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REVIEW OF TIIE LATE CAMPAIGN j
ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK.
GENERAL IIOOKICK'S OPERATIONS AT CH AN
CKI-I.OKSVIU.K AND FRKDERtCKSBI RG~
hiin\(,K (ornsK of tub commanding
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The following remarkable letter, which affords
positive information with reference to the move*
menu of Hooker in the battles at Chancellorsville
and Fredericksburg, appeared in the New York
World, of the IStb. It will be seen that the
writer asserts it as a fact that Hooker had exact
information of the strength of onr forces, giving
the location and effective strength of every regi
ment. The letter proceeds:
By bis administration of army matters since he
took command, Oen. Hooker bad acquired its con
fidence in him. No one, therefore, doubted our
sucoess in the movement about to take place, and
(here never was a time when the Army of the
Potomac was in more effective condition. On the
2*tb of April Oen. Hooker bud nothing left to de
sire ; he had men enough and means enough ■ he
was sustained to the fullest extent at Washington,
and had the heartiest support of the army, ins
formation, (obtained I know not how, but whien
General Hooker and General Butterfield insisted
tvas reliab'e bevotd question,) furnished the ex
act strength of the rebel ai my opposite, giving
the location and effective strength of every regis |
ment.
Tins information was furnished corps coalman* 1
ders. They were awrarod that it was obtained
from sources and by meaus entirely reliable. Acs j
cording to this information the total strength of |
the force on the other side was 4#,300 men, com
posed ol Jackson’s corps, 85,100 and two divi
sions of Longstreetis, numbering 14700 men.
This force was distributed along the Rippahaa
nock, from Port Royal to United S'ates Ford; the
bulk of it, however, wus below Fredericksburg.
General Hooker’s plan was to cross with the prin
cipal part of bis army at Kelly’s Ford and United
States Ford, to move down upon the left of the
enemy, force him to give battle outside of his en
trenchments, or else fall back rapidly ou Rich
mond. In euher event the left wing of Hooker’s
force, consisting at first of three corps, (First,
Third and Sixth,) under Sedgwick, was to cross
below Fredericksburg and vigorously pursue down I
the Biwling Green road and the Telegraph road, ;
capturing, destroying, Ac., Ac.
The main purpose, however, tube accomplished |
on the lelt whs to retain ag large a force aa possi
ble in lront ot Sedgwick. If th's purpose tailed,
and they detached eny considerable nuruber of
troops, un attack wag to be made to obtain posses
sion of their works and of the Telegraph road,
cutting ilf their retreat from in front of Hooker. ,
On the morning of the 2U:h Sedgwick effected a
crowing, send.ng one division of the dih corps j
across two miles oelmv Fredericksburg, and me i
division of the Ist corps across aoout one m’!e '
further down. On the following day the 3d corp.-> j
(Sickles’; was d lached from hie command and 1
ordered t« join Gen. Hooker m ar tlhuncell rrsyiiie.
crossing ut United State i F wd. The enemy still
continued in front of onr left in sufficient foice to
bold Ins works there and render an attack unad* !
visab'e, but at the same time troops were moving ;
almost constantly from the direction «l Richmond \
and passing lowaidsiur right. The General |
comn.anding, huvlttg be> n in’tormed that these i
troops were doubtless reinforcements from Rich- I
mond, ieplied by telegrnh that he hoped they i
we e, as the greater would be our success.
On the 2d of May matters on the left remained
unchanged. On that day the first corps (R j. i
nolds’) was ordered to march a’ once to j in Gen.
Hooker at Cbancellorsville. There had been no
general battle on the right. It seems tbat Hooker
look position near Cbancellorsville; that the ene
my tell his line on Saturday, and finally attacked
Howard, who commanded Siegel's Corps, on the
extreme right. A panic among the Dutchmen was
the result. The stampede was checked, some of
th® guos captured from Howard were recovered,
and the line re-established beiore night. In the'
evening °* u “y 2d S»dswi<ik w«» ordered, first, to
cross Sis entire corps and capture Fredericks*
burg and everything m it; sec ad, to pursue the
enemy by the Bowling Green toad with hts entire
force. Hooker then stated that the enemy was
Hying, endeavoring to save his trains. A third,
received at II o’clock that right, directed him to
cross at Fredericksburg and march out on the
plauk road toward Chance’.lor3rille until be con*
ueeted with the tight under Hooker, to destroy
any force he might meet upen the road, and to be
in the vicinity of the command tig General by
daylight the following morning”
I j the execution of the two hrst he tad already |
crossed to the Fredericksburg s.de. He accords
ingiy moved at once on the Bowling Green road I
and entered ihe town shortly before daylight, ha vs ;
ing skirmished the entire way.
He found toe works on the heghts in rear of j
the city strongly occupied, but»carried theml
splendifl'y by assault, losing one thousand men ;
before it was accomplished. He Iben pushed on
as directed, the enemy muk'Cg what resistance be !
could at every favorable point. In the afternoon I
he came upon the enemy, reinforced by Wilcox’s j
brigade from Bank's ford, and McLaw's division i
Irom the rebel main body, strongly posted on j
commanding ground near Salem Chapel, about
half way to Ohancei'drsville. Daring ibe day,
May 3. Gen Hooker had one corps, and oniy one, i
engaged tor a short time in ihe morning; bu>
during the rest of the day he did nothing.
Sedgwick's guns were -hitndering in bis ears,
the very rattle ot the musketry reacced him; he
knew that Sedgwick was coming to hts relief,
tbai the enemy were sending heavy reinforcements
from bis iront to resist Sedgwick's advance, yet
he iievt r nred a gun to encourage h m, although
on -Ee night ut tne 3d ;Suadav,i .Sedgwick was
within live ui.ies of his cues. From 10 o’clock
on Sunday ujt.. we crossed the river be remained
in his fulreophtue-is idle. Do Monday morning
a foice cl the enemy from below Fredericksburg
reoccnpiod th< heights, cutting iif Stdgwick's
common catiou with the loan and threatening his
flank and rear. The !■ rot Sedgwick had failed to
dislodge the day beiore ms stiii .a position at Sa
lem ' hapeh
He formed line of bottle to the :r nt and _ -or
ana repulsed nn attack iron the airect.pa of t ied- ;
ericksburg, intended to cut Inca 08 from Banks’
ford, which was now his only line of retreat. ,
• Hooker sent word that he had contracted his lines .
and was safe ; he hoped the enemy would attack
him; that Sedgwick must not attack, but mast
look to the safety of his corps, falling back upon
Fredericksburg or recrosstng the river at Banos’
ford. Sedgwick remained all day in his position
fighting more or less, his line forming three sides
or a square, or nearly so, his extreme left resting
on the river about midway between Banks’s ford
and Fredericksburg. Reinforcements were cons
stantly coming to the enemy from Hooker's front,
and in the afternoon Lee arrived in person. A
despt rate attack was immediately made upon the
left of Sedgwick’s line by McLaws’s, Andersen’s,
and Early’s divisions in echelon of battalions and
in column. This assault, one of the most iormi»
dable and determined of the war, was handsomely
checked by Howe, who held hie own until night
fall.
During the night the corps fell back upon
Banks’ Ford, and took position there, as directed
by General Hooker, who telegraphed that it was
of vital importance for Sedgwick to bold some
position on the right bank until the next day.
Before morning he ordered Sedgwick across the
over. As soon as the crossing was made the or
der was countermanded. It was too late to go
v C u **** corps went into camp on the left
bank. The following day the main body crossed
and returned to their old camps, haring lest more
men and material than McClellan did in the seven
days, and so endec the first (and I trust last) cam
paign under Fighting Joe. The feeling in the ar.
my is one of bitter disappointment and intense
disgust.
Among the offioers of the regular army not one
of any position has the slightest confidence in
Hooter. Sot even a plansib.e explanation of tbe
strange conduct of the Commanding General has
been turnished. No one can tell why he did not
attack on Friday morning with his whole force.—
It was evident irom papers captured at Chancel
lorsville that be had surprised Lee, and that up
to that time no provision had been made to re
sist him. He had three corps on the ground and
two others, Coach’s and Sickle's, on the march to
Vihitn. No one can tipi sin why he did no;
1 attack with every available man whet, he heard
j S dgwick's guns on Sunday afternoon. No one
| has yet attempted to at count for his iaac'iv.ty on
I Monday when be knew hat -Sedgwick was press
j ed by overwhelming numbers in front, fiaak, jnd
rear.
: The fight of Monday afterno:n was within six
j miles of Hooker’s lines, yet he never fired a gun.
j I-.ally, no one can 'ed why he recrossed the river!
i He went over there to fight, and came back with*
; out a battle. He selected the ground and chose
j the time. The weather could not have been bet
| ter adapted to military operations, and there
| seemed to be nothing oat his own indecision to
I defeat him. You can well imagine, without my
going into details, what the feeling is in the army.
NORTHERN NEWs
The Petersburg {lxpresa has the New York
I Herald of last Thursday. Its “situation" article
I indicates anything but a confident spirit in refer*
j ence to the operations of Grant or Rosecrans. It
| says:
From all the rumors wa.ch reach us to-day, it
I would seem that the position of Gen. O-ant is not
j quite as Becure is his recent occupation of the
capital of Mississippi, after a succession of victo
! ries a: Raymond, M'sslaeippi Springs acd Jack
son itself, might lead as to suppose it was. There
! appears to be an evident intention on tbe part of
j tbe enemy to wuedraw their forces—as far aaii Can
i be done with sa’eiy —from various points, and to
; concentrate them or Jickson aud Vicksburg.
, Thus we earn that the rebels at Shelbyviii*
] have been sent off either to suppori Pemberton at
j the latter place or to re ake J rkson. A rumor
| prevailed in Murfreesboro' that Genera] Bragg
1 was quietly withdrawing ais uieu from the front
and sending them to Jackson. Then comas the
news from Cincinnati yesterday evening that Gen.
Grant had evacuated Jackson after destroying the
fitate Bouse and the rebel stores. Stories ol the
abandonment of that city by Oen. Grant also
comes from other sources, but nothing dtnnite is
stated as to the titg*. tbe manner or tbe cause of
that movement.
The rebel journals exalt over the suspicion that I
Grant is caught in a trap. Tbe Mobile Register i
insinuates that the victor ious advances of the !
Union army in the Southwest have received a
permanent check. It threatens Grant with the
j advance of Joe Johnston, and predicts that tbe i
flag of the Confederacy may ere long fioat again !
j over New Orleans. Tbe Chattanooga Rebel epee- j
lulates upon the failure of Gen. Burnside's plans
in Fast Tennessee, and thinks that tbe mountains
will prove an insuperable barrier to his advance.
A Knoxville journal stye that tea Union regia
I menta have advanced on Cumberland Gap, but it I
| does not say (rum what point. The whole tone
' of the rebel press shews that they are an icipating
tbe defeat of Oen. Grant and the success «i Gen. !
Bragg's plans to induce Gen. Rosencraaz t >ad-|
vance from his secure positioa at Murfreesboro'.
A Court of luquiry has been held, at tbe re* i
quest of Corcoran, as o the circumstances of the 1
slooting of KinabiU. It vi- prove! that the iat- [
ter was not on duty, *a? Innk. and had no tight
to u'r.p General C.r-ifac. He had his ;w, rd !
drawn and bratdi-h 4 when be was aho'. No I
decision vtt made public.
Wa-HIMITOX :rs*s.
Or. Miller, an old resident of Washington ci'v,
was arrested on tbe 19th, at the in. tunc* of the j
War Department, for uttering dialoyal sentiments.
When brought be’ore the i ntboritiea, he stated
that his sympathies were vith the .South, and that j
be had a . concealment n the matter. He was
par lied for three days until a decision is rendered
in bis case. He wou.d uobabiy be sent South.
The property of W. W. Corcoran, the wealthy
banker of Washington, waa to be seized under
the Confiscation Act. Mr. Corcoran is now in Eu
rope, and is charged wi’.h engineering the Con
federate loan, Hu propertv :s said to be worth
over a million of dollars. He is father-in-law to
Secretary to Slidell, in France.
W A Washington letter announces that two col* 1
jored companies were mustered into service in tb.v
city oa the Isib, ‘
VIRGINIA
VaNSBB DspasDaijoys is Matssws Coostt.—
A gentleman who arrived in ibis city oa Saturday
last, and who leit Baltimore on Sunday last, com
ing through Mathews and a- lining counties, furs
nishes us with some interesting particulars of the
depredations of the Vankees 10 that section. Oa
Tuesday, the 19th inst., a parly of Federal Caval
ry, estimated to number from 400 to SOP, came
over to Mathews Court House, where they pil
laged everything within reach. They left scarce
ly a horse ir ri’e in 'he county, and burnt sev
eral fiourng mil!*, declaring their determination
to stop farming opera'.! as, and to privent the I
grinding of what wheat might be raistd, Tee j
mill of Mrs. Sparks was among those destroyed. I
At the house of a prcmia-m c.tiien they took j
evejy pnuud ol bat-jo, drove off all the stock, and
did uo't leave prov sioui suffic ent to subsist the i
lamily for one week. They took from the person j
of a gentleuiun a fine go d watch, and on his !
comp'ainicg to the cemtn-ndiog officer, he was
told that if tie cou’d point oat the man who had :
the watch A should he ve timed. The guilty par- i
t> was at once designated but the t diver, »ho
was as great a thief as himself, was permitted to
- lie out of the scrape, and retain 'hr watch. They
j extended their raid ato Middles*x, where they
\ captured Lieut. Harvey, wb i was at home oa tur-
I lough.
I About »he same ..me a body of cavalry from
. Honker's command, numb-ring some SO#, went
' down into .he Nortaers Neck, aed plundered tbe
1 cit urns of Northcmber’aed, Ltncaster and West
mortlaad, stealing and des-rcying everything in
j ihetr rente
On Thursday the enemy captured a blockade ,
: Turning echooner in the Rappahannock river,
| about six miles above Urbauna. She had a Urge I
; stock of d ffa-ent kinds of goods on beard.
Ditpaich. '
j Va.-kses in K.m, Geoaas and Wssi moreland
—Acorrrs c den: wr.-.ing :r m Port Royal under !
date of the tils', states ,i*.t the Yankees have !
withdrawn the.r pickets from P >rt Conway, just ;
; opposite Port Royal; hut scouting par.tes appear- !
ed there almost daily. A courier had just arrived,
i bringing information that five Yankee gunboats
; had come up to Layton's Ferry, in Westmoreland,
about 15 miles below Port Reyal. He also stated
that about 1,000 Y’uukee cavalry were encamped
in Westmoreland, just opposite Layton’s, and
that they were committing many depredations
upon the country adjacent to that point.— ldid.
THE NEW FLV6
The Richmond Sentinel say 6 :
We have already come to like our new flag. We
sit where throngh'our window we ean see it float,
and it grows daily on oar fancy. Long may it
wave!
To those who may wish to make a Sag, we give
the following figures as showing the sue and pro
portions of that which so gracefully waves over
our Capitol:
Length 24 feet. Width 1$ feet. The union of
battle-fivg 10 feet 3 inches square. Tbe blue cross
or saltier 13 icches wide. The white edging to
thecross 2Jg inches wide. Size of stars 15 inches
from point to point. Stars placed 30 inches from
centie to centre. The binding, (to which the flag
is sewed on one margin,) six inches wide. The
rope which elevates the flag two inches in diamea
ter and feet long.
Tbe above proportions, as to tbe length and
width of the nag, are not such as tbe law fixes.
We have an attested copy of the law, through the
kindness of one of the Secretaries of Congress,
and find that it requires the length to be double
the width. It is Delivved, however, by the mem
bers of the Congressional Committee, who di
rected the making r.t the present flag, that this was
not intended; and bat the proportion is so faulty
as to justify .he departure that has been made
under liis aathornr.
Rev. A. W Mt er -as retired from the pastoral !
of the Tabb sit ee. Pre t»y terian Church, in Peters- I
burg, and n.s c. egregation, in token of his
nselulness during ft s mmistrv there, have pre»
seated him viiu i ss of 16.000. Rev. W. ]. 1
Hoge hia bfcea c-uie 1 ti i bis place.
FROM SnSSHsIPpi.
j The Mobile Trihvceof Sundae, 2ttb, has i
j following:
Rvmora.—There r.ave seen rumors published
tbat Snyder’s ol urf h been *evac caied oy oui
troops. We huVe reaeon to believe that this
statement has no goo ' -.athori’y. We learn thai
• it 'was the nutation of he gairison there to with
draw, out (fen. Johastaa shopped it, aod that the
place is still held, witb no enemy at hand.
So also of the rumor that Yazoo City had been
. evacuated. There is reason to believe that this
is also untrue. We had yesterday (Friday) a copy
of a d.spateii received by one of our merchants
' from that place on tha day it was said to have
| been abandoned. It related merely to a business
matter, and, from the tenor of it, could not have
been sent eitner while the Yankees were present,
j or supposed to be near.
The probability is that these rumors are invent*
jed in Jackson for misch'sf, and are believed by
persons who see “said clootie" ora Yankee, (eon
l vertible terms. 1 in every bush by the wayside.
I They give unneceisary alarm and" anxiety,’ and
J are, therefore, pernicious.
ARREST THKM
| The Macon Telegraph contains the following
j communication, with the request tost the papers
lof the .State give n currency. It indicate* that
there is a p-ar'y it Lincoln spies perambulating
our State. It is another evidence ol the imptra
-1:t; necessity of v:g .at.ce :
Me. Ediths: Trerehss been some excitement
; anil suspic.on in this neighborhood, cau.-ed by a
j squad of so.dit-rs, consisting of some so odd. 1 her
say they ate from Mississippi, and are going to
I joi» ih-ir command, which i», (os they report,)
[ iiie Jed Dir.s legion of Gen. Stewards command.
, They said they were omy trarellmg about ten or
1 twelre miles a day. They staved all n-ght in iiie
settlement of Hickory Grove. Crawford county, on
j the night of 13th; said they were going to Macon
j And fiatnrduy night fallowing, three more stayed
!at Mrs. Smith's :o Ihe same neighborhood. And
J #ae of this latter p.i.-.y passed himself off ai a
i free negro. He said that he had plenty of money,
j and it ready seems so, as he gare a ne»;ro beloog
i mg to Mr*, dmit'n one dollar to carry down his
j horse, aud also paid dye dollars for his supper and
breakfast. This information was furnished by the
negroes of Mrs. Smith. Mot, howerer, until they
bad left the setilemec. & day or two The latter
party, which passed on the ISth, sa d than were
going to Milledgavil>. The raid negro a*> said
he belonged to the Abolition army and bad betn
sent here by them
N. B.—l should hare said that the above soldiers
raid ihev were re'used u»osporta;iun on the rail
iijad-, and consequently they w.-.e going to Vir
g nia by land. A soldier.
s HOOTING UK 1 APT. BWIUIT
Captain Dwight, of the Banks’ army, was re
| centiy shot dead, lue Herald’d correapond-a'
Muia.skes ;he 1011--icing account of h.a shooting
j Ho was endeavoring so reach '.he advance o
; infantry beyond Ope.ousua, and as he wa? rioing
along ibe road be me: three men, who ordered
L.cnlo bait, lie dul so, and asked the question,
“ Who are you J.' They citu no* reply, hut seid, j
“Ue is a damned Yankee iei's kill turn," uno
; preseated their revolvers. Captain Dwight then
| remarked, '• Do not shout • yon are too strong
| for me, and I surrender. ’ Their reply was” i
‘•Surrender be dsmned. kill him;” and as they
. said so one ol them fired but missed. The s->
cood shot, however, siruck him in the nr.-e. ■
passing entirely through the head, killing h.m
instantly.
Gen. Banks hearing >f the affair, issued the foN
lowing order :
Sfecial Orsers—No. 103.
Hnq'its Dspaeuernt or TmGt Lr, I
l?th Army Corps, N. 0., May 4, 1848. j
,Extract.]
• 12. Brigadier General Dwight trill cause all
Waite mate persons, to the number of 100, ;a the ■
vicinity ot the scene of the murder -—da-, <o be i
immediately arrested ana sen: under a strong
guard to ff t w Orleans, where ihey will be kept
in close confinement tii! further orders, as hosts
ages for the delivery of the murderers into the
hands of the military author.ties of the United
States.
By command of M&j. Gen. Banks
Richard B. Irwin, A. A. G.
SH. POLK AND THE COLOR BEARER.
A young officer at Sbeibjvilie writes thus to a
friend iu Richmond
Yesterday, I had the honor to i de a-ouna the
camps with Lieut. Gen. Polk and Geo. Cheatham,
, who were on a grand inspecting tour. The
I camps ail looked in hue order, the guns bright
j end the men m the very best spiriis. ‘
| Gen. Polk, after questioning Col. Mcilurray
l about the condition oi h:s regiment, said, where
j is the color bearer? Sergeant Oakley, a young
man about eighteen or twenty years old, stepped j
| out iu front ot the whole regiment, dressed in i
i common butternut jetms, with real modesty and
unaffected manner, and took off bis cap. General
Polk ungloved bis band and said; “i mn»? shake
| hands with you,' and then raising his hat aid,
with great feeling and reai martial eloquence, “I
; am pri od to uncover in the presence ol so gallant
j asnan.” The effect was tremendous. and a shout
I rent the air.
This young Oakley, at the battle of Martiees
boro’, advasced his colors some two huud-td j
yards in front of bis regiment c uder a terrible lire.
A battery was playing upon the regiment, unct it i
was uncertain whether u w-s our battery or mat
of ibe enemy. This color teaser advanced' in front,
j displaying ii’.s Colors in a conspicuous manner, so j
1 as to stop the firing if they were triemls, t r to
j make it more intense if they were enemies. Toe
increased seventy of the firing which immediate
! ly followed detenu.bed the doubt and showed
| them to belong to be enemy. He then
'de iberatelv resumed his place in ti e line. VVe
i silenced their battery and diore back the opposing
j column. The hign compliment which Gen Pols
paid him made that young man as proud as a
| sir.g. It was au honor greater than the So.r or
I Garter. Be and tae whole regiment w:L fight
until the last man falls.
Federal Diabolism.— We are indebted to Lt.
J. W1 Hampton, 2Sth Alabama Regiment, for the
following facts:
A little boy, about 14 years of age, was arrested
bv the Abolitionists, who invaded the Tennessee
Valley some time ago and committed such abom
inable outrages, under Col. Cornjn, at and near
Tuscumbia. He was subsequently discharged,
with the following pass from this valiant vaporer
and vandal vaunter:
Attention I Axons of the Trnth Missouri
and Seventh Kansas Cavalht.— This scion of
Southern chivalry, being rather adolescent for
military duty, is herewith permitted to return to
his home and triends, and must not be molested
by the Destroying Angels of this command.
Done west of Tuscumbia, 1 mile, April 2*. 136 J.
I Signed | Florence M. Corntn,
Col. 10th Mo. Cavalry, Com’g Cav, Brig.
If thin vandal Colonel designed to assimilate his
brute followers to the “Destroying Angels” of the
Apocalypse, hs was guilty of blasphemy—if te the
angels of the bottomless pit, they are well named,
and his barbarities would entitle him te rank
among the hesd devils.— Euntnille Confedtrat*.
“ Hermes,” speaking of affairs at Vicksburg,
says:
A part of Johnston’s dispatch, relative to Pem
berton's tight at Edward’s Depot was not given to
the public. He spoke hopefully of the position
and prospect. So the Government people say,
and share bis confidence.
Thai Johnston is merely an Inspector General,
and that Bragg and Pemberton receive tbeir ore
ders directly from the War Depa-tment, the En.
; qutrer denies positively, as if npon official inlor
| niation, though it is not the “organ.” But the
| understanding here is that Johnston reached
■Jackson “too late,” to use his own expression,
because he had to wait for orders. Again, it is
worthy of remark that both Bragg and Pember
j ton have heretofore reparted immediately to Gen.
Cooper.
CAS! \LTII-.
PHILLIP’S LEGION.
j Company Liont D B Sanford commanding
i Wounded, privity J T Atkins foot amputated.
I Company 13. Lieut J J Byer? eommandiog
!W-ended. j.ieui J J Byers slight n knee, pri'
j vi'es It H Biker both thighs, -enously. F J!
i Turner finger shot riff, Thos Shoemaker two ribs
j broken. B F Hawkins m linger, slight, L A Chap,
j man crncussion.
} _ Company Cl, Capt Jno S Norris, command-ng-
Kcled, priva'e P W Fuller, wounded, Corp! J I
i F G Head slight in arm, private J >' Ritch severe-
It in 'eg, J H Bcliah slight in lace, W Beatner
' G 0 Alegarity slight in leg.
Company E, Capt W H Barber, commanding—
Wounded, Sergt W J T Hutchinson slightly it
I private James B Walker slightly in head.
; Company 1., Capt Jas M Johnson, commanding
i tallied. Carpi W C Reeder. Wounded, private*
John A Massey slightly in hand, Thos Harper se
; riously in thigh.
Company M, Capt Samuel T Harris, commandi
;ng—Wounded, private D S Blackwell slight in
hand.
Company O, Lieut J L Bowie, commanding—
Wounded. SergtJ M Smith inside.
Total—Kil'ed, 2; Wounded, 20.
BATTALION" or B»A2rSHSOTkBS.
K-.ied, Li ß ti! Co! Ali Patton, eoin’dg.
Company A, Capt .M F Crumley, commanding—
Wounded, Privates W N Phelps sight n hand
S J Richardson do id hand, L M Maun do in
ihiga, Eli Jena;as do in arm.
Company B, Capt Anderson, commanding—
fCithd, L eat P W Fuller, Private L S Young
blood. Wour ded, IPeut J W Barrett severely iu
arm, Privates J King do in side, N Rich do kiiee,
H J Finvber do hands, F Shoemaker do side, A .j
Shuler slight in heel, T Griffin do aasd, A S Aikin
severely in foot.
Company C, Cspt Wm E Simmons, command*
mg—Killed, Private W C Fiaa-iaguii. Wounded,
W D Bragg severely in shoolder, W B Owens
slight in breast, J L Watson do a*m, R J Potter
field do hand and shoulder, W E T;ce do hand, G
V Davis severely in foot, U A Manila slight in
shoulder, D Morris slight in band.
Company D, Captain F E Ross, cou mandiog—
Killed, Capt F E Ross, Wounded. Privates J B
Middlebrooks slight in hand, S >' Beck do arm
and breast, ,1 0 Beauchamp do hand, J A Chew
ing do hand, >' Henderson do hand, *' M Odum
do shoulder, Jasper Hays do hand, Jno Stearns
do r oo’, R D Brown do ieg.
Company E, C»pt Garnett MsMi.Ur. command
-1 mg—Wound :d, Lieut E H Chandler severely in
' nand, privates B F West do fide, Hal Singleton
! slight in head. W B Kimbro J.. leg and thigh, J
I N Lororey do in neck, Henry Win field do tem
ple, W B Cleaveland do breast.
C. uipany F, Capt Jno F Martin, c '.mmanding—
Wounded. Capt Jao F Martin severely in neck,
Lieut J G Nichols arm amputated, privates F
Park sovtrely in thigh. J C .Keif do arm, LM
Wall do arm, J B T Wall a'lght in foot, j L
Wood severely :n aim. Akin Brnson slight lo
head, N L Wail.
T al, Killed Wounded 44.
The en'ire loss ut the hr gade sums up :
Killed yu
Wounded 437
Missing and Prisoners .. 3
Total 537
He.MiQUAKriRs Rrioade, I
X'ear Banks’ Ford, Va., May 10, ;563. J
Editors Southern Confederacy:
The above is a correct report of the casualties
, 0 Brig. Gen. Wofford s brigade during the seven
| days engagements near Chanceliorsville and Fred
ericksburg. The battalion of Sharp Shooters was
organ Ted lrcm the diflerent regiments of the bri
gade only a day or two before the tighfng com»
meneed. The most of the loss was sustained
while charging the eoenir in his trenches, near
Chanceliorsville, between the Mine and Turnpike
roads.
Please insert in your columns and request Ath
ens papers to copy.
H F. Wooi.tr, A. A. G.
fhou luse.ti .
The steamer Atlantic, Captain Thomas Lock
wood, came into this port yesterday, having left
Nassau on Friday evening fast.
Lift at Nassau the steamers Sirius and Banshee
the latter having just arrived from Wilmttga
ton, N. 0.
The Atlantic was filed at with much severity by
the blockaders, but she had, the good fortune to
pass them unharmed.
The Yankee gunboat that captured the Eagle
was the Octorara. Part of the crew ot the prize
had been sent into Nassau.
The steamship Orton, Capt. F. N. Bonneau, an
rived here on Friday night, hat mg leit Nassau on
Wedesday. She was fired at by the Y'anltees off
this harbor, but sustained no damage.
The Orion is a beautiful vessel, and has every
qualification necessary to make her a successful
I blockade runner.
Tbe British s eamer Ficra, which had left Nas
sau, it was feared, has been taken bv a Y'aukee
gunboat, as she was chased, and firing'was beard
iu the direction which she went. We are grati
fied, however, to report her safe arrival at Wil
mington, a‘ter passing through a heavy S.-e off i
that port. Courier.
GENERAL MORGAN.
We are gratified to see that the Government has j
at last J ne justice to this gallant soldier. He]
has been turned loose, it is said, wiih instructions -
!to report to no me hut General Johnston. We I
have the first fruits of the movement in the foi- ■
.owing despatch from Morgan himself, dated Mon- j
] ticello, Kv., May 12, 8 A.M.:
I have me: the enemy 10,000 strong—the caval- j
ty under Wooliord, the infantry under Ge-- Car- I
ter—and have repulsed then, with heavy I:ss.—!
■fhfv retreated across the Cumberland.' having I
their baggage, camp. q-npag-. Ac , in mV band*, i
They lost 300 drowned wade crossing the river. I
an: i n the field burying dead .Yankees. My ioss
is ighi, considering two days' engagement.
STATE DEFENCE.
The Mayor of Atlanta, Hon. James M. Calhoun,
has issued a stirring appeal to-the citizens of that
city, and of the State, calling upon all t» organ
ize tor the common defence. We make the foU
lowing extract, and commend it to the attention
of our readers:
I have conversed with several citizens from
other counties on this subject, who show a wil
lingness to raise companies and assist ns in case
of attack. I invite them to do so, and to notify
Col. G. W. Lee, the Commandant of this Post, of
their action, who will furnish them with rations,
ammunition and arms, while in service. The peos
pie of Atlanta are not alone interested in her de
fence. It is a city second in importance to Rich
mond only. Our whole people are interested in
its preservation. If it should fall, the loss will be
felt in every vein and artery of the Confederacy
If tfae people would bnt be alive to the dangers
which threaten us, and to the necessity for im
mediate preparation, a grand army conld be
raised in a very short time, and by means of the
railroads conld speedily be transported here.
Conld not Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Rome,
and Athens, raise and organize companies for
our assistance t JYe might always expect the
assistance of a considerable body of the military
at this place. With their number added to the
companies to be raised here, and which might be
raised in the above cities and the surrounding
counties, we would have a force adequate to de»
fence against any the enemy is likely to send
here.
REBELKM?.
Soldiers of the South! Let all the ends thou
aimest at be thy country’s, God’s, and truth—aDd
at the same time take a short aim at the ends of
the Yankees when the. are m full retreat.
A Yankee correspondent character zes Hooker
as “staid and serious as ever.’’ He never staid
ioDg on this side of the Rappahannock, and cer
tainly had serious misgivings about getting back,
Tbe only price that doesn’t increase with the
Revolution—“ The Price of Liberty—Eternal Vig«
glance.”
| I for f.» SoqtWs p. •
j uterakv mmm.
m Aaa > s «» a uni
MADAMS DE STAHL.
; ! Anne Louisia Germain Meeker :
; Do Sisal, and one of the most
female writers, was the daughter of L
financier M. decker, and bor l
She was liberally educated, and writ 11
ed remarkable talents. At XL*JjS*
she married a Swedish baron, DeSuS,*,'
I twenty-three commenced her literal
oy producing Letter, on the W n vL’*
Character of Rousseau. Soon ,fj“f ,**
part in the French revolution, andT’n™
opportunity offered for engagii,', Jz £
intrigue, en occasion of her hnekisd wJ 0,
pointed ambassador to France f • v.*'
parte, who had no great predelictitaw ‘
politicians, banished her from Pari, B ,
td.en visited Germany: next went to 1m,,!
twice to England. Madame DeWi"
July 15tb. 1317. The maswlioVCilf
life ia indicated by tfca tides of J,b*
principle works: Germany or Observs-Gy
j that Country; On the Influence of'latest.;
upon Society, On the InSoenceof <-he G.
on, upon Individuals and Nations
As a she was often lam*
One day Lalarde, the astronomer, dined
M. Roomier, the banker, and was seated £
tween Madame Recaoier, a celebrated Van
j and Madame De Stael, equally noted for hart!
i To be agreeable, Lalarde said. • How Gat
j am to lie thus placed between wit and >Jt*
t * Yes, Lalarde,' replied Madame de
| without posseainj eithtr.'
ROBERT BDRXS.
Robert Burns, the greatest of Seotuah**,
•was born mar Ayr, a town on the soour
eoast or Scotland, January 29th, ;isj. j a
early -roars ho showed bo signs of the* ink:
I did talents for which he was afterwardis*
! tinguished; and h:3 education. wftiaoat
■ altogether want.ng. was limited to as%;;
! acquaintance with mathematics and »®,-.
| and a thorough knowledge of Kaglisb. Hi
-first attempt at poetry was at sixteen; rtej
ITS 4, ia consequence of sn unfortunate it- •
j tie resolved to emigrate to the Test Isfe
and near tho same period, printed a rcbfc i
| his poems at Kilmarnock- Shortly efw V
j the purpose of bringing out a new eiwi a
' repairie'd to Kdinbuigh, wiitro, haring isda:
! introductory letter to hr. Black lock, Lewii
] introduced to such mt-r. sf teaming acdjett
|as have always adorned that capita!. Artj
acquired some money by the s he of his sms
he took a farm upon the batAa of the ;t
Xith; was publicly married to 'his it:-'
Jean, : Miss Armour, and afterwards scosjfc
the post of officer o: excise—a place want ■
mesr: a sum as to cause Barns to be styled r
shame of Scotland. Like Byron, l.e o%
played the bacchanal: ana this illustrious in'
died, as he had lived, in poverty, atbish ".ae
D uni frees Juiy 2-d, 1724. There a mouutw.
has boeu erected to him. and such a one«
Alloway Kitk as should pm to none bet :f
famous dead.
BISON. I
Tiio poet, George Gordon, Lord Byron,
boni in Holies street, London, January j
■I7BB. He tvs* Partly il Ea"*B
partly at Trinity College. Cambridge ;
whilst at the latter place, bis time
naustiness of academic lore and the gayet.ee ■
the British capital: and his first rauos ■
poems, Hours of Idleness, was pub-iiee :| B
the age of nineteen, receiving upon a
anee, a degree of criticism which roalit R
disiiCartenod any but the possessor ot ge. - ■
Having become of age, he traveled mto » ■
and X’ortugal, visited Greece and
ties in the west of the Levant, t. ■■
back after an absence of two years. - ■
tour two cantos of Childe Haroid were t ■
besides several minor pieces, and it **;'■
till after his return that he made ■
speech in the House of Lords. In h.s • H
fifth year ho wrote The Corsair. P- - ■
The Giaour, ana projected a journey ■« - ■ ■ ■
sinnv Lara appeared in his twenty
and the following January wjßffce
starred marriage to M-ss UubaEtie. •
beginning of 1818 The Beige of
! Parisians were brought out:
; adopted the resolution of separating B
i and the ensuing April found hi
traveller on the continent, having h *
farewell to his native iand He
through Flanders, and by the Rb-- - ■
land, and it was at this
revelling amid the sublime ea ■ - < .IB
be produced that b.«fl
drama. Manned, vrom o bs :hB
to Rome. At Temee he »k(■
deuce: writes BeppO, nnisnt t mm
the first canto of Dup^l
i ‘he Coun-ess Gerycmo... *r«
j Ravenna came the Pa-P I *-.* H
Italiero, : ardanapalus, the x p*-tB
at Pisa he conclude! '
ed Transformed ana .“ “ f Cfl0& :c B
SEXatSi =-f
7 Tew of the literary haw f
briliant career than h°> L l® ** f I
heirs to a more eanable yet ■
A Confederate
J. J. Aikmaon, -a hon , a .t.*«
called Stevens, in honor = . ■
Stevens. , . i el goci*t "lo^B
The Herald say* ‘‘‘fJ? at aW “’J'i'jH
leaguers, at *****£&*,
breaking up a.l organ t lhat H
publican party. It J* ® ie an insnn*
the Abolitionists « 10 an erenae *r
North, in order to obtain a H
peace with the Son*- ‘“g,, P r«***£■
down the Southern SD d no* a ?i, ?
anti-siavery qnesnon, (be horifc h
foment another rebed
preaeionot free spew*- they ="■
they raise another ® , ___ B
queil. __ — ’ m
PaoSPEPJTT AS® tried but
friendship are se*d_ ff fces ** JB
tremea. To Snd fnendk lbt ,^|
need of them, and to Jod M
have, are both Jyf n ot profe* dtfß
prosperity who w gho^
.in adversity how .ew_* the »!*%;■
it. When we are boM g( piell y. «
abundance, and ,? then
world will ben f^B
are with bowed heads tbe s . M
protesting tongues. ® slur waf* .j^B
waters begin to ebb, »*» opoß w-. ■
To leave us, then men to* J&JJ* 'J
tance. Our fortunes U
closely linked, that , 'fTbeu
«Sr the love 2**, disced « ■
part company, c iing. * B
of them affecaon win ■