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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1862)
THR CONSTITUTIONALIST. PUBLISHED BY JAMKS GARDNER AUGUSTA, GA. f WEDNESDAY MOKNING. OCT 22 1862. OFFICR in BROIDSTRKtCT, -aa«* uooh- jxr.owr the oecboia*ailhoadba»* TERMS. Tri-Weekly S JJJJ nVAKUHLVn AOVA.UK. All Piper* »t *>T the time Tor uni**** previously renewed. » AFFAIRS Iff KENTUCKY. The news from Kentucky, though somewhat confused and indefinite, is still, in ocr opinion, sufficiently clear and explicit to warrant the as sertion that Bragg has been decidedly and that B lell is retreating before him. ,-Jn order to arrive at this conclusion, it is necessary to sift the dispatches and to omit everything that savors of exaggeration. Doing this, we ascertain that Bragg evacuated Lexington and Irankfjrt, with* draw mg his forces to the neighborhood of Perry" vill*», which is the riOHthern apex of the triangle formed by these ibree places, and all nearly equi distant from each other. A glance at the map will reveal the importance of this movement, as it en abled Gen. Bragg to toll the enemy on from Louis ville, while it gave him an opportunity of thro wing a force on their flank, or in the rear, as he might elect—and this movement he did make, as the sequel will shiiw. — Having chosen his position, and drawn Bue!| away tfoin Uis base of operations and of rein forcements, on the morning of the Bth, he precipi tated lltrdee's division upon the former’s ad v*uje comma, and drove them from the field. At the same lime, Kirby Smith’s division Was marched towards Frankfort, and Geo. Withers’ division smt to him as a support, and to cut off the enemy’s retreat. t%wwas successfully done. As trie ele ny a m Pra&k&irc, they were met by Kirby Smith an J repulsed, and, while retreating, wer;actaoxe.i in the rear by Withers. In Hardee’s tight ssm 5)9 prisoners were cap* • ired, and in Smith s and Withers’ tight 700 more were captured. Tnss gi tk-s a total, of prisoners captured on the Bth, of 1,20 ), which must be near ly correct, as in >st of the dispatches put the uum oer at 1,500 wo that day. So far, we think there is no doubt, we bePeve, as to the correctness of the statement which we have made; but there Seems to be some difficulty m ascertaining whether was any subsequent tight, and what the resuft iff it was. But ou this point we thiuk there be doubt, as the Northeru reports concur in stating that there was fighting ou the Btb and tub, and perhaps on the 10th, and this statement is confirmed by persons who were la tlie fight; and, as to the results of these engagements, the federal accounts, if we have nothing positive from our own side, satisfac torily testify to the fact that Buell is badly whipped. Why does Gen. Boyle telegraph to Gov. Morton, o ask for reinforcements? If Bragg was de feated, Louisville would be in no danger, uud there would bs no necessity for reinforcements. Why do the dispatches to tue Northern press admit that the rep >rts favorable to their side are without good foundation, and that the “exigencies of the public service require that no details should be g.vcu?” It Buell had been successful, there would be no lack of found ition for favorable Fed* erai reports; neither would there oe any public exigencies requiring the suppression of details vhich the proximity of Cincinnati and Lmisville papers to the oaltle fields could have furnished in abundance. Why is Uoseociauz evacmtmg Corinth uud Bolivar? If Bueil was successful there, would-be no necessity for evacuating any portion of Ten nessee, but, on the contrary, the army there could push forward into Mississippi, and attack our urmy there. Why was there no check to the rise in gold aud ' foreign exchange aud stocks iu the Northern •uarsew? It Hie Va ikejs had gained a decisive victory m Kentucky, there would have been, at 1 .ea*t, a teuaparary uueck to the upward tendency j lu monetary affairs Not that we assert that a Federal defeat m Kentucky alone has caused the advance in gold, exchange, aud stocks; but, that it is one of the moving causes, there can be no doubt, and the reverse would have certainly checked that upward tendency, at least tempoiuru ly, as we have already suid. Upon those hypotheses, then, strengthened by our own reports uud by the Northern uccouuis, we feel satisfied tu.u Kentucky aud Tennessee are, in effect, free from Pukes thraldom; and tb it the wintei campaign will close with those States entirely iu »ur possession, except, perhaps, those portions border.ag on the Mississippi and the O tio, which will be opened to the operations of the enemy’s gunboats. That we may be mistaken in our opinion, is pos sible, but we do n »t think probable ; aud, from the testimony which we have oflered, we think our realers will admit that wo are correct in the views which we have expressed. ‘ Thu Houston (Texas) Telegraph, of 0C- j tober Ist, gives an account of au attack by the | Federate ou Sabine Bass, Texas. Owing to the prevalence of the yellow fever there, the Confed* erate force was greatly reduced. The enemy’s vessels attacked the fort at the Bass on the Wednesday previous—about twenty shells being exchanged without doing any damage. The at tack was renewed the next morning; but, having removed all the stores from the place, the guns weie spiked, and the fort abuudoned. The enemy, then, lauded tifteeu men close to the hospital, where there were some cases of yellow fever, and demanded a lot of beeves, which they said they would either pay for, or take them anyhow.— There were two schooners and one propeller in the Yankee fleet. No property was lost except the beeves, the four guns which were spiked, and the barracks which ilie enemy burned. The Telegraph says that there were several ves sels loaded with cotton at the Pass; but it is not Btateil whether the Federate captured them or not. 001. John Fousytii. —lt affords us pleasure to learn that the reports, by the Federal of the death of Col. John Forsyth, in Kentucky, are latec. Ou the lo h instant, be was still iu the .and of the living, where it is to be hoped be will long remain, to add to the war literature of the country by the contributions of his able pen, uod ;o aid in freeing Kentucky trow Yankee thraldom. ! Death ok Col. Tbomas G. Lama*.— The ! telegraph brings the sad announcement of the | death of Co!. Thomas G. Lamar, at Charleston, at I 1 o’clock on Friday last. He had been sick but a few days, from an attack of the low country feveri but his friends hoped that he would be spared to give his gallant services to bis country once more. Alas f their fond hopes hare been disappointed, 1 and his brave spirit has been calltd away. | Col. Lamar was a nanve ol Edgefield District, ' South Carolina, and was about 40 years of age at j the time of bis death. He leaves a wife and chil dren. and numerous relatives aud admiring friends to mourn his logs. During the secession troubles he quickly arrayed himself on the aide of ihe South, and devoted himself to the service of bis native State when she ' had shaken off the shackles which bound her to ; the Union. At the battle of Secessionvilie, near Charleston, | last June, he greatly distinguished himself by bis | bravery end coolness, and the admirable and suc cessful manner in which he managed the battery j which he hed the honor to crnimand. la that • engagement, he received a severe wound in the neck aDd ear, which disabled bua but a short time from service; and, as soon as possible, he re turned to his command. Col. Lamar was at one times member of the South Carolina Legislature, as a representative of Edgefield District in that body ; and on the organization of the First South Carolina Artillery Regiment, (we believe,) was elected Colonel of that regiment. He was an accomplished and g4£nt officer, s and bis less will be feit not only by his own family and friends, hut by the whole country, i Piace to his ashes ! JOHN VAN BOREN’S SPEECH. The teleg. aph announces that Prince John, son j of the late “rage of Ktnderhook,” has delivered a ' speech, in which he said more good thugs than we could ever have given him credit for. We hope i that John may continue his labors agaiust tb? ! Abolition dynasty, and that he may succeed in ! persuading his Democratic brethren to rap their opponents over the head whenever the latter ac cuse them of being traitors. A rap over the Lead may produce alight; s fight may draw blood; j the sight of blood may beget a row ; a row may i in.tu urate a little home-made revolution; and a home* made revolution in Yankee land would be a pleasant thing tohearofinthe.se stirring times. Success to John, and Brooks, et id Qenne wine, in the line of producing a domestic muss among their brethren and fellow-citizens. YANKEE HYPOCRISY AND CRUELTY TO THE NEGRO The following well timed article from the Sa vannah Republican, of Oct, 17th, exposes the treachery of the Yankees,and their hypocr.sy to the negro. Promising hin freedom and the comforts of a home, if be will but desert his master, they lure him to the frozen regions of the North, there to starve and freeze, and be buffeted about by their affectionate white brethren. Those negroes who listen to the delusive promises of these hypocrites invariably have cause to regret their folly, and sigh for the good old times when kind masters and mistresses fed and clothed them, cared for them in health and in sickness, and sup plied their every want. Whenever they get an opportunity, they return to their owners, fully satisfied with Yankee treachery and Yankee hypocrisy. But there may he some.of these unfortunate creatures who will never be permitted to return to their homes. They will be forced to stay in the North ami suffer untold misery in that inbospita* ble climate. Not only that, but their murder is boldly threatened by the white people of that sec* tion. It is but recently that w** published uu extract of a letter w ritten by a Yankee correspondedt, in winch the threat is boldly m oi», that when the soldiers return to their homes and find their pla ces in the farms and workshops supplied bv ne groes, the latter will be driven from th : State o butchered. This is the feast to which Lincoln and hisco-hypocrites are inviting the negroes But the Southern negro has an instinct which will teach him to shun tins base hypouisy, and to contiuue hi» allegiance to his Southern mas ter. The Republican says : Fatb or tiik Stolen and Runaway Xegkois.— What is to become of the poor ignorant and help* less negroes, who either run away or are stolen from their comfortable homes in the South, and sent up North by the Yankee invading uruiy, is a problem hard of solution. When they get there, tney find ihemselvjtf among strangers and ene tines, rather than frH ds, uud will je denied the privilege even of working lor support Only the other day. the association of slaughter and puck ing-house men in Chicago passed the following preamble and resolutions at one of then* meet mgs ; Whereas, It has come to the kuowiedge of the meeting that it is the intention of one or more of the leading packers of this town to bring negro labor into competition with that <>t white men, tm the purpose ol reducing the wages of the latter to the lowed possible standard ; A’s .'#</, lhat we, the packing housemen of the towu ol South Chicago, pledge ourselves not to work lor any paoker, under any consider* ation, who will, iu any manner, bring negro labor into competition with our labor; aud fur ther, RttUWil, That if any member of this society should so far deuteau himself as to work in a packing house where negro labor is employed, bis name shall be stricken from the roll ol mem bers of this society, and such person shall hence forth cease to enjoy the confidence of, or derive anv benefit from this society. So much for the treatment the poor deluded negroes receive from their pretend d friends at may be added tb ■ ackn >wledged fact that ut the verv capital of the Yankee na tion large numbers have died from hunger and inat tout ton iu sickness* But there is another branch to the negro’s des tiny in the hands of these abolition hypocrites Being unwilling that they should remitu at the North as lreemeu and equals, they are shipping them by thousands to toreign countries, when after a horrible passage at sea, in crowded ships, in which many of them die, the remainder are put on strange and inhospitable shores, without frienas aud far from home, and told to shift for them* selves. Thus doomed to drug om a miserable ex istence, what will be their anguish, when they j think by day, and dream amidst the horrors ot j the uigh», ot the kind masters, the friendly neigh- j bors, and the comfortable hemes they l. ft behtud them, unher the fatal d -lusion of obtumiug then freedom! liberty they find their ruin—the prom ises of friends but the tricks of a heartless enea v. What retribution is so severe that the Almight y will not visit it upon the cruel wretches who thus deceive and seduce to their destruction a weak- j ' minded and unsuspecting ruce ! .Time will prove, even to the satisfaction of Hie negroes—a melancholy satisfaction t«» tnauy—that he has but one true friend—the Southern master, whom he has served with reasonable labor, aud in return for which he has been watched over, led, clothed, uud cared tor. iu sickness, uud in Lea th, in good times, and in hard times, and through all the vicissitudes of life The man who induces him to sever this allegiance, under whatever pro mises of future good, is a hypocrite and au enemy. i . RIVER DEFENCES. If Buell’s army is as thoroughly whipped a.' we bare reason to believe it is, there will not bt* a great deal of land fighting this winter. The winter sins aid snows will soon set m, rendering the roads in the border States impassable; and thus preventing any formidable movements of the enemy in Virginia and Kentucky. The fighting will, we think, be confined to raids, against which comparatively small bodies of troops will be re quired to guard. But upon our coaats and water courses we may expect warm work. The enemy will, no doubt, attempt to draw our attention from the northern border, so that he mar carry on bis raids without resistance, and threaten important points in that section. And to effect this, he will attack our coast *nd river defences vigorously and with powerful armaments. We should be j prepared to meet this emergency, and leave noth- I ing undone which will serve to render resistance on our part effectual and successful, j The following communication, which we find ; m the Macon v Ga.) Telegraph, contains s me good suggestions on this important subject, which are worthy of general attention ; LOOK TO OUR HI VERS. It is well krown that the Yankees have made very formidable preparation to suodue the lew seaports that the Confederacy still holds, and to penetrate the rivers into the interior. Charleston, Savaunab and Mobile are doomed it Yankee power and maiiguity can acc jmplish their destruction, and they are not less determined to capture Columbus, Augusta anil Montgomery, to destroy the public works at these pi .ces, and secure the neb prizg of cotton to be found in them. For the last named purpose, they have cm.-tructed light draft gunboats of gr**at power ana strength. Now wbat hen been done, or is doing, to prevent their success? The answer must be, nothing, compared to the importance of the object at stake, and the imminence of the danger. We are supinely indulging a delusion either that no at tack will be made, or that it will be delayed to suit our convenience. That is a false scheme, and it persisted m, will be fatal. Our enemy is as vigilant as he is malignant and ferocious; he knows our want of preparation, and will not wait for us to ready for his coming. The Savannah, «he Chattahoochee, and the Alabama, should o-* attended to at once —these rivers ar* always navi gable for vessels of moderate dr*tr. Beside.*, the lower the water is, *he more formed be the ob staclcs to the asceut of gun mats c-o b•? made. Mr. Editor, woa’t y< u agitate <L a matter? T'ge the Governmem>, Con fed w..t- ;no Srate.and the local airhoi itiea end c< mii". o’ e obe up and doing. Not one day ought :<• o • M. Vigilance. THE EUROPEAN PRlsf£ r N A-I RICIN AF FAIRS From the Richmond, ( Va.) Ih pilch, Oct. I*. j The New York correspondent i»t the London Times, wilting ou the 12<b ultimo, says that Mrs. Lincoln is suspected in Washington of treason, aud “so strongly suspected that when Gen. Hi 1 [ lees took command he m de i» a sine qvi non that i she should go 10 her home ut Springfield, 111., which she has done.'* The New Y«uk Herald, commenting on tbi-, advises mat Mackay, the correspondent, be mobbed, and suggests, as he lives on Staten Isiana, near a camp, that it would bt a good opportunity f>r the troops there to dis tiuguihh themselves tu that line of business. The London Saturday Review (organ of the Literati.) has a strong article on the “Lincoln tyranny.” It says: Mr. Lincoln has suppressed some newspapers, and so overawed the remainder that they wi.l pub j iish nothing but what he permits. He has sent a j military force to superintend elections, and has | arrested the members of a Legislature lor the t votes it might be supposed they would give. He , has arrested a Judge for belonging to a Court ; which is constitutioiiully his own superior, simply bt cause that Judge littered a decree distasteful to j him. He has been consigning men at the rate <>: • live-and-twtnty per day to the cells of a military i dungeon for offences wholly unknown to the American law—tor opposition speeches at public j meetings—for words ol ridicule or censure uttered in private conversation nay, for simply < ißr.ug to procure substitutes for perrons liable to draft, i Nor has he confined his measures of moral vto- l lence to single individuals. He has erected a system ol conscription on a model l severer than i that of any Continental State, and has sentenced th’- whole population < f toe States to be detained ; within his jurisdiction till the balloting is over. All these things he has done by b's own simple . ukase, enforce : by military power, without sane- 1 t.on or authority from any legislative assembly.— j I hese things are the modern Democm ’sdetiLit.on ' ot freedom. Conscriptions, a pa>sp rt system, ! bustiles, Utlrts <lt cachets, indiscriminate arrests, \ gagged new.-pan is, public tee.logs silenced— j elections, legislatures, courts of justice, violated I by military power—these are trie institutions winch constitute Mr. Bright's ideal of liberty, and i which none but a “irieod of despot.sin’ - may na« pugu. The step between Jacobinism ..ml luipe* I liaiisni is never a very long one, and opinions seem lo move at railway pace in ou day. It ihe proceedings to President L'licoin are not despotism, what conceivable comse of conduct I can justify the term*' What did Bombs do that L nc.dn bus not done? They have both s ized j upon arbitrary power. Both have set at defiance j a Couslliuliou to which they bad sworn. Thev have both imprisoned their political opponents i wholes tie, tu over crowded cels, without torm ol iaw. They have both luticted illegal penalti s lor words dropped in private conversation. T>-ey have both beeu served by subordinate* far woise than themselves, whose atrocities hate been is- i luted with loatbiug ilirou hout the civilized world; and both have upheld tbo?e -übordmates ' in the.r crimes. And both have justified them? ' selves by the tyrant's proverbial plea, averring the extreme danger »u which then Government was plac-u. Events have leut a melancholy coil* tiriiiuiion to the truth of this plea in the case of I tne unlucky King of N tples; uml they prom 'se to do the same service by I‘nsideut Lincoln. There j ate, ol course, differences of detail in the two tyrannies, arising from the d tl’ rent cucuuistaa- i ees of tße two p itentages. The President’s tyranny is less searching aud , mote capricn us, because he is too incompetent a u»au to have organized a leally effective system, | aud because his rtyinu is too new to have allowed I him time to train the necessary instruments. It may also be admitted, though accounts «>u that head dill r, that Fur's ietfayetie aud McHeury are \ considerably cleaner ihau the Neapolitan prisons. On the other hand, the King of Naples' Ministers pale their null dual fires before Butier and Tur- | cinu, and the uumba idnient, fiotn which the King himset: derived ins nickname, was an inn* ecut ! p'.tstim* a Compared tu the uppui.iug tragedy that 1 was perpetrated at Allans. There appears to be I no doubt—thougu it is scarcely credible, iha* the ' fficer who deliberately gave leave to his soldier- 1 • work thetrwdl upon a school of girls belonging to the clue! lamilies us the Confederate Slates, is ! still an officer ol the army ot the United Mates, j Is it the dotage of a halßsotleued brain, or is it ’ sheer hypocrisy, that pretends to stigmatize as an ! act ol friendship to despotism the denunciation ot ! Mich a Government a.- this? The same paper has an interesting article ac* l counting for tne “superiority ot the Southern < troops. it shows laat the habits of ifie peop>e ! o f the two sections arc widely different, and those j of ihe South greatly in favor ot making good commanders aud soldiers. It says : lie, who has controlled the population and mauugtd the commissariat of a large plantation, bus learned much that will be useful to the com mander ot a thousand soldiers; and if, in addition, be has been a sportsman, after ihe manner ol American planters, he has certain y underg ice a tolerable apprenticeship to the trade ot command in war. Then, commissions, m ihe Con’ederate service, have not, as a rule, beeu given by politi cal or personal favur. in the s ound levy, they ! te given aipiost exclusively, aad iu tac first very largely, to men who Lad seen service. And. I finally, the South as all the best officers ot the : old United States Army, to wh'ch it always fur nished men supers if to' those who came from the tree States. The uowarlike democracy of the lat ter never encouraged the ablest of ts sous to en ter ou a profession whicn was be.d id .it:k* honor, ; and held out tew cbiA.es ol le-varda worth having. I The 8 «utb, aristocratic by temper sod by soflt- * , constitution, however democratic in politics, bud the military spirit which alwava distinguishes ai aristocracy. Many nf the ablest and m*»st promis* ing ol theßourhern youth, therefore, adopted from time to time the career of am a; and their coun try now enjoys the benefit of their prote-sionai ’raining and practical experience. Lie, Bjaure gard, the two Johnstons, the brilliant Stonewall ' Jackson, and President Davis himself, were ail j professional soldiers as weit as men of capacity, j Tne North, which always thought its worst men :• us good enough, and its best tar too good for the ' arm:, has no men to oppo-e to the.-e, ro r because 1 the Northerners have not among them, for aught we know, men of whom equally good officers ! might have bien made, but necause su *h men naturally tame! away from an unpopular and un profitable career to seek profit in trade, or fame at ihe bar, or id politics, and it is too late low to make Generals of Hie.n. The A'•my and Navy Gazette says the Con feds era'e invasion or Maitland is a failure, if the latest telegraph prove true. Pope’s army, it seems, was bad v beaten, but not p aced hors du combat tn the second struggle on ibe plain* or Mi assas. McClellan bus shown a decided fii»h of soldier like spirit m marching resolutely upon the lme9 of re'rea* open to the Confederates. The Morning P.«t. writing in ignorance of the Maryland battle, says “the Confederates, in turn ing the invaders,have undertaken a most diffi.u t, if not impossible task.” Tne Daly News eulogizes Garibaldi for his j prepara'ions in favor of tfie North, un i denounces | ’hose who carp at h'm for it. It says, however, i that he will not go to America. DETAILS OF THE RECENT BATTLE IN KENTUCKY. I VALOR OF TENNh SSL LANS A!?D TEXANS! POLK -CHBaTHaM - DONEL'O V I IN SIANPES OF HEROISM . OIL BaTU.K FiELO' —OUR LO.-SE- 1 From the Knoxville [Tenn J Register, Oct. 18. ! Col. li. C. Tvler, of the 15’h f*gi | ment, reached this ci*y on yesterday atr-.cily rr »m the scene ot confiict in Keotucky H: a*:- } v.ses us (hat (he okiruiishinn on ihe MPh between the cavaliy, no loc *asiona ! l* ibnc | was r artiileiy duel. On UieTih B i il (»cci t;u Perry vula, njak.ng *t ha centre <»i his ime *•! i •>> On iben vlitvf th- 7 h, Hardee 'moved u j v.rioc, !r:: *tiiiti J 5 iriTft a* in v. On the evrn ! ua I tue * tu, ap »r ion oi ih- rigiit wi aot the - army of the Mi-Mssip;.i (Cheattiam’s D v.M.m, ! composed of D nelsons, Stuart’s and Mane ’» ! : Brigades,) moved tr *m Harrodsbutg to Perrjviiie, * ! where they rested od their arms in line ot uaitle ; , 'id daylight. Tot pfckuis ?*kiriiiished a 1 night ; On the m-lo'og ot the at davltght, a' me j j cen re ot the lilc*, tnere we/e cavat.y ng*..s and | j tuaav were wounded on both s des. About hah j past U conn mad.og c unujerice i. | At i.alt past 10, we discovered that ihe enemy 1 were u.a-siug tr**ops on iheir left, to tu n our i nght wiug. At this juncture, C neat cams divi sion, above tuentioueo, was moveu from tie left j to toe rigbt of our lines, aoout one and a hull ; miles. During all this t.ase a brisk tire of aiul iery was kepi ui>. Carnes’ battery was imu.e diately br< nght into act *n, which, admirab v j served, did great execution. was Jack sou's j battery at Columbus, Ky.) * * * * j Cheatham's Division was now about three -1 fourths ot a mile from the enemy aud in hue ot battle, Done'son’s brigade beiag in advance. The ground be: we uus aud the enemy was I broken, but witbou. umber. It was found ueces i saiy to approach neater tue eneuiv tor this reas »n i and because ot the superiority of tfirir g* ns.— j Carnes Was ordered to advauce, and was m tins | : mflVement supported by Dooelsou's Brigade, We j advanced about one fourth ot a mife, and ihe ene my finding their position un eDabie, retired to another. We again advanced a quarter of a mile, t > the summit ot a precipitous bluff, which the buttery ot Carnes coutd not ascend. Our lines were here re.ormed, and ordeis were received to advanc upon the enemy at a double quick across op-u fields unobstructed, except by stone and ran fences. With ferritic veils and unbroken trout we advanced up* u the enemy, two batteries playing upon Cheatham’s D.vision, advancing under this lire and enfiladed by the haiteries of the enemy. When within one hundred and fit v yards of ihe enemy they opened on us with grape una clu msier. When within eighty yaids they opeued ou us with musketry, aud now the ti*bi breame general. About tins time Maney’s Brigade, witn Uoue!Son’s, were * ut r* ajd to ihe eneinv'atx treme left to capture a battery wi.icb had beeu so destructive to us. The battery was taken, aud h< re *he \ aukee Geucral, JuCKS- n, tell, t his Was hail «.u tiour aiier the Ug'it became general. Every inch ot grouud wasbiav-iv cou ested. It * became known that Jackson had fallen, and the ' enemy retired, probably lor this ie<*& m, hut more j probably because they could not w. .üb'and in- 1 impetuous valor/>f our troops. A'iuut ihi.- ume, \ probably a little earlier, Siuart’s ongade cuov..d ! into action, in perfect order aud wi<h gie.i cool- j he»s. Th Uo-pshi si engaged, worn and weatv, j Mi-ued on wan Atuan’s men, ifie tout ou tne ! left oecatoe general. The eneuiv reformed their line- severs. t:rr.e- ! hut • were no sooner icstored than they were i broken. i lie lighting was kept up tnl night put au end to the conflict. We had 'fieu driven the enemy j fiotn three to five* miles along Ihe whole lilu of I the two armies. W e loruied our hues and remained on the ! ground dunug the night. Ou ihe uiorumg of the j yth, beiievmg it would be hazaidiiu.- with Lis j weary loops to renew the conflict w, ha run ! forced aitut of the etieu.v, Gen. Bragg or i’ol* ord< led our army hack to Huirodsburg We captured ail the ui ti-Kry o. tue enemy ex- ! cept one ba.l-.ry, aud uukuowu numbers and quantities i t a i dtscripu uis *»r sma'i aims. i ihe loss of the enemy «o killed auu Wounded | was enormous. The tied ol oa.tie Was every* I' where strt-wn with the killed, Wouaded aud dyitig. In places they Were piled up ou each witter e retired in per eel older, each legiaient and | brigade iu proper ptisiuoo, io Cam Dck li*.oi:,- ; son aud its vic.uiiy, where our urmv was coucea* i trued. Out loss in killed, wound d aud ui ssing will I n. t reach 2.5« h». ihe killed in Cheatham’s D.vi 1 ai.»u niiuioei aud about izoo woua ied. Tute l> v.s >*u suffered most. At uait-pasi 4 o cock on Mondry morning, 13tL ! instant. Colonel Tyler tell Geu-rai Folk, ana ol ! su *s qaeut evenls, he is, ol cou —*, u 0., advi.-ed. Ten leeseeaup in lins Uerce «nc.a.oi niamuiue.. : their uuc eut reputa.mu .or disirnguished v.». : ‘ not oniy maiata.uiog it, but winmug new ana im- 1 perishable laurels, ifi*- toaiauce* of md.v.duai j v.dor occurring aum ,g tfie.-e troops in this 0 oudv coutl ct wouiU uli a vo uuie. Folk, Cheatham, Douelsou, and all our lea i *rs. were everywhere seen cheering ou our troops w.ih t < ckles.-exposure o: tueir person to The ho.iest hre of ihe enemy. Gen. Withers’ Division was not in ihe fight, be ng in our tear, between us and General Kuov BoiiUi. We took ou this Wednesday’s tight about 500 prisoners. Hardee’s command and threebngades of Cheat ! ham’s division were alone eugiged. TROOPS KNOAGKD. We cannot give accurately the uumber o r the rt g nienis eng’.ged nor their status. The follow lug ts tfie best siateinent we can make just n ; MaKky’s Brigadc.— Ist Tenu , Col. F e d-; '.*rh j TVun., k.O -1. Buford; ‘27th Teun., Cal. Cald well, (not Bob, 6 fi Tetto., Col. Forter. Stewart s Brioaob. 4th Tern., C>L Strahl; ■ oih Tenu., Col. Veiu-lc; 33 I T uo , V>L Cau,n bcl ; V’t’i l't Xus, Col. Y u.ig. i>< nxlso.n's Biucaux 8» Ij Tenu., C*»l. Moore 15 u Ttiiu., C *i. Tvler; lbih Teau„ Col. Savage * 51-t leon., Co:. John Cfit&ier; 3S:h Teua Coi! Cuter. Lieutenant Colonel of the Ist-Ten nessee, wa- S i -*d. t Capt Win. wa- shot ,1 ,_d W nh the i color* ot Col. i>lei's regiment in his hunc.- the ' co*or ficrer, McFaiiacd, having- been w-umd-d I i second time. Captain W. is Uosa Memph.s, where i his fataiiy now.r-.-su/e. He belonged to the “Wash- ! ingiun Rifl-s.” Li.-uteuant SpUaler, of the futile company, c m maudiug the Swiss R tics, of the same regiment, ! tad his leg shot off by a Cannon bail. He refused Ito he borne from the field Col. Tyler he replied *-\o Co , , iul ; *! ‘V h '«' I know! miijPd!e D ” U ' dli ,a r rtST Ifor 1 for giU ! a vwtafij wounded?’ °' “ felred «» b» | There were but few field officers injured I V Z V “ l [ e w " 8 sl 'gbtiy wounded to 'the V , snd side. He has before distinguished him seif for ee 'dieriy bvßrmg ao j c b llriir * couduct “g" ! , r r* m "‘ a ' P r »bsh.y lost more than any in this Cbea’ha.to s, Division. * a laI3 » i J he , A <’the 51st,Tully, we believe, was mendel” ' “* baariD « WJB lire Texan regimen t,Col. Young’s,fought with tnat valor wn.tch distinguished tueir fibers at ?>an Jacinto ao<* th** Alamo. VYecan give n, > d tails as'to losses nor as to th* conduct us R gia m s and Brigades in Haid-e s command. These, will be hereal er furnished." , "““berof trie lankeeanny which (ought us at Perraville was stated, bv prismers r 0 be PnßaTviLLs In ada lion to details given i a another place, w ; (urnia a a letter ; r jin Col. a- Vaughn, thegalUotc mo andenf ihe Third Ten- Ul3 sut ‘‘ aeal confirms the t* vs pub! shed in our oiunins. ~ .. . Hark.jdsbcbg, K v., Oct. 10. 7P. M On tbefitn inst. hen. Bragg’s forces met the enemy 10 miles West of here, and a bloody fight ' eDB “ d - y l ® bad tn>m 3-w to 500 killed, aod ! probably 1,000 w.muded—the enemy's less mare than onrs, \\ eca .lured some 500 p.'l»«.ners and jl* P>fcea of artillery. They were ieir. Jorced du ■ i rl , n *t the night, and our forces lell be vk to ihis ! place. Nr, fight to day, but wilt come off to, ; morrow Gen. Smi'b baa ibis evening h 'm.d a j jaoctii n with Bragg's arn.v alibis place—‘he ; enemy within 8 mi es of us. Near Lawrences hurg, on yesterday, .. U r army captured Bio ~ns|- | ooers and SI loaded wagons, and the balance of a ; division g o away and fcas j >iued the ini’n Pin r. Hastily, yours, J. C. Vaughn. ul * is i H h i i 1 ii 7 THE BATTLE AT PERRYVILLE, KY ON THE B H. GEN BRAGG VICTORIOUS '! THE FNiMY DRIViN OFF IHE BATTLE FIELD: j 21 PIECES OF ARTILLERY CAPTURED Sp -cial bi*pu 4 .ck ihe Co^fy»tti^,a‘ist. 11A IlßoDc BURG. Kt , Oct foftlf’via KsoXVILLK, le.vn., 17»b* — Gea Braga’s first pitched battle in K- .tacky to' k place at Perryrille, on the Sih D: * r *» ten miles from l eft* The enemy had beta : «d!>wiog us from Birds'owu in force; he also hreatentd Frankfort. Withers’ division was sent forward to support Kirby Smith, while the d.v;* shujs of C leaiham, Buckner, and Anderson wore countermarched to give battle to the lue ia the rear. Our line of battle was on the right and left of the Pike, aud commanding the only accessible route, opened with artilb ry at 6 o’clock, A. M. . Geo. Bragg and *taff teached the ground about j y o’clock. At 1 o’clock, the disposition was made for the bght. Our light awaited id force. Cheatham and Buckner were p s>d to meet it. A 3 o’clock they advanced in splendid line, jfith Gen. Bragg’s order to push along the whole line to close quar« ters. For one hour and a half the enemy maintained I his ground brave v iu ihe face of a murderous hie of artillery and musketry. Our troops fought like heroes until the tnemy begun to falter when, with » shout, our boys moved forward and drove ihem three or tour miles entirely off the held. Iu the meantime, au attempt on our lett had been repulsed. W.7 captured 21 pieces of artillery and o or 600 prisoners, bit for waut ul horses only 8 pitc.s brought i ff. Ti.« returns ure not in, but our casualties are estimated at 1,800. I append a hat of these asoers ta;n«_d so far. • With one .TO'*re division, the enemy would hare be.-u d.am>y«.d, but night put an end t . the pur suit. The enemy’s loss ts behaved t<» be more than double ours. An< ng them is Gen. James Jack son, certain; and Gen. Crutendeu reported. Buell is commanding the Federal army, and we have prisoners fro u five divisions. The Federals numbered at least 80,000, while we fought with only 12,0'M). Our army is in the highest -pints. LATEST FROM KENTUCKY ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE Nk\r Camp Bhrckivimdor. 9 Milks prom 1 Da.nvillk, Oer. 13, vvt Ks oxvillk, Got. !"• J Fifteen thousand of our troops fought fonvidive thgusand at Perrvville, on the Bth msiani. Our loss is between two ard three thousand—the cue* my’s between tour aud five thousand. We cap tired eleven guDs and about five hundred j ris* Our troops slept cn the field. Early next morn mg the enetnv a fl tg at truce to bury their d*ad. The Mine dav Kirbv Smith defeated Cri \ teudeu, between Lawrenctburg and Salvra eap turing Siven hundred an ! 'ortv prisoyrs. IMPORTANT FRO Vi NOIU ii MIS'ISSTITI. From the Mobile Advertiser <t Ke^ieter. IL i.lt cuiation on ihe s teet from Prescient Davis to prominent citizeus of this place who had request ed the rt-tu >val of Genera! Van Darn, stating that Lieutenant General Fernberiou will lake com«» maud until the condition of General Joseph E Johnson’s wound w.l: allow him to us-uoie th » coQimtnd. Generals Van I'orn and Loved ranked Gen * j oral Pemberton, and'it is uudei stood that the i rank of Lieutenant General has been conferred i on the latter to enable him :o 'ake the command. | The change has given universal . fcatisfacln a I 1 here. There is no doubt of the teliubility of the dispatch* Toe enemy have sent 2 000 men to ! Jack* n, 1,100 t i Bolivar, end a !ai _e number still remain at Coiinth N Imports. Industry \.no its dlkcsi.ngs. Pei | c may it. von w! y>■ ’-e g uatii to: s- ui- pa- i. uiar occu p»;i a iii .t«. bu l beed them tut Whoever empti»t ti you oilovv with per . rj.aice and asMdu.iy will be touud fit for y« u; it will be v- ur support :u youth and cur.L n iu old ug Iu .earn'.hg tne use ul part of any pii.fesfiqu verv modeiate abiuties are generaLy ,ujuuous to the poss-osoi 6. Lite h s bteu c«mpaieu to a tace, >jut t.he iilusicn s ill improves by onseiviag that the moat swift are ever the most apt to stray
