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i..3in can we charge,
us to produce n paper willi
*.I«aven only knows. We see
V'tf' ,re 118 or t '* le S° nl * lern P r, ' ss > a gen-
y v ain ruin if things goon long as
was .traveling.
ces l^ent our prices will be as follows:
k ’ r 'jlinnum $8,00
six months , . .4,00
month .1,00
1 Weekly, |>cr annum 6,00
six months 3,00
three months 1,60
Weekly per year 3,00
six months 1,50
These rates will take effect on the 12th inst.,
nd we do not want any more new subscribers
All persons in town who have pot paid up
for the current year must do so at once, or their
iLe orsairjOAH.
: elapsed since this fight, and
interruption of travel and tel-
hy the late storm, and other causes, we
M can scarcely form a clear idea of this battle,
( j^. 'l certainly no settled opinion of its value as
Contribution to .the cause of Southern safety
prii<id liberty.
We now see, however, in the light ol recent
events and the letter lately published from Gen.
Sidney Johnston to the President, the master
policy of that grtat General, by which the Mis
sissippi Valiev and the State ol Tennessee were
rescued from the ruin wiiich yawned wide open
before them, alter the fall o! Fort Donelson.—
The enemy had but to pursue his course with
vigor towards Memphis, and the little Confed
erate force in Tennessee was hopelessly divi
ded anil rendered powerless for resistance, or
as the nuch as of a defensive army. If that
great man had listened but a moment to the
clamor for the defence of Xashrille, all wWuld
have been lost The point with him was to
• Jh{F*Hcw many papers in Georgia have “the '
largest circulation in the State ?”—Charleston \
Co nr Ur.
Three: One in Savannah, one in Macon, and
one in Atlanta.—Rtp.
And one other—the Courier’s facetious con
frere, the Chronicle & Sentinel, of Augusta.
Aug. Conti.
So far as the Macon Telegraph is concerned,
the above is untrue and ungenerous. We have
never boasted thi “largest circulation in this
State,’’ but simply called in question the infla
ted pretensions oi others. If any papers, how
ever, wish a shov ol hands, let them bring the
matter to the affdavit of a responsible press
man in each establishment.
ty The Mount Vernon Rifles, (State T oops)
of Wa-hington county, have re enlisted for the
effect, in the.sinal’.est possible time, a junction war ’
PEACE PROGNOSTICATIONS.
Correspondents till us that the recent sue-
pM he ei.nti-eati-d wliai civil comm "i the Confederate arm* in Ten net
Ij^tj -ed upon the people, anil how-i ,. OU j,|,,j will, the renewed rautlerings in
iders should he hung ! ; iiamciil and the English press against
‘Northern newspaper dates which j lre having a bad effect in reviving the
days to a month to conclude all tion to plant cotton, under the delusive
I ji'juting" by the complete subjugation ,,f ; ,n earlv peace. Il is asserted by
[„. nifjSouth, and now who can tell what !lie n that Irom a.quarter to a halt crop
50 (buys or a month may bring of disaster u) ii will be planted alter all, and the
LObS.tderal oppressor! Man propones, but titution next jeer will be greeter thail
It Beeeae imttain enough that Every been jeweler peeee end
, f ce*t of the Mississippi must now long to see, we trill believe is coming.
•nely postponed. We ca mot but hope mind ■ etclu-s —agerly at every glimpse of light
feat this victory will he no such barren :in d lm|f " ,1:,s >>-u it- evi>"'"’1
1 a‘<t|».is that at Manassas. \i e do devout- n
fstock t | 1Ilt i t w jH 1, 0 followed up to the ex- | U
7. of the Federal force in Tennessee ami
*, ■ ply, and then if the invaders still insist
jfteTur, that they may have it in their own
ders, anil feel soruethii g ol its horrors on tr
V v own soil. Our volunteers are now pour- satisfied.
' /j UI1 ,|'to camp—the spirit of the people is up— pect; On
liaigress put every man into the field with there Ikm-iu
with the force of Beauregard on the Mississip
pi, and as late as the 18th March, -when he
Wrote the letter in question, he was just be
ginning to breathe easily under relieved anxie
ty that the enemy, seeing his purpose and what
depended upon it, should, by pushing forward
rapidly to the Southward, effectually separate
the two little columns ol the Confederate army.
Says Gen. Johnston:
The discouragement was spreading, and 1 or
dered the command to Murtresboro’, where I
managed, by assembling Crittenden’s division
and the fugitives from Donelson, to collect an
ecrac able to oiler battle. The weather "as in
to b*nt, the floods excessive, and the bridges
t all,rushed away, but most ol the stores and
tk.n.ions were saved, and conveyed to new
ibpo.s. This having been accomplished, though
the vf5r, | ftith serious loss, in conformity witli my origin
, . ’ I al dcaMKi, | marched Southward and crossed
1 ff. lessee at this point, so as to co-opera 1 *'
the,lay. The hint of trimmph it the lime to
MUX.’ Let the North have i-nongh ol war
liltl,. v nrt . t, re d of waging it.
til*
NO NEWS.
Iiipe shades ol night are closing around us,
wrvt- have not a word of additional news
d A kjtli Gen. Beauregard^ for the defence
,ion of y ol the Mississippi. The passagi
ocerompleted, and the head of my col-
e Edttdy with General Biagg at Corinth.
Juiit-m was deemed too hazardous by
ing ticrienced members of my stall', but
arranted liie. tisk. The difficulty
■ iM junction is not wholly overcome,
approaches compleiion. Day alter to-
ainst I 'borrow, unless the enemy intercepts uic, Uiy
l ' 1 force will be'with Bragg, and my army nearly
® r f - thousand strong. This must he destroyed
his linger j hejore t \e enemy can attain his object.
peace. | For lunut ly for the South, while her welfare
: cou«J a ' I,M <iJ' .hung trembling in the balance during the pre-
Battauon or Artillery.—Capt. F. H. Bur
ghard has been authorized by Gen. Jack-
son to raise a Battalion of Artillery for the
State service during the war, and is now in
Macon on that errand.
SURRENDER OF FORT CRAIG.
The New- Orleans papers announce from
New Mexico the surrender of Fort Craig to
Gen. Sibley, which extinguishes the Federal
power in that territory.
Fi.om St. Marys.—A friend from the neigh
borhood of St. Marys reports that *he Federals
have uommitted havoc with that place. They
have “gutted” every house abandoned by its
owner, carried off every thing movable and
destroyed the remainder. They have also sto<
len and carried away about -100 negroes.
JTjf Gen. John K. Jackson and staff, was in
tiie battle ol Shiloh, and were uninjured.
Lieut J. J. Jacobus, of the Washing
ton Artillery, of Augusta, was killed in the hat
tie of Shiloh, lie was a prominent lawyer in
Augusta, and highly esteemed for his many ex
cellent qualities of heart and mind.
Mr. Railey, overseer on the plantation
of the estate of Mr. Richard Warthen, of Wash
ington county, was stabbed by a negro belong
ing to the estate, l ist week, and instantly kill 1
ed. The negro is in jail. The citizens have
called a meeting to consider the case.
A STATESMAN’S LETTEl.
The following letter, written by Ken. Floyd
months ago, but just now published, will be
riad with interest by the public. It shows
the fact that this distinguished gen Reman has
always had a full and comprehensive apprecin
tion of the difficulties which have surrounded
us, and that, long ago, he urged such a course
of policy as would iiavc met all our difficulties
anil have prevented the recent disasters which
our arms have suffered.—The (act it. that Floyd
has more brains and more statesmanship than
any man now living in the Confederacy :
Lynchburg Republican.
Camp at Russaiv .llk, )
January —, 18112. j
Hon. J. L. AL Curry :
Deak Sir : You will be surprised at receiv
ing this letter from me I am sure, but my rea
sons for addressing you will no doubt justify
the liberty I take, particularly as the subject
is, in my judgment, of immediate and vital im
portance to the safety, if not the existence of
the Confederacy itself
The singular and most remarkable increduli
ty of the Southern people from the first as to
the vast proportions which this war was to as
sume before it was over, is likely tctjeopaidize
our cause. It still continues, and will, unless
Congress do; s something to avert tho danger,
• ibjeit ns to one oi the most tirrible and des
olating invasions that ever cursed any country.
It is yet within the power of Congress to avert
it, but if two monthsare allowed to elapse, it
will, certainly, be too late.
Our present policy, forced upon us by the
inaction of* our State authorities and the want
of a permanent Confederate Government, in
volves a simple impossibility.
We are attempting to guard a frontier ex
tending fifteen hundred miles in length, from
the Potomac to the Rio Grande, against inva
sion by an enemy who have more than double
our numbers in the field, and can with ease
outnumber us three to one. I leave out of
consideration here the attempt we are also
making to guard against invasion on the sea-
coiat, upon a line two thousand nines long.—
l’o guard these immense frontiers against f orces
so superior is siinplv impossible by any ilelens
sive system ol campaigning. You can and
ought certainly to prevent the advance of the
enemy upon certain lines of greatest importance,
which, with the help of tonifications, may be
done with moderate forces, but beyond tins it
is impossible to go.
The calamity of an invasion must be averted
by a different policy—and that must be to in
President Davit and bis Berfter*.
There are some nu n, a very few, we hope, m
this Southern Confedcnjry who, for scleral
months, have from day to day been engaged in
endeavoring to alienate the hearts of the South
ern people from the President of their choice.
By E!o:
,ci efegrapli
From the Memphis Daily Argus of the Till inst.
Despatches from tin* IBnllle Field.
The disasters which have befallen our arms
during the past two months have been lost
sight of in one of the most brilliant victories
achieved during the war by Southern arms and
Southern valor. Roanoke, Hatteras, Henry,
Donelson and Madrid are forgotten in the
achievement it is our lot to chronicle of the
; brave army of the Mississippi, led by Johnston,
, i - - j Bragg and Beauregard.
t 1,ivt 1 months were lost, and duri lg this tune John- j It hail been intimated early last week that
. ' ....... !....! ...a .,niv .at*........l Jill his I'rmnf.. ions ! nor :u mi- whnsn bnu quarters were at Corinth,
Alien Is in which Johnston was effecting
this disposition of his lords, the Feileials with
their immense force were dawdling away their
THE BATTLE STILL RAGING.
M km "ms, 7th.—Corinth, 6th.—A great, h*t-
Not satisfied with vituperation and abuse, they tie commenced at daylight tinV morning. The
even hint at an attempt to drive him from the Y ankees have been driven back for two milts.
position whari'the uijaniinoua voice ot the pet). Our victorious columns are still advancing
nle has placed him, by another revolution.— T , ~, r . - „ . . , „ , ,
And these men claim to be patriots of the pur- ? hc flrst Louisiana Regiment took a Federal
cat water, and attempt to perpetrate their dia- battery. Several others have been captured,
holical purposes under the mask of patriotism. ( Gen. Gladden lost an arm. Col. Williams, of
What they wish or expect to accomplish, we Memphis, was Killed. Gen. PrentR- was cup-
know not, but so far as they have any influ- tureJL Ho says that the Federals ud 35 oo0
ence, they are helping Lincoln, helping our _ . 4 . a \, ^ ’
worst enemies, more Ann they could possibly ! men ,n ,he held - ^yhad 18 batteries cn-
do if they went over and joined the enemy. It i? a g c ‘dj which were mostly captured. Gen.
would be far better for the Soutli if they were j Buell had a portion of his force at Duck river,
in the ranks of our enemies. President l)a?is ; We have captured the enemy’s camp all their
now occupies one of the most difficult post- ammunition stores, etc. Battle ve-’v severe
turns in which a man could be placed. Having T . . . ., J
been placed at the head of a now government AjOSS heavy on both sides,
during a revolution, he has had to create an ar- The fight is still going on. Gen. Polk is in
rav and navy, and to meet one of the mo*t for advance, fighting. Gons. Prentiss Grant Sher-
mid ible inv.,-ions on record, lie has been U McClernand, Wallace and’Smith’com-
torced to appoint thousands of men to offices _ »
of whom he knew nothing only by report. If j mande, ‘ the * Gerais. Gen. Smith sick,
in doing this be had not made some mistakes it I wo thousand prisoners were taken and sent
would have been miraculous. But this is the j to our rear. It is reported here* that our
crime of which he is accused. forces are fighting Buell to-dav <7th )
Ills enemies say he has not appointed the) Gen clark> ^ Brown of i> M :wippi, Col.
Richards, of Mo., were wounded. The Fede
ral* have been driven to ihe river, and are at
tempting to cross in transports. Many pris
oners are still being brought in.
right men t* office. He has perhaps overlook
ed themselves and their friends. This is hi*
dime. The President no doubt has ma le
some mistakes ; but even his enemies accord
to him pure motives and ardent patriotism.—
IIq is the chosen leader in the desperate con
liict in which we are engaged, and any one
who weakens his influence with the people in
jures the caus in which v/e are all embarked,
FROM YORKTOWN.
Richmond, 7th.—Nothing later has been re-
, . .. , ceived from the Peninsula to day. It is believ-
and gives aid to our enemies. A similar cabal j „,i ,, , , _ , .
„i.i i, i..n ed that there has been no lighting since Satur
day.
was gotten up during the old Revolution,
iigainst Washington, by the friends of Lee,
Gates and Conway. But Providence ind the
people sustained Washington, and his revilers
were left to reap the reward of their base slan
ders. We believe that President Davis is as
good a man as we could have selected for the
position he occupies. But whether he is or not,
iie has been chosen for six years, and il is our
bounden duty, as well as our interest, to sus
tain him in the position where we have placed deep joy and gratitude the good
him. He is the leader of the toi lorn hope of 1 -
the Southern Confederacy, and if we do not
support him he and we and our cause will all
tall together. The man who strikes at him
strikes at the heart and tiead of tiie Conf de-
vado the territory of the enemy. -To do this it j racy. The man who weakens his influence
is absolutely necessary to reinfor. e General with the people strikes at the cause in which
v?fie about a fortnight ago. Nearly two 1
Donelson fell in the first week in Feb
Buel moved South was war dlj from
th par
to fight to the
been looking for a peace j
but never has the voice ot that section
o unanimous lor war as now. A . v , 0 |,
ptiia coirespondent ot the Petersburg Kxpr^^^^^ Cap.
Chosen headquarters
centre, wl
Johnston’s column on this line with an addi
tional force of at least one hundred thousand
men. This should be done without a day’s
delay, and without regard to any conciliatory
policy towards any State or section of tiie Con
ledcracy, or any pujudie or caprices of tiie gu „ AnMU „ Exploit *f Captain
people, or any previous system ot military or-1 Jolin
ganization or any expense Editors Appeal:—-The heroic young Ken-
l am confident the volunteer system has had , tuckkn is a8 ''„ of 8trategcm as he is of dar-
its day and is at an end. I he law ot the Pro- j j He c ., himsell S s a countryman and
visional Congress attempting to re animate it, L^. a wa ”„ | 1()ad of meal t0 Nashville the
will be, as 1 as already proved, extremely per- j iv
we are engaged, and is a deadly enemy of eve
ry man in the Confederacy. We have an abi
ding confidence that the poo|Ac will wi'h heart
and hand sustain their Pre.-ident and rebuke
his traducers.— Milleilgetille Union.
Still
"y 1 - 1 stun.bad not only effected all Jiis connL^ions, j our army, whose headi
i yj>-ssion, H,„. h, , t time tin.Is himself at tfo head : w “ '» '•••>':-«’ » u >' k the enemy, and oh Fri
t , , i \ .. i day afternoon intormabon reached ua of a skir-
enougb to make it stand 1 -
at CorVJo, a
nicious; it lias loosened the bonds of discipline,
slack a- they were before, and has turned the
whole army into a camp of electioneering for
office. It ought to be instantly repealed. In
lieu of it Congress should pass a law “drafting”
''hi i|m greet battle ot the bill, and op to this cocafilaine that be find hardly a dozen me
moment know nothing of the fl.tal result of 0 | respectable position in that city who are not
the tight, if it has tin minuted. We are still clamorous advocates for war to the death. The u , a ilu „— mt ans of rapid transportation ot
left In doubt by the despatches received wheth- rum who have made fortunes by the trade of, he wa „. hes , lle movements of the dit-
er Buell was in the tight or had even arrived the South, are -the most strenuous adherents
at the scene of action—what number of thi of the war party.
enemy were actually engaged with our troops. And why should we look lor a different
ami whether the former succeeded in gaining 'state of feeling. Ihe whole North is now por-
their transports and making off in s fety, or suing hut one business, from the A r is took to
whether they made a desperate stand ct the the Missouri river. It is simply piling up ail
river, and, joined by reinforcements trom Buell, its rt
of ready money, labor, material
tnish between our advance guard and that of
the enemy not lar from .Monterey, in McXairy
county, four or five miles from the Tennessee
re he had concentra-1 river.
The long looked for struggle occurred yes-
ten lay. About daylight yesterday tho right
wing of the anny, under Gen. Hardee, which
i: oved several days since, attacked the enemy’s
they slowly approach to the point of junction. I forces ot Shiloah, near Monterey, McXairy
His purpose is to disorganize and cripple or county, about twenty miles from Corinth.
, , „ , The fight 1 Sled all day, and result ’d in a
destroy oneot them before a junction is effected. , . ,
J J complete victory over the enemy.
At length, on the 1st instant, quiet orders is The city to-day presents a s. one of the ut-
tor a march. Hardee is sent: most excitement The streets are thronged
into the service of the Confederacy for the war j d partisan, bowing ^
one tenth of all the popu.uion ot the States- | - u Y( ^ aro rj ’ Uf sir S y
tiie volunteers now in service should, by the- : name ”
same law, bo r> tained in service as part oi the , .. ,, ' • ,. , ;e . _ ,
. ’ . , ,iii. ■ e t* ell, gineral, it there s no
Driving straight to the St. Cloud
Hotel, he left his wagon at the door in charge
of a trusty follower, and went into the dining
room of tho hotel about dinner, where he sat
down opposite to Gen. McCook.
“General McCook, I suppose,’’ said the dis
across the table.
McCook, “ that is
ferint converging columns of the enemy
ventured another struggle to retrieve the for- and produce, in United States sc juntos, which
tunes of the day. In fact, all seeing.doubt and
obscurity, except the leading facts that an at
tack was made by the Confederates on the
morning of the 6th, and alter a twelve hours’
struggle, the enemy hail been driven backward
to the river hank, where he was at six o’clock
at night.
We have any number of rumors, not worth
^putting Passengers hrinir reports of 10.000
prisoners and eighty-eight cannon taken, and
more small arms captured than were gained al
the battle of Manassas Plains—but all these
things need confirtnation.
l thless unless they can compel us to hear
ihe main burden in redeeming them. Every
Lincoln bond and Treasury note is a-, much
conditioned upon success, as if il bore on ils
lace—“ hood if tee conquer the Jioulh.”
Now we will not undertake to say how ma
uy hundreds of millions of dollars of this scrip
are all >a: in tiie Nor’b ; but suppose there is
an average of three hundred dollais. to every
voter. But whether more or less, they are un
der so many dollars bond.- to prosicute this
war for tile spoliation of the South, until suc-
ee-s becomes so utterly hopeless in their own
The Atlanta papers are inclined to believe |u ; m | Sj Dial they are willing to lose what they
that Gov. I. G. Harris, of Tennessee, has been
killed, Irom the fact that a private despatch re
ceived there announces that “Horace is mortal
ly wounded”—nobody being able to conjecture
who is meant unless it be Ha'ris. It is known
that Gov. Harris had determined to participate
in thelight.
We hope, before going to press, to have our
anxieties allayed by the receipt of further tel
egraphic information. The failure to get it
more promptly is, by some, attributed to the
distance the scene of action has assumed from
the telegraphic wires.
INTERESTING FIGURES.
The .Vi a York Evening Host, which should
he pietty good authority upon the subject, es
timates that an annual revenue o! $165,000,-
000 will be required to meet the interest upon
the existing public debt of Lincolndom and
current civil expenses. Mr. Spaulding, of New
Y ork a member of the House Committee ot
Ways and Means, computed the eventual debt
of the Lincoln government, accruing from this
war, under the most favorable circumstances,
at eighteen hundred millions of dollars, which
would give a yearly interest debt of $126,OoO,-
000. Spaulding’s calculation was based on the
idea that the war w ould endure a year longer,
ami the debt he montions would necessitate a
yearly revenue of at least $2SO,O0u,000, '• the
Lincoln government should undertake to pro
vide a sinking fund to meet the principal of
their liabilities when due.
Ol course, the debt of the United States has
already swollen beyond the possibility of ex
tinguishment by the non slav holding States.
The only hope loft rests in the complete subju
gation of the South, and the direction of all
her resources to this purpose, whether by pe
remptory confiscation, or a heavy taxation up
on her yearly revenues, 'i hat course would
doubtless ho tuken which would be likely to
raise the meet money.
The North will cling with the desperate te
nacity of a drowning man to the hope of tonk
in this debt out of the South ; but as events
render this prospect more doubtful, Lincoln se
curities oi. all kinds must diminish in valui,
_xotlr ■"’•increased expenditures in
i h facilitate the downward
t gon^i.t wifi be found
:n lessee produced a
New York stock
r \V ai.1. Stui et..—The bat-
lockdolager in Wall street
^ye no doubt that the bulls
* y mixed, that a‘horn could
*Vpm a tail or a hoof from
Rasters had a merry
have go! lather than go further. I hey have
pursued tins game ol war till they aie ifow in
the condition of the gambler who has lost
hiavilv. To stop is to abandon wliat has been
forfeited. To go on, seems to preaejlt the only
chance of recovery. The gambler will prose
cute his game to the last slake, and so will the
holders ol the Lincoln securities.
How hard will it be, against the argument of
self interest, to convince those people that the
war is hopeless. They will cling to hope to
the last. In the deepe-t discouragement some
success w ill rekindle the expiring flame, and
when it dies ouit at last, it will he like a tliek
ermg lamp, flashing up anew, it may fie, at the
very moment of final extinguishment. Tin-
on.y way to hasten the process is to raise ar
mies, penetrate their soil and retaliate upon
them the dastardly injuries and insults they ure
inflicting upon us. It may* be tbat then the
money agiiment will come to an offset or tell
j both ways.
Now, if the oOrisideiation we have thrown
out is sensible, why should we delude our-
sue to prepare
forward to as-ail the right of General Grants
advancing columns. On lhe4lh, the main Con
federate army is in motion and early in the
morning of the 6th they descend upon the foe
with all the merciless vigor of an outraged and
infuriated people. The enemy is staggered by
the shock and gives way, nut soon, summoning
up all the courage and hardihood of Western
yeomanry, they stand their around, llW, after
being beaten back foot by fool in a long strug
gle of eight hours, they lose iieai t, give way
and are pursued a routed rabble to the river
banks and to the refuge of their transports.
The furious cannonade from their numerous
gunboats atfoi ds ;> partial protection to the un
lucky fugitives, hut hundreds are drowned in
the tumultuous rush to their transports. The
Held for five miles from the river to the point
where they were first met by the Confederates,
is covered with their slain and wounded, thetr
field guns and small arms, their tents and camp
equipage and all the spoils of a conquered ar
my.
In the morning they stood forth an army of
sixtv live thousand men thoroughly equipped,
appointed and drilled—the best force no doubt
in the field. Night finds onc-fifih of their num
ber dead, wounded or prisoners, and the re
mainder worn out and panting lugilives under
the refuge ol the gunwales of their transports.
Such, we believe, to have been the Battle of
Sniloah.
NARROW ESCAPE.
During the severe thunder storm a week ago
last night, tin chimney of the house of Capt.
F. If Burghard was struck by lightning. The
house is a oqe story tenement with the chim
ney in the centre The Captain being absent
in the service, nis wife anil children occupied
only one room in the house and were all sound
with men and women, anxious to hear the last
reports from the field, and eagerly drinking in
every rumor, however improbable. YYe have |
made efforts to procure intelligence from every j
authentic source, and although, ol course, are j
not furnished wft i many details, have enough j
to satisfy us that our victory is complete.
Our ow n correspondent, wiio has been with
General Breckinridge's brigade for sev
weeks, will, no doubt, tele
ulars before our edition g<
the absence of his statements we append all
winch have reached us that can be credited.
This morning Gov. Harris telegraphed the
following to our morning coieinpor irics :
“Battle Field or Siiiloau, 6 o’clock p. m.
—We have had a hard fought battle, and our
victory is complete. Relative lo.-s not known,
but it is heavy on both sides.
“Unfortunately Gen. A. S Johnson fell at
two and a half o’clock, p. in.
“We have taken a number of prisoners, Gen.
Prentiss being ainouy the captured certain, and
several other generals reported.
“The land right is closed, ..ut a heavy firing
is going on from the enema’s gunboat-..
“We have captured al! tho enemy’s tents
and stores, a large amount of his .artillery, a
large number of small arms, and two thousand
prisoners have already been sent to the rear.”
Other dispa'ches confirm the report ol the
loss of General Johnston. He fell while lead
ing a division into the engagement, and his
w ounds producing almost instant death.
Gen. Breckinridge, we learn, Was severely,
it is feared fatally wounded in the groin, while
at the head of his brigade.
Gen. Hardee is said to he slightly wounded,
as is also Gen. Bushrod Johnson.
A Dispatch received la-t night by Provost-
Marshal McKi-sick states that his law partner
and brother in law, Col. Kit Williams, of this
city, was killed in the action. Col. Bate, of
tiie second Tennessee, and Col Brown, of a
Mississippi regiment, are also among the slain.
Gen Gladden lost an arm.
Eight complete batteries are said to li ve fal
len into our ban I, several of them being taken
at the point of the bayonet.
PiTTSuttRu, Tens., April (’>, p in.—Another
glorious victory has perched upon our banners.
The stains of Done.son and Fi rt Henry, New-
gineral, if there’s noseceshers about,
I’ve got something to tell you right here.”
Looking around, the general req es’.ed his
new acquaintance to proceed with wliat he had
to s iy.
“ Well, gineral, I live up here close by
Burke’s mills, right in the midst of a host of
red hot seeeshers, and they swear your sol
diers shan’t have a peck of meal if they have
, , ; to starve lor it. But, gineral, I’m all right on
^e.nn.ed at eligible points in camps of instruc-j t , t . ht l d “„. t have miich t0 say
Don, w here they woulu become famtlar w.th . abo “ it about home, and so I gut a wagon
their duties in camp, anil pass through all the | oa d of meal ground/and I’ve In u,.git down
emp diseases so hurtful to an army m the field. horo to d a n.l its now out that- in the street,
ibc officers should be appointed by the ... , , ... , ...
same levy, and to them a suitable bounty might
be given.
The present organization of the volunteers
now in service might he tolerated amongst
them ; but as vacancies occurthcy should be
filled from officers already appointed and drill
ed at camps of instruction. The new levies
should" be sent as soon as arrived to the lines
needing them most, and the others should be
-cfvys with the hope of early peace? It maj
come, hut the chances are all against it, and asleep at the time. The chimney was scatter
indeed are contingent entirely iqion such nr, ! ed to foundation-the shingles of the roo . -. . ,
' arouml it torn up — »h<‘ pi ist* ring below torn bin and Mill have Ik on erased by the
away—and the weather-boarding on one side
of that end of the house stripped otr. Notone
of the family, however, was injured. An in
fant sleeping upon a bed was not awakened,
though the shock threw the pillows from the
■bolster to each side of it, and bricks, laths, plas
ter and rubbish covered the bed.
interrupted success of our arms a- shall bring
the North at once to the brink of despair.
Who looks for tbat ?
And even when we begin as two independent
yernments to talk of peace, see w hat per
plexed and dangerous questions will come up
to he settled. YVe shall demand al. the slave Soil
but Delaware, and we shall demand For-
Uv-s Monroe and all the Gulf fortifications.
hese and a hundred other difficulties will arise
as obstacle- to peace even when the North be
gins to feel like making it.
No doubt the difficulties in the jvay of the
North will now increase rapidly No doubt
her expenses wdl vastly augment—her scrip
depreciate—her people he less and less willing
to volunteer. No doubt, in spite of eighteen
million dollars’ worth of iron clad ship-, her
means of prosecuting this war effectually will
dimini-h relatively to our own—but still, why
any man, under the circumstances, should look
for a speedy termination of the war, we can
not well understand.
Let us delude ourselves with no such vain
expectation. The true way tor us is to pro
ceed as if this struggle were to last ten years ;
and the foundation stone of all preparation is
the production of abundance of food.
THE THIRD GEORGIA REGIMENT.
Col. A. R. Wright, of the 3d Ga. Regiment,
ha.- submitted a proposition to his regiment to
re-enlist. Fifty men from each ot seven coin,
panics are to allix their signatures and consid
ered as re-enlisted. The companies are to he
allowed to elect company officers, and the Reg-
gallant army of the Mississippi.
Gen. ILirdce’s division of the army attacked
the enemy four miles from Pittsburg this morn
ing at daylight.
The enemy have been driven toward tiie riv
er. The Federals numbered 65,000.
1 am writing on the field, surrounded with a
smoke so thick that I can scarcely see the pas
appointed by
President and Senate, and lairly apportioned
among tiie States. The persous intended for
appointments lor the entire force, should be
designated at once, and all sent forthwith to
camps of instruction under competent instruc
tors. As the regiments arc formed, the most
^ proficient men, .scertained to be so by exatnina-
. .. ,, ", tion, should be appointvl to command them
. : j from colonel to last lieutenant. Ihe troops and
... , .i — , .,ii i s i l0u l d as much mixed’from all the
Stales as possible. •Promotions, atier the first
appointments, should go by seniority up to the
grade of colonel. It should be required by law
that no one should, after the first appointments
are made, be designated lor the office™’ school
of instruction, except a conscript taken from
the ranks, who, upon examination, might be
found worthy and pioficient However, 1 must
beg your pardon for entering into details about
the organization of the army. The great and
paramount object now is to augment our forces
to-sufficient numbers by immediate levies, and
you may rest assured that nothing but a
•’draft” will accomplish this, and, as I have said,
tins will be too late if it shall be deferred sixty
days.
The advance of the enemy from the Ohio
rivc&. southward is upon an enormous scale,
and looks at this moment to be irresistable.—
Zollicoffer’s force is defeated and dispersed,
which la_\s open East Tennessee to the advance
ol the victorious army, and encourages the
traitor element, much the largest there, to an
immediate outbreak. The loss ot this force
enables the enemy to ui< v j unmolested upon
General Johnston's rear, and to threaten at
once his line of communication with the city
of Nashville. Besides this, the enemy are ad
vancing by the Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers in immense force, threatening the very
heart of the South. These are facts. Of them
you can judge as well as I can.
Another laet is, that we certainly have not
half the men under arms that our entmy has,
w hilst they have the Onio, Tennessee, Cumber
land, Missouri and Mississippi rivers for their
undisturbed transportation. Until we carry
the war across the Ohio river there is no safety
to any fireside in tiie Confederacy.
I have written this letter to you because
from the notice I gave your public course in
the old Congress, I am satisfie'd you will give
ii a proper consideration, and should you con
cur in the views, 1 feel every confidence that
you hive both the energy and ability to save
our country from the impending ruin which
now so seriously threatens.
I am, sir, with high esteem,
Y our obedient servant,
John B. Flotd.
per-
The battle still rages fearfully in every por
tion of the field \\ e have taken five batteries
certain, and others reported captured.
and you can have it if you want it.
Gen. .McCook was highly delighted—ex
pressed his gratitude to tho plain looking coun
tryman for his kindness, praised his loyalty to
“ the old fl i etc., and at once ordered the
meal to be taken to the commissary of his brig
ade and p lid for in gold and silver. This trans
action accomplished, the counterfeit wagoner
again repaired to Gen. McCook’s headquarters,
where, alter requesting a strictly private enter-
view, he tolil the “ gineral” that if he would
send out one hundred and fifiy men, to such a
place, in such a neighborhood in Davidson
county, he would guide them right into that
“ nest of secessirs and traitors," where they
might “bag” a large quantity of meal and other
“contraband of war,” besides a number of the
wo»st rebels that ever a—isted in “bu-tin up”
this glorious Union.” Gen. McCook fell into
the snare “as easy as fal'ing offalog,” and all
the preliminary arrangements were made an I
time and place agreed upon for tho one hun
dred and fifty Federal soldiers to meet their
trusty guide.
McCook’s detachment of 150 men kept the
appointment tai'.hfully. and of course Capt.
Morgan, no longer disguised, was there to meet
them; but unfortunately for them he was not
i-i M i' ongr,t;s ’
|Hfi-dMve victory near
_Jknd says that al-
A hours the cue
It Cwjrder to tiie
Jer^tJV'r of their
Jf^’^lvere endea-
Reports are current that the Virginia went
out to-day for the purpose of demolishing Lin
coin transpoi ts.
In the Confederate House of Representatives,
the following resolution offered by Mr. Wilcox
ol Texas, was adopted.
Whereat, we have learned with feelings ot
of tilt-
glorious victory of our arms in Tennessee .
Revolted,that the death ol Gen. A. 8. Johnston
cannot hut temper our exultation with a shade
of sadness at tho loss of so able and skilful a
General and officer, and tbat in respect to his
memory, Congress do now adjourn until tumor
row. Several eulogies w ere delivered. The Sen
ate, deeming action premature, did not concur.
It has been raining here since morning.
THE BATTLE AT SHILOH.
Richmond, April 8tlL^The President sent in
a message to the Ceni^plicaitjCi
announcing a gloriouj
Pittsburg over our in
ter a hard fought bat;
my were driven back 1
Tennessee River, where, umierjt
gunboats, at last ^counts
roring to effect a aid of their
transports. He say^^^Kgmi' may well con
clude tbat one coinn^^r^S-it of unflinching
bravery and devotion to our country’s cause',
animated the breasts of our brave army. We
must continue our exertions until the enemy
acknowledges Jur right of self-government. He
deplores ttie loss of Gen. Johnston and says
that his loss is irreparable, and that anion j the
teeming hosts of the great and good who now
cluster around the banner ol our country, theie
exists no purer spirit, no more heroic sou) than
that of Albert Sydney Johnston—a man, whose
death, I join you in hmentmg.
A despatch from Col. Preston says that a
minie ball out thearlerj’ of Johnston’s leg, hut
he rode on till Irom loss of filood, he fell ex
hausted, and died, without pain," in a few mo
ments. li is body will be sent to New Orleans.
Congress to-day adopted the following reso
lutions :
Y\ iikheas, Having received the intelligence
of a great, complete and brilliant victory,
gained by our army in Tennessee, our grati
tude is due to the Divine Ruler of Nations, for
this signal victory.
Resolved, That we tender our thanks to Gen.
Beauregard, and all other surviving officers
and privates of that army for the signal exhi
bition of their skill and gallantry, and all are
entitled to the gratitude of the country.
Resolved, That the death of Gen. Johnsto
affects Congress with profound sorrow, and
obscures our joy with a shade of sadness
the loss of an officer, so skillful, able and gal
lant.
FROM VIRGINIA.
Richmond, 8th.—No news have been rec
alone—he had a sufficient number of well-arm | ed from the Peninsula to-day. It is belief d
ed horseman to capture the whole Yankee force i, erc tiiat there has been no figh’ing since Sat-
without tiring a gun. So he fook them qinetlv, I T . u l ,, ,
, . .j ... v. „ .a - ’ . urday. It has been raining all day.
and sent them swiltly “to the rear; to be ex-; J . J
changed “in due course”—all but one, an off!-1 FROM RIP VAN’ WINKLE,
cer, whom he released on p irole, and bade him j Wilmington. N. C.—Our pickeis captun d
return to Gen. McCook with the compliments *- , ,, ,
of his meal-selling acquaintance, who had thc :™"e Yankees, and killed three on Monday last
pleasure of meeting him at the SU Cloud a lew j wd “ ,n slx m 'l es cf Shepardstown, Carteret
days before. county. Three have been brought in ; t! rce
Hurrah for the gallant and heroic Morgan— > will arrive in a few hours, and three have I een
the dauntless and sagacious partisan whose ! carried to Kingston—two of those slnriitly
fame is rapidly rounding into proportions which , . ° J
promise to overshadow all tiie “Marions” of I w n e< ’
the war. 1 Capt. Boothers horse was killed under him.
THE FRENCH PRESS ON THE WAR.
The Paris Constitutionnel of the 18th of
March has the following remarks in its money
article: A sensible improvement will soon be
Y\ r e took eight Springfield rifles.
FROM CORINTH.
Richmond, April* 9th.—Official despatch
.... , , fiom Corinth say the Federals are largely r
manifest in the cotton market, if, by the cap-1 • , , , , T , . , .
tore ot the Confederate seaports or by the ope i in!orced at L'ttsburg. Beauregard has earn
rations of vessels running tho blockade, the j out Lis contemplated plan in falling hack
supply of cotton should be increased. The Corinth. He regrets be is unable to carry
Another Letter from Dtutiel
Dickinson.,
The follow ing letter was read at the Repub-
i his is certainly th • bloodiest, most hotly bean Union Festival held in Irving Hall, New
contested buttle ever fought on this continent
We have alre lv lost several field officers,
and are confident of complete success.
Battle Field, April 6, 6J o’clock p. in.—The
great struggle is over. Tho victory is ours,
iiiient to elect field officers. They lire to be I and a most glorious victory it is.
States into
>ui Shi
ny si 11-
THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR.
The numbers for March and April (combin
ed together) of this valuable and readable Ag
ncultural Journal, has come to hand, hrimfull
of interesting .instructive and entertaining mat
ter. The want of typographical assistance—
the exorbitant price for paper, has caused the
proprietor to make this change. The May and
June numbers will be out about the first ot
May. Redmond is a lire man and is bound to
go ahead; Howard is a w riter of great cim and
beauty. Planters, farmers and agriculluralists
permitted to go home immediately, carrying
with them their arms and accoutrements, anil
not to tie suljrct to orders until the 10th of
May, 1862, at which time they will rendezvous
at Augusta or Atlanta, as may be determined
by the Secretary of War, subject to tiie oilers
of the War Department. The following shows
the response to the proposition:
Burke Guard, Company A, 21 in in.
Brown Rifles, Uo. B, 23 men.
Dawson Greys, Co. C, 34 men.
Home Guani, Co. I), 17 men.
Governor’s Guard, Co. E, 20 men.
Wilkinson Rifles, Co. F, 47 men.
Confederate Light Guards, Co. G, none.
Young Guard, Co. II, none.
It was hotly contested by the enemy, who
fought with much bravery.
Our men covered themselves with glory,
York, on the 22nd F'eb., 1862 :
1ION. DANIEL S. DICKINSON’S LETTER.
Fifth-Avenue Hotel, Feb. 22, 1862.
My I)eak General :—Late last evening, on
my arrival here, I was honored 0y your lavor
inviting me, in behalf of the Union Defence
Committee, to speak this evening at the Union
I regret to say that
cargos which have already been brought out
of the blockaded ports are averaged at twenty
thousand bales. The occupation of Savannah
or of New Orleans will revive, at least it is so
hoped, regular intercourse between England
and tho Southern provinces of the Union—an
intercourse altogether interrupted for the last
nine months by the Federal squadron, as we'l j
as by the political views of Mr. Jefferson Davis.
all the munitions and stores captured.
Nothing from the Peninsula. Rain has
tinued all day.
Nothing important in Congress to-day.
Special to the Telegraph.
Fort Pulaski Attacked!
Savannah, lOta.—At six o’clock this atom-
The Journal des Debuts reviews the English ; ing, the Federals opened a heavy tire on Fort
policy in regard to America, and says that it is j Pulaski. The explosion of the shells can be
founded on principles as simple as comprehen- 8e8n fr0U1 the b H S Bell.
sible. AH doubts are disappearing, it says, in J —2
France and England, and it is understood that Savannah, 10th,—Heavy firing in the di
ll the nations of Europe were to interfere infection of Fort Pulaski this uiornin". SI ells
favor of the slave States they would be falsify j piainly visible froni the city T T . Blush:.
meeting. I regret to say that a previous en-
igcment to speak in a neighboring city will
fighting like demons wherever an enemy pro- prevent its acceptance. But let me embrace
seated himself. j this occasion to congratulate the country, and
We thoroughly routed them, and drove them especially those who are characterised the eon-
to their transports in the intensest- confusion, spiracy and throttled the rebellion in the out-
Our army rest to ni.ht upon the battle field, break, upon the exposure of the one, and the
occupying the tents of the enemy. virtual overthrow of the .other, and the shame slav and ends by chai ging on the Domo .
Me have captured all their artillery and army and confusion of tho supporters, advocates | il.o W.u; Jr i T _:™
ing all those principles which they have alwrays
been accustomed to invoke. The Debats then
advises the wise policy of non-intervention,
counselling the nation to await patiently the
issue of the American civil war without wish
ing to establish commercial relations forcibly,
as this would only prolong and aggravate the
conflict The article concludes witti a review
of the operations of both sides since the begin
ning of the war, showing the power and capac
ity of the North to deal with the rebellion. It
says the only great obstacle of the South is
stores.
Twelve hundred prisoners have already been
taken, an l many more will be brought in dur
ing the n ght.
Gen. Prentiss is among the prisoners. His
statement last summer, that he would dine in
Memphis, may now be verified, but the condit*
ion will be somewhat changed.
and apologists of both; and permit me, too,
to add one word of warning against the dan
ger of delusive palliatives and mistaken com
promises. It is ami has been a struggle be
tween a free government aqd one of the dark
est conspiracies, culminating in rebellion, which
ever desecrated earth. Now, let there be no
unmanly or cowardly shrinking, and no terms
Carswell Guards, Co. I, already in for the dlem as fast as I can obtain them.
It is impossible to obtain the names of all the offered or aec. pted, but out and out, absolute
killed and wounded at present, but I will sepd and unconditional surrender
war.
Athens Guards, Co. K, 28 men.
Clark county Rifles, Co. L, 53 men.
THE WHEAT CROP.
YVe hear rather gloomy accounts from the
wheat crop below Macon. The excessive rains
The slaughter of the enemy was fearful. No
estimate can be placed upon the loss on either
side.
The Federals were commanded by General
Grant.
Sincerely yours,
D. S. Dickinson.
\\Planters, farmers at.d agriculluralists wheat crop below Macon. The excessive rains j
generally, you deserve to meet with misfortune have ru.-ted it badly and many a field will not declaring a good dividend to its stockholders,
and accidents if you allow the Cultivator to bring the seed sown. Norih of Macon on the : tb( . v unanimously voted to subscribe one per
perish.
K.er you are a subscriber or not.
Gen. P M. YVetiuore, Secretary.
GUNBOAT FIGHT IN THE GULF.
Bay St. Locis, Miss., April 4.—It is report
ed here that our gunboats Oregon, Carondelet
and Pamlico, met the Yankee boats New Lon
don, Calhoun, and one high-pressure steamer,
this morning at 3 o’clock. They fought until
daylight, at a short distance. The high pres
cratic party the breaking of the Union.
COMMISSIONER SLIDELL IN FRANCE.
[1‘aris (Feb. SC.) Correspondent of the London Btar.l
i'ne Southern Commissioners are working
with all their might to obtain from the French
Government a formal or even indirect recogni
tion of the Confederation. They are, I am on
the best authority informed, greatly dispirited
at the reception which M. Tliouvenel gave Mr.
Slidell. Everything was done to give the recep
tion the most private character. By private,
I mean unofficial, and American politics were
only touched on in the most general terms by
STILL LATER.
Sa\ annah, 10th.—Five of the enemy’s batte
ries commenced an attack on FoifaJ’uiask; at
six o’clock this morning. The fort Splits slow
ly and deliberately. The -..nemy’s shells appi ir
to burst some distance over the Fort. No ap
prehensions are lelt here in regard to the safe
ty of the fort The bombardment continues
heavy. L. i’. Blojie.
Gunboats Pass Island lO — Con-
ftressioual.
Richmond, 10th.—An official despatch from
Flag Officer Hollins states that three Federal
gunboats have passed Island No. 10.
The Senate to day passed a bill authorizing
the issueing of five milliod of Treasury noLi
of the denomination of one and two dollars.
A Good Yield.—The Galveston News,
speaking of tho planting of Messrs. Ky:e ik
Terry, says:
From 250 acres they have made 510 bio's.
the Minister for Foreign Atfaiis. A Southern ( of sugar, ol 1,000 lbsi each, and 1500 ibis, o
gentleman, who is in the thick of the secession molasses, ot 40 gallons net. 1 heir siigui
movement litre, remarked a few evenings ago | already all been sold at 8 cents, and the moia-
that slavery had made such a wall or partition ; see is selling usually at $15 per barrel. m
slavery had made such a wall or partition j see is selling usually at $to per oarrei. 11!L
between the Soxth and Europe as to neutralize | proceeds otlhe sugar and molasses must tin 11
Mr. Slidell’s diplomatic talents. He also said I lore be over $60,000. In addition t n> i.u
j .... that he feared his friend wouid be obliged to go [ same hands (about 65 in number) have 11 -
sure Yankee boat is reported disabled, and a back the the Confederate States without having j 4-00 bales ot cotton and 15,000 ban els ot corn,
■ • . . Jr . .. r> i . .... ~ °l-o — an o () Ud work ob the Rail
* | O -- - UJt’Y uimiiimvuoij vv.>,'. v. r - * »V ve.. « —• TT ~ O j .
Send ill your dollar, anyhow, wheth- red clay and rolling lands, we understand the j cent on its capital stock ($o,U00) to the Ladies’ ^bali went through die Oregon’s pilot house.— j obtained tiie results which he cauie to Europe have aone some
crop Ufoks promising. 1 Gunboat Fund.—A up. Chron. The pilot was wounded. 1 to accomplish. ‘Hoad.