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——... . ' ' - * ' —" ~ “ . - - - -- - . _ "VOX-,- IIK l Jb K 31 S : Oiily Paper, $8; Tn-Weekly, $5; Weekly, $2 t&~ IN ADVANCE. _^J Pjie Paper is always stupped, unless a remittance he wa .e to comiiiue it. Timt h notice is given, so that payment can be made beiore the expiration o a sub scription. 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.