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LATE FROM TENNESSEE.
Mobile, A Is., July 21.—A speeisl dispatch to
■fee Mobile Advertiser A Regtster, dated Cbatta
aooga, July 19th, says:
The enemy is concentrating in considerable
Ibrce at Tullaboma, forty miles the other side of
Stereasoß. Snell's army is in a tight place. The
activity of oar army in East Tennessee indicates
impertant movements.
LATE FROM CHATTANOOGA.
Mobilb, Ala., July 22d.—The following is a
special dispatch to the Mobile Advertiser A
Register:
Chattanooga, Tinn., July 21st.—Buell's forces
are massing at Bridgeport. Large numbers ars
rited there to-day. They are busy building
boats to cross the river.
Brigadier Generals Crittenden and Duffield,
with their stalls, and others, being 41 officers in
all, left Knoxville to-day for Madison, Ga.
From the Savannah Republican.
GLORIOUS NEWS FROM KENTUCKY.
Chattanooga, July 20.—The Louisville Journal
of the 14th has been received here. It contains
full particu'ars of the captnre of Lebanon, Ken
lucky, by Morgan’s forces, on the 18th instant.
Lieut. Col. A. (i. Johnson, and two companies of
the Twenty-eighth Kentucky regiment, were
taken prisoners by our forces. Several of the
Federal* were killed; the railroad depot, ton
getber with a portion of the town, was burnt,
and the banks were sacked.
After the capture ot Lebanon, Morgan pro
ceeded with bis forces to Danville and Bardstown.
He divided bis men bn the Hpringdeld Railrord,
and arrived within nine miles of Frankfort on
Sunday night. He proceeded thence to Lexiug'
ton.
It is reported, on wbat is considered good aua
thority, that a large Rebel force had advanced
to within seven miles of Slielbyville, en route
for Louisville.
General Boyle is making every preparation for
*iedefence of Louisville. The city was in a
frenty of sxoitement, under apprehensions of an
immediate attack.
Federal dispatches from Nashville, of the 18th
-out., slate that great excitement prevailed
there, and aa attack was daily expected. Bat
teries had been prepared to shell the city and
destroy it, in case they should be compelled to
surrender it.
The oapture of Murfreesboro’ bad a stunning
effect among the Federate at Nashville.
A dispatch dated Cairo, July 12th, says the
tewn of Memphis, in Northem Missouri, has
Been captured by the rebels, and the Union citi
sens carried off as prisoners of war.
LATE FROM THE NORTU.
Richmond, Va., July 22. —Baltimore papers of
the 19th instant have been received here.
It is reported that Col. Morgan has captured
Cyntbiana, Ky. [Cyntbianais about half way
between Frankfort and Cincinnati! ] The ex
citement at Covington and Newport is high and
increasing.
General Halleck has resigned the command of
the army of the South-west, and , it is said, will
repair to Washington.
LATE FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OK THE STEAMSHIP city of
WASHINGTON.
Richmond, Va., July 22d.—The steamship City
es Waehington has arrived at New York, with
Liverpool dates to July 9tb.
Lord Russell staled in Parliament that France
bad deelined entering into a treaty against the
slave trade,
A resolution prohibiting English interference
tn Chins had been rejected in the House of Com
mons.
The cotton manufacturers of Ronen and Lisle,
France, have sent a deputation to the Emperor
to represent their difficulties.
The Italian Ministry repudiates any interfer
ence in the affairs of Mexico.
It ia rumored that Russia will join France in
a mediation in American affairs.
Liverpool, July 9th. —The sales of cotton for
the past two days was 27.000 bales. The market
was firm, at anadvance of Yd. Breadstuff’s were
quiet, with a decline of 6d. on fbur, and U<s2d.
oo wheat.
Latest Literpoil. The cotton market
closed flat and unsettled, under the American
news per steamship Etna.
B-eadstuffs closed firm.
Later from Enrope.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
ASIA.
Richmond, Va., July 23.—Baltimore papers of
the 22d mat., has been received bare. They
•ontaiu the following :
The stcimship Asia bad arrived with Livers
pool advices to July 15th.
The result of the fighting before Riehmond is
treated aaa severe reverse for the Unionists by
he English press.
Lord Palmerston bad stated in Parliament
that the British troops in Canada wonld not be
withdrawn.
The Liverpool Post says that the New Ameris
can tarnff will be looked upoD, in Great Britain,
as a measure amounting to a declaration of dEar.
The Liverpool Cotton Market closed with an
upward tendency.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM THE NORTH
PRESIDENT DAVIS’ PLEDGE REDEEMED
Tint ENEMY'S SOIL INVr DED ! !
Richmond, Va., July 28d.— Northern papers to
the 18lh inst, have been received here.
In New York, on the 18lh inst.. Gold advanced
to 119%, and finally closed at 118%. Bills ou
London rose to 181%, and were last quoted at
110% to 131. Stocks were generally lower,
Governments have declined 2 per cent, since the
15lh inst; Government Mixes, registered in 1881,
are quoted at Treasury Notes, 7 3 10,
are quoted at 101@101%. Flour had advanced.
10 to 15 cents.
A telegram dated Cincinnati, July IS, says that
despatches from Indianapolis to the Executive
Department say that Henderson, Ky., and New-
Barg, Indian, have been taken by the Rebels.
At the latter place, 250 sick soldiers were taken
prisoner*. The Rebels also took 250 stands o
ARRIVAL OF A FRENCH VEBBBL AT
CHARLESTON.
Charleston, S. C., Jnly2B.—The French war
steamer Rinaldo, Cspt. Le Cardinal, from Port
Royal, H. C., steamed past Fort Sumter into the
harbor tosday, and is now anchored off the bat
tery promenade. The object of therisit is un
known.
(FROM KENTUCKY.
Richmond, Va.. July 28di—The Baltimore
papers, of the 22d inst., state that the excite
ment caused by Morgan’s morements in Ken
tucky continues. He destroyed tn immense
quantity of Gorernment stores at Lebanon,
Kentucky.
TWO DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE
POSTPONEMENT OP IKTERVENTI.IN IN AMERICAN
ATFAIRS—NAPOLKON, MEXICAN POLICY ADVANCE
IN COTTON, ETC.
The Persia has arrived at New York with
dates to the 4th met., two days later. We copy
the following summary of news from the Her
ald :
Our Paris correspondent again asserts that
Napoleon baa given up the idea ot interference
in the utlairs of the United States, but our Ber
lin letter says that the intention is merely prst.
poned, but not by any means abandoned. The
weight of evidence inclines to the opinion that
Eugland and France distrust each other and tear
the power of the United States at one and the
same moment, and that they are negotiating in
order to draw some of the other great Powers
into the scheme under the name of a Western
Alliance, or some such title. It is clear, how
ever, that nothing will be done, either in favor
of the rebels or in opposition to the Union, un
til the British Cabinet and Napoleon have fully
consulted with Lord LyoDS aud M Murder from
Washington.
The ideas of an armistice, mediation, foreign
intervention und ‘letting the South go," were still
kept before the public mtud by the writers of ihe
Loudon aud Pans journals.
The “Fourth of July” was not celebrated in
Paris. There was a meeting ot Loyal Americans
in London, but the proceedings are not reported.
The l.ondou Times gave expression to a concen
tration of all ill malignity towards the United
States in its issue of tne4ib instant, by publish
ing an ed torial satirizing the anniversary, and
containing a mock “oration" (or Americans.
Napoleou’s Mexican policy gives him much
trouble, lie appears to know that he is wrong, |
but is ashamed or afraid to draw back. Indeed |
it Is said that Lord Palmerston encouraged the
Count de Persigny to proceed, with hopes of
some more eid Irom England, so that tome of
Ihe French reinlorcements have sailed, and the
Emperor ia fully committed to this distant and
dangerous enterprise. Admiral LaGraviere is
to hoist bis flag on the iron plated frigate La
Normandie, ana take her across the Atlantic,
and it is said that her consort, La Couronne,
will follow.
The Liverpool cotton market was firm on the
4th of July, with limited sales at the rates res
ported by the Norwegian. Breadstuffs were
dull; but the market was steady. Provisions
were inactive. Consols closed in London on
the 6th lust, at 92(392%.
From the London Time s (city article, July 5.
THE VIRGINIA STATE DEBT IN INOLAMD.
The dieidend on the Virginia Bute debt, due
here in sterling on the Ist mat., has not been i
paid, the answer being, “No fuods.“ This re
sult is only such as must have been apprehend
ed, since ihe Stale is nrerrun, and its capital
besieged by the Federal forces. It is tn he hoped,
however, that wheu these forces shall have oc
cupied Richmond, and assumed control of the
property of the Slate, the authorities at Washing
ton will recognize that in seizing the properly i
they must also assume its liabilities, and that
their fir-t duty ia to see to the pavmeut of those \
foreign claims which they have prevented the i
secessionist officials from discharging.
From i he Richmond ( i'a.) Whig, July 21.
The Yankees at Beaver Dam Station. —The
mail and passenger tram on the Central Railroad
which left this city yesterday morning, pro
ceeded to within a short distanced Beaver Dam
Station, in the upper end of Hanover county,
when the engineer observed a man near the
road making repeated signals to him to an p.—
He heeded the notice and brought the train to a
stand as soon as possible, but not until it had
passed over two or three rails from which the
spikes had been removed, and approached a
pile of Bills erected on the track. The informa
tion was then obtained that a party of Yankees
were at the Station, and it was believed that
they were quite pumeroua m the vicinity. The
railroad building at the station had been fired
by them, and tbs smoke was visible Irom the
tram, tinder these circumstances the conductor
directed the engineer to reverse motion, and the
train returned to Richmond.
The Yaokeesare growing impudent. We do
not thmk it probable that many ot them were
engaged in this foray. At all events we have no
fear nt tbF marauders remaining in the neigh
borhood of Beaver Dam, unless they desire to
become prisoners or compost. The central train,
we are informed, will leave the depot at the
usual hour this morning.
INTERESTING FhOM VICKSBURG
The Mobile Advertiser makes the following
extract from a private letter Irom Vicksburg.
It is suggestive of some important matters of
which we are in ignorauce here. Can it be that
Baton Rouge is re-occupied after all the denials
from New Orleans* Toe New Orleans papers of
the latest dales have confessed too scare, and
that a Maine regimenl was sent up the river m
hot haste. Farragut’s request to be permitted
to pass the batteries is repeated in this letter in
conditions greatly amplified. If half wbat is
suggested by the writer oe confirmed, the Yan
kees are certainly in a bad way on toe Missis
sippi, aud Butlar was right m thinking that
“groups aud crowds in the streets of New Orleans
were dangerous to the public peace.” But to
the extracts:
Vickbbcbg, July 13.
We have just received exciting news Irom our
batteries. A Yankee flag of trace has arrived
to request permission tor their gunboats tn pas?
our batteries at Vicksburg and Baton Rouge un
molested, and that they will evacuate New Or
leans aud the river. It is said that Gen. Van
Dorn has refused the request, for be says that
before two months he shall have the whole of the
Yankee fleet between Vicksburg and Baton
Rouge.
Gen. Breckinridge has command of the troops
on the opposite side of the river at Monroe, La.,
and is marching to capture theY’ankee batteries
over there, and to prevent supplies reaching the
Yankee fleet. The whole of the Yankee fleet
went down the river yesterday, for the purpose
ot securing oar batteries at Baton Rouge, but 1
am happy to say they have a very poor chance of
doing so, as we have re-occupied the batteries on
both sides of the river and are mounting more
guns and erecting new fortifications. There is no
doubt that we made a brilliant strategic stroke
in the recapture of that town. Meanwhile a large
light artillery force has been stationed on the
banks of the river, wilh orders to atiack all
transports and Yankee boats that attempt to pass.
So you see the Yankees have “got their paw in
the wrong pot” this time,
5 P. Sl.—News has just arrived that Van Dorn
sent the following answer to Farragut, com
manding United States fleet above and below
Vicksburg :
"Sir —Your communication, under flag of
trace, has been received. Iu answer, J beg to
say, that the only way yon shall pass my batte
ries is at the mouih of the cannon.
(Signed) E. Van Dorn.”
The troops are looking for orders every min
ute to cross the river SDd attack the Yankees.
Psic* or Cotton.—From enquiries amongst
our cotton brokers, we learn that cotton is rang
ing in price from 14 to 18 cents. There is Tery
little offering with a light demand.
Oolunfaif (oc.]' See-. July 22.
tar The New York Herald, of July 15th,
aeeme to be “in a flee freoxr rolling,” ie regard
to the grave strategic movement of McClellan in
' ‘changing hifc base of operations/' That paper
declares that this is the great crisis of the rebel
lion; that this war has already cost six hundred
millions of dollars! the greater part of which
has been wasted and stolen; and that the S'an*
tons, the Sumners, the Greeleys, the Cheevers,
and the Wendell Phillips of the present day,
should be put down, Ac.
In a second article, the Herald again alludes
to the 5600,000,000 cost of the war, and declares
that everything now depends upon the rein
forcement of the two all important armies in
Virginia—Pope's and McClellan'a, aod the cap
ture of Richmond—adding that if this is done to
the extent of 50,000 men each, the overthrow of
Jeff Davis and his spurious Confederacy may
occur within two weeks!
In a third article, the Herald of the same date
again alludes to the (600,000,000 coat of the war
| —seeming disposed to “keep it before the peos
| pie” that the war amusement is a very expensive
! one; besides this, the lives and health of 150,000
men have been expended since the inauguration
I of the war—"and still we (the Yankees) are
■ without any decisive results !" The little job
of "crushing out the Southern Rebellion” has
alreadv cost the Yankees several millions of
dollars, besides the numbers of human lives, and
the large amounts of pnvpte property sacrificed
—and instead of being “crushed out,” the job
becomes daily la'ger, and what was to be done
in one year, the Herald now thinks will require
two years, and perhaps a longer period. Well,
“the crushing out of the rebellion” will, most
certainly, occupy a very indefinite period, if
Abraham persists in the effort, but the Confed
erates hare resolved to put a stop to this
wicked Lincolnite war in a very summary
manner; and they intend to do it by following
up their victories, defeating their enemies, and
conquering their ind-pendence in the shorteat
possible time, regardless of the cost or loss to
Y aokeedoodledom.
A PLICA FOR THE SOLDIER
The folllowiog communication, which we had
in the Southern Guardian, of a resent date, con.
tainasueh an important and proper aaggestion,
that, although the bint has been taken by the
Railroad Company to which it directly refers, we
republiah it in oor columns, for the benefit of
other railroad companies, to whom it may still
apply. The evil referred to is » very great one,
and should, by nil means, be speedily remedied.
If not, then the Government Bhould take charge
of the delinquent roads, and see tbst the sick
snd wounded soldiers receive proper treatment
in the cars.
The following is the communication referred to
above:
A PLEA KBR THE SOLDIERS.
Jo Uu Pr uident and Dirtcton of the South Caro*
Una Railroad ,
Gentlemen: Impelled both by duty and feels
ing. 1 address this communication to you, trust
ing to have the evil to which 1 intend to refer
remedied immediately. Our soldiers have for
some time past been constantly arriving in Co
lumbia in a sick and suffering condition. They
are crowded into an unnecessarily small number |
of cars, and in order to avoid the small trouble j
of putting an additional car or two on the track,
ths poor fellows who have the mis urtune to
get ID last (the seats being already over crowded)
are compelled to tit and lie on the floor ot the cars,
many ol them burning with fever and tainj with
feebleness, snd this too in m'd-stunmer, when
railroad cars ar« like ovens at the best. ’ Now,,
add to this, tba; they only gel water to drink I
on the (Mid as !»r as Kingsville, and that from
thence tne cry for “water, water,” is unnoticed,
unanswered, until the sick, fainting, suffering
fellows arrive in Columbia. As soldiers are not
allowed to leave tbs cars at all, they are unable
at -he stopping plac« to procure it (or themselves.
One poor tellow gaw a negro boy fittj cents to
get a glass of water for him ; the hoy went, but,
the cars starting intnediately alter, his money
was gone and his thirst unslaked. The eons
ductor promised ti have a bucket of water
brought in, but lever fulfilled his promise.
Gentlemen, is watq so expensive, and are you
yourselves so poor.phat you are unable to obey
the Christian manA of giving "a cup of cold
water” to our sick ten ? Are you aware that
! you are out-Yankejing the Yaukees,fer even thev
1 refuse not the cup ff cold water to sick and ihira
jy travellers, but h#e always at band in each car
a large coo'er of ics«vater, so that no passenger is
kept waiting lortl* necessary of life s moment ?
Are you unable to jo this, or unwilling ? If so,
j 1 speak for my sistrs of South Carolina and s.iy,
: that vi, the w "mej of South Carolina, request,
; nay; demand, that our men be taken proper care
\of on your rai'h’sdcars. They are our soldiers,
[ and shall not suffer if we can help it. From the
commencement of the war we have worked,
' prayed, and wept. aid mad,e sacrifices of everj 1
1 sort and kind fir tlcm, butthere are some things
1 a womam caomtdq She cannot go on the cars
I to take care of beni, and there is little doubt the
1 consequence bi 6 been the loss of many lives of
! soldiers valntule to the Contederacy. It is as
! much yourduy, a« President and Directors of
1 the road, to hire your passengers taken care of
j and their contort attended to, as it is that of a
steamboat cspain on board his boat to see after
his passenger! Conductors should be expected
not merely to eceive their passengers' money,
but to care fnnheir comfort, and aUeast supply
water to drink
! I earnestly bpe and trust this communication
| will beattenddto; if noi.one moremethod will
i be resorted to Y'ou are paid by government—
] to governmen'will we apply. A petition shall
i be drawn up hd sent to every part ol the State,
! to get the sigature of every lady in the land to
I this purport: st, That a heavy penalty be paid
for everv car land to contain more tban a cer
i tain number o soldiers. 2d, That a heavy pen
i alty be aitachi to every car found without a
sufficient supp: of water, night snd day, always
j on hand.
The war ha so absorbed the attention of all
women, that tb name even of the President of
\ the railroad iainknown to me, as well as that of
| the Directors;! write, therefore, the more fear
| lessly and lmprlially, and trust that not a word
i more will be ncessary from
A Woms,
“For (2d and our country.”
The Somber, Guardian of the day following
says, editorial: :
The SorvHiiEOLtXi Railroad.—We publish
ed yesterday torning a communication, signed
| “A Woman,” ela'ive to the suffering and in
; convenience micb our soldiers are subjected to
between Ktngville and Columbia.
We are autorised by the President of the
road to say, oat prompt measures have been
taken to remev the defect complained of. The
superintendenof the road has been notified to
supply each cr with a cask of water) and to
limit the numer of passengers in each car.—
We are gratifid to announce these facts author
itatively-
We hope tht the example of the President of
the Sooth Canlina Railroad will be speedily
followed by althe other Southern roads.
Why sre ountry girl’s cheeks like French
calico? Bemuse they are warranted to wash
and retain tb\r color.
Ths Property or G*». Twpjca in Nsw Or
leans.—Among the late items of Northern intel
ligence we find the following in refrence to the
confiscation of Gen. Twiggs’ and Col. A. C.
Myers’ property in New Orleans, by the tyrant
Butler:
confiscation or sen. twigos’ property.
General Butler has seized the dwelling bouse ol
the traitor, Gen. David E. Twiggs, Tiytanu at.,
and is having it prepared for bis occupation as a
residence. He has also confiscated all the other
property of Gen. Twiggs, and also that of Col. A.
C. Myers, the son-in-law of Twiggs. Myers
was an officer in the regular army ot the United
States, and is now Quartermaster General of the
rebel army.
General Butler says that (or rebels upon whom
thegovemmeoi has had no special claimshebas
some consideration, but if he can catch one ol
those men who hare been educated, fed and
clothed at the public expeuse—men the very meat
on whose bones belongs to their country—he
will bang him as high as Haman. Those tsmi
liar with the history of General Twiggs will re
member that after the war wilt Mexico be was
presented with three elegant swordn-ooe bv
, Congress, one by the State of Georgia, and one
by the city of Augusta, Ga. The night of the
2ad of April, just betore the ffeet passed the
foris, Gen. Twiggs carried his sword and bis
silver plate to the house of one of the wealthiest
and most aristocratic families in this citv. and,
as the members of the family suy, presented
them to one of their family.
Mrs. Col. Myers also sent her plate and jewelry
| to the same house. The next dav she and Oen
! Twiggs fled from New Orleans. Gen. Butler,
j learning the whereabouia ol the above propi rty,
iDS'ructed Colonel French, Provost Marshal, to
have the house searched. Tne Colonel aeiailed
Lieutenant Thomas Burt, one of his most polite
I and efficient assistants, (or this delicate dn y
; Lieutenant Burt performed this service vert
i carefully, last Wednesday evening, and the uex:
morning the swords and all the silver were
i brought to General Butler’s headquarters. The
j swords are very beautilul, and of superb work
j manship. They will be sent to Washington bv
the United Hiates army deapvcb steamer Mc
. Cleilan It seems to me that Congress could not
I show its appreciation of General Butler's distms
| *?'“ h . ed services sirce the very commencement
I°‘ ,bl " ,b »n *>j presenting him with one of
I hese swords.
WARREN COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
‘ SPECIAL HOSPITAL STORES 1 ' AT RICH
! MOND, VIRGINIA.
' The undersigned committee beg leave to »c
--j knowledge the following additional contributions
to the "Special Hospital Stores” for the sick aod
p ■’onoded of our army and their attendants in
private families in the city of Richmond, Vir
giDl*.
oar committee take this opportunity to ac*
knowledge their gratitude to all who have nobly
seconded their efforts to relieve, by their contri
ovations, to mine extent, at least, the sufferings
o( oriunj Os our brave and patriotic soldiers, who
while defending the birib rights of a free people’
and our country's honor, have fallen a jrev to
the deadly missill of a vandal foe; hot who
through the mercies of a Divine Providence’
w.re driven before our brave soldieri like sheep
o the slaughter, relieving our oalioDal capilol
Irom the lout pestilential atmosphere engendered
by the proximity of the Yankee invader. These
noble tom of the South are entitled to onr warm
est sympathies in this, thsir hour of sffl ction
and these humbla tokens are but the materia!
wellings of hearts that ever beat in sympathy
wuh the care-worn and afflicted Conlederate
solder, whether in the hospital, the private
family, or on the tented field-
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Mrs James Quizerberry, onions and potatoes.
Mrs Sarah Hardaway, ham and potatoes,
j Mrs Mary Gibson, % bushel potatoes.
! John Veasey, l bushel meal.
A Friend, 1 bbl. onions. •
Mrs John C Norris, potatoes and oniocs
I’blKp Cbazlcer, 1 hn«h»J
Benj Newson, bushel meal.
Jos M Wellborn, Esq., 8 hams, Ac.
Judge M H Wellborn, 2 hams and onions.
, W F Lewis, 1 bbl potatoes.
M M Cody, I bbl. scbellotea, ( onions,)
Through the kindness of the “Georgia Relief j
and Hospital Association,” at Augusta, Ga , we !
bare been kindly furnished with free transporta
tion for our contributions, and the Agents who
accompanied them to Richmond, for which the
officers of that Association will receive our grate*
lul acknowledgements.
R VV Hubert, J M Roberts, W.n U Smith, R A
Heath, E H Pottle, M H Wellborn, J M Well
born, and G F Hudson, Committee of Warren
county, Ga., to receive and forward supplies.
Warrenton, Ga., July 21st, 1862.
THE ARKANSAS
A correspondent of the Mobile (Ala.) Register
A Advertiser, writing from Vicks nrg, Miss., un
der date of July 16th, m an account of the doings
of the ram Arkansas, after announcing her arr<«
val in front of Vicksburg, says!
In about half an hour a rascally gunboat crept
up within range, and the first thing the crowd on
board and lining the shor* knew of it was the
wh;z or a rifle shell in moat unpleasant proximi*
ty, followed instantly by others aud a regular
shower ot shells from the remaining mortor
boats. Then, oh then, you should have seen the
gallant South. ou3 skedaddle * For my own part,
I sudden'y discovered 1 bad pressing business
elsewhere, and a shell jus: then falling and ex
ploding in an old frame ouiiding a few yards dis*
tant and sending tbe whole concern high in the
air— as though a small whirlwind had got mto a
•umbel yard —my business became urgent.
Thus rested matters until late in the afternoon,
the enemy having gradually slackened fire—
when a furious bombardment commenced on the
lower batteries, and was maintained without
inU*missioo until dusk, at which time a move** ,
ment in ibe upper squdron was apparent, and
presently a number of vessels were dimly seen
turning the point above. Just then, fast and !
furious grew ibe bombardment from oelow, and
our u r per batteries and the moving enemy be*
camemgaged. The ships, some eight or ten id
number, moved slowly do»n stream, all the
while throwing shot and shell by broadsides at
our batteries, into the town and at the “Arkans
sae,” which returned tbeaaJutation most hearti
ly. You may conceive the din when I assure
you that an entire brigade of our infantry, a
tew hundred yards distant from my position,
were pouring volleys in’o the enemy's rigging.
I had no idea any musketry had been fired un»il
the affair was over. For near an hour and a
half tne roar was deafening and incessant; yet,
straDge to relate, the cheering aod contending
hosts could at times be distinctly .. heard.—
During the height ot the engagement a confla
gration broke out in the town, and several
houses were destroyed, which added to the
graodeurof ihi? scene.
As tbe ve-sels were passing our lower batteries
1 again sallied forth, being anxious to learn tbe
fata of tbe “Arkansas. 1 ' I reached her ]ust
after she bad ceased nnng, and found she bad
changed her position a few hundred feet, having
gotten under way to fight to greater advantage,
but found it impossible to generate sufficient
steam. Boarding her I joyfully discovered her
to be yet comparatively unhurt; but a solid 11
inch shot had penetrated her side' and killed the
head pilot and another, whilst tbe spliuters from
the timbers had slightly wounded several more,
including a lieutenant aod uu engineer. Captain
Brown assured me, that with tbe exception of
this unlucky shot all the others rattled against bis
sides like hail stones. On his part he brought
five guns to bear on the enemy ard feels cod 6» i
dent to have struck them all but two : for, said ■
he, “I beard my shot crashing through iheir
timbers above the roar of the guna.” By the
way, the pound a heavy shot makes in going i
through a ship or a house ie prodigious and tx«
ceedingly unpleasant.
• Special Corrapondenet of t>.t CbmtitutumaUH.
THE GASSHES VOLUNTEERS
■ Richmond, V»., July 15,18« i.
Sir. Editor; The foliowiDg ta a liat of the
t Gardner Volunteers, Co. U, 22d Regiment Geo.
Vols., from. Warren connty, Gn., and their Condi,
tion at present time, July 15th. 1862:
I Gapt W J Walker, sick in camp.
First Lient F M Heath, wounded in action Jo'y
[ Ist, 1662. 1
Second Lieut J C A Beall, sick in camp.
Third Lreut J L Shurly, sick at Danrille Va
\ First Berg’t CH P Beall, sick at do * *
I Second Serg’t W C Baker, sick in camp.
Third Serg't B E Barksdale, for duty.
Fourth Serg't Dan’/ Fuller, for duty.
Filth Serg’t John K Maya, sick at Richmond
, Hospital.
First Corp’l R C Gunn, sick in camp.
Second Corp’l C Rainwater, slight wound m
action July Ist, 1862.
Third Corp’l M Littleton, slight wound in ac
tion July Ist, 1862
Fourth Corp’l Jesse Reese, wonnded in action
June 25, 1862, at General Hospital.
Solomon McTyre, sick in General Hospital
Richmond. r ’
Wm Johnson, sick in camp.
Jesse Gunn, sick in camp
Janes Howell, wounded in action Julr let
1862, and furloughed to Warren co., Ga. ’
J W Taylor, sick in camp. '
J B Harbuck, for dulr.
j RHlvey, Sick at Danville, Va.
! CS Hendrick, sick in camp.
M H Sburley. sick at Danville, Va
A .4 Hobbs, sick in camp.
ii; M L- A i rm * trHD g’ sitt al °<tneral Hospital.
” K Lynch, wounded id nation June 25tb
1962. and al General Hospital, Richmond.
J L Cody, aick in camp.
J W Wood, for duty.
Jerry Norris, sick at Danville Va.
A W Stanford, for duty.
Jesse Ivey, sick in camp.
W H H Sfcelton, for duty.
J S Todd, for duty.
R S Thompson, for duty.
J A Mayes, sick at General Hospital. Rici*
niond, Va.
M B English, for duty.
David Gunn, sick at General Hospital, Bier*.
mood, Va.
Sam’l Yarbrough, sick at General Haspiia;.
L$ Armstrong, sick in camp.
W E Anderson, Jr. for duty.
HHB Kelly, sick in camp.
J W Elliott, tor duty.
U C Roney, sick at General Hospital.
M VV Aldred, sick in camp.
W R Duckworth, sick in camp.
J D Stanford, sick in camp.
B F Gunn, sick in camp.
John McCrary, sick at General Hospital.
Isa:»c McCrary, sick in camp.
W V Luzenby, sick in camp.
W H Johnson, for duty.
R H Armstrong, sick m camp.
J tines Johnson, sick m camp.
D H Montgomery, sick at General Hospital,
Richmond, Va.
G A Daekwortb, for duly.
J T Elliott, sick in camp.
Fountain Norris, sick at General Hospital,
Richmond Va.
Jas M Neal, sick in camp.
T F Wynn, for duty.
T J Aldred.jiick in camp.
John Silas, sick at General Hospital, Richmond
Va.
H P Johnson, sick at General Hospital, Rich
mond. Va.
Alpheus Armstrong, at home, on sick fur
lough.
W B Fuller, for duty.
N R Camp, sick at General Ilospital, Richmond.
Wm Eogtish, sick in camp.
T S Lockett, aick at General Hospital.
J G Montgomery, aick ir. camp.
E Norris, sick at General Hospital.
J S Norris, for duty.
Cotuuibu* Norris, for duty.
G W Newsome, for duty.
Marion Mays, for duty.
T J Skelly. sick at General Hospital, Rich,
mond, V a.
Aaron English, sick at General Hospital, Riche
mood. Va.
W K Hays, sick in camp.
Morgan Norris, sick in camp.
W 8 Heath, sick in camp.
J A L Heath, (color Serg’t) sick at Petersburg.
Va.
A M Norris, sick at General Hospital.
J A Aldred, for duty.
E Hays, sick in camp.
H C Wiggins, sick at General Hospital, Rick,®
mond. Va.
J C English, sick in camp.
Jesse McDaniel, for duty.
Matthew Elvnn.for duwy.
F C Smith, sick at General HosDital, Rich'
mond, Va.
Augustus Norris, for duty.
J H Baker, for duty.
Alien Norris, lor duty.
Jasper N Harri*, wounded in action June
and at General Hospital.
Dawson Johnson, for duty.
Simeon Dunn, sick at General Hospital.
Perry Haywood, sick at General Hospital.
W F Lassiter, sick at General Hospital.
Albert Holieyman, for duty.
Os the foregomg only 27 are for duty,
LIST OF DEATHS IN COMPANY BINCB IN SBBVK T
M H Geesling, died November, 1361.
Thos Parham, died November, 1861.
TboaH McCauley, died December, 1861.
J L R'Cketson, died January 18« b, 1862.
W T Hammock, died March Ist 1862.
Henry Walden, died June7Bih. 1862.
John Walden, died June 24tb. 1862.
J B Montgomery, died July Ist, 1862.
Cicen Smith, died July Ist, 1662.
John W Reynolds, July, 1862.
H L Embry, July, 1862.
Samuel Harrell, killed in action July Ist, 1862.
The company has suff-red severely from sick
ness since the ’battle at Seven Pines, as will be
seen from the roll, _
W. J. Walxkr, Captain.
FROM GEnThTTMTHREY MARSHALLS COM*'
MAND-
The following is an extract from a letter to the
Atlanta (Ga.) Southern Confederacv :
Jeffersonville. Va., Ju!v 2D.
The ere'ny, after making a forward moTemet.
up the Valley of Kanawha have begun a series
of strategic movements, which, if persisted in,
two or three weeks will find them upon the bankE
of the Ohio. Marshall's Brigade is aso falling
back towards Abingdon, while Gen. Loring is
pressing the enemy down Kanawha. Mar
shall’s Brigade intends falling back near to
wbefe supplies can be had and there recruit np
.ts men who have been severely baudld during
ihe last nine months hav ng never been in
quarters during the winter, and scarcely a week
has elapsed but what they have had to undergo
seveie marches. No brigade has seen as muck
hard service, done as much fighting, penetrated
the enemy’s country as fir, and received as little
cred’t for what it has done as the army of East*
ern Kentucky.
One regiment alone, binder command of Col.
John 8. Williams, now Brigadier General, whip
ped Gen. Bull Nelsen and bis whole army, 7,500
strong, so severe*/, that he allowed our little
patriot* to reireat from the Valley of
Sandv with ibousands of bogs and a great num
ber o? cattle *nd horses. This occurred in No
vember. 7n December the arm? began another
forward movement under Gen. Marshall, he hav*
ing bat four regiments. He penetrated the
country one hundred miles, when he was com
pelled to fall back, but not notil he bad taught
the enemy a lesson at Middle Creek. This cam
paign lasted three months, in the dead of winter,
and cost our government a mill on of dollars and
one fourth of our army.
Tig osels* again to penetrate the mountains of
Kentucky with less than 10.000 men as we will
again be driven back The Department, time
and again, has promised to reinforce this Di*
vision, but sc far it baa been unable to do so.