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By Joseph Clisby.
MACON, FRIDAY, 3 O’CLOCK, P. M., JUNE 20, 1862.
CHARLESTON.
It will bo seen that there 1ms been a some
what sanguinuary struggle on James Island, in
Charleston harbor, some two or three miles
distant from the city, and ohr troops have met
with a repulse from a superior force of the
Yankees. They still, however, divide posses
sion of the island with the enemy, who are
erecting fortifications under cover of their gun
boats James Island is within shelling distance
of Charleston. From private information, we
are pretty strongly impressed with the idea
that the Charlestonians mean to defend that
citr till they see its foundations.
REINFORCEMENTS TO STONEWALL JaCKSON.
The Atlauta Intelligencer announces the recep-
tiun of a telegram Irom Col. G. W. Lee, Com
manding “Wright's Legion,” dated Peters
burg, 10th, stating that the "Legion” was then
en route to join (Jen. Jackson, and notifying
all furloughed men to join him immediately.
We learned yesterday, that the 7th Ga. Regi
ment (formerly 7th (la, Battalion) under the
cornu and of Col. John liill Lamar, of this city,
were also en route to join Stonewall. Verbal
reports from Richmond state that Stonewall
has been, and is now being reinforced daily,
mainly with Georgia regiments.
Thk Stories ok Foreign Intervention and
Recognition.—It is somewhat singular that re
ports of recognition by France come simultane
ously from the West, (torn Havana and Irom
New Orleans. The story from New Orleans
brought by a passenger to Mobile is that Eng
land and France had actuully submitted joint
propositions to tire Lincolu government, and
demanded an answer by the 5th of June. No
confidence, however, should be reposed in any
of these statements. The “City of Washing
ton” brings European advicq - to the 22d May,
which certainly would contain some intelligence
upon the the subject, if these stories had any
foundation in fact. It might, indeed, b© sup
posed that the Lincoln government had direc
ted the Northern prints to suppress all inform*
tion in their extracts from the European press,
but this is impossible.
Total Eclipse or the Moon.—There was a
total eclipse ol the moon last Wednesday night.
Commenced at 11 o’clock—moon fully obscured
at half past one, and the town in total dark
ness. At three o’clock the eclipse had passed
off. We get '.liese facts from our mailing clerk,
who is “a reliable gentleman" in the correct
undt rsUnding of that term. As to the writer,
the moon was fully eclipsed, as to him, during
the whole night, and for some minutes alter
sunrise.
••THE WORD OF GOD A NATION'S LIFE.”
We are indebted to some friend for a copy of
a sermon bearing ibis caption, preached by
Biaiiop George F. Pierce, D. D., of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, before the Bible Con
vention of i he Confederate States, which met
at Augusta, Ga., on the 19th of March last.—
'flie eloquent and erudite Divine fully sustains
his reputation as a scholar and Christian. The
sermon is well worthy of attentive perusal.
•• Let tiii.m Come.”—So says the defiant
Richmond Whig of the loth to the defiant
Yankees, who are now something more than a
rille shot ol Richmond. We like his spunk,
but the fact is they are coining, and we say,
"Let them go!"
Steam Mill, Ga., June 10th, 1862.
Mr. J. Cliifiy—Dear Sir: Enclosed find a
gold thimble, which is to be disposed of, and
the proceeds to be applied to the GeorgiaGun-
hoat. This is contributed by Miss F. J. Coach
man. Truly, yours, Ac.,
Samuel II. Dickenson.
Who bids on tho thimble? Having some
very plain sewing to do, wc will go five dollars.
FROM STONEWALL JACKSON.
The !e>p itch in another column is unintel
ligible. “The enemy have evacuated Harris
onburg”—what enemy ? Is it Shields alone,
or has Fremont been able to eflect a junction
vrith I im ? Is this evacuation and falling back
a ,:cn the Valley (we assume that down means
South in this case) the result ol pressure by
our lorces, or is it a movement upon Staunton,
or upon the line of the Charlottesville Rad
Hoad
These arc questions suggested by the tele
gram, to which it furnishes no hint of a solu
tion. However, we may well repose confi
dence in Gen. Jackson’s ability to dispose of
the enemy wherever he may go. We trust
none of Jackson’s reinforcements may bo
trapptd on their way to him.
On a second thought, down the valley must
mean down the Shenandoah which Hows north
weslerly. The enemy must, therefore, be
beading towards Strasburg or Woodstock.
*
[From tho Richmond Dispatch.]
the GRAND YANKEE ARMY.
Secretary Cameron boasted that he had put
6ti0,000 men in the field last winter. To this
number 90,000 were afterwards added, making
760,000 in all. Tho Enquirer, of yesterday,
m lies an estimate by wInch it reduces the
number now in the field to 650,000, viz: 100,-
003 for McClellan, 100,000 for ilalleck, 50,000
for Fremont, Shields, Ac., 100,000 for all other
service. doubt whether the Yankees have
that number in the field by 50,000. The En-
qu rer, indeed, expresses the same doubt.—
And what has become of the rest ? Where are
the 400,000 or 500,000 that make up the dif
ference? They must have been killed or taken,
or have died of disease, or he sick in the hos
pitals. At this moment, »e doubt not, our
clfictive force actually in the field is larger than
that of the Yankees.
Mart men and better men, too—then just
here arises that awkward question, why do we
not run the invaders out of the country ? Why
is Richmond invested week after week ?—why
are Halleck and Mitchell having things all their
own way in Tennessee ?
FROM THE WEST.
Not a reliable whisper from the great army
of Beauregard reaches us through any channel.
Gen. Price was in Augusta yesterday, on his
way to Richmond, as is taiJ, to negotiate for
getting loose again. We hope he will be suc
cessful. P. W. A., of the Republican, reports
that a portion of Beauregard’s army hid fallen
still further down the Mobile A Ohio Rail Road
to a station below Guntown. lie doubts
whit: er Halleck will follow our urmv, and it is
said to be well out of bis way. Private reports
give a large amount of sickness in our force.
The correspondent of the Republican reports
that the Ram Arkansas has been completed
and sent down the river to Vicksburg and is a
more formidable vessel than the Merrunac. It
is a pity said “Ram" did not take a prelimina
ry butt or two at the expedition against Mem
phis and in aid of our cotton fiotilla.
LET IT LOOSE.
Thank God, every day’s report from the
corn crop bids us count upon abundance. If
we have hall a yield there will still be plenty;
but the season is big with promise of an extra
ordinary product per acre. One month more
of propitious weather will give us such abun
dant e of com as Georgia never dreamed of be
fore, and a time when the poorest of her sons
and daughters can promise themselves plenty
of bread. Thank God, the deep and damning
shai le of Georgia is to be lifted off. Her sons
are brave, adventurous and hardy. Mountain
and valley teem with the monuments of their
enterprise, and the rich product of he# soil has
clothed a large part of the habitable globe.—
Be i: so—but wc must also admit her people
have failed to feed themselves ! Their food has
beer produced by their enemies, and there is
not i man among them of just feelings whose
ears have not tingled with the taunt of imbecil
ity Irom the bacon and corn growing abolition
ists of the West It was the belief that the
South would actually ttarve in the absence of
food from the North, which brought on the
war; and all our calamities are justly altribu-
Gex. Toombs, in his despatch, lakos abusive
issue with the Eufaula and Cut) bert commit
teemen, but the violence of his anguage im
plies a self-consciousness that lit is wrong.—
It was indispensable that the agricultural la
bor and capital of the entire c< untry should
this year be concentrated on the production of
food. The public safety demanded that bread
should be plenty and cheap. S:> evident was
this fact, that the great mass of the planters ac
cepted it as a sacrifice imperetivi y required at
their hands by patriotism, and re iolved to plant
no cotton at all. And if such were the con
elusions of the masses, what was to have been
expected of Gen. Toombs, whose personal in
fluence, public position, and commanding tal
ents had contributed much more than those of
any other man in the world to the political
movements which have resulted in this disas
trous war, and whose wealth enabled him to
bear with ease the great pecuniary sacrifices it
demanded ?
When, therefore, it was whispered that of the
very few—some half-dozen—planters of South
ern Georgia, who refused to acquiesce in this
public necessity, Gen. Toombs was one, few
table to the insane policy which has betrayed men could or would believe it. Not until we
us into the wretched dependence upon the had the most undoubted testimony of his own
North for food. We may boast of our wealth j neighbors could we credit the statement; and
and onr cotton, and plume ourselves upon the \ then feared to make it public, in the opinion
importance these give us in our own eyes, but j that so dangerous an example would find too
rest assured, the people who do not produce many imitators for the safety of the country
their own food in kind, are poor, miserable de
pendents and beggars, as much worse off than
a people who do not produce clothing, as the
clamor for a renewal of food is more frequently
recurring than that for clothing. But, in truth,
there was no other civilized people ai der hea
ven, except the South, who undertook to get
along without producing both food and cloth
ing. It was reserved to the Southern States to
make this desperate experiment, and to reap in
full the shame and misery of the inevitable
lailure.
Thank God, the day of our degradation is
passing away. The time is rapidly approach
ing when the teeming earth will yield he*-
abundance to man and beast, and now what we
wish to do is to urge upon planters to open
their granaries and let loose their surplus grain
in time to replenish their own pockets and
abate the miseries of the people. Corn is now
worth somewhere between a dollar and a half
The testimony offered us was that Gen. Toombs
had a larger cotton crop than usual planted,
amounting to between eight and nine hundred
acres. We have only to say, what it will require
no argument to substantiate, that if everybody
bad followed his example, the scarcity of bread
alone would have ruined the cause of the
South.
Gen. Toombs, however, has a legal right to
plant w hat he pleases and manage his own es
tates to suit himself. The Constitution and
laws of Georgia surround him with their sa
cred a?gis in the enjoyment of his own proper
ty, and any ‘‘vigilance commitee” who under
take to break down these harriers in order to
force him into what they consider a lair contri
bution to the public safety, will in our judg
ment, act a very unwise and mistaken part. He
seems to anticipate being “robbedbut we
trust and believe no man will divest him of his
rights or property to the value of a penny.—
and two dollars per bushel, with large stocks ; T be moment thit any committees or anjbody
of surplus corn in the country. W hat it will ■ c .] se ba vc demonstrated that liberty or property
be worth two or three months hence we leave j s ] ess now - than it was under the old
the agricultural reader, acquainted w ith (he j.’ e( ] er al government, we shall have shown that
state of the crops and the vast amount planted, | ( be revolution has been in vain or has bo:ne
to judge for himself. But is it not alike a * ev ;i f ru jts.
plain matter of duty and interest to send the j Let Mr Toomb8> therefore, settle his own
grain to market now, while corn is scarce and , com-s,. a nd account with public opinion. The
b '8 b ? ’ long unwearied confidenc of Georgia has main-
CAPTURE OF ”ICHMOND j tained him in lofty public position for many
.... ‘ .. . years, until, as it would appear, he has become
from the concurrent tone of the Northern , r .. , , . , ‘‘ , . ,
lmlmerent to. or disdainful «>' * '
u-m .''HtiHu a ah J tl»c letters picked up on me . • , • . , . . , . »
1 K r \r i tits follow citizens—at !eau»t he does not . alu-.
battle field near Richmond, it is clear that the
_. | it as much as a cotton crop.
Northern inind set upon the capture of Rich- j . ^ j ^
inond as the dec : sive event of the war either
way. They say if Richmond falls, the rebel
lion is crushed—and, on the other hand, if the
Federals are defeated and repulsed, tiie news
papers say the war will be indefinitely pro
longed, while the letters hold the opinion that
it might as well be given up altogether. The
moral effect, then, of success or defeat at Rich
mond will be far beyond that of any battle
which has ever yet taken place, and it will cer
tainly be regarded by a portion ol the North as
the turning point in the war.
The South ought to be willing to accept it
as such. (Ye have, as is believed, as large,
and probablj a larger, force there than the en
emy ; and we see no reason yet to doubt that
our men are belter soldiers than the enemy ;
and therefore we should certainly ask or expect
no more favorable circumstances under which
to meet him, during a war in which, as all con-
Rut arrogance, of
n rebyked. Popular indigna
tion need nfcl Hike tile form of "robbery" to
satisfy any man that
“Who steals my puree steals trash.
'Twss mine—'ll* his, and has been slave of thousands
But he who filches from me my good name,
lio'jsinc of that which not enriche- him.
But makes me poor indent
A YANKEE LETTER.
A friend in the army has sent us a letter
found in the enemy’s camp at Ctiickahominy,
from which wj make the following extract.—
The language fs not very genteel, but the sen
timents exhibit some patriotic feeling in the
writer:
Brooklyn, April 9, 1862.
Friend lloi : We heard to day of the great
battle of Pittsburg, and also the taking of “Is
land No. 10.” I suppose you are getting rea
dy for a fight pretty soon. I wish with all my
heart that this accursed war was over, and that
. every man who instigated it, whether North or
cede, numbers must be generally against us. j £ oul h, be sent to heli by the shortest and most
The tone of the Richmond correspondents and ; expeditious route. The idea of a civil war in
papers is therefore no more confident than it ; a land so blessed, so free as this is, is perfectly
should be atrocious, and I little thought that the passions
! of men could carry them to such extremes.—
'***' _ j Who the chief devils of the war are, there are
BEAUREGARD’S ARMY. ; curses from widows and orphans, made so by
The army correspondent of the lb-publican, rt- this unholy strife, rising night and day to the
tiring from tne west, writes two letters to that j Throne of Grace for vengeance on them, and it
. , , . . , » «« i • i is my opinion that such men as Ureeley, Beech-
paper, in the course of his travels from Mobile. ( . r £ en of their opinions and mind, will be
He is of opinion that Beauregard’s army will : Jestined to the hottest part of that burning
be compelled, from want of water and supplies, 1 hell, to dwell in torture for ever more,
to retreat still further South to Columbus, MBs. I Here is Greeley, day after day, making no:
about 120 miles below Corinth, on the Mobile on ]y B encrsl but P er ? onaI atu, ' k * °! 1 our J’P un S
and Ohio Road, in a rich, fruitful and well-wa-
Ot Halleck he speculates as foK
tered region,
lows :
Indeed, it is doubtful whether Halleck will
attempt any serious offensive demonstration, at
least by land, for some months to come. The
undisputed control of the Mississippi river,
which he will soon have, will enable him to
subsist his army with comparaliveease and con
veniencc. Meanwhile, the tributaries <>t the
“Napoleon” (McClellan), and yet thousands of
men take his paper and coincide with him.—
But I can tell Mr. Greelej' that when once pop
ular fury breaks forth, bis body will be the
first to be hung between heaven and earth.—
Perhaps I speak warmer on this subject be
cause I have friends, and warm ones, too, in the
Southern as well as in the Northern arm}', and
though those in the Confederate army are
termed “traitors,” yet still they are my friends.
“Once a Iriend, always a friend," is my i .otto.
Mississippi will be scoured, er..! the li.M boats ! I!ut 1 " iU you with such a long disserta-
public and private, seiz d or destroyed. Mo- \T on matters probabjy of no interest to you.
bile and Galveston will probably be occupied, , ' l>»ve ever spoken my mind since he break-
our communications by the Alabama river cut! ,n .g °“ l and threatened
«(F nnil the month of the Rio Grande more effec with Fort Lafayette, but that could not daunt
off, and the mouth of the Rio Grande more effec- . - „ . . . . .
tually blockaded. This, with the rebuilding of! " ie . ^ T^i i' 8 fo . unda V 0 " °“ v r
railway bridges tho reconstruction of the tracks ! Republic. 8o I will close my long letter with
ol the several roads in Tennessee to suit north-! he w, f ,iat greyer you may go you may
ern locomotives and cars, or the building o( j l* protected and return m safety to those who
cars to conform to the guage of the roads, will ar ° Wa “ ng i° f r ^ 4 , Lom . e h ; 7V. w °
probably constitute the summer work of the ; ! na >' « ct “ “ {r t ee “‘* n m ‘ h « , Ma >' be
L hall that is to take your life be not yet mould-
j ed, is the earnest wish of your friend. Write
The Correspondent met Gen. Prentiss and I as soon as convenient, and until then I remain
I . !_ -M*
his fellow-Yankec prisoners, on their way from yours truly,
Selma to Atlanta, to be exchanges, and quotes j FROM CHATTANOOGA,
him as saving, in the course of a conversation _ . . .
i „fck’i i \\ e hear it reported on the streets, but hare
upon the battle of Shiloh not becn able to trace ,t to really reliable sour
‘General Beauregard stopped the pursuit at ces, that Col. Starnes, who is represented to be
a quarter to six ; had he used the hour still left
him, ne could have captured "the last man on
this side of ‘.he river, lor Buell did not cross
till Sunday night.”
well acquainted with all the passes and gaps in
the country adjacent to Chattanooga, has cut
off and captured five hundred of the enemy.—
It is stated that he permitted the main body to
This latter opinion is entertained by some of - pass unmolested, and captured the rear guard,
our own officers who were in front at the time I It is also stated that Gen. Kirby Smith and
the order to cease the pursuit was received.— j Col. Morgan, with an adequate force, have
Indeed, I have heard that Bragg and Hardee crossed the Tennessee at some point above
hesitated about obeying tbe order, so well con j Chattanooga, with the intention of intercept-
vinced were they that General Beauregard ing, and, it possible, capturing a body of the
would not have issued it if he had been present enemy supposed to be moving towards Nash-
and understood the exact position of the two ville for its protection.
armies. Desultory firing was kept up until We do not give this as perfectly reliable in
night by detached parties who were late in re- j formation, but because it is afloat with reason-
ceiving the order, and hence many supposed able grounds for believing that it may be true ;
the battle continued until night separated the especially as it is believed that the demonstra-
combatarits. According to Buell’s report, our tion opposite Chattanooga was a feint to cover
shot were falling among the fugitives crouch- , more practicable and important results than its
ing under the river bank at the time our troops capture. But even if we should be mistaken,
were called off Beauregard acted, doubtless, ’ and Chattanooga prove to be the real object of
from the best information he had at the time, : assault and desire, we feel assured from the
and he did not think it prudent, alter a battle information we have, that our commanding
of 12 hours, to expose his men to a fierce can- General there (Gen. Kirby Smith, not Leadbet-
nonading from the Federal gunboats and their , ten is well posted and fully prepared to meet
supposed river batteries. I and repel them.—Atlanta Commonwealth. 1
TIIE LINCOLN SENATE,
As reported by the New Y’ork Herald of the
7th, had a Hare up on a motion to reconsider a
vote for taxing slaves. The reconsideration
finally prevailed, and the tax bill was amended
so as to levy a tax on “persons claiming the
labor or service of slaves” at the rate of two
dollars for each and every person so claimed.
The poin t was to avoid any, even incidental,
recognition by legislation of such property.
The scene during this debate reminds us of
some of the most blackguard passages in the
lower House during the times of "bleeding
Kansas;" except that everything like personal
responsibility was ignored, even for the most
offensive and vulgar abuse. Wade styled Cow
an a “dog"—“a watch dog of traitors”—to
which Cowan replied that when Wade “settles
a little account he has with his colleague in the
other House (Yallandighain), it will be time
enough for uie to pay attention to that kind of
remark /”
Such nauseous stuff as this, interlarded a
debate consuming a day’s session, without a
call to order or an appeal to the higher law of
clubs or fisticuffs. It was a quarrel among the
Black Republicans solely ; and hence wc see
with what amount of justice they charged the
long, embittered and exasperating conflicts of
the old Congress to the responsibility of the
Southern members. Tbe Southern memliera
are now gone forever, and even the Northern
members who are supposed to entertain the
slightest respect for the Constitution or oppo
sition to the designs of the abolitionists, are
terrorized into silence or speaking with “bated
breath.” The black republicans have it all their
own waj'—yet, still, Congress is a worse hear
garden than ever—still, the Northern prints
eomplain that Congress can find no time for
tho concerns ol white men in their everlasting
clack and contention about tbe negro. It seems
to us that Providence is ordering affairs so as
allow these fellows to play themselves out ful
ly, finally and forever.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
We have been kindly furnished, says the
Charleston Courier, with the following extracts
from a letter received in this city :
New Orleans, La., June 2, 1862.
General Butler is still in New Orleans at the
St Charles Hotel. He visits the Custom Hou-e
once a day under a guard of one hundred men.
At present he has increased his army around
the SL Charles to one thousand men. Occa
sionally he takes a pleasure trip to Dan. Hitch
cock’s Hotel at the Lake, out on the magnifi
cent shell road. He is so badly scared at the
results recently taken place in the city, that
he will not permit Commodore Farragut
leave even with his fleet of seven vessels, wlo
is extremely anxious to visit Red River, and
other important points on the way while tie
river is high; and a strong communication hrs
recently passed between them on the subject.
General Butler demanded Commodore Farra
gut to remain, because the navy took the city,
and his services were required there. Coni
modore Farragut replied that the army was in
possession of the eitv, and should bold >•, 11 ;
(lid rot it.ink his si-rvttes wore required, and
that he should he permit.. * proceed up tl
river on other duty.
We would like to sec them pitch into each
olhe-r. It Commodore I’arr gut will go up tl
river, we doubt if Butler tv..1 hold the city for
ty eight hours, judging from the present state
of things. The Confederate regiment, which
disbanded, have their arms stowed away se
curely, and about three thousand of our best
Louisiana boys have returned to the city and
joined our "getting up," which will give us
eight thousand men to do what I don’t think 1
ought to tell you at present Gen. Butler has
recently stationed at Dan Hitchcock’s Hotel,
five hundred men, to protect him at that place,
while he enjoys other people’s luxuries. On
last Tuesday, two United States army officers
and one United States navy officer, hired a car
riage and visited this hotel; the driver was a
boy eighteen years of age, and faithful to the
cause of the South ; he picked up a friend of
his on his carriage box. The carriage return
ed to the city between twelve and one o’clock at
night, but nothing lias been heard of tho ofii
cers since.
No doubt you have heard of Butler’s procla
mation concerning our ladies, and I guess he
regrets it very much. Our ladies now wear a
neat little secession Hag sewed on their bos
oms, and they plainly show a revolver in the
right side of their belt, and a small dirk in the
lett, and in many oases tlu-y are seen turning
up their noses, with a peculiar pout, and nn in
significant shako of the head—“You nasty
Yankee, you,” and pass on. I am happy to
say that the ladies in this city have taken a
bold and decided stand. No United States of
ficer or soldier, is permitted to ride in the city
passenger railroatl cars, if two or three New
Orleans ladies are in it. Mr. Lawson, the pro
prietor, has published a card with regard to
this matter, and on the following day two Uni
ted States officers got into a cab on the Canal
street line. Two secession ladies were in the
car at the time, they pitched into rhe driver
with fists doubled for permitting them to en
ter, and alter driving him from the cars, turned
to the officers and said, “Sirs, these cars were
not made for Y'ankees to ride in, so get up and
get out.” The officers left and without saying
one word.
At present tho sickness among Gen. Butler's
troops is very bad. The liux, typhoid (ever,
and small pox, is doing good work among them.
Nineteen of his men deserted within the last
two weeks.; and as desertion has commenced,
we expect to hear of more. It is impossible for
them to stand tho heat; a United Slates Sur
geon reports that from six to ten die daily from
sun stroke. The firms of Henderson A Gaines,
I) McCann Jc Co., (foundry) Leeds k Co.,
(foundry) and several others I could name,
were each fined one hundred dollars far not re
porting to Butler their business, Ac. Messrs.
Leeds A Co., were imprisoned on the fleet for
not repairing the machinery of the war steam
ers, which was badly treated in the late fight
The Mint, Custom House, St Charles, Medical
College, School of Medicine and the Orphan
House, are all used as places of rendezvous for
his army and navy. English and French flags
are still flying over residences, and a few of
other nations are seen.
The Mississippi is now ‘ailing rapidly.
IMPORTANT FROM EAST TENNESSEE.
A Large Federal Army Collecting.
[Special Despatch to the Savannah Republican.]
Chattanooga, June 11th.—Information has
been received here to-day of a very important
character, from the borders of Kentucky. It
has been ascertained that the enemy have col
lected an army of twenty-five regiments in the
vicinity of Boston, Ky., near the Tennessee
line. They have also received large reinforce J
ments of artillery, and are now threatening a
descent on East Tennessee.
Nothing further has been seen of the enemy
in this quarter.
GEORGIANS TO THE RESCUE!
We have certain intelligence that near seven
thousand of the enemy’s troops have crossed
the mountains into East Tennessee through
Big Creek Gap, in Campbell county, and are
marching up Powell’s Valley, to attack our
troops at Cumberland Gap in the rear, while it
is said seventeen regiments will attack them in
front The fortifications at Cumberland Gap
have been designed with reference to a de r ence
in the rear as well as in front, and are equally
strong on both sides. We have 5,000 men
three, and we have every confidence they can
repel any force the enemy can send against them
for three or four days, until General E. Kirby
Smith shall arrive with reinforcements from
Knoxville to Cumberland Gap by forced march
es. He had 5,000 troops at Cumberland Gap.
1,000 cavalry at Big Creek, and about 6,000
had left Knoxville, making at least 12,000
troops that will bo at the Gap against to-mor
row, and he will receive reinforcements daily
until his force will amount to 15,000 effective
men. With these forces we have every confi
dence he can whip the enemy at Cumberland*
Gap.
But this is not the only movement-
cmy we have to fear. We have no * p
in saying that at the same time ar in w
made on Cumberland Gap, the c Q
lately attacked Chattanooga will nto.ut
point and renew the attack thereby
also probable some force may inoM-^
Jamestown Gap in the direction of
If East Tenne-see falls into the ha\i
enemy, we are cut off from the fine crop
grain and grass that is now being harvested in
that fruitful valley ; besides we shall be with
out salt. It is therefore to the interest of the
whole Confederacy, but particularly the people
of Georgia, that East Tennessee should be ob>
stinately delended. If East Tennessee is con•
quered, we shall have a Federal Yankito^Sy
in the northwestern part ol Georgia in two
weeks. In view of these considerations, we
have no hesitation in saying that every soldier .-..(W < T~
I'rom Atlanta to the Tennessee line should > with
once, to-day, ordered to either Dalton on «nd^ e T p 0SS it>le
land. From either of those points Yhey ' blc ^ “
be trapsferred at once to Chattanooga or Knox
ville ny.rail, and from thence to such point as
the e:h vency of the case might demand. Let
onr nit ltary authorities act promptly and at
once /Celerity of movement is the secret of
Str /ftill Jackson’s success, and let us imitate
hi. (O^lc example.
li Gen. Smith succeeds in whipping the a-
etny at Cumberland Gap all will be well, as he
will then move down his victorious battalions
on any force that may enter Tennessee lower
down. But even in that evert he will need re-
inlorceinents and they should be sent at once.
We hope every Georgia is anxious to partici
pate in the important and glorious incidents
that must occur in East Tennessee in a few
days. In defending that section he is defend
ing the threshold to his own dwelling.
At. Int., 15th.
By Electric Tele.i
Movements of the Bnemy in til- > 1
of Virginia
Richmond, 13th.—A despatch to Got.
er datod at Staunton the 12th, says the enemy
have evacuated Harrisonburg, and fallen back
down the Valley.
CapL Gilmer’s company captured twenty-
four Federals near Petersburg, yesterday.
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
Richmond, 12th.—New York papers of the
6th contain foreign news by the steamer Per
sia. The anxiety for news from America was
daily becoming more intense among commer
cial classes in England.
The London Times remarks that it is now
deprived of any information front the seat
war except that which the Federal government novy
is pleased to prepare for foreign consumption.
The Parisian correspondence of the Belgian
■^otexapers are nearly unanimous in stating
T-nch diplomats were actively engaged
some terms of agreement by means
the war in America may be termina-
e Anversa, published at Antwerp,
the offer of mediation will bo made to
■ed States in a very short time,
id telegram says that Gen. Piim will
>nons. iS'>aaisb-JUre G ardor.
“=«iklY warm * fe steam-
espondent of th
Tlic Federal Army at Corinth.
The Chicago Tribune gives us the following
as to the strength of Gen. llallcck’s army,
now facing the Southern forces of Gen. Beau
regard, at Corinth:
Our Cairo correspondent telegraphs (with
the approval of Gen. Strong) that the consoli
dated. morning report of Gen. Halleck’s army
Those figures aj^ < Wf/?er*^g^r , tfian'VKe > popu-
arger than
lar idea, but we think the strength of the coi
unm has not been overstated, certainly when
it is remembered that not far from 40,000 men
have been added since the late battle, half of
them in Pope’s division, and the other half fresh
troops from cam]).
“Murder will out I” and so will the truth, al
though sometimes told unintentionally. In the
battle of Shiloh, the Chicago Tribune and
other kindred papers only estimated the Fede
ral roops in both days’ engagements at 50,000
men. Now, when the truth accidentally slips
out, they admit that they were left after the
great Shiloh battle 106,000 men ! Yerily these
Northern Editors invent a falsehood with good
gracbut, unfortunately for the bastard gov
ernment they seek to uphold, their “lies are not
well stuck to.”
The Tribune’s estimate after the battle was
st 50,000 men, all told, in the Shiloh fight; they
now admit a loss of 20,000 in killed, wounded
and missing. Let us see how well their hones
ty is represented in figures :
A
return
In _
er Berm in
La - var( i.so ,
UCarolir w
cers ol ( .
The
of the cap
waders, Mr.
"fins,
Ills
the sur-
favorable to
assumed by
Dec l *Wff?ffig 1 LHJe Tfi a late dsscussion in
Parliament indicate that the great Armstrong
gun is practically a failure.
Auother Bailie Expected near Rich
mond.
Richmond, June 13th.—Some cannonading
was heard this afternoon in the direction of
Mechanicsville. The expectation of another
battle near the city has been revived to some
extent to-day, but the aspect of affairs along
the lines seems unchanged.
FANCY SKETCHES.
Richmond, June 14.—The Examiner, of this
morning, says that by a recent arrival from
Norfolk it learns that one of the Y'ankee regi
ments, ordered to march to reinforce McClel
lan, mutinied, and sixty men were snot before
obedience to orders was secured.
The Examiner’s informant reports sixteen
English war vessels, four of them iron clad, in
Hampton Roads. The cause of the visit of this
fleet is unknown.
O-he-he-fal te-tu-didd’e-lum doodle!
Number of Federals in Shiloh battle.... 50,000
Federal loss ill that battle 20.U0U
Number remaining after tbe battle.... :iu .000
Now for their present estimate:
Whole number on the present field of Corinth.,U6,000
Deduct for additions since Shiloh figUt. 40,000
Remaining at the battle of Shiloh 30,000
70,000
Leaving in the field, more than they then stated..00,000
Or showing that the Federalists had in the
battle of Shiloh, according to their present
showing, one hundred and twenty six thousand
men, instead of fifty thousand, as was then fal
sely represented. Their statements now tally
nearly exact with the Southern account of their
numbers at tbe time, and which were substan
tiated by the Federal records found on the bat
tle field.
YVe shall probably soon again see how ex
pert the Northern and Western editors are at
telling lies about their numbers at Corinth—
after the impending battle.
Natch* Courier, 5th.
Richmond, 14th.- -ti.-, ’VJcrald ol
the 10th contains Banks’s official report of the
march of first division fifth corj>s d’ armee from
Strasburg to Williamsport on the 24th atm
25th of May. The report occupies two col
umns small type of the Herald.
Banks says “my command has not suffered
an attack and rout. It accomplished a premed
itated march of nearly sixty miles in the face
of the enemy, defeating his plans and giving
battle wherever found. Our loss 38 killed, 155
wounded and 711 mias : ng. All our guns were
saved.”
There are no accounts in the Herald of the
delcat of Shields and Fremont by Jackson.
The departure of Lord Lyons for England
produced a great sensation in Washington City.
The Herald’s correspondent says that Lyons
goes upon the invitation of Seward to assure
the English Cabinet that the war cannot bo of
long duration.
The Medical Director of Jackson’s army re
ports, unofficially, in a letter from Port Repub
lic, that on Sunday the enemy left on the field
1,000 dead and wounded ; and oa Monday 1,-
200 do., and 700 prisoners. The Confederate
loss on Sunday was 200 killed and wounded,
and on Monday 300 do.
and Ble?
ades,
men. The I
up, losing 300. The total lo»
six or eight hundred killed, wounded
ing. The Federal forces were greatly"
bered at all points, but have occupied
lintfs and forced him to retreat.
The London Times, of May 28th, saj
Lincoln was right in describing this war
big Job! This is the biggest JobyifcAV;' J
ey£r - ad Vj
ceed in severity any others ever^
Tbe Times says tbe proclan^^
exceeds all ever told of tyranny b^B
vanquished. The st-ue of slavwy ert
the negroes of New Orleans cannol
absolute than that now suffered by
of that city.
A Brilliant Achievd
Richmond, loth.—Brig. Gen.
made a circuit through the ene^fc
Hanover Court House, Old Chu^^
alls, to James River, and back i ,
morning. He captured 175 pi
horses and mules, and destroyer
transports in the Pamunkey rive
Commissary and Ordnance stores.
(private telegram.)
Richmond, Ya., June 15, 1802.—
Stewart’s Cavalry yesterday encirci
Ian’s entire army, burning a der
River Railroad, and firing into a tra.’
killing the engineer and a great man
They also burnt a train of one hundred
and three large transports, captured o,"
dred and seventy five prisoners, threejy cj
horses, and returned last night, losii y
man. Gen. Price arrived here last n^m.-
J. Dickson Smi
DISTINGUISHED IN BATTLE.
We have received the subjoined report of
Remember Him. J. Starke Simms, Esq., of
Grindal’s Shoals, Pacolet River S. O., has re
fused to allow anything made in his Factory t*
be sold for more than it brought before the war.
Whilo others have sold yarn at $2 to |2.25 per
bunch, ho has held it steadily at $1. •
Charleston Courier.
those distinguished in Rain’s brigade, (Hill’s di
vision,) in the battle of “Seven Pines :”
Col. Colquitt, Utb Ga., reports that in the
late battles all his men did well, equally so, that
it is impossible to designate specialities for dis
tinction.
Col. Fry, 18th Ala., reports his regiment gen
erally exhibiting a cheerful willingness under
fire, and mentions tho following officers for
gieat coolness and praiseworthy conduct, viz
Lieut Col. Dawson, Capt O. Kyle, of Co G
Capt Aiken, Co. D. wounded: Lieut L. P.
Biouglcton, Co. G; Acting Adj’t Lieut J. L,
Simpson, commanding Co. F; and Capt W. O.
Haggerty, Commissary.
Col. O’Neal, 26th Ala., reports his regiment
behaving well in the battles of 31st of May and
1st of June, and mentions, as deserving special
notice for coble daring, Lieut. Miles S. Taylor
Capt. L. Priest, commanding, and Private Cor-
can.
Lieut Col. Barclay, 23d Ga., reports all offi
cers acting bravely and creditably. Among
them entitled to special notice ware Capt A.
Y'oung, Co. K; Capt Ballenger, Co. C; Lieut
W. H. Smith, Co. G; Lieut R. B. Neal, Co. H;
Lieut. Steel, Co. D; and Capt. Burton, Co. A;
for their undaunted heroism. Also, Lieut J.
P. Woodruff, Co. F; and his Adjutant, C. E.
Saunders, who were killed in the action of the
31st,
The Lieut Col. also reports as entitled to
special notice the following men, viz : Serg’t
Joseph Alexander, for coolness and courage i*
directing the men how and where to fire, and
Private Wm. Brewster, for precision in killing
ten of the enemy ; also, Serg’t James Akens
and Private Wm. Cook, of Co. B; Private John
R. McCloin, whose leg was shattered, of Co. C;
Corp’l James M. Reeves and Privates Joseph
C. Stokes, of Co. D; Privates John liambrook
and R. C. Brock, of Co. E; Privates A. Grogen
and G. B. Ellis, of Co. F; Privates W. G. John
son and W. B. Fuller, (who bravely fell in the
battle,) of Co. H; Serg’t J. E. Parker, of Co. G;
and Corp’l J. H. Burnett and Private J. V,
Clements, of Co- K.
Lille Northern and Foreign News.
Richmond, 14th.—The Philadelphia Enquir
er of the 12th has been received. The follow
ing is a summary of the news published in it:
A despatch dated Chicago, 11th, says General
Mitchell has won another brilliant victory at
Chattanooga, completely routing the rebels afs
ter two days hard lighting.
Meagre accounts are given of Jackson’s victo
ry over Shield’s at Port Republic. A despatch
says “our men opposed them at every step,
but their numbers were so much inferior to
to that of the rebels (theirs being file to one)
we were compelled to fall back three or four
miles tcith heavy loss."
Secretary Chase asks for authority io issue
150 millions legal tender notes, and a bill for
that object has been reported by the Commit
tee on Ways and Means,
A grand Union demonstration was announced
to take place in Norfolk, Va., on the 12th. —
Gov. Pierpont (bogus Gov of N. W-. Ya.) was
expected to be present.
Secretary Seward had gone to New Y’ork to
be absent for several days.
Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, is going to
New Orleans as Commissioner of the State De
partment.
The steamer Africa with Liverpool dates to
the 31st ult had arrived at Halifax. The
French army in Rome were about to be re
duced to a single division.
The English conservative party have collect
ed all their force for the purpose of upsetting
Lord Palmerston on the Retrenchment ques
tion. A ministerial crisis is therefore deemed
imminent Mr. Lindsay gave notice that lie
should call attention to the relations of England
with the Federal and Confederate States, on the
27th of June. Nothing said about recognition
or intervention.
The Herald, of the 11th, says that the Rich
mond Dispatch gives a terrible record of the
loss of the rebel officers at the battle_of Fair
Oaks, including five Generals and twenty-three
Colonels. The Herald does not print the Dis
patch’s article, which shows it to be a sheer
fabrication.
Fremont telegraphed to Stanton that he en
gaged Gen. Jackson’s entire on
I We clip the following telegrams from
Atlanta Confederacy, of the 15th :]
PRIVATE DESPATCH.
Staunton, Ya., June 13.—To A. O. Wyly it
Co: Gen. Jackson whipped Fremont on Sun
day and Shields on Monday, capturing several
hundred prisoners and many cannon.
Our regiment whipped the 8th New York
(capturing their colors) and the 27th Pennsyl
vania, in less than one hour. Our loss was
very small. A. S. Hamilton,
Capt Co. B, 21st Ga. Regiment
Chattanooga, June 14.—This place is still
threatened; the enemy reported below Shell
Mound on tho opposite side of the river at Ran
kin’s Ferry—supposed to be Mitchell’s forces.
A picket skirmish took place at that point last
a ash*
supposed to have been cut oil, ‘£a?ui"w. T.53.
morning. They had a skirmish with the ene
my’s cavalry near Murfreesboro’, capturing 60
prisoners and killing 8.
A battle i- expected between Kirby Smith
and (iem ril Morgan’s forces, in Powell’s Val
ley.
Stewart's I .illiant Reconnoisance.
Richmond, 15th.— The force with which Gen.
Stewart accomplished his brilliant reconnois--
sance, consisted of the First and Ninth Y lrgin-
ia Cavalry, Jeff Davis’ Legion Cavalry, Tom
Cobb’s Legion, and three pieces of Artillery,
(Stew tit) The expedition left Taylorsville
on Friday morning; routed a squadron of Yan
kee cavalry at Old Church; captured and
burnt three Federal transports at Putney Mills
on the Pamunkey River, loaded with commis
sary and ordnance stores ; from thence they
proceeded to TunstaU’s on the York River Rail
Road and captured a number ol Y’ankees; fir
ed into and riddled a train; engineer killed,
and fell off after putting on a lull head of
steam—the train dashed on towards the Pa
munkey river near Taylorsville ; captured and
burnt one hundred wagons loaded with com
missary stores, and returned to Richmond this
morning, bringing 160 prisoners and 300 mules
and horses.
ol
Oi r Cause in Kentucky.—Every copy
the Louisville Journal we get hold of. says the
Knoxville Register, is filled with complaints of
the increase of tho secession feeling in U r-
tucky, and advice to the authorities in rt aid
to the best means of crushing out the growing
sympathy lor the rebellion, lho Journal, of
the 26th,'quotes from the Maysville Eagle that
“between two and three hundred armed and
mounted secessionists passed through Kenton-
town on Saturday night, going eastward,” drop
ping “ominous hints about guerilla warfare,”
and intimating that “it is folly for Northern
Kentucky to remain at peace." Tn regard to
those indications the Journal says :
“We regard this information as most signi
ficant of the wide spread complicity of rebel
sympathizers throughout the State with Mor
gan’s late raid; for the first cutting of the wires
was just after he had burned the cars and tried
to rob the bank atGlasgrow. From that point
he found it necessary to retreat, and therefore
the telegraph was interrupted that his route
might not be known. We fully agree with the
Eagle in its proposed simple and efficacious way
to put a stop to these acts which are committed
by secession spies out of pure wantonness.—
Hang them if they are caught, and if not, make
the nearest secessionist who glorifies in false
reports of secession victories and exalts John
Morgan into ft demigod, pay the expense of re-
fixing tho line. Outrages would not long con
tinue under such a regime.
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
The bank statements of Philadelphia and
New Y’ork show an enormous increase in the
line of deposits, the aggregate in the two cities
now being $146,987,475—$3,240,103 more than
last week, and about $19,000,000 more than a
month ago. The dullness in the general trade
of the country, tho absence of any want of ac
commodation on the part of the mercantile
community (who, in ordinary times absorb hun
dreds of millions from the monied centre) is
concentrating idle capital in the banks. The
operations at the stock board do not show any
important changes in quotations. The sales
sum up $75,300 loans and 8,375 shares. Uni
ted States 6’s, 1881, coupons, sold at 105-J, an
advance of J ; the 7:30 notes, endorsed at 104J,
an advance of 1; the clean notes closed at about
105}, without sales; the one year certificates
were lOOialOOj, also without sales.
The money mat ket rules to-day at 4aD per
cent on call. Prime paper is selling at 44iu>4
pt* cent -Fore,go Exchange *
Sg sTeri^iiS quTtedat
t.hh$th. ii*itti4Hw bankers bill*,
inst The battle lasted. isith gpuatH.ohslinaey- qoB«w .44 American g(J<i is.,
for five hours. ,X-heifaa&«ista«tltaqi4<fe waaive- *eUiti»«t pec cent prewduw-.,.California
ry great The Federal loss wALifoftvy *n*pn® i gold bars are steady at 4 per cent premutv.^M^
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