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By Joseph -Cubby.
MACON, FRIDAY, 3 O’CLl K, P. M., APRIL 11, 1862.
WUAT A SOLDIER THINKS,
W viiavc been permitted to make tlie follow
in'' extract of a letter, from a soldier iu the
army dated Goldsboro, March, 29 to his wife
in this city:
All 1 fear now is that the planters will
plant cotton instead of corn ; if they do we will
: utii r terftbly. The whole country should turn
their attention exclusively to raising provisions
for the army. There is no use lor cotton—none
whatever. There is enough old cotton to clothe
the Southern people. I do hope the planters
will not he so insane as to plant any cotton.”
Ixc.KNiors.—It is well known that sweet po
tatoes afford an excellent substitute for coffee.
\V. were shown yesterday a model, designed
l>\ Mr. Patch, of this city, to cut and prepare
the potato in small cubes, for drying before
parching. It works well, and seems to bejunt
the thing.
" The present is no time for Balls or p:>r-
tii \ While the wail of the widowed and lather-
1 • heard in the land, and scarcity of food,
and the skies look dark all around, it is no time
for frivolity. It t* a time for childlike laith in
our Heavenly Father ; for earnest entreaty at
tin- throne of grace; for a faithful discharge of
our every duty to God, our country, our neigh- reaccn
. ' ir Of the
hois and our sell.
lUiltRAII FOR GRIFFIN.
All ilie Churches of Griffin have given up
t he;r bells, and the city is having them
made into eight six p .und field pieces, at the
Foundry of Noble, Brothers & Go., of Rome,
(in i da Furthermore, the town is also rais
in.-. a company of 160 men to take those pieces
them there. The Corn-
command of Hon O.
) proceedings strike us
and they nre ahead of
to the field
panv is to be u
C. Gibson:. No;
as right and bo
Macon. jk __
The Edit fljjMplWn Confederate State
of yesterd(C a lament over the strange
absence of . .^WgLudoi the Church-going
bell” in GnrfinY hut consoles him
a If w ith the tf\:^! v $ t the bells in a new
form will speak a>-‘ Y voice in the defence of
human fretdom, Justice and Right. Hurrah
for Griflin !
SIDNEY JOHNSTON KILLED.
This mournful intelligence abates our joy
over the signal and most important victory we
chronicle to-day ; and our regret over the fate
of this gallant officer is increased by the fear
that it was probaoly due in part to the unjust
and unreasonable clamor of the press against
him after the fall of Donelson. It cannot be
doubted that a proud and sensitive officer like
Johnston was stung to Ins inmost soul by these
hasty and inconsiderate censures, and they
probably goaded him to a degree of self expo
sure which was needless in the Comtnander-
in-Chief of a great army. This great man, the
pride of the old Federal army—conscious of
the character, skill and ability he brought to
our cause—but left by the government with
out the slightest material ability to maintain
his original position at Bowling Green—no
doubt saw with grief and shame, hardly appre
ciable by us, his old subalterns, like Buell and
Grant, breaking his defences and over-running
the country. But when to this grief was add;
ed the denunciations of the Southern press,
and he saw himself held up as an imbecile or
a traitor, the bitterness of his mortification,
who can comprehend 1 No doubt he then de
termined that the next fight should effectually
redeem his fame, or shroud it in the oblivion
grave. It was this feeling that put him
at the head of attacking columns, exposing
himself recklessly to danger, and ending in
the extinguishment of the brightest military
light on the Continent Ilis death affects us
sorely. How careful ought the newspapers to
be in assailing the conduct of our officers, both
civil and military. For our o » u part we hard
ly believe there is a functionary in either de
partment who is not doing what he thinks to
be his duty and his best lor the government and
country ; but a number of our newspapers are
down upon almost the whole of them as if they
were sheer traitors or the most stupid block
heads in existence.
’.jy’ The patriotic and whole soulcd ladies of
Clinton, Ga., have contributed a large lot of
brass andcopp r to the cannon. Heaven bless
♦he ladies—what sacrifices will they not make
for the cause of Southern independence ? They
lurni-.li a shining example to the lords of cre
ation.
Tin; Noblesse.—The Rome Southerner states
that the Misses Nobles of that city have sub
scribed a splendid rifle cannon for the Georgia
Gunboat, to he of such calibre as the construc
ting engineer may deem necessary.
["5T Henry C. Seymour, of the firm of Strat-
t.uii Seymour, of Nashville, Tennessee, died
in Marietta, Ga., on Thursday last.
CROP RETURNS.
We suggest to and urge upon the committees
of agricultural meetings in the several conn-
t - of Middle G orgia, so soon ns the crops
ar . |,;iI, to make a careful investigation in
to the amount of com and cotton planted in
their counties, specifying names of planters
nr.I amount of each planted by them. Such
y i- will give us valuable data upon which
tofounlan id< •> of the productive capacity of
the e .untry—will relieve uneasiness, or give
■ indy warning of danger, and at the same
time will illustrate the patriotism, ort! e want
the planters.
• *Cntl All! Call All!"
The rough hewn, d—1-niay-eare verses con,
tain a point which every true patriot will ap
preciate :
Whoop! The Doodle have broke loose,
Koarin<; around like the very deuce!
Lice of a hungry pack.
After 'em tJoj*, and drive ’em back!
Bull dog, terrier, car and lice,
Back to the beg^rly land of ice;
Worry ’em i bite 'em! scratch and tear,
Everybody and everywhere!
Old Kentucky'* caved from under!
Teune?«ee i* *»plir asunder 1
Alabama awaite attack.
And Georgia bristles at her b tek!
Old John Brown is dead and gone!
Hull his spirit is marching on!
Lantern-jawed, and legs, my boy*.
Long as an Ape’s from llliuois!
Want a weapon J Gather a brick!
Club or cudgel, or stone or stick!
Anything with a blade or a butt.
Anything that can cleave or cut!
An> thing heavy, or hard or keen !
Any sort of a slaying machine !
Anythin*, with a willing mind.
And steady arm of a man behind !
Want a wea
Every Dood ^ f
Beil and bayonet,lirighT and new;
Kill a Boodle, and capture two !
Hioulder to shoulder! eon and sire!
All! Call all ! to the feast ol fire!
Mother and maiden, and child and slave!
A common triumph, or a single grave.
Geo&gu.
Our New Rulers.—The New York Herald,
forgetful of the proverbial folly of counting
chickens before they are hatched, is kind
enough to advertise us beforehand as to the ru
lers we are to have over us when we are con
quered. Here is the list:
In the event of the passage of the bill agreed
upon by the Territorial Committee in both
brandies of Congress, to reduce the Rebel dis
tricts, as fast r. they are conquered, to the con
dition of Territories, and put them through a
rudimental course of government, there will be
a host of aspirants for the gubernatorial chairs
of the diffeient Territories. The most promi
nent candidates now talked of are: For Gover-
ernor of the Territory of South Carolina,
Charles Sumner; Mississippi, John P Hale;
Texas, Henry Wilson; Louisiana, Wm. P.
Fessenden ; Georgia, John Sherman ; Florida,
Henry L. Dawes; Alabama, Martin F. Con
way ; Arkansas, Jim Lane ; North Carolina,
Roscoe Conkling ; Tennessee, Ben. F. Wade ;
Vuginia, Owen Lovcjoy ; Ship Island, John II.
$jf?"Northern papers state that the Superin
tendent of the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road has [ Alley ; and Tortugas, John Hickman
placed thirteen locomotives and two hundred
cars at the disposition of Gen. Polk for the
transportation of troops to Corinth.
It is probable that the combatants are
getting so far from the teiegrapff lines, that
I The Free Trade Bill.—The-foliowing is the
hill which passed the lower House of C ingress
I on the 2d. The Dispatch says it was only re-
i cognized as a war measure, and even the most
1 strenuous advocates ot lree trade declared that
the debt created by the war would necessitate
communication will not be so rapid. We must a tariff for its liquidation :
therefore wait patiently for details from Shi
loh.
" k 41" Col. E. R. Gomding, <>f the 11th Ga
Regiment, died recently in Virginia.
Major John II Howard, of Columbus, j
died on Saturday last at his plantation on
Flint River.
Rev. W. C. Cleveland of Hickory
Grove, Ga., writes us that he holds one hale of
cotton in reserve for the Georgia Gunboat; if
the placo of delivery is named, it will be im
mediately forthcoming. What say the Savan
nah committee ?
Northern papers announce that Mrs.
Greenhow is to ho sent to a Lunatic Asylum.
^A/Fivc thousand Confederate troops are
concentrating at Union City, Tennessee.
HURT WORK OR BANKRUPTCY,
he Herald and Baltimore American of the
l-l undid are represented as declaring that
the v it will he ended in complete subjugation
iu the course of a month. We presume all
:■ ,- N. -hern papers are making the aam*
promises, and they originate in a recognized
•;\h■■ n<ce*sity. 'The fall of Fort Donelson,
for some weeks arrested the downward course
of th Lincoln securities, hut they arc already
deelining again, and will not sustain further de
feat or the prospect of a protracted war. We
presume no man of common sense in the North
I a t build a hope of tile ultimate redemption
of the unheard of debt they are creating
except upon the conquest of the South. Un-
fos- their own papers and politicians misstate
the c isc, their rate of expenditure is now not
short of seven hundred and fifty millions per
annum. This enormous expenditure thrown
upon the country in treasury notes, must pro
duce a ruinous depreciation of these liabilities,
unless the people see pretty clearly that the
war will be short and successful. Few iu the
North hnve doubted the fact of ultimate sue
cess, and it is the question of lime only which
distresses them. That moment they begin to
doubt of success or even to realize that the
struggle, at, best, is to be a protracted one,
they will begin to have serious trouble with
their stocks and treasury notes. The action of
the Lincoln Congress making the latter a legal
tender will not help the matter. It is not law,
because in the teeth of the Federal Constitu
tion, and no court oould so stultify itself as to
at’tinpi to enforce it.
We apprehend that if any signal success
should utk nd our arras during this spring, we
-.hall see the Lincoln cr< dits in a sinking con
dition.
GOV. BROWN’S SPEECH.
< In Saturday last there was a parade of the
St, e troops in Savnnnah, and Gov. Brown ad
dressed them the speech which we publish else
where.
Jti- —The Savannah Republican announces
that there is hot two weeks supply of ice on
hand in that city. Ice should now be closely
liusbnnded for the sick.
j-jf* Tho Yankees landed at Pocotaligo, on
the 1st instant, some 4,000 or 5,000 strong,
«n 1 planted a tail pole, with a placard contains
ing the words: “April Fool,” on it.
The G'ttrnx Artillery Corps.--Our friend,
Col. O. C. Gibson, writes us that the company
now being formed in Griffin will elect their of-
tieers so soon as the company is made up. Suf-
Lii-unit bell metal has been furnished to complete
their battery of eight cannon.
Cffonels Glenn, Leyden, and J. T.
Montgomery, have nearly completed their reg
iments. So says the Atlanta Confederacy.
Northern journals report that the Con
federates arc building thirteen large iron clad
gunboats, one for sea service only. The largest
carries thirty guns. They are encased with
Railroad iron. They are probably on their
way to Island No. 10, from New Orleans.
ANDY JOHNSON’S SPEECH.
The Memphis Appeal, of the 4th, contains
Andy Johnson’s inauguration speech in full.
We should like to have heard his speech yes
terday. We think it was
—“Whispering with white lips,
The Foe ! They come
Andy will soon be an exile again, and wc
trust Will be made perpetual Senator from the
Territory of Tennesse in the Federal Congress.
Tim War Debt of Cmuo! tnlom.
Th&d. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, in speaking
of die war finances of the Yankee Government,
said the government had authorized a loan of
$230,000,000, of which $150,000,000 were tak
en at from 4 to 7i per cent, and $30,000,000
were used in demand notes, payable in coin.
Before the banks had paid the last of their
loan of $30,000,000, they broke down under it
and suspended specie payments. The remain-
$50,000,000 of the loan it was found im
possible to negotiate. Mr. Stevens.sees no re
lief to the government except by violating the
Constitution in making Treasury not.es a legal
tender. He says:
‘The daily expenses of the government are
now about 2,000,000. To carry us on till the
next meeting of Congress, would take GOO,-
000,000 more, making, before legislation could
be had, about 70'>,000,000 to be provided.
The grand question is, how can this large
amount be raised ? The Secretary of the Treas
ury has used h - best efforts to negotiate a loan
of about 50,000,00' , a., '. ...» i...nu, several
modes of relief have been suggested. The
most obvious is to borrow on government
bonds bearing an interest of six per cent,
which it is known can only' he effected by put
ting the bonds into the market to the highest
bidder. If but a small sura were wanted it
might probably be had at a small discount, but
if sufficient to meet our wants up to next De
cember, 700,000,000, were forced into the mar
ket as it is wanted, I have no doubt they would
sell as low as sixty per cent, as in the last war.
And even then it would be found impossible
to find payment in coin. A large part of it
must be accepted in the depreciated notes of
non-specie paying hanks ; for I suppose no one
expects the resumption of specie paying until
the war shall be ended. But as this Congress
mnst provide for appropriations to the end of
the fiscal year 1863, seven months more must
be added to these expenses. That would re 1
quire 420,000,000, added to the 700,000,000
before estimated, and the aggregate would be 1,-
100,000,000. The discount on th it sum, at forty
per cent, would be 440,000,000. At the mini
mum discount that.any reasonable man could
fix, say twenty-live per cent, it would be 275,-
000,000. It would, therefore, require at least
bonds to the amount, of 1,350,000,000 to pro
duce sufficient currency to make 1,100,000,00b
and carry us to the end of the next fiscal year.
This sum is too frightful to be toleiated.”
! A Bile to be entitled an act to admit imports
Duty Free—except such as may be import
ed from the United States of America :
Sec. 1 The Congress of the Confederate Stale*
of America do enact, That ail laws, and parts
of laws, by which duties nre laid and collected
on foreign goods, wares, or merchandize import-
! ed from foreign countries, arc hereby repealed—
except as regards those imported from the Uni
ted States of America.
Sec. 2 This act shall take effect from and
after its passage ; but the provisions of this ac-
shall not apply to goods, wares, or merchant
dize heretofore imported or now in bond.
»<*
l,iit«-*f Norlhrru nm) Europrnn IVrwn.
Norfolk, April 2.—Northern papers of the
31st ult., have been received. They contain
notiiing new from General McClellan’s depart
ment. Fort Macon was still held by the Rebel
garrison, five hundred strong. Gen. Buell 1ms
taken command of his army in person, anil is
fifteen miles from Corinth, Miss., where the
Rebels are concentrating large forces. It is
stated that General Beauregard expects a fight
hourly. The tiring at Island No. 10 was con
tinued on Friday w ith great spirit by the Reb
els. Great preparations are making by the
Confederates for a protracted and determined
defence. They are mounting a large number
of heavy guns. Iron clad gunboats were ad
vancing down the river.
Cotton and tobacco from Southern ports had
arrived in New York in considerable quantities,
consisting chiefly of tin cargoes of the prize
steamer Magnolia and the schooner Zavalla.
Tho steamship City of New York had arri
ved at New York from Southampton jtn the
19th ult., bringing three days later news.
In tho discussion in Parliament relative to
the arrest ot *hc Lieutenant of the Sumter, it
was state 1 that he had not been released, but
was on his way to America as a political pris
oner. v
The London News predicts an almost end
less war in this country, and thinks tho rebel
lion will end in the dictatorship of a military
leader.
The Paris corespondent of the London Times
says that the recent success ol the Union troops
had create ! the belief among the French men
chants that the war would soon end and com
mercial relations be returned.
tuthcntic reports from the North confirm
the escape of the Nashville.
The Hon. Edward H. East has been appoint
ed Secretary of State of Tennessee.
Government securities have declined at New
York one-fourth per cent. Exchange was quo
ted at 112.
The stock market, generally, was dull, and
prices declining.
Colton was steady. Seven hundred bales sold
Saturday at 27^ a 28 cents.
The Herald says that the conspirators in the
Federal Congress are every day becoming more
desperate and violent.
A terrible disaster has occurred at the Py
rotechnic factory in Philadelphia. Some sixty
persons were killed and wounded.
The owners of slaves in the District of Col
umbia were rapidly removing them.
The Chattanooga Railroad has been repair
ed, and the communication to Louisville re
stored.
Gen. Shields is slowly improving.
The last specio average of the banks in New
York was $32,750,000.
The Herald has a long money article in
which it says that Chase will soon want more
Treasury notes, and the cry will soon he rais
ed in the North for more currency. In London
on the 17th, the funds were steadily tending
upward. Consols closed at 93$.
The sales of cotton on tho 18th and 19th
amounted to 12,000 bales, of which 3,500 were
taken on speculation and for export.
A despatch, dated at Fortress Monroe, 29th
ult., siys that Gen. Burnside had taken pos
session of Beaufort. No resistance was made
and no property burnt.
The Lincoln gun mouated carries a ball of
437 pounds, called “Lincoln Pills, to be taken
by the Merritnac.”
The American troubles excite great interest
in India.
A British war ship anchored in Hampton
Roads Yesterday.
Tho Federal officers on a visit to Fortress
Monroe from Washington left this morning;
heavy salutes were fired.
Worth Knowing.—If those who have smoke
houses that have been used for sometime, will
take the earth floor, put it in barrels, and leech
it as they do ashes, then boil down the lixiva-
1 ted water, they will obtain more titan enough
salt to pay for the trouble. The writer knows
of two instances in which the yield of one was
ten sacks, and the other enough to supply a
large family for a year.—Columbu* Sun.
J2F" The Nashville Patriot, of the 27th,
says • “ Three hundred and fifty-three barrels
of contraband tallow and twenty barrels of
lard, which fell into the hands of the Federal
troops on reaching this city, were sold at auc
tion at Cincinnati on Tuesday.”
g-gT* Papers are now published at all the of
fices in Nashville. The sheet issued from the
Union office is published by an association of
journeymen priuters, and is styled the Evening
Bulletin.
PRICE AND VAN D'-.-N’B FfGIIT.
The Battle of Sugar Creek
The following clear and we suppose entirely
credible account of Trice and Van Dorn’s late
fight in Arkansas, is copied from the army
correspondence of the Savannah Republican :
Memphis, Tenn., 28, 13C2.
An intelligent officer in Gen. Price’s army
arrived here to-day, and from him I have ob
tained the following interesting details of the
battle in Arkansas, fought just three weeks
ago to day. It is known in the West as the
battle of Sugar Creek, and as such will proba
bly be described in history. You will be glad
to learn that it was not a defeat, as, I infer from
a late number of your journal, you seem dis
posed to consider it. But to the particulars:
Gen. Price had been encamped for sometime
at Springfield, in the expectation that Van
Dorn and McCulloch would bo abie tojoin him
there, and arrest the march of Gen. Curtis, who
was knowu to be advancing in that direction.
Having waited in vain for their appearance, and
the Federals having arrived within six miles of
Springfield, he struck his tents and turned his
face towards the Arkansas line, hoping to draw
them after him, at least until he could cotne up
witii Van Dorn. As he expcctc’d they would
do, the Federals pressed lor ward, and more or
less skirmishing ensued every day between
their advance and our rear guard. Curtis stop
ped the pursuit at Cross Hollows, near the Ar
kansas line, and Price pushed on to Cove Creek
in W ashington county' in that State, where lie
rested his men for several days, and was join
ed by Van Dorn, McCulloch and McIntosh.
At length, every thing being ready, and the
men having pepared five days’ rations, the Con
federates turned back on the road by' which
Price had come out of Missouri, and went in
pursuit of the enemy encamped at Sugar Creek.
Upon their reaching Bentonville, on their way
up, they encountered the enemy’s rear guard,
and had a slight skiimish, in which we lost one
man and they lost eight mt ten. We also cap
tured one piece of artillery. The Confederates
continued their march all that day and night,
I without either food or sloeji. At half past 10
o’clock next morning, they came up with the
I enemy, whom they found in position in the Su
gar Creek hills, in great lorce, and evidently
awaiting our attack. In a short time the ac
tion became general, Price leading the attai k
on the north, and McCulloch on the west—thus
complete y surrounding the Federal army.
The opinion in the army is, that our plan of
attack w as unfortunate, inasmuch as it closed
every avenue of escape to the enemy, and com
pelled him to tight or surrender. A coward
will defend himself as well as the bravest man,
if you hem him in a corner. It is now believed
that if we had made the attack from one point
—the nortli—at Gen. Price proposed to do, wo
should have driven Curtis and his army into
the Arkansas, and destroyed and captured him
and his whole force.
McCulloch and McIntosh fell early in the
day, after which some of their regiments be
came demoralized. Our forces engaged did not
exceed 12ji0t) men, some regiments having
never been brought into action at all, owing to
the fall ot their commanders. Jhe enemy had
at least 30,000 lighting men ; yet the battle
raged on uninterruptedly until night, when it
was found that we had driven them two miles
from their encampment, which our men held
during the night, with the greater part, of their
commissary stores. Our men had marched all
the previous day and night, were tired and
hungry, and were glad to get into the enemy’s
provision stores.
Next morning—the 8th—it was found that
the enemy had taken a much strong! r position
luring the night The battle was renewed,
however, and continued until about half past
nine o’clock under cover of w ’ ieh Gm. Van
Dorn withdrew his forces. Two reasons are
given for this movement: First, a number of
regiments in McCulloch's division became de
moralized after hisNall and that of McIntosh,
and could not be relied on to continue such an
unequal fight In the second place, several of
our ammunition wagons had been stampeded
ly two or three companies of Germans (Feder
alists) who were dying from the field. Being
gnorant of the points of the compass, they fled
in the direction of our ammunition train, and
our teamsters, taking them to be the enemy
advancing, put whip to their horses and disap
peared. At one time a considerable body of
Confederates were reduced to four rounds of
ammunition ; then to two, and finally to one;
while several of the batteries did not have a
single charge. Such are the unfortunate cir
cumstances that led to the retreat.
A short time before his death, the gallant
McIntosh made a brilliant cavalry charge, pass-
entirely through the enemy’s lines and
coming round again to las former position, and
bringing with him three pieces oi Federal ar
tillery. McCulloch desired him to make a se
cond charge, and started with him to show him
where to strike, hut while riding through the
woods, he was shot through the heart and fell
dead. McIntosh then sought to bring off his
leader’s body, and while trying to get an Ar
kansas regiment to make the charge, a ball
entered his heart, and he too lell dead. Col.
Rector placed himself at the head of his regi
ment, (Arkansas) and by ahold etiarge, suc
ceeded in recovering the body of MeCulloh.—
That of McIntosh was not brought off until
next day.
Many of our men who were supposed to be
captured, have returned to camp. Our whole
loss in killed, wounded and prisoners will not,
it is believed, exceed (ioi). Of this number,
abcut 125 were killed, 275 wounded, and 200
taken prisoners. The enemy's loss, from all 1
can gather, was very much greater—probably
five or six times as much. We took also about
225 prisoners, one of whom, a Colonel, taken
on the first day, says their loss up to the time
of his capture was frightful, reaching from
twelve to fifteen hundred. Their loss was also
heavy during the second day’s fight, including
many officers. Some of ottr men w ho escaped
out of their hands, state that the enemy were
not at ail exultant over the result, but acted
and talked as if they had been whipped, and
had no stomach tor any more such lighting.
The retreat on the part of Gen. Price’s forces
was conducted in good order; so much so, in
deed, that many of his officers supposed tie was
making a Hank movement, and would soon re
new the fight The grieved and broken heart
ed regiments of McCulloch and McIntosh did
not retire with altogether the same degree of
order and regularity. It is said thero is noth
ing they so much desire now as to he led against
the slayers of their idolized commanders.—
Several of our batteries were in danger of being
lost, owing to the difficulty of extricating them
from the woods and hills. The enemy did not
pursue, except to send out a few cavalry, who
annoyed the baggage train somewhat, but were
easily driven back. We brought oft'four more
pieces of artillery than we took into action.—
We lost two guns, which were disabled and
spiked, ami brought away six of the enemy’s—
thus making a clear gain of four pieces. Seve
ral of the enemy’s batteries were captured at
some time during the tight, but they could not
be brought away. The guns were dismount
ed, the wheels removed, and leaves and dry
wood piled on them, and tho whole rendered
entirely useless.
You have already seen the order of General
Van Dorn, in which he speaks ol the behavior
of the men under fire. Prico’s veterans ac
quitted themselves with the greatest possible
credit; and McCulloch’s followers, up to the
unfortunate hour when he and McIntosh fell,
fought with the most determined resolution.—
CoL Rives, of the Missouri Confederates, and
Capt Churchill Clark, in addition to many
others, are numbered with our gallant dead.
Among the wounded on the other side, was
Gen. Curtis himself, who received a slight
wound. Gen. Seiglo was not wounded, as at
first reported.
Neither Price, Van Dorn, nor the army have
supposed that they were defeated. On the con
trary, the result of the battle is equivalent to
a victory for tho Confederates. The enemy,
though far outnumbering us, and well provided
with arms and ammunition, has ‘been so crip
pled that he will be unadjle to attack us with
out large reinforcements, whereas Price and
Van Dorn can march when and where they
please. At last accounts they were at Van
Buren, recruiting and getting ready lor anoth
er forward movement.
If the President would give General Price a
sufficient force, and place him in command of
all our troops west ol the Mississippi river,
there would not bean enemy left South of the
Missouri river by the fourth day of July.
P. W. A.
By Electh
—The Legislature of Arkansas lias passed
an act prohibiting under a heavy penalty, the
planting of moro than two acres of co. V Tors
the lyind. ,7
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The exemptions in the Richmond r.. *.,i u
per offices were as follows : Dispatch 21; M r
18; Examiner IS; Enquirer 17.
FROM ISLAND NO. 10 ^
The Memphis Appeal, of the lstjous «
An arrival from the upper ri> deck
evening, reported all quiet— thcJmcnt
enemy having entirely ceased, yloii
are in condition to again resit ^
and the troops confident. No a t', e ‘;
of life, or disabled inen, had be *'■
while the damage inflicted upon .
force was understood to he considerable.
IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS.
Let it be remembered by farmers, that if they
wish a speedy termination of the war, and
a speedy establishment of their independence,
they must raise very large grain crops.
Let it be remembered, that now
to plant very large corn crops.
Let it be remembered, that a smaller piece
of land well ploughed and well manured, will
produce more grain than a large piece carj^fj ea
ly prepared. . t tEpidici
Let it be remembered, that there arc-t
ers ii'd over the land, speculating in provisi tns,
an?; .hat the ravages of the army worms are
mo." jterrible than the “grand armiesJ^YnT
colr, 1 ! dl Tt
I,yV it be remembered, that if wc
g'i'J, it will be by the Rpecii^see.
n’ Y.t, and not by Lincoln. y ve
Li t it be remembered, that ot\ Si n _
do more to conquer these, than MDiers in
the field.
Let it be remembered, that the way to con
quer the speculating miscreants, is for the far
mers to raise large provisions crops of all
kinds.
Let it he remembered, that the worst inisfor.
tune tiiat can befall any people, is a dearth of
provisions.
Let it be remembered, that any people who
have enough to eat and wear, arc obliged t J be
prosperous, and cannot be conquered.
l.ct it he remembered, that if you wisn to
grow rich, you must fill your corn cribs and
granaries now, and be prepared to raise large
crops of cotton when the blockade is raistd.
Let it be remembered, that it is your duty
to raise provisions for yourselves, and a surplus
tor the soldiers who are lighting your battles
lor you.
l et it be remembered, that if you do not
raise large provision crops, you are helping
Lincoln and the speculator to fasten the yoke
"f hondugo upon your wivuc and cbildx-otl.
Let it be remembered, that you owe it as a
solemn duty to God and your country—to
your wives and children—to religion an l lib
erty, to raise very large crops of provisions.
*hort (irnn*. Fifteen Day** More.
The New York World says;
Tho war commenced on the 19th of April,
1861; it ought to be ended by the 19th of
April, 1862. The amount of cotton now on
hand in the warehouses of Liverpool and Man
chester, is sufficient to keep the Lancashire
mills at work, at their present rate of running,
until the latter part of May. As that period
approaches, the impending distress of the man
ufacturing population of F.ngland will furnish
powerful motives for the intervention of the
British government to break the blockade.—
The overmastering instinct of self preservation
will assert its force, and pretexts will not Ion;
be wanting (or war with the United States uni
an alliance with the South. Recent events hiv
shown on how precarious a footing are our re
lations with Great Britain. It behooves us to
strike vigorous, rapid and effective blows
while wc have but one enemy to contend with,
and no formidable third party interferes.
Plenty ok lioos.—It is gratifying to learn,
says the Vicksburg Citizen, that our planters
are turning their attention to the raising of
grain and provisions, instead of cotton. Hogs
are being raised in great abundance, and great
care is taken in this department. We are told
that one planter in this county has a string of
hogs two miles long. We shall have plenty of
pork in the Southern Confederacy.
FROM MOBILE.
A gentleman of this city, who has just re
turned from Mobile, confirms tho glorious in-
telligtnce of the sinking of the Federal steam
er New London. He informs us that her posi
tion is such that our friends indulge string
hopes ol being able to raise her, to accomplish
which efforts are now being made. Should they
succeed, she will of course be added to the Con
federate navy.
The Mobilians, he says, are confident of be
ing ablo to hereafter keep open water comnu
nication with New Orleans, and are prepar tig
to establish a regular line of boats.
He also represents Mississippi as thorougaly
aroused, and all that portion of tho Slate
through which he passed as being ore vast
camp. The State will do her whole duty.
Memphis Appeal,
Why TnK Merrimac doesn’t Come Out.
Tho Richmond Examiner of Monday says:
We learn that the particular occasion of the
delay of the Merrimac in the dock is not the
want of ammunition, but the construction of
important improvements, which, of course, it
would be imprudent to detail. We arc a so
pleased to learn, in this connection, that there
is a prospect of the promotion of Lieut. Cates-
by Jones, a bill having only passed the Sent.te
yesterday, to relax the rule of promotion by
seniority so far as to admit of the limited pro
motion of officers for gallant and meritorious
service, without reference to any other consid
eration.
From New Mexico.—Santa Fe advices have
been received at New York as late as the 10th
ult., which state that the Texans have taken
Santa Fe. Major Donelson, commander of
that department, reached Kansas City on the
25th en route for Washington, to urge forward
reinforcements for Forts Craig and Union. All
the government property had been sent to
Fort Union. All the American families had
(led thither. The troops at Fort Wise had
been ordered to Fort Union, whero a desperate
stand would be made.
—— — ,V'
NEWS FROM LINCOLN^
Richmond, April 4th.—Capt. .T
the dashing partisan leader, arr*> M°
last night. Senator Gwynr, oj* '
riyed yesterday from Washing? ccr
reports that Gen. McClellan is very
with the Yankees. When the Feo' 1;
reached Centrevillo, and found the fortifieatr
evacuated, a demoralization ensued without
parallel since the great defeat of July.
The army became mutinous for want ol pro
visions, and returned to tho Potomac.
FROM THE WEST..
Mobile, -1th.—On W ednesday a Yankee force
of 2,OOOCUnded at Biloxi from three vessels,
and cut the Telegraph line connecting Mobile
with New Orleans. A large fleet of shipping
is off Ship Island.
The Advertiser & Register has a special des-
tch tro n Memphis, which states it is believ-
that Buell’s army reached Savannah, on the
bnesaee river, from C domblli Bri k -
mishing and great activity on botli sides for , the Confederates in hot pursuit, 4 *!
great struggle. Experienced officers in our ; the enemy’s camp, and on Federx"
say the Federals cannot turn Island No. Large numbers of the Federals have hi' 1 ’
means of a Railroad. Belfoot Lake won’t j prisoners
cir passage down the M ssissippi. It is part of the Federal army.
resist
tir.uiV, b
minat'thev
Our losc't&rA
thoroughly warmed up to R3
All fight well, hut the Alabutfc?®
and Louisiana troops di.-p’ay sple!} 1 ®
try. The 21 si, Alabama have cov.i ar *' 1 ‘i
selves with glory. They captured t,f c<1 ‘
rice. The 1st Loui uia Regiment ••’8 un J
took a battery. Gen. Bushrod
was taken prisoner at Fort D
wards escaped, is wounded. ; m •*
Xight.—The enemy is in $i a '
ted that they cannot cut a canal on the
?ide of the river to New Madrid. High
water and heavy timber prevents the prosecu
tion of such a work. _ The gjj^rison on Island
No. 10 are. L >rovisionciJ
of holding
Late
-. R fco K
say t*
all daV v
first in O
odi
i->—The Jura
enty days’ lu-
Europe. Lincoln’s emancipa-
on message had been received in England.—
he London Times announces it as a bid for
utting an end to the war. Russell, the Times
correspondent, praising the constancy of the
Southern troops, says the Northern troops are 1 driving the enemy from very position,
weary of the war, and clamorous for furloughs. ; lo=s on both sides, heavy, including the loss
The Tangier prisoners have been transferred our C ou »uiander-in chie1, Gen. A. 8. Johnston,
who fell, gallantly leading his troops into the
thickest of the fight.
to the ship Harvest Home, hound for Boston.
France is sending more troops to Mexico. Cot
ton has advanced in Liverpool an eighth to a
farthing. Stock 400,000 bales. Austria i-
strengthening her military posts on the Vene
tian frontier.
Northern dates to Tuesday (1st instant) have
been received at Norfolk. The captured steam-j a rewurd. oi sj,ooo to any hiau who will dis
cover saiincs in the interior of the Slaty. Hr
er Magnolia arrived in New York, on Monday,
with cotton. The Herald says Virginia will be j
conquered without much bloodshed In New
York, stocks are languishing. Cotton slightly
declined. Sales at twenty-eight cents
Gen. Curtis, in Arkansas, has issued a spe i
cial order emancipating three slaves, on ac-1
count of being employed in the rebel service.
The Baltimore American of Wednesday says
that the next inumli w ill end the active figh.-
and afterwards there will be notiiing to do
but to restore order.
It is reported that the Federals have taken
Union City, Tennessee, killing several Confed
erates and taking a number prisoners, and two
hundred and fifty horses and a quantity of
stores. [This is the surprise of Col. Pickett’s
cavalry regiment, announced a few days since.
• FROM THE WEST.
Mobile, 5th.—A special dispatch to the New
Orleans Picayune, from Memphis, 4th, says
—Parson Brownlow passed through Louis
ville Friday last, on his way to Cincinnati,
where he goes to recruit his health. He will
soon publish a book containing his account of
his experiences, etc., in the South.
them hack on tue river, and shall w
ture the entire army. The battle u J unn J
with terrible fury. We have
Prentiss and a large number of eft 1 ” 1
Gen. A. S. Johnston fell at half p>,
leg was torn by a shell and a minie
j him in the body. He died gallantH
j ily leading our victorious troops, tit
rer the army, in the arms of victory,
riny regard now commands the army. I
| it is a second Manassas fight. Gen. Buei' 1 ^
j not in time to take part in the action. 1
■ Grant is in command of the Federal fo r
relit d.
THE BATTLE AT SUiLdli ,,., R
Richmond, 7th.—The following
patch was received this morning: \ t ; r
Hooper, e
Shiloh, Cth.—We, this morning, alt.njjht
enemy in strong position in front of PS|ater(
and after a severe battle of ten lion rs - V
be to tho Almighty, gained a complete vies
I Siened
BEAVltteUARD,
Commanding.
MAKING SALT.
To-day we publish a correspondence between
| Messrs. Rcft-ley, Render and Biglmni, of Troup,
anti Gov. JAf qwn, in which the Governor offers
supply the people
will yietd enough of
of Georgia.
We have -but little doubt the salt can be dis
covered if the proper search is made. It is
said 40 exist in all regions where coal is found.
Wd believ -there ja only one place in Georgia
where ;oai in airy great abundance 1ms been
discovered, and that is iu Dade, on the line of
| the Will’s f alIcy Railroad.
' Our own .1 uigroent is that a scientific com-
: mission, co; osetl of a few men who would
' know where d how to look tor salt, with a
sutiicieLi la’11 ng force accompanying, would
ire far 11 . t * to discover it, than indepen
dent so ... A individuals, withqatj»ut-
j fleient i.ttolllgi L to guide their movements by
the light of t ' .ce.
There is another way by which, in our opin-
j ion, the pt ,>lc of the Confederate States could
j be supplied with salt. L-‘t Georgia arul South
i Carolina undertake its manufacture at some
| point on the coast op a luVcc scale - one that,
will produce one thousand bushels a day—and
j let the State undertaking it, raise 10,000 men,
utlicient fotce to guard timt plaoc, ant!
hat a very severe storm occurred at Fort Pil-1 keep them slafioned there for'tlmt t^irpo-e.-
low and Island No. 10 on Tuesday night las!. By this means the pcoplo of the Confederate
The steamer Kanawha Valley (Confederate) I co ']^ h 1 ' supplied with salt.
. , , , , „ , \\ c make these suggestions for what wier
was capsized and wrecked. The men on board. aro wortlu We enter no special objection to'
floated down towards New Madrid, but were the Governor’s plan, and trust it will succtsod.
saved by the Confederate steamers De Soto
and Grampus. Many of them were without
clothes. They arrived at Memphis on tlie 2d.
Atlanta Conf.
FROM ISLAND TEN.
Our latest news from Island 10, comes down
The shelling of Island No. 10 still continues to Wednesday morning, and is of the most
without effect, One of the Federal gunboats gratifying character. Ve are not permitted to
and one transport has been badly damaged.
No further movements of the enemy above.
They have abandoned Uuion City,
engagement is expected daily on tho Tonnes
see.
o into details, further than assure our readers
that the garrison have ceased to regard the en
emy’s gunboat*, and they entertain not a par-
A general. tide of doubt of thetT ability to hold the plage.
Wc get our information frmu officers who Uavt
The hospitals have been ordered to be J U:it arrived from the Island, and who have had
cleared out, and be prepared W .he reception . £*** *
nf vrniinrlotl _ . . c . .
of the wounded.
Gen. Buell is reported to be near the eastern
position.
It is believed to be utterly impracticable for
the enemy to cut * canal lrutn New M
shore of the Tennessee River, in conjunction across the bond to a point above the lai ... t.
with the column from Nashvile. The Confed- Tb® whole country is flooded with water, arid
erates are rapidly concentrating, and are confi
dent of a victory.
The tele graph operator at Bay St Louis,
there is no probability that it will recede before
July sufficiently to enable the enemy toundei
take the work. Even then, they will find it
necessary to cut the canal through swamps
telegraphs that the enemy shelled Pass Chris- covered with the heaviest kind of timber. The
tian yesterday, and landed 2,400 men. They
attacked us with 2,000, and twelve 24 pound
howitzers. Our force was 300 men, with two
six pound howitzers. I was in the fight and
had a narrow escape.
FIGHT AT YORKTOWN.
trees in the Mississippi bottoms, as our west
ern readers are aware, aro very large, and grow
close together, and send their roots deep into
the soiL This grpivth ofcmr swamps and bay
ous presents altnost an ia’penetiable barrier to
any such undertaking as that spoken of.
Nor is it believed that tho enemy’s efforts to
reach Reelfoot lake, and thus’ tutu our position
on the island, will bo any more successful.—
The high water and the natural grow'tli of the
Grout Buttle Impending-; ;
Richmond, April 5.—Reports of fighting ; swamps afford the same protection on this bank
near l’drktown have been current here all day,
and generally credited. It is stated that the
enemy attacked our forces at half past 10
that they do on tho west side.
The defenses on the Island are in good con
dition, as the enemy have had abunuant reason
to know. It was believed that the ruaobtnevy
o clock this morning, aided by a gunboat.. The 0 f ^e famous 'gunboat Benton has been cob-
fighting continued till 12 M.. when the enemy f sfderably damaged, and that she had been pen-
ceased firing. Our troops maintained their etrated by a Dull win oh cut u lieutenant in two
nnsitinn 1 ani * w, 3un>icd eight or tea others.
. . Maj. Gen. McCown has been ordered to an-
An official despatch received at three o c'ock J other point for service, ai ' “ '
this afternoon, says there has been no general Ma. kail succeeds to
engagement. The armies are ngareach other, land.—Memphis Apt*j thirty 1/
and a battle is impending.
THE YORKTOWN FIGHT.
Richmond, Cth.—The reports of heavy skir
mishing near Yorktown yesterday, have been
confirmed by official despatches. The general in regard to the Yank
Coo. • j^frvievs
■ nirrr.lina f R
—( oii^At Const**!]
Golds roSt "(tf
* • i A^jreciu.V
I have gathered s:
opinion is that fighting will be resumed to
day. Nothing later received this morning.
A collision occurred on the Virginia Central
Railroad last night. Three killed and thirty twee:; three
near tiii- place. .V- lei!t ervc
captured by one of ourkApd f r !
friend at the Nortli *’
This Yankee Major
wounded Particulars not yet received.
In the collision on the Virginia Central Rail
road this morning, at two o’clock, Private W.
Dennis, of the 6th Alabama Regiment, was
killed, and about 30 wounded.
Glorious Victory in the West.
Mobile, 6th.—A great battle occurred abo'
Corinth, this morning. Our soldiers attacj
and fought the Federals with immense brav >onc
and violence, and drove them back with gd
slaughter. W e captured eight batteries
man who has
Yankee lines,ftaken
I estimated \,y
were senta|8jr „
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