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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 ’