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WEEKLY
REPUBLICAN,
JBy IT. W. Sims,
City and Count; Printer.
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SAYANN AH, GaT
Saturday Morning, May 10, 186*.
The Mobile Advertiser of the 4th, has a des
patch from Corinth, stating that Huntsville
was re captured by Kirby Smith.
Appointment.—We have very good authority
for stating that General Capers, late of t e
Georgia Btalo Troops, has been
Brigadier Genera' in the Confederate s
Confederate Judge.—H° • T ,
rrr.‘Torr^
commission and took the oath of office some
days ago.
Good Example.— Major Walker Reynolds
has taken the lead in Talladega county, Alabama
in sending negroes to work the farms of poor
men who are in the army, and have left farms
and families behind. This is as it should be.
Occupation of New Orleans. — A despatch
was received by the Secretary of War, from
General Lovell, at Camp Moore, stating that
Gen Eutler’s force entered New Orleans on
on Saturday. '
Kissing the Hod.— The Legislature of Mary
land has been made to appropriate seven thou
sand dollars to the families of the Massachu
setts Yankees, slain by the outraged citizens ol
Baltimore in the invasion of last spring!
Norfolk. — The Richmond Examiner of Mon
day, has a report that the Confederate troops
have commenced to evacuate Norfolk. The
other papers and the telegraph arc silent on the
s abject.
Halleck’s Funeral Order.— General tlal
leck has issued an order prohibiting more than
twelve persons from attending the iuneral of
Kentucky rebels, who belonged to the Confed
erate Army and are brought home for inter
ment.
Our statement concerning the appoint
ment of Gen. Capers as a Brigadier in the Con
federate service, was premature. The circum
stantial evidence was very strong, and seemed
to warrant the announcement, though it turns
out that the appointment has not yet been made.
We understand that over three hundred loyal
Southerners have been arrested at Nashville,
and confined as prisoners in the State Peniten
tiary since the establishment there of Andrew
Johnson’s monstrous and unlicensed despot
ism.
Speculation in Memphis.— Sugar has ad
vanced over one hundred per cent, in Memphis
within the last few days. The Memphis Ava
lanche more than hints that the rise is caused
by the probability that the Federalists will oc
cupy Memphis.
Second Georgia —The 2d Georgia Volun
teers, now in the Peninsula, reorgnized, under
t!ie conscript bill, on the 28th of April. E. M.
Butts, the former Major, was elected Colonel;
Capt. Wm. R Holmes, of the “Burke Sharp
Shooters,” Lieut. Colonel, and Capt. W. T.
Harris, of the “Jackson Blues,” Major.
The remarkable admission has been made on
the floor of the Washington House of Repre
sentatives that the Federal Government has
Re-
rii/te SAVA KTTSI ATT VJISXES&S-TT REPUBLICAN, SaTUBDA Y, MaA'Y" 10, 1862.
Tlie Past aod I* Mure Policy of the Con
fedc b’te States. !
For two long yea, "s, (says a Richmond con
temporary,) has wu v, In its most vindictive
form, raged upon Sou 'hern territory, and yet to
this ’hour not a sing.V blow has been struck
upon Northern soil, not'A Southern musket has
been fired beyond South*™ limits, not even the
sound of a hostile gun hats been heard upon the
Northern air.
been driven from their ham
ern homestead given to * ’
Northern acre desoiatcu
bore,-we Who only ask for peace, we who
:1 ae-ire to be let alone; we, the unoffend
= /people of the South, are made to bear all
ibi’, and never once to strike back our cruel
invaders. We are playing the part of the frogs
in the pond, pelted with rocks by cruel boys,
and only to find safety in dodging as best we
can tbc dangerous missiles. How long is this
more than child’s play to be endured ? What
good has it accomplished ? Have our suffer
ings softeued the hearts of our enemies ? Has
our forbearance inspired them with sentiments
of toleration ? On the contrary, it has increas
ed their hate and ferocity ten-fold. They look
upon it not as forbearance, but as pusillanimi-
ty. If we had followed them up at Manassas,
burned Washington to the ground, and rallying
around our banner the glorious men of Mary
land, had thrown oor victorious legions into
Pennsylvania and Ohio, the war would by this
time be ended, or at any rate the enemy’s ca
pacity for mischief destroyed. Peace is peace,
and war is war, but of all the wars we have
ever heard of, this, on our side, least deserves
the name. If not too late to retrieve this fatal
error, we should make a gigantic effort to harl
back upon the enemy’s country, in an irresisti
ble avalanche, all the calamities and evils of
war which for one long year he has visited at
his leisure upon ourselves.
■ Thesffare wordk of’truth and soberness, and
we cordially adopt them as our own. There is
not a doubt but that our rulers have
that the whole policy of the present war has
been a blunder, and a most grievous one, en
tailing increased bloodshed and melancholy
devastation upon many of the Stales of the
Confederacy, and completely desolating some
of them. It was well meant, we know; but
still an error, that has brought untold trouble
upon both government and people. We have
made the same mistake that the North did in
the beginning—we have shaped our policy on
the conviction that we had friends in the ene
my’s country, who would, in some way, come
to the rescue; they, in turn, have based the
war ou the foolish, deluded hypothesis that
there exists at the South a Union sentiment
that would bring all things right so soon as i l
had the protection of an army. Both made a
grand and bloody mistake —we no less than
they—and are now reaping the legitimate har
vest of the error.
We have no desire to bring condemnation on
our government, or any particular department
of it, for this unfortunate state of affairs. The
truth is, the error was a popular one. The
government moved, and the people, approved
and applauded, trusting—with too much confi
dence it has turned out—that their rulers knew
best what was right, and all would be well with
us iu the end. All lias not been well. Our
system of defensive warfare has squandered the
means, wasted the energies, poured out the
blood, and weil nigh brought to rain as gallant
a people as the sin of heaven has ever shone
upon. There is l o.htng more pal| able—more
terribly true—than the proposition : wc must
change our policy, or consent to come under
the yoke of the oppressor—at least expose all
our cities aud a large portion of the Confederate
territory to Abolition vassalage and plunder for
many months, if not years, to come. The gov
ernment owes it to the people, to the spirit of
Liberty, to inaugurate a change, and at once.
This war must be brought to a close. There
one way of doing it, and common sense,
science, suggest and en
-landing ■ >; all Uil-lPgenl
v mu.:
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ARMV CORRESPONDENCE
Of the Savannah Republican.
Memphis, April 22.
Persons who have just come down the river,
inform me that the greater part of the Federal
forces lately at New Madrid and Island 10—esti
mated at 20,000 men—have gone up to Cairo
and around into the Tennessee river. The
transports were Been to take on board large
bodies of troops at New Madrid, and it was
stated by the Federals themselves that they
were going to the support ot Buell.
Meanwhile, the enemy’s mortar boats keep
up an irregular tire against bert Pillow. There
Is an abrupt bend in the river just above the
tort, which renders it necessary for ti e gun
boats to come within short range of our bat
teries before they can fire upon the fort. The
river itself is narrow at this point, while the
channel runs close to the Tennessee shore ; so
that a boat., to run the gauntlet, would have to
pass within oue hundred and fifty yards of our
works for nearly a mile.
Thus far the gunboats have taken but little
part in the ineffectual bombardment to which
the fort has been sunjected. Our batteries are
concealed by a tongue of the thickly wooded
land that extends out into the river where its
curve is sharpest,and to pass around that, so as
to be able to see the fort, would be to expose
the boats to a direct fire at very short range.
The mortar boats, however, lie behind this
tongue of land, and send their shells overthe
trees, by which they are protected from a re
turn fire. But up to this time they have ac
complished nothiug, except to annoy"ourtrans
ports a little while unloading.
It is thought not to be impossible, that the
forces sent up the river are intended to move
out by land and invest Fort Pillow in me rear,
while the gunboats and mortar-boats make an
attack in front. Others ex Teas the belief that
they will seek to unite with the army on the
Tennessee, somewhere between that river aud
the Mississippi, with a view to a combined and
irresistible movement upon Memphis. Tne
latter opinion, however, aside from
rnents of the Federals themselves, wonfPWem
to be that they have 'gone around to Paducah,
and up the Tennessee. , ,
The passage of the Mississippi is, compara
tively, of but little consequence to the enemy,
so long as our army maiutains a defiant front
at O-rmth ; for, even supposing his gunboats
bed descended to New Orleans, it would be an
i easy matter for us to cut off bis commnnica-
tions, unless his transports were constanth ac
i companied by the gunboats. The distance
: from Memphis to New Orleans by water is said
ito be 8()0 miles. o keep open the river this
| distance, for the safe passage of transport,
i would require more gunboats than the enemy
| has. The column lately at New Madrid would
hardly dare, therefore, to go to New Orleans,
if it could do so without firing a gun, so long
as Beauregard holds Corinth and the interven
ing country to the Mississippi, unless the Fed
erals were sure of being able to open commu
nication with their fleet at the mouth of the
river.
A great battle must be tought in a few weeks
at or below Corinth. I the Confederates are
successful, the enemy will cease all serious ef
fort to force a passage down the Mississippi
If the Federals are successful, Fort Pillow will
necessarily fall, and with it Memphis and New
Orleans. Until, therefore, Beauregard has been
beaten at Corinth, or the defenses below New
Orleans have been overcome by an attack from
the Gulf, it is questionable whether the enemy
would pass down the river below Memphis if
he could.
If this view of our position be correct, the n
everything depends upon our ability to beat
back the foe at Corinth and New Orleans, and
especially at. the iormer place. Will we be able
to do this ?
The enernv's original effective force at Shiloh
was, say 45,000 men To this add Buell’s col
umn of 25,000—making altogether 70,000 fight
ing men. Subtract from this his losses in the
late battle, admitted bv himself in the first pub
lished accounts to be 20 000, and he would still
have on ihe Tennessee an army of 50,000 men
The 20,000 reported to have been sent, around
from New' Madrid and other points on the Mis
sissippi would swell the number to 70.000. —
Should the battle be delayed two or three
weeks, he will be able to draw additional forces
from other points in the northwest, and even
from thecamps of instruction in the north and
east. It is uot impossible that a portion of Cur
tis’ army in south-western Missouri may be
brought up in time. Put down these addition
al forces at 15.000, and we have an army op
posed to us of 85,000 men. This is a very large
army—larger than either of the combatauts had
at Waierloo or Blenheim.
It is probable this number willberedueed
somewhat by sicknes. A
flilt'll withiii the past t—
jMm .
jm
Gen Grant stu.'iou-ly avoided saying unj
thing about ihe prisoners he lost, aim rile la>
amount of military property we captured II t
estimate of the Federal killed and wounded is
entirely too small. The killed and wounded on
our side were in the proportion of one to six r
seven, owing to the protection aff >rded by the
timber, Applying the same rule to, the c?su
alties in the Federal ranks, and taking 1,500
(Gen. G’s figures) as the number of their killed,
and the loss of the enemy in wounded would
be about 10,000. it would be fair, however, to
estimate their killed at 2,000, aud their 'Wound
ed at 13 000. Add to this their loss In prisonei s,
and we have a total of about 18.000. And this
Corresponds with private information received
here through trustworthy channels. Oirowu
loss wiib fully one-third as large—say 6 000.
The enemy is straining every nerve to bring
together an overwhelming force at as early a
day as possible. In addition to the reinforce
ments referred to in mv last letter, it is m>w
reported' that the greater part of Fremont’s
command will be sent from Northwestern Vir
ginia to the Tennessee. At this rale, it is pos
sible Gen. Halieck may collect an army ot 100,-
000 men.
I may remark here however, that the columns
ot 100,000 aud 200,000 men so often boastiuily
spoken of by the Federal press, exist only ou
paper. The entire Federal force iu the west
does not exceed 150,000 men, one-fourth of
whom, as in all volunteer armies, may be set
down as unfit for service, by reason of sickne-s,
absence or disability. The proportion of non
effectives in the Federal army of t ie wesi is
fullv up to this figure. We hear that there are
9,000 siek iu Nashville, and a northern paper
now before me, says there are 5 000 eases of
diarrhoea in Cairo and Mound City alone —all
from Grant’s army. The water and climate are
quite as fatal as our muskets and artillery. A
month hence the mortality will be fourfold
greater than it is now Letters picked up on
the ba tie field and northern newspapers ■ x
press great uueasiness iu regard to the health of
the army.
It would appear that the enemy has not with
drawn down the Ttnriessee; he has only re
tired from Shiloh back to Pittsburg landing,
where he can have the protection of his river
batteries and gunboats. It is now believed
that he will maintain his position ou the river
until teska! his reinforce .
itfat he will theVmarch out and give
us battie. The late heavy rains will probably
prevent a forward movement for some ten
days or two weeks. If the Confederates are
successful, the campaign in the south-west will
be at an e and, so far, at least, as the advance of
the enemy is concerned. If the Federals are
victorious, then we shall fail back and take up
anew line of defence, but shall still tight on.
A batch of nor hern papers received here
yesterday, contains some interesting intelli
gence. A letter from Washington to the Cin
cinnati Enquirer, enclosed herewith, will arrest
your attention. Yon will temember the predic
tion in one of my letters from Centrevilie last
tall, that the Federal government would adopt
the programme of emancipation by the first of
May. Peihapslwas mistakeu as to ihe time,
hut the letter to the Ei quirer furnishes con
clusive proof that such a policy has already
been determined upou by the Federal govern
ment. and will be openly avowed the moment
it can be done with safely.
The must important statement contained in
the letter to the Enquirer is that of the. Federal
Secretary at War, who says that “the increased
transportation required by t eadvance into the
enemy’s territory, has increased the war tx
l-ienses to live million dollars per day ! more
than the printiug machine has the power to
supply.” But you will publish the letter, and
I need not make further reference to it.
The Federals are establishing mail routes as
they advance into the country. The railroad
bridge over Barren river at Howling Green has
been rebuilt, and the trains are now running
from Louisvilie to Nashville. The trains are
also running from Nashville to Murfreesboro,
on the Nashville & Chattanooga road, and from
Nashville to Columbia on the road leading to
Decatur. There arc a great tuauy strangers in
Nashville from the North, who have come out
to see how things lowk in Dixie. Messrs.
Jones and Beil, connected with the Nashville
press, have been arrested by Andy Johnson.
And what is belter tfian all, the people in those
portions of Tennessee which are occupied by
the enemy, are pluming no cotton at all, or
very little, but are devoriug the whole of their
lands to corn and small grain.
The people of Ohio are petitioning the Leg
islature to prohibit the immigration of negroes
into that State from the South. P. W. A.
Book* and Letters found iu the Fed
eral Camps.
Memphis. April 25.
The books and letters picked up in the Fed
eral camps at Shiloh are not without their si g
will serve to “ point a moral,”
never “ adorn a ial-.”
—V. u ut mi lhe
V. : . •
> Ohio regiment to the Colonel Commanding,
1 give entire :
“Col. I. J. Applbr,
“Sir—lt again Becomes my Dutv to address
you In K Sereneto Rev Mr Mcliitire he Has
not Recovered las health, but was worse List
Knight than Ever Hie whole Dirieulty is in his
Mum, By Spells he is perfectly Deranged which
was the case Last Kuight he amedgiued lie had
bin m a battle and was wounded But was still
Ready to Stand his Ground, I Suppose the Dili
culty is Caused bv a Determination of blood
To the Brain, and 1 Doe not think He will be
able to Regoin his Regt for months, ad to this
ihe warm Weather Coming on the armey Going
South which I think will All make against him,
Therefore I have advised him to Kesyne which
I thing he would Doe by ynure Consent, for he
E-teames you veury highh-y aud is afraid you
or the Regiment will think Hie Less of him for
-ueh a corse, And he Would Rather Suffer
Death than his character'should Suffer, I hope
you will answer tins and give some. Expression
that will set his Mind at Ease, for his Relation
to the Reg a greate drale to Doe with the ease,
I have Attended him closely & am sutifierl that
he will uot be able u> stand a Cain pa in, for he
cannot stand the Excitement of the Battle
Field, All ot which I Respectfully submit,
Please take Dew notice and govern yourself
accordingly S. Liitler, M. I).
I add the following letter for the editic ation
of your lady friends :
Jackson, March 4 h, 1802, At School.
Dear Johnny : As lamat a loss for some
thing to do, I thought I could spend ray time
iu as profitable a way as any by writing to you ;
but I am thinking if Mr. Sangbon would cast
bis eyes over in ibis direction at this time, he
would be of ad fferent opinion. It is uot my
turn to write, but I atn going to write to you
whenever I get time, and I hope you will do ihe
same. Don’t always wait for an auswer, but
write as often as you can.
I have had quite a lime of it among the girls.
Most of them arc in favor of my dropping Jim
for yon, while some Je<e wish me to take Jim.
But y<m need not think they have any influ
ence over me, for they cannot influence me in
a matter so near at heart.
You may have no fear of my changing again,
for I never could think as much of J. R as I
do of you—although there was a time when I
didliot know the true state of my heart, and
therefore decided in Jim’s favor—but I regard
him now as nothing more than a triend.
lam going to try to mke my letters as in
terusting to you as possible, but you must
overlook all deficiencies iu that way, and only
remember that I love you, and do not judge by
the one of my letters my feelings towards
you.
I believe I told you in my other letter about
those two young men being here. I did not
tell you their names, for I did uot think you
knew them, but I rememb r hearing you “peak
of one of them. One was Harrison Cadot and
the other Jesse LaClairg.
Do you recollect the time that you preached
that Dog sermon ?
Quin got a letter from Ellison yesterday af
ternoon and answered it .ast night!
Mary Hoop is getting along finely. I suppose
she misses you of Sunday fights, i don’t
know what Fan will do it she is disappointed
much longer in getting a letter from Sperling
Harrison (Jadot is Julia Duugau’s beau. I think
that is a fine match
Annie Laird and I are seat-mates. We are as
good friends as ever. Ellen Hoffman wrote a
letter tp Jim it. ihe next day aftei hit left I
think she was in a hurry. I shall have to close,
as school is nearly out." You mu-t not neglect
writing as often as yon possibly can.
Ever yours, ' E. K. L.
“E. K L ” is evidently a little flirt—one of
those “summer friends,” who is Jim’s to-day
and Johnny’s tomorrow. Ttie sooner “dear
Johnny” makes this discovery, the better il
will be for him. P. W. A.
Memphis, April 27.
Events follow each other with such rapidity,
and the mails have become so irregular and
uncertain, that it is and flicult to prepare a con
nected narrative of wtmt is trauspiriug in the
West. The city has been in a stale ot greit ex
citement for some days past, in consequence of
the unfortunate condition of attars at New Or
leans. The uneasiness has been greatly in
creased by the silence ot the authorities
Though aware of the advantages gained by the
enemy, and that the people along the river aud
far into the country were excited by the wildest
and most paintul rumors, they have obstinately
refused to allow any despatches to passover
the wires, or to utter one word to relieve the
public anxiety.
A desire to prevent the enemv up the river
from getting tne news through our newspapers,
is the reason assigned tor the course pursued
by the authorities, who seem nt-ver to have
supposed that the spies who curry southern
papers through the lines, could also carry the
news in iheir heads. An übsurd fear of the if
tect of the intelligence upon our army is
another reason urged tor withholding tile un
wonie lidmgs. This is simply ridiculous;
who arc not to blame for any of
Mkfct btl'.cr prepared, !-} reason ot
", Vii.ue are! coinage, to
Bifatj, 'a a lea .-.glil
Fin in the Twelfth Georifia Kigiuicm.
[Correspondence of the Bavannah Republican..)
Camp at Valley Mill Va., |
May Ist, 1802 J
Mr Editor .•—My last letter, I believe, was
written from Camp Shenandoah. Since that
date we have removed to .this point, some five
or six miles west of Slauuton. We arc in the
midst of what is termed the Valley of Virginia,
one of the finest and most productive agricul
tural regions I have ever seen. Its value will
be understood, when I tell you that farms in
the neighborhood of this camp are bought and
at one hundred dollars per acre, and even
more. Ybeat and corn are protluc. din almost
fabulous quantities. Ihe country is dotted
with beautifuj/esidences— the homes of refine
ment and 'ftTWwtion. The population is made
up of material very different Irom that found
in the mountains, by whom we have boeu sur
rounded during our entire sojourn in North
west Virginia.
Our march from Camp Shenandoah to this
place was, perhaps, the most unpleasant march
we have ever made. The road, softened by
continued rains, had been greatly cut up by
constant hauling, and was an almost uninter
rupted bed of mud. The worst portion of it
we passed over in the night, when it was so
dark we could not see to select our footing, and
had to trust to good luck to keep erect, a very
u isafe dependence, as we were admonished by
repeated fails and ilounderings in the mud.
We have not fallen back upon this line be
cause of auy pressure in front of us, but entire
ty on account of Gen. Jackson’s position in the
direction of Winchester. Tile relation of that
command to ours has been such that we were
mutually dependent upon each other for pro
tection in rear; hence we have been obliged to
move in concert. The enemy have sent scout
ing and foragiug parties down the pike in front
of us, but they have been very cautious, and
kept at safe distances. Our pickets and scouts
extend six or eight miles back, and, though
they have been vigilant, uo traces or movements
of the enemy have been discovered by them.
It was my good (or ill) fortune, to be on picket
duty last night. It rained all night, and we bad
very imperfect shelter, planks loosely laid
against a pole; and, between the rain and con
stantly shifting smoke, our position was ren
dered anything but comiortable. eveu when uo t
on post. Fortunately, I was stationed near a
creek, and, “being armed and equipped as the
law” (of Izaak Walton) “requires,” I devoted
an hour to fishing : result, one beautiful trout.
Having no other appliances for cooking I wrap
ped him in a piece of clean paper, well greased,
and roasted him in the ashes, as, in earlier davsi
I used to roast potatoes. It any of your read
ers have never eaten fish in this man
ner, let them no longer neglect it, if they affect
a genuine luxury.
This is May day, but how unlike the May
days o: other years in Georgia! What a throng
ot pleasing associations belongs to this time
honored gala day—flowers and sunshine, glad
ness and gaiety, happy words and greetings of
friends. But none of these pleasures are here
—no flowers or sunshine, no parties of the
young and gay and happy, no May day pleasure,
save what consists in the recollections of the
past. R. T. D.
Tlte Crops, ice.
We make t'he following extracts from letters
received at this office within the last few days :
From a letter dated -Washington, Wilkes
county, April oO h :
“I must now say something in regard tq the
wheat crop in this section. Our planters seed
ed a larger number of acres last fall than ever
before, and up to the Ist of April it had never
presented a more encouraging prospect for an
abundant harvest, but owing to the continued
excessive rains, or some other cause, it sudden
ly exhibited signs of the rust, which spread
with unparalleled rapidity, until almost the en
tire crop is ruined. I have seen formers from all
sections of the county, and all bring the same
melancholy account. I rode over several hun
dred acres yesterday, which, three weeks agOi
was as line as I ever saw in this county, now
almost a golden yellow, trom the rust; it will
Dot be worth harvesting. And to add to the
calamity, the oat crop, which is unusually large,
exhibits unmistakable signs of the same disease,
and we fear will share the same late of the
wheat. If other sections of the State are visit
xid-With the same misfortune it is rc*troug ap
LATE NEWS FROM THE WET.
THE GREAT BATTLE POSTPONED BY
HEAVY RAINS— THE ENEMY MOVING
TOWARDS THE MOBILE ROAD- DE
STEUCTION OF THE LIMESTONE"
BRIDGE BY THE CONFEDERATES —
CAPTURE OF FEDERAL PROVISION
TRAINS-SUCCESSFUL SKIRMISHES
WITH CAVAi/RY—POSTPONEMENT OF
A GENERAL B ATTLE IMPOSSIBLE-AN
OTHER FEDERAL COLONEL CAPTURED
—THE OPPOSED 10 GOING
FURTHER SOUTH—ANOTHER OF MOR
GAN’S EXPLOITS.
[From our Army Correspond! nt ]
CoitiNrn, May sth—a. m —All remains quint at this
point to day. Wo had heavy rains last night, and
again this morning, though it is now clearing up. Tne
condition of the ground u suah that there wil! preb bly
be no battle to-day.
The enemy is moving large forces on our right.
They tore up the track of the Memphis & Ch-rleston
Railroad yesterday, at a p>int ton miles east of Cor
inth. The object of the movement is, probably, to try
aud r iach he Mobile road south of us, and cut off men
and su piles in that quarter. Beauregard is on the
al rt, and has seut an adequate force to defeat ilieir
plans.
Col. Bcott, of the Louisiana Cavalry, burn 4 the rail
road bri ge over Limestone, between Decatur and
Huntsville, Thursday last. He also captured two Yan
kee provision trains, burnt twt nty cars, and killed and
wounded thirty-four Federate. He also engaged the
enemy's cavalry on Friday, at Elk river, and repulsed
them, though half hi - men had crossed the rve and
were not in the fight. He killed thirty-five ot the Fed
erate; the Contederate loss on the expedition was four
killed, five wounded, and twelve horses.
P. W. A.
CoaiNin, May sth—p. m—l have no change in the
status of affairs here to report as the day advances.—
The weather is clear, but tbs roads are in a snockmg
condition. A battle cannot ue deterred, however.
Col Adams, of the Federal Army, wbo was captured
by our scouts on Saturday, says the Northern Army
must fight soon, or become wholly demoralized. The
men are uneasy about the climate and sickness, and
don’t waat to go any further south.
Col Morgan (the famous Captain Morgan) has jut
bren heard from. He fought, defeated, aud captured,
a Federal force of 265, and then captured the whole
party, at Pulaski, Tennessee. He subsequent'}’ oia
ebarged the prisoners on their parole, and then des
troyed several railroad trains loaded with Federal
property. p. w. A
LATEST FROM CORINTH.
THE ENEMY HESITATE—FURTHER OF
MORGAN’S EXPLOIT—A SON OF GEN.
MITCHELL OAPTURED-FREMONT JOINS
THE MAIN COLUMN-FEDERAL FORCE
IN THE WEST.
LFrom our Army Correspondent]
Cobintii May 6. Anoth r day has passed with the
two armies almost fuce to face, and still all is quiet.
The weather is good, but the enemy hes tates.
Col. Morgan reports through a courier that he en
gaged the enemy near Pulaski, on the Decatur and
Nashville road Friday last, that be killed several and
captured 26s prisoners, including a son of General
MUcheP, the Federal commander of the forces who re
eel tly took, possession of Huntsville, He also captured
a tram o’wagons loaded with arms and other pioper
ty. Several of them were loaded with cotton, bound
lor Aashville. The wagons, together with a number
of ears in the service of the Federais, wore burnt. This
is off! dal
Morgan’s prisoners, who were taken to Purdy, say
that Fremont has come up and united his forces with
the main b >d'y of the army, and that the real strength
of the Fee eraU out here is 90,000. P. W. A.
l atest from New Orleans.
Augusta, May 6th.—The Jackson Mississtppian has
seen the New i rleans papers of Tuesdav, from which
jt takes the following items of information:
The authorities of the city held out to the last in
stubborn, heroic refusal to lowor the flag of their adop
tion.
All the guns of Fort Jackson were spiked before the
sn reader. Fort Pike ha l been evacuated, and every
thing <t contained abandoned.
Commander Farragut sent a communication to the
Mayor and Council of the city on the 2Sth, complain
ing of the refusal 10 haul down the Confederate flag,
and warning 'hem to remove the women and children
from the city within forty-eight hours. The Mayor
convened the Council, and they decided not to recede
f'om their posit on. The i onlstaoa flag still floais iu
the bri eze. Mayor Monroe nobly replied to Farragut,
saying, “ We w it stand your bombardment, unarmed
•>nd undefonde l as wo are.” Farragut again, on the
itHfoad 1 res sand the Mayor, saying that Forts Jackson
and that he would now pro!
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