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prom Vu Richmond Examiner, July Mlh.
latest irrws from the north.
We have complete files of Northern papers to
thelVtb including dates irnm New York, Phila
delphia and Baltimore. We continue from yes.
terday our summary of news from them :
WINrUBfTKK TH&KATENID AGAIN.
Habpbb’h Fibiit, July 15. -The aspect of af
fairs id the vicinity of Winchester and through*
out that section of the Valley of the Shenandoah
g Ter y unfavorable, and fears are entertained
that we shall soon have trouble.
Various rumors are afloat in regard to the
movement* of the enemy, and it is reported h e re
that our pickets were driven in below Winchester
last night. In anticipation of danger the tele
graph office at that place has been removed over
a mile from the town, near the fortifications. The ]
friends of the South here and at Martmsburp are I
"acting a‘ if they had heard good news and j
express their confidence that the Confederates ,
will make a raid into the Valley as far as Win - J
Chester before many days.
There seems to be a general impression here
that Winchester will be the scene of a fierce bats j
tie before a week. It is rumored that Jackson,;
with one-hall of the large »rmy which he took j
to Richmond so suddenly has ret urned, and oeen
reinforced by tbenumerous guerrilla bandstbout
the country
TH« LATEST FROM m’CLELLANM ARMT.
Washington, July IB —lnformation np to last
night baa been received from Gen. McClellan’s
headquarters. The health of the troops has
iucb improved, and no difficulty exisls in re
ceiving subsistence supplies. No military moves
menta of cous-quence are mentioned.
•JarrcrpoMUn'-t of the Philadelphia Fnquirir.
Not a mail boat or a transport vesseiitbat leaves
our wharves but take away upon every trip all
along trom a donn to fifty of the rank and file
officers, and to such an extent has this prevailed
it ie uo exaggeration to say t hat seven out of
every ten of the above rank of officers are absent
Irom our army. Borne of these—perhaps a third
—are really sick, but otbctsget leave of absence
bv pretended sickness. Wickuess in their fami
lies at home and every excuse imaginable is |
urged—any, no matter what, so long as it ac- I
-omplisbes the desired end-gets the applicant I
away from the army "Skulkers"—numbering !
ut Isest two thirds of the whole-we desire to
call yourj particular attention, and ask you
to "ventilate” the fact, so that when "shoulder-
Btrapped" gentleman arc parading the streets of
• the cities and towns in the North and West,
should they not be provided with proper cre
dentials, Ihey may be treated accordingly.
confeoxrat* invasion or Indiana.
A dispatch, dated Cincinnati, 18th, says :
Indianapolis dispatches to the executive de
partment ss_v that Henderson, Kentucky, and
Newbtrn, Indiana, have been taken by the Con
federates. At the latter one National wax
killed and two hundred and fifty sick soldiers
taken prisoners. The Confederates also took
.two hundred and fifty stand of arms.
THE MONEY MARKKT IN THK NORTn.
The New York Express sums up the money
market in the following brief, but forcible para
graph :
The gold premium to-day is nineteen per cent,
over,paper. Sterling bills, 130 to 131 for sixty
days. This is frightful work for such as have to
pay in gold or remit.
The billowing are the quotations of Southern
stocks.
Virginia C’s 58?.*, Missouri b’s do!*, Tennessee
bonds 50?*, North Carolina bonds 65.
It is stated to-day (see money maiket) that the
dry goods men are not only countermanding
orders for further European goods, but refusing
to sell at existing rates and prises.
The Secretary of the Treasury and the Con
gressmen who followed in his wake thus see—
That, io nearly a prohibitory tariff, they are
killing the goose (the importer, that laid the
golden egg (duties at the custom house).
Aud that under their almost illimitable, ir
redeemable Washington paper money manufac
tory, if the goose did import, the goose would
have to pay from ten to twenty per cent, pre
nuum in gold to provide for his importations.
It is very true that all this protects Nsw Eng
land aud other corporations in the exclusive
use of the home market for dry goods— hut it
does not stop, we see, the’exportation of spe
cte, and does kill off the home dry goods trade.
THX VERY LATEST TROM Tilt NORTH.
We bare dates from the North as lute as 41 on
dav, the 21st instant.
Tbe intelligence from Europe is up to the 11th
.ostant by tbe arriva l of tbe steamer North
American off Cape Racß
The news of the series of battles before Rich
mond had excited tbe greatest attention, and it
was thought it would result in prolonging the
war.
Tbe sales of cotton for the week amounted to
66,000 bales.
Nuruta declined i- 4 d. and American des rip
ticns v d - Tbe market closed flat. Breadstuff's
tied an upward tendency. Prorigions closed
dull.
Consols 93?* a 92,46 for money.
American stocks quiet.
Tbe London Daily News treats the result of
the fighting as a serious reverse to the Federais,
and as likely to lengthen out rather than shorten
the war.
Tbe London Times says that the strategical
movements ol General ilcClellun are purely un o
intelligible, and adds that tbe recent events
must infuse new energy into the Confederate
arms, and may produce results calculated to lead
to a cessation ot hostilities, and eventually to tbe
termination of the war.
NORTHXKN ADVICES FROM THSIR ARMY IN VIRGINIA.
Washington. July 20.—An officer arrived here
last ntgbt from General Hatche’s command, hav
ing in charge fire prisoners bi.onging to ibe 2d
A lrgioia cavalry, who bad been acting as scouts.
Their names are, B. J, Farcer, A. White, A.
K. Bibber, A, M. Goocrich, and J. H. Harrison.
A Colonel and Captain Mere also captured, but
baTe not yet arrived.
General Ewell's troops are reported to be at
Gordonsvllle, but then number is not stated.
General Pope's reoeut orders are received by
ibe troops with enthusiasm, but the citizens have
terribly long faces siuce its publication.
A Frenchman arrived here to-day who left
Richmond some days ago, having been perse
cuted in order to compel him to join tbe Southern
army. Finally he was imprisoned, but was re
leased at the request of Ibe French Consul. He
bad been peeping a store in Richmond, and says
nearlveverything was very dear there: coffee was
selling at $2 50 cents per pound, and sugar
seventv-tive cents ; flour was plenty and only
seven dollars ; corn meal was dearer than flour.
He paid four hundred and fitly dollars in rebel
scrip for a very interior horse and wagon, with
which he got away and reached here.
Fortress Monroe, Joly 18.—General Burnside j
has inst returned here after a short visit to Gen.
McClellan.
General Richardson is at the Hygeta hospital,
and is slowly recovering from the debility and
illness which has attended him since tbe late
battles on the Cbickahominy.
Fortbrss Monroh, July 19.—1 team from a
gentleman recently from Suffolk that some little
excitement prevails there on account of rumors
that the rebels art building bridgbj across tbe
Blackwater river,which is thought to be preparas
tery to.an attack on Suffolk. Our informant res
garded the motor ax doubt!ul,but saidtbe sutlers
were careful not to keep a large stook [of goods
on hand, and were advised not to do so.
An Englishman, who represented himself ax a
eon of the Duke of Somerset, was found at heads
quarters a lew days since under suspicious eirs
eumstancee. He stated that he was with the i
rebel General Pryor during the recent battle of
seven days. He Das been sent North.
army affairs—ts* pbssidxnt’s military ADTiexas. !
Washington, July 19. — It is known that the!
President has recently visited Lieutenant Gen
eral Scott, and subsequently General McClellan
and the army of the Potomac, and now hast he
benefit of tbeir experience, and that of Generals
Pops, Mitchell, and other distinguished military
officers. Tbe expected presence here of Major
dleueral Haileck beoomea important in this con- J
| neetion. The current belief is that be will not
; take the field, but will be entrusted with tmpor-
I tant duties in this city.
j The consolidation of the corps how composing
the army of Virginia, and other ascertained ar
rangements, warrant tbe conclusion that meas
ures are in tbe course of consummation toevery-
I where secure unity of action, or, in other words,
: a Specific plan of operations, the better to insure
success and to prevent all conflict of jurisdiction
land jealousies wbatsoever. Tbe recently pub
j fished orders of General Pope are highly popular
| with military men. as well as civilians, and their
i execution will remove much complaint on the
I part of the soldiers.
I According to tbe New York Tribune, tbe mis«
! sioo of Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island, to
I Corinth, was for the purpoee of tendering to Gen.
' Ualleck on behalf of the President, the cotn
! mand of the armies of the United States. The
| Philadelphia News believes that there is good
foundation lor the report that Gen. McClellan
i has resigned the Command of tbe army of tbe
Potomac; bnt the New York Pont throws a
doubt upon the story by assigning to Gen. Hal
leck, who was spoken of as McClellan s succes
sor, important duties at New York.
From the Richmond Examiner. JuiyVZ.
VERY LATEST FROM THE NORTH
To Captain Thompson, of Kentucky, we are
Indebted for the favor of late Northern papers,
comprising dates from New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore—tbe fullest batch of papers that
we have ever received- Our dates embrace all
tbe leading papers of the North, and our files
are made complete to the 19th lost. Captain T.
has been in commund of a company in Virginia
for a year past, but on bis company being dis
banded, having honorably served out tbeir term
of enlistment, tbe gallant young Kentuckian,
tond of adventure, determined to vigitfhe North.
Despite Mr, Lincoln's blockade, he succeeded in
visiting ail the Northern cities and his own borne
in Kentucky, und, after many hairbreadth
escapes, he has safely returned to Virginia. We
extend him a cordial greeting, and our readers
are indebted to him rather than to us for the
following interesting Bummary.of ne *«:
Morgan's advancs into rrstocky—another
VtCTORT—CAI’TOhK OF Cl NTH! ANA - ORr AT KXCITR
MP.NT.
Cincinnati, July 18.—A man came into Boyd’s,
on the Kentucky Central railroad ibis morning,
and reports; that the town of Cynthia, 66 miles
from here, surrendered at five o'clock yesterday
to the rebels after a half hour’s tight. He says
be saw Morgan and shook hands with him.—
Morgan’s force numbered about 2,500.
A soldier who alao came into Boyd’s says that
Morgan’s men fired two rounds alter tbe surren
der of the town, and that Captain Anthony s
companp from Newport are all killed or made
prisoners.
The excitement at Newport and Covington is
very high and increasing. Tbe citizens are or
ganizing rapidly for the defence of Newport, and
tbe proTost marshal arrests all sympatbixsrs
to-day.
A special dispatch from Lexington, Kentucky,
to the Cincinnati Gazette, atates mat Morgan en
camped close to VeisaiJles, Kentucky, on Mon
day evening last. His men had taken posses
sion of a large number of valuable botses be
longing to persons in that neighborhood. An
other band of guerrillas, two hundred in num
ber, were within six miles of Lexington on Tues
day morning, and tbe trains which left the latter
city for Frankfort, during the slternoon of the
same day, were compelled to return in conse
quence of the railway track being torn up at
Midway, and of preparations having been made
to blow up the bridge in tbe vicinity on the arri
; val of the train. Tbe banka at Lebanon, Dan-
I vtlle, Frankfort, and other inlaud towns, have
sent their funds to Louisville lor safe-keeping.
I Two of tbe religious weeklies, tbe True i’reabyte
nan and the Baptist Recorder, have been sup
i pressed at Louisville, and several preachers are
j under arrest, among them the Rev. Btuart Rob
!inson.
Gen. Halieck has given up the command of the
1 army of the Southwest, and goes to Washington
! as the I'resident’s Consulting General,[and com
| mander of the Federal forces— he to remain in
! Washington.
■ Gen. Buell is reported to have informed Gen.
j Halieck that Confederate troops were pouring in
|to Chattanooga from all parts of the South. A
wbuic division from'Gen. Bragg's army ;:s re<
ported to have come up lately to that place via.
tbe Tennessee and Atlanta Railroad.
I From the London Foil, (Dovcrmnenl organ} July 4.
THE STRUGGLE AT RICHMOND
It is not improbable that tbe close of tbepres
{ ent campaign may be signalized by some bold
stroke on tbe part of either of tbe rival armies
jat Richmond. Tbe Contederates are said to be
daily receiving retnforcemente, and it is noton
j ous that tbe Federal Ueneral is daily demanding
' them. It is not that McClellan is desirous cl
inking Richmond, but ratber of securing the
j eately ot his own army. He entertains appre
l hensious of being outnumbered. Tbe constant
skirmishing of the Contederates on bis Hanks,
: and the recent successful raid of their cavalry,
j betoken a confidence on the part of the Southern
I forces which 14 not usually exhibited by a be
eetged army. It is said tbut some corps Irom
■ General Mcl>owell's division have reinforced
1 McClellan, but this requires confirmation. The
j inability of tbe government at Washington to
' furnish the necessary supplies of men is illus
i trated by the fact that though 0,000 men were re
quired tor the naval service, but thirty-nine were
available for that purpose in New England.
With the exact strength of the Confederate
j forces we have never been made accurately ac
i quainted, but it is not improbable that tbe Fed
; era! estimate runs above tbe mark, still Ibe
I South, wiih its smaller population, has been ens
i abled to keep the undoubtedly large armies of
: the North at bay. The victories of the Northern
| troops, both in the Wesi and South, bad the eh.
i feet ol enabling tbe Southern President to con«
! eeotrate his troops in the vicinity cf Rcbmcnd.
i Every fresh conquest had the effect of strength
ening the Southern forces, while it in a proporr
tionate degree weakened those of the North.
Beauregard has still 80,003 men at his disposal.
If theseserve uoother purpose they will consti
tute at least a formidable reserve. It is reported,
however, that Beauregard is rapidly marcding
! to Richmond, and has already reached Montgom
j ery. At Charleston "a bloody battle" has been
j fought, “with heavy loss on both sides.” This
* being the Federal account amounts to a confes
i siob of a serious loss on tbeir side, but leaves
j that of tbe Confederates very problematical.
! The great struggle will, however, take place in
| V irginia, and to succeed there both sides are now
j straining every nerve.
fy We clip the followiog paragraphs from
I the Charleston Mercury, of July 24tb :
The French war steamer Renaudm, Captain
Le Cardinal, last from Port Royal, steamed into
this harbor yesterday, and came to anchor off the
East Bay Battery. The Renaudin is armed with
two guns though pitreed for six.
Gen. Lonbstrert.— Some of the papers haTe
been claiming ibis distinguished general as a
Georgian. He is, in fact, a native of South
Carolina, and was appointed to the West Point
Academy from Alabama.
The Army of Gmn. Price and vhr Woundrdat
Richmond. —We bad the pleasure of a visit yes
terday morning from the Rev. John R. Bennett,
the Chaplain of the 3d Brigade of the army of
Gen. Price, who is now on his way to Richmond,
as the bearer of $4,700, contributed by the offi
cers and men cf a battalion of the Missouri Con
federate Volunteers, Lieut. Col. Eugene Erwin
commanding, and tbe First Regiment ofMis
emri Cavalry, Col. Elieha Bates commanding,
for the relief of tbeir tick and wounded fellow
soldiers at Richmond.
Montgomery [A ! a.) Admrtixr. July 16.
Ges. D. H. Hill.— learn that Gen. D. H.
Hill, (Bethel Hill) has been assigned to the com
mand cf the Coast, extending from Wilmington
to Drury's Bluff, vice Gen. Holmes assigned to
an important command tn the South-west.
Xalfigh Tekgrapk, 21* wuf-
From the Petersburg Kserreu.
LATE FROM THE NORTH.
Through the kindness of a lady who reached
here last evening from Suffolk, we bare bees
layered with a copy of ibe >'ew York Herald of
the 16tb, last Friday. It contains but little ios
telHgence of interest to oof readers, a circum
*taoce we do not rnnch regret, as we are under
promise not to cut the papeT. We copy a few
paragraphs :
Morgan's raid a; eestuckt. .
Loci-ville, July 16.—The rebel Cob Morgan,
wasat Midway yesterday at noon, and cut the tel
egraph wires and tore up the rai'road. He took
away with him everything be could conrert to his
use. He had four twelve pound howiizers, but it
is said only sit rounds cf ammunition.
Last evening he left Georgetown, and encamps
ed there on Gono's farm. He said be meant to
visit Lexington and Frankfort before he got
through with his job.
The Letingiomans say they bare ample force
to protect the town, hot not to take the offen
sive
LATER.
Uur pickets have just been driven in by the
rebels, who are approaching in force on the
Georgetown road.
Our forces, with several pieces of artillery, are
advancing on Georgetown to meet the rebels,
j The damages to the railroad and telegraph
i wires at Midway have been repaired; but the
| bridge burned by tne rebels at Keyser’a has not
j yet been reconstructed.
ESCAPE or KMO L PRISONERS.
Philadliphia, July 16.—More than 200 rebel
prisoners effected liieir escape last nigh! from
Fort Delaware and made tracks lor Dine. Upon
the arrival of the mail train at Perryville, this
forenoon, live of them were found on board, and
were arrested and placed undtr guard.
ots. CCRTIS safe.
The Herald says : After surmounting almost !
inconceivable difficulties, the advance of General j
Curtis army arrived at Helena, Arkansas, on the i
12tb tost., after a forced march of sixiy-five |
miles, made in a day and a night. On the march ;
I from Ra'eaville they were engaged in a number
of skirmishes, in all of which our gallant army j
was vicarious.
All the sick and wounded were safely trang.
ported to Helena, and the army is now in excel- J
lentbealth and spirits, eager to march again
against the foe. The troubles encountered were I
greatly; augmented by a proclamation issued by j
the Rebel General Hindman, on the 24th ult., |
and which served to increase the bitter feeling
of the residents uoon the line of march against |
the “invaders of. their soil/’
MOVER ANTS AGAINST OEN C CUT It
Cairo, July 15.— Passengers by the boat from
Memphis, report that General Price,on Wedness
1 day night, moved a battery of artillery and forty
f lorage wagons across the Mississippi, at Cypress
| Bayou, near Napoleon, Arkanaas. The battery
was marked “Hiudman, Little Rock.’’ Another
, battery creased no Sunday evening, and squads
of men trom Panola, Mississippi, were crossing
in the same direction, apparently with a view oi
concentrating a force in Arkansas, perhaps to
operate against Gen. Cuttig.
FINANCIAL.
I New Yore, July 17.— The money market con
tinues steady at 5(g6 per cent, on call, and 5@
per cent, for prime paper. Sterling exchange
is briner and unsettled. Bankers’ bills are
quoted at ]29>£@lßl. American gold closes firm
at ls?ii@la percent, premium. California gold
bars are quoted at 11 per cent, premium.
Government stocks dull. United States sixes
1681, -80 Treasury Notes 102
ENLISTING AT A DISCOUNT.
Great complaint isffimde ol -the tardy manner
in which the prtriots respond to the callot the
j President. The New York Independent says
I ten regiments cannot be recruited there by the
Ist of September.
From the Charleston Courier, July V>
AH ARRIVAL FROM NASSAU
A fast slesmer, with a valuable cargo, tide ar
rived at a Southern perk She wae chaaed at
night by the Lincoln btockaders, sod fired at,
whea ib her efforts to get clear she got ashore on
the breakers, w.here sbe remained sometime, but
finally floated off and got satelyinto harbor, after
throwing overboard a small part of the cargo.
By her the following gentleman have reached
the Coaliderate Sines; F. Mobl, of Texas,
bearer of dispatches; Wm. Wright, E. B. Shun*
j non, R. W. Chase, Purser of steamer Cecile.
j This vessel beard firing on Wednesday night,
which it was supposed proceeded from some of
j the Yankee fleet chasing a vessel which was ap
' pi caching the coast to i in the blockade.
I This arrival places us e possession of Nassau
p-pers up to the 16th inAant, from which we
make some extracts.
| The schooner Spray. Lndsav, arnved at Nas
sau, June £6 l h,from Wilmington, N.C ~ with a !
| cargo of tobacco and natal stores,
j The schooner Raima, ’Little, from Matamoras,
j with cotton, hides, Ac., ifrived Julv 2.
| The scbcoDer Albert, Capt. Errickson, with
cotton and logwood, cleared for Liverpool June
3P;h.
j The sitawsbip StacitV arrived at Nassau,
j July Sd, from Liverpool da Bermuda.
! A Vankee schooner, cdled the F. Crandall,
I Captain Brown, had arived at Nassau, from
! Port Royal, (8. C.) Her Captain reported that
i Richmond had been captired by the Federate,
! and other like statements, which were soon dis
covered to be falsehoods. A contraband which i
| went from Port Royal to Nassau in this schooner, '
| took the small pox, and wlile suffering from the
I disease, jumped ove-bosrd, in the harbor of
Nassau, and was drowned. This negro is said to
| have been a slave of tfeuerai Drayton, and went
j by the name of John baacs
I 'The case of the steanship Oveto had been <ak<
en into the British T iee Admiralty Court, at
Nassau, and the evidmee is published at some
length in the papers It will be remembered j
that it was reported fiat this ship was built for
a Contederaie man-okwar, and the Yankees at !
Nassau, having laksi it up, are disposed to j
make the most of it.
The 3hip Ella, Capt Carter, cleared July 10th,
for Liverpool, and thi steamship Bahama, Capt. j
E. L. Tessier, sailed fce next day for the same 1
I P ort -
I A large number otcoai-laderi vessel- had ar
rived at Nassau, fromvarious places.
Judge Betts, of tb« U. S. District Court, of
j Mew k urk, had decidd the case of the British
steamship Lebuan, off the mouth of the
Rio Graade with 267,'ales of cotton on board.
He ordered an tmoediate restitution of the
vessel and cargo, on tie ground that they were
neutral prope. ty and lot taken while in actual
TiolattoD of the block.de. The Judge also held
that at the time of thi seizure the blockade of
Brownsville was not actually effective, the
United States vessels avtng only arrived there
the dav before the sejure. The principles laid
dowD in this case, it 1 thought, will aiso cause
the release of the Bermuda and Circassian.
The Yankees, at Ka; West, have confiscated
some of the best builargs in that place, and are
about turning the fron part of the town into a
navy yard.
Salt at Tnrk s Island.s in abundant supply,
and can be had at sevei cents per bushel.
Mr. Webber, superergn, and Captain Peat,
master of the British steamship Hero, gave an
elegant entertainment on board that vessel at
Nassau. Mr. Webber i« well known In Sa
vannah and m this city, where he at one time
resided.
The soppiy of ice hasfailed at Nassau in con*
sequence of the bad coistruction of the icehouse,
which permitted it ail nearly to melt. A new
supply is expected.
tST The Confederae Congress meats on the
TBth ol next month. I is reported that it will
probably be assembbd in Columbia, South
Carolina. —Macon 6a- Ttlegroph, JuiyK.
He who encourages young men in the pur
suit of agriculture is doing a good work for
the morals of society » hundred years hence.
FROM VICKSBURG.
The Vicksburg (M'es.J correspondent of the ]
Mobile (Ala.) Advertiser A Register, in his letter
of July 18lb, says:’
The sinking and blowing up of the Yankee 1
gunboats by the Arkansas on her passage down i
from Yazoo river, filled the muddy waters of the
Mississippi with the bones of hundreds of
drowned Yankees. One of their gunboatswilh a
crew of 200, being run into by the Arkansas,
commenced sinking immediately, when the Yan
kees raised a white flag , but the ill fated craft
sunk so quick that no assistance could possibly
be render.-d, even by her own friends. Numbers
of the dead bodies are being waahed ashore,
and are found every day by onr pickets along the
river.
Since the advent of the Arkansas the Yankees
keep up a slow but incessant firing. They seem
to have no particular aim, but throw their shells
at random, some of them (ailing in the vicinity of
the batteries, and some in the city, while Borne
i go over the city and light two or three miles
in the country. During the shelling on the night
of the 15tb, some incendiary took advantage of
the occasion and applied the torch to a very fine
dwelling house. The Yankees, of course, claim
the Christian honor of burning this house by
means of their shells.
It is now generally asserted that the enemy
has lately been throwing shells charged with
fluid into the city for the purpose of igniting and
burning the city, and yet they have succeeded in
burning but one wooden tenement. Some one
well versed iu the mysteries nl figures might es
timate Bow long it will take" them to dee'.rov
Vicksburg, taking for a basis of his calculation
the fact that 6 2 of their gunboats have been shell
ing the city ior eight weeks, an J succeeded in
burning one house, aod killing ODe woman ; nr, ,
if they can destroy one house in eight weeks,
j how Leg will it take to destroy the whole cny ?
iCon.muMsateC.3
In Cami mias Saltillo, Miss., j
July ißt, 1662 j |
j To the Jt'iUor of liu Co’ ditutumalitt,Augiuia, Gai j
J Sir; In a late number of your paper I observe -
1 an article, copied from the Mobile Register A
Advertiser, relative to the movement of our army
I from Cenntb, in which it is stated that the rear j
j guard, oa that occasion, was commanded by Col.
Deas.
| To command a rear guard at any time is a j
; delicate and difficult duty ; but to command the j
l re ar guard of a great at my, in tbe immediate !
proximity of a powerful and disappointed enemy, j
is a task requiring a rare combination of tact, 1
juUgaieut, aud courage When successfully
peiiurihcd it reflects tbe highest honor on the
commauder, and entitles him to the praise ot his
General and thegrwmude ol the army.
To be selected lor the discharge ol this duty |
is itsell an evidence of the high trust and credit !
in which the officer is held, and is, therefore,
esteemed by all soldiers as a distinction ana
honor. For these reasons, it is simple justice i
that the officer to whom this responsible position |
is assigned, aud whose conduot in the discharge
of the duties incident to it is irreproachable, j
chould, at least, receive tbe credit of bis own ■
action rather tbau that credit should fall upon i
another- •
This consideration impels me to correct the
error into which the Register's correspondent
fell, in saytng that Co'unelDeas commanded tbe
rear guard at the time specified. An error
which no one, 1 am sure, would be more prompt
to rectify than that gallant officer himself, had
bis attention been dtrecied tci tbe matter.
in tbe order prescribing the manner of march i
from Corinth, Gen. Bragg’s army corps was the
ibst to move; and that General was charged with
the protection of the rear, to which end tbe Ist
brigade, W ither’s division, commanded by Col.
Joseph Wheeler, lkth Alabama regiment, and
consisting of the IVlh, 22d, 25tb, and 261 b Ala
bama regiments, uc d Robertson's battery, was
designated by him as tbe rear guard.
The duties ol this brigade commenoed on Thurs- i
day. the 28th ot May, at which time the enemy
having driven in the pickets on tbe Monterey
road, about ten miles trom Corinth, threatened to
uncover the whole movement, when Col. Wheeler j
wae ordered to proceed, with a part of his bri
gade, consisting of portions o! the 19tb, 25th, j
and 261 b Alabama regiments, and a section of !
Robertßon’s battery to that point, dislodge the ‘
t-Demy, re-occupy the lorrner positions, and ,
“maintain them at ail hazards, as Hie success of
tbe entire movement depends on it," until the
army should leave Corinth. In obedience to
which order, the troops designated, after a severe
conflict, with considerable loes on both sides,
drove the enemy beck, and maintained their po
sition Thursday and Friday, and until Friday
night at twelve, when, at the given signal, they
withdrew, taking up, as they passed through
Corinth, Colonel Deas’ regiment and the re
■ maiader of the battery which bad bet n left to
I defend the breastworks, irom which period the !
duties of the brigade, as Rear Guard proper, I
commenced. During this whole time, the bri- 1
gade was gallantly and efficiently comm anded by
Colonel Wheeier, who continued to cover the ;
rear tnut night and tbe next day—his brigade |
having halted at Tuscumbis river, five miles ■
from CGrtnth, to enable the army to move tor- |
ward without barrassment. On that day, be
successfully repulsed a brigade ot the enemy’s
cavalry sent in pursait. kill'ng and wounding a .
number cf them, and continued to maintain his
position until evening, when be received orders
1 to fall back with his brigade, atter destroying
the bridges, leaving Colonel Deas, with bis regi
ment aud another, at the river, and rijoin the,
armv which had then reached the position in
tended That Colonel Deas executed the trust
devolved upon him with corn age and ability,
there c»n be no doubt, but he did Dot- command
the Hear Guard. Justice.
We clip the following paragraphs from
the Richmond (Va.) Examiner, of July 24th ;
Tbe effect on the Yankee soldiery of General
Pope's recent orders to the “army of the Rappa
hannock" is a'reaoy being felt by the citizens ot
Culpepper. They are not only seizing and des
troying the crops and stores in that coumy. but
are"robbing the dwelling houses, and even strip
ping the ladies o> their jewelrv. The pany .
which burnt the bridge over the Sapidan on the
13th took breakfast ibst morning at the house ot
Alexander G Taliaicrro, Colonel of ’he Twenty*
first Viegioia regiment. On their approach tbe
Colonel was at home, and was very near being
captured, but, by good manageme.it, contrived to
escape. After they had breakfasted, the Yankee
ruffians searched the house, took possession of;
the family silver, broke up the taoitware anc ;
knives and forks, Ac., and actually wrenched ,
from Mrs. Taliaferro’s finger a splendid dia
mond ring of great value. .. |
For some time past a great deal has been said ■
and written both North and South about there- ;
inforcemeats that have been, or are about to be. |
received bv McClellan. But from a source en
titled to our confidence, but which we ao not ;
feei at liberty to mention, we learn that up to j
Friday night, the ISth instant, McClellan s army
now at W estover and Berkeley, had, since the j
battles received not one man in the way of re
inforcement. Burnside, with his army, was at ;
that date at Newport News, evidently awaiting
the development of our plans- holding himself m
a position to reinforce either Pope or McClellan
as our movements should render expedient.—
Had our army pressed McClellan after the bat
tle of Malvern Hill, Burnside would have has
tened to his relief- On the other haDd, should
Pope be menaced by s superior force, ? be Burn
side fleet will sail up the Rappahannock or Po
tomac. .
SoirND Criticism. —There was some sense m 1
the remark of a Scotchman, who in reading the
the saying of Solomon “ Snow is beautiful in ;
its season," exclaimed:
“ Ay, nea doubt it was beautiful to you, sit- j
ting with the vines aDd lassies o’ Jerusalem j
aside yon; but had you been a poor stone-raa j
son ye bae said nae sich a thing ”
LATTE FROM EUROPE
I The Bteamer Cnj ot Washington, with Liver
pool dates to the loth instant, has parsed Cage
; Race. The following 13 a telegraph summary of
! her news ;
THE AMERICAS QUESTION.
! The Opinion Rationale says that Russian pas
; pers revive the rumor that France, in conse
1 quence of the stubbornness cf England against
j doing so, has invited Russia to join her in an
i offer of mediation to America.
! The Paris correspondent of the London flerß
aid believes that the French Government etter
j tains very serious intentions of interfering to
! end the civil war in America.
The London Sews gives currency to rumors
that Generals .Scott, Banks, and Pope, were about
to enter Mr. Lincoln’s Cabinet at Washington
It thinks that the accession of General Scott m
dicstes that military operations are to be prose
cuted with the utmost vigor, and to be kept Ires
from the civilian interference which has hitherto
(through jealousy) hampered the movements of
Gen, McClellan.
The London Times has daily editorials on the
position of affairs in America. It says that the
disserveed States seem to be fast approaching
! that point where they most become two reason
] able rations or go on to anarchy and ruin. The
! effer of our mediation would only be received
| with insult.
The London Times recurs to the hostility to
Eogtsnd and professes itself wholly at a loss :o
I account for it.
I The same journal regards the new tariff .a
; effect prohibitive. The import trade with Europe
will be all but annihilated ; but the effect will be
most s verlv fell in America. The measure w.l
! enlist on the side of the South all thosvmpath.es
; and interests ot the two greatest nations in JJi -
rope.
CHEAT BRITAIN.
1 The Parliamentary proceedings were not cl
much inferesl. The fortifications were again <iui
' cussed in the Commons, and there was a debate
in which Mr. Cobden and Lord Palmerston in
dulged in some rather bitter personalities l
j In the lions* of Lords the African itlare Trade
I bill had been read a second time,
j Earl Derby expressed fears that uuiess a treaty
was made with France like that with America the
! putting a stop to the slave trade would be ineffec
i tuai
Lari Russell said that France had declined 10
enter mtoa similar Jireaty; but he believed that
j she would offer no objection to the exercise of its
; provisions.
Lord Palmerston confirmed the statement that
j Russia had recognized Italy, and said that he be
lieved Prussia wuuld do the same.
. Alter considerable debate a resolution against
j the English forces interfering in China was re
j jected.
It was rumored that the Galway subsidy wou.d
be restored.
General Prim had arrived in England.
The U. 8. corvette l’uscarora arrived at South-
J ampton on the 7th inat., from Cadiz. The object
i of her visit was unknown.
VKAKCE.
Rumors that France would back out from the
; Mexican expedition continued.
I The Paris Constitutionnel savs that the glory
| of the French arms once vindicated and money
j matters sealed with Mexico, proceedings against
I her will terminate.
The cotton manufacturers of. Rouen had seat a
deputation to the Emperor to represent the dift*
culties they were labor.rg under A similar dep
| utaticn Irom Lisle also waited upon the Emperor,
i The Pans Bourse was heavy at 68f. B(>c. tor the'
i' rentes. .
The Italian Ministers had again strongig v»
pudiated tile rumors of Italy’s .interference in
Mixico.
1 M. Mon had resigned the Piesidency of the
Spanish Chamber of Deputies.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
London, July 10, IS6 2.—Consols closed at hvi,
for money. The Bank :.f England baa reduced
its minimum rate of discount to 2}£ per cent.
American Stocks.—The market Las r downs
ward tendency. The latest sales were: Illinois
! Central shares, 4 9 a 41. Y discount; Erie Ra‘-
t road. S“Jg. *
L-verpool Cotton Market—The sales of cottcn
for two days amount to 27,000 bales, including
16,000 bales to speculators and exporters. Tue
market is firm, with an advance of oue fourtb to
one-half a penny per lb. since the sailing of the
Persia, closing upward.
Trade Reports.—The advices from Manchester
are favorable, the market for goods and yarns
being uward, with small sales.
From the Jackton Mieriteippian, Jutylt.
HEROIC VICKSBURG—ADDEESS OF GEN
VAN DORN.
Headq as District or the Mississippi, I
Vicksburg, July 18, 1662. )
To the Troops defending Vicksburg:
Your conduct thus far, under the circumstan*
ces which surround you, has won the admiration
of your countrymen" Cool and self-possessed un
der the concentrated tire of more than forty vess
1 sets of war and mortar boats, you have given a«»
suranccs that the City entrusted to your keeping
will not be given up to the blustering demands of
cannon, nor the noisy threateDings ot bomb shells.
| Such exhibitions of fury serve but to amuse you
afld to animate the tedium of camp life—you
await a more formidable demonstration. Impov
j tent in his rage, the enemy is striving to turn
the current of the Mississippi from your batte
. rtes. He will fail—when he is master ot the
great river that flows at your feet, and which has
become the eternal custodian of your names and
glory, every wave that ripples by its shores will
cr.mson w ith Tour blood, and every bill that looks
down upon it will be the sepulchre ofathousacd
freemen.
Soldiers I to haye been one among the “Dee
fenders ot Vicksburg," will be the boast hereaf
ter of t hose wh< snail bear your names, and a
living jay by youp hearthstones forever. Con
tinue, I beseech you, to be worthy of your couls
j try’s praise and the reputation you have achiev
-1 ek.
The commanding General will take pleasure as
1 it his duty, in forwardmg the names of the dis
tinguished among you to the General Comtnand
tou the Department, for honorable mention :a
General Orders—it is his pride to Ire vnur com
mander.
The steamer ‘ Arkansas’’ is immcitsl, and
above bis praise—she commands the admiration
of the world.
By order of
Major General Earl Van Dorn.
M. M. Kimmbl, Major & A. A. G.
THE FIGHT AT MUEFREESBOEO
Ciptain Kerr, of the Highland Rangers, who
; was woued-d in the arm in the fight at -Mur»
freesboro'. Teen., came to Rome on Tuesday.
From him we get the following items:
The fight took place tn Sunday, the 13th iusi.,
and lasted four or five hours. 1.272 Federate
were captured by our forces, including 46 00m
! missioned officers, among the number was Gen.
Crittenden.
The first Georgia cavalry. Col. J. J. Morrison,
was engaged. Two companies from this county
are in that regiment, Capt. Kerr’s and Captain
Hayme's.
Dr. Witcher, of Polk county, Surgeon of the
' regiment, was killed. Major Harper’s horse was
scot from under him. Adjutant John N. Perkins
■ was very badly wounded—we fear mortally.—
j Two of Capt. Kerr’s eompasy. besides himself,
•: were wounded—T. Z. Srniti in the thigh, and E
; Huckeby in the knee—toth severely. Captain
' Haycie had four men Hied and several wounded,
j Captain Crabb, of Polk, was killed, and O. L.
1 Montford, of his company, was tilled. Dr. Zos
ber, of the same company, was mortally wounded,
aDd Lieutenant Hutchings severely, hut not mor
tally.
Capt. Seawrifjht, of Paulding, was killed, atd'
LieinJ. Trammell badly wounded.
Rome (ffa ) Southerner, July 24fA.
' Butlsr Relenting.—A private t’isoatcl receiv
■ ed in this city yesterday says Mrs. Phillips has
] been released from confinement on Ship Island
ft is not certain that she ever reached her place
! of exile.— Savannth Ref üb’jioan ', July 26.