t VOL. L j Capture cf John H. Morgan, the Celebrated Desperado. Cincinnati, July 2ti. The following despatch was received . nt the headquarters of this department to-day : headqcairmns in the Field, three miles south of New Lisbon, Ohio, July tiC.? To (o/oitel Lciris Kiefaiionff. A. A. d.: By the blessing of Almighty God I have succeeded in capturing Gen. John H. 31 org a. n, Colonel Cluke and the balance of the command, amounting to about four hundred prisoners. I will start with Morgan and his staff on the first train for Cincinnati, and await the General's order for transportation for the balance. (Signed) J. M. Shacklefold, Colonel Commanding. iFYom the Cincinn:.ti Commercial July 2S.J This anxiously looked for party arrived lilfet night shortly after ten o'clock, over the Little Mia ma Railroad, guarded by troops under General Sfcackleford, the captor of Morgan. It consisted of Morgan and Clr.ke, with their stall's and orderlies, amounting in all to thirty one persons. On disembarking from the train they were taken in charge by a detach?inent of the One Hundred and Eleventh .Ohio. A large crowd was assembled at the depot, and as the prisoners .moved immense numbers were constantly added to it. When they inarched down Ninth street not less than five thousand persons surrounded the famous guerrilla and his aids. Many of these lookers on seemed excited, and cried, " Hung the cut throats !" "Bully for the horse thieves !"' Several of the spectators were flourishing pistols, but the guard quickly drove thern away. The field band of the One Hundred and Eleventh discoursed " Yankee Hoodie'' 011 the march, wh^cli the prisoners endured with complete $?.[ John Morgan the Kentucky raider, is Teported to have perpetrated many 44 little jokes'" on the people in the course of his John Gilpin raid through Indiana and Ohio, but none of them exceeds in audacious humor that one which is connected with his capture. When John took a hurried departure from Salinesville, with three or four hundred followers, he followed a road that, ~ x near West Point, traversed two sides of a ~ right angle. On this road lie picked up a Capt. lhirrick, a thoroughgoing 44 Peace Democrat," who lived in the neighborhood, and who ftent with Morgan either as a prisoner or a guide, it is unknown which, but unaccompanied by any Federal soldiers. Near West Point, Morgan suddenly - - a... ?c rr . come oil Ala]. ttuo, wim a pariy ui m-utucky cavalry, who had come by a cross road, and thus headed oil the rebels. As soon as Morgan saw him, he sent a dag of truce to Maj. Rue, demanding the surrender of that officer and his command. The Major failed to see the point of the little joke, and despatched a Hag of truce to Morgan, demanding Jti< surrender, a demand which was rendered of more weight by the sudden approach of another rf*ederal force in Morgan's rear. Thus situated, the great raider found his position to be 110 joke, so he gravely informed Maj. 1 hut he had previously surrendered to Capt. Burbick, on condition that they . should be taken to Cincinnati and be pa- : jtoled. The joke of one man '* surrounding" and capturing Morgan and his four hundred men was of so stupendous a na ? i \t.: T)?n ture tiiiit lor a moment ;uhj. muc ???io completely overwhelmed by it. Recovering himself, he sternly informed 3Iorgan tlwt unless he and his command surrendered immediately and unconditionally, the Federal force should at once lire into them. This brought 31 organ to his senses, *nd the surrender was made. JSoon ai'ter, Gen. ShackJel'ord rode up. and Morgan and his staff departed under Gen. S,'s charge. Nothing more was heard of Morgan's 44 surrender" to the lone Captain of militia until last evening, when a dispatch was ' THE FREE SOUTH, SAT! received from Gov. Tod, inquiring for '*Capt. Burrick." Prompt intelligence was sc nt to the Governor, informing him of the true condition of things, so that it I is scarcely possible that Morgan's little j joke at West Point will enable him to escape a prisoner's fate. Cincinnati, Thursday, July 00. Squads of men are being brought into; Columbus by the citizens and military. There are now 1,800 at Camp Chase. Morgan and several of his officers ar " * *? A 1 -V PA ^ . 1 rived at uoiuinuus mis anernoon, auu were longed in the Penitentiaty. After , searching and bathing they were condncted to cells, where they will be conlined according to the rules of that institution. Battle of Wapping Heights. Army of the Potomac, July 28. Lee, with his army, having pushed into the Shenandoah valley, no sooner found that Meade was at his heels than he made . a feint as if he would turn and recross the Potomac. So scon, however, as Gen. Meade ascertained that Lee had not turned back in force he again put his columns < in motion, and by rapid marches got possession of all the passes in the Blue Ridge Mountains down to Manasses Gap, thus ! hemming the enemy into the Shenandoah valley. Scouts reported that one corps of the enemy was at Front Royal, just through Manassas Gap, and that the other i two corps were behind and rapidly approaching that point. Bnford's cavalry were alone in occupation of this important pass, through which the enemy intended to force his way. In | this emergency the third army corps was I ordered down to Manasses Gap. By an almost unprecedented march they reached Piedmont before dark, when, without ; halting, the first division was thrown for- 1 ward to support General Btiford, who was j r 1 x- 1. x 1 i x i ioimu to uo ten iimes m uuvuuce up me i gap. Early 011 the following morning i General French moved the rest of the , corps up to support the first division, and i despatched Colonel Hayden to ascertain j the position of the enemy, and, in obedi- i ence to his instructions, pushed ahead and got a position upon the summit of a lofty mountain, from which a largo body of rebel infantry were discovered moving in close column and most perfect order, j followed i>v a large body of mounted men, t subsequently shown to be sick and dis- j ablcd soldiers mounted 011 horses stolen ' 1 in Pennsylvania. The rear oi the line j was covered by a large body of cavalry. On the turnpike beyond were the long ! wagon trains of the enemy, pushing south- j ward as rapidly as possible. So soon as Col. Hayden returned and ! reported Wood's old brigade of the first division, temporarily commanded by Col. Berdan, was deployed as skirmishers and ordered forward. The line was formed just beyond the little village of Linden, where the pass is very narrow. The enemy appeared to have "no great force in the gap, and fell back as our skirmishers advanced, until they came upon a supporting force strougly posted on a lofty hill, facing directly up the gap. On this hill the enemy made a stand. Gen. Ward then detached two ; regiments from liis skirmish line?the 3d and 4th Maine, and directed them to clear this hill by assault. Our sharpshooters held the attention of the enemy while the Maine boys crept silently and unobserved up the face of the hill. On gaining the : summit they sprang to their feet, deliver- I ed a volley, and with a most determined j charge cleared the hill, taking a number of prisoners and spreading the ground j with killed and wounded rebels. When this hill was gained it was discovered that the enemy were more strongly posted on hills beyond and in front, cornmanding the main road through the gap, and to some extent fortified there. Gen. ! French directed Gen. Prince, command- ; ing the second division, to detail a brigade to charge and dislodge the enemy. ( JL'he famous Excelsior brigade was selected j for this bold enterprise. The men were formed in line, and their new commander, Gen. Spinoia, addressed them a single ! word oi encouragement, when they gave : one of their peculiar cheers and started ; forward, and in a few minutes they were j at the base of the hill. Up they forced j their way, and on reaching the top fired owl received one voilev from the enemv, i ami then, lixing bayonets, gave another 1 shout ami rushed upon the rebels. The enemy quailed before it and tied in confusion. closely pursued by our victorious troops. The flight of the enemy from their first j position disclosed a second ridge or crest ; back of the first, to which the rebels be- , took themselves and prepared to make 1 another stand. Gen. Spinola was twice wounded in the assault of the first bill, and was obliged 1 U> leave the field. Col. Tarnum, of the ' rRDAY, AUGUST 8, 1863. first Excelsiov regiment succeeded to the command of the brigade. The Colonel halted them for a moment to reform, and then gave the order to advance again. Another cheer was given, and with a rush the entire brigade passed over the crest, nnwice flmmvirtA nil<1 WPVfi llllipk liliu UUVl 11V iUiin i lit . N ly seen nscendiiig the slope of the second hill. Hero the resistance of the enemy was equally as desperate as the first hill. But the assailants were flushed with victory and could not have been checked had the whole r bel force stood in front of them. Like demons they charged upon the bewildered foe, each man catching his prisoner by the hair, arm, or perhaps the coat-tail, with the usual exclamation, ' 'Here, 3*011 d d son of a b h, you are my prisoner !" And thus the second crest was carried, as quickly as the first, aud the Excelsior brigade were unanimously accredited with having made the most desperate and brilliant charge of the war. We had gained a second crest to discover lying yet between it and the valley a third lofty elevation, to which the enemy had tied. Word was also received by Gen. Meade that the rebel corps that had moved down the valley was returning, leaving the impression that it was their intention to make a desperate stand and give us the decisive battle at that point. Acting upon this information Gen. Meade directed Gen. French to suspend his main operations for the present and mass his troops in rear of the points already gained, ami ordered up the bulk of bis army, in anticipation of a battle on the following morni ug. The narrow gap was crowded all night with bodies of troops, packed in dense masses, so thick as scarcely to be able to lie dow 11. When daylight appeared the fact was revealed that the enemy had wholly disappeared. From prisoners captured during the morning more exact information 01 tne enemy's movements was obtained. The forces met in the gap were some of Ewell's corps, who merely wished to hold the gap long enough to allow their column to cross i tiie Shenandoah and move by on its way 1 down the valley. A detachment from the third corps was ordered forward early in the morning, and passed unopposed into Front Royal, ar* I riving there only in time to see the dust of the rear of the enemy's column moving away southward. One of thr Uoys.?Passengers who i came on to New-York with (fen. Kilpatrick last week were attracted toward a little I fellow in his company, evidently quite a pet, who wore tiie dress of the cavalry service, with spurs and trappings, and a jacket bespattered with mud, showing the j evidence of his late adventures among the 1 riders of Kilpatriek's force. Upon inquiry of the General, the following story of the lad was told : He was born in England, where his parents stiil reside, and came to this country with an elder brother, who is now a member of an infantry regiment in the Potomac Army. Taking a fancy to the cavalry service, lie managed to get a 1,/irao nrwl fi.il in as a soldier. After one UVXfcJV} Ituxt of the recent tights, tiie General noticed i him grieving over the loss of his horse, j A day or two later, seeing him near his : tent, he asked him to do an errand to his 1 Adjutant-General. When he arrived at ! his destination, the oltieer asked, "Who, are you, sir ? '' Aid-de-Camp to General lvilpatrick, sir,*' was the prompt reply, i Now our young hero had made iiis point, i He was at once adopted into the military ' family of the General, who assured ihe writer that no man in his command would ; better convey an order upon the field. | At the battle of Gettysburg he took him- ; self three prisoners, one being very tall, i his head, while standing, being as high as the head of the young cavalryman, seated upon his horse. Bringing his prisoners to headquarters, confronting the General, he says, "General, what do you think of thuif He has been in seventeen battles with his favorite General, who in turn now proposes to give his gallant and faithful young inend a good education. He is small of his age, which is 11, and his name is " Charley' Smith. A fellow, who was being led to execu* * i 1 tioii, tokl tlie otlicer nor to laite min through a certain .street, lest a merchant who resided there, should arrest him tor an old debt. The editor of the Kindt rhook RotufJi Xoics speaking of a drink lie once had occasion to indulge in, says he could not tell whether it was brandy or a torch-light procession going down his throat. 4'Does your dog take to the water!" said a gentleman to a rustic, who laid a water spaniel following liim. ' Why yes, sir, ii they put meat in it," was the reply. What is the difference between a church, organist Mid the iniluenza ? Olio stops the nose, amitthc other imov.s the stops. NO. 31. I.ord Chesterfield's Jlilitary Tactsc*. This lord is generally regarded as theparagon of politeness ; and as some poo-! pie think that the orders given by militai rv officers. from a colonel down to a cor I poral, as a general tiling, are entirely too j harsh, a correspondent who has paid mneli i attention to military etiquette sends us j the following which plainly shows that | even in warlike times those little amenities incident to first class gentlemen are not to be forgotten. From the fact that the usual mode of giving command, by military officers, falls so harshly upon the ears polite of sensitive privates, the following style has been adopted by some of the companies attached to the regiment, and is appro; priately termed the ' 'Chesterfield Manual." BY COMMANDING OFFIOEK. 1. Gentlemen you will please give me * your attention ! 2. You will be kind enough to east your head and eyes to the light, and endeavor * to observe the "immaculate bosom " of" j the third gentleman from you. 3. Oblige me now by casting your visual organs to the front. 4. Allow me to suggest the propriety <>f coming to an order arms. ^ 7 ^ j 5. Gentlemen will you condcsend to order arms. ; ti. You will confer a special favor by : coming to a support. 7. If it meets your approbation, I beg ; leave to propose that your carry arms. 8. Now, gentlemen, you will please present arms. 9. I shall consider myself under ail everlasting obligation if you will once more 1 oblige by earn ing arms. 10. Having a just and high appreciation of your intrinsic worth, as well as your exalted position in society, I humbly trust 1 that I am not infringing upon your good nature when I request you to trail arms. 11. Gentlemen, ior the last time, permit me to remark that it is my earnest desire that you should come to a shoulder arms. 12. If it be not too laborious, I shall 1> delighted to see you change your position by coming to a right face. 13. To conclude your arduous exercises I will still further trespass upon your well known affability by desiring you to come to arms port. i 14. Gentlemen 1 soldiers ! blood stained heroes ! If congenial to your feelings, you may consider yourselves dismissed. I beg to remark, however, that should it suit your convenience, you will be kind enough to hold yourselves subject to be again called into line, which you will be made aware of by the repeated and vigorous tappiugof the "spirit-stirring drum," recollecting, at the same time, that the first vibration of that sweet instrument tlmt strikes the tympanum of your ears, i.s merely precautionary. Allow me to exclaim in stentorian voice?Sever the ranks ! A bachelor editor, sensative in relation to his rights, objects to taking a wife, through fear that if lie should have a _4 baby (his wife he means,) his contemporaries who habitually copy without credit, would refuse to give him credit for the baby. THE FREE SOUTH. PUBLISHED EVERY Saturday Morning, AT BEAUFORT, S. C. Wilkes &z Thompson - - - Proprietors.! James G. Thompson - - - - - Editor. C. C. Leigh, No. 1 Mercer street, X. Y., Agent, (Who is authorized to receive subscriptions.) j 5. M. 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