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4 [■Special Correspondence of the N 1 te.^auo.l Bae,l ‘ Cokinth, Misb., April 23,1862. I have already inlormed you that on the 17th tart , Gen. Beauregard sent a flag of truce to Oen. Bnell, in relation to our wounded, and making inquiry concerning some missing offl “Sm the Louisiana regiments. The answer .. c nP n T sent vou by telegraph, stating that as ?oon as the mquiries conld be made the m as soo “ “ w ?, sent. I have obtained the following very interesting account of the visit of the flag of imee from Lieut. Sam 8. Harris of the Ist Alabama cavalry, who accompanied Uto the enemy’s line, as the bearer of Gen. B Lieutenant Harris, °on reaching the line of the ‘da nickets. which arc about half a mile northeast from the neutral hospital, halted his escort when he was approached by L.eutenant Wickliffe of the Ist Kentucky regiment, who Sed for his despatches. Harris said his orders were to deliver them to General Buell or one rf his <tatf A sergeaDt within the lines was then' 8 despatched ffr General Buell In about half an hour the messenger returned with Gen eral McCook and staff, who said he would re ceive the despatch lor General Buell, as no flog of truce could be admitted into their lines, but that if Hatris had come a little sooner, he would have seen General Buell himself. The despatch wa then sent by McCook, through a messenger, to General Buell, and in the mean time a conversation took place between Harris, McCook, and several other Federal officers who were present, of which tho following is the substance : General McCook asked if we had the body of General Johuston, and being told that we cer tainly had, McCook said that an officer was found dead on the field who was said by many to be General .Tohaston, and that the dead offi cer mast have been of high rank as he had a star in the collar of his coat. Harris replied that no officer of even considerable rank had been left on the field. McCook then asked where and how Gen. Prentiss was, and remarked wilh great profanity and bad language, that he hoped we would keep him and his brigade, and that they had many generals of the same kind whom he wished we had captured. He expressed great surprise at the manner in which our army was armed, say ing that he expected to meet only flint lock muskets, but that he found instead the finest MiDie muskets and European Enfield rifles with far superior ordnance than they had, and sug gested that they had been brought over by the Nashville. , T _ Lieut. Harris smiled and said not by the Nash ville, bat that many other vessels had brought McCook then asked where the Nashville was at tnis time ? Harris replied it was very un certain ! ... . . McCook then remarked that we must have bad a farge portion of the army of Manassas present at the battle of Shiloh. Harris replied that not a man of it was there. “Then” said McCook, “where under Heaven did your troops come from, and where were they drilled ?” adding that the attack on Sun day was most brilliantly planned and speedily executed, and that we came near gaining a com plete victory over them. He was exceedingly severe on many Ohio and lowa regiments, re marking that he supposed we considerei them the greatest cowards iu the world. He 6poke in the highest terms of our officers, and said that our Government had made its appoint ments much more discreetly than his. He then asked how far it was to Corinth. Harris replied that he did not exactly know, but that the distance could be easily asertained by a march. McCook rallied, and said that they intended to have made a march in a few days, and should have been down there before this. Lient. Harris retorted, saying he thought the delay a wise one, as the road was improving every day, and that the longer they delayed, the better it would be, for they would certainly have to travel that road twice, if they came. Their officers seemed disposed to be pleasant and courteous, and a Virginia Captain of artil lery (Federal) by the name of Terrell, express ed a desire to see Gen. Bragg, and learn his opinion as to how he thought his battery was served daring the recent battle, alluding to Bragg’s battery which served at Buena Vista, now in possession of the Yankees. Harris re plied that the battery conld not have been in Sunday’s fight, or else he would not have asked the question, as all their batteries that day had been captured by us. The renegade Virginian then remarked that Gen. Hardee was a great friend of his, whom he had known well at West Point, and that he would like to send him by Harris two bottles of brandy. Harris regretted he could not con veniently carry the bottles. Gen. McCook then expressed some surprise at Gen. Beauregard having addressed his de spatch to Gen. Buell instead of Grant, saying that the latter was In command. The messenger now returned, when General McCook informed Lieut. Harris that General Buell was absent from his headquarters, but that an answer should be sent to oar lines un der a flag of truce that evening. Having learned from Dr. Bumbangh, n Feder al Surgeon who accompanied Lient. Harris, the purport of the despatch, McCook said that he did not doubi but that an exchange of wounded prisoners would be agreed to, but that our army had been so well supplied with ambu lances and assistants during the recent fight, that nearly all onr wonnUad had been recovered by ourselves. Those that tWy bad taken, he said, had principally been sent to St. Louis, Pa ducah .or Cincinnati, to be better cared tor. Lient. Harris then took bis leave. In the afternoon a flag of trace from the enemy coveriug a Federal Surgeon and other officers approached our lines with Buell’s reply, and an ambulance of medical stores for our wounded at the “Mickey Hospital.” Lieut. Reese, of the Ist Alabama Regiment was sent to receive it, but refused admission to the officers on the ground that we had enough medical sup plies of our own. Alter the Federal officer left, one of our pickets told Lieut. Reese thnb before he came up, and while the other pickets had been sent in, the Yankee officer under protection of the flag endeavored to Induce him to desert, pointing out the difference between his (the Confederate picket) clothing and that of the Federal escort.. The picket replied with proper spirit aud Indignation, telling the Yankee of ficer that they must have but little regard lor principle or honor in their army, when their own officers, under the sanctity and protection of a flag of truce, could, in violation of it, at tempt to persuade a soldier t*desert, and that all the clothes in the world could not cover an act of villainy. The Federal man felt rebuked, and seemed very uneasy and IEE SA WEEEXY EEPOBLICA£r,_ SA.TTJE,r>^V, MAV 10, 1862. Tlie Federal Congress. Report of the Senate Select Committee on the Sur render of Norfolk Nany Yard and Sharper Jferry— Oenmre of the Buchanan and l. -incoin Administration*—Captain* Rankling, Mc>. ■aniey and, Pendergrast aho Censured. Washington, April 18,—The long cxpeollcd report of the Select Committee, appointed in the Senate last July, to inquire into the eireum stanccs attending the surrender of t. he Bens4- colii Navy Yard, and tbc destruction of the public property at Norfolk and Harper s Ferry, was presented to-day by Senator Ilale. The report occupies over eighty fools-cap pages, and is accompanied by a tremendous mass of evidence. Five thousand extTa copies are to be printed. The committee did not examine the Pensa cola affair, and touched the Harper’s Ferry matter briefly. The committee describe the condition of the Norfolk Navy Yard and the property in it when it was abandoned. It was three quarters of a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide. It was by far the most extensive and valuable one In the United Slates. It had a granite dry dock like that at Charlestown, Mass. The vard was covered with machine shops, houses'for officers, and store houses of various kinds. It was provided with two ship houses complete and one unfinished ; marine barracks, sail loft, riggers’ loft, gunners’ loit, shops for carpenters and machinists, aud a large amoiiut of tools aud machinery, besides great quanti ties of materials, provisions and ammunition of every description. There were at least two thousand pieces of heavy ordnance, three hun dred of which were Dahlgren guns. Some of these witnesses thought there were three thou sand cannon there. Lying at the yard was the Merrimac, worth twelve bnndred thousand dollars; the Plymouth and Germantown, twenty two guns each ; and the Dolphin, four guns—all efficient vessels. The old Pennsyl vania was in commission as receiving ship ; and the Delaware, eighty-four; Coiambus, eighty guns; and the Columbia and Raritan, fifty guns eacn, were lying in ordinary at the yard, and the ship-of-the-line New York was on the stocks. The Cumberland, Commodore Pen dergrast, lay in a position that commanded completely the cities of Norfolk and Ports mouth. , . „ The total property is estimated by the Navy Department at nine millions seven hundred aod sixty thousand one hundred and eighty two dollars. The committee speak of the greatest necessity existing of protecting by all means the Norfolk Navy Yard, not only on account of the great value of property there, but of its important position in reference to events then pending. They give a summary of the South 1 daring the five months proceeding the aban donment Most of the hostile, demonstrations had been made before Mr. Buchanan retired, and the committee charge upon him grave de reliction and negligence of official duty in temporising with the rebellion. They also in timate that his-*uccessor was slow to appreciate ,the critical condition of affairs and that pre cious opportunities were wasted during the thirty seven days that elapsed before the rebel lion was vigorously assailed, the committee say that for this they can find extenuation only in that insane delusion which seemed to have possessed the public mind tfipt the portentous clouds that blackened the Ireavens tor months were charged with no real danger, and were to be dissipated by a continuation of a forbearance which had been confined so long that it had ceased to be a virlui and had become the most disgraceful weakness and pusilariimity.” . The conduct of Captain McCauley, comman dant of the yard, is examined at length. His conduct of affairs, the last of which was to scuttle all the vessels, except the Cumberland, is fully condemned. A chapter of the report is devoii and to the history of the Merrimac, and the circumstances f her loss to our navy. Tue of fleers of the frigate were anxious to take her away,and the Navy Department gave perempto ry orders that she should go as soon as pos sible if she was not absolutely needed for the defense of Norfolk. Commodore McCauley was notified on the 17 Ji of April that she was ready, and he said steam might be got up next morning Her engine was put in motion on -the 18ih at liie Wharf, but Captain McCauley ordered the fires drawn and she was lost to our government. The committee came to the foJloaiug con clusion : First—The administration of Buchanan was guilty of negligence in not taking extraordi nary care, and employing every possible means to protect and delend this yard, after indica tions of danger had inanifested'theniseives. Second —The administration of Mr. Lincoln cannot he held blameless for suffering thirty seven days to elapse after it c-ame into power before making a movement for the defence of the yard. Third—Capt. McCauley was highly censura ble for neglecting to send the Merrimac from the yard, as he was ordered, and also lor scut tling the ships, and preparing to abandon tbe yard before any attack was made or seriously threatened, when he should have defended it and the property entrusted to him, repelling force by force, as he was instructed to do, if tbe occasion should preaeut itself. Fourth—Capt, Paulding was censurable for neglecting to consult with Capt. McCauley, and Captain Peudergras', while he was at the yard, on the 17th of April, in regard to the course to be pursued in the event of au attack upon the yard, and al-o for immediately upon bis arrival at the yaid on the 20ih ordering the property to be burned and the yard abandoned before taking proper means to satisfy himself that any necessity for such measures existed. Fifth.—Capt. Fendergrasl in command of the Cumberland’ the flag ship of the home squad ron, made no suggestions as to the measures proper to be adopted, and seems to have taken no part in the transaction except to move his ship as he was directed. The committee say they can suggest no reme dy for the errors which they think have been proved in this ease. So tar as the officers of the navy are concerned it belongs to the Executive Department of the government. The estitna tion formed by that department of the conduct of Captains McCauley, l’auldlng and Pender grast, has been manifested by leaving the first named without active duly, and assigning to the others the com mauds of two of the most important Navy Yards we have left, namely— Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Iu concluding what they have thought it their duty to say on the subject, the c'ommiUee would simply remark that the lesson afforded by the surrend-r of the Ndrfotk Navy Yard will not be wholly without its value to us, if we ah ,11 learn by it as n nation that pusillanimity in the defence ot our rights may be as serious ly injurious as the open assaults of our euogi mies. In relinking upon the Rulijeelqyj^^H Perry A, men Yankee Legislation. From the proceedings of the Lincoln House of Representatives, Auril 24th, we extract the following readable items: CONFISCATION or THE PROFBRTY OF REBELS. The House agreed to Mr. Bingham's substi tute, which is as follows: Be.il enacted, <£-c., That if any persqu or per sons within any State or Territory of the United Slates shall wilfully, after the taking effect of this act, engage in armed rebellion against the government of the United States, or shall wil mllyaid or abet such rebellion, all the proper ty, moneys, stocks, credits and effects of such person or persons are hereby declared lawlul subjects of prize and capture, wherever found, for the indemnity of the United States against, the expenses of suppressing such rebellion ; and it is hereby made the duty of the President of the United States to cause all such property, wherever found, to be seized, to the end that the same may be confiscated and condemned, as hereinafter provided, for the use of the Uni ted States. Sec. 2. And be it Jvrther enacted. That all property so captured dr seized shall be con demned in the District Courts of the United States, and that the proceedings of condemna tion shall be in rem, aud shall be institued and prosecuted in the name of the United States, or the District Court of the United States, or the District Court for the District of Columbia, within any district in which the same may be seized or situated, or into which the same may be taken, and the proceedings first instituted, and which proceedings shall conform as nearly as may be to proceedings in prize cases, or to eases of forfeiture arising under the revenue laws; and in all cases the property so seized and condemned, whether real or personal, shall be sold pursuant to such rules as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and the pro ceeds deposited in the treasury of the United States for the sole use of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Attorney General or' any District Attorney of the United States, of any district in which the said property or effects may at the time be, or into which the same may be taken, shall insti tute the proceedings of condemnation as here inbefore provided. The vote on the above was sixty-two against forty-eight, as follows: Yeas —Messrs. Aldrich, Arnold, Ashler, Bab bitt, Barker, Beaman, Bingliam, Blair of Penn sylvania, B!ak“, Buffington, Burnham, Cham berlain, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Covode, Cutler, Davis, Dueil, Ed wards, Eliot, Ely, Fenton, Franehot, Frank, Gooch, Granger, Gurley, Hooper, Julian, Kel ley, Kollog of Michigan, Lanoing, Loomis, Lovejoy, McKnight, McPherson, Mitchell, Moorhead, Nixon, Noell, Potter, Riee of Maine, Riddle, Rollins ot New Hampshire, Sargeant, Shanks, Shellabarger, Stevens, Stratton, Trim ble, Trowbridge, Van Horn, Van Valkenburgh, White of Indiana, Wilson, Windpm and Wor cester —02. Nats —Messrs. Allen, Bailey of Pennsylvania, Baxter, Biddle, Blair ot Missouri, Blair of Vir ginia, Brown of Rhode Island, Brown of Vir ginia, Calvert, Cisey, Clements, Cox, Crisfield, Crittenden, Diven, Dunlap, Grider, Hall, Har ding, Harrison, Hick mao, Kerrigau, Knapp, Law, Lehman, Mallory, May, Menzies, Morrill of Vermont, Noble, Norton, Odell, Olin, Rol lins ot Missouri, Sheffield, Smith, Steel of New York, Thomas of Massachusetts, Thomas of Maryland, Villamjiglmrn, Vibhard, Voorhees, Walton of Vermont, Warn, White of Ohio, Woodruff and Wright—43. The question occurring on the bill as amend ed by the adoption of the above substitute, Mr. Porter moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions to report the bill, which he had proposed at an early stage of the proceedings, which Mr. Walton moved to amend by substituting Senator Collamer’s bill. Mr. Walton’s motion was lost—63 against 33. Mr. Porter’s motion was disagreed to—2s against 73. A BLACK AMBASSADOR FOR LINCOLN. Tiie bill I r the recognition of Liberia and Hayti corning up as the special order, Mr. Da vis, of Kentucky, moved a substitute, author izing the President tq appoint consuls to Libe ria, and a consul genera! to Hayti, with power to negotiate commercial treaties, &e. He was opposed to sending any ambassadors to those countries. If they send a minister here in turn, and he be a full blooded negro, he could de man' a recognition of social equality wilh oth er diplomats at receptions and on all court oc casions, and in private life He drew a picture of a “great, big, black fellow,” and the airs he might assume on such occasions, aud related a similar incident at the court of Napoleon, where one of our ministers, in reply to a query of what he thought of the black ambassador, said, “I th-nk, clothes and all, he is worth about 61,000.” Mr. Sumner said he yesterday made no ap peal for those two countries on account of col r or the fact that their people had once been slaves. It was the Senator irom Kentucky who introduced the subject of slavery. He assured the Senator that such diplomats, If similar to other representatives he had seen from Hayti, (as they would be) would be too refined to thrust themselves in any society where their presence was not desired. They would never trouble the Senator from Kentucky. Mr. Sumner sent to thecltrk to be read a let ter from Mr. Webb, of Boston, our commercial agent at Hayti, indicating a high state of pro gression there, and great disadvantage to the United States hv reason of the non-recognition of that power, our flag being less respected than that of other nations in consequence, tfcc. The question was then taken on Mr. Davis’ amendment, as a substitu e, and it was reject ed—yeas 8, nays 30. Mr. Sanlsbury rose and declared that this was evidently one of the series of measures to be ena.-ted by abolitionism, and in twelvemonths we would see a negro on the fl oor of this Senate, and Ills family in the diplomatic gallery. He wished only to sa.v that tie would not be res ponsible tor this result. The bill was then passed—yeas 33, nays 7—as foi low's: Yeas —Messrs Anthony, Browning, Chand ler, Clark, Coilamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hen derson, Howard, Howe, King, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Latham, McDougail, Pomeroy, Sherman, lock, Trumbull, WAJ I ’ SM .. ; ■ the said Stark was an ardent advocate of the cause of the rebellious States. Second— I That after the formation of the Con - stitution of the Confederate States he openly declared his admiration for it, and advocated the absorption of the loyal States of the Uuiou into tbe Southern Confederacy, under the con stitution, as the only means of peace, warmly avowing his sympathy with the South. Third— That the Senator from Oregon is dis loyal to the United States. This report is signed by Daniel Clark, of Ne.w Hampshire; J. M. Howard, of Michigan ; Jos. A. Wright, of Indiana, aud John Sherman, of Ohio. Senator Waitman T. Willey, of Vir ginia, assented to the conclusion, excepting the last one, giving as a reason that he wonld not denounce a senator as disloyal on ex parte test 1- mony, espeeia’ly for words spoken during hign political excitement. British Opinions on Confederate Dis asters. [Correepondorce of tbe Richmond Enquirer ] London, 19ih March, 1863. The news of our recent disasters in the West has demonstrated the fact, which each succes sive Federal victory, from the battle at Sumer set to the occupation of Nashville, has only served in a clearer light, that no considerable portion of the British people desire or contem plate our subjugation by the North. The e Federal successes have, indeed, produced an effect here which surprises many. The journals vie with each other to demonstrate that these successes bring tbe North no nearer to its ob ject than it was after the disgraceful route at Manassas, aod that the real difficulties ot the campaign are only just beginning. All show a more intelligent comprehension ot our resour ces and many already predict a decisive ever throw of the Northern forces so soon a l , allured by delusive successes, they shall have a hostile territory in their rear. Such an overthrow, they argue, must be far more disastrous thau was the Bull Ruu route where their own Capitol lay within easy distance of the fugitives. Not one respectable English paper has made our calamities a theme for rejoicing or for taunts. Even pipers supposed to be in the Northern interest, such as the “Daily Telegraph,” have contented themselves with the hope that the North would seize the opportune moment to proffer an honorable peace. At first this hope was very generally entertained, but further advices from the deluded section have dissipated it from most minds. But the most remarkable effect of the bad news from home is the prediction made a few days since by Earl Russell in the House of Lords, that peace would be made wit hin three j months, perhaps sooner—in a manner consist- ent with the happiness and freedom of both continents; that the North—here are Earl Rus sell’s own words—“whatever may be their mil itary successes, whatever may be their naval victories, whatever positions they may occupy,* will at last consent to a peaceable separation of two States which might both be mighty.” Con sidering that the foreign Secretary has been the open apologist of all the outrages of the Wash ington Government, that he dealt the heaviest blow he could deal by declaring the blockade effective when the concurrent testimony of British consuls and naval commanders had de clared it a sham in eootmvenii in of interna tional law, thus forcing tbe opponent? of the blockade to the alternative of sileuce or of an open war against the Ministry for which they were not ready—considering that Earl Russell is believed to be almost the only serious ob stacle to our recognition, this is surely a most remarkable and significant declaration. It is not less significant that the Ministerial organ ; the “Morning Post,” publishes a reries ot let ters, with Earl Russell’s prediction for th ir text, intended to.prove that this prediction can only be fulfilled by the immediate recognition of the Confederate States. This morning the “Post” comes out “flat footed,” as we say at home, an t editorially de clares—“the fact is, the ultimate and final separation between North aud South ha been incontestably accomplished. Each new phase of the campaign makes this fact only more and more apparent. The successes of the Federal aims, few though they have been, have more than anything else, tended to render the fusion of the belligerents into a single nation impos sible. How long it will be before this truth is acknowledged in the Northern States, it is not easy to foretell; bat in tbe interests of tbe world at large, in the interests of humanity, and especially in the interest of the now irre vocably divided portions of a great and indus trious peop'e, we sincerely pray that that time may not be far distant.” To enforce the impossibility of reconquest up >n the British mind, papers of all shades of opinion have borrowed comparisons near home. The attempt of the North is compared to an attempt of France to subjugate England, and of the two impossibilities the latter is declared the less Another rather striking comparison which occurs in the merchantile circular of Neil Bros., a New York firm located av Man chester, is now going the rounds ot the press, it is worth republishing at home. GENERAL m’CLLELVN’s ARMY—ITS COMMANDERS AND PROSPECTS. [From the London Time, April B.] ****** The Federals are fighting their way down the Mississippi just as they are making incursions from the coast, and the doubiful attack we hear of near Memphis Is one in which again their naval supremacy and their superior resources give them a right to victory. The last new land victory, however, startles us rather by its locality than by its magnitude While we hear ot federal successes in distant Stales, it seems that it has been necessary to resist au attack and to deleat a Confederate army evhn iu the northeast of Virginia and on the ba ks of the Potomac. There is a great deal of Confederate American soil which does not lie upon the seacoast or upon the banks of great navigable rivers ; and it the southerners are iu earnest not to be conquered, the Northerners must do mote than keep within reach of their guuboats. This is what the array of the Potomac is now about to attempt. In aditiou to the various expedi tions which are creating diversions from the sea upon the east, and from tile rivers on the west, Gen. McClielan is now advancing with an army of 80,0(10 infantry, 4,000 cavalry aud 100 guns. TfijjhUKilm. result of ail the energi- s Yankee Speculation* on CorlntU. A letter from the Yankee camp at Pittsburg, Tenn , to a northern journal, presents the fol lowing glympse into the future, and especially the gre.it tattle of Corinth, tor which tbe bay onets of both parties are now hi istling ro fierce* ly - The news of a great battle near Corinth, Mis sissippi, may bo expected hourly. Extensive preparations are being made on onr side. The enemy is, doubtless, equally active. Both sides lully comprehend the importance of tbe impend ing engagement. It the rebels should be defeated the fate of the Mississippi Valley and, in a great measure, of the rebellion will be decided. Beauregard is not Insensible to this. His army is not ignorant of it. General Halleck and tbe brave defenders who make up the grand army under his command entertain similar views. Tho approaching battle, if won by our troops, will be the last great battle, in all probability, that will be fought In the cotton States. It is not to be expected, therefore, that the fight will be anything 'hoit of a desperate struggle. We do not anticipate a retreat on the part of Beauregard, without a battle, because the moral effect ol this would be quite as bad on the cause, now desperate, which he represents as a defeat. That, under these circumstances, he will fight—and fight desperately, we are bound to believe. The Confederate Government is bending its energies wilh desperate e rnestness to maintain its position at Corinth. With the loss of the latter, that of Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf States would immediately follow. Here will be ttie great struggle, and that be lope many days. Unless Halleck immediately takes the offensive, Beauregard will. The latter is now commander-in-chief, and his views on attacking instead of defending are well known. Others circumstances are combining to make the coming battle a fearful one The friendly feeling lately increasing between tbe combat ants has fled, and a bitter hate rapidly takiug its place. Hardly a soldier now but what has butted a friend, and tbe thought that death smote them through brothers, while defending the common flag of both has proved maddening. Cowards who fled when their companions •fought have been reproached until they are brave in despair, and seem anxious to wipe away ihe disgrace. The Yankees in North Alabama.— Gentle men lrom North Alabama represent the Yau - kees at Huntsville and vicinity, committing all sort3 of outrages on the people. The soldiers have been guilty of the most brutal treatment to the negro women in the presence of their mistresses, and if their masters interfered they were shot down. They are running off all the. negroes they can, and have scoured the whole country, seizing mules, horses, wagons, pro visions arid cotton, deterring the citizens by threats from burning ttieir crops. The people wereot course generally iojai, but a few dis affected persons who were before under sus picion from Marion, Fayette, Winston, Walker and Lawrence counties, had gone tbrougb tbe farce ot holding a convention to declare their allegiance to Lincoln. These persons do not count all told a thousand persous. The Roman viriue which animates Lite true men of North Alabama is nobly illustrated in the easeot Dr. Fern, of Huntsville, who was approached to take the oath of allegiance to the Yankees.— The “venerable old man is reported to have said be had not gone into the revolution with out due consideration, aud not havingriong to live,” would rot before he would take the oath. Evacuation of Bridgeport. —By passengers on the Georgia Road, we learn that the enemy arrived at Bridgeport on the 28th. aud that after a brief but determined resistance, our troops under Gen Ledbetter retreated to Chat tanooga. From different passengers we obtain very conflicting and different reports, but the most reliable one we think is, that the enemy, being in overwhelming numbers, our torees re treated in good order, burning the bridge and trestle work across the river. We shall proba bly get some tidings from our correspondent at Chattanooga—before our morning edition. [Chronicle <fc Sentinel. Where the Old Man &to be 'Found.— At the Gayoso yesterday a gentleman entered into conversation with a Missouri soldier. He asked him to what regiment he belonged. “To the oldman’s,” was the reply. “Who is the old man?” “Gen. Prie*.” “Where is he?” was then inquired. The soldier answered, “I don’t know where he is now, bat I shall know where to find him when-a battle occurs, for he will be there, just where the bullets fly the thickest; and the Yankees run the hardest [Memphis Appeal, 20/A. Death of Major Talbot.—The Washington Star of the 25th ult., says : Major Talbot, one of the heroes of Fort Sum ter, died in Washington city on Wednesday night, aged about 38 years. His funeral took place yesterday. Alie-r the fall of Sumter, Tal bot, who was then First Lieutenant of the reg ular army, was promoted to a Major. Talbot’s health was seriously injured whde on duty at Fort Sumter, and he never afterwards recovered. A correspondent of the New York Herald, writing from Lee’s Mills, Va., April 10th, says: “ three prisoners from the 10th Georgia Regi ment were brought iu yesterday. Their names are Alex. Foster, born in Albany, N. Y., John McKeon, born iu New York city, and John W. DeAutiguae, born in Augusta. Ga. They were ail privates of the 10th Georgia, Col. Cummings. Ihe Georgian was an intelligent young man. but refused to answer any questions.” Wheat Crop Improving —We have recently bad occasion to pass through portions of Sum ter county, and were gratified to notice a de cided improvement in the Wheat Crop ; we are informed also, that there is a general improve ment throughout this section of few weeks ago, iire universal opinion be, that seed would not be m.ide^^fl • ii■ il ey mtbfrddßß -•>/: < Wounded.—Wj received hera*flti| ‘ lii -i-r Sf t&jiiSa „ dgaijm Administrator's Notice. AL’. person, having demands against ’tho estate o f John W, Kll>, a"' ot Clou ha - county, dee aeed. are hereby required to present ihe sum • within the limn pr.-crib <1 bj !s.w; and all persons inrh bted to said estate are required lo pay sue" h.d btedness to TuHn H. WILLIAMS, may 6 Admlstrntor and eol. AIMIIINJSTIt ATIIH’d Mid', BY permi-slon of the Court, of Orili- nry of Chethstn Coun y, will be su'd cn at he *.ore of th ‘ lute J. W. Kepy, < n Bay etre* t, all the suck in trade, cot ris'L g ol Ready Made nothing, Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, black Br. ad Cloths, blue Miliiary t loth, airier, Drillings, Bummer Cassi me, Gilt_Military ad oihtr Buttons, Sewirw Bilk and lwmt, minings, several parol' Tb b r’s Elmars, iwo V 1 w Cases, one large Looking Glass, Btorer Fixtures, * c "* c - J - 11 wlliamh, tr '- " to* Adminisirator ad. col. GKUUGI A-OUAIIUH OO 'j Y.—To all wh >,o ii may concern: if reas ’ t*- * ildarn* will app’y et lie Court ol Ordinary lor Letters o( Adtriiu straiiou in the estate niu n *■ Kelly, late ol said coun -■ reared: These are, therelore, to cite and a o oi.it) ail whom it may concert, to be and appear ore raid ourt to make objection (if any they have) , oi before the first Monday in July next, otherwise -ah; letters will l>e granted. Witness, Dominick A. O . y ru , esq.. Ordinary for Chatham county, this fth day .i May, 1862 ™> 6* llQ'U.i.ftA u’BTKfig.o.aa AOmiKISTBATOftts SALE. WILL bo so dat the O ut ouse, in Bryan countv, on ihe first Tu sdsy in -Tune next, the lollowing P r "P rty, viz: Four Negro flaves, Ellen, Ede, Pete and Teue. Abo, the P’snta ion on which the laie John A evils redded, contain ng sb ut three hundred acres, more oi les, and bounded w st by Good. on. ° s by F- A. Elarbee, ana rou hby Elkins A Tundie’s land aio properly to be sod as the property of the estate otJohn evils, by orer of ihe Court of Ordinary oi Bryan e runty, for I e benefit te Iho heirs and eieditors ol Hu est_le ot Said John t vils, late < 1 Brv.n c untv de c.e'<l- Ih*rAM ELARBKk. an • '* A.lmi.i traior late John Kevils. NOTICE. ALL Perrons having cU ms againtt Iho estate oi John B. Bernard, late of Libeity c >unt?, de* et as and, will leave them, uly attested, at ibe o'roe of ersr=. liar.ridge & Chisholm; and al indebted to s .id estate will make payment to N. L. BARNARD, w. A. FLEMING, my ■■ wfi Qualified Executors. POSTPONED ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. be s dd on the first Tuesday in July next t t be ore the Court Home door, in Clinch county, one lot ot Lane, No. 617, contaird g sour hundred and Ninety Acre, more or its-, in the Sev. . th District of sod cmnty, bel-ngiig to the estate oi Jeiemiah d’hauoey dec-asad Bold sg ceable to n order of the Coon of Clinch county, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. 1 erm6 made known on the day of ssle. np 11 w id* • JOHN M. OH NCEY, Adm'r- LAND FOE SALE. oßtm Five Hundred Acres of good Pine and eom Haa >inook Land, 12a <n which is cleared fresh, and planted in com. cane, potatots, oais, c. wl U good Bull ings and Hogs Cows’, Mules, orn and Fodde Can be bought on reasonable terms Kesii ence, three miles from Boston Depot, No. 18, Thomas county, Ga. I'.a- 99 w I mo* CALVIN PATE 2,000 Acres of Land for Sale. <£ Ten miles from the city of Albany, on the of Dougherty and Mitchell; 900 cleared *5^ and deadened, and ready for a crop next year, as good as any land in the county, and in in as good a neighborhood as tie re is In the southern coun try. Terms to suit the purchaser—short time or long time, or cash. and c 21 wtf ClfAB. E- MALLARY. ~ NOTICE. AFTER the expiration of ninety days, I will app y for the renewal of a certificate issued by the Bank oi he State of Georgia, Cos . 714, dated on 25th of June, 1553, for one share of the api ml Stock of said Bank, in my name, which has been lost or mislaid . , _ JOHN T. FLOURNOY. Athens, Dec. —, 1861 wßmo de • 81 ADMINISTRATOM’S NOTICE. ALL tbo-e indebted to the estate oi Charles H Remington, late of Thomas county, deceased are requ red to make immediate pujmeut; and those having claims will present them to me, in terms of the Ia H. M. bHAtcP, adm r. Thom '8 county, lan. 15, ISU2 w 6 Jan 16 NOTICE.— Applicaliou wHI be mad- to the Presi dent, and Directors of the Atlantic Gulf Rail road Company for anew scr.p for ten shares of the capital stock of said company, the old s-rip, dated February 11, 1859, having been lost or mislaid, J 8. U. WILLSON. Per J. . A JAMES WILLSON, fob 8 w7* Administrators. FOR SALE. A BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE in Marietta, the most pluasont and healthy city in Georgia, sit uated on the Stale Railroad, twenty miles above At laula. Pries $6,0 0; one ball cash, the other in notes, well secured with interest For particulars, addrose Bor 178. Marietta, CSn -Itw.Vw tf dor 7.7 NOTICE. ALL persons having demands against the estate ol Martin Sullivan, late oi Chatham county, Ga., de ceased, will present the same, du y certified, within the time prescribed by law ; and all persons indebted to the same will make immediate payment to John r. johnhon, ap 29 Administrator. Gl GOKVI A—BttwOK.b OOllJSTY.—euperio I c oui t; December Term, 1861 It appearing lo the ourt that Bryan Folsom was the owno. o certain deeds to Lot oi Laud No. 845, in the Twelith District of originally Irwin, now Brooks couu ty, to wit: a deed trorn Jack Lumpkin to Jack Shaw, made in Oglethorpe county, Georgia, on the fourteenth day of June, eighteen hundred aud twenty-seven; a deed from Jack ohuw to Nathan Banks, made in said county of Oglethorpe, state a.oreeai p, on the .welith day ol August, 1847; a deed from Nathan Banks to James Bond, made in th State of Alabama,Chambers county, on the 4th day of August, 1856; and a deed tnaue from James Bond to Bryant Fols.m, county. Ga. dated the Ist >• jggjgjgeaSljl ■ • jgd&A (H .fM ’ t Us''''.' ' ■ " NOTICE TO OEBTOKX 4.VW 4 tSODN OHS. n EORGIA—BROOKS COUNTY.—AH persons in. \JT debied to tlie estate pyf Nathan D. Jones, de ceased, are requested to make immediate payment, and ail persons having demands against said estate will please present them within the tune prescribed by law, properly authenticated, for payment. dec 6 (6) M ALIOUI JONES, Adtn’r. NOTICE TO DEBTOR*! AND CKEDI. TOMS. % ALL persons indebted to George W. Brown, late of Thomas County, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment; and those having claims against said deceased, are required and notified to present th-m, duly authenticated, to me, wl bin the time pre scribed by law. lAM. P. BROWN, Adm’r. felt 7 M NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given to all persons having de mands against WUoam Giles, late ol Chuibalß eounty, deceased, to present them to me, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law; and a ! persons in debted to said deceased are hereby required to make immediate payment. WILLIAM GREENE, Qualified Executor. Savannah, Ga., March 7,.1869. j EXECUIOB’K SALE. 'TWENTY-SEVEN and a quarter Shares of Central j _L Railroad Stock, the propierly of the estate of , George R. Padellonl, deceased, will be sold at the-i Court House, in the city.of Bavannah, on the 9r.t ’ Tuesda,, in May next, between the legal hours of ea'e. Bold under an order ol the Court of ordinary ot C hat ham county, for the benefit of the creditors of said estate. JOHN M. B LOVELL, > mar 13 td Ex’r Geo. P. Padeiford. NOTICE TO DEBTORS ANJD CREDIT* J ORS. J Gv EORGIA—BBO' K 8 COUNTY. —AII persons tnfl 1C debted to the estate of J. TANARUS, A. Newton,deccasqdH are hereby requested to make immediate payment, aiuN all persons h.-.ving demands a iainst said estate will pleaso present them within the Line prescribed by iaw, properly authenticated, for payment. dec 6 (6) GKO ALDERMAN. Adm’r. , i v tORi. I— W iRK COUNTY.—T.. all whom VJf it may concern : Whereas, Joseph J. Davis, of said State and county, ap, lies tor Letters of Admi. istra ion on the estate of E-.rly Davis, late of said couniy, deceased These a’e, therefore, to cite and edmonish all and singular ihu kindred and creditors of taid deceased to be and appear at my office, within the time prescnbi and ' by law, and show cause IK any they have) why letters o udmtListraiiou sh uld not issue to said applicant. Given under my hand and official signature thl. 25th day oi April, 1862. DANIEL LOTT, rc ' 2 * I’ep Ordinary. Ov EOKGI A-WARE COUNTY.—To all I may concern: Where a-, Jesse Dean, of said State and countv, ap plies to the Ordinary for 1 euers of Administration on th i cs ate of eamael Dean, of said biale and county deceased; ' T hese are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my office, with!., the time prescribed uy law, and sh ,w cause (if any they havey why letters oi adm n.siration should not be granted lo taid hi r>li- Cant. Given under my haul and official signature this 23th dayo apri. 1862. DaN.KLLOTT. Ui y 3 * i ep. Ordinary. NOTICE.— -Three months alter date, application will be made to the Plauterss’ Bank ol the biate oi Geoigia for the payment ot a Filly Dollar Bill, Lei ier A, No. 496, dated January Ist, 1858, signed “ Oto. W. Ande-son, Prest.” The left half ot sad note hav ing bee., lo.t in transmission by mail from this place Butler spring, Ala. . JOHN W. FLEMISTER. 1 Griffin, Ga., March 26. 1862. mar 29 f lEORtiiA—CHATHAM COUNTY-Toall wh m VT it may concern: Whereas, Geo ge H. Johnston will apply at tits Oounot Ordinary lor Letters ol Administration on the estates ot Martaa W. Turner and Julia B. Turner, late of ehaltam ouuuty, deceased: These are, therelore, to oite and admonish all whom it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to make objection (if any they have) on or before the first Monday in June next, otherwise said letters will be granted. Witness, Dominick A. o ; Byrne, Esq., Ordinary 'or Chatham County, this 10th day oi April, 1862. ap U DOMINICK A, O'BYbNK. O. 0. 0. CT EORGIA- KROuKb COUNTY.—To all whom I itmny concorn ; Whereas, Berrian Folsom this day makes application to me for Letters of s dmiuistratiou on the esiate of John M Fol om, late ol said county, deceased: i here are therelore, to c.te and admonish the kin dred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my office, to file their objections (if any they have), withm the time prescribed by law, otherwise letters of adinintsiradou will be granted to said applicant Given under my hand this the 2Slu day oi March, 1862. mar 2S ANGUS MORRISON, Ordinary. i i EOICCv! A—LIBERTY COUNTY— I To all whom UT it may concern: Whereas, Captain W. 8. Norman has applied to me for Letters of Administration oe bonis non cum tos t amen to annexe on the estate of James Wilson Winn, late o' taid county, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all par ties interested, whether kindred or creditors, to snow cause (if any tbev have), withiu the time prescribed by law. why said letters should not be granted to said applicant. vt’imess my hand this Ist day of April, 1861 ap 4 W. P. QIRARuKAU, O. L. C. CT EORGIA— CHATHAM COUNTY.—To whonf I It may concern: Whereas, Henry Vonglahn will apply at the CoertM ol Ordinary lor Letteis of Administration on the tale of Juedorlck ccherff, late of said county, de- 1 ceased: These are, therelore, to cite and admonish all whom it may.concem, to be and appear before said court, to make objection (if any they have), on or before tho Ist Monday in June next, otherwise said lelterswill.be granted. Witness, Dominick A. O’Byrne, Esq., Ordinary for Chatham Go untv, this 1-1 day of May, 1362. my 2*, ' DOMINICK,A. o’BYRNE. o 0.0. I > EORGIA —LIBERTY COUNTY.—To all VJ whom it may concern: Wh^ L. c. Harden will apply at the Court >ry, its Administratrix