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J.W. ts ARRE-t. * * -Editor-
Tuesday Morning, Jane 7, 1864.
From tlie Front.
The flanking process is still being executed
by both Yankee Armies. Both seem to have
a hankering for our right. We trust that, in
the course of time, Gens. Lee and Jo nston
will bring thesejglancing, sliding movements
to a halt, and demand that our men be met in
front. That they will do this at the proper
time, men in the army and the people at home
have every confidence. »
Personal. —A private dispatch from Mr. L.
G. Bowers, on Sunday night, announces his
safe arrixal from Europe, at Wilmington. We
hope soon to have his cheerful presence in our
midst.
[Special Correspondence of the Times.]
FROM THE GEORGIA FRONT.
Marietta, June 4th, 1804.
Friend Warren : I have just returned from
the front, having passed along the whole ex
tent of our lines. On yesterday our lines ex
tended from Dallas to within six miles of the
railroad opposite Acworth. Under cover of
the darkness and rain of last night, the enemy
withdrew one corps from our left and threw
them around to our right to flank us at that
point, and having about ten hours the start,
partially succeeded in the movement, causing
us to retire our lines on the right some three
miles to checkmate this move. Both armies
are moving to the right, and the right of both
now extend about two miles east of the rail
road. The question in the army, as well as
at home, is when and where will the fight
take place ; every man forms his own conclu
sions from what he sees and hears. My opin
ion is, there will be no general engagement
north of the Chattahooch^.
Rosseau and Blair with about seven thous
and men have arrived at Rome as reinforce
ments to Sherman; but owing to the probable
approach of Forrest, been ordered
to remain at Rome to watch his movements.
The Yankees have a great dread of Forrest.
The first question asked by nearly every pris--
oner we capture is, “where is Forrest?” In
front of Gen. Canty’s line our pickets and the
enemy’s frequently converse, and the leading
question with every Yankee picket is, “where
is Forrest?” They believe the extravagant
stories of the Yankee papers in reference to
the massacre at Fort Pillow, and they expect
no quarter if they should unfortunately fall
into hi3 hands.
Nothing has so inspired the spirits of our
soldiers as the recent enterprise of the Relief
Committees. Heretofore when wounded, they
hare been left to languish, neglected and ap
parently forgotten on the field, or in some
wayside hospital among strangers, in a coun
try devastated bsr the armies—where no com
forts,'either of clothing or provisions, could
be attained—and many, a gallant soldier has
perished for the want of a better attendance
from those for whom he was offering up his
life. This neglect has disheartened and dis
couraged them. But the recent conduct of
the Relief Committees has satisfied them that
they are not entirely forgotten at home, and
their hearts and army are nerved with redou
bled energy.
It would wring the tears from the most ob
durate to hear these noble martyrs,—lying
helpless upon their pallets of straw, pour forth
their gratitude for the attention and comforts
they receive at the hands of the Relief Com
mittees. And gratitude for what? Oh ! what
strange gratitude is this ! With what with
ering rebuke it strikes upon our ear, to hear
these noble martyrs who ha v e sacrified home
and comfort, wife and children, mothers and
fathers, and all that makes life desirable, (save
their honor,) —who have done their*whole du
ty to us and their country, pour out their
grateful feelings to us, who, at this late hour,
have stirred up our humanity to do insig
nificant part of our duty to them.
But the Relief Committees at the front can
discharge only a small -part of our duties to
these noble sick and wounded heroes, we can
only supply their immediate wants —make
them as comfortable as circumstances will ad
mit. and send them back to the rear. Let the
people who are at home, meet them at the de
pots —visit them at the hospitals, and see that
their every want is supplied. Let not one of
these brave sufferers, suffer longer by the neg
lect or inattention of those at home.
Yours truly,
JETER.
Knapsacks have fallen into general
and discredit in the Confederate armies, and
in derision of them the soldiers call them
“hand organs.” Whenever a company or reg
iment is seen marching with knapsacks slung,
the taunt is sure to follow: “I say, you’ve
got your organs, where’s your monkeys? You
left them behind, expecting to find bigger and
better monkeys down here,” etc.
A blanket and oil cloth, twisted into the
shape of a boa constrictor, and slung about
the shoulders of the soldier, is the light equip
ment for heavy, rapid marching.
A Warrior’s Death. — It was evident to the 1
physicians that death was setting its clammy seal j
upon the brave, open brow of the General, and j
they told him so; asked if he bad any last messa- ;
gcs’to give. The General, with a mind perfectly
clear and possessed, then made disposition of his
staff and personal effects. To Mrs. General It. E.
Lee he directed that his golden spurs be given as ,
a dying memento of his love and esteem of her
husband. To tho staff officers he gave his horses.
So particular was he in small things, even in the
dying hour, that he. emphatically exhibited and
illustrated the ruling passion strong in death. To
one of his staff, who was a heavy built man, he
said, “You had better take the larger horse; he
will carry you better.” Other mementoes he dis- j
posed of in a similar manner. To his young son,
he left his glorious sword.
His worldly matters closed, the eternal interest
of his soul engaged his mind. Turning to the
Rev. Mr. Peterkin, of the Episcopal Church, and
of whjch he was an exemplary member, he asked
him to sing the hymn commencing :
“Rock of ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee,”
he joining in with all the voice his strength would
permit. He then joined in prayer with the min
isters. To tho doctor he again said :“I am going
fast now ;I am resigned ; God’s will be done.
Thus died Gen. J. E. B. Stuart.
Latest from the Usited States. —It was
stated that Northern papers of the 25th ult.
had been received in Richmond, bringing in
telligence of the arrival in Washington of an
agent from France destined for the Confeder
ate States, but that the Lincoln authorities
had peremptorily . refused to grant him per
mission to proceed on his journev. Later
European news had been received* announ
cing the purchase of the rams in the Mersey
> Maximilian, for the use ofhis Government.
northern Accounts.
More truthful Accounts in the Tribune—Yan
kee Cowardice Adntitted——Thc Blue Bellies
Stampeded.
The New York Tribune ha* a number of
letters, giving accounts of the operations of
Butler’s army on the Southside. The Tribune
hardly ever let out anything that is the least
unfavorable to the Yankee cause, but in this
instance it owns up to the rank cowardice of
Butler’s men, and the severe repulses they
met with in the battles of last week. One
correspondent of the Tribune writes under
date 20th nit.:
There has been to-day a fierce and sanguin
ary battle on the spot which I mentioned in
my last.—the front of the Third division of
this corps, under General Ames. The yebels
had eome up in front of the clearing, having
followed us down from Foit Darling, and had
posted their first guns in the yard of the How
let house. This house is behind a fall in the
ground, and at several points along the same
line they have posted light batteiies. The
cloaring is wholly our own work, and is faul
ty only in not having been done to a greater
extent.
On Wednesday night, our pickets dug a ri
fle pit in front of the rebel position, and about
eight hundred yard3 from our line, extending
a quarter of a mile into the woods on our
right, which yet stands. It was evident that
this pit was invaluable to its possessors, and
accordingly the rebels drove us out of it this
morning, and the struggle of to-day has been
an attemp t to regain it, which is so far unsuc
cessful, although we have retaken the right
of it.
Another correspondent describing the as
sault of our men on the rifle pits, says:
The “Rebels” came down upon these rifle
pits to-day in force, and succeeded in driving
our skirmishers out after a desperate fight.—
One of the officers commanding a portion of
the line so far forgot his duty as a soldier as
to withdraw himself and force without firing
a shot. General Rutler, who was anxiously
watching the fight from the parapet, immedi
ately ordered the officer before him, and, tell
ing him that it would cost ten lives for every
one to retake what he might have held, dis
missed him from the service. In an attempt
to retake the rifle pits, the Ninety-seventh
Pennsylvania and Thirteenth Illinois regi
ments were ordered to move through the woods
to co-operate with a movement made by an
other portion of Gilmore’s forces. Misunder
standing the order, the troops were moved by
the flank along the skirt of the woods. March
ing steadily along they came unexpectedly
upon a rebel battery, which opened a murde
rous cross fire, literally mowing them down.
It appeared to the looker on as though the en
tire force melted away before this terrific fire
of grape and canister.
Now came a momentary 1«11, and then the
Third regular battery, in the left redoubt, the
Fourth New Jersey adjoining it on the right,
both facing the pit, and the First Connecticut
in the elevated redoubt further to the right,
pointing diagonally and partly across, we
opened fire, roaring without] a moment’s
stop from 10£ to Ilf using at first mestly
spherically case. Meanwhile the Thirteenth
Indiana, Colonel Dobbs, made a gallant, and,
as it seemed, imprudent charge upon the pit
on the right, but were repulsed when within
about a hundred yards of the work.
Another account of the battle admits the
cowardic e of the men more plainly even than
the above. The writer says :
At nine, or thereabout, the muskets began
a lively crackle, and the guns opened from
the rebel position. Hurrying to the scene, I
found the enemy had advanced and been re
pulsed, yet had the rifle pit in their detested
possession. .The whole of the Ninth Maine,
with portions of the Fourth New Hampshire,
Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania, and Ninety-seventh
Ifew York, were occupying the rifle pit, the
regiment first named beiDg nearly in the cen
tre. The rebels charged upon them with their
peculiar short-lived enthusiasm and their yell,
and werw met firmly, and the position might
have been held without difficulty, had not the
the Ninth Maine broken and fled to the woods,
thus’permitting the rebels to enter the pit and
flank the remaining regiments, compelling
them to retire. Two Lieutenants of the Ninth
Maine, who retired their men without orders,
were brought this afternoon before General
Ames, and by him sent to General Butler, who
summarily dismissed one of them from the
service. Both deserve severe punishment, for
this unfortunate affair has cost hundred of
lives to-day, and threatens us with severe bat
tles as the price of holding our position. The
rebels in the pit, and the woods which yet
stand next House, are the twin
sources of apprehension.
Word was brought that the left of the pit was
empty, and soon the 87th Pennsylvania was seen
advancing against the loft of the rifle pit, in the
open clearing. Their leader had mistaken or not
followed precisely his orders, and the rebels had
come in, and suddenly they rose and poured upon
the 9Sth a murderous fire of infantry and grape,
and they seemed to fall in swaths. It was a sad
sight.
Our losses to-day cannot now be estimated. In
infantry fire they are heavy, and probably exceed
that of the enemy.
Some shells of the 3d artillery failed to explode
this afternoon. One or two were examined and
found to be filled with harmless plaster.
The Tribune’s correspondent gives the following
as an estimate of our forces on the .Southside :
From the superior facilities Gen. Butler has had
of obtaining intelligence it has been ascertained
that there are twelve brigades in front of us. Es
timating these at two thousand each, probsbly an
under estimate, and adding artillery and cavalry,
and there . must be at least 25,000 troops. The
brigades are as follows :
Clingman’s, Gracie’s and Ransom’s brigades of
North Carolina troops ; Hunton’s, Burton’s, Ter
ry’s, Corse’s and Wise’s Virginia brigades ; Ha
good’s and Walker’s South Carolina brigades, and
Buslirod Johnson’s brigade.
[Correspondence of the Houston Telegraph..]
A Brilliant Affair in tlie Trans-
Mississippi.
’ C. S. (late U. S.) Gunboat Granite Citt,
Calcasieu Pass, La., May 1, 1864.—Editors of
the Telegraph : I wrote you from Sabine Pass,
May 2d, that the enemy were at Calcasieu
Pass. I now have the pleasure to inform you
that we are here on a visit to them, and are
living like lords. From the information re
ceived from our scouts on the 3d Inst., Qol,
Griffin decided to call on the Yanks and ascer
tain by whose invitation they were occupying '
a portion of the country under his command,
and accordingly issued orders for detach
ments of the 21st Texas infantry, Spraight ; s
battalion, Daly’s battalion, and
battery of light artillery to.cross or vine
I Pass and is a fine side \4 nt
!uid°thf fu % equipped aud prog?’
morning. convenience.
In accordanceT~'fc-iLieiit. Pelot sue troops
above mentioned,eomm«?nceu- the movement
as indicated, but, from the delay necessary in
building a bridge across Mud Pass, did not
get into position until later than intended :
but the enemy, resting quietly in their finan
cial security, our batteries were planted and
infantry in position without their knowledge,
and at half-past four this morning a shot
from Creuzbaur’s battery struck the bunboat
Granite City, warning the Federals that some
thing unusual was taking place. The enemy
soon got to work, and by the time our batte
ries had fired some three or four shots, they
commenced firing shot and shell at our little
army from the gunboats Granite City and
Wave. Our sharpshooters charged up to the
bank of the river opposite to the boats, and
whenever an arm or any portion of a Yankee
; became exposed, a shower of enfield balls
would immediately compel him to draw back.
In fact, - so warm did our sharpshooters
make it, that the Yankees finally ceased firing,
and, after a sharp engagement of one hour
and twenty-five minutes, the Graninte City
! fired a lee gun, in token of surrender, and al-
I most immediately after a white banting was
seen cu the flag-staff of the Wave. Thus end
i ed one of the most brilliant engagements of
| the war, resulting in the capture Qt the gun
| boats above mentioned.
Two Years.
It is two years to-day since the battle
of Seven Pmes were fought. Since then
there is no resource of might, no invent
tion of art, no expedient of fraud, no
prompting of malignity that they have
not tried, but tried in vain, to subdue us.
They have levied such armies as autheu*
tic history does not tell of, and goaded
them on to their own destruction. They
have expended money and incurred obli
gations that the treasuries of the world
would not discharge. They have tram*
pled on tljeir Constitution, burst the
bonds of all law, and outraged humanity
in the blind and frantic effort to “crush”
us. But to-day we stand more erect than
we did two years ago—stronger, better
prepared, more determined and more cons
fident. Richmond, for whose downfall
efforts have been made mightier and more
persistent than any we remember to have
been employed against any city of which
history makes mention, is to-day securer
by far than when the guns of Seven
Pines opened. The same matchless troops
who drove McClellan from her suburbs
are still her wall of defence, and to the
irresistable valor they then displayed, they
have added the skill gained and the vigor
acquired by active campaigning, and what
is better still have learned to rely with a
trust that is almost reverence upon their
great commander. We say nothing about
what the engineering art has done meanv
while to make Richmond impregnable.
We might level every fortification around
the city, aud with Lee’s and Beauregard’s
men between us and the foe, the capture
of Richmond would be a physical and
moral impossibility. The Yankees will
yet become convinced of this in a way
that will never permit them to have a
doubt about it again. —Richmond Whig.
Singular Chain op Coincidences.
The Portland Press mentions a singular
fact in connection with the losses of ocean
steamship belonging to the Montreal line.
It seems that in every instance the vessel
that has taken back to Liverpool the
effects of a wrecked steamer of this line
has been the next in succession to become
a victim. Thus: the first vessel of the
line lost was the Canadian. The Indian
took back her effects, and was the next to
fall a prey to the wrath of the sea king.
The Hungarian took back the effects of
the Indian, and in turn was the next vie-*
tim, but she proved a total less, leaving
no memorial to be transmitted to the home
port. The next vessel lost was the New
Canadian, whose effects went back by the
North Briton; the North Briton went
under, and her effects were carried home
by the Anglo* Saxon; the Anglo Saxon
in regular succession became the next vic
tim, and the Norwegian carried back her
“remains;” next eame the loss of the
Norwegian, whose material effects were
transmitted to Liverpool by the Bohemia
an, and the Bohemian, next in regular
succession to go under, has recently made
her final record on Alden’s Rock. It is
even said that some of the employees of
of the company, who had not overlooked
the singular chain of facts, had a super
stitious fear of the Bohemian, and some
time since predicted her fate, because it
was her turn to go next.
Fine Clay as a Dressing for
Sores.—Dr. Schreber, of Leipsic, re«
commends clay as the most “energetic,
the most innocent, the most simple, and
the most economical of palliative appli»
cations to surfaces yielding foul and moist
discharges. ,, He moreover considers that
it has a specific action in accelerating the
cure. Clay softened down in water, freed
from all gritty particles, is laid, layer by
layer, on the affected part, to the thicks
ness of about a line. If it become dry
and fall off, fresh layers are applied to
the cleansed surface. The irritating se«
cretion is rapidly absorbed by the clay,
and the contact of air prevented. The
cure thus goes on rapidly. This clay
ointment has a decisive action in cases of
feotid perspiration of the feet or armpits.
A single layer applied in the morning
will destroy all odor in the day. It res
mains a long time supple and the pieces
which fall off in fine powder produce no
inconvenience.
The Order to Evacuate Peters
burg.
The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal publishes the fol
lowing : * *
[copy.]
Headquarters Department, 1
Richmond, May 26,1864. 5
Gen. Braxton Bragg, Richmond:
General: To-day I heard a report coming from
Petersburg to the effect that you had ordered the
evacuation of that place when it was threatened a
few weeks since by the enemy. lat once flatly con
tradicted the report, and stated what were facts—
that to my knowledge every effort was made to hold
it, and to keep open communication with the city.
Haygood’s brigade, which had been ordered to
Drewry’s bluff, was sent to Port Walthall junction,
and Johnson’s brigade, of my command, was har
ried to the same point, to hold the railroad and
cover Petersburg from attack. The most positive
orders were given, and being constantly with you
and conferring about the defenses of both this city
and Petersburg, you can appreciate my surprise at
hearing the report above alluded to, when I had
heard orders sent which had an eye single to the de
fense of Petersburg and keeping open communica
tion between there and the army of Northern Vir
ginia. Whence have emanated these groundless
rumors? lamat a loss to know. Certainly, either
from the imagination of those wholly ignorant of
the facts, or else from those who, from malice, wish
to injure men who have faithfully served our coun
try and watched its best interests.
If it should become necessary to refute falsehood,
you can use this as you may see fit.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. Ransom, Jr.,
Major General.
The Corruption at Washington.—The S pring
field Republican, the leading New England Repub
lican journal gives the following:
It is a sad, a shocking picture of life in Washing
ton, which our correspondents are giving us. A bu
reau of the Treasury Department made a house of
seduction and prostitution. The necessities of poor
and pretty women made the means of their debauch
ery by high government officials. Members of Con
gress putting their mistresses into clerkships in the
departments. An honorable Senator knocked down
in the street by a woman whom he had outraged.—
Whiskey drinking ad libitum. The Government
cheated in contracts and openly robbed by its em
ployees. Writes our careful correspondent—along
resident in the capital—“ Washington was never
quite so villainously corrupt as at the present time.
In the palmy days of Southern rule, of slavery, there
was not half the corruption there is now.” We
doubt not this is strictly true, and we repeat, it is
a sad, shocking picture.
Another Exploit in Florida.—A correspond
ent of the Savannah News, writing on the 28th ult.,
says that Captain J J Dickinson has, within the
rast day or two, with two small pieces of artillery
and about twenty sharpshooters, captured a gun
boat with her entire crew, etc., consisting of one
company of negroes, eight commissioned officers,
(white) besides eight or ten sailors, etc., still with
out the loss or injury of one of his men. There
! were four or five of the enemy killed and as many
mortally wounded. The enemy’s large gunboat,
i the Ottawa, was lying some three miles below the
; point from which the engagement took place. She
was attacked by Capt. Dickinson the evening pre
vious, and it is supposed that she was so disabled
that she could not come to the rescue of the smaller
boat. Lieut. Bates was in command of the section
of artillery. .
SULISSUPHIg.
Reports of the Press issetiaUos.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863,by J. S, Thrashrr, in the Clerk's office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District-of Georgia.
Latest from Virginia.
Latest from tbe Georgia Front.
Important from the Southwest.
Proceedings Confederate Congress.
&c.) &c.) Ac.
Richmond, June 6. —lt.is reported that Grant
has retired from Early’s front. Object, probably,
to mass troops for another assault on our right.
Richmond, June 6.— Advices from the Valley
indicate that the enemy is moving in the direction
of Staunton. Our forces said to be unable to pre
rent their advance.
It is reported that Staunton is already occupied
by the Yankees.
Battle-Field, near Gaines’ Mill, June s.—To
day has been unusually quiet—both sides seem to
observe the Sabbath. Only occasional sharp
shooting.
Last night about S o’clock, the enemy made a
feeble assault in front of Finegan’s position which
was easily repulsed.
. Little else of interest occurred yesterday.
On Friday night, Hoke and Mahone, on the
right, advanced their line some distance,, in order
to establish their line of skirmishing, during which
General Breckinridge’s horse was shot under him,
causing Gen. B. to be severely bruised in falling.
Tbe enemy also made an assault on Field’s and
a part of Early’s corps last Friday evening. Both
were successfully repulsed.
Our losses in fights during the whole of last
week will not exceed one thousand.
Atlanta, June 6. —A press reporter who left
the front at noon reports our army still moving
toward the railroad, the right of the enemy hav
ing already crossed near Acworth, and Hooker’s
corps is reported to be five miles east on the old
Altoona road.
Gen. Johnston’s headquarters were west of Ma
rietta, with our left restingat Lost Mountain. Har
dee is commanding the right wing, Polk the left
and Hood the centre. * ' .
The Yankee cavalry dashed into Big Shanty, at
10 o’clock this morning, and were met by Williams’
brigade, who were fighting them when the reporter
left. "
Mobile, June 6. —This morning the Steamer
Donegal, in attempting to run the blockade was
captured with an assorted cargo.
The operator at Jackson, on the sth, reports on
the authority of .Capt. Evans, commanding scouts,
that Marmaduke is blockading the Mississippi be
low and above Greenville, with 10 guns. His force
is large.
He has destroyed three transports, securing two
cargoes ; besides crippling three gunboats and
other transportaion. Among the latter, the Marion
and Fairchild. *
One gunboat, one transport, one hospital boat
and four transports are between the batteries and
-cannot go up or down.
Richmond, June 6. —The Senate passed the
House bill increasing the pay of non-commissioned
officers and privates, with an amendment limiting
the increase to a period of one year.
Resolutions of thanks to Kirby Smith, and hi
offioers and men were unanimously adopted.
House tax bill was reported back with various
amendments and made the order of the day for to
morrow. ,
The House concurred in the Senate joint reso
lution extending the session until Saturday next.
Bill amending the currency act was further dis
cussed.
Victories “Over the Left.’’ —The Richmond
Dispatoh explain s how Grant, Butler and Sher
man get up their lying sensational dispatches about
victories achieved by oack other “over the left.”
The Dispatch says : “A Yankee Colonel who was
taken prisoner, gave an account of the prepara
tion of one of these orders by Grant and Meade.
Grant proposed to inform his men of the capture
of Petersburg and of sundry victories over the
rebels, and to add his felicitations upon the victo
ry won the day before over Lee’s left. Meade
deeming it best to omit the victories “over the
left," suggested that as the army knew as much
about that as Grant, it might throw doubt upon
i the balance of the story. The ‘Giant’ acquiesced.”
[Ftom the Atlanta Confederacy.]
From the Trans-Mississippi.
The following letter, from a citizen of Camden,
Arkansas, to one of the soldiers of Cleburne’s
Ditision, will be interesting to the Arkansian3 of
that command, as well as to the readers of our
paper generally:
Atlanta, Columbia County, Ark., )
May 6, 1864. )
Dear Friend : —I slave some news ta write you,
some good and some bad. The Federals, in force
of about twelve thousand, left Little Rock about
the Ist of April, under Gen. Steele, and about
four thousand, under Gen. Thayer, left Upper Ar
kansas, and formed a junction at or near Rock
port a little earlier than the Federals under Banks,
numbering about thirty thousand, left the Missis
sippi River, bound for Shreveport. Those under
Steele were to pass through to Fulton, on Red
River, and from thence to Marshall, Texas, and
join Banks, and then the subjugation of Arkansas,
Louisiana;, Texas, and Missouri. This was the
stake they played for, but, thank God, they did
not win. We sent all our infantry force, consist
ing of about six thousand, from Arkansas, to the
aid of Geh. Smith. We met the enemy at Man
chester, in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and the next
day at Pleasant Hill, and they were ours to the
tune of about four thousand killed and wounded,
about five thousand prisoners, forty pieces of artil
lery, and any amount of small arms and army
stores.
Gen. Steele took up his line of march from Lit-
tie Rock, and reached Rockport in safety, and
from there to Arkadelphia, and nearly to Kolona.
But there his troubles began. Gen. Marmaduke,
Gen. Shelby and Gen. Cabell, attacked them with
their cavalry forces’of about seven thousand five
k hundred, in front, rear and flank, until they
Reached Prairie d’Amer, when, finding their pro
visions getting low, the Federal forces turned back
and marched towards Camden, in bad condition,
with the loss of about three hundred wagons, fif
teen hundred men, and seven pieces of artillery.
In the meantime our poor infantry boys from
Arkansas, after marching two hundred miles at the
rate of twenty to twenty five miles a day, and hav
ing two hard days fighting, resting only two days,
started back to Arkansas and marched twenty miles
a day back again.
The Feds remained in Camden twelve days.—
While there they sent out a large foraging party of
two brigades and two hundred and fifty negroes, and
having loaded their wagon3 started back for Cam
den. At Poison Spring our cavalry, under General
Chbell, were dismounted, and, double quicking four
miles, attacked them, killing and wounding four
, hundred and eighty, mostly negroes; captured all
their wagons and teams and five pieces of artillery.
A large train was started to Pine Bluff and a train
from Pine Bluff to Camden, in all about three thou
sand men as guards. Generals Shelby, Fagan and
Dockery fell in with both parties at Marks 1 Mill,
near the Moro, capturing all their wagons, seven
pieces of artillery, killing and wounding about SOO
and capturing 1200. *
At last Gen. Steele left Camden and started for
Little Rock, after cutting down some hundreds of
wagons and throwing them in the river. Steele left
on Tuesday night, got over the river Wednesday,
and our forces crossed after them on Thursday,
overtook them at Jenkins’ Ferry, on the Saline
river, at which place we had a bloody fight. w» los
ing about 700 men and the Feds about 1500, The
enemy then threw all their cannon and army stores
in the river and made a clean start for Little Rock
j and Pine Bluff. Our cavalry was not in the fight
j here and we could not follow, as the river was very
j high, and we had nothing to eat. Gen. Smith esti
mates their loss at 6,000 in this expedition. We lost
: at the Saline river General? Scurry and Randal
killed and Gep. Waul wounded, and Col. Grimstead
and poor Hugh McCullom killed. Col. Grimstead’s
regiment lost twenty three killed and fifty three
wounded.
A good many of the Dutch and Jews went off
from Camden with the -Yankees. Those remaining
are good and true men, the others worthless rascals.
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CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR
Douglas Ambulance Committee
Columbus, June 6th, 1864.
Thankful for the liberal contributions received.
Hereby give notice that no further supplies of pro
visions are wanted at present.
Contributions of money are needed and respect
fully solicited.
H. H. EPPING, Treas’r.
C. G. Holmes, Sec’y.
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Foe Rent —A fine, large sleeping room on
Broad Street. Apply to The Local.
Salks To-Dat. —lt will be seen from advertise
ments that the sale advertised for Saturday by
Ellis, Livingston & Cos. will take place to-day.
The Union Prayer Meetings for the c#untry
will take place the present week at the old Metho
dist Church. All Christians and the public are
invited to attend.
Personal. —We were pleased to see in our city
yesterday, Mr. Geo. Miller, from Gen. Johnston's
army. He is the picture of good health and fine
spirits. Mr. Miller resided in this city for many
years, but at the time of the breaking out of the
war resided in Columbus, Miss. He has been in
the service for three years, and has proved to be a
true soldier in many a hard fought battle.
We don’t see much chance for the South now.
Our doom has been adjuged. We are to be con
quered. We are to be smashed up. We are to be
rubbed out. There’s no use fighting any longer.
Gov. Bramlettq has at last inhumanly and unfeel
ingly crushed all our"hopes. He telegraphs to his
friend Prentice who publishes— 'SJZZZ
Frankfort, May 14 —To the Editors of the
Louisville Journal: Kentuckians to the rescue !
I want ten thousand six months’ troops at once !
Do not hesitate! Come, I will lead you! Let us
help to finish this war and save our Government!
Thomas E. Bramlette
Governor of Kentucky.
Who Killed Sedgwick? —lt is believed, says
the LaGrange Reporter, that private Charlie
Grace, of the LaGrange Light Guards, detailed as
a sharpshooter, is the man who put a period to the
mortal existence of the Yankee General Sedgwick,
who was killed in one of tbe recent battles in Vir
ginia. It is known that on the day Sedgwick was
killed, Grace took a fair aim at some general offi
cer of the Yankee army, who was riding up and
down his lines, and the said officer was seen to
fall. We have seen it stated in a Northern paper
that Sedgwick wa3 so riding when the fatal missile
reached him.
m
Grant’s Losses. —The news from the enemy’s
lines is of the mo3t encouraging character. The
Petersburg Express states that outside of Grant’s
official circle and safely removed from the tyranny
of Lincoln and Seward, the Northern people do
not hesitate to admit terrible losses in Grant’s ar
my. None estimate it at less than 75,000, while
many say that it will reach 90,000. This is from
all causes—killed, wounded, prisoners, stragglers,
and deserters. The desertion and straggling is
represented to be without precedent. A member
of Mosby's command, writing to his relatives in
Petersburg, says that Mosby has been in tbe rear
of Grant since he moved from Culpeper Court
House, and that from the Rapidan and the Rappa
hannock to the Potomac, the country literally
swarms with stragglers. These men do not hesi
tate to say that they are from the army of the Po
tomac, and under no circumstances will they be
earried back alive. Each man is armed, and says
he will sell his life as dearly as possible, before he
will be taken.
Gold went up in New York, on the 24th, to 186,
being an advance of four per cent, over the previ
vious day’s rates.
The Northern people say that Grant has lost
four times as many men as any General who ever
commanded the Arm jof the Potomac. It has
been ascertained by actual count that he lost more
men on the 12th, in the terrible contest of Spottsyl
vania Court House, than Napoleon Bonaparte lost
on the memorable field of Waterloo.' The people
say that the worst feature of the present melan
choly condition of affairs is, that the places of the
recently slain and maimed cannot be supplied.—
Every garrison and outpost has been swept clean
to replenish Grant’s decimated ranks; and, it is
asserted as an absolute fact, that there were not
men enough at'Fortress Monroe last Friday to
garrison the place.
It is also represented that Grant’s present army
is greatly demoralized. The three years’ men are
very much discontented at the bad faith in.which
the Lincoln Government has acted towards them,
and the new comers, or veteran reinforcements, as
Stanton telegraphs to Dix, cannot be made to face
General. Lee’s gallant graybacks. Four tigaes du
ring the past eight days did Grant attempt'to
bring on another such fight as he engaged in at
Spottsylvania Court House, but each time the men
refused to be led to the slaughter. They are like
Burnside’s whipped at Fredericksburg. Once is
all sufficient.
The Richmond Whig states that, according te
official estimates, the number of wounded now in
that city is between six and seven thousand. Daily
accessions are made, and when the next great bat
tle between Lee and Grant occurs, the numbers will
be doubled. In the vast wards of Chimborazo,
Winder, Jackson and Howard’s Grove, there is am
ple space for all the present and prospective wound
ed. It has reason to believe that the organization
of these great hospitals is as nearly perfect as the
straitened condition of the Confederacy will permit.
There is a gentleman in Glasgow, Scotland, so
polite, that he begs his own pardon every time he
tumbles down. Being good natured, he always
grants it.
Will There be a Siege?— Trusting to the pick
and spade. Grant has thrown himself across the Pa
mnnkey, and is reaching out to the York River
road. Baldy Smith has been called to his aid; any
sudden onset of the Confederates he hopes to resist,
and in the meantime he will edge his way slowly to
wards James river, opposite Bermuda Hundred,
where Butler still maintains a foothold.
This appears to be grant’s plan, if he has any plan,
which is very doubtful. His aim is to besiege Rich
mond, and he is doing the best he can in the face
of the opposition 'before him He has reached a
point now where the glancing process must stop, for
a time at least. His favorite plan of retiring his
right behind his left, if it involves a retreat across
the Pamunkey, will bring him into trouble without
doing him any good.
Richmond is not besieged so long as its main ave
nues of supply are untouched. A junction with
Butler, and the occupation of both sides of the river
at a point so low down as Bermuda Hundred, will
not constitute a siege. Between Cold Harbor and
Malvern Hill there is a thorny road, beset with ugly
reminiscences. On the other side of the Jaine3,
from City Point to Petersburg, the country i3 level
enough, but the path is all up hill.’ From Peters
burg round to the James is a long distance, full of
perils but partially tested by Kantz. From Han
over Court House by way of Malvern Hill to the
James, thence to Petersburg, and thence te the
James again, is a wide circuit, a hundred or more
miles in extent. An investment of that line would
bo heavy, indeed: it would require something like
a million of men.* Grant has not qiore than a tenth
i of that number. His present immediate object is to
keep from being whipped. He is himself besieged.
; What chance isthere ofhis laying s : ege to Rich-
I mond?— Richmond Whig,2d.
Anecdote of General Johnston.— During some
l of the recent movements up at the Front, General
: Johhstoa had occasion, as is often the case, to es
■ tabliffi his headquarters one day under a tree upon
I the field. j
Soon after he had dismounted from his horse, and
: while his staff were gathered around in readiness for
I orders, a private of the Generals body guard Came
up for tho purpose of planftng the headquarters
battle flag. Finding some difficulty ip piercing tho ,
earth with the staff, to which the flag was attached,
; the young man drew his sabre, and commenced
: punching a hole in the ground with the point of it. ,
“stop ! stop !my young man.” said the General,
j smiling, ‘‘yon mustn’t make a pruning hook or
; ploughshare of your sword. It will be time enough
; for that when this war is over."— Ailon' j
A Letter from a Yankee “Juliet’
to ber Lover In tbe Federal
Army.
The following intense billet doux wa3 picked
up recently by one of our scouts. Flora’s
burning eloquence shows that she loves George
with the power of a six horse team :
New Salem Mass., April 25th, 1864.
Dear George :—I have taken pen, ink ani
paper out front under the old seat beneath the
willow, that has so often witnessed our hours
of lore, when mingling in the warm caress,
our souls have poured forth in one broad, deep ,
mighty stream of bliss, so extatic that could
it have endured a moment longer must have
us, wrecked, into the abyss of eternity
in an agony of pleasure, where the coroner 3
verdict would probably have been, “Died of
broken heads, or broken hearts." Oh! Geor»e
what tales this old seat could tell on us if
could speak, and the old willow, too, which
hangs so mournfully over my head, and sighs
so sadly as it waves its long branches to and
fro in the evening breeze, but it does speak, for
it sighs a sad harmony to the music of my heart
as it mourns thy absence, George.
George, the sun is gilding the crest of the
mountain that you know so well, and will soon
retire to the bosom of his Thetis. Oh! that
this bosom could rest your weary head, my
sunlight, my George. His parting beams call
back the memories of th# past, which cluster
around you and our love, and which shine3
forth with the brilliancy of noonday from the
cloisters of forgotten years. I remember, as
if it were but yesterday, our first embraces
upon this seat. The willow hung low and
shunned us from the chaace view of any pas
sing traveler. The mild balmy air of a sum
mer’s evening diffused its fragrance around
and softly fanned our cheeks as t.’ ey restad
side by side in caresses of sweet and happy
love. If you remember, it was on that very
evening, I sat on your lap with my head upon
your bosom, and my eyes turned up to yoars,
which looked down unutterable love "upon
me, that we named the mountain before us
“Love Mountain.” Oh ! how expressive our
happy hearts. Every evening when the sun
goes down let us meet upon this spot in imag
ination, my George, and comfort our hearts
with the hope of a speedy meeting. Oh! Ido
so hope that you will get the furlough you
were talking of in your last letter, and spend
a month at home. What an age of love we
could crush into one month, which would fly
like dusk before a whirlwind, and leave no
trace behind.
Oh, come home as soon as possible. My
heaving bosom pants for its wonted pressure,
My loving lips distend their rosy portals in
pleasing anticipation of your loving kiss. My
eyes 'grow dim—ah, I faint, I die ! Come ray
George, cometo the arms of yourloving Flora.
Oh, my George, will you know the intensity of
my passion? .
George, I dream of you every night, probably
more than my health permits, but I can’t help
it; it is so sweet to be with you even in my
dreams. Dream with me, love, and we will
live in the boundless world of our imagina
tion until reality eclipses the utmost prospect
of illuminated fancy. Take care of yourself
George; don’t get sick, or at leasi very sick,
but if you were to get just sick enough, you
might get one of those things called “God
sends” —a sick fuTlough, to be extended in
definitely. As for myself lam like Juliet—
“sick with love,” and need your presence for
my recovery. So hurry up, dear George, and
compel those legs of yours that you say run
so often after the rebels, and make haste up
toyourhome, or I—shall die of love, like Dido
didofA2nea3. Write soon and sweet, my
dearest, remembering that every word of love
from George is sweet to his
FLORA.
SiGAR! SUGAR!!
K BOXES CHOICE SUGAR.
O For sale by GOODRICH * CO.
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STRAYED!
FROM the Orphan Asylum, at Columbus, one white
and brown COW, with both ears notched; also
two year old CALVES, one resembling the cow,
the other dark brown. A liberal reward will be
paid for their delivery at the Asylum, or any in
formation thankfully received. je7 2t
By Bills, Elvlngston & Cos,
ON Tuesday, nh June, at 10 o’clock, we will sell
in front of our store,
I HERRING’S IRON SAFE
1 SEWING MACHINE;
1 WASH POT.
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By Ellis, Livingston & Cos
ON TUESDAY, 7th June, at 10 o’clock, we will
sell in front of our store,
200 PAIR COTTON CARDS.
6 Bbls. G-ood Whiskey ;
3 Bbls. Fine Syrup;
20 Sacks Sugar, in 50 lb. sacks;
-10 Sacks Seed Peas;
2 Bbls. Vinegar;
1 Keg Snuff;
1 Bbl. Blackberry Wine;
5 Boxes Tobacco ;
11 Summer Coats;
Furniture, Leather, &c., &c.
—also —
A FIIXE MJEXICA V POXY!
-ALSO
-1 ENGLISH SADDLE AND BRIDLE!
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By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
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AN TUESDAY 7th of June, at 10 o’clock, we will
V sell in front of our store
A LIKELY NEGRO WOMAN!
20 years old, good Cook Washer and
Ironer.
June 6 td $6
LAST CALL !
PERSONS who have not yet handed in their Tithe
a List for 1864, are requested to do so, by the lota
inst., as I am determined not to wait a day alter
that time expires. Persons who are required by
Tax Act, Feb. 17th, 1864, to pay an additional in
come tax for 1863 will now come to the Office mm
make said returns, as the forms for said tax have
been received. w. 6. JOHNSON. „
j e 6 6t Assessor for District 41.
SSO REWARD !
QTRAYED —A large Brindle Milch Cow, with
O small horns, turning back at the end. She is in
! good order and is supposed to be making her way to
1 the place of Porter Ingram, on the Uchee: was last
seen near Godwin’s place, on the Crawford road.
Any information at the office
of the Eagle Factory, and the above reward paid
for the cow. je 6 d3t.
notice;* ”
To Planters and Others !
T WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting anl
JL Y'arns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I
! will be found at Robinett & Co’s old stand, where I
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
. L. S. WRIGHT. -
june 2 ts
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Notice.
Office Med. Ex. Board for Conscripts, )
3d Congressional Dist. Ga. >
Columbus, May 28,1864. )
The Board of Surgeons for examination of con
scripts, hold its session daily (Sunday excepted)
at this office. Office at the Lowell Warehouse.
P. B. MINOR,
e.ij’3o ts Sr. Surg’n Ex. Board.
Office Mobile A Girard R, R.I
Cblumbus, Ga., May sth, '64. J
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Company, will be held at tho ’Office, Girard, Ala.,
on Wednesday, 6th day of July next, at 11 o’clock,
when the election for President and Directors will
take place.
By order J. M. FRAZER, See’y.
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