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Jorrespondence ofthe Telegraph,
l’ARTIZAN GUERILLAS.
HOUSES FOR THE WAR.
Mr. Editor: You arc aware that Congress
Prom tho North—Late and Interesting’
Intelligence.
The Memphis Appeal has Northern papers
as late as the 23d inst., from which we glean
| the following intelligence
LETTER FROM CORINTH.
1 Occasional Correspondence or!he Memphis Appeal.]
Corinth, Miss., May 27, 1862.
Your special correspondent having been
caused in the polite language of the Western
has passed an act authorizing the formation of Johnston's army in front of Richmond is over
companies or ‘'Partisan Rangers” for the Con- 100 OoO-some say 150,000-and “refugees”
1 . . .? . to Halleck s camp, that Beauregard has 180,000
tederate service to serve for three years or dur- men >t Connth, ol whom 30,u00 are held in
ing the vrar. I presume no one will question j the rear, under Breckinridge, as a reserve.—
the fact, hut that this has, and will evidently j They also report Gen. Lovell’s army as having
■nntoba the most important arm of the arr 'F ed ^ *-°nnth from below,
public service, and especially as respects bur-- j * Washington despatch a of the 21st state that
* , ’ , . 3 . Lincoln has called upon the different States
der warfare. Many of these companies are now f or a ] ar g e number of additional volunteers to
organizing, and will soon be ready for the field fin up the ranks of the Federal armv, which
of action. It is generally understood that a j have been decimated by disease and battle.—
general order which prevents a lazy private in
the ranks from giving you an impress of his
company, known as the “Partizan Guerilla's,”
is now being raised in this and adjoining coun
ties, and I feel gratified to say with every ap
parent success. It was thought that this sec
tion had become nearly exhausted of her war
material in fighting men, but I can assure you
that such is not tho case. The young men
who have undertaken the expensive task of
raising the company alluded to, seem to go for
ward with a willing spirit and determined ef
fort, that no obstacle (if possible) shall arise
to defeat their success, nor shall anything deter
them in their zeal and devotion to our coun
try’s future glory. But it has been suggested
that there may he an obstacle which will check
their patriotic efforts, I allude to the supposed
scarcity and high chick of u >kses.
The gentleman engaged in this enterprizc
make lair and liberal propositions, first, they
propose to raise and organize the company,
hut not to enter the service until the farmers
have arranged their domestic affairs and laid
by their crops. Secondly : To those who can
not afford to equip themselves, they propose
to furnish horse, bridle, saddle, Ac , free of
charge. These are as lair terms as can be ot
tered or reasonably asked for. It is a mistaken
idea to suppose that horses are scarce, when
1 look around, ] find nn abundance of the very-
best horses for cavalry service, but the k..\ok-
bitant and f:\tkaokoisakv price asked for
them, is the obstacle to which I alldue. Now,
while young men, poor men, those compara
tively poor and comparatively rich, are offers
ing their fortunes and their lives upon their
country’s altar, is it not shameful, yea, is it
not an outrage that the rich, who remain at
home to he tossed about in their fine coachcry,
should ask four hundred dollars for an animal
perhaps not worth (these war times) half the
money. I firmly believe that the company will
soon he nia ;e up, hut should anything prevent
their entering the service, it will be the exorbi
1st it price of horses. When u man become*
too cowardly to go to war, he is too cowardly
to stay at home, and we feel assured that the
good ladies of our land will give a responsive
amen to this sentiment; but we are willing to
relievo those who cannot go, provided they will
send a horse, or the citizen iifl'way. If you
Alluding to the matter, the New York Tri
bune’s special Washington despatch, dated May
21st, says : ‘‘It is not yet precisely determined
what number of volunteers to call lor, but it
will not be far from 100,000, including those
needed to fill up old regiments.”
The Herald's special says:
“The President has decided that 50,000 moro
volunteers shall be accepted. This is to fill up
regiments which have been thinned out by
wounds and sickness, and to form a reserve,
under drill, for the future, which may be ready
at the decisive moment”
The Post’s Washington despatches (special)
give the following startling intelligence:
“The city is full of excitement consequent
upon reported battles; also the report that the
Governor of one of the New England States
flatly refused to call for more troops until the
government agrees to arm and employ the
slaves where it is dangerous for white men to
perform military duty.”
A dispatch from the Federal fleet above Fort
Pillow, to the Chicago Times, gives the hoax
that the position had certainly been evacuated
by the Confederates, and that (he latter have
retired to Fort Wright, which is stated to be a
“far stronger fortification.”
Five new rama, recently built at New Alba
ny, were added to the fleet on the ‘21st inst.—
A daily attack is expected from our cotton
boat rams.
thoughts, provided it embraces no information
relating to army movements or organization,
I seat myself with back against a tree, and
drum between my knees, to note a few passing
facts.
First, all is quiet. Nothing has occurred to
stir the blood for the last four days, and yet,
any hour may usher in a drama of blood, the
like of which has not been known in the mem
ory of man. Were it not lor the wholesome
respect which the Federals have for our prow
ess and position, they would have been upon
us long ago; but thanks to our leaders and to
our men, they have been taught a lesson of cau
tion which they are not likely to forget, llal-
leck is advancing but with a snail like pace, and
while we are safely csconced behind our Sebas
topol, he too is building a stronghol 1 of which
he hopes to avail himself in ease of his discom
fiture. Wily and wary as he is, I believe he
honestly feels himself no match for Beauregard
and Bragg. He knows that the steel was taken
from a goodly portion of his army in the battle
of Shiloh, and that whipped Yankees will never
fight as well again. Hence his doubtful faith
in mere force of arms. The spirit of our own
army is on the contrary at fever heat. We are
as ready to fight behind our entrenchments as
to advance against those ol the enemy.
Second. The health of the army is manifest
ly improving. The arrival and distribution o r
vegetables is having a wonderfully recuperative
effect, and if your open handed citizens could
see faces light up, and the gratified comments
of the recipients ol their bounty, they would
not rest an hour without lenuing every aid to
increase the daily slock of supplies. Our sick
require vegetables as much as they do medi
cine. We also want diarrhoea cordials.—such
well known remedies as can be distributed by
the officers and physicians in the beginning of
...... _ . an attack. Our water, too, is improving. Wells
A dispatch from Cairo says that accounts j are novT , urnishin g a better supp [ y than we
have had for a long time. Altogether we are
rapidly getting into prime condition, and eager
to do something that shall relieve us from the
monotony of the quiet which now reigns su
preme.
from Halleck’s army represent the weather as
being “intensely hot and the men suffering
greatly.” It add that “sunstrokes are oi fre
quent occurrence.”
Ilalleck has expelled all army correspondents
from his lines, and all this craft left in disgust
on the 20th, en route for some more congenial
clime.
A report of the Federal loss at the battle of
Farmington, shows a loss of 138 killed and
wounded.
Accounts from English papers represent the
A CREVASSE AT NEW ORLEANS.
The Mobile Advertiser, of the 26th instant,
says:
We have been favored by a gentleman from
New Orleans with a copy of the Bulletin, of
distress in Great Britain and Ireland, in conse- Monday, of the contents of which the most in
quence of the cotton famine, as appaling. The I foresting portion pertains to the crevasse above
matter lias been brought before Parliament for
the consideration of that body.
the city.
The levee gave way just opposite Napoleon
Avenue, and on Saturday evening the branch
was about a hundred feet wide, but by Sunday
half—or, in plainer words, if you will give one
half the soldiet will pay yor the other half lor
the horse. Come, then, men of property, you
who dwell in the lap of luxury, you who ride
in hue coaches alter fine horses, come forward
with a patriotic spirit, and assist those who are
now going for war to defend your homes and
your fortunes, lay aside for awhile your false
pomp and pride, and assist in defending your
own fortunes if you cannot those of your coun
try. Albany.
Saturday, alter which the Street Commissioner
took charge of the work. It was expected that
the flood of water would be stopped by Mon
day evening, or Tuesday morning at farthest.
The main current, says the Bulletin, takes a
direction up towards Napoleon Avenue, down
which it passes with considerable velocity fora
short distance, when it spreads'out on both
sides and finds its way to the swamp by a less
Confedf.rate Monet in New Orleans.—The _
New Orleans True Della of the 27th instant afternoon had been reduced to about lorty teet,
, , - - -. states that, since Butler issued his order taboo-} with a depth of probably twenty feet in the
have a horse worth two hundred dollars, the f Confederate money, the Bank of Commerce centre. A number of soldiers were at work
soldier will lose half, il you will lose the other m t j m t city bss been buying it up at a pretty Saturd
heavy discount, paying $6 in specie or $9 in
city notes for $20 in Confederate currency.—
“arties outside were paying $6.60 and $7 in
specie, and $10 in city bills for $20 Confederate
notes.
The Delta is inlormed that it was a female
who first raised the value of Confederate money
by offering a $50 bank bill for a $100 Confed- _ . _
erate note. One gentleman, it is slated, was rapid motion. It extends as low down as the
offered ninety cent* on a dollar for his Confed- Louisiana Avenue Station on the track of the
erate money, and declined to tell. : Carra’.lton Railroad, but nearer to the river it
Memphis Appeal. has not yet overflowed the country lower down
l.nai Call Tm l*a>er». ^ ' than Gen. Taylor street. The water on the
As I have been called upon by the Comp- Vicksbcro, May 28th.—Two of the enemy’s railroad track appears to be twelve or fourteen
troller General lor my Tax Receiver’s Book as vessels came to the poini, and fired one bun- inches deep. The water crosses the track on
early in July as I can possibly let him have it, dred and sixteen shot and shell at the city lrom I tile upper side at the Burthe Station, making
and as 1 will have three digests to makeout after six o’clock till dark. . tbe width of the inundation at that distance
f .. Commenced firing at our batteries at nine i from the river about a mile, lrom which place
j close the book-, before I can let him have Ins, , ^ an( j continue j un til ten. Our batteries it gradually widens until it finds its way into
1 have concluded to close my Receiver’s Book never replied. Firing commenced on both sides ! the swamp. Later in the day we learned the
on the 20th day of this month, (June), and at ten o’clock, lasting half an hour. No dam- water was making its appearance back of
age done to our batteries yet j Greenville.
The houses damaged are the Methodist church,
Marine hospital ; the residences ol John A.
Klein and Duff Green. No one injured.
hope that every tax payer in the county who
has not made his or her Tax Return will come
forward promptly and give in, so that none
will be doubly taxed through negligence or
otherwise.
The return of any soldier in service may be
made bv his wife, overseer, grown children or
lriend. Should it be inconvenient for any lady
who has to make returns to come to my office,
l will cal’ at their houses if they will let me
know that they wish it The tax will, in all
probability, he high enough this year without
being doubled, and I trust that all will save
themselves this needless expense by coming
and making their returns before the books
close.
After my Receiver’s Digest is made out and
returned to Milledgeviile, should there be any
an 1 it will be impossible for me to relieve any
one from paying the double tax.
My office is at the office of Maj. Henry Wood,
Floyd House Building, next door to the Bank
of Middle Georgia. J. P. Sims,
June 6 f 'Tax Receiver and Collector.
LAST OFTHE FIRE ZOUAVES.
The New York Journal o Commerce, of the
20th ult., says:
The fine regiment oi Fire Zouaves, raised in
LATEST FROM CORINTH.
The Mobile Register learns by passengers by
It is expected that firing will commence j the cars on the 28th, that the reduction of bag-
again this evening. Fleet laying before poini ; gage, tents, and camp equipage is being rigidly
All quiet
Private Dispatches.—A private despatch
from Richmond dated June 2d, says; “Our
army was victorious on both days, thank God !
Another private dispatch says: “No casual
ties in Col. Cumming’s 10th Ga. Regiment”
Constitutionalist.
HEALTH OF NASHVILLE.
The Federals are quite uneasy in regard to
the health of Nashville. They have seven
thousand sick, and we are happy to say that an
average of thirty one are buried daily.
FIGHTING VALUE OF CAVALRY'.
and systematically enforced at Corinth. Lar b
quantities are sent down to different points, by
every train, but no guus or ammunition accom
pany them.
The Mobile Tribune, of Wednesday last,
thinks that the great battle at Corinth would
begin on that day. It states that Generals
Price and Van Dorn went out night before last
with their commands to try and get between
the enemy and the river, and if they accom
plished the object, they were to fire signal guns
at 3 o’clock, a. m. Firing was heard at that
hour, and the whole army was soon afterwards
in motion. All of the sick soldiers, women
and children—all have been sent away from
Corinth. It is, therefore, believed that the
property returned in default and double taxed, ] t mus t he confessed that the cavalry has £ r ? at ,; as actually commenced.
1 will then have no discretion in the matter, been a expense and a very.worthless.™, cJ^^itTeireTBeiuJe^Td KuccecT
of the public service during this war. I hey i , . ... e , .. ,
destroy just doubly as much as the same num- ed , ,n , cuttl "S off ,lalle f ck 8 8U PP he * h * ra,lroad ’
her of infantry, and are not half as efficient- • and b,H onl >’ means of communication was by
* . . . iJiA I onniwcoo rivor wlui'h u’ac tsiiii
r the Tennessee river, which was falling very
hxcept as scouts, cavalry, as now trained, is of , ’ , ,*? /
very little, it any use, either during a fight or ra P> d, 7 ™“ ld s °°" be ....navigable It
after a victory- They have seldom been known was supposed Halleck would be compelled to
to break the lines ofthe enemy in battle-1 fal1 bac ^’JVL event General Beauregard
have seldom done any particular damage to the i ' voultl atuclc
flying foe after defeat-.nd in a retreat they _ The N(JW York Herald ub ,; 8he3 a list of
are generally ahead of everybody else. ' . , _ , , A .* • . . 4al
a • a a • i the killed, wounded and missing in tbe battle
I his notorious deficiency in the cavalry ser - „ . . • . -°
f . at- r * r of Williamsburg, which occupies more than
vice is not owing entirely to the fact of the , _ r li ^ a a- - r i
% ( K six columns of solid type, and foots up as lol-
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this city by Col. Ellsworth, has ceased to exist wai ?t of courage on the part of the men com- j ows .
after a career of misfortune and reverses such posing it, because we know there are many as bkcawtulation.
as have fallen to the lot of few regiments in the br ? ve an( * . g . aant Inel ? in ? ur troo P ,n our JTVd. W\Ud.
sen ice. The remnant of the corps, numberin'; infantry. A Urge number, however, who com- q,,, Ke»rney'.dirliion, tn
about 500 officers and men, arrived at this port «v.lry, have gone into that branch of Gen. Hooker s^vi.ion, 340 »n
on the transport Blackstone lrom Newport l * ie *? rV, ? e t0 e8ca P* j iar J? 8 j|IP s ^ Gen. Hancock** brigade, 9 H5
News, and were put on shore at Governor’s Is an< ^ the dangers of the battlefield. Scarcely
» i l ‘ nrm v any of them are good swordsmen, and but few lotai, 4Mj hh
TIib ’/ouivi ' IV that lli'cir chiel ilissatisfac- * lave trained horses. They are easily thrown The list, says the Herald, is correct so far as
The /ouivcs sa, that them chief dissatisfac- anJ h#rd ^ ^ got J„ ou t of known ; yet it adds : “The names of those who
confusion. When retreat comes they beat in- fell in Gen. Hancock’s Brigade have not yet
fantry, because they have six legs to the infan- reached us, nor have the names of those who
try’s two. There is no doubt, however, that
cavalry can be made a most powerful arm of
I the public service.
lion was the refusal of the army authorities to
let them go into active service. Instead of be
ing pertnittrd to light—wnich they say would
have made them perfectly happy—they were
employed in hospital service anti other uniuili-
tary duties at Newport News. Whatever, and
however trivial or serious their grounds of com
plaint may have been, the Government did not
ihink it worth while either to coax or coerce
them to remain. On Friday last they were
drawn up in a hollow square, and asked wheth
er they would prefer to continue in service or
be disbanded. The vote in favoi of the latter
was almost unanimous. Col. Looser and sev
eral other officers had previously resigned, and
became connected with other organizations—
and their withdrawal had done much to increase
the general discontent of the regiment.
[From the Lynchburg Republican, of the 31 et ult.]
FROM JACKSONS COMMAND.
We have certain intelligence from passengers
from Staunton, yesterday, that General Jack
son’s army, with the exception of those left to
guard the prisoners captured, and the stores,
was on yesterday morning at Williamsport, in
Maryland, without liie least .-how ol any force
in the vicinity to oppose him.
Williamsport is about twenty miles above
Harper's Ferry, and we suppose about ninety
from Baltimore, and seventy-five or eighty from owe™, .orcea over t..c ouc_-
Washington. Whether the army would ad- I? 1,6 P^lars of this movement have not yet
are missing in the 98th Pennsylvania volun
teers, Gen. Peck, been ascertained.” Hancock’s
Brigade suffered terribly on the field, and we
may safely set it down that the Federal loss in
the battle of Williamsburg was fully 5,000;
still they have tbe unblushing impudence to
claim a victory 1
The news of the fight at Front Royal had
reached Washington, and, after passing under
the surveillance of the censor of the public
press, it was graciously allowed to be telegraph
ed North as follows:
Tbe rebels made a dash at Gen. Banks’ line,
near Front Royal, this afternoon, and attempt
ed to burn the railroad bridge recently re-built
by the Federal forces over the Shenandoah.—
been ascertained.
GEN. TOOMBS AND COL. ROOD.
In the las* issue of the Spirit of the South,
We find the'allowing preamble and resolutions : v 7—, , ,. j tatal accident.—.\ most inetancnoiy acci-
unanimously adopted by the Committee of da Y morn * n £. when the courier left, including dent occurre j between five and six o’clock yes-
Safety in Cuthbert, Ga. They have also been 1sent od ’ was estlmate J at lorty-thrce hun- ler j av mornimr. at the Gas House, bv which
adopted by the Committee of Safety, of Eufau- rt j'. ... , ..
I *^| 3 It is said that the wildest enthusiasm exists
\\ il eke as, Authentic information has been a ' non S ^ people of the Valley *t the presence
received that Gen. Robert Toombs, ofthe C. S. 0 °“ r "““J were flocking to the
A. ; Col. A. P. Rood and others owning large standard of old ^tonewal in large numbers,
plantations on the Chattahoochee river-inflS- "| a >’ '* c , sa,d of tbe P eo P le of , Mar y-
eneed. as we believe, more bv avarice than pa- la " d ‘. near . tb « f^“ ac - J w .‘\ h
triotism, have planted unusually large cropi of! del,r,ous W tlie 8tar8 and bar8 of the Confed-
cotton, thereby curtailing to that extent, the erac y* M
provision crop necessary for the support of our c-nnu VOPT pi i t nvc
suffering country; therefore FROM FORT PILLOW.
RmUtd, That Gen. Robt. Toombs, Col. A. A rumor prevails, apparently well authenti- faces, causing the almost instant death of the
vance farther was not known.
The number of prisoners taken up to Thurs-, Fat1l Acciden ,_ A niost melancholy acci-
ent occurred between five and six o’clock yes
terday morning, at the Gas House, by which
two Irishmen, employed in the establishment,
William Harper and Martin Brennan, lost their
lives. It appears that for the purpose of infla
ting a balloon, to be used by the military au
thorities for making observations of the move
ments of the enemy in our vicinity, in the ab
sence of Mr. Smedherg, the superintendent of
the works, they attempted to attach a gas hose
te a flange connected with one ol the large gas
reservoirs. The valve not having been shut
off, a strong current of gas rushed into their
faces, causing the almost instant death of the
P. Rood, and others who have followed their cated, that the Federal commander on the river two men named, and nearly suffocating two or
pernicious example, he requested to withdraw had made a demand for the surrender of Fort three others.—Morning Neva.
all their available negro labor from thecultiva- Pillow, which was, of course, refused. No in- 1
tion of their cotton crops, and place it in charge timation was given as to when the attack would
of the Committees appointed to superintend he made.
the defence of the river. It is believed, from reconnoissance that have
Jttsoiced, That altho' it may not be regarded been made, that the only land forces the enemy
us pertinent to the objects for which this meet- have on this side of the river are bis cavalry.
:ng has assembled, yet w e cannot withhold the On the west bank it is known they have land-
expression of our unqualified indignation from ed a considerable infantry and artillery force at
those who have recklessly disregarded the Osceola, which is stated to have marched down
wants and necessities ol our army—by plant- and reached a point about nine miles from the
mg more cotton than is sufficient for domestic river at the foot of Island 35, which is below
tisu. Their purses may bo better filled- hut Fort Pillow. The object of this movement is
we trust they will not fail to receive the reward reach the river below the fortifications and
due their unpatriotic conduct.
j erect batteries to obstruct the navigation of things.
An Encouraging Lesson.—The following
verse (the 20th of the second chapter of Joel)
occurs in the first morning lesson proper,
which was read in the Protestant Episcopal
Churches throughout the land on Sunday, the
1st, being the Sunday after Ascension:
But I will remove far off from you the North
ern army, and will drive him into a land bar
ren and desolate, with his face toward the
East sea and his hinder part toward the utmost
sea, and his stink shall come up and his ill
savor come up, because he hath done great
; the river.
It is believed that this force num-
—The correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, hers over six thousand. Whether they will be
writing from the Mississippi fleet, expresses permitted to accomplish their purposes undis-
the opinion that the Federal gunboat Cincin- turbed by our gunboats, as was the case once
nati, -unk in the late naval engagement above liefure, remains to be seen. If so, we may ex-
Fort Pillow, will be a total losa, as it will he ! peel another Island 10 affair will be witnessed,
impossible to raise and repair her. I Memphis Appeal
We can well believe that many hearts on
Sunday received this as an omen of good, in
connection with the late glorious tidings from
Jackson's army, and the later tidings from
Richmond which reached us on Sunday mor
ning, and are given in this issue.
Charleston Courier.
“••ward and the Kentucky Deputation—Po
litical Prisoners.
We take the following from the Congression
al Globe of Thursday, 15lh inst It relates to
recent proceedings in the United States Sen
ate.
Mr. Powell—I will take this occasion to say
what I was about to say a moment ago, when
I was held not to he in order. It is not my
purpose to enter again into a debate on this
subject; but it has been intimated that the re
marks 1 made in regard to the Secretary of
State were rather harsh. I admit that they
were a little harsh, sir. but I verily believe
they were true. I hold in my hand a letter
written to me by a very distinguished gentle
man of Kentucky, in which he recites an inter
view that took place with the Secretary of
State concerning one of the prisoners from
Kentucky, as given to him by Colonel Throop,
a gentleman of very high standing, and I beg
to read to ihe Senate an abstract from that let
ter :
“While Colonel Stanton, of this city, was
still a prisoner at Fort Lafayette, his brother-
in-law, Colonel Throop, employed (through my
agency) Mr. Charles F. Mitchell, of Flemings-
burg, lormerly a member of Congress from
New Y’ork, and, so I knew, an intimate friend
and correspondent of Seward’s, to accompany
him (Throop) to Washington, to promote Colo
nel Stanton’s release. They were joined at
Washington by Frederick Stanton, a brother
of Color,*! Stanton. The three called on Mr.
Seward, Throop and Stanton being introduced
by Mitchell. They opened their mission by
remarking that they had called to see him in
reference to the Maysville prisoners. lie ab
ruptly replied that thoso prisoners would not
he released. Frederick asked, ‘what are the
charges against iny brother ?’ Mr. Seward re
plied, ‘there are no charges against him on file;’
and added that the business of his office pres
sed him too much to entertain inquiries or give
explanations. One inquired if it was his pur
pose to keep citizens imprisoned against whom
no charges were made ? He answered, harshly,
•1 do not care a d—n whether they are guilty
or innocent, I saved Maryland by similar arrests
and so I mean to ho d Kentucky.’ To this it
was remarked that the Legislature and public
sentiment ot Kentucky were averse to such
arrests. ‘I do not care a d—n for the opinion
of Kentucky,’ he insultingly responded; adding
that what he required was to hold her in the
Union and make her fight for it; and then tur
ning fiercely on Mitchell, demanded of him,
‘why the hell are you not at home fighting
traitors instead of seeking their release here V’
This is the substance of tho interview as rela
ted to me by Colonel Throop.
I will say to the Senate that Mr. Frederick
Stanton told me a few days after it occurred
this very conversation, I will not say in these
exact words but in substance; and I know Col
onel Throop to be as honorable a gentleman
as lives in Kentucky or any other State.
From Gen. Hetb’s Command.— Important
movements, now being made by the command
of Gen. Ileth, under the immediate peisonal
direction of Gen. Loring, have been detailed to
us by gentlemen from the West, but we are
not at liberty to give them publicity now. We
may state, however, that it is believed these
movements will result in the discomfiture of
the enemy in that quarter, and Ins extire ex
pulsion from it. \V e hope we may not be dis
appointed.—Lynchburg Rep., 3laf.
“No Place iok Loafers"—From recent ex
cavations Pompeii it appears that the ancients
as well as the moderns were in the habit of
placing this inscription on the walls of their
workshops. In Latin it reads: “Otiosis hie
locus non est : diseede morator." Our expres
sion is more sententious.
A Confederate Gunboat Built in Europe
Our advices from Europe say a vessel had
been built on the Mersey as a gunboat for the
Confederate Government She recently took
her departure from Liverpool, nominally for a
neutral harbor, but really, it was believed, for
the Southern waters. The Liverpool Adver
tiser says of her:
Whatever may be her objects or destination,
there can be no doubt that the Oreto is a very
superior vessel of her class, and will prove a
formidable enemy to any government she may
he employed against. She was built by Messrs.
Miller, and fitted with engines, Ac., by Messrs.
Fawcett, Preston & Co., of this town. Her
burthen is nearly eight hundred tons, and she
draws little more than twelve feet water. Her
speed is considerable. Although there has
been no secrecy with reference to the lact of
her construction, the intention of her owners
have been carefully hidden, the only tangible
rumor being to the fact that she was built for
the Confederate Government
LATEST FROM VICKSBURG.
[Special to the Memphis Appeal.]
Vicksburg, May 28, 1802.—Two of the ene
my’s gunboats came within three miles of our
lower batteries yesterday evening, and opened
a fire on our batteries.
The latter not responding, the boats then
fired on the city, which was continued until
two o’clock this morning. Several dwellings
were damaged, but the batteries remain unin_
jured.
“Stonewall Jackson” and His Army Dash
ing into Front Royal and Winchester—
Tho Flight and Rout of the Vankees—
Capture of Prisoners and Stores, etc.
The following extract from a letter of one of
the officers of “Stonewall Jackson’s’’ army fur
nishes some account of their gallant dash into
Front Royal and Winchester, and the hasty
scampering of the Y ankees. The letter is from
a gentleman whose statements can be implicit
ly relied upon:
We got to Front Royal, where we met the
First Maryland Regiment, and, after a fight
and a charge, we captured every man of them
save fifteen. Our cavalry then dashed ahead
and took two hundred more prisoners at a lit
tle town between Front Royal and Strasburg,
on the railroad. In all we took nine hundred
prisoners at Front Royal, including one colonel,
one lieutenant-colonel, one major, two pieces
ol cannon, horses, arms, Ac., in abundance,
and three hundred thousand dollars worth of
quartermaster’s and commissary stores, also
two locomotives and three passenger and fif
ty tonnage cars. These facts are reliable,
and you may rest assured thereof, as I will
rite you nothing but what I know to be true.
YVe slept on the bare ground that night, and
the next morning very early were off at a tan
gent for somewhere on the Winchester road.
On our way to Middletown the toad was often
crowded with prisoners, wagons and horses
which our cavalry had captured and were con
veying to the rear. When last heard from we
had 1,500 prisoners at Front Royal. Banks who
was at Strasburg, when he heard of our doings,
cut stick and broke for Winchester in hot haste,
but we cut his force in twain at Middletown,
sending Taylor’s brigade (Ewell’s division) alter
the Strasburg wing, who captured many and
demoralized the rest, end we hurried on swiftly
after Banks down the Y'alley. Every few hun
dred yards we passed one of his wagons, left
upset or broken or teamless, full of baggage,
Ac., till just this side of Newtown; after check
ing us awhile with artillery, he burned up thir
ty of the trains, and then the rout and flight
became beautiful and exciting beyond degree.
Prisoners were brought back by scores and
hundreds, and then you ought to have heard
the boys yell and make tho old woods ring with
uproarious joy.
Three milts beyond Winchester, yesterday
aorning, the enemy made a stand, and the fight
began at about 3 A. M. In two hours we drove
him pell-mell, helter-skelter, off the field, and
through the town towards Martinsburg. Our
loss is very trifling. I think fifty will cover
our dead, and one hundred and fifty our wound
ed. The enemy had, soon after the tight open
ed, set file to the depot in Winchester, and de
stroyed all his stores, and, some say, he order
ed the town to be fired. At all events, some
houses were set on fire, but the citizens extin
guished it betore great damage was done.
Banks is now at, or towards, Martinsburg, with
our cavalry and some of our men in pursuit
Our present expedition is a complete suecess.
There are at least one thousand two hundred
prisoners already in YVinchester, and squads
continually being taken to swell the number.
We are all in the highest spirits, and enjoy our
selves hugely.
NEWS FROM THE NO
We have Northern newspapers
late as the 24th inst, but they contain
regard to the war that would interest o
ers, except the news from Europe, given e»,
where in this day’s paper.
Lincoln had formally repudiated Hunter’s
general emancipation proclamation in a coun
ter proclamation^ the substance of which we ^‘V
copy: ticulars
BV TnE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—A PRO
CLAMATION.
Whereas, There appears in the public prints
what purports to be a proclamation of Major
Gen. Hunter—
[Here Hunter’s proclamation is recited.]
And, whereas, the same is producing some
excitement and misunderstanding; therefore,
I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United
States, proclaim and declare that the Govern
ment of the United States had no knowledge
or belief of an intention on the part of Gen.
Hunter to issue such a proclamation, nor has
it yet any authentic information that the doc
ument is genuine; and, further, that tho sup
posed proclamation now in question, whether
genuine or false, is altogether void.
I further make known that, whether it be
competent for me, as Commander in Chief of
the Army and Navv, to declare, and whether,
at any time, or in any case, it shall have be
come a necessity indispensable to the mainte
nance of the Government to exercise such sup
posed power, the questions which, under my
responsibility, I reserve to myself, and which
I cannot feel justified in leaving to the decision
of commanders in the field. These are totally
different questions from those of police regu
lations in armies and camps.
On the Cth day of March last, by a special
message, I recommended to Congress the
adoption of ajoint resolution, to be substan
tially as follows :
Resolved, That the United States ought to
co-operato with any State which may adopt a
gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to
State pecuniary aid, to be used by sue!
in its discretion to compensate for the i
nience, public and private, produced b;'
change of system. »
The resolution in the language abov 1
was adopted by large majorities in botl
es of Congress, and now stands an
The regii
tion of the
ting of fou
Beaufort, where
quarters. The ex',
made up of twelve o—
company of cavalry, (-
regiment) and two pieces oi
Connecticut battery, the whole ur
of the Lieutenant Colonel of the 5(
vania Regiment, and numbering
men. They received inarching
o'clock Wednesday night, and left]
about eleven o’clock for Port Royal
Arriving at the Fevryjthey proceedeu
ately as far as Mr. Heyward’s plantation,
there halted for refreshments, having i
he supposes, nearly thirty-five miles.
Their design, the prisoner thinks, was to
tear up the tail road and interrupt communi
cation, but not to bring on an engagement.—
They had been made to believe by spies that
they would meet with no resistance, the Con
federate forces, it was said, having been with
drawn. Skirmishers were thrown out from
their lines, to scour the woods, and ascertain
whether there was any opposing force in th*
neighborhood. After the men had finished
their meal, the order for the return march was
given, the commanding officer saying that the
enemy could bring a> many as twenty thou
sand of his troop? on the ground in less than
an hour, and it was advisable from them, in
their exhausted condition, to return, or * l |-w
would be cut off.
In the fight with the Rutledge Mounted Ri-
imen one Captain of the 50th Pensylvania
t and two privates were killed, and six
wounded.
k return march, at Garden’s Corner
* ir tyialted to rest. Here some ot the
alufeep, the prisoner among others.—
FR()> be I° un J regiment had left
'’.Ji trying te find his own way back
definite and solemn proposal of the F f captured,
the States and people most immediate 01 tril ? ,e says he has been told that Gen. Hunter
ested in the subject matter. To the people eto» / Bis arrival to take command, brought with
these States I now earnestly appeal. I do not
argue; l beseech you to make the arguments
for yourselves. You cannot, if you would, be
blind to the signs of the times. I beg of you
a calm and enlarged consideration of them,
ranging, it may he, lar above personal and par
tisan politics. This proposal makes co^nwb-
cause for a common object, casting no reprwlffP
es upon any. It acts not the Pharisee. The
change it contemplates would come gently as
the dews of heaven, not rending or wreckin'
anything. Will you not embrace it? Som'
good has not been done by one effort
time, as, in the Providence of God, it is no
your hi( e privilege to do. May the vast future
have no' w h lament that you have neglected it.
In wiA’^ss whereof I have hereunto set my
hand, a* rl, caused the seal of the United States
be affivorr
him reinfi
ty-live am
to toe thirty
expsdition,
to fifty tl
J^icen
There-*®
men. * Jrou
agency, as n
cci i„»lturis
Jacket
^thej3i|>^> 0 pi stoic^ ^ueh knew nothing
definite their future movements.
The officers are taciturn and exceedingly reser
ved.
Gen. Hunter's proclamation had almost pro
duced a mutiny in the camps. On its appear-
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SICKNESS IN HALLECK’S ARMV.
A recent letter from Halleck’s army says:
The condition of the old camps, abandoned
by the advancing troops, is truly horrible.—
The stench from decayed animal matter, refuse
of all kinds, old sinks left open, etc., impreg
nates the air (or miles around. In passing
landers handed in their resignations, and the
whole army was dissatisfied. The men say
they have seen enough of negroes, and are
heartily sick of them, that they would be well
satisfied to send some from their superabun
dant numbers in the North to the South, where
the climate would be mure congenial to their
nature and habits.
He also states that the Federals have pon
toon bridges already prepared tor marching
through swamps and marsh land, and whene
ver they attack, will attempt it at some point
where it might he least expected. He believ-.s
through the raviues, especially where the dead j they are well posted in relation to all the hat-
bodies lie partially interred, the smell is abso- . ler '* a * on 0l . lr = p ss fi ® n d know the position of
lutely overpowering. It was well for the troops every guu in I°rt Sumter. It was said that
that they were removed, as the increase of mor- j ^' ree ' r ° n c ' a J vessels had joined Commodore
tality would otherwise have been fearful. Still Dupont s squadron, and a combined land and
tality i
there is an extraordinary amount of sickness
in the army. It is absolutely melting away
from it. My estimate of 9,00u sick in a former
letter, is considered too low. It is attested
there aic fully twenty-five per cent, more than
this number. Diarrhma and typhoid fever ap
pear to be the prevailing diseases.
Special Diepatch to the Savannah Republican.
IMPORTANT FROM THE WEST.
Cotton and Sugar at Memphis Burnt—The
Federal Garrison at Baton Rouge Put to
the Sword—The Federal Fleet Leave Vicks-,
burg.
Mobile, June 2.—The Confederate authori
ties at Memphis have burnt all the cotton and
sugar in store at that place.
The citizens of Baton Rouge have risen upon
the Federal garrison left in command of that
post and put the whole party to the sword. The
Federal fleet, which has been threatening Vicks
burg for some time, has left here for Baton
Rouge and intend, it is said, to shell out the
town on on their arrival. P. W. A.
“Acknowledging the Corn.”—The Yankee
papers confess that Banks was thoroughly drub
bed, routed and driven across the Potomac, by
Stonewall Jackson. The Cincinnati Commer
cial says the news of Banks’ defeat caused a
perfect riot in Baltimore—Southern men pro
claiming boldly their principles.
Important Improvement.—YVe are pleased
to see that a railroad connection has just been
completed between the Central and tbe Gulf
road depots. The line runs through the centre
of Liberty street, and the room being ample,
no inconvenience will be occasioned to our cit
izens. The advantages gained in the transpor-
tion of heavy freights, such as engines, ord
nance, machinery, Ac., will be incalculable.
Savannah Republican.
naval attack on Fort Sumter is under consider
ation.
The prisoners spuaU very highly of General
Stevens, in command at Beaufort, and awards
him the credit of the plan which wls curried
on and led to the reduction of Fort Pulaski.—
Gen. Stevens is an old United States officer,
and very much liked by his men.
Charleston Courier.
Stonewall Jackson’s Akmt.—The Charles
ton Mercury says :
Jackson’s army is said to consist of some
thirty-two thousand picked troops, well armed
and admirably disciplined. His command in
cludes most of th* Maryland regiments in tbe
Confederate service; also the Louisiana “Ti
gers,” and other regiments who have already
made their mark in this war.
GOOD MARKSMANSHIP.
At the battle of Shiloh, it is estimated there
were discharged on the Confederate side, one
million balls from small arms. The official
report of the Federal loss in killed and wound
ed is 13,000. Allowing that the true number
was greater, say 20,000, still it leaves 980,00
shots thrown away by our soldiers. That is,
our boys succeeded one time out of fifty shots
in doing some execution. Forty-nine misses
and one hit Now would’nt it be better to save
the powder and lead, do lessshootiDg and more
execution ? Alluding to the subject, the Mis
souri Anny Argus says :
It is known that most guns overshoot The
aim, therefore, should not be above the knee.
Better to shoot at th* feet than fail of effect.
An enemy wounded is better than an enemy
killed, since to bear off and care (or the wound
ed abstracts one or more effective men from the
lines. Don’t shoot wildly. Y'ou might as well
not shoot at all. If you are confronted by one
hundred thousand foes, a discharge of 300,000
balls against their lines, judiciously and c*olly
directed within proper range, would decide the
battle. You go out to fight and be fought It
is a mercy to win the battle and end the war.
The more execution you do, the more you have
effected towards putting an end to the strife,
and winning peace, liberty, and home again.
Shoot close!
From Chattanooga.—A gentleman from
Chattanooga rt ports that Gov. Harris and his
Adjutant, Hon. YV. C. YVhitthorne, are in that
place, fitting up a division for an important ag
gressive movement YVe have had intimations
of this before, and have refrained from publish
ing them for prudential reasons. YY'e do not
now leel at liberty to make the plans of Gov.
Harris public, as he contemplates a daring
movement, and as the publicity of what facts
we know might cause a delay in his move'
nients. The Governor is a fighting man. and
so are all his subordinate! office's. We there
fore look for happy results from his expedition.
Atlanta Intelligencer.
LATEST YVAR NEWS.
Since going tr> press, we have learned by tel
egraph of another splendid victory achieved by
the invincible Stonewall Jackson—this time
upon the soil of Maryland. Banks, reinforced
by 10,000 troops from Washington, made a
stand near Williamsport. Jackson attacked
him and routed him, taking three thousand
prisoners, and is now pursuing the repeatedly
vanquished Federal army towards YY'ashington.
The unfaltering career and unbroken success of
this distinguished General are conspiring to
make him the hero of this war.
A doubtful story.
Knoxville Reg., 3d inst.
Private Dispatches from Montgomery Advertiser.
Richmond, June 2.
James A. Allen, wounded in hand; Capt.
Fox, killed ; Gorce, YY’att, YY’alker, John Hard
wick, George Clisby, John, Ike Finnegan, all
wounded. Others wounded and killed cannot
be found. E. YV. Allen.
Richmond, June 2.
To S. G. Hardaway :
The Sixth Ala. behaved most gallantly.—
Killed ( and wounded, Lieut. Colonel J. J. Wil
lingham, nine Captains and about two hundred
men. E. IL Harris,
lnsp. and Q. M.
Special to the Spirit of the South.
Richmond, June 1, 1862.
YY’e engaged and repulsed the enemy yester
day—I and Neal Bryan are safe—Capt. Bell,
Milton, Bryan, Tyson, Solomon, Cotter, Arm*
strong and many others killed. Only ten out
of the company are uninjured.
J. C. Bryan,
Henry Blues from Columbia.
©bitnaqi.
Daniil Q. Slappey, a member of the Governors
Gnarc.a, 3d. Ga. Kegiment, was born 8th August, 1842,
and died by tvuhoid pneumonia, 30th April, 1862, at
Portsmouth, va.
lie joined the church in 1S57, at the first camp-meet
ing held at the Fort Ya ley camp-ground, and was the
happy subject of a bright conversion, at the same
place, in 1860. Our young brother, before becoming a
volunteer, bad been for some time a student of tne
Fort Valley Male Academy. Youthful intrepidity and
patri >tic ardor beckoned him to abandon book;* and
academic shades for the musket ai d the tented camps.
Possessed of good talents, a- a student, he was ever
prompt, diligent, successful and praiseworthy in the
discharge or his duties. Even before he became a par
ticipant of the “joys of pardoned sin,” he was always
upright, moral and courteous. Subsequent’ to his
conversion all the natural amenities of his character
were sanctified and rendered still more amiable. It is
agrea satisfaction to know that, in the armv. that
great i en of temptation, he proved true, faithful and
consistent to the Christian character and obligations.—
He war free from the vices and tollies of the camp. His
Testament was his cherished companion, his prayers
were not neglected, and his conversation was pure. As
a soldier ne was always willing, prompt and obedieut.
For all '.his we have the certain and generous testimony
of his captain and comrades. His death was peaceful,
happy, triumphant. He especially desired, if possible,
to retai n home, in order to see his mother and relations,
but when he found this was not to be granted, he sub
mitted with meekness. He sent messages to his moth
er, sisters and other relatives by name, fo meet him in
heaver.. He fell sweetly asleep, calling on ti e Lord
Jesus o take him home. T. B. Bussell.
DIED,
In this city, on the 27th day ot May last, Mrs. Ajuts
A mem ca, wile of W. H. Hancock, in the 23d year of
her ag).
Hhe lived as peaceful as a dove,
ilhe died as blossoms die.
And now her spirit floats above
i. Seraph in the sky.
B ind Angels, watch her sleeping dust.
Till Jesus comes to raise the just,
Tien may she wake with sweet surprise,
A ad In her Saviour's image rise.
W. H. I. A.
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