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DETAILS OF TH.E RECENT BATTLE
IN KENTUCKY.
VALOR OF TENNESSEE ANS AND TEXANS!—
POLK - CHEATHAM - DONELSON I- IN
STANCES OF HEROISM!—THE BATTLE
FIELD’—OUR LOSSES!
From the Knoxville [Tenn.] Hegister, Oct. IS.
Col. R. C. Tvler, of the 16th Tennessee regi
ment, reached this city on yesterday directly
from the scene ot conflict in Kentucky. lie ad*
vises us chat the skirmishing commenced on the
6th between the cavalry, and occasionally there
«eas an artillery duel. On the 7th Buell occupied
Perryville, making it lhe centre ot his line of
battle. On the niirht of the 7th, Hardee moved up
hie Division, fronting Buell’s army. On the even
ing of the 7th, a por ion of the right wing of the
army of the Mississippi (Cheatham’s Division,
composed of Dnnelson’s, Stuart’s and Maney’s
Brigades,) moved from Harrodsburg to Perryville,
where they rested on their arms in line of battle
till daylight. The pickets skirmished all night.
On the morning of the Sth, at davhght, at the
centre of the lines, there were cavahy fights and
many were wounded on both sides. About halt
past 9 connonadmg commenced.
At half past 10, we discovered that the enemy
were massing troops on their left, to turn our
right wing. At this juncture, Cheathams divi
sion, above mentioned, was moved from the left
to the right of cur lines, about one and a half
miles. During all this time a brisk fire of artil
lery was kept up. Carnes’ battery was imn e
d'a’rely brought into action, which, admirably
served, did great execution. (This was Jackson’s
bat terv at Columbus, Ky.) * * * *
Cheatham’s Division was now about three
fourths of a mile from the enemy and in line of
battle, Donelson’s brigade beiog in advance.
The ground between us and the enemy was
broken, but without timber. It was found neces
sary to approach nearer the enemy for this reason
and because of the superiority of their guns.—
Carues was ordered to' advance, and was in this
movement supported by Doneison’s Brigade, We |
advanced about one fourth of a mile, and the ene
my finding their position wntenable, retired to
another.
We again advanced a quarter of a mile, to the
summit of a precipitous oiuff, which the battery
of Carnes could not ascend. Our lines were heie
reformed, and orders were received to advance
upon the enemy at a double quick across open
fields unobstructed, except by stone and rail
fences. With terrific yells and unbroken front we
advanced upon the enemy, two batteries playing
upon Cheatham’s Division, advancing under this
fire and enfiladed by rhe batteries ot the enemy.
When within one hundred and fifty yards of the
enemv thev opened on us with grape and cans
nister. When within eighty yards they opened
cn us with musketry, and now the fight became
general. About this' time Maney’s Brigade, with
Donelson’s, were sent round to the enemy’s ex«
treme left to capture a battery which had been so
destructive to us. The battery was taken, and here
the Yankee General, Jackson, fell. This was half
sr hour after the fight became general.
Every inch of ground was bravely contested. It
became known that Jackson had fallen, and the
enemy retired, probably for this reason, but more
probably because they could not withstand the
impetuous valor of our troops. About this time,
pronably a little earlier, Stuart’s brigade moved
into action, in perfect order and with great ceoh
nets. The troops first engaged, worn and weary,
rushed on with Stuart’s men, and the rout on the
left became general.
The enemy reformed their lines several times,
but were no sooner restored than they were
broken.
•The fighting was kept up till night put an end
to the conflict. We had then driven the enemy
from three to five miles along the whole line of
the two armies.
We formed cur lines and remained on the
ground during the night. On the morning of the
■9ib. believing it would be hazardous with his
weary troops to renew the conflict with a rem
forced army of the enemy, Gen. Bragg er Polk .
ordered our army back to Harrodsburg
We captured all the artillery of the enemy ex
cepr one battery, and unknown numbers and
quantities of all descriptions of atnall arms.
The loss of the enemy in killea and wounded
was enormous. The field of battle was everys
where strewn with the killed, wounded and dying.
In places they were piled up on each other.
We retired in perfect order, each regiment and
brigade in proper position, to Cam; Dick Robins
son and its vicinity, where our army was concen
trated.
Our loss in killed, wounded and missing will
net reach 2,500. The killed in Cheatham’s Divi
sion number 299, and about 1250 wounded. This
Division suffered most.
At half-past 4 o’clock on Monday morning, 13th
instant, Colonel Tyler left General Polk, and of
subsequent events, he is, of course, not advised.
Tennesseeans in this fierce conflict maintained
their ancient reputation tor distinguished valor,
cot only maintaining it, but winning new and im
perishable laurels. The instances of individual
valor occurring among these troops in this bloody
conflict would fill a volume.
Folk, Cheatham, Donelson, and al! our leaders,
were everywhere seen cheering on our troops witn
reckless exposure of their person to the hottest
fire of the enemy.
Gen. Withers’ Division was not in the fight,
feeing in our rear, between us and General Kirby
Smith.
We took on this Wednesday’s fight about 500
prisoners.
Hardee’s command and three brigades of Cheat
ham’s division were alone engaged.
TKOOP3 ENGAGED.
We cannot give accurately the number of the
regiments engaged uor their status. The follow -
lag is the best statement we can make just now :
Maney’s Brigade.— Ist Tenn., Col. Fields; 9th
Tenn., Lt. Col. Buford; 27th Tenn., Col. Cald
well, i not Bob;) 6th Tenn., Col. Porter.
Stewart’s Brigade.—4th Tenn.‘, Col. Strahl;
■sth Tenn., Col. Venable; 38d Tenn., Col. Camp
bell; 9tb Texas, Col. Young.
Donelson’s Brigade.—Sth Tenn., Col. Moore;
15th Tenn., Col. Tyler; 16th Tenn., Col. Savage ,
51st Tenn., Col. John Chester; 38th Tenn, Col.
barter.
Lieutenant Colonel Patterson, of the Ist Ten
nessee, was killed.
Capt. Win. Watering was shot dead with the
colors of Col. Tyler’s regiment in his hands, the
color-bearer, McFarland, having been wounded a
second time. Captain W. is from Memphis, where
his family now reside. He belonged to the “Wash
ington Rifles.”
Lieutenant Spi taler, of the same company, com
manding the Swiss Rifles, of the same regiment,
had his leg snot off by a cannon ball. Be refused
tv be botne from the "field. To the solicitation of
CoL Tyler he replied, “No, Colonel' Let me die
cn the field. I know I must die.”
Lieut. Johnson, of Georgia, promoted for gals
lan try at Shiloh, was also killed.
Lieut Ed. Doyle, of Memphis, is feared to be
mortally wounded.
There were but few field officers injured.
Colonel Savage was slightly wounded in the leg
and side; He has before distinguished himself
for soldierly bearing and chivalric conduct. His
regiment probably lost mere than any in this,
Cheatham’s, Division.
The Adjutant of the 51st, Tully, we believe, was
severely wounded. His bearing was highly com
mended.
The Texan regiment, Col. Young’s, fought with
that valor which distinguished their fathers at
San Jacinto and the Alamo.
We can give no details as to losses nor as to the
conduct ot Regiments and Brigades in Hardee’s
command. These will be hereafter furnished.
The number of the Yankee army which fought
£8 at Perryville was stated, by prisoners, to be
from 30,000 to 120,000. Our force did not exceed
15,000.
Perryville.—ln addition to details given in
another place, we furnish a letter from Colonel
Vaughn, the gallant commander of the Third Ten
•nerwee Regiment, His statement confirms the news
pab/isbed ip our columns.
Harrodsburg, Ky., Oct. 10, 7 P. M.
Ob the Sth fast. Gen. Bragg’s forces met the
enemy 10 miles west of here, and a bloody fight
. ensued. We had from 300 to 500 killed, and
probably 1,000 wounded—the enemy’s loss more
than ours. We captured some 500 prisoners and
jp p-ecee.of arfUery. They were reinforced du • i
ring the night, and our forces fell back to this
place. No fight to-day, but will come off to
morrow. Gen. Smith has this evening formed a
junction with Bragg’s army at this place—the
enemy within 8 miles of us. Near Lawrences
burg, on yesterday, our army captured SCO pns
oners and 31 loaded wagons, and the balance of a
division got awav and has joined the mam army.
Hastily, yours, J- C. Vaughn.
GENERAL SCOTT.
John Van Buren, in his speech at a recent Demo
cratic meeting in New York city, made the fol
lowing reference to Gen. VV infield Scott:
On the 3d of March President Lincoln, about
to be sworn iuto office, found himsell in the city
of Washington, having reached it in disguise—
(Laughter)—covered with a Scotch cap—Ke»
uewed laughter)—aud wrapped with a blue cloth
cloak, fc» the first time in ihe history of this coun
try the President found himself at the seatof Gov
ernment. Audit was through the active exertions
and great discretion oi Gen. Scott and
Gen. Wool that he was enabled even to take the
oath. And on the 3d day of March, »s he was
about entering upon these duties, before be took
the oath, a letter was addressed to him, which 1
now propose to read to you, and I ask you to no
tice (because I have not time to return to it,) the
wonderful spirit of prophecy and extraordinary
judgment, as well as unquestionable patriotism,
that animates every word and every line of this
letter. 1 would say, however, that I was not au
thorized by Gen. Scott to make the letter public.
The letter"was in form submitted to Secretary
Seward, but was laid before the President, and
reached him thus in a proper official mode.
Washington, March 3. 1861.
Dear Sir: Hoping that in a day or two the new
President will have happily passed through all
personal dangers and find himself installed an
honored successor of the great Washington, with
you as the chief of his Cabinet, I beg leave to
report in writing what I have before said to you
orally, this supplement to my printed “views’’
(dated m October last) on the highly disordered
condition of our (so late) happy and glorious
Union.
To meet the extraordinary exigene’es of the
times, it seems to me that I am guilty ot no arro°
gance in limiting the President a field of selection
to one of the four plans of procedure subjoined:
1. Throw off the old and assume a new designa
tion—the Union party. Adopt the conciliatory
measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden for the
Peace Convention—[applause)—and, my life upon
it, we shall have no Dew case of secession; but,
on the contrary, an early return of many, if not
all, of the States which have already broken off
frown the Union. Without some equally benign
measure the remaining slaveholding States will
probably join the Montgomery Confederacy in
less than sixty days, when this city, being in
cluded m a foreign country, would require a pers
manent garrison of at least 35,000 troops to pro
tect the Government within it.
I stop here to call your attention to the fact that
Maryland did not join the Montgomery Confede
racy, and yet, with Maryland on our side to-night,
it requires a garrison of 150,000 men to protect
Washington. [Applause. |
2- Collect the duties on foreign goods outside
the ports of which this Government has lost the
command, or close such ports by act of Congress
and blockade them.
[And this, unhappily,.was the course that was
entered upon, j
3. Conquer the seceded States by invading ar
mies. No doubt this might be done in two or
three years by a young and able General—a
Wolfe,"a Desaix or a Hoche, with 300,000 disci
plined men—estimating a third for garrisons and
the loss of a yet greater number by skirmishes,
sieges, battles, and Southern fevers. The destruc
tion of life and property on the other side would
be frightful, however perfect the moral discipline
of the invaders.
The conquest completed at that enormous waste
of human life to the North and Northwest, with
at least $250,000,000 added thereto, and cui bono ?
Fifteen devastated provinces, not to be brought
into harmony with their conquerors, but to be
held for generations, by heavy garrisons, at an
expense quadruple the net duties or taxes which
it would be possible to extort from them, followed
by a protector or an emperor.
4. Say to the seceded States—way ward sisters,
depart in peace.
In haste, I remain, very truly, yours,
Winfield Scott.
Hon. Wm. E. Seward, &e, Ac., Ac.
Gen. Scott, on the 8d of March, having put the
President in a condition to be sworn in—and being
perhaps the only man in the United States who
could have done that—notified him that if he en
tered upon an attempt to conquer the seceded
States that, in the first place he could not do it;
that it would require a young genera! like a De«-
saix, a Hoche, or a Wolfe; that he who bad, not
many years before, marched to the capital ot Mexi
co with an army of 12,000 men, fighting nine
pitched battles on the way, meeting no check and
conquering an honorable peace, was unable, with
300,000 men, to attempt to conquer the seceded
States in two to three years.
He was informed that it would require three
hundred thousand men, and to»night, when we
are only half way through in point of time, we
have one million five hundred thousand. He was
told that it would add two hundred and fifty mil
lions of dollars to the national debt; and, to-day,
when we are only a year and one-half through,
that debt probably exceeds twelve hundred mil
lions. The Secretary of the Treasury reported it
last May at four hundred and ninety millions—
double the amount that it was then feared would
be required to complete this conquest. Now, fel
low-citizens, with their eyes open, so far as they
could be opened by his great soldier, this attempt
was entered upon to conquer the seceded States.
THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The principal seat of this denomination is in
East Tennessee. The Knoxville Presbytery, at
its recent session, passed the following resolu
tions :
Whereas, The country fs now undergoing a
great revolution, and whereas every person has
to tAke a political position with one or other of
the contending parties, and acknowledge their
right to rule and govern, and ask their protec
tion and share their fortunes in war ; and where
as, our national rights are identified with the
Confederate Slates of America—
Resolved,, therefore, That we. the members of the
Knoxville Presbytery of the Cumberland Presby
terian Church, acknowledge allegiance to no po*
litical power save the Confederate States.
Resolved, further, That, while we deeply deplore
the horrors ot war, our sympathies, and our pray
ers, and our aid, are due, and shall be given, to
the Confederate States, until an honorable peace
be secured in her independence; and we recom
mend to the membership of the congregations
under our care strict obedience to the powers that
be.
The Greenville Banner says;
The ministry of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, with few exceptions, are all true South
ern men. Revs. J. P. Holtsinger and J. B. Dob
son, with two or three other lesser lights, have
been acting as leaders of the Tory party in this
section. Holtsinger, at the late meeting of the
Presoytery, was suspended from the ministry by a
unanimous vote; Rev. A. N. Haun, who was con
nected with the bridge burning, was deposed.
Rev. J. B. Dobson is now under arrest for his
mischievous conduct towards the South, and no
doubt will soon meet with such punishment as he
justly merits.- ~
From Cumberland Gap.—We, this forenoon,
before the telegram about Gen. Bragg’s falling
buck came to hand, received a call from Capt. G.
W. John-ton, of Capers’ Battalion of Artillery,
who left Cumberland Gap last Friday morning.
The news he brings is corroborative of the tele
gram. He says that large droves of captured
mules and horses had passed the Gap, and that
finally, some 12 or 15 wagons, escorted by some
20 cavalrymen passed through. They told him
that Gen-Bragg was falling back.
Manv persons from all portions of the Confeder
ate States were passing that interesting point, and
the news jeported by ’them is of the most con
flict-Dg character.
JA’anfg Uommonwealth, Oct, 21.
Th* i og(? “n Roseccran’s Division, (Federal) at
Perryville, Ky., was 465 killed, 3,463 wounded,
and 361 missing.
Army Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.
WHAT GEORGIA HAS DONE FOR HER SICK,
WOUNDED, AND DESTITUTE SOLDIERS.
Winchester, Va., Oct. 10th, 1862.
My stay here has brought me a good deal in
contact with the surgeons and hospitals of the
army and since there is no subject of more im
nortance than the presentation of the health of
the troops upon whom the country relies for the
establishment of its independence, or of more ins
terest than the means adopted for the cure of the
sick and wounded, I propose to devote this and
my next letter to a faithful statement of such facts
and circumstances as have come under my own
eye or bees derived from trustworthy sources. To
those who are fond of reading graphic descrip
tions of events, which are not unfrequently upon
chiphai, the subject may seem stale and unprofit
able; and, yet, to the ignorant and intelligent
alike it is lull of deep personal interest.
That the reader may see what can be done by
intelligent and well directed efforts, I shall em
ploy myself to-day with some account of the hisn
torj’ and operations of the Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association, and to-morrow shall con
trast the performances of the Government with
the acts of the Association when brought together
upon the same field. Nearly all the States have
their separate hospitals in Richmond, but I select
out the Geoigia Relief and Hospital Association,
because its agents were the first to arrive here
after the late battle, as they were at Manassas,
and because an opportunity has thus been afford
ed me to compare what they have accomplished
with what the Government has done.
The Association had its origin on the street
corners in Augusta, Georgia, about the 25th of
July, 1861. Intelligence had fi-st been received
of the battle at Manassas, and of the destitution
in the armv of medical and hospital supplies ;
whereupon Judge Starnes invited a few persons
whom he happened to meet on the street,, to unite
with him in calling a public meeting. The meet
ing was held, and Judge Starnes, Henry Moore,
H. F. Russell, J. M. Newby and Geo. W. Evans
were appointed a committee to canvass the city
and obtain donations to procure supplies and
medical assistance for the sufferers in the first
great battle of the revolution. Subsequently this
committee of five was organized into a Central
Board, which appointed a numb r of travelling
agents to canvass the State, organize auxiliary
associations, and cbtain donations ol hospital
stores and money.
These agents were very successful, and a large
number of auxiliary associations were formed. In
October, a meeting was called in Augusta, at
which were present representatives of the aux
iliary associations and contributors to the cause.
The name of the Central Board was dropped, and
and a constitution adopted, and the Georgia Re
lief and Hospital Association organized as it now
stands. A board of State superintendents, con
sisting of thirty or forty citizens of the State, was
appointed, and from this board twelve gentlemen
were chosen as Executive Committee.
This Executive Committee applied to the Legis
lature of the State last winter and procured the
passage of an act appropriating the sum of $200,-
000, to be expended by them in providing hospital
buildings, medical attendance, Ac., tor the sick
and wounded from the State, and the same for all
Confederate troops who might become sick or
wounded in defense ot the State of Georgia. In
carrying out the objects proposed, the Association
has sent Stirgeons into the field and to the depots
for the wounded where they have been congre
gated in large numbers after important battles.
These Surgeons have carried with them supplies
of medicines and bandages to supplement the
stores furnished by the Confederate government.
In this way Drs. Steiner and Dearing, of Augusta,
Camak, of Athens, and Billings, of Columbus, all
eminent in tbeir profession, have rendered impor
tant service to the troops of Georgia, and frequent
ly to those of other States.
The Association has also organized and fitted
up four large hospitals in the city of Richmond
some of which were the first in that city. Os
these hospitals Dr. H. F. Campbell was chosen
Medical Director, with whom there has been as
sociated an efficient corps of Surgeons and As
sistant Surgeons from Georgia. These hospitals
have been constantly supplied by the Association
with nurses, medicines, commissary stores and
delicacies above what the government allows, and
the co-operation of several ladies, who have been
acting as matrons and nurses, has been perma.
nently secured. Permission has also been ob
tained from the government, though not without
the most strenuous efforts, to group together the
Georgians in these hospitals—thus rendering
more easily available to them the generous gifts
of their State, and at the same time affording to
parents and friends at home greater facilities for
learning the condition of the sick and wounded.
In addition to all this, the Association, assisted
by private contrioutions, has furnished the hos a
pitals two chaplains—the Rev. Wm. H. Crumley
and Rev. J. W. Talley—who minister to the spir
itual wants of the patients, and in many other
ways render important service to the sick and
wounded. It has also largely assisted the Govern
ment in fitting up hospitals in Savannah, Augusta.
Atlanta and other points in the Confederacy, and
has frequently filled requisitions for medicines,
made by Confederate field surgeons, to the extent
of its ability, where such Surgeons could not ob
tain supplies from the Medical Purveyor of the
Confederate States. The requisitions thus filled
have been numerous and opportune, as the receipts
of the Surgeons making them abundantly show.
But the good work oi the Association does not
close here. It has a clothing department, and
furnishes to Georgians, wherever found, sick,
wounded, or destitute, in hospitals or on the field,
a change ol clothing—frequently the greatest boon
that can be bestowed upon the rasrged and dust
covered soldier. For this purpose’s large store
room has been rented in Richmond. This is the
depot of supplies for the troops in Virginia, (much
the iargee portion of the Georgia regiments being
here,) from which are sent out to ail the hospi
tals, and, as far as practicable, to all the regiments
in the field.
These agents are faithful and energetic men,
whose hearts are in the work, and wno see for
themselves the wants of the men, take their
names, company and regiment, and hand to the
soldier in person such clothing as he most needs.
In this way, thousands of Georgians have been
seen and informed as to the manner in which
they can draw medicines and clothing from the
store in Richmond when the agents cannot con
veniently visit their several commands in person.
The agents carry with them, wherever they go,
not only supplies of clothing and shoes (when to
be had), but of medicines and hospital stores,
such as sheets, towels, bandages, wines, splints,
Ac.
Such extra baggage as the men cannot carry on
the march is allowed to be stored, free of charge,
in the warehouse of the Association in Richmond,
and all express freight arriving there for Georgia
troops is taken to the same place and cared for,
until the owner, who is immediately notified by
letter of its arrival, can send for it. From this
store hospital supplies are forwarded with dispatch
to the battle field, wherever it may be. or to such
points as the army may be occupying for the time
being, with such agents as may be required for
their speedy distribution. In this work, the gen
eral agent of the Association, Mr. J. M. Selkirk,
and the special agent for Virginia, Dr, James
Camak, have rendered incalculable relief to the
troops. I have never known two more faithful
and energetic men. In addition to his other du
ties, Dr. Camak, who is an accomplished surgeon
and physician/devotes much of his time to the
wounded and sick, and with an assiduity and care
that could not be exceeded if the patients were
his brothers.
More recently the Association has adapted yet
another plan to extend its usefulness. There are
many troops who are able to pay for clothing,
and who do not come legitimately within the
scope of a relief and hospital association for the
sick and destitute. The Association has, there
fore determined to keep in the store in Richmond
a supply of clothing to be sold to all Georgia
troops who may desire at prime cost, which, at
the present exorbitant prices, is not one half what
they have to pay elsewhere. For example, it fur
nishes shirts at $1 75 a piece, for which they
would have to pay elsewhere $4. a bare
footed or ragged Floridian or Alabamian or South
Carolinian present himself, he too is relieved.
Whilst the first duty of the agents of the Asso
ciation is tb render aid to the sick, wounded and
destitute from their own State, they invariably
lead a ie’ping band to the troops from al! other
States where other assistance is lacking, especial
ly to troops that come from beyopd the Missis
sippi and who are cut off’ from their own friends.
Next to the Georgians, therefore, the agents de«
vote their attention to sufferers frem Texas and
Arkansas.
This simple narrative will enable the reader to
appreciate the character and objects of the Assos
ciation, the zeal and activity of its officers and
agents, the rapidity of their movements, the
readiness with which they adapt themselves to
the requirements of the service, and the vast
amount of unrecorded good they accomplish.
Whilst the Association has not sought to take the
place of the government, yet it has been a most
valuable and efficient auxiliary in relieving the
destitute and caring for the sick and wounded.
As an evidence of the energy with which its
agents perform their duty, I need only mention
that immediately after news was received in Rich
mond of the late battle of Manassas, Mr. Selkirk,
Dr. Camak, Rev. Mr. Crumley, Chaplain, Rev. Mr.-
Potter, Corresponding Secretary, and Mr. Jones,
took the cars tor Rapidun Station, and thence pro
ceeded over the hot and dusty roads to Warren
ton, a distance of forty miles, on foot, the Doctor
carrying his case of instruments on his back.
Their medicines and hospital supplies were sent
forward in wagons, aud were the first by several
days to arrive at Warrenton. They finished up
their work in time to procure fresh supplies for
the wounded in the battle of Sharpsburg, and
came on to this place as fast as steam and horse
power could bring them.
They were the first to arrive here also, as their
supplies for the sick and wounded were the first
to be received. They proceeded immediately to
procure buildings for hospiials, got the wounded
from their own State together, and have since
been supplying the needy with clothing, and
looking alter the wants of the wounded with an
industry, cheefulness and judgment 1 have never
seen equalled. In the day Mr. Crumley assists in
dressing wounds, distributing elothidg, Ac., and
at night he visits the hospitals, talks with the
men, sings and prays for them, or delivers short
lectures, as they may desire.
All this service is rendered gratuitously. It is
true, the Association pays tb expenses of its
agentsand allows them a smi-.li sum to pay for
their clothing, shoes, Ac 1 , but the amount is so
small that they may be said to give their services
to the good cause. How sublimely does the con
duct of such men compare with that of the spe
culator and extortioner 1 It is Lazarus and Dives
over again.
Thus we have seen what one State is doing for
its sick and wounded. To-morrow we will ext
amine and see what the government is doing in
the same wide field.
The present organization o r the Executive Com
mittee of the Association is as follows: Rev. J.
R. Wilson, Chairman; Rev. W. J. Hard, Vice
Chairman ; J. M. Newby, Esq., Recording Secre
tary ; Rev. W. H. Potter, Corresponding Secre
tary ; J. M. Selkirk, Genera! Agent; Dr. James
Camak, Agent for Virginia ; Hon. E. Starnes, Dr.
H. H. Steiner, Rev. J. O. A. Clark, Rev. H. H.
Tucker, General George W. Evans and Hon. Jas.
T. Gardner. P. W. A.
COST OF THE FLOATING BATTERY AT SA
VANNAH.
We see in the Savannah Morning News the fol
lowing statement of the amount of money con
tributed by the Ladies of Georgia to build the
Floating Battery for the defense of Savannah, the
cost of the construction, and the amount on hand:
TO THE LADIES OF. GEORGIA.
The “ Georgia" 1 looting Battery in account with
the Treasurer.
1862. Dr. Cr.
Oct. 17.—8 y amount of do-
nations from all parts of
the State, from March
35 th to date $108,384.87
Materials not used and
sold 7,224.02
To sundry bills paid and
supported by 137 vouch
ers, for the construction
of said Battery, amount
to $94,548.46
To balance at the credit of
the Treasurers in the
Bank of Commerce 20,860.43
$115,408.89 $115,408.89
By balance brought down and held sub
ject to the order of His Excellency,
the Governor of the State 1 $20,860 43
The statement closes as follows:
In regard to the unexpended balance held sub
ject to the order of the Governor, it is proper to
state there is an unsettled bill for railroad iron
used upon the boat, to a larger amount than the
balance, which the Individual claiming ownership
of the same has refused to settle with the Trea
surers, and intends to look to the State for pay
ment,
The Treasurer cannot close this official connec
tion with the erection of the Ladies’ Floating
Battery without the expression of deep gratitude
cherished by the people of Savannah for the gene
rosity and liberality of their brethren and sisters
of the whole State. Their donations have indeed,
been very munificent towards the object in view.
G. B. Lamar, )
J. Stoddard, >• Treasurers.
F. Sorrel, )
FROM NEaITpENSACOLA.
From the Atlanta [<?a.J Southern Confederacy, Oct. 21.
By a private letter which we have ip our pos
session dated Warrenton, Fla., we obtain some
items of interest relative to affairs at and about
Pensacola.
On the morning of the 15th, considerable activ
ity was manifested by our troops in anticipation
of an attack from Butler’s land pirates. Every
thing was gotten in readiness; and, though our
force was small, they were prepared to make a
stout resistance to all encroachments of the enemy
in that direction. The Yankee force at Pensacola
is known to number six thousand well-armed and
equipped men. In connection with this land
force, they also have in the Bay at Pensacola a
fleet which, for quality, efficiency and the number
of vessels employed, surpasses any with which
they have ever before made a demonstration
against a Southern port.
it is believed they intend to proceed against the
force we have along the Pensacola and Mobile
Railroad, get possession of the road and all the
roiling stock possible, and then make a land at
tack upon Mobile. At the same time this im
mense fleet, rendezvousing at Pensacola, will
proceed round and attack the forts in Mobile Bay.
By this combined land and naval attack they
hope to capitulate the Emporium of Alabama,
and there is no douot but that they intend to
make a demonstration very soon. What our
available force is along this railroad, it would
not be prudent to tell, but it is strong enough to
make a stout resistance.
A few days ago, a party of twelve Yankees left
Pensacola, and went into the country about fif
teen miles to “pick peas.” Our scouts came upon
them while they were in the field, surrounded
them, and marched them off as prisoners of war.
Another letter of the 36 th represents the excite
ment about the attack as unabated, and the Yan
kees as exhibiting every sign of an early advance.
We may expect to hear of something interesting
from this quarter in a few days.
Distinguished Arrival.—The Richmond Ens
quirer says John Mitchell, the Irish patriot so
well known to the people of the Confederate States,
arrived on Thursday in Richmond, direct from
Paris, where he has lived for the last three or four
years. Mr. Mitchell, during his former residence
in the South, was the constant advocate of seces
sion. His political sagacity long saw and
dieted the dismemberment of the Union.
Mr. Mitchell has two sons, Captains, in the Con
federate army, both of whom baye greatly distin
guished themselves in the recent battles. Captain
Mitchell, of the First Virginia Volunteers, was
wounded in the battles around Richmond. A
third son accompanies Mr. Mitchell to the Confed
erate States. A host of friends will warmly wel
come the leader of “Young Ireland” to the Con
federacy. Could not an Irish brigade, with John
Mitchell as leader, be organized to meet Corcoran
or Meagher ? Abjra verrons.
Good News.—We are credibly informed that a
steamer arrived in a Confederate port some days
ago with a cargo of shoes, blankets and powder.
iSa'bannah Republican, Oct. 20.
STUART’S RAID INTO PENNSYLVANIA.
Army Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.
Winchester, Va., Oct. 14,1862.
General Stuart’s late expedition into Pennsyh
vania and Maryland, a brief statement of which
I sent you by telegraph this morning, is a more
brilliant feat even than that in Virginia last June.
He started out Friday morning, the 10th instant,
with four pieces of light artillery of great range,
and a cavalry force of about 2,000 picked men.
He crossed the Potomac above Williamsport,
dashed into Pennsylvania, passed through Mera
cersburg, Chambersburg, Emmetsburg, Liberty,
Newmarket, Hyattstown and Barnesville, and
recrossed the river at White's Ford opposite
Leesburg, making the entire circuit of the Federal
armv. At Chambersburg, Pa., they destroyed
between five and six thousand stand of small
arms, and a large amount of ordnance and quar
termaster’s stores, and brought away a consider
able quantity of clothing, shoes, &c. They also
captured some 2,000 horses in Pennsylvania,
which are in fine condition and of immense size,
and admirably suited for purposes of draught.
General Stuart was careful not to take any horses
or to touch private property of any kind m Mary-
The expedition, as you may readily believe,
produced great consternation in Pennsylvania,
Gov. Curtin issued orders for the militia to turn
out as he did when we marched into Hagerstown,
but he can no longer exclaim, “Let it never be
said that a rebel foot has pressed the sacred soil
of Pennsylvania.” The Hon. Mr. McClure, Re
publican candidate for Congress, and the Mayorof
Chambersburg, came out to tneet Gen. Stuart, who
had demanded the surrender of the towu. The
demand was complied with, there being no forces
present to defend it, and the public property deliv
ered up. Mr. McClure was held as a prisoner for
a short time, and eight or ten of his horses were
brought away as a punishment for his Black Rea
publican sics. Several other prominent Republi
cans were captured and brought to this side of
the river, as an offset to the many unarmed citi’
zens of the Confederacy who have been forced iu
to prison by Federal officers.
The telegraphic wires and railway lines were
cut and destroyed wherever the parly passed;
and consequently they had the pleasure ,:of ans
nouncing their own arrival at many of the places
along their route. It seems, however, that the
signal officer on Sugar Loaf mountain, some six
or seven mile< from White’s Ford, discovered
tbeir advance, and reported it to Gen. Stoneman,
who was stationed near the ford, with a force es
timated at 8,000 men. They were probably raw
recruits, since our cavalry found but little diffis
culty in cutting their way through their lines and
crossing the river under their very eyes.
Gen. Stuart started Friday morning, marched a
distance of two hundred miles, destroyed a large
number of arms and many valuable stores, cap«
tured and brought away 2,000 valuable horses
and a number of pestiferous Republicans, cut the
enemy’s communications, encircled his entire
command, forced his way through his lines drawn
up to dispute his passage, and resumed to the
Virginia side of the river Monday night, having
lost only one man wounded and one norse killed ’
This was a brilliant feat, and will take rank with
any similar performance recorded in history.—
The party was absent only four days, and was in
the saddle nearly the whole time. An officer who
was in the expedition, and from whom my inlor
mation is obtained, informs me that, so exhausted
was he at one time, he went to sleep in the sad
dle, and slept for some ten miles, and was only
aroused by a fall from his horse. The captured
horses are very much needed, as our own teams
have been greatly reduced, both in number and
condition, by the want of feed and the hard ser.<
vice they have been required to perform.
As the battles in front of Richmond were pre
ceded by a similar exploit on the part of General
Stuart, it is not improbable that McClellan will
conclude we are about to engage him again. If
such be his calculation, I can only reiterate the
opinion frequently advanced heretofore, that be
will be disappointed.
Mere or less rain has fallen the last two or three
days, accompanied by a wind from the northeast
which threatened at one time to end in an equinoc
tial storm. The weather is still* cold, cloudy aud
unsettled, and it is not probable that either army
will ventuie to cross the Potomac, when a freshet
might render it impassable in the next twenty-four
hours. The scarcity of provisions and forage iu
this part of the Valley presents another serious
difficulty, so far at least as we are concerned. The
constant occupancy of this part of this State by
one or the other party for the last eighteen months,
and especially the recent waste and depredations
of the enemy, render it almost impossible to sub
sist an army here any longer, and I should not ba
surprised if Gen. Lee were to change his pog tion
at any time. Indeed, so well convinced am lof
an early movement in a particular direction, that
I have decided to “change ray own base by a flank
movement,” without waiting for the army.
The officer who furnished me the foregoing
information touching General Stuart’s expedition,
tells me that the women in Frederick and Balti*
more of Southern sentiments, insisted upon the
separation of the Confederate wounded who felt
into the hands of McClellan from the sick and
wounded of the enemy. Many of our wounded
captured at Boonsboro’ and Sharpsburg were re
moved to Frederick, and our female friends asked
that tney might be placed in distinct hospitals,
where they could attend to them. It is represent
ed that their request was granted, and that they
have supplied the sufferers with comfortable cots
and mattresses, sheets, blankets, warm clothing,
medicines, and every delicacy that sympathy could
suggest or money secure. Does not a warm “God
bless them!” rise involuntarily to your lips aa
you read of their heavenly goodness ? It is “bu t
just to add that the enemy have treated our wound*
ed with marked kindness. An acquaintance who
was taken prisoner at Sharpsburg, while endeavor -
ing to bring off the bsdy of a dead officer, informs
me that the guard in whose charge he was placed,
and all the Federal officers and soldiers with whom
he came in contact, were both kind and consider
ate in their deportment towards him. One of
them gave him an overcoat, whilst other prison
ers received gifts of clothing, shoes, Ac.
I am the more particular in making this state
ment. in order to relieve the minds of persons at
home, whose friends may have fallen into the
hands of the Federals, and" because it is but just
and manly to give the enemy credit for their hu
mane conduct. Whilst many of our men may
have been cruelly treated by the brutal tyrants
who have charge of the forts and dungeons of the
North, I have never believed that our wounded or
prisoners taken in battle were subjected to the
outrages so generally attributed to the enemy by
the Confederate press. There may have been ex
ceptional cases— indeed imprisonment of any kind
is irksome—but the general rule has aoubtless
been one of quite as much kindness as we have
shown to those who fell into our hands.
Fifteen cases of small pox were reported in ths
army yesterday, thirteen of the subjects of which,
were Georgians. Other cases were reported tos
day, and the Seventh Georgia regiment, in which
many of them occurred, has been quarantined. It
is thought that the Eleventh Georgia will also be
quarantined to-morrow or next day. The disease
was introduced by a straggler from the Seventh
regiment, who had probably caught the contagion
from some of the blankets, clothing or tents capn
tured from the enemy. Though more fatal to the
individual attacked by it, small pox is less de
structive in the army than measles.
P- W. A.
Scarcity of Laborers at the North.—ln some
portions of the State workmen are scarce, in con*
sequence of the drain for the war. The laborers
upon the wharves of this city have a society
which numbers over 500 members, who are
pledged not to work for less than 25 cents per
hour. Shoemakers are in demand in all the mans
ufacturing towns, and we hear of places where
masons and other mechanics cannot be obtained
at any price. The same state of affairs exists ui
other States, and especially in large cities.
_ Boston Traveler.
Assistant Secretary nf War.—lt is said that
[Judge John A. Campbell, of Alexandria, before
the dissolution of the Union, one as the Judges of
the Supreme Court of the United States, has been
appointed Assistant Secretary of War vide Bled
soe resigned.
I Colonel Deans has been temporarily discharging
the duties of the office. “
Rickmon.d (Fa.) Examiner, Oat. 23.