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BY JAMES GARDNER.
R ’ TEE OF HVBsO.Ii'TIOX.
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Vue 11 Ute 5 Ou. Moi Ji 1.5
Mtul- oop cTcb t_.ell ■>.
No a D<s ..m s.i. p|j<tl on liberal trims.
TdctJ - ..o ..re .u'enn tel tae .ate rates wlll.be eted
;« wilh jucii m . «•» to i ..r ths utrta- to<i.'£r. evn
fct to -..1-V I t B
tharlotoii I'tirrcspondtuce
OF TB« AUGUSTA CONSTITUTIONALIST.
Ca ikTk ton, Oct 26.1565.
After B’.ratal weeks ot preparation, the enera'
his c.gun resumed active hosti’iuw again.it this
c ty. B- worn it) and 11 o'clock this morning
E-iiori s Wagcer anti Gn gg Cun'.ineuc.d a ‘u
Fiona <>■ b irdtnon. of our u-at-r woiks. The fi <
of .he fuo v-ua returned fti ii tv flagging cnergt
by Forte Juhusou Bud Moultrie and battents
h!s;i?a, siu,pti s and CbtVes. T.:e fl ug flea
ou evi ks was . xceuvQ , the shell exploding a
evary discbat ae uver the I‘ankee batteries.
E ereu guns of the entray's Morris Island bat
terus’wcre eaqsged— tevtn o; Gr.>g and loai
on VVagae’, 2-‘O and to? p under P-rrots. Tiu
ctjcl of the ti e is ev.dently to reduce Sumter, at
te of bis fir was directed on oat work, ni
occasional shell being only directed against ou
other >ortidcx' ons. Oue hundred and sixt'-fiv
shots struct F* t Slutter, but with wuat ifi'.ct i
we. uaaHe to .earn.
Tue scene presented from' the Battery prom
ensde was grand and imposing. The besiituu
bay lies b fore you Oa die right, to the S.-ut*
is James I'k-nd. Inatnadiataly beyond ihia Islaso
separated by a narrow creek, stretches out ti
nancy ebore of Morns Is! nd, wita i s io■mtdubu ■
works locmiE'4 up in ta? d stsfc •, and now -r.
▼eiopsd.in a coni o' grey white smoke, occ.
sinned bv the dts.aargs of -tetr usvu jstias as w-i .
as by he butattog imd ur bauems
Tuiniag tfle ey? fr<.ta Morns Dian t eta i.
the ceaTi-, nearly midway beiweuu Su'.trap's arc
Morris Is.ta ad. stands gall nt Sitnt.s. siien. a:-<
Store; 4. iiiu : > flia-a- g our glu xu fl ig la tb
face of th? ioe. As tbs sh red shell tit.he ;br
ruins, clouds et smoke and dust a.-iaa to obstrue
tbs view, and then coves the sound of the ex
plosions screes the buibur, fi ling the beholde
yiih%cßat.ut’on tor the -latrry o’ t.o garrisr t
who so patisntiv and be.-o c.iiy w.tusidnd th
t&rnolt fire to su cj <Uey are su-j died. Sutnte,
docs net rspiyjo the taad bst'ert- s, but will b
beard -t< m should a ti ting <y-pot•:unity arts •
Leok’tg :o the no. ttv«rd of Sumter lies SuKi
van’s Is end wi . its chain of lortntdable battc.’v
grim wt n home mouthed cannon which blase !
away occasionally al Gregg ted Wagner m re
ply to their assuuitu cn the see g;r fortress.
To the left an‘d ncr h stands Caatle Pinckney
aud befcra y.-u Fart R ply with our little firttih
of guubaam ciuaely.iiagg ng '.he shore of Jamet
Island, a . 6t.ua; and unwiiiirj spectators cf the
scene, bat asx.oasly aw.utingan opportunity to
take part m the caufl ct.
Two monitors participated in the fight, having
fired c few shot at Fort Sumter, not one ot wine |
hit its mark so far as I couid sea, the balls fallin;,
cither short or beyond the for'. Towards night i
boih pirties, as fby common consent, ceased
firing, bn: A expected diut the conflict will be
renewed at ah eariy boar to tnorrew.
Such is an imperfect view of the picturfl which
I have auempted bn. fly to sketch. Owing to
prevalence i-f a heavy Northwest wind, tiie roar ,
of the an.llery was net dis'.inc iy heard, and, in =
consequence) the crowd o: rpectat»rs not very r
large. There is-no alarm cr ticitement; the ,
people a. - e determined and coefi-Jent of ultimate t
triumph. Caarles'on will ba successfully defend' v
ed, if the r?.lor of bmv.j and resolute men can
feceompl sh eucli a result. W.
CORREfePONDENCg.
. * Augusta Factobt. 1-
Augusta, va , 0-t. 27,1863. j i
i
Hos E. 0. May M?yor, ,
Dear Sie: E.C 'sed find check on Union Bint t
f«r Eeriv < n-itd Du are, which please invts :
irom iitn£te : tr.e. . a. ccce, asinyvni J. g-atn
will be 0108 btc fl ’ il, in uel auU pn visions, it
bs applied <n y■ v. u .-cr■ •.:.-u, as w the ten?fl, i
curi.s anc m <i- t di.-inbuiion,among the ;am
il’e* o' si luiers i.B'i r cor. I the city.
1 w u u t n tax vnu wr ih the cio ribr.tion, bu j
knowing y»ur g-neiai «eq aintatice with ibec;
■ and 'be adm'tacle erst*-ii> already in operation
wh ch «ive v..u advicing s pos-icaaed by n-:tn
other, and a’l o iht viin. gntss which you b»v
alw«y-extiibm-d a> a 3-.-t i - wvriru ot this kind
I »m, Very reepec-.uhy, yiieri,
W E oacxsof, Pres t.
Matus's Office, 1
Augusta. xJ.u OeioUer, ac#3. )
W. E Jackson Eq,
Ere.imu August* Factory.
DffA&riia: 1 ac-iouwiedge he receipt of your
caeca lor tor.y thousand ao Urn, 10 be disint.-
uteG in iuei ttOQ piuvia.uDtt atrvjag the istmiies e
Boidis.b ui dP • <4 beenj. ibia
charity oi -be c. rp .lA'icn which y o » aoiy le
pretest, iso e, thv t-neU s ui wnxu ciunot bt
UTer-iStfuaieu. We are BOW appiixCuing tbt
aaiMsoti wbeii, w it ’a', the tncoiatarice ot those
BUJCDg & u.uie IO CvnUiOil’e, l&e uLlJ’Cii 0 ti i
durs iu :: v terr -,-? <•! t.cir cuuotiy, -tv
tte poo; oi me ci y. umiMff r gieany. Net. .
h<w me p a utjve c.-y I ds i s, s untied in uu
e.ais ss at the p ■.teal i.r*«-; nt ver before h
fcueh au ap t eil u-*.n mud? by Bettering humau
ny, a? t>ai we row near rem ihe aesutute ano
the ffl rteO, WBOee Busoauda and broth'r» un
nous, —ur irom the G ?'xeß ic hearth, are kciut.
the bung b Jf. a auC the pi lieS» ioe With & l-pir I
of her io vucuritice nuusrij unequalled. ic
these heal Is y. U. uuOie OrneXCliuO WHI a
language nor tu he miatirdctsio-.d. xr.ey wi I
■ reg-ru it as '‘ '..iiug tribute tu tO'-ir cmragr,
their fi nx.r pu riovsni; and tuauy u
bravt sold er, u» he paces hia ti’giit.y round b?-
lisa h the Ciliu, cold try ot winter, in tho Cis
coa-geof -it periu.tv. g '-v. wil 1 Bee betoie htu.
1.,s uiß'.'.nt uum? ano ins ueio’.u-l ...» prs »ia‘x
as lu ongti er days, >eti bis aoueet inuastij
supp! wu- r, wi a ide cuunorta and b eri*
tag* b.-e-owid oy in. i.i gratnuae i'ati
Klso win it be &ien lu ice niuiia ot b..ne ttiu
de, ar fio appropriated is a UxW deau to
the ioe.
1 am proud that you have bonoied mo with lb
dig-fica.ion ot y iu' b.-uikiuncv, My vbui
' Irn.-r is n rework; i s vh..'i»
It w It aiwai'i be to in- a rtfl u: lire Out
tt*sti V*ug coaraClcr. ma- 1 LaVe in tills Vyto*
Jrdeai o «ur conn TV .x rud ray uimcai ene
emh pr- /.deior .io soKDere era; w* utd y..
poor. 1 a-n wili.ug and übX oua odoa -. ..yt 1
Can, eua s ncerely rani U*t my •,fl-i>swiii t u .
•'iTS’.'X »ib» ..»«<>' ■“ "" a «“""
so- Tiitr c o.ribu■:<’ •' 'lb'Ugh jou way uev r
know ih./uam suf to-iso you <•> g-ue-. u-iy
here, yit be a.surcdyour ct.a.ny wnl nor lad to
the gr. acd, but wi 1 reuoima to h, tioiiur oi
yourselt and aasociai-B, in-re aud uC.earo..
Tear obeareui p M#JO .
Tnz Latrst Dooes Cue F.te'm‘ «d w.rres
pandent o> Guaneetoc Mercury gives the
Xul HJe“* ! tb-latest‘••ke»n : i-r making
• lavrst fßi',i ue in Ti’toa konSs. ceil them
larepn ko ,rß> cents tn the
•s.*e may be. R- wo here wi'h vour f 6 Oov or
W,OOO sterling ixciian?', aud »•■*' a ’£‘ r
<ettt, and pocket your sßi.u >0 <>r Jluß,oufl. Ke*
peat the operation ad ilOFfgi.
Gold in oew York <■’’ Friday was quo'edat the
even uz Doutd at 164 X exchange was 17u»
I7e>f.
rc->MMUXICA?CD ]
A WAR TAX-DIRECT TAXATION-THE U&N- :
FMIEKA’iK CURRENCY.
Dy etymology, cuiitnqy means that which ie i
•ano’ng, or passing from oue to another. <?on» i
.de-.tie coles arc thii», a running mtafl re ut !
».iuss. They tsve I’vsr thia attribute or faculty
!’ tn.-a:'uring. Ii may to assurtitd that this loss
•f character is tho result <J* .ho eXCcSaiVei volume,
ram-onnt, now tn ci.culAtioiS. Nor can it be
hunted, .is suggested by.Mr. Mxmmir.ger, that U
his vu.u ut were reduced to one hundred and fifty
Billions, thu prices of ail truciea oi home pro"
iuction, wen d be brought down, nearly, to their
normal coadiuou. There would still exist dit» ,
■ iroiug lafliK-ncea to counteract this law of j
>uc;3. Articles of horns production would be |
ts cxd by the incidents of war, such a? .he fewer
umb.-rof preduj.ra aid the scarcity oj intple*
sems. Foreign articles oi consumption, must,
it necessity, ro.e at high prices. But, m general
ernis, as an irfl.xible law of political economy, j
money oi circuiatiou—running nines—be made I
.catce, the deuiaad for them, wouid increase
and so, if the proposed reuuotiou be effected,
ur times as uinch flour and bacon would be OU
ered tor a dollar, is can now oe obtained.
The evils ot a redundant cir. illation cannot
re over estimated. The operations oi war, the
rabseciiun-i i f trade, the supply and distribution
at iood, atd the geuiral weli»being ot society,
i-j a.l uisiurb'.d or <1 iuix-d l:-y ii, if Hie march
t oui victorious legions ne not paralysed &y ii,
hua uciiataiy placed iae nsoesames ot lite al
□Os. beyond use reach ot the soldier s wits ai <1
iiiureu.
io remedy this imminent public calamify, th.
fleetiusS ot our beat fl juu.isi heads, and ibo itn.,
u.ee O; uur tv .s. Oeuovox.it hearts, nave acco d
‘o*y tesU engaged. Mr. i’ovai JS had pr< p be,. I
□ elaborate s.xr:ae, w icc w.iu d be pe.ucu.t I
...sptauie ■ ii were only grautiuul; and, mx«
ver, as nuance is - subject oi icy ms I
•«u could cut b.-ar toe ueat oi tvs iuvecu~o. -
.r Grugg’a plan oi .fie Ivreed loan ol a certax
□ o. ui. ir. periy, w aid oe eailuebily iflee.ive
men d o. luauc.u u> ui rigage mu pr. p.
. i ii .vo.l t, tnurvuVcr, avu.e □ x re itieu ,s
■ui.-tiipl»ied; Uu.eso fits tcrieme vom t r teuu j
□ vVisiuu .or ll uro expesdi.lues o. war. I t- ;
>:i:y piupurco, jusi u -W, lu v.i-hd aw tour hee-' -
ued millions i»ui c rcuiu.iuu, whilst i.is p ,u i
vau.ij p ..c-j in tue treasury returnees amoujiioe i
■i uue iboxuad raiulurx, Mr. Mcfi’anuad a <
daak Piesideat ui Richmond, propusrs « com '
CcJ loan io the UueteUeiacy. Hy tins piau i
□ell diate w. uid contribute ix qo< la in ihret i
o-ois; Ist. By o.aie bunds; 21. Dy corpore.ueu |
iKi.-cripuuua ; 3d By iucliviau.l feuaiciipiions. |
’su, a eh, 1- la suosia ice the pl .u ot Ex GoVcF, j
or aloreueau, ul Neriu Carolina. ia.s tctietlx
.s every.fling to i‘euommoi.d It; but it s ub
ivxiuus to ihv oij -utiou oi being cjinpiioaitd
.□ti depeud nt ou many tgenvies wuuae co.,
cuu.d not be expected, if we are to
fudge o> ths superior financial sagacity ot om
j.iv.i nor Brown, in balance sheets, i'rouiotiiude
sad d-.-c stun are the el.menis ot ail financial, t.s
j. al. military, success, lu either, lung debates
iascruy ltrs hopes ot the country.
■£o reduce the cireuiauoo, to an amount re,
qmrid tor .he t■. osuc.ions of Boc.ety; io seeur.
... ixuual rtVvuufe sumeumat pruporuoaed to our
■ ar txpendiiure. to fortify puoiic credit; ued to
..jufiem a.th in Cociederate Bonds, by ample
□ontederate me we; direct taxation is ths
uie and legitimate means. An objec ion is
nade, that direct taxation is unconstitutional, at
i must oe’appurtiuocJ to representation, a&d »
. usus must precede representation. T-is pro
vision is adopted oy ours, from the old Consutu
t on. Ii was u jast and proper guard oi Boum-
ro iDßiiiu ion. i.'n.-i'-r th.- ■ >d Ounfuderacv. btk.
.oat lueauitig or application it can now have,
t i i difficult io ounce.ve. We have now a suiiu*
.attv oi interests, and this system oi luxation -
r-rotild bear ou ail Blates al.ke.
An unoietiiale tax of five or six per cent, upon !
.11 properly, assuming the present eadast/e or
■>a?e rm ni ui tue several Stales us a basis, wyiuo
soon ro.i back upon the Treasury one half of the 1
□restn circulation. It WJuid give credit to the
xis iug oomied debt, oi Aineb, me interest is not 1
secured by any permucent cr tangible provision,
ft wouid relieve toe country tr m what Mr. 1
Dregg prop.riy terms, a cuiuberscuie job— the 1
.lining system, it wuu.d relieve’ us irom the
di- us impressment wn Cs invades our privacy ‘
>y public oifiCiaU. Government would men ea
ier ice raursel and buy is individuals, impress- ’
aneut being abolished, toed would be brought io
outset ana distributed, instead c; being hoarded. '
So msutaiy oiaxitua o. prices would he required,
ixpressmeut and a maximum of prices are twin '
sisters, tquaily Vexatious, nod equally ineffective.
As tins p.an proposes to remove many evils, it is (
equally recommended by the simplicity ui its
machinery.
ck.cu Bwte raaksß up its cadastre or assessment
juuX, annually, i’uke me last, and either through
tie ugetxcy cf iiiaiu Culxciore, or, ii preUrtiue,
;y Uouiedvrute ofli -ere, c iiect the aea .unt as mi- I
u x-.u by law o> C Egress. Ii wouid be vastly •;
jeon >mtc cl employees and their eoaim safer.-, |
□nil, WUa’. Is ot equal value, it. would be tX;eli- !
..ous. io tevell again io the UoasiliU iohui uO-< |
j ctrnn against direct taxation, ii may ho uvi-.r ed
hat no m&u nun iei: what is meant hy the urio.
i apeok ul cocEuiuiioaui lawyers and interpreters
.t wasa eu-ij ci oi debate under the articles u
u.- n ». cjuxdtraitun. In the c.iuv .- Lion woieb :
dup.ea i. e uid Cousu.ui.cn, Mr K ng, ot Jve«
io. a. x- inu iy usi.eC the qu-suiicn ‘v> nat lu the
□xaEilig O. Direct I'aXaUua ?” ABC, UCCui ding to
tlr ilodx u’= detjales, ao tn mher gaVa an an
iwcr With Cioatd doors a- Rxliuiu id, >he late
>ugre<ia d-.bu.ud ibis c. uciul quea.t.in, bu w.ih
What r faur. we me Ign. rant. Tue Bupicoiu Court
i.. United Bia.ee, the law ot up
p rtiunoMSist, represents ion and cenaus. but did
u. urew me line between direc. and ind.reel tux-
* mu.* i'o us oi this C inieueracy, wuere no con
. uverey can anse aouut negroes ur Indians, the
□ ; bs e would seem io be idle. To tae common
muerbuncingof men, a lax n property, or a cap
t a ioe, la direct. A tax by excise or on impo. ts, ie
ud.rect. lo'tue iuroier ease you pay directly, in
.a oiher case it is paid by ycu through other
□gents. Fiee trade is me fa’.hcr ot direst taxi
ion.
A direct tax bi five or ten per ent is a war
„x. It io pr- posed as such. Peace, with its re
tewed energies and nuuiersiu resuurcea, will
Hesentoiher modus. It will be deemed heavy,
so also are all ide coud -ions ot 'ear. There ure
uorel aud physical s.tferiog? mill heavier, in
ibis war for Ueeduui Ireuu udiauce Wuh a b-r
--o .runs, vincicvive race, our peooie w:h pattern y
j.,ar aii he burdens of the c? flict. To say that
re Cannot bear this rate oi taxation, wuu d be It
.. cCiare, that wo, • i uil civil sM nations, are in
ispab.u oi tbis tffiii. Uapiiafisle and agnou..
u :a.a w.u leadiiy perceive, that five per cent
m ue&asred values, is < qaal to two-thirds ot a 1
.lie dividends or prefix, ibat can be derived from
up r pertK a. One*tbiru ia foil tor uur ecouo-
C inuiuie xnue. Tae Austrian eulj.cts o'
uju.bu "dy—Vcu-tinn li*iy, pay this rex, it>
.iiueufp ce, :<.r iLo ii >ei iy ot being slaves We
su pay it to lira as reetEeu.
t iiM tn ma iy :.t R enm U‘l, nous', r 33 to the
■tH-'gut f tn.a great mgcraciii ’’ I" is the du'’-
• M M~um ger, a;; our “Chancellor ci the
Ex u- qu..r ’ lu present bis mmuitd plain t > Co; •
ei-.en i de eaied, fie uhcuid resign. I. ia id e
• uai. U 'hgresa u» luiUaie laws tor regula iag
re. cy -.ud high prices. -be lO'datlon tul'fll
ui- i e tr- m ihe Treuoiuy Ha there sun above the
L-flu ntes wa.cu Hunt the tior:i >u, or cloud me
viuoa of atpirunt members ot Cougre?s, witi
•ostd d'j jrx, Dtr-t eching lig'it from conai. men
cxß. t thus C<4ne:l to pass, that the fa ..I bill
loacreuiling Treuvury notes of certain d r e?, h 8
.ruught oaiuu s u. pa Mr. Mermuiuger, whilst, as
re ate told, tht.v lament* ;ie error, destructive m
pubi.c credit, >s the inspiration «f C ingress L
‘us b ped '.haluurcoPSiitaiion w uia nave given
•rliui t<re r .jvce'aries of ri.ate, a seat in the
lower House, to explain or defend iheir rueatsiireß.
i i Ibis cr.o:is, ii ie .d'.i urunt tb«t we f»o govern
■d, ami r.s: that a S-cieiary ghotiid fill a plac - .
I'.quiUr aphorisms <xpre-.’< pn’iftc wants, and the
e nnvH <>■ a people In France tuey said, under
L >U'S I’..ilippe—le Roi rogue, ii ne goaverne pas
;te king ro.gcs, but does not govern. Let Mr.
M'*mui'.n« er, at the n- x< region, suteoiita matured
acbem ’ ol fini nce, mid it he cannot control, ie;
him resign, the ministry being thus de euted.
PI'BLICOIA.
Among ths stump orators in Ohio against Yal
landigflaua was Geu. Tuos, F. Meagher,
AUGUSTA’ GA. WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 4, 1863.
1 iVR. LAMAItANI) HIS LKTTF.IiI O FKRNAADO
WvOD.
| - £F otr. thi Moi i.lnx News, 25.] •
lu the Republican of tins date is re-pubbshsil
j u letter written by me ir. December las', I think,
i to the lion. jd, and remuika that
> •' Mr. Lamar is in Savannah and can for
himself.” That is alt I desire now to do.
1 not only w rote itiat, but several - other letters,
to other persrido "esideuS ia New York, bath on
bUAinres and < n potit cii matters, about that time
nndsiLC:?; u"d li-s lame attempt of hst incen
diary sheut. the Richmond Examiner, to revile
my name in regard to the one in quastion, wiil
prove as uupote.nt as its constant niisrepresreuta
u vs of President Davis’ cou sc of conduct
I hud other uinuves besides pecuniary advin-
I 'age in writing ihoi’-e letters; but 1 choose to de.
I 'end uayself solely on its. merits as a business
! matter.
I tt is not denied, that our Confsder icy has, in
cotton alone, a capi’ul of not fess ibau five him
di ed millions of dollars, which in foi e'gn markets.
w -u!d be available to that <x "nt, but which, ow
ing to the blockad;', i? ao much dead capital. The •
gjrae ot “coit .u luaiioe” han been played to the j
I iast card, and Englmd’a mills, costing hundred' ■
lot millions of pounds sterling, are mostly at a
I stand Rbll for want of it. It is notorv us. also, |
that mere is a great and growing cf. ncieney u >
the supply ‘ - of s<ap'e articles” in <ur mids- It j
these be the facts (and nobody cun >
where is tho evil ot counteracting them, either j
oy the exportation ol cotton or the importatioi
•t goods? Could we export only haft our cotton,
ur currency would be relieved aud as valuable
•8 at the beginning, it follows, that to export i
■ o any extend must prove advantageous in the
-iime proportion. I' the dome Mic production o *
supie gooes be s • deficient that p ices are dou
ole what they were last year, is he who woum
tipp enieiit We quantity io any degree io be cea
sui . ci ?
i'here is no law agnißSt either the cxportaiior
.1 i,o.tun or tbe importation of goods; uti tbc
ccair..ry tbe luW? e?coU'Uge and sanction both,
I and h.- govi rnme’it is .tse't e. g'-.ged in tne buei
uess, and bl c-Kade ronniug <s odious only ;■
.oo»e who du uu< ceoipreuend us ben fits, <nc
| who lauorantly and la.eely cuarge it wuh ihe de
. ,t- cimi< n < t thti currency.
I. order to a; p • oe tbe conoa mvuufaeturen
>’ Europe. Sir. flew rd, in Ji»b, 1362, requester
1 . Ada us .o assure their govsi amen s “ 'ha
ciHtoii sfcuuii n.s Xy-iried »o soon u» tae Con I"
; dera —a C/ ii'ib? -ucced or .i.d t.cd io !<-ni
Now, 'Ot Ign v ss :i Were to C .'u
.. For; J<ic s •:>’ ?oe -fgne-> >o OS", ' h ree u.'re
o per xr a cargo ot c no'?, wait; ' L net be serv
a.; b ifi '.□ cute ry and j- toy 1 ?
s,-i . y She hid .1 eergO t .-alt, b.-'-uesil ■<<>.«.:
:» •.•.id cat: :: eu.ina p.y - ree c?tu>n,'nsteui.
•if tue mone? —.rouid co; r. e -n :iody be g.»a o
; ox’ exchange? And :< ~ sup; <sa. i.isi ad o
one Vessel, c-u nu dr-a wsi - ; o uri :V<- on the same
business. »;!•□ :n ucs • hare at icy in tauce 0.
1 ...t er? £,U3ti ax re-; ne to Mayu Wood, wher.
woal be :h<?cause 1 r eny linpeacniuent ot Ely
paiti'iinm or tn* ueixn- ?
It iheciainxs <’.t au igrt. rent few ?gainst bh-ck
ade running were to iuuu;e Cotgre.-.s to stop ii.
.vhut wouid ba the consequence? Would the
supply o; cloihmir, &i, be lucie-ise :? Wiul<.
pnctß di elite ? Wuo.d the peu ;a be more cum
tociab.e? Ou tbe e mtrary, would,sot the supply
oe less and prices auvauce, and cur sufleutiga be
m ignifled.
1 tubist upon it, susiftised by all the laws o:
trade and commerce, (winch no ieg .uutioa exu
eontro), and all aitemp » which will produce
m good, but uuui Xrd eV.i,) that bicck
ide running is auvautagoous. a- well to the cur
rency »s to ihecountry, w th the excepaon ot tti
•oxs ot wnaxver of goods or cotton oeion*ing t<
our pe< pie which may ue captured or lost lu the
bus ues*.
it u said a respectable uni patriotic urm in j
OnarltSioir has uccumcilutc'd au immeiisa furium j
oy it, la Ine C’.'tiatrj ;x jured by ’btir wea.iD? |
Have th: r-eopb: b by w _ai icg vl>t j
g cd:.? Have the prices'® their clothing been
less or m<.re costly wan it they had aot been inf
ported ? I
But aaother firm m Manchester, England, isre
portc iio b «ve made douole as txiueti as. the om- i
in Ciiar's-iio.i. Is our weaitn increased or d:miu
tailed by their S'uacees? i'in-ugo iuey have ex
pot ted our cotton uad iniporv. d go.><33 !or u»,
wnicti were boueiis eat to us (or else we should
aot have bought tneifl,- as there was co compul
sion except uur necc. ? ’ios,) yet will their cupi.u
pay tuxes to the Coakdaraey hereafter uke that
oi the Coariestuii Urra ?
I believe mat wnuieVur inoraas?s the wealth ot
any one cr m :ix of udr cit Steas increases to tbai
extent ttio puoWc veal, ana oat i is me interest,
as well cs the duty, ot every good cit.isen to pro
mote as fur us tie can tue wealth ot at: ois ieiiow
ciuzeasj and rent lucre wbo are to bear their
share oi ihe baidens ot the Biate, whe her m
peace or wtr, stiould ba preferred abore yhtise
weo do not. G. B Lamab.
Papers which have copied the vulgar remarks
of me Richmond Eximtner are requested, as an’
act ot justice, tocupy this deteus?. G. B. L.
CSRRECKIOX .tiF t FIH IAL KEPHES: NTA-
TluNe.
The following .otters st. iortii tire account by
IMe oi h:s occupation if B utenes Wag I
I ucraud Gregg, and the Currecttun ui his bur.stuil
i falsifications o! fact by General Beauregard. Tha
.-.uuh a correction ahuuld bo accessary is deepiy
disgraceful to the Yanxee e aunander. Sreretary
Seward, too, reC"iVtß becoming notice for the ial-
I d.ficsiiuii which ae has scut to Europe, over bis
signature.
It is usually She case, that position gives digni
ty and circuoaspeciiou to men. and makes the
disgrace ot mcudac; y intolerable; but the Yan»
sees are ex eptior-j to a l tßd ordm-try rules :
GSN. GILLUOBU S FITOI’.L BaPORT OF THS OCCUPA
TH N O MJIIKIS 18LA.-.O
Dapabtksst vF the ,*outh, )
Meutiquancrs io the Fie'd, >
September 7, 1863. j
Major General H. W. llaiiecs, benerai-uc-Übiei;
Gbnbbaj. : I iuve the honor to report that F.»r<
Wagner and Balury Gregg are ours. List night
our sappers crowned the creel of the counterscarp
of Fort Wagner on its s«a iront, masking ail its
guns; and an order was issa d to cirry the piece
by assault at 8 o'clock this murning, that being
th j hour ot law ide.
About 10 o’clock last night ths c-uemy corm
meneud evacuating two island, and till uu. 75
made their escape irora Cummings’ Point m email
boats.
Captured di pitches mow that Fort Wagner
was commanded by Col Kent, cl Sou.h fai olmu,
rea garrisoned by loarteen hundred effective
tn»n, mid Battery Gi epg by between one and two
uuadred.
Fort Wagner is a work cf tire most formidable
..ind. Jis bomb-proof sluiier, capable*’! hold*
■•l4 eighteen nuudred men, rßtnains ;n act, uite>
’ <be must Ur iolc oorubardment to which any
, work ’.ve.s ever subjeciea. We have capmrea
' nineteen oie tes of artillery and a large supply o
i ixcei.su' ummmitti'a
' i'ne oiiy end barb <r of Cbarleston ore r>ow
cjinple ci - ccVureu by my guns.
' Ili vo tire h?n rio ue, G neral, very cespect-
uiiy, your o .’1 s«rv t,
' [digaca] Q A CiLireoiie,
j . Brigadier Geu» a Ciuiwauding
G3X. »iA»H«dA*ip'S COMM NT ON GIULMOXB * BK
1 I- MT
HF.ADQUABTKRB )
Dpp’f of 8 G . G - uno F!a., »
Cbarles o>, 8 0,-Srp .80 ,868 j
Git: SsAw . ihel ub lam o report o Big , oi .
G'ilure.e fl lire 7.1 e> ria itqai'i ioa ui
I Wagu .'- ■►«'. G 1 --S’, c '-u .i ns ir.'veixl e<-
‘ I •uro vp x, 1 reel c >., Cl uj ?>o C ct ;
| Lst, ‘ Sevouiy-fl"o lieu” <»>-re uoi taken cr>
' ; Muitia IxxriJ, >< 1 uulv W” b . , crews,aoo'at 18
1 J men and 27 r?? 'iiei?.. or.at.< ti 46 - eu m üb, w® >
‘ cap ured uy <-re eueinia; m u b .r-,a between
Cuoauiingc Point i.nc Fu. t r-u uier.
3 2d. C<oi. KiXf’a o.p’U’ci oispucnerf could not
nave Bh<> in th t <h-. gurrixon or «nd
G. eg r amounted tu “tn ;ween I.s’it* and 1 rt 0 ••?-
feer.ve men” on the < av of the eVacuum u, 16 h
’’ iusi.,) tor Col K lit reported, th >t tn< rnir g, yuo
men. ail told only a >.?ul two thirds ot which
cult! be conswfi red “• if <dives,"tb’' where being
■ wounded or more or 10-is d aablt d tr m exposure
. lo'Mi long perioi 'o 'he Warner, and the need
sant fire, day and uutht, ot ih. ; and and
naval butteries. I'he forces Holding there works
and 'he North end ot Morris I I met. dun g the
68 days’siegu, v-ried from 1 uOo to 1,2U0 men,
- seldom exceeding the latter number, when it
could foe avoided
8d Battery Wagner win not “a work of the
most fo’niidabie kind,” but an ordinary field
work wiib thick parapet, but with ditches of fits
He depth—tho nd lliro ’ ta U P b f lhe enemy’s
shells and dr.fted b? the winds during so long a
eieijb had nearly filled up the ditches in many I
oluc-s end bad partially oevered up theexplo*
s’vo shells, spiked planks and pikes placed in the.
ditch for its defence.
4>.h The bomb proof of 5 gner could not conn :
taiu •' 1 8110” men, or mor than about 600, lhe '
E , rrison <>‘ the work being rout 800.
oih. “18 pieces of aritlh y end a large supply
of 'xcel'eat ammunition re captured.” The 1
pieces of heavy and light ai ;ery left in Wagner ,
lan I Gregg were more or Ii damaged, and all 1
with th“ir vents not too ch enlarged, were 1
■reiked • th" carriage*!, cba -s, &c., were more ;
( .r ieFB diF.ab'ed by the ent s shot and shells. :
Onlv 1800 (200 in Wagner, 1 n Grecg ) pounds 1
o amtDuni.wn were left to e ode the mugezines
pud bomba"rctfs; bv‘ unie-.iunately, through
8„mo ac idem the fuses left burnmg did noi
goite the powder.
Gth “The city of Ctar eston may be coui
•pletel'v covered” by Gen G* lore's guns on Mor-. I
■•is Is'and bn' at ihe dismuco of four miles trom
| -is advanced battery 10 the nearest point of the
01t f will conclude by statins, that, strangj as it '
may aopear, the total loss ic killed ana wounded ,
a Morris Island, from July l(*:h to September .
7tb 1863. was only 641 men, and deducin g ihe ,
silled un?. w. undid due to ibe landing on the 10th j
Jtriv end to the assaults of the 11th and 18th ,
ju y’ tb o killed End wounded due to ihe terrible ,
p m’bardment wtuc'i lasted almost uninterrupted ,
night and day, during 58 days, amounted to j
296 men, inany < f wfi- m were only sligbtlv ,
vi.ucded It is st'H snore remarkable, that du- ;
ring th\ same period ot time, woeu theenemv ,
ijreo 6 202 shots and shells at Fore .Sumter, vary*
.ng in weight irom 30 pounds tn JOO pounds, only
3 m»n were killed and 49 wounded I Indeed, the
■taud of the Al nighty w aild seem to have pro» |
ec~.- d the heroic garrison ct that now biotoric
work. Rmpec fully, your ob’t serv’t, ■
[Signed j G. T. Bb*ukkoabd,
General Uummanuing. ,
Official: t i
John Withb'’B, A A. General.
GSX. USAVHIG?.XI» 8 OjMMXKT OX BXIVAEiI's CIBCU-
I.AB '
• 'iRIUqUAETSRA, 1
Dar'i' 8. C., La , and Fi,a , >
Ciiariestcci, b., 0 Oct. 15. J
General— In a pitM'ShM circular (No. 89; ot
he b a'e Depar.’iiient, ,at Washington, signed by
tl -. W n. H. .Seward, and aedreesed to trie dipio
tiLiic agents of bis government abroad. I notice
1 s utewen'telauvo to the de.eat <>» Uretnemv’s
roo-clau fl-et in the at'acx uu F rt Sumter ou
hi Tin April la»t, at* contra>y 10 the acittal facts
rt tue ease tba I teet'caiUd upon, as 0 >*nßiauder
.1 thtc Miiit ry D -p-r meat, most emphatically
.0 deny toe truth of that version, which is as .oi
lows:' 1
“An attack by the fl jet on tire 7th day of April
last upon '.be forts and batteries which defend ihe 1
0n b r i -ilsu, because ihe rope obs ructions in
ne channel fouled the screws of the tron-ciads,
md compelled them to return, after passing
.ii’Oogh t e lira of tbe batteries.
' ” t'Evse vessels bole lhe fire of lhe for 3. although
xoaie defects of cuusiructioa were reveal'd by tue
ujenes they received. The crews passed ihruugb
<.n tin xamplac. cannonade with sing'll r impunity. !
‘«ot ante was lost ou board « monito - ,’’
Fiool the enclosed reports cr Bug. Gen 8.
it pxy, Co*. Win. Butler and C >l. Alfred ELe't, 1
*ho ccuumunded resp-etiveir ibis Military Dir- ;
ric , ibo batteries u Baliivan’s Island, and Fort
Sumter, it wiil be seen that—-
Ist. No irou-c'ad cime neurer than about 600 1 !
yards of the rope om '.ructions, except the disa - I
P ed Keokuk, which drifted in to abou' 800 ya a- !
oe'ore ii cGalu ;-e gut again uude: wav, bu.it 1
.similar andi.uii; •□onset} ’.s.-dy tbj propuiiur
□r u»e :r.>n-cui.<iß inv<-r could have become eu“
t ngied -a the rope obstructions.
21 the ironclads m rar passed through the
fire c; the batterst, tor they never approached
nearer than Irom 1,100 to 1,800 yards ot the outer
bitreriex, except tbe Keokuk, which came up 10
“jou 800 yards, and was sunk. None of the iron
.c atle came within range ot ihe heaviest batteries
.n Fort duniter and on Sullivan’s Island, which
hey would have treea compelled to do in enter
mg he haibor.
3d. The ieet did not escape without any ma«
erul 1: jury ; tor one of the number, the Keokuk,
cas suuk, and its armament is now in position
or the defence of Charleston, on our own bata
lories ; ano'her monitor had to be sent to New
York tor extensive repairs, and several others
were tent -o Fori Royal, also for repairs.
4 ti. Not a lite may have been lost ou the iron
cl <ds, but ou exa tnation of the wreck of the
Keokuk, its huil was found penetrated, and the
10-inch round shots and 7-inch rifled bolts had
made clean holes through its turrets.
Several United States flags, three officers’
swords, pistols, &3, a quantity of bloody cloihts
and blankets were found on board.
Very respectfully,
Yuur obedient servant,
(Signed,) G. T. Bbaureoabd.
General Cammanding.
Oflicial: John Withers, Ass’t Auj’t Gen.
Adj't and Insp’r Gen’s Office, Oct, 22, ’63.
SPEECH OF EaRL RUSSELL.
Earl Russail delivered a speech at Blairgowrie,
Scotland, on the 26tb ult. A synopsis by tele
kirtiph has been published, but '.lie following por»
.ions of the address relating to America will be
found interesting :
BBLLIGBHBNT HIGHTS.
Tbis'was the state of affairs when that which
we certa-aly had uo part in broke out, when, it I
remember rightly, uine of the Soui-hsru States ot
America declared ibat they would for eq an inde*»
□eadmit republic. Oar course on the subject has
oeen atiacked and blamed m tbe bitterest terms,
blamed som< times by tbe Feeerols and sometimes
ov tr e Cnntederates The first offence was felt by
tbe Federais They re dwe bad no right to grant,
so far as we are concern d, to the Confederates the
ightsof belligerent Well, now, gentlemen
that question 01 the rights ot belligerents is a queS
tumot fact; I put 11 whether, with five
m.hions of people, 1 mean ot tree men, declaring
num.'Slvea io their several S au-s collectively an
independent State, v.e c nld pass over that as a
p.uy rt bellion Our Admirals a ked WB «‘he r
sb' v i they met bearing the Contcderaie flag should
outreauuas p.rates or no. 11 we baa treated
mem as p.rates, we Bouu.d have been taamg pan
n that ciuust. f Cheers | It wes impuss bre <0 |
00k on the upruiug of a c .mmtinuy ol 5,000,000
neouic at a mere pot'y insurrection [.iea>, hear],
tr dV not having tue rights which at all times ure
given to those who, by tt “ d ’ m ? c ’ r "
mace, or by tue eX-eiA ot the territory they pcs.,
se*. ura entitled tu these right*. (Cheers ]
W-I it w.-x said wo ought not to have done
that because the? were a ccuamtintty ot slave,,
haiders. Gentlemen, 1 trust mat our abhorrent,
of slavery is not m the Gast abated or diminished.
I Loud and proioug-d cheers. 1 Fur my own part
i consider it one t tbe moat horrible crimes that
.ei dibgraces huniaoiiy. IGbet.M.l But then,
w g e arc treaty
°*mldUj eitoemU’l or use.ul lor humanny of
■iecl trngiuJ: win-ill have no relations wiU u
iiXle wuo permit elsVcrr to sxit’- among them
oy our adopting .i J Rear, hear. |
aBH THK CONTsDEE'-TSi ttS®SLS ?
Well it is er id t* ui ilicßO Confeiierute States
were re’ eis-rebets “gainst tne Uu.on. Perhaps,
gel'll ill n, lam not so «i co aB 1 ou fl ht tobe ‘ “
* - t,,c &e?r iirebels
; 1” ,'s“ «gh"“ i
we e i isuflabK! v wneiher they were wrong. 1
1 am J n.>; saving whether the present rebellion in
Le remh’rn aretes is justifiable
or is a great fault or a great erreae. Bui I say
that tbs miro tact of rebellion is not “'y
.1 crime o! s > deep a dye that
all tellowebip and coinmuatcatioa and all rela
uor.shtp .v! u ffi.'ie *“O uava brejn uuihy es re
rei.i.m LUiud oaecrng.l But. 0•’ inly, il 1
10 kto Ibu <h cUratinos Oi hoes N?w b igluna
' ’.ratore-und I have bre° r-aitng la lv. if no
, 'be Whom, vet a very great part, u ,1 >e ve ;y long
; speecn bv Sir. Biimner on ma
al Now York-1 own I cuanot hut wond« to
see these men, the offspring as it were of three
rebellions, as we are tha offspring of two re~
belltons, really speaking, like the Czir of Russia,
lheSultan ot Turkey, or Louis XIV. himself, of
lhe dreudlu! crime and guilt of rebellion. [Loud
laughter and clues j
TH 3 BLOCaADS.
Our people were sufl’ ring, and nufie riD S great*
ly, for the want of the material whicn was the
great support of their industry. It was qur s
non of sei, interest whether wo should not break
that blockadebut, tn my opinion, the nuraa ot
England would -be lorever infamous if, for tbe
sake ct interest cf any kind, we had violated the
general laws of.uations and made war with these
siavcholdtng States of America against the Fed
eral States. | Hear, hear] And, geo>loo>63, 1
am not speaking tbe seutimeEts peculiar io my- i
self, or to tboie who have no immediate interest
in the question , but these ere, 1 »m convinced,
the seuiiiaents ui that uobk-hearted people oi
L ucashire who have lived and flodrithed by
th t industry, but who would not, 1 am sure, ai
low a single spot on the escaiche >n of ihiir ua '
tion in order to muiitain that industry. [Hear, I
hear, and cheers.)
piiivAT.-BRS unn.Di.va and fitting.
The principle is clear euougti. If yen are
asked to sell muskets, you tuuy sell oiusxcts to
one party or to the other; and so wuh regard to
gunpowder, shell?, or cannon, and you may sidi
a ship in the same aianntr. But it ycu, on the
other hand, tram and dr’ll a regiment with arms
in their lianas, or allow a regiment to goout with
arms in their hands to lake part with one i.r
two belligerents, you violate your nxiuaiiiy and
commit aa cffencj 'against ihe other beliigo
rents So ia lhe same way in regard to
snips; if you allow a ship to be armed and go
at once to make an a.tack on a loreign bellige
rent you aie yoursaii, eccuruing to your own
taw, tasiog part m the war, aud it is an offence
winch is punished by law. But these questions
lead, ub you will see, la lhe most difficult pro
blems —as to whether, for instance, a thousand
persons tuay go out as laborers to tbe F -dent.
Slates, and 111 the utxi place a tbousuDd muskets
may go out m anottier i-hip, and when they • r
rive in America these thousand laborers, having
had ah understanding before, may make a lure
mat engagement atid ou arened with these thou
sand mitske’.s ; thot iih if th it ti'id been done in
the territory ai tire Q ecu, and on the soil of this
cuuntry, it won d have been aa i ffeuce.
TUB UTE? M HAM qUBBTION.
There are o<uer questiucs wiin regard to ship
that have la ely been prepared m ihiu countrv
because ihe=e shins are n> t live ships »>bict re
ceive the usual iqiipmeut known m warsiu um s
past, but l.iey are i£ieiiirelv-s, without any are.a
ment, formed lor act'; of 1. ffeu’ce and war
ar© steam rams, which imgui ne used tor tbe pur
poses oi war wltaout ev«r soeeb ng the snores ot
me Coe .ederaie por s We*, veutanuen, to pct
mis h.s chips os "inis kind *>&-owinglv 10 depart
•rest ibis cjiiutry, rus. to etr r.- into any Oaiedt*
rate port not to erne? into ih p >ri ct n belliger
ent, weald, as you sec, <X .ore uur good taiui 10
great susp.ciotj and 1 fee. Car;.in mat it, during
our war wna trance, ihe Atutncuns bad ass;,
lino-oleuattle slftps to nrcUK our blockade u'
Brest, whatever ta.sona tn y night nave urgeo
in support ot that, we ehuti u l* .voire:dcteii 1 .
a Violation ol ueutraiiiiy. Bu*-*ii is the >ip..i i •.
wheel’ ’ or- —rea to'act. Evui v.v iV' • has the ;
taw o ratio s r .qut <a, ver, L’a K till’, ucr !..■» i
that F..ie.gU Ji . istrure; wi .'.qui'e-i, i ,it I
prepared to v.o. auu e'/utl ir ll h'avuid "o • ;’>ve< .
to be •jfcee-.c*ry iur '..re : .:.i, . c oi;- - I
traliiy tbii 'bo aiaictioa o. I ?r •rec-:’u r;? ■
ai«;«d o u; ih=r aieusuFia. in , .0 um
tt?” jis;y'a Government 'ire t .re£*. d .-*• u> cv ,
«■.'■>"'• : g mat U e ou'J -d neutra.i y requires, v. ?
rptxi-g' that is ja«t tu a friendly tiu. ton, main.: - '
a p. ample th si w« t rou.a u> u> <.tiers as w
tjnouid wish, to be cone to < urseiv’en. [_L > a \
cheers] Bat this will out d.; we will uo ..c 1 I
auy measure- taut we ibink -*> oc wrung. Wu'.i. 1
not yeld a Joi o? Br ’ s> 1 ’ i:i- ’ or ILi'ica rigli
cons tqurece of the ir.enticcs o! a->y toreigu Foy,- ,
er. [Loud and pru.oug e c leer? j
THB ANGLO (TANXBEJ SaXON AFFINITY F K THZ
SIaOBB
Gentlemen, it is a great aubjsc* ; it affec's the
people of this pari oi lbs wre id end ol America ;
11 affects tbe future stage ol civi. z-nio-i. it. uffec's
tbe well»beiog of the oiack r e?, w ioia it was the
crime ot our ancestors to introduce to America,
and who, 1! these mat’ers end We 1, wt-1 be, as 1
believe they ale fitted to be, peaceable and intel
ligent members of a free country-[cheers| -00
behalf ot wbiwe welfare we have been ready i<>
make great efforts and to sacrifice iauch[ But we
wi l not sacrifice any cf those views ol ours to
mere pretence. We have as strong feelings f r
the good ot mankind as any peop.e cm have;
we must maintain our own’position ; and mr be
lief is, that me people of what were the United
States, whether they are called Federate or Con
federetf-s, will finally do us justice, and that they
will observe, as, indeed, 'they cannot help ob
serving, that in ibis free country, where there is
so much discussion and so much difference of
opinion, there are parties very considerable in
number who Bjmpaibiz with the C m'eierates,
and other large mass's, I bslieve superior in
numbers, who sympathize with the Federal?; bu
whether sympatb z;ug with tne one or >he other,
we have all embraced iu our hearts that senti
ment ct justice; justice we will do toothers, jus
lice we expect ter ourselves; aud I hope 1 auo
interpreting the te®iicg3 of your minds when 1
say that justice ought u> prevail.
LETTEii E’BUM JAMES ISL VAU.
We are permitted to make the tollowing extracts |
from a private letter just received from a gallani
young South Carolinian by a friend in this.city :
Headquarters Scouting Farty. I
breessionvilie, Oct. 20. )
Dear Doctor—The Cantain of the French war
vessel tying eft’ our bar, visited James Island yes
terday, in company with Dea. Bjauregard and
Brig. Gen. Boule. I understaud t’rem reliable
aaibority that tne Captain expressed himself muon
pleased with the substantia . iormidable and seis
entitle appearance of our different lines of lortsfi
cations. It is said that as the Captain is a cousin
of the’-Emperor Napoleon, and has strong predi
lections ior it'A Bouth, he will make toe üb. :*
very lavorabie report on his return to Europe
Be has declared it as his impression that the
enemy cannot lake Cbarieoton I agree with him
truly in’bie; but as tor hn “favorable reports”
Ido not cars a straw, and lam gtad that tbe
Confederacy has learnei, at last, to expect little
fiom those' tavorabta repuris’ ln the way of 1: ter
venn n, and to look t ittie pairiotie resolve jf its
peopl and to 'he stout beans and sirung arms ol
Its soldiers, and to these only for the achievement
Oi independence.
i Os our ultimate triumph, 1 nevtr entertained a
doubt, but 1 Snow that ulcod is the price ot lib
erty, and 1 have always fell and said that we
would have to tight tor ovrindependjr.ee. We
may not yet have reached the midnight how,
but ’.he day will dawn. D.ngers uausi b? encout -
tered, trials and tribulations b me, suffering en«
dured, and sacrifices made. Let us meet these a.-
we ought, no grutublirg, but learn patiently to
bear all the ii 8 iua> may ctrne upon us, lean upex
our ewn resources, be prepared ior any emergen
cy that may arise, and with a high re?oivo aid
noble purpose, we will yet uttalu a place among ’
the nations cf lhe earth. As for myself, I am in I
;or tbe war, and if God wit grant me health and |
aireng'h, no circumstance that may arise can al !
ier my determination, disabuse my faith or pause ;
aie 10 my aside lhe sword until peace uhail unite ;
upon the victorious arms ot our now torn and
oieedng eoun ry. j
You may deem otj harsh, but harsh measures
are necessary sometitues, und it I bad my way,
I would proctaim martial law, regulate prices, ju'
a ston to the high-hu’ided speculation in the ne
cesß’iies oi life, aud bang all tuo cr akers Hl uv
country. These croaters do mure 10 d'Spiri’ ti e
soldier —to make him lax --na ca eleEH—to thwart
discipline, and toenc uruge taa en?tuy, than a
rtr<rese to our am 3 and u whole corps ot si ic.-
could uccump ish. I have t" chert y ’or th- tn.
lhe biicmy fctill pi - serve a sullen sikucc
Every one gv seems d voted t? work B iitei'ie*
Wagner and Gr-gg have beorena 1..r more for
- than ever. A other natiery bas been
erooie between these two All day tueir work
mg panics, which number th< ueaads, can b
a<-en plyicg the sp.de anti slrerel B.i’tnre
?!iaikiu-, CiT'.e'J'-B. Marion .nd Haskell tbundi r
at ibtm ocoeSiiiotiaily, out h j teem tcarcely to
mind our shells. R-
Th * • tamer Ad ■’ too •, ei? ’.io; to 'hn Htare
ot North Carolina, li »s ’ •« ureae tier third r.p
into iViiinißg-oa ri-n iJreirre.t. Her
- sists of cLitfies. blank 1-. ana h-uw tire tae xoitb
i Carolina iron s; and coion ami w«ti Cards, to
11 be fnriuahed the people *»i «»sL
ARMV CiIRRESPONDEKCE
OF THE AUQUSTAteONSTITUTIONALIBT.
JACKSON’S BHIGADE AT CHICAMAVGA-
Ms. Editob: It may be Baid cf the newspapers
of to-day, as was said of the players in Hamlet,
that they are “the abstracts and briet cbroqieles
of the lima.” The materials of which history is
to be made ate gathered by the press aud through
<t must they be transmitted to future times. What
is thus recorded must be remembered; what is
otnmifted may be forgotten. Justice to the gal
lant dead of Jackeoa’e Bregade who sleepton the
field of Chicaraauga, and to the no less gallant
survivors who mourn their loss, demands that the
present and the future should know, through tbe
columns cf your valuable paper, the part which
. Ley acted in that bloody but victorious battle
A grateful people will not lend an unwilling ear.
I trust, to such a theme, however rudely t-nd
unwortbily it be set forth. A simple statement ot
set is all I propose to write ; they will speak far
more eloquently for themselves than mere words
couid ever do. Shiloh and Murfreesboro’ are al
ready inscribed on the banners of this old brig*
ade, and it has added at iChicamauga another
bloody wreath to those already won, under lhe
gallant, cool and skillful leadership of its veteran
c rnmander, Bug. Gen. John K. Jackson.
Tbe brigade was assigned to Cneatham’s di
vision a short time before the army left Chatta
nooi.a, aud wqp a part of that division in the
tight. It consists of the stb Georgia Regiment.
8 h Mississippi Regiment. sth MifSisßipoi, 2d
Battalion Ist Uoßtederate .Regiment. 2d Georgia
Battalion ot Sharpshooters aed Georgia
Battery.
About 12 M. nu Saturday, 19‘h of September,
the brigade formed in line of battle on the ngb
of Chvatham’s division and on the rinht of our
enure line, win.her it had moved rapidly to ihe
support o* Walker’s corps,>md at once m -ved fora
« aid against the enemy. Walker h:d here sns
wined a galiant but uo'qitul contest <6* some
ime past.’aud h<d a’ length been ehfcked by
eupenor numbers. Ger line moved L rwnrd in
-piendid s-.yre and was soon holiy etigag'-d w tk>
ire enemy A'ter receiving and returning the
ti e, Gen.'Jackson erdersd a charge, which was
grelautly made, driving ths enemy nearly a mile
u >d capturing a butte y of three tine Farrott g ms
and a arge number oi knapsacks abandoned in
meir nreepitata fl gbt. At this p iut, hawever,
t'.e cnetrr being heavily reinforced, made a ctes
-I'B'are stand, and, in their turn, al'empted a
1 arete, which was re 'tilacd with heavy slaughter.
Toe fiabt now became a desperate one—the ene
rei massing a heaw force in our front and hurl
tag it with persistent and deternrnid ene gy
re. -n our single line, on'y to be met and driver
c ■ s by the liroauess ot o r troops. Foiled in
iti’a at—rapt to drive us back and p -reviving tbu
■re arere unsupport.-d bv anv in'aot'y on the
ri<tot, the ecetoy now pushed a heavy column in
• -.a direcion. witiri tin; intention o’ turning our
tl 1 :k. They were met by Furrest, who stubborn
y und 't-y confronted t-ier-t aud ob.-itinatoly
ov-.-sted their afivre.-ec The tight had n w
a ted for m rt han two hours and the aramum
'i .ii .?f the men was almost exhausted—many o’
.bem.3 ait having a single cur-ridgs in their
“ x?s s 3'iil li-ev g-sltant’y held their own until
’ii ccyte hr gad-:, which bad been held m reserve,
c«n?uo o 1 hair support, wban they retired in
order lu thei- erig’na: positi->n and again
n d ou the ri hi oi tue d vision.
. . wu rested until Cleburne's Divsion had
.red on our right, and at annset a genet al ad
t c» wa« again ordi-reO. The bi terete ino*-—'-
: ".jd lu Rve minutes was again
, m y - - .-..0u :■ -~k the enemy. Stubbor ly they
: 3 .ntoJted every inch of groatd, but uteadily we
I drove them back. Night now came on, and in
front and on every side the fire that leap d fiona
he mu«kets of friend and loe cast a urid.Md ii
fill glare upon the moving scene. It was a sight,
indeed, long to be remembered, and added the
-u’.biireiiy of darkness and tile night to the awful
grandeur of the field of battle. A t length, how
.'ve-, our object was attained—the enemy had
been dislodged and lhe firing ceased. The men
sank to rest in their places and on their at ms.
and slept ill! another morning should rise to tell
Hie u who had fallen, and to ilsht them on,
thr»iigu tn new dingers, to a glorious victory.
Sunday r-ioi n;nir rree upon the field as brightly
a-; it evar smiied upon a wedding day. sound
disturbed tbe holy stilmess that reigned around
The riven trunks and branches of the foreit and
the stiff and rigid corpses of the unburied dead
only remained to tell what yesterday had been.
About s '.nriee on order catue for us to move to
■ho left, and form ia reserve to M ney. Here
we remained until 10 A. M , when the rattle ot
aitmketry tn our right proclaimed that the action
tted eeain begun. About 12 M. an order came
from Gen. directing Ge: . Jackson to move
?: tbe right and report to Gm. Hill. As soon as
we had arrived, Gen Hili directed Gen. Jackson
to form on Liddell’s ief', in order to occupy an
important gup between him and Cleburne’s right
1 , moving tip to ibis position, it was found that
the gap was much too large to ba filled p by the
br’g-ide, and that the enemy had already pushed
ins sharpshooters C rward to a position consider
an!? in <he rear of Liddell’s nd C eburne’s line,
and that the? were supported by a heavy battery
in position on our left, and in rear of a prolongs
non of the line we were to occupy. Gen. Jackson
iHimed a’ely order d the battalion of sbarpshoote
era to J ploy t" the front as fkirmisbess, to dis
lodge them, and, with the assistance of two com
panies of the 2d battai ion Ist Confederate regi.
ment, tn cover the remaining gap as far as Cle
burne’s right. This wac done m gallant style;
the BKircoiehers charging with a bhovst and scata
.teiing the enemy from our front, driving them
bacs to their line of bxute, which had advanced
to'heir support. The brigade now moved up to
ti position and a general advance was iramedi
at'-iy ordered’. Forward swept the line in beaus
tiful order. Bsurcelj' had we advanced one buni
r) red yards when the storm burst upon us. The
battery on our left, and which was Jby this lime
tu our rear, swept the line with grape and cannis
ter, and in front, the ensmy strongly entrenched,
' pened a terrific tire upon us Nothing that we
bad before encountered compared with this. The
t" iiinding tire of the enemy on our left fl ink was
particularly destructive. Yet the men never
wearied for an instant; with a shout ot defiance,
on ih-y rushed amid the leaden storm and the
crash of tailing dmber, and gained the crest ol
the hill on which lhe enemv’s works were placed.
Here our battery, which had moved up with t e
•ice, vent into position and opened a galling tire
on the enemy. The tight was now the most des
pe at®, perhaps, cf 1 nt* wai. The position of the
enemy in cur front was a splendid one, and they
fought wi'h the energy of desperation
But nothing could resist the determined valor
of our troops. Pressed beyond endurance, the
enemy beg in to waver. Up to ibis moment
tunny who had been in reserve came up in splen
did style and the works were oars Broken, scat
tered tin t dismay'd, ihe enemy fled ouly to be
slaughtered by our victori .uB troops. Hundreds
lot tbe poor wretches threw down their arms and
eurreodtred, seeing that safety m captivity which
was dented to them in fl'gbt. Night had now
came on aud stopped ib < pursuit, aud cheer uft«*
j cheer down our line's told us taatour victory wi
’ cotupiu e. The exhilaration of that proua
i a.-id hippy moment it would be difli uta to
lUi'jgiae—impossible to describe. Alleiso was for
1 gotten but the glorious reflect on that rose from
i iflo hear 1 of every man, ” the Yankees have been
I oudly whipped and I uelped to do it.” Arms
I wete now stacked and many ac- mp-fiie now rose
i along lha line. Around these eat or stood the
urvivi r.t ot that blood,- tir'd, jubilant I*l tbe
| midst >4 their ceariy bougin vreu/ry. Alter 1
j . tn-' th.; clouds o smoke that had hovered over
I tr. fi? d coiled away and the moun looksd down
u quiet grandeur up-in 'tie scene, torn and dis
’ ra tribere-i were the trees around, und Bufitanu
I a ark lay the bodies of the slain—fneod by ibt
I d-ue < f 10c—in awful and ghastly prolusion L
I w ;is asTunge, wild scene, and strangely d d the
I Miuni-.s ot uii.-tb and laughter arise in the midsi
' o diutb. But iLere wasuo profanation there, fur
' victory bad robbed deatu cf i’S tiorrora and had
I churiged • v<-n the groans of our won dea into
slciite ol txuitaHon At length, however, langue
i asstr ed I's mastery un i our soldiers slept uoon
’ be tis.' 1 wii cn their v«l >r had won.
j Tnete'.'tided jhe buttle and uei— end.-, my sims
! pie . wry. Wtureal. did their pu t s» well, i
' would be nvdreiia to make mention of a tew a?c
--! imp amble, iu th« limit* of inis paper, to men
i uoa ail i*y nxms who spacially deserve mention
VOL. 36—NO. 83.
The conduct of ail tho officers frcm the Com.
jiaandin General and staff down, waa int.st gal
iant and exemplary, and has still more endeared
the men to their leaders The valor end dar.ug
of officers and men are suftcieuiy illustrated by
the deeds they have done. More for me ro say
would be as supe'fluou'i as it would be unseemly. .
The following tabular statement obtained fr< m |
official sources will show the leases sustained by 1
the several brigades o’ Cheatham’s Division :
re® re§ A«E *1 STS I
CJ rr a 3 P O~T I* H ■
Commend Fg ]
re r. 213 if " re» “! g"■ 1
%- 5 -j &S> ’
Jackson’s Biigade 113 1286|1899 i 4851 34 4
Maney’s Brigade Il* ?<>BB 1>99 336 28 ,
Smith's Brigade 158 1552 17l" 318 IV /
Wright’s Brigade 19i 1895 1586“ 446 28 J
Strahi’s Brigade 162 1172 13841 220 16 1
Grand ToU~~ a| 740|5488|7228T1800| 25
Pembbokb
LETTER FROM THE TENTH GEORGIA
REGIMENT.
Camp 10th Ga. Reg’t, )
Near Chattanooga, J unn., Oct. 23, ’63. j
Mr. Editor— lt has been raining almost with->
out intermission since the 3°th met,, and without
the slightest proipect of a “ clearing up” shower
at present writing; but having just come off
picket in front of Chattanooga, 1 bare concluded
to write you a few lines byway of recreation,
rather than for any information it may comain.
Our camp is situated in rather a lew, fl»t sec
tion, near the Lookout Mountain, and recent and
present rains have caused quite a fl wd in our
camps, in ponseqnsnce of wnich I have had to
move my bed aod board (the Utter consisting of
meal and beet) to a moreeieva'ed position. For
tunately tor us, however, we are surrounded with
plenty of case and hickory, and it is useless to
say, “ woodman, spare that tree ;” for, though
’us not •• biting cold,” it is sufficently so to ros
quire those essential articlefl to be blazing upon
the surrounding hills and in the Vaie<, which
presents a cheeriul appearanse thr ughout cur
lines.
Numbers of General Bragg’s men have passed
along’.he lines n< W occupied by Genera! Long
street’s corps, and clary of the u have expressed
great surpi ise at the numerous small V-nn.ee fly
tents which were pitched along oar entire lines.
They were evidently convinced that from the re
cent addition to the Tennessee army we >te a
progressive people, and that to the victors hen
longed the spoils—nence the supply on hand.—
Grey jackets and h ue panu weie no less a cu*»
r.oaity, and have been eagerly Bought after by
d.anv, regardless o! the pr.ee.
Tho distance between our picket line and that
of the enemy is not rnore than three hundred
yi k rd_, w.th no- obstacle whatever intervening,
Oelng plainly visib e to eacu oluer, though no fln»
mg has occurred between tnern recently. No
communication is allowed between them, orders
to tae contrary bav rig recently b' en i.-sued. Pre
vious to the issue ot these orders, ‘h-y were in
the habit ot exchanging papers, Ac. Cd "Rosy”
seems mure tond ot .usic to insoire tils men »
than he does ot rebel newspapers, and has come
to the conclusion that, it the " soul-s irnog drum
and the etn-piercing lite’ caanot have a beu- fl
piai influence upon departing greatness, ths read
ing of correct reports in Southern n wspapera
cer’trinly will not have. Rumors trequcnny get
into cncu ation that be is be<ng daily reinforced,
but I would ask from waetira do they come?
I'helr forces being hoid a bey eveiywheref the
Grand Army of the Potomac coinpl teiy routed,
and the draft reported to be a complete failure,
the question naturally arise.-; wher ■, and from
source, dees R-secr-nr drew hit myriads of f
reinforcements? Echo atrsWere n :where; for
there is none to spare, and arimjrHnw ♦•»*» niurtr- -
was, Ucuerai J?r'gg'd army, flushed with recent
victory, is e roug .r”to-day by far than itever was.
.»nd hie boats are determined not to be excelled
by their brethren or the Et«t.
'Yesterday afternoon, last night, and to-day, an
occassiona! boom of artillery is heard from the
Yankee works, thougi it st ems obe indicative
of nothing very startling, for it has caused not
trio slightest c'lmmoiion in camp, nd all remain as
quiet as though “Old R ;sy ” and his supposed
myincibie army did mt comfront us. is
strongly entrenched,’and it would t»F a gteat
sacrifice of Me to attempt to assad him ia front.
A lew days since, 1 letirned or the death of
severe! members of the 10:h Georgia R giment,
who was wounded at Gettysou g Fa., and fell in
the bands of the enemy, on the 21 of July last,
vi£; Lt A C Bully cud Sergeant l'n-B Gulliver,
Co A, ot CMumbus, Ga., Jam s M. Cun, Co B,
of Augusta, Ga, Edward Rosser, C•• C. pt Chattaa
boochie county, Ga, and Corporal Johnson, ',o I,
of Fayette county, Ga, also of the deatn of——
Whitlock, who was wounded at Cbancellorsville,
and sent to the hospital, where he contracted that’
loathsome disease, the small pox, irom which be
never recovered. C»pt W P Green, formerly of
Augusta, Go, but more recently of Tnomson, Ga,
is also among the list of onored dead. He was
Ist Lieutenant ot C> F, and in command ot the
company at Chancell rsville and Salem Church,
at which latter piaCe he received a mortal wi u.-.d.
By the resignation of Capt Johnson, Lieut Green
was promoted a lew weeks after Hie batt o, but
was not granted the privilege of leading his gal
lant company on to victory tgaiu as its Captain.
Peace to the ashes of our "gallant dead, and may
the loss of our comrades be their eternal gain.
The health of the regiment is geneaally good,
and tho boys are in good spirits, notwithstanding
the rainy seasen which is now upon us.
Waiting for something of interest to ” turn up”
of which you shall be aavised.
I remain vours, Ao..
J. W. T.
The Chattanooga correspondent of the Atlanta
Appeal, says that a rule has just been adopted by
Gen Bra g and issued to the army, which more
than any oitier promises the good result so long
and effectually sought to be accomplished by
other means—namely, the increase ot the army.
We have had our bounty laws, and conscript acts,
both of which are now practically dead letters,
ft has been reserved to one of our Colonels, W.
P. Gray, of tbe Hampton Legion, of South Caro
lina, and through frtm Gen Jenkins, his brigade
commander (now commanding Hood’s division)
to devise apian which has superceded the neces
sity of other legislation, filled their own com
mands approx mately to the maximum, and been
productive of the beat results. The satrib sys
tem has been now adopted by Geu Bragg, and
under date of Oct. 16ih, he issues a general order
ot which the following is a copy
HEADqUARTa.KB ARMT OF TINNESSIB, )
Missionary Riuge, Oct. 15, 1863. >
General Orders No. 187-
In order to augment the strength of tbe army
and to give to our brttve soldiers on opportunity
to visit home and provide for ibeir families during
tbe coming winter, the following rule is adopted :
1. A tuilorgh of not exceeding forty days will
be granted to ev<uy non»coaimi6Sioned officer and
private who secures a recruit mr bis company.
2. The reeruit must bo received and mustered
into service end be doing duty in the company
before the application for furlough is forwarded.
8. In all applications made in pursuance of
section Ist, the commandibg officer ot tbe com
pany will certify that the applicant has obtained
; an approved recruit who has been musterad into
the service, and is present with the company
do'ng duty.
4. All applications for furlougha under this or
far will be forwarded to these hraiqaarters, where
final action upon them w !> be had.
By command of General Eragg.
Gto. Wk. Bssnt, A. A. G.
‘The effect of this, when known at home, will
be to make a recruiting officer of evsry tather,
■no.her, sister and wue. Those who seek to avoid
the conscript act wnl be hnn'ed out and reported.
The quasi exempt will be c mpelfed to show hie
capers, and every man within the prescribed
k ag -s, capable of bea ing arms, will be made to
xchange his place at home for the temporary
gratification to families and rieids of a visit
mtn tbe war-worn battle-scarred son, brother
sad husband. In South Carolina, as before stated,
the plan has worked admirably, and when it bew
tomes known throughout the Qpntederacy that
ible bodied men cau thus be made to take the
places of iurlougned sold'e'.s, we sbail have an
lugmenta'ion of our forces in the held as gratia
ying to our leaders as it will prove valuable to ’
.be country at large.
A patent has been Uru >i er the C'federate
B.a es to Captain Francis D. Lie, of the Engineer
0 rpa, for a new m >de of caval .ttacx. which
from predenttal rei«r>ns, may “tot ba madepnblto*
i IJMwwKi HtnHMlfQtt. 22d,