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■r{ REPUBLICAN
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Passengers by tho Charleston train Thurs
day brought accounts of quite a brilliant little
affair which occurred cn
Thursday morning-.
It appears that Capt. Stephen Elliott, cl the
Beaufort Artillery, with a detachment of his
corps, and accompanied by Capt. Micklcr with
a detachment of infantry, repaired to Bear
Island, opposite Pinckney Island, Wednesday
night, with a view of attacking the Federal
picket stationed on the latter. They crossed
over to Pinckney at daylight yesterday, and
soon encountered the enemy. A fierce engage
ment ensued, which resulted in the capture of
the entire Federal pick* t, consisting ot tliiity
six men and a Lieutenant. Several others were
left dead on the field, and. of th ,--e brought
away three were wounded.
Our loss was eight wounded, two of whom,
Sergeant Nix and Corporal Smith, both of the
artillery, had been brought to Hardeeviile, amd
are supposed to “be in a critical condition
Capt. Micklcr received a flesh wound in the
leg.
The t hree wounded Yankees and six who are
sick, were also taken to Hard ;evi"o ; ti c re
rndud-.a were taken to McPhersonville.
The following official despatch concerning
the affair was scat by (ouii ir to the Colonel
commanding at Hardeeviile.
Scar's Island, Aug. 21st, 8 o’clock A. M.
Dear Colonel: We have captured thirty-six
prisoners and left several dead on the field. We
had tiret men wounded, most of them slightly.
Capt. Miekler is slightly wounded in the leg.
(S ! gccu) S. Elliott,
Commanding Beaufort Artillery. •
Letter from the 13th Georgia.
Camp at Liberty Mill*. i
Orange County, Va., Aug. 13th, 1563, j
Editor Republican :—As I commenced writing
you principally an account of the doings cl the
13th Georgia, I think it best to continue in the
fame way, addk-d ether facts that may c iac to
my l knowledge ■■l we pass along.
I last wrote you,from Richmond, after the
battle of the Ist July, and- as you mustixcase
me from giving dates, it being difficult for me
to keep them, I will tty, in my otfn way, to let
you know where wo have been and what, we
have dene since my last writing.
The day alter I last wrote you, sending a T. t
of the killed and wounded in the 13th, v;c
started for Richmond, ad that same even
ing took the Fredericksburg train and came to
Louisa Court-House. JVe jxsscd Beaver Dam
staff on the evening belcne the Yankee scouts
burnt the depot. One of the scour.<lr- H was
taken prisoner and brought to Louisa. Ihiar 1
him interrogated, but be stun and to b long to
the knew nothing party, for there could be
very little got from him in the way of informa
tion. After staying r* Louisa (J< nrt-11-use a
few days, we marched or. to Gurdonsville,.and
Stopped there several days, and ivc- , ‘hen or
dered to Magruder’a Mills, four miles above
there, where wo encamped abput a week, a;,d
were then ordered back to Gordons villa and
thence to Mechanic3butg, on the road between
.Louisa Court-Hoarse and C&atloit-.-vhlo. We
stopped there some ten days, and then wcut
hapk to Magrndei’s Mills, where wc remained
until last Friday, when we were ordered to ad
vance into the country that was ia possqseion
of the enemy.
Before proceeding, I wish you to understand
when I use the word toe, I mean the whole of
General Jackson’s army. On Friday evening
wc got about four and a half miles beyond Or
ange Court House, on the direct io.ul to Wash
ington. Wo crossed the Rapid,am and encamp*
ed for the night about 9 o’clock. The Yankee
cavalry mado an attempt fo cut off pait of the
train. The 13th were r ent out to picket, and
succeeded in captutingfourof them. The nest
morning live of them were brought ia and sent
“On lo Richmond.” On Saturday the army
moved on toward Culpeper Court-House. Ou
the way we heard the booming of cannon, and
fell cure that Jackson had attacked ihe enemy,
who had fallen back towards that (dace Uvii. A.
P. Hill’s division, which had gone ou in ad
vance, had come up with them atfout six miles
from the Court-House, and, iu usual, whipped
them out, killing and wounding about live
hundred, and taking four or live hundred pris
oners, including Brigadier General Prince, and
thifiy or forty other officers. 1 understood we
lost on our side between two hundred and filly
and three hundred. I am sorry to say that Gen.
Winder was killed in the fight- The fight was
severely contested I r some time, and the op
posing armies got into close quarters, cur men
using the butt, of their :uu k l : , and rocks, at.
the Yank--. Our brigade did not gat there in
time to take part in the fight, but arrived in
the evening, and with the rc.t By on the battle
field all night.
On Sunday the army stopped a’c.u*. the battle
ground, and ou Monday fell back t, Liberty
Mills, seven miks above Gordonsvllle, for tit
purpose, as I understand, of drawing the enemy
out. I think you may look out "for stirring
times here shortly, as Jackson is beivg consid
erably reinforced, though every thing is kept
very close.
I understifnd frotti a gi mletaan from Rich
mond, that the officeiv taken iu the last fight
were ironed, in t.ccoid.meo. v itb the orders of
the President, thbugh they deny that there
ever was such au order read to them as is at
tributed to Get,rial I’ope,
Tho Wta 'herTins been veiy warm h r the last
tin ii.\j , and I have felt it g* luueU as I ever
dhl ia Georgia A Humber ut tho men were
sun struck, anti cn tlje way to Orange Court.
House I saw cue man (earned Dolor, 1 believe,)
of the tSOfti Gei i; ia, down with a sun-stroke,
lie was picked op, put into a wagon, and in
lees than two hours was tleul and buried. Last
evening we hgti a refreshing shower, which h ;s
giade tho weather cooler, uml l hope it may
continue so. Yours, Ac* i’ T.
Hattlo cf Csdar Bait.
CASUALTIES IN CO. K, •taTH A. UEOT , CAPTAIN
WALLAeUt, VOMMAMIJ.nD
CIIAIILOTTSVU.LI, Va., Aug. Ul 1 Stiff,
Killed—Privates W. B. Rose undff It Dwight.
Wounded—Capt.. W. 8. Wallace. ; vcrelv In
neck and jtw; Lieut. W. W. Huff, iu arm ami
hip; Servantml. A. Cameron, finger shot off;
Sergt. J. ’I. Thompson, two fingers shot oil;
Private* I Dwlcht, shot through lurgs—
supposed to l o mortal; J. F. I.ovcl through
neck—supposed to be mortal; K. c. Sha’ey, iu
the side ; Thom is Law •m in th-i lucu ; V \V
Watters, finger -Lot off; Hugh Neieeler, in
thigh , H. Worsham, luunu ; ltei juuiu Watson
!>t it! -ed by a shell ; W. It. Shepherd, in knee.
We. h am from a gentleman just trom Middle
i< r<ti ;-see, U .1 murder an : robbery are be
eiiiun ir nu routed m >re u. ipui tin that portion
of the State. Tile ein-my ere fortilyirg at tin*
irineipal stations and budges on ihe Na--hvillu
and c Ptaroeua railroi 1 A’ Wartmee, ii*
Bedford e. uiftv, and Gad mi :a Sumner county,
we are iniortued, the Federal* are drilling tho
n- groea ued preparing them to take the field as
>. Lli.r-'. Great havoc ia lieh.g made Upon the
grow n g crops, while barns and smoko h-'.t e
are pillaged of all their contents in many Socalt
t vs.—[Cii.it! tuooga Rebel, 17th test.
We learn through a Federal des cer, hi
v e. hrongut in 011 Friday evening, that oe ci
th-. lr Kentucky regiments has icccntly sucked
arms and refused longer to do duty, when upon
' y were placed under arrest, .c; did not
! -n the cause of their mutiny, but suppose it
("bean unwillingness to remain longer in an
y whose avowed purpose is to overthrow an
)• titution in which the people of their State
' a common interest with the people of the
'.eie South —[lbid.
Florida 1 r*\ts—Wc r elect the fed lowing
!' rag*;pfcs com tbe Jacksonville (Fit )Soctl
v - Lights o; the H’>;h inusui :
We Joaro ‘A.-* V e.ki-e cr iu aarder at Sh
Au iu-t n , Len - Bed. who m.tj* lim-e’fro
n -toiiou* by las bruul threats, to uelp’.ess
m< and- h.V.ren. h*.s h on am st< and auU sent
■ A•" s’acd Lis trial by C art Marvl-l We have
t hoard tfie ca.isc oi his arresg
We notice that Cap:. WtstceU's Cot-ijaany of
i’ : s.u Ringers, -res'-d ia the vicusivof
c . A .gt s me two iu, n; the charg. Liguest them
.V C, we learn, fuAt-uiug U.e Yiuke.s with
b They have Iwcii sewt u> lleaequarters,
Were to smud their trial.
i as J.
tru'ia x r c3*'0 T 's , i, i ss'
Virginia Correspontltnup.
Us 3 sJattlo of Cedar Run.
Hbabqusrtehs Army c.p the Valley, 1
Jackson’.; D.v’n., near Gordonsville. Va., I
August 14‘.h, ISG2. )
Editor Savannah RtpuWedn ;
Sly short letter at tit's iime Is only to give
the true pftttlenfa: i <■: tmv let. b-p.ir, :.t Mit
c.hcU’c Station, near G n .Ic-s v(lf., iturdaj last.
We left our eimp :•! (Il title on the 7th
ins!., with two days* rah o-' and orders to
march for Cu’pP ' C"i:n llou:c, Ktr. 15
miles distant, in company - ilh Gens. Kweil’s,
A. P. Hill’s and Jack-oii’?,eomninr.d-'. Wc had
heard that the enemy o i-:rty mikv. distant.
After we bad passed ~vr V K .pi.fan river the
noble old “Stoucwi-.il” pa.-s' and u y for fuc head
of his com maud. As Jackson passed, tor the
front, we ail knew that a light wa:- near at hand.
After marching some six miles we fell in with
the Yankee pick ts, drove them in, killed three
and captured (our. None on Our side injured.
Here wc were camped ter the night, while our
cavalry could scout over the country, to try to
find out thd position o*' the enemy. At early
dawn we were railed' rtp to prepare for the
(fay’s march; all riaiL. we marched off, Gen.
E.ulj’s brigade in sdv.iuec, the 13th Georgia in
front. Wc. matched all day, without news from
the enemy, nor did wc hear of their where
abouts until the morning of the 9th, when wo
were drawn up in linn of battle across the vast
plains of Mitchell’s Station. In a few moments
a bomb came whistling over, which we readily
understood. ' Some mile and a half eft the Yan
kec cavalry could be seen drawn up in line,
about a tniie long. No sooner had we discov
ered the blue coats than one of our twelve
jioundcrs sent eff a round shot to tell them that
Jackson was near at hand. No reply was made,
and both armies went to work preparing tor
that ; r-. : ; t battle which must .evidently soon
nmci.ec. The enemy made great {repara
•L ns, nrd we remained in our line until three
o’clock in the afternoon.
Oar brigade was then ordered to move up
under the immediate eye of Gen. Jackson to
give them bed tie. On our side all was joyful;
(he boys were chatting about home and their
sweethearts, &c. We pressed on, passing over
fences, t'c-ugh corn fields, over ditches and
rocks. Boon we saw confusion in the Yankee
ranks, for we looked too determined for them.
Win n in about, three hundred-yards of their
lines en. Eirly advanced a few paces, fired his
piece and fell back, which was enough for u",
and without orders we “let drive” at them,
jvhich caused a grand skedaddle among the
blue coals. They fired but ore gun and left as
hard as U. P. horses could bear their cowardly
riders off. We pressed on over the dead bodies
of the Yankee “braves;” the Thirtceulh Vir
ginia regiment wa3 ordered to move on the
right flank, the Twelfth Gen-gin in the front,
Jackson, E.vell.-aud Eirly in ‘ -.- I.nd to cheer
us on, to see if Pope was the man ho was said
to be Their fron' was soon nude ihtSs rear
guard, for their ho tv is were toe bard to hold
to see us any longer. We pressed ou for about
ore mile, when, passing over a small hill, we
soon discovered their batteries. Wdrtreru or
dered to bait and lay down. Boon tfieir guns
►opened on us tew drive us tyack, but we were
there, and never to leave until an opportunity
was given to go forward. Old Stonew.il left
ns and darted off in a near wood. If it bad
bchn any one else we would have said—coward!
—but no; he is only gone to bo heard from
soon again. Our batteries were soon brought
up and opened on litem. Bomb- after bomb
came vdiistling over us, to which our'artillery
replied admirably. The cannonading lasted
forty-five minutes, while JacT::on con’d see if.
be could not play a better gan f>r them. Dur
ing the cannonadirg several of our regiment
(Isth Georgia) were killed and wounded. Wc
lay there as if dead until firing commenced on
the left flank by Geu. A. P. ILII's division, un
der command of Gen. Jackson, Who tad flanked
them and had nearly got in their rear. We
were ordered to charge them, which we gladly
obeyed, and drove thorn off before us under a
heavy shower of rifle balls and under a cross fire
of Hill’s command led by our (Jhiel. After
they got their artillery away the cannonading
ceased, and the 13th G.t. and 13th Va. opened
on them with small arms, which was all the go.
When we were fi tiu sight, of the Yankees we
Saw nothing but ca, dry and artif cry, but now
these had passed away, on their side all was
anevv. Brigade of infantry alter 4'ig tdc Wa3
seen to fall in atrd march forward to meet the
“rebel intruders.” 1 never saw so many form
ed raid on the march in so short a tints as were
then seen over in - the Yankee lines. Seeing
there were too mmy for u% the 43. h R'gt. Va.
Vois. complained „t° General Early, and his
only reply wa;: “Go on boy-; you are safe.”
We g ive one shout and prc. se l on to meet that
immovable looking line, which was only three
hundred yards in ad vane • Just then we were
ordered to cease firing, fix bayonets, and pre
pare for a charge. Oar attention was called by
our General; said he, “Boys, you are not alone,
only look ba k,” which wo all did and discover
ed a field of grey rebels in our rear advancing
at tho double-quick. We-opened lire and in
slow time pressed on to close quart* rs. We
fired deadly vollies alter voliies iu o them, to
which they bravely replied; but in a short
timo great confusion was seen in their lines,
and we ceased firing and came to the charge,
sweeping the ti.M and mowing down the
Yankees before u ; as if tin were only bhek
birds bejpro tbo sportsman. They hid been*
strongly reinforced, and our reinforcements ind
just arrived. We followed up their retreat over
the dead and dying, and gained a complete vic
tory over Pope. OurtirtUlefy followed us up
close la the rear,, and r,s the half starved blue
coated c vwfards sc.unptped off before u. Gen.
Ewell commanded ui to halt, and said to a
cnpt.fin of artillery : “A littl more grape, Cap
tain, if you pli'i e, lor they travel too fast lor
our boys." No sooner had this order been
given than it way obeyed, and load after load ot
grape was sent them which carried many
a Yankee to his lorg home. The Yankees
finally halted, drew up a line e( cavalry which
made a daring charge cn us to no effect ; they
were, soon driven backhand Ike victory w ,s ours
for that day. .
Tho Fed; mis fill hack to their fortifications,
aad “Old Sionewa!l"*campod his command on
the battle-field. The next day was Sunday,
and all was sile'.J on both sides. Both armies
tool, p isitto. ■, end Jackson spent tho day in
trying to draw them out again, but be tailed.
Monday was snout in burying the dead Of both
shies, under Ibgs of truce. The engagement
re?a!' and in ,tbo, los-< f about killed and
w uuded on our &id ■; tire lo** el. the enemy is
know ato be over 3.( 00. Among our avn who
fall was the nobis Charles 8. Winder, General
commanding the First Brigade. His loss is
greatly regretted hv ail who knew him. Among
the wounded B Col. Mlnrdntr and the Lieut.
Colonel of the Petty id Ah Georgia Rvgimeut.
Wo captured ?■ verul pieces >: artillery and
500 prisoner-., including 30 commissioned offi
cers, among whom is General Prince We are
looking fora reuewnl of the engagement- every
div. Wo never will he sat is tied until pope is
driven over the Potomac.
Respectfully yours, Q. W. A.
Mritnait in Prison.—A tew days since we
published ram the Chicago Tir -.a a lengthy
account oft lie seizure, in that city, of George
Boroughs, E q , ol Memphis. He was arrested
a; a spy,and seut from Cuic.tgo to the peniten
tiary at Alton, Id. We now learn that he was
inhumanly murdered on the dar after his arrival
by one ot the guards, under th * toHowing eir
. roe: -Line s : He v. . sittieg in his bunk, and
bid -. -.ewspsper iy . cn the platform, when
the y.u ird passed, rtadirg The later alter
ru .kiug several roa t s. Licked the paper into.
R's lace, when he rimatke.l very {'; a-\r.Cv, if
h * had known ILO paper had been in his '(the
guard’s) way, ho would have removed it, The
guaid then said, exeduilv, “You rebel son ot a
b—h, don’t talk to mo or I’ll kill you,” when
he fired the c intents ot his musket iu his face,
killing him in taniiy.
This statement, of the unprovoked and horrid
affair is from men who were in ten feet of the
parties when it occurred, fa is oce of the meet
coid blooded murders we have been called
upon to raeord since the commeacemeut of the
war, ar.d tho perpetrator should be instantly
demanded by oar government.—[Memphis An
Liscolnism in the Valley.— A clergyman
who left Charlestown, Jefferson county, on
Saturday weak, gives a sad account of the out
ragea perpetrated by the unprincipled en-uiy ia
that locality. He says that no privileges are al
lowed to any body but free r,grots. The white
citizens arc not permitted to leave the town,
nor will they allow any provisions to be brought
to them, declaring their intention t* starve the
rebels into submission. No respect is paid to
female delicacy, and a fiendish officer asked the
wife of the gentleman referred lo bow many
grown daughters she had. and when asked the
object of hU inquiry, said promptly that he io-
Yankee* Viyi- g ofiU h r iDrsilV.
We record,, a- a .heplu • isgiaceful
history of the Yankee nation, the following
order from their Secretary of •'•'ar. It seems,
from the codß-smols c f I'acir o\ n Press, that
immediately upon the aunonneement of a draft
to fill up the reduced ranks of tludr army, there
wee r net and stampede I the p:-.lu-i*<i to other
clime---, In os*: 'to -v- it. Rviry tuck was
first revolted to to <. . , tin public service,
but all having faired, they took to their heels
and made tracks (or oreign lands, most of
them no doubt from cowardice, but a few prob
ably from conscientious opposition to the war.
Si di ast ■ u .i this ' if (.bit gs* likely
to become to the r.crvie-i, Pul the President
issued an order for the iam-rilr-te arrest of the
fugitives, ir- imitation of Santa. Anna, who ;au
down and caught with do.;? the volunteer a (!)
fer his army. Subsequently, the explanatory
order was issued, which we annex:
War Department, \
Washington, D. C., Aug. 11, 18(53. j
To Military Commandant*, Provost Marshals, Uni
ted Stales Marshals, and Police Officers:
You will receive herewith an order of the War
Department to prevent the evasion of military
duty, and for the suppression of disloyal parties,
dated the S;h of August, 1803. This order, to
be efficient, is necessarily very comprehensive
in its terms, and, its proper execution requires
the exercises of sound judgment end discretion
by the officers to whom its enforcement is en
trusted ; and, to guard you in its execution, the
following instructions arc to he observed :
First. —The order comprises two class ot per
sons, viz : Those who are about leaving Che
United Slates to evade military duty, and those
who, lor tae same purpose, leave their own
State. )-■ aving the United States until th; mili
tary draft is perfected is absolutely-prohibited ;
bur, it v. .-a not the intention of the order to in
terim e with the transit, from State to State, of
anv j ers-ms but those who design to evade
mil tay duty. Whenever you hive reason to
believe that the purpose is to evade military
duty, the order will authorial* the detention of
any person leaving his own Slate, country, or
military district.
Second. —Any person detained maybe released
on giving bonds to the United States, with suf
ficient security, in the sum of SI,OOO, conditional
for the performance of mil't try duty, if he
should be drafted, or the providing cf a proper
substitute.
Third —lmmediate report is to be made to
this office of :-H persons detained, with the
cause of their detention.
Fourth.-— You will exercise the powers cf ar
rest and detention with caution and forbear
ance, so ns to avoid giving annoyance or trouble
to any persons cxcep'ing thftse who are seek
ing to evade the pc f. n vice of their duty to
their country.
Fifth. —The Governors of the respective States
nre authorized to gitfo passes and permits to
their own citizens desiring to leave the State,
without intent to evade military duty.
By order of the Secretary of War.
L. C. Turner, Judge Advoc-atet
Napoleon Preparing for a Coup O’JSlat
. in Astserica.
The Baltimore correspondent of the New
York Herald, under date of August 1. writes as
follows:
The rumors of recent arrivals of Vessel
ports lathe Sou hern States have been conll
ed by intelligence and itch has betu received
this city. Between the middle of Miy and the
25th of July, nine a.earners and three sail ves
sels arc known to have arrived r.t Southern
ports. Aii ot these vessels brought full cargoes
of aim.”, ammunition, military and metrical,
st. res, drugs, cloth for military uniforms, can
non an I other articles most needed at the
South. Ia one vessel there was an immense
quansfty of sulphur or brimstone in rolls,—
There is an abundance of nitre or saltpetre in
the Southern States ; but sulphur is scarce.—
Hence this importation of sulphur in order to
furnish material for their powder mills,of which
they have thirteen iu active and successful ope
ration. Among the articles brought by these
steamers was forty eight pieces of artillery.—
They are described aa splendid guns, in com
plete order, and made to order iu the latest and
most approved style*.
A bearer Of despatches fropi the Confederate
agents iu Europe, to the Confederate govern
ment came over in the last steamer. Tiii3 gen
tleman left London on tiia 11th of Juiy, and
had been ir. Paris on the 11th, where he receiv
ed despatches from Mr. Slidell. A few days
previous Mr. Slidell had had a private interview
with the Emperor, at which the Minister of
War and the Minister of Marine were pscsc-ut.
The interview lasted several hours. It was
evident that Napoleon understood clearly the
general lualuics ot the wav Bat he desired
specific information as to the topographical
position of Richmond, its capabilities for de
fence, the geographical features of the peninsu
la, the course and depth of the Chicbabominy >(
the nature and extent of the White Oak Swamp,’
ti.o character of the roads in Virginia, the
position arid capabilities of the Southern har
bors, the avaiiabii’ty of the James River ns a
navigable stream, Ate. By means of maps
drawn on a very large scale, and his own ex
planations, Mr. Slidell succeeded in satisfying
the Emperor on ail these points. There were
other subjects discussed, bearing oil the ability
of the Confederate States to acquire and main
tain a separate nationality.. Mr. Slidell says
that the results of the interview were in the
highest degree satisfactory.
There is another point on which the French
news by this arrival is positive and explicit.—
It relates to the Emperor's designs in Mexico.
So far from having Recn abandoned,’ those
designs are being prosecuted with greater
vigor than evor, and ca a scale of magnitude
that will insure succote. The naval expedi
tion, which will include a large fleet of iron
chad vessels, with powerful armaments, will
be so managed as to operate either ogaltist
Mexico or the United States, ns events &ay
decide.
Other facts, learned by this arrival, imply
that the intervention ot Napoleon will take
the form ol a coup d'etat , aad that it will
startle the world like a clap of thunder. The
theory thu- shadowed forth is, that after Na
poleon has massed his troops at'Vera Cum,
and has assembled bis fleet of iron mailed
steamers in that harbor, he will then issue a
manifesto, acknowledging tho independence of
the South, on the ground that they have
shown their ability to maintain their inde
pendence, and stating that, in ordea to bring
the war to an immediate termination, lie has
determined to give to the South such aid as
will render hopeless ary further prolongation
of the strife on the p#t of the North. That
he will then at. once transport his army to Mo
bile ard bring his flee; into the southern waters.
That it tb’o war continues, ho will continue to'
reinforce the Sou’k b 'thwitji land and naval
forces, until a peace t? conquered, -n the basis
of a separation tuj B •u’.lvrn from the
.Northern States. •
[L'orrespoudcace Mol ilo Advertiser and ih giuo,-,]
Letter from Tupelo..
Official Account of the Skirmish near Jjiatur—
Success of lioddy's Yiditlcs— Yankee Van dab
ism.
Tupsi.o, Thursday, Aug. lp.b, 4863.
In tnv last letter I gave you .recount dfa scout
hV'eX .-.edition under tho comr.iand of tain
Roddy, and lam now enabled to chrc i.ieie
another succeselul scout of his.
I am Indebted to Copt. J. M. Loughborough
of Gen. Price’s Staff Br the following aOMal
accouut, the substance of which has already
been telegraphed }vu.
In Camp, August Sth.
General : Being joined by Captains Earle and
Lewis, with their respective commands, we
marched to the railroad, expecting to find a
train 6f cars. Upon arrival we found the train
had unloaded two hundred and fifty Federal?,
who were to inarch to Decatur. We pursued
them by a circuitous route and came upon the
head of their column scon after daylight. Wait
ing nutil the whole body had passed, we charg
ed alter them in the r ad, the advance being
led by Lieut. Whistenant. We pursued them
to within three miles of Decatur, capturing 133
meu and one Lieutenant. Oi the killed and
wounded of the enemy, I can give no account,
since they were left scattered extensively on
the road and in the adjacent corn fields.
We captured 56 guns, which were divided
equally among the command.
Wc suffered a Loss ofoue killed and throe
wounded, all of Cap; Baric's compart'-', besides
three horses.
\\ e went in again yesterday evening near Hie
i railroad after forage, and had a skirmish with a
scouting party, with no other iesalt than run
rung them to their nests. We burned two trest
les and cur tne telegraph wire at two point?
V cry respectfully, your ob’t serv’t,
J. D. Roddy,
„ , . C“Ptain Commanding Videites.
Captain Roddy represents the enemy as forti
fied at five di tie rent places between TuscituMa
and Decatur on the railroad, vis : Town Creek
Courthmd, Malku’s Creek, Fox’s Creek and
Trinity. Their movements all tend eastward
Capt. Roddy advises the* sending of additional
force ia the vicinity of Decatur, to keep the
vandals away from the abundant crop now
growing near there*, and which they are destroy
ing on ail occasions when they can get to it.
The fortifications thrown ’up ly the enemy
are only calculated to withstand cavalry, and
should a force of light artillery be brought to
bear upon them, they would doubtless change
their case. N'lsipobte.
The Ohio Statesman boldly charges that the
Republican-Aboiit i o uis :s are ia the imb.t ot
calling ail who differ from theta politically, se
‘ cessionists and secret traitors, and that special
-her
iTs-IVoIL Hi Aviiti'Aial Of the '>l
(Vdar MountOHli.
We copif entire the following ;vcccunt furni -fit
cd the N; " York Time.’, by tfn special corn- '-
pondem, the buttle of t-C far Mountain, ;■
which cur glcr - Stfin 1•’ - so# *ga m
Popo-sn: h a nvcre th’o h:fg :
O • tub Yin CcrAn iir-r. i
■fv.• I :!oi'!D > r tffi) r \ ,
.‘tr-mc =y. A. .. *>, ifc‘,3 j
'i Ins 1 ih bec.M ;>h •;vc;> , /i:l duv v.- ’ ani:..
of Virgin ;. It. hud '.i Iv. ;■ i ■ atcr
day fiaorisiiig tiiv.t tho ' -1 1 (' loveo iu
mediatel-, 1. our fron'. !| cy h.d l i <-n driviog
back Get. Bayard’s civ.B.' j' -oij pcveral hours
before the ; ree limit'. - ' Ge: -Cravvibid was sr-ut
forward t..-. ,iv<i them balk ", and no sooner a1
we arrived : ■ .'ban our outposts vven; lived
upon by i-..-- piekeis. Skirarlsfiing vrao kept up
ail the ici'CL-Kia, anti the enemy he’d complete
iy in check, a. H was r.oi until 8 o’clock P.
M. that tile dg :.V tuned the dignity of a hat
ti >. At that u nr the rebels opened t eir ariil
lerv upon G. a.'Chi . ford from the •>.. ol lo !h -
right of the to:-a about oue ni:: This was
done to ascertain the position of o;.r batteries,
and if possible bring out our force.
ordered Knapp’s Pennsylvania battery to reply,
and at th. 8-;-eonu shell enemy’s gurff w e ro
silenced. Thmr long line of cavalry L;-:l mov..-:’.
around ahigli 'aiii on our left towards, ill ■ H-.;d
dun lord. oner: a strong force of cavalry
was thrown in that direction, and soon alter the
enemy', finding he c :u’.-i do nothing, c :ua'.- r
marci’ed his cavalry to cur right. iTus t.: li
ters stood, the large force of the cue-.. I. leg
be: u hold In ch- ck by Gen. Crawford’,
brigade of infantry, artillery, and cavalry. Th
cannonading continued on both t-iuc until -f
P. M., wheft.Gtn. Bfoks appeared upon the
field with Gen. Augur’s division endtlio re
mainder of G in. Williams’s division, Gen.' ;: v
ford’s force, consisting of lue 2S.h N.:w V ;k,
Col. Donnelly ; 46thPebiijjplv&nia, Col. K ;
10th Maine, Col, Beale, and s:h Conno
Col. Chapman, with a battery ci the -i U U. S.
artillery, under Lieut. Mnhlenbur,':; Roomer’s
New York battery, and Knapp’s Pchcsyiv-n'..
battery, was thrown to the right, with the ex
ception of the artiii. ry, for the purpos oi ni k
ing a niovcmci:. vin ilia enemy’s 11 :ck—; hi
most important movement of the day. The
10th Maine was then moved forward to the sup
port of the centre, and the remainder of the
brigade formed, ar. staled, on thq right, with'
the addition of the 31 Wi. '• r.sul :.: If
wjs made to dilvc the enmey iroui tb.cir cov-i r
in the wood.
During all til's time the firing on both :;dcs
was terrific, and the men were faliicgby tfi :
score. The line advanced steadily, wi 1- ih,-
exception of the 3d Wisconsin, under a galling
fire, and drove tits rebels back The Wiscon
sin regiment fled at the first 11:e, and it w...t with
great difficulty and at great personal risk ta .l
the General succeeded in getting them into lino
again. They had hardly returned to their posi
tion’, however, before they broke and r.-.n again
—in fact, proved worse than useless. There
raainder of the infantry charged upon the esq
my’a batteries, several of which evuid not bo
seen until they ciit'.-re;! the v. . vq if f
came suii-.l .'nly up la:go Infantry fo.ee that
bad Ma cone aled from t'q# commeaeci
the fight. This force openfiftfire upon our men
with lrighl.'ui i-flVct. Thff*tl tught. r* ;.t
point was very great, more th.vs one h ;M of th •
men of the 2Stb New York were kii’.-d ami
wounded. Cel. com •: u-ding, w .
mortally wounUu.; the Lieut. C-.-k, B o-'-v
and the Major, arc both waanded, and th e -
not a Captain of a company left to the rryimcul
fhe lO'.n Maine lost about one hnffd.cd and
fifty ia killed and wounded ; the sth Connecti
cut suffered s-miUrly, h Ties losing Col. Chap
man, who was tak :u prisoner. The 4Gf/i Penn
sylvania had" hardly enough men left to forma
full company. Col. Kalpe Was -/ibuuflcd In th.?
bead and in the arm, hut rot. fatally; ljr-u*
Col. Selfrldge was slightly injured, Ln:
M jor was shot through Ijiv r.r'fi.
But ia the cbefusiau of the In. ur 1: I:, finpo 7 -
siblo to get p.irtieulurs ate ’ely, G
Gordon’s forces L .ye ail suffarcii. G -a.' Geary
is slightly wound.-1, and aie v minutes, eg i
Gen. Batiks rectjvi'd.an ir jmy firm a t
man who ran violently against him v;hiU he
was about to moket bis h me.
G-n. t rawford r.ud staff were ur -r '<■■■ Ir.,' t;
ken I'-risonciSt'-vicn dating the fi.-hu O h
occa lonsihey were cV.Jlvumt pom is,
w'nh a view to a change ol posi i.oi, when tl.oy
came upon the r. liel pickets. Fortunattly, they
all escaped unhuri.
While Ifu the. -t auded are being
carried to th s-r-'.-.i ; i r ai'.h.tag’i the firing on
both eide? dope-.;'. H 9 p t , it, i i expected tht.
fight will lie n.'-.-.l ia the tooruiug' With
.! ir ;ely augim □! and for ia . 1 h sides.
On. C’tjulrv force at U :. m Court Uousc,
under G',u. Bc-aat-.rf, iiqs fi.- t driven out, r U
from every poia; we receive iotimatioas that
the rebels have detci mined to t.fl’>r us an ob
stinate and bloody resistanc e What the rebel
loss has been to-day wc car.net scerlaiu.
NEWSPAPER COMMENTS —fl iWN ON P. PE.
From tin edUo.ial iu the No v Yoik Times, of
the 13th instant, in relation to the recent bauie
at Cedar Mountain, w fx-nam. the follov.i :
Tho rebels, most ceitvnly, have nothing to
boost ot In tbi3 engagement. X Sthtr, however,
has Gan. Pop ;. II: knv v"tle o ; two d.-.y, b ■
fore the battle tlmt the rebels we: mwd.i; ; t"
attack him; ha knew that they hr. 1 a very
numerous force, and that it_ war under com
mand of Stonewall J.::!:,u-n, v.-tm.-j p.-. chant
for surprises and sudden m"vemcr.ts it ws.li
enough k.rown ;Lc 1 ' that. G-,. rfio- , 111: and
the line of the R Lffilan "ijou’d inevitably be
contested to the last by lifts rob. b. On IVid.iy
morning our pickets were .driven across :,r..’l
beyoud the river, and cn the same day thcrtb l
column parsed over, and took up a strong posi
tion some five pi Bos to the no;: It, on the slope
of a wooded taounlaio.* Noil.log, < :tc would
imagine, could be clearer than tint t *y i. tend
ed to give battle, and nothing could be less
likely than that they would throw a for' ?e force
cn a position strong in itself, but, if innfd.qnate
ly defended, hazardous in the extfeme to their
whole army. At and yet it seems that Gen. Pope
seat forward less than one-quarter of the tofeos
under his immediate command and ready to his
hand to give them battle. The enemy, accord
ing to an authorized telegram from .Washing
ton, had in the battle a force of 23,000 men,
while “our own, exclusive of cavalry apd artil
lery, did not. exceed 7,000.” Seven, or eight,
or ten thousand mm, aero .’.us ib ? etched
against an enemy numbyirs: 39,000, • tr rg’y
-posted aid hidden behind v. . ids, an ' v:c!i sup
ported by artillery !
At 7)£ o’clock in !h; eve'dng, liter the une
qual struggle had been .nit rgt'r nearly five'
hours, and-after the battl sub-;,, "tial’y
ovfcr, Gin. lbq-o, “aceorap r.h.-d by McDowell
audai part of his corps,” ;\rr:v.: Icn ti; He'd
from Culpa; ‘r, some six t;:i:- • j the n ;;b oi
the battle ground, ir-d V. .-1! rrt-vll- :• au
thorized teiegru pa wera tr.c , hey had ba-tv
stationed for several d■■►.-.* It adds to. tl.
already well-earned fame of Gen. Banks u, a
brave soldier and an cec =mplished qir..F g t,
that he was able to
such a length oT time :r;rdns*. such od Is ; but
it cannot acid to Pope’s repute that, in Ms first
field essay iu Virginia, he should have failed so
to concentrate his droops at the point of danger
and bring them un to dine, as to imperil th'
safety oi on? >tvi > fin' t corps of his army. Il
i tbe rebel * could quic’-'v throw 30 000 men froth
Gordonsv ilo to the R.i.idan, and from tin nee
forward to Cedar Mountain, while we were
forewarned boilvof ih* ir purpose and move
ment, it was Burely*ppe;b;e for Pope to tbravv
forward to meet them aUc.A with a r. .:f olthr
twice twiiitr tbcus.ii.l, utiJ.rhls com
mand. which has been reprr.'ntcc?. to i c.r.
that tho diffari-ct colunm c--'.;'U.b- •• Uy "u- '
ccotrated :ii the sburtest n tice.
Wc suppose that rcasoi.a f tar ffilnr t•do ;
that will be as plenty s they have bc.n fb; .
hundred previous nvships ot the same kind. ;
Bat it wJH require more coutigeieg arguu.
in this case than ou prevl us oec.vdtons; i.,r tU.
facts as recited, t.'kea in cunncctiou with p.. : -
vlous statements, make it appear the most‘un
accountable fsilure we have yet known. And
the fact wili stand, that v : I • Pope had a : v ;oe
twice as great as that credited to the rebels, he i
brought on an engagement with ihcra wi.h a {
force not half as large as tlu’.rs, and It; 3 than a '
quarter c-f that of his oorr.maud.
As already said, we L-v. had this kind ,f
strategy too often already. We thought that
-under the new mililsnr myiqjc we had got quite
through with it—that we were to Mar c; m>
more surprises; no battles voluntarily bigun
by us in which the rebels had two to our one ;
and that no more apologies were to be needed.
The country has anticipated so much from Gen.
Pope that its disappointment will be propor
tionate to previous expectations. Success in
the field Is toe soldier’s only title to public ap
plause and confidence.
Yankee Cowawdice and B.u.baeity —A
correspondent of the Memphis Appeal, relating
the incidents of the battle of Baton Rouge,
says :
"As we drove the Yankees into the town,
they sought tbe protection of tbe bouses, from
the windows of whie’a they discharged murder
ous volleys opon our troops. In one Route
where they bad lodged themselves, they forced
a man, holding an infant in his arms, to ' . ...X
jup and down a porch, while they tired from
; behind him.”
He.does not add that the house was stormed
and every Yankee found there bayoneted with
out mercy, but this should certainly have teen
their doc in, at acy cost*
Bf.ig. Gun. Claes.—The country will be re
-1 juiced to iearn that this officer, so severely
' wounded at Baton Rouge, will probably re
cover. A private letter from Jackson says : I
* am happy to inform you that glorious, gallant
General Clark, Mis;iss:ppi,'s nobles: so dier,,L;.s
a good chance for recovery, lie is skill a pris
oner at Baton Kouge.whero he is receiving every
' attention and kindness. That God may speed
l " • ofM the ,nw Y>y.k V.- and ]
Armt cT Virginia,
' • 1 ' Ou* 0! '- ifosn.'a O@.t)EUS—-.ViXOLESALU
i’LtNncnisG j:y the soldiers.
? (n:lp:f orp.T -HaUsa, Va , July 81.—-WtT
(| '.- sure that, tli prueent quietude In Gen.
> ir-" . I be of long continuance.
No itrporla t ( (ivances have beta made since
t-i •• <>•.ci tl:!.? pitted. Madison Court
lieu •' I !. < li, Iji: miy I--- ;j visited bv the
I'-.Viiby, if, p-- ” Jr.-! i by u -':n -.11 body of inf.’.u
--:i v. hui •ic . ‘n . a cjHina tl H r
• • .tea ..id Fredcrtk.'.’iU:g.
'The A nay of Vo-.- : a 1.-as uin ; cig-.-no a Lack
ns , icular. The
new a •>* wU'ch - (-(.cn iii -!iui'i Uiu regard
to pr-atec. i a: of <: ■ fe luMe pmpo.rty and the
fstrrpor-'’. ' ; .o G- \ < ■ tto eutii-ist, the army
as f'• r :*•* j s -.tie ' c tlie t-Lcmy’s country,
has j.T-'.duc -i n < aid- <t • volution in the feed
ings aLa ..<■■: Id * ry, and
which sum • to i ; very muon .a be regretted.
Unices ! - tuoiis ar - gua? .1 1 y far
more strip uards .. i v.-t i: r<gnl.ir a;d
unau n ; ■ vrii. g, v, e. thaii | t lo &e
HJ of flew a for
reato: uebnlieu and uatertq uli;U3 robbers.
K pin i . : ■ ■>'. v . ... t' ■ bun made
(lunr ' v.- ■ ft:-; w I. ■■. .1. a vv'a >at heme
would havo si;n,M I-.:, at ;:..J t;o:i of
touching another’s pri ; er.y, no ; appropriate
rcmor-.eie'-tdy whatever comes iu their' vouch.
Thievivg, they im.v,- v, v.a-i now becomeau au
IfcorixM sitae-.;ec, av.\ .uiiUer the show of sub
sisting themselves, ctiielccns, turkies, ham.? and
carp, i:.-.vo become : iawjul plunder, with lutle
<!i-'crimh:'t!ion as u> tire viuncler or circum
stare ■ f th-: •:,-tif..l owner.
i late of feiety Where civillaw hasbeen
-
ir, . and j iu! sway, men’:'- consciences
t live, Re tr fin l .
nn nerAbia control tie p opt isi i j of men at
h rvfilea hero at, feu w, ' r.:e cu'ir--:y s—
aenve, f.iai a very uiiic: w,.iute is sufiieicn:. 1.1
giv . quietude In the conscience oi many ,-i
--::• r v.-H* .1 n < ::ickc->, pig, ham or other luxury
tvuif-'n jii ■u TANARUS; Sc ft : c • Jiv- (:m
to l:-e just im.:. (. late, aud they l.av. canied
my a hi-he:to L me t men ove.' the dam, aud
tn Je the*o wl.o v.'t.'w heb.-ra e muwhal predu
ir Labi . epeu, unbie , cals.
If- - •■> u.' a , ..-.y a e.'.ous and utitenunate
flu' f lacts w'.: :n suidmrf- witi rush in crowds
u;> ti e 0.-. y. kc-'.iou.'.e ol a firmer, and each
q'i :rr..l U tin: o:bur '.c- the first aud great
est r’cirt. I blxsh when i state that on the
; i:.:ough a :-t ti it t. tent.ny, : .cry
spri is broken -q.vn, and Uiu*.r, ini fir.
i g.rs ua (..tam an: eagu.-jkcd fchnost betore tue
pi i:e re WU< and j tig men. C; .. 5 | h p,
a’ ;, ir. f. :, anytmag a:ul everyfiiiug seaic-.a
--l-T I r i. at or clink, or apparel, are cot e.dc a
moment alter the approachrof the army. Even
things apparently usdt-ii arc sqatehed up, oa
-1 iTv.-, it would seem, -many men love to
At a place where I not Jong age spent a night,
ar.-.rcdy >.n article to which tiio fertil.ty ol' a
soldier Could suggest the slightest use rcuMfin
< and to the owner upon the loiiowlr g morning.
There had been aoldk-r ? there, you mL'et
wager. Fans, kettles, til-sh-clolhs, p.-tk, peul
-1 p. >v:siot. ! , ami everything desirable had
dis ;par T. Tim pin > was t pt, and with
cut an;-' p •"'tv sof commh.-v.ry-oa quariotmis
ter. Sb it hasbelba iu itfnunserable lustances.
Many r. family incapable of sustaining ihe
: l'ghtest I- has ' :,ea deprived ol all
I r.qt L'-re: ago f-avv a d-azsn soldier* roL.knv
hcadioirar throtigb a field, each anxious to get
th s firschdfe < £ throe l c simxiutf thJm
"' qn : !’• . a tr,:'ibo animals made
>' : ' tll i farthest corner of the
i .- v.sn dose upon them; and the
...ughl their prizes and hridled
them 03 if they had a perfect imtnunky 1,.
such’sort of things.. A K.:na Ldlova-d. A
young lady catr.o cut- aud beantgLi. the g OdU r- ,
::ot to take htr faoritfl pwy. The i
* - '“t-dvS! and unyhLiLtv tod the m !
in llioao-.y. " 1
i K where family were jut t *t- ;
thcrasclvcs lo supp Sr. Soldi .rs camel! . 1
.v , and goinrf in, swallowc-.i fivwyihin . T * 1
vr.r? not at!, I ? ut vhnu vriu ti m and out -.i;
doors the 0 >ldi< r wa. rted was readily apt tJ-*|
printed, and tho proprietor pf the place tol.’i . 1.
son-ctTfally that cy !>.. reined him—hem -tr
C( bid get . 1 :■ rdiy rtgroUed a-Is
la.-.!• ■ .. It n as lor ,
(■ li a. C - SK..,:i v |j, t
was r li ’* is::, boy s. t, |
“Tap ■ : y ■ • - . - ion :’• ‘
tt fgaki if h ' ' ils I'■ • •• ” Tiy. j aLic 1
evid- y-i
f)i turn ?, : ' t a-, t r,d lii'ni in
In inlffb;;- ."t'lte -fm, .r. Li... unless a check ■
given t-> this jr.-ouilocntma and n- .uithmiz- I
.phmdctthe dkciptir.e and vain, of theartny
vill bo cn.strafed; and when the eulistments
.have cxp:rtl wc -;i ,ii .ooss a tie 11 oi thievfco
upon 1 5:0 conntry
O.i? favorite farm -in which this will exhibit
itself ia in the pas'-ittir of Philadelphia Oonfudc
s'.*--: -:-'tcs. ’A i'.cnever we advance into anew
section tha floodgates are immediately opened
and ih : fac simile Confederate notes are poured
out npea the 1.111.1. They pass readily and to
he t'-ken gladly for v/httev- ris held lor sale.—
B'-r.k notes and ehtr.pkstsrs arc given for
chan-'O. Horses and other valuable property
• ; 1 -d witii this bogus currency.
A p,i:t.;. .'-t soldiers entered a store not long
r Hi and with exhaustlcss qnantitlos of
V • 1 X’a, cad commenced trade. Forty
pbnnda of sugar was lirst ordered, and tho
.1. released with the sudden i
■ b.i-1: a, called in his wife to assist in ; r.t
tiie swcejfncss in mall parcels. Suventv
five c ;:ts a poun 1 wrs the co:.‘. Tiiat w.:s*a
small ofottcr. M:' h rpnrchascd. ty
li va cents per box was li.o charge. Tobacco also
> und a ready uarket. lvach man provided
lasast-lf with a straw hat; but the crowning act
(aii was the abstraction from the till of money
already paid to the dealer for his goods, and the
purcl.v-o of metp ghods with the same spurious
medium. *
Y.til.'.us .urgureents ore tired to justify this
practice. They n> y not be tu,.h as voblti pacify
;; ."-cuEltivo conscicnc'*, but they aro made to
an.-wer iu want of beurr ones. Tho genuine
. derate money, they say, payable six
raoull. i alter a tre -. p; p';oo with United
S. X: , i c-ntin.-ly v. rf rr.d the spurious
be no 2 TU .. c intend that to
■ 2 tlSa : currency fcy any means,
is ; ■ of t’.i r; •r.ipgs 'whi it ~ .r makes right,
and tpc i. . X is done t! o - ■ ti'.c cause is
lie;pod. Etill otlicrs'tbi:' 1 -. t ;, ■ tr, ire b jury
- to Coni deflates in ' ner
tae rebellion will be cra-ht“ i: . Don*
federates) must begin to L- I, p-,;k
--cts,” is a favorite pmase. Arm . ac
ticcs axe going on until, I fceiiave, n . t
checked,'we shall unfit the men to be . .-i s
now or citizens hereafter. Sac’.i hv . cr.-o
influence r.l these new orders—this tr"
dealing with tho Confederates. The (.' rn
*
enemy’s country, and t.i gl*e no safeguards io
disloyal people. The soldiers conclude that
thoy*are individually to take whatever snhMs
tenco they can lay hands upon, and dbrecr.rd
ail the rights of ’.rivate citizens.
1 find no foul. v i>h this peiidy c-f the govern-*
meet towards 'he Cor.fedcMttef.. Their temper
i; inert cv; 1.-Miy not of the kind to bc‘i:i
lhnribc! by ..ri'-'-s. Justice always aIP ~
t;.at prot" ttlc ’ au!.! • > r•> further than clie
fevacc a:.'! . v ; r q ires It. The rrn
ell etuaLa - . i ■ Confeupjwtcs
I.;m: I. ■ ;;. : i■ ' • ' ruc’ioi’ at a ■pov
■ r.y qj. *... ffiC'Jl u t ’ •.> c : inu - their r. bel
lmc 1b vc seen no • }.J ho had been
convened by the ck'UM ■. G.'e govcinroent,
and I have seen mr.-.v V. X .vy loss; 3 had
naido them repel-- "* • ..'cipation in the
cause of u > Cos., v . The EligSt p.tcri
t! iof U; ... ki.:C ’. I. they i; 3 v:-g
Jo dch ii ; I ises asrtl
... cat iu*. is too-much for tfctir ; ►vtob
i*m.
But if this policy is to be pursued ii mu ! ‘
regulated better than i*. has bccn-thus far. Un
. 5 the di. cl. inc ol th ; arnty is to be ch j •
cd, and* the morals of t,e men com wA,
r-triett-r orders against private plundering u.u.-'t
- n’.. D-herwUe, iu failing*t > , soteet
tl tv 'As, v.'- h ,11 fail to protect oui el.v .
Tr.LE Bret. —-The Augusta Chteniele eoys, in
at*.' rto b c-mplaint of irregularity :
“The f- . c-M.-e of’ c* irregui trity in the
r- ccplioi! ; ; • . i: “ar.-f crirlcts,’ is
(he c niter <;fit tftrs r arenmd the Po.-l
--or'-u. G ■ to sub.-cr.ce fora
paper for t. -1. . ; >-i c:g- rof all
; . I- ;. r c. ;, , t :■ and Iy . ,;..e
postmasters, contrary •, to borrow the
papers of enbscriber.’, ..; r a and
pnbiir-hers. If our com r.u t van annihilate
that c’". ; s of r Dorg--=, : 1; fi i a blessed
work for the ‘rural districts.’ ”
This is, no don’t:, the real cru-e of more
tl -n one-haif the irregularities that are charged
to tb door of pub’h-hus. In onr occasional
r.'.rcMcs into the country we L:,re often dropped
in at poitotiices just to how i ;!krs are
managed, and wc have frequently kit wonder
ing how It was possible for afiy snch thing as
regularity in the reception cf newspapers to
exist.
Retvgzes rr.on Maeylasd.—The Richmond
Examiner oi Monday says:
Numbers of Marylanders, fleeing from the
draft to come, are daily crossing the border,
and harrying on to Richmond. Thirty reached
here yesterday morning, and five hundred more
are on till? side the Potomac, making their way
on foot. On one cay ia-t week, two hundred
seized the steamer Patuxent, and c osslcgthe
Potomac, set her on tire, and burned her to the
water’s edge. A no. r party are re; rted to
have seized and similarly exposed oft; e steam
er Punter.
A Heavy Arrival.—Vfe have a seemingly
authentic statement ot a late h avy arrival tor
account of the Confederacy at a Confederate
port. One million pounds of powder and
thirty-five thousand stand of arms are among
the items of tbe cargo, the aggregate value of
which was such that the government agreed lo
I pay £soo,ooo on delivery —3 sum coni valent, at
'•*T;n Sfa ns-' -f vc ~r ~, "
eait.hu " j! tCn K4 ’~
, V*o clip 'die 10110-kc from u c "J > •
Hews Sheet i - ,and
Aflac-;.;',!,:, hoi: i BaUlB tr ok p3ace
cn fc-A-'TI-. ’■ t b:-. .. :rcts 0 f Gcncv'd
Po ? c 1 3t.ck on. The
""' ■ ; ' ' >;■' CVjar Mountain,
r-HUf.lt of Culpeper Court
V Saturday ir.oiri; Gsacrnls
Jac.x'.tm a M crossed the Kapidan in
lone. Ahoir a-.tve.uco mn:d was t-pcedily
oroiiK.it into collision the division of
kcdmal H-oopa .mm-uv! hr Genor:,l Banks.
During the gread: t pait of Ihe d..v the battle
was almo:v.v.ofiy confined to the artillery, but
. Six D e/cck m the evoiiing a general cn-
, : v , ( i A . i,i:; ony r.nd determined
LOki.a t miknvea, oming whi-Ji the brigade of
cenerri V. and! :'.rrm, c-.i. t'HUI- g the rb.-ut wino-'
°l the force uialcr (- -ral B ni:::, tuumed se
vere.y. Iho whole of Ba:;Ks’ c.-rps were final
ly t-ron::i:;, m.o action, and the fight"was con-
M”!! :♦/, TH :uly two hours, wi-n “overpower
e; by tnoa numbers, some h .-he regiment*
ret- caicd iu disorder.” Darkness set iu soon
a.ter and put a slop to the carnage. ! ut a l
though the musketry ceased the Confederate
a'G’t t i'oHca upon Cedar Mountaiakeptup’a
raedtm lire, which was continued until near
midnight.
. In the meantime: the Federal troops fell back
to the c. ver of gome woods, about half a mile
to lue roar of their original position, where
they wi ;o reinforced by the corps of McDowell
:-id Seigtl and Gen. Pope taking command of
t <; whole in prison, the troops of Banks again
ek h 11 - • i% “resting on tin Ir arms In
1 ‘ r :: t cl .• r i'k T.’icy were sncedilv.
I ••?.•'. ver, coniv-f l ! and to aba: don their bivouac.
B’Anc cl the !•!...! of Crawford’s brigade incau
tionrly made ill ■.? t: at revealed their position,
rtid numb, ro! : l.e.ds wc re thrown by the cue
- ’ leg among trains, cnibulances
s ; ■> V Vtt an excitem ut, that fir,ally
’ 1 ' Pr.nic “ The rej-iineuts,” savs
; c- “'G?P'-,'::.c-::.t of the New York Herald,
i.'LR to their heels to get out of range, and
r. t ing so many then retreating, others that had
cotTcaened the field hlso started to run, and
soon the roads were crowded with frightened
people, v. ho added tot;:o e xisting misiertuu.-s
by telling wifi! stories of repulse and loss aud
discomfiture.”
The reinforcements brought forward by Gen.
Toy a, g in advance, held their ground
thr- oil tn ■ nor:! ", and on the following day it
v 'H ■- ' > : if • si;e C h federates bad also
fallen :• lb 1 .;!• • aon which impelled
* ’ ■;* lt? ' • *- •.-••r’to bo ltaowD.
'•■H- i;y " later telegram frtu
b--- I-1 v. ■ ; • scnt_ ia a dig cf truce asking
j't. mi:: 10 bar.-, iheir dca-.1, from which it is
i "at they w-';c too badly cut up to
'nah.u .: ih.-ir position. Th e loss ou both sides
is said to be very heavy. On ibo part of the
Federate it i? estim-efed at not less than three
thousand in killed,-wounded f.ad missing;
whilst th" UoLfednT.fas are supposed to liSVe
lost nn equal number. The casualties rmon"
U;e Federal officers aro represented as having
been unusually numerous. So far as particu
lar-’ have reached m, the bathe sjfpears to have.
!>, a led; ci i vc—neither pari v chtlmiug the vic
tory.
FUJITEISR FEOr.I FOPlJ’d AHMY.
TLo" itfilowiug appears in the Baltimore Sun
of the’lSth instant:
Culpeper, August 12.—The stragglers from
the iraitle field to town, have all been arrested
by General Pope, and to-morrow a list ot the
missing can be obtained with accuracy.
Sunday night about 11 o’clock, while Gens.
I’ and Banks were in conference in the rear
' ar "dvacced batteries, a body of the tne-
V ■ c airy charged iu tha mo-t dariotr rnan
n -( mtqugh the woods on our front it nor, the
g “'[>■
'two discharge of ain.'ketfy, and.tka whizzing
of Jiuiiuts rear tr, ra gave t:raely notice of the
■ ;> lapproach. Horses v. ere immediately
'- amtefi and a regiment of infantry fired a
va; checking the charge and probably saving
i.b commanders.
; :ai Buford, with his cavalry command
oavivul at Culpeper yesterday from Madison.
Preview; to his departure thence h3 sent a re
on; sioisoance to the Bapldau, where 110 found a
ot the enemy on the South, but nose on
’in: '.north of the river.
A (.quiotthis morning, as things were dur
■ night. A
: mnolly is still alive, bat sinking. The
a facers are generally doing well.
OPFICfAL DESPATCH *iOM POPE.
Hbadq’rs Abmß’op Virginia, )
Cedar Mountain, 7.30 A.™L, Aug. 13, t
To Major General Ilalleck :
ihe enemy has retreated under cover of the
night.
His rear is now crossing ii.e Rapidan, towards
Orange Court House.
Our cavalry and are iu pursuit.
John Pope, Major-General,
Another View op the Subject.-- Somo of
the Northern papers have been indulging their
glee over the probable drafting into their ai mies
of'many who are secessionists, or at heart op
posed to the war. Another and a more sensi
ble idea scct.is now to have struck them. Can
such men be trusted? Tho New York Sun
says: “The plan of forcing discontented or dis
loyal in i .t;> the ranks lias been tried over
and ( . . train in Austria and has ever led to
mi.! cry (Masters.” Lincoln may find that
when he is forcing Marylanders and other re
lucljnls into his army, he is in reality but
equipping soldiers for iho Confederates. The
point of honor with all who are convinced of
the atrcciouEnc 3 of the purpose hq contem
plates, and the lawlessness and brutality of the
mean- be employs, would require them at the
first o;qn>r<urdU to join the standards of the
Cosh ft'i. rv. That they will do so wo cannot
dou ::, : : experience of Austria will be
• v tries. Thus will an act of tyr
c.uny b■ : • : ; own avenger ! AS to “oaths
of alkv. Miae,” Lincoln has Li .de them so com
mon, and haq so often employed coercion in
administering them, that they have faileu into
disrepute and contempt. They will bind but
very ; .w against their will and convictions,
[Richmond Examiner.
Hollow metalie canes, filled with condensed
gas, are becoming the rage in some of the Euro
pean cities. The bearer has only to tarn a
email nipple and apply his match, when he will
instantly find himself furnished with a torch
lYhieh will light him for several hours.
A vessel, supposed to be a British rnan-of
, appeared eff tbi.3 port yesterday. Iler
j Aj’s Consul went to the bar, during the
i. ceraoon, iu the schooner Howell Cobb, to pay
her ,a'visit, but had not returned up to a late
hour.—{Charleston Courier, 20thr. .
Illinois.—The Chicago Times 6t;ites that
eight hundred companies .have already been
tendi v and lo 'lie Adjutant General of that State,
und . calls Of the Pi isident, giving
att Eggr . :. ’ t rixty-retea thot.iaud and two
hundred tutu.
T Char!' Courier say tl-.at tho Presi
de:.:- -I the C a federate States has vetoed more
Mil: i: .:. ; - P.*•.-.-idents of tbs U. 8. from
Washing m l > Andrew Jackson inclusive.
Jol-n C. R . publisher of the Corgrev
,siocai iff contributed §14,000 to the
i k u <• I.;g of the First Regiment of
the Lv. : c, ot Columbia.
The execution of J in i. gii Ison, alias
Louis Klnolcon, e icted in Rki mond of
counterfelkng Col . • r. 0 Notes, has been
dually fixed for the udJ of tho present mouth.
■
iu Toionlo, Cat.:.- a, ci r- a ► ic fover, on Ilia Blh
instant.
Five hundred au-i fo;t ni-ic baits of cotton
arrived a, Bert:,’; c 1 Tuesday from Liverpool.
oimtAitv.
Died, on : un iay, the 10. h instant, at his hr.me in
Wb" .Ho, Llfinshi.j oouaty, Ga, uLAUDIffb F.
RAiii , iu the 2isl year ot his e;;esi
Tbu-: but j.gsfci away iu the early blooming of mnn
h<. <•••..* w.ia ml; ht, to- vdtficu; ciusa, have looked
i ■ !.• r. y j ■■ set’ fntu*e )i,pptrie-.a in life.—
Ti. ;i: 1. ; , . s ire aftlictioa fto cUfriccds, they
1 thr haa'l that rscaoved 1 im,
in>. i; . w rod’s, “who doeth all things
w ii, ait? .aMi'.Lf, albeit wise and merciful,
are t ftcn,. r.e- i . .uU .-ie. Fr m tii t life ar.d character
of the die. ;.-: ’. m r ov(r, there fs g,ren the fullest
ecturaueb h.. V e tr .ns '; cm life unto death wlb
to him ha r._ -. ! grospeet of fetidly here,
---' Ir" -; ! ... ... . , . r that lach is per
manent and aual ley nd u tomb, iiiough the
“cold clod-- oi L.J '.aLey,” ff..'; ■ and, reft ::pvu h t loved
besom, wee: iffil not tir.t '.ho li er.ied spirit even
naw basks in ;he “cua-h,- ight ctiase’ ■ ■ Ltavea. I
The sofcjrcloi ttis notice was :n chsract-r stiictly
virtuous aud raorai, fret irosa all un-mo. of vices—
and truthful. Though X-.arUs;. he was gentle
in dispo.itton—iusayable of harboring aiaiion and, it
is beiieved, had not an enemy in thc wor.iL Ot lu tx
ccilert predispoiifi n, he cu:t vated continually atini
menta 01 virtue, meraHty add religion, both from in
elination and the senaa o: doty to a Higher Power.
Uo was highly tntcilig. at and tbooghtml, and over
kind, gene:out an e nflJtng Ua I h;s acts and lcel
itgs lie wa; dutiful as aa n, and a trait affecliona.e
brother, aid c-w.i'.nt, warm bverted friend
He entered tao bar so: vie a ia ihe ;all o; 1531, with
the Georgia Bangers float Ida native county, i'n 1502
his C- inp-ny went into me the ■,.,n'e.i. ra.e service iu
the Fily sixth G-o.gia litg.c.e't, c. cumpod rear Sa
vann-.n Hea lit ..as la era s;.t, but came home a
lew days { rerioaj lo bis'tenth As Orderly Sergeant
of his company, h r enjojeu the highest conltience
and fcslcem > t his fell w-tolcitrt, b-tu for ialthiulness
and eUiatnej>n media burgs o- duty.
To the near me. da of the deceased h’s loss is Irre
parable, aai has left a near. vAd waich can n- ver
never ba ftilsd.
flleep on, dear youth! thy warfare’s dene,
nd troubles he; e are o er;
The scenes ot earth—its jj or woe— w
chan mss. thy View no more.
For dice a brighter life await*,
Beyond the *• darksome flood
Thy gentle spirit passed the vain.
w.s .... .mi
Jf'TTK on _vasq 1w boa* va.-i %ssj M j
TELEG-BAPHIO
NEWo! FROM THE KORTH.
LINCOLN ON NEGRO EQUALlTY—HUN
disbanded
YANKEE lAPLRS SUPFKESSED AND
EDITORS CAGED—DEEADFUi, COJ 11
W/ON ON THE POTOMAC-WAR MEET
-INGS RIFE-POPE READY TO MOVE
NEGRO RIOT IN BUFFALO-CAPTURE
OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, BY THE
REBELS.
EicintOHii, A eg. 19.—Northern papers say Lincoln
had been waited on by a deputation of negroes asking
employment as soldiers in the army. He made a speech
on the occasion. He proclaimed a difference between
tho blaok and white races in the U. S. so broad that it
was impossible for the inferior race ever to possess
political equality with the superior and dominant race.
The Herald announces the disbandment of Hunter’s
negro brigade.
Tho Maryland News Sheet, of Baltimore, has been
suppressed by Gen. Wool, and the Editor sent to Fort
McHenry. The Editor of the Dubuque Herald was
also arrested for discouraging enlistments.
A collision occurred on tho Potomar, Wednesday
night, between tho steamers George Peabody and
West Point, in which the former, loaded with troops,
was sunk, and seventy-six persons drowned, including
three ladies, wires of officers of Burnside’s command.
War meetings are being held throughout tho North.
From Richmond.
[Special despatch to tho Savannah Republican. 1
Richmond, Aug. 20.—C01. S. Moore, the commander
of’ the Eleventh Alabama regiment, died here this
morning, of wounds received in the Battle ot Seven
Pines.
McClellan has certainly lelt Berkeley with all his
forces, and the Federals are withdrawing from Western
Virginia to reinforce Popo.
I shall leave here for Gordonsville to-morrow.
P. W. A.
Western News.
Mobile, Aug. 2J. —A spec al despatch to the Tribune,
from Grenada, Miss., states that a despatch to the St.
Louis Democrat reports that Gen. Morgan has with
him tour pieces of artillery and eighteen hundred men.
* A Federal steamboat was burnt onThursday last,
opposite Memphis, by Southern sympathizers.
Skirmishing still continues in the vicinity ot Sena
tohia.
A Washington despatch reports that Stonewall
Jackson had returned to Orange C. 11., with his who
army.
A special despatch to tho Advertiser & Ecgisto
dated Jackson, 19th, says:
A naval Court Martial commences hero to.m®rrow.
Tho Federals aro reported to have landed forces at
the mouth of the Yazoo river. They havo captured
tho Confederate transport Fair X’lay, with two thou
sand Enfield rifles and a largo amount of munitions,
intended for Gen. Hindman.
Congressional.
EiCiimoni), Aug. 20.—1n the Senate, to-<lay, Mr.
Brown, of Miss., introduced a resolution directing the
Committee ou Military Affairs to onqnire what legisla
tion i 9 necessary to prevent abate in the matter of ro
ceivirg substitutes in the army. He specified some of
the abuses and adverted to evasions of the Conscript
Law. Ecsolation withdrawn-
In tho Homo a resolution of thanks to Col, Morgan
and" his command for dktinguished services rendered
tho Confederacy, was adopted.
Eesaiulions to abolish tho office of Secretary ol tho
Navy, and declaring Brute Butlor an enemy to the
tinman race, were submitted and referred to appropri
ate c iinmitteea.
FROM KENTUCKY.
EARB 9USVILLF, AND LONDON, KY-, TAKEN
BY THE CONFEDERATES.
Cap'uke of Pilsoners and tue Enemy’s
• Stores, Ammunition, Ate.
Gen. Stephenson Invests Cumberland
Gap.
iSuccial despatch to the Bavanrali Republican.]
Knoxville, Aug. 21.—BarbourviUe, Ky., was occu
pied by our troops on tho iSth. Some fifty prisoners
wore captured, mostly iu the Hospital. Tho enemy re
treated to Cumberland Ford.
London, Ky., was also taken, together with the enc--
my’a atores and ammunition.
Cumberland Gap is invested by Gen. Stevenson s
forces. ___________
News from Yankeodom.
Monn.E, Aug. 21.—A special despatch to the Tri
bune, dated Gcrnada, 20tb, says :
Northern dates ol the loth say that General Pope’s
official report acknowledges a loss of 1,509 men in the
battle of Cedar Bun. He says most of the fighting was
a hand to hand contest.
Yankee despatches from Missouri represent the
Confederate gueriiilas as being gradually overpower
ed.
Tho Fortress Monroe correspondent of the N. Y.
Tribune confesses the withdrawal of McClellan’s army
from the Peninsula, but its destination is unnamed.
Tho Louisville Journal of tho 14th says Geucral
Williams was at Prestonburg on the 12th with his
brigade, and that General Marshall was reported net
far behind with another brigade, which wa3 said to
have been ordered to Castlcsburg. The two brigades
number 7,000 or 8,000.
Tho Home Guard were driven fromPiketon, Ky., on
the lUU, by tome guerrillas, after a sharp skirmish.
Congressional.
EionifOND, Aug. 21.—1 u the Senate, Mr. Sparrow,
from the Committee on Military Affaire, presented a
bill providing for the enrollment of all persons liable
to military duty, not already enrolled, wherever
found.
Also, a bill concerning Partisan-Bangers.
Mr. Yancey submitted a series of resolutions, af
firming that the war now being waged by the United
States is a-war as well upon tho people as upon tho
government bf the Confederate States, and that the
principles upon which this government and the gov
ernments of the several States that comprise it, are
founded, justify each citizen in attacking the invader,
either by individual action or organized bands; that
when any of our citizens exercising this sacred right
shall fall into the hands of the enemy, and shall be
treated otherwise than as prisoners of war, it will be
the duty of the government to retaliate for any inju
ries done to them; that the Senate will give to
President its unfaltering support in the prompt execu
tion of measures devised for the complete protection
of our citizens in the exercise of tho inalienable right
of self-defenco.
Mr. Yancy addressed tie Senate in support of his
resolutions.
a\lr. Wigfall and others briefly discussed the ques
tions presented, alter which they were laid over for
lurther consideration until Menday next.
In the House— Besolutions were adopted tendering
the thanks of Congress to Generals Johnston, Lee, and
Jackson, with the officers and men of their respeetive
1 commands, for gallant and meritorious services in the
late campaign.
An apiendmeni was submitted by Mr. Foote to ex
cept General Huger, which was not agreed to.
A bill was introduced declaring Kansas to be within
the limits of tho Sou.hern Confederacy.
Morgan tukeg Hopkinsville and makes
for the Ohio.
[Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.]
Knoxvilie, Aug. 21.—Intelligence has been receiv *
ed that Col. Morgan has taken the town of Hopkins
ville, Kty., sixteen miles nearer to Clarksville, Tenn.,
and is making lor the Ohio r. rer. We have no parti
culars.
Capture, of Kentucky Towns.
Chattanooga, Aug. 21.—The following despatch
was received at Knoxville to-day.
Baef.ocesviui.e, Kty , Aug. IS.—We took possession
here to-day, capturing forty-five prisoners, only six of
whom were not m the hospitals. Tho enemy has re
treated towards Cumte; land Ford. - .
Scott’s Louisiana Cavalry have captured Logan
(London)? Particulars cf t.o capture aro not yet
known.
(Signed) .Trro. Pegeam, Col.
Georgians at Cedar Hun.
[From ti.e Macon (Qa.) Telegraph, August 14th.]
We are kindly permitted to use the following private
despatch :
GoeDoksville, Aug. 12.—1). E. Blount: In the fight
on Saturday, the 12th Georgia Begimenthad eight kill
ed and twenty-seven wounded. Lieut. Chambliss and
Sergeant McKaskiil were killed. None killed in the
Jones Volunteers. W. B. Christian, arm broken, and
four others slightly wounded. The Eegiment was
highly complimented by General Early. M. Morton
seriously wounded. Isaac Haedeman.
Ifrom the Atlanta Southern Confederacy.]
GoEnossvinn*, Va., August Id.—The brigade, com
r.osed of the 14th, 351 h, 45th and 49th Georgia Begt
ments, commanded by Col E. L. Thomas, was engag
ed in the battle of the 9th inst., at South-western
Mountains. The brigada and its commander did honor
to the State of Georgia. U 8- Holt,
on "to ji-Jijj ooou Major doth 6a, Beg.
gga :iw,blurt tow iii
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