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AUGUSTA,GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4. 1862.
JACKSON, PRICE AND MORGAN.
These distinguished leaders have won a place
in the popular heart-which the most renowned
Generals might envy, and which no rivalry
can eclipse. They constitute a trio of stars of
the first magnitude, looming above the horizon,
and shedding a cheering light over the clouds
and gloom that have gathered around our
cause. Their gallant deeds have, time and
again, gleamed forth with a splendor that
brightened the gloomiest passages in the prog
ress of the war, and illuminated the difficult
path of our young republic. In scientific
strategy, they may not be pre-eminent, though,
judging by results, it is difficult to point out any
commanders who have eclipsed them in skillful
manoejuvering, in retreat, as well as in attack,
lint in headlong daring, in vehement dash, in
iron determination to succeed when_the word,
ouward, is given, they have shone out most
conspicuous. These traits have uniformly given
them victory against most formidable odds in
every encounter. They are true types of
Southern character, in all its noble elements of
chivalrous courage, enthusiastic love of inde
pendence, and fierce to succeed
in this struggle for their rights, at all hazards,
and at every cost.
We look with cheerful hope to the triumph of
eur arms at Richmond and Corinth, in the
great battles there impending. But while suc
cess there may do much to hasten our redemp
tion from Yankee invasion, and achieve the
final triumph of Southern independence, defeat
and disaster at both of these points could not
destroy our cause while Jackson, Price, and
Morgan are in the field. While such men
live to raise an arm in its behalf, that cause
will live, and thousands like them will
stand forth in every part of our beleaguered
and to follow our flag to victory. The
great chiefs of our armies, Johnston and
Beauregard, are not the sole hope and reliance
of the Southern people. Nor do ail their hopes
of success centre in the issue of one or two
battles to be fought by the splendid armies
those able Generals command. The confidene e
of the Southern people in eventual success
springs from that enthusiasm which has made
heroes of the three gallant leaders first named.
It springs from a consciousness that such men
will not be conquered—will not yield the
cause—will not, let weal or woe betide, bow
£hvir proud necks to the yoke of Yankee des
potism, and surrender this fair land to vandal
pillage and rapine, ft springs from a conviction
that such men will never lack followers, and
that they will always be able to rally armies
from mountain and V'&^ e y> t° dispute every inch
of ground, until the enemy rOtifOs, baffled and
exhausted. The opinion is almost universal .at
the South that the speediest mode of expelling
the enflfiv f roa 2 the South is to invade the
North. If this policy should be adopted, the
Southern people woC?ld feel additional confi
dence in its success, if the invading columns
were commanded by Jackson, Price, and .Mor
gan. The chivalry of the South would rally .to
their standards with the alacrity of revellers to
a feast. Soon would our detested foes be
taught, at their own homes, something of th u
bitterness of aggressive war. They should be
visited, not in the infamous spirit of savage
vandalism with which they have desecrated
everything sacred in the South, but in the
stern spirit of just retribution for their crimes.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN INTELLI
• GENT PLANTER IN BAKER COUNTY.
May 25th, 186’-.
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I do not know a class of men who might have
been more properly exempted from the conscript
tion than the overseers; for nine out of ten of
them that are worth having are not yet 35 years
old; but people, you know,are apt to dwell on their
own inconveniences. lam now made by a differ
ent policy, my own overseer; but we must all
make up our minds to bear all sorts of incon*
veniences with cheerfulness and willingness, and
those who have been trying to play gentlemen of
leisure this long time, must set to work now, and
and try to make themselves useful members of
society, as this is no time for idleness. Both J.
and T. W. intend spending the summer here,
for the double purpose, I suppose, of overlooking
their business and saving expense.
The crops look beautifully. Almost the whole
land is planted in corn. I see but very little cob.
ton cultivated ; and also see large crops of small
grain, promising a most abundant yield. I do
not see what is to become of all the grain that
will be made in the South this season ; for we
cannot consume it all before it will spoil, or be
fore another crop will succeed to it. I venture
the opinion, that, at this time next year, if the
war should continue so long, that corn will not
be worth as much as fifty cents a bushel.
There is much of majesty, and giory, and ter
ror in the march of the great Union army toward
the rebel Capital.— Louisville {Ky) Journal.
We don’t know about the “majesty and glory,”
but when Johnston opens on the “great Union
army” we haven’t the least doubt that much
‘•terror'’ will seize it.
The Steamer Nellie —The cargo of this steam
»r has nearly ail been taken out of her, and
what remains on board will perhaps be landed
this day. Most of the merchandise is in good
order, but a part has been damaged. The Nellie
has been so much injured that her present own
ers will probably sei! her where she is
The e n emv having discovered that their can*
nonading did not produce any serious effect,
have ceased firing.— Chas. Cour., May 30.
CROPS AC-. NORTH AND SOUTH CARO
LINA.
A lady who has recently traveled in North and
South Carolina writes to us as follows :
•'Never were the prospects of a great fruit and
gram harvest so promising everywhere in North
and South Carolina. . Gardens and pdtatoe fields
look very fine. Pea nut oil is so much prized for
many purposes that large crops of the pea nut
ake the place of cotton. After the tall of New
Orleans many farmers re-planted cotton fields in
corn and peas. In North Carolina I saw very
.little cotton planted, and not very much in South
Carolina. The ladies everywhere were interested
and aiding in some way for the cause. Large
quantities of salt are made in North Carolina; a
salt lake was discovered in the interior of the
State, I was informed, and salt works would soon
be in operation in remote places from invasion.
Several hundred bushels will be made daily.
North Carolina salt is very white and nice. Gov.
Clark has prohibited any bein»g sent out of the
State; it is tine, and large quantities are daily
made.
“The soldiers speak in most grateful terms ot
the citizens of Augusta. Augusta has made a
name in the memories of the soldiers that will
ever be cherished with fondest recollections, as I
am informed that over 20,000 free meals were
given t»passing soldiers. All the Augusta ho-*
tels I presume have acted a noble part.
We were never so independent of other nations
as now. Our people are making ten thousand
articles that they always sent to foreign nations
for. The pea nuc oil is a fine substitute for
sweet oil, and it burns beautifully. The cake
left after pressing the oil makes chocolate equal
to imported. In the way of arms, what is it we
do not have made South now ? The alcohol
made in Wilmington is very superior, and
swords, canteens, knives, salt, and pea nut oil are
all now made in Wilmington; but the enemy are
on the eve of trying to come in there, and have
already tried to take Fort Fisher, but so far have
not taken a chicken’s life. There is a large army
near Wilmington, and if the enemy do take that
city it will cost them dearly, as the Southerners
there are determined not to surrender.” «
Our correspondent writes in.very complimens
tary terms of the 2d Georgia Bxttalion, severa 1
citizensof North Carolina, and patriotic officials
on sundry railroads over which she passed.
[communicated.]
Mr. Editor: You will oblige me by giving a
j small space in your columns in which I may say
! a few words to the District Collectors of the War
Tax in the State of Georgia, and thereby be saved
the labor of writing many letters.
These officers were appointed by me, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury of the
Confederate States, under the expectation
that they would receive the sum of eight hundred
dollars (the salary allowed by the Act of Congress
providing for a War Tax,) for their services du
ring the year. I did expect that if the State as
sumed the payment of this tax, there would
be some abatement of the sum named ; but I
presumed, and so I was assured by the Depart®
ment, (and was authorized to give these officers
this assurance, which I did,) that they would still
receive a fair and equitable compensation fortbeir
services. In this I have been greatly disappoint
ed, and so, I have reason to believe, has been the
Secretary of the Treasury. The Congress has
passed an Act allowing them to receive not more
than one hundred dollars each. This sum is not
sufficient compensation perhaps, (not “fair and
equitable compensation,”) for the two digests
which they have been required accurately and te
diously to compile, to say nothing of the many
other duties which they have had laboriously to
perform. So soon as I learned that this sum only
was to be allowed, I wrote to the Department,
deprecating the insufficient provision. I was ins
formed that there was then no help for it—the
act had passed; and, as I have reason to know,
greatly regretted (on account of this inadequate
provision,) by the Secretary.
There are many District Collectors m our State,
I know, who accepted this office from motives of
patriotism only, without an eye to the salary—
some even volunteering to dispose "of a portion
or the whole of the salary for the benefit of pub
lic charities. There are gentlemen holding some
of these offices, also I know,who will scorn to com
plain of the paltry allowance which has been made
ths.'tn for their services. But there are others,
who kf® poor, who, understanding that reasona
ble compensation was to be allowed them, turned
from othvr employments, upon which
their families were dependent for support,
in the hope to do the State some ser
vice in this office, whilst they Still put
bread into the mouths of their children. Such
persons are feeling this wrong most keenly. One
such gentleman died whilst engaged in the
painstaking discharge of this duty, partly hurried
to his grave perhaps, by the pressure of its cares
His intelligent, patriotic and suffering widow,
assnmed the unfinished work, and has bad it
faithfully completed. She can now only be com
pensated by the gratitude of m r fe’iow®cit z?ns.
I have received communications from some of
these officers who seem disposed to complain of
me because of their disappointment; and I have
written these few lines that such persons may be
informed, that I am in nowise responsible for
this disappointment—that the Confederate Con
gress must respond to this responsibility,and that
the wrong of which they complain may possibly
find a remedy in that instruction which the con.*
stituent bus a right to give his representative;
and that this remedy may be very soon prescribed,
as Congress again assembles in August next.
E. Starnes,
Ch’s. Col. W. T., for Georgia.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AUGUSTA HOSPI
TAL FROM NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
The following contributions to the military hos
pital at Augusta, were collected by Miss M. A.
Buie of Edgefield District, S. C., who has cons
tnbuted largely, pecuniarily and otherwise, to the
cause of the South :
From Miss M. A. Buie, 4fine English blankets—
-1 double and 3 single ; 12 colored cotton hands
kerchiefs ; a lot of ground mustard, nutmegs, Ac.
From Mrs. Neuman, of Sumter, S. C-, clothes
and herbs.
From Rev. Mr. McQueen, Mrs. Nor+on, Mrs.
Terry, Mrs. Haynie, and others, all of Sumter, S.
C., 1 large bag of sundry herbs, Ac.
I From Dr. John Thompson,-of Sumter, S. C., 5
bottles of Port Wine, a large bottle of fine cologne,
6 pacsages of lint, As.
brom Messrs. McKagen A Richardson, of Sum
ter, S. 6., p i o t o f Qjj O j ce medicines.
. B h l .‘ M,ders au d rebel war steamers are ffia.de to
be blown up. -LotMle
And locomotives and Yankee soldiers are made
to run.
Pronrthe Memphis Appeal.
IB AITORS’ CONVENTION AT NASHVILLE
PROMINENT MEN GONE OVER TO THE
ENEMY-
We find in the Cincinnati Commercial,'of the,
16th inst., the following proceedings of a Trait
ors’ Convention, held at Nashville on the 12ffi
inst. The names of these renegades should be
placed on record tor future reference, when an op
portunity will be offered to visit upon them prop
er punishment for their base treachery. Their
speeches contain such infamous sentiments that
we do not publish them :
OFFICIAL REPORT or THE CONVENTION.
In pursuance of a call for a meeting of those
who “.are in favur of the restoration of the for
mer relations of this State to the Federal Union,”
at eleven O’clock to-day—Monday, the 12th
instant—the hall and gallery of the House of
Representatives was densely crowded with gen
tlemen from all portions of the State desirous to
participate in its proceedings.
On motion of Russell Houston, Esq., of David
son, the following gentlemen were unanimously
elected officers of the meeting
PRESIDENT :
WILLIAM B. CAMPBELL, of Wilson.
VICE-PRESIDENTS :
1. William IL Wisener, of Bedford.
2. M. J. Farrington, of Shelby.
3. W. W. Carter, of Wiison.
4. Jo. Clark, of DeKalb.
5. Dr. J. G. Brown, of Bradley.
6. Roberts. Rouiston, of Marion.
i 7. Ben. Harlan, of Maury.
8. Dr. Wheeler, of Rutherford.
9. F. H. Gordon, of Smith.
10. Wm. B. Lewis, of Davidson.
11. Joseph B. Meador.
12. W. F. Bradford, of Obion.
secretaries :
C. S. Mercer, of Davidson.
James R. Hood, of Hamilton.
Goverr or Campbell, on taking the chair, made
a brief and pertinent address.
[The counties of Bradford, Bradley, DeKalb,
Davidson, Maury, Hamilton, Marion, Obion,
Rutherford, Roane, Smith, Wilson, Sumner,
Lawrence, Robertson and Shelby, were repres
sented by about one hundred and thirty or forty
delegates. We omit the roll of infamy.J
Edmund Cooper, Esq., of Bedford, moved that
the President appoint a committee of three to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the
meeting. Carried.
The chair appointed Edward Cooper, Esq., Mr.
Allen A. Hall, of Davidson, and Jordan Stokes,
Esq., of Union, said committee.
During the absence of the committee, the meet
ing was addressed bv Col. W. R. Wisener, of
Bedford, and Hon. W. B. Stokes, of DeKalk.
The speeches of these gentlemen and those who
followed, are noticed more at length elsewhere.
The committee on resolutions, through their
chairman, Mr. Cooper, reported the following pre
amble and resolutions:
resolutions. ’•
Wberees, it is manifest to the most unreflecting
that, whilst the State of Tennessee was an inte»
gral part of the government of the United States,
its citizens were in the enjoyment of the full pro
tection of life, liberty and property, under the
institutions of the United States, and the laws
passed in accordance therewith, and all of their
material and political interests were watchfully
and carefully guarded by laws introduced by
Southern men—representatives of our selection
identified thoroughly with ail the interestYof our
people; which laws were decided to be constitu
tional by the Supreme Court of the United States
—the constitutional tribunal to decide such ques
tions :
And wheras, Because of the election in a con*
stitutional and regular form of a President of the
United States—who received no support in the
State of Tennessee—and the effort of that Presi
dent to maintain the integrity of the Union, and
enforce the laws against armed resistance—our
people, m common with the people of other
States, are precipitated into a revolution, resort
ing to the arbitrament of arms for the settle
ment of our political differences, instead of the
peaceable remedies provided by the constitu
tion :
and whereas, It is evident that the authority
of the Federal Government is now exerted over
this part of Tennessee, and will be in short time
fully extended over the entire State—and it is
the duty of every citizen so to act as to free our
selves from the consequences of internecine war,
and to return to the government which is willing
and able to protect us :
Therefore, be it resolved by a portion of the
people of Tennessee, in convention assembled—
1. That the social, political, and material in*
terests of the people of Tennessee, and the safety
and welfare of cur friends and relatives now in
the Confederate army, imperiously demand the
return of the State to her former relations with
the Federal Union.
2. That ad good citizens who concur with us
m this opinion are earnestly invited to co-operate
in the accomplishment of this object so vital to
our future peace and happinees.
3. That the chairman of this meeting appoint
a committee of three to take into consideration ;
the condition of the prisoners of war from Tens
nessee, now held in custody by the government,
and endeavor to obtain their release and their
return to their allegiance, upon terms alike com
patible with the interests of the government and
the honor of the soldier.
4. That the forbearance, moderation, and gen
tlemanly deportment of the officers and soldiers
of the Federal army, since the occupation of Ten*
nessee, challenge our highest admiration.
5. That this meeting most cordially approves
of the address made to the people of Tennessee,
by his Excellency Gov. Andrew Johnsen, dated
March 18, 1862, and the policy of his administra
tion since that time.
6. That a committee of five be appointed by
the chairman, who shall prepare an address to
the people of Tennessee, expressive of the ob
jects of the meeting.
After which, on motion of C. A. Fuller, of Da
vidson, seconded "by W. H.Pclk, they were read
a second time and voted on separately. T£ey
were adopted without a dissenting voice.
Commenting on this traitorous and aisgrace*
ful proceeding of men
“Whose treason, like a deadly blight,
Comes o’er the counsels of the brave,”
The Memphis Appeal says
Now that the clouds of defeat and disaster are
temporarily gathering about us, we must expect
many weak a kneed and timid adherents of our
cause to grow pale with apprehension at the final
result, and go over, like their predecessors, the
Tories of the first Revolution, in a cowardly
Stampede to the enemy. A trial such as that
through which we are pressing in this war, is the
true and only sure teat of one’s loyality. It sep
arates the chaff from the wheat—the dross from
the gold, and leaves no middle ground for the
skulking neutrai, who like the bat in the fable
of the war between the birdsand beasts, is ever
ready to embrace the prospering cause of the vic
tor. In fine, it sharpens the line of demarka*
tion between the only two parties under our gov
ernment —patriots and traitors.
These thoughts are suggested by our perusal
of the proceedings of the Convention of traitors
and renegades recently held in Nashville, for the
alleged purpose of seeking to bring about the
restoration of the former relations of this State
with the Federal Union- Among its members
were several very prominent citizens, and fors
merly respectable gentlemen of this State, but
not one whose loyalty to the South has not here
tofore been suspected.
The President of this treasonable assemblage
was Wb. R. Campbell, of Wilson, well known
throughout Tennessee some years ago as a man
of influence and integrity, but now so fallen and
disgraced that there are “none so pqor as to do
him reverence.” It was only about eight months
ago, that upon being tendered by the President
a Brigadier Generalship in the Confederate army,
he assigned the feeble state of his health, as an
apology for his refusal of the position. Now the
vile hypocrite asserts that- “in the midst of this
right of rebellion, patriots have looked for the
restoration of the old flag as earnestly and anx
iously as the Jews of old looked for the Holy
Lord from’ the captivity of Babylon,” and con
summates his treason by Cjullin upon all to re
sist the armies of the Contede l ' >te government,
and help in restoring the supremacy of the law
over TenCieasee. and reinstate her in repudiated
and loathsc me affiliation with the abolition States
ot the North,
Wm. H. Polk, also, participated, in the rnove
meut—the veritable traitor, who, one year ago,
dared present himself before the people ot Ten
nessee as a candidate for the highest office within
their gift. We remember hearing him, in his
speech at Odd Fellows’ Hall, in this city, indig
nantly denounce as ioul calumnies the imputa
tions that had been cast upon his loyalty by a
portion of the press, at the Sime time avowing
himself as not only sympathizing with the South
ern movement, but as being forever opposed to
the reconstruction of the Union. Now listen to
the treacherous harlequin. “A year ago,” he
said, “he did not know whether it would be one
or ten years before he would be allowed to speak
in Tennessee,” but the “old flag” was now •‘re
stored” and “it flies over us, and he swore now,
and be appealed to the large audience to join him
in the oath, never to see it hauled down again.”
He is said to have exhorted the people to "gird
on their hi mi and drive away the plunderers.”
“If the heart of the people of Tennessee responds
to it,” added the miscreant, “I will go as private
in the ranks and aid my oppressed countrymen
in driving the marauders irom the confines ot
our State.
In addition to this, Wm. B. Stokes gave in his
testimony that “the rebellion was unjust and
causeless, and had not the shadow of a pretext.”
“Tennessee,” he said, “was as,touch to a day in the
Onion as ever. The South was in the wrong,
and ought not to succeed. It was the duty of the
people, betrayed as they had been, to return to
their allegiance, and to leave those hyenas, their
leaders, to the penalties of justice.”
Edmund Cooper said:
“AU through the night of the rebellion his
heart fiai beutin concert with the music of the
Union”—that “there ws ao canse Jfor the rebels
lion,” and he warned the disloyal that the totter*
ing power of the revolted States would soon be
swept away by the Federal government like chaff
before the winter’s storm.”
W. H. Wisener, a small traitor of insignificant
calibre, claimed that “one year ago he stood
solitary and alone among one huadred members
ot the Legislature, on that floor, opposing the
bill for the disunion convention.’’
Numerous others, “curs of low degree.” whose
reputations are not merely local figures in the
proceedings of this conclave among them the fol
lowing: Russell Houston, Judah Stokes, John
Trimble, Allen A, Hall, and W. B. Lewis. Such
is the black list ot the odium*covered traitors
who took a leading part in the most disgraceful
and infamous movements of this war—names that,
will be “embalmed in ha‘e and cononized in
scorn,” through all time to come. One remarka
ble fact in reference to this matter is that of the
whole number, we do not recognize a man whose
loyalty has heretofore been entirely above suspi
cion. They have ail been known as secret sympathi
zers with the;enemies of the South, ei th eras skulk*
ing neutrals or persistent brawlers against the
Southern movement, andcalumniatorsofourtriiest
men. Let us beware of all such in the future,
neither countenancing their claims for political
preferment, nor recognizing them in the social
circle as gentlemen.
We have come to that crisis in the war when
every man is to be regarded as against us who is
not known to be for us—when all must aid our
cause either in bold words or valiant deeds,
through moral or material means. He who sits
quietly by, watching the struggle without a wofa
of cheer for the brave spirits engaged m it, is a
disloyal man—and should be branded by an hon
est public with that most offensive of all epithets,
traitor. In other words, the moral of this
ville conclave should teach us tp trust no tr.en,
whose conduct and sentiments have not been of
such a positive character as to fully identify him
with this great movement designed for the disen
thralment of the South.
jfoY” We clip the following items from the
Gainsville (Fla.) Cotton Planter, of May 24th :
Yankee Villanv.—A friend who has been with
one of our guerrilla companies for some time,
informed us that during the absence of the band
from Nassau county, a number of the unprincipled
Hessians came over from the Island on the main,
visited .he plantation of Judge O’Neal, stme
pianos, melodeons, and other valuables, and car
ried them away, besides committing a series of
depredations such as have characterized the
Yankee scoundrels during the war.
In Judge O’Neal’s house, some time since, six
of the enemy were captured and one killed. His
blood stained the oil cloth in the' passage, and
his unprincipled comrades cut out the portion
stained and carried it with them. We hope that
the day is not far distant when a just punishs
ment will be visited upon these murderous mva*
ders of our soil. They should not be allowed to
use the St. il try’s and St. John’s rivers without
being molested, and from the signs of the times
we do not think that they will much longer.
Most of the property stolen and destroyed was
owned by Judge O’Neal and B. Id. Coachman,
Esq., of Fernandina.
Another Fight with the Gvndoats.—- It is re
ported that Capt. Stevens, with h's company of
sixty men, engaged one of .he enemy’s gu nooats
on the St. John’s river, and did cone durable dam
age, as the boat was aground at a short distance,
and the deck was full of Yankees when our side
fired a volley of sixty shots the first fire. The
enemy, it is supposed, buried their dead at the
place of Mr. Cole.
Why cannot we make the St. John’s too warm
for these rascals.
Since the above was in type we learn from one
of the men engaged that the fight lasted one hour
and ten minutes. Two of our men were wound
ed, and our side claim to have killed sixty of the
enemy.
Invasion of Florida.—Though some journals
of other States seem determined to persist to the
last in calling Froridians cowards bn account of
the evacuation of Fernandina, the enemy has
made but very little progress. He has not at*
tempted thus far to risk himself in the interior.
Rumor, however, says that a considerable force
of Yankees have at last been landed at Cedar
Keys, and six hundred cavalry on the St. Johns
River. We are certainly ignorant of their inten*
tions, but vie ca l upon the people to go coolly to
work, clean up their double-banelled shot guns
and rifles, put their ammunition in a handy place,
and have their cotton piled; according to order.
Be ready for any emergency.
Let us show the foul invader that before he can
possess this country, be will have to trample to
pieces the temporary tenements that now bind
our spirits to the world, and view with mortifica
tion the smoking ashes of what cotton we have on
hand. Let us be full}’ prepared to make ev«ry
sacrifice, and when the important hour for action
arrives, let us flock to our army, and with it and
the Guerrilla bands, we can accomplish some
thing worthy of freemen. “Resistance forever!
submission never! We must! we will be free !”
The Despots in Washington, N. C- — We have
been kindly permitted to see a private letter from
a lady formerly resident in the vicinity of Wash
ington, but who has been forced to make her es«
cape from the insults and depredations of the im
vaders, who have run off most of our servants,
ransacked her house, searched every nook—open
ed every drawer or closet, taken what they want
ed and given ihe rest to the negroes, to take
away. On Tuesday of last week, after the lady
had gone, they returned to the house—told a
servant who would appear to bave remained,
there was some blackberry wine hid, saying that
they haa heard so from the negroes. They then
made another negro come and dig it up. They
found out where iver meat was concealed and
took away all of it that they could find*. They
also said they knew there was china a.od glass
buried, and they intended to have that. The ins
formation about these things they got from a
negro woman. In tact they used and jeok every
thing they wasted. Tbev of course entice the
negroes away from the ■ owners, and paralyze all
farming operations.
It is said that th . ya.il in Washington is being
cleaned out, to used as a nlace of imprisons
mentforfer j es . , . r (
I *.ije peq; e staying in the Inwn of Washington
<-.* i get nothing fresh to eat either in the way of
meat or vegetab'es, aa the Yankee troops seize
upon everything. Indeed the ladies that are
tnere would give anything to get away.
Wilmington (W. C) Journal.
J Our Army
Wilmikgton, N. C.. May 80.
J/z Eiitor. According to promise, I avail my
self of the firstopportunity to write you. I un
expectedly met here the 48th Georgia Regiment,
Col. W. M. Gibson, en route for Richmond. They
are enjoying excellent health, and the boys are
eager to meet the enemy. They start this eas
ing..
lam informed bv a gentleman here taat tne
fortifications and obstructions in the Cape Fear
river are amply sufficient to prevent the enemy
from taking the city.
The citizens of Wilmington are noted for their
hospitality, and the ladies are constant in attend
ing to our soldiers. The Hospitals here are crowd
ed soldiers.
The 18th North regiment, composed
chiefly of compauies from Wilmington, in at-*
tempting to reinforce Stonewall Jackson, were en»
countered by the enemy, and, after fighting se
verely for five hours,.having taken a battery three
consecutive times, were forced to turn back. The
enemy, it is said, numbered 7 orß,ooo men. There
is considerable uneasiness in the city concer rung
them.*
The Georgia Light Guards, Capt. H. T. Dortic.
are gaining hosts of friends. They are considered
the “crack” company of the regiment, and will,
no doubt, “illustrate” Augusta nobly in the fight
at Richmond,
The Second Georgia Battalion passed throng!
here yesterday ea route for Petersburg.
I expect to be in Richmond in a day or two, and
if anything occurs worth mentioning I will inform
you. R' J- R -
*The Wilmington (N. 0.) Journal, of the 29th,
has the following dispatch in reference to this en
gagement :
THE 18th REGIMENT N. C. T.
We are indebted to Capt. A. D. Cazeaux, Qiar*
termaster of the above regiment, for lhe following
dispatch, sent this morning from Richmond and
received here at 10 o’clock to-day :
Richmond, May 29.
dfeww. Pultmdk Pricez
No Wilmington b >ys killed iff the engagement
of the 18th Regiment on Tuesday.
Capt. Browu, Co. A, and Charles Flanner, Co.
G, were missing yesterday at 12 o’cl.. k.
About 100 nave been killed and wounded. Go«.
B, C, D, E, F, H, and K, suffered most. In Com
panies A and G, the loss is very small. Compal?
I has none wounded or killed.
A. D. Cazeaux
BATTLE AT WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA.
The Petersburg (Va.) Express copies the fols'
lowing extracts from the New York Herald's
editorial on the battle of Williamsburg. As
usual, it is nothing more than a “grand floirish
of trumpets,” a huge sounding of Chinese gongs,
but, nevertheless, amusing to the general reader:
The Brilliant Battle at Williamsburg.— The
battle of Williamsburg must become histories!..
Os all our battles it was the best contested and
the hardest won. The opposing forces engaged:
were very nearly equal. Infantry, cavalry, and :
artillery did each its share of the work. The less
upon both sides equalled those of the Allies and-
Russians at the terrible battle of Alma. Th.fi’
whole content demonstrated the superiority cf'
American soldiers, who are officers and privates'
at once, over the unintelligent troops of other'
countries. The result proved the wisdom of*
McClellan's long discipline of his army, The
■ severity of the conflict; the fluctuating fortunes
jof the day; the unrivalled bravery of our troops;
, the desperate valor of the rebels ; the continual
[arrival of reinforcements on both sides; the
I daring charges; the determined and' steady re
sistances; the skilful manmuvres and evolutions,
and the final, irresistable dash of Sancock’s
brigade, made up a narratnx 1 matchless- in its
thrilling interest.
* * * *- •»: »
On our right centre the fortes of Gem Hooper
.held the enemy firmly in check, but against such
odds that Gen. Hooper sent to Gen. Heintaelman
for reinforcements, which were supplied from
Peck’s brigade. On our extreme right Hancock’s
brigade pushed forward and captured two en
trenchments. Heintzelmaa’s and Sumner’s corps
were now joined in line of battle, and our entire
front seemed a sheet of living flame, so rapid and
incessant were the discharge of cannon and
musketry. The rebel line was equally busy at
worki Brigade after brigade recalled from John
son’s retreating army, swelled their ranks and
animated their courage. The forts and redoubts
rained shot and shells and covered the rebel
advance. The rain beat heavily upon the field
like a storm of hail. The branches and tops of
trees lopped off bv balls, crushed down upon our
sohbers." The g> ind was deep with mud and
ted with gore. Tbshrieks of the wounded and
i y'ng rang out tetr.bly shrill above the thunders
<>< artillery. Our soldiers, wearied and outnum
h rerttwe are told above the forces were equal—
l-xp) began to give ground slowly, fighting to
tue >afr», bnt still hoping for reinfarcemenlt a*d
victory. Our ammuui’mn was exhausted.
[The same old cry—Exf j
The lelled trees made advance or retreat
equally dangerous, and to remain was destruos
tion.
[The Yankees were in a ■ tight place surely.—
Exp J
Nothing saved us from another Bull Run at
this critical moment.but the splendid discipline
of our troops, whom Gen. McGlellan had- pre
pared for such crises, and to whom he had prom
ised certain victories.
At last the gallant liearney’s brigade came' te
Heintzelman’s assistance. They, as well as the
whole line were fatigued and diaspirited,however.
Heintzelman saw this, and daubed up and down
the field like a madman, collecting scattered mu
sicians from the regimental bands, in a moment
the triumphant notes of the “Star Spangled Ban
ner’’ drowned all shrieks and groans. The effect
was magical. Our wounded raen joined in tre
mendous cheers. The rebels faltered before the
national anthem of the country they had diss
graced. [Then it was the musicians, and net
McClellan, who saved. the dayt—Exp. | Kearney,
seeing his threw bis troops into ac
tion, Gen. Berry’s brigade charged, cheering, aad
and drove the rebels before- them. The rebels
then pressed on our centre, but were held m
check by Captain Smith’s artillery, charged in
the Sank and rear by Colonels Ward and Reilly,
and utterly routed and silenced. On the right
the enemy still pushed forward, having aban«
doned our left and centre, but Gen. Feck retired;
fighting. Just then Gen. Hancock’s brigade fek
back for support, fellowediby a rebel North Caro
lina regiment, crying, “Bull Run !” “Ball’s
Bluff!” The enemy was but forty yards distant.
Our troops halted and prepared for an advance.—
Gen. Hancock rode along the line and shouted,
in cavalier style, “Gentlemen, charge!”. Like a
zleam of lightning the Union bayonets flashed
down the slope of the hill. Thu rebels broke
ranksland fled. Gen. McClellan dashed up with
reinforcements, cheering the whole line onward.
The victory wi.s won. Our wearied troops slept
upon the batt-e field The next day Williams
burg was occupied and Richmond threatened.
Two men giving tbeir names as Lewis Valene
tine and George Barrage, were arrested night
before las: at Livingston Bridge on the Wilming
ton and Manchester Railroad, on suspicion of
being spies, deserters or bridge burners. It is
difficult to find out anything about them. They
say they live in Echols county, Georgia.
If’ dmington '.N. C.) Journal, May 29-
Governor Brown.—lt is with deep regret, wo
leafn, tbul Governor Brown for three weeks past
'bah been seriously sick, during which time he
' has been confineato bis room, and most of the
i tme to his bed. When our informant left Mil
ledgeville, a day or two ago, His Excellency was
stillseriouzly indisposed.
[Atlanta Intelligencer, 28th inst.