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"AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCT 15 1862
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THE LADIES VOLUNTEER AID ASS OCIATION
We take great pleasure in publishing the ex
tracts that follow from the minutes of the Ladies
Volunteer Aid Association ot Richmond County,
furnished us for the purpose. This association of
patriotic ladies have done and are doing their
ull share in the holy cause of independence, and
have contributed no little to the comfort of our
brave boys from this county, who are in the field
encountering dangers and hardships innumerable.
The noble zeal displayed by our ladies has given
redoubled courage to the hearts, and strength to '
the arms of our gallant volunteers. The fact tha'
the ladies at borne wefe thinking of them, and I
toiling for them, must have quickened many a
flagging footstep on the weary march, and cheered |
many a saddened heart around the bivouac tires.
It has made the ground seem less co’d, and the,
thoughts of winter’s approaching rigors less
less disheartening. R chtnond county has been
conspicuous throughout the war for the alacriiv j
with which her sons have volunteered for the !
field. She has been nit less conspicuous for the j
liberal contributions of her citizens at home to the
wants of the army. She has been pre-eminent for j
the noble xeal and energy of her daughters in 1
doing all that woman could to soften the hard - j
ships of her soldiers.
It would be most deplorable if the patriotic !a- ,
burs of the L idles’ Volunteer Aid Association
should come to an untimely end for want of mat
rial. Is it possibke that the manufactories of the j
county, which are coining such enormous protits |
from ihe necessities of the army and of the people, j
have failed to respond in a liberal spirit (o tne
just appeals of the ladies for cloth at reasonable
prices to be made up into clothing for the soldiers
from our county? The record is so made up by
the ladies, id is now placed before the public.
Extract m 'he Minutes of the Lidia' Vol
unteer Association.
KtsvU.U, That the thanks of the Association be
tendered to the ladies of the Ist and fid Ward
through their representativ-, Mrs. Win. J Kve, for
their liberal d inauon of #2OO, being a portien of
the fund raised at the fair.
Resolved, That the Association acknowledge
with much gratification the receipt of a check for
#SOO from one of our noble hearted citizens, and
tender him our sincere thanks for bis liberal do
nation, and that the letter inclosing the check be
published with this resolution. ,
Mbs. Wu. Sciilby, President-Dear Madam :
the perusal of “P. W. A.’s” letter from the Po
tomac presents a terrible reality of the unknown '
sufferings of our brothers and sons in our defence. I i
It cries aloud lor immediate response Our pa- ,
Iriots must he clothed, and we who stay at home !
must do at least this much in our own defence. •
A celd Northern winter is upon our sufferers, j
Let the supplies be prompt. Enclosed is a check, i
which your noble Association will please convert ,
into coverings for some few, and call for more.
Ijet not our noble boys, at least, meet death by
cold , they fear no other.
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv t,
We the members of the Ladies’Volunteer As
sociation of Rtchmoud county in making a pub
lic acknowledgment, of the Handsome donation
of #SOO- f'T iiie clothing of our needy soldiers,
CV.not refrain from making known to our com
munity the trials and troubles we have to contend
with and which are so great as almost to thwart
the object for which our Association was termed.
That object was to furnish our Richmond county
volunteers with clothing, independent of the
limited supply of the Government We
are happy, however, in being able to stale to
our people, that through the liberality of a por
tion of our citizens m making us donations, we
have been enabled to make and distribute to our
soldiers irom the organization of our Association
to the present tune, override thousand garments.
We feei gratified that we could contribute cur
mite in 11l -king as comfortable as m our power,
Lai of our patriot soldiers, who would otherwise
have suffered lor the want of clothing.. the Govern
not sumliving their necessities.! We could
have done*inuch more if we could hare got the
goods, as our Association were ever ready to re
spond to a call for work, when we could procure
the material. \
And this brings us to the necessity of mak* ;
in* a complaint against the manu/iOonei in ]
our county, (as we feel we hare no right to call on l
others). The officers <>t our Association have
appealed again and again to the owners, to let us j
have at a reasonabe profit to than, only on* buqf !
their (footls inr week, which would hare been but;
a small item to them, but enabled us by ti<s time,
to have made clothing enough to supply each Bq\ \
dier from Richmond county, and secure him
against suffering from cold during the coming
winter. Hut their reply to our appeals have been, j
“attend the auction* and you can buy them, ’ thus 1
putting us at the mercy of speculators. _ |
Our funds being limited, this of course amount
ed to a prohibition. Thus to turn a deaf ear to
our appeal did seem hard ; and when that appeal j
was made to save those brave men from want,
and suffering, that are keeping back the en-mv I
that would soon overrun our country and destroy i
the verv establishments by which the owners are ;
am issiug fortunes, if these stout hearts and strong ]
arms of the suffering soldiers did not repel them.
Yet they refused to dole out to us the small pit
tance we ask, and that at a reasonable protit. We
coufess it has almost disheartened us, and made
us despair in the success of our cause. If our
manufacturers continue this suicidal course we
cannot tell what is to become of our needy sol
diers. Has it occurred to those who stay at home,
thai when these soldiers now in the held are lost
bv neglect or otherwise, they will have to go and
supply their places, or supinely yield to the ruths
less enemies that are now striving to devastate our
country ? It is hard for us to have daily ap%
peals for aid from those who are periling iife to
save us and our children from desolation and de
struction, and not be able to relieve their wants.
Can any of the patriots in our county make any
suggest!ms that can enab’e us to supply our.
needy soldiers with clothing ? It so, please make ,
the suggestion at the earliest opportunity, as we
are ready and willing to labor as long as there is
aify thing W do. Bat without material we are
powerless.
There was quite a oniliant ißtle affair on
the Hlackwater River, in Southampton county,
Virginia, on the morning of the 3d mst.. between
Col. Marshall, who commanded the Confede r ates,
and the Yankee gunboats. Three gunboats opened
the attack by discharges of shot and shell. They :
were replied to with effect by Graham’s battery.
Our sharpshooters, commanded by Col. Ferrebe’e,
and who were concealed a’oog the bank, also tired
upon the crews with such success, that not a man
could -how himself. After suffering heavy loss,
the gunooats fell down the river.
Oh the afternoon ot the same dav, the enemy’s
forces at Suffolk renewed the attack on Coi. Mar
shall, but were repulsed by Graham s artillery
and Wright’s rocket batterv.
Richmond (Fa.) Inquirer, Oct. 9.
THE CURRENCY Q7EBTION AND TAXATION-
We publish a communication this morning, on
the subject of taxation, which is worthy of con*
sideration. The bill referred to m that communis
cation has been laid on the table by theConfed*
erate House of Representatives, and toe Finance i
Committee d rected to prepare another plan of
taxation ; but there is one great sac: which should !
be kept uppermost in the minds of our people, !
and that ;s, 'hat the Government must be liberals i
iy sustained in men and money, or we must be
subjugated. There is no other alternative. Sue-:
cess is prosperity—subjugation is political aod
financial rum. How, then, can any patriot hesi- !
tate, in this hour of his country’s peril, to do his I
whole duty in the premises? The interest bear
ing bonds of the Confederacy should be generally ;
and freely purchased, and the currency of the
country thus relieved of its redundancy. There I
can be no better investment than these bonds; !
and the seeming distrust in them is unfounded, j
unwise, and unpatriotic.
The Mobile (Ala ) Advertiser and Register thus
alludes to this subject,
“Tub Currency Qtjistiok—thb Disiasi akd tub
Rbmbdy.— The expenditures of oar Government
do not fall much short of a million of dollars a
day. The vast amount, or the greater part of it, ;
is so much added to the currency of the country
in the form of Tresury notes. The Government,;
unable to borrow money, uses its credit in this j
form. Now, it is a well known axiom in political j
I economy that only a definite amount of the circus j
1 iatmg medium is required to carry on the exchange j
jof a country. If this supply is increased ita price !
1 falls, aod mi.re of it will be given for the same
! article, that is to say, the price of everything eiae 1
I rises. This wouid be the case eveu ;f gold and
j silver were the medium, as was proved after the 1
discovery ol the mines of South America. This is
! the gr eat evil under which we are now laboring, j
and if will require ail the sagacity of our wisest j
stat smen to extricate us from it
I “f he most obvious remedy .s toabsorb a part of !
i this currency by converting it into interest-bearing J
. bonds. To do this, ail that is necessary is to I
! satisfy the public of the ultimate redemption of |
th -se bonds. Thai being es abl shed, there is no j
better :n the The fact that only 41 j
ini’lions of these bonds have been taken shows a |
want of confidence There is no ground whatever *
|f *r this distrust. We export annually of our sur j
j plus productions about ;>j) millions. Is there
any other country which possesses a better basis
1 of credit*’’
This distrust, this want of confidence, this
want of patriotism shou'd not continue. If it
| does, Congress will be compelled to issue some
| such bill as the one alluded by our correspondent.
“John Hampden, " this morning, or even more
stringent if necessary—for the financial qredit of
the Government must be sustained at all hazards
The so called tax bill was not, in reality such.
It was more properly a forced loan ; for it sim
ply required all citixins of the Confederacy to
purchase the bonds of the Government to the
amount of one fifth ot their incomes. These
bonds, as we have said, were safe invest*
meats, and valuible to the holders, who could
dispose of them when they desired to do so-
Hence, we could see no reaionable objection to
the bill on that score. Its seventy was, in reali
ty, only seeming ; but it has not met with the
favor of the House of Representatives, aid
something better, or something worse,
perhaps, will have to take its place. The
most objectionable feature that we could see m it
was its placing all incomes, Urge as well as sma.l,
on the same footing, A better plan, it seems to
us, would be to adopt a graduating scale of tax
ation. For instance, the individual whose income
p* t >OO per annum, might be taxed, say one tenth ;
the one whose income was s73') per annum, say
one seventh, the one wh>se income was #I,OOO,
say oue fifth—and so on , for the obvious reason
that a man whose salary is SI,OOO a year is bet
ter able to pay a heavy tax than the man whose
income is but $50 ") a year, la other words, the
burthens of Government should always be dis
tributed as equally as possible.
Whatever the objections may be to particu’av?,
there should be no objection to the general fact
that there is a necessity, and an urgent necessity
for taxation , and in whatever form the bill n*.av
be adopted, onr people should cheerfu’ly and
promptly submit to its exaction, for they may
rely upon it that a libera’ support of the Govern
ment is necessary to carry it successfully through
ibe war.
'Communicated.] #
Mu. Editor; It is with aiucn regret I notice re- :
peated attacks in the press on the tax bill now I
befo-e Congress. If any one supposes that the j
credit of the Confederate Government can be sus« j
tamed without heavy taxes, he is mistaken. The !
immense outlays for the support of the army J
must be met. The interest on our debt must be j
I provided for. The other expenses of the Govern- |
; meat must be paid. And unless taxes are levied
1 to meet, m part, these expenses, our Confederate
J notes will soon depreciate 30, 20, or even 10 cents
■ :a the dollar. Money must come from the peopie
‘ or the war cannot be sustained. We want men
j and money to save ourselves from subjugation.—
• All our property will be taken from us by the m*
solent foe, unles we contribute our means to sup*
| port the Confederate treasury. In vain wiii our
soldiers offer up their lives on the r country’s altar*
| unless we supply the Government with money.
I If it goes on issuing Confederate notes without
j retiring any by taxes, ard the forced sale of Con*
j federate bonds, prices wi»i go on advancing and
I the notes falling, until a oarrel of dour will
j be worth a hundred dollars, and a pound of bacon
two, three, or tour dollars.
The people do net buy the Government bonds,
and they are paying no taxes. Unless they do
this. Government is impossible ana the war can
not oe carried on. Credit must have a basis and
the Treasury a real income. Promises to pay,
without any receipts into the Treasury, will socu
be worthless. Taxes must be laid or we a-e
ruined. There la no tax bill properly so called
beiore Congress. The bill merely requires the
rich and those of modera'e means to loan a por
tion oi their earnings to the Government. If a
man has earned nothing or but little, he is to pay
nothing. If, by his farm, or his capital, or his
labor, oe has earned one or two thousand dollars,
I the bill before Congress meek iy a.-xs that one*
! fifth of this income shall ne loaned to the Gov*
: ernment. A bond, bearing interest, is to be de*
! l.vered to every tax payer to the lu.l amount of
his tax. If his income is only four, or live, or
■ ! six hundred dollars, he pays nothing If his
; I farm has been unproductive, or his business un.-
! proi table, he pavs noth ag. If o;s .ndustry
has earned a ‘ arge reward, or nia lands
have brought torn aoundanuy, or ais
: ;ar*e possessions have filled his Darns w.:h
corn to iast him for years to come, or his stocks
have returned him large interest, or his profes
sional income is sufflc.ent to give his family the
1 comforts and the luxuries of hie, the Govern men:
! requires that a portion of these earnings should
be invested in its bonds that the w*r may be sus
tained, the soldiers fed, ordnance manufactured,
the troops paid, and munitions us war purchased.
1 Nothing less can be req nted unless w e wisn to
• • abandon the war and become slaves, without any
5 property and without lib-tty. And, instead of
' complaining we snouid with willing hearts come
* forward ana hold up »he hundS of the Government
r in the time of its penis and its difficulties.
| Ido not like an income tax. A “ax oa property
, is more just and equal, less mqasitorii acd op* |
I pressive. But all taxes are a burden, od heavy
taxes mn«t, of necessity, press severely rx all that !
nave anything to pay. And when I ha* sent sv
Representative to Congress and tnef in their
wisdom, select a tax wnich I do not !ke, 1 am
content, knowing that though it is brdensome (
I there is no way o! laving a heavy tax titt :s not. |
Although a better pian m : gbt have beet adop’ed, ‘
| 1 cheertully assent to the necessity, hnng'everv
! confidence in the patriotism and good nteuti ins
! of our Ref resentatives.
1 Complaints that Taxes are unconstrtrona’, and
cannot be pa'd, and unjust, and unw:s< ana op*
j pressive, are a poor support to the Government (
when its necessities are so pressing aadso urgent.
Tne rich and those who have iarge inomes cau
; surely afford to ioan the Government a fifth of ;
1 their revenue?, and if they are not wi'mg to do 1
so :n my opinion they ought to be mad to.do so. j
A real tax Uw as well as a tax readable to j
the tax paver in bonds, ought, I thiac, be im*
posed by C »ngress. I would prefer a tot to pro- j
portion to propertv and not to meom. but the
difference is not very important, as it i»he weight \
1 of the tax and not the mode of c irrymj it which •
is the greater part of the burden, adl satisfied j
that the Treasury needs a heavy tax I fill support ;
: cheerfully whatever Congress think 3 bst for the ■
i country. John lampdsn.
LATE NORTHERN NEWS
We are indebted to our fellow citizn, Wm H.
Howard, Esq , for a lot of Northern papers of;
j dates from Sept. 27th to Oct. 4th. W - condense
* the following summary of news fr job hem :
| The St. Louis correspondent of the Sew \ ork
j Hera d says that Lincoln’s Emancipate proclama
' ation has been received in Missouri fith serious
! head shakings by manv. and with uubunded joy
| and enthusiasm by o’hers.
' On the afternoon of Sept, jh, tie English
: schooner Rambler was captured in he Gulf o:
Mexico. She was heavily iadeo with otton, had
I run the blockade at Sabine Pass, Texts, an i was
i bound for Havana.
Tr.e steamer Connecticut brings t< N?w \ ork a
j lot of cotton and molasses captured cf the an*
xee vessels m the Gulf of Mexico.
Col. Wm. Wilson, (more familiarly kßOwnjj*
j Billy Wilson,) was in command of Petsacola.
! Deserters from Apalachicola, Fla., to he edera.
I a-et report that two Rebel iron clad gunboats,
mounting six 6s-pounders are uear.y ready for
sea in that vicinity, and are to be und»r the com
mand of J. Catesby Jones.
Andrew J. Hamilton, formerly a mender of Con*
gress from Texas, has arrived a Ne» \ ork as a
Union refugee.
The Herald and Tribune devote considerable
space to theatrical and operatic criticises.
The New York Tribune learn J that the great
want of the Federal army in Mary.and is blank
ets.
Tne English steamer Petsbotf has irrived at
Halifax, N. S., with a cargo of I,3<X bales of
cotton. She is supposed to have run the blockade
at Charleston.
The members of the Federal Congr?ss, to be
elected this Fall, will not take their seats until
Dece nber, of next year, unless sooner tailed to*
gather. The term of the present Congiesa does
not expire until the 4th of March next.
Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gilmore has beeaaseigned
to the command of Western Virginia, with his
headquarters at Point Pleasant.
The Washington Star says tha\ the Feiera'.s
get but few arms from Europe now.
A dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquire*, dated
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 3d, says that the 2h>rd
Georgia Regiment, numbering 430 me*, were
captured near New Haven, Ky., and had arrived
at Louisville. Tnere is no Si Georgia Reg.meat
m Kentucky.
Buell is represented as moving b*s armv tos
wards the interior of Kentucky, in several coU
umns, and by differeut roads.
About 13,0uj patients are in the hospitals in j
Washington.
The steamship Coluaib.a. at New York, reports ;
the arrival of the sieamers Victoria and Cuba, j
the former from Sabine Pass and the latter from .
Mobile, at Havana, with 1,3)0 bales of cotton.
The s.ckaess at Havana and Key West was !
abating.
A steamer, supposed to be the Hero, ran the |
blockade, at Charleston, on the uight of the 19th
of September. A Federal chase was unsuccess
ful.
D.spatcbes fn m Louisville, Ky . ot Oct. 2d
state that heavy skirmishing was going on on the
Burdstown Pike, .below that city. 500 prisoners,
captured by Gen. Rosseau’a Division, had arrived j
.a Lcuisville trcm Middletown, Ky.
The Monitor was taken in tow Dy a large steam- i
er at Newport’s News on the 29th of Sept., and
carried up the Chesapeake Bay, supposed to be lor j
Washington.
The steamship North Ameuca had arrived in )
I Hampton Roads literally crowded with soldiers j
I and .aden with military equipments and stores.
' The Philadelphia Inquirer,of Oct. 3d, publishes j
| the address cf the Y'ankee Governors to President j
j Lincoln. It is net a very lengthy document, and j
I endorses Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation, |
assures him of their personal aud official conti* !
1 dence, and applauds the va;or of their troops.
A New Y’ork dispatch to the Philadelphia In
quirer. dated Oct 2d, says that the State of New
> York has raided 20,000 three year’s men ever the
‘ quota under the first call.
Mr. W. R. Raalsotf, tor several years Min ster
1 j ot Denmark to the United States, has gone off.—
' He left Washington on the Ist :nst., for his own
country, v.a China, where he is commissioned by
bis Government to negotiate a treaty of corns
merce with the Celestial Empire.
The Federals claim a victory over superior num.
bers of the Rebels at Pontchatank, La., on the
13 th of Sept.
J la New Y'ork, on the 2d inst., the money mar*
1 ket w'i? more active and tinner. Banker’s Ex*
i change was quoted at 135 a on Pans at
, 4f. 15c. American Gold opened firm at 23, and
! closed heavy at 22%c. premium. Government
stocks were firmer.
1 The New York Herald of the 4th has a dispatch
dated St. Louis, Oct. 3d, which says that an en_
, gagement had taken place at Neosho, between the '
Kansas troops,under Col. Solomon,and a superior
force of Rebels. The Kansas troops were obliged ■
j to retire, leaving the field to the Rebels. Col. !
Solomon’s force was about 1,000 men.
Gen. Milroy was serenaded in Wheeling, Ya.,
on the night of the Ist inst.. and made a speech,
:n which he said that slavery was the cause of the i
war. and that the war ought to be renewed.
The New York State Fair, at Rochester, c osed |
on the 2d inst, “in a blaze of glory.” The total j
receipts amount to 111,000.
j Gen. Walbridge writes a letter.to the Nefc York
Heiaid defining his position. He is for the vigor* '
ous prosecution of the war. and the relief of the j
I “down-trodden, persecuted Union men of the j
South I” Where are they?
On the 3d ins?., the New York money market ,
continued active; and there was no ma*erial
change in the gold or exchange markets.
j The New York Herald says l bat Mr. Chase is
j Lincoln’s worst enemy.
The Washington correspondent of the Hera d
says that the resu't of the scheme of k’ s * Northern
Governors will be to prolong the war for a year
| or two more than need be, at an expense to the j
! people of another thousand million of d 'liars.
The iron c ad steamer Monitor had art.‘ at
Washington, from Norfolk, and would r % tnain j
there for a day or two.
A meeting m aid of the Union men of Alabacta
and Missivippi was called in New Yuik for the ,
evening of the 4 h ins'.
General Hooker is impr *v ng rapid v.
Gen. Stah.’s expedition to Warrenton, Ya., cap
; tared over I>.o sick Rtbe's there ; he abo
; seized a large amount of muskets. Ac., at Gaines
Corcoran’s Legion is fast filling up. Four reg*
1 '-meats are a.readv m camp, and a fifth is in
! course of formation.
Tne Washington ''tar states that Gen. Siegel
has requested to oe relieved of his present com
> mand.
j la New York oa the 2d .ast., the cotton market
was quiet and steady, with sa.es of ba.es at
1 *6as«>£c. lor Middling Uplands.
Rca discoveries of mineral regions have re
-1 centlv been made nea- Fort Yuma in California.
The Federal President has recog n zed Arcedee
Sauver as Vice Consul of France at Baltimore.
The steamer Sonora has sailed from San Fran* j
| cisco, Cal., wild #754 )) in treasure for New i
YVk, |4ii, <’?•> for England, ani #100,".»0 f»r the |
National Sanitary Cooim.ttee. Wuere i« the i
steamer ‘ " She m.gnt make a nice haul.
Adi.-patch to the Washington Star from L *uis* ;
vilie. Ky., says that it was the Third Georgia Cav
a rv captured in Kentucky. The noncommissioned
I officers and privates were paroled.
Tr.e Hera’d of 0:t. 4 h says that 145 members
ofCmgresa a-et> oe oh j.ssa this fall m the “loya
i Stages,'’ aud 7 nave a ready been elected; Z ■ will
' no s be oh iseii 'inti! next year.
MiSa Aaah isaacs Menke.i, M ss Maggie Mitchell,
1 and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence are peiforming
| in Washington City.
The Herald designates the two parties in the
North as the "Conservatives” and the “Infer*
naU.”
A new publication has made ;:s appearance in
New York, with the taking title of “Thirteen
M mihs in the Rebe. Army, by an Impressed New
Yorker.”
Gen. Carlton has arrived in Santa Fe, New
Mexico, and assumed command of that depart*
meat, v.ce Gen. Canby relieved.
THE DEATH OF A PRIVATE
Iu ordinary wars the death of a private has
merely the a.gu.ticance to the public of one soldier
less to the cause—one min less in the grand sum
ming up of the effective force of an army. But
in this war, how constant is the occurrence that,
in the death of a private, society loses a valued j
member—the community a useful citizen —one of |
those who help to make up the sum of all the j
domestic aai civic virtues which serve to make j
the character of a people. Tuis reflection came ;
freshly to m ad when we heard of the death of I
Thomas Perrin, of Co.umbia county—a’member I
of the Crawrord Rangers—killed at the battle of j
Sharpsburg. He was an unobtrusive and unas
suming citizen, but possessed of good intelligence,
of patriotic impu'ses, of correct principles, and a
arave heart. He had the characteristics befitting
him fur the Useful citizen at home, and an efficient
soldier in the fleid- In losing one such man, the
; South loses more of that highest kind of national
wealth, the lives of useful citizens, than our
j enemy would in many scores of their rank and
i hie.
We .earn that Mr. Perrin left an interesting
j family and a home of comfoit, and joined the i
Crawford Rangers ast year as a private. He was # I
t dig bearer of tae 23th Georgia Regiment, and \
hone its colors successfully through the battle of !
I Seven Pines and the battles before R.chmnnd.
| For his gallantry, he was promoted to the rank of i
! Sergeant Major. He fell at Sharpsburg—pierced 1
through the heart. him, our cause lost a j
brave soldier, and the country £ good citizen.
We pav this tribute to his’memory as cheerfully
as though he held one of the highest commissions
in our armv. In do ; ng so, we desire, through
him, to do honor to the patriotism and lofty mo-
I ttves of the great misses of virtuous citizens who
j are nob y discharging their duty as privates in the
! army.
i ur We take the subjoined exiracrs from the
. Mobile (Ala.' Adverti6erA Register, ot Oct. 9th : j
Tag News.—According to our despatches the
j attack Corinth w*s a successful one, the
> Confederates driving the enemy out of their en»
j trenchments and out of the town, and uniy retir
‘ mg to avoid being cut off by a vastly superior i
1 force on its way from Bolivar, Tenn., to succor t
; the garrison ot Corinth. Undoubtedly the force j
1 sent to meet this column was intended merely to
| cueck its advance, and not to give decisive battle, I
and in tne encounter which ensued near Poca
hontas our troot s only followed instructions m
failing back. Whether the objects of the expe
dition were sufficiently impor ant to justify such
an expenditure of blood is a question, out we cer
tainly seem to have had the best of the fighting.
A retreat does not necessarily imply defeat, cer*
tain y not. when prisoners and cap*ured artillery
are brought safely off. We see it stated that our
whole force amounted to hut about 15,000.
Redpatn, the famous English swindler, who 1
was transported for his crimes some time ago, is
leading a virtuous life in Australia. He is a mem
ber of the working committee in a working men’s
association, and professes religion. His Abolition
namesake in this coun rv pretended to repent ot
his sins and follies some time ago.
Ravages of the Jay-hawkers os ths Missis
sipi—Extract from a Business Letter —I am
iust n from the Mississippi river, on which I plant,
m Coahoma county. I brought all my young
men and women away. Curtis’ army is at Helena,
and Montgomery’s jayhawkers are in the crowd.
C 'ahoma county, opposite Helena aDd above and
below for twenty miles, is laterally swept of ce«
groes. Mules, meat and salt are destroyed if any
are found. In many instances houses are
burned; fences are burned and stock let
iin on the crop. In s«-me instances two
hundred negroes are taKen—all on the place. '
i From one-third to all is common, and all the fat
| mules. Mv males happened to be poor, and my
negroes refused to go unless they were tied and
| forced to go. and they tola the Yankees that when
i !et loose tney would come back to master. Three
, hundred Y'ankees surrounded my house, but
; owing to these circumstances all* the damage
done j was by the javhawkers stealing all mv
tumblers, kn:v c s and forks, spoons, all my medin
! cines and a rifle gun- T&ey toid the negroes the
‘ next time they came they would carry them away
‘or kill them. Generally, all the men from the
farms are taken off. They committed no ravages
! in Bilivar county. Stark’s cavalry were on the
ookout. Coahoma was in Bragg’s Division, below
< that :a Van Dorn’s. J. M. B.
j Nice. Davis.— The Huntsville (Ala.; Advocate
< denies that this gentleman is, or ever has been,
; unsound or untrue to the South, or that he ever
l tried to make fair weather with the abolition
I army under Mitchell, while it was in North Ala
| Oama.
LATEST FRO 1C THE NORTH-THE BATTLE AT
CORINTH.
From the Richmond (Fa.) Bisp<xtch, Oct. 9.
We hare received New York papers of Mtt*
day last, Oct. 6th. They contain brief dispa'h-a
announcing a great Federal victory at Corinth.
A dispatch from Washington states '.hit iru- Cons
tederates, on the 4th instant, under Van
Pr.ce and Lovell, attacked Rjsencrani at Corin h,
out were repu aed with great slaughter, and -?»
treated, leaving tneir dead and wounded on th.i
heid. The dispatch adds, “our forces are in fjil
put suit.” A dispatch dated Cairo, the 5-,d
SaVS ;
On Saturday morning General Price aracsed
General Kosencranz’s rigat while General Yaa
L'tra and Lovell attacked his left.
Yae assuait was made with great determination.
At • 'ae time our centre was penetrated ana the
rthe. ' reached Corinth Haase, near ihe cea.re of
the to. ’’a-
Thev were met at the point of the bayonet.—
General Vau Dorn ted tiis column over an abati s
on the leU u ? t 0 within nf>y yards of a ditca.
Ttiev wer * exposed ail toe time to a scathing
Sreot* grape canister, and driven hack hy a
charge~oi tae Twenty-seventh Ohio and Eleven:a
Missouri.
The battle iast 'J till balf*past eleven, when *a«
rebi.s began to re veat towards the Hatch: i rivey
The numoer of kiik'd and wounded on either s:ia
s not known.
Gen. Hackleman w.vs killed, and Gen. Oglesby
was dangerously woun L?d. Cotone s amita, G*. n
bert, and Mower, are wounded.
The rebel loss is rep* Vied much larger thia
ours. We have taken t vtweeu seven hundred
aad one thousand prison vs, not including the
wounded. The Mobile aad Georgia line is not
seriously injured. Tne teleg* a h°e has been
re; a red to Corinth.
General Hurtbut marched on Saturday to tne
South side of the Hatchie r ver, w tth a large force,
thus cutting off Pr.ce’s retreat.
4*ei eral KosencraLZ moved early tbis morn ig
to renew tne attach. Cannonading was heard to
ss tv m the direction of these forces
General Pr.ce is in the forks of th e Hitch a
river, between Generals Hurlbut and R vsencraa*.
Ihe rebels are routed and retreating. 1 beir >*i
is very heavy. 0 irs is also .^rge.
G Dodge sent a message :tere fret-- '
imbua to prepare for a large number us wo uie 1.
Price, Van Dorn and Lovell were in cou..'2'rjd
of the rebels, who numbered 4 a,OOO.
Gen. Pleasant A. Hackleman, who was kii ted,
was from Indiana, and entered the Cnited S*a m
j service as Colonel, at the coaimenceme jt of
I wrar *
; A dispatch from Cincinnati, sent at 3P. M , our’
j the sth, says the following intelligence had b.eu
“officially received” there:
Gen Price, with a force 0f40,000 men, attacked
1 Gen. Grant on Friday morning, and was repu sed
I and defeated with frightful slaughter, after twj
davs’ heavy fighting.
Major General Rosencranz led our troops, who
behaved in the most splend d manner.
General ilickieman was killed at the head of
h:s corps.
We captured a Urge number of guns and pr §-
oners.
The rebel army will, undoubtedly, be couple's*
ly destroyed.
A correspondent of the New York Herald, wr:-s
mg on th - 2Vlh ult., says :
Major-General Rosencranz now commands * *.e
army of the Mississippi, and all of the army
the Tennessee, which is stationed at the o:d p
, sition around Corinth, comprising a sp.eau i
; army of at least 40,000 men, who have almost ev*
! ery one borne the fierce brunt of battle, and w;. i
| have full confidence and faith ;n the ability and
| courage of their commander. With such an a.-*
my, and a position as strong as his, Rosencraor.
! is impregnable, and there is not the least danger
I of his being waipped by any army the rebels can
I concentrate.
, Van Dorn is on the Hatchie, figuring around
Bolivar, and Hurlbut.is busy watching him. A
battle is expected between ‘hem in a d»y or tw >
at furthest, and considerable excitement pre
vails in military circles m consequence.
THR WAR IS THB WBST— RIPOSTED DfFIAT O? JOEW
MORGAN—THR KXPECTBD BATTLK IS KBNTUCKX
BVACUATIOS OF B \BOSToWN, AU.
A dispatch from Portsrn uih, Ohio, says thii.
Gen. John Morgan, with 1,000 Confederates, was
defeated bv the Carter county Home Guard, a;
Olive Hill, Ky ,on the 4th mst. It says;
After several hours’ severe skirmishing Morgan
| was repulsed and several of his men killed. Bnr«
j gan then retreated toward the Licking river,
j burning thirty houses on his way. Last nigh*
! Morgan returned to Olive Hill. Meanwhile Col.
Seifert went to Portsmouth and brought up 500 of
! the 117th Ohio regiment.
A dispatch from Louisville says the Confede*
I rates, 80,000 strong, had evacuated Bardstown.
Kv , on the evening of the 4th mst., and it was
i shortly after occupied by the Federal* of Cntten«
den’s corps. The* dispatch, which is dated the
j sth. sivs.
A rumor has been prevalent here that General
; Sill's Union force was attacked by Kirby Smith's
rebel force, at Hardmsville to-day, and driven
back four miles. This last rumor is entirely d;s
--i ertdred.
B-agg and Buckner left Danville for Lexicg'oa
I on Tuesday. Bragg was expected at Danville - on
Monday. lie threatened to send every man who
would not join the rebel armv to the north of the
Onio.
The rebels are cutting new roads from Bar is
town to Springfield and Lexington.
The Louisville special dispatch of the *2d ins*,
concerning the taking of 500 rebels by Rosseau'j
division, was incorrect. It was doubtless based
on the fact that an entire Georgia regiment of
cavalrv, 340 strong,was captured in the early pars
of last*week by Lieut. Col. Howard, of the 2d
i Indiana, commanding his own and the 2d and 3d
Kentucky, which surrounded and completely sur
‘ prised the rebels at breakfast, who surrendered
without the slightest resistance. Col. Crawford,
commanding the regiment, is cx-Con
gressmen and one ot the Coa'ederate Peace Com*
missioners to Washington. These prisoners
reached here last evening.
FROM M’CLELLAS'S ARMY*.
A dispatch from McClellan’s headquarters,
dated the sth, S3}S that a company of the 54th
Pennsylvania, who were guarding the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad bridge at Pau»Pau, about ba.f
way between Hancock and Cumberland, w-?re
resterday attacked by a rebel force andaii taken
1 prisoners. The dispatch adds •.
At the same time a cavalry force, under Co..
Mcßeynolds, captured the encompmen: of the
rebels, bringing away two pieces of artillery, ten
wagons, and sixty horses and mules. A strong
cavalry force, uoder General Averill, has been
sent after the retreanng_rebels.
Another Yankee Raid. —We learn from -tie
Fiedencksburg News, that 25 Yankees .anaeu
from a tug at Ghatterton, King George county.' a
Fridav, took Capt. John Tayloe. Co. I, >mtn a ,
and Robert Wallace prisoner. The former was a.
home on sick furlough, and was carried o-*
Washington. Mr Wallace was released, loey
b-haved shamefully stealing meat, milk* ‘ •
Thev got Col. Tavfoe’s sword and pistols,
, Captain J. S. M. Harrow's sabre, which he had
; left. Capt. Harrow, on bearing of Cap.ain _ r * -
i capture, pursued the vandals and fired on -
| They returned the fire, bnt pulled off m gre . ‘
! Thev also robbed Thomas Grimes, and, it u
burned his house- They appeared to - J
1 posted in regard to sick so.diers at h * - j
threa ened to return and destroy ejey- • _
1 there no wav to punish such marauders
I t“ct our cit zeßs? The Yankees are ’ (ea j
surveying the river and come on sh . -
On Friday night they burned the house^ Darn,
& o b :Jr:/ e <o have ß shared -he
same fate.
. n o Pn Q us veuth from the Granite Stav.
“Well, replied tne youth, w.tn
peculiar dignified and oracular manner which on
an intoxicated person can assume, for rise
hut>or New Hampshire, pretty d-d
drunk.”