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WEEKLY
HIPUBtICAS,
By B\ AV. Sim<y,
City al County ft* r i a ter.
15. SNKktl, * t lflloil
' SAVANNA 11, OaT
Saturday OTorntns, May 24, 1862.
Morgan at Atlanta.
The gallant, daring, afld almost omnipresent
Morgan, has turned up in Atlanta. We learn
from a gentleman, a resident of this city, w 0
returned from Atlanta yesterday,that this ext&
ordinary Confederate officer was in
Tuesday last. Our friend was enabled to gather
the following facts from persons
intercourse with the renowned ero.
At Cave City, Morgan made a dash on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, intercepting
a freight train loaded with provisions, which
he destroyed. Alter a while he was informed
of the approach of another train. He then
stationed his men to await its arrival. It turned
out to be an express and passenger train. Hav
ing captured it also, and making prisoners of
the officers and men, he took possession of
the money on board—a large amount of Fede
ral treasury notes.
Morgan paroled the men, after receiving their
signatures and paying them off with the treas
ury notes the amount due them by their gov
ernrnont, ami retimed tho offioara as prisoners.
The women became dreadfully frightened on
finding they were in the power of the terrible
Morgan. Drawing up in line before him, they
made a touching appeal to him, asking mercy.
Morgan listened very attentively, and told
them they had reason to expect harsh treatment
at his hands in return tor the course pursued
by the Federals to our women and children.
He, however, was a Confederate officer, and a
gentleman, and would assure them that they
and their baggage should remain inviolate;
that he had determined to destroy all the prop
erty in his hands, but would reserve a locomo
tive and a freight car to take them back tc
their homes in Louisville.
A young and handsome wife of a Federal of
ficer, one of Morgan’s prisoners, then address
ed Morgan, saying that as he had shown so
much magnanimity towards the ladies, she
would intercede for her linsband, and ask for
him linient treatment at his hands. Morgan,
touched by her appeals, and struck by her
beauty, asked her to point out her husband—
who was standing with the other officers, crest
fallen, dejected, and the sad picture of despair.
On being pointed out to him, Morgan scanned
him from head to foot, and turning to his pret
ty wife, replied : “Well, madam, If ho can be
of any use to you, take him back to Louisville,
l have no use for him.”
Allotment of Brigadiers General.
The Montgomery Advertiser complains that
Alabama has- been overlooked in the appoint
ment of Brigadiers General. We do not think
the Advertiser has just ground for complaint.
Did not Alabama enjoy the honor of furnish
ing the first Secretary of War '! Let the Adver
tiser stop and calculate how many Brigadiers
one Secretary of War is equal to, and ihen add
on the number of Brigadiers Alabama now has
in the field, including this same Secretary of
War, before he murmurs. We think by this
rule it will be found that Alabama has scores of
B-igadiera in the field.
Beside, did not Alabama furnish the first
Minister or Commissioner to F.'jglund from the
young Republic ?
The Advertiser treats the sub ject seriously -
gravely; ignoring the scriptural rule that in
honor wo should prefer one another. As for
ourselves, we do not care a sixpence which
State furnishes the most officers, of any grade,
so /ter/ know their business and can whip the Jif/hl f
Let all such questions be buried forever. They
create discontent and never do any good.
Alabama Militia.—Governor Shorter, of
.simba'nft, tnnefl IH* prorwrKntOTMnnrprE^
scribed therein roles for organizing all the ma
litia of that Stale not subject to military ser
vice under the Conscript Act. He says nothing
about pr tecting the militia otllcers, and putting
himself thereby, in opposition to and in con
flict with the Confederate authorities. He is
satisfied to leave the war making and the war
waging power where it belongs, and untram
meled. He'is a State rights man, but he sees
something else tor his hands to do just now,
besides clogging the wheels of government.—
He is more anxious to whip the enemy ihm to
convince the world that he is wiser than his
generation, or than ten men who can give a
reason. No doubt, after our independence is
won, he will be as able and as ready as the
Governor of Georgia to protect the constitu
tional rights of the militia — the people he has
the honor to command.
The Prisoners to he Paroled.—Order#
were received from Gen. Beauregard, says the
Macon Telegraph, to put the Northern prisoners
at Camp Oglethorpe upon parole. As soon,
thereafter, as descriptive rolls can be made out
and they are sworn not to bear arms in this
war until regularly exchanged, they will be sent
up to the Federal lines beyond Chattanooga,
and there turned loose to seek their homes,
which we hope they will enjoy so much as to
he disposed Iu luture to avoid assailing those of
other people. The prisoners were highly edi
lied with the tidings yesterday.
Gen. John B. Flovd.—Our exchanges say
that this indomitable soldier is to take the field
again under new auspices. The Legislature oi
Virginia have constituted him Major General of
State forces, to be composed of men over the
conscript age, to the number of twenty thou
sand. '
It is expected that he will confront and hold
iu check the dirtiest of all the northern de
mons—John Charles Fremont, in Western Vir
giuia.
The Enemy Below.—On Tuesday the ene
my on Cockspur Island, sent up a balloon
early in the day. There was but one tent visi
ble at the battery on Oakland Island, and no
vessel was to be seen in the river.
Their preparations aro.no doubt being quiet
ly perfected, and wc should not be lulled into
false s.curlty.
It is stated that at the skirmish at Lebanon,
Morgan fell in with, among oilier prisoners, a
man who bad been previously paroled by him.
He had him tied and lashed bchlud one of his
horsemen, but being hotly pursued he had him
despatched with a bowie knife, and cut loose.
The Dalton Times of the 11th says the wheat
crop in Whitfield county has greatly improved
in the last ten days. There is now a prospect
of a very fair yield.
IfT' The letter from General Beauregard to
Gen. Van Dorn, alluded to iu the letter ol our
Army Correspondent, failed to reach us.
the subject of the following was well known
in out community, and the notice of his eatly
death, trom a life of usefulness, will be read
with regret by our citizens :
\iV. A1 7,, Charlton Belt died at 4 I'. M
i ulv iov £5 in **•"• Capt. Loro
11,13 Toombs Guard, ’.fin
son HjJCTT r '
Alley, attended A dl lT’ . Locust
and other relative. " ir * i> * Hennmgsou,
Dr. Loyd Charlton u-t> ~ . . _ ~ ,
of Maryland, (who settkq’ a, '■ f.? n 0 kelt,
Ga.,l 01 ,he lifter of ih, eonnty,
practiced with eminent #nctJsL\.^“^? rßev,er *
; f physician, and for many veatt ft W J' e -irs
Ist Ud in Jefferson county, and £„t! Wml Y*
it Bullock county, Georgia", and in
He leaves a widow, toi ly daughter of t ''
Col. Jones, of Wilkes county, Georgia* ,
three young children. " ” anil
The Vicksbutg Whig #j>: “A planter in
forms ns that he saw the utgroes on a pianu
tion above this d> shed tears when the cotton
was being fired. U U very lt.itd to destroy the
labor o* a wh >le year, t ns it is a necessity that
cat not be helped. There wui, no doubt, tea
quarter of a million of hales burned on the
Mississippi and tributaries, worth twelve mil
lion dollars at ordinary prices.’'
* satubday, may iQ6g,
Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler.
The reader will find under this morning’s tel
egraphic colurnu, a brief but true autobiogra
phy of the three days’ military wonder w ooe
Dame heads this article. That it is genuine '
know, because it is true to life.. Wc have b *
the author, and If Heaven ever expended mo
of labor and energy and P' ns in
,a.o .to, “fS
touch was given in ‘ ‘‘ B tjTI.ER
brow of BENJAMIN FBANh-LIN BUTI.EU.
U We saw him at the Charleston Convention
, May 1860, and of all that assemblage of
sharpers, inside and outside of the Convention,
there was no countenance that could approach
bis in nil that makes man hate his race. He
M t uied to beman only because he . ould talk.
His smile was a scowl; his looks greedy and
devouring ; his eye like a serpent’s without its
charm; his nose mounting the air for prey; his
forehead low, skulking aud brutal. Instantly
we thought of the line—
“A man may smile and stni’e, and be a villain still.'’
But seeing the creature could Dot smile, our
loathing was turned to pity, to think he was so
blasted iu the making, and his villainy had de
stroyed eveu his power to 6mile.
When we heard that he was appointed to the
command of the Federal forces in the Gulf, we
were convinced more than ever of the malig
nity and abandonment of Northern rule. No
thing but the deepest hatred for a chivalrous
people : nothing but the most artful and ingeni
ous cruelty ; nothing but the most reckless
desperation, could have suggested the appoint
ment of such a thing to bear rale, even for a
brief day, over a generous, high minded people.
Aud the tool is proving himself in every way
worths t.i-. masters. He has not gon£ to work
with masterly skill to bow his victims by de<-
grees to the yoke. His malignity has no gra
dation —his malice knows no control. At one
bound he has passed into the lowest, deeper
“than which no lower lies.” H.s proclama
tion to the ladies oi New Orleans is the grand
est conception ot malicious, cruel brutal,
abandoned wickedness that could have emana
ted this side the nether pit. Whose mind but
that Of this wietch could have tiroken through
all the wonted realms of thought and the cata
logue retaliatory punishments and have brought
to light so terrible a retribution as that pro.
posed to he inflicted on the virtuous and Christ
ian women of a Southern city y Was it not
beyond llie conception of any other man or
devil y If he had thought of imprisonment, cr
banishment, or personal chastisement, or even
death, enormous as either of these would he
in proportion to the alleged offense, we could
see some connection between the offense and
the penalty. But none but the devil or his
angels could have conceived of t lie •♦plan
to treat a respectable, virtuous woman,
perhaps an aged mother, as a common harlot,
for no other reason than expressing her disgust
for a conquering foe ! Is there no flaming
thunderbolt reserved iu the red baud of ven
geance to drive this demon back to the pit tie
low ? It cannot be that the God of mercy will
long affow this offspring ot the Priuce of Dark
ness to roam the earth in human shape !
If so, then we must be content aud believe it
will be for our good. Let. him drill, drill, drill
deeper and deeper into the great heart ot this
great people. The end will be well. The wa
ters which burst forth at every turn will grow
more and more bitter, day by du\, umil no
branch, not even the olive branch of peace, can
ever restore their eweetuess. We believe it to
be settled iu the counsels of God tint iho
North and the South shall be divkl. u, u.e one
from the other, and that forever. Let the vil
lain drive the iron into the soul —the deeper
the better. The separation already complete,
will continue till time shall be no more. Let
the Red Sea and the mountains and the wiljer
ne,-s be betwixt us aud them, and how bettor
can it be than by the employment of just such
agencies, mean and despicable though they he
in the eyes of men V God in his wisdom has
accomplished great objects iu time* gone by,
by the employment ot frogs and locusts aud
murrain and flies ; why in this day may he not
accomplish this great work of eternal separa
tion by even a meaner thiug ?
Ho. let us not despond, Natalia the-liisAo for
>u righteous wrath and vengeance. No mother
will now longer detain her son from the field,
Every sister will gird her brother's armor on,
and bid him haste. Every man who respect
virtue and himself will give his all to finish onr
mighty undertaking.' How dare we longer call
ourselves men , if we do not rise with all the
means that God'has placed in onr hands, and
crush, as an adder, the wretches who can imag
ine—not to say avow—their intentions, far any
cause whatever, to treat our wives, and mothers,
and daughters, as harlots, “ plying their avo
cations.”
The history of the world does not iurnish a
parallel proclamation; and ye.t, the Greeks,
the Romans, the Spaniards, the Britons, and
the Saxons pet formed deeds of daring and valor
in defense ol their wives and altars, to which
nothing that we have done in defense ot dearer
rights can be compared.
We see by the correspondence in the Macon
Telegraph, that the Methodist Church, Mulberry
street, J. E. Evans, l’astor, have placed their
church bell at the disposal of Capt. R. M. Cuy -
ler, of the Ordinance Department, lor Govern
ment use.
By the directions of Lieut. Col. J. Gorgas,
Chief of the Ordinance Bureau, Capt. Cuy ler
advertises for loans or donations of any and all
bells to be cast iuto cannon
We have expected for some tithe to see a
in tvcineut in Savannah in this direction, but as
yet none has been made to our knowledge.
While on this subject, we will advert to the
fact that some well-meaning and truly pious
persons doubt the propriety, not to say the
piety, of an actot devoting church bells to pur
poses of warfare. This to our mind is a great
mistake. It proceeds on the assumption that
these bells have already been devotedly given
to the Lord. Admit this to be true and it
proves nothing. Does not every true Christian
devote everything he has to the Lcrd * Is not
bis substance, is not his time, are not his mem
bers solemnly devoted to the service ot the
Lord 1 Yea, more, do not all true Christians de
vote the offspring of their own lives to the
service of the Captain of their salvation * This
is all true. And yet these same chrisiiaus think
it not evil to consume their substance, to give
their own bodies and members, and their own
children as a free will olfering on the altar ol
their country.
Why then hesitate to devote a bell, a piece of
metal, to the same work 5* Where- is the con
sistency of such a course ? On what reason
docs it rest ? What is the church and the bell
without the Christian worshipper? If the wor
shipper can leave his altar aud go to battle, why
cauuoi his bell go with him t *‘A broken and
a contrite heart” is the sacrifice that God de
lights in—not in the sacrifice of bollocks or the
dedication of bells It is better to have no
b -lls than to have no ehnrches—no place ot
worship—or to be driveu from onr altars, and
leave them to he desecrated by a Godless foe.
Rosin.—Brigadier eteueral French, the offi
cer in command at Wilmington, N. C., has issued
the following order .-
The general order issued in reference to the
removal of naval stores, cotton, Ac., beyond
Ihe reach ot the enemy, having been disregarded
by the owners oi various lots of rosin wjtnin
the limits of the city, it is hereby ordered that
a force sufficient tor its removal to some poiut
of safety, or where, it necessary, it can be effect
ually destroyed, be detailed without delay.
If owners fail to remove it at once, it snail be
done by the city authorities at the expense of
the owners, and no claim from the owners
thereof shall be held hereafter for irjurv or
damage.
Kestccev —Hon. R. Hawes, of Kentucky, a !
\ trginian by birth, has been ejected (Southern)
Provisional Governor of the State ot Kentucky
by the Legislative Council, to till the vacancy !
occasioned by the death of the lamented Gover
nor Johnson, who fell gallautiv fighting in the
ranks at Corinth. For three terms Governor !
rept"e#euted the Lexington District in !
ot i he was an in
one it Vh nd * IMI ot Mr. Clay, and
Whicpanv ,'- 1 , f ‘, rotniD ri u Politicians of the
- Atrirstow Mercury, May SO.
Roswell 7
was destroyed by tk™„ he Peking department •
Will muerially retard ?£ lae ln#u *hich
.Ime.— l/aAm Messenger °P sr HOIS for some
army correspondence
Of tub Savannah Republican.
Cokintu, May 15th, 0 a. m.
The “situation” continues the same. There
is more or lees skirmishing every day, in which
the Confederates sometimes get the advantage,
and vice, versa. The two armies are so near to
each other, that It Ims been found necessary to
put forward strong picket forces, whose duties
day and night are alike hazardous und labori
ous. Frequent collisions occur on the out
posts between small patties of men, in which
much tack, resolution and personal courage
are displayed, and which, under other circum
stances, would be full of interest j but in the
presence of two large armies, with two hostile
confederacies looking on with hated breath and
painful suspense, these episodes are dwarfed
into insiguiticant proportions, and the chron
icler feels compelled to pass on to the consider
ation of matters of greater mangitude and more
general concern.
I have sought the opinions ot persons in a
position to be well informed in regard to the
intentions of the enemy, and I find the impres
sion becoming quite geueral that Ilalleck will
not offer us battle here for some days to come.
Some are of opinion that he has not yet moved
out any considerable portion of his army from
the river. Others believe that his policy is to
briDg up heavy siege guns, with the view of de
stroying our works and demoralizing our troops
bv a bombardment day and night for two or
three days, after which be will attack us in
force along our entire lines. Prisoners report
that heavy guns are actually on the way, and
that the spade and the pick are to he resort
ed to. Other* on the contrary, that the
attack will be made at an early day, and in
great force.
After weighing and comparing these various
opinions, and especially the reports upon which
they are based, I feel satisfied that nearly the
whole of Halleek’s army is in position about
midway between the river and this place. In
deed, the latest information to hand last night,
renders it probable that he is now in the vicin
ity of Monterey, ten miles distant by the road
leading to Shiloh and Pittsburg. Several roads
diverge from that point, and connect with oth
ers by which he can advance against our right
and leit wings, as well as against our centre.—
The position is strong, if not commanding.
The country is trsversed by a series of hills,
known in the neighborhood as Pea Ridge, and
which might be rendered almost impregnable
against an attack in front. From this point he
can prosecute his reconnr-isances with greater
safety than from the river, since the main body
of the army will be in supporting distance.—
Should the Confederates attack him there, the
natural strength of the position is such that he
may hope to be able to repulse them with com
parative ease. Meanwhile, he will probably
continue to feel of our lines, until he shall
have ascertained as near as possible our exact
position and strength. This done, aud feints
attempted here and there for the of
diverting our attention from the real point of
1 attack, he may seek to precipitate an irresisti
! ble force against the weakest point in our lines,
j and to carry it by storm.
This, of course, is mere speculation npou
vague and unsatisfactory data. Oue thing, how
ever, is certain : the Confederates are ready and
impatient for the attack. B >th officers and
ineu would he rejoiced to hear that the battle
would he fought to morrow. Should Ilalleck
go to the trouble of bringing up heavy stege
guns, they leel c mtident of their ability to take
them.
The twelve months regiments have been en
gaged recently in electing officers, and reorgan
izing under the late act of Congress. I regret
to learn that many officers have declined a re
election. In several instances, colonels, cap
tains, and others, have availed themselves of the
opportunity, denied to the private, to return
home, and to get out ot the war. Whether
they are tired of the hardships of the struggle,
or had discovered that their men would not
again entrust them with the command, I am
uuable to sav. A year’s experience and trial
have proved fatal to the Reputation of many
Who were supposed to be both capnblc anil
worthy. Indeed, it is now demonstrated that
it is better to coufine the appointments of regi
mental officers to the President, injudicious as
have been many of his selections. Glib talkers
and sociable fellows at home do not always
make good officers ; and it is from such men
that many—fortunately not- all—of the regi
mental and company officers were originally
chosen. But few company officers, compara
tively, have distinguished themselves thus far
j n the war. The service is a terrible crucible,
ia which all mere pretension and dross are con
sumed and destroyed, and from which nothing
but the purest gold ever conies. Indeed, the
officer or man who proves himself worthy in
the hour of battle, wno is cheerful and provi
dent ou the march, kind and attentive to the
sick, firm and tot bearing as occasion may re
quire, and who enters the service for the good
of his country and not for the purpose of se
curing office iu the future, such a person, how
ever poor, or ignorant, or rough, wears yet a
precious jewel in his heart, and may be set
down as a true man and gentleman,at all times,
and under all circumstances.
I do not wish to be understood as condemn
ing any officer who has returned home The
age of some, who entered the war to set a
good example to their neighbors, and the pri
vate affairs of others, may have rendered their
withdrawal from the service altogether proper.
I am glad to say, too, that the officers from our
noble old State, with inconsiderable exceptions,
as far at least as they have come within my ob
servation, have acquitted themselves of their
duties to the satisfaction of their respective
commands.
It would seem my prediction that one or
mote great battles would probably be fought
"this spriug within twenty miles of Richmond,
is likely to be fulfilled at an early day. Should
the Confederates be successful there and at this
place, the war may be considered at an end.—
Not only “the silver lining to the cloud” wifi
then come iuto view, but the sun of peace him
self will ascetid to mid-heaveu.
The fall of Norfolk has produced less regret
here than the loss of the Merrimae. The former
had been toreseen for some time. Indeed, as
early as last December, I advised some ot my
friends by private correspondence, that the
place could not bo he’d. Rut the Merrimae—
the bold and gallant Merrimae—the nation had
fixed its heart, upon her, and had indulged the
confident hope* that she would be able, in the
! bands of the lion-hearted old Commodore, at
j least to defend and protect the port of Nor
| folk.
| You will find herewith an interesting letter
■ from Gen. Beauregard to Gen. Van Dorn.
P. W. A.
ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, i
Corinth, May 17th, 6 A. M. f
it has become so warm and dusty, that I find
it necessary to rise early and write my letters
before breakfast. We have had no rain for
nearly two weeks, and the skies look as if it
i would eontiuue dry for some time. With hun
; dreds of wagons and thousands of u.en and
j horses daily moving about the depot and
through the camps, the surface of the earth—a
rich, thirsty loam —has been ground into dust,
which flies up into one’s face at almost every
step. 1 thought it was bad enough at Manassas
on the day of the great battle, but it is infinite
ly worse here. The soil is ol that peculiar na
lure, not uncommon in the West, which is
quite wet and boggy in winter, and quite as dry
and parched in summer. Many of the smaller
streams have a’ready gone dry, notwithstand
ing the abundant rains this spring. Twelve
days ago a muie was drowned in a small branch
near the depot where there is not a drop of
water now.
Yon will not be surprised to hear, therefore,
that there is an insufficient supply of water for
the army. Indeed, the supply has tun so low,
and the water is of such an unwholesome char
acter, that many of the regiments have fonnd
it necessary to dig wells. I hear also, that Gen.
Beauregard has taken steps to procure the ne
essary tools and workmen to sink a number of
what i9 known here as bored wells. By boring
down from eighty to one hundred and twenty
feet, it is said that an inexhaustible supply of
good water can be obtained. It requires from
two to live and six days to open one of these
wells.
The health of the army and the condition of
the teams and horses, would be greatly im
proved by an abundant supply of wholesome
water. There is many a poor fellow in the dusty
camps, with parched lips and feverish brow,
who would give his month’s pay lor a draught
of cool water lrom the old Wells, <Jr the rocky
spring under the hill, near his childhood’s
home.
Gen. Beauregard has Issued au order, requir
ing all subsistence officers to purchase and
transmit by railroad to Corinth, such vegeta
bles as can be procured. The people along the
lines of the different roads are urgently request
ed to bring to their respective depots from day
to day such .as they can spare. Transportation
will be furnished by the mail trains. These
vegetables are wanted, not more for the sick
than for the well. Bad water, salt meat, and
half cooked bread will in time tell upon the
health of the most robust. Even one vegeta
ble meal a week would promote the health of
the army. Both man and beast require some
thing green and fresh at this season ot the year.
A spring chicken, a mess of green peas, and a
cup of cold water —hut I forbear; the subject
is too touching to dwell upon.
If not too late, allow, me to suggest to gar
deners and planters about cities aud along lail
roads within two hundred miles of any point
where our forces are stationed, to raise as many
vegetables, watermelons, cantelopes and fruit,
as possible. They cannot do the soldier a
favor, or do more to secure his heahh,
than by adopting this course. In Virginia,
there was a liberal supply of fresh beef and
uJ^n, aud of trult aDi vegetables. In the
South and Sotffh-west, however, bilpi4e b.qef
and mutton are raised, aud vegetables are
grown onlv lor the use of the family, except
in the vicinity of towns and cities. Ii the plan
suggested is not adopted, our troops will be
compelled to subsist through the hot summer
months upon bread and salt meat alone. Fruit,
if properly put up, can be sent five hundred
miles. And where this cannot be done, let it he
dried and put up in sacks Indeed, everything
in the form of food, whether for man or horse,
should be carefully husbanded.
Sixty-one Federal prisoners were paroled and
sent to Gen. Ilalleck under a 11 ig ol truce two
days ago, and one hundred and nine yesterday.
The party encounled the enemy’s pickets four
miles from town on tiie Monterey road Per
haps some account of a flig of truce between
two armies would not prove uninteresting to
some of your readers.
When the commanders of opposing armies
desire to communicate with each other, either
tor an exchange of prisoners, the burial of the
dead, or the safe passage of non-combatants
through their lines, or lor any other purpose,
it can only be done under a flag of truce. The
party bearing the flag may consist ol ten or
fifty men, as the case may be, who are usually
mounted. If the object be to convey a written
communication, a small party only is sent wdlh
it. II it be to conduct prisoners through the
lines, then the number of the escort or guard
depeuds upou i he number of prisoners to be de
livered. The party is always accompanied by
an officer, whose duty it is to deliver the letter,
or turn over the prisoners under his charge.
Having passed beyond their own lines, the
party proceed iu the following order : First
comes a man on horseback, with a white flag in
his hand,which he continues to wave, iu order to
attract the attention of the enemy’s pickets
and prevent them from firing upon nim through
mistake. By his side is another man, also
mounted, who is provided with a bugle or
trumpet, which he continues to blow inces
santly. Tnis is. called “sounding a parley.’
The object is to notify the adversary of your ap
proach, and of your desire to communicate
with him —literally, to talk with him. Next fol
low the officer, bearing the despatch, and the
escort, some fifty or sixty paces in the rear of
the flag. When the party have reached the lines
of the other side, they are halted until word
can be sent forward to the officer iu command
of the forces at that point, or they are conduct
ed to his headquarters. Arrived there the ob-
ot the rtMi TinrxpTaineil, and Hie letter or
prisoners delivered. If the business be such
that only the commauder-in-chief can attend to
it, then the communication is forwarded im
mediately to him, who either returns an answer
at once, or premises to do so at an early period.
During the pendency of the negotiations and
the time necessarily consumed in going and
coming, there is a temporary cessation of hos
tilities —a Owe—between the party bearing the
flag and the opposing forces And hence, the
flag under which the negotiations are conducted
is called a flag of Iruce. It is regarded as highly
improper for either party to take advantage of
this necessary intercourse to examine the works
of the oilier, or to pry into his condition, or to
receive secret intelligence from any of his dis
affected troops, or to approach them with cor
rupt propositions.
But my letter is growing long. P. W. A.
E* title of JlcDowell.
We are permitted by a friend in this city, to
make the following extract from a highly in
! teresting 1 etter received by him from his son,
j a member of the 12th Georgia :
“ The suffering of the 12th Georgia regiment
has no parallel in the war. Four hundred and
forty went into the battle, and one hundred and
eighty-three were killed and wounded. Cap
taius Furlow, McMilleu and Patterson fell dead
on the field; Captain Dawson fell mortally
wounded; Captain Blandford lost his right
arm ; Captain Rogers slightly wounded, and
Captain Davis severely, but not dangerously
wounded. Out of ten captains only three es
caped unitjured.
Lieutenants Goldwire, Turpin, and Wood
ward fell dead; Lieutenant Massey, mortally
wounded ; Lieutenants Thomas, Markel, Pryor,
Marshall, Ethridge, and Briggs, were all among
the wounded ; and a gallant young Sergeant,
Davis, w ho was wounded at the battle of Alle
ghany Mountain, was killed early in the en
gagement. He was a noble, brave follow, as was
too his friend and comrade, Private E. B. Reid,
who shared the same sad fate. In addition to
these losses, one hundred and sixty-three non
commissioned officers aud privates were killed
or wounded. None were taken prisoners, as
the 12th Georgia allows no enemy to take
them.
I would not draw distinctions by mentioning
the names of those, particularly distinguished
for gallantry, when all acted so nobly and so
well. None could surpass the- other. Dawson
and Furlow set examples no Georgian a
afraid to follow. Oar regiment bore the brunt
ot the action, and Gen. Johnson says none
j could have done better. Great as is the State
jot Georgia, well may she be proud of her
noble 12th, which by its conduct, in the camps
and ou the field, in three successive battles, has
made the name of Georgia known and honored
throughout all this region.
Our idolized old Colonel, now General John
son, had hts horse killed under him, and after
| beiug twice wounded, he was carried from the
; field. Early in the engagement, his saddle
j girth broke and be mounted his horse bare-
I back.
i He ought to be, and no doubt he will be made
a Major General, for he is one of the Generals
: that Yankees cannot whip."
Hon. Jere. Clemens —The numerous ad
mirers ot this gifted Alabamian will’learn with
feelings of deepest regret that he has forsaken
the Confederate cause, and given in hie alle
giance to the Lincoln Government. He was in
Huntsville at the time of its capture by the
Yankees and made no effort to escape. Only a
lew weeks after their arrival he became very in
timate with the commanding general, and now
goes about tbe streets representing the South
ern cause in its worst light, and endeavoring to
persuade all his friends to join with the Federal
cause - so far he has only found four of tbe citi
zens of Huntsville, who were so destitute of
principle and honor as to link their destiny with
the destroyers of onr homes and our peace.
This comes from a source entitled to the highest
credit. —Atlanta Oommonuraith.
Fortt Sixth Georgia Regiment.—This fine
regimeut Colonel Colquitt, marched from the
race course on Saturday, with their baggage,
and are now pleasantly encamped at White
Point Garden. The battery presents quite a
warlike appearance.— Charleston Courier.
AFFAIKS IN TIIE PKAIVSILL
[From our Regular Correspondent,]
c’hicka iiominy Rivkk, }
14 miles from Richmond, r
May 13th, 1863. )
Mr. Editor .-—Up to ttiis time, since my last,
not a single opportunity lino presented itself
for continuing our correspondence. The waul
of time, and on account of the transportation
being sent in advance, it was impossible to
write. We have had some stirring times on
this ever to be remembered retreat, of which,
no doubt, wilh many of its incidents you have
already been apprised. I write you nowoua
cartridge box in line rf battle, awaiting the ad
vance of tiie enemy, who is reported to he ap
proaching behind us in large force. We may
tight to-day, or we may fail to draw the wary
McClellan out, until some other strategic move
ment is culminated. He has beeu so often dis
comfittedand defeated in the pursuit of the
rebels, he may not be sanguine enough to risk
a battle jast now. It did uotsurprise me much
that we fell back; iu fact, it was anticipated by
most of the troops. I will venture to give some
account of the retreat, but I almost despair
giving correct versions of what I did not see in
propria persona. Reports come one after anoth
er in such rapid succession, producing such
chaos and confusion, it is quite impossible to
create reality out of them. Every one seeing
the same thing, will intensify his accouut in
proportion to the lertility of his imagination,
and desire to profagate the matvelous. There
fore, if a battle occurs of which one is not au
eye-witness, he had better be careful how his
tales of it are written. An account o: the tight
at Dam No. 1, of which I wrote you, appeared
in the Richmond Dlspiteh, located at Dam No.
3, aud the sth North Carolina Regiment was
not mentionedj which suffered my>st.
writer must have obtained his accounts from
straggling reports to have made such palpable
errors. It requires ages for history to purge
itself of the unreal, and for truth to stand forth
clear aud unclouded, by reason of this very
kind of writing. Geuerals, even, are often in
error in takiug hastily the accounts of eye-wit
nesses, and filling out official reports of actions
in which they are engaged.
On the night of the 3d inst. it was desigued
for the rebel army to begin the move back, but
some delay in Gen Longstreet’s division made
it necessary to remain until the next. There
fore, at TANARUS) j P. M., on the night of the 31, our
forces silently decamped and moved away,
leaving the camp fires burning brightly to de
ceive the enemy. A part of Gen. Jones’ brig
ade was left in the pits at Dim No. 1, which was
to follow at 13 at night, covered by the usual
cavalry guard. What forces were left at the
other points lam not informed. Noiselessly
the army moved away at the appointed hour on
the road to Williamsburg, in such proximity
that, in case of pursuit, the whole force could
be easily concentrated.
The heavy guns at Yorktown occasionally
broke the stillness, in order to assure the
enemy’s guuboats that we still held the place,
and that it would not be safe to venture by.
Though at the distance of several miles, as we
moved away towards Williamsburg, the tlabh Of
each gun and, each shell could be plainly dis
cerned, and the heavy boom succeed. Outside
of this no other sound disturbed the silence,
except the oft repeated chant of the whip poor
will from the wood, aui the dull murmur ol
t he soldiers’ tread. The march was sober and
orderly, aud everything concerning it conduct
ed with spirit by the soldiers; but it grieves me
to say that many poor fellows, too weak and
weary to follow, dropped by the way side and
fell into the hands of the enemy. H ving com
mand of the rear guard of our regiment, with
instructions not to allow any member of it, able
to follow, to linger behind, 1 was caused to no
tice many left, which could not he prevented,
now that the transportation was far in advance.
The sick had all, it was thought, been sent away
before marching ; these it seems were taken by
the way. Perhaps, on the march we lost 300,
including stragglers who escaped the rear
guard, but I only guess the number, no account
having yet appeared in any report of command
ers.
At sunrise on the morning of the fourth our
division passed through the city* of Williams
burg and bivouaced about two miles beyond,
leaving a force on tbe suburbs of the city near
our fortifications there, which are on the side
in the direction of Yorktown.
After a rest of two or three hours we were
again put in line of march. An hour afterward
the report of cannon in the direction of Wil
liamsburg, told that the enemy were in pursuit
and had reached our rear guard. At night we
halted ten miles distant. Report came in tha l
the enemy had brought up some artillery, and
opened on Gen. McClaus’ troops, then in the
rear, which he had repulsed, capturing the,can
non and driving them back. Next morning
(sth) the weather began to drizzle, and con
tinued so during tbe entire day. The roads
became sloppy and wet, and the wagons, a part
of which we had overtaken, cut them up so
greatly, the march was much delayed repairing
the way lor them. It was a dreary time wailing
in tbe rain and mud to move forward ; but the
troops were cheerful. Until late at night the
march was continued through the darkness,
water and mud, slowly dragging along over the
almost impassible way. Yet the soldiers only
swore against the Yankees that caused the suf
fering, and bragged that onr forefathers had
not endured more. Not until the next morning
had any definite account reached us of the ter
rible battle which ha 1 been fought on the sth,
behind us.
The accounts varied much, and even now I
am unable to tell the incidents particularly.
Wbeu the reports of the General reach you, a
fuller view may be taken. There is no doubt
that the enemy advanced in force, determined
to crush and break to pieces Gen. Longstreet’s
forces, left behind to briog up the rear. In
this he was signally unfortunate, after con
testing for his purpose the whole day, and loos
ing perhaps two thousand killed, wounded and
prisoners. Our los3 was heavy. I cannot say
exactly how much, but it is said five hundred
or more. Some of our bravest and best lay
among the Vandals. Obi that it could have
been among those worthy of their nobleness.
The onset of the foe was so sudden, it is said
they gained entire possession of our earth
works, and placed six pieces of artillery in
them before our forces could prevent it. With
these a destructive tire was opened on us' while
we were forming. But undaunted the disposi
tion was made, and at tbe first charge the guns
were taken, turned upon tbe enemy and des
troyed them for the rest oi the day. They were
not'retaken.
As each fresh supply of troops advanced from
the enemy’s line they were met and repulsed,
but constantly reinforced, they came again and
again, each time compelled to fly. Gen. John
son said afterwards troops never fought with
more desperation and fierceness than ours,
aud the same unflaging determination to win or
die lasted throughout the dy. At nightfall
the defeated aud powerless enemy withdrew his
forces, leaving us entire masters of the field.—
Our wounded were conveyed to the hospitals
and left, becouse no transportation was at hand
to take them away. On this accooht we lost
many arms gained from the enemy, -and many
of those of our dead apd wounded. ' The artil
lery, I am informed, was brought away. One
magnificent brass piece came under my own
supervision, pulled by tbe very horses the ene
my used. Many tales have been void hardly
creditable, and as our brigade was nt*eng3ged,
but several mifo-s distant, lam believe
maDy. It is said one Regiment of.the enemy
dressed themselves in the clothes discarded by
our troops on the march, and came up attired
i u the motlv uniform of the Confederates. In
this guise, the ass iu lion’s clothing enticed
Col. Ward’s Florida Regiment up to them, by
btgging him to come to their aid, as the Yan
kees were pressing him in the rear. When he
h..d advanced near enough, the command was
given yj fire by the foe, and two hundred of his
men fell. *But it is said very few of this das
tardly Regiment was left to tell the trick to
their comrades. Tne charge of onr cavalry
was said to be splendid and furious, in which
one Colonel—l forget the name—was severely
wounded in a hand to hand fight with the Col
onel of the enemy’s cavalry, who was killed
instantly by a bugler in our ranks.
On the 6th we countermarched and met our
forces, and resumed the retreat to Barrouville,
where we stood in line of battle all day expect
ing tbo enemy from West Point, where it was
reported he was landing large bodies to cut off'
the retreat. What were landed, being attacked,
soon fled to the boats, leaving some killed and
many prisoners. The Texans pursued them
into the water, in sight of their big guns, which
dare not open on them together, and dragged
them out by the hair as prisoners of war. They
were nearly all Hessians of the lowest order,
bnt well clothed and provided for. One Phila
delphian—an exception—talked confidently of
McClellan’s ability to defeat Johnson, and said
only a few days would pass before the South
would be subjugated Our men standing by
laughed -very heartily, recollecting the evidence
of his ability already given in the late encoun
ters. The rest ol the march here was without
incident worth recording. Here in one mile of
tiie Chickahotnlny, and fourteen from Rich
mond, we stand to wait him, offering him every
chance to advance, which he steadily disregards-
He is probably waiting for more fresh troops
from tiie North,' which will not avail him, for
Johnson is confident he can-defeat the Yankee
nation with this army. The South need appre
hend nothing; it will be death or victory.
1 will write again soon, il not disturbed —pa-
per and transportation are scarce articles.
H. H. P.
Beyond the Chickahominy, f
May 16th, 1863. t
Editor I’epublican : —McClellan despatched to
the War Department at Washington, boastfully,
that he was on the enemy’s ramparts, meaning
Yi|rktown<-and should push him “tp the wall.’’
We are now within nine miles of Richmohd leis
urely marching along by short moves towards
the capital, defiantly shaking the gauntlet in
bis face, and yet there is no pressure towards
llie wall.
The couriers that pass crnetantly bearing to
the difierent Major Generals the intelligence
that is brought iu by the scouts regarding the
enemy’s movements, report that his advances
have almost ceased, and his forces still remain
beyond News Kent C. II , fifteen miles in rear
of us. “Pushing the enemy to the wall” has
not proved profitable to him, and ihe great
mistake he made in believing the Confedcrati s
h id fled in terror from his formidable approach
es to their lines at York!own has beeu correct,
ed by a very sore und bitter experience. Some
other plan is now, no doubt, to be incorporated
into the Lincoln war policy for crushing out
this terrible arm of the tcbellon. There is too
much spirit and fierceness in this veteran army
to risk an engagement with his hosts of scape
goat Hessians, lighting only for viho’e-skins and
twenty dollars per month, notwithstanding the
efficient breast-plates—not altogether breast
plates—which cover their cowardly fronts.
It is reported that forces have been landed
within miles of Petersburg, and we may listen to
hear ol a tremendous dash shortly in that direc
tion, intending to cut off our supplies, well
calculating that hunger is a more powerful foe
than he to such men as the Confederates, fight,
iug for a great principle.
. “Honor to whom honor is due” : McClellan
has forethought, and is, no doubt, a great com
mander Few could have muiutaiaed his ex
alted place, with such an itioa of wolves hunt
ing him down as that northern race. Nor has he,
in a single instance, now to'mind, overrated hia
own soldiery, or underrated the people with
whom ho contended.
It is not amiss to say here that he has elevat
ed himself with our soldiery, by his humane
treatment towards our prisoners, being the
first to introduce that rare quality into the Lin
coln mode of warfare, and to which he still ad
heres. At the battle of Williamsburg he took
some prisoners who have since been released
on parole and returned to our posessioris. They
state having received the greatest kindness,
and mention also, that private property was
uniformly protected wherever his army went.
Such cannot be said of other Lincoln armies
who have made advances into out- territories or
taken prisoners. Yesterday the army of the
Confederates was moved across the Chiekaho
miuy to this place, within nine miles of the Capi
tal. This may be only a temporary bivouac,
| and it may yet march nearer the city, before
' seeking a place for the permanent stand. This
lis known only to the Generals, bat the deter-
I urination to make a decided stand is probably
I already formed. We hear that the President
has said—but do not believe the rumor—the
streets of the Capital should run knee deep in
blood before the enemy should have it. The
speech is too boastful and undiguilied for our
President to have uttered, but he may have
said, in his usual firm manner, that onr posi
tion there was too honorable to surrender tame
ly. Whether the great fight will be around
Richmond or elsewhere is yet to be determined
by the enemy’s future movements. It is believ
ed that it lie gives Johnston a good opportunity
and be removed far enough from bis gunboats
in order to insure a decisive victory, he will give
him battle instantly, if not over-ruled by supe
rior authority. The troops had rather the whole
management of this great crisis be: left entirely
to Gen. Johnston, who is always actively in the
field watching aud studying unceasingly the
movements of the wary foe. The ability which
he has evinced in this late retreat from York
towm, before such a powerful enemy,
furnished with all the appurtenancies for
mobilizing a large army has silenced the cavil
ing of his enemies and raised for him the great
est confidence with his troops. The army at
present is in the very best condition for battle,
being more than usually healthful and inspirit
ed ; so that the issue might be very safely cal
culated upon if an engagement should take
place soon. No kind of hardships or privations
seem to shake its firm resolve to do or die in
the coming contest, or its strong attachment to
the Confederate cause. There is now scarcely
a tent to £OO men in the whole army, and since
the 3d—the commencement of the retreat—and
many brigades before that date, have taken the
weather, rain or ennshine, with the most un
murmuring fortitude Iu most instances bad
roads on the low, flit Peninsula around Yo.k
town, so impeded the transportation of stores
that short rations were necessarily issued, but
the deprivation wis met with a cheerfulness
that truly told the spirit ol our army. loured
to hardships, and face to faee with dangers, the
timid have become bold—tbe army an army ol
veterans.
Today, by way of telling the news, it is re
ported—aud the chaplain tells it—that tbe
enemy's gunboats ascended the James river,
within 10 miles of Richmond, and, at that point,
five in number, deluding the Monitor, engaged
one of our batteries, and were repulsed with
the loss of two boats. We had a few killed and
wounded. The Richmond papers for this morn
ing have not reached us yet, and we do not
■know if there is any foundation for the rumor.
The truth may reach you before this, or, at least,
the U’Otai first exaggerated accounts of it. With
me all rumor * 11-taring rouud are very cautious
ly received, having been, at times, tbe dupe of
seusationists ; I have determined to notice the
marvellous as little as possible, watting patient
ly the clearing away of the fogs which usually
obscure the advent of truth. One incredulous
part of the tale is that the Monitor was among
the number ascending, the river. If it is re
membered rightly, that vessel bears 100 much
burthen to come up as high as stated. In re
gard to the fight at Williamsburg, every report,
including those from either side, differ materi
ally ; hence it was that, in my last, I gave
everything with due cautiousness, knowing the
accounts which would appear would be great
ly exaggerated. It 6hall be my earnest endeavor
to give such information as may be reliable.
In a few days l shall try to gather up enough
scraps of intelligence to write yon another let
ter. I have been unable to glean much during
our last few days of inertness on the other side
of the Chiekahominy, on account of hav'mg to
obey strict orders for remaining in camp; there
fore, some allowance mast be made for this
random letter. H. H.W.
”1 shall die lute a uvio,' sain ut coal, when
it was being consumed ; "lor I shat, mix With
the ashes of the grate.”
TELEGB/ ; 7XO
Latest from Corinth.
RUFFIANLY PROCLAMATION OF GEN,
BUTLER !
INSULT TO THE LADIES OF
THE SOUTH !
*
Tiiey are to be Treated as Com
mon Harlots!
Gen. Beauregard Reads tiie Order
on Dress Parade.
[From onr Army Correspondent.]
Cor.iNiii, May 19 —Gen. Beauregard has issued the
following General Order:
HEADQUARTERS WESTERS DEPARTMENT, (
Corinth, Miss., May 19, 18*53. (
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 44
For the information of this army, the following
General Order, No. 23, of the Federal officer, Mrjo-
General Butler, commanding at New Orleans, will be
received on dress parade :
Notice —Headquarters Department of the Gulf,
Mew rleans. May 15fA, 1862.—General Orders hlo.
2S —As the officers and soldiers of the Unit’d Sta es
h ve been su 1 j ct to repeated insults, from the women,
caling themselie3 ladies of N o.,in return for the most
scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part,
It is ordered, that, hereafter, when any female snail, by
word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt
(or any officer or soldier oi the Unite! States, she snail
be regarded and held liable to be treated us a woman
ol Ihe town plying her avocation.
By c'mmaud oi aaaj. Gen. Buti.ee.
Men of the South' shall our mothers, our wives, our
daughters and sisters, be thus outraged by the ruffianly
soldiers of the North, to whom is given the right to
treat at their pleasure the ladies of the South as cum
mon h,riots Arouse, friends! and drive back from our
homes the dibturhers of our lamily ties.
(Signed,) G. T. Beauregard,
General Commanding.
IfllTl Mill PROPERTY
The Daring Morgan at Work !
The People of Nashville Loyal lo
the South!
[From our Army Correspondent]
Corinth, May 19.—The gfflaut Margai, on the Mill
intant, destroyed fifty-three loaded cars on tiie Nash
ville & Louiavide Railroad, and seized $50,00(1 in
money.
He is now ia Ken'.uaky, where a great reaction i <
going on, which, it is thought, miy revolutionize the
State.
The pa p!e in Nashvile are as firm as a rock.
P W. A.
FOREIGN N£W3~
INTERVENTION ON THE TAPIS AGAIN!
Lincoln Raises the Blockade of cer
tain Ports!
Kiciim nd, May £0 —The Enquirer of this morning
has extracts from northern papers to the 16th, bringing
English da es to the 3d. Tbe prominent suDject is ou
the English and French intervention in American
affairs.
Tbe Paris correspondent of the New York Herald
of April 23th says that notes have been passing be
tween he two governments within the past week, in
rela ion to this matter. There is no doubt that the
Emperor still says “No.”
The Enquirer says, editorially, “ Our extracts from
the 'tat of European intelligence received at the North
show that tho<e is, on the part of England and France,
a disposition to intervene for the restoration of peace
on this continent. The feeling exhibited is altogether
in favor of acknowledging the pretensions of the Con
federate States.”
Lincoln has issued his proclamation declaring the
b ockade of the ports of Beaufort, Port Royal and New
Orleans shall so far cease and determine on the first of
June, as that commercial intercourse with these'ports,
excopt as to persons and things and information oon.
trahar dof wu r , may, from that time, be carried on,
subject to the taws of the United States.
Enemy Preparing 10 Besiege Corinth.
GEN. MIT<'HELL MARCHING 10 REIN
FORCE HXLLECK.
Mobile, May 20 —A special despatch to the Adver
tiser, dated Corinth, 19th, says :
A heavy skirmish occurred on Saturday evening in
the Purdy road, between a portion of Gen. Smith’s
command, and the Federals under Sherman. Our
loss is six killed and wound-d. The enemy’s !oas is
not known, hut supposed to be heavy. The enemy are
entrench! jg on our right on the Monterey road, two.
and a half miles from Cor'n h. It is said they are
ercetiug inorlar batteries.
Gen. Mitchell’s column from Huntsville is reported
to be on this sido of Florence marching for Pittsburg.
It is further reported that the enemy’s oavalry is with
in nine miles of Pocahontas, which is on tbe Memphis
<fc Charleston Railroad.
Fedoral prisoners say the enemy dread our falling
back more than a battle, as thej*'4*paot stand tbe cli
mate further South. Tuey expect to starve us out try a
long siege and thus compel us to surrender.
There was a skirmish at oue o’clock this morning.
A number of Federa s were killed and wounded. An
other Bbirmish this afternoou on Bridge Creek, a mile
and e-half trom our Hues; several Federals were kill
ed. No loss on our silo. Forrest’s cavalry, Kenne
dy’s (La ,) and Beaton’s (Vfiss.,) Regiments displayed
great gadantry.
Butler’s villainous order of the 15th inst, addressed
to the ladies of New Orleans, was published to tbe
army to-day by Gen Beauregard, w.th an address to
the men of the South to avenge the insult to their
mothers, wives and daugnters, who are treated bv the
ruffianly barbarians s common harlots.
The N. O Crescent has been suppressed because J.
O Nixon is iu the Confederate army as Lieut Col. of
Scott’s cavalry.
Would’nt Fight,
Richmond, May 20 —The Lynchburg Virginian < f
o-dty tajs that about 5,C00 of the enemy were caught
between tbe forces of Generals Heth and Marshall,
near the narrows of New Biver, in Giles county. The
enemy, seeing tbelr predicament, broke and fled with
out making a fight
Eighteen hundred prisoners were captured. 1 hey
surrendered their arms and were paroit and.
It is believed that this news has been confirmed by
official despatches rect ived this afternoon.
Tlte War ia Arkansas,
The following intelligence from the Memphis
Appeal is the latest from the seat of war in Ar
kansas, a section of growing interest in such
connection. We are glad to see that the Ar
kansians are disposing of their cotton in the
right way:
Des Arc, May 10.—The enemy are reported
to have been in Augusta, Jackson county. Tliev
took possession of all the cotton iu the neigh
borhood. They are reported to be in consid
erable force at Jaeksonport and Batesville—
Their destination is not known. Some of the
Federals in disguise entered this place to-dav,
aud after reconnoitering, returned. They were
pursued by tbe citizens.
Seventeen hundred bales of -cotton were of
fered upon the shrine of liberty, to day, by tbe
citizens of tbi6 place.
The enemy are supposed to be under the
command of Curtis. His forces are reported to
be between eight and ten thousand.
Movements of the Federals in Arkansas.
The report is brought from Little Rock that
Gee. Curtio’s division of the Federal army,
lately occupying Springfield, have commenced
to march south-east, in the direction of the
State capital.
Steel’s division is certainly moving to ’he
same point from Pocahontas.
The probability is, that both will be starved
out should they proceed much further.
This movement on Little Rock is doubtless
made with the belief that the navigation of the
Mississippi and Arkansas rivers will be open to
Federal'transports before these troops reach
their expected point ol destination. It is only
in this way that they can possibly be furnished
with proper supplies.
A Deftp a tell from Gen. Beauregard—
Vegetables for the Sick.
Corinth, Mav 15.— T0 Te egraph Operators :
Please lurnish copies ot this despatch to the
newspapers in your respective cities:
“Our sick soldiers must have vegetables. Ail
subsistence officers will purchase and transmit
by railroad such vegetables as can be procured-
The people along the lines of the different
roads are urgently requested to bring to their
reepective depots from day to day such as can
be spared. The transportation will be furnish
ed bv the mail trains. ~
3 M G. T. EXACRBOAJIP.”