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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. 3