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XjST IST _A_EL. '
NHturdy Sioruitig. June 7, 18G2.*
i ( ( >t. uidiurd TANARUS, Davis,
" " i ; '- rn, with ti, c|> n uret, that this intrepid
► oulie!, tr- r, ill gentleman, and accomplished
scholar, is at last lumbered with the heroic
dead who ma-.e their names immortal on tIV
haUh li !d at McDowell. The readers of the
Repub '.can will remember him as our corres
pot,dent from Wtstern Virginia over the initi
als “R T. IV-’
Me raised a Company in P..tcam County last
summer and entered service for the war under
Col. Johnson of the 13 h Regiment Ga. Vol
unteers. The Regiment was sent to Western
1 rgicia, and have undergone as much hard
ship and privation as any in the service, beside
living gone through the trials of three batiks,
tho lust one being at McDowell.
Capt Davis there received a mortal wound in
his lelt arm. Me was removed to Staunton,
where, for a time,'strong hopes were entertain
ed of his recovery. From the promptings of
his generous nature, to give to friends at hr me
reliable intelligence of the fate of those intrust
ed to his Immediate command, he penned his
Ja-t-commuiiicalion to tile Republican oh a bud
of -.‘suffering WV ioin with. Ada nr.meriih*
■ friends in the lamentation which the death ol
■ this noble patriot has spread throughout his
ratlve St*e.
Particular Notice.
The Yankees will not take Savannah except
with a force which they have brought to bear
against no other city. Yet, to satisfy many
anxious friends at a distance, we assure them
that the capture, or surrender of the city, would
ctuse no suspension of the Republican. We
have made arrangements to continue its pub- I
Itculion in any event.
Jjgf" I® l resuming tile duties of bis post, tire
Editor would acknowledge in this public way
the very able and faithful services of bis friend,
lion. Thomas M. Norwood, to whose kindness
the readers o! the Republican are indebted for
the very acceptable edit r'ai labors that have
graced its columns for tie l.i-t two weeks. As
their representative, ana lor curst-lves, we ten- ,
der him sincere thanks, and that in spite of
the frieudly liberty be took with our private
affairs iu our absence, and in such enigmatical
language as to leave the careless leader really
in doubt whether we were dead or alive! We
wish it distinctly understood that we “ still
live,” aid, If with greater respous.bili y, we
trust with nobler, belter aims than belore.
For the many friendly congratulations and
kind wishes of our editorial brethren aud
others who have addressed us special lclteis to
give expression to their feelings, we can only
say, that while the former are fully deserved,
the latter shall be gratefully r mem ered.
Eleventh Georgia. Battalion.— This bat
tdion was organized at Grillin by the election
of Jack Brown, Esq ,of Talbotton, Major. It
comprises the following companies: Rockett
Volunteers. Capt. G. J. Harris, of Macon ; Jack
Browu’s of Marion; Capt. Collins’ Company,
of Washington; Capt. E. Cain’s, from Han
cock; Capt. M. G. Bass', Fort Gaines ; Certain
Greys, Capt. Fickling, from Taylor ; and one
or two other compau.es are to J >in. The bat
talion, says the Macon Te'cgraph, will be raised
to a regiment, aud as will lie seen by adver
tisement, has been furloughed to 15th June, at
which time it will rendezvous at Macon. Most
of t v .e companies composing tlie battalion have
already teen a year’s-service, and whether iu
the field as a regiment or battalion, the corps
will have no superiors and f, w equals from this
State, __ _
•Hsnk-:- fin <’ Ft tiff Whin lias If come Of
title formidable arniauda ? Tills is a question ol
Considerable interest, just at this moment, and
no one seems able to answer it. The Wilming
ton Jiiufnul stated, some ten day sago, on “good
authority,” that it had departed from New
bern, where it had been riding at anchor and j
scourging the neighborhood lor a series of
weeks. A few days after the Journals an- |
n mneement, a licet of forty sail was seen < tf |
Charleston, passing southward, and it was
supposed, destined lor Savannah. Up to this
time, however, we have had no unusual naval
demonstration in our waters. Our conclusion
is that Burnsides is making his way still farther
south, perhaps to Mobile
Tim Hkko Jackson. —A contemporary,
speaking of the gallant chieftain in Western
Virginia, says; Although known as ‘‘Old
Stonewall,” he is but 30 years of age. lie en
joys excellent health, in slender in ligure, active
in his movements, and possessed of that indoor
liable spirit and unconquerable energy, which
enabled Napoleon to cross the Alps, and which j
laughs at difficulties that to some men appear j
Insurmountable.
Impobtant Improvement. —We are pleased !
to see that a railroad connection has just been j
completed between the Central and the Gulf !
road depots. The line runs through the centre I
of Liberty street, and the room be’tig ample, |
no inconvenience will be occasioned loourcil- ;
teens. The advantages gained in the transpor- I
tatiou ot heavy Heights, such as engines, I
ordnance, machinery. Ac., wilt be incalculable. !
Caution to Planters —The Macon Telegraph
says: *’We have, been requested to caution
planters not to turn their stock into wheat or
oat li Ids affected with the iu<t or mildew. It
has already provtd fatal to stock in several in- J
stances. I attlo owners should heed this warn- !
log. The South, tor at h ast this vmr, cau lily
afford to lose bet f cattle.”
A correspondent ot the Atlanta Confederacy,
writing Horn Shell Mound, under date of the
80. b ult , states that Gen. Mitchell recently sent
a train ot lour hundred wagons loaded .with
cotton, from Huntsville to Shelbyvilic, and
thence by railroad to Nashville.
Gen. Lawton has called Colonel U, W. Lee,
commanding the military post ot Atlanta, to
Savannah, as the withdrawal of Gen Mercer
leaves Col Lee senior t tH.-er of tne brigade.
Col. E P. Watkins has been placed in command
at Atlanta.
A man was arrested in Tennessee a few days
since for lying—circulating false reports. It
the authorities in this section ol country should
determine to arrest men for such causes, it
would b. come necessary to enlarge our prison
accommodations
Suicide op K, P. Christy —Edward P. Chris
ty, the great n gro uu iodlst, committed suicide
on the 2lst ult., in New York. He was in his
forty-eighth year, and ha.l accumulated a large
fortune.
N. tick —Those having cie.att cotton or linen
rags to spare, will confer a favor ou the sick
soldiers, by sending them .forthwith to this
office. *
A Northern account authoritatively reports
five white men accompanying the negroes who
went off with the steamer I'bisler, from Charles
ton.
Ihe \\ i uiiuguiu Jauih<t learns that there
vre:o two adus, relative* ot Capt. M.-tfi:, on
board the steamer Gonio* when she was cap
tured off that port,
PeSK-iTo Houi„ Ikomutbo— 1,1 the
caeooy vorp- os Sa.iUn 1. ght l> g00,.* a -e
Ten primers Iron, the A.a al „,ti lT Al
reewu rv o r ga* r.of the uino of
them were promoted, as lo.low- : v •.,,, am A
P• Bassett (tor cveral year* tort-mar, ot the\-,.
pi-ai office ; Ist Lit uteuant, J 11 Albrecht • 3I
Lieutenant, John T. Lawler.— Memphis Ap^i'
1 he ftHnatlun.
The prospect brightens everywhere, except
in the department, of the Mississippi. There
matters look very like Beatiregird’s delays itsd
reduced a great and noble army, to the, sad al
ternative of seeking their safely by fa'lirig hack
or fiying before the advances of the enemy.
We would not criticise bar lly but this lying
idle and inactive week a’ter w.-ek in front ot a
i .ifoe whom be declared Us atdlity to meet and
| defeat, and at the same time allowirg that foe
gradually to advance upon our position,
strengtheiiirg himself with fortificati we every
foot of his march, uutil be at last stands with
in shelling distance of our camp, looks to us
like anything else than that bold and Impetuous
generalship demanded by the exigencies ol our
condition. As our correspondent says, there
is now no alternative save a defeat or a retreat.
At least it looks so from this distant P >int of
observation, though we shall be most happy to
know that we arc wrong. In Beauregard’s own
time and convenience, and in his own way, we’
shall knoSr the result.
The news from Virginia presents quite a con
trast. There officers and soldiers seem to be,
alive, and fully up to the requirements of our
condition. Oar telegraphic column contains
particulars, so far as they have been allowed to
transpire, of a general arid desperate engage
ment In tbe neighborhood of the tJhiekahomi
cy river,-and but a few miles from Richmond-
At the hour we write ©ur intelligence brings
the fight up to nigbUa’l, on 'Saturday, wjn-n
everything seemt-d to be progressing favorably
for the Confederate arms. The .enemy had
been driven .back more than a tnile Irom bis
qrigial jjffritiifltt audio Li* retrPM lmmac-sfr.rai.
ol his Iratteries. Tbe fight is represented as
most sanguinary and defiant on both sides, and
the roll ot the dead and wounded will probably
be fearful. We shall probably hear further de
tails, and the result of yesterday’s contest
before going to press. We cannot affrrd to
lose the fight, and we feel sure our brave troops
will ktiow and act upon the fact.
The presence of Buell in that quarter takes
all by surprise, and we argue from it that their*
great dirt-digging Napolean, McClellan, has
found something important to look after in sn
ot tier portion of fits department.
But nowhere on the theatre of war does tbe
bow of promise so completely span the sky, as
the mountain region of Virginia, where that i
dashing leader, “Stonewall Jackson,” is win
ning laur. Is for liis own brow, and indepen
dence for bis country. A series of brilliant suc
cesses ha* marked evety step of his progress.
The legions of Lincoln have fled before his vic
torious columns like sheep before an army of
wolves, and we have pretty strong grounds for
the belief, that bis entire force is now safely on
tlie Maryland, shore of tbe P. tomac. These U
something practical iu the movements of this
tnan, and we begin to hope (or a real zition of
tbe fruits of an agressive war. Jackson once
firmly seated in Maryland, the Federal line of
the Potomac, long so formidable, becomes a
thing of tlie past. Should the enemy fall back,
as they are bound to do or leave Washington to
fall into our hands, we shall not envy them with
Johnston’s cavalry and flying artillery iu their
rear.
Great events may be expected within the next j
few days, and tbe public will await the result
with breathless expectation.
Tbe following speculations on the probable
programme of the campaign in Virginia, will he
read with interest. We clip thorn from a late
number of the Richmond Wh’g :
Richmond and Washington. —lt would ap
pear Irohi events in another quarter, and a lack
of them here, that it was a part of General
Johnston's plan to siraw McClellan’s army
gradually to a point near Richmond, while, at
the same time, General Jackson, in the Valley,
decimated the army ol Banks, and by menac
ing Washington to place the grand army of the
Confederacy in the vantage ground here. These
operations, whether carried out imlepeuden ly
or cot jointly, have proven a success, it would
st em, both occurring in their details almost
simultaneously. With tlie evacuation of'York
town and bat'.le of Williamsburg ou ihe Penin
sula, J <ekson commenced his masterly descent
i-i.ot.he Valley; with the evacuaWou of Nor
folk Jackson made another telling stroke: aud
with tne taking up- o(f the prfSent position of
General Johnston’s army on liHbCtiicknhominy,
Jackson "doubled” again and defeated tbe
enemy at Front Royal, following it up with tlie
capture of Winchester and the enemy’s stores.
Lea* Ilian three weeks ago there were not
5 000 Federal troops at Washington or its de
leaves south of the Potomac. Washington
threatened from the east would rentier tlie im
mense fortifications on Arlington Heights val
ueless, while on- tbe east there are no defences
whatever, not even a redoubp Tlie distance
from Wlnehtster to Washington, in a direct
line, via Leesburg and Alexandria, is less thin
fifty miles, attainable in twenty-foOr hours by
a toreed march, such as no one knows better
how to accomplish than tlie hero ot Kerns
town, Front Royal and Winchester. We know
nothing ot the intentions of the two distin
t-uisfu and geuerals of the Confederacy who have
conducted this strategy through its various i
movements to its present, amt.it may be pro
vidential consummation, but simply recall the
coincidental events as they have occurred.
Our Army Correspondent.
Tbe Mobile Advt rtixer, of the 38th ult., thus
announces the arrival of “P. W. A.” in that
ciiy:
P. W. Alexander, Esq. —We were pleasr and to
welcome to our sanctum yesterday, Mr. P. W.
Alexander, for some mouths past our attentive
and able correspondent with the Army ot the
Mississippi, writing over the signature I “P.
\V. A.” Mr. Alexander is a native of Georgia,
has long been connected with tlie Southern
press, and was some years ago the editor of the
Savannah Republican. Oar readers who came
to look w ell such interest lor his well known
signature and lelt such confidence in Ills state
ments, will deeply tegret with us that unfore
seen cireunistaueus have deprived us Ot lus
valuable services at Corinth, where, indeed,
under the hard order just published, no news
eorrespondclit would at present be ot any value,
it tolerated at all. Mr. A. is en route to his home
in Georgia, (ml we trust lie will tind'someottier
field tor the use of his accomplished pen, for
itm press and the country cannot afford to let
! it long remain idle.
j We would Male, lor the information of our
1 readers, that the services of Mr. Alexander will
j uoi be wholly lost *o the Republican under the
j recent order of Genual Beauregard. On re
j ceiving l.is despatch, \ immediately telegraph
ed him at Mobile to retur.- to some point with
out the Urn s, but as near llu Confederate camp
as might be allowed, and there continue his la
bors as best he can. Should a general engage
ment be brought on—ot which appearances in
spire great doubt—the motive for secresy will
have passed away, nnd he will probably be al
1-wed to collect details and lorward them as
usual.
Such is our present arrangement, and we
hope nothing will occur to defeat It.
The News from Vikcinix.— Oar latest des
patches authorize the belief that a great victory
has crowned the Coalederatc arms tu Virginia.
When the disasters of the day shall have been
summed up, we will probably have to record
one of the most sanguinary struggles ou re
cord. The entire people of the South will look
forward with painful anxiety to the publication
of details, bit as all cot respondents are exclud
j ed from the camp, we shall probably wait long;
even weeks may elapse ere we shall known
j who among oar (fiends have fallen in the fight.
[ Many may be overlooked altogether iu the ex
: panded field of blood, and after all, however
; gallant may be the conduct and terrible the
sacrifice of troops front distant States, tip- Rich
i mood papers being the nearest at baud, past
experience justifies the belief that we shall havt
! reported to the world a I victory.
The Potomac Crossed. — The Richmond
■ Etammcr, ot the SCLh ull., says : Intelligence
received in official quarters yesterday leaves no
doubt but that the line of the Potomac has at
last been crossed, and that a portion of General
Jackson’s command Is now at Williamsport, in
Maryland. The army having been once mobil.z
ed, is in a condition to make rapid marches. 1.
is reported that in RaLLaore liter* were rtcect
ly but three thousand Federal troops, and
scarcely as mtny in Washington and vicinity.
Further news limp General Jackson’s command
i will be anxiouslj^expecied.
SA-TTTIR/IDjfiL?, JTJISTIE 7, 1862-
Tits Confederate Mains nnd Foreign
Nations—Our Polit y tvi<s> Itejrard to
Cotton.
We prop w, :i“ brolly us muy be, to discuss
these questions as they are presented to us un
der tlie present aspect, of our relations with the
two great political and commercial powers of
Europe.
It is tall ttm <: the Confederate Government
should take into earnest consideration the pro
priety nnd -importance of making certain dis
criminations in its dipl mitic relations, be
tween those countries in Europe which, from
the situation of their owu domestic affairs, and
the nature of their own interests are naturally
the foes, and those which &>r the same reasons
are naturally the friends of the Southern Con
federacy. That there are countries who arc
tints intrinsically the foes of our interests, the
events of the past year’s diplomacy, and a close
study of thestifj°ct, will, we believe, convince
any enquirer who pursues bis investigations in
the extended, searching and philosophical man
ner demanded by the importance of the subject.
We are satisfied that such an enquiry will
convince any reasonable mind, that our gov
ernment, our people, and our representatives
abroad, have made grave mistakes in their cal
culations upon the action of governments
across the Atlantic From the very incipiency
of this revolution it was the confident expecta
tion of nine-tenths of our people, that the
cotton interests of England would not only
induce her to break any blockade the Federal
Governn ent might establish, but with htsarmy
and navy interpose direqtly to preyenUmy dis
-twj-h&oee to growth of that sfejSftT* TTwifS"
said, that between England as the manufacturer
of cotton, and ourselves as its producers, there
was a close sympathy and natural alliance
which would bring her at once to the rescue.
It was said that there was not only an absolute
community of interest between herself and us,
but of sympathy also—that she hated the North
as her great manufacturing and commerei 1
rival, and loved us as her most va'ued and prof
itable eustomer and client These and simi
lar declarations Ml from almost every lip, were
reported in our public journals, and by our
public speakers, and manifestly formed the
basis of that faith in the early reeogn’tion and
assistance of England, which seems to have
deluded our government, as well as our people,
from the very beginning.
It was at first said, that En.'lar.d would im
prove the earliest movement of secession to in
di -ate this fondness and regard, and give us as
surance of alliance and support. 'A hen she
failed to do this it was explained that her char
acteristic prudence induced her to conceal her
real purposi s, until a pressure for cotton would
give her an excuse before the world for execu
ting her designs in our favor, which was prom
ised to accrue by the Ist of April, 1861. It was
then positioned to Ist of June, then to July, to
August, to S ptember, and so on, until more
than thirteen weary months of expectation and
trial have rolled around, and what is her atti
tude, now ? Where her promised sympathy,
her certain recognition, her armed intervention?
Like an ignis falniis it has lured us on from
month to month —deluding us with the hope of
speedy succor—preventing us from that whole
some preparation, that but for It would have
been made, until, at this late day, it has landed
us in another veritable Slough of Despond.
Like tlie tabled apple of Sodom, the traits of
English aid, which looked so fair and tempting j
'n the distance, have turned on our lips to dust J
and bitter ashes, leaving us a thousand fold |
worse off than if their terrible delusions had |
never been entertained. That we have made a
fair record of these hopes and their results, we
appeal to every intelligent reader ; and to his
judgment also we appeal, whether it is not high,
time to draw lessons of wisdom from our un
fortunate experiences—to examine whether we
had ever’any just reason to hope for this aid ;
and further to examine whether, instead of
being the natural friend of the interests and in
stitutions of this Confederacy, she is not in
-Irins'~rally their most bitter, determined and
.dangerous foe ? To see whether,, to eairy-cwi •
her own selfish purposes, to gratify the cravings
of her own inordinate greed, she has not resolv
ed to nse every means in her power to destroy
the one, and extinguish thebther?
Such a suspicion would certainly seem to be
justified, not only by tier stand! ng and evasive
course during this straggle for Southern Inde
pendence, but by an observation ot her course
for the past tlurd of a century, and an examina
tion into her aims an 1 interest at the present
period. To consider this matter rightly, we
must look upon it in a comprehensive and
philosophic view, and far beyond the present,
into the interminable future. We have asserted,
and most of us believe, that the American cot
ton belt —all of which lies in the Southern Con
federacy—holds a virtual monopoly of the Cot- ;
ton culture for tbe entire globe. The compre
hensiveness of this proposition, is not general
ly understood. Instead of its being confined to
a cn’tnre worth two or three hundred millions
dollars annually, as it is at present, it must be
calculated for one worth nearly ten times that
amount, as it will be, when the peculiar cheap- [
ness and adaptability of cotton, as an article of
human nse and raiment, brings up the average
consumption of the world to the present average
of Great Britain and France. This monopoly
is now attacked, and is doomed, we fear, in the
early coming years.,to be subjected to an ordeal
more severe titan has been generally imagined.
We believe that England, that wisest, most sel
fish, and most unscrupulous nation the sun
ever shone upon, has long forseen, and fully
fathomed the importance of the cotton ques
tion. It is the early aud extended development
of her coal and iron, and the manufactures in
cident thereto that has made that nation what
she is—the Factory, tlie Storehouse, and Bank
ing-house of the entire gl be ; that has made
every nation and every people contributors to
her prosperity ; tba’ has built u.i and sustained
a Navy through which she has commanded
every sea ; a military power whose reveille each
moment greets the sun in its diurnal rouud,
and a dominion ou which its beams never set.
To these iron and coal interests which have
made England so great, so rich, nnd so power
ful, the necessities of the world have added that
of manufactured cotton. The importance ol this
manufacture she seems, as before i-aid, to have
long foreseen and fully fathomed. With a vision
sharpened by her inordinate selti-hness, she
saw that tho cheapness with which cotton could
be grown, would in time introduce it among all
tribes aud peoples. She looked upon it then,
not as supplying a small part of civilizition
ouly, but every nation—not as a matter of two
or three hundred millions anna illy, but two or
three billions. She bad, if not a monopoly of
raw materials in other manufactures, al least I
an independence of supply; whereas in this j
great matter she had neither, but wts most ut- |
lerly dependent on the exigencies of American
cultivation.
This complete dependence in a matter of such
vital importance—so lull of wealth, power and
prosperity on one hand, and of ruin, total and
absolute in- the other—was as ebefing to her
hangh-y pride as it was alarming to ber selfish
ness. So long as it was continued, every ad
vance step in cotton manufacture was attended
with haztrd; and if it was extended equally
with the luture requirements of the world, a
los of supply irom war, from failure of crops,
Irom whim of the grower, or any other of a
score of contingencies, would burl every inter
est connected with that manutacture to com
plete aud irretrievable ruin ; whereas, i; Eng
land, on the contrary, could raise an independ
ent supply from her colonies, she wouid be
relieved of these contingencies; and if she
could so manage a* to break down this etiHiva
tion in ether countries, she could add me
monopoly of supply to tbe. mor.opMy ot manu
facture, aud ensure to herself, ana for all lime,
a pxawer vastly greater than even hcrselt tad
ever before wielded—a powet commanding the
commercial sympathies of the whole world—
and tie to herself, by the strong bonds of in-
tercst, every mu inn, people, ami pntK on the
‘ bvitr.t'Hil.”
Tlii- iv. 1- evidently tliv view England took of
the colon qitcsiii.ii. This was vi.icnlly the
importance she Hat lied to it. No nation on
earth ever ha a more pungent motive to do
[crtidiii* its Rc'i no if England’s dependence
on Ameiica for • oHon continued, sba; was sub
jected to tlie tu ml <>f constant and complete
ruin—a I nzird, too, increasing as the cow mnp
tioti ol eft ton increased throughout Aha- whole
world. It she rould raise from hetf own colo
nies any considerable amount of cotton, she
would not, only be relieved of this tenable haz
ard and dependence, but could iu a great, mea
sure dictate the p>riee of the staple; while if
she could break up American cultivation by
any means, or through any sacrifice, she could
ensure to herself a domination eh extensive
with the universe—a power nO nation has ever
yet possessed. There was everything that was
chafing and hazirdotts on omrside, !|rd every
thing that was proud and positive%|the ether.
It was a question whether EngV>B<j>% to be
ruled by our nation, or .wbettqr she, through
Ibis immense power, should virtuJijjy rule all
nations ; and she determined—long ago deter
mined—to secure certainly ark independence,
and if possible, a monopoly of coffAn supply.
We shall continue the vubject to-morrow.
Tin Yl’iir and It Probable Jlule of
Termination.
The folio wirgjrXiraet of a priva'dletter, from
an old friend, who is a-good- i.biaikcrofft! close
obsetver of events, is w;orthy of iMFfdeFrtgidltig
than that fur which it'yyo%HS<£n4e(jJlfcliss> Will
pTcasc Excuse the liberty we take in givfPg-Tl
the public :— [Ed. Rep.
“Atlanta, May 2+, lS(i2.
“3/?/ Dear
* * * ■' • >
“What do you think of the present condition
of affairs, now that we have concentrated our
forces, and drawn the enemy from that element
on which we have allowed him unquestioned
superiority? On land he has confessed our
supremacy by bis gunboat and big guns appli
ances. His constant dread ol nieeline us with
anything like an equality of foice isacon’ession
of inferiority, which will be properly interim— i
ted in Europe. How infinitely, too, do the
Yankees fall short of ns in those moral quali
ties which, with physical aud pecuniary resour
ees, make up the real streng-h nf nations
Their mendacity, want of good faith, vulgar
manners, and tricky policy, constitute what is
deemed a coarse despotism. Butler’s orders, at
New Orleans, are benefiting the Southern Con
federacy' more than victories. I consider his j
order, with regard to the women of Ni w Or- !
leans, the blending of the savage and the beast, |
as worth to us 20 000 men at the approaching
engagement at Corinth la it not the imitation,
on a lower scale, of the Austrian Hanati ? How
can it be construed iu any other sense than as
an invitation to bis lewd soldiery to indu’ge
their lusts, if a New Orleans woman treats them
with slight and contempt ?
“What do you think of the fight fry gunboats
near Memphis ? It is no long, r iron versus can
non balls, bnt cotton versus shot and shell.
This has given another direction to naval de
fenses. Gen. Jackson itiaugurtrted it in the
defense of New Orleans, and it is to be regret
ted that the example had not been followed in
the recent defense of that city. A few gun
| boats, whose sides were protected by cotton,
would have done the enemy more mischief than
their five miles of fortifications. Why cannot
this material be used with effect in the defense
of Mobile, Charleston and Savannah? I am of
opinion that the naval fight under Capt’. Mont
gomery will excite almost as much astonish
ment as th it between the Virginia aud the Mon
itor.
“The powers of Europe are, at least, being
aroused to the perils of their situation. What
the misery of their own impoverished opera
tives could not effect, the interests of the pro
prietors of the mills, their employers, will be
sure to biirg about. When they hear that cot
urn. is dcstroiusl.. baleajggp,
government will awake from Itfufcati.jjpf that
a civil war can be prosecuted among a people,
who are not only the consumers of their rnanu
faetnres, but tlie producers of that material that
is essential to their production, without involv
ing their people in loss and ruin. What form
the interference will take is the next considera
tion. The English and French papers speak of
moral mediation, leaving the inference that if
this fail, material mediation will follow.
“I ean see no other conclusion titan this, that
the med’ators must become the arbitrators, in
a great measure, of the dispute. The quest ion
of the manner or mode of deciding the question
of the Border States will have to be left to
third parties, for how can one party, wiio
claims them qs parts of the old Union, and the
other party, as properly belonging to the new
Confederacy, decide their point oi controversy?
A reference to an impartial umpire seems in
dispensable Aud how can it he decided on
oilier principles, in conformity witli acknowl
edged dogmas of republican government, than
by popular suffrage of a majority of the regu
larly constituted voters in each of those Border
States ?
* But this admitted, involves tbe determina
tion of indemnity for territorial possession, in
the absence of territorial equivalents. If tbe
Yankees claim a money indemnity for there- ,
linquisbment of those parts of the Confederate
territory they have captured, the Confederates, (
not having captured any of theirs, the answer
is ready that rn association of Confederate
States, such as existed under the Federal con
stitution, implies the separate integrity of each
as much as the acknowledgment of the separate
sovereignty of each, in determining whether
one or more of the States will remain in the
old Union or the new Confederacy. To render
this obvious, suppose Eastern Tennessee shou’d |
be conquered by the Yankees, aud they make
the condition ot its surrender a money if not a
territorial indemnity, how is it to be decided
whether Tennessee should remain a part of the
old or the new Union, unless her territory ex
isted in its entirety ? The some may he said of
any other State where a division exists. Sup
pose the city of Baltimore or the town of New
born should wish, the former to dc’ach itself
from Maryland, and the latter from North Caro
lina,how tumid the question he decided whether
one or the other of these States should he mem
bers of the old or the new Confederacy, unless
there was a revolution of the territory belong
irg to each, which had been temporarily dis
severed hv enr quest ? To that, this question of
territorial indemnity or equivalents stands on a
quite different footing, where the princitile of
state sovereignty implied in a vote of the whole
. voting population, to what it would in any
j other part of the world, where this principle is
| not formally or impliedly admitted, and where
the doctrine of indemnity in money or land is
required as an equivalent for the relinquish
ment of conquests. This opens some curious
questions, which it is not a little remarkable
should have to be decided by foreign govern
ments, among othtrs, whether States confeder
ated can commit rebellion?
“Yours ever, “C.”
i Sickness is Ualleck’s Army—A recent
j letter troiu Hatieck’s army sajs : “The coudi-
I ti *u of the old camps, abandoned by the ad
j vancing troops, is truly horrible. The stench
| from decayed animal matter, refuse of all kinds,
| old sinks left open, &e., impregnates the air
; tor miles around Iu passing’ through the ra
Vines,especially where tbe and ad bodies lie par
j tially interred, the smell is absolutely overpow
ing. It was well for the troops that they were
removed, as the increase of mortality would
! otherwise have been tearful. Still there is an
I ex raordinary amount ot sickness in the armv
iH > s Absolutely melting away Irom it. My
estimate of 9 (XX) sh k in a iotmer letter, i> con
sidered too low. it is attested there are tullj
i twenty five per ecu', more ihin this number
Diarrbcea ana typhoid tev r r appear to be the
p i evading diseases—.V Y. Herald, 24th vU.
m - T. hmiihsoo, tbe Washington City
banker, w hom the Yankees threatened to hang
lor the punishment of Webster, the spy has
been released from Fort Laiayeue. ’
MY (‘OftBESPONDENCE
Or the Savannah Republican.
Aumt op the Mississippi, i
a Corinth, May 26th. )
1 ills is the last letter I shall be able to send
yon from this point. Gen. Beauregard has is
sued an order, requiring ail newspaper and
other public correspondents to retire from the
army. This step has been taken in consequence
of the alleged indiscretion of one of tbe cor
respondents of the Memphis Appeal , who writes
over the signature of “Sparta.” No complaint
has been made of any thing I have written, or
of the letters of other writers Irom the army.
On the contrary, the letters of some of us have
been referred to frequently, by persons high in
authority, in terms of warm commendation,
and information of interesting character has
been voluntarily imparted to us that it might
be laid before the public. And yet all of us
alike, the innocent as well as the guilty, are
made to suffer for the sins of one man.
It is believed by some that General Beaure
gard has been induced to issue this unjust and
tyrannical order by General Bragr, the most
waspish officer in the army, or by someone ot
the qWamLof gaudy butterflies who ba-k in the
sunl'ght tn his presence—many of whom are
volunteer aids or officers whose merits have not
been duly appreciated by the independent
writers of the day. The truth is, the characters
to whom I allude, a*e tbe bane of the army.
There is hardly a general officer in the service
who is not surrounded by a multitude of volun
leer aids, with whip and tjuoyO-liC latest style
of rf3Tnin wito TOlfevrtfilr"
chiefs like the tail of a comet, and who, though
ornamental, are seldom useful. For tlie most
part, they are young men who have wealthy
parents, and who have not the patriotism to
enter the ranks and perform the duties of a
true man and a soldier. They are pert, insolent
and impudent; they ride flue horses with gay
trappings, use an immense amount of gold lace,
swear like a trooper, and render themselves
g -ntrally disagreeable and r.diculous. This is
true not only of volunteer aids, but of many
officers whose heads have been turned by their
Middea elevation, and who think they are re
quired to ixt-rcise their power every liouriu the
day, li st somebody forget what “mighty men of
vain” they are. These characters are generally
known, in the army, by tbe vulgar but expres
sive name ot “squirts.”
General Beauregard, nevertheless, is respon
sible for the order to whieh I have alluded, and
will so be held by the c >uuiry and by the his
torian.
Tbe freedom of the press, though guarantied
by the fundamental law of the land, exists only
in name. Tlie military authorities have for
some time claimed and exercised the right to
inspect all telegraphic despatches, ami to pro r
dibit liieir transmission over the wires unless
they were such as they saw fit to approve.—
Every telegram I have sent you since my return
to this place, had first to be submitted to tbe
Adjutant-Gmeral, without whose approval the
operators in the telegraphic office dare not send
it. Not content with this imitation of the Lin
coln government, they now issue a peremptory
order, completely closing the door against all
knowledge of the operations ot tlie army, and
in effect destroying the newspaper press of the
country. Will the people submit to this un
warrated stretch of potter? Ought they to
submit to it ?
A few short months ago Generals Beauregard
and Bragg were condemning the Northern des
potism tor the very thing they are now doing.
The Federal Government was guilty of the out
rage of starching the house of the citizen with
out, due process of law, suspending the writ of
Habeas Corpus, seizing private property, des
troying the liberty of the citizen, and exercis
ing a surveillance over the Press, w Inch amount
ed to a virtual denial of ail freedom of thought
and speech. The military authorities of the
Confederate States are following fast in tlie
footsteps of the infamous tyranny that lords
itrovor an enslaved people beyond tbe Potomac,
and that now seeks to subjugate its to its ruin
ous rule. We had hoped it would never be said
of us, as it his been of our en- tnies, that free
dom was incompatible with success, and that
to achieve our liberties, we must first become
slaves.
Tbe cornp aint against the correspondent of
the Appeal relates to a tel grain which he sent
to that paper. Before the telegram was sent, it
was submitted to the acting Adjutant-General
of the army, and b> him approved. If blame
attaches to any one, therefore, it is the Adju
tant, whose duty it was locxpuuge all news of
a contraband clutracter.
lam glad to say the order of expulsion is
universally condemned by tlie army. I have
not met with a single individual, officer or sol
dier, outside of the “charmed circle” alluded to,
who approves of the proceeding. It is every
where looked upon as a blunder, which, like
Banquo’s ghost, will return in life aud in his
tory to plague the authors of it.
When I came to Corinth, tlie first thing I did
was to call upon the Aaiutant r General of the
array, who gave me permission to visit the
camps and to pass in and out eff our lines with
out let or hindrance. 1 expressed a desire to be
placed upon a military footing, to be allowed
access to such orders and despatches as it was
proper to publish, and to be held responsible
for my conduct like other men in the army. He
courteously granted my request, and until his
recent illness everything went on smoothly and
pleasantly. But unfortunately, it became ne- (
Cessary some days ago lor Gen. Jordat. (the Ad
jutant-General) to go into the country on ac
count of sickness. Had lie been at bis post. I
have no idea that such an order as that com
plained of, would ever have‘been issued. He
is a soldier, a scholar and a gentleman, and his
department is conducted with singular ability
and courtesy.
When a correspondent or other persoD in the
army transgresses any of tl*e rules adopted for
its government, it is proper that he should be
punished ; but there is no reason why the inno
cant should be made to suffer, and especially
the people who have been lavish of their means
and their blood in support cf our cause. This war
is the people’s war. Their sons and brothers make
up the army, and their means, and theirs alone,
support and maintain it. And shali they
not be allowed to know anything that is trans- |
piring within that army ? When their sons are >
maimed or slain in battle, shall they be d<nied
the poor privilege of seeing a list of the killed
and wounded ? Is the army to be a scaled book
to the country ? Even in despotic France and
monarchical England, literary men Lave been
encouraged to accompany their armies, and to
write free!y of ihtir movements; but it has
been reserved for free (?) America alone to place
a muzzle upon the Press.
Personally, 1 care nothing for the order. On
the contrary, I am glad of an opportunity to
return to my home in dear old Georgia. Bat I
do regret its promulgation, on account of the
army, and the t.leeding hearts at home, and
General Beauregard himseif, whom I have sup
ported aud defended lor the last twelve
months with whatsoever ability I possessed,
and that, too, at times when I believed bis
course at least questionable.
Without the aid of the women, the Pulpit
and the Press, the revolution in which we are
engaged would long ere this have proved a la
mentable failure. I, who have done least of all
the writers from the army, ean say this without
presumption. This fact is patent to al! the
world, except the arr gant and siily officials in
the civil and military service of the Govern
ment. And yet a “ puff” a* long as your finger
would purchase from many of them permission
to do and say almost what you please.
The truth is, a blunder was committed at
Corinth on Thursday last, when the army
, marched out to attack the enemy, without
haying first made proper reconuoissances. The
movement was a failure, and it is now feared
that the time has passed for attacking the ene
my, whose position Ins been rendered next to
impregnable. The obnoxious iu the
Memphis Appeal did not reach bcnjhntil alter
the movement had failed, and until after tlie
cnctny had been made aware of it. Any at
tempt, therefore, to saddle any part of the
blame upon tlie correspondent in question is
both ut just and diserigenuous. A scape-goat
is wanted, however, and this writer has an
swtred tlie occasion. Unfortunately, General
H illeck does not look to tho Confederate press
for his ■information of our movements. Spies,
dressed in the garb of citizeus, enter and leave
our lines without mucb difficulty, and deser
tions from the twelvemonths’ regiments from
the disaffected portions of Tennessee, are not
unfriquent. Ia this way Ilalfeck receives al
most a daily reporl of our movements.
1 have written thus plainly, not from any
want of respect for Gen. Beauregard, whom I
estci m as one of the most loyal aud unselfish
men of any country or ago, but in vindication
of the freedom of the Press, and of the rights
► and respectability of literary men everywhere.
There is but little to communicate in rtHrd
to the position ot affairs here. The Federal*
are last closing around us. it is reported, by
an intelligent scout that they have planted one
ot their heavy seige guns just across a swamp,
and within one mile and a half ot our works.
Others will, doubtless, be got into po-ition
toon. Indeed, it is probable they will begin tbe
work of shelling our camps' before mis week is
out. They have also erected very stroDg deten
sive works, to guard against au attack by us.
lie mud, therefore, either go out and fight them in
their own strong position*, or submit to be she ltd
in ours, or ptepare to retire from Corinth. No
other alternative is lelt us.
P. W. A.
[-pc i s) Correspondence of tlie Savannah Republican.]
Camp near the Chickahomtny. )
May 2G;.b, 1803. J
ffr. Editor. —We are in the midst of stirring
events. We know not what hour may witness
the greatest and most sanguinary conflict on
record.. A battle is daily, nay, hourly expected
by those who profess to understand the pro
gress of events. I confess, however, that I
have very little faith in the imminence of a bat
tle—l hardly know what I do think about it.
We have a very strong position. It will be
difficult for the enemy to attack u* to advan
tage ; and McClellan, knowing cur superiorly
in the open field, will be loth to attack us. He
is not willing to risk his reputation as the
' Young Napoleon”—the “idol warrior” of the
North, upon an uncertainty, knowing as he
does, that a signal defeat, so far from home,
with no iron-clad gunboats to shelter his
troops, would forever demoralize his army.
Another reason why I think lie will not
attack us, is the recent victory of “Stonewall
Jackson,” near Front Royal. Despatches re
ceived at the War Office yesterday, state that
P> mks’ column was routed, loosing many pris
oners, and much ammunition. Our army is
jubilant over this great victory, and are
eagerly expecting to hear Gen. Jackson is next
in Maryland, or coming down In the rear of
ol McDowell.
A few days before this battle, it was rumored
that President Davis despatched to Jackson,
asking what assistance he could render him.
Gen. Jackson replied : “Send me 20,000 men
aud no orders.” lienee it is believed that he
is acting without orders—free and untram
melled.
If McClellan does attack ns, he certainly will
do it in the next forty-eight hours. But this
will depend upon the success of his gunboats
in forcing the river obstructions and passing
onr batteries.
The whole army are anx'ous for a fight.—
They say we have retreated far enough, and I
should not like the responsibility of falling back
again. I do not believe our troops wouid again
retreat; but tell them that they are to be led
against the enemy, and every eye brightens, the
sick are made well; and they remind me of a
pack of school boys turned loose upon a holy
day, after six weeks of close confinement.
On Saturday, 24th instant, the enemy’s bat
tery of six gnus, on the turnpike leading to
Mechanicsville, opened upon two pieces com
manded by Capt. Rosser of the Washington Ar
tillery. The firing commenced about half-past
four in the morning, and ceased about nine.—
Capt. Rosser,expecting support from three oth
er pieces, maintained his position against this
terrible odds for five jours, when he was forced
to withdraw. When the enemy discovered this
intention, he limbered np, charged with his
whole battery nearer the bridge, and po'ured a
terrible fire into the ranks of Capt. Rosser’s
small force, doing, however, very little damage.
Two men lost an arm, and the gallant Captain
received a pretty severe flesh wound, which is
1 not considered dangerous. lie also lost four
horses. One shot killed two ot the Yankee
cavalry, and several wagons were overset and
otherwise damaged. Their loss it, not known
These facts are gathered after much patient in
quiry, and bejieved to be substantially correct.
Cajff. Rosser and command are commended
very highly for their cool daring, aud unflinch
ing bravery under the terrible fire of the ene
my’s guns. By some inexplicable means the
three guns from Gen. Cobb’s brigade were or
dered away, without Capt. Rosser receiving
any intimation of it.
I take pleasure in refuting, upon the very
best authority, tbe slanderous charge ol cow
ardice brought against the Ninth Georgia Rcg’t.
This gallant regiment was ordered to support,
or rather to take position in supporting dis
tance of our guns. They were, I learn, in am
bush this side of the river, and wouid have
bagged the whole attacking party of the
enemy, if they bad been permitted to cross the
bridge, which, unfortunately for us, they were
not allowed to-do ; for, just as they were in tbe
act, General Magruder turned loose a battery
upon them. Which quickly dispersed them.
The charge of cowardice against the Ninth
Georgia, was that at this point, thinking the
eneint ’s artillery and cavalry too near, retreat
ed, without order, and in the greatest confu
sion, exhibiting, in a striking degree, the Bull
Run proclivities of their Yankee brethren.
This is utterly, maliciously false, for they d'd
not leave their position, where they suffered
some losses in wounded, I believe, until order
ed to do so by the Genera!, and when they
could no longer do any good there.
During this skirmish Gen. Toombs’ brigade
was drawn up in line of battle, tbe Seventh
Georgia on the right. It rained constantly for
three hours while we were there, and wet us
thoroughly. It is s.id but for tbe rain a general
engagement would l ave ensued. The enemy’s
ballons were up, which, indeed, is quite a
common occurrence now. They are a singularly
constructed affair, being globular, and, so far
as the unassisted eye can see, have no car.
Last evening we were in line again, when the
only thing which could be seen was a balloon,
peering above the trees like a white globe, as
large as a flour barrel, and a few Yankees walk
ing lei. urtly about on tbe turnpike. Every
thing appeared very quiet in the camps, as
though they were cls erving a late act of their Con
gress, enforcing a strict observance of the Sab
bath ! The “ Blue Laws” of Connecticut have
yet an existence and veneration in the breasts
of those Puritan descendants. The nest thing
we hear will be that a man is not allowed to
kiss his wife on Sunday !
For several days part ihe enemy have had
j possession of tbe railroad leading to Gordons
i ville. I cannot understand how they were al-
I lowed to cut eff one of the most important
! lines of communication between the city aud
; Ewell’s forces,on theßappahannoek. From what
lean leam,' there has been no off art made to
recover the road. In fact, tlie enemy have de—
sttoyed every bridge, and have icuder*:d an
approach in that direction very difficult. What
msy they cot be doing between here and
Fredericksburg ! v - A s - p -
Epigram.
Whilst Butler pLje Ms til y pranks,
And closes up N sr Orleans banks,
Our btonewali .Jackson, wilh more cunning,
Keeps Yankee Banks forever running.
~N~Q. 26.
TELEG-BAPHIO
A EEEilTllfflM mm
Frilling throughout the whole of
Saturday.
TlfE ENEMY DRIVEN B CK* BUT TH*
FIGHT STitL PR(LRE.SI:.G.
Buell in Command of the Federals
Richmond, May 31.—Violent rain and thunder storm
prevailed here lust evening, which continued several
hoars. About 9 o’clock the gae works were flooded,
throwing the city into tolal dark-ess.
There was a tkirmish on the Williamsburg road,
in which Cat tain Searboro, of.North Carolira, was
killed.
A fight is now progressing on tie 'Willimsbnrg road,
near the Clilckalionuni, wh'ch wassvolltn bv ihe rain
of last evening. No repmtshave bren received yet.
[becond despatch.]
The heavy rain last nuht caus and a flood in the
Chtckahominy. It is- reported that the bridges are
washed away, and three divisions of the enemy caught
this sidt of the river.
Ambulances were ssnt down to our army at noon to
day.
The fl’ing of artillery and mu-ko ry are distinctly
heard at Richmond No courier has yet arrived with
particulars of the fight.
[thikd despatch ]
A battle has been progressing al day mar the Chick
lennua from ,Uhi...,aNd-ar^Ja l orabit^,
The. ®sfiao-uSe, Tffi3*n i ri„;sr*
sides vet ate.wounded have been
coming in lor several houis. It is believed the fight
will be renewed to-morrow.
The people of Richmond are in good spirits and
confident of victory.
FOURTH DESPATCH.
Ths latest reliable reports tr. m tho battle field re
present that ihs enemy have been driven a mile and
a half from their position, ar and that oar forces are now
in possession of their camp. We raptured three of
their batte ies after most desperate fighting, the enemy
b. ing protec ed by intrenchaients and woods. Several
ha mired Federal prisoners are reported to have been
taken.
FIFTH DESPATCH
General Hill’s division commenced tlie fight this
morning Rhodes’ and Garland’s brigades were bear
ing tho brunt of the battle for some time. Reins’ and
Armstrong’s briga !es also bore a con-p:cuou- part un
lit onr reinforcements ariived. The enemy were also
r.mforceL and the lighting continued with great des-*
peration on both sides. The enemy were finally driven
from their redoubts, and their batteries t.ken and turn
ed upon them.
The prison -ra taken say that Gsn. .Buell is ia com
mand ol the Federals.
President Davis and Gen. Lea were on the field, and
their preae ce greatly increased the on hasiaam of oar
troops. All accounts agree that the Confederates dis
played great bravety. Tie Yankees stubbornly con
tested every inch whilst givkg away before tne im
petuous charge of oar troops.
No reliable estimate of casualties has beon received.
A large number oi the (Jonfede ales were wounded in
the arm and hand. Ge oral Rhodes was slightly
wounded. No e.her general officer on onr side was
hurl, so far as known.
The enemy attempted a flick movemer.t- about 1
o’clock p.in., but Were reposed by Whiting’s division.
SIXTH DESPATCH.
Richmond, .Tune I.—The batt e yesterday took place
in the vicinity of Boar’s Swamp, between the Kailroad
and the Williamsburg road, about seven miles from
Richmond. The accoi nts s nt yesterday are c irreet
in the main. Bome cannonading was heard this morn
ing.
LATEST FHiJ/tt V ftGltiJA.
THE FIGHT TERRIBLE AND THE ENEMY
DRIVEN INTO A SWAMP—CARNAGE
DREADFUL ON BOTH SILES-McCLEL
LAN IN COMMAND OF THE FEDERALS—
GEN. HUTTON KILLED-FIVE HUNDRED
PRISONERS TAKEN.
Richmond, June I.—The light is fnrious'y progress
ing to-day—chiefly musketry. Ro dt Unite reports have
been re ceived from the field of battle The goueral
tenor of statements from wounded soldiers, indicate
the Con'ederates following up with success yesterday,
Prisoners are constantly coming in.
General Bueil was not present. McClellan com
manded ia person.
It is now believed that a larger portion of the Fed
eral army a e ou this side of the creek.
General H utton, of Tennessee, was killed yesterday.
Richmond, June I—No1 —No definite accounts have been
received oi the result of the battle to-day ; but all re
ports concur that the enemy is bimly whipped, and
driven In’o 6wamps.
The carnage is dreadful on both sides. The Yankees
have lost two to our one. Hundreds of tho wounded
are arriving. * About 509 prisoners in all have been
taken.
LATENT Fito)l TIIE MOUTH.
McClellan’s Lying Despatches!
Richmond, May 81.—Northern papers of the 29th,
brought from the baitle field, siat that McClellan tel
egraphed ihs Secretary ot War that the ba lie ol Han
over, C. H., resulted iu a complete rout of the Confed
erates, with a loss of 1 009—a lie.
The Federal loss is reported at BT9, in killed,wound
ed and missing.
The Confl-cation bill has passed tbe Federal House
of Representatives.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says Jackson’s succes*
has aroused the North, aud volunteers aro pouriua in.
George F. Shipey, of Maine, has been appointed
Military Commandant of Now Orleaur, iu tho absence
of Gen. Batte/.
Three citizens of Oakfiold were taken prisoners and
conveyed to l’enracola.
The Federals are not advancing.
Skirmish near Pensacola.
Mobile, May 81 —A special despatch to the Mobile
Tribu e dated Pollard, 80th, says :
Ask rmish took place day before yesterday, In which
the Simpson Bugera drove off the Yankeo guard from
U’Bannonville bridge, and thou burnt the bridge. Cur
loss was one man and three horses killed. The enemy’s
loss is unknown.
All Quiet on tlie Cliickahominy—A
Burial I)aj on the Battle Field.
Richmond, June 2.—A1l is quiet along the 1 nes to
day. The wounded Con/ederaies are con tautly unty
ing, and our ciazens, especially the ladies, are untiring
in their a tentiou and care for the sufferers.
It is reported that the forces on both sides areem
pioyoU tin* morning in Durying their oead. The w.eath
er continues clear.
All Quiet at Corinth.
Richmond, Msy 8-i.—An official dispatch from Cor*
inlh to-day, received hare, states that no battle has yet
taken place.
duod knlllllll-Illp.
At the battle of Shiloh, it is estimated, there
were discharged ou the Confederate side, one
million balls from small arms. The official re
poi* of the Federal loss in killed and wounded
is lz,ooo. Allowing that the true number was
greater, say 20,000, still it leaves 9t)0,000 shots
thrown away by our soldiers That is, our boys
succeeded one time out of fifty shots iu doing
some execution. Forty-nine mioses and one
bit. Now would’nt it be better to save the
powder and iead, do less shoaling and more
execution ? Alluding to the subject, the Mia
aottri Army Argus says •'
It is known tint most gnus overshoot. The
aim therefore should not be above the knee.-
Better to thoot at toe fuel than lull of effect.
\a enemy wounded is better than an enemy
killed, since to bear off 3nd care for tbe wound
td abstracts one or more effective men from
the lines Don't shoot wildly. Youmlgh'-as
well not shoot at aIL If you are confronted by
one hundred thousand foes, aoischarge of 300,-
000 balls against their liuesjudicmusly and cooly
directed within proper range, would decide the
battle. Yon go out to figm ana be fought. It
is a mercy to win tne battle and end ol tbe war.
The more execution you do, the more you have
tffected towards pulling an end to tbe strife,
and winuiog peace, liberty, and home again.
Shoot closej
Mrs. Mary C. Tuome, <iie joo, surviving wit
ness of tbe exccuiiou o! Genera! Andre, died in
New York lately, at the age of ninetytwo.—
Her father was a quartermaster ot the Contin
ental army, and was stationed in the highland*
when Andrew’s capture and execution took
place.