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GOOD HEWS ThePaperietOtvajeetopped, union aremittance it modi to continue it Timely notice it given, to Oat payment can be made before the expiration of a subscription. 1362 riEITJ^SID.A.'Sr, yoL LXI. Agents of tbs Republican. Thomaa Simraons ia oar authorized agent to receive subscriptions at HonUceUo, JefierEon connty, "Florida. - Eev. Hamilton W. ffitame ib avx agent at ThomasviUe, Thomas coni:"v. T. B. Waraell ft .ojtr afcent ot liainbridge, i nomaavute, 1 nomas com. ,. T. B. Waraell ft .ojtr stfcent ft liainbridge, Decatnr connty. W. B. Bennett la oar ,-agebi at Qnftmam Broofes conntv. B. D. Brantley Is onr agent at Blaekahear, Ga FROM THE GULF. Reported Capture of Gen. Phelps and Com. Porter. Notice to Safetcyibois. When you find M before your name on your paper, please renew, your subscription, a* it it a notice that- ih« time for li *c b-.-r ’iceo raid "will expire in a lew days. 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 - . .... y ; 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.