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ft |w-| Mkty %> oyi 1 , "VOX.. 135; TERMS: Daily Paper, S3; Tri-Weekly, $5; Weekly, $2 rw IN' ADVANCE, da The Paper is alwaysstopped, unless a remittance be unde to utmtinuo lt. Tlrueh notice is given, so that payment oau be made belore the expiration oi a sub scription. s a_-vajst:n~ Saturday Morning, itlay 31, 1862, Florida News, MOKE TJNKEtS KEEISDOVER ! We learned on Saturday from a gentleman just arrived from Florida, that on Monday lust, twoot the et;em}’s gunboats visited Palalka.u: and landed about 50 men, who remained some five hours. They then withdrew and went in the direction of Welaka, in search of some naval stores, belonging to a man named Gardner.— The naval stores, how ever, were previously des troyed. When within fifteen miles of the latter place, Capt. Stevens’ company of cavalry, who were in ambush awaiting their approach at Horse Landing, poured a volley into them, kil ling 12 of their number. The gunboats, ait er throwing several shells, beat a hasty retreat, coming down the river to Orange Mill, where they obtained lumber, and, after making cof fins, they buried their dead at Madison Point, below the Mill , (tofuKT.y a lawysr of Jweksvm vllle; and subsequently Editor of the Cuban Messenger,) Federal Military Governor of Florida was on board one of the gunboats. They are now lying below Jacksonville. On their way to Welaka, they discovered two small boys in a boat, which the cowards no doubt took for the advance lookout of their enemy, and threw several shells at them, but .ortunatelv without ir jury to either. The gunboats keep shy of Jacksonville now, only visiting under flag of truce whenever they wish to communicate. A short time since a flag of truce came ashore to ask permission to cut wood. Capt. Martin, in command of the Con federates there, gave consent, but would not be responsible for what might occur ; that instead of preventing his men from picking them off, be would rather encourage them. Gen. Beuhaoi, the Federalist, is compelling men, women, and children from seven years oi age, blacks as well as whites, in St. Augustine, to take the oath of allegiance to the U. States. On Tuesday a barge with 21 Federals was dis covered coming up Cro k-d River, towards Tallahassee. When near dt. Marks, it was Urcd upon by an ambushed party, aud 17 out of lie number killed. The boat was then pulled to the opposite shore, and the rein doing four jumped ashore, when a gunboat approached, siipiling as she came, but doing n damage. Stonewall Jackson. If the telegraphic account in another column be true, this indomitable chieftain has added another unlading laurel to his imperishable chaplet. From the best information we can gather, the Yankees he has routed were under com mand of Gen. B inks. The Richmond Inquirer of the 23d, says : Passengers from G irdansviile report that a Federal force under Geu. Shields, camped at Warrent-m on Sunday night last, and have since joined the enemy’s camp at (Jailett’s near Warrenton Junction. They crossed tne Bue Ridge at Thornton’s Gap, and marched by way of dperryville and Waterloo through Warren ton. Tne strength of Shield’s command is be lieved to have been about six thousand—though soruo reports make it much larger. Banks is said to be near S. rashurg, engaged in fortifying. It is believed that Millroy is trying to make his way to him. He burnt his camp at Cheat Mountain iu his retreat. Front Royal, near which tho battle is said to have been fought; is about fifteen mffo* aoui.it 'east of Strasburg, while Warrenton, the point Gen. Shields ia reported to have encamped over a week ago, is about twenty-five miles south east of Front Royal, and beyond the Blue Ridge. Stonewell Jackson was, therefore, between Banks and Shields, and it is probable that Banks in moving southeast, towards the seem s of the great struggle soon to occur, encountered tite lion in his w.iy. CoutraliHiul Intelligence. Some of our exchanges are publishing items of intelligence, which are not proper mailer lor circulation. Take, for instance, an order recently issued by one Gen. Hunter, styling him elf Comman der of the Southern District, and affecting to declare martial law over Georgia, South Caro lina, and Florida. Tho subject mutter of his proclamation is not legitimate matter for circu lation in the South. Indeed, in publishing this brul-um fulmen, we are doing just what the ene my desires should bo done. Above all things, Gen. Hunter is now anxious to have U 6 give pub licity to his nefarious, incendiary and se ditions announcement. And what good do our exchanges expect to do our cause by publishing such a wi< ked pretension t It is uot necessary, in order to prove Gen. Hunter an ass. We need no further assurance on that subject. Ilis actings and doings on Hilton Head Island are proof convindug on that point. What good then can be accomplished? Never on the earth, but, on the contrary, there may be much evii arise from a misapprehension, on the part oi some of our population, of the red effect of this ridiculous, contemptible farce. The Ptiioners at Macon, We learn that the privates captured in the battle of Shiloh and now at Macou, w ill be pa roled ou to morrow. It appears that General Beauregard issued an order to this effect and sent it to Gov. Shorter, of Alabama. As the prisoners had be >u removed to this Slate, the order was forwarded to Gov. Brown, who, with out eon suiting the Confederate Commander . over the district of Georgia, took charge of the business by transmitting the order direct to the officer in charge at Macon. Lieut. J. L. Addcrton, of the 10. h Georgia Battalion, which is stationed at Camp Ogle thorpe near Macon, was then dispatched to this city to receive the proper instructions in executing the order which the Governor had taken in hand. It is not strange that Gov. Brown did not know that these prisoners are not under his control. We hope, however, that there will no misunderstanding on the question of State Rights grow out of thp matter. JsjjF* We publish this morning the only de tailed explanation of the late affair near Bridge port Tennessee, which created so much anxiety for the (ate of Chattanooga, We learn from it, that when eleven hundred Yankees with two Parrott guns approached five hundred South erners, the latter must either be lost or tall back. There is nothing dee that cot be done. — This is uot taught by Gilliam or Hardee, or by Stonewall Jackson, or Price, or Rans Wright. The age is advancing, however, and this im provement will no doubt be “laid down in the next edition.” Gone.— Ail the prisoners at Camp Oglethorpe ssys the Macon Tdcgroph, except the uoti-com missioued officers aud the sick, left for Chat tanooga on Saturday morning. Oae of them refused to take the oath, alleging that he was a native born Virginian, and was forced into the army in Missouri. The Wilmington Journal remarks : So many doctors have gone into the service that the gen ral health of the people at home is unusually good. The absence of quinine and liquor is a great blessing l-dT’l he steamer Mat ms arrived at Charles ton, ou Saturday, from Stono, with several Yankee prisoners. Wc were uuable to gather the particular* of their capture. l-ef" A mall route has been established by the Post Office Department, between Jcffvrson ton, Ga., and K >ng*s Verry, Fi* Papers from all parts of Georgia represent the wheat crop as gv-niy improving in appear ance, and promising a good yield. The Herald’*) Finn t f llMto atlnn An editorial article front the New York lhr a'U , which w <-<|iv to-tl.y, con aits much philosophy as v*-H There is a view of human nature in jt, as much as we may scoff at the plan lie proposes tor a r- si oration o‘ lire Union. The enemy ha* tried ini-uecessfully the power of coercion t > accompl-*h their ohj>cl, and seeing that it must ultimately fail if unsup ported, they now propose to take the li dd with an army of merchants armed w.ih the weapon* of trade. No reople now on the earth know belter than the Yankees the power of m voey. They have been educated only on the arithmetical side of j the. school. They worship “Diana of the Ephe- j sians,” but they adore the almighty dollar, i And they judge ns as they judge themselves, j They know from past experience, that the peo- I pie of the South do not despise riches. Andi seeing the strait to which we have been reduced by blockaded ports, small manufactories, and ■ the scarcity of many of the necessaries of; life which an agricultural people derive ; through avenues of commerce, they now in tend to test the stuff we are made of by throw- , ing us into a crucible, which may prove as ' scorching as the fire of battle. Our ports are to be opened. The invitation j to the board of trade will be sedueingly extend- j ed. Old appetites, now long held in check by : a just wrath and strong contempt for the des- j pieaeW deceivers, .Ifust now be revived with | renewed relish from the lengthy fast. Greed j for gain will be stimulated by the enticing op portunity brought home to our doors. luxuri ous case will again enchant ns, and if we lend a listening ear, wo will sink beneath its ener vating spell. The Circean cup will he present ed to our parched lips, while the syren voice steals away our bewildered senses. The men— the freemen—the heroes—who have faced the cannon’s mouth; who h ive threaded the wT derness and scaled mountains belching from their summit the iron death ; who have given j up home, family, friends and property, and j are ready to immolate themselves on the altar of their country, must now encounter an enemy not to be despised because he carries no hostile banner or bristling steel. He is coming j with his face wreathed in smiles; with Peace inscribed upon his banner; with gifts in his right hand. Well may we now exclaim “we fear the Greeks though bearing gifts.’’ If we admit the enemy within our walls wHh his wooden ships, we are a conquered people and the Uuion is indeed restored ! Mammon and luxury have been the last conquerors of the freemen of every land. Let us fly from them as from “the pestilence that walketk in daikness, and the destruction that wasteth at noonday.” It is ca9ier to face death on the oattlctteld than to resist temptation. Anger, vtu geance, a sense of wrong, or the intoxication of excitement in the heat of battle will nerve a man for deeds of heroism, who, in the saloon or in the haunts of commerce and in private life, sinks the miser able slave of appetite cr passion. All this our insidious enemy know too well. The opening of our ports to foreign trade they know to be worse than a silly farce, uuless the merchant who comes over the seas can carry away the value of merchandise. They know we have not gold to buy, but they know we have produce to exchange. And what shall it profit Northern cr European commerce to unburden its groaning warehouses and lay its treasures on our wharves with none to buy ? No, they look for the Southerner to greet them on the short: with rejoicing, not at their presence, for they know we have no love for them, but at the re 1 opening of the channels of commerce. It re mains to be seen whether there be oue so base, so low, so corrupt, as to welcome at home the assassins of our brothers, our fathers, Our hus bands and our sons, who in the field are suffer ing all things for our sake. Can we be so rec reant to our duty, our pride, our manhood, our honor, and our cause, as to allow the least of our wealth to pass into his bloody hands ? TIo ItUliinond examiner am! Prayer. Our readers will, no doubt.be astonished, if not mortified, when they are told as we now tell them, that this metropolitan journal, a few days since, contained an editorial opposing the religious exercises which the President of this young Republic has often called upon its citi zeus t > perform. Prompted by his abiding faith in the efficacy of prayer; relying as he does on the justice of our cause; believing as he does that God will answer the prayer of the jast; trusting in the assurance that the “effect ual, fervent prayer of the righteous man avail eth much”; when his infant charge was smitten with calamity after calamity, anti the angry rod lay heavily upon it, he called to the believers to invoke the blessing of Heaven, What right thinking man has not approved and commended his course ? What Christian in this broad land has uot rejoiced not only at the call, but also because the man of our choice is a God-fearing man ? It was eminently proper .and wise that the nation shonld simultaneously bow its head in humility and prayer, because the nation was afflicted. Tile calamities called for an acknowl edgment of our sins as a people, for that we were and are a haughty, proud, vaiuglorieus, Mammon worshipping people, there can be no room to doubt. Yet, the Richmond Rxarniner has solemnly avowed its opinion that this is no time lor prayer!—that President Davis would better serve the country mid discharge his duties, by mounting his horse and tak : ng the field, titan by pausing on the way for a day of humiliation and prayer. For ourselves, we know no sight more beauti ful, more touching, more sublime, than a nation of millions of souls bowing ou their bended knees, at the same hour, and that hour oue ol national darkness and suffering, acknowledging that God is their Kit.g, their guide, their cap tain, their shield aud rock of safety. The sight is not only beautiful, touching and grand, but, unless the Bible boa lie and a lablo, it is the surest evidence of triumph and success. To this aeknowledgtue: t we have yet to cento at ast, and the sooner the better for us, as a nat on. We are at a loss to conceive how any man can read history even as he runs, biblical or profane, it he believes there is a God, and avow the sen timent that a people at war have uotime for prayer. If history teaches one lesson more thoroughly and positively than any other, it is that deliverance from u.ttional calamities is al ways withheld until the affi cted people, how ever strong, forget their own strength in bum ble acknowledgement of the true source of all power. And yet the Eruininer would have our chief finish the light, relying ou an arm ol flesh, and then throw open the doors of the temple for worship. He would bauish Aarou and Hur irom the field, and leave the bands ol our leader to drop by his side. As we under stand the intention aud spirit impelling Presi dent Davis to call cn this people to acknowl edge the source of our national prosperity, as well as onr national afll ciiotts, we only ask that ho w ill persevere to the end. \ ankek Pkhonehs.—Some eleven hundred prisoners have arrived by boat iu the last day or two from Tuscaloosa cw royte to Knoxville. It is stated that these prisoners, as well as those confined here, are to be soon paroled, with the exception of the officers missioned and non-commissioned, who will be retained. We ftar from the laeility with which the oath is taken, that it Is uot as sacredly kept as it might be. Some of these prisoners cn coming up to our wharf end seeing the cotton piled up on the bank, said they would take an oath as big as a cotton bale to be released. —-Vontymn r>, Advertiser. We entertain the same fear so strongly that it amounts to a conviction, as expressed in our issue of yesterday. They do not mind the oath They desire to be released, it matters not how We hope against hope, that our military au thorities will not be the vinirns of treachery by these paroled prisoners. In Atlanta, Saturday, a dox.o barrels of whiskey were roiled tutu the streets by order of Col. Lee, and their contents emptied on the ground. &j±rnTTttpj±sz , 31, is e&- - ABMY CORRESPONDENCE Or TUS SAVaNSAD Republican. Aitnv or the Mississippi, i Cokin'!it, May 30th. ) 1 sent you a telegraphic statement of the dar ing exj loit of Capt. Avery, of the Georgia Mountain Dragoons, who penetrated the ene mas lines, a few rights ago, sixmiles beyoud Farmington. He was absent four dad* and nights, and had but one man with him. During the day he remained concealed itt the swamps, and during the nights he prosecuted his obser- > vations along the roads and in the immediate vicinity of the Federal encampment. The in- ] telligence he brings leaves no doubt of the enemy’s plan of operations. He learned that the Federal army had left the Tennessee, and had moved in this direction by the three roads so frequently referred to here tofore in my letters, viz: by the Hamburg and Farmington road on our tight, the Pittsburg aud Monterey road on the centre, and the Sa vannah, and Purdy road on the left. They have thrown up breastworks and planted batteries on the creeks and at commanding points along the route, and are bringing up siege pieces that require twenty mules to draw them. With three Or four oi .these guns in position they would be able to throw a shell into onr lines every ; vv. or -iei ■- 11 ;nu:.< ihroiighout the (ley and night. J.-oibis way they bftpe to annoy our men, distutb their rest, and finally to force them to quit their position without a general engagement on the open field. Indeed, it is no part of Halleck’s policy to attack us here, ex cept with his siege gnus. In accordance with this programme, he threw forward a considerable force Saturday evening on our right, aud kept it in 1 ne of battle the greater part .ol the night, hisotject being to protect several hundred wotkmcn, who were engaged the whole night in throwing up breast wotks just behind Farmington. In orderfnrther to deceive us, he kept a large number of wagons running backwards and lorwards, to prevent our pickets from hearing his workmen while em ployed upon the breastworks. He continued the work Sunday, Sunday night and yesterday. Titus you perceive that it the enemy should fail to shell us out of our position, and we should sally forth and attack him, he hopes to be able to cut us up from his breastwotks, or by the batteries posted along the roads leading back to the river—in either of which events, he would have accomplished all he desires. The guns he is bringing up embrace lweuiy- r our, thirty two and six'-y four pounders. Capt. Avery learnt from the country people, that the Federals were e 'tiliient of success in the impending conflict; not that they expect to vat qui.-h us upon the field, but hone by some trick or strategein, such as the employ ment of guns of immense nnge that may reach us while they are beyond our reach, to accom plish their deveiish purpose. Tite country people represent also, that there is a fearful amount of sickness in the Federal army. On one day last week, 3.000 sick men were sent to the rear from Geo. Pope’s army |of 20,0 0 alotte There were 2,800 sick at Savan nah and 1,200 at Hamburg, on the 4',h i.Qataut, according to the Chicago Tribune, besides the large number sent to Mound City, Bt. Louis, Louisville and other points. Unfortunately, our own army has not been exempt from sickness. Herewith you will find a letter written from Pittsburg to the Chicago Tribune, in which the writer admits that “the battle of Shiloh was a surprise and defeat” to the Federal* ; also, two general orders issued by Gen. Beauregard, and the official report of Gen. Pope of the affair at Farmington on-the 9:h instant. Gen, Pope is guilty of downright lying. He says the Confederates “suffered severely”—that our “batteries were completely disabled,” and our “infantry liue driven back several times,” while his “command was eager foran advance.” Each aud all of these assertions are unmitigated falsehoods, aud known by Gen. Pope to be such at the time he was penning them. His com mand, instead of being “eager for an advance,” ran like frightened sheep; and his retreat or flight, so far from being conducted “ in good order,!’ was a disorderly rout. ludeed, lying seems to be regarded as a professional accotn plisbnieut iu the military service of the. North. I have never read an official report by a Federal officer of an aflair of which I had any personal knowledge myself, that did not abound in un blushing falsehoods, and known to be such by the authors of the reports themselves. It is high time this thing were stopped. Unfortunately 7, some of the accounts pub lished by the Confederate press are not as truthful as they might be. OSf this character are four-fifths of the statements contained in an extract taken from a letter sent from this place to the New Orleans Picayune, and reprodtteed in your columns on the 3d inst., under the title of “onr retreat at Corinth.” The letter was not written by the rignlar correspondent of the Picayune , “11. P.”—who is one of the abl, st aud most conscientious writers from the army. The truth is, there are correspondents with the army who invariably magnify our successes and depreciate our, losses, aud who, whea there is a deartn of news, will draw upon their imagina tions for their facts. I have read both in Vir ginia and the West, accounts of hair-breadtb escapes, daring exploits, and romantic affairs, in which “gallant knights,” “accomplished young ladies” with “ black-eyes” and “raven locks” were made to figure, which had not the slightest foundation in fact. It is high time that this practice too were stopped. The war abounds in more romantic incidents and thrilling adventures than poet ever imagined or novelist described ; aud it would be well if the writers ol fiction from the army, who devote themselves to the marvel lous aud poetical aspect of affairs rather than to the stern realities of the campaign, would remember this fact. Let every heroic act, every daring adventure, every touching incident, be gathered up and embalmed in the hearts of the people; but lot us uot interpolate upon the history of these stern times the exaggeration* ol thoughtless scribblers, nor the weak inven tions ol sentimental chroniclers. It may be proper to withhold tho truth for a time, from prudential reasons ; but there can be no excuse for asserting what is not true, or for resorting to liciiou instead of fact. Truth is ever more interesting than fiction, if these writers but knew it. P. W. A. Col. Morgan. The Montgomery Advertiser says that this •‘hero of a hundred battles," was in that city on Tuesday last. It contains the following : Alter Col, Morgan had entered the carriage to go to the boat, he was brought a despatch front the telegraph otUce informing him that a passenger who arrived at Chattanooga, stated, that Lieut, Col. Wood and the men ot his com mand who were taken from him a short time ago at Lebanon, Tennessee, had captured the boat that was conveying them down the Cum berland river front Nashville, and made good their escape somewhere near Clarksville. Col. Morgan was confident it was true, and fell greatly rejoiced that his comrades should have escaped a loathsome imprisonment. As he rode off Irorn the Exchange, the crowd gave him three hearty cheers. After he had reached the boat tbal was to take him tc Mobile,he was in formed that one of the Yankee prisoners from Tuscaloosa, a member of the sth Ohio Regi ment, who was sick in the other boat which had just como iu, desired to see him. tie promptly made his way through the crowd of prisoners to find what the Ohioan wanted.— When there he was told by the unfortunate vic tim of Northern fanticlsra, that he had fought against him, (Morgan) on one occasion,“regard ing himasagreal inouster, but was glad to know him better, lie also told him where some of his captured men were, and how they were treatea. Col. Morgan presented him some Yankee money, taken irom his brethren in arms against us and returned to his boat A short time after he parted with his friends and left for Corinth on business connected with his command. A little girt who bad been listening to a con versation about the army and its officers, carried on by her father and his friends, a tew evenings since, desired to know “Who the officers were— tkem (snf driniu all the i thitkty r she asked. Fr it! i' p Am; y < f ihc Peninsula; 1 *!' oi it .i to j> -udei tti Savannah Republican.] iA tv. KlsHimoxo, May 13,1832. Mr. hl-n.r .-- \\ .... it ul emits have trans pired **■- ce i .o iHh, *v l;i ti we wt re drawn up in line ready u< Derive the tuemj it he chose to make mi attack.. But, it seems, nothing was further Loin his iaut.tiou. While we rested in bivouac, hardly knowing whether to expect an attack, or took far a grand movement in an other direction, tite enemy was slowly and cau tiously advancing in hts terrible ircn-elad en gines of war, upon the city. The dis tance eae. be easily hours; but so slow and cautious that he was several day* in reach OK cur liver batteties. You have full parti, uiars It the attack and re pulse. It seems that their iron boats are not invulnerable. A t ,od battery of colutnbiads, well manned, and .with plenty ot .ammunition, is now thought able to resist them. The people, are luhy aroused. Although hundreds of fain ilies are leaving; the city, yet the people—the authorities —have an unshaken noth in their confidence'of our ability to hold the capital against a fores of 200,000 mercenaries. The river obstructions arc Stow thought Tiuffieient to prevent their iss.Api up the rivtr, nearer than ten miles <%ihjAi;ty. To reach it then, t-L-.y tin.*!; apprdsrch By l’.n j ate! leave their gun boats; in which event they are whipped n> sure as they attempt it. We can whip them on land. McClellan wilt be loth to attack Richmond without the aid of hia gunboats. He knows our superiority on laud, and fears the result of a pitched battle. There has already been much said relative to the late masterly retreat from Yorklown, and I hope a recurrence to it by me vviii not be thought improper. The journals on botn sides of our northern boundary were loud in their laudations of Gen. Johnston’s skill in the man agement and execution of what was considered the most masterly conducted retreat on record —American, at least. But few Gvtierals of the Old Wot id ever achieved such a feat. It was generally conceded that McClellan was out willed. But what may be said of the “ Yotk town Retreat?” At Manassas the opposing armies were from fifteen to tweuty miles apart. Eveu if the enemy became aware of General Johnston’* intentions the day they were put iu motion, he was more lhau a day’s much ahead, and could keep that distance. But on the Pen insula we were in lour hundred yards of the enemy. We were in speaking distance, anil every day added to the list of “killed, wounded and missing ” There was the immense wag .n tiain sufficient to carry the baggage, provisions, ammunition, &,•, of a vast army—probably thousands. There were —— pieces of field artillery —.-ail to be moved from under the guns and vig iant watch of the enemy. The wagons moved off iu the day time, aud could have been seen from an eminence, stretch ing out for miles towards Williamsburg, like the slow, winding movement of the teebled ser pent. At 8 o’clock, with camp fires burning brightly, the vast arm’y moved off, and tho rear guird, by meridian the next day, reached Wil liarusburg. Not until broad daylight did the enemy discover, certainly, that our works were abandoned. They then look possession of our “ramparts,” but were ill at ease in iheir eovel td possession, for occasionally an adventurous* Yankee would step upon a torpedo, and to his niter amizoment and the discomfiture of his comrades, would find himself bound heaven ward (skyward at least; with a velocity little suited to bis liking. The question lias been asked, f‘lf we whipped the Yankees so badly at Williamsburg, why did we leave our sick, deafl and wounded iu the hands of the enemy?” Well, that was rather bad—very unfortunate ; but it must be borne in mind that it was not the policy of General Johnston to make a stand aud give McClellan battle at Williamsburg. It would have been absolutely suicidal; for the enemy having pos session ot York river, could, aDd did' in ten hours or twenty, at farthest, hum a large force at West Point, ready to cut us off'. It was his policy to get above West Point before the ene my could cut us off. Hunee the necessity of leaving tite sick, &c. We did not have ample trnsportation for those who were unable to walk in consequence of wounds or sickness, aud such only were left as could not be hauled. The dead were neoes sarily left, and, we hope, buried by the enemy I trust this view of the case will relieve our favorite and famous General from all blame. He did the best be could. If General Johnston had done nothing else in the coarse of his illus trious life, this retreat would be enough to im mortalize hint. He is tub General of the day— not detracting from the lustre surround ing the names of any of his illustrious coad jutors, Beauregard, Price, the lamented Albert Sydney Johuston, Robert E. Lee, Magmder, &c. History will bear me out in this declara tion. As I before said, we will hardly have a fight here, unless, iudeed, the enemy’s gunboats force the river obstructions and pass the bat teries. If they do, they will capture Richmond in ashes. The city will certainly bt destroyed before abandoned. Let our people take heart. What if Richmond docs fall ? The Confederacy is broad enough to meet the hireling hordes upon a thousand fields more glorious than Ma nassas or Shiloh. What if they take every principal city ? The invader will be defeated at every attempt to penetrate the interior. We will get him from his gunboats, we will run them like sheep, and strike such a terror into their craven hearts that they will not renew the experiment. “ God save onr country !” V. A. 8. P. Prayer Contkabanl>, —lt appears that Pick ayune Butler inteuds to regulate the religiou of the people of New Orleans. Apprehending that they might do some obnoxious praying on last Friday he issued the following order. Butler, by his brutal orders, is doing good ser vice iu the Southern cause. NOTICE. Headquarters Dept, of the Gulf, [ New Orleans, May 13, 1862. i General Oriers No. 27. It having come to the knowledge of the Com manding General that Friday next is proposed to be observed as a day of Fasting and Prayer, iu obedience to some supposed Prc‘elamaiiou of one Jefferson Davis, iu the several Churches of the city.it is ordered that no such ooservauce be had. “Churches and Religious Houses are to be kept open, a* iu limes ol profound peace.” but no religious exercises are to be bad upon the supposed authority above mentioned. By command oi Maj. Geu. BUTLER. Geo. C. Strong, A. A. Geu. Can any Christian any longer hesitate to give up his church be-11 to be cost into cannon to shoot such a wretch ? Suppose by the fortunes of war (and stranger things have occurred) a Butler were to get possession of our own loved city. Who would not wish a thousand times that the bells in our holy temples were away and transfigured into engines of death to crush the bead that eau thus interdict the worship of God ? The Yankee Army at Corinth.—The Chi cago Tribune says of the strength of General Halleck’s army now facing Beauregard at Cor inth : Our Cairo correspondent telegraphs (with the approval of General Strong) mat the'consoli dated morning report ol General Halleck’s army, last Saturday, showed Itki.OCO effective men. These figures are rather larger than the popular idea, but we think the strength of the column has not been overstated—certainly when it is remembered that not lar from 40 000 men have been added since.the late battle, hall of them in Pope’s division, and the other hall fresh troops from camp. We had no idea that in so short a time since the battle General Hoiieek had been able to con centrate such a force, but he has emptied every depot in the West to do it; and the concen trated force now, if rightly handled, must be irresistible against any army Beauregard can concentrate against lL Our lirffiiti i Forrespondeiicc. | [Special Corregpondonce of the Savannah Republican.] Bivouac ni'ar Richmond I May 23d, 1 *O3. ’ j Editor Republican : Here, almost on the sub- j uif>** of the capitol, our troops are d> zing in the genial sunshine of spring, waiting the advent of the “pressure” which was boasted shonld ‘’drive” them to the waff. So slow is it to ap proach, this expression is frequently heard from some yawning backwoods specimen lolling on the green grass about the encampment: “boys, I believe fights is played cut.” Yes, the strong arm of this army now encompasses and swears to defend the cherished seat of tho Confederate government against the beleaguering hordes of the North. The citizens protest against evacu ating it, the soldiers against moving back another step from a foe they are compelled to despise as cowards and hirelings, and the com manders, so rumor goes, have determined to consummate onr destiny litre, if the enemy are so disposed. It is difficult to eonjcctufe what w ill transpire, for McClellan, poor fellow, does not, a* he pretends, confide implicitly in bis Hessian forces. Therefore, if it ba allowed him, by that pressure at the North, which is driving him to the wall, he will continue to practice legerdemain ; it not lie will cast the die here aud read his it weal of success or certain damnation of failure. His scouts hung closely on our heels, dogging every loot step of our movenients ; his gunboats daringly ascended the river, as near as safety would al low, to learn our strength there ; indeed, he has made every effort to know our defenc e and ixaet vulnerability, in-order to hasten to destroy lids tremendous stumbling blcck to his fame. The reporters and spies of his camp have not satisfied his mind or convinced his credulity of tite fact that the rebel Ibaiy were “completely disorganised” by the “rout” from Yorktown. His Yankee sagacity was too keen for such marine narrations as they whispered knowingly in iff* ears, and he chooses to look a little wuy iut.• the state of affairs with his own identical 1 i. ye* and senses. If any thing had been decom posing in the Danish province no nasal function i aie inter to catch the tainted breeze thau the I ‘ Yount/ Napoleon" of Yacke’edom. None of | the feline favorites ever come in the neigbbor | hood of his olfactory nerves and go away witb ; out the contiguity being detected ; in short, he i has, doubtlessly, smelt a rat. No, sir, the san | gu’uary field of Williamsburg taught hint that | he nu t tread hi* way cautiously, or sure de j struction hangs upon iff advised haste. Tbere ; fore, he comes very feelingly to the wall and i pusses the case as g* nil; as possible. But this may not reach you before a bloody battle will be i (ought, for, as I’ve said, the poor fellow has the kt-eu eyed Yankee nation —who have made great premises to the half gulled European powets, —turned upon him. >Soine things go to indi cate a hasty conflict, anti others the delay of an immediate onset, and tite predictions haztrded now are as apt to be untrue as realized. Yes terday evening an eld man drove by our place of bivouac, but halted a moment to say that his ! son had been that morning captured by the ene my’s scouts while absent a short distance from | I home. He lives only seven miles away, which i shows that they are at least this side of the ! Ohickahomiuy. What uews the scouts bring to ! headquarters is not known in relation to the ! enemy’s movements ; but occasionally the ru | mor flies around that he is advancing slowly. I Then, again, it seems improbable that he will I push the conflict here until McDowell is order { ed up to encompass the western, and Bu:n --j side begins operations on the southern side of | onr devoted army. However, a cool determin ation and absolute confidence in our ability to thrash out Yankeedosn, 6eeuis to pervade the army, let them approach as they may, or where they please. Nothing appears to give any uu- I easiness so tongas fuff rations are reeeivtd. For the last few days, that is, since tho army has been in the immediate vicinity of the capi tel, the strictest in itial laws have been pro claimed, to prevent the stragglers from over running the city, as well as to have the full force constantly at their arm3, should any sud den attack be made. Officers as high as Briga dier General.* were halted at the picket posts on the limits of the corporation, and re quired to produce passports from Maj. General Johnston, or report back to their commands. But the chain around the city is not connected so closely that running the blockade was entirely prevented. However, if left to tbs w'il! of the men, the larger portion of the army, careless about the danger impending, would straggle off to the city, crowd the thoroughfare, become an absolute nuisance to the citizens, and tend to completely undiscipline and disorganize any forces. But by this salutary regulation, very few are sharp enough to steal their way into the desired aud tempting spot; and if fortu nate enough to pick through unmolested, some very sly dodging has to be practised to avoid tho guards that infest every corner and block Yet go into the streets, and one is surprLed to observe the number of men in uniform, saun tering about as contentedly as if soldiers’ ap parel only indicated the prevailing fashion, and not the fact that our devoted country was now plunged in a terrible war. Inquire who these lair faces are, and, if you “know the ropes,” you may learn that they are mostly “hospital birds,” allowed to pasa iu this garb because they bear certificates of disability —not able to and i the duty of a soldier—signed by seme sur geou in charge of a hospital ; able to lounge about the streets, throng the theatres at night, steal into holes alter contraband whiskey, and sport fine uniforms on government pay, but not able to go into camp and share the arduous labors of their bravo comrades, who do their own duty and that-of these trifling vagabonds. In spite of all laws, in spite of every effort of the commanders in the field, these dishonest cow ards escape mostly through the instrumentality of surgeons as iguorunl as they are dishonest. Many sport uniforms and escape, God knows haw, that were never in the army, but who in fest the dens —gambling hells —ol the city into which many a po;r fly is enticed and sacked to desperation. Conscript acts mat can force the brave twelve months volunteers, who first rushed to their country’s defence and protec tion, into a service not of their se'ecUon, pass harmlessly over these villains, who are only fit to raise breastworks to shield the truly brave and patriotic men of our army. Avery morti fying picture ia this city, in uoliciufj these would-be soldiers, but who have not the cour age in their hearts to make them men, i* the j fact that most of them are in officer’s uniform, j These men, some of them, ware intended to j control troops, and set salutary examples, but j are found here taking every advantage of an ! an officer’s position,and literally deserting their comrades in the most disgraceful and sneaking ways The privates in the ranks are übjected often to the severest rules, and officers allowed to have the advantage oi every little iiDger ache by which they betake themselves to the pleasant streets of Richmond. Thus another source of dissatisfaction is bred, that would j surely try any other army thau ours. Just now, orders have come to have every- I thing in readiness to move as soon as it may be J required. Oar pickets, it is said, have been j driven in from the direction of Bottom's bridge, due east of this place. It is feared the crisis is near at hand, which must tell the fate of so many brave and valuable men. I’ve not time to write more at present. H. H. P. p_ g. We have been under arms cow since four this evening, and are still required to re main in arms. We will, in ail probability move at day light. P “Bbigadieb” Brow slow.— A Washington despatch to the New 1 ork Times says: “There is a general desire here on the part of Unionists in Washington, that President Lin coln shall appoint Win. G. Browniow a Briga dier General to lead a portion of our army into Knoxville.” Strange to tell, on this proposition North and South strike hands. Snd him on. Letter from (lie Tennessee lUver. Tli-o Enemy’s View of the Situation. [o> rrei-pondence of the Chicago Tribune. 1 Canip Shiloh, May 4. —Artillery firing was heuid in cites front for a short time last evening, and thereat all the camps became con iderably excited, every man expecting that a general en gagement had certainly commenced. The great man of an army does not appear to reason ; with them excitement and passion take its place; and all become animated with hut one idea, either that which they hope for, or that which they dread. For the past few weeks they appear to have settled down to the idea that Corinth would be evacuated without a struggle; ask any officer why this should he, and he could not give you a reason for the opinion that would be worth' a rush to military, or even a man who simply exercised a reasonable degree of common sense. The firing yesterday was caused by a battery of Pope’s artillery shelling a position of the enemy before he made a further advance. His division, or rather the advanced brigade of it, has now reached a position on the Corinth road, via Monterey, some three miles beyond that place, so that bur advance is now within six miles of Corinth. There is yet, however, a good deal to be done before a general action takes j lace, unless, as I have berototore said, it is b ought on by the enemy himself. Oursiege guns must be conveyed to tite front. This is now being done; hut it takes time to move some score of twenty-four, thirty-two and sixty four pounder uns. At least eight yoke of oxen are required to each gun, and the way that chains are snapped iu two, yokes broken, car riages damaged iu the at tiff holes, etc., is a cau tion to teamsters genera ly With regard to a general action, it must be remembered that the country between this point and Coriuth is very thickly wooded and atso intersected by ravines and gullies, for the most part, filled with an undergrowth of timber aftd orn- !>, in itself almost impenetrable to infantry cm:, pi iu Indian file ; anything like deploying in ■ line of battle is out of question, at least unlit the brush is cut away, and a clear space thus prepared. As to cavalry nnnauveriug in such a country, it is utterly impossible. They may be made useful as sc uts upon the roads, aud to a lint led extent in h trrassing an enemy’s rear iu a general retreat, but as to charges in battalions, or otherwise, such arc not to be thought of for a moment. Corinth must there fore be regularly approached, and no doubt it will be regularly defended. Three deserters from the enemy came in yesterday.and were taken to headquarters, They are Pennsylvania men, and oau trom Wisconsin. They confirm ail the accounts 1 have heretofore beard, and in formed yon of in my irtte s, as to the great strength of the place. They say the number of troops there cannot be figured down below oue hundred thousand, aud that the rebels place the figures as high as one hundred and fifty thou sand. They say that the fortifications are from four to five miles in extent, from right to left; that they cousist of siege guns in position, supposed to he twenty-four and thirty-two pounders, some rifled ; that there art also embrasures for fijlu.pieces, bastions, breastworks for infantry, lunettes and niie pits in advance of the whole. There are work* as extensive and formidable as the far l a tried Manassas ; but we are g adually feeling our way toward* them, and indeed are literaliy compelled to do t’.ie latter, as nothing can be distinguished in this county a tnile This feeliDg of cur way can only be done by strong reeonnoissaners, as was the case yesterday. Gen. Pope threw forward a btigade on the Coriuth road beyoud Mtftterey. He found the enemy about live thousand iu num ber, strongly posted at a hamlet dulled Farming 'ton. ( He opened fire upon aud dtove them be fore'him. It was an artillery action principally. We lost fifteen killed and a proportionate num ber wonndtd, while the enemy left thirty dead upon the field and cartied off all their wounded. vVe retain possession of Farmington, and so have advanced another step upon our tediops and perilous journey. Tne obstinacy with which the enemy tints contest the ground, inch by inch, will give some idea of the terrific nature of the grand final struggle to come off within a few days. Our cavalry must number from 10,000 to 15,- 000, say a figure between the two. It is com manded by, from all I have heard of him, a most gallant officer. He is evidently a man of great energy, dash, and of known personal courage. Gen Andrew Jackson Smith chafes under the restraint of his position, and is most eager to do something to bring this heretofore most expensive and nto t useless arm of the servic e into pay if anything can lie doDe with the oree here, I have no doubt he is the man to do it. Were I permitted, I might give you my idea of the way Gen Smitn will employ this force in the coming action ; and that he will employ it effectively, it possible, lam con fident. When the attack in front commences, Gen. Smith will take up his position with at least 10 000 mounted men—the largest force of cavalry ever brought in the field ou this conti nent, and the blow that he will strike, it his men come up to the expectations of their gen eral, will not be the leas effective of the general engagement. With this force of cavalry, over 300 pieces of artillery and 100,000 infantry, surely something worthy of the great army of the northwest will be accomplished. I have seen some two or three that appeared to be Confederate guns, together with a lot of some seven or eight Parrott aud smooth bore guns, lying on the levee. They arc all - piked. This was done either by’ ourselves or the ene my. In either case they have been rendered useless for the present. There is no doubt, then, that the first telegraphic reports ol this battle with which the country was flooded were manufactured out of- whole doth, and that somebody is responsible for them. The ques tion arises, who is that somebody ? The truth is, tite battle of Shiloh was a surprise and de feat to us—a most terrible blow inflicted by the enemy, from which that portion of our army engaged in it has not yet fully recovered. Latest from Vicksburg, We have a copy of the Vicksburg Whig, of yesterday morning. We find particulars and confirmation of our news from there by tele graph. * The following is the official correspondence between the fleet and the authorities of the city. It looks like a fight : U. S. da, near Vicksburg, ) May ISlh, 1862. J To the Authorities of Vicksburg : The undersigned, with orders from Flag Of ficer Farragut and Maj. Gen. Butler respective ly, demand, in advance of tbe approaching fleet, the surrender of Vieksburg and its deltnces to the lawful authority of the United States, under which private property and personal rights shall be respected. Respectfully yours, S. Phillips Lee, U S N , Commanding Advance Naval Division. T. Williams, Brigadier General. Mayor’s Office, ) Vicksburg, Miss., May 18,1862. j To S. Phili ps Lee, Com. Advance Naval Division, U S N.: Your communication of this date, addressed “to the authorities at Vicksburg," has been delivered to me. Iu reply, I will state to you that so far as the municipal authorities are con cerned, we have erected no defences, and none are within the corporate limits of the city. But, sir, in further reply, I will state that neither the municipal authorities nor tbe citi zens will ever consent to surrender the city. Respectfully, L. Lindsey, Mayor. Vick* burg. Miss., May 18, 1863. H. Phillips Lee, Com. Advance Naval Division, U. a. S: : Sir : As your communication of this date is addressed to the “Authorities of Vicksburg,*’ and tnat you may have a full reply to said com munication, I have to state that Mississippians don’t know and refuse to learn how to surren der to au enemy. It C-un. Farragut, or Brig. Gen. Butler can teach them, let them come and try. As to the defences ot Vicksburg I respect fully refer Jxra to the reply of Brig. Gen. Smith, commanding forces at Vicksburg, herewith en closed. Respectfully, Jas. L. Autry, Military. Governor and Commanding Post. Headquarters Defences Vick*burg, ) Ml-s., May 18:h, 1862. f S. Phillips Lee, U. S. N., Commanding Advance Naval DivU on: Sir: Your communication of this date, ad dressed to the “Authorities of Vicksburg,” de manding the surrender of the city and its de fences, have been received. In regard to the i-urrender ol the detenets, I have to reply that having been ordered here to hold these defen ce*, it is my intention to do so as long as it is in my power. (Signed.) M. L Smith, Brigadier General Commanding. Lincoln at Norfolk.—The Richmond Ex aminer has the following item relative to Lincoln’s visit to Norfolk : King Abraham visited Norfolk Monday, the 12th inst. He was received and escorted to the Atlantic Hotel by a miserable Quack Doctor, named Todd, and a drunken oyster man named Gambel. Upon arriving at the Hotel the an nouncement was made that “President Lincoln would receive visitors w ho desired to sue him.” The first man introduced was a dilapidated, cada verous looking individual, named Hill, a sh oe maker. Several other friends of Hill, who had been “smiling,” were also introduced, when Abraham’s first reception in Norfolk ended. TSTO. 25. TELEGEiAJHIO Imiiii mm f A agement Probably Commenced. NORTHERN ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHT ON TAME if RIVER. Seward in Norfolk. Mysterious Disappearance of a \ankee Colonel. Richmond, May 23.—There was sharp tkirmlslilng about seven miles northeast of the city this afternoon. No particulars have been ascertained, except that the enemy was attacked and repulsed with a )os3. The pre vailing pinion is that a general engagement will soon take p'nce. Late Northern papers have been received at the Daily Express office (Petersburg], The repulse of the gun boats on James river had amo:t depressing effect at New York and Philadelphia. It ia regarded at Old Point as a very serious affair. Seventeen men were killed on the Naugatuck by the explosion of a hundred pound Parrott gun. The boat was rendered useless, and was wi hdrawn from the fight. The Galena was riddled by the shot from the reDel batteries. Eighteen shot went through her deck and sides. Fourteen of the crew were killed and thirteen wounded. The killed were terribly cut and mangled ; many be; ond the hope of recognition. The Monitor maintained her superior strength, and invariably the balls g anead harmless from her bow. The Aristaok and Port Royal were not materially in jured. Owing tithe unusual elevation of the rebsl bat’eries, and the difficult} of the gunboats in going within proper range, we were uuable, for a time, to do execution. In the meantime, the rebel battery poured an incessant lire of shot aud shell on the decks of the gunboats, and did a fcariui work. The body of M. Boerum, gunner of the Galena, was carried to Fortress Monroe for interment. Seward and Willis visited Norfolk on Friday. Col. Brown, of the 20th Indiana Regiment 1 , stationed at Portsmouth, went out of town to take a ride. An hour a ter his horse returned wounded and riderless. It is supposed that he was ki'lad by the rebels. There is nothing important from Halleek or McClel lan, and not a word about Mtllroy and Cox. Over live hundred vessels are to sail for Southern ports by the Ist day of June. There have been two hundred clearances for cargoes of ice. Richmond, May 24.— Heavy canortading in the di rection of the skirmish on yesterday, commenced this morning about daybreak, and still continues. No re ports have yet been received. It is now raining fast. Richmond, May 24.—1n the skirmish yesterday, p.m., the Yankees had four pieces of artillery, and the Con federates one piece. The enemy threw a large number of shells, but without damage. A reg ment of Federal cavalry charged our battery, but a few eheiis thrown into their midst, reversed their course, a id they and their artillery fled prec pitately. Richmond, May 24.—A sharp skirmish took place this morning at New Bridge, some distance east of the locality of the other fight. The Bth Louisiana, who were on picket duty at that outpost, were attacked by a largo force of Yankees. The firing continued for several hours. About 40 Confederates were wounded ; none killed. mm ns pi viii! Confederate Victory! Capture of Frout Royal and Winchester. CAPTURE OF THE ENEMY'S COMMISA ti Y AND ORDNANCE SI ORES AT WINCHESTER. Our Loss only 100 Killed and Wounded. Unsuccessful Attempt of the Enemy to Burn Winchester. THE YANKEES COMPLETELY ROUTED! Eiciimond, May 26.—The Examiner has received the following special despatch: “Jackson and Ewell have taken Front Royal an Winchester, having achieved a complete victory, pour thousand prisoaers were taken, and others still coming in. Ali the enemy’s stores were taken at Winchester. Ocr loas one hundred billed and wounded.” The following official despatch was received th morning from Stannton: ) Jack roes entered Winchester on the 2l)th, capturing all the enemy’s commissary and ord nance Btores. The enemy tried to bum the town, but were too closely pursued. We took the Maryland Regiment, the Ist Vermont cavalry, at Front Royal, and 2 000 prisoners at Winchester. Ourlos 100 killed and wounded. Our frees are still la pursuit. The enemy is completely routed. “ S ” Jackson again Victorious tonewall of Arms and Prisoners. Eiciimond, May 26.—Authentic information has been received hereof another victory by Slone a all Jackson, at Front Ko a!, Warren County, Va. The enemy were routed, and a number of arms and prisoners captured. From Vicksburg. Vicksbubo, via Mobile, May 26.—A1l quiet here. Two vessels arrived at the fleet to-day. It is suppos ed that the Yankees; are waiting for reinforcement*. Our men are eager for the fight. Head-Quarters Western Department I Corinth, Miss., May ISth, 1862. ) General Orders, No. 43. I. To do fall justice to the private soldier, who is seldom accorded his meed of praise, and who rarely receives full credit lor his gallant deeds ; and to place him, in this respect, more neatly on an equality with the commissioned officer, the Commander oi the Forces has de termined to distribute a badge of merit, in person, in presence of tbe troops, to every of ficer and every private soldier who shall greatly distinguish himself in any engagement with the enemy. 11. This badge will have inscribed upon it the name of the battle in which it was won During the war it will be a proud testimonial ol tbe wearer’s heroism, and will place his name upon the list of those entitled to promo tion in the army ; when the invader is driven back, and our independence secured it will gloriously prove his title to the gratitude of his countrymen, and to the highest ol civic honors. 111. Commanders of Corps, Divisions, Brig ades, Regiments and Companies will, immedi ately after each engagement, carefully report their bravest men to a military commission, to be appointed for tbe purpose, upon whose re port that their conduct has been pre-oninently brave, they will receive this reward of patriot ism and courage from the hands of their Gener al. G. T. Beauregard, General Commanding. Official. F. 11. Jordan. A. A. G. Anew phase in Yankee Tactics—A Wo man Appointed Major.— The Yankee Govern ment of Illinois has paid a rather unusual com pliment to Mrs. Reynolds, wife of Lieutenant Reynolds, of the 17th Illinois regiment, con ferring on her the appointment of Major. The Peoria (Illinois) Transcript says : Mrs. Reynolds has accompanitd her husband through the greater putt of the campaign, sharing the dangers and privations of a soldier’s life. She was present at the battle of Pittsburg Lauding. Gov. Yates, bearing of her heroic conduct, presented her with a commission as Major in the army, the document conferring the weli-merited honor being made out with due formality, and having attached the great seal of the state. Mrs. Reynolds is now in this city, and leaves to join her regiment in a day ar two. The Last case of Extortion. —“Aonty. what do you ask for buttermilk now ?” said a little newspaper boy to a negro woman named Rose, in the market the other morning. “Dime a glass." “How is that, you used to charge only a picayune." “I know, but feed has raised.” “Oh ! that’s a fact, gras, is higher." The Cincinnati Enquirer ol May 15th, says a hundred and sixty-three Coniederate prisoners had died at Indianapolis.