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LETTER FROM WRIGHT’S BRIGADE IH VIE
GHCU.
Cami* Ns&r Winchester, Oct. 1.
Mr. Editor-. A account of tbe part taken
by Gen. A. R Wtighl’a Brigaue in the great bati*
tie of Bharp»*f/urg, on tbe 17th ult., may not be
a t this late day. In a campaign
hke this, when we are marching continuously by
day. ar.d sometimes at night, little opportunity is j
presented to a soldier for writing, ati 1 we for- j
not the momenta and incidents of tna«, and, j
yrrbans, tour readers may not have lost all in-
Tercet*io our operations, and especially in the
traasac ions of that day which sealed the lite of
many a Georgian, illustrated Southern valor on
foreign soil, and crowned our arma with vio
wy.
The Brigade, after the surrender of Harper’s
ferry (in the investment of which place it bad
beeu engaged,) crossed the Potomac, and took
up the line of march for Sheperdatowo, resting
a little on the l«*b; on that afternocn and night
they continuously marched, reaching the latter
place at about daylight on the following morn
ng. We forded tbe Potomac and marched in
ih** direction cf Sfiarpsburg The sun was up and
tbe deadly conflict was already going on. We
noon reached a rising ground, about two miles
from tbe ba'tte field, from which w< could plainly
di.-cern the lines of the contending hosts. The
. ne wa» something in tbe form or a crescent,
:h„* enemy’s forming the convex and our’s the
concave sid---boih extending a distance of over
four miles- The enemy had a mountain at their
backs; we were at, a disadvantage in position; i
their gun* were on every hill—ours were lower j
down in the valley, but replied vigorously, gun j
for gun, the smoke belching forth along tbe eo- j
t.ie licet. This sight was enjoyed tor but a '
moment. The order forward was given, and we j
are soon under fire of shot and shell. Through j
woods, over cornfields we wended our way tor i
a mile aud a quarter, the lire becoming hotter, j
and sometimes terrific m every step, till, finally, i
the in'aniiy of tbe enemy were plainly seen in j
one of battle* We could not have been over 200 |
varda from them when they opened fire. A mo
ment’s pause on our light to tear down a fence i
standing m tbe wav. aud the Brigade moved
steadily at tbe command of their brave General.
Jusi a* this point be was wounded and entirely
disabled and carried from tbe. held, though he
txpiessed a desire to remain in a litter by his old
T bird Georgia, and share their fate, (job Jones,
cf the 22d Georgia, the Senior Colonel, was soon
wounded, and then Col. Gibson, of tbe 48ib Ga„
assumed command, directing the movements ot
tbe origade during the entire day. When be as
suuied co nmund it was a moment of stern Inal
,&ud danger.
The enemy were in front in superior numbers.
We afterwaids learned that they were Hooker’s
Division and Meagher’s lush Brigade. A battery
poured a terrible fire into our flank on the right.
A brigade Sent up to our support fired into our
rear uttuugb mistake, while the brigade on our
left did little' to support us, and in a few mo*
men is repeated, leaviug our entile rigb* flank
exposed In nit way daunted, Cob Gibson caused
a charge of the line. Trie enemy brake in confu
sion, but their places were supplied by a new col
umn, which again broke and ran upon a new on
6*t being made. As their men felquew men seem
ed to spring up; as one line was broken another
would be sent forward. Tuus the contest went
on tor three long hours, our own dead and wounded
lying thick around. Cob Derby, cf tbe 44th Ala.
Keg , and bis only Captain, were wounded. Col.
J. nes aud Major Lallerstedt, of the 22d Geergia,
were also wounded. Major Whitehead, ot tbe
4.*ib U orgia, and the only Captain of that regi*
ment present, were wounded. In the 3d Georgia,
th.* gallant Captain Nesbit, commanding the regi
xuen«, could be seen far in the advance, stricken
down, aud writhing in pain. Adjutant Peny, of
the same regiment, luy in a Corn held near Ly,
pierced by neven different balls.
* i’he casualties in tne whole brigade were in tbe
Sitni. proportion among the one officers and men;
y r l the unequal coolest went on, still hoping lur
support, till the last found of ammunition was ex
hausted. Ammunition had been sent lor, but
Wi.s u« t forthcoming. Tbe enemy had cease ! tir
,ng -a new movement was going on in front, and
with a large force, and also on our right, from
which position one of our brigades bad long since
retired. Observing Ibis, Colonel Gibson give
the order to fall back and supply ourselves with
ammunition. The Colonel is entitled to great
credit for his movement. It was well conceived,
and carried out at a time when we were not under
6re, without tbe loss of a siugle man, and at a
moment when the enemy was preparing for our
complete destruction.
The brigade, now ieduced to two hundred. suU
leulv moved off. 1 was peculiarly struck with tbe
bearing of the 3d Georgia, lor they were under
uiy immediate observation. They weui into the
fight with 108 men, aud now 40 (all that was lett)
coolly formed, under command of Captain Jones,
the senior officer present, around their ba’tle fl ig,
and, coming to the about face, moved slowly off,
not a man evincing any trepidation. The brig
ade, after being supplied with ammunition, were
posted behind a stone fence, in front of which they
advanced, charging the enemy successively as
they appeared in view over the brow of the bill,
behind which ‘hey were hid.
The mantle of night finally closed around the
scene o» carnage and blood. Only now and then
the sullen bourn of some distant gun, or (be sharp
report of the rifle on the picket line, could be
beard. These soon died away, and then utter
darkness enveloped The darkness was, in
deed, a relief; it removed tram view the suffer
ings of the wounded, and the mangled bodies of
tbe dead. We retired to sleep on our arms, ex
pecting a renewal of the conflict on the following
day; but nothing occurred, save the filing of the
pickets along tbe whole line, and the next day,
the tmrd, found us again on Virginia soil.
_ C.
Thioks of tub Enemy.—On Wednesday last, a
boat wa- observed pulling from one of the blocks
ad* re off Sullivan** Island towards the beach. It
bore a flag which was neither the Yankee ensign
nor a flag of truce, but which seemed to be tbe
lag of some neutral power. When the boat had
come some distance towards the shore,,tbe flag
was lowered; and an examination with a glass
showed that the crew, evidently imagining them
selves still out of range, were taking soundings.
o<plain Mitchell, the officer in command at the
Beauregard Battery, promptly welcomed the ven
turesome boat with a shot, which patS’d just over
it, causing the occupants to skedaddle iu hot
haste towards the blockading sqsadron.
Charleston Courier, Oct. 17 th,
|-V?‘ We take the following items from the
Richmond 'Va.) Whig, of Oct. loth :
Tun Two Ninety.— It was reported here, last
evening, that information had been received that
the Confederate steamer “29*/* had been 4 playing
the mischief** with the Yankee shipping m the
Gulf of Mexico and xdjaceot waters. Among her
prizes, it 1* said, was a whaleman, laden with oil.
Three cheers for Captain Sen lines !
Advance Os Gold.—Upon the reception of the
rnews fr >m Kentucky gold advanced in New York,
on the 9th mat., to I2s)g and Sterling Exchange to
140! On the following day gold further advanced
to 2Sper cent, premium 1
From Gsn. Marshalls Command.—A courier
arrived at Abingdon, Va.. from Generul Mar
shall’s i4eadquajgers, at Mount Sterling, Mont
gomery county, Ky„ on Tuesday afternoon. 7tb
instant, having been hut tour days on ’he way.
The V irgmian says :
He bring* a cheering account of the state of af
fairs in Keutucky. He says our forces are conti
dent of capturing the Federal Gen. Geo. Morgan
and his army, who lately skedaddled from Cum*
berland Gap. He wa* in Carter County, with
General Williams* forces ai Cutletisburg in h.«s
front, General Marshall on his left fl ink. and Col. |
Jack Morgan all around him. The latter had
fcarrassed him all .the way ot his long and weary
march, having cap filled and paroled about 1.000
of his men, and killed between 4 and 500* It was
the g*n *rul opinion thiU he could not possibly es
cape, and would be compelled to surrender or
Juv.* his army annihilated-
fjf We clip tbe following purigriph. fiorn tbe
Knrxeille (Teen.) Kegi.ter, of October lib:
Dabbing Exploit.- -Liea'eoGnt Jan es P. Coffin. ,
of ibis city, a member oi Captain Lang lord s
cavalry company, in a letter to bis brother, dated
near Mercer county, Ky., 0:1. 7:h, thus
alludes to a handsome affair ttat occurred the |
day previous. .
•*ln a picquet light ve.- terday, Captain Rogers, ,
w th 20 men, btsiues Charlie and Colocel At mod,
charged fi.ur companies of Federal Cavai*y ana
put them to fight, capturing twelve prisoner.-*,and j
killing and wounding several. We >o?t out man j
killed, and Colonel Allstouand three men w.-und*■ J
ed. Chari e bad fcia horse shot, but C/*p’ured two .
others, together with equipments, and a! : o two i
navy pislois and two ruouer coa’s ”
Rev. John P. Campbell, of Xashv.lle. who en
tered the army of the S*;Uth as a private, who
served through a campaign, and was in the battle
of Fishicg < reek, whose long life as a geutleman
and minister ot God has betn as exemplary as
his fanl;less conduct as a soldier, is cow in this
city with the purpose of supplying farmers of the .
Gulf S r ates with wheat. The next crop, like the ■
lasi, will be valueless, unless good seed can thus
besupplied. Wihmi wheat our armies must!
suffer during the next year, lie is author-z -d to
ship his put chases over ail Southern rai roads.
Those who buy lroin huo pay nothing but cost
and exp oses.
Sou'uern planters who would soppy them
selves, need only address Mr. Campbell at this
place.
By h’s ceaseless exertions Mr. Campbell has
secured from the Legislature of Texas, Louisiana,
Alabama, and Mississippi $400,0(10 as a reserve
hospital ?und for .Southern armies. Even during
the past week he has distributed among »he sick
! soldieis at Chattanooga medicmes acd clothing ]
j of she value of fg.oOO, and now he is in this city
jon bis lmsm moi chari'y and hive. He toils not
| tor the applause o! men but that he may have
; tbe coi-BJiousoess such as blest the Great Giver
!of all good—oi him, ** who went about doing
I good.”
Cocrtland Prbmjc*.—Ourte'egraphic accounts :
* a few days since, both Northern and Southern, ;
! had it, that a son ot Geo. D. Pientice, who was in j
■ (japt. Morgan’s company at the fight at Augusta. j
i was wounded. We aie happy to leaih ;
| since, ironu a Major in the Paymaster’s Dtpart- !
■ rn*:ni of Gen. Bragg’s army, thatCourilana Pien* !
J tice, the eldes 1 . sou ot the eoit« rof the Louisville
Journ I, was only slightly wounded, and is m-w
supposed to be out ot uang?r. ? , <bould h:s life be
lost, however, there is many a gallant Kentuckian
who will terribly avenge his death.
Death <>k John G. Markham Tne Eastern
Clarion appeal s dressed in mourning for the loss
of i's late editor, John G. Maikhum.who tell at
the battle ot SburpHbnrg side by side with Lieu*
tenant Charles 11. Wilson, lateiy foreman of the
Clarion office. Mr. Markharn had beea editor ot
the Clarion from January, 1856, until about seven
months since,when he entered the army. He was
well known in Mobile, having been editorially
connected with the Register previous to his en
gagement with the Clarion. He leaves a wile and
one child.
Mr- Wilson was a native of Alabama, but spent
most ot bis early life in Georgia. He j lined ihe
Jasper Grays, 18th Mississippi regiment, at the
commencement of the war, aud leh at the head of
his company, (Ts which he was First L eutenant
and commander in the affsence of the Captain,
who was wounded before Richmond.
Mobile R*gisUt 4- Ado*< titer, oc*. 16 th.
LATEST FRuafcORPUB CHRISTI
The San Antonio Herald, ot September 20th,
says:
An express to Gen. B j e arrived m this city yes
terday from Corpus Chnsti, with the news that the
Federal* were about to renew their attack »d t .at
place, a number of vessels having arrived in the
bay. We trust our brave boys will treat them as
ihey d d before.
Agentlemau who has just arrived from Corpus
Christt, in.orms us that a detachment from the
Federal fl et off ihat place "us s-ent to destroy the
saltworks in that netghborhooJ, and that they
were surrounded and captured by our cavalry,
i who hud b*en apprised ot tlu ir m 'Venionts. Tbe
} pi timers wifi he hsre in u few days
! Since writing the above, we nave had she satis
j faction of seeing a live Xr king Yankee commo
dore of the fleet off Corpus Cbnsti. Hurrah! fur
the irallant buys about Corpus Christ)!? San
Antonio Mtwe, 22 <1.
I Reliable inteil'geuce received yesterday eve-
I mug says t’rat ou Sunday last, Cap*. Kutiedge, ot
j the Yankee fleet at Aramat, after haviog shelled
j the Fi >wer Bluffs for three hours, went arshore
i with eight men, when he was surrounded by Cant.
Wate’s eav.Jry. Capt. W. tapped him on the
shoulder, saying, “Captain, I am glad to see you.”
Tuey were marched to Corpus Cbrisit, in short
order, where they are being accommodated in
coming style.— G l>ad Me»sfngtr, 18 th.
“DisTiNGriKHKo AKHiv\L IJuder the above
caption we find the following paragraph *n the
Philadelphia Inquirer, ot the loth;
“One of the most distinguished gentlemen in
’ the country arrived in this city last night about
ten o’clock, from Baltimore having left that city
' in a special tram, accompanied bv a select party.
A carriage wu« in waiting at the depot, and the
party proceeded without observation to the C«»n
--‘ tinental Hotel Their stay will be a very brie*
‘ : one, and the <»hject in visiting ihe city at tbe
I present time is believed to be of a private and
personal character.”
This "mo-'t distinguished gentleman** was no
less a personage than the “Young Napoleon.” He
returned by wav of Hal more on the 11 th.
How Com I’Ll m kntaky Fkk**kntations akk Gotten
up Among the Yankees. Among tbe private et
feels oi Coiooei j. T. ToUnd, capiured some time
since at Fayette Court House, a large quantity of
stationery was found, wnh the letter paper and
envelopes adorned with the lithograph lik.-ness ot
the a for* siig Colonel. Among his private cor
respondence was found a letter wntten bv himself
»«> a fnend in Cincinnati, informing ihe latter that
he is now in command of two regitneDts. and that
J how was ihe tune lor bis fnend to push him for
watd lor the appointment of Brigadier Gtn-ra)
That he wii-tad his tnends to present him wnh a
horse and «tappings, aud if they could not afford
to “go the whole hug,” he would assist them ; in
fact, he says, “it must be done at all hazards, if
Ae hud lo foot ihe whole bill,” He also requested
that it should be mentioned editorially in the
leading papers, aod that his chaplain, who was
then in Cincinnati, should make a speech upon
the presentation ; but he adds, “ihat his chaplain
wus a queer fellow, and probably would not do so
xoithout pay, in which eveut he authorized his
fnend to pay him SIOO, and logo as high as
SSOO, if the preacher would oat do the speech for
less.’*— R chm nd i id.) Examiner, Oct. IS.
Worthy of (Tovkrnmknt Notice.—Tbe Salis
bury (N. C) Watchman calls the attention of
President Davis to some facts that ought to be
looked into. It says, lor instance, that Govern
ment has eighty mules at that place, that have
been doing nothing tor the last two months but
eating their heads off. and that some sevjn or j
eight negroes employed to hx>k after the mules j
have been doing the same thing. There is also j
a huge pile o' scrap iron at Salisbury, collected
by u Government officer at a big salary, which
has been lying there for months. Also an en
ormous quantity of bacon, stacked up in bulks
of frightful dimensions, with multiplied chances
of spoiling, :f not already unfit for the stomach
of any human being. It has been here for
months, says tbe Watchman. We think it
wrong for Government to buy up all tbe bacon,
stack it up and let it rot, while people outside j
of the army are suffering for meat. Govern- !
raent ought not to take more meat than is ne- ■
cessary to answer its wants. If it buys up all
the bacon, what are the people to do? From ■
. all that we have seen and heard. Government |
I now has bacon enough to last it some months
or a year to come, if ptoperly taken care of. j
Castor On - Joseph Worth, Esq . f Fay* !
etbeville, N. C., lias made nearly IcO conies of !
castor oil this \etr. He *s now anxious to purs
(base Palma Cfineti hears from any *ho rnav
have th**n. —(?/<•*».
SUMMARY OF THE SESSION.
The Richmond Whig, of Monday, thus refers to
tne results of ihe Congressional session :
To>dav is fixed tor tbe sojournment of Con
gress and we presume, there will be no further
*x ension of the session. This is to be regretted,
inasmuch as several subjects of moment hare
been lett unsettled. It has been supposed that
Congressional sagacity was adequate to ihe solo
non of the problems which have finely vexed the
public mind ; but tbe members of Congress ap^
1 pear to think ihat too high a degree of continence
jnas been reposed in them. They may be right;
| probably tbev are right; but ihe country will not
I oe satisfied that they have done their duty in leav
' mg important public quest onsioseit'e themselves,
kvery one knows that tbe currency question imper
iously demands some sort ot decision; and that it
is one or ibe mo**t important questions claiming
toe attention of Congress. And yet Congress has
attempted to settle this whole subject by au expe
nient which seems to be tiifl'Dg and contemptible
in view of tbe magnitude of the anticipated re
suits. A bill has been passed requiring adver
tisement to be made that, at tbe expiration of six
i months, the interest on bonds exchanged lor
! Treasurv notes wtll be reduced from eight per
i cent, to”seven Der cent. It is imagined that, ib
ibe meantime, holders of Confederate money will
hasten to convert their notes into bonds, in order
to secure the one per cent, interest, and that thus
tbe surplus currency wili be reduced within legiti
mate limns, and its depreciation be arrested. A
prospective d fference of one per cent, in tbe in
terest on Conieaerate bonds is thus gravely ans
nounced as the panacea f r all tbe evils of an in*
lia ed ana dt-precia'ed circulation.
The questions of habeas Ct/rpv* and martial law
have not beeu decided. We were in error in
I statiLg, a few days ago. that a bill had been passed,
investing the Eiesident with the power, in certa n
contingencies, to su*pend the writ of habeas
co/pus. Tbe bill chd pa s the House, but the
House only. This bill is unacc uipanied with any
explan-itor v or declaratory provisions; and would
have the whole subject just as much coni used as
t was under the previous law.
Among the Acts passed by Congress are some
which, we *rust. Will reau.t a iLCieai-.ing the eft*
cieticy at-d augmenting Uj. • ngm of the army.
The Conscription Bill wil: probably cal! into ser
vice a large additional foicr; ail ot which we shait
certainly need in order 10 enable us to make head
against the iormidable armies which the encm,
I are preparing to hurl against us. We only hope
that ihe law will he executed in such a manner
bs not, even apparently, to co&e into collision
with the States, or to inflict a wound on ihe sus
ceptibilities of Stale pride. A veiy judicious Act
is the one requiring that hereafter crotbing, in
kiud, and net money, shall be issued to the army. J
We trust that this indicates ibe existence ot some ;
present or anticipated source of supply.
The Exemption Bill, which passed both Houses j
of Congress some days, still remains in the bands 1
of the President. W'e presume it will become a
iaw without the formality of express executive
sanction.
The bill to increuse the pay of the soldiers did j
not pai-s. Nor has any lux bill been adopted; tbe
j only provision for revenue being embraced m the :
I authority conferred on tbe Government lo issue j
j Treasury Notes to the amount ot the appropria* 1
j tions.
TRIBUTE TO A GALLANT YOUNG MAN. j
George D. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, :
publishes the following notice of toe death ot his :
eldest son, a lieutenant colonel in the Cunfed- J
erate service, who was killed in ihe late success' j
i ful attack upon Augusta, Kv
Obituary.— Wilium Courilund Prentice died 1
on Monday last, at Augusta, Kv., of wouDds re- |
i ceived in the conflict at that place on ihe preced- 1
mg Saturday. He perished in the cause of ibe 1
■ rebellion.
>| It is not in the columns of a newspaper—it is !
I only iq the family circle or in tbe hush of solitude |
i | -that the emotions of a parent over such an,
■ j event should have utterance. The tears ot wtep- j
f j ing eves and the fast tnckbrg drops ot bleeding \
i hearts are not for the public gbze. The deepest !
. | agqpies should be content to fold their Somber J
■ ; wings in ibe soul. Consolation cou d not c:»me '
from tli- worldV sympathy; it can be looked for j
| only from God and his angel time. Nay, there
■ jaie gnels th.a time itself has no power to allay or
‘ aootos— gne*s that, like running streams, are
r deepening their channels forever.
i V\ m. Cou tland Prentice was no common young
. ( man. He was remarkable in his powers and in
t his lempeiament. A model of manly beauties,
I i he had extraordinary intellectual energy, a strong
> thirst for strange and curious knowlt dge, and u
j deep passion for all that is sublime and beauti
• j ful in poetry and nature. He was generous, man
’ ! Iv, higb-bearteu. and of a courage that uo mortal
t j peril, come in what form it might, could dxuut.
. | He exulted in looking destruction face to face in
jail its way 8. He loved wild and dangerous ad
i ventures lor the very danger’s sake. His eug!e
- | spirit lived among the mountain crags aud shout
e ed b«ck to the snouts of the storm. Although
kind, unselbsh and humane, he was iiDpetu us,
1 passionate and of unconquerable prejudices. He
1 was not uQlreqiien’iy unjust in Ins judgments,
’’ and he permitted nothing to stand between him
and toe execution of his purposes.
e This young man, if he had always directed his
’ energies judiciously, could have matte himself a
' distinguished ornament in any profession of life.
p He might have been au able auu honored stab's
man in ihe service of the republic. But an m
ten-e sympathy, in spire ot the argu
menu, the rem. nsiiauce-, and ihe entreati* s of
e j those who dearly lived him, made an active rebell
i against bis country. And, alter a brief tive
s . i weeks’ serv.c*.* in ihe rebel ranks, be lell, soon to
jbieaiheout his fiery life, receiving, meanwhile,
f. fa: away from bis launly, the kindly ministra
f | tions ot ihose against whose cause his strong
j | right aim had been raised Oh, if he tad fallen
j in his country’s service, fallen with his burmng
„ | eyes fixed in love and dev- tiou upon the flag that
} I tor more than three fourths of a century has been
i ! a star of worship i- his ancestors, his early death,
, though s ill terrible, might have been borne by a
father’s heart, but, alas, the reHeC'iou that he fell
in aiuo d rebellion against that glorious old ban
k Der, now the emblem of the greatest aud holiest
I cause the world ever knew, is *uil of desolation
, and almoßi of despair.
f And, yet, wt shall love to think of Courtiaud
I Prentice, »hat brave and noble, though misguided
, youth, during the little remnant of our lives.
, Our h>ve lor him, uudiinmed by tears and grief,
is and will remaiu an amaranthine flower upon
the grave of our buried years.
The Amk hi can Question in France.—The
Par < correspondence ot the New York Herald is
dated on ihe 26 h ult. The letters were written
betore the news of the Maryland battles had
reached the French cap.ial. One of the correspond
, oen’s states that i» the war is not ended by tbe Ist
of January nex?, Napoleon, with England* is like
ly to tec >gnize the Southern Confederacy and fid
low up the act bv an armed intervention. He adds
that the French Minister in Washington has been
j already instructed to report in rep : y to certain
questions—forwarded to him by The previous
! mail—on tbe. subject, bis answeis to shape, in a
| great measure, the course of the Imperial inter'
ference* The writer says that the annouuce u ent
J ot decisive Union victories in the meantime may
j ’end to alter Napoleon’s present plan of American
! policy.
A Contrast —During tbe occupancy of our city
by the Federals.it was a common thmg to see
the Yankee soldiers, cbeek by jowl, on the most
intimate terms with the negro population ; in.,
deed, many of the Yankees seemed to prefer the
society of the sable Afiican to that of the whites.
» The contrast between them and the Southern sol
| d:er :s so great, that it is scarcely necessary to
! calf attention to it. You now see no crowd of ne
groes on the streets, br day or night , they have
! pretty much all falleu hack* to their old occupa
tions, and will now be of some service to their
j owners.— L*%rh gion ( Ky ) statesman.
j Mrs. Adah Isaacs Menken Heenan. Ac., Ac., has
j been married again. This t*rue the happv m n
j is Mr. R. H. Newell, the '‘Orpheus C. Kerr” of
I the New York Sunday Mercury, whose despera e
• J tempts at humor sometimes succeed, but are
j sually very stupid.
ESCAPE or BBIDGE-BURNEKS!
FRY AND A NUMBER OF HIS TORY CONFRBBKB AT
LAR6B.
Front the Atlanta [Ga.J Southern Confederacy, Oct. 38.
L*3t afternooD, nearly at dark, the city was
thrown i jto a high state of excitement by several
squads of the Piovost Guards rushing at double*
quick through our streets. Soon it passed from
mouth to mouth that the Last Teoneesee Tory
bridge-burners had escaped from jail and were at
large. We made inquiry ot several, but could
learn nothing definite. We visited the jail to
learn the facts in the case, but the accounts from
he guard there—with one of whom we conversed
were contradictory and unsatisfactory; and but
littie was known at Col. Lee’s Headquarters, save
the fact ot the escape of the prisoners.
It will be recollected that these men were
brought to this city last spring and put in jail.—
They have been here ever Since. A guard has
been kept around the jail, but they have so long
stood aDd lam around there night and day that
they had ceased to be on the alert—cm guard—
ready lor any attempt at escape. It was ai an op
portune moment of this kind, when but lew were
on guard, and those few cot expecting or looking
out for an attempt to escape, near night, when the
jailor went in to give the prisoners food and wa*
ter, that Fry, the not or uus and daring leader
of the tory bund id the bridge-burning enterpnze,
seized upon the jailor and choked him down,
while others snatched bis keys and hastily un
locked tvery room, fonae fourteen or fifteen j
ot them rushed cut at the door and came very
unexpectedly upon the smgle sentinel who hap- j
per.ed to be'then in front, knocked him down and ,
look his gun from him, and before the guards on !
ihe other side of the building were aware ot w hat ;
was going on, or cou'd come round to the front, j
the most of them were out at the front gate. One or j
two who endeavored to climb the high ‘ence were (
stopped by having the sentinels’ guns leveled at j
them, and perhaps two others fell from the 'ence i
ami were so badly hurt as to be unable to get j
away. A i who go: through ’he gate—some 10
or 11 —made their escape, and at this writing are j
at large. Qtn*e a number of mounted men are
.scouring the country in every direction, and we i
have no doubt they will all be recaptured before ■
another night. Final escape we should consider |
impossible.
IHECAMPAIGITIN KENTUCKY
Bakbogksvjlle, Ky., Oc f . 10.
An avalcncbe of rep< rts has ju?t swtpt into
town. Y»»u may receive them before this leach
es you. At any rr.te I will send them, givitgon*
iv Wfcat 1 consider beyond d< übt.
* At New Haven, in Nelson county, we suffered
a reveise about a week since. Col. M J. Craw
lord and Adjutant. Lt. Col., Major, 7 cap’ains, 15
| lieutenants and 250 privates were su-prised by
Woolford and takeD prisoners. A negro led the
| eDemy around the pickets.
The Federal Morgan succeeded in making his
| escape, but lost about two thousand men and
! some cannon.
j Our army has fallen back upon Harrodsburg.
I It occupies that portion ol country about Dan
j vtlle, Harrodsburg, and toward Richmond. This
retrogade movement has an untoward effect in
' Kentucky, but should occasion no depression »**
|me South. The object in view is simply a goon
■ position and the withdrawal of the enemy as far
i as possible from the baYks of the Ohio.
i Numbers of our people are in doubt as to the
1 result of the great battle in Maryland. Let the
I following put h* end to their doubts. If the Fed
! eral wounded amounted to ten thousand, what
must have been their loss in killed, (wounded,
1 missmg, and prisoners?
j The late batt'e in the Antietam Valley cost our
army about 10,000 wounded, among whom are
■ the Pillowing ( theirs:
| Severely woundtd—Maj. Gen Fumner, M*j
j Gen. Sedgewick, Maj. Gen. Hooker, Maj. Gen.
Richardson.
i Killed —Maj. Gen. Rodman.
| Killed and w< unded— Brigadier Generals Msds
i field, Trench, Meagher, Richet’s, Gana, Weber,
! Duryea. H .rtn.fi' Cincinnati £/ q.
i Fiv - Major G nera'sand t gut Brigadier Gens
I erals kibed and wounded! Rather disastrous on
, their f-ide.
j At Perry ville, near Lauihville, a few days since,
the enemy advanced upon wu.-ol our troops to
I dnv* thuii from a hoe water position tear Salt
| Kivtr. Gen. Hardee, bv som. m« steily manoeu
vres, captured at first 150'.* men, then 4 *OO, tnak*
iug 5,500 prlsnnets There was very litrle fight
ing. My information is direct from a captain who
participated. C Y. E.
Atlanta {(fa.) (Jornmentcealth, Oct. 191
heboicTorpus.
jTrom the Houston [Texas] Telegraph , Oct. 1,
A good deal is eaiduoout heroic Vicksburg, and
very justly f*uid in praise of that city. But we
have a little Texas village that certainly should
not be overlooked in the roll of fame.
Corpus Christ! is defended bv three insignifi
cant guns, and a handful of men. For months
the Federal fleet off that coast has been making
demonstrations at her narbor, endeavoring to ob
tain a lodgmeot up- n shore, and threatening the
destruction ot the town. These iterations* have
beens’eadily met by our people and re-aisied sue*
cesslully at all points. The other day the enemy
brought up several vessels before the town lo de
stroy it. They bombarded it two days with their
heavy guns, bu: were finally driven off by the
shore battery, thus again proving that gunboats
are bugaboos. A few days aft»*r the enemy at
tempted to cut up some shindies ou shore, first
having shelled the whole country, to make sure
there were no Confederates about. There was a
small force of our men concealed there, who re
' n amed quiet, and were not to he frightened by
i shells. At last the commander of the fleet, thinks
mg the coast clear, made a landing in a launch.
No sooner was ;t done than a polite Confedetate
Captain stepped up to him, passed the compli
ments of the morning, and took him prisoner
right under the guns of his fleet !
Cot pus and ns brave defenders have distin
guished themselves, and.deserve no little credit
f«.r what they have done.
Letter from one or tuk French Princes —His
Opinion of thb Confederacy.—The following is
an extract from a let’er addressed to an C. S. Gen.
bv one of the French Princes, and published tu
one of the New York papers :
We shall always remember that campaign with
the At my of the Potomac as one of the best and
regret that we left our companions in arms, and
notbing can be more gratifying to us than such
testimonies of remembrance and esteem. I need
□ot add that our hearty wishes will accompany
them; that the distance has only strengthened
the interest we take in the success of the great
cause for which we fought together.
' Depend upon it, however ignorant and prejudi
cial may be tbe public at large, there are still on
this side of the Atlantic some hearts who follow
with emotion the struggle of a great and free na
tion for her institutions, and who cannot believe
in the animate success ot tbe efforts ot a deluded
minority to establish a new community whose
corner-stone shall be so odious, so dangerous,
aud so precarious an institution as that of ala
verv.
Before ending this letter, (for the bad English
of which I must apologize.) let me still tell you,
my dear General, how glad 1 should be to shake
hands again with you, and to talk once more with
you of your wimer quarters in that wild corner of
Maryland, or of the summer days when vour
tent’w&s pitched on the tieid of battle of‘ Fair
Oaks!”
I beg you, my dear General, to believe me aU
ways, very truly, yours.
Locis Phillippb D’Orlbans,
Comte de Paris.
Thb Auction Sale.—During the forenoon the
sale conducted by Messrs. Mayer, Jacobe A Co.,
was well attended, the bidding verv miniated,
ard ihe prices obtained, on the whole, quite satis
factory. Goods for womans’ wear, or such as can
be mi d* into soldiers’ clothes, sold high. Some
hoop skirts brought $l4O per dcz.
We should judge that the sales of the forenoon
(two hours) wi 1 amount to something like fifty
thousand dollars. The sale was resumed at 2
o’clock
It is gratifring to seethe initial sale so well at*
• ended, the bidding so spirited, ard the prices
paid so remunerative- We congratulate the city
on the acquisition of this house, and the house
itself c n ns flattering pr< spects.
Ailauta [Ga.) C-jinmonu faith, Oct. 16.
. CHARGES Ilf thejbky 1
le:i, wbicu put, lion be held
bve or six dajs. Toomb,’ end (V a
H n irt- de H b: ' Te been tran »fe'Ted to
faooda division, and Dravu.n’s to
Uoou is no i dice man, deierm’n 1 ,
ibe red tape rule; but be is a field min'*?
lug man, a practical n an, a man (,?*£’*
~~r - sir
”?-*“«« «« "I
How tbia will effect Gen. Toombs
to promoti n, [ cannot foresee “ J M,e '
more deserved. H.h!.. ’ “otbieg cooij
mate skill in selwm h a lbe “‘ostcoi
the most conspicuous br*v*T tlonß l ancl
battle. It isaCs“d I hll
Bennicg, has likcw our model Co ;
posittuD of Br.gauier ftf
pri.^ 1 ihc
C.p“ r j r :rA n L ( cteao’ h " <*«
coo duet upon tbe OatUe Lf/T/hf" 1 "'
rigid enlorctmeni of disci-,i-ntk s u ®-
b.io verv popular wnb ,he n * , . are , r «*
Col fennmg-s promotion, C. 5 yi. In Ca
de -laredebo.ee ot toe enure J
sponsible post of Colonel. To ?lv u ',° r tb
tuey could not, in my judgment* a!v au ' , l
selection, in or ut ot 'tbe regiment. 1
Geu. L). K. Jones has been granud as : „
leave ot abs-oce. It - 8 wboner.d *’?•
be will not ,e«urn. .Nobody Ifh
A hen we had di.ven lb t *enemv *,x h' J
yards, and seat to him lor a b h, "*
tomaaed to bear that the enemv lad not j"
I luwn. He had left it! ' Vlt *
i I. S.— His numerous friends will be reir,.a
; know that Lieut. Judson Bulls, whom I J u '
| ed id a former iette- as killed or captured ,
j and uninjured, he and h s
j without ser cius loss. - Saik frpob
j Litlcp. at Pensacola.—a lr.em who *,
Montgomery on Tbursdav, inf.-ruib us iL,
patch Lad been received in ’hat citv stxtul
liutier, ibe beast, and about 7.100 Vaiki?
landed at Pensaiola. The oLj-tt bad nr
developed, but it was thoughi than an to
vance on Pollard was contemplated.
at the junctic n of tbe Mobile and Penseeoa
the Mwnrgi.mery and Pensacola roads aboa,
miles north of ihe la’ter place. The Moni*
Advertiser of yes erday coniains neitioj;
ihe matter. — CvUmbus tGa.) Tim-e, Oa,\i
We take the sutjoioed paragraph!
the Savannah Morning News, of Oct, l7tfc.
Wool is now a vtry scarce article nd
: great demand by tbe’GoverLment lorihti
I faclurc ot soldiert*’ clothing. A triend
that there is much wool at present ustatw
tresses, lor which cotton or mow Would j
climate, be very good substitutes. Hem
I that all who have wool mattresses should
| them up and dispose of the wool to tbeOj
ment, whose agents are unable to procure*
, cient supply even at the high price*.
Promotion.—We are gratified to learn ifc
friend, Robert Falligant, who entered the*
some eighteen months ago as a private j
Aloemarle Artillery, from the University«(
ginia, has recently been promoted by
a rftnior Second Lieutenancy of Artillery, t"
for gallant conduct in tbe battle of Shar*
He is at present attached to the Kth Georii
talion ol Artillery.
! l)u. BbHON RfcLEASBD. K-V. L. w. !Mk
! been relea>ed from the Penitentiary in X*g
where be had been confined for months hr
Johnson, charged with sympathy wi»hth»|
’ lion. Olten his l’.beity was tendered t;j
would pollute his soul with a vile o&ihd
giaoce to ihe Washington despotism, wbifi
variably aud promptly refused. He t«
j queutly offered u parole, which be
: accept, upon ihe gr«>uud that the aceeifl
his liberty upon any sort of parole would
some extent, an acknewledgment that thei
, lant had a right to arrest him, which Dm
Died—holding that under no rule of cifiiii
fare had he any right to arrest a quieten*
| was not in arms, nor actively engaged inu
i in any capacity. After ev» ry device tad
he was nucondt'i nally rel ased.
Fiohting for the Fat Gourd.—The true
foi which the Lincoln Govei uuient is pro*
the war, is well illustrated in an inciden
! occurred during the Federal occupation
: gallant county of Jacksc-n, AU. A a
. matron, annoyed, but not at all mtimiibl
j the uninvited visit of a Federal soldier,
h m—“ What are you fighting for, any hot
returned, for answer, the stereotyped he
; for the Uni >n uud the Constitution.” '
Slid the matron, “I suppose you found tfe
and the Coushtutiou when you s»oIe Bn
I mons’ fat gourd t’other day.’’
The North is fighting for the South
1 gourd; in other words, to enrich tta
: on the fat of the land at Southern exp«
they are much more likely to throw all of il
fat in the fi-e, says ’he Huntsville (Ala. f
' crate.
| Lincoln’s Visit to tub Confederate!
at SuAßi'snrso. The Washington orris
! of the Cincinnati Commercial, who was*
' coin in his late visit to the army onto
■ Potomac, relates the following a.*, strictlyl
Aftei leaving tien. Richardson the pam
a house in which was a large number off
j erate wounded. By rt-qiit-st of Lincolnti
iligl.’td and entered ihe building. Lircd
• looking, remarked to the wounded Cone
j that it they had do objections he would b»|
! to take them by the hand. He said tijfi
| < bi.gations which we owe to our c untryi
j terity compel the prosecution of this war
j followed that mauv were our enemittl
uncunirollable circutuslancos, and he boi
no malice, and could take them by tbebi
sympathy and good feeling. After a ahor.
the Confederates came forward, and such
but fervently shook the hand of Lidcjld.
and McClellan then walked forward b»i
of those who were wounded too seven l
able to arise, and bid them be of goadd
suring them that every possible care s
bestowed upon them to ameliorate theiree
It was a moving scene, and there waaa
eye in the building, either among theX
or Confederates. Both Lincoln and If
were kind in their remarks and treatmti
Rebel sufferers during this remarkableu
Death f Sbnora ije Oviedo.— Thei
ish mails announce the death in llavM
11th instant, of tbe Htnora Donna J «
Cruz de Oviedo, the elder aud only s'sW
Esteban Santa Cruz de Ov edo, well I
New York us the husband of Miss BartlN
city. By the decease of the lady SenoU
do has his already lmmen.'e fortune dsA
being the only heir to his sister.
Senora Josefa de Oviedo also left bv!
magnificent bequests, amounting to
vai.ous charrable purposes—among '&«•
000 for a hospital at San FeJipey .Sautinr
OOu for a church at Matanza, s3u 000
eis and her furniture to the UrsukDtf
$12.0f) for an asylum for orphans, and)*
the Ecclesiastical College of GuaobacoA
t*f° The New York letter of the
The u flation ot prices continues
There was a slight “let up” in stocks**"
Hoard this morning, an , under * p
leal ze, the market in the afternoon, at *
was called “flit.’’ But everything
aud “going up” with a rush. Gold let*'*
I and Stirling Exchange at a
! est points yet reached. Sympathizing * !
j advances, the produce nuiirktt. it tbe '
j the day. was much excited. FlourbW
, 10 cents per barrel; wheat 2 a 3 cents p<? r
Corn was “up” one cent. Lard was H {
pound h gber. P-*rk (wi’h
j feeling,) was 2 shillings dearer; Tea 3 a
and 3j on to the end of the chapter.
