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Ian war.—
Tar the most interesting letter of the
F\ e have yet been able to present to the
of the Telegraph, and well fills the
considerable space it occupies.
:iad, in our last issue, European dates to
which show an increasing impatience
rwar. The previous arrival brought us
luphatic declaration of the London Herald
Derby organ—“The war in America and
famine i:; Europe must be terniina-
grsia, on the 6th, brings an equal-
fclarsition from the Times—repre-
llier great political interest. Both
►to be agreed, and the outside corn
el industrial clamcr for peace is in-
volume every day
Respondent of the S'. Louis Republi-
^iat more than a month ago, a full
erstanding between the French
governments was obtained—Lord
behalf of the British ministry
for that purpose, alter the
dor had been received by the
Fu • Doubtless both parties
I action only till the impending
nond should transpire, and throw
results upon the attitude of the
' ;md the most politic approach to
.iled
news
ppose that
day, the 28th day
her nearly eleven
so, she took with her
beginning of the great Rich
mond uwi and the panic North arising from
gulden suppression of ail telegraphic in-
O-ion by order of the Lincoln War Depart-
|^ind the gloom and apprehension in New
' <Vnsequent upon this order and the vague
Wfrom the seat of war.
Hook enough, then, if our conjecture be
rounded, to show that the great battle had
commenced by an attack from the Confede
rates, and was proceeding in a manner unsatis
factory to the Federal authorities at Washing
ton.
Thus, it may he reasonably inferred that the
very precautions of Secretary Stanton, taken
to prevent news reaching England by that
steamer, gave rise to even more •nfavorahle
impressions than the w hole truth would have
conveyed ; and in fact, we will stake our head,
such as it is, against a boddle, that all subse
quent efforts of the Federal* to suppress or ex
plain away the ti uth will have the same effect.
We have no doubt that the Federal disaster at
Richmond, great as it has been, will be univer
sally considered and pronounced in Europe
greater than it is believed in Richmond to have,
l>een. The subsequent concessions o£
Northern prints, will all be received ai
preted as the partially suppiessed u
of an unwilling and untruthtu w-itnel
much more will be inferred than is confi
A SCOLD.
apers, of the 19th, give sev-
from the New York
They are only worthy of
ost incoherent stuff ever pub-
print The Herald rate* : but as
e habit of that paper to be drifted
of its way by the force of feeling or of
passion, the Richmond Whig declares all his
tempest of indignation and grief over the ter
rible misfortunes of the Federal cause, and all
bis clamor for more men and harder fighting,
is but a covert assault upon the war itself. It
will at least prove but a poor incentive to vol
unteering in the North, to be told that the bones
of the victims of the war would form a vast
THE CORN-PLANTING POLICY.
The improved prospects of the war and the
government, and the increasing probability
that trade may be re-opened this fall or winter,
which aierapidly enhancing the price of cotton,
should occasion no discontent to the patriotic
planter who, in pursuance of enlightened views
of policy a3l duty, has devoted his entire re
sources, this season, to the production of food
crops. It is not a safe business to stake the
late of the country upon mere possibilities,
or even upon strong probabilities. Had the
same prospects existed then as now, still it
would have been the imperative duty of the
planters to have pursued just the course they
have taken. No policy was safe then, or is it
early morn the roar of the enemy's artillery ■ hotly through the veins ; all fear is gone ; the
had been continuous, and so periect was their immediate presence of the grim monster takes
Golgothic pile higher than Bunker Hill Monu- safe now, w hich does not proceed absolutely
But if we accept this explanation aj
character of the news the .Etna
of the great battle is now known
on and Paris, and is perhaps pre-
s would be considered most favor-
idiatorial propositions. While the
Kavc been signally defeated in their
l upon Richmond, they have shown
conduct in the battle. Their armies
^> :i diagraoad as at Bull Run.
i of the light is a plain out to all
HI it. In the light of it every can-
En in Europe will pronounce the subju
project demonstrably absurd, ani that
\ war however, prolonged, can end in nothing
lilt w.mton destruction - a destruction which
react.-- upon England and France with even
grca'cr mischief than it indicts upon the South,
cotton in manufactured forms is increased in
value many times the original cost ol the raw
staple, so in point of fact, the destruction of a
pound of cotton in the American war. (there
being no other source from which its lias may
be supplied, and the labor to convert it into
manufactured goods being idle and unp.’oduc
live,) involves a loss of many times its v due to
"We apprehend, then, the moment that the
La tile news trom Richmond has been received
and fully digested, seme step of interlercnce
will he advanced. What that may be, we will
not conjecture, but fear it will be the very em
barrassing one of a proposition lor an >irmis-
tice. This, unless accompanied by some in
demnifying assurances, will be a:i awkward
prope ition for the South. Our interest if clear
ly to press the war with all vigor while the en-
my is comparatively unprepared. An an listicc
would enable him to complete his preparations
at leisure. But speculations of this kind are
idle. The battle of Richmond will set on foot
a train of events which will lead to an early
pt-acc, or we are as much mistaken as wo have
often been before. That peaco will be brought
about by the intervention of Europe, whether
we like it or not we have no doubt Mean
while, now is the time for the Confederates to
push on the war with all the energy of which
they are capable.
Napoleon.—
erpool, the rai
cotton mark'
can account
that
thai
war
battle, and w
cisive form. I
that any other idei 1
lect the little rcmnatT^^^Wtton hf
—only a few weeks’supp-y at best an( l w hich
must be exhausted long t> ore any measure ad
mitting the protraction ot the war for even
three months, could be con uinmated.
It may, indeed, be said, on the other band,
that the .-Etna, even il she tailed on the 28th,
only carried out those first absurd reports of
victory which were sent on from Mechauics-
ville, and delighted the Gothamites for a few
hours, and the depression in the Liverpool
market was therefore founded on the idea of a
Federal victory at Richmond, and a conse
quent speedy suppression of the rebellion and
opening ol the cotton trade.
ment.
That thousands upon thousands have been
unnecessarily sacrificed—“murdered”—and the
whole course and conduct of the war thus far
has been characterized by a wanton squander
of money and human lite. That after all this
expenditure the rebellion is “stronger than ev
er and in fact has more soldiers in the field
than the Union.” Still, says Bennett, we must
fight The war so far has been mere child’s
play. Let us now wage it in earnest. It is
true “the rebels may defeat our armies and
capture our Capital—these are possibilities,
but they can never conquer their independence.”
If the Dispatch fails to give the true key to two
columns of such stuff as this, thpn we will say
it is the most melancholic and despondent ap
peal to arms that newspaper ever published.
SAVE FODDER AND HAY.
Should the war continue another year there
will be an immense demand from Government
for forage, whieh has been very scarce and high
during the pa/tt year. Planters convenient to
Broads should save and bale up all the hay
der they can. It will be difficult to pro-
too much. Horseflesh in the Con-
y has suffered terribly, so far, from
of forage. A friend who saw the
hattanooga, says that the horses
awful plight—absolutely unfit for
Though generally very valuable ani-
als. The case has been the same everywhere.
The scarcity of hay and fodder has been a great
hindrance to army operations. Now is the
time to guard against the same trouble next
year.
ge or Prisoners.—It will gratify
cverv body quite as much (to say the least) as
the Federal prisoners themselves, to know that
a general exchange of prisoners has been set-
tled and agreed upon, and in a few days the
Cj^Jl^rate States will be clear of them. AYe
think there must be fifteen or twenty^
sand at the various depots—enough an
than enough to pay for all the Confedei
Federals can muster, and show a bala
our credit A general exchange, hovl
which will place the Federals back in the ranks
to fl^it again, will be unwelcome to a great
many of the prisoners unless they mistate the
case.
em. AY
lty^hoi
au^Kor
ersK tli
hovKi:
A Remarkable Case.—In one of the recent
battles belore Richmond, a young Georgia sol
dier was shot through the body—the ball pass
ing through the large intestine and permitting
But to this suggestion it may be replied, that his evacuations to pass, for many days, out of
the English prints have never accepted the ; the hole in his back. '1 his poor soldier lay for
and wholly upon the hypothesis that the war
is to be long and desperate, and must be met
with every possible resource of the government
and people.
Nothing, at this very moment, is more possi
ble than that all the anticipations of open ports
and a short war will turn out groundless, and
the country may ultimately owe its indepen
dence to the noble spirited planters, who, re
gardless of personal gain, devoted their broad
acres to a crop for the subsistence of the armies
of the Republic rather than for personal gain,
Experience will yet show, if the struggle is pro
tracted, th«.t unless this had been done, starva
tion and W(Xt would have terminated this war
in Southern disgrace and ruin. It is the corn
and produce of the cotton States that must
alone sustain our armies in the field next win
ter, if the war exists for that length of time.
AY hat ever, then, may be the result, the corn
planter of ".bis year has most abundant reason
to be satisf.ed with bis course, and could he
this moment substitute broad acres of the grow
ing staple lor his grain, he would be unwise
and unjust to himself to do it. The cotton
planters who can hereafter say “In 1862 I
planted not an acre in cotton—I planted for my
country”—the cotton planter who can say “In
1862 I fired my crop to prevent it from falling
into the hands of the enemy,” will reap a rich
reward in his own self respect and in the ap.
preoiation t-f his countrymen. Let him who
did plant cotton or refuse to barn it, boast of
the achievement if he can ! His unpatriotic
gains will bring him no comfort. He will be
ashamed of them all his life.
But we come, now, to consider a moment
the general result of the corn planting policy
upon the pecuniary condition of the planters,
as a body. AYe do not think that in any event
they arc likely to lose by it. Time was when
astute planters feared the effect of two prices.
They saw i a them dangers of diminished de
mand from substitutes—from foreign produc
tion—and from various other causes. The
experience of the war has shown, however, that
cotton can bear a very large advance. One
bale of cotton is now worth what four were a
year or two years ago; and if we have two
million bales left of last year’s crop now in the
South, there is no doubt that it would actually
sell, it the ports were open, for much more
money than a full crop would otherwise have
brought.
Moreover, the loss and destruction of cotton
and the general failure to plant this year, will
amount together to a defieit of at least a full
erop—a deficit which will act upon prices for
BATTLE PICTURES.
BT S. BOTKIN.
Gen. A. R. Wright'* Brigade in the Fight of
Tuesday, July 1st.
INTRODUCTION.
The third Brigade of Huger’g Division of the
army of the Potomac is destined, under Gen.
A. R. AYright, its gallant commander, toachieve
for itself, as the 3rd Regiment of Ga. A r olun-
teers has already done, a reputation for indi
viduality, energy and prowess second to none
in the Confederate army. Infusing into the
“3rd Georgia” his own energy and daring,
Colonel AYright had by the bold leats ofChic-
amicomico and by the victorious struggle of
South Mills and by a long winter of incessant
and watchful toil, stamped upon this Regiment
a character for unflinching and persistent bra
very and endurance, that has won for it the
cognomen of “fighting” or “Bloody Third.”—
The genius and military aptitude evinced by
Col. Wright was rewarded by a Brigadier’s Com
mission ; and he was given the command of
the 1st Louisiana and the 3d, 4th and 22nd
Ga. Regiments, which previously had formed
the Brigade of General Blanchard, who was
transferred to Louisiana. This Brigade occu
pied a post on our advance lines on the “seven
mile road,” leading from Richmond towards
the Chickahominy, and fronted the enemy’s
strongest works, as the writer can bear witness.
To have been made the successor of a General
so much older than himself, and to have been
placed, at once, in such an important position,
was exceedingly complimentary to Gen. Wright
evidencing, as it did, the confidence of those in
authority. Here, for four weeks, this Brigade
was engaged in daily skirmishes, arduous and
dangerous picket duty, and subject to constant
shelling from the battlements of the enemy.—
And here, on the 25th of June, a few days only
after assuming command, Gen. Wright enga
ged and repulsed three Brigades of Northern
troops, after a severe struggle that was conclu
ded by a gallant and daring charge of the 1st
Louisiana, which, regardless of the murderous
lire ofsuch preponderating numbers,plunged in
to the midst ot their enemies and drove them
from the field, though they were ui der the im
mediate supervision and personal command ol
McClellan himself. When the magnificent
strategy of our Generals, and the impetuous
and death-daring valor of troops had flanked
the enemy and driven him lrom all his breast
works, the Federal commander, with true Na
poleonic ken, perceiving his only chance for
safety, ordered his forces North of the Chicks
hominy to destroy what stores could not be
transported, cross Bottom’s Bridge and join his
other troops in a retreat through White Oak
Swamp to James River and the protection ol
his gunboats. Though Gen. Lee could not
foresee the course McClellan would pursue, yet
this step on his part was anticipated; and to
Gen. Huger was confided the delicate task of
guarding the approach to Richmond by the
AYilliatnsburg and Charles City Roads. So,
while Jackson was flanking the enemy and
Gens. Branch, Longstreet, the two Hills and
Magruder were pressing him sorely, Huger
moved slowly to the right hetwen the above
mentioned roads, in pursuance of instructions.
On Sunday, at the urgent entreaty of Magru-
der, he twice marched his troops to reinforce
that General, who was following the Federals,
posted on Tuesday after dinner, tho’ they had A'irginians shared with them all the glory and
been lying near by for several hours. Since : dangers of that day. Now speeds the blood
rln p l hat their shell and grape barely skim- , away his terror. The frequent fall of com-
raed the edge of the clover covered hill, und rades plants fierce eagerness for revenge ori
Jell in the ravine among the men of Wright’s ' each countenance. Heaven-sent daring aits,
brigade, many of whom sought shelter ftom j enthroned upon the commander’s trow ; and.
the murderous missiles by creeping under the j passing along the lines, he cheers his men.—
near banks of the stream. ' ° *—- ...
Permitting a short rest, he gives the word ie.
During that morning, some distarce in the ' tones of thunder, and with a shout heard far
rear of AA right's brigade, and beneath an oak I and near, his men reach the summit of the
tree, sat President Davi9 and Gen. Lee in close , third hill, still the only assailants of that mieh-
PAnclll tail An Avne n mnr. vanawillAea i «L . • a. J A l ■ r> . 1 .. . ® .
consultation over a map, regardless of the ; ty host, and the object of those well-aimed
thick thronging troops; and under the same | batteries. Pouring into the enemy's ranks
tree, but somewhat apart, were Generals Long shower after shower of bullets, they dash for-
street, Magruder, McLaws and Barksdale;
while, around, the staffs of these several Gen
erals were grouped in martial and picturesque
array.
Suddenly a bugle sounds, and the brigades
of Generals AYright and Mahone assemble, and,
under cover of the first hill prepare, about 3
o’clock, for their first charge.
Gen. AYright, somehow, found himself sub
ject to Gen. Magruder's orders—how, he knew
not. And when Magruder gave him the com
mand to charge, he remonstrated against such
an ill-advised step, knowing, as he did, the field
and the strength of the enemy’s position. But
Magruder was positive, though there is strong
reason to believe that he actually had not seen
the field of battle.
In like manner the gallant Col. R. A. Smith
remonstrated in vain with Gen. Ripley when
the 44th Georgia was ordered to charge a bat
tery. Obedience, however, is a soldier’s duty.
Col. Smith lost his life ; but Gen. AYright was
more fortunate, though he could not see how
u single man of his brigade was to escape alive,
and expected nothing but death himself.
Before its first charge, the brigade had not
beheld what, for many of them, was destined
to be a field of death. They imagined that a
Yankee idea that the capture ol Richmond ! eight days on the battle field, with but one , s
ahead, and which it is doubtful
would end the war, or very materially impair
the capacity of the Confederates lor protract-
; it. They have, from the first, contended
that even with the defeat of our great armies
Taking a Doubie Hold on
While the New York Herald and other papers
ol that city arc assuring Louis Napoleon that
if he dares intervene the unconquerable army
and navy of the North will blow his fleet out
of water and burst his empire into several
small pieces, we see the “Foreign residents” of
that city held a met ting on the 10th to memo
rialize the Emperor not to infere. AA'liat with
eoaxin ; and ihiealw. . g they hope to manage
him.
work of subjugation would have butcommenc-
ed, and the war might then be indefinitely pro
tracted ; and, moreover, they have seen and
confessed, and the Federals have seen and con-
will ever be fully made up, as demand has
steadily gained on production for eight or ten
years past Once, then, let ports be open and
labor unin terrupted, and the Southern »«-
planter .cm lu a very brief time recover what
ever he may have lost by a failure to plant the
„ , , ... , present year, while that very failure will secure
Halleck.—The rumored resignation of the f. : . ., . , . , . ...
„ ..... him higher prices the remainder of his life.
visit per day from his Surgeon, and when found
by his mother, he was nearly naked, the Sur
geon having stripped him of his clothing to
dress his wound. Our informant adds, that
.no juung umui is now rapiuiy improving, and
will be up before long.
AYestern Napoleon is not credited, but it is not |
In the way of domestic economy, the planter
fessed also, that Northern successes do not rc- ■"P^able that the bulk of his army having ; ^ ^ wa# , e count will be grea ’ tl the in . Advancing still further north, Gen. AYright
,. , . . , been transferred to the other Napoleon, Ilal- , , , . ... sought another fording place; but this too,
f! ..1 ti... ....il.... fn.i.n... 1 1 i.r nv nnn mil n ni ant i-nrn i-mn u imi < it nrnir- - - - - - ’ -
TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY.
Enough is known to show that the reclama
tion of Tennessee, is within the highly proba
ble events of a few weeks. AVc think two of
the great Federal armies there, will he fortun
ate it they escape the grip of the Confederates.
The enemy’s force in Tennessee captured or
icnoralizcj, and Kentucky will fall into our
hands w ith case and certainty. AYe trust our
armies will be master of both these States be
fore September.
The activity of Morgan and his gallant force
is stirring up a wonderful excitement among
tho Federals not only in Kentucky but through
out the AYest and North. Morgan is a “«en-
eationitt" of a very decided character. AYe arc
anxious to know what extent of co-operation
he meets with from the peopleof Kentucky. A
general “uprising” in that State will vastly in
crease the danger and discomfort of the Fede
rals in Tennessee.
lieve the pressure of the cotton (amine.
AYe therefore hold to our first hypothesis as
the only probable explanation of the facts an
nounced in the telegram, and the event and
explanation both run with the current of an
ticipated events across the water. AYe believe
that the oattle of Richmond did set on foot a
train of events wbich will bring the war to a
close in no great length of time; but this faith,
whether verified by subsequent experience or
not, should inspire government and peopfo with
new energy to press hostilities in the meantime
to the utmost verge.
GOA’ERNOR SEA’MOUR.
There is at least one man in the North whose
•oimnon sense is unobscured by passion or fa
naticism, and lie is Goveinor Seymour of Con
necticut AY itness bis noble and (earless letter,
.wherein he says:
“The monstrous fallacy of the present day,
that the Union can he re-established by des
troying any part of the South, is one which
will burst with the shells that are thrown into
its defenceless cities, and leave the condition of
this country, after its treasures are exhausted,
and its brave men on both sides consigned to
hospitals and graves, a spectacle for reproach
or commisseration of the civilized world.”
All honor to the moral courage which can
give fearless utterance to even so transparent
a truth in the midst of a perverse and blood
thirsty generation. This is the man whose
portrait was removed lrom the State Capitol,
from among those of the Governors of Connec
ticut, by a resolution of the last Black Repub
lican General Assembly of that State. It was
designed as a.“tigma of infamy upon his name
and reputation, because he was opposed to this
war upon liberty and State Rights, and avowed
the precise opinions which he again utters now.
The time is coming when that puerile effort to
disgrace him will rellect luster and glory upon
his head. That under such circumstances the
war party should dare print his name among
the Alee Presidents of their war meeting, illus
trates the straits to which they are now driven
to sustain a sinking cause.
leek may have become disgruntled and asked
to be relieved. The Federal officers do not re
sign—even Fremont’s injured dignity did not
drive him to this extremity. lie asked to be
relieved, and the Northern papers complain
that he is now rusticating on Long Island in
the full enjoyment of a Major General’s salary.
ANOTHER FEDERAL BOBADIL.
-• Gen. Pope, whose address to the Federal
army of the Shenandoah was printed yesterday,
has superceded Banks, Fremont, and McDowell,
in the command of operations in the A'alley.
The character of his address to his troops
shows him an admirable subject for tho chastis
ing hand of the indomitable Jackson—a man
of few and modest words and great exploits.—
AYe verily hope and believe that in the course
of a lew days Pope and his whole command
will be prisoners or fugitives. He will soon be
“changing the base of his operations by a Hank
movement,” or wc are mistaken.
“O Why didst thou X«eavo mo thus!”
The sudden Wight of the French princes, has
never yet been explained. AYe copy the fol
lowing pathetic note of that event from the ar
my correspondent of the Cincinnati Commer
cial, and ask with him, “irAy did they go f”
Tuesday, the 1st of July, was not a cheerful
day. The prospect was not happy. Tho Prince
de Joinville, always gay and active as a lad, and
always where there was battle, had gone. The
Count de Paris, heir to the Bourbon throne,
and tho Duke de Chartres, his brother, the
two chivalric and devoted aids to Gen. McClel
lan, on whose courage, fidelity, intelligence,
and activity he safely relied; wtio served with
him to learn the art of war, suddenly, without
a precious warning, took passage on a gunboat
and fluttered softly down the river. H’Ay did
they go ? Two officers of the English army,
who hail accompanied Gen. McClellan to study
the art of war, and who had intended to remain
with the army until Richmond was ours, an
nounced their intention to depart on the first
boat
MORGAN FOREA’ER!
Passengers by the state train last evening re-
|K>rt that Morgan rushed into Frankfort, Ky.,
seized fifty loads of Federal guns, captured Gov.
McGoflin, and then fell back to Richmond, in
Madison county, and established a camp, where
he issued a proclamation to the people, calling
upon them to rise up and throw off the yoke of
the tyrant; and that the people were Hocking
to him by thousands.
AYe have no positive confirmation of this re
po:!. Of this wo are sure. Morgan is doing
h good work in Kentucky.
At Lint a Confederacy.
I’a Arci: from Atlanta yesterday superad-
ded to'^m above t he report that Governor Andy
Johnson had actually sloped and left the Exe
cutive Department of Tennessse in charge of
\Ym. B. Campbell. It is not worth while,
however, to strain our credulity over these re.
■ passengers.
*A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial states that a riot has broken out at To
ledo, Ohio. The New York boats had been
paying 12$ cents per hour for loading. The
hands sfuck for higher wages. The owners
put on colored hands at that price, whereupon
the Irish and other laborers swore they should
not work, and annoyed them, when a colored
man killed an Irishman. Then the Irish star
ted around over town and commenced break
ing in the windows, doors, etc., ol all the color
ed people, and it is reported that two are kil
led; one is, certainly. They followed after those
that run like a set of fiends ; there were some
men who called themselves Democrats, that
were at their heels, telling them to clean out
the niggers ; that this was only a war of capi-
THE MURFREESBORO’ AFFAIR.
The Knoxville Register says that Forrest’s
army released from the Murfreesboro’ jail, a
Confederate Lieutenant from Alabama, a pri
vate from Tennessee, and three citizens. The
Federal officers are greatly chagrined at their
surrender to so small a force, unaided by in
fantry or artillery. Their forces were in three
separate camps—were attacked in detail and
completely surprised. Col. Lester, of the 9 th
Michigan, surrendered without firing a gun.—
The number of Yankees killed and wounded
was about 125 ; prisoners captured about 1,250
—of the 3d Minnesota regiment, 600; 9th
Michigan, 500 ; 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 150;
Hewett’s Kentucky Battery of 4 guns, 2 brass
and 2 steel; 300 horses and mules ; 60 wagons;
several ambulances; and 2,000 6land of arms.
The Federal camps, with all their contents, em
bracing a large lot of new clothing, were burn
ed, as was also the depot at Murfreesboro’,
tal against white labor, and that if they would
clean out the niggers and abolitionists then containing near half a million dollars worth of
they would have better prices for labor, and Quartermaster’s and Commissary stores. Scv-
cheenng them on. The excitement was intense , eral railroad bridges near Murfreesboro’ were
and the mob increasing at the last account
: En
:jit.—In articles from
it is assumed as in-
entire Confed-
kept
It
600.
—It is stated in one of our exchanges that
some Yankee prisoners, taken in the battle of j (j e( i was abou t 46,
Gaines’ Mills, meeting some North Carolina
soldiers near Richmond, said, “You North Car
olinians are everywhere. AYe meet you in
every fight AYe believe you would charge hell
barlow Knives, if Bethel Hill should give
All honor to the dear old State
lant sons!—Richmond Whig.
also burnt
The Confederate force engaged, 1,300 to 1,*
The Confederate loss in killed and woun-
with
.word.
—The holster pistols of the lamented Gen.
Barnard E. Bee, one of the heroes of Manassas,
have been presented by his widow to the Con
federate States and Capt Childs, of the Orda-
nance Department, presented them to Col. John
H. Morgan, a chieftain worthy to wear them.
er, by one redundant corn crop, should it prove
to be redundant Trading, as we hereafter
shall be, directly with Europe, and ceasing, as
wo shall, to look to the \A T est for food, our plan
tation policy must hereafter be shaped, as it
always should have be-in. AYe must raise our
own supplies of meat, breatar.d stock. To be
gin to do it advantageously we needed just such
an abundant corn crop as we are now looking
for. Shall we not improve it to this end ? Now
is the time for every planter to strike for per
sonal independence in the production of all he
needs to eat—in the rearing of his mules, his
horses, and of all those common and courser
supplies, tho obtaining of which has so long
reduced ua to a miserable and abject depen
dence upon the North and AYest. Surely, in
both these aspects of the case, the intelligent
planter has no reason to regret that he did not
plant cotton this year.
OHIO POLITICS.
Parties are beginning to draw their lines
close in Ohio, and us usual the Enquirer and
Couimerc ial of Cincinnati are at loggerheads.
The former recently published the following
paragraph:
Now, we deny that the conductors of the
Democratic press of Ohio aro “a gang ofscoum
drels,” or that they are in tho habit of publish
ing “atrocious sentiments.” As one of that
Democratic press we demand the evidence. If
there is nny, it can be easily produced.
To which the Commercial responds:—AYe
have not charged that all the Democratic pa
pers in Ohio are conducted by a gang of scoun
drels. We have stated that there is a gang of
scoundrels conducting so called Democratic
papers in Ohio who are probably meaner to-
riesthan can be found elsewhere in tho United
States. The evidence car. easily be procured.
The Ashland Union says:—“Hired Hes
sians” going to the sunny Southern soil to
butcher, by wholesale, not foreigners, but good
men, as exemplary Christians as any of our men,
who believe they are fighting for God given
rights.
Thi* is a dam id Abolition war. Webeliece
Abe Lincoln is as much of a traitor as Jeffer
son Davis.
The Ashland county Democracy, at their
late Convention, passed the following rcsolu
tion:
Resolved, That tl.e late attack upon the Ash
land Union by the abolitionists, the old ene
mies of the Constitution and the Union, are
evidencj that that paper is on the right track,
and worthy the support of the democracy ol
Ashland county.
The Cirdeville AYatchman, speaking of Gen.
Butler, says:
Why don't the men of New Orleans shoot
the infamous wretch like they would a reptile
or a dog !
The Crawford county Forum says of the
present Administration :
It has put arms in the hands of outlaws,
thieves, murderers and traitors.
And the Cincinnati Enquirer, the successor
ot the Louisville Courier in the affections of the
traitors of the AYest, is so poor spirited—so
saturated with the essential cowardice of a
mean, malignant and consciously guilty thing,
that it will not have the courage to say wheth
er it approves or disapproves the sentiments ol
the choice extracts we have given.
— The St Louis Democrat say3 : “The eight
thousand rebel prisoners at Camp Chase are
becoming troublesome, and on Thursday morn
ing last attacked the commandant’s headquar
ters with stones. They are guarded by sixteen
hundred Federal troops.”
— The Cairo Gazette says Gen. Shields has
left Nev.* York to head a brigade, which is now
under McClellan. Lincoln would not accept
his resignation of brigadier-general, and hence
hia departure for the camp.
ward across that open space, receiving the Fed
eral fire of shrapnell, grape, canister, shell and
musket balls; but, unappallcd, those gallant
troops, led by their chivalrous General, falter
not, fear not: through and tnrough their ranks
tear murderous discharges, yet, scorning death
and cowardice, and leaving fallen comrades be
hind, they press forward to victory or the grave.
An hour and a half had now passed by, and
alone AVright’s brigade had fought the entire
Federal army : as yet, no other troops had en
tered the field to divert the fire of those terri
ble guns and share that dreadful glory. At
length a long line of Confederate troops, in ad
mirable order, move in battle array up the
sloping plateau on the enemy’s right Brave
ly and unbroken they advance in liDe, and fire
volley after volley into the Yankee ranks.—
Among them are Semmes’ brigade, Cobh’s bri
gade, Toombs’ brigade, Anderson’s brigade and
Colquitt’s brigade—Georgians all—and all act
ing with the greatest gallantry and valor.—
Aroused, now, to the highest pitch, AVright’s
men sprang forward for a final charge—they
reach within forty paces of the first battery, too
near for the guns to be so deflected as to bear
on them. They shout and send f u ward a storm
of bullets that drives off the battery. Just
few yards from the summit of the hill was a j then a brigade of Federals appears above the
battery wbich could be taken by a short and j brow of the hill,- and lets loose a murderous
dashing charge. So, when Almstead gave the I volley and retires. Its place is immediately
command to charge, and while AYright, with | filled' by another, which repeats the experi-
flashing eye and waving sabre, was riding up | ment; and this retiring, still another appears,
and down the lines, shouting— and thus they hold at bay the daring AYright.
“Charge, Georgians 1 Charge!'’ Relieved from the artillery fire, the brigade
they moved up the hill and through the inter- finds but a short respite only ; (or the enemy,
vening trees, until, coming to the open space deploying to the right, attain the head of the
on the summit, they, amid a salute of a thou- hollow in which the brigade was posted, and
sand hurtling, screaming missiles ol death, be
held, in bold relief, four terrible batteries, near
ly one mile distant, crowning the summit, of a
fire down it upon their thinned ranks. They
met a gallant response; and until darkness
veiled the scene, and put an end to the contest.
hill. There, like a gleaming picture, these : this single brigade, assisted by a lew A T irgin-
batteries stood in the distance, with gunners j > ans i held its position and manfully fought the
in battle array, all grouped around their pieces, enemy. And to it alone belongs this honor ;
while long lines of supporting infantry lay be- | for the troops of every other gen<ral were
hind—beautiful to behold but dreadful to en
counter.
Concentrating their fire upon that handful
of troops, those forty dreadlul and accurately
trained guns, fifteen hundred and twenty yards
distant, belch forth their iron hail. The very
earth trembles! The air is filled with leaden mis
siles ! The ground is torn up, and the green
clover scattered to the four winds. Hissing and
screeching shells exploded with horrible sound
and scatter dea}h around; and scores fall to
rise no more. To proceed ia madness, bo Gen.
A\ r right orders his men back ; but, not heed
ing him amid the terrible din, most of his brig
ade with fearless intrepidity dash forward still.
The gallant 4th Ga., led by the brave and chiv-
Behind, closely
but each time returned to his original position
between the AA’illiamsburg, or Seven Mile Road, alric Doles, leads the way.
and the Charles City Road, on discovering that
hia assistance was not actually needed. Thus
passed Sunday.
During Monday, resting with his right wing
driven from the field. Late in the day, how
ever, a Mississippi Regiment filed up between
the third and fourth hills, having skirted the
wheat field, and took position with the brig
ade, and fought during the last hour of the
contest
Through all that bloody afternoon General
AYright, untouched tc the last, might have been
seen in all parts oGlhe field, in his blue woollen
■uit of pants and jtrcket, with hia feithat turn
ed up at the side, and his long curly hair and
still longer beard waving in the breeze, encour
aging his men and setting them an example of
audacious valor.
Among the troops, it was a beautiful sight
to see the infantry and officers of the different
Regiments mingling together, cld acquaintan-
following, march the 18th Louisiana, part of : ce s and schoolmates recognizing each other,
the 22d Ga., and the right of the 3d Ga., under and like friends clinging to each, seemingly
Capt. R. B. Nisbet, who was acting as Lieut.
Colonel; and all these, after sweeping across
upon the Charles City Road, he remained upon : the first hill, lay panting behind the skirts of
the enemy’s right flank, thus holding himself
in readiness to guard the approach to Rich
mond by either road. Early on Monday he
sent Gen. AYright and brigade to discover the
enemy and attack him—a most palatable ser
vice for our Brigadier. Taking an old dim road,
Gen. AYright marched at a double quick to
wards the Chickahominy far down south east
of Richmond. Here he encountered Jackson,
who, after lying idle during Saturday and Sun
day, had aroused himself into action, disap
pointed, 'probably, at the course taken by Mc
Clellan, and had, in a few hours, built a bridge
the second, except the 4th Ga. Up and across
and beyond the second hill sped that undaunt
ed regiment; nor did it stop until it reached
anxious to die together, if die they must I was
told by an officer that from different parts of the
field he could catch the glancing eye-beams of
old friends, while old school acquaintances,lrom
whom he had been separated for years, would
press to his side. It seemed as though those
the shelter of the third hill, where it lay until \ fearful circumstances developed the buried
the brigade was formed (or a second charge, two j friendship of the past, and made men cling to-
hours, when it was brought back around the ' gel tier for mutual sympathy and support. And
-■ J L! ” 1 this same officer narrates with pleasure the
foot of the second hill.
The day was gliding away. Those powerful pride he experienced in beholding the gall int
guns continued to sweep the field as with a conduct of an old friend and classmate, whose
besom of destruction. Back of the before— uoble figure was visible, all through the day.
mentioned ravine one hundred pieces ol Con- j * n ^ thickest of the light—Capt David W ;nn
federate artillery lie, and, in sections of two °f t i' e Sumter Light Guards.
I'O^q tho Chioliaho
piece* % a few guns are brought forward during i Upon no field since the war began, has great-
nj- and nas now, on the day and placed in position to combat those I er valor been exhibited. It reached to the sub'
wlaolni* C 1 \ D..» J - 11TA i rif B hflllAFftllSl in hftnnr I if pmintrv arui
Monday afternoon, thundering at the enemy’s ; four heavy batterks. But no sooner does a
rear, though checked by an obstructed stream section open fire than the Federal guns are con-
which was also defended by belching cannon.
Jackson ordered AY right to go further north
and attack the Yankees. This was done; but
the same unfavorable stream still intervened.
was obstructed by logs and strongly defended
both by infantry and artillery. So, being with-
out artillery, and unable to accomplish any
thing with his small force, he returned Monday
night to Gen. lluger’s command, which was oc
cupying tho Charles City road, about fifteen
miles from Richmond.
Meanwhile, perfectly innocent of any inten
tion of making the apprehended attack upon
Richmond, and escaping from the clutches of
our Generals north of the Chickahominy, Mc
Clellan’s army was making desperate efforts to
reach the Jan.es River, at Turkey Bend, where
lay the iron clad gunboats.
He used the precious time of Sunday and
Monday, so unemployed by our Generals, in
frantically cutting his way through White Oak
Swamp, and urging on his troops both by night
and by day. One single idea pervaded his
brain ; and that was to reassure his weary, de
feated, fast demoralizing army by a near view
ol the friendly and protection-affording gun
boats. And it is vain to deny the masterly
manner in which ho effected his object, though
at the cost ol prestige, many cannon, innumer
able stores and thousands of men. On Monday
afternoon he was ascending the Darby town
road, between the James River and the diaries
City road, for the purpose of reaching Turkey
Bend by a cross road bearing abruptly to the
left ; but A. P. Hill met him full in front with
only 2,700 men, and after a fierce and bloody
contest, checked him, and forced him back to
wards the junction of the Darbytown and
Charles City road, nearly opposite Turkey
Bend. And here, between this point and the
River, on Malvern Hill, in a most admirable
location, the Federal army, now reduced from
80,000 to 40,000 men, made its last and most
stubborn stand. Sufficient time had been en
gaged to select the positions, plant the batte
ries and post the men. So far from playing
the laggard, as is thought, Huger slept on Mon
day night within four miles of the enemy; and
next morning, by 8 o’clock, was in their iniuie
diate front, and from 9 in the morning, was ex
posed to their cannonading.
On the contrary, the forces under Longstreet,
D. H. Hill and Magrnder did not reach the im
mediate scene ol action till late Tuesday after
noon ; and it was not until long after dark,
when the contest had closed, that Jackson’s
noble soldiery, headed by the glorious 12th
Ga., under Capt. Rogers, acting Col., rushed
upon the battle field, and, without firing a gun,
though subject to a severe shelling, lay down
upon"their arms, in order to renew the assault
next morning.
A brief description will give an idea of the
position occupied by tho Federals and make
its strength manifest. They liad planted four
batteries of 10 guns each upon a commanding
eminence that overlooked the entire field; and
anticipating our points of attack, they had se
cured the range with marvellous accuracy.—
This hill extended around to their right in the
shape of a broad level plateau gradually slop
ing downwards, and easily swept by their guns
and in full range of their musketry. Immedi-
ately in their front lay a succession ol ridges
or spurs, making out from this plateau.—
These spurs terminated abruptly, overlooking,
on the left of the Federal position, a broad,
bottom-land wheat field, upon which the gol
den grain waved in beautiful luxuriance; and,
(striking contrast!) reapers were actually en
gaged in harvesting this grain. Two other
batteries, containing at least 20 guns of large
calibre, were posted on the enemy’s lift, some
what further back, and commanded this entire
wheat field and played upon the entls of the
four ridges, around which it became necessary
for our men to debouch, during the day.
Behind their artillery three long; lines of
Federals lay, stretching north and south, en
tirely across the battle field, numbering in all
40,000, being as a captured officer sa d, “Parts
of 91 Regiments,” Just behind the first hill—
the one farthest from the Yankees—is a ravine,
through which, in a deep gully, runs a stream
that, with the ravine, loses itself in a heavy
forest, beyond the wheat field, far to the left
of the Federals. Here AYright’s brigade was
centruted upon it, and in less time than it takes
to write it, the horses arc slain, the men killed
and the guns silenced. AYith each section,
save one, it is a crash, and all is over. That
one was the battery of Capt Grimes, of Pig’s
Point memory, belonging to AY right’s brigade.
As gallant a man as ever breathed, he fought
till every man and horse was shot down, and
then continued firing, loading and aiming his
guns hitnself, Perceiving his helpless condii
tion, Gen. AYright rode up amid crashing shells,
and exclaimed, “This is hot work, Captain !
And as all your men are killed, had you not
better lie down and save your life ?”
AYell, General, I’ll lie down, not to save my
life ; but because I am utterly exhausted.”—
And this was all the use made ol' our artillery
except late in the evening, when Gen. Jackson
from our extreme left opened a vigorous fire
upon the right wing of the Federals.
It was now five o’clock, and yet no other
division appears upon the field.
Hour alter hour has lluger’s forces been
awaiting assistance. Holmes is lying in the
dense woods on the enemy’s left, between the
Federal army and the river, which is 21 miles
distant; they are shelled both from land and
water. Among hia forces is the 2d Ga. Bat
talion, under Major Ross, which for two hours
submitted, without flinching, to a tremendous
shelling, while, from its immediate neighbor
hood, an artillery company, a cavalry company
and a N. C. regiment stampeded in perfect ter
ror.
At length Magruder’s, D. H. Hill’s and
Longstreet’s forces pass to the left of Huger
and approach the sloping plateau on McClel
lan’s right. An hour or two has elapsed since
AYright made his first charge, and now at Ma
gruder’s command, he prepares tor a second.
That portion of his brigade which had stopped
under the brow of the second hill, having re
turned, around the foot of the first, to the ra
vine, is, together with that portion which did
not go over the first hill, led, unobserved, by
way of the wheat field, to the depression be
tween the first and second hills. Dole's 4th
Ua. is recalled by the same way from his ad
vanced position, and the brigade ia formed be
tween the first and second hills. As the brig
ade lay upon the green sod waiting the final
order, and protected by the rising ground in
front, Col. Sturgis remarked to a friend:
“Captain, I have a presentiment that I shall
not survive thi3 charge, but I am willing to
die for my country.”
Indeed, as the 3d Ga. regiment was forming
in order of battle, the patriotic expression was
frequently heard—“Step in, men, step in. It
is but dying for one’s country; and I am will
ing to do that.”
All were, therefore, fully alive to the des
perate nature of the enterprise. Not a man
expected to sec mother or home again; and
yet, notwithstanding its previous heavy loss,
700 of the brigade, out of the 1200 that made
the first charge, thus marched fearlessly into
the jaws of death. 250 of these belonged to
the 3d Ga. regiment, which was stationed on
the left and least protected part of the brigade,
because nearest to the level plateau.
And now comes the moment of trial. It is
half past 6 o’clock. "Charge," rings from the
lips of the gallant General, as he leads the
centre. Springing to their feet with a shout,
his men follow. The summit of the hill is 100
yards wide, and across this space they dash
amid a perfect hail storm of shells and balls.—
Col. Sturgis falls pierced through the head;
but there is no time for faltering. On pushes
the brigade, the object of the concentrated fire
of the Federal army. The ground is plowed
up into long furroughs; dust envelopes the
brigade ; and men are knocked over by the fly
ing dirt, but still they press on. Men fall
thickly, and many are laid low in death; yet,
amid hoarse shouts and encouraging words and
flying bullets they press forward. As they
cross the ridge a joyous shout of encouraging
exultation greets their ears. It comes lrom a
>art of Almstead’s troops of daring A’irginians.
loble fellows 1 In the first charge they had
penetrated to the 3d hill, and, bad all this time
»een lying under its brow, patiently waiting
reinforcements. Among them was Col. Pow-
hatton AVhittle, one of our citizens and brother
of L. N. AVhittle, Esq., of Macon. He was af
terwards wounded in the left arm.
Mingling with AVright’s men, these brave
lime of a holocaust in honor of country and
freedom, and secured for Gen. AYright the con
fidence and commendation of his superiors. In
proof of the former the post of honor in the
Potomac army has been assigned to his Brig
ade—the defence of Drury’s Bluff; and as evi
dence of the latter the followin' official letter
from Gen. Magruder to Gen. AA right, bear suf
ficient evidence :
LITTER FROM GEN. MAGRUDER TO GEN. WRIGHT.
Richmond, JUy 6th, 1862.
Brig. Gen. AA’right, Con.d’g Brigade,
Dear Sir—Having been cal ed to the com
mand of a distant department, where my im
mediate presence is required, I may not have
time to receive your r :port, and to do justice to
your gallantry, and that of the brave Brigade
which you command, I beg that you will for
ward your report to me at Richmond, care of
Major Allen B. Magruder, AA’ar Department. —
In the mean time, accept the assurance oi my
high sense of your military skill and intrepidi
ty, and of the gallantry and devotion of the
troops of your Brigade, who, with the troops
of Gen. Mahon’s Brigade, occupied and slept
on the field of battle, which was won lrom the
enemy. I beg leave, through y ou, to acknowl
edge their services, and to return them my
warmest thanks.
I am, General, very truly
Your obedient servant,
J. Bankhead Magruder, Ac., Ac.
But, after all, the proof ot a Brigade’s gallan
try is found in its list of casualities; and for
the Regiments of this Brigade, the following,
obtained from official sources, speaks for itself
concerning the fight of July 1st, 1862.
Killed.
AA'ounded.
Missing.
Total.
3rd Ga.
25
110
22
157
4th Ga.
15
52
8
75
22nd Ga.
6
32
18 -
— 56
1st Ka.
8
36
33
77
54
230
81
365
THK SHINPLASTEK CUBSE IN NEW YORK.
Tne resort to shinplasters is causing consid
erable excitement among our citizens. The
people desire something as change more tangi
ble than the mere superscription of men who
to-day keeps a restaurant and to-morrow may
be out of business. Hence it is that the sug
gestion of using postage stamps, made in the
Tribune several days ago, appears to be in fa
vor. Baker A Godwin have published a great
show-card bearing this announcement:
“Postage Stamps are Received for Goods, and
Given as Change for Current Bills.''
Judging from the sale which these cards have
had already, postage stamps may be expected
to be in circulation very extensively before
many days.
In Philadelphia and Boston, as well asM^ier
large cities and towns, the same trouble eVsts,
and the importance of having some uniform to
ken of “small change,” and especially a Feder
al token. The copper coinage at the Philadel
phia Mint per day is $2,500, whieh is far lrom
being adequate to the demand for change.—
From every section ol the country there is an
urgent call for “pennies”—a short time since
only to be got rid of at a discount—in small
and large sums. In the present emergency,
postage stamps are always worth the money
they cost, and shinplaster dealers who refuse to
take Uncle Sam’s image and superscription
should be discountenanced.—N. Y. Tribune.
U. S. Treasury Notes.—We saw, yesterday,
in the hands of a soldier who was engaged in
the battles below Richmond, one hundred dol
lars of the recent issue of United States Treas
ury notes, of the denomination of 5’s and 10^
The holder of these notes says that he pi
them up on the battle field, and was not aware
that they were of any value. On being offered
Confederate money for them by a gentleman
who desired to procure it for the use of our
prisoners in the North, he seemed astonished
that any one should regard such a currency of
any value. He had only kept it because it re
sembled money.—Rich. Dit.
The Lines Beyond the Rappahannock.—It
was believed at Gordonsville yesterday that the
enemy had advanced his lines to a point very
near that place, but so far as we have been able
to ascertain no alarm existed in consequence.
It is probable that adequate preparations have
been made for any emergency that might arise,
and hence the confidence of the people.
Richmond Dispatch, 18.