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From the St. Johns. letter from Lake
■City, dated Sept. 24, says: “All quiet,on the
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river and in Nassau sound.”
It is reported that Commodore Wilkes will
be assigned to anew and important command
in West Indiun water?, with a flying squadron
of a dozen vessels, intended to watch and seize
the 9hips sent out with arms or goods for the
Confederacy.
The New Conscription.— The Senate bill,
which has passed both Houses of Congress )
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tween the ages of thirty-five and forty-five.
Death op Major Tracy.— We regret to see
from the letter of our correspondent “Barr,”
that Maj. Philip Tracy, of Macon, died of the
wounds received in the late battle near Sharps
burg, Md. The event is confirmed by a letter
from Our special correspondent.
Captured Ordnance. —At the government
warehouse, on West Broad street, are two
pieces of ordnance, one an 18 pound smooth
bore gun, the other an 8 inch shell gun. They
were captured at the battle of Seven Pines, and
having been dismantled, the Tredagar Iron
Works furnished them anew with carriages, fcc.
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Balance on our Side. —We uuderstaud, says
tho Richmond Dispatch, that the Confederacy
is in excess of the Lincoln government in the
matter of prisoners of war 40,000 men. If they
don’t make better time than they have been
doing lately, they will hardly catch up, unless
they bag the whole of Lee s army by a “strat
egic movement" or “change of base ”
Tub Chekouees turning against us —The
Memphis Appeal of the “oth says : —“A private
note to the editors from Little Rick, dated the
23 and ult., says : “Johu Ross, and two-thirds of
the Cherokees have joined the Federal* and are
making war upon us. Wo will soon dispose of
them, and the four thousand Federate who are
with them.”
A Good Rule.—The Knoxville Register pro
fesses to have good authority for saying that
the government in future, will not allow pris
oners taken in arms against our government
and paroled, to return to their homes within
our lines. If they claim to be citizens of the
United States, they must either remain in con
finement until they arc exchanged, or it paroled,
must at once quit our territory.
Three huudred recaptured paroled prisoners
were expected in Richmond Wednesday night
by a special train, to be dealt with according to
tho rules of war in relation to the violation of
parole. We hope every man of them will be
made to pay the bitter penalty. If the officers
who took such mendnto their ranks should be
taken, justice demands that they be similarly
dealt with.
McClellan Making for Washington, and
I,er in Pursuit.—A message was-sent to Con
gross by President Davis Tuesday, which stated
that Jackson had encountered Burnside near
orst SUepnrdstown,.and utterly routed him,
capturing a largo, number of arms and much
ammunition. General Jackson then crossed
the Potomac, formiug a junction with General
L°c’s forces, and at last accounts McClellan
was in full retreat towards and
our army In hot pursuit. This speaks rather
poorly for McClellan’s claim of a great victory
oyer Lee ou Wednesday, 17th inst.
Wo copy the above from the Charleston
Courier, but after a careful examination of the
proceedings of the two houses on Tuesday, we
are unable to discover any allusion to a mes
sage from tho President. Perhaps it was re
ceived in secret session.
Death of Capt. Battev.—lt is with sincere
sorrow that we chronicle tho death of Captain
Wm. H. Baltey, of the Jcfforsoa County Battey
Volunteers, Wright’s Legion. Despatches re
ceived from Richmond anuounee that he f ill in
the recent battle near Sharpshurg, Md. He
commanded the Legion in one of the late bat
tles before Richmond, and distinguished hlm
eeM for gallantry and good judgment.
Bapt. Battey was ottr friend and classmate in
early life. We knew him well, and can tender
a heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved widow and
children. We begin to awake to the magnitude
of war’* calamities iuconiempteiiiigiha bloody
remain? of such men as ho. Heaven, in in
mercy, bring the horrible strife to an end !
The Battle or Sbari’siu uo.—Wo h -p e m
be able, in a very days,.to lay before our read
ers, from the pen of our own comspoude
a full report of this sanguinary engagement,
Iu the meantime, as the maxim audi aUeram
partem is a good one, we cony a detailed ac
count from the New York Herald. It will
amply repay the trouble of a perusal, being
not only well written generally, but about as
lair an account as we can hope to get from the
enemy. Taking hte statements as true, the
very best that can be inferred for the Federal
side ia, that it was a drawn battle. It claims to
have driven back our left by two herculean ef
forts alter bringing up reintorcements. tut con
lessee that their left wing was wholly rn , ?,
flight, the battle closing with onr troo-'s in
poesceaion ot the field.
DEATH or Gen. K. L. Aceb.—Gen. E. r.
Acec died at his residence, in Coahoma county.
Hies., on the 2d Inst.
# Mr. Stephens* Letter.
We are glad to see a letter from so respecta
ble a source as Vice President Stephens, on the
abuses of the military In time of war the ten
dency to u suipaiion is almost irresistible, and
it is well to hold up, occasionally, the old land
marks that constitute the very essence of free
government.
That the civil code is always to obtain in
times of public peril, no one, we apprehend,
would pretend to assert. The public safety
sometimes requires its temporary suspension,
but in no case is it justifiable except where.im
perative necessity can be pltad and proved in
its defense. The declaration of martial law in
volves a great responsibilty, one which, we feel
sure, some of our military men do not rightly
appreciate. It is, as stated by Mr. Stephens, a
setting aside of all law, and when a military
commander ventures upon the policy, he must
be prepared to show, not that it subserved the
public convenience, but that it was imperative
ly demanded by some great and pressing exi
gency which could have been met in no other
way. Otherwise, be is a violator of the laws
of his country, and should be held to a strict
account before the proper tribunal. A few
familiar instances, in illustration, may not be
amiss.
Commander McKenzie, seized and hung at
the yard arm, without trial, Lieutenant Spencer,
who had raised a mutiny on board his ship and
was about to take forcible possession for a
piratical or other unlawful cruise. He had no
law for the act, but it wa3 right from the neces
sity of the case, and Congress and the country
sustained V>it. -■*-
General Bragg, if accounts bs correct, order
ed a soldier to be shot who had carelessly com
mitted murder, in open violation of a rule abso
lutely necessary for the security of his army,
and which was growing into daily contempt
with his tr-ops. In law, the man should have
been tried by a court martial, but an example
was needed and had ho delayed for the slow
process of a trial, the army might have become
demoralized and the cause sacrificed.
Savannah was threatened with an attack in
the early Fall, and General Mercer, coming in
command of the department, found the defen
ses wholly inadequate for the protection of the
city on tSe land side; hi3 force had bnen re
duced to a few thousand troops, and a majority
of them were in [the hospital, while exposure
to the summer suit would have surely laid up
the remainder. He bad a great public duty to
perform—the defense of a State against inva
sion—and, while prompt action was necessary,
there were no military means'at his command-
Under these circumstances he appealed to ike
planters to furnish a number of slaves requisite
for the work of throwing up the necessary in
trenebments, and failing therein, proceeded to
impress a force sufficient for jke purpose. It
was his only recourse, and the most disastrous
results might have followed had he timidly
shrunk from the responsibility. He acted
under no law. but he did right, urgentnccessity
impelling to the course he took.
Such instances, of public necessity, however,
do not often occur, and they stand in bold con
trast with many of the unauthorized acts of our
military leaders since the war commenced. The
proclamation of Van Dorn against the freedom
of the Press, and the course of Bragg in putting
every little town in the course of his march
under martial law, are direct, palpable, and in
excusable encroachments on the law and should
be dealt with as such. Nor are 6uch usurpa
tions confined exclusively to the military. We
have in tiie South some civil rulers, who, spoil
ed by a little brief authority, have not scrupled
to set themselves up as the sole law-givers of
the State and to take all the powers of the gov
ernment, executive, legislative, and judicial,
into their own hands, and without any adequate
reason of necessity to justify the usurpation.
One, at least, has promulgated, the alarming
doctrine that be the law what it may, the peo
ple are sovereigu and whatever they justify—or,
what ta stiff wo-r, whatever be believes they
will justify—at the ballot box, is rich:.
It is time the country was awake to these en
croachments on popular liberty—these open
violations of law by meu who are sworn to sup
port it—and we hope Mr. Stephens’ letter will
not fall of its Intended effect.
Tire |Ncivh.
Our budget of news to-day is exceedingly
meagre. The mails coming south seem to have
run foul el a blockade somewhere, and the
telegraph appears duller than for some weeks
past. The latter, however brought us last
night a few interesting Items, worthy of note.
The news from Kentucky is anythUg.but
agreeable. The New York accounts are two
days later than via Chicago, and hence the
.more reliable as an indication of tho present
state of affairs. If true, what we have long
apprehended has come to pass. Buell, who
ought long since to have been crushed out, has
at last completely out-gencralcd Bragg, and
made good his escape to Louisville. Bragg’s
movements since his departure from Chatta
nooga have been inexplicable, but ail trusted to
his high reputation as a guarantee against fail
ure and disgrace. We would not condemn him
until we are better informed as to his motives
and necessities, but all must confess that mat
ters look bad enough.
The issuing of Lincoln’s proclamation and its
endorsement by sixteen Northern Governors,
should induce our government to raise the
black flag at oned. There can now be no
doubt of the’ temper of the North toward us,
and their determination to impart the most re
morseless and diabolical character to their war
upon us.
It is evident lhat every vestige of free const!-
tionni government has disappeared front the
North, and that the Yankees ‘ are to-day under
as complete a despotism as the serfs of Russia.
Lincoln’s will is the supreme law of the land.
Lot us bo careful to shun his example.
The money market of New York, which
never lies, tells a solemn tale for the Yankees,
in spite of their glorification over the alleged
splendid victory in Maryland. We find that in
two days Sterling Exchange goes up from 129
to 181; Gold from 11 to 119, and Cotton
front 51 cents to 57 ceuts. What-does all this
mean ? .
Mutlct’a War upou tlie Women.
New Orleans exhibits at the present time
perhaps, the most disgraceful spectacle ever
witnessed iu a civilized country. We have some
authentic particulars, which we publish, that
.tho world may know hew thoroughly infamous
aud brutal aro the authorities of the Lincoln
government in that quarter.
The despatch announcing that Mrs. Phillips
had been liberated was an error. She is still a
prisoner on Ship Island, away from family and
friends, and will there probably remain until
tbe close of the war, as her defiant spirit is not
subdued by the inhumanity of her persecutor*
Mrs. Larue, the step-daughter of Judge Rost,
our Commissioner to Europe, is also a prisoner
at Ship Island, together with many r>b r iffi’es
of New Ocb-at s
Mr. Casey’s house, oa Caual streei, is full of
imprisoned ladies, aud msnv have been sent to
Tte penitentiary
Judge H. D Ogden’s wife is a prisoner iu
her own house, wl.kh is under the surveillance
o: tiit military, ar.d she is net permitted to
leave it, except m Sunday to go to church, and
then she '*■ accompanied by a guard. Mrs.
Ogden is imprisoned for no oe,.er reason thau
refusing to tell who bores her a letter from her
husband, who is not in the ci;y, advising her
that if she could not get a passport to join him,
to endeavor to obtain one to go to Canada.
These are but a few of the numerous cases of
hardship and cowardly tyranny practiced on the
noble women of New Orleans, whose crime is
that they will not bow the knee to the Aboli
tion Baal. The history cl the civilised world
contains no parallel in brntality, meanness and
p ujTllanlmqas tear.
An Irishman who was lately reprieved, as he
stated the night before his execution, and who
wished to get rid of his wife, wrote to her as
toliows : “I was yesterday hanged, and died
1 ike a hero; do as 1 did, and bear U like a man”
SJ±VJL2<TISrJ±.T3:, , OCTOBER 1862;
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
Of the Savannah Republican. m
Battle cf Boonsboro’ Gap—lmportant
Movement*.
- Boonsboro’, Mo., Sept. 14,15G2.
Orders were issued yesterday afternoon for
the men to cook three days’ rations. The ene
my was then encamped—a considerable portion
of it, at least—in and around Hagerstown, and
the prevailing opinion.was that we should move
forward in the direction of Harrisburg. What
General Lee’s original intentions were, it were
impossible for any one outside ol his imme
diate council to say; but whatever they were,
it would not be venturing too far to say they
have been temporarily changed by the bold,
and apparently confident, advance of McClel
lan. Instead of marehiug upon Harrisburg, we
turned back upon our track, and. moved down
the Cumberland turnpike towards Frederick
and Baltimore. As the column approached the
village of Boonsboro’, at the loot of the Blue
Ridge, ten miles from Hagerstown, a rapid ar
tillery fire could be heard. The report soon
obtained that it was an affair of artillery mere
ly ; but as we advanced nearer we could dis
tinctly hear the report ot small arms botly en
gaged.
General D. H. Kill’s corps bad crossed the
Put' mac and come up to the vicinity of Boons
boro’, and constituted the rear of the army,
which, with the exception of Jackson’s, A. P.
Hill’s and McLaws’ commands, was encamped
along the turnpike from Boonsboro’ to Hagers
town. He held the gap in the mountain, there,
fore, through winch the turm iKC p&eeed, and
was the first to encounter the advancing col
umns of McClellan. It seem3 that the Federal
commander put his forces in motion as soon as
he had definite information that we had crossed
into Maryland. His march was rapid, and t soon
brought him to Frederick, where there was a
sharp engagement between the cavalry, ne
followed on after us through Middletown, and
had reached the Boonsboro’ Gap in the Blue
Ridge, about midway between the villages of
Middletown and Boonsboro’, when he came
upon D. H. Hill’s corps, as already stated.
This was late last evening.
The position cf onr forces at this time was
not advantageous for a general engagement.
Longstrcet and Anderson wore near Hagers
town, twelve miles from Boonsboro’ Gap,
Jackeon antj A. P. Hill had recrossed to the
Virginia side and were investing Harper’s
Ferry, and McLaws held the Maryland Heights
opposite Harper’s ferry, from which point he
co-operated with Juckton and Hill in the
movement eg tintt that position. General Lee,
therefore, immediately ordered back Long
street’s and Anderson’s forces to the relief of
I). H. Hill, then engaged near Boon.-boro’.
The Blue Ridge is not high at this place, though
it is broad-backed, the passage across by the
turnpike being nearly two miles. The enemy
held the mouth of the Gap ou the eastern side,
and some of the spurs- or ofi sho.ots of the
mountain next to Middletown, We held the
western end of the Gatpand more than one-half
ot the mountain. The enemy was in great
force; we had only one corps, D. H. Hill’s,
and some detachments of cavalry. Longstreet
and Anderson did not arrive until near 4 P. M.,
up to which time Hill’s corps nad maintained
the unequal combat single-handed.
It will be proper to premise, that for reasons
which will abundantly appear in the course of
this narrative, it is utterly impossible at the
present to prepare either a full or correct ac
count of the battle fought to-day. The skir
mishers were engaged as early a3 C o’clock this
morning. From that hour until night the com
bat lasted with varied success. Garland’s brig
ade was tho firet to enter the fight, and Andcr
derson’s, (N. C.) Ripley’s, Rhodes’ and Col
quitt’s, went in subsequently, and in the order
in which their names occur. Garland was kill
ed about 9 o’clock by a minnie ball, which
struck him in the breast, as he was gallantly
leading a charge. Col. Matjr.lng. of the Fiftieth
Georgia, of Draytou’s brigade, which came up
late in the day, was wounded. Beyond these
two, I have heard of no other casualties among
the officers engaged, though many have, doubt
less, been killed or wounded.
There was but one road—the Cumberland
pike—by which Longstrcet and Anderson could
move from Hagerstown to Boonsboro’; conse
quently the forces got into position slowly after
their arrival. Upou reaching the vicinity of the
mountain, the several divisions and brigades
were sent forward to their proper places, to
reach which they had to file eff to the right and
left by narrow country roads and get up the
mountain side as best they could. There were
two smaller gaps—one on the' right and the other
on the left—to which forces were immediately
sent forward. For these reasons, it was nearly
sunset before the whfle of Longstreet’s corps
got fully into position, though the brigades,
first to arrive, had been engaged two hoars or
more.
Thus, you perceive, that the enemy ljad not
only greatly the advantage in numbers, owing
to the absence of a large portion of onr troops,
but was the first to get into - position. When
the Confederates would charge down the moun
tain, they were subjected to a terrific cross fire
from the Federal batteries posted on the spurs
and elevations ot> the eastern side, which ren
dered ft impossible to advance. Indeed, for
reasons sufficiently apparent upon a perusal o
this narrative, I am inclined to believe that the
enemy got the best of the fight. They will cer
tainly claim a victory, and subsequent events
will give some coloring to the claim.
The troops under D. 11. Hill behaved with
great gallantry, and none more so than Rhodes’
brigade of Alabamians, and Colquitt’s brigade
of Georgians. The former brigade is composed
of the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Twelfth, and Thirty
sixth Alabama regiments,’ and the latter of the
Sixth, Twenty-third, Twenty-seventh and
Twenty-eighth Georgia regiments, and the
Thirteenth Alabama. Up to this hour I have
heard of no casualties among the officers in
cither command.
The artillery engaged under Ilill was Cult’s
battalion of artillory and Bondurant’s (former
ly Montgomery’s) battery, recruited chiefly in
Alabama. Lieut. Col. Cult’s battalion is com
posed wholly of Georgians. The artillery wa3
handled with great skill and judgment. Capt.
Lane, a son of Senator Joe Lane, of Oregon,
commands one. of Cutt’s batteries. lie is an
excellent officer, and fought his battery splen
didly. The same may be said of Capt. Riss
Capt. Patterson and
mandeefthe other batteries of the battalion—all
excellent officers, and led by CoL Cutts, one of
the best artillerists in the service. He was
made Lieut. Colonel of Artillery for gallantry
and skill in the ugly affair at Drainesville last
December.
Evans’, Jones’, Toombs’, (except bis old
brigade and himself had been left at Hagers
town as a guard,) Hood’s and other divisions in
Locgstrcot’s corps participated in the fight late
in the afternoon, but with what results I am
unable to inform you. The battle continued
until 8 o’clock at nigtt, each side, with unim
portant exception?, maintaining its original
gyund.
Jackson, A. P. Hill and MeLaw ha;
; sect to operate against Harper’s Ferry, where
; the enemy had between eight atjjj ten thousand
1 troops, which it was their purpose to capture.
! News had been received that Bank- was moving
! up with a heavy force for Che rebel -4 the Fed
; era! troops at that point. With a view, there
: fare, to the concentration of his forces, and to
i insure the reduction of Harper’s Ferry,
! General Lee determined, at nine o’clock
; to-night, to abandon his position la front
! of Boonsboro’, and to move down towards the
Potomac on our right, which was McClellan’s
left. The wagon trains were ordered to with
draw to the river at Williamsport above, recross
at that place, and move down to Sbepherds
town, on the Virginia side below, just opposite
Sharpsboig in Maryland. This movement
made it necessary for 113 to lcavjp, our dead and
many of onr wounded in Ih® hands oi the
enemy. I fear also that they ciptnr tl some
hundreds of prisoners, men v *h r) l ia d fallen
aslcap or got out of position. The wagon train
was cut by a detachment of 1,000 Federal cav
alry, who were making their escape from Har
per’s Ferry. They were not awahe of the posi
tion of affairs until they struck the road the
trains had taken. They stopped long enough
to destroy (according to report) about seventy
ordnance wagons attached to E'ongstreet’s
corps. These events, as I have already intima
ted, will doubtless lead the enemy to claim a
great victoiv over the combined forces of Gen.
Lee. P W. A.
Sn.AßrsnoßG, Mix, Sept 15th.
The movement to this place last night was
successfully executed. The arsay is now in a
position where it can be concentrated, or if
need be, where relief can be seat to Jackson or
Jackson can come to us. The ohangi has ren
dered it necessary for McCwjan to alter his
front, and to move down so as -to take position
between our forces and his capital. This we
understand he is now doing, it
We have rumors from Harpef’s Ferry which,
for the present, I forbear to. Xfieutiou. It is
sufficient that Jackson will probably succeed in
capturing the entire Federal force at that place.
The wagons have recrossed the river at Wil
liamsport, and are now moving down to Sliep
herdstown, three miles from this place.
* p. W. A.
Splendid Success at Harper's Ferry-over 8,000
Prisoners and immense captured-
Jackson again ait thd. side —A great
Battle imminent—Hearty g iftulery STarmisn.
Sharpsburg, Sept. 16th, 1862
We have just received the gratifying news of
Jackson’s complete success at Harper’s Ferry
He has not only reduced the place, but he has
captured (it is reported) 8,700 prisoners, an
immense quantity of commissary and ordnance
stores, thirty odd pieces of field artillery and
several siege guns, and ail the arms in the hands
of the prisoners. Other reports put the num
ber of arms taken at a considerably higher fig
ure, but you will hear from Richmond the cor
rect number before this letter can got through
to you. The Federate were chiefly new troops,
and were commanded by Gen. Miles, the officer
who was suspended for drunkenness at Centre
ville.dur'ng the first battle of Manassas. One
rumor has it that they were commanded by a
General or Colonel Smith. The prisoners have
been paroled and sent on to Washington.
There was but little fighting—indeed, nothing
but slight skirmishing. The positions occupied
by our forces so completely covered the place,
that no avenue of escape was left to the enemy.
McLaws held the Maryland Heights on this side
of the river, and Jackson and Hill invested the
place on the Virginia side. The enemy saw
their predicament, and were wis enough to
submit to an unconditional surrender. The
men were marched out and required to stack
their arms in presence of our troops drawn up
in line to enforce the order, if need be.
Jackson recrossed the river this morning,
and reached this place this afternoon. McLaws
earns updater, and will move into position early
to morrow. I am r.ot informed where A. P.
Hill is, but it is reported he was left at Harper’s
Ferry. Jackson has gene up to the left.
There has been heavy artillery firing nearly
all day. The combattants are taking up their
final positions and feeling ol each other, pre
paratory to a great battle to-morrow. The
casualties have been sliabt on either side. Some
of the enemy’s ejieils bursted in this place, but
no one of the citizens wa3 killed. Late this
afternoon—about sfeset—the enemy made a
bold dash on the left, with tbe hope of driving
ns from a commanding position ; but lie was
disappointed ancf driven back. This is the only
time the infantry have been engaged to day.
The report that Gen. Loring had crossed the
Potomac some days ago, was without founda
tion. I cannot tell you where he is; for Ido
not know.
10 o’clock at night.
It seems I was mistaken in one particular in
regard to the capture of Harper’s Ferry. In
stead of being a bloodless victory, I now hear
from the most reliable sources that a desperate
niitn- ws fought Sunday afternoon on this side
of the river at Crumpton s Gap In if:i; TVatt
Ridge. Gen. 1 lowell Cobb, with his own brigade
and about 500 men of Mffrone’s, was ordered by
Maj Gen. McLaurs to occupy the Gap and hold
it, if need be, at the cost of every man in his
command. It was known that the enemy had
sent heavy reinforcements for the relief of
Harper’s Ferry, and that they were moving up
the river on the Maryland side, and in the
direction of Crampton’s Gap, Jackson and A.
P. Hill were on the Virginia side, and tt was
desirable that these reinforcements should
either be'dnven hack or delayed until the re
duction ol the place could be accomplished-
Hence the instructions of Gen. MeLaws tb Gen.
Cobb. i
The enemy reached the Gap, .15.000 strong,
at 3 P. M. Sunday, and immediately gave battle
to Cobb’s Anall" force of 2,100. A fearfully
unequal and terrific fight ensued. Should the
enemy succeed in passing the Gap that after
noon. they would reach Harper’s Ferry in time
to relieve the beleatrered garrison. The Con
federates appreciated the necessities of their
position, and fresiv opposed their bodies a
living wall against the hostile host. The battle
lasted unlirtfig’at. Cobb was not only forced
to give back, but be was flanked on the right
and left, and suffered terribly. Indeed, his
command was almost annihilated, but still his
brave troops fought with a desperation and
courage which has not been surpassed during
the war.
At length night clrno, ar.d the enemy had not
passed the Gap, though he had slowly ent his
way through our mutilated ranks. The object
of the Confederates had been accomplished ;
they had delayed the advance of the enemy
until it was too late for him to get through
Sunday night. Next mbrning the Federal forces
at Harper’s Ferry surrendered to the heroic
Jackson, but Cobb did the fighting. Let him
him wear the crowh who wins the victory.
I have seen no list of our heavy casualties. It
is known, howeveb, that the Hon. Johu B.
Lamar, of Macon. Ga., the brother-in-law and
volunteer aid of Gen. Cobb, was killed. His
body was saved and taken to the Virginia side.
Col. Jefferson Lamar, commending the “Tom
Cobb Legion," in the absence of Col. T. R. R.
Cobb, was wounded and fell into the hands of
the enemy. It is Buppo' i d that he wa3 mor
tally wounded. The Legion suffered very se
verely. ’ • -
But I must close. Wc are on the eve of a
terrible conflict, and heaven only knows what
the result will be. From all I see around me,
I feel contain that one of the greatest battles of
the war will be iought here to morrow. The
enemy arc in tremendous force- not less thin
140,000 men. The Antietam river is in onr
front; tho Potomac iu our rear. If we are de
feated, the army must perish ; if successful, the
stream in front and the Blue Ridge at whose
base it flows will prevent ary pursuit.. It is
an awkward position; but the genius of our
leaders aud the valor of our troops, with the
favor of Providence, viil yet deliver us. The
source of greatest regret is, that we shall pro
bably have to reeross the Potomac.
P. W. A.
Tile Battle Of Sliarpsburg.
Suahi’Seurs, Mq., Sept. 18,1362.
The fiercest and most hotly contested battle
of the war was fought here yesterday. It com
menced at early dawn, the enemy being the at
tacking party, and lasted, with occasional
breathing intervals, until it was quite dark.
Whether we consider the numbers engaged,
the fierceness of the assault, the dogged cour
age of the Confi Jend.es. nr the aim : unpar
alleled duration .f .he flair, it ruu-t be regard
ed as onfc of lire m is! extraordinary allies of
modern timer? Iu no instance, since the revolu
lion was inaugurated, has either party had en
gaged as many a? 100.000 mea at any one time.
At Richmond, t-ieh side had. ait counted, per
haps as many as 100,000; but in no one ol the
series ot bailies fought around that city was
anything-like tbit cumber engaged, either on
the part ol" the Confederates-or '.he Federal?. 1
had estimated the force of tire enemy here at
too high a iitrnre, probably ; but if it be reck
oned at 1C5.000 luce, and our own at two-thirds
ot that
mendous armies, suet indeed as have uot been
seen on any battle field in this war. The enemy
had brought wi> the last man he could get. The
coasts of Virgin;:', N uih Carolina, South Caro
lina aud Georgia had beru stripped of the
troajs sd t" deselate them. Northwestern
Virginia aud iwi. uoaudoaeJ by CjX aud his
command, and ail the new volunteer;, except
enough to garrison the works about Washing
ton, had btea sent to McClellan. These, with
the army he brought with him from the Penin
sula, now recruited and prepared for fresh la
bors, and Burnside’s seasoned corps, gave him
an army formidable alike in numbers and ma
terial.
His artillery was on a scale commensurate
with the great army he commanded. It was
really superb, whether we regard tho number
of batteries engaged and the range and calibre
of the prune, or the splendid manner in winch
they were bandied. The men fought well, too
—better in fact than tiie Federals have ever
done before, except at Shiloh ; and the new
volunteers did about as well as the older troops.
Tffey are, of a better class of men, and make up
in spirit and intelligence, what they lack in
drilling ayd discipline. There can be no doubt
upon this point; since we took some of them
prisoners and know they fought well before
they yielded. The Federal?,, doubtless, had
been taught to feel that our movement into
Maryland was an invasion of their soil, and
that every blow struck within its limits was a
blow in defense of their own homes far away in
New England and along the banks of the Hud
son and the Schuylkill. There are but few, if
any, races however cowardly and despicable,
that will not fight tho invader of their homes;
even the worm we tread upon turns to sting
the. heel that crushes it to death.
McClellan commanded in person the enemy’s
right, (out left,) besides exercising a general
supervision over the whole field; Burnside'
on"the left, and Sumner in the centre. On our
side Longstreet commanded the right wing,
Jackson the left, and D. H Hill the centre—
the whole tiffing under the cairn and watchful
eje f Gen. Lee. This order of battle brought.
McClellan and Jackson face to face, longstreet
and Burnside, and Hiil and g unmet. Thu3
pitted and matched, the battie was. opened as
soon as there was sufficient light io point a
gun,’ and continued for fourteen long and weary
hours. 'lt was dry and dusty beneath, but
cloudy and pleasant, above. The enemy had
availed himself of the darknc-83 cf the prece
ding night to post his batteries at commanding
points. Thu he was the more able to do, since
he had subjected us to a heavy cannonade the
day before, and thus forced us to develop our
lines and p ositions.
The battle-ground was along the banks of the
Aatietam river, just in front of Sharpsburg.
Tnis lovely stream runs due south along the
tool of the Bine liidge, and empties its crystal
..x.rbv mohaJUa<Maag U Short distance above
Harper’s Ferry. The
western side of the river, except for a short
distance on the left and above, where the ene
my’s lines crossed it, and the Federals held the
eastern side next to the mountain. Indeed, the
general configuration of the country, and as
well a3 she positions of tbe two armies, recalls
to mind the Ghickahominy and the James river,
and tbe position of tlie combatants in front of
Richmond, except that the enemy had the Blue
Kidge at his back het-e, whilst bis lines were
thrown forward across the Autiffiam on our leit
instead of our right as on-the Ghicliafcominy.
With this exception, the lines of tbe enemy
closely hugged the cast bank of the river,
which” is shallow, easily fordable except for ar
tillery, and not more than thirty feet In width.
Oo the swelling ekvstions between the.stream
and the Blue Ridge the Federal batteries were
planted, whilst our:, occupied the hills on the
Sharpsburg f-id -. The di-tarice from Sharps
buig across to the basb of the mountains does
rot exceed a mile and a half, and the river is
about midway between the two. On our right
was a wide stone.bridge, which it was impor
tant that we should hold. The ground was
mostly open, but very uneven.
The respective positions of the two armies
were equally stropg. except in this, that the ere
my bad his back against the Bine Ridge, which
would under almost’any circumstances prevent
a rout, on hia part or pursuit ou ours.
The battle was opened by McClellan both
with artillery and small arms on our left, where
a fierce and nearly successful assault was 1. -
upon Jackson. " Column after column v>u-.
brought up and hurled against the Ston ' all
corps, which had been marching and fig 11; ;;
almost daily since fi ’eft Richmond, and
hours or more our raffits were slowly f. revd
Back by tbe brenght
against"tlcm. Jackson reached hia posit’, r
the night, before when it was quite dark, and
consequently was entirely : gnora’vt of the to
pegraphy of the in’J. The old Stcniw.l
brigade yielded tiie ground.inch by incli,
Ewell’s division, now 'o.umaudcd by Law: .
the best officer probably under Jackson, for.,!,
desperately. This division embraces some
the be3t regiments in the army, including the
unconquerable; Twelfth Georgia. Our ranks
suffered terribly, and many a brave spirit was
made to bite the dust. Among others, I may
mention Brigadier General Lawton, who re
ceived a painful wound in the leg, and Colonel
Mareellus Douglass, of tbe Thirteenth Georgia,
commanding Lawton’s old brigade. Seeing he
was mortally wounded, Douglass refused to be
removed, preferring, as he said, to die upon
tbe field. His body was subsequently recover
ed and taken to the Virginia side.
MeaiMtile,and almost simultaneous with the
attack on the left, Sumner opened a terrific fire
on onr centre, which was followed by a like
assault cn our right by Burnside’s corps. It
was an indescribably sublime scene when the
tide of fire and smoke swept slowly aud majes.
Ideally from the left down the valley past W
centre, and on to tl;c e - vyctbo ripht. Tha sol
emn Blue Ridge formed an appropriate back
ground to the awful spectacle. The elevations
ur>on which the batteries were planted, were
crowned with wreaths of smoke of most fan
tastic shapes, nearly concealing “the valley of
death” below, where the infantry were engaged
in a fearful struggle. Each party bad, probably,
as many as tiro hundred pieces of artillery,
ou the field, though but little over half that
number was brought into action at the same
instant, either by the Confederates oc Federate.
But think of two hundred cannon of every
available calibre engaged in deadly cociiict
at Short range ! The Federate directed their
pieces chiefly at our batteries, and sometimes
the latter were so inveloped ip smoke from their
own discharges, and the bursting shells from
the enemy’s guns, that they were completely
lost to sight. Our own pieces, on the contrary,
were pointed at the infantry columns of the
Federate, by special order of Ren. Lie. Artil
lery duels, so called, accomplish little, except
to enable the parties to display the’r gunner
ship. In the present instate, the departure
from the old rule wps productive of rnrst bene
ficial results, ip that the ensmj’.: as mill „
columns wefe repeatedly repulsed by (he well
directed fire of onr artillerists.
The great object of McClellan was to r a
the Potomac on the left, distant not more than
a mile and a half from the Antietam, and thus
ter close us, as it were, in a cul dc sae. The two
streams make a sudden curve towards each
other at this point. Knowing that we would
hardly attempt to cross the Antietam, along the
banks of which, with slight exceptions, the two
armies were engaged, he had massed an enor
mous column ou the left aud another on the
right. Owing to the great inequality of the
forces engaged, Jackson found it' necessary to
yield thc’ground ho held at the beginning ot ti;
fight, and to call for assistance. Fortunately,
MeLaws’ division had ariivbd from Harper’s
Firry gome time dunag thafJ.ovi as night, and
was sent to the relief ot Jack a a ut. 0 o’ckvidl
It arrived jusC in the nick of time. The enemy,
already badly worsted hy Jacksbe, were coin
polled to fall back with great slaughter before
the impetuous charge-* <■: the fre-h regiment \
until the parties occ--r,~-.-i their original posi
tior.s la the morning. The fighting, how. v ~
was continued until night, with occasional in
tervals, though without any particular aiy -
tape to either side.
The conllict along the centre was severe, bn
owing to the nature of the grtmnd was confined
chiefly to artillery. Indeed the artillery took an
unusually prominent part in the battle in every
part of the field. The small arms ..ere not
warmly engaged for sometime, t :!y In the day
after a ftv volleys, except < u the left. The
Washington Aitillcry behaved -idendidiy; and
so did batis’ battalion. TANARUS:. lormcr is attached
to Lor gs treat’* cor; s, the hater toD. H. Hill’s.
Tbb other batteries, a . the heavy reserve*
under Gerr Pendlet H performed their part
handstfrciy ako.
The rc ?t f-r: .1 .*••- uit on the r'gbt was
made about 0 o’ch ■ontinr.;d-ur.t:l alia
two. The object : cmv w. t gain
possession of a st . • jnn m f-.... of
Toombs’division; wnti; • ! ; me
right in Longstreet’s com-. .be c Sand
Twentieth Georgia, Lieut. <j*i Vi .sand
Col. Gumming commanding, b-V . .g to
Toombs’ old brigade, and raw commanded by
Col. Banning, were entrusted with the duty of
defending the bridge. The regimems were
very much- reduced, but they discharged
their duty most heroically. Regiment
after regiment, and even brigades, wre
brought up awainet them; ara vet <i>ey
I held their griu and the t-rl*iz • too, until
I they had fired ta-.ir las*, car tridge. Too mm were
i clamorous ior fresh ammunition : for it had cow
i become a point of honor with them to maintain
l their ground, even If it c: st the life ot the last
one of them. Bat. o ’iug to the furious ou
si.mght made against the entire right wiser, it
| was leusi impossible to supply them in time ;
aci consequently they had 'to rt.ii-e, with the
loss even cf Mclntosh’s battery. Tula was fiiteen
minutes after 2 o’clock, when a strange alienee,
broken only by a random shot, ensued for the
space of two hours along the whole front of the
army. The accomplished and ehivalric Holmes
of the Second fell pierced through the body a
few minutes beiore the firing ceased, and died
instantly. An effort tv... mads to remove bia
body, but the persons who attempted it were
wcuco and and compelled to leave it cn the field.
Maj. Harris asshmed the command, and with
Cot. Cammingofloe Twcaiktu, di-playedgreat
coolness and valor, ine enemy lay"iu heaps in
Iron of the bridge, as they did on the left in
front of Jackson.. An offleer who examined the
ground over which MeLaws and Jackson drove
them, says the enemy’s dead lay so thick at one
place, over an area of three acres, that he could
walk over every yard of it on the bodies of the
slain!
Tbs silence which followed at a quarter past
] tw o o’clock, was all tbe more profound and im~
1 preselvo from the stunning fin that had raved
so furiously since early daw:;. WYs the enemy
content witlutbe possession - J the bridge and
the ground in ft on tof it? Had both combat
tants had cnqugti of the bloody work,? Or did
they stop by mutual consent, ;n oulcr to allow
the exhausted lightens time to recover their
breath ? For hours the Confederates had been
turning their eyes wistfully towards the Poto
mac, in hopes of seeing the head of A. P. Hill’s
advancing column. Would the Bluchcr of tho
day come up in time V
At length about 8 o’clock, Rill made his ap
peuance, and hia brigades were quietly distrib
ute'! along the lines where i.’u,.-y were most
needed. The enemy were hardly “aware of hie
arrival; for hia forces were advanced behind
f ills and thickets to thffir propier positions.—
Everything being ready, she Confederates re
newed rite conflict at 4 o’clock, and from that
iutir until night it raged without interruption.
The Fifteenth and Seventeenth Georgia, com
reanddd by Col. Milligan and Cant. McGregor,
arid a portion of the Eleventh Georgia, which
’l had jaffi been brought up from the rear, where
I they had been on detached duty, united
jin ! h; cha.g Colonel Milligan addressing
11.ee, told them to follow their-officers, and
it they fell to march forward over their bodies
—an irjur.ction that wss-literally fulfilled, for
.. tire brave Colonel was killed, and bis command
fi v-hrd on over him as if nothing had happen
ed. Toombs had eis mounted and placed him
.ll at the head of his email forces, and led
Ahem like a captain to the encounter. He and
they soon placed themselves in front of the
;<:maioder of the line, and dashing forward in
the most- impetuous manner, soon- recaptured
Mclntosh’s battery anil-drove tM’ enemy pell
meil across the brWgo. The ground was
strewn with the Federal dead, but our own loss
in this charge was not very heavy, owing to
tbe furious rate at which life men moved.
The conflict of inlan'try ou the right at this
point, a? on tho left early in tbe day, was un
usually severe—probably ass v :x as any that
has. recurred ruiee tne war. Finder’s and
Fit-ids’ .brigades of A P. Hill’s division,...end
thscharate:
L ::‘ it. ilie coffiBHHHBS
with ffilsrbt exceptions in cur favor, occupied
the p iiiors they did in the morning; and
•vlu:u it bad become quite dark, the firing
ceased on both sides, it is probable that th?
enemy would r.ot have renewed the contest at
4 o’clock, had tho Confederates.remained quiet.
Many of the houses in Sharpsburg were riddled
by the enemy’s balls, which passing over the
heads of our men, entered the buildings on the
rising ground behind. Many of the women and
children had sought refuge in the cellars and be
h nd’tbc stonewalls ot the houses and enclosures
others had fled to-the country on horseback
behind husbands and parents; whilst others had
| boldly stood it out, saying their Federal friends
I were not ignorant ol their sentiments, and
! "”ukl . pare them as far as possible. Some of
••he houses, and many hayricks and stacks of
wheat straw, were set on fire, .and added no
.tiie to the sublijnUy and tearfulness of the
scene. During the combat, three pigeons
wheeled wildly oyer the battle field, and rising
higher and higher, disappeared in the clouds
and ascending smoke. Alas ! how many brave
! spirits did they accompany in their upward
: :Yc .t from that bloody field oi death 1- ,/ ,
Tbe results are easily summed up. It was
i ‘-..l Han’s battle. He made Use attack, and
, c repulsed with very heavy slaughter. His
J ' osesare variously estimated at from 15,001) to
| 20 060 killed, wounded and missing ; ours at
ir..ta 5,000 to 10 COO. These figures may be
1 vrung ;I am disposed to b'ek hey are too
I 11 t'lerieg to onr own sid*. tier them as
I roneh estimates of others, \v ; t -k but few
.••iters—not more than six or •■even hundred,
enemy captured as many, as yea will see
; hereafter. Indeed, it was nearly a drawn bat
-1 —the enemy having the advantage in posi
• ion and numbers; we the supe; iot ily in fighting,
ami in repulsing his assault. The only prisoner
i o , istiuction we took was Col. Palfrey, el
..icbusettr, who was wounded and feli into
si finch.
. a £ must close for the present. I write at
>. ital, in the midst of the wounded apd
amputated arms and legs, feet, fingers,
and hands cut off, paddies of Human gore, and
ghastly, gaping wounds. There is a smell of
death in the air, and the laboring surgeons are
literally covered from head to foot with the
blood of the sufferers. The wounded are lay
ing in the house, ou the piazza, under the trees,
in the sun. gome have died; others are beg
ging for water, though but few ■complain cf
their Buffering .
I turned aside yesterday in the midst of the
baitie to see how a true soldier candle. He
was ol twenty-two or three summers—of clear
skin and raila blue eyes—John B. Hudson, ol
Elbert county, Ga. His thigh had been .tom*
off by a shell, and hung only by a thin pieoeiof
skin. lie was calm and resigned, though his
.->trr.;:;'ea were severe and protracted. Finally,
;£< dread hour of dissolution approached, he
•giuiiervu up all his remaining strength, and
iu. eg to his brother, who hung over him in
uv.ub l.gosjy, Ue eaio.. “ r.uii mother I die ro
joieing, and die a eo’dir/’a death.” The ikJ V7CUS j
cot a dry eye amepg the dozen spectators who,
strangely enough; had stopped to witness the
last moments of the youlhiul hero. May Hea
ven l.jiYC ; nifcrcy upon bis soul, and upon our
bieedlng hud!
■lnstances *of the sternest -heroism occur every
hour, not among :he troops of any one State,
but of ail of thorn. I more frequently mention
■huso among list; troops from my own. State,
I L cause, beli' ; known to oHk? i- •-.ad men, they
. ..me oltener undot my oh. : vatioa. A ease of
the kind' is lhat of Brig. Gin. Wright, who,
haying been disabled by a painful, though not
I serious wound, begged his men to carry him on
a litter at the head of his command, that Re
might still participate in the fray.
The battle has not been renewed to day, as
v/9 all expected it would bo. McClellan has
; been brtay sniffing the position of Ids forces,
preparatory, perhaps, to a renewal of the con
flict to-morrow. We shall see—that is, if the
army remain ou this tide of ihe river.
P. W. A.
P. S.— I sent you a short account of the bat
'd yesterday, with the names of such officers
ami men killed and wounded, as I could gather
no. It is now resported that Maj. Dingle, of
ilampton’s Legion, and Col. Aiken, of South
Carolina, were killed. Also Lieut. D.illis, of
u:u Thirteenth Georgia.
A Gallant Afl'air In Louisiana.
e are ■ • rait-ed to copy, from a private let
•, to: : i" wing highly iatertsting particulars
• i art cent onslaught of cur tioops in Louisi
an.-, upon the vandal-hordes of Butler:
“ Camp near Vicksburg, )
September 18,1502. j
* -x- * * *
“Tie : - .... from Terrebonne is most
1 ytae 70Q ~ n ,-. don (he Yankees at Bayou
!> s Ate-r.. iii When within- some sis miles of
eml rent a detachment of sixty horsemen
to cut the railr- -a>l lb •* they might make sure of
their game. A? the c. .vdry neared the road
they heard a train < .miug from the Bayou going
to New Orleans; they ambushed themselves,
lon she ca , with 60 Yankees ou twoplqjt
. • ■.m aud fireman,
then gave.it toil:-, c- * . everyone of whom,
they th'm , •' 8 mo eight or ten
-jumped off, b .. v .-hat them down at cnce.
There being rtc one 10 step the train, ca she
went with her cargo of dead Yankees.
The main body then moved on the Bayou
wL-.-.e the Yank- surrendered without firing a
a .. . Ti. -.;ur and one hundred and forty
* . large lot of 5m
.... rue \akee Captain had
• : . -i <-*d Gen. Taylor hung up in his
tent, ... v. many rather ar.:cle3 about that
he Lad stolen from the house of young Gen.
Taylor, which is ou the river near that place.
The Yankees have tak<’ . all his negroes, males,
cattle, &c., Irom the plantation, and stolen and
broken all the furniture in his house. I wish
he could hang every one of the miserable
dog?.”
T vs the Telegraph —The rebels have used
;.-aph wire in Y;,i_i-.;a recently with
... ui -. uai c -:.-s u, .; they did in Ken
■ th quite as much impudence. It
id tL*' .'.i moment Fitz'uugh Lee captured
L ' -• t Tgraokeu ia the name ot Gen.
T t K-fi - the proper'Officer in
- ; • q-i- mg tun to send to the
Ei : a-, soppy ol shelter tents and
r ‘ :tn..;y horses. The order was
prom:.- i> He.., ana the rebels were soon glad
depca t.y me appearance of a train loaded with
what they wanted. Jackson, on his arrival,
. apt a meis. gc to the Superintendent of Mili
tary Railroads, coolly asking him to change the
time table on the road for his accommodation.
[Washington Chronicle.
We regret to learn that Brigadier General
Montgomery Gardner has met with an aeciaent
which will deprive the country of bis valuable
services for some time longer. hits descend
ing a flight of stairs a few days since, cne of his
crutches, which he is still compelled to use,
broke through a defect in the step;, and he fell,
breaking one of the bones of his a ta below the
elbow. The Injury is a painful one, and his
numerous friends will sympathize wkh him in
an affliction, which to one of his active spirit,
must at this time be particularly galling.
[Augusta Chronicle, 27th.
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TELBQBAPmp
Lincoln's Abolition Proclamation.
\ ' $ \l •-
Yankee Account of tiie Sheplierds
town and Sharpsburg Fights.
Immcßse Loss of the Federal*.
PETr.usßi'Eq, Sept. 20.—President Lincoln feiirnued
his proclamation declaring the slaves of all Rebel mas
ters free after the Ist January, IS6"V
The New York Herald of tbe 28d acknowledges a
heavy loss nearSbophcrditown on Saturday. It says
tho Eebels wore dressed like Union soldiers,, and
displayed a flag of trues in order to induce the
Federals to cross the riTcr,
Sumner’s command alone lost 5,203 men in Billed
wounded and missing at Sharpsburg.
A correspondent, writing from tho balt'e field, on the
22d, says the, Federals were still burying their dead at
the rate of 1,000 per diem, and expected to get
through that day.
General Hooker was shot through thefcot by a rifle
bal’, and will not be able for duty in a long time.
General Crawford’s wound is more serious than sup
posed. ’ : /
Lieut. Col. Dwight, of tho 2d Mass., was tilled, Col-
Hinks, of the 19th Massachusetts, was wound
ed. General Richardson was wounded in the shoul
der and heart, and will die. Geaeral Data was wound
ed badly in the knee.
Col. Wild, of the 33th Maasachusstts, lost an arm at
the shoulder joint. The Lieut, Colonel, Adjutant, and
eight Captains were wolii led. ...
The correspondent oi the New York Times says the
slaughter was awful; part cularly among th&olflccrs.
In New York Sept. 22, Sterling Exchange was firm
-*AAS®,vt4amid,lUiLu}9Uoais4 cts.
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IMPORTANT FROM KENTUCKY.
BRAGG CAPTURES GREEN RIVER BRIDGE
* AND 3,500 PRISONER'S.
Groat Excitement at Louisvillo —Bragg Orders
tho City to Surrender, and Nelson Rsfuses.
THE CITIZENS FLEEING- INTO INDIANA.
Ciiattanoooa, Sept. 26.—The fight at Mmffardr
vilie was brought on by Chahnori’ brigade, which was
aiterwsrds reinforced by Cheatham's division. Wo
lost 250. killed and wounded. The enemy lost 6,000.
Col. Smith and tho Lieut. Colonel ol the Ninth Missis
sippi were killed.
Tho Nashville Union of the 231 reports that General
Bragg had captured Green Biver bridge and thirty-five
hundred prisoners, on tho 16th ins ant.
quta that CurtL has succeeded in throwing
his army lietwcea Smith and B:ag?, and preventing
their junction; -o.
Green BiveFbtsdgtfds.a greatlo's to the Eederals,
TKTEKSBtrEG', 28 —Northern dates of tho
23d have been reeeiye&S -
Tharo wa3 greetyetieniiUit-in Louisville, Kty. A
despatch from JofiVrss>n.eJo,22 i ins:,, says the Eebcl
Generals Bragg and fimirtr, Jiave divided their forces ;
Smith is to hold Buell, Wh#aivc’aing for Louisville,
fu check, whilst Bragg a<£v4rtifcei Sn tho city.
Bragg had Bummoned - ‘S&sly>X'. ) who is in command of
the army at Louisville, to - surrender. Nelson ref need,
and ordered all lhe women and .ehi’dren to leavo the
city at one hour’s notice. Thousands of citizens are
crossing the river into IndiXTm.
Brngg is some distance "from the city, but advancing
•fapidly.
Congressional News.
THE CONFERENCE CONSCRIPTION BILL
PASSED. , -
Richmond, Sept. £6.—The Senate passed the follow
ieg bills:
EonSioblU t(Taufto#ie- the extension of the time of
for Taxes in cases of default.
’ House bill* increasing the signal corps.
'" p rise fconscript bill reported by the Committee of
Conference.
The bill to provide for filling vacancies in tho army
by appointment when the officers elected shall bo de
clared idcompelent, was discussed at length, and then
postponed until to-morrow.
The House a-iopted resolutions requesting the Presi
dent to lake steps to procure tho release of c tizens of
the Confederate States held in confinement or duress
by the government of the United Slates.
The House.bill to establish places of rendezvous for
the examination of persons enrolled for military duty
has pasted.
Also, the Ccnicript bill from the Senate, and the
Sonato bill to better provide for the tick and wounded.
Othor bills were also passed.
ThS Exemption bill from tho Senato was further dis
cussed until the adjournment The clause exempting
all persons exempted by tho State laws was reconsid
ered and stricken out—yeas,42; nays, 31.
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LATER FROM THE NORTH.
Senatobia Sept. 27.-- (Special to the Advertiser &
Register.) —The Chicago Times of the 23d contains a
despatch from Louisville, 22 L
Bragg’s forces, 80,000 strong, woro reported to be at
Hodges s file, en route for Bardstown, which they
| would reach the same evening. ' .
Mayor Delph had ordered all business suspended in
Louisville. General Nelson ordered tbe women and
children to prepare to leave. Gen. Robinson had is
. sned a proclamation calling the citizens to aims under
Nelson. The latter had issued an address to the
troops exhorting them to give a reSdy welcome to the
hordes now invading Kentucky.
Cincltnati dates of the 22d report the city again in
a blaze of excitement. Bragg was doubtless within
ten miles of Louisville. Buell had not reached Mun
forfisvillo; his movements are severely commented
upon.
Gen. Wright had just returned to Cincinnati from
Louisville. He regards tho Eodcral force there as
sufficient to defend the city, and crediis the report that
Bragg designs making a dash on Louisville. The §c
cessionists are confident that Bragg will break through
the Federal column and take the city, and that he hae
not less than 60,000 old troops with him. ,
Bragg holds Muldrongh’s Hill, twenty-five miles
from Louisville, and can check Buell’s passage in that
direction, or force him to take a circuitous route and
thus delay him four days. In the meantime Bragg
expected to capture Louisville. Tho attack was to
have been made on the city Wednesday last.
Intelligence had been received that Gen. Heth, with
15,C00 men and 16 cannon, was at Eagle Creek, near
Cyntbiana. Humphrey Marshall, with 12 000 men and
40 cannon, was moving from Paris northward. Kirby
! Smith, with 10,000 men and 10 cannon, was moving
northward from Lexington. John Morgan, with 2 500
cavalry was scouting from Bride’s Station'to within
ten mlies of tho Louisville fortifications.
It was believed that, simultaneously with Bragg’s
attack on Louisville, Kirby Smith, with 40,000 troops
ana ico pieces of artillery, will attack Cincinnati,
Covington and Newport.
"Washington dates of tfce 21st say: “Nothing official
•has been received to-day from the army of Maryland.”
A private despatch sayß there is no doubt that on
Thursday aud Friday a large portion of the rebel army
crossed over the Pctomac into Virginia, and imme
diately commenced to fortify, with a view to cover
their retreat.” ,
Another authority says a considerable body of rebels
yet remain on the Maryland side, and are busily em
ployed in intrenching.
Richmond, Sept. 28.—Northern papers of the 25th
have besn received.
Lincoln has istued a proclamation declaring that all
aiders and abetters of the rebellion, and all persons
discouraging enlistments, shall be subject to martial
law and liable to trial by Court Martial, without the
benefit of tbe writ of habeas c or/**.
Lincoln was serenaded on Wednesday night and
made a speech, declaring that he had issue* his eman
cipation proclamation after very luh deliberation, and
under a solemn sense of responsibility.
Despatches from Louisville state that the city is now
considered safe. Bueli bad arjrived there, and seven
brigades of his army were coming up to the city Irom
the direction of Balt River.
The Federate have reoeupied the town of Munforda
ville, Ky.
We have no iui.jr news from the direction of the
army of the Potomac. Matters there are very dull.
A Convention of Northern Governors, sixteen being
present, was held at Altoona, Pennsylvania, on
Wednesday iast. They rejected a proposition for the
removal of McClellan from the head of the army, and
finally decided upon an approval of the President a
emancipation proclamaikm, and urging a more vigor
ous prosecution of the war.
In New York, en WtdeesJaJ, Sterling Exchange
was quoted at 181; Gold,-IIP 1 , foitas, 51 cents.