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BY JAMES GARDNER
Pri>m lAe B*cJw/iond jriepatch April 2J.
NORTHERN ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLE OF
SHILOH-
The Richmond Piepateh, of April 23d, contin
ues its extracts, from the Northern accounts of
the great battle of Shiloh. We gave a descrip
tion of the first days fight on yesterday, we giro
this morning that of the second day’s fight. The
despatch prefaces it with there remarks ;
THE BATTTE OF THE SOUTHWEST.
A TAMKES CORRMPONBBMt’s DfeSCIPriON Os TEE
BBCOKD DAY’S FIGHT.
Having published the full description of the
first day's fight at Shiloh, from the correspondence
of the Cincinati tr<ie*tie, we now copy from the
same scource the account of the battle on Monday,
it will be'perceired that t ae writer indulges a good
deal in exaggeration, with a view to ch eat his
readers into the belief that the Federate had re
covered from their disastrous defeat and inflicted
a staggering blow upon the Confederate arms.
I have given the line of battle agreed up»u for
our forces on Monday. Riight wing, Major Gen
eral Lew. Wallace; left w ng, Brigadier General
Nelson. Between these, beginning at the‘left.
Brigadier Generals Tom Crittenden, A. MaD.
McCook, Hurlburt, McClernand, and Sherman.
In the divisions of the three latter were to be in
cluded also the remains of Prentiss and W. 11. L.
Wallace’s commando-shattered, disorganised, and
left without commanders, through the capture of
•me ane and the probably mortal wound of the
other.
Buell's three divisions were not full when the
battle opened Monday morning, but the lacking
regiments were gradually brought into the rear.
To those who had looked desparingly at ths
prospects Sunday evening, it seemed strange
that the rebels did not open out on us by day
break again. Their retreat before the bomb
shells of the-gunboate, however, explained the
delay. Our v '>isns Were but in motion
-' : Tbst simultaneously. By 7 o’clock Lew. Wal
lace opened the bull by shelling from the po
sitions he had selected th® night before, the rebel
battery, of which mention ass been made—a
brisk artillery duel, a rapid movement of infantry
across a shallow ravine as if to storm, and the
rebels, enfliaded and menaced in front, limbered
up and made the opening of their Monday’s re<
treating.
KELSON’S ADVANCE.
To the left we were slower in finding the en
emy. They had been eempelled to travel some
distance to get out of gunboats’ range. Nelson
moved his division about th* same time Wallace
opened on the rebel batteries, forming in line of
battle, Ammon’s brigade on the extreme left,
Brace’s in tbe centre, and Hasen’s to the right.
Skirmishers were thrown out. and for nearly or
quite a mile, the division thus swept the country,
pushing a few oatlying rebels before it, till it
came upon them in force. Then a general en
gagement broke out along the line, and again the
rattle of musketry and thunder of artillery echoed
over the late silent fields. There was no strag
gling this morning. Theae msn were better
drilled than many ot th ess whose regiments had
broken to pieces on the day before, and strict
measures were taken, at auy rate, to prevent the
miscellaneous thronging back out of harm’s way.
They stood up to rheir work and did their duty
manfully.
It soon became evident that, whether from
change of commanders er *otne other cause, the
rebels were pursuing a different policy m mas
sng their forces. Oa 3«nday the heaviest fight
ing had been done oa the left. This morning
they seemed to make lees determined resistance
here, whilst towards the centre and right the
ground was more obstinately contested, and the
struggle longer prolengsd.
Until half past ten o’clock Nelson advanced
slowly but steadily, sweeping his long lines over
the ground of our sore defeat on Sunday morning,
forward over scores es dead rebels resistlessly
pressing back the jaded and wearied enemy.—
The rebels had received bat few reinforcements
during the night, their men were exhausted with
their uesperate contest of the day before, and
manifestly dispirited by the evident fact that,
notwithstanding their well-laid plans of destruc
tion >u detail, they were fighting Grant and
Buell combined.
Graudally, as Nelson pushed forward his line
under heavy musketry, the enemy fell baek, till
about half-past ten, when under cover of the
heavy timber and a furious couanading,
they made a genera! rally. Gur forces, flushed
with their easy victory, were scarcely prepared
for the sudden onset where retreat had beenail
they had been seeing before- Suddenly the rebel
masses were hurled against our lines with tre
mendous force. Our men halted, wayered, and
fel back. At this critical juncture Captain Ter
ry’s regular battery came dashing up. Scarce
ly taking time to util tnber, he was leading and
sighting his pieces before the eaisons had turned*
and in an instant was .ossing in shell from twen
ty-four pound howitaers to the compact and ad
vancing rebel ranks.
Here was the turning point of the battle on the
left. The rebels were only checked, not halted,
On they came. Horse after horse from the bat
teries was picked off. Every private at'one of the
howitz-rs fell, and the gun was worked by Capt.
Terry himself and a corporal. The rebels seemed
advancing. A regiment dashed up from our line,
and saved the disabled piece. Then for two
hours artillery and musketry at close range. At
last they began to waver. Our men pressed on.
pouring in deadly volleys. Just then Gen. Buell,
who assumed the general direction of his troops
in the field, came up. At a glance he saw the
chance. “Forward, at double quick by brigades.*’
Our men leaped forward as if they had been tied,
and were only too much rejoiced’to be able to move.
For a quarter of a mile the rebel’s fell back.—
Faster and faster they ran; less and less resis
tance was made to the’advanee. At last the front
comp on the left were reached, and by half-past
two that point was cleared. The rebels had been
steadily swept back over they ground the had won
with heavy loss, as they fell into confusion. We
had retaken all our own guns lost here the day
before, and one or two from tbe rebels were left
trophies to tell in after days bow bravely that
great victory over treason in Tennessee was won.
And then Ro«eau’s brigade is drawn nff, in
splendid style, as if •oraing in from parade,
conscious of some grand master of reviews
w t to . „ 8 l^e * r “orcwentß. So there was—the
rebel General. As he sow the brigade filing back,
he pushed hismeu forward again. Kirk’s brigade
advanced to meet them, coming oat of the woods
into an open field to do bo. They were met by a
emendous fire, which there a battalion of regu-
in front oftnem (under Major Oliver, 1 tniuk,)
°s 1 T c ° n fa»>on. They retire to reform, and
cr^n„d hlle T? OWn dropß the brigade flat on the
chi’ Then, as the front is clear, they spring
«E’ n "cross the open field—never mind the
wit/th./ On j ?** ttt ,lle woods > under cover,
advance e °A tn J driTen back by the impetuous
firing »wA^ nd i now ra 'baa. Fierce musketry
tt)e woods. They advance thirty
8 ’ twenty-ninth Indiana
Ibey come m oj tbe .010.r.M. A,,” ““
enemy flees. Col. Waggoner’s Fifteenth Indiana
comes up to the support, the enemy
fresh troops take their places, and fir theme
fight >s ended. I might describe similar of
Willich s and Harrison’s regiments, but, “from
one, learn all.’’ ’ ’ Irom
But I must abandon these details. Beginning
at the left we have followed the wave of successes
that swept ns forward again, from spot to spot,
over the bard lost field of Sunday, our paeans es
victory the wild cheers ot our successful soldiers
sounding tbe requiem ot the fallen rebels, who
have atoned for their treason by that brave man a
death. Nelson, Crittenden, McCook, Huriburt,
McClernand have borne their divisions through
the fray. It lasted longer on the right, and war
as nearly interesting as the chess game ot a
muster. Let us truce it through.
LEW WALLACES MOVEMENTS.
la speaking of the opening of Monday’s battle,
I mentioned Major-General Lew Wallace s open
ing the ball at seven o’clock, by shelling with en
filading fires a rebel battery. A few shots re
monstrated to tbe rebels that their position was
untenable. The instant Shermon came in to Pro
tect his left, Wallaoe advanced his infantry. Ihe
rebel battery at once limbered up and got out o.
ths way. The advance had withdrawn the divis
ion from Sherman making * lef halt wheel, to
get baek into the neighborhood of our lines.
They advanced some two hundred yaras, which
brought them to all elevation, with u brsad op aß
street to tbe front. As the division halted oa
the last of the swell, there passed before them a
rare vision-. Away to the front were woods.
Through the edge of tbe timber, skirtling ths
fields, the head of a rebel bolumn appeared,
marching past in splendid style on the double
quick. Banner after banner appeared ; the “Stars
and Bars’’ formed a long hne, stretching parallel
with Wallace's line of battle. Regiment alter
regiment appeared, the line lengthened, and
doubled and trebeled ; the head of the column was
out of sight, and still they came. Twenty regi
ments were counted passing through |the wc-ods.
Thedeeign was plain. The rebels had abandoned
theidea of forcing their way through our left and
now the manifest attempt was to turn out; right.
Butteries were now iideied up—Thompsons ,
and Thurber’s and the whole column was shelled j
as it massed. The rebels rapidly threw their ar* i
tillerv into position and a brisk cannonading i
began. After a time, while tbe fight still rested, i
with the artillery, the rebels opened a new and
destructive battery to the right, which our men
soon learned to know as “Watson’s Louisiana
Battery,’’ from the marks on tbe ammunition
boxes they forced it from time ‘0 time to leave
behind.
Batteries, with a brigade of supporting infan
try, were now moved forward over open fields,
under heavv tires, to contend against this new_
assailant. The batteries opened, the sharp
shooters were thrown out to the front to pick off
the rebel artillerists, the brigade was otdered
down on its fnce to protect it from the flying shell
and grape. For an hour add a half the contest
lasted while the body of the division
was still delayed, waiting for Sherman. By* ten
o’colck Sherman s light under Col. Marsh, came
up. He started to move across the fields. The
storm of musketry and grape was too much for
him, and he tell back in good order. Again he
started on the double and gained the woods.
The Louisiana battery was turned Marsh’s posi*
tion left it subject to fire in flank and in front and
then fled. The other rebel batteries at ones did
tlid same, and Wallace s division, up in an in
stant, now that a master move had swept the
board, pushed forward. Before them were broad
fallow fields, then a woody little ravine then corm
fields, then woods.
By two o’clock the division was into the woods
again, and for three«quarters of a mile it advan
ced under, a continuous storm of shot. Then
another contest of two with batteries, always met
with skirmishers and sharp-shooting —then, by
four o’cloek, two hours later than on the right, a
general rebel retreat—then pursuit, recall and en
campment on the old grounds of Sherman’s
division, in tbe very tents from which these regi
ments were driven that hapless Sunday naorn-
The camps were regained; the rebels were re
pulsed; their attack had failed; we stood where
we began ; rebel cavalry were within half a mile
of ns; the retreating columns were within strik
ing distance. But we had regained our eumps.—
And so ended the battle of Pittsburg.
But the battery was silenced. “ Forward,”
was the division order. Rushing across the corn'
fields under heavy fire, they now met the rebels
face to face in tbe woods. The contest was
quick, decisive. Close, sharp continuous mus
ketry’for a few minutes, and the rebels fell baek,
Here unfortunately, right gave way-
Wallaces flank was exposed. He instantly formed
Col. Wood’s Seventy-sixth Ohio in a new line of
batlte, in right angles with ther eal, and with or
ders to protect the flank. The Elevetnh Indiana
was likewise here engaged in asharp engage*
meat; with the enemy attempting to fight, and
lor a time the contest wus fierce. But Sherman
soon filled the place of ihe broken regiments
again. Wallace’s division poured forward, and
again the enemy gave way.
The left brigade was sent forward. It crossed
the fallow fields under ordinary fire, then gained
the ravine, and was rushing across the cornfields,
when the same Louisiana steel rifled guns epened
on them. Bashing forward they reached a little
ground swell, behind which they dropped like
dead men, while skirmishers were sent forward
to ’silence the troublesome battery. The skir
mishers crawled forward till they gained a little
knoll not more than seventy-five yards from the
battery. Os course the battery opened on them.
They replied, if not so noisy, more to the pur
pose. Iu a few minutes ihe buttery wag driven
off, with artillerists skilled, hotses shot down,
and badly crippled every way. But the affair
cost us a brave man—Lieut. Col. Garber—who
could not control his enthusiasm at the conduct
of tbe skirmishers, and in his excitement uncau
tiously exposed himself. All this while rebel
regiments were pouring np to attack tbe auda
c ons brigade that was supporting the skirmish
ers, and fresh regiments from Wallace’s division
came up in time to checkmate the game.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
I do not pretend to give more than an estimate
but I have made the estimate with some care, go
ing to the Adjutants of different regiments that
had been in as heavy fighting as any, getting
statements of their losses—sure to be very nearly,
if not quite, accurate—and approximating thus
from the loss of a dozen regiments to the prob*
able loss of all. I have ridden over the ground,
too have seen the dead and wounded lying over
the field—have noted the number in the hospitals
and on tbe boats.
As the result of it all, I do not believe that our
loss in killed and wounded will number over
thirty-five hundred to four thousand. The ques
tion of prisoners is another matter.
Thb Fight on the Peninsula. —We have receiv
ed but little intelligence from this fight, The
only easaalities we nave heard are, Adjutant James
Barrow 16th Ga-, wounded tn the thigh ; Wm- P.
Mealor, of this place, and Mr. Murphy of Jack
son countv, members of the Troup Artillery, were
wounded "m the leg. Mr. Mealor had his leg
shot off.
Aihens(Ga.) Southern Banner April 23.
No Ge.—The East Tennessee tories who passed
down on the Macon train Monday evening, re»
turned to this place yesterday afternoon for what
reason, we have no positive or official information,
but it is reported by a “reliable passenger” that
the convicts in the Georgia Penitentiary, upon
hearing thev were coming to Milledgeville,
prompt Iv held an indignation meeting, and urged
Gov. B-own to turn them back. We did not
vouch for tbe truth of this report in every par
ticular; out one thing is certain, the tones were
turned back.
Atlanta (Ga.) Southern Confederacy, April -4
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1862.
A Yankee Litb Prrsbbvbr.— A gentleman ex
hibited to us yesterdry, a steel-lined vest, taken
from a Federal officer who was killed in the late
battle. It is an excellent specimen of Yankee
ingenuity, and admirably adapted for the pur
pose intended—a bullet, sword, or bayonet-proof
protection to the upper portion of the body in
battle. Although ot considerable weight, padded
springs reaching over the shoulders cause it to
sit easy upon the person, and it does not in the
least impede the movements of tbe wearer. A
ball had struck the plate on the right breast of
its owner during the battle, causing but a slight
indentation and falling harmless. He was after
wards killed by a bull in the head. The vest
was numbered 18,388, showing that thousands
of tbe enemy are provided with similar article*.
We are advised, also, that one of t he prisoners
captured was found to have one of them on,
which fact leads us to suggest that hereafter ail
captives be examined.
The utility of these articles was made manifest
by one of our own troops on the batlle*field.
Discovering a fallen enemy close to him, be re
moved the mail-vast and applied it for the pro
tection of his own person. A few momeats af
terward he was struck full in the left breast by a
ball from the enemy’s ranks. He was unharmed,
of course —the invention being all the designers
intended. — Memphis Appeal.
FROM THE WEST.
We have had some conversation with a gentle
man, who came down upon the State train, and
t eports that all is quiet enough along our lines.
Preparations are being made at several points to
receive the enemy, should he see fit to advance in
this direction. There is no longerany excitement
or fear of the advance, but both citizens and sol*
diers are confident of their ability to defeat, tne
plans cf the er "
, UUr inforihatit Elates that General Kirby Smith
was in Knoxville on Friday last, superintending
i certain shipments, and is now at Bridgeport, Ala-,
j where he is concentrating a large force lor early
j action. There is no truth whatever in the recent
I report of the recapture of Nashville by his torevs,
as he has not materially changed the position of
his troops in tbe last week. Where Gen. Hum*
phrey Marshall is, he does not positively know,
but says it is the current opinion that he is in a
position to aid General Smita in his endeavors to
prevent the junction ot Fremont’s forces with
those of Buell.
The Federate still had possession of Huntsville,
but have drawn in their pickets to within a few
miles of the place, and it is thought, are making
bastv preparations to evacuate. Since their stay
there they have sadly defaced and injured both
public and private property, mid “nabbed” many
Our informant does not know tbe confederate
force in this section, but thinks it about 12,000.
Atlanta (Ga.) C<*nrw>nwtalth, April 23<L
clip the following paragraphs from ihe
Edgefield (S. C.) Advertiser, of April 23d.
Pindars,—How to Plant.—A negro pindar
seller who has been very successful iu this crop,
tells u’s to plant in good ground, rows four feet
aoart one good seed to a place every four feet in
the row. lie prefers to plant in abed very little
elevated, and plows and hogs the plants as is done
in the culture of sweet potatoes. It is just the
time to plant this pea nut Let ns bear in mind
that it is an excellent hogfattener, and also yields
a valuable oil. Our darkey friend may be sup»
posed to give undue distance to his hills, but he
asserts that this is the secret of his success. “Es
our fars,” said he, “hadder kept on, I was gwine
to git Mass Ben to bring up one hill for last Oc>
t o b er ; —when I hut up, siih. high as my bead, de
lowermost pindars tech de ground.” Without
doubt he is good authority.
Factory Prices.—Mr. Wm. Gregg informs us
that the Graniteville Factory prices now stand as
follows at whole-sale,—one cent per yard addi®
tional at retail: Drills, 19 cts; 4-4 Sheeting, 18
cts; 7 8 Shirting, 16cts; 3-4 Shirting, 11 cts. We
take pleasure in making these prices Known, and
trust that a still further diminution may yet be
found expedient.
Blight and Rust.—There are reports in the pa
pers of “blight” in wheat,—what is blight? In
these parts the wet weather has caused
much of the wheat to turn yellow at the roots
in some eases nearly up to the top of blade.
It is feared the yeield will be greatly injured.
Some rust is apparent in oats, we learn, —and
it would be well for all planters to pay double at
tention to substitute crops,—cow peas particu
larly.
Southwestern Railroad - —This road, whi«h
was very seriously damaged by the heavy rains
about two weeks since, in the vicinity of station’
No. 2, and Fort Valley, we are glad to announce
was so far repaired that the passenger trains
were enabled to run over it on Monday, and the
freight trains will commence their regular trips
to-day. About two hundaed hands have been
employed on the repairs, and from the iw*
mense damage the road sustained, it is surpri
sing that it could so soon hare been placed
in running order. The portion of the road we
allude to’is that to Albany and Eufaula. The
repairs on the Muscogee branch are not yet eota
pletod. Consequently, the mails have been
much delayed on these routes. —Mown (Ga.)
Journal & MsMenger, April 24tfc,
THE CONSCRIPTION LAW AND THE MILITIA.
The following extracts we take from a recent
letter from the office of the Adjutant and In
spector General of Georgia, to a gentleman in
this city, and contains matter of general inter
est to the militia of the State. We are in
debted to the editor of the Fiid & Fireside for
the use of it:
Sih: In reply to your enquiry of the 19th
irist, I am directed by the Adjutant General to
state, that the Governor will keep up the State
Militia organization under existing State laws,
with the persons left behind, (subject to mili
tary duty under our statute) after the full ope
ration of tbe conscription act.
All persons subject to military duty by our
State laws, will be amenable to the same, as to
drills and otherwise, until actually enrolled in
pursurauce of the act of Congress.
Commissioned officers of the militia will be
subject, like all others, to tbe operation of the
conscription act, according to the construction
of the law now placed on it by the Governor.
Very respectfully,
Your ob’t serv’t,
L. H. Bsusogb.
Thb Battle of Pea Ridbr.—Th« Richmond
.Enquirer of the 18th inst says: “From Gen. Van
Dera’s report of the fight at Pea Ridge, Arkansas,
that engagement appears in its true light.—
Beyond a doubt it was a brilliant and a hard
fought battle, resulting in a complete victory for
tbe Confederate arms. The enemy had set out oa
a marh of invasion, with the avowed determina
tion to subjugate Arkansas and capture Fort
Smith. But after a shock of an encounter with
Van Dorn he was forced to fall Baek into Missouri,
leaving four hundred prisoners in our hands, and
three thousand killed and wounded in the field.—
The total abandonment of their enterprise of sub
jugation is the most conclusive evidence in the
world that the enemy was completely worsted by
Gen. Van Dorn.
THE QUESTION SOLVED.
If any of our readers have passed anxious
days and sleepless nights, wondering as to the
cause of the French Minister’s visit to Rich
mond, they can now beedtne pacified and satis
fied by the following disclosure. The Charles
ton Mercury, of April 24th, says:
Tua Sicrkt.—We are informed, on undoubt
ed authority, that Monsieur Mercier has visited
Richmond for the purpose of ascertaining the
truth in regard to the Yankee promises to con
quer the Confederate States in sixty days. We
are told that he is pretty well satisfied of the
absurdity of Yankee expectations, and of the
ability of the Confederate Stalos te maintain
themselves. His visit was made at the sugges
tion of Mr. Slidell.
Members of Congress who passed through
this city a day or two ago, state that tbe French
Minister was favorably impressed with what he
saw in Richmond. If bo had any faith in the
statements of the Lincolnites, it is not astonish
ing that he was surprised when he learned the
truth.
We clip the following paragraphs from
•he Columbus (Ga.) Saw, April 22u d.
Col. Alphbus Baker, Jr., Captured.—lt is
rumored that Col Alpheas Baker, Jr., of Eufau
la, Alabama, and his regiment have Deen captured
by the enemy in Tennessee.
Col. B’s body servant made his escape and it ii
seid reached here yesterday on his way home.
Rev. I. T. Tichenor.—This gentleman formerly
of Montgomery, and latterly of this} city, was
slightly wounded in the battle us Shiloh, near
Corinth. He was Chaplain of the 17th;Alabama
Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas H- Watts.
The Wheat Crop.—Considerable uneasiness pre
vails in reference to the wheat orop. The wheat
does not look green and flourishing, but yellow
and sickly. It is quite large for the season,but ow
ing to too much rain,it is not of that bright emerald
color which farmers delight to see. There is some
appearance,too,of mildew or blight on the leaves,
We do not th ink this uniounts to the rust, the
stalk being dear of the yellow cast. As yet, the
wheat is uninjured, but there are grounds for un
easiness concerning the crop, if the wet weatnar
continue. We believe that a little dry weather,
however, would ensure very large wheat crops.
Putnam Go. {Ga.) Countryman, April 22.
MARTIAL LAW IN CITIES.
The people of Macon (Ga.) held a meeting re«
cently, and passed > a resolution, requesting the
Governor to declare martial law in that city so
far as to suspend tbe sale of spirituous liquors.
Hon. F.G. Holt, Chairman of the meeting, ad
dressed the Governor on the subject. His Excel*
lency replied as follows :
Executive Department, (
Milledgeville, Ga., April 22d, 1862. )
FJon. F. G* Holt, Afacon, Ga.
Sir: In reply to your letter of the 14th inst., I
am instructed by the Governor to say that he
does not consider he has the right to declare mar
tial law to a limited extent over any city or terri..
tory of the State for a special purpose. That
either the civil or military authorities must
govern. Nor does his Excellency think that the
mere suppression of the liquor traffic would jus
tify a declaration of martial law. Tbe evils
■trowing out of it is great beyond all doubt; but
it is believed mere police regulations, if rigidly
enforced, would abate much of the evil. To de*
clare and maintain martial law, necessarily in
volves the employment of a greater or less mills
tary force ; and since the passage of the Conscript
Act, his Excellency is left almost impotent as to
men or arms. Trusting that an adequate remedy
for the evils complained of may be found,
I am, sir, very respectfully, &c.,
H. U. Waters, S. E. Dep.
Noblr Liberality.—lt is understood that the
gallant and brave Commander-in-Chief, who fell
at Shiloh, with the shout of victory in his ears,
and now sleeps in the hero’s grave, hallowed by
our tears and blessings of a nation, has not left
behind him much of worldly gear. It is not pro
bable that the open hand of the generous sol
dier reserved much of the soldier’s pay for tbe
future wants and comfort of a large family. It
therefore behooves a generous people, for whose
liberties he toiled and suffered, and at last yielded
his life, to see that his family bereft of their .sup
port, shall be provided for in a manner that will
not shame their gratitude. We are happy to
state that East Tennessee has the honor of the
first movement in this laudable object. Our fel
low-citizen, C. M. McGhee, Esc., we learn, yester
day contributed, with a liberalily which is equal
to his patriotism, for the benefit of the family
of Gen. A. Sidney Johnston —a noble example,
which Jwe hope will be emulated by many
others in the Southern Confederacy.
dtefflsiei‘.
—
A lady cf Greensboro not long since, gave
a very fine quilt to Rev. J. J. Hutchinson to
be sold for the gunboat fund. He offered it for
sale in Marion and got over a hundred dollars
forit. The crowd gave it back to him to be sold
over again. He carried it to Tuscaloosa and got
about SSOO for it and received it baok again.—
He then carried it to Summerfield and got anoth
er five hundred and the quilt back again. He
then carried it to Selma and sold it for $1,005, for
the benefit of soldiers families, and we suppose
will continue to sell and re-sell it until he foots
up thousands more.— Eutaw {Ala ) Whig.
A Touching Incident. — Mr. Editor : On the re
ceipt of the news of General A. H. Gladden’s
wound, at Columbia, South Carolina, Nancy, a
slave of his, (who, for faithful qonduct to his
wife in her last illness; to her infant Mary ; and
tu himself, in aa attack of cholera in New Orleans,
has received some privileges) set out to join her
master at Corinth, with the necessary documents
from the headquarters of Gov. Pickens. Hearing
at Huntsville information of the place being oc
cupied by the enemy, she, with others, had to
come by Mobile, fondly hoping to be permitted
again to nurse the wounded soldier and patriot.
But, alas’ his spirit had fled, aud the sad news
that reached her here deeply affected her. Being
thus far South, and having a son in New Orleans,
and learning that Lieut. Gladden, his nephew,
was wounded also, she asked permission to pass
on to attend him and see her son, which was
granted, and she left for New Orleans on Wed*
nesday afternoon. Oh! ye of the North, if yonr
souls eould appreciate tbe relations of master and
servant in the South, you would appreciate such
affection as this. But you are dead to such sen
timent, and must be left to your idol, tbe almighty
dollar—your measure of sentiment, religion, jus
tice and” right.— Mobile Tribune.
■■ Cohtmoia (8. C.) Guardian, April 25.
BURNSIDE REPULSED.
PRIVATE DISPATCH.
Norfolk, April 25.—Our forces were attacked
to-day by the enemy at a place called Camden,
thirty miles South of this place. The enemy was
repulsed, but afterwards came up with reinforce*
ments. We learn that reinforcements are being
sent for vard to our men.
VOL. 14.—N0 18
i-iT’We clip the following paragraphs from the
Richmond (Va.) Examiner, of April 24th.
From ths Pbninsula.—We learn that there are
indications of a rapid elimination of the enemy s
forces m the Peninsula. They have erected strong
lines opposite our own, and are now thought to be
embarking large numbers of troops. A belief
gains ground in the army that McClellan does
not intend to attack us, or fight at all, in the Pen*
insula, th it having discovered tbe strength of
position, he has determined simply to fortify a
camp and leave a body of men there sufficient to
hold it, and carry off his army to operate on some
other point. Apart from ail speculation, it seems
certain that the Yankee: are rather withdrawing
than advancing in the Peninsula. They have sent
away a large number of their sick, and we have
done the same thing. Some of yurs arriving last
night, it is said, found nothing prepared for them
and had to lie down on the ground in the neighs
borhood of the wharf. 1
It is now well known that the Merrimac-Vir
ginia, which has so mysteriously disappeared
irom activity,Jis not tne only vessel of her kind
in the Southern Confederacy. Another thought
to be nearly herequal went down a river in which
it was built on Monday night, and it is hoped has
done some effectual work by this time, though we
have been unable to gather any certain tidings of
the event beyond the fact that she has certainly
gene out.
Hon. John J. Crittbndbn and Secretary Sew
ard, —The New York correspondent of the Syra*
cuse (N. Y.) Union says :
Speaking of Secessoinists, ’eads me to remem*
ber Ex-Governor Morehead, of Kentucky, who
has recently been liberated from Fort Warren, on
condition of bis not returning home, but remain®
ing in the “Free States” during tbe war. An
anecdote is current as to how the Governor got
his release, which I am assured is well founded.
It seems that Ex-. Senator Crittenden demanded
it, and was assured by President Lincoln that
Morehead should be let out A week went by,
and nothing more was done. A second visit to
the White House gave the information to Mr.
Crittenden that Seward had been promptly orders
ed by the President to release the prisoner,! but,
for some reason of his own, had declined to obey ;
and second written request was then and there
made out, signed by the Presidential hand, and
dispatched to the State Department. Mr. Seward
quickly consigned it to the flames, however, and
Mr. Morehead remained in the casemates a fort*
night or three weeks longer.
Again the indefatigable Kentucky loyalist called
on the President, and a third and equally ineffec
tual message was the result; the prisoner still
lingered in Boston Harbor. At last Crittenden
called on Seward himself—six weeks had elapsed
since his first interference. He demanded to
know why his old friend was not discharged, Sew
ard talter'ed and equivocated; Crittenden lost his
temper—the old lion was aroused, and in the
plainest possible Anglo-Saxon, he vented hisoprt
nion of the “first officer under the Government.”
“I always knew,” he roared, “that you were a
liar and a dirty dog, and you have proved it now
more clearly than ever.” Mr. Seward, in the
most Christian manner, meekly declined a retort •
but handed Mr. Crittenden the order tor the re
lease of Mr. Morehead, and so the Ex-Governor
got his liberty.
YANKEE ESTIMATE OF THE REBEL ARMY.
The New York Herald publishes tbe following
as a correct statement of the numerical strength
of the “rebel” army;
DEPARTMENT OF THS KaPPAHANNOCK.
General Joseph h. Johnston; headquarters -
Gordonsvule Junction, ’
Centre—From Stanardsville on the west to the
mouth of the Rapidan, holding Ely’s Ford Gers
mania, and the bridges of the railroad and road
crossings, 65,000 troops, under General Gustavus
Smith; headquarters Orange Court House.
Right wing—General Holmes; headquarters'™
Fredericksburg, 35,000
Left wmg—General Jackson; headquarters
Staunton, 25,000
DEPARTMENT OF THB CHESAPEAKE.
At and near Norfolk, General Huger, 25 000
At and near Yorktown, General Magruder, 20*000
DEPARTMENT OP THE CUMBERLAND.
General Albert S. Johnston; headquarters Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
At Knoxville, and holding the Cumberland
Ga P» , „ 35,000
At Decatur and Stevenson, in Alabama,and
at Chattanooga, , ’ qqq
department of the west.
Gen. G. T. Beauregard; headquarters Jack
son, Tennessee, Memphis and the forts
above it on the Mississippi, at Jackson,
Humboldt, and at points east of Mems
P his 50,000
DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
Headquarters New Orleans g p qqq
Points on the Mississippi below Memphis 15*<X)0
Mobtie 25’,W0
DEPARTMENT OF THB ATL4NTIC.
Savannah, 25 000
Charleston, 25'000
Augusta, Georgia, 10,000
Easieru part of North Carolina, 20,000
TROOPS NOT BNUMERATBD ABOVE.
Various points on the Atlantic coasts, in
Texas, in Florida, and in Tennessee, 20,004
RECAPITULATION.
Department of the Rappahannock, 125,000
Department of the Chesapeake, 45*000
Department of the Cumberland, 75 000
Department of the West, 50*000
Department of the Mississippi, 70*000
Department of tbe Atlantic, 80 000
Troops not enumerated in Texas, Florida,
&c., 20,000
Tota l» 465.000
The Herald, adds:
The aggregate is large, bit it will be observed
that at no one point is the strength of the rebels
anything like that of the Union forces opposed
to them. Even on the new defensive line south
of the Potomac they are greatly inferior to Gen.
McClellan’s splendid army, and must rely on the
strength of their fortifications if they expect to
maintain their position.
Cargo Salk op Sugar.—Messrs. Laßoche & Bell
sold at auction, yesterday, the cargo of the prize
brig Santa Clara, captured some time since by
the C. S. Privateer Jeff Davis, L. M. (Coxetter
master, consisting of Sugar and Molasses. The
following are tne prices paid : 21 hhds Sugar at
11 Vc, 42 do at ll%c; 88 do at 12 cents; 25 do
at 8)<c; 21 do at 1 l%c; sdo at 12J^c; 10 do at
12%c;
13%c; 2d0at14%0; 18 do at 12%c ; 8 do at
9>£c ;34 bbls do at 12c; 40 do at 18k'c; 15 hhds
Molasses at 87J<c ; 5 do at Bfic.
Savannah Morning News, April HAth.
No Peach Brandy.—By the letter we publish
below, it will be seen that Gov. Brown is down on
Peach Brandy, as well as other kinds of liquors:
Executive Dbpatment, i
Milledgeville, April 14th, 1862. I
D. C. Gresham, Esq. :
Sir : In reply to yonr letter of the Bth inst, I
am instructed by the Governor to say that the
distilling of peaches into brandy will not be allow
ed in this State tbe present year. If the former
Proclamation did not reach ibis subject, a future
one will. I write this m the absence of the Gov
ernor, but this is the decision I am sure he has
come to. Very respectfully,
H. H. Waters,
rz. ... Sec.’t. Ex.Dep’t.
\ Greenville {Ga.) Weekly, April s,