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Clj'f Southern (Pntevimse; o. \ •. o r _ . v * • frni'SC.BBVAX, EDITOR. • •TffIOMASVILLE; W. •• •; . -—*-•*• *•— vjFnnvv. •. *sc. : ■;■■■;- .. ■ —•— —’ .. • * 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 • • •_ , ♦ to the sevenu Counties of tke St a; ■ to raise and •• • • equip luen for the service. If oar*J%earte are i | 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* •• • • 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 e o • pqsed by tbc Inferior Court .to leiy a tax on the*eoantyk> hieet the demands of flic vo!un~J • • # , • as.ngt 91 “they an? organized. A third eoApatiV of infantry is now ready fori . • • •_ • • , and anxious to march in defence* of their cfluntrv, but have no funds to procure J •• • r 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 • • • 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. * . . t ‘ mm \ 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 • “ * • • countv, and their able leaders, Gapfciins Bock * • * well and Younjj, have abundant reasoli to • • v - • 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 3 O 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. •• • • 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 : • • 0 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. ’ aldosta. 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 O • 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 * --••-. - • ># • 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. : • •• . , 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. - - * • • > 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. . • ‘ 1 - • “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 .•T “ 4 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. o •♦•• ► • 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. * . * 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. • • •- ® • : COMPANY ROLL • O * OF THE o 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. • COMPANY KOLt. ° * . * or THE * • 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 O The Great Battle of IfaufisSas. o • ° • o‘ * • Interesting and Reliable ‘Details- ° . ..*.*• * * •• * [ /■’ om*tkt ( ‘or ft v. dt at of (he Sava ait ah ‘Republican.] • • • •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 £.?