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Journal & ;pesscnger.
J . KNOWLES and H. HOSK,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
Tli«* Surr(‘iMl«*r of l*nla*ki.
The story of the Charleston prisoners, ob
tained from the Federate, varying materially ;
from the accounts that hail previously reach
ed us through our own sources, we had a
long interview yesterday with Corporal ('has.
T. Law, of the Phoenix Riflemen, who
brought up the news of the surrender of the
fort, and was preseut at the time the Confed
erate flag was lowered. His statement is
minute as to details, and so entirely consist
tut throughout, that, indepednent of hB
high character for truth and honor, it seems
to us that no man who speaks with him can
doubt it. We annex it from notes taken in
the course of conversation, and it will be
lead with interest, being a much fuller ac
count than has hitherto appeared.
Corporal Law arrived at the fort in com
pany with the signal man, whom he went to
pilot, ut five o’clock Friday morning—the
day ot the c urrender. He remained inside
the works during the work of bornhai Imeut
cm that day, and left as the tlug was lowered,
making his way to the south wharf as the
enemy’s steamer was approaching the north
landiug. When r.he bombardment com
menced on Thursday, none of the enemy’s
butteries on Tybee were visible, except from
th ■ smoke, which pointed out the different
i calities to our garrison. The shot and
• hell from the fort soon removed all ohstn
cir- of trees and sand, when all were dis
eernable. They were four in number, two
mortar, ono rifle and one parrott gun, the
k-c>t mentioned being a short distance above
the burnt chimneys, opposite to King’s
Landing. 1 key ail bore chiefly on the south
cat angle of the fort.
I Me tiring of the enemy ou Thursday was
not ao effective as to create an apprehension
?Lat the work would fall. The enemy were
obtaining the range of their guns for the op
erations of night and the day following.—
Most of their shell fell outside the fort,
paring up the earth in every direction.—
i he \asd ol the \ , or demiloon, on the west,
sub', was plowed up as if dug into pits, by
The shell which went over the fort. Still a
large breach was made in the wall, and the
rifled guns poured shot and shell through it,
utterly demolishing the bomb proof timbers,
and damaging the officers’ quarters. The
north-east casemates were all in which the
ganison could bunk with any security what
ever, through Thursday night; though but
little sleep was enjoyed, as the enemy threw
twelve shell per hour into the fort until day
light. These facts were obtained from the
officers of the garrison.
Corporal Law witnessed the whole of Fri
day’s tight for himself, mingling freely with
the garrison throughout the terrible scene.
It is impossible to give his account on paper.
1 ne ffnng from both sides was equally'rapid
ar, i destructive, so far as could be ascertain
od. On the pari of the enemy one mortar
battery was completely silenced, a portion
ot the line battery, and seven out often
guns of the pai rotfc battery dismounted.
One mortar had been planted in the north
west corner of Cockspur during the night of
Wednesday, but it was silenced early in the
oght and seven kegs of their powder cap-
Af the close of the fight all the parapet
guns ot the fort were dismounted except
three—two ten-inch columbiads, known a.
“ beauregard and «Jeff. Davis/' but none
<d which boro on the island, and a rifle can
»<"U. Every casemate gun in the south-east
section of the fort, from No. 7 to No. U
M ‘ hjoiugal, that could he brought to bear
on the enemies batteries, except one, were
unmounted, and the casemate walls breached
m aimost every instance to the extent
‘‘ . r . ‘° *ay between five or six
il l"‘ Tr i l '- . JI,e 1 mol « outsidp was so
t'". a with brick and mortar, that no one
- >ul.l liave passed over dry shod. The off,-
oers quarters .were torn lo pieces, tl„,
(■root nutter, scatteroj in W rv direction
t' '1 'ir ' ’r! h ’ e#f» to li.p entrance !
oB - - ‘ ,e PWwalk ou the Tv- i
’", N!d '‘, wc f P‘‘te, it. many places •
■ o the level ot the earth «u the casemates
!0 l mit<, -tiou to the magazine in the north-!
7 »«aall been shot
so on,,re wncr of il,, magazine
n. xi toe passage way was shot off ami the
powder exposed, whilst throe shot h-el • !'
iin y penetrated the ii /-
poral Law is ~<*> 1' ? °f th }\ { Y ,
httnself hefoji- ‘V’ tor '> p examined it lor I
o leaving.
oSllCtl v* . i
t’ol <•’ ho / >O, /“ti°n Os affairs, when
•. J /imsfead called a council of officers in
casemate, and without a dissenting voice,
they all acquiesced in the necessity of a cap
itulation. in order to save the garrison from
uirer destruction by an explosion which was
momentarily threatened, Accordingly,
o’clock, J\ M , the men were called from the
guns aud the flag lowered.
Early in the day Col. Olmstead had no
doubt ot his ability to silence every battery
iii the Island, and to tit is end he determined
when night came aud the enemy’s the was
slackened to change the position of all bus
heavy guns so as to bring them to bear on
ihe enemy. A,s the day progressed, howev
er, bis situation became desperate, and he
,va> forced to yield under the circumstances
stated.
Corporal Law witnessed the whole fio-ht
'1 1 iinuy, and says a braver or more deter
mi i garrison is not to be found ia the an
nais of history. Every man dad his duty
'-'f i a verify, and there being few guns that
tar on the enemy, there was a continued
contest as to who should man them When
volunteers were called for to perform auv
Jiborious duty, there was a rush of men
trom every company in the fort. AH did
their duty and did it fearlessly, throughout
the engagement, and to the very moumnt of
‘ h,) ca P mila tion. Among the last guns tired
oce those ou the parapet, and the men
r , L; . uie ex P os ed to a storm of iron hail i
tu the iast. All this, our informant says,
nnr.ead and his officers will verify
v. len they liave an opportunity of bein»
heard. 43 j
Corporal Law saw the wounded. A mem-1
hi r of the Wise (Guards had one leg shot off
and the oilier badly crushed. J One CM e . i
th<>rpe lost an arm, and had the other shat
tered and shoulder badly damaged —thinks
he could not have survived. Auother Ogle
thorpe lost a hand. A member of auother
company, not recollected, lost a foot. He
intended getting a list of names and partic
ulars to bring up at night, not anticipating
so early a surrender. Sergt. Major Lewis
told him none of the Savannah boys were
seriously hurt. (V»l. 01m>tead also told him
he would send up a report at the do e ot
the day’s operations, but. the enemy move
ments towards the fort were so rapid attei
Ihe flag was lowered, he being under no ob
ligations to remain, not being a member ol
the garrison,.he had no time to wait for it
and then make his escape.
It may he considered strange that under
the circumstances no more damage was sus
tained by the garrison. It is a mystery,
but not incredible after the experience ol
Moultrie and SuinD r.
We may add that Corporal Law is regard
ed by those who know him best as a man ot
truth and integrity. His commander, a gen
tleman of high public and social position,
vi u . in a note, that from an intimate
%n tv led ‘ 1 of his (Lawk - character, lie will
” (uiantee the truth of every statement he
shall make. ' ~Si" -mnnah l!<j>
Morals in 1 It<* Vaiikee
The Yugusta Chronicle & Sentinel says—
the picture often presented by Southern
journals of the nauseating stench of corrup
tion which prevades every class in \\ ashing
ton, from tin- occupants of the \\ bite House
don n, through the departments and Congress
to the most servile who fawn at the feet ot
power, has been eontideved by many over
drawn ; but tiro half lias not been told—our
sketches of the corruption of the abolition
court eonvey but leoble ideas of matters a>
they really exist, and to obtain the naked
truth we have recourse to abolition confes
sions. The following, i- the most humilia
ting confession we have yet seen, is from
the pen ot Horace White, of the Chicago
Tribune, in his Washington letter to that
Journal. Referring to the morals of W ash
ton it says ;
The tone of morals here is considerably
lower than it has ever been before. This
is admitted on all hands, and can beproved,
or rather needs no proof, for the air is
heavy with public and private guilt.
A fey years ago a high Austrian official,
whose peculations were discovered, applied
the lancet to his own veins, and another sim
ilarly situated hanged himself. There is no
such seuse of shame here. Any coronet s
! .jury in Washington w*ould And a verdict of
insanity for such corsduct, and the verdict
would be accepted jn good faith.
The Southerners, an a class, had a very
nice sense of honor so far as the public treasu
ry was concerned. YM lieu they held the
power here there was comparatively little
thieving, and when any was discovered it was
promptly exposed and denounced. There
has been a change—a dreadful change—for
the wor.se. The frauds and attempted frauds
mi the treasury, in one. chnun.-l aud auother,
come so fast and from sXich unexpected quar
ters that one is bewildered in contemplating
them. Vet nobody has been brought to jus
tice, and nobody seems- to think it possible
that anybody should be brought to juctice.
“O' Ol those rascally contractors !’’ says
some honest man it the rural districts. For
every dollar wrongfully Liken by a contrac
tor five have been taken by public servants.
And in this matter Republicans are just as
bad as Democrats, and Democrats just as bad
as Republicans. Congress has its due pro
portion of vagabond politicians, who think
they will never have another chauee, and
who are bound to have “ their share” of the
golden or rather paper, stream. The honest
men are in a lean minority, powerless to stay
tin? tide of corruption, hut not, we trust,
wholly powerless to expose it.
Ax .1 \ oinrnt of thf. Battle ofShiloii.
Ihe Mobile Trtbit n* has tlie following
from a gentleman who participated in the
j battle; .
During the engagement- Colonel Stewart
■ Onyee’s horse was killed, when he gor
hi-i fCyot entangled some way in the stirrup,
and while disengaging himself lie wa,s taken
prisoner by a Federal lieutenant, to whom
he surrendered Jliis sword and sash, and
1 H stood a Jew paces oil as a prisoner ot
wa ,* between (lie deadly fires of both armies.
£h orfly afterwards he inquired of the lieu
tenant, “what. aro you going; to do?” The
Lieutenant remarked turning his head t.o
warils him. ‘‘ln a Jew minutes we will
make a retreat and I will take you with me.
At that instant a ball from our side struck
him in the eve and he fell dead from his
horse.
Immediately after the enemy retreated,
when (Sol. Payee, with all the coolness that
become?, a brave man, deliberately divested
tb.e deait officer of his (Vsol. Payee’s) own
y’xoprtvf p *.wnivl, •inrl c loingj tn?A P.nlonolo
near by, grasped them and took them pris
oners to his own command.
A Dashing Charge.—A Lincoln Sen
ator Cai*tuisei>.— The Memphis Argus of
the 11 tli inst. recites a very thrilling exploit
ot Cot, Formst with his cavalry regiment,
in which he run a panic stricken regiment
of Lincoln ca valry headlong through the
ranks of a Lincoln regiment of infantry,
beating down, mangling and killing them in
considerable numbers, ivho, in tnrn, run
their bayonets through the horses of the
Lightened vwretches as they fled, as the only
means of rself-protection that was left to
'uem while Pol. Forrest's men slew them
in large iru mbers. Over *2OO Yankees were
killed and wounded in this brilliant and suc
cessful charge, and over oil prisoners taken
among them Senator Doolittle, of Wis
consin, w r ao was there to look on, and was
caught a fa Ely. The Argus remarks that
a<- will r h, very little for the cause of Lin
coln tor some time.
• bull; ; 0.000 Yankees were thus put to
ffght and routed by a single charge from
the mt tepid Forrest and his no less intrepid
men. 1
? 110 Goufi {derate loss in the two battles of
kiulob is now supposed by those best ad
vised to be between 4000 and 5000 —that
of tin > enern y probably 9000 or 10,000,
t euign at firs t reported bv themselves to be
of 20, m.—Mtmphii Appeal, IM.
The Battle at Kontli Mills.
A participant in the battle of “ Sawyer’s
Laue,” (this is the name given to it by Col. :
YVright,) ou the 19 of April, furnishes the
following to the Norfolk Day Hnok:
The battle commenced at 45 minutes after
11 o’clock A. M., and continued until 5 o'-
clock P. M. Our forces consisted of six com
panies of the Third Georgia regiment, dll
men.) and a section, (two pieces.) of Mi-Co
mas s artillery, ’flu* enemvti force, ris ;is
certuined from the prisoners t:«k. n, and by
the names and corps marked upon the graves
on the battle field, was, Hawkins’s brigade,
three regiments, Dili, 21st and :>9rh New
York volunteers, and Reno’s brigade, (sec
ond ot Burnside's expedition,' consisting of
the 21 >t Massachusetts, 9th New Hampshire
and 51st Peunesylvania regiment, making
their whole force of infantry, six regiments
at least a,ODD men. The enemy hail five
pieces of artillery, (three rifled 12 pounders
and two 12 pounder h<-witz*M< We disabled
two of their pieces so hadl\ ihat they were
left on the field. Our loss is live killed, sev
enteen wounded, and nine missing, supposed
to he killed. The enemy’s loss as Liras can
be ascertained, was over three hundred, in
cnldiug nineteen officers. We captured 1-
000 pounds of gunpowder, a large quantity
of e .min equipage, blankets, etc., twelve box
es of fixed amunition for artillery, over three
hundred stand of -mall arms, ] rim-ipally rifles,
! a large coil, about 1,000 yards,_ of wire, (a
piece of which 1 send you,) supposed to be
fi r telegraphic purposes, and a quality of
spades, picks, shovels, and entrenching tools.
The object of the enemy set mod to be to take
possession of this place and destroy the locks
;of the canal. From letters found on the bat
rle-lield, it appears they had heard that we
were building, and had nearly completed,
two small iron-clad gunboats to run through
tiiis canal and destroy their fleet, in the wa
ters of Albemarle Sound. They have been
effectually checked, and will not be anxious
: soon to repeat the experiment.
(>n the morning after the battle, Gen. Re
no sent in by a flag of truce, a letter request
ing permision to send to the battle-field for
the purpose of bringing off his dead and
wounded. In hi.s letter lie says: “Owing
to a want, of sufficient transportation, 1 was
forced to leave a few of my wounded on the
■ battle field yesterday/* kc. We know he
had a large number of carts, wagons, and
other vehicles, which he stole along the whole
line ot his route up to the battle-field, and
j consequently his loss must have been very
i large, as he left 22 wouuded on the field.
I'i‘oin Corinth.
From a friend who left Corinth last Sun
day we learn that the main body of the Fed
erals, previously nine miles from the recent
battle field, have fallen still further back,
leaving nothing but a strong picket guard to
protect their old encampment. The motive
for this is supposed to be cither to divert
Beauregard’s attention from Corinth, and to
weaken his forces there or else they intend
to go down the I euuosseo river in gunboats,
march across the country and make a direct
a Jack upon Memphis, (den. Beauregard
remains quiet behind his entrenchments,
and it is not known that he designs any
early movement of hi.s foe, and very little
I skirmishing occurs. The officers of* the ar
my are confident that the great battle of tlie
\\ est must be fought at Corinth, aud, it is
said, that a council of war has decided upon
the retaining of all the Confederate forces
there, leaving the enemy to pursue, uninter
rupted, his march towards Memphis. No
doubt Gen. ]>. is satisfied that nothing seri
ous is contemplated by this movement, or
that Memphis is sufficiently protected from
any attack in that quarter.
t v er y heavy rains had fallen at Corinth
when our informant left, and the prospect
that bad weather would continue for some
time. Ihe roads were already nearly impas
sible for artilleiy and wagons, and with more
lam, it would soon lie impossible for either
army to make any important movements by
land. J
Several \ ankee prisoners, recently brought
into camp, state positively that (Jen. Buell
received his death wound* in the battle of
i Monday, and that after bding shot he was
removed to the rear of the army where
he died on \\ eduesday. Dis remains
were sent to Cincinnati, via Nashville and
Louisville. Gen. Jlylleck now commands
the > ankee army, having arrived from St.
Louis in one week after the battle of Shiloh.
He was the planner of this attack on Beaure
gard, having given orders to Gen. Grant by
telegraph.
It has been ascertained that Carl Seliurz,
former IT. S. Minister to Spain, command a
regiment in the battle, and was dangerously
wounded, lie will probably die," as bis
wound is in the breast.
I‘risoners state that Buell received a shot
in the left lung from a rifle, while lading a
charge, aud he fell from his horse, immedi
i.koJni f shot. TToon his fad. con
siderable disorganization spread through his
division, but was arrested by the arrival of
Gen. Grant. —Atlanta Commumceolth 24///.
Fort Jackson is a fort recently built up
on the peninsula extending below New Or
leans into the Gulf, and immediately upon
the left bank of the Mississippi. It is bomb
proof, and mounts we believe, seventy-six
guns, only one of which are of heavy calibre,
it is situated about eight miles from the
Mississippi opens into the Gulf, and is garri
soned, we are informed, by six full coinpa
nies, under Brigadier-General Duncan.—
Gen. Twiggs, while commanding the depart
ment ot New Orleans, completed and garri
soned tics fort, mounting guns which he
thought, sufficient to prevent the enemy’s
Blockading fleet from attacking New < >rleans.
Fort Macon. —M’e have a rumor this
morning from Fort Macon. It is vague and
we give it for what it is worth. It appears
to be pretty certain that the fort is not taken.
The rumor adds that Col. White has been
able to prevent the enemy from erecting auv
batteries near enough to the Fort to be dan
gerous to it, as he sweeps the banks with his
guns, and tires on every cruft that makes its
appearance within range. Also that the
enemy had for the time ceased firing, and
there was only an occasional gun fire from
the Fort when they made any move or showed
themselves near enough.— Wtfminyton Jour
\ialy 2G tlu
Tlie Enemy at Hew Orleans.
The telegraph tells that the enemy are
before New Orleans —probably they are now
in possession of the “Crescent City.” N\ hat
resistance has been made there to its occu
pation, we know not. W ith their gunboats,
resistance ma) have been useless, and it is
more than probable none was made. Ilnv
ing passed Fort Jaeksou, it sceius trom the
enemy’s rapid approaeh to the city, hut a
feeble defence was made on the river from
that point, to the fit v. We had looked for
a different result. Time and again we had
been advised that the enemy’s approach to
the city, should they succeed in passing Fort
Jackson, would he hotly contested—that
even stronger works of defence than at Fort
Jackson had been erected-—that heavier nr
tilieiv was planted on the batteries upon the
banks of the river—that obstructions of a
1 uost formidable character were ou the river
—ami that a successful resistance to its cap
ture would be made. In this, it appears
that we have been deluded, as iu every oth
er ease, where a Fort has beeu assailed upon
which reliance was put for the defence of a
town or city. .Modern inventions, it seems,
render Forts useless for defence. Iron ciad
uuiiboats destroy, or pass them by with cer
tainty. Memphis, we apprehend, will share
t Ue rate of .New Oilcan*. To delude our,
selves with any other hope, is now, a folly.
We ought and must prepare for the worst —
♦ hat worst is the occupation of most ol our
cities, with water approaches, by the enemy.
A sound policy would dictate, what patrio
tism and self preservation demand, the des
truction of every species of property that
would benefit the enemy are they get pos
session of any city, and the removal there
from of everything of value to ourselves. —
Let nothing fall into their hands of value to
diem —save all we can of value to us!—
»Charleston, Savauuah, and Memphis, are
now immediately threatened. We have no
fears, that, in these cities, so wise and patri
otic a policy, a •Inti/ in fact, will be neglect
ed. When the enemy cuter New Orleans,
we hope that they w ill be sadly disappointed
in the “Booty and the Beaut) ’ they expect
to derive from the achievements of their
gunboats.
The war must soon assume a different as
pect. It must be fought, hereafter, on dry
land. We have confidence and faith in the
valor of our troops —in their ability aud pow
er to win our Independence. The enemy
must come out and tight—they must leave
their gunboats—they must advance; or, in
gloriously, they must give up our captured
cities and the contest. —Atlanta Intc/liyen
cer, 'llth.
Personne, the intelligent correspondant
of the Charleston Courier, in writing from
the battle-field of Shiloh, gives the follow
ing account of the trophies of the field and
the camp :
“Among the trophies of the battle I have
seen are some of the Federal shields with
which the courageous officers and men, who
can ufiord it, are worn to envelope their val
uable personal indentities. They are made
of steel, and completely cover the body from
the neck to the thigh joints, being suppor
ted by adjustable bands which pass over the
shoulders like One of them,
taken from the body of an officer, had a dent
in it, made by a miiinic bullet, deep enough
to embrace the head of your thumb, yet the
metal was not pierced, and the life of the
wearer was reserved to be sacrificed to an
uncharitable bullet in the head. Their
weight is thoroughly inconvenient, and must
prove a terrible drawback to the Yankees
when they run. Probably the next inven
tion will be a bomb and bullet-proof helmet,
and possibly u complete personal masked
battery. One of our soldiers put on the
shield to which 1 have referred, and allowed
another to strike him wdth an iron bar with
all his strength, but it produced no more ef
leet, except to bend the bar, than if the
blow had been aimed at a solid rock They
are undoubtedly a great invention—for cow
ards.
Ot other trophies we have an abundance.
Fully nine-tenths of our army are now wear
ing Federal hats and overcoats, and look
like very aristocratic Yankees, but woe to
them il they should show themselves during
a light. 1 1ley would he killed by our own
people without a scruple ol* deliberation. —
Needle books, hair oil, preserves and
jellies, handkerchiefs, daguerreotypes, let
ters, watches and Federal money, are float
ting about on the curious wave of camp life
in abundance, and many of our men have
added really volunble acquisitions to their
heretofore limited stock of luxuries. Much
more might have been supplied to the army
could it have been brought away, but this
being impossible the plunder was consigned
to the inexorable*flames. Many f,f 4
cers trunks were found pa* -1
finest of clothes, as if thev
and expected to make a 1
st roets *oi some of uur cc ;
must have been disappoint
Gen. Price.— Some m. ayres.
seems to exist in the public mind
enc-e to the receut publication of the tacs
that Gen. Price had resigned his commission
as Major General of the Missouri State
Guard. Many persons seem to think that
he has left the service entirely. By the re
cent appointment of the President, General
Price has become a Major General iu the
Confederate service, and, having accepted
this position, could not, of course, retain his
commission as Major General of the Missou
ri State troops, organized and acting as such.
The Missouri State Guard, have almost,
without exception, followed their General
into the ( ontederate service ; and their gal-
Liiit. leader now commands the same army
lie lias led since the commencement of the
war, but uuder anew organization. General
1 nee ami the Missouri army will continue
m the field until the independence of our
country shall be firmly established, and
every enemy driven from our soil.— Rich.
Dispatch. •
kNGiNF. Thieves. —Twontv-three of these
villains have been captured. They are now un
dergoing tied before a court martial at Chatta
nooga. We know not what progress is being
made. \\ e bear that one of the scoundrels pro
posed to turn States’ evidence against the balance,
if he can thereby save his own neck.— Atlanta
Confederacy,
% Vatik«*f Aci niint u( Joint Morgan.
The following sketch of C’.tpt. Joint Morgan, the
well known Confederate scout, we take from a let
ter of n Nashville correspondent of the New Y ork
Times:
The name ot this mysterious marauder is on the
I!pa of evt-rv one, for his daring coolness anti dis
regard ot tear lias become a by word evou among
mu own army. This Col. John Morgan—for so
lie stiles himself is said to be a native of V,eking
ton, Kv , whose father was a respectable mauu
laetuier ot jeans. From hi* voilfh this Moigm
lias won the admiration of all who knew him tor
hi* dare devil reckleesueSS, which even doe* not
seem to have diminished in the least. We first
heard of him when our brigade (the Bth) was, a
portion of them, encamped at Pilot Knob, Vlo , in
September last. Our picket* were shot by some
mysterious agency, and report stated iu camp that
a tall, heavy man, with flowing hoard, mounted on
an immense black station, fleet as the wind, was
several times detected in the art ot retreating. Shot
after shot was tired after him, but lie seemed to
bear a charmed life. We lost sight of him until
just before we left t’airo, when he appeared one
night suddenly and shot two of our pickets.-
Again he appeared at Bacon Creek, Kv., and
burnt the railroad bridge under Mr Cook'a nose,
shot oue ot his pickets, and rode otl before (lie
army had recovered from its surpiise.
You remeiubet In* bold attack upon our lines on
FLturday, the m!i of March, in Mitchell's division,
and again ou Sunday morning, at daylight, upon
McCook’s camp, ou the Franklin pike. The very
s n ■rwi'a.ijjy, this Morgan, disguised as n eouu-
in butternut colored clothes,
fmeYanU l * ‘ om Gen. Mitchell, who did not
t* vi . ..on, and find the audacity to dine at the
City Hotel in company with our own oMireis, muk
iug good bis escape, wiih perfect nonehulcnee.
He cauie very near capturing (Jen. Nelson one day
last week. The plot was discovered in time to be
h listened, but not lo catch the rogue. He lias
since captured the railroad train running between
Louisville and Nashville at Gallatin, taking Ihirtv
bridge builders prisoners, but releasing them, as
he seeks higher game, lie has boasted that he
will eatth one of our Generals as an offset to Buek
ner, he being Buckner’s especial favoiite. lie ha*
offered a reward ot $1,04)0 to any citizen or officer
who will catch him and his steed, and, strange to
s.iy, disguised, has made these bets openly before
our officers, who at the time did not know him.
Such is Col. oohn Morgan, the famous rebel scout,
who, though he deserves hanging, vet wius ad
miring opinions from enemies as well as friends
for his daring.
Woman’s Prayer. —A Virginia officer, in a pri
vate letter to the Central Presbyterian , relates
the following incident, which, though not of re
cent occurrence, possesses interest:
As we were on our way to Manassas, on the lffth
of July, on a crowded train of flats, the people
along the route of the Manassas railroad turned
out iu large bodies, bringing baskets full of pro
visions and luxuries for the soldiers. Everybody
was full of joy, and we rushed on to the battle
with railroad speed, amid the waving of handker
chiefs and loud huzzas of a happy people, litlle
thinking that many of the hearts that beat high
for praise would (aye but two days afterwards)
“feel that pulse no mole.” Not far from one of
the depots, which we had just left in great glee,
on an eminence near by the road, there stood a
lady, of more than womanly stature, hut of wo
manly face, with hands uplifted, and eyes upturned
to Heaven in reverential prayer tor us and for our
country. And there she stood with outstretched
arms until the train earned us out of sight. 1
thought of Miriam the prophetess—only the one
was lifted up in praise, the other in prayer to God.
I never shall forget that scene, and the deep im
pression it made upon all. The shout of reckless
joy was turned into serious thought, and blessed,
1 believe, was the influence of that sight upon
many u brave heart.
Look Out for Spies. —There is no manner of
doubt but that this Confederacy is overrun with
spies—the hirelings of Lincoln, paid a good round
sinn to do this infamous work of in our midst.—
Among these spies may be classed a set of men
who, without “ visible means of support,” and
hailing from no place in particular, enlist in our
volunteer companies, pocket the bounty money,
and leave suddenly for parts unknown—probably
to repeat the process elsewhere.
We heard of a case in point yesterday. Two
men—tall, muscular fellows, it was stated —were
enlisted as recruits in one of our volunteer com
panies, since which time they have been missing.
I hey may turn up again, and be all right on the
goose, but appearances are decidedly against them.
The men were strangers, well dressed,'’uml had on
Confederate military caps.
It would be as well for our people to be on the
| alert. “ Eternal vigilance is the price of libeiiv.'’
The bold, reckless daring of the fellows who ran
oft with the train front Big Shanty, under the noses
ot our men, shows that spies are actually sent
amongst us, and that they have the hardihood to
undertake anything to further the despicable cause
of their master at Washington. These spies who
enlist in our army have a two fold object plunder
and the opportunities the position gives them to
watch our army movements. Look out for spies !
—Ams it at a (Jh con tele.
More Abort New Orleams.— Mobile, 27M
The latest intelligence from New Orleans is to the
effect that the Federal Commodore promised May
or Monroe and his Secretary, who visited the fleet
under a tiag of truce, to renew the demand for
the surrender of the city, but he has not done so
up to the present hour, 5 o’clock, P. M. Our ship
the Mcßae came up from the forts under a Hag ol
truce with forty wounded, and communicated with
the Federal Hag ship. Result unknown. It is ru
mored that the Federals refuse to let her reiurn to
the forts. The Foreign Legion are keeping guard
over the city, preserving order. It is rumored
dial Fort Pike has been evacuated and blown up.
This is unreliable, however. It is rumored that in
a conference held with one of the
.after Uie correspondence between Mayor Monroe
and Commodore Farrigant, he left declaring he
down the rebel Hag on the City Hall
down. A ship was aetnallv
k S not fired a shot thus far.
j; English inen-of war
■«tjssgLai"g__ l ll fef ed their proresr against
e jjlßßSteliiy * believed that the Yankee
’WSRStfU of provisions and auuuuni-
of starvation ourselves.
v ? r <lerly, but the excitement
°f humiliation deep.—
thing is the same as when
r appeared. All are awaiting the
sn.-..,ng of the city, if the Yankees dare do so.
The Case oe John M. Botts. —The Examiner,
of Saturday, states that “the Court of Enquiry,
before whom this gentleman has been undergoing
an examination on the charge of high treason,
have sent the record of his trial to the Secretary
of \\ ar, with the recommendation that he be con
fined upon his own farm, or such other place a9 it
may suit the government, upon his parole to com
municate with no one except the members of his
own family. There was not one particle of evi
dence against Mr. Bolts, and he would have been
unconditionally discharged but for his own declar
ation, which, contrary to the remonstrances of his
counsel, he insisted on making to the court-—that
“ He was a neutral in the war now going on—tak
ing sides with neither North nor South.” The
court held that a citizen had no right to disclaim
his allegiance and declare himself neutral, but that
if he were not with his government and country,
he was against it r , and hence their recommenda
tion for his isolation. We think that even the
ankee nation will think the judgment of this
court lenient. —Richmond Whig, 21a t.
Gov. Johnson. — Hon. George W. Johnson, Pro
visional Governor of Kentucky, died at General
Buell’s headquarters on the 9th inst. He was se
verely wounded in the fight ou Monday—into
which he had gone with his gun as a common sold
ier—and fell into the enemy’s hands. He died in
two days after of his wounds. In him has fallen ft
brave and true map.— Attanfa i'onftekrwy*
CLOSING THE BAR room,
The following is the corresp,., * 4CO »
the Chairman ol the meeting *‘ UCe
and the Governor : ' l l**t
His KxcM.Ltucr, Joseph K 'Bb, 1?
(Jum rnor of (Jeoryia, j/ (/ \
Fir :At a very large public „
this city on Saturday last, i« CWlsl >. b,* ■
ol suspending Ihe t.afhe in •p»nt, ll
Resolution, ol which 1 have ■.
passed, and I, as chairman ot « roi I;''H
directed to communicate the sau,.. I '.
request that your Kieelleucv will
meaSMio as a military ueceasity, ail j•
can y out the object of thejnieeiii.p 1
\ ei y reSjK ctlully,
our obedient servant
T.U. HOI,T,
“/iVto/eeJ, That the Governor ot (J.
(pleated to declare martial law in them/
and the countv ol Bibb, go |*r only ... t
the sate ol apiiiluoua liquors bv reti j
except for medical purposes.”
Kxkci rive I‘u'arx m>N!
Mil I KMKYUI.K, Ga., Apt it *2nJ
tlon. (t. Hotty Macon, Oa.
Sir : —ln reply lo your letter ot ihe ;
l am instructed b* the Governor to ,
docs not consider he ha* the right to 1,-
list la» to a limited extent over «i.>
toIV ol the State tbi a special purj„.
either the civil or military auihoiin,--. u, L .
Nor doe* hi* Excellency think that ihe n
pceseioii ol the liquor traffic would , -j.f,
ration of martial law. The evils e.ruwinj* *
is> great beyond all doubt ; but u is b.
police regulations, it rigidly enforced
much of the evil. To declare uid menu,
tial law, neoes-»aiil V involves the euiplovn,,
greater or less military force ; and since u. '
jgc of the Fop vript Act, hi* Excel leu.*
almost impotent us to tncu or arms, j’ni
au adequate remedy lor the evils com; .
may be found,
l am, *ir, very respectfully, &e ,
H. H. WATERS, :. j;
THE WHEAT CROP
There are conflicting opinions with r<,
it in different portions of the State. p ro ,
can learn, it will he much short of what
pi ted from the quantity sown. We vet
jit will be equal to our ueceesirv column;c
The Columbus Enquirer, of fin* 241 b ..
We are glad to hear from a gentleman
| man county that the wheat crops in hi* i„
hood have wonderfully improved will
week or *>n days, lie informs us that In j.
! badly affected with Ihe rust, and which t,
expected soon lo be destroyed by it, hate i r ,
eaed astonishingly, ami uow promi-e *
vest. This is a very encouraging report, » >•
lutes to hi rye fields, the loss of which would!,,
been deploiahlcat this time. We tiuatthau.
lar improvement Ims been observed else when
very soon will be, and that the danger of blignt
the wheat crop, lately reported as so alarmitf
may be escaped.
The Atlanta Intelligencer says:
The news which reaches us from Southern uU
South-Western Georgia, in reference to the ;ro»
ing crop of wheat is very far from being favoribl.
and fears are entertained that the crop nil!
short one. |t is said that rust has maije its a
pearauee and is wide spread.
In North-W estern Georgia the crops arr report
ed to he generally very promising, leading pm;, t
tors to expect an abundant yield. Bi,< cool, <irr
weather is much needed and desired, us ihe G avy
and protracted rains have done some damage.-'
We hear ot fields—in some cases ot one humln !
acres area—being completely submei-.-J j,.'
rust lias also made its appearance in ilu* seoti .•
but is ns yet confined to the blade. On t| )f .
it is believed that the crop in North-Western G. -.
gia will exceed that of any looner vear,
The Columbus (Miss.) Republican says:
I he prospect for a heavy crop of wheat n<n
looked better in Eastern Mississippi Mini Wetter
Alabama than it does at this lime. There k
been more than double the ground sown, nnio
reports from all sections aic that an nhutuli:!
.vivid may be lookeil lor from present appear c
Our planters are up with the times, and are
paring to plant the heaviest corn crop that *u
ever raised in this section. We have talked ti:h
some of our largest planters, and with hundi.k
within the last three weeks, and not six out oi ,
whole number designed planting ovei onethai
the usual land iu cotton.
The Wheat Prop. Unless there should cow
some unforeseen disaster, the crop of wheat -
be almost fabulous ill this Section ol fin* eo *
As the winter wus unusually mild, the crop <1
ward and will he ready for rii« s.-vifn*, *.* pirjuu.f,
at least two weeks earlier tfiau usual. The v i
will he very large, and the grenlh increased
tity of land sown will insure us an abuudstii G
vest.— Rome (O'o.) Southerner, April 28 th.
Distances on the Mississippi. As the eve ot
the public is now turned lo the Mississippi V aife*
•he following table may he found of mfei -1 n
showing the distance between the to*us doc*
river, from St. i.ouis to New Orle&ir
V ) f. ES. I
St. Genvieve »,,,{
St. Mary’s handing. . . jyj
(■heater ft I
Liberty Jo,
Wilkinson's l»i;
< ’ape Girardeau ... 51 *
Com cue t ee ij,!
Cairo 86
Columbus 2i>!
Hick man . . 17!
Island 10 28i
New Madrid ]o
Point Pleasant 19
Tiptonville 8
Island 14 12
Gay oso 8
Caruthersville 2
Fort Pillow 4;,
A Yankee Breast Pi ate. —We have ol -
k«u.r.) much ot the steel breast plate j-ani to •
been invented and worn by the eowaidly Yaokr’-
in time of battle, the truth ot which we *er» -•
first disposed to discredit, but that there is such *<
thing, and that they are worn by the invade 1s -3
protect their bated persons Iron. Southern bullet;
we are now convinced, iur we saw one of
! “life preservera, u yesterday which was taKvn ft*
the body of a dead Yankee who fell at the hat: -
of Corinth. The plate was struck five times
Minnie or tnusket balls, three of which evidently
i found their wav through it. Thev were ail centra
shots, either one of which would have killed d*
Hessian instantly, had lie not been thus eDC &Sr;
Cau a people fighting an enemy so cowardly
wearing of the9* breastplates proves them to
be conquered—be subjugated.— Dalton 7
From the PpsiNsri.A.—We learn that there* *
indications of a rapid diniunitiou of the euem^ 1
forces in the Peninsula. They have erected-t'
lines opposite our own, and are now thought :u
embarking large numbers of troops. A belief W
ground in the army that McClellan doe- not. -
to attack us, or tight at all, iu the Peninsula ‘ *
having discovered the strength of our positi"
has determined simply to fortify a camp ami • 1 '
a body of men there sufficient to hold if, ‘
rv off his army to operate on some other j*>it
Apart from all speculation, it seems certain
the Yankees are rather withdrawing than *d T * L
iug in the Peninsula. They have ?en r * »* J - V 1
large number of their sick, and we have done 1
same thing. Some of ours arriving l*= l 111 6 '
is said, found nothing prepared for them, « liJ 'J
to lie down on the ground in the neighbor!^ 0
the wharf. —Richmond Examiner.
The Printers.—The Mobile Rty lii
and Advertiser office was well
at Shiloh—there being one printer W
autl tae wguu4od i fom that
I. “ i,f - e
j Memphis 1
! Mouth of Si. t .«bit;
i Helena 1
Mouth oi lute . i
! Napoleon t
'Columbia
j P i incelon
Lake Providence..
V ickeb.iig
1 Grand Gulf. -
| Rodney
Mount of Red River
Bayou Sara
Port Hudson • -
Baton Rouge
Piaquemine -
Donaldson ville
New Orleans ’