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V. vU-Y REPUBLICAN
AEbial Demokstdation. About midday
yesterday, and for more than an hour, the roar
of heavy artillery was almost momentarily
sounding in our ears. The shots seemed too
frequent to come from only one side, and the
general impression in the city was that a fierce
engagement was progressing between the ene
my’s fleet and our batteries on the river. A
number of persons went down to witness the
havoc and circumstance of war, but to their
disappointment found it* was only a bit of fun,
or rather folly, on the part of the enemy. They
brought up two gunboats to the vicinity of Ve
nus’ Point, and from that convenient distance
amused themselves in throwing shot and shell,
to the number of a hundred or more, in the di
rection of our batteries, nearly three miles off.
The shot all fell short and the shell burst in the
air, and, consequently, we saved our ammuni
tion. Tired of the sport, the robbers turned
tail and steamed down the river.
Such is the report whickwe get from parties
who were in viewing distance of the attempted
bombardment.
If the Yankees are anxious to try onr metal,
why not come up boldly within range of our
batteries, or, what would be equally acceptable,
land a few thousand somewhere on-the neigh
boring main ? We promise them, at least, a
respectable reception, if they should make the
attempt.
Another Account. —Since the foregoing was
put in type, we learn, from official quarters,
that the Federals approached our batteries with
a steamer and a flat, the latter being armed with
guns of very long range. They came up high
er than already stated, and some of their shot
and shell fell in the neighborhood of onr worlis,
but did no damage.
Siegel and McDowell. —The Cincinnati
Volksblatt, a German paper, publishes a letter
purporting to give the particulars (by an eye
witness) of the difficulty between Siegel and
McDowell, reported some days ago. The sub
stance of it is that Hiegei, while engaging the
enemy, observed McDowell waving a handker
chief to the rebels. He immediately rode up
and demanded an explanation. The reply being
very insulting, Siegel resented it with a pistol
jghot, the ball striking McDowell’s scabbard.
The Volksblatt states that Siegel will resign if
not relieved fronj service in his present posi
tion.
COUNTERFEIT CONFEDERATE MONET.— Mr.
John Shiceder, a private in. the Blue Caps corps
of cavalry, sold Friday last to a stranger, who
represented that be was a member of a corps
of cavalry stationed at Charleston, a horse for
two hundred and fifty dollars. Saturday,
Shrceder proceeded to invest his Confederate
money in other properly, when four of the fifty
dollars Confederate notes were found to be
counterfeits. This los3 fails heavily on Shrte
der, he being a very poor man with a family to
support. ;
Inquest.— Coroner F.dcn held an inquest
yesterday, at the camp of ,the Twenty-ninth
Georgia Regiment, over the body of Private
John M. Reynolds, of Cos. D, said regiment.
The jury found that deceased came to.his death
from wounds Inflicted on his person by one
Samuel Fuller, of the same regiment, in a
quarrel which toolfplace on the 16th ult., while
playing at marbles. Upon the facts given in
evidence, they found a charge of manslaughter
against Fuller.
Genesis Point.— We learn, from good au
thority, that the Federals are erectinsr inortar
batteries on Buzzard Island, at a point about
two and a half miles distant from onr battery
at Genesis Point. Whether they arc alter
shelling our battery, or simply guarding the
channel aud dispensing with a portion of their
gunboats, remains to be seen.
Aiikest.— Bergeant Miller, of the Tattnall
Guards, arrested, Saturday last, John Mahoney
and two negroes. 'Mahoney attempted to pass
the negroes on one of the trains upward from
Savannah. Sergeant Miller, perceiving that all
was not right, arrested Mahoney and the
negroes, who nre the property or in the em
ploy of Wm. H. May. Mahoney will have a
hearing before the proper civil tribunal.
Rumors from the Noktu, —A gentleman
who arrived at Senatobia, direct from Cairo,
informed the operator at the former place that
ho had seen the Cincinnati Commercial, which
admitted that in the battlo on Wednesday Me
Clellan was worsted and lost a number of pris
oners. It pronounced tho despatch! s to the
contrary bogus. The same paper also admitted
the surrender of the forces at Muufordsville.
The Florida. Troops.— In reply to many re
quests from our friends In Florida, wo would
state that our correspondent has over had therm
in mind, and if he has not given them full in
formation concerning their friends in the army,
it was simply because such a thing was impos
sible. See the closing paragraph of his letter
published to-day. __
Death ot' Mnj. Spalding Mclntosh.
'' ho following letter to tfio family of Major
Mclntosh explains tho manner oi his lamented
death rEi>. Rki*.
My Dear Captain :—l telegraphed to my broth
er that your son, Mnj. Spalding Mclntosh, was
missing.
Wo have since found his body. Ho was sho 1
through the heait with a musket bail whilst
nobly discharging his duty, rallying skirmish
ers early in the territic battle of Stmrpsburg,
Maryland, Bnpt 17th, 1862. His remains will
be carefully cared for—if possible, be placed in
the vault of Mr. Rutherford, Charlestown, Va.,
along with those of Col. John B. Lamar, of
Maeon, Ga. Maj. Mclntosh was a noble son ot
Georgia—worthy of his name—generous, chiv
alrous and brave, loved and esteemed, by us
all. He lived a nobleman, and died a death
which will link his name with those whom old
and young revere and admire. Ba assured, my
dear Captaiu, that all will be dote that you
could do were you present.
Your friend, **
Bhephcrdstown. Md., Sept. ISth, ISG3.
• TUe Senatorial Selection.
Savannah, Oct. 3d, ISO 2.
Mr. Editor :—The ensuing Legislature will
have to elect a Senator to represent Georgia in
the Confederate Senate, in place of the Hon. It.
Toombs. Never was there a period—and in ail
likelihood there never will be—wheu a greater
circumspection should be exercised by the Leg
islature than now. We want patriotism, char
acter and talent. Among the galaxy of distin
guished gentlemen in Georgia, none are so
eminently competent as the Hon. llerschel V.
Johnson, ot Jefferson. Let old party bicker
ings be forgotten, and let all unite on this dis
tinguished son of Georgia.
Respectfully yours,
Middle Obqkju.
Financial Speculations.
The financial editor of the Chicago Times says
confidently that there are indications that some
of the leading strong banks in the Nonhare
preparing themselves to resume specie pay
ments, and adds: "The last weekly bank state
ment of the New York city banks shows a ten-'
denev to contraction. Andi; t-1 h a-e lb-' New
York city banks contracting tVir circulation,
but it has been manifest for sometime past that
the Slate banks of Ohio, Indiana ad lowa are
doing the same. There are scarcely any oi the
note# of the banks of these state# in cKu ion,
and they are all in a position, or *OOO wfil he.
to announce their willingness and ability to re
sume specie payments."
The specie reserve in the New York city bank#
Is stated to be about $57,000.000 in round num
bers, of which about #18,000.000 is placed on
special deposit. Their circulation on the tilh
instant was #0,845,065. Thus it will be seen
that the New York city bocks, as regards specie
ia their vaults, are in a situation to enable them
to resume specie payments, and If they should
so announce their intention we doubt not the
State banks ol Ohio and Indiana would at once
follow suit.
The result of such action on the part of the
strong banks of the North stun be apparent to
every one. It would compel the Federal Trea
sury to redeem its Issue, or they would be at
once placed in a ruinous discount. Hence we
think the banks wUI not take such a step, for
the simple reason they will not be allowed to
do *O. The war is already expensive enough,
and if it had to be carried on with a greatly dc
-1 reriated currency, the Federal treasury would
soon collapse.—{Memphis Appeal
THE , WEEKLY S-A-TTTI&ID-A.^, QOTOBER 3L-, ±GS£.
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
Of the savannah Republican.
Our Army, Its Great Deeds, Its Trials,
Its Snflcrlugs, and its Perils in the
Future.
Winchester, Va., Sept. 20,1802.
My condition is such as to render it impossi
ble for me to rejoin the army for tbe present. I
was not prepared for the hardships, exposures
and fastings tMe army has encountered since it
left the Rappahannock, and like many a season
ed campaigner, have had to “fall out by the
way.’’ Indeed, I can recall no parallel instance
in history, except Napoleon’s disastrous retreat
from Moscow, where an army has ever dene
more marching and lighting, under such great
disadvantages, than Gen. Lee’s has done since
it left the banks of James river. It proceeded
directly to the line of the Rappahannock, and
moving out from that river, it fought its way
to the Potomac, crossed that stream and moved
on to Frederiektown and Hagerstown, had a
heavy engagement at Boonsbora’ Gap, and an
other at Cratnpton Gap below, fought the great
est pitched battle of the war efi Sharpsburg, and
then recrossed the P ;tomac back into Virginia.
Daring all this time, covering the full space of
a month, the troops rested but four cmys ! And
let it always be remembered to their honor,
that of the men who performed this wonderful
feat, one-fifth of them were barefooted, one
half of them in rags, and the whole of them
half famished. The country from the Rappa
hannock to- the Potomac had been visited by
the enemy with fire and sword, and our trans
portation was insufficient to keep the army
supplied from so distant a base as Gordonsville;
and when the provision trains would overtake
the army, so pressing were the exigencies of
their position, the men seldom had time to
cook. Their difficulties were increased by the
fact that their cooking utensils, in many cases,
had been left behind, as well as everything else
that would impede their movements. It was
not unusual to see a company of starving men
have a barrel of flour distributed to them, which
it was utterly impossible for them to convert
into bread with the means and the time allowed
to them. They could not proenre even a piece
of plank or a corn or flour sack, upon which to
work up their dongh.
Do you wonder, then, that there should have
been stragglers from the army ? That brave and
true men should have fallen out of line from
sheer exhaustion, or In their efforts to obtain a
mouthful to eat along the roadside? Or that
many seasoned veterans, the conquerors in the
valley, at Richmond and Manassas, 6hou!d have
succumbed to disease 3nd been forced back to
the hospital ? I look to hear a great outcry
raised against the stragglers. Already lazy cav
alry men and dainty staff officers and quarter
masters, who are mounted and can forage the
country for something to eat, are condemning
the weary private, who, notwithstanding his
bQdy may be covered with dust and perspira
tion, and his feet with stone bruises, is expected
to trudge along under his knapsack and car
tridge box, on an empty stomach, and never to
turn aside for a morsel of food to sustain Ids
sinking limbs. Ont upon such monstrous in
justice! That there has been unnecessary slrag
elers, is readily admitted; but in a large ma
jority of cases, the men have only to point to
their bleeding feet, tattered garments iiqd
gaunt frames for an answer to the unjust charge.
No army on this continent has ever accom
plished as much or suffered as much, as the
army of Northern Virginia within tbiflaet three
months. At no period during the first Revo
lutionary war—not even at Valley Forge—did
onr forefathers in arms encounter greater hard
-1 ships, or endure them more uncomplainingly.
But great as have been the trials to which the
army has been subjected, they are hardly worthy
to be named in comparison with the sufferings
in store for it this winter, unless the people of
the Confederate Statee, everywhere and in what
ever circumstances, come to its immediate re
lief.
The mer must have clothing and shoes this
winter. They must have something to cover
themselves when sleeping, aud to protect them
selves from the driving sleet and snow storms
when on duty. This must be done, though our
friends at home should have to wear cotton
and sit by the fire. The army in Virginia stands
guard this day, a3 it will stand guard this win
ter, over every hearthstone throughout the
South. Tho ragged sentinel who may pace his
weary round3 this winter on the bleak spurs of
the Blue Ridge, Or along the frozen valleys of
the Shenandoah and Rappahannock, w ill also be
your sentinels, my friend, at home. It will be
for you and your household that he encounters
tho wrath of tho tempest and the dangers of the
night. He suffers and toil3 and fights for you,
too, brave, true hearted women of the South
Will you not clothe his nakedness then V Will
you not put shoes and stockings on his feet ?
Is it not enough that he has written down his
patriotism in crimson characters along the bat
tle road from the Rappahannock to the Poto
mac ? And must his bleeding feet also impress
their mark of fidelity upon the snows of the
coming winter ? I know what your answer
will be. God has spoken through the women
of the South, and they are his holy oracles in
this day of trial and ■ tribulation.
It is not necessary to couusel violent meas
ures ; but it is cot expected that any person
will be permitted to accumulate leather and
cloth for purposes of speculation. The-neqesi
tics of he army rise up like a monutam.and can
not, and will not be overlooked. It was hoped
at one time, thatwe might obtain winter sup
plies in Maryland. This hope, was born after
the army left Richmond, and has now miserably
perished. Thd Government is unable to furnish
tho supplies ; for they are not to be had in the
country. If it had exercised a little foresight
last spring and summer, when vessels were
running the blockade, with cargoes of calico,
linen and other articles of like importance, a
partial supply at least of hats, blankets, shoes
and woolen good# might have been obtained
from England. .But foresight is a quality of the
mind that is seldom put in practice in these
days.
But whatever may be done by the people,
should be done immediately. Not one moment
can be lost that will not be marked, as by the
second btfnd of a watch, with the pangs ot.a
sufferer. Already the hills and valleys in this
high latitude have been visited by frost, and the
nights are uncomfortably cool to tho man who
sleeps upon the ground. Come up, then, men
and women of the South, to this sacred dnty.
Let nothing stand between you and the per
formance of it. Neither pride, nor pleasure,
nor personal eas* and comfort, should withhold
your hands from the holy work. Tho supply of
leather and wool, we all know, is limited ; but
do what you can, and all you can, and as soon
as you can. If you cannot send woolen socks,
Send half woolen or cottou socks; and so with
under clothing, coats and pants. And if blan
kets are not to be had, then substitute comforts
made of dyed osnaburgs stuffed with cotton.
Anything that will keep off the cold will be
acceptable. Even the speculator and extortioner
might forego their gains for a season, and unite
In this religious duty. If they neither cloth the
naked, nor feed the hungry, who are fighting
for their freedom, and for ‘heir homes and pro -
perry, what right have they to expect anything
but eternal damnation, both from God and
tnan f
If the Army of Virginia could march through
the South just as it is—ragged and* almost bare
footed aud hatlcss—many of the men limping
along and not quite well of their wounds or
sickuesa, yet cheerful and not willing to aban
don their places in the ranks—their clothes
riddled with balls and their banners covered
with the smoke and dust oi battle, and shot
into tatters, many ot them inscribed with "Wil
liamsburg,” “Seven Fines,” “Gaines’ Mill,”
•‘Garnett’s Farm.” "Front Royal,” “Mc-
Dowell." “Cedar Run,” and other victorious
field#—it this army of veterans, thus clad and
shod, with tattered uniforms and banners, could
march from Richmond to the Mississippi, it
would produce a sensation that has no parallel
in history since Peter the Hermit led his swel
ling hosts across Europe to the rescue of the
Holy Sepulchre.
I do not write to create alarm, or to produce
a sensation, but to arouse the people to a sense
of the true condition of the army. I have yet
to learn that anything is to be gained by sup
pressing the trush, and having the army to suj
fir. If I mim withhold the truth when the ne
cessities of the sutvkc require i. to be spoken,
1 anr quite ready to return home .
There is nothing new from the front. It is
1 reported that J.u ksor. crossed the river at Wil-
I Famsjvert a few dj s ago to repair a road, which
j t.c might have occasion louse, and then return
<fi. i fee nettii: g, .however, to change the
I -pinion heretofore expressed, via: that the
j l. a?y work of the campaign is over, unless Me
Cielian should seek ns on the south side of the
river. Th'a. some believe, public opinion at
the North will compel him to do. It mav be
so; though l doubt it,
I had made arrangemeuts to procure full offi
cial lists of the casualties in the Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida regiment#, as well "as some
account of the performance# of the troops from
those State#, and regret that sickness should
have prevented my from carrying them out.
P. W. A.
Mr. Ma on in Scotland.—The Glasgow
Herald, of August 21, says;
We understand that Mr. Mason, the Commie
; Honor for the Southern Sums, is at present on
a visit to thl# part of the country. He is the
guest of Mr. Stewart, of MurWoua. Mr.
Mason will afterwards vieit Mr. Ellice, M p„
at Glenqaaich, Inverness shire.
Charleston dud Savannah In War
Timcs*-As Seen by a Yankee Lady.
The New York Journal of Commerce prints
the following as “the substance of a conversa
tion with Mrs. Livingston, of New York, who
was brought from Savannah under a flag of
truce, after a sojourn of several months in
Dixie.” Mrs. L evidently appreciates the Yan
kee fondness for the marvellous, and hence she
“lays it on thick.” When here she passed her
self off on tbe authorities as Mrs. Henley :
Mrs. Livingston, whom X find to be a very
intelligent lady (and who is the wife of a Cap
tain in the Federal army,) says she has been
treated with uniform kindness and respect since
her detention in th South, which dates back
to the commencement of the war. From per
sonal observation, she believes Savannah may
betaken, but Charleston, never. She has seen
sixteen lores which are already completed, and
the rebels arc still engaged in making more
numerous the fortifications between Fort Sum
ter and the city. The rebels ray there are to be
no more New Orleans. There is no property,
except veal estate, within a dozen miles of
Charleston. All the furniture, stores, and in
deed everything movable, was sent into the in
terior immediately after the battle of James
Island. Two provision stores only remain.
Many of the inhabitants reside about three
miles outside the city, in barracks similar to
soldiers, and use only the most indis'pensable
and cheapest kind of furniture. No Sabbath
day services are held in any of the Charleston
churches ; all the church bells have been cast
into cannon, and even the iron railings and
fences have been collected together and made
into cannon. It is reported as a mistaken idea
that there are Union men in the South. Mrs.
Livingston does not believe there is one. She
never saw a people so united and so determined.
There’s not a iady in the entire Confederacy
who owns fifty dollars worth of jewelry. It
has voluntarily been given for the cause, and
the proceeds have built many of their finest
boats. The blockade is ineffectual; she has
seen three steamers enter Charleston har
bor on one day—and during a short visit
at Charleston, one steamer made three trips
to Nassau, N. P., bringing medical stores
enough to last the entire army a full year.
Nothing but tbe most common qualities of
wearing apparel can be obtained—and shoes
are very expensive—the pair she wore, worth
about one dollar and a half, costing in Savannah
twelve dollars. Necessary provisions were
cheap, but the luxuries were very expensive. A
free market had been opened in Charleston,
where anybody Could procure, on application,
three pounds of fregh beef and half a'peck of
potatoes per day. Besides the heavy war and
Slate tdx, every male resident of the Confede
racy is taxed two dollars per year for the sup
port of the families of eoldies. The utmost
contempt and indignation is felt for Gen. But
ler, and that order ;s universally regarded as
infamous. The Rebels expeeled to be defeated
at Richmond, and had made all preparations to
fall back upon Columbus, which place was
strongly fortified. The buildings for the Capi
tol, and those for tbe residence of the officers
of State, had been selected. All the cotton had
been removed to Die interior. The Governor of
South Carolina lias cam cd all the negroes to be
colonized near Greenville, some three hundred
miles in the interior. They arc under the su
pervision of agents appointedjby the Governor,
and are to plant com and potatoes for the sub
sistence Of the army, and are to be fed and
clothed by the Government during the continu
ance of the war. Very few shaves were found
in Savannah or Charleston' —they were so scarce
as not to he procured for servants, even when
one dollar and a half per day was offered for
them. The rebels were most sanguine of their
ability to procure their independence—and re
garded it only a matter of time. Boys of eight
and ten years of dge were formed into “Home
Guards” at Charleston and Savannah, and had
acquired so much skill in the use ©f arms aato
be able to hit a mark formed in the shape and
size of a man at a distance of thirty rods. These
precocious defcnders v it is said, were to mount
sheds and fences, when the cities were invaded,
and shoot down the Yankees.
A Rabbit la a Battle—An Incident on
tite Rattle Field ol'Malvern Hill#.
Says an Eastern correspondent:
A full grown rabbit had hid itself away in the
copse of a fence, which separated two fields
near the centre, and a most exposed portion of
the battle ground. Rabbits are wont to spend'
the day almost motionless, and in seeming
dreamy meditation. This one could have had
but little thought—if rabbits think—when
choosing its place of retreat at early dawn, that
ere it was eventide there would be such an un
wonted and ruthless disturbance.
During all the preparations for battle made
around its lair daring the forenoon, it neverthe
less remained quiet. Early, however, in the af
ternood, when the rage of battle had fairly be
gun, and shot and shell were failing thick and
faßt in all directions, a shell chanced to burst so
near Mr. Rabbit’s hiding-place, that he evident
ly considered it unsafe to tarry longer. 80,
frightened almost to death, out he springs into
the open field, and ran hither and thither with
the vain hop3 ot finding a safe retreat. Which
ever way it ran cannons‘were thunderirg out
their smoke and fire, regiments of men were
advancing or changing position, Lorses gallop
ing here and there, shells bursting, and solid
shot tearing up the ground. Sometimes it
would squat down and lie perfectly still, when
some new and sudden danger would again start
it into motion. Once more it would stop and
raise itself as high as possible on its hind legs
and look all round for some place of possible
retreat. - t
At length a part ot the field seemed open,
which was in the direction opposite from
where the battle raged most fiercely. Thither
it accordingly ran with all its remaining speed.
Unobserved by it, however, a regimotit was in
that direction, held in reserve, and, like Wel
lington’s at Waterloo, was lying flat on the
grpund, in order to escape the flying bullets.
Ere the rabbit seemed aware, it had jumped
into the midst of the men. It could go no
further, but presently nestled down beside a
soldier, and tried to hide itself under his arms.
As the man spread the skirt of his coat over
the trembling fugitive, in order to insure it all
the protection in his power to bestow, he, no
• doubt, feelingly remembered how much he
himself then needed some higher protection,
under the shadow of whose arm might be hid
den his own defenseless head from the fast
multiplying missiles of death scattered inall
directions.
It was not long, however, before the regi
ment was ordered up and forward. From the
protection and safely granted, the timid erea
taro had .evidently acquired confidence in men
—as the boys are wont to say; “had b&en
tamed.” As the regiment moved forward to
the front ol t(:o battle, it hopped along, tame,
seemingly, as a kitten, close at the feet of the
soldier who liad bestowed the needed protec-,
tion. Wherever the regiment went, during the
remaining part of that bloody day and terrible
battle, the rabbit kept close beside its new
friend. When night came on, a:.d tho rage of
battle had ceased, it finally, unmolested and
quietly, hopped away, in order to find Some of
its old and lamlllar haunts.
Further from W ilmington.— The progress
of yellow fever In OHr sister city of Wilmington
has become alarming. Tl;e number of cases
reported is fearful for the population, and but
few seem to recover. The Journal of Monday
evening says:
The following is the number of new cases of
the prevailing fever oecuriog since our last is
sue, and reported to the Mayor up to 10 o’clock
to-day:
Saturday, September 87th — 29 cases.
Sunday, September 83th.... 45eases.
At 11 o’clock on yesterday 13 deaths wore as
' certalucd to have taken place on the night pre
ceding and up to that hour. It is also asserted
on good authority, that the number of inter
ments yesterday was 18 to 30.
No person who has not visited our town since
the outbreak of the epidemic, can form any es
timate of the suffering the people who* are
compelled to remain here are undergoing. Yes
terday was an awful day. One of the editors
of this paper has had the misfortune oi going
through a similar visitation in his native town
(Washington, N. C.,) some years ago. It was
bad enough there, but nothing to compare with
the distress here at this time. Few nurses can
he obtained, and when they can be had, the
comforts of life can only be got in rare cases,
while delicacies for the sick cannot in many
instance* be obtained at all.
Among those whose deaths we have to record,
are.some who died elsewhere, bit u uistakta
bly of the difo-te contracted be-t One of
these we uuy msatiju now —Win C. Bettea
oourt, E;q , one of oar oldest find meat estima
ble citizens, who died of yellow 'ever, on
Thursday last, in Giintoo. I)r. James 11. Dick
son, a physician of the highest character and
standing, died here on Sunday morning of the
same disease. Dr. Dickson’s death is a great
loss to the profession and to tho community.
We have jhst heard of the death, at the
Sound, of Stephen Jewett, Esq., Cashier of the
Bank of Wilmington, of tbe prevailing fever,
contracted here.
The Journal complains of the lack of nurses
and almost every delicacy appropriate to the
sick. Can we not help them, in Savannah?
Delicacies are probably out ot the question,
but surely we can supply them with a corps of
nurse*.
w.mviiiT —The condition of the people in Stash
Till*, both soldiers acd citiseM, to represented as truly
deplorable. They are nearly at tbs point ai s*amu on.
Nothing can be shipped there from the North, the
river being low and the railroads all tom op. The
soldiers are taking all the private supplies that can be
found, no matter who they starve by the operation.
The place to compietejv invested by &> n* Forrest
and Anderson and Cot. Woodward, and everything it
wasting on Sen. Price’s movements. The Yankee*
are still fortifying there.—{Chattanooga Rebel, 27th.
fftcnig from Yankee Papers.
The latest Northern papers contain the fol
lowing :
the press on Lincoln’s proclamation.
The Washington National Intelligencer thinks
the proclamation of the President, with regard
to the slaves in the Confederate States, likely
to prove equally void of practical effect with
that of Gen. Hunter, and is not “without the
suspicion that the President has taken this
method to convince the only class of persona
likely to be pleased with this proclamation of
the utter fallacy of tbe hopes they have founded
upon it.”'
The Washington Republican is jubilant over
the proclamation, believes it “will be,received
by t he lojal States with a perfect furore of ac
clamation,” aßd says while it will lose to the
President -. few latter-day friends, “it will re
store to the President all his old friends, and
unite the sound portion of the people in one
solid and impregnable mass in support of the
Union and ilia Constitution.”,
The Baltimore Clipper says the proclamation
came “vety unexpectedly cn the country,” and
adds:
We know not what can have been the prompt
ing motive of the President to have again pre
sented this subject to the attention of the
country at this tune, except that the sixty days’
notice of the confiscation act had expired. The
remark recently made by him to a distinguished
citizen, that the time bad not arrived for such
a step, had left upon the minds ol the people
(he hope that the negro question, any further
than as it was noticed in Mr. Lincoln’s reply to
Horace Greeley, would not be soon again urged
upon the public attention until the close of the
war. The subject is one which the loyal men
of the border States cannot but believe is not
calculated to aid the Union cause, and therefore
regret to find it thrust before the public again.
No good, we believe, will come of its repro
duction, and we hope no evil may flow from it;
but we think it had better been left alone.
NEGRO REGIMENTS IN KANSAS.
A correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat,
writing from Kansas City, gives a description
of some of Gen. Lane’s volunteers, as follows :
A detachment of Lane’s row negro brigade,
numbering 200, arrived to day at Camp Lane,
near Wyandotte Bridge, in Kansas, opposite
this city. Their departure from Leavenworth
yesterday is described by an eye-witness as be
ing novel in the extreme. The detachment,
accompanied by their baggage trains, marched
through the principal streets, singing “John
Brown’s body lies mouldering in the ground.”
On arriving at the levee a most ludicrous and
affecting scene occurred in the leave, takings of
the darkey women, girls and old men. Tears,
grimaces, grips, ivery, and “ God bress ye’s,”
were commingled in laughable, melancholy,
wrathful style. One crippled darkey, in gib
bering a general adieu, admonished them thus :
“Show your pluck. Africans, neber show your
back to the ’sesh.”
m’clellan still on the defensive.
A letter to the New York Tribune, dated
Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 21, congratulates the
North that not “an armed rebel treads the soil
ot Maryland.” The Federal army, however,
is represented a? still being on the defensive.—
The correspondent acknowledges that the fight
ing in Maryland hasn’t been very advantageous
to'the Federals, but still it might have been
much worse.
BURTING THE DEAD .AT SHABPSBURG.
Three regiments have been occupied since
Thursday morning in burying the dead. It is
beyond all question, and I challenge any one
who has been upon the battle field to deny it,
that the rebel dead arc almost three to our one.
On the other ha id, we lost more in wounded.
This is accounted for by our officers from the
superiority of onr arms. Many of our soldiers
are wounded with buck-shot, which disfigures
the body terribly, but seldom produces a fatal
wound. ‘
SHARPSRURG AFTER THE FIGHT.
Nearly all the inhabitants of Sharpsburg have
returned to their dwellings. The work of re
moving dead horses from the streets and repair
ing the damages to.the building, has commenc
ed. Two churches were nearly destroyed, and
.will have to be rebuilt.
Fortunately, the mansions of the rich rebels
suffered the most severely. The dwelling of a
Mr. Grover, a notorious Secessionist, was al
most destroyed. Daring the cannonade, the
women and children were huddled together for
three days in the cellars; one -cellar, under a
large stone mansion, contained more than sixty.
They entertained themselves wiih prayer and
P3iam sicgiDg, and cursing the rebels or the
Yankees, as their sympathies leaned with one
or the other beligerent.
One can imagine how furious the cannonade
must have been, from the fact that but five
dwellings in a village containing 1,500 inhabi
tants, escaped uninjured.
RACE BETWEEN BUELL AND BRAGG.
A despatch dated Loaisviile, t'ne2stb, at mil
night, says :
Tho armies of Bucl: and Bragg left Lebanon,
Tenn., and Carthage, respectively on the 2ist,
Bueil following the arc and Bragg the chord of
a circle. Our army traveled 3f>l and Bragg 206
miles. Buell got into Northern Kentucky one
day ahead of Bragg, notwithstanding the im
mense excess of our transportation ovc-r that
of the enemy.
Col. Wilder, of the 17th Indiana, has arrived,
having been exchanged with the rebels for one
Lieutenant and 26 privates.
Rumors, creatiag some excitement,''are afloat
of the movements ol two divisions of Bragg’s
army, but the direction or purpose cannot be
ascertained to-night.
ANOTHER IRON-CLAD OUT ON A ‘SECRET MIS3ION’
The Baltimore Clipper says that the iron-clad
“New Ironsides” has sailed from Philadelphia
with sealed orders for nobody knows where. It
adds:
It is to he hoped that the rebel steamer which
was so shamefully permitted to escape the
broekade at the South a lew days ago will be
safely caged by Capt. Turner, who is in com
mand of this noble ship. It is high time our
.navy was at work again. It is well known that
at the few ports still held by tho rebels they
are making desperate efforts to fit out iron
clads; and the first we shall hearoi them some
of these oajp will tic a sudden raid against some
of our meu-of-war, the commanders of which,
like Ocpt. Preble, will permit them to outwit
and perhaps destroy them.
MaUers North.
Scenes in the Governors' Convention—McClellan
Consulted by Lincoln on his Proclamation.
A despatch to'the New York Herald, dated
Altoona, 25’.h, says :
The Now England Governors, and a portion
of the Western, went to Altooua for the sole
purpose of securing the removal of McClellan
and the appointment of Fremont; but were de
feated by the noble and determined stand taken
by Governors Toil, Curtin, and Bradford. The
country is to-day indebted to those three ofii-i
cials for defeating the treasonable plans of the
radicals. Gov. Andrew was the leader in the
anti-McClelian cabal. Gov. Sprague and Gov.
Yat##'assisting in tha l ; aht work. The battle
of AntietaVn was a stumbling block to them.
Not satisfied with their efforts in the after
noon, another effort was made m the evening,
when Gov. Sprague declared that the battle of
Antietam was not a Huron but a rebel victory,
and did his best to prove his position.
Gov. Curtin replied that the people of bis
State believed it to be a victory ; that McClel
lan had saved the State from invasion, and that
it would he hard to convince them to the con
trary.
Gov. Sprague and Gov. Andrew made several
attempts to-push their scheme, but were met in
so decisive a manner by Curtin, Tod, and Brad
ford, that they finally abandoned the project.
There is no doubt that the President’s eman
cipation proclamation was and is intended sim
ply and exclusively as a war measure, While it
has taken the wind out ol the rails of the Gov
ernors’ Convention, it was not designed by
the Administration to effect any political pur
pose, or to aid any faction. On the contrary, it
is said that Jhe President desires this fact to be
made public that the proclamation is only a
part of the measures adopted for the most
Vigorous prosecution ot the way, without ariy
reference to the wishes oi partisans.
There is reason to believe that with this view
General McClellan was consulted in reference
to the proclamation before its publication was
determined on.
As parlies in the. North express anxiety to
know the relation subsisting between General
Halleck and General McClellan, it is well to
State thpt they are in e iy:■ - -cd. nd that
MeCldfim writ bu sas'.amc-i t- Ge * ririieck
in his effort to crush ana destroy the rebel army
f he has just driven ont of Maryland.
Exchange of Prisoner*.
We find the following official notice in the A
Richmond papers. It contains welcome news j
to many of our returned volunteers :
exchanged prisoners.
Richmond, Sept, 22,1562.
No. 2.
The following officers and man oi the Confed
erate service, are duly exchanged :
1. All officers and men who were delivered at
Aiken’s on the Ist September, 1562.
2. All officers aud men who were delivered at
Aiken’s on the 7th September, 1562.
8. Ail officers and men who were delivered at
Aiken’s on the 18:h September, IS‘2.
4. All officers who have been dell*,- -red at
Vicksburg. Miss., up to this date.
5. Ten thousand three hundred and sixty
eight fnen of the first deliveries at Vicksburg.
As al! the deliveries made at Aiken’s are em
braced in this and the previous notice, it is
therefore announced that all the officers and
men who have been delivered at Aiken’s up
to this date are exchanged,
* s Robert Ould,
Agent lor Exchange.
TUB BATTLE AT I-11-KA.
THE FEDERAL ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR.
[From the Cairo Gazette, Extra, 22d,]
We have to record a brilliant victory achieved
by Gen. Rosencranz’s army at I-u-ka, Miss.
Gen. Price and his legions are beaten, demoral
ized and pursued by our victorious troops.
Two Rebel Generals are placed hors ctu. combat,
five hundred Rebels arc prisoners, and probably
one thousand killed and wounded. Wo cap
tured six entire batteries —thirty-six pieces—of
artillery, and an immense amount of provi
sions. All this h j been accomplished without
severe loss on the Union side.
Four hundred brave aiul gallant men were
killed and Wounded. In our rejoicings at this
splendid victory, let us not forgef to drop the
tear of re; ret r-.v.d sympathy for the noble dead.
Never did U v ':y.s tight more bravely or mare
galhnl’y C nr. !
Thui-Hi-y m.io iiig inform:-,'. ~ was brought
to Gen. Grant that Gen. Price was moving
northward in the direction of the Tennessee,
intending to strike the river at Muscle Shoals,
where it is easily forded, to join the army ol
Gen. Bragg at Munfordsville. General Kosen
eranz’s army corps (fomieiiy Pope’s,) was im
mediately put in position for Rienzi, which
they reacted on Thursday night.
Gen. Price had probably learned of his ap
proach, and struck for I-u-ka, crossing tho
route which Gen. Roseneranz would have la
ken, between Rienzi and Cotton Plant, about
eight miles below Rienzi. Gen. Roseneranz
was informed of this'movement in season to
march across the country and arrive at I u-ka
just as tho rear-guard of "the enemy was leav
ing. It was then four o’clock on Friday eve
ning. He immediately engaged the enemy,
anct for two hours there was heavy skirmish
ing, without any definite result, until darkness
compelled the combatants to suspend hostili
ties.
Both armies rested on their arms, and at day
break the battle was resumed. Cavalry, artil
lery and infantry were mixed in horrible confu
sion, and the carnage was dreadful. The tight
lasted till nearly noon, wheq the enemy’s lim a
became deranged, he wavered, and finally fell
back. A magnificent charge was made by our
forces, a panic was induced, and tbe rebels fled
ir. wild confusion, our artillery pouring deadly
missiles into bis ranks, giving additional impe
tus to his fl : ght, while the pursuit of our cav
alry completed his defeat.
Gen. Price’s force's are now in full retreat
southward, followed by our avenging army. It
is expeeted that we shall be able io capture the
greater portion of them.
The brunt of the battle was sustained 1 y Gen.
Roseneranz and Gen. Stanley’s divisions, com
posed mostly of Illinois troops.
The rebei General Little, formerly Governor
of Mississippi, is killed, and Gan.* Whitfiejd
wounded and a prisoner.
The casualties amoug our officers and men
are not fully ascertained.
General Ord started from Corinth for Ia ka j
along the line of the Memphis and Charleston j
railroad, but did not arrive in season to partici
pate in the battle.
Interesting Northern Items,
Surg. Gan. Ilatnmond reports at Washington
that 3,000 dead Confederate# lrave been buried
on the field at Sharpsburg by the Federals, and
that COO remains unburied. Attorney Gen. Bates
made a speech in Washington Thursday night,
and did not say one word about Lincoln’s eman
cipation proclamation. It la said he urgently
opposed it. The Republic ins of New Yoik
have nominated Brig. Gen. Jas 8. Wadswortu
for Governor of that State. He is now Military
Governor of Washington City. Gen. Mllroy
has been appointed to the command of WesU-, o
Virginia. The militia recently called out in
Pennsylvania during tjie panic are returns .g
their arms to the SWernad themselves ta their
homes. ; •},
IT CLELLAN CROSSING INTO VIRGINIA.
4 A despatch, dated Harrisburg, the 23 i, sa,3
McClellan is rapidly marching into Virginia by
way of Williamsport. Ladds:
Gen. Kenly’s brigade in advance went ovt'r
on Sunday night. It is cuiiip .Sou of the follow
ing regiments ; Ist Maryland, Col. Dnsliane ;
4th, Lieut. Col. Bowerman ; 6th, 001.-Howarc ;
7th, Col. Webster, andßthLieut,Col. Johannes-
Gen. Comb’s division also crossed the Poto
mac at Williamsport, oa Monday. Gen. Frank
lin’# corps was to follow immediately. Get?.
McClellan and staff were at Williamsport active
ly engaged in superintending the crossing of
troojS. An impression prevailed in the army
that Heinzelman and Sigel were now in Vir
ginia and their mission was to stop the rebel
retreat.
A- letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer, dated
Sandy Hook, the 24th, says every road and lace
there is filled with baggage wa|ons and artil
lery. It says:
The shrill whistle of the locomotive is again
heard. Supplies of all kind3 are now being
transported over the railroad to this point. The
telegraph is being repaired, and large gangs of
workmen have commenced removing the rub
bish of the railroad bridge, which was destroy
ed By the rebels. A temporary bridge, similar
to the one r.t the Monocacy, i9 to be thrown
across the Potomac. It will be ready for trains
to pass over in about a week.
The boats of the pontoon bridge have al
ready arrived. They will immediately be
placed in position. Immense numbers of sol
diers have lorded the Potomac, there being no
means of conveyance across the river at pres
ent. They swear vengeance and retaliation
upon the rebels for their vandalism.
BUELL’S INEFFICIENCY.
The Tribune says:
There is reason to hope that the government
has under consideration the question of ap
pointing a successor to Gen. Buell, if not also
that of assigning one General to the command
of all the West. #
THE SURRENDER OF HARPER’S USURY.
General White and Cols. Ford, Trimble and
D’Utasaey, who were acting Brigadiers -t Har
per’s Ferry, have been carried to vVa-.-iVgion
under arrest, to await an invest;-: u , all
circumstances attending the Surrender.
INDIGNANT. YANKEES.
The “Tribune” says;
The indignation among small army officers
of a certain class on account of the President’s
proclamation, is very great. Instead of find'
jng vent in resignation, as was threatened, it
takes the direction oi obuse of the colored
people. Many, without the slightest provoca
tion, have been knocked down aud bcateb.
RELEASE OF PRISONERS.
The persons who have been imprisoned in tip.
old Capital building, as ho3tnges for the Yan
kee eitixens of Fredericksbu-V were relea- •:!
on the 24th lost. Among t . .in arc Mayor
Slaughter aud Itev. Wm. F. F. Mns
REPUBLICAN CO' YEN fIOS.
Th§ "Republican Union Convents.m” of New
York, have nominated General J. S. Wadsworth
for Governor, and Lytnm Tremain for Lieuten
•
LOUISVILLE, KY.
The Yankees are seizing all unenroJJcd per
sons in Louisville and putting them to work on
the entrenchments around the city.
The New York “Tribune” states that by the
surrender of Harper’s Ferry the Confederates
took 14.5Q0 men, rations for 14,000 men for
twenty days, one hundred tons of ammunition,
fifty-seven guns, (some of which were the best
Parrot’s) 14,000 stand cf arms, and four bat
teries.
Another Proclamation from Abraham,
The following proclamation appears in the
New Y ,*rk Tribune of the 25tU nit:
proclamation.
Whereus, it ‘ s V eouic necessary to call Into
service,!;., aiiy voln-.-t-y.. but also portions
of the militia or the -Sir, by dri ft, j n o. .U rto
suppress the insure • x" -.log in the United
States, and disloyal persons are not a tt qj.utdy
restrained by the ordinary *.<•• . , ol i- from
hindering this measure, and from giving aid
and comfort ia various ways to the insu-ruction. 1
Now, therefore, be it ordered, that during the
existing insurrection, and as a necessary mea
sure for suppressing the same, all rebels and
insurgents, their aiders and abettors within the
United States, and all persons discouraging
volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts,
or guilty of any dirio?. practb >, nffarding ,<l
gnr! c ..nforl the r. bei-, auai. -t the author tv
or the United Stares shall bes
law, aud liable to trial and punishment by court
martial or military commiscioc.
21. That the writ of habeas corpus is suspend- j
ed in respect to all persons arrested, or who are
now, or hereafter during the rebellion .mail be
imprisoned in any lort, catap, arsenal, m.iUary
prisons, or other place of Confinement, by an?
military authority, or by the sentence of any
court martial or r&ili'.ary person,
la witness whereof, &
Abraham Lincoln.
The Fever at Wilmington. —The Journal
of Tuesday says ;
Owing to eircumstaucfc** beyond the eoatro
of the Mayor, the number o: deaths since onr
la-t i:su* cannot be obtained, nor can wo arrive
at any tr approximation.
Rvpor a from .41 the pby ho*, me have
beta received *• a.ive to the garaberofnew
cases f an is g yesterday. Estimating for the
one wnoee report has not been received, the
number of new cases yesterday, Monday, Sept.
2bih, was 43, showing evidently that the epi
demic is not abating. At 12 o’clock to-day, the
thermometer stands at 82 in the shade, but the
sun is exceedingly oppressive, more so, if ap
pears to os than even at midsummer.
From Col. CrnvvloKU, Ucßiineul.
loot of Walden’s Ridge, )
Sept. 25, 1882. \
Editor Columbus Enquirer On the 2d Sep
tember our regiment—thefid Georgia Cavalry—
crossed the Tennessee river at Chattanooga
and took up our line of march for the purpose
oi overtaking Gen. Bragg’s army, then sain to
be across the mountains. We followed on
rapidly in the rear of the rapidly advancing,
army, and on tho night of tho oth camped ten
miles beyond Sparta, the hoadquartei'3.of Gen.
Bragg, and were assigned our place in Gen
Wheeler’s Brigade, which was iminedcately or
dered to the front and sent out upon an expe
dition, the nature of which wo did not at that
time understand—tho object of which, how
ever, was to detain, it possible, the retreating
army of Buell until Gen. Bragg could accom
plish his ends. On the night of the 7th we
watered our jaded I; - sin the Cumberland,
near Carthage, and tue next morning cooked
four, days rations, left the wagons and our extra
b:-::g 'g': behind, crrs 'e.d the umbcrland and
camped for the night at Dixon’s Springs, where
v; met with Col. Bennett’s command, eonsist
r ' ot 4or 500 volunteers imperfectly armed.—
Tho next day we moved to Castilian Springs,
, seven miles from Gallatin—the scene of John
’ Morgan’s famous exploits. Our scouts went in
to the town and captured some few .struggling
Yankees. They also obtained information
concerning Baell’s force —thc-n in the vicinity
asp ;>:ovh gup totiard Bowling Green. Buell
1m(1 left Nashville with almost iiis entire force,
•.'•d was marching towards this place. General
B ■ g was directing his bourse not alter Buell—
■ ii-.- latter supposed—but io the direction of
Glasgow, Kv., so as to be above him and thus
cut off his retreat.
Such being the rehuive positions of the two
armies, it became a matter ot the highest im-
P nance that Buell’s army should be annoyed
and retarded as much as possible. This, then,
w-vi our business. “Not to fight, but to har
ms-,” were Gen. Bragg’s instructions to our
galiant leader—and nobly did he fulfill the trust
reposed in him. It would require far more
sp tee than I have in thiq to \ tell of our adven
tii..'p% our sufferings, privation:;, and various
skirmishes with ihe enemy—sometimes on his
flac k, then his rear, and again his front—never
fir one moment losing sight of him, never
giving him rest, until ho imagined that the
whole of Gen. Braga’s army were pressing him
oa every side, instead of a paltry force ot eight
hundred m m.
The. sufferings of.otir men were great, but
were borne with the nun stuoriitude. By cay
we mart:!.cd, hi night ire slept in ranks, our
arms at our side, our horses tethered to our
'vc -ts; oar 'o id a part erf the green corn they
ate, • ' die green apples and other fruit we
could find by the wayside. Oa the night of tbe
loih we camped at Merry Oaks, hy., twelve
miles from Glasgow and twenty from Bowling
Ci . a. Our work for the time was over; we
had misled the foe. Gen. Bragg had told Gen.
Wheeler that if ho detained the enemy but
twelve hours, a great point would be gained.
We bad detained him'three days.
Tho Conscript Act. *
The following is the new act for recruiting
Hic. army, as it passed both houses of Congress :
An Act to amend an act entitled “ an act to
provide further for the public defease;” ap
proved 10th of April, 1863.
The Cotigress oj the Confederate Slates of Amcr
ca i!o onact, That the President be and he is here
by authorized to call out and place in the mili
tfcvv service of the Confederate Slates, for three
yen vs, unless the war shall have been sooner
ail white men who are residents of the
C aGrt.tenite Slates, between the ages of thirty
fit a"d forty-five years, at the time the call or
c . ) iu ..v be made, and who are not, at such
tune £>r limes, legally exempted from military
■ . v ea; or such parts thereof, asiuhisjudg
i i at may be necessary to the public defense;
..... call or calls to be made. '< the provi
sions and according to the tew. > f the act to
SvuieU this is an amendment, and such authority
?.kali exist in the President during the present
uar, as to all persons who now are, or may
h, ,-uafter become eighteen years of age; and,
once enrolled, all persons between the
if eighteen and forty five shall serve their
V \.\ ided, That if the President ia calling out
t 1 o mto the service of the Confederate States
. 1 !i .*• call for only a part of the persons with
■ is hereinbefore stated, he shall call for
b tween the age of thirty-five and any
o-.i. a axe lee3 than forty-five years ; provided,
that nothing herein contained shall be under
stood as repealing or modifying any part of the
act to which this is amendatofy, except as here
in expressly slated; and provided, further,
Those called out under * this act, and the act to
which this is an amendment, ‘shall be first and
immediately ordered to fill to the maximum
number, tho companies, battalions, squadrons
and regiment# from the respective Slates, at the
time the act u. pr vide for the public defence,
approved 16th oi April, 1803, was organizations
formed from each State since the passage of
that act, or placed in new organizations to be
officered By the State having such residue, ac
cording to the Taws thereof, or disposed of as
now provided by law ; Provided, That the
President- is now authorized to suspend the
execution of this, or the act to which this is an
aateedmvur, in any locality where he may find
it impracticable to execute the same ; and, that
in such localities, and during such suspension,
tho President is authorized to receive troops
into the Confederate service under any of the
acts passed by the Confederate Congress, prior
to the passage of the actrfo further provide for
th public defence; approved 16th of April,
1863.
T*ia YTanttce Xioss ls llio S3 a ill.; of
Sharpsburg,
The slaughter cf the Yankees in the battle of
Sharpsburg must' have been terrible, even by
their own admission. Tho correspondent of
the New York Tribune, writing of their loss,
Vv e have been burying oar dead and carrying
1 off the battle field our wounded. I have just
| returned from tha sickening spectacle. Sol
j filers who went through all the battles of the
i Peninsular say the battles about Richmond was
iu- "olhing compared with it. The dead lie in
i heaps, and the wounded are coming in by thou
! sauce}. Around aud in a large barn, about half
j p ni-e from the spot -where Gen. Hooker en
j • ;d the enemy’s left, I counted 1,250 wound
ed. Along the same read, and within the dis
tance cf two miles* ere three more hospitals,
. r’l having from COO to'7oo in them, and long
trains of ambulances standing in tho road,
waiting to discharge their, bloody loads. In
killed and-wounded no battlo of the war will
approach it. In Summer’s corps alone our loss
in i-. illt'd, wounded an ’ missing amounts to five
tiiou- ;!•<! lw 1 hundred and eight! The 15th
Mi r.turnout weal into tho battle
v.-:T; live hundred and fifty urea, and came out
| v. ah -me hundred and fifty-six. Tim. 10th Masse
; ! biuctts, oi ion;' hundred aud rex, last ail but
1 uodred and forfy-seven. The Colonel and
Li ' . nunt Cr/L.nel w ra troth wounded, (the
! ?’ajor was lost some months ago,) and every
SC .!•! ! n in •: regiment killed or disabled. The
15th New Hampshire, about three hundred
j strong, lost hundred and ten enlisted men
! ai.T lourtci.n offi.vr#. Massachusetts, out of
1 eight regirautu engaged, (all except the ooih,
i oLI regim.-. s, with their ranks,) loses upwards
j of fifie; u hundred, and Peueylvauia has suffered
! more liiau any other State. The rebels seem to
I take off our men and officers almost before
j they have time R 5 draw their men up in line of
j bailie.
Heavy Robbert.—Mr. Jas. R. Sanchrz, of
Orange Springs, Florida, was robbed of 85,000
last Wednesday morning, while the Atlanta cars
were stopping at Dal; c, in a manner more
daring and impudent than wu have heard of lor
some time. Mr. ?! ■ z pulled eff his money
bait during the night, in order to rest better,
and placed it in his carpet bag, which he kept
under his head or between his feet all the time.
When the ears arrived at Dalton, a man raised
up to light his cigar at the lamp overhead, but
-ut ic out in his efforts. As soon as the ear was
in darkn€3, Mr. jsAcehtz felt bis carpet bag
i it Red away from between his Let and notwith-
Vo.i -jir.g ever* • ffjrt- on his part and also of the
’.assent*;'#, the thief got away, knocking down
tv. or Uu-,a passengers in his Lurry. It is
l .-dliss to say that tha man who lit the'eigar
win also missing when the light arrived. Mr.
Sanchez has reason to believe the man is from
AU.-ata.—(Chattanooga I. meL
Thu Uour.es in Minnesota.—St. I’alt,
S t. ls.—'Therirorrors of the present Indian
war are nncea.-ieg. It is without a precedent.
Ore.: five i.ur. destitute refugees are now in
tl . .-1 v, d.pendent upon the citizens. There.
. j has the above at Bt. Ireter, and many
... for Illinois, gait g in every boat.
O.e woman died her: ycsteriiy from
■ ds of fourteen buckshot. Of htrpeven
Children, two arc living, ohe wn3 starved, and
toot were murdered ia their mother’s sight.—
The two r. m auiug were tomahawked and left
fordeiJ. I -.nu as Lis dislike to cap
ture cth u by gocgir-R ibdr eyes cut with
imjrßbirp in :>inuoent, or chopping the fingers
from G. .1 ha: Js. There are many such instan
ces. a lew t oa in this city.
G. n. Pop- • expected to-night. Query : Will
he find a: l w Jackson ?
[Chicago (Illinois) Times. ‘
The Federals Capturing our Wounded.—
Tie Richmond Enquirer of Monday says :
On Friday last, a body of 1,000 Yankee cav
alry visited Manassas Junction and proceeded
towards Warrenton, which place they have
doubtless entered ere now. A paroled prisoner
who arrived yesterday, states that they had
advanced to within three miles ot Warrenton,
ana were capturing and paroling all the sick
and wounded" in the hospitals along the route.
Trev bad already taken about seventy.
Tuere are a large number ot our sick and
wounded at Warrenton. The telegraph station
at mat place has been closed.
TEiLEa-rßA.ipmci
From Our Army Direct.
MAJ, MEANS, OF S. AND CAFT.
heady, of ala., severely
WOUNDED.
Ldpooial despatch to the Havannab Republican.)
of^^ssr- ° cu i '— EverythiDg is <iu ‘ ot *“ koni
McClellan has sent a polite loiter to Q on . Lee in
forming him that Maj. Moans, of tho Seventeenth
South Carolina Regiment, and C„t.
Third Alabama, were severely, though not dangerous
ly, wounded in tho late battle, that they are in his
hands, and that every attention would be given them
The letter was sent at the request of the wounded
parties.
Gen. Longstreet’s Adjutant inf irms ma that lists of
all tho killed and wounded at Sharpsburg have been
furniilied to the Army Intelligence Office at Richmond
for publication. He had no other list that ho could
give me, and I have telegraphed to Richmond to have
them sent to you immediately. P, W. A.
Later from the North.
GEN. BUELL REPORTED RELIEVED—N.
Y. FINANCES—FEDERAL MOVEMENTS
IN VIRGINIA—THE REBELS AGAIN TO
BE “CRUSHED OUT”-THE BRITISH AND
FRENCH ON MANASSAS NO. 2-A RAM
IN THE MERSEY—YELLOW FEVER AT
GALVESTON-DEATH OF BULL NEL
SON.
RicnMONTi, Oct, 2 —The Baltimore Amorican of
Monday afternoon, says: It is reported that Gen. Buell
has been relieved from his command and assigned to
Indianapolis to organize paroled prisoners into regi
uents.
Stocks were rampant in Now York on Monday, and
prices went up 8 per cent. At first call gold was 22}£
premium. At the close of operations it had advanced
to 28X-
Reports from Galveston say that yellow fever is rag
ing fearfully at that place.
The Enquirer has received New York dates ot the
SOth. Bull Nelson was shot in the Gau’.t House, lit
Louisville, on Monday, by General Jefferson C. Davis.
Ho expired in a few moment?.
Gen. Seig'e had advanced to YTarrenton and was
preparing to cut off all communication between the
Rebel army and tho Shenandoah valley and Richmond.
The American says there are also intimations of re
newed activity oa James River, indicating that the
present apparent suspensioaoif operations is only pre
paratory to a systematic movement that will produce
important refits.
The steamer Anglo Saxon had armed at New York.
The defeat of Pope at Manassas was universally re
garded in England and France as fatal to the Union
cause. . A powerful ram wa3 openly being built in the
Mer;ev, to boused in opening the blockade at Charles
ton.. *
The address of tho Yankeo Governors to Lincoln is
not to be made public. *
Reported Capture of Gen. Phelps
and Com. Porter.
Pout Eudbon, (via Mobile) Sept 80.—A gentleman
just arrived from New Orleans B-jysit was reported
there that the Confederate war steamer “290'’ had
captured an outward bound Federal vessel, off the
mouth of the Mississippi, having as passengers General
Phelps and Commodore Porter- These dignitaries
were transferred to the “290” and placed in confine
mutt.
Skirmish in Mississippi.
Tupelo, Oet. 2.—(Special to tho Mobile Advertiser
& Kegister.) Tho Yankee cavalry ssouta yoßterday
penetrated to the railroad two miles south of Baldwin,
and cut the telegraph wire. They were attacked by
twen#-five of tho 2d Tonnessre cavalry, routed and
driven off with a loss of seven killed and two takciff
prisoners. Our loss was two killed and none wounded.
Congressional Nows.
EiclUiond, OcL 2.—The Sknatf, to-day, refused to
agree to the amendments of the House to the Exemp
tion bill And asked for a committee of conference.
Tho House bill appropriating a million of dollars for
the construction of tho Blue Mountain and Home
Eaiiroad was passed; also tho Senate bill to provide
for tha transmission of the trans-Misussippi mails.
At one o’clock the Senate went into spnret session to
consider tho regular order of tho day, being a bill to
repress the atrocities of the enemy. Nothing of im
portance was done. When the doors were opened,
several communications from the President were pre
sented.
The House was occupied nearly al! day in a discus
sion of tho bill to raise revenue.
From Nashville.
Ciiattanoooa, Oct. 2.—A company of pnrtizan Esn‘
gers yesterday drove tho Yankee pickets at Flat Book
back to Nashville. Flat Kock is three miles from
Nashville.
A Nashville despatch of tho 30lh ult., says the
steamer Forlorn Hope was captured a few miles below
there, on Sunday by the Bebels.
It is the impression in Nashville that Bragg has
taken Louisville, Ky.
Speculators have cleaned out all tho goods and
stores between here and Nashville. No more need
come.
Thore is no doubt about the starving condition of
Nashville.
Last of Dr. Rosbvally.— According to the
Richmond Dispatch of the 27th, the career of
this man has been brought to a close. That
paper says:
Hitno.—About two weeks since, Ihe Southern pa
pers contained an account of tho arrest, in Mobile
Bay, of five men, w*o, from indications apparent, had
a'tenanted to embark in a boat for Now Orleane. Let
ters from suspected Unionists in Mobile were found
on them, addressed to Butler and other Federal offi
cials in New Orleans; maps of Mobile and plans of
its defences, flies of the city newspapers, lots of gold,
and an assortment of both Federal and Confederate
Treasury scrip; also, several flags, one of which rep
resented the United States flag on one side and, the
Confederate Flag on the reverse. Other evidences of
intended treachery were found, and the whole party,
though they protested they were only on a fUhing ex
cursion, werp conveyed to Mobile, and safely locked
up us spies. Amo 0 g the men on board the boat was
Br. Marius Louis Eossvaliy, well known in this city.
Intelligence was received yesterday at Gen. Winder a
office, by a gentleman direct -from Mobile, that Boss
vaily had been hung there a few days ego; but wheth
er by military authority or the poaulace acting as a
vigilance committee, we did no learn.
Good Ketort. When the flag o£ truce
steamer, containing the Coniederate prisoners
to be exchanged at Vicksburg were lying at
Memphis a few davs since, a poor Irishwoman
went down to the wharf, for the purpoee of
seing her husband who was on board one of
them. She asked an officer on duty to let her
go aboard, and stated the object of he mission,
but was refftsed. She still persisted in her effort
to get aboard. The officer not liking her con
tinued appeal, hallowed ont to her; Madame,
you cannot come aboard I say, I wish you
would go to hell and let me aloneT Ihc
woman was roused, and putting her ar& akim
bo replied, shaking her head : “I can go to
hell can IV Say, misther officer, do you know
oneStonewall Jackson ?” “Yes, what of him ?”
“Wejl he hs been sending so many Yankees to
that place now that be Jabers there is no room
for dacent people there, and the ould divil him
self has to sleep out of doors.” Good for
Biddy.
The Enemy’s Operations near Bluffton.
The Yankee gunboats steamed up May River
and commenced shelling the woods around
Bluffton about 9 o’clock on Tuesday morning.
They drove the pickets from Bluffton, and land
ed about one company of riflemen, who skir
mished through the woods on the river bank,
ftring*as if engaged with an enemy. One of the
gunboats passed up as high as Crow'ell’s Land
ing, stopping at Pope’s on the way up, and
committing SQme depredations around the
houses. At Crowell’s they endeavored to en
tice an old negro away, but did not succeed.
They threw 12-inch shells for two and a naif
miles across the road leading to Bluffton and in
all other conceivable directions- It is supposed
that this blustering expedition was intended to
interrupt the pursuit of several runaways, a por
tion of whom have been taken.
[Char. Mercury, 2d.
Brig. Gen. Chalmers, we understand, is nnder
arrest for making the attack on Mnniordsville,
or Green River bridge, prematurely and against
orders. The place was to have been entirely
surrounded before a demand lor its surrender
shorfld be made—this was eventually done, but
not till Chalmers’ brigade had been repulsed
he day previous.—[Chattanooga Rebel.
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