The Savannah weekly Republican. (Savannah, Ga.) 1854-1873, June 28, 1862, Image 1

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Savannah weekly Republican., June 28, 1862, Image 1

About The Savannah weekly Republican. (Savannah, Ga.) 1854-1873 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1862)

Page of 4

Prev Issue Next Issue

Text PDF JP2 (7.0 MB) Clip/Print Image

Page of 4

Prev Issue Next Issue

Return to Top

Newspaper Page TextYOL. IX TERMS: Daily Paper, $8; Tri-Weekly, $5; Weekly, $2 tsr in advance. The Paper ia always stopped, unless a remittance be made to continue it! Tirneh notice is given, fo that payment can be made belore the expiration o.i a sub scription. , .- " SAYAmSIi." : Satnrdsy Jtmc 28, 1862. jgsp Watermelons, the first ef the season*so far ns we have heard, made their appearance in* onr market Saturday afternoon: We hear, though, that many ol them proved to have ber n prematurely gathered Cspt. Picket, ot Webster cottnty, has been elected to fill the vacancy of Major of the ITth Georgia Regiment, occasioned by the resigna tion of Mi j. Thus. Walker. Ihe Knoxville Register reports that .Colonel •John H Morgan is en route to Virginia, to sup ply the place in Stonewall Jackson’s army, made vacant bv the dea'h of the brave Ash y The President visited Raleigh, N. C., some days ago on account of a sick child, and on hi* arrival was-taken down himself; though it was believed he would be up again and able to re turn to Richmond in the course of a few days. Half Sheets —The Richmond papers are X h " 11 - - patch which, pecuniarily, has been perhaps ttie most successful newspaper in the S mth, comes out, in its issue of Wednesday, upon a half sheet. Extract lrora a letter from Dauielton, Beaufort District, South Carolina : “We have had fine showers. Our corn and potatoes look very well—qui’e green and flourishing. The cotton we care little about; however what little I have planted looks very well. 11. E. S.” From Nassau Via U. G. K., weave in receipt of the Bahama Herald of the 14th, though it contains but little of special interest. The steamer “Minno” arrived at Nassiu from Charleston on the 12. h, taking out the news of the Chickahominy fight, which created no little interest among the islanders. Atlju'ant James Morgan Reid, of the Oth Georgia Regiment, who was wounded in the battle of Chickahominy, died at Richmond on Wednesday morning last. He was a son of Rev. J. W. Reid, of Oglethorpe county, and left the Siate as Lieutenant in the Sidney Brown iflep. Flag of Truce -A Government steamer went down to Fort Pulaski this week, under a a flag of truce. Her object was to take beyond our lines a number of parties captured shine months ago with the brig Saata Clara, by the privateer Tiff. Davis. Their names are Capt. Thomas T. Partridge and wife, and two seamen, David Godfrey and Edward Gollinghan. Father Whelan. Ttie Catholics of the South, and especially his flock in this city, will bo rejoiced to learn that Rev. P. Whelan, who was captured with the garrison at Fort Pulaski and sgnt North, lias been released on his parole by the Yankee government, and will soon re turn to his home, lie was Chaplain to the Romish portion ol the garrison, and a general favorite with all the troops. Vicksburg. —The Whig says that Vicksburg will never surrender. The citizens have taken their personal property from the city, leaviug nothing behind but the bare walls which the enemy may baiter down or burn as he set s lit. Thu Citizen says the lower Jlee‘. never Yen' tured within fair reach of the batteries, and When the upper fleet comes down, there is no ground (or fear that the batteries above the city will bo able to hold them in check. . N*w York fur tub Federal Navy. —The !*•••* VotdtdftcraUl.'iius boipt 1 asI | V U&lfcfcp M Mklfe naval plans of Lincoln for the ‘ffitiirnt —"ttf our naval successes iu capturing the ports ot the rebels, one or two huudred ships will soon be liberated to operate upon Charleston, which will inevitably fall. Then we wilt have an itn mense fleet to dispose of the naval torees of any foreign Power which may cross our path or Interfere with our manifest destiny.” Tun MekhiMaC. — We published Saturday, without comment, the despatch from Richmond announcing the decision ol the Court ot En quiry on the recent destruction ol litis vessel in the harbor of Norfolk. We do not propose now to review decision, and until it shall have come to hand in lull, we would simply re mark that it is a most singular one, in view of the distinguished and sensible men who made it. Citors in Thomas. —A letter dated Thomas ville, June2oth, says : “Cora is in tassel, and the yield promises to be super-abundanl. Should no accident intervene between litis time and maturing, many planters will not kuow where to And storage for it. or how to feed it all away. The rains are abundant ami the stalk full of sap, and a sudden check of the moisture might do much harm before the corb is made.” Halleck Marching East.—The Richmond papers stale that rei able information has been received from Washington, that Gen. Halleck has moved from Corinth t • Maryland, and that arrangements have been made for the transfer of tiis army to him within two weeks. It is u very Important movement. The object evi dently is, by a rapid transposition of troops, to overwhelm Jackson tirst, and to take Rich mond afterwards. RateS of Postage. From and after the Ist of July uex , the rates of postage will bens follows : For every letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, conveyed in the mails for any distance within the Confederate States, there shall be charged ten cents. And for every ad ditlonal half ounce in weight, or additional weight of less than half an ounce, there shall bo charged additional single postage. Wounded Prisoner.— Eighty-one Confed erates, wounded iu the late battles near Rich mond and taken prisoner*, are uow at Fortress Monroe. The foTowiug is a list of Ihe Geor gians : William Brown, Cos. A, 40.h Georgia, Irving ton. ,1. R. Martin, Cos. K, 40 h Georgia, Og densville. ,T Jennings, Cos C, Ss'h Georgia. C. Arnold, Cos. H, 4'li Georgia, Cobb vonnty. r.j.e- a private letter from South Newport Liberty Cos., received at this ollice, says : “One ot lay men while on picket duty, was shot at several times this moruiug, two shots graising him oa cue leg and one arm, slightly, by a small party who bad landed through the marsh and were in a thicket, he couiiug up to them, in about twenty steps, when he was tired on. His horse was also struck. lie stood his ground, firing three times at them with bis repeats*, when they retreated. One Was a negro.” A PsTHtoTie Concession. — lather than have a collision ot any <u; with a State that has done so much to further the cause of Canted crate independence, the government at Rich mond Itas telegraphed M-jar Dunwoody, the Enrolling Officer of this State, under the Con scription law, to exempt lrotu the operation ot the Act, all officers ot the militia. Whatever euay be; the opinion of some with regard to the facts that gave rise to this order, the people ot Georgia will appreciate the motive that in fluenced the Confederate government to make the concession. Missing tuk cm - A cv-m.-poudent of the Paisadeipht* Pnsbyi* rian, rep rtii g the iate sittings of the General Assembly (N rtb< ra) oi Ihe ProbytciUu Churvh, rvtnatk': No me mi e Irom the Nuth proper is pr< scut W, Utiea them. Tt.ey were of late years among the most dU.iuguished in the Assembly, latch lee-ually considered. fbxemjn fi>ncrlpts. The following note hour the EnrollivgjQfliccr oftbis District answers a question that has-been frequently propounded to iis'hv persons unable, from bodily infirmity, to pyrtynn military duty. | It will be seen that all persona “ not obviously j unlit for luilita-y duty by being deformed or L maijqed,” will be required to report lie mselves. j for"examination, at the Camp of lustrn&ion. | This seems to us to be very bad m, iiageincnt, iu an economical point of ’’vie w, ou tfie part of the government. Tbe Camp of Instruction is situated on the State Ih.ad, in the neighbor* hood of CalhpuT!, Gordon county, and, no mat ter where he lives, the conscript is compelled, at serious inconvenience to himself and great expense, in the aggregate, to the government, to make the journey thither aud back, whilst the appointment of a Surgeon in each district, or an appropriation of the, services of those al ready in office, would, measurably heal the whole difficulty[Ed. Rep. Gibbons House. Savannah, ) •June 19th, 1862. j Editor Savannah RepubHcan—^StP. :—ln YoUr issue ot this morning, you remark in effect that all conscripts have to do is to show the Enroll ing Officer evidence of disability to be exempt from the operation of the Conscription Act. For your information, as well as those more immediately concerned, I will state that I pay no attention to certificates of disability lmm physicians,at home, or surgeons in camp, or discharges from the service, dated prior to the of tbe Osnuerlptfo* Am, (• . - ' from wounds received in service.) I-have invariably ordered all conscripts to the Camp of Instruc tion, where they can be examined by surgeons detailed by government for that special pur pose, (except such as are obviously unfit tor military duty, by being deformed or maimed). 1 will take occasion further to say, that no good citizen can have any objection to going to camp, if he wishes to do his duty ; bis exam ination and discharge then (if he is disabled,) will be final. Those who are endeavoring to keep out of the service by pretence of sickness, &c., are very respectfully informed that they need ex pect no favors, and that buying certificates of disability wont pay. Very respectfully, ifcc., Lieut. Wm. F. Hovis, Enrolling Officer. Ist Cong. Dist. Georgia. Interesting from Norfolk. —The P.ieh mond Dispatch learns, from a party who made his escape through the Federal pickets, that the blockade of Norfolk was opened on the 6th, and now several large stores have been estab lished in this city. Coffee is selling at 33 cents per pound, and all kinds of West India goods are abundant. It was reported that the Cap tain of the British ship Racer had remarked there would be forty mcn-of-war in American waters before long, aud arnoDg them the iron clad Warrior and Black Prince. So great con tempt was shown for the Yankees by the peo ple of Norfolk, that the British Naval officers changed their uniform, that thev might be dis tinguished. Just before the Diy Book was suppressed, an adveriisembnt appeared in it, saying British officers could be known by a black mah air band around the cap, and a golden anchor. Tbe people hold no intercourse with the Yan. kees, and trgat them with great indifference. — One day an English officer was passing down the street and seeing a little purly-haired girl, stopped to pat her bead. She drew back indig nantly, and stamping her foot, said: “Take yonr hand off from me.” “Why,” “he said, “I’ll not hurt you ” “But I don’t want any Yankee to touch me,” she replied. The officer turned to his companion and said : “CJan a people be conquered when’ even the. children show snch spirit V” The Conscription—lnteresting Cokues pondence. —We are indebted to Hon. A 11. K-nan for a p unphlet compris'i g a correspon din?e betweea-GtfV- •jusepli K> xtVotv.n Slate, and Prescient Davis, offrueconstitution ality and expediency of the Conscription Act. Gov. Brown leads off with his objections, and the President replies to each of them in detail. We regret that we hwe room for but one letter to-day. The President’s reply—or we should rather say answer,for it is a complete de molition of the flimsy fabric ol his antagonist— will appear in our next. After perusing it, the reader will be enabled to draw a juu parallel between the man whose heart is fixed upon himself aud the dogmas of faction, and him him whose soul pants for the deliverance of ids country, from whose heart tho mighty struggle in which we are engaged has banished all considerations of personal or partisan ambi tion, and who grasps with a statesman’s mind the great necessities of the crisis, and would place his countrymen in a position successfully to meet it. A Compliment to Memphis —The Memphis correspondent of the Cairo Gazette, writing on the 9th inst., does not think the Federals have realized their expectations as to a Union senti ment existing in the citv Re “avs that, “in all Memphis there is only ois- tl g to Ire seen, and that is the Union flag in frout ot a saloon;” and although “everything has been done to con ciliate the people, and although the same vio lent, turbulent disposition that was shown at New Orleans is not shown, yet, the truth must be told, there has not been the slightest msni tostation of Union feeling. The stores are all closed, and with the exception of blacklegs, and nymphs (hi pave, (who are reaping a rich harvest, and of whom there are thousands) scarcely any one. is to bo seen in the streets. As yet the extraordinary Union welcome we were to receive has not been accorded.” Beware of a Scocndkbl. —We fear we have innocently beeu made the instrument of a gros imposition and swindle on a portion of our readers. Some weeks ago we received and published au advertisement purporting to come from one 11. L. Emory, a merchant of Wilming ton, N. 0., and offjring for sale spool thread, an article in great demand. For live dollars, forwarded by letter, the advertiser engaged to iuruish through the Express a certain amount of the commodity. The lady of one ol our citizens forwarded that sum, and after waiting for a considerable time, no thread came. She wrote to the advertiser, but no answer came Fiually she wrote to a mercantile firm of Wil mington, whoso letter we have before ns, stat ing that she had been grossly imposed on, for uo such man as H. L. Emory lives in that city. We have taken slops to lerret out the scoun drel, and in the meantime would guard the public against the swindler Cotton Seep— A Fact not generally Known.— We frequently hear oi planting “enough cotton for seed ” Is this necessary when last year’s seed are now on hand ? Hapeu ing with one of the largest,oldest and best plan ters ot Georgia some days ago, he informed us that cotton seed are far belter tor planting the second year tnan the rirst, and tuat they are quite as good the third year as the first. His uniform practice is to plant seed a year oid, tfter saving them carefully in a cool, dry place, where they will become neither heated or wet. It is a fact which should be known, and we give it for general information. The authority is entirely reliable. Georgians Killed. —The Richmond Dispatch ot Saturday says Five soldiers belong ing to the S.h Georgia regiment we<-e killed yesterday by a shell from a battery ot the ene ! my located on the Charles City road. The Re porter saw at the office of the Assistant Provost i Marshal, G. W. Alexander, a part of the shell ■ that caused the mischief, and also the barrel ot ! a musket which was in the hands o one ot the l unfortunate Georg .ins. It had been cut into I by the sue!! and the suvk broken in pieces. lOu the ilth ol Julie there w< re 13d patients in the First Georgia Hospital at Richmond ; 157 in use Second ; ICO in the Third ; and 92 iu ice t Fourth. SATURDAY „ JXTJSriH] 28, 1862- From Fort FhDoUI. Thu steamer “ Ida,” which went to. Fort Fulaslii yesterday with Federal prisoners, re turned to the city last night. The boat was under command of CL E. C. Anderson, Major R. I], Anderson having charge of the prisoners. Oa arriving within a half mile of the Fort, a shot was fired across her bow, when she laid to, and a Federal steamer came round from the South Channel and took the prisoner* and our officers aboard, and conveyed them to the wharf. The following information was obtained by the party : The sick and wounded of the late garrison were sent to ILlton Head, for greater comfort, about two weeks ago, and General Terry (for merly Col. Terry, of the Connecticut, but recently promoted, and now in command at the Fort) informed our party that he had heard that the prisoners were sent to New York, in the “A ago,” last week. Private Moulton died of liis wounds soon after the bat lie. Private Ames, w hose foot had been ampu tated, was doing well and fast recovering, and the same account was given of Private Bruce, whose arm was lost in the fight. When interrogated with regard to the terms of capitulation as published In the Now York pa pers, and the failure of the Federal commander to comply with his stipulation to return the siek and wounded to our lines, General Terry acknowledged that such was bis understanding of the matter, at.d he was unable to inform them why the contract bail not been carried out.- * *-•••-• „ -4 The flag at the Fort was at half mast in re spect to the uew Colonel of the 7Ui Con necticut, who died on Thursday and was bur ied yesteiday Our officers were informed that both Charles ton and Savannah would be taken within thirty days. The Federal* had ganb >ats that could readily pass Fort Sututer, and this done, they regarded the fall of Charleston as accom plished. Upon being informed of the Federal loss-on James’ Island, as reported in the Charleston papers of some days ago, the Federal officer expressed an agreeable -surprise, as they had learned it was at least nine hundred. Workmen appeared to be engaged in repair ng the Fort, as derricks had been erected on tbe irjured side. The walls of the magazine had not been breached, but a number of sho* had t>een driven into the brick and the walls roughly handled. The garrison were employed in erecting additional guns. The officers say they receive the Savannah and Charleston papers regularly, and have a complete file ot them at the Fort. They are obtained through messengers who communi cate with the twq cities. The intercourse with oar officers was pleas ant and even kind, aud Geueral Terry spoke with great confidence of the ability of the Fed erals to take any portion of the country they desired, and to ernsh out the rebellion at an early day. There were no war ships in sight, or sail of any sort except two or three in Warsaw, the character of which conld not be distinguished at that distance. All the batteries along the river have been removed Salt ! Salt ! Salt ! —This is the great cry now throughout the Confederate States, and we fear the cry may be louder in less than sis months hence. No means should be left un tried to furnish the people a sufficiency ot this indispensable article, and at prices within the reach of every consumer. Purchasing and hoarding up what little there is in maiket, should be deemed felony without benefit of clergy, or any other sympathy whatever. What is the use of alt our abundaut grain crops wii fa out salt ? What the use of our herds ot hogs and cattle, if we have no salt to cure them after they are killed ? A number of enterpris ing citizens have already repaired to the sea coast to make the necessary article, and many others may follow them for a like, purpose. But fSFI appfjUtronr * wtreei adequate to the demand. Oilier resources must be discovered, or the people will suffer. It is said that salt can be extracted from the raw palmetto root, which grows abundantly along the whole Georgia and Florida sea coast The exigency demands that it should be fully tested. The writer of this has no doubt that the whole earth, for from thirty to titty miles inland from the coast, is charged with saline deposit from the ocean. Whether it could be extracted to any advantage is a question which is also at least worth a trial. No experiment to bring about an abundant suppl> ot this article should be left untried. X. The bklriuitth near Chattanooga. Mr. Editor .—in your paper of the 23d, are despatches containing intelligence of a skirmish near Chattanooga, in which Scott’s Louisiana Cavalry was engaged, and commanded by Col. Forrest. Scott’s Cavalry in that engagement was commanded by its Lt. Col., J. O. Nixon— Col. Scott himself being absent at the head quarters ot Gen. Beauregard; Col. Forest, how ever, had the general command of all the caval ry engaged. One of tue Regiment. “Stonewall Jackson.” —The Milton (N. C.) “Chronicle” says there must be “something in a name,” for the very sound of “Jackson” sets a Yankee to trembling. The foreigners in the Yankee army swear it’s all a “rebel lie” about the “Stonewall” part of the name. * Bug ger me eyes,” says Patrick, “if ye can be after making me believe that it isn’t that old spal peen General Andrew Jackson, aud if it is, boys, Holy Saint Mary, ye betber be afther lavin’ these low lands of sorrow.” “Mine got!” exclaims Ilans, “dat ish him, kum to life, and he’ll play de debil mit de Dutch.” CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GoV. BItOWN and tue Secretary of War— The following telegraphic notes comprise the substance of the recent correspondence between Governor Brown and the Secretary of War touching the enrollment of militia officers under the Coh scription Act: Atlanta, June IT, 1862. Your enrolling officers have enrolled several of the State officeis of the militia, who will not be permitted to be carried away from their commands. You stated in your letter of the 20th ult., that no State officer is liable to en rollment, and asked me to call your attention to it if done. Please send me bv telegraph an order for the release of all such who have been enrolled, and direct Maj. Daawoody to stop Cue enrollment of State officers, or I shall order the arrest of each officer who arrests a Slate officer. I wish an immediate reply. Joseph E. Brown. Hon. G. W. Randolph, Secretary of War, Richmond, Va. Richmond, June IS, 1862 Ilis Excellency Gov. Brown : M jor Dunwoody has been instructed not to enroll Militia Officers recognized by tue Stale authorities as iu commission. Request him to show you his instructions. If you arrest him or any of our enrolling officers in their attempts to get men to till up the Georgia regiments now in the face of the enemy, you will cause great mischief. I think we m ghl as well drive out our common enemy before we ra ike war on each other. G. \V. Randolph, Secretary ot War. Jackson fullx Reinforced.—The Rich mona Dispatch learns that Stonewall Jacksr>n now has as many men as he wants—as many as he can manage successfully in the mountainous and strict through which he will have to march in order to reach tr.e territory of the enemy. At last account ail the reinforcements had reaehed him. and he was steadily pn-hing tor ward after Shields and Fremont, who were re treating betore his advance. Mr. Richard Yeadon addresses a long letter ot “counsel, adru Bilion, and warning,” through the Charleston Courier, to his fellow i eitizt ns, among whom he is informed “despon ! deucy and discontent are rite.” We tad th. ugbt that Charleston was foil ot spirit and m .reniug j io her dertiuv wiih a ”mou ire;:’? tread,” and ! not like'”a lamb to slaughter led.” We are j constrained to believe Mr. Y. has mistaken the temper of his fellow-citizens ot Charleston. i The tax bill winch has passed the Fedora Senate, will give, it is computed, about a hun dred and twenty millions dollars. \Vlien XX |!l <le War JKnd \ Th<“’c is hardly an hour in the (ley that tlii> iinpoi i.0.• i entry j, not. and scarcely Jn*: oi is received that does neo?contain letters n lemtirg tbe'question. H is afhistako that editor:- know more about this in 'Vr than other people ; ail in. nrul probably dm watch the current of even 1 *, aid one Intelligent man who reads tbe record t tbe unite, has quite as good an opportunity for forming i.u qpininn as another. We profess to have no special or peculiar il lumination on the subject of the war; but there are some things that, we feel, we can Shy with a certainly of their truth. Among these, we would give it as our decided judgment that the war never will end so long as we conde&t it on our pan in a manner that gives every mWantuge to the enemy, and enables him to annojjwsd bar rass us with little Inconvenience, eaAiept the expense, to himself. We think time has proved, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that out whole policy tints far has been a blunder-tl-i' our statesmen have thought wrong and [dinned wrong, aud that our generals, if poAs'it®?, as a general rule, have executed woise. ■ need only refer to two Manassas itac Shiloh —to show great occasion.; where ah opportu nity to carry the war int 6 the enemy's country, devastate his fields aud firesides instead of our own, and thus put an end to the strife have, with an indecision almost criminal, h-’te allow ed to pass wholly uui in proved, if not, without notice. We had the power to strike a fjftgt. blow at either g( those points; aud the uis - ■Vwrkii *fn ''SwmHfmtT&N.. i itlikWW' . . ever considerations of delicacy and personal regard may induce the turn of the present day to suppress or forego an opinion. From Manassas we could have taken Wa h ington, and even Boston, for there was no Fede ral army iu tx.stence to oppose our victori ous legions. From Shiloh, hid it not been for that fatal order to retire, justa* we were-pressing the entire Yankee army into the Tennessee, we could have marched to Louisville and Cincin nati. We did neither of those thing*, and the result is before us to day. The enemy is thun dering at the gates of Richmond, and tiie entire West is giVen up to his remorseless tyranny and devastation. The truth iq a blind infatua- tion has induced both government aud people to trust eome of our leaders too far, even to be utterly blind to their oversights ami blunders. Itis a very pleasant dream to be disturbed, but unless we awake from it, and soon, like the mighty mail of old, we shall rise up shorue of our power. For one we sound tbe alarm, even though we may stand alone. There is but one way of closing this war, and that is by fighting it on the enemy’s soil in stead of onr own. And it is folly to say that it cannot be done. Stonewall Jackson and the ga’lant Stuart have proved the utter falsity of such a belief within the present moon, and we have oniy to follow tbe light of their brilliuut examples to accomplish everything the heart of a Confederate could desire. Let us, then, banish old fogyism and the spade from our army, and all will be well. It is a singular fact that the most effective leaders in this revolution —those who have faught most battles and won most vietoiies—continue up to the present time, to occupy unimportant and unintiuential posts iu the army; whilst those who have done most, by indecision and delays, to sacrifice the cause, continue to occupy the very highest positions, indeed to control all the military movements of the country. I* this wise, or even prudent ? We leave every man of common sense to answer the question for him self. One thing is certain : this war will never end so long as our annies are allowed to lie still aud do nothing but dig in the earlh. Such policy is not only unproductive of great re ults, but it breeds disease aud discontent, dispirits our brave troops, and rots out their patriotism. Let us abandon it at once, put our mighty columns in motion, aud, leaving Richmond to be taken it necessary, strike for the eountry of ■jtog Tv;.; ;:.'V ,'ii.iniA the army, all heartsYfiffifis'iTnrl tfit"' *}WTfP^** lyre wm be no ucb word as fail. We shall accomplish all we set oat to do—whip the enemy, close the war, and establish our independence. It can be done iu uo other way, aud we shall be fools and madmen to trust longer to a system of warfare that, day by day, brings us nearer to the brink ot destruction. Halleck’s and Pope’s Lies Nailed.— Gen. Beauregard has addressed a letter to the Mobile Evening News, in which he flatly contradicts nearly every statement contained in the official despatch of Halleck concerning our losses on the retreat from Corinth. The following ex tracts cover the points in dispute : Gen. Pope did not “push hard” upon me witli 40,1XK) men, thirty miles from Corinth on the 4th inst. ; for my troops occupied a defen sive line in the rear of “Twenty Mile Creek,” less than twenty miles from Corinth, until the 18th inst., when the want of good water induced me to retire at ray leisure, to a better position ; moreover, if Gen Pope had attempted at any time during the retreat from Corinth, to “push hard” upon me; I would have given him such a Usson as would have checked his ardor ; but be was careful to advance only alter my troops had retired from each successive position. ***** Gen. Pope must certainly have dreamed of taking 10,000 prisoners, and 15,000 stand ot arms ; tor we positively never lost them ; about one or two hundred prisoners would probably cover all the prisoners he took, and about live liundfd damaged muskets all the arms he got ; these belonged to a convalescent camp, (four miles south of Corinth,) evacuated during the night, and were overlooked on account ot the daikness. The actual number of prisoners taken during the retreat was about equal on both sides, and they were but few. ***** Gen. Halleck dul not capture nine locomotives. It was only by the accidental destrufctiou ot a bridge before some trains had passed, that he got seven engines in a damaged condition, the cars having been burnt by my orders. ***** I attest that all we lost at Corinth and during the retreat, would not amount to one day’s ex penses of his army. We advise Halleck not to place too implicit confidence in Pope’s statements. In this com munity, where he was stationed for some years, he became notorious as a liar, a swindler, aud a braggart. The Eighth Geokg'a Regiment. — From private despatches received in tmvn on Satur day, we learn that the 8 h Regiment must have engaged the enemy the day before. One of these despatches is as follows: Richmond, 2lst.—Messrs. Ross eft Seymour : Inform Bryant Brown, of Hayneville, that R. C. Lawson, J. J. Armstrong, and Jack Mullis, were killed yesterday. I’-alt Jones wounded Lieut. John A. Young, Company G, S.h Georgia Kcg’t. Another de-patch was directed to Isaac Scott E-q., oi this city, from Captain E. A. IVilci x, Quartermaster ol the Regiment, de iring him to inform Col. Dempsey Brown that the fore going were killed by a shell in the fight of yes terday. In the absence ol information by tele graph, the inrerence we draw from theses mel ancholy missives is, that the Bih was engaged on Friday in some important skirmish. 1; a battle had taken place, we presume some tid ings of it would have been sen’ ns. [Macon Telegraph, 23J. Captures by the Enemy.— Before daylight on Friday, the 20td inst., two Yankee barges, coutai ing about thirty men, went up the Bin tee river to ti e steam pounding miil and cap tured the schooner Loui-a and crew with a e rgo of 147 bales cotton, the steam tug Treaty, j (i small propeller boat used tor towing on the Santee river) and two lighters belongirg to the mill, partly loaded with rough rice. There was one negro man in the steam tng. They then took their priz.-s ont to the block'ding fleet, leaving the mill unbanned. The Captain ol the Louisa escaped by being at the residence ot Mr. Tilton, about six hundred yards from the mill.—[Charleston Courier, 23d. Surgeons to be Released.—Gen. Jackson relea-ed, unconditionally, Dr. Mitchell, of the First Maryland, and Dr. Stone, of the Second Massachusetts. Upon the report ol this to Secretary Clanton, tie announced his intention to direct tbe unconditional surrender of ail rebel surgeons in our possession as { rison rs. This is a return to the usual piactice ot civilized i warfare. , The Yankee Gen. Birney was deprived of his 1 command on.iUe field oi battle, on the 31st of May, lor failing to bring his brigade into action. ’JETie Destruction of tiie “Ylrelflla-” We copy elsewhere, from the Richmond En quirer, the report of the N"-R Court of En quiry ordered to investigate the circumstances J that led to the destruction of the iron-clad steamers “Virginia” and “Mississippi.” The Court was composed of Post Captains French, Lynch, and Ingraham, all of whom, we are | credibly informed, were applicants for the com : maud of the Virginia when it was conferred on Commodore Tattuall without any solicitation on his part, or even knowledge of the intention ot the Secretary erf the Navy to bestow it. It is important that this fact should be borne in mind. It may throw some light on a report which is both extraordinary as a logical con clusion, and unjust to a veteran and accom plished officer. It will be observed that the report f the Court is very brief, abstaining from all argu ment, and simply announcing the conviction of the men who composed it that the destruc tion of the Virginia “was unnecessary at the tone and place it was effeexd." It does not pro ceed with the discussion and tell us at what other time and place the destruction would have been proper and advisable, and thus al. low the public to judge between their plan and that of the. Commodore, and whether the former could have been adopted without a certain sac rifice of both the ship and every officer and man on bear lof her Could they have shown the negative of this proposition, the public mind would have been far better qualified to appreciate the justice of their jaigment that afcfrtgiii i lliigsm vessel was uacalled-for ftinTwrongT standing their silence on this point, the com mon sense of a just public will doubtless sup ply the omission, by drawing a parallel between the course of Commodore Tattnall aud all others that could have possibly been adopted. The facts of the case arc very few, and it would be charitable to ascribe the failure ofthe Court to present them fairly to an indisposition to act jastiy, rather than a lack of discrimina tion to give them a logical direction. It will ba recollected that the evacuation of Norfolk, though contemplated for sev er al days, took place without one word of notice to the Commodore, and that while he was co-operating with the army for its defense, —in ’act, while he was almost its sole defender. When he sent his Flag Lieutenant to Norfolk to ascertain the meaning of certain unusual movements, that officer found the city already in the hands of-the enemy, and narrowly es caped, himself, without, cau.ure. The city, navy yard, and all the neighboring posts had been given up, and before the rising of the next sun ali were in the possession of the Yan kees. Commodore Tattnall thus found himself in an isolated craft with all his communications with the shore cut off. Starvation and surren der were inevitable—but a question of time. Anticipating no long voyage, for the Virginia was built with no such expectation, and wholly unapprised of an Intention to evacuate the coast, the Virginia had aboard but a lew days’ provisions for her three hundred and fifty men, and, therefore, the catastrophe must have hap pened at a very early day. She might have gone out of the harbor, or anchored herself in the narrow channel at Hog Island, as the Court suggests, but what impoitant result could have been accomplished after all by such a muve ment V She would have still been without re sources when her supplies Were exhausted, for communication with the shore was impossible, and, consequently, must have soon fallen a prey to the enemy under an ignominious sur render of himself and all ou board. True, so long as she held out she might have “prevented the larger vessels and transports of the enemy from ascending” tbe river, but of what great value would this have been when, from infor mation given them by a traitor, the enemy had already sent up the river three formidable ves sels, ample for the reduction .of Richmond in the event they could reach it ? She might have done all tho Court in its wisdom suggests, and st* 11 ti-e pa'pabje, stubborn fact stares them in the face, that she must at last, and very soon, have fallen a victim to the policy. The keeping of a few vessels out of James River, and eveu the sinking of twenty to the bottom of Hamptpn Roads, would have been a poor compensation for such a sacrifice. The enemy might have been slightly weakened on the water, but how much stronger would we have become by the experiment ? Iu view of all the fadts, lt appears to us that every unprtjtidiced mind must be forced to the conclusion that Commodore Tatnall, in destroy ing the Virginia at the time he did, acted most wisely and patriotically, that he was right to save himself and his brave command at the only time they could have been saved, and that a contrary course would have justly subjected him to the clnrge of temerity and fuol-hardi ness. And, as a necessary consequence, we must further conclude that the Court of Enqui ry who sat upon his case have acted disingen uously aud wrongfully toward a true patriot and gallant brother officer. We have only to add that the pretended apology for the course of Commodore Tattnall, based on the precipitate conduct of Gen. Huger, implies a want of coolness and firmness on the part of the former, and is an insult added to in jury, which the brave Commodore and his triends no doubt spurn and repudiate. The News from James’ Island.—Nothing of importance nas occurred on the lines since Sat urday, although it is not known at what moment 'a fight may take pi ice. Our troops are confi -1 dent ot a favorable result, our batteries in good fighting trim and ready lor action. From twelve to fourteen vessels are reported outside, and one of them had the boldue-s to run close in shore and open tire on Morris’ Is land. Fort Sumter replied and fired two shots, when the enemy’s gunboat put back The French war vessel Kcuaudiu was still ly ing off the B ir Sunday afternoon. Another flag ot truce came from the enemy Sunday morning. Its object we could not learn, but suppose it was to bring clothing and ffiedieiues for ike prisoners in our hands. [Cnar. Courier, 231. Confederate Vessels at Nassau. —Five British -teamers are now lying at Cochrane’s anchorage, ten miles East of Nassau, ail laden with contraband cargoes, and awaiting events. The Nashville and Minho are also here. The crew of the Nashville report that an armed Confederate sleumer is hourly expected off this port. The Confederate steamers (un der the British flag) Kate, Cecile, Steftio, Nel lie arid Nassau, teii on the 21st, cum ring for St. John, New Brunswick. They were all paint ed a light lead color, almost the hue of iff- Gulf stream waters, evuito their smoke pipes.— [Nassau ( >V. I.) Conespondence ot the N. 1". IL-rald. Halleck’s Operations with the Spade.— The Hew York Herald siys : Since Gen. Halleck took command at Pitts bnrg Landing, our aimy has built, incredible as the story may sound, more than titty miles ot entrenchments, and lull two hundred mites ot wagon roads! Four pirallels, each more than twelve mites in length, three or tour roads— wide, corduroyed and bridged—leading from the landing to each corps o' armte— all the works ot our men, many ot whom never be ore handled a spade or an axe in alt their lives. Yankee Policy.—We learn from persons, recently irom tue vicinity of Huntsville, that Mitchell has actually commenced destroying the crops in that section. We 1 am that it was his intention, as soon as it was too late to plant again to destroy the crops, and now he has commenced h s villiaaous s arvation policy. O how long mast these fiends of the bottom less pit desecrate this fair iand, and perpetrate whatever viliianies their beastly passions prompts them to. We are not disposed to criticise or condemn, bat it seems very strange that they should be allowed to remain in the very heart of the Confederacy when thev could be so easily oasted.—[Rome Conriyr. Release of Mrs. Gen. Lee —We are pleased to anuonnee the arrival, in Richmond, of Mrs. Gen. Lee and daughter, who have been held under surveillance, as prisoners, within the Y. iik-e line*, below Richmond, since the re tr. it from tbe Peninsula. They were released and sent under flag ot truce into our lines a few days ago, under what conditions we have been ahablc to 1 arm [Richmond Enquirer. Edward Everett is stumping it through the West, haranguing the people on “the origin nd character of the war.” Our Virginia Correspondence. Camt> near Richmond, ) June ltfth, 1862. ) Ed dor iuwtnnah Rcpitblican: —To day a gib bafh-like quiet prevails along the lines, and, having been relieved from tbe onerous picket duty at Garnett’s Farm, the men are dozing in the shade, or, grouped together at some “sly game,” are whiling away the dreary hours which McClellan permits to hangdicavily on our array. Some few here and there, with pipes suspended lazily from their jaws, sending curl ing wreaths ol smoke up around their heads, are discussing the comparative merits of Jack son with other Confederate generals, aud won dering why none others have adopted his im petuous aud headlong course of hostile opera tions. Strange as it may appear, while all the world seems turned with fixed eyes on Mc- Clellan and tbe rebels before Richmond, the soldiers of the Confederate army here look with predominant interest towards “Stone wall” and and his bands ot veterans, win hang •like a dfeadfull incubus about the quaking Yaokee capital. The first inquiry of the man who If ids iu his hand the morning paper just arrived in camp is, “Whatnews from Jackson ? Read the telegraph head, and let’s, hear from him.” The truth is, McClellan, with his great blue uniform, scare-crow array—with all this big lying, bragging, building pretensions—ha= ceased almost to excite attention in this army. When an afrirm is raised, they rise leisurely, don their accoutrements, perhaps oloc or tw j : • by I -I.". , . his gm, when they knew “ the d-—n -V iSskjtes weren't gwine to come over here.” For like reasons, they reluctantly take up the spade and form with the working squad, who are being constantly detailed .to construct the extensive breastworks which are being thrown up along our lines. “What’s the use of these con cerns ?” one hears them say ; “ don’t our Gen erals know the Yanks ’ll go a thousand miles round before they’l dare to come over’em?” But he does not consider that the enemy is already entrenched, and something of this sort is necessary, absolutely so—to prevent any fur ther encroachment. It is spoken, “ Thus far shalt thou go, and no further.” One can read ily see no fight is near at hand, except occa sional skirmishes and sorties among the pickets and the garrisons, which term may now b?. ap plied to the beleaguered capital. McClellan looks over from his balloon, sees long lines of breastworks, with, here and there, redoubts frowning with deep-mouthed cannons, camps unconcealed, swarming with fearless, rascally, saussy, blood-thirsty rebels, and dismay gathers in damp fogs about his heart. “My poor boys won’t stand before these fearfnl preparations,” ho mentally < j iculates ; “ no, not at all. Well, I’m resolved—l’ll circum-spaA? the infernal plac9.” So we may begin to reckon ourselves regularly besieged, and a long, dreary time to follow of slothful inactivity, sickness, &c., &e , in which one consolation is offered : the Yan kees have possessions which raise the best crops ot mosquitoes and the most rantartkerom active, and energetic agues, and deadliest ma laria of any localities occupied by the bellicose armies. We can walk in fancy now through crowded Yankee hospitals, observing stalworth Dutch men, fairly shaking Union eagles from their uniforms, and Irish Paddies, under woolen blankets, chattering their “ bread traps,” worse than aggravated pet squirrels. Stil! fur ther in the play, close to the denouement , we hear foreign cries of “vasser; mine Gott. vaa ser,” and “mnrlher, be Jasus.” “I shall force the eaemy to the wail,” said the boastful Federal pet—the “young Napoleon,”—(what a parody on the name), as the Confederates slyly com menced of their own accord, failing back from Yorktown. We looked over the green fields, on the woods, now clad in verdure, as we truged along-the weary roads in that long and trying retreat, and asked of the smiling face of May— the dear Lady May—if she had shaken hands With “Helium,” and was iliere, i-MUiy, oloouy work ahead ? We suspected that the fiery June had lap ladened with fire to pour out on the world, and heardJrom afar the sly kiss which the Downing Mars laid stolen; hut never dreamed this ot the beauteous May. Well, she scarcely discovered us. As her fairy feet went tripping away she threw back a thorny crown, with slight shade on her features, and her re ceding voice murmured, “wear this for your victory.” Then June came in with another, with face all flume and attire all spotted with hu man gore. So looked she to our eyes. But now her frown has gone, and ner smiles are even brighter than the lady May’s. From McClellan’s tines to the nearest subur ban po’rtion of the capital, is quite 5 miles, where he has been standing, with Hie exception of a little giving away in one or two instances, for several weeks. Does be think the rebels are to the wall, and he has futillcd his b 'asiful des patch to the War Department at Washington. May be so, aud as he did not promise, ihen, to push them any tnrther, we safely conclude he designs waiting awhile for “something to turn up” in his favor by which vast accessions to his forces may be had. We have sent large rein forcements to Jackson, and with these and his already invincible little army, he will make things so hot about the Federal capital the young Napoleon wont be able to obtain many additional Dutchmen in his ranks. We can’t tell what will turn out from the unfolding leaves of the future, but nous verrons. Dry before yesterday the booming of heavy ordnance, in tne direction of Drury’s Bluff, lead us to believe an attack bad been made at that point to tffect a passage up the river ; but we learned it was simply an ineffectual sheliing of the woods below, in which the enemy had dis covered our pickets. A demonstration at that point is looked lor from laud, as it is apparent onr defences cannot be taken trom water by the dreadful gunboats. There, also, the will find u3 prepared to meet him, and it he can find a vulnerable spot around Richmond now, he has sharper eyes than he has credit for at pres ent. His report of the uncivilized manner iu which Gen. Stuart treated him a tew days ago is anxiously looked for. The audacious lies with which the Yankees generally screen every dis gracetul beating they get, fu nishe3 a great source of amusement to our soldiery, and something recherche is looked for soon, ia ac counting tor fctuari’s depredations in the rear ol McClellan’s army. In yesterday’s paper we are most highly grat iflt and to see an account of Col. Lamar thrashing out the Yankees on James’ loland. I see we are not having ait the fun to ourselv-s np here in Virginia. Well, it would be selfish to desire every good thing to ourselves, and we do not wish to deprive you, nor envy the good streak which has struck further south. But let misadvise Col. Lamar of one thing, he had bet ter not strike quite so hard; if he dont mind, they wont come any more. They are powerful wary chaps, and desire whole hides above every thing sut) unary. The want ot incident compels us to draw off for the present, and we hoo--, while playing idle trom picket duty, to be able to write" eftener than we have heietofore. - Tout le Mosde. The Corn Chop. —lt is right pleasant news we bear from ali quarters about the growing corn crop. Wheat has failed in a great mea sure—oats totally; hat king cona rustles his dark green leaves in every breeze, and is fast developing to the period of sure promise. We can do without wheat or oats; but corn is the foundation of all physical well being, Poor food of ail kinds and’starvation prices are all deducibie to a scarcity of corn, and never, never until we see corn so abundant in Georgia as 13 bs almost a <ii ug, will we escape the dis astrous and ruinous effects of the wretched policy of planting exclusively for a maiket se parated from ns by a waste of waters 8,000 miles broad. It may yet be eighteen mouths before Georgia Can again be a laud of plenty— before the grain can be applied to produce suffi cient animal food; and perhaps even then the temptation to raise cotton to bay food with, w.li begin to bury in oblivion the painlui ana disgraceful lessons of the past three or (onr rears. Y’es, in two years from this time, some Georgia planters may be again selling wtton at ; eight cents to buy bacon at sixteen. (We trust , u may never again get so bad as cotton at seven j and bacon at thirty-five.) But whatever some may do, surely the great bu.k of our people | will not forget the chastisement they have suf fered for a long course of miserab.e and abject dependence upon their enemies for food, and will resove that once fairly escaped, they will never again be caught in -uch a aisgraceiul and calamitous condition —[Macon Telegraph. The remains of Gen. Hutton, who fell on the field ol glory, before Richmond on the 81-t ult., were interred in Knoxville, Tenn., on the Ist of June. “ST O. 29. i y jeXjEq-bafhic FROM RIfjHMOIVD Decision of the Court of Inquiry—-The Destruction of the Mewimac unne eessary. [Special to the Savannah Republican.] Richmond, .Tune 20—‘The Cotlirof Inquiry, con. voked i>y order of the Navy Departmear, to inve-H --gate the destruction of the steamer Merrimac—Fi>- gin ia— report that the destruction of ine ram was, in the opinion of the Court, unnecessary at the time and place it was effected, It being shown in the evidence that the Virginia; with very little fnore, if any, les sening of d-afl, could have been taken to Hog Island or Jemes river, where the clgranel is narrow, and could there have prevented the larger Vessels an 1 tiansports of the enem? from ascending. The Court is of opinion that such disposition should have been made of t er, The finding of the Court in the case of tbe destruc- Aion of the Mississippi is, that such destruction was necessary, to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy. LATEST FROM CHATTANOOGA. [Special Despatch to tho Savannah Republican.] Chattanooga, June 10,—Considerable skirmishing occurred with the enemy to-day at Rankin’s Ferry, above Shell Mound. No casualties are reported. Col. vv ooliord’s Kentucky cavalry, attached to Gen. Kagle’s command, refused o burn the town of Pike vllle when ordered to do eo, Sunday last. They also threatened to lay down tijeir arms and return to their iHar.xs, if pillaging and robb.ry were lurther permitted --I; , From Cliarlestou. [Special to tho Savannah Republican.] Ciiaiit.eston, Tune2!>, P. M.—The enemy’s gunboats iu Btono r ver, to-day exchanged a tew shots with Fort P. mberton. Nobooy hurt The blockading fleet outside numbirs 10 vessels, and is very active. They captured a echonner las* night which was attempting to run the blockade. Later from tho North. [Special despatch to the Savannah Repub’ican.] Eichmond, June 21—Northern papers of the ißth inst., have been received here. They represent Gen. Stuart’s recent expedition as g icrrilla parties hovering in the rear of their army, and speak of the damage sustained as unimportant No.hing is said about the train fired into on the York River Railroad. From East Tennessee. [Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.] i nATTANoooA, June 21.—Colonel Davis, of ihe 2d Florida regiment, with his command crossed the river this morning at the narrows, and sharp skirmishing ensued with the enemy. The retult was, the Yankees were driven back to Jasper with o u,siderable loss. Scott’s cavtlry, CoL Forest ccmmauoii g, also en gaged the enemy. Tho expedit oa was commanded by Gen Ledbetter, and our lobs was oae mortally wounded of Captain Thompson’s company, 81st Alabama, and three (light ly wounded. Capt. Gurley, of the Alabama Partisans, brought in to-day a Captain and two Lieutenants of the 19th 1111 nois regiment, who were captared twelve miles from Huntsville. Major Coffer, who was captured by Morgan, is to bo exchanged lor Lieut. Col. Wood. LATEST FROM RICHMOND. Gen. Johnston Recovering. [Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.] EionMOND, June 23 —Nothing of interest pired litre for several days. Skirmishing along fhe lines are of daily occurrence. Gen. Joseph E Johnston is rapidly recorerirg from hiß wounds, aud will soon bo ab%J to resume tue com mand of the army. It iathe prevailing belief hero that we are cn the eve of stirring and decisive events. Letter from the Thirteenth Georgia, Staunton, Va., June 16, 1802. Editor Savannah Republic m : The 18th Regiment Georgia Volunteers ar rived at this place yesterday, after riine days of very fatiguing travel. We left Savannah about 12. in., on Saturday the 7th, in open trucks,with out seats, or at least three company’s of us— not that there was any scarcity of baggage cars, for I saw numbers ol them at the depot. Soon after wc started, there came on a heavy shower of rain, which wet us to the .skin, and before night, we had to wait at a wooding place about an hour and a half, while some teams hauled the wood from the woods, the rain pouring all the time, and we Iu it. When night came, we had to lie down on the floor of the truck in our wet clothes, and travel all night to Charleston. I think there was some bad management in all this, but whose it was, it is not for me to say. We arrived at the Charleston depot soon af ter daylight, and marched from there to the de pot for Florence ; we left about 9 o’clock in baggage cars with seats, which were much more comfortable, and reached Florence in the afternoon. About midnight of Sunday, we left for Wilmington, where we arrived on the af ternoon of Monday ; there we had of course to change the baggage, and about midnight we left again for Petersburg, in part upon open trucks, and 6ome of them loaded with the baggage, and the men had to sit, lie or stand as they could get the chance. A few miles before we reached Goldsboro*, the train stopped, and on making inquiries we found that a man bad been ruu over by the cars. I went to see, and found that Corporal Cline, of Company K, had gone to step on the projection of the floor of the truck where they are coupled, and in bis step rolled off, the wheel going over both thighs, and literally grinding the bone and flesh np, besides splitting one arm open and cutting him on the bead.— He was alive and in his senses when I saw him. He was brought np to Goldsboro’ and died in about two hours after we left* We arrived at Petersburg on Wednesday af ternoon, where we had to change cirs again; the men were marched to the Market House, and rations for three days issued, which we had to cook. We left Petersburg for Lynchburg the middle of the day, and arrived in Lynch burg at 10 o’clock on Friday morning. We found on onr arrival a great number of troops on their way to reinforce “Stonewall” Jackson. They were Mississippians, Texans and Geor gians. Ido not know the exact number, and if I did it would not be prudent to publish it. We left Lynchburg for the Central Railroad at Charlottsville about two o’clock Sunday morning, and arrived at Staunton in the even ing. At Lymhburg we had to leave all the tents with the exception of one to every ten men, and all the baggage except what we conld carry on our backs. I am toid that Jackson has uo tents, be’mg all the while on the move, and they being considered too much of an in cumbrance. We found, when we got to Lynchburg, that there were twenty-eight hundred Federal pris oners confined in the fair grounds, and while we were there they brought in five hundred and twenty-five more taken from Shields army, and seventy more of them were brought here last evenin'' We heard here that Jackson’s force* bad captured about one hundred more with some two hundred contrabands. Jackson is sued orders for the owners to come and claim them ; he aieo made the Yanks go with the ne groes to their owners. W’e bare orders to wait here until Gen. Law ton arrives here; then I suppose we shall march to Jackson’s army, who is at this time about twenty miles from here waiting for reinforce ments. I hear that the Yankees are in posses sion of Winchester again, but I have no idea they will stay-there long when Jackson makes i his next move. I don’t know when I shall be able to write you again, but you may depend that if lam j spared, and anything worth writing" comes to my knowledge, I shall let you know ot it. Having not got to the army yet, I could not ; write you anything more than an account of our trip.