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#coTgk Journal at# Jtlcoompr. jiV S. ROSE & CO. Journal & Messenger ry iVeii*e»day morntnrat %i! 50 per Jtnnum. i' the regular charge will be O.nk Dollak ~ icxurkh WORIV4 0K !>♦■!, for thefirstinser i i_r '> ' ij( each dtibsemiant insertion. Ail ii.j! q> -citle I as to tune, will be publishea , i iiarge 1 aocor<liu)/ly. A liberal discount , ! .> w!. >i 1 v ertiie by the year. BB will b® chsrgt HH so lid ites f.*r otti -e, to be paid for a; Wm i , when laswrvd. . -at« uiil- nil, i o.iiity olli. l», n/ Ijl . li, M<-r, hauls, and utli-ia, Who loi) wish i'« g^Bt*•" j, f,• jotra< 'a. Ii \i. Nk.iiim i, b y K.x -.u tors, A ,1m mi- 1 r a tors [,j. ire ie.plired by law to he advertised in a i,.rt i .lays previous to the day (> | sale, ju-.t I* liel 1 011 the ttvst l uesilay it* the month, , . ..I teo iii the forenoon an.l three in the u the Court house in the county in which ttie jve -. M. 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I je’l, •: leivh|res ,■lto 8- ROUI 4 CD. |Voi>swion;tl uu«t Men. ii .sai, ano Hi sink s t'AKiei will be inserted 'ie ul, at th« f dlowltltf rates, viz: i ,r 'Pliree lines, per annum, ♦ '• (, 0 Helen lines, do i® hit Ten lilies, do 12 00 l welve lines, do 15 00 , I.- 11 i•-.•in. nis of this class will he admitted, utiles* , ni id vance, nor for a less t.*rm than I welve months uents of oyer twelve line# will be chin k<-J e«o hat a . , .i. nis tod |»uid for in advance will be charged at , ,■ ulai rates. |tK( i (JLAii MKKTI N< IN \l\ .INS, KNIGHT TEMPLARS, ODD KEL- I.mVS AND SONS OF TEMPERANCE, || hid) IN TUK CITY OK MACON. MABOHB. li, . lye of Georgia for 1&6»), October fllst. f ‘ |V I■, No. 5, first and third Monday nights In each oVi.uue Ohapter, No. 4, second Monday night In each mi, Council, No. C, fourth Monday night in each er?knc*uii.m.M.l. Knights Templar, No. 2, Meetings very hmt Tuesday night m each month. ODD FELLOWS, un,l hedge, first Wednesday in June. ~ I Kncatnpment, Tuesday previous. I »dge, No 2, every Thursday evening, l i mothers, No. 5, every Tuesday evening. ii i Union Kn. anipnient, N0.2, se. ond and fcuith Mon day evenings in each month. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. ,1 Division, fourth Wednesday in October, annually. i- - -i ■ i. if . —mi■uni l’Kill’ ls SSl ON dll « AItUS. I. i\u:n & AMIIiIISOI, attorneys at law, MU ON, €SA, L rrncK in the Counties ot the Macon Circuit, and in | I „'C', unties of Sumter, Monroe and Jones; also In the l.wslOouitsat Savannah. [apr 21 ’SB-1 y] <1 L\ERIIOtT.sc: a AfBLEV* ATTORNEYS AT LAW, KNOXVIL!.U AND FORT VALLEY, GA. P. CUIVKRIIOLfSB, F. A. ANBLEY, ' Knoxville, On. Fort Valley, (la. j 60 ly a,, if. YVIIITTLE, lIIORNEY AT LAW, MAOON, GEORGIA. i Iff n ■»i to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’s Drug Store an ly] fi'ESO 'fa IS H. CABASIISS, irtORNEY AT LAW, 3* fl oi*wyt It« ft. lfll }, attend promptly to all business entrusted to his 1 1 i■ in the Counties of Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Ciawtoid, , Spalding and Upson. [may 12 ’SBJ REMOY Ala. ’) sit 3V. 1. Ins removed his Law OtVice to Cherry street ~' ~| h uil ling next below B A. Wise’s furnish- II • will attend the Courts as heretofore. M i on, Oct. 1,1861. tn ’ t ts 1 ) i BSC >H*TJTIO N -of Wood .4 o.> ,in tl»is day dissolved l>y mutual ~1. AH j.»*i .ms l'.,iviiiif idaiiufl amiinM us will please ..1 tlifui, and thost* indebted to us will please voiue for i and settle promptly. The Books and notes will be inj at the old Hand, ami Stalled by tin- senior partner. GREENVILLE \\ oOD ( BUT 11 U. WOOD. ) 'U. ou, l)ee. 80th 1801. TO NEWSPAPER?. '. ivspapers advertising for Wood A Cos., will please • utitiue the same frota this date. WOOD A 00. ft-vember 30th 1801. TO Til E PUBLIC. i mkful for past layers we would respectfully request a Human e of the same for the remaining partner. l>< nth 1 Mil. WOOD* CO. tK WHEEL BORROWS and SPINNING WHEELS, for •alv by U.WOOD. Jan. S— ts uI'IUSITE LANIER HOUSE, MACOW. WOOL HITS, CHILDRESS’ straws. SILK DRESS ITATS $2.75 TO $3.00. *1 Oft 3 The Commercial Straw is easy, * ' ‘ “ Senate is fiot La l, “ Planter’s Hat is very light, i.lO. “ English is Finest. june 20 C\ 13. STONE eV 8110. ' TAKE NOTICE. ALL peisons indebted to A. (1. BOSTICK, LAMAR A WILLIAMSON, or BOSTICK A LAMAR, are notified U» come forward and settle, or the accounts will be placed in *' Mtorney’s Lands for collection. Ike sub riber, or his representative, Mr. I. B. Enci.isu, t e f umd at the Store, opposite the Lanier House, pre irctl to take money or notes in settlement. A. G. BOSTICK. Macon, j an . 15,15C2-tf MILITARY BOOKS. A supply of Hardie’s Tactics, Scott’s Tactics, pm 's Tactics, Cavalry Tactics, anil Mahon’s Trea * bonification, for We at Ul * BOARDJIAN’S, TKY ONK OF OPR lllack I‘ockrt Hals. Buy one NEW STYLE broad brim. The % ZOUAVE BLACK TRIMMED IVill BECOME you ! So will the IVI ABOON And the Ex. Nat. Nutria. So will the LIGHT BLACK BROAD ROUND SOFT HATS. BUSIN ESS CARDS. 5 0.0. if*** HARDLftIAN & SPARKS, WAREHOUSE AND Com ni i ,s. r > ion March an th . MAOUN, OA., |jgj£ \\7 I LI. give prompt attention to the selling and storing Y T of C..Uon, in Ito the tilling of orders fur plantation and fiii.ily -oipiilieo. With many years experience and with Hour best etmrts to serve their friend--*v(3 at . liavr a. .. ,i mu tn ■- of the liberal natroWp.) , L f A jr.jfi.re exte.n.L I 1 ■ lbelli Lib cal n,l*sii«'es -raj. August 15th l .CO. (t£-; '* U re HU*rr NEW FIRM. L. P. STRONG tX' SONS. IF.WIS P. BTitONG ten- J ler;: lie- gl uleful thanks or the liberal patronage * tended to him lor tin last **w wenty seven >enrs,and re- Lit yf. 0 1 ' -fully ahliolinet s that tie i’’ rm. is.iociated w ith him in sSHfT*. e further prosecution ot 4/ Vr the hiisineas, hit two sons, FI Ml Alt P. STRONG and POItIt l HTKK \V. BTHONtI, under the name, firm and ‘ tyh‘ of L. I*. N't'ltoNU A 40** 81 )N 8 , end w ill continue to keep on hand and oiler, a large and Select assortment of IDhHs Slio«‘s ami lipallier of all kinds, and Findings for Country manufacturers. He respectfully asks lor the new Hi m, a contiuuauce u i the lib eral favor extended to the old. Macon, January 2,1860. 41-y D. C. HODGSINS &l SON, DEAUCRtI IN AND MANDFACTKRKK3 OF GUNS, IFLEB, FIU RING Aid Spot tin.; A .it ua. tF £Y au Y ita.nJßU'f ION, [ j anew dooßd 1.1 i.0 w ttik ’ Lanier House, 0 '&r Jan. 1,1860. ts F. 11. BURGHARD, WATCHMAKK.K, JF,\V KLLF.K, AND DEALER IN PANCY WARF.B, DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONES, IN cIE NER AL, A R TICI. EBOFVKKT U, AND M U 81C A L INSTRUMENTS, CUTLERY, FINEST IMPORT ED AN!) WATCHES, TIME PIECES, CLOCKS, CHRONOMETERS, CHIROORAPHIC IMPLEMENTS, Ac., Ac., Cherry St., Macon, Sccouii door below the Telegraph Printing House. f Slßl AN Ii i r i I. foi- paetfavors.reminds »-s 3 the public that all the most fashionable, elegant and desirable goods in this line will [Lj ’4!® continue to be found at this elegant stand 4 in the greatest variety. &sii* No trouble to chow Goods. feb 29 ’6O- y COATES & WOOLFOLK, COTTON FACTORS. Hi Ware i?34>HM* osi TTits&ii \XTIi.Ij continue to give prompt attention to business Vs entrusted to their care. Advances made on Cotton inStore Sept. 25.1861 ts JOHN SCHOFIELD, JOSHUA SCHOKIKED Bchofield. & Bro., FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS ?i a con, <;i:or(.h. WT F. are prepared to Manufacture ff’rti* iiacfc, YY CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN GEAR ING, SUGAR MU IS, I>ItASS AN l> IKON CASTIN(iS Os every description IKON KtAIIiINU niul VER“ \NS»\tls. llav ing the most complete assortment of Iron R-tiling in the State, w hich for elegance, neatness, du raliility and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable for tite fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery Public Squares, Church Fences and Balconies. Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to give a call, as we are determined to offer as good bargains as any Northern Establishment. xW* Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose IUII Cemetery , and at various private residences in this city, ja it 1-1 bq I IRON WORKS, If H O\, ( I OIU.I A. r r. O. IN IS 15 ET, HtVML removed his FOUNDRY AND MACHINE \\ ORKS to the line of the Rail Road near the Macon A Western Shops, lie is now prepared to manufacture all MACHINERY AND CASTINGS, ALSO Steam Engines & Boilers, On terms as favorable as any Establishment either North or South. (.mar 13) T. C. NIS BET. e Notice to Builders s LUMBER Fit? \ f BISIK subscriber would inform his .1. in general, that he has the large^ , 1 s r. vso a s:i> t* i \ L, I ever exhibited in Middle Georgia, consisting ot L of all sizes and commonly used in house building ; quartered and bustured flooring, wetherboaiding, ceiling, and all other kinds suitable for building. My Mill is near the Central Railroad, and will deliver at jhe road on accommodating terms. Any person wishing to purchase, address me at Irwinton, and 1 will send horse and buggy to meet the day train at Mclntyre’s, and convey them to the mill free of charge. Sept. 25,1801. —ts H- B • OARHART & BRO. (LATE OF NSW YOKK,) Have returned to this place, where they will be pleased to see their Friends. All ! cormifimicatious promptly attended to. Store in Ralston’s Rock Building, rn Third Street. JAS. D. CAR HART, WM. B. OARHART. Macon, March 13.1 SCI. Alju oii Shirtings, Osnatmrgs &<*. ■*7 Ai ) * iao T? Shirtings and F. R. Osnaburgs. 2o bales Cotton Yarns, assorted Nos 25 bales Georgia Stripes, f O ,- sale by mar 20 ___ BOWBRe a aNDDRSON. F Ij O tJ IL . fir BISI.S. Superfine and Family Flour to arrive *t\> \J ltqiHKl pounds Choice Family Flour, (sacks) in Store, and for sale by mar au DQWPftB A AKDERSON. MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL :*O, 18C:>. The fhUowing detaiia ol the gieat battle of the West, were prepared for our last issue, but delayed lor want ot loom. They are among the most im portant chronicles of the day : UATTM) or Sill I.oil. Tilh: SECOND DAY’S WORK. Correspondence of the Mobile Kegi-ttr. Battik Field ok Shiloh, i (Near the Tennesfie River, Monday Night, April 7, IS»>2. ) We have had another day of battle and blood. The tight waa renewed this morning ut 8 o’clock by the enemy, who had been reinforced during the night; and with the eireptlun at xluu-i i npellw, H «t«h tveftiendous violence and lury until night separated the combatants. The apprehensions expressed in nty letter of last night have been realized. Buell did come this morning, and with him came large reinforcements. But i am anticipating the events of the day. Let me resume the narrative where mv last leiter left it, and rehearse the varying fortunes of the day in the older ol their occurrence. This is necessary to a proper understanding of the buttle; and until this general sketch or outline is drawn, it will be impossible to enter into those minor details which constitute an interesting feature. Night alone prevented us from reaping the fruits o( our brilliant victory of yesterdav. It was quite dark when we chased the foe back to Pittsburg Landing, where he sought protection from Ins gnu boats and river works. Hr.d Beauregard possess ed the power ol Joshua to command the sun to stand slilj in the heavens lor the space of an hour, our victory would have been as complete us that of the great Hebrew warrior. As it was, we ex pected to t>e able to capture so much of the Fede ral army this morning as could not be transferred to the other bank ol the river lust night, unless large reinforcements should come to their relief. The enemy received the most important aid from his gunboats. Indeed he is indebted to these gunboats lor his escape from certain destruction. They, together with his river works, answered the valuable purpose of fortifications, to which he could retire when beaten on the field. With only our light field pieces, it was impossible to operate at night w ith any hope of success against those boats und w'orks, or to piosecute during the heavy stoim that followed the work ol completing the victory. Our forces hud reached the liver in one or two places as night came on, and in this way had gained some knowledge of the ground and the position of the enemy’s defences. With ibis knowledge, and the enemy driven into close quar ters and caught between our lines and the river, there was every reason to believe we would be able to capture the larger part of his forces this morning, provided they wete not reinforced during the night or transferred to the other bank of the river. Ihe boats kept up a constant fire during the night trout the if heavy guns. It appears that the enemy did not seek to reeross the river. Know iug that reinforcements were at hand, lie held his position on the liver bank until this morning.— Gen. Beauregard knew there was a division ot 7,000 men at Crump’s Landing, a few miles below f’uts burg, and he gave orders last night to proceed against them this morning, and to capture them, l'his division succeeded, however, in ioiming a junction with the forces at ■J’iiifburg, and at 8 o’clock this morning the federal?, thus reinforced, moved out from the river and ottered us battle. Hiey must have known that oilier reinforcements were at hand, and that they would arrive upon the field at an early hour. The fight was renewed about a mile and a half from the river, or midway between the river and the Federal encampment. The enemy came up to the work with great spiiit and resolution. Appeals had doubtless beeu made to ihe men during the night, and the tepos sessional their camp represented to them as a point of honor from which there could be no escape. Ihe attack was directed against our centre ; and though vigirous and spirited, and not expected, it was repulsed, and the enemy driven back with great slaughter. He rallied again, however, and this time he moved with an increased force upon our right wing.. 11,-re, too, he was tepulsed and forced to retire. His next attempt was directed against cur left wing, his attacks growing more vigorous and his iorees increasing with each succeeding movetuent. Indeed, it was now evident that he had teceived large accessions to his ranks, aid that we had fresh troops and heavy odds to contend against. But l lie Confederates nobly did their duty, and the attack ou the left was also repulsed. The ene my again retired, but only for a time ; for Bueil's forces had now come up, and the attack was re newed all along our lines, on the rigid, centre and left. .Simultaneously with this, an attempt was made to turn both our wings. The battle now raged with uudescribable fury. I have never heard or imagined anything like the roar of artillery, ami the incessant rattle of small arms. The deep thunder bass of the one, and the sharp, shrill tenor of the other, intermingled with the shrieks of bursting shells and the whizzing ot cleaving tilled cannon balls were grand beyond description, it was the awful Hymn of Hattie, rolling upward to the skies and literally shaking the earth beueath. It was a solemn anthem, and uttered from bazett throats, that might have satis tied Mars himself. The Confederates stood their, ground against the .vyt, and for the fourth time the enemy |3fci t(,To ,-eiire. : kimselt to .. a thousand waves— inn- *» nerfeetl yochu L. if ay. vi j° *.T Our men were greatly ings with yfefought eighteen hours, and fatalist, as n ,iule - having been engaged that he can ‘ s '» l !'^ L “* out and . ...e wounded, it was evident, too, K e iS cfiemy hau been largely reinforced, and unit each succeeding attack was made by fresh troops and overwhelming numbers. In view of these tacts, and in order to rest his men, and to prevent an unnecessary loss of life, Gen. Beaure gard availed bin self of the falling back of the Federal.-? to withdraw his troops to the enemy* line of encampment, where we rested last night. This was about a nolle and a halt front the point where the tight commenced this morning. The enemy hesitated for some time, but finally came up and lenewed the conflict, lie was met with undiminished courage ami resolution bv the Confederates, who displayed the greatest possible gallantry. The battle raged on, and night alone separated the combatants. At length the enemy fell back, and so did the Confcdeiates, both sides badly worsted and severely punished. Hardee, who commanded the front liue or corps, held his ground until the enemy withdrew. Our teserves had been engaged throughout trie day, and Poll:, Hragg, and Hardee, each in las proper position, were in immediate command upou the field, and noblv co-operated in the work ol the day. They deserve great credit, as do the brigade and regi mental ollreers, and the gallant spirits whom they fed to battle, lien. Breckinridge particularly dis tiuiroished bimsell. Though uot a military man bv profession, Gcti. Beauregard is reported to have said that he displayed great aptitude and sagacity, aud handled his brigade with skill and judgment. Having said this much, I feel it to be my duty as a faithful chronicler oi the times, to refer to a matter here which had a controlling influence upon the fortune of the flay* n ur attack yesterday was so sudden and suc cessful. that the enemy found it impossible to re move foe quartermaster and commissary stores, or even to the baggage of the men. file temptation ihus p. evented *a-» too great for our troops to resi-i. Bund , „>)„ |«rg,- numbers *'• * mm, '.uppiemg thete w utdd » «- no more fight tng tel to work in gather up such spoils as the F ederail eoi ampmtui contained. There were arms, oieri oata, raps, shoes, collee, sugar, provisions, |itini.s, blankets, liquors, prirate letters, and num beriess other things which the enen.v had been compelled to abandon. Such of our troops as were engaged in sea.thing out the wounded and dead, or v.i ie not ieslrained by a sense ot duty, wan dered ft ..hi their respective camps, and spent much of the i.igiip in plundering. Order* bad Wh. •e-rvv-,1 uy General Beauregard positively prohibit ing anything ol the kind, but many of 'the troops are raw, and officers and men were alike elated at our success; arid consequently the necessary steps weie not taken to eulorce the orders of the com nmuder-in chief. At an early hour this morning, the men renewed their search after the spoils of victory, and many ot them weie separated from (heir 'commanders when the enemy renewed the battle. Some of them had even started back to their camps, loaded with such articles as they had been aide to find. Alter deducting the killed and wounded, and those wbo were engaged in removing the wound ed, it would be uo exageration to say that ft.ooo sound and able bodied men had thus wandered out of line, and took no part whatever in the bat*le to-day. Ou the other hand, the enemy had been largely reinforced. Thus, with a diminished force on our part, we had to meet hesli troops and a more numerous army than that we encountered yesterday. And thus, too, the spoils have prevented us from again diiving the enemy back into the Tennessee, not withstanding great odds in his favor. <4t was well enough, while the conflict lasted, that our troops should exchange their smooth bored muskets and shot guns for the splendid arms thrown away by the retreating foe; but there cun t»e no excuse ior the disgraceful proceedings to which I have alluded. Ihe spoils ol victory are not less demoralizing tlwn defeat and disaster. Such is the lesson taught Gv history in all ages ol the world, from the time w hen Admit was seduced by “the wedge of gold,” down to the present day. It is hoped that the ex perience of this day will not be tnrown awav either by our officers or soldiers. ]\ W. A. BATTLE OT SMI 1,011. FEPF.RAr, ACVOUNT. Asa matter of curiosity, we copy a por tion of their details of the battle from the Cincinati Gazette. They admit nothing less than a disgraceful defeat and a full prospect ot total annihilation up to the arrival of Gen Buell on Sunday night—and after that time, little more than that they saved the frag ments of a defeated army. They admit more truth in their admissions than is usual in tin accounts us their battles. ATTACK ON M’CI.V.RNAND’?. RIGHT. To return to McClernand’s division. I have spoken of bis sending up first his left and then his centre brigade to support Sher man shortly after the surprise. As Sher man tell hack, MeClernand was compelled to bring in his brigades again to protect his left against the ones of the rebels, who, see ing how he had weakened himself there, and inspired by their recent success over Prentiss, hulled themselves against him with tremen dous force. To avoid bringing back these troops, a couple of new regiments, the Fif teenth and Sixteenth lowa, were brought up ; but taking utterly raw troops on the field, under heavy fire, was too severe a trial for them and they gave way in confusion. To meet the attack, then, the whole division made a change of front, and faced along the Corinth road. Here the batteries were placed in position, and till 10 o’clock the rebtls were foiled in every attempt to gain the road. But Sherfiian having now fallen back there was nothing to prevent the rebels from coming in Iwrfher on the road, aud turning MeClernand’s right. Prompt to seize the advantage, a brigade of them went dashing audaciously through the division’s abandon ed camp, pushing up the road to come in above MeCltrnand, between him and where Sherman had been. Dresser’s battery of rifled guns opened on them as they passed, and with fearful slaughter—not confined, alas ! to one side only—drove them back. But the enemy's teserves were most skill fully handled, and the constant advance of fresh regiments was at last too much for our inferior numbers. Major Eaton, command ing the lSth Illinois, was killed ; Col. Ilay nis was severely wounded; Col. Raith, commandi»gc » trail iiis leg so shat tered that amputation was necessary ; Major Nevins, of the 11th Illinois, was wounded ; Lieut. Col. Ransom, of the same regiments, was wounded; three of Gen. MoClernard’s staff—Major tfehwat, and carried from the field. Line officers had suffered heavily. — The batteries were broken up. Schwarts had lost half his guns, and sixteen horses. Dresser had lost several of his rifled pieces, three caissons and eighteen horses. McAl lister had lost half of his twenty-four pound howitzers. The soldiers fought bravely to the last— let no mail ijneilion that—but they were at a fearful disadvantage. Gradually they be gan falling back, more slowly than had Prentiss’ regiment, or part ol* Sherman's regiment, or part ut Sherman’s, making more determined, because better organized resist ance, occasionally rallying and repulsing the enemy iu turn fur a hundred yards, then being beaten back again, and renewing the retreat to some new position for fresh de fence. By eleven o’clock the division was back in a line with Hurl hurt's. It -till did some gallaut fighting ; once its right swept around and drove the enemy for a considerable dis tance, but again fell back, and at last it brought up near the position of \\ . 11. L. Wallace’s division. We have seen bow Prentiss, Sherman and MoCleranml were dmea b*ek j bow, j ds fiercely as they would, they -Mill lest ground ; how their camps were all iu the hands of the* enomy ; and how this whole front Imi », for which Hurl hurt and Wallace were but the reserves, was goue. • © thb assault on siikrman's left. But the fortunes of the isolated brigade ot Mierman s division, on ihe extreme left, must not he forgotten, it was donbtly left alone by the Generals. General <»r:mt did not arrive on the field until after nearly all these disasters had crowded uj»on u>, aud each Division General had doue that which was grmd in Ins own eyes, aiul 'carried on the battle indepeudant of the rest; but this brigade was even left by its Division Genov al, who was tour miles away, doing bis best to rally bis panic-stricken regiments there. It was commanded by Oolouel# David Mu art, ( tor late Cbidngo divorce ease fame, and ex-Oongressinau, l ami was composed of the Fitty-fitth Illinois, laeatenuut-l'oiouel Malm botirg commanding ; Seventy-first < Miio, Col. Romney Mason ; the Fifty-fourth Ohio, (Zouaves,) Col. T. K. Smith. It was post ed along the circuitous road from Pittsburg Landing, up the river to Hamburg, sotue two miles from the landing, and near the dossing ol Lick Creek, the bluffs oil the op posite side of which commanded the position, and stretching on down to join Prentiss’ di vision on its right. In selecting the grounds for the encampment oi our army, it seems to have been forgotten that from Corinth an excellent road led direct to Hamburg, a few miles above this left wing of ourfoieea.— \\ itliiu a few days the oversight had indeed been discovered, and the determination had been expressed to land Buell’s forces at Hamburg, when they arrived, and thus make all.safe. It was unfortunate, of course, that Beauregard and Johnston did not wait i for us to perfect our pleasing arrangements. THE CLOSE OF SUNDAY’S FIGHT. We have reached the last act in the trag edy of Sunday. Dll half-past four o'clock. < )ur front line of divij ions has been lost since half-past ten. Our reserve line is now gone, too. The.rebels occupy the camps of every division save that of W. H. L. Wallace Our whole army is crowded in the region of Wallace’s camps and to a circuit of half to two-thirds ot a mile around the landing. — we have been falling back all day. We can do it no more. The next repulse puts us in to tho river, and I Here nre not transports enough to cross a single division till the ene my would In* upon its. Lew. Wallace's division might turn the tide lui* us-—it is made of fighting men—but where is ir i Mhy has if not been thunder ing on the right for throe hours past / We do not know yet that it, was not ordered up till noon. Buell is coming, but he has been doing it all day and all week. His ad vance guard is across the river now, waiting ferriage; but what is an advance guard with sixty thousand victorious foes in front, of ns? \\ e have lost nearly all of our camp and camp equipage. We have lost nearly half ol our field artillery. We have lost a divison General, ami two or three regiments of sol diers as prisoners. We have lost)—how dreadfully we are afraid to think—in killed and wounded. The hospitals arc full to over flowing. A long ridge blufl is set apart for sugieal useg. 11. is covered with the maimed, the dead and dying. Aud our men are dis couraged by prolonged defeat. Nothing but the most energetic exertion on the part of the the officers prevents them from becoming demoralized. Regiments have lost their fa vorite field officers, companion the Gapxain whoni they always looked to, with tliav im plicit laith the soldier learns, to lead them to battle. Meantime there is a lull in the firing.— For the first time since sunrise you fall to catch the angry rattle of musketry or the heavy booming of the field *_'uns. Either tfa e enemy must be preparing for the gram! tiuni rush that is to erowu the day’s success, and says flu; Southern Confederacy, or they are puzzled by our last retreat, and are mov ing cautiously, lest we spring some trap up on them. Let us embrace the opportunity, and look about the landing. We passed the old log house, lately Post-Office, now full of wounded and surgeons, which constitutes the u Pittsburg” part of the lauding. Gen. <*i7iit t urotr Ktarr are m a group Oeslae it.— The General is confident. “We can hold them oil’ till to-morrow ; then they’ll be ex hausted, anil we’ll go at them with fresh troops.” A great crowd is collected arouud the building all in uniform, most of them with guns. And yet we are m oling troops iu the front so sorely ? COWARDS. (hi the bluffs above tin- river is a sight that may well make our cheeks tingle with shame for some of our soldiers. There are not less than three thousand skulkers lining tin* r banks. Ask them why don’t they go to their places in the line : “ Oh, our regiment is all cut to pieces.” “ "Why d<*n't you go where it is forming again ?" “ 1 can’t find it, and tlie skulk looks as if that would be the very last thing lie would want to do. Officers are around among them trying to hunt up their men, sterming, costing, com manding-—cursing l run afraid. Or<--trange fellow—a Major, if 1 remember aright—is making a sort of elevated, s»n*cif»ii<* f iirth of July speech to every hotly that will lb ten to hint. He means well, certainly : *• 31-n of Kentucky, of Illinois, of Ohio, of lowa, of Indiana, I implore you, I beg of yam, come up now. Ildp us through two boars uore. By all that you hold dear, by the homes that you hope to defend, by tbe flag you love, by the States you honor, by all your love of country, by all your hatred of treason, I con jure you, come uj> and do joufr duty VOLUME XL—NO '»• Anil so on for quantity “That f*!!er’? n good speaker/ was the only rest' tire i heard, and the fellow who gave it nestled iuo>t suugly behind his tree as he sp Vm I know well enough the nature of ti e skulking auimal in au army during a bat;! I had soon their performances before, lat ' 1 au utter sickness of heart as 1 looked—as now. Mili Ido Dot believe there was \, r \ milch more than the average per cents e It was a big army, atid the runaway- all sought the landing. This writer closes the tight ou Monday with this consoling fact for his friend ‘‘that the fi'jht cm/<■</ > hn- it bujanV This bears no semblance to a victory on the par ot the Federal*. '1 he Memphis Appeal cmi tains a li.-t of the officers captured, now iu that place, consisting of Gen. I’reuti-s, 7 t olonels, - Adjutants, and Majors, >1 (’:ij tons and 57 Lieutenants. The correspondent says: Here, unfortunately, Sherman s right: ive way. Wallace’s flank was exposed, lie instantly formed Colonel Wood’s Seventy sixth Ohio in anew line of battle, in n lit auglcs with the real one, and with orders <<» protect the flauk. The Eleventh Indiana was likewise here engaged in a sharp en gagement with the enemy attempting to flunk, for a time the contest waged flerfce Hut Sherman soon tilled the place of hi j broken regiments, again Wallace’s divi-nm poured forward, and again the enem\ ive way. Hy two o’clock the division was into the woods again, and for three-quarter- of .» iui!e it advanced under a eontmuou sturm of shot. Then another contest or two with batteries, always met with skirmi-hcrs ar 1 sharpshooting—then, by four o’clock, two hours later than on the right, a general > bed retreat—then pursuit, recall a: 1 cn i campmeut on the old grounds of Vhennu'-- ! division, in the very touts from which tl regiments were driven that haple - Suin’ y morning. The camps were regained; the rebels were repulsed; their attack had failed; we *to« 1 where we began; the rebel cavalry wm • within half a mile of us; the retreating < uinns were within striking distance. Bn I we had regained our camp- . A i\d so end 1 the battle of Pittsburg. Tin: KILK.ED AND Wot NDFD. I do not pretend to give more than an es timate, but I have made the estimate with some cure, going to the Adjutants of diffi r ent regiments that had been in a* heavy lighting as any, getting statements of theii losses—sure to he very nearly, if nnt qi-i accurate —anti approximating thu* fr m lc loss of a dozen regiments to the pr loss of all. I have ridden over th« i too —have seen the dead and wound < over the lield—have noted the numi -;■ u, the hospitals and on the boats. A- the )• suit of it all., Ido not believe that ui 1 in killed and wounded will number o\ i tin tydive hundred to four thousand TANARUS! qn, tion of prisoners is another matter. Reports that certain regiments < nlv 1 v half the men answering "ndl c : I imi notliing. The regiments are all mm <-r less disorganized and soldiers scattm- t c\ rywhere. Mauy go home with th , many ate tiirses in the hospitals, many kc out of sight, seeing all they «*m. K\ mf> I ion* i«ii«t«*r flu? 4’oti*rii|i> lion Law of CongroM.. The following exemption bill was passed by Congress, and signed by the President just before the adjournment: I A bill to be entitled “An act to exempt c r tain persons from enrolment for servic in I the armies of the Confederate States.” Section 1. The ConfjrcKt of the Coufith r ’ afr £statrs of America do enact , That all persons who shall be held to be unlit lor military service under rules to be prescri! 1 by the Secretary of War ; all in the si rvi c !of employ of the Confederate Stan s ; 11 ju d’vtdal and executive officers of Confederate : or State Governments ; the members <>f h th I houses of Congress, and of the legislature* [of the several States and their respective officers of the State and Confederate Gov | eminent* allowed by law ; all engaged in ! carrying the mails; all ferrymen on post i routes; all pilots and persons engaged in the marine service, on river and raili ad I routes of transportation ; telegraphic op ra tives aud ministers of teligicn, in the regu lar discharge ministerial duties ; all engaged in working iron mines, furnaces and foundu rics ; all journeymen printer* actually em ployed in printing newspapers;' all pre-i --dents and professors of colleges and ae: de mies, and all teachers having as many a twenty sciiollars ; superinteudauts of the public hospitals, lunatic asylums, and the regular nurses and attendants therein, and the teachers employed in the institution for the deaf and dumb and blind ; in rath apothecary store uuw established one apothe cary in 'food standing, who is a practicable druggist; superintendents and operatic*.in wool and other factories, who may be ex empted by the Secretary of War, shall be, and are hereby, exempted from military ser vice in the armies of the Confederate States. —• J( !< }> moml K < a m iner. (’ait. Morgan’ Again. —On Thursday last this partisan soldier accomplished an other feat, which resulted in the capture f about fifty of the enemy. He w ; scout it ; some eighteen miles from Corinth when he observed a force of Federal cavalry approach ing. After suffering them to pa>s, he tell upon the rear and bagged the wholt j-ftrty almoit without ft strvglta