Of
leM than six month*
r?mUt*d ibtough poumwutl
?f$)n\*g d'LSttlcU, *w i offerg^i admhr? Wc medhim
to fit friend* to -one* euiMfeerfl.
% lco*uwr?K'.v~ ~ *
This ?f!?bratfd pMt irill^Nif er. bm bo
thin depm-tcd!* Our .tnURrams nay tbntU in
evacuated, and'that General Beauregard h?if
fallen bayk to some point on the Mobile, and
Ohio Railroad. The rlhsana for ? movelxHMit
M unexpected to the unskilled in military
* acwBM, and who bare watchad with hreathMas
intorodt for tiding* from #the rencwnwtlGcn.
in MmiBUkti are given by the correspondent
to the 9*wannah Republican, as follows :
The soil around Corinth la or that jwculiwr
character wmdl^ la very wet. in winter und
very dry in au utner. Aa wasaiatfd in a former
letter, i saw a mule drowned in vsutatl
braivch, tiear thfctown,-w here, two weoka'nTU-rwards,
there Was not a drop' of water lo be '
aeen. The ootwequtuce w?a, at the time of
myoiepartiire, both the ttoopa and horsctt were
suffering tor water to nu cxtodl you can hardly
ihtaginc. The chief supply wan obtained trvft?
the biahdtng pools in the beda -if-exhaustcd
aurcam,j. Sups had been likeutg here a number
of well.*, but it was nxcurtitiaud that there
via iro rope or tools to be bad in the town, ?n*l
that Itiryuhl bo necessary to sand to Col umbos,
MI*s? for the particular kiud of r*?pe flosired.
The rojjp had out been received up the i(hh4
and, but for tiwoly showere which renewed the
auapLriu the waterootireea, and tke'wcils dug
h?6^'.denin low, 4 imp phi**,
could uot hare remained there it<vli)u? wait
b?i. Tlus citizens use rain water, caughtiu
cistern's, troui the of October to tbo ft ret r
of Mmv; but jjte supply in the cistern* wa?
uotWuttoirnt to U.-t tu? amy one-week.
Iff 4he neighborhood of Pea Kidgi, the
the eniiry's chief enc^inpAeut, ?
tbe we.cr is biter tfnd the ?uppK mom abundant.
Bat It w;ij -hot anf of an ud-|Uatc ?upply
of Watftr alone that lender d it accessary
lur our army to ivtlro from Corinth. Our eticnuputyii
war bomided "iu three sides by
Hridg - Creek iiti l a dense swamp?in front, on
-*hc mfttVjMfd tush*. ?s?*r .and- -qyr braoeU
swamp w.^ cro.-sed by J our-of frvfcrvarU. nc*r
i.j which ww U* t iihdiH JWr.nWahfe tatiarioj^o
r-ui eB'VB Jppi.-eoh/hy'ih.- rrtsd* ii
n.iw .n^ipear ?h*t fha ?.wo-: thing b?S !r.-?m done
by the eiieriJy," tvnoh ?? "hSt <"St p"*T> ttftr ' tbeWitmp
?m cue leher side, thrown tip breastv.?rt,a
and ported heavy i*ie?cgut)<. wlMchnot""
only iMwiiid iffimjaa 1ond1n^'out*7rsra bur
hi le, l> i't are uf xuthen-ut oaJ br* to shell uearIjnevery
part of err ei^clnpmrut. Ue has nl
o thfiewn up et. ong w-rk* "near Far#eii?g*un j
ami Pea lli-lgc, .in 1 erected heavy batteries at |
commanding point * along (he *ev?-r?i rout--* to j
she rear. "indued, the Federal vv.uka arc -upr
vipr to ours, aud the position equally- strong,
if nnl stronger, while their force is one-fourth,
- if not OMj-ihud, g outer.
IMcuniSuhjugnilon. i
a?,j
If an.anc has hi* doubts of thu result of the
. aubjuglttTan.ot the Snath, let him re.nl the f,-i
lowiuj true copy of a letter, found upon battleftahl
t^r.i.'iniuth, which was left behind by
tbe author in his swift tlight Rom the scene of
conflict* it? content* serve to tthow the spirit j
. "by which (lie agrarian hordes of the North me
actuated in <f uutenuiiYing and suppoi iiiig this !|
war upon us :
liamut.Kit. TK.ysr.daKK, Apjtl 27, Ihtiji.
My Dear Sir i.-. f ?i^r>te to son a few-days 1
wince. Fearing.^however, that it be* been
iniaciirri.-ibor tiiicrcopted, I vtiitft again. Wq
?re at this jduco, and capecl to move forward '
in x.abort i nu ; o:? t >riuth a rli tanceol sixteen
!>r eightoed wiles. We me expecting u inrd
oonresfs-J battle, aa wc ieurn the rebels are in
' largo f'?rce. W*H, when that time comes up
will m ike 'he rebels feel lW * eight ami
power of viir st*eel I have seen iimuy of ihc na- I
tirfcs of fkH country. Tltay present a wne-l.g- '
gone look. They look like thvy noVor ln*l nnv I
ml vantages, of an education. I noticed jioiuo ;
of tho womeu's.drtf.j.-e.t. Vvu ought to let Jjere |
to tfBce one gaze at their hng? appearance, j
Their hoops arc made of grnpeiine and white ;
^r- ?* ?*?- i feel sorry for the poor ignorant ,
Wall, arc ^ill teach fhutn, in a few i
day*, how ? do withoat white oak and grape- ;
vine hoops. Th'ry arc now iliesHtm-e* conquer- '
fd, and one more blow and the country is ours. J
I havo my -rye on a fine situation, and bow {
happy we will lire when we. got our .Southern
. . hotjie.* When we get possoasion of the Ian? we
rfta make the men raise cotton aud corn', and 1
the women cwiritet iit tht? capacity uf doUteatie I
servant a. '? be wvtaea are very ignraiu - only i
a grade obove the negro, and we oan live like }
kings. My lo+e t? tttl the neighbours. K??t?
nil the children for me, ami* tell them na will
eeme btaek again. Adieu, my d?arust Sue.
... JA.UKtt JXUXJ&V. I
Mrs. Sce Dos*tv, Mount Vernon, Illinois.
Ky the politeness of Mr. Allen.
VAix^nr.K* Srxi ito KB?FAiTurttr.
* SkRVAKTB.?We learn that two roen servants
51 ilt?s and John, (the property of
Mr. J. F. Butt, of Norfolk, Vu.y) who remained
in the city when it was taken poasession
t?f by JUncsoIn's troops uhexpeotou
ly, leapt pflMCMion of their master's c:?rriage
and horses, made their oacape to
and have arrived in Charlotte, j
preforring to serve their legal master than
enjoy the name of freo wen under Yan- i
ken denomination.
Mr. Butt is now a resident of Charlotte,
and we oou^ralulate him, for the conduct
of hiaoervanteifi conclusive evidence that",
he is a good master, as well as that his
servants are faithful and wile men.
Another Cast..?Mr. .'M. J?ottrr, \n |
the Confedcrrte service, residing in the j
Ksstorn part of North Carolina, invaded ;
by the JYaukeea, lost all his slaves, a* he ,
snpposlH, bat the entire gang made their
escape and conveyed word to tjiojr roaster j
to meet them at a certain point, where
thoy rejoined hi n and came on to Char
lotto. These servants- -men, Wpmcti
and children?are hired in this community,
Such negroes cannot bo seduced from
their u? water?, a Jit their conduct reflect-;
"P <1 ' w .ywvj/' .^worr|M
*" ' v x ?
MemoirT. Jf. JFachibn.1
. A friend of this iHustrious warrier, whose j
deed* areTnow $|^uuding ftom one end of
.tW Cenfcdcrate States to the other, bar <
enabled us to giv* the following sketch of |
his life,-previously to his acceptance of a j
command in the Confederate aroiy. Since
that time it Um become a part of the his*
tory Of the country.
He was :horn. jn Clarksburg, in the
Country ot Lewis, iu tkm year 1825, oi
KWj i&s^nbh w pfc^ljjh both whom {
died duriug hip inJ'wlmrJQlcavIng hitn
without a con) istf^jvoiWr ''During- his
early childhood uC%|2taLarith his uuoto,
-rrltoue name wcdliTfrsPBiJ^and at the
ago of sixteen he Conducted himself so will,
and produced such a favorable impression
of his ouergy and integrity, that he was
cjuiscu constable of the bounty. In the b
year 18*42 a cadit hid been appointed from
his district to Weal IViuC, *bo declined
to go. Jickson immediately conceived
the idea of filling the place he had left
vacant. Our "informant says that one day,
while it was mining exceedingly bard, ho
hurst suddenly into his office, the rain
streaming from his clothes, and tyld him
he iuu*t give hitn a Iottor to Mr. Hayes, *
at that time representative in Congress
from the Iiewis district. Upon being
asked what he Wanted 'with such a letter, 1
he replied he wished to go to West Point 1
His friend pointed out to hitu what he '
fegardol as the absurdity-of such a scheme, j j
seeing that he was very deficient in educa
lion, and would,.therefore, probably uot be |1
able to stand the preliminary examination. '
Lie acknowledged the alleged deficiency, 1
bat said be was'rure he had the perserver- 1
aucc to make it up. He obtuiued the
Icttur .without any further -difficulty, and 1
that very evening, borrowed a horse, under 1
promise send hi in buck by a boy whois
he carried with him. und r?*le l.i Clark*. I
burg to tttke the stage. It had l>eeu rain- J '
ii?g tor week* As it can only rata in that |
country, the rtr.uL-c wer>: muddy anil worse j 1
tbati vwc eycr wo hoard of. Jackson ar- 1
rived in time; hiu on account of the muddy , 1
toads, the postm istor had furnished the { 1
titfcihau hour before time, and the stage
wra* already gone. With characteristic
fidelity to his promisf, Jackson sent the '
horse hack, in?t ad ui tiding. liiui on in
pursuit of the stage, ami took* it on foot :
"through the. xiiud. After a run ofthirtocu
miles he overlook the s ago, jumped in. 1
treat to'Washington nil muMv as J\u was.
presented his letter to .Mr. 11ayes, and w.-?s 11
by liiui, in num. j.ra-cutcd to the Sec.eta- j 1
ry tfCVVitt tvUp g^vo Uiui the covet"*! war- '
tout, At >YaaU I'utuLfwt *vV? r?>!y t?al the - I
vrant <d warty education, fiul-hisiudonii'uded
spint overcame every pbxtacle. lie was!
never burked for a demerit during hi?J
four years, ;?uili.gradujt?sr wi?h the claov of
1840, ;hj\s*me i?i which Mcv'hdlan gtud
uated. Jfe i
The young graduate Was ordinal n ifiT
mediately, with the-rank of secoiiJ licUtuti- j
ant, to join liem-ral Txyhir* amy in the i
V alley Of the Rio Orawdo. fin arrived 1
ot'tiT the ImUIu of l'aio Alto, iv.-s.iea d<- i
la I'alma, ai:d'Mont? rev, nud hvtbic :l?aJg
of l?ufcua Vi?ta was ordered t?? join
S<mtt beforo Vcii fjliu. At the-.dege of
titt.H latter place he commanded ? battery,
and .attracted attention by his collness and
the judgment w.lli which he wo-hod hi- |
gnns, nud was promoted- tint1 lieutcuaut. ,For
his conduct at C?rn? Olordo ho wa-j
br.-vetu-d captain. lie was in all Scott's j
buttles to the city of Mexico, and behaved |
so well that hw breveted tnujor for
his services. Oil 3i>e occasion lie cum
man ?d a battery npon which the lire of
the enemy was ao-seyere that more than,
lrttlf his were raw, ipcoiit:iicntly
Mti. Jackson vras advised to retreat; but j
he raid if he eouM got a reinforcement of t
fifty rt^fulars, he would take ,tbe enemy's !
battery opposed to him, instead of aban- |
doning his own., lie sent for tlie named (
rcinlbreemcnt, but before it cant? he had
already stormed the obnoxious battery.
.lackaon's health was so inuyh shattered
by this campaign that he was cotnpelldL
to rosigtj. lie acocptcd a professorship r.r ^
the'Military Institute, where he continued
until the secession pf Virginia. In height
he is about six feet, with & weigh "of about
one hundred and eighty. He is quite as
remarkable for his moral a? he has proved
himself to bo for his fighting qu litics?
being a pcric .tly conscientious .iiiati, just
in all bis ways, and irnqiroacbablc in his
dealings with his fellow men. It is said
he Is a fatalist, as Xepotcou was, and has }
uo fear that he can be killed before his i
tiuw gaimw. Lie is-aa>cul<u in (be nnd?l
of a hurricane ot bullets as was in the
prw of his church at Hexiugton, when hp
ma* professor of the Institute. He appears
to be a man of slmoit superhuman endujaoco.
Neither heat or cold makes the
lightest impression upon him. He care*
nothing Jbr good quarter?,,-! nd dainty fare.
Wrapped in his blanket, he throws, himself
down on .he ground anywhere, and
sleeps as soundly as though he were in a
palace. Ho lires as the toidieis lives, andendures
all the fatigue and all the suffering
they may endure. His vigilanoo is
something marvellous, lie ncverseims
to sleep, and'lets nothing pass without his .
personal scrutiny. lie can neither he
oauzht nar?pit?ir nor whinned wffeo ho ,
is wide wake. The rapidity of his,
inaroho* is* snmeih'ng poitontpns. He
is hotrd of by the eooirty at one point, and '
before thoy nan uiake up their minds to |
follow htm he is off aymiothcr. ( His m?i \
hay^,little luggage, and ho moves us near-1
iy as he can without enoumbranco. Ilr 1
kueps so oonstantly in motion that ho neT ,
or has a sick list, and no need of hospitals.
In tfcosft habits, and in a will as deterniin-j
ed of that of Julius Croxar, are ma-i the'
floret of his -great suceosa. II is ineu adore 1
him, because he requires them to do nothing
which he does not do himself, because '
Ite oonstantly loads them fo victory, and
I bfct'tse they see be is a great soldier.
Richmtr"t1 J
From U* AOf u?ta CouttUutlonUtlai "
Jtick? *, i?irlc? aad Morgan.
These distinguished leaders have Wan a
jdsan in the papain- heart which the most
renowned Generals might *i*vy,aDdwbkh
ito rivalry can eclipes. They constitute i
tri?Tof stars ot the first magnitude, looming
above teo WiMttj thtltheddiogi oheering
light over the (loud* ancf gloom that have
gathered around our cause- Their gallant
have, time and again, gleamed forth,
vritn a splendor that brightened the gloomiest
passages iu the progress' of the war,
atitl illuminated the difficult path of our
young - republic/. fn -scientific strategy,
they may not be %rern^nl, though,
jAgmg by reaaUs, it iwtiiiSS|Jfa> point out
any commanders who nave hmlpeed them
in skilUul mandtuvcriny, tn retreat, as well
us in attack. Bat in headlong daring, in
vehement dash, in iron acletertninatinn'to
succeed whuh the word onward, is given,
they have shone out moat conspicuous.
fl'U I ?
? iuk uviiit uavc unuoruily given them
victory against roost formidable odds in
every enoouiUer. They, arc troo types Of
Southern character, in all ila noble elements
of chivalrous courage, enthusiastic
love of independence, and fierce deter million
to succeed in this struggle for their
rights, stall hazards, and at every cost. *
We look with cheerful hope to tte
trinrfph ofonr arms at Richmond aud
Corinth, in the great battles there impending.
But wliilu success there may do much
to hasten our' redemption from Yankee
iuva.ion, and achieve the final triumph of
Southern independence, defeat and disaster
it both fit there points could not destroy
our cause while Jackson,'ffKce, aojl Morgan
are in the field. While such mon live
to raise an arm in its behalf, that cause 1
will live, and thousand like theui will stand
forth in every part ofi'our beleaguered and
to foili\r our Bag to victory. The great
chief, of our armies, Johostou and Beauregard,
are tP>t the sole hope and reliance
i>f the Southern people. ?N'or do all their
hope* of success ceMre in the issue of one
ur two battles to be tough* by thefplcndid
iinnics those aide Generals command. The
confidence of the Southern people in eventual
su??cess springs from that enthusiasm
which has made heroes of the three gallant
leaders firot named It springs from a !
L'Oii*c:dtf*nCa* that such men will not be I
conquered?will not yield the cau.sc?wjll
hot, let weal or woe bolide, bo* their proud
necks to the yoke of Yankee despotism, and.
surrender tb?*fair land to vandal pillage
repiu It i?|?rilig<t front a conviction that
?och men will never lack follow* rs, and
that they will n!wa\> be ajile te rally armies
from mountain and mftt>y~ to dispute
every inch of ground, until the-encmv retires,
baffled it lid exhausted. The opinion
;s utmost jiniv. ih.i1 at the South that the]
edmst mode or exjivhing the fiiprnv j
f'twin .the S.?utL i-s t?. iti\i?Wf the North.
If this jHjliry ?JmuM bo adopted, tlm South J
tTn people would tec! additional confidence !
in it? su.'t:i',i4, il the iuraJiug columns wore j
commanded by .lark.son, Price. ami Mor
gun. Th? chivalry of the South would
rally to their standards with the alacrity j
t>! rerjllers N? a toast. Soon would ottr
dpSCited litcM ht- taught, at their own liogi^t,
something of the hitteriiM of aggressive
war. They should he visited, not in the^
infamous spirit of savage vmidaHsn) with
which they have desecrated everything
sacred in the South, hut in the stern, spirit
of just retribution (or rhpir crimes.
INncuatlon of Norfolk.
The RichtnoM Kxuminer of Tuc3d.1v
m
** ys:
We have learned froru what wc consider
reliable authority that, stoop the late bat
tie* before Richmond. the Yankee,forces
have been ovmuuMjug Norfolk# and Ports j
mouth, lUidMcJ^rayinu the public property i
and works at tbose-pliJtfri^ with a view vl !
reinforcing MeCfcttati'* armv on the Cliick- ]
a hominy. The diy rfhet. at the na
ey yard had boon eomplefhJy destroyed, j
and tho. government wot k shops razed toi
tho gronnd. Thp fortifications on Qrmmy
Island, Se well's Point and Pig'* Point weie ,
all blown up and lurelled with the .rarthJ
We lean further that the track of the No^l
Mk and Petersburg railroad was torn
sixteen miles south a^Sii^'.k and Portamouth
arc said to wqp?btV between eight
nnd ten thousand, nnd snpppscd to have
embarked err thin on traiisjiorta for their
destinali'ip.
Our informant slab's t)u?t the occupation
of Richmond by MoPlellao tn? read
out fonr time., on drr*. parade to the troops
tmu i?'?.?u ?.?? niijuire now many multmonds
there are in the Confederacy. Ilichiird
the Thtnl in the battle scene of H030
worth flald exclaim.*, 4*M^thinks there arc
six Richmond* in the held. Fire have I
already slam !" &C.
McClellan ha* demolished niore.with his
pen than Richard claimed to hare done
with hia sword.
Thk Locality or the Late Battle..
Tho Northern newspapers have mani
feeted a noble degree of facility for giving
names to the various battle fiold, and the
Southern newspapers nssiinilar facility for
adopting them. The rcccut two days' engagemeot
bcf'oie Richmond has been denominated
tho ''Battle Of the Seven l'inafl."
Whether there in a spot trt> named or not
in that direction no have no.meanc of ascertaining,
but the exact locality of tin
battle is known to hate been fire miles
from Richmond the distance varying lightly
of course with tho movements of the
two armies?sod was chiefly conducted on.
tho farms of Mr. J. R. Mounteastle ana
Mr. Turner, on the Williamsburg road.
The main battery of the Confederate army
was placed upon the former, and that of
the enemy on the latter. What nstUe
should be applied to the Held is a matter
which should not be loft to the fancy of
the enemy. Every apot which may hereafter
be pointed out on Southern soil to
inwrk a place sacred to Southern glory deserves
its name from Southern lips alone'.
Rt^hmnvtl Fnyutrr'r.
T?u<JkjUf Appaal.
We need nut eupjinenil to the attention
of our renders the f4ll(iCing simple, touch,-*
iug, beautiful, of the lovely daughter*
oi New (irlooni. We could add nothing
to ila meltiog pathos. 'Every soldier
of ths South" who read* it will pant for
0 opportunity to aveags the wnogi and
insults ao touching!}' portrayed :
AJt AITKAL TO ftjVb&Y HOUTHKR.V SOL?t??.
We turn to you iu ntuto agony! Behold
our wrongs! Fathers ! husband* !
brothers ! eons ! know thaao bitter,
wronga wltTWraty SVeagfcd , never did
Southern wotnuu appeal in vain for protection
from insult! Bat foY the taken of our
sisters throughout the South *ith tcara we
emplore yon not to Mtrrender your cities J
consideration of the defeucclena wuiuem
aod children." I>o not leave your women
to the inercy of thin merciless foe ! Would
it not have been b?Uter for N6w Orleans
-to have been laid in ruins, and wj buried
beneath thg mass, than I hat we would be
subjected to these untold Bufferings 7 la
life so pritfcclctm a boon, that"for the preservation
of it no sacrifice is too . great 7
| Alt 110 I ah no ! Rather let us die with
: voa, oh our fathers ! Rather, like Virginius,
plunge your own swords into our
breasts, saving. "This is all we can give
our daughters !v /]
<I|Q'uk DAConTKtts or NewDrukano.
Nkw-Oklkaks, May 24, I8tl2.
The Tunkeei ut Fort'Keyu'.
The Yankees are not getting on very
smoothly in their "cotton growing" at
P^rtRojal. Family jars ha;c sprung up
among themselves, m l the negroes refuse
to work for their uew "musters." A correspondent
of a lloston paper writes from
Port Royal:
Mr. I'ieree, government agent orer the j
cotton plantations, and Col. 'Noble, cotton
agent, have not been on the beet of tetuis.
and a controversy as regards the right of
Cot. Noble to a borne and saddle on one of
the plantations under Mr. Pierce's charge^
And which Cyl Noble sent tor, but Mr. Piece
refused to deliver, has led some hard words,
tlie final*' of which was, Col.^Nobleknocked
I r.. Pierce over, and Gepend Hunter
thereon ordered Colonel Noble hone to*
the Cahawbe to New Xork. ' Col. NoMe.
I thtukiug to evade the order, left lor Heaufort
in s small sail best eo her d?y of sailing,
but General l(u#ter detained tRe t V
hawiu while he uOt?? -stpsli stesuier affd
j brought llio^ reel ?_a lit r.yttou agent hark. j
| The cotton ?.; n?* i}crate.the Pierce parry j
I as abolit!-mi-la, while .they in turn aie j
| charged with sponging the government
There are ten thousand contra- i
bands, inelud n< .?!t chi^aea/uii i\:\ inlands '
[ of St. Helena, 1'nrt Ituyjl. Ladies. I>awfu?'
kie, Hilton Head, jhu ? tew others in this
| vicinity ?ad they h iv.- planted about ilu? c
| thousand acrt'-a of corn, potatoes and vi^c;
tables, *nd live rbousatid wtfh cotton -uf
near as can bo ?stim?toil. The average
viol'I 01 cotton per acre is about one i?uu- J
drod uutl titty pounds, and us worth seventy
five cetila.pci {Hiund, beta*; ol the finest
quality, thus yielding a revenue <>l a! uut '
1 3*d?d,UJii, h? aide* the vegetables and omn,
| suppnvd sufficient to fupply Una vicinity
The iitijpufs, uirffer their tumor- ni.i-.tete,
lias usually otic quarter of an acre to plant
for themselves, rutile am allows ,: hem .
one and a qigrtov. or even more," if they 1
wish, noun times Katiwts are served out 1
to them ol sometime* bread, liuininy. iu ?-'j
la-scs and aoiue rueAt, but only a portioiN
of fbo alluwunre to the army, (lovern- !
inent has tiros tar advanced there one dol {
lar per acts lorwhal they liavo planted,'
which is all fin- money they have recihv- j
etl. They have no regular wage*. nor is :
| it determined what they shall reoeive, or is j
, it ea?y *0 know what they should rtcfive. I
It is difficult to' inako them work, or in- '
| ducc them to - if that sounds bettei North
?as they find something to eat frjni Alas !
; 0a Lincoln, and seem to think they arc nut
"free niters" if they work. So they of ,
| ten take, a day, or several lays to llieinsel
j Vo?, when their services are, perhaps, moat ;
needed, and go to Hilton Head, or lleau j
| fort. For instance, sorac ground had been 1
| prepared lot ploughing and planting, hut'
! just as they were needed t^o few men who
"Understand that part wont off for two days
I without the least notioc,thus delaying the<
I planting, which was then even late. I n
j til sonic method is ad< pted t? make them
. r.. .1 1. 1. ? ? -i?*
b icn IUU uvuwi'> "i ?*n ik JWI vinsir nwn
1gv?od. gOTcrnnuMit irill recu?iv* hut
br.iffit corujmrtli*nly. Their idea* of the
i mluo a (id Hson of niuiioT . are about n+
j vepurTiw younsr ehiUrt-n a, and investment*
in hoop; kirls ami jewelry are indulged,
while necessary garments :<rc forgotten.
More Partlrnlar* off be Raltlrs
In WeMrrn Tlrfclnla.
The following dispatch was received in
j Richmond yesterday:
Staunton, June 11.?On Monday
Kwcll * ootmnand, w.ith a part ot Jackson'*,
i attncVfd Fremont n?r tjmsa Krys, flvo
miles from 1'rvrt ReprtMtc. Fremont was
, njfw) wift - i. .
! Oti ./aeVe?!: rrqneed'Uie North
t llfUfpiLSe 3h??rt*r?dLi>ah,'atK?*c Port Kr.
poWle. 'Od'bnrntlhe bridge. He then Went
in pbrMtit ftf S!i?elde, v bo was cneampeH
it s^yttt4ndrw mil** Heloar i'twt Republic,
pn tbo M?t siJa of the Klwnandoah. He
, attacked him .it sunrise. *nd after 4 terrible
battle of foar hour* aompleUly fouled
Mm. aaptorin^' ?ix pioees of ?rt?llWy--sU
, Shield* had?and a number ot prisoner*.
I The root was 11 complete as in the ess^of
Bank*. Shield" had about 1> ,000 m#?n, and
?faek?on abotjt the mir? ? tnol^r Fremont
, wa* reinforced, and on .Monday appeared
i t*i ?he tfrat bank of rbr S<M?an<bnh. bu*
j oo?M not ?ct over to ai| Shi. Me, nt tV!
btidgn hud beru burrtt br<n?not is atill
; there, and Jackson is ot> tho opposite J,Jr
I fexr Tni'e? "b)*''
.i - I ' r^i-irT%m
lVcwi from Jauc*' I?ta?4.
* A licavy cannonading and continued
mmUtrj firjng on Jatuee' lalaod, commencing
Tu**adny forenoon, and continued
in the afU.ooou to aboat eight o'clock,
gave evidence that an engagement between
owe ferc<*3 and tbafte of "the enemy wm In
progress. The amoke and flashes of the
enemy' guns from their goo-boats, and the
ezploniou of their cr-'d be pluiuly
st?u from the lower pnrt .-? ihe city^
Information rcacbod the city that n por?
tion of onr troops had left cauip and at- ,
tacked llie enemy, who alao advanced to
meet us. A sharp fight ensued, and the
enemy were forced back with considerable
,mm ?r?rr, ?. -W* I.. . WW
We learn that the casualties on onr aide
, were principally in a Georgia regiment,
Mjjyash one we could not loarn.
Our forces engaged were a Georgii^^^
j ment, Preston's Light Artillery, Col. h*\
t.?rn command, tuc Washington Artillery,
(Louisiana battalion,) and o'here. The
fighting, we are informed, was tiara while
it lasted. Gen. W. I>. Smith was in coiuk-mand.
Our infantry forces marchod out
about ll a. m. The artillery on our side
became i*tgagdti about one o'clock.
l*hese were the only particulars wc'Could
gather up to a late hour last nighu
Col. Lamar, commanding the artillery nt
Secessionville, also kept up it constant fire
on the enemy's boats and on his land lamp.
On Monday last a shot from one id Col.
^ulnar's guns struck tf.e mast of a Yankee
| p^|pdler and took it out of her, when auJi
| olb-r steamer canto np and towed the d
I bled boat attar.
The Lit colli troops have lauded in iurce .
on the James' Island side of the Stono j
River, just west and above battery Island, !
in number about sixteen regiments, accord
I ing to the evidence of another prisoner t^ken
Monday night, who also said that a
few more regiments were expected.
They are no doubt entrenching themselves,
and expect soon to make their position
the base of ftieir operations agaiust
the city.
Four large transports were off Stooo Bar
and eight propeller.'; ofi this port Tuesday, i
Lvrtn.? ,\ gentleman who left the
^neighborhood of f>tono river about nine o'- I
clock Tuesday night givct as the fnlhnring
account: A severe fight between thy eneMt)
and a small j>ortiou of our forces, under
"the command of Oen. \V. D. Smith, took 1
place Tuesday afternoon. A detachment (
ot our forces wcro sent out as skirnrshem.' i
* w.th orders to ?-cout the woods in front ot
S-'ouo river, behind which .several of the
enemy'.* gun-bout* were lying. <
The right ft ing of our force vu?eplt?V' !
us! UIHJ?T command of Ctd Hugood* This
force met with a body of the en. my, who, '
alter m short fight, retreated to their gon.
boat*. I
The left wing advanced under the command
of Ool. Williams, with the 47th Ga 1
regiment. Col. Williams* force with great t
difficulty made their way through a thick i
fore.it of wooda, and were met by an over- 1
whelming force of the enemy, estimated at <
nearly four times their number. i
1 he enemy were a'so protected by a vc- i
ry strong abattis. The gullant 47th, how-)
ever, charged the enemy several times with I
great impetuosity, and withdrew only when ;
approaching darkness and the continued i
reinforcements of the enemy compelhrcT
thorn to retire. The gun hnnts during the
fight also kept up a cwntinnu) shelling of '
th?? woods beyond the force:! engaged,* designcd
to prevent the arrival ot reinforcements.
The fight lasted about four hours. The j
casualties we re thirty or forty ot our men :
^ wounded by the fire of the enemy's infant
ry. flaptun Williams,of the forty-seventh
Georgia regiment", we regrat to learn, was 1
mortally wounded while gallan^y lending
a charge on the enemy's breastwork.
Great credit is due Col. Williams and
his regiment lor their bravery and their
gallsnt Inviting during the cctioo.
Our informant, who raw Col. Williams'
^afier tlo* action, hoard him say that a large
number ot the enemy were killed and ]
wounded in the engagement.
The place where the fight took plsee i*
about three miles from the lines of our entrenchments.
L
Heavy firing w.is kept up to a late hour i
last night. It i* supposed the enemv wore i
en^ra^l ,n *h?dling tho woods while landiiy?
reinforcements.? Char'rtfrm f!'niri*rt
llM i?y.
? <o > m* ?
Thr Pphl on JUiiies' Island.
Cu.vm.rsroN, .Tune 11.?Therfi warnt
sharp fijjtit on .Tames, Inland, tire mile* I
from tl?? c?W, Ijvt evening, in wh:?h,
though our troop* fmitrht jrallantlj*, they 1
*? re rrpubrd, with a l<*?* uf'ubout seventy.
The enemy* occupied a very strong j
po?itinn, lluiik*-<l on er<*ry side I y marches
%
The Forty seventh Oonrpjia regiment
here tlio brunt of the tivht. Company JC. t
nff?re<U errrclj. The enemy lew* was lean,
than ottrs. Ho war prolec'cd hv foiled trees.
After ??ur troops retreated, the enrrnv lu:j?t
shelling the (Void, r-re* anting u* tr.im re- >
i entering onr killed nn l bndlv woirjdedL J
1 *o tirine ha? hecn heard to day, hat at
| eight o'clock to rijght the numenodm^ '
has recommenced and continues etoadilr.i
Utv ths Mrtf. --l>? vV??u ;ua<Ji?v lie Rie.'.?? '
Biond Orrj*. ?.opt*, nail a company IVi u jur ,
I 41*1 Vtrjfin'a. w-'ra/lcU'lul t'? saft it the >oo<U
, iu frunr of tUi r piok"t . They nn?tpeenHljf I
' fttne wiiliin i-.jn*e and under e?rer ef a Ntink.*.
! outpoat," whrn oneot'lhc Orvys p?ri'MvH ?>ti?- r
! th?ii srutinwl" tnking ti??'l aim" at Hm. A?
thorn w*a no (hue !< ?*> anything. h?- [
tits pie<*o *n<I blazed aw.iy nt hi* a l*ir?*ry,
killed him, and half * dozen Yankees *|,ranr.
I up from 'heir amhu~oade and attempted i? flv.
I But tSi* muakets of aoote tan or tnelye of tlw*
grrya i?i?re nlroadv nyon thorn, and in th*
Iffiatilmt of alter* e^rr one of them fair..
( fit>"?wo??V ffeytrt'rr.
KfrMi M?iN i?. .Jnnr 10 ? 'VcMsionalK't
cannonading and picket, skirmishing alottp |
i the lines to-day. A u engagement at an i
J early dny no: itnproLaUo YCsfcth
or rlcar su-1 cool fbr the season, No.lifWf
j fV <tu th I'lilcr.
\
; ?rr?rm itUr. iir ti ?ligpiTB
- Frost the KiciuawaJi Ktu|<ur?r.
KS? Dll? Pniiehoodi of t??
. XorUitrii frrwi, # ', In
report of hit diaotr, *nd
flight, deneral Bauka stutee that he loit&f
ty vagoua .
A gentleman or oar acquaintance, who
hu held eereeponsib'e poet in Jacknm'B *rin%
?**?
>v. uivuiin, us arcs us that at
kut 100 captured wagons vtirs drirep out
from Newton; thai he LituaeU counted 40
,Kt Cedar Creek;* thgt they were xratolcd
along the road between 31tddtetowu andNewtown,
a distance of five miles, there
1
mi** try stores below Newtown; Mint he
left many between Winchester and h e eroas
ing place on the Potomac, and that hie
whole loss in wagons wu not lest than 300
or 400.
1 The gcutleman above referred to fully
confirms what ha* been heretofore reported
in our paper respecting the achieve
mcnts of Jackson's army within the laat
mouth.
There is no truth in the report that the
prisoners at Front.Royal had Keen re captured
by tho enemy. All thd prisoners
were brought off, ezeept a few ot the
wouuded. A company of the 12th Georgia
regiment tell into the enemy'a hands,
by some blunder on the part of an officer.
ALout 3,000 prisoners were secured asjhe
Suits of the txpeditiou. down the Valldy.
Ihir informant * T.Kvai?i?n ??
r * ? , WMUIOIW mc
value of the medical s'ores taken at Win*
Chester at from $75,000 to $100,000.?
Tiie stores end race almost ovirvthing useful
and valuable in the medical department,
including a very Urge quantity of opium.
The value of all the articles secured to the
Confederacy is estimated at several millions.
The loss to the enemy is admitted, by one
of Hanks' Chief Commissaries, who is now
a prisoner, to be almost incalculable.
The gentleman above alluded to, states j
on authority which he thought entitledto
credit, that Coneral lianks put stolen negroes
into h'j wagons and made his tired
wldifr* walk?for which, and for other al
leged bad acts, he' is severely denounced by.
some of the prirfbaers. He seems to be
disltkbd by his soldicrt.
.Jackson, did not po into Maryland, aa re- I
ported. Some ot his cavalry may hasp .
crossed the. river, and probably did. ?ey: *
burnt one or two bridges 011 the Baltimore
and Oluu railroad, aid ton: up the?tSMfc1"
tor some distance. . F
In the period of 22 day." Jackson march
?*d Trom 8 tan n to a to Mcflowefl, where, in
cowjuncilbn with JuhTi.ion, he whipped Milnty
; 4luf?ee to Franklin, SO miles distant; 1
thence to Harrisonburg, 05 miles, over
Shenandoah mountain, "a real Jordan toad,"
as a soldier described it"; thence to Front
Koyal via Luray, 55 tnilcs ; thenco to Win* \
cheater, 20 mi es; thence beyond Chariot
ton, 20 miles. In hia expedition he fought
four battles and a number of skirmishes,
killed and wounded a%considerable number '
of the enemy, took .3000 prison em,secured
millions of doUa~s worth fiouathe enemy,
and chased Batiks out of the Valley of
Virginia, and avium* the Kitwut. All
this he clitl in 22 days, and with a loss of
but little upwards of 100 in killed and
wounded.
In this sketch.we omit all mentiou of 1
what the 0 legraph is telling us that Jack
jiiTh now d<>ili!!. That, we bono will
make up another chapter ot fame for the
untiring hero.
^ ?
Col.. .1 ln kins' Com man*.?We get the
fallowing from tho Kictuooud IHt. patch :
Col. Jenkins, commanding brigade, led
in person hisjown regiment ft lie I'ahuetto (
Shurp Shooters) end the Cth South Caro- ,
linn regiment, and having flaoked*tbe enemy
un their right, changed front and drove
dw it the;r Hoes, meeting and rooting fiveliu
esof fresh troops. consisting of the fallowing
regiments : 10th Pennsylvania, 5^d Pennsylvania.
10th M.uwarha?ett?, 56th New
\ork, IdOth New York, 11th Maine, and
1st Kentncky, as was ancertained from their i
wounded mini prisoner*. The advance "was
hegnn about 2} p. tu . aod whe hud fire given
a*2U minnt???ti?8 p. tu., driving through
four camps, over throe abattia of fallen tirnb
jr, over two haiteriee, to nix hundred yards
across the Wi'lisnieburg road, routing in
every case the uncuiy. Three being advanced
upon down the Williamsburg road,
fnint at ecrcnty-five yards. a charge was
made, routinir the last line. Tliia was after
dark. At this laat charge, fh? Palmetto
Sharp Shoutcis and fith regiment were
roif!forced by the 28?h Georgia and 5th
Sonth Carolina, *ho had been gallantly
fighting on the right, nod. night havihg
closed upon the jcene, they alcpt in the cuemy's
cauip, at least one mite further down
the \\ il!iawbo:g nad than our next troop*
lui sdrem-cd ?u llj? Ughl^ thir erbauMcoircrl?nl
ihcOut-Iraa Wuh the fine
NcatWly ami ho.ley loft ?h the campe of the
flying fuc, >?? ! Vm t?lHO?h?rs (tf the 5<Jhtb
fhwiir.'wwefc.Iinl dtamrVed by the fart'
that t hey fauna ,?h?Ucr fbtihe ingbt^Jn j
'tjfrffpjjjm-ylSCtt*. It)?
adrs ?it :.i*h tbtft *-bt* only patmm
n >Khi< numm* tp br?e Uts
?? ** I;'-" W*^i' n. y;' iinrt.?"
4 cvHr po'If*! of 'h- }\}?et.
' V shutdown, ?u<i
iuj.*t:iea forfy *ert
kiikd u'??i ?."A
< l id tbr |?t?? little
mhy iw n*antio;i?i) iIk fhoMUjt oqefcompa 1
r?y of f'11 hu?r| Jenkfh** Kind ITngdmcnt of
FSiIiacUu Sharp Shooter*, Company K, Cnp-,
.;i) ' Vhuijrk npturrd one hundred and
<? rh empires. Thej were
donfoje i - kirmishore at" lh? timo.
The hth South CaroWn*, Colore! Giles,
>*!ij?turod*thr'vr r<p"nrnta1 colon, topetW
with ow? r d tti-* ^this futter wa* taken
by Oaf't-am Waben.aedfog on General R.
H. Anderson's *nff, and presented to the
regiment in the hottest *>t the tight
All tfco report* from Kur?p? arr highly
ty* u>f*r?nrv f'ir ft?c (WtVil. rcta .Stvtev
when they tvtrmthd. We 1kts*d of So
c.twHdg w 'uritfe.. ' ' *>
Oo the evening of thKMie% ?Mt)
of Confederate aoonts, eonaietilljf at* m &jp^
uit^tiid fhfir '^rintn, wb Khintiin^'
for the purpose, went out eight mile# en'r-'VrHJuInt*
C ty rMd,-^vt m
It .fa believed that the obdtratiOM t?
Jamc. rirer below Uhrwy'e BlOf ham l?e? ^
made stronger by the freshet in the rf*ff
washing down the send tW refuse again*
them.
Kirly yecterday morning it ??l mads'
evident to Owrpiohete thai the enemy had
creeled ride pen* near the woods on Dr.
Uarnett'a tana. Two of car pickets were
wounded by their sharp-shooters. Cuitah
K irlc pa trick's arttjkry, from IyiCMW|f
was ordered ap within range. and ""lbs*
cleared the woods nod pens of the TwLm
I by rapid discharges ot shot sad iUD
amongst them, hat with what Mpp *?
the enemy was unknown. b'o oar was' ?*
jtired among the artilkrieta. :?>.
Serial dsys ainoe s coople of pidrtftt
ot> Texas reeiment, on duty on tbe Ohiekabopjiny,
aaw a sho^dfstanoe in adranee
of them what appeared To hWawerwh tree
uariag in thojtobhes. One of them Kit
and the tree fell ! Of it a dpid Yankee
was Jeund. - He had strapped the
green branches a boot bh peann, WML in
his leaf accoutrements, ?u stealing hbont
the woode, making observations mi fie
Confederate lings.
It was said yesterday that McClellan was
concentrating frwM in the nchjM^ ef tie
battle-ground of-toe 1st instant, beyond
the Nine Mile rard. There was no awt..
meut along the linea that we can notice. J
Cxtrnordlnarjr Stemerr.
The learned Biahop Jewel, who died hi
1671, wad Mewed with a most wonderful
memory. He ooaid exactly inpnhnhpt
UW1 ^ ''w nmI,
tint he used to ear, thatif ten<Wbt*
mod poacla irere fighting and quarrdbeg
all fhe while he w?aj> reaching, they eonlg
not confuse him. To put hint, to ifhTl
trial, l>r. Parkhurst uttered to kfaa aoime
af the snoet difficult and barh-HWW* WCitle
he could find tn a cah mlar; and TMJmp
Hooper, of Gloucester, gave him f rty
Welsh, Irish, and foreign wov&u and eftet
unco or twiee reading, a?i a IkflewdMhi
tion, ha repeated them nil baokwand and
forward. In the year 1568, Sir Nicholas
Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great 9*4
having read to hitn from firauaaa' para*,
phrase, the last clauses of ten lines confute!
and imperfect, with the view of mcfe
fully tTying his gift, sitting.silent awhile,
and covering his head with his .haud^ ha
rehearsed ali the broken parts the right
way, sod the contrary, without hosiution.
He profcss.nl to teach this ait tooths IS ri
and so instructed his tutor, Dr. Parkhwrst,
at Zurich, that within twe^ty-eight daxa, ,
be giving outy one hour each iaj to fhe
<>uhieet. he learned all the
chapters of th?* Iroepel of Matthew
fcctlj, that k? could repeat any one,
idling what went befo.o and what followed
HC - r - aoo - - .
?* MOTHER. 3
The iotluence of a christian mother*
pure, tttmotfUk lov? upon hoc child is a over
lost. Worldly pursuits may corer it
from *?g\t?dove, warm sad pssssoaiia,
Mv:n to burU it iront the heart, hut with
subtle gentleness it still exert* its bslfowe<l
power. Many a dying bed has borae
.- ?ch testimony as the following :
"If I could only see my mother I*
Again* and again was that yeariag cry
repeated?
"If f cimld only see roy mother !*f
The vessels rocked, and the wxten, chased
Ur a trash wind, playtd mttsieaily
against the side of t!\p ship. Tkewiht,
a second mate, quite youthful, lay ha kp
narrow l?cd, hi* eye hit liaofom
stiffening, his breath failing. It woe net*
pleasant to die thns in thiashakfefc planging
ship; but be seemed not to mi ad- hit
bodily cHutort?his eyes looked tar away
-i-and ever and. anna broke forth that
grieving cry-? ' ;v o
"If 1 i maid only sec my RfljtoP
An old sailer ?M by, the Bible ha Mb
lund, ftjm which he he! bee* Hjitj
He bant ah*n the joaof man, mM W
why Kb was *8 aoxioot te aae the iMfot
ha had wilfollr left.
Oh J the roafnii," he oM ftk
togm?h M 1 nearly broke fcirltHi'liw:
teee'i die in pmco. She wu a wmi
mother to m??'T>! my pr il f inthsi TliE
fore every *hinj? tram her erfld
oooo *he ?\?4? j, - >
rt My eon, *h??u yon ooroc to <?e yo*
wiii rfmcrao^r ell thle."
* OI U I eeoW only ere ay ailfcirf
He never sew his mother. He died
with the yearning cry lata jjjp Hu, m
ijDiny s men hes died who tfHlhM tW
ntiHher who bore
over.
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Tl . >? .Lil, ' ^ -
i ?n tnwniB ARraqt 14 iMRflHi tut
Cm?(> Muflrc, in VhreH our tnwt jyfevt
frr>m Tew Orteam?, wu
K:?i1 t* Vick*biirg ?
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