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Saturday lilorning, July 19, 1862.
•:ALady,” of Walthourville, sends us ?5
for the Gunboat Fund.
General MeLaws was promoted on the 23d
of May Jast, and now ranks as Major General.
Lieut. Col. H. C. Billups is now Colonel of
he 3d Georgia Regiment, in consequence of
the death of Col. Sturgis.
Not Dead. —The Charleston Mercury contra
diets the report of the death of Mrs. Beaure
gard, wife of our distinguished General. The
country will rejoice to hear that it is untrue.
Gen. Magkdder.— Gen. J. B. Magnifier has
been relieved of his command in the army of
Virginia, in order that he may take*chargc of a
distant military department.
* (japt/E. Y. Hill, Captain of the “Jeff Davis
Rangers” from Butler county, Aim, and son of
the lion. Edward Y. Hill, of Georgia, was killed
in the light before Richmond on the 27th ult.
McClellan’s Loss 80,000!—The correspon
dent ot the New York Tribune says: I under
stand that General Marcy, chief of McClellan’s
staff, estimates the entire loss of McClellan’s
army at 80,000.
Gen. McCall.—This officer resigned from
the U. 8. Army .some years since, settled in
Philadelphia, where he married, and is a man of
handsome fortune. Ho has a brother and ne
phews in Louisiana. Wc trust the Government
will not treat him with too much consideration.
Plucky to the List.— We Confederates
like the resolution of the “ YouDg Napoleoq, ”
when he proclaims to the world that liis beaten
fanny shall yet enter the capital of the so-called
We don’t doubt U—a good part
of them are already there, and we see no good
reason why the rest should not follow !
The New York Express says Gen. Scott is
now at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr.
Hoyt, Sixteenth street, and at present declines
to receive visitors. He appears to bejprostrated
with grief at the recent death of his lady, and
.there are no indications at present that he will
proceed to Washington.
The correspondent of the New York Times
plasters over the abandonment of McClellan by
the French Prince De JoinviJlc, Duke de Char
tras and Count do Paris, by saying they went to
Washington for the purpose of bearing des
patches to the government. We wager a ragged
shinpiasterthey never return.
Death of an Editou —We regret to learn
that Channcey Robbins, Esqr., of Jefferson
county, and formerly Editor of the Louisville
Gazette, died in Richmond a few days ago. lie
was a member of Wright’s Leglou, but was
taken ill just before the late battles.
The Hottest.— Friday last, the 11th instant,
was set down generally in this latitude as the
warmest day of the season up to date. In the
coolest places the mercury indicated a tempera
ture of 04, whilst many reported it sever
nl'degrees higher. A thunder shower follow,
id, since which the weather has moderated. -
Released. —Tho Liacolu War Department
meat has released from Camp Douglas, Chica
go, the following named Confederate surgeons:
Drs. Martin, Dupree, Saudek, Crowell, Cald
well, Taliaferro, McDowell, Driver, Redwood.
Oliver, Jolmson, Kennedy, Felton, Foxey,
Elkin, Greenlas, Williams, Rethroek and Bo
lau. ,
A special despatch to the Now York Tribune,
dated at Washington, June 28th, says that there
is reason to believe that Secretary Seward has
received a note from Earl Russell relative to
Picayune Butler’s woman order, and that it will
probably be treated iu the same way as was the
note from the same quarter protesting against
the stone blockade.
Murder op Munford.—Retaliation.— The
Richmond Dispatefa says :—“lt is currently re
. ported that the President lias made a demand
upon the United States authorities for the sur
render of Butler to tho Confederate Gov.; and in
the event of a refusal, the law of retaliation will
ba enforced upon a Federal Major General
captured In the recent battle below Richmond.”
Cotton Going Up. —Wo learn (says the
Charleston Mercury,) from a number of the
New York Herald, now before us, that on Sat
urday week last, the cotton market was agniu
tlrmer and higher, with sales of 1,500 bales
closing at to 80 cents for Middling Up'
lands. Fine qualities were measurably out of
market, while supplies of all kinds were ex
tremely light.
Tub late State Road Accident.— Super
intendent Rowlaud publishes a card in which ho
shows, Ironi the affidavits of suudry persons,
that the late deplorable accident on tbe State
Road was caused by tbe unauthorized interfer
ence of the military on board with the progress
of the up train, thereby causing a detention aud
departure from the schedule time. The mili
tary authorities should take the ease in hand
aud punish the offenders.
Important Military Changes.— The Char
laslou Mercury ot yesterday, says : —lt-was cur
rently rumored in military circles last night—
•and we have reason to believe tho report to bo
correct—that Major General Pemberton, now
In command of the Department of South
Carolina and Georgia, has been transferred to
another Important post, where he will soon be
fan* to face with the enemy, and that Major
General Gustsvus W. Smith has been assigned
t ■> succeed him i u the command of this Depart
ment.
Tub “Southern Insurance Company.”— We
are pleased to hear this institution has proved,
thus far, a decided success. All the shares au
thorized by the charter have been subscribed
for by responsible persous, and many more are
spoken for in case the capital stock should be
increased. The highly respectable and respon
sible names that appear in the fist oi Directors
have at once commended the Company to public
l onfideneoand favor, and tho institution gees
Into operation under the most tavoru'olo auspi
The Arrest of Mrs. Phillips.— The tele
graph brought us, a few days since, the Intelli
gence that Mrs. Phillips ol New Orleans, has
been sent to Ship Island because she had
laughed when a Yankee funeral was passing. A
private letter from Mobile, now gives us the
facts of this new freak of the tyrant Butler. We
quote : “It appeals that as the funeral pro
se s-ieu of Lt. DeKay, (U. &. officer wounded
a'. Grand Gult) was passing through St.
Charles street. Mrs. Phillips and others wete
in the gallery of her hou-o; Mrs. P. was laugh
ing at the time. Gen. Butler was not in the city,
bat on his return, he sent lor Mrs. P , aud in
quired why she laughed on the occasion refer
r-d to. Mrs. P. replied that she laughed be*
e she was In a good butuor on that day.
Bailer responded, well Madame, I shall send
you to Ship Island for two years, and iu the
meantime you shall have no communication
with your tarnlly. This threat was executed,
and Mrs. P. has bceu taken to Ship Island with
out having had an opportunity of communicat
ii g with her buiband or children after her ar
rest.”
The order Swell varies somewhat from the
statement above. Mrs. P seems to have been
banished "till further orders,” and not for two
years.
Porclgn Intervention,
We sincerely hope that the people of the Con
federate States will forever cease to talk about,
or hope for, foreign intervention for the settle
ment of our quarrel with our Yankee neigh
bors. Above all, we most devoutly pray that
foreign governments will cease to think of in
terference in our affairs. We do not ask their
aid. We feel perfectly able to fight our own
battles and take care of ourselves. Were it
otherwise, we prefer annihilation as a govern,
ment rather than owe our existence to the
patronizing hand of an interested friend, who
would uphold us in misfortune without any
genuine sympathy for our wrong, but simply
that she may plunder us in our prosperity.
The Europa, of whose news wo give a brief
despatch, brings intelligence of further discus
sion of the American war iu the British Lords
and Commons. But two orators mouut the
rostrum in this instance, both of whom have
grown grey in working out the selfish and ini
quitous foreign policy of their government for
the last quarter of a century. Brougham and
Palmerston ! Iu what quarter of the world
have not the tyranny and heartless cruelty of
these men bejen felt by the weak and inoffen
sive ? Where is the sea which they have not
been willing to see- flow nurple with blood in
order to turn a penny for British commerce and
navigation ? What people, Christian or pagan’
has not felt the iron heal of such men in the
last hundred years ? Certainly toe have no cause
to compin'ni when we share less than the com
mon lot of mankind—simply their indifference
to right alfS a people struggling against op
pression, even though we may feed the starving
millions with our products, and been large
consumers of her manufactures for more than
fifty years!
If we ever saw the time when we were wil
ling to receive a British intervention for a
settlement with our powerful foe, it ha3 now
passed away, we hope never to return. She
was indifferent to our appeal for a simple re
cognition so long as the clouds hung dark
above us; we should reject all her offers,
whether of mediation or hostile interference,
now that we have shown our full ability to win
independence, unaided and alone. With more
obligations, of both gratitude and selfishness
renting upon her than any other nation, she
turned us a cold shoulder when we needed a
friend—we scorn her interposition now, when
we are able to do without her. Her real sym
pathies—of the government we mean, for the
people have their hearts on the right side—have
been with the North throughout the struggle,
and that in spite of the hectoring and insolent
abuse she has received from that quarter. She
wished slavery extinguished in the first place,
and knew that the United States as two nations
would he stronger than one. She feared, what
is probable after,the acerimony of the present
war shall have been assuaged by time,but which
most people would now doubt, that in future
contests with her transatlantic cousins, there
would be a sympathy and union against her.
Here are the secret springs that control the
political machinery of the British empire, and
wo have only to add the desire for a cotton
monopoly to make them complete.
The remarks of both these British Lords with
reference to the war, are characteristic. Wliat
Confederate citizen will not read with a curl of
his lip the arrogant threat ol the antiquated
Brougham, when tho old sinner talks about our
forfeiting “the respect and affections ot Eu
rope” by a persistancc iu defending our rights
as freemen, and our homes and firesides
against tho hand of the invader ? Who cares
for the respect of any people when it can be
withdrawn for such a cause? We tell him tho
Confederates intend to fight this war to the
bitter end and die in the last ditch, and to
the last man, rather than submit to Yankee
dominion, aud we care not what he or the
whole of Europe may think of us, or how
much they may suffer and starve on account
of tho war. If they suffer it is their fault or
misfortune, and no concern oi ours to bo
weighed iu the balance with the liberty of six
millions of people.
As regards Lord Palmerston’s “ duty and
pleasure,” “when a lilting opportunity arises,”
as ho has seen none heretofore that he con
sidered fit, we beg leave to express the hope
that his convenient eyesight may remain ob
scured until we shall have fought out this war
to the end, solitary and alone.
Who Commanded our Right Wing; t
The heart of every’ man in the Confederate
States would be satisfied with the late glorious
achievements of our arms in tho late battles be
fore Richmond, were it not for the fact that,
with proper effort, still more could have bec-n
done. Tho victory over the enemy will be
ranked among the most signal and productive
of modern times, but it is a well ascertained
truth that the entire plan of our commander
was not carried out, and if it had been, the en
tire Yankee army would have been captured or
annihilated. Why was this not done ?
When McClellan, defeated iu every engage
ment, turned face towards the James River
our centre was close in his rear,and our left wing
in hot pursuit to cut off his retreat by way of the
Pamunkey, and close up around his loft before
he reached the vicinity of his gunboats. A part
of the plan was a simultaneous movement of
our right towards the poiut aimed for by our
left, which, had it been executed, would have
completely enclosed the enemy with a wall of
fire, thus cutting off every avenue of escape.
This last movement, from some cause, not yet
made known to the public, failed, and the con
sequences were most serious. McClellan came
along with his fugitive army in the very track
marked out for him, but there was no Confed
erate force there to dispute his passage, lie
passed unmolested through tha narrow gate,
anil reached his gunboats in safety. All ac
counts agree iu ascribing bis escape to the
tardiness ot our right wing in obeying the or
der of the Commander-in-chief.
Tlief responsibility Incurred by the delinquent
party in this case, is fearful. He has postpon
ed peace, and cost his country a vast expendi
ture of human life and treasure. 11 can bo re
garded hardly less than a crime, and the of
fender should be held to a strict account. It
should be made cleariy to appear that no rea
sonable effort could have accomplished the
march in the time allowed, aud if the proof be
be wanting, be should be forthwith dismissed
the service in disgrace. It Is due to the coun
try that where such great trusts are confided,
their betrayal, or nou-performance through in
difference, druukeness, or any like cause,
should be visited with a penalty that will stand
as au example for all time to come.
Yank.ee Treatment of our Wounded
It is established beyond the possibility of con
tradiction, (says tfle Richmond Dispatch.) that a
number of our wounded, after receiving their
wounds, were deliberately murdered by the
Federal troops. A gentleman of undoubted
veracity, who was wounded iu the fight at Coai
Harbor, says that after receiving his wound,
which was but a slight one, he succeeded in
capturing a Yankee soldier, with whom he
[ started to camp. Ou the way they passed by a
; Texan officer, upon whom a mortal wound had
i been inflicted, aud who was at the time well
1 nigh exhausted from the loss of blood. The
| Texan expressed a desire to talk to the prison—
| cr > which was allowed, and he addressed him, in
| substance, as follows : “I am about to die, aud
what I state to you I know to be true. When
! our brigade charged your lines, .fed was repuls
d, a number of onr wounded was left upon the
field ; and when your troops eame up I dis
| UncUy heard your officer give the command to
shoot iu the h;ad any wounded rebel oa the
I field, and you obeyed the order. I owe my
own life to the readiness with which our men
| rallied, its statement X wished to make to
, you, in the presence of that the facts
may go out to the world.” The Yankee was
j compelled to admit the truth of the statement,
aud acknowledged that such an order had been
jtfTeß.
sj^."v_A.isrisr| otjuiit ises-
A Word on Shells.
A sort of superstitious dread of shells seems
to have seized the minds of our people, and the
impression is abroad that a Confederate column
might as well run down a steep place into the
sea as to encounter a Yankee gunboat from
which these missiles are flying. 11 was a fool
ish fear of Yankee shells, that were playing
havoc with the tops of the trees and injuring
nobody beneath them, that lost us a signal vic
tory at Shiloh. But for that our Army of the
West would have long since been quartered in
St. Louis, Cincinnati and Pittsburg.
And yet, when brought to the test of experi
ment, shells are, comparatively, the least harm
ful of the weapons of warfare ordinarily in use.
The Oglethorpe Light Infantry stood on the
ramparts of Fort Pulaski, amid a storm of thir
teen-inchers for two whole days, pouring shot
into the ranks of the enemy, and yet hardly a
man of them was touched. The Federal gun
boats threw filteen hundred shells into the city
of Vicksburg some days ago, by which one
woman was killed among the large number who
were running about the street in consternation,
whilst but slight damage was done to the
buildings. A malicious person might have"
stood on the roof of a house, with an armful of
■brick-bats, aud done double the damage, to
human life and limb. A number of similar in
stances might be mentioned, but we need not en
large. When shells strike in the right place and
explode at the right time, two things very dif
ficult of attainment, serious damage may result,
but ip nine eases out of tea they waste their
power upon the desert air or in the bowels of
Mother Earth.
Why then, this apparently insuperable horror
of Federal shells ? We are told that McClellan
has conducted the remnant of his defeated ar
my to a place of safety under cover of his gun •
boats, where reinforcements are daily augment
ing his ranks—why should this be allowed? We
can kill ten of his men with rifles whilst he is
killing one of ours with shells from his gun
boats, especially if the attack be made at night,
and we can see no good reason why the experi
ment should not forthwith be made on his po
sition. We hope somebody is in command of
our army (who knows the man?) that is not
afflicted with mania on shells, and that he will
make the demonstration before many days. If
our battery of field pieces can be got in the
rear of the enemy, why not ten and fifty thou -
sand infantry to back them ? The thing looks
practicable, and, indeed, the late accounts war
rant the belief that an attempt to dislodge
him will soon be made, if it has not been done
already.
If another battle is to be fought, the attack
will come from our side, a3 before, and the
chances are far better to whip out a weak and
dispirited army than it is to conquer them when
made strong and confident by fresh reinforce
ments. We have no idea that McClellan con
templates a renewal of the folly of an attack on
Richmond. He has retreated to his present
position, in our judgment, simply to save his
army from capture or utter destruction, and
there to await the chances of a peace.
- Attack on Tampa.
The following note from th 6 Postmaster at
Tampa was received yesterday, and kindly fur
nished to us by the Postmaster of Savanuah :
A gunboat (propeller) commenced shelling
our town yesterday at 0 p. m. and quit at dark,
after throwing iu about twenty-five rounds*
We answered them with our 2-1 pounders, but
could not reach them. To-day, 10 a. m., they
have re-opened the ball. Nobody hurt so far.
Yours, &e., A. DkLauney, P. M.
Further from Tampa.—A second end° ! ' so_
ment from ibe Postmaster at Tampa, dated
July 4th, says : “The Yankees, after throwing
us some twenty-five or thirty shells, July Ist,
vamosed at 3 o’clock p. m Nobody hurt!”
A Pertinent Question. —The Jackson Mis
sissippian asks: “Are there no more Jack
sons and Mumfords ? Is there no Charlotte
Corilay in the proud metropolis of the South ?
Who would have believed that any pressure
could have been put upon us, which would have
so far subdued the spirit of our people, as that
Picayune Butler or Andy Johnson could have
breathed the air of New Orleans or Nashville
for an hour ?
The fact is, the continued presence of Butler
in New Orleans is a matter of surprise to eve
rybody. The papers say he even rides out
through public streets and returns unharmed to
his headquartfirs, but always “ with a strong
bodyguard.” Why should they be in the way
of a successful shot from some indignant and
outraged Confederate ? What matter would it
be if the whole party should be made to bite
the dust? If we had a shot at them we would
select a “ spatter gun ” by all means, and bag
as many of the scoundrels as possible.
Good News.— We are rejoiced to hear, and
hope it is true, that our government is at last
inspired with the true spirit for the conduct of
this war—the only one by which it can be
brought to an early and successful Issue. The
Richmond Enquirer says : At no period in the
history of the war has the Confederate govern
ment manifested a more dashing and cnergetie
spirit than that which is now permitted to in
spire the commanders of our army, although
that old temptation, “foreign interference,”
looms up even more brilliantly and seductively
than ever. The war has at length become an
earnest one, the Confederate government ha3
ceased all parley with the. rest of the world;
and relying upon right and her own resources,
is determined to pursue it to the bitter end. It
W’ould be imprudent to publish the movements
which are now being made by our army. The
public must be satisfied that they are wise,
practical and essential to the success of the
struggle.
An Insolent Tyrant —As if the dragging of
Mrs. Phillips from her home and family,
aud consigning her to solitude or a loluh
some hospital on a barren island, were insuffi
cient to gratify the vengeance of the brutal
tyrant who lords it over the down-trodden peo
ple of New Orleans, he has adopted anew and
ingenious device to heap indignity upon his
victim. She must be personally insulted aud
degraded—if anything coming from such a
monster could insult or degrade—before he is
willing for her to depart in peace to her lonely
and cruel fate. To what language shall we
resort for terms to characterize such avillian !
Our mother tongue furnishes no word that can
express the deep abhorrence and detestation
that must be felt by all Christian people for such
a wretch, or that can picture tho bloody atone
ment he is yet to make for his crimes against
justice, decency, aud humanity.
Iu this connection, we would again enquire
if it be possible that the Confederate authorities
intend to take no step to avenge the cruel mur
der ot the patriot Mumford ? France or Eng
land would not have submitted to such aa out
rage for an hour, and shall a cation of freemen
prove less jealous and careful of the lives of its
citizens ? We hope not.
Our Loss ox James’ Island. —The follow
ing statement (says the Charleston Courier)
gives the latest oflicial figures for the gallant
and successful defence made by a small band of
Confederates against the invading Yankees, on
James’ Islaud on the 16th June.
We give the total number of mm engaged,
and the total of killed, wounded and missing,
from careful revision and official returns:
Number of Men. Killed, Wounded
and Missing.
Charleston Battalion..SS 46
Smith’s Battalion... .IXS
Louisiana Battaiiou. .300
Lamar Artillery 100 57
Goodlett’s Regiment. 100 1?
Total 605 166
— 9
The schooner Lucy C. Holmes, which left
Santee about five weeks since, with cotton,
“fell among thieves” at sea, and was taken by
the Yankees on the gunboat Ottawa, about fifty
miles S. S. E. off Charleston bar.
[Charleston Courier.
fii’lic Gunboat ami its OriglJiatwfi,
A writer in the News of yesterday chuAu tho
credit of having originated the idea of a gun
boat t ) be built by contributions from the ladies
of Georgia, for two- young lacliQ@ of Macon.
He says :
“On the tii.lt *ly of iiareh last, Ih*> >qub"
ladies of Macon, Miss' Mary Ann I*. Uo ■’ and
Miss Ella <;. Ross, addressed a communication,
signed “Mary Lin and. Ella,” to tWe editor of
the Macon Telegraph, suggesting that the ladies
of Georgia, shu'rifi build Gunboat for the de
feia.o of Savanna' which was "published in the
Telegraph of the 7th of March, ar' which was
copied in nearly every newspaper in Georgia at
lh r ir request.” -P . .
W: would not pluck a laurel from tho brow
of these estimable young ladies, to the contrary,
we honor them for the active part in
the patriotic work of a gunboat; but the record
will show that the writer lor the News i& wholly
mistaken in asserting that they were first
to suggest the project to their sex iu Georgia.
That honor belongs to a daughter of Carolina,
now a resident of Mobile, and the Republican,
which was made the vehicle for commur(ieating
her views to the people, was the first jjress in
the State to take up and urge the subject upon
public consideration. This will fully aojear by
the annexed exhibit.
* As early as the 18th -fluy of H’libFMfy fSst,
we received a communication from the lady re
ferred to, and on the 27th indited an editorial
comment to accompany it. Both were pub
ibhed in the lifpniUcau of the 2S£h of the
same month, and, if wo mistake not, were
copied into the Macon Telegraphy in which, just
a week afterward, appeared the spirited article
of the Misses R. We republish the letter and
editorial introduction:
JjrFrom the Savannah Republican, 23th Feb , 1:62]
Moke Noble Deeds for the Ladies. —We
have received the following proposition from a
lady now resident in Mobile, with a request
that we lay it before the ladies of Georgia. It
is worthy of their attention, and they have oniy
to go to work to be able to respond successful
ly to the call. A staunch first-class gunboat,
fully equipped, costs some $200,0001 In this
case the Government would furnish the arma
ment, and our patriotic mechanics would cer
tainly favor the ladies in fixing their price for
the woik, whilst much of fire timber would
doubtless be furnished free of cost. An actual
outlay of little over SIOO,OOO would, in all prob
ability, secure the completion of u vessel that
would.afford valuable protection to our rivers
and harbors.
Should the project be favorably received by
the ladies of Georgia, it will be necessary for
them to enter into some systematic organiza
tion to carry it forward to completion. The
nucleus of the association should be located iu
Savannah, and we have no doubt our patriotic
mothers and daughters would effectively ad
minister the trust. What do they say to She
movement? No time should be lest, in delib
erations on the subject.
But to tho note of our correspondent:—[Edr,
“Tho’ an host, should encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear.”
[Psalms.
Mobile, Feb. 18,1863.
Editor Savannah Republican :
Dear Sir :—The women of Alabama are about
raising funds for the building of another gun
boat to aid our bleeding country. Will not our
sisters of your gallant State follow our lead in
so noble an undertaking ? The ball is in mo
tion ; pass it on until- each Confederate State
answers from mountain to sea coast.
This proposition made here, did not emanate
from me, but I look upon it as so nonle a con
ception, I desire it followed by the Southern
Confederacy.
This is only a suggestion ; should you deem
it worth a place iu your columns, please insert
it, and oblige yours respectfully,
A Carolina Lady,
Letter from a SJcserter.
A correspondent in Virginia has sent us the
following let ter from a Georgia deserter to a
“chum” in one of the Connect ieut’--*i£riau*ifi.
It was picked up on one of the battle fields near
Richmond. Tho scoundrel wa3 -a member ot
the Macon Volunteers, and seems to glory in
his shame :
Hartford, Ct. , June 15,15C3.
Dear Fred'k: —Yours of May 10th came to
hand yesterday. I was mnch pleased to bear
from you. But why was the letter detained so
long on the way ? that’s the question.
Ere this reaches you the grand finishing
stroke may have been given to rebellion by the
“Army of the Potomac” at the Confederate
capital. God grant that it may bo so, and that
out of the conflict you may come unscathed.
Fred, when 1 think how much, how very much
we, who arc living at home or in the undisturb
ed pursuit of our business, within a day’s or
perhaps an hour’s ride of home, when I think,
I say, of the great debt of gratitude which we
owe to you and your comrades ia arms who
havo left father and mother, and other dear
ones, and gone forth in our defense, either in
the army or navy, my heart swells within me,
and I am thankful that my lot in life has been
cast in a land where men so highly appreciate
the blessings of freedom and free institutions,
as to be ready to go forth with their lives in
their hands to defend this glorious inheritance
against the attacks of those who seek to over
throw aud destroy it. M.y course, at the outset
of this national upheaving, was directly at vari
ance with these sentiments, as you well know;
but never was lat heart a secessionist. Id an
evil hour I took a step wholly unpremeditated,
and which I soon saw the folly of, and, by the
blessing of a kind Providence, escaped from
There is a young man, a German, in Hartford
now, nlio came from Macon in April. He
crossed the mountains from Chattanooga, and
managed to gel through safely. He reports that
the battalion which 1 was with returned there
just before he left, and wore not mustered out
of the service, as they, some ol them, wished to
be. They are now in Richmond, so if you get
any prisoners who belonged fo the 2d battalion
of Georgia Volunteers,ask them if they remem
ber a chap about my size, who, one fine morn
ing about a year since, took French leave of the
Macon Volunteers, which is the name of the
company to which I uulortunately did belong.
Hurrah for our side! The hand is closing
which is to smash into jelly the hydra of seces
sion, and peace, bright peace, with heqling
wings outspread, shall bless our whole undi
vided country. So you are not loricate any
longer ? Well, my good lnend, you deserve
promotion. I have not the least doubt, aud I
am giud, that Cos). Tyler has done yefu the favor
of getting you ahead. 'Who knows where you
will get to yet ? Perhaps vs.u’H be Major Pond !
You have hard work and plenty ot it, and
since yon wrote me have, no doubt, seen harder
service than at anytime before. Onr cyt-snip
here are all directed towards Richmond now. j
Give a good account of yourself, my dear tel
low, when the time comes for actiou. Your ac
count of investing Yorktown is quite interest- ]
ing, and I shall preserve it, as well as all of your |
letters. The Ist of July I expect to go to j
Litchfield and stay until September Ist, when I 1
expect to return io the city atd commence at
Messrs. C. S. Wcatherby A Go’s. Having, from
my limited experience in city trade, failed to
sell as much as others who have been educated
to a city trade,my employers were not satisfied, ;
and lam well satisfied to leave. Igo with the
satisfaction of feeling that I did uiy best for j
them. I will let you know how 1 get along at j
the new place after I try it. lam writing this ■
in Trinity College in my cousin’s room. 1 have
two cousins here. God bless and keep you is j
the prayer of your affectionate friend.
G. B. Hempstead.
What Slhall be Done with, the Yankee
Prisoner*.
To the Editor of the Charleston Mercury:
The possession of an immense number of j
Yankee prisoners, captured during the flight of ]
the grand army of Gen. McClellan from the
lines before Richmond, makes it an importaet
matter to decide how the said captives can be :
used to most advantage. It is suggested : 1
1. To exchange for Confederate prisoners held
by the euemy.
2. To give the foreigners (composing the
larger part, probably, ot" the late United 'tites
troops now held as our captives) for the first
e!a-s to be exchanged.
3 i o hold the native Yankee prisoners in our
custody, and put them to manual labor in fac
tories, to make brooms, leather, shoes, buckets,
thread, cloth, clocks, etc., until they shall be
exchanged lor the negroes stolen from the plan
tations.
4. That for each negro who has been sold or
worked to death by the Yankees, (exchange being
impossible), a ransom of SSOi) be substituted.
5. That the Yankee prisoners held for this
purpose shall be subject to the negro law
of the State in which they are imprisoned, or
until exchanged or ransomed.
The object of this is to recover the negroes
stoien, and to prevent luture loss aud injury to
Southern masters and servants.
6. That the negroes be returned to their own
ers and the money distributed among those
whose negroes shall not be recovered.
I am, sir, Ac., Philaxtheopos.
The Sd A abarna Regiment, commanded by
i the late Col. Lomax, originally numbered 1200
| men, but it has been so reduced by casualties
lin battle, sickness, etc., that only t men re-
I spond to the roll call.
Letter ftcai Kkltmoßd
IHcmiONP, July 7,15G3.
Editor SavannahEcpilblicdn !
I ltaow you .warVsbltip news, arul as I pre
sume you have no one jerh to port you, T.lxr
ncyolcntly under ralte the task'.
The events of the pastwede have teen already
chronicled in the Richmond papers, so that the
record is measurably complete. Iu that picture
your,gallant Georgians holt) a prominent place.
There has not btea a skirmish or u general bat
tle in which ouo or. mo to has not sealed with
his life’s blood bis devotion to our country. As
you p.tss the various and read upon the
list of wounded which hangs outside the nurdcs
of the sufferers, a large proportion have ap
pended “Georgia.” All praise therefore to the
gallant State, ft has been a proverbial remark
Throughout the army, that? the Georgians have
never run. Never was it truer than in the pres
ent instance. They may have been repulsed,
compelled to fall back, and assume new posi
tions, but in all cases they have returned to the
bloody work with a gallantry that has not been
surpassed by any other troops in the army.
The recent battles may be summed up brief
s' ly, as follows : On Thursday, A. P. Jlill crossed
tho Chickahominy, due north from Richmond,
at the Meadow Bluff bridge, and after afivane
jtsg a milmpr two, e.xeounieretl the enemy and
drove them to Mechanicsviile. Here a desperate
skirmish took place and we carried the day
During ihe night, the enemy retired to Gaines’
Mill. We followed. Friday, Longstreet and D.
H. Hill threw forward their.columns, and in
co-oporatioff with Jackson, who had marched
from the vicinity of Ashland, making a flank
movement, attacked the Eefierais in a strong
position, thoroughly fortified with the best oi
their artillery, and after n. long and obstinately
contested struggle, whipped them again. Sattsr
day the Yankees cameaeross the Chick ahum icy
aiming for a point on tho James river. Our
troops followed.
Sunday, MeLaws’ division encountered them at
Savage’s Station, on the York River Railroad,
fought four hours, and whipped them a third
time. Monday, the Federal retreat was still
•continued, and towards evening we met them a
fourth time, giving them battle, and driving
them baek discomfitted. Tuesday, we found
them on the Darbytown road, posted on a high
bill, protected by thirty-odd pieces oi artillery,
and apparently impregnable. Under Magrflder,
Longstreet and Jackson we gave them battle,
and after lighting until !> o’clock that night the
Yankees shut up shop and fell back. It was on
this occasion that a Georgia, South Oarolinan
and five Louisianians were buried inside the
breastworks of the enemy—the oniy three
States who sent representatives into that bloody
arena. Since that time tho retreat of the enemy
has continued uninterrupted until they have
reached the cover of their gunboats on the
James river, at Berkeley and Westover—about
fourteen miles below City Point and thirty from
Richmond. Here they have been receiving re
inforcements and gathering together the wreck
cf their disorganized army.
In all these movements you will observe a
masterly ability displayed on both sides. Our
own plan of battle consisted first in starting a
backward movement from the enemy’s right
flank. By looking at the map you will see how
this design was favored. Five roads shoot out
from Richmond in the form of r. fan, on each c
which Vvffs posted one division. As the ecem,
passed eastward and southward on their re
treat, our forces advanced and joined in pur
suit. In other words, that pornon of the f i
shut upon them. Jackson, meanwhile, can.;
down with Ids hosisau their flank and rear,
aud thus we suede.-(fed in keeping them in Dic
tion. The final fi,- i av,- v to ••nelb-e theentb
Federal army in a trap, by swinging around or. ■:
divisions on the extreme right, seas to inti;;-
ccpi them on the mad which they weald taka
towards the' Janies river; but, unfortunately.
these divisions were not in time, and we lost
the complete fruits of the victory anticipated.
McClellan seized tho opportune moment auu
moved oil' unmolested. The entire plan was a
beautiful conception, and had it been carried
out in its detail, we should now have in our
possession every remnant of the besieging van
dals. ” ,
The results of the victory ace fully , ten or
twelve thotwand prisoners. \, oauded and veil;
‘atStfiftflie same humoer of armS", one -Hundred
pieces of artillery, (sosaid), large numbers of
horses and wagons, and the destruction -of a
vast amount of Federal stores, and suppose
that fifteen millions of dollars will not cover
their loss Our own casualties may be about
ten thousand, of whom the majority are wound
ed. In killed we have probably three thousand
at the outside.
Tho retreat of McClellan throughout 4s ad
mitted to be a masterly movement, but it is
owing as much to a delusion which he impress
ed upon his men as to any other cause. Every
one thought he was advancing on Richmond,
and the roar guard who defended his army con
sequently fought like devils to aid their com
rades in front (as they thought) to accomplish
the end in view. Even until Saturday or Sun
day, I learn this supposition was entertained by
the prisoners, and you could not make them
believe that McClellan was not engaged in some
masterly strategic movement by which the
Capital would soon tall into his hands. Again,
I have it from the best authority, that he caused
brigades to bo stationed behind those engaged
in lighting, with orders to shoot every man
who retreated from the ranks, and held out to
them fears that every prisoner captured would
be mercilessly massacred by oar troops. These
are the reasons why the Yankees fought so un
usually well. They give us credit, too, for
“doing all that men dare do.” One of the offi
cers, an old army Colonel, and now a General,
says, he is satisfied we can’t be whipped, and
that Mr. Lincoln might as well abandon his at
tempt at subjugation now as ever. McCall
fairly wept wtieh he heard the final result an
nounced to him, and seemed to regret especial
ly the destruction of the Pennsylvania brigades,
whom he declared to be the “flower of the
Federal army.”
To day—Monday—we are at work again, at
least so I learn from those just arrived from the
scene. The enemy are protected by their gun
boats, however, and I have my fears tbe boys
are willing to follow where their officers lead,
but it hardly seems consistent with human na
ture to withstand the terrible storm that will
be poured upon them from the hell-born crea
tures of destruction—gunboats.
• The supposition is, that if McClellan is not
whipped out of his lair, he will move across the
James and make another essay on Richmond
from that quarter. I think, however, he has
had enough lor one dose aud will not desire a
repetition for some time to come. Meanwhile,
I hope we shall move on Maryland. It would
direct the attention ot the Federal administra
tion, prevent reinforcements, secure to us a
loyal people, give ns twenty thousand fresh
men, and result in advantages who?-.- moral and
physical importance won Id ba justly estimated
abroad.. Yours, " Traveller.
{t PSlss’nsipplans don’t know, one! Fie
fuse to leant, how to surrender!’*
Hiuch was the response ot the gallant Colonel
Autry to the insolent demand from the Federal
commander to surrender the city of Vicksburg.
The brave and undaunted garrison of that town
seem resolved to make good the declaration.
Day alter day have the gunboats and rnortar
fleet of the enemy rained iron hail and fire upon
the devoted city, the inhabitant,! have fled to
the forests, and the noble garrison stiff hold
out, resolved to fight to the last.
A correspondent of tho Memphis Appeal,
writing from Vicksburg on lhe4tb, closes his
letter as follows:
The city has suffered considerably from the
constant rain of shell and shot that have been
poured upon it, though the actual damage in
dollars and cents is comparatively small. I hear
j that a responsible party has offered to repair all
I damage done lor the moderate sum of £S,(XX),
ball think he would lose money'taking the
contract lor twice the amount. One is sur
prised upon first witnessing the character of
the irjuries sustained from these missiles by
the houses of the city. They generally pass
through them like a pistol ball through a pane
of glass, having a smooth round hole just the
diameter of the ball or shell discharged. Rarely
is a wall badly breached except by the explosion
ot a bomb, aud in no case has conflagration yet
been produced. So much for this terrible bug
| bear of “ shelling cities,” of which we have
j heard and read so much. Vicksburg was the
I first city o: the South that dared to defy this
\ brutal threat, and, deserted as she is now by
her inhabitants, hundreds of whom are refugees
i ‘ a the woods without shelter, she presents the
j sublimest and grandest spectacle that illumes
the pages of this revolution—made still more
glorious by her suffering and desolation. Mark
Tbe prophecy which is made after a caretni
vie wof the situation here. Vicksburg wiU never
Ot. taken. A few cf the guns upon her bluffs
may be silenced, the gunboata of the foe may
insolently present themselves in front of the
city, and lay it in mins, but when the invaders
! dare put their feet on tne soil of Mississippi to
i take, hold and possess" Vicksburg, they will
j be driven back into the river at the point cf the
I bayonet in ignominious defeat. Such is the
j unanimous spirit that actuates the army and
the leaders who are gathered together here
i defence of the Mississippi valley.
Hospital at Kingsville. —The Governor and
i Executive Council have issued an order to the
j tnrgeon General to make immediate arrange
j mete for a Wayside Hospital at Kingsville.
] Conl'cdcraio Cciternlftliip Before Itirh
• ujontl-Ceneral Lee or Cfenernl Jolin
stou Inmuutali
| We have, at last, developed a General that
‘ Will rank with the greatest of any ago or coun
j try. The war up to a very recent date brought
j no one leader of our armies prominently be
i fore the world ns a great, aud successful military
J chieftain ; there lmd been brave deeds and good
\ fighting—as good as the world ever saw—but
as regards true and lofty generalship, all our
leaders had their reputation to make. The late
battles’ before Richmond developed a man of the
right stamp, one of whom any nation of the
world might, and would, be proud. Who is he,
is yet a problem, so far as our information ex
tends. We have seen nothing to decide as be
tween Johnston (who though sick in Richmond
and limbic to take a share in the battles, might
still have been the real author of all the plans)
and General Lee.
For reason's no doubt satisfactory to itself,
the Richmond Dispatch assigns the honorable
post to the latter. We copy its eloquent tribute
to Lee, with the reservation, however, that it
remains to be decided to whom it justly be
longs. In any event Lee and “Stonewall”
Jackson were ttiij great executors of the plan,
arid tfifiir nrroTes WtTl TTC ~TiOrroT?rq avyn 1 ~ r TSYETGtT
to the latest generations. The Dispatch says :
Gen. Lee—The rise which this officer has
suddenly taken in the public confidence is
without a precedent. At tire commeucemcnt
of the war he enjoyed the highest reputation of
any officer on the continent. But his fame was
considerably damaged by the result of his cam
paign over the rnountaius. The public was un
able to-cstioiate the difficulties with which ho
was .snrri unded, aud was displeased with him
bccauso he did not accomplish wbat we are now
convinced must have been an impossibility.
We confess wo were of the number who allowed
our previously high estimation of Gen. ’Lee to
be considerably shaken, if not. altogether over
thrown, by the result of that expedition. It
was not until he was placed in a situation in
which he had an opportunity to display his
great abilities that he was enabled to teach the
country and ourselves, as humble sens of the
country, tho folly of forming sudden judgments
upon premises not sufficiently established.
The operations of Gen. Lea in the short cam
paign which is just over, were certainly those
of a master. No Captain that ever lived could
have planned or executed a better campaign.—
It was perfect in all its parts, and will be set
down hereaiter as among the models which the
military student will be required to study.
His first labor was to render the city impregna
ble, which he accomplished so successfully
that, in the opinion of military men, it could
not be taken by double the force MeClelian
conld bring against it. His next was to provide
for the dispersion of the enormous force which
threatened it from the Chickahominy. How
was this to be done ? To attack their fortifica
tions ii. front was only to throw away tho lives
of Us soldiers. To turn them with the force
which h. bad under him were an enterprise of
infinite difficulty, since lie would be compelled,
in doing so, to expose his own flank, during
the cross march, la this dilemma, he fell upon
the bold end original plan of bringing Jackson
flown upon their right flank and rear. But it
was of the last importance to conceal this In
tended operation until the last moment. The
i a! •! devised was iu the highest degree in-
V uic- i. It wa3 generally believed that Jack
eon, after crushing Fremont and Shields, was
to march into the enemy’s country and transfer
the war to his own fireside. Means were taken
. arage teat belief, and one of them was
to so.id heavy reipforcemeuts to the Yallev.
Whim thr.se reached their destination, and
‘•verjb 'y was expecting to hear the sound of
•T i cannon on the Snsquehannah, the
-a electrified by the magnificent rc
i;o nee of Gen. Stuart. From that recon
tioissiiLc- Lee learned all that ho wished further
to know, and while the public was still discus
sing the utility of an operation so full of hazard
the now3 arrived that Jackson bad sent to
Lynchburg lor ail the ears, that he wa3 at
Staunton, that he was at Gordonsville, that he
was at Louisa Court House, that he was at Han
over Court House, with all his -lrmn. ..ffLs.
truth trreirbfiTst trpon mfewreTSTSsmii ef
fulgence. The enemy were to be attacked in
flank aud rear by Jackson’s army at the same
time that they were to bo assailed in front by
Lee with the main bulk of his army. The plan
was worthy of the most renowned General that
ever lived, and even while it was in the very
agony of projection, and had not yet been tried,
no man doubted its entire success. It did sue
cced beyond all reasonable hope, even of so
v/isely conceived and well-digested an opera
tion. Its success places its author among the
highest military names—on the same roil with
the Hannibals, the Caisars, the Fredericks, and
the Napoleons of history.
The perfect success which attended the efforts
of Lee to keep the march of Jackson from the
enemy, is among the marvels of these marvel
lous operations. The writer of this was aware
that Jackson was on the march for Richmond
as early as last Sunday fortnigut, when he heard
that he was already at Gordonsville with a
portion oi his forces. It is scarcely possible
Uiat fewer than ten thousand persons .knew the
Same thing at the same time. And- yet not a
soul was found to betray the secret to the ene
my, and he was taken at last, completely by
surprise! Was there ever such unanimity of
opinion as this circumstance reveals! Where
is the Union party that were to show them
selves as soon as tho enemy made his appearance
in force ?
Address of General McClellan to tire
Army of Ilie Potomac.
Address of Gen. Me Clcllan Cos the Army of the I'o -
iomac.
Headquarters Abut of the Potomao, )
Camp near Harrison’s Landing, July 4, ’fid. j
Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac. —Yonr
achievements ot the past ten days have illustra
ted the valor and endurance of the American
soldier. Attacked by-superior forces and with
out hope ol reinforcements, you have succeeded
in changing your base of operations by a flank
movement, always regarded as the most hazard
ous ot military operations. You have saved all
your guns, except a few lost iu battle, taking in
return guns and colors from the enemy
Upon your march you have been assailed
day alter day, with desperate fury by men of
the same race and nation, skillfully massed and
led. Under every disadvantage ot number, and
necessarily of position also, you have in every
conflict oeaten back your foes with enormous
slaughter.
4. our conduct ranks you among the celebra
ted armies of History. None will now question
what each of you may always with pride say, “I
belonged to the Army of the Potomac!” You
have reached this new bage complete in organi
zation, and unimpaired iu spirit. The enemv
may at any time attack you—we are prepared
to meet them. I have personally established
tour lines. Lot them come, and we will con
vert their repulse into a final defeat.
- °ur government is strengthening you with
the resources of a great people. On this, our
nation’s bhtbday, we declare to our foes, who
are rebels against the best interests of mankind.
thA this army shall enter the capital of the so
called that our national Constitu
tion shall prevail, and that the Union, which
can alone insure internal peace and external
security to each State, must and shall be pre
served, cost what it may iu time, treasure, and
bfo°d. Geo. li. McClellan,
Major General Commanding.
From tlic fines.
Ihe Richmond Dispatch of the Oih gives
rather a favorable report of afiairs on the lines
beyond Richmond. It says :
Our latest news from the armies below Rich
mond does not warrant the belief that there
has been any material change in the situatjpn of
affairs since our issue of yesterday. The forces
of McClellan occupy the position they assumed
as early as Thursday, where he has the support
of his gunboats. On Monday afternoon a de
monstration was made against our pickpt3,
which indicates a rsstiveness ou the part of the
foe in his present cramped and confined situa
tion. Two pieces of the Louisiana Guard artil
lery were sent forward to the support of the
pickets, when the enemy retired, without risk
ing a shot from our pieces.
it is not believed that McCieilan can be in
duced to make an attack upon our forces, but
it- is conjectured that he may attempt to throw
his forces on the south side of the river, with a
view to a demonstration upon the batteries at
Drury’s Bluff, ouch a demonstration would,
ot coarse, be promptly met, and as signally
thwarted as the advance of the Young Napoleon
oa Richmond from the north side ot the James.
We conversed with a gentleman last evening
who lett our lines at XI o'eiock yesterday inorm
mg. Up to that hour all was quiet, and there
were no outside indications of any active ope
rations. It i reasonable to conclude that the
lighting for a short season, at least, is at an end.
There is nothing to justify the belief, however,
that our Government will fail to impiove its
present advantages. “Pressed to the wall,” as
the enemy now is, be will not be permitted to
recover from the severe blow that has been in
flicted upon him, and McCieilan, in attempting
to extricate himself from his present unpleas
ant situation, will find himself confronted at
every point by an active and energetic army,
under skillful and experienced officers, who are
determined to wring from his an willing mas*
i&t tiie recognition ol their rights as freemen.
"STO. 33.
fbgm the westT"
Martial Law Proclaimed by General
Van Dorn,
FURTHER OF HINDMAN AND CURTIS]
Moiule, Juno 11.— A epecial despatch to tlio AArer
tiser, dated Jackson, 10th, says: Van Dom has issued
General Order No. 9, placing flftoen counties contigu
ons to Vicksburg, and all East Louisiana, under mar’
tial law, which is declarod supreme.
Disloyalty will not be countenanced;
The credit of the Government must be maintained;
Seeds of discontent must not be sown among the
troops;
Speculators will not bo tolerated, but be arrested and
fined;
Newspapers will not be allowed to publish the move;
ments of troops under penalty of suspension, fine and
imprisonment.
Passengers from Memphis say that Gen. Hindman
has captured Gen. Curtis, and that it is believed in
Memphis,
NEWS FROM THE WEST.
BUTLER CONFISCATES 3,000 SLAVES—
PROSPECT OF A DRAFT IN YANKEE
DOM—THE GREATEST YANKEE LIE.EX
TANT—AFFAIRS AT VICKSBURG—PIL
LAGING ON THE Mi 18I3SIPPI, &c.
Mobile, July 12.—A special despatch to the Trltuno,
dated Uth, from Grenada, Mi-'s., stateg that Memphis
papers of the 9th say that Andy Johnson was daily ex
pected in that city.
The Union Appeal of Memphis, (Grant’s organ)
says Butler has confiscated 3,000 slaves and put them
to work on the canal opposite Vicksburg.
The New York Post fears that conscription or draft
will have toflie resorted to in case Lincoln’s 300,000
troops are not raised.
Black Republican despatches claim a victory on
Tuesday]* battle, and say McClellan has sincoVemoved
his headquarters five miles nearer Richmond. Tho
Confederate forces are represented as retiring to their
old positions.
General'Chalmers’ brigade of cavalry was tit Ripley
last Monday, dispersing the Yankees in confusion.
The Tribune has tho New Orleans Dolta of the 10th
which contains the following glorious news!
“ Great Battle Fought ! —Richmond Fallen!!—
Fifty Thousand Eeiiei. Prisoners Taken !!!—The
Last Ditch Captured !!!!
“The Tennessee, which has arrived from below
Vicksburg, brings the following important intelli
gence :
“ On the 6th instant General TfaUeclc sent a despatch
to Commodore Davis, commanding the American fleet
above, nnouncing that he had just received a tele
gram from General Grant, stating that a great battle
had been fought with an immense loss of life on both
sides. Richmond had been capt ured after a desperate
struggle. Fifty thousand Confederates were captured,
together with a vast amount of stores, ammunition,
guns, &c.
“We have no rea-on to doubt the authenti'itv of
ihis great news, as it comes through a semi-official
channel of high character. Three cheers for McClel
lan and the army of the Union!”
[What anation of liars!—F,dr.]
A special despatch to the Adminstration, dated Jack
son, Uth, says: “The enemy are vigorously employed
in shelling Vicksburg, but are effecting littlo.
“ The Yankees are engaged in pillaging the plan
tations along the river of horses, mules, and every
thing valuable. The negroes have been seized to
work on the canal across the river bend.”
Address from Gen. Lee to the Army.
Richmond, July 12.—Goneral Lee has issued tho fol
lowing congratulatory order to the army:
“Headquarters in Field, I
July 7th, ISC2. f
“Tha General commanding, gratoful to the oniy
Giver of all victory for tho signal success with which
Ho has blessed our arms, tenders his warmest thanks
and congratulations to the army by whoso valor such
splendid results have been achieved.
“On Thursday, the_26th ultimo, tho powerful anil
ttrortrogfiiy CtpiTppea army of the enemy was entrench
ed in works vast in extent and most formidable in
character, wilhin sight of our Capital. To-day, ihe
remains of that confident and threatening host are
upon the banks of James River, thirty miles from
Richmond, seeking to recover, under the protection
of his gunboats, from tho effects of a series of disas
trous defeats.”
After briefly referring to the defeat and pursuit cf
the enemy, Gen. Lee continues:
“Tho immediate fruits of our success are, the relief
of Richmond fiom a state of siege, tho rout of the great
army that so long threatened its safety, many thousands
of prisoners, including officers of high rank,the capture
or destruction of stores to the value ofmillions, and th'e
acquisition of thousands of arms and flfty-ono pieces of
superior artillery.
“The services rendered to the country in this short
and eventful period, can scarcely bo estimated, and tho
General commanding cannot adequately express his
admiration of the courage, endurance, and soldierly
conduct of the offleprs and men engaged These bril
liant results have cost us many bravo men, but whilst
we moutn the loss of cur galisnt dead, let us not for
get that they died nobly in defence of their country’s
freedom, and have linked their memory with an event
that will live forever in the hearts of a gratelul peo
people.”
i Signed.] E. E. Lee, Gen. Commanding.
Lincoln gets Bad News from Europe.
Gold aud Sterling Bounding Upward.
Richmond, .Tuly 13—Gold advanced in New York,
on Wednesday, from 110 to 110, and exchange on Lon
don closed at 128.
4. gentleman who arrived here this afternoon from
Baltimore, says this extraordinary and sudden advance
was caused by unfavorable nows from Europe, tho
publication of which had been suppressed by the Lin
coln Government,
LATEST FKOM EUROPE.
England Suffers, but is Afraid to
Interfere.
Eichmond, July 14.—'The Europe has amtvod at
Cape Eace, bringing advices from Europe to the 2d
instant.
Tne correspondence with regard to the Ehip Emily
St. Pierre has been published, from which it appears
that Mr. Minister Adams has not recoded from the po
sition assumed by him-
In the House of Lords, Brougham deplored the con
tinuance of civil strife in America, and its consequen
ces to Europe. He thought it impossible for England
to interfere, and expressed the opinion that the Ameri
cans would see the suicidal character of the struggle
and come to an amicable arrangement, before they en
firely lose, as a nation, the respect and affections of
Europe.
In the House of Commons, Lord Palmerston said an
interference now in American affairs would only aggra
vate matters. Both England and France would be dej
lighted to take mediatory steps when a fitting opportu
nity arises. He should look upon it both as a duty and
a pleasure.
The English ionrnals are strenuously urging upon
the Government the necessity of taking some steps to
put a speedy end to the war.
[From the Petersburg, Va. Express.]
From Richmond.
Eichmond, July 9. —A gentleman who ran the block
ade yesterday states that Gen. Scott has Deen appoint,
ed Secretary of War by Lincoln.
There is great rejoicing over McClellan’s victory! in
Yackeedom, but the people up there were in a perfect
stew about foreign mediation. Fielding.
Eichmond, July 9.—As usual, Madam Kumor was
busy to-day circulating reports of fight.ng yesterday.
Up to 12 to-day no engagement had occurred.
Ten thousand Yankees reached Wa renton on Mon
day.
Eichmond, July 9.—That old traitor Scott, has cer
tainly been appointed Secretary of War. This ac
counts for the late extraordinary visit of Abe to West
Point.
Eichmond, July 9.—A British subject has just gone
to Europe, and takeD with him Southern papers con
taining fall reporuof the recent battle.
Shooting Affair. —Last night Mr. Ilayne
Ellis, connected with the Ordnance Depart
ment, late of Nashville, was shot as he was
coming out from the Athcntcum, by eonie per
son whose name he does not know, but with
whose face he is familiar, having often seen
him in the streets, and whom he supposes to
be a Lieutenant in the army.
Mr. Ellis was approached by the person who
shot him and asked if he bad not said there
was no gentleman in the city except refugees.
He replied he hac not said so. The man said,
“you must be lying whereupo Ellis struck
him in the lace. The man then drew a pistol
and shot ElJis and ran off.
The ball entered his left side, and passed
around his breast to the right side. It was ex
tracted bv Dr. Eve. The wound is not consid
ed dapgeroufi.—[Atlanta Confederacy, 13th,