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Leave Col embus « 15 P. M.
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W . L. ILAKa.,
mar 12 ts Supt. Muscogee R, K.
Office Mobile and Girard R. R.. I
Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1804.)
Ti. Stockholders of the Mobile,& Girard Railroad
t'ljn arc hereby tiAlmetf that the five per cent
tax. ievi.d by the !a.v passed February 17th, 1864,
oa the value of all shares held in Railroad or other
Companies, will be paid by the Treasurer at this
offieo and they will therefore omit the stock heM in
this Company in their lists to Assessors.
J. M. FRAZER,
apl sits Treasurer.
.Notice to Planter*.
( am authorized by the Government
TO EXCHANGE
SheetiugS, Uoiioii Yarns,
sugar and osnaburgs for
Bacon Sides,
SIAM* A All SHOULDERS,
for supplying the Army.
JNO. J. McKENDREE,
apl 18 ‘Jjn Agcni.
X,. S. WRIGHT,
SUCCESSOR TO ROBINETT & CO.,
Corner of firoad and Warren Streets, (Multibus, On.,
MAN T U F ACT URE L 0F
Superior Candles and Lard Oil,
AND DEALER IN
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE,
OBNABURGS, Sheeting?, Yarns, etc., exchanged
for Bacon, Lard, Potatoes, etc.
Tallow and Beeswax Wanted.
It is hoped that the liberal course which will be
tdopted will secure a generous patronage,
april 20—1 tn
“ Notice to Planters and Con
sumers of Iron.”
WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or
exchange for country produce—such as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal
low, Butter, Wheat or Hour—the following articles,
on hand or made to order:
PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON ;
FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON;
HOOP, HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
ROPE) FOR BALING :
SHOVELS AND SPADES ;
FRY PANS;
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 10
TO 100 GALLONS;
SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH,
Wo are prepared to receive and fill orders for any
sizes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron \\ orks
and Rolling Mill in Alabama. GRAY & CO..
apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge,
An Excellent Plantation
For Sale.
SEVEN Hundred and twenty acres, three hun
dred aud fifty open, nearly all fresh, in [splen
did repair, excellent fences, gin house, lots, gates,
negro houses, healthy, well watered, nice young
orchard?, everything new , 12 utiles below Auburn,
near Society Hill, in Macon, county, Ala.; all con
veniently arranged,"with fine outlet and range for
stock, land fertile, soft aud easy of cultivation, an
excellent neighborhood.
Apply at this office, or to
Win. F. SAMFORD,
may 9th tf* Auburn, Ala.
C. S. ARSENAL. I
Columbus, Ga.. April 5, 1334. f
Notice.
I WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON
on equitable terms,
Stigar .Hills,
Sugar and Salt Kettles
And all kinds PLANTATION IRON;
Also POWDER.
As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities
of the employees of the Ordnance Department, at
this place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders
wil give the Government the preference.
F. C. HUMPHREYS.
apl 7 ts Maj. Cornd’g Arsenal.
Medical Card.
UK. E. AT ROSSY.
FORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans "Fe
maie Infirmary, tenders his services to the Cit
izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes
sion.
Special attcuti ui'will be devotedjto the treatment
of tne.di'oases of wornew.
Surgical operations performed for
Fistula in Ann, Visico-Vaginal fistula.
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis,
Varicocele, iloemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas
sable strictures. False Passages, Tallapea or Club
Foot, and contraction of the finders. Strabismus or
Squinting, Aneurism, Varix or dilated veins, Ptery
gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; also for the remov
al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any part
of the body. _
Diseases ofths Gemto-Lnnary System, comprstng
the different stages of Ghonorrhoea, Strictures,
Gravel. Spermatorrhea. Syphilis, in its primary
secondary.tertiary and heriditary forms,will receive
particular attention.
References given whenever desired as well as the
recommendation of many years practice in New Or
leans; Consultation hours every day at his office
in the Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock
a, in,, and from 2to 4 o'clock p, tn. Patients willdo
well to call precisely at those hours t as before and
after that time will be devoted to visiting person; in
the city.
Address all commuicatioas to
DR. E. A. ROSSY.
Columbus. Ga.
*N. B.—Persons from a distance having servants
requiring surgical or medical treatment, will be
provided with comfortable quarters, butin all cases’
will have to furnish their own provisions and bed
ding.
*S“I will also bestow particular attention to
the treatment of the different forms of Ulcers, Rheu
matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup
tions, and all other chronic diseases of the skin.—
Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
Baths, as employed in the hospitals inlEurope and
America, wil! forth a part of my treatment,
fob 11 3m E. A. R.
Shoemakers’ and Saddler*’
TOOLS.
THE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
* manufacture of the above named articles in tun
city, are prepared to fill orders for the same. ,
Office on Angle SfreeLa I few doors abo, o C. ~.
Hospital. HAKRIBON,*BLDEx.L &: CO.
Reference—Maj. F. W. Dillard,
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con
stitutionalist, please copy one month and send o:n?
to this office,
mar 39 ts
WANTED,
A SMALL comfortable dwelling, rituatedla a cun- ,
ventent part of the city to busiucse. A liberal
pnoe per moot will be paid for suok a place.
THEJOSrXCE. |
Vol. XI.
•J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors J. w. WARREN, Editor
Wednesday Evening.
Temperance Hall.
IIENRY Al. LAW, Esq., of Savannah, will re
peat his Lecture recently delivcrAl in that city, at
Temperance Hall on Thursday night, 10th inst. Sub
ject our presint “Revolution and our obligation to
its Martyrs.” Proceeds for the benefit of the Way
Side Home.
may 18 td
♦♦— - -
Death of Gun. J. E. B. Stuart. —We learn
from u gentleman who has just arrived from
Richmond, (says the Chronicle k Sentinel,)
that Major General J. E. B. Stuart, chief of
cavalry, has died from the effects of wounds
received in one of the late battles before that
city. We regret to be called upon to record
this fact. Gen. Stuart was one of our ablest
officers, and his loss will be severely felt
by us.
Evemv in Mississippi.— The Meridian Cla
rion of the 15th, tays that the latest news from
the Y'ankeea in Yazoo, is that about 4,000 infan
try and 300 cavalry were near Beuton, and were
intrenching their camp there. Th'ey have brought
out a large number of wagons from Vicksburg,
and arc stealing all the cotton they can find, and
plundering generally. Heavy firing was heard in
that direction, from Jackson yesterday, and it
was supposed General Adams had engaged the
marauders.
A private dispatch received from Jackson last
evening, states that the YTaukees were thought to
be moving from Y r azoo towards Jackson.
MoAp.thi kV Raid.—The raid of McArthur
from Vicksburg, (says the Clarion) which wo were
letl to believe had returned to that city after ad
vancing to'Moore's Bluff, turned up yesterday at
Vaughn’s station on the Mississippi Central Rail
road, between Canton and Grenada. During the
day the McArthur’s command 'moved
up to Pickcn’s Station. The Yankee troops are
variously estimated at from five to ten thousand.—
As usual, in this Department, wc have no troops at
hand to meet them. The little force under Wirt
Adams can accomplish nothing, and unless For
rest makes a march in our behalf, the railroad re
cently repaired will be entirely destroyed, and the
country laid waste. Mississippi is certainly un
fortunate.
[Special to the Chronicle A Sentinel.]
Rksa.ca, May 15, 11 p. :u.—Geu. Stovall and
Staff are safe.
Chaffin’s Farm, Va., May 11
“The enemy’s pickets do not extend far this
side of Hewlett's House. They are not opposite
Con’s wharf, as reported this morning, and there
are no signs of crossing to this side.”
Head-Quarters, Trans-Miss. Dept., 1
Sbrieveport, La., April 19th, 1864. j
General Orders, )
No. 18. ’ 1
God has blessed our arms with signal
victories at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill.
The General Commanding finds it an
appropriate occasion to pay a well-merited
tribute to the endurance and valor of
the troops engaged in these battles.
Collected from remote points—from
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas
—after long and tedious marches, their
combined courage has gained, on the soil
of Louisiana, the patriot-soldier’s highest
reward, victory. They have driven in
confused flight from the battle-field; the
boastful minions of despotism.
In th • name of a grateful people, I
thank them for this splendid result.
While we mourn for the glorious dead,
and sympathise with the heroic wounded,
let us take courage for the future.
By prompt obedience to orders and
patient endurance, we will be enabled to
repeat this great achievement whenever
the enemy shall advance in force against
any part of the Trans-Mississippi De*
partment.
When the soldiers of Missouri, Arkan
sas, Louisiana and Texas stand together in
battle, with the blessing of God. we con
fidently expect victory.'
The names of Mansfield and Pleasant
Hill will be inscribed on the colors of the
regiments engaged in these battles.
By command of
Gen. E. Rikbi Smith.
8. S. Anderson, Ass’t Adj’t Gen.
State Officers Exempt. —ln anoth*
or column we publish a notice of the
Governor, giving a list of State officers
exempted from military service. Militia
officers are not exempted, and only such
officers as are really necessary to the prop
er administration of the civil government
are retained. \We are informed that the
whole number in the State is about 650,
more than two>thirds of whom are other
wise exempt from military service. In
comparison with the numbers exempted
in other States, it will be found that we
tret along with fewer officers, in propor
tion, than any other State in the Confed
eracy. We have before stated that it is
the intention of the Governor, if flie law
bear that construction, to turn over to con
scription any officer iu the State who shall
neglect his duties, especially those in
trusted with the relief and support of
soldiers’ families. A prompt and efficient
administration of the civil government of
the States is of the utmost importance,
especially under the present circumstances
of the country- — Floridian and Journal.
Gen. Wadsworth. —This Yankee
officer, who was killed last week in Yir->
ginla is the famous Abolition louder of
New York, who ran for Governor and
was defeated by Seymour. a year oi so ago.
He was the great Genesee farmer, and one
of the wealthiest ineuoi the North. In
his politics, he has long been a dyed-in
the-wool Black Republican, and ho has
proved his faith by* his works in giving
up his life :o tree other people’s negroes,
and exchanged his broad and fertile acres
in New York for a few square feet of red
clav i.v she b •-••ni ©fVirgiuia- He died >.
•q«s tin tbol dm h. and retributive justice •
haa brought !um. as it k bringing many ,
of his < lamented associates to a speedy j
account So. nuina.h TiepriJkav,
Columbus, Ga., Thursday Morning, May 19,1864.
TEL2GRAPEICS.
Reports of Ihc Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk's office ol
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Important Horn Lee's Army!
Enemy Contractingtiielr Lines.
Our Army Stands Firm.
Enemy’s Eoss Reported 45,000.
Congratulatory Order of Eee
Further from Resaca!
Yankee Eoss from I*4 to 15,000 !
Our Casualties reported 4,500 !
Battle Field near Spottsylvania C. 11.
May 16th, via Milford 17.—The enemy during
Saturday abandoned the front on our left, requir
ing new dispositions of our forces. This move on
the part of Grant is evidently for the purpose of
i building up and covering the railroad in order to
j use it for transporting supplies.
The enemy thus far is reported to acknowledge
j a loss of 31 General officers and 45,000 men. They
left in the hospitals, wounded, near Church
on Sunday, about 700 of their men, and a few of
ours.
They also left a large number of their un
! buried dead on our left, from v,’hence they re
tired.
There has been no general engagement to-day—
only slight skirmishing and some cannonading.—
Las? this evening the Yankee cavalry came within
one mile and a half of Guinea’s Station. They
also left in our front yesterday 13 cassionsand 21
gun carriages.
This shows that they left that part of their line
hurriedly.
Gen. A. P. Hill was not in command of his
corps, but was on the field lending the aid of
his presenoe to Gen. Early.
Large quantities of arms left by the enemy on
the battle-field, have been appropriated by our
men and taken off.
Our army is still in the best of spirits.
Gen. Lee yesterday issued a congratulatory or
der to tho troops on receiving the news of our
successes in various parts of the Confederacy, con
cluding as follows:
“The heroic valor ol this army, with the blcs
| sing of Almighty God, has thus far checked tho
! advanco of the principal army of the enemy and
| inflicted upon it heavy loss. The eyes and hearts
!of j r our countrymen are turned to you with confi-
J denoe and their prayers attend you in the gallant
! struggle.
Encouraged by the success which has been
vouched to us, and stimulated by the great
interests that depends upon 1 the issue, let ev
ery man resolve to endure all and brave all
until by the assistance of a just and merciful
God* the enemy shall be driven back and peace
secured to our country. Continue to emulate
the valor of our comrades that have fallen,
and remember that it depends upon you wheth
jer they have died in vain. It is in your pow
i er under God, to defeat the last great effort
of the enemy, with a resolution for indepen
: dence of our native land, and earn the lasting
; love and gratitude of your countrymen and
the admiration of mankind.
: Tiie enemy on their lines are fortifying
Their lines are now contracted, as if massing
: their troops. It is reported that the enemy
has destroyed Catharine Furnace.
Richmond, 17th.—The Senate ha3 adopted a
resolution favoring the 31st of May as a day
for adjournment sine die.
! Atlanta, May 13.—The Superintendant of the
Press Association returned from the front this
morning.
He visited the army to arrange renewal of Press
reports.
; Our lines are continually changing to meet
velopments of the enemy in front, and to prevent
a flank movement on the part of the Yankee forces
; operating against Gen. Johnston.
It has been understood, and it is now well ascer
tained, that tho enemy’s force uumbers over one
j hundred thousand.
i Flank movements in force on both sides,
going on at the same time, one by Reaaca and
one by Spring Place and Old Federal road to
East Tennessee, aiming at Cartersville.
Gen. Johnston has foiled every attempt to
flank him. and has embraced every opportu
nity to punish the enemy.
The respective casualties up to last night,
our3, about 2000. the Yankees 12 0r[15.000.
Yesterday afternoon, sharp skirmishing was
going on from 4 to G o’clock. 3 miles above
Adairsville. Yankees were severely punished. ]
At the same time, a demonstration was made
on Rome and repulsed.
Yankee force on the old Federal road repor- i
ted to be about 15 miles from Kingston yesterday
afternoon.
Our arms meets cveryjnew development of the
enemy with admirable spirit. Implicit confidence
is felt in Gen. Johnston.
No one entertains a doubt of the.fiual result.
Yankee prisoners confess that the surrender of j
Banks is published, in the Northern paper? re- j
' eeived in Sherman’s army.
Mobile. 18th.— Warren Adams telegraphs !
to the Register, from Summit, 17th. that he 1
can leflrn nothing definite from Banks. He
wasat Alexandria unable to getaway on the
11th Inst,
Six hundred men have landed on Mrs. Ack
iin’s plantation, moving up the right bank of
the river to relieve Banks.
The True Delta of the 10th says nothing of
Banks, but denies Steele’s capture, on the
authority of a member of Congress who left •
, Little Rack on tue 25th April.
Robert Lee, youngest son of the Gen
eral, after serving fourteen months as a
private iu the Rockbridge artillery, has
accepted a place on his staff.
When his brother was taken prisoner, his
father offered him a place on his .staff
“Thank you,” said Rob! “but I have dis-'
eoverd that I have no talent tor
Headquarters ’ And ha went back to the j
artillery. - •. *
From the Richmond Enquirer of the 12th.
The Enemy on the Outskirts of
Richmond.
j Fighting on the Brooke Turnpike — Latest
from Gen. Lee's Army—Movements on
the Soulhsuh.
■ - ! • ■
The news of the morning yesterday
I was the report, started late on the night ;
before, that the Yankees, in heavy cols
umns, were |n full speed for Richmond,
with Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee close on
their tracks. Rumor reported them in
great force, and the accounts, if one be'
i lieved but halt what he heard, made it a
serious matter. Report quickly followed
report that the demonstration was not
merely a raid, but that the enemy was in
! large force with solid columns of cavalry
and artillery; that they were marching 1
on Richmond, obstructing the roads bes |
i hind them by felling trees, to impede \
j pursuit; that they were but a few miles !
! off, and that it was doubtless a movement j
planned by Grant to “take Richmond. 5 ’ !
The matter grew serious for the while.
The military authorities seemed to be ini'
; pressed by the alarm, and aetive measures
were at once taken for the defence of the
j city. Soon after daylight, the Governor,
; prompted by information that had reach
| ed him, issued the following stirring ap
! peal to the citizens of Richmond, which
was soon circulated and posted through
the city:
To the citizens of the State
and the People of Richmond :
The enemy are undoubtedly approach - ;
mg the city, and may be expected at any
hour, with a view to itsf capture, its piL
hge, and its destruction. The strongest
of self and duty to the
country, call# every man to arms ! A du
ty which none can refuse without dishon*
or. All persons, therefore, able to wield
a musket, will immediately assemble upon
the Public Square, where a regiment will
be found in arms, and around which all
can rally, and where the requisite direcs
tions will be given for arming and equip'
ping those who respond to this call.
The Governor confidently relies that
this appeal will not be made in vain.
William Smith,
Governor of Ya.
Nor was the appeal in vain. In a short
time, the entire arms bearing population
of Richmond turned out, and repaired to
the Capitol Square, where they awaited
information from the enemy, before they
should march to the field. Here anxiety
was on the tiptoe. Nothing had been
heard from the enemy since the report on
the night before, when they were reported
in rapid march on Richmond. In a few
hours came the news from the Governor’s
house that General Bragg had received a
dispatch from General Stuart at Ashland,
a copy of which we obtained :
Head-Quarters, Ashland, )
May 11, 6:30. A. M. j
“To Gen . Bragg :
“General —The enemy reached this
point just before us, but were promptly
whipped out after a sharp fight by Fitz
Lee’s advance, killing and capturing quite
a number.
“General Gordon is in the immediate
rear of the enemy. I intersect the road
the enemy is marching on, at Yellow tav
ern, the head of the turnpike, six miles
from Richmond.
“My men and horses are tired, hungry,
and jaded, but all right.
J. E. B. Stuart.”
Soon after this came another dispatch from
Gen. Stuart, stating that he had arrived at
Yellow tavern, six miles from Richmond, the
point where he expected to cut off the enemy,
but that he had found none of them there;
that they had probably turned off on the road
leading to Dover’s mills, in Goochland, and
adding that his men were “pressing closely.”
This decided the matter, and the excitement
here subsided. It was plain the Yankees had
concluded not “to take Richmond, - ’ and find,
ing themselves closely pursued, wisely switch
ed off on another road. It was supposed that
they were making to Dover milfo with the in
tention to cut the canal, and then cross the
river at that point and make their way to
their army on the Southside.
The strength of this expedition of the ene
my is variously given. Accounts place it at
five, seven, ten, fifteen thousand. A scout who
came in yesterday,, and who is regarded by
the military authorities as a very trustworthy
man, states that the enemy’s forces were seen
by him, and that they were four hours passing
a t given point. This would indicate that they
were in large force. He further states that
thev had large numbers of wagons, ambulan
ces, <fcc.
j Later—The Enemy on the Brook Turnpike —
Sharp Fighting Going on.
Just as the people of Richmond were reliev
ed with the thought that the city was once
more safe, and congratulating themselves that
theY’ankees had abandoned their advances on
the city and were retreating, new3 came sud
denly last evening, about eight o’clock, that
the enemy had been seen on the Brook turn
pike, and that fighting wa3 going on near
what is known as Brook Church, only some
three or four miles of the city. It appears that
j as a detachment of the 6th Virginia cavalry,
i numbering sixty men, were on their way out
; with ammunition for General Stuart, in the
j afternoon, the enemy fell upon them near
Brook Church, and a sharp fight ensued—our
i men first taking the precaution to destroy the
ammunition they carried, and then pitching
into the fight with great spirit. The fight
was quite sharpi for a while, but it relaxed in- i
to a desultory firing. which was kept up for ■
several hours. The enemy threw out their i
sharpshooters, and about nightfall the ene- J
my’3 force was increased, and the fight was i
renewed. i
Accounts differ materially in their state
ments of the fight and position of affairs at ,
nightfall—some report the enemy in large
force, while others say that he has but a few j
hundred cavalry. Later accounts must settle {
this point.
The point where the fight occurred is near
Mr. Stuart s farm, and not far from the outer
line of the city fortifications
A gentleman who left there about 7 o'clock, i
when the fight was going on. says that from
the sound of the firing Sturt s men, (Lomax's |
brigade) seemed to be back of the enemy, and ;
to be attacking him iu hi* rear. It was re
ported that we had also » ••aaiderable force j
on the right of the enemy. It was feared that 1
$3.50 Per Month
our men were short of ammunition, as that
! which was started to General Stuart in the
morning was lost, by capture, as we bare ex
plained above.
Still Later—The Fight still goes on.
Accounts brought iu last night at 10 o'clock
say that the fight was still going on. The
enemy (put by th.ese accounts at ten tliou
, sand,) attacked Stuart near Yellow Tavern,
at the head of the Brook turnpike, with great
i obstinacy, making several charges, in one of
which they to ok one place of artillery and re
| captured some two or thrto hundred prisoners
—killing a nnmber of officers. Colonel H.
Clay Pate of Petersburg, Fifth Virginia cav
alry. among others.
We inquired at General Ransom's headquar
ters last night, but could get no confirmation
of this news. They had received no such in
telligence themselves, and seemed disposed to
regard it w ith considerable doubt.
The Latest from Gen. Lee's Army.
The public mind, which had become con
siderably exercised by anxiety for General
Lee’s army, was much relieved yesterday by
the following official dispatch from him:
SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT HoDSE. |
Via Guinea s, May 11. j «
Hon. Secretary of War :
Gen. Grant's arinyq is entrenched near this
place on both sides of the Brooke road.
Frequent skirmishing occurred yesterday,
and to-day each army is endeavoring to dis
cover the position of the other.
To-day the enemy shelled our lines, and
made several assaults with infantry against
different points, particularly on our left, held
by General R. H. Anderson. The last, which
occurred after sunset, was the most obstinate
—some of the enemy leaping over the breast
works. They were easily repulsed, except in
front of Dole’s brigade, where they drove our
men from their position, abd from a four-gun
1 battery there posted.
The men were soon rallied, and by dark,
our line was re-established and the battery
recovered.
A large body of the enemy moved around
our left on the evening of the 9th, and took
possession of the road about midway between
Shady Grove Church and the Court House.
Gen. Early, with a part of Ilill s corps, drove
them back this evening, taking one gun and a
few prisoners.
Thanks to a Merciful Providence, our cas
ualties have been small. Among the wounded
are Brigadier Generals Hayes and H. H. Wal
ker. R. E. Lee.
There was considerable talk through the
city yesterday of a private dispatch from Mr.
Slaughter, the Mayor of Fredericksburg, to
Mr. Elias A. W. Hore, Sheriff of Stafford coun
ty. but now here on a visit. We obtained a
copy of it, there were many exaggerated ru
mors flying around the city ot its nature.
Guinea’s, May 11, 1864.
I came here to obtain information from
Frederieesburg. I hear nothing but the state
ment that citizens have been arrested as host
ages for the prisoners we captured there on
Sunday.
There was severe fighting yesterday, near
Spottsylvania Court House/ The Yankees,
who were drunk with liquor, attacked our en
tire entrenchment, and were repulsed with
terrible slaughter.
j Musketry firing- was heard to-day in the
same direction. The news is generally favor
| able. M. Slauuhyer.
The Enemy on the South Side,
It wa3 expected that a reconnoisauce in
strong force would have been made yesterday
morning from Petersburg to feel the enemy's
position, and open, if possible, communication
from Petersburg to Drewry’s Bluff and Rich
mond. But this, for some reason, was not
done, and those who were looking for a battle
to be fought on yesterday were disappointed
by the tame news that came in during the
morning. The first bulletin of the morning
was the following official dispatch from Gen.
Ransom, dated Drewry’s Bluff:
“The enemy fell back last night from their
position yesterday, towards James river, ap
parently in some haste. Their pickets have
appeared in large numbers on James river, in
the vicinity of Howett’s and Dutch gap, on the
Southside.
(Signed) R. Ransom, Jr.”
The next news from that quarter was the
following official dispatch received by Gen.
Bragg, dated at Chaffin’s Bluff.
“The enemy’s pickets do not extend far this
side of Hewlett's house. They are not oppo
site Cox’s wharf, as reported this morning, and
there are uo signs of their crossing this side.
: “We learn from an officer who passed over
! the field, that the Yankee loss, in killed and
| wounded in the affair of Tuesday, was not le3S
! than one thousand, or at least five to one. A
| number of wounded Yankees were consumed
lin the burning woods. Our own wounded
were all removed to the rear.
“The latest report is that the Yankees have
| gone back to Bermuda Hundreds. On the
! other hand, an officer from Curls Neck says
| that the enemy are erecting a wharf on the
j opposite siee of the river.”
Speare’s Raid Against the Weldon Railroad.
We have some further particulars of Spears’
raid on the Petersburg and Weldon railroad.
After burning the railroad bridge at Stony
creek, Spears pushed oa, crossed Nottoway
river, evidently making for the Meherrin
bridge and leaving the bridge over the Notto
| way. to be destroyed upon hi3 return. But
upon reaching Jarratt's depot he found, un
expectedly, a considerable Confederate force
there which gave him battle, in which he was
driven back with the loss of several of iais
command. In the the 59th and
26th Virginia regiment and a company of the
Hokorab South Carolina Legion, all under
| the command of Col. Tabb. had reached Not
, toway river bridge, and upon Spears' return
: they were prepared for him. A severe battle
: ensued, which lasted four hours.
! By means of their artillery the enemy managed
to destroy the bridge, but they were subsequently
j so terribly repulsed that they had to send in a
I flag of truce to ask permission to bury the dead,
which they were allowed to do, and then they re
treated in an easterly direction on the north side
of the river. Their loss is thought to have been
pretty heavy. Our loss was four killed, and a
number wounded. Amongst the wounded were
Lieut. Col, Jones, Fifty-ninth Virginia, in the
leg; Captain J. W. Maddox, Fifty-ninth Virgin
ia, in the breast; Lieut. Bryant. Fifty-uinth. in
the breast; Lieutenant Tally? Fifty-ninth in the
shoulder.
Spears is reported to have ba i at ieast thirty
five hundred mounted men, with six pieces of ar
tillery. «*
It is thought now that Spears did not injure the
railroad as much as was supposed. Very littie of
the track was torn up, and it is believed that the
most valuable of all the bridges over the Meherrin,
has entirely escaped. They destroyed ai! the
Government and company’s com and bacon that j
they could lay their hands on, after feeding them- !
selves and horses. At Jarrett's depot, besides the
depot, water tanks, wood sheds, etc., they burnt
the residences of Mr. William Jarratt, Herbert ■
Field and others. They also burnt the house of j
Major B. W. Belches, about twelve or fourteen j
miles from Stone Creek, kfo mill, all his outhouses :
and committed many other depredations !
It is believed that Spears gone back to *nut- ;
folk, or ma? endeaver to form a junction wita J
the troop? now at City Feint and Bermuda Hun
dreds.
W},.a‘ Yankee Diners fr<.rr. the Southside Say.
Deserter? from the Yankee army "the S,uth-
I side continue to come into our line.. I*Ley a:'
* appear very glad tv getaway, and priecas to 'fro
. very sick of the war. Yosf rday on© cam 1 ? iu a )
gave himself up, representing himself as a Baltl
• rnorean. an l declaring he would never have boon
j »n the 1 -nkoe army, but lie was drugged with
I liquor, and wheu in that rn»pv ahattft bordering
;on unconsciousness. w«, »,Je *„!Ld. The#
. “ PwUbly some truth in his story—it is the way
; the North gets recruits far h.u ariuy
' , The fell’s story of their army varies hot litUe
irem what we hare already had. Jl c ?avJ that
they nave in all about forty thousand men and
that Butler is certainly in command. Considera
ble disaffection is said to be springing up amon*
the troops on account of the negro soldiers. This
was so even before the sailing of the expedition
from Fortress Monroe. It is said that Butlei
shows them great favor, and that they have been
given the name of “Butler's pet?."
These negro troops are said not to have much
stomach for fighting—and just before the expedi
tion set upon the river they and their white offi
cers got into a quarrel, on account of which some
of their white officers resigned. On learning this.
General Butler immediately forwarded their res
ignations to the IVesident with a recommendation
that they bo remanded to their former regiments
jto serve out their time as private soldiers. No
wonder that Butler should be popular with bis
“pets.”
The hut,uf i Attach •*>« hart Clifton —/turning of
one of Their Gunboats.
He have some further particulars of the enemy’s
attack on Fort Clifton, on the Appomattox river,
in which one of their gunboats was burned and de
stroyed. The Fort was attacked on the left by s
battery of six guns. Our men finding that their
guns conld not reach them, remained under shel
ter. and permitted the enemy to coutiuue shelliug
until he grew tired and ceased his tire. Soon a
fleet of gunbonts appeared in the river, when the
fort engaged them for five or six hours, crippling
one of their vessels and causing the others to re
tire. A party was sent to board her, but before
our men could get to her. she took fire from on*
of the shells from the fort, and the enemy was
forced to abandon her, when she was burned to
the water's edge.
Making tioom for oar Sick.
In Lynchburg, as in Richmond preparations
have been made to make room for tho large num
ber ot wounded trom tho late fights in Northern
Y iigiuia. The sick in the hospitals there aro be
ing rapidly transferred to other points, some be
ing sent to Farmville, and others to the hospitals
along the lino of the Virginia and Tennessee rail
road. Tlmtraifls on the Southside and Tennessee
railroads have been exclusively occupied in trans
porting these sick for several days past.
It would bo well if persons in the country would
send in anything they’ may have suitable for the
large number of sick aud wounded now in the hos
pitals. \ egetables ofnny kind, milk, ,lc., wouli
be acceptable.
Tlie Viper Khuum the File
The Yankee viper continues gnawin g
at the file. It is covered with blood ana
slaver, but these are from his own jaws.
There he sits, squat on Morris Island, and
spits his venom at the prey which he dare
not approach. Every shell which he
hurls against the city, costs him one huns
dred dollars, irrespective of his armament,
the personnel he has to feed, the materia!
he has to supply, the watch he has to
keep, the sick he has to cure, the dead
he has to bury. But he indulges his spite
and venom though at his own cost. He
inflicts but little injury upon the city.
\Ve have heard that a master mechanic
has said, that he will undertake the re
pair of all the houses damaged by his
shells, at an average cost of two hundred
dollars. Most of the houses that we have
examined, which have been injured, can
easily be put in repair at that price. His
Greek fire has failed him. He bores a
hole in a roof or wall, and in a Tew in
stances, where the shell has burst in the
dwelling, it has been more seriously dams
aged.
But the real hurt has been in the an
noyance. Families have been driven
from their homes, and made to take re
fuge in the suburbs of the interior. He
has inconvenienced many , but his venom
is more conspicuous than his fangs. He
pays far more to harm, than we shall need
to repair. Without a chance of success, he
still knaws his file. He batters Sumter
into solidity and strength. He shells a
city, the people of which have cheerfully
consecrated it as a sacrifice for freedom.
He confirms them in their faith. He
renders them doubly devoted to the cause
—inflexible as the grave; and all for the
poor satisfaction of showing how spiteful
he can be, and how lavish of blood and
treasure to gratify his malignity. His
increased fury of late only proves that he
is conscious of increasing exhaustion. His
resources are failing. His numbers are
diminished, and his recent activity is
meant to conceal the deficiency of his re
sources But for his iron elads, and navy,
he could be driven from all the islands of
South Carolina, in the possession of which
he is only secure under the cover of his
fleet. Let him knaw his file at his pleas
ure, “our withers are unwrung.”— Ck.
Mercury.
The English language must appear fears
fully and wonderfully made to a foreigner
One of them, looking at a picture of a
number of vessels, said, “See what a flock
of ships.” He was told that a flock of
ships was called a fleet, and that a fleet of
sheep was called a flock. And it was
added for his gaidance, in mastering the
intricacies of our language, that a flock of
girls is called a bevy, that a bevy of wovle3
is called a pack, and a pack of theive3 is
called a gang, and a gang of angeL is call*
ed a host, and host of porpoises is called a
shoal, a shoal of buffaloes is called a herd,
and a herd of children is called a troop,
and a troop of partridges is called a covey,
and a eovey of beauties b called a galaxy,
and a galaxy of ruffians is called a horde,
and a horde of rubbish is called a heap,
and a heap of oxen is called a drove, and
a drove of blackguards is called a mob, and
a mob of whales is called a school, and a
school, of worshippers is called a congrega
tion, and a congregation of engineers is
called a corps, and a corps of robbers is
called a band, and a band of locusts is
called a swarm, and a swarm ot people is
called a crowd.
The London Court Jonrnal gives an
account of a neat April fool day hoax.
Some lively young ladies concocted a
passionate love letter which wound up
with the request that the receiver should
meet the writer on the next evening,
with a white rosette in his button hole,
under the post-office clock. This epistle
they sent to divers gentlemen of their
acquaintance The result was tnat fifty
two young men with white rosettes in
their button hole assembled at 8 o’clock
the next night, under the post-ffice time
piece. Tney saw the joke, and enjoyed
it gloriously
A QcA?/rxa o? k Mil a ok Printing I'rkss
ls. —The number of printing presses now In
operation, or ready for use in the Treasury
building ia Weahington. is so large that if
placed in a line th y would extend a quartet
of a mile.