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AN ENCOURAGING LETTER.
That we have true and earnest friends across
the ocean, cannot be doubted; this fact has al
ready been attested, and the battery presented to
the Confederacy by the merchants of Edinburgh,
Scotland, will announce it in thunder tones. But
the Governments of Europe are against us. Per"
haps, we should not blame them, for their affairs
“ are so complicated that they may fear to involve
themselves in further political difficulties and
perplexities by interfering in the struggle in
this country, and, therefore, keep aloof from it,
waiting, Micawbershke, for “something to turn
up,” whichjwill put a stop to the strife, and set
their cotton mills in motion once more. But it
is possible that some more selfish and ungenerous
motive underlies their action in regard to the
South.. It may be that the desire to see a great
rival Power crushed and exhausted, a
desire to become independent of that
rival in the supply of cotton, and a fear
of the naval and military strength of the United
States, combine to induce them to maintain their
neutral policy. Be the cause what it may, we
Know that the Governments of Europe are un*
favorably disposed to the Southern Coifederacy ;
but we have every reason to believe that the peo*
pie of Europe, forced to admire the bravery and
heroism of the South, and suffering, themselves,
from the “cotton famine,” are friendly to the
Confederacy, and earnestly desire its success in
the great struggle in which we are now engaged.
As little, then, as we may care for the policy,or
friendship of European Governments, it is a con
solation to know that their people are our friends,
and that we have their sympathies and good
wishes. As another evidence of this fact, we
copy the following letter from the Columbia
South Carolinian, of Oct. Ist:
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ENGLAND.
Liverpool, Aug. 30, 1862.
England watches with great interest the strug
gle you are now engaged in, and feels each victory
of yours as if it were her own. Why, you will
ask, if this is so, does she still withhold your just
recognition ? To this I can only reply, it is not the
people’s act, but one of our Government, who do
not represent the will of the people, who are
unanimous in your favor. We have a slow, dry
old Whig, Lord Russell, for a foreign minister,
afraid of his own shadow, if it would offend any
foreign power; but you have everything to en
courage you in your struggle. Liberty is worth
fightinz for. and when obtained will be nobly
won. I will not admit lam a false ptophet upon
the question of when England would recognize
you, and that cotton would prove triumphantly
-.hat it is a great power; but I will say- that the
overstocked state of the markets has delayed this
action. It is only delayed, and the approaching
winter, with one hundred thousand unemployed
operatives, will act as a weight upon the Govern
znent they little dream of.
I counsel firmness, and a continuance of your
noble bravery; resist the coming invasion as you
have hitherto done, and the end is not far off.
THE COTTON SUPPLY QUESTION.
While the English Government is priding itself
upon its perfect neutrality between the North and
the South, the English people suffering all
the horrors of poverty and starvation attendant
upon the stoppage of the cotton mills, which give
-support and sustenance to so many thousands of
operatives and their families. And this suffering
increases as the war progresses in this country;
and the approaching winter will add still more to
its horrors.
In view of this prospect, great efforts are being
made to increase the supply of cotton ; but there
is no prospect of their being successful; and un
til the war in this country closes, or the cotton
ports of the South are opened to the world, there
can be no hope for relief to the suffering poor of
Europe. It would, we believe, be a cheaper ins
vestment for England and France to remove the
blockade of the Southern ports, and establish a |
svstem of trade and commerce with the Southern I
Confederacy, than to engage in wild schemes to !
obtain their cotton supply in unknown and un- :
tried fields.
An exchange has this paragraph, showing what j
efforts are being made to obtain a supply of cot
ton:
A conference on the subject of a cotton supply
has taken place in London. A deputation from
the Cotton Supply Association met Commission*
ers from the countries which sent cotton samples
to the International Exhibition. Representatives
from Italy, Portugal, Spain, India, Austria, and
sundry South American States were present. All
made more or less encouraging representations
of what those countries were capable in the pro
duction of cotton.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MAKES ANOTHER
SPEECH.
One of the most disgusting spectacles, is the
stump speak mg of Abraham Lincoln, and the vul
gar familiarity of the oratorical efforts in which
he indulges. It was on the occasion of a recent
serenade given to him as a compliment for bis
Abolition Proclamation, that, forgetful of the dig
nity of the office once tilled by great statesmen,
he made the following speech :
Fellow-Citizens: I appear before you to do
little more than acknowledge the courtesy you pay
me, and to thank you for it. I have not been dis
tinctly informed why it is on this occasion you
appear to do me this honor, though I suppose—
[interruption] —it’s because of the proclamation,
["Cries of “Good,” and applause.] I was about to
say , I suppose I understand it—J Laughter;
Voices—“ That you do;” “you thoroughly under
stand it.”J What I did, I did after very full de
liberation, and under a very heavy and solemn
sense of responsibility. [Cries of “Good, good,
bless you,” and applause ] I can only trust in !
God I have made no mistake. [Cries of “No mis
take ; all right; you’ve made no mistake yet; go
ahead; you’re right.”]
I shall make no attempt on this occasion to sus
tain what I have done or said by any comment.
| Voices—“ That’s unnecessary; we understand it.” |
It is now for the country and the world to pass
judgment on it, and, may be. take action upon it.
1 will say no more upon this subject. In my pc- I
sition I am environed with difficulties. [A voice— ,
“That’s so.” | Yet they are scarcely so great as !
the difficulties of those who upon the battle field ’
are endeavoring to purchase with their blood and
their lives the tuture happiness and prosperity of
this country. [Applause, longcontinued.] Let
us never forget them. On the 14th and 17th davs
of this present month there have been battles
bravely, skillfully, and successfully fought. [ Ap
plause.] We do not yet know the particulars.
Let us be sure that in giving praise to particular
individuals we do no injustice to.others. 1 onlv
ask you, at the conclusion of these few remarks
to give three hearty cheers to all good and brave’
officers and men who fought lhese successful bat
tles.
General Houston.—The Houston (Texas) Tele*
graph, of Sept 3d, says: “The question whether
Sam Houston is alive, is agitating the press of
both the United Statesand the Confederate States.
We answer it. He is alive and comparatively
well, residing at his place on Cedar Point, a few
miles from this city.
Balance on our Side.—We understand that the
Confederacy is in excess of the Lincoln govern
ment in the matter of prisoners of war 40,000
men. If the Yankees are to be allowed to disre
gard their paroles with impunity, the exces might
as well be the other way.
From Army Correspondence of the Savannah Republican-
Smithfield, Va., Sept. 19th, 1862.
The Confederate army has returned to Virginia.
Whether Gen. Lee took this step from a military
necessity, or for sotno s:rategic purpose, or be
cause he had accomplished the object of his move
ment into Maryland—the capture of Harper’s
Ferry—Lam unable to say. The order was issued
late lasi evening, and by the time it was quite
dark, the wagons, artillery and troops began to
move. All the wounded that were in a condition
to be moved, had been taken across the river.
Those whose wounds were very severe or mortal,
unfortunately, had to be left behind, and fell into
the hands of the enemy. Some of the wounded
had never been removed from the field, having
fallen on a part of the ground still held by the
enemy. Many of the dead were buried yesterday,
and some were transferred to this bank of the
river.
It was not quite three miles to the Potomac,
and our wagon trains extended from Sharpsburg
over to the Virginia side. There were only two
roads by which we could proceed, one of which
was taken by the troop* and the ether by the ar*
tillery and wagons. Our lines came up within a
short distance of the enemy’s, yet so silently and
adroitly was the movement conducted, that Me*
Clellan was not aware of it until next morning.
It had rained in the afternoon, and the roads
were muddy below, while the heavens were cov*
ered with a light fog above, both of which faciln
. tated the enterprise.
We had crossed into Maryland by the bright
and early morning suu ; we returned in silence
and at the dead hour of night. The columns
wound their way over the hills and along the val
leys like some huge, indistinct monster. The
trees and overhanging cliffs, and the majestic
Blue Ridge loomed up in dim but enlarged and
fantastic proportions, and made one fee: as if he
were in some strange and weird land of gro
tesque forms, visible only in the hour of dreams.
Whatever was the motive to the movement, n
must be regarded as one of the most successful
aud extraordinary exploits in the history of any
country, and stamps the man that ordered and
executed it as one ot the greatest military leaders
in our time and generation. With the exception
of the wounded and a few wagons that got turned
over in the darkness, not a man or wagon, nor a
single piece of artillery was lost. Longstreet's
•corps, being nearest the ford, led the way, follow
ed by D. H. Hill’s and Jackson’s in the" order of
their names. The crossing was accomplished by
half-past six this morning, and soon thereafter
the enemy’s artillery opened a harmless fire from
the opposite heights. The bird had flown, how
ever, and his rage was impotent.
There was formerly a splendid stone bridge at
Shepherdstown where the army crossed, but the
enemy destroyed it last year. The ford was three*
fourths of a mile below the bridge, and this made
it necessary to pass down the river bank that dis
tance, and then up it on the other side by a nar
row road blasted out of the rocky precipice. The
troops managed to work their way out from the
river along some of the gorges that broke through
the cliff, and a few wagons and artillery escaped
in the same way. Thus, you perceive, the cnar*
acter of the Virginia side was almost as unfavor
able as it could be to the safety of the movement.
It is an exceedingly difficult undertaking at any
time to transfer an army across a wide stream,
but it is especially so under circumstances such
as surrounded Gen. Lee.
I am frank to say I was in favor of the move
ment into Maryland. I am equally ready to ad
mit that, under the circumstances, I now think it
was a mistake. This conviction gradually forced
itself upon my mind, after I came up with the
army and saw the miserable condition in which
it was. A fifth of the troops are bare footed; half
of them are in rags, and the whole of them insuf
ficiently supplied with food. Men in this condi*
tion cannot be relied on to the same extent as
when they are properly clothed and subsisted.—
The best soldiers, under such circumstances, will
straggle both on the march and in battle. Since
we crossed into Maryland, and even before, they
frequently had to march all day, and far into tbe
night forthree or four days together, without food
of any kind, except such apples and green corn
as they could obtain along the way. Our supply
of food was limited at best, and the base ot our
operations so distant, the intervening country so
barren by reason of the spoliation perpetrated by
Pope and his myrmidons, and our transportation
so limited, that it was quite impossible to subsist
tbe army as it should be. The difficulty or pas
sing Confederate money in Maryland was another
fruitful source es trouble.
The political effect upon Maryland, of our res
trogade movement, must be highly injurious. We
shall doubtless lose ground among the people, and
it may be we shall have to make up our minds to
lose the State itself. It should be the direst ne
cessity, however, that would compel us to aban*
don Maryland. The waters of the Chesapeake are
indispensable to the Confederate States as a naval
power, as well as for our security and defense.
Gen. Toombs received a painful, though not
serious, wound in the hand last night, just as tbe
army was about to move. He was mounted and
at the head of his division, with his aids around
him, when six or eight mounted men approached
slowly along his line to where his horse was
standing. They were asked who they were, and
remaing silent, CaptaanTroup commenced to draw
upon them, whereupon they said, “ Don’t shoot;
we are Massachusetts men.” Gen. Toombs was
about drawing his pistols from the holsters, when
Capt. T. tired upon them. They immediately re
turned the fire, and then wheeling their horses,
disappeared in the darkness. Lieut. Robt. Grant
received a slight flesh wound in the arm, also.
The men were doubtless lost, and the affair may
have contributed somewhat to the deception prac
tised upon McClellan by Gen. Lee in withdrawing
his army across the river.
Winchester, Va., Sept. 20th.
I came on to this plane for medical treatment,
being quite unwell, and to be where there are
some mail facilities for getting off’ letters.
Intelligence has just been received that Jack
son engaged a brigade of the enemy last even
ing at Shepherdstown ford. Concealing his own
forces, he permitted the enemy’s artillery to get
into the river and many of his troops to reach the
Virginia side, when he sent his men upon them
and had another Leesburg affair of it. He killed
a large number of. them and captured a good
many, and, one report says several pieces ot artil*
lery. These who escaped our tire fled in dismay
back to Maryland.
There is a report in circulation that we have
re-crossed river at Williamsport, but it is
probably untrue. After Jackson’s affair at the
ford, he took up his position four miles this side
tbe river. Thus a large number of our wounded
who had been transferred to Shepherdstown, have
fallen into the hands ot the enemy. We bear they
have been paroled. The enemy has also thrown
forward scouting parties as far as Middleburg,
Upperville and Paris on tbe eastern side of the
Blue Ridge.
Nothing further has transpired in regard to the
proposition reported to have been made by Gen.
Lee to the Federal Government, and alluded to
in a former letter of mine. I am credibly in
formed that such a proposition as that described
was certainly made, and under circumstances that
encouraged the hope of its acceptance. Recent
events, however, mav have (riven a different turn
to the affair.
I have just heard of an instance of gallantry in
the late battle that deserves to be put on record.
The Floridians always tight well, but the Fifth
Florida behaved with distinguished courage and
intrepidity at Sharpsburg. The hero >n this case
was a private, Ben Flowers, of that regiment. He
was wounded five different times and in as many
different places, yet he continued to shoot away
as .earlessly as ever, until he had received the
fifth wound which disabled oue of his hands, so
. that he could not load his piece. He is doing ven
well; as soon as he is well enough he says he shaft
be after the Yankees agaii;. aesnun
I Major Phillip Tracey, of the 6th Geoigi t wound.
led in the leg. has since died 1U , 7 ,
|at Richmond, and only rejoined his reg- meat In*
; evening before the battle. He had not quhe re*
covered bis strength, and the amputatk> n to
, which his limb was necessarily subjected proved
i fataL • T p. W. A.
I The Quincy (111.) Herald Loveiov
| the great reverend politic.au of Illinois in
! H e ' ,t n P l eC Ay' no, '“ Ced him * e,{ « candidate fo
[ the United States Senate. e 10
COMMENTS,]OF THE NORTHERN PRESS ON
'“LINCOLN’S ABOLITION PROCLAMATION.
The following are some of the comments of the
leading Northern press on the above proclama
tion ; , .
From the New iork Tribune.
It is the beginning of tbe end of the rebellion!
the beginning of the new life of the nation.
God bless Abraham Lincoln.
From the Washington Republican.
While it will lose to tbe President a few latter
dav friends “it will restore to the President all
his old friends, and unite the sound portion of
the people in one solid and impregnable mass in
support of the Union aud the Constitution."
FromlFomcy's Philadelphia Press.
The rebellion is at an end. The President has
done a good deed, at a good .time. He has
pronounced the doom ot slavery ou the American
Continent.
From the Few York Journal of Commei ce.
Mr. Lincoln has yielded to the radical pressure.
It is, on the whole, a curious document. * *
We have only anticipations of evil from it, and
we regard it, as will an immense majority of the
people of the North, with profound regret.
From the Few York JlorM.
“President Lincoln is a very Blondin in the art
of political balancing. Having satisfied the con
servatives with McClellan, he now gives the radi
cals the proclamation.’’ The World continues :
“It is unbecoming the dignity of a great govern.-
nient to make such menaces as to what it will
hereafter do in territory of which a powerful
armed toe disputes the jurisdiction.”
From the National intelligencer.
The proclamation will likely prove equally void
of poetical effect with that ot Gen. hunter, and
we are not without tbe suspicion that tbe Presis
dent has taken this method to convince the only
class ot persons likely to be pleased with this
j,reclamation of the utter fallacy of the hopes
they L ive founded upon it. With our well known
ami on repeated views respecting the inutility of
such proclamations, it can hardly be necessary
fjr us to say that where we expect no good, we
shall be only too happy to find that no harm has
been done by tue present declaration of the Ex*
ecutive.
From the New York Times.
There has been no more important and far
reaching document ever issued since the founda*
tion of this Government, than this proclamation
of President Lincoln. The wisdom of the step
taken—we refer at present to that clause in the
document which declares free the slaves of rebel
States after the first of January—is unquestion
able; its necessity indisputable. It has been de
clared time and again by President Lincoln that,
as soon as this step becomes a necessity, he should
adopt it. Its adoption now is not a" confession
that the military means of suppressing the great
rebellion have proved a failure, but simply that
there is a point at which any other legitimate ap
pliances that can be called in shall also be
availed of. Slavery is an element of strength to
the rebels, if left untouched; it will assuredly
prove an element of weakness—it may be of total
destruction—to them and their cause, when we
make such use of it and its victims as lies in our
power.
From now till the first of January—the day
which the proclamation will take effect-is little
over three months. What may happen between
now and then, in the progress of the war, it is
hard to say. We earnestly hope, however, that
by that lime the rebellion will be put down by
the military hand, and that the terrible element
of slave insurrection may not be invoked; If by
that day the rebel army be overthrown, and their
capital captured, and if the slaveholding rebels
still prove malignant, irrepressible, and as in the
Southwest, disorganizersand marauders, then let
that, whicn Vice President Stephens called the
corner stone of the Southern Confederacy, be
knocked from under it, and see whether the whole
fabric of rebellion will not necessarily tumble to
the ground.
Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.
LIST OF CASUALTIES IN THE SIXTY-EIRST
REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS, IN
THE LATE BATTLES AT AND NEAR
MANASSAS.
Company A, Captain G J Mathews—Killed :
None. Wounded: None.
Company B, Capt D R A Johnston- Killed ;
None. Wounded: Serg’t W E Mattox, slightly
in hand; E W Hammock, severely in knee; Wm
T Gray, slightly.
Company C, Capt D McDonald—Killed: Wm
Aiderman. Wounded: N A Hoan, slightly;
Hiliery Smith, slightly; Guiltord Kent, slightly;
T R Nesmith, sligntly.
Company D, Capt H Tillman—Killed: Lieut J
C Brannen, Privates J L B Nevill, J E Turner,
Steven Kennedy. Wounded: Lieut S H Kennedy,
slightly; Serg’t J Mincy, slightly; J L Jarrell,
severely in arm; L B Collins, G F Hendrix, D
Parish, T Waters, J Ellis, Wm H Collins.
Company E, Capt C W M Arthur—Killed :
None. Wounded; NA J Adams, severely; J
Gillis, slightly; T G Callahan, slightly• J Purvis,
slightly.
Company F, Capt Peter Branner—Killed:
None. ‘Wounded; Capt Peter Branner, slightly
in hand.
Company F—Wounded: Corporal G W Cook,
severely; private M E Breun, slightly.
Company G—Lieutenant . Killed: None.
Wounded: George Guillat, slightly; J A Dinkins,
slightly; J A Poss, slightly; John Short, Augus
tus Wellmaker, slightly.
Company E, Capt J W Dasher— Killed : Lieut
MB Brewtow; privates Dani B Colson, Ephraim
O’Neal, Peter Burkhalter, Jofin D Mcßride.
Wounded: Sergt M G Tootle, privates William
Ganey, Wm Clifton, Th os McKay, Salem Baze
more, Sami B Rogers, Wiiloby Strickland, Hora
tio Collins, Jas M Rewis.
Company I, Capt J D Vanvalkinburg—Killed ;
Lieut E P Lewis, privates Newell, H Miller.
Wounded ; Sergt G W Simms, severely; private
M T Herndon. Wm Ford, Chas G Jones, slightly.
Company K, Capt E F Sharpe—Killed: Wm H
Waters, Jr. Wounded: Wm Wilkinson, John
Jarrell, Hampton Sikes, J A Blocker, J Stafford,
slightly.
A. P. Macßae, Major,
Com’dg 61st Regiment, Geo. Vol.
Camp near Harper’s Ferry, Sept. 10, 1862.
THE YANKEE LOSS IN THE BATTLE OF
SHARPSBURG.
The slaughter of the Yankees in the battle of
Sharpsburg must have been terrible, even by their
own admission. The correspondent of the New
York Tribune, writing of their loss, says ;
We have been burying our dead and carrying
off the battle field our wounded. I have just res
turned from tbe sickening spectacle. Soldiers
who went through all tbe battles of the Peninsula
say tbe battles about Richmond were as nothing
compared with it. The dead lie in heaps, and the
wounded are coming in by thousands. Around
and in a large barn, about half a mile from the
spot where Gen. Hooker engaged the enemy's
left, I counted 1,250 wounded. Along the same
road, and within the distance of two miles, are
three more hospitals, each having from 6 to 700
in them, and long trains of ambulances standing
in the road, wa ; ting to discharge their bloody
loads.
killed aud wounded no battle of the war will
appioach it. In Sumner s corps alone our loss in
killed, wounded and missing amounts to five
thousand two hundred and eight. The 15th Mas
sachusetts regiment went into the battle with five
hundred and fifty men, and came out with one
hundred and fiity six. The 19th Massactiusatts,
of four hundred and six, lost all but one hundred
and forty-seven. The Colonel and Lieutenant
Colonel were both wounded, (the Major was lost
some months ago,) and ever-.v Captain in the regi -
ment killed or disabled. Tbe sth New Hamp
shire, about three hundred strong, lost one hun
dred and ten enlisted men and fourteen officers.
Massachusetts, out of eight regiments engaged,
(all except tbe 35ih, oi l regiments, with their
ranks,) loses upwards of fifteen hundred, and
Pennsylvania has suffered more than any other
State. The rebels seem to take Off our men and
officers almost before they have time to draw their
men up in hne of battle.
Special Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
CASUALTIES IN THE 15TH GEORGIA REGI
MENT.
Camp near Martinsburg, Va.. I
Sept. 22, 1862. f
Mr. Editor: By giving the within a place in
your paper, you will confer a lasting favor upon
tbe families of tbe deceased and wounded. The
following is a list of the casualties of the 15th
Regiment Georgia Volunteers, at the battle near
Sharpsburg, Maryland, on the 17th inst.:
FIELD AND STAFF—COL. WM. T. MILLICAN, COMD’G.
Killed—Col. Wm. T. Millican.
CO. A—LIBUT WM. T. BOLTON, COMD’G.
Wounded—J. F. Bonner, severely in foot.
CO. B—LIEUT. JAMES m’FARLAND, COMD’G.
Wounded—Samuel D. Wesbrook, slightly.
CO. C—LT J. W. MURRAH, COM’dG.
Killed—Sergt J S Hudson, Private N M Brads
ford.
Wounded—Corpl J B Bradford, slightly; J II
Cosby, severely; Elijah Algood, severely; JT
Slay, slightly; D W Bradford, slightly; EM Rob
erts, slightly; Lieut Sam'l Franklin, slightly.
CO. D —LT. P. G. VEAZEY, COM’DG.
Wounded—John Kirkpatrick, severely in the
face; Wm Battle, slightly.
CO. E —LT. C. C. BROWN, COM’DG.
Wounded—Jas II Mitchell, in thigh.
co. f , com’dg.
Wounded—Samuel F Brown, mortally; Wm
Walseman, severely; J C Campbell, slightly
co. g , com’dg.
Killed—Color Sergt T S Sales, with color com
pany when killed.
Wounded—George Norman, in hand.
COMPANY H—LIEUT. FISHER, COMD’G. 1
Killed—T. J. Maddon.
Wounded—Lieutenant Bailey, slightly; Pascal
Bailey and Charles Roe, seriously; J. P. Guest,
Larkin Thrasher, and Aaron Jordan, slightly, j
COMPANY I—CAPT. JAS. A. GAINS, COMD’G. •
Wounded—Serg’t R. W. Cleveland, seriously;
Corporal T. S. Gains, seriously; Privates F. M.
Pulliand, and Terry Treadwell, severely.
COMPANY K—LIEUT. THOS. CULVER, COMD’G.
Killed—H. B. Seales.
Wounded—Jas. Cheek, Thos. Mason, and Wm.
Dickson, seriously.
Killed, 6; wounded, 29. M. A. Marcus.:
Lieut, and Adjutant J sth Ga. Vol.
LIST OF CASUALTIES IN WRIGHT’S BRIG
ADE, ANDERSON’S DIVISION, IN THE BAT*
TLE OF SHARPSBURG, SEPT. 17, 1862-
BRIGADE FIELD AND STAFF.
Wounded: Brig Gen A R Wright, in right
leg and in left breast; Major C L Whitehead,
Vol. A. D. C. s in arm, slightly.
3d GA. REGT., COMMANDED BY CAPT. R. B. NISBET.
Field and Staff—Capt R B Nisbet, command
ing, wounded, and left on field; Ist Lieut J
Walker Perry, Adjutant, mortally, (since died.)
Company A—Killed: Privates Ransom War
nock and W E Clark. Wounded: Lieut J S
Bell, shell wound on shoulder; Sergt W W
Wimberly, shell wound on shoulder; Privates
Wm Warnock, flesh wound in face; A D Jen
kins, contusion.
Company B—Wounded: Lieut J S Reid,
flesh wound of thigh ; Sergt R R De Jarnett,
contusion; Privates W C Brennan, flesh wound
of thigh; Jas Bozeman, shot wound of scalp;
A T Lawrence, left on field; G W Priestwood,
slightly by shell.
Company C—Killed: Private E J Reid.
Wounded Sergt R P McWhorter, head; Sergt
J F Cheney, flesh wound of shoulder; Privates
J R Horton, flesh wound of side; W H Mc-
Bride, leg, severely.
Company D—Killed: Private B A Baldwin.
Wounded: Lieut C J Reese, chest, left on
field; Privates T H Burroughs, chin shot away;
Wiley Williams, contusion of hip; W A Brooks,
slightly in shoulder; J W Reese, flesh wound
of leg.
Company E—Wounded: Ist Sergt Glover,
concussion of shell; Corpl Pratt, scalp; Pri
vates T Hall, elbow and ankle; G. Snead,
foot.
Company F—Wounded : Lieuts J D F Brown,
severely in groin; A H Cumming-, knee; Pri
vates J It Pennington, head, severely; W R
Hamell, leg; J T Vanlandigham, contusion.
Company G—Wounded: Privates Jas Withers,
side and arm, severely; Sergts J N Ells, slightly
in leg-; Keenan, contusion of hip.
Company H—Killed: Private s Samuel Cook, T
A Mabry, and Jesse D Moore. Wounded : Sergt
H F Parks, shoulder; Corpl W S Hyer, groin;
Privates W H Hammet, shoulder, F Kircher,
thigh ; E C Crowder, and bussing; A M Ramsay,
and missing.
Company I- Killed: Private Isaac Reid. Wound
ed : Sergts G W O’Bannon, shoulder, slightly ; J
A Lindsay, side, severely; Corpl P H Nesbit, leg,
slightly , Privates W T Warner, wrist, slightly;
M Outlaw, hapd; J G Ocklngton, leg, slightly;
D M Winn, side, slightly; W R Davis, shoulder
and thigh, severely. Missing: Corpl J JTrebble,
Private J W Lord. ;
Company K—Killed : Corporal J C Graham.
Wounded: Sergt G H Palmer, elbow; Privates
R B Baxter,' compound fracture of finger, ampu
tated; G C Daniel, thigh; J P Dorsey, thigh;
Cfcas Evans, lace; J H Reeves, arm ; A D Wama
lung, neck.
Company L—Killed: Sergt D M Elder. Wound
ed : Corpl R S Jones, thigh, severely; Privates
W A Rutledge, leg, slightly ; Bradshaw, frac
ture of skull; H Franks, slightly. Missing: Pri
vates J S Jones, F C Henson, and 11 P Fullilove.
RECAPITULATION.
Killed 9, wounded 58, missing s—total 72. Car
ried into action 138 men.
48TH GEORGIA REGIMENT, COMMANDED BY COLONEL
WM. GIBSON.
Field and Staff.. Wounded.. Major J R White
bead,in foot.
Company A. .Killed.. Privates J S Swint and
H May, Corporal E Lockhart. Wounded. .Capt-
E G Scruggs, slightly; Sergeant J W Braddy, se*
verely in elbow; Privates W G Sammons, severely
in breast; Jno Marsh, slightly in shoulder; Jno W
Neal, severely in knee; J H Warren, slightly in
arm; F M Peebles, slightly in shouldar; F M Bar
ton, severely in knee; J Braddy, severely in hip;
D J Green, severely in hand; R Walden, slightly
in leg. Missing. .Sergeant J Wilcher and Private
F W Kitchens.
Company B..Wounded..Private Wm Reese,
seveiely in neck; A Taylor, slightly in leg: D At<
kinson, slightly in leg; S Shelton, severely in
shoulder. Missing. .Privates Jas Walker, J R
Cody and A Peery:
Company C. .Killed.. Privates W H Ware, J T
Prewitt and J M Heard. Wounded.. Privates J
C Kennedy, severely in head; T J Warren, slight
ly in hand; J McCarty, slightly in shoulder.
Company D. .Killed.. Private R Tabb. Wound
ed.. Privates Wm Campbell, severely in chest; A
Hilliz, dangerously in face; V Filly slightly in
back, J Prescott, powdei burnt in sacs; F T Wil*
hams, slightly in body; Sergeant L Odum, slight
ly in bach. Missing. .Privates J Vaughin'and A
Prescott.
Company E..Killed..Private W P Adkins.—
Wounded. .Lieut W J Smith, severely in shoul
der; Privates J J Connell, severely in elbow; A W
Aldred, slightly in neck.
Company F. .Killed. .Private William Halen.
Wounded. .Capt. Kent severely in neck; Privates
A II Pallett, severely in loot; J Pittman, severely
in breast.
Company G.. Wounded.. Privates J Ward, se
verely in ihigh and hip, and W II Pace, slightly
in arm. Missing..Jno Tidwell.
Company J.. Wounded.. Lieut W A Batchelor,
severely in foot: Sergeant S Wadford, slightly in
hand; Private Wm Sherlay, slightly in thigh.—
Missing. .Lieut Cartlege and Private William
Netherlands.
Company K. .Wounded. .Lieut Wilson, danger
ously in arm and shoulder; Sergeant T R Burn*
side, slightly in leg; Private J D Montgomery,
seveiely in wrist. Missing. .Privates J M Col
lins, J A Halladay and W A Phillips.
REcipiTbLA-noN.
Killed, 9; wounded, 48; missing, 14, total 66.
Carried into action, 106 mep a,nd 12 offictrs.
22D GEORGIA REGIMENT, COMMANDED BY COLONEL R.
H. JONES. i 'I J -
Field and Staff..Wounded..Col R II Jones,
severely in body; Major L D Lallerstedt, severely
m hip; Lieut J L Adj'utant, slightly in
knee.
Company A..Wounded..Privates J Gaughlin,
slightly in face, and J Langston, slightly in back.
Company B. .Wounded. .Lieutenant C Logue,
severely in hip; Missing. .Sergeant Wasden.
Company C.. Killed. .Private Oliver Carruth.
Wounded. .Lieut A J Popham, slightly in arm
Sergeant J J Forsytb, severely in shoulder; Pri
vate Wm Batey; severely in arm and breast; C D
Forsyth, slightly in side; L Easterling/severely
in shoulder; M Lee, stunned by a shell; A J Mor*
ris, slightly in breast. Hf
Co D. .Killed. .Private N S Brown* > Wounded
..Private J H Pierce, face slightly. Missing..
Privates A D Gammell, J P Hulsey, F B Black.
Co E.. Wounded. .Privates G G Lanier, thigh
fractured; W T Lawson, shoulder slightly. Miss
ing. .Private D B Smith. , .
Co F. .Missing. .Private J Wallace.
Co G.'. Wounded.. Capt W F Jones, thigh se*
verely; Sergt R J Johnson, hand slightly; Private
G H Bowen, left side slight; J B Kipps; thigh
slightly. Missing..J W Bell, private.
Co K.. Wounded. .Privates J L Hardin, left
arm broken; A Clarke, hip slightly; M V Hooks,
back slightly; W A Green, neck slightly.
RECAPITULATION.
Killed, 2; Wounded, 25; Missing, 8. Total, 35.
Carried into action 63 men and 9 officers.
44th ALABAMA REG’t, COMMANDED BY LT. COL. C. A.
DERBY*
Field and Staff. .Wounded.. Lt Col C A Derby,
(and a prisoner). v .
Co A..Killed..Privates L A Blalock and PH
Walker. Wounded.. Privates E A Monghan, mor
tally; W H Day, fingers ; L J Day, arm ; W B
Cox, by shell. Missing. .Private R H Whitman.
Co B. .Killed. .Corpl A S Wallace. Wounded
..Privates Jas Deason, seriously; D Nelson,
slightly; Jas Clark, slightly; W Bankston, slight
ly; J J Nelson, slightly.
Co C. .Killed. .Private C T Watts. Wounded..
Capt J W Punfoy, leg and arm; Sergts E Burson,
breast slightly; J T Cook, left arm and shoulder;
Privates J McCondichio, thigh slightly; Thomas
Mcßryde, thigh slightly; Private Williams,knee;
Bowers, slightly.
Co D.. Wounded.. Sergts W W Armstrong, W
H Morgan and W C Mahan, all severely: Privates
Wm Robinson, severely abdomen; A J Barclay,
severely, thigh broken, W A Glasscock, arm
broken; G W Bolton, slightly; H D Collins,
shoulder slightly; Wm King, thigh slightly.
Co E.. Killed. .Sergts J D Davis and E H Rob
inson. Wounded. .Sergt R J Jones, knee; Pri
vates J H Nelson, slightly back; E A Roberson,
slightly thigh; W Smith, thigh. Missing. .Corp!
J w Jones.
Co F. .Killed. .Private Green Oldrun. Wound*
ed. .Sergts Thompson, breast slightly; Jas Longs
bridge, arm; Corpl H Thompson, foot; Privates
E H Corley, back severe; Marion Trucks, head
severely; H McKinney, arm slightly; Jackson
Trucks, arm severely; J C Lawrence, breast; Jno
Edwards, concussion. Missing. .Privates Defie
and Leroy Edwards.
Co G. .Killed. .Sergt W P Becker, Privates
Wm Shearer, M G Jones. Wounded.. Privates
E H Mezi, in foot, T Dunklin, in leg; Fred Voglin,
(and prisoner.)!
Co H.. Wounded. .Lieut J S Johnson, slightly
leg; Corpl Wm Long, arm broken, Privates G
Bolling, foot; J R Fulgban, leg ; E B Fulghan,
leg; J Edwards, mouth serious; Jas Gray, shoul*
der; P Kornigay, slightly; J W Kormgay, slight
ly; T Miller, slightly.
Company I. .Killed. .Private W G Houston.
Wounded. .Serg’t R H Little, slightly; Privates
GB Bennett, knee; F M Yancey, slightly ; JL
Lusk, mortally; J J Tate, slightly; GH Miller,
slightly; J D Ray, slightly; W Luther, slightly;
J E Semms, breast slightly.
Company K. .Killed. .Privates W T Hawsborn
and Wm Pearson. Wounded.. Privates J D Mc-
Ray, neck; L Busby, foot, knee and back; M L
Reed, arm. Missing. .Privates E Cobb and Wm
Powell.
RECAPITULATION.
Killed, 13; Wounded, 64; Missing, 6. Total,
83. Carried into action 125 men aggregate.
RECAPITULATION.
, In Action.
„ , . Woun’d. Uis’ng. Total. Ag’r’te
Brigade. Field & staff, 2
3d Ga. Reg. 9 58 5 72 138
4 81 9 43 14 «6 118
22d Ga. Reg. 2 25 S 35 72
44th Ala. Reg, 13 64 6 83 125
33 IS2 ~33 ~266
V. J. B. Girardby,
■ A. A: General.
8! TELEGRA PE.
CONFEDERATE STATES CONGRESS.
Richmond, Va., Oct. Ist.'-In the Senate, to-dav,
Mr. Semmes, from the Judiciary Committee,
to whom the resolutions relative to Lincoln’s
emancipation proclamation were referred, re«
ported a bill to repress the atrocities of the enemy
by retaliation, &c. Other bills and resolutions
on the same subject were presented, and all were
made the order of the day for to-morrow at one
o’clock, P. M. J i
The remainder of the day’s session was occu*
pied in the discussion of resolutions relative to
Martial Law and Provost Marshals.
The following resolution was finally adopted
yeas 21, nays7—by Mr. Wigfall, of Texas: Re
solved, That the military law of the Confeder
ate States is, by the Constitution and enactments
of Congress, limited to the land and naval forces,
and to the militia, when in actual service, and to
such other persons as are within the lines of any
Army, Army corps, Division, or Brigade of the
Confederate States, and that no officer of the
Government of the Confederate States has 1 the
constitutional or other legal authority to declare
organize, or enforce martial law over any portion
of the territory or citizens of the Confederate
States. .1 : rt
In the House, Mr. Lyons, of Virginia, submitted
a preamble, denouncing nroclamation,
and resolutions prescribing the mode of retaiia
tion against the enemy. > 'I
Mr. Chilton, of Aiabama, submitted similar
resolutions; and ail of them were referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Foote, of Tennessee, submitted a resolution
recognizing the praciical neutrality of California
and Oregon, and the Territories of Washington
and Nevada, and proposing upon the assertion of
their independence of the United States, the for
mation of a league between the said States and
Territories and the Confederate States.
The Senate Exemption bill was further amend
ed, and passed.
LATE NORTHERN NEWS.
Richmond, Va., Oct. Ist.—A dispatch from
Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. Ist, says that the Bal
timore Sun, oi Sept. 29tb, quotes Gold in New
York, on Saturday last, at 121 a 121%, and
Foreign Exchange at 132% a 133%,
It says, also, that Buell i* in Louisville, forti*
tying, and that Bragg’s pickets are twelve miles
off.
Mail for Kentucky.— We received the follow
ing note from Knoxville vesterday;
Post Office, Knoxville, Tjsnn., i
l- D t. Sept. 8, 18152. j
• Rebel : Please say to your readers that all
in K^nmck 811003 “ f B ® nd [ n g letters to their friends,
inh! Cttn L eud them t 0 the undersigned
and he will have them promptly forwarded.
nt 4, Charlton, PM.
OUttaioopa [ZW ] Rebel, Oct 2.