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limriud & Messenger.
J. KNOWLES and S. ROSE,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. j
Aimy Oorre*i>ouii«ac* wf the Savannah Republican. ;
Culpeper C. H., Va., Judc 12. !
Mv telegram and letter of the 10th will
have put you in possession of the general
fncts touching the late cavalry engagement
near Brandy Station. Those facts were de
rived from intelligent and caudid persous
who witnessed or participated iu the fight;
und yet it is reported that the telegraphic
censor in Richmond, when my tide-1
gram reached that place, uxpuugod that I
portion ot if. which related to the surprise ;
sustained by General Stuart at the bunas ot 1
the enemy. The folly of this act of the
authorities is seen iu the fact, that the :
morning after my telegram passed through,
all the Richmond papers contained full ac
counts of the surprise. To be consistent,;
the government should establish a censor-j
•ship over the mail bags, over the railway
trams, and over the minds and tongues of ;
men ; for hardly a letter was sent from the j
army the day after the battle that did not ;
admit the surprise, nor was there au iudi- j
vidual, white or black, who left here by the
railroad, that had not heard it, and who
would not speak of it. The telegraphic
hues are the property of private iudivduals;
the mail routes and post oihees are the
work of the government. If either one,
therefore, is to he subjected to ollieial scruti
ny and supervision, it should he the latter
—the confidential letters and sealed com
munications of the citizen, rather than the
messages which he may entrust to the wires
of private parties. Rut to do either would
be a great wrong, aud such as is practiced
only by despotic Power, like Austria, Rus
sia and the United States.
li the authorities were to attempt to sileuce
the voice of the wind, or to put chains upon
the wuves of the sea, the act would not be
more stupid, in a country like this, than au
effort, to destroy the lreedom of speech and
of the press. And it is weil that it is so,
since, without these great bulwarks, there
could be neither personal nor national lib
erty. Deny the people the right to candid
ly criticise the conduct of those iu power,
and the latter will soon come to regard them
selves as a close corporation, irresponsible
to those upon whose broad shoulders they
had mounted to office. Where Silence
reign*. there Ignorance and slavery hold
their leaden sway.
The truth is, Gen. Stuart’s pickets were
surprised or circumvented at every point
where the enemy made the attempt, and
nothing but the superior fighting qualities
of lua men, and the ability of such officers
as Hampton, saved him from defeat and dis
grace, Why should not this fact be pub
lished? Will it do any harm? Will it not
rather do good by bringing him and his
command to the bar of public opinion, and
making them more vigilant in the future?
No official returns have yet been received
of our casualties, but I see no reason to
change the estimate contained in my last
letter. There are still many contradictory
reports afloat in regard to the number of
prisoners we lost. Our captures were more
numerous than at first imported, aud fall but
little short of 400 prisoners. The gun we
lost was subsequently retaken. Our loss iu
horaen, killed and captured, was considera
ble. In Cobb’s (cavalry) Legion alone,
which went into action with 220 sabres, 33
horses were killed. Enclosed herewith you
Will find a list of casualties in the Legion,
which has just been sent in to me. The
Cavannah company in the Jeff Davis Le
giun, Lieut. Colonel Waring, sustained no
boss.
The number of horses in this army, in
cluding the cavalry, artillery, quartermas
ter’s department, and the field aud tho staff,
is not far from 35,000. And this, notwith
standing the transportation has been reduc
to the lowest possible standard. To supply
these horses with the usual rations of corn
aud hay, would require 7,500 bushels or
420,000 pounds of the former, aud 490,000
pounds of the latter, per day. The labor
and expense of supplying so large a quanti
ty of forage arc necessarily very heavy.—
Fortunately for us, as well as fertile horses,
neither army has occupied this part of the !
Ifltate since last fall, and consequently the
supply of grass, clover and timothy is abun- i
dant. Otherwise it would be impossible to :
subsist so many animals with our limited
wagon and railroad transportation, and at a
time of so much scarcity as the present.—
You will not be surprised to hear, therefore,
that the horses receive uo hay at all, and'
- r ---..he tAldiar. and,onlv one third
the usual ration o. And yet l imvo
never seen them in better condition. It is
reported that the grazing iu the counties
between the Rappahauuock and the upper
Fotomac is equally as good as it is in this
vicinity. Many of the farms Lave been
abandoned, and much of the fencing destroy
ed, but it is believed that the supply if
grass, though not as abundant as in times
ol peace, is ample for our wants, should the
army advance. The farmers arc allowed
ten cents per day for the grazing of each
horse, which would make the total cost of
grazing 35,000 horses, $3,500 per day.
Nothing lias been said about the supply
of provisions for the troops, hut you will
see from the foregoing how difficult it would
be to subsist such an army as this in one of
the cotton State*. Indeed,, it could not he
done iu orlinary times, without a large in
vrease of our means of transportation and
full franarto* Manwhcre to draw from. No
Slat# is tfc* Oanfedoracy is so well prepared
i« itiHiU n large army as Virglniftn She
ft to?| ¥ amount of iaoiionj
l if* Wkgfttj fifty fe’Qftl fcitd
flFjlUfe) fciid grow* Ihfi
$0- of tefribiry to
1m sis ih* i fr iV?£§
t'th'iita $i b«? labeling population to it} the
bei* supply of food and animals
tkit itfßeh recited ai ia it
winfcsfy %<i look olMwfcrfß fur
HR* &f£i*4 Hf , *
■ My an m ai muum saw*
therefore, who has the ability, should diver
sify his pursuits, at least so far as to devote
somewhat of his time and means to the rais
ing of horses, cattle, sheep, and the produc
tion of small grain and fruit—everything,
indeed, that will help to feed, clothe and
move au army. No people or State can be
said to be truly independent which relies
upon other communities for the necessary
articles of food aud raiment. I*. W. A.
June 13. —A1l quiet in front. Impor
tant movements, which it would be impo
litic to mention, arc on the eve of execution.
My next letter may be dated from the top
of the Blue Ridge, or the lovely valley of
tlie Shenandoah, iu which event, 1 shall
have to rely upon couriers to communicate
with the postoffico. It i* believed that
Hooker has changed his base from the lvap
pahanuock to Bulhßun, notwithlanding the
show of strength he keeps up from the Staf
ford hills. v. w. A
Late reliable iutelfigvnfe from
and I“ort Hudson-
The Mobile Register at last has the fol
lowing direct and positive intelligence from
beyond the Mississippi, which clears up all
the doubts, iu)tha aud rumors which have
been vexing us for some time past. It in
most gratifying.
Wo gather our information from an intel
ligent gentlemen just from the headquar
tors ot General Kirby Smith, who has offi
cial relations with that army and who cross
ed the Miasiis'ppi liver at Natchez on the
12th. The first important fact we learn is
that Gen. Smith is fully posted up to the
situation at V icksburg at Port Hudson, and
is directing the forces ot bis department
with a view to second Gen. Johnston cn
this side the river iu the work of raising the
siege of those two cities. Geu. Smith’s
headquarters were i t Shreveport, from which
point he has easy water communication with
the Mississippi, to a point near Vicksburg,
by the Red, Black aud Tensas rivers. His
troops are already at the posts selected "for
them in carrying out Geu. Smith’s great
plan, which is to cut off Gen. Grant’s sup
plies. To this end Gen* Walker’s division,
of Gen. Dick Taylor’s army was already at
Young’s Point with 7,000 men, and the ar
tillery necessary to command the liver as to
transports aud other wooden vessels.
Three thousand men, under Brig. Gen
Green, were on the peninsula opposite to
Port Hudson, and in a position, with the
aid of Gen. Gardner's batteries to complete
ly close the river to the enemy’s boats.
Marmaduke, of Gen. Price’s army, was
near Heleua, and Gen. Price, with 17,000
men, was on the march for that point, his
object being the same, to command the riv
er, and cut off Grant’s supplies. The great,
fall in the Mississippi river, twenty-eight
tcet below high water mark, afforded great
facilities to these operations. The narrow
ness of the stream forced passing vessels to
come within easy range of the shore batter
ies, while the river had sunk so low that
the attacking parties could not be reached
by the enemy’s gunboats.
The garrison of Fort Hudson and Vicks
burg both well provided and in fine spirits
—each uneasy about the fate of the other,
but entirely confident iu their own situation.
They have abundant supplies. News has
been received Lout Vicksksburg up to Sat
urday night. Grant’s army is undoubtedly
suffering for want of water, and suffering
more from being obliged to drink the water
of the Rig Black, which is very unwhole
some. As our informent says, Geu. John
ston is iu no hurry to move, for this, among
other reasons, that he does not like to inter
sere with the action of the waters. He is
in regular communication with the West
of the Mississippi, and all are working to a
common end—the starvation of the enemy,
the raising of the siege, aud the capture of
as many as possible when he begins to more
off.
Louisiana has been nbandoued by the
enemy, aud there arc d«j Y ankee troops ex
cept about Donaldsonvilln. Gen. Mouton
with 7,000 lucu is at Franklin, St. Mary’s
Parish. In their retreat the Y ankees car
ried off mules and destroyed many wagons.
But most of the negroes have been recap
tured and are being sent back totbeirowners.
The lied River is free of Y’ankee vessels
Communication between the east and west
banks ol the Mississippi at Natchez arid
many other places was constant and uninter
rupted. The enemy’s gunboats are power
less to prevent it, lYu tbousaud head of
cattle were on their way to this side and
have probably passed by this time.
The Crescent regiment and the 18th
Louisiana, both of which were formerly sta
tioned near Mobile, are at Bayou Lamourie,
sixteen miles below Alexandria
Geu. Magruder has his eyes fixed on
HII( j j g co operating with his fel
low-soidiera nearer the scene of action.
Jhe foregoing fact may nei. v.wa
for their general accuracy ; and they put a
new lace on the great campaign in the Valley.
Attempt to Kill Gen. Forrest. —YVe
learn that several days since, supposed to be
on Friday last, Lieut. Gould, of Capt. Mor
gan’s battery, uttackcd General Forrest, at
Bethesda Church, between Columbia aud
Franklin, snapping a revolver at him, the
cap failing to explode. Forrest closed upon
him with a knife, cutting him, where, or
whether or nc t severely, we are not apprised.
Gould then fired his revolver, shooting For
rest in one of the hips, the ball striking the
bone. It was afterwards extracted. We
understand that Gen. Forrest wrote to his
wile, iu the vicinity of this city, that he ex
pected to be in his saddle in ten days—
which we very much doubt. YVe are not
! informed as to the cause of Gould’s assault.
I -"ttuhtn'flU Confederate:
Tiift dtljffeoAf* roi» ths Eiijfeßon oi
UfiJNA—Abeihgt' of fhe*<s tfunboato was
Sfilfffd through the Custom by Mess
fjiMlteM, ori tto.
| CißTsii) y&jjmij rdf HnUo
i h-ORjfc vto Falmouth, Th*
I other olio and poiaer of tfio Bffiperop's fleet
| from Birkenhead, loft oh thd lUh ult. . ar*
** Bijttiotiih on the Utli td ship her
Evidently ?h<» bag no* b*»r-» sweats*
i livJLff! *5 Gic has HtawA
i fluff ft
Tlm? Execution of two tonlciln
ale
The Nashville papers contain the full par
ticulars of the execution of Col. Lawrence
O. Williams ai:d his Adjutant, Lieut. Wal
ter G. Peter, who were hung as Confederate
spies at Franklin, Teuu., on the, 10th insfc.
According to the report, it appears that
W illiams and Peters had entered their
lines, and had been inspecting their cavalry
and fortifications. About sundown on the
evening of the Bth they boldly rode into
Franklin, aud presented themselves at the
headquarters of Col. Baird, of the 85th In
diana, who is in command of that Post
Williams assumed to be Col. Austin, and
Peter, Major Dunlay, Inspector General of
tlic l nited States Army. 4 hey were dress
ed in Fulcra! uniform pants, with citizens’
oeivroats, and wore white llauuel have lucks
over their caps. They represented they
were on au expedition inspecting the out
pest* and defences, ami they exhibited offi
cial papers from the War Department at
V a&hington, and Tlosencranr:, confirming
their ranks and businesses. They stated
on the. day drevious they had been over
hauled by the enemy and lost, their coats
and purses, and asked Col. Baird for the
loan of fifty dollars until they could reach
Nftshvillp, where they said they were going.
Col. Baird at once complied and took Wil
liams note for the amount.
But a short time after they had ridden
off, Baird suddenly suspected them, and or
dered Watkins, with an orderty, to overtake
them at once, which lie did, before they hud
proceededa third of a mile trum town. After
some remonstrance on account of the late
ness of the hour, they connected to re
turn, Williams, at the time ho “was halt
ed, had his hand on his pistol, with the in
trutiun of killing Watkins and making hia
escape ; but ho suddenly recognized iu Wat
kins an old friend, with whom he had serv
ed iu the U. S. Dragoons, This changed
his purpose, but fixed his own fate.
They were both brought back, and put
under arrest. Rosencraus was telegraphed,
who replied that he knew nothimj of such
men . They were then both searched, and
on drawing the sword of Peter from the
scabbard, there were found etched upon it,
“Lieut. W. G. Peter, C. S. A.” Upon this
discovery Baird remarked “Gentlemen, yea
have played this d—d well.” “Yes,” said
Peter, “and it came near being a successs.”
Upon this they confessed the whole matter.
Rosenerans was again telegraphed, who
ordered them to be tried by a drum head :
court martial, and if found guilty, to hang i
them immediately. There was no delay, j
and both were hung to a wild cherry tree
the next morning at half past nine 1
Col. Williams was bora in Virginia, and
was about 30 years of age. He was a sou
of Capt. Williams of the Engineer corps,
who fell at Monterey, Mexico, aud was a
cousin of General Robert E. Lee. His
brother is a graduate of West Point, and is
now in the Abolition army, on the staff of
McClellan. Col. Williams had received a
citizen’s appoint in the V. S. Army, aud o
the breaking out of the revolution was the
private Secretary of Gen. Scott, being on his
staff. He ouce resigned, but being privy to
Scott’s plans for the campaign, he was sent
to. Governor’s Island, where he remained
three months, and afterwards came South
and joined the Confederate army, tie serv
ed for a time in Virginia with Geu. Lee,
and afterwards on the staff of Gen. Polk at
Belmont.
While at Columbus, Ky., he ran a senti
nel through the body with his sword, be
cause the soldier refused to salute him, kill
ing him instantly. In the Kentucky cam
paign he was put in command of General
Bragg’s escort, and at the time of his cap
ture bo was serving with General Wheeler
as Inspector General of cavalry.
Europe and Our Struggle.
The Loudon Times publishes a letter da
ted Richmond, March 23d, in which the
following paragraph occurs :
“There is a seriousness aud earnestness,
as we tremble upon the brink of what prom
ises to be the bloodiest campaign of the
bloodiest war of modern history, which is
generally noticeable, and which I have never
before observed. Let no one suppose that
they betoken want of confidence. The sub
jugation of tho South was never a probabili
ty ; it has been manifested by twenty-three
months of bitterest strife to be the wildest
of chimeras. But it is felt, when, in spite
of the hecatombs of the dead who have fal
len, there is a cry for rivers of fresh blood
—when throughout the length and breadth
of the land there is scarcely a house where
there is not one dead—when valuable lives
which never can be replaced have fallen in
every hamlet, city and State—when not on
ly men like Major Pelham, but also mature
men learned and studious, such as Prose.-
sor Coleman (the Hr. Arnold, a» u c «v.
puted, of this continent), have yielded their
lives by hundreds—it is felt that this is no
moment for thoughtlessness and levity.—
Another thought is continually finding ex
pression—it is that the two sections do not
fight on level ground. The North is flood
ing her armies with recruits who are three
fourths of them foreigners, many of them
taken from the emigrant ships at Castle
Garden ; the South is sending into the field
the very life blood of her body politic. Tt
may be that the civilized powers of Europe,
standing as they do upon a higher level
than it is possible that can occupy, may see
no hope of successful moral interference.—
But if they could only witness the misery
which is from every aero of this once favor
ed continent crying aloud to Heaven, it could
scarcely be but that they would risk some
chaneo of failure rather than permit human
ity to bo outraged by a continuance of stleh
excess of anguish &s has visited no nation
sinflfl lli? ttwoid first leaped from its Gab
bard ftttd the numitn heart was first Sown
j with Ilit* hitler ,-eed sis vlndtofivsne** ??i;d
N* x£
“-■?
G,y£,LAiciy 0? Q’Hsii --
Kirby Smith’s Te*aa troop*, under Geu.
W&lker, dashed I} poo the enemy’s wagon
train opposite Vicksburg* last Mondays
aud eapiMfri* ihred hundred h wßfc
li&ir iiiTi saw
From the Richmond Dispatch, June U*th.
The Virtur) at WiiuheMer-t'oimne of
Jiartinftbii rg.
There is little ih-wh in addition to that already
given with reference to the decisive victory of the
Confederate forces at Winchester on Sunday last.
The only uews we have received is from parties
who have left the Valley since the surrender of
Winchester by the Federal force.*, and the reports
they bring arc of the most cheering character ; but
a* to details, and the plan of battle, we are yet in
iguoreuce, and are perha(u destined to remain so,
unless someone connected with the army shall
fell sufficient interest in the important movements
in the Valley to furnish os. with a connected ac
count.
The accounts Mate that on Friday morning Gen.
Ewell, much to the surprise of the enemy, reached
From Royal, Warren county, eighteen miles from
V inchester, and at ouee pushing on to the latter
place, encountered a force ol the enemy when
withiit some ten miles of ihc town, with which
skirmishing immediately con mjnced, the enemy
retiring aud the skirmishing continuing, our for
cer-. being in pursuit..
the morning of Saturday our army renewed
the advance, the cucmy contesting • the ground
with some stubbornness, but were compelled to
continue their retreat. About noou of that day
our lotces reached the confines of the town, when
a flag of truce was sent in demanding k surrender
of the place. The officer commanding replied
that he would abide the issue ol battle, aud if at
tacked would burn t!.~ town : to w hich Gen. Ewell
answered, if any house was burned other titan
those tired by the bombardment, the black flag
would be hoisted aud no quarter given. The as
sault upon the enemy’s entrenchments was then
couimcncecd, and continued until, dark. At an
early hour on Sunday morning the attack was re
newed aud continued through the day, the can
nonading mo- 1 of the time being vet.v severe. —
On Monday morning, tally, the garrison capitula
ted, and our army took possession of the town, us
well us the works from which the enemy had been
dislodged.
With reference o» the escape ol Milory there is
yet no certainty. One report nays that he was
overtaken by our cavalry near the. Potomac and
capita ed, whilst another, quite as reliable, states
that he passed through Charlestown, with Ida ns
coil, early on Sunday morning. The latter report,
we judge, is much more pUu-ible than the other,
as it is not. at all likely that he would allow him
self to be overtaken alter having once penetrated
our lines. If he passed through Charlestown, as
alleged, it is probable he went out fyom Winches
ter on the Martinsburg road as far as Hunker Ilill,
and theuce through Smithfield and Charlestown to
Harper's Ferry.
A gentleman who came down from the Valley
by the Central train, last evening, gives the fol
lowing estimate of our captures :
Prisoners, from 6,000 to 7,000
Horses..... 2,800
Wagons 400 to 500
Stores sl, 500,000 to $2, 000,000
Lieutenant Charles Norvell, (of Lynchburg,) of
the Fourteenth Virginia regiment, was seriously
wounded near Port Royal. He was in command
of Capt. Pack's company, who was absent, and in
conjunction with one other company of his re»i
rneqt, the whole numbering about 80 men, were
pursuing a body of the retreating enemv, when
they were led into an ambuscade of a battery of
at tiller j masked, and fort y ot them killed or
wounded, among them Lieut. Norveil.
As to the movements of our army, after the
capture of Winchester, we have rumors in abun
dance, but think it n°elos to give them in their
confused form. YVs* may state, however, that
there is little doubt, that our forces are to-day
treading the soil ot Maryland, with a strong pro
bability that, our cavalry nt least have crossed Ma
son’s and Dixon's line, and are now foraging cn
the Dutch farmers in the Cumberland Valley, in
Pennsylvania. From the Potomac river at Williams*
poi., via Hagerstown, to the Pennsylvania line,
the distance is not over fifteen miles, and the coun
try is rich and productive—just such indeed as to
invite the attention of a cavalry force at this season
of the year.
.STILL LAT Kit.
At the War Department last night the following
dispatch was received from Gen. Lee. Martins-,
burg is situated on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, w hich of course is torn up.
CruqiPKß C. JL, .Tune 18th, 180S.
Gen. 8. Cooper , A <(• /. Gen'/ •
General: On the afternoon of the 1-Hh, Gen.
Rhodes took possession of Martinsburg, capturing
several pieces ot aitillery, more than two bundled
prisoners, a supply ol ammunition and grain.
Our loss, one killed and two wounded.
[Signed,] It. K. Lice, General.
J lie talc Cuvalry Victory,
J)r. Elieou, the Surgeon-in Chief of Stuart’s
Cavalry, reports, from official returns, the follow
ing casualties in the late engagement in Culpepper :
killed, 50 ; wounded, *280; .Missing, 153. Total,
<t So. .
On the other hand, over four hundred prisoners
captured by us have been received in this city.—
As to their own losses in oilier ways, we can
only infer them trorn such expressions as these,
in their accounts of the battle : “The 6th Fa.
lost heavily, Col. Wyndham’s brigade eurtetT se
verely ; the brigade of regulars lost in kilied aud
wounded twenty one out of ninety officers present
Gen. Buford’s whole force was much cut up, A.,
Ou the 10th, a train is mentioned as arriving at
Alexandria with 170 wounded, and on the night
of the same day, another arrival of “about 70, fif
teen of them rebels,’’ is mentioned.
Fro id* data such as these there is no difficulty
iu determining that the Yankee loss very largely
exceeded ours. When, iu addition, it is remem
bered that we drove them back across the river,
the man must be hard to satisfy who does not ac
cept the day’s work as a victory.
If, as is said, our men were surprised, it may
result that such a lesson, just on the eve of setting
out on such an enterprise as we believe our forces
are now engaged iu, was not without its use. We
shall be surprised if the the gallant Stuart does
not, before many days, make the enemy repent
sorely the temerity that led them to undertake so
bold and insulting a feat — Rich. Wh-i#
x corresDonHar.* ~ f KichinoDd Enquirer
dated, Fredericksburg June loth says;
The enemy have evacuated the Stafford heights,
aud are falling back iu the direction of Manassas.
The depots have beeu burned, and the cavalry
picket withered from opposite Fredericksburg at,
daylight this morning. The infantry pickets with
drew at 10 o'clock last night. Small squads of
our men have crossed this morning, and some four
or live stragglers have been picked up, and some
thirty wounded were left at the resident of Wni.
Pollock, just below town by the enemy, these, ot
course, have fallen into our hands.
itiseaidthe railroad bridges have not been
burned at Accokeek and Potomac Creek, but this
I think, a mistake.
The Yankee bands played a farewell yesterday
evening, and the balloons went up for' the last
time on the Stafford hills.
i rivate Henry Crotji, SOth irginia regiment,
0:\ furlough at home, has just returned front across
the river, bringing two Yankee prisoners belong
ing to the 2Sih Massachusetts, and was returned
hi search of others.
*ki mi tailing on (he Black water.
The Federal*, semal ihousahd strong,
#iUi **vatry, Rttillcry, and infants, at*
in fa rep a pMsaeo tbe ftlack*
ii litlfllfjiler Bridge,
'iff HjnifiUy flight Iwfiij Ifaf repp}:
s.-.i. hv t *#i \is tj'fSy * h.HVy
lU'*‘ op 0 *?
b»o?it ov mere cf rlsca, keeping'up a severe
lira for two hours, at short raugd, The)'
were again rapulsed’ The Confederate com*
n»»n4fag offienr did »0t u** his artillery at
£*}* kt)fc nifty tihg fftgfe ib ik<* iri&a ' A
Wfwy. §f tjfa lM»rttjr krr# fc.MiSd Hi
m *• m mi
From the Savannah News, Junt* 17th.
Destrurtiou of Darien.
Our readers have been informed that the city
of Darien, one of the oldest towns in the Slate, the
New In vet ness of Oglethorpe’s time has been to
tally destroyed by Yankee negro forces. A citizen
of Darien writing from “Dunwoody’s Plantation
near where Datien once stood,” under date of
June 12th says :
“What has so long threatened has at length
come to pass. Darien is now one plain of ashes
and blackened chimneys. The accursed Yankee
negro vandals came up yesterday with three gun
boats and two transports and laid the city in tuins.
There are about three small houses left in the
place, flic Methodist church was set on fire but
it did not burn. All the other churches, the mar
ket house, court house, jail, and clerk's office, are
all gone. The viiiiitns broke open all the houses
and stoics and too what they wanted, and then
poured stints of turpentine over the tioors and
applied the torch. It is a sad sight to see the
smoking ruins now. The wretches shot, the milch
cows and calves down in the streets, took some
l>f them on board their vessels and left the rest
lyiug in the streets, where they still lie.
They carried oil every negro that was iu the
place, except one old African woman, named Nan
cy. who to! J them she was from Africa, and that
she would not go again ou the big water. After
destroying the town, on their way to Dobov they
burnt Mr. Morris’ plantation buildings. For my
self I leel this calamity severely. You know I have
lost heavily since the war commenced, but 1 h«.J
stiil a good home left. This is now also goue. —
The value in money I would not have thought so
much of, as I am getting used to it; but there is
something in the word home that puts money
out ot the question. One ot the boats started to
come up Gat head creek to this place, but the sneak
ing rascals changed their minds, aud contented
themselves with sending us a few compliments in
shape of shells. The town destroyed by a negro
regiment, otiicerd by white men—the 54th Massa
chusetts Volunteers, Col. Shaw.
f'be destruction ot Darien was a cowardly, wan
tou outrage, tor which the \ ankee vandals have
not even tiie excuse of love of plunder. The town
had for a lougltime been nearly deserted, aud there
was nothing ieft in the place to excite even Yan
kee cupidity. It afforded a safe opportunity to
inflict injury upon unarmed and defenceless private
citizens, and it is in such enterprises that Yankee
uegto valor displays itself.
To the above, a correspondent of the Savannah
Republican adds :
And now, Mr. Editor, the question may he asked
where was the Guard* For information I must
state that their headquarters is at South New Port
with pickets sent out at various points. In reply
to my inquiry, “where Was the Darien pickets,”
I was answered “back iu the woods;’, and thus
they viere left to commit their damnable deeds. —
i hey same up the river aud landed their troops be
tween 11 and 12 o'clock a. m., and re-embarked
between four and five o’clock p. rn,, while a cour- j
ier conveying the news to headquarters passed
Reynold’s Chapel, at about five o’clock p. m. dis- j
tance, from Darien, thirteen miles, time six hours ! !
The distance, however, was so far to headquarters i
that, ieinioieements could have hardly arrived in ;
time to save the town.
Os the amount of property destroyed and car
ried oil, I have heard it estimated at from $500,-
000 to 4-600,000. It uiav, or it may not, be an
over-estimate
Confederate Sleaner Atlanta taptnrsd.
Our community was startled yesterday morning
by the report, brought to the city by coutieis from
1 hQrulei bolt, that the iron-clad steamer Atlanta
had been captured by the enemy iu Warsaw Sound.
At first the report was not generally credited, but
but on inquiry in official quarters it was ascertain
ed to be true. Our reporter has only beeu able
to gather the following particulars of the action
jor our evening edition. We hope in the course
of the day to obtain fuller informations in regaid
to this mollifying and dssasterous affair.
The Confederate steamer Atlanta, Captain Webb
attacked the enemy at t 55 on Wednesday morn
ing, in Warsaw Sound, engaging two iron-dad
Monitors. The Atlanta fired the first gun. One
wooden gunboat was in company with tie Yankee
Monitors at the commencement of the action.
She immediately got up her anchor and moved
out seaward. Four shots were fired by r.he Ata
lanta and five by the enemy. The Atlanta sur
rendered and both vessels ceased firing at 5 50.
At <V 80 the U. S. flag was hoisted ou the Atlanta.
Due shot was seen by the crew of the Isondiga,
which was in sight of the engagement, to strike
the Atlanta, us they think, iu Iter stern. One shell
buist on tue deck of the Atlanta for thirty minutes
after she had surrendered. She appeared to caf
ceu over before the steamer Isondiga left her.
it is repotted the Atlanta got ashote several
times, aud that she was ashore when she surren
dered in consequence of her crow refusing to con
tinue the light. We hope that this latter state
ment id untrue.
It is staled that those who saw the engagement,
say that the enemy’s gunboats kept dose on shore,
where the water was shallow that the Atlanta,
whose draft is some til teen foe?, could not approach
them.
• The pilots on board the Atlanta were Thomas
Hernandez, -James Fleetwood, and Mr. Augutsin.-
Shc bad a crew ol one hundred and twenty-five
men. We understand that the Atlanta leaked at
the rate ol six inches an nour on Tuesday evening.
It was half tide when the attack was made. It is
supposed that the shot which struch her in the
stern must have dam aged her seriously.— Sav.
XciHH.
The Savannah Republican closes its account ot
this affair as follows.
The officers of the 0. 8. steamer Isondiga—who
were in sight and witnessed the entire engagement
and surrender, state that the Atlanta appeared to
be aground several times during the action. They
think she was clearly so when the filing ceased,
and perhaps bilged, as her pumps were actively
at work and she appeared soon after the surrender
to be careening.
Bome suspicions exist as to the fidpber me
crew, and it is even rumnnoU *nat diabolical threats
were iittorcJ Dy a portion of them previous to the
departure ot the vessel, but we doubt if this is true
at all events we shall do them justice ot writing
them down as loyal and true until the contrary
shall have been proved. Such we are informed,
is the opinion of all the naval officers in port.—
We hear that Capt. Webb addressed his men be
fore going into action, and they responded with
the greatest enthaiasm, going to their quarters
with alacrity and in the best of spirits.
The real cause of the disaster was, probably the
inefficiency of the Atlanta, owing to her heavy
draft, to cope successfully with the foe in our shal
low waters. She was distrusted by most of our
naval officers on this account and the weakness of
her hull, compared to the immenee superincumbent
weight of iron. In deep water she is a far better
craft than any iron.clad put in commission by the
enemy, though, from the difficulty suggested* they
will find it trouble to use her against us. She
draws over fiften feet of water, and incurs immi
nent risks in going aground.
The Savannah News of Tuesday says : “So far
as we can aseertaiu, nothing positive has beeu
, learned of the condition of the Atlanta after the
fight, whether she is sunk or afio.it in the hands
of the enemy.” The News is disposed to believe
that she was betrayed into the hands of the ene
my by a portion of her erewh
tar The Hartford 6oikft«liedi Tim#* threnlri#*
the ioliOtrieg •
•f is said that hpoh * t-areas. *f tit* Cfchfcitf;
to M
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j m bis ipidUr* tf*s seen to bofar* th« tlsfi 1
i erftt ilia fat! at thi disshttfgi, fsistorj hh* put
1 >«»» instances of a devotion like this, Shring this
| melancholy war a similar ease it known to have
occurred, In the voluntary death of a young roan
I»n 'WriMurij who faak the otaee *\ who
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Southern mutual Insurance <
This company held its Fifteenth Annul'v
on the 2d inst. The receipts of the vet.-
May 1, 1863, were-
For premiums and poliev fees.. * v
“ interest on bonds, stocks Ac ?
* "‘ ’ Iy,i 4 3 1 , r ,
£ >G.j A r <{
The disbursements were—
For losses paid
“ Expenses, salaries, commissions,Ac.’;,] : ~
“ Scrip for dividends paid off... ...
$175,361 q
The means of ihe company are found in p
lowing list of investments :
Memphis A Charleston R. R. bouds...
Pensacola & Georgia do
Macon A Brunswick do
Montgomery A West Point do ... .34 , .
Alabama A Florida do
Southern Miss.) • do
i Mississippi Central do . ...Hmm,.,
Mississippi A Tennessee do ... .Dm ,
Mobile A Ohio do .... <• <h , ,
E. Tennessee A Georgia do .... ft op,, ,
Nashville & Chattanooga do . . .;,ni
Davidson co. (Tenn.) bonds
Clarke county (Ga.) bonds.- 1 , ,
Citv of Savannah bonds o u. •
j Bonds of Confederate States 401,
j Confederate Treasury Notes,*7.3o 3n,
j Promissory notes of individuals , p f,;
Ga. R. R. stock, 100 shares In,tit ,
South Western R. R. stock, 200 shares 2i»,
Heal Estate, (Company’s Office! , ,
Cash in Treasury 4c &txi ,
j Cash in hands of Agents i>
$34u,53l i-j
A dividend of FIFTY per cent, has been
dared upon the premiums received for 010 >.
policies. This dividend amounts to over T.
Thousand Dollars , which sum our members h
saved in one year.
All the scrip for dividends heretofore i.=-tud :
the company is now' payable; and holder a
earnestly requested to present it at the office
the nearest Agent, without delay.
ALBON CHASE, Sec’v.
Athens, June 10? h, 1863.
Correspondence of the >. Y. Time
A CERRO GORDO* CHARGE.
One of the most brilliant and daring opemn -
of this fight or any other, was performed by b
Hovey at the fcu ad of several of his regimen.- {\*
had met with varied success all the morning, >0 .
times gaining a little, and again being driven. TL
heights were steep, the enetfiy numerous, 1
position almost inaccessible and protect by tin.
while from every crest on the heights rained . .
ticanes of death upon his thirsty, wearied culnta
Finally, about, noon, he arranged a atortni;
party, aud, heading them in person, moved direc
iy tp a gorge iu the hills, every inch of which v.,.
swept by the musketry and artillery of the en
Two four and one six gun battery command t
the gorge, aud on both sides ot it were in , --* i
heavy supports of infantry. Ou went the stone
party, and in twenty minutes the gallant remnant
of those who started were hurrahing over and
possesion of all the guns, the eiest of the hill a;
the total route of the infantry, In this charge
the 24th lowa—a regiment made up largely ot
clergymen, and lienee known ns the “preacher -
regiment”—was foremost, and w'as nearly auuih.
Lated No more gallant thing ha.- been done in
the history of gallant efforts. Hovey, by this, has
proved himself a hero of the first order.
The rebels who, on this occasion were cc.i u
manded by Gen. Pemberton in person, sou.;
with the nu« a t reckless gallantry. They vt ,
mainly composed of Georgians, and were it
that their efforts were expended iu the can-* ,
treason, Georgia w ould have reason to reiuem! -
with lasting pride the day upon wbit-K hr•
fought and died on Champion Hill. Due et
regiment posted in support of a series of bet- .
on the crest, refused to retreat when Hovev c.r.,-
apon them, and were to a man killed, wounded of
captured. Five sixths of the regiment were hi .
where they stood, refusing the boon of life at tiie
expense of being taken prisoners.
Many of our wounded were left on the field
til after dark, particularly those who were hin
close to the rebel woiks. About midnight :
enemy called out to the skirmishers not to the t n
them, as they were about to catrv in some of cm;:
wounded. At the same time they built a fire
the parapet of their w orks, stuck up a small wi •
Hug by it, and then called out to our men to cow"
aud carry off' the wounded, as they would no. t •
disturbed. This was done by the aiubt 1
corps; guided by the fire, they went all over 1 ■
ground covered by the fight, in the ditches, C : .-
the works, and before morning had secured evoy
wounded man left upon the field.
The Prksidential Election oi 1564. —T!
New York Herald has a strong ed;.’■ iii on the
Fresidental election of 1804, in which it sty
will be the most important since Washington
first election. The canvass will be one of inteii- !
excitement and bitterness with great damage ol j
leading to bloodshed and revolution vu the North.
The politicians aie increasing rather than a'k\uig
the animosity between factions and parlies. Thu
radicals are endeavoring, with all their powr ’u
force their rabid and revolutionary views upon >
connected with the Government. They eauv. l
Vailandigham’s arrest. A State Convention is to i
be held at Utica on the 27th, when there w,:.
a grand explosion of tongue patriotism—au op*
iug day of the Presidential campaign for -i
for the nigger beads.
The Copperheads are fully as revolutionary -•
the other side. Already affairs have reached •
alarming attitude, before the campaign is iea*y
opened to the public, u r its course fully dvur:
ed. Fortunately, other elements are at work wi
may prevent the Chases or VolUndighams In
controlling matters. Another programme coo-eo*
plate 9 Lincoln for a renominatiun and election
a pnmpromise Candida to if he consents lie *.-•
not let Be ward and Chase use the patronage -
their departments lor their own political advau
ment. The probabilities are that a grand i -*
meeting and popular demonstration will be b I
Washington about the 4th of July, at which L.
colu will preside, and that will be the initic iou *
the important movement. The contest will the.
assume a different shape from the present;
whether it will be be any the less bitter or rev** u
tionary the rapid transpiring events aiono can de
termine. Let us, with patience wait and Hope ('•
the best for our ever glorious country.
A receipt tor Soldiers.
Beat Elder leaves into a green poultice, ar. ■ '>
it on the outside ol the dressing. To ex' *’
sects after they have got into the flesh, put a P
tiee, ol it on the wound or sore. When *
into a strong tea, it is a good wash for ;i 1 :
to kill vermin instantaneouslv, and very
bathe in. It will kill them w herever it
them if strong enough, and can be u-e i "
any injury to the human system whatever. ‘ - L
when washed in the tea, will be thoroughiy c il? -
ed from vermin.
Another Cask or Hadkas Cqrpcs.— V.e b. • ‘
the Greensburough Patriot a decision ol 1
Juatice Pearson on a third case of
The applicant in this case was one N;c:
Guilford eouniy, a skillful miller and mill
aged Who had been «iirolled :i '*i
Script aud ordertd into lerviu® in
kl* sppUaatlon for *stfinptloa I.U ftmu y **.,
fefoied b» IfiH dHtaftiOOdstit t'>; 7 * r ( s
iiiif And 1 ,
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kir t kit}
IMI| appijod 14 both 94nsiHptie3 : ,
man “actually employed at hia tfad? ; .
means at the titfsc of the passage tu * u
it being shown that Nicholson wa« so a N u T‘' ffi
ployed ii th# time of hi* heiiig' ***“ fr ' 1 . "
i*rvis#i f he i* so ‘ V ; , h*
it,nit uto tilt «i, *