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80. J. KNOWLES andHE HOSE,
i^M»iiiil| lT^ K Hiifi«n | l>HOi || K | lK |i i! ,i,|,
ks’ Ibimj. tec’** Army.
The array of Geo. Lee is still on its march
Northward, and thus far has met with no
opposition. A gentleman who left Charles
town, Jefferson county, on Thursday last,
informes us that the last of our forces, the
division of Gen. Tender passed through
Southfield, in that county, on Wednesday,
en route for the Potomac. This point is
about 19 miles from the river.
The advance of our army, consisting of
Gen. Rodes’s division, was known to he in
Chambers burg when our iniormant left the
\ My, whilst other divisions were encamped
between that toivu anu Green castle. This
gentleman tarnks that the whole of our ar
i was. beyond the T< .oinae on Thursday,
With the cxcepM iof ‘he cavalry, which
h- vr been so bravely cuUL..iuing with the
enemy’s forces Last of the Glue Ridge,
■dclors crossing the Potomac an order
was issued by Gen. Lee that no private
property should be touched. Citizens of
Maryland were informed that such supplies
as the army needed would he procured in
the country, and paid for in Confederate
money, at the prices prevailing before our
the entrance of our troops into the State.—
li they failed to bring in such supplies they
would be seized, under authority, aud any
article necessary for ihe support of the ar
my, if concealed, would be confiscated, if
discovered. Those who declined receiving
Confederate money would be given receipts
lor all produce furnished. Under this order
the army was being bountifully supplied at
very moderate prices. Hour was bringing
$5 per barrel, bacon 8 and 10 cents per
pound, and other articles in proportion.—
In the Valley of Viiginia no flour was being
purchased for the army, all the supplies
being secured north of the Potomac.
The cavalry raids of Gen. Jenkins into
Pennsylvania had beeu crowned with great
success. On his first raid he went over in
to Fulton county, where he secured over a
thousand horses and a large number of cat
tle and sheep. It is said that a drove of the
latter, nearly four miles in length, passed
through the upper part of Jefferson county,
on their way up the Valley, in the early
part of last week. The number of cattle
was estimated from three to five tbouand
and the number of sheep at about six thous
and. Besides these, another lot of horses,
numbering 1,200 or 1,300, were sent, in by
Gen. Jenkins, the result ot his second raid
among the rich farmers of the Cumberland
an l Core valleys in Pennsylvania. From
these facts some idea may b formed of the
value of invasion to the Confederacy.
Our troops were in fin* spirits, and re
joicing at the improvements in their com
missariat They boasted of receiving all
the delicacies they desired, and were par
ticularly gratified at the rich supplies of ap
ple butter with which the country people
were furnishing them.
In every town captured by our troops be
yond the Potomac, an order was issued for
the opening of the stores, and the boots and
ghoes on hand were turned over to the Quar
termaster’s Department. Other articles were
sold to those who needed them at old prices
payable in Confederate currency.
The enemy still occupy the Maryland:
Heights, opposite Harper’s Ferry. Their
force on these bills is estimated at about
5,01)0. None oi our Loops have crossed
the river below this point.— Richmond. Dis
patch.
Fi’oiii £rU*sa. lEimAs A rssiy.
A letter in ? ■ ivicoinouu , dated
2a. t 'V in cues ter, \ a., J.. nc _ i lu, savs t
Our army certainly is all over the Puto-j
Bits, ' i-d General ,ace w’ certainly at lia
i Cln ' ! : -;g, Pa.,
has been <heid by Gen. Uhudes for some
ttsL uUjt. Ihe militia there threw away
their anus and fi and upon the first approach
of our cavalry. 8-me ten thousand stand
ol’ suir-11 arms were captured there, with a
"gen mber ol fat cattle, also a considcra
namber of slock cattle have been driv
.rough here for pasture up the Valley.
Hondo also saw in one drove one hundred hur
.i.&^tfp,iken from the Cumberland Valley.—
4i& ilone liii J
wo or three hundred negroes were
; n and le r Chambersburg. From
] have returned from that place,
Sclat the people there are very bit
at us, especially the women, who
Friday aft' express the wish that not a soldier
live to recross the river.
Morid? e * iave ie re P orfc this morning (which
os so direct that iu ordinary times no
»o would question it) that General Ewell
ertainly holds Harrisburg,the panic stricken
militia having fled at the first sound of the
shrieking shell as it burst over them. The
statement of the officer, who professes to be
direct from there, is that the people are very
submissive, as many as three thousand Lav
ing come forward aud asked to be paroled,
pledging themselves to give no information
that might endanger our command. In
Hagerstown, Maryland, and, in fact, at all
points over the river, Confederate money is
taken a 50 per cent discount. Large
amounts of goods have beeu brought over
by the citizens and others.
Gen. McClellan is said to be in command
of’ the Pennsylvania militia. Frederick
City is said to be held by Capt. Harry Gill
inan and the cavalry under his command.—
The Maryland Heights above Harper’s Fer
ry are said to be held by about live thous
and Yankees. We know not whether they
will be molested or not but should it be
Hue that Gen. Lee, with such an army as
he has, should penetrate to the very heart
of Pennsylvania, all south of that line wiii
very soon be given up.
About ten thousand Yankees are intrench
ing themselves at Leesburg, whilst Hooker
is said to have crossed over into Maryland,
s*t Edwards’ Ferry. No engagement between
infantry has taken place at any point be
tween Hooker and Leo’s armies. Major
Bridgeford, in command of the Irish Battal- f
igUf is in command of the post. What a
tfofclr %it between him, the courteous gentle*
add tie base, vulgar upstarts, who
|ft?9 W«& ruling as, ns will a rod of iron,
for so long a time. Maj. Bridgeford ia uni
versally commended for the wisdom of bis
administration of affairs.
We are glad to know that all of the books
belonging to the Yankee Provost were cap
tured and arc now iu the hands of General
Lee. They, we think will exhibit the fact
that but very few of the citizens took “the
oath.”
!l roiii Gen. .foilnstotT* lleadijuar*
MittS.
We were favored yesterday evening with ;
a special interview from a highly intelligent !
and reliable gentleman, who came directly |
from the Headquarters of General Joseph
E. JohDstou. His character, however, will
be best inferred when we announce him to
be no less a personage than the confidential
agent of the General, and at present en
rout to llichiuoud with important dispatches
for the War Department.. His position, it
will readily be observed, is one requiring
<he observance of much reticence ou bis
part, but lit; nevertheless gave us much ra
. tormatiou, a portion of which wc shall lay
before our readers. The armies of Kirby
Smith, Taylor and Price, now under com
plete control of the wary ebieftaiu, arc each
iu position for moving at a moment’s warn
ing towards the common centre—-Vicksburg
—and will be most likely to afford an early
relief to its heroic garrisou by the total an
inhibition of Grant’s army-—a con summation
uot in the least improbable. The General’s
headquarters iu the day time are at Jack j
ftOU, in the night at Cautou. lie suffers !
for the want of provision transportation
facilities or arwv stores ; but on the contra
trary commands the amplest abundance of
each. Hundreds of mules aud horses are
standing idle in the department awaiting the
corn maud of “Artillery to the Front ’ There
is no longer a doubt that all’s ready for a
forward movement. A number of facte are ,
iu our poseaaion which, were it prudent to i
announce here, would convince the most ;
skeptical that the hour of action is at hand j
—aye striking, at the moment the eye is
glancing over this article, aud the fearful j
tire from the rear about to open upon the
weary, wasted forces of Grant.— Relma I)is- j
patch 28t/t.
When Gen. Jackson was wouuded
his cap aud gloves which he wore were left
on the field where his injuries were firstexam
iued. They were there found by a soldier
of company G, 38th North Carolina regi
ment, Pender’s brigade. His name is Wm. 1
1). H. Covington, and he is now in Chim
borazo Hospital. Mr. Covington carefully j
preserved the interesting articles,and though ;
offered large sums for them by those who
wished to possess these mementoes of our '
great General, he was fixed in his purpose, 1
of delivering them to his family. Through j
the aid of his Surgeon, Dr. Bowen, he has ■
found the opportunity of sending the gloves.
The cap is with Gen. Pender.
We have seen the gloves. “T, J. Jack
son, Virginia.” is printed neatly on the
wrist of each. The course of the fatal ball
that, wounded the wearer is seen on both.
The right hand glove is cut. by the ball
just about the base of the thumb, but so
near the edge as apparently just to have
grazed the flesh. The left hand glove was
perforated, on the wrist, near the top of the
glove. The stain of the blood which flow
ed from the wound is still upon the glove.
The ball after entering the wrist ran up the
arm, rendering necessary its amputation
above the elbow.
Mr. Covington’ snice feellings and sense
of honor in reference to these relices are
much to be commended. Such a soldier
is worthy to have such a General as Jackson
was .—R irJim owl t in el.
The €Sicv<ii»eake ;uid Ohio Canal.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia In
quirer, writing from Frederick, Md., on the
3-Db, speaking ot the damage iloue by the
Confederate forces to the Chesapeake aud
Ohio Canal, says :
The acqueduet on the canal at Williams
port has been blown up, the locks destroyed,
and all the boats in the viciuity burned.-
The lock gates at Milltown Point were also
torn out, and six canal boats burned. At
Green Spring the embank incut was broken,
aud the water running out of the canal into
the fields. He corroborated the statement
of the other refugee that the canal was a
perfect wreck from Williamsport to Cum
berland, Md.
The rebels have burned about three hun
dred canal bouts on the Baltimore and
Ohio canal. They paroled the boatmeu •
and drivers not todivulg: any of their move
ments, aud then released them after taking
possession of the horses employed in towing
the boats. ~ i
DAMAGE TO TIIK BALTIMOHJE AND 01110
RAILROAD.
All the bridges on the railroad between
Occoquau aud Cumberland have beeu des
troyed, track torn up iu many places, and
water tanks burned aud demolished. At
the North Branch bridge, over the Potomac,
they fired seventeen shots from a 12 pound
er, before they could break the top cord, the
bridge being an iron one, and a very fine
structure. Only one spau of this bridge
was destroyed entirely.
The bridges over Black Creek, Sir John’s
Ruu and Grecu Spring Run, were all burn
ed, and the wtaer tauks at Green Spring
Run and Sir John’s Run were both burned.
The devastation has been exteusive aud
complete.
The same correspondent says :
He also saw droves of fat cattle driven
South through Martinsburg, and large numjj
bers of horses, the fruits of plunder in Wes
tern Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Gen. Bragg’s Whereabouts —From
the letter ot our Chattanooga correspondent,
it would appear that Gen. Bragg, with his
army lias arrived at Bridgeport, and that
he intends making the south bank of the
Tennessee his future line of defense. On
many accounts, this retrograde movement
is to be regreted, although it may be prompt
ed by military necessity. It again exposes
I all Middle Tennessee and North Alabama
to the raids and d«predations of the enemy,
aud there jau be litte doubt but that the en
tire substance of thoso sections will be en
tirely destroyed, and the inhabitant* pre*
Labiy reduced to poverty aud want,—i
Correspondence of the Columbus Enquirer.
A ItcTiyfole Account ol the l-'iglit
at Hoovcr’sChiii.
Tlllaiioma, Tenn , June 28, 1803.
Editor Enquirer: l am so fatigued from
the three days’ hard fightiug at Hoover’s
Gap, aud the subsequent retreat to this
place, that I do not. feel like giving your
readers as elaborate an account as 1 desire.
The enemy’s cavalry made a dash into
Hoover’s Gap ou Wednesday last, surpris
iug our videttes. A brigade of iofautry
followed immediately after them, and drew
up in line of battle iu the raouthof the gap.
Our brigade was ordered to meet them and
bar their further progress until reinforce
ments could bo sent forward. Our reed
! ment (Ist Georgia) was the first on the
field, aud immediately went to work endeav
i orirjg to dislodge the enemy. Gen. Bate,
: supposing that theeuemy was weak—noth
| iug nioic than a cavalry reconnoisance—
j aud could easily be driven back, ordered
j out Colonel (Rudler) to take his regiment
| and drive them from a copse of woods up
i mi our left, from which they were annoying
■ us. The order was given—we wheel to the
left, up hill and into the woods, driving
their sharpshooters before us. Upon ctnerg
■ mg fiom the opposite side of the woods, wo
tuuud au old fence, behind which we got,
and opened fire upon the retreating sharp
! shooters. Vv’c were congratulating our
| selves upon our position, when, to our dis
may, the enemy opened on us from the front
auu upon our right aud left flanks. For
the space of fifteen minutes the firing was
hot aud furious. Our men were falling
a ound me on every side. Our Color ser
geant, James M illis, of Capt. While's com
pany from Upeon county, fell mortally
wounded; another stepped into his place
and he uleo fell Our Colonel, preserving
the severe cross fire to which we were ex
posed, ordered us to fall back which wc did
in good order- In the meantime Gen. Bate
had ordered the 20th Tennessee, which
hud just arrived to charge their batteries.
They did so, but were severely punished.—
Caswell s battallion ol sharpshooters was up
on oui loft; though only 200 strong, yet
Gen. Bate ordered them to dislodge the
enemy that were posted in a dense wood
upon our left. They \**ut forward to their
work gallautLy aud fought desperately, but
were toned to fall back, with a loss of one
third ot their comniaud, Fortunately for
the brigade, Gen. Meward arrived upon the
field at this critical juucture and order was
restored. We fought them all that evening
until dark to much better advantage. The
Eufaula Artillery particularly distinguish
ed itself, and was complimented by Gen.
Seward on the field. That night we W3re
relieved by General Johnston’s brigade.
On Thursday morning Gens. Clayton and
Brown’s brigades arrived, and all our bat
teries opened upon the enemy’s lines, which
continued pretty much all day The infan
try did nothing but skirmish all day long.—
Thursday night came both armies occupied
their original positions.
On Friday morning the fight opened hot
and heavy by the respective batteries of
each party. The skirmishing was unusual
ly heavy. About 10 o’eik. a. m. the enemy
advanced with their whole line, and we com
menced falling back and have continued to
fall back uuGl we have reached this place.
Here Gen. Bragg is concentrating his force
and within the next ten days the great bat
tle if Middle Tennessee is to be fought.
Our casualties on Wednesday foot up as
follows : Ist Ga. Regiment, 12 killed, 44
wounded. 20 s h Tenn., 6 killed and 34
wounded. Caswell’s Battallion Sharpshoot
ers, 3 killed, 39 wounded aud 8 missing.—
Eufaula 1 Jght Artillery, 2 killed aud 8
wounded. Total killed, 23; wounded 125.
In Capt. Bradford's Company, commanded
by Lieut. Seliuell, there were no casualties.
Our Company (K) commanded by Lieut.
Alston, had two wouuded, to wit: Wm Ed
ward.-, severely iu the leg; Serg. G. A.
Peabody, slight wound, in the breast—the
ball struck a button on Lis coat aud glanced
producing sim dy a skin wound. Your cor
respondence escaped only by a hair’s bredih
—five men fell upon my tight, and left.—
The Columbus companies stood fire like old
veterans.
Your readers myst excuse this crude let
ter. We have beeu under arms fighting,
marching, and almost starving for five days,
and that too id the rain and mud knee deep.
J. T. G.
. ,
ibo writer ot the abuse may be correct Mth
•regard to bis details of the fighting, but certainly
is greatly at fault as to bis couclusions about draw
ing tbe enemy to Ecu. Bragg’s “ii.gbtiug lines,’’
which late events show, will be a wearisome jour
uey to fiud. Ecu. Koaenciautz is uot a swiue to
be lolled iuto the toils of Ecu. Bragg by any ruse
or stragetic retreat. The writer must be satisfied
by this time that Bragg lias abandoned all liis
“original lines of defence,” and that they are yet in
some uurevealed locality.
X Correct Account of (lie Lute I'ltjlit in
Teniie«t»ce.
Atlanta, June 29, 18f>3.
On the evening of the 24ib, a large force of the
enemy, consisting of infantry, artillery and 1500
cavalry, made a dash on Hoover’s Gap ar.d dis
perse*! the Ist Kentucky Cavalry, capturing some
prisoners. As no firing was heard, the alarm did
not reach Gen. Bates’ brigade until about three
o’clock, I\ M. The forces of our brigade were
immediately put in motion, consisting of the Ist
Georgia regiment, originally the 3d and 9th Bat
talions from Georgia; the 20th and 37th Tennes
see, 9th Alabama Battalion, and M?ijor Caswell’s
Battalion ofSharpshooters. The brigade marched
I towards ilie enemy, our pickets coming in collision
, with theirs at Beach Grove, about two miles from
j the Gap.
We drove them in, and pursuing them up a
j steep ascent, u large force of the enemy was re
vealed—about, two brigades—which were charged
iby the Ist Georgia regiment. The fire concentra
| ted on this devoted baud was tenific, and in a
i very short time our loss was over forty killed and
| wounded. The order came to fall hack slowly,
j which was done iu good order, the enemy still
I pressing on. The force under Maj. T. D. Caswell
j lost, out of three companies, as much as the re
i mainder of the regiment—in fact, about one-half
| the battalion were disabled. A stronger position
| was taken, when the enemy were checked and
J driven back with some loss.
The gallantry displayed by both officers and
I was in the highest degree commendable,
when we consider the odds against us. Major
Caswell's Battalion won imperishable honor Night
put an end to the contest, so far as our brigade
was concerned.
In the meantime the battle raged furious*
iy oft otii’ left, at Liberty (5a p, which was then In
©u? posaeaiica, Sotk Libert; asi Hocttr’i (tops
are no* in possession of the enemy. Being out
on picket on the 24th, 1 did not participate in the
action of that day ; but the above is a truthful
account, as detailed to me by my own commander.
I was more fortunate to be in the series of fighting
on the 25th and 20th. We re-occupied the ori
ginal lines oi. the 25 ih, at Beech Grove, near the
scene of the late battle, and skirmishing and furi
ous shelling was kept up all day and a portion oi
the night.
On the morning of the 24th the enemy were
discoveied in our front about half a mile, reveal
ing a tremendous force. Skirmishers were rein
forced all along the lines, and at 12 the enemy
made a charge, but were repulsed with loss. Two
field officers were seen to fall on the enemy’s sice.
We were still ordered to fall back, and occupied
position after position, ar.d fought doggedly duting
the whole day.
The force on the right of Gen. Bragg's army at
Hoover’s Gap were not surprised, that is except
ing the cavalry ; and the tight wing is not routed,
nor whipped, nor retreating, as some have heard
and believe ; but is gradually drawing the enemy
ou to our original line of fortifica ions, and here
is where I believe Rosencranz will never come.
This Hue is the commanding General’s original
line of defence, and if the Federals will light Gen.
Bragg ou his own chosen battle Held, they will
exhibit more courage than I am willing to give I
them credit tor possessing.
Let me, through this short notice, state once
lor all, that Gan. Bragg knows his business better
than anybody else, and he is not retreating;
neither is he evacuating any ot his original lines.
The army ai*e ooutident and hopeful, and I have ;
no tears oi any disaster. 1 believe it is the inten
tion of the Federal General to make a demonstra
tion ou all ot our front in order to cover a tre*
uiendnous laid soon to be undertaken. That a
heavy and general engagement will take place
soon, I do not believe, unless Rosencranz is a j
much more consummate fool thau I take him for.
The friends of the Ist Georgia Regiment can
rest assured tiiat a more gallant body of men cannot
be found, aud all must expect that when men are
brave there must be losses when conflicts occur.
Full returns ot all the casualties will be sent you.
Becoming disabled ou the 26th, from erysipelas, 1
am not able to give, you auy further details of the
action at the front. There will be constantly a
eeiicc of heavy skirmishing, aud it will gradually
dwindle away to picket tiring. The army them
has implicit confidence in the ability of Geueral
Bragg to hold his position. I shall return in a
few days, when you tuav expect further details.
T. D. W.
This w riter seems to he greatly mistaken. Like
a good soldier, lie had reason to believe “that
within ten days, the great battle of Middle Ten-!
nessec is to be fought,” and so thought all, but i
the Mar-plot at the head of the army. If now!
fought at all, it will be at long range across the j
turbid waters of the Tennessee, Bragg has made j
a Bluff game of his “lighting lines,” which is an
excellent preventative for personal safety, and a
still better remedy for prolonging the war. Andi
further still—He will r >ap some blessings, and'
they will he from the ravenous horde of specula- j
tor*, who are already gloating of the destruction ;
by the enemy,of that glorious crop over wheat just
harvested in West Tennesse. “Bragg wheat” and
‘ Bragg Flour” will be made the ruling prices
of the Market.
flic Situation at Port Hudson.
Gen. Banks’s headquarters are situated two
miles from Port Hudson, and his cavalry pickets
extend an indefinite distance into the interior. A
writer in the Mobile Register says it is positively
ascertained that since the mustering out of many
of his regiments, Banks hag not more than 12,000
men. This, however, must he an under-estimate.
His corps numbered over 40,000 men, and not
more than six or eight regiments have been mus
tered out. Among these were the Billy Wilson
Zouaves, who never were at Port Hudson at all.
The writer says:
“Singular to relate, the people in this region
have t.ho P.une hopefulness in the strength of Port
Hudson, and the same anxiety about \ icksbnrg,
as the people about Jackson and Mobile have in
the strength of Vicksburg and the weakness of
Port Hudson. Every night, lam told, the dull
booming of the mortar guns can Be heard here at
intervals. The object is to keep the men from
sleeping, and as their fleet can do no harm in
daylight, they are assigned the duty of annoying
the garrison, and wearing them out by constant
wakefulness. The same game is being played at,
Vicksburg; but I have heard men sayth.it cur
gunners, when relieved, sleep as soundly in the
trenches, amidst the most diabolical uproar, as
they used to do in the most qbiet times.
The confidence felt in (Jen. Gardner is wonder
ful. 1 have yet to meet with the human being
w ho does not look upon him as a great commander
and a fearless man. Unlike Pemberton, he has
had no extensive and uupiotected countrv to do
ieu ; but behind the batteries of Port Hudson
simply had to deal out his bullets and shells iu
deathly doses to the Yankee thieves—and, to do
him justice, he has proved himself as dutiful and
expert a servant oi the skeleton-reaper as uuv
man that ever lived. Mark my word, the wives,
and sisters, and daughters of those who have used
every term to revile Pemberton, will, in u few
weeks, be strewing flowers in bis path and heap
iug praises upon him as their heroic saviour.
I am assured by a gentleman of the highest
standing from Louisiana, who have lately been at
Horl Hudson, that there is plenty of corn and rice
there— plenty. They cannot state what supplies
there may be of beef aud other meat ; hut there
need be do tear oi the com and other craio giving
out. This is cheering indeed. Remember bow
many days Bragg’s aud Kirby Fuiith’s armies sub
sisted ou parched corn alone, iu theia Kentucky
eatnpaigu, aud afterwards tougLit the battle of
Perry ville, and judge if our brave boys at Port
Hudson are not the same metal. Give Joe Jolm-
B-ou a little time to organize and plan, aud rest
confident he will relieve Vicksburg, open the way
to Port Hudson, drive Banks like chats before the
wind, and sweep like an avalanche upon New Or
leans, now mourning like Niobe “iu her voiceless
woe.”
Our Army In Pennsylvania.
The New York Herald, of the 2tith iust., has
been received in this city, and from it we learn
that our advance was, at the latest dates, six miles
beyond Carlise, in the direction of Harrisburg.
Now as Carlisle is eighteen miles from Harrisburg
our forces must be within twelve miles of that city*.
We may well imagine the terror of the Yankees,
when we recollect how horror-stricken they were
when we had advanced no farther than Chambers
burg. The panic, indeed, so far from subsiding,
appears to be gathering strength with every dav
that our troops remain on the soil.
(Jen. Lee has issued strict orders to “ respect
P ivate property.” We were greatly disappointed
at tins in the first instance, for we had hoped that
the Yankees would be made to feel a portion, at
least, oi the injuries they have wantonly inflicted
on us. Nevertheless, we can imagine a very good
apology for such an order. It is no doubt the
object of the General to make to make war sup
port war—that is to support his army in the ene
my's country. Should he allow his soldiers to
piilage and burn indiscriminately, he would defeat
the end in view, for the Yankees finding there
was no hope lor them would retire, and buru the
country as they went before them. Besides,
nothing is fatal to the discipline of an army as a
habit ot plundering. They soon learn to think of
nothing else; become demoralized, aud fall an
easy prey to their enemies. Doubtless Gen. Lee
had tills tact, attested by all history, in view when
he issued the order in question. He cannot afford
to let the discipline of his army be relaxed, espe
cially at this time, when he has a powerful army
of the enemy to tight, and that, too, in that ene
my’s country.
As tor Gen. Lee’s intended movements, we are
as unable to conjecture what they are as the New
ork Herald Itself, or even the Times, or iu fact
any other Northern journal that has tried its hand
at prophesying. Some suppose that he means to
attack vV ashiagton and Baltimore { some that his
ofcjeot i# Bfdiadeiphia j icaie that he aerei/ a#*ns
1 to make a raid into Pennsylvania, and return ;
I and some again that he intends to carry on the
! war on the enemy'* soil, ami make it support it
self. Where so many doctors disagree it were
folly in us to pretend to decide. We onlv know
: that he ans to do something, but w hat it is no
| body seems to know except, bin self.— Richmond
j Dispatch, June 'S-jth.
Gen. lmbodeu’9 Movenieuts.
1 For the first time since the commencement of
the war, Curnbeiland, Md., a city of about 10,000
inhabitants, were occupied a short time since by
our torces under Gen. Imbodcn. Crossing the
mountains near Moorefield. iu Ilardv county, the
command hurried on to Romney, and from thence
to Springfield—the Federal forces faking back to
New Creek, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
where they concentrated a force of nearly 4,000
men.
Imbodcn dispatched a regiment of cavalry
around them, which entered Cumberland with hut,
slight resistance, where some ammunition and
quartermaster stores were found. The fine bridges
on the railroad in the vicinity ot th** city were de
stroyed, and the depots burned. The canal was
also much damaged.
In this visit to Cumberland, and beyond that
peiut, Gen. Imboden’s command captured a large
number of fine cattle and horses, which are now
safe in the Confederate lines, and will contribute
to the sustenance of our gallant army. At last
accounts the command was at, Bloomerv Furnace,
in Hampshire county. — Richmond Dispatch.
Career of a Female Volunteer.
Among the registered enemies of the United
States Government who have been recently sent
across the lipes from New l Orleans, theie is now
in Jackson, Mississippi, a lady, whose adventures
place her iu the ranks of the Molly Pitchers of the
present revolution. At the breaking out of the
war Mrs. Laura J. Williams was a resident of Ar
kansas. Like most of the women of the South,
her whole soul was enlisted in the struggle for in
dependence. Her husband was a Northern man
by birth and education, and a strong Union man.
After Arkansas seceded from the Union he went
to Connecticut, he said, to see his relations aud
settle up some business. Mrs. Williams suspected
his purpose aud finally'she received information
that he had joined the Yankee army, The .Tack
sou Mississippian gives the rest of her history :
Disguising herself in a Confederate uniform, and
adopting the name of “Henry Benlord,” she pro
ceeded to Texas, where she raised and equipped
an independent company, aud went to Virginia
with it as Ist Lieutenant. She was in the battle
of Leesburg and several skirmishes; but finally,
her sex having been discovered by the surgeon of
the regiment—the sth Texas Volunteers, to which
the company had been attached, she returned to
her home in Arkansas. After (remaining there a
short time she proceeded to Corinth, and was in
the battle of Shiloh, where she displaved great
coolness and courage. She saw her father ou the
field, but of course he did not recognize her, and
she did not make herself known to him. In the
second day’s fighting, she was wounded in the
hand, and was ordered to the rear. She wrote to
her father, and then came on down to Grenada,
where she waited some time, but. never saw or
heard of him.
She then visited New Orleans, was taken sick, ;
and while sick the city was captured. On reeove'
ry she retired to the coast, where she employed i
herself in carrying couimunicatians and assisting !
parties to run the blockade with drugs and cloths j
lor uniforms. She was informed on bv a negro
and arrested and brought befoie Gen. Butler. Mie '
made her appearance before Gen. B. in a Southern
homespun dress. She refused to tike the oath—
told him she gloried in being a rebel—had fought
gide by side with Southern men for Southern
rights, and if she ever lived to see “Dixie” she
would do it again. Butler denounced her as the
I most incorrigible she rebel he had ever met wish,
| By order of the Beast she was placed in coufine
j ment, where she remained three months. Some-
I time after her release she was arrested again for
carrying ou “contraband correspondence,” and
j kept in a dungeon*fourtecn days on bread and
: water, at the expiration of which time she was
placed iu thn State } rison as «i dangerous enemy.
Her husband, it so happened, was a Lieutenant in
| the 13th Conn, regiment, and on duty as provost
guard in the city. He accidently found her out
and asked if she wanted to see him. She sent him
word she never wanted to see him so long as he
wore a Yankee uniform. But he forced himself
upon her and tried to persuade her to take the
oath, and get a release, when he said he would
resign and take her to his relations in Connecticut.
She indignantly spurned bis proposition, and he
left her to fate. \\ hen Gen. Banks assumed com
mand he released a great many piisoners, but kept
her in confinement until the 17th of Mav la<t
when she was sent across the lines to Meadeaville
| with the registered enemies.
An article was recently published in the New
' York Wot Id iu relation to the part Mrs. Wiliiams
j has played iu this war, but the above is, we are
i assured, a true account of her remarkable career.
; understand she has attached herself to the
I medical stall'of a brigade now in the city, and will
! render uil the assistance in her power to the
i wounded in the approaching srruggle for posses
! si ou of the great Valley of the Mississippi.
Witesit Speculai or* in Alabama.
From different sources wo learn that the farmers
arc acting generally on tlie determination not to
sell wheat or flour to speculators at auy price.
Home anecdotes which wo hear of the adventui'es
of this class arc amusing, though we would not
like to vouch for the authenticity of all of them.
It is said that two men, who were inquiring for
wheat in North Alabama, found their wav to a
farmer who had a surplus ol 2500 bushels, for
which lie was willing to take a bushel. They
olfercd him |5, and proposed to take the whole
lot. This excited his curiosity to know who tbev
were, and learning that they were agents of Mo
bile speculators, he had them tied up and made
bis uegioes give them a hundred lashes apiece.
In Greene county a mau with a foreign accent
was inquiring for wheat, when a planter encoun
tered him who had it for sale. The purchaser
offered him the most liberal prices, and wanted a
large quantity—some 1200 bushels, we believe. A
great many parties had commissioned him to pur
chase wheat which they proposed to have ground
for their own consumption ; one wanted twenty,
another twenty five bushels, and so on.
“You have the sacks ?” inquired the planter to
which the reply was affirmative.
“Well, bring them to me, and make out a list of
the parties with tho amount each one wants and
for the price you have offered I will put them all
up separately and mark and number each one’s
sacks, and haul them to the landing, and ship
them myself.” - y
The purchaser protested that, that was too much
trouble, but the planter only protested the more
that he had rather do it than not, untd he brought
the other to say in substance that he had rather
he would not. “Ay,” said he, “vou are just what
I suspected at first, a Mobile speculator, and you
don t get a bushel of my wheat at any price ; be
sides which it will be good thing lor you to leave
the county.”
These are good jokes, but when we are expect
ed to laugh at them they appear to u■* to belono
- to the class styled jokes on Schneider, fo°
the inability of the speculators to get flour raises
the price of the stock on hand awfully. Glad of
it : serves us right for allowing the speculators to
have everything their own way. Hope the coun>
try folks wiil keep doing so and not sp)l to any
body who has not a certificate Loin the Mayor
that he is purchasing for immediate consumption
—Mobile Register.
Chinese Sugar Cane. —We are informed bv a
gentleman ol this county, that a few days since
several cows broke into the Chinese Cane patch of
one oi his neighbors and in a short time one of the
cow’s dropped dead in the field, and two otberß
died after being driven outside the fence. A
3iminir case occurred a few years since on the
plantation ol Col. \Y , MoKinly, of Baldwin county
by which he lost several of his best milch cows!
*armei9 would do well to b# on their guard against
iheircitac getting to thil cant ffhii# growing.—
Stoiatfivtlit Gttcrgian, ,
MACON, GEon I
Wednesday. .* 1
Ti SOUS OF ODE SOB3CEXBES
In the .lays of long ci-dita./ .'j 8
ber became indebted to us in
amounts. Wo have called , n ti
times and many' have respond, ]
siderable number are yet iu • • .
On teg* You, we now call
we cannot afford to par f or j„ r
j read without our pay. !.• t
iroui all ojyou, that we net i 2. ;
( We have endeavored to g;y e -
j Newspaper, and trust that we i. .7.
I esf —As to the dimensions w - v
I . ' • 'w» U. I j
that if our sheet corresponded ;
: present difference in the cost oi
would now be less than twelve iu-;
We hope never to be reduced t ,
• but the paper manufacturer
-4 -
ing us, that we must take a 1 - .
they cannot supply all who need it
RETREAT FROM TULIAHOMk
Contrary to all expectation?, Gen. L’r...-
j treated from his defences at Tuiiahoma t .
! port on the Tennessee, without a bait! >
i known to any one but himself. V. hy p
j been done is yet a mystery, ami I*>- • -
1 ination to devise a reason, a? no milk * rr •
| seemed to make it iraperidve or j.i <.
| and many vital ones would seem to c.,.- u . .
contrary. The most satisfactory con?true;
tempted to bo put upon it by his d-votee
is, “that Gen. Bragg knows what he i? Boo..:/
what that is, no one attempts to sunnk*
plain. It seems to strike every one with ;
and pain, and almost with consternation,!'!,
an army, under such circumstances, shpifl.l
thus ingloriously been withdrawn from im
position; and left the fertile fields wnh w\ '
mense crops of corn, and its well stored
of wheat to the plunder and torch of the
Up to that tune the feelings of the army wer
fident and buoyant; ready and anxiou ; r
encounter, and manifesting it on every
; They are now, beyond doubt, disap; .'in! ,
i satisfied and disheartened and disafTVctc ! ‘
| ’heir commander. Frevious to thi®, a lack 0 I
j fidenee was frequently expressed by sol : :
j ihe army with regard to him, and if su , •
ments were then felt they are now doubly m • 1
in their minds; and a commander can m-v.
successful leader without the confidence :
men.
The army commenced its retrogadc mov-r e.
early last week, and the rear guard left Dec’ .
on Thursday, to toil their weary jounte ou-;
Cumberland Mountains, then to ens<:onc*- *
elves ca the south bank of the Tenne-- - ,
at Bridgeport, The enemy, it i-3 understo .J *
harrassing them in their rear. The whole ope: =
tion i9 seemingly les3 glorious (because it la,,
the necessity) than the retreats ot om .1,
when they sheltered themselves unde, i . ,
tion of their gunboats. Gen. Bragc 1 -!• c-h
at the same time by railroad and mu-.i ;
headquarters at. Bridgeport on Thin j. ?,
hin self and army can safely rusticate. .1*
of Tennessee, came down at the same ti
Chattanooga, and with many others, h r<;
a-* highly incensed at thesa operatic-:
freely expresses, and considers the Oj. :
as “a Falstaff played out. ’
At this particular juncture we co;. ; 1. * >
of the most unfortunate bvent? o! the v
affords the enemy encouragement in ev .
Also it is equivalent to the abandonnu r/ \ t
fourths of Tennessee, with its immer. - • in
growing corn and garnered wheat, to tb:
sion or the torch of the enemy, and theii r>
from the Mississippi to the Clinch, w/hot:
to check them. Upper Alabama is also th
open to them, and we have nothing eke to .
for within a few days but batteries to 0 r: r
site to Chattanooga and the East Tenm -
road to be destroyed at or above the L.w .
bridge. In fact, every railroad in that •
be in their control, and a way laid open e a
iid the assailants of Vicksburg. Wh it shaie U*- r
gia will have in this drama may a!-o be a n,.i >’
for consideration. If we do not have oir north. .
we shall be agreeably disappointed.
w e make no comment on the manner in v.
the enemy obtained the possession of thos
portant points, Hoovers’ and Liberty Gap u; •
have said that “it was a most disgraceful dJ ; r
the part of those who were responsible lor -
negligence.” The “negligence” probably
rbat the Gaps were not sufficiently garrison !, a
the few troops there fought bravely until o.
powered by numbers, and the enemy to f
possession of them, beyond the reach o: rev
This loss, it may be inferred, was the main
moving cause of the abandonment of ’. lie i
uia lines, for the banks of the Tennev-* e riv-
We may be mistaken in our views, and we
we are, but we know they correspond with ’
of many who are actors in these events and i
them we have derived our information, an : no*
from unreliable sources.
We may he charged w r ith imprudence inn: r :
these views. But we hold it as ur.ruc< ay'
disguise such facts from the people, as is dor- -'
ome. The Atlanta Confederacy, in . Jutn
this, minces the matter thus: “Importer: m
rnents are going on in Bragg’s army, the pu
lars of which it is not prudent to men tie. J
also says: “It is considered certain that 1 -■
?hm has played havoc with Roscncranz s ias ;
With just as much certa'nty it could Lave saG
the same of the tear ot B agg’s at my. 1
has a most equivocal article on the su l -
it lives too much under the shadow of pc 1 -
patronage for out-spoken opinions. 1 . *" r
•ame to this sage conclusion —that “Ti • ■ : J
was no place at all”—that “a m;d heap: u ;>
crow”—and that “our first and la3t duty -
whip Rosencraz. That the mind of Gen. 1 ■ - '
has this intent, no more, seems clear; an * ’ “
ihe thrashing comes at Tullahoma or some
point involving a better position, is a qUc • ja
be determined by those Generals who eon.
the military family of the Commando: m 1 -‘ A
Strange that the vision could be so ‘toot
and that the “Hills of Normandy,” and • •
crest of well fortified bills,” could o 'a
mistaken, or be transformed into a “mud •
It would be amusing, if the fawning Ci:
pasting.
ideal “thrashing” is too far off io P
gramme to be spoken of particularly y uit D “
With mere probability we could uy, that -y’v
•fell* the taoke of aesy a dWeUifif asi * ii*al