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Newspaper Page Text2 WEEKLY REPUBLICAN, By F. vv . Himes tyan and € o %yS*r si< i ♦*. JAMBS B. SNBKaP, - - US)I£QH .SAVANNAM, GA. Saturday Mornltic, Oct. 4, The Federal account of the battle at Il“ a > which we publish elsewhere, is characterize by the Memphis Appeal as the best specimen of Yankee extravagance ami lying extant. The Charleston Courier chronicles the arm al of “a well known steamer” and the schooner “Prince Alfred” in Confederate ports, with valuable cargoes, within the last few days. Surgeon General Hammond reports, at Wash ington that 3,000 dead Confederates have been buried on the field at Sharpsburg by the Fed eral, and that 600 remain unburied. General Toombs is returning to Georgia, his wound, received at the battle of Sharpsburg, being of a nature to require a respite from active duty. Charles C. Mitts, once a prominent citizen of this State, and for a time Cashier of the old Central Bank, died at his residence in Harrison county, Texas, on the 24th July last, in the 70th year of his cge. The Yellow Fever and Dysentery have cir ried off seventy-five por cent, of the crews of the French vessels in the Gulf of Mexico. The Amazon*, whose complement isGls, has now but *KTT The Reported Capture. —The despatch an nouncing the capture of General Phelps and Commodore Porter is probably untrue. 7-he Baltimore papers of the 31th, copied,from by the Richmond Despatch of the Sfi.R report the safe arrival of Phclp3 and P-'-rtcr at luik. Cobb’s Legion. —An officer in Cobb’s biig ade, says the Columbus gun, represents that about 800 of Cobb’s Legion were taken prison ers at the battle of Sharpsburg on Wednesday. Among these prisoners is Capt. T. U. Carnap, who was supposed to have been kt’led. General Cobb. —The Richmond Enquirer of Monday says: The J'ankoo pap r eve pub lished the report that Gen. How?!! Colrb was wounded and taken prisoner in one of the Ma ryland battles. He was neither; but is unhurt, and well, and ready for the enemy again. Death on the Cars—The Wilnsugion Journal of Monday says: “A .Soldier by the name of Anderson, of Georgia,'rhuirpirg home under a sick furlough, died dp tlie ears near 'Peachey’s Depot, on the Wilmington and Wel don Railroad, on the 20th.inst. His body was burled at Burgaw Depot. ESF” A letter from a member of the Ogle thorpe Light Infantry, Company A, from Sa vannah, says tlie company passed through 4he two late battles iojilrrylarid with but one casu alty, that of young Smith, (a brother of Mr Barnwell Smith.-) who was shot in the leg, which has been amputated. Butler Mailed —The beast Butler torqjii* clothes in a fall at New Orleans, some days ago, while assisting bis wife on board a steamer, and the rent disclosed a complete coat ri mail from the neck to the thighs. Confederate men and women must therefore shoot at, the villain's head, and not at his body. God speed the op portunity and crown it with complete success t Received. —That compound of diabolical villainy and puerile nonsense, Lincoln’s email cipation proclamation, come to hand, but believing that we could not Serve the author a better turn than by publishing it, we close out columns against it. Our contemporaries South will not go far wrong in following our example. Cmatms Against tiie Government.—la our advertising columns will bo found o card from H. G. Barrow,.E q., Claim Agent at Richmond, by t*. K’rfn:* to uC used in applications for back pay, bountits, die., due the families of deceased soldiers. Strict attention to them may save much trouble and expense. Lincoln’s Proclamation. —The Richmond Enquirer very truthfully remarks that Lincoln proposes in his late proclamation simply to do what ho has already been doing wbftrever his arms have e.\ nded; and as if he could do it any where else ! Ills proclamation is. only a useless declaration of his malignant iu’.cjulcns, ’so far as we are concerned. It will not benefit him here, and will hurt him at home.' Buell at LoifßYTLtn. —Tho Baltimore Sati, one of the most reliable Journals at the North, confirms the report of Buell’s l iving reached Louisville. There is no longer a dftubt then that Bragg has becu outgeneraled, ard by bi3 slow movements has sacrifice-! all the adv at. : * ' wc had gained by tho occupation of K ntu. ky when there was hardly a brigade of Federal troops in her borders. If Buell's soldiers ai*> ba Louis ville, the city cannot bo taken, lx cy ‘ at an im mense loss of life.- Flour Declining.— We are glad to sec ifidi cations that flour ho* reached its h'./be -t figure, and is now on the riecllwlrg scale. M *y its fall b so rapid as to catch the hearth'■* s; •eulator:'- aud engrossers of the “stuff of life” before they can stand from under ! Tho A: Confed eracy of tho fifth says : “Flour 1 a culminated Yesterday extra family, (best quality) was freely otl'erd at #34, without finding purchasers. This sowing, to a determination of tho people to eat corn bread, rather than give-enormous prices • for flour.” The Vandala a r iix. -Vvuusti.se.—VV hear, from a letter received in ibis city y t . ' -.r. ay; of another instance of Yankee batb.ul'y wherever they acquire a foothold oa our soil. N()t content with takirg po.foes 'n> o! town of St. Angortlne, anti esti . V.i . their hateful tyranny over the good people tc .ibe place, the Commandant issued orders, some days ago, for a!l the women nn.d children, whose near relatives were in the C fed erate service, to prepare to leave the town. A steamer was in readiness, and ou the 2ith instant about cue. hundred wcuieu anti children were forced to go r.aoiud, without the slightest iden of their dcstinatiup. Thu vessel salii-U .ut of port, hufiTothtrg T.a t been heard cl ' r u . to this tipic. Ths St. Augustins Families.—A and . , ~tch received here last evening from Baldwin, FU, dated yesterday, says: “Tho steamer from s.■ Angustiuo came up the St John’s as far ns- May port Mitts, and relnrn-.'d without tending ttuy ot its parsers:, rs.” Instead of “one hundred wdmea and chil dren,” its stated by us yesterday, there arc one hundred /*■<:.. s n K-ard, and all there helpless and Itkif ;lv cu-atur, tKa .. v c them of the highest rcspcytaKl.iy, ar ,.“‘ l!;t> batTetcd about on Use w.,vcs at the mercy i : their persecutors. The day of retr-buti. n win come. ’*’ “Tub Child's Imx.” —We are ih re. of the Snt number o* tit *c.xctTleat little Monthly, published by Kay. Samuel Boykin, in Macon, aad devoted exclusively, as its name indicates, to the instruction and amusement of juveniles It is a worthy project, and our friend Boykin has our best wishes • - his success. The number before us v , * altering testimony to the talent and .... nua . ot . tbe eMorani bid corrcfpou ior it:o U-k br ftme them. A great mistake. u. cMisi> waamadn in giving the paper a ikonnu.u sectarian char acter, and thus con lining its c retdm.'ior the most part, to the children t Baptist r ., v; . It Is bad for the publisher and worse .v c j public, for the counjjry needs jast such - j only that It be stn* from ditictmnr.'.o.: aad adapted sat gatersd circuiation among the : children of tl4 South. V, Y l.ojv it i# too late to o*ke the change. Price of the Child’s lteti i U cents per an num. Wc nrifl etoeffbHy reeeite and forward tub.'cripttoiu, TIBIIiI -wa EKLI REPUBLIUiiiN; OCTOBER 4, 1862. ’Ffic NortUei-n Circuit and tlie War. We have read carefully the decision of Judge Thomas setting aide the Conscript law 08 UD constitutional and void. Without .-gree ttg with his arguments, or conceding his jurisdic tion, at least beyond the main question raised before him, in which lie was probably right, his judgment on the last point stated has an im portant practical bearing upon the aid Georgia is to render in the prosecution of the war for our common liberties. To that. <ll.et of the decision we detire to address a b w constdcra tions. The conscription is the only system of re cruiting now in operation with the sanction of the government, volunteering excepted. As that system has been repudiated by the North ern Circuit, what do the people of that portion of the State intend to do ? Will they lie con tent to remain quietly at their homes and see others fight for their liberties without raising a hand in the glorious and patriotic work ? It would be a slander upon them to entertain such an idea for a moment. We know them well— the inhabitants of the old “Whig Hornet's Nest” of the first Revolution—and feel assured they are incapable of taking advantage of a judicial decision or other form of license to avoid a sacred duty to their country, their children, and their own honor. What, then, do they intend to do in the anomalous position in which they find them selves with regard to their struggling country ? Will not all the men in the circuit between the ages of eigktem and forty-five years, and capa ble of performing militiry duty, volunteer at once and tender their organizations to the Gov ernor for the Confederate service ? We' hope they will, and that public meetings will forth with be called in every county of the circuit, and the patriotic work set in motion. In the event of a failure in this, we cannot see how that portion of the State is to bear Us j ust share in the war for oar independence. The Gover nor might call them into the S'ate service, did the public necessities justify the step, but we are not aware of any authority for his raising troops for the Confederate servic’d, without a requisition formally made upon him by the bead of that government. In any event, we hope to sea no more Si ate armies in the present revolution, to cat up onr substance and gener al discord and strife. The Constitution points out the Confederacy as the war-making power, and to its hands should be left the exclusive management of the army and. the revolution. Tiie roncl£*sosi of our Army. Wc have never yet transferred to these col umns a letter from our special army correspon dent, which we desired so earnestly to impress upon she attention and hearts of the people of the South, aa that which wc publish lo day. Wc can add no force to the urgency of the appeal, and impart no tint to the melancholy and heart, rendering picture. The bc.ii tof every patriot will bleed as bis eyes puss over the rtcord of suffering and distress. In Heaven's name let it not be a record of our shame ! And now let the people go to work—all the people, men, women and children—rand do something for the brave, Jvt naked and half starved Boidit-r who is -fighting for Ihtir liberties. Many are able lo do "very much, and a little from all will -place the entire army beyond the reach of want and suffering. Let it ha given, and promptly. We tremble for our noble troops when we think of the ap proaching winter. To work efficiently, there must he union and organization among the people. Then, let Sol dier’s Aid Associations he formed in every county and neighborhood of the Confederate States—the smaller the district the better—and let ail lend a helping hand to the good cause Let the men supply the money and the materials, and the women see that the latter are wrought, info comforts for the soldier.- With hut half an effort, even in spite of the great scarcity that pervades the whole country, we can place our army beyond the reach of want. Begin immediately, work diligently, and WORK WITHOUT CEASING. We have another proposition to make: The Press can do much in this important matter. Let ever paper in tho Confederate Statcscopy the letter of onr correspondent, -i and aecompS* ny it with a direct appeal to its readers for aid. Set <ho Lull in motion at once, and keep it rolling until tlie sacred duty of humanity and patriotism shall have been fully accomplished. This Indians and the Yankees.—lt will be seen, from the article copied from a Wiscon sin paper, that the Yankees concede that the Indians of the Northwest have pronounced in favor of the South in the present war, and now stand in the relation of allies to the Confederate States. Wo cannot soy that we arc proud of an alliance with a race as cruel and remorseless as the Yankees themselves, yet the fact stands be fore the world, and form3 a sound basis lor ar gument against certain proceedings of the ene my with regard to paroled prisoners. Whether alla's'or not,-the breaking out of this Indian war has completely chanced the ciiot’.n stances under which the cartel of exchapg. ol prisoners v a- r greed to, and gives an undue ad v image to the enemy. If these paroled prison* ers were N 't rent to fight the Indians, the ne cc.-sary troops would have to be taken from the rest of the pepulaiion, and consequently the power of the enemy, as against in, weakened to that extent. Unde? existing facts, though, their paroled prisoners are no lot s, for they put them directly in the field again, and, os it ap pears, in effect, to tight against us again. Under these circumstances our government should adopt some measure to force the enemy to respect the cartel, or else consider itself wholly discharged from Utn agreement. They are breaking it outrages! dy enough hi their line; on the Potomac, where hundreds of parol ed prisoners have, in v! aoon of good flfllh and.honorable dealing, born nnMnskidgly re admitted to the ranks. Many of those scamps were captured hi recent battles, and we trust the government has ordered every man of them to he shot. This, after all, isubcut the only parole to which a Yankee invader ol our soil— a conspirator again t our homos—is justly entitled. The War.—Everything ‘appears extremely quirt along the line of the Potom* •. Not even a rumor ol war has reached us from that quar ter for a week past. I; is probable t tat''our half starved and exhausted army, after untojd hardships and two whole works of fighting, have quietly settled down for a time in some secluded spot, to rccupt .rue their overtaxed energies, and await the . sf vil of reinforce ments. This is all very well, and we shall probably hear fir m thorn again in the course dt a few days at firth 1 si. Ia Kentucky, ;.t l.m accounts, everything was n >dy for . at and *•< • Live cugageno nt. Uep. r*e app.ire-itfy later, though no dates are given, represent Bragg and Smith as having united their forces, and thrown themselves Across the path of Buell in his march for the relief of Louisville. Tins contradicts the for mer Yankee report, oa which we a mnadverted to some exeat a day or two since, and we hop l it may be true. Something serious has <1 u! il.ss occurred before this, both at Lcnis vdle a- el Cincinnati, aud we shall probably re vive the tidings daring the week. Yro. regard to these two cities and their ' ’ '. tire w.- would mak* a single re ts i-k : U-.tr army is rep-: & as inked, half fed, anu ia a suffering condition ff-rneiallv. L“t us not win these victories without providing for their v arts, cs, eeially from the resources of CUseirmai:. the etc.my have piundefed us wherever they have been, even without the . a of necessity—force teem to return a put of w..althey have taken, in the form ol t, 'L O-s.iries and coto orts for onr army. Mr. Joseph Dusne i, the Telegraph operator at Wilmington, N. C. died there, of yellow tev r, Monday n'ght. Brig Gen. A K Wi V t arrived in Augusta, Tner .v ;*u His w J w. gradually im -Ibe ; - duetiou of tchacco is rapidly in erecsiße nA g.-r e T ~ rear's crop S* estima* teNlat twelve at:'. • icds. In 1544 there OH! I'* 1 '* **• • ■ f acres. The quality SKSSSSr “*Sh!y praised ia the ARMY CORRESPONDENCE Os Savannah Republican. Suithfield, Va., Sept. 19th, 1863. The Confederate army has returned to Vir ginia. Whether Gen. Lee took this step from a military necessity, or for seme strategic pur pose, or because he had accomplished the ob ject of Me- movement into Maryland—the cap ture of Helper’s Ferry—l am unable to say- Theorderw6siF9ut dl.it. last evening, and by the time it was quite dark, the wagons, artillery and troops hegu in move. All the wounded that were in a condition to be moved, had been taken across the river Those whose wounds u t re very severe oi mortal, unfortunately, had to be left behind, and fell into the hands of the enetnv. Some ot *b,- w -u*ced had neverbeen removed from the. field, having (alien on a part of the ground still fit,id by the enemy. Many of the dead were buried yesterday, usd some were transferred to this bank of the river. It was not quite three miles to the Potomac, and our wagon trains extended from Sharpsburg over to the Virginia side There were only two roads by which wo could proceed, one ot which was taken by the troops and the other by the artillery and wagons. Our lines came up within a short distance elf the enemy’s, yet so silently and adroitly was the movement conducted, that McClellan was not aware of it until next morn ing. It had rained in the afternoon, and the roads were muddy below, while the heavens were covered with a light fog above, both of which facilitated the enterprise. We had crossed into'Maryland by the bright and early morning sun ; wc returned in silence and at the dead hour of night The columns wound their way over the Hills and along the valleys like some huge, indistinct monster. The trees and overhanging cliffs, and the ma jestic Blue Ridge loomed up ia dim bat en larged aud fantastic proportions, and made one feel as if he were in some strange and weird land of grotesque forms, visible only in the h.-"'r of dreams. Whatever was the motive to the movement, it mus t be regarded as one of the most success ful and extraordinary exploits in the history of any country, aud stamps the man that ordered aud executed it as one of the greatest military leaders in our time and generation. With the exception of the wounded and a few wagons that got turned in the darkness, not a man or wagon, nor a single piece of artillery was lost. Longstreet’s corps, being nearest the ford, led the way, followed by t). H. Hill’s aud Jackson’s iu the order of their names. The crossing was accomplished by half-past six this morning, and soon thereafter the enemy’s ar tillery opened a harmless fire from the opposite heights. The bird bad flown, however, and nis rage was impotent. There was formetly a splendid stone bridge at Sheperdstown where the army crossed, but the enemy destroyed it last year. The ford was three fourths of a mile below the bridge, and this ni.de it necessary to pass down the river bank hat distance, and then up it on the other side by a narrow road blasted out of the rocky precipice. The troops managed to work their way out from the river along some of the gorges that broke through the cliff, and a few wagons and artillery escaped in the same wav. Thus, you perceive, the character of the Vir ginia side wa3 almost as unfavorable as it could be to the safety of the movement. It is an exceedingly difficult undertaking at any time to transfer on array across a wide stream, but it is especially so under circumstances such as sur rounded Gen. Lee. I am frank to gay I was in favor of the move ment into Maryland/ lam equally ready to admit that, under the circumstances, I now think it was a mistake. -This conviction gradu ally forced itself'npon my mind after I came up with the army and saw the miserable condition in which it was. A fifth of the troops are bare footed ; half of them are in rags,' and the whole of them insufficiently supplied with food. Men in this condition cannot be relied on to the same extent as when they are “properly clothed and subsisted. The best soldiers,under such cir cumstances, will straggle both on the march and in battle. Since we crossed into Maryland, and even before, they frequently had to march all day, and far into the night for three or four days together, without food of any kind, except such apples and green corn a’s they could obtain along the way. Our supply of food was limit ed at best, and the base of our operations so distant, the intervening country so barren by reason of the spoliation perpetrated by Pope and his myrmidons, and our transportation so limited, that it was quite impossible to subsist the army as it should be. The difficulty of passing Confederate money in Maryland was another fruitful source of trouble. The political effect upon Maryland of our retrnp;f,/! m/wmont mact ho ii juiK’US Wo shall doubtless lose ground among the people, and it. may be we shall have to make up our minds to loose the State itself. It should be the direst necessity, however, that would compel us to abandon Maryland. The waters of the Chesapeake are indispensable to the Con federate States as a naval power, as well as for our security atid defense. * Gen. Toombs received a painful, though not serious, wound in tho hand last night, just as the army was about to move. He was mounted and at the head of his division, with his aids aronnd him, when six or eight mounted men approached slowly along his line to where his horse standing. They were asked who they were, and remaining silent, Capt. Troup com menced to draw upon them ; whereupon they said, “don’t shoot; we are Massachusetts men.” Gen. Toombs was about drawing his pistol from the holsters, when Capt. T. fired npon them. They imfnediately returned the fire, and then wheeling their horses, disappeared in the dark ness. Lient. Robt. Grant received a slight flesh wound in therm also. The men Were doubt less lost, and (he affair may have contributed Somewhat to the deception practised upon Mc- Clellan by Gen. Lee in withdrawing his army across the river. Winchester, Va., Sept. 20th. I came on to this place for medical treatment, being quite unwell, and to be where there are some mail facilities for getting off letters. Intelligence has just been received that Jack son engaged a brigade of the enemy last even ing at the Shepherdstown ford. Concealing his own forces, he permitted the enemy’s artillery to get into the river aud many of his troops to reach the Virginia side, when he set his men upon-them and had another Lseaburg affair of it. He killed a large number of them and cap tured a good many, and one report says several pieces ei artillery. Those who escaped our fire tied in dismay back to Maryland. There is a report in circulation that we have re-crossed the river at WiliiSmspon, but it is probably untrue. After Jackson’s affair at the ford, he took up his position four miles this side the river. Thus a largo number of our wounded who had been transferred to Shep herdstown, have fallen into' the hands of the enemy. We hear they have been paroled. The enemy Kns also thrown forward scouting parties as far as Middleburg, Upperville and Paris on the eastern side of tha Blue Ride. Nothing further has transpired in regard to the proposition reported to have been made by Gen. Lee to the Federal government, and allud ed to in a former letter o: mine. lam credibly informed that such a proposition as that de scribed was certainly made, and under circum stances that encouraged the hope of its accept ance. Recent events, however, may have given a different turn to the affair. I have just heard of ah instance of gallantry in the late battle that deserves to be put on record. The Floridians always fight well, but the Fifth Florida behaved with distinguished courage and intrepidity at Sharpsbnrg. The be- o in luis ease was a private—Ben Flowers— of that regiment. He was wounded five differ ent ii: ■ sand in as many different places ; yet he cor.: i: tied to shoqt away as fearlessly as ever, until he had received the fifth wound, which one of h-s hands, so that Tie could not load his piece. He is doing very weU ;as soon as he is well enough, he says be shall be after the Yankees again. Maj. Phillip Tracy of the 6-h Georgia, wound ed in the leg, has since died. He was wounded at Richmond, and only rejoined his regiment the evening before the bailie. He had net quite recovered his strength, and the amputation to which his limb was necessarily subjected Droved fatal. / P. W. A. Position of McClellan’s Abmt.—The cor respondent of the Baltimore American, wri ting oa the situation along the Potomac, says: Perfect qniet remains aloag the lines, a quiet that has scarcely been disturbed by eveu the skirmishing of pickets. We hold the river at Sharpsburg in strong force, whilst the Rebels occupy the opposite bank. Williamsport we also occupy ia sufficient strength to resist any hostile detaocstration there. Harper's Ferry is likewise in our pos session, and we thus stand in a position to check a re-invasion of the State, or reeom we?. < i t \, r ' ffecs!Ve operations whenever General Meu.ellais so determines. . In the meantime, the army is not idle. The nt , L= t ! £. m f CU * re receiving the instruction Perfect them as soldiers ; for, cij ’.‘ ? Ed dash in the great battle is not k 4 tra- tW7k and to wUh admiration, it i not less true that they were not equal to the trying positions in which they were placed b? the emergencies of the fight. 1 u Gun. Houston.— ffie Houston < fexasi Tele graph of the 3d isutant Says : "Tne question whether Sam Houston is alive is agitating the press of both the United States and the Con federate Slates. We answer it. He is alive and comparatively well, residing at his place ou Cedar Point, a few miles from this city.” correspondence Of tb a Pavar nfth Renubllein. A Forced Marph Faille of Sharpsburg—ToomO's Brigade Engaged—Desperate Fight of the Second and Twentieth Georgia Regiments—Death of ; 01. Holmes—A View f the Battle-field—Display of the Federal hos's— Their Cowardice - Eonper's Brigade lost the Field—7 he Seven t, ’ nth. Fifteenth and Eleventh retail it—lncidents of the Battle- Death of Col. Williams, of Col. Mare dins Doug las, of Capt. Am hi and Capt. Waller—The Fif. tielh and Fifty-first Regiments in the Battle of Boonesboro'—Retreat across the Potomac. Bivouac in tub Field Virginia, ( September 20.. b, 1863. ) Mr. Editor : II I had paper and time I could occupy one side of your journal in detailing exciting incidents of this most extraordinary campaign, battles, marches, Ac , but must content myself with giving your readers the most prominent and interesting facts connect ed with my brigade. Other correspondents must take thought for their respective regi ments. As wc passed through the beautiful city oi Hagerstown on Monday night, the clock told the hour of twelve. Daylight found ns near Sharpsburg, the scene of the last bloody battle between the Federals and Confederates We were assigned a position on a creek a mile east of the town, and were proceeding thither when the Ffiteenth and Seventeenth were ordered back several miles to take the Williamsport, road, to protect wagon trains. Thirty or forty wagons were captured early in the morning by Yankee cavalry/ Oar Quartermaster, Captain Matbis, and several of his teamsters, were cap tured, but the Captain and one or two of the men made their escape. Joe Swain, of my company, is still in their hands. We reached Williamsport and crossed the river by sunset, without incident, though we were once drawn up in line of battle to repulse an attack of cavalry, which proved to be a por tion of Gen. Stuart’s. Tuesday we marched down the river to Shepardstowu, which we found full of our wounded and sick. The ladies greeted us by every demonstration of welcome, which showed them to be the best Sece-sionists. By 9 a. in. Wednesdfty we were once more in Maryland and within sound ol battle, to which we hurried as fast as our sore feet and worn out condition would allow us. We soon saw evidences of the bloody work of death pro gressing, for the road was lined by the wound ed in ambulances, on litters, and limping along, some supported by friends, and others' leaning cn sticks. By eleven we entered the field. As we filed through an open place, the enemy hurled his terrible shells at us, one of them bursting in a neighboring barn, which was soon in flames. While wo lay condeakd in a corn field, waiting for Gen. Toombs to give us a place, a shell ex ploded in the Fifteenth Georgia, killing the color-bearcr, tearing the colors to pieces, and wounding three or four. Gen. Toomb3 posted us—the Seventeenth, Fifteenth and Eleventh regiments—behind a stone wall, upon a hill, with high ground iu our rear, where the Washington Artillery, (Cap tain Rosser’s oltl company,) took position. Upon our right and left were large corn fields, and ground much higher than that which we occupied, while all was open iu front. About four hundred yards in front was a creek, and on our right (in front) was a considerable body of timber lining deep ravines. Here I will leave the regiment for a time, while t tell you wlnt the Second —the glorious “Little Second” —and the Twentieth did, under the leadership of onr heroic Colonel Eiriy in the morning, Col. Benning was ordered to hold a bridge, which he did against fearful odds, for five hours. The enemy advanced in heavy col umns against this little force, not numbering more than two hundred, or two fifty. The steady courage and accurate firing of the men successfully repulsed every onset, until their ammunition was expended. Impatiently they waited for reinforcements, but none came. Col. Holmes, who had conspicuous courage throughout the affair, mounted his horse to go for reinforcements, when he was killed. Col. Benning then determined to retire, which he did in good order, with slight loss. The ene my seemed satisfied with gaining the bridge, for which they had so loDg contended, and did not pursue. Benning retired to a good position, further back than ours, then took command where Gen. Toombs’ placed us. I have not obtained auy further particulars as to loss, &c. About 1 p. m., we discovered three large columns advancing beyond the creek—one into the corn-field on our left, one against our po sition, and one on our right. They made a very ,li—jMay. For some time there was some apprehension for our right and left flanks, which we feared were not sufficient ly strong. On they came iu solid phalanxes, threatening to carry everything before them by the weight and discipline of their columns.— When the first column had reached the right place, a battery upon our left having the range accurately, and the “Washington Artillery” on the bills to our rear, let them have a few dis charges of grape and shell, which broke their solid body, ancf caused a panic. I never wit nessed such a sight. The centre first gave way, then fled, communicating the panic to the whole column. The hills for hundreds of yards were black with the flying Federals, not in platoons, companies or regiments, but in acon lused mass. Those on our right were in a like manner broken and repulsed. • Those in our immediate front, who had driven in our skir mishers, also retired, and everything cm the vast fields overlooked by our position, became as quiet as a Quaker village on a Sabbath day. occasionally, however, this reiern of quiet Was broken by artillery practice across the hills. At 4 o’clock Gen. Gregg’s 8. C. Brigade re lieved us, and we wero ordered#to the rear to rest. At this juncture, 1 witnessed even a grander sight than the one I have just attempt ed to describe. The hills east of the town, on both sides of the creek, are in cultivation. The west side of the creek was occupied by Kemper’s Brigade (of Virginians). The ground was high, and mostly level east of the town for several hundred yards, where it makes a rapid or 6teep descent into a beautiful-valley of the creek. Towards this position four large solid columns ol the enemy advanced in most splen did style. Shells from our batteries burgled in their lines, broke them, leaving dead and wounded on the ground, and covering the line l in duet and smoke; but still, on they came. They attacked and drove Kemper’s Brigade from the field, with a slight loss, however, to the Virginians. We were ordered forward at a double-quick, and reached the point occupied by a battery before, the enemy had gained the road. What a sight! A large, epiendily equip ped brigadeof Yankees in undisputed possession ; of the field, and our battery deserted ! Colonel Banning posted us in tfr? road behind a plank fence facing the enemy, and the ball opened. The 15:h and a portion ofThe oOih, met a large force a little to our ri rbt, advancing through a corn field. The first few shots wefe too low, but very soon ihaboys got the exact range, when they did a fearful work with the Yanks. Tpeir colors fell three times, and their 1 lines melted away alarmingly fast. They stood our fire about ten minute*-, when they began to retire in a pretty good order, then to run. We charged and drove them about six hundred yards. Here they rallied behind a stone fence, and we stopped the pursuit. Onr rifles were ordered forward to a good position and picked off those that ex posed themselves, until tbte enemy were finally routed. Oar lorce numbered cot more than 300 or 400. Col. William T. Millicaa Ted on the Fifteenth in a manner which will make his name live in the hearts and memories of ,onr people. With sword drawn, he advanced ten paces before the colors, and told bis men to follow. Without haste or confusion, he led them to a stone fence within two hundred yards of the enemy, and contributed very largely to*the final route of the enemy. He was shot through the breast, and died in a short time alter., For coolness and daring, he had not a superior mi our army. Few Colonels h?s fully possessed The love and confi dence cf their men. I must remark the perfect Indifircccq of every man to danger. While the battle raged, the boys were seen to pick up canteens, bianklets, swords, pistols, etc. ; while those who were bare-footed, supplied themselves with boots and ghoes. lam wearing the best boots I have yet seen, which 1 bought from ona of the boys a half hour after he had pulled them off a dead Yankee. This looks wrong, to allow the dead to be robbed of boots or shoes ; but, my good Georgia frieqds, don’t sudder at such a barbar ous practice. Oar noble boys were bare-footed, in a rocky countyr; and the dead had no use for shoes. It would be a waste to allow good* shoes, so much needed, to be buried with the dead—even if they are Confederate*. Yesterday I passed the grave of Col. Marcel las Douglass, of the 13;h Georgia, acting Briga dier when killed.. He received the fatal wound in the battle of Sharpsburg, Wednesday, Sept. 17th, while gallantly and skillfully managing Lawton’s Brigade. CoL Douglass was gaining an enviable position in the army, and had for some time been accounted a superior military man. In his death Georgia has lost one of her bright military representatives. He is properly called our “second Bartow.” lam told that Capt Arnold, of whom I have frequently spoken, was mortally wounded in the same great battle. I have been unable to find the 6:h Georgia, or any one belonging to it, to ascertain the truth of it. One of his men told me, before we reached the battle field, that he saw Capt. Arnold fall, and believed him mortal ly wounded. I yet hoped he was mistaken, and that one so truly gallant and ekiliful—one so talented am: beloved by bis command and all who know him, yet live;, to bless aud hoimr the old State for whom he has fought no brave ly. If Arnold was killed, Hancock county will be shrouded in mourning for years to come—in the hearts of her citizens will a trio ot the noblest of young men hold a place : and proud monu ment will be erected to perpetuate their names to future generations. Nay, a fourth will be added. It will be their pride to recount the. deed ; oMirav iy and patriotism ; and cite Uje. names of Capt Arnold, Lients. Reid and Jor dan, and of Geo. F. Lewis,as worthy of imitation. Capt. Robert A. Waller, commanding the Bth Florida Regiment, was killed. Capt. Waller is a citizen of Decatur county. He led the regi ment into the fight in a brave and skillful man ner. Pryor’s brigade fought well. In fact most of our troops fought well, while the Yankees, as a general king, were .easily repulsed. During tiie engagement Gen. Toombs was in the hottest part of the field, aud displayed, be sides courage, consummate skill in choosing positions for liis division. Colonel Benning’s heroic bearing throughout cannot be excelled. On Thursday night Gen. Lee fell back across the river. The movement, was effected in per fect order, and with trifling 1033. The enemy had been engaged all day in changing his posi tion, which rendered a similar movement ne cessary on our part. I hear some firing this’ morning bmf cannot give any idea of what is next on docket. V. A S. P. CORRESPON 13 El IST C El Of tile Savannah Republican. List ef Casualties in Sixty-first Kegi meut Georgia Volunteers, in tlie late Hatties at and near Manassas, Company A, Capt G J Mathews—Killed: None. Wounded: None. Company 13, Capt D R A Johnson—Killed: None. Wounded : Serg’t W E Mattox, slight ly in hand ; E W Hammock, severely in knee; Wm T Gray, slightly. Company C. CapiD McDonald-—Killed : Wm Alderman. Wounded: N A limn, slightly; Hiilery Smith, slightly; Gui'ford Kent, slight ly : T R Nesmith,’ slightly. Comptmy D, Capt H Tillman—Killed : Lieut J C Brannen, Privates J L B Nevill, J E Tur ner, Stephen Kennedy. Wounded : Lieut S II Kennedy, slightly; Serg’t J Mircy, slightly; J L Jarrell, severely in arm ; L B Collins, G F Hendrix, D Parish, T Waters, J Ellis, Wm H Collins. Company E, Capt C,W McArthur—Killed : None, Wounded : NA J Adams, severely; J Gillis. slightly; T G Callahan, slightly; J Pur vis, slightly. " Company F, Capt Peter Kranner —Killed ; None. Wounded: Capt Peter Brunner, sjightly in hand. Company F—Wounded: Corporal G W Cook severely ; private M E Breun, sliffhtly. Company G, Lieut . Idled: None. Wounded : Geo Guillat, slightly ; J A Dinkins, slightly; J A Boss, slightly ; John Short, ; Au gustus'Wellmaker, slightly. Company 11, Capt J W Dasher —Killed : Lieut M B Brewtow; privates Dan! B Colson, Ephraim O’Neal, Peter Burkhaltcr, John D Mcßride. Wounded: Sergt M G Tootle, .privates Win Ganey, Wm Clifton, Thos McKay, Salem Baze tnore", S iml B Rogers, Willoby Strickland, Horatio Collins, Jas M Rewis. Company I, Capt J D Gantalkingburg—Killed: Lieut.E P Lewis, private Newell, II Miller. Wounded : SargtG W Slrams, severely; pri vate M T Herndon, Wm Ford, Chas G Jones, slightly. Company Iv, Capt, E F Sharpe—Killed : Wm II Waters, Jr. Wounded: Wm Wilkinson. John Jarrell, Hampton Sikes, J A Blocker, J Stafford, slightly. A. P. Macßau, Major, Com’g Gist Regiment Geo. Vol. Camp near Harper’s Ferry, Sept. 10, 1803.- Indian Troubles in the Northwest— Tiici r Cause— The Indians avow them selves Allies of the South. [From the Madison (Wis.) Journal.] The Shawano county Journal, in the northern part of this State, has a report of a council held by the Menomonee Indians, at Beshena, on the 28th ult., which gives some startling develop ments. It says the Indians were inclined to keep friendly upon our frontiers, and that the head chief, the war chief, and ten other chiefs of bands were present, and made speeches aud ad dresses. One ot them said that fill the tribes in Wis consin sent their wampuma to the chief of the Winnebagoes, except the Monomenees, and that the latter had been notified that the last offer had been made to send their wampum.— Notice was also sent that the “blow was to be struck this summer,” -that all the tribes east of the Mississippi were goverened by the Win nebago chief, and communication through him with the Sioux ; it waa said also, that the In dians were selling their ponies to purchase am munition. One of the Indians in the council said tho Winnobago chief told him that “alt the western tribes were going to join the South.” The head chief professed a desire to remain at peace with the whites. The second chief made like assurance. The war chief the same. The editor of the Journal has ap article upon the report, from which we tak the following: Some facts were disclosed In the Monnftlonso council which go positively iT show that the massacre in Minnesota was-a preconcerted plan, and that all the northern tribes were united with the Sioux, except the Menomonee*, in the plot. They were assured that the blow would be strueik this summer, but at what time was not made known, ami that the Monomonees would meet with the same fate a? the whites if they did not join the rest of the Indians in their raid upon the whi c3. The whole thing is the effect ot secession, as the statements made in council will show. We have evidence which more directly brings home to the South the responsibility of this atrocious pilot. It is found in a letter from a Lieut. Colonel of A=*by’s rebel calry in Vir ginia ip bis brother-in-law, Mr. Robert Mills, of Columbus, in this State, which was received about the 25;h*>f August. In this letter Mr. Mills was advised by his Southern relative to get down into Virginia, within the Confederate lines, if he could—.the ways and means for cjoing which were pointed out.. If ha could Cot do this, kwai advised to go into Illinois for safety. The *Svriter stated that there would be a general uprising of the Indians throughout the North vyest about the first of September, and, while they might do no harm as far down in Wisconsin as the place of his friend’s residence, in order to make sure of being beyond danger, he had belter go into Central Illinois. Itlst of Casualties in t.lio 12tli Georgia lirglmcof, Sci>l. 17 tli, 1802. Company A—Killed: Privates J B Page, T J Market. Wounded : Lieut H A Crittc-aden, slightly ' Privates J W Ragan, slightly ; W A Pryor, slightly ; n B Ilaiford, slightly ; 3 G Clafke„severely ; Thos Ladd, slightly. Company B—Killed: Ljeui Alfred Hender son, Private Jamet M Fennel. Wounded : Lieut J N Beal), severely in mouth ; Corpl’s II P Hunt, mortally; J T R.mfroe, slightly; Pri vates Ben Stripling, mortally ; John Morgan, mortally; T G Gibson, severely; James W Hunter, severely. Company G—Killed: None. Wounded: Sergts T PEptipg, severely; C C Mathis-slight ly ; Privates J W Watson, slightly ;WA Wick er, severely; B II Mathews, Slightly; W C Ban nan, slightly; Bout Hill, slightly: Be.j Buland. Company D—Killed 5 Sergt A M Brown, Pri vates W H Norwood, JasP PI itt. Wounded: K Q Long, severely. Company E—Killed: Jos H Davey. Wound ed : Lt W L Robinson, severely; C.frpl Clay, slightly; Privates Britt, severely ; Smith, slight ly; Cherry, severely. Missing: Sergt Green. Company F- Killed : B F Hodges. Wound ed : Privates A Haman,- leg, amputated; A Watson, slightly; R A Johnson, severely; W F Lowe, slightly; Lt Jas M Brown, slightly. Company G—Killed : Privates John Moore, A A Hetiaiin. Wounded : Privates James Wil son, slightly ; J G HendsoD, slightly ; Sergt R J Little, very ei'ghtly. Company H—Killed : Cap*. James G Rodgers. Wounded : Lieut O F Evans, severely ; Seftrt A J Youngblood, slightly ; Corpl Geo II Lowe, severely; Private E J Paililpp*. Company I—Killed ; None. Wounded : Ser.-t A J Tucker, severely ; Privates G P Bass, slight ly ; W D Hardee, severely; Tho3 Roberts, slight ly. Company K—Killed : S *rgt T J ushin. Wounded : Lieut N Hamilton Slight'.y Corpl James Bosser, slightiy; Private John Gordon, -very slightly. Capt. J. T. CAB3ON. Com’dg 12th Ga., Iteg’t. Important Order, • Adjt, and Insp. Gen. Office, ) Richmond, Sept. 21, 1802. j Special No. 220. VIL of absence and furloughs for s.sty davs, from October 20,1562, will be granted to all members of the General Assembly of. the State of Georgia, in the Confederate State Army. By order of the Secretary of Wart John Withers, Assistant Adjutant General. Among the returned prisoners here are some M'saourtans, who have quite an adventurous history to recount. They were taken prisoners while in Price’s army, but the Yankees would not recognize them as prisoners of war, and gave them a trial by court martial. They were condemned and sentenced to be executed; their coffins were prepared, the graves dug, and the orisonors taken out to he shot, when at thdlast moment the Yankees fearing retaliation, con cluded to recognize them as prisoneis or war, and allowed them to be regularly exchanged. It will not belong until these men wiil be again in front of the battle, and then woe to' the Yan kees.— rVicksborg Citizen. •)OItRKSP O N D E N C E Of ihj Savannah Republican. Casualties of the bOlh Georgia Regiment—Conduct of the Regiment in the Affairs of Sunday* and Wednesday—Lawton's Brigade—Casualties in the Seventeenth, Bivouac in tiie Field, Va., I September 22d, 1863 f Mr. Editor .-—I herewith enclose you a list of casualties of the Fiftieth Georgia Regiment in the battles of Sunday 14 h, and Wednesday,lßth inst. Tlii** ]is: was furnished m by Adjutant Fleming. It will he recn that the 50th suffered severely, losing more than half the men engaged in the firstaffair, in twen y two minutes. This regiment is not alone in its terrible losses. The whole brigade suffered, excepting, perhaps, a South Carolina regiment. Gen. Drayton placed his brigade in a road, to receive an attack from the hill where the enemy was expected. The turn pike ran through a gorge, there being high hills on either side, and a stone fence on the lower side of the road. The brigade had scarcely taken position before the enemy appeared on all sides. There was no time for thought. The men were ordered io protect themselves the best they coula behind this stone fence, which was only a partial protection from one side. The enemy from the open ing of the gorgb had a clear sweep down the whole line; while those on the heights, on cither side, had every ad vantage, being protected by trees and rocks. In the short space of twenty two minutes, over half of the brigade lay dead or wonnded in the read. A retreat was ordered, but too late to save the brave men from the murderous fire of a vastly superior foe. All the dead and most of the wounded were left cn the field. During the whole of that bloody tragedy hun dreds oi men refused to lie down, but stood erect, and coolly fought against every odds. In the affair of Wednesday, (battle of Sharps burg) I witnessed the part taken in the closing fight, by the 50th. They followed our brigade into the fight, and took position next to the 15lh. In the charge, they, led by Col. Kearse, acted most nobly. They charged over the hill, and took position behind thj same stone fence behind which the Fifteenth fought with much effect. The * regiment did not number more than sixty or seventy men. I was told yesterday that Lawton’s Brigade was badly cut up, at on Saturday, nearly the whole brigade being either killed or captured. The particulars of the affair I was unable to obtain. I trust it is not as bad as reported. A Major of the brigade in formed Dr. M-cTyre, of the 50 A Regiment, that Lieutenant Judscu Butts, of the 81st Georgia, was cither killed or captured. I have been in a state of dread ever since, but it may be too true. If he is captured, he will soon be restored to his friends. IS killed, many a heart will be made to bleed. ■ It is astonishing hot 1 / few casualties there were in the 17fh, in the battle of Sharpsburg. It did not have a man killed, and only five or six wounded. Not a man in Company “D” re ceived a scratch. We were evidently protected by the shadowing wing of a good Providence. The estimated lo s of the enemy I.have net heard, but it i? put down At fifteen to one. I must have seen at one point throe hundred dead Yankees, and I know I did not see more then a dozen dead Southerners. Wo were hotly engaged for two hours, some of the men fir ing 150 rounds !. V. A. S. P. Kiiat of Casualties In tlie 50lli Ga. Regi men?, in tlio Fglit near Eoonsboro’, Sunday, Sept. I4tli 1862. Field and Staff—Col WmR Manning, wound ed in hip, flesh wound. Company A—Capt J T W?lson commanding. Killed : Privates Sami Altman, J F Thomas. Wounded : Capt J T Wilson, Privates G W Allen. R G Oberry,- G R Stooe, LR Thomas, Benj Waldron, G W Collins. Missing : Lieut A Dowling l , Privates J T McAlhaney, WII Stone, J T Tippins. J W Fletcher, W A Gooding. Company B—Killed : None. Wounded : Sergt Jas Ander?on, Privates P L Rowland, Geo Lee. Missing : M Music, Jeel Walker, Geo White, V A White. Oompanv C—Lieut A Smith, commanding. Killed : J Richardson, M Passmore. Wound ed : Sergt EII Moore, Privates J Tetstone, W Smith, C Hargraves, J A Carver, J J Carver, !J F Ward, B Merrett, A Nettles, W R Pato, i IV F Eady, II Joiner, J Wooten. II Smith, J J ! Russ. | Company D—Killed : Privates J Vieke*s, M i Vickers. Wounded : Corpl McConnell. Pri- I votes R P Hughes, S Peters, G Herndon, W I Wilson, J Sivilly, E Hughes. Missing ; A S Newnans, J Bynum, T Rodgers, J Walker, S B Lester, B Coleman, A Brown. [ Comnany E—Lieut P McGlashin, command- I insr. Killed : Sergt R Roneau, Privates J j O’Rorke, J G Phillips, Sami Gandy. E Sher man, J J Stanfit, A Q Donaldson. Wounded : Sergt Q M McCoy, Privates T 8 Dunbar, S B Sheffield, W II MePhearson, W W J)ougla3, P M J Creed, Q N Murphy. Missing: Private B Hardy, V/ Vann, Jno Harden, Jas Hecks. Company F—Lieut WmO Fleming, com manding. Killed : Lieut Wra Dekle, Corpl W Maxwell, Privates W J Powell, C Nix, Geo R Mallard, W B Dunlap, BenjhAlkinaon. Wound ed : Corpl ET Grantham, Privates Jno T Nix, Jno Bryant, D liryaut, O Trawick, B Bachelor, Newton Hicks, N Garland, Benj F MtteaW, W Tdloyeft, E Herring. J M Horn. Company G—Cant J R O-tcn, commanding. Killed : Capt J R Osteen, Sergt Jnß Douglass, Sergt Gutheris, David Bass. Wounded : Sergt A Brack, Corpl’s Wm Roberts and Wm Corbitt, Privates J R Hargraves, A Jones, J Register, H Sears, James Clemens, C Thomas, L II Sir— moos, M T Buckland, M Corbett, J II Vining. Company H—Lieut J Johnson, commanding. Killed : Private Joseph Castleberry. Wound ed : Private Jas Flowers. O N Flowers, M Gay, Jno Mercer, W Price, D A Giles, J A Aired. Missing : Sergt Jas Brown, Cgrpl’s H WHan cock, and J A Hood, Privates J T Hancock, G 11 Hancock. I.IST OF CASUALTIES IN TIIE FIGHT AT SHAIU’S BUIiO, WEDNESDAY, ism SECT. No casualties in Companie'3 A and B. Company C—Killed: None. Wounded : Pri vate A Merritt. . , Company D—Killed: None. Wounded : Sergt J II Peters, Corpl W H W'senbaker, in the breast slight. Company E—Killed : None. Wounded: Sergt E E Fahm, in the hip slight; Privates S M Gaudy, in the shoulder severe ; J Gaudy, in tne shoulder slight. Company G—Wounded : W II Corbitt, in the head mortal. Company H—Wounded: Privates J Aired, flesh wound in the kg and arms; Thos Baker, flesh "wound iu (he shoulder. Company I—Wounded.: Lt F Mobley, shot through the right breast; Privates J T Weekly, right thumb shot off; R P Connell, through the knee. Company K—Wounded : Lt J E Finch, in the left eye; Sergt Fullwood, in the thigh, (leg since been amputated); Sergt McCall, flesh wound in the leg: Privates J F Jones, through the head; T B Archibald, flesh wound in.the leg. Company I—(Lt Mobley in command)—Kill ed : Private Mathew Heudiey. Wounded: Lt D Gaskins. Private S Marshall. Missing : Pri vates A J Parvis. J W Tison, W II Hartley. Company K—(Lt J G McCall In command)— Wounded: Privates D A Fullwood, J L Hill, W F Joiner, T W Rambo. Most of the wounded fell into the enemy’s hands. lam unable to 6tate the nature of their wounds. The regiment went into the fight 200 strong, including officers and men. The Sickness in Wilmington.— The general .impression here, in which we fully concur, is that it has been clearly traced to the steamer Kate, from Nassau, which vessel arrived here late in July last. It was asserted at the time that two of her crew died here of the yellow fever very soon after her arrival. They were rfnknown, lew thought about the matter and public attention not directed to it. The sickly season not having arrived, the disease, although occurring sporadically, had not made much progress, nor assumed an epidemic char acter, until a few weeks since, when it com menced spreading with great rapidity. It is possible had the disease attracted more attention at first, its progress might have been stayed, or its limits confined, and many valua ble lives saved. Bat of this we are not now qualified to speak. How many lives have al ready been lost, we cannot ascertain, bnt they have been many—too many, and the mortality does no; abate, although our town is almost depopulated, all who could getaway have gone. We learn that twelve deaths were reported on Saturday, and thirteen on Sunday, (yesterday). The medical gentlemen of the town are ex erting themselves nobly, and to them, to Dr. Choppin, of Gen. Beauregard’s staff, whoso kindly volunteered their services, as also to the nurses who came from Charleston, in accord ance with the prompt and kind response of the Mayor to our call for aid, the thanks of our community are due. [Wilmington Journal, 29th nit. Kossuth has published a letter denouncing the call of Garibald or Hungary to rise, and re , pudiating the use of his name in connection with the calk telegraphic Latest from Kentucky. Mukkkekbboko’, Sept 23.—A gentleman just at rived rom Bragg’s army reports that Bragg and Kir by Smith had formed a junction, and were within twenty mites of Louisville. Humphrey Marshall was at Rising Sun, on the Ohio, twenty miles below Cincinnati, and had stopped the navigation oi the Ohio. Buell was on Green river. The Filty-third Kentucky regiment had been mus tered into the Confederate servico. T:.e enemy’s firco at Louisville is said to be 6,009 strong, and all of than new levies. From Kentucky and Tennessee. CAPTURE OF 400 SICK CONFEDERATES— NASHVILLE INVESTED AND STARVING OUT. CiiAUTASOpOA. fcsept, 23.—The Yankee cavaby cap tured end paroled four hundred of our sick on the 20ih, at Glasgow, Ky. They had been left there in hospital ty Gen. Brsgg. The people of Naehvilla, citizens and soldiers, are near starvation. No stores or provisions can reach them from the North, and the place is completely in vested by the Confederate cavalry. The Yankees are still fortifying. FROM RICHMOND. HOW GOLD WENT UP IN NEW YORK. Richmond, Sept, 29.—1n New York, on the 2oth speculative stocks advanced 3 and 4 per centum, and the amount sold was unprecedently large. Gold ad vanced to 121 but fell afterwards to 120. Sterling Ex change was held at 132. The Herald says Wall street was frantic. Such in flation of prices, such a reAless scramble for money, such immense transactions in gold, many of which are unprecedented in Wail street, have not been seen in many a long day. Richmond, Sept. 29 —We have no news from any quarter to-day ; all is quiet here. The recent advance in gold in New York was causrd, in t ct, says the Herald, by an announcement from Mr. Cisco, tho Sub-Treasurer at New York, that the government would pay at the rat 9 of four per centum p.er annum on gold deposited in the Treasury, payable in kind at any time on ten days’ notice. (The Herald may tell that to tho marines. It Is the first time we ever heard of a “furor” to get money at a prem.um of twenty-cne per cent, to loan it to a bankrupt government at four per cent., and especial ly when Linco n lias both tho power and will to grab both principal end interest. How do s the Herald account for the corresponding li e in exchange and fancy stocks? The o’d sinner will be puzzled to a:- swer that question.—Edr.] Direct from the Army fa Virginia. * —■ [Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.} Winciiestp.u, Sept. SO.—Telegraphic coinmanica* tion irem th s p ace fonthurard has at lai t been opened. Our army is gui t, resting and receiving conscripts and stragglers, wLj are coxing in daily and rapid!y building .up our forces. The army is in a far better condition to-day, than it was when it enlero 1 Maryland. The enemy snows no disposition to cross the Potomac since the disastrous affair at Shepherdstown. - Tho weathor is highly iavorab’e to the wounded, and most of them aro bein<( sent to Richmond aud Staun toQi P. W. A. Northern Accounts from Kentucky and Virginia. Senatobia, Miss,, Sept. 80 (Special io the Mobile Advertiser and liegister )—'Tho Memphis Bulletin of the 2S.h says nothing important has been received from tho North. All was quiet along the lines of the Potomac. Private despatches received in Washington repre sent matters dull at McClellaa’a headquarters on the 24th. It says Louisville is no longer threatened. Buell’s advancs had arrived via Salt River, Bragg was con centrating his forces at Bloomfield. The New York Tribune’s correspondent says it was Barnes’ brigade that crossed the Potomac at Bharps bu g Saturday, and confirms former accounts of their disastrous overthrow, on land and in th 9 water. The Chicago Times sjys the Federal troops on the upper Potomnj had made no forward movement, though active operations would not long be delayed. Gen. Lee’s headquarters were at Faking Waters, and the Rebels aro concentrating at Winchester, which place was being fortified. The Yankeo loss ia the battb of Antletam is officially stated at 9,220, whilo ours is said to have ex. ceodod 10,050 A special despatch from Waihington to tho Chicago Times says that the rumor that a draft is about to be made, hat its foundation in the fact that the President has determined, in ca 33 the country does not rally at onco under the policy indicated in hi3 emancipation proclamation, he wi 1 enforce ho draft until the army reaches cno million. Congressional News. Richmond, Sept. 2a—ln the Senate to-day, the House bill increasing the pay of soldiers was laid on the table. Also a resolution for the organizations of the Supreme Coart. A resolution of the House to postpone tho adjournment, was laid over until Mon day. The bill to provide for vacancies in the army occasioned by tho rejection of incompetent officers, was discussed for several hours and finally rejected. The Houie adopted a resolution extending the pres ent. session of Congress to the 6th of October; a'so a resolution ol thanks to Lieut. Brown and his command of the steamer Arkansas; also passed a bill to divide Texas into two judicial districts. The Exemption bill was further considered. Mr. Lyons, of Va., offered an amendment to exempt only such members of Con gress under forty-fivo jears of age as are disabled from military duty; rfj 'oted—yeas, 83; nays, 86. Riciim. nd, Sept. 29. —1n the Senate, to-day, Mr.* Semmes, of La , submitted a resolution declaring Lin coln’s emancipation proclamation a gross outrage on llie right of private prop l rty, and an imitation to an atrocious servile war, and therefore should be held up o the execration of mankind, and counteracted by uch severe re aliaiory measures as in the judgment ot he President may be best calculated to secure Ks withdrawal or arrest Us ex outi n. Referred to Judi ciary Committee. A resolution from the Hou3o extending the session until Monday next, was concurred in. Tho Senate bill to author ze tho President to accept and place in service certain regim nte, Ac., heretofore raised, though composed in part of persons liable to conscription, was pasted. In the House, the Exemption bill was further con sidered and amended so as to exempt ail persons em ployed o a newspapers who are indispensable to their publication according to the oath of the Editor. Several bills were a’so passed. Richmond, Sept. 89.—The Senate to-day passed the House bill to repeal the law authorising the commuta tion of soldiers’ clothing, and to require the Secretary of War to furnish clothing in kind; also the Senate bill to authoriso Military Courts to attend the army in the field. The bill relative to Parttzan Rangers, passe t yesterday, was reconsidered and amended so as to au thorise the President to receive into the service regi ments embracing conscripts in States west of the Mis sissippi. The House was engaged all day, except when in se cret session, in farther consideration of the exemption bill. Eiciimond, Oct. I—la the Senate, to-day, Mr. Scmmee, from the Jadici&ry Committee, to whom was referred the resolutions relative to Lincoln’s emancipa tion proc’amation, reported a bill to repress atrocities by the enemy by r r trTJietion, Ac. Other bills and re solutions on the nine subject were presented and all made the special < •’ cr of the day for to-morrow, one o’clook. The rv\ for of the session was occupied in the dissussfo . : elutions relative to martial law and I’rovost Mar?' The following resolution was finally a’opted, a of yeas 21; nays I—Mr Wlgfal. : Itesolred, That : diary law of the Confederate States is, by the cunsu.ution and the enactments of Congress, limited to the land and naval forces, to the militia when in actual service, and to such other per sons as are within the linos of any army, army corps, division or brigade of the army of the Confederate States, and that no officer of the government of the Confederate States has the constitutional or other legal authority to declare, organize, or enforce martial law over any portion of the territory or citizens of the Con'ederate Slates. In the House, Mr. Lyons, of Va., submitted a pre amble denouncing Lincoln’s emancipation proclama tion, and lesolutions prescribing the mode of retalia tion against the enemy. Mr. Chilton, of Ala., submitted similar resolutions, and all were referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Foote submitted a resolution recognizing the practical neutrality of California and Oregon and the territories of Washir gton and Nevada, and proposing on the assertion of their independence of the United States, the formation of a league between said States and territories and the Confederate States. The exemption bill was farther amended and then passed. Northern Finances —Latest from Louis ville. FESDZEicKSisroo, Oct. I.—The Baltimore Sun of the 20th, quotes gold in New York, on Saturday, at 121 a 1 ter ling Exchange, 182 X * 133. M. The Sun also says Buell is in Louisville fortifying the city, and that Bragg’s picket* are twelve miles og,