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Saturday morning, October 85, 18G2.
Good News,—We are credibly informed that
a steamer arrived in a Confederate port some
diys asro with a cargo of shoep, blankets and
powder.
Van Dorn at Corinth. —Believing that every
man should be heard, we copy from the Mem
phis Appeal a defense of this officer’s manage
ment of the battie of Corinth. It is said to fee
from the pen of a gentleman holding a high po
sition in the Army of the West.
More Laborers for the Defenses.— We
invite the attention of planters in Middle and
South western Georgia to the appeal of Gov.
Bravo for additional labor for the public de
' fenses around Savannah. We hope none will
fail t > give a cheerful and immediate response.
Bragg's Address. —The address.of General
Bn.:'g to the people oi the Northwest will be
found lu our columns. It is one of the most
adr. i' ddy prepared documents called forth by
the war, and we think we car. trace the hand of
Jefferson Davis in its pure diction, faultless
rhetoric ami eloquent, appeals. Read it.
A gentleman- informs the Raleigh (N. C.)
>yfMrn%'on
factory wit.rim a hnndred miles of Raleigh rep
rcscbunga capital of nine thousand shares of
one thousand dollars each, which has b ieu and
is now paying a dividend on each share of two
thousand dollars every three months !
Thu Ohio and Indiana papers state that there
is a feeling of deadly hostility growing up
among the free winto.laborers ogainst;the “oon
* trai .ode,” who are swarming to the river
towns by thousands. Collisions and riots have
already occurred at Cincinnati and
points, and mnch troub’e is’fror^i.
At a'Discount. —Tne Knoxville Register
says that Federal “ bine backs” (Northern cur
rency! can be bought anywhere in Kentucky,
south ot our army, at fifty cents i>n the dollar
for Confederate notes. This shows the feeling
of Kentuckians and the strength of the popular
conviction that the statu* oi Kentucky is now
irrevocably fixed.
Another Incursion. —The Richmond Whig,
in refering to Bluart’s late raid into Pennsylva
niu, says : From certain movements elsewhere,
we may bo justified, anv day, in looking fur
another tremor in the m -vny’s c qntry, result
ing from an invasion of Yankee land in t tiiiee
tion not at all looked lor by ihe Abolitionists.
Tee horses are eaddled, and the troopers are
booted and spurred
The Memphis Aigus, of the 9.b, says that on
the previous day there was considerable flut
tering among the Memphis holders of “green
backs.” For some time past they have been
selling at 33% per cent, over Tennessee money,
but they fell to fifteen per c;ut. on the S.b. —
Parties carrying cotton to market will not t ike
Northern money a3 readily as Tennessee, and
hence the demand for the latter currency.
Lieutenant General. —lt is said that Pem
berton was made a Lieutenant Gem ral in order
that he might rank Van Dorn and Piiee in the
Southwest—both ef them holding commissions
as Majors General older than his own. It is
also raid that ibe same title is to be conferred
on Joseph E. Johnston, and that, ho will be put
In charge of the army in Kentucky and the
West.
Cot. John Fobstth.— lt t ffords tta pleasure,
sa>B the Augusta Const! utionalist, to learn
that the reports, by Ibe Federal papers, of the
death of Col. John Forsyth, in Kentucky, are
false. Ot the 10th instant, be was still in the
land of tho living, where it is to be hoped he
will long remain, to add toihe war literature of
tho country by the contributions ot his able
pen, and to aid in treeing Kentucky from Yan
kee thraldom.
Gen. George B. Anderson died at the resi
dence ol his brother Col. Wtu. E. Anderson, in
Raleigh, Noith Carolina, on Thursday last, tire
10th irst., from the effect of a wound in the
foot, received at the battle of Slmrpsburg. Ilis
wound was thought no-, to be dangerous, but
erysipelas supervening it became necessary to
amputate the limb above the ancle, which was
done on Wednesday. Ilis system did not rally
alter the operation, and he sunk ou Thu day
morning.
Reported Death of a Georgian.—V/o. make
the following extract from a letter received by
us yesterday from a correspondent at Winches
ter :
“ A member of tho Fourth Georgia told one
oi my company that private Meminger Camp
bell, son of the late Col. I). 0. Campbell, of
MlUedgevillC, and brother of my Captain, was
killed at Sharpsburg. 1i i was tne youngest son
of his bereaved widowed mother. This sul in
telligence will east a deep gloom over that af
fectionate family, with whom Mem. was a fa
vorite.
“ Thus has fallen another noble youth—a
holocaust to liberty—a .-aerifies to the mad
pa-f ions ol a heartless invader, a fanatical peo
ple !”
From Kentucy.- A considerable number of
despatches from the seat ot war iu ihis State
will be found under our telegraphic head. Tne
Southern accounts all agree in giving us a vic
tory, and our confidence lu such a result is not
in the slightest degree shaken by the Northern
accounts. They contradict each other, which
is proof conclusive that tho day has gone
against them, for no Yankee ever yet couoteu -
Raced the idea that he was beaten when there
was the slightest ground for claiming a victory.
This view of the case is also confirmed by the
extraordinary depreciation ot Yankee currency
u-der the news from the battle field. Gold at
Kkh'iC ami Sterling Exchange at HI 1 / is au ar
gument for which not even Yankee ingenuity
ca invent au answer.
The American Question in France.— The
r.i: is correspondence ot the New York Herald
is dated on tb" 30. b nit. The litters rvere writ
ten before lira news of the Maryland battles
bad reached the French- capital. One ot the
correspondents states that, it the war is not
ended by the first ot January next, Napoleon,
w ith England, is likely to recognize the South
ern Confederacy and follow up the act by an
armed Intervention. He adds that the French
Minister in Washington has been already In
structed to report lu reply to certain questions
—forwarded to him by the previous mail—on
the subject, his answers to shape, in a great
measure, the course of the Imperial interfer
ence. The writer says that the announcement
of decisive I'nidu victories in the meantime
may tend to alter Napoleon’s present plan of
American policy.
Tai Fivis in Wilmington.—fho Wilming
ion Journal o( Thursday says : '‘The physicians
report S6 new esses of yellow fever yesterday.
Few make reports of deaths, but from the best
iisioriuMion we cau obtain we are led to the be*
li t that the death* yesterday (Wednesday) will
rot differ much from those of the day* last pre
ceding them—say fifteen oesixtoeu. From ap
pcarancee we are constrained to think that
,v. ry person resident In Wilmington during
this epidemie has had or will have It in some
form, more or ice?
painful duty yesterday to record the death of
K v. Dr. Draae, of the K. iscopal Church. To
day we find the very estimable Jasior of the
Catholic Church here. Rev. Thomas Murphy,
prostrated by the disease; also. Rev. Dr Cor
coran, of Charleston. Roth, we trust and be
lieve, are in a l‘ght l> rm. and will soon pass off.
The fever doe- n >t abate, bat we n now in ib ■
third week in O t 'ber, and in the nain.ai
course of thi g* ere most soon have cooler
weather, and some rcUcl in that way."
Prince JoUu vs. King Abraham"—Per
11* of the North.
Lincoln is destined to find, after all his exer
cise ol dictatorial power, that he sits uneasy on
his scat, at Washington. Ills late proclamation
for crushing out at: opposition to his tyrannical
policy, appears to have had bnt little effect on
the fears of at least a fe w. The Democratic
meeting in New York last week may almost, if
not quite, he regarded as the jbegianrag of a
revolution at the North. At no lime since its
inauguration has tho government of Lincoln
been subjected to such an onslaught as that
made upon it by John Van Bnrcn on the occa
sion referred to ; and the attack is significant
when we recoiled that it comes in defiance and
directly in the teeth of an imperial command
of silence throughout Abraham’s dominions.
It is an open i.<suc, a tender of battle to the
President, aad ali the circumstances show that
the man who off'red is not. reckoning without
his host.
We shall see bow this matter turns out—
whether Lincoln will submit to the severest
denunciation against himse'f and his . policy
that has jet been fulminated from the armory
of his politic*! e nemies. For much less griev
ous offences, hundreds of Mr. Van Buren’s fel
low citizens have been thrown into the dun
geons of Forts Lafayette and Warren. Will
Lincoln visit bis vengeance upon him too, or
will he back down and tremble before the storm
that is gathering around him ?
This movement in New York is but the be
ginning of the end, and whatever course, the
President may take, he is bound to add fue! to
the fluraeof discord. Should he imprison Van
V, At-n, it will light up the fires of papular in
dignation throughout the North, and before
they are quenched Lincoln and his abolition
ho6t3 will have been swept away as by the besom
of destruction. If our accounts are correct, the
pear is ripe aad needs but a slight disturbance
by the breeze of popular opinion to fall to the
ground. Should he fail to notice this contempt
of his authority and dignity, it will embolden
others throughout the North to follow Mr. Van
Buren’s example and let off their long pent-up
indignation against' a party that has brought
desolation and ruin upon the country without
a cause. Matinees will always find its check j
sooner or later, and an outraged people will not
belong in finding outand bringing to judgment
the guilty authors of their calamities.
“jS\ IV. A.”
This correspondent of the Savannah Repub
lican should rie, as he is, a very good man. In
his letters he should, as we believe he does,
speak of things as they are—
“Nofliing extenuate
Nor a. i down sight ij malice.”
For he i? certainly exerting a wonderful in
fluence, especially in Georgia. His letters are
in almost every newspaper. Ha says our sol
diers must be clothed by the people at home —
the government can’t do it. Almost instantly
benevolent societies spring into existence as by
magic. Money is contributed by the hundreds
and thousands oi dollars, for this desirable ob
ject, out a great deal bus to lie done. We hope
that societies will be firmed immediately in
every county in ike State.
The above, which we lake from the Rome
|Gu.) Southerner, is but one of the numeroas
compliments that we have read to cur able and
considerate correspondent. It speaks truly of
his late letter depicting the sufferings of the
array. It has been copied, without exception,
by every exchange that comes to this office, and
probably by every newspaper in the Confed
erate States, ii_ every instance arousing the peo
pie to a sense of their duty t > tho suffering sol
diery. We believe that one letter will do more
.towards clothing the army and making them
comfortable than all the legislation of Congress
iu the year past
And yet some people would profess to sneer
at- army correspondents, saying they do more
harm than good ! They, generally, however,
belong to one oi two classes —those newspaper
editors who have nq correspondents of their
own, and conceited army officers whose vanity
has nor b n gratified by newspaper laudation
beyond lira m .•v-uro of their merit.
P. W. A , the correspondent of the Savannah
Republican, wrote from Gen. Lee’s army, a
short time ago, about the terrible clestitutiqn in
the army. The article is calculated to have a
very injurious effect, for we have the best ot
authority, for stating that P. W. A. is most
egregiously mistaken that the Government has
a plenty of ever thing necessary for the sns
tonance of the army, and weseo from the Rich
mond papers that the army is now being cloth
ed. e suppose the destitution of the army
was only temporary, caused from a want of
transportation, It has caused a great deal of
unnecessary anxiety among many families of
soldiers, and they are giving themselves un
necessary trouble to supply them, when they do
not need it.
Wo clip the foregoing from the Rome (Ga.)
Courier. It was, no doubt, well meant, but we
hope no triend of the soldier in tho South will
allow himself to bo deceived thereby and se
duced from the performance of a great public
duty. Thu editor’s informant was, doubtless,
some, one of that large class of public officials
whrrae neglect of duty brought the army to
rags. Our correspondent’s description of the
destitution in tho army is confirmed by all
writefs from tho camp, by every returned
soldier, and by every Virginia newspaper that
has had access to the facts. True the govern
ment is doing now all it can, but that will fall
far short of the army’s necessities. Every
soldier who has looked to his government, even
in better limes than this, knows how true this
is. When it shall have done its best, some will
besuppliol and many left in want. Besides,
the preparation of clothing for the field should
be double that, in tne ordinaly occupations of
life. The tea. er can readily imagine how short
a time an oi dinary suit of clothes will last a
soldier who marches continuously through all
sorts of weather, sleeps on the ground, often
in the mud and rain, and without a covering
save the sky above him. The wear and tear ot
such a life is Incalculable, and the soldier who
is comfortably clad to-day by January may be
in rags.
N >t is the supposition true that the. necessities
of the army were caused by a waut of transpor
tat ion. The battles around Richmond, we are
told, were toucht by many a man who hail not
a shirt to his back, and many a bare-foot sol
dier crossed the Rapldan in the march north
ward .
Wo. therefore tell the people that if they de
pend on this assurance o! the goverutneut
agent*, the army will be reduced to great suf
fering during the coming winter. Let them,
then, continue in the good work of supplying
shoes, clothing, and other comforts to the
brave men who are fighting for our liberties.
Properly distributed, as it will be so far as
Georgia is concerned, nothing they send will be
found _
Mr. Editor : Will yon please place before the
public the recognigwd damages, according to
law, when medicine is seised by an officer, and
oblige ' Ciyis.
Savannah, Oct. 1, ISO-.
The amount of damage is, in the language of
the Constitution, a “reasonable compensation,”
to be fixed by disinterested persons, we pre
sume.—E or.
The Washingiou city Republican in comment
ing on the Fiend’s late, proclamation, says :
At any rate, the military metnod of subduing
the rebellion ha* been tried, and utterly failed ;
and if the policy ot Congress is not effectual,
no other remain*.
The Pti . idiot has even gone beyond the legis
laiion of Congress, although not bevond their
known wishes.
The above is a confession which we hardly
expected to be so candidly made. The last
chance is now to be tried, and will fail, also.
Tun Pkich of Flovr.—A. contemporary, in
consider ng the high pr ce for flour, savs: “The
millers pay on sc average about two dollars and
forty cefits per bushel tor wheat, and yet they
charge seventeen dollars for superfine flour
Now, in car day, it used io be that four and a
half bushels oi good wheat wonld make one
barrel superfine floor, leaving offal, and allow
ing an eighth for the profits oi grinding. This
calculation would >:.ak. this quality of flour
worth #lt Then wby i.- it bridal #l7? lias
wheat taken the disease of extortion, and re
fused to yield as formerly when ground into
flour, or is it pure unadulterated extortion of
the millers * We fear it i* the latter.
SAYjOSTtsTA-iEI, SATUEDAI, OCTOBER 35; 1863;
Got. Brown and the IMstlllerß Again.
We publish this morning an order from Gov.
Brown enjoining Ceptain 8. G. Cabell, a Con
federate contractor, from distilling Whiskey in
this State for the use of the army and hospitals
of the Confederacy. The Governor fays that
he at first assented to Capt. Cabell’s filling fhe
contract in Georgia, limiting bis operations,
however, to some cine lucoliiy ; but under
standing that Cabell bad sub-Sel portions of bis
contract to other persons in different parts of
the State, or stipulated with them to furnish a
portion of ihe supply, in violation of his in
junction, he now revokes the permission, had
commands the officers of the militia of Georgia
to euforce his proclamation against all persons
distilling whiskey under contracts with Capt.
Cabell.
Without stopping to enquire just here into
the authority of the Governor to issue such or
ders, or whether they are any more binding
than they would be coming from ourselves or
any other private citizen of tho State, we must
express our surprise at the remarkable logic by
which the Governor defends his action in the
premises. Oa the whole, it is a most singular
document— 6o shallow in its reasoning as to
subject the Governor very justly to the suspi
cion of an intention to thwart the Confederate
Government rather than to promote the cause
of public mora’ity in the State. Let us examine
it briefly :
Gov. Brown was willing for Capt. Cabell to
fiil his contract in the State, why compel him
to become the distiller, at immense expense
and when machinery is not to be bought ?
What difference does it make whether &e dis
tils the whiskey or any one body else does it? Is
Ac more to be relied onto confine his opera
tions fo the government contract than the resi
dent distillers ? The objection seems to us the
veriest nonsense. There is not one govern
ment contractor in a thousand who fills the
orders of the department from his own labor and
material.
And then why confine him to a par.icular lo
cality ? The Governor seems very solicitous
about the supply of com —would it not be far
better to take it from lira State at large, this
neighborhood giving Up a little and that a little,
than to take it all from one neighborhood, thus
entirely exhausting the commodity with a por
tion of our people ? Any sensible man, it ap
pears to us, is obliged to say that it would-
This objection, then, is folly, and Governor
Brown must invent something, better, or con
sent to be considered' as having exhibited a
fractious and unreasonable spirit.
But a third objection of the Governor Is
equally, if not still more, ridiculous. He
drives Captain Cabell out of the State because
he is a "speculator" ! He has nosed out the pri
vate contracts of Cabell, and finds he is making
contracts jvith other parties to furnish him the
whiskey at $1.50, whilst the government has
agreed to pay him $2.50 per gallon. Suppose
all this is true, is not every contractor a specu
lator—would he make a contract by which he
expected to lose money ? And, besides, what
is it to Governor Brown what the government
agrees to pay for its liquor, or whether the con
tractor wil! make a good thing of it or not ?
When was he first inspired with this sacred so
licitude fer the interests of the Confederate
gO’R.rument, with which Ira has been at war
from tho beginning of the revolution till now ?
The government offered what it considered fair
and was able to give, and it was Hone of Gov.
Brown s business. A- little did it concern him
what Cabeil could get the whiskey manufactur' and
for; ho did it to the best advantage.omd just aa
Governor Brown hinmeli.would have done were
he the contractor. Nor is the price paid by the
government high after ail: the article is now
selling at from sls to S2O per gallon, and it will
be fortunate, while the people are paying that
amount, for it to get its supplies laid down at
$2 50.
So far ns we can understand the matter—and
we know nothing about U except what the
Governor fella us—Captain Cab ii has pursued
the uniform and regular course of contractors,
and there is not the slightest evidence that he
desired to take advantage of the privilege
granted him by the Governor, except as regards
the place of manufacturing his whiskey, which
we have before shown to be a most frivolous
objection. If every State should require “the
proper officer at Richmond” directiy to make
contracts with producers, without intermediate
parties, it would simply be impossible to carry
on the machinery of the government. VVe
think Mr. Cabell ha3 been treated most unjust
ly, and were we in his place, we should pro
ceed to carry out our compact in Georgia, in
spite of this executive edict, appealing to the
strong ann of the law, if necessary, to protect
us in our legal rights and against an unmitiga
ted usurpation. We would teat the question
whether the people of Georgia are living under
a government of law, or the wiii ofalawhss
despot. ,
Policy of ouit Planters —A contemporary
says: “It la time that a lull agreement aud
concert were established among the planters of
the Bouth as to the next crop of cotton. If the
war continues into January, as is more than
probable, there should not be an acre of cotton
p’anted. Let our planting friends communicate
promptly their opinions in fhe matter.”
Wo agree with tho spirt of tbe writer quoted,
bnt ho goes too far when he says that “not an
acre” of cotton shonid be planted. As we im
port no goods under the blockade, we shall
need cotton for on: own consumption, and it i3
to be had from no other source but the plan
ters of the South We would therefore advise
that at |east a tourib of a crop be planted the
ensuing year. It will be ample, with a fair sea
son, for the supply of our dr maud.
It may be said, in reply to this, that having
exported no cotton, or bnt a mere pittance,
during the past year, we already have a
sufficiency on hand for the purpose indicated
This is true, bnt we should recollect that al
most the entire crops of this and last year’s have
.been parted from by the producers, and are
now in the hands of speculators. Raise no
more the coming year, and consumers will be
entirely at the mercy of this class, and all
present experience proves that the power will
be used with a tyrant’s hand. They will be
ab’.c to ask fifty cents per ponnn. ami, as iu tuc
case ol sugar, tea and coffee, the consumer will
have no alternative but to submit to the extor
tion, cotton being one of the necessaries of life.
Especially will this be the case should the war
end before the crop of 1564 can be brought into
market. Our planters would be wise to guard
against such an imposition, and the only way
they can do it is to make themselves and the
country Independent of the speculators.
Death of Col. T. G. Lamab.—We have sad
news to communicate to our readers to-day.
CoL Tfios. G. Lamar, the b-ive and gallant sol
dier, the courteous and chivalrie gentleman, the
genial, warm hearted friend, is no more! He
ctied in Charleston at an early hour this morn
ing.
In the death of Col. Lamar oar country has
sustained a loss which is irreparable. His de
votion to the cause, his seal, activity and energy
in alt that pertains to its advancement, his tried
courage and coolness, in the hour of battle, ail
conspired to render him universally esteemed,
and his death will be widely mourned as a
tiocal calamity. He had beet; ia active service
since the breskisg out of ;V war, and com
manded the Ist Regiment of Artiiiuy South
Carolina Volunteers.
We all know how gallantly he led his men at
the battle of Secessionvilie, and how, on thst
sanguinary field, he received several wounds
while in too thickest ot the st >tm of shot foin
the enemy’s ranks. A grateful country will
cherish his memory, .and her sons strive to
emulate his n 'ble deeds.
Ccfl. Lamar was, we believe, a native of Edge
field District, S. 0., and in the 35th year of his
age. He leaves an interesting iunaiiy.
His remains will a: ive at the Hamburg de
pot to morrow morning, and will be conveyed
to the family burial ground in Edgefield Dis
trict lor interment.
Augusta Chronicle, 17,h.
A Havan letter -av* that *• another r bel
steamer, th Cuba, ha entered that port f-om
Mobile, loaded with cotton, valued at #163,493.”
Oar < > clinnuia an 4 Wlifclicster.
The following letter received yesterday, from
the indefatigable agent of the Georgia Hospi
tals, contains matter worthy of publication :
Office Georgia Relief and Hospital /
Association .
Richmond, Va., Oct. 11,1603. )
Mr. Editor .-—Dear Sir: Yesteriiyy, on my
return from Winchester, I received yours of
the Ist hist, enclosing $lO and .nation Irons Mr.
W. Mabry, of Darien. I will see that it is ap
propriated accordi.r.g to the wishes offfee donor,
to whom, on behalf of our sick waunde i,
phase present our thanks. Tbe bos you refer
to-has not yet come to band ;or arrival your
request will be attended to. Contributions such
as jours are gratefully received by .fhe various
hospitals that are daily visited by the agents of
the Association. In turn they go throus’h the
wards of every hospital iu the city, supplying
them according to their necessities aWi the
number of Georgians • cared for strains their
walls.
Whilst at Winchester I had .the pi .asnre of
meeting with Mr. P. W. Alexander ! he had
been complaining for seme time, and when I
left (Oct. 7,) he was in bed, not seriously sick
bnt sufficiently eo to incapacitate him for the
time from active duty. One of our party (Rev.
W. H. Potter,of Augusta,) went out lathe camps
with Mr. A. a few days previous, eudeavoring
to obtain from Gen. Longstreet’s Adjutant a
list of the casualties in the Georgia Regiments.
The list had, however, been given up to Mr.
Crocker, of the Army Intelligence Offira, who,
it was understood, was to publih the lifts in the
papers here; er> ris not ir ,j.. do** anti it is
almost impossUrfo™* get access ty i the
office. Our agent here has been endeavoring to
get copies for some time. Our mission to Win
chester being mainly for the sick and wounded,
the hospitals in that place wero severally visit
ed. I should rather say hospital, for there is
but one of tbe many buildings used for that
purpose that is worthy of tbe name. The
others, churches, warehouses and empty dwell
ing houses, are simply receptacles .of the sick
and wounded, where they have a vshelter and
that is ail, a handfull of straw underneath them,
and if they have a blanket of their own,they have
covering, and if not, they are without. There
were very f-w medicines that could be obtain
ed, and no hospital furniture whatever. Through
the kindness of the Surgeon of the post, Dr. J.
Ik Smith, we obtained the African Church for a
Georgia Hospital under the charge of Dr.
Camak, (of Athens, Ga.;) it was fitted up from
the supplies that we had brought With us. Our
shi ts and drawers were rapidly distributed,
and as our sheets wore of no use there, as wfcep
soiled we could neither procure soap or
washerwomen, they were sent out and made up
into shirts, so that we could supply the demand
pending the arrival aJ a further lot ol clothing
that had been ordered from Richmond. The
great'gap between Staunton and Winchester—
-92 miles—over which goods have to ba wagon
ed, and the difficulty in procuring wagous, re
tards our progress much. O t -our i-eturrr-to
Staunton we passed several very heavy wagon
trains loaded with Government clothing for the
troops; it was never more needed than now.—
Tbe sick and wounded are being hurried off
rapidly as possible by ambulances to Staunton,
thence by rail to Charlottsvilie, Lynchburg and
here. Rev. Mr. Crumley, (formerly of cur city)
is at Winchester actively co Operating with the
agents of the Ass ociation in endeavoring tc
ameliorate tho condition of the sick.
I met in Winchester I.ieuts. W. Gordon and
A. Duncan. Both are well. They report the
troops—many of them I saw—as doing, well.
In a visit to the camp about four miles from
town, I saw Lieut. Bliss ; he reports his com
pary in camp as below :
S Branch. A. Bacon, C. Btcon, Dick Lewis,
J. Griffin, W. Mel!, R. B Thompson, Butlei
II dates, R. B. Sanford, C. Borchert, A. Carpen
ter, J. Chesholm, Henry Davis, W. Dasher
John Wright, Joe Green. S. Iz’ar, P. Marooav,
Mickler, Moeb, W B. Morell
O. Dauvergne, Win. Patterson, F. Sturdivant.
W. Sturdevant, Geo. Snider, A. Shell, A, Tins
ley. They all appeased well. Adjutant Sneil
man was also about actively attending to hi
duties.
We left three of our number, Dr. Camak, Mr
Crumley and .Mr. S. E Clark, in Winchester,
for the time being, and so long as the army re
mains there —and I could see no immediate
sign of removal—ft will be represented by an
agent at that point. With many thanks for
your kind offer of assistance I remain,
Ymirs truly,
J M. Selkirk.
Evacuation of Ouiuto land. Gap— Ste
venson’* narcli into Kentucky.
Mr Editor: Knowing your desire to gain
correct statements of the move of our army in
Kentucky, and of the evacuation of Cumber
land Gap, I send you this reliable report. The
account has just been sent me by a gectlemar
who was the first to reach and take the Federal
colors from the ctand at the Gap:
Our men were aroused at t! o’clock on Thurs
day, the 18th of September, (Thanksgiving
Day,) by lond reports from the Gap; and
hastening to the front, they soon perceived a
brilliant light, as if the whole mountain was on
fire. Frequently a vast column of fire would
rise, accompanied by a terrific explosion, sha
king the ground where our brave men stood,
for three miles off. Oar men were instantly
ordered forward, and skirmishers eeDt to open
the way. They were obliged to proceed very
quietly and slowly, fearing the enemy may
have been in ambush. Tney reached the main
entrance at 8 o’clock and immediately pro
ceeded to pest guards a..d invest the fortifica
tions Upon locking up they stood jalt be
neath a vast crag with casemaied batteries on
either side, and the grand mountain reaving its
lofty head far above them. The writer states
that the fortilications were “utterly impenetra
ble—the armies of the world could not have
taken them.” The Gap was soon thoroughly
invested, and ruin met their eyes on every side,
for the enemy had endeavored to destroy every
thing We, however, captured two hundred
thousand rounds of ammunition, (“the finest I
ever saw,”) 1,500 small arms, end a great quan
tity of clothing, blanke ts, As. Our army en
camoed on the mountain that night, and by
daybreak the next morning moved into Ken
tucky, in pursuit of the enemy. They have
never been overtaken, as they pursued a course
due north, and had a start of many hours ahead
OT irUT LLiCti. CJtwpi. Tea a ftLouan hjr
Mnj. Gen. Stevenson as bearer of despatches tr
Gan. Kirby Smith at Lexington. They were,
safely conveyed, and the gentleman on his re
turn to join his brigade, found that they bacf
proceeded as far as Danville, and were encamp
ed only seven miles from-that place. My iu
forment writes that they were greeted every
where on their tedious march by bright smiles
from the ladies, and a warm welcome, most ac
ceptable to the weary soldier, in the way of
luxuries not to be* found in camp.
They remained at Danville but a short time,
orders having just been received to hasten for
ward and join Gen. Bragg at Bardstown—that
the enemy were approaching in large numbers
The letter containing this information was
dated October 4. at Danville. Their march
from the Gap for a- utiles into Kentucky is de
scribed as being very disagreeable. Water in
the eastern part of Kentucky ic scarce, which
impeded their progress, and the march each
day obliged t<j be short. Tne inhabitants
were suiicn and not desirous of giving any in
formation in regard to the enemy’s movements.
When near London they were ba*hwhacked,
and two men badiy woua led. Gen. Stevenson
soon put a stop to such inhumanity by threat
ening to turn the Indians loose it that kind of
war was continued. Such, Mr. Editor, is a re
liable report of the march of one division of
onr troops Into Kentucky ; and if yon desire to
c-'mmnnicate it through your columns you
have my free consent to do so, being heartily
willing to aid onr cause in any way, or give
anv information in my power to our people.
P.
Great Bai.e of Negros*.— Yesterday Robt.
M. Clarke, of this city, made the greatest ne
gro sale that ever took place in this market.—
. Twenty-five negro men, their ages varying from
117 to were sold to a railroad compar.v for
$35,735. The lowest price of any one was $1,300,
j and the higbes SI,BOO. The average price of
i <he .ot is sl,43o.—[Atlanta Confederacy, 18.
AtiMY CORRESPONDENCE
Of the Savannah Republican.
Winchester, Va., Oet. Bth, 13(52.
A renewal of chtlls and fever, in consequence
ot too eaHy exposure, has prevented me from
writing you for s"me days past. Fortunately,
there h-.s been but little of interest to commu
nicate. The i v/v armies still confront each
other —out n ru e side of the river, and one on
the other. Toe enemy reoccnpied Harper’s
Ferry been me tie had abandoned it, it being no
part.of Gen, Lee’s plans to hold it after he had
caught the garrison, with their arms and sup
plies. The enemy has also sent scouting par
ties up the east bank of the Shenandoah, and
aero c s the river from Williamsport, whilst
on the other side of the Blue Ridge hcdkfe
pushed forward his rccoanoissanccs as
Manassas, Middlcburg and Warrenton. Burait
is not believed that he has any considerable
force anywhere on the south side of the Poto -
mac. On the contrary, the best opinion would
seen* to be, that his troops are distributed along
the north bank of the river at Williamsport,
Shepherds town, and such other fords as the
Confederates would be likely to use in the
event of another advance into Maryland. The
farce at Harper’s Ferry is, probably, designed
more to protect the workmen engaged in re
building the railroad bridge at that point, than
to take part in any contemplated offensive
movement. McClellan may hope that our
army will retire up the valley as winter ap
proaches, and thus enable him to regain poises
sion ef that portion of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad lying in Virginia This road will be al
nv->')'-mdispensable iu subsisting hia army and
t.ifs if!habitants of'Warhington city (luring the
winter, especially shonM the navigation of Fie
Potomac, which is frequently the case, lie ob
structed by ice. It will require a great deal of
work to repair the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal—another important channel of supplies
cut off by our army when it passed into Mary
land.
Thus you will perceive there is no foundation
for the rumors of t Federal advance, set. afloat
by the sensation journals in Richmond. If
McClellan has thrown any considerable body of
troops across the Potomac, the army set to
watch him is certainly ignorant of the fact.
The reports brought by “passengers oa the
ears,”-so frequently relied upon by those jour
nals, like the reports brought in by cavalry
pickets, deserve very little consideration, nine
ty-nine out of every hundred being as idle as
the wind. The two armies have never been
more quiet; though how long this calm will
last it is not for me to say. It may be broken
to day, or to-morrow, or next week; but this
time there are no indications to lead one to an
traimt.e an early renewal of hostilities in this
quarter.
1!, instead of crossing into Maryland, we had
remained on the south side of the Potomac, is
it probable that McClellan would have come
out and offered ns battle ? Not at all. Having
crossed and recrossed the Potomac, is there
any reason that would not have existed if we
had never gone into Maryland, why he should
do so now I can see none. Is it, then, Gra\
Lee’s policy to remain quietly where Ira is, <a j
to advance a second time into Maryland? lam j
not in his councils any more than lamin M I
Clellan’s. Gen. Lee Is a wise and eauti< j
man, who “refraineth his lips,” in accordant
with the proverbs of the wise man. If he h o
any confidants, they are bnt few —Jackson a i
Longstreet; sometimes, it is believed, Toombs’
great intellect it needed and lie is called o.
One can only judge of Gm. L-u-’s plans, there
fore, as he does of McCteltn’s-*-by what be
sees and hears. And the judging,"one fir' (
but little reason, except in a e raiiugency i t j
now anticipated, lor believing we r b.tli ret; j
into Maryland. '
Indeed, it is not irvtpr dni.de that both Gen- !
orals are waiting for the u-aal eu'.umnal flood
in the Potomac. A drought of nuoy week
has prevailed throughout the region wbu taj
waters it drains, and consequently it is now
very low aud easily forded at many places.
If, therefore, McClellan should retire co Wash
iDgtou, the wav into Maryland would be left
onen and undefended So, if Lee should with
draw in the direction of the Rappahannock,
the Federate could proceed to occupy this Val -
ley and all the country in Vront of Washington;
or, should he retire, leaving Jackson behind,
they would probably throw an overwhelming
t.-rce across the river, before which he would
find it necessary to retreat. After the advent
of winter, however, and the rains and fl rads it
invariably brings in its train in this latitude,
.Jackson might bo kept here with icupunitv ;
whilst Lee, with the main body of his a.mv,
might safely go into winter quarters behind the
Rappahannock.
So long, therefore, as the Potomac remains
at its present low stage, so long is ic probable
that the two armies will confront each other
from its opposite banks. Neither side can af
•'onl to ’•( tire aud leave the way open to an in
vading force.
A any who lately came through from liar
pet’s Ferry, says the Federals in large numbers
are busily at work upon the railroad bridge at
hat place and the fortifications necessary for
its defense. They are erecting a series of elab
orate works on both sides the river, embracing
all the heights which command the town, as
well as the fords, roads and mountain passes by
which it is approached. This looks more like
defense than invasion. And yet, according to
his lady, the Federals were still bouraing that
they would soon be in Richmond—(hey were
certain of success this time, but upon wriat par
ticular ground, they could not, or did not, elate.
Large numbers of persons have arrived here
from the South in search of friends reported to
have been killed cr wonnded in the late battles
of Sharps'ourg. Many have found their trip
unnecessary, since tbe circumstances must be
urgent and peculiar that will induce Gen. L e
to g-ant mission to pass his lines. And
•■hen they cross tbe river, it is Only to fall into
the hands of the enemy, by whom they are de
tained as prisoners. Some have passed their
friends on the road; some have fouud them
only wounded when they were reported killed,
whilst some had received only slittht injuries,
who reported tg be mortally wounded.
All accounts concur in one respect, that cannot
be otherwise than gratifying to absent mothers
and fathers—viz: the kind treatment extended
to our wounded who fell into the hands of the
enemy.
Tim Federal army is provided with a full
complement of Surgeons, who have ample
supplies of medicines, ici, lemons, bandages,
&c., and who are in a condition to give our
wounded better treatment than we can our
selves. A few of the Confederate Surgeons
have been allowed to visit our wounded at
Sharps’ourg, aud such is the report they bring
back It is reported, also, that fl igs of truce
have been passing between Gens. Lee and Mc-
Clellan for some days past, but for what pnr
pose, lam not informed, it may be, however,
that some of our Surgeons will be furnished
with a statement ot the condition of our wound
ed in the hands of the enemy, which will doubt
leas be published for the information ot the
public. * p. W. A
Wliat Georgia lus done for her Sli k,
. Wounded, nd ■Terultiitp ’in Iril — ~
W ~Y~A.. OctTTOUj, ISO‘3.
M v-stSylSere has brought ma a good deal in
contact with the surgeons and hospitals of the
army, and since there is no subject of more Im
portance than the presentation of the
health of the troops upon whom the coun
try relies for the establishment ot its indepen
dence, or of more interest than the means
adopted for the care of the sick and wounded, I
propose to devote this and my next letter to a
faithful statement of such facts and circum
stances as have come under my own eye or been
derived from trustworthy sources. To those
who are fond of reading graphic descriptions of
events, which are not unfrequently apochipbal,
the subject may seem stale and unprofitable :
and yet to the ignorant and intelligent alike it
is fell of deep personal interest.
That the reader may see what can be done by
intelligent and well directed efforts, I shall
employ myself to-oay with some account ot the
history and operations of the Georgia Relief
ndHospital Association, and to morrow shall
contrast the performances of the Government
with the acta of the Association when brought
.ogeiiier upon the same field. Nearly an u.e
States have their separate hospitals in Rich
mond, bat l select oat the Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association, because its agents were
ihe first to arrive here after the late battle, as
th--y were at Manassas, and because an opportu
nity has thus been afforded me to compare what
they have accomplished with what the Govern
ment has done.
The Association had its origin on the street
corner in Augusta, Georgia, about the 25th of
July, 186 L Intelligence had first been received
of the battle at Manassas, and of the destitution
in the army of medical and hospital supplies ;
whereupon Judge Starne3 invited a few per
sons whom he happened to meet on the street,
to unite with him in calling a public meeting.
The meeting was held, and J odge Starnes,
Heury Moore, H. F. Russell, J. M. Newby and
Geo. W. Evans were appointed a committee to
canvass the city and obtain donations to pro
cure supplies and medical assistance for the
sufferers in the first great battle ot tne revolu
tion. Subsequently th!9 committee of five was
organized into £ Central Board, which appoint
ed a number of travelling agents to canvass the
State, organize auxilliary associations, and ob-
trin donations of hospital stores and mr
These agents were very successful, aud a lirT.
number of atixilliary associations were formed 6
In October a meeting was called in Augusta, at
which were present representatives of the
aux iliary associations and contributors to the
cause The name of the Central Board was
dropped, arid a constitution adopted, and the
Georgia Relief aud Hospital Association or
ganized as it now stands. A hoard of State
superintendents, consisting of thirty or forty
citizens of the State, was appointed, and from
this board twelve gentlemen were chosen an
Executive Committee.
This Executive Committee applied to the
Legislature of the State last winter and pro
cured t.ira passage of an act appropriating the
sum of $300,000, to be expeuded by them in
providing hospital buildings, medical attend
ant"-, &e., for the sick and wounded from tho
State, and t.he same for all Confederate troops
who might become sick or wounded in defense
of the State of Georgia. In carrying out the
objects proposed, the Association has sent Sur
“grorra into the field and to the depots for the
wounded where they have been congregated in
ivg • numbers after important battles. These
surgeons have carried with them supplies of
medicines and bandages to supplement the
••••ores furnished by the Confederate govern
ment. In this way Drs. Steiner
if Augusta, Camak, of Athens, and Billings,
of Columbus, £.ll eminent in their profession,
have rendered important service to the troops
of Georgia, and frequently to those from other
States.
The Association has also organized and fit
ted up four large hospitals in the city of Rich
mond—=ome of which were the first in that
city. Of these hospitals Dr. H. F. Campbell
was chosen Medical Director, wit# whom there
lias been associated an efficient corps of Sur
r-ons and Assistant Surgeons from Georgia.
These hospitals have been constantly supplied
by the Association with nurses, medicines,
commissary stores and delicacies above what
the government allows and the co-operation of
several ladies, who matron**
and nurses, has been permanently shcvTred.
Permission has also been obtained from the
government, though not without the most
strenuous efforts, to group together the Geor
gians in these hospitals—thus rendering more
easily available to them the generous gifts of
their State, and at the same time affording to
parents and friends at home greater facilities
t >r learning the condition of the sick and
wounded In addition to all this, the Associ
ation, assisted by private contributions, has fur
niahed tbe hospitals two chaplains—the Rev.
Vfis. H. Crumley and Rev. J. W Talley—who
minister to the spiritual wants of tbe patients,
and in many other ways render important ser
vice to the sick and ‘wounded. It has also
largely assisted the government in fitting up
hospitals in Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta and
other points in the Confederacy, and has fre
quently tilled requisitions for medicines, made
by Confederate field rurgeons, to the extent of
its ability, where such Surgeons could not ob
tain supplies from the Medical Purveyor oi the
Confederate States. The requisitions thus fill
ed have been numerous and opportune, as the
receipts of the Sa g rons making them abun
dantly show.
Kira ths-good work of the Association doe3
no’close here. It has a clothiug department,
aul iu.-uishesto Georgians, wherever found,
< . '.nded, or destitute, in hospitals or on
P ,o change of clothing— frequently the
boon that can be bestowed upon the
r. - :u raid dust covered soldier. For this pur
pose a large store-room has been rented in
Rich ttoad. This is the depot of supplies for
i roops in Virginia, (much the larger por
ioa •( the Georgia regiments being here,) from
whi.- are sent out to all the hospitals, and as
r as practicable, to all the regiments in the
fii.-y. These agents are faithful and energetic
men, whose hearts are in the work, and who
■oo for themselves the wants of the men, take
tlra r names, company and regiment, and hand
u.. i tie soldier in person such clothing as he
-'it
ave been clothed within the last few
uii.cU.a Nearly or quite all the surgeons aud
of regiments have been seen and in
sto the manner in which they can
i-.vr dicines and clothing from therefore in
Kieho. ..id when tiie agents cannot convenient
ly visit their several commands in person. The
agents carry with them, wherever they go, not
o .ly supplies r.f clothing and shoes (when to be
had), but of. medicines aud hospital stores,
such as sheet’*, towels, bandages, wines, splints,
Ara.
Such extra baggage as the men cannot carry
cn tbe march is allowed to be stored, free of
r harge, in the warehouse of the Association in
Richmond,and all express freight arriving there
for Georgia troops is taken to the same place
and cared for, until 'he owner, who is immedi
ately notified by letter ol its arrival, con send
for it. From this store hospital supplies are
forwarded with despatch to the battle field,
wherever it may be, .or to such points as the
army may be occupying for the time being,,
with such agents at* may be required for their
speedy distribution. Iu this work, the general
agent of the Association, Mr. J. M. Selkirk, and
the special agent for Virginia, Dr. Jas. Camak,
have rendered incalculable relief to the troops.
I have never known two more faithful and en
ergetic men. In addition to his other duties,
Or. Camak, who is an accomplished surgeon
and physician, devotes much of his time to the
wounded and sick, and with an assiduity and
care that could not bo exceeded if the patients
were his brothers.
More recently the Association lias adopted
yet another plan to extend its usefulness. There
ara nmny troops who arc able to pay for cloth
ing and who do not come legitimately within
the scope of a relief and hospital association for
the sick and destitute The Association has,
therefore, determined to keep in the store in
Richmond a supply of clothing to be sold to all
Georgia troops who may desire to buy at prime
cost, which, at the present exorbitant prices. Ip
not one half what they have to pay elsewhere.
For example, it furnishes shirts at $175 a
piece, for which they would have to pay else
where $4.00. Should a barefooted or ragged
Floridian or Alabamian or South Carolinian
present himself, he too is relieved. Whilst the
first <‘uty of the agents ot the Association is to
render aid to the siefe, wounded and destitute
from their own State, they invariably lend a
helping hand to the troops from all other States
where other assistafice is lacking, especially to
troops that come from beyond the Mississippi
and who are cut off from their own friends.—
Nex‘ to the Georgians, therefore, the agents
devote their attention to suffarers from Texas
and Arkansas.
This simple narrative will enable the reader
to appreciate the character and objects of the
Association, the zeal and activity of its officers
and agents, the rapidity ot their movements,
the readiness with which they adapt themselves
to the requirements of the service, and the vast
amount of unrecorded good they accomplish.
Whilst the Association has not sought to take
the place of the government, yet it has been a
most valuable and efficient auxiliary in relieving
the destitute and caring for the sick and wound
ed. As an evidence of the energy with which
its agents perform their duty, I need only men
tion that immediately after news was received
in Richmond ot the late battle of Manassas,
Mr. Selkirk, Dr. Camak, Rev. Mr. Crumley,
chaplain, Rev. Mr. Potter, Corresponding Sec
retary, and Mr. Jones, took the cars for Rapi
dan station, and thence proceeded over the hot
and dusty roads to Warrenjph, a distance of
4 miles on took r** c “ lur carrying bis,
* V iii back. Their mediv
ctnesand hospital supplies were sent forward
in wagons, and were the first by several days to
arrive at Warrenton. They finished up their
work there in time to proenre fresh supplies
for the wounded in the b3ttle 'at Sharpsburg,
and came on to tbi3 place as fast as steam and
horse power could bring them. They were thi
first to arrive here also, as their supplies for the
sick and wounded were the first to be received.
They proceeded immediately to procure build
ings for hospitals, got the wounded from their
own State together, and have since been sup
plying the needy with clothing, and looking
after the wants of the wounded with an Indus
try, cheerfulness and judgment 1 have never
seen equalled. In the day Mr. Crumley assists
in dressing wounds, distributing elothiDg, Ac ,
and at night he visits the hospitals, talks with
the met-, siDgs ai’d prays for them, cr delivers
short lectures, as they may desire.
All this service ia rendered gralni ously. It
is true, the Association pays the expenses of its
agents and allows them a small sum to pay for
their clothing, shoes, Ac., but the amount is so
small that they may be said to give their ser
vices to the good cause. How sublimely do
the conduct of such men compare with; that of
the speculator and extortioner; It is G-zaius
lxamln1 C an“4™* at eovernment 13 doln S
* C The present organization of the Executive
Committee of the Association is as follows:
Rev. J. R Wilson, Chairman ; R“V. W. J Hard,
r iC e Chairman ;J. M. Newby, Esq., Recording
- R-v. W. H. Poller, Corresponding
’ J.'.W. Selkirk, General Agent; Dr.
Camak, Agent for Win,a. Hon E.
"trxmeg Dr H. H. Steiner, Rev. JO. A. Liars,
Rev H.’H. Tucker, Gen. Geo. W. Evans and
Hon. J. T. Gardner. r - • a -
Arkansas— Gentlemen who arrived
in this place yesterday, give as most encourag-
IL accounts of our army and its -condition be-
Mississippi. It is well fed and well
Hotbed havin'' au abundance of the best beef,
white cirn" worth only fifty cents per bushel.
Wh n our informants left the army was in con
dft rn to ma-cb, and it will no doubt be heard
fi-nm hefore the ides of Nov ember,
from be-ore tne tMempilig Appeal, 14th,
TSTO. 45.
tb^ (>:R;A:ph : :i=c;
* Rrthcr from the S. Y Democratic
Meeting.
Jo.yii Van Buren throws down
the Gauntlet to Lincoln.
THE VILEST OVERN MKPilr ON
EARTH.
THE SOUTH RIGHT TO RESIST ABOLITION
SWAY.
TIfE TRIBUNE INSISTS ON A DEFEAT IN
KENTUCKY.
liionuoND, Oot. 17 —At the Democratic meeting In
New York, John Van Buren pronounced tho Lincoln
Administration the most contemptible Government cn
the f aee of the earth. His plan was that McClellan
should advance on Richmond ; that then a Convention
be called, aad our Southern brethren invited to it;
that the Constitution then b,- altered so that all should*
hereafter live in peace ; and it the South would not
stay, then he would say to them : Wayward sisters,
depart in peace.
He said the Democracy should not waste time in
talking, and that if people called them traitors, just
knock them down and go to the polls.
They had been told that the Southern pecpla would
not live —and in his judgment they ought not to live
under tho Abolition sway. He (Mr. Van B.) would not
live with them (the South) If they would.
The Northern accounts fV ,m Kentucky are meagre
and indeflu ate. The Tribune denies that Buell was
victor! jus, an! insinuates hat he is ei :hor a fool or
: Ayra- _£**
LATEST" FROM feEliftf
ALLEGED RETREAT OF THE CONFEDE
RATES IN KENTUCKY—PENNSYLVA
NIA GONE FOR THE REPUBLICANS—
DU. OHIO—VALLANDIGHAM DEFEAT
ED—DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN NEW
ARK-NEW YORK MARKETS ON THE
14th.
Richmond, Oct. IS.—Tho New York H rald, of the
15th inst., has been received by tho ‘ Enquirer.” A
despatch dated Louisvil e, Oct. 14tb, says:
“Tiie rebels are retreating from Camp Dick Robin,
son to Lancaster, and Gen. Buell is in close pursuit.”
Anoflier despatch says: “The Federal forces occupy
Lexington, whi ;h the rebels evacuated on the 18th. ”
Thirty counties in Pennsylvania give the Republican
Stats ticket 4,000 majority. A Republican victory has
probably been gained throughout the State, Pendle
ton and Long, (Democrats) have been elected in the
First and Secand Districts.
Accounts from Ohio state that Yailandigham has
been defeated by General Schenck.
The Newark (N. J.) city el ction resulted In a Dent*
oeratic triumph.
In New York, on ibe 34th, gold was quoted at
188)4 ; exchange, 147)4; cotton, 61c. ' Ail kinds of
produce were excited, aud sold generally at higher
figures.
From Harrodsburg, Ky.
Details of the Great Battle in Kentucky
[Correspondence of the Charlertoa Papers.]
Habkodsbhbo, Ev , October 10, via Knoxville, Oc-'
tobsr 17.—Gen, Bragg’s first Kentucky pitched battle
was fought on the Sib inst., at Perryville, ten miles
hence. The enemy had been following from Bards*
town in force, aud also threatened Frankfort. Withe
ors’ division was sent forward to support Gen. Kirby
Smith, while the divisions of Cheatham, Bucknor and
Anderson were countermarched to give battle to the
foe iu the rear. Our line of battle was formed right
and left of Pike, and commanding the only accessible
route.
Tho fight was opened with artillery at 6 A- M. Gen.
Bragg and Staff reached tho ground - about 9 o’dock.
At 1 o’clock, a disposition for fight was shown on our
right, which movement was awaited in force, and
Cheatham and Buckner posted to meet it. At 8
o’clock, our troops advanced in splendid line, with
Gen. Bragg's order to push along the whole line to
close quarters. For one hour and a half the enemy
maintained his ground bravely in the face of a murder
ous fire of artillery and musketry.
Our troops fought like heroes until the enemy began
L tafalter. With a shoot onr boys moved forward ard
drove tho enemy threo or four miles entirely eff the
field. Meantime an attempt on our lett had been re
pulsed. We captured twenty-one pieces of artillery
and five or six hundred prisoners For want of horses
only eight pieces were brought off. The returns are
not in, bnt onr casualties are estimated at I.COO so far
as a certained.
With one more division tho enemy would hav* beon
destroyed. Night put an end to the pursuit The
enemy’s loss is believed to be more than double ouis.
Among their killed is General Jacks n, and General
Crittenden is reported killed. General Buell is com
manding, and we have prisoners from five- divisions,
making at least thirty thousand men. We fought with
only twelve thousand men.
Our army is In tho highest spirits. At Frankfort the
matter was soon ended. The enemy under Gen. Mo-
Cook fled before Kirby Smith. Withers cut off bis
rear, taking 700 prisoners and 14 wagons. Another
battle is at hand. Bragg’; depot ot supplies bung
menaced ho withdrew his army to pretect them. The
enemy immediately sent a flag of truce for permiauon
to bury their dead. At daylight tho next morning
after the fight, not even a Yankee surgeon was to be
found on the field. Their wounded were all left.
Our wounded were removed tho night of the battle.
General Polk had a narrow escape. At dusk he left
his staff and rode to atop a tiro, as ho thought, of a
Confederate regiment on our own troops. He seized
the Colonel by the shou'der and demanded, “Why do
y. u fire on your friends?” The Colonel replied that
he did not know that he was. “Who are you?” said
Polk. “Color el ot the Twenty-third IndianaJ’was the
reply. Polk again spoke to him roughly, and oidered
him to cease firing. Before the Yankees found out
who he was he put spurs to his horse and got away.
Gen. Bragg says he has got the best troops in the
world.
Two thousands Kentuckians have taken arms, and
more are organizing.
Gen. McGuire’s army has arrived.
The following officers are among the killed: Lieut.
CoL Patterson, First Tennessee; Lieut. CoL Evans,
Texas Rangers ; Major W. Price, of the Commissary
Department; Capt. Cartwright, of Georgia; Wm. 8.
May, of Gen. Claiborne’s Btaffi
* Further from Kentucky.
ANOTHER account OF TWE BATTLE.
rCorreepondence of the Savannah EepabUean.)
Near Camp BRF.cjaNP.rooE, nine miles feom Dan
ville, October 18, via Knoxville, October 17.—Fifteen
thousand of onr troop* fought forty five thousand, at
Perryville, on the Sih instant. Our loss is between two
and three thousand, the enemy’s loss between four and
five thousand We captured eleven guns atd about
five hundred prisoners.
Our troops slept on the field. Early next morning
the enemy sent a flag of trace to buiy their dead.
The same day Kirby Smith defeated Crittenden be
tween Lawrence burg and Salvlta, capturing MOprls-
Cllerß,
Later from Mississippi—Evacuation of
Corinth and Bolivar.
Mobile, Oct. 17.—Tne foUowirg is a special dea
patsh ti the Mobile Advertiser A Register:
Holly Springs, Miss., Oct. 17.—A gentleman who
has arrived here from Corinth, says that the enemy
have evacuated Corinth, Miss., and that Bolivar, Ten
nessee, is being evacuated by them.
Icka. Mitt., Oct. 17.—A paroled Confederate sol
dier, just arrived bere from luka, says that our wound
ed in the battle of Corinth have all been sent to that
place, and are well cared for. He says that there are
700 in all, and thinks that our w unded in the whole
Of the fight will not reach more than 1,100.
The Federal* say that there were 800 of onr men
killed a*, the same time. Several Federal* toll him
that they had 8 000 wounded, and C jn’.d not tell how
many were killed. The Corinth Yankees say that onr
men fought more like devils than men; and also ad
mit a total rout of the enemy in Kentucky by Bragg’*
forces. The Yankee* there alio say that Nashville
will soon have to be relieved or evacuated.
(Special to the Chattanooga EeheLj
Knoxville, Oct. 16.—News from our army in the
West represent it In the vicinity of Holly Spring a
The confidence of the army and the people is restored.
I saw the Chic*go Times to-day of the 10th. It ad
mit* a heavy lose at Corintb, bat they do not exalt. It
speaks also ot the fight at Perryville, Ky., and admit*
a loss of 2,000 killed and wotmded, and three or four
Generals, among them Jackson, of Kentucky, and
Rosaeau; but don’t admit a defeat, and say they bold
their own.