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* The.ncws we publish to-day. of the great
‘fijrht between tne.Northftrn and Southern, ar
is glorious for the Confederate aftus. —
■ - (land it ia Kii, oommapded their
*armi s in person.* \\ e hope this is so. thdt the
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. • may see her greatest oQQeraloy&nnatch
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• . ► hi* lifi.-k.mr profession • jpty “years.
‘ TI. com; arative ®‘rength of tlie two armies is
r *>rted at less than.T-LOyO 014. o-tr sifie and.
oyer 1 JO*for ibe enemy.* If true, This
gratifying, in as npich as tue enemy was totally
*■l ‘bated. This fiJtt will do great god for the
South, not only by* its.effect in the Xbrth, but
*. in Europe. „ Bat while we arc thus made to*
•r # ice, it is not without a bitten pang. Hie
. * 1* ,vs tell.’ us of the heroic death oj.* many
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of our brave men—among, them Brig.'Gen.
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• Fi tncis S. Bartow of Savannah. *\Ve *icere
lv trust that this is not. true, fiiough •we have
g ida readm to ‘doubt thfi report. Beaure
gard had bis horse killed uuder him. We hav<*
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•11 >t sufficient derails to establish full confidence
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. .in the report, but we Relieve it true in the main*
<il ‘•rant tlr.it it is no worse for UlO i-G'utli than”
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absented. Thus driven back find their great
army* .the fTicrny* will doubtfass
abandon his designs upon Richmond # and with
it’his idea gs “subjujatiou.” The reportsayn
t: (v <>rgia tr&m s engaged in Hie battle cowi*-
• cJ thcmsch’cs with glory.’ We *kncw they
would do tills, hut we must n®t forget that tlnjy
wie*not alone. The South Carolinians are men
tii nedSuth great distinction, and we .♦haTe no
doubt that other Sonfcbern’Statea were equally
■nd as gloriously represented. The ralm is
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•not to*one, but many. “All were fighting for
the glorious fause of liberty, actuated by the
. same spirit and let us divide the laurels equally
ajnong them. .. . . ,*
Too much confidence should nos J,c placed
in the report. 6f the•“annihilatfon” of CJctl.
Barlow's command. A short tifiic ago it was
reported that his troops’were “cut to pieces,”
■ ,-yid we think it ayrreat shame that such reports
should he faTselv circulated about so hrave'and
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patrii.tie jn officer. We hare the confidence to
i ilieve that whatever the fate of Gen. Bartow
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ar*l*his com.mand, the country possessed in hirti T
. and them jis*hraVe*and patriotic defenders ’as
•ever drew syord ia ♦he. holy cause of liberty/
tu their loss, if we have bten so unfortunate,
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we have to mflurn the fall of heroes every drop
of whose Blood jvaa freefy p(Tifcd°out for the
. salvation of their country. As such ttfeir
nines can never peiTsh graetful people
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maintain the liberty sos which they laid'down
their lives. • .
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a.ißtnni; okiikkm. . ’ *
• The Thomasville and Oclocknec*
,* LightTnlantry have .at b:st received. marching
• orders, from Gov. Broivn, and will take’the
train to-’nifrrow night (Thursday) *for Bruns
wick, to occupy the post to be vacated by Col.
Semins, who 1 as been ‘stationed. h> defence of
that harbor. Several other companies'havfc al
so i\ ecived orders, af.iong which, w<i understand,
are Gapt. Knight’s company, of Berrien, one
cdtnpjuiy from Brooks and onfi from UJincfi, to
rendezvous at the same, place. These compa
nies will over the Alain Trunk to the jtrnc
. lion of the Brunswick railroad, which is*not*
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yet q>iitefinished, where they wii] turfi acsoss,
t/ansporting thyir baggage with wagons, A;C-, V>
the present tcrnrlifus and.thev down. tl]C
road to their deatinatieh}.
. Yvhilwwe write, the Guards and Ocloekaees
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are makihg eveiy neces*s:*ry preparation for
• their departure,’and their numerous friends and
“relatives are weavrn’g.very Jong faces abbut tho
• alter. In.their ranks are to l"® found yimnir
WB 01 the:highest standing, serving as }>ri’
vaW ami all anxious serve their country? —
.1 here a nTpthet lias her only on*a father
only child, a sistea lier only brother, and these
loved 141 CS
*ho.Ci*untry V calf. They gu fufl of hope •
• ijh niiml eyless i*eartfelt prayers for their sue
oerf'.and sale return. • . . *.
f u’J lists of tho members of the Companies
wdl b* published.next
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The Metlitdist and Presbyterian Chuaches*
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* 141 Thojnasrille \yll unitg in a praygr meeting
at the Alethbdist Chureii onlo-morrow. tThurs
dayG afternootf,"to*commence at 4 o'clock, isl
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behalf ut* the soldiers*now about to depart tbr :
aetiwe servicer Testa ate nts .will also be •
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tril uted t tl*e same timeßand place to those of
, the hViers not already supple I.
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~ . . “ KATIFM.ATIOA.. ‘
l* ,ul table of returns show, tljC.t the
] oHed, ill all blit luiieTeen “counties, majie only
a ti-mhot •—d)lo and tliut there is at present
• gnly 101 may*pity .in favor Tis
’ a c it very doubtful a?to die final resuli.
gout/icmi Reorder. ’ “ . *
“TU* above vote is It sdffictent condemnation !
of the new Constitution, and Ve tlMiik. wbeth
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er.raUfied'or not, its frafners ought to insist
o tcifhdrentring the lan* creature from bc-<
.'■>re the public gaze, an l save Uitfmgclvjs at
; ast fsob further ridicufe m fld subject.. We •
m.'t ueiieve, like some, that the ir*4iffen?nee
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manifested towarfls.it is the resulf
tiem ewith bur present ferm of isjEaie.govern-*
iuent. # Those wjio il-lievik this friends to
th? new Constitution and iyust have*soine apul-*
. ouv.. The people are wedded fco ("ohstitutional
;'ove*rrimefit *bu?.tliey did not wish to do wrong,
find where men wf Hi gif intelligence, loomed in
the law, fn free ‘government .pad* having * the
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tonfidenee oi the people, advocated posh tifej,
could tliey dg but do if If l L
tfani sinuft renfember that if They wish to fa*”
•Ten tn*tr credos. up#n than kin and *uuani{nomi
t!®*v thenfselvcs must bo*agreed. So long^s* tl>> 7
whinglet&etrfi will doubt. # oiy j eople,
in 31 utters of govwydient, like the poor hea
tlu*n jn.matters of rcligiiWi, who fioat c-®*man
•ifspufittSons between learned Missionaries upon
the merits, creeds,all taken fi®m
the Sana’ bo l\ having tl# samf in
* viewin’* wit —their contertion —that they (the
heathen) are persufiQiwl Jo*reasonwhcflier tliev
be wot uH icrom*. * _ * * •
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IVK JIACE AT lIOIJIg .* *.
3lrs. B. A. Hutchinson, of* this city, ha
fUgcidl on our table a bottleof ink ti %
*of her own nftnufacture. We have tested it
by writing and exposing it;f.i the afmosnhare
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several days and so far we are mcl> pleased
with it. # .When first 14s1Al.it is blue but turns
* black upon exposure, whites well and. loi*ks
smoothe wberi dry. confess that it Vis
take*?! away*our affection •for* all Y*nki?e “pat’
effis'’ amj “pr{myimffi’ ue<l at our
tablt, a 11*1 V 32 din reijoniiiierid it t*o
, ‘ purclkasers. Let u# patronßzejtlift lad|jand fos
tey home maftu’Factorics, however # small their
beginning.
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MO If IE (EMIMUMK TO MU. IINO\)1A
* APPEAti.
Mrs. Lucy Linton,'wife ofAlaj. M. W. Lin°-
ton f This county “has fluuiufactured and <fo ‘
posited wiii the C fork* of t*bc* SuptTior Court,
fori in wiedjate Ipansportation to Mfllcdgetillefa
stock of army clothing,"c.onsisting of 10(3 pgirj
1 pants, 104 shirts', 30 pairs drawers and half
n doze if meriin, hose, thos® consuming 4ill
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the material she had*on-hand! .Mrs. Linton
considers tins, however, as only the beginning
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‘ of Fi*r laours, as she is resolved tfl continue the
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good wofil* for long time to come, fler bus
band also lias determined to subscribe bis wholq
’ cotton citip for Con federate.Bond*!*, and as the
M:f)or is one of the wealthiest planters of Tho
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mas county” it will add considerably to the cot
ton “subscription of the county. The* whole
heart# of .this woftljy <fi>uple are* ih the cause
of the Confederate •States, and cannot be sur
passed in pure and ready patriotism. The Mu',
jor roundly deejafes that aU Lis \i’(filtli,liis lion’
or and his vcy t life arc now.and shall be at the
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service of his country. Oan * counfiy swapp
ing with Such men and Wpmcn ever be “crush’
ed”—“eonquerred ?” Never! * . .
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. I9O.\CU TO TUI? FMI/tIDA RBOI.IIEXT,
As this l{egiinent,>>n its Vay tw TTrginia^
passed through Thomas county la§t*\\eet, the
good".citjzcns of Grooferville ainl ficimt’y.
headed by Major Linlon, 4jis two *sons’, Alajor*
Lveri.tt and divers other, patriots in that scc ;
tioif, lieaiing°of tle coming of the soldiers, set<
their Hieads togetlftir, and, with pnly a few
“hours 4 notice, get up a lfiost houjitifut dinner
for them near Alajor T>inton’s resklenue. Wc
” Icarn.that pcgple came from all quarters,*some
from ten miloe’ distant, bringing whatever”
could b<i hastily prepared* fqr the table* and
fruit in great abundance.. Much provision was
bro’ught togethsi*—sufficient, w/i understand,’
for’inany in ore than were present, although,
beside the Regitnent, at lea°st five hundred oth
or people were present —men and •Vowcn-
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soing manifesting ggeafc curiosity H) *see .the
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Yankee prisoners” in charge f the llegJtuent,
and, fieri gratified, surprised*ti find a real lice
Yankee in no great”degree differing in person’
al appearance froni how folks. • The kToridi-,
an.’ thought Georgm a very, hospitable land---
scemefi to apprecite the attgntions"of ourpco'”
pie and*expressed thaif gratitude fur the as-’
sistance rendered them # hy”the couiftless bitg
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gies, currifigcs,.’ wagons, Stc., Ac.,*congreg<xted
to aid in their*transpoTtatioif. “The ladies used
every exertion stir their comfoiT and did* great
.credit t© Thomas county. Thc'soldicrsToasted
to their fill arid went on their way re^oiejng.
The Monticello Tapiily Friend speaking; of
this liegiment says? • • • •
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The nifirch ®f the Florida .Iheginfeftt from.
MonticeM® U Greo\;ej"s‘Station, vas a perfect
ovation; and the kindness and eifcouragcment
it.inel with alon the gntire route,'"will long be
remembered by tlrtr tired and .toiling soldiers.
M niost every 1 Bouse were issembled liumfVcds
*of ladies and gentlemen,.to welpome*tbe nobli!
-band, h* k d them God s*pt:ed # them a
parting ad?eu ; aifij by generous* ticts* and en
couraging wqfds to. cheer their* h.tmrts alid.
drown* their cares.* At’.Mr. Linton’s* ihree,
’•miles strove Station, an a(pplq*and excellent
* “liiuicr was pfepared by thfi ladies, of which th®
soldfers partook,"and upon arriving at*t.he rail
■ road ihej found supper in waiting. The march
was a long one for new. tftiops, and n*atiy of
thc.Pii were completely Xhfiustel upon reaching*
thtir destination. A few * hours refreshing*
slep, hoivevcV.. Tjicm alf, and “at one*
0 clock \\ ednesday hnoruing, .they* toAk tlifi*
. Jraiu for Siiiaungh. . * . J
• CAKDIDATM I ©lt GOVJEUNOR’
Ilefe art? soini : “of the giandidutes our cdlcni’
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pocancs have nominated for the*next Governor
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fc*t Georgia; . .. • . . .
* Joseph L". Brown, B. G. H411,* * #
Geo.”\Y. Crawford, AYarren Aiken*,
j* E, A. Niabet, .’ * James Gardner,
T. AY. Thomas, R! Tatum, *
E. 11. Worrell, * J.” L. Seward,
.Samuel Ilarnett, “Alfred Iverson, . •-.
I'. Jhwgatt, J. AAi. 11. Underwood,
* Billups, .. F. J. McGehee,
B. McMillan*, * Jas. M. Chambers,*
* y® G. Stiles, Augustus.lTeese, .♦ .
John E. AYard, A. *T. Hansel],
Ashbury Hull, D. AY. Lewis. “
•* - ® ,/ - nave.not yet, aqy aspirafiot®
to tKe high honor of suggesting a r|njjdntr tfi
till that.august station, we may nowbe permit
ted to add to the’above list Hon. J. J en
kins. This gentlerafin us infinitely ‘
beyond three fourth's 6f those ‘-aboi’e namhj.,
AV hen our Cbtemporaries aome to sound the
merits,of our candidate wdl be found that
he is not behin’d foremost*fhey .have tfe-*
signated.” ... *
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• LATEST’ WAR NEWS. j
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Viciorv— -Rattle nl Bull % linn.
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° o Richmond) July 18th, p* m. —The Federal
isk-. *mder < i 9icr;?l McDowell, advanced
Fairfax t.i* lay with 10,000 strong. They were
meti'j 7000 Confederates, GeneraT lion- ‘
hatp, who commanded our advanced force, and
®ifter. sou hours’ ligrd fighting were repulsed
with gri*cat£s)aa&hter. TheendVny thenretroat
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ei to Alexandria. . •
’iTre <£ah commenced at Hull’s Run, .upon
wlyeh Bonham had fatten back. anTl extending
tlirytigtioat theJine to Mau*ftsaa Juu<yion fc be
came gene Bid. Wen'epui-od tlfe enemy ►at. all
p ints with great loss. Th<sbattle Tistqd.Bever
ai hours, and Beauregard was in commuti'l. • *
Ridhr*<.</id 4 July 19.-r-Thc official*
of # the battle of Bull’s near Manas
sas Junction, was recei’fed at tfye War l>e
psrtmdht at* noon to day. The Confederate
loss w®~ sixty kUledland woWuded. ‘The loss
W the uneuiy* is over live hundred.* Tlyire
no signs of'Federalists to bp,seen this
jnosniug, and all was q*uict at the Confederate
| camp.’ , *
.* . FURTHER ACCOUNTS. *
Passengers arrived here from M&nassag re
port that It'd Confederates are killed wounded*
or missing,and 987 Federalists wefe left dead
on the fillet About SO woiyided were brought
here on the tars.tj)-iight; also one dead body®
if he Federalists-sent * of tsuse this mor
ning to the. Confederate camp, asking an ;w
----giistreE for the purpose* of burying tlu<r dcad /
which was*granted* * •
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DAVIS AND SCd-TT IN COMMAND.-
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Imisiense Slaughter on both Sides.
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The Eiiiiiiy in full Kitrcfll, Pursued by our
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Manassas, July 2J . — f \ ten-hour .battle was
“fought to-tlav ;rt Stone Bridge, near This place.
Gen.*Beauregard again victorious !
The slaugfyer on both sides have ‘tre
mendous. • •
Gen. Beauregard had horse shotfroib lin
ger him, wlfile leading, the Hampton legion in
to action.
(Jen. Johnson seized the colors of a water
ing regiment arfd rallied to the charge!
It is impossible aj this time to estimate the
jigtnbcr of dead ’oj* wounded.
On our side,-ColoneJ and acting Brigadier
General brands S. BaVtow, pf Georgig,, was
mortally wounded, and is reported since dead.
The battle commenced at eight o’clock in the.
morning fe apd closed at six o’clock in the even
ing, the onemy bSing .iu full rctregt, pjirsued.by
’ our cavalry. • •
Thc.eimmy •opened thjjir batteries at Mc-
Ford at eight o’clock with -hcaty guns
•atid small Held -pieces*. The general, Engage
ment of cannon and musketry took ]4ace above
Stone Bridge, o BulDs I!un, at l(i o’clock, and
lasted till six in flic evening. .
G#n. Evans, of Sojitli Carolina, led his brig
ade first into..actino. • Sloan's regiment,
Kershaw’s 2d .regiment, nd llamptpn’s Le
gion, of *>Southo Carolina next engaged- The.
7:h and Bth Georgia regiments next engaged,
aiw* 1 were nearly annihilated.
(Jolonel Bartow; of SaTamialj, w r as mortally
wounded, and Col. GaTdner, gs Augusta, was
slightly wounded. •
The Oglc(Jiorpe*l fight Hi fan try, of Sayannah
were much c-ut sip. Bryan Moel, Julius C.
j’crrill and W. H. Graue arc killed.
Lieut. Ctd. Johnston®, of the Hampton Le
gion: is killed. ° - *.
Cult A\ ad(f Hampton, of the same Legion, is
slightly wounded.* .
Gen. Barnard ‘E.’Bce, iff South Carolina, is
mortally wounded. *
•The force of the enemy was fifty thousand.
Our own force .was twixkty thousand.’ . *
Eighteen pieces c4‘"aitillery wert‘taken from
the enemy, of whom weMujvq, three op toiir
hundreti prisoners. * * •
The number of killed and wounded will be
given to-nyorrow. ®Tlic less on our side .is esti
mated by meat about two hmutrEd killed ay.d
three hundred wounded.
• The Enemy have several thousand killed and.
wounded. •
I was on the battle-field twelve hours and 1
witnessed the wliolc*sccne.
The WaSlnngtdh Artillery oT New* Orleans
did tremendous execution.
Georgia*, sons nave to-dsy vindicated tlnf na
tional Jnstory of* the f*tate, wind worthily* and
gloriously represeifted their ‘flative spil and
thrown imperishable’lustre qp the *Southel’
name. J . • *. , *
. . SECOND DESPATCH*.
JManasstis, 11, p. nu —The fight a’t Manassas,
began ;it dawn ; by* noon the action had be-.
cofue.gEberal, and the battje raged the
whole line. -Gen. JoJlnston commanded .the
left wing, and Gen. Bca’uregard tiie rjght. * *
The reports that reach,u that our
fopce was less than 75,000, and th it “the enemy
had otcr 100,000. r fhes3 statemejlts are prob
ably huf it is certain tl*af the lea
ders on both sides had coventrated frheirnfhole
available ibrea to take part in thg batfcle. •
At abeut'O-o’clock this evening, tha. encmv
gawe* way.in qvery (KrJction, aml their * flight
feecapae preefpitatik At dark, they .Were still
flying closely pursued by our troops.
Aiming the officers known’t’o kill’- *
ed, in addition to those 1 lwive jiaineii afioae, is
Kerby Sm.itTi of. Alabama.
time, during .trjie Sherman’s
.celebrated battery of .Flying ArtjJlely.Vgg on
the point of destroying llauiptoti’s Legion*,
whets Col. Garlaiid, of the llUi \ irginia Rogf- 1
ment-was orde’red to battery at the
.point of the bayonet. He fmft’ediatelv l.ed Mie
Virginians to the charge® under a’terrib’le fire’
;nd after a‘fierce gtrifggle cap'Curffd “entire
bpttewj’ and turned its gtftis upon the enetliy.
July 22.—The. reports* pf. the
killed and wounded are unrEliabte, in* ednse-*
• [lienee of the excitement and coiWusion followj
ing the p ultopy at Manassas. Annies anj not
mentioned, Lory fear EUuseless pain
fco anxicuis hearts. . * *
* .Among thp dead ‘ate- (ieperals F. S. Bartow, !
of Georgia ; Barnard l;.*Bee, pf South Caroli
na; K°irby Smith, of Alabamli, and Col. Jthn
on, of Hampton's Region.
Gen. Beampgard a'nif staff afe The
liot; ? e of..Gen. Beauregard was sttotpinder him.
Gen. Jos. I*. Johnson commanded the lef*
divisinif of*the army,, whewe the enemy made
their fiercest oifset. Gen *Beauregpni com
manded tlicEright division, and Rrasident .Da
vis feachqd*thefield aj; noon, and took corpmand
ftf the’centrre and * disengaged a, portion of.the
enemy’s forEe, whit-h decided the ’fortunes of
the-day.
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•No*oflifr # reliabl? reports have been received,
but are hSurly expected. • s
• It is stated that thE enemy ns’ eommamfed
*by GgassScottf Patterson and. McDpwcll; the
latter said to be wn&nded seriously. .. .
Lieut. Howd, f>f Capt. Crump’s Company, ar
rived here layt evening, and reports all bisicom
{[aoy apd the Jo wjiicli. lie beloaged•
are Hate jit M®mterey.. Pool *of t\unip*s
Company slightly hurt o’u* the thigh, A’uboijy
§!se is nwti to be qiftt. .’ .
Passenger- -fate that Gen. Wise won a deci
ded victory iV-Uanawha valley last week, kilt
if.f 150 ot'*the enemy*and losiygbut few.
Nothing latet from Mai*assas.up to 10 o’clock.
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Saffty o(ll|p Royw ( oirfinitotl. • *
gl’lie following*tlispat<Ji # was received.in this
city at a latg houE .last nigfit by •entlefiian
from Hon. Robert JfooniUs. — Const.
Vtc/unoßil, July 20. U.iscfrtain that the
four missing Georgia companies of Tlamsey’s
Regiment were not taken, birt being separated
from the regiment, marched tfte mountains,
and are all safe atOJontcrey with the cbojmand.
Jiieiit* Col.*CtefishaW, just arrived, report* he
saw them, aipPthi# account from them* in per-,
son* . .
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‘Richmond, July 17.—iVe are compelled*’tti
o*i passengers for all th? üb\*s we g&t
here fropj jthe army. Apparently Reliable ficr
sons state jhaj 400 of ColonEl Ileck’s com map a
, had sufrondered in the West, o aud also four
companies of Cel. Ramsay’s Regiment...
body of\*a[it. SHipwith, of <he Powhattan
;(Va.) was killed at liich Moueitain, was
.lfnmglu to tlul city 40-night. Gentlemen from
Wise.’s-Lcgi Em rep®it all Jlie companies in good
• hcahlFawd chcerfwl. • He ‘had had a mi
gagements with the enemy* a*id Al\?ays success
ful.. Gen. McClellan says *Garpctt“s forces
lhughfc sottiard and*wevo so determined that fie
, felt no disposition to follow thdln, hyt
rcd*to leave them to i>o encountered by otAier
forces. *Cul. W. E. Stark # e, Aid to .Gen. par
yett and who was tfith him when he’fcll, Bays'’
thatjn the fight*Garnett lost about twenty kill
ed, and four Qcorgia companies liatt 4wo .hun
dred men missfiig. Jpt was believed they werg
surrounded and taken prisoners. He says the
, force retreated in good order, ad will reach
Monterey to-morrow giglft. In the light With
-Pegrini forty Confedcmtcs wjtre killed and ax
huedred*fcaken prisoners. C.ul. l’cgram among
the latter. * •
Richmond, Jply 18. —A*n ofixcil communi
cation. 4o the Government here states that the
Georgia llegynent under Gcijcral Gannett cov
ered thfineelves with glory’ in the retreat from
Laurel Hill. .Another authority .says that four
• Georgia ’companies, undeV Captains* Crump,
Evans, Wilkins and Pinkartl, surrendered.—
The
was actually killed.. . .
Richmond, Jyly 19.—Cel. Starke, Aid .to
General Garnett, says there was no “battle hut
a mere skirmish on the day Garnett was killed.
The enemymegupiedei liilT, .ImLKamsay’s Geor
'jgia Regiment was ordered to dislodge them.—
Thc*Georgians moved up galTaatly• tvilli four
companies on the right of the stream in the
mountain, gnd*six companies on the left of the
stream. Tlic oyciny appearingr in suclu over
vhelif)ing force, Col. llaniEhy ordered a retreat.
It is believed “that four companies did net lfetir
the owler, and were led dirgctly'on, and were
probably immediately surrounded. It was hop
ed, however, that the funr companies may ytt
rcaEli the camp. Gen. Gfarnctt’s congmand pn
ly lost twenty i*en Hi killed, unless some of
the fiSur companies are filled. No official de
tails have ttceiy received. AH.the remainder
Os Gafucttli command arc; safe. *
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Rich’wml, July Iff.
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ole gcntlcm*'ii who left. Staunton this morning
say i,it all ihc uiisijinaf companies 6f Ramsay’s
•Georgia Ifcgiment are at MontErcy aftd safe.
They taken prisoners but glisehargeu oh
hlicir pnrole*. .
Cincinnati, July IG.-*-A special dispa’tcli to
the Gazette, of this city, States that Larel
Hill wits evacuated by the Southerners on the
•night* of 4he 11th. Tifey were overtaken
on ’•tfieir ‘march by # an advance gujrd of..
IfeSefalists on the 12tb, whpn rear
showed.ba’ftle in order to cover their retreat. —
• At’the next ford Gen. Garnett, of the Confed
erate forces, was killed. CoJ. Ramsey, of (jfedv
*gia, iui at the head of
the Qolumh’and the pursuit ceased. The re
sult of the whole affair is that.thc Laurel. Hill
with equipage, forty b.lgage wagons, the
field chest, two re'gimental fanners, and four
Georgia Captains and Lieutenants’were captur
ed. Gen. Harriett and twenty of his men were
killed* Gen. Garnett’s Lody Was at lniadquar-.
te’rs alvaiting orders from Richmond.
Memphis, July 15.—Xe\ys reached Little
..Roffk yesterday, via that McCul
• kugh, witfi* 12,000 nien*had attacked J*4,000
Federalists at Sptinficld, Jbissouri, killing 900
of them. Tfifc liederalistg surrendered uncen
ditionally. Two hundred Soulfierners arEsaid
4oJiave Imeft-kdled. ° V.
St. Louis, J uly* 1 h.—General Hatriei intends,
withoWhe loss of a mfln, to rendezyous, a*
speedily as possible’ in Calloway county. The
young man are°leavig by tens and
for the rendezvous in the western part of the
State. JackWon’s fidlewcrs art becoming bold
and defiant. Afl .telegraphic communication
has bcetiocuj* olf awuiid Boonville. Nothing
reliable from the SoiUhwcst 6 *• •
t St. Lon is, Jijy 15* —'file latest advices from
.the. south-west ..^ilace o 12,000 Federalists at
Springfield. • .• •
.- ‘Louisville, July lb.—The latest reliable rid
viccs froyi sopth-weSterm Missourp > via,St.**Lo®-
, is, are
vi.tlioeahofttas mayi havtkreached J.ittle Rock
yes’tcrd*y? thirty-sj,x b'/urs
ri plipers of the Rkti, Ulirce days “distant froni o
the seat of war, place the # hellig*rents as fol
low :*•;..*
The State•fosccSj’tllree columns, of 10,0t)0
®iien each. * °
• ? The force, under Gov. lEas® advanc
ing towards JcftersiDi e*Py. •
The fiorces, under P/ior and
MiCiulteugli® fi.4ve driven the congentrajed.
forces nekk of land between’
•Warsaw and Oeeola* * * .
Capt* Burbage hatt killed 80 and captured
150 iifCedar county. •
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Uattlr in“Vhi-ouri. .
JCunsus City, July 3 b — are indebted to
tlfe Kansas Journal for a c&py••of’tlie Eort
Scott Democrat of the 7tig containing an &c-°
of aliattle'b’etween .Jhe Missouri ’State
ifoops under G. ov -* Jack Son and Gen. .Raines,
numbering from K>,ooo to*
13,000, and \he United States force under’CoL
Zcigel, numbering 1,500 ip a[l. Our’informaTit.
•says that ms Wednesday. ’tJie.Sd inst., the State
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troops left Rupe’rPoint and moved South* to #
Murry’s sixtmjtas. On .Friday monfing at S
* o’clock, they broke u*pcamp and mareh’ed soiuh
In the alireetion *f Carthage, the eoutrty scat
|of Jackson county. At Abbey’s Fork, seven
milesnorth of CarthagE. they were met by*C<*l.
Weigel with men, who Immediately, gave
q£Ticui btfttle. ° .
The fijst onset resulted in the Stale troops
being driven back some distance. ;uid th? offi- *
<cers ordered a retreat. Jhs centre gave way
but the order iß>t being heard on the flunks,
tlrt advancing fhiited States troops wem in
i jlanger gs being s # urround<{d. The ffanks'final
j lv fell back, slowly keeping u[i.*tlie fight with
tlu’U'>arti?lery,*which made Tearful havoc itmocg,
|*the enemy’s ranks. At the crossing of Dry
Fork our line# cam# very ne;tV being tak<*n,
when, by the timely arrival of Unitm men
from Shoal Creek® they cAMged with a loss of
but, live Killed an’f two. mortally .wouruled.
The batttte continued the United States troops
I glteyiately figßtin'g ;*ml retreating, uftjil dark,
; \then tligy reached Casthagg, having crossed .
Bftek.Branch and Spring river.. Oq tlie .way,
*t!ic’fightipg was**all done wftli the artillery* Col.
, Zeigel retreating as soon as they advance*!.
It is bclieVcd Jhat Col. Zcigcl’s object was
te draw Rie* State on Carthage, wlicp,
with Hour Iftilulled reserve troops at that** ylael
iwid expectcyl reinforcements from Neos.no an*l
Sarcoxie, bs w’fiild be turn ami drive
back them or rout them. * • •
. ‘flip loss on \?a*s very great —
Out informant says he counted. 70 OV TO woun- 0
ded left on the fiedd and in houses by the way
• side. At*Dfv Fork gla*.gc amouift ot. heel was
tllrown out ot wagons, it is supposed to make
room for. the doad. *•
Another nifbrmant residing at .Wavthagc
states thift he*pn9cd oveua part of tlnj battle
field yesterdav* morning, and saw
.hacks passing in every aireeuon gathering up’
tli4; dead foi® interment. The loss on tbe part
of the State tfoops cannot be less than 200 to.
500. The ground is many places* was strewn
with dead horses arid the stems) was sie*ken*n.g
* The whole {oulitry .was laid desolate, feficas
torn down, crops ♦rtynpled in4o the ground, and
•houses plundered, lie met parties of women
‘who said that orcrytliing had been taken liafni
them hy.the State troops except what theyhad
on their backs. * .
*The retreat was ton dueled in a style worjliy
of veteran troops, and witli as much coolness
.■ft upon.parade. >t was only the overwhelming
iidds bu thq side of the fsccesHopibs that ena
bled them.Jo carry the® day. r l he victory was
really with Zeigel.
Tt \vas reported that a night attack was matTc
on Zeigel, aiql four hundred.of fiis troops kill
ed, and six hundred taken prisoners,witli.thrce
pieces of artillery; but our iiilbrmant says he
oveibcard a messenger from.Uie Secession c;unp
smy thift they had* killed only one man, after
entering Carthage, and.had tukgi* no guns.
• I Jackson announces his intention of fortijy
ing liimself at Cartliatrc. until Price and Me-
Colloßgh arrive from ..Avkaifsas'w’kh reiufiß’C
nicnts, wlten he will act o’n the “otFensive and
II enforce the laws of the State. ’
o © 9
Major Zefgel retrcifted in tlie direction of
Sarcoxie, wlicre he feported reinlbrccments. —
Nothing can; be heard from Major Sturgis Sr
Gen Lyon..
L.'VTER. —July 7th, 8 o’clock p.°m.—A'citi
zen of this jbiee lias ju-4;.arrived, having left.
Sherman Jasper county, at dayl.ight this morn
ing. lie states That atVe’f leafing ( f artliage,
Col. fteigel moved two miles southeast* nf the |
town where lie encamped for*.the night. His :
< eoihinand is badly cut up. His Joss is various-* 1
*ly Esfimat'ed at from 20U to 1,009 a:**l tl*at of
tbe Secessionists from I*ooo. to 2,000 killed
and wounded. Col. Brown, with .1,1)00 troops*i
from Springfield, is said to have .joined Col,
Zpigcl. * •
• Mij or . Sturgis is north of the Osage, and
Gen. Lyon at*last accounts was at Warsaw, on
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his way South. * .
()y Friday, the day of. the battle, Ben Mc-
Collougli, and Gen. Unce arrived at Nenslio, 20
miles sEutli of Cartilage, with 10,000 men. — .
A guard of 200 men left There by* Seigel, was
surr.ounded am.l taken prisoners. OnE report
says that all were murdered, *ml another* tliat
, but a small portion of tjtcjm were killed. 510.- ‘
Culluugli.s.ent forward 2,1)00 mfm to assist Jack-,
son.* lie expects 5,000 additional troops from
Arkansas. * * * ®
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Richmond, July 20.—The L’rovisional Cqn
gress of the Confederate States asi*eii)hlcd in
tlifs city at’noon Jo-day. * Upon call of* the roll
hut lew members were found to be absent. „
The President’s Message anil aceo*o].miiying
documents were read,.and live thousijid copies
ordered to bft printed!
. Tba remaining business of* the session is
•unimporftOit. . • .* *
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• Till* liin4Su < on;!;*-*.
0 0* ”0
Washington, Juty hc House has pass,
ed tlic following biUs : Bill remitting fines in
•gases wffiere ships ivere unable to.procuoe prop
er.clcaranccs. Bill to forward soldiers’ letters*
wißibut additional charge. *J>ill to pap the vol
unteers fyoin thegiipe of rendezvousing.
.Senate wag called to order *fy the Secretary,
,Mr. Forney, y ho. announ’cwl that T'ieeJVcsi
dent Hamlin w'ould Jih absenl for tire remainder
of the session. Bills for the appointnicite of
a’n*Assistant Secretary, of* thg N;*vy, *md. for *■
Jhe betfer organizafion of .the Marine Corps,.’
were passed. Tlfy bill to modify the Tariff met
( with an jmexpected opposition in tlft House.— *
Tjj®: movement in the HPuse for the*expufjio*
of Henry. May, of Baltimore, on account o.fliis
late .visit to JKigWiond, was. laid .on tjie lable.
.Washington, July 49°—The. Senate passed,
tfie Military bilDto-da}® The lhuire concurred
in the Seuafe’s amendineftts to tfie Naval .bid.
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• I>orlh.WrHlcni %cwk. . ...
Burlington, lowa, July Pd.—Three liumlrcd
Confederate cavalry have invaded Appamoosc
county, Towa,. spreadi*ig .great t*crtor througlr
that and surrounding counties. *.
The.Akon with one compaity of ar
tillery and ijvo of cavalry, hav§ left .for T^ortl*
Missouri.* 0 • .* ° • .
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# i lira 111. • * .*
I rom the New \ork Hera M’s newssmptnary
•we make the following extract*. It is rather a*
bitter pill to our enemies :• • *
Lord John JlusseH luas given anoUier’and ini-,
‘portant English reading #o f the law. f block’-
yde in Parliament, .lie was asked R tlfe gov
ernment recogjii sed.the 5 ed.the j’ight {)f. tile Nbw Gra
naslian Confederation t.o.close its ports by blocl?-
ade, w o lien he replied *that v yn cas*e 0 o? rebeljion
the government had a.right to close its ports,
but if in ease of®civil war tjie posts* were de
•facto occupied
noGtake tljat step aecording o to international*
law.. The British..nafyl commander wotiltf
•not therefore,‘recognize the right of closinr
the ports. . * • • ¥ 5
*• YAXIOY l’\ l\t: I’s: >l> K > T.*l •
A friefld lyul* member of tfie company, in
camp at Isabella, sends us a lift, of the “Van;
cey Independents,” wfiicli we publish below —.
This company ha* I’esn ordered and* is*.no*Pln
.rendezvous M Atlanta in the camp afi instruc-
Cion iaccordance with thtfrequisition of Cov.* #
I Brq,wn utfdter authority of thi Confederate
’States. * .. •* . • .*. *
Captain, Williar* A Ilanis # •
Ist Lieutenant, Asa U Guldens
2d .. *“.* .. William A Johnston •
3d • Robert J Wecfis . •
OrdeflyJScrgtfant, frtomaS Q West Tall .
2d “ Xhadilius M Rostick *. •
1* 3d “ *• Sylvanius Q Jordan ,
: • *4th •*. “ * Jtobert F Fliine* •
• In Corponfl James 11 Ford . . .• * .
*• 2d ‘‘ James Da*s •
■;,l *♦ LotCWHiU • * • . •
4th “ Jaies*J (Joodman
fca*latliicl.Aslams T>avid D Jolmstoy
** Harmon Bray Tlymms Johnston
John It Ifciseinan* John Joskins .
Luke C•Boscnmn* * Julius M* Jones
Stwnuel J ftreft , Albert 15 *E?ssh. *. *
Pearson D lb-own *Jatnes ( Lunsford .. .
Mnlcom J l’ftss • WiHiam Lane . . .
Nathan't C.-Tlhoun fiVillinm Land
Thomaj O Calhoun Rodrick M Mcl’any.
Joseph CtrihoiTn ” Aliam 1’ Meadows
Daniel II • Abel C Massy . *
. .* George IV Mftssy
Charles Collict . ,Sfias # M Massy
Janies Deriso • RJ>ctl I> Massy, .
Ddvarfi Eady James C O.Jtfoony
Benjantih E f Exitm* Joint T pieAriy
Rolfert GFord Willihm W l’osy # .
’ • John J Ford ** . Hcnvy € <>"iert .
Levi T ’Fowler* * Asa C Rodgers
Bobcyt II Fulton • /olin IV i^buse^
William ll Gany * George W Spvnig.
C tilcaton Josirpli L Sping* •
Norn jail G C.illis J.>si*yh b Fuimjcv ,
j° JL-ytley O Green . oreeu*Shivev
William J.Gunter * ‘Jackson W .Sltivev
~ John 11 Coughrr John J Shiver •
Benjamin GoughfF .John <’ Smith . *
J< ;tph B Germrfh ltignza Steplu-ifif
, Geovge W Hall* . M avion SimiiVifts
James N Ilgbby Andrew J Taylor
William Hobby Thomas fydot* . *
, John F Harden * Eli Viccyr
Haskill 11 Hill . Wijliam W WalkeF
Edward G Jlolliday Berrion A Willittms
. MSnssclj Henderson Romulus Week* . •
. Daniel T W Iloloman Lewis W Warren .
Michael J Hbrn Thoma# W Whertas
• WUliam.B Hamilton • EdwariJ Wily ,
• ‘E'iiiisl lit jjininit ol* E'!orie!:s Volunteer-.
This Rogi incut has been ordered ’into scr-.
■ vice by the governor, :ts the first of the .two
Honi.e Regiments required by the Confederate
(Idvcrn merit. Bix compflnics*are ty go to For-,
nand'fm, twu to Jacksonville, arid two to lit.
: Augustine.* The following companies have
, been designated as composing the Regiment:
Capt. A. J. T. Wright’s fWmi (’ojumbia coun
, j ty; Thomas Langford's, from Wakulla; Capt.”
, \V. O. (let-idea u’s, futin Jefferson; Capt. *W.
• F. Fletcher’s,"from Marion, .and. ('apt. J. .S.
■ Wood’s; to be statiohed at F(*mandina,
Capt. Holmes.Steeles, and Capt. L.. A.'liar
dee’s, from Jacksonville, to be stationed at
. ’jacKsonwille. •
Capt. D. I>. Bird’s, from Jeffer on. and Capt.
J. Lott Philip’, to bf stationed at St* Angus* •
tine , ...
: * The election of offioers —a Colonql,.Lieufen
rant Colonel *and Major—is ordered on*llie 25th
inst. **We, ha* T e not leafued whethcr.the cotfl ;
patties are* to rendezvous at J&cnandina.to elect
oiliccrs, or whether tloy tire to proceed at once *•
to their respective.posts and vot e.-*-*iitl!ahut>s
, X m ei?s. • * *
Five Yankee* liilli tfn! Prunarola.
O
On Saturday TastJive pf Lincoln's men, from
’ Fiiit Pickens, were kirled by a detachpient of
the Mqjitgomery Aliiuiitcd Bides* Capt. (.’laitton,
I wfio arc stationed as ;i <‘oasT guard on Fast Pay
opposite Santa Rosa Island... The facts, as we
1 learn them from a passenger* arc .these : That
one officer and six men, in a small brat, started
.from Santa Ro.fu in senTth of water. ‘J lie .
euard of the Hides wercseerded ucar.tjie wa*
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ter, but as the boat approached they, were dis
covered} when tha officer in. the bout ordered a
retreat. They were ordered to halt, but as
* they paid no attention to it. they were lirod up
-041, vphen the official - and four o 1 his men were
killed, as only two. was syc*i to *inove* in the
.boat afier the firing. The officer was standing*,
fn.the middle o*f tlie b®at with his sword as if .
>i entreating or threatening the men to row fj
life, when a shpt froin an unerring in *
, the handg of one of our Bides, brought liinr
[ across the boat, hi.s head oi er the side-dead.
So <jur sharp # shooters. They will
pick off yiany a one this summer, who are in
I search of water, from the byrning sands gs
, Pickets.. AVe hope so. — Mon ‘<v>mrnt Mail
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j • • Tlic Fire al Albany, >. V. • •
The firing of ’tliq, Poston Railrojd •DcpiTf, at
Last Aflbifoiy, on the sth has been noticed.
A* telegraphic despatch says : . *
.So lipree was.the cbnflagration that nothing .
could, behaved.. Five canal boats and steam
dredges which we*re in the i-lip had noVime 4o I
get afloat, and the persons in them barely es
caped with their, livek. The destruction oT.
property embraces*two freight’depots, phe
passenger depot, the ticket office, tike elector,
fifty-115ui car loads of freight* eight car loads of
li\e hogs, five eebal boajs and*one valutible
freight Hiidge. . The dong oassenger bridge was
pai tiaUy^s.ivci!, the canak boats were all loaded
iJvitli grain. I lie* destruction of propcrtv**ean
•not be l;ss*
’ There arc tumors tlutt some*Jives were lo.srf.
About sixty mey “.were in* one buifilinj* that*
! burned so rapidly as to rendfr'eseape very difii
cult. 31 r. Fairchild,‘one qt the siiperintendk .’
Lents of*the freight department,* who was cn
favoring to save the books, was burnud
abrsut* the face and breast. Several men join- •
ped into the crock.; some it is supposed perish- *
( ed m the ouildipg, and two firemen wfire in ;
.jursdjjy a collision between two engines. The
% hole dock was buieied, and so entire was the *
dcstiuetion, that eveiy*tFling at the depot is •
swept (3ean*. • •
“The lyss by thfs firp will exceed half a jnfl-
Ih*] oi dollars. J lie Luiklings w?re cfes
tiioyed cgst* the company yver 81(10,000. The
company had jio insuraiyie.
# • #
Mr. .Everett’s* furious war'speech, delivered
•in Xevx York on the 4th of July, finds a com
pile refutation inu leFtcw addressed by him'to
•A great “conciliation •meeting,” held in FaiFcuil
I f ! all > Boston, February sth, 18G1, *just fi-vc.
months before. The following is aR detract *
front tjiatbetter: • •
•. “$° ex *P. ect t 0 h old fifteen Sfates if the Un
ion by foroe is preposteroys. The idea of a
civil war, acciflnpanied, as it would be* b*f a.*
servile insurrection, is too monstrous to be'eu- *
•tertained /or a yaoment. *lf*our sistdV States,
leave us,jn the name of fieaveij, lefrthrtn
• go in peace.” 0
“Keep thy ghop iind tlfy sjiop will keep
thee, i. e., at homeamd mind your fiusi
oiicss, iusTead of running about to gab.