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