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BY JAMES GARDNER.
FROM KICHMOND.
The fohowiDg paragraphs are taken from the
Richmond (Va.) * Diaaatch” of Jane 26.
Thk Links Ac.—li was generally expected
that a tierce and general engagement would have. 1
taken place at our Laos yesterday, and from
every indication ard preparation the surmise
seemed to be well founded; but, although all were
on the tip-toe of expectation, yesterday passed
like many others without tfce realization of the
much looked for ant desired event. Early in the
day, cannonading b.nh from our and the enetry’e
positions took plar from the right, left, and cen
tre, but on the two latter points operations were
nothing more than fierce and artistic artillery
duello, in which titeuemv were decidedly worst**
ed.
Their artillery Hearing upon Garnett's and '
Christian’s farms vere particularly active, and
seemed anxicos for & response. This was not
long in forthcoming, and they were accordingly
shewed from their several positions with much
ease and wi»h evident loss. They repeatedly re
iurned to toe charge, however, yet our artillery
received them with such accuracy us tu drive
them pell-mell late the woods, and causing the
abandonment of camps to the right of the Me®
:baniceville Bnoge. An artillery duel also took
place upon the York River Railroad, be twee » six.
and seven miles from the city, at which place
also the enemy were endeavoring to erect breast
works in the wools. Being informed of this,
nome pieces ol toeFiis. Vtfginia artillery proceed*
ed w tibia shelling distance, and by superior exe
cution silenced the enemy’s guns, and %*o.»ped
their excavations. But the most serious and im*.
portant transaction at our lines yesterdey, took
i laceontbe Williamsburg road.
The enemy advancing their lines, suddenly
fell upon cur pickets, and owing to superior num
bers drove theai in upon our our supports. The
* advance of the enemy was composed of Sickle’s
and another brigade. Informed of the state of
ibiuga, thte Ist Louisiana was sent forward to
reconnoitre and find the enemy’s force, position
and intentions—but to do this their journey lay
across a large open field, and white advancing
the cowardly enemy screened his forces in the
thicket, and hoviug eaugbt the gallant Ist Lous
siaaa in ambuscade delivered murderous fire,
which struck down dozens of the valiant fellows.
But not dismayed at this reception and their hea-%
vy lob* l , the brave men instantly dressed their
'.me, dan bed at Sickles’ hirelings with the bayo
net, and routed them. Still opposed to numbers
greater than their own, the Ist Louisiana was
quickly supported, we are informed, by the
3d, 4th and 2‘d Georgia regiments, of Wright’s
brigade, who held a large force of the foe at bay
for two hours, before our forces were got into
position, and appalled the enemy by their formid
able front.
Except in the Ist Louisiana, we near of few
casualties, ard this arose from the fact that ihey
were the victims of a trap laid by the Yankees,
and were too heroic to fall back when discovering
it* Col. Shivers, Mej. Nellegan, and many men,
were wounded—Lien?. Gilmore and some others
being killed. This loss arose purely from an
*,prit tifi &rp*i *hich prompted them to remain
and stand fast, though opposed by vastly superior
numbers. It is said, however, that when the
LoavsianiaiiS closed their broken ranks, and
charged upon the enemy’s masses, that it was so
terrible that they gave way in disorder. This
conduct i 9 perhaps akin to that which extracted,
the expression of Gen. Bosquet when witnessing
the brilliant and famous cavalry charge of the
English Light Brigade at Baluklava, yi"; ,4 Tbii
is magnificent, but it is not war!” The conduct
of the Louisianian* and Georgians im hut.:'}
«fp<4«a of-* nothing can detract from their
nor qualities as soldiers and patriots, but an ex.,
cess of bravery characterizes their movements.—
The Mosb of the Louisianians is reported at 14
tfficers and 200 men killed and wounded, but this
we believe is much of an exaggeration
Subsequent to this brilliant but unfortunate
‘rans&ction, an artillery force was moved to the
faont, and a fierce fight ensued, completely eilene*
.ng the Yankee batteries in the woods, which had
advanced to occupy the disputed ground. Captain
linger s battery, we arc informed, was conspicu
ous in the affairs of the day at the right, and re
tired from the fray with much honor and little
■ oss. The best evidence of tneir success is in the
fact thst the enemy retired and did not reply.
Our pickets were particularly successful yester
day in capturing intruders upon our Lines, and
effected important seizures. Among others, we
■iay mention the arrival in our midst of two wo*,
men, who were discovered endeavoring to pene*
trate our Lines, evidently for no praiseworthy in
tention. These women are of low caste, and
would pass very well in time of peaee for mother
and daughter; bu! as it proves, they are perfect
strangers to each other, as to relationship, but
are evidently leagued together in some clandes
tine enterprise, and neither can give any satisfac
tory account of their avocations or residence.
Their mysterious appearance at our outposts yes
terday was more than sufficient to warrant arrest,
BDd their answers good evidence of treason*
able intention.
It is generally expected that operations of great
moment will take place to®day, but whether the
j severe skirmishes of yesterday will culminate
* ageneral action, is a point impossible to d*>
terrriine ; but should this be the case, we are fully
sure that ajl our preparations will result in bnl?
hoot victory, despite the traps, ambuscades, and
pratty cunning of the enemy evinced on many
occasions as oh yesterday.
As General McClellan may claim the severe skir
mish of yesterday as another Federal victory, we
will simply say that the brave Ist Louisianians were
opposed to not Jess than seven Yankee regim nts
«.$ the following prisoners captured by them tesN
tify; for, io addition to the seizure ol Captain
James McKernan, of the 7th New Jersev,' there
are also the following visitors to Libby's ware
house, one Sergeant; two Corporal?, two Musi
cians, six privates—in all, twelve prisoners, part
of Sickles' Excelsior Brigade, 7th New Jersey,
1 9th Massachusetts, 2d New’ York, aud sth New
Jersey, taken at the old battle ground of the
.Sevfen Pines. Three were wounded.
Fiezxo on the River — ln our Monday’s is.
sue, under the above beading, we gave an acs
count of an affair on the river between a gunboat
< f the enemy and one of our field batteries which
w- have since lenroed was inaccurate in some
particulars.
The fight wa? between four piece? of Cant.
T. B. French’s Pght battery, of Brig. Gen.
Walker’s brigade, and a four#gun vessel. The
enemy h vessel's having been fired on whenever !
they passed this point by our sharpshooters, the !
officer commanding this boat took on board, at
City Point, a company of sharpshooters to return
Dur fire from the banks; but when his vessel
rounedd the bend, and was met by tbe fire of
'ur field pieces, not only sharpshooters, but
gnu's crews, sought safety below.
’ The artillery, supporied by a detachmept of the
Third Arkansas, hammered Uncle Abe’s gunboat
? o perfection, hitting ber almost every shot • run
ning their projectiles clean through and through
her, in ajme instances, and, in others, bursting
their shell inßide. The boat was so badly cut up
-.bat she bad to be unloaded to keep ber from
pinking. Having made her way slowly from un»
• der tire, ahe was towed off by the Monitor . The
fellows on board were so frightened that tbev
fired only one gan in reply, which was done by
pulling tbe lanyard from below, the operator not
showing himself. One of Captain F’s gnns <a 19
launder Parrot captured at Manassas, bursted at
\he third discharge, whereby one of the men lost
bte right arm, end Lieut. Robertson was very
t. gbi'ji bru’?ed *.d the moufb. The bravp felJiw
whose arm was broken, (Wm. D. Jackson, of
| Stafford,; while the Surgeon was amputating it,
! held up the other, remarking: “Thank God I
j hare one yet left to fight the Yankees with/ 1
This battery is the same that harassed the ene.
:my bo much last winter ou the lower Potomac,
; under its then Captain (now Colonel) John R.
i Cook, completely blockading the river iu the vis
cinity of Boyd’s Hole, and in one instance sink,
iog a schooner transport at tb« distance of two
miles from the guns. The men are from the old
county,of Stafford, are superb fellows, know their
business, and with their homes and families in
possession of the foe, wiU lose no opportunity to
lay a heavy hand upon him,
THE TYRANT OF NFW ORLEAN6 1
j The insolence and bravado of Butler, the tyrant ■
of New Orleans, are unbearable. We cannot ,
conceive how a free people can submit to such
tyranny as he exercises over that community.— j
.His language, even, is coarse and vulgar, respect- ]
ful neither to “rebels’’ nor to the representatives j
of foreign governments. On the llrh of June, |
George Coppell, H. B. M. Acting Consul, Cb j
Me .a, French Consul, and M. W Feoachi, Gtetk
Consul, addressed a joint note tp 3 tiller, stating
' that Mr. Covas, oi the firm 6f Covas A Negro
pouts, had putebased, conjointly with others, 3,205
hogsheads of e:\gar for account of citizens of the
countries w hich these Consuls represent; that the
purchases were made at various times, and iu the
UShal manner in which such business is carried
| on by foreign commercial houses when purchas
ing for account of distant parties, i. e., that by
the proceeds of bills of exchange drawn by the
purchaser here upon tbe bone tub owner of the
produce; and that this sugar has not beeD ale
lowed to be removed, has entailed upon the for.
eign owners great loss. The note concludes as
follows:
But as the undersigned are disposed to waive
all past proceedings, they beg that the order not
' permitting the removal of the produce in ques
-1 non be rescinded, and that tbe sugars be at the
disposal of the purchasers, to do with them as
’ tbev may seem fit; or that the uudersigned, if
compatible, iu consideration of the mtereßt con
-1 cerned, be placed in possession of the facts which
1 capped such order to be issued—the enforcing
1 and existence of which materially retards and
‘ stops the leginaiate business of our countrvmeD.
1 lfutler replies, stating his reasons for pruhibil
, ing the removal of the sugar, the principal of
which are Confederate notes were exchanged for
the foreign exchange, and that the rebellion
might be aided by parties as well for gain as for
any sympathy with the rebellion. He concludes
| with tfle following vulgar language :
. My proclamation of May Ist assured respect to
> all persons and property that were respectable. It
> was not an amnesty to murderers, thieves and
i criminals of die or less hemousne.ee, uor
a mantle to cover the property of those aiders <>!
1 the rebellion whether citizens or aliens, whom 1
1 might find here.
> 11 numbers of foreigu residents here hare been
• engaged in aiding tbe rebellion, either directly
1 or indirectly, from a spirit of gain, acd they now
[ Hud themselves objects of watchlul supervision
• by the authurilijs ot the United Stßtes, they will
’ console theiuetives wiih the reflection that tuey ■
areoniy getting the "bitter with thesweet.” Nay, j
i . maeo, »f W.-Imra~qt«iat far<ngn rtr, in.. ,1 rib
• themselvee the objects of suspicion to. and even
• their honest acts subjects of investigation by the
authorities of the United States to their inconve.
I nience, they will, upon reflection, blame only the
i over-rapacious and greedy ol their fellow-citizens,
who have, by their aid to rebellion, brought dis
' trust and suspicion over all. Wishing to treat you,
' gentlemen, with every respect, I have set forth at
length some of the reasons which hav.* prompted
i rny action. There is one phrase in your letter
i which 1 do not understand, and cannot permit to
paßß without calling attention to it. You say,
“the nodereigned are diepoaed to waive all past
i proceedings,” Ac,
What "proceedings” have y"U, or either of you,
to‘waive’’if you leel disposed so to do* Wlial
authority is vested in you by ihe laws of nations
or of thia country, which gives you the power to
use such language to the representative of the
United .Stales, in a quasi official conHnunicatieh ?
Commercial .gents, merely of a subordinate class,
consuls have no power to waive or condone ny
i proceedings past or present, of the government
under whose protection they are permitted to
reside so long as they behave well. If I have
committed any wrong to Mr. Covas, you have no
power to ' waive” or pardon the penalty, or pro
vent his having redress. 11 he has committed
any wrong to the United Stales, you have still I
less power to shield him from punishment.
J take leave to suggest, as a possible explana
tion of ibis sentence, that you have been so long
dealing with a rebel Conlederation, which has
been supplicating you to make such represents- 1
lions to the Governments whose subjects you are,
as would induce your sovereigns to aid it in its
traitorous designs, that you have become rusty
in the language proper tp be used in represent
ing the Claims ol yotir tellqw-citixena to thecon.
sideration of a great and powerful government, i
entitled to equal respect with your own. ,
In order to preven all misconception, and
that, for the future, you, gentlemen, may know 1
exactly the position upon which I act in regard i
to foreigners resident here, permit me to explain j ■
to you, that I think a foreigner resident here, |
has not one right more than an American citi- i
xen but, at leas', one right,leas, i. e., that of med
dling or interfering, by discussion, vote, or
otherwise, with the affairs of the Govern
ment.
The Mobile “Evening N’ews.”'of June 2otb,
which publishes the above correspondence, states
that another correspondence bad taken place on 1
the 16th inet., between the Foreign Consuls* and
Butler in reference-to the oaths to be taken by ,
aliens in New Orleans. The "Evening News”
saya t
After a flippant recommendation to whoever i
does not like the United Stales laws to “stay cot
on the order of his going, but go at cncei” he
concludes:
“I must beg, gentlemen, that no more argu. '
; mentative protests against my orders be st*t to ■
me bv you as a body ; it any Consul Las anything :
to I ff-r for my consideration, he will eas'lv learn i
the proper mode of presenting it. It is no part
of your duties or your rights.”
How this style of wholesale insult to their rep
resentatives will be received by foreign govern ,
ments, we must perforce wait awhile before we
find out. Butler's da*ed June loth.
Cakgo Sal*.— Messrs. Octavu;. Cohen A Co.
sold yesterday a cargo recently imported. We '
give the following as particulars: 360 barrels
Twks Island sail ai $33 to s4dper bbl.; 30 sacks
Liverpool salt at s4l per -ack; 12 boxes soap
at cents to 90 cents per lb.; 65 reams letter
paper at S2O 50 to $22.56 per ream ; 10,000 en
velopes at sll per thousand ; t bags coffee, $1.39
per lb.; 2 chests tea, $6 to $6.25 per i’b. • 30
gross matches, sls to sl6 5b per gross. ’
■*o 8. Republican, ,/ant 27.
The Persia, which sailed Wednesday for Eu»
rope, only took out $733,220 in specie. Gold
opened Thursday at $lO6, and closed at the same
V;T g'cia f’s sold Thirday at 56>f a st*Jf
AUGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUYL 2 , 1862. W
WHAT ABE YOU FIGHT INa FOB?
This question is brought home to every heart,
and emblazoned before every eye, in its clear
est colors, by the Rev. Dr. Lord, of Vicksburg.
He says:
“ Southern chivalry, in its most vital point,
the honor of our women, is now upon trial. The
lists are open; for God and your ladies, knights,
do vour devoir.”
In a discourse of stirring eloquence, delivered
in Vicksburg on the 25th instant, Dr. Lord ap
pealed in manly terras to the MKN.of the coun
|ry to wipe out the foul insult offered to the
; patriotic and virtuousladies of New Orleans
I We have not the space to publigh his entire
| address, but we cannot refrain from transl'er-
J ring to our columns the following closing para
graphs:
i '"What motives tic a, nay countrymen, are
■ wanting to make us the bravest of soldiers
! and most indexible of patriots? Our interests
| and our manly honor were in the cause b-fore
Ito the honor of our women is now in it. God
I —whom, in the midst of victories and reverses,
|we have alike appealed to show and defend
the right, bos so far answered our petitions as
to put us still more evidently in the right, and
our enemy still more flagrantly in the wrong.— !
With the memory of this last great wrong and
insult burning iu your minds, you will! go into
the battle of Vicksburg. With ‘ guns to the
right of us, guns to the left of us;'with defens
es constructed by the highest science—with
thousands of brave hearts and ready hands to
defend our almost inacceteable land approach
es, we have here an Opportunity to strike a
blow which will make the dark eyes of South
ern women dash with other emotions than
those whose harmless lightning struck the guil
ty soul of the temporary tyrant of New Orleans.
Their eyes will flash with pride and joy, to
hear that their honor has been vindicated upon
the hills of Vicksburg by their own brave citi
zens lighting with ours in the same holy cause
—and standing side by side upon the rock that
turned back the invasion which has rolled up
the Mississippi like a tide .from the ocean.
“ And lot us not forget, upon this solemn oc
casion, that Almighty Being who planted in our
hearts the just sentiment of indignation and
sense of wrong, which, in the end, will
bring to aid us, His irresistible power.
“He has called him?. If the God of battles.
Ho is the only giver of victory ; and if He
sometimes gives the victory to our enemies, it
does not follow that He Will give them the ul
timate victory. He permuted Israel to be three
times beaten and repulse 4 in the great quarrel
to which our text relate?, and yet the warlike
tribe of Benjamin, the violator of womanly dig
nity and the rights of humanity was at last
overthrown in that woman's quarrel witn a
i mighty slaughter. ;
• He has taught us in ‘tiis very narrative that
in the vindication of ou? honor, no sacritice is
too costly, no peril too gfet,t to be incurred.—
But here our honor and-Hpr interest are united;
and every apparent loss that does notinvolve
loss of honor, is a real gain; for it makes the
distance between ur and oar former country
men and present iemi -< tfcreater. What is
so -SV- 0 ift, tv.;,'V
ship upon the lee-shore, that must show all her
sail aud venture all her spars, though it should
blow a galo of wind; or like the same ship in
a storm, when, to avoid foundering, she has to'
throw her loading overboard It is herd, no
doubt, to see the precious bales and boxes
sink into the 'yesty waves that swallow naviga
tion up!’ But it is betier than that the ship
should be swallowed up. Let us save the ship,
and she may yet bear other cargoes of richer
merchandise upon the bosom ot a smoother
sea.
“ May Heaven grant it to our efforts, our
sacrifices, our prayers In His own good lime.
FROM THE WEST.
The Vickstuig “Citw.en” of the ‘23d says there
is nn doubt that the whole mortar and gunboat
fleet ot the enemy are concentrated below that
cty. The evening before twenty-two armed veß-,
sels and a large number of transports were count
ed. V.cksburg seems to be a hard nut for the
Yankees to crack. They will find alt the South
ern Cities so hereafter. We clip from the "Uitw
zen
At one o’clock to-day the fleet below was Ifing
quietly at anchor, and nothing was observed to
indicate any contemplated movement on tbeir
part this evening.
Arrived. -Gen. Lovell, Gen. Van Dorn and
Gov. Betlus, are now in our city. Like old war
horses, they smelled the battle star off, and have
some up to help ns fight against the mighty.
Grand Gulf Aoaijj.—We learn from a mem ■
her of Captain Johnson's Cavalry, that on Sat
urday as h" was passing up in tbe vicinity of
Graud Gulf, the Federal gunboats were again
engaged in shelling that devoted village. The
Yankees seem to have a particular grudge against
this harmless and undefended little town. U
agrees with their fightiug propensities to attack
(fefenceless villuges. There is not so much dan
ger in it as there would be in attacking larger
places with strong fortifications.
The Yazoo.—Yesterday about noon a steamer
was obsetved coming down (as thought) the
Mississippi, but undoubtedly the Yazoo river.
It w*s pronounced by a great many to be the
Federal guDboat. But we became satisfied that
it was the guuboa’ Vad Dorn recounoitering, for
she only came to the mouth of the river and re
turned. If it had been a Yankee boat we would
have learned this morning oi their being in that
stream.
ST We were shown yesterday a letter of a re
ceul date received from Maryland. Things were
quiet, and nearly all the troops had left the .State
to reinfirce McO ! ellan. Occasionally a regiment
passed through Baltimore from the North. The
arrest oi citizens for polfical ■ fl-uces continues
to be made. They are sent to Fort Warren. The
prisoners now confined there from Baltimore
are : George P. Kane, lute marshal of police;
Charles Howard and William H. Gatchell, of the
police board; Teackle Waliig, Henry Warfield
and T. Parkin .Scott, members of the Legislature,
Frank Key Howard, editor of the Baltimore “Exl
change" (now,"News Sheet.”) These gentlemen
have all been offered their release on parole, but
have refused to accept of liberty on such terms.
The parole was accepted by all the other prison
ers who have been released.
ChirUitjK CourUr 1 June 27th.
Can’t Stand the Climate.— A Northern paper
gives s specimen of wnat a Yankee correspond
ent thinks of the climate in the Southwest: j
A*we advance into these regions a variety of I
diseases are becoming ruinously prevalent. Fe- j
ver and ague, jaundice, diarrhoea, and many
types of fevers, are thinning the ranks of the dif
ferent regiments fearfnily. J will not attempt to
describe the pictures of the poor men rs they
drag themselves through camps. The toughest
looking ones seen; to 'be the greatest sufferers.
northern news.
The bill prohibiting slavery in the Territories
finally passed the Federal Congress on the 17th
inst. The House concurred in the sub
stitute for Arnold’s bill, which forever prohibits
slavery in the Territories now existing, or which
may at any time hereafter be termed or acquired.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York “Herald” denies that Gen. Shields is under
arrest. His command has suffered severely, but
nothing has transpired in reference to his arrest.
The friends of Col. Carroll slate that he acted un
der positive orders of Gen. Shields in destroying
the Port Republic bridge, and that he was direct
ed to hold it at ail hazards. *
The United .States Marshal of Boston has
brought to Washington a number of witnesses to
appear before the committee to investigate tbe
case of Hon. Benj. Wood. Among the witnesses
summoned is the editor ofthe New York“ News”.
A “rebel mail earner" was captured by the 1
Yankees near Culpeper, Va ,on the 16th inst. A
large quantity of fetters to prominent officers in j
the Southern sen ice were found in the mailbag, j
also about ten thousand dollars in Confederate
bonds. Tbe carrier said bis ame was Granville
W. Kelly.
A bill to repeal tbe “Personal Liberty Law” of
W isconsin was passed by the Assembly of that
State, on the 13>h mat., by a vote of 51 ayes to 25
i uues.
The Kingston (Jamaica) "Journal,” of May 19,
says: “The shipping registry of Saturday last
Bh'ows another arrival from tbe blockaded ports
of the Southern States—the sloop Fairfield, with
a cargo of cotton, which will be offered for sale in
this market There are now in our harbor three
vessels bearing tbe flag of tbe Confederate States
—the Faitfield, the Water Witch, and the Josse
ra.”
Lord Lyons, accompanied by his Secretaries,
ariived in New York on the 17th, and was to dew
part for England the next day in ihe steamer
Persia.
THE cotton market.
The 'cotton market was firm yesterday, says
the New Ynr t “Herald,” of the ifith inst., with
sales of 1,500 bates, closing stiff on the basis of
for Middling Uplands. The following
statement regarding the movements of eolton.
from Sept. 1, 1360, to June 18, 1861, is from the
of Messrs. Wm. P. Wright A Co.:
Bales.
Receipts at the ports 3,445,000
Exported to Great Britain 2,166,000
Exported to France 571,000
Exported to other foreign port* C6l),C«>o
Total 5,106,0ne
Taken up by Northern spinners 266.000
Stock on hand.. 73,000 \
Total f 3,445,000 |
The whole amount received in Great Britain
and in other ports of fiufope from the Ist of Sep
tember, 1861, to June 18,1862, (the present date,)
has been confined to cargoes which have run the
blockade, and has not reached lu,ooo bales. The
exports of 8,106,000 bales to Europe last year, at
the then average value of $55 per bale, amounted
to $170,880,000. The present average value of 31
cents per pound, in New York, gives the cost of
tbe average bale of 450 pounds at $139.50. Esti
mated by this standard, the export of last year,
up to this date, would have amounted loan enors
mous Bum of money. The Northern spinners up
to this date last year, took 260, UjO bales, of the
value of $14*680, 0u0, leaving the small stock iu
Southern ports of 73,000 hales. The only aup*
plies spinners have obtained this year have tven
tl&GQpi (moW} air* .*i)
and to confiscated and prize lots. Ihe East India
Surata, imported on speculation, proved to be a
failure. Its short and brittle fibre was wholly un*
suited to the condition of American machinery,
while its Inferior quality unfitted ii for the pros
duction of American goods. The most of tba; re
ceived was re-shipped to England.
A PROPER RETALIATION.
The following letter from Gen. Hindman to the
Federal commander m Arkansas, is written in the
proper spirit:
Hkadquartrrs Trans Mississippi Dist., )
Little Rock, Ark., June 8. J
Gkneeal—l have received information that you
have in prison at Batesville obtain citizens ol
Izard county, Arkansas, captured a few days since
by a detachment of cavalry, who are charged
with firing upon your men while attempting to
arrest them, and whom it was your intention to
hang as outluws.
Without stopping to inquire whether they did I
actually fire upon your soldiers or not, I assert it i
to be the duty, as well us the right, ot every sol- }
dier of ihm district to fire upon tbe soldiers of tLe j
United States government, so long as that gov- j
efnment persists in the invasion of their homes, ,
aud they have ihe aim*to defend fhoae homes
with ; and in the perform-tace ol that duty, I shall
sustain tbenojat every hfazird.
I have in custody several officers an* soldieisot
the army of your government, and I write this
to warn you that if your threat 23 earned
into execution against cue angle citizen of this
district, who now* in, or may hereafter fall iuto
your bauds, I shall avenge his death by hanging
every Federal officer and soldier whom I now hold i
as prisoners of war; and from that time forward
this becomes a war ol extermination between us.
Neither asking nor granting quarter. J shall put
to death without mercy every soldier and citizen
of the Cuited States who fails into mv hands.
I am further informed that in a published order
you have already declared this to be a war of
extermination, and that you expect to wage it as
such. I request, sir. that yon specifically advise
me us to the truth of such information, and if j
compatible with your duty, furnish me with a j
copy of the order in questien. If such proves!
to have been your declaration, however, you can 1
consider this as an acceptance of the issue tens*
dered, and we will ignore all recognized rules of
civilized warfare aud make our campaign one
of savage cruelty and unsparing butchery.
II iping, General, that these is some mistake
in this matter, and that the rules of civilized war
fare wUp continue to intnenee us both, in con
ducting the campaign in which we find ourselves
engaged,
1 have the honor :o be,
yoyr ob’i servant,
T. C. fiINDMAN,
• Majo*.General C-S. A.
Brigadier General Curtis,
Commanding U. S. forces in Arkansas.
“Sour Grapxs.”—ln conversation with seme
iarge New England manufacturers, the Boston
4 Transcript*’ learns that India cotton is getting
much in favor with them, ard some of them have
sent large orders cut for India cotton, preferring
it at the present price to American. Thev regard
it mere favorably than the English spinners,since,
they have had experience in working :t. As to
tbe’bnmng of cotton at the South, our manufac
turers consider it will operate beneficially to them
if one half the crop is burned. The stocks of
goods on hand are ho large that there is n:> doubt
of an ample supply of cotton to meet the con
sumption for manymontnft to come, and the man
ufacturers will be benefited rather than injured
j by having the staple come forward for the r«.
' mamder of the year slowly and at high p r j
j Some of our shrewdest and largest manufacturers
are well convinced of this, and as far as tbeir in
terest is concerned, wow Id not be sorry to see two
million bales destroyed in th*> planting regum
during the coming summer. Tbe coasumotior.
and the production of goods a-e both expected to
be v«*»y fight for several worths
VOL. 14,—N0 2
from Uie Sat--aU R'pit y.cnn j- me
IS XHIB TBTTE ?
Tta ‘ Joorcal h Monger,” of the tsSth i ;,
published at Mucon, (j. , ;
“It seems to be a • a'! attested f*ct, that the
purchase of a large po.Jon «f the Flout m the
Otate was ostensibly n.aJe lor 0 ifernm-nt n'-
and purporting to he .nts- ..cd ihoo
sold at a large prop a pr. rate ,-pet .1:0r
Inn tact ot thisde > -oshould bt- fixed on ib< v
, concerned, as we h . rsnred l: cr.h b« done, '.at
Inrtsllf ,^ ed " r "' -' !^e st “iler, tssuieattoo
prices to the poo. pi.i Ine beoelits of tier.
Mercer s operations- ould be a pU-d to other
•markets than Sa srnib. 6
I It the statemen ,bat the purchase o:
I-a large portion ,t .. , _ -^ le
|en»tblv made for amem use, .t-.d purport,
mg to he by tts a .... „n<i -her. , Id , X rg3
I •* a f n \»« 3 *»• u.’- th ,r should
! have farther. - ,cu coudu- ,bv tbe -■ -
I U»#rißi»tare*nadept
the penitentiary u ,d 1-dared to be "A FMonv :
| New the Editor sbo d have *,iven r e names of
. tbe pui tie?, i,,. ;;i L- ought t" trial rh4
Pfnt to the peoi*fr; .ry, areonceslitg the names
he should have ap, If.r a waimr. t ana caused
them to be vbtmd ■for ir u ? at t r,;x; Su
perior Court of the where the felony w&»
committed.
i'nbiish the ntu and doubt not these vio
lators of the law * e State w!I be prosecuted
before tha, Jourt, and if "convicted wX
be imprisoned r. •* penitentiary f..r the full
term prescribe i I_w Publish the ‘inf -urn
tion. let tibe public know the nan es of tbe epe- *.
lutors x-parco se i* Govern#
ment. Give thfe nam* 9. Juror.
FYoi.irihe J*f ..*»■;?* M 'Uesiypian, Sid mft.
The Fleet Rexl^d.—We learn by. telegraph
that ibe morta- Seet being V wed by tugboat- 1
was repulsed at (’rand Gulf on Saturday la**’
uud that tbe enemy feU^ack. stream.
Thisia the second time at : ! * ■- point that tbe
light batteries of six and tw ve |>o.uhJt;s
repulsed the enemy; and if sßccefvf-/. gov
calibre, what or t.ht we to accompli-n wiua hea
artillery* All honor to our k»!lao“ artillerists in
Claiborne county!
Another Artillery D«n Vioasßrao.—Ol
Saturday, about in id -day, f.._ enei..y opened *
brisk fire on out batteries which continued ar
bour or more, doing no injury to our batteries or
men as we could learn.
Thee-rlv hear of the iittAf was » ;,nsidered
thesiguai for the com mem . u th*. iiegr, but
it appears their taoiU.r fleet Wf ’ riven back a
1 Grand Gulf which would cA't .;>»* attack indetir
mtcly, eron if j were the u ntion of the Feds*,
j to have continueu thetirkigon Saturday.
l’be fie t from tier : ohis has not yet made iv
appearance above tbe city.
Tiir French M/Sister Gone Home —\ e Ur
from Coh Stone, late i f the Memphis “App 'aL' that
the Gincinnuti papers of th 16th con*\. adiß
patch froiH Washington,stating hat Count - -
cior, the French Munster to the United -* * .•*
bad engaged \assage and would sail ft-r Europe
in the steamer next succeeding tb*t tr» wb:*>
Lord Lyons returned. The “Enij irer’ - ’jec
turea that these Ministers haw? been ordered home
to be present at a conventioi be Lei i bet wee
Kngkmd and France m relation to American
fairs. The report excited much sensation if
Vaukeedom
OvNBOAT* Ixplosjqh—The Fedt'al gunboa
Mound<l»:y f Cap’,auk Kelly, iuu y miles up
oSt. un White river, Arkansas. Here
-
I 4i? SgSHoaderß, Thi* oa: erj r-nt
lOTotigE the poTt hole of tiu* Mound City, crplod
ing the boiler and serding MO Yankees to eter
nity. including all the officers on the boat.
; We clip the following paragraphs firm
the Charleston “Courier," of June 27th :
James' Island.—Our Senior visited, vesteriai
afternoon, the camps Os CHflhel Slliiijnton un
Colonel C. U. Stevens, and that of the
ton Hangers, on James’ Island, near OenerJ*
Gist’s headquarters, about four m»ies from the
city, and reports all quiet on the Island
The British steam sloop Racer, Captain Lyons
from Annapolis, Md.. which place she left on
Saturday last, arrived off this harbor Ou Wed nee
duv afternoon. She was vis.ted yesterday bv Her
Hman'c Majest? s Representative at this port
She brings dispatches to tbe Consul.
Tijk Grate Crop. —We are sorry to learn that
the Grape crop «>f the .State is likely to prove a
failure. The tine clusters of fruit, which, but a
short time since, gave promise of an abundant as
wml as luscious hi. l vest, are fast rotting and dry,
mg up. J-’uch is the case at Kaliuia, and also ir.
Gen. Hammond’s noble and extensive \ »neyar<?
at Ht-ech Island. He had largely prepared vat-J
and cellars, tor the manufacture ilt wine, but we
are told he will not have sound grapee
enough to make any wine ‘.his season.
CAPTURED.—XufIfIau papers of the Uth iosUut
report me capture ot the Confederate schooner
Agues H. Ward, of Wilmington, N. C., while on
L;*r way to Nassau, laden with fifteen bales o?
cotton, and one hundred and seventy barrels e?
spirits of turpentine, The schocmer was given
iu charge of the Prize Commissioners, on her ar
rival. —Charleston Ouuru.r, June 27/A,
Tup. “Index.”—We hav- received tbe first and
fttcond numbers (May Ist aDd ath> of “The
Index,” a weekly journal of politics, literature
aid news, published every Thursday, at 102
Fleet-street, London, by William Freeman, and
devoted to the Confederate cause and interests
We find Doling in these numbers that would be
new to our readers, but we have go* d reason t
approve the tone and staple ot the paper, and find
in it sugu?ies of success aud usefulness,
j We commend to ail inteiested the duty of
I promptly communicating with “The lode*'” at
every opportunity.
The prospectus contains the following, which
may I e extended with advantage by excuauges
To OCR pßiKxns AND Sißscßiß KHS.—Our friends
■>n the United Kingdom and on the Continent are
earnestly requested to forward us, at.their ean: v
est convenience, such information relative to the
mil tary movements and condition of affairs up
America as they may receive lb rough private
lerte*s, either from the United States or from the
Confederate States. They may rely upon tbe
mofct scrupulous precautions being observed; tha’
no lames or facts leading to identification wiii,
under any circumstances, be revealed. No corns
miTQ'cations, however, will be noticed, uule?
j authenticated by a responsible name. Southern
nevspapers, of any date will be useful aud ac
ceptable presents.
fur the conveniei c® ofo.ur distant subscribers,
ft.llthe receipts for subsenptious sigued bv any
th< official representatives, or conuDiAsinoei
ofleers ot the Confederate States, will be recog
nised at this office.
Our subscribers at the South will have th-:'
paier supplied through Henry Hoize, Esq., the
Coifederate States Commercial Agent at London.
\vh» has kindly tendered us his services tn thi. j
! res«ect during the continuance of the blockade.
Sibsc< iption 28 shillings per annum—post paid,
3*} drillings payable in advance.
Alvertisements to be forwarded to the publish
er, at 102 Fleet street.
CharUston Courier, June 26
Tae xNew Orloans * Crescent” was seized bv
Gen Butler, aud sold for the benefit of the United
v - !aT **, at 3,ooo—property aud good will-of a pa
per '.bat any day, or any hour of thedtv, one jva
* ag-, w<>uld have brougbUfloo,ooo.