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journal ft pessnigcr.
j 7 KNOWLES aud S. ROSE,
EDITORS AM) PROPRIETORS.
Takiiiii of ifiitrfreesbovo.
The Atlanta Intolligeucer of tho 19th
gives the following accouut of the taking of
that place by 001. Forrest, Other accounts
contirm it in every respect. We need not
be surprised also to hear of something stir
ring at Nashville about this time. The In
telligencer says :
“We learn, from reliable source, that Col.
Forest, with 2,000 eavnlry, made a dash in
to Murfressboro last Sunday morning about
5 o'clock. A battle with the enemy stationed
there, about 1.800 strong, ensued, lasting
about five hours. Over 100 Yankees were
killed, and a large number captured our loss
does not exceed 25 in killed and but few
wounded. Forest captured 900 mules, lOn
horses, Go road wagons laden with commissa
ry stores, and a battery of four brass pieces
with caissons. He burnt.three locomotives,!
with freight trains attached, filled with corn
inisury and others stores, and burnt the <!e
pot building, which was full of stores. The
gallant Colonel was paroling the captured
men cn Monday morning, but retaining the
officers—one of whom was Brig. Gen. Turn
Crittenden, son of the “ old man elephant.”
Col. Lawton's cavalry was in tin' engage
ment, and distinguished themselves for their
gallant hearing. Mnjoi Whaley,of his regi
ment, with the men under Lis immediate
command, charged and took tlie battery.—
Lieut. Mead boro a conspicuous part, and
acquitted himself with honor. Indeed all
acted well, and illustrated anew the prowess
md iatenniuity of .Tyudwrii soldiers.
Forest is one of the coolest and lnuta t «,vn
potent officers in the service, lie is an old
friend of ours. We knew him wrll years
ago. He is made of the right kind of Huff
for a successful commander. If the Govern
ment would put him at the head of 10,000
men, ho could take them to Chicago and
back again without disaster or defeat. Such
is our opinion of the millitary skill of this
talari ted mau.
U e bail this brilliant feat as tlie precursor
of most important events—wc hope the cap
ture of Buell's entire eowumyad. Reinforce
ments »nd supplies are cut off from him, not
only from beyond Nashville, where the gal
lant Morgan is operating, but this side also.
We hope our forces from three sides will now
fall upon him, and finish the work for him.”
Tli« r: lie my oil James River.
The Richmond Enquirer of the lGth, in
relation to the future movements of the ene
my on James River says :
The parade made by the enemy of the re
inforeements sent to McClellan is so entirely
dithrent from all their previous conduct,
tiiat we are iuelined to believe it to be only
a strategic announcement, made for the pur
pose of keeping our armies away from Wash
ington. General Burnside, we believe has
joined McClellau with four brigades—about
i 0,00(> men—from the swamps of North
Carolina. This we believe to nave been me
only reinforcement that has yet reached the
army of the Potomac, the York, theChieka
hominy and the James. The names of the
rivers along which its army has confined it
self, of which it has ever dared to move, will
suggest the evident want of confidence that
McClellan has in his men. No amount of
reinforcements from she rivers of North Caro
lina will ever make McClellan’s array under
take any land expedition.
To creep along the bank of the James, close
under cover of ids guboats, will be his next
campaign. He may occupy both banks and i
approach the city on the North aud South ■
banks. If so, he will fiud his match on both j
banks and woe to his army if defeated whilst I
whilst divided. The recent cavalry foray to- >
wards Orange C. 11., which burnt the rail
road bridge over the Kapidan river, would I
indicate not a purpose to advance on Rich-!
moud, but an effort to prevent or delay our
advance on V\ ashington city.
There exists nowin Washington city a {'an- ;
ie almost equal to that which prevailed after i
;he battle of Manassas. Already Yankee
t lorrespondents say that at McClellan’s head
quarters the opinion was held that tho Con-:
federates would dictate peace at an early day
in Washington city. The übiquitous Jackson
was momentarily expected upon the Arlington I
Heights.
This publication of reinforcements to Me-1
Clellan, and this burning of the Rapidan I
Fridge, are but efforts, the first to deter us;
■ fom, and tho second to prevent our approach- !
jng X\ ashingtou city. Both are useless. j
'A hen General Lee determines on a move-•
ruent, neither reinforcements nor bridge
burning will prevent him from accomplish
ing his purpose.
11 a k def.’s Tactics Improvement.—The
Salisbury (N. 0.) DafMw™, tells the fol
lowing which demonstrates that all ingenuity
is not of Yankee origin and “Haruee’s Tac
tics” not complete in military orders.
Capt. Osbornq of Iredell North Caroli
na, was wounded in the battle of 31st of
May, near Richmond, while leading his
company in a charge on the enemy’s iTatter
ies. His wound disabled him and befell
upon the field, where he remained for some
time. Fearing the enemy might bayonet
him, lie drew his revolver and kept a sharp
lookout as the fight progressed. After a
while he saw a strong athletic man coming
toward the place he was lying, and discover
ing him to be a Yankee, he coolly awaited
his approach. As soon as he come within
certain range of his pistol the captaiu hailed
him and ordered him to surrender. The
Yankee took a momentary glance and seeing
the captain’s pistol was bearing upon him
with a steady and deadly aim, he instantly I
dropt his rifle. “Throw away your knife,” !
said tho captain. It was done.' “Now back
yourself up to me,” was the next command. '
“Squat down so that I can get on your
back.” ahe Yankee was compliant; and
the captain, with his pistol still bearing
upon his trembling prisoner, crawled upon
him, and ordered him to march into the Con
federate camp. The rider and the ridden
salrdy arrived at the captain’s headquarters,
dhe former is recovering of his wounds, and
ihe latter is said to be among the prisoners
iiovi T at this place.
Another trios sit the Aortli—Tone
of the 1 nnkee Pre^.
The whole North is in a terrible ferment,
in regard to the best remedy for the defeat
of McClellan's Grand Array. The \aakee
papers have ceased to the fact that ■
some difficulty will be experienced in raising j
the additional 900,000 men, with which j
McClellan now promises to “throttle the
rebellion.” We give some interesting ex
tracts from the New York and Fbiladelphia
journal: . .
LEPRESSING INFLUENCE OF THE RETURNED SICE
AND WOUNDED.
[From thf New York World]
What can the authorities mean by thrust- j
in? the sick and wounded of the army before
the eyes of the whole community? Instead :
of providing five or six groat hospitals in i
healthy inland locations for the maimed and
enfeebled, it has scattered them all over the •
country to sadden and depress the spirits of
the people. Purely this is not the way to
inspire our young men with enthusiasm, or
induce them to enter the ranks of the army, j
With eouspiciou.H infelicity the p.rks have
been selected in this city as the depot for
the wounded, and there, day after day, in
tho presence of the tens of thousands, may
be seen hundreds of poor fellows, every one
of whom is a meluucholly reminder of the
honors of war, and a powerful dissuadcr to
those who may desire to enlist. Let proper
arrangements be made forthwith to remove
every sick aud wounded soldier away from
tlie large centres of population.
RSC 111’ 111 N a— l ll >w IT -GOES.
[From tho I'h Mattel pitta Pres.'. July i ]
'fhe matter of recruiting for the new ar
my levy is beginning to engross a share of
public attention, but not to the extent which
it*, itnpoi tsitice merits, or which true-hearted
patriots could desire. There coins to be
a withholding of support on the part of the
puMm j/vow-, There is not that unity of ef
fort among newspapers throughout the North
which yielded such gratifying hubs a year
ago. This is unwise, and unpatriotic/ and
wrong. Ii tends to produce the baleful iui
i pression that the journals which heretofore
' had lent their whole influence to tho Union
cause have grown apathetic and selfish be
cause of the governmental restriction upon
the publication of war news.
HOW TO PROMOTE ENLISTMENTS.
[From Uic New York World.]
Why do not our enterprising recruiting
officers call into play some of the aguucies
[ employed in other countries to stimulate en
listments ? Let the eye and ear be appealed
, to. The air should be resonant with trurn
! pets, aud drums, and martial music, and
; every day or two our streets should be gay
with processions and small ariries with ban
ners. The pomp and circumstance of glori
i °us war, it properly presented to the imagi
; nation of our young men, will be quite as
| effectual as a large increase of bounty inon
l t*y, though that should not be, and is not,
neglected. At nil events, let this plan be
tried. Jhe pocket nerve is not the only one
that goes to the heait of Young America.
MR. LINCOLN CALLED UPON TO ACT.
[From tlie New York World.]
\\ hat means this indecision at Washing
ton ? Why are the people kept in this sus
pv-UV-C ? lo tw luv U. m ,(, ? 'U l.v_
call for more troops has not yet kindled the
first Hash of enthusiasm. Distrust weighs
.like a pall. A sullen gloom' is settling
upon every heart. The firmest, loyalty is
staggeied. 'Ahe clearest minds are bewil
dered in trying to accouut for the Presi
dent's inaction. Wby stands he passive in
this turning hour of tho nation's destiny ?
llow is it that he cau fail to heed a necessi
ty which is as notorious as the sun above
him ?
The President caunot act too speedily.—
The people who have been invoked to vol
unteer, are waiting, for an earnest of anew
and more satisfactory war policy. Had that
earnest been promptly given, it would have
been responded tons promptly. In the ab
sence of all signs of it the people are coldly
motionless. Oi ail things, the thing which
is most needed in the head of the nation, in
this the day ot our trial, is decision, decis
ion, decision.
C i'n i:uvls Hugkrash Maa nr mm. — I The Rieh
ntoiul Dispatch says : We understand that (leu.
Mu"er b«e been relieved of his command in the
army, ami assigned U> duty in Richmond, as In
spector of Ordnance. Mis divisions Las been turned
over to lien. It. IJ. Anderson.”
Wo take this to he a delicate way of removing a
General from a poe; tor winch be has utter unfit
nose.
General Magruder, alter reaching Columbia, en
route-for Tennessee, was suddenly ordered back by
telegraph to Richmond—nobody knows for what,
but ail who Lavo read the account of the late bat
hes can “snap at it” with a conjecture.— Savannah
Hi publican.
A t oixrtß lvKßti.Ljos. Ihe l . ,S. Secretary
of War has arrested the editor of the Circle* iiio
( oi 'io) Watchman, au.l p topped its publication, In
t onnection with the subject we copy tiic followin'*
frtun the Cincinnati Commercial of Thursday : e
L„,, Jhntocratie Meeting — Turn out , Lot eg body
There will be a meeting of the Democracy of tJir
| cleville, on Wednesday evening, Jnlv 2,* at Wit
! dch’ B Ball, to consider of the tyrannical kidn&p
--i P*ng of fellow townsinau, John W. Kees, by the
! emissaries of the Administration, and of the dan*
| g° r to our liberties threatened thereby !
; Let not our mouths be muzzled. Livery one is
! invited to attend.
Tuk Heavy Guns or McCuellan’s Army. — It is
now believed that a large number of eiejre "uns
j designed to have been planted around Richmond’
j wero at the White House when the Yankees evac
uated that place, and that they were thrown into
, the l’amunkey river. Everything that has trans
ipired same the stampede of McClellan’s army
proves that arrangements were nearly perfected
ior an immediate advance upon the capitol, and
ihe purpose was undoubtedly to pursue the same
system of uncivilized warfare that has marked the
I Progress ot the Yankees elsewhere. The blow
; struck by the Confederate forces was a timely one.
Beyond the frustration of a scheme initiated ini
j after the battle of Manassas, it occasion
ed the destruction of war material so vast in ex
tent that the Federal censors are driven to the
subterfuge of falsehood in order to conceal the
value iu dollars and cents, hv which the popular
i Y*™ or a£ North is to some extent aliaved
Richmond Dispatch.
Forthcoming Marriage of the Prince
of \\ ales.— lis announced that 11. R. H..
the Prince of \\ ales is about to bo married
married to the Princes Alexandria Caroline
Mattie Charlotte Louise Julie, the eldest:
daughter of Christen, Duke of Glucks burg, j
winch is heir apparent to the crown of Den- I
mark. r j his lady was born in 1844, and is
Row, about three years the junior of tho
I nuee. The present King of Denmark,
who ts childless, is 04 years of age, but may
bo good for JO years to come.
From the Daily Telegraph.
CH»italtie» In the i.jlJi Hrffliuent, Ot-o.
Vol*. Col. riiunms Hardeman, Com
uanding.
I send vou the enclosed fist, the casualties that
befell the 45th Ga. in the engagements near Rich
mond. At no time had we three hundred men
engaged. In the fight of Monday night, out of
230 in the conflict, ninety-one were either killed
or wounded. Our wounded wili nearly all recov
er. Some must die. We bad pome gallant offi
i cers wounded, and one nobie, brave one killed
Please publish lor information oi Fiends, and
obliere Touts, T. Hardeman,. Jr.,
Colonel 45th Ga.
IN STAFF. *
Wounded— Col Thus Hardeman, Lt Col T J
Simmons, Major M L Grice.
COMPANY A, CAPT. ROGERS.
Killed—J Ames Rya!s, .John Vann.
Wonndtd —Lt S H Melton, Private? J R Perry,
mortal; Jno Rye, Joseph Avery, Win J Cain,
Wm Sylla, C W Jordan, T B Brinsfield.
COMPANY li, CAPT. PGZIEJi.
Killed —Lt M W Cleveland, Serg’t A C McGin
ty, Private W C Bird.
Wounded —Corp’i M T Gregory, Privates D T
Nobles, W A Hugulev, W Bnsh, John F.llerson,
Ed Ross.
COMPANY C, CAPT. CARTER.
Killed—Hergx M B j wen, Privates Jas Wall, II
C.tlhouu, J A Wilson.
WomnUd—lA Ivcv, Serg’t J Willis, Privates
J Forehand, W Calhoun, -I Bullock, J 'Sweariu
game, John Bowen, Thos Jones, .lohu King, Wm
Woodruff, David Wilder, Win Wilder, .John Mar
tin. Richard Webb, .1 Line, G Lane, T C Roberts,
J Slaughter, J Crihb, \ r Mussel white, R Holton". "*
COMPANY P, CAPi'. WHITE.
Killed —Serg’t C L Thornton.
Wounded —Privates M I) Simmons, B F Ross,
1 W Turk, W Blackburn, J M Pickcrson, E 1
Browning, Win Brown, S T (Julbe.rt, \V S Davis,
E B Taylor.
COMPANY E, ( APT. WALLACE.
Killed —Privates M 11 Foy, John R Rogers,
Lindsey.
Wounded (.’apt W S Wallace, Privates W 1>
Bayfield, R T Grreen, II F Hays, Jas Winters, II
McDaniel, (J Millirons, severely; John Allumah,
severely; .1 Bradingdon, M S Wadsworth, George
Davis, Jas Morris, J A Adams, J T Dwight, ST
Duke, L C Shercley.
COMPANY F, I.T. HARDEMAN, COM’.}.
Killed —Privates Green I» Tye, Jno fi Moore,
Serg’t W 1 Alexander, Corp’i G Hammons.
Wonndtd —Corp’i H Box, Privates E S Gray,
Tlios J Long, John Funderburke, Serg’t J N Hunt,
Privates J I* Pitts, Geo Owens.
COMPANY G, CAPT. CONN.
Killed —Corp’i John W Hardison, PrUcat.es Q,D
Etheridge, G W Camp.
Wounded— Scrg’ts Joe Smith, M S Pittman, W
A Fair (since died), Privates J Worthen (since
died), B A Now, M W Etheridge, John Huff, Chas
Pool, Alon/.o West, J A Roberts, Geo Kemp, Jno
Kemp.
COMPANY H, CAPT. DAVIS.
hilled —J W Landlin, H Clark, Wm Moore,
Tlios Harrison.
II bunded —Capt Davis, severely ; Privates Wm
Daniel, James Chambers, Geo W Johnson, severe
ly ; Ashley Johnson, severely; Simeon Goodin,
severely ; Win Scott, Wm Cox, G Fitzgerald, R D
Brown, Robert McDonald, severely ; W J Che
shier.
COMPANY I, CAPT. DUPREE.
Killed —Serg’t J B Nutt, Privates G W Phillips,
J E Tolisoa, J Britton.
II bunded —Lieut Hall, Lieut Dickerson, Serg’ts
Heard, W P Thomas, Corp’l Wm Ridgway, Pri
vates Thos McDaniel, J P Britton, J ii Garr, Juo
Ridgway, J R Thurston, W T KimberalfiS Wilson,
<)*»n Sham Diolrprson. Gaodroo J S
Britton, John Mayo.
COMPANY K, CAPT. GIPSON.
Killed —J no San deife r.
U bunded —Capt Gibson, Serg’t Jas Mathews, S
F B Stenihrage, Thos Kennida, mortally ; John
Wilder, \\ Lockla, D Wactor, W Fowler, W Low
man, E K W ebb, L H George, W H Fitzpatrick.
recapitulation.
Killed so
Wounded i->y
150
\i hole Fault t* Si ?
The \aukee Press are busily engaged at this
time in fixing the defeat of McClellan on some
body, and scapegoats are named according to the
taste or prejudice of the writer. McClellan, Lin
. coin, Stanton, Congress, have, each, their advo
cates for the houor or shame of the miscarriage.
They arc all wrong. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
are the guilty parties, and the Yankee Editors
should let toe home folks alone. Thev were well
generated and fought well, but we had better gen
erals and fought twice as well. That’s the explan
ation tho affair will receive at the hands of an im
partial world, and none other.
Jhe favorite excuse ol the } ankees for so dis
graceful a drubbing, is that they were greatly
outnumbered They all concur in this. It is an
infamous lie to begin with, but had it been tiue,
w tat becomes ol their boasted power as a nation ?
How came it so, when they have soldiers and arms
i without number i Is not the confession disgraceful
to them as a nation? They had two '‘‘Grand
! Armies,” the Army of the East and the Army of
the \\ esf, both ot which were the best equipped in
the world, and before, the fight, nay, up to the verv
j eve of battle, the world was assured that all was
'i»ht, that men, means aud chivalry were abuti*
daut, that the “great anaconda”-wan about throw
ing himself into a coil, and that the rebellion would
surely be crushed in thirty days. Everything was
ready tor our utter annihilation, and the result
was certain. Such w ere the assurances proclaimed
from Maiue to the Rocky Mountains, and no uiau i
uttered a word of dissent or doubt.
The pica though, pitiable aud disreputable as it
is, is a base invention and falsehood. Sidney
Johnston had 30,000 less men at Shiloh than the
Federate, and if their own estimate is to be believ
ed, Lee’s forces were far outnumbered at Rich
mond. The official reports will show this to be
true.
We have met those two armies—we, the poor,
half-starved, half-armed, ragged, dispirited and
despised Rebels—met them on ground of their
own choosing, and behind most formidable en
trenchments, and in both eases the proud gascon
! aders were overwhelmed with defeat and pursued ;
for miles in an inglorious flight to the friendly
cover of their gunboats. All this the world knows,
or will know, and it is impossible to break the
force of the conclusion that we are better
better soldiers, better men than thev. So it will
be written down in history, and no Yankee
nuicy will bo able to blot it from the record. The
battles are over and the univeisal whine through
out Yanktedmi is; we were outnumbered by the
1 Confederates! v 3
Suppose me Yankees, in both instances, had j
i been like ourselves, without gunboats to protect
them, what would have become of their fugitive
j legions ? Make us equal, in this single resTpect,
and does not the world see at a glance that before
this every Yankee soldier in the field would hav,,
been captured or made to bite the dust? Could
we not have marched to the Canada line, leaving
the North a prostrate, pleading suppliant at our
feet, aud dictating the terms of peace on the St.
i Lawrence or the Santa Croix ? It requires no
; argument to prove this. There is not a foot of
i aukee territory which they would have at this
day caiied their own, except as a gratuitous gift of
their Confederate conquerors.
Ihe Northern Press and Government see arid
know all this, aud yet they both spend their time
m venting excuses for the past, vain boasting over
what they intend to do in future, and a general
indulgence in bluster and brag that disgust the !
wor.d ana holds themselves up to the scorn and
contempt of civilized mankind.— Savannah Re- \
publican.
Col. JToilti H. Morgan In Kentucky—A
IXrilliaut Victory.
We have glorious tidings from our bold partisan
Colonel, John H. Morgan. On the 9th insr., he
attacked a portion of the 7th Pennsylvania regU
ment, at Tomkinguille, Ky., completely routing
them, and capturing their carnp, provisions, stocks,
By Capt. J E Bennett, of Tulahoma, Coffee
.■‘OUQty, who arrived in this city yesterday evening,
with the Yankee Majorat prisoner, and a lot of j
the =poil ,a , we barve received, from a friend in Col
Morgan’- command, the following lettrr:
Tompeinsville, Ky., July 9, 1862.
Bear Sperry r We had an elegant little fight
this morning before breakfast, and cleaned out a
Yankee encampment as completely as it ever was
done by any one. They had breakfast cooked,
but had not time to eat it.
With their usual generosity, when acting with
out previous calculation, they left us many valua-!
ble trophies, such as watches, horses, very little >
cash, abundance of provisions, something to drink,
I blankets, and huge piles of ready made clothing
. and Union stationery, and last, but not ieast, quite
a outribA of their carcasses—some “gone under,”
some a going, and others well and hearty.
Morgan is a trump, and deserves the reputation
he has so nobly fought for. I have no particulars
to give, as 1 expect to prepare a book on my re
turn. Yours, Ac., E.
From Col. Bennett, we learn the following par
ticulars: The Yankee force attacked consisted of
fire companies, 27b men, of the 7th Pennsylvania,
regiment, commanded by Major Thomas Jordan, i
whom Capt. I>. brought with him as a prisoner,'
and has handed him over to headquarters here.—
Col. Morgan surprised them while they were pre
paring breakfast, killing 84, wounding over 40,:
and capturing HO prisoners. The rest “skedad-j
died.” Os Col. Morgan’s force, none were killed,'
and only two slightly wounded. The result of the
victory was, that the whole camp and stores fell j
into our hands, consisting of tents, 100 head of
stock, horses and mules; eight wagons and har-;
ness; one ambulance and harness; 100 carbines
and titles; a fine lot of side arms, and a large
quantity of ammunition; a fine lot of provisions,
Arc.
Owing to the locality, Col. Morgan was com
pelled to burn a large portion of his spoils, con
sisting of all the wagons but one, all the tents ami
270 new Yankee uniforms—the force having just j
been newly equipped, but not yet having had time
to don their new apparel.
This Yankee force lias lately been marauding in
| Fentress and Overton counties, committing many:
j depredations and outrages.
We regret to learn that Col. Hunt, of the floor-;
gia cavalry, was accidently wounded very seriously
in the leg by one of his own men.
We rejoice to hear, however, that Capt. Llewel
( lyn, the Quartermaster of the regiment, was not,
as reported here some days ago, killed by the;
bushwhackers in the mountain. A man by his>
aide, named O'Brien, was killed. Three of the 1
bushwhackers were caught by the force the samej
day, and lodged in jail in Sparta. Four more, we !
learn, have since been captured by Col. Garden
hire.
By his brilliant feat at Tompkinsville, Col. Mor
gan has added another to those imperishable lau
rels which already crown his brow. We predict
that, this is but the beginning of a series of still
more brilliant, exploits than have already made
Morgan’s name a watchword to the South, and a
terror to his enemies.— Knoxville Register , 15 th.
i ankec Idea*, of Stonewall Jackson.
It is amusing to read the accounts of our great
chieftain in the Yankee papers. He is the dread
of the whole nation of Abolitionists, and they seem
-to have completely lost sight of all the rest, of out
geuerals. Some of thorn confess they fear him,
dead or alive, as will be seen from the following
extracts :
IS WASHINGTON SAKE?
From the N. V. Times (editorial), July 7.
. If “Stonewall” Jackson he not dead—and there
is now a doubt thrown over the statement that be
was veritably and actually killed in the late battles
is there no danger of his taking a column and
with it marching suddenly in the direction of
Washington ? The movements of this daring rebel
during the last two months have been as rapid
and successful a* they have been extraordinary in
other respects. It is but a few weeks since lie
pounced upon and defeated the forces of Aiilrov
and Schenck in the Shenandoah Valley. From
that work he entered upon the pursuit of General
Banks, drove him to Winchester, defeated him
t here, pursued him a distance of seventy or eighty \
miles up to the Potomac ; then retired, and during
his retreat, defeated Erernont and Shields ; then j
swept over the Blue Bidge and across Eastern,
Virginia to the Chiekahominy, and attacked the ;
right wing of our main army ten days ago—with ;
what success is known to our readers—having in
this space of time fought four battles at distant *
points, and traversed a distance of four or five!
hundred miles. In each of the instances his move
ment was more or les3 of a surprise, aud each of
them would have been declared by most men
| quite impossible before it. was actually done. It
! ftould be undoubtedly a difficult tiling for Jackson,
whether he be or be not dead, to take tweuty
j thousand Confederates and move north to Frede
ricksburg, thence to Manassas, thence eastward to
the Potomac, and it is not likely he will try. We
believe, moreover, that our troops now at' Wash
ington and the points named, are fully prepared
j Lo resist such a movement. At least we hope so.
j -d-ud we also hope that our troops now in the She
nandoali Valley aud elsewhere in Eastern Virginia,
will be disposed of so as to effectually prevent any
other northward movements of this rebel, if he be
j alive, or of his ghost, if he be dead.
COULD NOT AVOID JACKSON.
| The Washington correspondent of the New
1 York Evening Post says :
! Gert »’ lß enthusiastic friends of McClellan now
blame the Government for uot sending him all the
tioops in the vicinity of \\ ashingtou a fortnight
: ago. 1 understand that the Department makes
i the rc plj t»> this criticism, that it made little dif
ference to Jackson what disposition was made of
our forces here. If all the available troops had
been sent two or three weeks ago to Gen. McClel
lan, then Jackson would have taken Washington
which would have been a great deal worse than a
partial reverse before Richmond.
don't like him a bit.
I lie Boston Journal gives the following spiteful
description of the glorious “Old Stonewall” :
This noted rebel chief is everywhere described
as a “siow man ; intellectually, even dull. Some
say he was a tedious professor,' and all agree that
he had a creeping look, and yet, if you ask them
what they mean by that, they say'they do not
know ; “all they know is that he is as obstinate as
a mule and plucky as a bull dog,” which means !
jii«t nothing of a man whose prime quality is ce
lerity, quick conclusions, and startling execution ;
who, as a soldier, is as rapid as he is wary, abound
ing in surprises, brave almost to rashness and
inventive almost to romance.
As to,- Ins outer man, be looked at least seven
vears older than he is-(bia age is thirty-seven)-
height, about five feet ten inches; his figure thick
set, square-shouldered, and decidedly clumsy ; hi*
gait very awkward, siooping, and with lone strides,
tie often walks with bis head somewhat on one
side, and his eyes fixed upon the ground, impart
ing to his whole appearance that abstracted quality
which young ladies call “absent-minded.” \ t a dv
who has known him long and well, told me that
she never saw him on horseback without laughing
short -t,crops, knees cramped up, heels stuck
out behind, and chin on his breast—a most unmil
iiary phenomenon. In society he is quiet but
euet-rlul ; not loquacious, but intelligent aud
shrewd ; in religion, the bluest kind of Presbyte
rian, and extremely strict in his church observan
ces. u M luchester he took a very active part in
revivals, and habitually led the “Union” Prayer
Meetings. 3
Recruiting in New York lor the new lev? of
300,000 is so slow that Gov. Morgan offers an ex
tra bounty of fifty dollars for e«ich recruit, trusting
MUjtaSki^ egW,W " WilUU3tai, ‘ *•
The Aifegrt queittioti it* Cougrefi.
The defeat of McClellan antt the decimation of
his army has caused the question of arming and
employing the slaves as a military power to be re
newed in the Y ankee Congress. It is now advo
cated as a necessary measure of reinforcement,
and seems likely to meet with official sanction at
the Yankee capitol. We give an extract from the
recent debate on this novel and very extraordinary
proposition :
Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, said the question was
whether the negroes shall be employed to help toe
rebels. The time bad arrived, in his judgment,
when military officers should be compelled to call
into service all loyal men to suppress the rebellion.
Heretofore these negroes had worked only lor the
rebels, and done all the labor of the camp for
them. He was in favor of giving the President
the power to call into the service all the slaves of
the rebels. This Union must be preserved ; and
rather than it should be destroyed he would or
ganize a great army, black and white, and desolate
every Southern State. Before he would submit
to the dissolution of the Union he wu* willing to
pass a conscript act, if necessary, and we might as
well draft negroes as any one else.
Air. Collamer, of Vermont, said the reason the
States had not culled the negroes into the militia
was because the laws of the United States confined
the militia to the whites.
Mr. Sherman contended that all the people of
the country, without distinction of color, were
liable to be called into the service of the country,
if circumstances demand it. We must, to a cer
tain extent, follow the bad example of tbe rebels,
and infuse more energy into our military move
ments. These rebels resort to all sorts of expedi
ents, and make the negroes work and fight, and
when that is done, why cannot we employ these
negroes? They hang Union men, but we must
not talk of hanging traitors. In such a way we
would never end this contest. He thought the
time had come when we should array the whole
force of the Government in earnest, and put down
the rebellion, or else we will never succeed. We
cannot war against savages unless we become part
savages ourselves.
Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, said tins bill proposed
to meet uuy possible contingency in lack of suffi
cient enlistments, and authorises the President to
call on all available men for the service. He was
in favor of this bill and considered it a true pre
cautionary measure. He was perfectly willing to
say that, in his own State, there was not that will
ingness shown to enlist as heretofot e. This was not
from any want of heart or determination to put
down the rebellion, but the people feel that the
war must be conducted on new principles ; that is,
that there should not be such extreme tenderness
shown towards traitors and rebels. Soldiers do
not like to be exposed to hardships and death for
the protection of the property of rebels, or to dig
trenches when there are so many frieuds better
capable and willing to do this work.
The President and government may as well
understand that, if this policy is to be followed by
tenderness towards traitors and murderes, men
will hesitate before they expose themselves to that
kind of life. He was utterly at a loss to see what
objection there could be to it. It was contrary tp
every principle of warfare to sucrifiee our soldiers
by the performance of a duty which friends stand
ready to execute. The correct principles of war
are to weaken the enemy in every way, and to
strengthen yourself.
It Uiis thing is to go on, the consequences rnay
as well be understood by the President aud the
government, for public opinion will not sustain
; them. The people of this country are willing to
|go forward under any pressure,but if it is expeot
ied that they shall come forward with all their
hearts and souls, then he would tell the President
aid the generals that they must reverse their prae
tice and their couise. He said this after due re
flection and deliberation, because he thought it
ought iu be understood that this white kid warfare
will not do. He would use all the means known
to put down the rebellion.
T 11,0. 0.0 0.0 anolUi. iking ho thought won a fnift
lake, wh’ih was the attempt to deceive the people
by calling a defeat “a great strategic movement."
He thought the people should be trusted and told
the whole truth as to what was wanted by the
country. Beal with them honestly, and every
true Northern heart will respond. Deal with ene
mies as enemies and friends as friends. It is folly
to hesitate to tell the people of this count-y pie
cisely what the condition of things is. if,. h a q
been amused by seeing a call upon tin* different i
Governors for 800,000 troops, which simply meant j
that the President and government thought they
would want more troops. The enemy knew this !
and everybody knew it. Then why not fell the
truth ?
Ms. Rice, of Minnesota, said the time had come
when we must either recognize the Southern Con
federacy or speedily put it down, and use all the
means in our power to do so. Must we, when the
rebels resort to all means, fall from the sickly
notions, and refrain from using all in our power to
meet and suppress the rebellion ? He would not
hesitate a moment to vote for any measure that
would put the rebellion at an end
Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, bieflv explained
the features of the bill, and denied that he ever
claimed that the government had made more
forces than were needed. In regard to the stop
page of recruiting, some time since, he said that
enlistments had ceased , and it was necessary to
close up the recruiting stations, so as to save ex
pense. He was glad to hear the language ol the
Senator from Maine with regard to the conduct of
tho war. Many of our brave men have been dealt
hardly with from the great anxiety to protect the
property of the rebels, lie was in favor of fight
ing the battle to a successful issue, aud draftin'" if
necessary ; but bo agreed with the senator ffom
Maine, that the style of rose-water war must cease
and it would be better to tell the whole truth to
the people, and not attempt to deceive them. It
seems as if we had on organized system of lyiu"
m this country. He thought the censorship of the
press had been of great disadvantage.
Bkutlkkism in St. Lol is.— A gentleman, recently
arrived at Knoxville from St. Louis, reports that
only about five hundred Liueolu troops are left to
govern the city, ft is the opinion of the Lincoln
itea that the South is nearly whipped out, aud that
the war will soon be over. Tne most despotic
Brutleriam prevailed in St. Louis. Several young
, ladies at the house of Mrs. Gatist, who had san"
and played the song “My Maryland,” were notified
I f° va . cate house in twenty four hours or suffer
| imprisonment in the common jail. On the refusal
ol the ladies to leave, a guard of soldiers, none of
whom could speak plain English, surrounded the
house. Some ladies in another house, for wavin"
their handkerchiefs to Confederate prisoners”
had iheir house surrounded, and all communica
tion with their friends cut off for several davs
during which time they were served with regular
soldier s rations at meal times. A general system
of robbery was being carried on by the Lincoln
officials, under pretence of raising money for the
support ol the families ot the Federal soldiers.—
The property ol all persons suspected of secession
proclivities was heavily assessed, and if the amount
wag not paid the property was seized and sold.
Lnion sentiment is by no means gaining strength
m Missouri. doc
Nk\v Names fob Familiar Things.— McClellan
and his Yankee sympathisers have added an item
or two to the lexicographic knowledge of the
world. Hereafter, when a nun fights, is whipped,
and backs out of the ring, or, to use a vulgarism,
“cuts stick,” military etiquette requires that we
should not charge him with defeat and ruunin-
■he has simply effected a “successful strategic
movement ’ —the success consisting in his getting
out of harm’s way.
If, after ihe light, he should be particularly
pugnacious and attain a point some thirty mile, oi
more from the scene of action before stopping to
look back and crow, the same code ot politeness
requires that it be said of him that he has simply
“changed his base of operations.”
It is important that these distinctions fie re
membered in deie mining the real meaning and
intent of our Yankee “oteTiren,” though we hope
the expressive terra “.kedaddle” may forever be
excluded from the Confederate lexicon.—Savan
nah dlepublican.
have .‘.Beady e i T<Ml * 1
count of the imprisonment in ,'h **
Andy Johnson, of several dere *
who to take the o a, * \*h ' !
abolition government. Th. r, ’ »
° ,dprs ,bpT <™“*-
Fxtm r ' I
McLain, Ac,' W ~ '
• ir —i have to request ttia* V
gent orders prohibiting all vH,’ onw Wi*,
lof the clergy this day sent'' ri<o lllc M-t-
I except such a. U J >r,aot *M to -V'
1 Sion from me lor that punxxJ ’7 * ‘ *
! th £ privilege should beg ran ted f* Ud 1 1»•
sufficient reasons. 1 WO u!j « ° r on 'l poo, '
cou rage ment should be eixon*?** 1 th * 1 r*
spirit and feeling which are man if *-■'
meroua offerings of delicacies etc f Jia "* *'
mg rebel friends. ’ •
These men were not sent to tt, n
there to be kept as objects of
from traitors, nor be lionized br -
who if properly dealt with, would ft?
privilege of expressing their J.! Sllo,r «i ..
in the same place of confinement ‘ oal - T Ms
1 hey are there as enemies of our p A
and as syeh are entitled to and
such consideration only as attaches 7, r *
guilty u! so infamous a crime. * P*n s
Very respectfully,
Andrew Johnson
c? m Military Governor
State of Tennessee, Executive D.r. u ?
* Nashville, .lune 28, lSd l
Ricut.-Col. Jfa Lain, Acting Provost
Sir : Reverend Doctors Howell, Ford
Sawne, and Baldwin are under a’rretaut fi
are hereby placed in your custody.
Should they desire to give evident t ,
j loyalty, by taking the oath of allegiance H ° n i'
mg their individual bonds in the .um’oj
each, for the faithful observance thereof - V
be permitted to do so, and their releasi"!,!
accordingly.
If, however, it is not their determination to,
such evidence of loyalty, they will beeoninf-M
prison, there to remain until •rrancemem'
completed for their transportation South ll,“ *
the Federal lines, there to be left, with the ,ii
understanding that if they recross or come T ‘
within said lines during the rebellion the* will?
considered spies, and dealt with accordingly
Very respectfully, 7 *
Andrew Jciinson,
is ... r> - t Military Governor,
Knoxville Register.
Daring and Successful Attack on the Fnfvv
Transports in James River.— Gen. Stuart!.,
performed another of his brilliant scouts in •>,
rear of the enemy’s lines, and succeeded in M
cetsfully shelling tho Yankee transports at “X on \
Bend," on James River, below Charles City Cou:;
House.
The party consisted of the First Company of the
Washington Artillery, Captain Squiere, command
ing, a Parrott section of the I.oudon Battery ur
der Captain Rogers, and one piece of Smarts
horse artillery, with a small cavalry support, th
whole being in charge of Col. Lee; and having
reached the desired point on the river bank, under
cover of the night, they opened fire last Monday
morning on the enemy’s transports, coming up
with reinforcements and supplies lor McClellan's
army. The first transport was disabled and driven
back, and as soon as the position of our artilleiv
became known, the enemy brought up his gun
boats and shelled them at a desperate rate. Man.
aging, however, to avoid their range, our boys
waited till evening, when a large fleetoi transports
appeared in the river, supported by gunboats.—
Colonel Lee then ordered them into battery on
the bank just, opposite, when they poured into the
Y ankec vessels a terrible fire of shot and shell.
Having all rifled guns and a good range, the shot!
from our artillery told upon the enemy with great
effect, sinking' one of his transports and raking the
others tiom diem to stern. Several masti w-re
cut away and the vessels so liddled that they were
compelled to lighten them by throwing oil their
freight iu the river. The enemy’s gunboats kept
up a rapid fire, but our batteries were too close to
tLem for their shots to take effect, aou they had
to withdraw, witli no loss on our Hide.
Uur forces retired from Charles City C. 11. next
morniug by a circuitous route, just in time to pa
cape capture by a large force of Y ankee infantry
and cavalry, sent down to cut off their retreat.
English Couhtksy to the Rebels.- The corre
spondent ol the New York Tribune, writing from
fortress Monroe, complains bitterly of the courte
sy shown the secessionists at Norfolk by the Eog
lis’n naval officers at that port. We quote some
passages of the letter :
The English gunboat Jason has for some time
past been lying in Elizabeth river near Norfolk.
As was the case with the Rinaldo, the officers,and
apparently all on board of the Jason, are ia com
plete sympathy with the .secessionists of the city,
wiio are warmly received on the freqaent visits,
especially the ladies. A few davs since the officers
gave an entertainment to a select party, when tie
table was profusely decorated with the rebel flag*
the sentiments drank matched, and the tnusic was
Dixie.” These demonstrations of sympathy with
iiie rebellion on the part of the Englishmen, «u
open and defiant, aud so apparently studied, have
become offensive. The frigate Minnesota, the
Seminole, and other naval vessels are lying near,
and the studied oflence has not escaped the notice
of the officers. It is rumored that the commodore
summoned the commander of the Jason ou board
the Minnesota concerning the subject; that an
interview took place on the frigate immediately
alter the entertainment referred to is certa n.
am persuaded that these demonstrations of aettf.
sympathy with rebellion will uot be permitted k
go unrebuikfcd. I do uot doubt that there are
plenty of officers in our navy who, if need be, like
Stockton at Gibraltar, are ready to fight the ent*f®
mesa oi any English ship, or the ahip of any other
nation, to defend their flag from insults. I
confident that Flag-officer Goldsborough will no’
be wanting in proper spirit or prudence.
A Pertinent Inquiry. — A late number of the
London limes has old Abe slightly on the hip
about crushing out the rebelUor.,' in 1861, wifi
1 0,000 thirty day men. That paper has been cue*
enough to refer to the hot haste with which tne
thing was to be done, and the failure to perform
the undertaking. The world has survived the
shock long enough to see well appointed Federal
armies, enlisted for the war, rnelt away under the
Confederate ( rebellious ) fire; and it is now to wit
ness a prolongation of rhe farce of “subjugation
in the further attempt to put 300,000 more in
fighting trim. Lincotn and his crew still in ß i?t
that the thing can he done ; und that it must b&
done speedily—the South, fhey say, mutt he cc ••
</ue red. Now we would tike to have an answer to
the following question :If 75,000 or 100,000 Fed
eral soldiers could not get to Richmond in July,
1861, and 700,000 could not get there in July,
1862, how long will it take the whole force o:
Lincolndoru to capture the Confederate capito.
The question may be vuried thus: If it takes Me
s lellun a whole year to advance from Manassas to
Mechauiesville, and onlv a few davs get tro. i
the latter place to Shirley, on the back tract-,
when will he probably have his army in Richmond ;
A solution of the problem may be aidgd by re
membering that a large part of his army tin* **;
ing some of his best generals) have already 0
Richmond, and are snugly lodged in tobacco ware
houses thpre.
Death of General Twiggs.— General David 2.
fwiggs died at his residence in this city,
morning. General Twiggs has been in
health some lime and was taken with a congest •<?
chill on Sunday, from the effectJ of which he and a
uot rally. General Twiggs has occupied a prom*
uent place in the eyes of the people and h»s \
ces in the Confederate and Federal army are wcu
known, ilia life has been a stirring and event!,.*
one, and his death will be learned with regret f >
all to whom his name ha 9 become familiar in _th?
history of the country. Fie was a native . c ‘‘
uiond eoumy und was about seventy yearfl Oi
— Aug, Chron. d* Sent. t July 15.