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<f« SECESSION.
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.disgruntled in Congress are thus early
in threats of secession. We im.y be ex-
stream reminding these gentleman that al-
whe, secession has been adopted as a "right-
u| '°.utdy" against Northern aggression, and
to l' ruVe an efficacious remedy, at the
°* y f time experience is proving it altogether
it xpensive and dangerous for daily tood.—
o- '** resort to it once in a man’s lilt time is
f ~igh. It cures, hut leaves the patient ex-
t y, ,cd, and he must have time to recover.—
^ .e good sense of the people of the Confederate
tates, and of each of the Confederate States,
rill rest content with the amount of secession
I ready had, and go in hereafter for sirengthe-
‘ ning “the things that remain which arc
“-'ready to die,” Hereafter the people of the
Confederate Slates, homogeneous in jheir origin
and interests, with every possible lie and mo
tive to hind them together in an indissoluble
union, and nothing more valuable or potent
san demagogues and politicians to counsel
•ggest disruption, cannot fail to see that
nonor and safety lie in a firm and durable union
among themselves, based upon a strict adher
' cnee to the Constitution—the tights of the
States—the immutable principles of justice—
and a policy towards each other at once just
generous and forbearing.
We have a hostile world to confront, and
nobody but ourselves and the favor of Heav
to rely upon tor self-preservation. If there
a State or a politician of any State, so unwise
and unpatriotic as to plot disunion, and sow
the tares of strife in the virgin soil of the ne
government, let the people take a lesson from
the present, and remember that it will require
. the same power to protect and preserve their
independence which was necessary to secure
We had heard lor years of “separate secession,
but in the light ot present experience v
see what would have come ol such a venture
in politics. The only hope is to keep together:
We do not like to hear the swift allusions
the right of secession made by some of our
legislators on every light occasion. There can
be no doubt—no one does doubt—that all the
means of our government are employed with
strict reference to the public good, and to lb
preservation of the Stalls as well as State
rights. However the peculiar views of indi
vidiial gentlemen may lail of adoption, none ot
them can doubt the hearts of the majority are
right; and that there is not one thought or
sentiment of oppression or unfairness toward:
any portion of the C’onlederacy, but a cordis
feeling of universal fraternity. In the absence
of the least reason to justify it, these tlippant
allusions to secession either indicate an
fraternal feeling, or they are intended to intiini
date. In either case they are indefensible and
mischievous.
We are full believers in the right of secession
for cause, of which each Slate must judge for
itself. But what is intended to protect our
rights in the last necessity should not be look
ed to as the halm for every petty disappoint
ment. This would be miserable faith to the
co-States ; it is miserable faith even to threaten
it. We do not believe, however, that such in
tiiuations will tind the least sympathy among
our people. The recognition of the right of
secession, will tend to tran*,uilize us, and will
make our tlovernment stronger and more du
rahle, instead of the contrary. The citizens ot
the South are not fond ot change. On the con
trary they have always been noted for their
steadiness of character, ahd their converva
tism. They did not withdraw from their for
mer associations from mere love of change.—
On the contrary it was only alter a long season
of ineffectual appeal and remonstrance against
intolerable wrong, that they retired from a con
nection not only uncongenial, hut which had
become to them the body of death. Having
now confederated in agreeable and harmonium
alliance, they will abandon themselves to mu
tual affection, while the consciousness that they
can retire trom the league if it should become
a yoke, will make them patient under trivial
errors. He, therefore, who shall speak light
ly and giddily on the subject of separation and
secession, will destroy himself, blit will not mis
lead the people.
BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG
We learn that the battle ot Sharpsburg was
commenced on Tuesday late in the afternoon,
with furious cannonading from the enemy,
which continued without intermission all night;
during which our troops lay under arms in
expectation of the onslaught.
Early in the morning, the attack commenced
r*hd he battle raged all day with unparalleled
fury. On the right, Longstreet drove the ene
my hack three miles, and Jackson accomplish- U3? , better solution of the d.ffieuley pre-
' _ sente itself to them ? It would be the happiest is-
THE NEW YORK WoRI.D IN A TEMPEST.
Among the man; indications afforded by the
Northern prints of a storm brewing, the following
trom the New York World—ihe moat sycophantic
and lick-spittle of all the black republican toadies
to Lincolu, may be classed as the most significant
“President Lincoln and his chosen advisers must
be less tenderly dealt with. They must be held
more sternly to their responsibilities. The; must
be made to feel something of the dreadful earnest
ness which surcharges the heart of the people.—
They must learn to respect the right of the people,
and to treat the people as their masters, and not
as iheir servants. They must tolerate freedom ol
logal speech, and renounce all ideas of intimida
ting the loyal press.”
“We have shut our eyes to much that, in our
sober judgment, was worthy of blame—believing
that almost any evil w»- less injurious than dis
trust, and hoping that lime would amend all errors.
Time did not amend them. It aggravated them
When it ut last brought the arbitrary arrests of
loyal men, we could hold our peace no longer.
Faithfulness to the cause forbade it. To our mind
such a violation of law and justice was contrary to
every principle this war seeks to vindicate. It
was robbing loyal minds of their highest ideas,
and loyal he&rLa of their holiest supports. It was
arming the rebels witli new arguments. It was
providing foreigners with new sneers. It tended
to nothing but discouragement, disgruce and ruin.
We protested against it. We shall continue to
protest against it. We shall protest against all
thing* like it. From this time forth we shall do
our whole duty in respect to this Administration.
We shall criticise without reserve—approving and
condemning, applauding and denouncing, as free
ly as in the days of peace. The conviction lias
been forced upon us that so ouly can we fitly dis
charge our doty to the country in its awful perils.
“The people are now realizing the bitter conse
quences of undue confidence in the management
of the administration. The abandonment of free
criticism, which followed the disaster at Bull Run,
and the disposition to trust everything to the dis
cretion of the President, have terminated in an
accumulation of disaster and disgrace that appals
aud sickens every heart. Magnificentarmiesbeaten,
incomputable treasure wasted, and two hundred
thousand lives sacrificed, the capital still beleaguer
ed, tile border States lost, loyal Slates menaced by
invasion—all this, too, when the enemy started
with an almost absolute destitution of every war-
necessary, and is still imperfectly equipped, rag
ged, aud half tarnished—it is enough to drive even
calm men mad. Considering the available means
aud the actual results, it is the most disgraceful
failure recorded against any government in mod
era history. And this is the requital of the peo
ple’s confidence. This is the fruit of deferential
silence when Abraham Lincoln chose to relieve
his subordinates by making haste to assume the
responsibility. It is high time that this passive-
uess was ended.”
Dreadful Mortality.—The following pri- j
▼ate doe patch from one of the Upson county
companies, exhibits a shocking proportion of
killed ami wounded. Six killed and fifteen
wounded out of twenty-seven in the light.
Culpepper, 3.X—AI. II. Sandwich, Thomas-
ton, Ga.—Killed in Company I), Lt Dallas,
Scrgt N. Walker, Jason Reeves, Robert
Reeves, J. K. Smith, J. W. Bentley.
Wounded—Lt Andrews seriously ; Lieut.
Dowd! do., Corp’l Stamps do., Corp’l Holloway
in hand, and Serj’tStewart, Wilcox. Wm. T.
Tavlor, Thomas Hartfleld, John White, J.
I'crryman, W. R. Ilixon, D. Dawson,<L. Sher-
u; I*;..!. ; n .iti^il (hiru’l J. A darns, all
d the same with the enemy’s left, but our
centre, under Gen. 1). H. Hill, maintained its
ground only with great difficulty. At night
fall, the enemy retired, leaving our army in
possession of the Held.
Our loss is supposed to have been about
50n0 killed and wounded, (ica. Lee claims
the result as a decided Confederate victory,
and, on the other band, the Federal papers
shout over it as a glorious Federal triumph,
and claim to have wounded Lee, killed seven
teen thousand rebels, and captured numerous
prisoners—among them Gen. Howe.k Cobb.
(A canar J, of course.) Lee erbssed trie Poto
mac to meet an anticipated flank movement by
McClellan upon Harper’s Ferry.
Battles—During the Kevolu’iouary war there were
fought thirty six b-ittlrs : during the war of IMS, eigh
teen ; during 'he Mexican war, twelve; and In the
pre-rnt wai, thus far, forty seven.
The above paragraph we .And going the
rounds and cannot tell how old it is, and there
fore by bow inary the number of forty-seven
battles is exceeded up to the present time.—
But unquestionably military history does not
furnish a patallel to the rapid succession of
battles which has taken place since the 1st of
last May. We published, the other day, from
the Richmond Whig a list of twenty-six im
portant engagements which have taken place
since that time. The list ended with the bat
tie of Richmond, Kentucky, and we must there
fore add to it Harper’s Ferry, the three battles
in the neighborhood of.Sharpsburg and Price’s
fight at Iuka—making in all thirty-one impor
tant battles in the course of 142 days, or nearly
an average of a battle in ewiy jour days, leav
ing out of the count entirely the numerous
less important battles and skirmishes between
our forces on the line of the Tennessee river
and the enemy—the repeated engagements in
Louisiana and along the line of the Mississippi
the important tights of Gen. Lonng, and the
very numerous guerrilla fights and skirmishes
all over the country which would probably
reach a greater number than the regular
pitched battles. There is no doubt that since
the first of May. we have more than averaged
a fight of some kind with the enemy every
other day. We doubt if the history of war,
since the beginning of the world, offers any
parallel to the activity with which hostilities
have been waged within the last five months,
and if we attempt any kind of a rational infer-
j, it would he that so hot a war must soon
burn itself out But time will tell.
SUBJUGATION BEFORE SEPARATION.
Hermes of the Mercury detects indications of
Northern opinion, which we alluded to some time
since. Be says:—
There are certain key notes in late Yankee
wailings aud railings, which, however feebly struck
at this time, ate lull of hideous meaning. Their
papers depict’ the horrible consequences which
must ensue if the rebels “conquer the North and
Lincoln is replaced by Jeff. Davis in Washington.”
What does this talk indicate hut a willingness to
be subjugated by us rather than separated from
Sharpsburg.—The account from the Battle
of Sharpsburg particularly the falling back of
Gen. Lee, to Virginia, indicates a reverse to our
arms; but it is to be noted that the telegram
is very unreliable in its character—founded on
verbal reports and these confused and contra-
lictory. We must wait patiently for fuller ac
counts. It will turn out better than many are
inclined to believe.
n a retreat, may have taken place in pursu
ance of the original plan of Gen. Lee. A letter
has been received in Macon from Capt Red
ding, of the Floyd Ritles, 2d Battalion, dated at
Kapidan, just as the orders had been received
for the Battalion to take up the line of march
to Maryland. In this letter Capt. Redding
says, I do not think Gen. Lee contemplates a
long stay in Maryland, as all the baggage of
bis anny has been sent back to this place.
sue now possible. The Northwest would jump at
it; the Middle States would soon follow, and even
New England might go with the rest. One thing
is certain, so far as public opinion is discernible in
newspapers, the idea of a permanent dissolution of
the Union—an eternal separation from the flesh
pots of the South—is as far as ever from Yankee
thoughts. Suppose the Northwest lays down its
arms, ignores Lincoln, and agrees to admit slave
ry as an organized institution in its own States?—
Can we refuse ? But what are States nominal;;
slave, but with the worst elements of Y'ankeeism
in immense excess in jliera, but so many Pandora’s
boxes?
CONGRESS-SENATOR ORR.
We copy the proceedings of Congress lasf
Saturday, containing some important amend
rnents to the exemption bill. The course of
Senator Orr, in regard to the motion made by
Mr. Yancey, surprises us. Having all along
regarded Mr. Oit as a man of great coolness
and solidity we are rather astonished to find
him confessedly basing hia official action in
the Senate upon nothing better than pique.
UNRELIABLE.
P. W. A., the correspondent ot the Savan
nah Republican, writing from Fredericksburg
on the 9th says he has reason to believe that a
proposition for a short armistice has been made
by the Federal Government and wisely declin
ed by Gen. Lee. Next that an “intimation has
been given by Mr. Lincoln covering our recog
nition by the Federal Government and a pro
position to allow the border States to decide
lor themselves whether they would elect to go
with the North or the South, and that it has
been favorably received by Gen. Lee. In other
ords, 1 am credibly informed that a promi
nent citizen of Maryland, known to be friendly
to the Confederate States, arrived at Gen. Lee’s
headquarters from Washington city,within the
last twenty-four hours. This personage,though
not authorized to offer terms or submit propo-
sitions of settlement, has, nevertheless, sugges
ted, in an informal way, that if we would re
new our offer of peace (made at an early period
last year,) upon the basis of the recogni
A KILKENNY FIGHT IN THE NORTH.
The “glorious news” of the “grand Union
victory” at Sharpsburg, the killing of Long-
street, wounding of Lee, capture of Cobb, and
the destruction of seventeen thousand rebels,
interrupted and suspended, for the nonce, as
promising a domestic quarrel as the black and
mulatto republicans of the North have yet got
into. The Herald and the World distinctly
and furiously charge the ultj£ Republicans,
with Wilson and Gov. Andrews at their head,
with a diabolical scheme to overturn the foun
dations of Northern “liberty,” and by a coop
d'etat, like that of Louis Napoleon in France, in
1848, pitch the immortal Ape out of the Presi
dential Chair, and install a military dictator, who
will carry on the war “according to their no
tions.” Their papers say they have documen
tary evidence to prove the plot—letters from
the parties; and that the recent attempt to or
ganize an independent volunteer force under
Fremont—the scheme of Morton and Company
to undertake the war in the West upon their
own hook—the appointed Convention of the
Republican Governors, all were links in the
treasonable conspiracy.
On the other hand, the Tribune and the oth
er ultra-republican presses charge the yellow
republicans with a conspiracy equally atrocious
—not to oust Lincoln, but virtually to super
sede him by McClellan, as Dictator, and to use
McClellan and his army to compel the Ape to
change his Cabinet and policy, and, in short,
to reduce him to a condition as powerless as
the Egyptian mummy he is said to resemble.
To see these rascals denouncing each other as
“plotting traitors” is entertaining to honest
men. They will resume the business as soon
our independence by the Federal goveriKint,
coupled with a proposition to allow the ffrder
States to determine for themselves their future
relations, it would be agreeable to the govern
ment ol the United States and receive their fa
vorable consideration."
W^e correspondent then goes on at length to
discuss the imaginary proposition. We fear
“P. W. A.” will impair his character as a re
liable correspondent if he gives currency to
such stories as these.
as they have settled McClellan’s victory ; and
though strictly a man of peace, we shall, in
this case,not object to see a fight. It is evident,
in the meantime, that Lincoln is thoroughly
played out Both sides are mortally tired and
disgusted with him, and have settled down up
on his true value, which is small. A continued
run of ill-luck in the war will, in a short time,
reduce the North to a condition bordering on
anarchy.
The Conscription decided Unconstitutional.
Judge Thomas W. Thomas, in Elbert Su
perior Court, September term, in a habeas cor
pus case for the discharge of a Conscript, has
n"of I a tA rme( l each these points made by the
plaintiff in the case, to wit;
1. That he was a commissioned Officer of the
Georgia Militia and exempted by order of the
Governor.
2. That he had been twice rejected by the
Confederate authorities, on account of unsound
ness, and could not be coerced into a third ex
periment.
3. That the Conscription Act is unconstitu
tional, and therefore the act and all orders and
proceedings under it are null and void.
This decision will doubtless have the effect
to arrest conscription in that Circuit, and will
probably be followed by tests of the constitu-
It is
The Yankee Robbers—A Precious Confes
sion.—A correspondent of the St. Louis Re
publican, (Federal) who was with Curtis on his
march through Arkansas to Helena, says that
on the Arkansas side of the river, outside of j tionality of the Act, in other Circuits.
Helena, “there is not a bouse for ten miles but j a most unlucky firebrand in the Camp just
what has been pillaged from cellar to garret by now
Curtis’ troops." Trunks were broken open.bu ’ . _
rcaus opened and sacked, in fact every drawer, CAPT. J. G. ROGERS,
cupboard, trunk, chest, sacked and pillaged; , , ... ... . ,, ,
ladies’ dresses, eir rings, finger ring. S brtast W • are d ^P'/ P ained 10 announ “ Capt.
pins, in fact everything moveable possessing . J* G. ROGERS, late ot the Central City Blues,
value, stolen.’* And this writer says that was 12th Regiment, from this place, is among the
not all. He adds that “bn the road traveled by j uiartyrs to the cause of their country in the
the army the same system ol pillage has been j ^ UtUes in Maryland. Capt Rogers, we
carried on. It a dollar s worth ot moveable , ,,,,,, • • j
The Retreat from Maryland, it there lias p r0 p t . r ty (,a.s been left, it was because the sol- I understand, had lately been commissioned
dier’s knapsack would hold no more, or wagons I Lieut-Colonel of the glorious 12th, and was
could not be pressed to haul it” He says he I probably in command of this renowned regi-
has heard it said that Curtis has regiments that 1 luent when struc |t down by the M ssenger ol
could Steal either Vicksburg or Richmond in a d ^ We h however, learned no partial-
week without firing a gun. 1 ’ r
Sick. Soldiers Should be sent Home.— We
copy from the Lynchburg Republican a timely
article upon this subject, and desire to add our
voice to that of the Republican and of human i
ty jn behalf of the unhappy inmates of our
hospitals, who in many cases, instead of wear
ing out life in these gloomy resorts, would be
nursed and cheered back again to health and
vigor by the kindly offices of wife, mother or
sister.
DEATH OF EX-GOV. CALL.
The Florida papers announce the death of
Gen. Richard K. Call, who has been promt
ncntly identified with the history of that State
ever since the Treaty of Cession. He was an
officer under Jackson during its invasion, and
followed the fortunes of that illustrious leader
in every battle be fought, holding much of tit
time a position in his military family, and ti
the Iasi, a high place in the confidence and es
teem of that great man. From him he received
lie appointment of Governor of the Territory
of Florida, and by his enterprise and public
spirit Gov. Call did much towards the improve
ment of the Territory as a citizen, and much
more in the various important positions he held
as Governor, member of Congress and com
tnandcr of the U. S. forces during a part of the
Indian war. Personally, the Governor was a
man of fine talents—ready and eloquent ad
dress—tall, commanding figure and regular,
classical features. He was not far from seven
ty years of age at the time of bis death.
Town Lots in Atlanta.—We call attention
to the important sale of city lots in Atlanta ad-
ertised in another column. Property of this
kind in our growing sister city is extremely
valuable.
t-jf” A protracted meeting is now being held
gbtly in the M. E. Church in this place. The
meetings are very interesting, ana we doubt
not much good will be effected.
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Price’s Fight.—We have no means of know
ing the reasons why Gen. Price declined a fight
ith Rosencrantz in force, but do not a mo
ment doubt they were good ones, and will be
vindicate hereafter. Either Price was at that mo
ment unprepared to meet so large a force, or
had strategetic designs of his own in view
which he intends to work out at another time
and place. When last heard from, he was
heading towards Nashville, and we suppose bis
design was to effect a junction with Buell.
A Bloody Fiuht.—We have two telegrams
>n relation to casualties at Sharpsburg. One
we publish under the appropriate head, of an
Upson Company, which, out of twenty-seven,
lost twenty or twenty-one. We are not quite
sure by the reading ol the telegram, which is
the number. We do not know the name of
the Upson Company, or the regiment it be
longed to. A telegram passed through here yes
terday from a Columbus Company, which re
ported fifty out of eighty who went into the
fight killed and wounded. These are severe in
dications.
Plundering.—The Northern papers boast
that among the things taken from Baton Rouge
by the evacuating lorce were Powers’ marble
statue of Washington and the State library,
from the capitol. This was done by order of
the commanding general.
Two paragraphs which strongly illustrate the
objects of the war and the character of the in
vaders. The North say they fight “to save the
Cnion” and yet we sec their officers robbing j
the public buildings of the South of trophies of
art to ornament Northern cities with the spoils
of a conquered people. These public and offi
cial robberies are sedulously imitated by indis
criminate pillage of private individuals for the
same purpose—“to save the Union.”
lars of a sad event which has deprived his coun
try of the services of a young soldier, who
bad no superior and few equals of his grade
in the ranks ol her armies. He was a man tween the ages of 35 and 45, and the number
Bx-Oov. Herschel ?. Johnson.
Editor Macon Telenkaph : I see, from ex
tracts from your paper, published in the At
lanta Daily Commonwealth, that the name of
Hon. H. V. Johnson, is suggested for Confede
rate Senator vice Robert Toombs, resigned. I
have known Ex-Gov. Johnson for a long time,
and having been an old line Whig, voted against
him ever, although I knew that there were
but few men in Georgia had brains equal to
him. In the last Presidential contest I was
opposed to him, and voted against him. Still
I could not go so far as to believe for one mo
ment that he or the Hon. A. H. Stephens were
tyaitors te their section, because they were
Douglas men. Neither could I asseverate that
John Boll or John C. Breckenridge were trai
tors, for I believed them both to be patriotic
southern men. I felt convinced, however, that
Abraham Lincoln was hostile to the South and
that owing to our divided condition be would
be elected. I have been a bitter partizan, but
when Sumpter fell, I buried party, and God
forbid that I should ever resurrect it Thus,
you will perceive, that up to the beginning of
hostilities I was bitterly opposed to Ex Gov.
Johnson. 1 cordially endorse the suggestion of
his name for Senator, and hope that the Legis
lature will elect him unanimously. Why?
1st Because he is a man of pre-eminent
ability, and it is just such men that we need
in our Congressional Halls.
2d. Because he is an old line Democrat.—
Although party is dead, yet it is nothing but
fair that our Senators should be divided between
an old line Whig and an old line Democrat—
both the most talented men that can be lound.
He is no raw recruit like Toombs or Dr. Miller,
but an old stager. Let the young and the re
cruits tarry at Jericho until their beards be
grown. ,
3d. Because the other Senator, Hon. B. H.
Hill, is from the upper part of the State, or
West more probably, and it is but j ust that
the East should have the other.
Our present Governor, Hon. J. E. Brown,
has been suggested, also. While he would
make a good Senator, he makes a capital Gov
ernor, and we trust that the people of Georgia
will retain him in that position for life.
Other names have been suggested, but we
think that everything points to Hon. Herschel
V. Johnson as the man for the place.
Peleg.
Fulton County, Georgia.
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THE NEW -CONSCRIPTION ACT.
We present below the bill as it received the
sanction of the House. It was carried by a
vote of—ayes 49, noes, 39.
A Bill to be entitled An Act to provide for the
filling up of existiog companies, squadrons,
battalions, and regiments, and to increase
the Provisional Army of the Confederate
States.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of Ameriea do enact, That when the
President shall cons'der an increase of the forces
in the field necessary to repel invasions, or for
the public safety in the pending war, he is au
thorized. as hereinafter provided, to call into
the military service of the Confederate States
for three years or during the present war, if it
should be sooner ended, all white male citizens
of the Confederate Slates, not legally exempted
from such service, between the ages of thirty-
five and forty-five years; and such authority
shall exist in the President, during the present
war, as to all persons who now are or may
hereafter become eighteen years of age; and,
when once enrolled, all persons between the
ages of eighteen and forty-five years shall serve
their full term.
Provided, That if the President in calling
out troops into the service of the Confederate
States shall first call for only a part of the per
sons between the ages herein before stated, he
shall first call for those between the age of 35
and any other age lessjthan 45, and apportion
the same between the several States, taking
into consideration their relative population be-
By Electric Telegraph
CONGRESSIONAL.
Richmond, 22d.—In the Senate to-day aJ>i)l
was passed providing that all persons who
may hereafter furnish a substitute, shall guar
antee the’fidelity of the substitute. The resi
due of the day’s session was occupied in discus
sing a bill introduced by Mr. Yancey, to regu
late the nomination and appointment of Briga
dier Generals, so as to apportion them among
their several States. The bill wad rejected,
yeas 3, nays 16.
In the House, Foster, of Alabama, submitted
a resolution instructing the Secretary of War
to send a corps of Engineers to make a recon
noissance of tho Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers, with a view to erecting fortifications, Aic.
Adopted.
The Arkansas contested election case w.is
further discussed.
FROM THE WEST.
BATTLE between rosencrantz and prick a.t
IUKA.
Mobile, Sept 22d—Iuka, Sept. '20th.—Tbie
right wing of the enemy, under Rosencrant:
eight thousand strong, were found advancing
about four o’clock yesterday afternoon, on the
Jacinto Road, driving in our pickets. General
Price immediately ordered Gon. Hebert to move
with his own and Martin’:* Brigades against
them, and went himself upon the field, accent
panied by Gen. Little. They met the enemy
advancing in Line of Battle, about miles
south of the town. Our line was immediately
formed and Battle opened. Discovering the
enemy in force, Gen. Price sent back for the
other Brigades of Little’s Division. "'hey
came forward at double-quick, but did not
reach the field until the enemy were driven back
from every position, more than 600 yards, with
loss of over fifty prisoners a nd nine pieces
of Artillery. Darkness prevented further pur
suit and Little’s Division bivouacked on the
field. Our loss in killed, wounded and missing
reaches 250. Gen. Little was killed. Col’s
Whitfield, Gilmore and Mabry wounded.
The enemy, having received heavy reinforce
ments during the night, Gen. Price determined
to carry out the orders of the previous morning
and the army left Iuka, between seven and
eight o’clock in the morning, bringing off the
captured stores. An attack which the enemy
made upon our rear guard was repulsed with
severe loss to them, and our loss was only one
man. The 3d Louisiana, Whitfield’s Legion and
the 3d Texas Cavalry behaved with distinguish
ed gallantry and were the greatest sufferers in
the fight of Friday. Their Colonels were all
wounded.
OLOKIOU§ NEWS FROM B11AOG
Mumfordsville, Ky., Captured!
Bragg Captures 5,100 Prisoners !
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Chattanooga, 23d.—We learn from Nash
ville that Bragg has captured Mumfordsville,
Ky., with fifty-four hundred prisoners, a large
number of negroes and several pieces of artil
lery without firing a gun.
Individual Bills and Sjhnblasters.—Weare
compelled herealter to refuse all individual bills
and shinplasters. Their name is legion and
THE SHARPSBURG FIGHTS.
We copy from the Richmond Enquirer of
the 20th and 22d, (Saturday and Monday,) what
that paper claims to be, and what we doubt
not is, an authentic account of the recent bat
tles at Sharpsburg.
The Enquirer is a cautions, candid and truth
ful print—haring ready access to all sources
ot information in Richmond, and would not
willingly create a false or erroneous impression
about the result It will therefore be peculiar
ly gratifying to the reader to notice the very
strong ami significant language used by this
paper. The great battle of Wednesday is
claimed to have “resulted in one of the most
complete victories that has yet immortalized the
Confederate arms !" The readei may be con
fident the Enquirer has a good reason for this
assertion—a reason probably stronger than the
facts which be furnishes in the brief narrative
of the fight These are however worthy of
particular note, especially.the enormous dispa
rity of the forces.
One fact should be borne in mind by the
reader in conning over the Federal boasts and
jubilations about their victory at Sharpsburg:
these wild exultations are, for the most part,
founded upon telegrams sent before the con
clusion of the fight on Wednesday, and indeed
most of them refer to the battle of the pre-
ceeding Sunday'. It is not improbable that the
Federal presses had sobered down a good deal
by the 19th, and had discovered the necessity
of some special pleading to make out a victory
in a case where they were obliged to abandon
the field. But the fact is, they are in straits—
they must have a victory if they have to manu
facture them entirely in the papers. They
had an uninterrupted series of victories all
the time they were retreating from Virginia.—
They were never once defeated by their own
accounts, and now that our army is in Mary
land, it is still more important to have victories.
We may rest sure that the FederAls w ill never
be defeated by their own confession.
Mumfordsville, captured by Gen. Bragg
with aix Indiana regiments snugly quartered
therein, is forty miles northeast of Bowling
Green and seventy miles south of Louisville.
We suppose these six Indiana regiments were
new levies, and probably entrapped by a supe
rior force, before they had due notice. At all
events, their conduct was exemplary and becom
ing in Federal invaders. But upon what plan
of military operations the Federate leave these
detached forces scattered about in Kentucky
to be surprised and captured by our armies, we
confess our inability to comprehend.
of indomitable courage and energy—a stub
born fortitude and resolution that no obstacle
could daunt.
Sell-composed and self-reliant under all cir
cumstanceB, the fiery tempest of battle but de
veloped and called into active exercise all the
great qualities of the man. He was a hero-
ery inch a hero, and the universal and poig
nant regret manifested by every man in Macon,
when the news of this sad event was received,
attested the high and just appreciation. Macon
mourns as gallant a soldier and good a citizen
as she ever sent, or could send, forth to illus
trate the noble heroism of her sons. She min
gles her tears with those of his stricken wife,
his father, mother, brothers and sisters who
have lost a husband, son and brother in whom
they took so just a pride, and who lacked only
tune to make his name illustrious. We are
profoundly disappointed that the career ol this
glorious young soldier has been cut short in
the unfolding bloom of his reputation and use
fulness.
We copy the following special Despatch from
the Columbus Sun of yesterday. It contains
mournful intelligence indeed; but strong hopes
are entertained here that it may be untrue, at
least, in respect to Col. John B. Lamar, from
the fact that no private telegram confirming it,
has yet been received by any of his friends in
Macon:
Richmond, Sept. 22(1.—Col. Thomas Sloan,
of Columbus, seriously wounded ; Col. Mar-
cellus Douglas of Cuthbert; Levi B. Smith, of
Talbot, and J. B. Lamar, of Macon, killed.
R. i. Y.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
The harrassing anxiety manifested by the
friends of Officers and Soldiers in the army af
ter every battle, and the great delay in getting
the returns of cas’ialites, suggest the inquiry
whether the War Department, or the General
in Command, should not organise a bureau to
collect a complete list of killed, wounded and
missing immediately after every fight and cause
it to be published, without delay, in the news
paper nearest the scene of action. This would
save a world of bitter anxiety, particularly
among the friends of privates, who do not look
for telegrams to report the fate of their triends
in the field.
Mu. A Meyer, Bookbinder, has shown us a
good sample of white note paper of his own
preparation and ruling. It is sized from print
ing paper, and writes very well.
Likut. Oliver F. Evans, of the Central City
Blues, vtas, we are informed, severely wound
ed in the late Maryland fights. We du sincerely |
hope his wound was not dangerous.
John Ross Arrested.—A letter from Lea
venworth, Kansas, to the Northern press,states
that the Yankee troops have occupied the cap
itol of the Cherokee Nation, and made John
Ross a prisoner. He has recently, pursuant to
a treaty made with our government, issued a
Movements or our Army in Maryland.—
intelligence was received last evening confirm
ing the account of the recent Confederate vic
tory at Sharpsburg, but adding that our army
had not wholly withdrawn to the south side of
the Potomac. The condition of our army on
eitheir side is excellent, and the spirits of the
troops, flushed with victory, high and warm.—
The reports in the Northern newspapers prove
to have been sheer and shameless fabrications,
and the fears of many of our timid citizens,
which were based principally upon them, were
consequently as causeless as their foundation
was mythical. McClellan’s army was too bad
ly used on Wednesday to renew the contest or
to perform any rapid movement for strategic
effect The movement of a portion of our
forces to the south side was purely a matter of
of troops already furnished to the army by the
respective States under former acts—so lar as
the same may be practicable without departing
from the principle of calling out troops accord
ing to age; and Provided, further. That is es
timating the number of former acts, each State
shall be credited with all the companies mus
tered into service from said State.
Sec. 2. That the President shall make such
call by requisition upon the Governors of the
several Confederate States for all or any portion
of the persons within their respective States
between the ages of thirty-five and forty-five
years, and also for those who now are, or may
hereafter become, eighteen years old, as afore
said, not legally exempted, and when assembled
in camps of instruction in the several States,
they shall be assigned to and form a part of the
companies, squadrons, battalions and regi
ments heretolore raised in their respective
States and now in the service of the Confederate
States ; and the number that may remain from
any State after filling up existing companies,
squadrons, battalions, and regiments from such
State to their maximum legal number, shall be
officered according to the laws of the State hav
ing such residue.
Sec. 8. That if the Governor of any State
shall rafuse or shall fail for an unreasonable
time, to be determined by the President, to
comply with said requisition, then such per
sons in such State are hereby made subject, in
all respects, to an act entitled “An act further
to provide for the public defense,” approved
April It, 1862, and the President is authorized
to enforce said act against such persons.
Sec. 4 That for the purpose of securing a
more speedy enrollment of the persons ren -
dered liable to military service under this act,
the President may, immediately upon making
the requisition authorized therein, employ in
any State, whose Governor shall consent there
to officere of the Confederate States to enroll
and collect in the respective camps of instruc
tion.
Sec. 5. That the persons brought into mili
tary service by this act shall be assigned to the
company Torn their State now in the service ol
the Confederate States which they may prefer
to join, subject to such regulations as the Sec
retary of AYar may establish, to secure the fill
ing up of «xisting companies, squadrons, bat
talions, and regiments, from the respective
States: Pr«vided, That persons liable to mili
tary service under the provisions of this act,
(and able-badied men over the ages of forty-
five years,) may volunteer and be assigned to
duty in suck company from their State as they
may select: Provided, That said company shall
not, by reasan thereof, be increased beyond its
legal maxim-im number; and Provided further,
That the right of volunteering in, or of being
assigned to, any company, shall not interfere
with the objects of this act, or produce inequal
ity or confusim in the different arms of mili
tary service.
Provided, That the President is authorized
to suspend the execution of this act, or the
acts to which this isan amendment, or any spe
cial provision, or provisions, of said acts, in
any locality, when he believes such suspen
sion will promote the public good ; and that in
such localities and during such suspension, the
President is authorized to receive troops into
the Confederate service under any of the acts
passed by the Confederate Congress prior
to the passage of the act to further provide for
the public defence, approved 16th of April,
1862.
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, Sept. 23d.—The New York Her
ald of the 20th contains dispatches from Louis-
sville announcing the surrender of six Indiana
Regiinents,tive thousand men, at Mumfordville.
Official despatches from McClellan dated Fri
day, claims a victory in Wednesday's fight at
Sharpsburg, though it is evident that his army
had fallen back. He states that the rebel ar
my had crossed the Potomac into Virginia,
and that he had sent a column under General
Alfred Pleasanton in pursuit.
An official dispatch received here this morn
ing, announces that a battle took place on Sat
urday, on the Potomac, near Shepherdstown,
between the Confederate forces under Jackson
and a column of the enemy ten thousand strong,
resulting in a rout of the enemy with heavy
loss. Our loss slight. Quite a number of arms
taken. Jackson had recrossed into Maryland
CONGRESSIONAL.
Richmond, 23rd.—In the Senate the House
bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to offer a reward not exceeding five thousand
dollars for the apprehension and conviction of
persons engaged in counterfeiting Confederate
Notes, passed. Also, the Senate bills to facili-
ate the payment of the amounts due to sol
diers.
The Conscript bill from the House was amend
ed by substituting therefor the bill recently
passed by the Senate, with modifications; the
subject will probably be referred to a commit
tee of Conference.
The Senate bill fixing the rank and pay of
Quartermaster Generate, passed.
In the House the Arkansas contested elec
tion case after the rejection of a motion declar
ing the seat vacant, was recommitted to the
committee on elections.
The bill to raise revenue was considered in
Committee of the Whole until adjournment.
Cavalry attacked the Federate at Green iliver
bridge, on Saturday, but were repulsed. Also,
reports Bragg with ten thousand men at Glas
gow Junction Rousseau has gone to meet him.
The Union regards the defeat of Bragg’s
army certain, and saysUhcre are two hundred
thousand Federate now between Louisville and
Nashville.
The Union reports several skirmishes near
Nashville, on the 19th, with the loss of a Fede
ral train of twelve wagons and escort. They *
were captured by Guerrillas.
Andy Johnson is still in Nashville.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Richmond, September,'24ih.
In the Senate, Oldham, of Texas, submitted
a series of resolutions declaring that Provost
Marshals have no authority whatever over cit
izens not belonging to the army, etc. It was re
ferred to the committee on Judiciary.
Semmes, from the committee on Flag and
Seal, presented a design for Seal of the Con
federate States, which, after debate, was adop
ted. It represents in the foreground a Con
federate soldier in the position of a charge ot
bayonet; in the middle, at a distance, a woman
with a child by her side, in front of a church,
both with hands uplifted in an attitude of pray
er, etc. The motto: “Our homes and our
Constitution.”
Id the House a bill was passed to provide lor
the temporary organization of troops in States,
or parts of S'ates, invaded or occupied by
the enemy. Also Senate bill conferring the
rank of Brigadier-General on Quartermaster
Generate. The military exemption bill was
discussed until adjournment.
FROM IUKA.
Mobile, Sept. 25th.—A special dispatch to
the Advertiser and Register, dated Baldwin,
Sept 24th, says that in the battle of Iuka, the
S7th Alabama, Colonel Dowdell’s Regiment,
which was in the hottest ot the fight lost
twelve killed and forty-three wounded. They
fought well, drove back the enemy and slept
upon the ground on which the enemy had
formed his line of battle.
Prom God.
Loringte Army—Official Dis
patches.
We have the pleasure of publishing the fol
lowing copies of official telegrams to the Sec
retary of War, in relation to the recent bril
liant successes achi^ed by Major General W .
W. Loring in Wtst*Wp irginia :
cadtu —^W^CCHANAN.
IIeadq’rs Dep’t Fayette, C. H., i
Via Giles C.Vfl|k Dublin, Sept 14.)
Jenkins captured Dighanan, Upshur C. H.,
General Kelly’s main-depot, with 5,000 stand
of arms and immense stores, all of which were
destroyed. He took the commanding officer
and thirty prisoners. The next day he cap
tured Weston. The next day he took Glen
ville. The next day he took Cnl. Rathbone
and his regiment at Roane Court House. The
next day he drove a force of the enemy from
Ravenswood, and the next day crossed into
Ohio, marching twenty miles in that State.—
He was at last accounts on the Kanawha.
* (Signed,) W. W. Loring.
Major General.
FAYETTE COURT HOUSE TAKEN.
Headquarters Dkp’t S. W. Va, )
Fayette Court House, Sept. 11th, -
via Dublin, Sept. 14th.)
After a fatiguing march I came upon the em •
my near this place on yesterday, at half-past
one o’clock, P. M., with the best of my forces,
which were in front. After contesting every
inch of my advance for some miles, he entered
his fortifications at this place, which were
strong, and consisted of very formidable outer
works, enclosing a quadrangular lort with gla
cis and redoubts and well mounted with nine
heavy pieces of artillery. My men pushed
up to the walls with great spirit, inflicting
great loss on the enemy. Our loss small.
About nightfall to the force of the enemy al
ready in the fort, three legiinents were added
as reinforcements by one of the many loads,
which my forces were not numerous enough to
guard. This made the enemy about five regi
ments stronger ; but while we lay on our arms
to renew the attack this morning, the enemy
fled. Probably they took the same road by
which the reinforcements entered, and 1 am
now pursuing with all my forces.
(Signed,) W. W Loring,
Major General.
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad.—
The Chattanooga Rebel of Tuesday, says :
We learn that owing to the transportation
of large numbers of troops over the Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad, passengers will not
be received for several days. But to compen
sate for this delay, we wiil inform refugees
from Middle Tennessee, that Gcp. Priee is mo
ving in heavy force from the Southern coun
ties ol Tennessee towards Nashville, and when
the troops from this place shall form a junction
with him, tbep citizens of Nashville will have
Mobile, 23d.—A special despatch to the
Advertiser & Register dated Knoxville 22d,
says a courier brings intelligence from Cum
berland Gap that General Stevenson is press
ing on the Federal Morgan’s rear.. Firing was
heai d this morning in the direction of Man
chester, and it is supposed that he has engagod
the enemy,
FROM RICHMOND.
Augusta, Sept. 24. —Richmond papers of the
23d report that only a portion of Gen. Lee’s
army recrossed the Potomac ; but letters from
Winchester to the Dispatch say that the army
has ciossed without losing a man or any com
missary stores.
Gen. Sumner and another Yankee General
sent a Flag of Truce after the battle, asking
permission to bury their dead.
Mr. Boteler says the evacuation of Maryland
is only temporary. She must be redeemed.
Our loss in the late battles was about five
thousand—that of the enemy twenty thou
sand.
The Enquirer says Major Gen. Anderson is
severely wounded. Gens. Wright, Lawton,
Ripley, Armstead, Ransom and Col. A. J. Cum-
ming are slightly wounded.
Gens. Starke and Branch are killed. A
private dispatch says Gen. Toombs is slightly
wounded.
FIGHT NEAR SHEPHERDSTOWN.
Richmond, Sept 24.—A Lynchburg paper
of to-day says, the Yankee column recently
routed by Gen. Jackson near Shepherdstown,
was commanded by Burnside. Four brigades
of the enemy rushed across the river, when
Jackson precipitated his whole force upon
them; the enemy were literally mowed down
So many were killedthat the stream was almost
dammed up by their bodies. About fifteen
hundred prisoners were taken, and of the whole
force, estimated at ten thousand, it is thought
not more than two thousand escaped. Casual
ties on oar side, were two hunderd and fifty
killed, wounded and missing.
FROM THE WEST.
Chattanooga, Sep. 24th.—The Nashville
Union of the 201b..says, eight hundred Rebel
TWO MORE VICTORIES
Headquarters Falls of Kanawha, Va.J
Via Dublin, 14'.k Sep. \
After fighting two obstinately contested
fights to-day—one at Cotton Hill, and the other
at Gauley—the enemy have been put to flight
down the Kanawha, and 1 am now n posses
sion of their former position at Galley, with
their wagons, trains and some stares. The
magazine and many more were buried before
they fled. I am crossing the Katawha and
pursuing the enemy. We took 701 barrels ol
salt. We have taken Camp Gaule), and are
pursuing the enemy down the Kaiiwha.
(Signed) W. W Loring,
Majir General.
CAPTIUK OF CHARLESTON THE ENUtY ROUTED
AND AGAIN FLYING.
The following dispatch was received at the
War Department from Gen. Loring;
Charleston, Kanawha co., S^it. 13. j
Via Giles Court Hous( lGth.'
And Dubliq 16th. )
Hon. G. W. Randolph, Sec’y of Mar:
After incessant skirmishing it>m Gauley
down, we took this place at 3 o'clfck, P. M.
The enemy, six regiments strong made stout
resistance, burning their stores,and most of ,
this town in their retreat. Oq- loss slight,
the enemy’s heavy. He is in fuiljetreat. Jen-
i kins is in his rear. W. V. Loring,
Mai. (en. Comd’g.
VOTED IT UPSIDE DOWN.
Wc have heard a good story, bid by a son
of Erin’s Isle, which is Forth reputing :
Some two years ago toere was <uite a strug
gle between two certain prominedtDemocrats,
of Weaverville, as to which shoult go delegate
to the State Convention. The evoting prior to
holding the County Convention, /adge M
and Squire J , each had ballot! printed with
the names of their friends upd®Jhem. The
Judge’s delegetcs were beaten, JnU before re
tiring he consoled himself by lading his hat
with bricks. Next morning, in good season,
acting upon the principle that “» hair of the
dog is good for the bite”—just as he was call
ing for the decoction—Billy McBlamey stepped
into the saloon and saluted the »'udge, when
the following dialogue ensued :
“The top o’ the mornin to ye judge. And
the mutherin’ thaves bate us last night entire
ly, the curse o’ the world light on them !”
“Good morning, Billy. Yes, the squire was
rather heavy. But I say, Billy, I understate 1
you voted against me. How is that ?”
“Billy McBlarney voted against ye! T tle
lyin spalpeens ! By mo sowl, judge, I’d rat’ aer
have me whisky stopped for a year than tr
that same thing.”
“What ticket did you vote, Biily ?”
“And sure, I voted the ticket wid you r hon-
or’s name on the top ov it”
“But Billy, my name was last on th e list
at the bottom.”
This was rather a puzzler to Billy • i,.
scratched his head, for an instant, then sudden 0
ly exclaimed:
“Bad luck, and what a fool I am ? I V nt i
my ticket upside down !’’ ea ^
The judge immediately ordered an eve-onen r
er for Billy ; he fairly beat him on the cxL.,
nation.—Trinity {Cal) Journal. *
aiK’jiiaSsftstt sr •“
n^.:= uf,'r
section are ail doing well. 01
Mast.—The indications now are that the
mast crop will be the heaviest ever know^f*' l
mountains. Ihe trees are beudim? i UtUe
weight of the fruit. We saw, last week > r th *
from an oak a foot long so loaded with bran . c h
its entire length, that two ti ngerl could wt be7'!I
upon it anywhere without touching an a«Ha? “ Il1