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. WEEKLY
republican,
By 81.B 1 . W. Sims,
C lty and County Frio ter.
JAMES H. KNEED. - -
SAVANNAH# HA.
General W. K. Hurke. who was
med *t Sbarpsburg, Md., commanded the
Second Louisiana Brigade.
Lieut assigned
by the Secretary of War to the command of the
Camp construction in Georgia.
Gen. Paul J. SemmeT, who was io the late
battle at Sbarpsburg, telegraphs his wife from
Shepherdstown, on the 19*. that he and his
■staff are safe, and that our arms were victorious.
Can’t Count Tdcm.-a Yankee despatch re
ceived in “official quarters” at Harrisburg, Pa ,
after the late great battie, says :
“27wi loss of general and field officers m our
army is so large As to be unaccountable."
Plundering. —The Northern papers boast
that among the things taken from Baton Ronge
by the evacuating lorcc were Power’s marble
statue of Washington and the State library,
from the capitol. This was done by order of
the commanding general.
McClellan’s Army.— The Fredericksburg
Herald says the Yankee army in Maryland is
divided into two corps, which are commanded,
respectively, by Gen. Burnside and Gen. Heint
zelman, with McClellan as Commander-in
chief. It numbers 80,000 men.
.lAriTranN’R-GF.NSTiosiTr,—A letter frojjQ W m
.Chester states fEat (fen. Jackson allowed aij
the Yankee officers captured at Harper's Ferry
to retain their horses, side arms, and other per
sonal effects, and a’so gave them several
wagons to haul away their baggage.
It would seem from the Examiner’s account,
that Stonewall Jackson has had two fights, in
stead of one, since the great battle of the 17th
—one in which he repelled the enemy, 10,COO
strong, and another in which he blocked up the
channel of the Potomac with the bodies e
dead Yankees.
Reported Re-occupation op Leesburg by
the Enemt.— The President on Friday received
a despatch from the surgeon at Warrenton, Ya.,
stating that a report has reached that place of
the re capture of Leesburg by the Yankee
forces. The despatch states that the Yankees
shelled the town before entering it
Counterfeit Treasury Notes.— The House
Committee of Ways and Meaas has sent in a
bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to offer a reward, not to exceed $5 000, for the
apprehension and conviction of parties engaged
in forging or tittering counterfeit treasury notes.
The artillery.captured by Jhckson at Harper’s
Ferry consisted of forty nine cannon, twenty
four mountain howitzers, and seventeen revolv
ing guns. The prisoners numbered 11,000 men
fit for duty. They consisted of twelve regi
ments of infantry, three companies of cavalry
and six companies of artillery.
William and Mary College Burnt.—
Shortly after the attack by Col. Shingler’s cav
alry upon the enemy at Williamsburg, Virginia,
a party of Yankees visited the town and set fire
to the college ouilding, destroying it complete
ly. It was a comparatively new edififte, occu-*
pying the site of the ante-revolutionary build
ing accidentally burnt 6ome years ago.
Munfordsville —The Yankee papers say
Gen. Winder was in command of the* forces
captured at Munfordsville, and that instead of
not firing a gun the garrison fought all day and
made a desperate resistance. They also say that
the capture of Munfordsvillo completely cuts
off all hope of succor from the Northern part
of the State.
Frank Confession is good for the Soul. —
The New York World must have sweat drops
of blood when, id referring to the war, it made
tho following record ag tinol t'n<■ Yankee ■■Mon:
“CONSIDERING THE AVAILABLE
MEANS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS, IT
13 THE MOST DISGRACEFUL FAILURE
RECORDED AGAINST ANY GOVERNMENT
IN MODERN HISTORY.”
Wounded at Warrenton. — A correspon
dent sends us. tho following list of wounded
now in Payne, Newby & Cos. at War
renton, Va.:
SEVENTEENTH GEORGIA.
W G Montgomery, hip.
Company B—Enoch Tison, left arm cut cff.
Company G—Thos Thornton, thigh, badly ;
W O ThorntoD, thigh. <
Company D—B JI Messer, left arm cut oIF.
FOURTEENTH TENNESSEE.
Company I—J Chandlor, both thighs.
FOURTEENTH ALABAMA.
Company H—L C Counts, foot; N P Hardy,
shoulder!
Fun Ahead.—The S'. Louis Republican rays :
“ Now that Gun. Hunter has eotae hejme, and
Gen. Mitchell gone out to take command of
the Deportment of the South, the rebels down
that way may come to the eondnsion that some.-
thlng is about to be done; and iT the latter
ouly could cohtrive In some way to capture
Charleston, what a gl >rlo\is shout would go up
in loyal quarters! ”
That will play into our hands exactly. Tho
boys down this way are thbroughly disgusted
with the lack qf Yankee enterprise, and arc
longing lgr something to turn up that will
moko times livelier.
A Disunited North —TU Yankees seem
now to be dividet! into three factions, one in
power and the other two conspiring for its over
lhrow. The ruin brought upon (bo country by
the Black Republicans has united the conserva
tive Democrats and Whigs in a war upon the
government, (Philo the timid slavery policy of
the latter has aroused the ire of the red-mouth
ed Abolitionists, who ra organizing secretly
under Fremont. Tho ball win be opened soon,.
when we may expect lively times in Yankee
dom. The Herald’s Washington correspondence
published elsewhere, has some remarks on the
Fremont faction, which appears to be the most
Infamouß of the batch. It will not be long be
fore we hear ot hanging at tho North,
The Yankee U rusks—a Precious Confes
sion.—A correspondent of tha St. Louis Re
publican, who wrs vlth Curtis or. his march
through Arkarsa? to Helena, says that on the
Arkansas side of the rivsr, outside of Helena,
" there is not a house for ten miles hut what
has been pillaged front cellar to garret by Cur
tis’ Vreope.” Trunks were broken open, bu
reaus opened and sacked, tn every drawer,
cupboard, trunk, chest, sacked and j
ladles dresses, <„r rings, tinge* riDgs, breast
pins, in fact everythin, moveable -possessing
value stolen.” A a lu a ~r „ r r tbat waß
not all. lie adds iu: “on th, „, a t traveled by
the army the same system ot has
carried on, if a- dollar’* wo-th, of moveable
property has b?cn left, it waa because the sol*
dlpr’s knapsack would"hold ho more, or wagons
could not be pres--, dto haul it.” He says he
has heard It said that Curtis has regiments that
could steal either Vicksburg or Richmond in a
week without firing a gun.
Tuts London ’-Times” on President Davis’
Message.—The London Times, in an editorial,
on the message f Jefferson Davjs, Says;
We cannot deny hiun bo o.dlt of being as
modt rate in prosperity as he hss shown him
self bold, detenu leva, acu unyielding in ad
versity. m
The Times then adds :
We read with much pits, a the measured
and statesmanlike languaco iu •> the South
*>r President pay* wc.l earn V. tribute to the
gstiamry and good conduct <. • hi* troops, a
yßortts Ut* desolating war. and expresses couti
dcAiceof tut 4 triumph ot the desperate
struggle Sg-* 1 s.■** .i r r -at on.
Major Ga, vaw w.u, t y ” ordered to
report his pwoh to Major Genera. Butler at
New Orleans, for duty lu the department of the
Gulf.
the S-A-V jlel wieieikiiiiY sa.tuir.id.a.'Y'; September 27, 1862.
State and Confederate Collision.
Wo observe that Judge Thomas W. Thomas,
of the Northern Circuit, bitting .in the Superior
Court of Elbert county, has dtclarcd the "Con
script law” unconstitutional and void, on an
Issue made under a writ of habeas corpus.
XV I here have a direct collision betweeu the
State and Confederate authorities. The officers
of the Confederacy are bound to execute the
Conscript law in Judge Thfftnas’ District, and
the officers of the State are equally bound to
carry out the decision of Judge Thomas —in
other words to resist the law.
It is not our purpose to question the validity
of this decision, or to examine Into the ques
tion of the constitutionality ot the Conscript
Act; we desire simply to bring the fact of col
lision between the State and Confederate au
thorities to the public attention, as one preg
nant with danger to the harmony, if not the in
tegrity, of the nation. -That such a state of
things should arise, is evidence of alarming de
fects in cur system somewhere, and if we in
tend to have a government at all, our statesmen
should 6et about to remedy the threatening
evil. A government that has no rightful power
to enforce its laws, is no government at all,
or next to none. It will soon be despised by
the whole world, and by none more than by
ourselves. ~
We are the last to maintain such a doctrine
as the irresponsibility of Congress and the ab
solute submission of the States to all laws that
may be passed by that body, without reference
to their character; but the dullest intellect
must see that if every .Judge of a State Court
shall be considered as invested with authority
to declare all laws of Congress unconstitution
al and void that may not square with his own
interpretations of the Constitution, the Con
federate government becomes a nullity at once,
and to the extent of its jurisdiction we are in a
state cf anarchy, not law. It is evident that
we cannot hold together under such a system,
for the Union will be at the mercy of any State
that may tbintS proper to question it* mithority
or assail its power.
It will be seen that we are not raising a ques
tion of right. We simply present a most alarm
ing anomaly in our system of government, and
wo do so in order that the statesmen of the
country may apply their hearts and minds to
the subject, and devise some remedy that shall
be acceptable to the States, ere we plunge into
a second revolution before we get rid of the
first. The peril is imminent, and no man can
fail to perceive it.
It is not our province to devise a plan hy
which this threatening difficulty may be recon
ciled, but we have some views which it may
not be amiss to throw out for the public con
templation. In doing’so.we know we shall en
counter a spirit of jealousy that has grown up
and been nurtured in our country, with regard
to what is called Federal encroachments upon
the rights of the States—a feeling which we
have always regarded as unsupported by any
event in our history as a nation, except, per
haps, the solitary one of Abolition warfare upon
our domestic institutions, and that was against
a section, not against ary particular State, and
the remedy was promptly applied. The States
have always beers stronger than the Federal
government which they compose. There is
not in onr history an instance of collision be
tween them in which the State did not triumph
and drive the Confederation from its position.
And it will always be so as long as man retains
his present nature It is natural that he should
love his own household first, his neighbor
next, the people of his State next, &c., &c.
Human affections are warmest at the centre,
and gradually weaken as the circle enlarges.
We shall never see the time wljen the people
are not more devoted to their own State than
they are to the Confederacy of States, or when
they will not take sides with the former, even
in the wrong, when the issue shall be made.
This is the true philosophy of the case, and we
never yet saw the day when we considered the
rights of the States in danger. It. is natural for
man also to sympathize with the weaker party
in a contest, and hence the popular sympathy
throughout the country has always been with
the States in their quarrels with the central
government. Texas absolutely bullied the Fed
eral government out of ten millions of dollars
for New Mexico, over which she had only a
paper jurisdiction, and the representatives of
the States sustained her in the claim. Virgin
ia, the mvitdevctcd of all .the States to the old
Union, and opposed to nullification, opcDly de
clared *Q General Jackson that no Federal sol
dier should ever plant his foot upon her terri
tory In a march to South Carolina.
But we have digressed enough. Our object
has been simply to show that the States are-not
in danger, and that most of our apprehensions
with regard to them are wholly uncalled for.
Resuming our topic, then, we would remark,
that, in our humble judgment, if wo intend to
organize a govqramcnt out of the seceded
States that will stand, we must banish some of
our fears and modify some of our notions about
State sovereignty. They are inconsistent with
a permanent, efficient central government, able
to protect ns at homo and secure respect abroad.
If we cannot make up our minds to this, we
might as well undo our constitution and re
solve ourselves once more, into,free and inde
pendent States, each existing for and of itself,
alone. We must surrender a portion of our
sovereignty for a greater good to ourselves, and
those whose interests and sympathies are in
unison with our own We are frank to state
that we have no fears of any of the States who
have joined us in this revolution—we are wil
ling, Georgia being represented in the council,
to trust them with our destiny and theirs.
In order to prevent collisions, it is evident
that the States must create, of their own free
will, some common arbiter to decide between
one or more of them and the central govern
ment all questions of dispute, binding them
selves in all cases to abide its judgment. We
say in all cases, but- of course we do*not mean
to question the right to resist intolerable op
pression by force, or to deny the right to se
cede, which many of the States, unwisely we
think, reserved to themselves when entering
tho present Confederacy. That reservation, wise
or not., exists, and will ever, afford a prompt
remedy against encroachment.
A Supreme Court is, in our opinion, a proper
umpire in all such cases. It will probably be
composed of the wisest, purest and most learn
ed men of cur country, and we could safely
entrust them with all disputed questions of con
stltutionnl interpretation. Besides keeping to
gether the government Itself, and preventing
collisions between different jurisdictions, it
would forever shut out the most fruitful sources
of popular Controversy and strife. From 1789
down to IS6I, we formed parlies," quarreled aud
kept the. country iu perpetual turmoil ali.-ut
whether this or that measure was constitutional
or not ; the strife agitated the people and every
depart mei.tol the government, and we finally
broke up without deciding a solitary issue that
had been made. We shall have accomplished
much for ourselves and the human race, when
we succeed in suppressing such strife consis
tently with the theory and character of our gov
ernment aud tbe.iibenies of the people.
Jackson Crossing tbe Potomac.— A gen
tleman lrom Winchester, who saw General
Jackson when he crossed tbe Potomac, de
scribes the passage of our victorious hosts into
I Maryland as the grandest sight he ever witness
j '•d. When our army reached the middle of the
i river, which they were wading, the troops
were halted. Gift. Jackson pulled off his hat,
and the tp.eudid bands of music struck up the
• inspiring air of “Maryland, my Maryland!”
Wiiicli >\ *$ rcspOwdtd to and suns: with “the
j 8 i Lit and with the understanding” by all who
| could sing, and the canoe of all Who could then
j and there ang was legion. It sounded in the
! ears of the tyrants on the other side like
j mighty thunder. The tact that our army was
j to pass over the Potomac into Maryland, was,
I ot coutwe, known to mmy of the gallant sons
1 of that long oppress*.! oad down-trodden State,
..mi they *ck there to welcome the Confeder
ate soldiers to the land of Howard, and Pinck
ney and Carroll.
A Factory J. S.E. —If the Yankees s id not
to General Lee in the late baUit* Dear
Washington, tht twere certainly ttonierl.
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
Of tub savannah Republican,
.Propositions for Peace.
Near Fredekicktown, Maryland, 1
September 9th, 1862. j
I have reason to believe that the Federal gov
ernment has solicited a short armistice, which
Gen. Lee has very properly declined to grant,
since no guaranty could be given by a foe so
false and treacherous that it would not be
abused. 1 have rumen to believe also, that an
Intimation lias been given by Mr. Lincoln cov
ering our recognition by the Federal Govern
ment and a proposition to allow the border
States to decide for tuemselves whether they
would elect to go with the North or the South,
and that it has been favorably received by Gtn.
Lee. In other words, I am credibly informed
that a prominent citizen of Maryland, known
to be iriendlyto the Confederate States, arrived
at Gen. Lee’s headquarters from Washington
city, within the last twenty-four hours. This
personage, though not authorized to offer
terms or submit propositions of settlement, has,
nevertheless, suggested, in an informal way,
that if we would renew our offer of peace
(made at an early period last year,) upon the
basis of the recognition of our independence
by the Federal government, coupled with a
proposition to allow the border States to deter
mine for themselves their future relations,
it would be agreeable to the government of the
United States and receive their favorable con
sideration. Gen. Lee, it is believed, though
distrustful ot the faith of the adversary, has
acted upon the intimation thus conveyed to
him, and has, probably, ere this, submitted
propositions of the character just suggested.
Should his offer be accepted, then an armistice
will doubtless be agreed upon and the terms of
settlement at once drawn up. Until the armis
tice shall be granted, hawever, the informal
preliminary negotiations, whether undertaken
in good faith or not, will not be allowed to in
terfere with our military movements.
There can be no impropriety, therefore, in
making such an offer as I have alluded to. We
are the conquering party, and any propositions
that look to an adjustment of existing difficul
ties should proceed from us. Nor can we ob
ject to the suggestion to leave it to the border
States to say whether they will cast their lot
with the North or with the South. This right
each one of the Confederate States exercised
for itself when it severed the bonds that bound
it to the old Union. If they don’t desire to go
with us, we certainly cannot want them. There
can be but little doubt, however, that Mary
land. Kentucky and Missouri will unite their
fortunes with ours by large msjorities of (be
people. The Territories of New Mexico and
Arizona, and the Indian Territory, we already
have. The Ohio river belongs entirely to Vir
ginia and Kentucky, from its mouth to the ex
treme northern point of the Panhandle Dis*
triet of Virginia. This boundary was reserved
by Virginia at the time Kentucky and the North,
western States were carved out of her territory
and ereqted into States. We could not desire a
better boundary on the north than a wide, deep
and navigable river like the Ohio. The bound
ary line between Missouri and Illinois .is the
middle of the Mississippi river.
It may be that thi3 diplomatic movement of
the Federal Government is merely a ruse to
gain time. The precarious position of the
government is such, however, that one may
well be excused for giving it credit for sincerity.
The demoralized condition of its army, the
load of debt under which it is now staggering,
its inability to enforce the act authorizing a
draft, and onr recent successes in Kentucky'
Tennessee and Virginia, leave Mr. Lincoln no
alternative but to grant ns peace upon our own
terms. Baltimore and Washington are within
our power, and one more victory will open to
our advancing hosts the gates of Philadelphia
and New York. * ■
Should it appear, therefore, that I have been
correctly informed, Gen. Lee’ff proposition can
do no harm, even if it be rejected. A refusal
by the Federal government to accept it, would
only farther unite the South and divide the
North, and at the same time strengthen us in
the border States and throughout the world.
The New York Herald, it is sold, has already
come out in favor of peace. It considers the
thing all over so far as the North is concerned.
It is reported that Banks has moved out from
-fcfalo direction vrith n louafUifa
ble force. It is understood that he is at Darncs.
town, a position which was fortified by tho
Federals last year with a view to cover the fbrds
and ferries near the Great Falls of the Potomac.
It is not believed that he me litates an offensive
movement, but merely one of observation and
precaution.
We hear also that the Federal lorce near liar-'
per’s Ferry, estimated at 3,000 men, has been
captured, and with them a large "amount of
stores, and all their horses and artillery. We
fonnd at this place a considerable amount of
medical aud hospital stores, shoes, elotbing,
Ac., which have been appropriated to the use
of the army. Hagerstown, due north from
Harper’s Ferry, and just below the Pennsylva
nia line, is represented to be in our possession.
Gov. Hicks is afraid to call the Legislature of
the State together. The members wer#*lected,
as It were, at the point of the bayonet and no
one was allowed to vote but Unionists ; and yet
the President of the Senate is now a fugitive in
Richmond, .whilst a -majority of the member 8
arc understood to desire a union with the Con
federacy.
I rode into town this alternoon with. General
to see an old friend of his. While pass
ing along one of the streets, a Ipeautiful young
lady beckoned me to the side-walk, and asked
if the officer with whom I was riding- was not
General Jackson. Upon receiving a reply hi
the negative, she wrung her hands and ex
claimed, ‘‘Oh, I shall grow crazy if I don’t see
him.” “He is not much fof good looks,” I re
; plied, “but he lights like a lion.” “I know it,”
she said, “and that is the reason I am dying to
see him. When will the army leave?” -“At
daylight to-morrow morning.” “Oh lordy,”
she said, “what shall Ido ? Won’t you come
iu and take some wine and cake with cousin and
myself?” I excused myself, but told her an an
ecdote about.old Stonewall, as lollows : Dar
ing his march lrom Staunton around to Rich
mond, hi? officers were very anxious to know
where he was going; and, finally, an inquisi
tive Colonel rode up to him and said : “General,
we are all desirous to know what our destina
tion is—can’t you tell us ?” Jackson drew near
him and inquired in a confidential manner,
“Can you keep a secret, sir?” “Oh yes,” an
swered the Colonel. “Well, so can I," the
chieftiau replied, and rode on. The young lady
laughed hearti!y""at the anecdote. I bade her
good evening. Wo saw a great many at the
windows with minature Confederate flags which
they waved at us as we passed.
A citizen has just informed me that Confed
erate money is already worth ninety cents in
the dollar, and that Federal money will not
pass at all, except at a heavy discount.
P. W. A.
Diary of ilie Itlarcl* of the Confederate
Army.
Near Middleton, Mi)., Sept. 10, 1563.
. Orders were issued last night to move at five
o'clock this morning. Jackson’s corps started
first, then Hill’s; and finally Longstreet’s, which
being the right wing of the army, brought up
the rear. The army has marched by the left fl.nk
from'Richmond into Maryland, and hence Jack
son, who commands the left, has headed the
column all the way.
Though the corps of Longstreet was ready to
take up the line of march at five o’clock, it did
not move until nearly nine, having to wait un
til the other corps had passed on. it was un
necessary, therefore, to keep the rear of the
column waiting over three hours; it would
have been better if the order had indicated dif
ferent corps and divisions to start. The rule
heretofore adopted was for the wagons of each
division to follow immediately in the rear of
the division. To-day, unfortunately, th. rule
was changed and the wagons were ordered to
keep a.ong side of the division. Our march
lay along the great Cumberland turnpike in the
direction of Hagerstown, and it w a , supposed,
1 J presume, that the road was wide enough*
admit the column and the wagons io proceed
abreast. This n” n mVake,' however; and
consequently onr anvai e was slow and tedious
The dust was ititol snl>le, exceeding anything I
have ever seen or imagined. Tee turnpike
proper, or midrib' of tte highway, was com
paratively free f<o,m this annoyance; bnt the
dirt-way on eithi r side over which the wagons,
artillery, cavalry -nd beef cattle proceeded, sent
up a suffocating ch uJ of gray and yellow dust
that enveloped the whole army. It has been
very warm today, beside*, and this rendered
the march still more tiring to the men. But
they were prepared for it by the two days of
rest they have just led along the banks of the
beautiful Monocncv.
While passing through Frederick, we were
welcomed with many demonstrations of sym
pathy by the citizens, the women and children
taking the lead. It was not an uncommon thing
to pass a house with only one window open,
and on looking in to see one or more iadies
sitting in the back part of the room waving
miniature flags. The people in this part of the
State have felt the heel of the oppressor, and
hence tv. n in the presence of a Confederate
army they find it necessary to be as cautious as
possible. They say if they only knew we would
not abandon the State, they would throw off
every disguise and array themselves on our side
at ouce, with arms in their hands. We en
countered a good many Unionists both in the
town and country. They conducted themselves
with propriety, and were in no wise molested
by onr soldiery either in person or property.
This was in accordance with Gen. Lee’s order,
a copy of which you will find enclosed herewith.
Not a pound of hay nor a piece of wood has
been consumed without the owner’s consent
and full compensation. In this the people have
been agreeably surprised ; they had heard so
much through Federal sources of the lawless
ness of onr troops, that they were preyed to
witness scenes of violence and spoliation wher
ever the army marked.
It is now 10 o’clock at night, and we are en
camped two miles west of the village of Mid
dleton. The men are slaughtering beef by
moonlight, and cooking rations for the march,
that is, such of them as had not already pre
pared their rations. The order before leaving
the Monocacy, was to cook three days’ rations
—just sufficient, as the men supposed, to last
them to Baltimore, forty miles distant, and the
Mecca to which all eyes have been turned since
we crossed the Potomac. But the road we have
taken, does not lead to Baltimore, but directly
from it,' What does it mean ? Is Harrisburg
our destination, or Pittsburg, or Cincinnati ?
But the weary men have rolled themselves up
in their blankets, aud in their dreams are pay
ing pleasant visits to their distant homes : and
I must follow their example.
Hagerstown, Md., Sept. llth.
The old order of march was resumed this
morning, the wagqn trains following the divi
sions to which they belong, find hence the march
has not been so slow and tedious as it was yes
terday. It has been cloudy and misly, too, and
consequently, i’ae dust und* beat have been less
oppressive. We kept on the Cumberland turn
pike until we had passed Boonsboro a short dis
tance, where Jackson and. Hill and others took
the road to Williamsport, and Longstrcet con
tinued along the pike in this direction. One
brigade only (Colonel Benning’s, late General
Toombs’,) entered Hagerstown to act as a
guard, the remainder of Lonestreet’s corps
having stopped three miles short of the tofvn.
Our march, yesterday and today, lay across
the valleys of the Monocacy and the CatoctOn,
up the beautiful Arrietan creek, and over the
continuing lines of the Blue Ridge. I hav e
never seen a more .fruitful and lovely region’
or more picturesque and bewitching scenery.
The deep blue jeountains running in parallel
lines, the quiet valleys, the clear rocky streams,
the white farm houses and immense barns,
wheat stacks and hay ricks, the great cattle
grazing on the hillsides, the long dusty column
of the Confederate army, threading their way
across the valleys and through the gaps in the
mountains, and the clusters of simple country
people, who have’gathered along the road side,
or in front of their houses, to witness the pass
ing spectacle —these constitute a scene of min
gled lovlintss and grandeur—a scene in which
the quiet beauty Qf nature and the stern array
of war are brought into singular juxtaposition.
The hnt of McClellan anij Pope have melted
away before onr victorious legions; but the sky
looks serene, the hills 6tand as firm, and rivu
lets laugh as sweetly, alter we have passed as
before; for they are the work of the Almighty,
and endure forever. Looking back from the
crest of the mountains, over ail this scene ol
beauty and glory and grandeur, one can but
feel how puny and insignificant is man, and all
his works, in the presence of the Jjord of lords
and King of kings.
Many of the peopld of Hagerstown and the
adjacent country have fled across the Pennsyl
vania line, five miles distant, taking with them
such effects as they could carry. The fugitives
are persons who had taken an active part in
oppressing and hunting down the Secession
ists in this part of.the State, and being con
demned by their awn consciences, they con
cluded their only safety lay in immediate flight.
No pursuit wits attempted, and no punishment
was meditated sgainst them; we have come,
not to punish, but to deliver the people "of
Maryland. Many ol tliose who tied are known
here as Dunkards —a class of persecuting re
ligionists, who wear very long hair and beard.
•‘ The wicked flee when no man pursueth.”
Those who remained, and who constitute a
majority of the town and county, have given
us a very cordial reception. They have thrown
open their houses to os, and exerted them
selves to render us a3 comfortable as possible.
Several Confederate flags' were displayed, and
the ladie3 met us at every corner with smiles,
boqnets and waving handkerchiefs. The boys
hurrahed for Jeff. Davis as lustily as they do in
Richmond, and one can almost imagine he is
in the far South. Intelligent citizens tell me
there is not a county, even along the Pennsyl
vania that would not, if left to a free
choice, cast its lot with the South.
I have just seen late numbers of the New
Herald, Harrisburg Patriot and Union,
(a Democratic paper, whose editors were ar
rested tome weeks ago, and subsequently re
leased,') and the Rcchesur Advertiser. It
would seem that the report of the departure’©;-
Mr.'Lincoln, and his cabinet from Wlasbington
grew out of his absence and that of Mr
Seward; both of whom are now at their posts-
I hear nothing farther of the resignation of
Pope or of the arrest of McDowell, and am dis
posed to discredit both rumors. Popfe claimed
a decided victory on F ida'y, tbe 29; b of r rgust,
though at the cost of 8,000 men, but on the
second or following day it is admitted that the
Fedtrals fell back, after being eonsideiably
worsted. They estimate ibe ; r wlfble loss in
tbe two days’ fight at 15,000. Tney also admit
that their left wing, composed in j’art by Por
ter’s and Heinfzelman’s regulars and picked
troops, and opposed by Longstreet's corps,
gave way first, boing badly cut np. It was
here that CoS. Fletcher Webster, the last sur
viving child of Daniel Webster, fell mortally
wcuuded. He said that but lor the fresh divis.
ion brought up by Toombs, tbe Federals would
have carried the day. fie fell into quite an
error; lor Toombs did not bring up a division.
He had been absent, as I have already explained,
under orders, and reached the field a few min
utes after 4 o’clock, and when the battle was
raging. He dashed along our lines on the
right in. search of his brigade, and was vocifer
ously cheered by the Georgians and Caroli
nians, who knew him, as he passed. Finding
his brigade at last, and placißg himself at the
head of it amidst the shouts of his men, he and
Wright (who was just preparing for a charge
also) moved forward rapidly and irvconcert, and
threw their brigades with great violence agains
the hitherto immovable lines of the enemy.
It was this brilliant charge that first broke the
lines of the enemy, and led CoL Webster to
think it was made by a fresh division under
Gen. Toombs.
CoL Webster, now dead, was the oldest son ;
of Daniel Webster. His youngest son was in
the army in Mexico, and died it service there. ;
HU diughter, Mrs. Appleton, died some years j
ago—so that in i!i rc is none left of the
of the great orator. m
The bodies ot Gcu. Stevens and Col. Fletcher’
Webster were embalmed in Washington, and
sent to Boßton, their native city, for interment.
Gen. Stevens did Dot fall into our bands, but
Gen. Kearney and Col. Webster did. The
bodies of the latter were sent forward under a
flag of truce. The Federate were not aware of
Kearney’s death until we sent in his body;
they supposed he had been captured—not
killed.
As yovrhave already been informed, McClel
lan has been appointed by the President com
mander-in-cliief of all the forces for the defense
of Washington. The papers before me say his
appointment was opposed by all the Cabinet
except Mr. Blair, (Mr. Seward being absent).
The new levies continue to arrive in Washing
ton daily. The draft to make up the deficit of
volunteers has been postponed from the Ist to
the 15th ir.st., and not abandoned. The Roch
ester Advertiser says that the draft ba3 been
changed, and is intended to raise sufficient vol
unteers—say 200,000—t0 fill up the old war reg
iments. This is a special draft, and in addition
thereto another draft for 800,000 militia to
for nine months, has been ordered.
Archbishop Hushes has delivered a great war
sermon in New York. The Legislature oi Ken
tucky has adjourned from Frankfort to Louis
ville, and carried with them the archives of the
State. There is great uneasiness itf the West,
aud indeed throughout the United States.
Stocks are tumblisg down, and exchange and
gold going up. The Democrats are organizing
for the Fall elections,and taking the ground that
the Abolitionists are primarily responsible for
the war. Gen. T. W. Sherman, known as Port
R yal Sherman, has been sent to New Orleans,
to supersede Gen. Phelps. General
whose meteor-like career in North Alabama
last spring attracted the attention of the coun
try, has been ordered to Hilton Heffi to super
sede Gen. Hunter. Hiram Bank 0 , a brother of
Gen. Banks, was killed with Gens. Kearney and
Stevens Monday evening, the 3Lst of August,
in the battle of Chantilly (in front ot Fairfax.)
Chantilly is the name of the country seat of the
Stuarts, and it was on this estate that Jackson
and Lawton engaged the enemy on his retreat
from Manassas. The Herald of the 4th con
tains four closely printed columns ot the names
of the Federal killed and wounded during the
late battles, in addition to as many columns
published a few days before. The Rev. Dr.
Belbune, of New York, is dead^
We are standing on the borders of Pennsyl
vania. Shall we enter the State ? An immense
majority cf our people and the army would
answer, yes. But would it be wise ? Would it
not be better to relieve Maryland,.now we are
here, than to leave her behind and go into the
enemy’s country ? Is it for revenge that we
should march into Pennsylvania ? A nation
may make war, or continue it when once in, to
resent an insult, but nevSr for mare revenge.
P. W. A.
Hagerstown, Md , Sept. 12th, ISO3.
The army did not move to-day as wa'b expect
ed. Jackson and Hill ittmed off yesterday this
side of Boonsboro’, and took tho road in the
direction of Williamsport;-’since which I have
not heard what their movements have been.
Possibly there is a remnant of Pope’s army
down on the river, that may have retreated
across llie mountains Irom Manassas; and if
so, that will account for Jackson’s detour to
wards the Potomac. An accasional report
artillery firing has been heard to-day in the
direction of Williamsport and the fords on the
river.
There is a strong Southern feeling in this
town and vicinity. This may appear the more
striking iu consequence of the flight of many
of the Unionists. A company of recruits ar
rived this evening from Frederick, and others
are coming in singly and in squads'from the
surrounding country. A recruiting office has
been opened here, and a sufficient number have
been enrolled- to make up a company. Stuart
is receiving many additions to his cavalry regi
ments. It would be better if the recruits would
organize themselves into distinct Maryland
regiments, elect their own officers, and come
into the army as the troops from other States
have done. Our cavalry force is already large
enough, unless it were more useful. Last Fall
the Federal cavalry numbered more than 50,000
men, aud y<?t they have not been worth as much
as the saddles on which they ride. Ours have
done better, but their performances have fallen
far below the expectations of the public. Mor
gan and Forrest in the West, and Stuart and
Ashley in the East., and a few other isolated
commands, have contributed largely to our suc
cess ; but with these exceptions, the horses
employed in this branch of the service would
ha\p been more usefully engaged, if they had
been left at home in tfie plough.
Northern journals are much puzzled by our
atrateg They affect to believe that, in cross
ing the Potomac into Maryland, we have done
the very thing they most desired. They will
be sure to bag us thi@ time, and thus bring the
war to a speedy close. If Gen. McClellan does
not destroy tho rebels now and smite them hip
and thigh like Gideon of old, the newspaper
generals will he very much astonished. They
say also, which is probably true, that our move
ment into Maryland and towards the Ohio, wifi
stimulate the volunteering business at the
North, and impart fresh vigor tathe counsels
of the government. In spife of all this “sound
and fury,” however, there are unmistakable
symptoms of alarm. Neiihqr the press nor the
government eln conceal their uneasiness.
Washington is in a panic, and so is II irrieburg,
and so indeed-is. the whole" North.
The New York Times-of the sth contains an
elaborate - article on the situation of affairs,
which I eent you yesterday. The writer claims
that the North has more troops, better arms and
clothing, and a better cause than we have ; and
jet he admits that we have beatep them again
and again. He says.it will not do to laugh at
the “barefooted butter nuts,” so 1 mg as they
whip the Union troops in battle—that the test
of armies is victory—and that victory is on the
6ide of the Confederates. He ascribes our suc
cess, not to our arms, or numbers, or superior
fighting qualities, but to tbe greater activity of
our government and the superior skill and
genius of our milßasy leaders. , .
The Times, of the Bth, Contains another arti
cle,. In which the editor makes a direct bid lor a
cell in Fort Lafayette. He considers the Union
cause as almost hopeless, unless greater ability
and a more zealous patriotism arc brought into
tba service of the government, both in the
Cabinet and on the field. He says we live-in
revolutionary times, and intimates very plainly
that it may become Decessary to'employ other
agencies of greater power, ability and zeal, than
the regular government, if something be not
speedily done.
The Herald, which his not come-out in favor
of peac*, rs was-reported some days ago, calls
the Times to account, and denounces Rs plain
speckirg as treasonable. It declares that tbe
Committee on the prosecution of the war, in
New York, and other Jacobins in Congress and
elsewhere, have and ctated the articles which
have appeared in the Times and other news
papers. There is evidently a strong undercur
rent setting in against the President, if not
against the government, provided the Herald is
to be treated as a credible witness. The Demo
cratic party is organizing for the Fall elections,
and the ultra Republicans and Abolitionists are
damning the administration with faißt prai-e,
and threatening to unite with its enemies for its
overthrow. The Times avows its belief that
the government itse.H is in greater danger than
the Union, beleaguered as it is.
The Northern press concur in considering tbe
renewal oi the Italian imbroglio as a fortunate
thing far the Federals,'since it will, probably,
prevent any intervention in American sfliirs by
FraSee and England. According to the last ac
counts received from Italy, the troops of V ic
tbr Emanuel had had a sharp conflict with Gari
baldi’s followers, in which the former were suc
cessful. Garibaldi was captufed and sent on a
national ship to Spvzzla.
Gen. Pope has been sent to the Northwest,
beyond the Mississippi, and placed in command
of the departmen embracing Missouri, -Kan
sas, lowa, Ac. McDowell has been glinted a
l<of abs< i ‘or fifteen days, eo say the
liorulii and o.hei Federal papers.
September 13th.
The army has not moved yet. Heavy firing
was heard in the direction of the Potomac this
morning. We are at a loss to understand what
it means ; we only know that Jackson is there,
and that he is a wall cf safety wherever he goes.
The Fedcrals are not more ptizzled by. Gen.
Lee’s movements than our own people. Hagers
town is not the way to Baltimore from Freder
ick ; nor is it on the direct route to Harrisburg,
the capital of Pennsylvania. It does lie,however,
on the great Cumberland tur.ipike leading from
Baltimore to Cumberland, and in tbe direction
of Pittsburg, Columbus aud Cincinnati. It was
tbe bill to construct this turnpike by the Fed
eral Government that led to the division of
parties into these who favored internal improve,
ments by the Government and those who op
posed them. From this place to the Pennsyl
vania line the distance is about five miles, and
to Harrisburg it is abo'it fifty-five miles. Thu ß
yon see we are within three day’s march of the
capitol of the Keystone State. We have already
cut the B.illimare and Ohio Railroad, aud our
advance to Harrisburg would enable U3 to des
troy the Pennsylvania Central, one of the three
great railway lines between the Atlantic and the
West. The Baltimore and Ohio and tiig New
York & Eric roads are tbe other two.
A majority of the Northern papers express the
opinion that Gen. Lee has only come into Mary
land to procure a supply of food and clothing
for his ragged, barefooted and famished army.
Others think he is bound for Baltimore ; others
again for Harrisburg ; whilst the N. Y. Times
would not be surprised if he were to form a
junction at Cincinnati or Pittsburg with Bragg
and Kirby Smith, take possession of the shops
and foundries at Pittsburg, build gunboats and
cast cannon, and by occupying the line from
Wheeling up to the Lakes above, separate the
West from the North- and East, and seek to
make terms with the West.' All of the cities
indicated—Baltimore, Harrisburg and Pitts
burg—aro within easy reach of us. To which
point will Gen. Lee direct his steps? Ido not
know ; yet I have great confidence in his skill
and judgment.
The army has encountered much difficulty
sincb it came into Maryland on account of our
currency. At first our friends in Frederick took
it freely at a small discount, but in this part of
the State, where we must procure oqy supnlie-,
it is with great trouble we can pass it at all If
it were known that the army would remain in
Maryland, the people would receive it freely—
at least, they say so. Virginia bank bills pass
as currently as the Federal ‘ green backs.” The
bills of other solvent Southern Banks pass at a
trifling discount. Wljat a pity Mr. Memminger
did not think to procure a supply of this kind
of money before the army crossed the Poto
mac ! P. W. A.
[From the Richmond Enquirer. J ,
The Gre.it Fight at Sharpslmrg.
A UTJIENJIC PARTICULARS.
A Decisive but Dearly nought Victory.
We have received authentic particulars cf the san
guinary tattle .at Sbarpsburg, alluded ‘to elsewhere,
and concerning which bo many ptfinful rumors were
afloat on yesterday. Wo have the graldlc tion of ba,
i.ig ablo to announce tbit the batt'e resulted in one of
the most complete victories that has yet immortalized
the Confederate arms. The ball was opened on Tues
day evening about six o’clock, all of our available
fores, abcut sixty thousand strong, commanded by
Gen. Robert It. Lee in person, and the enemy about
one hundrt and and fllty tbouaard strong, commanded
by Gen. McOletlaa in person, being engaged. The
pos.tioa of our army was upon a range of hills, form
ing a semi-circle, with the co. cave towards 'he enemj;
the latter occupying a less commanding position oppo
site, their extreme right resting up n a height o >m
manding our exireme left. The arrangement of our
lino was as tollows: Gen. Jackson on the extreme
left, Gen. Lorgstrect in .the centre, and General A. P.
Hill on the extreme right.
The fight on Tuesday evening was kept up until 9
o’Olock-at night, when it subsided into spasmodic
skirmishes along the line. Wednesday morning it was
renewed by Gen. .Jackson, and gaduaily became gen
eral. Both armies maintained their respective posi
tions, and fought desperately throughout the entire
day. During this batt'e liharpstmrg was fired by the
enemy’s shell, and at one time, tho enemy obtained a
position which enabled themto pour a flanking fire
upon a portion of our left wing, causing it to waver.
At this moment, Gen. Etarke, of Miss., who inid com
mand of Jackson’s Division, galloped to the front of
bis Brigade, and seizing the standard rallied thfm for
wa and No sooner did the gal’ant General thus throw
himself in the van, tnan four bullets pierced his body,
and he fell dead amidst his men. The effect, instead
ol dtaconrag'ng, fired them with determination and re
vel g-, and they dashed forward, drove the enemy
back sill kept them from lhe position during tho rest
of lhe day.
It being evident that the "Young Napoleon," find
ing he could not force hts way tirough Hie invincible
ranks of oar army lu tffht direction, hart determined
upon a lijuk movement towa ds Harper’s Ferry, and
thus obtain a position in our rear. General LeeJ with
ready foresight, anticipated tho movement by drawing
the main body of ids army back on tlio southstde of
the Potcmae, at Bbephcrdst mn, Virginia, whence he
will, of course, project lhe necessiry combinations for
again defeats g his adversary.
The enemy’s artil ery was sorved with diastrous
eff ct upon ofir gullint troops; but they replied from
musket, howitzer and cannon wish a rapidity and will
the cairicd havoc amidst the opposing ranks. The ■
battie was one cf the most severe that has been fought
sines the opening of the .war. Many of our brave men
fell At dark the firing ceated, and in the morning
(Thursday) our army was ready to re-commence the
engagement, the ehemy having been forced back the
evening b. fore, and the advantage of the battle being
still on our side.
Firing was consequently opened upon the nosy po
rtion supposed to be ho and by the enemy, but no reply
was obtained, and it was then discovered that he bad
disappeared e lircly from the field, leaviqg many of
his dead and wounded in our hands, and about threo
hundred prisoners. Tho report current on yeste day
that a truce occurred on Thursday for the burial of the
doad, was nnfuunkd. Toe pmonemstaied that their
force was more than a hundred thousand streng, and
that McClellan commanded tbe srmt in person.
Our loes'is estimated atS.DOOin hilled, wounded and
missing Tba prisoners state thst their ranks were
greatly decimated, and that the Blavfgbtcr was terrible,
lrom which we may infer that the enemy’s foBS Was
fullyfea great, if not greater, than, our own.
Tho'fjllowing is a list of command ng officers killed
and w landed In the engagement:
General Bt*rk, ol Mi s., commanding Jackson’s di
vision, killed.
Brigadier Genera! Branch, of North Carolina, killed.
Brigadier-General it. U. AndersoriJ wounded in hip,
not dangerously.
Brigadier General Wright, of Ga , flesh wounds in
breast and leg.
Brigadier General Lawtcn, in leg.
Brigadier Oeneral Armstead, In ihe foot
Brigadier General Bipley; lu neck, not dangerously.
Brigadier General Ransom, of N. C., slightly.
Col Alfred Cummftigs, in command of Wilcox’s
Brigade, slightly.
“ftlcClellan’s Great Victory—Now Vor
ward to Richmond.”
. The New York Herald says “McClellan’s im.
portant victory ol Sunday over the great libera
ting army ol General Lee, in Maryland, marks
a turn of thp tide of war, which, If vigorously
followed trp, will bring this rebellion substan
tially to an end within thenext sixty days.” It
add%;
It appears that Gen. Leo in falling back from Fred
erick, had chosen a most admirable dec-naive position
on the cre-t and in one or two passes of the South
Mountain, a .spur In tbe continuation of the Rlqe
Ridge northward from Harper’s Ferry: This strong
position was si- rmed and carried by our gailant sol
diers after a severe engagement, tho results being ihe
complete disioJgemeut of ibe enemy along the whole
line and his precipitate re real during the n-gbt. No
Held fight during ihis war has occurred with such com
manding advantages of p eition as ihis on the side of
the defeated army. We thick it apparent, too, that
Gonnral Lc-c had concentrated the" bulk of his forces in
or near this position, not simply to arrest the advance
of Gea. McQielKn, but to surprise him with a crushing
repulse. Alter, this defeat of the rebel General, there
fore, a vigorous pursiit-ol his scattered and demoral-
ized army is ail that is needed to finish it.
The despatches of Gen. McC el.an show that be fully
realizes his opportun ty, ihat ho is vigorou-ly.foliowing
us the enemy, and ilmi in n'l prof ability dh > remnant!
of Lee's Maryland liberating ermy will be gathered up
on tne banks of the Potomac or in be bhenacdoab
valley. But what of that division of his army left b;
Gen. Lee on the Virginia ‘ids of tbe Potomac, scatter
ed along from Lees urg io Cei trevil'e and Alanas-aal-
We conclude, from the various estimate! reported—
ranging from seventy-five to one hundred and fifty
thousand men —that ben. Lee's artny c luran in Mary
land was at’east one hundred tho sand stro- g. .Bet
his army which .ollowed Gen. Pope toOenlreviiio-was
estimated at not leis than two linn ired thousand m. ®.
B rike eff oLe-'ourtb, and there s-11 lcmaios betwe- n
Manassas and Leesburg a rebel ediamu ol City thou
sand men to bs looked after.
Here then is an important bit of inviting work far
Gan. Baileek. We presume that hts reserves retained
around Washington amount to at least 75 000 men.
This whole force he may now put iu the field after this
r-bel army column lemainiog around Leesburg nd
fdanass s Let mis oa done, and let Qtjvercor Curtin’s
army cf eturdv militia, low cn tha Pennsylvania bor
der be ca ica to stand around Washington for thirty
dav’t. aud wit in thii limitation, while Gen McHellaa
is [Aii.’.nz after the main army of Lee up the fch .naa
. join Valley, this column pf our reserves troth Wash
mat n, bv way of Goroonsviile, may wajk into Rich
mond. If Gen Halleck's c unbinaU mstmcrace some
such movement, lei it be at once j.ut into practice, for
the country has now the right to demand that no part
of tee’s a my. from either etde of the Po’.oxad, shall
ever go back to Richmond.
Keiogeeswho arrived in Washington yes'erday from
Richmond aud Fredericksburg state that there are no
rebel soldiers ia the capital, except the Home Guard
and some convalescents; that there are very few
t-oops at Fredericksburg, none at ail at Aquia Creek,
and only three regiment, on tbe James river. If this
be true, now u> the availab.e moment to capture Rich
mond, and crown the victories our armies are winning
in Maryland. *
A Yankee paper repor-o uat "‘the reb 1 pr
vatetr Burater,'now afrO,’ ha.-, r ctived a eavy
armament at sea, and is prepared to ma.eaa
tasaalt upon Northern comm tree.”
TELEG-RAFHIO
NASHVILLE AGAIN EVACUATED!
TUOtiiiiE AT LOUISVILLE,
CnATTANOo&A, Eept. 19.—The Yankees have again
evacuated Nashville, this time going down the Cum
berland river.
The occupation of Clarksville and Dosielson was for
the purpose of securing this route of retreat.
The tone and appearance of the Louisville papers
indicate tho apprehension of the speedy occupation of
that city by the Confederates.
A train on the Nashville road started for Tullahoma,
eighty miles from here, to-day.
Latest fiom the Cumberland Gap
PROSPECT OF OVERTAKING THE ENEMY
[3pec-ial despatch to the Savannah Republican.]
Knoxville, Sept. 29—A courier from Cumberland
Gap reports that Morgan’s Ya kee troops obtained
bn, three hours’ start of iur forces when they evacu
ated the Gap The pursuit is fed by General Steven
son, and there Is every prospect of capturing a large
portion of, if not tho entire, Yankee army. Three
hundred had already been taken.
Largo number, of persons, formerly attached to the
Tennessee Tory regiments, are dispersed through the
mountains.
A private de j atch confirms the glorious news from
Maryland.
Terrific Fight at Sbarpsburg. Md.
HEAVY DOSS ON BOTH SIDES.
Several Confederate Gens. Killed
GEH'L LAWTON AND RIPLEY AMONG THE
WOUNDED.
Richmond, Sept. 21.—The Enquirer has a do'patch
from War; enton, dated 20th, announcing a terrific
fight at Sharpsburg on Wednesday, with the advan
tage on our side There was great loss on both sides.
G:ns. C. Starke, Manning and Branch were killed.
Gens. D. E. Jones, B. E. .Tones, Eipley and Lawton
wero woundeJ.
The who’e streng hof both armie3 were engaged in
iho fight.
Eeport says the fight was renewed on Thursday and
tho onemy routed and driven nine miles.
Latest from the North.
TIIE YANKEES CLAIM VICTORIES AT
SHARPSBURG AND. AT MUNFORDS
VILLE, KY.—CONFEDERATE VESSELS
AT BERMUDA—EXPLOSION OF A YAN
KEE ARSENAL-GOLD IN NEW YORK.
Richmond Sept 21.—The New York Herald of the
18th, received here to-day, claims a victory at Sharps
burg Its desjia ches are contradictory, hut concur in
stating that the Confederates were defeated.
Letters from Louisville claim n victory at Munfords
ville, Kv.. over the forces of Duncan and Scott.
The Herald’s Bermuda correspondent says five
steamers are now lying in the port oi St. George,
awaiting an opportunity to run the blockade.
The U. 8. Arsenal at Pittsburg, Pa, blew up on
Wednesday ;sevenly-Gv.' or eighty boys and giris were
killed by the explosion.
In New York, on Wednesday, gold opened at 116%
and advanced to 111%.
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY
A Great Battle Brewing.
(liATTANOOGi, Sept. 21 —The Nashvillo Unioa
(Yankee) of tho 16.hsays: "If the Rebels in Ken
tucky have any disposition to fight and wont shun an
engagement, there will be a great battle within three
days.” The Union does not fear the result, as the best
divisions and Generals in the Federal service are there.
Tho Louisville Journal of the 12th rays; "The Bet
els have no present intention to attack Cineinnaii, but
lour heavy columns, including Bragg’s, are advancing
toward Louisville Notwithstanding Ibis, thousands
of Federals aro being sent from Louisville to Cincin
nati. - '
Furilier of the Battle at Sharpslmrg.
Richmond, Bopt. 22.—The accounts of tho battle at
Sharpsburg aro meagre and somewhat contradictory,
but agree in representing it to have been the most
bloodynnd desperately centosted engagement of the
war.
Tho Confederate army, though opposed by largely
superior numbers, have again illustrated its valor and
invincibility, by successfully repelling tho repeated
onsats ol the enemy.
Officers have arrived here who state that thsy went
over tho battle field on Thursday. They as.ert that
the advaniago remained bn our side, tho enemy hav
ing fallen back,
The city papers this morning report, on the author
ity of passengers who arrived last night, that Gen. Lee
reerossod the Potomac on Friday at Shopardstown.
IMPORTANT FROM THE WEST.
SEVERE BATTLE AT IUKA.
GEN. LITTLE KILLED.
Momi.li, Sept. 22.—The following despatch, dated
luka, 20th, has been received:
The right wing of the enemy under General Rosen
cranz, eight thousand strong, were found advancing
about four o’clock yesterday afternoon on the Jacinto
road, driving in our pickets. Gen. Price Immediately
ordered General Hebert to move with his own and
Martin’s brigade! against them, and went himself upon
the field, accompanied by General Little.
Tboy met the eoemy advancing in line of battle,
about a mile south of the town. Our line was imme
diately formed and th j battle opened.
Discovering Ih it the enemy were in force, Genera
Price sent back for the other brigades of Little’s divi
sion. They came forward at the doable quick, but did
not reach the field until alter the enemy had been
'driven back from eyery position mare than six hundred
yards, and with a loss of over fifty prisoners and nine
pieces of artillery. Darkness prevented farther pur
suit, and Little’s division bivouacked on the field.
Our lobs in killed, wounded and missing will reach
two hundred and fifty. General Little was killed,
and Colonels Whitfield, Gilmore and Mabry wounded.
The enemy having" received heavy reinforcements
during the night, General Price determined to carry
out the orders of thj morning previous, and our army
left luka between seven and eight o’clock iu the morn
ing, bringing off all the captured stores
An attack, which the enemy mado on our rear guard,
was repu’sed with severe loss to them, whilst our loss
was only one pan.
The'third Louisiana, Whitfield’s Legion and Third
Texas Cavalry behaved with distinguished gallantry,
and were the greatest sufferers *n tho fight of Friday.
Their Colonels were all wounded.
Important from Kentucky and
Maryland.
SIX INDIANA REGIMENTS SURRENDER
IN KENTUCKY.
IUcCLJELL/ r." CLAIAIS A VICTOUY
ON WEDNESDAY,
Jackson t,* ats 10,6(10 Yankees in
-a’yland.
Bicujiokd, fci j . -Ihe New York Herald of the
20th contSir.B dt-,..n..ts from Lonisvilie, announcing
the i urrindtr of six Indiana regiments, of five thou
sand nun, at Alumfordeville, in Hart county, Ken
tucky.
O fficial despatches from McClellan, dated on Friday,
claim a victory in Wednesday’s fight at Bhsrpsburg;
though it is evident bat his army had fallen back, lie
stales that the Rebel army had recroesed the Potomac
into Virginia, and that he had sent a column under
General Allred Pleasanton in pursuit.
An official despatch, received here this morning!
arm ounces that Jackson had re crossed into Maryland,
and that a battle t,ok place on Saturday, on the Po
tomac, n ghepardstown, between his farces and a
column of ihe enemy ten thousand strong. It resulted
m a root of the enemy with heavy loss. Quite a num
ber of arms were captured. Our loss was slight.
Later from CumDerland Gap.
HIOBGAN PROBABLY OVERTAKEN,
[Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.]
Kboxvilue, Sept. 22.— A courier, just arrived in this
city, brings intelligence from Cumberland Gap that
Gao. Stevenson was preasing close on Morgan’s rear.
Heavy firing was beard this morning In the direction
of Manchut r, from which it ia believed that he has
overtaken and engaged the enemy.