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23 af AUl’BOXZZT.
An, and Rreolmion* ofthe * «■•!!>''»» "f Hie
Confederate State* of America Faaae4
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[No. Cl. J
AN ACT to amend an act entitled “An Act to
prescribe the rates of Postage in the Confeder
ate States of America, and for other purpo
ses.”
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact. That trurn and alter
the first day of July next, there shall be charged
the following rates of postage to wit: t er ever/
single letter sealed, and tor every letter in manu
script or paper or any kind upon which informa
tion shall be asked tor, or communicated in wri
ting, by marks or signs, conveyed in the mails
for any distance within the Confederate States of
America.ten cents; and every letter or parcel not
exceeding halt an ounce in weight, shall be deem
ed a single letter, and every additional had an
ounce or additional weight of less than half an
ounce, shail be charged with ar. additional single
postage.
Approved April ID, 1862.
(No. G2,}
AN ACT To authorize the appointment of Drill
Masters.
1 ection I. The ‘Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact, That the President be
and he is hereby authorized and empowered to ap
point Diill Masters for Camps of instruction or
reserve torces in any arm ot the military service,
with such pay as the Secretary of War may pre
scribe.
Approved April 19, 1802.
[No, 64.]
AN ACT in relation to auditing accounts ior the
War Department.
Section 1. The Congress of tiie Confederate
States of America do enact. That it shall he the
duty of the Second Auditor, after examining the
accounts for the Wjpr ..Department, to certily the
balance and transmit the account with the vouch
ers and certificates to the Comptroller tor his de
cision thereon, and when finally adjusted. said ac
counts, vouchers and certificates shall he filed
with the Register, as required by the act “to es
tablish the Treasury Department,” approved Feb
ruary twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-
one.
Approved April 19, 1862.
(No. 65.)
JOINT RESOLUTIONS to authorize the Secre
tary of the 'I reasury to pay the mileage and
per diem of members of the Provisional Con
gress out of the centiugent fund of that Con
gress.
Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate
States of America, Taat the Secretary of *,h - Treas
ury he and he is hereby authorized to use the
fund appropriated by the Provisional Cougrtss for
contingencies for that Congress, in paying mem
bers of the Provisional Congiess who have not
already been paid the mileage and per diem due
them
Approved April 19, 1662.
(No. 66.)
AN ACT to amend “an act to regulate the Mode
of paying the members of the Senate aud House
of Representatives, and the disbursement of the
Contingent fund.”
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact. That the compensation
due to the officers of the Senate shall he certified
by the Secretary of the Senate, at such times as
is provided by law, and the Sergeant-at-Arms
shall draw upon the Treasury for the amounts
thus certified, and the drafts shall he paid from the
Treasury of the Confederate States when issued
according to law.
Sec. 2. That the compensation due to the offi
cers of the House ofKep icsentatives shall be cer
tified to by tiie Clerk ot said House, at such time
as is provided by law; and the said Clerk shall
draw upon the Treasury for the amounts thus cer
tified aud the drafts shall be pai l from the Treas
ury of the Confederate States, according to
Approved April 19, 1862.
(No. 67.)
AN ACT to limit the compensation of Clerks. Mar
shals and District Attorneys of the Confederate
Statts.
Section I. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact, That every District
Attorney, Clerk of a District Court and Marshal
of the Confederate States shall, until otherwise di
rected by law, upon the first day of January and
July in each year, commencing with the fitst day
of July next or within thiity days from and af
ter the days specified, make to the Attorney Gen
eral. in such foim as he shall prescribe, a return in
writing, embracing all the fees and emoluments
of their respective offices of every name and
character, distinguishing the fees aud emolu
ments received or payable under the Sequestra
tion Acts Lorn those received or payable from any
other service, and in the case of a Marshal fur
ther distinguishing the fees and emoluments re
ceived or payable for services bj r himself personal
ly rendered from those received or payable for
services rendered by a deputy; and also embra
cing all necessary office expenses of such officers,
necessary clerk hire included, to he verified by the
oath of tli8 officer making the same. And the
District Attorney shall he allowed to retain of the
fees and emoluments of his said office, for liis own
personal compensation, over and above his neces
sary office expenses, the necessary clerk hire in
cluded, to he audited and allowed by tho proper
accounting officers of the Treasury, a sum exceed
ing five thousand dollars per vear, and at and af
ter that rate for sucliTime asTie shall hold the of
fice; and no Cl- rk of a District Court shall he al
lowed to retain the fees and emoluments of his
office forhisowu personal compensation, over and
above the necessary expenses ol his office, the cn-
cessary clerk hire included, to he audited and ai
lowed by the proper officers of the Treasury a
sain exceeding four thousand dollars per year, or
at and after that iate fur snch time as he shall
hold his office.—And no Marshal shall he allowed
tc retaiu of the fees and emoluments of his office,
for his own personal compensation over and
above a proper allowance to his deputies, which
shall in no cases exceed three-fourths of the fees
and emoluments received as payable for the ser
vices rendered by the deptuty to whom this al
lowance is made, and over nrol above the neces
sary office expenses of such marshal, necessary-
clerk hire included, also to hr audited and allowed
bv the proper accounting officer of tiie Treasury,
a sum exceeding five thousand dollars per year, or
at and after that rate for such time as lie shail
bold office; and every Treasury of the Confeder
ate States, or deposit to the credit of the Treas-
liter thereof, any surplus ot the fees and emolu
ments of his office, which his halt yearly return
so made shall show to exist over nod above the
compensation and allowance herein authorized to
be retained and paid by him.
Approved, April 19, 1862.
(No. 68.)
AN ACT to provide ior tiie appointment of chap
lains at the Naval Hospitals.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact. That the President
may in his discretion, appoint and assign to the
Naval Hospitals in the Confederate States, Chap
lains for service during tiie continuance of the ex
isting w ar, w ho shall receive the same pay and
emoluments as Chaplains in the Army.
Approved, April 1STTFG2.
(No. 69.)
AN ACT to regulate the collection of the War
Tax in certain States invaded by the enemy.
Section 1 The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact. That where any
State has assumed, or shall assume, the payment
of the tax imposed by the act entitled an act to au
thorize the issue of Treasury Notes, and to pro
vide a War Tax for th-ir redemption, approved
the nineteenth dav of August. Eighteen hundred
and Sixty one, and any portion of such State
shall be occupied by the enemy, so as to occasion
the destruction of crops, or prevent the raising
thereof, or to prevent the State from collecting
taxes therein, the President may, under an agree
ment with the S’ate authorities of snch States,
suspend the payment into the Treasusy of such
portions of the tax assumed by such States as may
have been, or may be, assessed upon the prop
erty of the inhabitants of such districts so occu
pied by tiie enemy, until further provision he
made by Congress.
Sec. 2 The suspension of all proceedings in re
lation to the collection of the War Tax in the
Stares of Missouri and Kentucky, authorized by
the Secretary of the Treasury, is confirmed, and he
is hereby directed to take no action thereon until
further legislation by Congress.
Approved, April 19, 1662.
(No. 70.)
AN ACT regulating the fees of clerks and lrr
other purposes.
Section 1. The Congiess of the Confederate
i States of America do enact. Thar all laws now
j in force prescribing the fees ot Clerks ot the
I Courts ol said Confederate States beji*ft[thu same
are hereby repealed, ami, that in liW^thoheol the
, said clerks sail he ailowxil'to Have ayn iLarge as
i follows, to-wit:
i Fcr issuing and entering every process, coinmis-
: sion, summons, suhpeeua m chancery, capias, no
tice or garnishee summons, under the Sequestra
tion Act, wairant, attachment, or other wnt. ex
cept a subpoena for a witness one dollar: Provi
ded, that tor ail summons of garnishment arising
under the SequesMation Acts, the cieikshail he ai-
: lowed only twenty-live cents.
For issuing a subpoena fora witness or witnes
ses if more than one he named in the same sub-
I poena, twenty-five cents.
For filing and entering every declaration, plea,
! or demurrer, wheilit-r written or not, or other
| written paper in any suit, lor each, ten cents,
j For administering every oath or affii (nation
to a witness or other person, except a juror, ten
cents.
For entering the return on any process when
; proper to do so fifteen cents.
! For every rule entered in the rule book on one
j rule day, twenty-five cents.
j For any order, continuance, judgment decree or
! recognisance, drawing any bond or making any re
) cord, certificate return or leport for every one
hundred words fifteen cents, or a specific fee ot
i forty cents,
For a copy of any such entry or record, or any
j other record or paper, for every one hundred
i words ten cents, or a specific fee of twenty
cents.
j For entering in any suitor controversy in Court
jail the attorneys for each party, or the appearance
| in proper person of any party having no attorney
I who appears, ten cents.
For making dockets and indexes and for other
services for which no specific fee is allowed, on the
trial or argument of a cause, where issue is joined
and testimony given, including venire and tax
ing costs, three dollars
For making dockets and indexes andJfr other
services for which no specific fee is allfn-ejL in a
cause where issue is joined and no testinA^ygiven
including taxingcosts, two dollaT!?r
For making dockets and indexes, and ior taxing
[ costs and other services, for which no particular.
fees is allowed in a cause which is dismissed, or a
j judgment or decree is rendered therein without is-
j sue including taxing costs, one dollar.
J For affixing the seal ot the Court to any instru-
merit, when required, ot to any process to which
; the same is required to he affixed by law, twenty
i cents.
| For every search for anything above a year’s
| standing, except, where such search is for papers in
I a pending cause, twenty cents.
I For noting in the process book any decree,
I order or process [except a subpoena for a witness]
, and taking a receipt therefor twenty cents,
j For recording a bond or otherwise, in pursuance
j of an order of the court, for every one hundred
words, fifteen cents, or a specific fee ot one dol-
] lar.
j Where a witness claims for his attendance, for
; administering an oath to him, and entering and
j certifying such attendance, forty cents,
i For administering any oath not before provided
! for any writing a certificate thereof when the case
I requires one, fifty cents.
I For receiving, keeping and paying out money,
| in pursuance of the requirments of any statute
1 or order of Court, one per cent, on the amounts so
! received, kept and paid.
• For attendance on Court when the same is ac-
i tually in session, for each day five dollars.
! For travelling from the office or the clerk, wliere
| he is required by law to reside, or where he dyes
j actually reside, to the place of holding court re
quired to be held by law, five cents per mile for
| going and tiie same for returning.
! The said fees shall be chargeable to the party
\ at whose instance the service is performed, except
I that fees for entering and certifying the attend
ance of witnesses, and the proceedings to compel
| paym ct for such ifrrii’ r i n. iilnitl be charged to
| the party for whom the witness attended, and the
j per diem, mileage and other service performed for
| the Government of the Confederate States, shall be
j paid by said Government All fees which may
| accrue to the clerk under the Sequestration Act, or
! any act amendatory thereof, by law chaigeable on
j said fund, shall he paid out of the general seques-
j trated fund in the hands of any receiver, or under
tiie control of the Court, when an order shall be
j made directing such payment, and the Court is au-
j thoiized to make such order at this discretion. No
! person shall be compelled to pay any fees before
' mentioned until a fee hill be produced to him,
signed by the clerk to whom they are due, expres
sing the particulars for which such fees are char
ged, aud the said fee bills made out and signed as
aforesaid, the clerk may deliver to the marshal or
to a sheriff of the .state where the party resides,
who shall collect the same, deducting a commis
sion of ten per Cent for such collection, and the
marshal or sheriff may distrain therefor such prep
j t-rty ot the person to whom the fees are charged as
I might he levied on under a writ of fieri facias is-
i sued Irom a State Court of the said respective
j Confederate States, and the District Courts of the
J Conlederate States shall, on motion, anu for good
] cause shown, quash any such fee bill and prevent
] the collection thereof, or of so much thereof as ap
pears to be illegal and not justly due. No clerk
{ shall he obliged to perform services for a non-resi-
j dent of the district for which he is clerk, unless
i payment of his fees for said services he secured, nor
J to perform services for any person against whom
[ he has had a fee bill returned, and which remains
, unsatisfied, unless he he secured payment of his
fees for the services desired, or performance of
| said service be directed by the court.
Sec. 2. And the Congress of the Confederate
j States do further enact, That all necessary record
| book and stationery shall be furnished the said
| clerks at the cost of the Government, and that the
| accounts for the same bS^J.fll! SfTthe certificate of
; the Judge of the respective District Courts, that in
i his opinion such accounts are just and reasona-
| ble.
| Sec 3. And the Congress of the Confederate
| States do further enact that any clerk of any Dis-
! trict Court ot said Confederate States may, with the
I consent of such Court, or with the consent in
I writing of the Judge thereof, in vacation appoint
j a deputy, who shall take tiie same oaths such
| clerk is required 10 take, aud who, during his con
i tinuance in office, may discharge any- of tiie duties
j of t he clerk, and he may be removed from office
| either by tne Clerk of the Court,
j Approved, April 19,1862.
(No. 71.)
. AN AC T to provide for the payment of officers of
| the Virginia Militia for services rendered,
j Sec. 1. The Congress ot the Confederate
; States of America do enact. That all officers and
; non-commissioned officers of the Confederate
I States by the order of any commanding officer of
j the Confederate States Army, authorized to make
I such call, or by the Proclamation of the Governor
| of Virginia in obedience to requisitions duly
| made upon him by the President, shall be allow
ed, under the direction of the Quartermaster
| ter General, compensation for the period of their ac
tual service, according to the rate of pay and
allowances to which officers and non commission
ed officers of corresponding grades, in the Con
federate States Army, are by law entitled.
Sec. 2. Before any officer of militia shall he en
titled to receive pay under the. provisions of the pro
feeding section, he shall present to the proper oiii-
cer to whom he may apply for payment, a certifi
cate signed by the commandant of the Brigade,
regiment or battalion of miiitia to which he may
havejbeen attached and approved by the Command
ing General of the army, corps or department,
with which such brigade, regiment or battalion
was serving, which certitiffW - 51W1 state the pre
cise period during which such officer was actually
in service and performed duty according to his
rank, not including in such period whatever time
such officer was absent from duty with his com
mand, unless absent on furlough, or detached or
detailed ^ service, by order of the Commanding
officer. Non-commissioned officers .shall be requir
ed to present like certificates signed by the com
manding officer of the. regiment or battalion to
which they belong, before being entitled to receive
their pay.
Sec. 3. All staff'officers of the Virginia militia
duty appointed and qualified, accuiding to the
laws of Virginia; shall be entitled to receive the
same pay and allowances as are provided by law
for officers of corresponding grades in the Con
federate States army, upon a like certificate that
they have actually been in serviee and performed
the duties prescribed for their respective grades by
i the laws Virginia, and the laws and army reg-
j ulaiions of the Confederate States.
Sec. 4. No payments under this act shall be al
j lowed for any period subsequent to the thirtieth
i day of March, eighteen hundred any sixty-two
nor shall any junior Major of a regiment to which
two majors may hv attached, nor any Paymaster
or Surgeon's mate he deemed to he entitled to
pay or allowances under tho provisions to thin
Approved April 19, 1862.
(No. 72.)
AN ACT to increase the clerical force of the Quar
termaster General’s Bureau.
Sec 1 The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do einc‘. That the Secretary of War
be and the same is hereby authorized to appoint
! eight additional clerks in (lie Bureau of the Quar
termaster General, a' the following rates of com
pensation, to wit: two at the rate of fifteen him
dred dollars per annum; two at the rate of twelve
I hundred dollars per annum; and four at the ran-
of one thousand dollars per annum: Provided,
that no person now by law subject to military
duty shall be appointed.
Approved April 19,1-62.
(No 73.) . !
AN ACT to amend ail act entitled “An set to in-
crease the corps of artillery, and for other pur- i
poses,” approved August 21,1801
St-e. 1. Tne Congress of the Confederate States i
of Ami ties (io ena< t. That section third of an act i
entitled “an act to increase the corps of Aitillery j
and fur other purposes,’' approved August 21st ,
1861, he so amen .'ed as to authorize the President, i
to inert ase tile salaries of master armorers or any oi j
them to a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars j
per annum.
Approved April 19, 1862,
[No. 74.]
AN ACT to amend th j .several acts in relation to
the pay of Chaplains in tiie Army.
See 1 tiie Congress of tiie Confederate States
of America do enact, That hereafter the pay of
Chaplains in the army shall be eighty dollars per
month, with rations as now provided by
law.
Approved Aprii 19,1862,
(No 75,)
AN ACT to recognize the organization of certain
Military Companies.
Sec. 1. the Congress or the Confederate States
of America do enact, That in all cases heretofore
occurring where companies not having the mini
mum number of men necessary to lorm a company
as required by existing laws, have been organized
into companies which have entered into ttie ser
vice by order of a Commanding General or been re
ceived by such officer into the service, in all ca
ses the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and
required to recognicompanies as if duty
organized uiids^lffwnrig laws, aud the offi
cers of said companies are hereby declared as en
titled to the same rank to which they would have
been entitled if the companies had been duly or
gauized; and the officers anu men thereof shall be
entitled to draw their pay aud rations as if they
had been duly authorized under existing laws.
Approved April 19, 1662.
(No. 76.)
AN ACT for the relief, of the legal representa
tives of Samuel M. Wilkes, late Adjutant of
the Fourth Regiment, South Carolina Volun
teers.
See. i. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do onset. That the Secretary of the
Treasury be and he is hereby directed to pay to
the legal representatives of Samuel M. Wilkes,
late Adjutant of the Fourth South Carolina Regi- j
iment ot Volunteers, out of any no ney in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, one bun
dled and fifty dollars arrearages due him from the
sixth day of June to the twenty-first day of July
Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-one, and- also the
•sum of one hundred and Sixty dollars for his
horse which was killed in the battle of Manas
sas.
Approved Aprii 19,1662,
(No. 77 )
AN ACT to prohibit the transportation and sale of
certain articles in any port or place within the
Confederate States in the possession of the En
emy, and to prohibit the sale, barter or exchange
ofjjcertain articles tliereinj|iiamed, to alien or
domestic Enemies.
Sec. 1 The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That, it shall be' unlawful
for any person, either by himself or his agent, or
in any manner whatever, to transport, to any port
or place in the Confederate States, which may be
at the time in the possession of the enemy, or to
sell therein, an.^eUI Win tobacco, sugar, rice, mo
lasses, syrup, or naval stores
Sec. 2 Be it further enacted, that the provisions •
of the Act entitled “An Act to prohibit the ex- j
portation of cotton from t tie Confederate States,
except through the sea-ports of the said States,
and to punish persons offending therein,” be and
the same are hereby exttiided to any person or
persons violating the foregoing section of this Act,
in and, addition to such punishment,the paity or
parties offeneingshall forfeit aud pay the Con
federate States the value of the article sold or
transported.
Approved April 19,1662.
[No. 78.]
AN ACT making Augusta, Oeorgia, a fort of de
livery for goods-imported into Charleston, South
Carolina.
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact. That from and after the pas
sage of this act, the citj r of Augusta, Georgia, be
and the same is hereby made a port of delivery
for goods imported into Charleston. South Caroli
na. upon the same terms and conditions, and in
like manner, in every respect, as it has been here
tofore and is now a port of delivery for goods im
ported into Savannah, Georgia: and the Secretary
of the Treasury is hereby required to make such
rules and regulations as may he necessary to
carry into effect the true intent and meaning of
this act
Approved April 19, 1862.
(No. 79)
AN ACT declaring the officers who shall act
as President in case of vacancies in the
offices both of President and Vice Presi- I
dent.
S»-e I. Tho Congress of the Confederate States
of America ’ i unr" That, in case of removal
from office, death or resignation both of the Pres
ident and Vice president of the Confederate States
or of the inability of both to discharge the pow- |
ers and duties of the office of President, then th? j
President, of the Senate, protempore, aud in ease
there shall be no President of the Senate then the
Speaker of the House of Representative, for the
fime being, shall act as President of the Confed
erate States, until the disability be removed, or
a President shall be elected and inaugura
ted.
Approved April 19, 1862.
(No 80 )
AN ACT to authorize the exchange of Bonds for !
articles in kind, and the shipment, sale, or hy- I
potbecarion of such articles
Sec. I . The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact. That the Secretary of the
Treasury b?, and he is hereby authorized to ex
change the bonds or stocks, of the Confederate
States for any articles in kind, which may be re
quired for the use of the Government, the said ar
ticles to he valued according to such regulations
as the said Secretary shall make.
Sec. 2 It s all be the duty of the Commissary
and Quartermaster Generals to direct their vari
ous officers to receive, at the place of purchase,
all such articles purchased as are applicable to
their several Depa r tinents, and to apply the same
in the same manner as if purchased directly by
themselves; and the officer to whom eacli article is
delivered shall be charged with the value as de
clared by the purchase, and shall be bound to ac
count for the same.
See. 3, The said Secretary is also authorized to
accept for the use of the Government m caxhttoge
for the said bonds or stock, cotton, toha^-o. and
other agricultural products in kind, which have
been subscribed to the Pioduce Loan; rich j
may he subscribed in kind at such rates a.V' may
be adjusted between riieparriespnd the agents of
the Government: PioviSed,'Tluit in no event shall
the receive of cotton or tobacco, a greater value
than thirty-five millions of dollars, and the said
Secretary is further authorized to deposit tho
same at such places as he shall deem proper, and
to procure advances thereon by hypothecation or
to ship the same abroad, or to sell the same at
homo or aJLiroad, as he may deem best; and, to as
sistant. these operations, the said Secretary may
issue Produce Certificates, which shall entitle the
party to whom issued, or his encorsee, to receive
the produce therein set forth, and to ship the same
to any neutral port, in comformity with the laws
of the ConfederateStat.es.
Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury may;
from time to time, appoint and dismiss such agents
as he may deem requisi'e to carry into effect the
provisions of this act Their compensation shall
be a brokerage upon the business completed by
them at such rates as the Secretary of the Treas
ury shall adjust by gcnjLpaLj’egulatio/*. , j
‘Sec. 5. The 8<-cf#fary of jbtr Treasury-'may,
from time totime, issue .i^g'ffTations'Tor carrying
out all the details iny-oNed in the provisions of
this act, which shall^gfjfcligatory upon all par
ties concerned therein.
Approved April 21, 1662.
Sarsaparilla.—has long been endorsed by that
medical faculty as a mild, safe and effective appe-
rUnt. and alternative. To extend its usefulness,
all the scientific appliances of modern chemistry
have been put in requisition by Messrs Sands, to
obtain a pure extract of its medical properties.
Combining therewith vegetable products, they are
enabled with confidence to offer to the public a
sure and certain remedy for all diseases arising
from impurity of the blood, or derangement of the
biliary functions.
For Sale by Grieve tfc Clark also hy Ilertv an
Hall. 2 It.
TESTIMONY FROM LEE CO — Davis& Wcs-
to, our agents in Pleasant Level, says, ‘Your agent
left with us a fr.ic days ago three dozen Jacob's
Cordial, which we have sold out but two bottles.
The Dysentery has prevailed in this vicinity to an
alarming extent, and Jacob’s Cordial aj-ts like a
charm We shall be able to sell a great deal of the
Cordial ”
For sale by HERTY’ & HALL, also by
GRIEVE & CLARK. ] | t .
SECESSION FEELING IN LOl lSVILLE—A BOLD
SECESSION ADDRESS.
Mr. W. W. Owen, a well known citizen
of Jefferson county, Kentucky, of which
he is a candidate for jailor, has issued the
following address, which was furnished the
the “Argus” by a gentlenan just from
Louisville. It has been circulated through
out Louisville and Jefferson county:
To the voters of Louisville and Jefferson
county.
Having already announced myseit a
candidate tor the oliice of jailor ot Jefferson
county, 1 deem it proper to say that 1
have not been brought out by auy caucus,
clique or party, but have ouly availed my
self of the common privilege of every free
man who may desire office. I should
also say that I am a State rights man in
the true sense of the term. 1 do not believe
that the government ofthe United States
consists of a mass ofindividuals consolidated
together into one body, like the monarchies
of Europe, to rule by divine right. I con
sider this government to be a galaxy of
States, held together by the free will attrac
tion of a common interest, each State revol
ving in its own or it and absolutly ex
empt from Federal domination within such
orbit.
I think that whenever the Federal
Government shall attempt to obtrude itselt
within the sacred circle which belongs to
any State, North or South, East or West,
it is the duty of every freeman to stand up
and bid a proud defiance to such attempt
ed usurpation. The man who has not the
spirit to do so deserves not the name of an
American freeman. It is vain to think of
preserving a free government without, such
a spirit in the hearts of the people. When
ever the people of'tlie State become servile
enough io cringe andbow down at every
wave ofthe Federal wand, and, shivering
with fear, acquiesce in every fiat that
proceeds from the central power, -whether
it be right or wrong, theywill befit sub
jects for the tyrant’s rod, and the
goddess ot liberty may take her flight
forever from this devoted land. We
shall then hear no more complaints of
demagogues and party leaders, for we
shall be made slaves together.
Fellow citizens, I am a native born
Kentuckian and have spent the best years
of my life laboring to build up her prosperi
ty and maintain her honor.. I love my na
tive State. Her best interests lie nearest
my heart. I have never been able to as
sume that new-fangled patriotism which
spreads itself all over the world besides
and leaves out home. I believe in sustain
ing, first of all, the immediate governmen
tal organization under which I live, and af
terwards my remoter connections. It is
unnatural for me to love Massachusetts
as 1 do Kentucky, and I will not bo guil-
\ tj oftlie lying hyprocrisy that would make
i such a pretension. I despise that dema
goguery of patriotism so fashionable of
late, when being rampant for notoriety,
overlooks iftelf while it attempts to cov
er its sinister purposes under a blaze of
glory.
I yield to no man in love of country.
My love of constitutional liberty lias been
a lifelong passion. The inalienable rights
of a freeman constitute my political gospel.
My breau ideal of all governments itas
been our old Union, with equal social and
political rights to all; but any new Union
without such social and political equality
would be to me the most detestable of all
governmental organizations.—A Union
between conquered and conquering
States would not be such a Union as our
fathers made. I feel no desire to see the
proud spirit, lofty aspiration for freedom,
noble, generous and warm-hearted love
for constitutional liberty which lias always
characterized the Southern people, crush
ed out by brute force, or to witness these
brave and intelligent freemen subdued,
hopeless, crushed and bleeding under the
Northern heel. Virginia is the mother of
Kentucky, and no true Kentuckian can
rejoice at her humiliation. She has been
the bulwark of American freedom ever
since our government was born. Her
sons have been the proudest specimens
of dignified freemen that ever trod the
earth.
The blood of Virginia courses through
the veins of our most valued and influen
tial citizens, and the character of our own
beloved State lias received its type mainly
from our honored mother. The blood of
her sons has watered every battle-field
that lias witnessed the struggles ol freedom
on this continent. Such a people have too
strong a hold upon the affections of all the
advocates of human liberty the world
over, to be trodden under foot and crush
ed without a responsive sigh, wherever
their history is known. In view of what
Virginia has done for my native Kentucky
for the Northwest, for the general Govern
ment, in her magnificent donation of ter
ritory, and for the cause of universal
freedom, I would as soon strike my own
mother as to draw the sword against her.
We have many men in our midst who feel
differently, hut they are not Kentuck
ians.
The grand effort of a survile press in
our midst, is now being directed to the
work of making it appear that the South
ern people are in all lespectsinferior to the
Northern. This is a new doctrine in
Kentucky. The men who advance it
are generally of Northern birth. As a
Kentuckian I spurn the Yankee dogma.—
These hireling papers and imported min
ions are constantly representing the
Southern people as being deluded, igno
rant and the deceived dupes of demagogues
and pot house politicians. The allega
tion is false. The intelligence of the
Southern people has been amply vindica
ted in every period of our country’s histo
ry. There is no question that they are
infinitely farther removed from the influ
ence of demagogues than the people ofthe
North. They have never been subject to
those popular upheavings and fanaticisms
that have constantly shaken the North.
If there is any spot in the broad earth
where demagogueism is indigenous it is
certainly to be found in the Northern
States.—Fourierism, Fanny Wrightistn,
Abolitionism in all its hues of yellow, red
and black, Spiritualism, Free Loveism,
Mormonism, Know-Notliingisra, and every
crazy extravaganza that ever sprung from
the hot-bed of fanaticism, meanness and
folly, have in these Northern States
grown and flourished like giant
mushrooms upon a dunghill, and furnished
a rich repast for demagogues aud clap
trap preachers for lo these many years.
I shrink with horror as I would from the
touch of a slimy serpent, when I con
template the probability of all this progeny
of hateful tilings being transplanted
from New England into Kentucky.
Mr. Sumner of Massachusetts, has just
presented to the Senate a petition seven
hundred feet long, signed bj r fifteen thou
sand woman for the abolition of slavery.
Congress has justpaseed an act abolishing
slavery in the District of Columbia, by an
overwhelming majority. Lincoln has
signed the bill, and it is now a law.
Sumner with Congress at his heels, de
clares this to be the first instalment of a
seiies of kindred measures about to be
adopted. We are told in the face of such
glaring facts as these that the abolition
party in the North is weak and cannot
hurt us.—Fremont already holds dominion
over one third of Kentucky. The border
slave States are all now under the heel ot
that party, and nothing but hard fighting
will save the other slave States from the
same fate. Southern men who will not
open their eyes, to facts will not listeu to
argument. In theory,this is a war of the
government; but, in fact, it is a war of
Northern men against Southern men.
If the North conquers, the men of the
North will rule the men of the South with
a rod of iron from generation to genera
tion. • Kentucky will share the fate of the
South in this respect. She is fated to bow
down to a Northern master if the North
succeeds in this war. Already Ohio and
Massachusetts men arc strutting about in
our midst, proudly dictating to Kentuck
ians what they shall do and what they
shall not do. They impudently tell Ken
tuckians what roads they shall travel what
they are permitted to carry to market,
what they shall say and what they shall
not say, how far they will permit one
neighbor to visit another, and how Ken
tuckians shall “behave themselves.” Alas!
alas! for poor Kentucky. Our children
and children’s children will look back
with wonder and astonishment at
this period of her history. She sits
quietly down while the grandest strug
gle for the right of self government that
was ever witnessed upon the face of the
earth is going on, and spell bound by the
clap trap cry of “UnicTn,” raised by the
cunning northmen, suffers herself to be
bound hand and foot, while she is despoil
ed of her freedom.
Surely this Western Sampson has been
mesmerized by some Yankee Delilah, who
ha . shorn him of his locks! Does any one
imagine that the last generation ot Ken
tuckians would have permitted the no
blest sons of Kentucky to be torn from
her bosom, and incarcerated in a Boston
dungeon, there to stay at the will aud pleas
ure of an abolition despot? Does not ev
ery one know that such an outrage, prac
ticed upon Kentuckians in the last gener-
tion, would have fired every drop of blood
in the State, and that the clarion notes of
war! war to the knife ! ! ! would have
rung from every valley and hill-top, from
the mountains to the Mississippi. F>ut
alas! alas!! this is no longer the Kentucky
of former days. A blighting paralysis
has come upon this generation, and the
once gallant Kentucky meekly puts her
neck under the yoke! How my heart
bleeds over my poor native State!
I will furnish my voters with an edition
monthly, until the election, giving the pro
ceedings of Abraham Lincoln and his ab
olition Congress. You can rest assured
that I shall be ou the track as a candidate
reports to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
I suppose, however, that I have said
enough to define my position, and beg to
conclude by repeating, that I want no ab
olition Votes, or the votes of any one that
sympathizes with that detestable party.
Respectfully, etc.. W. W. OWEN.
Washington as it was and is.
A Southern gentleman, accustomed to
moving in Washington circles during the
administration of the last President of the
United States, would in the reign of Abra
ham the FIRST, recognize in the public
biddings alone any familiar features of the
former self oftlie once proud Federal capi
tal. Gone, all the vim and dasli of its
chivalry ; gone, all the Southern shunshine
of lovely forms; gone, all the towering
minds from her legislative halls, and gone,
all Southern principle and feeling. “Yan
kee” is written everywhere—in the capi
tal, in the white house, at the Smithsonian
and in the departments, and one can trace
the obsequeous lineaments of the Yankee
race in almost every face to be met on the
avenue- There is the place-seeker from
New York, with testimonials from Greeley
the looker after a big contracts from Penn
sylvania, with communications from Cam
eron, and the savory politician from Illinois
with a how for everybody “on bis side of
the house.” The local trade of the city is
tumred over to the usurpers, and Yankee
shop keepers, from branch houses in New
York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, occupy
the stores. These find their customers
among the soldiers from their respective
States and cities. 'Thus you find “No.
10 Bowery” on the avenue, and the “Phil
adelphia Arcade Depot” around the corn
er. The carts in the streets, and the boot
blacks on the corners, are strangers in a stra
nge city,but, with genuine Yankee imperti
nence making themselves perfectly at home.
Even the thieves and lewd women oftlie
city hail from the Congressional districts
of Cochrane, Wade, Lovejoy, Hale and
Grow, and claim to be their constituents.--
All seem intent upon securing at least a
bale oftreasury notes, or “green backs,”
as they are called there, and there seems
to be no lack of them. They are in the
hands of everybody oven the negroes. In
fact, to use a commercial ulirase, the “de
mand exceeds the supply ;” and, recently
twenty-five or thirty clerks were engaged
in clipping, signing and preparing the notes
for circulation. God only knows the
amount already issued. The supply
seems to depend on the material used in
their manufacture—paper and ink.
The larger hotels, with the exception
of Willard’s, have all become Yankeeized.
Upon the demise of Tillotson Brown, of
Brown’s Hotel, recently, the hotel passed
into Northern hands. That phantom of
Washington life—Beau Hickman—still
haunts them. The advent of a new pop
ulation into Washington has restored
Beau’s prestige. When the writer of this
article was in Washington, three weeks
since, Beau sported a semi-military cost
ume. He stood in the rotunda of Brown’s
surrounded by a crowd of open-mouthed
down-easters, engaged at his old tricks.—
Dan. E. Sidles, the once commander of
the “Drunken Brigade,” stood in the door
way, giving his moustache that pecular
twirl, which every one who has seen him
can well imagine- Dan has been broken
of his command, or rather Congress lias
refused to ratify his nomination for a brig
adier-general. Dan has lost caste, and
grows more and more dissipated every
day. There were about ten thousand
sick and wounded in the Washington hos
pital.
The mansion of the late Senator Doug
las has been converted into a hospital, as
well as many other prominent buildings,
including the residences of prominent
Southerners who have vacated them. At
present there are but few regiments of
soldiers in the city and business among the
camp followers is dull. Many are follow
ing up the Federal army with their stores ,
and if the advance on Richmond be not
sucessfully resisted, our citizens will be
humiliated by the presence of Yankee
traders in the stores of their own merchants
the occupation by Yankee speculators of
their business marts, and the desecration
of the public buildings, by turning
their churches, markets, and other public
resorts into stablings and hospitals, as in
Washington, Winchester, and all the
Southern cities yet occupied by the iuvau-
ei -s.—Richmond Examiner.
The Rattle vfhicrUUa.
Our gallant Bill Scurry, with his “ragged Tex-
ians,” has gained another victory over the Feder-
aisinNew Mexico 'lheimportar.ee of this vic
tory will he understood when the. strategy that led
to it is explained. ”
Giorieita is the name of a cannon -about 2.i
miles East of Santa Fe. on what is called the old
Union road. Fort Union lies a little North ol the
trt Louis and and Santa Fe trading road and is
about 70 miles from Santa Fe. From the East of
the mountains there are two passes, one through
this cannon and one at Galisteo. Fort Union, the
strongest Fort in New Mexico, has been heavily
garrisoned, not only with regulars, hut a povver-
tul detachment of Pike’s -Peak volunteers. It is
to he observed that Pike's peak is about 209 miles
North ot Santa Fe, and the population is made up
ot adventurous men from the North-western
States. They are naturally. Abolitionist, and
being without the ties of family, have volunteer
ed til masse in answer to Canhy’s call for help
against the Texians. There was a regiment of
them at Yal Verde, and they were driven from
the field.
After the battle of Yal Verde, bibly pushed
on and occupied Northern New Mexico including
Santa Fe. 11? took Santa Fe on the loth of March
and since that has established his head quarters
there. On taking possession he raised the Con
federate flag, on the Federal flagstaff, had a sa
lute tired from a captured Federal battery, and
Dixie played on the instruments of a captured U.
S. band. ....
On the night of the 23rd, Sibly, then at Albu
querque, learned that the enemy, 2209 strong, liad
left Fort Union on the 22nd. This :s the same we
have heard via St. Louis. Pyrorr was in command
ot 150 Texians at Santa Fe. Gen. Sibly at once
sent Major Shropshire forward to reinforce him.
with orders to hold Canon Glorietta nt all hazards,
lie also seat Col Scurry to Galisuoo, to guard the
other pass, with orders to repair to Pyrom’s
support in case he was attacked. The object was
to guard both canons, and by whichever the ene
my approached to concentrate both forces and at
tack him. These points are but 13 miles apart.
On the evening of the 26th, Pyron’s advance
guard reached Johnston's Rancho at the mouth of
j the Canon Glorietta. Soon after, a picket of men
started to explore the cation. They found the en
emy in ambush, w ho at once attacked them and
i took the whole picket, but one, prisoners, and
sent them at once to Fort Union. This gave Py-
rom the alarm, and he at once placed his cannon
in battery to command the mouth of the canon
and opened fire on the enemy, holding them at
hay tiie whole evening.
Meanwhile he sent a dispatch to Scurry for help,
["lie messenger did not reach Scurry’s camp till
midnight. Scurry at once put his command in
motion and reached Pyrom in two hours, and took
command of the whole force, which then etubia-
ced 1,100 men. These men embraced detach
ments from from all the regiments and two section
of Teel's battery. It should he mentioned that
Pyrom had agreed upon an armistice bury to the
dead and remove the wounded till 8 in the morn
ing.
On the expiration of the armistice, Scurry open
ed the nail with tho discharge of four guns in tiie
mouth of the cannon. The enemy replied at once
with rifles, their cannon being in the rear. This
was kept up for half or three quarters of an hour
when Scurry ordered a charge. Our boys drove
them from the position, and then followed them
through the cannon, a distance of five miles. The
fighting here was dtsperate. The enemy had
the aid of their mountain howitzers, aRer the first
mile. There were four gallant charges made by
our boys and three by the regulars of the
enemy. \Ye should have stated that the
enemy’s force was t-.vo regiments of Pike's
Peakers and 600 regulars, tile latter being all old
regular U. S. dragoons, commanded by Capt. How
land, of the old U. S. mounted rifles. Their con
duct was itself equal to their reputation. For six
full hours the battle raged in the canon when the
enemy was driven from the same end they went
in at. Scurry now charged them again, and put
them to utter rout, following them ten miles, when
his men were too exhausted lo go further and the
chase was discontinued.
The enemy left 500 nten killed and wounded in
the cannon, and lost 200 besides, Our loss was
28 killed and wounded, including the brave Major
Raguet aud Capt. Charle,y Bnckholts (of Austin)
of tho 4th Regiment and Major .Shropshire, of
Colorado, of the 5th.
Sentry's conduct was most gallant. He never
flagged, and was always the same Bill Scurry,
full of humor, we all knew so well. -He always
carries the same laugh on the battle field he does
everywhere. He was wounded in both cheeks by
minnie balls. Pyrom had his horse blown from un
der him hy a shell. Rev. L. H. Jones. Chaplain
of Reily’s regiment, was wounded. Re was, at
the time, holding a white flag over the body of a
dying man and admistrating to him the comforts
of religion. He was severely wounded by a minnie
ball, but we trust not mortally.
During the fight, the enemy sent a small flank
ing force and got possession of Scurry’s wagons,
4 miles distant, and burned them.
We have no list of the killed and wounded fur
ther than the above.
Gen. Sibley is fully alive to his situation. With
a small force of fighting men now under his com
mand, he has about 3,090 men to fight but he has
all the important points, the passes, and an army
of scouts and is determined to cut this enomy up in
detail. Having routed his force at Canon Gloriet
ta. on its way to reinforce Canhy at Fort Craig,
he has set his forces to watching for Canby.
It was Canhy’s plan to meet his reinforcements,
form ajunction with them, and attack Sibley, but
Sibley never wails to he attacked. At the time
of the battle of Glorietta Canby was already on
his way up. Sibley set out to meet him and our
informant believes, that by the 7th or 8th of April
he must have met him and had another fight. Can
by’s force was about 2800, made up of 800 regulars
and 2000 New Mexican volunteers. Sibly was mo
ving against him with bis whole force. If he did
meet him there is no doubt he whipped him again
and is now in possession of all west of Fort Union
Fort Craig is-abandoned and blown up. Canby
had hut two guus, when Sibley had a full battalion
of 14 guns under Teel
We expect to hear a good account ot our hoys
there yet, through we should be glad to see some
reinforcements going, to their help. We believe
Sibley will he able to maintain himself in the ter
ritory. If he does, the importance of his conquest
cannot be over estimated—Houston Telegraph.
xortmFrFnews.
[From the Baltimore News Sheet ]
A Candid and Graphic Account of the
Battle of Shiloh hy a Federal Offcer of
high rank.
The following extract from a letter of a Federal
officer to a friend in this city, narrating his per
sonal experience in the battle of Shiloh, exhibits
so much apparent candor, fairness and magnanim
ity, that we with pleasure eive it a place in our
columns. It will doubtless interest our readers:
Shiloh, Tenn., April 12th, 1862.
I wrote you a long letter on last Saturday night
(in pencil), and in it, I think, I said that tiie Con
federates would “regain their name for bravery,
and that I expected tfiat they would not wait for
us to go to Corinth to get a fight, hut that they
would attack us here ” My predictions were hut
too true. On Sunday morning (6th), at about 6
a. m., our pickets and advanced guards came into
our lines in a great hurry, and reported that they
had been driven in 'oy the enemy, and that they
were coming on in great force.. At first.it could
hardly he credited that they were about to give ns
battle on'our own ground. But we were not kept
tu doubt ou that point. Hardly ten minutes had
elapsed from the arrival of our pickets before they
were upon us—horse, foot and artillery.” Then
commenced the greatest battle of the age. They
attacked us along our whole line. Hardee com
manded their right. Bragg aud Beauregard their
centre, and Cheatham their left, aud the whole
army commanded by Gen. A. Sydney Johnson.
We (Sherman s division) held our ground for
two and a half hours. The fighting was despe
rate ou both sides; but they succeeded in driving
General Prentiss, who was on our left, back, ta
king dim and 1,500 of his men prisoners. We
were then compelled to fall hack about halfa mile.
Many of our Ohio regiments broke and ran like
sheep, and did not stop till they reached the river
Ou came the Confederates with loud shouts, aud
fought like devils. We, not being supported hy
Generals McClernand and Ilurlbut, as we should
have been, were, after an hour, again compel e’d
to fall back on to McClernand’s line. Here the
fighting became terrible. Our men then, for the
first time, realized that any further retreat would
only he our utter ruin, and fought with despera
tion. The contest raged here without one mo
inent's intermission fur three hours. Sometimes
they would drive us hack a few hundred yards;
then we, in turn, would force them to retire. It
was one constant roar of artillery and musketry,
and sounded like thunder. The dead and wound
ed lay thick as leaves. The air was tilled with
bulets, and every two or three minutes shells
would burst immediately over our heads and in
our ranks, dealing death on all sides. Gen. Sher
man sat amidst it all as cool and collected as if on
parade. Bnt they were again too much for ns, and
again forced us back. 'Ibis time I thought they
would have us sure; it was now 3 p m , and as
our lines broke, ou came their cavalry. Fortu
nately for us, one regiment was still iii jj. ie an j
as they come on, delivered one well directed fi re
and many a gallant horseman bit the dust. ’
It seemed to me as though ou?, whole cuii]p aiJV
sank into the ground. But on they came mi a
socoiiu discharge, and down went their front li ne
The fire was too much for them, and they Wei i
driven back with terrible loss The fight now
slackened with us. They thought us too laud
cases and too stubborn, and turned their attenth.n
to Gens. McClernand and Hurlbnt, and had near
ly driven them in the liver, when the gunboats
look up the fight and in turn drove them back —
Night bad now come on, and I do assure you i t
was a Godsend to us. We could r.ot have held
out an hour longer. They were also quite aa g; a d
as we.
During the night Buell came with 30,0011 f res h
men, aud at daylight the fight was renewed with
desperation on both sides. We drove them back
inch by inch, till we reached the ground on which
we had held them in check on Sunday. Here
they made a desperate effort to regain their lost
ground, and held us in check for at least three
hours. Beauregard and Bragg here led their men
in person, and could be seen wherever iLe fiiffit
raged the hottest; but flesh and blood could not
stand the lead and iron hail that was rained upon
them. Their men were tieailv worn out by twelve
hours’ hark lighting the day before, while, on our
I side, we bau thirty thousand fresh men At 34
P. M. they gave way and left the field to us. But
they retreated in very good order, and did not ap
pear very badly whipped. We followed them
about three miles, and then returned to our old
camp, very glad that ail was over for that time
I think all parties had enough. Tlrev fought
with desperate courage and great gallantry—w”or-
j thy a better cause. 1 will send you Gen. Sher-
! man’s report of the battle; it is an excellent de-
scription of the fight. I was in the thickest of it
both days, and came out untouched myself, but
with three crippled horses.
Sunday night, while we lay on our arms on the
battle-field, the Generals, Beauregard and Bragg,
slept in General Sherman's bed, aud Geu. John c’.
j Breckinridge in mine Gen. Johnston was killed
' Sunday morning, right in front of our camp. Our
loss (Szrerman’s division) was 2,027. McClern-
and'sand Hurlbut’s not yet learned, bnt must be
great. The Confederate loss was much greater.
They admit 4,000 killed, I doubt it, and 6,000
wounded. We lost about 3,000 prisoners, taken
on Sunday, including Gen, Prentiss,
j On Tuesday our divisioir went out to ascertain
how far they had retreated, and there learned that
they had gone hack to Corinth, and from appear-
' anees. alter getting out of our sight, retreated du
ring the whole night in great disorder. They,
however, had kept Forrest's celebrated cavalry
. behind to cover their crossing ot Lick Creek, and
| oil our approach, instead of retreating, as was sup
posed, Forrest charged in most gallant style on the
77th Ohio, (our advanced guard,) and drove them
like sheep; also, one battalion of the 4th Illinois
cavalry. But he was brought to a stand by a
! whole brigade drawn up in line of battle.
Forrest himself rode down within forty yards of
us. and there he and a sergeant of the 4th Illinois
had a handsome little tight of their own. Forrest
was badly wounded in the side, but he got away.
I was glad of it. He was too brave a man to be
taken a prisoner. Thi« time they came near get
ting me. I was with the 77th, in front, and sup
posed they would stand their ground, and forma
[square; but when they ran, your daring
I thought of you, and showed them some tall run
ning I think I never rode faster in my life—I
certainly never tried harder. A good horse saved
us—in this fight, they had the best of it, as they
killed and wounded about fifty of our men, and
i took as many more prisoners, while we only kill
ed and wounded fifteen of them. We are not yet
through witu them; they will give us some hard
fighting before long.
From the Richmond Dispatch of May 28.
Lntc War Xew*.
! Contradictory reports of an engagement at Lew-
isburg, Va . between our forces under Gen. Heth
and a large body of the enemy, have been in cir
culation for two days past; and as it was kuowii
that the Ottey Battery composed of young men
fiom this city, participated in the tight, much
anxiety has been manifested here to learn the re
sult. The Lynchburg papers, of yesterday con
tains some particulars, which we copy. The
Republican, says :
Capt. G. Gaston Otey, of Richmond, who was
wounded in the late fight at Lewisburg, and who
is now in this city, has furnished us the following
! items of interest concerning the battle.
The fight occurred in the town of Lewisburg
! and immediate vicinity on last Friday morning.
I The forces engaged on our side, about 1.800 in
number, were the 221, 45t’n, and 50th Virginia
: regiments, Edgar’s battaliion; one cpmpany of
cavalry two guns ofthe Otey battery, two guns
I of Lowry’s battery, one gun of Chapman's battery,
: and two guns of Bryan's batteries from Monroe
j county, all under the command of Genera! Heth
The Yankees numbered from 5,000 to 6,000. Our
! men made the attack, drove the enemy from two
positions, when be was reinforced, and having
gained a position in our rear, in the town of Lew-
| isburg. through wtiich he had been driven, our
forces fell back in good order, losing no baggage
or wagons, across the Greenbrier river, the bridge
over which they burnt. The Yankees did not
pursue our retreating forces, and the destruction
of Greenbrier bridge will materially impeded their
advance.
Our forces will make a stand at , a very
strong position.
Gen. Heth acted with Signal bravery, being iu
the thickest of the fight at all times.
Tho 45th regiment, who have been reported lo
have fled from the field, only retreated under or
ders, after being opposed to a vastly superior
force, by whom they were severely cut up.
We took some 75 prisoners,and lost none of our
own except the wounded, who were left in the
hands of the enemy, some of our surgeons who
retired to visit our rueu, and possibly a few strag
glers.
The guus of Bryan’s battery, and one gun of
Otey’s battery, were taken. The cause of the
capture of the latter was a misconception of the
order to retreat.
The failure of the Y’unkees to pursue our re
treating forces with activity was caused, as Cap
tain Otey thinks, by the Let that they had sent a
part of their forces by £. circous rouio to the bridge
with the design of destroying it and thus cutting
off our rotreat—a plan in which however, they
signally failed.
Major Edgar, of Monroe, a good man and gal
lant officer; was killed on the field.
Captain Finney, A. A. General, of Powhattan
county, was wounded in the side, not dangerous-
•y-
Capt. Thompson, of the 15th Regiment, was
mortally wounded.
None of the Otey Battery, save Captain O.. were
injured.
Captain Otey being ordered from the field to
have his wound dressed, can give no correct esti
mate of the killed aud wounded on either side,
though he saw a number of the enemy dead.
Passengers by the Western train last night
brought but little additional to the above. In the
particular of our loss, reports very considerably,
some stating it ouly two killed and about twenty
wounded, others estimating the whole loss as
high as three hundred killed, wounded and mis
sing. We are inclined to believe that our total
casualties will reach in the neighborhood of two
hundred.
The day preceeding the fight, we captured at
scouting party of cavalry in Monroe, near the
Green brier river, numbering forty two, without
filing a gun. The day of the tight we took
about eighty prisoners, all of whom were secured,
losing none of our own.
Gens. Cox and McCook was reported to have
been in command of the enemy.
The 22d Virginia regimeift is said to have suf
fered considerably, losing more than all the oth
ers combined.
The 1'irginia has the fallowing additional par
ticulars:
We captured 75 prisoners 40 of whom were cav
alry 35 infantry, including some of the pickets
who were sleeping on their posts.
Among the casualties reported on our side is
Major Finney killed. Major Edgar and Captain
G - G. Otey wouuled. The enemy’s loss is sup
posed heavy.
From the above, it would not appear that the
defeat was so disastrous as at first reported, but
merely a slight reverse.
Lying by Authority.—Some years since-
the present Major general Halleck, then
occupying a subordinate position in the
U. S. army, wrote a treatise on military
matters. One of tho rules laid down in
the work was an exhortatation to com
manders never to acknewledge a defeat,
no matter how terribly whipped, and to
claim victories everywhere. The extrav
agant lies circulated in the North regard
ing the battle of Shiloh and the Island 10
affair, both occurring in Halleck’s depart
ment, may be thus accounted for. But
humiliating it must be to the few Federal
officers yet possessing claims to honor to
be compelled to attach their signatures to
roports known by themselves to be lies !