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SAVANNAH. G4-
Wedne*«ai^ aiornliiK, Oct. 1« 1862.
The Northern Circuit-anti the -Ware
We have xead carefully the decision of-Judge
Thomas setting aside the Conscript law as un
constitutional and void. Without agreeing
with his arguments, or concedinghis jurisdic
tion, -at least beyond the main question raised
before him, In wlych he was probably right, his
Judgment on the last point stated has an im
portant practical bearing upon the asd Georgia
Is to render in the prosecution of. the war for
. oflr common liberties. To that effect of the
decision we desire to address a few considera
tions.
The conscription is the only system of re
cruiting now in operation with the sanction of
the government, volunteering excepted. As
that system lies been repudiated by the North-
, era Circuit, what do the people of that portion
cf the State intend to do ? Will they be con
tent to remain quietly at their homes and see
others fl ght for their liberties without raising a
hand in the glorious and patriotic work? It
would fcs a slander upon them to entertain sich
an idea for a moment. Wc know them well—
the Inhabitants of the old “ Whig Hornet’s Neat’
of the first Revolution—and feel assured they
arc incapable of taking, advantage of a judicial
decision or other form of license to avoid a
sacred duty to their country, their children,
and their own honor.
What, then, do they intend to do in the
nnomalous position in which they find them
selves wiffi regard to their struggling country ?
Will not &U the men in the circuit between the
ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and capa
ble of performing military dut-y, volunteer at
once and tender their organizations to the Gov
ernor for the Confederate service? .We hope
they will, and that public meetings will forth
with be called in every county of the circuit,
and the patriotic work set in motion. In the
event of a failure .in this, wc cannot see how
that portion of^hc State is to bear Its just share
in the war for our independence. The. Gover
nor might call them into the Slate service, did
the public necessities justify the step, but we
are not aware of any authority for his raising
troops for the Confederate service, without a
requisition formally made upon him by the
h^ftd of that government. In any event, we
hope to sec no more State armies in thej»recent
revolution, to eat up our substance and -gener
ate discord and strife. T*e Constitution points
out the Confederacy ns the war-making power,
.audto its hands should be left the exclusive
management of the army and the revolution.
army COBRESPONDEN0E
Or thu Savannah Republican.
The Wau.—Everything appears extremely
quiet along the line of the Potomac. Not even
a rumor oi war has reached us from that quar
ter for a week past. It is probable that our
half-starved and exhausted army, after untold
hardships and two whole weeks of fighting,
have quietly settled down for a time in some
secluded spot, to recuperate thtiir overtaxed
energies, and await the arrival of reinforce
ments. This is all very well, and we shall
probably hear from them again in the course of
a few days at farthest. _
la Kentucky, ct- loav norv-inntn.
was ready for a great and decisive engagement.
Reports, apparently later, though r.o dates are
given, represent Bragg and Smith as having
united their forces, • and thrown themselves
across the palli of.Buell in his march for the
relief of Louisville. This contradicts the for
mer Yankee report, on which we animadverted
to some extent a day or two since, and we
hope it may be true. Something serious has
doubtless occijfrcd before this, both at Louis
ville and Cincinnati, and we shali probably re
ceive the tidings during the week.
With regard to these two cities and their
probable capture wc would make a 6icgle re-
mark : Our army i3 reported as naked, half-fed,
and in a suffering condition generally. Let us
not win these victories without providing for
their wants, especially from the resources of
Cincinnati. The enemy have plundered us
wherever they have been, even without the
pica of necessity—let ns force them to return a
part of what they have taken, in the form of
necessaries and comforts for our army.
Flour Declining.—We are glad to see indi
cations that Hour has reached its highest figure,
and is now cn the declining scale. May its fall be
so rapid as to catch the heartless speculators
and engrossers of the “staff of life” before they
can bland from under ! The Atlanta Confed
eracy of the 27th says : “Flour has culminated.
Yesterday extra family, (best quality) was freely
offerd at 634,'without finding purchasers. This
jsowingito a determination of the people to
eat corn bread, rather than give enormous prices
for flour.”
Lincoln’s Proclamation.—The Richmond
Enquirer very truthfully remarks ■‘that Lincoln
proposes iti his late proclamation simply to do
what he has already been doing wherever his
arms have extended; and as if he could do it
any v/here else! His proclamation.is only a
useless declaration of his malignant intentions,
so £ai*as we are concerned. It will not benefit
him here, and will hurt him at home.
Butler Mailed.—The beast Butler tore his
clothes In a fall at New Orleans, some days ago,
while assisting his wife on board a steamer, and
the rent disclosed a complete coat of mail from
the neck to the thighs. Confederate men and
women must therefore shoot at the villain’s
head, and not at his body. God speed the op
portunity and crown it with complete success
Cobb’s Legion.—An officer in Cobb’s brig
ade, says the. Columbus Sun, represents that
SCO of Cobb’s Legion were taken prison
ers at the battle of Sharpsburg on Wednesday.
Among these prisoners is Capt. T. U. Caraak,
who was supposed to have been killed.
General Cobb.—The Richmond Enquirer of
Monday says: The Yankee papers have pub
lished^© report that Gen. Howell Cobb was
wounded and taken prisoner in one of the Ma
ryland battles. - He was neither; bnt Is nnhurt,
and well, and ready for the enemy again.
The Yellow Fever and Dysentery have car*
ried off seventy-five percent, of the crews of
the French vessels in the Gulf of Mexico. The
Amazone, whose complement is C75, has now
bnt 40!
Gen. Houston.—The Houston (Texas) Tele
Shithfield, Va., Sept. 19lb, 1802.
The Confederate army has returned to Vir
ginia. Whether Gen. Lee took this Btep from
a miiltaiy.necessity, or for some strategic pur
pose, or because he had accomplished the ob
ject of his movement into Maryland—the cap
ture of Harper’s Ferry—I am unable to say-
The order was issued late last evening, and by
the time it was quite dark r the wagons, artillery
and troops begau to move. All the wounded
that were in a condition to be moved, had been
taken across the river. Those whose wounds
were very severe » r mortal,‘unfortunately, liad
to be left behind, and fell into the hands of the
enemy. Some of the wounded had never been
removed from the field, having fallen on a part
of the ground still held by the enemy. Many
of the dead were buried yesterday, and some
were transferred to this bank of tee river.
It was net quite .three miles to the Potomac,
and our wagon trains extended from Sharp3burg
over to the Virginia side. There were only two
roads by which we could proceed, one of which
was taken by the troops and the other by the
artillery and wagons. Ourline3 came up within
a short distance of the enemy’s, yet so silently
and adroitly was the movement conducted, that
McClellan was not aware of it until next morn
ing. It had rained in the afternoon, and the
roads were* muddy below, while the heavens
were covered with a light fog above, both of
which facilitated the enterprise.
We had crossed into Maryland by the bright
and early morning sun-; wc returned in silence
and at tko dead hour of night. The columns
wound their way over the hills and along the
valleys iike some huge, indistinct monster.
The trees and overhanging cliffs, and the ma
jestic Blue Ridge loomed np in dim but en
larged and fantastic proportions, and made one
feel as if he were in some strange and wc-ird
land of grotesque forms*, visible only in the
hour of dreams.
Whatever was the motive to the movement,
it must be regarded as one of the most success
ful ar.d extraordinary exploits in the history of
any country, and stamps the man that ordered
and executed it as one of tho greatest military
leaders in our time and generation. ' With the
exception , of the wounded and a few wagons
that got turned ever in the darkness, not a man
or wagon, nor a sinsls pit-cc of artillery was
lost. Longstrcet's corps, being nearest the
ford, led the way, followed by_D. H. Hill’s and
Jackson’s in the order of their names. The
crossing wa3 accomplished by half-past six this
until he had received the fifth wound, which
disabled one of his hands, so that he could not
load his piece. He is doing very well; as soon
as he is well enough, ho says he shall be after
the Yankees again.
Moj. Phillip Tracy of thefith Georgia, wound
ed In the leg, has since died. He was wounded
at Richmond, and only rejoined his regiment
the evening before the battle. He had not quit?
recovered his strength, and the amputation to
which his limb was necessarily subjected proved
fatal. P. W. A.
C ORRESPO'NDENC^
Of Ihe Savannah Republics.
A Forced March—Battle of Sharpsburg—ToOmb's
Brigade Engaged—Desperate Fight of the Second
and Twentieth Georgia Regiments—Death of Col.
Holmes—A Yieio of the Battle-field—Display of
the Federal hosts—Their Cowardice —Kemper's
Brigade lost the Field—2he Seventeenth, Fifteenth
and Eleventh retale U—Incidenis of the Battle-
Death of Col. Williams, of Col. MarctZlus Doug
las, of Capt. Arnold and Capt. Waller—The Fif
tieth and Fifty-first Regiments in the Battle of
Boonesboro'—Retreat across the Potomac.
Bivouac in the Field, Virginia, }
September 20th, 1S63. j
Mr. Editor : If I had paper and time I could
occupy one Bide of your journal in detailing
exciting incidents of this most extraordinary
campaign, battles, marches, &e., but must
content myself with giving your readers the
most prominent and interesting facts connect
ed with my brigade. Other correspondents
must take thought for their respective regi
ments.
A3 we passed thrduah the beautiful city g*
Hagerstown on Monday night, the clock told
the hotzr of twelve. Daj’Ugkt found us near
Sharpsburg, the scene of the last bloody battle
between the Federais and Confederates We
were assigned a position on a creek a mile east
of the town, and were proceeding thither when
the Fifteenth and Seventeenth were ordered
back several miles to lake the Williamsport
road, to protect wagon trains. Thirty or forty
wagons were captured early in the morning by
Yankee cavalry. Oar Quartermaster, Captain
Mathis, and several of his teamsters, were cap
tured, but the Captain and one or two of the
men made their escape. Joe SA-ain, of my
company, is still In their hands.
We reached Williamsport and crossed the
river by sunset, without incident, though wc
were once drawn up in line of battle to repulse
an attack of cavalry, which proved to be a por«
lion ot Gen. Stuart’s. Tuesday wo marched
good order, then to. run. We charged and f
Stove them about ci^hundred yards. Here they j
•rallied behind a sterns!* fence, and we stopped * * . . bathhouses 0 f Congress •
the pursuit. Our rifles .were ordered forward u - a ‘ Sea 00111U0T1SC3 01 uon “ re ^ *
The Conscript Act,
The following Is the new act for recruiting
momiuK, and soon thereafter the enemy’s ar- dow „ the ' ri ' vcr to shepardstown, which we
tillery opened a harmless fire from the opposite *
heights. The bird had flown, however, and nis
rage was impotent.
There was formerly a splendid stone bridge
at Sheperdstown where the army crossed, but
the enemy destroyed it last year. The ford
was three-fourths of a mile below the bridge,
and this made it necessary to pass down the
river bank that distance, and then up it on the
other side by a narrow road blasted out of the
rocky precipice. The troops managed to work
their way out from the river along some of the
gorges that broke through tho cliff, and a few
wagons and artillery escaped in the same way.
Thus, you perceive, the character of liie Vir
ginia side was almost as unfavorable as it could
be to the salety of the movement. It is an
exceedingly difficult undertaking at any time to
transfer an army across a wide stream, but it is
especially so under, circumstances such as enr %
Tuuirtki.ii CT"' 11. LCW. T —i - . .
I am frank to say I was in favor of the move
ment into Maryland. I am equally ready to
admit that, under the circumstances, I now
think it was a mistake. This conviction gradu
ally forced Itself upon my mind after I came up
.with the army and saw the miserable condition
in which it was. A fifth of the troops are bare
footed ; half of them are in rags, and the whole
of them insufficiently supplied with food. Men
in this condition cannot be relied on to the
same extent as when they are properly clothed
and subsisted. The best soldiers,under such cir
cumstances, will straggle both on the march
and in battle. Since we crossed into Maryland,
and even before, they frequently had to march
all day, and far into the night for three or four
days together, without food of any kind, except
such apples and green corn as they could obtain
along the way. Our supply of food was limit
ed at best, aud the base of our operations so
distant, the intervening country so barren by
reason of the spoliation perpetrated by Pope
and his myrmidons, and our transportation so
limited, that it was quite impossible to subsist
the army as it should be. The difficulty of
passing Confederate money in Maryland was
another fruitful source of trouble.
The political effect upon Maryland of our
retrogade movment must be highly injurious.
We shall doubtless lose ground among the
people, and it may he we shall, have to make
up our minds to lopse the State itself. It should
be the direst necessity, however, that would
compel us to abandon Maryland. The waters
of the Chesapeake are indispensable to the Con
federate States as a naval power, as well as for
onr security and defense.
Gen. Toombs received a painful, though not
serious, wound in the hand la*fr night, just as
the army was about to move. He was mounted
and at the head of his division, with his aids
around him, when six or eight mounted men
apnroached slowly along his line to where his
horse was standing. They were asked who they
were, and remaining silent, Capt. Troup com
menced to draw upon them; whereupon they
said, “don’tshoot; we are Massachusetts men.”
Gen. Toombs was about drawing his pistol from
the holsters, when Capt. T. fired upon them.
They immediately returned the fire, and then
wheeling their horses, disappeared in the dark
ness. Lieut. Robt. Grant received a slight flesh
wound in the arm also. The men were doubt
less lost, and the affair may have contributed
somewhat to the deception practised upon Mc
Clellan by Gen. Lee in withdrawing his army
across the river.
■Winchester, Va., Sept. 20th.
I came on to this place for medical treatment,
being quite unwell, and to be where there are
some mail facilities forgetting offletters.
Intelligence has just been received that Jack-
son engaged a brigade of the enemy last even
ing at the Shepherdstown ford. Concealing his
own forces, he permitted the enemy’s artillery
to get into the river aud many cf his troops to
reach the Virginia side, when he set his men
pponthem and had another Leesburg affair of
it. He killed a large number of them and cap
tured a good many, and one report says several
pieces ot artillery. Those who escaped our fire
fled in dismay back to Maryland.
There is a report in circulation that we have
rc-crossed the river at Williamsport, but it is
probably untrue. After Jackson’s affair at the
ford, he took np his position four miles this
Bide the river. Thus a large number of onr
wounded who had been transferred to Shep
herdstown, have fallen into the hands of the
enemy. We hear they have been paroled. The
enemy has also thrown forward scouting parties
as far as Middleburg, Upperville and Paris on
the eastern side of the Blue Ride.
Nothing further has transpired in regard to
the proposition reported to have been made by
Gen. Lee to the Federal government, and allud
ed to in a former letter of mine. I am credibly
informed that Buch a proposition a3 that de
scribed was certainly made, and under circum
stances that encouraged the hope of its accept-
j oftoe 3d iinjiant Bays: “The question a?eu. Recent «V have
nKotha* ?a «»o-5♦ ftt.ititr t.hrriven a different turn to the affair.
whether 8am Houston is alive is agitating the
pressofboth the United States ana the Con
federate States. W K e answer iL He is alive
and comparatively well, residing at his place on
Cedar Point, a lew miles from this city.”
Kossuth has published a letter denouncing
the Call of Garibald or Hungary to rise, and re
pudiating the nee othis name in connection
with the calk
given a different turn to the affair.
I have just heard of an instance of gallantry
in the late battle that deserves to be put on
record. The Floridians always fight well, but
the Fifth Florida behaved with distinguished
courage and intrepidity at Sharpsburg. The
hero in this case was a private—Ben Flowers—
of that regiment. He was wounded five differ
ent times and In as many different places; yet
he continued to shoot away as fearlessly as ever,
found full of our wounded and sick. The ladies
greeted us by every demonstration of welcome,
which showed them to be the best Secessionists.
By 9 a. m. Wednesday we were once more in
Maryland and within sound ol battle, to which
we hurried as fas\ as our sore feet and worn
out condition would allow us. Wo soon
evidences of the bloody work of death pro
gressing, for the road was lined by the wound
ed in ambulances, on litters, and limping
along, some supported by friends, and others
leaning on sticks.
By eleven we entered the field. As we filed
through an open place, the enemy hurled his
terrible shells at us, one of them bursting in a
neighboring barn, which was soon in flames.
While wo lay concealed in a corn field, waitlkgw
.for Gen. Toomb&iO give ua a p^&eo, -a. a'aall <>k-,
ploded In tho Fifteenth Georgia, killing the
color-bearer, tearing the colors to pieces, and
wounding three or four.
Gen. Toombs posted us—the Seventeenth,
Fifteenth and Eleventh regiments—behind a
stone wall, upon a hill, with high ground in
our rear, where the Washington Artillery, (Cap
tain Rosser’s old company,) took position.
Upon our right and left were large corn fields,
and ground much higher than that which we
occupied, while all was open in front. About
four hundred yards in front was a creek, and
on our right (in front) was a considerable body
of timber lining deep ravines.
Here I will leave the regiment for a time, while
I tell vou what the Second—the glorious “Little
Second”—and the Twentieth did, under the
leadership of our heroic Colonel Early in the
morning, Col. Benniug was ordered to hold a
bridge, which he did against fearful odds, for
five hours. The enemy advanced in heavy col
umns against this little force, not numbering
more than two hundred, or two fifty. The
steady courage and accurate firing of the men
successfully repulsed every onset, until their
ammunition was expended. Impatiently they
waited for reinforcements, but none came. Col.
Holmes, who had showed conspicuous courage
throughout the affair, mounted his horse to go
for reinforcements, when he was killed. Col.
Benning then determined to retire, which he
did in good order, with slight loss. The ene
my seemed satisfied with gaining the bridge,
for which they had so long contended, and did
not pursue. Benning retired to a good position,
further back than ours, then took command
where Gen. Toombs’ placed ns. I have not
obtained any further particulars as to loss, &c.
About Ip. m., we 5 discovered three large
columns advancing beyond the creek—one into
the com-flPa on our left, one against our po
sition, and one on oar right. They made a
very handsome display. For some time there
was some apprehension for our right and
Jeft flanks, which we feared were not sufficient
ly strong. On they came in solid phalanxes,
threatening to carry Everything before them by
the weight and discipline of their columns.—
When the first column had reached the right
place, a battery upon onr left having the range
accurately, and the “Washington Artillery” on
the hills to our rear, let them have a few dis
charges of grape and shell, which broke their
solid body, and caused a panic. I never wit
nessed such a sight. The centre first gave way,
then fled, communicating the panic to the
whole column. The hills for hundreds of yards
were black with the flying Federais, not in
platoons, companies or regiments, bnt in a con
fused mass. Those on our right were in a like
manner broken and repulsed. Those in our
immediate front, who had driven iu our skir
mishers, also retired, and everything on the
vast fields overlooked by our position, became
as quiet as a Quaker village on a Sabbath day.
Occasionally, however, this reign of qniet was
broken by artillery practice across the hills.
At 4 o’clock Gen. Gregg’s 8. C. Brigade re
lieved ns, and we were ordered to the rear to
rest. At this juncture, I witnessed even a
grander sight than the one I have just attempt
ed to describe. The hills east of the town, on
both sides of the creek, are in cultivation. The
west side of the creek _was occupied by
Kemper’s Brigade (of Virginians). The ground
was high, and mostly level east of the town for
several hundred yard3, where it makes a rapid
or steep descent into a beautiful valley of the
creek. Towards this position four large solid
columns ot the enemy advanced in most splen
did style. Shells from our batteries bursted in
their lines, broke them, leaving dead and
wounded on the ground, and covering the line
in dust and smoke; bnt still, on they came.
They attacked and drove Kemper’s Brigade
from the 1 field, with a slight loss, however, to
the Virginians. We were ordered forward aca
double-quick, and reached the point occupied
by a battery before the enemy had gained the
road; What a sight! A large, splendily equip
ped brigade of Yankees in undisputed possession
of the field, and onr battery deserted ! Colonel
Benning posted ns in tho road behind a plank
fence facing the enemy, and the ball opened.
The 15th and a portion of the 50th, met a large
force a little to our right, advancing through a
corn field.
The first few shots were too low, hut very
soon the boys got the exact range, when they
did a fearful work with the Yanks. Their colors
fell three times, and their lines melted away
alarmingly fast. They stood our fire about ten
minutes, when they began to retire in a pretty
.to a good position aud picked off those that ex
posed themselves, until the enemy were finally
routed. Our force numbered not" more tban
300 or 400.
Y Col. William T. Millican led on ihe Fifteenth
Jq a manner which will make his name live in
the hearts and memories of onr people. With
sw«rd drawn, he advanced ten paces before the
colors, and told his men to follow. Without
histe or confusion, he led them to a stone fence
Within two. hundred yards of the enemy, and
contributed very largely to the final route of the
enemy. Ho was shot through the breast, and
died in a short lime after. For coolness and
daring, ho had not a superior in our army. Few
Colonels has fully possessed the love and confi-
!ence of their men. -
mttstTemark the perfect indifference of every
man to danger. While tho battle raged, the
boys were seen to pick up canteens, blanklcts,
8wprds, pistols, etc. ; while those who were
b£n>footed, supplied themselves willi boots
tijd shoes. Iam wearing the best boots I have
‘ seeb, which I bought frqm one of the boys
.If hefrir after he had palled them off a dead
This looks wrong, to allow the dead
boots or shoes ; but, my good
don’t sudder at such a barbar-
__ Lr noble'bbyA were baro-looted,
•ccky countyr; and the dead had no-use for
sS&oea, It would be a waste to allow good
^oes, so much needed, to be buried with the
Jbad-—even if they are Confederates.
! Yesterday I passed the grave of Col. Marcel
las Dotsglass, of the 13th Georgia, acting Briga
dier when killed. He received the fatal wound
iri the'sat,tic of Sharpsburg, Wednesday, Sept.
17th, while gallantly and skillfully managing
Lawton^ Brigade. Col. Douglass was gaining
•an enviable position in the army, and had for
some tinte been accounted a superior toilitary
man. Intis death - Georgia has lost one of her
bright military representatives. He is properly
called onr “second Bartow.”
I am toll that Capt. Arnold, of whom I have
frequently spoken, was mortally wounded ia
the same great battle. I have been unable to
find the 6th Georgia, or any one belonging to it,
to ascertain the truth of it. One of hi3 men told
me, before we reached the battle field, that he
saw Capt. Arnold fall, and briieved him mortal
ly wounded. I yet hoped he was mistaken, and
that one so truly gallant and skillful—one so
talented and beloved by his command and all.
who know him, yet lives to bless aad/hocor
the old Sale for whom .Vo has fought so brave
ly. If Arnold was killed. II* acock county will be
snrouded ia mourning for years to corue—in the
hearts of her- citizens will a trio of the noblest
of ycuag men hold a place : ■ and proud monu
ments will be erected to perpetuate their names
to future generations. Nay, a fourth will be
added. It* will be their pride to recount the
deeds of bravery and patriotism ; and cite the -
names of Oupt. Arnold, Lieuts. Reid and Jor
dan, and of Geo. F. Lewis,as worthy of imitation.
Capt. Robert A. Waller, commanding the Ssh
Florida Regiment, was killed. Capt. Waller is
a citizen of Decatur county. He led the regi
ment into the fight in a brave and skillful man
ner. Pryor’s brigade fought well. In fact most
of our troops fought well, while the, Yankees,
as a general iking, were easily repulsed.
Daring the engagement Gen. Toombs was iu
the hottest part of the field, and displayed, be
sides courage, consavamate skill iu choosing
positions for hiAdivision. Colonel B.mning’s
heroic bgdring throughout cannot be excelled.
Gn Thursday night Gen. Les fell back across
tho river. The movement was effected ia per
fect order, and with trifling loss. The enemy
had been engaged ail day in changing his posi
tion, which rendered a similar movement ne
cessary on our part. 1 hear some firing this
morning but cannot give any idea, of what is
next en docket. V. A. S. P.
Ff*
An Act to amend an act onlltled “ an act to
provide further for ike public defense;” ap
proved IGth of April, 1802. .
The Congress of the Confederate Sltdes of Amer-
ca do enact. That the President be and he is here
by authorized to call out and place in the mili
tary service Gf the Confederate States, for three
years, unless the war shall have been sooner
ended, all white men who are residents of the
Confederate Slates, between the ages of thirty-
five and forty-five years, at the time the call or.
calls may be made, and whVare not, at such
time or times, legally exempted from military
service; cr such parts thereof, as in his judg
ment maw be necessary to tho public defense;
such call-or calls-to be made, under the provi- {
eione and according to the terms of the act to j
which this is an amendment, and such authority J
shall exist iu the President during the present ■
r, as to all persons who now are, or may
hereafter become eighteen years of age; and,
when once enrolled, all persons between the
ages of eighteen and forty five shall serve their
fall time;
Provided, That if the President in calling out
troops into the service of the Confederate States
shall first call for only a part of the persons witu-
In the ages hereinbefore slated, ho shall call for
those between the age of “thirty-five and any
Other age le33 than forty-five years ; provided,
that nothing herein contained shali be onder-
jallng or modifying any part of the*
act to which this is amendaiory,‘except ay here
"* * * c ' ‘
iu expressly stated ; an*Y provided,. further,
Those called out-under this act, and the act to
•which this is an amendment, shall be first and
immediately ordered to fiiltn the maximum
cumber, the companies, battalions, squadrons
and regimenfo from the respective States, at the
time the act to provide for the pnblic defence,
approved 16th of April, 1SG2, was organizations
formed from each State since the passage of
that act, or placed in new organizations to be
officered by the State having such residue, ac
cording to the laws thereof, 6r disposed of as
now provided by law; Provided, That the
President is now authorized to suspend the
execution of this, or the act to which this (s an
amendment, in any locality where he may find
it impracticable to execute the same ; and, that
in such localities, anil during such suspension,
tho President is authorized to receive trobps
into the Confederate service under any cf the
acts passed by the Confederate Congress, prior
to the pa«snge of tho act to further provide for
the public defence ; approved IGth of April,
J ’ 36 " BepU to ■
, MgagtfMr ana Begtiter.y-D* of
. tto 2Slh says nothing important has been recced
l ffOT), tho Horlh. All was qniet along tho lines of tho
j Potcmnc.
j Private despatches received in Washington repre-
i sent matters dull at McOleUaa’a headquarters On tho
I 21th.- , .
It says louiavilte is no. longer threatened. BneU’a
advance had arrived via Balt Jiiver, Bragg was con-
centrating hia forces at Bloomfield.
The New York Tribune’s correspondent says it waa
Barnes’ brigade that etoised Uio Potomac at Sharps-
king Saturday, and confirms former accounts of their
Gissttrous overthrow, on land and in the water.
Thb Chicago Time3 says the Federal troops on the
upper Poloinas had made no forward movement,
though active operations would not long be delayed.
Gen. Lei’s headquarters were at Falling Waters,
and the Rebels are concentrating at Winchester, which
place was being fortified.
The Yankee loss iu the ba'.t.e of Antietam is officially
stated at -9,220, while our a is said to [have ex'
ceeded 10,0.0 ■ j-
A special Je.patuli Isom Woiljinglon to tho Chicago
1x0103 eaya that the iurnor that a draft ii about to be
.nude, has its foundation m the fact that the President
has determined, in case the country does not rally at
wane under the pohey indicated In hi3 emancipation
proclamation, ho wi i enforce ihc draft until the army
ranches ona mi’iion.
oi the
:-j3 3 s d 3ST T>E1 PIT O
lavunnah Erpublicaa.
JLSst of Casualties in Sixty-first Regi
ment Georgia Volunteers, In tfie late
RSatiles at and near Itlanassas,
Company A, Capt G J Mathews— Killed:
None. Wounded: None.
Company B, Capt D It A Johnson—Killed:
None. Wounded : Serg’t \V E Mattox, slight
ly in hand ; E W Hammock, Miverely iu knee;
WaiT Gray, slightly.
Company C. Capt D McDonald— Killed :.Wm
Alderman. Wounded: N A lloan, slightly;
Hiilery Smith, slightly; Guilford Keal, slight
ly: T R Nesmith, 6ligbtly.
Company D. Capt H Tillman—Killed : Lieut
J C Brannen, Privates J L B N-jvllh J E Tur
ner, Stephen Kennedy. Wounded : Lieut S H
Kennedy, slightly; Serg’t J Mincy, slightly;
J L Jarrell, severely in arm ; L B Collins, G F
Hendrix, D Parish, T Waters, J Eliis, Wm II
Collins.
Company E, Capt. C W McArthur—Killed :
None. Wounded: N A J Adams, severely; J
Giliis, slightly; T G Callahan, slightly; J Pur
vis, slightly.
Company F, Capt Peter Eranncr-*—Killed :
None. Wounded: Capt Peter Branner, 6lightly
in hand.
Company F—Wounded : Corporal G W Cook
severely ; private M E Broun, slightly.
Company G, Lieut . Killed: None.
Wounded: Geo Guillat, slightly ; J A Dinkins,
slightly; J A Poss, slightly; John Short; Au
gustus Wellmaker, slightly.
Company H, Capt J W Dasher—Killed : Lieut
M B Brewtow; privates Dan! B Colson, Ephraim
O’Neal, Peter Burkhalter, John D McBride.
Wounded: Sergt M G Tootle, privates Wm
Ganey, Wm Clifton, Thos McKay, Salem Baze-
more, Sami B Regers, Willohv Strickland,
Horatio Collins, Jas M Rewis.
Company I, Capt J D Ganvalkingburg—Killed:
L’ent E P Lewis, private Newel!, H Miller.
Wounded : Sergt G W Simms, severely; pri
vate M T Herndon, Wm Ford, Chas G Jone3,
slightly.
Company K, Capt E F 5 jarp ; >— Killed ; Wm
H Waters, Jr. Wounded: Wm Wilkinson,
John Jarrell, Hampton Sikes, J A Blocker, J
Stafford, slightly.
A. P. MacRae, Major,
Com’g Gist Regiment Geo. Vol.
Camp near Harper’s Ferry, SepC. 10, 1S62.
Working Wrong both Wat3.—Whilst we
get aRichmond mail semi-occasionally, it willbe
seen from- the annexed paragraph from the
Examiner, that Mr. Reagan’s rule of irregulari
ty works beautifully both ways. Will Mr.
Reagau resign ? :
The mail from the South failed again last
night, We should not mention this but it has
become so common, so flagrant, and so intole
rable that human pfttiehee gives way under it.
Why are these 'repeated 'failures on the great
link ol communication with the South ? We
bear of no railroad bridges or railroad tracks
being washed away, yet if we get two mails in
regular succession from the South, we regard
it as an astonishing circumstance. The truth
is the mails have been left to take care of them
selves, and pnblic patience has been abused be
yond endurance. Is there no remedy ? Can
Congress do nothing ?
•TIio Nerlli on a Volcano,
he following letter from the Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazstte, under
in of tho 10.h ult., is significant of lively
aca ahead in Lincoln’s dominions. It must
be a terrible rebellion if they cannot get along
with it without war among themselves:
If, by any combination of misfortunes, there should
ever arise tho necessity lor a Military Dictator, it will
bo because Mr. Lincoln has failed to make the full and
proper use of the Military Dictator’s power, which ’ e
already-claim3 and exercises. It wiii be another man
not more power, which will appear t^o necessity that
shall prompt ths change. *
Ani now, having said this much, by way, as a Ken
tucky politician would yay, of clearing myrccori., '*•
me add that the moat rignificant as well as tho ni ul
dangerous «*igu of the times is the nnier-curre t o!
ominous whispsring on this very subject.
The New York Tribune was right when, a few da*s
a^o, it declare l that our profoandest peril lay in the
possibility that tho people, iu tho anguish of thcifc ix-
i°ty to. era--It the rebellion, miriit consent tocv.'co
their gratitude t » tho savior of our nationality by n d-
ing hun a present of .-.ur lioerty. In o:her wordf, 3->
exhausted are we becoming with the dlstracriv. 1 ) of
our civil war, that too many ra’ght be willing te ac
cept a Dictator who should end it.
1 cannot adequately tell you how unsettled tho v.-r- I
foundations of ail tilings s>:m becoming The ve
air it electric with tho eparka ol revolution, and t..-j
vrhc>e community hao become bo infUmable that a fin -
g’o spirk might 68t it in a blaze. Wo seem treading the
thinnest of crusts that can cover a crater. An7 moment
there is too mush danger It may give way and engulf
us.
What, for example, must bo the condition ol public
affairs when a prominent United States Bonator can
publicly declare that if the Capital were In any large
city v/o should have a provisional government in thirty
days? I do not know that it would bo right to give
hi3 name, though tho remark was publicly made, but
a dia'.inguished Senator (not a Western one either),
said precisely that, iu so many word's, to half a dozen
of ua, the otner day, on the Avenue.
Nor is there wanting military men who have for
months been looking forward to a Dictatorship as the
end of all this distraction. I know one prominent Gen
eral who, six months or more ago, wrote to a friend
that a Dictatorship would be the upshot of this busi
ness, and that he wanted him to enter the army at
once, “because when the time cornea, our friend must
have a hand in tho matter.?*' And that General’s con
duct since has convinced those who were behind the
curtain that his eye has never lost eight of the glitter
ing prize.
isaid one of onr most distinguished public men, bat
a day or two ago, in a conversation at which I had the
fortune to be a listener: ‘*1 have been spending the
afternoon talking with one of onr leading Generals on
this very subject of a possible coup d'etat. He has
given me an inside view of military machinations, and
1 tell you we have more than one General who ha9
been trying to shape events so as to make himself
Dictator.” And that public man knew whereof he
affirmed.
From the outset the3e machinations have been con
fined almost exclusively to Generals of the pro-slavery
school. Never heartily in favor of republican institu
tions, it was not unnatural that they should look for
opportunities of personal aggrandizement in the wreck
of those institutions which they believed the convul
sions of the war were snre to bring. The old secret
organization among certain of onr regular army offi
cers, which looked to the establishment of a great
military empire, the inception of which ehould bo
found in the conquest of Cuba, bora Northern as well
a3 Southern names upon its lists; and £hog>n Bolivar
Buckner coaid point to more than one fellow-member-
among our National Generals. That organization, of
coarse, has died out; the idea has not.
But of Jato these revolutionary ideas begin ti be
whispered in other quarters. Within a fortnight I
have heard the words “Provisional Government'' on
lips that a year ago could not have Le:?n tempted to
syllable it. I do not say that with any class of our
loyal men, Administration or anti-Administration, such
a contingency has come to be regarded as necessary or
probable; but I do think it a fact of marked signifi
cance that the idea begins to be tolerated as a possi
bility. The times are’revolutionary; tho sooner the
powers that t e recognize the fact the better for us all.
Ecatercstias Konhem'Itemi^ 5 - 7,^' •_ : *
Surg. Gen. Hammond repprts at Washington ,
-hat o,000 dead Confederates have been buried
on the field at Sharpsburg by the Federais, and
ihat 600 remains .unburied. Attorney Gen. Bates
made a speech in Washington.-Thursday night,
.did not say one word about Lincolffia. email--
c'palion proclamation. It Is 6aid he ^hrgentJy-
opposed it. The Republicans of New York^ *
have nominated Brig. Gen. Jas, 8. Wadsworth'
lorGovei nor of that State. He is now Military w - *
vtovenfor of Washington City. Gen. Milroy *
v eas been appointed to tho command ol Western
Virginia. The militia recently called out fo
Pennsylvania during theVpanic are returning
their arms to the State anffthemselvcs to their
homes.
M’CLELLAN CROSSING INTO VIRGINIA.
A despatch, dated Harrisburg, * the 23d, says i
McClellan is rapidly marching into* Virginia by -
w\y of Williamsport. Itadda; - F -
Gen. Kenly’s brigade in advance went over
>>:i Sunday night. It is composed of the follow
ing regiments ; 1st M*nytencT, Col. Dushane ;
4th, Lieut. Col Bowerman ; 6th,-CoL Howard;
7;?j, Col. Webster, and 8th Lieut,Col. Johannes; ~
Gen. Comb’s division also crossed the Poto-
rnac at Williamsport, on Monday. Gen. Frank-
iiu’s corps was to follow immediately. Gcd?
McClellan and staff were at Williamsport activ« -
Jv engaged in superintending the crossing ot
t’ oops. An impression prevailed iu the army
that Heinzelman and Sigel were now in Vir-
ir-ali .*md their mission was to stop the rebel
retreat*
A Is* ter ia the Philadelphia Inquirer, dated
- a jv Hook, the 24th, Says every road and far e
there .Is filled with baggage wagoc3 and artil
lery. It says:
The shrill whistle of the lnaomotive is again
Supplies ofiall kind- now being
• rareported over the railroad lo ims point. The
telegraph is being repaired, and large gang3 of
.v >rlcinen have commenced removing the rnt-
!>; :h of the railroad bridge, which was destroy
ed by the rebels. A temporary bridge, similar
• -> :.i,e one at the Monocacy, is to be thrown
•• tho Potomac. It will be ready for trains
’(• over la about a week.
• . boats of the pontoon bridge have al-
arrived. They will immediately be
.. f 1 position. Immense numbers of sol-
• forded tho Potomac, there being nqi
•- .-3^: *>f conveyance across the river afoprec-
<Tit. They EWeaf vengeance and retauaticit-
upon the rebels for their vandalism.
BUELL’S INEFFICIENCY*
The Tribune says:
There is reason to hope that the pfovernment
has under consideration the question of ap
pointing a eueccssor to Gen. Buell, if not also
that, of assigning one General to the command
cf all the West.
• THE SURRENDER OF HARPER’S FERRY.
General White and Cols. Ford, Trimble and
D’Ulassey, who were acting Brigadiers at Har
per’s Ferry, have been carried to Washington
URuer arrest, to await an investigation of all
ei ream stances attending the surrender.
INDIGNANT YANKEES.
The 4 Tribune” says :
The indignation among small army officeis
of a certain class on account of the President’s
proclamation, is very great. Instead of find
ing vent iu resignation, as was threatened, it
takes the direction cf obuse of the colored
people. Many, without the slightest provoca
tion, have been knocked down and beaten.
RELEASE or PRISONERS.
The persons who have been imprisoned in the
old Capital building, as hostages for the Yan-.
Izee citizens of Fredericksburg, were released •
on the 24th inst. Among them are Mayor
Slaughter and Rev. Wm. F. Broaddus.
REPUBLICANCONVENTION.
The “Republican Union Convention” of New
York, have nominated General J. S. Wadsworth
for Governor, and Lyman Tremain for Lieuten
ant Governor, of the State of New York.
LOUISVILLE, KY.
The Yankees are seizing all unenrolled per-
ous ia Louisville and putting them to work on
the entrenchments around the city.
The New York “Tribune” states that by the
surrender of Harper’s Ferry, the Confederates
Look 14,500 men, rations lor- 14,000 men for
twenty days. Due hundred tons of ammunition,
fifty-seven guns, (some of which were the best
jPa - rot’s) 14,000 stand of anus, and four bat-
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teries.
Last of Dr. Rossvally.—According to the
Richmond Dispatch of the 27th, the career of
this man lias been brought to a close. That
paper says:
.w5 TTKO i‘""^k? nt tw£> weeks since, the Southern pa-
pers contained an account of tho arrest, in Mobile
mea > who. trom indications apparent, had
f to embark in a boat for New Orleans. Let-
ters from Buspected Unionists in Mobile were found
addressed to Butler and other Federal offl-
? f 7ji Hew, jP rleanB > ma P 3 of Mobile and plans of
its uetenceg^flies of tho city newspapers, lots of gold,
ana an assortment of both Federal and Confederate
***“also, several flags, one of which rep-
CmfwufrlS 6 ™ aited statea flag on onaeide and the
on 010 reverBO * Other evidences of
thinil^ 17 were found, ahd.the whole party,
tIle * Protested they were only’ oh a flBhing ex
cursion, were conveyed to Mobile, and safely locked
up a® spies. Among tho men on board tho boat was
TWL>m«tL 1Q9l ' on * a well known In this city,
j-meuitteneo waa received yesterday at Gen. Winder’s
^?«f\,„^ gen ! leinan direct from Mobile, thatBoas-
Jrhv, ™n.. becnlmi JJ lbero a fow days ago: butwkeih-
authority or the populace acting as a
vigilance committee, wo did not learn. .
Exchange of Prisoners.
We find the following officii notice in i
Richmond papers. It contains welcome neyrs
to many cf our returned volunteers :
EXCHANGED PRISONERS. v -
Kjchmond, Sept, 22,1862.
No. 2.
The following officers and men of the Confed
erate service, are duly exchanged :
1. AH officers and men who were delivered at
Aiken’s on the 1st September, 1862.
2. All officers and men who were delivered at
Aiken’s on the 7th September, 1862.
3. All officers and men who were delivered at
Aiken’s off the 13th September, 1802.*
4. All officers who have been delivered ai
Vicksburg, Miss., up to thi3 date.
5. Ten thousand three hundred aud sixty-
eight men of the first deliveries at Vicksburg.
As ali the deliveries made at Aiken’s are em
braced in this and the previous notice, it U
therefore- announced that all the officers asd
men. who have been delivered at Aiken’s up
to this date are exchanged.
J Robert Ould,
Agent for Exchange.
Gunboat 290.—The following is a correct list
of officers of the Confederate gunboat 290:
Captain—B. Semmes.
Lieutenants—Kell, Hamilton, Armstrong.
Masters—Low, A. Sinclair.
Doctor—Gait.
Marine Officer—Ilowell _ aT -i*
Midshipmen—W. Sinclair, Bulloch,-E. fciafut,
E. C; Anderson. ... tn
Lieuts. Chapman aud Evuus were too lute
jofii the gunboat.
Habhvillh.—-The condition of .Ec^ted^ea^truly
ville, both soldiora and citizens, B . arvat lon.
deplorable. 'They are Nortfa, the
Nothing can be ^^vSSads Si torn np. The
river being low an ^., ^vate sappUea that can be
soldiers are-taking all thej>rivaae g operaL tlon.
found, no matter who teeystarv^y^ Fo rr08t
, The place Is c 0 ™*?!? 1 Woodwtwd, and everything is
and Anderson and GoL WPgJJJJJni* The Yankees
SSI OSS■SSttBS*-* 0 * Sebel,
The Federals Capturing our Wounded.—
fTLe Richmond Enquirer of Monday sayB :
On Friday last, a body of 1,000 Yankee cav
alry visited Manassas Junction and proceeded
towards Warrenton, which place they have
doubtless entered ere now. A paroled prisoner
,Who arrived yesterday, states that they had
advanced to within three miles ol Warrenton,
and were cantnrlng and paroling all the sick
aud wounded* in the hospitals along the route.
They had already taken about seventy.
There are a large number of onr sick and
wounded-at Warrenton. The telegraph station
at that place has been closed.
Brig.jGcn. Chalmers, we understand, is under
arrest for making the attack on Munfordsville,
or Green River bridge, prematurely and against
orders. The place was to have been entirely
surrounded before a demand for its surrender
should be made—this was eventually done, but
not till Chalmers’ brigade had been repulsed
tho day previous.—[Chattanooga Rebel.
I
‘ NOTICE.
b! ^
ffiS.* Ttwcnty-nve (2S.0C0) barrels o*
W Tho C artideto te proof, pare com whiskey, sattaWe
The army, put op to good, merchantsble barrel^
; It', delivered at suitable depots on railroads and riv-
!r“ iinio the Stale of Seorgia, connecting with the
r a . „ reat thoroughfares of the Confederate States^
P Bids * or proposals will be received up to the 1st of
October.
No proposal or b!d will be received for less than five
thousand (5,000) barrels, and eech contractor required
to furn'eh, as above, one-fifth of the amount contracted
for, monthly.
Good and sufficient bonds will be required for the
faithful and prompt execution of contracts, in accord
ance with the regulation of the Confederate Statea.
» *A. M. ALLEN,
Capt. and A. CL &
Colnmbns, Sa., Sept 18, IBM. JJ- jcplt
