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.. • * tOI.TTV TAX.
c hjwe lech requested tg> call attention to
the jipportaiicc of levying a county 4a a. for the
equipment of volunteers, aad perhaps no subject
should at pre*e:it so much engage oyr attention *
Pnandeot Davis calls for a, large •number of*
. fresh troops <0 re; *1 t ; .V accumul it*in_- forces yf
our Ncrthtrn invaders, and our t.lovernor locdcs
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to the sevenu Counties of tke St a; ■ to raise and
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equip luen for the service. If oar*J%earte are
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m the cau* ‘f‘Southern ind-oondenee we
shotild never .think, we Jurve (Tons enough so
long.as y goacSß what our eosntrjf nefeds.—
Let ys be up anthdoiiig. A fcjv oPour citizens*
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have contributed vary liberally to the nfuip
raent of-.the tjre companies already Blustered
;&t<v service, very large niflnber ®f them
have Jone nothing. and the only equitable
•'way Jo bring thertf to Lratr their proportion of
she exficn stobe by taxation, it is pro
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pqsed by tbc Inferior Court .to leiy a tax on
the*eoantyk> hieet the demands of flic vo!un~J
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as.ngt 91 “they an? organized.
A third eoApatiV of infantry is now ready fori
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and anxious to march in defence*
of their cfluntrv, but have no funds to procure
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the necessary article 8 ; of equipment. iJow
long, we ail;, shall this remain so? Slmll we 1
venture an appeal te the patriotism of the peo
ple.of the county ? tha assistance of the
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in sewing, each company may.b’e pretty
well equipped* with. That k a small
fcum.for eighty men, ;ind.will very badly equip
a larger number. *A few;, are able
agd win equip* themselves * Will tVe citizans :
out of their abundance 010 the icst? If so
“there will be no need* of a county tax, and as
the work was so nobly begun by voluntpwy
eontributious, we should rejoice to see it com
plcted in the same patriotic ‘spirit. Who ‘will
mote first, in the matter. It i* evenyhodys bu
siness, guid may we not expect a .simultaneous j
movtnnent of all the people of the county?—
Why may notx?very man assess .the value of
his own’wealth and impose such a’tax as he
* may .suppose himself able to bear? This would
save the tinje and expanse required to collect, {
a county tax. Let our people think of it, and
begin without delay to act. The “Dixie Boys”
, will be organized* next, week—already fifty
strong-Hand it is important” that no time be
lost “in equipping them for active service. .We
trust their^ ardor will not be suffered to cool by
delay that.can so easily be avoided.
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holdierht.om;. * *’•
•• The Guards and Oclocknees'left on the train
for Bmnswick via Savannah “on Friday morning
at 6 o’clock. Great numbers of their friends,
both male and female, assembled at the depot,
early a’swfts the hour appointed for the d*epart
ure yf the train, to bid them an affectionate
farewell. Tlfe scene was one of d.eep sadness
and which flew could witness unnfoved -never
theless with resolute hearts, our hoys cheerfully
took leave of their kindred and friends and
departed amid the loud huzzas bf th<> vast
crowd, the waving of hats, handkerchiefs, <(c..
<£c. Those* companies* carry in their ranks j
very many of the 1 tobies* youths of Thomas
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countv, and their able leaders, Gapfciins Bock
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well and Younjj, have abundant reasoli to
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be proud of flic Charge Thowys county* has
committed to them. We have no fear • for
the Guards and Oclocknees—when brought in- i
’ to action they will do their duty—they go nos j
tp the field igaioraat of the cause f • which
.they §ght, °or jn doubtful policy for <the future.
M ith theih, as with every sensible Southern,
man, it is victor# or death. Defeat wouM take
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trom all wh possess fts a greaj and “free na
tion—oifi laws, our institutions,* opr homes.—
X° tbk Southerners prefer death, and with this
determination they have eutefed upon the war.
There can be no peace, therefore, un*til they
are permanently secured t& ourselves and our
posterity. Os .these facts outbrave volunteers”
are well assured, and they go to secure these 4 ’
greatbies.-ings to their country. .May the God
of battles ever crown tjietn with victory, pre’
serve'thejr lifes *nd restore them to the anx
lofts ODes atJtoiue. . • * • *
Correct lis:> of the names of the men, enlist
ed in companies appear in.this paper. ••
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The follow*hg companies have* been
published as composingTlu? Thirteenth Georgia
Regiment. As there afe but nine ccJmpanies
set clnwn, we Cake it a,- an error that Captain
Rockwell’s Company, the Thomasville Guards,
has been left out. r Vt %ny rate'the Guards have
’ been ordered and ars now at Brunswick :
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The following companies are to* compose the
loh Georgia Regiment, whieb will tae the
phce <jf Colonel Semmes’ RegimentT at Brims*
wick, now under orders for \ irginia : • •
Wire-Grass Minute Men, Capt. W. C. Styles.
Kjunswdck Riflemen, Cagt, B. ; F. Harris,
Rrunswiqjc. . *
Lowndes Volunteers, Capt. G.T. Hammoml.
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Oclockoee Light Tufantry,. Capt. W. J
Young, Thomasville. . . 1
. Darien:.’^ 8 ’' 0 !""'''"’ C 'P‘ ‘ Wour.
Seaboard Guards. Cant .V.hn (’ \'.n i
Waynesviife * / nL#
•V rr ;f n MiDU,C ‘ le ’ n ’ Ca P l *** J ° knight,
Xashville. * ° ’
• ; Camden Rifles, Ca P t A?ex. S. Atkinson.
Piscola A olunteers, Ca P t. William A Lane,
Quitman
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The popuhtion of the Suite of Virginia
according to the late census whites, 1.047,-
579. Free colored 5?.fi17 Slaves 491.45 H.
Aggregate. 1,59^, 0
• XEETIXG AT r\CA.VVII.LB.
These wiU be a psblic meeting at Duncan
ville on Saturday next the -3d of August. A
3innec v\*illi>e ptapared on the occasion. # The
fubllp generally inviied. \ll desire
to entvr thw ratiks in defence of thei* country,
either as Cavalry or Infantry, will find an op
portunity presented to • 0
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We 7e-|tiested to aunoVtnce that
thesv will bc*a meeting at bhe ohs Academy to- !
da-f at 11 o’cfocls. for the purpose Vis rg7niz
•inganothee Baptist.Vhurch in this ‘The
• aje inviteefto >t-
Vend.
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. , Col- Rarlon V Dwth.
Fr<jm’*a member Col. Bartow’s 4aff. ‘who
WJB pres uU on the field, nre learn that hc'.fell
► While leading the Seventh.
in y The Fnghfl* had be?n out to
pieces, avi Col. Bartow had hAct three horse*
shotdsom urnfer him. Ik was on tbot in the
charge with tl!e SevSftfch Regiment, and i*;ceiv
cd*two wounds, otie in the foot, which did rfot
disable him at tUe*timef and a'iot!iei
a Bii.nnie ball, soon after, which entereef his left
brea-t pas-ing tiproqgh tbe lower portion wfVhc
heart ana out aj the hack. “"•He immediately
• fell •and expired fli “five His l.ast
words were to his few remaining and
bclavcd OglePhonjies —only sixteen —wlto had
clustered aroufld him, and areas follows:
, “I AM KIV.I.ED, BOVS ;JU T JJON’t * (.JIVR IT
“nn: HELD.”— Sac , Republican.
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> Col. Knjosrj's K< ilm< nt.
• We leave just had pleasurts of an inter
view with Lieut. Fleming, of the “Bainbridgc
Independents, wliq formed part of C*ol."Ram
sey’s command - in <lfc? late Laurel Hill disaster.
He comes “home on a furlough of ten day.?, the
game being*extendsd to all the *OOlll mand, who.
were in a state of disorganization from the re
treat..’ ... . * . •’
Lieut. Fleming assures us thtit the Federal
account of the fetreat, and especially of our
loss, is -a. base fabrication from “beginning tef
. ei*d. Our army lost everything but their arms,
wagons, baggige all had to be aban
doned by 2,500 men retreating before an enemy
numbering 10*000. Our lnss though in killed,
wounded and taken prisoners, is nqt over twen
ty. AH the rest of the command are gafe.
The enemy were by far the greater sufferers.
‘They acknowledge to 450 killed, but private
parties state* there were least 000. —Macon
Teleurn oh. . •
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“I 4Vo lo 1 11 11 s Irn to Grorgin.” • #
•Such were the wovds of the brave-hearted
Rgrtew. Most nobl^ - has he fulfilled his mis
: sion, but most dearly does Georgia pay for it.
| Gallantly he entered the liets —gallantly* he
led 4he he fell, with tljc regi
mental colors in his grasp, at the “11-cad of his
’ rushing columns. In his prompt answer to the
call of. his country*—by his valor on the .fielj,!
and by hh? triumphant death, he has “illustra- |
TED” # the State of his. birth—proved himself 1
the noble sou of.a noble mo.thes. . i
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Item- from the Savannah ICc|tul>lii-nn.
Rumored Attack on Brunswick.—-A*ru
mor was afloat in the street this forenoon to the
effect that a Federal frigate had‘entered
Brunswick*harbor aud destroyed the town.
Th£ report, doubtless, originated in the accis
1 dental burning of the car shed and. tw'o loco
motives at Brunswick, some days ago.
• The Terror iy Washington.—Two gen
tlemen. wlio left Washington Monthly night, j
have reached Richmond. The tale they tell is j
awful” .They* say that no words can describe
the terror, confusion and dismay which pervnde
the Rump authorities. All the boats were re
moved Irom the South side of flie river, aud
the draw on the Long Bridge WUs raised to prb-. 1
vent the army from this side emptying itself on
Washington. Rut for this precaution, there j
would not Dow be a Yankee on this sideof.tTie !
I Potomac. .
Begging Hard.—The Richmond Dispatch •
■says Congressman Ely, who was captured at
Manassas and brought to Richmond a prisoner
of war, dcclres that if the? will only let him
go lie will procure the rele.-jse of all the priva-J
teersmen now in New* Vork. Being a liv* Ab
olition Congressman he ought*to be worth, in
an exchange, at least 50 common prisoners.
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• bm iKtia Retreat. * ,
r J it rough Lieut. Col. Crenshaw, of this city,
aud of the 23d I irginia Regiment, we lvive
learned, and have t,he satisfaction of reporting*
a much disastrous result than that hereto- :
fore creditejl, concerning 4htk late collfsion be
tween %ur forces and those of.Gen. McClelfan,
in Northwestern Vnountains. The force in
Col. Heck s, or rather Col. Pegram’s camp, was
not cut ofl® and captured as reported, but main- ‘
ly escaped safely through the wood? u> Monte
rey, wftere Col. Crenshaw has seen thqjn. Ma- |
jog 1 yleg*is at that point. The only prisoners
tnkeu by the enemy, except straggler.*, were i
aljout 200 including 4 apt. Atkinson’s company
who surrendered tshile under command 6f Col
( Pegraifl. Tb ese have alljbeen paroied except
Col who is probably reserve! for pv,
change ; McClellan doubtless found it inconve
nient to feed themes prisoners. —lfichmontf
Enqv free.
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From i irhinoiifl. •
I\ o hinond, July 2(5. —-Postmaster Genorjik
Reagan,* m a letter ?o* the President *of th*e
Southern Express Company, says that newspa
pers eaiwiot be carived by mail carriers, or ex
press men, without payment of* regular rates
of postage. * 8 1
Ifiehmoftd, July 2?i.—Gov. Jackson and
Left. Atkinson, of Missouri, have awived.
• \ ,’• Smoitirf People. “
The;c is no help for‘being. sdnsitivti, bat it
, ought tq teach a person tenderness towardsyith
ers. It does not however. *A great many peo
ple, who pride themselves *tf>on their frankness
and always speaking their mind, are the very”
last ones who will hear the same thing from
anybody else. They are never untrue to thetr
convictions—not they. They mean to be*faith
tul and do their duty, so they are always flaring
your faults in the most offensive manner. But
go to one of these c people—say to him, ‘‘Mr.
Hetehefe, I tcel it my duty to tell you that your
temper is not the sweetest, that your children
behave bad'at school, that they lie, pinch play
truant, and are dirty into the bargainand
*vil p—ion, 6 nd probabty^ou'r
rest ot your life. Speaking ones mind with
these people, means their privilege of sticking
needles into every one’s feelings they choose°
whereas all the neighborhood must be sweet as
t summer towards them
. LATEST WAR NEWS.
Richmond, July . —The V>ank (vefi
tion adjourned today .after. expressing an
“opinion in f'av.or of .tfie Government’s issuin'* a
hundred riillions tjf Treasury notes in addition
to the amount already authorized. They reco*
mend that the notes be lives* tons and twenties,
not to Wear interest ; other 4eaominatronk to
bear interest at !he tate of seven • and • three
tenths per cent. * • * •
• Richmond, July 24*—Our troops’ again oc
cupy Fairfax Court Jdouse ad our seoifte ‘have
been to Alexandria. <)ur mow passed in aryl
out without moleatation. Had the pursuit been
continued, our troops wtwld have gone through
“Washington to Baltimore. We captured anoth
er.gun yesterday, in the vicinity of Springfield,
making in all ixtj guns. * Several/hand rad I
handcuffs, intended fw our boy f, wers also cap
tured.. Cols* Hampton* and Smith are doing
well. The wounded arc well caved Tor, having*
been sent to the towns in the vicinity. *jDur
loss in the la‘c battle is about 300’killed and
1,200 ‘wounded.* . . ••• . I
Richmond, VTuly 24.—Six hundred and fifty
* prisoner were brought here last nigljt. It is
fjitimaffed that the numho’r of Confederates kijl
ed is’about five hundred—wounded and miss*
‘.ing one thousand. D resilient Davis has return
ed from the battte*field, and was entbuaiasticaW
ly received by .Congress and the peo’pU lie
responded in flowing’terms*. Congress to-day
; appointed a committee of ope from each* Stale
to look aftor*the sick tjnd wounded,’which hive I
I bt‘cn and arc being brought to Rfchniond. The
lTon. T. R R. Cobh ‘has befn appointed on
the committee for Georgiy, and to-day. visited
every wounded Georgian in Richmond. The
publisher f the Richmond Ivviuiiner has fee<?n
elected public printed lion. Robert Toombs
.has beeg appointed Rrjgadier General, ayd goes
into iiuniediatcf service. One of Lincoln’s bal
loons passed high over tli> city thi.s I afternoon.
Perfectly reliable intelligence s*ys that thirteen
1 of Hampton’s Legion were killed, and ninety
seven wounded, seven mortally. 4Jol. Hump
ton was uvoundechslighMy. Gen.. Kirby Smith,
of Florida, was nut killed, but is* very seriously
wounded* . *
Fighting in XoFlhnrilrrn iirginiy.
. A private letter slated Pauley’s Bridge, Fjiy
ette.t’oimty, Virginia, July 16th, says: —“Gen.
Wise dined with us yesterddY. He says ‘that
he has the jails already full *of traitors, among
them awe two members of tho’.Whecling Bogus*
Contention, and “two ofthc Ohio troops. Gen.
Wise will no doubt use hemp quite extensively,
lie went to Charlestown yesterday afternoon,
expec*tiilg a battle to-day or to-morrow.” A
1 postcript to the tetter.dated on the 17tli gives’
the following stirring items: * *
“Great fight at Phillippa;*. 1100 of thb’Fedo
ra Is killed ancl’wounded.”
“At Barbouuville, on the Ohio, 125 .Federate
killed and wounded yesterday.”
“They.are lighting now at Cole’s River, 1$
miles from Charlestown. About 4.000 Federals*
and 3,000 Confederates engaged.’^
Troops arc arriving from every quarter.
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• : COMPANY ROLL
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Thomasville guards.
Cap'tain, C S Rockwell • *
•First Lieutenant, ,1 1) Henderson
Second • “ W C Mitchell
Third “ A V McCnrdcl
First Sergeant,. A II Harrell
Second “ C C Aikinson . .
Third “ A P Pcrh.nm . * •
Fourth “ J M Eskridge •
FiftJi * J .1 Ivey* •
First Corporal, 3 S Deklo l .
Second “ W L Joiner
• Third • “ DSellifF
Fotif th . “ R A Ilayes
Fiftli *• • S J Cassels
Secretary, K L Hines
Surgeon, W I’ ClowWr
nuvATrs. • * •
Archer, Jfl ° McCrnrV, HV
’Beall, CJ3 • McOehee, .1 f.
. Bernard. J Mclntosh, S J
Islackshear,*J \f Miffntosh, D W
Rrawner, O \V II • McLeod, James
Ratler, II M . • Martin. GVi
. Gftrroll, ST* 0 Mash, 14 T
.. Carroll, J Malsey, A W .
Carroll, C Massey, J A •
Carroll, J. • Mooje,*S T
Collins, J Tj • Murray, R A
Cochran, W F “ Pierce, T W
* .Collins, I) M. “ . Pipkin, J
• Deklc, JV T Pittman, JT •
Dickey, S A . Pittman* \V R
# DougWs, J II * Pringle, It M
Douglas, G W Sharpe, J P
, Dunbar, J•& SikVs, Daniel
Dyson, J E • Smith, C H
Finney, John * . StanseH, G VV
Ghallagher, F ’ Stegall, J L •
Gandy, y A , Stephens, T T
Garity, P . .Stephens, P 15
Hagan, S . Stephens* J M
, Hall, J . Stone, David *
Harris*, R M . -Taylor, S It
• Holland, W * . ‘Traywick, R G
Homan, STi • Ward, IIJ
Lowry, J M . * Wolford, T J‘‘
# Lowry, F D . * . Williams, It
McCardel,*J i, . Winm J . • ;
. .McC*rdcl, J \ Woody,.T .1 •
Six Servants.
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COMPANY KOLt. ° * .
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• OCPjOOKNIDB # TjtGHT INFANTRY,
Captain, Wn J Young
.First Lieutenant, Thomas S Paine
. Secynd * “ Lebljeiis.Dekle .
!’hiY<l •“ W W Spencer .‘ * *
. First Sergeantj G W Parnell
. . Second “ * 1) E Fondren •
• Third “ S S Little
• Fourth . “ JI? McLean *
Fifth “ * R jjl.Mitehell
Corporal, W. A Pugh •* 1
Second “ . W H Reynolds
Third * James C Smith
FourtJj *“ J E Dickey
Surgeon. P S Rower •,
, • fIUVATES. *
Adams, Martin • • McC’Umma, W r
. Ammons,„L A McKinnon, HII * •
.Baggett, Henry * M<*K*nnon, Jam* A
. Baggett, Jesse • McKinnon,*sohn \ •
Braswell, Matthew . McKinnon, R A
Braswell, Jlt • McKinnon,Thos
Browning, Tyler . McKinnon. W J
Burton. Archibald.. .. McKinnon, Thos 1*
Burton, William McKinnon, I’
Dekle, McOriff, W W
Di£?m, F M # Minims, James
Lbinger, Lewis • Monroe, I) S
Flesch, E Moore, A B
Fondren, J G Moore, P R
Griffin, Edward Newmay, Joseph.
• Gunn, W . • Powell, W J
Hadley, Samuel . Reid, Robert
Hall, L A Revell, F
Hancock, H . Rosenfelt, M
Hancock W H r OSSi j q
Hayes, G S Sanford, II H
Hicks, R 1 Seward, H H
Hinesley, I Slater, James
Homeister, A° o Smith, Achilles
Horne, Daniel Thomas, Samuel
Layton, J Thompson Jesse
• B ghtfoot. J Wiqn, J N
Massay, D W Voting. M H
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The Great Battle of IfaufisSas.
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Interesting and Reliable ‘Details-
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[ /■’ om*tkt ( ‘or ft v. dt at of (he Sava ait ah ‘Republican.]
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•Armt cyr.Tßt Pmonac, ManissM, July 22.
Festerday, the 21 Bf *day of Jo';-.. 1861, *a great
battle was fought and a jpeat*victory won*by the
Confederate trc*>ps. Heaven-qjiled upon our arm
Aid the God of Ramie- crowned oof banner wHli ,
the laurel tis gh>r\*. Let ever} patriotic ‘cart give
thanks to the Lord of hosts for the victory He has
given. His people, on !*is own. holy day, the bit •
ed Sabbat li!. * .
•General Johnston laid arrived thc*fßeceding day”
‘with about half the force he h*ad detailed frbm *Wi
cdiesterrand was tlie seaior officer in command.—
He magnanimously insisted, however,*that General .
Bearegard’s previous pinna should be carried out,
1 autk he was guided entirely’by the “laster. .While,
therefore. Gen. Johnston was nominally in command,
Beauregard was*really the officer and hero of the
day. Yvni will be glad to learn that he.was.tlii
"day advanced Iron a Brigadier to’tlu* rank of a full
General. Butt the battle. *
At half-pact six in the aioftiing. the enemy open
ed fire from a hat’erV planted on tlie bill .bt?yond*
Bull’s Run .and nearly opposite the centre of sur
lines. The battery was intended to “beat the brush",
am] to octupy ouf .vttefltionwvhile lie moved a’hcavy
column ‘towards .the S.tone Bridge, over the same
crefk, upon our left.* M 10 o’clock nnotliepbattery
was pushed forward and opened short distant t*
to the ]ef? of the other.’n*td ngtr tlie.roAl leading
north to Ontceville. .This was a battery of ftitied
guns, and the object of itSffre was t*ie same a- that
Os rtie ether.* They fwejjf promiscuously into the
woods and gorges on this, the sou* hern sille. oPßull's
RiTn, seeking to create thy impression thereby that
cuir centre would be attacked, and thus prevent tts
•from sending to our left, where the
real attack was to be made. Beauregard was not
deceived by the maneuver. . •
Itwnijjjlit tyrt be amiss to .-spy v that Bull's Run, or
Creek, is north of this, place, and niTis nearly due
east, slightly curving around the Jjyiction, the near
*est part of which is about 31 miles. Thtp Stone Bridge
is some sevt miles distant, in a north-jvesterlv tli
•rection, upon which our left wing rested.*
Ford iv directly pot th, and djstant torn* mites by the*
road ltStdirfg to Centreville. which is*sevn miles
from the Junction*. t On our rigli, is Union Mills, on
the same gtrcani,*whcre.the Alexandria,and Manas
sas Railroad crosses the Rub. and distant four miles.
Proceeding from Fairfax Court House by Centye
ville to the Stone Bridge, the eneim* passe J in front
of cmr Cehtre line, at a distayc* ranging from five
to seven miles.
At 9 o'cloek I reached a<i eminence nearly oppo
site the two batteries jnentioned above, tpntl which,
‘commanded a full.view of the country for miles
around, except on thevjght. From this point 1 could
trace the movements of the approaching Hosts by
thccolutns of dust that rose high above the*surrotind- ‘
iPig hills. Our left uneter Brigadier Generals Evans,
Jackson, and Cocke, and Col. Bartow with the Geor
gia Brigade composed of the 7th and Bth Regiments,
had becyi put* in motion and was advancing upon the
enemy with a force of about 15,000, while the ene
my himself was advancing upon our left ititli -5 com
pact column of at least f>o,ooo. His entire force on
this sid the Potomac is estimated.at 7-7,000. These
approaching*columns encountered rttch other af 1 1
o’clock. * •
Mcanwfiile the two batteries in frpnt kept up their
fire upon’the wooded hill, wliepe they supposed bur
centre lay. They sent occasional balls* from their ‘
‘rifled cannon to the eminence.whyrc your corrcspon
’ dent stood. Generals Beauregard* Johnston, and
Bonham reached this point aboipt 12, and one of
tjlege balls passed directly over and very l’gar them,
and plunged into the ground a few paces from where
I stood. I have the ball now, and hope to be able
to show it toyou at some future day. It is an eigh
teen pound ball, about syc inches long. By the wa\,
•this tliyig of taking potes amidst a snoWcr ot shells
and balls is more exciting thyti pleasant. At a quar
ter past 12, Johnston and “Beauregard galloped rap
idly forward in the direction erf Stone Bridge, where
the ball had now fully opened. Your correspondent
followed their example and soon reached a position
in front of the. battle field.
“The artillery were the first to open fwe- -pyeciseiy
at 11 oclock. By half-past 11 the infantry had en
gaged, rind thcn o it was ihe bait IS began to rage.—
The dpsky columns which had thus far “marked tike
approach of the two armies, now mingled with great
clouds of smoke as it lVse from tile flashing guns
below, and the two together slyjf up-like a huge py
ramid of red and blue. The shock was tremendous,
las were the odds between fehe two forces. With
I what anxious hearts did wc watch the pyramid ot
[ snickc afld dust"! When it moved to the right wv
Ttm;w the enemy were giving way yand when * mftv
! ed to tlic left, wc knew that our friends*were rcced’-
ing. Twice the pyramid moved to tlic rigkt and.ns
often returned. 0 Aklast, about two o’clock, it began
ko*movc slowly to the Toft, and thus it fontinued to
move/or 4wo morta> hours. The enemjj was seeking
to tuivi our left flank, and to reach th? railroad lea*
ding hence in the direction of Winchester. To do
this, he extended hi* linos, wiiich ho was enabled to ‘
do hy reason of his great numbers. r lhis iv;iiuiffof
tunate for us, as it required a corresponding exten
sion of ourowji lines to prevent his extreme right
from outflanking us—a movement on our part which
weakened the force of our resistance along Hie whole
Hue of battle, which finally extended over a spae’e
of two miles.. It klso rendered it the more difficult
for us to Jjring up reiu/orcerncuts, iTs the further the
enemy cxtendeif his light, the greater the distance
our reserve Forces ha<j to travel to counteract the
movement. . . * .
This effort to turn bur flank was pressed with great
detcrminatioip for kiw Jong and wury liouiki, during
which t*lie tide of battfc ebbed u**l flowed all along
the entire line with alternate fortunes. .The*eneinVs
colurpn Continued to stiV-teh away to tlic
a huge anaconda, seeking to envelope ns within its
mighty folds and crush us.to fleath; and at one time
it rcnlly*look(d as if he would succeed. But hero
let me pause tfl explain why ifc was our reinforce
ments were so late in arriving, and why a certain
other important movement miscarried.
The monaent lie discovered the cnemyis order of
battle, Gen. Beauregard,*it*i* said, dispatched or
ders to Gen. Ewell, on our extreme right, to yiovc
forward and turn his left or rear. At the saitie time
hcordorcd Generals Jones, Longstreet and Bprtow,
occupying the ccntfe # of our lines, to co-operato in
this movement, but not Uyffiyovc until Gen. EwCll had
uiJUle Uie attack. order try <>en 4 B-irrlt UirfUrtll
aately miscarried. Tfie others rverc delivered, but
as the mpvenlentiyof hc centre were to be regul.-U Jd
entirely by those,of the, right, nothing was donb at
“all. Had the orders to Gen. Ewell been received*
and carried out,"and our entire force IfriJught upon
the field, we .shou*lyl have destroyed the enemy’s ar
my almost literally. Attacked in fr’dnt, on ylie flank
and jn tli# rear, lie could not possilrfy lipve escaped,
except iTt flic loss of tlnftisands of prisoners and all
> liis batteries, while the field woliltC have been strewn
with his dead. • “ .
Finding that lus orders had in*srwne way failed to
be executed, Gen. Beauregar(Cat last ordered up a
portion <4 the forces which were intended to co-opc
-1 rate with Gen. Ewell. It was late, however, before
these reinforcements canfe # up. Only one bligado
t reached the before yhe battle was won. This
was led by *Gen. E. Smith, of Fla., formerly of
ibe U? S army, and was a pairs pf Gen. Johnson’s
column from Winchester. They should have reach
ed here the da> before, but. were prevented by an *
accident on tM railroad. They dashed on* the
tfliargc with loud shoflts *ind in the most, gallant
style. About the same time, Maj.'Klsey (formerly
•it the Augusta ,\rsenal,l mify have his title wrong,
qpming down the same railroad from Winchester,,
with the last*of Johnson’s brigades', and hearing the
firing immediately quit the train and*.struck across
the country, and as a graci.ous fortiyie wotild have
.it, he encountered the extreme right <rf the enemy
as he was feeling his way round our flank, and with
his brigade struck him like a thunderbolt full in the
face. Finding he was about to be outflanked him
self, thp enemv gave • woy ‘after the second fire. #
Meanwhile Beauregard rallied the centre and dash
ed into she thickest of Ihe fight, and after Him rnsh
ed our bravo.boys with.a shout that seemed to shako
•the very, earth. The result of a forward movement
from the distinct points was to force back the enemy,
who began to retreat first in good order, and finally
in much confusion. At this point the cavalry were
or ere upon the pursuit. The retreat now became
a perfect route, and it is reported that the flying le
gions rushed past Centreville in the direction of
i air fa X a- it the earth had been opening behind
th*m. It wag when Beauregard lsd The final charge
that bis horse was killed by a shell. • •
• JVe captffred thirty-four gun*, including Sher
man’s famous battery, a large number c r small arms.
’ thirty wagon? loaded.with provision*, and about
7t)o prisoners. Among the luttej- were Cien.*l3urfl
■ides of the Rhode Island Brigade, Col. Corcoran of
the Now York Irish Zouases, Hoip Mr. Ely member
of < ougressfrom N\w York, I.Award Ctirriifgtnn, o>
this State, a nephew of the late Wsn.C. I‘reston, -
who bqi gon* .over to the enemy, and thirty-two
Captains, Lieutenants, &c. ti c came near bagging
• the Hon. Mr. Eo-?rr, fn*m <\?ine.eticut.
The.official reports of tfie casualties ol the dt*y
have not yet come, and, consequently, it is impossi
ble to sayirhat our loss is. I <yn only veiititre.au
i opinion, and that is, th%: we lost, in killed, \v> *:id
ed*and nussidg, about 1,600, of which snout 400
weiVklle l. Tae enemy's loss was tWi vlblo, being,
tit the lswest cumulation, d?tn\ • • ,
’£hus far frjiavc said but little cf the part taken
by particular officers ;iud regiments, I\*r the reason
that VdesiCe tirst to obtain till the facts; nor have I
said anything of the galhtnt seventfl Re*
giaents of Oeorgi%. This part of*my duty is most
Bietaneholy. 1* may *e enough to,say that rtiey
were * lie only jfieorgiu Regiments here at the timer
that they w ere among the earliest 1n the field, and in
tlje thickest of the tight; and that, .their praise is
; upon the*lips of thtf whole ai*my. from Gen. Beaure
gard down. Colonel Gartrell ltd tl?c seventh Regi
men*, and Lieut. Colonel Gardner the. eighth; the
whole utnleiithc coiunnmul *of Colonel Bartow. who
led them with a^allantry.that was never excelled. — 1
It was when jhc Brigade was ordered to take one ot
the enemy's strongest bait cries il suffcredinost.
It*was a most desperflte undertaking, ayd followed
fiy the blotidiest results. The battery oceupied.thg
; top of a.hill*on the opposite sy.le of* Buffs Run,
wqh a suiall pitjee of woods n the left. . Descending
thb valley along tlu* Run, Ue proceeded under tjover
of the hil” to gain the wood;* alluded Jo, and from
wliieli he proposed td make ;1 dash at the battery
•and capture it. On reaching kht- woods/lie discov
*ered th.it the battery was supported by a hqavy
infantry fofice, estimated at 40uU men.* • 1 his whole
forew, together with the Battery, was tnrbed.upon
tlie eigluh.llegimit, which was in the l'cal;, with
fhc ttyrific effect. Indeed, In* was exposed on ‘the
tfank and in fjom io*a fn*e that the oldest veterans
could got have stood. The bytlls and shells from the
, battery, and t’liS bullets 4Ym the small arias, litoral
ily riddle*! tly woods. Trees six incites iu diameter.
and.great limbs were cut off and |lic gwuutl strewn <
I wiUi the wreck. It became nccestuiry to retirc.thc
Lcighth iq order to refynu. ’Meaijvvliilc CulouelTlar
tow’s horse had been shot from under him. It Has
observed that the forces with, which his movement
j was to be supported had not come up. Rut it was*
enough that tie liffd bceit ordcrrtl tetstbrm the bat
tef-V; so.plaeing himself.sft the head of the scverrfh
j Regiment, lie again led the charge, this tjpaeon'foot,
• and gallantly encouraged the men Ss they rushed
on. The*!irst t ilischargc of the enemy's guns* killed
the regimental colof beaver. llaitovi immediately
seizedfthe Sag. :miU again putting hiinselt in front,
dashed on, ffag in hand, his v.oict; ringijig clear*
above the battle field, and saving, “<)n, my boys —
we ivil? die rather than yield or rctfe*at!” And on
the brave fellows d,d go, and faster flew tlie enemy’s
•bullets The tire wn* awful.. Not, less than* 4,000
muskafs were ponging their fatal contants upon
them, whilc'the battery itself ws defiling Heath on
every siut;. The gallant, eighth, which had already
passed through the distressing ordeal, again rallied,
determined to sfytifcl by gheir cjiivalric Colonel to the
last. The more furious (lie five the quicker •became !
the advancing step of the two regiments. At lasj,
and just as they were itearlng the* goal of thrir :
hopes, and almost ii? the arms o< victor*', the brave
and noble Bartow*\yas shot down, the ball striking
him in the left breast just.ubove the heart, llis men
rallied around him, and finding him mortally woun
ded, and that the forces that had been ordered to
support theft’ charge had .not yet. comc njT, they,
graijiujlly It'll back, bearilfg him in*their arms and
disputing every inch of ground. 1 lcstvii that they
would never have retired but for the” orders “which
•came to them to do so, aijd which were given in.con
sequenqp of the non-arrial of the supporting “force.
It appears that the order to “support our charge,
like that to General Ewell, nyse.arried, a failure
which lw*l “nearly cost us two of ottr best regiments
yi the army. Colonel Bartow died soon after “lie
was borne from the field. His last words, as re
floated Jo me, were; “They have killed ‘me, my
brave boys, but never give up tlie ship—we ll whip
them yet.’’ And so we did. • . .
The.fieUl officers of the seventh escaped, except
Col. Ganrejl, who received a slight wound. All the
•superior officers of the eighth, except Major Cooper,
were killed or wounded. Lieut. Colonel Gardner
had his leg broken by a musket ball, and Adjutant
Brwlich was kiijed. Captain Howard, of the Moun*
jain Rangers, Horn Meniwether county *wns*-also
killed. Hut I .shall not go into a statement of*thc
hilled and grounded, preferring in so dedicate find
painful a matted to await the official report. Which
l hope to get to-morrow, when I shall have more to.
say about our heroic regimcnTs. 1 will add just
here, that our loSs iij officers was very gj-eat. Ajnong
others*nmy be merit ion.ed General Bee. Uewt. Colo
nel Johnson of Hampton’s Legion, Colonel Thomas
of “General Johhsgn’s staff, and others. General
.Johnson was wounded in the hagd, and T’olonel
• Wheat, of the New Orleans Tigers, wasshot through
the both,'. Colonel Jiln’es, of the fourth Alabama
Regiment, it is feared, was mortally woundefi. The
regiment that suffered most,and were in the thick
est of the fight, werothe seventh and eighth Geor
gia, the fourth Alaljam.-y fourfli Sojitli Carolina,
llamptpn's Legion, and fourth Yvginin. Tl*e New
Orleans Washington Artillery did “execution.
If we consider the fiumbcrg engjiged and the char
acter of the contest, we may <?>ngraiulatc omselvss
upon having won one of the most bnjliant victories
that any race of people ever achieved. It was the
greatest batile ever’ fjpnght on this c*ntinent, aTrdwjll
take its place in by the side of tlie'ruost*me
morable engagements. It is believed (Tint General
§fott hjnjself was near Jiy at •Centrevill/. and that
he directed, as lie l*a4jHanncd, rtic.vvtlole iffovement.
General McDowell was the active commantfer 8n the
field. • •
President D%vis arrived upon.th * field at o*o’clock,
just as the enemy had gi< into full retreat. Hjsap
pearanc# was greeted with shout after shout, and
was equivalent to a* reinforcement*flf 5000 men. lie
left Richmond a* oin Phe mofning. • * , *
Jiut°“Lit?lc rjeaury” against the world.
• * . r. tv. a.—
... — __ • .
President Davis has made a requisition upon*
t lovidJ lor A oluntee.rs *o ser/e during tluwav.
INte uumbcr # refjuircd is thousand, wli arC
.to be formed into a /-amp of Instruction, with
drill officeft appointed by the President. r J iic
companies as report themselves, v\jll he
received ;yt once into the Confederate service,
and whew organized either inVo Battalions ora
Regiment for active • duty, the Field Ofliccrs
will he assigned by the president. ° *
[COMMUNICATED.]
We, the*few members the Thomas
.would sincerely thapks for the kindness
bestowed oi;* u** at the Pic Nic given In- tiie ladies*
at BCston.Ga. * . ° •
Bpt ah! hßw soon is saj picture to be’unfurled’
to us that maysoo!l cut tfs loose hsm their sweet *-
.riety forever. A'es. even now, tiftie may have
conic where, bid a few hours ago, all was 0 gleaming
with the gay pleasures of the day. with a
*hart that beats quick, I will s.is\ hiod bless flie la
.di.es; and while our proud hearts nify b # e filled to
give battle Jo the°dnring enemy, even then let a
.thought steal back to the fair and brighten and
give us the most revengeful courage to beat them
j batjkfrom whence they came. e And w* will not fail
to remember our friend Mr. Mclntoslj, who favored
wi*ih a’short but speech; and may his
life bfc long spared, so that on a time not fur distant
he can address us again when, with the other gallant
lads of Georgia, shall clap (hair hands one tri
umphant shout of victory, and we can boast of a
free and happy home—wofi by the sweat of our
brow and the cest of many a gallant heart.
.And now let the, fgr onv and all. say that, when -
ever°you hear of the companies of Thomas county
Feing engaged in a conflict, I hope and trust their
c&nduct may be such that 3’our innocent faces never
shall have cause to blush with shame, nor thy inno
cent bosoms heave a sigh of regret that we did not
do our duty. No, never, while we follow the gal
lant Captains Rockwell and. .Young shall one foot
falter, and may many prayers asejnd iq, our behalf
while u e’struggle for your freedom. °
o Yary rcspeetfnll yonrs, ° HectoV
o
A Prorlnnmlioi/ I*y .Joseph fi. Brown, <>*;.
ernor of
. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, )• ’
• Atlanta, Ga.J July 18j 1861 i *
Wficreas, it is believed tVere are many old
‘military urtyts ol’ one’ kind and anothfcl - scatter
led over (be State, and. not in Die possession of.
organised volunteer companies, which, by*, be*
ii,w collected upytn.tl aftered firm bint a-'d steel
or otheiAvistf prepared, if neces- ■
sarv*could be made serviceable in $e present
crisis. I tli ere fore issue t Iris, Proclam a
ealling r>on all got.id and loyal citizens <d the
State, to maka diligen! cnqjfiry.aiid s-caicli L *
*sueb euns, Iwtng the properly ot the t” ac, *ti, ;
to collect thqni up wbetever found, and deliv-
V.l-them to t]ie Clerk of *th Superior Cburt of’
eich i *unty •. and*as a compensation therefor,*
L will cause 4o be’ ]*aid to said CVrk two dolkos
for each gun, (which can be repairs! and maoc
lit for use,)*6o delivered to biro find forwarded
to the military steye keepefat -Millcdgcvijle
*Thfs is not intended to apply to guns already
collected find*subject to* the Commruider-in
(•liiei* wor to. those in .the lnuids us “regubrly.
organised a ck* volunteer companies,
but to such guns as arc ?catteiil over ttjc eoua
try ami would not otherwise be returned to the
* State ;ygcnal and made available .in tin* pres
elit emergency. J be* two dollars
by tli? State .for *the return of each *of sucli*
* guns, will .Up patch to the Clerks respectively oh
the receipt of the guns at AJillt'dgcville; and
the Clerk* will pay over the money*to tlm iter
sons* who gathered them up ami delivered (been
j tp him. ‘TheUlerks thus -receiving the guns
will please to put them up in boxes, or other’
wise, ffnd sTiip t> Milledgeville, .consigned to
Capt. T. 31. BnuJford. military store.-keeper ae-.
i companjen by a letter*‘stating ■particularly the
number And kind seqt, and where sf nt irbtu,
1 and that they have been ’collected atfd forwawi-**
*cd injuirsuaiice cf this Proctitmation.
.* * JOSEPH. 1-7. ju-towx:*.
j. By 4lie GoYernor : • ’ . •
. 11. 11. Water/, Spc'v Ex. Dcp’t.
“ 0 • •
• EXECUTrVE DEPARTMENT, * ).
i. Adjutant UankbalA Offick,
* . Atlanta, Jtdy 17, I*EGI. S ..
Genkral Orders, “No.” J2.*” . .
The President of* the Confederate States
highly approving of the poljey’ of establishing
camps for preparing and training troops for Ser
vice* in thc.ficld, lias called upon -the Governor
, of this Htate to establish two more camps ol’ in*-.-
struction at the expense of the Government,
aiid tc receive tlire@.thousand men to he sent
to them for the pwpose of “being mustored In,
organized and disciplined. •
To carry ouj these instructions of the Prcsi;
I Governor Invites all infantry <?ompa-
nics in the Sta.tc tbafare. armed, and havanoT,
already made tendfr of service for the war, to
make such tender tojlihn nfftv lit thi? place : or,
if not disposed to make such tender, to surren
der their arms To companies that are willing to
serve Tor war. Cotnnanicß making tender,
of service under this invitation, wilf report? the.
mnnber of firms and kind, vritb accoutrements,
equipments, tents and camp equipage in posses
‘si on. And those unwilling to make such ten - •
j der, are desired to report the nukibcY of arms
and aceoutrfijnent* they are ready to turn over,
to companies volunteering fur the war.
?No com] any will be received that has A
I than sjxty-feur, rank and file.
Uy order of the Conimandcr-in-Chref.
. • Henry C. Wayne,’
Adjutant and Inspector Ce’ rr-.7.
<’osner*.alion it.V Sion, ffin- L. laacej.
’ A cftrresjTondcnt of the liakimore Amcrb-a:;.
\Vriting°from Paris, June a couvci - •
tion on the previous evening. He says : •
*” In my conversation witli 31 f. Yanuey,.that
gentleman expressed As.vii-ivs unrestraim-dlv
I told ium that my object in seeking the inter
*iew wjis to !;?? th result Uefoic the” Aiyericau
peojije; that 1 believe my account “of his re
•marks, wlyitcver.they miglu be, would he w! i . .
ly read in* the United States, and I wished him
distinctly to luiderstand rnv. intentions hefi
| giving utterance lie might desire to
j withhold from publication.
, • lie said*bc bad no •scAets. The object,of
bis mislicn was well knoyn, and hp lunf everv
Reason to anticipate complete success. Eng
land had not yet lmufc up her mind to* recog'-.
nize the indcpefldcnce of the Southern Cou
fcdejacy, huUsix months licrce*that is.t? ,sav,
between the prwfnt tifne and January!, lstfg, ‘
tlwt recognition would be nn fait accompli ruf
the part ot both Great Ifrltaii? and France,
wk’en flic same line of*policy wotild be adopted
! without difficulty by all the other po’ftetsof E't”
.rope. The influeifcc ot England.would be par
amount, England must have cotton. 31an
chpstcr has a supply uqtil the first T>f Xovetn
ber, but it was hardlv probaUe ;he liritish-Go
vernmcilt would wait.uutil the last bale had
< been reached before .determining upon the
jncans of continuing the supply. If the block
ade of Foutlwrn ports was*maintained until tk<-
| new crop vhould bt? ‘.ready * fur shipment, the
blockade would tlien be forced by British crui-.
i sers, when it should be found that” a* rlgjroti
ernhargo upon tfie exportation of the taple
I through the Northcin States had been “orderoij’
bjr.the Confcdecate Govewimeot. •
e-sop wquld Amount tc.three and a-half million*.,
ul bales, at the lowest estimate.
t These ar; tlie.itiain felurfls of a Ifavg inter
view, during which T becajnc satisfied that 31 r*
| Yawcey s reputation for eloquence is n*t exag
gerntqd, anil I can readily huagifiC; iVith* what
fervor lie mustfliavc addressed •political assem .
! blages during The secession campaign. * lib
manner is inild, aftjihlfi and exquisitely eourte
! oas, and the impression left upon me by hi.in
was that Ife possessed both great political taleijt’
and fascinating social qualities. He roanifesf
j °d Ho hatred of .the North, but I regretted to
find iu him *thc prejudice of many Southern ‘
men on the subject of Northern courage. He
| admitted that.the North docs not .buck bravi
men, but thought that therewcre more in the
Soudi. *L told him that .possible erq now* the.
combatants flight have learned to apprccaitc a
valor common to our whole country, and con.
fined Jo no seoti*on. the issue of that
conflict the fate of 31 r. liaticcy’s jtifts
iofl —iTot upon* cotton. Mr*Yancey himself
f/lid that Eoglatid and® France would Rot or
could ot stultify themselves by recognizing
the Eouthern^Confederacy so long as . they bc
#lieved a reconstruction eft’ the Onion to be pos-,
sible. He is, of course, endeavoring* to con
\ theui that such a contingency is Impossi
. • •
* ‘ V V -1* •
• ° Bui-low Artillery.
JPfS Hl , le ‘' or t ,s now fully organized. The Confede
< c Government is ready to furnish everything, unifoons
excepted, as soon as the company reaches its point of (Tes
inatton m \ irginia. Guns, sniaJl arms, horses, tents,
we., &c will all he supplied, without exertion on tin
Tart ot the memjiers. *
i By order of the War Deparlqjent, Cant. Ambrose (
unn, a graduate ol West Point Military Academy, ‘
vigoromJy*aud snee^sefnllj*arrangittg everything £.?