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SAYAFNAH.
Saturday flurnliiK. June 14, 1862.
The “Associet and and llie Hr.
publican-
It is not often that we trouble the public
with the but iness 3Haas of the Republican ; but
we. \nvHe''tbe attention oi our readers to the
following .fetter received at this office some
days ago. Oar article, to which it refers, is
doubtless borne in mind. The threat, contained
in Mr. Pritchard'S letter has been executed, it
is -due to us to say, without protest from our
selves, as this is the only notice v.o have taken
of the matter :
Avgu.-ta, Ga., June sth, 1562
Mr IK- W. Sim In your paper of this date
J find an attack upon my As?wt at. Richmond,
, Hid a U M - you Betti put. in proper
'Sfiape, and addressed to me at this place, I
would have satisfied you (provided you can be
satisfied by reason,) that, the fault does not lie
with Mr. Graeme. You propose to make other
arrangements; I accede to your proposition.
In three days from the date of this, your name
shall be stricken from my list of sub.-cribere.
I do not wi~h any party to take my press re
ports against their will.
• espeetfully.
Wm. ll.’ Pritciiakd, Jk.
As r< girds Mr. Pritchard’s ability to satisfy
us that his agent was not at fault, we wholly
deny it, and have only to refer to the Richmond
papers of Monday and Tuesday last, for the
proof that he has’ shamefully neglected the
duties of his office, and imposed upon the
Press. Had Mr. G>aeme shut himself tip in his
room, omitted all effort to obtaiu ihfeimation
concerning the iate battles, he might, at least,
have taken the Richmond gazettes of 'he days
.named, and with a small amount ol labor c >nr
piled the intelligence for which every heart iu
the South was yearning most anxiously. But
he did nothing; and now, because we dure to
complain of this indifference to our interests
by a regularly paid employee, why, forsooth,
the Principal Nows Agent summarily strikes
the Republican from the list of his subscribers.
We submit the ease. For a brief period, at
least, he has the power tq snbj :ct u' to a heavy
extra expense, *>ul he mav rest assured it shall
not be long. He has rat a subscriber on bis
list that does not approve in his heart every
word we' said against his Richmond Agent,
and who has not been chafing for weeks under
a sense of imposition and wrong. We have
the power to right ourselves in this matter,
and while wo would not quarrel with Mr.
l’rilchard, wc would assure him that we feel
perfectly independent of him and would not
turn on our heel to reverse his decision.
Supreme Court —Spring Term.—The Court
met at ten o’clock Monday forenoon, at the
Court House, their Honors Lumpkin, Lvog,
and Jei kins, Judges, presiding, G. Buiier,
Esq., Ailing Reporter. The following cases
were argued:
From Jeffers n—David J. Lamb, Executrix,
p r opounder of the l ist will and testament oi
Andrew Guilman, deceased, plaintiff in error,
vs. Mary Guilman, Administrator if al Caveators.
Counsel Wilkins, for Propounder; J. T. She
make, contra.
From Washington—James 11. Jackson, Cave
al,ee, t. John E. Moze, Caveator.
Caveat to a warrant’ under Head Rights.
Counsel John Schley, for Piaiptiffin error; B.
Dfcljvaus, comra.
'TTfoSnrevSdrp id #S. feta iClrujCeg r—t-i—LUndcr.
from Washington. : : r
£L V. Jnhuson & Be Graffenrtid, for Pmin*-
tiff in error.
Att’y Gen. Montgomery it B D. Evans, for
Defendant In error.
The Lake Citi Sale. —The sale of imported
goods at Lake. City Wednesday last, by Bisbee
<fc Canova, 8. P. Bril of this city Auctioneer,
was well attend'd and realized the highest ex
pectations ol the owners. Wo select a lew
items to show the general run of prices:
Kersey and Georgia plains, 72’0(c.; bleached
shirtings, 52’$'e. to Tie.; black and white prints,
daik prints, 47jje ; Balzarine ami do
laine dresses, 810.50 to 810; grey shirts, per
dozen, 8 0; knit packets, perdez-n, $47 to
SSO; black and russet brogans, $4 to $4.25;
army shoes, $7.50; spool cotton, 100 yds. 8158-
Coats’ tposl cotton, 200 yards, 3®£; h<*op skirts,
per dozen, SOS to $80; bluifttcts, per dozen, SO.
25 to $11.75; brown and grey cotton hose, $5 50
to $0.50; Welsh flannels, 12!j to $1.25; while
eleelral do., $1.40 to $1.52',1; colored do., $1.30
to $1.75; officers’ swords, SSO to $00; letter and
note paper, per ream, S2O; lexd pencils, per
gross, $9 to sl3; government serge, per yard,
$5,85; brown sid'tiugs per yard, 34 to 41c ; flax
thread, $3 to $5.25; shoe thread, $4 25 to $0 ;
sewing silk, per yard, sl7 ; drab anil black
twist per yard, sl4 to $22; knitting cotton, per
yard, $1 50 to $2% ; needles, per M, $0 ; brimlle
leather, per Hi , $1.75; sole.', heels and squares,
per lb , $1.40.
English Goods.—A cargo of English goods,
recently imported, was sold in Charleston Fri
day last. We auuox the prices brought by a
few of the articles: —English Yellow Soap, 52 |
to 53 cents per pound; Red Claret, $1.41 to ;
$l5O per gallon ; White Claret, $1.65 per gal- .
lon ; Byass’ Pale Ale, quai ls, $9 20 to $9 25 per I
dozen; Byass’ Porter, quarts, $9 SO to $10.25 '
per dozen; Cheshire Cheese, 92’.,' cents per i
pound; North Wales Cheese, 95 to $lO5 per
pound ; Wilton Cheese, $1 20 per pound ; Co- |
chin Ginger, 33 cents per pound ; Congou Tea, j
$5.90 to SO.IO per pound ; Voting Hyson Tea, j
$5 10per pound; Men’s Bootee* amt Gaiters,!
with Elastic Sides, Ae , various qualities, from
$3. tq $9 per pair ; Women’s Cloth Laced Gal;
tors, $5 per pair; Women’s Balmorals, $1.75
per pair; Women’s Cashuiero Elastic Sides,
$5 75 per pair; Women’s Glazed Kid Elastic
Sides, $5.25 pier pair; Women’s all Kid Elastic 1
Sides, $6 75 pier pair; Children Shoes, Kid
Sides, s2.l2'j per pair; Misses’ Gaiters, Freni h
Cashmere, $2 to $2 25 pier pair.
Gen. Johnston Wounded.—Rumors have
been floating about for several days to the ef
fect that Geu. Johnston was more or less
seriously wounded in the late battles near Rich- j
niotid. The latest, and perhaps only authentic, i
Information about the matter is contained in a ;
despatch said to have bee sent by President
Davis to his wife, now sojourning in Raleigh,
In that, General Johnston is represented to !
have received “a slight wound,” from which
we infer that it is not of a character to disable ]
him from active duty.
Since the foregoing was written we perceive,
from the Richmond Dispatch, of Monday, that
General Johnston “was slightly wonuded the
first day, and the command devolved on Geu.
Gustavos W r . Smith—au officer of verv great
ability, enjoying the confidence ol the army iu
a high degree."
Andy Johnson sitimssd to ns Killed.—
A report is iu circulation this morning from
Nashville, says the Mobile Te’igraph of the 24'. h
ult., that “Governor” Andy Johnson has been
killed by Gov. Brown, of Tennessee.
Ills said that Gov. Brown was ordered to be
arrested and brought before Johnson to answer
some charge, and while in his presence, and
during the investigation, Brown drew a postol
and shot Johnson, killing him on the spool,—
Brown was attacked by the JjJyderals pirnsent,
and, of coarse, cruelly slain.
If Gov. Brown wus in Nashville under sneh
circumstances, the story is not Improbable.
Vte only know that it is currently reported and
betiav-d by those who state It.
A contemporary has Information that the
Chicago Tattet was suppressed by the Lincoln
government on th* 20th lust. It was not con
sidered a good loyal paper. Tbe Toms w„s the
aid. s', edited paper in Chicago, aud the organ
of the Douglas democracy.
Tlie Late Buttle*.
We are at a loss to account for the secrecy
with regard to the details and result of the re
' cent two days’ terrible fighting on banks of
I the Chick'd ominy. All agree that it was a ter
rific struggle, tli’.t runny were lost on both
sides, whilst each claims the victory, aud this
is the sum of cur inform-ti-.c concerning the
affair.
Now we ask, why this* silu.ee concerning a
thing that has happened, and about which, if
the enemy arc not as well informed as ourselves,
they v. ould certainly gather nothit g to encour
age them if onr g-.ner.il statements with regard
to it be true ?
With ourselves, the circumstance is suggrs
five cl suspicion. It is conceded that our loss
is vety heavy, and.we are much inclined to ap
prehend that the Confederates got the worst of
the fight. Too many of our dead were let! in the
hands of the enemy for us to brag too vocif. rou>-
ly over the battle as a victory to our arms, The
, iwo lans combined make out a pretty strong
ease for the Yankees, and the world will be apt
to take that view of the case unless we have
something to bring forward to rebut it, arm do
.acluitUy bring it forward. If we haye really
been whipped, let us not conceal the truth ; it
w re both honest and manly, however unpleas
ant, to tell the whole story, for by such a course
we shall gain far more for our character, than
wo shill lose for the prestige of our arm-. We
have whipped the Yankees often enough in all
conscience to afford to take a drubbing occa
sionally without loss to tur reputation r.s a
brave and warlike people.
P. S.—Since the foregoing was pat in type,
we have received the letter of our correspon
dent and the,Richmond papers up to Tues
day. Tin y contain*much interesting informa
tion, which we copy as far as our time will
allow. It appears the 6th Georgia was engaged
in the fight, and lost one hundred men in killed
aud wounded.
ffomet at Lust.
The Yankees, for a long time, repudiated the
idea ol conquering and subjugating the South —
they only desired to protect the Union senti
ment. which they maintained was held by a ma
jority of our people, and allow it to assc-rt it
self independently and without fear of “Rebel
persecution,’.’ Their tone, however, has under
gone a complete change of late. They have
come to'he South and occupied some of our |
cities and towns, but, alas for their motto in
this war ! they find no Union sentiment for
their soldiery to set free. All is rebellion and
undying hate to their foul dominion. Hence a
change in their war-cty. The truth begins to
come out at last, and the real object of this
war. The Yankees cannot aflbrd to lose our
support to their factories and tradesmen, and
subjugation — the rule of the bayonet—is inscrib
ed on their flag, and that in a country whose
government, is muouncffil by its constitution
to exb.t rightfully only with the consent of the
governed. The entire, thajry and practice of
free government are thus sit aside, and the
country which Washington fought to make
free, is to become a* nation of bondsmen and
slave.-—subjects of a rule which they heartily
despise.
How can Yankee rulers anil military leaders
I face Ihe people with such a doctrine as this,
whilst the free constitution of Hamilton, Madi
son and Jay still remains unrepealed on their
statute books!
With the South it narrows down the issue to
freedom or death on the one hand,and slavery—
abject, loalhesome submission to vile, fanatical,
heartless. God-defying Yankee taskmasters—on
the other. Is there a living creature in the
Southern States mean enough to bow the neck
to such an oppressor? Wifi even our slaves,
''•fra t-—uitiiidi, gi ntle;uea, and are
taught to’respeef ftnnifrli.w j—2..-|,p L .; f
Maker, yield up their present happy condition,
to 'come under the yoke of unprincipled and
merc'less tyrants, whose rule is a degradation
and life of cruelty? Wc think not.
Conscript Officers.—Col. Dun woody, who
lias bieu appointed by the Secretary of War,
the Commanding Officer of the Camps of In
struction in Georgia and to enroll, or cause to
be enrolled, all persons subject to be conscribed
under the Conscript Act, has appointed the fol.
lowing Confederate Officers, in the several con
gressional districts of this State, as his assist
aula [Atlanta Intelligencer.
For the first congressional district, 3d Lieu
tenant Wm F. Moris, at Honicsville, Appling
eon uty.
For t lie second, Ist Lieutenant Wm. O. Flem
ming, at Savannah.
For the third, Captain E. G. Dawson, at
Columbus.
For the fourth, Lieutenant 8. W. Johnston,
at Macon.
For the fifth, 21 Lieutenant J. T. Gross, at
Davi boro, Washington county.
For the sixth, 3,1 Lieutenant Jabez W. Brit -
tain, at L xington, Oglethorpe county.
For the seventh, not known
For the eighth, Ist Lieutenant W. P. McDan
iei, at Atlanta.
For the ninth, Lieutenant Joseph W. John
ston, at Alpharetta, Milton county
For the. tenth, 3J Lieutenant K. S. Phillips,
Euharley, Bartow county.
General Johnston’s Wound. lVe regret to
learn, through private parties just from Riffi
niond, that while there is nothing dangerous in
the wouuds received by General Johnston in
tiie late fight, they are of a character to occa
sion severe piaiu utid serious inconvenience,
and will probably disable him tor some time.
I lie was struck on tiie shoulder bv a fragment
! of shell coming from above, the missile glane
, ing and also wounding him lit the hip—in both
eases contusions. He was knocked from his
horse, and in the fall broke two o his ribs.
Being lost to the service for a time, G.neral
Lee has takeu command of the army of Vir
ginia.
Bkauuegaud.—lt is report'd, and believed
l>y many, that our loader in the West lias left
the army ot the. Mississippi an 1 is now with
Stonewall Jackson iu Maryland. The New
York Herald, of a late da.e, lias a statement to
that effect. It is, however, wholly Jlntrue. A
gentleman ol unquestionable veracity, just-ar
rived trom Corinth, informs us ihit he saw
Beauregard, Bragg, Hardee, Price and Van
Dorn, nil, at Baldwin, on tbe Mobile A Ohio
Railroad—the present camp of our forces
: Sunday morning last.
Georgia at Ciiiukahominy.—Bo far as we
are able to gather from the reports in the Rich
moud papers, the 8 xth, Fourteenth, Nine
teenth, Twenty third, and Twenty seventh Ga.
regiments, participated in the I aules of Satur
day and Sunday last. The Sixth and Twenty
third suffered very severely.
Captain Bacon, of tbe Twet.ty-ssventh, was
killed while aetieg as Aid to Gen. Anderson.
In tho la<t charge on the retreating Fed
erals, beyond their camp. Col. Smith, of tbe
Twenty-seventh, was wounded in the thigh.
Affairs in Tknnesses.—Onr despatch from
Chattanooga would seem to Indicate that warm
work may bo expected at that point iu a day or
j two. The enemy have made a bold and respon
sible movement, placing themselves in a posi
tion where it will be neck or nothing for them
in the contest, li we h ive the right sort of
men at Chattanooga, there will be no difficulty
; in repelling, and, indeed, entirely cutting them
i off. There aro great facilities for reinforce
ments oa our side, if they will only keep a
watch over the railroads and bridges.
The army bill, which passed the Yankee
j House of Representatives on the 14th,appropri
ates $431,000,000 for the year ending with Jane,
- ISiS. Beside* this, $208,000,000 have been voted
during the present session for the current army
exp nses and deficiencies for the present year.
Seventeenth Georgia.—This regiment lost,
in the recent battles near Richmond, 16 killed,
129 wounded, and 9 missing, making an aggre
gate Of 154.
Twelfth Alabama.— This regiment carried
408 uit . u into battle, and came out with a loss
| ot 55 killed and 150 wounded.
UATULPA7I4. 1862-
The Act of General Wobhery of the
South,
On the £Bth nit., the I!oue <f Representa
tives of the Federal Corgn.es passed a bill
which originated in the Senate, the des.'gq of
which is to appropriate tall the property of
loyal Southern citizens to the uses of the Fede
ral Government. The title of the bill i-q “A
hill to collect direct taxes in instiVruetidiinrv
districts, anil for other purposes.” It pro
vides, as we learn fiom the Philadelphia I"-'
quirer, for the appointment of a Board <>t Tiix
Commissioners, who shall enter upon tlrir
duties whenever end wherever the Federal
military authority shall be established. In all
cases where the owners of land Ml to pay their
taxes the property is to be sold. Provision is
made for the redemption of the land, and if it
be shown to the satisfaction of the Commis
sioners that the owner has not taken part in, or in
any manner aided or abetted the rebellion., and that,
by reasou of the insuri action, he has bie i un
able to pay the tax.” In cases where the own
ers of land have le t home, to join “the rebel
cause,” the United States'shall take possession
and may lease them untM the civil authority o'
the Slates-is established, and the people
of tile State sihail elect W a!l<J? ■
officers, who shall take the oath to support the-
Fcderal Constitution ; but the'Board of Com
missioners may subdivide the lands and sell
them in parcels to any loyal citizen, or any
person (whether citizen or not,) who shall have
faithfully served in the army, navy, or marine
corps.
We are further given to understand that the
pre-emption principle is also engrafted on the
bill with the view of holding out additional in
ducements to the invasion.
This bill sweeps al! the propaj'tv of every
tiii.n who is fighting for his country. It takes
it from him, and he can only recover it by
proving that he has not aided tiie “Rebellion”
“in any manner,” Its most diabolical feature,
however, is tlie provision which requires it to
be sold only to ‘ loyal citizens,” or those tner
cinarv foreigners whose status is described as
“any person who shall have faithfully served in
the army, navy, or marine corps ;” and in order
to invest this clause with as much popularity
as possible with the large mass of the North
ern hordes which are now penetrating our
country, it is provided that the lands may be
“subdivided” cut up into small farm-*, to meet
the wants, and be covered by li:e means of
“any person.”
Arrival of a Wounded Soldier.—Private
Lawrence Fitzgerald,- Company K, of the 9ih
Alabama regiment of volunteers, (brother ol
Mr. E. Fitzgerald, merchant of this city,) ar
rived Saturday evening last, from Richmond. —
Mr. Fllzgi raid was in the. battle at Chlekah imi
ny Swamp, fought on Saturday Jtnd Sunday, ’lst
ult. and let of June. In the fight, about ten
o’clock Sunday, he received a wound in the
left shoulder, passing over the clavicle
and out through the surface of skin in the
rear, it flitting a wound of about three inches
in length,
Mr. F. says the fight on the first day com-
I tranced at one o’clock, P. M.; about four
j o’clock, the 9-h Alabama entered the figh',
j making a charge on an entrenched battery o*
| the enemy, makieg them surrender the same,
\ aid take to their heels in true Bull Run style,
j for the swamp and creek. That night the
j Alabamians occupied the enemy’s camp, hay-
I ing full possession of their commissary stores,
among which was 150 bbls rye whiskey, arms,
| ammunition, medical stores, euttlers’ stores,
Ac.; also, twenty-five pieces of artillery, frotg
six to 32-pounder rifled and smootkborg,
horses, eaissous, Ac. The enemy had twenty'
six pieces in the fight, and saved only one
gun that they retreated with. Mr. F. says the
enemy’s caxnu was well supplied with neccs-.
mr&m, UuSu.'! ij " e*v jygqxvru/l
dines, oysters, tobacco and s> gars, in fucTiFWTJP
comfort.
On Sunday, the enemy got in oar rear and left
flank ; then all stores that could not be
removed, were barut or destroyed. The fighting
was not so severe as on the previous day, and it
ceased at twelve tn ; it commenced at 9 o’clock
a. m. The Emerald Guards of Mobile, Bth Ala
bama Regiment, went into the fight with 85
men, and came out with 10, the remainder be
ing killed, wounded and missing.
Mr. F. says that lie has been in five engage
ments, but this is the hardest of the war.
Company K is from Guntersville, Marshall
c ounty, Alabama.
\Ye learn from private letters received
in ttiis city, from Waldo, Fla., that Mrs. Appel,
the wife of Charles Appel, formerly of this city,
who removed to Fernandina, Fla., lias been ar
rested, or not permitted to pass our lines to
Fernandina. Mrs. Appel, when Fernandina
was taken, went to Port Royal, for the purpose
ol proceeding to New York; in this she was
not successful, and, consequently, returned to
Fernandina, was permitted to cross our lines
, and obtain some articles of property that were
| stored on the line of the Florida Railroad, but
j on desiring to return to Fernandina, was pre
! vented by our authorities, and placed under
1 arrest.
j Broke their Parole.—We learn from the
Knoxville Register that General Mitchell has one
j regiment of Chicago Dutch in his command,
uo were taken by Price at Lexington, but who
| have broken their parole, aud are now fighting,
as it wi re, with halters about their necks.—
| They are represented to be the most utterly
; abandoned wretches to be seen anywhere, being
1 guilty of crimes which decency w ill not allow
; us to make public.
! Military Changes.—General A. R Lawton
1 the eomuiander of this department, has been
! ordered to Virginia, aud left hire Saturday
i night for Richmond. General Hugh A. Mercer,
! who was ordered to Charleston to succeed
! General Ripley, has been remanded to this post,
and General William D. Smith assumes his
j place as commander of Charleston. The two
I la-t mentioned gentlemen are now at the head
■ of their respective commands.
Neglected Post Offices.—There are two
; post offices in Georgia, of which the Postmaster
! and route agents seem to be ignorant. We
j annex them, tor the information of all con
cerned :
Dcuisville , Pierce county ; all matter to be
' sent ria Tebeauvtlle, Ware couuty.
HJRtV’e, Laurens county; matter to fie feet via
I Tennille (N0.13 Central Railroad), Washington
■ county.
The Richmond Dispatch says there are noj
surgeons enough in Richmond to give anything
like due attention to the wounded and sick
soldieis, and calls lor volunteers.
; At least tour hundred of the wonnded ol the
battles of Saturday and Sunday last have ifpae
home, and they are going daily. The mortality
has been very small thus far amongst the
wounded.
■ Prowling About.— Ihe enemy broeght in
two steamers at Ossabaw Saturday night, and
at high tide ascendid the river to a poiut with
in s' : £ht of our pickets at Coffee Bluff. After
| rec^nnoitering awhile they retired, and were
! cruising about in the sound the greater portion
; ol > esterdav.
Tfis Gallant Dead.—The Richmond D,s
--' patch gays Among the brave and patriotic
officers who made their names immortal on
the battle-field of McDowell, was Captain
j Richard T. Davis, of the 12th Georgia regiment,
i lie received a mortal wound iu his left arm,
i and subsequently died in Stauuwn.
The French Flset in the New Yokk Hah
bor. —The whole French fleet with the French
army to Mexico seems to'be rendizvonsing in
the New York has bor, in order to escape the
lerbile fevers of the Gulf. The following ves
sel# have already arrived there :
Montezuma, (flag) Captain Russell, 16 guns,
270 men ; Kenaudiw, Commanoer Le Cardinal,
! 2 guns, S2 men; Gassendi, Capt. Gautier. 6
gut s, 135 men ; Le Guerricre, Ci-mmauder I)e
S.iva, 34 guns, 400 men ; Levoissitr, Couimac
j dor RUiourt, 6 guns, 125 men.
j ; r IT CI>B,EK-3:PONDESC&
<!p rut; savannah Rsp.ublioan.
Mobile, Ji:uc,4?t -
Tt 'M.ull MM I I'm -you 11! sift upon 11 ty )\>.
.rn.ifi U!- in tin m > tH. Y *<J will til'd-, j
fear, ih.it 1 can render jot* but iitj-le st-rv.iffr in
this deimrunt-r.!, ai-d-contribute but Ruio to
the eUlii -.uiou of your readers.
Fir the present, I shall remain ti: -M fid by.
MerfS an would be a more eligible point but;
] for the tact that -lie train irom Baldwin acd<
Jackfou meet and pass there late at night.--
For seme tin e, at liaet, the iut-eibgcnco ’-tom
Vicksburg and other points ou the MissJssiptd
is likely to prove as interesting *-*•*-*> Bora
Baldwin, mar which , tile Army' of the Missis
sippi is now encamped.
I beg you and your readers to remember,
however, thatlcann i vouch tor the uu.U oi
the news I may be able Item time to time to
send yi<ML The conditions imposed by the ar
bitraiy ordeoof Gen. Beauregard render it ne
cessary lor me to rely upon t'-.d iTp
others. Whilst I was with the at ruy, I e<jiti
see and judge for myself,.but, pr-dtr pimMfigj
cfoeaHi3lace&-. J. cat 'h’4if 'bg^E
faithful aud diligent as possible in wronowitljr]
the chaff from the wheat, and sending forward
such news as miy seem racist probable and
trustworthy.
You will pardon mo, I trust ‘Or mm other
refetenee to myself. In several of the Georgia
papers, including your excellent contemporary,
the Macon Telegraph, I have beeu improperly
credited with tel grams and letters which
appeared in Hie Mobile Advertiser & Register. It
is true, 1 acted as the correspondent of that
able journal for a short time, but finding fhal
my obligations to the Republican , after the
seizure of the Memphis & Charleston road by
the Federal forces, required me to discontinue
my correspondence, I voluntarily ceased ail
connection with the Advertiser if- Register on
and aher the l(Lb ult. telegrams and let
ters forwarded to that pa pi r after that date,
from-Corinth, were furnished by another cor
respondent—the same who sent the obnoxious
despatch to the Memphis Appeil. and out of
which grew ill the. trouble- between Gen. Beau
regard and correspondents from the army.
It may not be improper to remark just here;
that the movement on the 22d uR. did not fail,
as some would appear to suppose, oa account
of the publications in the Memphis Appeal and
the Mobile Advertiser and Register. The former
paper, with the contraband news iu it, did not
reach C->riuth until noon on the 22d ult., at
which time the movement had already been as*,
certain'd to be a failure, and the latter did not
get there until the night of the 231 or 24 b. The
The truth is, the failure arose entirely from
i ignorance of the ground to be traversed by
Generals Van Dorn and Price, who conducted
the advance by a circuitous route on the right,
Genera’ Hardee being in command-of the re
serve. When they had marched seventeen miles
i and got iu the enemy’s rear, they found they
! qould advance no further on account of an im
passable swamp. So sensible was Gen. Hardee
of the danger of such a. movement, iti the ab
sence of exact topographical knowledge, that
he despatched Capt. Avery and two of his aids
on the 2lst —the day the advance ices to have been
originally made—to examine the country as far
as possible, and make a report* of the same.
They were unable to proceed far, however, on
account ol the presence of the Federal pickets.
; Indeed, llie only full aud reliable map ot the
country around Farmington, in the whole army'
was the production of Col. ULiddeil, a private
gentleman of Louisiana temporarily attached to
Gen.- Hardee’s stuff. Tlitre bad been no minute
survey of jirsy other part of the disputed ground
.hetvyeeo the two armiesj And yet Wf had been
bndbtfirbed possession af ~th*h)Sti .jnd the
i' tnp v 0018 (fijr msiref-i-friM t e-,rA‘ *,£ several week FT
It is not pretended that Gen. .:'*Ueek was
not aware of our contemplated movement
Orders were issued ou the 20ih, for the artny
to move out that night and j in battle on the
21st, bnt its execution was postponed" until the
next day on account of heavy rains. Intelli
gence of our plans was doubtless carried to the
enemy during the night, of the 20th or 21st, by
spies or deserters. Indeed, a prisoner taken by
Van Dorn on the 22d, stated that the Federals;
had slept upon their arms for two nights, ex-;
peeling an attack.
I have been thus particular, in order that fie'
Eloquent officials in the army and carpers at
■ home shall not, either from malice or ignor
ance, visit their censure where it is not deserved.
It was the duty of the commander-in-chief to
set his engineers to work and procure exact
knowledge of the topography of the ground,
upon which he proposed to light a battle that
might be decisive in it* results.
An intelligent friend, who has just arrived,
informs me that the evacuation of Corinth was
executed in good order, and without loss ot
life. The enemy’s left wing, under Gen Pope,
followed on until it reached Tuscumbia river,
(a stream about thirty paces in width,) where it
was handsomely repulsed by our rear guard.—
Ottr forces marched out Thursday night, the
•29th, and are now encamped at Boojisvill:-,
twenty miles below Corinth on the Mobile &
Ohio road, and Baldwin thirty miles below, and
Guntown thirty-four miles below. The Feder
als marched into Corinth Friday, about eleven
o’clock.
The bridges ou the Mobile & Ohio road above
Corinth, and on the Memphis & Charleston
road towards Memphis, were destroyed ; also
the track of'he former road from Corinth down
to B ionsville. All the sick were brought away,
and all the arms and ammunition ; but unfortu
nat'iv we found it necessary to destroy about
a million doliats worth of commissary stores.
An officer had been despatched with a force to
set lire tb the bridges between -Corinth and
Grand Junction, at 0 o’clock- Friday morning,,
by which time it was expected the last ir-iin
would have been aide to pass. Such was not
the case however. The officer obeyed h’s in
structions, and destroyed the bridges at the
appointed hour; and soon thereafter the lag
ging trains, heavily laden with provisions,
made their appearance. There was no alterna
t ve left but to burn them, w hich was prcmpUy
done.
The enemy’s gunboats have re-appeared be
fore Vicksburg, and it is now hoped they did
not execute their purpose of shelling B .'.on
Rouge. I’. W. A.
Redden nr ing their Stock.—We learn that
Savannah merchants were the largest purchas
ers at the Charleston and Lake City cargo-sales,
which come eff last week. This will be good
news to shippers, but the prices, to make a
profit, are likely to be startling.
Col. Lomax not Killed —We'are rejoiced
to icarti that despatches have been received
by the fiiir.ds of Col. Tencent I.i m ix, stating
| tii t he was not killed in the late battle near
i Richmond, but wonnded and in the hand; of
the enemy.
A Praiseworthy Act.—Judge Joseph H.
Lumpkin, of the Supreme Court, has appro
priated SI,OOO of his present year’s salary to
defray the travelling expenses sf inffigeut sick
and discharged soldiers from distant points to
their homes iu Georgia.
llon. Pierre Socle, of New Orleans, has been
arrestAby Butbr, and will be sent North.
The Jacks an Mu>tixippian hears a report that
j Butler had beeu assassinated, but seems to dis
i credit it.
' Heavy Mail.—The first mail steamer from
New York to New Orleans carried upwards of
■ tea thousand letters, most of which were on
| busice-s, the Yankees being anxious to open
trade _
j A Bvtt?e in Mabyland —The i Rowing in-
I from the Kuoxville Regis er o
j Monday, tfrongh the intelligence is almost too
i good to be true. It is singuiaLif correct, that
j we have heard it from no
| Latest 'Bar Rats. —Since going to pr <s, we
• have learned by telegraph ot another u ndid
; victory achieved bv the invincible Stoic wail
; Jackson—ttiis time upon the soil o! Maryland,
j Banks, reinforced bv 10.000 troops from
! Washington, made a stand near Williamsport.
J-cksoa attacked aud routed him, taking three
I thousand prisoners, and is now pursuing the
] repeatedly vanquished Federal at my towards
, Washington. The unfaltering career and un
broken success of this distinguished General
are conspiring to make him me hero ol this
war.
Crops, Ac., In SILJiHe GcorgJn,
LL’ditor Republican ;
Sir—Being well aware of your anxiety
to be posted by some ono ot .jour numerous
subscribers and readers iu Middie Georgia, in
relation to the growing crops of corn and
ground jjetis, the probable yield of the crop of
Wheat now gleaned, the amount ol cotton crop,
i Arc., I feel well assured you will not consider
it :<n intrusion on. your columns, should I
brii lly discuss these itcx>ortant items. First,
’.ben, in regard to Indian corn.: We have almost
covered our farms over with this indispensable
[Cereal; aud, as it has pleased Gcd to bless us
ihi-* y ar with rains at r. giilar*weekly periods,
Tao Mas the sun has once more thoroughly warm
ltd up our chilled earth with his central beams,
|the corn plant ha* assumed a healthful aspect,
is growing wit a a vim very captivating to
-ityeeye. It must not be disguised, however,
the plant- is ten or twelve days later than usual*
Sin -const queued of the backwardness ot spring,
j Let'the rains continue but for a few weeks
lO'. gcr, and our cribs wiil be filled and piled
Jlp, to theirutmost capacity. Besides, almost
HBfcviuauter haS his crop of ground peas, corn,
v 4
aiiel-j.; crop of wheat has been cut,and gerierally
jou-ed; and albeit we h -.vu failed to gather
#*s#iiug ijkc au average crop,we trust vve have
apme something toward lessening the price ol
'lds "sine qua non ” to good cheer and palatable
Swing. In a word, we have, reasou to believe
we have secured a moiety of the hitherto aver
age yield. The next item in the count is eot
<W, which is now-agitating the whole of Christ
endom You and your readers remember it
jjvas, no great while ago, called the monarch of
re civilized worl 1. ,
Aud although it lias lost a portion of its
prestige, by Ihe recent antics of Yaukeedom,
continues to .- .vay a sceptre, the potential action
af which is fell and acknowledged as well by
friends as foes. Well, whilst we have not ig
nored his lu'jesty, co ton, by refusing him a
Corner in our fields, we have felt it our bounden
duty to circumscribe his power by diminishing
hi; usual growth. Many of our planters have
n’ 'lied only lor domestic purposes—a tew have
id j ired it altogether. Another portion have
plaited a bag to each fi nd—whilst there is
‘ till another portion (few, I eallies• with pride)
%ave put in their usual crops of king cotton,
Tii se who belong to.the last category are being
spotted every day—ond this great and uuenvla
b e sin will ever stick to tb?..n like the shirt of
“ Nessus.” lam sorry to say, sir. Geu. Robert
Toombs is charged by imuy with this crown
ing ret. of infamy. Understand me, if you
gleam, the allegation is not made by me. But
so very responsible and numerous is the class
•vhrt avouch for the correctness, many of his
qid political friends hither Bar there may be
Same-foundation in fact tor the rumor. If Gen.
Toi|in'"• is innocent, it is due to him and his
dpunfryaura he shoal l pi,toe himself right be
fore, the great tribunal of public opinion.
Oil Hie other hand, it the seal of guilt i.v to
die placed up-ra his brow, the better. 1
have said thus much in r-lntioa to Gen.
Toombs, growing crop of cotton, to direct
lha attention thereto —and let him speak for
Himself- There are several ot her large planters
in this stciion of the Stale, who have followed
ifi that footsteps of the :Utingui*bed and talent*
<sl gentleman above named. But as their
Influence for good aud evil is not iqual to hi;,
r they are las culpable. Yet they aud all other,
hear.;.oixLe sains kidney, are doomed to un
dergo The corfecifou, Usually.exerted by public
■(pinion irutltese and similar cases'. Bat I must
-draw to a"cK>;e. Then to cap the climax of
prosperity ttw. tanners a e attempting to rear
up InTSeorbii, vve have more hogs Iu this sec
tiofi than ever befme roamed our hills aud val-
V.'. r-rv- - v.-ii.i her qirinad u> v,w
our meat. Where is It to eotfie Urm ? Wu ,-lndl
seOvnat trie shall’ see. '" *“ * •< -T
Very I rut; , RANDOLPH.
„ June 4th, 1862.
Afl'airs at t!se Nortti. *
jf A friend has furnished us with a portion ot
ythe New York Herald of the 29th ult., picked
flip in the enemy’s camp after the late battles
near Richmond. The great burden of the Yan
kee song was another “on to Washington!”
in order to save the capital from the hands ol
Stonewall Jackson. The Yankees are terribly
frightened, and all the New Yotk militia seem
to be in motion. The famous Seventh ard
Sixty-ninth have again gone to Yv'ashmgton. .
The Herald reports great enthusiasm in Balti
more over the Federal troops as they pass
through.
HOW B .NK3 CAME TO HE SO BiDLY WHIPPED.
The Herald gives the following philosophical
solution of the last great Yankee stampede :
Onr readers will remember that when the re
bel army, in March last, evacuated Mana sas,
a Tegular onslaught ot the abolition radicals of
Congress was made upon General McClellan.
He was jeered with the clamor that be Lad
“outcanipod the rebels ; ” that he had been
frightened all winter by a lot if “quaker gun c ;”
that he had permitted the enemy to slip through
Ins fingers, because he was too much of a pro
siavery apologist to believe the “intelligent
contrabands” who iu so son informed him how
Johnston was evacuating Ids Potomac line ;
that McClellan’s army, five times in numbers
the dismantled army of Johnston, was too much
tor McClellan : and, lastly, that he would not
advance “for fear ot hurting somebody.” What
followed ? McClellan’s army was divided into
three armies, and with halt his previous force
tie was sliipp and off to Yorktowu. As he ad
vances he finds the enemy in from in much su
perior numbers to his own. He calls for rein
forcements. They are supplied from General
McDowell ; but thus depleted, McDowell be
comes apprehensive ot danger and calls for
otiier troops. They are supplied from the army
of General Btnk;, who has thus been pounced
upon, cut up, despoiled and driven out by those
watchful rebel guerillas, Generals Johnston
an ! Ewell.
But why was not General Backs reinforced
from Same other quarter? Wc answer, that it
was because Mr. Senator Wilson, the head ot
the Military Committee of the Senate, and his
Congressiond abolition clique, after the rebel
evacuation of Manassas, brought.about the sus
pension of volunteering; that the hostility
of this clique to General McClellan and his well
considered pir.es was at the bottom of this
movement, and that these abolition radicals
have been playing their cards wi;h our armies
in Virginia so as to bring about some great
disaster, under the pressure of which the ad
| ministration and the army might be dragged
i headlong into an exterminating crusade against
Southern slavery.
This is our solution of this u • fortunate re
pui-e of Genera! Banks. We trace it to the
eumityo! Senators Wilson, Trumbull, Sumner
aud‘others of that cTque in the Senate, and to
Thaddens Stevens, i,v>j y ansi their abolition
brethren of the House ; and to their successful
trick- and intrigues to break op the army and
the plans of tieriera 1 McClellan, to stop rceruil
irg lor the army, when fifty thousand more
men were needed to secure our conquests in
Virginia, and a hundred thousand more to pu-h
the rebels speedily out of the State. Let the
responsibility then rest where it belongs.
Natehes and Vicksburg are formally annonne
ed to have fallen into the hands of lac Fedtrals,
and minute particulars are given.
We select the .following U rns from the
“Situation” column.
The official report of the battle at Hanover
Court house wa.- received at the VYar Depart
ment from General McClellan yesterday, trom
which it appears that it was a pretty serious
affair, resulting in the complete route of the
I enemy. The rebel loss in killed and wounded
is set down at one thousand, and our loss at
j three hundred and Seventy-nine killed, wound
ed and missing, of whom fifty-three were
killed. One hundred of the enemy’s dead were
buried on the field by ear men. Five hundred
! were taken prisoners, and more were coming
I in. Toe rebels in this action were mostly from
I Georgia and North Carolina,
j Despatches trom Nashville to the 27ih state
that General Mitchell and Genera! Negiy had
arrived there on that night. Genera! Mitchell
was the recipient of a serenade. He says that
his position iu Alabama is permanent, and re
ports everything quiet at Huntsville and the
Union leeheg increasing.
High Prices for Negroes.—We learn that
at Sheriff’s sale at this place cn Tuesday last,
the following prices were obtained : A boy, 22
years old, brought $1,495; one 23 years old,
brought $1,465; a woman 20, and her child,
three years old, $1,355; one woman, 35 years
old, S9OO, and a man, to years old, $l9O. These
were cash prices.— Marietta Advocate, 6th.
Excitement in Maryland.
Arrest of Judge Carmichael for Treason—The
Judge does not Recog'Azi the Authority if the
United States—His Arrest and Conveyance to
Hurt McHenry, &.c., Ac.
Baltimore, Moy §S, 1862.
SattiTday De puty Provost Marshal James
L. Mcrhail, by orders of General Dix, com
manding this department, proceeded toEast' n,
Talbot county, Mai viand, to arrest Judge
Richard Carmichael Judge of the county, and
James Powell, Prosecuting Ait- rney, upon a
charge of treason.
Marshal MePhalJ, with several (flicers, arriv
ed at Easton on Saturday evening aud took
lodgings at file Easton Hofei. Early on Sun
day morning the purpose of their visit wits
rumored, and a fellow named McNabb was
actively engaged in exciting the people. Some
persons coiled on the Marshal and stated that
an attempt to arrest the Judge would be resist
ed by at least one hundred armed ra°n.
On Monday the excitement was intense, and
threats of violence were repeated. Still the
officers were patient and quiet, but determined
to make the arrest or die iu the attempt. The
'Marshal telegraphed the state of affairs to Gen.
Dix, who sent one hundred and twenty-five of
the Second Delaware regiment. They reached
Nye landing yesterday noon. The Marshal met
them anfi ordered them to, ip in the town in one
ffresidrhj, and tald him he must con -ider him
self under arrest !qjd a prisoner. The Judge
demanded tii- authority for such a proceeding.
States. lie replied that he/did not regard that
authority under the circumstances.
Here a call was made for the Sheriff; bnt the
crier was soon stopped, and ono of the officers
ascended the steps to arrest the Jndge. The
Judge resisted, and kicked the officer, who
drew his sword and struck the Judge upon the
Ir-r.ii with it. Inflicting a slight wound. Other
• Hi -'rested Mr. Powell and two citizens—
oi ...i Nabb and Elixer Pascault.
The proceedings were prompt and decisive,
and all was done in a few moments, the greatest
excitement existing in tb e-eon rt room.
The military soon made their appearance
outside, aud after a short delay the whole party,
including his Honor, were marched to the
sttamer,’brought to the city and lodged in Fort
McHenry.—JV. Y. Herald 29 th uH.
LFr m the E chtuond Dispatch, 6th.]
Tii® Forces ok lire 31st au<l let.
We hive heard various estimates placed upon
the forces that fought the late battle in trout of
this city. At first it whs said that the enemy
had thrown over about 20,000 men, and that all
our arm'y was about to fall upon them. Why
that was not done, vve are not soldier enough
to know. It would have been eminently iu the
siyle of the old masters, and would have re
sulted in the utter annihilation of the enemy
this side of the river, compelling him to a most
disastrous retreat, and proving decisive of the
campaign. There were, no doubt, obsiacles in
the way of which we are not aware, and which
will be cleared up hereafter, when the liisto
rim, with all the documents in his possession,
►lffl! come to treat of these eventful times.
The U7>i<y of yesterday, says that oufy 20,000
ol our.men fought-, while the enemy deployed
a force of 50,000 , ‘ > against us. From other
sources we are informed that we bad 30 900
men, while the enemy had 55,000 on the field.
From all the information we can gather, it
seems certain that they'ware nearly if not
quite, two to one. New'while we can hardly
applaud the tactics which, with so great a force
as we had, allowed the enemy to be superior on
the important point, we have learned a most
Important secret from these battles. We can
beat him two to one. Ti he come with only
equal uumbets, as he will be compelled to do
hereafter, vve can annihilate him. It must be
recollected that our brave boys not only drove
him trom the field, but stormed Ids entrench
ments with i he vigor and impel uoslty of veteran
soldiers. The Imperial Guard of Napoleon, or
the 42U regiuunt of Scotch Highlanders, could
not have aided more courageously.
Onr ioiS was heavy, of course, where we, bad
to storm entrenchments so strong and so situa
ted. But it. ha; been much exaggerated. We
learn that*”,soo, killed and wounded, would
cover it all. Considering the forces engaged,
this is wot a heavy loss, at least in comparison
with European battles. There was, vve learn, a
very unusual proportion of wounded, to swell
the list, and of these a larger proportion than
usual received wounds in the arms and hands,
aud will recover. Oi the enemy’s ioss, we have
no. ■ means of .ascertaining the exact amount.
;* me.:!*.,'■'■•■ryti..<Ty.Aßo raw tlhC
j field 61 b d:f .-jUimts. .S'oijq say that it wastvVo
j and a half til our off® f- some th, t Knva* three;
| some that it was as four; and sonicThatU.'trass
| even five. N- groes and deserters, escaped
| from their lint-?, say they buried four thousand,
i At least they say the officers told them so, and
; that the wounded ex .-ceded ail calculation,
i Killed, wounded, prisoners, and drowned, we
have not the h a-u doubt that ttiis battle cost
them at least 10,000 men. Bnt it has cost thorn,
I morally, more than this It has taught them
the extreme difficulty of reaching this city, and
must, of course, have had upon their minds a
demoralizing effect. On the contrary, it has
inspired our troops wdh the highest enthusi
asm. Equal in numbers upon the whole, they
will be luil of confidence hereafter.
[From the Charleston Courier, 9th. 1
TTte News on the Lines.
The news from the lines Saturday and Sunday
was not very important. Reports as usual were
numerous, some ol them of a very startling
character. To ascertain the truth of these re
ports, and sift out the facts, was a labor of no
little difficulty.
On Saturday morning a portion of General
Evans’ command, under Colonel Dunnovant,
as we learn, attacked a body of the enemy near
j Haulover bridge on John’s I land, drove them
! across the bridge, and captured a quantity of
baggage which 'he enemy abandoned in a pre
j cipit ite flight.
' Our pickets on Sunday captured one of the
1 pickets of the enemy, stationed near the Metho
dist Church on James’ I land. lie was in the
; church when taken prisoner. In a conversation
j with some of our officers he was evidently dis
| posed to be silent and evasive, but at length
! sa : d he believed their force now on the island
; numbered about fifteen thousand men, and that
they were under the command of two Briga
j dier-Generals ot Divisions.
Late last evening it was reported that a small
: force of the < nenty again advanced, and made a
i demonstration as if for an attack on our forces
t at James’ Island. Oa the approach of our
I troops, however, they again turned and fled.
! We have not learned of any casualties.
It is not believed that the enemy’s force on
i tiie Is'and has been increased beyond the origi
nal number said to have been landed, namely,
I seventeen hundred.
The Cornniis.-arj’s boat of the 20th regiment,
in charge ol private P. .VI. Seixas, being left, by
; him on the beach ol Sullivan’s Island, Saturday
night, was taken possession of by five English
tailors, deserters from Fort Moultrie, and made
l use ol to take the party out to the blockading
licet, which it is supposed they succeeded in
| reaching sak-ly. Private Seixas has beeu placed
under arrest.
Address to the Army ol titcbmoiHl.
The President has issued the following ad
dress to the army :
I tender to you my grateful aeknowledg
j meets tor the gallantry and good conduct you
displayed in the battles of the 31;t May and Ist
inst., aud with pride and pleasure recognize the
steadiness and intrepidity with which yon at
• tacked the enemy in position, captured bis ad?
vanced intrench incuts, several batteries of ar
tillery, arid many standards, and everywhere
drove him trom tiie open field.
At a part of your p rations it was my for
tune to be present. On tio otner occasion have
I witnessed more of calmness and good order
than you exhibited while advancing into the
very jaws o! death, and nothing could exceed
the prowess with which you closed upon the
enemy when a sheet of tire wa3 blazing in your
: faces.
In the renewed struggle in which you are on
the eve ot engaging, I ask and can desire but a
I continuance of the *ame' conduct which now
attracts the admiration and pride of the loved
ones you have left at home. •
You are lighting for all that is dearest to men;
and, though opposed to a ff>e who disregards
many ot the usages of civilized war, your hu
manity to the wounded and the prisoners was
the fit and crowning glory to your valor.
! Deienders of a ju-t cause, may God have you
in his Holy keeping!
J err Ef.s ox Davis.
The General will cause the above to be read
to the troops under his command.
Executive Office, 2d June, 1862.
p.
Matters is St. Francis County, Abkak
: sas —A gentleman of this city, who, lor a week
i or two past, has been absent in St. Francis
county, Arkansas, informs us that up to the
i time ot bis departure skirmishes between de
: tachmcnta of Federals and cur partisan forces
were of almost daily occurrence in Uie upper
portion ot that county. Few of these resulted
in anything serious to either side, being what is
| termed " bash-wbackings.” The people are
, thoroughly arroused and determined to hold
their ground against the enemy. We learn
, nothing to ccntraditi the reported movement
northward from 8- Francis county of the Fed
erals.—Men phis Argus.
George 8. Dennison has been appointed the
Lincoln Collector at New Orleans.
TSTO. 27.
TELiEG-BAPHIC
fflfliiFßpmffl
. THEY CUT THEiR WAY THROUGH.
rSpc-cial despatch to the Savannah Ecpubtioan)
Chattanooga, June 6.—Three-fiitha of the 1t Ken-'
tucky cavalry., under command ol Col '.dams, were
siirprised-dn Wednesday fast by a large Federal force
undt r Gen. Milchell, es imatod at 4000. at Sweoden’s
Covo, twelve miles from Jasper, on the Winchester
road, and wenty-eight miles from Chattanooga. Our
. men, finding themselves completely hemmed In, cut
their way through the ranks of the enemy, with a loss
of twenty in killed and wounded. The enemy’s logs
is greater.
Mitchell is supposed to be coming this way, and if
so he will meet with a warm reception.
Tiie Enemy Advancing on Chattanooga
BATTLE EXPECTED TO-DAY.
[Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.]
Cliiattanoooa, Jane <!.—• Tbe energy are reported to
be m force fiwc miles from the rive'v-oppositeChatta-
C'>ga...Jtrh '.yt*rWw;
killed one of Captain Spiller’s men. r
Their cavalry have advanced to within a few yards
of the river bank. A fight is expected to-morrow.—
Our men are ready ard anxious ler the conflict.
IMPORTANT FltftM OLUTAXOOGA.
The Enemy Attack the City with
out Notice.
PANIC AMONG TUB WOMEN AND CHIL
DREN.
ATTACK ON KIC&AJACK DEPOT.
[Special Despatch to the Savannah Republican.]
Chattanooga, June T.—Smallrcconnoitering parties
ot the enemy were ebservod this morning on the oppo
site side of the river. They captured two of our scouts.
The enemy were expected to cross intforce at Kellei’s
Ferry, ten miles below the city. No demonstration
towards an attack has yet been made. Our guns are in
battery and the men alt under arras.
second nr.spATon.
It is reported that the enemy fired a number of rifle
shots yesterday across the river at Shell Mound Depot
at Nickiijack, twenty-seven miles west of Chattanooga.
No one was hurt. Their fo;co was estimated at from
8000 to 4000.
Andrews, the Lincoln traia thief, ha3 been recap
tured near this city and sent to Atlanta to be executed.
It is reported that the enemy’s force is increasing on
the other side of the river,
LATER.
p. m —The enemy has j rat opened their batter)e
from the opposite side of the river upon the city with
shot and shell, and that wi hint giving the slightest
notioe. Great panic among tbe women and children,
who are flying in every direction. Our batteries are
replying aud tho sharp-s :o iters keeping id a constant
fire. No Berious damage has yet Deen done to the
bntldingA
6 o’clock, p. m.—Several of onr men are wounded,
but thus far nobody killed.
Chattanooga, Juno S—The enemy resumed the
shelling of the town at ten o’clock to-day, and contin
ued until noon, without auy casualties on our side.
Two buddings were slightly damaged. Our batteries
did not respond.
The scouts that have come fn from across the river
report that the enemy have left for another position be
low. They are expected to attempt to cross the river
at Brown’s Ferry, three miles below tho city and op
posite lookout Mountain, or at another po nt some
four miles above the city. They have a sm.iil steam
ferry-boat, which they have fitted up f.s a gunboat.
Our troops aro in excellent spirits and confldent of
bolding Chattanooga.
The enemy’s force consists of the wli le of Mitchell’s
command from Nashville and liuntsvi 10, and are sup
posed to number 8,100.
Sharp work is expected to morrow.
Losses in the Battles of Clticlka-
Itominy.
Great Rise in. James River.
j -
Richmond, ,>p *
casualties In tho 3d brigade, General It. E. Bnoaiii,
shiws tJiB-f'Abiwicg summary;
Twelfth Mississippi -F'.vo aJJiomrs arid
thiriy-fivo men killed; two ofite rs and a hundred aud .
thirty-eight men wounded.
Sixth Alabama Battalion —Eleven officers and
uinety-ono men killed, eighteon.offlcers and two hun
dred and sixty-four men wounded.
Fifth Alabama Regiment. —One officer and twenty
six men ki.led; nine officers and a hundred and fifty
nine men wounded.;
Twelfth Alabama Regiment —F ve officers and flfty
flve men killed; six officers and a hundred and thirty
three men wounded.
Allis quiet along the lines this morning
A great freshet is now prevailing in the James
Eiver. The water is within fourteen inches of the great
flood of 1847. It is several inches deep at Ihe inter
section of Carey and Saveriteenth-street3, and is still
rising, with more rain threatening.
Stonewall Jackson and
Shields.
CAPTURE OF AJUJENSL'SH B\RONET.
Richmondi June 7.—The Lynchburg Virginian of
yesterday reports, on tho autbirl'y of an officer who
was wounded iu, the light, a victo y by Jackson over
Shields, at Hlrasburg. No official information of the
fight has been received.
The river is falling at this plr.ee.
AU is quiet along the lines trds nx-ruing.
SECOND DESPATCH.
Jae'tsnn’s reported victory turns out to have been a
skirmish, near Woodstock, between our roar guard
and the enemy’s auvai ce.
Ashby’s cavalry had a skirmish near Harrisonburg
on Thursday, ai <1 captured the English baronet nlr
Percy Worden, who is a Colonel in the Yankee aimy.
[From tho Jackson Mirsi-sippian.]
Late from Baton Rouge.
We I'uirn by a private telegraphic despatch that Gen.
LoveU’sforccs, In a email detachment, atta'ked the
eir my on Sunday night, killing 21 of ihe enemy.
We are assured that Gen L. has been very active in
detailing artillery and infantry, to send to several of
the strong points on the h, isstsa ppijroin which we ex
pect to hear a good report at an early day.
Gen. Pettigrew not Killed aud Doing
Well. ,
Richmond, June 6.—A flag of truce from the enemy’s
lines, to-flay, brings the intelligence that Gen. J.
Johnston Pett'grew was net killed in the late fiffit, but
severely wounded, lie is reported doiug well, and out
of danger.
Wonnded Floridian* in Hie diiuibora*
zu Uoi>Uul, title Urnorid.
T. M. Brown, lot Lieutenant, Company A, 2d
Florida, wounded iu the arm.
M. P. G. Brooks, Company L, in shoulder.
S. W. Brow, Company A, in the knee.
A. Butler, Company E, in the thorax andab
domen.
A. M Carlisle, Lieutenant Company 11, in the
leg.
G. C. Holliman, Company C, in the chest.
E. Houston, Sergeant-Major Company K,
shell wound.
Li. D. Rawls, Company B, in the arm.
Wilson Robert, Company A, in the thigh.
H. E. Stokes, Company C, in the h&nd.
W. R. Touton, Company B, in the chest.
W. B. Watson, Lieutenant, in the leg, flesh.
C. Wright, Company A, in the arm.
J. J. Williams, Sergeant Company B, In the
shoulder.
Williams, Lieutenant Company K, in the
neck.
Fkom Jackson’s CommiND.— We have cer
tain intelligence from passengers from Stann
ton, yesterday, that Gen. Jackson’s army, with
the exception of those left to guard the prison
ers captured and the stores, was on yesterday
morning at Williamsport, in Maryland, without
the least show ol any force in the vicinity to
oppose them.
Williamsport is about twenty miles above
Harper’s Ferry, and we suppose about ninety
from Baltimore, and seventy-five or eighty
from Washington. Whether the army would
advance farther was not known.
The number of prisoners taken up to Thurs
day morning, when the courier left, including
those sent eff, was estimated at forty-three
hundred.
It is said that the wildest enthusiasm exists
among the people of the Valley at the presence
ol our armies, and they were flocking to the
standard of “old Stonewall” in large numbers.
The same may be said of the people ot Mary
land, near the Potomac, who welcomed with
delirious joy the stars and bars of the Confed
eracy.—
Butler recently caused the house occupied by
Mrs. Gen. Beauregard, in New Orleans, to be
thoroughly searched for correspondence and
other “contraband” material. The several
apartments of the building were subjected to a
thorough-going, topsy-turvy overhauling, but
the Yankee hirelings were foiled in their en
deavor*.