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WKDN.SMHY MOANING, may 21. 1862.
“SKEDADDLE.”
The Yankees are an inventive people. The
shelves of the Patent Office at Washington are
full of curious models of curious machinery
for all kinds of things—except, perhaps, the
imrds which these ingenious people invent to
operate the machinery of language. These are
to be found in the linguistical museums of
Webster and Worcester, and other lexicograph
ers of Yankeedoodledom. Oue of the latest
inventions, however, in this respect, and one
which is not, perhaps, to be found even in the
latest editions of the learned gentlemen refer
red to, is the one which is at the head of this
article. It has a singular appearance in print,
has an odd sound when pronounced, and is of
doubtful origin, but possesses a world of mean
ing. It is used by the correspondent of the
Milwaukie, (Wicousin) News, i;i one ot his
letters from Buell’s army, in which he says the
Federate “willneither surrender nor skedaddle!
If there is a synonym for it, that synonym is
to be found in the word stampede; but “stam
pede” is by no means as expressive as “ske
daddle.” The former signities, according to
Webster and Kendall, “a sudden flight of cattle
or horses, and leading them to run for many
miles, until they often sink down or die under
their terrors.” But to skedaddle is, according
to our interpretation, to run for many miles,
through fear of Confederate bayonets ; and not
only to sink down with terror, but to strew the
ground with knapsacks, guns, clothing. &c._to
see a “masked battery” in every hedge, and a
Black Horse Cavalry behind every stump. At
Manassas, the enemy “skedaddled" beyond
Washington, and it was even asserted that
some of them did not cease “skedaddling” until
they reached New "York; at Chickamacomico,
the Indiana Regiment “skedaddled” to an ex
traordinary degree : and at Shiloh, there was
another "skedaddling” before the victorious
arms of Beauregard.
We are unable to trace the derivation of this
expressive word satisfactorily. We find in
Webster, however, that “skid” signifies, among
other things “a slider,” and “daddle”—“to do
anything slowly, to walk with tottering, like a
child or an old man.” This is evidently not
the proper derivative; because skedaddle
would mean to “slide slowly away,” when it is
certain that the reverse is the case. “Daeda
lous” may be the word—signifying “bordered
with various windings and turnings," <fcc. —“a
term applied to leaves, &c.,” or more probably
“Daggle” is the derivators: “to run through
mud and water.” Thus we have the origin of
the new word: “Skid,” a Slider, and “Daggle’’
through mud and water, or through anything
to get out of the way of Confederate bayo
nets.
Such being the origin of “Skedaddle, 5 it is to
be hoped that our enemies will be compelled to
give frequent examples of it. Our armies are
fast drawing them to positions, away from
their gunboats, where iron-clad Monitors and
long range Parrott guns will not come into play,
and where our troops can use the cold steel to
gome advantage. Then will our toes ha.ve to
‘‘skedaddle,” and when once the process is com
menced, we hope it may not cease until the
“akedaddlers” are driven far beyond the con
fines of the Confederacy, and made to feel, in
their own dominions the full effects of war.
CONFIDENT OF THE FUTURE-
In the midst of his most trying difficulties du
ring last winter's campaign in Missouri, Gen.
Price closed one of his dispatches to the Gov
ernor of that State with the following inspiring
sentence: “Governor, I am confident of the
future.”
Thus spoke the soul or an undaunted hero
and a firm patriot. No difficulties could appal
him—no disasters dishearten him—no clouds
cast gloom upon his spirit. He looked beyond
the troubled present to a serene, unclouded fu
ture, where the sunshine of peace and prosperi
ty brightened up the landscape. He never
doubted that triumph, independence and a glo
rious future were to be the ultimate reward of
all the toils and sacrifices of our bleeding coun
try. In the same faith, he and his brave com
patriots in arms are steadfast still; and they
stand near the bloody field of Shiloh, ready for
the hundredth time to breast the battle shock,
and strike for homes and liberty.
Let the same lofty serenity of soul possess
our people everywhere. Let none become faint
hearted amidst trials and gloom. Tho enemy
too have their difficulties to meet—their disas
ters to endure. Many obstacles are in the long
and rugged path before them, and the farther
they advance, the more Herculean appears the
task they have undertaken. Indeed, the goal
of success recedes from their view as they ad
vance, and now they no longer talk of a con
quest of the South being achieved in a few
weeks. They begin to discuss the poss.b ilities
of the defeat of their grand armies, and of the
diseases of the summer climate of the South.
They begin to contemplate the policy of retro
grade movements in that event, and of postpon
ing further advances into the interior of the
cottou States till next winter.
Noone can fail to observe that throughout the
South, this confidence in ultimate success in
our struggle for independence never falters.—
All admit that many trials, and much privation,
and suffering are tn score for our people. They
know full well that this is the price they have
to pay for the inestimable boon of self-govern
ment. But they are. sternly resolved to pay
that price—to suffer and endure, if need be,
everything but dishonor. This determined
spirit of our people cannot be conquered. They
will neither truckle to Yankee power, and bow
the neck to the yoke of Yankee bondage: nor
will they listen to the enticements of trade and
intercourse with them, at the price of abjuring
their fidelity to the Southern flag and the South
ern cause. They will not accept loans from
Yankee masters, let what will betide. The
spirit that animates the people of New Orleans
speaks the voice of the entire South. The mili
tary possession of the waters ol the Mississippi
doesnot give the enemy jurisdiction over the
soil beyond the reach of their guns. It is a
country hostile to the invaders and will remain
so. They can hold no part of it outside the
hues of their military camps. They will be un
able to make any profitable use of it. It will
be an occupation expensive, wasting, and ex
hausting, and the invading forces, spared by
disease and the sword, will finally be with
drawn, if they are not deiven at the point of
the bayonet. The most overshadowing military
and naval power is impotent to hold so vast a
territory in defiance of a hostile population. It
is the consciousness of this fact that cheers
our people in the midst of disaster, and makes
them confident of the future
—_—
RICHMOND
It will be seen, by teferencejo our telegraphic
columns, that the first attack of the gunboats on
the James river batteries has been repulsed
and that the Governor and people of Richmond
have resolved to defend the city to the last ex«
tremity. It is to be hoped that this resolve
will be strictly mainta Ined, and that, by the
obstructions in the river, the formidable bat
teries on the banks, and the grand army in the
rear of the city, will be able to prevent Rich
mond from falling into the hands of the enemy.
If not, at all events, let it not be surrendered
[communicated-]
Mr. Editors : Much has already been written
and to good effect in reference to the propriety
of planting a large grain and a small cotton
crop. The importance and propriety of this
teaching is more clearly manifested by the de
velopments of the last few weeks. Cut off as
we are from supplies from the grain-growing
regions of the West, we must necessarily look
to the Cotton States for a supply of provisions
for our army, and for the poor families in our
midst. The wheat crop hqs been injured so
much by the rust, that moce than a half crop
cannot, I think, be realized.. Although the cot
ton crop has been materially reduced, except in
a few instances where meanness has predomi
nated over patriotism, there has been never
theless entirely, too much ootton planted We
have a suggestion to offer, which, if universally
heeded,! think will to a great extent, relieve the
injury sustained by the wheat and oat crops
having been cut off, and by our having plant
ed too much cotton to the exclusion of grain.—
If meanness should predominate over patriot
ism, as a matter of course our humble sugges
tion will pass unheeded. Our suggestion is
that our planters plow up half at least of their
cotton already planted, and plant the land thus
plowed up in peas, cowpeas, or any of the or
dinary varieties of field peas.
Check' the cotton land three or four feet, and
drop from ten io twenty peas against the old
cotton row. cultivate well, and a good crop
may be, with fair season, confidently expected
We can fatten our pork, feed our stock gener
ally on the peas and pea hay, and so be en
abled to sell more corn and fodder to the Gov
ernment. The suggestion may appear simple,
but the magnitude of the interests at stake in
our present struggle, z suspended as they are
upon the supply of provisions we produce for
our arnpy this year, becomes our only apology
for offering it. It is said that Rome was saved
on one occasion by tho cackling of geese; it is
possible that the Southern Confederacy may be
saved by an abundant crop of cowpeas,
Agbicola.
GUN3O AT-
Ms - . Gardner : Will find enclosed $6, from Mrs.
John Green. Please add to it the contributions
from the ladies of Burke for the Gunboat Fund.
Crossville, Dawson co., Ga.,)
May 12,1862. ' f
Mb. Jas, Gardnbr—Zfeae Sir : You will please
find enclosed $59, the remaining contributions of
the ladies of Dawson county.
We hope the ladies of Georgia may succeed in
this their great and noble undertaking ; that
their gunboat may go out upon our waters as a
conqueror of the conquerors; and that peace
may once more hover o’er our bleeding land.
Yours, respectfully, R. Banfo».
Mrs Jane Sanford, $lO,
Mrs Adaline Julian, $lO,
Mrs Emma Brown, $5,
Miss Mollie Sanford, $5, .
Miss Nettie Sanford, $5, W
Little Julia Sanford, $1
Little Addie Sanford, sl,
Amount first sent, $37.
Mrs Margaret Palmer, $lO,
Mrs Linda Burt, $5,
Mrs John Byers, $5,
Mrs John Bruce, $2,
Mrs Samiel Taylor, sl,
Mrs William Hendrix, 1,
Mrs Moses Cannon, sl,
Mrs Jeptha Tally, sl,
Mrs Stevens Kitchens, $5,
Mrs John Palmer, $2,
Mrs James Black, $2,
Mrs F C Andoe, $2,
Miss Lizzie Julian, $2,
Little Nannie Palmer, sl,
Little Johnny Palmer, sl,
Miss Nancy Tally, sl,
Miss Sarah Tally, sl,
Miss Margaret Tally, sl,
Miss Kizzie Tally, sl,
Miss Polhe Grant, sl,
Miss Margaret Black, $2,
Miss Carrie Black, sl,
Miss Ciuthia Kellogg, $lO,
Amount, $96.
Sandersyillb, Ga.. May 11th, 1962.
Hon. Wm. W. Holt -My Dear Sir; I seize the
opportunity afforded, by nay husband s visit to
Jederson county to send yon the amount of gun
boat now on hand, to-wit; $165.50. Please make
’he usual deposition of it, and oblige,
Yours, very truly,
Mas. Jas. 8, Hook, Sec. A Tres.
Miss M 8 Partridge. $1
Mrs GW Ruchete,
Mrs J 8 Tompkins $1
Mrs Samuel Smith, $i
Mrs Addison Jones, $1
Mrs T Wissoloskey, $1
Mrs P Wissoloskey, $1
Mrs II A Josey, $1
Mrs Samuel Josey, fl
Mrs I) W Harrison, r>oc
Mrs W L Taylor, $2
Mrs T B Smith. $2
Mrs Jas Tavlor, fl
Mrs M W Roughtun, fl
MrsßG Smith, $45
Miss Jennie Smith, $5
Miss REC King, 50c
Miss L A Clark, 50c
Miss C V Clark, 50e
Miss Fannie Taylor, ft
Miss Annie Taylor, fl
Mr J C King, 50c
Mr Rowl y, $1
Mrs Henry Wood, $5
Mrs Jas Everett, $1 50
Mrs Asariah Wood, fl
Mrs S C Bland, $1
Miss Nannie Wood, $1
Mrs E W Jordan, $5
Mrs Jonn Trawick, $5
Mrs James Reynolds, $3
Mrs T J Adams, $3
Mrs M H Bland, $3
Mrs D A Green, $3
Mrs B H Miller, $3
Mrs W F Wombiy, $3
Mrs S D Slade, $2
Mrs E D Jordan, fl
Mrs W M Boyer, $1
Mrs N N , $1
Miss Lucy Latimer, $5
Miss Venissa AdamS, $8
Miss E Jordan, $1
Miss T B Roberts, $1
Mr J G Shenor, $2
Mrs John Fisher, $2
Mrs John Josey, $2
Mr H 1) Didier, $4
Mrs Dr Palmer, $1
Miss Mary Palmer, $1
Mrs Wm Barkesdale, $L
Mr W A Mitchell, $1
Mr B Bell, 50c
Mr Thos J MitcheiUfl
Mrs I) Graham, $2
Mrs C A Bell, $1
Miss Lizzie Robinson, $1
Mrs Green Young, $1 25
Little Johnnie Harrison, 25c
Mrs Margarette Wicker, $lO
Mrs Buraia Amerson, $1
Mrs Emma Amerson, $1
Mrs E Welch, 50c
Mrs A M Sparks, $2
Miss G A Sparks, sl.
Miss Till Davis, $2
Miss Temp Davis, $2
Miss Belle Davis, $1
Wash, (servant), $1
Total, $l6O 50.
Covington, Ga., May 14th, 1862.
Col. Gardner—Dear Sir: I notice one error
in the list as published, i. e., Mrs. S. T. Phinizy
sheuld be $5 instead of $2. Also, from my
note at the head of the list, it would appear
that I only SIOO, when it should be $132.
I believe I omitted in the note, to mention the
full amount, and left blank to fill up. When I
had the list footed up, and in the hurry of get
ting it ready to send, forgot to fill the blank.—
Please make thfe alterations, and oblige,
Very respectfully,
* W. P. Anderson.
ARMY C ‘REESPONDERCE OF THE SAVAN
NAH REPUBLICAN.
THE BATTLE OF FARMINGTON.
Corinth, May 10.
There is but little to add to ths account I sent
you by telegraph of the affair at Farmington yes
terday. Tbe enemj r had been parading up and
down on our right for several days, and seemed
to be really anxious to cross swords withes. In
deed, he had become so insolent that Beauregard
concluded he would give him an opportunity to
show whether he meant all his acts implied, or
was merely playing the braggart. Accordingly,
he put a part of the army in motion la the fore
noon, and by 12 o’clock he had come up with the
eneray at Farmington, a “deserted village” five
miles northeast of Corinth, on the road to Har
risburg.
Qur officers were aware that Gen. Pope was at
Farmington with his New Madrid army of about
20,000 men. It was not known, however, what
other forces, if any,.were there to co-operate with
htra. The forces sent out to engage him differed
very little from his own in numbers. And yet
he and his entire army seemed to bo stricken with
a Dants from the beginning of the engagement.
The truth is, they tied like so many sheep. Two
or three regiments did attempt to make a stand,
and tn one instance a considerable force made a
dash at Robinson’s battery; but they were re>-
pulsed in the most gallant manner. Robinson
double-shouted his guns with grape, and with a
few and well directed discharges, he scattered
them like a flock°of turkeys. The moment they
gave way, he dashed forward with, his battery,
and poured a murderous fire into their retreating
ranks, which sent them across Seven Miles creek
in true Bull Run fashion.
Robinson’s battery is one of the best io the ar
my, and rendered admirable service at Shiloh
both Sunday and Monday, The company was
made up at "Pensacola out of the twelve- months’
regiments, and is composed of Georgians. Ala
bamians, and Mississipians. Cupt. B. is from
There are of the affair which could
not fail to interest your readers, if I felt at lib
ertv to give them. Suffice it, to say, we came near
capturing the greater part of Pope’s army. Two
hours'more and the thing would have been done.
Three guns were fired in succession by the Com
federates about 9 o’clock the night before, which
seem to have have produced a moving effect upon
the Fedearls, who constraed them into a signal of
some sort, and accordinglv they fell buck some
distance during the night. This rendered it nec
essary for us to march that much farther before
we came up to them. And thus the enemy
escaped.
Gen. Ruggles opened the attack, and Van Dorn
and Price soon toox up the tale. The army of the
West, led by the heroes of Elkhorn, were princi
pally engaged. The enemy ran so fast that Gen.
Ruggles’ division, after a tew discharges, were
unable to get within range «f his flying columns,
ndeed- it was a running fight from the moment
he Federate learned we had attacked them in
orce. Possibly Gen. Pope had orders to retire in
the event he si as attacked, since one can hardly
conceive how 20,000 fresh troops in position
could fail to offer a stubborn resistance to even
twice their own numbers. And yet the wild con
fusion and disorder in which bis troops fled—
each man seeming to be concerned in taking care
of himself alone—would preclude the idea that
his withdrawal was in accordance with previous
orders.
His conduct is rendered still more mysterious
by ths reports of prisoners, a few of whom were
captured tn spite of their fleetness. Seme of
them say that 40,000 men were massed together
in an entrenched camp behind Seven M’les Creek,
about a mile and a halfback of Farmington.
These troops had ample time to come to the as
sistance of Gen. Pope. Possibly Halleck thovght
we would follow on across the creek, where he
would have greatly the advantage; or, it maj- be,
be was not ready for the decisive battle, and
therefore remained quietly io his camp,, Be this
as it may, Gen. Beauregard offered him battle
upon a fair and open field, and he declined to ac
cept it. If he was not ready, then he acted
wisely ; if be was, and still declined the offer,
then he must disirust bis ability to cope with us
upon equal terms.
The loss was slight on both sides,, on account
of the character of th* engagement.. Fifty will
probably cover the number of our killed and
wounded, and two hundred that of the enemy.—
We captured a telegraph office, and a considera
ble amount of baggage and camp equippage. As
usual, a largo number of letters were picked up,
one of which, written by a young girl to her
brother, contains the following singular injunc
tion :
"Be a good boy Charles and if ypu see a
chemst in distress help him if it >s i» four p<wer
if it is Jeff. Dang his self.”
We took several horses and killed a great many.
A battalion of Federal c.xvslry attempted to arrest
the pursuit, and with this view they made a
charge upon one of our regiments ; but a single
volley trona the Confederates unseated nearly half
of them, and sent the rest flying after comrades.
The pursuit was stopped at JSeveN Miles Creek,
across which the enemy fled in cooi'xsion.
The affair has had a very happy efießt upon our
troops. The had been chafing for days under
the inoslent benaviour of the Federals, " said now
and then a weather-beaten follower of Price would
ask, how long Beauregard was going to let these
fellows shake their fists in his lace. It gave the
men a pleasantday’s entertainment, and has fur
nished them an agreeable t pic of conversation
for some time to come. The sth Georgia regiment
was present, but did not participate m the affair.
It went upon the field at a doubie-quick, and it
was with difficulty the boys could be restrained
from charging a battery—so eager were they for
the fray.
This regiment was re-organized on the Bth inst.
under the late act of Congress; Wm. T. Biack,
late Adjutant of the regiment, was elected Colonel;
C. B. Day, of the Clinch Rifivs, Lieut. Colonel,
and P. Daniel, of the Griffin Light Guard, Major.
Jas. H. Rogers, of the Upson Guards, has been
appointed Adjutant of the regiment by the newly
elected Colonel.
The Washington Artillery from Georgia also
elected new officers on the 3th. to wit: Speller,
Captain Pritchard, Ist Lieutenant —Wallace, 2d,
Dosher, 3d, and Roberts, 4tn.
Both the regiment and the artillery company
are pleased with their new officers.
The Federal press admit a toss at Shiloh of
over 13.000 men; including 3.900 prisoners. It is
believed in well informed circles that it would be
safe to double heir figures. You may form some
idea of the stunning effects of the blow admin
istered to the enemy on that ever memorable
field, from the fact that five weeks have now
elapsed since the battle was fought ; and yet with
all their resources in men and transportation,
thev have been unable thus far to renew the fight.
P. W. A.
—
THE CROPS
The following are are extracts from from our
I private correspondence:
Herndon, Ga., May sth, 1362.
The planters of this neighborhood are badly
scattered in their farming; some are still plant
ing, and is a great compiaint about having a
bad stand. One-third more corn is being
planted than was last year, aud of it there are
all ages; so, that some of it will be apt to be
in Ume to suit the seasons. Corn is very back
ward generally. M. S. B,
Coldwater, Hart County, Ga., )
May 13th, 1862. f
One farmer in this section has ulowed up
about fifty acres of cotton and planted it in
corn. That is a move in the right direction.—
May others be induced to do so too, before too
late. Hart county is all right. Our motto is,
Freedom or Death.
Although almost every mail brings the sad
tidings of great losses on aur seabord and else
where.; yet, we of Hart are not hopeless of tho
future grand result. May encouragement flow
on in one unbroken current from heart to heart,
and from tongue to tongue, throughout our
Confederacy, untiljour independence is aohieved.
We, of Hart county, are weighing well, in our
own minds, what the result would be if we
are conquered, and what it will be if we con
quer. We know that our own fate, as well as
the fate of unbo-n millions, are all involved in
the mighty struggle.
You may publish the foregoing if you think
fit., H. A. W., P. M.
FIRE AT ROSWELL FACTORY.
We are permitted to publish the following ex
tract from a private letter received in this city:
Roswbll, Ga., May 16, 1362.
The Pickery at the New Factory was burnt at
3or 4 o'clock this morning. Without doubt, it
was set on fire by Yankee bands or Yankee
money—as there is never a fire or light in the
room in which the fire broke out, and no ma
chinery in that room. A match must have been
worked in among the cotton bags- The calamity
is a very serious one for the operatives, who are
thrown out of employment by it . for, although
the Factory itself, within twelve feet of the Pick
ery house is uninjured, yet the Pickery being de
stroyed, the Factory must stop, except so far as
the old Factory is able to supply the deficiency,
which will be but partial.
From the Savannah (Ga.l Republican, May IT.
SICZ AND WOUNDED AT FORT PULASKI.
We have obtained from private Henry Harvey
Kinder, South Carolina Volunteers, who was
brought up from Pulaski with a flag of truce some
days ago, the following l ! st of the wounded and
sick. Confederate soldiers belonging to the late
garrison, and still remaining at the fort:
’ Cwporal D. P. Landerahine, Oglethorpe Light
Infantry, left in charge of the sick
WUVKSBD.,
Private Isaac Ames, Oglethorpe Light Infantry,
wounded in the leg by recoil of gun—had one
foot amputated.
Private Shaw, Oglethorpe Light Infantry, left
arm shot off and wounded in the right arm and
side.
Private Wm Stokes, Washington Volunteers,
slightly wounded in the side.
SICK.
Sergeant James Creed, Wise Guards.
Private Wm. Bailey, Montgomery Guards.
Sergeant M. B. Gilmore, Wise Guards.
Private H. M. Moulton, Wise Guards.
Private Jack Sturtevaat, Wise Guards.
Private Sullivan.
Private C. Donelly, Montgomery Guards.
Private A. Ponce, Jr., Oglethorpe Light In
fantry.
Private L. Berry, Oglethorpe Light Infantry
Private Kleckley, Wise Guards.
Private Ricks, Wise Guards.
Piivate Michael Curran, Montgomery Guards.
Private J. S. Jordan, Oglethorpe Light Intan
try.
Private Patrick Fagin, Montgomery Guards.
Private Chas. Berry, Montgomery Guards.
One man, name not recollected, died of his
wounds.
Yankfb accounts rrom Europe.—A letter from
New York, dated April 23d, published in a Baltic
more paper, has the following;
Ex-Surveyor Emmanuel B. Hart, who came
passenger in the City of New York, from Liver
pool to-day, represents the feeling among Eng
lishmen, in regard to mail-clad ships, amount
ing to an absolute fever, and under the impulse
of this fever he says the Gcvernmcnt is urged to
bend all its energies to the adaptation of the ex-
isting wooden walls to the new order of things
inaugurated by the Merrimac and Monitor in
Hampton Roads, The apprehension seemed to be,
that unless England took time by the forelock,
France, as well as the United States, would get
ahead of her,
Mr. Hart also represents that the Confederate
emissaries are as active aa ever in London, Liver
pool, and Parte, leaving no stone unturned with
a view of helping their cause. Mason had had
several interviews with Lord John Russell during
the week previous to the steamer’s sailing, and
there was much conjecture among outsiders as to
what was in the wind. Additional proofs of the
inefficiency «f tbe blockade in the arrival lately
of several vessels from Charleston, are supposed
to bave been the business in hand. The Con
federate Commissioner, moreover, was very
"thick" with the editors of the London Times,
Herald, and Mornivg Pest, and, judging by the
disparaging tone of the leaders of those journals,
when speaking of recent Federal successes, the
authorship of them may be clearly traced to that
source. Mason, it was added, was spending
money freely in giving "princely entertainments”
at his residence in Piccadilly to Confed'<ate
> sympathisers.
Krom the Hiohmomi Dispatch,
RIVER DEFENCES -EXCHANGE OF >RIBO .
* NERB, *c.
It being determined upon to release the largo
number of Fedaral prisoners confined in Libby’s
and other factories, Lieut. Turner, in command of
the Curtis Peck and Northampton, shipped some
eight hundred and sixty of those worthies, and at
2A. M. Monday, proceeded down the river to
wards Newports News Arriving abreast of
Jamestown Island next daj - at noon, a small shore
battery of ours brought the vessels to by several
well directed shells, which fell aud exploded m
uncomfortable proximity to the prisoners. Being
hailed by the U. S. ship Port Royal, (Captain
Rogers,) the mission of L’eut. Turner was ex
plained—Rogers answering, that if the men were
willing to march overland to Newports News, they
might be JandtWfben and there This being obi
iected to, tbe prisoners were conveyed te the wharf
at Newport News, and were received by Gen. Rob
inson, in the absence ot Gu n - Mansfield, com.,
manded with a force of some 2,500. Messengers
being dispatched to Gen. Wool, at lortress Mon«
roe, the General arrived, being accompanied by
Gen. Mansfield. The exchange was agreed upon,
but owing to wantof facilities and due prepara
tion, the formal disposition of the 860 Federa.u
was not effected until after hours of labor. Some
170 of our men—captured on the Peninsula at
various times—were transferred to the care of
Lieut. Turner—but the obligation of parole being
explained to them by Federal officers, most of
them—principally of the sth North Carolina and
thirty second Virginia regiments —absolutely
refused to take tbe obligation, avowing their
unwillingness to return to Richmond or to
fight for the Confederacy again! Bome few
Alabamians, Mississippians, aud Floridans acting
similarly, likewise—one of Latham’s North Caro
lina Battery absolutely refusing to return under
any circumstance or inducement'. The total
number of our men brought up by Lieut. Turner
was 219 non-commissioned officers and men, be
sides eight commissioned officers. Eight sur
geons, who volunteered to stay with toe wounded
at Williamsburg, likewise availed themselves of
the opportunity to return within our lines, and
say that they were very scurvily treated at the
hands of D. Cuyler, U. S. A. Surgeon in Chief at
post, who added insult, to injury by c'aiming to
be a Georgian.
On bis way down, Lieut. Turner met tbe Moni
tor below City Point, and her presence was) loud
ly hailed with vocnerous cheers by the uris'oners.
The iron clad Galena, Stevens’s Battery, with the
Monitor, and many gunboats, were seen alow.y
and cautiously making their way towards Rich
mond, which city was promised to be visited by
them in a few days. The Federal vessels have
perfectly buoyed all the channels so that every
inch of water, and every foot of sand-bar, are
perfectly known to and noted by them. In a
long conversation, Captain Rogers, of the Port
Royal, seemed sanguine of Federal success, and
thcugnt that all farther resistance on our part was
unnecessary and futile. Our river batteries this
Federal officer seemed to look upon and with
superb contempt, considering them beneath his
notice or attention. On his way down Lieutenant
Turner saw and heard the magazine of a one-gun
battery blow up-supposed to have happened
from orders of those in command.
On reaching Warwick bar, the point of obstruc
tion, our paroied prisoners were landed, and
everytbing of value belong transfered to shore,
the Curtis Peck, and Northampton, and gunboa*
Jamestown were scuttled and sunk at that point.
Yet Lieutenant Turner is of opinion that such im
pediments will prove of very little if any, obstruct
tion to the progress of the Federate. At last ac
counts the Federal flotilla b’lew City Point, and
yesterday 10 A. M-, but one and a half mile from
tbe landing there, making their way cautiously
and slowly towards our city.
We are greatly indebted to Lieut. Turner, for
politeness, und particularly so for a copy of tbe
New York Her aid, May 10.
%'nm the KnoTville[Tenn,} Register, Moy 13.
FROM SPARTA.
Sparta, Tknn., May Bth, 1862.
Edltrr Register : Having an opportunity to
transmit you a hasty letter, I will endeavor, in a
few words, to give you a report of our expedition
and its sad termination
We left Corinth on the 20th of April,and cross
ed the Tennessee river on the 26th and 27th, ar
rived at Lawrenceburg on the 31st, learned the
Federate were in possession of Pulaski, and on
‘‘May day” we had a frolic with them, in which
we took 290 and 24 officers, including General
Mitchell’s son, killed 18 and lost none. The
country Lad become alarmed, and troops were
sent to the Tennesse river to cut us off. We
continued on the next morning, and encamped 13
miles from Shelbyville that night.
Marched the 3d and encamped within 6 miles
of Murfreesboro’at night. At dawn on the 4th
our pickets and the Federal pickets bad an en»
gagement. We passed arotfnd the place, and
crossed the Nashville and Murfreesboro pike to
Smyrna, where we tore up the railroad track and
cut the telegraph wire, attached a battery and
received a dispatch that was being transmitted to
ColonelS. Matthews, commanding at Nashville,
relative to our being in. the vicinity, and the cav.,
airy that bad been sent in pursuit of us. Col.
Morgan answered it in Colonel ‘ Mathews’ name,
and ordered the cavalry to Shelbyville, saying
that it was about to be attacked by General Price
We arrived at Lebanon at night on the 4tb, the
men aud horses being greatly fatigued, and con
sidered that we had eluded pursuit for the pres
ent.
At down on the sth our pickets were driven in,
and before our men could get to horse, the enemy
was upon us m overwhelming numbers. Col
Morgan, and Lieut. Col. Wood, (of West Adams
regiment.) after some desperate efforts, succeeded
in getting the men collected and the most des
perate fighting ensued that is on record, hut all
of no avail. Our small force of 350 men, thought
by the bravest of the brave, were surrounded by
legious, estimated and since known to be 4,OfM
strong.’ Colonel Morgan charged through them
with about 100 men and took the road leading to
Carthage, which is on the Cumberland river 20
miles distant. Col. Wood and men were driven
to the College, where they fought until 12 o’clock,
refusing to surrender, although they were well
aware that they were cut off from all the passes of
escape, and that artillery would be brought to
bear on them in a short time, until their ammu
nition gave out, and the citizens had begged them
to give up, for the Federate were about to burn
the town.
Col. Morgan arrived at this with 40 mea
the next dap. I arrived some“our hours later
with 31, and our men have been coming at all
hours since. We have now here something over
100, and are expecting more.
‘""Gen. Dumont, Col Woolford, and a Pennsyl
vania Colonel were taken prisoners early in the
action in town, and as soon as they made known
their rank, their swords were restored to them
again by our gallant Colonel M-
The fight was kept up the whole distance from
Lebanon to Cartbage, and a volley of 50 gnns
were fired at Colonel Morgan as he climbed tbe
bank after crossing the river.
Tbe account is necessarily very imperfect in -is
moat interesting details, for the time that was al*
lotted foi writing before the leaving of the gen
man who ia to be the bearer, is so abort that it
excludes all of a particular character.
In haste, Gordon K. Nilbs,
Refugee, editor and publisher of the Lockport,
N. Y., Daily Adv. if Dtm.
P. B.—Col. Morgan and men are in good health
and spirits, but greatly fatigued, and it will not
be but a short time before the Yankees will hear
from us again.
Gkn. Eornbt. —The Columbus Su* denies the
statement that General Forney, our commandant
at Mobile, ia a brother of John W. Forney, and/
says he is a North Carolinian by birth, and ft r
many years has been a resident of Alabama. Ile
is a thorough Southerner, and when Alabama
seceded, he resigned his commission in the, U
S. Army, and offered his services to the bXate-
He, has rendered gallant service since the torn •
nwncement of the war, and is generally con
widened one of the mobt efficient officers tn tu3
Confederate army.
Three thousand applications have been re
ceived troro young women wishing to be engaged
w waiters at the London .Exhibition.