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She Wechln (Constitutionalist
BY JAMES GARDNER.
LATE NORTHERN NEWS-
The Richmoad (Va.> “ Examiner,” of June
lOtb. makes some extracts from Northern papers
of June sih. From them, we condense the fol
lowing :
The Federal House of Representatives passed
the following bill, by a vote of 84 yeas to 37
novs, recognising the Negro Republics of Hayti
b-ad Liberia, and authorising the appointment of
•diplomatic representatives to those Republics :
B~ i* •necßerf, de. , That the President of the
U. States be, and he hereby is, authorised, with
the advice and consent of the to Appoint
diplomatic representatives of die Lotted Stales to
ths Republics of Havtiacd Liberia respectively.
Each «i eaid represen tat :ves so appointed shall be
Commiesiouer and Consul-'Generat,
and shall receive the compensation of Oom mis
8-onec prerided for by the act of Congress, ap«
proved August 18th, ISSS; provided thatihe com
pensation of the representative at Liberia shall
not exceed four thousand dollars.
TBS RFR3L LEADERS TO BE GTVES TO TSK HALTER.
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, replied to the re
marks of Mr. Cox and Mr. Biddle, delivered yes
ter-day, which were, be said, intended to inflame
the ignorant of the border slave States, and give
Vebatueuce to the rebels in arms, in further re
tspewtees to bis colleague (Mr. Biddle), be said
that countless millions of men, who will not know
our humble names, will bless Congress and
Abraham Lincoln for the work in behalf of free*
-don already done. He read a letter from Col. J.
“T. Owens, commanding the «9th Pennsylvania,
•dated in camp before the Chickahominy, a man
■who had fought political battles on the same side
•ns his colleague, in which the writer condemns
those while professing to be Union men,
• merely act the politician, as traitors or fools, and
says the rebels must be made to sue for peace,
and lay down their arms, the leaders given to the
baiter, and the system which has caused this war
must be wiped out Mr. Kelly presented this in
contrast to the position of his colleague, and ar
gued in fevor of the passage of the pending bill.
The bill punishing polygamy in the Territories
of the United States, and annulling certain acts
of the Territory of Utah, was passed by a vote of
eyes 31, nays 2.
A proposition to’admit Western Virginia into
fee Union as an independent State, was referred
tc the Committeeor Territories.
jrfMJSCSLLANKOLS.
Mr. Wickliffe, of Missouri, offered a resolution
that, the Senate concurring, Congress adjourn
on the 14th of June. Passed—ayes 77, noes not
counted
F. F. Lowe qualified, and was admitted to a
seat from California, theie now being three mem
bers from that State
Mr. Bl; nr, of Missouri, introduced a bill, which
was referred to the Committee of Ways and
Means, to remove tne Branch Mint from New Or
leans to St. Louis.
John D. Stiles was qualified and took his seat
:n the House, to supply the vacancy occasioned
by 'he death of Mr. Cooper, of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Grimes, of lowa, introduced a bill to pros
vide for the raising of the property of the United
States whici was sunk in the waters thereof. It
was taken up and passed.
Gen. Jonn A. Dix arrived at Fortress [-Monroe
or the Ist inst., to supercede. Gen. Wool.
A large number of wounded from the vicinity
of Richmond were expected to arrive at Old
Point on the 2d inst.
Several gunboat? arrived at the Fortress, June
let. The Rebels are to find out their destina
tion.
Mr. Joseph Legan addressed a meeting of
Union citizens in Portsmouth, Va.
A Yankee letter from Harper’s Ferry, Juno 3d,
gays several reconnoisanoes were made up the
yaliey to look after the Rebels, but they could
no: be found ; that McDowell is believed to be
after Jackson; and that the two armies had met.
The writer proceeds:
TAYLOR’S rebkl brigade.
Tartar's brigade (of Ewell's division) consis
.ng of full five thousand men, had, as Johnston
advanced in pursuit of Banks, been detached
from his column, and cressed the Shenandoah
near Berryville, twelve miles below Winchester.
Tbev went into the southern part of Loudon, and
kept moving northward towards the Potomac, im
pressing men of all ages into their ranks, to fill
ap the gape occasioned by the losses they had
sustained in the various encounters in the Valley.
They took away whatever provisions or horses
ihev could find. And as the blockade upon the
sale of groceries and medicines had been partial
y raised as to that county, it is believed they
procured some coffee, sugar, quinine, &c.
' There is in this Brigade the Eight Louisiana
-eg-men t and a Maryland regiment. The names
cf the other three regiments I could not obtain.
THEIS RETREAT.
List night, at midnight, they hastilv crossed
the ShenAndbat at Key s Ford, seven miles above
this pls-ce, and retreated rapidly in the direction
of Charlestown. It is believed they joined their
column near Winchester. I may add that this
BrigadieroGeneral Taylor is ?a son of General
Zachary Taylor, and a graduate of West Point,
and beirg a man of little brains, could never
have reached the position but for the fact that
"Jeff” Davis’ first wife was has sister. He is
very unpopular with his men, at least so say de
serters from his command, who escaped from his
line during this retreat.
RETREAT OP WHOLE COMMAND*
The gratifying intelligence was received last
night that the enemy concentrated in and around
Halltown and Charlestown—concurred in by all
to exceed twenty-five thousand—are bow retreat
nit from feat position, probably towards Front
Roval.
Earlv veeterday morning a body of the ene
my ’s infantry were discovered fording the river
about ’wo miles above the railroad bridge at
Harper’s Ferry, probebly to attempt the capture
of our heavy -battery ©n Maryland Heights; but.
being discovered before they had got over, they
were speedily shelled back. The day previous
a body of the enemy ascended the Loudoun
Heights opposite Sandy Hook, with the ihten
tion of planting a battery there to enfilade our
battery and destroy th? bridge. Our heavy guns
■mortly drove them back. Skirmishing continued
between our outpost pickets off Bolivar Heights
and the enemy's scoff’s in front.
Finding all efforts to turn omr flanks by cross
ng the river and enfilading o®r batteries, as
will as ascertaining the eternne is of our centre,
and perhaps bearing of some movements in .their
rear, tending to the discomfort of their position,
the enemy commenced to fall back at noon yes
terday. Unless, during their recent stay, they
have vastly improved the facilities for crossing
the Bhenandoah below Front Royal,. 4heir route
must necessarily b« by the tatter plate, or via
•Strasburg and Woodstock. In either case, it is
believed, they will not perform an uninterrupted
trip. Further than this it may not be proper to
■aay. Jacksen, intimately acquainted with the to
pography of the country north of the Sfcenan
.doah, may select suitable positions and risk .a de--
ciaive battle.
It has been suggested that in order to execute
ttae policy of carrying war into Maryland—as re
cetMiy announced by one of his commanders,
Gemtra’ Trimble—he may, as a desperate experi
ment, grange h.s route towards the Potomac,
between toe Point of Rocks and the mouth of the
Seneca in retaliation, as stated by Gen. Trimble,
for our recent excursion up the Valley of Vir
ginia.
Our scouts report no enemy in Martinsburg
ibis morning. It ig also reported that the new
trestlework railroad bridge at Martinsburg was
tired by Ashby's cavalry, on their entry into the
town, and guarded until night, when the Union
citizens extinguished the flames. The next day
it was retired, and so much cf it destroyed as to
require it to be reconstructed. The rebels also
tore up a portion of the track in the town, and
destroyed the car.- and much other valuable prop
ertv belonging to the company- This twice-re
peated act of vandalism they will sooner or later
regret, lor more than one reason.
A Mr. Gecrge Roellse, who escaped from Win'
Chester, gives an account, of the occupation of
that city uy the Rebels, und says that the i ankee.
prisoners and wounded were us well treated as
possible.
A RKFACTORI - YANKEE REGIMENT.
The New York Eleventh State Militia, upm its
arrival at Harner's Ferry, behaved badly. *
were marchad over here, and refused, upon their
arrival, to take the oath unless they could make
terms. Thay wanted to go into a camp of in
struction and be sent to Washington. They were
evidently not impressed favorably with the dess
olate appearance of things in and around I the
Ferrv. The United States officers refused utterly
to make any terms. They marched back This
morning, however, eight companies took the oath,
one asked time to consider, but the other started
for home.
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
The bank statements of Philadelphia and New
York show an enormous increase in the line of
deposits, the aggregate in the two cities now
being $146,987,475, $3,240,103 more than last
week, and about $19,000,000 more than a month
ago. The dullness in the general trade of the
country, the absence of any wapt of accommo
dation on the part of the mercantile community,
(who, in ordinary times, absorb hundreds of
millions from the monied centres), is concentrat,
ing idle capital in the banks. The operations at
the stock board do not show any important
changes in quotations. The sales sum up $75,-
300 loans and 3,375 shares. United States 6’s,
1881, coupons, sold at 105%, sn advance of % ;
the 7 30 notes, endorsed, at 1(4%, an advance of
% , the clean notes closed at about 105%,.with
out sales; the one-year certificates were 100%@
100%, also without sales.
The money market rules easy at4as per cent,
on call. Prime paper is selling at 4%-a-5% per
eent. Foreign Exchange is heavy and declining,
Sterling is quoted at 113%a114% for merchants,
and 111%'al 14% tor bankers’ Dills. On Paris.
4t.93%a5t.92%. American gold is selling at 3%a
3% per cent, premium. California gold bars are
steady at 4 per cent, premium.
The following are the current rates of Foreign
Exchange per last steamer at New York :
London, 60 dyas. sight. 14%a14%
London, 3 days sight. la a l?%
Paris, 30 davs sight 4f92%a4t.#1%
Paris, 3 dayss'ght. .. .4f.88%a4f.89%
Antwerp, 60 days sight. .-.. .41.92%
Bremen, 60 days sight 82%a82%
Hamburg, 60 days sight. 38%a38%
Cologne, 60 days 5ight............ 75%a76
Leipsic, 60 days sight... < 75%a76 ■
Berlin, 60days sight... 75%a76
Amsterdam, 60 days sight... 43 a43%
Frankfort, 60 days sight 43%
ARRIVAL OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS—THE
FIGHT OF TUESDAY.
The steamer Gen. Clinch brought to the city
Wednesday afternoon the following members of
the 47th Georgia Regiment, wounded in the fight
of Tuesday on James’ Island. These have been
sent to the Soldiers’ Relief Hospital :
Sergeant T N Mullyran, Company E, slightly,
in left side.
Private J Pridgen, Company E, thigh, slight.
Private R W King, Company E, slight wound
in abdomen.
Private John Williams, Company F, thigh, se
verely. ~
Private Richard Yeomans, Company F, mourh,
head, and left side, severe.
Private J J Johnston, Company K, right arm
and breast, severe.
Private L W Kicklitter, Company K, right side,
slight.
Private A J Proctor, Company K, right side,
slight.
Private S Hagans, Company K, left side, ses
verely.
Private Thomas H Michael, Company K, right 1
shoulder, severely.
Private P R Cone, Company K, ankle, slight.
Piivate J H Martin,. Company K, shoulder,
slight.
PrivareE H Martin, Company K, threugh left
arm and right side, serious.
Private E Dragers, Company K, thigh, slight.
Private John Hilton, Company K, knee, slight.
Private T Denmark, Company K, slight contus
sion in the back, caused by a splinter from a tree
shattered by a she I.
Private James J Rowe, Company H, left arm,
severe. ,
Privates C E Fails, company H, left shoulder,
slight.
Private Cakelin, Sergeants Milroy and Murphy,
John Lee, T Richardson, and—- Cole, slightly
wounded.
A number of sick soldiers were also brought
over from the hospital at Fort Johnson, which has
been cleared to make room for the wounded who
may need immmediate attention and cannot be
removed to the city.
Our ladies, following the beautiful example of
these whose tabor of love and kindness in nurs
ing and attention tu our soldiers, elsewhere has
evoked for them unbounded admiration, and the
blessings and gratitude of the people ®f the whole
Confederacy, will, we trust, now that an oppor
tunity is offered, gladly come forward to the
noble and patriotic work of ministering to the
wants and soothing by their presence and sym
pathy the brave men in the hospitals, who need
all the attention we can give them.
There are doubtless also many citizens who
would aid in the work did they know their ser
vices were required. To all such we have been
requested-to extend the invitation to come, and
any aid or assistance in their power will be glad r
ly and thankfully received.
The accounts of the fight given by participants
do not differ materially troin our report of Tues
day, with the exception of the number of casual
ties, which they estimate to be sixty-five killed,
wounded and missing- This is believed to be
the number reported officially.
The Forty-seventh Georgia, reducedfby sickness
to about three hundred effective men, went into
this action with their brave and intrepid leader,
Col. Williams, against a force ot the enemy of at
least two thousand, entrenched and posted behind
fonnidAbie breastworks. Owing to the nature of
the ground, it being a dense wood* onr men
suddenly came upon the enemy’s entrenchments,
at a distance qf but thirty-five yards. Col. ;W4-
hatns, however, wishing to dislodge thj foe, de
termined to make an assault and ordered a
charge.
The men rushed forward and made a vigorous
attack upon the breastworks. The enemy opened
upon them a terrific cross tire, of infantry, artil»
lerv and cavalry, and shells thrown from the gun
boats The regiment fell back a moment, and
again moved forward to another assault. The
fighting on both side* was now desperate. Our
men were under a continuous and deadly fire,
and having expended their last round of ammu -
nition, the order to retr.eat was given. They
withdrew, leaving the dea*d and a number of the
mote seriously wounded in ihe hands of the ene-
reinforcements were noi brought into ac
tion, and the 47th sustained Alone for several
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 18. 1862.
hours the fire of the heavy ‘orce in front of them
In this engagement Cap.t. i iiams fell pierced
bvfour Minnie oalls, while gallantly encouraging
his men to the second assamt Private J. 8. Cone
was also killed almost at the same time, and
while in close proximity to Captain Williams.
We have not yet learned the names of the rest
of the killed, woundeo and missing. The wounds
are mostly all from Minnie balls. Some three or
four are from pieces of trees thrown down by
shells, but not one, ao far as we could learn, by
anj of the shells themselves.
Chas- OoT'iei, Ju-ns Mth.
From the Charleston Courier, Jui)e 13th.
THE BRITISH STEAMER NILLIE.
Captain Thomas J. Moore, at the request of ;
many friends and in reply to inquiries, furnishes |
the toltowing statement of the case of the British I
steamer Nellie:
The Nellie was placbfi under my command
early last January, and soon atter sailed from
ihis port for u port in the Bahama islands,' wheie
she was sold and transterfed to a British subject,
therein residing, ana duly registered as a British
ship under the Bntisn ttag, I still retaining the
command. From that time 1 regularly traded,
without ever being overhauled or spoken by any
Yankee blockading vessel or cruiser up to the
25th May. At 6 a. m„ when up with cue West
eud ot Dewees’ Island, saw a small schooner
which 1 took to be a coaster, but he soon intro*
duced himselt by opening on us with shot and
BUeil frem long Tom amid ships. I did not heave
my ship to ascertain what he desired, but kept
my ship steadily on her course, the sctioooner iu
lull chase 'and continuing her tire as fust as pos<«
sible, Soon came Blockader No. 2, opening on
us with shot and shell from guns ot heavy calibre,
about tnree points on the port now and one and
a hall miles distant, and Bioekader No. 3, two
miles distant, broad on my port beam but holding
his fire. I continued to run my ship close along
the breakers of Long Island Beach, until up witu
Capers’ Inlet, when tue nh u abeam being within
a mile and a half distant opened on me, and the
one ahead, although within a mile distant-ceased
tire and headed immediately in tor the point of
breakers which 1 bad to clear to save my ship.
Tins 1 saw impossible to d<- done, und decided at
once to try and get into Caputs’ inlet or beach
the ship.
Although the wind .was blowing strong from
the Northeast, and breakers running high, 1
deemeu u better to try to save my people among
iriends at tba risk of drowning, than risk a Yan
kee prison. The boats were towered, therefore, to
pul the people on shore, (/‘nd now comes a scene
tnat all the civilized world should know, and more
particularly the mariner, as Le is taught that with
in's country’s Hag at hair mast and union down, lie
demands the assistance of a brother mariner and
tbe sympathies ot an enemy, end particularly a de
fenceless ship in a defenceless position.) The
three vessels now opened fire on my mostly
with shell, until the boats were started on shore,
| when they drew their fire from tbe snip aad di
i lected it at the boats, trying to destroy those poor
i creatures white battling with the surf to save their
I hves. Deeming it my duty to try to prevent
I this, I hoisted the British ensign, my national
Hag, half-mast and union down with my own
hands, thinking it would apt-ease their wrath,
seeing mv ship was in a deimiceless condition. —
But instead of that it seemed to increase Iheir
wrath, tor the shell from the two largest ships
come taster und with mere precision, seemimzly
determined to destroy all the defenceless souls on
board that fated ship. 1 walked utt and hauled
aown that emblem wbict. isdfc S v. every Bailor’s
I bosom, disgusted with myselt that I nad ever
hoisted it half-mast or union down, but rather
have, taken the chances as 1 hud to do, of
having ali my people destroyed, than to
have shown distress to so inhuman and de«
: testable an enemy. We all succeeded in getting
on shore, however, without taking a dose of the
Yankee pills. They followed up their shelling on
the 261 h and 27th to the tune of about one buu
d.ed and fifty per day, at the old ship and a bad
tery on the East end of Sullivan’s Island, with
■ no other damage than the Killing of one chicken
and of two tiddlers, one mortally, the other slights
ly, but they got better pay than that, for while
attempting to land with five boats one tbe eve
ot the 27th ult„ the battery on East end ot Sul
livan’s island, under Captain Haskell, opened on
them, putting a shot through one of tbe.r boats
i and killing or wounding two of their men, when
they turned bout ship uni made double quick
time back to their ships again.
Thomas J, Moore,
Late Matter Bntish Steamer Nellie.
We obtain the following paragraphs from
the Savannah “Republican,” of June 10th t
Reinforcements for Jackson.—A dispatch re
ceived here from Richmond states that General
Lawton Iras been ordered, with his brigade, to
join General Jackson on the Shenandoah forth
with. Ke was to have left Richmond Wednesday,
and by thi» time he is, doubtless, in sight <4 the
enemv. The brigade is 6,000 stron , all Geor
giansi and as fine troops as are to be found in
tne Confederacy. The usual compliment of ar
tillery has, doubtless, been added. We shall hear
from these men before many days.
Not So.—A ridiculous story has gained curren
cy in the up-country—and we have received sev
eral letters of enquiry about it—to the effect that
the government has resolved on withdrawing the
troops from Savannah, and abandoning the place
to the enemy. There is not a particle of truth in
tbe report. We have abundant troops here now
to repel any probable attack of the enemy, with
an equal number, within a lew hours call. We
have no reasan to believe that the military au
tnorities contemplate an evacuation of Savannah,
and, were that tolly committed, Georgians enough
would be found to defend it outside of the army.
From all appearances, the tnemy have evacua
ted our coast, as a prisoner captured on James’
Island, near Chaileston, some days ago, turned
out to be a private in the Seventh Connecticut
Regiment, Dy whom, it is understood, Fort Pulaski
was garrisoned.
gF - We clip the following paragraphs from
the Rome(Ga.) fcoulherv.tr', of June ±lth;
Mitchell’s Gunboat.—We learn from a parti
cipant m the scene, that Mitchell s
gunboat run into a masked battery, a few days
ago on 4’ennessee river. A number of rangers
and citizens had been watching this craft for
some days, and finally arranged an ambuscade
on the river, gome. distance above Guntersville,
when she was proceeding lazily along, on a
chicken stealing expedition, at the rate ot about
two miles an hour, the men basking in the sun
shine totally unconscious of the dangerous prox
imity, and when about the center of the line of
ambush, a tire of rifles and shot guns was opened
on them, which killed seventeen and wounded
eight- The boat steamed across the river and
open ed a fire with her guns, but only damaged
the trees.
We have heard of a number of instances where
small parties of the enemy out maurading, in
the vicinity of Huntsville, had been attacked
and destroyed, and shooting pickets is an every
day affair.
The WheatMrop.—From the beet information
we can get, the wheat in this section will not
average over a half crop. Some fields will yield
an ordinary crop, while a great many will not
make seed, and some will n<4 b- C °L -k® corn
crop is looking unusually fine.
* From iheFlc/anond fra.ymspateh Jane 11.
FROM TMM 'V’AI.I.KY',
THE TRAP BET TO CATCH *’ STONEWALL ”
Rockingham Co., Va,, June 6‘
The day after my letter from Winchester intel
ligence reached “Old Stonewall,” at Harper’s
Ferrry, that a Federal column from the Norths
west, probably headed by Milroy and Fremont,
was trying to form a junction; at Strasburg with
Shields’ and McDowell’s forces, and cut off his
communication with the Upper Valley, while
Banks, collecting his scattered forces, and pro
bably reinforced by Dix, would press upon him
. from Maryland. It wasjan artful trap, and show
|ed how important it was deemed to catch the old
I hero, who proved himself, however, a little too
smart to be caught by it. On Sunday morning,
Bh?t ult., he quietly commenced to fall back from
Winchester. There was no hurry, no stampede,
but all was orderly; nor could his retiring be
properly called a retreat. The principal part of
toe immense amount of captured stores was
safely removed, and the balance rendered useless
to the original owners.
The whole line of troops and wagons was about
12 miles long. The people of Winchester and
of the lower Valley of course felt sad to give up
so soon our noble army for the detestable Yankees.
They, did so, however, with cheerful expectation
that ere long the tables would be again turned,
and Jackson be chasing tbe Yankees out of the
Valley, even more completely than before. But
some of the citizens, who had remained in Win
chester after the previous evacuation of Wins
Chester by our troops, declined to do so this time.
Saida gentlemaa to your correspondent: “Sir,
we were in no' danger of life or limb, but our im
prisonment was worse than the penitentiary, and
we were subjected to the most shameful insults.
On one occasion, I and my family were made to
rise from our scarce tasted breakfast and give it
up to a party of YanKefe soldiers.” Riding in the
environs of the town, I noticed quite a number
of unenclosed graves of soldiers from both arm
ies. I said to the sexton, then digging a grave,
"Do you bury the soldiers like dogs, in the old ;
field '?” “Ob, no, sir," was the reply, “there was j
a good fence here, but the Yankees burnt it up.
They also destroyed tbe enclosure of the city
cemetery.
Time would fill to recite instances of Yankee
meanness, and of the spir it of our -citizens. One
or two must suffice. They deserve to be put on
permanent record. The ladies feel most keenly
for our heroes at Kernstoan. One lady kept a
list of ali the killed and wounded soldiers,as well
as of such as were left in Winchester sick, and ap
pended remarks to each name for tbe information
and comfort of friends when communication
might be had. 1 saw this list, and was affected to
find what a labor of love, what a sweet solace,
the keeping of it had been, H any one reads these
hues whose sick or wounded son or brother died
at Winchester during its occupation by the ene
my. let such a one be comforted by the assurance
that the loved soldier hero wanted not the sweet
est ministrations that love could afford. After
the battle.a lady applied for permission to go to
tbe field in behalf of our killed and wounded.
“No madam,” was the response ; and if you go
you will certainly be shot.” “1 am sorry,” was the
reply, "that 1 asked a favor of such a man.”
One of the ’Vinchester boys, taken a prisoner,
was permitted to go (under guard) to tell his
mother “good-bye.” Not a tear did she shed ;
but. said,“with the dignity of a Roman matron,
“my son. J am proud of yon that you were taken
doing your duty.” The Yankee spectatois- were
abashed, but subsequently their meanness got
the better of them, and tauntingly would run
along the line, in an under tone,, “You did your
duty, did you ?
Take two more cases, rather of the funny order.
A Yankee officer applied to Dr. B. for a prescrip
tion. “I won’t g’ve it, sir.” "I will pay you.”
“I want none ot your money. I won’t prescribe
for you. Go to your own surgeon. Here you are
invading our land, stealing our property, and you
want me to help you do it by making you well.
Clear out ot my house.” The officer incontinently
retreated, and the Dr. was arrested. The very
gentlemanly Provost Marshal endeavored to
persuade the- Dr. his charges against the Yankee
were unfounded. Hearing the conflab, in came a
party, bringing a Yankee who had stolen his
horse, and by authority of his commander at that.
The Dr. quietly leaned over and nudged the
discomfited Provost, "I think your people do steal
sometimes, sir.” The lest incident occurred at
the late battle in the streets of Winchester.
The gallant Col. Bavlor bad taken a prisoner
and being himself slightly wounded, looked’
around for someone to take charge of the Yankee.
Seeing no one but a lady, standing in her door,
he said “Madam, please take this man;” and
turning to the prisoner, "if you don’t go in and
behave yourself, I wi'l blow your brains out.”—
The next day the Cvlonol, passing by, said to
the lady, “Well, madam, what did you do with
our prisoner?” “Ob, sir, I kept him, and turned
him into the court-yard with the balance.” I
presume, as he belonged to a race that believes
in "woman’s rights,” etc., he did not to
this "petticoat government,”
I have said that Jackson did not retreat, but
fell back in good order. He did this, too, though
his men were utterly worn out and toot-sore,
many of tnem having marched an average of
twenty-five miles per day for seven days preced
ing, besides other duty, and others ot them had
been on the constant go for a much longer pe
riod. Notwithstanding this, old Stonewall turned
off from tbe Valley pike on Sunday last and offer
ed Fremont batt'e, which, after a slight skirmish,
the ,latter declined. Jackson then returned to
Strasburg, and kept in line of battle during the
day; but the enemy declined to fight, though he
constantly annoyed our rear. I expect he picked
up some of our worn out men, whom he will
claim as trophies. Since Sabbath our gallant
General has been engaged in carrying out plans,
the fruit of which will duly; appear. I deem it
better to say nothing of his movements or present
position, but confine myself to incidents perfectly
harmless, and I hope noi uninteresting.
At New Market I heard much of the foppery
and cowardice of Banks, and of the contempt of
his troops lor him. At Kernstown, as well as in
his late retreat, unlike Jackaon, be kept far away
from the flashing of the guns. Banks while at
Mew Markat was in the habit ot dressing three
times'a day, using paper collars. He would ride
into town "dressed to death and his hans unseen,
in white kid gloves. The Northwestern troops
frankly declared not, only that Banks was a cow
ard but was the tune es the New England soldiers
tyneraily, for whom they professed a profound
contempt. -They said, "if we only bad Jackson
or Ashby to fight under.”
While in the Valley, the Yankees kept up their
character for lying. By their repeated assertions
—the people ol New Market having no source
from whence to learn the truth—almost began to
believe that Milroy was at Staunton with 80,000
men; that Richmond had fallen, and the like.—
They certainly seemed, however, to be honest in
believing that tbe rebellion was nearly put down.
One, who frequently said to an old lady, “I hope
soon io be in Richmond,” lately passed through
the village a prisoner, and-received from her the
smiling remark, “I am glad, sir, you are at last
to be gratified.” At New Market the Yankees,
besides their usual thefts, stole from one of the
churches the communion service.
Since I have been writing the foregoing, lively
cavalry skirmishing has taken place in the rear,
in which the enemy was decidedly repulsed.—
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About fifty prisoners have just been brought in.
among them Col. Wyneham. of Garabaldi J lO " 1 '
ety, rind the Major of the regiment. The private,
are principally Germans.
Still Later—Night.—A heavy skirmish W 5»
curred, in which the Ist Maryland and 59th Vir
ginia regiments, and a part of Ashby’s cavalry,
met and repulsed five Yankee regiments of ins
fantry and a cavalry force.' We lost in killed
about 40, and in wounded about 100. Among
the former was General Ashby, who fell while
gallantly leading a charge. His loss has thrown
a sadness over the army. The enemy’s loss was
heavv.
Sabbath, A. M., June B.—All quiet since the
foregotng. The army was in line of battle all
vesterdav. A fight is hourly looked for. 1
Massakuetan.
PYom the Knoxville (Tenn ) Register, June TO;
PRENTICE HORRIFIED.
Prentice, of the Louisville “Journal,” has had
his humane feelings shocked by observing in the
Knoxville "Register,” a notice of the Cherokee
Indians, lately enlisted in the Confederate service.
Tbe following is the paragraph from the "Jour
nal” of May 26th : t
The Knoxville (Tenn.) “Register” of a late date
mentions with great rejoicing that the streets of
that city were enlivened by the arrival of a large
company of Cherokee Indians from tbe moqntain- -
ous region? of North Carolina, who bad "been en
listed in the Confederate service” by Major Mor
gan, of tbe 3d Tennessee regiment, who expects
to raise a battalion, to fill up which "other com
panies of white and Indians are desired.”-
The “Register” thinks that Major Morgan de
serves the highest praise for his indefatigable
zeal and energy, as displayed in the enlistment
of so many valuable recruits from the aboriginal
population.’’ It was long denied by the seces
sionists that savages had been enlisted in the
Confederate cause. But Albert Pike’s regiment
is in Arkansas and Morgan’s Tennessee battalion
have now become notorious, and humanity will
invoke the same curse against them as the noble
British statesman did against his Government
for exposing the American colonies to the barbari
ties ot the tomehawk and scalping knife.
I To alleviate the pain thus inlllicted upon the
[ feelings of the tender-hearted Prentice, we may
explain that tbe Cherokee warriors whom he mis
calls savages, are, in ail the qualities which cons
sthute a civilized, refined, and Christian people,
tar the superiors of the Yankee hirelings who fill
the ranks of Abe’s invading army. We venture
ihe assertoin that there are more men among our
gallant Cherokee volunteers who can read and
write, than there are in any Yankee company ot
equal numbers now in the field. These brave
aborigines are not, like the mass ot Prentice's
military allies, mercenary hirelings, stimulated
by the promise of plunder, but patriot soldiers
in arms to resist the cursed invaders of their na
tive soil— to protect ta eir wives and children—-
their homes and their green fields.
THE LOSSES AT CHICKAHOMINY.
Our whole loss at Seven Pines has been added
up by the "Enquirer,’’ from tbe published returns,
and lists not yet published. It amounts tojabout
2,300 all told—killed, wounded, an't missing.—
Os these only about 150 were killed, the wounded
bearing an unusually large proportion to be
killed. In the meantime, the Yankees acknowl
edged a loss of 800 killed and .upwards of 4,000 *
wounded. This, we have no doubt, is .about half
what they actually lost. They say fiothing of
the 800 prisoners we took from them, but they
speak of 1500 which they took from uh. This, oi
course, is a lie out of the whole cloth. We doubt
whether they took IQO in all.
Our men proved themselrfes far the better meii
on this,aS they have done on every other occa
sion where they had an opportunity to display
their valor. The Yankees were entrenched up to
their throats, but they stormed their redoubts
and drove them out of them whenever they were
allowed to attack them. The Yankees talk about
their charges with the bayonet, and the splendid
result of those charges.
We have the best authority for saying that they
made no such charges. Our men at tempted, sev
eral times, to charge them, but they invariably
broke before they could get near them. All the
lying of McClellan cannot make out the Yankee
a hero at that weapon. He is peculiarly ticklish,
and cannot stand tbe cold steel. General Early
gave the lie direct to a statement of McClellan
about a Yankee bayonet charge at Williamsburg,
and the Yankee baynot charge at Chickahominy
is equally a lie. McClellan knows these are lies,
and the Yankees know it well enough- The tales
told in the Northern papers about their killing
our men with the bayonet, are pure fictions, un«
less they murdered wounded men with that in
strument, which we think probable enough.
No troops that ever fought showed more de
termined courage than ours at Chickahominy.
It is truly a noble army, that. collected around
this city, it cannot be whipped, and it will not
be by any force not double itself, or more in
number.— Richmond Dispatch, June 10.
YANKEE LIES.
The following circular was picked up at Win-.
Chester after the late battle, together with many
others of a similar character. It shows tbe infa
mous system of tying resortel to by the Yankee
Generals to keep up the courage of their troops.
When the prisoners captured at Winchester were
told they were to be sent to Richmond, thev were
perfectly astonished. "Why,” said they, “it was
announced at tatoo that McClellan had been in
Richmond for three days.” This dispatch, which
was sent by McClellan through Gen. Banks, is a
correct copy of the original, and was intended to
encourage the Yankee troops when an attack
from Jackson was loosed for:
Headq’rs 3d Brigade, 1
General Banks’ Division, >
May 19th, 1862.)
[Circular.]
The Brigadier-General commanding announces
the following intelligence to the troops.of his
command;
By telegraph from Frederick, dated May 19,
1862:
“To Gen. Williams— •
“Gen. Halleck telegraphs Gen. McClellan that
be has captured Gen. Price, Cols. Dorsey and
Cross, and Capt. Budd, of General Price’s staff,
and his whole army.
I Signed J N. P. Banks,
Major-General.”
This glorious, news will be read to all the
troops of the command to night at tatoo.
By .command, Brig.-Gen’l Williams.
Imposters.—The Thomasville (Ga.) Times
learns that some persons, representing them
selves as agents of the Confederate States, have
been visiting the Bth district of Fhomae coun
ty, and by threats forced the citizens to dispose
of cattle and sheep at a much lower price than
could have been procured, and in some cases
have driven off the stock without paying at all.
The stock was shipped on the railroad at Quit
man. The editor thinks that the military author
ities should take steps to discover and punish the
imposters.
A Naw Fulminating Spur for Iron clad Ships.
—A French naval officer, holding a high com
mand, has tendered his resignation, tn order to
devote himself to the completion of a new ful
minating spur, which he has invented for iron
clad ships, which will not only drive in the side
of a ship, but will lodge in its interior an explo
sive shell of the most dangerous character.