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THR CONSTITUTIONALIST.
PUBLISHED BY
JAMKS GARDNER
AUGUSTA, GA.
f WEDNESDAY MOKNING. OCT 22 1862.
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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