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[From the Richmond Dispatch, May )•>.]
FROM THE NORTH.
More or the Wimamsbur* Kale-Ai
fLr* at Fortresh Monroe.
The Yankee account* of the battle at Wil
liamsburg, published in the New i ork Hernia,
are headed in glaring capitals, as follows :
i
ts&asavr&J&f .
After this grand flourish follows the romantic
narrative copied into our columns yesterday.
We have come to the conclusion that the
Northern people will never get over their habit
of misrepresentation. That they were driven
from the field of Williamsburg, which was after
wards ocenpied for thirty-six hours by our
troops, is a fact well known here ; and yet the
Yankees have the audacity to claim a -bn.Uant
victory.” A gentleman of this city, who came
up ou the Hag. of truce boat ou Tuesday, had an
interview with Gen. McClellan at Old Point,
and asked him how he could consctentiously
claim a victory under such circumstances V Mc-
Clellan could give no direct answer, but main
tained that it was a victory. And it is thus
that the invaders of our soil are practicing de
ceplion and humbug—seeking to pull wool
over the eyes ef their own people and to create
an erroneous impression abroad.
We make some farther extracts from the
Northern account of the battle. It artfully
conceals the fact that the Yankees lost a large
number of prisoners, and makes several mis
statements iu regard to the events of the day .
POSITION OP THE ENEMY.
It was ascertained that the enemy were in
force behind their works, and intended to de
fend them. Their line ot defences consisted of
a series of forts of immense strength, and laid
out with great skill. The principal work was
in the centre, (Fort Page,) and was the only
one that had any heavy matiuted guns lhis
was protected by eight smaller fort3, tour oil
each side, while rifle-pits and redoubts were in
every direction.
THE PLAN OF ATTACK.
Our attack was made at the same tune on
both wings and on the centre. Gen. Hancock’s
brigade, consisting of the sth Wisconsin vol
unteers, Col. Cobb; 49t!i Pennsylvania. Col.
Erwin; 43d New York, Col. Vinton; and oh
Maine, Col. Burnham, were stationed on the
Gen. Brooks, with his Vermont troops, com
manded the centre, while the lelt was com
manded by Gen. Hooker. The attack was first
commenced on the extreme lelt by General
Hooker, with his first brigade, Gen. Grover,
consisting of the first Massachusetts regiment,
Lieut. Col. Mil s; lfitli Massachusetts, Oolouel
Blaisdell; 26th Massachusetts, Col. Small, and
2d New Hampshire, Col. Maiston; but the
tiring soon became general along the whole
line.' The enemy fought witli great bravery, ;
and with a lorce equal to any that we had en
gaged. They threw a great force against the!
lelt. aud succeeded in capturing a battery of
five guns from Lieut. Bramhall, of the New
York artillery ; but they were not retaken by
our men. The heaviest loss that was sustained
during the dav was at this point.
The New Jersey Bth, Col. Starr, are said tb
have suffered most severely. The loss of the
enemy on the left was very heavy, the ground
being covered with their dead aud wounded,
besides very many which they carried off the
field.
THE LOSS OP THE ENEMY.
The loss of the enemy is estimated by prison
ers and citizens of Williamsburg at from two
to three thousand, while our loss in killed and
wounded will probably not exceed ten or twelve
hundred. Our troops fought with great bravery,
charging repeatedly with the bayonet, and
driving the enemy in conlusiou at every charge.
While these events were transpiring upon the
lelt, Gen. Hancock, with his splendid brigade,
was making havoc with the enemy upon the
right. They were deployed under the imme
diate supervision of Gen. Keyes, upon a road
which led to the extreme right of the enemy,
where they came in sight of the outer works.
Two of these v/ere taken without opposition.
As the brigade filed to the left of the first ot
these forts they came to an open field, when
Gen. Hancock brought them into line of battle
in an incredible short space of time, and iu the
most splendid style. Before them, at the dis
tance ot nearly a mile, was the sucoud work,
designed to protect the left of Fort Page. This,
upon investigation, was also found deserted,
aud soon the stars aud stripes were waving
from its ramparts.
THE FIRING UPON FORT PAGE
Iu front of this deserted fort General Han
cock lorined his troops, while Captains Ken
nedy and Wheeler oppeued their batteries upon
Fort Page. The firing was very spirited for
some minutes, when the batteries were ordered
to advance and take a podtion about halt way
between the deserted fort and Fort Page, a dis
tance of only live hundred or six hundred yards
from the enemy, where they poured ia a terri
ble tire on the fort.
uur own position was a very precarious one,
being an open field with an open space iu our
rear, extending back a distance of two miles,
and surrounded on all sides by woods. Gen.
Hancock at once saw that it would afford a
splendid opportunity for the enemy to get in
his rear, and sent back for reinforcements.—
Through some mismanagement, our Generals
had failed to have up a sufficient force within
supporting distance, and before they could be
brought upon the field the quick sight of the,
rebel General had seen our weakuess and sent
a force of four thousand infantry and a regi
ment of cavalry to attack us in the rear.
CHARGE OF GEN. UANCOCK’s BRIGADE.
As soon as they appeared in sight, General
Hancock ordered the artillery to retreat, and
prepared to give them a proper reception.
Waiting till the enemy had approached with
in two hundred yards, he placed himself at the
head of his columns, and, taking off his cap,
turned to his men and said to them, as only
Gen. Hancock can say it, “Gentlemen, charge!’’
and with a yell they rushed upou the enemy,
scattering them in evor> direction.
This was probably the most brilliant charge
made duriDg the day. A great number ot the
enemy were left dead and wounded upon the
field, while our loss was very small.
Our regiments all did nobly, but uone of
them more so than the sth Wisconsin and 43 J
No'w York. Col. Cobb and Maj Larabee, ol
the sth Wisconsin, and Cols. Fenton aud Penr
son, of the 43d New York, are deserving of
especial praise. The charge made by Gen. Han
cock saved us the day yesterday in all proba
bllUy. By the time our reinforcements had
arrived, Gen. Hancock had dtivcu the eueuiy
from the field.
The held the position they occupied during
the night, expecting to storm the works this
morning ; but the rebels, considering prudence
the better part of valor, tied during the night,
saving them the trouble.
The most severe lire of the enemy was direct
ed upon our left, and our greatest losses are in
the brigades engaged there. TUe division ot
General Hooker and the brigade under General
Palmer are reported badly cut up. The only
ollicers killed or wou- ded, tbat l have heard of,
ate Captain Williams and Lieutenant Barnard,
ot General Kearney’s Staff, killed ; and Colonels
Terry and Beach, of the. Fifth Michigan, wound
ed Colonel Beach has lost ;v leg.
At daylight this morning it was discovered
that tho enemy had left during the night, and
taken all their guns and baggage, and our forces
are now iu pursuit ol them. As we approached
Williamsburg we were met by a deputation of
ciliaens, requesting protection, which was
granted.
OCCUPYING THE ENEMY'S STRONGHOLD.
Our lorces entered Williamsburg about one
o’clock. The town is deserted by most of the
male population, but many of them left their
families behind. It is a beautiful town, of
about fifteen hundred inhabitants, and, I should
judge, a delightful residence before the war.
The streets are now badly out up and tilled with
broken wagons and rubblsn, ihrowu away by
the retreating rebels. 1 can learn of on'y one
family in town who have remained'loyal
through all the difficulty, and that is the family
of Mr. If. They have uniformly stood out and
K-mained faithful to the old flag; but iu con
sequence have suffered everv indignity which
rebel ingenuity could iuiliet upon them.
The rest of the people appear to have become
heartily sick ol the rebel army, as they have ap
propriated choir proi’crty and houses without
mercy, and paid for it, when at all, with woi th
less paper.
''“at THE KKBR,S sITFKRBJ>-
The rel>l tetv si\ luu.urcd ol their wounded
J” ,”' , “ r u * fo'akecare of, and they are now
hch'S brought m and cated lor bv our troops. :
hverv one of them that i have talked with tell I
the same old story oii having been forced into
the arn >, and that the-j , re c j,j that they ■
w, re out of their power. The rebel General,
V ryw as wounded n two pw al th ch . ’.
ui.cn- iv t.cn. 11 incoek, and ti4 oaes u ~ *
tb. Sir., teenth Mississippi, and Cwjoo* w’.r 1
of the Fourth Alabama resiment. w t r.. ,;
also the Colonel of the Ninth Alabau .''
meat. s *~
A aqur-droa ot cavalry ha' e just come t n
bringing about eighty rebel prisoners, and they
also report the capture of several heavy guns
and an immense number of small arms.'Whkh
the rebels have thrown away tn their flight ;
also, a large quantity of commissary stores
The rebels are retreating to the Chickahomioy.
ten or twelve miles trout here, where they have
extensive fortifications. As soon as we can get
forward our stores and ammunition, we shall
again attack them. Oor wen and horses have
WEEKLY Tt,J3&TJJ3TJLGJL2>T, SATCJEiDAY, 34, 1863.
made a long march, and fought a hard batlie in
the rain and mud, and are completely used up.
A? soon as they have sufficiently recruited they
will be pushed ou.
RESOLUTION OP THANKS TO HEN. m’CLE'LAN.
Iu the Lincoln House of Representatives,
ou the 9th instant, the following resolutions
were offered by LovijjY, of Illinois, and
adopted:
liesolved. That it is with feelings of devout
gratitude to Almighty God that the House ot
Representatives, from lime to time, hear ot
the triumphs ot the Union army in the great
struggle for the supremacy ot the Constitution
and the integrity of the Union.
Hesoived, That we receive, with profound sat
lafactiou I he intelligence of the recent victories
achieved by the armies of the Potomac, nsso
o mted trom mere localities with those ol the
revolution ; aud that the sincere thanks of this
House are hereby tendered to Major General
George U. McClellan for the display of those
high military qualities which secure impor
tant results with but little sacrifice to human
life.
In regard to which the Washington corres
pondent ot the Herald telegraphs as tollows :
Mr. Lovejoy’s resolution of thanks to Gen.
McClellan, offered in the House to-day, excited
considerable comment in the Capitol. Some
regarded it as ironical in its spirit aud meaning,
others consider it as a piece of political strategy,
or an attempt to spike the guns of General Mc-
Clellan’s friends before they had an opportuni
ty to fire a salute iu honor of his victories. In
uuv view of the case, it is a triumph for Gen.
McClellan, for a mouth ago sueh a resolution
coming from the other side of the House would
have tnct with a fierce opposition from mem
bers ot the Lovejoy school.
[From the Macon Telegraph.]
The 12th Georgia Regiment at Mc-
Dowell.
Private Page, of the Muekalee Guards, ar
rived here Frid .y night with t he bodies of Cap
tains Fallow, McMillan and Dawson, and Lieu
teuants Massey, Turpin and Woodward, killed
in the battle of McDowell. We are indebted to
him, thiough tire kindness of Mr. Harman, of
ibis city, who look the pains to copy it, lor a
list ol killed and wounded of the regiment at
that fight, and give it below. Li< a most mel
ancholy as well as most honorable record of a
corp3 Which will always be known as the fight
ing 12th, and which in this, its third regular
pitched battle with the enemy, led the van and
literally bore the brunt of the snuggle. If the
entire loss of Jackson's force iu this engage
! rnent was only forty killed and two hundred
; wounded, sh reported bv despatches from the
I field, we see that, of this number, the 12th
| Georgia lost thirty killed and 152 wounded,
! comprehending in their single regiment three
-1 quarters of the sutn total of the Confederate
j loss! This is an extraordinary showing. Ail
j hearts at home bleed in sympathy with this gal
lant and suffering corps, and the afflicted fami-
I lies aud friends of the honored dead ; but all
leel that the regiment has immortalized itself —
has shed new lustre upon the bright escutcheon
of Georgia, and has set a glorious example to
Georgia volunteers, which will be emulated to
the end of time :
LIST OF KILLED AM) WOUNDED, 12 fit GEORGIA
REGIMENT.
Kdded.— Company A—Capt. Diwson, Lieut
Turpin, T. McLain, Allen Ray, \Ym. 11. Grice,
| Ja Kitchens.
Wounded —Lieut. S. G. Prvor, slightly ; Jos.
| Market, slightly ; Sergeant Giias. S. Darby,' Ser
geant Hiram Crittenden, Thomas J. Stewart,
Henry Hanford, O Selam, leg ; Jos. Sn-Pgrove,
! Simmons, S Y. Allen, Joseph Batts, W.
j Batts, Jos. Thomas, arm.
COMPANY B JONES VOLUNTEERS.
! KMed —Private J. Jackson.
| Wounded —Sergeant Crittenden. Corporal
j Renfroe, W. M Green, seriously ; A. lie tie-s,
seriously; Tht-s. Brantiy, seriously; James
! Mason, seiiously ; W’lidby, seriously;
j Gibson, seriously ; May, slightly ; John
] Stewart, artn ; .fames Massingale, bead ; Thus,
j Childs, head ; W. Newby, arm.
COM FAN V C, DAVIS UIFI.E3.
Killed. —Capt. John D. McVlih.r, Sergeant
R. 8., Corporal r . W. Harrell, W. A. Mel. any,
A. H Y. Hand, W. A Brombeloe.
Wminded.— Corporal W. F. Dak . supposed
mortally ; K. D. Woetberry, severely; id. .1.
Schley, severely: W. 11. I.yttle, I). J. Cook,
slightly ; T. W. Brown, slightly ; J. I. Taylor,
slightly :W. J. Wood, slightly ; Thos. Payne,
slightly ; C. J. McDaniel, slightly ; John Lythe,
slightly ; F T. Jones, slightly ; J J. Easter
land, slightly ; D. 11. Killihrew.
COMPANY D— C 1 1.HOUN RIFLES.
„ Klled —Capt. W. L. Furlow, Lieut. Woodard,
\Tm Ilutt.
Weunded.— Serg’t Seth Davis, Peter Brown,
C. A. Mills, N. Coleman, M. C. Rioo, O. W.
Cobb, i boinas Little, K. A. Lewis, severely ; J.
W. Lewis, slightly; T J. Perry, in leg; J. T. B.
Jones, iu shoulder ; J. McMalh, in hip ; R. D.
Lang, slightly ; J. C. Johnson, in arm ; M. C.
McCall, slightly; Martin Bass, slightly; E.
Eubanks, in chin ; J, C. Culbreth, iu side; W.
K. Lee, slightly; T. J. Jackson, in leg; John
Rogers, in shoulder; G. N. White, in head;
and D Olliers in company 1)
COMPANY Q—CAPT. DAVIS.
Killed.—C. K. Key, E. 8. Davis, F. M. Wil
liams. *
Wounded. —Captain Davis, wounded in thigh
severely ; Lieut. Etheridge, severely ; Lieut.
Marshall, slightly ; Serg’l Bachelor, severely ;
It. II Jenkins, slightly ; Corporal Marshall,
severely; H. R Richardson, slightly; A. Gor
ley, severely; J. fl. Beil, severely; T. J. Pear
son, severely; W. W. Suther, mortally ; F. G.
Dlstnuke, severely; S. 11. Thomas, slightly ;J.
Parker, severely ; 8. Bachelor, severely ; T. J.
Stubbs, severely; J. C. Adams, severely; Jas.
Bell, slightly; John Little, sliobtly; J. Dun
ham, slightly ; A. Walker, slightly.
CAPT. SCO it’s, COMPANY E, NONE KILLED.
tSerg’t Thornton, leg; Roland,
side; —Harris, ltg; L. Taylor, shoulder; B.
Colton, through both j nvs.
CAPT. brown’s, company p.
Killed Collins.
Wounded.—Sergeant Perry, thigh ; U' rporal
Britt, arm; Corporal Webb, side;' — V'anndow,
arm; G. Wade, both arms and side; P. N.
Hamilton, baud ; L. Goodwin, severely in head;
It. J. Watson, hand; B. F. Ilodges, utek ;
Adams, baud.
CAPT. J. G. ROGERS, COMPANY H.
Killed. —Sergeant A. E. Sherwood, W L. C.
Rogers, Joseph Wilder, William Head, Lieut.
Mass y.
Wounded. — Glover, slightly; J. Puckett,
slightly; Bulloch, severely; —itivenaugh.
COMPANY 1.
Kil'nl. —Capt. Patterson, Lieut. Gold wire,
Wiiaon, Strickland.
Womftnl - Lieut. Bviega, thigh ; Bergennt
/eigletjfcght; Corp’ls Miller and D. L. Money,
arms; Corporals Kenn aud J. F. Trippe, leg;
Hall, leg; Fletcher and Copeland, side;
Parker and A. Green, thigh; —Shannon, hack ;
Hobbs, b'ick ; —Stephens, leg ; —Harrell,
severe; .1, M Gurney, band; /elranee, arm;
Dougherty, j nr.
capt blandford’s company.
Kdkd —William Hutchins n, D. L Murray.
Capt. Bluudforj, left arm amputated.
I! im.oitd —Sergeant John Park, severely, left
arni; Jas. Covington, right lung ; A. N. Mat
thews, arm.
True account —183 killed aud wounded.
Prom PeitMHcola.
Bright’s Place. May 13.
I was in Pensacola ou Sunday. Everything
was v> ry quiet there Only ore !a r ge schooner,
with four guns amidships, is in the bay Two
officers and three sailors lauded while I was
there. They said they would not cerwt ashore
again or hoist iheir t! -g, until they could do so
with impunity. Yesterday they marched about
1,300 men, with artillery and cavalry, from the
Navy Yard to V nsacola. hoisted the stars and
strijß-s in the public square, and garrisoned the
j city. They have large force also at the Navy
Yard, and on the Perdido, it i< thought they
wall aUemt>r. to tniermpi the mnumininlton
between Mobile and Montgomery. Our cavalry
had a brush with the enemy last nigh at Little
Bayou Bridge. Our loss was one killed atio
five oi six missing. Tnc loss ot the enemy is
uol known.
A North Cakolin a Aiuilition Regiment.
The Wilmington Journal of the 14th, says :
Wo have it on perfectly good authority that
i the Lincoln tie government is engaged iu trying
| to get up a First North Carolina Regtineul lor
i the Federal service, and that a man named
Potter holds the commission oi Colonel, and
! another named Respass, ihe position of Lieut.
I Colonel. Who Potter is we do not kuow. Res
! pass is son of Isaiah UesprtsS, former, or we
suppose present, Mayor ot Washington, N. C.
It is su'd they have succeeded iu getting lo
- gether a few traitors from the most <lod-aban
doned portion ot the population of ihe worst
neighborhood*.
We care little for long cards published in
newspapers. Th. so facts speak lor themselves,
and leave no denial on our mind of the truth
of al! we have said shout the existence of trea
son in some ca*o in that section. Yonog Res
pass is Lieutenant Colonel —what is the senior
Res pa's ? Ev bo an-v, ers— IVAaf :
A Scene on the Battle Field of Shiloh.—
A Louisville despatch says:
Col Wlllicb, who was wounded at the Shiloh
battle, says: “ i hat was just as hard fighting
as I want.'’ The following incident of the bat
tle is related by an eye and car witness : Two
Keutucky regiment's met face to face, and
’ought each other with terrible resedution, and
u happened that one of our boys wounded and
i’ , ' v, "and his brother, and alter hauling him :
oatK, ca n firing at a near tree, when the
• J J’ rolh ' , r called out to him and said :
i on t shoot there any more—that’s father I”
What a commentary on this horrible war!
and how fearful the respansihiliiT of thoM who
originated it!
Sambo In tho N'ortli.
The New Yoik JKrald, of the 11th ult., re- ]
cords the arrival at Philadelphia of the first de- |
tachuient of freed-contrubjinds from the South, j
who have been set at liberty by the laws of the
Lincoln Congress. They are the escaped slaves
of “ rebels iu arms against the government,”
who arc declared to be free, and have been sent
North to render their freedom doubly secure
by putting them out ol iho reach of their rebel
owners by any possible contingency. The
Herald says “ our colored brethren ” were not
“very lovingly received " bj’the abolition in
habitants of tin; city of brotherly love ; that
Philadelphia has heretofore had considerable
experience in negroes irom the Bomb, and is
therefore averse to being subjugated by them ;
therefore the Herald says they arc to be sent on
to New York and adds :
It is quite probable that before many weeks
are over we shall have several thousand ot them
seeking wont to which they are not trained,
assistance which they have never before re
quired, or shelter in our alms houses, wheie
they can sun themselves readily every fine day
in all the novelty of indolence.
The llerald protests against the emancipation
policy of the government, and.the sending the
negroes North, aud adds :
The support ot those contrabands is becom
ing a heavy expense to the nation, and will i-i
--crease with their increasing numbers. It is no
function of the Government to enter into the
cotton planting business, and the only employ
ment it may legitimately give these people is
that of beiDg the servants and cooks of the
army, a servile condition totally incompatible
with the heaven born intellects and the wonder
ful love ot liberty which, according to Greeley
and Beecher, they so pre-eminently possess.
They must, therefore, be brought North to be
educated to kiss the blarney stone of New Eng
land, and learn that they are made iu God’s own
image ar.d have a right to do it.
Let them come on then, to these “fields and
pastures new;” to a climate which for six
mouths in the year will keen their teeth in a
continual chatter ; to_ employments which if
gained, will deprive our white laborers ot t heir
bread ; to get false opinions of them-elves aud
of others ; to be in iheir own way and every
body’s else—in short to be the plague and nuis
ance of every community where they muster iu
force. The sooner the better. We propose
th.it fifty thousand of these contrabands be
brought at once to New' York and Boston, and
we shall see what will be the result. Lei. the
white-con ted puiiosophoio mingle with their
beloved ones, and show that, the contrast ol
color is a mere fallacy, let the reverend doctors
prove that Ethiopia may successfully change
her skin, whether the Lord pleases or no!; let
the whole tribe of silly lecturers, men and wo
men, rush into the throng, take them by the
hand, hug them to their bosom, and survive
the effluvium as they may, yet the attempt will
lie a dead failure.
The Herald then says the North western
i States have excluded negroes from coming
I among them, and predicts that the Yankee
Slates in the North-east will be lotted to do
the same thing; and predicts further that there
can be no settlement of the present conflict—
no end to the war, except upon condition that
the South lake and lorever keep all the liu
groto:
What, then, is to be the upshot ol this whole
matter ? Most indubitably, that the Northern
States, in closing up this rebellion, will make
it a condition of peace that tne Southern Slates
will biud themselves to keep their negroes at
home, take care of them and support them
themselves. They admire slavery in the ab
stract and per se ; ifcey arc welcome lo all ils
benefits ami blessings Awe do not wish to
see the tree States overrun with negroes, we
must insist that no settlement of our difficul
ties shall take place until Secessia shall give
bonds to keep lo r slave population within her
own teiritoiy. To'his conclusion the conser
vative mind ot the N >rtb is rapidly hastening.
Is there any sane m m who does not look with
alarm, as well as disgust, at the idea of domes
ticating two or three millions of contrabands
among us l And in what possible way can we
avoid this calamity, except by lrankly making
known to the South that we will .not have, we
will not harbor, we do not want their negroes V
AA'uiris at t’entiacola,
[From the Mobile Advertiser, 13th.]
Pensacola, May 10th, 1803.
The scenes of last night closed the long cam
paign of Pensacola -ot its history you are sulii
cicutly famiiiar. The order for the destruction
ot Lite Warrington Navy Yard, and all public
property at that place aud Pensacola that could
not be moved, wqs successfully carried iuto exe
cution and thoroughly executed at the Yard
and Pensacola.
About 11 Ul o’clock, the signal being given by
Brig Gen. Thomas Jones, in an instant the
torch was applied at every point, aud iu a few
minutes the wood works, gun carriages, etc ,
in Forts Barrancas and Mcßae aud the Hospi
tals, together with ail the other buildings iu
the Navy Yard proper, iu the villages of Wool
sey and Warrington, were in dimes. At the
same instant the torch was applied to the oil
factory and all the Government buildings in
the city ol Pensacola, also to the steamers at
the wharf. The scene was giund, tbril tug, and
sublime The whole bay was as light us mid
day, while, the murky clouds overhead reflected
hack an apparently liquid tea ol lire. Fort
Pickens could be plainly seen, and its garri
sob seemed to have suddenly aroused, astound
ed and surprise!. In a short while, however,
Pickens opened with shot and shell. Our boys,
not relishing tue compliment, instantly return
ed it Irorn oue or two smooth bore 44’s and
33’ 8, which quickly cleared the ramparts ot
Pickens of all Sight seers. Whether anybody
was “hurt,” is not known. Pa kens seemed to
b-, and must have been, perfectly iguormt of
our movements, and from the heaviness of its
file was in a paroxysm ol wrath and rage..
The task of distuamling the forts and batte
ries, and the removal of everything worth
transporting, even to smalt bits of copper and
lead, in the face and very teeth of an enemy,
was one of a most, difficult and delicate nature.
This has been most admirably executed by Gen.
Jones. The Federais can now take possession
of an inliospit ibic sand beach.
About 7Va o’clock in the morning a Federal
sailing schooner ran up within about a half mile
of the city, and sent a boat on shore with a tl ig
of truce. The Fedirul officer was more anx
ious to find out what was going on, and obtain
information than anything else, for the manner
in which he sailed op the bay was very cautions
and prudent, as though be expected a "rebel”
ruse and the destruction of the property the
night befote had merely beeu done to catch him
and his liule schooner. He was promptly re
buked by a Confederate officer, who was stand
ing near by un* Ilk-hilly, b;, being told that he
bail no rignt to ask such questions under a (lag
of truce, a very proper ribake, which the Fed
eral offiei r seemed, tor a rarity, to feel and
appreciate
The ii tetv’ew alluded to above was with
Mayor B be. The surrender ol the citv wis
demand, and and protup.ly i teusej. The Mat or
was told that the euy would be occupied dur
ing the day by the Federais, aud that lit peo
pie need not be alarmed, as they would he pro
tected. Iu the boat’s crew two deserters were
identified
The city is generally deserted, but fe-.v people
remaining.
the track ol the railroad is torn up an 1 the
iron removed. The telegraph office i- closed
and the wire removed.
My trip to Pensacola was about as disagreea
ble as a mail cud well wish, although every
body was accommodating enough, yet every
iiersou was looking out ior bimsell. I fouud
the Mobile <te Great Northern Railroad in lar
better working order in every respect than I
expected. Mr. Deas, the conductor and mana
ger. is one of the most polite, courteous and
attentive men that X have ever met with in
charge of a train. To a large class of young
tucu, who are just off for the war and know but
little of the world, he is very kind and attea
live iu showing them how to get along and bow
to do. I have seen some men feel proud to
play off on a fellow’s greenness. S.
Southern Ports.—From the Hdtimore Xe,et
Slue!, oi the 30th. uIL, we glean the lollowiug
Item :
“Professor Bache, of the Coast Survey, re
ports that next to Port Royal. St. Helena Sound,
S. C., is ihe best harbor on the Southern coast. I
Two channels, ot seventeen feet each, at mean
low water, enter it, and from the Sound the
whole country may t*c penet a-ed nearly to the
railroad, the width ot the sound retiders all !
its shores healthy, as all are reached freely bv j
the sta-breeze; and Otter Island, especially, -s \
finely situated ior su ernent and a commercial
i town. It ever oilier interests than planting i
ones rule in this region, he looks to see its
commercial advantage made use of, and the
lumber from the heads of the Ashepoo and
Conibabee rivers find a market Dearer those
great river* than either Charleston or Savan
nah.’’ •
The Crops. —The weather for the past week
or ten days has been nne for the growth and
taiprovvraetd of crops. Wheat, in that time
we are informed, has improved very much—so
much so that our planters are anticipating good *
crops. Corn looks elegant—it i 3 said, never
better at tbt* time of year. We went out to the :
country, some ten miles distant, on Saturday
last, and we are giad to report the rapid im
provement of the wheat which we observed oc
our route. Oats, we regret to learn, are affect
ed with the same disease from which wheat has
suffered.
From present indications we conclude that
there will be a “downward tendency" in the
prices of flour, as the heavy heads ot the wheat
bear themselves proudly up against the efforts
of extortioners to starve the hungry.
{La Grange Reporter.
movements and Spirit of the War.
The. wav the Yankees intend io Govern the South—
The. Negroes to be armed and organized into a
MtlUary HMeefor thf conquered cities—The fate
iu store fur us if beaten in this War.
We givo this morning, says the Richmond
Eramuer, the most startling and extraordinary
threat of our subjugation that the North nas
yet made iu this war. It is true that we knew,
if beaten in this war, that our States were to be
reduced to the condition ol "territories,” hut
we never before knew that we were to be gov
erned by brigades of negroes, and that our
slaves were to be armed and enrolled into a
military police for our government! If there is
a man in the South who thinks there is a re
treat from the present struggle but in chains
and slavery, let him read the following and be
convinced :
[From the Hew York Times (editorial), May 1 ]
A NEGRO MILITARY POLICE FOR SOUTHERN CITIES
The Confederate leaders count largely upon
the aid they are presently to receive from the
climate in repelling the Union armies. The
occupation of New Orleans cannot, they be
lieve, continue longer than June, because of
the summer heat, malaria, and fevers-to which
Northern troops will be exposed ; and as last
la.ll they argued that, if they couid only hold
out until winter, Europe would come to their
assistance, so they now persuade themselves
that summer will bring to tlieir redemption
that tremendous destroyer—the yellow fever.
It is not to be doubted that, with the coming
summer, sicknets will very seriously affect the
usefulness of our unacclimated soldiery in the
South. On the Atlantic, as.on the Gull shores,
billions diseases will make sad havoc among
rank and file; and it the yellow fever appears,
a3 it- is likely to, such places as New Orleans
and Mobile will be wholly untenable. It will
be for the Secretary of War to meet this difli
eulty.
The only means seem at this moment to be
the ertroVme t and arming of the negroes in the
various cities we may hold on the const, fur
nishing thewAvil.il white officers of skill and
accustomed to the climate, who ?hall drill and"
discipline them, and exert over them a proper
military coptrol. We know of no reason why
j the preservation of order may not he safely
i entrusted to this class of persons. They have
i been employed in the ranks by the Confeder
j ates them-elves; they make good and traeta
! ble soldiers ; the English have no better troops
|in the West Indies; and we can safely reckon
not only on their fidelity, hut on tlieir Immu
nity from climatic diseases,
i The subject, we are. hapjrg to is engaging the
I attention if the government. A communication
j in another column, from our Port Royal cor res
j pondeut, shows that the temper of the blacks
I has tieeu tested, by the direction of the War
| Department, and they have shown an tinex
i peeted alacrity in volunteering to bear arms,
I and do tlieir devoir in field or garrison Of
i chivalrous mood—for chivalry in south Caro
| lina is not, it seems, a thing of colpr—the gov
j eminent cannot too promptly avail itself All
the time between this and dog days will be
: needed to organize and discipline these Hamitic
; police brigades.
| The Port Royal (South Carolina) correspon
dent ol the New York Times , editorially en
dorsed, says that, in view of this plan, General
Hunter had summoned a greeting ot the blacks
at Port Royal, “by the direction of the Wa r
Department,” and had tested their temper,
and that they had shown an “ unexpected alac
rity in bearing arms.” This Yankee corres
pondent. is quite in love with the project, and
a'tera long description of the meeting, in which
General fJnnt-r said the government h id “pro
vided arms and equipments for them,” he
grows quite happy over the picture of “retri
butive justice” that is soon to be visited on
South Carolina by this sublime and benificent
experiment of b otherly love and union. He
says:
At all events, if the announcement is true
concerning the arms and equipments to be sent
to General Hunter for the use of the negroes,
we shall soon see another principle demon
strated—another tact tested—by that tagucious
and fearless soldier. And then, if the experi
ment prove a success,The question how to make
South Carolina again loyal will have been an
swered. We - hall at once find her soil occupied
by a friendly people, outnumbering the rebels,
and prepared to hold it for the government by
the strong hand we have armed. Truly, to see
South Carolina, the very seat of disloyaly, gar
risoned, and guarded, and defended by those
who so lately were slaves there to the lash and
the chain—to see a black police maintaining
order where so lately it was a crime for a negro
to move but by a white man’s command ; and
to see all ihis done under the Authority of gov
ernment —unattended by disorder, unaccom
panied by outrage—would be an example of
retributive justice utuuixed with vengeance,
sueh as history has never yet recorded. And
what region so appropriate” tor the sublime and
beneficent experiment as the State of South
Carolina ?—and what, soil so tit for the grave of
slavery as that where treason was born, nursed
and reared to its dreadful maturity ?
[From the Richmond Whig.]
'Hie City Defence*.
The tardy preparations lor obstructing the
river will, we hope, be completed in time to
exclude the gunboats of tue enemy; but whilst
we hear more encouraging reports of the pro
gress and adequacy of these obstructions, we
deem it a duty to look calmly upon possible
results, lest we be taken by surprise trom a
mere unwillingness to inspect the dangers
which threaten us.
This subject we commend to our authorities,
general, 3tute aud municipal, not only in view
of the necessity for straining every nerve for
an indispensable de f ence, but even to the oon
tetnplation of tiie conduct proper in the event
these efforts should be ineffectual.
Commercial cities arc iudeed in a lamentable
condition. The apparent inadequacy of forti
fications to prevent the access ol mailed ships,
with modern projectiles, bus produced a state
of things wholly unprovided for by the rules of
war or the laws ot rations. Cities of large
population may now be brought to destruction
by a naval force which cannot be resisted ; and
this, notwithstanding there may be no land
force to mi-t.-in the water attack, and the ar
mies defending the city may be sufficient to
prevent any agtuai occupation by its euetny;
even if it cspitu'aie.
Commote a! cities are now likely to be re
duced to the condition of women, children,
clergyirifcu, and other non combatants. As they
can make little resistance, and are exposed to
injuries which they cannot retaliate, the world
will be compelled to place them iu a similar
category, and regard them as neutral.
But this philosophical view of the future can
not apply to our own prtSeu: uece-sities. due
enemy commands the water; obstructions ol
questionable < fleet a one prevent his gunboats
Iroui approaching Richmond, and taking a
position in whxh he will be impregnable to our
assaults, whi st we will be t xposed to his mis
sihs.
Taking t ie wisest view of the matter, Rich
mond, a euy of large wealth aud population—
the seal of Confederate and Btate Goveruinsnt
tbe Depot ot Confederate supplies—the Armory
ol Confederate weapons—and the key to strate
deal operations, and of the last moment to
Vtrguita aud the Confederate cause—Rich
mond—the chief scat of our commerce—the
treasurer of our nuances—the store house ot
our staple produce—the sett of ogr most ex
tensive manufactures ol Hour, iron and wool,
the owner of a latge number of slaves—Rich
I tnond, surrounded by uu army amply adequate
|to repel the enemy, may be as complete.> at
the mercy oi an invulnerable foe as the uaarm
ed traveller is ot the desperado who places a
pistol at his breast and demands his money !
Here would be a dilemma. The enemy, su
preme on one element, yet unable to operate
effectually on another. Oar own force ade
quate to the protection of our seat of Govern
ment, yet unable to reply to the water assault,
i Here would be a proper ease tor municipal
neutrality, but this may not be expected. Our
authorises wiil have to determine, iu the un
happy contingency upon wuich we speculate,
I whether to surrender the city to save it trom
destruction, or tight it like Sirugossa, lor the
good ot tne common cause.
Whatever may be the decision of those eharg
; ed with the destiny ol our beautiful city, the
; responsibility of capitulation with the impris
onment of our people and the confiscation of
their effects—a defence with its inseparable ca
lamities, is too great for us to embarrass even
with an opinion.
Gen. .1/ cKsox’s Victory. —We understand
official intelligence was received at Richmond
yesterday, stating that Gen. T. J. Jackson’s
victory over the Federal General Milroy, is the
most complete ot the war. The enemy have
been utterly routed, losing baggage, ammuni
tion, camp equipage, and everything eLe ot
value. Such as have not been killed and cap
tured, are wandering about the mountains iu a
famished condition, and as all avenues ol es
cape have been occupied by the Contederates,
the entire force must eventually fall into our
hands. Milroy’s army numbered about 13,000
men, and belonged to Fremont’s Mountain ;
Department. Truly, this is a most inauspicious I
beginning for Jessie and the great Pathfinder, j
Fetertinny Evprtts.
Cowardly Assault.— Sergeant Brown ol i
Castle Pinckney was struck upon the head in j
Unity Alley, Sunday evening, with a slung j
shot, by some person unknown. The blow,
which was very violent, struck on the right j
side of the head near the temple, and rendered
him insensible tor some time, tie was taken
to the residence ot Mr. Wiison, in State street, !
where the wound was dressed. The cowardly j
perpetrator escaped.— Charleston Courier. 1
[From the Mobile (Ala ) Ad/. A: Register, May 14.]
Latest from New Orleans,
Through the politeness of Mr. W. A. Arnold,
we are in possession of New Orleans papers of
Thursday, Bth inst., one day later than our
latest previous advices. Mr. A. left New Or
leans on Thursday by schooner, but reports that
communication has since been cut off. A party
of Fodfcrals from the city went up the Jackson
road to Pasa Mansbac, on Wednes day night,
and destroyed one span of the bridge at that
point, so as to cut off communication in that
direction. They captured on the way some of
our people, who were at a statiou near by, aud
it is said took them into the city.
The invaders are already experiencing the ef
fects of the summer climate in the Crescent
city, and it is stated that about sixty have al
ready died there They have established a hos
pital in Odd Fellows’ Hall. Their conduct to
wards the citizens continued to be mat ked with
great circumspection and courtesy, evidently
with the hope ot encouraging the development
of that latent Union feeling which they have
vainly imagined to exist in our city.
The papers continue to be put to great straits
for interesting matter for their columns, and
two or three are gradually going into the
“light litcratuu.” business, and publishing
stories, romances, ct cetera, original and se
lected
't he Picayune acknowleges the receipt ol a
Philadelphia paper, aud “regrets that Us con
tents are of such a nature as to make it almost
a perfectly sealed book to us, tor any practical
purposes, under the recent proclamation of
General Butler.
The saute paper announces that the steamer
St. Maurice will leave the foot ot Jackson street
at about live o’clock, this evening under the
charge of A. D. Grieff, E-q , for Red Bivcr, iu
accordance with the arrangements made be
tween the city and military authorities, a- set
forth iu the resolutions ot the former aud the
orders of the latter.
The Picayune has received a copy of the Ad
vertiser & Register of the 4th inst , trom which
it makes briet selections, the greater part of
the paper being considered "contraband” in
that quarter This did not prevent, however,
the assemblage of a large crowd on Canal street
to hear the paper read, and we are informed
that wheu the stirring addtess of_B. auregaril to
the “Army of the Mississippi and Elkhorn”
was read out, cheer on cheer rent the air, des
pite Gen. Butler and his Provost Marshals and
his Massachusetts regiments. No interruption,
however, was attempied, and the Grieanois en
joyed the news in their own wa v.
The following record of Wednesday’s pro
ceedings in the “Federal Provost Court,” will
perhaps be read with interest:
Luther J. Carpenter, RothJphus Allen, of
Company A, 81st, Regiment Massachusetts
Volunteers, and John i£. Palmer, ol Company
C, ol the same regiment, were charged with
stealing ale at the At. Charles Hotel on last
Sunday, and were made to forfeit two months’
pay, aud do police duly two months ; Chester
Devins, of the first named company aud regi
ment, was made to ioiteit three months pay
and perform three months police duty ; Win.
Martin, Florence Barnard and Peter Ford,
sailors, charged with drunkenness, were re
manded to their ships for punishment by Up ir
officers ; Thomas A. Fitzpatrick, Company A,
13th Regiment Maine Volunteers, drunk, for
feited two months’ pay ; Alex. Stewart, sailor,
druuk, fine §35 or sutler one week’s imprison
ment in the Parish Prison ; George D. Murlbut,
Reed’s Cavalry, dt auk, two momW policy
duty ; Miles Flynn, Company B, 30m Regiment
Massachusetts do. do ; ft. Philips, 0 h Massa
chusetts Battery, drunk, two months’ pay for
feited ; Michael McKern, same offence aud same
peualty ; E. W. Outlaw, charged with shouting,
creating disturbance and insulting (lie troops
passing the St. Charles Hotel, on Friday last,
was sentenced to three monies’ hard labor at
Fort Jackson.
The following eases were disposed of yester
day :
Thomas F. Meagher and Michael Corcoran,
Oth Massachusetts Battery, couvicted of steal
ing hardware, were each condemned to three
months forfeiture of pay aud three months
police duty—oue in handcuffs.
Robert Phillips, of the same battery, for re
peating his offence ol drunkenness and disturb
ance, was sentenced lo do police du'y in hand
cuff', one mouth.
[The Crescent has changed its “Talk on
’Change” to “Talk on the Flags.” We clip
from it this paragraph :
We observed yesterday at anchor off Gravier
street, the steamship Tennessee, lately captured
in this port. If we are correctly advised, she
was loaded several weeks since with cotton,
and unfortunately for those interested, did not
succeed in getting to sea. We are informed
that she was under sailing orders for New York.
It must be nearly one year since New York was
greeted with a direct arrival from the Crescent
City.
[P’tom the St. Louis Republican - ]
A Federal Plan lor Summer Opera ions,
The summer mouths are fast approaching,
during which active and extensive military
operations in the gulf States will be almost im
possible. Ere the end of May Gen. McClellan
will have nearly freed Virginia, and, following
the retreating foe, he, with Gen. Burnside’s aid,
will soon leave North Carolina bare of any ex
tensive force.
As Gen. Beauregard’s army now - lies, it has
but two ways ol retreat if defeated—either to
Memphis or southward, over eastern Mississip
pi. It badly worsted in the expected fight, a
retreat to Memphis by Gen. Beauregard would
only be a make shift. Bat should he retreat
southward, he will net only keep open bis com
munication with his reserve at Charleston, Au
gusta, Mobile and New Orleans, but subject our
pursuing army to all the disadvantages of mala
rious climate. Besides, expenses of transporta
tion will become enormous to our army. Such
a retreat ought to be prevented if possible
Wi h a view to the approaching warm weath
er, we doubt not the idea ot a military cordon
between the half conquered and the Gull States
has suggested itself to Gen. Halleck. And na
ture has more opportunely offered such a line
ia tlte right place ; and art has even lent her
hand in improving it.
Upon a line from Beaufort, North Carolina,
to Memphis, a long stretch of the Apalachiau
chain cin be made available iu forming such a
line. Striking the mount tins in the western
part of North Carolina the line, without in
convenient deflection, may be carried either
through the mountains ol tipper Georgia, or
along the Cumberland Mountains to Chatta
nooga—thence to Huntsville, Florence aud
Memphis.
The mountainous regions of North Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee, are replete with the
coolest springs; but it is in Alabama that are
to be louud some of the largest natural springs
in the world. At Bellefontaine, (well named)
in Jackson county, is the first ot these remark
able springs. Its cool waves break from a
limestone cleft, and run off a stream large
enough to carry a dozen saw mills. Between
Bi lletomuiue and Huntsville, by the roadside
anotner wells up from among some limestone
boulders, and toitns a rivulet two or three feet
deep. At Huntsville is another and still an
other at Tu-eumdia, neither giving out less
Uan live thousand gallons a minute. From all
Lhesc we have drank the ‘‘drink of go’s and
men ” \Ye presume there are many others.
The occupation of this line is ol vast impor
tance, in a ra iroad point ol view. It cuts the
connection between Charleston and Richmond
at Raleigh ; it severs Virginia from the south
west by breaking the road at Chattanooga, and
it cuts Memphis from Charleston. Besides, it
renders the Cumberland and Tennessee useless
to secession; and with the Mississippi wholly
ours, the rebels will have bat a small share leit
of the magnificent slice carved from the Union
by secession ordinances.
By occupying this line duiing the hot months,
wc sheli possess, through the media of the
Mississippi, the Tennessee, ana the Cumber
land, the cheapest possible means of subsist
ing tbo army, (should the foe in the Gult
States make head lor fight, he would have to do
it on the ground we chose for him ; or should
the fragments ot forces in the ball conquered
rebel States be troublesome, our army would
always be in striking distance.
Another advantage of such a military line
would be this : White we should keep the
mere viruient secession hordes upon their own
dung heaps we should give North Carolina,
Tennessee, etc., time to chew the cud ot n (lec
tion—to lake the “sober second thought,” and
these, aided by the advantages of gradually re
opening trade, may do more than bayonets. It
will be recollected that several towns in upper
Alabama kept ihe Union Hag flying even alter
the State seceded ; the mountainous regions of
Nortn Carolina and Georgia have few slaves,
and lienee, like East Tennessee, are strongly
imbibed with Union sentiments.
Another F he. —Yesterday about 10 o’clock,
the alarm ot tire was sounded. We repaired to
the scene—on the premises of W. K. Bagby, on
New Whitehall street, in the suburbs ot the
! southern portion ol tbo city, and found a
I wooden smoke-house on fire, which was burned
down. Our firemen were promptly on ihe
spot, and quickly extinguished the flames of j
the fallen buildiug. __ |
The smoke-house contained some 17,500 j
pounds of Government bacon, which had just j
bten hung up by Air. Bagby, who had been etn- j
ployed by J. H. Craigmiies, E-q , the Govern- .
meat agent or contractor, to smoke it. Mr. j
Craigtaiies supposes a piece of meat must have ,
fallen into the lire which created a flame that ,
communicated to the wood Irame of the nuilcD ;
injr.
The guard and smokers were at fketr post j
around the premises, and it would seem ’
an accident. Air. Craigmiies j
to the meat is trom 3,0*0 to 5,000 lb—not
more. —Atlanta Confederacy* lona-
Re-capture Of TmTiviLY St. Pierre from
th* Prize CREW -Minister Adams has pre
sented k claim to the British Government for
the restoration oi the ship Lnidy S . Fxtrre, the
captain ot which rose upon the prize crew and
conveyed her to Liverpool, after her capture
by the United Bum* fleet, for violauog the
blockade.
General Bragg’s Battle Address.
' The following battle address was issued by
General Bragg just before the recent engage
ment at Corinth :
Headquarters 21 Corps, Army of the )
Miaasaa'Fi, Coriutb, May 3d, 1362. f
Soldkrc .—Yon art again about t,o encounter
tbe mercenary invader who pollutes the sacred
soil of out beloved country. Severely punished
and driveu from his chosen position, with a
loss of his artillery and Ills honor at Shiloh,
when double your numbers, heuow approaches
c allously and timidly—awaiting to advance,
unable to retreat. Could his rank and file en
joy a friemau’ii right, not one would remain
within our Bruits ; but ihey are goaded on un
der a tyrant’s lash by desperate leaders, whose
only safety iie< in mcoes“.
Such aloe ought, never to conquer freemen
hauling upou their own soil. You will en
counter him in your chosen posi'ion, strong by
nature and improved by art,—away from bis
maiD support aud reliance—gnnboa.sand heavy
batteries ; and, for the first time in this war,
with nearly equal numbers. Tiie slight reverses
we have met on the seaboard have worked us
good as well as evil—the brave troops, so long
retained there, have hastened to swell our
numbers, whilst the gallant Van Dorn aud in
vincible Price, with Uie ever successful “Army
of the West,” are now in your midst with
numbers almost equalling the ‘Army of Shiloh.’
We have, then, but to strike and destroy ; and,
as the enemy’s whole resources are concentrat
ed here, we shall not only redeem Tennessee,
Kentucky and Missouri at oue blow, but open
the portals ot the whole Northwest.
Braxton Bragg,
Official. Gen. Com. Second < orps.
George G. Garner, Assistant Adjutant Gen.
A Timely Appeal.
The following address “to all magistrates and
citizens,” emanating from Brigadier General
Slaughter, Inspector General of the “Army of
the Mississippi,” at Corinth, though intended
mainly for ciicnlatiou in the Southwest, Is ap
propriate to all sections of the Confederacy,
and will, wc trust, find its way to every nook
and Atruer. Let not,its appeal pass unheeded.:
To all Magistrates and Citizens :
A powerful enemy, with a large army, has in
vaded our homes. Our brave soldiers are gath
ering for the ho'y purpose of chiving him trm
our soil. There is a duty wjiicli you can per
form, nd we call upou you as faithful magis
trates and good citizens to discharge it. Some
of our soldiers are absent without leave, and
some O': furloughs granted them when their
services were not so urgently needed All
should return at once to duty. We call upon
you to send them back to the ranks. Show
them by your counsels what their duty is, what
their country demands and expects, and enforce
their return. Should any play the laggard or
shrink from the contest, hold them up to the
scorn and indignation of your communities.
Your earnest and zealous aid is sought, and by
aiding our gallant army in this respect, you
w ill entitle yourselves to the gratitude ot the
country and aid in driving the oppressor from
our soil.
Newspapers friendly to our cause are respect
fully nqu sted to publish the foregoing.
The i'rivateer Sumter.
arrival of her commander and officers in
. ENGLAND.
[From the London Times, April IS.]
Capt. Setnmes and the officers of the Confed
erate steamer Sumter arrived in Englaud in the
steamship Mooltan, which left Gibraltar on the
12 h April.
The Gibraltar Chronicle, of, the 11th of April,
says: “The c.ew of the Confederate States
steamer Suuiter is being paid cff. It is report
ed that the officers will return to England, and
the vessel be sold.” Oae ot the officers to
whom tliis statement was mentioned denies its
truih as 'to the sale ot the ship ; but beyond
this contradiction, and the statement that the
Sumter remains at Gibraltar in charge of one or
two officers, nothing could be elicited from
them, they being of course, ‘very uncommuni
cative as to the future movements either of
themselves or their ship.
[From ilie London Star, April 19.]
Among tiie passengers by the Mooltan, which
arrived at Southampton ou Thursday with the
Australian mail, was Oapt Semmes, the com
mander of tiie Confederate man of war Sumter,
whose daring achievements iu the Caribbean
Sea have attracted such attention. After cap
turing and destroying almost a fleet of mer
chant shipping among the West India Islands
and in the South Atlantic, the Sumter escaped
to Europe, aud there immediately commenced
destroying Federal shipping in the British
Channel and the Bay of Biscay.
Captain Semmes is a small, thin, but wiry
man, with a weather beaten countenance, ot a
most determined lookiug character. Although
not by any means an old man, bis moustacne
and beard are quite white, fie was very aux
ious to know whether the Confederate army
had fought any great battle alter retiring from
Manassas, and what progress the Federals had
made at the mouth ot the Mississippi. Among
his baggage was an immense trunk, filled, it
was rumored, with booty selected from tfhptur
cd ships. Captain Semmes is related to Mr,
Jefferson Davis, the Confederate President.
The other officers of the Sumter were also on
board the Mooltan. They appeared veiy young.
Letters to the Enemy —When Sewell’s
Point was evacuated, our soldiers left behiud
them, lor the information of the enemy who
might subsequently occupy it, fully one hun
dred letters. These letters conveyed, in taunt
ing language, the intelligence that the whole
naval and land force of the great Yankee nation
at Fortress Monroe iiad been kej.it at bay for
one twelve months by a few hundred men. We
should like to see the Yankees when they read
these epistles.— Jtic/imond Kxpress.
President Davis has become a member of the
Episcopal Church, having been confirmed re
cenily by Bishop Johns, in Richmond.
A portrait of Aaron Burr, the arch-conspira
tor, was sold at auction iu New York, a lew
weeks since, for $370.
The w ife of Singer, the sewing machine man,
ins obtained a divorce, the court decreeing an
alimony of SB,OOO per annum for her.
POSTPONED ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
W'ILL be e Id on the first Tuesday in July next
be'oro the Court House door, in Clinch county,
oue lot ol Lari' 1 , No. 817, contain! g Four hundred and
Ninety Acre , more or iesq in the Seventh District of
bdd eniniy, belonging to the estate of .Jeremiah
< 'hancey. deceased. Sold ag eeabie to an order of the
Court of Clinch co n'y, for the benefit of die heirs and
creditors of said deceased.
Terms made known on the ds.y of sale.
up 11 wut* JOHN M, CiiANCEY, Adai’r
-2,000 Acres of Land for Sale.
Ten miles from the city of Albany, on the
(-"gilinc Of Dougherty aud Mitchell; 9UU cleared
deadened, and ready for a crop next year,
as good as any land in the cruuty, snd in in as
good a neighborhood as there is in the southern coun
try. Terms to suit the pufehaer—short time or long
lime, or cash.
and e 21 wlf Clf A3. E. MALLAKT.
N OXiClS.— s Application will be mad. to the Pres -
dent and Dirociors of the Atlantic A Gu ! l Rail
road Company for anew scr.p for ten shares of the
capital stock of said company, the old strip, dated
February 11, 18Mt, having been 10-t or mislaid.
J. 8. U. WILLSON,
Per J. e. * JAMES WILLSON,
foh 8 wT* Administrators.
NOTICE.
ALL I’orion s . having di ms ngafnri Ihe estate ot
John Is. B.rnard, late of Liberty county, de
ceased, wifi leave them, < uly attested, at the olice of
Messrs. Ifariridge -Ot Chisholm; and all indebted to
said estate wiil make payment to
N. L. BARNARD,
. A. FLEMING,
my 3 wS Qualified Kxepßlors.
FOR Oulhß.
A BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE In Marietta, the
most pleasont and healthy city in Georgia, sit
uated on the State Railroad, twenty miles above At
lanta. Price $5.0- 0; one hall case, the other in notes,
well secured with interest. For particulars, address
Rax ITB, Marietta. Ga ilwAs tf dec W
Georgia liberty county.-to all
whom it may concern:
Whereas, Jano L. V. tlur.len will apply at the Court
ot Ordinary for Letters Disimrs >ry, aa administratrix
of the e tate of Dr. John M. B. Harden:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whon.
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to
make objection (if any they have), on or before the
first si on day in September next, otherwise said letter!
" WHaIahMWP. Girardeau, Esq., Ordinary for Liberty
i lhiß 5U ’ ' Uy o. t- o.
. , jKoitG lA WAKE COUN 11 -—To ail whom it
WherioiaJes"" Dean, of said fixate and county, ap
nlics to the Ordinary for Letters ol Administration on
th* e* ate of Saul Dean, o* S"id Stale and county,
U,- l hese are therefore, to c’te and admonish fII and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to
j Pe and appear at my office, withu* the time proscribed
by law, and th ,v cause (u any they have; why letters
oi adm u sirs'ion should no: be grau.ed io taid aj pli-
C Given under my hand and olEcial sign a tare this 251 h
day o Apri. 1562 DANiELLOTT,
toy 2 * Dep. Ordinary.
7 'T;oltU A-UHA-TE AM COUNT Y—To ah whom
UX it may concern:
Whereas. Geo gt- H. Johnston wiil appiy at the
Court oi Ordinary for Latter* of Administration on the
estates o! Martoa W. Turner and Jmia B. Turner, late
oi htttram m a ty, deceasoii:
These sts, thereiWe, lo cue end admonish ail where
it may concern, to be and appear before said Coki to
make objection (it any they have) on or before the first
Monday in June nexf, otherwise said letters will
t> - gran led.
witness, Dominick A. o : jßyrne ; Issq., Ordinary tor
CL-ithani County, this 10:h day of April, i502.
rpn DOMINiI-K s. O’KYRNE. O. O. O
X OTIC T-—Three nonlha alter uaie, application
IN will be made to the Vianters’ Back ior payment
of a Twenty Dollar Bill, io 554, Leiter B, the left
band hail of which has been lost in transmission by
mail. JoILS U B. LOVELL,
mar 18
NOTIC'D TO DEBTOIO JIT
ORB.
Georgia— brooks counts.— aj person# in
debted to the estate of J. T. A. Newt™.deceased
are hereby requested to matte immediate payment, and
all persona having demand# against aid estate will
please present them within th 9 time prescribed by law,
prooarly authenticated, for payment.
doc 6 (6) GEO. ALDERMAN. Adna’r.
NOTICE.
A LI. persons having demands against the estate of
Martin Hiilllvan, late of Chatham county, Ga., de
ceased, will present the same, duiy certified, within
the time proscribed by law; and all persons Indebted
to the same will mako Immediate payment to
JOHN It. JOHNSON,
ap eg Administrator.
NOTICE TO SEIVrOBtiAND CKLDH
ORS.
f \ EOBGIA—BIJt'OKS COUNTY.—AII peisotib lu
YJf debied i<> the estate of Nathan D. Jones, d<*
ceased, are requested to make immediate payment,
and ail persons having demands against said estate
wilt please present them within the time prescribed by
law. properly authenticated, for payment.
do.' t, (6) MALIOHI .TONES. sdni’r
NOTICE TO ItEBTOiM AND CK.EDI
TOIIS.
ALL persons indebted to George W. Browu, late of
Thomas County, deceased, are requested to make
immediate payment; and those having claims against
said deceased, are required and notified to present
them, duly authenticated, to me, wi bin the time pre
scribed by law. WM. R. BROWN, Adm’r.
leh 17
NOTICE.
■VTOTICE is hereby given to all pereons having de-
Lv mands against William Giles, late of Chatham
county, deceased, to present them to me, duly attested,
within the time prescribed by iaw; and a.l persons in
debted to said deceased are hereby required to make
immediate payment.
WILLIAM GKEF.NK,
Qualified Executor.
Savannah, 6a., March 7, 1862.
/ A Enktiu-BROOKS COUNTY.—To ail whom"
YJT it ruuv cuiicern:
Whereas, George Alderman this day made application
to me for letters of Administration on the estate of
J. T. A. Newt 'ii, late of said comity, deceased:
These are, there ore, to cite and admonish all parties
interested, whether kindred or creditors, to show cause
(if any they h.ve), within the time prescribed by law,
why letter, etioulu not be granted to said applicant.
Witness my hand aud official signature this 2d De
cember, IStil. ANGUtJ MOKKISON,
dec 6 (5) Ordinary.
/ Itsmttl.-WsBE COUNTY.—Tu a!! whom
Vjf it may concern :
Whereas Joseph J. Davis, ot said State and county,
ap,lie< tor Letters of AdmListra ion on the estate of
Early Davis, late .of said county, deceased
These are, the refore, to cite and tdmoni&h all and
singular thr kindred and creditors of raid dece .sed to
be and appear at my office, within the time prescrih. and
by iaw, a'd show cause til su> they have) why letters
Oi administration should net i.-s .e to raid appPcant.
Given under my band and official signature thi. £oih
day o. April, 1962. DANIEL LO'i TANARUS,
my 2 * Dep Oidinary.
ty EOtitiS A—LIBEUTY COUNTY.—To all whom
I it tnay concern :
Whereas, Chariton Hines, Kx' enter of the ■ stato of
Ltwia i im s, Ute of Bryan eounly, deceased, uiake
appdcaticn to he Court of Ordinary for Letters of Diss
missory from said estate :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom it
may coucern, to be and appear before said Court, to
make objection (if any they have), on or before tho
ttrt Monday in November next, otherwise said letters
will be granted
Witness, W. P. Girardeau, Esq., Ordinary for Liberty
county, this 16th day of April, 1862.
ap2t W. P. GIRARDEAU, o. l. u.
G' BORGIA-KKOOK6 COUNTY.—To all whom
I if may ceuceru .-
Whereas, Bernan Fo'.som this day makes application
to mo for Letters of ■' dministration on the estate of
John M Fed ore, late oi taid county, deceased:
The.c are teerelore, to c te and admonish the kin
dred, aud creditors < f said deceased to be and appear
at my office, to tile iheir objeciio .s (if any they have),
within lire time prescribed by law, otherwise letters of
administra .io i will be granted lo said applicant
Given under my hand this the 20tn day ot Marclt,
ISG2.
mar 2S ANGUS MORRISON, Ordinary.
GEO LSD 2 A—BKYAN COUNTY.—To ail whom
it may concern:
Whereas, T. F. Alexander, Administrator on the es
state of Zaehariah Futob, will apply to the Court of
Ordinary of Bryan county tor Letters of Dismission as
Administrator on said estate:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all aud
singuiar the kindred and creditors of said estate, to file
their objections (if any they have) with said Court, oa
or before the first Monday in July next, otherwise Loi
ters of Dismission will be granted said administrator.
Witness, Wm. H. Hay-mans, Ordinary Bryan county
tb’s 21st December, 1861.
fU.-i VS WM. H. HAYsfANS. o. B. p
G EOHGiIA—CLINCH COUNTY.—To all whom
T it may concern:
Wheteas, Wllleby Howland has applied to me for
Letters of Administration on tho estate ot Lewis How
laud, late ol said county, deceased:
These, are, there ore, to cite and admonish all par
ties interested, whether kindred or creditors, to show
cause (if any the) have), within the time prescribed by
iaww, hy lct'-cis should not be granted to said ap
plicant.
Witness my hand this 16th January, 1862.
J. L MORGAN,
jan 17 * Ordinary Clinch county.
CL ED It ti 0 A—GLUnOH COUNTY. —To ail slum
X it may coucern:
Whereas, Jonathan Knight has applied to me or
Letters of Administration ou the estate of barah Joyce,
late of said couuty, deceased :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish till parties
interested, whether kindred or creditors, to show
cause (if any they have), within the time prescribed
by law, why letters should jiot be granted lo said ap
plicant.
Witness my hand this 13th January. 1862.
J. L MORGAN,
fan [7 Ordinary Clinch county.
Georgia— bryan county.—To an whom
it may coucern:
Whereas, J..hn D. Clanton and Mary Towls, Admin
istrators with the will annexed on the estate ol James
Towls, late of Bryan county, deceased, will apply io
tho Court of Ordinary of Bryan county lor Letters of
Dismission from said estate :
These are, therefore, to cite and admrnlab all and
singular the kindred aud creditors ol said estate, to file
theifcqbiectiom (if any they have) with said uonft, on
or before tbe first Monday iu July next, otherwise said
letters will be issued.
Witness, Wm. H. Iluvmans, Ordinary for Bryan eo.,
this 21st day of December, 1861.
dec Cl Wm H. HAY w ANB o an.
FA KOftOfA—LIBERTY COUNTY. —To ail whom
VJT it may concern:
Whereas, W. D. Bacon will apply at thi, Court for
Letters ol Administration on the estate of Ann 3,
Chalmers, late deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
in may concern, to be aud appear before said Court, to
make objection (if anv they have,) on or before the first
Monday in Juno next, otherwise said letters will
bo granted.
Witness W. P. Girardeau, Esq., Ordinary for Liberty
county, this t2d day of Apri l , 18t>2.
up 26 W. P. GIRARDEAU, o. l. e.
Gl KORGIA—CHATHAM COUNTY.—To whom
$ it may concern :
Whereas, Henry Vong'abn will apply at the Court
of Ordinary for Letters of Administration on the es
tate of Frederick fcherff, late of sa]d county, dp
ceased :
These are, there lore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may.concern, to be and appear before said eourt, to
make objection (if any they have), on or before the Ist
Monday in June next, otherwise said letterswill.be
granted.
Witness, Dominick A. O’Byrne, Esq., Ordinary for
Chatham County, this lit day of Mar, 1862.
my 2* DOMINICK A. O’BYKNE. o n. "■
Gl JEOKGIA.—CHATHAM COUNTY.—To al'
X whom it may concern:
Whereas, Darnel W. M. Shad will apply at the t'ourt
of Ordinary for Letters of Dismission as Guardian ol
the person and property ol Robert E, Shad;
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to be and appear before said Cont i to
make objection (if any they have) on or before do rst
Monday in June next, otherwise said let - , r will be
granted.
Witness, Dominick A. O’Byrne,Esq.,Ordinarj for (Tat
ham county, this lith dayoi April, 1562.
_ap 12 DOMINICK A. O’BYRNE. O. < . ’
Georgia— brooks county-to an w.ou
It may concern:
Who eas, H. Brown this day made application to me
for letters ol Administration on the estate of Wru. U
Brown, late ol said county, deceased :
Th tse are, therefore, to cite and admonish all parties
interested, whether kindred or eredilors, lo show cause
(if any they have), within the time proscribe! by i.iw,
why letters should not be granted to said applicant
Witness my hand and official signature this id De
cember, IS6L ANGUB MORRISON,
den fi fill Ordinary
C~TeORGI A—LIBERTY COUNTY —To ell whom
T it may concern;
Whereas, William Watson, Administrator npon the
estate of Hezokiah Lewes, lato of said county, de
ceased, will apply to the Coarl of Ordinary of this
county, lor Letters Dismießory :
These are, therefore, to cite all oonoerned to file theii
objection (if any they have,) in terms of the law
otherwise said letters will be granted.
Witness W P. Girardeau, Esq., Ordinary for Liberty
county, il is 6th April, 1861.
enr 10 W P. GIRARDEAU, o. uo.
GEOKGI A—LIBERTY' COUNTY—To all whom
it may concern :
Whereas, Cap'Ain W. 8. Norman has applied to me
for Letters of Administration dc bonis non com i>,.
tamento annexo on the estate of James W.lson Wlm,
late of said county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all par
ties interested, whether kindred or creditors, to 4*' W
cause (if any Ibev have), within the time prescribed by
law, why said letters should not be granted to said
applicant.
Witness my hand this Ist day of April, 1862.
ap i W, P. GIBAKpEaU, u, L.
G' HOK G I A—CLINCH -COUNTY—To all
f whom it may concern :
Whereas, 6. W, Newbem has applied to me for Let
ters of Administration on the Estate of Beabern E
Lastingen, late of said county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all parties
interested, whether kindred or creditors, to show
cause, il any they have, within the time prescribed by
law, why Letters should not be granted to aaid appli
cant
Witness my Land this February 84, 1862.
J L. MORGAN, Ordinary Clinch Uo,
feViS •
"V" OTIC ii.—Three months alter date, application
i.l wid be made to the Piaoterss’ Bank ol the mate
ol Georgia for the payment oi a Filty Dollar Bill, Lei
ier A, No. 496, dated January Ist, 1858, signed Oeo
W. Anderson, Pres.” The left tall ol s.m note harl
iDg been lo.t in trantmission by mail from ibis place lo
Butier .spring, Ala.
JOHN W. FLEMtBTKK
Gri.no. Ga-. March 26 1862. mar 29
\ bfi ICK. —tsix momfis alter cate, application wii
ax te made Vo the Comt ol Ordinary ol Brooks
county for Letters of Dismission tor J. T. A. Newton
late ot said coonty, deceased, from the estate o: J sines
Newton, late o: &m£ conmy, deceased. Application
made by George Anerman, Administrator this I2th
day ot March, 1862. •
hat IT AH&UB MOEBIBOH, Ordinary.