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LATER FROM CORINTH
PROBABLE ADVANCE OF THE ENEMY
Mobile. Ala., May 13.—A special dispatch to
tii. Mobile AJtwffaer t {- Register, dated Corinth,
April 12th, says that the enemv is
nearer to our right, centre and left, as it h ,r a
general advance upon our position. The weathe.
dry and hot.
On the 9th, Go). Woodward, with the Ji. st Keo
tacky Cavalry and a detachment of Texas Range cs,
attacked the Federate at Elk River, ki jtd se’/eral
and captured two Captains, Lie .ntenav.ts, 43
prisoners and eight negroes. Th t Co’'.federate
loss was 5 killed, including Capt , Harr ;g ( of the
Rangers, and 7 wounded. Th’ gfa off.eial.
LATER FROM NEW UIGH-N AND-
ED OUTRAGES OF MCA’i’UNE BUTLER.
Richmond, Va., May* —*'h£ follow.eg is a
copy of a dispatch re reived Gy the Secretary of
State to-day :
Camp Moors, M I.3—Z. r >., .7. p. Berjamin
Gen. Butler, on pAh irst., took forcible pos
session of the ?e *f the. Consul of the Nethers
lands, scare ? t j >.er <on of the Consul, and
kxk fror 4 . ( t, e t . #v . o f fcfa vrult. In the
vault, w JBOC transferred by the Citizens
tt> ? basking bouse of Hopes of A mater
d xa, ho pay t>,«>'nterest on bonds. Butler also
Mjok possess: an of the offices of the French and
C «n«uls in the old Canal Bank, and
placed a there. The French Consul went
on board , the steamer Milan, and had not re
turned r iTScnday morning. It is said that the
guard ’ *as been removed from the office of the
Frenc * and. Spanish Consulates. He has also
seize 4 the Canal Bank aud Sam Smith’s Banking
Hot «« He has issued an inflammatory proc’av :
Aiob to incite the poor -against the rich, and >
hr /? promised to distribute among the poor a
t aotuand barrels of beet end sugar captured m
Few Crleaus. He is recruiting in New Orleans,
»nd the poor will soon be starving. The enemy
«eui a force up to Bonnet Carre, marched through
t&e swamp, and destroyed the railroad.
IMPORTANT FROM PENSACOi A.
Pbmsacola, May 10—At twelve o’clock last
night the Pensacola Navy Yard and Forts were
set os fire and destroyed.
Fort Pickens, when the enemy discovered what
was going on, opened a furious bombardment,
~wteich was kept up during the conflagration, but
-without doing Sausage to anybody at Pensacola.
Ail the public property, excepting the Custom
House, incapable of being moved, was burnt;
but ail moveable Confederate property has been
.saved.
The railroad track leading out of the c.ty to
wards Montgomery was torn up this morning.
A Fede.al vessel with a flag of truce came up to
the criy to-day, demanding its surrender. Mayor
Bobe related to comply with the demand, but
eu>red that ail the military forces had left and he
tad no power to oppose the Federate. The Fed
eral officer replied that they would occupy the
c.ty to-morrow, hut that the inhabitants need not
tie a-.armed. S*
►ram ; Jfoc- it [XL-1 -'.daertfaer.
Tte foilowing private dispatch, just received
tae been politely handed us :
Corinth, May 9. —Engaged enemy to»day. Gio
r.ons victory. But in our regiment.
The Yankee loss was 300 to 500. We took 860
p’-.seners. F- L. Sheffteld
r -V.T, . .< JfcraJH.:-: Hpr C...
LATER FROM CORINTH.
vOKt’-tH, -May 6.—Capt Cross, of the 154th
Tennessee, has just come in from Bethel with
three prisoners.
They report the enemy’s foree at ninety tfaouss
and, and that Fremont’s division has come up.—
The enemy is hard at work on tie roads and are
omieied with ready built bridge~,and are throw
icg up works of defence as they advance.
The prisoners also report great disaffection in
me Federal army; that the Western men refuse
to fight against the South to put the negro on x.
pur w.th the whites.
There has been considerable skirmishing be
tween the pickets in front to-day. Bpabta,
&>e<r.uJ :o toe lift .appear.
ADDITIONAL FROM CORINTH.
Corinth, May 6.—lt is repotted that the eae*
my fa throwing up intrenebments, making plank
roads, and tuildrag bridges over the swampsand
ditches an fee advances.
All is quiet in front.
Generals Beauregard and Polk were serenaded
last night by Gen. Price’s excellent band.’ The
termer made a speech, in which he said he hoped
i»oon to be in possession of some Northern cities
to compensate for the lose of New Orleans.
General Eragg has just issued 3 stirring appeal
to the troops, which I forward to day.
. Sparia.
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LATE . NEWS FROM THE NORTH-
The Savannah Republican, of May 13th. has
received, by flag of truce, Northern papers of May
6tb. We condense the following from the Re*
f üblican's extracts:
McClellan reports that his cavalry and horse
artillery engaged the Rebels two miles from
Williamsburg, May stb ; that Smiths division of
inftnlry had arrived on the ground ; and that
t ,\ Be presumed they had carried the Rebel works.—
’■ The enemy wae strong, but he had force enough
to answer all purposes.
He says he took 71 guns at Yorktown exclusive
-.of those captured at other points of the rebel
.Yhnes. He is new fully satisfied with the course
, pursued, which has resulted in a brilliant sues
—tess!
There shall be no delay in following the Reb
-els. They have been guilty of great barbarity in
leaving torpedoes near springs, wells, flagstaffs,
magazines, and telegraph offices, and in eeffee
bags, sacks of fl a ar, &?. In this way he lost five
men killed and perhaps a dozen wounded. The
Hebei prisoners are to be made to remove the
torpedoes at their own peril.
The officers and men of the steamer Ella War->
ley have been sent to Fort Lafayette.
J. Napoleon Seercnan. an Austrian refugee, 70
years of age, has been made a Federal Brigadier, I
and will be attached to Gen. Hunter’s command.
The Confederate force on the Peninsula is set
down at less than 70,000, and it was thought no
great battle would be fought at Williamsburg, as
the rebels were thorojgu.y demoralized, 5,000
of Magruder’s men had threatened to lay down
tteir arms, for want of something to eat.
The retreat of the rebels was commenced at 1
o clock Monday morn.ng, and was very precipi
tate. One rebel gunner was captured, who said ’
4hat he was the last inbjßjfHaßt o r the place. Sev- j
II * J ! .
era! notes were found », 4 tht house ot Mrs. Nelson,
of which the follow fa ft specimen •
Gen. Jc' You will be surprised to
hear of our dep> xure st this stage of the game,
leaving vou i’ 4 possession of this worthless town;
but the tact /S) McClellan, we have other en«
gauemen' 4 attend to, and we can’t wait any
longer. Our boys are getting sick of this damned
place the hospital likewise, so good-bye for
a lit',pf. w h<le. Adjutant Terry, C. 8. A’ M.
"xXnits were left standing, with bedding and an
‘.tv.’ies of“ luxury in them. On the canvass and
grades of the huts were caricatures of Yankee sol*
I tliera. Many ot the tents were cut in different
• places. Four large tracks for carrying heavy
I guns stood near the dock, with immense quantity
of timber.
In the inside entrenchments were wooden guns
projecting from the embrasures. Foil Magruder,
which we built strong works to reduce, was found
to be a weak place, its inside works were sand
bags, piled up with logs of wood painted black
on the end.
Several guns were spiked, and a portion of
Yorktown undermined.
Ten men are reported to have Deen killed by
the iXblosion of torpedoes, and several wound*
ed.
The Rebel works are not as strong as was at
first supposed. One of their magazines explod
ed before they left Yorktown, causing several
boxes of ammunition to explode also, and create
■ rag the impression that volleys of musketry were
'■ being tired within the Rebel lines.
The total force of the Rebels, according to re-
ports found at Gen Magruder’s headquarters,
was 70,000 men. Deserters report the army as
thoroughly disheartened and demotalized.
The Texan Rangers left as our forces were ad
vancing.
A large force of the enemy are reported cap
tured four miles beyond Yorktown.
Philadelphia, Monday, May b, 180 J.
The jWuiw has a special dispatch trom For
tress Monroe, giving the particulars in regard to
the evacuation of Yorktown ;
One Mile Beyond Yorktown, i
Sunday, May 4 -10 A, M. '
Al! day yesterday the Rebels kept up a hot
' tire on General Porter’s division. No one was
hurt. Our Parrott gun at Farnhalt Court House
occa’sion&l’y answer d them all last evening,
avd up to midnight lively firing was kept up.
About that time their fire slackened considera
blv, and at 2 o’clock stopped altogether, ;
■ We fired one or two more batteries at them,
but got no answer. About 3 o’clock this morn
ing, the building at Yorktown wrs fired, and
Prof. Lowe and Gen. Heintzelman went up m a
Dalloon and found it was their storehouse at
Yorktown wharf. At daylight they reported I
the forts enwty.
At 7 o’clock we occupied Ycrktowa without ;
I again beiugfired on,the guns of the enemy nearly |
! al', remaining spiked and dismounted. By the ]
j side of the river battery were large piles *f ammn- :
t nition, powder, balls and shells. Eighty guns
} were in Yorktown, which is surrounded by a
’ eemi'cirele. The earthworks were all constructed
I to cover one another in every position, but they
; must have eventually yielded could we have got ,
I round them. The gun we dismounted the other i
! day killed and wounded 14 Rebels. . i
The fort has been occupied by the First Bats i
j talion New Orleans Artillerv, the Sth and 30th :
I Alabama regiments, the 10th and 14th Louisiana :
i regiments, and the 13th acd 45th Georgia reg'-j
1 meets. These troops were ordered to report at
! Howard’s Grove, four mites from Richmond, and
i left the fort at midnight. A rear guard was left,
j who waited for our appearance, and then retired
.in the greatest haste. Two deserters, who left i
; their regiment in Williamsburg at. daylight, say 1
! the whole rebel army was in a panic.
j Prof. J.owe’s balloon reconnoisance discovered ■
’ their rear guard at 2 a, ¥., to be four miles out. ,
: Gen, McClellan immediately ordered out the ar- :
: ttllery and cavalry, and is pushing after them r.t 1
| full speed. All our gunboats came u»at 9 o’clock, l
I and landed some marines at Gloucester, who I
• raised the United -States flag amid cheering that I
; could be beard across the river. The boa’s -all
• then left, and are now running up York River, j
; shelling the banks on both sides.
i A number of mines had beea prepared for our I
; troops by placing percussion shells under ground
in the roadwaysand entrances to the fort. No
whites were to be found ; only a few negro women
and babies. Tbe town was most squalid and
filthy. A few days of warm weather would have
bred a pestilence. An abundance of flour, and a
large cuautity of meat, salt and fresh, was left.
All the’tents were left, but no horses or wagons.
The reports concur that the Rebels consist cf a
mob of about 100,000 men, ill fed, dirty, and dis
heaWened.
The road from Yorktown to Hampton, on which
we were encamped, was guarded by Fort Magru
der, mounting a large number of guns, part of
which were taken away, and the rest sptked.—
, Some cf their works were well built and laid out,
while others were wretched contrivances, Tbe
work upon them ,ht
and the sieves sent to the rear under a-guard.
The Rebels have nothing behind on which they
can make a stand. Last night their camp fires
all along were tbe same as usual.
1 Tbe dense woods along the Peninsula enabled
I them to leave without being seen by tbe balloon.
j The large guns of the P»ebels were mostly colum
. j biads taken from the Norfolk Navy Yard. Some
i of iheni had been recently mounted. The forti
-1 ficatious, although of the roughest character,
were very formidable, being surrounded by deep
. gorges, almost impossible to pass.
t |,SEN. BUTLER'S PROCLAMATION TO THU IN
’ KA VITA NTS OF. NEW ORLEANS.
I , Bombawes Furioso L’utler, Major-General of
; I the United .States Army, commanding tbe ferces
'of Abraham the First, in and around tbe rebel
1 > city of New Orleans, has issued a
j tc the good'y people cf that unfortunate place.
; He set oct. by asserting that tbe city of New
I Orleans and its environs, with all its interior and
fexforior defences, having been surrendered to
; j the combined naval and land <!) forces of the
■ United States, and having been evacuated by the
■' Rebel forces, and being new m occupation of the
I forces of tbe United States, who have come tc res
1 store tbe order, maintain public traaouilitv, eu*
i force peace aud quiet, under the laws and Con*
'. stitutton of the United States, Ac., Ae., Ac—the
j Major-General publishes the following rules xnd
| regulations .
The city w'.l ie governed oy the law Martial.
All persona is arms against the United States,
are to surrender themselves with their arms
equipments, and monitions of war, except the
European Legion, .who are requested tocontince
their services, and report to Bomb’s head-quar
ters.
A.i flaggy ensigns, and devices, except those of
the United States and foreign consulates, xauet
be suppressed ; and any disrespect shown io tbe
Federal flag will be severely punished.
Those wbc take tbe oath, of allrgiance will be
protected by the United States forces. The
penalty for the violation of teat oath is death.
All persons still holding a'leg 'ar.ee to the Con->
federate States will be deemed* rebels, and treated
as enemies of the United States.
All foreigners who have not riiken an oath of
I ahegiance to the Confederate Stakes, and claiming j
allegiance to their respective Governments, will
be protected as heretofore.
All who have given theiradheronce to, or been
■ a the service of the Confederate Government
who wjg give up their arms, retftrn to their
peaceful avocations,preserve peace and order,&c.,
will not be molested in person or property, unless
tbe exigencies of the service require it.
Keeper?, of public property of all kinds ate to
report 10 Boinbastee' their tend and
pl&ce? of business.
_ All rights of property, of whatever kind, will
be held inviolate, subject to the laws of the
United States.
All inhabitants are enjoined to -pursue them
usual avocations; places of business, and of
amusement, will be kept open,nnd sernces held
drinking ..!»»•. «
he.dqnarl.rn, get a H«nw, and be held
sible for disorders and disturbances of the peace
arising in their respective places-
A sufficient, force will be keptm the city to pre
set ve order and maintain the laws.
The killing of an American soldier by any
disorderlv person or mob is simply assassmation
and murder, and not war, and w.U be so regard
ed and punished. .
The owner of any house where such murder
committed, will be held responsible therefor, and
' the house be liable to destruction.
Mobs and crimes of an aggravated nature,
will be tried by military law; other misdemean
ors will be referred to the municipal authority, 1
it chooses to act. Civil causes will be tried in
’ tbe ordinary tribunals. All taxes aresuppiesse ,
! except those necessary for keeping in repair an
i lighting the streets, and for sanitary purposes,
which are to be collected in the usual way.
The circulation of Confederate bonds, scrip
and other evidences of debt, except those bear
ing the similitude of banK notes, areprohib.te
in view of the necessities of the community, t e
latter (Confederate notes,) are allowed to circo.
late “so long as any .one may be inconsiderate
enough 1 to take them.”
No publication of movements of Federal troops
will be permitted; and all criticisms upon the
army, or upon the rebels, must be submitted .0 a
censor appointed for that purpose-(Glorious free
country —that United States ')
The transmission of telegraphic dispatches will i
be under tbe charge of a Federal officer
As the soldiers of the United .states have
only to restore order, Ac., all well disposed per
sons are requested to help suppress 4j? o! ' dera >
and if anv Federal soldier does any disreputable
act. Butler requests that the offender be re P Q “®?
I to head quarters, so that be may be pun - ,
and his wrongful act redre.-sed.
The municipal authority, so far as the ponce
and crimes are concerned, is suspended.
Ail assemblages in the streets, by day or mgn.,
j are suppressed. . ‘
1 The Fire Department is requested to comma.,
■in force, and report to headquarters. ;
! Finally, he adds, martial law wil be c f ,n ‘'?“ >
’ aed so long as it is deemed necessary, anc. win
ibe strictly enforced. , I
; It will be seen that this edict places the unto.*
tunate people of New Orleans in the position ot -
vassalsj deprived of all tbe rights ? f c fre ?“ e "’
and subiect to tbe mil nod of Benjaon.
F. Butler, of Ma-saehusetts. Let every oouthern
i comm unity resolve te never submit to sucn ace-.
j grad.ng fate!
FROM COSIHTE-
p. W. A., writes iqthe fejavannah A'epuL’foatt,
' under date of May Ist, that “there is considers*
ble sickness in ibe army. The prevailing dis
eases are dysentery, pneumonia and measles,
with occasional cases of chills and fever. The
'.ground ocrapied by our encampment about Cor
! inth is low and damp, and has not been diy since
1 Christmas. The sickness in the Federal army is
' said to be very greet.
I “generals Price and VanDorn have arrived, fo°
■ gether with tbe greater part of their forces. The
' Fifth Georgia is here, and possibly other regi
' ments from youriState, but I have not yet bad
I time to look them up,
"I saw yesterday the Hon. Waldo P. Johnson,
1 late United States Senator from Missouri. He is
a private in a regiment from that devoted State.”
On the sth mat., he writes another letter, from
which we make the following extract
Before clo-oing this letter, I must tell you that
your young townsman, Capt. Avery, of tbe Geor
gia Mounted Dragoons, is winning golden opin
ions here from the highest officers in the army.
Hets very active and enterprising, and is one of
the best scouts in the service. Gen. Hardee de
sired to obtain particular information some days
ago of tbe position and movements of the enemy,
and he asked Avery to get rt for him, which he
did. His report w.s so ciear and satisfactory,
and tbe information so useful, that Hardee sent it
up to Beauregard, who in a written memorandum
, endorsed upon the back of ii,spoke in very com
plimentary terms of the Captain, and desired Har
dee to express his (G’s) thanks to him for the
. hazardous and useful service he had performed,
aad the manner in which it had been done. Capt.
A. fornaerly belonged to the Bth Georgia Regi
ment, aecd was in the battle of Manassas.
And here let me make-a correction in regard
i to the -extent of cer casualities in the battle of
Shiloh, My statement of’.he killed and wounded
, was predicated upon the opinions of surgeons
• aad officers who ought to have been well in
formed. There is leason to fear, however, that
they misled me, and as I never knowingly utter
j an untruth oh my own part, I am unwilling tha:
others should use me to do so for them.
. The extent of our loss is known at the Adjn*
tant’soffice, though it has not been communicated
to the public. It is now believed to have been
fully 10 000—one-fifth of whom were killed, the
rest, wounded aad missing * The wounds, as you
were advised in a former letter, were compara
tively slight, and but few deaths have surpen
vened. The enemy’s loss, according to the latest
information, was nearly, if not quite, double that
of the Confederates. It was one of the bloodiest
battles of modern times—exceeding, when num
bera are taken into consideration, those of Wa*
terioo and So.ferino. The loss wag about 33 per
cent, of the force engaged. P. W. A.
TEE WOUNDED IN THE GEORGIA HOSPIT
AL IN RICHMOND, VA-
Rev. Mr. W. H. Potter, Corresponding Secreta
ry of the Georgia Hospital Association has re
ceived from Mr. J.T. Newberry, a list of the
wounded in the Georgia Hospital in Richmond.
The list embraces a number es wounded from
Virginia, Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina,
and Mississippi. We append those from
Georgia, and South Carolina ;
Lucius Whitick, Madison Morgan co. Ga.,
Cobb’s Legion, in the hand, slightly. May 2d, at
Dam No. 2, transferred to Petersburg.
J. B. Cane, Sparta, Ga., Co E, 15th regiment,
Capt, Smith, through the lungs severely—thought
to be fatal.
Win. M Gmnis, Winnsborough, R. C., Harrip
ion’s Legion, Capt. MoFee’s Co., May 4tfi
at Williamsburg.
O. M. Lieber, Columbia, 8. C., Hamilton’s Le
gion, Capt. McFee’s co., wounded May 7th at
Went Point.
• —1
Buttons.—Tbe Lmca«ter(B. C.) Ledger- says:
We have been shown a sample of buttons made
by Mr. Wi'ltam Benson, of the third district.—
They are made of bone and well finished—equal
to the huttoo* tn be found in the stores. It fa
said that bi-, machinery is very simple, and that
he can turn out one thousand per day.
. •*-.
Nor a Yankee Invention.— Captain C. P. Cole,
of the British Navy, writ, s a letter to the London
Ttmet, ( n which he claims the credit of the plan
of the Monitor, which, he says, is constructed i n
exact conformity tw drafts lu ntshedby himself t
to tbe government in 1855. and which hay e been
stulen and appropriated by the Yaukeee.
LATEST FBOM NEW ORLEANS.
Through the politeness of Mr. Loving, says the
Mobile Adverti-wr one of the proprietors of the
New Orleans Della, we have a copy of that jour
nal of Saturday evening. From it we extract the
following interesting intelligence of affairs in the
Crescent City:
Gen. Butler and the City Authorities.—Ne«
Eotiations between Gen. Butler and the city
authorities are still pending. Last night the
Mayor and Council, accompanied by their adviser,
Hnn Pierre Soule, had an interview with the
Commanding Officer of the United States forcces
now occupying this city, at his headquarters, at
the St. Charles Hotel. Gen. Butler read to the
Mayor end Council the proclamation, sub-dan*
ciallv as it has been pubhsned and circulated
among oir Sens- Mr. Soule on the part of the
city authorities, communicated to Gen. But er
their views as to the civil government of the ci y
and the administration of its n?
this crisis, and stated distinctly that the May
and Council would continue in the exercise of
their functions, it left entirely fiee iu
mance of their duties, but would, lf f a ,L nn,‘ ted i
sered with by the military power of the United
States authorities, yield to the lat er entire
control and management ot tbe city. After jome
discussion it was agreed upon that the Mayor ano
Council should to administer the government ot
the city in all respects as before with the excep
tion oKaking cognizance of P oht '“ l / , t^ D ;j^ I ted
interference with the mihtsry power 01 ie Ln ed
States, which Gen. Buder reserves to tbe dealt
with bv his own provost Marshal. ,
With respect to our citizens being treated a.
‘‘rebels ” Gen. Butler distinctly that no
nvrson who “preserved quite and order and re*
F frnm divine aid and comfort to the ene-
S of his government “will be disturbed either
ln Nothing°was r ßaid i to tending an oath of al
legiance to the United States to any citizen :
The question o‘ food was brought, up, and Gen.
Butler recognized it as one of paramount impor
tance. He stated he would not Offer any °PP°^ t ’°“
to the introduction of supplies of food by th
ord ; nary means of transportation. Steamboat.,
and railroad cars to run as usual. He reserving
to himself to say who should come into and who
should go out of the city. . . , . , »■
We believe these were tbe principal points du s
cussed in tbe interviews. Details were left to be
irranged to-day at another conference which is
now being held.
STARTLING NEWS-
We learn through Captain Hill, of the steamer
Shultz, who arrived h*re lest night at 10 o clock
that our batteries at Day Pomt and Hardy s Bluff
on fumes river, vere attacked by three of the en
emy’s ‘ gunboats ye-terday morning at 8 o clock
and silenced them m a short time.
The steamers Patrick Henry and Thos. Jeffer
son both arrived here yesterday evening at a late
hour and are now at Drury’s Bluff awaiting fur.,
ther orders. It is believed that the river at that
point will be properly obstructed by tbe sinking
of boats and vessels.
One of the vessels which attacked our batteries
at short range was the iron-clad steamer Galena.
The others were supposed to be wooden ones.
Tfie Curtis Peck was taking on troops last eve
ning for Drury’s Bluff.
We learn from Captain Hill that he wasyester*
day ordered by General Magruder, (now mck at
1 Westover.) to take on at Berkley Wharf 175 bar«
'■e’s of flour and a large lot of bacon and beef,
and proceed at once up Chickahommy river to
sunply the Commissary Department of our army.
After having loaded, Capt.‘ Hill proceeded with*
out delay, but nffbn arriving at Shop Wharf, on
James river, received a letter from William H.
Southa 1, Esq., a magistrate of Charles City coun
ty in which it was stated that a heavy fight was
then (Wednesday e ’ening) progressing at or near
Diaschun bridge in James City county, immettt
atelv opposite his residence at Mount Airy and
f-xpressmg that portion of 011.
army had been cut off.
We make this extract from Iris letter :
“Fiona appearances tbe fight seems to approach
Trower’s Point, at the month of Dzaschun Creek.
1 fear our army is cut rff. God help us m our
struggle for independence. There is a lighter
now crossing tbe river at the mouth of the above
creek loaded with troops.”
Capt. Hill, learning this information, and short
ly after meeting the Patrick Henry and Thomas
Jefferson on their way up deemed it prudent to re
turn to Richmond with tbe commissary stores.
We are no alarmists, but in view of tbe facts
above stated, we earnestly urge upon every citi
zen to be watchful and determined to meet the
invader with :.n undaunted spirit, should he suc
ceed in making his way to the vicinity of Rich
mond,—Richmond Diepalch.
A Big Lie.—The great fight at BarhamsviUe on
Wednesday turns out to have oeen a great c-anard.
Whoever started it richly deserves a cell m the
Penitentiary fora term of at least six months.
For a whole community to be thrown into such a
J painful excitement as ours has been in for twen
ty-four hours by a barefaced and deliberate false
hood, put in circu'ation by some soulless scamp,
isa moat intolerable outrage. Such an infamous
imposition could not be too severely punished if
tbe guilty wretch who perpetrated it could be
found out. Several families hereabouts have
near and dear relatives m tbe army of the Pa
munkey, and we heard a gentleman yesterday ex
pressing his feare about the safety of a nephew
who, he said, must have been m tbe alleged fight
at BarhamsviUe. Tins is ibe way people are vic
timized by these cold-blooded authors of menda*
cions reports. We may talk about the monstrous
system of lying universally prevalent at the
North, but we are mortified to think that there
are Southern Munchauseas not a wbit.better than
the worst in Yankee land. The evil is a sad one,
but we fear that it is incurable.
Petersburg ( Va.) Ma-jV2ih.
THE METHODIST PROTESTANT GENERAL
CONFERENCE.
This body met at Montgomery, Ala , on the Sth
instant, but as there was not a quorum present,
there was only a meeting held of tb.e delegates
j present, and the following resolutions, reported
by the Committee on Btts’ness, were received and
adopted ;
Whereas, tbe condition of the country has pres
, vented the attendance of a quorum of the members
elect to the General Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church, appointed to meet here at this
t ine, and whereas it is important that some ac
tion be had preparatory to a regular meeting of
that body as soon as practicable; we therefore re
spectfully recommend that the delegates present,
with such visiting brethren as may be with us
during our deliberations, constitute a provisional
board for this purpose.
We furthermore recommend that a Committee
of seven be appointed to correspond with the
.. .esidents and other prominent members of the
several Annual Conferences within the limits of
this Confederacy, mging the importa ce of a
meeting of the Genera! Conference at as early a
pr-nod as circumstances will allow, (the time and
place of the meeting to be designated by the
vonamittee,) and that the delegates elected to
said Conference be clothed with full conventional
powers.
lu view also of the urgent necessity of some
inetuis of intercourse between the different por
tions of tbe Church, it is suggested that ibe same
committee he empowered to correspond with Bro.
ri-ias-, W. Button, of Lynchburii, (or in the event
cf fainng u> effect an arrangement with him, with
any other person they may deem proper,) to as.
certain whether he would be willing to devote a
portion of bis weekly paper to Cbm eh uses, upon
such terms as tne committee may propose.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
F. L. B. Shavrb, j
John Bass, > Committee.
Sam K. Cox. *
Tbe following brethren were appointed memr
bersof tbe committee called for by tbe report:
Rev. F. L. fi Shaver, Chairman.
Rev. L L. Hill.
Rev, Sam’l K. Cox.
Rev. K. E, Norton.
Rev. J. C. Davis.
Hon. B. S. Bibb.
C> R. Crenshaw, Esq.
J-'rorn the I’elerebttrf Expreeg
FROM SUFFOLK.
Dear Excess-. The moveniXte’ oHhe mUitarr
in tins thv.sion was so unexpected and has preT
duced such a feeling of disappointment that I
have not felt in the spirit of writing or commul
nicatingany information to the puolic. There fa
still much excitement prevailing
Yesterday about 10 o’clock the heaviest firinv
winch has been heard since the war commenced
was heard in the direction of Smithfield. U?;
in the day we learned that the gunboats of the
Chickohemy were shelling Fort Boykin near
Smithfield. The only information we have thia
( ™Hen" g 18 a ‘ th ° F ° rt ,here and another ha( ’
Late in the day the bombardment of Sewell’s
loint commenced, and was continued until the
t'reated ' 1 ber a *’P eorance > when they all re-
You will learn from Norfolk that Capt. Rias, in
command of the schooner A. J. White, ran over
1 r 1? t 2 es ' te [. da - v a °d has informed General
M 00l of ai l the imhtry movements in this section..
Rias is a Y ankre by birth, and onlv did what the
authorities might have expected. It will not do
to trust Northern men at a time lite this.
A marauding party of Yankees landed yester
day at Cannon’s Wharf, ten miles below 'Gates
iylle, on tbe Chowan river, and went up to Mr.
Alexander Jordan’s, pressed bis horses and carts,
and removed a quantity of bacon, and then set
tire to houses, destroying most of nis property.
Capt. Grewer, 111 command of the Nansetnond
cavalry, went down and attacked them, when
they fled to their boats. In the skirmish Mr.
Kilby, ot Suffolk, one of the cavalry, was slightly
wounded in the arm by a shot from the enemv.
A large number of slaves are escaping to’ the
enemy. A few night since about 38 escaped from
Mr. Wm. J. Wright, and several from Capt. Kirby
and others m tbe lower part of this county. In
Gates, Chowan and Perquimans counties, N. C.
they got off almost every night. Dr. R. Jenkins,
of Perquimans has recently lost 31 slaves who
have gone over to Roanoke Island.
The enemy’s gunboats ascended the Che,wan
yesterday to* near Wainoak Ferry, and, at latest
accounts, the 57ih Virginia regiment were in
line of battle awaiting the approach of the Van
dais.
The future to this particular section looks most
unhopeful, and 1 shall only write occasionally as
circumstances favor.
Brock.
The Wheat Crops.—From numerous persons
on Salesday last, we learn that the prospects of
an abundant wheat and oat crop are exceedingly
fine. The only fear expressed is that the supera
bundance of rain may give it tbe rust. So far,
we believe, no blight of any kind has appeared
upon either.— Sp(irtanbwg\S. O.) Spartar,
Latest from Vicksburg.—From the Vicksburg
Whig, of the 9th instant, we obtain the follows
ing:
Thu Federal Fleet.— At 4 o’clock yesterday noon
six Federal vessels were anchored off Tunica,
about twenty-five miles below Bayru Sara. One
of the steamers went on down, and it is suppos
ed will go to the city. Some of tbe mvn from tbe
fleet went out to a plantation and threatened to
kill the negroes if they did not get them poultry,
eggs, butter, &c. The negroes fled from their
quarters to the overseer for protection.
What the fleet returned to Tonica for, is not
known. Some think tbev ran short of provisions,,
and finding no sympathizers on the route, was
compelled to send a boat back to New Orleans
to get a supply. Others are of the opinion that
they want to intercept troops and cattle coming
out of Red river; while a few say they stopped to
clean the boilers of the boats. But they would
hardly drop down a hundred miles to clean the
j boilers, as that could be done as well atonep'ace
as another, nor can it be to intercept troops and
cattle coining out of Red liver, as they have ans
chorod some fifty or sixty miles below tbe mouth
of that stream. The move is a mysterious one,
and puzzles the best skilled quid nvnes- What
ever kind of a ruse de gueire W may be, a few
days will, we think, disclose it all.
THE FIGHT AT MCDOWELI - LOSS OF 'iHE
12TH GEORGIA.
[Hon. E. A. Nisbet, besides using the telegraph
and the mails, sends tbe following telegiam to us
for publication, as one of the means of imparting
the information to the friends of the killed aad
wounded.)
Special to Ron. E. A. Risbet.
Staunton, 10th.—I leave in the morning with
the bodies of Capt. W. L. Furlow, Capt. McMila
lan, Capt. Patterson, Lieut. Turpin, Lieut. Gold
wire, Lieut. Woodward and B- B. Read.
The following is a list of the casualties in tha
Putnam Light Infantry :
Killed.— E. B. Read, E. S. Davis, F. 8. Wil*
hams.
WoantUd— Slightly.—Cant. Davis, Went. Mar
shall, J- Bell, J, Little, J. Denham, A. Walker, J
A. Bell, A. Marshall, H. Nomas, Sei*gt. R. H. Jean
kins.
S>verely.— Lieut. Ethridge, Sergt. Barthoiler, J.
R.< Parker, A. H. Reid, S. B. Barthoiler,
Stubbs, J. G. Adams, Rickerson, A. W.
Gor.ey, T. J. Pearson, W. W..Sather, J. T. Dis
make. R- A. Read
Macon Telegraph, May 12<L
Vicksburg.—This place will be certainlyaf
tacked by the Yankee gunboats within a few
days- We learn that stores are being removed,,
and all the cotton liabfo to capture that could
be removed has befiti burnt:
We sincerely hope that Vicksburg, for the
honor of Mississippi, will exhibit spunk enough
to defend the place, Whatever iray be thq conv
sequences. We hope that those defending it
will not be ready to run at the first approach of
danger, and that the little city of Vicksburg will
cause the blush of shame to mantie the cheeks of
those who tamely surrendered New Orleans, Let
the enemy shell to his heart's content, but let
there be no disgraceful capitulation 1 CummiA
the place to the flames and tight over its ashes
until the last foe expires. This is the true policy.
It is satest and cheapest in the end.
Jackson Mississ'ppian, May
We are indebted to C. G. Conner, Esq., for the
following telegram:
Staunton, May 11.—Col. Conner is safe and
with the army. He is in pursuit of the enemy
beyond Monterey. Nearly all of tbe wounded and
killed of tbe 12th Georgia arrived here this more
ning by railroad. W. C. K. Stump.
CENTRAL CITY BLUES—KILLED AND
WOUNDED.
The following private telegram was received
on Saturday:
McDowell, Va„ 9th.—There was bard fighting
here yesterday. Four men killed and five wound
ed in tbe Central City Blues. Killed—Sherwood,
Rogers. William Hard, Joseph W’ilder. Wounds
ed —Lieut. Massey and Bulloch, mortaily, Glover,
Puckett and Kavannagh severely. The rest ot
mv company safe. Col. Conner safe.
" “ J. G. Rogers.
Atlanta Intelligencer, May 13th.
Cairo, 111., April 28.—The steamer Shinghiss
reached here to-night from Fort Pillow.
The bombardment is still progressing, though
our mortars fire but few shots. ■
Twenty-nine deserters from the enemy came
in on Sunday, and were taken on board the gun*
boats, by order of the flag-officer. ..
Tbe bombardment will soon be opened in e
nest, and the rebel stronghold will be she
constantly until the enemy surrenders.
There is a report, which is deemed reliable,
that the rebel gunboat fleet is comlo
river to attack our flotilla, and tnen .*
strike for tbe possession of the . » oW erful
.re Ur,. ...
to
tack, a s earner was immeoia e Y P -miners
l.tad 10. haring »”
sufficient to man the k*. r ‘ z- .t „
This step was thought acivt-able in view of tbe
reported attack bv the rebel
North Carolina State bonds s< •• 0
mend nt 106. Virginia at »-•