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Journal £ DElfsscngcr.
and S. ROSE,
KDtTUBS AND PROPRIETORS.
‘ rro( „ the Southern Chrteiaa Advocate.
Palin ot Preat hcn in <•* **r*eit
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Is it best for preachers who have the
charge of circuits, or stations, or Districts,
to leave their work and go to take their
plaJe on the field of battle ? This is, in my
judgement, a very grave question, the an
swer to which must affect vitally the wel
fare of both the Church and the country. —
We know it would seem to be a delicate
question to handle in the present state of
feeling in the country, and yet we feel that
we cannot, in honesty and good conscience,
omit to take some notice of a practice, whieh
we greatly fear t3 working injnry to the
cause of God in our land.
Instances are constantly occurring in
which preachers have become so smitten
with military ardor, that the}- join compan
ies or regiments, and leave their flocks, often
unprovided for, under the plea, that they
feel it to be their duty to go and defend
their country, and aid in driving back the
invaders. This is a very specious plea and
one which tiuds a response In the heart of
every brave man—aud young preachers
especially are very apt to yield to this im
pulse, and go to the battle-field, to the neg
lect of the duties which immediately devolve
upon them iu the daily discharge of the sa
cred functions of their ottiee as the chosen
ministers of the Lord Jesus. Now, we have
no wish to discourage any devdopement ot*
genuine patriotic ardor, on the part of our
citizens, old or young; yet there is a pro
priety of action in every pursuit, and, in
making up our decision on any subject, we
should take into view all its hearings aud
connections.
Theve are, it seems to me, several things
for a man, to whom the Holy Ghost hath
committed the charge of souls, to take into
consideration before he determines to aban
don his proper spiritual work to don the
habiliments of the soldier. Come, my young
brother, let us talk a little together. Do
you believe that the Holy Ghost hath call
ed you specially to the work of the minis
try t So you have professed in your public
confession before the church. Has God
suspended that call to suit your notions H—
or, having been called, does that call still
remain in force, and does God still hold you
responsible for the performance of the sacred
duties involved in your pastorate? —or, has
He given you a furlough from the great
work to which lie has called you, to give
you the opportunity of displaying your pro
wess on the field where men are to be slain ?
You have felt and professed great confidence
in God’s having called you to the miuistry
of grace end peace. Are you equally sure,
that He has called you to quit your proper
work to go the battle-field and mingle with
scenes of blood and carnage ?
\\ e allow, that there may he cases in
which it is proper for ministers to go into
the army. When they are chosen as chap
laius of regiments, it may be well for them
to go : as their position in the army gives
them the opportunity of doing great good,
if faithful in the work assigned them. But
even in that case, I think a preacher has no
right to leave bis spiritual work, till a pro
per shepherd be provided for his people;
and, iu default of titiding such a successor,
let him abide with his flock aud serve his
country, by diligently preaching Christ to
old and young—thus training his flock to
the work of life, preparing them for useful
citizenship, and wrestling with God, in ear
nest prayer, for His blessing on our rulers
and our hosts. And if we believe that our
God hears the prayer of faith, it occurs to
me that, we as Christian ministers, shall
best serve God aud our country by abiding
faithfully in the position to which God has
called us.
It niay, indeed, be sometimes the case,
that a local preacher, who has no pastoral
oversight, feels called to go to the wars.—
In that case, I would urge no objection.—
Let him go, if he is so disposed ; but let
him carry God with him into the camp, and
take care always to keep Him with him so
that he may prosper.
A presiding elder on an important Dis
trict, wrote me not long since, that some four
preachers on his District talked of going
into the army, thus leaving some four impor
tant circnits without pastors. Ought these
thiugs so to be ? Would not these brethren
better serve the interests of Church and
country, by remaining at the post of duty
to which God’s providence has assigned
them, watching over the souls, redeemed by
the blood of the Lord Jesus, and committed
to their care by the Holy Ghost * And let
me ask : is there no danger that, in many
instances, there mingles, with these impres
sious of call to the field of battle, a good
deal of self and pride—unconsciously, no
doubt, but not the less dangerously ? There
is to all, and especially to the young and
ardent, a charm in the utterances of public
flattery. We love to be publicly chronicled
as patriotic and gallant and able on the bat
tle-field and is there not some danger that
this feeling has often a good deal to do iu
influencing the decisions of some of our pat
riotic preachers. Look well to it, breth
ren, lest this insidious influence Lave more
weight iu deciding your course, than yon
have been willing to admit.
It is possible, that the time may come,
when our enemy may be at our very
doors. Then, it may be the duty of every
citizen to shoulder his arms, and meet the
cruel invader with tierce dt-fianee. Hut now
while there are thousands more volunteer
ing than are at present needed—while a com
pany is rejected by the military authorities,
because they are not required at present on
the field of combat, it seems to me, that
preachers had better stay and work where
God has placed them.
I regard the cause of the country and the
cause of the Church, as of equal impor
tance ; for when properly understood, they
are one and the same. This is no time
for Christian sentinels to desert the walls of
Zion, nor for the watchman to give forth
from their trumpets an uncertain sound.—
The circumstances of the times demand spe
cial earnestness aud faithfulness on the part
of the church. Let none of her institutions
suffer—let none of her interests decline.— i
What though we succeed in resisting suc
cessfully our invaders, aud our soldiers re
turn to us flushed with victory, and thev
should find the old temples deserted, anil
the family altars in ruius, aud all the
spirituality and power of the Church of .God
gone, and the people backsliders, what will
our victory avail us? Then Ichabod may
le written upon ali our glorious and beauti
ful places.
Jamf.s O. Andrew.
Sodden Death.—William Neal, of Worth, while
in convention with some friend* at Mcl/ellan’s
Mills, on Sunday morning last, fell suddenly dead.
He is probably a native of Washington City, as he
has relatives there. He served in the Florida war,
and was a Lieutenant in the Mexican war. lie as
about sixty years of age. This is all that is known
of bis history by his friends in Worth.—76.
to the Army from Cieu*.
Beauregard and Jolmwtoii.
The following eloquent address of our
Generals to the army under their command
will excite the patriotic emotions of every
Southern reader:
Headquarters Army of the Potomac, )
Manassas, July 25, 1861. j
Soldier* of the (Jonfetter ate State* ;
One week ago a countless host of men or
ganized into an army, with all the appoint
ments which modern art and practiced skill
could devise, invaded the soil of Virginia.—
Their people sounded their approach with
triumphant displays of the anticipated victo
ry. Their Generals came in almost royal
state; the great Ministers, Senators, aud
women came to witness the immolation of
our army, aud the subjugation of our people,
and to celebrate the result with wild revelry.
It is with the prufoundest emotions of
gratitude to an over ruling God, whose hand
is manifest iu protecting our homes and our
liberties, that we, your Generals command
ing, are enabled, in the name of our tfhole
country, to thank you for that patriotic cour
age, that heroic gallantry, that devoted dar
ing exhibited by you in the actions of the
18th aud 21st., by which the hosts of the
enemy were scattered, and a signal aud glori
ous victory obtained.
The two affairs of the 18th and 21st were
hut the sustained effort of your patriotism
against the constantly recurring columns of
an enemy fully treble your number; and
their efforts were crowned on the evening of
the 21st with a victory so complete that the
invaders are driven disgracefully from the
field, and made to fly iu disorderly route
hack to their entrenchments, a distance of
over thirty miles.
They left upon the field nearly every piece
of their artillery, baggage, stores, Ac., aud
almost every one of the wounded and dead,
amounting, together with the prisoners, to
many thousands. Aud thus the Northern
hosts were driven from Virginia.
Soldiers ! we congratulate you on an event
which ensures the liberty of our country. —
We congratulate every niau of you, whose
glorious privelige it was to participate in
this triumph of courage and of truth —to
fight in the battle at Manassas. You have
created an -epoch in the history of Liberty,
and unborn nations will rise up and call you
“ blessed.”
Continue this noble devotion, looking al
ways to the protection of a just God, and
before time grows much older, we will be
hailed as the deliverers of a nation of ten
millions of people.
Comrades ! our brothers who have fallen
have earned undying renown upon earth,
and their blood shed iu our holy cause is a
precious and acceptable sacrifice to the Fath
er of Truth and of Right.
Their graves are by the side of Washing
ton ; their spirits have joined with his in
eternal communion.
We will hold fast to the soil in which the
dust of Washington is thus mingled with
the dust of our brothers. We will transmit
this land free to our children, or we will fall
into the fresh graves of our brothers-iu-arms.
We drop one tear on their laurels, and move
forward to avenge them.
Soldiers I we congratulate you on a glori
ous, triumphant, and complete victory, and
we thauk you for doiug your whole duty iu
the service, of your country.
(Signed) J. E. Johnston,
General C. S. A.
(Signed) G. T. Beal regard,
General C. S. A.
I'o the Citizen* of Daniil and the Sur
rounding < ouulrj.
At a recent meeting of the Boldiers’ Relief So
ciety, it was resolved to appoint a committee to
receive contributions for the aid and comfort of
sick and wounded soldiers. Iu accordance with
thi6 resolution this committee present the subject
to our philanthropic citizens, aud solicit their aid
in behalf of this cause.
We deem a lengthy appeal unnecessary, and we
can render none so potent, or calculated to till the
heart with such profound and intense emotions of
interest and sympathy, as the pangs of our wound
ed and gallant defenders. We feel assured that
those who have so liberally contributed to the
comfort of our soldiers in the field, will readily
administer to the relief of the ‘'sick and suffering.”
Donations will be gratefully received, of money,
blankets, sheets, pillows, pillow-cases, india rubber
cloth, oil-silk, slippers, handkerchiefs, socks, un
dergarments, morning gowns, rice, tea, sugar,
corn starch, medicines, soaps, lint, bandages of all
kinds, cologne, lozenges, and other preparations
for colds, flax-seed, arrow-root, brandy, wine,
blackberry cordial, or any nourishing articles for
a hospital, also tracts and religious papers.
As we soon again may be engaged in a fierce
and bloody conflict, immediate and energetic ac
tion is requisite, and we therefore request a prompt
response to our solicitations. We earuestlv desire
the co-operatiou of our fiiends in the country, iu
this our effort to minister to the necessities, and
alleviate the sufferings of our fathers, brothers
and sons enlisted iu the defence of our homes aud
firesides.
The following ladies compose the Committee for
receiving contributions:
VinevUle.—Mrs. Troutman, Mrs. Sorrel and Mrs.
Anderson.
Eat Macon.—Mrs. Melrose, Mrs. Brown and
Mrs. Philips.
Macon.—Mrs. Poe, Mrs. Maussenet, Mrs. Mix,
Mrs. Grier, Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. Colquitt, Mrs.
Dessau, Mrs. McAlpin, Mrs. Bowdre, Mrs. T. C.
Xisbet, Mrs. Towns.
Fort Valley, August 7tb, 1801.
Messrs. Editors: I herewith enclose the report
of tbe “ Fort Valley Soldiers’ Relief Society,”
which you will please publish. While the ladies
in very many sections of our country have acted
most uobly, aud are illustrating the true charactor
of the women of the Southeru Confederacy, it is
no disparagement to such to say, none have done
more than the Ladies of Fort Valley, and adjacent
neighborhoods.
iu addition to the large number of garments
and articles made and furnished by tbe asociatiou,
& great quantity of work was done for each of our
companies prior to its organization not included
in the report.
The report was furnished by request, and pub
licity solicited for it from a sense of justice to our
patriotic Indies, whose past labor of benevoleut
patriotism is only an earnest of what they will do
in the future so loug as the unjust and unholy war
waged against us by our Northern enemies shall
render it necessary to continue our army in the
field. W. A. M.
Fort Valley Soldiers’ Kellef Society,
Since the organization of this Society on the
6th of May, it has made, with the assistance of
other ladies in this place aud vicinity,Oil garments
for two companies which left Fort Valley for Vir
ginia, viz : For the Governor's Guards, Oapt. Grif
fin, SOrt, aud lor the Beauregard Volunteers, Capt.
Anderson, 515 ; also, nearly I,imhi yards of banda
ges and lint, aud cotton iu proportion.
Besides the above, * considerable number of
garments were made by the ladies previous to the
lormatioii of the society.
The funds for supplying the Society with cloth
are not collected by the laities, as this task lias
beeu assumed by the gentlemen, yet the Soeiety
has received unsolicited donations iu cash aud
cloth, amounting to $64 2<>, and 30 garments.
Upon very short notice, the ladies of the com
munity contributed the following hospital supplies:
43 blankets, comforts, kc., 04 sheets, 00 pillow
cases, 04 towels, 03 prs. socLs, 50 handkerchiefs,
140 lbs of rice, 40 lbs loaf sugar, and a liberal
quantity of tea, wines, cordials, jellies, preserves,
crackers, u-acakes, cornstarch, dried fruits, caslile
soap, old linen and cotton, Ac. Half of these
articles were sent by llev. Geo. 0. Clark to Capt.
Anderson’s Company at Yorktown ; the balance
to be forwarded to Capt. Griffin at Portsmouth.
‘1 bus have we been endeavoring to co-operate
with our sisters of the South iu this labor ot grati
tude aud devotion ; and still feeling it our patriotic
duty, and deeming it a privilege, it ts our purpose
to render our faithful soldiers every appropriate
assi-nani-e in our power, as it is necessary
lor them to defend us.
’ MRS. G. SANFORD, Pres’t.
C. C. Riley, Sec’/.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS.
A member of the 9th Georgia Regiment gives
the following interesting incidents to the Savannah
News:
Brigadier-General Bartow had his horse shot
from under him, at the same lime receiving a
wound in the foot. But this was nothing to a
man with his well-known nerve. He rallied his
men, though badly cut up at that lime, and joined
in with Col. Gartrell, and remarked that if be had
the 9th Georgia Regiment with him, all would be
well, and prayed for their arrival. He kept a
man at the Junction waiting to conduct us to the
field all day; but, alas! our arrival was too late.
Col. Gartrell's horse was killed from under him
by a bombshell, he, at the same time, receiving
a wound in the leg. The shock was so great that
his own men thought him dead.
When Col. Gartrell fell from his horse and was
thought dead, or mortally wounded, Gen. bariow
seized the flag that Col. G. had dropped and waved
it over his head, exclaiming: “Georgians, if you
love me and your country, follow me. Never let
it be said that Georgians taltered.” As the men
rallied Col. Gartrell recovered and mounted anoth
er horse, rode up to Gen. Bartow and said : “ Sir,
that is my flag, lam yet able to bear it. If I fall
again, then take it.”
Gen. Bartow responded, and at the same instant
received his fatal wound. Col. Gartrell insisted
that Gen. B. should allow him to have him borne
from the field, but (Jen. B. refused, saying: “I
die. but I die with my men.; you rush on, aud
never stop till the victory is ours.”
A correspondent of the Charleston Courier,
writing from Richmond, says:
Among the prisoners is a noble looking and in
telligent Zouave, one of the few decent exceptions
in the crew. I saw him on the field, just after he
was taken. While passing a group of our men
one of the latter called him some hard name.—
“ Sir,” said ihe Zouave, turning on his heel and
looking the Virginian full in the eye, “I have heard
that your’s was a nation of gentlemen, but your
iusult comes from a coward and a knave. lam
your prisoner, but you have no right to fling your
curses upon me because I uin unfortunate. Os the
two, sir, I consider myself the gentleman.”
I need not add that the Virginian slunk away
under the merited rebuke, or that a dozen soldiers
generously gathered around the prisoner and as
sured hiiu of protection from further insult.
Among the prisoners here is also a nephew of
M. T. M etculf, of Augusta, Ga., a gentleman well
known in that city for his wealth und lioeralitv,
and who, if I remember correctly, fitted out a
volunteer company at his own expense.
Numerous amateurs participated in the fight,
and did good service. One of these was Col. New
man McLain, of Georgia, who arrived only a few
days previous to the fight, and, with rifle in hand
went into the thickest of the fray, bearing himself
splendidly throughout the action.
Col. Orr, of Mississippi, brother of our South
Carolina Orr, an ex-member of Congress, was also
among tbe number, ilis old drab hat and plain
black clothes were everywhere conspicuous, while
he alternately cheered, fired, loadi-d and encour
aged the men.
Capture ok the Congressmen’s Dinner. —The
Alexandria correspondent of the Baltimore Ex
change writes:
When Captain Kemper gave the command to
halt each man betook himself to some grassy spot
to rest his weary limbs, but one of the boys, with
more “life” in him than his companions, ascer
tained through some source that a grand dinner
prepared for the members of Congress and other
“iuvited guests” was some distance in advance,
and raising himself to his full height, and inflating
his lungs to their utmost capacity, announced to
his comrades, “Dinner was ready, trimmings in.”
The effect of this annoucement was electrical.—
Every man was on his feet in an instant, and in a
moment the “chase” was resumed.
Soon the wagons containing the Congressional
dinner and the et ceteras were secured, and in a
moment every boy had his bottle of champagne
(it is said there was five thousand dollars’ worth
of this sparkling beverage on the ground,) and
drank toasts to one another’s health, the success
of the day, dec., Ac. So the Congressional dinner
was eaten and the Congressional wine was drank
by more deserving men on that day.
A member of Col. Kershaw’s Regiment, thus
writes to his father in Savaunah:
The day after the battle it rained incessantly,
but notwithstanding, I went over a portion of the
battle-field. In passing, mv attention was struck
by the initials, O. L. I.; I turned the bearer over,
on his back, and was surprised to recognize Tom
I’urse; there, young Morell, Crane, and John
Branch, each were found. This appeared to be the
spot where the Oglethorpes had so bravely fought.
A negro afterwards pointed out Col. Bartow’s mare
which had been shot under him. This was the
first 1 heard of this noble man’s death—what a
loss to bis family, to Savannah, and to Georgia!
His bravery has been applauded by all, and through
him Georgia’s soldiers are acknowledged to have
acted the part of the bravest of the brave. I only
hope his remains will be honored as they deserve.
From the Journal of Commerce.
New York, July 34th, 1861.
To the Honorable. Lord Lyons:
Your Lordship :—For some time past we have
felt uneasy iu this community on account of your
personal safety. We need not inform you that
since the fall of Fort Sumter, an extraordinary
excitement in regard to the war has prevailed
here, of which one striking characteristic has
been, a total intolerance of an honest difference of
opinion. “ Who is not for us is against us,” has
been the rule of judgment. Any person not
warmly approving the justice of this war of the
North against the South, has been condemned as
an eneinv to the North, and has consequently
been subjected to much obloquy. The feeling has
also prevailed against such of the loyal subjects of
Her Majesty as maintained a prudent reserve iu
regard to the merits of the controversy, and were
guided by that rule of perfect neutrality which
best becomes them. Many of us have been in
great dread that iu case ot disaster to the arms of
the North, our lives and properties would be en
dangered by tumultuous assemblages of the people,
despising all law and wreaking vengeance on the
suspected. We regret to say that circustances of
recent occurrence have confirmed our tears; and
the danger is none the less, that instead of origi
nating in the lower classes of the people, it springs
from the very highest grades of society. Citizens
occupying the most eminent position, members of
the Union Defence Committee, do not hesitate in
their official capacity to give utterance to doctrines
of the most atrocious character, and fraught with
dangerous consequences. In proof of this we
have only to submit the following quotations from
a report of the proceedings of the Union Defence
Committee as it appears in the New York Herald
of this day:
“-General Wetniore * * * For j,j s p ar t h e
held that any man that would couusel anything but
the utter subjection of the rebe’s should be imme
diately taken aud hanged.
“ Mr. Grinnell * * * * No longer than
Monday night last he was speaking to one of the
Secessionists; he was a mail of six feet and three
inches high, and he told him what he meant, that
if he was strong enough he would take and hang
him up to the nearest lamp post.
“ A gentleman among the audience here re
marked that a little of this kind of hanging w ould
have a decidedly salutary effect.”
In times like these, when deeds tread closely on
the heels of words, and such sentiments are openly
and approvingly promulgated by the leaders of
public opinion, we deem our lives and properties
in great danger. We would, therefore, respect
fully suggest to your lordship the propriety of
placing in our harbor, for the protection of peace
able and inoffensive British subjects, one or more
vessels of war bearing the flag of our country, so
as to give a sense of security to many who are
uowr looking to the future with great anxiety.
May we without impropriety ask your lordship
to give us early assurance that the needed protec
tion will be granted. We have the honor to be
your lordship’s most obedient servants,
MANY BRITISH SUBJECTS.
The Captured Georgians. —Two of the prison
ers taken before the batteries at Bull's Run, Sun
day, were brought to this city and lodged iu the
guardhouse last night. They are not disposed to
be very communicative, but let out an idea or two.
They belong to the Georgia Regiment attached to
Johnston’s division, which, they say, arrived at
Manassas Sunday morning, after a thirty mile
juant by railroad. Their regiment numbered 560
men ; and they say that iu an attempt to capture
Sherman’s battery they were cut to pieces by the
tire of several regiments, and they think that there
are not more than 800 oi their men left. About
noon to day they were taken before Gen. Mansfield,
but it is very probable that they w ill not answer
very fullv. They laughed at the idea ol Patterson
overtaking them, and say they tooled him com
pletely.— Washington Star , 2></
A gentleman boarder on the wharf boat, on
Thursday morning, was so overcome by the glo
rioue news from Virginia, that he asked lor the
left wing of the enemy lor breakfast. Dm showed
his ivories and replied, “ Dat if the geiinuau meant
the enemy at Manassas, dar war nary wing left,
nor nuifin’ else I”— Baton Rouge paper.
Incidents of Hattie.
Speaking of a charge made by the 1 ederal
troops on a battery, the correspondent of a North
ern paper says:
Numbers of our men went down as the hurri
cane of iron swept by us, and it was writh no little
difficulty that we could close up the line so as to
charge ‘effectively. Soon this terrible gulf was
passed, and our men charged up the hill with re
uewed vigor. The Confederates waited until we
appeared above the brow ot the hill, and then
poured such a volley upon us as decimated the
regiment in an instant. Scores of men fell foe
ward on their faces with a peculiar supine motion,
as a wave falls forward on a beach. Captain
Brown being in advance, and seeing the Conleder
ates running from their guns to the cover ot the
trees, rushed forward, waving his sword, and
shouted, “ Now, boys, rally.” Scarcely were the
words from his lips when a rifle bullet pierced
him through the neck ; at the same instant a can
non ball entered his side, and he fell to the earth
pinned as it were to the ground.
Some of his men tried to take his watch, by or
der of the Lieutenants, but lound it buried in his
vitals. He died bravely aud as he bad wished,
having often expressed the hope that he might
never survive the defeat of bis regiment. Capt.
Thillinglaw was shot through both knees, and im
mediately after oue of his men lifting him up—
for he was lying on his face--found him <iead,
with his beard dabbled with blood from a wouud
in tbe head. At this time the storm of battle re
doubled, the regiment wavered, then fell back and
retreated slowly, still firing at every step, having
lost several of its best officers. A general ictreat
then commenced.
Col. Cameron, who had succeeded in rallying
the men twice, seemed paralyzed at this new re
verse—the sword whieh he had been waving fell
from bis band—he stood a moment looking at the
retreating mass, some of the men still obstinately
firing, and on one of his Lieutenants coming down
from the battery to ask advice about the wounded
officers, be turned suddenly towards him, faced
the battery, and the same instant a Mime ball
pierced his breast. He fell without a groan. Af
ter his fall the rout became complete.
Malty.
A late number of the New Orleans Crescent has
the following “talk on ’Change’’ in regard to salt:
There has been considerable talk about salt, the
stock on hand, aud how long will it last. Accord
ing to reliable statistics furnished us, we conclude
there is fully six months’ supply on hand for the
States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas
and Arkansas, easting aside the quautily of stocks
held in the interior.
The quantity of stock in this market to-day is,
from actual count
185,000 sacks Liverpool salt,
300,000 bushels of packing salt.
The quantity of sack salt on hand is one-third
of the entire importation for the year. As for
packing salt there was a large quantity held over
from last year. However, there is sufficient salt
in the Southern Confederacy to last for twelve
months. In the meantime it is asked, “ what is
the Salt Company of Louisiana doing?” Some
eighteen months since the prospects for an abun
dant supply of salt from the vats in the parish of
Plaquemines were most favorable. The great gale
last year destroyed everything. That salt in
abundance can be manufactured within the limits
of Louisiana there is no doubt. True, we could
import salt from Turk’s Island, Liverpool, St. Übes
and the Cape de Verdes cheaper than we can
manufacture it ourselves. But if foreign govern
ments choose to recognize the paper blockade of
Lincoln, Seward & Cos., and throw the great South
on its own undeveloped resources, we shall be in
dependent of all foreign countries. There are salt
works in Arkansas, which can be worked to ad
vantage. Thirty years ago there was great strife
in entering public lands in this State, known to
have all the requirements for making the strongest
kind of salt water ; consequently the manufactur
ing of salt in Arkansas was suspended yearly
cheapening of foreign salt.
A Texas paper says :
Vessels and wagons are doing a brisk business
in bringing salt up, in large quantities, from tbe
Laguna Madre to Corpus Christi, whence it is
shipped to the interior. It is of good quality.
Salt is found near Corpus in abundance, sufficient
to supply the South.
Ambulance. —An ambulance is a moving hospi
tal attached to an army for the purpose of render
ing immediate assistance to sick or wounded sol
diers. It will perhaps interest the reader to have a
description of the ambulances captured by our
troops alter tbe battle of Manassas :
The body is fifty inches wide, and is divided into
two compartments, each one entered by means of
a door at the rear. The driver sits outside entire
ly away from the sufferer, and is protected from
inclement weather by an adjustable calash top.—
The ambulance has four steel springs resting on
the flexible hickory shafts, aud the bed on which
the patient lies is also supported by four other steel
springs, to w hich are attacked small wheels to
facilitate the movement in and out of a wounded
soldier, without his rising. The bed and uiattrass
is a decidedly ingenious arrangement, and should
be seen to be fully understood. Father end can be
raised at any elevatiou desirable, and either end of
the mattress can be made into a good pillowr in an
instant. A small trap-door in the centre of the bed,
worked by means of a spring and bolt, affords cou
veniance to the sufferer that can be easily appre
ciated. If tbe weather is warm, and the sun too
hot to admit of hoisting the curtains, a turn of a
button unloosens a section of tbe side, which drops
down upon its hinges, and the cool air can pass
through (and over the inmate,) while the curtains
still sliut out the rays of the sun. Several also
have a rack over the bed, where a trunk or any
clothing desirable can be placed, and everything
that would conduce to tbe comfort of the w ounded
be immediately within his reach. In fact, the new
ambulance is a complete movable hospital, in which
the sufferer can rest at ease, forgetful that he is in
the camp or upon the deserted battle-field.
The Congressional Bull Run Pic-nic. —A
British subject who came out as a spectator of tbe
late battle, and whose identity having been estab
lished, was permitted, a day or two since, to return
to the North, gives a grapliic account of proceed
ings at Cenireville pending the contest. An im
mense pie-uic party, embracing most of the Bluck
Republican big wigs about Washington, had gone
out to be at a convenient distance from the battle
field, ami get the first intelligence of the victory.
Among these doughty sons of Mars, he mentions
the redoubtable Senators Wilson, Trumbull, Chand
ler, Foster and Sumner, aud Congressmen Grow,
Colfax, Ely, Blair, and others of more or less note.
Large quantities of eatables and drinkables had
been wagoned out to refresh the worthies during
their exciting vigils. The most of the afternoon
had been spent in high festival, constant bulletins
coming in announcing successive victories and
numerous toasts were drank of “Confusion to the
rebels.” A lull of nearly an hour lapsing without
a dispatch from the battle field, the party became
nervous for news, and got it iu a few minutes from
a boot bulletin, in the shape of a flying soldier,
announcing at the top of his voice— They are com
ing. The confusion and excitement of the Con
gressional pic-nic party at this point can better be
imagined than described. The scene is represent
ed to have been indescribable.
All sorts of horses were at once brought into
requisition, and probably the most precipitate
retreat ever chronicled was made by the Lincoln
Congressmen; and soon the meadows and roads
were dotted with flying horsemen on the way to
Washington.— Richmond Examiner.
Gen. I.ee’w Hoiimi- at Arlington.
A correspondent of a Northern paper thus
writes of the homestead of Gen. Lee, nowr dese
crated by the occupation of the enemy :
Arlington House is the headquarters of Gen.
McDowell—that is, his office is in the old family
drawing room, and the Government Telegraph is
iu the old family dining room, just opposite, and
witli a wide wall between. The building and
premises are in the charge of Col. Lyon and the
New Yoik Eighth Regiment, and the grounds,
excepting the old flower garden, are covered with
tents The noble oaks of Arlington are historical,
aud many times has Washington sat under their
shade. Their age, size and variety present one of
the finest collections iu the country, and the view
of Washington, the public buildings and the Po
tomac, from the Heights is magnificent. It was
the delight of Custis to revel here, and thousands
of his friends, aud of the friends of Washington,
iiere shared the hospitality of his adopted son.—
The present mansion is but fifty four years old, is
without many of the luxuries common to the time
when it was built, hut Nature has been lavish in
her gifts of position, foliage and general beauty.
The old homestead was nearer the Potomac, and
some of the old servants of fifty years gone by
remain—some, iudeed, who cultivated the fields
more than forty years since, and one who remem
bers “ Massa Washington” and Mt. Vernon, long
prior to the death of the Father of his Country, in
1798. I visited and left Arlington House with
sad thoughts over the public necessity which has
compelled the military occupation of eo sacred
and splendid an estate.
MACON, GEORGIA^
Wednesday, August 14, 1861.^
Public Heeling.
The voters of Jones county, without reference
to past party associations, are requested to meet in
Clintonon the third Saturday in this month to se
lect delegates to the Gubernatoral Convention to
be held at Miledgeville on the 4th of September.
August 2nd 1861. MANY VOTERS.
The rains for the last few weeks have been
incessant in this vicinity, and there is a prospect
of their continuance.
POLITICAL MEETING.
A call, signed by many of our most respectable
and influential citizens, of all parties, is made, for
a public meeting, at the Court House, in this city,
on Saturday next, for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention, to be
held at Milledgeville on the Ith of Sept.
OUR NEW MARKET HOUSE
Was opened on Monday last, and most appro
priately dedicated by the Butchers giving a Grand
Barbecue Dinner to their customers and a large
number of hungry expectants peeping through
the iron gates and grates, for two or three hours,
in a pelting rain, waiting for the second course. —
They exhibited great patience and philosophy in
doing so. The Governor of the feast, J. V. G.,
at length, issued his proclamation, “open the
gates,” when a great rush was made, and the con
sequences may be inferred.
By way of Desert , a speech was called for, when
the fact was ascertained that some speakers can
as readily walk away from a speech as into one.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
The Kev. Mr. Pledger, the esteemed chaplain of
the 12th Georgia Regiment, writes us from Camp
Alleghany, that there has been a good deal of
sickness amoug the soldiers, but no deaths. That
the enemy are supposed to be in their vicinity,
land a tight is anticipated soon. He gives a favor
| able account of the morals and discipline of the
Central Blues. He requests us to say that his
address, at present, is, “ W. P. Pledger, Chaplain
of the 12th Georgia Regiment; care of Col.
Johnston, commanding ; Montery, Va.”
A MILITIA MUSTER.
This has been but of very rare occurrence for
many years past. On Saturday last, the militia
of our county mustered at Cainp Oglethorpe under
Col. J. Van Valkeuburg, to the number of about
700, comprising nine companies, all properly offi
cered. Their aims were various, but generally of
a very serviceable class for home or almost any
other service, and the parade was altogether of the
most respectable character.
We have been furnished with a complete list of
the officers, Ac., which we wish to put on record,
but from the lateness of receiving it, and other
circumstances, have to lay it over to our next
issue.
EAST TENNESSEE.
Owing to threatened disturbances in E. Tennes
see, Gen. Zollicoffer, with a military force has
proceeded to Knoxville and established his head
quarters at that place. He has issued a temperate
and dignified proclamation, and we trust by his
decided and prudent course will prevent civil strife
in that quarter.
Mr. Nelson is now a prisoner at Richmond. Mr.
Brownlow’s Whig, it has beeD rumored, has been
suppressed—though we received one yesterday,
uated Saturday last. We are inclined to think,
however, from the tenure of several articles that
this is the last number that will appear, as the
editor complains that the mails will not carry it.
MR THOMAS HARDEMAN, Sen.,
An old and highly esteemed citizen, died at his
residence in Vineville, on Sunday morning last.
He had suffered severely from rheumatism for
several years, and for many months had been con
fined to his house. He bore his afflictions with
Christian resignation and patience. Mr. 11. was
much respected in all the relations of life. He will
be greatly missed in the Church, of which he was
an old and zealous member—also, as one of our
oldest and most patriotic citizens. To his family
the loss is irreparable. But, as he used so fre
quently to sing, he is “at home at last,” reaping
the reward of a useful life. His funeral took
place at the Methodist Church on Monday morn
ing, on which occasion an appropriate and eloquent
discourse was delivered by Rev. Dr. Mann, the
pastor, after which he was deposited in his final
resting place with Masonic honors. Asa tribute
to his worth, the busiuess houses were closed.—
One after another of our old citizens are passing
away. Mr. 11. was in the 65th year of his age.
FINE PEACHES AGAIN.
Mr. L. B. Clark, of Rutland’s District, in this
county, has presented us with a dozen of the very
finest class, known here as the “Tiuley Peach.”—
They average in weight over a half pound each,
and measure more than ten inches in circumference.
The quality of the peach is known to most of our
readers, and is recognized as among the “very
best.”
As this peach has many names and localities
ascribed for its origin, we would state, on good
authority, that it was cultivated by the Indians
about Columbia, S. C., and Augusta, where it was
first brought into notice. It is known in most of
the catalogues, as the “Columbia Peach.” It was
introduced into the Augusta market, many years
siuce, by a Mr. Pace- where it is known as the
“ Pace Peach.” In the same manner, Mr. James
Tislet, in this county, first sold it here in quanti
ties to attract attention—hence, here it bears bis
name. In this vicinity, it was first raised by Dr.
Brown, on his plantation at “ Brown’s Mount,” and
often sold on “ Fort Hill,” on the market day for
the negroes, (Sunday,) as far back as the year
1824.
SAD ACCIDENTS.
On Saturday last, two persons were killed on
our Railroads in this city, at nearly the same mo
merit. One of them was a young man from the
upper part of Twiggs county, named Rowell Bates.
He was standing on the South-western track watch
ing the movement of a train on the Macon A West
ern. In this position, a train came up behind him,
and although sufficient signals were given, he did
not notice them, and it was then impossible to
stop the train. He was thrown on the track, and
his head nearly severed from his body. No blame
can be attached to any one managiug the train.
The other one killed, was a lad, aged about 12
years, named Win. Ferrell. He fell or was pushed
from the train of the Central Railroad, on the
track, and was so badly mangled by the wheels,
that he lived but a few minutes. He, like many
others, was in the habit of jumping on the trains,
at or immediately after their starting, and riding
across the river; or on the backing out and shift
ing the trains, contrary to the warnings and remon
strances of the conductors, and Mr. Knight, the
special marshal of the depot, who has already had
many difficulties ou his hands in trying to relieve
the trains of this nuisance. It is almost a miracle
that many have not been killed before this, by
their troublesome and reckless conduct about the
cais. There are quite a number of noisy idlers
at the depot at the arrival and departure of the
trains, and often in the way, and an annoyance to
the passengers and others. There ought to be a
police, duly authorised by the City Council, ar.d
armed with a proper implement to brush them o.et,
or deposite them in the Guard house, and we hope
this casuality will lead to the adoption of stringent
regulations.
Interesting articles will be found on every
page of the Mecsenger.
FORMIDABLE ENEMY.
Mr. James R. Butts, of this city, has called our
attention to the drawing of a naval vessel of bis
own invention, which we think would, if adopted,
soon break up Lincoln's blockade. We hope its
merits will be tested. We are not at liberty to
describe it minutely, but should be glad to see a
few of such fishes afloat.
ETWe are indebted to Rev. Mr. Burke for
late papers from Louisville and Richmond. These
and other papers from various parts of the coun
try may he found at the Method at Depository.
SPARE THE LAMBS.
In makiog the following excellent suggestion,
the Raleigh Register has no reference to Ellsworth
“ Pets
As the South will need every pound of wool it
can get, we respectfully suggest to our country
friends not to kill their lambs, nor dispose of them
to butchers. We can all get along very well with
other meats. Wool we must have.
Though we are-exceedingly fond of good lamb,
or even mutton, we are willing to forego that lux
ury during the entire war, if a tax of twenty dol
lars is levied upon every sheep-killing cur. We
say, spare the lambs, but kill all surplus dogs.—
We hope candidates for the legislature will be
made to define their position on this “vital issue.”
A SECESSION DAGGER-
A member of the New York Ninth Regiment
brought with him to this city on Sunday, a weapon
which he captured iu Secessia, and which would
do to put in some museum of curiosities along with
the war tools of New Zealand savages, or the
poisoned stilleios of Italian or Spanish bravos.—
It was a dagger made bv pointing a piece of a
saw and grinding down the back to a razor-like
sharpness. It was so made that in entering the
flesh the teeth of the saw would act as barbs, and
cause a horrible wound in withdrawing the instru
ment of butchery. It is about eighteen inches in
length and finished with a buck horn handle.—
Such an instrument of torture would delight the
amiable ex Governor Wise, who recommended the
Virginians to convert their old hoops into dirks,
and to grind down their wagon tires into bowie
knives to chop up Northerners. We do not know,
however, whether the weapon we have described
is not perfectly proper and in keeping with the
character of the cause in which it wa9 employed.
Men fighting to extend the era of barbarism may
reasonably be expected to use barbarous weapons.
—Philadelphia American, July 30.
Whai horrible weapons these Secessionists use!
Some cook in the Hotels of Philadelphia ought to
enlighten the Editor of the “American,” and in
form him that the sharp side of this fearful “se
cession dagger” is the most convenient thing in
the world for slicing ham and cutting beef steaks,
and the other side for sawing the bone. For fur
ther information, he might apply to almost any
hardware store in his city. What horrible phan
toms infest the brains of these people since the
run from Bull’s Run. Some of their papers have
stretched the l> lasso,” which they say is attached
to the bowie-knife, from six to sixty feet.
GUBERNATORIAL
An intelligent and esteemed fneud suggests that
we present the name of Gen. A. J. Hansel!, of
Cobb county, as a suitable candidate for the next
Governor of Georgia. Gen. H., we concede, has
eminent qualifications for this high and responsi
ble office, and in a certain contingency, we shall
be most happy to give him our support. We think,
however, without desiring to raise a sectional issue
or establish an unfortunate precedent, that Chero
kee Georgia should concede to other sections of the
State, the next Gubernatorial candidate —provided,
they present one worthy and well qualified.
We concur entirely with our friend in regard
to the impropriety and inexpediency of a nomi
nating convention, particularly at this time. A
large number of our best citizens are away, aDd
but few that are left at home, will be represented
in that body, take any interest in it, or be bound
by its dictum. On this subject we give a timely
and pointed article below, from the Columbus En
quirer :
The Proposed Intervention. —The Times (ex
clusively) publishes a call for a meeting in this city
on Saturday next, to select delegates to a State
Convention to nominate a candidate for Governor.
We trust our citizens will not commit themselves
to this movement, but will for once bold them
selves tree to disregard any intervention between
the people and their free choice at the polls. The
ordinary apologies for caucuses or conventions
(everybody admitting them to be evils, though
sometimes necessary ones) cannot now be urged.
There are no political parties to be united in sup
port of respective nominees—no conflicting gov
ernmental policies to be advanced or defeated;
but oar people are, or ought to be, of one party
and in favor of only one policy—that of vigorously
sustainiug their Government in its present conflict
with an invading enemy. Then why set up a
nominee for the people to vote for? A nominee
of whom? If of the whole people, is not the
election in October to be submitted to the whole
people? and are adult men to go through the
mockery of twice electing their officers ?
The talk about a “scrub race” and the danger of
such a multiplicity of candidates that a popular
majority cannot be obtained for either without a
convention (or intervention ) is all gammon. The
Constitution prohibits the election of any man by
a minority vote; but makes it the duty of the
Legislature, in the event of no popular majority
being cast for any one candidate, to choose the
Governor from the two highest voted for by the
people. The law provides for an ulterior choice
by the duly elected representatives of the people,
if the people fail to elect, and restricts their rep
resentatives to the two candidates for whom the
largest popular numbers vote; while the interven
tionists would select the man for the people to vote
for. Which plan is the best., that of the consti
tution, or that of the interventionists ?
PRIVATEER PRISONERS
At the commencement of this war the New
York Times was the most furious and rabid of all
Northern papers, with regard to summary punish
ment that should be inflicted on all such prisoners.
“ They should be treated as pirates aud executed
without delay or trial.” From Gen. Scott down
to the New York Times, all their magnificent or
vindictive conceptions, have found their level
either in magnificent or peurile farces. Now, that
we hold ten prisoners to their one of ours, read
the following and see how their tone has changed.
Probably the wholesome admonition of President
Davis has had a salutary and cooling effect on
them :
The letter from Jeff. Davis to President Lincoln,
in regard to prisoners of war, raises a questiou of
a great deal of delicacy, but of still more impor
tance, and which will very speedily demand a de
cisive answer. He states that if the privateersmen
of the Savannah, now in custody in this city, are
executed or imprisoned as pirates, he will retaliate
on our prisoners who may be in his hands. If, on
the other hand, they are treated as prisoners of
war, be is ready to regard and exchange them as
such.
Davis unfortunately has it in his power to make
this threat effective. He has iu his hands a very
large number of our prisoners, and will unques
tionably retaliate upou them whatever treatment
we may extend to these privateers. President
Lincoln, in his proclamation, has announced his
purpose to treat ah who may accept letters of
marque und reprisal from the Confederate Govern
ment as pirates, and the general sentiment of the
public would unquestionably sustain him iu so do
ing. It cannot be concealed, however, that the
current of events may render it necessary to act
with caution in this matter and not take a position
which may augment greatly the horrors, great
enough at best, of this civil war.
By taking and holding prisoners at all, >t would
seem to be recognizing the Southern States as
belligerents.
We do not, therefore, concede to them any civil
rights, uor iu the slightest degree commit ourselves
to a recognition of their political existence. But
we do concede that they are entitled to the benefit
of those usages which obtain among all civilized
nations in a state of war. We exchange prisoners
with them ; wc treat their men taken in arms as
prisoners of war, and not as rebels, aud we recog
nize the sacredness of flags of truce. We are by
no means sure that tee ilo not thus put ourselves in
a position which will render i< necessary to recog
nize their issue of letters of marque, so far, at
least, as to distinguish it from, piracy. We shall,
undoubteply, soon have a proposition, from oue
side or the other, for an exchange of prisoners ;
and then this matter must be finally settled. t
FROM MISSOURI.
We have many and conflicting rumors. O n( .
that on the 4th inst., at Springfield, the State f or
ces had attacked Gen. Lyon, and after a most t er
rific battle, in which there was great slaughter 0[
both gides—that Gen. Lyon and Gen. Seigel hi]
been defeated, and had surrendered.
The forces on the side of the State troops n „
bered about 15,000, and the Federal forces nun
bered about 7,000. The State troops had s 0 r n .
twenty pieces of artillery, and the Federal f ortPi)
twenty seven pieces of heavy artillery.
We may soon look for stirring times both alot
the Mississippi and the Potomac.
A BRILLIANT CAPTION
In the first announcement of the battle at Bull’
Run, the New Yora Herald and Tribune have ih e
following caption, in large type, in their column?
of the “splendid victory” they had gained. R n ,
when they received fuither intelligence from th,
fifty thousand news-carriers, who to fled Wash
ington, in great haste, to announce the “splendid
victory,” that caption was considerably modified
in further announcements. It roads thus :
“A Great Battle Fought—The Batteries at Bull
Run Carried—The Rebels Routed—-Terrible
Slaughter—Determined Resistance—Their L •
Hope Gone—Twelve Hours Terrific Fighting—
They are Driven into Manassas Junction—Attack
upon them there—A Death Blow to Sece.-.-ion—
Heroism of the Union Forces — They know no
such word as Fail—Admirable Manceuverine—
Terrific Canonading—lucessent Musketry Firing
—Col. Cameron Killed—Col. Hunter Wounded
—Hot Chase of the Rebels.”
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER
Dr. W. C. Mcßae, of Jefferson county, Fla., and
Jos. Andersou, of this county, brothers-in law
fought with knives and pistols near Glasgow on
Friday last, when Mcßae was immediately killed
and Anderson, we understand, mortally wounded.
We have heard nothing further from the difficulty
and know nothing of the origiu of the quarrel
Dr. Mcßae had left our office iu the morning of
the day, the difficulty occurred in the evening, and
informed us that he had attached himself to &
volunteer company in Jefferson county, Fla., ami
left a publication of thanks to his patrons for their
liberal patronage. They were both young men
of strength and courage, and it is to he regretted
that they did not pour out their blood iu the de
fence of a needy country, rather than ingloriou.-W
in a private difficulty, brother against brother.—
Thornasville Enterprise of Ith.
We have noticed with regret the multiplicity of
deeds of violence of late. We join our regrets
with those of our contemporary, and trust men
will lay their lives down in defence of their liber
ties, rather than for personal revenge.
Several fatal affrays have recently occurred in
Atlanta and elsewhere.
INSULT TO HEAVEN.
We see it stated that the heathenish concern,
called the Rump Congress, have passed a resolu
tion for the appointment of a committee to request
the President to appoint a day of fasting, humili
ation and prayer. A more blasphemous proceed
ing than this could not well be imagined.—Saeau
nah News.
We differ with our Savannah contemporary.—
“Fasting and humiliation,” most certainly, is ap
propriate to the defeated enemy, whilst “thanks
giving and praise” well becomes the citizens of the
Confederate States.
IMPORTANT TO THE OFFICEr S AND MEMBEBS
OF THE FIRST GEORGIA REGIMENT
The attention of the officers and privates of the
First Georgia Regiment, who are at present iu
Georgia, is called to the following order from
Headquarters:
. [order no. 4.]
Headqlartes Ist Reo’t. Ga., Volunteers, [
Staunton, July 26th, 18C1. )
Commission, non commissioned officers, and
privates, of the First Regiment of Georgia Volun
teers, are hereby ordered to report themselves at
these Headquai ie:s, without delay, excepting those
who have leave of absence granted by Gen. Ueu
ry R. Jackson. All leaves ot absence granted by
Col. Jas. N. Ramsey are hereby revoked ay gene
ral order.
By order of General Poking.
James O. Clarke, Lieutenant Colon* 1 command
ing First Regiment Georgia Volunteers.
From the Citizen we learn that among those of
the Ist Georgia Regiment (Col. Ramsey) taken
prisoners by McClellan's forces in Western Vir
ginia, and released on parole until exchanged, are
11 from the Southern Guards 7 from the Southern
Rights Guards, 3 from the Walker Light Infantry,
2 from the Oglethorpe Infantry, 2 from the New
nan Guards, and one each from the B-iubridge
Volunteers, Washington Rifles and Gate City
Guards.
A Noteworthy Incident. —We are informed by
a gentleman who has t,he facts from an authentic
source, say 9 the Augusta Constitutionalist, that a
Prayer Meeting was held at Atkinson’s Church, on
Suuday morning, July 21st, especially for the safe
ty and welfare of the Oglethorpe Rifles, Capt.
Lumpkin, a volunteer company from the neighbor
hood of the Church.
The Prayer Meeting was held at the very hour
that the battle of Manassas was raging. The
Rifles were in that battle— forming a part of the
Eighth Georgia Regiment, which was in the thick
est of the fight—and yet that company alone, ol
all engaged in the battle, snows upon the record,
none killed.
Here is an incident worthy of note, and exceed
ingly suggestive.
Col. H. L. Benning’s Regiment. —The following
companies compose the regiment raised by Col. h
L. Benning, to rendezvous at Atlanta on the loti
instant: Capt. Harrell and Capt. Pickett’s comp*
niee, from Webster countv; Capt. Smith’s compa
ny, Stewart county; Capt. French’s company.
Schley county; Capt. Griffin’s company, Twigg3
county; Capt. Jone’s company, Miller county:
Capt. Campbell’s company, Decatur county; Capt
McGregor’s company, Mitchell county; Capt. Chap
man aud Thompson’s companies, Columbus.
A Female Spy.— A correspondent of the Cincin
nati Commercial, writing from Western Virginia,
says: “A female spy has been discovered in t^ e
first Kentucky regiment. She is from Georgia,
and enlisted at Cincinnati. She was detected by
writing informatien in regard to the movements
of our troops to the enemy. She is a member of
the Knights of the Golden Circle, says she knows
the punishment of a spy is death, and is ready for
her fate. She is to be sent to Coiambus.’’
’ g.
Desperate Fighting. —The Washington corre
pondent of the New York Tribune says: “Af !cr
the capture of one of the Bull Run batteries, forty
eight dead men and one wounded of the enemy
were found piled up at the guns. The wounded
man, on being asked how they managed to stand
by their guns so long, answered that ‘ they bad
taken an oath never to leave them.’ ”
Yet the Yankees are ignorant enough to think
they can conquer such men.
The Rich Mountain Fight. —The Louisville
Courier says : “ The Indiana volunteers engage I
in the Western Virginia raid and the Rich Moun*
tain affair, have returned Home, and but precion-’
few will ever go back. Many ol them have been
heard to declare that their casualties were
times as much as represented in the dispatch*
and that the Georgia boys were as brave as lions,
and nothing but overwhelming numbers won tbe
day.”
U. S. Officers Killed and Wounded at Ma-
The New York News publishes a list o.
killed and wounded U. S. officers at the battle oi
Manassas, which sums up as follows: Killed— t”* 1
Colonels, oue Lieut. Colonel, two Majors, seven
teen Captains, seven Lieutenants, and tbirti* ■
Sergeants—total forty-two. Wounded —two V *
jor Generals, seveu Colonels, one Lieut. Colonel,
three Majors, fifteen Captains, and thirty tL*
Lieutenants—total sixty-one.