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WEEKLY REPUBLICAN
Crgr The readers and patrons Qf the liepub
lican will see, by reference to auotber column,
that the Editor, James R. Sneed, Etj , who
lot a lODg time has so ably filled this editorial
chair, has at last passed to another elate of
existence.
Tt may not be out of place, in this brief
notice, to sav, that the movements of the
departed have been, for many mouths, the
subject of anxious observation on the part of
his dearest friends. To say the least, they
have been unaccountable. He has bet u known
suddenly to leave his office, and after an ah
senc-e of one or two days, as suddenly to re
appear. No out; was warned of his departure
or ot his return. He has, with increased fre
quency ot late, time and again, left his sanctum
on Friday afternoon, and wandered up and
down the Central Railroad tra'-k, until Monday
morning, enduring the smoke and dust and
fatigue of railroad travel, ins(ead of enjoying
his ease and quiet, and recreation in and
around the city.
B. ing frequently in his company for several
months past, and observing these symptoms,
we made our diagnosis of his case and became
convinced that he had hypertrophy or enlarge
ment ot the heart. As the event has proved
our suspicion was true. The affection increased
until, as the report before us proves, the capac
ity of his heart was sufficient to contain another
of equal size.
But alter all we must not mourn, even
though we shall never more behold him as he
was. We have known him long, and can assure
his friends of our confident, belief that he was
prepared ior the change. He had long kept bis
lamp trimmed and burning, waiting for the
eventful hour. A minister ot the Gospel was
called in, and, aiter a few woids of exhortation,
a quick flutter ot the pulse, and a gentle nod of
the head, saying he was willing, he passed j >y
fully into the ‘ blessed estate.”
The Chincona Tree —A gentleman of this
city, and an intelligent practising physician, has
laid on our table a branch of what he says is
the Chincona Tree. This is the tree lrorn which
quinine is made.
The discovery is certainly something new
under the sun, and will enable ns to supply a
great want. The fever season is now at hand,
and Perr-'.an bark will be in great demaud.
This gentleman says he procured this hratich
about twenty miles from the city, on the Louis
ville road.
We, like all persons who judge of matters
they do not understand, confess to some scep
ticism ou the genuineness of the plant. But
wo iuvite the botanical critic to an inspection
of the specimen on our 'able.
How the Runaway Negroes are Treated
hy the Yankees.—Mr. Mowbray K. Hasiop,
who arrived in Charleston, by flag of truce,
from the Yankee fleet off that port, furnishes
the Courier with an interesting account of bis
capture, detention and release. In alluding to
the contrabands he says, the Federal officers
strenuously deny having any desire to interfere
with the negroes, or with private property.
They assert if it was iu their power every one
of them should be restored to the proper
owners. Not even the poorest sailor in the
navy will associate or have anything to do with
them. They are restricted to certain limits,
and are uot allowed lo carry or have access to
any arms. They deny any pillaging by their
men, but say that the negroes stripped their
masters’ houses of every moveable they found
ou the premises. Some of these negroes came
to the fleet completely tied up and enveloped
with plunder. They tied the stolen property,
such as ladies’ dresses, looking glae-ses, para
sols, gentlemen’s clothing, accordeons, barjos,
&c,, round their bodies, with nothing visible
but their heads, and presenting the most gro
tesque appearance.
(COM MU I OAT ED. )
To Southron*.
The Proclamation of the nefarious Butler at
New Orleans, has been announced. It brutalizes
even its great prototype, “Beauty and Boffiy" !
Scarcely twenty-four hours have elapsed since
wo read the “Orders in Council’’ from Washing
ton City, that our negroes should be used as
oarsmen and cooks, and servants generally, to
relieve as far as possible the sailors and soldiers
of the North, from exposure to the malaria of
the South. Simultaneously we are advised that
for like prudential consideration, the blacks
should and viiU bo armed against their owners,
for the salety of the band of condottieri thai
now infest, besiege and threaten our entire
coast!
Retaliation is demanded. It should be cxe
ruled forthwith. Let no Federal prisoner
hereafter escape. If wounded iu b title, put an
end to his misery by ending at ouce his life. If
taken captive, hesilule not to parole him forever,
aud “to that bourne whence no traveller re
turns.”
It is almost needless for ,ne to say that if we.
fall into their hands we should expect the same
late. Henceforward, therefore, let our motto
be No Quarters.
Crops. —We hope that our friends through
out the country will furuish us with reports of
the present prospects of the crops. The public
are looking with the greatest anxiety for ac
counts of the wheat and corn crops, and will
be grateful for information. Iu the meantime
we give the following :
The Selma Reporter says that the wheat crop
in Talladega, Caihouu and Cherokee counties
will be abundant, ami tbs mill proprietors say
that ilour will soon be down to four dollars per
sack.
(From the Chronicle & Sentinel, ISth ]
As wo anticipated, the damage done by the
disease mistaken for rust, in wheat, has not
proved as serious as was supposed. Our cor
respondents during the past week, who have
kindly kept us posted as to the condition of
the crop, almost without exception, assure us
that a very perceptible improvement has taken
place, and though the wheat lias undoubtedly
been injured, a better crop will be made than
has been lor some time expected. We are as
sured that a lull hall-crop will be reaped, and
considering that the breadth ot land planted is
twiee as great as usual, it is to be hoped that
there will be uo scarcity.
Other crops, except oats, which are rusted,
are reported as being promising. Cotton has
sunk into such utter insiguilicauce that our
letters seldom meuiion it.
List of Wounded In tlte 2ad Georgia
Hospital.
We are indebted to Rev. Win. H. Potter for
the following dst of wounded in the 2nd Geor
gia Hospital at Richmond, Va , up to the 15th
iust. :
L. H, Thomas, Cos. G, 12th Regiment Ga.
Vols. Gunshot wound, wrist.
H. 11. Marshall, Cos. G, 12th Regiment Ga.
Vols. -Gunshot wound of hip.
S. B. Marshall, Lieut. Cos. G, 13th Regiment
Ga. Vols. Gunshot wound of the leg.
S. Matthews, Cos. B. 27th Ga. Reg’t.
Juo. Suggs, Cos. F, O h Ga Reg’ t.
W. D Kyle was transferred to a private
house two weeks ago; also, John Lindsay, both
of Columbus, Ga., 2nd Georgia Regiment.
(Const iftii ionaiist.
The Southern Federal Pawn of the 20th cou
tains the tollowiug :
To our Readers.— The editors of this paper
are divided in sentiment touching the Con
scription Act. Mr. Boughton thinks it uncon
stitutional, approves discussion, aud sustains
Governor Brown in the course he has pursued
iu regard to it. Mr. Nisbet, while he does not
believe the Act constitutional, approves it as a
Military necessity ; is opposed to the discussion
of the Law, at this time, and disapproves of
the conduct of Governor Brown, nullifying the
provision in regard to the Militia officers of the
Slate. •
We have therefore agreed to dismiss the sub- j
jeet from our editorial columns, but to leave j
the paper open to correspondents, ou both j
sides, whose articles are respectlul and uot too
lengthy.
Good as far as it goes, but it doesn't go far
enough.
SOLDHRS’ Shoes, —We announced last week
that good soldiers’ shoes could be procured
from Mr, John C. Cotatv, of Butler, Taylor
county, for three dollars aud fifty cents. ' lie
makes uo shoes, except for soldiers, anu will
not sell 10 dealers at any price, and refuses their
orders. The Suyiock prices iu Macon are front
tea to fifteen dollars — Mu*m Mtatmger.
Dratu ok Dr. Alonm church —Alonzo
Church, D. D.. tor many vrs President of the
Georgia State University, died at his residence
near Athens, Ga., on Sunday night, after a pain
ful and lineering ille*s _
An exchange s*>*; A eavaiTiiKgt aient should
be raised composed exclusively ol extortioners,
as they make such Md cMr ye*.
THE
From the 12th Georgia llegimeat.
[ ptcinl Correspondence Savanush Itpublican.]
Staunton, Ya., May U ! , ISG2.
Mr. Editor 1 have not written you nu ear
lier account of the light a! McDowell, tut the
Bth iust., tor the season that, bavins' been
wounded in that engagement, avd disabled, t
have not been able to write, except with great
pain, and on my bed" as 1 now write, 1 shall
not attempt any detailed account of the inci
dents of the light, lit, only a brief and hasty
sketch of such tacts as transpired under my own
observation,referring your readies to other cor
respondents for informalios widen I would
gladly lumiab, it f were able to do
On Tuesday, me O h, about noon, we* left
our camp at V alley Mills, and began our march
towards the mountains again, Gen. Jackson’s
command being jast in rear ot ours. Tint n'gbt
we bivouacked mar the summit of Buff do
Mountain, some eight or ten miles from our
starting point. Resuming the inarch early the
next morning, we came upon a camp of the
enemy, (abonta regiment of infantry and some
cavalry) near our old position at camp Shenan
doah. We killed some eight or ten of them,
andcap'ured two or three prisoners, thereat
fleeing in a perfect panic, leaving tents and
equipage ot every kind. Resting for the night,
upon the top of Sheuandoah, wo continued the
pursuit Thursday morning, having runted
another camp of about two regiments. As we
approached McDowell, wa learned that rein
forcemeats from Monterey had met the party
we were pursuing, and that they would make a
stand at the, former place. Immediately, a re
connoisanee was ordered, which was accomp
lislitd under a tire from the sharp shooters and
artillery of the enemy ; and a portion of our
forces put in position to meet, or make an at
tack. I did not then know the disposition gf.tbe
several commands, nor have I since halrthe
iqeans of learning anything in reg..rd to it.
Oar reg'nient and two others were placed
upon a logit 'bill, in such form as to present
two sides of a square, the 12,h Georgia being
stationed at the angle, a portion of it on t#ne
line and the remainder on the other. The ene
my very promptly moved to attack us iu this
position, ou both fronts, and the tight begin
ning about 5 o’clock, raged with unremitting
fierceness for about fonr hours, when they re
tired, leaving us on the very line- we occupied
in the beginning. During the most of this
time the 12. h Georgia Regiment were exposed
ton cross fire, the lire from both columns of
the enemy converging at the angle occupied by
ns. Yet they stood it like veterans, without
flinching or quailing. Never were soldiers
subjected to a severer trial, and never did they
abide the test more faithfully or gallantly than
did the 12th Georg'a ou this occasion, though
at a fearful cost. Tneir loss, I understand, was
over one hundred and eighty killed and wound
ed, though what proportion of each 1 know not
We suffered veiy severely in the loss of com
pany officers. There were killed. Captains
McMillan, Furlow, and Patterson, and Lieuten
ants Woodward, (foldwire, and Turpin. Among
the wounded were Captains Dawson, (since
died), Davis, and Blandford, and Lieutenants
Massey (since died) Etheridge, Briggs, Mar
shall, Pryor and Marketl,
I cannot furuish the details of casualties in
other commands, for I have not had tlie means
lo learn them. lain unwilling, however, to
close tliis list without recording the names of
my own brave companions.—members of my
company—who struggled and suffered in this
severe conflict. Cut of about fifty of the “ PUl
nam Light Infantry,” who were engaged in the
Unlit, twenty-live are numbered among the kill
ed and wounded, viz: Killed —Sergeant K. 8.
Davis, Privates E. B. Reid and F. M. Williams—
S; bounded— Capt. Davis, hi cuts. Etheridge
aud Marshall, Sergeants .1. T. Batchelor and It.
11. Jenkins, Corp 11. II Marshall, Privates T.
C. Adams. L. Batchelor, Jas. Beall, Jas. A.
Beall, G T Dismukes, -./. T. Denham, A. W.
Corley, .1 W. Little, J U Parker, W. T. Pear
son, A. H. Reid, H. Riekerson, T. J. Stubbs,
'V. W. Slither, L. H. Thomas, and T. A Wal
ker—” 2 Total, 21
Every effort is made that can be for the com
fort and welfare of our wounded, and to miti
gate their sufferings, as far as skill and kind
ness can do it.
A’ter the engagement had ended the enemy,
undercover of darkness, retreated from Mc-
Dowell, destroying what they could not take
with them Our army began pursuit in the
morning, and I have heard nothing more than
rumors from them since. Among other things,
it was rumored, yesterday, that we had captur
> and the entire force, a tiling not improbable, as
p lans had been well devised for that purpose.
In the loregoing, Mr. Editor, I have ouly
written briefly and partially in reference to our
own regiment, for the reason, as already said,
I have not the means of gathering information,
except as to matters occurring within the
range of my observation; nor would I be able to
write even if I had the information. 1 have
written thus much only lor the gratification of
friends, who I knew wuuid txpeti to hear from
me through your columns. R. T. D.
The Sweet* of Conquest.
The following extract from the New Oi leans
Delta is certainly a sweet morsel for the editor
ot that once bold and defiant sheet to roll under
his tongue. Not the least hitter element in the
humiliation is the fact that the editor is made
to publish to the world this threat of his own
punishment. Such is oue of the sweets iti
reserve for those who remain to test the panic
faith of the base foe who invariably furnishes
protection to persons aud property :
Headquarters Dsur. of tub Gulf, )
New Orleans, May 10, 1802. i
To the Proprietor of the N. O. True Delta :
StR — The remarks in your Money Article of
to day are inadmissible.
Wanton, useless, aud criminal acts of de
struction of property, generally by ihe mob
who do not own it, are not acts oi patriotism
but Vandal incendiarism, whic.i will be pun
ished.
You will not receive further caution, but pun
ishment for a like offence.
Publish this conspicuously.
By order ot M..j. Gen. Butler.
Geo. C. Strong, A. A. Gen.
Here- is the language which provoked the
direlul wrath of the codfish General :
We have received further intelligence with
regard to the cottou burning tu> the river, from
wmch we learn t hat all stored oti the banks ot
the river below Vicksburg lias been destroyed,
aud that even iu the interior, twenty miles from
the river, planters were applying the torch to
their crops until checked by order of the Gov.
The actual destruction, however, is immense.
The sacrifice thus made by the planters ot Lou
isiana and Mississippi, to the public welfare,
will be remembered as among tiie most exalted
acts oi patriotism in the present war.
News from the Fleet off Charleston
Mr. Haslop, turuishes the Charleston Com- er
with the following:
The latest news from every point is received
by the squadron tri-weekly Irom New York.—
They are supplied by the store ships from that
city twice a week with fresh beef, aud olhtr
provisions, ice, Ac.
The Charleston papers containing the accounts
of the evacuation of Norfolk aud Portsmouth,
the blotting up of the Merrimuc aud tilt evac
uation ot the Pensacola Navy Yard, were re
ceived by the fleet white Mr. H. was on board
the Pocohontas.
The destruction of the Merritnac caused more
rejoicing than any other event since the war
begun. The officers confessed that it had been
; to them a daily and hourly cause m anxiety ever
i since the affair iu Hampton Roads.
! On board, the stiictest discipline is observed.
One of the sailors having been charged with
taking some slight article, valued at about fifty
cents, from a house that had been abandoned,
was very severely punished bv being bucked
j and gagged
The officers and tneu express themselves as
heartily sick aud disgusted with the war, and
i very auxious for its termination.
Ihr Conscript Law —A good many persons
i are under the belief that the conscription law
I relieves from the service all those persons over
thirty-five years, who have re enlisted tor the
war* in this they are mistaken. Ail who have
eulisted for the war, whether old or new volun
teers, will have to serve, it matters not what
their ages may be. Bat the conscription law
does not touch those over ihirlv-ave or under
eighteen, who are not ii.iv* in 'the service.—
This, as we learn from the Lynchburg Repub
lican, is the decision of the Secretary of War,
and the manifest intention of the law itself.
Latiir from Sew Orleans.
Our readers will remember a telegraphic des
patch which we recently published detailing
some of Picayune Butler’s antics iu New Or
leans, among other tilings his attempting to
incite the poor against the rich The fallowing
is the proclamation try which tbat statement had
reference, sod wnnb w* ti"-l in tito Jackson
Mm.w.vpp>un of May lib:
NOTICE.
Headquarters IHsi'.vktm’t or the Gut.r, i
New Orleans, May 11, 1 Slid. t
[General Orders No. 25 j
The deplorable state of destitution and hun
ger of the mechanics amt wotking i-i 4-ses.in
i his city has been brought t.. the knowledgeof
the Commanding Gnu rul.
He has yielded lo eVery suggestion m and ■ by
the city govern men', and ordered * very method
ot tnrnisbiiig food to the people of New Orleans
that that government desired Nj relief by
those officials has yet been afforded. This hun
ger does not pinch the'wealthy and influential,
the leaders of the rebellion, who have gotten
up this war, and are now endeavoring to prose
cute it, without regard to the starving poor, the
working man, his wife and child. Unmindful
of their suffering, fellow-eitiz -ns at home, they
have caused or suffered provisions t > be carried
out of the city- for Confederate service since
the occupation by the United States forces.
Lafayette square, their home of affluence,
was made the depot < f stores and munitions of
war for tne rebel armies, and nor, of provisions
for their poor neighbors. Striking hands with
the vile, me gambler, the idler and the ruffian,
they have destroyed i lie sugar and cotton which
might have been exchanged for food for the
industrious and good, uud regulated the price
of that which is left, by discrediting the very
currency they had furnished while tuey eloped
with the specie ; as well that stolen lrorn the
United States as the Banks, the property of the
good people of New Orleans, thus leaving them
to rum aud starvation.
Fugitives from justice, many of them, and
others, their a-soctate=. staying because too
puerile and iroignificant to be objects of purj
ishineut by the eleufient Government of live
United States. ’ '
They have betrayed their country.
They have been false u> every trust.
They h ive shown themselves incapable of de
fending the Stale they have seized upon, al
though they have forced every poor man’s child
into ihetr service as soldiers lor that purpose,
while they made their sous aud nephews oiii
cers.
they cannot protect th > e whom they have
mined, but have .eft them to the mercies aud
assassinations of a chronic mob.
They will uot feed those Whom they are starv
ing.
Mostly without property themselves, they
have plundered, stolen aud destroyed the means
of those who had properly, leaving children
penniless and old age ho -eles *.
Men of Louisiana, workingmen, property
holders, merchants and citizens of the Lu ted
States, of whatever nation yon may nave had
birth, how long will you uphold these II .grant
wrongs and by inaction suff-r your-.-ives tube
made the serfs ot these lea . i\- ?
Tne United Stales have sent land and naval
forces here to fight and subdue rebellious armies
in array against her authority. We lied, sub
stantially, only fugitive masses runaway prop
erty owners, a whiskey drinking mob, and
starving citizens witti their wives and children.
It is our duty lo call back the iir.-t to push the
second, root out the third, iced aud protect the
last.
Ready only tor war, we had not prepared our
selves p, f-.-d ihe hungry and relieve the dis
tressed with provisions. But to me extent
possible within Lite power of the Commau.it.,g
General it shall be done.
lie has captured a quantity of beef aud sugar
intended for the rebels in the field. A thousand
barrels of those, stores will be distributed
among the deserving poor of this city, Irom
whom the rebels had plundered it; even al
though some of the food will go lo supply the
craving wants of the wives and children Ol
those now herding at Canto Moore and else
where, in arms against tlie United States.
C'pl. John Ohrk, Acting Chief Commissary
of Subsistanee, w 11 be charged with the exe
cution of this order, aud will give public not ice
of the place and manner ol distribution, wlbeti
will tie arranged as far as possible, so that the
unworthy and dissolute will not sliaie its bene
fits.
By command of Mij >r Gan. Butler.
Geo. C. Strong, A. A. G. Chief of Staff.
Office of Commissary of Subsistance. i
Custom House, N Orleans, May 10, 1802 j
In compliance with the above order ol the
Commanding* General, the Commissary an
nounces that liis office in the Custom House
will be opened on Monday, and from day to
day thereafter, from 8 o’clock a. in. to 4 p. m ,
for the purpose of examining the claims ot
those who present themst lvt-s for assistance.
Applicants for aid should bring such credentials
from gentlemen iu their respective districts as
shall guard against deception. The indorse
ment ot a clergyman, a physician, or any gen
tleman known or knowing, will be sufficient.
o>n Monday, two liuudred tierces of beef will
be distributed. John Clark,
Capt. & Com. of Sub. U. S.
From SttiDO,
The steamer Marion, Captain Flynn, reached
this city Tuesday afternoon from Stouo river,
aud brings information that the enemy’s gun
boats haviDg buoyed out Stouo lulet, cro.-scd
the Bar yesterday before 12 o’clock. The ves
sels which approached the entrance were four
in number, oue of which got ashore on the
Bar and ihree came into the harbor at Stone,
all of them beiug small vessels, st-atu propel
lers, and schooner rigged They immediately
commenced shelling Cole’s I>lau<i, Goat r.nJ
Kiawali I-iands, and as our heavy guusat those
points had been removed by order of General
Pemberton, ibe troops which were stationed
there immediately evacuated the place, bunt
ing the barracks and other property before
leaving. The Lincoln war vessels immed ate
ly continued up Stono river, firing all the
way, and finally laid to at a point near Bat
tery Island and Legareville. The position at
Battery Island was al-o given up on tfce ap
proach of the enemy, and the quarters burnt,
ft is said, by those who witnessed it, that a
person on John’s Island hoisted the white
flag on the approach of the gunboats.
Lieut. Stever s, iu command of a detachment
of troops on board the steamers Marion and
Gen. Clinch, very kindly offered this individual
any assistance necessary for the removal of his
negroes and valuables, but lie resolutely declin
ed, saying he would claim protection elsewhere,
and immediately afterwards raised the white
ling The gunboats answered by also raising a
white fl >g, tore and aft, and came up to his as
sistance. We reserve, comment until we are
enabled to obtain something more authentic.
In strung contrast with that proceeding was the
act of two faithful negroes, who, when the
boats were approaching Legareville, gathered
some combustible materials and set fire to the
wharf to prevent the enemy from landing. The
following troops were stationed at the points
above mentioned and withdrawn : Two com
panies of Col. 0. H. Stevens’ regiment, two
companies of Major Henge’s battalion,Preston’s
battery, Marion Rifles, and a detachment of
regulars Irom Fort Sumter.— Charleston Courier.
JlrClfHan> Despatch.
Bivouac in front of Williamsburg, l
May 5-10 P. M. t
Hon. E. M, Stanton, Sacretsry-of War :
After arranging tor mow meats up York
river, I was urgently sent tor here. I find Gen
eral Johnston in troot of me in strong force,
probably greater a good deal than my own.
Gen. Hancock lias taken two redoubts and
repulsed Early’s brigade by a real charge with
the bayonet, taking oue colonel and one hun
dred and fifty prisoners, and killing at least two
colonels and many privates. His conduct was
brilliant in the extreme. Ido not know our
exact loss, but fear that Gen. Hooker has lost
considerably on our left.
1 learn from the prisoners taken that the reb
els intend disputing every step to Richmond.
I shall run the risk o! at least holding them
in cheek here, while I resume the original plan.
My entire force is undoubtedly considerably
inferior to that of the rebels, which will tight
well, but I will do ali I euu with the force at
my disposal.
George B. McClellan.
Mj >r Geu Com.
[From the Maon Telegraph, 2Cih just.]
How to Save Sait.
Albany, May 17tb, ISG3.
Mr. Editor; I am about to leave with Capt.
Hines’ company (the Sidney Johnson Guards,)
for service, and' I w-isn to leave behind me a
recipe which (in these hard times) wili make
one bushel of salt go as far as six bushels. Kiii
your meat, take the bones out of it, feed the
boue with its meat immediately, spred the un
boned meat and let it cool one night, and then
pack close; put weight on it to crowd it down
or press it as tight as possible. Boil a peck of
salt to twenty gallons of water down to sixteen
gallons; let it cool and then pour over and
cover the meat, refill your trough or barrel as
long as the meat will take the above brine (two
hours ) Let it stand and use it as you need it.
It will be good after taking out of the brine
one week, aud as long as it is left in it
B. F. Collins,
Overseer for Col. Leonidas Jordan.
P. 8. The above has been tried and proved,
and found perfectly reliable, with the peck to
ihirtv-one hundred pounds of meat.
3 3. F. C
Yellow Fever. —There were said to be three
eases of yellow lever at New Ori-aus at last ac
counts —two at the Charity Hospital and oue in
the French part of the city.
Tae Fort Smith Bulletin, oi the Ist, under
stands that three hundred Kansas Jayliawkers
were defeated by the Confederates at or near
KeitsviUe, Mo., a few days since.
t pin re or N*w Orleans.
j OPtftUIAl. REPORTS lit-’ CU’TaIN pouter.
! I'Mitf* BT.vri:- s-'tbvwkh Harriet L ane, i
j ' l! s'-i- I p- Ktv.-.r, April 25, 1202.
j S ; r - 1 have the him- rto inform you that 1^
| Officer Ftrrngtif. with the fleet, passed Fort*
| -I tekson omf tb Pailip op the morning of the
i Jli.fi, aud sbnti! 1 la--, it) N;.w Orleans by this
j tint lie i si. meet, with no obstacles inch as
j iie. It-, -a'li-.i tv par—ed, the way being compara
tive! o:n u fa-lore him
We- cumin- need the bombardment of Fort
! !-:(■!<-,. m tip. is tt, and .continued it without
ji t- i-tn in n-itil >'•, i| t uiron tirade prepar
| a- t,i r [ isquadron was form din
! ti-rc* lirms to puss ihe forts, CUptain bailey’s
i division, <_• if. i.-sed of the following Vessels,
lead ill.' it... Utta.-i. ot Fort Sr. Philip • Uyu
.>!, P -r, . -la, VI .-sissifipi, <)nid->, Verona,
K it-Hhdin, K m-o arid Wi svthicou ; Flag Officer
F:-.nngnt.lending the following second line : the
Tlarilord, Brooklvn anti Richmond; and Com
wand* r Belt leading the third division, compos
<-d of the f-dlowing vessels : Setota, Iroquois,
Pinoln, Winona, [laser and Kennebec.
The steam era belonging to tbe mortar flo
tilla, one of them towing the Portsmouth,
were to enfilade the water battery command
ing the uptiroaches The mortar steamers
were the Harriet Lane, Westtkld, < iwasco,
f’litton a-ffi Marine - the Jackson towing tne
Portsmouth.
The vessels were rather late in gelling under
wav and into line, and did not get fairly started
until half-past, three A. M.,and the unusual
bustle apprised the garrison that something
wejbßoing on.
In one hour and ten minutes after 'he vessels
had weight*! anchor they had passed the forts,
under a most terrific firs, which they returned i
with interest. The mortar fleet rained down ,
shells on Fori Jackson, to try and keep the men :
from the guns, while the 9team -.rs of the mortar j
Heet poured in scbrapnel upon the w iter bat- j
tery commanding the approach at a short dis- j
tat.ee, keeping them comparatively quiet.
When the l ist vessel ot ours count be seen •
among the lire aud smoke to p .ss the battery, |
signal was made to the mortars to cease firing, I
and the flotill i steamem were direct :d to retire j
from a contest that would -ooKihttfcuiue nu
squat.
It was now daylight, and the fleet having.
I passed along, tbe forts began to pay tbeir at
I million to our little squadron of steamers—the
: 1’ ristuouib, which was being towed up, and
! three of tile gunboats, which failed to piss
through. These latter became entangled in
some -wrecks and chains, placed in tbe river to
! obstruct it, and which were only pirtiaily rc
i moved. One of the vessels, Winona, got
I through as far as Fort St. Philip, but having all
| the guns bearing on her, site sensibly retired,
i The Itaska was fairly riddle I, and had a shot
! through her boiler, and the Kennebec escaped
j unhurt.
; lam disposed to thick that our squadron re
j reived but tit tie damage, considering the nn
! equal contest—one hundred and ior y-uvo gaits
!on board ship opposed to one hundred on
j shore placed in a most commanding positi >n.
| . For thirty minutes after the ships passed, the
i forts fired very feebly on the vessels tb it, re
mained outside; so much =o that the Ports
I mou'h was enabled to drop with the current
j out of gnu shot, though tile shot fell pretty
freely about there at last. I think the tire lrorn
the ships must have been very destructive of
| life. Tile last we saw of our vessels they were
! standing up the riv r. Some explosions took
i place, which made us feet rather uneasy, hut
I which nny have been the rebel gunboats. We
| could see that our squadron had not, destroyed
| all the enemy’s vessels at, the tort, for three or
j t >ur of them were moving about in ail dtreeJS
lions, evidently in a state of excitement.
Before the tt set got out ot sight, it was re
ported to tne that the celebrated r-trn “ Ma-
I nassas” was coming out to attack us ; and sure
| enough, there she was, apparently steaming
alongshore, realy to pounce upon the appar
| ently defenceless mortar vessels. Two ot onr
j steamers and some of the mortar vessels oppned
[ tire on her, but I soon discovered 'hat, the Ma
i nassas could harm no one aga'n, and 1 ordered
| the vessels to save their shot. She was begin
| ning to emit smoke from her ports, or boles,
| and was discovered to be on tire and sinking.
| Her pipes were all twisted and riddled with
i shot, and her hull-was ala- wall rut up. She
| had evidently been used up by the squadron as
j they passed along I tried to save her as o.
j curiosity, by getting a hawser around her and
I securing her lo the bank, hut just after doing
|so she fain T v exploded. Her only gun went
| off and emitting flames through her bow port,
i l'ke some huge animal, site gave a plunge and
I disappeared under the water.
| Next came a steamer on ti e, which appeared
to be a vessel of war belonging to the rebels;
and alter her, two others, all burning and float
ing down the stream.
Fires seemed to be raging all along up the
river, and we supposed that our squadron were
burning and destroying the vessels as they
pttS*ed along. It appears, however, that Hie
Mcßae and two river boats, brought down the
night before, were left unhurt and were still
Hying the Confederate ti >g.
The matter of the floating battery becomes a
very serious affair, as they are all hard at work
at Fort Jackson mounting heavy and rifled
guns ou it, which ate of no further use to them
in tne fort. She mounts sixteen gun q is almost
as formidable a vessel as the Merritnae, per
fectly shot-proof, and lias four powerful engines
in ln-r. I shall, at all events, take such steps
as will prevent her from destroying anything,
and we may still hold her in check with the
steamers, (hough they are rather fragile for
I such a service. This is one of the il! effects of
leaving an enemy in the rear; I suppose that
tbe ships tired on her as she passed through,
but that her mail resisted the shot. She had
steam on this morning, and was moving about
! quite lively I tried to put some mortar shell
j in rough her roof, but without effect, as she
moved off.
I The forts are now cut off from all eomtriuni
j cation with New Orleans, as 1 presume that
! Flag Officer Farragat bits ent the wires.
| I have srin the Miami around with Gen. But
J ler to the back ot Fort St Philip, to try and
I throw in troops, at the Quarantine, live nriLs,
along the forts, and at the same time open
communication that way with the flag officer,
and supply him with ammunition. I am also
going to send part ol" the mortar fleet to the
back of Fort Jackson, cut off the escape of the
garrison by that way, and stop supplies. Adc
sorter, who can be relied on, informs us that
they have plenty of provisions for two months,
plenty of ammunition, and plenty of discom
forts
Our shells set the citadel on tire the first
afternoon we opened It burned fiercely f>r
seven hour-, but I thought it a lire raft be
hind the fort, as .they continually send them
down on us, but without any effect. But. few
casualties occurred to vessels on this qide of
the forts. The Harriet Lane lost but one man
killed, and one, I fe>r, mortally wounded.
Trie Winona lost three killed and three, wound
ed, and the Ita-ka, with fourteen shot through
her, had but few men hurt. These forts can
hold out still lor some time, and I wmtld sug
gest that the Monitor and Myfhie. if they can
he spared, be sent here without a moment’s
delay to settle the question.
Toe mortar fleet have been very ranch ex
posed and under a heavy tire ior six days, dur
ing which time they kept Die shells going with
out intermission. One of them, the Maria J
Carlton, was sunk by a shot passing through
her magazine and then through tier bottom.—
The flotilD lost but one man killed and six
wounded. The bearing of the officers and men
was worthy of ihe highest praise. They never
once flagged during a period of six days ; never
had au accident to one of the vessels by firing,
and, when shell and shot were flying thick
above them, showed not ihu least desire to have
the vessels moved to a place of safety. The in
cidents of the bombardment will be mentioned
in my detailed report. 1 merely write this har
ried letter to apprise the department of afl’iirs,
and shall send it off at once via Havana. The
sight of this night attack was awfully grand.
The river was lit up with rails filled with pine
knots, and the ships seemed to be lighting lit
erally amidst flam sand smoke. Where we
were ihe lire of the enemy was high trad com
paratively harmless.
lam in hopes t hat the shifts above fared as
wet! as we did, though amid such a terrific tire.
It was gratify ing to see that not a ship waver
ed, but sto< and steady on her course, aud 1 am
in itopes, and I see no reason to doubt it. that
they now have possession of New Orleans.
1 am with great respect. yonrobT servant,
!) Vii> D. Porter, Commanding Flotilla.
I'. States Steamer Harriet Lave. >
Mississippi River, April 25, 1862. j
To Hon. Gideon B'JVa, Seer;/ of Navy:
Captain Boggs has just arrived through a cut
through the swamp, and brings the following
additional intelligence:
The Yaroca was sunk—about one hundred
moil were, killed and wounded. Ships all ready
for another fight. No obstructions on the way
to New Orhans. Eleven Confederate vessels
sunk and burnt in passing ihe forts. Genera!
Batier is aoout to land men the back way, six
miles above the forts. No officers killed or
woumled Soldiers captured miserably armed,
and without ammunition.
From North Carolina.— We make the fol
lowing extract from a private letter received in
this city from North Carolina :
We get shocking accounts of the state of
affairs in and around Newburn. The negroes
are perfectly lawless, and Burnside told Wile
Strudwick, who was in Fort Macon when it
was surrendered, that if he could subjugate our
State in no other way, he would take the con
traband* and drill and arm them to fight against
ns. Wile asked it he felt no compunction a*
the thought of the slaughter of women and
children that would ensue; when he answered
with an oath, “No—he had been sent here to
subjugate North Carolina, and he would do it
at any cost.” George Moore, siys that negroes
who had left Goldsboro are returning, saying
the Yankees work them 100 bard,— 'iiiehmond
1 Enquirer.
Paktizan Service. — We are indebted to our
. attentive and faithful Representative, W. Por
l cher Miles, (who represents also the Military
j Committee) for the opportunity of placing Ik*
| f° re our readers a letter from the Secretary of
| War, Whic h will iu part, ntmwer many inquiries
! i-hist have reached u.-t:
Confederate Statfd or America, )
War Department.
Richmond, May 15, 1862. J
Hon. It'. /’. Miles, Charleston, .S', o'. .-
•Sir: Authority to raise partizau corps is
granted only upon application, approved by the
| General Commanding tbe Department in which
: their services are ri qtiire.d. The number of
I such corps, and their kind or arin of service, are
•bus felt exclusively within the control of the
General Commanding the Department. The
officers thus authorized are commissioned with
proper rank ; when the corps is mustered, all
subordinate officers are elected. The corps must
tie regularly enlisted, and mustered . for the war,
ami must be organized as other corps of the
like arm, viz : sixty privates to each company
of cavalry ; sixty-tour lo each company of in
tatifry, Arc. It is not corisided dtsirable to in
crease the number of such corps beyond the
actual exigencies of the, service in each Depart
ment. Aud this is the purpose of the rule
which has been adopted, audit, stated above.—
Volunteers for such corps may be received
within the ages of conscription, from any per
sons not actually in service or enrolled as con
sent.is. In regard to pay, bounty, clothing,
arms, &t\, these corps stand on precisely the
satue footing as other volunteers for the war.
Respectfully,
G. W. RANDOLPH, Sec’y of War.
[Charleston Courier.
The Financial Pulse North.
The monetary review of a Cincinnati paper
of the 6th before us, famishes sundry pregnant
texts for comment. It speaks of tbe great
abundance of capital and its unusual cheapness,
the extraordinary activity and great advance in
stocks in the New York market. It shows that
‘•flush times,” indeed, prevail, and that all the
signs indicate the utmost feeling of public con
fidetice in the success of the military operations
of the Govecnment. “But there is one thing,
however,” says this somewhat honest financial
journalist, “that appears in the midst of all
this evidence of confidence that is not eas’lyac
counted for, Gold is also advancing," The italics,
an unusual feature in a monetary review, are
the Northern journalist’s. Gold had up gone in
Ne w York that day lo 108;(£. and 'a much high
er figure wak predicted. To account for the
phenomenon the reviewer goes on to show that
it is owing, first, to speculation in gold—but
he does not say that the premium is ciused by
a p- i- nlar idea that the bard coin is considers
bly safer to hold thin Liuco.n s “ greenbacks;”
st condly, it is owing to inflation of the currency
—caused by the millions of prettily printed pa
P~r which the presses in Lincoln’s treasury de
p'l' tmerit daily turn out.
Tlte third reason given for the advance in
gold is <tie which evidently gives the journalist
some little uneasiness. He says the people are
extravagant and import too much, for which
they have to pay out gold ; that since the Ist
cf January they have shipped 814,000,000, and
that the shipments are now increased to an
average of $1,000,000 per week, and that “we
are running the balance of trade into feartul
proportions on the wrong side.” Can any one
imagine what sort of a hope it is that this shrewd
journalist suggests will stop the depletion of
snecte? No one can imagine! He says that
“European capitalists will buy largely "of our
securities, and there debts will help pay for our
foreign purchases !” Was ever faith like this,
which would so remove mountains of Northern
inde Redness to Europe ! He is not able to say
that European capitalists have yet taken any of
the shinplastered “securities” of the North,
but that they “will take” them. What charm
ing simplicity, or what reckless mendacity! If
European capitalists are as innocent as the
journalist thinks they are. what is the use of
tne North fighting to get control of the cotton
crop ? If debts in Europe can lie so readily paid
with shiupiaster issues, what is the need for
Southern cotton to pay foreign indebtedness
with ? If Europe will be as content with sbin-
plasters as with cotton in exchange for com
modities, why not let the South and its useless
products go ?
Thus in lieu of cotton to send to Europe the
North has had to send gold, depleting her coin
vaults at rate which promises a tremendous corn
tnercial and financial crash—“a crash such as
we had in ’54 and ’s7”—which the Cincinnati
jou nalist said must come. “But the day of
settlement must come,” lie continues, “and
then we shall have to face our accounts as they
actually siaud.” The North begins to thorough
ly understand iliac it is very poor without the
cotton crop, and that the fine old times when
it could “ruili i with the best,” indulge in all
luxuries, and pay for them with the Southern
st,aide, are gone by forever. —\Mobile Advertiser
it; Register.
Watermelon*.
We hope our people throughout the country
have bethought themselves to plant largely of
tin# agreeable fruit, stud we would strongly tui
\ fee them to continue planting as they have op
portunity, while Ihe season permits a fair ex
pectation ot the melons ripening. They will
prove very refreshing and salutary to the sick
and wounded in our camps and hospitals, es
pecially iu the absence of ice, ol wkicn we shall
be deprived in most parts of the Confederacy.
Even in districts remote from the scenes of
actual war, what might seem a superabundance
of the melons need not be wasted, as excellent
molasses can be made from them, and that is
another article which will be lacking. We have
used molasses made from the watermelons, and
found it very palateable. The process of mar u
faeture is simple; consisting in scraping out
the pulp, pressiug it iu most convenient mode—
in a gunny bag, for instance—and boiling the
juice immediately, as it sours very rapidly.
Good molasses is also made from the pumpkin,
but we know n thiug of this except Irom hear
say. It would be well for agricultural journals
to call attention to the subject, aud describe
particularly the process of manufacturing mo
lasses from both these products, as well as from
corn stalks. — Mobile Register.
Parade of the Forty-sixth Georgia
Regiment. —The parade yesterday afternoon,
of the Forty sixth Georgia Regiment, Colonel
Colquitt, was a very agreeable change from the
usual monotony, and attracted a irage crowd of
our citizens to witness their evolutions. The
true soldiery appearance of this splendid Regi
ment, and the manner in which they went
through the manual, elicited the most lavish
encomiums from all who had the gratification
to witness it. Accompanied by the band ot the
regiment,they marched from their encampment
at White Point Garden to Broad street, where it
was drawn up in front ot General Pemberton’s
headquarters, and the exercises gone through
with, to the great admiration of the spectators.
Their proficiency is the more remarkable, tiie
regiment having be n in camp now but little
over two months. Two companies are off on
detached service.
We are sorry to learn that Gen. Pemberton
was not present, pressing duties requiring his
presence elsewhere. After paying their re
spects, and executing several fine evolutions,
the Regiment again look up its line of march,
up Broad to Meeting, and down Meeting street
to their encampment.
Our sister Siate has great reason to be proud
of the troops it has sent into the field, and Col.
Colquitt’s Forty-sixth is another, to which
every Georgiau may look upon with mingled
feelings ol pride and pleanrp.
The tune has past when Rcnuioud could be
taken by gunboats. Although much work re
mains to lie done on the fortifications to render
them secure from land attack and siege opera
tions, it may be regarded as one certain thing,
that the enemy will not ascend the river iu ves
| stls. ffhe position of Drury’s Bluff possesses
a natural strength scarcely to be conceived by
those who have not stood upon it. No game
of long law is possible. The turn i>f tlie river
that brings the boats in sight is only s x Uun
dred yards distant. Tiie bluff i a high ridge
; or comb. To shell even an iiueasemated bat
i tery there, from any distauce, would be a ditfi
j cult, if not impossible, operation. The river
j is not a hundred yards wide, and the eutire
1 bants appear to have been created for the ex
1 press use of sharpshooters. If we cannot stop
the Yankees there we had just as well give up
■ all ideas of selt-defenee.
I But when only three cannon were in position
the place was too strong for the Galena, the
Monitor, and five other crack vessels. None
i of them were able to test the strength of the
■ obstructions in the channel, for the Galena
1 alone, the heaviest iron clad vessel ot the
United Stales navy, dared to come within two
hundred and fifty yards. Here she soon got
enough, was helped off by her comrades, aud
none ot them will be likely to re-oecupy her
: place.
Everything lias been quiet at the river bttte
ries since Thursday last, the euemy’s gunboats
uot having made their appearance since the en
! gageoient of that day.
Gen. Johnston’s forces have now occupied a
i line in the vicinity of Richmond, s as to cover
; the batteries from any land attack. —Richmond
! Examiner, May 19. *•
Brilliant Skirmish, — We have heard and
seen several statements of a recent’skirmish
between a portion of the 19th Regt., N. C. TANARUS.,
(2d Cavalry ) and a superior Cavalary force of
the enemy. A report m the Raleigh 'state Jour
nal says that it took place at Lee’s Affecting
House, three miles from south of Foliocksviile
and sixteen miles from Newburn. The report
farther adds that the company engaged was
Capt. Turner’s with 80 to 100 men, who en
countered about SOD Yankee Cavalry whom
they put to flight, with the loss of two or three
killed and three prisoners. A iso it is reported
that two of our men wore kilied. Also that a
portion of Captain Hay’s Company was engaged
in the fight.— ITi minp on Journal, 9th.
A correspondent ot the Montgomery Adver
tiser reports a lead mine on the Coosa tiver,
Alabama, fifteen miles above Wetumpka.
THe licNtructloii or the tUerrlinsmCvi'
glUfa-Letter 1.0. u Commodore
it nil.
The following Utter from Commodore Tat
nail to Secretary Malloiy, explains the u-usoi.
the Merrimac*Virginia was destroyed
Richmond, Va , May 11.
Dirc in detailing to you the Circnotulauccfl
winch caused the destruction of this C. B. steam
ei.Virginia, ana her movements a tew days pre
vious to that event, I begin with your tele
graphic despatches to me of the 4th and sth
Insis , directing me to bake such a position in
tlte James river as would entirely prevent the
enemy’s aseeuding it.
General Huger, commanding at Norfolk, on
learning that I had received the order, called on
me and declared that its execution would ob
lige him to abandon, immediately, his forts on
Craney Island and Sewell’s Point, and th#ir
guns to the enemy I informed him, that, as
the order was imperative, I must execute it
but suggested that he should telegraph you and
state the consequences. He did so, and, on the
(5 b inst., you telegraphed me to endeavor to
afford protection to Norfolk as well as the
James river, which replaced me iu my original
position. I then arranged with the General
that he should notify me when his preparations
for the evacuation of Norfolk were sufficiently
advanced to be enable me to act independeut
!y-
On the 7th instant Commodore Hollins
reached Norfolk with orders from you to’con
sult with me and such officers as T might select,
in regard to the oest disposition to be made of
the Virginia under the present aspect of things.
We had arranged the conference for the next
day, the Sib, but on that day, before the hour
appointed, the enemy attacked the Sewell’s
Point Battery, and I left immediately with the
Virginia to defend it.
We fouud six ot the enemy’s vessels, includ
ing the iron clad steamers Monitor and Nauga
tuck, shelling the Battery. We passed the Bat
tery and stood directly lor the enemy, for the
purpose of engaging him, and I thought an ae
tion certain, particularly as the Minnesota and
Vanderh'dt, which tve'e anchored below Fort
ress Monroe, got under way and stood tin to
that point, appatently with the intention of
joining their squadron iu the Roads. Betore,
however, we got within gun shot the enemy
ceased tiring dnd retired with all speed under
the protection of the guns of the Fortress, fol
low- it by the Virginia until the shells from the
Sio It s passed over her.
The Vaginia was then placed at her moorings
near Seweh’s Point, and I returned to Norfolk
to hold the conference retefred to.
It was held on the 9th, and the officers pres
ent were Colonel Anderson aud Captain ,
of the Army, selected by General Huger, who
too unwell to attend himself, and, of the
Navy, myself, Commodore Hollins, Captains
Sterrett and Lee, Commander Richard L. Page
and Lieutenants Ap. Catesby Jones and J. Pem
broke Jones.
The opinion was unanimous that the Virginia
was then employed to the best advantage, and
that she should continue, lor the present, to
protect Norfolk and thus afford time to remove
the public property.
Ou the next clay, at ten o’clock a. in., we
observed from the Virginia, that the flag was
not flying on the Sewell’s Point Battery’, and
that it appeared to have been aba'ndoued. I
despatched Lieut. J. P. Jones, tbe Flag Lieu
tenant, to Craney Island, where the Confed
erate flag was still flying, and he there learned
that a large foree of the enemy had landed on
the Bay shore, and were marching rapidly on
Norfolk, that the Sewell’s Point Battery was
abandoned, aDd our troops were retreating.—
I then despatched the same officer to Norfolk,
to confer with General Huger and Capt. Lee.
He found the Navy Yard in flames, and that
all its officers had left by railroad. On reaching
Norfolk he found that General Hager and all
the other officers of the a my had also left,
that tbe enemy were within Half a mile of the
city, and that the Mayor was treating for its
surrender.
On returning to the ship, he found that Craney
Island and all the other batteries on the river
hart been abandoned.
It was now 7 o’clock in the evening, and
tliis unexpected information rendered prompt
measures necessary for the safety of the Vir
ginia.
The pilots had assured me that they could
take tlte ship, with a draught ot eighteen leet,
to within forty miles of Richmond.
This, the chief pilot, Mr. Parrish, and his
chief assistant, Mr. Wright, had asserted again
and again ; and, on the afternoon of the 7th,
in my cabin, in the presence of Commodore
Hollins and Captain Slerrett, in reply to a ques
tion ot mine, they both emphatically declare 2
their ability to do so.
• Confiding in these assurances, and, after con
sulting with the F.rst and Flag Lieutenants,
and learni- g that the officers generally thought
it the most judicious course, I determined to
lighten the ship at once, and run up the river
lor the protection of Richmond.
All hands having been called on deck, I stat
ed to them the condition of things, aud m>
hope that, by getting up the river before the
enemy could be aware of our design, we might
capture his vessels which had ascended it, and
render efficient aid in the defence of Richmond,
but that, to effect this, would require all their
energy in lightening the ship. They replied
with three cheers, and weat to work at once.
The pilots were on deck, and heard this ad
dress to the crew.
Being quite unwt.ll, I had retired to bed. Be
tween one and two o’clock in the morning, the
First Lieutenant reported to me that, after the
crew had worked for five or six hours, aud
lifted the ship, so as to render her unfit for ae
tion, the pilots had declared their inability to
carry 18 feet above Jamestown Flats, up to
which point the stiore, on each side, was oc
cupied by the emmy.
On demanding Irom the chief pilot, Mr. Par
rish, an explanation of this palpable deception,
he replied that eighteen feet could be carried
after the prevalence of easterly winds, and that
the wind for the last two days had been west
erly.
I had no time to lose. The ship was not in a
condition for battle, even with an enemy of
equal force, and their force was overwhelming.
I, therefore, determined, with the concurrence
of the First and Flag Lieutenants, to save the
crew for luture service, by landing them at
Craney Island, the only road for retreat open
lo us, and to destroy the, ship, to prevent her
falling into the hands of the enemy. I may
add, that, although not formally consulted, the
course was approved by every commissioned
officer in the ship.
There is no dissenting opinion. The ship
was accordingly put on shore as near the main
laud, in the vicinity of Craney Island, as possi
bie, arid the crew landed ; she was then tired,
and after burning fiercely fore and aft for np
wards of au hour, blew up a little before five
on the morning of the 11th.
We marched (or Suffolk, twenty-two miles,
and reached it in the evening, and from thence
came by railroad to this eiiy.
It will be asked what motives the pilots could
have had to dec ive me. The onljaimaginabie
one is, that they wished to avoid going into
battle.
Had the ship not been lifted, so as to render
her unfit ior action, a desperate contest must
have ensued with a force against us too great to
justify ranch hope of success, and, as battle is
not their occupation, they adopted ihi* deceit
ful course to avoid it. I cannot imagine another
motive, for 1 had seen no reason to distrust
their good faith to the Confederacy.
My acknowledgments are due to the Ist
Lieutenant, Ap Catesby Jones, for his untiring
exertion, and lor the aid he render,-d me in all
things. The details for firing the ship and land
ing the crew were left to him, and everything
was conducted with the most perfect order.
To the other officer.-, of the ship, generally, I
am also thankful tor the great zeal Lucy display
ed throughout,
The Virginia no louger exists, but three hun
dred brave and skillful officers aud seamen are
saved to tha Confederacy.
I presume that a Court of Inquiry will be or
dered to examine into all the circumstances I
have narrated and I earnestly solicit it. Public
opinion will never be put right without it.
I am, sir with great respect.
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) Josiah Tatnall,
Flag Officer Commanding.
Hon. S. R. Mallory. Sec’rv of the Navy.
Gen. Johnston’s Army.— From a gentleman
who left the army at 10 o’clock Tuesday fore
noon, we have information from Gen. John
ston’s position at that time, His vanguard was
only one mile this side of New Kent Court
House. Gen. McClellan’s advanced forces were
at the Court House, but the impression seemed
to prevail that he was retiring. New Kent
Court House is 2b miles from oichmond, and
were McClellan defeated at that point, the
greater portion of his forces would be com
pelled to retreat in the direction of Yoiktown,
before reaching which, they would be captured
or cut to pieces. It was thought not improba
ble that Gen. Johnston would tender young
Napoleon battle, and we think it more than
probable that this is about the most favorable
opportunity the Confederates will ever have to
engage him. The loss of three thousand, (as
admitted by his Surgeon General,) at Williams
burg, has doubtless given him a very fair fore
taste of what he is to expect when the great
struggle shall take place. This great struggle will
not take place near New Kent Court House if
McClellan can avoid it. —Petersburg Express.
Exchange Of Prisoners.— We find in the
Baltimore Sun, of the sth of the present mouth,
a statement that Lincoln’s Secretary of War
has authorized an exchange of Austin E. Smith,
late navy agent at San Francisco, and cow jiris
ocer at Fort Warren, for William Ayres, of
Philadelphia. The order for the release of Mr.
Smith was given on Wednesday He is a son
of ex-Gov. Smith of Virginia. Col. Lee, of
Massachusetts, captured at Ball’s Bluff, has been
exchanged for Colonel Baldwin, of the 31st
Virginia regiment, taken in Western Virginia;
Major Revere, of Massachusetts, for Maj. Me-
Aiexander, of the 27th Alabama, taken at Fort
Donelson, and Dr. Revere, also of Massachu
setts, for Major Brown, of the 14th Mississippi,
also of Fort Donelson. —Richmond Dispatch.
TELEGEiAPHIO
ftßtest from Corintii.
! Gathering s>f the Federal Forces.
tiie eight drawing near.
[From our Army Correspondent.)
frmn'i'T 11 ' forces have arrived
and a nartVfr , * up fr ' ,m Huntsville;
aud a part of Curtis’ army lrorn Missouri. You can
draw your own e inclusions. p w
Federal Defeat in New Mexico.
Richmond, May 21.-The following official despatch
was received to-day from New Mex-o:
The army of New Mexico met, whipped and entirety
routed the reinforcement sent from Colorado to Gen.
Canby; killing and capturing over 600 of the enemy.—
The fight occurred on the 27th Marcii, twenty-three
miles east of Santa Fe, which place is now the head
quarters of the Confederate army.
From Virginia.
Richmond, May 21 —The following official despatch
was received on yeßterday :
Nicw Eiveb, May 19—Dublin, May 20.— 8 y co-op
eration with Gen. Marshall, Gen. Cox has been driven
from this section of the country, losing many as pris.
oners, hts entire camp and garrison equippage, bag
gage, Ac. H. Heth,
Brig. Gen. Comd’g.
Villainy of the Enemy.
Mobile, May 21.—A special despatch to the Adver
tiser. from Coiinth, May 21st, sa> s:
Thete was a skirmish last night on our right and left
lines. On the left the enemy threw a number of Bhell
without damage. On our right several casualties oc
curred. Among the killed is Capt. Richards, of the
31st Mississippi Regiment. The enemy suffered much.
A general engagement is expected to-morrow. Our
whole army marched out this evening, the troops being
in high spirits, and confident of victory. The weather
is fine and pleasant.
Halleck sent two hundred Confederate prisoners
having small pox to Fort Pillow in exchange for Fed
eral prisoners sent here. Gen. Yillipigue refused to
receive them. Gen, Beauregard sent a letter to Hal
leck to-day charging him with bad faith and inhumani
ty. Halleck replied denying any knowledge that the
men had small pox.
Butler’s Order Doing Good.
Mobil®, May 22.—A special despatch to the Adver
tiser from Corinth, dated 21st inst., says:
Skirmishing continued yesterday, without important
results. Onr forces shelled the enemy out on the Farm
iugton road. There were no casualties on our side.
Loss of the enemy unknown.
Indications portend a battle neur at hand. Indeed,
the conflict may begin at any moment. A heavy rain
this morning postponed movements.
Batter’s infamous order has fired our army. Dr.
Palmer delivered an address to our troops which stir
red them deeply.
A Federal spy will be shot to-lay.
Public Information.
We have already published the first class of
exempts trader Act of Congress, April 21,1861.
The following completes the list. Those wish
ing substitutes will take notice :
11. By the above act of Congress the follow
ing classes of persons are exempt from enroll
ment for military service:
Justices of the peace; sheriffs and deputy
sheriff’s; clerks and deputy clerks, allowed by
law; masters and commissioners in chancery ;
district aud State attorneys; attorney general;
postmasters and deputy postmasters, aud clerks
allowed by law ; commissioners of revenue and
foreigners who have not acquired domicil iu the
Confederate .States.
111. The following are not exempt:
Militia officers not in actual service; persons
exempt by State laws, but not by the above act;
foreigners who have acquired domicil in the
Confederate States.
IV. No persons ether than those expressly
named or properly implied in the above act can
be exempted, except I y furnishing a substitute,
exempt from military service, in conformity
with regulations already published (General
Orders, No. 29), and such exemption is valid
only so long as the said substitute is legally
C V? I Persons who have furnished substitutes
will receive their certificates of exemption from
the captains of compauies, or the commandants
of camps by whom the substitutes have been
accepted.’ Other certificates of exemption will
be granted by the enrolliug officers only, who
will receive full instructions in regard to the
conditions and mode of exemption. Applica
tions lor exemption cannot, therefore, be con
sidered by the War Department.
By command of the Secretary of War.
S. Cooper,
Adjurant and Inspector-General.
The following are the regulation concerning
substitutes, above referred to : #
General Orders, No. 29.
I. The following regulations concerning sub
stitutes iu the army are published by direction
of the Secretary of'War:
1. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier
not indebted to the government, who wishes
toprodure a substitute, may obtain Irom his
captain a permit for the proposed substitute to
report himself at the camp of the company for
examination; and such permit shall operate as
a passport, but shall not entitle the holder to
transportation at tiie expense of the govern
ment.
2. If the substitute be exempt from military
dutv, and on examination by a surgeon or as
sistant surgeon of the army be pronounced
sound and in all respects lit for military service,
he shall be enrolled and mustered into service
for three years, unless the war sooner termi
nate; and the non-commissioned officer or
soldier procuring hira shall thereupon be dis
charged, but shall not be entitled to transpor
tation at the expense of the government.
3. If a non commissioned officer or soldier
discharged by reason of a substitute be indebted
to the government, the officer granting the dis
charge shall be liable for the debt.
4. All pay and allowances due to the non
commissioned officer or soldier discharged shall
go to the substitute at the next pay day.
5 Substitution shall not exceed one per
month in each company, and shall be noted in
the next morning report, muster roll, and
monthly return.
11. When any person liable to military duty
under the act'of Congress, but not mustered
into service in any company, desires to lurnish
a substitute, he shall report himself with the
substitute to the commandant of a camp of
instruction for recruits raised under the said
act; ana if the substitute be lawluUy exempt
from military duty, and on examination by a
surgeon or assistant surgeon be pronounced
sound and in all respects fit for military ser
vice, he may be accepted and enrolled, and the
person furnishing such substitute may be dis
charged by the commandant of the camp; but
no substitute shall be entitled to transportation
or other allowance at the expense of the govern
ment until so accepted and enrolled.
The Yankees Work no the ineoroes at
Port Royal in Chain Gangs.— The New York
Herald, of the sth inst., says : We observe it
i9 stated in a New York journal “on good au
thority,” that the negroes at Port Royal arc
chained together in gangs, in order to compel
them to work, as their minds were so pervert
ed by the false teachings of fantical missiona
ries that they thought they would have to work
no more, aud in future the white men would
woi k for them, and spoon feed them besides.
This only proves what we have often said—that
the lazy negro will only work on compulsion.
It the legal owners ot these lozy blacks had
chained them in the manner described, there
would be a loud outcry against their inhumani
ty. We do not believe there are any examples
of the kind—an evidence that the Bonthern
planter knows better how to manage the negro,
and can make him work with less cruelty, than
Northern men, who do not understand his na
ture, and are less kradly to him. If the state
ment be true, nothing can more clearly
demonstrate the impossibility of giving freedom
to the negroes of the South, without such coer
cive laws as will force them to work. The
negroe’s idea of Freedom and Paradise is to
have nothing to do.
A Deserter from the Gun b
serter from one of the Yaukee gnu-boats .n the
river was brought up from our lines on Satur
day, and lodged in prison. He reports that our
sharp shooters performed terrible execution ou
board the Galena, killing nearly every man
who attempted to fire one of her guns. Tue
check upon their progress astonished them
but did not dishearten them, and they
retired with the intention of returning in a
week with a mortar fleet. In this experiment
they will doubtless meet with a reception that
will 6end them off in a sHU worse humor than
has yet been their misfortune. Our batteries
are strong, our men brave, and our gunners
skillful.— Richmond Enquirer.
The successor of the late Governor Harvey,
of Wisconsin, is a brawny Dutchman by the
name of Solomon. The Milwaukee Newt says
that he is the first German bora citizen tpat has
ever filled the gubernatorial chair of any State
in the Union. He is an old school democrat.
Wanted,
BY tie Augua'a Salt Manu.act ari n g Cos tpar. y, an
experienced man to take charge of a “*”*.“*
W< rlcv to be erected ta Georgia or South Carolina.
Re er to A. t. PLUMB, sec y,
my 19 d3w2 Augusta, Ba.
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