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The (Governor of I.ouisianit au<t Piraysur
Roller.
Executive Office, \
Opelousas, La., May 1862. j
To the People of Louisiana :
'1’lie General commanding the troops of j
the United States now holding possession
of New Orleans, issued the following order ■
cn the loth ult.
“As the oliicers and soldiers of the Uni- !
I partly conquerors against odds, and
] partly their demand for independence was
! thought too natural to be resisted at the
1 sword’s point by a government founded
! on the light of insurrection only. To
I these merely sentimental and not very co-
i gent considerations was added the more
I potent and weighty reflection that what
j the Southerners had done, no power,
whether American*or European, could
succeed in undoing.
The dissolution of the Union was an ac-
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Milledgeville, March 19th, ]e61. -1-5
COURT C ALLENDER FOR 1802.
SUPERIOR COURTS.
I JULY.
IJ st Monday. Floyd*
AUGUST.
1st Monday Lumpkint
I2d M mdav, Campbell
Clark
Dawson
|3d Monday, Forsyth
* Po!k
Glascock
Merriwether
Walton
4th Monday, Baldwin
Jackson
Monroe
Paulding
Taliaferro
Walker
Tliusdny after, Pierce
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25 26
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15 16
22 23
22 3U
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20 21 22 23 21
27 28 29 30 31
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ted States have been subject to repeated
insults from the women (calling themselves j complished fact, nor could any statesman
ladies) of New Orleans, in return for the j 0 f any coun t r y forecast the means by
most scrupulous non-interference and j w bich a government professing tftubsist
I courtesy on our part, it is ordered that j on ] y by the will of the governed, could be
hereafter, when any female shall, by word, j re-established against the desire of one-
gesture, or movement, insult or show con- , thud of the community after ajierce and
tempt for any officer or soldier of the Uni- sanguinary war. We could understand
ted Stales, she shall he regarded and held*j separation, embarrassing and unwelcome
liable to be treated as a woman of the : a_ s its condition might be, but we could not
town plying her avocation. . understand either the conquest of a terri-
•Tiy command of Maj. Gen. Butler.” tory like that of the Southern States, or
I lie annals of warfare between civili- t) !e adaptation of such a conquest, even il
zed nations afford no similar instance of achieved, to the purposes avowed by the
infamy to this order. It is thus proclaim
ed to the world that the exhibition of any
dis
New Orleans to the hated invaders of their j the youth got the benefit of the strait into
:s ot their fathers, j which they were
Northern invadeis. In short, as all Europe
desired the end of the war, and could see
ust or repulsiveness by the women oU hut one way in which that end could come.
home, and the slayer
brothers, and husbands, shall constitute a
justification to brutal soldiery for the in
dulgence of their lust. The commanding
JANyAllY.
2d Monday, Chatham.
* Floyd
FEBRUARY.
1st Monday, Clark
t Lumpkin
3d Monday, Campbell
Dawson
3d Mondav, Forsyth
Polk
Glascock
Merriwether
Walton
4th Monday, Baldwin
Jackson
Monroe
Paulding
Taliaferro
Walker ’
MARCH.
1st Thursday. Pierce
1st Monday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Coweta
Columbia
Ctawford
Gwinnett
Madison
51 at ion
Morgan
2d Monday, Butts
Bartow
Coffee
Elbert
Fayett
Greene
Pickens
Washington
Webster
3d Monday, Cobbt
Calhoun
Hall
Hart
Heard
Macon
Newton
T albot
Tattnal
Ware
Thursday after White
Friday alter, Bulloch
4th Monday. Clinch
Putnam
Rabun
Chattahoochee
Lee
Twiggs
SEPTEMBER.
1st Monday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford
Madison
Marion
Morgan
2d Monday, Butts
Bartow
Coffee
Eibert
Fayette
Greene
Gwinnett
Pickens
Washington
Webster
3d Monday, Cobbt
Calhoun
Hall
Hart
Heard
Macon
Newton
Talbot
Ware
Bulloch
Thursday after White
4th Monday, Clinch
Putnam
Chattahoochee
Lee
Twiggs
Wilkes
Johnson
Milton
Wilkes j Rabun
Johnson Thursday after Habersham
Milton Monday af-1
Thursday after Habersham ter the 4th ) Echols
4tbThursday, Montgomery Mondn
a _ f */Echols
ter4 dav ’i Effiufrl,am
APRIL.
1st Ac 2d Mon. Carroll
1st Monday, I)ooly
Franklin
Emanuel
Early
Fulton
Gordon
Pike
Taylor
Warren
Wilkinson
Thursd’Wfter Banks
2d 51<>nddr, Hancock
Richmond
.Harris
Laurens
Hiller
SVmter
Tuesday after McIntosh
3d Monday, Glynn
IlaraLon
Henry
Jones
Liberty
Murray
< Iglethorpe
Pulaski
Stewart •
Monday Worth
after * *Bryan
4th Monday,W»ynv
Decatur
DeKalb
Houston
Jasper
Lincoln
Schley
Whitfield
Wilcox
Friday after,Telfair
Camden
Thursday after, Irwin
Monday “ Berrien
Charlton
MAY
1st Monday. Clayton
Scriven
Gilmer
Randolph
Upson
2d_Monday, Catoosa
Jefferson
Chat 1mm
Fannin
Mitchell
Muscogee
3d Monday, Bibb
Burke
Quittinan
Spalding
Troup
Union
Baker
Thnrsda^fter Towns
4th Mondk-, Dade
i Terrell
La*t Monday Colquitt
JnjS'E.
1st Monday,Lowndes
Jouglierty
2d Monday, l\noks
Pt
Thursday after
:2d Monday, Fa
iy )
OCTOBER.
1st At, 2d Mon. Cat roll
1st Monday, Dooly
Emanuel
Franklin
Early
Fulton
Gilmer
Gordon
Taylor
Warren
Wilkinson
l'tke
Banks
antiin
Richmond
Hancock
Harris
Laurens
Miller
Sumter
3d Monday, Glynn
Haralson
Henry
Jones
Murray
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Union
W*rth
Thursday after Towns
Thursday J Montgomery
nfter *
■itDMomlay, Wayne
Decatur
DeKalb
Houston
Jasper
Lincoln
Schley
Tattnall
Whitfield
Wilcox
Friday after. Telfair
Camden
Thursday after, Irwin
Monday after Charlton
NOVEMBER.
1st Monday. Berrien
Scriven
Clayton
Effingham
Randolph
Upson
2d Monday, Catoosa
J efferson
Mitchell
51 useogee
;3d Monday, Bibb
Hmke
Quittman
Spalding
Troup
Baker
1th Monday, Dade
T errell
Thursday after. 5IeIntosb
Monday “ Colquitt
Liberty
Mon. after Liberty, Bryan
DECEMBER.
1st Monday, Dougherty
Lowndes
2d Monday,(Brooks
Clay
as |3d Slonday Thomas
ree weeks, if necessary, at each
3d Monday, Tli
*May holds
term.
kludge not Inuived to draw Jurors for two
weeks ; and notViged to bold two weeks’ Court
iu counties of Oo\ and Lumpkin.
A Russian Dinner.—The Russian
claims to excel in the art of dining. An
Englishman being at Moscow, they gave
him a specimen. At three, P. Jl., was
bathed, rubbed, kneeded,’flogged all over
with lauTestina boughs, wrapped
and served wfcli quoass and tampopo, which,
are cooling beverages to allay the beat of
the bath and flogging. At five o’clock,
bread and butterjsalt cucumbersmnnd native
brandy and liquors were served up to whet
the appetite. At halfpast five, dinner to
the music of a large unseen organ; first,
open pates or small trout, then soup
made of eel-pouts and small-sturgeons—
this is so rich that it looks like mel
ted gold, and cost not quite so
so much then, chicken cutlets, covered
with areamy paste of sliced apples “gher
kins, plums, almonds; then, beef in slices,
fat and lean, v it It an inconceivable and in-
| describable sauce; then, artichokes stuffed
with mushrooms which had been melted
in butter; then a dumpling made of ail
kinds of meat chopped up with eggs, on
ions honey capers potatoes olives, .peas and
lemons, then, a soup made of tea leaves,
rye flour, and salt cucumbeis, and frozen
at that—a dish that sets a Russian epi
cure, distracted. ftid no wonder, then,
five hundred other things, and all sorts, of
preserves and rich wines, topped off by
yellow tea worth nine dollars a pound, in
a tumbler with no inilk, but a slice of cit
ron. Then singing girls and smoking.
Hyena Chase.—Unite an exciting affair
recently happened at Van Amburg A.Co’s
Menagerie, in Philadelphia iust before open
ing tlie doors for the morning’s exhibition
resulting fortunately, in rio serious mishap.
A large striped hyena was taken from his
cage, in order to make room for an ostrich
just added to the collection, ami chained
tea stake while new quarters were being
arranged for liiin. lie, however, managed
to free himself from the chain which was
attached to his neck by a strap, and set off
with great energy in search of a way of
exit from the pavillion. which covers an
acre of ground. Care was immediately ta
ken to fasten down the sidfes of the tent,
but for some three quarters of an hour a
very lively time was experienced in run
ning down and securing the ugly beast,
which resisted all attempts to capture
him snailing and snapping at his pursuers
in the most spiteful manner. He was fi
nally secured by throwing a slip noose
over his head. While the pursuit was go
ing on, the elephants became highly ex
cited, and it required the utmost exer
tions of their keepers to quiet them, so
anxious were they to volunteer their assis
tance in the chase.
From Aorfolk-—Late advices from Nor
folk represent the Federals in that section
as greatly alarmed at the recent move
ments of General Jackson and the terri
ble slaughter of McClellan’s army Jn the
battles of Saturday and Sunday, May
31st and June 1. But 3,00U troops now
occupy Portsmouth and Norfolk, ami these,
it is said, are being rapidly sent off in other
directions. The Federals have torn up
the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad six
teen miles this side ot Suffolk, and sent
the iron off to the North. It is also said
that they have blown up all the fortifica
tions around Norfolk, and the rumor was
that they contemplated an evacuation of
the place. Our informant states that ten
valuable negroes were shot down in the I
streets of Norfolk last week because they |
refused to leave their owneis, and that ttio j
Yankees say they have long since ceased !
to regard the negroes of the South as any- j
thing else but a most tolerable nuisance, j
and one which they intend to abate by the j
sword if necessary.
We have nimors also that the yellow
fever has made its appearance in Norfolk
but we ihin ktbisincorrect. The withdraw
al of the military forces about Norfolk and
Portsmouth we'think correct as it is very
probable that McClellan needs reinforce
ments, and that the Yankee Capital has
been considered greatly endangered by the
recent movements of General Jackson.
There are other ways to reach that “sink
of iniquity”than crossing the Potomac at j
W illiamsport.—Petersburg Express.
Maryan in Nashville.-sW o learn from |
an authentic source that great excitement;
was created in Nashville a few dajs «ja 0 j
by the report that John. H. Morgan had
arrived in the city over night, ant was
boldly stopping at a well known hoarding
house. The Federal Provost Mnrsnal im
mediately ordered out a large force for ln»
capture the house was surrounded m sueli
a manner as to render his escape impossi
hie, and the officer who had charge ot the
expedition, feeling secure of his game,
demanded with some show of politeness
that the notorious John U • Morgan should
be brought out and delivered to the fed
eral force, quietly, in order to avoid blood
shed—The gallant Federal was some
what chagrined when he was informed that
such a process would be h>g > ) uetiimeu
tal to tlic health of John H. Morgan who
had arrived the night previous and was
but six hours old-* patriotic bnutbern
woman having bestowed that honored
name upon her new born boy.- -KnoxnUe
Register.
they were driven.
But there is something still more curious
about the case. It happens that the in
tervention so anxiously deprecated by the
General, trom his headquarters, announced , Federals must, if exerted at all, be exert-
to his insolent followers that they are at j e< ] to their prejudice. Intervention on
liberty to treat as women of the town the j behalf of the North is an impossibility,
wives, tlie mothers, the daughters of our : Xot if all the resources of the country
citizens, if by word, gesture or movement, ! were at the disposal of Mr. Bright and
linen ail Y contempt is indicated for their per- j l,j s friends and ail our power were thrown
sons, or insult oilered to their presence, into the Northern scale, could we add to
Of the nature of the movement, t he mean- th’ e strength or -bailee of the Federals in
ot the look these vagabond refuse of the singular contest. \Ve might send them
the Northern States are to be the ships, but they have got as many as they
want. They have already possession of
quite irresistible. Tbe belligerents have
been citizens of the same State, and were
connected by the closest ties of lineage,
language and institutions.
‘ The bonds of commerce, which, if well
knit, must, we are told, always prevail
against war, existed between these to such
an extent as could never be realized be
tween independent States. The conflict
itself is so hopeless that peace ought to be
more than ever acceptable as an alterna
tive. and yet what, with all these usually
favorable conditions, is found to be the re
sult? Why, that arbitration could hardly
be so much as attempted.
At first it was rejected with indignation,
and if it should be accepted now, it will
only be because the combatants have learn-
threw him, and bis foot hanging in the stir
rup, was wrenched badly—it being the
foot and leg, he was 60 unfortunate as to
get broken some months ago. Hehowev-
er, has a thin slipper on it to-day, and is
again at his place.
Company A—lvilled,-—Captain John
H Etheridge.
Wounded.—Corporal Jeremiah Lamp-
kiii, Privates Giles Mitchell, Monroe
Thrash, Richard Mc’Gintry, Baldwin-Da
vis, Leroy Thrash.
Company B-Wounded—Sergeant Sam
uel Gee, Corporal Raiborne Groomes,
Private Joel Brewer, killed; Private
George Denard, killed, George Christain
wounded and left on field; Aleck Denaid,
wounded and left on field; Joel Dykes,
ed their relative positions by the sharp j wounded and left on the field,
teachings of war. The conclusion may be Company C.—Lieut. Wm. J. Preston
wounded and left on field; Privates Wm.
Seymour, killed; Wm. Womack wounded;
James Stone wounded/ Joseph Pieston
wounded; John Tyler, wounded.
Company D.—~Capt. James M. Fielder
slight wound on foot.
Killed.—Sergeant John Baker, Pri
vates Martin McGinis, Stephen Wilson,
a 6ad one, but shoys, at any- rate, that
men may still believe in the possibility of
war, and make preparations to meet it,
without misconceiving the spirit ot the
age.
Tl*<* I'ortTM on lIn* tflat and l»t.
We have heard various estimates placed
upon the forces that fought the late bat- : y an Bruce, Geo. Sorrels, John Bly, Posey
ties in front of this city. At first it was { Peterson.
said that the enemy had thrown over a- Wounded.—Corporals Lark Meadford,
bout 30,000 men, and that all our army j Joseph Dupree, privates Wt|i. Dupree,
was about to fall upon them. W by that j William Fountain, Doc Adams, Clem Ar
was not done, we are not soldier enough to j
know. It would have been eminently in j
the style of tho old masters, and would Armstrong, killed; Private C J
have resulted in the utter annihilation of killed.
nold, Moses W. Black. .
Company E,—Corporal Thomas A J.
Outwell
of
judges.
M hat else than contempt and abhor- f] )e S eas, and the whole British pavy could
rcuce can the women of New Orleans feel i
or exhibit for these officers and soldiers of j
ive them nothing more.
We might lend them money, but of this,
the United States? The spontaneons-im- i t 00) so jne form or other, tliey have got
pulse of their hearts, it must appear iuvol- j enough to allow of a present expenditure
untariiy upon their countenances, and thus of eight hundrecl thousand pounds a day.
constitute thcciiine for which the General t 0 sending them men, all the effective
t.f loose soldiers adjudges the punishment i troops now serving in England might be
f-i rape :md brutalized passion.
History records instances of cities sack
ed and inhuman atrocities committed up-
j landed at New York without causing any
perceptible increase in the fabulous num
bers of the Noithern armies. We might
women of a conquered town, but in i^seti.d them three times as many soldiers as
1 I we sent to Canada, without adding five
! per cent, to their forces in tiie field. No
ruler in the world, not even the first Napo-
; leon, ever disposed of so mfiny men or so
• much money as Abraham Lincoln.
He has fully 650,000 trooj »« now under
J arms, and it is boasted that he could dou
ble that number. His finances may rest
tfo instance in modern times, at least, with
out tiie brutal ravisbers suffering condign
punishment from the hands of their own
commanders. It was reserved for a Fed
eral General to invite his soldiers to the
perpetration of outrages at the mention of
which the blood recoils in horror—to
quicken the impulses of their sensual in-
stiflets by the suggestion ot transparent on a less stable foundation, but be lie lias,
excuses for tbeir gratification, and to add
to an infamy already well merited these
crowning titles of a panderer to lust and
desecrator of virtue.
Maddened by the noble loyalty of our
people fti tiie Government of tbeir affec
tions, and at tbeir disgust and execration
of fheir invaders ; stung into obliviousness
of the world’s censure by 7 *the grand offer
ing made ofour property- upon the altar of
our liberties; bis passions inflamed by the
sight of burning cotton illumining the
river, upon whose waters floats tbe pow
erful fleet that effected the downfall of
our chief city ; disappointed, chafed, and
chagrined that our people, unlike his own,
do not measure liberty-, truth, or honor by
a pecuniary standard, lie sees tbe fruits
of a victory lie did not help to win eluding
Iris grasp, and nothing left upon which to
gloat his vengeance but unarmed men and
helpless women.
Louisianar.s ! will you suffer such foul
conduct of your oppressors to pass unpun
ished l Will you permit such indignities
to remain unavenged ? A mind so de
based as to be capable of conceiving tbe
alternative presented in this order must be
fiuitful of inventions wherewith to pollute
humanity. Shameless enough to allow
its publication in tbe city the atrocities
countenanced by- it will be multiplied in
the country, its inhabitants must arm
and strike, or the insolent victors will offer
this outrage to your wives, your sisters
and your daughters. Possessed of New
Orleans by means of his superior naval
force, he cannot penetrate the interior if
you resolve to prevent it. It does not re
quire a force of imposing magnitude to im
pede his progress. Companies of experi-
at any- rate, enough to spare for the time.
In no political or military operations have
the Federals ever been hampered by the
want of men and money-, ami if they had
to spend so^c time in turning citizens into
soldiers, their enemies were under the
same obligation. Intervention, therefore,
on behalf of the North, would be simply a
nullity, for no alliance could add to its
power or promote its end.
The case of ^lie South, however, is to
tally difl’erent. So singular is the position
of the Confederates that, though all the
powers of Europe could do them do harm,
the intervention of any-one of these pow
ers might do them an infinity of good.—
They are weak, but nothing can make
them weaker than they are, whereas, the
help of a single ally might treble their
strength in a moment. A little squadron
such as even a minor maritime power
might dispatch to American waters wAuld
suffice to raise the blockade for a longer
or shorter period, and in that period the
South might turn its cotton into money-,
into munitions of war.
It is for want of these opportunities that |
the Confederates have been fighting at so I
serious a disadvantage. They contrive j
even from their inferior numbers to match !
tbe numbers of the North, but they are
beaten in guns, gunboats and all thescien- j
tifie appliances of war which manufactur- ,
ipg industry creates, and which money 1
purchases. What they- most want is the ;
freedom of the sea and a highway to the
markets of the world. Once placed on a
level with their antagonists in this respect, ]
they would have little to fear from numer- j
ical superiority, which their defensive po- i
sition would counterbalance. The reeog-
the enemy this side of the river, compell- |
ing him to a most disastrous retreat, and j
proving decisive of Lite campaign. There I
were, no doubt, ob-tacles in the way of j
which we are not aware, and which will j
be cleared up hereafter, when the histori
an, with all the documents in his posses
sion, shall come to treat of these eventful
times.
The Whig, of yesterday, says that only
20.000 of our men fought, while the enemy
deployed a force of 50,000 against ns.—
From other sources we are informed that
we had -30,000 men, while the enemy bad
55.000 on the field. From all the infor-.
mation we can gather, it seems certain
that they were nearly, if not quite, two
to one. Now, while we can hardly- ap
plaud the tactics which, with so great a
force as we had, allowed the enemy to be
superior on the important point, we have
learned a most important secret from these
battles. We can beat him two to one. If
he come, with only- equal numbers, as be
will be compelled to do hereafter, we can
annihilate him. It must be recollected
that ©ur brave hoys not only drove him
from the field, but stormed his entrench
ments with the vigoi; and impetuosity- of
veteran soldiers. The Imperial Guard of
Napoleon, or the 42d regiment ot Scotch
Highlanders, could not have acted more
courageously.
Our loss.was heavy, of course, where we
had to storm entrenchments so strong and
so situated. But it lias been much exag
gerated. We learn that 2,500 killed and
wounded, would cover it all. Considering
tiie forces engaged, this is not a heavy loss,
at least in comparison with European bat
tles. There was, we learn, a very unusu
al proportion of wounded, ft swell the
list, and of these a larger proportion than
usual received wounds in the arms and
hands, and will recover. Of the enemy’s
loss, we have no means of ascertaining
the exact amount. That it was enormous,
everybody who saw the field of battle ad
mits. Some say that it was two and a
half to our one ; some that it was three;
some that it was as much as four, and
some that it was even five. Negroes and
deserters, escaped from their lines, say
they buried four thousand. At least they
say the officers told them so, and that the
wounded exceed all calculation. Killed,
wounded, prisoners, and drowned, we have
not the least doubt that this battle cost
them at least 10,000 men. But it has cost
them, morally, more than this. It has
taught them the extreme difficulty- of
reaching this city, and must, of course,
have had upon their minds a demoralizing ;
effect. On the contrary, it has inspired j
our troops with the highest enthusiasm, j
Equal in numbers upon the whole, they j
will be full of confidence hereafter.
\ Richmond Dispatch 6th.
Wounded’—Corporal F S Light, Pri
vates G W Light. M M Taylor, VV E
Rogers, A J Hughes, O l’ Woodliff, W.
J E Dodd.
Company F—Captain Robert Harman,
run over and crippled; Lieut. W F Clegg,
wounded, left on the field, fate unknown;
Orderly Sergeant Amos Jordan wounded;
Sergeant John M Mason wounded.
Company G.—Lieut R F Shine, wound
ed badly and left on the field; Corporal
Jas. I Goodman color’bearer, killed.
W ounded-—Orderly Sergent T G West-
fall, Privates George Spring, Norman G
Gillis, Romulous Weeks, in two places;
John Jerkins, l.evi J Fowler, mortally;
Elbert Baker, Tipton McElhanon, J J
Shiver, Thomas Deriso, James Deriso,
Thomas Wheelus.
Company 11—Wounded.—Captain T
M Yopp, badly; Privates Emary Smith,
N B Bostwiek, David J Bush, John Bates
Company I—Wounded.—James Eid-
son.
Company K—JM Baker, supposed to
he killed; Privates J J Ferguson, James
Ferguson wounded.
Many casualties not mentioned. Col.
Price had his swo’rd shot from his side in
the action. The 14th were cross fired
upon. Just as the regiment moved up to
the charge, Maj. Win, A Harris discovered
a regiment of Yankees drawn up in line
of battle on the left, prepared to flank us,
and called Gen. Hampton’s attention to
it. The General could do nothing in re
gard to it. not having the force to prevent
it, but ordered the charge. The boys with
a yell went on, and as foreseen by Major
Harris, that regiment flanked and poured
a deadly tire upon our brigade. I cannot
say- who fought best, all fought well; and
all we ask is a fair showing in an open
fight, and not be led into an ambuscade
again. General Hampton was wounded
in .the foot, and his brigade temporarily has
been broken until lie can resume com
mand. The 14th is attached to the gal
lant General Archer’s, of Texas, brigade.
Whilst writing the rain is pouring down in
torents and everything like battle is hush
ed, except occasionally the sullen roar of a
cannon, and bursting of shell.
We look for the big light daily, and
feel satisfied we can whip it, and we are
anxious for it to come on. Publish this.
One in the Fiuii r:
enced woodsmen ine\eiy exposed locali- , n jjj on 0 f the South by a maritime power,
and an alliance between tbe two, would at
once destroy all such hopes as the North
can venture to entertain.
The alarms, therefore, of the Federals,
tv, with their trusty rifles and shot guns,
will harrass his invading columns, deprive
him ot his pilots, and assure him he is in
the country of an enemy. At proper
points larger forces will be collected, - but . . , . , „ . .
1 ° , , i ,, „ i and the hopes ot the Uoniederates, on tire
every man can be a soldier to guard the ... * . ,
- , .il r\ ■ .1 i score of intervention, are equally natural,
approaches to bis home Organize, then, , Qne has all t0 lose ^ th * c otLer all
quit*, y am c cen y. enemy gain by such a contingency, and Doth
tempt to proceed into the interior, let Ins | p J . . . ° A , i
r . iiii-ii t j, • understand their po-ition. bo hopeless,
pathway be marked by-his blood. It is . . 1 . , ‘
r , ,| , , . i c , j. in tins respect, are tbe prospects ot the
your homes that you Jiavo to dciend. It .. , 1 , ,, 4- ,
: ., , e1... ,1 . ,i,„ i -t- North that when the New. 1 ork papers
is the jewel ot your hearths, the chastity ot j * , , , * r
- 1 round them under the necessity ot ac
counting? in some agreeable way, for the
visit of M. Mercier to Richmond, they
could only suggest that lie had gone to
persuade President Davis to submit out
right to President Lincoln.
With any purpose short of this the mis
sion of the French minister must needs
have been obnoxious in Federal eyes —
An armistice must place the Southerners
in immediate possession of all they ’con
tend for, and would not leave them, when
it ended, more ready to surrender than
before. A compromise must mean a par
tition of territory-, more or less favorable
to this side or that. A peace, if concluded
It will have been noticed as a singular at. present, would probably imply the re-
feature of the American quarrel, that no cognition of Southern Independence.—
intervention is thought probable or prac- Thus the South has a dozen strings to its
ticable except in favor of the South.— bow.
mediation in whatever form or under what- | It would gain immediately by recogni-
ever name it is to be offered, is universal- tion or intervention, whatever form Jliat
Iv taken to imply some movement on be- intervention took. It would gain by a
half of the Confederates, bo completely, • peace, by a truce, by a “transaction,” or
Indeed, are the belligerents themselves im- by a convention of any kind. On the oth-
pressed with this idea, that the South casts ei hand, the North would gain only by an
il in our teeth as a scandal and a blunder ! event which no power professing to inedi-
that no European arbitration has yet been 1 ate could hope to bring about, and which
interposed ; while the. President of the no European observers pretend to think
Northern States actually proclaim as day : probable—the unconditional submission
*4-:..g f or ![)(, deliverance of the : or total subjugation of the Confederate
your women, you have to guard. Let
that thought animate your breasts, nerve
your arms, quicken your resolution.—
Strike home to the heart of your foe tiie
blow that rids your country of his pres
ence. If need he, let his blood moisten
your own 4grave. It- will rise up before
your children as a perpetual memento of a
race whom il will teach to hate ’now and
forever more.
TIIO. O. .MOORE.
From tlie London Times, May 10.
opinion ojf our War—th«* cnu*c of
list* fHoiilIi—bow if’ would be ntfcct«*<I by
H litervettiion.
Headquarters of 14 Ga. Reg. (
In Front of Enemy, 4th June, 1S62, )
Mr. Editor: On Saturday evening, the j
31st of May, the 14th Ga. made her i
debut into battle, and for three long hours :
fought as Georgians can fight, until night i
closed the contest. Three times we char- j
ged upon the concealed battery through
the thickest undergrowth imaginable,Tnen :
falling down over the impediments, but ;
rising, and with a yell onward pressed !
—towards that fearful battery that was i
raining shell, grape, canister and solid j
shot amons: us—but, my God, what odds;
Good Marksmanship.—At the battle of
Shiloh, it is estimated, thej-e were dischar
ged on the Confederate side, one million
balls from small arms. The official report
of the Federal loss in killed and wounded
is 13,000. Allowing that the true num
ber was much greater, say 10,000, still it
leaves 980,000 shots thrown away by our
soldiers. That is, our boys succeeded one
time out of fifty shots in doing some exe
cution. Forty nine misses and one hit!
Now would’nt it be better to save the
powder and lead, do less shooting and
more execution?
It is known that most guns overshoot.
The aim therefore should not be above the
knee — Better to shoot at the feet than fail
of effect. An enemy wounded is better
that) an enemy killed, since t<> bear off and
care for the wounded abstracts one or more
effective men from tbe lines. Don’t shoot
wildly. You might as well not shoot at all.
If you are confronted by one hundred
thousand foes, a discharge of 300,000 balls
ainst their lines, judiciously and coolly
of thanksgiv
country from “foreign intervention,’ which
he identities with nothing less than ‘inva
sion.’ The instincts of the combatants
have undoubtedly led them to correct de-
three brigades of Yankees lay entrenched , directed, within properrange would decide,
around that battery, and at thirty yards the battle. You go out to fight and to he
poured the most concentrated fire upon ns j fought. It is a mercy te win the battle
ever witnessed on any field. Three times : and end the war. i lie more execution
the 14th, supported by the three regiments, you Jo, the more yon have effected to-
19th Georgia led by the gallant Lieut. Col-1 wards putting an end to this strife, and
onel Johnston, the 16th North Carolina, led
by the noble Davis their Colonel, (who
fell pierced by three balls), and Hamp
ton’s Lpgion, by the gallant. Griffin, their j
Lieut. Colonel, charged that battery, and I
cross fired on—flanked partially—stood j
winning peace,
Shoot close!
liberty, and home again.
\Missouri Army Argus
States.
The spectacle thus presented to us may
teach us some useful lessons ns to the prac
ticability of that system of arbitration
cisions on this point, but the fact is not a which has been recommended as so infalli-
little curious. j ^j e a specific against the outbreak ot all
We.need not dissemble the truth about I wars and the necessity of all armaments,
certain prepossessions in Europe. It is 1 Here.are two sections of a great people ar-
beyond denial that in spite of the slavery j rayed in arms against each other- If ever
question the Southerners have been rather j reasons could be shown against fighting
the favorites, partly as the weaker side, they could be shown now, and in strength
B<*nurc£ard’« Army.
The army correspondent of the Repub-
manfully until the order passed down the I lican, retiring from the west, written two
line! fall back, when, sullenly we fell back, | letters to that paper, in the course of his
formed new line, and bivoucked on the | travels from Mobile. He is of opinion
field, where they shelled us until the fight j that Beauregard’s army will be compel-
comtnenced .Sunday morning. Every 1 ] e d, from want of water and supplies, to
State in the Confederacy was represented j retreat still further South to Columbus,
there hut Kentucky, and all had to retire j Miss, about 120 miles below Corinth on
from before the enemy, and the heroes of j the Mobile and Ohio Road, in a rich, fruit-
Mauassas all say it was the most awful j',,1 a „d well—wateied region. Of Hal-
and concentrated fire they ever -witnessed. J ec fl fl e speculates asj'ollows :
But our success was great and grand. We: Indeed, it is doubtful whether Hallcck
captured 28 pieces ot artillery, tents, bag j w j]j attempt any serious offensive demon
gage, tScc., innumerable, and drove them stra ti 0 ns, 'at least by land, for some
three miles before us. The ground strewn ! nioiiths to come. Tbe undisputed control
with dead and wounded lankees call- j 0 f tiie Mississippi river, which he will soon
ed—but really low Dutch scoundrels. ! fl a ve, will enable him to subsist his army
Gen. l’ettigru. Gen. Hatton, Col. Davis, j w j j h comparative case and convenience.
Col. Lomax, and hundreds ot gallant sons , Meanwhile the tributaries of the Mississip-
of the South bit the dust there. Our cas- | pj w ;n fl e scoured, and the river boats
ualties as far as collected, are as fol- j | >u blic and private, seized or destroyed.
Mobile and Galveston will probably be
Col, Price, thrown by his horse, but not
seriously hurt, and bravely fought on foot
during the battle. Col Folsom narrowly
escaped, his sword being struck with a
grape shot.
Maj. Harris, third charge, w ounded (his
horse being slightly struck with a ball,?,
occupied, our communications by the
Alabama river cut oil, and the mouth of
the Rio Grande more effectually blocka
ded. This, with the rebuilding of rail
way bridges the reconstruction of the.
tracks of the several roads in Tennessee j Twenty-five cents, eh!—-have you
to suit northern locomotives and cars, or j heart,” “No just sold it-
, the bnilding of cars to confosm to
£uage of the roads, will probably con*
j tute the summer work of the Federal ar-
i ■ -
my.
The Correspondent met Gen. Pentiss.-
and his fellow-Y'ankee prisoners, on tbeif ,
way from Selma to Atlanta, to be exchan
ged, and quotes him as saying, in tbe
course of a conversation upon the battlt of
Shiloh:—
“General Beauregard stopped the pur
suit at a quarter to six ; had he used tbe
hour still left him he could have captured 1
the last man on this -side of the river,
for Buell did not. cross till Sunday
night.”
This latter opinion is entertained by
some of our own officers who were in front
at the time tbe order to cease the pursuit
w as received.-—Indeed. I have beard that
Bragg and Hardee, hesitated about obey
ing the order, so well convinced were they
that General Beauregard would not have -
issued it if he had been present smd un
derstood the exact position of t i.e two *' ,
mies. Desultory firing was kept up
til night by detached parties who w
late in receiving the order, and hence many
supposed the battle continued until night
separated the combatauts. According to
Buell’s report, our shot were falling among
the fugitives crouching under the river
bank at the time our troops were called
off. Beauregard acted, doubtless, from
the best information he had at the time,
and he did not think it prudent after a
battle of 12 hours, to expose his men to a
fierce cannonading from the Federal gun
boats and their supposed river batteries.
Dhlininialied in Balllr.
We have received the subjoined report
of those distinguished in Rain’s brigade,
(Hill’s division,) in the battle of “Seven
Pines '-j.
Col. Colquitt, Gth Ga., reports that in
the late battles all bis men did well equal
ly so, fhat it is impossible to designate
specialities for distinction.
Col. Fry. 12th Ala., reports his regi
ment generally exhibiting a willingness
under fire, and mentions the following of
ficers for great coolness and praisewoitby
conduct, viz : Lieut. Col. Dawson, Capt.
O. Kyle, of Co G; Capt. Aiken. Co. D.
wounded; Lieut. L. P. Brougleton, Co. G;
Acting Adj’t Lieut. J. L. Bimpson, com
manding Go. F;and Capt. \\. O. Hagger
ty - , Commissary.
Col. O’Neal, 26th Ala., reports his regi
ment behaving well in the batttles of the
1st of May and 1st of June, and mentions,
as deserving special notice lor noble dar
ing, Lieut, Miles S. Taylor Capt L. Priest,
commanding, andVrivate Coran.
Lieut. Col. Barclay, 23d Ga., reports all
offict rs acting bravely and creditably.
Among them entitled to special notice
ware Capt. A. Young, Co. K; Capt Bal-
lenger, Co. C; Lieut, W. H. Bmith, Co. (J;
Lieut. R. B. Neal, Co. H; Lieut. Steel,
Co. D; and Capt. Burton, Co. A; for their
undaudted heroism. Also, Lieut. J. P.
Woodruff, Co. F; and his Adjutant, C. E.
Saunders, who were killed in the action
of the 31st.
The Lieut. Col. also reports as entitled
to special notice the following men, viz :
Serg’t Joseph Alexander, for coolness and
courage in directing the men how and
where to fire, and Private Wm. Brewster,
for precision in killing ten of the enemy;
also, Serg’t James Akens and Private
Wm. Cook, of Co. B; Private John R.
McClcin, whose leg was shattered, of Go.
C, Corp’l James M. Reeves and Privates
Joseph C. Stokes, of Co: D; Privates
John Hambrook and R. C. Brock, of Co.
E; Privates A. Grogeu and G. B. Ellis, of
Co. F; Privates W. G. Johnson and W.
B Fuller, (who bravely fell in the battle,)
ofCo. II; Se.rg’t J. E. Parker, of Co. G;
and Gorp’l J. H. Burnett and Private J.
V. Clements, of Go. K.
slanjdtor of fh«- Xrgroi', iu .Norfolk.
A bloody affair which occurred among
the Yankees in Norfolk twenty days ago,
has at last found its way South through the
Northern papers. The Norfolk prints of
the day were forbidden to say anything
upon the subject. - It seems a party belon
ging to the 99th New - York Regiment,
quartered within two miles of Norfolk
weie in town and accidentally espied a
negro against whom one of them held a
grudge. The negro was pursued and ran
to his master’s quarters for refuge, but be
ing hard pressed and in much danger,
turned on his pursuers and shot the lead
er of the party with a revolver. The
party then returned to camp and collecting
reinforcements to the number of a hun
dred, armed with bayonets; returned
to, town and commenced an indis
criminate assault upon every negro they
met. ‘Over one hundred of the unfortu
nate blacks were thus assaulted and cruel
ly wounded—five were killed, and scores
were dangerously hurt and suffered ex
cruciating tortuies. The Mayor of the
city afterwards ascertained that from 120
to 150 were thus cut down by these negro
loving Northern troops. God help the
blacks who get into their hands, for no en
emy of theirs need wish them a more mis
erable fate. Since these Northern van
dals have invaded the South, ihey have in
flicted more suffering upon the blacks
than the latter would have otherwise en
dured for a life-time.
Telegraph.
The Woman Majot.—Trouble in the
Camp. The Pitsburg Landing correspon
dent of the Cincinnati “Times” writes:
I am sorry to inform you that there is at
present some apprehension of a domestic
difficulty, originating out of the late com
mission of a female to the rank of major in
the United States aimy. This worthy lady,
whose bravery and Samaritan kindness to
our wounded soldiers on the battle-field of
Shiloh has won her the love and esteem
of au appreciating public, aud who has
been promoted to rank by a grateful
government, is, I fear, about to fall a
vietim to that most dreaded of delusions—
jealousy This lady is at present holding
her headquarters on board one of the hos
pital steamers now lying at Pittsburg Lan
ding, anxiously awaiting the expected
battle, to again render that comfort and aid
known only to exist in the presence of
angels and that attention of lovely wo
men.
But what is most unhappy in the case
of this, lady major is that her once adoring
and loving husband, who now holds the
rank of lieutenant, insists on being made
a colonel, and gives as a reason that his
wife now commands him, from the virtue
of her rank—being a major—-and that this
is directly contrary to the original under
standing existing between them at the
day off their nuptials. From this protest
of the Lieut. I fear that all law-abiding
wives will hold up their hands and exclaim,
“Oh ! the brute.”
Mister, how do you sell your beef this
morning?” “Twenty-five cents a pound.”
■ot a