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FROM THE GULF.
Reported Capture of Gen. Phelps
and Com. Porter.
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JAVANNAH,
Tliursiay laorclaff, Oct. 2, 18«2.
25^ The Richmond mail failed to come to
hand last evening.
The Federal account of the battle at Iuka,
which we publish elsewhere, is characterized
by the Memphis Appeal as the best specimen of
Yankee extravagance and lying extant.
Surgeon General Hammond reports at Wash
ington that 3.0C0 dead Confederates have been
buried on the field at Sharpsburg by the Fed-
erals, and that 600 remain unburied.
General Tocmb3 is returning to Georgia, his
wound, received at the battle of Sharpsburg,
beyig of a nature to require arespile from active
duty. '
Charles C. Mills, once a prominent citizen
of this State, and for a time Cashier of the old
Central Bank, died at his residence in Harrison
county, Texas, on the 24th July last, in the
70th year of bis age.
Tiie Reported Capture.—The despatch an-
nottneing the capture of General Phelps and
Commodore Porter is probably untrue. The
Baltimore papers of the 24th, copied from by
the Richmond Despatch of the 29th, repprt the
safe arrival of Phelps and Porter at New York.
Death on the Cars.—The Wilmington
Journal of Mondey save:-“A sold.er by the
name of Andersen, of Georgia, returning home
under a sick furlough, died on the cars near
Teachey’s Depot, on the Wilmington and Wel
don Railroad, on the $Cth 5rs». His body was
buried at Burgaw Depct %
No News.—Another day, and we are still
without advices from Kentucky, to which State
all eyes arc nov/ turned with anxious expecta
tion. Something decisive has doubtless oc
curred before this, but we must wait until the
* Yankee papers come along willi their budgets
of lies about if.
In Virginia both armies are resting aad re
cruiting their diminished ranks. We shall
probably hear of no general movements, on
either side, for come day3 to come, perhaps for
a week or fortnight.
^Erial Demonstration. — About midday
yesterday, and for more than an hour, the roar
of heavy artillery was almost momentarily
Bounding In our ears. The shots seemed too
frequent to come from only one 6ide, and the
general impression in the city was that a fierce
engagement was progressing between the ene
my’s fleet and our battcriis on the river. A
number of persons went down to witness.the
havee and circumstance of war, but to their
disappointment found it w.;3 only a bit of fun,
or.rathcv folly, on the part of the enemy. They
brought up two gunboats to the vicinity of Ve.
nus’ Point, and from that convenient distance
amused themselves in throwing shot and shell,
to the number of a hundred or more, in the di
rection of our batteries, nearly three miles off.
The shot alffell short and the shell burst in the
air, and, consequently, we saved cur ammuni-
■ tion. Tired of the sport, the robbers turned
tail and steamed down the river.
Such is the report which we tret from parties
who were in viewing distance of the attempted
bombardment.
If the Yankees are anxious to try our metal,
why net ccmc up boldly within range of cur
batteries, cr, what would be equally acceptable,
land a few thousand somewhere on tho neigh
boring main V We promise them, at least, a
respectable reception, if they should make the
attempt.
AnoOicf Accoimt.—Since the foregoing was
put ia type, we learn, from official quarters,
that the Federals approached our batteries with
a steamer and a flat, the latter being armed with
guns of very long range. They came up high
er than already stated, and some of their shot
and shell fell in the neighborhood of our works,
but did no damage.
* Acknowledgment,
Sprikgfield Hospital, )
Springfield, Effingham Co , Sept. S, 1C62. f
Mr. Editor: It is Tilth groat pleasure and
thankfulness that I am enabled to acknowledge the
kind and bountiful subscriptions of the patriotic ladies
o: the County for provisions, vegetables of various
kinds, bedding, matreeaes and covering to the Hospi
tal here, for the relief and comfort of the sick and con
valescent soldiers at this place. For weeks past, in fact
ever since the establishment of the Convalescent Hos
pita’, wo have been indebted to our lady friends for
their timely and appropriate donations to the suffering
tick. In tho cause of humanity they have been first
and foremost in ministering to the want? and allevia
ting the sufferings of our gallant soldiers who are nobly
engaged in the defence of their country. And ade
quate notico should be made of their names end pa
triotic motives, to animate others and to show to the
country of what material the ladie3 of old Effingham
are composed. The establishment of the Hospital here
has been eminently succesefu', the purity of the water
and freedom ot the atmosphere from miasmatic infec
tion contributes a great deal to the recovery of the
sick. ‘Within the space of a few weeks many of the
soldiers who have been sent here to recover their
health have been restored and enabled to discharge
their duties. In my opinion a mcra convenient and
healthful spot than Springfield eonld not be selected in
South East Georgia for the establishment of a Hospital
during the war. Tho nam.s of the ladies who have so
kindly conti ibuted to cur wants and necessities are as
follows:
Mrs Marion Wilson,
““ Eliza Rhftnn
“ GE Berry,
Bliss Georgia Morrell,
Mrs J Dasher,
“ JMallett,
Mrs. £ J Christie,
“AG Porter,
“ A E Mingiedorff,
“ A E Morgan,
“ S G Morgan,
“ Jj J Morgan,
“ Bebecca Snooks,
“ W G Morgan,
“ OL Morgan,
Miss J Y Morgan,
“AY Morgan,
“ Alice Mingledorff,
" BLMItzger,
Mn.E J Buth,
Miss G A Mingledotff,
Mrs G H Morgan,
Miss L H Morgan,
Mrs 8 Gnahn,
Mrs John Metzger,
“ A Mallory,
“ GW Grovenstine,
Yours respeotfully, ^
w. jr. wttsoir*
Acting Surgeon Convalescent Camp.
Allen Kieffer,
O E Smith,
Longstreet,
V Edwards,
B C Porter, .
F Gnann,
Lewis McCormick,
S M Baffin,
E Grovenstine,
J Wilson,
Joseph O Edwards,
D Metzger,
8 Mallary,
O Grovenstine,
H E Dasher.
Charleston and Savannah in War
Times—As Seen by a Yankee Lady, ’
The New York Journal of Commerce prints
the following as- “the substance of a conversa
tion with Mrs. Livingston, of New # York, who
was brought from Savannah under a flag of
trace, after a sojourn of several months in
Dixie.” Mrs. L. evidently 7 appreciates the Yan
kee fcradness for the marvellous, and hence she
‘lays it on thick.” When here she passed her
self off on the authorities as Mrs. Henley :
Mrs. Livingston, whom I find to be a very
ntelligent lady (and who is the wife of a Cap
tain in thfr Federal army,) says she has been
treated with uniform kindness and respect since
her detention in th° South, which dates back
to tho commencement cf the war. From per
sonal observatior, she believes Savannah may
be Ipken, but Charleston, never. She has seen
sixteen iorta which are already completed, and
the sebels are still engaged in making more
numerous the fortifications between Fort Sum
ter and the city. The rebels say there are to be
no more New Orleans. There is no property,
except real estate, within a dozen miles of
Charleston. All the furniture, stores, and in
deed everything movable, was sent into the in
terior immediately after the battle of James
Island. Two provision stores only remain.
Many of the inhabitants reside about three
miles outside the city, in barracks similar to
soldiers, and use only the most indispensable
and cheapest kind of furniture. No Sabbath
day services are held in any of the Charleston
churches; all the church bells hove been cast
in’o can non, and even the iron railings and
fences have been collected together and made
into cannon. It Is reported as a mistaken idea
that there are Union men ia the South. Mrs.
Livingston does not believe there is one. She
never 6aw a people so united and so determined.
There’s not a lady in the entire Confederacy
who owns fifty dollars worth of jewelry. It
has voluntarily been given for the cause, and
the proceeds have built many of their finest
boats. The blockade is ineffectual; she has
seen thi ee steamers enter Charleston har
bor on one day—and during a short visit
at Charleston, one steamer made three trips
to Nassau, N. P., bringing medical stores
enough to last the entire army a full year.
Nothing but the most common qualities of
wearing apparel can ba obtained—and shoes
are very expensive—the pair she wore, worih
about one dollar and a half, costing in Savannah
twelve dollars. Jtfcdessary provisioss were
cheap, but the luxuries were very expensive. A
free maiket had been opened in Charleston,
where any body could procure, on application,
three pounds of fresh beef, and half a peck of
potatoes per day. Besides the heavy war and
State tax, every mole resident of the. Confede
racy is taxed two dollars per year for the sup
port of the families of soldics. The utmost
contempt and indignation is felt for Gen. But
ler, and that order is universally regarded as
infamous. The Rebels expected lo be defeated
at Richmond, and had made all preparations to
fall back upon* Columbus, which place was
strongly fortified. The buildings for the Capi
tol, and those for the residence of the officers
of 8tate, had been 'selected. All the cotton had
been removed to the interior. The Governor of
South Carolina has earned all the negroes to be
colonized near Greenville, some three hundred
miles in the interior. They are under the su
pervision of agents appointedSby the Governor,
and arc to plant corn and potatoes for the sub
sistence of the army, and ore to be fed and
clothed by the Government during tho continu
ance of the war. Yerv few slaves were found
in Savannah or Charleston—they were so scarce
as not to be procured for servants, even when
one dollar and a half per day was offered for
them. The rebels were most sanguine of their
ability to procure fneir independence—and re
garded it only a matter of time. Boys of eight
and ten years of age were formed into “Home
Guards” at Charleston and Savannah, and had
acquired so much skill in the use of arms as to
be able to hit a mark formed in the shapa and
size of a man at a distance of thirty rods. These
precocions defenders, it is said, were to mount
sheds and fences, when the cities were invaded,
and shoot down the Yankees.
A Babbit la a Battle—An Incident on
tlio Battle field of filalvorn I111I*.
Says an Eastern correspondent:
A full grown rabbit had hid itself away in the
copse of a fence, which separated two fields
near the centre, and a meet exposed portion of
the battle ground. Rabbits are wont to 6pend
the day almost motionless, and in seeming
dreamy meditation. This one could have had
but little thought—if rabbits think—when
choosing its place of retreat at early dawn, that
ere it was eventide there would bo such an un
wonted and ruthless disturbance.
Daring all the preparations for battle made
around itB lair during the forenoon, it neverthe
less remained quiet. Early, however, in the af-
ternood, when tho mge of battle had.fairly be
gun, and shot and 6hcll were falling thick and
fast in all directions, a shell chanced to burst so
near Mr. Rabbit’s hiding-place, that ho evident
ly considered it unsafe to tarry longer. So,
frightened almost to death, out he springs into
the open field, and ran hither and thither with
the vain hope ot finding a safe retreat. Which
ever way it ran cannons were thundering out
their smoke and fire, regiments of men were
advancing-or changing position, herses gallop
ing here and there, shells bursting, and solid
shot tearing up the ground. Sometimes it
would squat down and lie perfectly still, when
some new and sudden danger would again start
14 into motion. Once more it would stop and
raise itself as high as possible on its hind legs
and look all round for some place of possible
retreat, ;r~S
At length a part of the field seemed open,
which was in the direction opposite from
where the battle raged most fiercely. Thither
it accordingly ran with all its remaining speed.
Unobserved by however, a regiment was in
that direction, held in reserve, and, like Wel
lington’s at Waterloo, was lying flat on the
ground, in order to escape the flying bullets.
Ere the rabbit seemed aware, it bad jumped
4nto the midst of the men. It could go no
further, but presently nestled down beside a
soldier, and tried to bide itself under his arms.
As the man spread the skirt of his coat over
the trembling fugitive, in order to insure it all
the protection in his power to bestow; he, no
doubt, feelingly remembered how much he
himself then needed some higher protection,
under the shadow of whose arm might be hid
den his own defenseless head from the fast
multiplying missiles of death scattered in all
directions.
It was not loug, however, before the regi
ment was ordered up and forward. From the
protection and safety granted, the timid crea
ture had evidently acquired confidence in man
—as the boys are wont to say, “had been
tamed.” As the regiment moved forward to
the front ot the battle, it hopped along, tame,
seemingly, as a kitten, close at the feet of the
soldier who had bestowed the needed protec
tion. Wherever the regiment went, daring the
remaining part of that bloody day and terrible
battle, the rabbit kept close beside its new
friend. When night came on, and the rage of
battle had ceased, it finally, unmolested and
quietly, hopped away, in order to find some of
its old and familiar haunts.
Gen. A. R. Wright.—Among the list of our
wounded we see the name of this officer. He
has passed through many severe battles and has
narrowly leaped in'them all. His wound is
said, to be severe, but not dangerous. No sol
dier in the Confederate States has won his spurs
more gallantly than Gen. Wright. No man in
the whole list of onr officers who had not a
military education, has acted more gallantly or
deserved higher praise. If he had been, by
education, a soldier, he would to-day 6tand
among the first Generals.of the Confederacy.
He has displayed coolness, courage and sagaci
ty which has even arrested the attention of the
President and the old army officers. His State
is proud of him, and even his ojd political ene
mies praise him., If his life is spared he will
emerge from the din and smoke of ibis bloody
war, with higher laurels than any officer who
has 'sprang directly from the people. . “ Our
Ranse” has onr best wishes for the future—
may he receive, as he deserves, still higher hon
ors.— (Confederate Union. 1 -
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Items from Yankee Papers.
The latest Northern papers contain the fol
lowing : *
THE PRESS ON LINCOLN’S PROCLAMATION.
The Washington National Intelligencer thinks
the proclamation of the President, with regard
to the slaves in the Confederate States, likely
to prove equally void of practical effect with
that of Gen. Hunter, and is not “without the
suspicion that the President has taken this
method to convince the only class of persons
likely to bo pleased with this proclamation of
the utter fallacy of the hopes they have founded
upon it.”
The Washington Republican is jubilant over
the proclamation, believes it “will be received
by the loyal States with a perfect furore cf acr
clamation,” cud s?ys whilerit will lose to the
President a few latter-day friends, “it will re
store to the President all his old friends, and
unite the sound portion of the people in cue
solid and impregnable mass in support of the
Union and theiCcnstitution.”
The Baltimore Clipper says the j-roclumation
cime “very unexpectedly on the country,” and
adds:
We know not what can have been the prompt
ing motive of the President to have again pre
sented this subject to the attention of the
country at this time, except that the sixty days’
notice of the confiscation act had expired. The
remark recently mado by him to a distinguished
citizen, that the time had not arrived for such
a step, had left upon the minds of the people
the hope that the negro question, any farther
than as it was noticed in Mr. Lincoln’s reply to
Horace Greeley, weald not be soon again urged
upon the public attention until the close of the
war. The subject is one which the loyal men
of the border States cannot but believe is not
calculated to aid the Union cause, and therefore
regret to find it thrnet before the pnblic again.
No good, wc believe, will come of its repro
duction, and we hope no evil may flow from it;
but we think it had better been left alone.
NEGRO REGIMENTS IN KANSAS.
A correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat,
writing from Kansas City, give3 a description
i some of Gen. Lane’s volunteers, as follows:
A detachment of Lane’s new negro brigade,
numbering 2C0, arrived to day :*.t Camp L:n<
near Wyandotte Bridge, iu Kansas, opposite
this city. Their departure from Leavenworth
yesterday is described by an eye-witness as be
ing hovel in the extreme. The detachment,
accompanied by their baggage trains, marched
through the principal streets, singing “J >hn
Brown’s body lies mouldering in the ground.”
On arriving at the levee a most ludicrous and
affecting scene occurred in tne leave takings of
the darkey women, girls and old men. Tears,
grimaces, grips, ivery, and “God bress ye’s,”
were commingled in laughable, melancholy,
wrathful style. One crippled darkey, in gib
bering a general adieu, admonished them thus :
“Show your pluck, African*, neber show your
back to the ’sesh.’l
m’clellan still on the defensive.
A letter to the New York Tribune, dated
Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 21, congratulates the
North that not “an armed rebel treads the soil
of Maryland.” The Federal army, however,
is represented as still being on the defensive.—
The correspondent acknowledges that the fight
ing in Maryland hasn’t been very advantageous
to - the Federals, but still it might have been
much worse.
HURTING TnE DEAD AT SHAKP3BURO.
Three regiments have been occupied since
Thursday morning in bGiving the dead. It is
beyond all question, and I challenge any one
who has been upon the battle field to dcr.v it,
that the rebel dead are almost three to our one.
On the other hand, we lost more in wounded.
This Is accounted for by our officers from the
superiority of our arms. Many of our soldiers
are wounded with buck-shot, which disfigures
the body terribly, but seldom produce a fatal
wound.
snAnrsRur.G after the fight*
Nearly all the inhabitants of Sharpsburg have
returned to their dwellings. The work of re
moving dead horses from the streets and repair
ing the damages lo the building, has commenc
ed. Two churches were nearly destroyed, and
will have to be rebuilt. •
Fortunately, the mansions of the rich rebels
suffered the most severely. The dwelling of a
Mr. Grover, a notorious Secessionist,' was al
most destroyed. Daring the cannonade, lhe_
women and children were huddled together for
three days in the cellars; one cellar^ under a
large stone mansion, contained more than sixty.
They entertained themselves wiih prayer and
pslam singing, and cursing the rebels nr the
Yankees, as their sympathies leaned with, one
or the other bcligcrent.
One can imagine how furious the cannonade
mast have been, from the tact that but five
dwellings in a village containing 1,500 inhabi
tants, escaped uninjured.
RACE BETWEEN BUELL AND BRAGO.
A despatch dated Louisville, the 25th, at mid
night, says:
The armies of Buell and Bragg left Lebanon,
Tenn., and Carthage, respectively on the 21st,
Buell following the arc and Bragg the chord of
a circle. Our array traveled 361 and Bragg 206
miles. Buell got into Northern Kentucky or.e
day ahead of Bragg, notwithstanding the im
mense excess of cur transportation over that
of the enemy.
Col. Wilder, of the 17th Indiana, has arrived,
having been exchanged with the rebels for one
Lieutenant and 26 privates.
Rumors, creating some excitement, are afloat
bf the movements of two divisions of Bragg’s
army, but the direction or purpose cannot be
ascertained to-night.
ANOTHER IRON-CLAD OUT ON A ‘SECRET MISSION*
The Baltimore Clipper says that the iron-clad
“New Ironsides” has sailed from Philadelphia
with sealed orders for nobody knows where. It
adds: J
It is to be hoped that the rebel steamer which
was so shamefully permitted to escape the
blockade at the South a few days ago wilf be
safely caged by Capt. Turner, who is in com
mand of this noble ship. It is high time onr
navy was at work again. It is well known that
at the few ports still held by the rebels they
are making desperate efforts to fit out Iroq-
clads; and the first we shall hear of them some
of these days will be a sudden raid against seine
of our men-of-war, the commanders of which,
like Capt. Preble, will permit them to or' '"
and perhaps destroy them.
Gon* Buell’* Department.
The Eetrogade Movement cfGeru Buell—The Ground
f\Abandoned by our Forces—The Main Army at
Bowling Green—Rebel Invasion of Kentucky, etc.
[From He New York Times Correspondent]
Bowling Green, Ky., Sept. 1L—The retregada
movement of> Qur troops, on iha part of Gen. But-li,
has at length 1 taken place. On the breaking up of cur
camps at Battle Creek, onr men took possession of
Decbard, whence, alter being joined by Buell in per-
Bon, they took their lino of march for Murfreesboro’.
But a brief period of inactivity was permitted at that
point, wbenlh9 command of “On to Nashville” waa
given. Tlioicity was reached mtho.it cncouu’erin,.
the enemy, or the loss of a tingle wagen or ecouthig
party by the guerrillas, who were on the alert to annoy
and harass our movements.
Meantime, tho brigade of Qcu. Neglcy, wh.cn had
been stationed at Columbus and Pulaski, Tennessee,
and at Elk river and adjacent points, to guard bridges
and trains; and the brigade of Gen. Bosseao, stationed
at Huntsville, Alabama, received marching orders to
loin the mam body of tho army at Nashville. These
orders wero promptly, and most successfully obeyed.
Ail Middle Tennessee south of Nashville and North
Alabama, recently held by Gena Buell and Mitchell,
m-y now bo said to to.temporarily abandoned b7 our
troop’. The report that has gained currency through
tho public prints, that Forrest and his Eebel cavalry
were captured near Columbus, Tennessee, is incorrect,
and that noted guerrilla chief was most certainly
operatiugln aacriher quarter at tho timo theexplcit
was said to have been performed. *
On the arrival at Nashville of tho largo and wed ap
pointed army of Gen. BuoJ, orders were given to pro
ceed at onco to Bowling Green. In this movement
Gea. Negloy had the advance, and reached Bowlicg
Green on Sunday, tho 7th inch, and went into camp.
On the same day that Gen. Neglo7 reached this ; :acu
the general movement from Nashvi le commenced,
and is still going on. The commands of Gens. Woo..’,
McCook, Roseau, Smith, bt*.rkweather, Crittenden,
etc., arc embraced; a this movement. Over twenty-
throe hundred baggage wage a a, connected with theio
several commands, have already arrived here in safe
ty. The immense cavalcade of wagons and men cx-
t*nded a distance of over forty mile?, which is ffiors
thn n half the distance from hero to Nashville
Bowling-Green and vicinity compete one vast camp
ing ground; and the very car.h trembles to the tread ot
martial fcotts. The divisions o: General McCook and
Crittenden have not yet arrived, but are on thur way
here; their advenes will most probably Le in Ij-night
or in the morning. General McCook’s advance is at
Franklin, treaty-Jne miles south of this place. Gen
tlemen who came ia this afternoon report heavy can
nonading and brisk mufketry in tho vicinity of Frank-
itir to-duy. A consi dt-rablo reinforcement was huiritd-
lv despatched trem this place in that direction to day.
It is thought tLat probabiy General Cheatham, who
leads oue'uivisioa of Braxton Bragg’s army, and who
i3 reported as lraving crossed the Camb- riaml some
days since, has, in c n.-iderardo force, pn-hoJ his way
through East Tennessco by way of Hertsv illc*, and ma le
a dash upon Jlc'Jook. in tho ntighlx>rhood ot Franklin,
with a view cf capturing his supply train! and cnitipg
off a part of h.s forces. Other- tlnr.k that :i~> gan tv.i
made a da-h up :t iiio trdu coming up; but this 12
hardly possible, ai that famed g •.crriila’hes for som i
time past been in the regi .ii of u* singloa, f:6i:i which
point he Las bc-!i tiling fiout!: : n Kentucky with flam- j
mg appeals to the ‘ y^ung men.” To-morrow v. lit do
volop the truth cf this reported ca .noaading. F.om
personal observation wo can say that tweaty-fuiir hours
ago there waa no appearance of the cueiay about
Franklin.
The question upon tli3 lips of nil is, i3 Nashville to
bo evacuated ? Upon this subject quite a divinity <>:
opinion cxhls. Yet from what wo have seen and from
what we know upon tho subject, wo feel almost eafe iu
say ing that Nashville will no; be given up by our troop? *
—without the existence qf ihe most imperatke neces
sity for the step, vo knowHt will not be.
Aiter tho departure from that city for Kentucky of
that part of General Buell’s forces indicated above,
Major GenejciThomas, with his division, will still be
the.ro, an 1 no will doubtless be reinfjrced by a part of
General Grant’s army. Uur Government stores will
remain in NashvllK*. and our heavy saigo guns are
still mounted upon tho fortifications, and Ca, tlol fitll,
for tho defence of the city. This, at least, does not
lo -k like an evacuation of tho placo.
You have seen a report iu the papers to the effect
thatGon Kosencranz had met tire e. emy at Tupelo,and
that he had been decisively repulsed. This is incor
rect. The indefatigable and cautious hero of the
Western Virgin a campaigns ia not opt to be “decisive
ly repulsed.” It has also been KtaUd that ho wa.-
marching up through rnlddlo Tennessee towards Narh-
vilie. The most probable whereabouts ci'Geu. Itasca-
crauz ia do.vn tho Ohio river. A gentleman of un
do ibtad veracity, md one whoso opportunities inr
knowing aro good, and who is just from the Ohio, in
forms mo ;iiai transports had several days since been
despatched to Cairo for the purpose of conveying the
General up the river. At to what point 1j to bo hii
destination 1 am unable to tay.
As indicated iu a fountr letter, the Bebels aro at
tempting to iuv.ido Kcnluck/ at several different
'points simultaneously, and have at every point assum
ed a tone infolcnt and detiaut, Their flag floats from
tho dome of oar State Cun.tv!, while from our Repre
sentative Kali their edict's and proclamations go forth.
They haY“LcVan?ed to rdmoat wi.biii Atrik.ns dLiL-nc-.-
ot Cincinnati, while Louisville; The commercial me
tropolis of the State, is threatened bv them. Lexing
ton, Shel yviile an :t tho principal pruts of southeastern
Kentucky is in their hands, 'ihe recapture of-
ClarksviUe, and the dispersion o', the guerrillas at
Madisonvifle, by the Federal arms, has at length
given a check to their successful raids of plunder in
the western and coithv/c;tera counties of tho fcpate—
yet tho destruction of tho magnifle nfc lock and dam at
Spottsvilie, cn Green Iiivar,ia another Belxl success oi
no small magnitude. It entirely destroys navigation
on Green and Barren rivers for a loug time to come.—
This point is on Barren, which is navigable to our
wharves by slack water. Barren ia an affluent of
Green Elver, hence the destruction of the locks and
dams on that stream deprives the people hero of all
navigation by water. Brigadier General Smith i3 at
present in command of the post at this place, and at
tends toIiis many and responsible dulks with com
mendable v.gilance and satisfaction.
A fawniahts since, twenty-five Rebel pickets, a part
of Morgan’s men, were captured a few miles adjacent
to this place. Tir.y wero all sent to tho military au-
ihoritiei at Louisville. Ono of the young Kebels, the
son of tn old worthy Union citizen of this coun y, was
killed in tho encounter The oil Kebel fortifications
here havo been strengthened and mannod since the
advanco of Gen Buell -reached the place. No pasres
are granted to anyone on any pretext, cither to go
out or come into town. The bridge and trestle ot Salt
river was burned a-iew days since, and this place and
points bel:w were for a timo cut off from northern
communications. Trains aro running regularly now,
however, and mails arc received daily.
Bragg, it is reported, has crossed the Cumberland a
considerable distance above Nashville. .It is said that
since crossing tho Cumberland he has divided his army
into two divisions, and that he is pushing on through
East Tennessee and Kentucky with tho view of flank
ing Buell. "Whatever truth there may be in this state
ment, it is evident that Buell's retrogade movement
into Kentucky is made with special reference to tho
invasion of the btate by the Rebels. That he will
prove himself competent to cope suceessfufly with
them, and evorwheim them *ith defeat, no loyal man
doub:s for a moment.
3£Otwit
Financial Speculations.
The financial editor of the Chicago Timcg'says
confidently that there are indications that some
of the leading strong banks in the North are
preparing themselves to resume specie pay
ments, and adds : “The last weekly hank state
ment of the New York city banks shows a ten
dency to contraction. And not only are the New
York city banks contracting their circulation,
but it has been manifest for some time past that
the Slate banks of Ohio, Indiana and Iowa are
doing the same. There are scarcely an£ of the
notes of the banks of these States in circulation,
and they are all in a position, or sooxrjwill be,
to announce their willingness and ability to re
sume specie payments.”
Tho specie reserve in the New York city banks
is stated to be about $37,000,000 in round num
bers, of which about $16,000,000 ik placed on
special deposit. Their circulation on the 6th
instant was $0,645,965. Thus it
that the New York city banks, a3
in their vaults* are in a situation to
to resume specie payments, and if .
so announce their intention we do”;
State banks of Ohio and Indiana wqi
follow suit.
Tho result of such actiop on the apart of the
strong banks of the North must bfljgpparent to
every one. It would compel the Federal Trea
sury to redeem its issue, or they ■would be at
once placed in a ruinous dlsconnL^Henca we
think the banks will not take such; a step* f° r
the simple reason they will not WitWlQV-ed to
do so. The war is already expensive enough,
and if It had tpbp carried or wffhiPgreatly de
preciated currency, the Fedora] treasury
fiopu collapse.—fMemphis Appeal * , ■
v • V
NO. 229.
You’ll Tell Her, AVon’t You 12’
“Another (soldier), shot through the lungs,
clasped a locket to his breast and moved his
lips till I put down usy ear and listened for his
last breath—‘Yen’ll t»:»l her, won’t jon ?’ Tell
who or whore 1 could not ask, but the lockou
was the picture of ono who might be wife,
sweetheart or sister.”—[Army Letter.
You’ll tell iicr, w«ml yon ? 8ny to lier I died
As a brave sotdier should—true to tho last;
fcht-’il bear :t belter ir a thought of pride
Comes iu to May her, tho ffist thsck o’erpast!
You’ll tell her, won’t you V Show her how I lay
I loved so well;
Pressing the pictured bps w
And how my !a?t thoughts floated far away
To home ar.d ter, with love I could cot tell.
You’ll tell Lcr, won’t you ?—not how hard it was
To give up life—for her sske so dear;
N sv, r.ay, rot so. Eny ’twaa a nr bio cause,
Aud I did d:c for is without a tear.
You’.l tell her, won’t you ? Eho’ll bo glad lo know
Her soldier stood on-jaunted, true as steel,
Fia heart with her, his bosom to lha foo,
When the t low struck no human power con Id hc?J.
You’ll tell her, won’t you ? Say, too, w-e shall meet
In God's Hereafter, where our love shall grow
More holy lor this parting, tnd more sweet,
And cleansed from every stain it knew below.
THE UATTJiE AT I-f-Kl.
Till. FE.0K3AT. ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIU
U'roa; the Cairo Gszette, KxLra, 2'.d.]
■Vo Lave to record a brilliant victory achieved
Gen. Rcsc-cranz’s army at Miss,
u. Price and Lis kgions are beaten, dcmoisl-
iz?d and pursued by our victorious treape.
Two Rebel Generals are placed hors <tu combat,
live 1 mid red Rebels are prisoners, and protv-blv
one thousand killed and wounded. We cap
tured f-ix entire batteries—thirltfgV.x piece:— •
njilllecy, and an immense ainrnint of provi
sions. All this has been accomplished without
severe less or. the Union side.
Four hundred brave and gallant man were
killed and wounded. Ia our r< joiclcgs at ibis
splendid victory, U t us not forg'-t to dr the
galisatlythan ours!
’ Thursday in or
to Gen. Grant :
northward iu J.h
wV>re il’is <W:Vy forded!
Gen. Brags a* Mudlordsvii
err.r.z's army corp» (formallyl\,j e’n.) -va.- ira-
mctSiatriy put in position for i:\-nx’, which
they rear bed on Tuursdiy night.
Gen. Price had probably learned of his ap
pro sell, and stiuek lor 1-it-lia, crossing the
r < ute which Gon. Kosencranz would have ta
ken, between lliouzi and Cotton Plant, about
eight ratios below Rienzi. Gen. Rosencracz
was iaforuied of this movement in season to
march across the country and arrive at I n-b
just as the rear-guard of’tho cucray was leav
ing. It was then four o’e.00k on Friday, eve
ning. II j immediately engaged the caemv,
and lor two boms th^rc was heavy skitmLa
ing. without any definite result, until dArkn
compelled the combatants ;o suspend'‘kcsiili-
ties. ' "a
Both armie3 rested on their arm:-, and al
break the battloAViis resumed. Cavalry, ?n.ii
l«ry and infantry were mixed in horrible c Vu
don, and the carnage was dreadful. The ure
lasted till r.eav’y noon, when Use enemy’s nno
Poet Hurso.v,.(via Mobjje) Sept. GO.—A gentleman
just arrived from New Orleans a:ys it was reported
tUero that tlio Coafcticrata war steamer u 290” hnH
captured an outward bound Federal vessel, off the
mouth of the Mississippi, having as passengers Genera!
Phelps and Cpmmodoro Porter. These dignitaries
were transferred to the “290” and placed in confine-
ment. w
From Col, Crawford’* Regiment.
Foot of Walden’s Ridge, 1
Sept. 25, 1SG3. J
JMi0>v Columbus Enquirer:—On the 2d Sep
tember our regiment—theoi Georgia Cavalry—
crossed the Tennessee 1 iver at Chattanooga,
and took up our line of march for the purpose
o. overtaking Gen. Bragg’s army, then said to
be across the mountains. We followed‘on
rapidly iu the rear of the rapidly advancing
uT ray * and u 1 the night of the 6th camped ten
imks beyond Spa:tu,_the headquarters of Gen.
m*d w eve assigned our place in Genj
j i.e-eioi s Bvig-ide, which was immedcately or-
.. u to the trout o.id cent cut upon an expe—
wion, the nature of which wc did not at that
:tric understand-—the object of which, how—
ver, was lo detain, i! possible, the retreating
• iny of Buell until Geu. Bragg could accom-
: .ii his ends. Ou the night of the 7th we
'atcrcd oar jaded bursts ia the Cumberland,
ji.j:.r Carthage, and the next morning cookea
§.‘t;r days rations, left the wagons and our extra
V behind, crossed tho Cumberland ana
-craped for the night at Dixon’s Springs, where
w me; with CoJ. Bennett’s command, consiat-
.of 4 or 500 volunteers imperfectly armed.—
•'r.e next day we moved to Castilian Springs,
. von miles from Gallatin—the scene of John
; organ’s famous exploits. Our scouts went in
. tli
he town ana captured soma few straggling
vankecs. They also obtained information
nee ruing Buell’s force—then in the vicinity
vk g up towards Bowling Green. Bneii
t ! h ii Nashville with almost his entire force,
~ d xv. . . vuvijiiig touatds this place. General
::. j_g d:r .eung Iks course not after Buell—
. t; - . r .-uppos'id—but ia tho direction of
Cl:: •• , Ky., so as to 00 above him and thus
itTi'.s retreat. .
..•a !: ! g iko re! :l. e petitions of the two
:t became a matter of the highest irn-
i*.e ■ that Buell’s army should bo annoyed
.■. rtu.-ded as much as possible. This, then,
• our t.tUin'.’ss. “Not ;o fight, but to hr.r-
V’ were Gon. Brogg’s inslructicus to otr
1 .: :i leader—and nobiy did he luiiill the trust
. od iu him. It, would require far more
; • : n l have in this, to tell of our.adven-
•.-s i.ur sufferings, privations, and variora
. » with the enemy—sometimes on 1i:b
., then Lis rear, and again his front—never
; r one moment losing sight of him, never
: him rest, until he imagined that the
whole 01 Gen. 3rage’s army, were pressing him
or. every side, instead of a paltry force of eight
'. undred men.
The suffrrirgs of our men were great, but
were borne with the utmost fortitude. By day
‘•e marched, at night we slept in mules, cur
' . at our side, our horses tethered to ci r
risti; our food a part of the green corn they
-:r* the green apples and other fruit we
‘ i by the wayside. On the night of the
: T a we camped at Merry Oaks, Ky„ twelve
. -.iiv” iron Glasgow and twenty from Bowling
Gre°n. Oar work for the time was over; we
bad misled the foo. Gen. Bragg had told Gon.
pYu'vlcr that if he detained the enemy but
■ ■ •.vo hours, a great point •’•vd \ be gained.
»Vc had detained him three thu s.
«; w.v. e:cl, and finally ryil
it charge \ra? made by-'<'ra
liduced, and this rebels J
tt. a - i!i.:ry p raring deadly
became cl
back. A rc.
forces, a \f:
missiles ml Vs- ranks, g'vlag :
tlli tO hiS ft gV, ■* «ii.’ J SITi
Gon. IVC»j’:J J• UY v! > :..*«» P•; \V
southward, followed by our avengV.g army. ;
is expected that we shaii be all_ yj capture ut
greater portion of them.
The brunt of the battle war. sustained V.y Gen.
Rosencranz and Gun. Stanley’s divisions, com
posed mostly of Illinois troop?.
Tlio rebel General Little, iormeriy Governor
of Mississippi, is killed, and Gun. Whitfield
wounded and aj*rlsoner.
The casualties among our officers and men
arc not fully ascertained.
General (3rd started from CcrintU for I u-ka
along the lino of the Memphis and Charleston
railroad, but did not arrive in season to partici
pate iu the battle.
e seen
specie
le them
y should
t not the
at once
The Sickness in Wilmington.—The general
impression here, in which wc fully concur, is
g at it has been clearly traced to the steamer
ate; from Nassau, which vessel arrived here
late in July last. It was asserted at the t;me
that two of her crew died here of the vei-ow
fever very soon after bur arrival. They were
unknown, few thought about the matter amd
public attention was not directed to it. ihe
sickly season not having arrived, the disease,
although occurring sporadically, nad not raade
much progress, nor assumed an epidemic char
acter, until a few weeks since, when it com
menced spreading with great rapidity.
-* It ia.possible had the disease attracted more
attention at first, its progress might nave been
staved or its limits confined, and many valua
ble lives saved. Bat of this we are not now
qu-’lified to speak. How many lives have al
ready been lost, We cannot ascertain, butthey
have‘been many-loo mmy, and the mortality
doe3 not abate, although our town is almost
depopulated, all who could getaway have gone.
Wo 1-arn that twelve deaths were reported on
Cio ®pS. em of ™ ho J°
with the prompt and kind response of tho
Mojor WowS foraid, tho thanks of onr
commonuy ar |^f^j c gL 0 ii Journal, 29th ult.
important Order.
Adit, and Insj?. Gen. Office, )
Richmond, Sept. 21,1SC2. )
Special Order, No. 320.
VIL Leaves of absence and furloughs for sixty
davs from October 2G, 1S02, will be granted to
all members of the General Assembly of the
State of Georgia, in the Confederate State Army.
By order of the Secretary of War.
■-*. John Withers,
«• Assistant Adjutant General.
The production of tobacco is rapidly in
creasing in Algiers. This year’s crop is estima
ted atS twelve million pounds. In 1844 there
were only three and a half acres. The quality
of tobacco now grown ia highly-praised in the
FJ^noh. journals.
Tlio Yankee Less in. tisc E3nttle o£
Sharpsburg,
The slaughter of the Yankees in the battle of
Sharpsburg must have been terrible, even by
their own admission. The correspondent of
the New York Tribune, writing of their loss,
says:
We have been burying our dead and carrying
off"the battle field our wounded. I have just
returned from the sickening spectacle. Sol
diers who went through all the battles of the
Peninsular say the battles about Richmond was
as nothing compared with it. The dead lie in
heaps, and the wounded are coming in by thou
sands. Around and in a large barn, about half
a mile from the spot where Gen. Hooker en
gaged the enemy’s left, I counted 1,250 wound
ed. -Along the same road, and within the dis
tance of two miles, are three more hospitals,
each having from 600 to 700, fn them, and long
trains of ambulances standing in the road,
waiting to discharge their bloody loads. In.
killed and wounded no battle of the war will
approach it. In Summer’s corps alone cur loss
in killed, wounded and missing amounts to five
thousand two hundred and eight! The 15th
Massachusetts regiment went into the battle
with five hundred and fifty men, and came out
with one hundred and fifty-six. The 19th Massa
chusetts, of four hundred and six, lost all hut-
one hundred and forty-seven. The Colon.J and
Lieutenant Colonel were both wounded, (the
Major was lost some months ago,) and every
Captain in the regiment killed or disabled. The
5th New Hampshire, about three hundred
strong, lost one hundred and ten enlisted met
and fourteen officers. Massachusetts, out of
eight regiments engaged, (all except the 85th,
old regiments, with their ranks,) loses upwards
of fifteen hundred, andPensylvaniahas suffered
more than any other State. Tho’rebels seem to
take off our men and officers almost before
they have timo to draw their men up in line of
battle. ' . —k -
d Retort.— When the ff.»g of truce
:uer, containing the Confederate prlsoneis
o exchanged at Vicksburg were lying at
:ipbi3 a few days since, a poor Irishwoman
down to the wharf, for tho pirposc of
V her husband who was on board one of
.• She asked an officer on duty to let her
nrd, and stated the object of he mission,
’ refused. She still persisted in her effju
f . joard. The officer not liking hcrcou-
inpeal, hallowed out to her; “Madame,
. • • ..anot come aboard I say, I wish you
•« onId go to hell and let mo “alone.” The
woman was roused, and puttiuir her arm akim-
replied, shaking her head ; “I can go to
V ri, can I ? Say, mistiier officer, do you know
Stonewall Jackson ?” “Yes, what of him V”
“ *Vc!l he hs been sending so many Yankees to
place now that ho Jabcrs there is no room
' r decent pe ople there, acd the ould dlvil him-
.’••rif ba:- (<• :•!?. p cut 'of doorS.'”" Good fer
IkJdy. •
The hymn we heard in the meeting the last
• i rue—“Oh, take a pill, oh take, oh take a pill,
oit take a piii-grirn home.”
'the hymn we heard—treble and soprano by
fairer portion of crealion—“Ob, for a man,
- , for a man, oh, for a man-eion in the skies.”
T:>-a tne Plunkins heard the base singer at—
' O ’, send down Sal, oh, send down Sal, oh,
c :i j down Sal-vation.”
frEQKGIA—EFFISGHAM COUNTY.—To ail
OT whom i t may concern:
Whereas, William L Concer applies to mo for Lot-
'ers of Administration on ibo ettata of Hamilton
Conner, late of said connty, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all ar.d
iin ’ular the kindred and creditors o fai l dr-ceased,to bo
and appear at my office, on or before the first Monday
in November next, and..Bhow cause (if any they have)
why let:era should not l>e granted.
Given under my hand, at office, this 18th day of
September, 1622.
aep 24 F. E. TKRF.ATT. o. *. a.
r't EOECSA-BBOOKS COUNTY.—To ail whom
or it may concern:
Whereas, William B. Harden has applied to mo for
Letters of Administration on tho ostato of James
Harden, late of eaid county, deceasad:
These are, therefore, to cite mid admonish all
ar.d singular th8 kindred tud creditors of said do-
cozaed to bo and appear at my office, and file their
'•b’c-clions (ii any they bavoi, otherwise Letters of Ad
ministration will bo granted to eaid applicant on Uio
.h;: t Monday in October cevt.
*7ilncs3 my hand and official signature this 19 Jx day
Cl August,, 1352. •
ut»g 20 Ci) A7TGTTR r/OTHLISON, Ordinary.
POSITIOZJ
r McClellan’s
Army.—’
■The cor
respondent' cf the Baltimore American, wr5
ting on the situation along tho Potomac, eayil
Perfect quiet remains along the lines, a quiet
.hat has scarcely been disturbed by even the’
skirmishing of pickets. We hold the river at
Sharpsburg in strong force, whilst the Rebels
occupy the opposite bank.
Williamsport wo aiso occupy in f^ifficient
strength to resist any hostile demonstration
there. Harper’s Ferry is likewise in onr pos
session, and we thus stand in a position to
check a re-invasion of the State, or recom
mence offensive operations whenever General
McClellan so determines.
In tho meantime, the army is not idle. The
new regiments arc receiving the instruction
necessary to perfect them as soldiers; for,
though’their clan and dash in tbe great battle
arc everywhere referred to with admiration, it
is not less true that they were not equal to the
trying positions in which they were placed by
the emergencies of the fight.
EBOOKS COUNTY.—To aU whom
•a it may concern;
• /herons, Berry Wells, Administrator on tho estate
-f J.'J. Joyco, lato of Brooks county, deceased, will
F-it',7 tho Court of Ordinary oi Brooks coaniy lor
Letters of Dismission Z3 Administrator on eaid estate:
these arc, therefore, to cite and admomeh aU whom
it » r, ay concern, to bo and appear before eaid Court to
maka cijcciiou (if any they havo), on or before tho
-- -i Juouda ) l. February next, otherwise eaid letters
*v: •! bo granted.
~ une*', aUp^ui Morrison, Ordinary for Brooks
•_ :atr, th s I7lh July, 16.C2.
Jy 19 (C)ANGUS MOBBIgQET. O. c c.
7TCE2.GJA—B200S3 COUNTY.—To all whom
it may coneora:
Whereas, Wilson Joim'.cn has a polled to mo for
!o»b’-3 of Administration on the eatare of HardeoiJ.
’dv.unson, late of saM county, deceased:
y Those are, there: or-?, to cits and admonish all nartioi
interested, whether kindtadtorcreditors, to show cause
i.u any they have), within tha time proscribed by law,
7 lettsra should not bo granted to said applicant,
’-itnoss ni? Laud and official signature this SOUt
Jury, 1302 ANGUS HOBBISON, *
\y 81 Ordinary.
Among the returned prisoners here are some
Missourians, who have quite an adventurous
history to recount. They wero taken prisoners
while in Price’s anny, Out tho Yankees would
not-recognize them as prisoners of war, ana
give them a trial by court martial. They were
condemned and sentenced to bo executed ; their
coffins were prepared, the graves dug, and the
prisoners taken out to be shot, when at the last
moment tho-Yankees fearing 'retaliation, con
cluded to recognize them sa prisoneis of war,
and allowed them to be regularly ^changed.
It will not belong ontil these fgj?.
in front of the battle, and.tben woe to the ran
kees.—(Vicksburg Citizen.
('t BORGIA—BBOOKS COUHTY.—To all whom
Of it may concern:
'‘Ukeroaa, John McMullen will apply at tlio Court cf
Ordinary for Letters of Dismission as Guardian of tho
person and property of Seaborn Hdwarda:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
ft may concern, to be and appear before said Court to
taste objection (if any they havo), on or before the first
'-Tpnday in February noxt, otherwiso said letters will
be granted. „
Witness, Angus Morrison, Ordinary for Brooks
:oant7, this 17th July, 1S62.
jy 19 (G) AN GOB MOURfSON. o. b. a.
EOHGIA—SEC 0K3 COUNTY.—To all whom
it may concern t , ,. ..
Whereas/ James T. Roberson has appUed to mo for
l.r W« 0 f Administration on the estate of William A.
Fibers on, Into of sold county, deceased:
:/:, erc IvQi therefore, to cite and admomeh the kin-
j.; Y an d creditors of eaid deceased to be and appear
'• l uy office, to file their objections (if any they have),
*atb:a‘ the time prescribed oy law, otherwise letters of
» immisL-ai-on will bo gractod to said applicant,
~ Siren-under my hand this the 19lh day of Anggrt,
l5 Sg SO (5) AHQXJ8 HQBBISQN, Ordinary.
N OTICE.—Sis months afterdate, application will
bo made to the Court of Ordinary of Brooks
County for Letters of Dismission lor J. T. A. Newton,
late ol said connty, deceased, from the estate of James
Newton, late of said county, deceased. Application
made by Georgo Alderman, Administrator; this 12th
day of March, 1862. •’
mar!7 ggNOTB IIO RKISON, Ordinary.