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A manly and eloquent protest against aboli
tion fanaticism, and its .malignant schemes of
Southern subjugation, is embodied 11. the late
remarkable speech of Ben'Wood, of New York
in the Yankee Congress. To be sure, the lead
ing aim and object of the speech is purely yjs
ionary, and in the highest degree Quixotic. It
m the reconstruction of the Union, and a resto
ration of fraternal relations between the dis
severed State". His theory is that it is not too
late for the victorious North to propitiate the
South by a tender of the olive branch, and
tnatthe hour has arrived for the Yankee Gov
ernment to sheathe the sword and resort to
tho peaaeful weapons of friendly words and af
fectionate entreaty. We can but smile at the
romantic cradulity that can suppose it possible
that the fathomless gulf of hatred which now
divides the two confederacies ev6r be
bridged over by soft words, or that the South
will even stop to parley on a proposition
which ignores her independent nationality. But
the speech is not the-less interesting as exhib
iting a single phase of Northern sentiment,
though it speaks the voice of but a handful. If
is also significant as shewing that there docs
still exist at the North some spark 3of manly
and defiant scorn of that despotism which has
filled Northern besides with political victims.
We will in our next issue publish Mr. Wood's
speech,'with further conafiien’s.
tromthe Richmond i) June 2 \iih.
THE LINES atC-
The comparative quiet and peace bo tong reign*
jug at our lines have not been disturbed for ihe
wwt few days by any event worthy of more than
passing mention; skirmishing has been constant
daily at divers points.but in no instance have these
encounters in the timber jeaulted id anything
more than the capture of a few prisoners and the
extinction of the eu*uiy’9 hopes to advance.
Great boldness have charactenred the doings ot
our men in these daily adventures—some few
have been rash enough to penetrate the outer
camps «t the toe, and having driven everything
before them, returned with trophies of every im
aginable description. Brave and characteristic
as these episodes were,they have all been discoun
tenauced by officers, and properl t bo ; for
picket duty is dangerous enough in itself,
and does not call for or need (save by orders,)
any ot those dashing feats commendable aud
common on the battle held. But not only ?n the
infantry arm of the service have our men proved
themselves superior to the foe—the artillery have
amused themselves greatly, and practiced with
much accuracy and elfect upon the numerous
breast, held, aud horn works thrown up on the
• Federal Iront. Since Captain Dabney’s efforts ora
Friday last, with heavy pieces, which caused a
lodicr<<us siampede from Federal artillery and
infantry camps, it was surmised that their obnox
ious presence would no longer disgrace the lovely
face of the landscape on the north bank of the
Chick a hominy ; yet, numerous and impudent as
ever, they agai • appeared in working parties on
Baturday aud Monday, presenting fair scope and
practice for some artillerists, who, moving de
liberately to the front, near Garnet;* farm,
shelled the enemy fr<»m their excavations, and
expedited their departure from the knolls and
woods with much effect. Shell from our pieces
could be plainly see 1 bursting among the enemy,
and although they bravely withstood our can
nonade for some short time, expecting the arrival
of U. H. artillery, no relief came, and they lauda
bly imitated the race jf their friends &c Friday
last
The artillery of the’enemy, though admirably
worked and served when uoi face to face with
<sjrß, is handled with uncommon wildness and
icd precision when any of our batteries aopear
to dispute the ground. Hence little ia
usually done, and the cost or r.•*»!>»* Ih merely a
tteeliss expenditure of powder. Brisk artillery
tire was mam tamed by the foe upon our out
post* 00 the Mechanicsville road yesterday, but,
although the raDge of some halt dozen shells was
deter mned with great mathematical nicely, a
few fell harmlessly, uuexploded, while the frag
ments of another slightly wounded a negro.em
ployed upon some ot our works. Two shells
damaged one of our breastworks slightly, but
more than thiß no damage was done m this
quarter.
Dense columns of smoke were ascending over
the enemy’* position yesterday -various reasoos
were assigned for this unusual spectacle, but the
true cause is beat known to those ot our chiefs
in command. It would not be wise in us, per*
haps, even to hazard a conjecture.
We are informed that some of our officers, de
tailed on picket service, have shown themselves
negligent and blameworthy, insomuch that either
from carelessucss or ignoraoce.of the grounds,
picket panic* from the different regiment* have
fired at each other, and 10 on» instance with loss.
Any fauxpis of this nature, within the immediate
neighborhood of the enemy, is worthy of com*
meat and punishment. If the topography of the
place :a not known to officer* encamped within
guu-*ahot, for week* together, and nscles* mortali
ty ensue troni want of this requisite information,
bow can it be expected that tpesame officers will
•ucc< sstulJy handle or xn-.mceuvre force*—-if only
oompames~on the ground*, should exigencies
rwj ure it at*any inom-nt of night or day? It is
tune buch negligence should cease. Our loss wad
more than necessary at Yorktown Lines from this
cause Lives rre v> precious to be uselessly
sacrificed in this mauaer, and anv
tration of officers shoe Id De severely punisehd.
Indications of activity and liveliness prevail
»o ail our camps —bustle, good humor, and bouy
aocy is seen iD every section, and marked on
every lew ure -order l;es dash to and fro: bo Jem 11
and dusty Colonels, and others, are all found at
tbeir posts, and while all is industry beyond the
city, wnat a reproach «.* this to the tmsUd butter
flies, gaudy in color and braid, lounging about at
pillar and post frothy in warlike speech, put loth I
to manly action ?
What Jackson Has Dunk.—He has “upset and
endangered" great Federal movements and car*
ned universal ivg»et and universal consternation
to the heart ot the universal Yankee nation, a*
will be bv the following ingenuous para
• graph from the New York “Express”:
stonewall Jackson’s escape.
We regret to see that the Rebel general Jack
son. with the greater part, if not all, of his force,*
has escaped from the triangle of Geuerals we had
hoped to entangle him in, vjz : Fremont, from
over the mountains, {Shields, from the.Shenan-'
doub, aqd Banks, from the Potomac —and the
. deeper >» th-* reg ft, because the pursuit of him
has upset and eudangured other greater moves
meats.
Jackson, Monday night, was at New Market,
Shenandoah county, and was rapidly mak og his
way to the Staunton Railroad, whence he can
‘‘skedaddle’' by steam—and so we have lost him,
and ptobably our prisoners, whom he had with
him.— Petersburg Express, 24 th.
Affairs on Jamks'lsland.—All was quiet on
the Island Tuesday.
The pickets of both sides occupy their old posi
tion* and are in sight of each other, but by a mu*
tuaJ understand»ng fe f rain from firing.
CkarUtUm Courier June 25.
Pricks of Cotton.—l be prices now paid are
generally from 11 to 14 cent*. Inferior or very
fine qualities might go below or above these
quotations. All-offered at the market prices will
find purchasers.
Macon Journal dt Messenger, June 25.
Do Hblp Him . —Ou»*-friend Turner mak*»s a very
fair and pressing appeal to his brother Printers, j
Her" is what he wavs:
Will not some good brother printer sell me, as ’
b special lavor, a few pounds of leads, 18 ems,
oog primer. Bto pica ? You can’t tell how urate- j
fcl such 9. f ever would make me-
• Chattanooga, June 21,1882.
Col. Davis’ command crossed the river yester*
day evening at the Narrows, three miles above
Shell Mound, and proceeded to make a reconnois
ance towards Jasper, which 13 opposite Shell
Mound, three miles from the Tennessee nve.*.
Our sharpshooters this morning soon encounter
ed the enemy’s p>cket*, when some lively skir-%
mishing took place, which was kept up at inver*
yals during the day, I learn from information
just received that there was heavy firing this.
afternooD, and that several of the enemy were
killed and wounded, one officer, and four others
tr-ken prisoners. The former was shot seven timts
and bad his horse killed before be was takeu.
Our less is oner.an killed and four wounded.
I enclose you a Naahville.“Union” of the 11th
and an “Illustrated News” of the 14th. The
tone of the forn*er is becoming more insolent
than ever, it- editor, S. C. Mercer, being one of
the blackest in principles and heart of the Lin
coln abolitionists. I should not be surprised if
Morgan took a fancy to this fellow yet, one of
these fine daySj and cut hi 9 comb for him.
Nowithatanfling ihe act of Congress to ihe con
trary, prohibiting the trading with any town in
the possession of the Y'ankee forces, by our citi
zens, lots of contraband goods almost daily come
through from Nashville, via McMinnville, bought
by the Jews, all of which is subject to seizure
and confiscation. A large lot passed through
here to-day fer Mobile, and yet no seizure is
made.' If this trading is Dot soon stopped there
will be no such thing as safety within our lines.
These men of course have no interest in our
country except to make money, and extort from
us the most .enormous prices, and consequently
give information on both sides.
At such a critical time us this no passes should
be given to persons to cross the river, especially
to those who are not very deeply interested id
our cause.
The plot would seem t o. be thickening in East
Tennessee, and the signs are that matters will
become daily more interesting. The evacuation
of Cumberland Gap rather Mirprised the enemy,
and has been a stumbling block to them, which
they cannot exactly understand. Such have been
ihe movements here, that it would have been im
prudent to make mention of them, and even now it
is not judicious to say what is going on.
I perceive tny dispatches are most awfully mur
dered by the 'telegraph operators before they
reach you. They make !*,lX>o for 8,000, and get
names mixed up in a most crazy manner. Ora.
MobiU Eve. Stic*. June 28 d. j
Memphis Intelligence.—The following items
are from Memphis papers of the 17th
The city postoffice was opened yesterday, hot
little, i! any, business was done in the way of de>
livery. Twelve hundred letters were mailed.—
There was no lets than thirty applications from
citizens of Memphis for clerkships in the p >st
ofifice.
Some twenty boats were in port with immense
cargoes; the Glendale from Cincinnati, and the
Commercial from Louisville, brought down near
two hundred shippers, an overwhelming number
Ilf whom are Israelites. The river has risen fully
three feet, and is still swelling slowly. JThe rise
is from the Missouri, assisted by the Ohio.—
Freights had to be removed rapidly to keep them
out of reach of Water-
Runaways abound; a goodly number have
been arrested, and scarcely a day passes that the
police do not thke up a score.
Col. BHet left for Cairo yesterday afternoon.
He was wounded by a pistol in the recent tight,
the ball striking near the knee and rauging up
ward. Shortly afterward he was taken wuh the
measles, end is quite ill.
• tW We clip the following paragraphs frcm
the Savannah “Republican/’ of June 23.
Death of an Oglethorpe.— We regret to Ibarn,
from parties who went down to Cocksuur, under
flat* ot truce, some days ago, that L W. Landei*
shine, First Sergeant of ihe Oglethorpe L>ght In
Company 3, and who was lelt at the Fort
in the capacity of Hospital Steward, died some
three weeks since end was buried on the island,
ills disease was con»*»patJon ot ihe bowels. We
ui». c ituii hL? hear!»aurwa«n maii.r a*
deep affliction.
Rf connoissance on Wilmjnbtom.—We are re
quested toetate, that. Capt. J. G. Owen, ol Company
H t 29th Georgia, with nine men, and not Lieut.
Hooper, of the Berry Infantry, leconitered Wile
mington Isiand Thursday last. There were no
Yankees on the Island. The cattle, hogs, fowls,
Ac., on the Island, together with the furniture,
ware, Ac., in the houses, weie untouch
ed.
A Confederate prisoner, on parole, who reo
cently arrived at Richmond from McClellan's
hues, says a New York “Herald ' was taken troni
him, which contained a paragraph to the effect
that the French Emperor hud written an auto
graph letter to Queen Victoria, which was trans
mitted by Count Persiguy in person, and was
supposed to refer to c’ouon and the Confederacy
He stated further, tbat just before be lelt Fortress
Monroe, a Yankee Paymaster came in and said
that he was on the tram fired into by Stuart in
his Jate circuit, and on the flat wtere he was six
were killed and thirty wouuded He jumped out
and ran ;way as bard as he could, leaving on the
cars $172,000 in gold, which he thinks was lost
in the Pamunkey, towards which the train was
hastening wuh the velucity of lightning, without
an engineer to atop it.
Importajt* Arrest.—The Petersburg “Express/
of Friday, states that an important arrest whs
made on the Beaboard t r ain Wednesday, while
the cars were crossing the bridge at Weldon on
their up trip. A suspicious looking character
having attracted the attention of our guard on
the train, he was seiz d and searched. A large
quantity of letters from Norfolk, to supposed
Union men in Eastern Carolina, were found on
bis person ; also a passport from Gen Wool, and
a document certifying ihat the bearer had taken
the oath of allegiance to the Lincoln Government,
and was a go< d and loyal citizen thereof. Un*-
fortunately, the emissary threw awav two letters
when first seized, which float* d down the Bo&n
noke, and were not lecovered. We have been
unable to ascertain any further particulars, but it
is believed tbat his arrest will place our authori
ties in possession of most important information
at this peculiar juncture of affairs.
Movement op the Enkmy TowAtbs Weldon.—
The Petersburg “Express” learns, from a source
entitled to the fullest credit, that Yankee troops,
to the number ot 6,000, have advanced from Nor
folk and Suffo’k to a point on the seaboard rail
road, krown as the Franklin Depot, 50 miles from
Portsmouth and 30 from Weldon, 'Lhe aim of
this force is,beyond doubt, to advance to Weldon
and cut off railroad connection at that place wiih
Petersburg aDd Richmond. At Weldon the r< JPfs
from Wilmington, and Raleigh, and Petersburg
converge. It is an important position, and, of
course, will b#held by our forces at all hazards.
We have no informa'ion as ?o the preparations
to receive them, but believe that our authorities
will see to it that they are ampla.
Sad News prom Pittsburg.—Dr. Blackman re
turned last night from Pittsburg, coming up op
the Superior to New Albany, and from thence by
rail. The Superior has on board 555 sick and
wounded, and, unable to come up the river over
the Falla, she will discharge her load below and
return to-the Tennessee. Dr. Blackman stales
that the banks of the Tennessee river are covered
by the sick soldiers, to be counted by thousands
upon thousands. They are necessarily poorly
provided for, and the boats are leaving hourly
crowded with the invalids. The weather is very
hot, and the sickness is rapidly increasing, Gen
Haileck has made bis arrangements not to bring
his wounded at the battle of Corinth from the
field, bnt they will be cared for at Corinth. The
roads were wretched, and our troops enduring all
k inds of privations and hardships to reach the
enemy’s fortifications. Dr. Blackman is still
Brigade Surgeon of the army, the Secretary of
War refusing to accept his resignation.
LoviwiiU Journal.
The Richmoaa "Enquirer” gives an sxplana
: tien of the reason why our Government refused
to receive the Privateersmen brought to City
i Point by the enemy to be exchanged. These
Privateersmen, it will be recollected, were origi
■ nally held and treated by the enemy as Pirates.
. Some of them were tried as such and condemned
i to be hanged. When .information of this fact
i reached the President, he caused the Lincoln
L Government to be notified that if this sentence
• was executed, a signal retaliation wo'rid be taken
i by visiting a similar fate upon prominent
l | els of war m our hands. "The President,” the
“Enquirer” says, “in the selection of hostages,
! did not coniine himself to the military equals of
j our Privateersmen. He did not match private
■ , against private, and officer against officer of
j equal rank. His purpose being to restrain a bui
f barity, be very properly and judiciously inform*
ed the enemy that they should suffer more than
' they inflicted, if they persevered in their atro
f cious purpose. And,"indeed, it would have re
quired more than a military equivalent to satisfy
! the justice of the case; tor we should have had
both a victim to avenge, and an unprovoked bar
barity to punish. In selecting hostages, there
fore, we laid hands on 'he enemy's Colonels and
Majors and Captains.” The prompt and energetic
action of the President had the desired effect.
J The Privateersmen were not hung—but, in the
course of time, came a proposition to exchange
them as prisoners of war. The Yankee scheme
was to exchange them for the very hostages that
had been selected, because of lheir superior rank
to deter the enemy from executing their barbar
ous designs against tbe Privateersmen. Os
course, this would have been no fair exchange,
and was Dot thought of. Tbe enemy pretend,
notwithstanding, that this was agreed to by Gen!
Huger, with whom the negotiation was icnduet
ed. This the "Enquirer” does not credit, uor can
we. But such were tbe conditions on which it
was proposed to deliver up the Privateersmen
and which were declined by our Government,
The French Arht Beer.—A correspondent
translates the following recipe of the b’eer that
has been introduced into the French army upon
tbe recommendation of the Medical Board. It
is described as a very wholesome beverage of
pleasant and refreshing taste, and proinotiig
digestion in a remarkable degree It may prove
an agreeable beverage both in and outside of the
army:
i Water 100 litres. about lOOqrtß.
j Molasses 500 grammes “ l lb.
j Hops 100 •* " 3 ozs.
! Marshmallow root. 50 '* IVj ••
Yeast 5q •* •* “
Make an infusion of the hops and Marshmallow
root with about twenty times their weight of the
boiling water. Another part ol the water
is used to dilute the molasses and another
to dilute the yeast. All the fluid are then mixed
and put into a vessel for fermentation. After live
or six days it will be ready for use.
The following modification of the recipe may
somethneß be preferable, ■
Water....... 100 litres 100 quarts.
Huney 800 grammes 1 lb. 10 ox. j
Brown Sugar.. 800 " 1•• 10“
Hop.- ~800 “ —9“
Yeast ..50 “
Gen. Randolph “Blockaded"!—One afternoon
last week, our estimable Secretary of War, Gen.
George W. Kuudolph, visited the liDea below
Ricliumud, and alter spending an ugreeable |
hour or two at Gen. Lees headquarters, started!
for the city. He proceeded without interruption 1
until he n ashed the picket’s peat on tbe "Nine 1
Mile Hoad,” where he loond several citizens who :
were returning from a visit to the camp. They
had been stopped by tbe sentinel who informed J
them that his orders were to allow no one to pass j
in or out of the lines, who did not give Ihe coun !
tereign. Gen. R. informed Ihe jacket that he !
was tbe Secretary of War, and that the orders be !
had received could not apply to him. Tbe solo !
dier replied that he did not know whether he was
Secretary of War hr not—a Yankee spy might j
say the same thing; but be that as it may, his
orders worn to allow no one to pass who could
Dot give the cuuomrsign, and having a ball and
two ooex mo; if-. ’nk musket, be wool a ehluree
the observauce of the orders by all comers and
goers.
Here was ahx for a party of gentlemen with
nigbt coming on, and a heavy drizzle of rain de»
sct-nd.og. The officer of the day was called, but
he could do nothmg, as the Adjutant of the post
i had neglected to obtain the countersign from
j headquarters. At length somebody rode to bead
] quarters, about a mile distant, and returned with
the countersign. The Hecretary and the other
J camp visitors were then released, and went on
them way rejoicing, though, previously, it is
said, some of them were, naturally enough, in &
very bad humor, believing that the seminel had
exceeded his duty.
A somewhat Similar incident is related of Na
poleon He tried to pass one of the Bentincls,
but the Old Guard told b in he could not pass
without Ihe countersign, it he weie the “Little
Corporal himself - meaning Napoleon- The sen
tinel was rewarded by Napoleon for his fidelity to
his trust bv the decoration of the Legion of Hon
or.— Richmond, Whig, June 28.
Corn in Houth-western Gkohoia—lt will be
gratifying lo a large portion (d our people (specu
lators excepted) to know that an immense crop
ol corn is now nearly matured in all our south
weetern counties. All the fields planted early
j are passed the contingency of a drought, and tbe
graiu is gelling hard, ihe latter planting baa
j every prospect of an equal y.eld. We have the
assurance of planters wno are cultivating im
meuse fields of it, that in three or four weeks
the prices will not be over fllty cents id Albany
land that it has been off-red to be engaged at
that price). Hhould as favorable seasons cons
tmue to mature the eDtire crop, the price
will be much less. L may not seem an ex
travagant conclusion to -say, that tbe crops
ot a lew "counties will be equal to that ol the
entire spate last year when it is taken m'o Con
sideration that the immense cotton fields ol that
region ure nearly all in corn of tbe Ilneßt quality
-aod that at a reasonable calculation, lorty
bushels of com will be produced in ptaco ol each
bale ol colton. Therelore, every planter will have
corn lor sale in thut ratio, after deducting his
suppoit. Crops will be on the market very aoou
ol from a hundred to a hundred thousand bush- I
els.
Those who Lave been hoarding up their old
com to get trom two to three dollars per bush
el, might as well “shell out” at whatever they
can get, as the blessing of Providence is now '.he
curse awarded to their greed lor a "little more *
lucre. Let no one purchase corn who can av id
it for the next four weeks.
For corn and corn meal one dollar and ninety
cents lo two dollars and ien per bushel is asked. ;
and, from necessity, paid by us Let no one now
bring it here expecting suen prices, as ihe game
of extortion by tbe producer and merchant spec- !
: ulator on the consumer is about played out.
Mac'jn J’jur. <£ Meittfeger, 25 tk. j
ATTEMPT TO BORN ANOTHER FACTORY.
I The Atlanta “Southern Confederacy," of June I
i 25th, has the following:
Fire at Newton Factory —N. N. Edge, Esq.,
j Agent of the Newton Facto, y, writes us that at 7
o’clock on the evening of the 22d instant the
alarm of fire was given, when it was discovered
that the cotton mill was burning: the North end
of tbe card room being in a maze inside, and
tbe whole building full of beat and smoke. All
was thought lo be lost, but through the prompt
ness ams self-possession of the few men now i
there, and tbe heroism of tbe women and girls,
tbe fire was put out—doing but little damage,
except a day or two's lost time in re-aranging. j
How tbe fire originated is not known.
Plant.—Never give over planting while the
season lasts. Continue to press the good motoec
earth to the extent of your abilities. Plant mere
corn and more peas Prepare for large turnip
crops. Set nut more polato-alipe. Neglect no
thing that you can do to enlarge the crops of
subsistence.
Ktigefieid (3, C.) Adterluor, June 26.
FROM M’CLELLAH'S ARMY.
h*ve conversed with a gentleman who has
recently left the immediate rear of McClellan’s
r rm -DA“ w in ,he flkfi ds of McClellan’s sut
lers Philadelphia papers of last Thursday. They
contain full accounts of tbe "guerrilla raid” of
Gen. Stuart, and, confess to much loss of
property, and the taking of several prisoners by
our troops. These papers slate that the train
which was fired upon at Tunstall’s contained
three Brigadier Generals, many Colonels, and
several Captains and Lieutenants. They ac
, knowledge that several were k'iied, but that the
loss ot life was not so great as it would have been
Had tbe men on this oceaaion rode on top of the
cars, as had been I heir custom, instead of inside
they deny that tbe engineer was killed. Tbev
congratulate themselves that the “guerrilla band
headed by the rebel Stuart, did not go to the
White House, on the Patnunkev, instead of Gar
lick’s Landing.
At the White House were several millions worth
: of Commissary stores, while lour miles aoovl
! where the "rebels” did go, the stores were com*
; paratively valueless. They say they took a rebel
; prisoner, who had not seen a drop of whiskey ft r
many months. This they infer from the"fact
| that as soon as he did come across tbe ardent at
! a sutler’s tent, be became beastly drunk, and re
j vc-aled many important laets, which tbe Yan
-1 kess claim will prove of great importance to
, them. Many other ridiculous lies are related
J and strong ttireatß are thrown out as to what the i
Yankees will do, it the visit should be repeated.
As an evidence of their chagrin at the surprise,
they have arrested several prominent citizens of
; N’ew Kent county, and sent them to Fortress
Monroe.
j Among the number we hear the name of Hr.
1 Harrison and Mr. Pearce. The lafb-r is Common
wealth's Attorney for the counties of New Kent
and Charles City.
The Yankees ibemseives admit a 109. Sat the
two day's tight at Seven Pines, in killed and
wounded, missing and demoralized, of 40,000.
Casey’s division had been completely lost to the
Federal service. Such as survived "tbo terrible
conflict* were so demoralized, that McClellan bas
caused them to be paid off and dismissed from
[ the service This information is obtained from a
! sutler in the Federal service, and is given to us
I as entirely reliable.
| Our informant visited the battle field the day
after tne fight, and says he hopes to be spared
| the pair, of ever again witnessing such scenes.
Tbe dead, the dying, audjthe wounded, were to be
seen in all directions for miles, and many days
I elapsed before they were perceptibly diminished.
The officers nor privates of the Federal army do
not attempt to disguise the tact that it was a ter
rible blow to them, and such an one as they do
not wish to see again repeated during the war.
Tb# Y’ankees claim to have a force of 300,000
on the Chickahnminy, but our informant knows
this to be a gross exaggeration. At all events,
be it what it may, it is now positively Ibowd that
they do not contemplate a march to Richmond
I by this route unless aid can be secured from the
j river. They have sent for Porter’s mnrtar fleet,
) and with this and the co-opera Von or Burnside’
j they hope to reduce ibe batteries at Drewry’s
Bluff. Tbe great body of McClellan’s foroes are
massed on both sides of the Chickahnminy and
in daily fear of an attack.
jTrom the Petersburg \,Va.) Express, 0/ June 34.
FROM THE NORTH.
| We are indebted to a friend for a copy of the
Baltimore “Hun" of Wednesday last, 18th. We
I copy its article beaded
THE WAR NEWS.
Wince the recent movements of the Confeder-
J ales in the rear of Gen. McClellan's army, it has
j been ascertained that there are other bodies of i
their troops on the North side of the Panutokev, !
believed to be awaiting opportunities to destroy I
such Fedbrt! shipping" as e 'me up laden with I
; supplies for the army.
On .Sunday a party was at Charles City Court |
j House, Dear tbe James River. The next" day it i
wus reported that the -ame body appeared in the j
I neighborhood of Wilhajitburg Sums of the
! most prominent citizens of the Peninsula have I
I ueen arreaveo —n the - :f*piei».« «.# carryrup infer- '
l mation to the Couledei ate-. An attempt has
been made by the Confederal- s to drive in the |
pickets ofGeu. Heintzelman’s div sum. so that !
the position of that portion of the Federal army .
could beascertatned, but without success. A few
were wounded but none killed on either side. A
dispatcn from McClellan’s headquarters yeßterday
: afternoon slates no special army moyements hud
| taken place. A party ot Confederates were sur
prised on Monday at Ashland, on tbe Fredericks
burg railroad, 14 miles trom Richmond.
! From a dißpatch dated W-uchester, Hundav,
the 15th inst , it appears that Gen. Fremont’s
army was then at Mount Jackson, with the Con
federate pickets a few miles in advance. Heavy
firing was heard in tbe Luray Valley, opposite
■ Mount Jackson, on Haturday night, and it is be.
! lievi-dthat a reconnoisance ot Oen. Jackson’s'
! army had overtaken Gen. Shields' command, j
and a battle been fought, with what result is not
I known. Becessiom-ts in the ne'gbborhood of
Mount Jackson state that Geo. Jxcksoh bas been
largely reinforced, and that be is advancing '
down the Luray Valiev, keeping only a small j
force in front of Gen. Krenrmnl. The £nug if
Saturday night goes to c. ; r.6rm this statement.
Wa will give to-morrow a detailed account of
the “Raid” rear tbe White House, as it is termed
bv a correspondent of the Philadelphia ' Press.
It acknowledges the capture of b nutnberof wag
ons and mules, and the horsing of two vessels—
tbe Island Oity and Whitmen Phillipps. These
two vessels, atibnugh buifiDg Pom York, sailed
from Baltimore, and had on board corn and oats
for the army besides a u-unbar of catlle on deck
Tbe Bchooner David A. Berry, also from Haiti
more, was cm loose and drifted down the stream,
ihus escaping theflimes, The cattle on the two
burned vessels had be-n 'aeded before tbe Con
federates appeared. About 1,500 bales ol hay
lying on the shore, it is retorted were also
burned. Tbe writer for the “Frees” says the i\t
tackmg party was a porlir-n, if Dot the whole of
the Ist Virginia cavalry, under General Siuart,
and that they crossed tje Pamunkey from Prince
William county to Oarlick’s Landing, four miles
aoove Ihe Whits House, where they huroed the
vessels, and captured and destroyed ether pro
perty Tbe killed and wounded, the writer says,
! will not exceed 25, and among tbe seriousl.
! woundad is Oapl. Royal, of Company C. A lew
are missing, but it is thought that these will
come in.
Minute Machinery.—A correspondent of the
“Times,” writing from L ondon, says :
The most exiraordina-y marhine in the exhibis
| tion is beyond question the one lor microscopic
. writing. This enables a person to write in tbe
i usual way, and duplicate his writing a milium
■ times smaller; so small indeed that it is invisible
to tbe naked eye; yet with a powerful microscope
j becomes so plain that every line and dot can be
! seen. The inventor claims that with this instrol
; meDt be can copy the entire Bible twenty-two
times in the space -f an inch. The A-stor Lihra
j TV, I presume, eou’d be transferred to a sheet of
; note paper Practically it will be of great service
jin preventing forgeries. Witbooeof those ran
climes a private mark can be put on bills so m -
nute and perfect that tlie forger can neither per.
ceive nor imitate it, but th» bank clerk or broksr
knowing where to look can at cnee detec* that ihe
qill is genuine. The machine is the invention t f
a Mr. Peters.
Ri'OOOLc’s Battirt—Tbe battery captured
from Shields, in his late ergigemeot with Gee.
Jackson, we learn, was the celebrated batteiy
commanded by the lftmented|RiDggold, in Mexio.
j Thus have we, by the valor of our troops, been
! placed in possession of both the Bragg and Rinr
j gold batteries.
Halt.—Tbe prospect of obtaining asuppiy of
- sail is daily becoming brighter Salt works in
Virginia are turning not 8,000 bushels of salt pe
day—works ia Clark county. Alabama, sre produ
cing one hundred bushels per dnv, and will soo«
give a much larger yield. Works are being e*
tablished in Georgia and other scab wd Sutee,
which will soon greatly increase the stock of salt
Chari,tton Courier, Jvne 26.
PIT ALB AT RICHMOND. VA
UiT ENTERED AT TBI lgT GEORGIA HOSPITxi. Jf«tß
12th, 1862.
F W XSr wood, co E, 18th G», sick.
H M Chandler, co C, 15lh ©*., eick.
M C Wooten, co G, 2d Ga., prir quarters, sick
W M Conyer, co A, 3d Ga., do do do
Asa Murray, co E, 45th Ga., do do do
John Anderson, co C, 4 th Gao sick.
David Quarles, co K, 23d Ga., sick.
Joe Newsom, co D, 18th Ga., sick.
J W Fowler, co G, 18th Ga., sick.
W H Waldrop, co B, do do do
A J Sawier, co F, do do do
J A Jackson, co F, do do do
ENTERED 13TB JUNE.
J C Yarbroogh, co I, 4th Oa.
T J Beach, co A, 4th Ga.
T Motes, co E, Bth Ga.
G L Vaughn, co G, 4Stb Ga.
Capt G W Wimberly, co K, 11th Ga
D A Presley, co D, sth 8 C.
Dt J R McCrary, co E. 9th Ga.
El A J McMurrv, co K, 18th Gi.
DIED 13TB JUNE.
A Reed, co K, 19tb-Gu, eick.
J A S Oxner, co D, sth 8 C, wr uudec
, „ „ admitted June 14.
J G Hester, co E, 4th Ga.
J E Richardson, co E, 4'h Ga.
A .1 I.orand, co E, ISth Ga.
i John Tompkins, co E, 48th Ga
' W Cocktao, co K, 27th Ga.
i Louis Ashbrook, co K. 27th G
' T M Duke, co F, 27th Ga.
! K H Kellum, co K. 27ih Ga,
| Jas Knight, co D, 48tfc Ga.
E M Perry, co G, 6th Ga.
j 8 Lewis, co A. 6th Ga.
Jesse Bennett, co A, 6th Ga.
j J M McCook, co A, 6th Ga.
W S Huggings, co B. 6th Ga.
I J H Climer, eoB, 6th Ga.
Wiley Parrett, co J, 3d Ga.
Adam Russell, co G, 3d Ga.
G H Bmith, co J, 3d Ga.
H A White, co K, 3d Ga.
J 8 Bowline, co C, 3d Ga.
J W Lankford, Co C, 3dGa
AH sick.
DBATHS,
Lieut A Feiton, co C, Ist 8 C, wounded
W W Coudv, co K. 49th Ga, “
Morris Derby, co K, Bth Ga, sick.
JUNE 15th.
R A Solomon, col, 6th Oa, sick
J Chapman, col, 6th Ga, sick.
Wm Brown, co F, 24th Ga, wounded.
C M Foucbe, co A, Bth Ga.
8 T Jackson, co E, 6th Ga.
J G Heard, co C, 48th Ga.
F F Pearson, co C, 48th Ga.
All sick.
No deaths on the 15th.
jcne 16th.
Lieut J D Ford, co G, 22d Ga.
Wm Armstrong, co D, 4th Ga.
J D Lovett, co C, 26th Ga.
M F Barksdal, co E, 4th Ga.
R Mitchell, co B, 15th Ga.
W D Street, co I, l»tb Miss.
G M Gutlbert, Reed’s artillery, Fla.
J P Sullivan, co C, Ist S C.
J W McLaudir, co B. 13th Ala.
All sick.
W W Harrison, co K, 40th Va. died.
Lite is the English Work Houses.—Some
douubts having been expressed by the British
Board of Guardians and others concerning the
truth of statements before the committee of the
British House of Commons relative to the usage
experienced by the work house boys in the Brita
tsh and tttapletou Union, William Isgrores, in a
. letter to one oi the British papers, states the res
! suit of his own experience as a work house bov,
whose unfortuoale lot was cast there during a
| period of six years—lrom the ytat 1831 to 1837.
He says i
“My first offence was spending three
halfpence out of sixpence that my uncle gave
tue,for which the nurse, (whose came I giro
you) gave me a severe bealtug, anJ took the re
maining f iurpence halfpenny Irom me and kept
w-dt, ovceutß l did not lav out my ntonev with
her. And for looking at her husband eating his
dinner, she pushed a spoonful of mustard in mv
mouth. For the least offence she would make u'g
march round the table with poker, tongs and fire
shovel, or anything that was beavv, holding them
up over our heads , and if Irom fatigue we should
let them rest upon our shoulders, she would beat
us. 1 have seen more than a doien at a time
doing it, and if her husbatd should come in dur
ing the‘table march’he would make fun of us
by saying, “Well my little ’Linox,’ what have
you been doing to-day?’ And at other times she
would beat us wrneu naked with a bed rope and
frequently has the boy she was beaung been held
stretched out by four boys, holding the sufferer by
each arm and leg. We were allowed suettypudamg
and treacle every other Sunday. She would keep
back part of our treacle, with the crumbs to ’
maXe bread pudding, and make those boys who
had any money buy it of her. We were allowed
two pence each at fair times, which she would
make us lay out with her for gingerbread, Ac. At
the time of the cholera we were put out in the
country with different people, which I am Ituppy
to say closed my acquaintance iv:th the nurse anil
her husband. Alter the epidemic was over we
were called io and sent to Stapleton Asylum under
another nurse (whose name I lurriislijand school
master Davis; but prstoring tbekmd treatment l
had received from Mrs. Harris, ol Longwell’s
green, to the unkind treatment I had before ex
perienced, 1 runaway back to Mrs. Harris, who
kmdlv kept me a few days, although a poor wo
man. W hen 1 was taken to the asylum ] was beat
wiih a birch, being held upon another boy’s back
and my meat was stopped for a wtok. Many
other boys ranaway at different turns, aod when
they returned they were severely hogged, aud
dressed in clothes made with stripes, yellow and
gray, and various colors, and put in ‘letters’
(apair of stocks), and had their heads shaved on
one side from the pole to the centre of the fore*
head, and their meat stopped, and were told it
was nos for going away, but tin returning they
were pun ished. i have frequently seen the secs
end nurse dip boys’heads in the utensils that
Wf re kept in the ward, and the ulth would be
banging about their hair when they were taken
out. I could enumerate many other circumstances
ces ol ill - treatment, but will not further trespass
upon your columns at present. 1 ’
A good story is told or the Rev. Dr. Mullins
the well known pastor of St. Patrick's churcL in
New Orleans. He was known to be a hitler see
cessiontst in leeling, and, on account of his well
known blunmess of speech, many of his triends
hared that he would heoueof the first consigned
by Butler to a dungeon. Soon aft-r the occu
pation ot the city by the enemy he was sent for
by a Yaukee officer to perforin the burial service
over one of the Northern soldiers who had died.
To this request Dr. Mullins acceeded. The sers
vice being over, the Yankee officer was profuse
in bis expression of thanks. The reverend gen
tleman, however, cut the conversation short by
blandly informing him that there was no obli's
gallon at all in the matter, and that he would, if
required, take pleasure in burying the entire
Y’ankee garrison. 6’4*m. Mercury.
£'■#"" The Norfolk “Daily Union’’ calls at
tention to the approaching charter election tn
that city, and says that the people will be called
upon to choose a city government composed of
loyal men-Bot traitors. The English of which
is, to elect Yankee Hoodies.
CoMtikHriAi..—The following is the “Herald’s ’
- commercial article of the 17th :
| The stock market was greatly excited on Sat
urday. The ma, ket closed buoyant. Money
1 was very easy; call lost 3 a 4 per cent. Exchange
closed at 116,V for th» steamer, hut afterwards
bankers refused to sell under 117 - Gold rose
to 106%.
The cotton market opene 1 without animation
ou Ea*urday, with limited sates, which embraced
about 2uo bales in small lots, at 81 a 31%c. for
middling uplands. . After the receipt of the for
eign news, announcing an advance in Liverpool,
j holders manifested increased confidence and
firmness.