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Corresixmdencc of the Telegraph.
lilli GEORGIA REGIMENT.
Riciim >nd, Va., June S, 1862.
Mr. Clisby—Dear Sir.- Supposing that some
of the friends of this (the Cth Ga.) Regiment,
commanded by Colonel A. H. Colquitt, might
ant to know the casualties in the late battle j
Ithe 31st ult., and the 1st inst, 1 herewith '
Id you a list which is at your disposal. As
fuplain of the Regiment it may not be im-
roper for me to state that the Regiment was i
"or a consideiablc time under very heavy fire,
as the amount of killed and wounded will show, j
Gar Brigade was the first to enter the enemy’s
camp on Saturday. We entered so unexpect-.
inllv that several prisoners were taken in the
tents. 1 will give one instance: A soldier of
('apt Anderson’s company, seeing three Yan
kees in one tent, seized an axe and ordering them
to surrender, received all of them as prisoners.
1 might give other instances, but this will suf
fice to show that this Regiment occupied u place j
in the van of the army. This Regiment did
not actively participate in the fight on Sunday,
although it occupied its place on the battle
field, lor the enemy made their strongest attack
ol that day further towards the centre, while
our brigade was on the extreme right of the
field. Yours truly, Alex. M. Thigpen,
cam ci.iies oitiis 6th ucoauiA regiment, com- I
HANDED BV COL. A. H. COI QL'ITT.
Slightly Wounded—LtCol .1 M Newton,
Severely ** Adj’t J M Reid.
Company A, Capt Arnold—Killed: Orderly
Serg’t S M Knowles, Corp’l Geo F Lewis, Pri
vates Duncan Brown, Jesse Hardeman, J A
,1’erdue.
N - Wounded: G M Amos, A M Hutchinson, J
K cough, Sidney Blount, Irvin Johnson, F Mc
Clain. Jno T Tyus, Serg’t E P Burnett, W H
Brett, K Johnsou, Jas Rogers.
Missing: Serg’t W H Stewart, W Martin. 1
Company B, Capt Hannah—Killed : Serg’t
A P Stovall, Privates Jas Frazier, W T Payne,
K W niters. N J Y’oung, 1) L Moore.
Wounded : Lieut C Tracy, (US A) Corporal
B M Wilkinson, Privates Jas Bellinger, John
Brumley, Jno Coody, B G Stewart, L Steele, j
W M Anderson, (' S Bacon, Julius Davis, R I
Gilford, C S Kelley, William Rogers, Rufus Sto |
vail.
Missing: Corp’l G W Stewait, W O Morgan,
M L Henry, Jas Bryant.
Company C, Capt Anderson—Killed: O 11
Cousins, A G Mills, B F Jordan, Serg’t Samuel
Folder.
Wou.ideal 1st Serg’t J M Gray, Serg’t A.
\\ Murray, Corp’l B Vinson, L D Rumph, L
W I urner, A Sledge, J 1. \ mson, A Glozier,
D Hutto, J M Johns.
Company D, Captain Watson Killed: First
Serg’t W f Head, W A Lee, J W McGehee, M
A Suttoliu.
Wounded: t’apt I. D Walsoi^ll J Mooie,
M Hendrick, J A Rowe, Joel Hardin, W New
ton, I, 11 Newton, Roht Edge, J T Amos, S YY
Nolen, K V Smith, R N Coody.
Company E, t’apt Clcuveland—Killed : A H
We Ilona.
Wounded ■ Serg’t J \\ Preston, W M \\ at-
son, A H Wells, J M Sanders, W A Ediolt, J
M Harper, W P Matthews.
Company F, Captain Shackleford Killed:
Serg’t B D McKelvili, color hearer.
Wounded: Lt MS Poore, U Arline.
Missing 1st Serg’t W W Smith.
Company G. Cant Griflin—Wounded: M H
Rilev, Thus Saxon.
t’ompany II, Captain Plane—Killed : J V*
(• rare.
Wounded : Set g't S Sutton, G W Williford,
J M Adams, J T Adams, J J McMullen, W L
Wounded.—Corporals Lark Mead lord, Jo- • his country. When we, trie people, the power, 1 Cnwutilf ie«
seph Dupree, Privates Wrn. Dupree, William thus recognize him, wc shall have and may tit
Fountain, Doc Adams, Cletn Arnold, Moses W. humbly claim a permanent nationality. Killed —CompanJ 1
Blsck. 5. Our duty.—Save a few individuals, per- none; company C none
Company E.—Corporal Thomas A. J. Arm- haps, every man and woman who read these company E, none- com __
strong, killed ; Private C. J. Outwell, killed. lines, will endorse what we have said. But Block, privates W W H r Brid
Wounded.—Corporal F. S. Light, Privates mark you—engravo it upon that tablet of your company G, private Jonathan's
G. W. Light, M. M. Taylor, W. E. Rogers, A. heart If you whose eyes now peruse these ■ n y H, none, company I, none; co
J. Hughes, O. P. WoodlitF, W. J. E. Dodd. lines are not influenced in the exercise of polit- none. Total,’ 4. ’ ’
Company F.—Captain Robert Harman, run ical powers by this religious principle, you arc Wounded—Corporal J T Sherwood, J N I Commodore Montgomery, alter the success-1 , n a
over and crippled; Lieuf. YY. F. Clegg, woun- just to that extent making this government Wooten, T B Harrolsoi^of "-- 1 - 1 - - • - - — - • • 1 *
ded, left on field, late unknown; Orderly Ser- ’ “impracticable,” which will end in national
g(ant Amos Jordan, wounded; Sergeant John ; destruction.
M. Mason, wounded.
Company G.—Lieut R. F. Shine, wounded
badly a.id left on field ; Corporal Jas. I. Good
man, color bearer, killed.
Wounded.—Orderly Sergeant T. G. West
fall, Privates George Spring, Norman G. Gil—
lis, Romulus Weeks, in two places; John Jer
kins, Levi J. Fowler, mortally ; Elbert Baker,
Tiptun McElhanon, J. J. Shiver, Thomas De-
riso, James Deriso, Thomas Wheelus.
Company II—Wounded.—Captain Thomas
M. Yopp, badly; Privates Einary Smith, N.
B. Bostwick, David J. Bush, John Bates.
Company I—Wounded.—James Ridson.
Company K.—J. M. Baker, supposed to be
If you really desire these Confederate States
to be a nation of Christians, be a true Christian
yourself. When we are all religious, we shall
be what we so much desire, a Christian nation.
The reader and writer should each ask himself,
“Am I a Jonah in this national ship ? Am I
v I vuiuuivuv av .uuiii^uuui j , auw wav ouvvvoo | ftQJ nB
company a, flesh evacuation of Fort Pillow, which was com- t jj»s bee-
wounds; W \\ Mitch^ company B, in the , pleted Wednesday night, dropped down fb e on a battle,
head, probably mortally; John Rsnlqe, F M r fy t . r to in phis, and commerced coaling. The an j D ut an
Pierce and T J King, company C, slight j enemy’s fleet anchored at^dound City, six shower breakrn
wounds; YV .I Allen, Lieut. J YY Neely, and j mdus above Memphis, Thursday night. Friday
John Yarbrough, company H, not serious ; J morning at sumise, they dropped down to the
foot of the Island, one mile above the city.
Capt. Montgomery made preparations to re
ceive them, and a light began immediately in
front of the city. Thousands of spectators,
fi. * '
M Russell, ainl II M Garrison, company D,
slight; S P Barnett, company F, not serious ;
G A Johnson, J C Speer, Geo W Conally, J 1
the cause in any degree of these muttering j Tomlinson, and Larkin Wilder, company G,
thunders of sorrow, these livid llaslies of fanat- not serious, Corporal J F Haynes, seriodsly ; including men, women and children," lined the tion ofriin by'such "agencies" die tJ
icsm, thin dark storm cloud o! war, and the j N S Bates and A J Ayers, not seriously, com- j 8hores and witnessed the heroic struggle ofour yunassL Pea Ke fnd Shiloh Th
hea»heaving, surging biliows nou portending , pany I ; lhomas C Cato, Jas Collins, and J I) gallant men against overwhelming odds. The eac fi () j- these bloody contests was long'
so feariully our national ship. IT jse are mo- Allman, company E, not seriously ; J F Dye, tight was stubbornly contested, and lasted two ' v _ a nd continuous and the despatches
mentous thoughts in these dark cays. When company K, knocked down by explosion of i—— r -i — i 1 i.-—i t. —i„,i
is true of localitil
of rain produce?
one quarter, which ha
area of country much I
of agitation.
We have striking illusf
company _
we think of our obligations in rei gion for our shell and slightly disabled— Total, 25. Miss
national salvation, and turn our eyes to the ing—Company A,'none; company B, privates
army, and see wickedness prevail in high pla Hugh Lynch and Patrick Martin ; company C,
killed; Privates J. J. Ferguson, James Fergus- ces and low, with “prince and p’-er,” we in- none; company D, none; company E, private
on, wounded. voluntarily exclaim, “Who will bring a clean Ruffin Harold; company F, Orderly Sergeant
Many casualties not mentioned. Col. Price out of an unclean thing?” “Who is sufficient W F Garrison; privates John R Weir and Bar-
had his swoid shot from his side in the action, for these things?” “Except the Lord be with nabas Thompson ; company G, none ; coinpa-
Thc 14th were cross fired upon. Just as the j us, we labor in vain to build this” national ny H, none ; company I, none ; company K,
regiment moved up to the charge, Maj. Wm. i power.
A. H irris discovered a regiment of Y'ankees | “And in the time of their troubles, when
drawn up in line of battle on the left, prepared they cried unto Thee, thou heardst them from
to flank us, and called Gen. Hampton’s attens ’ heaven, and, according to Thy manifold mer-
tion to it. The General could do nothing in | cies, thou gavest them saviours, who saved
regaid to it, not having the force to prevent it, ! them out of the hands of their enemies.”
but ordered the charge. The boys with a yell
went on, and as foreseen by Major Harris, that
regiment flanked and poured a deadly Are upon
our brigade. I cannot say’ who fought best, all
fought well; and all we ask is a fair showing
in an open tight, and not be led into an ambus
cade again. General Hampton was wounded
Fort Valley, Geo.
W. J. S.
OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY.
The Board ol Trustees of Oglethorpe Univer-
sity, at a meeting on the 29th ult, resolved to
close the present Collegiate yeai on the day
in the foot, and his brigade temporarily has : following. Most of the Senior, and many from
been broken until he can resume command, the lower classes, having been called to the ar-
The 14th is attached to the gallant General my by the Conscript Act, the Dej ree of A. B.
Archer s, ol I • xas, brigade. YY bilst writing was conferred on the following v oung gcntle-
the rain is pouring down in torrents and every- 1 . ,, , . , ,
.. ,* ..,.,,1 . „,i.. men, on the recommendation of .he Facultv.
thing like battle is hushed, except occasionally i ’
the sullen roar of a cannon, and bursting of : Tlz :
shell.
We look fur the big fight daily, and feel sat
isfied we can whip it, and we are anxious for
it to conic on. Publish this.
One in the Fight.
All Governments Founded upon Universal
Suffrage are Impracticable Unless Ken
can be brought in the Exercise of Politi
cal Power under the Influence of Relig
ious Principle.
The above is the conclusion of a line of
thought by your correspondent “Rutledge,”
Charles Coleman, Columbus, Gil
•I. G. Lane, Marietta, Ga.
R. H. Nall, Talladega, Ala.
J. J. J. Boyd, Macon Co., Ala.
The Board, in consideration of the great det
riment to the educational interests, of the coun
try lrum even a temporary suspension of our
Literary Institutions, resolved to open the new-
scholastic year at the usual time—on the first
Tuesday in October next.
Our College is but partially’ dependent on
none. Total 6. James P. Pekkins, Adjt
CASUALTIES or THE 28tH GEORGIA REGIMENT.
Two companies of the regiment (companies
H and 1) were on detached service for the pur
pose of supporting a section of Hardiway’s
battery, which was not brought into action.
Company A—Killed : Lieut J A J Peacock,
Corporal M A Brantley, reported; M A Hodg
es, D C Sumner, wounded ; Lieut T A Simons,
left arm ; Sergeant W M Wood, on hand; Cor
poral J W Scoot, in thigh ; John Bullard, in
hand; G M Brantley, left leg, slight; J A
Red good, in shoulder, considered mortally ; C
M Barge, in breast, mortally ; W F Wood, in
leg; J J Wood, in arm ; John Williams, in
thigh; J S Robinson, in leg; J W Hightower,
in leg; B W Johnson, in foot; Jesse Brantly,
in the knee, slight; J O Joiner, in thigh.
Company B—Killed : Corporal () P Elkins,
T Miller, W Wyatt Wounded: E J Edwards,
left shoulder, seriously ; J J Hale, right lung,
mortally, since dead; Howell Jones, through
the neck, seriously' ; Edward Webster, in
thigh ; R ’1 Wood, ill bowels, seriously ; K
Northington, in the right side, seriously ; W
R Hodges, in the arm ; W F Reynolds, in head;
A S Tenile, in arm ; A Wood, arm ; Sergeant
J S Avant, arm, slight; Corporal G A Wig
gins, leg; C S Ashley, leg; J R Avant, foot;
D C Camming, under left shoulder ; J Law
rence, in leg ; Solomon Tanner, on hip; Mac
Watkinson, hip, slight
Company C—Killed : Sergeant W E Finch,
_ . „ r J M
hours, frequently hand to hand. It ended in ; n m0 re than one instance, that the suc^
the complete destruction of our boats. The General found it impossible to follow fl
Price, Lovell, and Little Rebel sunk, the Y an pursuit of the advantages gained by hea^|
Dom disabled ; she was fired and blown up, f a iij ng and flooding the roads and riversB
the crew escaping in the woods. T he Beaure- -j; he bombardment of Sumter closed in a
gard was struck by one of the enemy’s ranis j s t 0 rm; s0 jjj (he terrific cannon and musket:^
she was run ashore opposite the city, sunk on assau ( t on p ort Donelson, and the mortar pel
a bar and surrendered. The Mexico and Bragg
were captured.
The loss of life on the Confederate side was
very small, considering the length and despera
tion of the contest.
ting of Island No. Ten.
European battle-fields furnish well authenti
cated testimony in support of the theory. Rain
fell like a blessing upon the bloody field the |
night closing the fight at YVaterloo, and many ’
The enemy claim to have taken one hundred | 0 f jfie wounded were succoured bv the rain
prisoners. Capt. Montgomery escaped to the thcy c^ht in their caps and canteens.
Yrkansas shore. Cabell, the pilot of the Lovell,
was killed by the enemy’s sharpshooters, and
his body went down with the boat The Cap
tain, officers and crew escaped by swimming
ashore. The enemy’s loss was fully equal to
ours. Capts. Montgomery and Delany passed
down the road this morning. The Lincolnites
occupied the city yesterday. Col. Fitch, of an
Indiana Regiment, commands the post. Three
regiments of infantry have arrived, and a large
cavalry force is momentarily expected.
NEWS FROM NORTHERN PAPERS.
Northern dates of the 4th have been re<
here. The Y’ankees claim a victory in th
at the Chickahominy Sunday. They
retook the ground wh ch the Confj
drove them from Saturday, and are no
four miles of Richmond. Their loss hi
is set down at three thousand (3000)]
wounded and missing. They say th
left twelve hundred dead on the field.
The Northern press indulges in severe strii:
tures on ll&lleck for allowing Beauregard to
escape from Corinth.
Halleck telegraphed the War Department
hat the “evacuation of Corinth commenced on
YY'ednesday and was completed Thursday night
in great haste and confusion, and an immense
amount of property was abandoned an'
During the siege of Sebastopol, which las
ted three hundred and sixty days and nights,
and where more powder was exploded than
during any siege or battle history gives any
account of, rain fell at intervails so frequent
that the trenches were half the time filled with
mud and water, in which the gunners Mid
marksmen stood up to their knees. The bat
tle of Solferino, was fought by Sardinia
French and Austrians in the midst of a terrific
• thipder storm, heaveu’s artillery mingling
that of the allies. Then we often read of
ming up and putting an eni to the
to these historical fads, more to j
:ervation of similar phenomenon
with events around us, rather
:e anything in support of the the- j
_ hich may or may not be true,
clears ago, in a season of great drought
but eccentric, MMI applied to
gre ^|^^tseof government gunpowder
presented sometime since in the Telegraph, un- j tuition fees for its support, having three Pro- ! j nQ James Price, YY’ A Henderson, YV , !
der the caption. “Political Infidelity.” A few fassorships endowed by the respective Synods Williamson. YVounded : Sergeant J S Hilt, slr0 ) ed - It is manifestly an endeavor onTffg
1 ----- - ; G G Beale, in leg, slight; C Blitch- 1 topalhate pobl.c senUment in the North,
thougbts-
For months past, even belore of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, and
we saw .said article, we have often contempla
ted this view of our nationality, and must con
fess not without some foreboding. Political
infidelity is the disease which terminates in
national death, and sin is the national malaria
which generates political infidelity. Unless
a fourth partly endowed. The Faculty' gener
ously consented to serve the Board, notwith
standing any abatement of their salaries that
might arise from the non-payment of the inter
est of any portion of the invested lunds.
The disorganization of our Colleges would
prove a lamentable evil in calling away to oth-
the cause is destroyed, orlield in »bey- er pursuits from which they could not be re-
nnce by counter elements, it as certainly pre— j railed, many of our experienced and able Pro-
U<>t)iput)\ 1, Capt Barclay - N\
t casualties re-
^ >i ifil.
Company K, Captain Loften -
YY'ounded : M
Kenan* Asa llansiord.
MYlllKK IN ACTION.
Company A Officers 2.
Men 49
. . ,“... B “...2.
“..53
• 4 |' •• 4
“..55
." D . 4
“ 46
..“.... K "...2.
“..42
F “...3.
.22
•• (i . 2 .
“..41
II . 4.
. “..68
. .1 “...4
“ .53
.... u ....K “..il.
**. .57
. . — .
... ——
Total 26.
4S4
SL R OF CASUALTIES
KBM
21
YVounded
70
Missing
Total
98
IIeaDOI AKTEKS OF 14T1I Ga. Reg., I
Is Frost of Enemy, 4th June, 1862. j
Mr. Editor: On Saturday evening, the 31st
of May, the 14th Ga. made her debut into bat
tle, and tor three long hours fought as Geor
gians can tight, until night closed the contest.
Three times we charged upon the concealed
battery through the thickest undergrowth
imaginable, men falling down over the imped
iments, hut rising, and with a yell onward
pressed—towards that fearful battery that was
mining shell, grape, canister anil solid shot
among us—but, my God, what odds—three
brigades ol Y’ankees iay entrenched around
that battery, and at thirty yards poured the
n-.os* concentrated tire upon us ever witnessed
on any field. Three times the 14th, support
ed by the three regiments—19th Georgia, led
by the gallant Lieut. Colonel Johnston, the
ICth North Carolina, led by the noble Davis,
their Colonel, (who fell pierced by three balls),
and Hampton s Legion, by the gallant Grif
fin, their Lieut Colonel, charged that battery,
and cross tired on—flanked partially—stood
manfully until the order passed down the line,
tall hack, when, sullenly we fell hack, formed
new line, and bivouacked on the field, where
they shelled us until the fight commenced Sun
day morning. Every State in the Confederacy
was represented there but Kentucky, and all
had to retire from before the enemy, and the
heroes of Manassas all say it was the most aw
ful and concentrated tire they ever witnessed.
Hut our success was great and grand. YVe
captured 28 pieces of artillery, tents, baggage,
4c., innumerable, and drove them three miles
before us The ground was strewn with dead
mid mounded—Yankees called—but really low
Dutch scou^rels. Gen. Pettigru, Gen. Hat
ton, Col. Davis, Col. Lomax, and hundreds of
gallant sons of the South hit the dust there,
i >ur casualties as far as collected, arc as follows:
Col. Price, thrown by his hoi.se, hut not se
riously hurt, and bravely fought on foot during
the battle. Col. Folsom nariowly escaped, his
word being struck with a grape shot
Maj. Harris, third charge, wounded (h : a horse
being slightly struck with a ball), threw him,
mid his foot hanging in the stirrup, was
wrenched badly—it being the foot and leg, he
mas so unfortunate as to get broken somo
months ago. He, however, has a thin slipper
on it to-day, and is ugain at his place.
Con piny A—Killed.—Captain John H. Eth
eridge.
YVounded.—Corporal Jeremiah Lampkin,
Privates Giles Mitchell, Monroe Thrash, Rich
ard McGintry. Ral iw in Davis, Leroy Thrash.
Company R—YVounded.—Sergeant Samuel
‘•-ci, j>.ira’i Gruomes, Private Joel
Brewer, killed ; Private George Den-rd, killed;
George Christian, wounded and left on field;
Aleck Denard, wounded and lelt on field; Joel
D) kes, wounded and left on field.
Company C.—Lieut. YVin. J. Preston, woun
ded and left on field ; Privates YVm. Seymour,
killed; YVm. Womack, wounded; James Stone,
wounded; Joseph Preston, wounded; John
Tyler, wounded-
Co in pany D.—Capt. James M. f ielder, slight
wound on foot.
Killed.—Sergeant John Baker, Privates Mar
tin McGinis, Stephen YVilaon, Y'an Bruce, Geo.
Sorrels, John Bly, Posey Peterson.
sents its sepuala in a national as in u physio
logical sense.
2d: Is it true that “sin, when conceived,
bringeth forth death,” not only morally and
physically, but nationally? YVe think it is ;
even though that government may not be
based directly upon universal suffrage. Look
at the nations of antiquity : where is Egypt,
Syria, Babylon, Assyria, Persia, Judea, Greece
and Rome. Long ! long since past away, and
scarcely a crumbling pillow remains to mark
the cities of these almost forgotten nations.
Many of these were promised national perpe
tuity; they did not receive it. Why? Ex
amine your history, notice minutely the rise
and progress of these nations. In their pros-
! perify, they sinned, and national decline and
death necessarily followed, for the promise of
perpetuity was always conditional. But strange
to say, each in its prosperity, like Nebuchad
nezzar, regarded itself the “glory” of the
earth, and said in effect: “Is not this great
Babylon, that 1 have built for tile house of the
kingdom by the might of my power, and for
the honor of my majesty ’-” But as certainly
has the voice from heaven said: “Thy king
dom is departed thee.”
Thus, sin has brought forth national death
an 1 ever will. God is unchangeable and will
rule the nations of the earth either for their
weal or woe.
Are we to learn naught from history ? Are
the darkened pages of crime, and crumbling
walls of antiquity, to pass unheeded by us, as
a nation ? Shall it ever be said of these Con
federate States, in the awfully sublime lan
guage of Isaiah :
“But wild beasts ol the desert shall lie there;
and their houses shall he full of doleful crea
tures ; and owls shall dwell there; and satyrs
shall dance there.’’
3d : Arc we as a nation endeavoring to avoid
this maelstrom of national destruction?
In heaven and hell nations are not recogniz
ed as such. National sins, therefore, must be
punished on earth according to the demerit of
in breast:
ington, in leg; YV C Cochran, in lelt arm ; S ;
Colly, arm broke; Tom Martin, both arms,
slight; A G Morrison, neck,seriously ; ENew
man, right arm, slight; Tom Morris, in thigh ;
slight.
Company D—Killed: J II Linsey, J A Bry
son. Wounded : E Millhouse, thigh and abdo
men ; Ira P Croft, in face and neck ; W Dick
erson, two fingers shot off lelt hand; J A
Chapman, in right foot; J Thompson, in head ;
YY e must have educated statesmen i s YV Millhouse, right thigh ; YV J Beavers, se-
lants ol the various learned Proles- riously, from grapeshot.
Company E—Killed: M .1 Murphy, color-
bearer; YV lxalipa. YY'ounded: Lt J Y\ r Ban
ning, across bowels and hip, slightly ; Lt J T
Dixon, in shoulder, seriously; G P Wyche, in
leg; J L Gill, on head, slight ; R A Crouch, in
thigh, seriously ; T M Butler, in thigh, serious
ly ; B T Crossen, flesh wound in leg; T P
which is setting against him.
Fremont has crossed the Shenaudoah moui
tain with a large force, with the view of
cepting tile retreat of Stonewall Ja ^
■lackson .slipped safely between Fremont an
ithdrawing his forces from the
fessors.
and occupants
sions, and we cannot dispense with an educa
ted ministry.
Called upon as we are, to give up our sons,
who are over eighteen years of age, for the de
fence of our country, we must, lor the present,
confine ourselves to the education of those un
der that age, but we cannot as enlightened peo.
pie afford to abandon our Colleges, even lor a
time By order of the Board.
E. A. Nishkt, Pres’t Board Trustees.
Tlio Battle on James’ Island.
TUB 47TU GEORGIA ENGAGE FOLK TIMES
THEIR NUMBER FOR FOUR HOURS.
CAPTAIN WILLIAMS MORTALLY WOUNDED
vFrom the Charleston Courier ol yesterday.)
A heavy cannonading and continued musket
ry tiring on James’ I-land commenced Tuesday
forenoon, and continued in the afternoon to
about eight o’clock, gave evidence that an en
gagement between our forces and those of the
enemy, was in progress. The smoke and flash-
j es ot the enemy’s gunboats, and the explosion
of their shells could he plainly seen from the
lowir part of the city.
Information readied the city that a portion
: of our troops iiad left camp and attacked the
enemy, who also advanced to meet us. A sharp
fight ensued, and the enemy were forced back
with considerable loss.
ip&tch. May -4.
!eral Army.
great doubt as to the ef-
the mouth ; A J Sanders, in the arm. serious
ly ; J G YVilson, in the breast, seriously.
Company G— Killed: Sergeant J H Ransom.
YY'ounded: Corp’l Jesse Price, in hand; T
Brucksher, in breast; J R Saver, in head; S
H Faith, in arm and liowels; A G llolcomb, in
YY e learn that the casualties on our side were . arm . \ L ane> | n throat; Pinkney Tamlress, in
principally in a Georgia regiment, which one . arB j • y Y\’ Mote, in arm and hip ; II McCarty,
we could not learn. through the ankle; Win Smallwood, in the
forces engaged were a Georgia Regi- | hips; Oliver Dean, in the left side, slightly.—
merit, restou s Light Artillery, Col. Lamar s | Q ne missing—name not known,
command, the YY ashington Artillery, (Louisia- Company K-Killed: Eli Moxlev, M Drew,
na Battalion ) and others 1 he fighting, we ; Henry Horn. YVounded: Serg’t L B Cole-
are informed, was hard while it lasted. Gen. Ina n, right arui, seriously; Corp’l J Drew,
Clark, in hip; R Findly on hand ; A Heath, in pe rs to the etlect that Mitchell had defeated
arm; M Smith in shoulder ; Albert Phillips, in Price and Y'an Dorn, and captured six thousand
face; slightly; G YY' Redding, in leg; O. P. ; prisoners.
Rowe, in breast; M YV addle through the foot, ( ; QV NeiU s Brown addresse d a large public
while nobly carrying the colors ; Joseph YY ood i roeeting at Columbia. Gov. Brown has turned
run, in the hand anu arm. a complete somerset, and lighted in Andy John-
Company f--Killcd: OS I edget, J M Sun- j s0n ’ s hosom. He says the rebellion is played
iiiong, John M ord, J W Ilarbin. \\ outul*]I: ( ou ^ ant j Tennessee ought to be for the Union :
n, " ttde* in arm, slightly ; Lieut R ! j s | 0 Uy t 0 contend against the Federal (Aov-
A Met lure, in the head mortally; Corporal I ernm ent; that the longer the war is kept up,
James Holcomb, in the shoulder, seriously ; J ! the w0r8e it will be for the South.
1 Auderson, in the lace, slightly ; 1 Biddy, m ! rj- be Union feeling is represented as increas-
both legs and right arm. seriously ; Henry in Tennessee.
\\ ood, through the thigh, seriously; 1 M ... .. , .. c ,
Hendman, under right shoulder, slightly; H
C Jones, through the thigh, seriously?T Kelly, 1 the Mob ‘ f Advertiser extra, of the 8th. The
scalped, slightly ; P M McCraw, in the leg; E °. f lh “ (< “ nbo f t b f ht , at Mem P h ' 3 . ™
Nix?through the erm ; J C Richards, iu the T ved hwe on but su RP reai,ed b ? ^
arm and breast, slightly; J L Smith, shot in
D ppointed , _
e post of Harper’s Ferry, in place of I YVilson, Chairman of the Military Committee,
Jen. YVool has been ordered to Balti- 1 believes we have not to exceed 520,000. YVhere
are the other 100,000 or 200,000 ? It was sug
gested in the House the other day that fraudu
lent pay rolls have been forwarded to the De
partment. Here is a good subject for aa In
vestigating Committee. YY'e believe in Senator
YVilson’s figures, and they seem to be based
upon an estimate like this :
commanders. men.
Gen. McClellan's column
more, to take command of the Middle Depar^,
ment Gen. Dix ordered to Fortress Monroe to
report to Gen. McClellan.
Lincoln has called for fitly thousand three
months troops
The Governors of Ohio and Illinois have is
sued proclamations for volunteers.
A dispatch is published in the Northern pa-
Government. YY’hy it was suppressed here,
and allowed to be published in Mobile the
Government only knows.—Ed. Chron.]
■Hta U tEe or.ly Dally print for a clrcug
in one hundred muee round Macon—the mo
Point in Georgia. The paper is furnished t
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and Domestic News, Political and Commercial^
an organ o either, has no superior In Ge
person In Middle, Southern and South-Western (
desiring tholatest Intelligence, can
ter than subscribe for the Dailt Telegravu.
Published every morning, Mondays excepted?
low price of EIGHT DOLLARS per annum, in c
Four Dollars for six months, or Eighty i
month for any shorter period.
ftiarun CElfgrap]
laris made up of two) issues of the Dailt, and con
tains all the reading matter In both. To persons acces
sible only by Tri-Weekly or Semi-Weekly Malls, the
120 000 ^ Tri-Weekly Telegraph offers the best and only chance o
Gen. Halleck’s “ 13a’ 000 securing the earliest intelligence, it Is a large paper
Gen. McDowell's. . .“ 25,000 and will be found to contain In each number, fourteen
Gen. Bank’s “ 25,000 columns and upwards of reading matter, of the moat
Gen. Fremont’s Department 30,000 ' , ., .
Gen. Burnside’s “ 25,000 tUaely ‘ ud character.
Gen. Gen. Hunters.. “ 20,000 ! The Tki-Weekly Telegraph Is published atthevaar
Gen. Brannan s (Key YYest, etc.,) 5,000 ; LO w price of FIVE DOLLARS per annum In advanee.
Gen. Butler s column 16,000 j no subscriptions received for less than Thru Monttu
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YV. D. Smith was in command. Our infantry
forces marched out about 11 A. M. The artil
lery on.our side became engaged about one
o’clock.
These were the only particulars we could
gather up to a late hour last night. S YV L Sumner, thigh and hand ; YY’ L Pierce, U n , vas confidently asserted bv leadin"
the offence, whether to chastisement, only, or the- i th ' gh J J K p ser ' ou ^ j 0 *j er - merchants that the recognition of thl Uonfcd
national detraction. - en^nv’s km’atandon hisDnTcamn On Mon- : V. 7 >n,cbard - slloulder i erate States by France had taken place.
T' l* rXZ A P. Prottor . lefl le g br ° kc ‘V Our informant, who is an intelligent
right leg, slightly ; Godfrey Miller, through the
lungs, mortally ; G T Derresoe, in the head,
seriously ; S Scarborough ; right arm, serious
ly ; D R Green, shoulder and thigh, slightly;
K Johnson, arm ; J M Johnson, head, slightly;
Itet'Oguiliuu of the riouthrru foulrdirury
by France.
A gentleman who arrived here yesterday
from a Confederate port, and who left Havana
only a few days since, reports that when he
left that city, the prevailing opinion among the
leading merchants and intelligent men was that
the independence of the Confederate States has
already been acknowledged by the French gov
ernment. The event had been strongly pre
dicted for some time by persons in Havana,
whose connection with English and French
commercial houses gave them peculiar facilities
of obtaining correct information, and immedi
ately after the arrival at Havana of the British
steamer Trent, which reached Havana on the
t ff~ Is a hai e-ome paper, and interior to co paper
iu the South, li of typographical beauty. As a vo-
i Total 500 000 bide of new #a> ! "teres ting and valuable mtscellaneoua
Now, from the above there should be deduct- P^tlcal * '" r clal matter, no weekly paper In
1 ed ten to fifteen per cent for soldiers in the ’ “d* r claims upon public favor.—
' hospitals, at home, on furlough, and discharged Specimen copie- « be forwarded whenever desired,
for physical incapability, leaving a total of 430,- i »pke wkexlt Gxa&oiA Teleorafix U published at
000 men capable of doing duty. The exact _
number il the exact truth were known, may THREE DOI.T.AR8peranaum, taodeancs,or,OmeDol
not exceed 400,000 efficient men. Scores of lab and Firrr Cents for six montha. No subacrlptlona
regiments that marched from home one thou- rec .lved for less than six months,
sand strong, can muster now only 300 to -i00
men, and lew regiments number more than j »*•
700 or 800 rank and tile. The rebels have suf- j
fered the same degrees of shrinkage, and per-,
haps worse.
The number of soldiers at home on furlough i
with sick certificates, is much greater than is
national destruction.
YY'e, b in, and raised in this land of liberty, day , ast a shot from one of Co , L i mar - S ns
prosperity and happiness, are too apt to be- struck the mast ol a Y'ankec propeller and took
he.ve this the golden ago—that nc possess ad ]t out of her, when another steamer came up
perfection, ‘other s were not better i an( j ^ owe( j disabled boat away,
than these. But the same God rules over us >p bc Lincoln troops have landed in force on
that did over the nations of the earth, now ai- ; James’ Island side of the SI >no River just wtst
j most buried in oblivion, and will as assuredly
bring us to a strict accountability. Are we
endeavoring, as a nation, to avoid this destroy
er—sin ? YY'e answer, we are. To this end,
the President of these States lias from time to
time called on the people to humble themselves
before God, in lasting and prayer. So have the
; Governors of States, and Mayors of different
cities. The people have met, fasted, sung,
preached and prayed—immediately after which
we have always gained tietorie* ; and our most
: pious Generals hart always been most success-
fal.
This should teach us that God will hear us
and answer, if we put our trust in llitn. If
and above Battery Island, in number about six
teen regiments, according to the evidence of
another prisoner taken Monday night, who al
so said that a few more regiments were expect
ed.
They are no doubt entrenching themselves,
|3F~No Dame* of tubecrlbere entered to any of aur
generally supposed, and we doubt whether the ! Editions, either Daily, Tri-Weeklyor Weekly, without
\\ ar Department is aware of how many thou
sands there are of such. A majority of sur-: th * *ad ■ubscribera muat expect that ibeli
geons find it lar easier t# give certificates to names will be crossed off immediately upon the explnt»
200 or 300 ailing men in a regiment, on which i. , ., . a . M
i.i i \ . . tion of the term for which they have paid. No one
they can obtain leave ot absence, than to at- j
tend to them in their camp hospital ; and it is : »hould take offence at the operation of a general rale ot
but natural that those who thus go home should | which they were dnly advised before hand.
i i j „a- l , , i .—j . be in no special hurry to get well enough to 1
tered the field was 3,0 Number killed, woun- the recen t visit of M. Mercier to Richmond had return> as their pay runs on while absent just
ded and missmg 180. The Regiment was under reference to the then proposed recognition of the same as when nresent with their raiment
informant, who is an intelligent gentle-
The aggregate ol the Regiment when it en- |ua „ aays t ),at it is believed in Havana that
IMkuIar Ifartke!
and expect to mako their position the base of I typographical error,
their operations against the city.
Four large transports were off Stono Bar and
eight propellers off this port, Tuesday.
Later.—A gentleman who left the neighbor
hood of Stono river about nine o’clock, Tues-
diy night, gives us the following account: A
severe tight between the enemy and a small
portion of our forces, under the command of
which it was attached. I see a mistake was
also made in the number of the Regiment, the
12th Georgia, which, I have no doubt, was a
the whole head is sick the whole heart will be , Gen. YY'. 1). Smith, took place Tuesday after-
faint, and the man physically unsound. So as noon. A detachment of our forces were sent
a nation ; the “head”—the controlling power— out as skirmishers, with orders to scour the
must he sound. YY ho is the head in our na- woods in front of Stono river, behind which
tional polity ? No* the l'ies;i?-r*t. Governors several of the enemy’s gunboats were lying,
or Mayors. The are only the agents of the The right wing of our force was deployed
head. The head —the [xjwer—the government, under command of Col. llagood. This force
Her* is the people. If the) - are corrupt, the met with a body of the enemy, who, after a
Government must be, and the nation dies ; but short fight, retreited to their gunboats,
if the people are pure, the government is, and 1 The left wing advanced under command of
the nation vigorous and healthy. How are the Col. Williams, with the Forty seventh Georgia
people to get and retain this purity ? All ex- regiment. Colonel Williams’ force with great
pcriencc shows that man in a state of nature, difficulty n.tde their way thiough a thick for-
i* incapable of retaining this purity. Espe- , esl of woods, and were met by an overwhelm-
daily is this true in a government of universal : ing force of the enemy, estimated at nearly
suffrage, where worldly honor and thirst for j four times their number,
office are the acme of man’s ambition. It is \ The enemy were also protected by a very
the heat, moisture, and vegetation, which sets strong abatis, The gallant Forty-seventh, how-
free this destructive “malaria.” It is evident ! ever, charged the enemy several times with
then that where there are so many temptations great impetuosity, and withdrew only when ap-
to sin, the people, as a body, must have a high- proacliing darkness and the continued rein-
er and holier motive in view. The power must forcemeats of the enemy compelled them to
be pure—the people are the power. Man, in a retire. The gunboats during the fight also kept
state of nature, is incapable of retaining this | up a continual shelling of the woods beyond
purity. It follows then for this government to the forces engaged, designed to prevent the ar*
be permanently practicable the people must be rival ot reinforcements.
brought under the infiuence of religious prin The tight lasted about four hours. The cas
ciple, in the exercise of political power. To ualties were thirty or forty of our men vound-
what extent then is this religious principle ne- ed by the fire from the enemy's infantry. Capt
Cessary ? ^ Williams, of the Forty seventh Ga. Regiment,
Not simply to a recognition of God intellec- wo regret to learn, was mortally wounded while
tually, as the ruler of nations^ A nation of gallantly leading a charge on the enemy’s
normal Christians will not do. This native car-
nalityniustbc eradicated. This principle, then,
must go to the extent of thorough and com-
breastwork.
Great credit is due Col. YY'illiams and his
regiment for their bravery and their gallant
plete “conversion.” In the strong language of bearing during the action.
Christ, to be “born again.” The whole affec- Our informant, who saw Colonel YY'illiams
tions are to be changed—wealth, office and ■ after the action, heard him say that a large
lame are to be regarded and acted upon, politis
cally, as sordid dust, compared to its great ob
ject of evangelising the world, serving God and
I getting to heaven. In this condition, man has
I the spirit of God testifying with his, that he is
an heir of a better inheritance than earth can
give.
He who reoogDizea God in all bis ways is
prepared, and he only, to do hia whole duty to
number of the enemy were killed and wounded
in the engagement.
The place where the fight took place is about
three miles from the lines of our entrench
ments.
Heavy firing was kept up to a late hour last
night It is supposed the enemy were engaged
in shelling the woods while landing reinforce
ment*.
_ proposed recognition
the fire of the enemy s guns 3} hours. our government by France, which has since
I see in your issue of the 2d ult., you speak been consummated, if not yet publicly pro
of the 28th Georgia being deployed as rskir— i claitnecl. So strong is the belief in commercial
inisliers with a Miss. Battalion. Such was not ] circles in Havana that Napoleon has recognized
the case, it entered regularly into the engage- I the independence of the Confederate States,
ment with the Brigade (Gen. Featherson’s) to ] t ba t wagers as high as ten thousand dollars
had been ottered by merchants not accustomed
to bet upon a hazard, that our recognition by
France was une affaire accompli.
Our recognition is believed to be incidental
to a grand scheme of diplomacy and national
aggrandizement now in process of accomplish
ment by the Emperor Napoleon It is known
that France, England and Spain were recently
associated in a joint movement against Mexico.
YY’hen their combined force invaded the Mexi
can territory, they were met by representatives
of the existing government of that country,
with whom England and Spain effected a sat
isfactory treaty, to which France was not a par
ty. The English and Spanish armies were with
drawn lrom Mexico, while that of France re*
mained and has since been largely reinforced.
In justice to that gallant Regiment, I take
occasion to say it is now under the command
of our hero, Gen. Stonewall Jackson, and has
been in more battles and done harder fighting
than any other Regiment from our State.
T. O. YVicker, Adj’t 28th Reg’tGa. Y'ols.
A YANKEE LETTER.
The Richmond Dispatch says:
The letter from which the following extracts
arc made, was picked up in the camp of the
enemy on Saturday last. It was dated at Ste-
vensville, New York, in Y'an YVyck’s district,
always noted for its abolition saatiment It is
worthy of attention, as a sign of the times :
“Dear : * YY'e have- received a let
ter from you dated the 25th. * * I send you
the YY'atchinan every week. The Caucasian
(newspaper) that I sent you, with Davis’ Mes
sage in it, is (he last of that paper. So goes
our liberty of speech and ireedom of the press
[it seems that the Caucasian has been suppress
ed by the Government] that the Constitution
guarantees to us, and for which grandfather
fought and spilled his blood in the war of the
Revolution. -♦****
This war is going to use up a. good many of
our very best young men. A vast multitude
have already laid their bones on Southern soil,
far away from friends and the home of their
childhood. More, George, than 100,000, and
there will be fifty or sixty thousand more before
the 1st of June. The negro question and Chi
cago platform is going to destroy us, I fear, and
make white slavery instead of black. They are
out now in the papers begging for the negroes
Lincoln’s Generals have taken from their mas
ters as contrabands. They want old clothes
and anything you have got to give them. Let
them who got them from their masters take
care of them. They always used to have
enough to eat and to wear vrhen with their
masters. YVhoever heard of a slaveholder beg
ging for his needy blacks ? Suppose the whole
four millions were free, what should we do with
them ? This negro freedom is all a humbug.
Col. Y'an YTyck is to work in the House of Rep
resentatives to free the negroes. He has no
political friends hare but the blackest of black
republicans.
Wirtrtaanrff j I
the same as when present with their regiment.
The order issued last winter to stop recruiting ]
to fill up emaciated regiments was an unwise |
one, and has lately been removed.— Chicago ]
[From the above it would appear that neitli- l lT will be mauife«tto every bu«iue»» man, that
er McClellan’s or Halleck’s column or even the j the different Editions of the Telegraph afford unequalle
vandal army is as formidable as we have been facilities for communication with tbe people of ir "R
led to suppose. Like the gunboats, the nearer lnd SoutherI1 Georgia. Buslae.. advertisers *
we get to them the less the dread is felt-Ed. avall Ulemgelvs , of the redacting prices aflbrdedto
Cos. |
BUTLERISM IN FLORIDA.
Headquarters, Post of St. Augustine, [
May 7th, 1862. (
Lieutenant Colonel Louis Bell, the Yankee
Satrap at St Augustine, has issued the follow
ing order, in imitation of Butler :
Certain women having conducted themselves
last evening and this morning in a manner
^ grossly insulting to the United States forces ;
The English and Spanish armies were with- stationed here, by collecting together in the
— Plaza, and there openly manifesting their dis
loyalty to the United States, I have ordered i
It is believed in Havana that the Emperor de- * b *t hereatter any woman who shall be guilty
! regular advertisers, and to do this they should sign <
contract. All others are liable to tbe regular eittbiiahtrl
rates ol’ advertising In the State.
TELEGRAPH
signs placing the Prince Maximilian on the
throne of Mexico, and that with this view he
has negotiated a treaty with Austria, which
power, in consideration of the elevation of Max
imilian to a throne, relinquishes the territories
of any open and offensive exhibition of disloy-!
ally, shall be considered as having forfeited im
munity from punishment by reason of her sex, j
and shall be held in strict arrest. And further
more, if another such disgraceful scene is enact- j
ot Italy to Y'ictor Emanuel, and consents to a e ^> * enforce the full rigor of Martial Law
new boundary between the new kingdom of J on tbe c,t Y’ order of
Italy and France, which will give a satisfacto-| . , T ji 1 !-, tLL ’
ry and permanent settlement to the Italian] Lieut CoL 4th N. H. \ olunteers,
question. This being the grand object of the | Commanding I ost of St Augustine, Ha.
Emperor, it is deemed politic to cultivate friend-: **• H ’Y igoin, Acting Adjutant,
ly relations with the Confederate States, who, How long shall Southern cities be exposed
as his nearest neighbor to his Mexican nionar
chy, will stand between it and the once valiant
asserters of the Monroe doctrine.
In addition to these political considerations,
there are others, of a commercial character
which, together, are believed to have determin
ed the Emperor to lead in the recognition of the
independence of the Confederate States.
The news is most too good to be true, though
it is not without the endorsement of strong
probability. It will be observed that the brief
telegraphic despatch of the late English news,
which we publish this morning from the New
York Herald, states tnat “Mexican affairs with
the schemes of Napoleon are exciting much in
terest in Europe." May not the recognition of
the Confederacy be included in his “schemes,”
as a part of his diplomatic programme ? The
to such rulers ? Shall o'her cities be evacua
ted or surrendered.— Charleston Courier.
Nortuern Account of the Late Battle.—
A gentleman who s»w a New York paper, of
YY ednesday last, informs that the Federals ad
mit a loss of 800 killed and 4,000 wounded in
the late battle below this city. As might have
been expected they assert that the Confederate
loss is much heavier, though they acknowledge
that the “Rebels” fought desperately. Among
the Federals killed are three Brigadier Gene
rals, whose names we could not learn.
Richmond Dispatch.
Editor Telegraph : Is an officer of a tw’elve
months’ company, who was not re-elected at the
re-organization of the company, (under the
as a pare Ol ms mp.omauc programme r me ; Conscrj tion Act) VlMe t0 he enrolled ?
presses of Lincolndom have recently manifest- r * » *
ed much distrust of the designs of the Emperor,
and it is highly probable that much of the ac
tivity displayed of late by the Y'ankees, both
Itaok, 3ab anil jfannj printing
ES TAB LI SHIM E?NT.
(ifTiui Jos ebtablishmint U in charge of one
the beet Printer* In the country, and with oar facilities,
wo are prepared to execute any kind of Printing
may be called for, with
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AND
ON REASONABLE TERMS
pa^YVe sol'clt a trial of our skill In this deparlmea
t3F~lr willsAve osa great deal ot anneceeeary tuA
ble II oar friend*. In writing to ue, will bear la min^^
tbe following
11 ULES:
Always givethe date, Poti Office, county and State In
the body ot yoor letter.
If yon wish the Paper changed from one office to
another, give both offices In falL
It la of no use to send an order lor papers without th*
Y'ou speak of coming hone; do so if you the French government. They know that ^ve
in get a furlough. Y'our steers are looking ■ ry day that the “rebellion” remains not “crush-
can
nice. Write soon.
To Georgs H. Fox.
Stcdrax Fox,
[Undoubtedly so. See the following :
r ._, t A Point Settled.—We learn in a communi- motht.
in fighting and lying, has been prompted by cation which we have received from the YY’ar 1 Oraer*loraaverti»ingtoa given amount, with tuj
their apprehension of this step on the part of i Department at Richmond, “that officers be- ; “ONKTlncioaed will be moat liberally flliou.
- ’ — ’ ’ 'tween the ages of 18 and 35 years Of age. Who' AU orders for Jobs or Advertising should bsaocump*
were defeated in the recent re-organization of »ied by oa«b or a city referenc. for payment
.i , i • j if you writ© on buainoaa And other matt era, wrleo
12 months regiment are subject to conscnp- , hMtg;ofpa p ar , ;o ^ Uit e re ,F of one .h«* t
tion. —Countryman. \
ed,” is one day nearer to our independence.
Sav. News, Juno 10th.