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WEEKLY
REPUBLICAN,
By F. vv . Himes
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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.
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[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,