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dur Army Correspondence.
LETTER FROM THE THIRD GEORGIA REGI
MENT.
South Mills, N. C., April 25, 1662.
Mr. Editor'. I send you an order published by
Col. Wrii’ht before the regiment, which may be
of interest to your readers.
The enemvVe in their boats near Elieabeth
Citv and have made no demonstration since
Saturday last. If they should advance again, we
expect a decisive victory in our favor, as our pox
Bition i# now much stronger than heretofore-
The wounded of ojr regiment are at the J\aval
Hospital in Portsmouth, and well cured for.
The boys of the Confederate Light Guards are
doing well. r j »
P. S. The following is the order referred to
above:
Headquarters Sd Ga. Reg’t, ) I
South Mills, April 23d. )
GENERAL ORDERS, No. —.
The Colonel commanding again feels called
upon to thank the regiment for gallant conduct,
lie is proud to command such troops. On Satur
day, the 19th met., this one regiment, with the
assistance of an artillery company, met and suc
cessfully fought six regiments and as much artil
lery as our own, of the enemy. Less than four
hundred Southerners engaged and gloriously con
tended with from four thousand to six thousand
Northerners, for five long hours. With the most
♦earful odds against vou, and under a most gall
ing tire fellow Georgians, you fought without a
thought of retreating, til! ordered to do so by
your officers. You were never whipped, and when
compelled to fall back by the overwhelming num
bers that were pressing upon and flanking you,
you marched off slowlv and in good order, before
a fee afraid to pursue. Our enemies had been
taught a lesson by which they profited, and did
not dare to rush upon a body of men who had
shown such determination.
Time and circumstances do not allow the Col
to give full expression to his feelings of exulta
tion and gratitude to the brave soldiers of his
command. Every thing is but snmmed up in the
words of Maj. Gen. Huger, when he writes : “The
Georgians have covered themselves with glory. ”
We mourn for our brave comrades in arms who
fell upon the battlefield; but they died in a great
and glorious cause. They offered up lives
a sacrifice upon the altar of their beloved South.
“’Tis sweet, ah ! ’tis sweet for one’s country to
die.”
By order of Col. A. R. Wright,
Comd’g 3d Reg. Ga. Vol.
M- W. Turner, Adjutant.
tfycoial Correspondence of the Ji- 0- Picayune.
INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF A FLAG OF
TRUCEFROM GEN BEAUREGARD TO GEN.
BDKIX-
Corinth, Miss., April 22,1862.
] have already informed you that on the 17th
inst. Gea Beauregard sent a flag of truce to Gen.
Buell, in relation to our wuunded, and making
inquiry concerning some missing officers from
the Louisiana regiments. The answer of
Buell 1 sent you by telegraph, stating that as soon
as the inquiries could be made the information
would be sent. 1 have obtained the following
very interesting account of the visit of the flag of
trace from Lietit. Sam S. Harris, of the Ist Ala
bama cavalry, who accompanied it to the enemy’s
line, as the bearer of Gen. Beauregard’s dispatch.
Lieutenant Harris, on reaching tne line of the
enemy’s pickets, which are aboat half a mile
Northeast from the neutral hospital, halted his
escort when he was approached by Lieutenant
Wickliffe, of the Ist Kentucky regiment, who
asked for bis dispatches. Harris said his orders
were to deliver them to General Buell or one of
bis staff. A sergeant within the lines was then
dispatched for General Buell. In about half an
hour the messenger returned with Genera! Mc-
Cook and staff, who said he would receive the
dispatch for General Buell, as no flag of truce
could be admitted into their lines, but that if
. Hains had come a little sooner, he would have
seen General Buell himself. Tne dispatch was
then sent by McCook, through a messenger, to
General Btiell, and in the meantime a conversa
tion'took place between Harris, McCook, and
several other Federal officers who were present
of which the following is the substance:
General McCook asked if we had the body of
General Johnston, and being told that we certain
ly had, McCook said that a* offieer was found
dead on the field who was said by many to be
General Johnston, and that the dead officer must
have been of high rank as he had u star in the
collar of his coat. Harris replied that no officer
of even considerable rank had been left on the
then asked where and how Gen. Pren
tiss was and remarked with great profanity and
bad language, that he hoped we would keep him
and his brigade, and that they had many gener#
als of the same kind whom he wished we had
captured. He expressed great surprise at the
manner in which our army was armed, saying
that he expected to meet only flint-lock muskets,
but that be found instead the finest minie mus
ket# and European Enfield rifles with far super#
ior ordnance than they bad, and suggested that
they had been brought over by the Nashville.
Lieut. Harris smiled and said, not by the Nash
ville but that many other vessels had brought
then asked where the Nashville was at
this time ? Harris replied it was very uncertain !
McCook then remarked that we must have had
a large portion of the army of Manassas present
at the battle of Shiloh.
Harris replied that not a man of it was there.
“Then” said McCook, where under heaven did
vonr troops come from, and where were they
drilled adding that the attack on Sunday was
most brilliantly planned and splendidly executed,
and that we came near gaining a complete victory
over them He was exceedingly severe ou many
Ohio and lowa regiments, remarking that he
supposed we considered them the greatest cowards
in the world. He spoke in the bighestterms of
our officers, and said that our Government bad
made its appointments much more discreetly
than his. He then asked how far it was to Cer
-IBHarris replied that he did not exactly know,
but that the distance could be easily ascertained
b> McCoo'k rallied, and said that they intended to
have made a march in a few days, and should
have been down there before this. ,
Lieut Harris retorted, saying he thought the
delay a wise one, as the road was improving every
day and that the longer they delayed, the better
it would be, for they would certainly have to
travel that road twice, if they came.
Their officers seemed disposed to be pleasant
and courteous, and a Virginia captain of the artil
lery (Federal) by the name of Terrell, expressed a
desire to see Gen. Bragg, and learn his opinion
as to how he thougut his battery was served du
ring the recent battle, alluding to Bragg s battery
which served at Buena Vista, now in possession
of the Yankees. Harris replied that the battery
could not have been in Sunday’s fight, or else he
would not have asked be question, as all their
batteries that day bad been captured by us.
The renegade Virginian then remarked that
Gen. Hardee was a great friend of his, whom he
had known well at West Point, and that he would
like to send him by Harris two bottles of brandy.
Harris regretted he could not conveniently carry
the bottles.
Gen. McCook then expressed some surprise at
Gem Beauregard having addressed his dispatch
to Gen. Buell ins'ead of Grant, saying that the
Rtter was in command.
The messenger now returned, when Gen. Me*
Cook informed Lieut. Harris that Gen. Buell was
. absent from Ins headquarters, but that an answer
would be sent to our lines under a nag of ttuce
that evening. „ , . m j >
Having learned from Dr. Bumbaugb, a fcedera.
Surgeon who accompanied Lieut. Harris, the
purport of the dispatch, McCook said that he did
not doubt but that an exchange of wounded pris
oners would be agreed to, but that our army had
been so well supplied with ambulances and as
sistants during the recent fight, that nearly a.i
our wounded had been recovered by ourselves.
Those that they had taken, be said, had princi
pally been sent to St. Louis, Paducah or Glacis
natti, to be better cared for. Lieut. Harn# then
took his leave.
In the afteraoen a flag of truce from the enemy |
covering a Federal Surgeon and other officer# i
approached our line# with Buell’s reply, and an
ambulance of medical stores for our wounded at
the “Mickey Horpiul.” Lieut. Reese, of the let
Alabama Regiment wae sent to receive it, bat res
fuked admission to the efficera on tbe ground that
we had enough medical supplies of our own.
After the Federal officer left, one of our pickets
told Lieut, Reese that before he came up and
while the other picket# bad been sent in the Yan
kee officer under protection of the flag endeavor
ed to induce him to desert, pointing out the dif*
ference between his (tbe Confederate picket) clo
thing and that of Federal esaort. Tne picket (
replied with proper spirit and indignation, telling
the Yankee officer that they must have but little
regard for principle or honor in their army, when
their own officers under the sanctity and protec*
lion ot a flag of truce, could, in violation ot it, at*
tempt to persuade a soldier to desert.Jund ibat all
the clothes in the world could not cover an act of ,
villany. The Federal man felt rebuked, and
seemed very uneasy and anxious to get back, ft
is a pity that our brave and honest picket did not
inform his offieer of it before the Federal man got
off’.
The telegraph, on the 16th inst., played sad
havoc with my dispatch in relation to the promo
tions in onr army, and as the error has been
generally copied by other journals without veres
diting the Picayune's dispatch, I will now make
the correction. The dispatch should have read:
Generals Breckinridge and Hindman have been
appointed Major Generals, C. S. A., and Colonel
Thomas Jordan, Assistant Adjutant General to
Beauregard, Wm, Preston, of Kentucky, late Aid
to Gen. A. Sidney Johnston, Col. Alfred Mouton,
of Louisiana, Col. George Manney, of Tennessee,
Col. W. H. Beal, of Arkansas, Brigadier Generals,
and Capt. Jack Morgan, of Kentucky, Colonel.
That is, all from Col. Jordan, one of our most
gallant and accomplished soldiers who first took
the field with Beauregard, in Virginia, down to
Beal, of Arkansas, have been appointed Brigadier
General#.
SAVANNAH NEVER TO BE SURRENDERED
We are rejoiced to be able to announce that
Brigadier General Lawton has determined under
no circumstances to surrender the city into the
hands of the enemy, but to defend it to the last
extremity. This determination was formally
communicated to the Mayor yesterday; where
upon a special meeting of Couneil was called, and
a resolution unanimously adopted to give all the
support in their power to the heroic purpose.
We like this way of setting out when a people
are struggling for their homes and firesides
against a ruthless invader. The bonds thus en
tered with the public, is a sacred one, and every
true Georgian will be ready to seal .it with bis
blood.
Oae thing more remains to be done, and then
we shall be ready to measure arms with the
enemy. Let the commanders of our various bat
teries call together their respective garrisons and
swear them never to abandon a gun so long ns it
sets on its carriage, and a soldier is left to man it.
With this spirit to animate us, we shall save
Savannah and illustrate Georgia by driving back
the enemy from her shores. Be it ours to turn
back this tide of disaster that is now sweeping
over our devoted land, and by our example give
hope and confidence to the country. Our cause
needs some bold, dashing act of heroism, and
why should not Georgians be the men to erect the
pillar of fire to guide their countrymen through
the wilderness, and on the path to independence?
In other States they stand foremost among the
brave defenders of their country, and no battle
has been lost in which they bore a part. Is less
to be said of them when they are called to fight
around their own hearthstones and household
gods? We hope not.
The proceedings of Council will be found on
this page.— Savannah Republican, April 30th.
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From the Savannah Republican, May Ist.
THE PULASKI PRISONERS LN NEW YORK.
Ths brave but unfortunate defenders of Pu
laski—no thanks to Confederate authorities—have
been heard from at last. Our heart was rejoiced
yssterday by the sight of a letter, post-marked
New York, April 21, and the superscription in the
familiar handwriting of a dear son, who shared
the perils and the fate of the garrison. It bears
no inside date, but there are reasons to believe it
was written on tbe 15tb, as other brief communi
cations received from tbe same point by the same
mail, via Fortress Monroe, by parties in this city,
were dated on that day. On enquiry, we find that
no official letters, or letters from any of tbe offi
cers of the garrison, were received, tbe privilege
appearing to have been confined, in the language
of the stipulation, to the “men.” Furthermore,
they were allowed to write as little as possible,
and that confined strictly to their whereabouts
and general condition and treatment. All concur
m the testimony that they are well fed and kindly
cared for.
For the information of those who have friends
in the garrison, from whom they have received no
tidings, we annex the brief note referred to above,
including the address, which will enable them to
communicate by letter, should they so desire:
“Castle Williams, )
Governor’s Island, >
New York Harbor. )
“Dxar Father:
“We arrived here safely yesterday morning,
after a long voyage. We axe all quite well, and
I hope you are giving jour*eif no trouble about
us, fori must acknowledge that we are very
kindly treated. We are well fed, and the officers,
all, treat us very kindly indeed, and so far we
have no complaint to make. Please write soon
and direct to W. M. S , Prisoner-of-war,
Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, N. Y.
“W. M. Sneed, Prisoner-of-war.”
Another letter from a member of the garrison
says there are about one hundred of tbe party
in Fort Columbus, from which we infer that
the prisoners have been divided out among the
forts in the neighborhood, and perhaps else
where. ~
Tbe following note was found on tbe coun
ter of our publication office, last evening. It
bears some evidence of genu ineuess, but may,
nevertheless, be a hoax. In either case it is
harmless:
SOUTHERN BRAGADOCIES.
I was in Savannah last week, and was in the.
News and Republican offices, and heard all the
news about Savannah—how many troops you
bad, and everything in general—and I have been
all over your city. Tried to see the men you
have as prisoners of war. but was not allowed to
see them —the jailer protested, and I insisted, but
of no avail. 1 was told aboard cur gunboat that
it was impossible for a Yankee to get into Sa van
nah, and the Captain said he would give SSOO if
I could go there and back without getting caught,
so 1 took him up; so here I am. By tbe time you
get this, 1 will be aboard again, all safe. You
people are not smart.
Savannah will be ours in less than a month—
also Charleston—this is the truth.
I talked with Mr. Thompson and Mr. Dubois,
at the News office.
Yours in haste,
U.S. Service, J. P.
P. S.— I was in your city one week.
I will call to see you again.
Y ours,
April 28th, 1862.
[Savannah Morniug News, April 30th.
Good Salt Made From Smoke-House Dirt.
Mrs. Goodwin, of this vicinity,(exhibits a sample of
fine and beautiful salt made from the earth dug
out of an old smoke-house. It is as pretty as the
usual table salt and has in no degiee lost its
savor. Other persons are making and we have
no doubt the supply then raised will be very con
siderable. Ail ought to go work at once and hit
the salt speculators a hard lick.
The plan seems to be, to place alternate layers
of the dirt and of straw in a barrel and then pour
water on as making lye. Continue this until the
salt is supposed to be washed out, and then boil
the water down sufficiently.
Edgefield Advertiser.
Bank Bills.—Some of the $2 plates of the bank
of the State of South Carolina have been raised
and issued by authority as $5 bills.
Columbians. 6’.) Guardian.
We clip the following paragraphs Irom the
Savannah Republican, of April 80th.
Gen. Benham, who figure# m the «««»» of
the reduction of Fort Pulaski, is H
is hard to keep pace with P™*' o"’* 0 "’* L **“
ant, and afterwards, while amongst us, Captain
the construction oi the ion. » h
service there, he was thoroughly famiher wHh
the work, and well acquainted with every part
Tvbee Island. , . n e „
Gen. B. was very much in the P OB t >°« 1 *
lawyer, who gets a good fee to draw a will, and
then a bigger one to break it.
The Captured TKB t
ter.—Boston, April IS.-Thomas T. TtinsaU,late
United States Consul, at Tangier# and Mr M. yers
Purser of the Sumter, arrested at Algeoras. Mos
rocco, arrived here to-day, in the bark H irvest
Home, to which thev were transferred by the
United States gunboat Ino. The P™oners; jvere
in irons, which were removed ny order of Marshal
Keys, and they were sent to Fort Warren to
await instructions from tbe government.
Purser Mvers, mentioned in the above dis? itch,
is a Georgian, and, we believe, a native of ba
vannah. He is the son of Col, Mordicai Myers,
of Marietta, and has many relatives in this city.
Brought to the United States “in irons ! and
that too, when under tbe decision of the Yankee
government itself, be was entitled to be .reate
with respect, as a prisoner of war. W hat South
erner’s blood does not boil over the outrage .
Appointment.—Capt. John R. F. Tatnall, for
merly of the U. S. Navy, and a son of gallant oid
Commodore, has been appointed Colonel in the
Confederate Army, and assigned to the command
of an Alabama Regiment, composed of the re
mains of the glorious Fourth, of Manassas fame,
and a fresh battaliion. Tbe regiment is stationed
at Pensacola, and Col. Tattnall is now in Savan.
nah en route for that post.
Major General D. Hunter, tne Yankee General
at Port Royal, has issued a very long-winded or
der to his troops, on the subject of sanitary camp
regulations. He begins by the cheerful remark,
that in Georgia and South Carolina, “there is less
to be apprehended from.battle than from disease.
“Secesh” Crinoline in Clarksville- Notwith
standing the presence of the Lincoln soldiery in
Clarksville, they have been unable to squeeze out
the patriotism of the ladies of that city. A cor
respondent writes us as follows:
Secesh girls in Clarksville, Tenn., are conquered
but not subdued ; for they have, right under tno
very noses if their Yankee oppressors, formed
themselves into a boria Uda company, well drilled,
which they call, very appropriately, and doubt
less in derision of the well known feats] ot #a>d
oppressors, “The Rebel Masked Battery. -They
appear on the street frequently in complete Con
federate uniform, which consists of rather a short
grey dress, blue stripes down the sides, coat
sleeves, blue cuffs, tight waists, with blue lappels,
standing collars, secession cravats, and the whole
profusely trimmed with gold lace and brass but#
tons, ad infinitum. Turned up black hats with a
long black feather in front, with a gold star and
white buckskin gauntlets, complete the dress;
deadly pistol and dagger ; there are about seven
ty five in the company. The Federal® are on the
qai vive to find out where the young ladies drill,
but that they manage to conceal with woman’s
usual etrategy. Hurrah for Clarksville girls.
We suggest that the Feds at Clarksville had
“Better let the girls alone.”
Memphis {Tenn.) Appeal, April 22d.
Female Soldier. —Yesterday a female dressed
in soldier’s clothes, surrendered herself to ibe
Mayor, and was sent be fore the provost.-marshal.
She gave Arnold as her name.
We had not the pleasure of an introduction to
this female patriot, but learn from those who
were more fortunate, that she appears to be a
woman of intelligence and gentle breeding, She
gave the names of respectable houses here in the
city who knew her in her proper sphere, when
she resided in Arkansas, where she says she owns
a plantation. Her story is quite a romantic one.
She asserts that she was arrested at Richmond
on suspicion of being unfriendly to the South,
but was treated very civilly while held as a pri*
soner. She claims to have been in the battles of
Manassas and Belmont, and to have been with the
army in Kentucky.
She says she left here in response to the call of
Gen. Beauregard for ninety-days»voluuteers, and
that she was in the battles of the 6th, and 7tb, in
which she was wounded in the foot and hand,—
She came back to the city with the wounded.
Her reason for making known her sex at this
time was the fear of detection, and consequent
trouble. She was before the provost-marshall
yesterday, and is to have another interview with
that functionary to-day.
Her reason for the course she has adopted is,
that she is collecting material fora history of tbe
war, and that she adopted male attire as the plan
best calculated to enable her to carry out her de
sign.
She has no desire to abandon her project if per
mitted to prosecute it in her own way. There are
others engaged with her, but their names she
deems proper to withhold. That she is an extra
ordinary woman there is no question, and our
curiosity is excited to know more of her history
and her adventures in male attire.
New Orleans True Delta.
Burying Soldiers Prematurely.—Most, if not
all, of the soldiers who die io the various hospit
als located in this city, are interred at Oakwood
Cemetery, in the eastern suburbs. It cannot be
supposed that when so many men a r e to be at-<
tended to, that all can have that care and atten
tion bestowed on them that they would get at
home or here under more favorable auspices, con
sequently many become food for worm# that
might otherwise be living. It does seem, howev
er, eminently proper that when, to all appearance,
the poor volunteer has shuffled off this mortal
coil, bis body should be retained a sufficient
lengtteof time to put the truth beyond doubt. We
fear this is not always done. Anxiety for the
living swallows up respect ior the dead, and the
remains of the latter are often hurried too pre
cipitately to the place of interment. It would
seem that there should be attached to each hospit
al a place f«r the temporary deposit of those who
die or are supposed to have diet from diseases.
We are led to make these suggestions from hav
ing heard that on two occasions recently parties
who were about being subject to tbe rites of buri
al in Oakwood Cemetery had signified their dis
approbation of the proceeding while on tbeir way
thither. The driver of tbe hearse in one instance,
as we hear, was horrified at the vigorous mani
festations of the supposed defunct, and quickly
carried him to a place where he could be released
from his unpleasant predicament. In another in
stance, as we learn, Mr. Radford, keeper of tbe
cemetery having undoubted assurance, from the
knocking and exclamations of the subject, opened
tbe coffin and sent the supposed dead man back
for further medical treatment. While attaching
no blame to anv one, the matter is mentioned in
the hope that it will induce a caution that expe
ri“" 1... .taotartfr
The Indians at Pea Ridge.-Gen. Pike bas is
sued a special order complimenting the gal lan try
of our Indian allies, under the command o the
brave Cooper, in the action of Pea Vine Ridge,
in which, charging in front and side by side a
battery of three guns of the enemy, supported by
five companies of regular cavalry and receiving
tbe fire of both, they, with a portion of another
regiment, routed the cavalry drove them from
the field and captured the battery, and afterwards
withdrew into tbe woods under fire,
i&The separation between Fanny Fern and her
husband has resulted in the circulation of the
following, which is set forth as “tbe second
edition of Fern Leaves :
“In Heaven above, where all is love,
There’ll be no Parton there.”
This is the joke of up-town circles, as they
gossip upon Parton whipping Fanny.
New York paper.
from the Savannah Republioan. Avril nth.
YANKKE OUTRAGES AND THEFTS ON THE
ST. JOHNS RIVER
Palatka, April 14th, 1862.
Editor Savannah Republican:
I hereby furnish the particulars of the move
ment of the Federal# in this region of tbe country.
On Thursday night, the 18th March, two gunboats
came up the St. Johns river, as tar a# Orunge
Mills, and one of them on Friday, went up to
Palatka, and after a few hour# returned to tbe
Mill. On Saturday one of them went to the mouth
of Rice Creek, and took from a bouse there some
ten sacks of coffee belonging to Messrs. Teasdale
& Reid, and returned to Orange Mill and took all
the poultry belonging to Dr. Muys, and shot and
maimed a number ot sheep and hogs. That even
ing both ot tbe gunboats e>ent down the river
again.
On Monday the Federal# returned with one
gunboat and the steamer Darlington, and pros
ceeded up the river to Dunn’# Creek, about eight
miles above Palatka, and remained there several
days, and succeeded in raising the yacht America,
which bad been sunk in the creek. During their
stay in the creek the Federal# killed and destroyed
a large number of cattle on Dunn'# Island. On
their way down the river again, the Federal# stop'
ped at Palatka, broke opeu the warehouse of H.
L. Hart, and took therefrom a quantity of turpen
tine and rosin which had been stored there. They
also broke open the warehouse of Messrs. Teas
dale & Reid, took a quantity of syruo and other
things, and also took all of the valuable silver
ware glass ware, and china belonging to Mrs.
jencks of St. Augustine. They also broke open
the house of Col. Devall.took an iron safe and de
stroyed another.
One of the gunboats, previous to the seventh
day of April, had been lying at anchor below
Orange Mills, for several days, and on that dttf
eame up to, or opposite, and bombarded tbe res
' idence of Dr. R. G. Mays, liteially riddling the
dwelling house with shot and shell. While tbe
gunboats were cruising about tbe river many
negroes made their escape from their owners and
joined them.
From St. Augustine I learn that a schooner—
heavily laden with an assorted cargo, came into
Mutanzas Inlet, about twenty miles South of St.
Augustine, and was taken by the Federate. The
Captain of tbe schooner was not aware that the
Federate had possession of St. Augustine. I also
learn from St. Augustine, that the Federate have
u-ot Mr Matthew Soland a prisoner in close cons
Mnement. Mr. Soland lived near Picolata, on
the St. John’s river, and was a member of the
Convention that passed the Secession Ordinance.
It appears that all of Mr. Soland’s negroes except
two, ran away from him and joined the Federate,
and’the commanding officer sent word to Mr, S.
■ to come and get his negroes; and when he went,
the officer nabbed him.
From New Smyrna I learn that some forty or
more Federal# were killed by our men, whilst
endeavoring to land. Among the number, two
officers’—tbe Captain and First Lieutenant—of
one of the gunboats. Not one of our men was
hurt. loN ’
P. S.—The. news here to day is, that the Feder
ate have evacuated Jacksonville.
We copy tbe following paragraphs from
the Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal, of April 20th :
Nashville.—We have intelligence from Nash
ville up to Tuesday last. ,Great commotion was
apparent among the Federal officers of the small
force—about fifteen hundred—then in the city.
The sick and wounded were being sent off as
rapidly as possible, and other movements were
going on for which no explanation was given.
A large number of bales ot hay were thrown into
the river, and the sutler# were selling off tbeir
stores at greatly reduced prices. It was supposed
that Andy Johnson, feeling hie position some
what insecure, was preparing to "evacuate.”
From Clarksville.—Gentlemen from Clarks
ville report a fight having taken place among tbe
Federate garrisoning that place, a few days since.
A quarrel arose between a Kentucky and Indi
ana regiment, upon the slavery question, which
resulted in a battle between them, in which
twenty were killed and between forty and fifty
wounded. The Indianians took the ultra abolit
ion position. Great dissatisfaction is reported to
exist every where in the Federal ranks, at the
abolition measures proposed by tbe Federal Con*
gress.
Bridge Burned.—Tbe Federate appear to be
moving beyond Humbolt and some consternation
has been excited by their proceedings. Sixty-four
cavalry soldiers, some infantry, and a battery are
reported to be quartered ten or eleven miles be#
vond Trezevant, on the McLemereand Paris road.
They made search on Friday in the house of a
gentleman in that neighborhood for the propri
etor, who has been a government agent furnish
ing provisions. He escaped their hands and es
caped to this city. A general threat has been
made that if any of the Lincoln pickets are
killed, the inhabitants will be held responsible,
and their houses and property will be destroyed.
On Friday, a report, we are informed, was pre
valent that the enemy were coming down in full
lorce; for this or some other reason, it is stated,
Captain Claibore, who is in command of our cav
alry in that direction, gave orders to have the
bridge over the North fork of the Obion river
destroyed. The bridge was burned and a con
siderable portion of trestle work with it. The
bridge was one hundred and thirty feet span,
and one of the best ou tbe Memphis and Ohio
railroad. It was situated between the Trezvant
and McKenzie stations. There is no rolling stock
beyond the burned bridge.
The Accident on the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road. —By the train which arrived at 12 o’clock
last nieh», we have obtained particulars of the
accident which occurred to the up train on Thurs
day night, about six miles above Enterprise.
The cause of the disaster was that one of the
bolts of a fish.bar was broken, which had per#
mitted the inner fish-bar to be bent inward.—
This caught the flange of the driving wheel, and
threw tbe locomotive (the Enterprise a heavy en
gine, weighing 87 toos,)* off the rails. It rolled
forward about thirty feet and turned over tbe
embankment at that, place, about four feet high.
Three box cars, which followed, were completely
destroyed, and the two next forced upon the pile
of rubbish, being disabled, but not destroyed.—
The progress of the train was then stopped by the
obstructions before it. The train was running at
the rate of about 20 miles an hour, for the purpose
of making its time to Okatibbee the next station.
Tbe train was carrying soldiers (a South Cars
lina Regiment as we are informed), of whom five
—whose names we could not learn —were killed.
It is believed that the were asleep at the time.—
Many were injured, but of their number we have
heard no estimate. Mr. Nathan Smith, superin*
ten dent of bridge repairs was in the tender box.
His leg was broken and his skull fractured, and he
died in about an hour, retaining his senses to the
last. His body was brought down last night to Oak
Grove, where he resided with his family. He was
about 83 or 34 years old. The engineer, con
ductor and fireman were on the engine, the two
former were but slightly injured, tbe latter we
believe not at all. It is said to be wonderful, in
view of the mass of ruin, how any person in the
three forward cars could have escaped death, or
at least shocking injury.
About thirty feet of the track was torn up,
which delayed the down train from 6A. M. 3
P. M.— Mobile Evening News, April ‘27th.
A Correction. —We observe in quite a number
of our exchanges, the 13th section of the new mil
itary law, called the Conscription Law, errone
ously printed, as follows:
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That ad persons
subject to enrolement, who are now in service,
under the provisions of this act, shall be permit
ted previous to such enrolement to volunteer in
companies how inservice.
The omission of one little word totally changes
the application of the above section. It should
read. “All persons subject to enrolement who
are nothow in service,” &c. It gives to those who
are-about to be brought in the service by the Con
scription the opportunity of selecting their own
company if tbev will make haste to enlist before
tbe enrolling efficer commences his work. We
doubt not that multitudes will be glad to avail
themselves of the privilege.— Richmond Enquirer.
Three more of Erricsson’s batteries are being
constructed at Greenpoint, New York, on the
plan of the Monitor, t< be ready in three months.
Zro»» the Richmond [fa-] Mispateh, April Wh.
lah.Tßn FBOX THE NORTH-
Below will be found a summary of news gath
ered from Northern paper# of the 25th inst. It
is unnecessary for us again to warn our readers
not to place too mueb reliance in anything which
emanates from Yankee source# as it is notorious .
that the truth is hardly ever published in their
journal# whenever a lie will subserve their pur«-
posee.
I (Pittsburg Landing April, 24th.—A reconnoiter
ing party, under Brigadier-General A. J. Smith,
leti here this morning and attacked the enemy's
pickets one hundred and fifty strong,, who fled in
great haste, leaving lheir knapeacke, blankets,
and everything else.
The party then proceeded on to Pea Ridge,
Tennessee, where they found 8,000 or 4,000 rebels
drawn up in line of battle, who, at the first fire of
our artillery, also decamped, leaving their tents
camp equtppage, private baggage, and even half
written letters, and other things, indicating the
completeness of the surprise.
Enough tents were left to accommodate a divis
ion. Everything was burned.
We captured twelve prisoner#, none of whom
expresaed regret at being taken. They sav the
people South are getting si ok of the war.
The roads are improving fast.
Cairo, April 24.—(Special to the Chicago Trib*
T, n- . t!ra Fg l3as transferred the command
of Port Pillow to Gen. Price.
From Pittsburg we have intelligence of a
skirmish with the enemy, in which General Gran
ger, with 500 cavalry, participated, about two
miles from our pickets. Our forces came in con
tact with the rebel pickets and drove them in,
and then encountered a strong force of rebel
cavalry. .
After fighting for an hour both sides retired.
The l‘"ss was light.
A tri-weekly packet is now running from Cairo
to Tiptonville. Mails and passenger# from Com.
Foote’s flotilla, off Fort Wright, arrived here
yesterday afternoon. There was n» change in
affairs.
Headquarters Army op the Potomac, near
Yorktown, April 24.—The weather is again
pleasant, and the road# are beginning to improve.
Tbe preparations for carrying out tbe plans of
the Commander-in-Chief are being rapidly pusha
ed forward to completion.
Two deserters rrom the Sixth Alabama regi
ment came within our lines yesterday. They
were originally from Pennsylvania. They repre
sent the rebel force# at one hundred thousand,
and say they are busy constructing works in the
rear of tbeir present lines. They had no knowl
edge of the arrival of Jeff’. Davis as reported.
On Tuesday the rebels came out from their
rifle pits, in front of Lee’s Mills, killing one of
our pickets. After be was dead, about thirty of
them fired their pieces into his head, completelv
riddling it with bullets. The officer commanding
our reserve then ordered his men to charge oa
the rebels, which was willingly responded to, re«
suiting in several of the enemy being killed and
one takes prisoner. Two men were killed on our
side and two mortally wounded.
A.correspondent of the Washington Star,
writing from “Camp before Yorktown, April 23,”
1 says:
1 have barely time to write you that everything
is progressing satisfactorily here.
You have no idea of the immense labor of the
campaign at this point. It is, however, cheerful
ly performed, day and night, by the whole army,
as all rest under the conviction of its necessity to'
insure success, and that it will so insure it. '
Hourly our works approach those of the enemy.
We have already constructed.some wells within
range of the rebel fortifications; thanks to our
sharpshooters, who unerringly pick their men off
whenever attempting to work a gun to stop tbe
progress of our earthworks.
So fatal and constant is their fire that the rebels
seem to have abandoned the idea of opposing our
occupation of points from which to make the
grand final attack.
The charge of drunkenness in the late Lee’s
Mill engagement, uttered against Gen. W. F.
Smith, turns out to be entirely unfounded. It'
has been disproved by many of the first and most
reliable officers in the army, who were close by
him throughout the whole affair. J
On Monday last there wa# firing between two
rebel regiments, causing much eommotionjin our
camps. It continued so long, and was so severe
that it was mistaken at first for a regular assault
on our outposts.
One of their regiments was firing into another,
which returned the fire with equal spirit. We
could distinctly see them carrying off the dead
and wounded.
The affair is believed to have been a mutiny, and
measures taken to quell it.
The Virginians now being conscripted—forced
into service at the point of bayonet, resist as far
as they can, more especially being drafted and
forced into regiments from other States, to fill
the latter to their respective quotas. It is sun
posed the mutiny grew out of something of the
sort.
From the beet information we have here, the
rebels are collecting as large a force as possible
at or near Gordonsvijle, to.the end of a sudden
movement either on the column of Gen. Banks by
the time that makes its appearance at Staunton,
or on that of Gen. McDowell, if he crosses the
Rappahannock at Fredericksburg.
They have a railroad to both points, you w ill
recollect.
Their situation here is desperate, they know,
and doubtless aim to strike some such blow be#
fore the great fight here can eome off.
From, the Southern Federal Vuion.
CROPS IN SOUTH#WESTERN GEORGIA.
Lee County, April 25, 1862.
Mu. Editor: Thinking your readers would like
to know what the planters in South-western
Georgia are doing for tbe Southern Confederacy
and having a leisure moment, I concluded to
write you a few lines. I have been in this sec
tion of the State for the last six weeks, and Lave
made it a part of my business to ascertain the ex#
tent of the corn and other provision crops. Pera
haps in no part of the Confederacy han the culti
vation of cotton engrossed the time and attention
of the planter more than it has, for many years
in South-western Georgia. Not so now, King
Cotton has been dethroned in this portion with a
few exceptions, in this, as well as in adjoining
counties, large crops of corn, peas, potatoes, and
other provisions will supersede the ruling crop of
previous years. Corn, though later than usual
is very promising; good stands generally. Should
no disaster befall the crop, the planters of this
portion ot the State can and will be willing to
respond nobly to the country’s call for provisions
to support our brave soldiers, and all who are
interested in ot»r country’s success, will say the
planters of Southwest Georgia have acted well
their part. With God’s assistance we will be
able to feed and clothe our armies, notwithstand
ing Lincoln’s blockade.
Large crops of small grain were sown in this
eountv also, but I am sorry to inform you they
have been greatly, if not entirely, destroyed by
the rust. J
Mr. Editor, I hope old Baldwin is doing her
part in these bard and trying times. If we fail
in our crops, many, very many, must suffer, ner
haps all will be lost. ♦
Your friend,
L. A. Jordon.
Schooner and Cottgn Burnt—We learn from
the Galveston News, that two boat#’ crews from
the Federal steamer Montgomery, boarded the
schooner Columbia, inside Gaiveston bar, loaded
with 275 bales cotton, and captured her They
then attempted to warp her out; but failing they
took the Captain, crew and passengers, ten in all
aboard their boat, and set the schooner on fire'
The boats together with tbe sloop and small boat
of Captain Davidson, were taken to the bar where
they were kept all night.
About nine o'clock the flame# burst out on the
schooner, and lit up the whole horizon. She
buint all night, and in the morning fragments
or cotton were afloat in the vicinity The vessel
and cargo are a total 10-s. Thev were tbe prop
ertv #f n. & D. G. Mills. ’
Oa the next day Lieutenant Pickering, of the
Mouißumcry, wi.o was in charge of tbe boats,
told Capt. Davidson that he could his small
sioop and boat and go ashore with his crew and
passengers—a privilege which they willingly
took.—A. O. Bulletin, April 21$L