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WEEKLY
REPUBLICAN,
By F\ W. Biras,
City ab and Cois bt y t r i it i er.
JAMES . BREED, - * KBifOB
SAY ANNA IT, GA.
June 14, 1862.
J4r. O. VV. Hancock, Eiitor of the Sumter Re
publican, has returned home from Virginia, and
resumed his editorial chair.
Cel. Daniel W. Adams, lately commanding
the First Louisiana Regulars, has been promo
ted to the grade of Brigadier General Cooled
erate State- A nav.
Mortally Mounded. —Beverly VV. Means,
E-q., of Fairfield District, for several years
Librarian of the Suuih Carolina College, was
mortally wounded in the late battles.
We see it stated that among the killed on the
Federal side, ntjar Richmond, in ttte battle ot
Suodiw, was tbps Irish Colonel, T. F. Meagher.
Doubtful. * _
Col. Alex H. Brown nas been appointed
Provost Marshal of Charleston, in place ot
Col. Hagood, who has returned to his regi
ment, which took part in the fight of Tuesday,
on James’ Island.
The Southern Hccorder says : Gov. Brown, on
account of the ill health of one of his children,
left the seat of Government with his family on
Friday last, ami will probably make Atlanta or
Marietta his official headquarters during tht
summer.
Eclipse. —There was a total eclipse of the
moon Wednesday night. ItJSegan at 11 b. 23m.,
became total at 29 minutes after midnight, and
ceased at 4a, 30m. Such ot our readers as keep
editorial hours had an opportunity of witness
ing a most striking spectacle.
The British Steamship Ronaldo, seventeen
gnus, Captain Hewitt, V. C., Irom Hampton
Roads, called off Charleston Tuei-day, to delivei
despatches for the British and French Consu
lates. After receiving a visit from Mr. Bunch,
the Rinaldo sailed for the Gulf.
France. —The reported recognition of tht
Confederate States by France is doubtless a
mistake. The City of Washington, which ar
rived at Now York with European advices to
the U2d ultimo—about the date of the arrival
of the Trent at Havana—make no mention ot
such an ev* rt
Butler’s Ujsao.—We see it staled that
some true-hearted Mississippian has offered a
reward of 810,000 for the head of the iufamom
Butler. Bush on the column. Georgia will
add 150,000 to tbe reward. The vile mootter’r
escape from the Confederate States would dis
grace a people.
“Fuss and t eatur ,s’ ” Last.— A Yankee
paper 6tates that in conversation with a dis
tinguished clergyman from Albany, who was
at Gen. Bcott’s residence last week, the General
said ; “I think Davis will not be caught. lie
will probably escape through Texas into Mi xi
co. To the more prominent traitors that may
be taken. I would mete out a system of judi
cious but liberal hanging.”
A Military Adventurer —Toe Richmond
Rspotch says: In the early part of this war,
Gcu. McClellun wrote to a distinguished ofllcei
in ihe Son h. expressing his de.-ire to serve in
the Confederate army. If he dare deny the fact
and his recent reports prove that in meudacity
he iv the representative man of the Yankee
nat on, it can be demonstrated by such evidence
as will close his Ups tn eternal silence.
o*M s brigade —WVieurn.say s tin
Charleston Merely, that Gen. R 8. Ripley ha
been aligned to the command of a brigade
consisting of seven regiments, supporting the
advance corps of tbe left wing of the army ol
R cinnond, which is under Gen. Longs reet.—
Tlie regimen's are Moore’s 8. C. V., GibsonV
and two other Georgia and three North Caro
lina Regimen's In the next light they art
likely to have a piace in the picture.
Exclusive Yankee Commerce.—The New
Orleans correspondent of tbo Havana Diariode
la Marina. 24th ult., says : ‘‘General Butler bar
just instructed Commodore Farragut not to
allow any vessels, to come up to the city, ex
cept American.”
John Bull and tho Emperor will probably
look after this matter as they did at Norfolk
By the way, we perceive that there have been
almost daily arrivals of British and French
meu-01-tvar for <iw> Dmo rit
East ThNNi£.-otis—ine uews uoin Kentucky
condi ms our suspicions with regard to the mo
lives o Mitchell in his recent appearauce be
fore Chattanooga, via : not really to make at
attack in that quarter, but, by a demonstration
to iuduce Kirby Bmith to come South and leave
open Cumberland Gap, for the descent of an
other Federal column on East Tennessee. Ou>
despatch Irom Chattanooga exposes the whol<
game, and the opinion is c mtiruied by the sud
don retirement of Mitchell with all his com
ma id.
We hope the government will see to it tba>
Kirby Smith is sutlldenily reinforced to enabli
him to meet successfully that uew army oi
thieves and plunderers.
The Losses at CiuchaUomixt.—Tho Rich
mond D spnteh says :—Our whole loss at Sevet
Pities Ims been added up by the Enquirer, ft on
the published returns, and lists not yet pub
lished. k amounts to about i3,500 all told—
killed, w ounded, ami missing. Of these only
about 150 were k lied, the wounded b-aring at.
unusually large prop rtion to the killed. It
the un amirne, the Yankees acknowledge a lost
ot SOU killed and upwards of 4,000 wounded
Tills, wo have no doubt, is about hal
ol what they actually lost. They say nothing
ol the 800 ptisouers we look from them, hut
they speak ot 1 SU) which they took Irotn tis
This, ot course, is a lie out ol the whole cloth.
We doubt whether they took 100 in all.
Amvkews Hcno.—Andrews, the captain ol
the engine thieves, who stole a train on the
S ste Road, was triid by court martial at Chat
tsuov ca, Mid convicted as a spy. lie was ae
dtfrdmgly hung at Albania on Saturday last.—.
He wus a i alive ol Virginia, thirty-three yeats
Of t.'e. h and no family, but was engaged to be
married this month, lla was f rrmerly a mer
chant at Nashville. He raid he was induced to
atte nipt the ot the tngine uuder prom
1.-e el a large reward bv the Fidtrals, and th*
pi iviiego e>f smuggling ibgu, fh ij;om the North
fA.CdO worth of gin ds j er month ; that he did
not intend to l Uip the bwl,'#, but to take the
engine tei the Federal*; au.l thet he was not an
enemy to the Confederate Uovernment or
people.
Ukvth op Ce-U V\ M. ti. Ulbu—We regret
to Warn, says ihe Augusta i>**tU\iiona!ut of
Monday. ib Ctl W.m.tuG dill, lately con
nected with %V> A-.: i ii rear this city, died
yesterday morning, at Columbus, Kiss. He
was, according to the Army Register, a native
im X w Jersey, amt apjuiinted from Peunsylva
nta. He was a gradual,. v>i West Point, and
was brevetleet 8 CeKut Lieutenant ol iV Sd
U. 8 Artillery, July Im, pm*, and first Lku
tenant of tbe 4tb ArtiUctv, January ‘.t.h 18M
On the breaking oat of hostilities hct w ,4 n the
North and sooth, he took part with the better
re calved an appointment In the Artillery and
t irdeanee Department, and a is stationed' for a
time at the Arsenal near this city- Subse
quently, he was transferred to Geo. Bcaure
gatd's start as Chief ot Artillery and Ordnance.
Ill* lew# will, doubtless, be severely lelt by the
gallant aooy with which be was connected.
To which we add, that Majbr fi ll was well
known in Savannah, haring spent much of his
time In tbia city, where he recently b came
e ucictrd by marriage with an estimable young
lady. He was an a tillable and excellent genUc
ma n, and a* an office r, brave and faithful to hi*
titd.
TZEIiKJ WEEEILT BEPUBLICAJy, CTU UNTIE 1.4, 1863.
Coni* derate Kcversts.
The news Irom all directions which wc pul>
lish this morning, except the favorable item
from Tennessee, is adverse to our arms.
The events at Memphis, we presmne, will
surprise no one. The evacuation of Corinth,
and the fall of Fort Pillow had already prepar
ed the public mind for any reverse that might
befall us iu that quarter. We are glad to know
that the gallant Commodore in command of our
little fleet disputed every inch of the Missis
sippi and yielded to the overwhelming force of
the enemy only when his little fleet had been
utterly demolished or sunk. That is the right
way to fight the invaders of our homes, and we
hope to see it adopted in every portion of the
land where the enemy may show his head.
The capture ot Memphis by the Yankee gun
boats relieves Halleck of a necessity that might
have cost him bis army. The city has fallen
without marching a man from Corinth, and the
entire Mississippi—except one point, Vicks
burg, which will likely fall in its time—being
now in the bands of the enemy, it will require
but few men to hold it, independently of their
gunboats. From Beauregard’s army, we think
the country has nothing to hope. Halleck will
hardly attack it, should it be fortified, lor it is
not In a position to h§rrass bjrn pattiqLlarly so
long as it maintains its present states on the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad. The great Missis
sippi being open to Yankee commerce, Yankee
aspirations are satisfied without risking a doubt
lul engagement simply for the purpose ol dis
persing an army that shows no signs of an ad
vance in any direction.
Our correspondent intimates, in his last let
ter, that a campaign northward from that point
may not be wholly impossible. Wo hope it is
even probable, but we see nothing to justify
any' expectation that it will actually occur.
There is one contingency in wh'oh Beauregard
may be placed in a position to do great harm to
the enemy, provided he is not starved out and
compelled tj evacuate his camp at Bildwin.
Halleck is losing his soldiers by hundreds daily,
and the inconvenience o! his preseut location
may make it necesssry for him to withdraw
northward, in the direction of Kentucky. This
done, Tennessee will again fail into onr hands,
provided we have at that day a sufficient army
to take it.
The reverse to our arms in the vicinity of
Charleston, though irregularly communicated,
is believed to be true, so far as the account
goes, no particulars being given. There must
hive been a sudden descent of Federal troops
on the island, and formidable woiks for their
protection, for our troops to have suffered so
severely. We have no details, and, therefore,
cannot offer an opinion with regard to the afinir.
The Forty seventh Georgia Regiment, Col Wil
liams, whieh went over some days ago, appears
to have led the assault and suffered severely.
We shall await, with painful anxiety, advices
of the killed and wounded, whieh will prob
ably be received to day. We annex a list of the
officers of the Regiment, and the companies
wh'ch compose it:
FIELD OFFICERS.
Gilbert W. W. Williams, Colonel.
A. 0. Edwards, Lieutenant Colonel.
J G. Cone, Major—(absent, sick )
COMPANIES.
Company A, M. J. Doyle, Captain
Company **, I*. Gorraley.
Company C W. W. " illiams.
Company D, Jno. I). Ashton.
Company.E, Win. 8. P. Philips.
Company E, J. 11. Latimer.
Compafiy G, P. G. Gippins.
Company H, J. M. Atkin.
Company 1, F. P. Hines.
The last mentioned company is stationed, on
picket duty, at the Charleston Railroad bridge
Of the capture of five hundred Federate in
Tennessee, otjr account is very meagre, Indeed
hut n general report, which may or may not be
tnie; we fervently hope the former, for the rc
csjuvAmlri ninviiimaa ul Miic I*ll against Chat
tanooga, though fruitless to biijn, deserves to be
punished. Indeed, if onr troops in East Ten
nessee are wide awake, it appears to us the
whole party might be intercepted and cut off.
'Kirby Smith, tboaeb, knows what he is abont,
ind we have perfect confidence that he will nse
'he means at Lis command to the very best ad
vantage.
P. B.—Since the foregoing was put in type,
we have received the Charleston papers con
taining a full account of the engagement on
James’ Island. The Courier's statement will be
found in our columns. Three cheers for the
gallant Forty-seventh!
Trailing with the Fncniy Prohlbted.
The Confederate Congress has passed an act
prohibiting, nnder heavy penalties, all trade
with towns in posses ion of the enemy. .It is
important, fays the Augusta P’onstitntionalUt,
that this law be strictly enforced at whatever
cost, wherever possible. Otherwise wo are sub
joe ted to a greater danger than that of the can
non and bajouet. True, tbe enforcement of
tho iaw will ulll ct many innocent sufferers. It
will, perl a;>-, heir much harder on friends
than foes, in many eases. But such are among
the uuliapi y incidents of war. A great public
policy is sought to be accomplished by total
non-intercourse with tho enemy—whether at
-ea-ports, along the Mississippi, or across the
border. If the rule is relaxed, and our people
get into the way of trading with tbe enemy,
they will be more than half prepared for the
yoke which tiny have sought to avoid at snch
mmen-e cost of blood. The battles ot this
war will then have been fought iu vain.
There is nothing, we would add, towards
which the loyal people of the Confederate
States should exercise a more sleepless vigil
tuce. A trader iu Yankee wares, obtained from
the enemy, should he watched as closely as the
enemy himself. There is nothing that will
prove, when tolerated, so enervating and de
mising upon the public mind ot a people strug
gling lor their heedom. Nor is the caution
without a reason. We have an army of sanl*
trailers who swarm about our borders, trade off
Confederate money f r gold, giving two dollars
fir one, and are ever slippii g across the line
tld back again with Yankee fabrics and no
tions which they sell at live hundred per
centum ns a special favor and accommoda
tion to the public, and ail the while cheating
the public treasuy ont of its lawful does
These smugglers should be ferrete! out, caught,
>nd loti gto the nearest tree. They are sap
ping the very principle of liberty from the
hearts of our people, and though they may
supply a temper try convenience, it is no com
nensation for the lasting it jury done to the
cause.
Naval Fiort at Memphis—Military .rt.s.
Our Army Correspondent telegraphs us from
Mobile, that a terrific naval engagement oc
curred at Memphis last week, and ihtt he sent
us fuff particttUus ot the fcfftir. This is the
first intimation we have had el U. We suppose
the despatch was proscribed eu nute. Under
military rule, which, in a majority of cases, dis
card# common sense, every species cf informa
tion is contraband. Some days ago onr cor
respondent aLCharlcston tried hard to furnish
us au account of the affair on St. John's Island
by telegraph, but all his communications were
r-Jscted. The Charleston CWrter of the next
morning contained every particular songht to
be sent us.
We know there are many things connected
i with our military movements that should not
j be made public, at least for the lime bting,
: and, baring the same interest In success with
| ourmilna y commanders, we have always ex
' ercised our best discretion iu accepting and
matter for these columns; but
! when military government takes leave of com
mon sense, and proscribes everything simply
because it does not wish to take the trouble
to discriminate between what is right and what
wrong, that government becomes oppressive
aud unjust, and it is the daty of the Press to
warn the people against encroachments on
Ibrir ruins. We are ready to submit to any
| re* trie’don that l* reasonable, but a restriction
Just because a party ha* the power to impose '
< tr r •* ud has our earnest, uncompro
| muiug probßsu 1 .
Professor Holmes, ot the Colit ge of Charles
ton, has been appointed Superintendent ot the
Nitre department for the Confederate Sutee
in St nth tCaixUna. HU office will be in Co
lumbia.
disloyally Kebukeit— The Marie ta
Grand Jury Presentments.
We have read with interest, and thought
worthy of a place in onr columns, the present
ments of the Grand Jury of the Confederate
Court, whieh sat at Marietta, last week. Like
them, we hate torylsm in all its forms, and
think the time has come when legal distinc
tions should be drawn between the real friends
and the real enemies of the government.
There is one point, however, on which we
beg leave to differ from the Marrietta Grand
Jury. Ilad they stopped Bhort with their dep
recation of “ disloyalty and disrespect” to
ward the government, they would have covered
the entire legitimate ground : they are wrong
when they seek to interlere with the free ex
ercise of opinion and speech with regard to the
conduct ot their agents who have been chosen,
as the representatives of the peop'e, to keep
that government iu motion and direct it suc
cessfully. The right to criticise —to approve
and condemn-our “rulers,” as the Jury have
thought proper to term them, is the very ei--
sence of true popular liberty, and he whoscekt
to abridge that sacred right, strikes, unconsci
ously though it be, a fatal stab at the very heart
of free government. There is no such thing
as responsibility withont vi guarai jeer of this ,
right, .and without responsibility pWGrnriiehl*
is a despotism—a result which, we hope,
many generations will have passed away before*
we shail be called on to contemplate as a part
oi our destiny. For one we had rather ptrisb
asserting the right of thinking and speaking
freely of all affairs in this republican govern
ment of ours, than live with the consciousness
that our tongne and pen were fettered, by legal
enactments or otherwise.
Still, we appreciate, and would applaud, the
motive that prompted this immoderate expres
sion of sentimeßt on the part of the Marietta
Grand Jury. Au excess of zeal and patriotism
led them into error, and we honor the hearts
whose feelings are uncontrolled only in cn
templation of a righteous cause and a suffering
country. Still error is error, always hurtful,
and we have thought it our duty, iu all kind
ness, to expose it, and warn our countrymen
against it. Power is ambitious, with an evi r
increasir g tendency to encroach, to lengthen
its cords and strengthen its stakes, and our
true safety consists in resisting the first color
of an attack on our liberties as a peopie.
Whilst 6uch are our sentiments, we are far
irom countenancing a factious oi piosition, or
even querulous disposition, towards the admin
istrative officers of the country, under any cir
cumstances, and especially in time of war
when we are struggling for national existence,
and need atl the respect and confidence we can
inspire toward both our nation and the agents
we have chosen to pilot us through the storm
We would counsel a friendly regard and gener
ous forbearance in all cases not vitally prejudi
cial to the public interest, for we have serious
quarrels with others, and jeopard our cause by
dissensions at home. -
Our Army (orrrspoudeut and Him
Critics.
The letters of our Army Correspondent, *‘P.
W. A,” concerning Gen. Beauregard’s order,
excluding correspondents from the Army of the
West, have been criticised liberally by a por
tion of the Press—bis positions opposed, but
discussed in a spirit ol candor and moderation.
Another portion of the Press—a very small and
insignificant one, which has either not the en
terprise or the money to employ correspondents
and keep its readers property informed of pub
lic affiirs—has given loose rein to its pri
vate malice and all manner of nncbariiableness
against our correspondent, seeking to hold him
up as an incendiary writer, and a defamer of
the leaders of our armies. Such stuff is so
ridiculously illogical and unjust, that it became
its own best answer, and we have not thought
it worth while to trouble ourselves about it.
“P. W. A ” is beyond the reach of eneh malici
ous creatures, and their missiles fall impotent
at his feet. A lady friend gives the true phi
losophy of this particular species of opposi
tion, and without saying more, we let her speak
for herself :
Savannah, June !Lb, !562.
Editor of the Republican:
Dear Sir :—l do not know whether or not
your valuable paper is included in the allusion
made by the Morning Xeiex oi Friday last, “ to
sensation papers,” and their special war corres
poudetits. but must say that I have ever found
the mixatious most agreeable which were pro
duced by reading the army curt respondence of,
the Savannah Republican. I do not doubt but
what such editors as had no correspondence
worthy of publication, are rt juicing iu the re
cent action taken by Geuerai Beauregard, ex
eluding newspaper reporters from the lines ol
our army, as thereby vour own aide and
talented correspondent, P. W. A., sutlers for
the indiscretion ol others. I should consider
it a depredation to Mr. Alexander, to apply to
him any j art of the article taken Irom the “fu
tala Spirit of the South," at the same time that
I teel a resentment towards alt such t (fusions,
smarting as I (and jour readers generally) do
nnder the loss of P. W. A.’s most interesting
letters.
The entire reliance to be placed upon his corn
muuicalions, reudered them deeply interesting
under all circumstances, even when the news
couponed was not so encouraging as we could
wish. It is to hoped that the prohibition will,
in a short time, be removed, and that we may
soon again enjoy the pleasure now denied us.
Respectfully,
A Lady Friend
Ultller’a Head.
We have received the following note from a
lady of this* city, and we have no doubt it
breathes the universal spirit of her sex through
out the Couiedeiacy.. Yes, the women ot Geor
gia would pay a million to avenge, in the only
proper manner, the outrage perpetrated Upon
their sex, and on the civilizuion of the nine
teenth century, by tbe infamous New England
barbarian, v hom our wouid-be oppressors have
sent out to lord it insolently over a brave and
virtuous people. For ourselves, we make this
declaration and take the responsibility : If that
infamous proclamation is not disowned and
Butler recalled in disgrace by the Lincoln gov
ernment, the South should raise tbe Black Flag
and shut the door ol mercy forever In the face
ot oar vile invaders. It would close tbe war,
and the Christian world would say that we. are
tally justified iu the step Conlrderates should
take no prisoners, and never yield themselves
while breath animates their bodies. They
should scorn life preserved at the hand of sn.h
an enemy.
A late general address of Geuerai Robert Lee
to the Army of Virginia, closes with ine*e sig
nificant words: “Victory or Death'." We
stand to the motto. We would adopt it for
ourselves, and at the same time force it on the
enemy. We should be conquered when
slain, and the enemy who seeks to enslave ns
should be placed on the same footing.
But to the noble, indignant note of our cor
respondent, which reads as follows. We do
trippie tho amount, and rely on tho ladies of
Georgia to enable ns to pay the r, ward :
Editor of the Republican :
Deat Sir:—Beeing your spirited notice in this
morning’s paper, ot the offer of a coble Missis
sippian, to give a reward of ten thousand dol
lars lor the infamous Butler’s head, can yon
not suggest through your valuable j lurnai, the
propriety of every woman m our Confederacy
contributing her ume to trippie the Sum, lor a
consummation dear to the insulted honor ot
our country women, one and all *
Respectfully,
A Savannah Woman.
Savannah, June 10 h, 1862.
! .
Lvte Skirmish ox the Cuickahomist—
* Gen Sbmmes.—The Richmond Ihspa'ch. of a
: recent date, alluding to a skirmish on the Chick
; ahominy which preceded the late battles, slates
j that the s'.h Louisiana Regiment was roughly
| treated and were compelled to lall back on ac
j count of a “disgraceful surprise.” This is at
tributed by the wilter to Gen. Semntes, who
: commanded the brigade. In a later ssue of the
| Dispatch appear* a communication from the
of the sth Louisiana, denying that the
“surprise” was owing to the want of vigilance
|on the part of the General, but that all was
done that could be done in the emergency. Io
conclusion, be says, “It is due to Gen. Semmes
I to say, that he Is a well informed, prudent aud
faithful officer, and e j >ys the coufi J -nee and j
respect of the officers under his command. As
t the sth regiment, it will be tooud true to its
duty, and will be always willing to be judged ,
by iu conduct.
SKMY CORRESPONDENCE
Of the Savannah Republican.
ifvacaatlon In the Wcit-Probabilities
cf tbe Future.
Mobile, June fit it.
It would appear the statement that the evacua
tion of Corinth Was effected without loss ot
life on our pact, was not literally true. Yon
have already been informed that a deiachmcn
ol Federal cavalry made a dash by a circuitous
route, at Boonsville, on Friday last, and set tire
to a train of cars loaded with arms and the
sick men to whom they belonged. The timely
appearance of a small Confederate force pre
vented the destruction of the train, though
several hundred muskets of au interior descrip
tion were destroyed, aud as many more badly
damaged. Unfortunately, five or six wounded
soldiers and several dead bodies, which were
being removed for interment, were also burnt-
Several officers umorg the sick were taken piis %
oners, but were subsequently rescued, and a
number of their captors seized and brought in.
Private letters confirm the statement of the
abandonment of Fort Pillow. It is believed
that the entire garrison got away in safety, and
i tjt most of the ammunition, baggage, &c.,
saved. The guns of the fort, I presume,
were all lost, as it would have been txeeedingiy
difficult, if not impos-ible, to remove them in
presence of a hostile fleet. 1 am not informed
of the fate of our gnnboats. They, probably,
escaped down the river, and sought safety in
some ot the western tributaries of the Missis-
sippi.
It is believed, also, that all the machinery,
stores, and other government property, at
Memphis, were saved, and that all the locomo
tives and <nrs on the Memphis and Charleston,
Memphis and Ohio, and Mobile and Ohio rail
roads, (except the trains which arrived too late
at the Hatchie bridge and were destroyed by
ourselves,) were removed down to Grenadaand
Jackson, and in this direction. Ail the office
books and p -pers, and other moveable properly
belonging to the roads, were likewise saved.
Such drugs in Memphis as would be useful to
the army were, removed, as well as the specie in
the banks. The cotton, sugar, molasses and
tobacco, as you have already been informed,
were destroyed.
It will r< quire several weeks to replace the
bridgts on the railroads, including that across
the Tennessee river, at Decatur; and when that
shall have been done, it will be necessary for
'he Federals to bring ears and locomotives from
the North b tore they can avail themselves of
the roads.
It is too early to say what course Halleck
will probably pursue. Our hope is that he will
follow Beauregard up. It may’ be, however,
he will seek to cross the country in the direc
tion ot Memphis; or, if that should appear too
hazardous to him, he may retrace his steps to
the Tennessee, and come around by water.
But either one of these movements would seem
to involve the loss of Middle Tennessee, and to
leave open the road to Nashville and Louisv lie.
It is more likely that he will maintain his present
position, unril he can rebuild the bridges jmd
put the railroads in running order, h ping, in
the mean rime, that the Mississippi will be
opened and Mobile reduced and occupied.
Any movemim just now would be full of dan
ger to himself.
The country need not be surprised if the bold
movement ol Stonewall Jackson upon the Po
tomac should be imitated in the West. Wheth
er it will be on the east or west side of the
Mississippi, or both, I shall not undertake to
say. We are not without, ‘troops towards thq
setting sun, orju the direction ot Cumberland
Gap
Any part, of Virginia is a paradise to Corinth
and the ai j iceut country. The mud when it
rained, and'the dust when it did not, together
with the prevailing scarcity of water, rendered
it impossible tw the Ariuv of thp..Mi’-sissi|)iAAu.
maintain itionJqmfius or cn-anTiness i-o essen
tial t*( ahh. The salt beef and b tcon the men
were compelled to eat, unaccompanied with
fresh meats, vegetables or Iruit, were produc
tive of thirst, and the more water they drank,
the worse it was for them. That there should
be a tendency to scorbutic diseases, under these
circumstances, should occasion no surprise,
though it should induce every man and woman
who has the me ns, to contribute what they
can to prevent the spread ot such disorders. All
the fresh meats, vegetables, fmits, green and
ciried, and pickles, that can pn-slbly tie spared,
should be sent immediately to the West. It is
too far for the people of Georgia to send,fresh
meat, or vegetables and green fruit ; but they
can furnish dried fruit and pickles. This sh uld
be done at once, in order to preserve the health
of the army, and to save the men who are al
ready in hospital. A pound of dried frufl is
worih more ju6t now than ten pounds ot salt
provisions, and a j ir of pickles than a bushel of
flour. P. W. A.
Mobile, Jut e 9.
Tbe evacuation ot Fort Pillow, though com
menced at the time indicated in a former letter,
was not completed as soon as I bad supposed.
We had no torce at Memphis, except a few de
tached companies, whose business it was to
execute the orders of the Provost Marshal,
ihe Federal fleet did not appear before the
place until last Friday, when it was hotly, but
ineffectually, engaged by Copt-. Montgomery’s
cottou boats. The particulate of tho engagement
except such as were sent you on by telegraph,
have not been received. The same may be said
of tbe evacuation ol Fort Pillow.
It is stab and that tbe Confederate ram Arkan
xan has been completed and sent down to Vicks
burg, and singiiiue hopes are indulged that she
w ill prove to he a second Merr.mac. If she be
the gunboat I saw launched at Memphis, and
which was subsequently removed to
upon the tall ot Island 10, there is good ground
for these expeditions. She is provided with a
more formidable rant than that of Merri
u.ar, and-was built 1.0 mount eight guns—three
on each side, one in the bo -and one in the
stern. Her sides and deck were clad with rail
road T iron bars, and her machinery and wood
work were ol the strongest and most approved
kind.
It Is reported that a portion of tho army has
fulleu down to Saltillo, the next station inflow
Guntowu on the Mobile A Oaio road. The
supply ot wa‘er is scant ior seventy-five miles
below Coriulh, though much belter and more
abundant that at tbe latter place, and ll may be
that Gen. Beauregaid Ipis extended his encamp
ment with a view to relieving the pressure upon
the points first occupied. Indeed, it is doubt
ful whether Halleck can advance further South
in the direction taken by Beauregard, unless
be first organize aud send forward a corps ol
will-borers. The wells opened by the Coufed
erates Can be easily destroyed, in case of a
farther retrogade movement; in which evt nt,
it would be almost, if not quite, impossible
for an invading force to advance. We can ask
nothing better than that Hallec-k should remaia
at Corinth for two months. It would be equiv
alent to a loss to him of 30 000 men.
The loss of eight locomotives and as many
trains laden with commissary stores, at the
Haicbie bridge, suggests tbe inquiry whether
the practice of destroying railway bridges, ex
cept in particular cases, is not of questionable
expediency, if not unwise.* Where an army
has been defeated, or is pressed by a largely
superior force, everything that can hinder or
delay the advance of the e'demy should be re
sorted to. In his relreAfc front Bowling Green
back behind the Tennessee river, Gen. John
ston acted wisely in destroying the bridges at
Bowling Green, Nashville Columbia; for
he was pursued by a or four times
as numerous as bis own’;* tod where, too, an
enemy has‘possession of a railroad which be
is opening, it may be well enough to apply
the torch to hi# bridges. .*
The Federal* themselves destroyed the
bridges over Bear Crdek andMhe Tennessee at
Decatur; and what would they not give now it
they had not done so! And yet the bridges
would be worth nothing to them but for the
fact that they succeeded, through the treason
of a railroad official at Huntsville, in procuring
a supply of locomotives and cars. It was our
intention to destroy the hriJge at Di-catnr, but
a month aga, when we tr-captuied the place,
we would have given millions for the bridge
there aud over Bear Creek.
Orders bad been given to burn the bridge over
the Wstchia, at six o’clock Friday morning, by 1
which hoar U was supposed all the trains from
Coriutb would have crossed. 'Pile trains had
not arrived, howeVer, and the bridge was fired ; !
and this necessitated the d< struetion oi the
trains with their valuable freight. Hie 1< co
motive and running gear Of tbe cars cannot be
easily replaced, if at alt, as nearly all the foun
dries and machine shops iu the Confederate
States' are engaged on government work.
Meanwhile, onr railroads and rolling stock are
fast wearing out. This fact you are not in a
position to realize so fully as the people in
Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama.
After all, the destrnctiou of the Hatcbie
hridge could be of no benefit to us in any pos
sible event. The Federals did not have a single
car this side of the Tennessee river, and cannot
have one until they shall have rebuilt the
bridges over the Tennessee and Bear Creek.—
While engaged in that work they can easily
replace the bridge over tbe Hatchie.
It is no answer to this remark, to say that a
few days would suffice to enable the Federals to
ship • ngines and cars down the Mississippi to
Memphis, where they could be placed on the
road. Iflam correctly informed, (here is not.
a car in the United States suitable to the guage
of the Memphis & Charles on road, or indeed
of any road south ot Lynchburg and Chaiiotte
to the Mississippi river. West of the Missis
sippi, the roads both in the Confederate States
and the United States are of the same guage—
v;z : 5 feet Cinches. Eist of the Mississippi,
the roads in the Confederate States, with a few
exceptions, are 5 feet go-ge—the exceptions
being the line from Alexandria to Lynchburg,
tbe Virginia Central, the ichmond. and Fred
ericksburg, the Seaboard & Roanoke, the line
ruining from Richmond to Wilmington and
from Weldon to Charlotte, and tin; Montgom
ery & West Point roads—all of which are 4
feet BL£ inches guage. The roads in the United
States east of the Mississippi, have the same
guage—4 feet 8% inches —except the Ohio
roads, whieh are 4 leet 10 inches, and the St.
Louis & Cincinnaii, and the New York & Erie
roads, which are C feet.
Thus you perceive that the possession of our
railroads in the South west c m be of rio use. to
the Federals, unless they tear up the tracks and
relay them, or go.to work and build locomo
tives and cars to suit the guage. The for-met
course .-they hive pur- ued on the Louisville &
Nashville road, as otherwise the posses ’-m ol
the road would have beeu of no pos- le l
vantage to them. They have beeu ei le “
make some little use of the roads lea gf n
DeC-atur to Nashville, and from Ste SO
Nashville, as well as. of that part of t Me
phis ifc Charleston road ’ying north o* t Ten
nessee river ; but this they could not hat one
but for the ears ihev stole at Huntsville.
In view oi these tacts, the policy of the bum
ing our railroad bridges, especially that over
l he Hatchie, would see u to be at least of doubt
fill propriety. 1 am not unsupported iu this
opinion by high military authority.
P. W. A.
From Hit van.•.ccoguition
by Fi mice.
We have had an interview with a New Or
leans gentleman who left II ivaua ou th£ 26ri>
ult., successfully passed tue blockade of a Gull
port, and arrived in this city last evening. Hi
says the British steamer Trent, which arrived
at Havana on the night of the 23d uit., brought
information of the recognition of the Confeder
ate States by the French Emperor. We have
Havana files to the 24. h, and they make no
mention oi such action on the part of tin
French government, but our informant says ii
was generally talked of and believed in well in
formed circles in Havana.
The Hivaua papers contain but little news ol
interest. There is soma comment on American
affairs, which we have not had the leisure to
translate, but will do so iu time for ourmxt
Issue. There is a liberal amount of Mexican
news, which we will condense for the iufoima
tion of our readers.
There were at Havana eight steamers belong
It;;’ iu parties in tIP- Confederate fetaies.
The fofiowing is a condensed view of the
Havana Markets, Vy 17.
Sugar—ln f . and Keg. Whites, loOo3£ rs. per a-roba,
G odanft -‘upt-ri ii- “ 11al1% “ “
Very VhHeuul Fi e V/aVl't “
luf and Keg oat, (T & H.) f>si 0 “ “
eh toil aid npermr 'o do. 6)4 BJf “ -‘
Inf and Keg i rushed (“.* H i a74 “ “
fi. od and Ki-g Otuswd (T. &H ) “ “
Sup and- eg. ru-hed 8)4 “ “
Very White ail t Fine Crushed •% “ “
Inlt idr and re. ul r Muscovado, SV, 5 H
Good .ml superior “ f>% t>kf
The mark t tor the week ending 17m Aiay, was active
th - report! foo'ing 85 157 boxes.
Coffbe q'm'cd Relive ai slßl4 per qt.
Laud *l3 50 a |l4 per qt llutiee s2oper ql.
Coes 4>4 i. per srroha.
SaltSOX rs per bu-hel.
An Appeal Ir. m Uie ttuu-lilern of New
Oi leans.
We need not commend to the attention o'
our readeas the following simple, touching,
beautiful, appeal of the lovely daughters of New
Orleans. We could add nothing to its me'tint
pathos. “Every soldier of the South” win
reads it, will pant tor an opportunity toaveng
the wroDgs and insults so touchingly portrayed
AN APPEAL TO EVEHY SOUTHERN SoLDIER.
We turn to yon in mute ngonv ! B mold oni
wrongs. Father-! husbands! brothers! sons ! w
know the-e bluer, burning wrongs will be fully
avenged—never did Southern woman appeal in
vain tor protection from insult ! But, tor the
sakes of our sisters throughout the South, wit h
tears we implore you not to surrender youi
cities, “In consideration ol the defenceless wo
men and children. ’ Do not leave your women
to the mercy of this men iless f->e! Would ii
not have been better 'or New Orleans to hav
beeh laid in min-', and we burn-d beneath thi
mass, than that we should besnt j.-cted to thest
untold sufferings 1 Is life so priceless a boor
that, for the presevation of it, no sacrifice i
too greai ?Ahno ! ah no! Richer lei n di
with you, oh onr Fathers! Hither, like Vir
ginius, plunge ynnr own swords into oil 1
breasts, .-a\ing “This is all we can give ou>
: daughter- !”
The Daughters of New Orleans.
New Orleans, Mtv 2+ ISf >3.
Capture if tub Hikmciu.-"lbeCharleston
i f'ourer has a statement if two passengers, who
cmne over iu tbe Demiuilt, and having been
difeharged arrived saleiy at Cliarh ston a day or
two since. We make the following extinct:
The B rmuda wa, about six'y mile; off the
coast ot Nassau when she was fired at twice by
the United States gunboat Mereedita, com
mander Stillwagon, tir.-t with a blink cartridge,
and afterwards w:b round .-hot. The board
iog office examined the papers, declared them
all right, a*nd said slot could p oceed on her
voyage. Commander Siillwtgon, however,
stopp'd the vessel, put a prize crew aboard and
ordt red her to Philadelphia The i fflci-rs of tbe
Mereedita concurred In opinion liiat the vessel
was not a legal priz \ but by taking her to a
Noiihern port the ot j ct of the capture would
br efT-cted. This was to try 'lie case as to the
legality oi tbe seizure, detain the ves el per
haps f, r months, and thus the arras and ammu
nition aboard, supposed intended for the Sou h,
hy that time, perhaps, would be lendered u-e
less.
Commander Stillwagon stated that he had a
list of some twenty seven vessels, which wen
supposed to have arm< <fcc., on board, for the
South. Tnese he was ordered to capiure *and
secure whenever and wherever he found them.
He disclaimed any responsibili y in tbe matter,
and was only obeying the order of his govern
ment.
Yankee Faith.— The Richmond Enquirer ot
the 6th instant, says :
A few days ago an incident occurred at one
of the bridges over the Chickahominy, sc- king
ly illustrative of the good faith of .ihe I mkee
character. One ot our pickets, a L >uislanian,
finning himsel' within hailing distance of an
apparently solitary represen-ative of Me /lei
lav’s army, deemed the opportunity a g''’•' e
to get a Northern paper, and hear wb. ‘
thought, said and doing in 1 ,nke .V l f"?
■he war generally and old Stonewall " f“ rl tu
Ijir So he propos-d to exchange aJ. chin uo
journal .or ,L of New York.
was agreed to, and the pl<*" . of -Jt id
ltia t each sbnld lay down his Ansket and ad
I m af Kqlf WiV Tl Otf Ld* *Qi^lAliiSkU
ranee u<i rn'-et nat*
k-a nnf nr.icpedcd many steps* before the.re
dad not pr-ftieucu u r whUtlimr
oorts of a dozen mu-ket-, anai.it wnisutng
if as mauv bullets unout .bis ears, tr m behind
a thick lin the rear of h.S trailing adversary,
s,ruck him with am z.ment Perceiving the
villainy of tbe fellow who wished to draw him
within good range of the ambu-cade, bis only
alternative • * retreat, whi.h he did with a
rapidity which soon placed him out oi and inger.
PoPt'i-ATioJi or New Y**kK Citt —A late
nuinOTr O' the New Y '■ k Herald contains an
jjj cUl | tabular * alemeul ol Ule popula ion of
he city ol N w Y-rk, -bowing u to be 80 ,#>t
ieelndii g wtiites, colored atm Itdlana.
jOr these later th-re are a few y located in
(the Tweifieiti v-,rd Of tbe &■ 5 651 persons
mere aie 3*6,'-0J male whites, 406.5172 teuraie
! whites, 5,891 eo.ored males, and 7,081 colored
females. The number of Indians U not stated.
Our Virginia Correspondence.
Line-< f-Battle, near tup. < iucka- j
hominy, York Livi h li R.. V
June 4 h, 1562. )
3fr. EdHor :—Were It not for the lact that wt
aie in “Line-of-Batlle,” (and l ave, been to
three days) separated irom our wagons, whicl
are four miles in the rear, 1 would apologiz
for the paper upon whieh I write you ibis let
ter. I am compelled to tear the leaves fron
my “Dia;y,” or “Pocket Journal,” to wrio
wiiat few letters I can send my friends.
In less than a f ait hour alter my letter of tin
31-t was scaled lor the “mail man” to carry tc
Richmond, we were maicbtd some little dis
tance to the right, ihe whole army on that
and the previous day, moved furtln r to the
right, as ibe main point ol attack seemed to be
iu ltini direction—tbe r- ads leading to the cap
ital south of the Chiekahomioy. „
We were in easy hearing ot the desperate
fight of Saturday and Sunday. Gen. Toombs’
brigade marched to tl.e battlefield to take a
hand in the general engagi mem which was ex
pected to comet ff, but our Yankee “brethren”
were too cautious to haz ird another pitched
battle in the open field. Aud so we were dis
nppointed again, although the enemy wen
within a mile or mile and a half. We kept oui
position upon th. ground where the ball opened
on Saturday, until dark, when we started foi
campc, the new one selected that morning.—
That night’s march will be ever remembered
by the brigade, as second only to the one per
formed on Monday, May sth, in the memorabU
retreat from Yeiklown. The mud m maty
places was absolutely hr/ deep ! We had no alter
native but to pitch right through, or take to
the woods, which half of our regiment did. 8;
dark, inexpressibly dark, were these woods thai
halt of them were lost., and many did not find
the regiment until tbe next*luy. At 12 o’clock
wo halted, yet three miles from our wagons,
having marched hiec miles! Three miles in five
hours! This will give yon some idea of the
roads over which we had to m ii’ch.
It is useless tor me to give you an extended
aciount of the actions ol Saturday and Sunday
I shall confine myselt to individual particulars,
obtained from those in whom I have implicit
confidence —persons who cither par' icipated in,
or witnessed the engagements. On Sunday,
you are informed, there was very Jiitle fighting
—nothing like a distinct battle, but rather a
continuation of the battle of the day before.
Gen. Lorgstreel’s, Gen. Hager’s, and Gar.
Whiting’s divisions were engaged, but received
reinforcements’. The lighting was desperate
beyond comparison, except with J.lckson’s de
'eat, of Banks. Not a man, or at least, not a
regiment swerved during the day. Georgia’s
glorious Sixth, Seventh, Twenty-seventh, and
Twenty eighth covered themselves with glory
Tbe Twenty-eighth suffered terribly, and the
Sixth heavily. Among the killed in the Sixth
was George Felix Lewis, a private in the ‘ Syd
ney Brown Infantry,.” from. Hancock county.
In bis death, Hancof-k has lost one ot her
brightest intellects. Hi was a member ol the
bar, and widely known to the members of the
bar as tbe most promising young lawyer. llis
genius was of the brightest order, his intellect
most brilliant. A iargS circle of admiring
friends, affectionate relatives are left to mourn
his early death. Its reverend ftther will, ere
this reaches his eye, have said —“Lord, thy will
be done !”
Lieut.. James Reid, ot the same company,
was seriously wounded, but it is hoped not
mortally. Little Gus. Parrlue was also wouud
eu in the rignt brqastr, but will, perhaps, recov
er. There are other casualties of the “Sidney
Browns,” bull do not now remember them.
As we went to the battle ground on Sunday
we passed ihe ambulate train loaded with the
wounded. The sight wa touching—the first I
had ever witnes-ed. Some poor fellows were
pijtrcucl rhrorp.-h . aUil. th—wb—Hy -mow* WU
some with broken arms, legs, ankles. <tc. It
was, trn’y, a sad sight. Lieu . Wick Raines, of
the 28th Georgia, from Taibotiori, was among
the. wounde 1, and the only one I knew. ILs
leg was broken by a mime, just below the knee
Amputation. I lear, will be necessary He is a
young lawyer of Ta;bott.on, and is extensively
known-in his section Uls fortune is now made,
even if he does lose a portion of his lag! Tie
people will reward his bravery. IPs young
wife will not be leas proud oi him either. Wick
s a noble fellow, a brave, kind hearted officer,
and his example is well worthy of emulation.
But you have ere this received fuller particu
lars than I am able to ft the 17th
get into a fight, then I can give full particulars-
The pickets in front had a little brush yes
terday even.ng, and while I write they are pitch
ing in pretty heavily on our right.
We have had a fight in front of Richmond,
sure enough, but McClellan did not attack us.
It was a mistake about his army being in full
retreat., although it is believed he sent off a con
siderable force to protect Washington.
The storm of fast. Friday night did prove to
be a special providence. A Yankee force of
40 000 were cut off by the rapid rise of the
Chickahominy, and could not have received re
bitorcements but for their pontoon bridge. In
this i see tile hand of God. That force was at
tacked and badly wtii ped, dTiven from their
eutrenchments, and lost much ammunition,
irins aud equ page. God be praised for the vie-’
ory ! V. A. S P.
Bad State of Affairs at Memphis.—"Per
sonne,” the coi respondent ol tin t harleston
U>nrter, writes irom Memphis under date of
2Uth ultimo :
Iu Memphis all is confur-idn. Government
has removed all iis stores, all ihe Cotton lia*-
been burned, the i-ugar either de troyed or so t
away, aud an order t sited that uo person Shull
uave on baud more than litfeen hogsheads at
one time. The Hia.k- have likewise/departed,
and to-day the posiolQce follows the way ol uii
Confederate flesh.
All these taels would seem to indicate that
ibe G v rnmetil lias uo further use lor M m
phi-. Well, I venture to say there is a streak
ol Union sentiment here, broader Ihau iu any
city South oi Mason ami Dix in’n line, aud Un
is probably the reason why the Government is
so severe. Union meetings are seeretly held,
every week, a..d the element of danger P- b-mg
carelully lostered and nursed intoa lull strength
tor Uie Federal advent. I venture to say, lur-
Iher, that Federal flags will be Hang to the
brecz • us soon as N irtuvra soldiers appear, and
that Yankee officers will find in many a resi
dence here a reception as Kind as if in=y were
under their own via u id tig tree.
There is a meeting to be ueld today to take
in o eon.-ideration the propriety ot Ueitiiuing
the liver at this point.
The Spirit of the K dels.—Tne correspon
dent of tbe New York Herald dtnits the iuv.n
cible spirit of our meu in the following para
graphs ot his correspondence from ne reutu
sula :
Ol all the rebel soldiers we h ive seen to-day,
turdUf ou<i ot them ,tc ‘lusiicoiicd ibcui-tilvcs
to our Iritrodiy v'oiihidcruuuti, ah bough wt
could but pity uiein iu tue hour ol liicir numii
lilllon. t here was the supercilious cun ot tne
lip aud the as-erii-t" pt a power not pots-eased
tjy them in tbe slightest degree, lha, ict-uked
Whatever leel-ngs ol -} fflpaiuy, uu.ler other cir
cumstances, we might be betrayed into ex
pressing lor them.
£ven ui ti e hour of sickness—aye, even
death—they prated "t "whipping” u- ; to the
last inaifitest-ug bow deep seated m tue Hatred
aeailist u-. Compaii-ons were made between
Uie loss on OUI Mde and that of the rebels, al
ways ending iu lise us-erllon tliat we “bad ujt
mad much by the opt r.'tiuns.”
War lo ihe tit aeh i-rcuied to be the motto oi
all, with but lew exceptions.
OGLErnORPB Umvekmtv —The Board of
Truorees < I Ogletiioipe Uuiverrily, at a uieet
n g ou the 29.1i uli., resoived to tiose the pres
et Colhgtale year on the day toil iwiug. Most
of the Senior, aud many from the lower Claeses,
having been catted to the anti) b) the Conscript
Act, lire Degree ol A. ti. was Couterred ou the
loliowiog ywuug gei.llemen, on tbe recommeu
Gallon <it the Piculty, v:z:
Clarice Colt man, t-oiirnbu-, Go.
J. G Lane, Marietta, Ga.
U H Nat) Tall rdega, Ala.
J. J. J. B yd, Mat on Cos., Ala.
Tee Board, iu coneideration o: the great det
riment to tbe eouealiot.al lnierert* ot tbe couu
try Ironi eveu a temporary tu- pension ol our
Literary [n, -dilutions, rtsolveu to opeu the
ue* -enolaslie )< a- at Ibt-nual tune—on tbe
tirsl Tuesday n Ot-u.ht r tit t
Captuhed bv the tiur.-'li.e schooner
Harr) Low Uucr, Caj lain luster, irotn Na.-SaU,
(N. F. ) lor ibis port, with a mgn ol ball a*.u
ctibdries, was Capiur* 0 Mar Santee tu tbur.—
da) tael, b) tbe emur.’s launches sue bad
on board some three hundred sacks of Ball ana
sundries.—C har.eUm Courier, 9th.
rBLEGH., i ;;io'
EVACUATION OFIWRTpiLUW
JIETIYTnq IJT PO SES'lny- OF TIIE
E.nE '1 —MKk'IC DfcF&NCE < F
OUIt FIEhT-l i S T'XAL
BdvriHCTION !
Further ef Jackson’s Movements!
UMO.MS.II IV TE.WE SEE—S.
ISRQWtV’S “OnERSLT!
Tiie Yankees Claim a Victory at
Riehrrv-'nd !
UALLEfK’ UK. r OETIfF. EVA*’-
AA'flOX OK Ci*Kl\T r —-THIE
YASKKIS IsnaTlEiKl>
WITH Ills GONOLCT.
[From 'ha Mobile 'tlvertrier Extra, 8 h.]
Gb'naua. Miss, .Inne7- A report ro'thD M’in hi
ippea',ar itMharo to-d iy. who wl n ;s<e‘ l <o des '- e
ti m of M m*g > nery s fl i tin front o' p r j.
1 i Y, !l y C enmod-ra avljaflaet o. Yankee gunboats
an ! rams.
' om nodo-e M aft r the ej c-i'.alme
avion o* Fo.t rt‘lo, which was e nv !e‘e 1 We.lrua
!a nigV, dr ipood t ova the -Ivor to Memphis rnd
C'm nercml noaling hi ea'ray's flaV nn-mred at
'*ound Oi'y, s : x milts abovi M-mp-iK Phin-sdi ir jV.,
Friday mo nine, atsuari o, they dripp and down to th i
f >ot n the i-l t'd. one mt'e abov > ih - -Hy.
Oap an fon'gvniry male prep ati ns to receive
them, and a fi;ht oegaa im nodiately tn front of t-e
cty TUvi-aret-i fspcat rs including m n, wom-/i
and child en lined the -horao and witnessed the hero c
strurjie o'on- go tin man atanst verwhehnn?
oils T h fight w w a'uhborn'y 00->t- sted and lasted
*wo honr , freq io ly hand to hand It ende 'in the
c>m >’e edo trne'i”n of on boa's The T ice, 'ov 11,
an 1 T jttlo Pe >-1 snA, 'hr Van Dim was disaVed ;
she wai fired and clown up, the crew escaping in the
woods, ihe ho'in-e-Tirl was stni k hy ne ot tho
enemv’s ram’; she was run Hah '-e ooppsite hsci-y,
sank on a ''a', nd sirrentered The Mexico and
Br\rrg we e cipt red
The loss o life on the Confederate site was very
small, considering ihs length and desperation of the
contest" .
The enemy c'ai-n to have taken one hundred prison
ers. €Lpt M ntgon -ry escaped to the A-kan as
?inr \ Cabel’, the pit >t of the Lovell, wa- ki led by
th* enemy’j stiar -shooters, aod Its b aty wind wo
• ill h b mt. The Cap's n, < file -ra and i rew ecape 1
b> swi r nnnj a-hore. The enemy’s 1 ss was ful’y equal
•to o. rs O pts. Mon'g mery and Delaney p -.-sed
down 'he r ad this ra rnit.g. The lane Unites oec -
pi and the c'-ty yesterday. Col Filch, ol an Indiana
r-glmcnt c m-ia ds the post Th-ee regiments of
infantr-. have .nived, and a Ur" > avalry lorco is mo
mentarily expect sd.
N W 8 FROM NORTHERN PAPETS.
No them dut-sof ths 4‘.h >ave boon received here.
' r he Yankees clsi n a victory in ihe flgnt the Obicka
ho nnv Sunda . They say they ret ok he ground
which iho Oonfiidera cs drove them tr m Saturday,
and ire n w ivi. tin f>u ■ mi es ot Richmond. Tkeic
hns both days is set •lowa at tttree thousand (3,0t0)
kii eI, wo aided and mi-star. hoy say the rebels left
tw Ive h nd t-d dead on the fie and.
Tha Northern pr s< iu Inigo- in severe st'lctu esot
Ha leek for allowing Beauvga and to escape from
Corinth.
Ilalieek teligraphed tbo War Depa'taie-.t thst the
1 evacuation of Cori t!i commenced oa Wednesday and
wajcimpieto T iursda' night in gr a ha te ana con*
fusion, and an femenso amount ot property was abati
d tied and de-troyed ” It is manifestly au And avor on
Ids p-rt u> p liiate put-lit sentiment la the N r.h which
is sitting agiiust hiaj.
Fremont nascr -ssed the S cnam'o ih mountain with
a largo f m-, with the view o intercepting the ret. at
-f a .oeewaU Jackson. Jai ks m s ipptd -af ly b tween
Fremont, and McDowell withdraw ng his forces 'ram
tho Val ey, carry nr off I rg qualities oi arms, am
mttuHUm and rto es, captur and Iroia Hanks.
Gen 8- i el has be' n app anted to he command of
the pos- of Ha pe’s Ferry ii. place ol axl- n. Qer.
Wool nas been o de ed 10 Baltimore to take command
of the Mid ll(/ D partment. Gen Ilix ordered to
J’oitress Slniir elo r*|.o tto Gen. M<gl ellari.- .
XT .C .fu liaa M-L..1 far flit* .heusaiid three mo itbs
irrops.
Ihe Governors of Ohio and Illinois have Usucd
p oclamanons or v -lu l leers.
A iiirpa ch is puhlieh and in tho Norlhern p 'pers to the
tr ct taut Mitel e I had and. feated Piij ■ and Van-Doin*
ltd cap ii-ed s.x th..u and prlson-rr.
Gov. Neill 8 B own addressed a 1 rge pub! c meet
ing at Columb a Gov. Brown "as turned comp ete
s anersei and li,h ed iu Andy J In.son’s bosom He
Bys tbe rebellion is played out, an I T ennessee oncht
t-beiorth Obion; ills (ol yto conte and against the
Federal Goverom nt: that the long r the war is kept
•ip h- worse it will be lor the ■‘outli.
ihe Union feelinv is rtpresented as iucieasing in
TeuneSsea.—Chronicle <£• Sentinel.
News from Uiclitn md Unimportant.
FEDERAL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLES OF
CHICKAHCMINY.
DIX SUPERSEDES WOOL.
Ex riordinary D.’tpa cv from General Hillock.
DEATH OF COL. ASHBY AND J. J. HOOPER.
I •
Jackson Whips Shields and Ewell
Whips Fremont.
GENS. STEWART AND ELZEY W iUNDED.
Fichmoxu, Jme ®—Tho- cannonading yetoday
was u impor.ant. But tld-u we-e engaged in shell
ing tlie woo soc Upied by o ip sts.
Tho Now Yarn Hern and, o tho 5 h, elves a long ac
count f ihe haUle near RUilmt"iid, in which It shows
I the must <1 spera e effona to (list- rt the truth teat ice
Coi.fedea is g l el a briltliut victory. The w-t'er
admtis >hat the Suutbem l ocps diapl iyd i l epniily.
The Uera'd edit >rlally admits a Kede-ai 1 >ss of 8' 0
killed an I wounded, au l s-y taw rebel loai wa* five
thou an i five hund ed. with file, n hundred prisoners
A I >rge number oi Y-nk e "IHatirs were kills' and
wounjed. A"ong.h>mC>l Lik'-r An erson, of thi
New V. ,k Z "lav ■ , and 01. A P D dga, tale of the
N’t wTo k Kegl -n Tlir e Brigadar G-nerals weie
wounded —t one admitted t ha-e been killed.
Den Dx .np. Gum Wool in coa.msud ot
F rtrers nnrne.
Ad Sp tell from Per. Halle- kto Secretary Stan'on,
dated 4h ii st, say-: Gen t’ope is purs ling Gen.
B-an -girl, and ha- already ccptured 10 00U priron •
ers. 15.01 0 stand oft rms, ami 9 lneommi es, Ac.
I urop-an advise- Ii iva b -r-ri received to th * J2ii of
May. Lord Palme-aton and c ared that L -rd Lyon ard
~1 '-, r ,i c r bad act-din perfect accor -, - Dls-allv. ii
ri-s-iect t> the A mc'lcan luesiioo. ’"erlciin uffalr i—
wim tae senemes o< Nap-deon, are exciting - u b m
tere-l I F r pe.
Ii nxoM> June D—General, lae Colonel Tn-r-er
Abby, was ltd ed m-er Harnsbvrg. Ya , on Thursday,
in a kirmii-h wl b iheenemy J -buaon f. Hooper, of
M nlgamerj, Alh , late Secreiary ol ihe Proyi i a tl
Cr n -re-s. dh and n ihlscfy on -at-irday.
1 iciiuom) June 9.—The following despatches were
received he-e by Governor letcher last n'eht:
“ttacston, June 8
“Gen SYel'ls rr -ted he Sb-nan >oah river, a I’nrt
Ee; a <1 a uck and Gen. Jacs-on h s m -rn'tig.
“After a s -ort'*>nt<-ft the enemy was rniven back
with th has of two i tec ■of rtil.ry,
‘ Fren.oDt at'aeks I Gem ril E veil Wehavedriv n
hi-w ba k, ad E*-and is s' -It pursetng him hard.
Gen rh elds I-'- the bat k of the bbenandi ah, and
Gen Jack* n hold - him in ch-ck.
I hope in be able to ai in ui c a great victory to you
to night.
. SaCND BESP-TCH TO OOV L’TOHHB.
StaCsiov .lu-e 8— % e have add ved a glorl-n*
tc ry. Framonl is - onipleiel} touted and in uii re
le.i
W Wl! g-t Rhie’ds to-morrow.
I wilt *ivey<>u a ia’ of th-rasujlt'es to-morrow.
hue > dmipatch
t-T.cxTON Ju e 8 P. M. - tiern-.'a's Stuart and El-
Zr) >. •> u deb ut no'da rerun I).
IV. hav a hieve a com|ilte victory, and Jackion
in in cl e | urn it ol th e •mv
We ba e c ptured aniiierv and pris<;ners in atwi
da’ ct.
We will get Shields to-mo-row.
frig'el. A. W. H-
The
*EA I laHO . VVc laae ttie 101 l>a nur from a
ttet-iu letter lrom Fort Royal to a New York
pap.-r :
Hundreds of the army intend to It eate them
selves upon the “Bea I>land=” after the close of
the war Amid regions of swamps are found
ta'gcnnd ferule plantation-, which are as blootn
i.'g gardens of Irntts Mid fl >wer*. Tfffe grand
ld nianetons have been dtt-eriediiy their own
ers, but one has been protected t>> the military
• ■ii Account of its te ing the property of Ge-t-en
iliinu of Gc. Greene, of rOVotuiionary lame.
Tt,e laid idi * tilt hlt in located Was granted to
i im ly lire St-ate of South • aroitn.., fir his
gr at stAVfe in truing the 8 • th Irotu the
c'Utiol oi the British lotcv*. ftie-edncuimial
synleui ibai has been improvised lor the benefit
ol contrabands does not work well.