—hut
jial, so far as we are concerned, has; “naiy Stop” did our Hying friend make,
old the truth, iu a modtficJ form at j **'« i tnkee *’ bad fairly run him d'own
east. It has revealed'the fact, so! T f nifi ed. he begged for lii« life. But
came 111 ueiore 120 clock, ana u.i. nc. h /. ,, 11 <1 , t ! what was his surprise, when the Yankee
gallant Brigade (with the exception of the j cmefully concealed 1>) .Stanton, that; to]d h5m to take { lh nmsket> aiul ]ead Liuii
rM 1 ennessee, commanded by Col. bar-, Grant was bad y beaten on the morn-! aS a alerter, into the Coiifederate lines—
lean, *.\riio was sent -to the . enemy s tear) j ,„ g u f the 3rd of June, and although ; tj Jat i 10 was t jred c f the war. and wished
reached the field at 1 o cluck. 1 he cm - j ^| lt; Herald came instantly to the res-j to surrender to the rebels, lie was there*
my seemed frustrated by his sudden rests | cu(?i j| was too late. Grant was not j fore, marcbed into our lines at Big Shanty,
tanceon hisfionr.) et pus irn. Mgoious y or-j ]> u ]tj more and Lincoln where, while “train-hand” was proud-
ward and endeavored to overrun our for- , * ; to alK ) | ly narrating in the parlor “ '
1 *' the gallant
eavoreu to overrun our for
ces. The fighting for the next three hours
was severe, and charge, after charge was
made, coluinu after column was burled
with headlong impetuosity by the enemy
against us, and by us against tlie enemy.
At 1 o’clock the 2d Tennessee had readi
ed the rear of the enemy, am! made a furi
ous attack. The enemy at first sent back
a regiment of infantry, then 300 cavalry,
and becoming still more alarmed at the ob
stinacy of the attack in front and the ap
pearance of a force in his rear, sent back
all bis cavalry and commenced a retreat.
II is forces in front were driven in dismay.
Wagons, artillery, cavalry, infantry, ne
groes and wounded, went back in one con
fused mass, blocking up the roads and run
ning through woods and fields. Over two
hundred wagons and 14 pieces of artillery
were abandoned in less than one hour al
ter the. retreat began.
Our forces pursued until dark and then
camped for the night. The greatest inju
ry inflicted upon us during this engage
nient was by an ambuscade, Wilson’s and
Russell’s regiments, of Bell’s brigade, suff
ered severely. It is unfortunate that more
caution was not exercised to prevent such
unnecessary damage*
The number of killed and wounded in
this fight on our side was over three hun
dred. The loss of the enemy in killed
and wounded was near a thousand.
The enemy’s force was four brigades,
two of cavalry, commanded by* Grierson
i. ..11 /' 1
Gold went tip to 194-1, and i b’
Grant stock came down to zero with a : * lot
run. I
hear f
nomination. W hen some enterprising
partisan oflicer of the Revolution pro
of the
feat he
, 1 j * ' had peiformed 111 bringing 111 lie de-
* or our own part we are glad to . 1 . v p fe
, ^ sorting prisoner, tlie Yankee was amusing
hat Lincoln lias received the ■ 1 ' , .... , p
and two of infantry, all under Brig. Gen.
Sturgis; and the commands being full,
numbered not less that nine thousand.—
Two negro regiments served us a train
guard. But few negroes have been cap
tured. They made good their escape.
The pursuit was renewed early in the
morning. Gen. Forrest following before
daylight with his escort apd the 7th Ten
nessee, fighting the enemy until the com
mands came up. ^t Riply a desperate
fight ensued, in w hich Bell’s brigades and
Lyon’s greatly distinguished themselves.
Charging into the town and driving the
"Yankees from every stronghold they had
taken, killing, wounding and capturing
five hundred or more. The enemy took
the Salem 'road, and were pressed every
inch of the way. A terrible ambuscade
was given them by Col. Barteau, near Sa
lem. Having gained a position on their
flank, in advance of the colamn, he dis
mounted and marched his command with
in sixty yards oftlie road. As the column
came 011, the road was crowded with in
fantry and cavalry. One sheet of fire
from his line, and hundreds lay hors du
combat.
Charging immediately upon Hie road
' still further execution was effected until
compelled to give way. The 93th Ohio reg
iment which was in the rear of the column,
and hard pressed by Col. Lyon, surrender
ed. The various troops of Gen. Buford's
command in this, the second day of the
pursuit, captured u thousand prisoners.—
Having followed the enemy nearly to La-
Grange, and put his column to flight in
fragments, the troops commenced their
return on the morning of the 12th, and
scoured the w r ords to the left of the Salem
road back to Ripley. The result has been
that seven or eight hundred more strag
gling Yankees were caught. Grier
son and Sturgis deserted their commands
beyond Ripley, and fled to LaGrango.
I lie outrages committed by the enemy
in this ej^icdition exceeded all former ex
ample. Houses were robbed of every ar
tide necessary to the support of families.
Ladies insultedund outraged; children rob
bed of their clothing, and left naked, cry-
ingand hungry; old men choked and gagg
ed, and in some instances beaten nearly
to death, women kicked out of doors for
murmuring at these wrongs, and knocked
down’by buck negroes in the presence of
their husbands. These are some of the
injuries that tli6 poor people ofNortk Mis
sissippi have had to endure within the last
ten days; and it is things.like these that
posed to carry off Sir William Hovve
from the midst of his army, Washing
ton put his veto upon it at once. He
had no dgnbt that it was feasible ; but
Howe had conducted the war as stu
pidly as it was possible for any man
to conduct it,-and any change what
ever could not but be for tire British
interest. Let him stay, for fear of«
successor who mighf not be quite sucli
an imbecile.. 80 we say of Old Abe.
It would be impossible to find another
such ass in the United States, and
therefore we say let him stay, lie, at
least of the Confederacy, ought to be
satisfied with him, for lie has conduct
ed the* war exactly as we ought to
wish it to he conducted, lie has con
firmed those that were wavering,
heated red hot those win* were luke
warm; made those zealous who were
careless, converted cold indifference
into furious passion, and calculating
neutrality into burning patriotism.—
As for the military operations conceiv
ed a lid executed under his auspices,
surely we have no right to complain.
No service ever had so many blunder
ing officers, and no compaigns were
ever conducted with greater stupidi
ty. For these reasons we are decid
edly in favor of Old Abe, and if we
could command a million of votes iu
Yankeedom he should have them all.
He has made tho South the most uni
ted people tl\at ever* went forth to bat
tle with an invader; and for that he
deserves the gratitude of every South
ern man. If anything* could add to
the obligations under which we lie to
the Baltimore Convention, it would he
found 111 the nomination of Andrew
Johnson; the man of all others most
detested in the South, and the most
likely to keep together the parties al
ready united in one sol id mass for the
prosecution of ; the war. Convinced,
as we are, that nobody not iu favor of
continuing the war could be elected,
and that no other would conduct it so
foolishly, we go for this ticket.
[Richmond Dispatch.
a number of persons iu front of ilic house,
with his account ofihe capture ami surren
der, which caused no little merriment at
at the expense of our adventurous train-
hand, who is still, we are told, not a little
sore at his singular adventure, though
perhaps pleased at not being a prisoner
him sell.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
Smoke for the Cure of T! omuls—A cor
respondent of the Country Gentleman
recommends smoke as a cure for wounds
in men «nd animals, he saj s:
1 cut my foot with an axe. The lady
of the bouse, seizing the foot while it was
yet bleeding ficely held it ever a pap con
taining smoking tag locks:in af few minutes
the bleeding stopped, and the smoke was
removed, and a bandage applied to protect
it from accidental blows. Tlio wound
never suppurated, and consequently nev
er pained me. I have seen the remedy
tried in many similar cases, and always
with the same results. Let the reader
bear in mind that no liuament or salve,
drawing or healing, should he applied.
You havo merely to smoke the wound well,
and nature will do the rest. I suppose
the smoke of burning wood would produce
the same results, hut it would not be so
manageable. There is a principle in the
smoke of wood, which when applied to the
flesh, coagulates the albumen, thus ren
dering it unsusceptible of putrefaction.
1 he same principle slops bleeding by
coagulating the blood. It promotes heal
ing, and may be applied with decided ben
efit to almost all ulcers, wounds and cutan
eous disease.
Her Most Catholic Majesty of Spain
will recognize the “flat Hutch” empire
of Mexico when Maximilian has officially
informed the 1.|ueen that he is “estab
lished.” Old Tom Corwin was shrewd
in resigning before the order of things took
place, as he might have occupied the posi
tion of an unwelcome guest, and seine bur
ly royal Dutchman been good enough to
step on.his republican coat tail. By this
clever dodge he throws the responsibility
of recognizing the brutal violator of the
Monroe doctrine directly on Lincoln, and
if he appoints another minister to Mexico,
and Congress confirms it and makes appro
priation for an outfit, the Yankee nation
will have eaten its own words( a most die,
gristing mess, it must be confessed) and
given the lie to its own braggadocio.
With Gen. Lee and Napoleon the Yankees
have a pleasant prospect before then* south
of the Potomac. And as if to make the
humiliation more complete, Spain now puts
in her oar.— Quitman Ailcertiscr.
PoKTsilps ijAff.—-Admiral Porter,
hi his report td the Y ankee Secretary
of the Navy, gives an interesting ac-
boant of H10 manner in which he ex
tricated his fleet from their perilous
position above the falls at Alexandria.
He gives the' credit of the conception
of the project and the superintendence
of the execution to Lieut. Col. Bailey,
Engineer ol the 19th Army Corps.—
Banks placed at the service of BaiUy
about JOOdmeu and 200 or 300 wag
ons, and these were employed in cut
ting and hauling timber ; atone quar
ries were opened and brick collected;
all the steam mills hi the neighborhood
were torn down and their materials
appropriated. -From the left bank ol
the river a tree dam was constructed
about 300 feet in length ; four large
coal barges filled with brick were
sunk at the end of it; thence to the
right bank cribs filled with stone were
built out to meet the barges. The
wl.uk 1 vi>rk was cross-lied with heavy
timber, and tilled with brush, brick,
stone, and strengthened in every way
which ingenuity could devise. In
eight days the woik was so far advan
ced as to back the water over the falls
sufficiently to allow some of the boats
to be brought down to the dam. The
rapids extended for ubout a mile above,
and were filled with rugged rocks.—
Just as the four advanced boats were
about to make the fearful experiment,
the dam broke by -the sweeping away
of two of the stone batges. The boats,
however, weeg. hurried through the
aperture, only one of them sustaining
material injury. The men were then
put to work to repair damages, and iu
three day’s time all ilie boats passed
down without serious ■accident. Ad
miral Porter says the successful pas
sage of the. first boat was hailed by
“tiiijty thou.sand voices,” which we
take to be an intimation of tlie num
ber of the Yankee force, land and na
val.
The enterprise was undoubtedly a
gigantic one, and its success is very
creditable to Yankee skill, industry
and perseverance.
The Ten dee Mercies of the wick
ed.—The Vicksburg correspondent of
the New York Tribune gives the ful-
Ipwing account of Ihe condition of
tin* negroes torn from tHcir homes by
General Sherman in Mississippi :
“Some 3,000 slaves, of all ages and
colors, reached here yesterday. It
was one of the sadest spectacles for a
longtime in Vicksburg. The women
and children were almost starved and
half naked. Such a tefrible picture
of abject want and squalid misery can
neither be imagined nor portrayed
with pen. Many of the women and
children were sick with fevers brought
on by the great fatigue and exposure
of the long march from Meridian, En
terprise, Quitman, and other places.
Will not the friends of freedom and
the humane philanthropists of the
North come forward at once, and with
their generous hands rescue these lib
erated slaves from premature graves?
A Jealous Empress.—Mr. “Jen
kins,” tells a very amusing anecdote
of Eugenie. According to him, the
Empress is very jealous of late of the
Countess of Castigliene, who has re
her hair by throwing it back loosely,
and tying it behind with colored rib
From ttio Trenton (N. J.) American, J«ine 6.
Bursting of Wiard\1o-incii Gun.
—Wiard’s large 15-iuch gun—weigh
ing forty-six thousand pounls, and
throwing a double-headed shot weigh
ing eight hundred and seventy-six
pounds, with a charge of eighty pounds
of ponder, was tested at the gunuing
grounds on Saturday evening, for the
purpose of firing off" one charge pre
paratory to the principal test, which
was to liave taken place to-day. The
charge was over eighty pounds of pow
der, and an immense ball of about
the weight stated above. The whole
was sent home with tremendous force.
The gun was tightly secured with
heavy timbers. The parties then se
cured themselves by going into rifle-
pits some distance oft*. The signal was
given and the explosion took place,
shaking many houses in the city, al
though soine two miles off. When the
dense cloud of smoke cleared away,
it was found that the gun had burst
above the place occupied by the
charge. One large piece, weighing
some three tons, was thrown a distance
of live or six hundred yards. Another
large piece was thrown into the canal,
and another into a cornfield some dis
tance ofi’. The ground was plowed up
by the larger fragment to the depth of
four feet and for a distance of twenty
feet, 'file men in the rifle-pits were
covered with sand and in many in
stances hats were blown off. No per
son, fortunately, received any injury.
The loss is said to be about S9,000.
bons. the ends of it handing down in
curls. Eugenie, having made diligent
search, procured a little skye terrier,
with much the same hue as her pre
sumed rival in the imperial affections,
and after arranging it in a precisely
similar fashion to that of the fair coun
tess, turned the animal loose in her
husband’s library—thereby, it is sug
gested, calling the lady an odious name
by implication. The Emperor was in
dignant thereat, and a right royal row
ensued in consequence.
Curious Love Letter,—W.e clip the
following old love letter from the Staunton
Eagle of June 3rd, 1806. It will undoubt
edly be read with much interest hy many
of our young readers :—Charlottesville
Chron iclc.
MADAM,
MOST worthy of estimation ! after *l®ng
consideration and much meditation on the
great reputation you possess in the nation,
I have a strong inclination to become your
relation. On your approbation of thin de
claration Ishall make preparation to remove
my situation to a more convenient station
to profess my admiration ; and iFsuch obla
tion is worthy of observation, and can ob
tain commiseration, it will be an aggran-
dization beyond all calculation of the joy
and exultation.
• Of yonrs .
k SANS DISSIMULATION.
Tut Tankek Cavamit.—It Las been mentioned,
that in tlie fight of Jane let, uem Ashland and Hano
ver Court House, General Rosser’s cavalry cultured
several hundred horses from the enemy. The con
dition of these captured horses in such as to indicate
great prostration in that arm of Grant’s forces, if they
are to be takemug n sample ol the rest, and there is U o
reason to doubt that they are. This may explain, too,
why Sheridan lias been so tame of late. Indeed the
heavy horses of Yankee land are not capable of any
great cnduiauoe, as cavalry horses, • this country,
where the service is hard, and forage limited and pre
carious. Whatever Sheridan may feel able to under
take with his command, certain it is, that the horses
captured from him by our soldiers are, for the present,
unfit for service.—Richmond Sentinel•
THE ANSWER,
I perused your oratiou with much delib
eration and a little consternation at the
great infatuation of your weak imagination
to shew such veneration ou so slight a foun
dation. But after examination and serious
contemplation, I supposed your animation
was the fruit of recreation, or had sprung
from ostentation to display your education
by an odd enumeration, or rather multi--
plication of words of the same termination,
tho’ of great varation in each respective
signification.
Now without disputation, your laborious
application to so tedions a occupation, de
serves commemoration, and thinking imita
tion a sufficient gratification, I am without
hesitation,
Yours,
MARY MODERATION
Hog Cbolcrfli
Mr. CiubvUpon a recent visit-to Sout hwest Geor
gia, I lotltHl that fatal disease, known as “Hog Chol
era’’ prevailing to a considerable extent. I deem it
the duty of every fanner, who lias successfully, treated
this dreadful fCuur^e, or'disoovered a preventive of
nt, to make It known to the public. I therefore senu
you this communication; tiiough I am aware that
many “infallible curse” have already, been published,
I do not claim infa/ibi/ity 'for thcLdlowiug mode of
treatment, which 1 have pursued for tire last three
years, but will only say that my entire loss, from “H«g
Cholera,” or any other disease during that period has
been one sow and fifteen small shoals, out of a stock
varying f oin one to two hundred head. This ton
although, the disease has several times prevailed in iny
locality and niy neighbors have lost from its ravages,
some one-half, others nearly all of the^r stock.
To three quarts of fresh tea. add one quart of clean
lard, anikn table-spoonful of etude sulphur: mix well
together and pour a qnaitof mixture along the'hottoui
ol a clean trough. This small quantity will suffice for
from 75 to 100 hogs, and should be given on re a 'rrr.'i,
the year round. . When given, a trough of tolerable
strong lime water should be prepaied, which the ani
mals will eagerly drink. This mixture and Hie lime
.water gives them an appetite for green pine roots,
which are very healthy for them. 1 cause the* pole*
Yankee
Sntdicrs
C#rres|n>ndc£ce-
On the 8th lust, Lincoln submitted
the following letter from the Secretary m U^ 8
with his “concurrence in the recomendation
in contained:”
thtre-
w . Wa R Department, )
Washington City, June £ V
Sir ; l beg leave to miL.nit to you a report K/ *Je
ithe feed-pen to bj* well smeared with the mixture,
enn
through. It
which the pigs gerTm them in pussin
keeps off mange and vermin
Once in thiee months, (or as often nt they pass
worms) hogs should liave a dose of the lollowing mix
ture Two table-spoonfuls of copperas and a handful
d salt, in a peek or more of hickory ashes. The place
ol feeding should be changed often. Nothing more
to me by the Provost Marsha! Genera/
tht^pesultof the draft now going on to fin rh'^ * "
ticiency in the quotas of certain States and *
mending a tepeal of the clause in t i,„ p„ r ,. 1 ? C °“ 1 '
Act, commonly kuowti ns the three hundred f'A
l»r clause. The recommendation of the 1* - U ° *
-Marshal General is appioved by this Denartmmst 1
and I trust that it w.li Ub recommended 0y el1 ’
Congress. f jou to
The recent success that have attended our atm •
lead to the hope that- by by maintaining our J*
tary strength, and giving it such incr< ase as *‘ t( jj
extended field of operations ntay require. an fciu i .
termination of the war maybe obtained. \>>ut
to accomplish this it is absolutely itecessatv that
efficient means be taken with vigor and prompt
ness to keep the army np to its strength ami
supply deficiencies occassioned by* losses in the
field.
'To that end r> sort must be had to a draft; Lot
ample experience has now shown that the pe-
. cuntary exemption trout service tiustratestheob-
KCCSTS U.erase among hogs,gnu. feeding j ecl vf ,, ie , liro riment law by fursisl.ing nu ney
them atone place lor a long time, especial y during * . , c J J
drv we ther ^ " ’ * ** | instead of men.
Lhave rigidly pursued flue above course with my j -^ tl additional reason for a repeal the exemption
hogs for tfjreeyears and they have kept fat, healthy , clause is that it is contemplated to intake the draft
and clear of vermin. I strongly recommend it to | for comparatively a short term. 'I he burden of
fcnnera. * , military service will therefore be lightened: but
Yours, respectfully-, j its certainty of of furnishing troops is an absolute
.. _ • A. II. C. ] essential to success*
i aeon, June 1 , I8bl. ! 1 have the honor to be, your obedient servant.
— •— — j Edwin M. fcTAXTON, Secretary of War
7 he Planters' Salt Manufacturing Corn- The folio win a- is the Provost Marshal General's
jumy.—The stockholders of this compa
ny met at the Salt Room, in LaGrange,
in Annual Conversation, on Tuesday last.
After the. Annual Report oftlie officers,
the following officers were elected unani
mously :
l>. H. Bigbam. President. #
DiRKCTfiRSf— W. P. Beasley, L. J. At- j
kinson, H. H. Cary, Thos. A. Grace, j
Asbury F. Jolinstou, Richard T. Marks, |
Henry R. Harris, Jas. M . Chambers, Win. j
L. K. Watts, U. U. Wright, A. E. Cox.
This being the same board that served;
the preceding year, except 1L 11. Wright, j
of Carroll county, who was elected on ;
motion of J* W. Stewart, the former di- I
rector from that county, who on account
of other piessirg engagements for the j
letter, dated Washington, June 6th:
To Hun. Edict* M. Stanton, Stc. uf War:
Sir—In accoidance with the amended Enrol
ment act, approved February 25. 1864, and jo»r
orders on the subject 1 ant now conducting adra:t
iu various sub distiicts for the respective deficien
cies on quotas of troops heretofore assigned, The
lesttlts ol tf/c draft, so inra.-i shown G the reports.
to this date, are worthy of attention,
briefly as follows:
Number of drafted nieff examined,
Number exempted for physical
They aro
14,741
disability,
4.374:
Number exempted for other causes,
2,632
Total number exempted.
7,1? 16
Number paid commutation money,
Number who have furnished
5,U5U
substitutes.
M it;
Number held for personaj service,
1,25i>
This last, includes some who may yet pay com
mutation money.
Total not exempted.
", 725.
company, being a manager, and nccessari- ■ . These reports come from sub-districts in eight
ly absent most oftlie time on the work, | different States.
declined re-election himself', and present-I I invite your attention to the small proportion
ed the name of Mr. Wright.
of soldiers being obtained under the existiug
. . . . law. I see no reason to believe that the army
A committee was apjointed to examine ! can be materially strengthened by draft so long
the reports of the officers, after which they ! » s tlie three hundred dollar clause is in force; nut-
are-to he printed. j do I think it safe to assume that the commuta-
I he meeting was characterized by har
mony. Oue fact is noticeable in the report
of the P resident, to-wit .* That both the
Confederate and Stale Governments have
uniformly given encouragement and coun
tenance to this laudable enterprise. This
is commendable ; that whilst our govern
ment has so many things to look to and
so much to d>n it nevertheless finds time
to co operate wiili our citizens in such
enterprises, ihe success of which so nni
terially concern the productive energies of very favorably received, and discussed at
the country j s *^ era BIe leiijrth by the Senate. Little doi
[ La Gi angc Reporter.
tion paid by drafted men will enable the govern
ment to procure a volunteer or substitute iu his
place.
I do not think that large bounties by theFnited
States should again be resorted to for raisin'*
troops.
1 recommend that the three hundred dollar
clause. ;ts it is known, be repealed.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant*
Jas. 15. Fry. l’rovost Marshal General.
The Herald’s correspondent says that the recom
mendation of the i’icsident that the exemption
clause oftlie Enrollment act be*»repeaied, was to-
con-
donbtis
j entertained of its adoption at an early date.
Roswell.—A correspondent of the
Atlanta Confederacy, writing on the 17th
Sheridan Come to Crfc'.
This vaunted raider crossed the Pamunkey <m
... . , « • , i . the !»th instant, with six brigades of cavalry and a
says most of the luh&bitans^ hate desert- force of artillery, numbering altogether about ten
ed this beautiful village. Of the factories, j thousand men JI is officers say they wete to de-
he says • • stroy the public buildings and stores atGerdons-
Yesterday I visited the severalfoctorics 1 ville and GharlottesvHle and then,forming*junc-
J ... ! tion with Crook and Averill in tho Valley, lav
d found all working as it 1 * *
at I his place, and loiuiU all worutng as it ; waste that region, take the towns, destroy the pub-
no enemy were i« a hundred miles of them. ! lie buildings and tear up the railroads. From tU
This factory is of immense value to our 1 Htebmond Sentinel of the 17th we take the tollow-
Government, and is operating chiefly for
its benefit ; and the natural advantages
surrounding will enable our forces to
hold it against overwhelmning numbers,
should the enemy attempt a raid upon the
place. We have sufficient artillery to
comrnand‘every approach, and the heights
arc well fortified.”
Receipe for the French Army Beer, made
cently adopted a new n*ode of dressing J ro1 !] l \ c . J u j ce °J tfte Sorpho or t om-
, i • 1*1, • , , . , c stalk.—Boil two gallons
of the juice with
two ounces of hops, according as it is pre
ferred to be more or less hitter. The
length of time for which the bailing is car
ried on determines the strength of the beer.
As soon as the decoction has cooled
down to the temperature proper for fer
mentation, (about SO degrees) a(Rl fresh
yeast, one ounce for the two gallons of
juice. A tumultuous fermenation wilP
ensue. After it has become quiet, draw
off or strain the liquid, and put it up in a
cask or iu bottles. A little caramel (burnt
sugar) may improve the flavor or color.
Captured Okukus—Condition or the Yakkkk
AaMtr.— The Richmond Sentinel is publishing gratui
tously some order* captured from the enemy. Tueir
dntes run from May lffth upwards, and they generally
indicate ft state of morale iu the Yankee unity, in
which severe rebuke and threatening are thought
necessary. Ilrig. General Mott is —pained to see that
the lth <ii,’inien.£d corps is sacrilu-ing the leputution
of Hooker’s old division,” and says “there is uo excuse
for BUt-h conduct,” Maj. Gen. liiinev complains of j
the great number of stragglers an 1 deserte®, and j
orders that ‘‘llrigade commanders will take instant |
measures to bring those stragglers back by searching
trains, hospitals ami adjacent woods.” Four days
after, (2id May) IJiraey again issues a circuln
ur calling*
attention to the-“/Swanns oi Stragglers” in tlie rear
—directing roll culls every hour, and the Provost
Marshal to be wide awake. 25th, Birney directs small,
trusty patrols to be sent out to arrest stragglers. 28th
he gets mad and directs that the “crack of the rifle”
be substituted for the roll of the drum, and these
stragglers be made soldiers at any co*d.
Promoted.—The Savaunab Jiepuhlican is informed
that Brig. Geu. II- VV. Mercer Im* been made a Major
General, and assigned to a division iu Johnston's
army.
Yankee Depredations in Florida.
Mr. Editor :—Oo the 15th the Y’aukees visi
ted Col. Broward’s residence. Cedarsvilic, on Co
der Creek—a branch of tho St. John’s river—and
put the destroying flame to every building. Van
dal like, all of the furniture, as well its wiues, pre
serves, jellies, cheese, butter, honey, syrup, sugar,
and barrels of arrowroot stored away for hospital
purposes, that they could not take off, were emp
tied into the creek. A few days before they com
mitted these depred-■ti'MK, they visited the house
aud respectfully toi-l Mrs. Bioward that they re
gretted exceedingly that she had been singled out
from among others, but they had been credibly in
formed that her husband was the leader of the re
hellion in Florida, and that through his influence
they had lost seven gunboats on tho 8t. Johns liv
er; and as they had been baffled in every scheme
to get him, they were compelled to execute their
order, and that was, if <iu;y did not succeed, to de
stroy all his property, which would have been
done long before, but Ilia delay was a plan devis
ed to entrap him.
Col. B. was saved three times by his faithful
negroes.
The Vandals drove off a large number of his
horses, mules, cattle, sheep, &c- They told Mis*
Broward that they would return, iu two or three
days and burn the residence- They deprived her
of every means of conveyance or transportation.—
Her property was, therefore, left to their destruc
tion.
These Yankees had been up in Browa d’s Neck
frequently in large uumbers of infantry and caval
ry, in search of him, and, strange to say, always
effected their escape, and that withiu fifteen miles
of where onr troops are stationed. “Eternal vigi
lance is the price of liberty.” How does this ar
gue for our. vigilance iu Florida? A Soldier-
[Sap. Rep-
iugnotc of bis piogrest:
“On Sunday the 11th instant skirmishing com-
mcnccd two miles this side of Trevillien’s, a sta-
! lion on the Central road, sixty-seven miles from
Richmond* Fits Lee attacked them in the flank,
; this side of Louisia Court House, w hile Hampton
! engaged them in front, immediately on the rail
road. The fight commenced about IU o’clock a.
j in. At noon the < iitiny succeeded in throwing
fifteen hundred men by Mtchauiesville, a small
place near Treviliian’s capturing our wagon train,
; all the loaded horses and a number of prisoners.—
Rosser’s brigade, which pas stationed on the Gor-
| dullsville road, was immediately ordered to the
j rescue ol the train, and succeeding iu recapturing
J all the hor ses and wagons, all the prisoners, be
sides capturing two hundred and fifty of the ene-
| my. General Filz Lee captured one hundred aud ,
fifty prisoners. Gen. Custer's headquarters r.nd
three pieces of artillery.
“On Sunday^the 12th inst, Gens. Hampton ami
Fitz J.ee, having united their divisions, the fight
ing again commenced, lasting from noon until'd
o’clock at night. The enemy charged our hastily
constructed breastworks three times and were as
otten repulsed with heavy loss. We drove them
from the field and held possession of it.
“At midnight, the enemy commenced retreating
in the same direction they had advanced, leaving
their dead and wounded in our hands. They left
eighty seven wounded and six dead iu the hospital
at Treviliian's, fifty-seven w*ouudeu in another
field hospital, and a Urge number at other points.
“On Sunday night we, fiad 517 prisoners, and
their estimated loss in killed, 'wounded and priso
ners, was 151)0. Our.intorniant counted 160 der.J
Yankees on the lield. Among the wounded
prisoners arc two lieutenant colonels. The ene
my are represented as deinoralizrd, without ra
tions or forage, tinrir horses bioken down—i!
dismounted men were counted by z citizen as they
passed his house.
“Hampton is pressing their rear, as rapifffa-**
his jaded horses can jtove, white Fitz Lee is en
deavoring to cut them oft. They have gone in the
direction of Ely's forj. the lowest one ou the K•/;*•
id an; hoping to’ place the liapidau and Rappahan
nock between them tutd their pursurers.
By what means the enemy was induced to
change the direction of his flight from the Rspi*
dan to fbe Peninsula, we know not; but it is cer
tain that on the 2<)th lie was again attacked near
White Home on the Pamttukey, and again routed
with a loss of'800 prisoners, and his artillery*—
Where he was heading, and how he expects to es
cape in that direction is a mystery to us. . It lojfs
quite probable that his whole force may be annihi
lated. The loss of such a body of cavalr^at thiJ
stage of the Virginia campaign is one of tho most
serious blows which cottid have been inflicted upon
Grant. It curtails his power of .mischief enor*
monsly.
1 ffrlanebuly Affair,
Ou Friday evening lant about 5 o’clock, Cap? W. !*•
Amlfrson, the Guant house keeper of this city in the
performance of his usual du.ies, went to a room " iwn*
two Yankee prisoners were confined, who had
from Smnpterville prison, aud been arrested. 7hey
attempted'to rush past him, in which oue of item *u c '
ceeded, and escaped. He +t— ~n.«r land hy
seized the other, *an‘
tiiin was dragged to the bottom of the stairs, bu*. •** l - c
ceeded in cecuriug him; and he is now in custody
in the county Jail. Anderson received severalJbruts<' ^
in the scuffle, but diu not consider himself at first
riousiy injured. After a few horns he became me 11 ,
worse, aud expired about twenty tour hours after re
ceiving the injury. The verdict of a coroners if)' "
iu accordance wilrr these facts. Uapt. Ami-’"® 11 ,
for several yens been keeper oftlie Guard nouse,
was a faithful and efficient officer. Tf P< f * ■
inflicted the injuries, gives hi* V ,
*
Fahsy, of the 4tu Wisconsin J "'
.to take his dianeeaofdoin-farmer harm to Ue
federacy under the civil ww ^
c ■ I a,./AL'htItiItg.—Oil Friday last, M r -
Tinman, •f'-ing about two miles below Je*'
J o ll, !-M / 'l ,a j}( l Trt-i'ggs c5unty,l,ad ten inules killed *7’ ?
soti.v tlle^ n Q a t ;, e co ninig up a heavy shower, t* I
charge of them had fortunately pone into their noi
and wore not injured.—Journal *$•